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[FOR the times AND SENTINEL.]
ON THE DEATH OF I.ITTLE
ANNA AND CARRIE BENNING*
I saw them in their childhood’s home,
A joyous band, and blight;
Five sisters dear, with gladsome smiles,
And tones of love and light.
And in that group of sisterhood,
Were two, of loveliest form ;
Bright Peris—with their golden locks—
And smiles—of sunshine born.
Soft sounds of gushing melody,
Were wafted on my ear;
As bounding ’midst their dear loved flowers,
The happy band drew near.
With gentlest grace—sweet Anna came,
And in my hand she placed,
A lily of the valley, which,
Her dimpled hand had graced.
Then Carrie with her lawn-like step,
And eyes so meek and mild ;
A violet by the lily laid,
Apt emblem of the child.
I kissed the flowers their love had given,
And as I gazed around,
I thought no brighter, happier home,
Could e’er on earth be found.
Ah ! little deemed I then, how true,
Those flowers would emblems be,
Os their short life —alike in grace.
Fleetness and purity.
•ut they are gone ! no fervent prayers
Could bid them live —so dear ;
Their spirits sought their native Heaven,
And could not linger here.
So brightly thus they passed from earth,
Up to their Father’s home ;
Awaiting in that blest abode,
For those they love, to come.
The mourning hearts who follow them,
“To the pure throne of God,
Shall find no shadow in the vale,
Their little feet have trod.”
C S.
Valparaiso.
The papers give further particulars of the
state of affairs at the Chinchas growing out of
the diffiuculty with the American ship Defiance,
The Defianne, on going to sea, saluted the oth
er American vessels, and was fined. A second
salute was then fired, which so enraged the Pe
ruvian commander of the port that he went on
board the Defiance with three boats filled with
armed men. After a severe encounter, the cap
tain of the Defiance was seized and bound, and
then thrown into one of boats by which he was
severely injured. The Peruvian commander,
having taken possession of the Definance, took
her to Callao, and retained the commander in
prison. Mr. Clay, the American minister to
Lima, forthwith chartered the British steamship
Bolivia, and went in her to Chincas to investigate
the whole affair. He has transmitted the result
of his investigation in a despatch to Wash
ington.
The American shipping masters to the num
ber of 36, having, through a committee, com
municated the above facts to the Hon. J. Ran
dolph Clay, U. S. Minister to Lima, the received
“"om him the following reply :
Legation of the United States, )
Lima, Aug. 26,1853. j
-I have received the communica-
T ‘ shipmasters ot‘ the United
Gentlemen ’ > nuted to hly befo
t.on signed by the , the / ross out
States, tha. you were a. „ a f n of lhe 6 rt
containing the partienlars o. . se l ve . s and
recently committed by the cap.
of the Chincha Islands, upon you.
other citizens of the United States, pp
of this month.
The mere perusal of your statement is suffi
cient to excite the highest indignation, and it
would be a matter of surprise to me, consider
ing the unprovked and aggravating nature ot the
assault, and the wounds inflicted by the soldiery,
that you did not punish the offender on the
spot, were 1 not aware of the proverbial love of
order mid respect for the law which so distin
guish our nation.
But, Gentlemen, you thought and acted upon
that trying occasion, with moderation and pru
dence in the highest degree commendable. —
You pursued the proper course, and have de
manded satisfaction through the proper and le
gal channel, and, in doing so, you will not be
disappointed ; for the government of the Uni
ted States has never yet permitted, and never
will permit, the persons or the rights of its citi
zens to be outraged with impunity.
I have laid your statement before the Peruvi
an government, and it has promised that the
Captain of the Port, shall be forthwith removed
from the command at the Chincha Islands, and
brought to trial to answer for his criminal con
duct. I have exacted this and shall see that it is
accomplished.
In returning to your vessels, therefore, I have
to request that you will use your influence with
our fellow-citizens at the Chinchas to calm the
indignation and anger naturally excited by the
criminal and unjustifiable conduct of the Cap
tain of the Port—relying upon the will and abil
ity of our government to protect and uphold
their rights.
