The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, August 21, 1857, Image 2
* General Rusk. "
The New Orlom'isIMcayunc gives Ui<? Alllowj
A duplicate of .this v SfiW sent us by ? <yrrs*
TTOfl'Jpnt-in Nacogdoches eoiMttihs llic following
hasty postscript. . ..
- ''An inventory of his projiory^j'rt^ ftniinl in
**0 ^portfolio, nnil the rnlue of tlio same divided'
"by tlio" miWbrr of his children. lie was (mi*
ridd this evening with masonic honors. Aii
obituary address was delivered by the Hun.
W, ft. Ochiltree, which v||t nnpear in the next
- ' Chronicle, tflung with tlio full evidence in the
* * ThesOyjCOfliprisp nil tfie circumstances thai
. ' ha^e reached-us hi G?jta? Jtupk's death. They
roOTCTMp^iieuiifluo^ nnu snow n <ii(Yi(rue?i |
?Anll ui>w&lerW ^onuitirrn rf mind. Great indecd){ntm?
havobecu.tfic afflictions, and sore
Jjjtftrrrtlr, ^lifcTi'CftnljJ- drive into such n state of
- rtegpmr^ n^}i of heart so brave and iinder*
Solid aiftf- temper seregc, as were
. tiio3i^f.'d<>ftotor lUisk.
. jb^WcTliAvc notdsHiand materials for an extendSP??dtlcc"
of his life and* career.- Tiiese will!
'AuihtleNtbe fitly ^commemorated by those who
*..J|hnp. access to- authentic docTtmciit's, r.ud it is
jtfQj'fiJcelj tEaCrfiifcltjo which has gi'h\Yu" up so
*_ 8WjifUly tt?tosneli.Wiil<r \nd well merited popti
- ini'iuj, nu<i va3'jncr<?naing 111 grcntncsv and1 iiti
^lnohcrvJwill bo permitted to Jo Jo ttw'ny for tlieN
vo^t pf areeorAi&k ?liowcyie^6tni?
In brief, from iromOfy,
thftt$Cnntoi*1^nsIf fyns T? native of Synth
% QJfltoliiift,'nnfl nfi -ohjrlv''emigrant to Texas. He
. * wasU.bere b^fnro independence, and wns rilie of
IftaVenrly patridts;\Vly> took i?p nrma to' resist
* ' ?fi<r^ftfxlcrtn opprcssi?!)*. lie held tlfe'j?nk?of
CoJoiHd Jff llierevofutionary nrfhv, nna.on the
? 7' de^Infation oifjiide^vendenee, and tile organiza.v
tlon oftho Ttopublip of Texrtu, was the first
*'.^oerofciry of \Vnr. yia energy in the'Snnnneei^mcnt
of that department was of infinite value
taihcc'ftuso of.tho now Stntc, and is spoken of
in the highest terms of eulogy, by men of nil
mi" ? vie cnp;;eu in mc grat conflict; J
mtist bo noted that tlierc is no theme j
flpotCwliicH partizanship hns been^moro fierce- j
\<*? .ly manifest than iLc liistofy of-the Texas
* 411 men, - of nil sides, however,
haV>e conc&tcd tlic most unilinching conrngc
- and patriotism,"and tlic mf>3fzealous and suocessqpd
lubotv, to Oenoral Husk.
lip waa'Mp the ft$my nt San Jacinto, and
* itp\^tonVop^tfrfferiWnvcv that to Rusk is dite
the gl^fttcr el'edlfcjta thejiet"^ of tlic day. Bo !
tift'itnrtjY hfafatre continued to grow, j
ifnauHiccfb} "rej>roaiLli\ lie had siibfeVpientlv J
temporojy cjjnmand of the nnny, from \fliieli ,
li(f w?strnn?f(<rrcd ic> a seat in the Cabinet of i
. * ^esideWffloOston.-- This place ho resigned in !
to altendtohis private, olFairs. but was;
r ^totlongperfnlttcd t.o'rciyain in retirement lie j
Vrti cffUcd'otit tlx snftjy ess the Mexican revolt
Xrtc^jrdiicTiR'; in lfl^8 ; led it"regiment from
Kastcrn Texas nijHtnst ttio Cbcrokees, In 133'.).
In lS43y-Vlieri the law wa^pnsjsd f?i" the protccticfla
ofjJtlie. Western .p-ontier," creating Ohe
' ofl^bc -Gciferal for that spccyd purpose,
it was yptoell by thc^Presidcnt; as v.nebnstitu*'
ticmhVwenusc'th'o com'ihrmd of the arinv was
mxfdr independent *>f tlio Executive: The
L%iala|ijrc pa?siSb_the law over the veto, and '
clotttjdspetu-ltusll to the high oflice.
annexation of Texas to the United i
her admission into the Union, Gen. |
'Kfiak?was ctiosen one of the first Senators ; and
65 falsing for ?terwa ujtli his collcaprtfiv
*' (|efK,H?f?i8ton, he dre\v thtPlting term, wlnoli
. ejtpired' in: was re-elected?unani*,
rripcSjv. we believe^afid had jn?t hren rc elecwltWwittjpposUionjlfor
a third term, j
\ 'Whatrl?n6 4jc#f> Gpn- RjiskV^carcer in the !
Semite is well knp^vn to tlie-wUgle eouptrv. It
tons TfckVeoniijirVcd Ijy dj;tncl??^ acfsbf high ;
RtAteani^nnliip^or b}- lnillj[nnt oratOsy on spe- |
dill Atn 00
v" ."2 Pv?UU^l",r'Uri"' 1
<^i^ ^HoIf UiJtVfciW a Ur'occasions,- with |
^ ni|>tlwty fully uj? to ma a directness |
Stoiintegrity of rtjjyrrtaje,' wliieh won. for him
* fre<fri?pt admirntlpjiVixl universal confidence. !
In the &t?nrttc'tff'Oic^lTnit'cd'Plates th"brc has j
been ri? Seoatjfri'f&r yeitr*, "to whom more nn- j
. BWevVjWg reap^fct Was paid em all fides, for tbe 1
solid ifcy-?f his judgment,- the purity of his pa
^notisTYvY^d^ho-etrength of-will mid of capacily*wifcli
wftich fie adhered to his convictions,
lie was trusted lender of his nwn.^j?arty?one
they doligbtfldio -honor yet it$ adversaries :
. 'Ulonoi^itl'nmj, ftnd?>ovcr;vcut#Q" Upon him the
TajffrSft^Irts which they heapcuSipon his party.
was Southern'Uprn?triUr" to his section,
ani^tvtn fiery irt tho?enl with Which lie resentcd-.^jid
repeljed aggressions upon the .rights of
' th<fSoutt>, yet lie" labored" with energy, with
iiope'hffd witjj faith, for thftpreservation of the
- been, indeed, a growing conviction
^OifoagKout the South-west, nti'iF not confined to
e umt region, oui wtueiy spredSl iH atlierscctions,
t)>o?in.JJ.hB troublous tiftics for' otir country.
