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ATLANTA, GEO.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER
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jlelnneholy Accident.
Green brother of Deputy Sheriff
I Green, of this county, was killed in this
r C on Tuesday by the accidental discharge
P- ‘tin, while hunting in the woods,
r ' . Worthy citizen and has left a wife
\*~ clli i,iren to mourn his untimely
■ tgd 11 ' a
■ U* toi Presdent and Vic* Presl-
|(»* |1W * dent.
lie
“TTentor. True American” proposes
I ^ names
of Hon. John. C. Breckenridge, of
twky. and Robert Tyler, of New York,
l^- tic Candidates for President and
President of the United States at the en-
I . J election. The country “might go fur-
'"Tndfare worse,” tlian by electing such a
plimeuts to the anonymous
ig» Vs coinp
-!hbler T- I’-” tlie “American” of the
•Oh. and begs
<i inform in'm that he has no
ffaba to assume the championship of the
•Opposition” press, V. would -.uggest to him
; e propriety of assuming a more cavalier-
ge attitude than thrusting from under a
.■vatof mail,” in the sliape of a nom deplume .
Gjintg it evinces bad taste, as well as des-
(e l v straightened circumstances, for the
•^position” to welcome to their rescue a
champion who strikes in the dark !
otempt for such Puny De/amere, for they nev-
ernriv.' W «sufficient degree.of respectability
'merit such; nor has V. any desi.e hi break
luxe with sudi a bold for. V.
Vrwlj Discovered Golii Mines In Georgia
Col. N J- Scott of Auburn Alabama, on
return from New York, favored our sanc-
m with a visit a day or two since, and left
nth us a circular, from which wc gather the
■»!It>wing tacts, Messrs. Molione & King have
cn-haseil tiie “Glade mines near Altoona in
is County, Ga. The value of these mines
ijiHaiculacable, Co! - Scott informed us that
r vas offered while at the North, three hun-
rVhomnd dollars, for three eight's interest in
bee mines, by responsible parties and re
v-lit. Professor John Darby, a man of
xniiperience and practic<il knowledge in
literal sdeuce, has examined these mines
rmally. and gives his testimony in favor of
ieh vast richness. He ssvs.
The "rctit Alatoona branch, in Cass uoun-
t. Georgia, rises in this property, from which
sihonsoi dollars have been taken out from
2 to the present time ; and this branch and
ier branches rising in this property would
kk yield profitable results, in getting what
id was left from the rude and imperfect
■;.:king of former yeais.
Here are three principal gold veins run-
lug through this property, all of which have
a tested and gave the most gratifying re-
Ibavc been over the gold-bearing region of
curia as well as of other States, and have
gift! their geology, and I have no hesita.
sin saying, that I have seen nothing to
aal the indications of the Malione and King
bo. I entered the opening made on one
the veins, with a wotkniau, and took out
>:e than fifty dollars of gold with less than
iiity minute's labor.
There arc three hundred and twenty acres
laud in this property, and the length of
(three veins cannot be less than two miles,
d the amount of depo-l! gold is in large
untity 1 have given tilt above from mem-
at the request of parties interested, and
is Dot above, what a strict examination will
saont. The specimen* that it has yielded
tDKgets of gold taken from the quortz rock
vgting us high as eighteen or nineteen
k . are seldom equalled by the most pro-
tire regions of the globe, and that too,
ado’dreumstances the least favorable to its
r development. Those desirous of en-
~ _ -ng if mining operations for gold, need
«go to California or New South Wales,
lin the State of Georgia may find as safe
isuneiit o: capital as the world affords : na-
alus planted it there, it cannot deceive.”
Revenue of tho South.
Fern information based upon observation
'a direct correspondence, says the Richmond
it is assumed that the cotton product
the South will, the present season, reach
* nmnnous quantity of four millions of
This crop, put down at an average
0 "-fifty dollars per bale—would reach the
not two hundred millions of dollars. It
d thus be perceived that from this source
**> the government could be sustained,
?® UQ der the most extravagant administra
te that tve have ever had, without resorting
*sy other mode of raising revenue. This,
’M'Testime, is the only instance in the world
a single product amounts to a sum in
tcy equivalent to the annual expenses of
^government. And yet it is this great pro-
X the revenue of slave labor, that North-
Abolitionists would strike out from the
unctions of our Southern industry, to grat-
■; the basest of human passions—a miserable
* contemptible hypocrisy—or to vindicate
Avowed principles of a blind fanaticism,
Implacable in its hatred as the revenge of a
■too.
hat s So.—The Courier of yesterday says :
The true humorist always lias a kindly
sod is a lover *t truth. Some one lias
m*. v said that he “would not trust the
1411 *ho laughed.”
•W would we. The man who never laugh-
Grtwious! he shall never come in spea-
distance of us. if we can sehim. We would
~ er put a snade in our bosome, and a scor-
the pocket in which we keep our to-
"I'so take sucli a man by the hand.—
T,u * a real funny man. We like fnn, and
‘jet all funny persons. Fun is a great iu-
and its inventor was a noble man.
J“ "hat keeps most of ns from getting
“' h adjusts the equipoise of life—it mel-
*|tbe flesh—oils the lx>nes—rosifies the
s—keeps rinkles from coming to the
r , - s sjd crows-feet from around the eyes—
. bought when his teudaucy is another
'. " bat sunshine and roses are to natiue
■on to men and woman. Give us fun,
j^tomtneid us to funny people.—Selma
Exchanges.
tfc under obligations to the Intelligen-
1 daily excliange for our weekly. This
paper in Atlanta, and any one
■"•ends wanting a good paper will find
telligencer will suit them exactly.—
t Indej>endeut Press.
Xothing
<S*
General News.
was doing at the Zurich Confer-
For the Intelligencer.
a Friend on hie Montage.
They tell me that that gift of Heaven
To man the last and best,
You’ve taken, that the path of life
May be more bright and blest;
’Tis beautiful to have a heart,
On which our own may lean,
To share with us the weal or woe,
Of life’s all checkered scene.
Yes, summer’s pure white fleecy cloud
Tinged with the morning’s sun,
Less lovely is than kindred hearts
When mingled into one. ’
Two hearts that beat the same—the same
In sunshine or in storm,
Oh ! ’tis the union of such hearts,
Gives life its sweetest charm. ’
And may your wedded one, my friend,
Be one of joy to tbee,
No future darksome cloud arise,
To shade thy destiny ;
But may you all your fondest dreams
And highest hopes attain,
And Hymen’s ever prove, as now,
A soft and silken chain.
