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- ,i,r ?? H '? g i:i ? Th? Connecticut Tragedy. The HartfoniJrime&i'urnjshesthe anne: detailad account of the iearful-tragedy en ted in the-town of Manchester," Connectic Tuesday, of whrehxthb telegraph has givei . brief notice? The quiet village of Oakland, Manches! about orne mil?8:'east of- this citj, Waa are eel this morning by the news of the tm fearful crime ever perpetrated in this vicini A4 the early hoar of four o'clock, or a lit sooner, Mrs. Benjamin Starkwe&iker, aist in -law af Kfcthatf Starkweather, of this ci ag>^i4? y care, and' her daughter, Harriet] la, aged l i yeajs, wera both found murder while sleepjngrtogcther in their house. Th were JQ?gd./Wji?h an axo, -but they we also stabbed ia yarious putees with a butch knife., ' * ? . , We'say ihe^bodiea after they had be laid outland hope never io see anothervSii sight." Th?'mother'svface was cut in with a'wwerfnr-blow frouran' 8xe, which < Tided the'?ase crosswise, and- cut. open tl face entirely across, crashing through -tl bones of the upper ,j<iyr and cheeks. Ov the rig" eye, waa another gash from thc as sinking.through th? .skull and into the brai and there was another which cut open tl side andback bf the head, and also a "gre . gash near the right .temple! Besides thei wounds there'wertyothers made by a butchi knife-one through the lower part of tl chin, the blade- penetrating deep into tl throat; one deep into the right breast; an another deep one dirtbe left breast. Elia, the daughter,presented a still moi shocking sight. Her right eye was entire! S?ne. The axe had cut a terr i ble gash aero1 c brow,eye and, c&eek,."evidently, at om blow, letting ont all pf the eye, breaking i the skull and " cleaning down td the chee bone. Above the right ey^e, near the top t the forehead,, was another fearful gash fr? the ax? sinking into th?. Drain; and she wa stabbed through the bosom with a butche itniiev <-......-./.- - Tha information of thejmnrders was. give; by the son, Albert Starkweaiheiyat 4 o'clock He carne to Mr. Horace. White'?, a neighboi rattling,.or. rather falling heavily against th back door, and arousing the inmates witl this call: " Get up F get up ! Come over toour honst I don''; know but our folks are all killed, au< the house ???h 'fireVe - - - Mr. White ran over, followed by Albert and found'his (Albert's) roora full of- s ni ok < and the bed .on fire. He took the bed ant put it out the window. Then he went. u| stairs, though the smoke was so thick h nearly suffocated. Al her?, did not follow bim but paced hurriedly'up and down the lowe rooms,.sobbing.and crying. On getting into the chamber, Mr. Whit found the bed all in ? blaze, p^d the bedroon covered with blood. He Jilted up Ella an? found her still alive, though bathed in bloot and presenting a shocking sight.. As he Hf ted her a bloody axe 6li?ped olf upon thi floor. Mr. White took it, and hiting th< window, placed the axe under it to let out thi smoke, while he next got Mrs. S tarkweatho; off the burnrng-bed, and- finding her dead placed her on the floor whil? he rolled uj the bed and threw it out of the window. Hi: hands were blistered and his clothing render ed very bloody. . The" dying Ella he carried in tis anns to i back window in-the adjoining room, in ordei to give her fresh air; and then sent his hirec man (.who with others had arrived) at ona for a doctor. Bat the pwr girl died ia a fevi minutes. Her blood covered tho windowsil on which she rested and tba floor near by. Mr. White at once instituted a. search io tracks about the boase, but was -nuable ti discover any distinct marks of feet except ii the garden. Albert Starkweather, 24 years o:f age, slepi on the lower floor in tho. north east rojrr above. His mother and Ella slept uv the west room above. Ha says a noise' up stairs just before dawD? awakened him, aid rushing out of his room he was knocked down neal the foot.of the stairs, by a man, or lac-ti. com ing down; that ixe recovered, and scuttle ir the dark and was overpowered, thrown down and the man, or men escaped. He fehows- s scar over one^eye which he says was causee by the blow the murderer gave him. Tb? mark, unfortunately, was obviously of an ol der date than this morning. 'Atu coroner's inquest on the bDdic3 Al bert's butcher knife was suddenly broughl out, and its appearance before his eyes math him start and tremble. A ve'ry ugly fact i? that tho knife was found ia a drawer in hi.< own bed-room. Albert's reputation is nol goodl He has been a rather 1 fast young man, and his associations arc said to have Lee: none of Che bast. We hear that he was socr to be married. In his bureau wa> found c sum of money in National Bank -bille, amount big to about $362- There wert three $1TJ0 hillstone $50, and.some smaller. He is* ai ordinary looking young man, but with an ua pleasant expression, a look of weakness anc incapacity. He says $200 of the money wai bia and the rest his mother's. Tho tamil; were in moderato circumstances, and hat but little spare-money. One theory is that as Mrs. S. was a wit ness against the negress Jane Fuller of tba village in the poisoning case lately tried, sh< was murdered out of revenge; but this lack plausibility. Albert has shunned a sight o the victims." From the HartferoTTimes, August 2. Thejshockjng. revelations of. ?