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TIMES &> SENTINEL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1858,
Cotton Planters Association.
At a recent meeting of this body in the city of
it was resolved, “that Isaac C. West of
a member of this convention be and be w here y
Agent for receiving, selling and shipping cotto ° . Agent
tore, for the cities of Savannah and Charleston. Sad Agent
shall not be allowed, in any case, to charge eX ~
cents per bale for any cotton consigned to'tan
was the rate formerly charged by merehan^
thecity of Savannah, (ws are not informed .jCtete
ton ;) but by concert among them, last winter, it was agreed
that the commission be fixed at two an ata per ‘
Wi.hcW.oo at tea cools, this rale woold pay them ooe
dollar and twenty five cents per bale of one hundred ms.
We remember that planters whose custom had been to send
their cotton to Savannah made loud complaint against this
change and regarded it, an unwarrantable and ungenerous
exaction. Many, in consequence, preferred the intermedi
ate markets, We have no disposition to quarrel with the
merchants or the planters for the courses they have respec-*
tively adopted, but we very much doubt that the movemei t
inaugurated by the convention will have tho contemplated
effect. The convention recommend Mr. West as compe
tent and trustworthy and express the desire that planters
sending their cotton to either of the above-mentioned
ports will make him their consignee._The President of the
convention ,"Gen7B~H? Rutherford read an essay upon a
variety of subjects, all having relation, however, to the pro
duction and political power of cotton, which subjects were
each referred to an appropriate committee. The Associa
tion will assemble again, in the city of Macon on the sec
ond Tuesday in September next.
The War Measure*-Utah.
* Mr. Mason’s resolutions in regard to the aggressions on
our commerce by British cruisers in the Gult of Mexico,
passed the Senate before the adjournment of Congress.—
The resolutions are the declaration of a principle simply.
It will be seen that in the parliament in England, it was
stated that no new orders had been issued to their subordi
nates in the Gulf with regard to the search of American
vessels. This action of the Senate puts au end to this
question.
The Utah disturbances have now ceased. Gov. Cum
ming has transmited an official report to the President
communicating this intelligence. All the Mormons,
whose services have been called into requisition by Brigham
Young, are making their way to the South- Gov. Cam
ming is now in Salt Lake City.
Columbus—Mobile & Girard .Rail Road.
The Union Springs Gazette commenting on the suici
dal policy of Montgomery in not Raiding the building of
the Union and Cubahatchee Railroad, as to her
commercial prosperity, thus alludes to the quantity of cot
ton thrown into this market:
Columbus, a market practically unknown to us,
united with the citizens of Union Springs and oth
ers residing or having interests on or near the pro
posed route, in undertaking the construction of
the Mobile and Girard road. A charter was ob
tained and the road commenced. The people of
Montgomery, the meanwhile, almost ridiculing the
scheme. It has been prosecuted under the most
embarrassing circumstances, but yet has steadily,
tho’ slowly progressed, gntil the present time.—
The cars are now running to within a few miles of
our town, and we just begin to realize how comfor
table and convenient is a rail road to market.
Right well has Columbus been repaid for the in
terest and stock she has taken in the road. Alrea
dy not less than 75,000 bales of cotton have been
thrown into the bosom of her mart since the com
mencement of this rond that the would not !--
received ft it naa not neon built, and one half oi
this amount during the last year. During the next
three years this amount -will be more than doubled.
All this andj even more would have gone to Mont
gomery if the Union Springs and Cubahatchee
road had been built.
The Montgomery Mail in this connection, says: “The
injury to this city from her failure to secure a road ‘to Un
ion Springs years ago, can hardly be calculated: The
loss of that large and lucrative trade has already been felt
in Montgomery.”
We do not rejoice over this laches on the part of ouj
sister city, but we congratulate ourselves on receiving 40,-
000 bales of cotton this year, which has been turned from
that market. Too much credit cannot be given to Major
John H. Howard for this acquisition of trade to our city.
His public spirit ha 9 been manifested too often to pass this
occasion by without some tribute of our appreciation of
his services.
The Weather and Crops.