I’ve kindly feelings unto all,
Whate’er my own lot be,
But ask for none a happier fate
^ Than I would ask for thee ;
For her, that loved, that chosen one,
Thy bosom friend and wife,
I wish for her the same as thee,
A happy, cloudless life.
. "itkout a desire to seen, purely with
S2!2i«3RP“ to . nature,
Y*#. exists generally fe Hfe,<ai?iact« of an
el with jttrtons of his Poor Dimensions If
Yes, may thy path, the path of both,
Be strewn with sweetest flowers—
Hope, peace and love, and all things bright
In this fair world of ours ; ’
And when you bid adieu to time,
And pass from earth away,
May purer, holier joys be yours,
Where God and angels stay.
KATE
Oak Bower, Ga., Sept. 20th, 1859.
fi t King of Sardinia had received deputa-
1! , rorn the National Assemblies of Modena-
-I ^anna. touching the annexation>of those
stt!/ 0i ? ar< ^ n ‘ a ' He expresses acquiesence
^ ^ 'lews, and promised to urge the mat-
„ ore the great European powers.
Hj ,. 1 R Ue d military movements indicate.that
« have determined to rely upon
Ii i! ves ^ or ttie ir protection.
‘'ii,® ssert cd that France has nearly 100,-
I>P* in Italy.
- bjanuh expedition against Mexico is
of 12,000 troops.
J^fLiverpool, the ship Refrege from
Interesting from America.
Mr. Wiiliam King, son of the late and
much respected W. King, Esq., of Winter-
slow, paid us a visit after an absence from Sal
isbury of twenty-five years, and from Eng-
land-about ten, having lieen located the latter
term in America. Mr. King, with his broth
er George (who now occupies the Winterslow
farm whore his father lived seventy years,)
put up at the Coach and Horses, Winchester-
street, where, being market day, many old
familiar faces became recognized, although
the lapse of time had removed that of youth
to manhood, and of the latter to that of the
furrowed and wrinkled brow. Still, the plea
sure of meeting, and the pleasures of the even-
cast aside gloom, and a feeling of pleasure
and harmony pervaded.
About a dozen sat down to an excellentsup-
per, after which the cloth was removed, and
Mr. W. King was requested to take the chair
which he did, and was faced, at his request,
by Mr. Poor, an old citizen of Salisbury, some
four score years having passed over his head ;
still the good old man was hearty and sung
his song with the accustomed jolity.
The chairman requested each gentleman to
fill his glass with a bumper, when he arose
and said : Gentlemen, after an absence of ma
ny years from you all, it gives me pleasure in j
arising to propose a toast, which, to you all, i
is ever welcome, and to myself will be held
dear to my neart, “The Queen of England,
Victoria! God bless her!” Drank with en
thusiasm, loyalty in every countenance. Mr.
K. then sung one of Randsforth’s songs—
“The Oak and the Ivy”—followed by an old
one from the Crupier, Mr. Poor, who sang
“The Downhill of Life,” after which, the old
gentleman, in proposing the health of the
chairman, begged him to tell them a little
about America. They had heard this and
that about slavery : had read Mrs. Stowe’s
works, &c., but had never seen any one who
had traveled and spent some years there, and
who had been amongst the people of that
country, &c.
The chairman arose and briefly returned
thanks for the honor done him in proposing
his health, &c., which he was satisfied every
one present drank with sincerity of heart,
that is, if he could jndge with the enthusiasm
displayed. He had been asked a little about
America by his old and much respected friend
Mr. Poor, and as every one present seem inter
ested also to hear what I have seen, I will tell
you :
Gentlemen-—I left England’s shore ten
years ago, and landed at Charleston, S. C.—
After a pleasant passage of thirty days we
made land, as described in the national song,
The land of the free and home of the brave. ’ ’
But, doubtless, many of the sturdy yeomen
of this country would say, How could it be
the land of the free” where there is slave
ry ? Gentlemen, I will tell you. When I
landed in South Carolina (a slave State) I ex
pected to see. probably, like yourselves, slaves
woiking, if not in chains, more like horses—
if not in yokes, next to it. As I walked thro’
the streets I asked my friend the Captain who
were those people, pointing to the colored
folks. The answer was, “Slaves.” “What,
all slaves?” The description in appearance
of these slaves, gentlemen, I will give you.
[Here the greatest quietness prevailed, and
each eagerly scanned Mr. King’s oountenance
to catch ever}- point.] One black is going
along driving a dray ; as the horse trots he
stands rockingly easy, with reins in hand,
whistling a tune merrily until he recognizes
a brother darkie, when he polttely bows:
“Good morning, sir, how’s all de folks?”
“Well thank’ee” how’s all your’s ?” “All
well—all well”—and on he goes. Next I met
a group of half a dozen standing at a street
comer, and who did not perceive our coming
until we were just upon them ; one of them
hastily sweeps the others on one side, thrust
ing them half off the side walk to make room
for us, saying, “Make room for de gentle
men,” politely lift his hat and bowing to us.
1 said, “Are these slaves ?” “Yes,” was our
Captain’s reply. The slaves, or more proper
ly called servants, were well dressed, accord
ing to their occupation, one with as good
clothes on as I had—he probably was a house
servant—others with equally good, according
to their vocations. Their hearty, jolly laugh
—yah! yah! yah!—happy faces, &c., seemed
a great contrast to the talked of yoke of sla
very and its barbarities.
Mr. King continued :
Gentlemen—I have seen what is called sla
very in America ; I have dwelt in cities and
visited plantations in South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama and other parts, and I have not
merelv passed through for a day, not only be
held them, but half my ten years in America
I have been located in the South. I have
visited and shot over plantations, with their
owners, for weeks together, and months in
some instances, and there touud what slavery
is in the country. After their work in the
field is done (and I assure you their work is
not half so toilsome as the daily laborers here)
you will hear the fiddle and banjo in their
cabins, and each grinning face is as merry and
joyous as posssible. T hey have money abun
dant, raise and -‘-11 their own poultry, &o.,
and altogether. I assure you, gentlemen, are
far better off than the ploughman or shepherd
of this country. ’They have nothing to fear
no care, no anxiety—are well-clothed, well
fed, well cared for, and if sick are well nursed
and have the family physician to attend tlieir
wants. If a bad fellow exists among them
on an estate, and he cannot he reformed (as
frequently is the case with the white popula
tion,) he is sold far away, anti properly, too,
for frequently “one scabby sheep infects the
whole flock.” Therefore, gentlemen, don t
speak of “slavery there is no slavery in Am
erica.
Mr. King then added :
I will now endeavor to give you my opm-
ion of the American folks themselves. l^Tell,
gentleman, the American is the Englishman.