-he Mancheste murder.? received^ on Wednesday afternooi the addition of the climax'of horror in thi confeasto?of .?tJbert X. Starkweather, th? son, whVachaowl?dg?e that he perpetratet tba c*lmeh-that he,;a'u?t he alone, butcherer his own-trother. and sister, as they lay aslcoj in bed together. The cortfe?i^~--wiicb was not uuespeotet by those .bjest informed--of .-the facta-wai made by tlie prieonerKi tue-jait in thia city,t< Mr.-Jau?iH <3?mpbeil of Manchester, the fath er of the girl lo whom the prisoner was en gaged to be married. The chief of police ?t believtpg.that he would acknowledge mon f to Campbell than j.o anybody else, inducec the latter io go to thp. jail yesterday after nooBf-wbece theTwetched young Tuan, di* carding ali his previous lies and contrivance! to avoid detection, made a clear breast of it and confessed the awful crime. - Kc acknowledged after some questioniuj that he had. butchered his mother, and ther bis sister, with the ase, aud, to make cortan of the fiendish job, he had repentedly pl ung ed his botcher knife into their throats - anT bosoms, winding op the deed of horror bj setting-the bed On fire, and tbeu his own boc down stairs. ' ' "I did it," he said, " I did it, Mr. Camp j bell? out of joye for^our daughter, and notb iajraHK "Tafelt I must have that money, foi IWithout it she wouldn't murry mo; andi gen the money." The lotter alhaifed to yesterday was wrttter t bj tH? murderer to Mr. Campbell. It fiUei nearly four pages, and the statement was made thal the-writer wa* no^v in a cemditipr to marry' Miss" C., aa" he had succeeded through forgery -in getting'roon??v to flu amoO?t of .^t.OO?; a'pid it- aho said'tba't bf was about to ^commit art atrocious --,'! leaving tie intteod^d; crime unnaihed. Th? f forgeriea^all?dedt? are believed to have nev er been coaiiitted, and his council wiU'ctaim ihis letter as pr jot of the prisoners insanity; ? t though it may narembeen written tb deceive the girl's father into the belief that the prisoner had money enough to get married ?ith. . . -'--* . -? The Port r Byron QR. Y., . Times re .lalcfjthe.ioUowing -asa "curious" matter: u A man dropped dead- in the harvest field, near Northville, in this county, the other day. The coroner was called, and, on examining the body? found in his "pockets oue thousand dollars in caf-h, two gold waldies and two silver ones, besides a certific?is o?'deposit f?r eight hundred dollars more: 'J. lie roan car rying ail this property about Lia person, was a* work by the day." JKST^eter P,. Muttfford, of New York, who was "reported to have failed last Mdn'day, was on the 17th, arrested on thc cb'argo of having defrauded Greenleaf, Morris, &. Co. -with a worthless check of *$28.00&on the Mer ehanics' Lank of that city, given in payment last week for $20,000 in. gold, on a presenta tion check. Ile was committed in default of bail. ?2T A. R STONE, collector of internal revenue iu Ohio, was, it is ascertained, a de faulter to the amount.of nearly $90,000. His snreties are bound in the sum of ?100,000, are perfectly responsible, and will satisfy the-1 Go vorn men t. The storm, fn Wisconsin laid waste two hundred farm?. . Flora Temple has been sold for $!/>, 000. .... ' tag* A person whou-fcas made the complete tour of the watering- pTaet-s and- summa* re? sorts informs tho stay-at-home public that there is no danger of -having thc gout from high living, at any of them. A Cincinnati dispatch to Ike-Chicago Timessays: The Hon. Georgo E. Pugh hes received an intimation that the trial of Jeff Davis will soon take place in a civil , court, and he has commenced preparations for the defense, which promises to eclipse, in crimi nal proccerririgs, any defensa ever known in this or tho old country.' Slr. Pugh WU joiu Mr. O'Conor of New York in Wa?hingtcn in a few days. JEST The courts in Southwestern Missou- i ri are steadily refusing'to take the oaths of returned rebels in civil and criminal cases, in accordance with th? new Constitution. . The rebel sympathizers are in tribulation accor dingly." " . . - 56f It was stated, at the temperance' con vention at Saratoga- that the names of thir teen hundred rich men's daughters, in New York, are on the list of applicants for admis sion to the Asylum for Inebriates at Bing hampton, in that S late. A wholesale dealer in metallic cof fins iu New Orleans recently pent a lot to a customer in Baton Rouge, one of which was found to contain a body in a full army cap tain's uniform. . JC3T A Western paper intimates lliat the Government is swindled at the rate of two million dollars per week on 7.'kisky. J?? A fellow known as " Old Jim Smith,' who-had beena Ieade?in outrages-upon Un ion men in Tennersee, was recently arrested near Nashville. The Sheriff stepped aside to give some curious persons an opporlunity to look at the out law, and instantly several bullets went buzzing through Old Jim Smith's body. SQ?