We have experienced home quite cool weather
during the present week. On Saturday evening
last, we had a hail-storm just above town, which
somewhat damaged the growing corn. In our
statement in reference to the crops in this vicinity
last week, we did not state that the rust had almost
ruined the oat crop. ,
We received a letter from a friend this week,
living near Oak Bowery, Ala., and he says :
“Our crops of corn and cotton in this section are
very good; oats considerably injured by the rust;
wheat also; seasons fine.”
We are informed by a friend from Tallapoosa
county, Ala., that the rust has nearly ruined the
oat crop in that county; but the other growing
crops are very fine.— Lagrange Reporter \lth.
Rust and Lice in Cotton.
Wo hear much complaint among farmers in this section
that cotton is suffering from the insect which not unfre
quently attacks it at this season of the year. They made
their appearance before the late cool spell, which is gener
ally considered peculiarly favorable to their development
and increase. Their office and effect is to emasculate the
plant, check its growth, and, when it is small and young,
kill it outright. We heard an intelligent planter state the
other day that, from this cause, in a field of a hundred
acres, on which there was originally a good stand,
enough did not remain to cover five acres. In Stew
art County the rust also has done much damage, and
we have heard of one instance of its appearance in
Russell county, Alabama. This disease, should it be
come general, will be much more disastrous than the first,
from the fact that the plant never recovers from it. We
see here a partial illustration of the folly, which shared
our reprehension a short time since, of basing the prophecy
of an abundant crop upon early favorable indications. —
Such impolicy never fails to result in injury to the interests
of planters.
Commencement In LaGrange.
Southern Female College.— Messrs. Brooks & Cox,
Pres.—begins its exerc See? on Sabbath the 27th inst. Com
mencement Sermon by Rev. A. T. Holmes of Atlanta*
Address to the Alumnae by T. J. Bacon Esq. Gradu
ating class by B. A. Thornton Esq. of this city. See ad
vertisement.
LaGrange Female College,— W. G. Conner Pres.—
Sunday July 11th, Sermon by L. D. Huston—Editor
Home Circle. Literary address by J. H. Seals Esq., Pen
field- Graduating Class by C. C. Wilson Esq., of Savan
nah. -■
Brown wood Institute. —Commencement on the 23d
inst* Address by Gustavus A. Bull Esq., of LaGrange.
LaGrange High School.—Examination 21st god 22d
last. Exhibition on Right of the 22d inst.
Hon. IS. 8* Shorter-
Thi, gentleman, the Representative of the Congress
ional district of Ala. passed through th.scity to.da,on route
for hia home in Eufaula. We learn that bei has pubtebed
a vindication of his course in supporting the Conference
bill—knowing hia strong Southern rights proclivities, we
do not believe that he would forsake the South in a strug
gle for her rights. He is too true a Southern man or
that!
Empire State.
This paper came to us enlarged in size in its last issue-
It is edited by A. A. Gaulding, who is known as an
influential writer. It is published at Griffin, Ga., Price
$2,00.
Washington Corresponflence.
Washington, June 15th, 1858.