Thanking you for the confidence that your
selves and the American shipmasters at the
Chinchas have placed in me as a public officer,
I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most
obedient servant,
J. Randolph Clay.
To Captains George W. Hooper, Enoch
Burnham, John Foster, Samuel Macoduck.
Americans in Switzerland. —A letter to the
Journal of Commerce, from Geneva, dated bept.
3, says:
“American travellers multiply daily, as the i
season for visiting the mountains draws towards
its close. The hotels are full of “live \ ankees.’’ |
Out of ninety guests at the table d’hote of Vo- i
vay hotel, a few days since, seventy were Ame- i
ricans! All professions and trades areiepre j
sented, from the great manufacturers of quack
medicines at Boston, (who had a party of ten
at the Hotel de l’Ecu, and stopped just half an
hour to “do” Geneva!) to the eminent lawyers
and divines ot New York, New Haven, Bos
ton dsc.”
HTxmfs mtb Stnftnei
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14,1853.
The Eufaula Railroad.
By reference to an other column, it will be seen that
a public meeting has been called, to be held in Tempe
rance Hall, on the night of the 25tli inst., to consider
the propriety of making a corporate subscription in aid
of the Eufaula Railroad. The importance of this enter
prise, to the city of Columbus, has been often urged in
our columns.
The county of Barbour is the third, if not the sec
ond, in Alabama in point of trade and wealth. If ex
periment shall demonstrate that shipments by Railroad
to Savannah can be made to better advantage than by
the river to Apalachicola, the trade of this wealthy
community, and of the adjoining counties, of which Eu
faula is the mart, will pass throgh Columbus and leave
as rich a golden harvest here as the auriferous streams
of the Sierra Nevada deposit in the vallies of California.
During dry seasons at any rate, an immense amount
of trade will be diverted through this outlet. We
think we do not exagerate, when we allege, that the
profits of the trade which sueh a connection would
bring to Columbus, in one season would greatly exceed
the pitiful sum the friends of the Road ask at our hands.
We understand that the Road can certainly be built,
if the city will subscribe fifty thousand dollars.
The subscriptions have been made under the Girard
Railroad charter, of which Road, this is made a branch
by act of the Legislature. The directors of the Girard
Road have already consented to take this branch under
their charge, and to consolidate the stock. Thepe-wilt,
therefore, be no waste of the money subscribed in pay
ing Presidents, Treasurers, and Engineers, but every
dollar subscribed will be appropriated, exclusively, to
the building of the Road, and thisstock will be as valua
ble as the Girard Rad stock.
We also learn that over one hundred and eighty
thousand dollars have been subscribed in Barbour coun
ty alone. This sum of money is tendered to us to ex
tend our connections. Shall we reject it and force this
wealthy and enterprising community to seek an outlet
by the Brunswick Road, and thus raise up a rival city
at our very doors ? or by a cordial co-operation with
them, receive Eufaula into the corporate limits of the
great city, of which Macon is the central, Savannah
the eastern, and Columbus the western wards ? We
are sure Columbus will do her duty, and guard lief in
terest by promply making the subscription demanded
by Eufaula.
We understand that gentlemen, from Eufaula and
Glennviile will attend the meeting, who are thoroughly
posted as to the resources of the company, the cost of
the road, and the statistics of the country which it pene
trates.
Revival of Religion in Columuus.— For the two last
weeks, a very extensive revival of religion hrs been go
ing on in the Methodist eliureh in this city, under the
pastrol charge of Rev. W. G. Connor, who has been
assisted in his labor of love by Revs. Evans, Arnold,
Duncan an the local ministry of the city. We are in
formed that about 90 have professed religion, and up
wards of 60 accessions have been made to the church.
Unlicensed Liquor Dealers Sentenced,-*** More than
200 persons who have pleaded guilty, in New York, of
selling liquor without license, appeared before Judge
Beebe, on Wednesday morning, to receive sentence.
Pines were imposed upon all, and eleven of the worst
offenders were sentenced to short terms of imprison
ment, either in the city prison or the penitentiary.
The fines varied in amount from $lO to SSO, according
to the circumstance of each case. They were given
to understand that a second offence would be punished
with a greater severity.
