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LIVXETOOL. Tueadsy Evening, August
28.-Cotton market dull and declining;
prices jd. lower. Sale? to-day ot ?l?OO
*.!.*; middling upland? l?JG18id. Bre&d
an& Binrki t weak, ind prices dccliuing.
Flour and wheat drooping. Corn dociinod
ii. 1-, and saixed Western is quot od at 26s.
* i. pt>r 480 pounds. ProTision market
?eststalrv uncbssged. Lard especially
all, and prices nommai.
A LONZKMS Tuesday Evening, August 28.
Tho monev market is without change. The
oKcial closing priesa ef consols. 89?} for
Sj*^in(Xley. Harket for American securities
improving, and prices slightly higher;
i'aited States five-twenties 72 >.
WWkvK?m, Ittely, Angnst 28-P. H. -
Mazzini has refused to accept the amnesty
granted by Victor Emanuel, and declines
to be a subject of the King on any terms
preforripg exile to such a position.
LIVF.SSWOSTASgsafc 2a^5?oan^?alea of
cotton td-day* 10,000 4jaTee--tniadnng up?
lands opened'at lojfcl^'..
jlfdvic*8 fro? China report that the a?
,gjte?;;Sf'tli? missing American schooner
Golden Tear! have been found at sea, and
a vessel was sent from Hong Kong to
search for her. ?*?*?
An arrival reports seeing the Great East?
ern thc rat* i I \f?m dfH
, .tZ^JCpb.Ni ? AWhst ?-Xtgai.'-i-Opehing
Ince for consols 89.J, for monev. Five
wenties 72L
"The Paris Morning Post says tho Em?
press of Mexico has so far succeeded in her
. mission as to induce Napoleon to extend
the time of payment of moneys due France.
Ho refused to loan Maximilian 10,000,00t
francs for an equivalent of troops in Mexi?
co, but consented to furnish material from
French arsenals. Napoleon also agreed
not to withdraw the French troops before
January. >
i PRAOVK, August 28.-The headquarter?
"f thc Prussian army have been moved
from thia -city to Topietr, on the North
regst frontier uL Bohemia.
WwrirxttrrcN,: August 29.- The steam
ship Herman sailed for Nev .York tbif
, morning, with $300,000 in specie.
New? Items.
Nsw OaiJKA NS, August 23.-Only fou rtee 1
deaths from cholera yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Angust 29.-Ex-t*overno;
J. M. Morehead, of North Carolina, dio*
yesterday, at liockbridge A la m Springs
.Virginia.
Capt? Leland, of tho brig Chieopee. ar
rivea to-day, reports losing his vessel b'
'fire, July 18, bound from Charleston ti
* Liverpool, wifn a cargo of turpentine. Th
crew wera saved.
Baymond has iapt the threats to expo
him by calling a meeting of the Nations
?nionExecutiv? Committee, by virtue c
his position ac Chairman. Gov. Ward, c
New Jersey, writes a letter thereupon, i
which he denounces Baymond ss tao bc
?raver of his party, anet repudiates ?ai
'PHILADELPHIA. August 29.-J. Lawrenc
Uetz. Democrat, editor of the Beading Gc
has been nominated for Congress i
the Bucks District. Bi this city, the lie
publicans nominated for Congres? Wm. I
Kally, Leonard Myers, Cha?. O'Neill an
Jo?. Seindhall.
.President Johnson Km ito ute ia
IWMC??e?*s. :
l'HiLADU.rni \, August 99.-The Dem?
erats and conservatives, who support th
President's policy, express great in di gm
tum at the course pursued by the muuicipi
authorit ies, for refusing hospitalities to th
President and party. By this action, c
refusai to act, our officials have place
thamaeJLyeajip ?n oxceptieaa) position - a
111ftrnii Ins n n isg t r n il r rn fl hospitalities
.Naw Yass, August 29.-The Pres i dei
waa met by delegations and crowds of pei
BOOS at Burlington and Trenton, N. J
-where demons tratione of respect were pah
He arrived here this afternoon, and whii
crossing the river, thundering salutes wei
ikea. ,At tlie pier he was received by tl
different municipal committees ana cit
zens/among whom were A. T. Stew&x
Jacob B. As* or, Commodore Yanderbil
Moses Taylor and others. Ho was th?
escorted io the City Hil!, where May?
