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'I'll*.1 wiili'i li.ktM a ? ? ry "iwililr view ? ! iii" Milijcct. liuMiii;* tli:ti the "t'oliitiicicial in ?lepeii?teii.-<j of the South will lu-vcr wiun j uiiiil her nnliomil iiul<'jM-ii>l<?iic; U ?f?il.lijlio-J.** Self iiiteie?l wiehU a coiitioliui; iiilln.-iice ever tlie pursuit* of nations, as well in in.Itvidii iln, and lieuce, we limy expect iliat .Sriutlieru capital will never lie employed in shipping and commerce, wlnle (lie people of tlio .South hul l to the conviction that inventmenu in laud an.I negroes for agriculture are safer mid more profitable than thi-se for commercial purposes: I.indk.v, \Ykm?moui:i.anl> I'ou.vrv, Y.\, ) July US, ltj?. )' Sir^r f vi?.1 \ ..nr * -..* - **'.? iiivii.'ition to participate in the proceedings ??f the Con vent ion at Old Point, which has lor its ol'juels the establishment of it Steam Kerry l<> Kurope, as one mean* of securing the commercial iudcp'iiidenco of Virginia and the South. The object proponed commands my cordial approlnUioii, and no true son of tho Smith will withhold his counsel, influence, or matt-i i >1 aid from ts>> noble an enterprise, although he may have doubts of its practicability. The Kchcine of .Mr. Dudley Muiiii i- n inagiiilicetit concept ion, which appeals with irresistible forco to the warm imaginations of Southern penpie; whilst the more unpretending andseeuiiualv practical plan suggested by M. I.aeoutnre, in Ins correspondence with tho Clovcinor of Virginia, may possibly have more attractions for sluvwd men of business, who ate looking to a profitable investment of capital, rather than to a change of our commercial relations with Kurope and the North. I have no desire to say a word to damp I he ardor of Southern feelings, or to repress the rising hopes of those who think they s.-c in events now coming the near approach <>f this glorious consummation; but I nnist confess that, alter j much and anxious reflection on tliesubj-el. 1 have ' l'?IIH thoUirht the Commercial .1.... r .i... South an impracticable idea, under oar present sy&tciu of government. Knell iiiiiiunl meeting of ill.' Southern Commercial Convention has l>ut confirmed tliis conviction. There litiscertainly been im> lack of talent, lioth practicable and theoretical, in these Conventions, and surely there has been n?> want of will to accomplish the ohjeet fi>r which they assembled; yet it must he confc.-sed ihat they | have signally failed even in Rug-jeMing an idea that has commanded the assent <>f practical men. The inquiry naturally arises, why this signal failure? The nnswer is obvious: it is beeaiis? they have essayed tij perform an impossible tusk. Ilely upon it, the coiii nir-jiil ! < ! /> ml- if-' /': I the South n'ifl I'vc rlm .iccitmf 'tiili! h<r nnti'>Uiil * ix Whether this is an | i event desirable in itself, or one likely to he for<:?d j iijiou us sooner or later by the aggressive policy ' J? of the North, nro i|uestiou& which ! i!o ir>t projioso now to discuss. My present inquiries sire I confined entirely to the politico-economical aspect of the question ; and upon this 1 propose to i olFer a few remarks, which, without pretending to ( a exhaust the subject, may lie su;;gestivcof thought j ? toothers. There me naiural causes which shape ' .? the destiny of States us well as individuals, though 1 ~jMi unseen and unobserved. Why have the people i of the North devoted themselves to nommcrce I * and manufactures, and the people of the South i liniinlv tosuwMilinw.. ? t - ? ? ijir. mil oeeil owing V to the exorcise of any peculiar sagacity in the one section or tlifi other, but to natural causes as iincuntru!lalil9>Hi> the titles of tho yccun. '1'lie Southern people are often reproached unjustly ?vitli their want of industry ami enterprise, because they have not rivalled the people of (lie i North in arts, manufactures, and commerce. As j veil might the North be reproached because it doos not produce cwtlou and sugar. No pjoplo have exhibited more industry and enterprise than the people of the Southern States. Tliev have fulfilled their mission. Placed by a kind Providence under a genial climate, and on a virgin soil, requiring the labor of the sturdy African to subdue it, lliey have, by wisely directing , his labors, effectually accomplished ihu work allotted tlieni. They have felled the forests, drained the swamps, ami opened the broad savannahs of the South, and produced in boundless profusion all those articles of necessity ami luxury which are indispensable to the comfort, commerce, and civilization of mankind. And, after having wasted uiu virgin son ill lljeif cttorts to supply I lie wauls of tlic world, no people in any aye or country I have exhibited greater industry or tact, in restoring to its original fertility tlie region which had thus been exhausted by the excess of their industry and enterprise. The most distant regions of the earth have been explored and the resources of suit-lice exliuustcd-to furnish new and ellicicnl fertilizers; capital has been liberally expended, and the ingenuity of artisans stimulated to the ntiiio-t to produce new nud improved machinery to facilitate the labors of the farmer; and all the. processes of husbandry have been so improved that ! Southern agriculture now not only excels that of the North, but promises ere long to lival that of the most highly cultivated countries of lui> roPe- I Nor is it the want of capital or wealth that has j prevented the ttoulh from becoming a coinmer- j cial people. There is no part of our favored i country that so abounds in all that constitutes individual or public wealth. It is the very exuberance of our resources that has caused our people to devote their energies to agricultural rather than to commerce and manufactures.? And the same canso will continue to keep us mainly an agricultural people as long as t he Confederacy shall exists. A very general delusion fiYevailn as to the nature of capital. As money rs the universal representative of value, many suppose that it constitutes capital. lint although money perforins so important an office in the afTairs of mankind, yet, as const it u- j ting a portion of the capital of the world, it is so ~ insignificant an item that every dollar might be /'^ ? thtONvrv into the sea and yet mankind bo scarcely j , i appreciably poorer, The capital of the world is either fverd in peVinhnent articles which cannot * * be diverted to other uses, or circidutinij ir. carrying on the various operations of agriculture, tfommvrc'e, and manufactures; and, being thus j employed, this" portion of it cannot be appropriated U) other objects without deranging the whole course of busincsp, and may, therefore, bo ivgar ? ucu on auuusb us permanently lixed as if invested in houses or oilier structures. The large amount <? of private wealth" existing in (lie shape of stocks mix! oilier public securities, ami in notes, bond*, and mortgages, has already been expended in \lrara, or appropriated in pnblio or private works, itnd is no longer capable of investment. 1 These securities represent tho wculili of iIioko who hold them, and the poverty of those by whom Hiey were given. So far as the wealth of nmn1 kind is concerned, they are a negative quantity, ] -J and will never support an army or construct a < *hip or a railroad. The only capital ihSnny \ country available for such purpose* in thAuVplus ? gain of industry over'and ub>vo the annual con; 9 ?umption 6t mankind; This, in seasoiiuaf pence a Jiud prosperous industry, nmouuts to largo J | cum. fttnl it Ito 1 - ' 1 ,..... niiu iu timsiiiuic ino jrcc capital of the world, which annually seekH investment in those enterprise* which may best promoto the views and interests of it* holders. The intl lionairn invests his dividends in other slocks or securities; the active merchant or manufacturer devotes his surplus gains to enlarging his operation* {-and the farmer or planter buys more laud, slaves or mules, and endeavors next year to have in market more bushels of grain, hogsheads of tobacco or sugar, or bnles of cotton. Capital,' a? a general rule, will always, at an equal rate of interest-, seek investment nt hoine. 