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COLTTMBTJS:
TLurdiy Morning, S*pt- 11* 1858.
LaKOEST citv circulation.
We direct the attention of Ladies and Misses,
to the advertisement of Mrs, Rutherford, in
another column.
The Rev. l)r. Lipscomb, President of the
Methodist Female College of Tuskegee, will
preach in the Methodist Church in this city,
Sabbath next at 11 o’clock.
The editor of the Times acknowledges the
receipt of $65 in aid of Kansas sufferers—ss
from Mrs. DeGraffenried and S6O from Col.
John A. Strother. Keep the bail in motion,
friends.
A dispatch dated York, Pa., Sept. 8, says
one half of tho town of Columvid is in flames,
and they have sent here for assistance.
♦--
The Kansas Emigration company in charge
ofCapt. Henry 1). Clayton, embarked at St.
Louis for Kansas on tho 60th ult. Before this
they have landed on the soil of Kansas.
South Carolina Dtate Bank.
The Charleston Courier states that between
600 and 400 shares of the stock of the State
Bunk of South Carolina, were sold on Monday
the Bth inst., at $24 60 per share.
We learn from the Charleston Courier, that
the steamship Janies Adger, having completed
repairs, resumes her plaee in the line between
that city and Now York on Saturday next, 18th
instant.
Fever in Charleston.
The Board of Health report five deaths from
yellow fever, for the 48 hours ending Monday
evening 10 o’clock.
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Mr. Henry Fulkertb, postmaster at Has
kinsvil’c, Ohio, was recently arrested by T. P.
Shallcross, post office agent, on the charge of
abstracting the contents of cash letters.
Land Warrants
The Land Warrant market, says tho Wash
ington Organ, lias undergone no change since
our last quotations: Dealers are buying cau
tiously to day, at tho following rates :
For 160’s and 80’s 04 cent per acre.
For 120’s 00 “
For 40’s 108 “
Fire at Cape Island, N. Y.
The immense Mount Vernon Hotel, at Cape
Island, New Jersey, was consumed by fire on
the night of the 6th Inst. Mr. Cain, the occu
pant, and entire family except one sou, per
ished in the tiames, as also Mrs. Albertson, a
lady living in the family. The total pecuniary
loss by the fire, it is said, will not fall short of
$160,000.
Wo find the following suggestion in the
Times of yesterday morning. We think well
of it and hope to see the plan carried out.—
What say tho friends of the Kansas cause in
oilier parts of Georgia ?
A iitate Society in aid of Georgians In
Kansas.
Messrs. Editors—The appeal of Georgians
in Kansas to Georgians at home for succor, the
contest there haviug been changed from the
Ballot box to tho Battle field, and they defeat
ed and retreating, induces mo to otter a few
suggestions as to the *"cans at our command,
and the measures wo should take to succor our
triends, and at the same time prosecute the
war to a speedy peace. But just let mo call
to mind, that there many efforts being made
iu various parts of the State, to raise men and
money, without conceit of action-or organised
purposes. It should bo our first object to con
centrate and organize all tucsu under one in
telligent will, with one common purposo. Aud
to ett'eot this, 1 would, with diffidence, suggest
that we organize,
Ist. A State Committee, composed of half a
dozen men known to all the State for their in
tegrity and ability, with an office and Secreta
ry located at Macon or Atlanta. Let it be in
vested with full powers to raise men aud mo
ney, buy provisions, arms and munitions, to
appoint and pay agents, to carry into execu
tion its measures; in short, to do everything
uppmauiniiig to a Committee of safety.
Then, 2d. Let us organize affiliated clubs
aud committees, throughout all the State, sub
ordinate to, and acting in concert with, tho
State Committee. By such an organization all
tho isolated efforts aud means would bo con
solidated and made effective. The StateCom
luittce would maintain its forces iu Kansas till
the war is over, and then provide each man
with a home.
We might hope, also, to see similar organiz
ations speedily made in may other States.—
How easy would it bo for each State, by cou
curt of their Committees, to throw a regiment
into Kansas, and maintain it there till tho war
is over, and then provide each niau with a
home. Ouo regiment from each State, aud a
contribution of one dollar from each inhabitant
would bo ample means to succor our friends,
and conquer a speedy and lasting peace
MUSCOGEE.
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Tho Whig Mass Convention of Massachusetts
came off on the 2d instant. It gave a unani
mous expression of preference for Mr. Fillmore
for tho Presidency.