"Hoffman welcomed him formally to tl
great metropolis, to which he replied
felicitous terms. - Subsequently, the hea<
of the city departments were presente
. and shortly afterwards the President w
escorted ap Broadway by a military ai
civic procession, and finally to Delmonico
corner 14th street and Cth avenue. The
tbs military passed in review before t'
President, th? officers sainting and n<
diers and citizens cheering.
This evening, the President and par
will participate in a splendid banquet
Dslmonico's, and afterwards proceed to t
Fifth Avenue Hotel. The march of t
procession was witnessed by hundreds
thousands of spectators-the number c
eceding, if possible, that which filled tl:
great thoroughfare on the occasion of t
funeral honors to the late President. T
civil and military authorities co-operat
with the citizens and merchants' comm
iee* with remarkable unanimity, and tl)
g ara'to their distinguished guest i
grandest reception ever accorded to a
public personage daring our dav, and t
genuino enthusiasm manifested seems
mark it also as a spontaneous ovation
toe people to tho champion of their rigl
and liberties.
--w- '
F"Or?:lgu Advices per Asia?
LivEapooi.LAugust 19-Sugar firm. C
fee steady. Bice firmer. Bosin quiet 1
?toady. Turpentine 36s. Cd.
ta n Marlast Reports.
'?'?*MEW OBMEAXR, August 29.-Cotton
.-hanged; sales 350 bales. Gold 45}.
.? BALCTMOBK, August 29.-Flour qnh
Western extra, S12.50@*15; super, $9.1
$10. Grain dull and drooping. Bed wV
70@73c Yellow corn, 88@90c. Oats 4
49c. Provisions steady. Pork, $33
Western lard 21 ?c. Groceries firm. Co
.scarce. Seeds steady. Flax $3.">o. W
key ?carce - Western t2.35@$2.3R.
NEW YOUK, August 29- Noon.-Gold
Exchange nominal, at 107iJ for sixty di
and 108? for sight. Cotton 83@S5?.
? P. H.-Cotton heavy, with sales of 1
bales- middling S3@35jL Flour di
Southern unchanged. Wheat 2?3c. loi
Corn steady. Oats lc. lower. Pork hoi
at $33.87; sales of 2,800 barrels. Croce
. didi. Turpentine 6S. Bosin $3@8.
- Tho committee appointed hy
people of Louisiana to wait upon
President in regard to the repaii
the Mississippi levees, headed
their chairman, Coi. J. Edmond?
haws performed their mission. T
met with a very favorable recepte
They claim to have received from
President ? promise that in his 1
message to Congress, lie will rec
mend an appropriation to repair
levees*.
to arrest fifty ot more of the most
prominent citizens and pot them
tinder guard. I had arrested about
forty, wheo he sent for me and said
I there was no tim? to be lost-the
I town must be burned ; lie was sorry
I for it on account of the women and
children, bat it must lie done to
cheek the burning of private property
in Virginia, and they had none to
blame for it but Gen. Hunter, and
their own press for extolling such
fiendish sets of vandalism. He then
ordered me to fire tho town, and
showed ina Gen. Early's order to that
effect. Deeply regretting that such
a disagreeable task should fall upon
I me, I had only to obey. I then di?
rected my men to fire the town, hut
bc ki nd to the wonien and children,
and lend" all the assistance in their
power. , While I could remain in the
str?eis; I did nothing but assist the
people, and see that no excesses were
committed. Several times I received
peremptory orders to make a thorough
work of. it, and was especially di?
rected to destroy all fine dwellings.