Everything about the hotels this morning seems to be
in motion. All is bustle and confusion and will continue
so until the members, lobby stagers and the ot
er accompaniaments of Congress shall have left t ie clt y*
Ali seem to be delighted at the adjournment except t e
Boarding House keepers, who manage to eke out a
precarious and scanty living out ot the scrapings o a
Congressman’s salary. It could hardly be credite t a
such is the fact; and yet it is so, as may be verified y any
one who will take the trouble to glance over the columns
of the Intelligoncer immediatflly'*aUer the
a long session, and read the aavortisements announcing
Landlord’s, Marshals, Constables, and Trust Sa es of
‘‘persons declining house-keeping” or “about leaving t e
city.” Three-fourths of these are boarding-house keepers,
in disguise. What, does any one ask, induces them to
entertain members if ruin and vendue are inev.tablo as t e
reward of all their toil? “Thereby hangs a tale.” How
ever, the youngest sons of many such are frequently we
provided for as Pages in Congress,or Cadets at the Mili
tary or Naval Schools. The Northern f members, I mean
the Black Republican portion of them, have ‘'reduced this
‘loss and gain’ business’ to a regular In genera ,
Southern members either keep or board
iu messes. _
Every act and joint resolution ’presented to the Presi
dent up to the morning on the day of adjournment, inclu
ding the twenty million loan bill, was signed by him ex
cepting one entitled “A Joint Resolution in regard to car
rying the United States mails from St. Joseph, Missouri,
to Pearceville, California.” This resolution was not re
turned by the President.*’
There is’much “conjecture afloat as to the objects lor
which the President has called an extra session of the Se“
nate. He has doubtless several nominations to send in,
and it may be that the outrages in the Gulf or our unset
tled relations with Central America may be isubmitted for
the consideration of that body. Be this as it may, the ses
sion cannot be prolonged more than three or lour days a
There was some little stir about the yesterday,
growing out of a rumor that a change in the Cabinet was
likely soon to take place, owing chiefly to an alleged a
-of harmony in the personal relations of Secretaries
Cobb and Floyd. Thero never was a more idle or more
unfounded rumor. The personal relations of
guished gentlemen are friendly and cordial-mdeed, the
whole rumor is the fabrication of some wonder-monger;
who started it to see how far he could impose on public
credulity. There never has been a period in the history
of the country, when the democratic party was more
firmly united-in a fearless and incorruptible President—
an able and patriotic Cabinet—and an honest, plain-spo
ken legislature, backed by an equally honest and plain
spoken constituency. We stand to-day beforce the coun
try, having redeemed the pledges and principles contained
in the Cincinnati Platform, and forcing from our political
foer the acknowledgement that the progress of our nation
and the triumph of a National Democracy are indissolu
! bly and forever united. The only cloud t that still lingers
‘-i- ,u, c- whinh rises from the
miasma of Know Nothing lodgca. Let ©* suntiwn
friends who have been misled either by party prejudice or
religious intolerance come forth from these dens of abo
lition contrivance. They now see what they are and what
they lead to, and all will be again bright and cheerful, as
in the palmiest days of pure Jacksonian Democracy.
The Intelligencer"oi this morning contains a speech o
Mr. Hill of Georgia, oathe Kansas question, delivered last
March, It is pretty fair as a composition, but rather shabby
as an argument. His denunciations of Northern abolition
ists, when viewed in connection with the now universally
acknowledged abolitionism of know—nothingism, almost
excite a feeling of ridicule. A man possessed of Mr. Hill’s
ability, cannot be blinded to what everybody sees and
knows; but we must hope that as many of the direful pre
dictions, so confidently put forth in this speech, have al
ready proved to be groundless and will be still further fal.
sified by every day’s experience, Mr. Hill will return to
Washington next winter a wiser patriot and a truer Arne,
rican. His talents will give him a prominent position
among the real defenders of the South and its institutions*
While 1 indulge this hope, I must confess ’that, unless his
colleague Mr. Trippe, will generously set him the exam
ple, by a noble perseverance in the good work which he
commenced duriug the few weeks he listened to the coun
sel of his colleague, Mr..Stephens, my hope is based on
slender foundations.
I would like to say a word about your distinguished
Senators—Messrs. Toombs and Iverson, as well as of you r
faithful, manly and eloquent representation in the lower
House, but the hour for mailing has arrived,'and the sub”
ject will keep.
BRUTUS.
Heavy Rain. —The fall of rain thus far in the
month of June has been unusually heavy. Yes
terday it rained copiously through the entire day.
The damage to the wheat crop will be immense,
without doubt. The accounts indicate that the
rain has been very general throughout the country
and the returns from the wheat region generally
agree that the crop will be very short—in some
instances not worth harvesting.— Nashville Ban
ner 12 th inst.
Fine Rain. —For the first time, in many weeks,
on Friday last, this city was blessed with an old
fashioned rain—a rain, as our devil would say,
that took the starch out of the rooster’s tail.—
Wheat is harvested. Oats are ready for cutting.
Corn and cotton look well. From the present
indications, this year will be one of plenty. Truly
we ought to be grateful.— Eederal Union , 15 th
inst.
Appointments by tho President.