Ihe Pensacola (Honda) Gazette of the Ist instant,
says ; “The usual quiet of our oity was disturbed this
morning by an affray between A. J. Collins and Charles
W inters, at the cofleo house of the latter, which result
’ death of Mr. Winters, from a punctured
ea <he abflomen - Mr. W. leaves three small
wound in *’ b ' s untimely death, his wife having
children to mouit. ”e
----died some two weeks sn.^
* v coach has at last
The County of Clinch.— The slo*. *ek beyond
arrived. Hurrah for Clinch ; only one’ *■>■ ->bly .
the reach of modern civilization, she has drifts
and we are not without hopes that when the cat* attd |
telegraph penetrate her venerable pine forests, and lip- J
root her wire grass, that the Democracy may count on J
a majority even in Clinch. We learn from the feavan
nah Republican that Jenkins’ majority in Clinch was
155 ; a Democratic gain of 6 votes on the vote between
Jackson and Hopkins in 1851.
Commodore Coe (with his lady,) who lately com
manded the fleet of Gen. Urquiza in the River Plate,
and after defeating the Buenos Ayrean fleet, and cap
turing two of their largest vessels, surrendered his own
to the Buenos Ayreans, for which service it is said he
received $250,000, in gold and silver, has arrived at
New York from Pernambuco.
Judges Elected.— Wm. B. Fleming, Eastern Cir
cuit ;P. E. Love, Southern Circuit; W. W. Holt, Middle
Circuit; G. Andrews, Northern Circuit; R. V. Harde
man, Ocmulgee Circuit ;J. H. Stark, Flint Circuit; J.
Jackson, Western Circuit; T. Trippe, Cherokee Cir
cuit ; E. H. Worrell, Chattahoochee Circuit.
Koszta in Prison.—On the 24th ult. Koszta was
confined in the French hospital at Smyrna, in a room
ten feet square furnished with a Turkish divan, several
chairs, two tables, upon both of which stood vases of
flowers, a wash stand, and an iron bedstead. His con
finement is said to be by no means rigorous.
U. States Stock. —It is reported that th® Secretary
of the Treasury has been very successful in calling in
United Slates stocks, held in England, redeemable in
186S. One parcel, amounting to SIOO,OOO, arrived at
the Treasury on the 27th, from Liverpool.
Liberal.— lt is stated that the M. W. Grand Lodge
of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New
j York, at a special Communication, has granted in aid
of the New Orleans sufferers SIOOO, and to Mobile
j $5,000.
j Lead Mine —A writer in the Tuscaloosa Monitor,
| speaking of the internal improvements of the State,
! mentions the existence of a rich lead mine some fort}
i or fifty miles above Tuscaloosa.
The total amount of money collected for New Or
leans, Mobile and Galveston is] estimated at $270,000.
It is said that ninety miles of cotton cloth are daily
manufactured in Manchester, N. H.
Execution of the Fugitive Slave Law.
Col. Wynkoop, one of the Marshals of Pennsylvania,
informed the Secretary of the Interior, a few days since,
that the officers were threatened with resistenoe to the
execution of the fugitive slave law at Wilkesbarre, and
asking his advice as to the employment of counsel.
The prompt reply of Gov. McClelland breathes the true
spirit:
; , Department of the Interior, )
Washington, Oct. 4, 1853. }
, Sir: Yours of the 3rd inst. has been received, and I have
telegraphed you to consult the district attorney, employ
counsel, if necessary, and use all reasonable means for the
enforcement of the law. This department is determined
that the fugitive law shall, so lar as depends upon it, be exe
cuted in good faith, and the officers legitimately employed
in carrying it into effect shall be sustained. They need not
tear any difficulty here so Jong as they discharge their duties
efficiently and faithfully.
I am, sir, &c.
R. McCLELLAND, Secretary.
Col. Francis M. Wynkoop, Marshal Eastern District,
Pennsylvania.
Gold has been found on the plantation of Mr. Samuel
Hester, near Calhoun’s Mills, in Abbeville District,
i S. C. -
Rev. Alexander Speer has been elected to the
! Presidency of Oak Bowery Female College, in place of
Rev. W. F. Samford.