When the town vas no longer ten?
able, I took two men with me to fire
j a fine brick dwelling, beautifully
situated on sn eminence North-west
of the town. Dismounting, I went
in and told the lady who came to the
door that I was there to perform the
unpleasant duty of burning her
house, which I much regretted; that
we were obliged to resort to such ex?
treme measures in order to prevent
or check the terrible devastation
committed by such men as Gen.
Hunter. I told her that thc people
of that town had seen us twice before^
and that all had spoken in the high?
est terms of our behavior, saying
that our soldiers behaved better than
their own. Sho was weepinpr, evi
I dently much distressed, but she ac?
knowledged tho justice of my re?
marks, and declared that she blamed
none but tho administration for al?
lowing such ho Tibie acts of cruelty
to go unpunished. She was in deep
distress and shed many bitter tears:
did not beg me to spare her house
only asked time to remove some arti
oles of value, or clothing. This wat
readily granted. Breakfast was or
the table, and she asked me to eal
something while she was getting hei
things together. Being hungry, ]
accepted the invitation, and drank t
glass of wine before sitting down
I delayed as much as possible, ii
order to afford lier more time, anc
when I arose from the table I had ?
mind to disobey orders in regard ix
this house. She then came in anc
entered into conversation. J askec
her the name of her husband. Sh?
replied:
"Col. Boyd, of the Union armv."
"What! Col. Boyd, of the 1st. Nev
York Cavalry ?* '
"The same, sir."
"Then, madam, your house sha]
not be destroyed."
I now understand why she had no
pleaded for it. The reader will recol
lect that this officer has been airead;
mentioned as operating in the valley
He had ever been kind and lenient t
the citizens, men, women and chi']
dren, warring only against men ii
arms. The fact of her being the wif
of Col. Boyd decided me at once,
told her that I knew her husband
i and had fought against him for tw
?cars in tho Valley of Virginia; tbs
e gained a reputation among th
citizens for kindness and gentleman
ly conduct; that wh?o we were thet
for the purpose of punishing vunda
ism, we were ready and anxious t
repay acts of kindness done to on
? -opie, who, when unprotected, ha
JU exposed, by the fortunes of wa:
to the mercy and harsh treatment ?.
our foes. ? told her that her bout
should not bc burned, blame for
who would, and that I would leave
guard for her protection until a
were gone. She seemed to be con
pletely overwhelmed, as though si
did not comprehend what I said; bi
when I assured her that neither In
house nor anything that belonged t
her should be molested, her gratitm
knew no bounds.
FINANCIAL.- The Washington St<
I says:
j In cons?quence? of the amoiuluien
: made to the tax laws by Congres
! and which were unnecessarily defern
I until the last days of the session, tl
j sixty millions due to the Governme
i iroin the people on account of the i
j come tax, could not this year be c<
j lected as heretofore in July, wh<
I business is dull, and the drain frc
! circulation but little felt; but w
I necessarily deferred until Septemlx
i when the active fall trade usually Hi
; in. The anxiety felt iu commerc
' circles as to the embarrassment like
to result from this cause, has been :
: relieved by the oficial annoum-eine
of Secretar; McC?Jloch, that after t
26th inst, all temporary deposits
tho Treasury except the clean
house certificates will cease to bi
interest. The effect of this decisi
j will be that the deposits, whi
' amount to sixty-nine millions, v
I be withdrawn liefere the close of t
month. Tho ten millions of inter
! due on the first series of seven-thirt
i is now being disbursed, which w
! the 870,000,000 falling due on 1
; 27th inst., will make $80,000,000 p
! able out of the Treasury, to offset
; $60,000,000 oi income tax, paya
; into the Treasury, thus adding $2
j 000,000 to our circulation foi bt
ness purposes.