V *' wiwJM'rS.'fllipffeliendcd to be (pTilgh, we might
?3BriflTpifRpn 1 j?bje, yisejfora ve and honest leader
*1h Tlibiims J. Rusk, wq know that durine tlie
'JftteiJ'rfisidential contest, when it wns doubtful
' HwMjjet-a'unioh of QtSnsefVafcifc forces o6nld lib
eff?6tad xrfpanjftnnn, strong enougUto 'defeat
- Umlj^b|nbiq|(i(^.wUiclt fit^last ~ ceptrod about'
UlS^thorc \pas many'nn nnxiouf thought
tor inan^ for the times ;
' 'antf ln^caJvrslnp'iof^be coming struggle his
name b<^#lreasJiw?e|trf?'to*present the nucleus
Tv-.fljto&ff tipper'" hreu- ^ptAJen ly .^ykfuc J. Tlie
O^pnat?'1'Uo'm etrftUcred; th? Strong hoiu't has
*.v?c"wort>ki?ij,<_ Sdth<fl6tal tffief, inscrutable in *
c'ttfsW?^ oilt Hopr^ms driven to
' JWv^^pcrntSB'fCTHgc of sultijie, In whom
?V i^G<tero^<U,ftl'ter3""w'ere wnanjfwt that Uie
^ya-,jyopw bavc invited him to grapple with
. ^iQ t3ea'dfitit-fi)es1 wi^fTout fear that he would
^fveborlc Jin itieh. AlHsl for the weakness of
. , human nature, even in the strongest?for the
** Qf all human rt?lculation#-r-and the
;fajl?fcKlity of irirYrori'judgment?that the friends
ywSo*^'mhohS*dftire,$ lum.'and had sUfh bnlfof!
hlm.~ should ratherronnd his
% nc^Wfi/hfcgrft^e, and ^f.hile^hev mi/ielc- their
tcdrf^rjj^ lo?, erave,fchayity wr l?ejn;?doess
aMMgy^iKfifcSg fe
JCi M.vtuihu) fs SrrnJ cr Tnx>iakLW*.-~OWl''P<>v'^*wT6rJpiF!tinjtkll
of.ConnecticuT. wlfuf.llounsh^yliKjrtljLfifty
ysars since;1xr*s a mMagg? sen Ac
?rad pS&rfevAronee'in<i|tfectu>g eitda
JSj deaiwd. Amonj. other^iiiecdoUA- told" o f
JiaVe ''(tonrished
. ^tfolrdayi iud then ceaatd^fo ejtfst. wn?onc l
i; na.w?ll|<^^H9Tiojr(5r#?tfBr bp called from tliei r
- f*rfwffopy-n Jahfl of Tuny or sonler other Ro- '
"T&* ^ 'POm -e B00^^
M^TlttifctbgniebtJ toti&'oftho, sect waar>>45Ver
* ? j8>rm^o?anafring$ : 'jjtisaot good for ?wflfc>T
...Ixf aT^nc", f.?ftjT% jtWy bettered, and algT^Jt f
' ouo wra only shbtna 'Vsleftvc to her husband,'* f
; VBi tbfti ibis should biVraattcr of*- agrcehrtnt
lfiercly.Tirivf Bli^Old?conT? tbgetKer ;
? m mm ana wrft, di^oeinu with all
niarfii>e^pv<yiOttt "Tue old gov^TOSbVnBc'Jffe<ii?cblTy^'cflll
ujxrn Rogers and
rosteroVfer with him, and ?ndoavor
$ofayine*?tiSftvof fcho impropriety of living
? *4rt#NB?5erah wi'he Ad i;, But neither John uOF
,.S*r& Bfoulfljgiyo up Uk^iUgMp^ent. ., .
aulyiyiY>gih.fliat?r or.ion?t>igfi<tf^?5*^ " ?*"
m .'" ,,'t^ m
THE INDEPENDENT PUESS
IS KVBHY nrn>AV NOBNINO V -'*?
LEB & WILSON.
W. A. "iiBB, - - - if- - - Editor.
ftxiixnluiHt, likr nations, fHil in nntfiintj lrhich
'Afw/ boldly iiltnnpt, trhrn *ii*lttinrxlhy rtrtulH*
! pitfjwxr. at?'determinedrt.WK/ioft?1 [(ixhV OI.at.
" Willing to jtfaixc, i/rt uOt (ifraid to ildHic."
Terms?Two Dollars 6, Yfc&f, ill Advance.
ABBEVILLE O. H.
' FRIDAY", - - - - AU(?i:ST 21, 1857.
Advertise ments.
W? would call attention to tlic cnnls of Mr.
Clinlmer?, Mc^si*. Ilyl1iowno?l?*4: Cowan, ntnl j
Drs. .Ionian ?t I'uckclt, nppoartntr in our U*on !
of til is week. *
Godey's Lady's Book,
For September lias been received. It appears
Co lio up; in all rcspects. to the former numbers j
.<i?tho present volume, which is enough to say i
of it.
PoBtmaster Arrested.
Samuel C. Scott, Postmaster at Colliers'*jfojt
Ofttee, Edgefield l)istriet, S. C., hns been
arrested by (Jenernl .tames I* Maguire, special j
Tost Office Agent, and is now in custody in t
Augusta. lie was arrested by cviJcncc from :
the use of n decoy letter.
?
Catalogue of firslilne College.
from a copy of the late catalogue we loarn
tliat tliere were during the Infifc session one
liumlrcd and tliirt}' students in all in I'rsfcine
College?Senior class 1-i ; .Jiinior 21 ; Soplio- '
more 29; Freslunan 20; Preparator}- department
40. i
A Mistake Corrected. j I
Wo wore misinformed n3 to tlie ownership . '
of tlie negroes alluded to in our last issue ns j
having been concerned in trying to throw tinea
rs off the track. Tliej- do not belong to Col. I ,
T. J. lJiiberte, but to a brother of Ins. The ,
attempt was made on tlie main trunk below i
Hodge's, instead of 011 the Branch, ns-wo were 1
informed and so stated.
Prof. J. R. Blake. I
It affords us much pleasure to state that this ;
talented nnd scientific young gentleman from j
our District, whoso lecture before the Young |
Men's Christum Association, n few weeks since, i
so charmed his audience by its strength nnd
beauty, bos been recently unanimously elected
to the ehnir of Xnturnl Sciences in n flourishing ;
and richly endowed Presbyterian college nt '
Ln(?Vange, West Tennessee, with n salary of;
Uto ClKJUSam} doWnrs. >
Masonic Address.
Tlie address delivered by our friend Rev. ;
i>, .Kinnson: at llic Masonic celebration nt , ?
Lgwndesviilc, on the 24tli June Inst, lias been i 1
published, nnd wc ore indebted to some friend I
for n copy of it.^
A press of bu.si nes8 has prevented us from , (
giving it more than n very cursory perusal, i
and wc can say no more of it nt present than
that wc consider it one of the ablest and most,
pleasing discissions of the subject of Masonry ,
we have ever read.
The Meeting at Dora's. ;
' Ve have had no very definite report;
from the ltailroad meeting which was held
I
nt Doru on Thursday of last week ; but un- ;
dersinnd that speeches were made by Messrs. ;
Sloan, Pettiirru. Abnev. Thomson ?? i
man. Mr. Sloan is to start out soon, with the j n
design of calling on every man on tho line of 1
Rot?<l, at his own house, to present the claims | r
of the enterprise and solicit subscription of j '
stocky etc/ Mr. Sloan is a man of great energy/ *
vc arc told, and higli hopes are indulged of his 1
SUCCQ&3. - . *
Resignation of president Q-rier. i
We lcnrn from the, illcwope that Rev. Dr. 1
Grier tendered his resignation of the IYesiden- c
cy of EtfriiiriP CAllege, nt the lrttc meeting of c
tho BohrtTof1 Trustees. lie desires, it is said, ! t
to devote himself W the ministry:. ! c
Tire'Board, being loatlT-to gito up the-wer- <j
vices of ?fr; G rier,- tlcclinefl repoivlng his resigu- \
ation nt present, but' (till refer niattcx to *n
the Synod at its spproaelung meetjrtg", c
friends of the College gpdBrqlly*)#jtr|fe<ibr^* g
to s??e Presiflent Gricrsrctire JSmnH. -v*
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Qen. McQownn's Address.