'liie capital of Europe and the North, therefore, will never ba drawn to the South, except by the promise of greater profits than can be made at home. Interest is higher; and whilst this state of things tends to the rapid accumulation of private fortunes in the Somh, it is by no means favorable to commercial or manufacturing enter, prises. The commercial nations of Europe are Inserting thfcmselves to tho utmost to find out some meAns of enlarging the supply of cotton, which; notwitlistatiding the great increase of * production in this coautry, is becoming more and inore inadequate to-the increasing demaud. India and'Africa itre appealed to in vain, and it is obvioaft, tlttit notwithstanding all tl?e efforts cf tlia British- Parliament, the Southern States must continue tu oontrol the market for thia great sta-. p'e. < The demand' for a*gar loo; another important Southern production, is continually increasing, whilst the proftta of tobacco anil grain, growiug tinder improvedecrrioalture. wnirnminnk tufcf~? to the busineM of/arrotng in Virginia all it* ?nfplua capital. Witbthtae iovitiDg field* fot theemployment of capital :n Uie SomB i-boumllfcaa ana illimitable?what reason can there be for *up|t<*ing that, under our preseut f>yatem of government, there will ever exist in the South a * * , c ....... Ii |>i I ill til III ill I"* I'li'll'il' ! >' ih'Vohlil Inn lll'lietc" ninl Ill.lliillili'tliM's f iii I lit* Noillt. oil t Ik' Mint' , liun.l, wlinl idiji'i'tH lime 111* \ in w 11i 1? tlicit- in t il 411 it tun milI eitlrrpi I- iiu; | * j < run invest ilit*t|* I'tt't" cu|tilnl .* *l*lt* it ii>tt iti<t 1 productions linvo been mid to lie ire a ii. I granite, wlii-di, tlnuigli i>- 11ii i11tr it t{?Vil ilettl of liil. 'f to brill)* llit-ill to market, arc vet. not .-tuhjecU in which much capital may la* ill vested. Tli'-tr fnhcries employ pi?>litably much lubor ami ?I ii | > | > i 11 u; but the whale, the roil, and Ur! mmdierel, those Iri'o cniii-seia of the derp, aro not : liable lu appropriation until caught, uml ill their . nulivn element nll'ortl no Mihjedfot* investment of capital. '1'lie people of Jin North tiro comj pel led of necessity?they have lio choice?to itt: vest in manufacture, commerce, utul nnvijjatifflh. | Is it not obvious, therefore, that, with perfectly I free trado we can never coiiinete veiili it...>. ?? i \\ hetlier profits an.* high or low their commerce i must };<> on, ami with ur without remunerating freights (heir shipping must be employed. The larger cities oT I lie North, too, have all the facili1 ties and appliances of coiiimctce?hanks, count, iug-houses, wan-houses, clerks ami men of busi ; ncss of all sorts, uin.1 corresp Midenoe uud cont! nicrcial connections throughout tlio world.? I These facilities, with capital which can lie diver; ted to nothing elae, must, under a system of free ; trade, give them the monopoly of that important j part of commerce which consists of importing and ; distributing throughout the country the mcrchnnj dizo of foicign nations. 1 am well aware that 1 the immense productions of the South uud West ! which will find their way lo the ocean through ' our iiituierous public improvements must for the | tii'isi part seek a direct transit to Kurope. j The mammoth steamers may he fuil friijjhted ! with those productions for Kuropean markets, ' but who will have the control of their return j caigocs? Wo have no cities with the appliances j necessary to distribute these immense iinportaj tioiis; and in competition with rivals already esI labelled, we can never build them. I ft he goods, I therefore, eoine to liauipt'ui lioads from liurope I in great ipi; ntitivs, which is hardly to he expecI '.cd. they will lie shipped by coast wise steamers 1 to Jiultiiuore, 1'hilsulelphiii, New V<<:k, and Uus| ton, and thence distributed through existing ] chaiiinils of trade. It is most reasonable to slip| pos-e, however, that the importation* throuidi i this line would In; incotssideraiile, nnd eonfiiicjl l<> I supplying tlio wauls ?f Norfolk, Kichmoud, and 1 oilier neighboring t-itics, and the profit a of the I steamers would In; almost entirely on their outi ward cargoes. 1 Miring I lie Irish famine many ! cargoes of corn were exported to Kmope from I Norfoik. 1 never heard of a return cargo of iner| chaudixc coining lo that port. 'l'he inlln nee of self interest in controlling the operations of trade is constant, and in the long run irresistible. Patriotism, on theother Iiu'kI, is litI'til and spasmodic in its elltirls. Southern (.Conventions may continue lo meet, ami resolve and re-res:ilve that it is our interest and duly to he independent of tin: North, and thai we. will forthwith become no; l?ut interest, like the steady influence of the Gulf stream, will overcome these gusts of patriotism, and one per cent, addition profit will carry the trade lo the North ia spile < fall our pairiotii: r-. olulions. ' You will perceive, gentlemen, from the foregoing reflections, which 1 have very hastily and inadequately expressed, that 1 d?< not. look upou any of the schemes suggested for establishing the coniiitereial independence of the .South in a very hopeful spiiit; yet 1 would by no menus be understood as putting my opinions iu competition with those gentlemen of more experietico and larger views, hut shall be content to follow their lead, and will cordially co-operate with them ill their generous elforts to achicve a glorious result, though 1 have little confiihnee in their success. I remain, with the highest respect, yours Wll.LOl'tillHV N K\\ TON. Mosarc HnlM U-H'I' n?.-l 1 11 4 "*r VUIC13, \J ill J.OII11, > a. Chloroform a H'-niPil / fur 1'oixnii hy Siri/chitiin-.?Dr. Jcwett, of Cortlandville, Now York, describes un interesting caso in tlie Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, insulting in the above conclusion: "The patient, a lad aged 11>, had been suffering in the evening with toothache; his father, design! ng to (live him anodyne, gave a portion of strychnine which he had procured to destroy rats, and had accidentally placed in his wallet, with [ sonic powders of sulphate of morphine, similarly I put up. The boy retired to uu upper room, and I very soon became affeclcd with spasms, rose from | his bed, made an attempt to reach the door of ! hi* apartment, and fell upon the floor, thus alar! ining the family. The patient was reeling across i his father's lap, with countenance suffused and | livid, eyes injected and protruding, pulse full and i strong, but irregular, surface bathed with perspij prtion, &e. Violent tclantic spasms were oceurI ring in rapid succession, like t lie effect of shocks from an elect lie battery. Occasionally they would relax for a moment, but the slightest touch upon the surface, or an attempt to present nnytiling to his mouth, seemed to redouble their violence. No ellbrt had been made to procure eme sis, nor did that seem practicable, us deglutition was out of the idlest ion, and the violent convulsive movements precluded the possibility of effecting it by mechanical means. | Chloroform was at once administered by iidiaIntioii, and frcclv applied to llio s|>inc. The ini halation was some what dillcull at first, but an lie I came gradually under its influence the 6pasms I subsided, and ill ten minutes lie was perfectly ipiiet. tin suspending the remedy, the convulI sive symptoms returned, but yielded again as it j was resumed, l'artial ahrosthesia was kept up for about four and a half hours, when it was discontinued without any return of the symptoms. [ No other remedy was used, save uu occasional i dose of sulphuric ether, with brandy and water. 