I have travelled in most parts of the United
States, I have in some instances been conspic
uous, having shot many matches against some
of t .ic best American shots—and, of course, a
rivalry would exist, for weaU hke to excel m
our particular enterprise, whether we be gift
ed asa billiard champion, a chess champion,
or what hot; any manly science posaewmg
skill, and more especially when tney contrib
ute to recreation, health, and vigor-are not
only sought after, bat appreciated.^ Inave,
therefore, visited certain localities for the
above competition jn spOart.- and alwaye re
ceived from all tanka the greatert
American, and particularly i n the South; and
m making this distinction I will here sav, at
^Duyille, Ky., Savannah and Augusta,'Ga..
and Charleston, S. C., I have much cause to
rmemher their warm-hearted generosity.—
The last named place, Charleston, I consider
my ‘ home of Aineriea,” having i*"dH
there, and remained one-tiurd of my eariflast
time in America, until death deprived me of
a beloved wife, child, and brother, who now
lie tnere. I therefore, gentlemen, would say
to you, that in reviewing the American people
m the higher circles yov will find dignity
courtesy , and purely unsophisticated manners’;
the medium class, merchants, tradesmen, are
deficient in their mode of conducting business
to the London school, hut then there is the
contrast of experience in years. The bulk of
the lower classes are/ honest laboring men,
though some rowdies may be found
them, as in other countries. If England were
at any time invaded by a despotic power,
America could raise in one week a million of
men, who would fight for their parent coun
try ; the homes of their fathers are here, the
hearths are remaining, the embers are out,
but the fire would be rekindled, and Jonathan
again by its side.
In conclusion, gentlemen, I give you _
toast from my heart, and each of you who
feels the fo.egoing remarks in accordance
with your own sentiments, drink to the toast
as you feel. Gentlemen, I give you-—“Eng-
land asd America—may they ever be united;
and as one branch from one stem, may they
flourish under the protection of Divine Prov
idence throughout all ages.”
The toast was received with rounds of ap
plause, each face beamed a happing 0 f sat
isfaction ; another cheer, and another, was
given for Mr. King, with success to bis enter
prise which brought him back amongst them
again.
'The evening terminated in a very pleasant
and agreeable manner to ail. Mr. King was
listened to most attentively, and the company
were much gratified.—[Wiltshire (England)
County Mirror, Aog. 17.
numtVARUk
I*af by leaf the roses fall,
Drop by drop the springs run dry ;
One by one beyond recall.
Summer beauties fade and die;
But the roses bloom again,
And theapriag will blush anew,
Iu the pleasant April rain t
And the summer sun and dew.
Practical friendship.
It is very common to speak of the uncer
tainty and inconstancy of human friendship ;
yet, very few ever learn this by actual expe
rience. . With the masses of mankind gener
ally, friendship is a very indefinite term.—
Men meet in society as strangers, and upon
acquaintance are mutually pleased. After a
certain amount of intercourse, they form an
intimacy which they call friendship. They
like each other, receive pleasure from each
other’s company, and there passes between
them a reciprocity of favors. If they live
near each other, this state of things may con
tinue without interruption to the eud of their
lives. This attachment extends just as far as
the profession, and is perhaps as intense and
lasting as either wishes it to be ; consequent
ly when these peraons folk of the inconstanc>
of frien; Fship, they speak a cant borrowed from
poets and novelists, of which the really know
nothing.
But there are instances of a stronger friend
ship than this. Persons sometimes become
united in a closer bond thaa any tie of kin
dred ever established. Their hearts are knit
together by a cord the sundering of which
would be like breaking the mystic tiiread that
connects soul and flesh. It is the comming
ling of congenial natures, unaccountably mis
terious to those who never passed through
such au experience, but none the less a reality
because mysterious. Coarser or colder spirits
never know this feeling. To them, self—love
is a paramount passion—a passion in which
all love for their race, or for individuals of
that race, is lost. But the friendship of re
fined souls is as unselfish as it is strong. No
sacrifices which it can make for its objects are
considered too great. It needed, substantial
aid is given without stint; if this can nothing
avail, sympathy is freely offered- There is a
deep interest manifested in the welfare and
srosperity of each other ; but that interest is
peldom attested by professions, and never by
any display ef sentiment. They seek to give
expression to their feelings in actions, rather
than words. Two such frienJs may not, like
two modern school misses, write whole reams
of paper filled with endearing phrases , but
they will cheer in loneliness, comfort in afflic
tion and aid in trouble. In prosperity, when
the sun shines brightly, and the wind blows
•oftly, they move on quietly, without fatigu
ing each other with useless attentions, or ren
dering themselves rediculous by an ostenta
tious intimacy. But when storms come and
summer friends have all fled, the real friend
ship shows itself in a warm, active, self deny
ing love.
'This is the kind of friendship which we
need to aid and encourage us amid the dificul-
ties with which life is so thickly beset. We
all stand in want of such assistance—the strong
as well as the weak—the self-relying and the
diffident. Oui charge against the friendships
of this age is not that they are false, but that
they do not. in a sufficient degree, give aid.—
They are as sentimental as one could wish,
but not practical enough. We wish men well,
but make no effort to insure their doing well.
We close our letters to them by the assurance
that we are their “Sincere friend.” but far
ther than a few flattering expressions of re
gard, we never give them any proof that we
are so. This is not as it should be. Persons
can almost always find some way of benefit-
ting their friends if they will seek the oppor
tunity. They should make themselves known
and render their kindness felt in prosperity as
well as in adversity. They should not wait
for the clouds to gather and the winds to
howl before they give some assurance of their
love. “A friend in need is a friend indeed,”
says the old adage, and quite truly; but he is
most apt to be a friend in need who has shown
himself to be a watchful, considerate and pa
tient friend in seasons of prosperity.
So, in hours of deepest gloom,
When the springs of gladness fill,
And the rosea In their bloom,
Droop like maidens wan ami pale:
We dual find some hope that lies
Hidden for from careless eyes
In the garden of the heart.
8ATUBDAY, OCTOBER 1,1859.
Some sweet hope to gladness wed,
That will spring afresh and new,
When griefs winter shall have fled,
Giving place to raitfand dew—
Some sweet hope that breathes of spring,
Through the weary, weary time,
Budding for its blossoming,
In the spirits glorious dime.
Illness of Jndge Powers.
We regret to announce the dangerous illness
of Hon. A. P. Powers, at his residence in
Vineville, of Congestion of the Liver. Sun
day night his recovery was despaired of, but
the disorder took a favorable turn during the
night, and tins (Monday)morning he is more
comfortable, but still in a dangerous condi
tion. „
We are also sorry to say that Col. Sjieer is
detained at home by the sudden illness of a
o’ ild, which he tells us will in all likelihood
p-ove fatal. In this uufortunate situation of
tli the candidates, we trust their friends
[communicated. ]
Stephen A. Douglas.