Just as-wo wer^going to press/wo.received J
aoifp^of-tho VAddrc^~([>f Gen. SarouclMcGow- . n
an before tlio-l'ulmelto Association at tlic eel- t
-1 ** * *
curuuuii 01 us nrst Annivcisary in Columbia, j v
1857."?We have not time to t>ay a ! n
word about i^ but as we all remember how I e
the speech was received when it was delivered, Vi
we will speak of it as it deserves next week. 1
The Assoeiution proposes to sell the Address y
for^j^gri table ptippses?it can be had nt the
Book Store of Branch <fe - Allen for tieenty-Jirc f
ft-nSfaud we know tbat every citizen of this I 11
village will bo anxious to supply himself ?<Mtli j ^
one. o
i.. 1
A Lunar Rainbow. c
.The Gainsville (Ala.) Jndcpciiihwt, in the "
following?vparagraph, chronicles a recent phe- j
noincnon tho-. like of which we do iy>t remem | n
ber even to have heard before. It says:? #
On the eveningtif the 4th instant, between j "
8 and 0 o'clock, a luitnr rainbow was visible j F
in the nortlrofcest. All the colors usually seen i .
irf'tha solar bow, were distinctly developed, | 1
lAit of course tl?*y were paler and softer. A I
(ittle before sunset of the saine dny, there wns | .
a?olar rainbow in the east. Thus; in a space
Wpless than three hours,, both a solar, and a ^
1un?( bow, have been seen* ? Tills is a remarka- c
blefoct, a ad one to be remembered. +'
' . w * * Court Calendar. ^
WESTERN CIRCUIT?FALL TERM, 185V j',
BKTUn?? DAYS. ' ~ r
Abbeville, * Saturday, Sept. 19. o
^Anderson,- t Saturday, Sept* 26. y
' Tickent, * Saturday, Oet'r 8. *
Greenville, Saturday, Oet'r 10. q
r Spartanburg, .. 8aturdftyfOct'rl7, ?
: ^Laurent -= !
? .W -<5, ?-?"J*-w-F ** . 1,
prrrixQf X>r,?x>urr. ? " - > c
? Abbeville, Monday, Q?gr 5. [
' Akd?*?%, ; ^ * 1
k _ >* Off M J
:' Hqfrtk C*roUn* * <t<
? ?} ?/?:- 2
in North W
fit?- : - "
Federal Court in Qreanvillo.
tn pursuance of n Into net ?&60ngres?, tlic
United Slates District OoXirt held its first session
nt (irw-uvillc'C. I IT, week before hut,
Jfifl^e Mngrath pre;iiliug.<
Tlic principal business beforo it \vns> the trial
oi uno i nomas .Moore, a citizen of I'ickcns 1 >isIricf,
for passing counterfeit coin. lie was
con vie toil and scntcneeil to pay a fine of two
hundred dollars nnd be imprisoned four month*.
Itather light punishment, it strikes lis, for
engrave an offence.
The most if not all of tlic members of the
Greenville Bar, with some of those from I.aureiif,
Anderson, and perhaps other 1 list rids,
were admitted to praHiec in this Court, which
is to he held regularly at Greenville henceforth
as in Charleston.
The Greenville papers speak highly of Judge
\f ??l. !.. I! ! .l A .
uiugiiuii us it jiiiiiviui uuiciiounry miu gentloinan.
Chinese Sugar Cane.
Mr. Jefferson Douglass, nu enterprising farmer
of our vicinity, has loft at Lliis office <{uit<>
a beautiful and. liberal specimen of tilolasssos
made from the Chinese sugar cane grown by
him the present j-ear. With the exception- of
a slight grccnith or fresh tnste, itappeors'to be
equal to any article we have ever tasted.
Wc had nil opportunity on the same evening
that the above was received of testing a similar
specimen made by Mr. C. T. Haskell, of our
District. The satge may be said of it that we
have said of Mr. Dongluss'. r ,
Mr. Douglass' crop consists of half nn
acre only, from which he confidently expects
to mnkc near one lnniilre<] gallons of the syrup.
Our k nowleilgc of the Chinese..augur cane is
not sufficiently complete to warrant any - expression
of opinion as to the utility of cultivating
it in tliis cliinute. AH such tilings, however,
arc worthy of fair trial, ami oitgliL to he
fairly tric<l before comlemneJ or commemlcil
unqualifiedly.
Death of Senator Rusk.
ITon. Mr. Ku.-k, who lias occupied one of
rexas* Senatorial 'sen's in the Congress of the
United States without interruption since the
imicxation of that Slate, committed suicide a
t'W days ago, hy shooting himself with a rifle,
it his home in Texas. His wife died recently,
fiito t.:* ? ->.. i i?. - i - -
..... ..... s..v. ."i iici n>.-3 ia nit tuny cause Unit,
:an l>e assigned for lite liiournftil manner of
lis dcntli.
Mr. lltmk was n native of Pickens 1 >ii?triet,
C., of liuinble parentnge, niul wns cmplmteally
a "sclf-inndo iiian."?lie was one of the
"oremost lenders in the Texan war of independ'iiee.
and Had lie possessed the vanity and ninjiLion
of lien. Sum Houston would probably
lave made himself llie chief. His Senatorial
career has bosn characterized by an uniform
md strict adherence to the principles of the
>eniocralie creed, and by nn ability in the discharge
of, and close ntteiition to, business ex:elled
by few men of his time. The country
ins lost greatly by his untimely death.
Good Times Coming.
The wheat crops all over the country, as
mr rentiers nnvc already been iufoimcd, were
extraordinarily ijnod the present year. From
ill sections ami quarters, North, South, Hast
md West, tlie good story comes tliaL the corn
to)! will be almost if not altogether fully as
ibundant as the wheat, providing no untoward
uishap befalls it between now and harvest
hue. The cotton and sugar crojw are not so
tromising, but we nevertheless believe that
he cotton crop at least will be worth (i. c. bring
s much money into the country,) as it wan last
car. This anticipation proving realizable,
utd provisions coming down much below their
>ast enormous figures, wc must Hud times
nueii "cosier" llio coiniiig ycar'than they have
>ten for several years past. It seems to us
liat, really, with these cheering fact?, together
vith a Democratic, conservative admiuistraion,
a Democratic Pcnatc, and a Demoratio
House of Representatives, which
mist ensure the political peace of tlio Repubic
nt least for a while, we hav<?^pu-h cause to
ongrntulat*} ourselves upon th'ft* "good time
oniing"?nay almost here?and uf grutiudu
0 that kind i'rovidenco Svliich seems so graionsly
to smile upon us. Let us never forget,
ij- deny, whether we t?c Catholics, Jews, Csdanists,
Armenians or Uiilvcrgt^yfej, that there
1 above us a Power that caiiWt'c the affairs
if nations, and cultivate, therefore, a becoming
;ratitudc and sense of dependence.
Curing Cancors.
AVe insert the following, from the Greenvi^lo
nalriot, protesting at the same time against the
.wertion tlint "physicians seem to, think that
iin science of medicine is the only 011c in
rhicli there is any certuiuty," anil disavowing
ibo our faith in Mr. Land's pretension!!. Xevrthelcns
if an}- ono is ultlictcd with this terrible
disease, ho might give Mr. Ijind a trial.
*lio "regulars" acknowledge that tiny linvo ns
et no radical cure for iL The Patriot says:?