1 The buy recovered rapidly, complaining for a few days of a slight headache and a feeling, as he ex- | pressed it, as though lie had been intoxicated. " The poison was put up in a small paper, und, as it was thought a largo dose of morphine, it was divided, and one-half administered. The remainder weighed nearly two grains, which was probably about the ipiautity given. It had doubtless been administered sumo thirty or forty minutes before medical aid was obtained. An unusually large amount of chloroform was iuhaled, but from the necessarily wasteful manner in which it was applied, wo could notdclcrmin how I 'nine of Juttlroad* to J'\triner*.? Wc notice in some <>f the agricultural journals complaints of the farmers against railway companies; that tin*}' take up the best lands of the farm, do not protect the lauds, and often kill the sheep and cattle, and are of doubtful utility. This is u very short-sijjhtcd view of the influence of railroads upon the fanning interest. Jiy opening new markets fur districts remote front tho city they often double tho value of farms within a few years. Instead of a dull market tho farmers all along tho line of road find it. difticnlt to inect j the pressing demands for milk, butler, clieeze, calves, lambs, pigs, and almost everything llmt I tho fnttu produces. Husbandry thrivesttudor tho stimulus of a hungry market. Almost everything brings cash in hand, instead of the old store pay, with a settlement once a year. Farm lands are in brislr deirtnnrf- ?? ? - - tj>? uji 111 price foity, fifty and u hundred |?cr cent. Ave believe tliut railroads have added enough to the vnluo of tlio farms of this country lo pay for one-half the original expense of building lliein, enormous ns it is. We were conversing with an intelligent farmer a few days since, who lives upon the lino of tho Syracuse mid Ilingbnmpton railroad. The slock was worthless, and lie had loot the six i hundred dollars lie had put into it. But he snUfF j lie considered it of thu best in vestments he ever I made, for it had ndded ten thousand dollars to the value of his farm. Farmers, then, can afford to put up with thu trifling inconvenience of railroads. It is sufo for tlicin lo suliscrihe for a share of the slock, according to their means, if they can thereby eecuro tho building of a road ana open a ready market for their producc.? New York Timet. Lightning.?The peculiarities of that Terrible but mysterious agent, lightning, aro inade.'the subject of an interesting paper in a recent ibnmbcr of tho British Quarterly Review. Two clouds aro not necessury for the production of lightning, which is frequency discharged from a solitary clump ofrapor, when a connection can be established wwll the earth. A French acade mician, named Marcolie, describes a case where a meie cloudlet, about a foot and a half in diameter, killed a poor woman by dropping a thnnderbolt upon her head. It has beon shown by Faraday, that the electric fluid contained in a single flash mighlj?e supplied by Iho decompaction of one groin wT water aloue. ^ Vl 11 Immigrant? and their De?tin*tioit.->?Tha-fiUe periulendmit of C.o?it? fi.?w " - ? ??*? ,vai uru HBW X orK> lift* prepared tables, showing the destiuutiob and amount of money posaeesod by all (be emigant* who arrived at the port of New York during ibej elcventnouUrs previous to July 30,j856. Tb? I total number was 105,707 ; amount of oferii aw?< itel, ?>,203,480.81. Of t4ie emigrant*, ; only 3,'266, nftvinpf $101,888. 73 were bound for the Slave JJiatca. I , ,1^. ?-? ! AllMWIIiUi IMNNRIt? Thuradny Morning, Au?y. 20, 185V. ^ w. t\ luutor. i i I I AOA1N AT HOME. j Aflcr mi absence ol" something over two,: month*, we are again ut our post. We would return our thiink.s to our worthy pro torn, for his attention to our duties luring our absence. ELECTION. The Spartanburg Jixprma gives the remit of the Kleetion for Ordiuury in that District. AInj. iiuMAit receives 00 majority over his competitor, J. IC. l'ool.l. ADVERTISEMENTS. ! ??' . i .. . -t ?? u ? uihu can iiiii-inioii 10 mo uu vcriisemenis of J. I). C'iiai.mkp.s, N. J. Davis, and Drs. Jokiian I'i'ckkit, who have recently purchased the Drug Store formerly owned by Messrs. Wauklwv it J. von. U. S. SENATOR DECEASED. Intelligence from Texas announces the melancholy fact that lion. Thomas J. Ul'sk comrnilted suicide by shooting himself through the head with a rifle. He was :i native of l'ickens District, S. t_\ lie removed to Texas in time to net an important part in the Texan struggle for ' independence. SAVANNAH VALLEY RAILROAD. The friends of this enterprise now seem to think that they will succeed in building this I toad. | The plan which they have adopted, in lo let out the ltoad to Contractors wlm nr.. ?< ln> i.?5?i ....... tliiul in cash fur tlicir work. and lake one-third ' . ' i < in buiuls of the Company, and tiic other third in , stock. 15y this means tlioy hope to grade and prepare the Kuad, with the nmounl of stock they j have subscribed, for the laying down of the iron. Wo suppose they will endeavor to get the State to endorse their bonds for the purchase of the irou. < PEARLS FOUND IN SPARTANBURG. There were shown to u^, a few day* ago, says ' ilie Spartanburg hy J)iuW. C. Ivii.uokk, . three beautiful pearls, which he informed us hud ( been taken hy one of his neighbors from some < muscles found in Don's Ci?*eh. Tln'V were submitted toiho inspectionof Mit.CiiARi.ia Hkciiti.kh, of our town, who has been engaged in the Watch | and jewelry business for a number of years, and 1 is therefore very competent to judge of their ' character, and lie pronounced them genuine ( pearls. They were of a bright, brilliant color, 1 almost transparent. We would judge them to he of considerable value. WHITE SLAVERY. < an.. r 11 ' i iic luiiowing is an luivcrtiKomciil contained in | a Cuba paper: " Chine*?.?Persons desirous lo obtain tbo strongest and most intelligent laborers who have arrived in the. country, can leave their address nt No. ?J7 Conteras-streeL 'J he pricc of atch it twenty ounces of gold." ($'J4d.) The Coolie trade fills nn important plnee in the commercc of Cuba. Under the pretext of importing Chinese laborers, to be bound us apprentices for a certain period, uud then to bo remanded to their liberty, the authorities are sanctioning slavery of the most inhuman character. BAIL BEFUSED. The New York correspondent of the Charleston h'vcnimj Xews cays that Justice I)avii?kox ' gave bis decision recently rcfuini; to udiuit Mrs. . Cunningham to bail; but nhe still remains at \ " the sluugliter bouse" lit J}oud street. Iler ' bouse id continually surrounded by u large mini ber of persons, principally women, who are loud < in their denunciations ajuiiist her. ir her futc i lay in tho hands of her own sex she would he hung, drawn and quartered without delay. The sympathy expressed for her unfortunate daughters and younger children is on the increase, and it has been suggested that a contribution should l be raised for them. Mrs. C. has exhausted all . her means in her defence, and as it is not at all likely that the Surrogate will decide in her favor, | the children will bo totally unprovided fur duI'illL' licr ilienPncriitinn " PROFrj.