Newspaper Page Text
Constitntiiinalisrt
JAMES QARDNEr7 JJL, )
ahd [ Editors.
JAMES M. BMTTHE, )
Later from the Plains.
We find the following in the St. Louis Repub
lican of the Ist inst.
By telegraph last evening from Independence,
we received a letter from the editor of this paper,
dated at the “Treaty Ground, mouth of Horse
f'teek, thirty-five miles from Fort Laramie, Sep
tember 15. This letter was received by the
Salt Lake mail at Independence on the 29th ult.
The editor says:
•‘I can at this moment, and only in a very hur
ried manner, communicate to you the outlines of
<>ur progress within the last week. Col. Mitchell
and his party arrived at Fort Laramie on the
ist inst., and encamped about five miles above
the fort, on the Laramie fork of the Platte. It
was not till the sth that all the preliminary ar
rangements were made, and it was agreed to se
lect this place as the treaty ground.
“On Monday, the Bth, the first regular council
was held with tne Indians. The Commissioners
then explicitly presented the features of the
treaty which it was the desire of the Govern
ment of the United States to establish with the
Indians. This was done to a council composed
of representatives of the Sioux. Cheyennes, !
Arapahoes. Shoshones, or Snakes, Crows, Alon
getirs, Gros Vonters, Assineboins, Arickarees.
and smaller delegations from other tribes. Many
other tribes who were invited have declined to
attend the council. As it is, the several delega
tions of chiefs, braves and warriors, in attendance,
comprise the principal men of the tribes named,
and present a very respectable appearance. But
these are not all. There are several thousand
men, women and children on the ground, with
horses and dogs to match. There are about one
thousand lodges encamped around us, and sever
al delegations who are without lodges. The
military consists ofa fragment of a company of
dragoons, two Icompanies of mounted riflemen,
with a 6-pound howitzer, all under command of
Major Chilton.
“After the propositions for a treaty were sub
mitted by Col. Mitchell, ajday was given to the
Indians, in which to consult among themselves. '
Since then there have been repeated meetings I
in council, the course and progress of which I I
must give you in future letters. The result is, 1
that, so far, we have had no difficulty in coming 1
to a full understanding with all of the Indians,
except the Sioux. They have advanced many
objections to the stipulations of the treaty; but
they are so split up into small bands, and the
bands residing on the Platte are so much more
numerously represented than those on the Mis
souri, that there is a great deal of jealously and
opposition from this quarter. Then there are
the conflicting views and interests of trades and
and others to be encountered, and many obstacles
are presented to the formation of a satisfactory
treaty. But, notwithstanding these difficulties,
we have now every prospect of complete suc
cess.
“To-day, unless some unforeseen difficulty j
should arise, the rough draft of the treaty will be '
submitted, and 1 think it will be agreed to.
"Col. Mitchell has been not only delayed, but
exceeding annoyed by the non arrival of the
train containing provisions and presents for the
Indians. This delay has rendered it very diffi
cult to keep the Indians together. If the train
arrives as soon as we now expect, we will proba
bly get through by this day week, the 23d, and
return by the shortest route home.
“Game is very scarce in the vicinity of the
ramp, and report says it is not very abundant
any where in the Valley of the Platte. Many
ot.the tribes have sent theii young men into the
Black Hills for game, and yesterday they re
turned with a large amount of buffalo. Thus
far, the most friendly feelings have existed be
tween the several tribes of Indians. Each na
tion has seemed to emulate all the others in efforts
to preserve a proper intercourse and peace. How
it will be by the time the council has ad journed,
no one can tell. We have had several exhibi
tions of various kinds, and I did think it pos
sible that we might see a regular built Indian
fight, but in this we are likely to be disappoin
ted.”
[Correspondeme of the A r . O. Picayune.]
Lsttsr from Pensacola.
Pk.nsacola, Oct. 8,1851.
The U. S. ship Albany, Chas. T. Platt, Esq.,
commander, arrived at this station,from Havana,
fitty-three hours from the More Castle to the
bar at the entrance of the harbor.
The following is a list of her officers:
Chas. T. Platt, F.sq., Commander: W. R.
Taylor, Ist Lieutenant; J. F. Armstrong, 2d
Lieutenant; J. N. Brown, 3d Lieutenant; S. D.
Trenchard, 4th Lieutenant; D. C. McLeod, Sur- ;
geon; H. O. Mayo, Assistant Surgeon; J. B. Rit
tenhouse, Purser; A. K. Hughes, Master; W. L.
Shuttleworth, Captain of Marines; John K.
Wilson and J. A. Sewell, Passed Midshipmen;
L. Haralson, H. McThorne. W. G. Dozier.
V. D. Sparks, Midshipmen; Francis Dawson,
Gunner, Rowland Leach, Carpenter; S. Seaman,
Sailmaker.
The Albany has been actively cruising in the
Gulf of.Mexico and near the Island of Cuba, dur
ing the hurricane months of August and Septem
ber. She rode out the tremendous gale of the
21st and 23d of August, and proved herself a
very superior sea-boat; although short of pro
visions at the time, and lightly ballasted in con
sequence, she lay to and drifted over the mighty
billows without shipping a sea during the heaiest
of the hurricane squalls, which, at intervals,
swept through the Gulf.