The following, among other resolutions, was
adopted:
llesolvod, That the opinions heretofore ex
pressed by the Whig party of Massachusetts
upou the repeal of tho Missouri compromise
are still theiropinions, only confirmed by time;
aud they believe that the fierce and dangerous
element of discord now let loose by that act,
can never be put to rest until that healiug mea
sure shall be practically re-enacted, and the
territory solemnly dedicated to freedom be rc
ueived into the Union ns a free State.
Tho Crops in West Tennessee and North
Mississippi.
Tho Memphis Euglo and Enquirer, of the
29th ult., says; •
Owing to the drought, the crops, on all three
of the lines of railroad leading out to Mem
phis, are indifferent, in some places almost a
failure We have before referred to the inis
ernblo short crops of both corn and cotton in
Marshall county, Mississippi. Since then, wo
have passed through portions of Desoto and
Panola counties, in tho same State, and find
the crops there uot much better, excepting a
few highly favored localities. Per contra Wo
understand that the cotton crop on the Miss
h **ssippi river, in Tunica and Coahoma ooun
f ties, was never better. A bale to the acre, it
is said, will be the average down there.
Kansas News.
The Charleston Courier of the Bth inst. pub
lishes the following letters. The first is dated
AtcLison, K. TANARUS., Aug. 20, and is addressed to
Hon. Jas. Simons, Chairman Executive Com
mittee of Kansas Association in Charleston,
and is as follows :
A scouting party of four, which we sent out
on Monday evening, has just returned. They
penetrated to Lccompton, meeting no inter
ruption on the way, and remained there until
last evening. They report that the town had
not been attacked up to the time of their leav
ing, the abolitionists having abandoned their
position and retired towards Lawrence. Titus
had been exchanged. His wounds consist of
the loss of one thumb, a flesh wound in the el
bow, and one in the shoulder, which he receiv
ed while stooping to shoot through a window.
He denies that he was badly treated while a
prisoner, tliznigh he admits at first there was
some talk of hanging him. lie mentions that
ho recognized Lane among the men at Law
rence, though he has assumed the name of
Cook. Secretary Woodson is acting Governor,
and has sent to Fort Riley for four hundred
men. He desires all our men to come on to
Lccompton at once, us lie fears very much for
the ferry there, the only one we have on the
Kaw river. He has not declared the Territory
in a state of insurrection up to this time, lest
the abolitionists should seize it; but as soon as
he has sufficient force to defend it, will issue a
proclamation to that effect.
Tho other letter is from Oapt. E. B. Bell and
is dated Westport, Mo., Aug. 24.
Such a sight as I witnessed when I arrived
here ! It never has been my lot to see any
thing like it—-armed men going and coming in
every direction—horses saddled, wagons load
ed, bunds of music playing, artillery moving
out—nothing but excitement. Ourrendezvous
is ten miles from here, and it is stated here
to night that 600 men are camped there and
400 more expected to morrow. Doctors,
judges, lawyers, physicians and ministers, all
are neglecting their business and going. The
news published is all true; the thing has come
to a crisis, and the time has come for action.
There is a spirit of determination in the coun
tenances of the Missourians, aud this time they
will not be fooled. I leave in a few minutes
for the camp at New Santa Fe. They will or
ganize to morrow, and 1 will send you all the
news. 1 write this simply to assure you that
things are as bud as they are represented.
Later from New Mexico—Gold Discoveries
A correspondent of ihe New Orleans Delta,
writes from Santa Fe, Aug. 1 :
A captive woman sometime ago, wus brought
in from tho Indian country, who stated that
gold in large quantities was found in the coun
try in which she was a captive for many years.
A small party, numbering twenty eighty per
sons, started for tho laud of gold, but the In
dians met them and prevented them from go
ing into their country. Since then another
captive (umau)has returned, who corroborates
the report, and says that gold can be picked
up in large quantities upon tho surface of the
earth. A party lias been made up, of sixty
men, who start immediately for this eldorado,
and take with them the late captive, who as
sures them that gold is plenty, and found as
reported.
This Mexican has been captive fourteen
years. The gold is found in a country about
lour hundred and fifty miles from Santa Fe.
It is occupied by a tribe of Indians called Pino
liuos, Carisalinas, a portion of the numerous
tribe of Apaches. 1 have no doubt of this ru
mor, as it comes direct to me.