Si ore is great uncertainty in tlio science of
ieine, although physicians sccin to think it
i the only science in which there i* praitivc
ertainty. Wc arc induced to make this re- ;
inrk froin facts which have lately eonio within
ur own knowledge. Mr. Land, of Greenville j
)istrict, has the .secret of curing all cancers?
oncers ffljylj hftvc I to filed the scientific skill i
T tlic meifiTOl worlil. We. know of Bevcrnl j
ascsin III is community where tlio most expeienred
and skilful physicians liavo failed to do
ny good, nnd yet Air. LntuLsJjns, in a verjhort
period effected entire e?^UlL Uo is an
incducntcd, ignorant nmn, artwVet can accointlisli
morctlinu the most learned physicians of j
Europe or America. There was a case, which
ie hud the other day, illustrating this asscr !
ion. A distinguished gentleman of the Ipwor |
ountry, known all over the United States, l?y <
lis public services in both branches of Con- i
;ress, lias been afflictcd for years with a can- j
er. He has consulted, nnd been the patient '
f the most scientific and skilful physicians in j
he United States without any good result. |
iome years rigo ho visited Paris, and there I
ilneed himself nnder the proscript:on of the j
loat eminent surgeon of trance' witliout do-I
iving any benefit. lie heard, through a friend,
f this ignorant rmnck in the mountains, made I
nouirier about him, came up pnd .placed Win- I
ell under his medical treatment! In a short j
ime lie returned, under the belief, tliat this
him1> i..j -i?-2 ....
!?>..? ??u uviic mi?r? jnrmm wion nil .tlicscihtiftc.Jlediesl
world of France and /America ! j
f the eur? should prove permanent, we Mi oil j
lave something more to say about it Jn 110
ase bas Mr. Mind,f*iled to cure cancers. lli#
rcscmptioN.js anecret, and bit applications are
inknown ?*en to hi* patients, lie urtys the
>octor* bava labffc?d.,jrt him so much, that.
he? never*eh*ll know- bis ramedjv > Wbat a
ooimcntary this is on tlwo science of medicine'!
ntTSf learnipg and abiUtjrtheir
rhole IhriJlo'nwdwi^, wblls^'CliU old ignoant
quaclt no>er fails to cure.
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Political Complexion of tho next Houso
Of Representatives.
*Tho Washington Union lias been "posting lip
t-liu books," in reference to tliis Mitijccl, and
has made out the following result. It will be
food that, allowing nochango in the four States
of Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi and J.ouisi*
!in:i,.there will boa Democratic majority in the
I next. House of Representatives of sixteen. If tlie
| vncancics spoken of liy tlie Union shall be tilled
, by Hemoerats. nnd there should (us we lmve no
I doubt tliore will) lie nn increase of l>cmocrntic
j members in the four States named, then tli?
: majority will probably rcaeh twenly-fivcJ
i l'.le<'tioii'< for members of the House of Rep.
reseiitntives of tlic next. Congress lmve now
i been held in all Ihc States of the Union with
Hie exeeption of Maryland, (ieoruia, MissisI
ippi. au?l Louisiana, with the following result:
Pom l>lk Hep Iv N Vaeaneies
Maine, ?' f> 0 0
i New Hampshire, 00 3 0 0
: \ IM'IIIOIII, 1)11 ;i 0 ()
! Mitesncliii?ptf*, on 11 0*0
i Itliotlc 00 2 0 0
: Connecticut, 2 2 0 0
J New York, 12 21 0 0
j New lers'oy, 3 2 0 0
: lYimsvl vunia, 1-4 lo 0 0
, j Delaware, 1 no 0 0
. Virginia, ]:i on o 0
; Souili Carolina, f, 0*) 0 0
i Klal'iihi 1 nn t\ A
i Ark!in--i*j>, 2 00 0 0
1 Missouri, 4 12 0
i Illinois, rt 4 0 II
j I own, 00 2 0 l)
. Wisconsin, on 0 0
| Indiana, < 4 0 1
I Hiio, 8 1!) 0 0
j Muliiir.'in, 00 4 0 0
i Ciiliforiiiiif 2 00 0 0
I Tcxiis, 2 (ii) 0 0
Kentucky, 8 Oi) 2 0
TenUCSSCCC, 7 00 !{ 0
j Noi-iIi Carolina, 7 oil I 0
\ Alabama, 7 00 0 0
110 ?M 8 2
I Tn tlie States of Texas, Kentucky, Tonnes
. ..... .. in . i, iui'i /ii;io:ini;i i iiii^iWIiiIIi
ill elections won- lioM last week, mill, although
! full ini'l complete returns have not heen re
ffivoil, we believe the actual result will verify
j tliA eorreetuess of the figures as given above,
j Supposing no changes occurring in tli? remaining
four Slater, where elections are to lie hehl,
(In; next House of Kcpresentatives will staiul
! as follows:
Dom I'.lk llep K N Vaeaneies
: Members already
elect eil, " 110 S?1 8 '1
j Members front
Maryland, <?eor
i gi., Mississippi,
! and Louisiana,
ns ilicy stood in
last Congress, 15 00 8
Total, 1-25 '.U 10 2
' The House of Representatives consists of
'231 members?lis members constituting a ma;
joritv. As the ease now stands?allowing no
change in the lour States where elections are
! to lie held?ilic democrats will have a majority
' of xixlc'ii in the next House. This majority.
! wc think, will lie increased to as the
: two vacancies in the Pennsylvania ami Indiana
ili-lcgations will, probably, bo filled by
democrat*.
Correspondence of the M rcury.
Kxoxvii.i.i; August 11.
I .l/"'-**r.i. A'iW?rx ; Imagine 7tV2 i...
sides casual nml fpcciiil visitors, orirtVilei] into n
! sumII place like Knoxville, scattered over llic
hills, inul nominally of six thousand inhabitant*,
i When ytni have fully conleinplnted tlie dispro
portion between tins visitors nn<l their hosts,
I you will be prepared, in a moderate degree, to
appreciate the discomfort ami self sacrifice of
the delegates in their patriotic attendance at
tin* present meeting.
j The number of distinguished men is small?
| If"i:. W. W. l!?yw, of (Carolina; lion. .las.
Lyons, of Richmond, Va.; lion. David 11 ubbard,
of Alahama, are the three of greatest
note, wilh Mr. 1 fallow*, of Louisiana, tlio IYcsi1
dent of the ("ohvoiition, who is richly entitled
to this hoitor at the hainlsof the people of the
South, for whom he has clone so much. I send you
a paper containing his very ndutiriihle address.
Yesterday there oecured an exhibition of
! Southern feeling, mnnifeitin?? itself -i.??>
! ami insignificant manner in refcrcnic to n re!
purler sent on by the proprietor of llie Now
, York lleraM. A whole hour of the time of
the Convention was consumed in discussing
whether this individual should be allowed ad!
mittnucc, orcxelnded on account of the anti:
Southern course of the llerald. Another hour
. was consumed again. thimorning, on the same
I remarkable topic, when, at the motion of Mr.
. Mdiao, of Miss., it was disposed of in the nnlv
' manly nnd proper way, by ndirMttiug all re*
i porters who nro disposed to report. After any
i misrepresentation or misuse of this business
! privilege in a public bo.ly occurs, it will be
! t ime enough to restrict it, but not before.
Quite a number of resolutions have been subi
mitted to the body, and referred t-o the Business
! i'n....n:o?? l... ?- * ?
liiu uniurciH. 1 relegations. Only
I two of these have been yet reported lmek and
; recQpimeiided for adoption. Both of these
j eamo from the South Carolina Delegation?the
: one recommending the abrogation of the eight h
I article of the Treaty at Washington of 18l:i.
| which obligates thj) United States to keep a
i sipindron on the coast of Africa for the suppres1
Dion of the slave trade ; and the other recoiii;
inemling the fortifying of .the harbors of Port
| Royal, So. Crt., Beaufort, Xo. Ca., and Mobile,
I Ala., an.1 making them coaling stations.