*R! BLAKE. i It will be gratifying to the numerous friends of c this gentleman to learn tliat ho lias been recently J, clecteil to a Professorship in the Presbyterian ,] Male College, of West Tennessee. t This College is most liberally endowed, and is i located at the town of LaGrange, fifty miles ^ Eust of Memphis, on the Charleston and Mem- ^ phis Ilnilrond. c It is n prominent Institution, and is gathering % able men into its chairs. Dr. Wauiikl has re- fl *1 signed his Professorship in the University of Mis- [, nissippi to accept one ut I<uG range. s Prof. Blake's recent Leeturo in this village, a has impressed us with high views of his attain- J ments, und we predict for him succca and honor t iu his new sphoro of action. 1 SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. ' The annual meeting of this Convention coinmcnccd itssession on the 10th inst, at Knoxvillc, Tenn. We find among the subjects brought be- 1 fore the Convention, those of education, direct trade, and re opening the slave trado aud other t kindred topics. 8 All that was said upon the slave trade, wo re- v gnrd ns lost tulk. We think it nonsense to ngi- b tato that question, while we remnin in the Union, I because ihero can be no hope witli sensible men, | that while the whole North, and a largo number |, of the Southern slaveholders, are opposed lo this s measure, that it will ever be sanctioned by the I Federal Congrcss. The first step to be taken in % this direction in a dissolution. When disenthralled { frpm the powers that be?when we are &u in- li dependent Southern Republic, then, and not v until then, will be the proper timo to discuss the question of re-opening the slave trado. t LAW KEyOBM IjTENGLAND. J A bill to reform the divorce law* of Engliiiid, i has passed the (louse of Lords. The enormous t expense attending suits for divorcc, heretofore in | England, has made tlie law inoperative, t among the wealthy class. It was nettftgjttlH-* n dcr the old luw, to bring civil acliQ?ra?<(1ff|tjPje * scdacer for damages, before a court of law, to ** wliioh the wife was not permitted to be a party. 81io could dot, therefore, in this action, defend her right* or reputation. After a virdict of dum- t agea, the Inmbnnd.jniusl bring his suit for divorce ? W1U1 (Wl JVCOCOT UoufI 5 TIIK RKCKNT Kt.t(.T10N3. 'I ! tlvi'lioii* n-oiitly In M in Iowa. Ivi>iiI u?ak v? Tixh< Alabamatiii'l Noilli Ciiiolimi, liuvc remitted in la\iir of tin1 Doiiioi mt?. Itoi. mnh, Kiiow-NotMu^ fitiiiiitlitt?.* for Governor of Missouri, is pi'ulitiblv wlet-lcj. This i-hiiH bus broil brought about by 11 union of (lit: HkmoMDeiuocrul.<t ninl tho Know-Noiliiiijj I'ti^ty.? Sri:wart, tbc Dciuocrtio candidate, was a violent enemy of Ukxto.n, ninl Iiciicu tbo Uk.nton wing of tb? Democracy refused to tuipporl biin. Tlie emancipation patty of St. I,ouiH, supported Koi.lixh. l'roiu (bis frtoi, il is argued by nonic of our Norlbcrn exchanges, tbat the triumph of Koi.mns is a triumph of frccsiiilism ia Missouri. IJoi.MNh' .success limy be attributed, in n ureal itiutisurc, to the bluiiilcr of tin? Democratic party, nominating Stkwaut, who may Im a true Southern Democrat, yet he was koni in the North, ami doe* not own a simile slave; ami what is more, In: was not hy far, the equal of Uoj.i.inh in ability. The fact of his being a non-slaveholder and a Northern man by birth, were adroitly handled against him, by his adversary, during the canvas. IIoli.ins, although he received the free-soil vote, is a Southern man by birth, and the owner of a large slave property in Missouri FROM MINESOTA. Advices from Mincsotu, stale tint novel incident of two separate Constitutional Conventions sitting ul St. I'uiil, the C'ii|>itiil, fur the purpose of framing a Constitution. For some time the politics of the delegates elected, were considered doubtful. It seems now, (hut the Muck Republicans hnvo a majority. They have liftyiiiiic, including four, whose Heats are eontested. The Democratic strength is ft three?with the lour contestants added, gives them forty-seven. The Republicans deny tho right of seats to the six Democrats which were elccted from the IVmhiua District, on the giound that it was not included by Congress in the State limits. Allowing the Democrats ail they claim, the delegates stand, Democrats, f>;;; Republicans, "(5. I* pen the day of meeting, enelt party wished [o secure the oganizalion. Tho Republican delegates took possession of the Legislative llall, and organized for business. The Democrats refused to recognize them as tho Convention, and iroceeded to the Council Chamber and opened .heir Convention there. So that they luive two listinct bodies, ench claiming to represent the | lame people, in their sovereign capacity. AVe I hall look for two Constitutions to be submitted I o the people. | FROM SALT LAKE CITY. Tito following extract from the J)esirt Xetcs, i lie organ of Buiciiam Yolwu shown llie conteiii]>t i ivitli which the mormons urc disposed to trout ' mhlie opinion in tile States against them: We are fully aware that President Buchanan I mil his abinet cannot he presumed to know the pialiticatious of all who are hounding thorn for i dliee -.i)i<I a clutch at the spoils and am thereby j iable to have their best intentions frustrated.? I lint they ?lo know that Utah unanimously and >f right wishes and respectfully petitions that his ! Excellency Brighum Voting be eontiuued to be ?cr t'overimr, it man lung and thoroughly tried mil proven tube most worthy. And what Amcri:an citizen, having a due respect for the constiiltional rights and welfare of the people, will so : nttch as ask for the appointment in (Jovernor i Voting's ['litre, or even accept it if proffered witli>ut being sought f Nol one. Neither can any ; nlelligeiit person, uumnddciied hy party frenzy, I lncoulamiuuted hy love of office ami spoils, uml 1 lossessed of only a tolerable respect for the rights | uul feelings of others, ho so wicked uml malicious is to urge President Huchaiiun to appoint any (ftieers in Territories, save those indicated hy tho :hoiuc of the people dwelling therein. Any governmental appointments for Territories, more than 1 'or Stales, is sit best but a relic of barbarous cololial usage." Again the same paper remarks?" Do they aucy thai we, American born uu d raisc-l, arc nol j amiliar with what is our ilue ? Do they even vihtly imagine that we do not most thoroughly luilcrs'aud ilie Constitution of the l. iiitcd Stutes, nil are nol conversant with the statutes at large, it least so far as applicable to Territories? The nosi virulent newspapers have udmitlcil that we ire informed upon these points, and that l>v the Joustitutioii uud laws of the United States we ire beyond their reach, never having in the least nlriuged upon nor contravened llie provisions hereof, lint all this does not answer their pur toees, wiioii the '.Mormons' arc in question. All, vhat a difference us to which hull gored which >.\! Willi tlie law, the Constitution, u large maority of the judges of the Supreme Court, ami cv;ry applicable correct usugc of our Government, rom its beginning, upon the Bide of I'tali, still something must he done' with those terrible Mormons.'" BANKS. The Charleston Evening j\rcics, in an article ipoii the Bunlo of this State, has the followng: ''Now, p.h to tlic increaso of charge on the >nnk?, let lis make un approximate estimate.? I'he sum in spccic ill all the Charleston Banks, iccording to the Comptroller's last return, was <913,850.21 ; their circulation wits $-1,712,4512. This is iv little less than one dollar in spe:ie to tivc dollais in paper, and ulthough not nueh below a hcnlty proportion, the uggregate if both specio and paper has been too much roIn ceil, ill tho view that the circulating notes of he city in a period of active business is about >0,000,OOi). The circulation of the country tanks umountcd on the 1st of July to It,008,235. u iiihi iiicii' specie to ^IbO.b'JG.Oti, uhuut one lollar in eight. Tlic aggregate capitals of the jt3* Lanka and country banks respectively are '.11,000,000 ami ."53,700,000. As regards their iggregate capital then, the proportion!