Diplomatic. —Joseph R. Chandler, of Pennsyl
vania, Minister to Naples.
E. T. Fair, of Alabama, Minister Resident to
Belgium.
B. C. Yancey, of Georgia, Minister Resident to
the Argentine Republic,
Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana, as Minister 1 2
Prussia.
Charles R. Buckalew, of Pennsylvania, as Min
ister to Equador.
Consular.— Samuel E. Fabens, of Massachu
setts, at Port Cayenne.
Gilbert S. Miner, of Virginia, at Araapola, Hon
duras.
William Bliss, of Pennsylvania, at Puerto Ca
bello.
Robbert D. Merril, ‘of New York, at Sydney,
New South Wales.
John P. O’Sullivan, of California, at Singa
pore.
John B. Hayne, of Georgia, at Turks Island.
Complimet to General Quitman. 5
Extract from the journal of the Committee on
Military Affairs of the House of Representatives
at their on Friday morning, June
11, 1858.
President; Messrs. Quitman, Chairman, Mar
shall, Curtis, Stanton, Buffington, Savage and
Bonham.
Mr. Stanton, desiring to offer the following reso
lution, moved that the chairman vacate the chair,
and that Mr. Marshall be called to it:
Resolved. That the thanks of this committee are
eminently due, and are hereby tendered, to the
Hon, John A. Quitman, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Military Affairs.of the House of Representa
tives for the 35th Congress, for the distinguished
ability and the untiring industry and zeal with
which he has discharged the arduous and responsi
ble duties of his station, as well as the marked
courtesy and kindness which ‘has uniformly dis-
intercourse with members of the
committee.
The vote being taken upon the adoption of the
resolution, was decided in the affirmative: Yeas,
Messrs. Marshall, Curtis, Stanton, Buffington,
Savage and Bonham; nays none.
Mr Stanton moved that the Union newspaper
be furnished by the clerk with a copy of the above
resolution which was unanimously carried.
The committee then adjourned.
Mr. Pendleton and Mr. Faulker, not being pres
ent during the session of the Commiiiee, (they
being engaged with other pub’ic business at the
time,) requested, after Sfthe adjournment of the
committee, to have their votes recorded in the af
firmative on the adoption of Mr. Stanton’s resolu
tion ; which was entered upon the journal*—Was
ington Union .
Col. B- C. Yancey.
Our latest news from Washington (says the
Atlanta Intelligencer ,) communicates the appoint
ment by the President, and the confirmation by the
Senate, of Col. B. C. Yancey, of this city, as the
representative of the United States to the Argen
tine Confederation, in South America. Col Yan
cey, though he has become but recently a citizen
or Georgia, has made many friends who will be
gratified to hear that thUhonor has been confer
red on him. He will be our able and faithful Min
ister to the government to which he is accredited,
and we feel assured that the interests of the Uni
ted States will be promoted in his hands.
Elizabeth. Bowlegs and her Intended.
An item of gossip has lately been going the
rounds of the press, to the eiiect tiiat Biliy Bow
leg’s daughter is soon to be married to a yonng
New Yorker, whom she met during her recent vis
it to New Orleans. As many interested persons
are doubtless anxious to know who the lucky in
dividual is, it may be a relief to them to know that
the gentleman alluded to is no less a person than
the New Orleans correspondent of Harper’s Week
ly—though the facts of the case differ materially
from the current report.
It appears from the gentleman’s own statement,
that he has been busily engaged in obtaining the
history of the Seminole chief, together with the
photographic likeness of sundry members of his
family, and sketches of their adventures in the
Crescent city, for publication in Harper—all of
which he successfully accomplished. Of course
his intercourse with the Bowlegs family was ne
cessarily somewhat intimate. But let the gentle
man explain. He says:
“My object was attained; but in the meanwhile
my zealous devotion to his Majesty of the Ever
glades had exposed me to no little misapprehen
sion on the part of my friends. This is a censo
rious world, very loth to believe in disinterested
attachments of any sort. A plausible motive for
my proceedings was easily suggested
“ Billy, as I nave fsaia, is no beggarly German
prince, without Jinoney to support his hereditary
dignity, He has, moreover, a marriageable daugh
ter, whom, it was currently reported, he was anx
ious to bestow upon some ‘white brother’ with a
comfortable dowry often thousand dollars in hard
cash, besides ‘expectations’ for the future. It was
reported that I was to be the happy man. I was
overwhelmed with congratulations, pronounced a
lucky fellow, and forced to ‘stand’ coctails and ju
tes without number.