♦
Conquering the South.
The New York News, on the subject of the
Black Republicans forcing Fremont’s Admin
istration on tho South, says ;
For this purpose a military force must be
raised at the North: aud how, pray is this to
be done ? The North itself is divided on this
very question, while tho South is a unit. One
half of tho Northern people, the great Demo
cratic party, while they are in no respect in
favor of the slavery system, are in favor of
upholding aud maintaining all and every right
of the South which law, justice, and the Consti
tution entitle them to. And is it to be suppos
ed that they will join a Black “Republican”
army to onforoe the Abolition vagaries upon
our Southern brethren ? No, no. Instead of
this army of fanatics marching South to force
their principles upon the Southern States, it
would have a great deal more than it could at
tend to at home, for the lovers of the Union
and the Constitution would never allow any
such movement to be made, and those who
would force the South would find an army of
patriots at the North who would of themselves
hurl these “shriekers” into the sea before they
reached the confines of a single Southern
State.
But internal war is not necessary to effect a
dissolution of the Union. Let this purely
Northern sectional faction succeed as above
stated, the dissolution of the States is as vir
tually effected as they would be if the two
sections of the country met in hostile array
against each other. It would be a separation
of necessity, by common consent, for the
South has not the same interest in supporting
the Union that tho North has. The South is
an exporting country, an exporter of a class
of agricultural products which all the world
must have. Her cotton, and sugar, aud tobac
co, and rice, are the actuul necessaries of life.
No people or nation can exist without them.
The South then have the market of the world
before them for their products, and uot being
a manufacturing country, her ports would bo
opened free for the manufacturing products of
the world. And for all manufactured articles
or luxuries necessary for the wants of the peo
ple of the South, Europe would supply her.
Where, then is the market for the millions
of Northern manufactured good* which now
are consumed at the South ? What becomes
of the immense commercial interest, of trade
generally, which we now have with tho South
ern States, and out ot’ which so many are
growing prosperous and wealthy ? It is need
less to answer the question. These subjects,
then, which our intelligent correspondent and
mechanical friends hints at should cause deep
reflection. Our mercantile and commercial
interests, our manufacturers and all engaged
in any kind of business, as well as the true 1
patriot, should pause and study well these j
matters. It is a grave subject, and requires
! deep and sober thought. Tho great heart of
the people is tight; but they may, through
the acts of scheming and cunning politicaus,
bo led astray for a moment, but “the sober se
cond thought of tho people” will at last sure
ly bring them to right conclusions. Let them
ask themselves, then, in all soberness and sin
cerity, to what do these acts of sectional poli
ticians lead ? where is the end and what aro
tho oonsequencos ?
The Sublime of Impudence.
The New York Herald, in a late issue,
rebuke David Paul Brown for having alluded i
to Fremont’s ancestry in a speech, and for per I
sonalities ! !
The New York Tribune cautions our friends
“in ihe Rural Districts” against impositions
and fabricated stories ! !
The. Slave Trade of Cuba.
A correspondent of the New \ ork Times,
writing from Havana under date of August
25th, says:
“Since my last advice we have had one car
go of negroes from the coast of Africa landed
at Bahia Honda ; tile number safely delivered
to our Christian bonds was two hundred and
fifty. Two cargoes have been landed in the
’ past six weeks to the eastward on the north |
i coast of Cuba, covering eight hundred and ,
thirty-five victims to our Humanity. These
: landings are said to be effected by vessels built
1 in the United States and commanded by per- !
sons claiming to be citizens of your Republic.
On the south side of Cuba there have been
several landings made in the past three months,
which have introduced to our philanthophy
not less than two thousand subjects. It is al
most impossible to obtain correct data of tho
infamous traffic on either side of Cuba, offi
cials of the Government near the various lo
calities seem to be interested in the conceal
ment.”
The writer states that within the last four
months, no less than fourteen thousand slaves
have been landed iu Cuba. The amount of
: guilt involved in this black business is indeed
j fearful. It is almost impossible to conceive
the extent of misery that has been suffered by
the wretched beings alluded to. Another letter
says :
“It is currently reported here that Senor
Argudin’s project for the introduction of 40,-
000 African apprentices, has been approved.
1 have been informed that the English Consul
has authorized a Mr. Englehardt to go cut as
surgeon to the first expedition.