* Two young competitors for thc love . of the fame girl at Fort Edward, N. Y., met I the other ( vening, when one proposed to drown their enmity in friendly drink. The invitation was accepted, but there was poison in the cup: and the poor girl finds one lover dying and the. other waiting to be hanged. fig?" Henry B. Jenkins, paying teller of he Phoenix Bank, New York, bas been ar rested on a charge of being ? defaulter to the ' amount of $250,000. - ?-_?.?' jgf W. S. W. Tingle, of Virginia, sentenc- 1 od by a miliiary commission ta Fort Mc-ifen- j ry for life, on the charge of being a spy, has had his sentenceu remitted, ami been restored to liberty. IST" We lenrn, s?ys thc Opelika Record of the17th, that four of Mr. J. J. Dumas' ] children were struck by lightning ou Mou- ? day evening la.-?t,,aud two of them instantly killed; the others it is believed will rc- j cover. JOT'A terrible affray oceurred at a bar becue in Desoto county, Mississippi a few day since. An attack was madeon ono James C. Brown by ten DICH, which resulted in the j deat h of Brown and u Miss Collins, and the wounding of Brown's wife; a man named Mc Clure, and one of tho attacking party, ??5* The losses by the late storm Jn five or six'counlies of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, : amount to at le:-*t |<5OO,09O. AK AnvBiiTcitoTTs FtMAbn.-An evening J or two since, a well-known gentleman and l?- ! dy, iu thia city, both single, made a wsgcr ! of $100 for the perfor mance of a specified act, i j by the lady, to which the gent blahed- his j j two' fifties- that she would not have tho cour- \ age to fulfil her promise. The wager was a? ! follows: ... . " That on. Friday morning, August \ bo. j \ tween" the hours of 10 and 12, the lady would i go up to a strange gentleman, on Fourth, be- ! tween Main a?a Ludlow street J, abd kiss [ him, the said gentleman kissed to be a per son who never chewed tob?cea*' - The bet was a carious one,,but our heroinVdotermin j ed to make-the effort to win, and "being uear ' ly related to an ex-congroasman, she felt that I her ad venturous conduct would not, if dis ] covered and made, publie, be regarded as im I pertinent or. indecent. ,. j On Friday morning she dressed herself in ; ber,prettiwt, and leaving the fine stone resi I dence bf h? r parent's she sauntered to the ; Fourth-street race course, where' ?100 was to i be lost or won, and ar conque it "for boldness j and female chivalry verified.- The nour of j ten arrived-'and as the blushing maiden gaz i od wistfully on tho Hps ot every male passer [ by to-detect the tobacco ju ice,, its inevitable. I result* on the teeth, she discovered, that her ! friends knowing tb,: secret, w.ero ia advantage ous poritions, anxiously awaiting, the sequel of her cool and intrepid action. Time flew by, and the indications were .apparent that the young lady niust bise. ' Still, nothing daunted", she continued her" keen, searching pursuit.' At a few minute-past elevnn o'clock, a gray headed veteran, an old and highly re spectable citizen,* walkipg westwardly. on Fourth between Broadway and...Ludlow, was suddenly -broughtup standing- by. the Jady, who, throwing herai-ms around his neck, kiss ed him fair!y*in the mouth. The old gentleman was .complete!?* non plussed, and while standing, all amazed and nervously excited at the public rrdeal he had just passed throughj fhe friend* came up and 1 asked, '* Do yon chew tobacco, Mr-- ?" 14 No, gentlemen; I never used tobacco of anykind in all ?ary life." Tho gentlemen then explained tbe-whys and wherefores of this episode, or street rencontre,"and apolo gized tu ihe ajjed citizen for the assault and nattery which he rtadily accepted, with 'an intimaDTD that the ausaplt might be repeal er! with no f-oriobs ' rli'ect'rons. The two Wf lies w*cre then paid over, and fhe-happy {larry returned U? their' homes, highly delighted with their morning's anif.>ement, We may add thal the lady wry. gracefully tendered the old gentleman coe of the fifty dollar billa, which fc?* modestly declined,-' and added, " I should be thc giver, Miss^not the receiver.'' The parties then made each Other's acquain txnee, and separated.-Cincinnati Enquirer. li ra/il--Emigration from the Sontli. The New York Herald's "Rio Janeiro cor respondent, writing on June (Ith, presouts us with certain facts and opinions, on the im portant subject of Brazilian emigration" which wc commend to the large class at the South, ?I; whose homes" (as the writer says,) " have been broken up by the war, and who Jiave yet saved a few thousands from the wreck :" - . . ?. What induces me to resume my correspon dence is the having-noticed on the streets of this city so many new faces of- the* unmista kable American^type known, as " Tohnnies" " away down South," Upon inquiry ? foubd that they w ere but tho advance guard of the exodus that is commencing from the South ern States to this <^;nntry, and what Paris is' to France, so Rio Janeiro is to Brazil, the hub, as'it were,-of the whole country, and headquarters of emigration. For years past 1 have wondered that so few Americans came'to Brazd, where can be had all that is worta living for on this'earth. A climate unequalled, a b<>ji unsurpassed for fertility, a government than which ihero, is none more free and liberal, a people more policed-or hospitable, fruits more delicious ; all these, and yet oilier blessing?, await the emigrant as he steps on (he soil of