Her commander and other officers have had
the satisfaction of rendering some little aid and
comfort to a few of their uufortuhate and deceiv
ed fellow countrymen who were engaged in the
last Cuban expedition. .. They made every ef
fort to be of service to the whole of the mis
guided survivors incarcerated in the prisons of
Havana, but the imperious laws of Spain ren
dered futile their exertions.
She has now leturned to Pensacola to obtain
provisions and to recuit her officers and crew,
who have suffered much from fever, and debility
induced therefrom, the effects of the pestiferous
climate in and near the city and harbor of Ha
vana in September especially; but not a man of
the ship’s company has been lost, although many
have been seriously ill with fever and dysentery.
By the way, the names of the two men recent
ly taken in an open boat at sea are Breckenridge
and Beach, the latter not of the N. Y. Sun estab
lishment.
The steamer Saranac, Com. Parker, was to
have sailed for this palee on Monday, the 6th
inst., likewise for provisions.
The sloop-of-war Decatur, Com’r, Green, was
ordered to the Island of Porto Rico.
The steamer Hancock, Lieut. Com’g, Living
ston, sailed from Havana on the 3d inst, tor
some port in the United States.
The last of the sympathizing ’prisoners, ex
cept the sick in hospital, sailed in a brig for
Spain during the last week. She was convoyed
two or three days by the steamer Pizarro, which
returned to the harbor of Havana the day before
the Albany took her leparture from that port.
A grand ball is to be given on the evening of
th: 10th inst. in honor of the Queen's birth-day,
to which the Commodore and officers were
specially invited, but about that time they will
be on the Beaa,steermg wide of the Antilles.
The ball will come ofT at the Palace of the
( aptain General; all the dignitaries of the Island
are invited, and it will be a magnificent affair.
Marikus.
According to a census taken by themselves
there are 17,000 Mormons at the settlement on
Salt Lake. They are engaged in a
line of railroad to the mountains, eight miles
long, for the parpose of transferring materials for
their great temple.
' ~A' RomAst!? SClcfßl.—'ArsinguJa^rbinantrcj
and rather incredible story is tola by the Droit:
—“A commercial traveller, whose business fre
: quently called him from Orleans to Paris, M.
. Edmund D , was accustomed to go to an
I hotel with the landlord of which he was ac
quainted. Liking, like almost all persons of his
profession to talk and joke, he was the favorite
of everybody in the hotel. A few days ago he
. arrived and was received with pleasure by all;
j but it was observed that he was much less gay
than usual. The stories that he told, instead of
being interesting as formerly, were of a lugu
brious character. <*n Thursday evening, after
supper, he invited the people of the hotel to go
to nis chamber to take coffee, and he promised to
tell them a tale full of dramatic incident. On
entering the room his guests saw on the bed,
near which he seated himself, a pair of pistols.
‘My story,’ said he, ‘has a sad denouement, and I
require tie pistols to make it clearly understood.
As he had always been accustomed, in telling
his tales, to indulge in expressive pantomime,
and to take up anything which lay handy calcu
lated to add to the effect, no surprise was felt at
his having prepared pistols. He began by nar
rating the loves of a young girl and a young
man. They had both, he said, promised under i
the most solemn oaths, inviolable fidelity. The I
young man, whose profession obliged him to 1
travel, once made a long absence. While he
was away he received a legacy, and on his re- 1
turn hastened to place it at her feet. But, on 1
presenting himself before her he learned that, in
J compliance with the wishes of her family, she
had just married a wealthy merchant. The young
man thereupon took a terrible resolution. He
purchased a pair of pistols like these,’ he con
tinued, taking one in each hand; ‘then he assem
bled his friends in his chamber, and after some
conversation placed one under his chin, in this
way as I do, saying in a joke that it would be a
real pleasure to blow out his brains. And at the
same moment he pulled the trigger.’ Here the
man discharged the pistol, and his head was shat
tered to pieces. Pieces of the bone and por
tions of the brains fell on the horrified spectators.
The unfortunate man had told his own story.”
[Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.]
Message of the Governor of Vermont—His views on
the Higher Law and the Fugitive Slave Law, ffc.
Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 13. —Governor Wil
liams transmitted his annual message to the le
gislature yesterday. He makes appropriate al
lusions to the various matters of local interest,
and trusts the legislature will bear in mind that
they are responsible to a higher law and higher
power than the people,—else the oath of office
they have taken is a mockery. He regrets that !
conscience is scouted in these latter days, but I
does not believe that the people of Vermont en- !
tertaiu a notion that they are absolved from obe
dience to a law which don’t happen to suit their
views. The law must be enforced—it should be
remembered that laws themselves are subject to ,
public opinion and the provisions of the consti- j
tution, and therefore may be changed or annul
led. It is the province of the J udiciary to de- !
termine all Constitutional questions.