“The English Government has consented to
the introduction of the apprentices under the
following condition : First, that slavery shall
be totally abolished throughout the island in
tho 3’ear 1000; second, that all vessels employed
in the traffic shall be registered in the nngiisli
Consulate at the Havi .a; and last, that said
vessels shall only be allowed to procure the ap
prentices in ports hereafter to be designated
by her Britanic Majesty’s Government. Tho
English Consul, however, has denied the truth
of this report; but one of the getters up of
the plan informed me that it is true. I send
it as I have heard it. If true, the apprentice
ship system will operate a great change in this
island and may eventually affect the interests
of the Southern part of our Union. It may
be safely said that tho great body of slave
holders are opposed to the scheme, and I
doubt much whether any Ministry in Spain
will dare to give it their sanction.”
Chinese Sugar Cane Corn, or Sugar Milet.
Prom the report of an experiment in making
syrup from the Chinese Sugar Cane, made to
the Beach Island Farmer’s Club, August 2d,
1860, by ex-Governor Hammond of South
Carolina, we collect the following interesting
facts.
On the 22d of March, about a pint of the
seed was sowed on half an acre of ground,
in three feet drills, “dropping every eighteen
or twenty inches some six or eight seed.”—
The ground was such as would produce in av
erage seasons about twenty bushels of corn to
the acre, but owing to the heat and drought,
the experimenter supposed the half acre in
question would not have produced five bush
els. The millet (as it is culled) “was plough
ed and hoed often enough to keep the grass
down, and about the first of July it began to
head.”
For the purpose of making syrup, a rude
mill put up, with two beech-wood rollers, to
crush the caue. By the 22d July, most of the
advanced heads having passed the milk, 1760
canes—supposed to be a fair sample of the
patch—were cut, and having been rather im
perfectly crushed, yielding 174 quarts of juice.
This, after six to seven hours boiling in a
deep, old fashioned cow pot, produced thirty
two quarters of tolerable syrup. Several
parcels of selected canes, from the best spots
of the patch, and in different stages of matu
rity, yielded each about three quarts of
juice for every ten canes. “ The juice, tested
by the sacchroineter showed that the youngest
cane hud the most aud the oldest the least sac
chorine matter.” In the youngest employed
in this experiment, “the heads were just fully
developed in the top seed b.giuing to turn
black.” Subsequent experiments showed the
samo results—three quarts of juice from ten
selected canes—but even after the pressure,
juice could be wrung from the canes by the
hand, and it was agreed that “at least one
fourth, and that the best, remained in the
cane,” so inefficient was the mill. Four hun
dred canes, not neglected, yielded thirty-seven
and a half quarts of juice, which produced,
after boiling two and a half hours, six quarts
of choice syrup. All who tasted it agreed that
it was equal to the best New Orleans syrup.
Governor Hammond says;
“I measured the grain from a number of
heads, and the result was an average o f a gill
from each. I weighed a half peek of matur
ed grain, after several days exposure to the
sun. It weighed 43 lbs., equal to 38 lbs. per
bushel. I weighed 20 of the best cane cut
for forage, after it was cured sufficiently to
house. They weighed 24 lbs., equal to 80,-
000 lbs. for 25,000 canes, which I think might
be grown on land that would make 25 bushels
of corn with average seasons. I have tried
horses, cattle and bogs, and lind they eat the
cane, its leaves and seeds, greedily, and fowls
and pigeons the last. 1 think, however, that
when allowed to mature, the enne should be
cut up flue for animals, us the outer coat is
hard.”
* * *- * *
“A good Sugar Mill, with throe wooden
rollers, may be erected for less than $25, and
a Sugar Boiler that will make 80 gallons of
syrup per day, may be purchased in Augusta
for less than <j>6o.
This Millet will, of course, mix with any |
other variety of the Millet family planted near
it. Unfortunately 1 planted Broom Corn
about a hundred yards from mine, aud shall
therefore have to procure seed elsewhere for
the ten arcres l intend to plant the next year. !
I have now stated the chief particulars of
my experiment. Every member of the Club ;
is competent to draw his own conclusions. A j
single experiment—especially one in agricul- I
ture—is rarely conclusive. 1 may err myself ;
and might cause others to ror were I to ex- j
press, with any emphasis, the opinion I at j
prosent entertain of the value of this recently i
introduced plant.
J. H. HAMMOND ”
A Manufacture! Created a Peer.