Col. l'l Brvau, of St. John's Colleton, offered
j the first, and when it was reporteil, obtained
the floor, and ndvocntcd it in an able and well
1 prepared speech, which he is to finish to-morro\v
at 10 o'clock. Thin proposition is aimed
at the late action ofl-'rancrfSml ......
; templnting nn evasion of tlio trcnt.v obligation
; niul tlui virtnnl reopening of the sinvo trmli1,
under the guise of contracts for labor nnd the
importation of apprentices. As there eceins
( resit sensitiveness on tlii? subject, particularly
from the slave supplying State*, it is probable
tlint no action at all pointing to tlic re-opening
of the slave trade will bo tnken. If. however,
these prejudices anil jealousies could be overcome.
nnd the matter considered in reference |
to l'ranco and England, there could be no doubt
of tlic course the Convention would pursue.
! Capt Elliott's proposition was sustained by
; him in nn effective and well received speech,
and the measure was unanimously adopted nt
its conclusion. ^ ?lion.
W. W. Boyce ofTereil cesfdimons in favor
of freo trade anil the direct taxation'of the I
people by Uiu^Ldiiteil States, just as by the
Stated tlicinji'lvu. It lias not yet been reported,
but I look fo\var?l with great interesttto the [
report, ana hope ta bear a speech on tbo sub- I
jeut from Sir. Boyco. It Is a great niul
thoroughly sound position, and any thing done
in this direction,w?ll be valuable.
It is cxpccted that the Convention will adjourn
to-morrow ; but as yet little has boon
accomplished.
Gen; Pillow is liere. though not a delegate,
lie will probulA^bo the next elected Senator j
from Tennessee. |
An extraordinary Southern Rights sermon |
was delivered hero last SunditVi for the edifica- I
won 01 inc delegates, l?v Parson Brownlow. It
wa* strong an J pithy, nnd hus^ excited great
admiration in those who beard it Mr. Drownlow
ia one of the^chicf* of the lion?, and ever}'
one wants to know Brownlow, who appears to
be.as modest as he is earnest.
- This is a beautiful country, and the erotw of
wheat and corn apt excoeuiug fine. Wheat
ftuat fall ii| price,. <u.
BriCk Makwo.-1The itioft extensive lirick
making A#t*blisliment on this oootin?nt in loon*
ted in JS'ortb Cambridge, Mas#. When in fall
jtoSGMte
day., a* aboa*t*rwf?-four millions rfdringib*
ssiosow i:}?o wo^ o?d . ia burnino- JSOmSA
l0 '
mM '
Routing _^5hurch Pews. a
l)oc!?tioki?, it Booms, 1ms been alteiuling a
prw auction in stimo "ftwhioiuihlo" church ill
I New York. Hear what he t>nys <>r it: J
'I very KO?" discovered that no \lvniliion?l.s" ! w
! worn allowed oil tin* Ijlic, nhd iT a man couldn't
i pay, lie was put tilV the train. After pome pre- ! w
liiiiiiiary cliatiilnuit llie tyrjfttlJ' "ows. 1'"* state v;
| of tli<; iiliil'liot.v the Inlpo flM^rovival of iv!ij?- |(1
i ion, tlie ristiu "Kric." tSc |iru^rtvs of the!
i work of grace, and. the J'rijyj- of pork, the I aj
lowly ones filtered nrmnid am! the sale l>e- |
gnu. Those news nearest the pul |iil, or |??-r- j js
Imps i shijjild mv, those seats near the Iiicdiihi- j1(
live, wcif'sild lirst; they brought seventy. !
j v iiixl cVi-n one Inuiilivtl tin j twenty i
' dollars premium; the price was t?> lie paiil ' \
merely fur a choice of seats, in ti<l<liti<to tin1 ||
regular rent. I instantly saw thnt I hadn't
money emuijili to take a lirst. class cal>in passage,
but hoped there might he a plai-e for tin- sj(
somewhere. lonej loutriit. a t i-ket, anil Smith, ' j(1
and Tompkins; lint there was not a single seal . t||
| fUiie down to in y pile ; nn>! I felt, that I iuti.it |)(
| give tip thi- joiirnev, or find a cheaper eonvev- |
aitee, tor i couun't ah'ord to go to heaven at 1
! such exhorbitant rates." | j.
Fashionable Visiting. ! n]
The following, though perhaps a little exag- ' ui
i gcrateil, is a capital hit at modern visiting in
fashionable life : j
Fahiiionabi.k <\\i.i. outiii; ikkas Kxciiamskd.? j
"How <lo you ilo, my <h-ar?" i nt
"Putty weli, thank vol'." fThey kiss.] i ,l<
"How have you been, this age f"
Putty well. Mow have you been?" ! w
"Very well, thank you." * i h<
j 'iieasniii ui-?iiiy. 1 t>i
''Vi's?very bright; but w? had a shower, j di
j j'esterdnv." ! ni
i "Arc .'ill y??ir people well ?" ' d<
"Quite wi-ll, thank you. How arc yours?" t fri
"Wry well, I'm obliged to you." j in
"Have v?ii seen Mary l> , lately?" j m
"No; I?u1 I've <* ." J In
j "You say so! Ih sho well ?" ; <li
"Wry well, 1 believe." (Uisintr.] CI
I ".)[nxf v??u t^o ?" 1"
j "Ye*, iti?li;e-l ; 1 have seven calls to make." ' fo
"Do call nirain soon." i IiI
"Thank you; but you don't call ou me oueo | tli
in an njjy." |>i
"(?li, you should not any so. I'm sure I'm in
VcfV he
"tiood-liyo." ! fu
?'o- j I
frni: tiii: iM>r.i*i:Ni>i:\r imsk-ss.] . so
1/,- i n.n... i
: the I'xinii'f a ticket proposed for Town Conn- I"
; til, f?u" tliceii.-uing'year, in wliidi my name
! appears its one of I lie Wardens l ,li
I iiio-I. respect fully, 1" 11. jmyitivvly decline the ' is
; nomination, for two reasons :
i J-'irsl, Hi'Cause a service in the Town Conn- ^
| eil is a bur In without, honor, t limit's or of . |<>
j which I liave home my part. j to
j I'.eean-e, under a recent enaetinont J'1
of the legislature, the duty of levying a tax ! s'^
upon the citizens within the Incorporation will ;ni
<1 evolve upon the incoming Council. Owning pi
myself hut "few of the goo?l things of this J'*
life," I am il'tnmiiKil not to Mt iu judgment i |fj
j upou the more extend ive possessions of others, ni;
It. A. FA 1 It. "Ii
i AWnllr c. ir.. A'Iff. 20. 1857. !
' Jiiimur will please give the above one inscri
lion. ] fei
A (Yr.lins l'liicK hi-- ItoMAM'K.?The New Or- |!(l
leans exchange papers are full of a singular m.
piece of romance tliat is now on the tapis in
that city.?The particulars are as follows : I ' '
j "A young mi 11 i ii<* i* jjirl, with whoso charms a 1
yotu.ir S|.iiiii.ir.l liaii become smitten, was pre- >,?>('
flouted hy htm witli a ticket in the Havana Lot- ' t'ii
I fry, on the condition that if it drew a prize ' tie
I hey should share the money and gut in irried.
