The Constitutional Union,
DKS ARC, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1G, 1SGU.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS.
Fort Suit*.—Arrives Lore Mondays and Thurs
, at ~ I’. M. Leaves Tuesdays aud Saturdays
atlO P M.
IKastkrn Mail.—Arrives by river Tuesdays and
Fridavs at 6 A. M. Loaves Mondays aud Thurs
days at 6 A. M- •
Rb,rct.—Arrives Tuesdays at 6 P. M. Leaves
Mondays at 7 A. M.
Brownsville.—Arrives Saturdays at 6 P. M.
Lnavas Fridays at 7 A. M.
Cotton Plant.—Arrives Saturdays at 11 A. M.
L,a,es same days at 1 P. M.
A Des Arc Enterprise.
While at the landing the other day, we noticed
% one of the finest models of a steamer that it has
been our fortune to sec for many a day. I pon
inquiry, we were gratified to learn that it was a
»* home institution," built to run as a ferry be
tween Des Arc and the Surrounding Ilill. She is
christened the “ Tom Sugg,” and is under the
command of our enterprising townsman, Capt.
Harvey, with II. T. Harrison as clerk. She was
built in Cincinnati, by Messrs. Johnson, Morton
i Co., under the supervision of Capt. llarvey, at
» cost of $7,500. We understand it is as yet un
certain whether she will run as a ferry or packet,
but in either case, she has our good wishes for her
success.
Discovery of Gold.
While we are going to press, the report is piTv
Ialent about town of the discovery of Gold by the
workmen engaged at the Artesian Well. The ex
citement occasioned by this rumor is easier imag
ined than described. Several small pieces Lave
been dug out which are pronounced by those posted
in such matters the genuine stutf. Should it prove
to be so, the vein is a rich one.
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State Intelligence.
The Madison Pioneer says that The Journal of
that place is about to be removed to Harrisburg
Poinsett county.
From the same paper we learn that the opera
tions on the Railroad are progressing rupidly
and that the bridge across the *Sl. Francis is well
nigh completed.
An altercation occurrod the other day in Hel
ms between Messrs. Km. Weatherly and Monroe
Hogan, in which the latter was dangerously
nabbed.
We learn from The Pine Bluff Independentthat
the gin house of Mr. F. McGregor of this county,
wjth about sixty bales of cotton, was accidentally
burnt on Thursday night last. Estimated loss
f.'iOOO or $(>0o0.
We learn from the Chicot Press that the con
tract for building a good bridge across bayou
(IbrutV on the Hamburg Railroad has been let out ;
tu Messrs. Herod and McGinty with the prospects
of speedy completion.
Fihe is Eldorado,—The dwelling of Mr. It. j
K. Cornish, says The Eldorado Bulletin, in the !
western surburbs of our town, was entirely con- j
mined by fire on Tuesday night last. The fire j
broke out about 11 o'clock, in the kitchen, near i
the main building, and in a very few minutes af
ter it was discovered, the buildings were wrapt
in flames, tiome little of the furniture and other
valuable articles were saved, but by far the
larger portion was consumed. It is doubtful
whether the fire was the work of an incendiary 1
or of aedidedt.
The Helena Shield says : We understand that j
the sum ot £”>,000 has been subscribed towards
the establishment of a female college in this
city. It is proposed to go on and erect the
necessary buildiugs as soon as the sum of 5-8,000
\» subrcriWd. The object is a most lauable one,
and we trust that the required amount may be
speedily subscribed.
RIVER COLUMN.
MEMPHIS AND WHITE RIVES PACKETS.
Acacia Cottage, Capt. Disrnukes,
Haz*l Deli., Capt. R. Rees
Taiilkui ah, Capt. Jno. Woodburn.
FiioNTir.it Citt, (.'apt. Houston.
NEK ORLEANS AND WHITE RIVER PACKETS.
Camuku, Capt. Sam. Taylor.
Iatas, Capt. 11. S. Eaton.
NEMI WEEKLT MAIL BOATS ON WHITE RIVER.
KROM NAPOLEON TO JACKSONPoKT.
Sam. Hale—Capt. C. W. Coles—arrives at Des ’
Arc on Fridays, from Napoleon, and touches here
for her downward mails on Mondays, from Jack
•onport.
Kanawha Valley—Capt. W. B. Price—arrives
at Des Arc from Napoleon on Tuesdays, and touches
here again on Thursday! for her dow nward mail*,
from Jacksonport.
The river at this point is falling, with three and
a half feet water in the channel to the mouth, and
three feet from here to Jaeksonport.