The Governor thinks it not best to boast too
much of our attachment to the Union, lest over
much zeal might give ground for suspicion. He
1 states that Vermont solicited admission into the
Union, and fully adopted the constitution. She
has never asked important amendments, and
never been found with others in acts tending *to
the violation of the same. He hopes that the
cry of danger to the Union, like the cry of dan
ger to the church in England, is not to be made
a pretext for arbitrary measures or degrading
submission.
| The Governor declares in favor of a protective
tariff, but that if disappointed, Vermont will un
doubtedly seek redress in the Union and notout.
He rebukes other States for meddling with the
legislation of Vermont, and reminds them that
the time to complain is when their rights are
violated.
The Governor discusses the fugitive slave act
of Congress and the habeas corpus act of Ver
j mont, at considerable length. He doubts the
1 constitutionality of the former, but lias no doubt
i of the constitutionality of the latter, but is con
| tent to leave both to the appropriate judicial tri
bunals established by the constitution.
The Governor, in conclusion, commends the
President for executing the laws, and thinks the
difference of opinion upon delicate constitutional
?|iiestions no ground for withdrawal of confidence
rom public men. He says emphatically the
laws of the land must be enforced.
The Miser who hah a Heart.—“ Uncle,”
said a sweet looking little girl, the other day, to
a bluff old skinflint up town, who owns some
thing like a square ot houses; and has a cool hun
dred thousand in funds, “pray tell me what is
a miser ?”
“ A miser, eh ? why, what put such such a
, silly question as that in your head, child ?”
“ O, nothing in particular, uncle—only I heard
i Mr. Goodyear say as he went out the other day,
wfflfen you refused to help to build the new chuch,
that he was afraid you was getting to be a miser
S —that’s all uncle.”
“ Poh, poh—go along to your lessons, Rosa."
“The old man was touched—he loved the
blooming little niece, and notwithstanding her
pertness. the thought of her dependence upon
i him. and of the poverty of her widowed mother,
struck a chord that for once vibrated to his heart.
| He was confused, and his countenance exhibi
j ted tokens of the scarlet fever. He bustled about
1 for his hat and cane, and hurried off’ down town
; at an earlier hour than usual,
i “ Why, Rosa, my chsld. what have you been
1 saying to your uncle ?. He's offended at some
j thing or other you have said or done.”
j “ No, no, mother—l only asked him what a
i miser was—and he told me to go along with my
j lessons, that’s all.”
, The timid and heart-shrieking mother sobbed
' outright at what she thought the fatal impru
| dence of her child. She knew the hasty temper
! of her relative, and the thought of her own de
■ pendence and that of little Rosa upon him, quite
overwhelmed her. She well knew the sordid
; passion, and had observed with anxiety how ra
j pidly it was absorbing his better feeling, as age
crept silent upon him.
“ Oh, my child, you are thoughtless, and you
have, 1 fear, greatly offended your uncle. He
may turn us out of doors—what then will be
come of us ?”
“ Never fear, said the lively little girl, “ I’ll at
, him. I’ll hug and kiss him, until he forgives
me, and tells me what a miser is. He’ll never
turn us out, mother—never—he cannot be so
naughty an uncle as that.”
Some time before the usual dinner hour, the old
gentleman came along, and stepped into the par
lor lugging a huge bundle under his arm. Little
Rosa new to his side anxiously watching her
uncle’s countenance, which she instantly per
ceived to lighten up with a smile of benevolence,
but she did not say a word.
“ Rosa, my dear,” said the old man, after he
had carefully opened the bundle, and displayed
its rich contents upon the table—•“ Rosa, where
is your mother ?”
" There,” continued the old man, when the !
lady and Rosa appeared, " there is a present for
you, sister, and you, you little hussy, there’s one
for you, but remember, Rose, never believe any one
who says your uncle’’s a miser .”’
Rosa sprang into his arms, and the old man
wept in the overllow of his emotion. From that
hour he has been a happier man. The innocent
prattle of the little Rosa had kindled the spark
of benevolence in his bosom. He found out that
he had heart.
Curious Facts.—The Boston Journal, upon i
the authority of a thoroughly informed and relia- \
ble correspondent, states the following facts:
Ist. That the South-Carolina Railroad, from
Charleston to Hamburg, was the first road that
was commenced in this country, with a view of
using steam instead of animal power.
2d. That the first locomotive engine ever built
in this country was built for and used on this
road.
( '3<J. TYiat St was the first road that carried’the ’
‘ United States mail.
4th. That when completed, and ready for use,
which was on the 2d of October, 1833, it was the
longest road in the world.
We traveled upon this road in 1830, five
miles, in a car rigged with sails, and propelled
by wind at the rate of five or six miles per hour.
I AUGUSTA, GA.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17*
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE.
OUTSIDE DAILY.
Oar Exchanges.
We continue to receive two copies trom a
large number of offices—one directed to the Con
, stitnt ional ist —the other to the Republic.
j As these papers are now united in one, we
! request our cotemporaries to discontinue one
! copy, and direct the other to the Constitutionalist
j Republic.
Dividend.