The girl smilingly consented t<? the arrange- pr
iiient, and the amorous Spaniard left. t tin
The next arrival from Havana after thai oil
J brought the drawing ofiiie lottery, ami what | l{i(
was ilic iisloiiishmeiit and delight of tlu; pret al?
ty milliner and her heau to find that the three- j tlit
eighths, held het ween thcin, were of the mini- ; Mr
. her which drew the capital prize, and poured hl^
. lit. their feet, as if hy magic. I lie pleasing little , a hi
pinch of>'IS,7">0?(icss the discount in cash- | pr?
ing!) The youim man lost no time in coming1 vie
to an uiiiU'rstuiiding with his sweet heart, lie j hoi
held her to her bargain; she hehl to it also ; ' the
and in an eestaey of hnppiness the lover set ( goi
inin. iii.ikiii? preparations u>r inc; marriage. ]
A lint! house on Uiciivillu-ijt reel?whether . Kc
purchased or rented, we ili.l not learn?was i is t
procured, mid fitted up sumpt iniusly fur 1 lie ' use
coming nuptials ami tlx- honeymoon which ant
was t?? follow. Tin- bride (that was to have 1 the
been) ihihIc a lavish use- of the money pi need sell
at her command ; provided herself with a dm
wardrobe rich ciiuii^li for a <|tiucn, ami made put
! other pioparntions fyr the coming event;
; whilst tlie bridegroom (tlint was to have been,) ' J
! in lu* ecstaey,. presented her Villi a chase of; n,a
. jewelry worth f.ViO. I r,K
i Everything being ready on his part, he call- | l oJ
i e<l upon his intended to see how she was get- ; 'tnl
ting along. Slie received him coldly, avoided ;
conversation about the wedding and finally I w'"
j gave him to understand, in a manner which lie 1 j'ul
! could not. misunderstand, that she had clianged
her iiiiii?1, iiml wonM'nt marry him, notwith- .v,,t
: stnuiliinr )>ame l'ortune'.s command, and tlie ; des
| eoiiipliented state of the case between thcin ill i
; regard to t lie money, jewels, etc. She hud mi- ; Wl1
: dergonc one of those reverses ?>f feeling which i (
i are so common in Hii-.Men accessions to fortune, |
; and tliero was no use in the Spaniard talking i 1
: to her nljout marriage. j
I The discarded lover did not shoot or drown j
! himself, hnt went straightway and entered le- j ,nt?
! gal proceedings against her. lie was making am
his preparations on Saturday to institute a suit ; br.i
of law against the faithless lair one, for the re- i I"1'
eovery of t he money used hy her, or the arti- ; !J!o
j cles purchased therewith, as well as the change i ,,'"r
she miglit have besides. lie insists, upon the I ?'11
' tenacity of aShyloek, upon the lady's fulfil- ! r,,?
mcnt of the bond to the very letter?else not I*1'4
one picayune will lie abate of his just de- t'"1
inand. j J,,c
i TWrrwKKS Two Fii:k<.?When disputes mid the
: diiliciillics arise between individuals, or nations of'
or sections, however right the one part}-, or '
| however wrong the other may have been in be
i the beginning, yet as tlic qitarrrel waxes hotter, ftl,<
| and recrimination and abuse arc bandied front '
! side to si Jo, each party in sure to get eomcwlint 09
I in tlic wrong, to demand too much and accede
; too little. Ami swell must ever l>e tlio .case, ?
! until men become more or loss than 'human. ,
Our prisiions were all given to us for useful f,n*
purposes, when under the restraint of reason ; 01
out anger and revenge in protracted contests \el
nlwny* exceed the bounds of reason and of jns- 10
1 t 1 , , '1 nor
lice, aim no umpire, however wise or just* can | nt
once satisfy tlio demiinds of either party. 1 .?r
S,,nl. U ftin !.?? .. ' " J- *??
w v..w ui mu cuiuruvunty Mini 1
lma been wnxing hotter* for an ago, between vu^
the North and South.
Impartial and firm of purpose ns life present ,,
administration is, and winning, ns it does doily, f'?
"golden opiuinos" fioin the calm moderate
and eoiiservative'men of all parties it yet finds n.01
itself between two fires. Its steady, impartial, 8V'
and firm cotirso looking neither to the North j .
or the South, but to the wliole country, gives p**
offenco to the tiltraists an 1 extremities of ei- (
*ther section. This is just what it should be. i
After so long a quarrel tho extreme men in !
each icetion inust have worked themselves into orn(
the wrong, or else they lire more or less thAn ^
liuinnn beings; and, therefore, If the Admlnis- *
tration gnv<S either satisfaction*1 to # either, jt ^ j
would bo conclusive evidano* of its want of
wisdom, firmness, tbd Impartiality. j]
'Tim mnfiraL flnnvoval ht tbn erMinirV. Tfnrf.Ii
Mid South, of tliQ AdminStrrttfon, u not more oAi
fluttering tltftn tK? 46tM& fas Jo Whleh it i?
^ l|'d ,q^
% 0
Vrr ? ~? ? - ~r '
From Washington.
Vamiinotox, August. 1 i.?If it is true, n
ttM, that Costa Rica hns .of tl
ioarngua transit route, and ha* acquired im
the territory of tin* hitler, our Utfverniriei
ill unqcstionably object to that arrangcinon
being known that. Win. Carey Jones, Ks<
iis especially instructed to represent tl
ews of the administration on that subject, i
Ivcrse to aueh a cuuse of policy.
I'ntil the meeting of Congress no diplomat
ipointnients- will ho uinde, except such i
ay Im; deemed by the public exigencies, as
desired Mint successors to the present iucui
'iits>hall nut go abroad until their appoin
ents shall 1.0 coiifi riueil l?y the Soiinto.
it'll. Deliver, tlie 1'oiiiisiis.sioncr <?f InJiii
ll'iiii-, will slini'tlv repair t<? Ncliraskn. f>
le purpose of making treaties with the I'olic
ill Pawnee Indians.
A letter is now on its way ti> Frederick
atii'li. Seel'eturv nf Slat.. t.
ir 111<? appointment of Supcrintemlciit of I
mi Alfnirs in place of (!uv. Cummins'*, bi
>1 to take effect until tlif me?*tintc of Uongi'e*
Tlic troo|? nml civil olliccrs for I'tnh are in
cpeetcil to rca?-li tin* Territory unlil about tl
t of November.
Sat isfactory accounts have boon rccoivc<l <
I the wajron roail expeditions, excepting tin
uler tbe direction of Col. Noble, which In
sappointcd the expectations of tlio CJoVor
Lilt.
Tut: Mixr:it.\i.ooir.M.Sri!VKV.?A well informc
nl observing correspondent of the Cuuidi
mriial writes from Spartmibiirii:
"While speiulinir a day at. (Menu Spring*,
itli others, visited the Cnmp of Oscar 51. I.i
r, Ivsq.. the State (icologist ami Mineral
st. His plan of operations is to map off
strict, ami then examine with iniiintene
ul earo, a section ofit nt a time, ami win
me, he moves his camp to another spot, ni
urn it, as a centre, he circles roinnl until I
forms hitnselfof the geological forinatioi
ul mineral resources of the immediate licit;
>rhoo?l. In this way Ik- has examined foi
striets, ('hvjterlicld, l.iitieiistcr, York in
ic-ter. These emraged him for the year JS.">
iiio:i ami Spartaiibunr will employ him full
r I In* present your. Jlis examinations are 11
Co 1.'iihiii's, Tuoniey's. or any others. lieeuu
c v are iititin! >, mi<l. fur as I know, will like
uvv satisfactory. The l.etilsluturo wisely a
tinted liim for four years, but that time \vi
far too short for liim to survey, in his car
1 manner, even the upper ami mineral ili
iels. J.et lis hope tliaiolir LttiisliltofS, afti
fair a beginning in the riulit. direction, wi
ntiuue to exercise a liberal spirit in nppr
iations ami support, until the resources)
ir State are fully investigated ami known.