Brazil. . The line of steamers to the United States, soon to comrheoce, will bring the two coun tries Still nearer to each other, and make the two people better known and appreciated one by the other, and cannot tail to give a grand and lucrative impetus to their mutual' com mercial interests. Those whom God ?tad joined together,'' I anticipate, will prefer to apend the honey moon on R trip to Ibo '. land of the cocoa aud tho palm,'' instead of ou the stale track of a European tour. Invalids will seek in the-ge nial clinics of Riazi the health ?enied them in northern latitude*. Capital will find here new investment-" per cont; American cuter prise and invention ?will meet with hebb Heids of conquest. The artist and tourist will have realized their, .?reams of paradise on earth-their eyes aud.taste gladdened by the varied and gorgeous scenery of the tropics; and planters and farmers will settle here, and literally verify poor Tom Hood's graphic say ing, K Tickle the gronng with a hoe, and'it smiles with a harvest." Thath irrepressible" can't wait for any bedy-mast go ahead monster-the' ocean steamer-is destined to work greater changes in Brazil tn twelve months than could be ac complished in a hundred years without it. The climate and s8il are particularly adapt ed to tho habits and crops of the Southern States. From the Amazon on the north to the Rio Grande on the south is a wide range of j climate and every quality ol' coil. Sugar, j cotton, tobacco, corn, rice, &c., give a rich | return for a little labor; and though all oau> not got fortunes, no one here need call him self poor, so essy is it to gain a comfortable livel.bood. Plauters whose homes have been broken np by the war, und who have saved yet a few thousands lrom the wreck-men of capi tal who desire new fields for speculation and investment-cab nowhere do as well as in Brazil, especially if employed in agricultural pursuits, as thesis give the snrest results, wit i the least, chance* of failure or lass; and'it 1 will be a souice of gratification and enc?nr? ?lgement to this government when its soil shall be dotted here and lhere wi'h planta tions of cane, colton;' tobacco, ftc., cultivated with the enerby ahd skill that mark the North American wherever he may bo or in whatever occupation engaged. In connection with the article on Brazil, which we publish above fiom'the New York Herald's correspondent, the following extracts from a -lotter to the Selma Messenger, written by ? distinguished gentleman, formerly JJ. S. Minister to Brazil, will be found interesting : First-Brazil is, in my opinion, a most suitable end desirable country for Southern i raised people. Its government is a mild monarchy, woll and evenlj- administered. The richis of parsons and property are 'sa Bredly respected, and when invaded, as speed iiy vindicated a-i anywhere in the-world. Second-The climate of many portions of the empire is very fino-the thermometer ranging from 80 to 59. Much of the country is mountainous, aud the supply of water, is verv Hue, fresh freestone. Third-There are large tracts of unimprov ed lands, much of which is vastly rich, and penetrated by good, and in many cases, navi gable, rivers. Fourth-The country produces sugar, cot ton, rice, tobacco, cotice, hide?, horns, tallow, medicinal plants, and fine rosewood. The province of Pernambuco raise? cotton, sugar and rice. Bahia produces sugar and coffee. Rio Janeiro the Cue woods, coffee and medi cinal plants. The Rio Grande is the great district for hides, horns, tallow, etc. Macy of the minerals are foaud in the St. Paul's province, wbero arc situated tbe diamond, gold and silver miues. A railroad bas been iionstnicted penetrating thc country from the great city of Rio Janeiro to tho city of St. Paul's, a distance of 150 td ITO miles. The city of Rio Janeiro in I85? bad a population of 500,000 ; St. Paul's, 80,00(1. Thc latter has greatly increased in the last five years. Fifth-I would prefer a settlement "on the St. Francisco ri veri or iii thc province of St. Paul's. Both are rich aud healthy countries, and accessible. The ono is in tho interior, the other'from seventy to eighty miles from the coast. There are other very desirable' districts which bold out strong inducements for svttlement. There are large tracts ol very flue landa'in Rio Janeiro, ci-itabie for cotton, and especially for coffee, which is tho great staple of the country, thc o m pi re having ex ported as much as' 3,000,000 bags in a year. Coffee is very easily raised. The third year after it is planted it produces a fair yield, and then progresses, increasing in proportion from year to year. There are fair^rodueing trees 'fifty'years old. The neft^evenuo from each hand was, when I left Rio^htneiro, coantod at from four to six hundred dollars. Sixth-Emigrant* should take with them a supply of plain, strorg, light clothing, in eluding boots,' bats and shoes to last them a -year, al KO sonic furniture. . Seventh-The Government grants four hundred acres of land to actual settlers. Some wheat and Iudian corn is raised in the coun try. But ibo arrow-root, banana andorange, yield fco abundantly that they furnish largo supplies for food. Th, e arrow-root is an ad mirable article for