The Directors of the Georgia Rail Road and
Banking Company have declared a dividend of
three dollars and fifty cents per share, payable on
and after the 20th inst.
The 'Campbell Minstrels
Continue to draw crowded houses, and their
Concerts are nightly greeted by the presence of
many ladies. This company comprises a choice
selection of musicians, vocal and instrumental,
who are capable o( doing full justice to the po
pular negro melodies which form a large por
tion of their entertainment. Their travesties
dances, jokes and comicalities keep their audi
ences in good humor throughout, and all who go
are sufficiently well pleased to desire to go again.
This company have added several attractions
to their entertainments which were s<T popular
here last season.
Dress Pomp Boors.—A neat and
boot, as soft as a kid glove, and fitting and feeling
as pleasantly, is a desideratum in a gentleman’s
toilet, which many of our readers would appre
ciate. To all such, we recommend a visit to Al
drich & Royal, who will serve them with such
' an article, manufactured by N. A. Rogers, Nas
sau street, New York. These boots have about
them an air of Parisian finish and elegance.
Army Medical Board.—An Army Medical
Board for the examination of Assistant Surgeons
for promotion, and of candidates for appointment
j to the Medical Staff of the Army, will convene
! in the city of New York on the 15th day of No
vember ensuing, and will probably continue in
1 session three or four weeks.
The World’s Fair.— Saturday last was in
tended to Ire the last day of the great Industrial
Exhibition at London. The result has been a
very profitable one to the English people. It is
gratifying, however, to know, that small, com
paratively, as was the number of articles exhibit
ed by the United States, more and higher pre
miums were awarded them,in proportion,than fell
to the lot of the exhibitors from any other coun
try.
A Pedestrian, —The editor ol the Louisville
Courier says he saw, on Tuesday, a returned Cali
fornian, a native of Anderson county, Ky. who
has travelled all the way from New Orleans on
loot. He landed at New' Orleans, to use a com
j nlf>n phrase, “ flat broke,” some six weeks ago,
i and had to make his journey home on foot.
The Crops.—We learn from the Messenger
of the 10th inst. that many of the planters in the
parish of St. James, will begin to make sugar on
the 22d or 25th inst. On the Melarcher planta
tion, in that parish, the sugar boilers were al
ready at work on the Gth inst.
We learn from the Donaldson Vigilant of the
! 3th inst. that the cane crop in Assumption par
ish does not promise well, but the cotton and
corn crops were good in parts of the parish.
Destruction of Dead Letters.—The Na
tional Intelligencer says that on the Ist inst..
Mr. Swatzeman, of the Dead Letter Office, de
stroyed one hundred and sixty-four five bushel
bags of dead letters, the accumulation of three
months. They were all emptied into a ravine
near the Washington National Monument and
given to the flames.
Damaged by Frost.—The tobacco crop in
Dickson county, Tenn., was considerably dam
aged by frost of the 27th and 2Sth ult. In Ken
tucky there was frost, on the same night, but the
corn suffered but little.
The London Daily New's, of Septembar 18th
publishes a report, extending to nearly four solid
columns, of the evidence of Mr. Horace Greely,
of New-York, before a select committee of the
House of Commons, on newspaper stamps. Mr.
Greeley's facts must have opened their eyes.
| He told them that such a thing as clogging the
spread of intelligence with stamps would be
wholly impracticable in this country.
The Savannah Republican, of 15th instant,
says The schooner C. A. Greiner arrived here
yesterday from Philadelphia. She has on board
tw'o Locomotives, Tenders, &c., for the Georgia
Rail Road Company. They are from the works
of Messrs. Norris Brothers, in Philadelphia.
Arrangements are making by the Post Office
| Department at Washington to expedite the
j transmission of the great Southern mail in every
. possible way. The saving of the hours which
! are now lost at Petersburg, Va., will practically
place the correspondence between Baltimore and
this city, twenty-four hours ahead of the exist
ing arrangement.
| Newark, N. J., Oct. 13.
The trial of the Irish girl, Margaret Garritty,
; who some months since killed Edward Drum,
! whilst walking along the street with his wife, to
whom he had just been married, was acquitted
by the jury to-day, on the ground of insanity.
It will be remembered that they were engaged
1 to be married, and that Drum, after ruining her,
| deserted her and married another—on hearing
! which, in a fit of frenzy, she rushed out of the
1 house, and meeting him, stabbed him to the
j heart.
A proposition is on foot at New Orleans, to
raise a fund to purchase suitable presents’ to
present to the British Consul at Havana, Joseph
T. Crawford and W. Sidney Smith, his secre
tary, as mementoes of their noble and praise
worthy conduct towards the American prison
ers.
Hon. William Creighton, a pioneer citizen of
Ohio, died at Chilicothe on the Ist inst., aged 73.
Potatoes throughout the West this year will
be a failure. They are at present retailing at
: one dollar a bushel in Galena.
. . South-Oarolina Election.’
Edgefield Distrct.—The Edgefield Adver
tiser gives the election returns in full tor that
District, whieh shows the following result:
Co-operation 939
Secession 938
Majority for Co-operation 1
(From the Charleston Courier.)
