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jN i. w no, ii|u>ii the t ?.f <lu. . t t*,iJc with
I'.Uiojie. '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:
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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?? 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 ' .
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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. <
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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
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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. '"*** ?.*