Use. The price of bepf ranees from &ve,to sc**en cents per pound. Eigth-The entire population \n 1856 was about seven millions and a half; o'f these, four millions .were free whites, three millions were slaves, and five hundred thousand were fr?o negroes. Ni otb-The writ of habeas corpus-trial by jury, religious freedom of speech and ol the prest?, are all guaranteed by the Constitu tion, and practically prevail. Many of thc peopla are highly educated, and in the pro vince-of Rio Janeiro they have in full opera tion a pure eyBtem of free schools. S3f A Texas correspondent aaec rts thai Kirby Smith a?d Magruder, who are goner aMy supposed, to have made fortunes in cot ton, are not worth a dime. Tie Cholera in Egypt. - The accompanying official dispatch 'o.tbe Secretary of State from Mr Hale, Agent and Consul General of the United States at Alex andria, Egypt, gi?s a vivid picture of the ravages of the cholera at that place ACEHCY AND-CONSULATE GENERAL ~} op TUE UNITSP STATES OF AMERICA, > ALKXAK?KU, EGYPT, .July 7. ..jj Son. JV. If, Sewaid, Secretory of State: SIR:-J have. U&-honor to report that the number of deaths from cholera iu Alexandr ia according to t??e oficial reporta^per each day, since my diepatcbJNo. 34, has been as lol Jows: h June ST, 211 ; Jone 28,209 ; June 29,1971 June ft),' 184: Jtfly 1/'195; July 2", 227; July .1. 170: Julyli, 118; July 5, 132; July ?,ii2. ' . m It, will bc observed that the' greatest mor .tality occurred on the 2d. when the number of deaths was 22S?butibal two days alter ward tho number iras reduced to 1 l?-nearly j one-half. This 'favorable change is duo to a I strong north wind,;? which bas prevailed du ring the week, and v;bicb, il is earnestly boped, may continue. Moreover, the begin ning of thc rise of the Nile has been reported by telegraph from tic upper country; a fa vorable effect is expected when tte wave shall reach tho Delta, now in about twelve days, by covering with water the low a-id stnguant places. . , . From the interior we continue to bear the most distressing reports. At Cairo the mor tality is 7cry great, as many as 457' deaths having occurred in a single d.oy, while private reports,' perhaps ; exag?rate!, estimate the deaths at 1.2?0 daily. At Tanta, at Zagaxfg, at Daytona, Rosella, and ojj/icr places, the deaths are frightfully numerous. At ni sst of these places tliere are no physicians, ?md the sufferers receive no assistance. it is estimated that mure than' 30,000 pfo pie have loft Alexandria since the malady ap peared on ihe lltii ultijiio. It is ascertained that 18,000 pa-spoi'ta have beer: graulen ; i'f it be assumed that ?n-average of two persons travel uudet each" passport, the number of depurLures bis been oli.UO?. jt'or three weeks alter tho outbreak of tho malady the American comnunity was happily Spared, but il is my paitiiul duty to report the death, yesterday morning, of Mr: A.' C. Pangelal'i, a citizen of the United Slates by naturalization. His father, I believe, was one of the victims of the massacre at S'cio, The orphan boy was brought to the United States, and, I have beard that he was em ployed in the Greek department at the Uni versity press in Cambridge near Boston. After several year's residence in America bc re turned to the East, never forgetting, however, his adopted nationality. At Smyrna in the year LS-JO, bc published a little book of lessons deigned lo facilitate the study bf the English language by for. ?eigners. For at least" ten years past he has been ar resident ot Alexandria, where his mild manners and blameless character have contrasted bim favorably with some others of the same nativity wbu have sought to live herc uudef the American flag. Dis age was 00. I fcbould mention that, it is said, by the .physician, that the Jisea-o cf whicli he died was congestion of the brain, not cholera : but as I met bini in perfect health thirty-six hours before ibo sudden illness Which in two ?lays more ended with bis death. 1 MU still inclined to regard bira as one of the victims of tue existing unhealthy stale of thc atmos phere. Tho present is the sixth time that Egypt has been visited by-the cholera-renewing" m destructiveness the mor tali ry hf ancient pUgue. The first outbreak of the cholera was in 1831, thc riest- ;u IMS, the third in 18-40, the fourth in lboO. the lifih in 1S55; The period of exemption bas never exceeded t?n years---the t^um between the proceeding and the present vi^ijotion. It will bc readiry'tinderslood that, in lime* like tbes-e, no festivity was appropriate o? the Fourth of July, but I may report that on that day their Excellencies, Cheriff Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, nud Mourad Pa cha. Governor of Alexandria-notwithstand ing their severe dutiey au'd anxieties did not fan to visit mc officially, and offered their congratulations on the. happy recurrence of our national anniversary and their beat wishes for the prosperity ol' the Union. But ore American vessel rcnuins in port, and she clears to-morrow for England. I have thc honor to be, sir. very respect lully, your obedient servant. CttA ni.ua I?AT.E. P. S.-At the monicnl ol elosiug this dis pnt'.-h; I received the sad tidings*ol the dt..-.