Just at this time, Stephen A. Douglas, po
litically, is the Bull-Dog of the Nation. Al
though mad and almost desperate, he has re
cently been harking for fovor in a Northern
Publication, and will inflict, unless he is in
dignantly frowned down, a serious wound up
on the South. The very tact of his having
chosen this medium, through which to har
angue the public with his political views,
ought of itself to condemn him forever with
the people this side the Potomac. Our infor
mation is, and has been for several years, that
Harper’s Magazine, published in New York,
is a strong vehicle of Abolitionism, and that
its EtiitotB vote with the Black Republican
party. If this be so, and it has been repeat
edly charged, and never denied, will the free
men of the South be longer deceived by the
double-dealing of this political traitor ? We
think not—indeed, we confidently believe his
doom is sealed, and that his hopes of ever be
ing President of the United States, might as
well vanish and vanish forever.
Aspiring to the chief office in the gift of the
people, he is hypocritical enough to court
Northern influence, and at the same time, en
deavor by mild though specious meaus to pas-
sify the South—lulling her to repose in the
arms of his duplicity—leading her by degrees
to his support—looking upon her as a bird
that may be caught by chaff, and wishing to
ride into this high position by trampling un
der foot her dearest rights.
The great doctrine so strenuously advocated
by this Giant of Squatter Sovereignty, and so
plausibly argued by him, is directly at war
with the Southern Democracy, and calculated
gradually to undermine slavery, and finally to
abolish the institution. This ought to damn
him for all time with us, And bury him deep
er iu treason, deceit and hypocrisy to party,
than a sun-l>eum could fly in a thousand
years.
The South wants something more than he
would give her. She wants her slave proper
ty protected from Abolition legislation, and
this she demands at the hands of the Presi
dent. And if this protection be denied when
asked, she will then fall back upon her own
resources, seize the sword of independence,
and fight for the laws of the (and and our
rights. Indeed, if she had not this right
guaranteed to her, the slaveholder would be
deterred from emigrating to the Territories
with his property, which would give to the
North the power of a tyrant, as she is, and
make the South a vassal at the door of Abo
litionism, asking for mercy.
The Constitution has undoubtedly recog
nized private property in slaves, and in so do
ing, as a consequence, has guaranteed protec
tion to the owners of them residing in the
Territories. Hence, a Territorial Legislature,
a creature of Congress under the Constitution,
and vested with no absolute sovereignty, can
not abolish slavery.
When a slaveholder has emigrated to a Ter
ritory with his negroes, the Constitution se
cures him from all loss from Abolition legis
lation under all circumstances. If a Territo
ry comes into the Union with a free Constitu
tion, the slaveholders within her limits have
the right to withdraw with their slaves and
other property, unmolested. Anything lees
than this would be manifestly unjust, against
all reason, and in direct violation with the
settled law of the land.
Remember Stephen A. Douglas’ course in
the last Congress, and don’t forget his Squat
ter Sovereignty. > «-=— — j---
card him forever.
£T At & Meeting held it the Atlanta Hotel
on thttnday evening by the friends Mr.
Tho’s A. McCormick, expressing their regret
at parting with him, and th^ gratification to
know that a^enial companion, and a sincere
friend was about to leave them for his native
land there to enjoy the blessings in store for
him laid np by affectionate friends of bis ear
ly youth.
Dr. W. T. C. Campbell was called to the
chair, Mr. W. H. Barnes was appointed Sec
retary and the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That in the departure of our
friend and social companion Thomas A Mc
Cormick our social circle is broken and many
days will elapse ere we find his iike again.
Resolaed. That on bis departure we yield to
him the hand of “Farewell” yet' with that
reluctance which ever accompanies the adieus
of friendship and on his journey we invoke for
him all the safety and success which his heart
can desire.
Resolved. That while we deplore- our social
loss, we wish our friend a safe return to his
own native Erin that Dmerald Island gem of
the Ocean- May he ever merit that paren
tal affection which so warmly looks for and
anxiously awaits his return home, and when
a mothers burning kiss shall greet and wel
come him onee Jmore to his boy hoods home,
may he then turn in friendly thoughts of re-
memberance to the friends—“A’uld Lang
Syne.”
Resolved, That though our parting with
him be so mournfull arid full of regret yet
may we soon learn ef his safe return home,
that the pleasing intelligence may render
bearable the pain of parting- May he often
remember his friends of this occasion for they
are as true and tried as the sons of his own na
tive land and as warm anu generous as the sun
and lands of this country of Stripes and Stars”
Toast No. 1.—Our friend and Companion-
may his aims ever be Royal and his efforts
FtetorioiM—whether he stand behind the mer
chant’s counter or appear as “Mine host” of
an Hotell.
No. 2.—Success to our friend—May his
“praties” ever be “eyes right” his cows come
home, his chicks ever chirp in the eggs and may
he prove as valiant a “Paddy Whack” as ever
trod the grounds of “Douney Brwook Fair.”
No. 8- Mac. May he be tipped and array’d
tapped when full and corked when emptty and
may he never “lac a stoop o’ brandy to clear
his head” cheer his heart and drive dull care
For lira Intolligiacer.
LINES TO
Oh, I am so sad and wretched
I know not where to go,
My little grandson only,
Can partly sooth my woe.
And when I am so lonely,
I take him cm my. knee ;
And ha tells of me the carriage,
He is going to buy for me.
The sweetest little cherub,
That e’rst you ever knew ; ^
Is my dailing, little *Eddie,
My only grand child too.
And yet there is another,
For which my heart doth sigh
I am going, to the sunny Sorith,
And there, I’ll live and die.
I am so sad and lately,
I know not where to fly ;
I am waiting for to see him,
Once more before I die.
He told me when I left him,
On him I could rely ;
I am waiting for to see him,
Once more before I die.
But if, I never see him,
I’ll lay me down to rest;
And think, when last I saw him,
He said he loved me best.
MARIA.
away.
Eloquent speeches were made by Dr. Camp
bell Dr. A. G. Thomas Mr. W. H Bams and
several others after which the meeting ad*
joumed bidding a last farewell to their friend
and companion Thos J. McCormick.
Discard him now, and dis-
A. B. C.
From the New Orleans Delta, Sept, 10th.
Jndge Lynch In Loubans.
..ill feel it still more incumbent on them to
l e active in tiieir behalf.—[Telegraph.
Bank at Morgan, Ga.