"Several now mineral localities have lie<
scoveicd. Mr. J-'s report, for the Year 1 S.I
i:i print, lmt of course must wnit tlio netii
I lie next Legislature before it can get iul
iici'ul circulation. lie exhibited to ?v- a cop
it up in fine style ami good taste. The
i^ical Maps of tlio first four districts, colon
show different formations, and to point oi
.. .c...
ml, will ecrtainly prove interesting ami i
i*uetive, mill wlmt :s oftentimes most iuipor
if, very popular. Tlieic report>. when coi
eteil, should be in ovcrv man's library, fi
i-i v one will lie Iiiulily pleased ill knowin
< ehurncler of t-livs land lio owns, an<l seeii
s limne, if not. named, certainly colored t
nrked oil' to show what rooks or minerals ai
iout liini.
Tin's report, I noticed, contains a great ilei
iiiioriiiation upon the subject nf fciieiiur?i
st, ainl the cost of nuimals kept in or out Ii
ices. Vou know one of the wise sayings le
by Mr. ('alhoiiu is, "that, the fences of th
iintry cost more than its government," ]
iv l>e that Mr. I., throws great light upon tli
estion."
Mm! ix Kkxtitkv.?-I minister drmjtjr.l <?
tin /'liljiit trhih /'rritc/tiiiif.?A letter ill tli
leinnalti < ia/ette, tlateil (.'iimmius, llockcacounty.
Ivy., .Inly 22>l. says:
i.msi, .-mmiay, as liuv. .loim li. I-ree wu
f:i<-11i:ivr at this place, an armed tnoh force
. ir way into flits church, sei/.-'d liim miiiI I \v
ior ministers who were with him, llev. .1
(li!ir<l$iiii and liev. ,1. M. Me I. ';ni, ami al'to
using .iixl insulting them, finally decide
it they should be taken out of the country
; Fee was struck on the head ami coiisidcr.i
,* injured. On tlio way out?a distance 11
>ut ten miles?every opportunity was iin
>vcil liy tlie moli to insult ami utilise tliei
tims, and t.liey heralded through the neigh
-hood they passed that they hail three hon>
ives and nigger thieves that they wer
"a t'1 lyneh.
I'lie moli was composed of the lowest class o
ntuekians, ami all of thorn drunk ; yet sucl
he state of public opinion that it would b
loss to prosecute. This has long been m
i-slavcry place, but the immediate cause o
s outrage was an attempt to establish 1
ool there. Schools are regarded as ino.?
igcrous and incendiary institutions in thi
i oi Kentucky.
\ C'oci. Avi:n?si:ii.?A certnin English pontic
ii, who was a regular frequenter of tlic* green
tin of Drury l.nuc Tlieatre in the d?ys u
r<l Byron's committer, and who always stooi
oily on tlic henrtlirng there with his bad
the lire, was in his usual place one nijjh
cn a nnrrativo wns related by another gen
nan newly returned from the continent, of i
Tier-duel that hud taken place in Paris. 1
ing Englishman? n mere boy?had beei
( oiled in a gambling-house in the l'alai:
yal, had charged a certain gaining CoiuV
h cheating him, lind gone out with th<
int, had wasted his tire, ntttl had been sluii
the Count under the frightful circumstance
the Count's walking up to him, laying hi
..i .... i.:-. i i ?
u uu iii3 nciiri/, mining, "i ou ore i? urnvi
o\v?linvc you iv mother}" nml oil his reply
in tlic affirmative, remarkably coolly,
sorry for lior," mid blowing his victim'
tins out. Tlio gentleman on llio licnrtliruj
iscil in taking a pinch of snuff to hear tli
ry, ami observed with great placidity, '"I an
aid I must kill that rascal." A few* night
pscd, during which the green-room hearth
; was without him, and then he rdfrppoaret
cisely as before, and only incidentally men
ned iu the course of tlio evening, ' Gentle
ii, I killed that rascal T* ile had gone ovei
I'aris on purpose, and tracked the Count t<
same gambling-house, had thrown a glas
kviue iu his face iu the presence of all lh<
illlikUV 11... I* Iiii?1 tiil.I liin* 11... i
was come to avenge his young compatriot?
1 had done it by putting the Count out o
s world ami coming buck to the he.irihnu
if nothing had happened.
Ifoutrhold Word*.
I'hc California Democratic State Conventioi
i nominated Hon. <1. B. W'c'.lcr as jv candidate
Governor, and the Hi-publican Stale Con
itiou lion. Edward Stanley as candidate foi
same oflice. The other Democratic nomt
s are: For Comptroller, J. W. Mandevillo ;
Treasurer, Thomns Findlcy: for Judge ol
Supreme-Court, Stephen J. Field; for Suror
General, II. A. liigley; for State 1'riuJohn
O'Mcara.
Jr. Stanley, tho Republican nominee for
vcrnor, was formerly a member of'Con??rea. n
NorMj Carolina. He at once aoccpted the
uination and wont to stumping, .^akiny
tug ground in luvor 01 itcpumican princii.
For Supremo Judge, the Republicans
e nominated Nathaniel Bennett, of Snn
nciaco. Jle wftj ^9*<- of Clio fyrat Judges
tsat.oMMlbe'Cahforuui supreme
ition ha resigned in 1851.' JUio otuS^Kinii
on tho snmo ticket arc: JBBiitqnniil Go*ir,
D. W. Cheesemait'^'Comptroller, Dr.
\ Gnnn; Trc&surar, Lelnnd Stanford; Atg
ley General, A. A. Sargent; State Priatdr!
\ Mendaek, of 8nif*dose Televraplw
??[ouxt'
^V*RA*ojr.--Th<J Richmond Despatch
i: "One o>ffni>re of the Masonic Lodgea of
Hmotid haTo erg/mired a pWiir fc> pu&hase
iq^ yetnon,,, i%to get tho sutordiivuo
|2&ke3Pfor' th o*.tlott*t Vernpn'^tataU
Bfcrfwl th$A>gU don^ Md tteb-Mftsoh',
ie> ' -? ' *
Southern Oommorolal Convention.
is *" Aihiusta, Augdst 11.?In the Commercial
10 Con .'ention Ifl Knoxville, o?i Wcdnusdiij^JtlfO
rt Husin<!ss C?niniittc? reported against Kreo.
>t Trade 'mid-Direct Taxation ; .'t^ainst the South'd
t, receiving gondii from States \Vhicli do not up[ ,
hold the Fugitive Slave law ; mid against the
ie discrimination l?y the Federal Government in
as favor of foreign n.'uil lines from Northern ports.
The Committee reported in fuvor of exempt*
ie ing one ?lnv? to each slavchidder from seizure
lis for del it ; in favor of erecting Arizona into a
it Territory: mid in favor of recovering certain
ii- hind lost by a recent Treaty with Mexico,
t- The committee Ills* > reported that the time
had not arrived for the Convention to consider
in the project of re-ot>ciiiinr the -
o v.... ojyktv
>r | trade.
:e I A resolution was adopteil, advocating tlio
1 withdrawal of the l.'nitcd Status sijatuhon from
I'. tlio African coast.
A resolution in favor of Montgomery,"* Al?!
a- hania, as the plneo of meeting for lite noxtCouit
volition, wajjiidoplod.
>t [l*ro:u tlic Mercury.J
10 Sekksadk to (Jen. Wat.kKh.? On Tuosday
evening, inletncliincnt of thej Cades Riflemen;
of this city, accompanied by Brown's Cadet
11 Haml, marched fioui their quarters to tlio
,s Mills House, for tji.e purpose of 'sorenni1ir?iii?
"" (Jen. Win. Walker'rfnd,suite. The compliment
wus acknowledged hy'fion. Walker, arid re- '
,,j fresliineiita were served to tlio corps. Tlio.