* arc nol uile 50 per cent of issues to capital lor tho city milks, while the issues of the country hanks full hurt of their aggregate capital by only $01,764.!5. If wo add to the abovo the deposits respecivcly, for they in reality constitute so niucli adlition to bunk capital, the disproportion of notes o specie of the city and country hanks will be argely increased, for country banks have scurccy any deposit*." SUGAR CB0P. The New Orleans Crcscnt, speaking of crops, ia? the following: " The sugar cane is doing well, very well, but lie lngh anticipations, ana still higher figures, ent to the West?any a crop of 350,000 hhds? Fill not be realized. The maximum now is, pith a cood full Snim i,i.,u iv. -i.~n i? ---? w wvw? <p.1Uw ire OIIUII UO wen ulieficd with this. We desire ,to check the relorts which have been disseinminntod fur and icir, tliut the crop tliif* season would be larger ban any ever berore raised. Those persons who tavo been giving currency to such figures or nch views are altogether ignorant of the true >osition of the cune?in fact, they are like those 'eraeiou* writers in New Ifcrk on cotton who >retend to know more about the culture and he results of the staple than the planter does limself. According to tlio doctrine established, ve in the 9onth niu?t look*io NftW York for Iho mrliest information of the cotton plant "We iftVe been waiting for somo days to learn when lie first bale of the new crop would be in market. Ve hope those circular uuthors will not keep us otfjf in suspense. If we httve/however,*v> wait w'enty-three days longer, or till the 1st of Sepnmber, we shall not repine. While wo Are on he subject, we may as well intimate that some nfonuatioii would bo acceptable of the 50,000-i tales (new crop) to be received in this city in" the aonth of Auflrust.aflertnlin<? ? U - r<y-r *?*v " o t? ItfllAUlO COr* esppndcnt of thfl!]Kanche&ter (English) Guaridrt; nnd our rtipected coUtnporary on Cainptreel." Bad Warning*-A Man't Head Knacted off in namrid Hct?r JJ<>vle, rffelrftipTtis hJtd ttt of 'tlK-WlndoTr.?Alleuiovn (P&y'Pcmocrcl, . later rnoti fit', . I Wo luivfull.iltWlON h.it.^^rLltt?^UiilisU . mi>1 it l??i;o' number of oilier# lYyiir'lutoHor uAil ; COOHt luwiiH. . ? Tli* iiawffa>r Iht 'wjuli. uf, Bra. Runk hud reached < fll vcnfou, Houston andtit'lianolu, und j created II pfuftnind sviimiiion. TliB papers of I tlmae Oilics rirfe In mourning fur lift *ad event.? I Tlio CnlvinfrttfCifiliuit, of tli? illi.'fcumrks I i Tlio news fell upon our city thus morning at rt. I funeral knell, creating tlio iiroot jirofotUid housutiuiiHof noi'i'uw amo\ig nil chtsnMi Wo liaV(SlieiMiei llio limo nor inclinntion to-day ly dwell l?p on tlio public loss ortho virtues of tin* illustrious dend?lie who ia acknowledged to- hiva'lifWo liecti the most popular man in tlio United States Semite, nuil in his own Stato^?tho idol of Ills neighbors. inula hero of our own revolution.?? Other* will doubtless prepare u memoir" vf his lifo uml public services, and all Texas, indeed all nntiounl men will mourn hi* death in tlio i meridian df life mid fame as u nation's loss. i The Civilian, oftlio 5th says: . I \V? have no further details rclntlvo lo the j death of CI en. Uusk, excepting u few lined from .Mr. Tho*. P. Ochiltree, fioui which it appears he i was not killed instantly hut lingered "for n short i time, though doubtless in ail unconscious condiI lion. The Austin State (Jnzette, of the 1st., says : " Capt. (iiles has shown us some bull* of cotton which opened upon his plantation .iliout the 2!ld of .Inly. It looks very well to b? raised with so much drought as we have experienced. His plantation is situated near Austin. The I airfield Pioneer, ut the tiolh ult., reports a heavy rain in that county/continuing for t wo | or tlirco days. Home now lliiuk that ;.t. least a \ half crop of corn will he mado while otheis say I three-fourths of a crop. - Cotton is doing tolcrai bly well. The Ijuituinn ITerald notices a chalybeate ' spring in tlio northeastern corner of Wood cuun| iv, which bids fair to become a fatuous watering i place. About luO persons are stopping there j this season. It is about seventeen mile* from Quitman, and is said to possess rare medicinal . properties. | The liastrop Advertiser says that Col. Alb ti, of Kentucky, lias been in town with the view of ; establishing there a military educational iiis>t:lu? ? liuii of a order. Col. Allen is widely known throughout tiio Union as a liiitlilv successful j teacher. The corporation of llastrophavc appropriated to aid this enterprise, and puvate citizens have contributed liberally to the same j object. Its success is now considered certain. The cultivation of the Chinese sugar cane has been thoroughly tested in iiastrop eoniity, anil | has witb.-'lnoil the drought astonishingly. While ! corn has failed to grow in the the same fiidd, tin; plant has grown to the height of six and eight feet.' The Dallas Iferatd ivpotls that on the 23i! ult tlio long hoped for and liiueh needed rain fell in copious quantities, thoroughly saturating the earth, and giving vegetation a new start. The same paper say:<: t .1 j.mgu iii-uiraui uuuaio nave recently come down ou the west, fork of Trinity, .soma u<> or sixty mites above Fort Worth. They are supposed to Imvc been driven into that region fur water.? It it> tli'- fust time for several years that buffalo have been seen so near lis in large numbers. Tea Tatting.?A New York correspondent gives the following particulars of the fll'eets of "tea tasting" filial sampling upon theconstitution of those engaged in the biisfiic.-,*: i " The death of a famous teU broker ia this eity I lately culls to mind the curious nature of I.is business. 1 wonder if any of your readers at the j Wefet knows that their fastidiousness in the choice of the herb which cheers hilt not inebriated, is the cause of the establishment of a profession?call ed "tea tasting"?which is as certain death to u man as the continued practice of opium eating. The success of the lea broker, or taster, depends upon the trained accuracy of his nnsc uud palate, j his experience in the wants of the American mar- , kct, nud a keen business tact. If he has these tpialities in high cultivation, lie may make from !?>:2Ut()t)0 to $-10,OtlO per annum while ho lives, utid die of ulceration of the lungs. He overhauls a cargo of ten, classifies it, and determines ] ii,? ,...i...: -r 1 " r i MIW 1MIIIV Ul mull MH U J II llollll^ lIllO, lie Ul'ftl looks at the color t>f the loaf ami Hit.' general cleanliness of it. lie next taltc-d a quantity of llie herb in his hand, mid breathing his warm hrcath on it, ho siiitll's up the fragrance. In do ing this, lie drawn into his lungs a quantity of irritating ami stimulating dust, which is by no means wholesome. The bitting down at a tabic in his office, on which is a long row of lit Iporcelain Cup* and a pot of hot water, ho 'draws' the lea ami tastes the infusion. In this way he classifies the ilillerciit sorts to the minutest shade, marks of different prices, and is then ready to compare his work with the invoice. The skill of these tasters is fairly marvellous, hut the eli'eirt of the business on their health is, as 1 have said, ruinous. They grow lean, nervous and coustiinji live. At Ihe end of. a hard day's work they feel and act as lidgotty nud cro.-s as a hyetcricul old made.'' TUr. (Joodimod lluccx.?Tho news by the Canada announces the defeat of the American horses, Prior and Prioress, who were entered for tho (.loodwond races in Knglaiid. Prior was fifth and Prioress sixth in the race. The New York Post, commenting on the character of the horses entc r?