Wo clip the following from Imlay & Bmck-
nell’s Bank Nate Reporter without presuming
to know anything about the Bank of Morgan,
in this State. ... . j i +
“The nlates engraved for this fraudulent
concern (the Bank of Morgan Ga.) have been
altered to a number of banks throughout the
C< Thefollowing description will detect them :
Is vig female seated, with sheaf and sickle
on upper left comer ; Washington on lower
female floating or flying ; Indian
seated on right; negroes picking cotton on left
CU 5s, vig. a drove of wild horses running,
full length figure of a girl, vfiti* her hand
upraised shading her eyes, on right end.
10s, vig. large spread eagle °j*
shield holding arrows and olive branch, In
dian on right lower corner, tod Continental
soldier on left lower comer, both in ovals.
(’ a pt. W. tells au amusing occurrance
witnessed by him last week on board the
Ocean on her way down. An oldish and some
what purblind gentleman, pacing up and
down in front of a large full length mirror,
and, after gating at the figure presented for a
moment or two, inquired in a very deliberate
tone
jg your—name—Brown 1" No answer.
Question repeated louder : “Is—your-niam*
-Brown V’ Question again repeated, atm
louder ; Is—your—name—Brow* r —Still
no answer. “Well,”
■‘you are either no gentlemen or very dtqf
The saloon was to a roar.-[ Providence Jour
nal.
Great Conflict in Lafayette Parish—Tme
Outlaws Defeated and Seventy of them Cap
tured.—A friend who has just arrived from
Lafayette parish, informs us that on Saturday
morning last the Vigilance Committee of that
parish were summoned to assemble and pro
ceed to a place called Bayou Tortue, about fif
teen miles west of Vermillionville, where an
encampment of autlawB had been formed, the
ringleaders of which had challenged them to
battle. Accordingly, the law and order men
of the parish, who had long suffered from these
depredators, who had robbed, plundered, pas
sed counterfeit money, and murdered with
impunity, quickly gathered, and taking a
piece of artillery with them from the village
of Vermillionville, started for the rendervous
of the outlaws. At 9 a. m. on Saturday,
about five hundred well wounted men sud
denly appeared before the entrenched camp
of the boastful defiers of the law, where they
found them in full force, with the Bayou well
guarded, and a house to the centre of their
position, loop-holed, and otherwise thorough
ly prepared for enduring a siege of resisting a
storming party.
The flag of their fraternity also floated de
fiantly in the breeze, and until the Vigifonts
had formed their erder of battle, and unmask
ed their cannon, all looked as if the defense
would be obstinate and sanguinary. The
sight of the big gun, however struck terror
into the hardened hearts of these outlaws,
and sauve quipeut suddenly appeared to ani
mate the warriors. Their number was about
one hundred and fifty, and many of whom
having hones, managed to make their escape,
but seventy of their force fell into the hands
of the Vigilante. Immediately a court mar
tial was formed, consisting of two Vigifonts
from each company, to whom the question
was submitted whether the prisonen, notori
ous evildoers, should suffer death a be pad-
died. By a majority of two it waa decided to
inflict the paddle punishment, and thirty-six
hundred blows were equally administered.—
One fellow committed suicide, by shooting
himself, to avoid the paddle.
Bnbaequently five othen of the gang were
found dead, from gon-ahot wounds.
Our informant aaya that the newt of this af
fair caused the greatest pleasure among all the
honest and decent inhabitants of the parish
where it occurred, and the adjacent Attekapas
parishes, which have long suffered from the
digffbdations of the powerful and dangerous
[communicated.]
A Terrible Disease.
Messrs. Editors : I fear that our young and
growing city is on the eve of a visitation from
a terrible and malignant[ disease, which, from my
knowledge of its ravages in other cities, is
more to be dreaded than the Asiatic cholera,
or the plagues of Egypt. It seldom destroys
life, bnt it never fails to strip life of all capaci
ty for enjoyment, unless treated in its incipi
ent stages by the most skillful physician.—
When once under its influence, iu a malignant
form, we may hid good-bye to happiness on
earth, and a Ions' farewell to all hope of fu
ture bliss.
Its premoiuiai/ symptoms are visible in the
unnatural porifons and carriage of the body
—a stiffening i/ the neck and the back—a rig
idity of the knei-joints—especially when on
horse-hack—as t ;: >ugh the patient had been
eating a mess of ramrods. It favors the pro
duction and cultivation of a small spot of hair
immediately below the under lip of males,
which the patient, when first attacked, is con
tinually feeling with his thumb and finger.—
The upper lip, too, is occasionally coated with
hair, which the patient is continually trying
to twist at each corner of his mouth into the
resemblance of a pig’s tail—maneuvring his
thumb and finger like he was boring a hole
with a gimlet.
As the disease progresses, a disgust for plain
common English is manifested. The letter r
at the termination of words is totally ignored,
and the long sound of u is exchanged for that
of oo, as “booteful oreatchar,” angelic lawm,
sweetest flowah of natcher, awb of day, and
gloweous staw of night. At this stage the pa
tient is suffering from a contraction of the
brain—the skull thickens and becomes soft.
The forehead recedes in closing upon the vacu
um within, whilst the top of his head is infla
ted with the gas of self-esteem, and contempt
for the “vulgaw” mechanic.
Females are even more liable to this dread
ful scourge thau males, and when attacked
the disease is more visible, and more destruc
tive in its results. It manifests its presence by
the prodigious space occupied by silks and sat
ins below the waist, and the exceedingly small
space occupied by a little bonnet worn on the
Presidential Prognostication.
Col. J. J. Seibles, the veteran, cool and dis
criminating tactician of the Montgomery Con
federation, has been spending some time in
Washington City, New York and other polit
ical head-quarters. In a late letter from New
York city, he thus writes as to the next Pres-
dency :
President making, or rather unmaking, is go
ing on vigorously all through the North.-—
They have commenced so early that each
clique will have full time to make its Presi
dential candidate, and have him “killed off’
by tlie time of the meeting of the National
Convention. As far as I have been able to as
certain 1 have found nothing incompatible
with an understanding at Charleston that all
true statesmen and patriots of tlie country
can subreribe to cheerfully. Our inquiries
have led us to tlie confident opinion that the
Northern Democracy will meet us in Conven
tion upon the Cincinnati Platform—leaving
the slavery issue where the South herself pre
ferred to place it in the Kansas-Nebraska bill
and the Dred Scott decision—where Mi-. Cal
houn and Judge Butler and Berrein and their
compeers desired it should be left, and where
abolitionists do not want it left, viz : outside
of the halls of Congress, and with the people
of the Territory who have it to deal with, at
least until they shall show a disposition to
wrong us. Such is the platform held out to
us, or that we mutually hold of North and
South. Let us all get udon it, and who are
not willing to do so, [et them stand outside
ths National Democratic organization. I de
nounce or blame no man for preferring a sec
tional party organization, but those who are
of that faith and opinion, should not at the
same time preten l to acc in good faith with a
National organization. I think there is cheer
ing hope for a more thoroug union of the par
ty upon the platform I've suggested. In fact
my information is from such high sources in
the Free States as to leave no doubt of the
willingness of our Northern brethren to do
so, and I cannot doubt that the South will
hesitate to meet them half way. If we are
not misinformed, Senator Hammond, of South
Curolina, is of this opinion, and we trust our
own distinguished and beloved Senator Fitz
patrick, whose eminent services in the coun
sels of the country, and known conversatism,
we are proud to ii-id, lias placed him high in
the affections of the people even here at the
North, may be of the same way of thinking.