Appointmenrs by the President. —The President
has appointed John W. Underwood, of Georgia, As
sociate Justice of Utah ; Wm. W. A. Davis, of Penn
sylvania, Attorney for New Mexico, and Charles Blom
ney, Marshal of New Mexico.
Death of Hon. Mahlon Dickerson. —This gentleman
, died at his residence in New Jersey on the sth inst., in
the 84th year of hie age.’ “lie was Secretary of the
1 Navy under Presidents Jacksons and Van Buren.
[FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.]
lion. Alfred Iverson.
The election for Governor of the State and members of
the Legislature is now over. Nobly and gallantly has
the contest been borne, and victory now perches on
our banner, horn the seaboard to the mountains. De
mocracy is again triumphant, and we rest liom the toils
and strife ol the political battle-field. But as eternal vigi
lance is the price of liberty, it now becomes us in the cool
er moments ol quiet and .political repose, to look well to
t the future.
The people in the exercise of their sovereignty havedis
charged their duty and their whole duty. And now their
chosen representatives have responsibilities to assume; du*
ties of no small magnitude to perfoim. Among the most
important of these is the election ofa United States Senator.
Many prominent Democrats who have in the late animated
contest borne and deserve well of their
’ country, will doubtless be put'forward by their friends for
this high office. Without disparaging the claims of any,
we feel that we may call the attention of the Legislature
to the distinguished gentleman whose name appears at the
head of this article.
Possessing talents ol the highest order, a clear head, an
honest heart, a chaste and burning eloquence, a devoted
and unshrinking attachment to pure Democratic principles;
with polished manners, and the tearless ability to maintain
and defend our rights ; he would take a position in the
Senate equaled by few, surpassed by none.
As to Judge Iverson’s past services to the Democratic
party in Georgia,it s scarcely necessary to speak; they are’
identified with its history lor the last thirty years ; and the
success ol Democratic principles and the name of Iverspn
have become in Georgia almost synonimous.
At an early age he began to develope and demonstrate
those principles inculcated by that warm and ardent sup
porter ot President Madison’s republican administration,
his father, the late Col. Robert Iverson, not unknown in
Georgia politics.
At an early age Judge Iverson’s talents directed public
attention to him. When scarcely eligible he was called to
a seat in the State Legislature, where the youthful repre
sentative more than realised the expectations of his most
sanguine friends ; his legal abilities soon after (in 1835)
elevated him to the Judgeship ol the Superior Court. In
1838 and in 1810 he v as placed upon the Democratic ticket
for Representative in Congress, (under the general ticket
system,) and in the memorable political campaign of 1840,
he entered the contest with an ability and zeal worthy th®
cause in which lit’ was engaged. Every county in South
western Georgia froin Troup to the Florida line can bear
witness to his herculean efforts to stay the political tornado
which that year swept n.fe o’er the land, and left Democra
cy for the time buried deep under its i*ins.
In A 842 Jud £ e Iverson by’ the partiality of very many of
his fnexwfc was / un for the Un. : ted States ate and beaten
by a Democrat, under circuit nces which would have
shafeew the fidelity and! alienated the * narty ties ol any man
influent other considerations than u,' CVollon t 0 pnnci ”
His position 2fl fl#©’ State Senate in 1843 iWfamtL. al A* 10
country how, almost alone and unaided, the respOfflissk,.
of sustaining Democratic plirteiples against the onslaught
of such a phalanx as Dougherty, Miller, Foster, Bartow,
Kenan and others, devolved upon him.
The next year he was elected one of the Electors at large
on the ticket, which contributed to elevate Polk to the
Presidency, and crown the country with never dying glory.
That the success of Democracy in the Second Congres
sional District owes more to Judge Iverson and his person
al efforts than any (I had almost said every) other man in
the district; no one who claims to know anything of th©
political history of it will deny. His efforts in support ofj
Col. Jones and Judge Wellborn and their success—bis own |
success over Wm. H. Crawford in a district confessedly
whig, bear ample testimony to the fact.
The faithfulness and ability of his administration as Judge
of the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee Circuit since
-1819 is fully and amply supported from the fact that he
could have been re-elected without opposition in a circuit
of more than 500 whig majority.