The Memphis and White river packet Masonic
Gem, Capt. Pillsbury, passed up Tuesday, and
returned on Wednesday, Her clerk has our thanks
for copies of Memphis papers.
1 he regular mail packet Kanawha Valley, Capt.
1*. 11. Price in command, and Arthur Harrison
clerk, passed up on on Tuesday morning, and re- I
turned down yesterday. The Valley is a fine boat,
her officer* gentlemen, and is worthy the patron- :
age uf an appreciating public. To her elerk we I
are indebted for late papers.
The fine steamer Gen. Pike, Capt. Pete Flem
ing in command, and C. B. Mayo clerk, arrived at
this port on Sunday last, from Memphis, and re- ,
turned the same evening. We are indebted to ,
her gentlemanly clerk for full files of Memphis
and New Orleans papers.
The regular mail packet Sam Hale. Capt. C. W. I
Cole* in command, and W. F. Briscoe in the office, I
passed down on Monday last, and is due this ■
morning. The Haje is a good boat, and should
be well patronized. We are under obligations to
her clerk for river favvirs.
The fine freight and passeuger packet Frontier
City, Capt. Houston, and 11. C. Beuham in the of
fice, passed up last Monday, from Memphis, and
arrived here on her downward trip, for New Or
leans, yesterday. She took on board aiwe cotton
at this point. Her clerk w ill accept ottr thanks
for late papars.
We are under obligations to the gentlemanly
officers of the Acacia Cottage for late papers.
The New Orleans and Louisville packet Allan- i
tic, Capt. McGill, recently achieved an unparall
eled run on the Mississippi. She run from New
Orleans to Hard Times, 1548 miles, in twenty-four
hours The best run ever made on the western
waters. She beat the brag twenty-four hour run
of the famous J. )j. White fully seventeen miles,
and beat the Eclipse and Shotwell about eleven or
twelve miles. This stamps her, in point of speed,
the champion of the western waters.
Another Stemboat Disaster.—Wc learn from
a Memphis paper, that the stern-wheeler Ellen
Gray, w as run into at Hurricane Island, in IheOhio
river by the steamer Arkansas, and cut almost
entirely in two. The Arkansas had a barge in
two, which first struck the Gray and tore her
upper works to pieces—the bow of the Argansas
striking her hull and utterly demolishing her.
Xhe sank instantly, but, very fortunately, no Jives
were lost. The Ellen Gray had a large cargo on
board, and was bound from Cincinnati to White
river. The boat and cargo will prove a total
loss. The Gray was owned by hercommander,
1 M'1 J. T, Johnson, and his brother. She was in
her fourth year and was worth fire or six thou
dollar*. r#rti*J!y ineured,
DES ARC PRICE CURRENT.
Corrected Weekly by A. Stew.v* & Bro s.
Kentucky Ragging, 7 @ 18
Indian Bagging, 6 @ 17
Bale Rope, 9 («} 10
Beeswax. ft., ;0 fa., 25
Bricks, M„ Jg.O fa', 7 00
Brooms, dozen, 2>° (a 0 00
Buckets, painted, *55 dozen, 2&0 0 00
Butter, ft., 20 (S\ 25
Bar Iron, 6
Bar Soap, ft., 8
Castings, G
Copperas, lb., 10
Coffee, Rio, 00
Chocolate, 121
Gaudies, tallow «t ft , 17
Star, ^ 28
at >«j
Cordage, Manilla. 12lg 20
lhick«ns, ^ dozen, 50 (5> 3 00
!\orn’ , 90 (a, 1 00
Wrn Meal, bushel, 90 («; 1 10
Diugs and Dye bluffs.
>lum, %1 lb., 8 @ 15
Bumstone, G faj 10
Su*PLor. 76 g 80
'Iaf,er- 20 g 25
jndl*'> , 1 25 fa, 2 00
&«da, , C., 8 g 12|
Sal&rats. nr'
Egga, ^ azen, o-, C 30*
r.|»", ¥ M- 7 | 7 M
Hour, ]<Wbs., in sacks, 3 75 g 4 00
leathers tfh 55 g GO
Beet Hides, \ ft., 8 g 10
Fruits— w
Apples, r$i bd,..dried, 1 00 (S' 1 25
1 eacl.es, W, dried, 1 00 fa, 1 25
Raisins. bd 8 50 g 4 00
I iSeVbtr* H‘ard’ V *** 7 25 fe ‘ M
Lime, ^ bbb. 1 75 (w, 2 00
Lead, bar, £ lb., 8 U 10
Ginger, £ lb , 11 g 15
German bteel, 18 X
15. btCtl, 1 A y s
n * c* i 10 04 00
Cast Steel, « H ....