“It is due to all parties that the matter should be
properly represented. It is true, then, that King
the honor to propose “'alliance be
tween myself and his'eldest daughter. ‘Betsey’
he said ‘good squaw—never married—you have
her—come with me—l make you great chief
next. after me,’ I was forced to decline this flat
tering offer for private reasons, which I am not at
liberty to explain at present. Suffice it to say that
they were perfectly satisfatory to his majesty, who
was graciously pleased to present me, in token of
his profound consideration, with bis own royal au
tograph, a fac smile of which I send you.”
Bank Returns. —Some of our banks, we learn,
as required by our State laws, made their returns,
under the Governor’s late order, in conformity
thereto. Others, it is rumored, will decline to
comply with the act of the last legislature, under
the plea that they have not accepted of the bene-
that law, and hence do not intend to act un
der it. Thi9 course, we would respectfully sifg
gest to them, might in the end result to their in
jury, and bring about a state of things they little
expect. They should recollect that under the
former act requiring bank returns to be made, it
was provided that where any of the banks failed
to make their returns to the Governor when called
upon, it was in that case made the duty of the
Governor, by proclamation, to refuse tho bills of
said bank or banks for taxes and other pvqlic dues.
Now, should any of the banks refuse to make their
returns in accordance with the act of the last legis
lature, the Governor may not consider the law
complied with, and if this should be so. they can
readily imagine the consequences that may follow.
Having heretofore sustained the banks in their
course, we throw out these hints that they may
keep themselves in the right and act advisedly.—
Southdrn Recorder, June 15.
Emancipation of Slaves in Virginia. —Within
the last few days the Court has decided another
case, illustrating, in a marked manner, the princi
ple laid down in Bayly vs. Poindexter. Mrs. Judge
Coalter, of Fredericksburg, gave her slaves, in sub
stance, an election between freedom and slavery.
The question arose upon the will, whether she in
tended to give them an absolute emancipation, or
a mere choicegof being free or not. It was very
generally, if not universally, regarded by the pro
fession as amounting to an absolute and complete
emancipation, The slaves were decided by the
lower Court to be |free. An appeal, was advised,
we understand, by Mr. John Howard, and the case
was by counsel. Mr. Howard and Mr.
Patton for the parties claiming the slave, and Mr.
Little and Mr. Morson for the executors. The
Court delivered their decision, reviewing and con
firming the doctrine decided by the case of Bayly
and Poindexter—that the slave has in Virginia no
civil right or legal capacity whatever: and conse
quently, no power to make an election between
freedom and slavery. Mrs. Coaiter’s will, the
Court decided, did not absolutely emancipate, but
merely gave the slaves an election—thus the will
was void, and the slaves remained in slavery.
Richmond Examiner,
The Cotton Crop.
The following statistics, which appeared in the
New Orleans Picayune of the 10th inst., will no
doubt interest those of our readers engaged in the
cotton trade:
The accounts in relation to the damage done by
the overflow show that it will turn out to be much
larger than was generally apprehended. More
over, the latest advices represent the rivers to be
rising, so that there is not the remotest chance
that any of the submerged lands can be made
available for cultivation. Some very experienced
parties who do not express an opinion lightly, esti
mate that the land now under water produces from
200,000 to 300,000 bales.
The period of blooming this year may be set
down about the Ist to the 3d of June, Last year
this point was not reached until the 24th, so that
we are full three weeks ahead. We subjoin the
dates of blooming and the earliest fall frosts for the
last eighteen years:
Years Blooms. Earliest fall frost. Croft.
1840, June 6, Oct. 25, 1,634,000
1841, June 10, Oct. 23, 1,683,000
1842, May 17, Oct, 26, 2,378,000
1843, June 9, Oct. 28, 2,030,000
1844, May 25, Oct. 19, 2,394,000
1845, May 30, Oct. 12, 2,100,000
1846, June 10, Oct. 19, 1,778,000
1847, May 30, Nov. 19, 2,34 1’5??