The calm and disinterested Opi
m?relatton ^^th^^f?natL?sm^
radical Congress, are important as
prefiguring the opinions that all. in?
telligent persons in America will come
to entertain when unreasoning pas?
sion shall subside and men are
brought to their sober senses. It is
not often that so much truth and
good sense are compressed into so
few words as the following from the
Load u Post, of the. 7th of August
Says ula PotL
? It certainly does seem strange that
any faction, however extreme its
views, should still exist in the United
States, which can persist in a policy,
which, if steadily pursued, would in?
evitably bring about another civil
war. The great object with which, as
we were told, the North engaged in a
costly war against the Sovfthern
States, was to prevent them seceding
from the Union. It was absolutely
essential that the republic should be
one and indivisible. This unity, it
was insisted, was necessary for its
greatness and its prosperity; and to
maintain it, no sacrifices were consi?
dered too great. Now, however, that
the war is at an end, it is tboso who
are most bitter in their hostility to
the South who strive to prevent this
much-desired unity becoming an ac- ;
eomplished fact. It is fortunate,
under such circumstances, that thc
republic has for its Chief Magistrate
such a man as Andrew Johnson. The
honesty with which he has endeavor?
ed to reconcile the differences of the
antagonistic States, and the sound
statesmanship he has shown in his
efforts to reconstruct tho Union on
tho only possible sound basis-name?
ly, tho equal recognition of the rights
of all its citizens-have secured for
him the respect of every true friend
of that great republic. Against the
narrow-minded prejudices of those
whom, in tho first flush of victory,
the Republican party sent to Con
gross, he can do little more than pro?
test. That protest may or may not
be availing; but such us it is, he
deems it his duty to make it-not
doubting, however, that the moral
support accorded to him by the bulk
of his fellow-citizens will give to it an
efficacy which no hostile majorities in
Congress can entirely destroy.
A French journal, La Liberte, of
August 8, thus speaks of President
Johnson :
"A singular circumstance! This 1
President, whose entrance on power
the day after a horrible crime seemed
to announce a policy of exclusion in
the very man who, in taking the
reins of Government, loudly mani?
fested the most violent sentiments
and the most menacing intentions,
suddenly became the most devoted
agent of reconciliation between the
two noble fragments of the American
Union, and of the restoration of the
rights of the vanquished. This fact,
placed by the side of the general dis?
armament, of the scene of generals
nnd soldiers going peaceably to re?
sume their former occupations, of
liberty subsisting even during the
war itself-does not this fact charac?
terize American society? What au
admirable spectacle is that of this
functionary arriving at power with
hatred in his heart and threats in his
mouth, but soon listening with re?
spect to the voice of public opinion
as manifested by meetings or by the
journals, and giving to the w ishes of I
the country precedence over his own ;
preferring the sentiments of thc na
; tion to those of a personal nature! It
is in this way that liberty modifies
profoundly the conditions of author
ity." <<a(
THE RKTX'BKTKG TIDE OP SPECIE. -
The financial items by tho Atlantic
cable which we publish to-day are of
the highest importance. First, it
appears, that even in Paris, there has
sprung up a surprising rush for Ame?
rican five-twenties and seven-thirties;
and next, that the steamer Scotia,
which left Liverpool yesterday, is
bringing over a shipment of ?110,
000 in British gold, or over $000,000,
to this conntry. Wo had supposed
that the late arrival of a similar ship?
ment was a sporadic case, an experi?
mental venture, merely as a specu?
lation. But from this second ship
I ment, and this simultaneous demand
1 for our Government securities in
I Paris, we may fairly infer that
I larger causes are at work on
! the other side than mero excep
j tional ventures by daring speculators.
! We can hardly avoid the conclusion
j that fears of a general European war
! still exist, even in Paris, uotwith
I standing the peace between Austria,
Prussia and Italy, and Napoleon's re?
peated assurances that the empire is
at peace; and that, accordingly, hold?
ers of money on tho continent are
turning to the United States, as the
safest country for the security of their
investments. If this is the true view
of the case, then Mr. Secretory Mc?
culloch may look forward hopefully
to an early appreciation of his green?
backs to the gold standard; and we
I may also prepare for the possible
i contingency of a general European
t convulsion, financial and political.