By late files of Euglish paper, we see that
Mr. Edward Strutt, a noted manufacture’-, has
been raised to the peerage. This unusual pro
ceeding shows the interest which the Queen
takes in the manufacturing pursuits of her do
minions, and also iho inroads which time is
making upou me aucient customs and preju
dice*. It is tfie surrender of feudalism to in
dustry. The Manchester Examiner says, iu
! remarking ou the case, that it is something for
those who claim to be regarded as the descen- |
datits of the mailed barons of England, to ad
mit into their order a man who nut only lias
made, but is making his fortune by spindles
and looms; and if they would have felt some
reluct *r.ce to take such a step themselves, it is j
well lot them that their mistress knows better.
Production of Cotton.
At a recent meeting of the British Associa
tion for the advancement of science, Mr. Daw
son read an interesting paper on cotton. It
consisted of a series of propositions, of which 1
the following is a short resume :
1. That cotton, from the conditions of dim
ate necessary to its culture, cannot be grown
in Europe, but that with the single and not |
important exception of the factories in the
New England states of America, it is and must j
long continue to be manufactured almost ex- j
clusively in Europe.
2. That the present supply is chiefly raised,
and for the present must continue to be raised,
by slave labor—seeing that while for fifty years
wo have sought over the whole earth for cot
| tou, we have during that time continued to ob
tain from the slave states of the American Un
ion a continually increasing proportion of our
entire supply.
3. That two thirds in number at least of the
slave population of the United States have
been called into existence, and are now direct
ly or indirectly maintained for the supply of
cotton for exportation.
4. That of the cotton thus exported, three
fourths at least in value are raised for and sent
to this country alone. And,
5. That of the entire quantity we import,
four fifths at least in value are thus derived
from the United States. Each proposition was
supported by tabular accounts extracted from
the public records of this country and the
United States, and the conclusion was express
ed thus: “That hence in the present state of
the commercial relations of the two countries,
the cotton planters of the United States are in
terested to the extent- of two thirds at least of
tlieir entire exportable produce in the main
tenance of the cotton manufacture of the Uni
ted Kingdom, and that rec : procally the cotton
manufacturers of the United Kingdom, and
through them the entire population of the
Kingdom, are interested, the extent of more
thati four fifths of the raw material of that
manufacture, in the exiodng arrangements for
maintaining the cotton culture of the United
States.”
Compliment to “Jour Printers.”
John C. llives, in a recently published let
ter, on the subject of public printing, has a
word of suggestion to writers for the press and
of compliment to the “Jour,” whose duty it
not unfrequently is to make sense out of very
senseless chirography. None but a writer for
the daily press can comprehend how much
truth there is in the veteran printer’s remarks.
Many members of Congress, and ere not a few
great men, have been surprised at the respec
table figure they cut in print, without’ think
ing of the toilsome labor and the exercise of
better talent than their own, which had been
expended by the “Jour” printer in licking
into shape the message, report or speech fur
nished by them. Mr. Rives says:
“I have seen the manuscript wrUingof most
great men of the country during the past 20
years, and I think I may say that no twenty of
them could stand the test of the scrutiny of
one half of the journeymen printers employed
iu my office.
“ This fact will be vouched by every editor
in the Union. To the poor “jour” many a
“ great man” owes his reputation for scholar
ship, and were the humble type stickers to re
solve, by consent, to set up manuscript in their
hand, for even one little week, precisely as it
is written by the authors, there would be more
reputations slaughtered than their devils could
shake a stick at in twenty four hours. States
men would become “small by degrees and
beautifully less.” Many an ass would have
the lion’s hide torn from his limbs. Men,
whom the world called writers would wake up
of a morning aud find themselves—famous as
mere pretenders—humbugs —cheats.
+
I Never Gossip.
Oil no, I never gossip ! I have enough to
do to take care of my business without talk
ing about the affairs of others, Mrs. Smith.
Why there’s Mrs. Crocker,* she deals in scan
dal by the wholesale; it does seem tome as
though that woman’s tongue must be almost
worn out; but no, there’s no danger of that.
If everybody was like me there wouldn’nt be
much trouble in the world. Oh, no, I never
gossip. But, did you know that Miss Elliot
had got anew silk dress, Mrs. Smith ? You
didn’t! well She has; its a real brocade; I
say it myself. Ido say it’s shameful for her
to be so extravagant; I mean to give her a
piece of my mind, Mrs. Smith. You believe
her uncle gave it to her ? Well, I don’t care
if he did ; why, its only two months since her
father failed, and now, to see her dash out in
this style, its a burning shame. I suppose she
thinks she’s going to catch young lawyer Stan
hope, but I guess she’ll find herself mistaken;
lie’s got more sense than to be caught by her,
if she has a brocade silk dress.