The great difficulty will be in selecting a can
didate that will rally the strengt h of the par
ty North as well as South. Mr. Douglas is
the leader of one set of interpreters at the
North, and Messrs. Hunter, Davis, Wise,
Brown and others are the leaders of an-
otflier at the South—being the two extremes.
Neither extremes can be. or should be, forced
to vietd, without disaster. Hence, in my
opinion the Charleston Convention will be
necessitated, to save the party and the coun
try, to look to other sources for the right man
than those now most prominent before the
country. He must be one of the highest or-
derof executive and administrative ability—
of the most eminent character in private as
well as public life—of great popularity as a
man, growing out of his superior knowledge
of mankind and his method of dealing with
them—a man of acts more than of works—
n< it a mere clap-trap stump speaker, but one
liUi-Jefferson and Jackson, that shone by their
deeds in council more than by their ab upon
tee hustings. It is not ier us to indicate him.
I> it he will be found by the Charleston Con
ation, and nominated as the Democratic
standard-bearer for President in 1890--nwrA-
this prediction.—[Huntsville Advocate.
How Tecumseli wa* Killed.
The Western Christain Advocate contains
an obituary notice of Isaac Hamblin, Sr., who
died at his.residence near Bloomfield, Indi
ana, a few months since, aged about 86 years.
Mr. Hamlin was a man of deep piety and un
questionable veracity. He was in the battle
of the Thames, and the writer gives the fol
lowing as his statement in regard to the
manner in which Tecrimseh was killed :
He says he was standing but a few feet
from Col. Johnson when he fell, and in full
view and saw the whole of that part of the bat
tle. He was well acquainted with Tecumseli,
having seen him before the waT, and huvin;
back of the head ; but these are the milder j been a prisoner seventeen days, and received
symptoms. Its more virulent form is manifest-| ™ an y a c “ I jj n 6 blinks that
•d in the temper and habits of its victims.—
The Chattanoogo Gazette is in fevor
of Got. Andrew Johnson of Tenn., for Presi
dent. End passes m warm eulogy upon him.—
If a southern w 1 *" is the Nominee, it would
not surprise us for Andrew Johnson to be that
The wife ceases to be a help to her husband, ex
cept to spend his hard earnings in the gratifi
cation of her pride ; she has the stifl-neck and
proud carriage, as above described. Her nose
(as the disease progresses) assunn s an upward
curl, especially in the presence of poor folks ;
and should her husband be a mechanic or
shop-keeper, she will not suffer him to accom
pany her on the streets ; she never visits, but
pays calls; she is seldom at home—she spends
much of her time iu gossiping, and often gets
herself into difficulties bv tlie imprudence of
her tongue.
When this disease has passed the incipient
stages and has become virulent in females, no
wealth can gratify its demands. It keeps the
poor man down, and even makes the rich man
feel poor. It is % barrier to connubial bliss—
to maternal ties, and to a love of home. It
multiplies desires, without the means of grat
ification, and is never happy with possession.
The only remedy for this terrible disease, is a
timely enlargement and cultivation of the
brain. PLEBIAN.
P. S. It has been decided by the Medical
Faculty that the above d.sease is not epidem
ic, but that it is exceedingly contagious, and
that those afflicted with a vacuum in the up-
per’extrem i ty are generally most subject to an
attack.
P.
Selling a Colored Person In Illinois*
Recently a free colored man, named Goe.
Bowlin, was put up on the block at Carrol ton,
Greene county, Illinois, and sold to the high
est bidder. His offence was a violation of the
law, which prbhibits the immigration of a
colored penon into the State. Having been
tried and found guilty, he was fined $65, and
not being able to pay the money, he was sold
to Mr. Felix Morton for tixteen months. It
does not appear, says the Cincinnati Gazette,
that this little transaction in human flesh,
created any convulsive excitement among the
philanthropists of the State.
Tecnmseh thought Johnson was Harrison, as
he often heard the chief swear that, lie would
have Harrison’s scalp, and seemed to have a
special hatred towards him. Johnson’s horse
fell under him, lie himself being also deeply
wounded ; in the fall he lost his sword, his
large pistols were empty, and he was entan
gled with his horse on the ground. Tecum-
slie had fired his rifle at him, and when he
saw him fall, he threw down his gun and
Ixumded forward Hke a tiger sure of his prey.
Johnson had only a side pistol ready for use.
He aimed at the chief over the head of his
horse, and shot him the centre of his forehead.
When the ball struck, it seemed to him that
the Indian jumped with his head full fifteen
feet into the air : as soon as he struck the
ground, a little Frenchman ran his bayonet
into him and pinned him fust to the ground.
(gf A married wretch said that he dream
ed lately that he had an angel sleeping by his
side, and upon waxing up, found it was no
body hut his wife!
Suicide of a Georgian.—A New Orleans
correspondent of the Charleston Courier, wri
ting under date Sept. 20th, furnishes the fol
lowing item:
Last Thursday evening, Mr. A. W. Semmes,
a native of Georgia, a young man of not quite
twenty-eight years of age, most respectably
connected here, a graduate of our Law Col
lege, and a young lawyer of promise, arrived
in this city from Canton, Tenn., and took
lodgings at the City Hotel. The two follow
ing days he was noticed to be in liquor; on
Saturday evening he was accompanied to his
room by some friends, who saw him in bed.
All day Sunday he remained in his room.—
Monday morning he was found dead in his
bed. At first it was thought he had succumb
ed to an apoplectic fit, but on the body being
removed, a tumbler and an empty phial, la
beled “Morphine,” were found under the pil
low. The coroner was sent for, and he sent
for Dr. R. M. Graham to hold a post mortem
examination. Dr. Graham came to the con
clusion that Mr. Semmes had died of conges
tion of the brain, caused by a strong dose of
morphine, a remnant of which was found in
the tumbler. There was not the slightestclue
as to what was the motive of the act. It is
charitable to suppose that intoxication pro
duced sickness and pun, and the unhappy
young man, to obtain relief, took the power
ful opiate, but in bis disordered condition did
not see how much he was swallowing—per
haps was ignorant of the fatal effects of a dose
larger than usual.