Hollow Ware, ? gal., 12ig 16
Meats— ‘ w
Canvassed Hams. ^ IQ
Plain Hams. lb., it- A JM
Shoulders, *^1 tb., |.» A
Middlings, ^ lb., JJig JJ
Bulk PorkV lb., „g 2u
Pork, fresh, ^ -
Beef. V lb ft U 6
Paints and Oils,
Linseed Oil, ^ gal., j 00 ^ , 0
P1- 2 25 (a, 0 00
Lard Oil. ^gal.. 1 25 (a) 1 50
\\kuc Lead. cag. o 50 3 00
vC".VSi-wV' i! s
aAm. tp *»
Molasses, gal., 46*!g 55
Sugar, Brown,lb., j, 1,>A
Loaf ^ lb. 15 <g idf
Crushed, %Ub, 12*ta 15
Pepper, ^ lb., ftfg 15
Lice 7 5c «
Salt— ^ 8
Liverpool fine, per sack, i* f ) 0 0q
Liverpool coarse, per sack, 1 .' 0 qq
Starch, Pearl, W ];
Spice, ’ ,
Tobacco, common.
Tobacco, Honey Hew,
Tobacco. Fine Virginia,
Tea, %< lh.,
Tallow, ^tt lb..
Whisky, gal.,
The inside column represents the cash (p ^
the package. The outside column represei, jIllC.
prices in small lots.
DES ARC COtToN MARKE1
Friday, November
The Cotton market is dull, anil prices ba.
maintained—our merehaics holding back,
firm of Stewart & Bro.’s have bought since t
last issue (the 3d inst..) HO bales, at prices ran
ing from 0@10^c, according to quality; Messr
Robinson A: Branch, 70 bales, of which tin
bought 29 at 9 3-4c@H)J ;W. B. Crocker & Co., 1
bales, 27 of which they bought at 0 3-4(5)lOJc.
An Express Agent Auiested for Embezzle
ment.—Henry Clay Dyet is the name of a young
man who has been employed forsoine time asagent
of the St. Louis and Releville Express. He was
formerly in the employ o'the Ohio and Mississppi
Railroad, but was discharged for dishonesty. Yes
terday he was brought itlo the city in custody of
some detectives exploycl in Tunnecliffe s Detec
tive Agency, on thechage of robbing or embez
zling SllKtO from the Deleville Express—of which
Mr. John P. Majors is tie owner. The facts are
these : About one rnonti ago Mr. Majors intrusted
to his charge a packagecontaining $1(X>0, marked
“ R. Hinckley. lJellevilh,” and he told him to put
it in the bottom of a capct bag, and then put the
carpet sack in the betom of a trunk—used for
conveying packages—nul send it to Mr. Ilinck.
ley. after delivering tie key up to the baggage
master. Dyer sent tie trunk as directed, but
when it arrived in Deleville, the money was not
there, and the condition arrived at was that Dver
had never sent it. H< was not arrested, however,
but continued in the -niploy of Mr. Maj* rc, the
latter saying but littlcabout it. hoping that Dyer
would explain the matter satisfactorily. He
failed to do so, and Moreover left the city for a
week or two. saying L some of bis friends that he
did not wish to staywhere everybody was sus
picioning him. Ourinformant says that no one
had then troubled hru, and his own conscience
must have been the'.nly accuser. His leaving
him in this manner oused Mr. Majors to order
him to be arrested, ihich was done a day or two
since tit some point last. He will be examined
to-morrow on the chrge. [St. Louis Bulletin.
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South Carolina Monf.v.—Prom one to two
and a half per cun is the rate at which South
Carolina funds can op disposed of in the money
market, nsweare tod hy gentlemen well-informed
on the subject. Tbs is a decline in the last few
days of a half to tio per cent, only, and we hope
for the sake of all tat it may become no greater.
The South Carolint banks have always been in
high repute amonguisincss men, and, from good
authority, we leant hat they are up to this mo
ment regarded as tie most safe and solveritinsti
tutions of the coutry. It would indeed be a bad
beginning if the sme mail that borne the invita
tion from South (trolina to the other Southern
oiztien iu mu ncr jmu iuu uvngiug ui »
separate Confodexcy, should also bear the news
that they must thrw away twenty dollars of every
hundred of her orreney they might happen to
have about them. The public need no such re
straints on their Jmpathy with secession as a bad
fall in the fund of the leading secession State.