Judge Iverson has in the whole course ot his political
file rarely been a voluntary candidate, and seldom pressed
his claims for office ; but has generally been called into the
i service of his party by the wishes and voice of his political
friends.
We speak for Southwestern Georgia, and we feel the
most confident assurance that we speak the sentiments and
feelings of ninety-nine hundredths of the Democracy in this
part of the State, when we say that Judge Iverson’s election
to the Senate, would not only be acceptable, but more grati
fying to them than that of any other Democrat in the
State. And we feel that he would carry into the Senate an
ability, an influence, and a devotion to Democratic princi
ples surpassed by no man in Georgia.
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
The Inauguration of* Gcv. Broome of Fla.
A correspondent of the Alabama Journal gives the
toll owing description of the Inauguration of Gov. Broome
of Flor da.
I had the pleasure of witnessing the inauguration of
Governor James E. Broome, and hearing his address. —
The Governor is very plain, unassuming gentleman,
and his address was well written and delivered with con
siderable energy, though his manner was by no means
that of a polished speaker. He, of course, made very
patriotic declarations of his purpose to discharge his du
ties faithfully and earnestly, and was warmly applauded
by his friends as he progressed with his address. The re
moval of the Seminole Indians from the State, he declared,
was call for most imperiously by the necessities of the
Commonwealth and its future prosperity, and emphatical
ly declared that nothing should be wanting on his part to
effect that purpose. It seems that the last Legislature au
thorized the Governor to raise a brigade of men for the
purpose of forcing them from the State, and of tendering
them to the President for that purpose, which, if their ser
vices were refused, then the Governor should bring them
into the field himself, if he should become satisfied that
the General Government did not intend to secure their
removal. He fully aud emphatically pledged himself to
the faithful execution of the law, which was loudly cheer
ed by the audience present. He, as a good democrat,
gava in his adherence to the administration of General
Pierce, and claimed his election as an evidence that the
people intended to maintain the principle of a strict con
struction of the constitution.
Change in the Post Office. —We understand
that our late appointed Postmaster, Thomas
Welsh, Esq., has resigned from considerations
connected with his health. The duties of this
office are onerous, and will tax severely the
time and energies of any one, and for a com
pensation by no meas adequate to the labor and
responsibilty.
We learn that our cotemporary of the Adver
tiser, Mat. Blue, has been appointed, and has ac
cepted the office. He was raised, as it were, in
the office, and knows, from intuition, all its va
ried duties and responsibilities. He cannot fail
to make a good officer.
Several gentlemen, attachees of the office,
have also resigned their places, finding them too
onerous and exacting for the compensation, —
Among them, we learn that our very pleasant
and gentlemanly friend, A. R. Andrews, former
ly of Columbus, Ga., will return there and en
gage in the grocery business with his brother,
W. G. Andrews. He has, from his gentleman
ly characteristics, made many friends here, who
will regret his departure, and who wish him full
success in any line of buusiness in which he
may embark. —Montgomery Journal.
American Diplomatic Uniform. —The Cou
rier des Etats Unis has the following intelli
gence through its Paris correspondence :
To reconcile the simplicty recommended by
Mr. Marcy to the Representatives of the Ame
rican republic with the usages of the Court of
Madrid, so exacting in matters of etiquette, Mr.
Soule has engaged one of our tailors most re
nowned for tact, to make him a coat, which shall
be neither that of a courtier, nor that of a peas
ant. The tailor has ingeniously overcome this
difficulty by substituting black velvet for simple
cloth, aud silk embroidery for gold braid. This
is nearly the costume of the first Representatives
of the American Union at the court of Louis
XVI. Mr. August Belmont, who is also at Par
is, will doubtless produce the counterpart at the
court of the Hague, and the great problems
propounded by General Marcy, will be solved to
the satisfaction of everybody.