[Sew York Herald.
NEGRO FRANCHISE TS NEW YORK.
A negro can vote in the State of New
! York if he has real estate of the as
1 sessed value of $250. Unc?er this
? provision, negro voters are v- scarce
1 as hen's teeth, and thus tho question
! is pra- tically gotten rid of. lt stamps
I the negro as an inferior, and yet in
! volves no hardships ag mst which
1 negrophilists make a clamor.
f&rCM-A W*W Political Vaviy.
There has been in session, for the
last day or two, at Baltimore, a work?
ingmen's assemblage, under the name
and style of "The National Labor
Convention." It is a political organ?
ization, having for its immediate ob?
ject the agitation of the eight hour
day's labor question, and proposing
that, "so far as political action is con?
cerned, each locality should bo go?
verned by its own policy, whether
(in our political elections) to run an
independent ticket of workingmen,
or to use political parties already ex?
isting; but at all events, to cast no
vote except for meu pledged to the
interests of labor." Another resolu?
tion of the convention proposes that
that league of workingmen shall de?
mand that "if convict labor cannot
be entirely abolished, the same com?
pensation shall be demanded by the
United States nud tho respective
States of all contractors securing cou- j
viet labor as that paid in the work?
shops outside of the prisons." Vari?
ous reforms in the interests of labor
were to be proposed, and they are to
be agitated by a new political party,
formed of the leagues of all the work?
ing classes throughout the United
States.
Here, indeed, are the elements for !
a tremendous political organization
for good or evil; and from these pro- j
ceedings at Baltimore, it is an organ
ization which seems to be already iu ?
practical operation. A political party
embracing all the workingmen of thc |
country, on the platform of tho into- i
rests of labor, is suggestive at once of
a political levolution in the politics
and leading political questions of the
day, Stato and national. The move?
ment, however, is not only suggestive
of immense power in our political
affairs, but of immense mischief, if it
should fall under the control of un
scrupulous politicians. Wo have !
always held that labor should be :
fairly rewarded, but that tho laws be
tween capital and labor, supply and
demand, should bo mainly left, like
the general laws of trade, to regulate
themselves. But if the workingmen
choose to take tho field as a political
party, we may look-good or evil
for a political revolution, and hence
we may expect from this Baltimore
convention the beginning of a shak?
ing up of our political parties which
will soon bring about some vny ex
truordinary results.
[Neut Yaric Herald. j
THE NEEDLE-GUN CHECK-MATED. !
John Mitchell writes from Paris to !
the New York News:
"The needle-gun has met its
match-a bullet-proof clothing for
soldiers. At the Belgian Tir Nation?
al, or Volunteer Shooting Ground,
the thing was exhibited for tli? first
time by its inventor, a M. Bernard,
and in the most satisfactory manner,
namely: By standing fire himself at
100 yards, having previously shown
that he wore nothing under Iiis cloak
but a shirt und vest. A conical bul?
let struck him in the breast; it llat
tened itself and fell down at his feet;
he pickexl it up and showed it to the
spectators. But he would suffer
nobody to examine the texture of his
! new cloth, not having yet secured his
patent. His head and face were
covered with a steel cap: and the ?
I eloak reached to the ground. Such
is the story that conies to ns in Bel- 1
gian newspapers."