*d for tlic race, says? "This is considered n very hrilliuntlixt of horses, nnd the horsB that heats either 0110 of about. n dozen of t'ic number, will tako. tho highest rank, whether bred in America, England or France. ltogerthorpo was the winner of the cup*lust yeur. Fisherman, Anton, Arsenal, Gemma di Yergy, Sir Colin.und Pretty Hoy, are the ones about whom there'has been the most betting in England, and one of them is expected to be the winner. Th'c best authorities, in Ibis country "placo" Prior first, Fisherman second, Arsenal third, at the tiuislj of the race. ' All three of tho American horses wero taken out by Mr. 11. Ten Hroeck. Kneh of them has been beaten in ihis'eoitutry.' Lceoiiiple wits beaten .by Prior repeatddly. Prioress has run but thrco races in America, each uiilo- heats, nnd Jost one. All the horses have been entered by Mr. Ten Hroeck for two additional races. Prior and Leeomptc anj entered for tho Newmarket. Houghton meeting, a single dash of four utiles, ?i 1 ' - > one luuvng uiiu <miu iiiiiiuk'ii unci Boveuiy-llrree yards, run October.iMtli. Lecompttf aud Rrioress nro entered (or.the. Sussex County Cuj?, n two milo iiml a JiaJf-dush, nl the Lewes comity > meeting, on tho 10th in at, At the vH?>uglitun meeligg, Lccomptc cujries 126 pounds and l'rior> 120 pounds, being {JieL*woights lor- aged and live* year olds.. There' aro-thirteen entries for tho Sussex 'fconnty Cjip, Lecoinpto carrying 119 pounde, and Prioress I (111 pounds." A Romantic Marriage an<JJU JititL?'?uung ladies of a romantic turn of liVnul^niay derive Boine wholefoine experience of (lie iu?jory"fyjiit|{, awaits ill-asBortcd marriages froiiha c^nJ now {$fotfe.Uie'Paris tribunals, in which a Muduirfe' Chabre sacks to he divorced from her huslTknj),-} Monsieur Chabre, alias Lightning. The laily" it' appears, is the daughter of a noble Helgiitji fanii'* ly, and was some years ago possessed of beauty, . youth, and ?7,200 sterling. It happened ?tlirtt/ whilo.visiliiig the famous circus of M. Dijenti, fit , Brussels, she fell desperately* inAl?>vt? with tho clown of his establishment, surnnmecl Lightning, probably from the marvellous-, manner iu wlflch" lie Diuzc-a nway. Stic !o|low?d the interesting object of her pus*ion to l'uri.s, whcre.i>he and Lightning were united in tholioiy bonds of matrimony. But llic ungrateful clown, after spending the property brought to liiin by his romrfhtic wife, deserted the latter, and ffhshod awny with a young lady connected with ^hc Vrnncoui's. whose tulcnts in jumping through paper hoops enptivattd his prneticul mind. ? 'lite Cotton Don J.?At a public meeting recently held in Manchester, Alderman Mnson tinted some interesting facts relative to the value of ' cotton, not only as an article of manufacture, but ns a bond of friendship between lireit Uritain and the United States. lie said that the first bale of cotton w(UK-imported into England from America, in 1782. At that time the unLire consumption in Kngland amounted to 2(^tfeo,000 pounds, Dearly all of which cnnie from the liritlfcli West Indies, the Fjreach and Dutch poaaeaaions,and from Turkey, Tho conunmption at the present time amouuta to 900,000,000 pounds; no less than 700t000 workmen are engaged in the trade, aud a uonulntion nf f*?m o ri/\n <- I B , -T ?- Will ojUUUjl/VU VO 4,000,000 is indirectly dependent upon it. At tliis moment tijfjge are 90,000,000 spindles and 800,000 loom?? work,.(ft there would be lhat number but for bad trade. In 1845 there whs in the various poryt of .England a stock of cotton eqaal to tmrtj-nlaa.j*re*k?' consumption.? Foyr-H?tIi3 of tbe entire fopply of cotton cornea froth America, and tbwtfie bond between the two eoQDtriea U.lhe moet important that can to conotived. . . \ We annou,^ t^y the death of Stephen, I th?4*lebratod guide.of the Mammoth Cave. lie if pftMantly remembered hy thousands of pcrcoua fh Ihie country and in all portinnx of tliv < i\ i!i/od world ?J.our ritte Journal," I an tmmmm** 'Hi <m f 9 r n.'?? ^ AltntVAfi OK THE CANADA AT KALI FAX. j II.M.II.W, AllJJUht I I. TI?*ltbvol mull 'lomiwlilp CnnnUui Irwin Liverpool til ;i p. in., on Sftliinluy, Angut-t lat, iii*iN'0d boro lit liull'-pu t 'J o'clock this iilteiuoon. 1 II01 uti'Cb* tiro lllrou <lu\h luler limn lliOsii alreuily ! I1'ftoHjwr V ;. Ill till). House of Lords, Lord Kllcnboruiigh tit tapkud aniH.ord Grnnvillo defended the present 1 GtJVcrivpr.-CoVcnil of India, tin- latter Mating thut Lord Canning \vus proving liinit. il' ?juito to lliu cinoyjoncy. The Royal asnciit liiul been given (o (lie hill in- ; coi|>oriiting Iho Atlantic 'l'e'cgrnph Company, i All tlio vessels comprising the expediency for luring tlie Atlantic tolc!*r:ipli cable had arrived . at Cork. It was intended that they should leave i thut port for Valoutia on the 151st of July or ilic ; 1st of August; undthot, weather permitting, the shore ropo should be landed, and the vessels ; commence sinking I lie cable on lliu od or *ltli of , August. It is intended strictly to avoid giving j priority of information, and to all'ord no facilities i for jobbing or speculating during the laying of ' the cable. A house was being constructed at ' i il... i : ...? uk, iniu which would bo Introduced tho end ?if the cubic, mid during the progress of the laying of it nu 0110 will have permission to oilier thorn excepting llio Seeretury of the Company unci his assistants, ami they will avoid all conitiiuuication villi persons outside. I'mgress will l?c reported daily to all parts of Kuropc. The ; paying out of experiments from I lie Agamemnon, between J>ovcr tjuceiistowu, was peiicctly sue- ! ccssful. Prince Napoleon lias visited (juecn Victoria at. j tin- Islu of Wight. and tin- Kiiipcror and l.iupivss ! j of France were expected iliero aliouI tlie ?ih of ; August. j j Humors wciv; circulated that the Covoriiiiiont > intended to send ten thousand additional tioops : . to India. j A lar^e an<l in 11 iic-nti:tl d> potation from tho j ! Cotton Supply Asocial ion of .Manchester had an interview will I .mil I'almclsloii, for the puipnsc j ; suhmiUing to Iniu certain proposals liy melius of : which ulargely iucreiised supply may lie ohlained j from Iiidiu. Tlie result, of the interview was . no! stated. | .Mr. Miiutz, the well known Ueforincr and i Member of Parliament for I>ii-miu?r|iitiii, for sev- 1 ! eulceti years, died on ilie I!?lth. There was some , ' | talk of putting Ml*. John Bright ill nomination I ! till tho vacancy. There had Worn it great political demonstration | at U<ioli(I:tlo> composed principally ul' nouelco; t Resolutions wore pas-sod declaring that it is the rigiti "f every man wliu lias artived at Ilio | age oftwenty-oiie year-*, to have a vote in theclee- ; ' tion nf members of I'.irliam.-nt, anil huvotlio I protection ol' (lie liallol in the exorcise of thai | right, anil that, there ought to lie a ili.'t filiation of i i tho constituencies throughout? flic l;i:itcd King 1 ' iluiii, eijiiali/.o'l in pioporl'am to tlio |io|>tllatioii j Tlio journals from the South and Midland disI tiiots of Ireland .state that, the greatest anxiety ' j lagan In |?r< vail with regard to the safety of tlio ; I potato crop, although the disease, it was general- 1 ly admitted, had only partially manifested itself. -1 of Curs I'iri'il JnIn. ? On Saturday ; evening hut, as a passenger train on the Cential Railroad was descending the grade near Joi a- j sonlown.a little after tlaiU, a hitliol was tired . 1 into one of the oars, causing groat, excitement I i [ allien:! the passengers. .Mr. John IJryar, the : i ' well-known Liberty street lucrchan', narrowly >i j escaped ilo.ilh. Ile was silt inghesido .Mrs. ('amp- j lull, daughter of Win. Uussell, Ksij., anil oeeu- j i pied the inside seat. The ball entered through J < imu winnow 111 ii'onl ii| litiii, iiml taking a 1 < diagonal direction, passed witliiu an inch of his j ' I fact;, ami went through a window oil lh<: ?