Stand from Under. — We copy the following
from the Chicago Tribune of the 28th. It is a
timely caution to those who hold Atlanta shin
plasters to get rid of them as soon as possible :
Atlanta Bank Repudiating Itself—We un
derstand that Messrs. George Smith & Cos.,
refused to take the bills of tbo Atlanta Bank,
in exchange for cammon “currencyUp to
that time they had acted otherwise, and the re
fusal at this time, when alarge amount of the At
lanta bills have been put in circulation, excites
no small degree of surprise, and speculation as
to the cause. We know of no reason, nor can
we rationally imagine one for such a course, ex-,
cept it be the inability of Messrs Smith 6c Cos
to provide means for the redemption of the At
lanta bills. We have had a good deal of con
fidence in the financial talent and pecuniary abil
ity of the parties, but th® refusal alluded to, is by
no means calculated to increase it.
Thus stands the case, then. Geo. Smith &
Cos., doing business in Chicago, refuse to take
the bills of the Attanta Bank, in exchange for
toromon currency. Although the Bank is own
ed by them, and the paper is emitted by them, at
their counter in Chicago—although by the dis
count of the notes of solvent men, they have
been able to get large amounts of this paper in
circulation in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin
—yet they are the first to repudiate th® trash,
and to put a brand upon it. This ought to seal
the fate of the vile stuff forever.— St. Louis Re
publican.
jjfn Valencia Again. —We have for some
time loi/ 4 ie run °* tbis distinguish p ersona g e>
Udder tb& head “ arrest ot a notorious char
acter,’’ the i^ ew York Express, of the Ist inst.,
brings him to public view’ in this manner:
An officer whlA e at French’s Hotel yesterday
morning, observed twP flashy appearing young
men enter and call for pu'Jieh. He immediately
recognized one ot them, from daguerreotype
likeness of him at the Chief’s office, .’_ s Earnest
David Schenck, alias Don Carlos Valencia, ailas
Senor Don Carlos de Carlos, alias C. Castelo,
an individual for whose arrest a Warrant had
sometime ago been issued, in which he stands
charged with attempting to stab writh a bowie
knife, a young man named Philip McCarty,
wdrile at Niblo’s Theatre, and also with having
subsequently sent him a letter in which he threat
ened to take his life. This gentleman with many
aliases, is said to be extensively knwon in Flori
da ; and other Southern States, as an accom
plished libertine, and somewhat celebrated for
his novel mode of procuring a living. He plays
on the piano lorte and sings admirably, besides
being “a lady’s man’’ in the highest sense of the
term. He manages to gain access into some
wealthy family with daughters, whom he de
lights with his musical and other accomplish
ments, and after a few calls, Is, while in the
house, taken suddenly ill and of course is put to
bed. Some days elapse before his recovery, and
by this time he has become quite intimate in the
family. He then ruins one of the daughters
and threatens her with exposure if she tails to
beg, borrow’ or steal S3OO or S4OO lor him, and
thus he gets his living, so says a wealthy mer
chant who called on the Chief of Police some
months since, and stated that his family had
been disturbed by this scamp.
Failure of Simeon Draper.
Baltimore, Oct. II
Simeon Draper, well known in the financial world ,
has failed in New York.
Collector Brownson and Mr. Guthrie.
Baltimore, Oct. 11.
Collector Brownson, of New York, has written a se
vere reply to Mr. Guthrie’s letter. He will propably
be removed from his office.
Large Fogeries in Boston.
Baltimore, Oct. 11.
It has been discovered in Boston that G. W. Ma
son has committed fogeries to the extent of $200,000,
Epidemic at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Oct. 10.
The interments in New Orleans during last week
were 127, including only 42 from yellow fever. The
weather is 000 l and fine, and an immense number of
absentees are returning, considering that the danger is
over.
•
Cargoes Damaged.
New Orleans, Oct. 10
The ships Espanola and Hudson, arrived at this port
recently from New York, had, it has been discovered,
their cargoes of dry goods nearly destroyed on the passage,
by the bursting of fourteen casks of Chloride ot Lime,
which had been improperly prepared by the Eastern man
ufactures. The loss is estimated at SBO,OOO.
Health of Mobile.
New Orleans, Oct. 10.
The health of Mobile is now nearly restored, and therc
are only occasionaly cases of yellow fever.
New Orleans, Oet. 10.