RETURN OF THE EMIGRANTS TO TEE
LAND. -The Cork Examiner states j
that within a short period four ves
sels which run between Queenstown
and New York have brought back j
about 200 passengers each, the mu- j
jori ty of whom were Irish. The
Irish "immigration" is chiefly arti- j
sans of the lower grades and laborers ,
who left Ireland lately, and who have
not succeeded in finding in America I
the well-paid employment they ex
j pected. They state that if wages arc
I higher in tho United States, tin
price of provisions has much in- i
creased as compared with the period I
preceding the civil war, and that I
their position would consequently not
have been improved by remaining
there. Emigrants are. still leaving i
Cork, however, in considerable mun- !
hers. j
"CONTEMPLATED ATTACK." The
I Washington Union, ot Saturday:
' evening, contains the following: ;
i The rumored raid did not conic off
! "All the negroes of this city who '
? have lire-arms in their possession are
j kuown to have under contemplation
i an attack upon the conservative
I Union meeting to be held this even
j ing. Our information is direct and j
i positive. Unless preparations are
i made at once for a strong police or
I ganization, and a military force
, ready to back them, wo may have
; another New Orleans riot to gladden
tho hearts of the radicals, and tin
streets of our city flow with blood.
This party are beni on a war of races,
and nowhere have they so industri?
ously inflamed the blacks as in this
city."
A plain-spoken Western preacher
i delivered the following from his
! desk: "I would announce to the con
I gregation that, probably by mistake,
there was left at this meeting-house,
this morning, a small cotton um?
brella, much damaged by ti; ie and
! wear, and exceedingly pale in color.
I in tho place whereof was taken a
Ivery large silk umbrella, and of
great bounty. Blunders of this sort,
i brethren ami sisters, are getting a
little too common."
Tue New tprl lu?tes \?*y wisely
says that the> best thing taut could
happen to the negro lace, now that
they aro possessed of their freedom
and all their eivfl rights, would be,
so far as national polit?csip-econeern
ed, to cease altogether being an ex?
citing element, and, so for as they
themselves aro c?^cern?rf, to B?3I
tiously give their attention to educa?
tion, the acquisition of property and
moral and social improvement. lu
these directions, they will find abon?
dant and profitable ground of activity
for some time to come.
NEGRO DEMONSTRATION AT GRIFFIN,
GA.-The Southern Watchman, of last
Wednesday, says: "The fruits of the
infamous and revolutionary doctrines
weekly taught by that malignant
sheet, the Griffin Union, are cropping
out in that city. One day last week,
a company of negroes, fully armed,
equipped and officered, appeared on
the street?, and quite an excitement
was caused, but finally the Federal
commander of the post dispersed
them, and subsequently ordered that
no militar} organizations should be
allowed."
SPEAKER COLFAX'S SLANDER.-In
reference to the allegation of Mr.
Speaker Colfax, made in a political
harangue in Indiana, that he had
lately visited Arlington, "and heard
that Mrs. Lee had been there, and
had said that when she got possession
of the place, not a ranked bone
should stay in the ground," the Alex?
andria Gazette says that Mrs. Lee bas
not buen in Arlington siupe the war.
The Aroostook (Maine) Time? says:
"The hay crop is so very heavy in
this section, that it is with difficulty
that the farmers can lincT^room iv
their barns for stowing it away. Crops
of all kinds are remarkably good thif
season. Wheat looks better than il
has for years. We do not hear thal
it is affected by tho weevil."
NBW JERSEY.-It is authoritatively
stated that, within a few days, Gov.
Marcus L. Ward, of New Jersey, wi!
call a special session os the Legisla
ture of that State, to take action or
the constitutional amendment and 01
such other topics as: may come befori
it.
HOLDEN'S PAPER.-Since Holdei
was rejected ns Minister to Liberia
little has been said of him iu the pub
lie prints. lie still edits, in Raleigh
a paper called the Standard, the las
issue of which contains, withou
comment, the address of the Phils
delphia Convention.
THE NEETU.E-OT'N REJECTED R
FRANCE.-The needle-gun has agar
been tried at Chalons and fou?
wanting. About 150 of these wet
pons were put into tho hands of th
Guards, and the commission has r<
ported that these rifles are m>t suit
able to French troops.
A takiug novelty is colored starcl
lt is made in pink, buff, mauve,- bin
and a delicate green. Any mush
starched with the new preparation :
completely colored, but it wash?
out, and the garment that was pin
to-day may be green to-morrow ac
buff afterwards.