<b. at Cairo, ou the 5lh iusL, of tho wiie of tko Kev. Gullen Lasing, American Missionary. A lotter from Syria to the Christian Intel ligencer, dated Juiy Sth, speaks of the chol era in Alcxaudria as confined principally to the pauper classes as follows: In that city of three hundred thousand in habitants, about two hunored die daily of] this disease-principally among ike poor wretches who so largely stock that city, and who have no choice of home or food, but at bes!, ure just able to support life, and find a cellar or bole in which to live and sleep. These, too,.are compelled to drink the water ot the. Nile unfiltered," and which, owing to the extreme, unusual lowness of the ri"*T has been very muddy nnd wretched nf late^ooougk to brood sickness from ifs miasma; even was tuero nd necessity: to drink it in its filthy state. The disease first showed itsoll in tho region of Mecca, where it raged with awful violence, and the pilgrims who returned alive from thence to Alexandria, wero at once ad mitted to the city against the protests of all the foreign consul, but, the Government reP piied": " The holy pi:grims f-bpuld never bo quarantined," and the rosujt is Egyi is fill ed with the plague. EFFECT OF POLTOA.MV.-Mr. Bowles, of the Springfield Republican, who ncoompar.les Mr. Colfax in his, Western trip, wriics from Utah tho following account of the Mormon women : How do tho Mormon women like and bear polygamy ? ii> the question roost people ask rs to the institution. The universal testimo ny of nil but their husbands is that it is a grievous sorrow and burden : only cheerfully submitied to and^embraccd under a religious fauaticism and solfabnegatiort rare, to behold and pcBsible mi'y to women.N They are taught to believe, and many of them do believe that through and by it thoy secure a higher and more glorious "reward in tho future world. " Lord Jesus bas laid a heavy nial upon me:" Raid one poor, sweet woman, "but I mean.lo "bear it for his sake, ami for the. glory he will grant me in bis kingdom." Thia is the com mon wail, thp contraon solace. Such are thc teachings of llie church ; and T"hnve nodoub) both husbands and wives alike tiller, honestly accept this view of the odious practice, anc seek and submit to polygamy as really God*! hely service, calculated to make saints o .themselves and all asseciatul with them it the future world. Still a goi>d dea-lof humai nature is visib!e,;both among the men in em bracing polygamy and in their wives in sub mitting to it. ... g?*" An dor has been issued to the el feet that where a- loyal person's horse wa taken during the wir, if he can prove bis loj alty, be can get bis animal returned to bur or if the animal is needed by the Govcrumen be can get the value of ii. : M A Tight Stjucezc.'* Thc cu j Jen acquisition* of 'w?a'Ut?4 in' Colton growing region in.the. Urited. ,?iu in many instances by planters comment with, very limited means, is almost min hms. Patient, industrious, frugal, and ? . denying, nearly the entire . amount of t cotton crops is devoted to' the ?ncrea* their active capital. The result'is, in a years large estate's, HS if by magic, are a< mulatfd. The fortunate proprietor* t build lino bongos, and surround thenisel with comforts and luxuries to which t were strangers in their earlier -years of c and toil. No planter in all the .region round ah him had started with, such slender mei and had .been more successful. in speec growing rich, than ?fohn Wooton. Ilav arrived at a period in hiy 'affair's when thought he could venture to indulge hittn and family with a more elegant ?nd, ct fortablc dwelling, be selected "a?J emiufenee the middle of bis plantation, as the spot which to erect bia splendid mansion, ???eve years before ho, han left untouched th? nat growth on this lull., indulging tittil i he hi of one day displaying there his uichitectu raste, liefere determining positively whet! that elevated pint ot ground "should be t site of his new seulement, he conclude 1 have :i well du^-obtaining \ntcr-b. i?'g i dispensable to any further progress, c Wiih this view, he put throe of bis peg men-Ike, Jake, and Bea-to digging, -il foi0 commencing, hov.iV r, ho procured t I services of Moses Doggett, celebrated for r. success in the usc of the divining rod.-Tl "water wizard," as be was called, afr?r r peated. trials with a hazi 1 switch, selected spot very near a low partition fence rnnnii through the centre of thc elevation, und c vidiug two conterminous Heids." lits Uegrb had gone some forty fcetm fc?arch 'cf watt when an accident Lccurted whick frtlstrft't Woolun-s plans and hopes, occasioned ll ;cutting down and destruction of ?li tho.