A disruption of te Government is odious enough
without any sucbidditional irritant, and it will
of course be thepoliey of every man who places
a proper estimat upon the value of commercial
confidence, to dorhat lie can toward preserving
it. Good judge pronounce the Carolina money
safe, both now *d prospectively; and we record
the fact as onoof the items tending toward a
restoration of ti somewhat impaired commercial
confidence. [Memphis Enquirer.
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Siiootino rtRAY—A Man D.ANOFRorsLT
Woes of.n.—Oifuiturday night an affray occurred
in the barber sip of the Lafayette Hotel at Oi
ford Mississipf which caused intense excitement
soon after, and ns been the subject of conversa
tion ever since. It seems that D. I*. Borroum and
a painter by thriame of White met at the above
place and got ito a quarrel about some trivial
matter. The <-n lie was passed, as it is alleged
by three or fouwitnesses who were present, and
immediately tlroaft.er the parties got into a scuf
fle. The witn ses state that Borroum drew a pis
tol and fired a White during the melee. White
reeled off, andras caught in the act of falling on
the floor. Broum went to his horse, hitched
near the hotejgut upon him and galloped ott in
the direction home. He was arrested at home
that night, a1 brought to town next day. On
Monday he w taken before a Magistrate and en
tered into a bid of $1,000 for his appearance at
the next ter of the Circuit Court, fined eight
dollars by tlnMayor, and discharged. The ball
struck Whioin the left groin, passed into the
body, and wttaken out near the upper edge of
the thigh bon The wound is terrible, but not con
sidered fataly the physicians.
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AnoLiTiojjJscKsniARtKS in Alabama..—The
MontgomerjMail, of the dOth, says: “ We yes
tardny- beariof two incendiaries who ha l been
tampering »h slaves. One of these was in Ma*
rengo count and the inhabitants were after him:
the other hi been caught after a chase, and
lodged in It sell jail. His name is Tom Cope
land, at)d Inbrags of what his friends had done
with fire anpoison in Texas. His days, we trust,
are number!, His effort* to incite insurrection
in Bussell tre hardly disguised, and are suscepti
ble of abutuut proof,’*
TUE NECESSITY OF LABOR.
The notion is false that genius can sustain ii
self without labor. All the great minds who hav
left their marks upon the history of the world
progress have paid for their success and notoriet
by the price of unremitting toil and labor. Nape
leon Bonaparte worked hard and incessantly, an
lias been known to exhaust the energies of sever:?
secretaries at one time. Charles Xll. of Swede
frequently tired out al! his officers. The Duke c
Wellington was the hardest working man in th
Peninsula; his energies never flagged. Milton
from his youth, applied himself with such inde
fatigable application to the study of letters thn
it occasioned weakness of sight and ultimat
blindness. The labor of Sir Walter Scott is ap
parent in the number of his literary productions
and it is evident to every reader that the inuuens
masses of general information which aboun
throughout his multitudinous works could onl
have been acquired by the dint of many year
hard study. Byron was in the habit of readinj
even at his meals. Luther made it a rule to trans
late a verge of the bible every day This soot
brought him to a completion of his labors, and i
was a matter of astonishment to Europe that, it
the multiplicity of hie other labors, besides trav
eling. he could find the time to prepare such i
surpassing work. Newton and Locke pursuet
their studies with tireless efforts, and Pope sough
retirement so that he might pursue his literal-'
operations without interruption and distraction
Industry is essential to all. By forming tin
habit ol doing something useful every day a mat
increases his own amount of happiness, and en
larges that of others about him. Many a one, bt
the judicious use of odd moments, those little va
cancies in every day life which occur to all, hav<
rendered themselves famous among their fellows
Nature is preserved in its proper working condi
tion by constant exertion ; and man, to keep in s
healthful condition of mind and hodv, must exert
his mental and physical faculties ; the constant
emolovment of the first will <riv„ „i.„
acter, so that it is capable of thinking on any
subject at any time, and by active bodily exertion
he preserves his health, fortune and worldly po
sition. The Marquis of Spinola once asked Sit
Horace Vere “ of what his brother died ?” •• He
died, sir, replied Sir Horace, “of having noth
ing to do. “ Alas! sir,” said Spinola. “ that is
enough to kill any general of us.” [Godey.
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A Phenomenon.—The Palestine (Texas) Advo
cate, of the 24th of October, has the following
statement:
About six miles from Jacksonville, on the road
leading to this place, we came across truly a
phenomenon, a few days since, as we were return
ing home. A large ditch was scooped out of the
bided a red mouutain, by a huge Volume of water;
rocks weighing several tons were torn from their
base and thrown a distance of twenty or thirty
teet; saplings were torn up by the root, every
thing gave way to the immense force of the wa
ter. 1 he trench commenced near the top of the
mountain on the north side, and there was no ac
cumulation ot water above the head of the ravine,
the grass and leaves were untouched, every thing
gnes to prove that it fell in a column at one place.