(ieneral omde a short speech, in which lie paid
a handsome compliment to South Curohn'nf
j soldiers in the Mexican war, and concluded
' with the followinn sentii.mjiit:
The Military Policy nf fj/untL Carolina : Mora
lft efficient than that of any' oilier State in the
Union. '
ii Corporal TWard, on helinlf of the Cadets,id
responded in a short hut pertinent spcoch'/
l4. oll'ciinjr as a sentiment;
(Jen. I I'm. tl Gonrrnor of Xicuratpin
llis bene vol mum! nf disposition and decision of
oliiifnt'loP w.ti.l-.i- ! i.i-..:.? -- ?" -
(1 " ipurailig K? well 113 (?
hj heroic leader to his associate*.
After a short hut agreeable interview tlio
y company retired. ,
^'0 Tin: IIi man^ Votci:.??Kx]ierien*.'<j sfi^vvs that
lv the human Voice under f:i\ orahle el rcum stance*
is capable of tilling a larger space than was
HI ever, probably, enclosed within the walls of a
aiugle room. Lieutenant Foster, on Parry'*
js third Arctic expedition, found ihatbeeeuhl
converse with a man icii/ss the harbor oF LVirS
HI ljowen, a distance of r^ii'.ti, feet, or about onu
ami a quarter miles. I>r. Young Fays that, at
I(|- Cibraller, the human voice lifts been heard Htu
distance of lo inili-s. If sound 1m> pfovouteil
from spreading nnd losing it self in lb* air, either >
by a pipe or an extensive tlat surface, as a wall
or still water, it may be conveyed ton'great
l? distance. ISiol heard a tlute clearly through a
.. tube of cast iron?the water pipes of Paris?
"..120 feet long. Thu lowcit .-whisper wns dUtilietly
heard,
!_. Tim 'Wiikvt Cuo:? op Tu.tsojs.?A letter JaM_
ted Mcadoa. Illinois, I7th., says:
,? The wheat crop of Illinois was never so largo
^ before. I stoo l this morning and looked over
a prairie where 1 could rco ten miles on mv
t..fr ninl ;i ? ..= i - * '
mm ? iiciw sooens. ami
^ a* far t?? my right, and it was covered will)
M. standing wheat. Tin- crop is not nearly gatli,e
crcd. There is Hit; greatest scarcity of hands,
:iii<1 thousands of acres are getting too ripe to
jI he all gajjiercd. All the grain hero w entity
machine. Cradles ore out of tho question.'-'If
.. grain is too Itadly lodged to he so gathered, it
j--t is quietly l<-t alone. There arc many kinds oP*
reapers. Their average of work is" 15 to? 10,
I, acres per ?lay. Nearly all arc drawn l?y four 1
horses.
le ?
Wkatiikk am> Cuoi'stn" Akkavsas.?The Camt/
den llerald, ofthcGth inst.. says:
,, We have had rain in greatahiinduncc witliin
.. the last day or two, and from present appenranccs
we should jud^e that it wilLfTcotiliiitie for
several da vs to come. Takinsr cvcrytliinsr into
j t.'onsideration, the crops are much more pro
I tnising than could hn vu?heon anticipated. \\[o
I | shall make corn enonirh to supply the present
,! j inhabitants, and hav.t a considerable quantity
,1 j left to tno.yl the wants of emigrants. _ 4'
I isrv \ i..I. "A.
^/. |?. * !>>", inj; M?.m WHS
j. I?y n sun stroke about 11 w\:!ouk this inornint*,'
on Kust I Jay, near Lodifjr Alley. lie was im*.
mediately conveyed to tin; Guard Iloitsc where'
prompt modii-nl nit! was rendered. Itisl>op<xp
thai ilu-,.eliVet may nut prove fatal, as the ca^j
Lt i <liil notji?i'osent all the usual rtlnrniin^ sympL
Thi- is tlie fir^t- case of tlie kind we hnvo
, I Ward of thi* Sanson, ami perhaps this yrn*
| superinduced l?y sonic imprudent conduct.
' Though the weather is very hot, perhnps- tho
L warmest we have had this reason,
j. L'hurlrxton iVWo*, August 3.
t "I'r.o Ri.avkby" l\\ri:r. ix Faci.A^.?llife
s York l>ny Hook publishes the prospeetiia o?3^ii
Knglish newspaper, in ho Called tlio "Maitches"
tor Cotton I'ress," the first number of whieli
will make its appearanoc in November next* It
is intended to represent tfco cotton interest of
if which Croat Britain is the-centre, and is cat?l>J
Wished by gentlemen euiinected with the Yartk
ott3 hraijeliea of the cotton 3*trnde. Ifc^will also
t discuss tlio negro question and"" "the mitnro'oT
- the negr< nuifcpd inVestigntc the taws of his wisrf
i and Immune government.* '* *
i
i Pkahis.?A great many pearl gatherers have
i been disappointed. Many who had gupnopcd
t themselves fortunate, have afterwardk found
u that their pearls xryt'S frealy valueless. A sir^pll
> lot were sent to us tlio other day J^y a sulwerwiv
s ber. wit a request that we would jell tfi'eni foi^T"
4i.A *. ; 11 - t ___ ? ? ?
a mu niu>t ^miiu guu wll iii ci 111 tv jyg cqluu
e getI next to nothing for them. * hebt^ let tnrt
- clam's and mussels live, and'turn your hand U>
I some regular hu-ducat , ^
s AT. V. Journal of Commerce.
I Dnvrt? of .Ti pgr Shrrrf.k.?Judge Settle died
u at his residence. 111 HockingJinrii county*, on tlio^
s 5til instant. Ho lifts filled several offices oiF&*
importance in this State. He represent^}.' in
I Congress What Br rtow known as the 5tU Dis
trict; also occupied a scat in otir State fifei*luturc
for a number of j'ears ; and until ijyfrw
r yean post, lie discharged the d titles of a Wtdpo
i of the Superior Court of Xorth Carolina, which
s oilice he resigned on account of had heiJtht
e * 11 reStern Dnuotrbt.
L " ?
l[KLA\ciiogvi.CAStrAf/rr-?As Lieut- ArfTnfr P.
f Gail lard, of tlio Charleston i'olice, was TcnfHiwj
5 iroiu tiie winnuv 01 11 hum8u, w?hmo iivwhsoii
duty, a pistol, which ho carried In tlicr left inside
brciwt pocket of his cout,?fellirpon tLe sill
of the window. Tho ball qritered hisridB^lc,
i passed up aud through thottcl tiling. Thw*tva4
J on Tiiiirsday evening. LieakOal!nrtt>lirtc(ifu^
until MBny. nt 11 o'clock n. fn.j fit w}|iat\Wom.
t he di^f^Cftarlettmi Uctcury* *"**
; Baton Asfc^Vocxa .?Tho VTashitrgto^''.'obVr'A- wJfr
f pondont of tb^Couricr and EnqnirorrWdntidn? "
a report ptflKnUt Washington,', flliif Ifriff'Iiam
Young Hds writtenHo the <yr^aidctit* fi.
forming him tlmjkhc will^ roci'Ive^^luaa'eVaor'
with pleaanre, nnU lyjfne .has Uft'l in/m<8r#>
tion of roaiatiBg tU? jiTp) ltfVa'wIfciflEgMFjr
; XSmEK
. It iS^'urionijwIl thk^n the "first-Tffritorial
IxtgfalatdKTOf^ATflbftWC thg nm>ufr?Wtiriih
of^htt body; otlbcSoVfate. yttu eoimWidW*i>ft? v
[ mcmbei*. JnmcsTitus srtt nlOnft in dWllWujljlf'
' and deeiduJ^^ the
aT^^rt ^SJafW&s'
i ifcsatrtuts>c6T>a^?B?ott tW?^lWU> ,
k'm, It ipiwn thra?r#lW*?-?
ih T?ww. of *K61tfW4r*3n .
in San An?o,f, Uiere
Hkmttr t?ar o)i ul