-:c o anti venerubl? oaks, and converted Hutt big and buauiifui spot .. est spring into a sum patch of new gro'.i..u.c:<iii{. As tho negroes engaged ia digging the we were- eyewitnesses lei so disastrous art eccu renee, Ike shall desenli? il in Iii-? own way "."ron FCC de "water kunger.' Masa Dogge ?um dat wid his forket-peach-tree twig, an be hole 'pm in both band, and walk r.nd.w.l round dar, till, binie-by, dal ting fall dowi and pinte out de place wliar de water la sboller. Dat waa rite by de back of dat 1er fence. It mout lie de rite place for to du; well, but miglity unlucky for de ole man, a you see arter ? while, fi? druve up a stak ,darj and told us to dug away. Wc 'gin, o-i to work under ground, two td drag up air .wid basket and rope turn and turn about. M When we did got dat well 'bout Eprtj foo into de grouud, and had went to dinner, on day, de ole man he walk up dar to see hov we was coming 'long wid desperation. Whei he arrove dar he Wt down de empty basket set clown on side of de well, luck bold on di rope, put be toot in do step w*e dig iti di sides, and did itfsnt down: Now. you knov he low/nan, and mighty big, 1 didn't though he retch dem' HVeps, bin iegii so sn..rt ; but h< didi When fce a*8 do^n dur. Jonking'fd: wet yeth, he du^.', which ioJlow him out li-ir tuck arter de sheep in todd-?r Held hen de whole mulgas ernie ri. ping, tarriug, aik jump ober dat fe.uee rite by dat well. Fa-1 teing da*ol? -lan know, i.e.u went big rum down dat. wo.len em ? Sheep.*, you know*, i uiigbty big fools; whar une do?n jump, al fullera, and dar j^s crov.d?*d OH 'e*t ??own "dal forty head ! V??? m t to ?.nede finds ; as e de well wan't deep nnfT; eRrj OP? jiimp 'bCrr.l five fool nigh '.'or. lie leff downward 1 " I ucber bear sich none under de yeth ar dat old maa make 'ivre, fie bullen d. ' Dr.w incl draw Aie.!' Wested ,de Mu.ep running in as we wai? coming buck fruin dinner, bul did'nl know tim ulr man was in chu- tiil wu beam'him.boiler, lien ve tutti but, bles* God! 'twas too late. Da but ahcep was [rf. and de dog wus ripping, barking, shirring 'bout dar, look lik.? lie -wine to jump in he aelf-thought be duu h g things, treeing dc old man and de sheep! I gin him a FO.;k dologer .on head wid rod. : am] when he come to, he 1.-IT, woa-er hurt dan anything come ou ten. da;, well dat day! " We Hick hold dat windlass, and try to drug np de whole coriflutement ; couldn't budge 'cm; steam ingine gwiue to stall wid dat. pile ! Alldem sheep lay Ri ill. and say Doffing'; but de ole mun be make noise down d?r like bul-frog wid bad cold." Ef he want crowded, dis nigger iroittd'iit Bay *o.| Jake, he did l'un d wn, and dm cut de rope 'bovo deni sheep, which we Vplice it, and ?len wc did work hard to 'lleve sb?rp, ole man and ail. Dem sheep, whru dc wa* pulled out, was bigger tool dan eher ?ley know" mit which Way to go ; cory uiie gu be own way; no two did wemt together; cfo hil did fail out wid ono anndder, Mid 'salved de gang. Dar was twenty-seven sheen OP de ole mun, uiid-tbir? teen underneath 'wu ! Ile dun his best lo keep on top, but didn't, gel quite to de middle of de excitement ! " When w-j di i got de ole man ?ut he lo'.k wuss for ware; hu smell like whole gang of .sheep-was ni ghtly ^kint ail ob.?r be lace and band. He didn't have bre'ff null'to talk mtu-h: he jiat say, 'Full up dat w*>Hy and go to pick ing out cotton.' Now we uni thought d? ole man's bead bann wooL-gedderiitg, and dat- be bus he mind, so we d'g on dat evening. Next mornin' we did went back to .dug iu dat well 'gin : but soon de ole man cum out d^r iu rd g burry. When be cum in 'bout t wenty foot of dat well he Mop quicksand* look round to see cf sheep waa about. He fay, * You black scamps, didn'l ? tell you tr? lull up dat w<-ll '? j Fuil her up : rani dirt all ba< k in h>*r hard"; plant tirinidy grass "Vor her ; never want to ste dat place n? more !:' - ? . " Wo dun so aud leif. Do ole niau send alt dem sheep elf: he got he gorge of mutton ; full up di* well nt dtrhott-e, ami drink no well water sense. He found ?pring down de branch buiid he new hou?e down dar c.|.>se byi have i little new ground up Ph dat bill next y.?ar. j Dc ole man, do say, dan Ich' it. in his will hg ! muat not be butted under de grimm',, t tell I you what, if de du, and sheep cum gmz;ng \ about) dar, be gw-ine lo leff d it piac-;. Now ; dey. say de ?levi I punish "man in di- bad world ? wid fire and brimstone. I don't knows > will I 'bout dat ; but sure as yon are b?ru, ef ?ber j he git de ole mau, he gwine put him fu deep ! well, and set sheep bronzing 'boul dar, aud j put c?r dog arter ^m !" A PCI.L STor.-An innoc?nt old lady,wbc never before had '" rid on a. railroad,'' was J passenger on one of tho Vermont railnmdt at the timeot a recent collision, when i\ freight ? train collided with a passenger train, '.mash j ing ope of ihe cars, killing several of thc I passengers, and upietting thingit gcnenlly j As soou .os he ?o'uld reepvor nfs seattcrec I senses thc conductor .wnt In search' oPthi . venerable daine, who.m ho found .-minn soli < j tary and alone tn the car (the other, passen -1 gets having sought ierra firma)) with a; verj [ ? placid expression of coiinteriimcc, not*ith , I Etandihg'eho had made a complete ssmersaul f ! over thc sent in front, timi her b'iiidbox ant 1 bundle bad geno unceremoniously down- th j passage way. "Are you hurt?" asked the. oendnctoi " Hurt ! why ?" saM^thc ol 1 lady. " We have just been run4uto by a freigh t t uinl Two of tbc passengers have been kill ed, and several others EBv?roly injured;*' " La, mc ; I didn't know but that was th ? i way you always stopped." I, gar Tho Mayor of Mobile who ref?s?S t lj take colored testi ncny.l as been deposed an ' another m in will be p?