And there’s the upstart dress maker, Kate
Manly, setting her cap for the doctor’s son;
the impertinence of some people is perfectly
astonishing. I don’t think she’s any better
than she ought to be, for my own part; I nev
er did like her, with her smile, soft look, when
any one’s around; my word for it, she can
look cross enough when there ain’t; then she
says she’s only seventeen ! Goodness knows
she’s as old as my Arabella Lacretia, and she’s
—well, 1 won’t say how old, but she’s more’n
seventeen, and 1 ain’t a shame to say so,
either; but I guess Dr. May’s son will have
more discretion than to think of marrying
her. Some folks call her handsome? Well, l
don’t. She ain’t half as good looking as my
daughter Jane. Thou the way she docs up
her hair iu such fly-away curls; and, if you
believe it, Mrs. Smith, she actually had ‘the
impudence to tell me that she couldn’t mako
her hair straight ns my Maria Jane’s, lmper
j tineuce! if she’d let curling papers and curl- I
ing; irons alone, I’d risk but what her hair j
would be as straight as anybody’s.
But what do you think of the minister’s
wife, Mrs. Smith? You like her! Well, all I
; cau say is, you’ve got a very peculiar taste.
: Wby she’s proud us Lucifer; been married it
i whole week; and hasn’t been to see me yet. i
! Yon presume she hasn’t had time? I don’t |
I seo what the minister wanted to go out of
| town to get a wife for, any way; and then,
! above all things, to get that little girlish look
ing thing. Why didn’t he take one of his par
ishioners? There’s my Arabella Lucretia
: would have made him a better wife than lie’s
! got now. Then she’s just ..bout the right age
i f l-’m. File’s tr :> years older than the min- :
ister! 1 should think it was a pity if I didn’t !
know my own daughter’s age, Mrs. Smith! !
It some folks would mind their own businoss
as I do, I’d thank eia!— Wavcrly Magazine.
The Clean Sweep.
A mass meeting of Black Republicans was
held at ManfielJ, Ohio, on the 21st ult. One
feature in the procession, which the editor
of the Man field Telegraph says was an hour
and three quarters iu passing him, by his
watch, consisted of a troop of 550 young men
horseback, who are to cast their first I’residn- j
tial vote this fall. But the most unque thing
in the affair was the “Clean Sweep.” A mam- !
moth hickory broom was suspended like a
bell from a rigging in the wagon, and was
worked with lever and cord in the same way.
It was received with shouts along the line.
TELEGRAPH Ic
FOUR DAY3 LATER FROM EUROF?
Arrival of the Canadian.
New York, Sept. 10, 18,j ( ;
The British Steamship Canadian has arriu
at Quebec, with advices from Liverpool to ti
27th ult., four days Inter than the Persia.
The Arabia had arrived out.
The Cotton market had undergone no chut, _
since the sailing of the Persia on the 23,1
The sales of the three business days wen
-000.
Breadstuff's had slightly improved.
Consols 95J- to 95J.
From New Orleans.
New Ormans, Sept. Id
The demand is fair, with sales of 1200 buff,
Middling 11J to l</)c.
Elections in Maine.
Portland, Sept. B.— The elections so far
heard from, have gone in favor of the Free
mouters, by largely increased majorities. Tiff
is the case in all the towns from which return
have been received, and it is supposed that the
majority will be 12,000.
New York Market.
New York, Sept. 8.-— We have to report
sales of 1000 bales at well supported rates.-
Holders indeed claiming an advance, and leav
ing the quotations—Upland, Middling llff.
Orleans life.
New Orleans Markets.
New Orleans, Sept. s.—The sales of tiff
day reach 1,000 bales, at llall ) for Middlin'-
Fair, and 12£a13 for Fair. Sales of the week
closing are 3,000 bales. Our receipts are 5,85,
against 12, 964 of last year at same date, and
our stock 12,340 against 49,300 last year.
Health of Montgomery.