The man who was struck' by a thought
has so far recovered aa to be out again.
BE COWKST.
Mistaken mortal, ever fretting,
Grasping, grinding, groaning, getting.
Be content 1
If thon hast enough, be thankful,
Just as if thou had’st a bankful.
Be content!
If fortune cast thy lot but humble,
Earn thy bread and do not grumble,
Be content!
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL
OF THE
ASIA.
Have the rich think’st thou no trouble ?
Twice thy wealth, thy sorrows double,
Be content!
List the lore of learned sages—
Those wise men of the Grecian ages,
Be content!
Their reckoning up of all earth’s riches.
Was compassed in one short phrase, which is
Be content!
The rich man gets, with all his heaping,
But dress and drink, and food and sleeping,
Be content!
Though in sleep the rich men gain not,
Poor men sleep when rich men may not,
Be content!
Remember, thou for wealth who akest,
“ Nought thou houglitest, nought thou
[takest,”
Be content!
President Buchanan.
A Washington correspondent of the Boston
“Journal,” in his letter of the 14th inst., re
ferring to a large number of ladies and gen
tlemen who, on that day, had called to pay
their respects to tlie President, says :
“Mr. Buchanan received his guests with
that frank and genial welcome that has al
ways marked hts receptions. I saw him on
the day of his inauguration. He boes not
look a day older now. He is in perfect health.
He has no marks of being jaded or care-worn.
He does not sleep in the city. Precisely at
half past four he may be seen starting for his
rural home in the country, He lias a beauti
ful cottage near the Soldier’s Retreat; and
one of the cottages that surround the Retreat,
and the one belonging to the Governor of that
establishment, is the summer home of the
President. It is four miles from the city, and
a delightful drive. He dines at five o’clock.
At six he welcomes, in a quiet way, any gen
tlemen or ladies who may choose to call on
him; and this ride is becoming quite a tash-
ionablo one, and any afternoon tlie President
may be seen on the piazza of his beautiful
cottage, with his friends, enjoying the air and
the scenery as well as the graceful society that
surrounds him- Few men haveoccupied the
Executive chair who have understood so well
how to lighten official care, and catch the pas
sing comfort as the burdeus of office are borne
—and this sccounts for Mr. Buchanan’s good
health.”—[Wash. Con.
The Grain Market.
Since our last notice, the grain market has
been more animated, with an adveucing ten
dency in the prices. The confirmed reports
with reference to the material shortness of the
wheat crop, and the disappointment of early
anticipations, has excited a movement with
speculators that gives an earnest of better fig
ures for this great staple than those that have
been ruling for the last several weeks. Should
attendant circumstances, together with tlie
certain diminution of tlie crop in Europe, jus
tify a speculative demand, not range at a high
figure. On the contrary, we "have every rea
son to believe that such will be the case. That
the wheat crop of this country will fall far
short of early calculations, no cne pretends to
doubt. That the crop in Europe will be be
low the estimate made a few weeks ago, is
equally apparent, and that the com crop will
be far below an average, is a concession with
out disputation. These facts, taken together
are clearly suggestive oi but one intelligent
conclusion, and that is an enhanced value of
the coreal crop of this country, to succeed
the depression which has heretofore character
ized our markets. We would, therefore,
again dare counsel a demand tor higher rates.
—[Rich. (Va.) News.
The Spy System.- The New York Herald
states that a system of espionage is exercised
iu tnis country, just as despotic as that which
is rife in France, and perhaps more potent.—
This system is carried on by means of mer
cantile agencies, whose ramifications extend
through the whole country; and any one pay
ing them for the privilege may inspect from
their books, the most secret actions, including
even the private matters of southern mer
chants. Immediately the clerk who has
charge of that particular section is called, and
lays open the private life of tlie Alabamian to
the eye of the inquirer. Even his martial re
lations are discovered and the kind of bever
age with which lie regales himself, as welt as
the condition of his finances. By this means,
those agencies have it within tlieir power to
blast the prospects of a southern merchant,
and ruin liis character forever. The espion
age practiced by the French Eiaj>eror cannot
do more among his own people. In view of
these facts, southern merchants should be ex
tremely cautious as to whom they deal with in
the North.—[Montgomery Advertiser.
Later from Hava na and Mexico.
New Orleans, Sept. 30.—The steamship
Philadelphia arrived here to-day with Ha
vana date to the 27th inst.
General Concha will be relieved in Novem
ber by General Sevano.
The stock of sugar at Havana is 170,000
boxes ; buyers were demanding a reduction.
Molasses dull. Freights improving. Sterl
ing 14 1-2 @ 15 1-2. Exchange on New
York 3 @ 5.
MEXICO.—General Alrarer was preparing
to march to the City of Mexico with 6,000
armed infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
BROWNSVILLE,, (Texas.)—The yellow fe
ver was raging at Brownsville and thirty
miles above.
Shooting Affray.
A difficulty, growing out of political excite
ment, occured this mining at the Market
House, between John .letters and Policeman
Iverney. Blows were struck, and and several
pistol shots interchange i, one of which took
effect in the forehead or Kerney, but not do
ing much injury, as the ball flattened with
out penetrating the skull. Jeffers, we under
stand, has been arrested.--[ State Press.
Girls ISrware.
Girls beware of transeient young men. Ne
ver suffer the addresses of a stranger. Keccol-
lect that one good farmer’s boy, or industri
ous mechanic, is worth 11 the floating fops in
the world. The allurements of a dandy Jack,
with a gold chain around his neck a walking
stick in his paw, a three-penny cigar in his
mouth, some honest tailor’s coat on his back
and a brainless though tancy skull, never can
make up the loss of a good father's home, a
good mother’s counsel, and the society of bro
thers and sisters ; their affections last, while
that of such a young mail is lost in honey
moon. ’Tis true.
Advantage of Women over Men.—Some
one sums up the advan tages of women over
men as follows :
“A woman may say what she pleases to
you without being knocked down for it. She
can take a snooze after dinner while her hus
band has to go to work. She can go forth in
to the streets without being invited to treat
at every coffee house. She can paint her face
if it is too pale, and flour it if it is too red.—
She can stay at home in time of war and wed
if .her husband is killed. She can wear cor
sets if too thick—other fixing if too thin.—
She can eat, drink an 1 be merry, without
costing a cent. She can get divorced from her
husband whenever she sees any one shr likes
better. She can get hi r husband in debt all
over, until he warns the public, by advertise
ments, not to trust her on his account any
longer.—[Ex.