1848, June 1, Nov. 20, 2,72 ®’5!™
1849, June 6, Nov. 8, 2,096,000
1850, June 24, Oct. 26,
1851, June 5, Nov. 6, 3,015,000
1852, June 3, Nov. 7, 3,362,000
1853, June 10, Oct, 25, 2,930,000
1854, June 12, Nov. 5, 2,847,000
1855, May 30, Oct. 25, 3,527,000
1856, June 4, Oct. 16, 2,940,000
1857, June 24, Nov. 20, est’d 3,075,000
1858, June 1,
This table discloses that.notwithstanding the
very late blooming last year, the crop was singu
larly favored by the lateness of the fall, as frost
held off untill the 20th November, which is far in
excess of the ordinary average. A killing frost
usually takes place between the 20th and 25th of
Oct. so that if there be no exception to this rule next
fall the growing season will not virtually be longer
than was the case last year. We have no idea of
broaching the topic of growth in advance of the vi
cissitudes to which the plant is yet exposed, but
the table above is interesting, as going to show that
this has not been the earlitst season on record, as
some people assert.
Iron Ties.
To the Cotton Planters of Alabama:
Below I present, for your consideration, addi
tional facts in regard to the experience of planters
in the use of iron hoops. 1 obtained this state
ment from a gentleman who represents, in Louis
iana and Mississippi, the same company and inter
est which is represented here by one of our largest
warehouses, but too late to accompany my “Card”
of the Ist instant. If there is any doubt still rest
ing on your minds in regard to the “rust"’ affair, 1
am assured by Mr. Pratt, that the Hon. John Per
kins, of Ash wood, La., will be pleased to remove
it so far as he is able, and probably every other
gentleman whose name appears in this letter.
Editors throughout the stale friendly to the in
terests of the cotton planters (their readers,) will
please publish this letter, or a sufficiency thereof
to show them who to enquire of for information
about iron ties, and at least, to warn them not to
enquire of the manufacturers of bale rope. All
those, too, who are opposed to a “crushing-out”
system of would-be-monopolists, are requested to
publish this letter and add this fact: Since the ad
vent of iron ties in this city, bale rope has declined
two cents per pound! and, as it is now down to 10
wisicj X oliul!) fui iko UftUnoo of yoor, (oi UlJ*
til a further decline in rope, sell the Ingersoll
Lock and Hoops at 8 cents per pound round, or
64 cents per bale!
Very respectfully,
J. BEATTIE, Jr.,
Agent for Ingersoll’s Hoop Locks,
Exchange Hotel, Montgomery.
Exchange Hotel. )
Montgomery, Ala. May 31,1858. £
J. Beattie, Jr. — Dear Sir: At your request
that I would “furnish you with a written state
ment of what I know in regard to the use of hoop
iron as a tie for cotton bales”—made this day, ver
bally—and “especially what effect the rust from
hoops has upon bales,” —I have to say: That lam
Agent for the Carver Colton Gin Company —that
my business for the last fifteen years, has required
my residence in the States of Louisiana and Miss
issippi—that I know, of my own knowledge, that
Hon. John Perkins, ot Somersett, Ashwood Land
ing, La., John Routh, St. Joseph, La., Francis and
James Surzette, ofNatchez, Miss., have, for many
years past, used hoop iron exclusively for tying
their cotton bales. Until the invention of the
“Homes <fc Churchill Tie,” (which they and hun
dreds of others now use,) these gentlemen used riv
ets for fastening the hoops. They, for the want of
such convenience, had to employ powerful presses
on their plantation*, to compress their cotton ; and
now the use of such presses is spreading, notwith
standing the use of new devices for fastening obvi
ates the difficulty at the New Orleans presses.