>j j ??- ! 1 I site side of the car. A hole was made in the j t ! thick plate of glass sufficiently large to reeeivea \ | man's list, anil llic glass raked out by the bullet : < was llnilsl into the lace of a small boy on the ! opposite side, cutting him severely. The greatest excitement prevailed among I ho 1 passengers, anil llie conductor was importuned to I I slop the ears, that the dastardly villain might he ? punished. The conductor declined, and the pas- s tenders stum became quieted. Mr. IJiyar. to- i yet her with his iiumcrotis friends, may well feci > i grateful for his Providential escape. We under- i stand that the assault is attributed to the fact that j : some of those recently accustomed to ri.lo up | i and down upon the locomotives of the road had i been forcibly ejected hy the engineers. Probably ; 1 the hali was intended for some one ou the loco- ' > motive.? J'illnburt/ Union, Awjuxl 5. j 1 ?1 Xeie I'l'intl aii'l it X' ii.' Count.?A correa- > p indciil of the Detroit l'Vce Press, writing Irani i I Ann Arbor under dale of Xi'-'d instant, stales thai I a lieW lllaltcl. the l'orlv til'lli <>1" ! <? ? "' Iween Mars jiimI Jupiter. was discoveu-d l>y M. ! 11 eriuaiin < old-ehiiiidt, at l'uris, mi tliv evt'iiin^ < ?.f I In* '27 til cf June, ill tin- constellation Scorpio; 1 and that a new comet was discovered hv Dr. j * Klilihelltics, at Col.tiugeii, tin the moi-iii)(f tlx- i ii'lil of June, in tin* coiistcllation IViyctls. lis ' light. aseensieii is now ii'ioiit eight hours thirty ' nuntitt-~, and its dedication about twenty one do- > grees north. Tin; elements of its its orbit hear a 1 ' striking resemblance to Ihose of tin; mi-ml comet i of ISOs, discovered on the liltli of June of that | t year, by M. I'ous, at Marseilles. ltd motion in I its orbit is retrograde. Its brilliancy is now ' *ev. n times prettier than it was at the time of its t discovery, yet it will not ho visible to tlio naked eyo on account of its close proximity to the Ktttl. 1 V. W. Guthrie and Hubert Leo, of Cincinnati, < have secured a patent lor u very valuable iui- I i provoniont in lire-anus. It consists in nil iiigeni- c ous contrivance for loading cannon and small ! t al ius by machinery, which makes them self-load- t inj*. Ileri tofore Government (although Congress <J has voted an appropiiation for the purpose) has c never encouraged civilians in making iiupiovo- I inonfu af iltu !? '"! A " - ' 1 ........... luim. iill I III: Hill JJIVCM 111 llCVt'J- I ?< oping contrivances of this nature lias been txclu- I sively confined to ollicc-rd of the army and navy. Tlio President lias instructed the proper officcr | to pass nil appropriation to allow Messrs. (.'inline j fi and.-Leo an opportunity to make njjpceiiiieii yifn a on tlreir improved principle, in order tlial the I country may 8)-curo what ever benefit nifty iil'itse * from it if siiccussfu).?Alexandria (Jazette. c A iranl of (ten. Jiieksons Oold. Box.?The ? serviving ollicer.s and soldiers of Ihe First Kcgi* o incut of New York Volunteers lipid a infixing 1' lu>t evening, at their old lieadqumtera, Morcer- I1 House, to take ii to consideration the action of v -thn JoinV Committee of the Common Cornier! of li ,the City of New York on the awut^d of AndicW" ;Jnckaun'ts (Jold Hux, aird by u larjje majority pus?*-, r cd resolutions'" denouncing the decision of mid * Commit toe ns unjust!"", ml not in uccordauce with ?' tho cx'ullinyo taken before, the Commute an^l the. j J* cxpMMed y^ishee of. the Itegiifiipnt. Major 4?yck- I ." niui! uppearei^nt this meeting, and claimed"^ thfr i j.1 -privilege o^'actiiiR ns Chairman, and of nppniut- | " i9g n *_oiiiTDijie?itt not resolution's exprossivo | r of?thc sense of Uie meeting. Resolutions wore L,f also"passed, recognizing (Jop. Wnr'J 15. Burnett, i l' Vbo-commanded tliin regiment during tjie ^Iexi- 1,1 o?tn war, uifbest entitled, in eVevy res>p?eT> tojtfAs j r* hoiiou pf tlii^hward.?J\'av York JJaili/ Newt? ' A ri A alive ,rf71u*i >irxx l'lacc.1'?-It issl ateiT that M Ili^cSly of Keokuk, fovv^, since the commencemel't^f tlie present f ensoh, 8,o6u0foG()< feef -of 11 luudi(jf,'\i,()i)0,"000 fliiiigle#* and ],1)00,000 laths hfive been jjsed.. Th?' calculations are-that lite J. eoiiAniilt ion will rtmeh 25,0.0(*,000 fe?it.u? lutn-" ' Lit, 20,000,000 of Bhiugles,.#aud 2P,0Q0,000-of ? hubs. The business. so1 Jiir tliis season, lias don-. !' bled ilijU.of the last 'f^irb^en hiyil!rgtt_c*rppn;. torfc finii conAljiiit employ nf$nt iu thevearpoiittfr P nliops of (lie effly*" bricfe UjlhB tteejt ashivc '6f nine Inutdred men us busy ils buTs, uud there artr 01 thirty brick kiliu. which have ulreudy munufuc c lured and Bold 0UtOpO.trciekp. Tho" amount. , will reach f?0,00p,006 for Ihc season, all.of which ? will be used. ' 0 Trap* far Molhs'anJ'JtIillcrs.~lniecl? are bti- ^ py at this Benson rff th^yoar, and the fruit grow- j er should be btwjr in I rapping thtfAj^ It is a good f, plan to put a atrip of board across at) open vesnel ' ? of water, four or fi?? f??t ?J *" * w ?. .. .w (vvw noivrO) (II1U 861 Q Iiill* Q tern lightqd upon the board at evening. The in- ? sects seeing the light, will crowd around it, and j alightin~tho wnt^r. Multiludes of iujiu ioue beetle and millers will perfih in this war, ut little cost of light labor. ^ G Another method is to hang bottles of water ft and molasses, with n lit'.le vinegar, in the branches d of the trees. The bottles ?honld be about half h full, and a dozen in ay he hung upon a full grown \\ tree, By tlfchelnethods, persevering!v followed, 'I a part of the fruit may btumrcd front the ruvagou tl of iu sects. ^ V: ., -c A Mobile Shot Dead.?On tho night of the _ late election in Iowa, a mob attacked the office of the Aernld, in Oskntoow, Iowa. A man nain?d Uoweti undertook to liead the mob and )( forcibly enter the building. Mr. Brown, tho pi arietor, who wan sitting in tho socond story, d, ioi|t errn a light, fir?jd upon thein just as 0, they wore forcing open the nodft, und Ilowen, xv fell mortally wonndud and died in t wenty mill % tiiPH. The i?**t of the cowar.llyin?>b imniodiattly I i,, took to Ihcirlifcte i ^ 1 1 .N jj 1KUM WA9U1NU10H. WAtniMiiviK, Anguit 13. A loHrc ici'uivcJ lu Jiiy from th?? Muporiutcii* ili'iil of Indian AlYiiha lor tho North-western b'ii|>ci?>f iMiniu-Kol^t MhUh tliui thu Yaiieloh* liti?i ilriVt'ii all tho settlors from the hoijjlihoi hood oust of I5i^ Siulix Uivcr, and Dial :t portion ol tliciii 11:t?J expressed tlicnlsclvrs Invorahlo to Instiling a treaty. Tim Superintendent i* inclined In IcIitVi) dial before uII llie truublex witli Ilio iSioux cun !>< permanently iteUltd it will l>? necessary to make now treaties with them, lit>l<liii<; tlielii l>y stipulations of a stronj; aliil hind itigcharacter lo tbo observance of peaceful reinlions with tho I 'nited Stales and responsible for all d?*prcdutioim. Col. lieall. of iln! Komi n.......?- ** " - major mil, Paymaster, Copt. Duncan, of the Mounted Kilh-s, Capt. 11.-th, of thoTcu'.h Infantry, Capt. 15rcretuu, of tho Ordnance Department, nnd Lieut. (>il)l?in, of the Fourth Artillery, cotnpriuu tho Hoard, t<> assemble at West l'oint, Oil the 17th * instant, to make trial uf tin; hreucli-loudiug rifle*, with the vlew to usccituin tho best for military sei vice. The Bureau of Construction will advertise tomorrow for the transportation of 4,000 tona of anthracite coal from Philadelphia to China. The Uegiiuenl of Mounted Killen, and tho Thir.l Ue^inieiit of Infuntiy, serving in Mexico, are to he reinforced early next mouth by four huuahcd nu.l 11 fty recruits from Fort LcavctlWOllll. Washington, August IP l>r. Ihirrv, a sipgeou in the Nuvy, died here to-ilav Our (. overnmcllt will object to tlio reported transfer of the Nicaragua!! transit route t" llie ('natii Uicaus. Win. Carey Jones is now lit Sun Jose. Ho was < 'pccinlly instructed to represent llio views of the Administration on this subject, which are known to be entirely udverso to such policy. Tin! Cummi-sioner of Indian Aftuirj will shortly \i.