Election of Deputies to Southern Congress.
The following is the result of the election held |
on Monday and Tuesday last, for Deputies to a
Southern Congress from the Sixth District, as far
as the City vote is concerned:
CO-OPERAT'N CANDIDATES.
William Aiken 2479
W.D. Porter 2486
SECESSION CANDIDATES.
John S. Ashe 1016
John S. Palmer 1013
Total Co-operation majority 1,463
The following are all the returns received at
this office from the country, up to the hour of our
going io press this morning, in addition to what
we published yesterday.
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Kershaw. —Co-operation, 395 majority.
Richland. —Co-operation, 58 majority.
Fairfield. —Secession, 323 majority.
Lancaster and S umter Districts are yet to be
heard from.
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Newberry. —Co-operation, 74 majority.
LexingUm. —Co-operation, 633 majority.
Abbeville and Edgefield Districts have not yet
been heard from.
SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Christ Church Parish — Upper Poll. —Secession,
25 majority.
Lower Poll. —Secession, 6 majority.
Brick House , Goose Creek. —Co-operation, 22
majority.
The remaining returns of this District we
hope to receive in the course of the day.
From a dispatch, for which we are indebted
to the courtesy of the editors of the Columbia
Carolinian & Telegraph, we learn that in the
first Congressional District, which consists of
the Districts of Spartanburg, Union, York and
Chester, the two latter have gone largely tor T.
N.Dawkins and Samuel Rainey,Co-opeiationists,
against Hon. Daniel Wallace and T. O.|P. Ver
non, the Secession Candidates.
In the Fourth Congressional District, George
town is the only point heard from, and there the
Republican of yesterday, says that probab!y|not
over 400 votes were polled, out of which the
least majority the supporters of J. D. Wilson
and A. W. Dozier claim, is 125. It says that
the vote for C. W. Dudley and J. P. Zimmer
man, the Co-operation candidates is greater than
it had anticipated.
The Late Commodore Wakringpon.—A
dispatch in yesterday’s Sun announced the death
of Com. Lewis Warrington, at Washington, on
Sunday morning. This distinguished officer
was in the 69th year of his age. Commodore
Warrington was a native of Virginia, and in his
early years graduated with credit at William
and Mary College, in that State. He entered
the navy on the fith of January, 1800, and was
commissioned as a post-captain on the 22d of
November, 1811. He was the third officer on
the naval list. Commodore Warrington distin
guished himself by his gallant conduct in the
late war, especially in the engagement between
the Peacock and Epervier. At the time of his
death, he was chief of the ordnance bureau. His
funeral is to take place to-day at noon, at which
time his remains will be conveyed, with military
honors, from St. John’s Church, in Washington,
tothe Congressional burying-ground whence they
will be subsequently removed tothe family vault,
near Norfolk, Va. The offiical orders for the
firing of minute guns, the wearnig of crape. See.,
have been issued.— Balt. Sun, Hth.
\Corrrespondenrc of the Baltimore Sun.]
New York, Oct. 13, 1851.
It has been arranged that the U. S. steamship
Mississippi will remain two days at qurantine
after her arrival, Kossuth to continue on board.—
In this interval, the preparat ons already com
menced will be perfected. A steamboat, with
the city authorities, will then be sent after tbe
distinguished exile, and, after landing, the civic
and military procession will take place as pro
posed. The firemen talk of parading on the oc
casion.
Father Mathew administered the Temperance
pledge to over four thousand persons, yesterday,
at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. He continues his la
bors every morning during the week.
The late circular of the Treasury Department,
relative to the transportation of packages across
the Isthmus, which sadly interferred with our
express companies, has been suspended for the
present.
Madame Celeste makes .her re-appearance on
the American stage this evening, at the Broad
way.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.)
Washington, Oct. 12, 1851.
1 he operation of the cheap postage system, so
far as our city post-office is concerned, has ex
ceeded all expectation. It was apprehended that
the income would not be sufficient to meet the
expenses, but they have all been paid and a sur
plus ot $1,074 71 is rendered to the Department.
The amount of unpaid letters received
is $2,968 35
Paid letters sent 1,124 10
Paid by stamps 3,549 00
On newspapers 733 26
" , . . $8,374 71
There were delivered in three months 276.476
free letters.
Expenses of the office, including Postmaster's
salary, Clerk hire and contingencies for the same
period, $6,300.
The pre-payment system is increasing daily in
favor.
Cure of Rattlesnake Bites.—A correspon
dent ot the Baltimore American, writing from
Russel county, Va., cites two cases, one of a ne
gro man and the other a boy, in Jwhich severe
bites ot rattlesnakes have been cured by the free
administration of brandy, half a tumbler full at a
time every few minutes until a quart had been
taken. It it is said that the liquor in such cases
does not intoxicate.
A Dutchman, describing a span of horses
which he had lost, said ■ ”Dey vash very much
alike, especially de off one.” He said, that “de
one looked so much like both that he couldn’t
tell the other from whirh; when he went after
de one he always caught de oder. and he whipt
de one always to death because de oder kicked
at him.