Since the introduction of the “McComb,” the
“Holmes & Churchill,” and other devices for fas
tening, the use of hoops is becoming general on the
Mississippi river. Amongst others who use iron,
I give you the names of E. R. Bennett and John
Routh, Jr., of Ashwood, La., Jas. Hollingsworth
and Jeff. Briscoe, of St. Joseph; Gabriel Shields,
Natchez; John Murdock, estate of Dr. Jenkins,
Benj. Roach, Jas. Metcalf and Alex. HendersoD,
Natchez. I have heard the Hon. John Perkins
say that he was the first to use iron hoops; that
at first he thought it necessary to dip his hoops in
tar to protect them from rust, but that for many
years he had used nothing on his hoops, and had
never had a pound of cotton stained by rust.
The Holmes & Churchill Tie is made by insert
ing iron buttons at one end and peforating holes
with slot at the other end of the hoop, to suit them.
The McComb you know. These are considered
the best, among others, in use in the Southwest.
As you consider my opinion of value, from
fact of my having seen so many others, [ have to
say, that I believe, from the slight examination I
have made, that the Jngersoll Lock, which you
now have, is superior, in many particulars, to any
I have seen.
Respectful!}',
WM. F. PRATT,
Agent E. Carver Company.
A Severe Rebuke— Senator Davis, of Mississi
ppi, in reply to Douglas, who had made a Aiming
war speech, remarked:
“That he (Davis) never belonged to the war
party in time of peace, or the peace party in time
of war.”
Central Rail Road—ln the Field! —Mr. John
T. Milner, one of the most capable young engineers
in this section of the country, starts to-morrow to
take the field under his appointment as Surveyor,
to ascertain the most practicable route to connect
the waters of the Tennessee with the navigable
waters of the Mobile bay. For this survey, it
will be recollected that the Legislature at its last
session made an appropriation of slo,ooo.— Mail
the 1 \th inst.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL of the
VANDERBILT.
Troubles in Europe!—Eruption of !
Commercial News Quiet.
Cape Race,* June 17-—The steamship Vanderbilt, from
Southampton, with dates to the 9th inst., passed off this
place en route for New York. She brings four days later
news than the Europa.
General News.
The last news from India'reports that Gen. Ross had
defeated the rebels, who were making another stand at
Culpee, in the prbvince of Bengal. Nena Sahib was en
deavoring to escape to Central India, where fresh forces
were ready for him.
A detachment of Europeans and Goorkas had been re.
pulsed in the mountain passes.
The French Squadron was in the Adriatic.
The French Ambassador had returned from Spain.
An insurrection was increasing in Canadia.
Mount Vesuvius near Naples, which has been quiet since
1850, had burst forth in a fearful eruption. The first erup
tion of this mountain|spoken of, was in A. D. 63, and in
in A. D. 79, when it buried the cities of Herculanum and
Pompeii.
Commercial.
The Vanderbilt reports cotton sales in three days at 22-
GOO bales speculators taking 5,000; exporters 1000. Mar
ket opened buoyant but closed with quotations barely main
tained, though rather easier.
Manchester news was favorable and prices quiet and
steady.
Broadstuffs declined slightly. Provisions steady ; mon
ey unchanged ; Consols at 952 a 95L
TROors Recalled from Utah. —The National
Intelligencer announces that Lieut. Gen. Scott, on
consultation with the Secretary of War, has sent
orders by express to turn back a large portion of
the troops now mo\fing in the direction of Utah,
The immense magazines ot supplies will, how
ever, be forwarded to Utah, as a considerable body
of troops will be kept there for some time to
come.
Gold Discoveries in Lumpkin County. —The
Dahlonega Signal of Saturday last, says: “A
quartz or, according to the gold diggers’ phrase,
pocket mine, has recently been opened by Messrs.
Findley. Nix & Cos., on Lot 1048, 12th District, Ist
Section, that exceeds anything of the kind since
the days of the intrusion. We visited the mines
several times and were an eye witness to some of
the panning, which was no less pleasing than as
tonishing ; from five to thirty dwts. of the shining
metal at each successive panful of the slate and
fractured quartz was the result. We have not been
out to the mine for several days, but learn that it is
not so good as at first but prospects are still flatter
ing We learn that the vein has been prosecuted
to the depth of 40 or 50 feet. This discovery has
had a wonderful invigorating effect upon onr min
ing community ; you can scarcely turn your eye
any direction but what you can see some individual
armed with a pick, shovel and pan. The conse
quence has been several discoveries but, none so
valuable as the one described.”