The Montgomery Mail of Tuesday says,
We h ave learned with surprise that- in some
of the adjoining counties a report has been cii
culated that yellow fever prevails in Mont
gomery. Nothiug can be farther from the
truth. The report is a fiction without the
shadow of foundation. Within the last nine
years we have never known the city so healthy
as at present. The Sexton’s report, now be
fore us, for the present month, shows but one
death up to this time. It is strange how .
malicious a report could have gained cunenr
in the country, and it is to be hoped that it
was not sot on foot from interested motives.—
Our readers may rest assured that, should the
fever prevail here they will be informed of the
fact promptly through the columns of the
Mail.
Disregard of Death.
It is carious to watch, as 1 have done, the
contempt of death with which the Turkish sold
ier marches to meet the foe ; he knows that
his destiny has been fixed since the day of Iff
birth ; lie knows that he must die whenever
his time comes, and that a whole park of ar
tillery would miss him if his destiny so decree*
it; finally, he knows that if he fall in battle,
he will go straitway to Paradise—and won’t lie
be better off there than in this world of eajtV
The same feeling, indeed predominates with
the Turks whenever the approach of death i
felt. I have seen them dying here in the hos
pitals, and the calmness of their demeanor
would shame many a Christian ; let them once
be persuaded that they are booked for another
world, and the surgeon may lock his medica
meats again—no persuasion will induce tin-
Turk to attempt to frustrate the designs of
Providence.
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Advance in Freights.
The New York correspondent of the I'hil
adelphia Inquirer, writing on Monday, says
“Available tonnage has become still more
scarce, and shippers of bread stuff's to Gres;
Britain aud the Continent have been placed
hors du combat, as it were. Peremptory orders
are in market for grain, and as a dernier
resort, exporters have to accede to the de
mands of ship owners. Last week the rates
were very uniform throughout, but to-day an
advance of fully a penny sterling was obtained
on grain to Liverpool, with large engagement
at the improvement. The rates are now 7Jd
in bulk, and Bd. in ship’s bags. There is a
flour going forward, but an equivalent rate
would be 2s. 3d. Last engagements were a:
Is. 6d., and that rate is still current.
“ Medium and small vessels are much want
ed to load grain for the continent, but they
are not to be had, owing to the restriction
imposed by the sanitary regulations of Ihe city
upon craft arriving from ports declared sickly
There is now a fleet of some hundred and fifty
vessels moored off Stapleton, Staten Island
undergoing quarantine, and the major portion
of these are alleged by tlieir owners to be per
fectly free from all contagion.”
The Sound. Dues.
The question of the Sound Dues is reported
in the foreign journals to be in a fair train of
settlement. Great Britain and Prussia having
consented to the capitalization of the toil
The only obstacle that now remains to the fins
settlement of the dispute is the stand taken ly
our government against the principle of tlii
comproniise, it being held that if we become p* l
ties to it, wo shall he abandoning what we have
always contended for—the entire freedom at
the seas.
Parodi and Btrakosch Concerts.
Anew series of Concerts by these emineai
artists commence in Philadelphia this ww
Paul Julien, the youthful violinist, Signor Ti
berini, the fine tenor, and Bernard!, the bari
tone are members of the troupe.
The Northern snobbish papers—and then’
name is legion—tells us that Tiberini is a
very noble aud ancient family—doubtless some
distant connection of tho river Tiber.
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Northwestern Virginia Railroad-
This road bus been completed to Clark
burg, a distance of twenty-two miles Imm
Grafton, the Eastern terminus. The occusioo
of the arrival of the first locomotive at Clark
burg was celebrated with much spirit. U*
track laying is going vigorously on the Far
kersbnrg cud of the road, and there is du*
every prospect of the entire work being com
pleted by the first of November.
“Jim Watson’s Note Book.”
On the plantation of James Watson, near
Port Gibson, Mississppi, may he witness?”
an exhibition of memory that is truly remark
able. Aa African girl about fourteen years > ■
age, answers to the name which heads this ar
ticle. It is the custom of Watson to give lo
wards for over-work, and during the catty
picking season the amount each hand picks .-
weighed twice per day—noon and uigh , -" _
This girl stands by the over seer and listens t
the number of pounds announced to each inl
and at night the result is reported with tln ’
utmost accuracy. Her correctness is ref*-’- 1
edly put to the test by Watson and other
who keep memorandums during the weigH 1 -
and a day or two afterwards she is fatci'l l1 '*
and her memory found perfect. Mr
works from sixty to seventy hands.
system of association this girl has to rem? 11 ’' ’
abstract numbers she is unable to tell.