-il llie Noll li-west, to make treaties with this 1'onei I'uwnec tribes. i Wool.?J'ioiii the most reliable information which can be procured from persons who have travelled tluouyh the wool growing districts ol the State, dealers are satisfied that the afrgregato clip of this year will exceed that of ISSti by 1 hive millions of pounds. A large part, if not nil. of the wool has now passed from the farmer t<> the tiK-reb.'ints, and a considerable portion into Ihc hands -if the buyers for thu New York market. and Kustcrii manufactories. The prices p i'd f r t!ie greater portion of the wool crop raiit'e from forty t? lifiy cents, mid in some of the best di-i r. els titlv-live and sixty cents havo been p ii We are informed thai one buyer in litis city lias lit store in I.k-king county o\er two hundred thousand pounds, which cost over fifty cents pi r pound. Tin- amumit >.? ....-i. 1 ... M^-Huiatuuuiru in tins State for wool this year will exceed six millions <>l dollars. Tim Statu hits become tho leading wind growing one in the Union, lSesidc* ilie increase in tlie iiiiinlier of lbeces, tlie shear ii g <i(;eiirr?'il ;i moiilli later litis year than lust, 11 ml ili'- im-iensc of the growth of wool during this lime all'irds iin increase of eight per cent, to tlie elijt. lluyers hit eolifidmit thai the supply ill" wool in tlie country will fall far blv^rt of tho demand, and tin; prices eaiumt recede. Tliia seems prubalde, as tlie territory in which wool is raised has been of late years narrowed to tho Western .States, with which the Kastern could not compete. While the consumption has in* :iva:;ed, the Ka*tern Stales have atiaiidonod the 'iiiilpetition anil left Ohio to furnish the IickL .vools now "I'own. The countipsof Stark, Wruyne, I'llntes, Kicking. Franklin, and otliciH, in the :eiilro of the Suite, arc now as famous for lino ,vi?ol as they formerly were for their grcrt crojMi if wheat.? (.'livltuol l'l<tind-:alrr oj' July Ul. J he .l/<f ekcrt! J'l'ulr.?The d..nn?ti?l r.. re! ii:is raised tin- price higher iii.in ever before ;iio\vn. Xo. ifs bring -Sl"-2A, huge it's $9. mid mull .To per buncl. The Huston Traveller lays: " Iferetof >re Philadelphia litis controlled tho uarUet for tlie.so but the New Yorkers are io\v iitteiiiiiliiig to "elthis trade in their hands, mil it is resulting wry favorably to the fishernen. As new markets are being opened for shipneiit, an impetus will b? j?iv*'ii to lltiH brunch of niMiiess heretofore unknown. Additions nre nailing to I ho licet, in nil our fishing ports, and iptni I lie arrival of the buy men there is consid rable competition by tin; New York and I'll tin lelphia agents, to secure their fares. Thus far lie New Yoik agent:; have ovetbid, and secured he gieuto^l uumbir." liti'l'jth'j tin- ?The Chamber of ' f St. I.ouis, on iln: ("ith, had an "iuh_naiiou" meeting to protest against. ilio 0011striictioii of a tlraw-bridge acros-s tho Mississippi it Si. Paul, Dnbuipie, at I.yons, and other points tip north. They iiisir-t tlnil. the Mississippi be inobatrituled from its mouth to Us source, 'l'hey refer to the '-pinions of riniiiviit engineers to >how that Ihe beds of the .Mississippi and Missouri -i vt'i's are saud, uinl the channels shift so much hul a draw-bridge ut any point now navigable "or steamers will prove a serious obstruction, and n many places would entirely close the stream it such p.>i:i(s against all navigation. 'J'/ii' Itunxiun A rmi/.?Menus have boen taken ^ n improve the ellieienev of ih<> If-iu-i,..., \ committor, composed of the < I rand Dukes ili linol tit id Nicholas, of Cuncral Gruncwftld und >lln.:rs, is occupied with the reorganization of tlie rivalry. A noilicr committor, comprising of fourei'ii members, is directing its attention to tho litest improvement in lire-arm?,* mid is provided iver l?y I'riocc ti<-orge of Mecklcnhurg, who oinmmids all the rillc regiiuenls in the service. t. is in contemplation to form thirtyr>ix battalions if rifles, and to add a rillo company to each batulion of tho line and of the guard. . v? Cr?\>s in Wisconsin.?A former extensive inner in Wisconsin, who has just returned fromc visit to that State,"'informs us that such abOun- , iful harvest has not awaited the husfrfflidinuh for ? * - OB_ nveral years. The spring wheat, now the'grinipal wheat crop of Wisconsin, ?s generally good, nd for the most part very supol-ior. "Barley,1? " bo mi.-iiiiportnut Wisconsin crop, is hcay?-;;an<l , - \ ats good. Com on tlio dry pniirfcs is rank atid ^ 10 wises well?on the wet.prairies'bmnlf niyl n?'. robablo failure. So of potatoes. Wisconsin., . . /Ill continue to be a l.irge'exportcr of- produce"* * ril*.111*0 (*nnii?'ir b j wn.?ut. xjuma imcLiigence:. * ' " * * .?C " * *. .*. Lord Byron ynd ,1/r. C'urrqn.?When "Lord.' \ . , iyrorv ro.-i- into fuino, lUirr;iti>C(TuStaiiUy"objpctrV'"<' , x ' lI to his talliibj* of liiniai)!l*_ rw the greut^draw-^"; *. V ack on >liis potrtry! "Aj?V subject," siud-'h^, ' * but'Hiiil rtgfnul one ofBcif. ^1 wearyiof kupV*'*' ig pneo a nvpnilt the stulc of miy njaQ'aJy>poa6t'..v . '' >y?s, rijjlifs'or wrongs,' I would<13 soon reid jy- j ' ujjieiter ot^tho"woaOier, the bar6inetei,?"iip bo' ~ limy iiicln-'it to dayr uild dov^n ho mrtrty^nehW- * . Miiunw. 1 ftn?l* scepticism ftlt ovcr'mo at'Uijpj "* ?lit of agoniea'f^n ?j>opcr, thiwf {ht4,?ajnjj*a# .1 >Hii!nV nuil tin uofofrdus nstfie+nlf^if th??B0Q03? . V.' " 'lie tiutl^U, bin ti>alxl\ip icecps forthiiprcik^flxt^*' \ ipct his eyes with the public.^ Ntnr Erie,. Pu., oil tfriiltfV .week, ft &?nA?iv * ' ' ? u-.je^ri&eFM ? -r~ ?.v.-".-.'-.. "OTTjjgfgajBL">', rchuru. Tlio oniina orth? rujb Aet?t \?A? itm lii'oatcnod arrest by an'over-zealous xoi?ti$bM?.v ' ' >r 60irte. slight misdemeanor- Tho c^ustubl^* ve? \yetit ao/far rta to {leffifyid ^300 "of Sobnjti/'' t'..\ 1 order. To /ct tlo V?c rrfitffcj-, otherwise ho b lnkcir"d.own the river," ^ to^Ti^aUta riatfti-jftt. l*?4tsbur?.' The Gkcqnnn an.kjs%if?, uinij violoiiilv exoitcd,rcsolved'todjbih^gtd^fio <rnpo their {hrcaU-ncSftit^, und^lrproEctfp djjJ"1;* >, ' *'1 rutcly weal out to commit suicide^ " Flection Frauds.St&flib frandd in. the! ele04ton i l'hiludelpJuH kA.Gctobfl' *<4mayery'Rrfljyjnd lUrni'fouH. William' B. \J I' t iindidate for DiArkt Atloruf-fr i, the voto poHod, by-JLe*^ C. CAifftftho >emncratic candidate, contested the r?Cur ?<!><!>to the Court of the city ; and on antUrday reek JuHye Thompson delivered ih^unanimous " pinion of tlio Court oulsiliiftg .Mr-.jCuspidyj and hirtninfj the election of Mr. Malii).?National ntelliyenccr. ,T '? Melancholhj Casualty.?An Lie tit. Arthur P. laillard, <lf the Charleston Police.waa leaning oin the window of a house, where be was on nt-y, a pistol, which be carried in the left inside rcaat pooket of Ids coat, fell upon the aill of the pindow, and discharged a, ball into h^a body.? 'he ball entored his right tide, ^passed tip fend irotiL'h the loft luriir. This Wi?? on ? n ?*??w?9uajr voiiing. LicnU Gaillnrd liugered liotil y ester, ay, nt 11 o'clock, a. m., at which hour he died* -Charletton JUtrcMry, IMlHmt. 1 * ?. J The Sugar Crop,?A writer iu the Kew Or- *' urns Delta denies the truth of lh? report that tlio resent sugar crop in I/ou'miaua Will be't^tiphiee-* antly lurge. lie says the crop will be a fhortM te, at best. Tlie cone is said to be ftllly twarjf ecka behind tlto !ate of forwirdncaa il hefd 1 mt car at this lime, and the writer lliinka lluw io.<t favorable season will lie necerr.arv for nR ro'liiclj -n of 200^000 lilufc. '"*** ?.*