Too Fast, Gentlemen.
Finding the Road.—A Yankee travelling
the other day, in Dauphin county, rode up
to a Dutchman cutting bushes along the fence,
and asked him the road to Harrisburg. “To
Harrisburg. Veil, you see dat road upon de
hill;” pointing in that direction. “O yes. I
see it.” “Veil, den, you must not take dat
roat. You see dis roat by te coal I ank ?”—
“Yer.” “Veil, dat ish not ter roat, too; but
you must go .light straight by te bam dare,
and veil you see von roat jhust so,” (bending
his elbow, and describing at tlie same time,)
and ven you kit dere, keep right along till you
gets, furder. Veil, den you will turn the po
tato patch round de bridge over de river up
stream, and the hill up, anil tiiectly you see
mine proder Fritz s parn, shingled mit straw,
dats de house where mine prodder lives.—
He’ll dell you better as I can. Anil you go
little bit furder you see too roats—you must
not take both of ’em.” The Yankee rode off
at the top of his speed.
Benedict Arnold and the Law of Libel.—
Mr. Everett, in, the 30th number of his Mount
Vernon address, says of Arnold :
“I cannot refrain from repeating another
anecdote of him, r corded by Mr. Sabine,
which throws a dismal light on the repute in
which he has held where, it might have been
expected, if any where, that, he would have
been kindly viewed. After the Revolution
ary War, he established himself in some sort
of business at St. John’s, New Brunswick,
which Atas principally settled by American
loyalists. His warehouse and the merchan
dise in it, being fully insured, were destroyed
by firs—and Arnold was charged iu a news
paper with having himself set fire to the buil
ding, in order to get the insurance, which was
largely beyond tiie value of the property. He
prosecute.i the publisher of tho paper for li
bel, laid the damages at thousands, and re
covered by the verdict of the jury two and
six-pence! Such was the estimate formed by a
St. John’s jury of his probity.
The Opposition papers are fully determin
ed to try what they can accomplish ky misrep
resenting Gov. Brown upon all occasions.—
The latest attempt is with reference to a let
ter said to have been addressed to Messrs. Akin
and Brown to know whether they would sup
port Douglas, for President, if nominated.—
The letter was sent to Akin, who replied—
but not to Brown who of course could not
respond to it. And new tlie Opiiosition pa-
peis have raised the yel«*, that Brown wont
reply and that he is for Douglas, without ever
hearing from him, or gi ving him an opportu
nity to answer. This is purely another Oppo
sition trick, to deceive ; he people ant! mis
represent Gov- Brown. But always ahead of
the music—a little too last in arranging their
tricks—they are aga ; n dead broke and defeat
ed in their designs.
Great Drought—Suffering in Vermont.—
The Connecticut river is now lower than ever
known before. It is two feet lower than at
any time during the last twenty years owing
to the protracted drought in Vermont and
northern New Hampshire. The large steam
boats running between Hartford and New
York find it impossible to get from Middle-
town to this city, and th v will stop at Mid
dletown and send up passengers and freight
by the smaller steamers until high water.
The drought ts unprecedented at the North
—worse than it is here. In some of the
towns in western Vermont, we are told, the
farmers (in default of grass) have fed out all
their hay and for some time past they have
cut down trees in the forest for their cows to
browse upon. A gentleman who saw this
gives assurance that it is a fact. Good cows
were freely offered at $10 a head.
SHootlng Affair.
On Wednesday last, at the Cass Co. Fair
ground a shooting affair occurred between Dr.
Graven of Atlanta, and Mr. Jesse Powees of
this county. Dr. Craven, it is said commenc
ed the attacn by firing two shots, whereupon
Mr. Powers returned four, with effect each
time. The wouuds received by Dr. Craven,
though dangerous, we hope will nht prove fa
tal. Mr. Powers escaned uninjured. Both
the gentlemeu arc clever men, universally
respected and esteemed, and the affair is an
other unhappy illustration of the evil of car
rying deadly weapons.—[Cartersville Ex
press.
A New Epidemic.—The New Orleans people
are so accustomed to the yellow fever that
they don’t know.liow to get along without it.
Yellow Jack having foiled to do his customa
ry -duty in tlie way of killing Louisianians, in
very despair they have taken to killing them
selves. The Delta says:
“In place of the yellow fever, so long the
scourge of our city, a new kind of epidemic
has recently broken out iu tlie city, which is
adding not a few victims to our weekly bills
of mortality. This is the epidemic of sui
cide. ’ ’
|g^° The Athens “Banner” says that Mrs.
Nelson, said to be the wife of Gen. Nelson, a
prominent man in Georgia, during his life,
and once a Keeper of the Georgia Peniten
tiary, died at tlie residence of Dr. R. R. Win
frey, *n Oglethorpe county, on the night of
the 22d inst., of typhoid fever. She came to
his house the day before in company with her
son, afoot anil pennyless. This is truly a Bid
instance of the fickleness of fortune.
We learn that her . maiden name was
Meeds.
A Society lias been formed at Norfolk
for the purpose of t ncouraging emigration to
Virginia.
The Masonic Convention.—Tlie Convention
of Masonic Grand Lodges, in session at Chica
go, have a proposition before them to form a
North American Masonic Congress, to meet
tri-ennally. Each Lodge is to be entitled to
three delegates.
Conductors on cars are compared to
that class of the feminine gender who are al
ways railing.
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STEAMSHIP
New York, Sept. 30.—The Steamship As
ia arrived here last night. She brings the
same dates from Liverpool aa the Circas
sian.
The circular of Stolterrfoht & Sons, says
that the Cotton Market was dull and heavy.
The trade continues to limit purchasers in an
unaccountable manner, and to reduce quota
tions. Better descriptions of Americans quo
ted at Jd- lower, are unsaleable, except at a
further decline.
The circnlar of Clare & Sons, say that the
market was inactive bnt without any quota
ble change as regards ellcgible lots of Ameri
can. The quotations for inferior grades were
somewhat in favor of buyers.
Kearlsey & Co., quotes a declince of 1-16
@ $d. on useful sorts.
Drake, Kleinwort & Co., quote good staple
qualities steady, others lower ; sandy quali
ties almost unsaleable. The imports of Cot
ton for the week foot up 23,000 bales. The
the quantity known to be at sea, bound for
this port, are 32,000 l«iles, against 39,000
bales the Same time last year. They and
Clare quote Middling Orleans at 7Jd., others
say 7d.
gPTriflers cannot excel even inj
’Tis only solid bodies that caii ! t i -''“' i '
ish.