Sale of the Southern Pacific Railroad.—
From the Marshall (Texas) Flag, of the sth inst.,
(says the N, O Crescent, we glean the particulars
of the sale of the Southern Pacific Railroad, con
sisting of the twenty miles in running order, iron,
cars, and all other property be
longing thereunto, together with the rights and
franchises appertaining to the old company. The
sale took place on Tuesday, 2d inst., under the
deed of trust executed some time last summer;
and, after some bidding, the whole of this vast
property, estimated by hundreds of intelligent men
to ne worth fully one hundred millions of dollars,
was knocked off to Dr. J. M. Saunders, of Har
rison county, for the sum of forty thousand dol
lars !
A meeting of the purchasers was afterwards
held and anew company was organised, with L.
P. Grant as President.
An injunction (says the Crescent) had been sued
out against the purchasers, but as a bond of $500,-
000 was required to give it force, and as that bond
had not been given up to the latest dates, we
opine it will not amount to much.
The Mormon Hegira Confirmed ?~-St. Louis,
June 16.—C01. Kane has arrived here from Utah,
and confirms the fact already stated of the “Mor
mon Hegra” southward. A body of migrating
MormoDs numbering full 40,000, were in motion
for their new homes. They had already advanced
“south” 300 miles from Salt Lake City.
Want to get Divorced. —There are at least
two thousand people, of both sexes, from other
States sojourning in Indiana and Illinois for the
express purpose of getting rid of their wives and
husbands.
The Grain Crop,—A friend at Looney’s Creek,
in Marion county, closest business letter with the
following in regard to the crops :
Our wheat crops are now ready tor the scythe.
Frost, rain and rust will cut short our wheat crop
at least half. Our corn crops are late, owing to
the trouble of the cut and bed worm. Many have
had to replant their corn two or three times before
getting a stand. We have something new in the
way of rust in oats, it looks like a briar rust; it
seems to be extensive in this region, and where
it strikes it, it won’t make the seed,—Nashville
Banner, 12 th.
NEW YORK, June 17.—Cotton sales in two days 7,C00
bales, m arket active. Middling Uplands Ilf a 12. Flour
heavy ; sales 14,000 bbls. declined 5 a 10. Wheat sales 35*
000 bnshels, heavy ; southern white sl, 25 a $1,30. Corn
sales 38,000 bushels, firm. Turpentine steady at 48. Rice
steady at 3i a 31 Freights }.
SAVANNAH, June 17.—Sales of cotton to day 859
bales, at prices ranging from 11 to Ilf cents. Sales for
the week 2,330 bales, and receipts for the same time 3,640
bales.
CHARLESTON, Juno 18. I.P. M.—Cotton, Sales to
day 600 bales, at 11 to 12i- cents with a good demand, and
an advancing tendency. Finer grades scarce.
MARRIED,
On the 17th instant, by Rev, S. K. Higgins, D. D., Dr.
Jas. L. Ware of Montgomery, Ala., and Miss Susan J.
daughter of. Dr, It. A. Ware of this city.
Though fools spurn Hymen’s gentle powers,
We, who improve his golden hours,
PVt.sweet experience know
That marriage, rightly understood,
Gives to the tender and the good
A paradise below.
In Tuskegee, on the first June, at the residence of Mr.
James M. Alexander, by Rev. Dr. A. A. Lipscomb, Mr.
George T. Flewellen of Barbour county, Ala., and Miss
Mary Joseph Alexander of the former place.
Persons of Sedentary Habits, who are generally affec
tod with Vertigo, Languor and Exhaustion, Nausea and
Headache, have in Boerhave’s Holland Bitters, a grateful
remedy. It gives strengtli and energy to the system, stim
ulates the digestive organs, and corrects acidity of the stom
ach.
We would caution the public against purchasing any of
the many imitations of this delightful Aroma. To pre
vent imposition, be careful to ask for Boerhave’s Holland
Bitters.