The United States Army is officered by one
Major-General, three Brigadier Generals, twenty
three Colonels. There are eight Brevet Major-
Generals, fifteen Brevet Brigadier Generals •
twenty-three Brevet Colonels'fifty- seven Bre
vet Lieut. Colonels. In two years past, there
have died one Brigadier General, four Brevet
Major Generals, and three Colonels.
Mr. Hobbs, “ the American pick-lock,” as he
is called, having offered a reward of £2OO to any
person who will open Day & Newell’s patent
bank lock, without the key, William Garbutt a
lock-smith and engineer, and lately in the em
ployment of Mr. Bramah and Messrs. Fox” &
Henderson, has undertaken the task. Mr. Hobbs
has hired a room for him, and gave him two
locks upon which he can operate, and he is al
lowed thirty days for the trial of his skill • and
Mr. Hobbs says that if. at the end of that period,
he wishes more time he shall have it. A com
mittee has been appointed to report on the result.
—Philadelphia American.
The Oregon Fever has broken out again in
lowa, and large numbers of farmers thwe are
anxious to sell out their farm* and u go West,”
stj jSapttic folegrapti.
Reported for the Constitutionalist It Republic.
LATER FROM EUROPE
ARRIVAL
° f steamer
ATLAN T I C .
COTTON MARKET STEADY-
The U. S. mail steam ship Atlantic arrived at
New York to-day, Wednesday, with one hun
dred passengers from Liverpool, which port she
left on the Ist inst. She had been detained forty
nine hours by an accident having occurred to her
machinery, and had experienced heavy gales on
her passage. The America, which left Boston
on the 17th ult. arrived at Liverpool on the 28th
ultimo.
Cotton, in the Liverpool market, had experi
enced no change since the departure of the Asia
on the 27th ultimo, but was steady. The sales
amounted to fifteen thousand bales to the trade,
and four thousand to speculators and exporters.
Flour was sixpence higher, and Com was in
demand, with large sales, at an advance of a shil
ling. Wheat had an upward tendency. Only
the good qualities of Sugars were saleable. Cof
fee was unchanged. No transactions had taken
place in American Rice, or Tobacco.
Trade in Mancester was flat, and prices were
down. The London money market was very
active and improving, though further failures
were expected. The Bullion in the Bank of
England was increasing daily. Tiade generally,
in England, was reviving. Consols had ad
vanced to 96J a 96|.
The Mississippi, with Kossuth and his com
panions, had arrived at Marseilles on the 26th
ult., which occasioned great rejoicings there—
the city having been illuminated, &c. He has
sailed for the United States.
The Catholic Prelate has issued a circular
counselling resistance to the policy of the Gov
ernment in relation to the Ecclesiastical Titles
Bill.
The French pajiers have beee very severe on
Lord Palmerston's speech, delivered at Tiver
ton, which town he represents in the British
House of Commons.
The average daily attendance at the Great Ex
hibition was sixty-eight thousand.
The excitement in Madrid relative to Cuban
affairs, was gradually dying away, tbe execu
tion of Lopez having been generally deemed
satisfactory.
The Austrain authorities have hung Kossuth
in effigy at Pesth, Hungary, in the presence of
the troops.
Turkey was on the eve of an important politi
cal crisis.
The commercial accounts from India were
more favorable. A great inundation had oc
curred in the Punjaub, which had destroyed an
immense amount of property.
New-York, Oct. 15.
Cotton. — The market has declined one
eighth cent, with sales of 1500 bales.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL
OF THE STEAMIER
A M E R I C A.
Charleston, Oct. 16—2.25 P. M.
The steamer America arrived at Halifax last
evening at 5 o'clock. The steamer Franklin ar
rived out at Southampton on the morning of the
2d inst.
Liverpool Market. —The Cotton market
during the week has been dull and flat, with a
slight decline. The sales and consumption dur
ing the week had fallen off considerable. Mid
dling qualities were nearly an eighth lower;
Ordinary and Inferior qualities were much neg
lected. The sales of the week were 36,000
bales; exporters 8,000, speculators 3,000 bales.
The quotations are for fair Bowed, 5 Jd.; Orleans,
6d. Breadstuffs are in steady demand. Rice is in
better demand. Sugar has receded six pence.
London money market is unchanged.
At Havre, Upland Cotton is quoted at 63 to
64 francs.
Kossuth was not allowed to land at Marseilles
to visit London, but sailed direct for New York,
and is momentarily expected there.
Spain is about to fortffy Cuba upon an exten
sive scale.
The world's Fair was to have closed on the
11th inst.
Domestic.—Wood is elected Governor of Ohio
by a majority of 10,000.
New York, Oct. 16, p. m.
Cotton.— The market is heavy, with sales of
1000 bales. Middling Orleans, BJ, and Upland,
8j cents. Rice, 3 5-16.
Political.
In Ohio, the Democratic ticket is elected by
10,000 majority.
In Pennsylvania, the Democrats have elected
the whole ticket, with the exception of a Judge
of the Supreme Court.