NEW Com >x. -The Charleston Cb
rier, of Wednesday, says the first ba
of sea i land cotton, of this yeal
crop, was received in that city <
yesterday, from the plantation of M
H. Weldon, of Christ Church Paris
lt was consigned to Messrs. Bruns
li?e.
In New York city, a new, enpacio
and elegant banking house for t
sole accommodation of colored pt
pie, has been opened. All tho omet
of tho concern, from the Preside
down, are colored men, several
whom are very wealthy for men
their class.
A radical organ in Pittsburg ce
aloud to its friends, "light the can
tires. " That's no battle-cry. Soldi
kindle camp-tires to cook their V
tunis. Probably tho Pittsburg edi
thinks that his followers are getti
hungry. -I^nnsrille Journal.
The report of the Commissionei
Agriculture for August will establ
tho fact that liotwithstaudiusr the 1
favorable weather during a part
the season, the crops in the Nor
North west and portions of the Sot
will be unusually large.
Amenities of journalism-one N
York paper calls tho editor of
other a nincompoop--the latter
sponds, with "an antiquated invt
with a wooden leg and a weakr.
for gui and water."
Mr. Lang, editor and proprietoi
the New Orleans Time*, who has b
asjieraed and misrepresented by
radical press, has authorized li
suits to be brought against sov
Northern papers.
A German living ia Harrisbi
Pennsylvania, is said to have
covered a spring of mineral w
at that place possessing similar 3
perties to that of Congress Sprinj
Saratoga. SK
The United States has 72 i:
clads; France, 12; and England
France and England, however,
building more.
General R. K. Scott has issue*
order enabling the planters of
State to draw rations for their fr
nu n from tho Bureau.
I>r. Hostetter, Pittsburg, Peni
vania, manufacturer of bitters,
turns an income ?d' 8121,785 -a
: uument to advertising.
A San Francisco despatch says
?1,000 Americans filibuster har?
. rived iu Mexico to assist Juarez
^he^Bank of Fnmce (August S)
held in its vaults about ?28,000,000
of specie. Tlie Bank of England
had about. ?14,000/KK).
A Texas editor has been presented
wiCh an onion a foot and a half in
circumference.
Dr. Collins, author of a treatise on
"Cholera and its Cure," died of cho?
lera in Cincinnati on Sunday.
SHIP SEWS.
PORT OF CHAULEKTON. AUGUST 29.
A It E; VXD TESTERA AY.
Bohr. Bowdotn, Randall. New York.
AT QUASAHTTKE.
Behr. Grape-shot, Bouneau, Naseau, N. P.
WltN'T TO SKA VE8TKBDAY.
Steamship Margaret, Wallington, N. \
Steamship Lain, Childs, Baltimore.
Fumerai Invitation.
The friends and acquaintance? of <? usse
M. Howell and family, Robert K. Howell
and family, are invited to attend the fane?
rai of JESSE W., eldest son of the fanner.
at thai* res>dasm-?a> Ger vain atreet, near
Stark's HaUV TJTS AFTERNOON, at Ci
o'clock.
TO THE PUBLIC.
MESSI s. EOITOBH: Whit?. I waa absent
from tbc city on business, 1 was ?bown
your paper, of tho 23d hist., and I was sur?
prised to see paraded before the public, by
several gentlemen, iusuraucti agents in
Colombia, a copy of a letter I bad written
our General Agent, respecting tho oosHict
ing rates on cotton and other property In
this city. What their object hi doing this
was, and why a copy ot the letter was sen t
to Columbia and published, I lear? for a
discerning public to conjocture.