The sales of Cotton during the week at Mobile are es
timated at 1500 bales nearly all of whichjwere taken|f©r our
domestic markets, with the exceptiou of a lew small par
cels tor Spain. Ordinary was quoted at from Baßs ;
Middling 9£ a— ; Good Middling 10 a-- ; Middling
Fair 10 i a 10|, and Fair nominal.
Georgia Election,
Milledgeville, Oct. 11.
Johnson’s majority is 824 votes, Clinch* county to bo
heard from. Six Congressmen elected by the Democrats.
Baily is elected by two majority. The Democratic majo
ritv in the Senate 9, and in the House 18-
*Clinch gave 155 majority for Jenkins.
Bosto Oct. 7.
Sinnen Greenleaf, formerly Professor of fche Lav*
School at Cambridge, died suddenly in that city last
night of apoplexy. He was seventy years of .^6®-
Office Board of Health, )
Mobile, Oct. $
Report of interments in the city of Mobile for the
twenty-four hours ending G o’clock P. M. this day :
Os yellow fever 5 >
Os other diseases 1
Total 6
Ggo. A. Ketchum, Secretary.
Office Board of Health, )
Mobile, October 8, 1553.
Report of interments in the city of Mobile fur the
tvventy-four hours ending 6 o’olock p. ni. this day :
Os yellow lever 4
Other diseases 1
Total 5
Geo. A. Ketchum, See?efa?y.
COLMMBUS, Oct. 13.
Cotton. —The receipts yesterday were over 600
bales. We quote extremes at 8a 10 cents. Middling
9 1-4, Good Middling 9 1-2; Middling Fair 9 5-8 a*
10 cents.
Montgomery, Oct. 11.
Cotton. —The Cotton market is quiet and in favour of
buyers. We quote Good Middlings at 9£c.
Stock on hand Ist September, 1853 136
Received past week 1453
“ previously 5109-6,562
Total. 6,698
Shipped past week 632
previously 1,374 2,006
Stock on hand Oct. 10, 1853 4,692
Received last year up to 11th October 4,641
Charleston, Oct. 10.
The sales to-day amount to 700 bales, at prices rang
ing from 9 1-2 to 10 3-4 cents.
Baltimore, Oct. 11.
In New York on Tuesday 400 hales of Ootton changed
hands.
Charleston, O’ct. 11.
There were only 700 bales of cotton disposed of to
day at 10 to 10 5-8 cents.
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DIED.
In this city, on Sunday morning the 28th of Ang., Mrs*.
Elizabeth Broadnax, in the 45th year of her age.
For many years she was a consistentmemberol the Pres
byterian Church. And although through life she experi
enced many vicissitudes, she endeavored by a meek and
lowly walk, a firm and humble trust, to adorn the Gospel
o/ God her saviour in all things. Her last illness was one
of protracted sufferings, but she bore it with Christian for
titude.
Her children have lost an affectionate parent—her ser
vants a kind mistress, and the poor a sympathising and
generous friend.
At Citronelle, on the 2d inst. of bilious fever, Col. Henry
J. Pope, a native of Georgia.
Col. Pope was one of the most enterprising ol the con
tractors on the xMobile and Ohio Railroad, and his deter
mination to finish his contract at the specified time, caused
much exposure to the sun, and thus he contracted the dis
ease of which he died.
He was born in Oglethorpe county, Ga., and graduated
at Franklin College. lie was noted for a kindliness and
affability ol disposition which endeared him to all who*
came within the circle of his influence. Few men have had
more friends, and none that the writer is aware ot enter
tained enmity against him. . •
He left a wife, (who was with him at the time ot his de
cease) and eight children at their home in Georgia.
STEPHEN PARKER announces himself a candidate for
the office of Tax Collector of Muscogee county, a! ths
•nsuing election in January next. Oet 14-te
WE are authorised to announce Mr. JOHN D
ARNOLD as a candidate for the office of City Maishal,
at the election in January next.
August 17, 1853. tde.
%f§T GEORGE GULLEN ia a candidate for Marshal
at the ensuing January election, and will be supported by
Aug. 16, w&twte MANY VOTERS.