Chaleston, Oct. 16, P. M.
Cotton. —The sales of the week reach 7300
bales at prices ranging from 5 to 83 cents. Prices
are steady, the market closing at 1 a 3 decline
on Middling fair to fair. The recepts of the
waek are 8,755 bales. Stock 11,523.
(Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.)
Baltimore, Oct. 15, 10 A. M.
Pennsylvania and Ohio Elections. —Wm. Big
ler, the Democratic candidate for Governor in
Pennsylvania, has been elected by about sixteen
thusand majority, over Wm. F. Johnston, the
late Whig Governor.
It is believed a Democratic Governor has been
elected in Ohio. The returns so far received
from that State, show large Democratic gains.
Baltimore, Oct. 15, 6.24 P. M.
Cotton declined to-day, Wednesday, in the
New-York market an eighth of a cent, and the
sales reached fifteen hundred bales. Other ar
ticles experienced no change.
Columbia, Oct. 15,10.5 P. M.
In this market.to-day, Cotton was steady to a
fair extent, but the supply was light. One hun
dred and ninety-one bales were sold at from 51
[ to 7f.
NEw-OkutAVs, Ocf. 13-
Cotton was very active here on Monday
seven thousand bales having been sold at Satur
day's prices, mostly for England and France
The steam ship Yacht has arrived, bringing
news from Northern Mexico. The revolution
ists are still successful. They have captured the
town of Reynosa without meeting with any re
sistance. Canales, the Governor of Tamauli
pas. was about entering Matamoras. Governor
Letcher arrived at Vera Cruz on the Ist inst
and proceeded to the Capital. ''
New-Oeleans, Oct. 15.
Cotton is still animated. 7300 bales were
sold on Tuesday. The sales for the last three
days amount to 20,000 bales. Prices are rather
firmer. Middling is worth 63 a7. Rice isquot
ed at 4f. Whisky commands 19J cents per gal
lon.
(Washington, Oct. 11.®’
Important from Washington.— The Presi
dent has issued orders to Military Commanders
on the frontier to prevent an invasion of Mexi
co by American citizens, but, says the Intelli
gencer—later advices show that but few are en
gaged in it.
Mrs. Partington reading the newspaper praise
of Jenny Lind's benevolent disposition, Mrs.
Partington came to the complimentary expres
sion in regard to the "fellow feeling in her bo
som," which the Swedish Nightingale cherished
towards the unfortunate and needy. Involun
tary raising her spectacles, and looking the per
sonification of amazement, the good old lady re
peated, u A feller feeling in her bosom! la, me
if that ain’t just the way the fellers used to do
when I was a girl!” And then she re-adjusted
her spectacles and kept on reading.
An honest Irishman, fresh from Hibernia,
caught a bumble bee in his band, supposing it to
be a humming bird.
“Och,"’ he exclaimed, "Devil burn! how hot
his little fut is."
The special committee of arrangements ap
pointed by the Common Council of New York to
make proper provision for the reception of Kos
suth, have announced that they are engaged in
the performance of their duties, and have invited
the military and the various civic societies to join
in the ceremonies. The steam frigate Missis
sippi, daily expected, is to be detained at quar
antine for a short time after her arrival, to give
time for the organization of the proposed proces
sion. We trust the affair will be worthy of the
city, and worthy of the j atriot whom it is de
signed to honor.
C an you toll me whore I stand ?
0 n the sea or on the land—
N oar the equator or tho poll ;
T wixt you and I vast oceans roll.
E very one would fain caress mo—
N o one e'er fully possessed me,
T hough in their reach they all confess m».
M an seeks me till his latest breath,
E h till his search is lost in death.
N ow would you havo this blessed prise *
'T is written here before your eyes!
MARRIED,
On the 10th instant, by the Very Rev. John Barry.
Mr. Bernard Fitzsimoss. of Charleston, S. C., to Miss
Pamklia M. A., (laughter of Mr. Peter Carrie, of this
city.
(Commercial.
Augusta Market, Oct. 16—P. M.
COTTON.—There was a fair demand to-day at yester
day's prices after the receipt of the Atlantic's advices.
In the afternoon, the America's advices, three days’
later, and noticing a decline of }d. came to hand, after
the receipt of which we heard of no transactions. The
general impression, however, seems to be that her ad
vices will have no material effect on this market, unless
prices give way in markets below
NSW ORLEANS, Oct. 11.— Cotton. —Arrived since the
7th instant, 17,125 bales. Total receipts of the week
30,583 bales. Cleared since the 7th instant 6SoB bales
Total exports of the week 14.324 bales. Stock in presses,
and on shipboard not cleared on the loth instant, 79,250
bales.