I am sorry my intentions wer? HO mis?
construed, particularly by those whom T
had always esteemed and respected. My
sole object was to bring about uniformity
of rates, by which all should be governed;
thereby making thc business more agree?
able to us all. This was particularly de?
sirable, and I have advocated it for t<>n
year* or more. Letters of the vory same
sort are written almost daily, and it is
strange that it was not appreciated, instead
of calling forth such strange comment?.
f did not aay that these gentlemen had
over insured any cotton at the rates named
-only had offered to do so. I would say
more, but deem it quite unnecessary n is
folly to try and make it appear that I in?
tended to misrepresent these agent?. I
feel myself that I am misrepresented. 1
regret exceedingly the necessity which
compels me b> writ? this communication,
and I am truly sorry that the gentlemen
who represent oilier insurance companies
should have given cause for this. Beside??,
I think we should cultivate and encourage
among each other, and all others, kind?
ness, harmony aad friendship.
Aug SO i H. E. NICHOLS, Agent.
BREAKFAST STRIPS.
AFRESH supply bv steamer, just re?
ceived. JOHN C. 8EF.GERS ft CO.
Aug 30 _
SUGAR-CURED SHOULDERS!
ALMOST eqmd to Hams.
Aug !? JOHN C. SEEGEBS A CO.
CHEESE! CHEESE!
BY Express THIS DAY.
Aug 30 TQHX C. BEEPERS ft CD.
BALTIMORE LAGER BEER.
BBLS. bv Express.
?\J Aug 30 JOHN C. SEEGERS A CO.
Acacia Lodge Ho. &4, A. F. M.
AN extra communication of this
'Lodge will be held THIS EVENING,
30th hist., at 8 o'clock, at Odd Fel?
lows' Hall, for the parp?se of conferring
th? Second Degree. Bv order of the W. M.
JOHN L. BOATWRIGHT, Sec"ry.
An? 30_I
NOTICE.
THE Stockholders ol the broad River
Bridge Company are requested to meet
at the store of Mesara. Biak ?ly A Cope?
land, on MONDAY, thc 3d of September, at
ll o'clock a. m.
Bv order of the Directors. Aug 24 4
FOR SALE CHEAP!
.^aw ONE beautiful cheshunt Hr ifcsE ;
IWrWlkind in harness or : Iii addle.
M 21 suitable for ladies' ric "ting. Also,
one sett DOUBLE HARNESS. Apply at
English House, near Charlotte Railroad
Depot._Aug 30 t*
MS. DAVIDSON'S
CLASSICAL SCHOOL.
THE exercises of this School
JmU^k\ will not bc resumed. Mr. L?;i
<LA*I B8yp.vidson. on withdrawing, l>egs
Hg leave to tender to his patron?
^ycpF thanks for thc past, av.1. tor
?229^ the future, best wishes.
Aug 30 _1
Pistols! Pistols! Pistols!
At the Sign of the Golden Pad-Lock.
JUST received, a large assortment of
PISTOLS, embracing tho moat desira?
ble made in this country.
ALSO,
A ftul assortment of Powder, Shot, Caps,
Cartridges, ftc, and for talo cheap by
Aug 30_JOHN C. THAI..
Cabinetmaker, Upholsterer
and Undertaker.
. HAVING resumed the
Jabove bnsiness, I am prc
pared to execute all kinds
of^workinthe above line at the shortest
notice and most reasonable prices.
1 A variety of COFFINS constantly on
hand. Funerals pn.mptly attended
M. H. BERRV
I At Brennan ft Carroll'- Carriage Factory.
Aug 30_
Fresh Arrivals,
LONDON PORTER, MOOTCH ALE.
Durham Mustard, J and ?-lb. cans.
Colgate's No. 1 FamiK Soap.
Choice Sugar-cured Hams-small sizes.
Crosse A Blackwell's London Pickle?
Prime Gosbeu Butter, S^i.
SPECIALITY*.
Bagging Twine, Jnto Twine ami Shoe
Thread, directly on consignment from the
manufacturers, and offered tor cash at U ss
I than New York jobbing pri?es. Call and
I examine. GEORGE SYMMEBS,
Opposite ruins of ?fwney's Hotel.
Ang 20 ?