> in bisIjiiaoev .? .i Great Attraction ! " X > ~ * o' ",\ < THE Subscribers have jujgt. received Jk,PINE STOCK of GOODS, coosfcrTmg'bf -*: COFFEE, S UGA It, MACKEREI^ RICE, CHEESE, CANDXES,'_Sj*#:EB, ?EPv~ ' PER, GINGEE, STANCH, SODA*. '5 -" / . SEOARS, TOBACCO. .. rt And tn fact, ?rory article that ia to ba -hail in a. - vi We^Funrished Family GfcW]&ty.\ ^ We also bave ir. Stare a fine collection of Men and Boys' HATS, Ready-made DRAWERS,. *c. v ^ Also, an excellent assortment oLSHGBS?. .. m ' CHAMPAGNE CID lill. Those fand of Ibis excellent beverage irflt'flsf-. a goo.I article at our Store. *; . ***** . We vr?f? b>".C''Ostar'tly receiving addition* to t.lio abovo'mentioned Articles,, nod will endeavor I to please all who favor us with a r.\U. t 'i? OSTJhe highest market prhje will ho paid fer a|i kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE.*' " :*". JOHN R. CARWILE Ar CO., ? i j s t'ndor Masonic Hall. . Aug 23.. r .3t - . ,aV ? ATKINSON & Ml?tff, ' FAa?LYJGSW?ial?i, A*ND u . - ? fi -. -*... aorars sjaisrifiE & Cfi Ai?? s,,?1 pi'llivin's old stand,, (opposifo Post-Offlcer) - EdgcfieM, S. C.^ ? . ; ' And 141 BroaTfcfoe't, (Front Monument,') Augusta, iialf. '". ' KEEP constanjly on bani..FAMILY-S?J?? ' i PLIES o? EVERY DESCRIPTION. .... , * > - We also receiue FROD?CE.jiu .J?A.rlTER- vj. 7 . .3 the highest' inarki-1 pri?e. * '??-,' ' -'ATXI'MSOft'Jk SffKWTf ^ ,\3-? a . . >?*' ~: :S?J ' _\-.. .-. ../'.iii--"..I': .*-*n ISr^-W GOODS! THE Subscribers b?g;lnav* to mf?rm flic C'K\ ze?s of "Bellefield and tue comm unity'ge"n? r-tny, that tbev'hiro opened a NEW BtfSiNRSS i liOCSE, attbeAld staudof M.Lebeactrultz,-next iloor to Mr., AV'. F.'Butler's, ami diroctly j&ppoi'ue . tho Park ?ri this plaqe. , Tb'-y are now receiving, and have in Store, a FINE STOCK of FAMILY GROCERIES, SHOES AND HATS, For Lillie?, G en demon and Children, DKY GOODS, *Ac, ic:, tc. " - . ? - . An,l in fact, a little of EVERYTHING-"that \* / : necessary and suited to the tiO9"). Their motto; is that they will sell CHE Al* Ell THAN THE CHEAPEST.. -The public uro respectfully invited toofi?l au'i examine our Stool- thernpelves. M. LERESCHVLT*: I CO. ' 9 Au? 3 31 . -St . ' Professional Notice, ESSES. BACON A BUTLER will praeCc^ - i in tho Courts of Law and Equity iu this ?c3 State. Old Office of M. C. Buller and Carroll A Bac?n. . ' * J OHE E. BACON, ' ' ?J.C. BUTLER. May 23, . . Sax ? " . 22 - * T. H. ( I,ARK"" * ?. - . * <-< .-? A T T O BM3? A T 1. A-OT, ? ? ? i'KD . ;: ?*w!5 ?v F A GIS T It A T . , i'flioo, over B. 0. Bryan's Store. EDGEFIELD, S. 0. - Aug 3 am' 32 J. E. Muse, BURGEON DENTIST, RESPECTFULLY inform.? theoitizens of Edtfe fiebi District, th.lt he has resumed the prae tito of his profession, and solicits a liberal p?t?--*' ; ronngc.-For tho present, to can be f.un*- at "J Capt, Eugono Brrct's; 5 milcf Bast of Ed gefiel d . CH. He will practico either for castor provj sions. All calls promptly attended to pal] opera twins guarantied. Au 23 2t 34' Blacksmitliiiig^! THE Undersigned will,.when requested, rii-it plan nit ion a throtighout the District,wa?d do - BLACKSMITH WORK oL:every?jwotiption, at modorate prices. Order's addressed to -, him at,-., Ecf]fefj?ld C. H., will roceive immediate attentiou. J . G. is. MCNEILL. V. . AugS ( tf .3? ' . We have beou aulhorir.ed. by Hm FrUnthk.., of Capt.. H. BQULWARE to announco bun a Candidato fur Shetift' of EogoOeldl District at the . next clrotkm. ? '. . v ? Ayr 12 . . y . _ . le* .itt -. . For Tax Collector.^ The Many Friends pf D. A. J. BELL^ Esq./ ros poe t fully nominate him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at the noxt election. ; jp -,. . Oct IS ._'_ - te -_43_ Eor'Tax Collector. ' ToE-many Friends n t Capt:-JA?lE6 MITCHA" - ELL rdnpeetfully nominato ?him'-as a ?an^idan?^i; fur TAX COLLECTOR at tho next elofHon. SALUDA." . Deo fi. _ te1? ' "* St) ; Notice.-/'/ ; . ALt persons indebted to the 3??t?(? d?Ttoberlt ' *!' 'J. Delphi late of EdgeCe?d -Dlstriut'dfeeaaedi 1 are"requ?sUd to come -orward an d -"raak otp ar men t ; H nd * those having clem ands -against ' sai? : ? l'?<tii;e will present thom ip dun time, and-preper? . ly authenticated. . . . - A -.;>.,: A. J. PELLETIER, Adrn'r. ' ^ Oct is ry_ ^ Barter I Barter! . - THE GmnitevHto- Mfludfacturltg Company . will continue to Dorter Ctotli tor 'COTT?N, * FLOUR* CORN, PEAS, BAC025 AND 'jbA.Rf ?< giving Augusta prices for pr?duee> aaii<fvn*>ML?l; rag Cioth-at wholesale rates. , ("runitevillB, April _S . ,r { irgiHE underatgned rorpoetfnlly inferm? the-*5H i sens of Edg'fleld thal hi will CAREFUL!*; REPAIR WATCHBS, J.BWBJaRY:an??LOGKS at fair pri?es, ?td warranted* . -t v i- .> ..?St.- . Brlok OfBce, corner of Mr. |^AW||^y : t ,t? N??i?ty-S?t, ACOMFORTABLE' Trf-Wcektj- ?lINE^OJ?. HAOK^ f-ro?i N?NKTY-S?i lo AUGUSTA,, will leave Augusta on- Tuesdays, TJbursdaya at? Saturdays, aqd lilnoty-Six the.samo dayaV . ' F?r further partloalar?, apply at Augusta H^ tat, Lovy"s Hotel la Hamberg, ak the Store of M. LoboschulU &?Cu., "Edgefiold C. H., and to Mr. PrimVCisocfK. R. /.?eut at Ninety-Six. * i O. N. BUTLER ? CO. Aug 25j . " ' , tf_ 34 * For Rent ?*f^fc TO RENT from thc first of October for twelv? months or longer, a D?rjOH'PPUC-'EiaSa DENCE it? the-raburlis of BrtgefieW Volage. The Lot contains Thirty (30) Atr*o?? oaw^r<in?