Our last semi-weekly report closed upon an unsettled
and drooping market, as the main causes of depression,
which we have so often adverted to recently, vi/—ample
receipts, advanced freights, and a lack of sufficient capi
tal for exchange operations, were bearing upon prices
with unabated force. Since then there has not only
been no abatement in the severity of the pressure, but
its force has been increased, and prices have inconse
quence been borne down to a still lower point of depres
sion, each day's operations being at rates somewhat
lower than those of the one preceding. The transac
tions of the past three days sum up about 12,000 bales,
vix—36oo on Wednesday, 5506 on Thursday and .3600
yesterday, and the total Rales of the week are 26,100
bales, taken for Great Britain, France the Continent.
Mexico and our Northern ports. In prices we have still
to notice great irregularity, but it is evident tliat a fur
ther reduction of fully § cent has been submitted to
since our report of Wednesday morning, and we reduce
our figures accordingly, remarking that the decline is
most marked on the Ordinary and Middling qualities.
The whole decline of the week is fully sos a cent; mak
ing a falling off since the 20th of last month of 1$ cent
per lb., with still an unsettled and drooping market.
The receipts at this port since Ist September (exclu
sive of the arrivals from Mobile, Florida and Texas) are
108,648 bales, against 48.005 bales to same date last year;
and the increase in the receipts at all the ports, up to
the latest dates, as compared with last year, is 44,979
bales.
New Orleans Classification, (assimilating to that
of Liverpool.)—Louisiana and Mississippi, Inferior. —a
—; Ordinary to Good Ordinary, 6} a6s ; Low Middling
to Middling, 6* a7s ; Good Middling, 7} a 7§; Middling
Fair. 7j a8; Fair, of aß| ; Good Fair, nominal; Good
and Fine, nominal.
Sugar , Louisiana. —In the absence of any arrivals of
consequence, we have still only to notice mere retail
transactions from store, at about the range of prices be
fore quoted—say for Ordinary to Common 5 ass, Fair
to Fully Fair 5} a 6}, Prime to Choice 6} to 6’ cents per
lb. The stock on sale is reduced to a few' hundred hogs
heads, mostly in the hands of dealers, and no business
of much importance can be done in this department of
our market until the new crop begins to come forward.
Molasses. —We have nothing of consequence to no
tice in this article. There is little or no demand, and
the occasional small sales range from 20 a 28 cents per
gallon, according to quality. Parcels of any magnitude
can only be disposed of by auction, at about 20 a 22 cts.
per gallon.
Grain. —The sales of Corn comprise 1000 sacks on
Wednesday at 38 cents for heated, 40 a 45 for rejected,
and 50 for yellow ; 2000 on Thursday at 50c. for yellow
and 54 a 56 for white, and 1500 yesterday, including 700
mixed, in two lots, at 45 cents’; 450 yellow and mixed,
in three lots, at 47 a 48; 150 yellow at 50, and 100 w hite
at 52 cents.
Bacon.— The deraaud continues on the most limited
scale,.and sales are confined to small lots by retail, the
outside rates for Cincinnati meat being 11} cents for
Sides, and 8| for Shoulders. Hams sell at 10 al2 cents,
according to quality.
Whisky. —Owing to the limited receipts, holders have
advanced their pretensions }c., and the sales during the
past three days, which, however, have been confined to
retail transactions, have been at 20} cents, with the ex
ception of a lot of 100 bbls., which sold yesterday at 20
cents.
Coffee. —At the time of going to press for our last is
sue, there was a third cargo of Rio in the river, which
has swelled the receipts of the week to 15,118 bags, 2558
of which are coastwise. The sales of the three days
comprise 4000 bags, including 883 on Wednesday, at 8
cents, 60 days, and 200 at 73, cash; 1000 on Thursday at
7J, and 533, coastwise, at 7}; and 1500 yesterday, includ
ing 1150 at 7*. and 255 at 8 cents. This makes an aggre
gate for the week of 5000 bags. The stock last evening
comprised 34,500 bags, against 8721 at the correspond
ing date last year.
ATLANTA, Oct. 15.—Our markets have exhibited but
little activity, as yet, this season. Cotton is beginning
to come in, but very slowly. The sales of the week have
only reached 210 bales at unsteady prices. The market
opened this morning quite dull, at from 4} to 7 cents—
the latter price being given only for superior articles.
Bacon and Lard. —There is a good supply of these
articles, with light sales, but former prices are fully
maintained and the tendency upward.
MACON, Oct. 14.— Cotton. —The market has been
dull and spiritless since our last. We quote to-day 6} a
7} cents.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 16.— Cotton.— There was quite an
active demand in the market yesterday, which
in the sale of 853 bales; prices as follows : —B6 at 7 ; 7©
at 7} ; 69 at 71; 70 at 7}; 86 at 7f ; 202 at 7J ; 33at .
13-16 ; 62 at 7|, and 167 at 8 cents. Prices were stiffer
than the day previous, and sellers, in some instances,
claim to have obtained an }c. advance.
SAVANNAH IMPORTS, OCT. 15.
Per brig Augusta, for New York—22o bales Cotton,
50,000 feet Lumber, 10 hhds. 2 bbls. and 4 boxes Mdze.
COLGATE'S PEARL STARCH,
11 Q BOXES Colgate’s Pearl STARCH, for
A O sale bv __
001.16 PHILIP A. MOlSEJDruggut.