Some idea may be formed of the volume of wa
ter, when we say that it left traces down the side
ot the mountain by which we determined that it
was about thirty feet wide and ten feet deep ; de
scending at an angle ot about eighty degress it
swept everything before it. The main trench
washed out was about ten feet deep. Upon in
quiry in the neighborhood we learned from a Mr.
George that it occurred on the night of the 30th
September, and be described the night as one of
ten tie grandeur; the flashes of lightning followed
each other so closely that it was nearly as
light as day, and the thunder never ceased to roar
for several hours ; he was therefore unable to tell
us anything in reference to this phenomnon, ex
cept that the next morning it was found as we
have attempted to describe it.
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\V tiY Chiloiien Die.—The reason why children
die, says Hall s Journal of Health, is because they
are not taken care of. From the day of their
birth they are stupitied with food, choked with
physic, sloshed with water, suffocated with hot
rooms, steamed in bed clothes. .So much for in
door. When permitted to breathe of pure air.
once a week in summer, and once or twice during
the colder months, only the noise is allowed to
peer in daylight. A little later they ate sent out
with no clothes on at all on the parts of the body
which most need protection. Care legs, bare
“‘•ms. bare neck, girted middles, with anlnvcrted
ubrella to collect the air and chill the other
m -*• f aF t 1>» k a.J 4 . • . . . _ a_
f-- s» uivmi.., rii'znj' man j;ur^ uui
coM (1 ay with gloves and overcoat, woolen
•kings, and thick double-soled boots, with
’•Set ween and rubbers over. 1 tie same dav a
k of three years old, tin infant of flesh and
, and bone and constitution, goes out with
as thin as paper, cotton socks, legs uncov- -
•the knees, neck bare; an exposure which
.'disable the nurse, kill the mother out
Jtd make the father an invalid for weeks,
whie To harden them to a mode of dress
_ ey are never expected to practice! To
them to exposure which a dozen years
. Id be considered downright foolery! To
rals* *Jren thus fur the slaughter pen. and lay
*\1 ° 'h'r^’ *s to° bJl'T " e don't think the
fr ^n^t! ^ a ^a,l<^ '*• And to draw comfort
the'dc.l(T',umPl*on *bat he had any agency in
fanati n he child, is a presumption and pro
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. REC*i,.tter from an old resident of this
y, now jn H |e!l,Jing position in Chi
cago, 10,1,1 some sound sentiments, pithily ex
\ wiwo take the liberty of extract'..g,
although th (er ,V!ts oli]v prjvate ,t wiya.
. . 1101 *my thing to fear. it' only
rue o j sc k| j am fjopot'u] that after the pre
sent e ectton vep shp wj„ lliarapd nll isnis,Jel.
cop lat o U, amo„g its own members, and
■t tu.iinti nance, llniou among all the States. A
united South * ,-Ilion will bp ever powerful
.in< risputti . ijvided South out of the L’uion
would he weak ft|igtractej
J he suggest to. ,ie first
necessity of union !
in ttie south for . ,
... , . isoliaatmg its own .strength
within the Imon.i i
. . *1 as the means of strength
ening the l nnm-,i * f , 4 . .
T, h .. .. that of sound patriotism.
It comes well trout of oup own felloW-eitizens,
who, go,ng trom am. ,|g in(o the rcgion where
the anti-Southern fei • c,„ „ „ . - ..
. 4. tr is strongest, gives us the
counsel of a true an^ flien(J< witosefaith
tuluess and tntcll.ge^ *hwc qUMtion
_-ew Or cans Picayune.
A Nkw VakiktvIv^ tie Baton Ilouge
Gazette: “Since the gr^tormwhich t this
portion of the State at t n of ,he ,'nonll
the woods have been mfM wiJl a new vai.iet
of mosquitoes to such anJeIlt tal in laces ^
tear they are absolutely a, , (.att,e maj
They are a large, black, rarietv. givi
no buzz of the wtng. but PV-ingipon their vic
tims lull foremost, and not,,. akkpil ,ltr lmtil
they draw tlicir scruples «tVod. »be8e m08qui.
toes are not confined to any iicult iocalil ‘,mt
are generally distributed ovihu c,ln(r Jl() ,he
great annoyance of residents wcUi8 travelers
I Ins is their second apptaratn ,VI , .
Island storm they vistibd us r th first. filne.
1 hey are manners no d>ubt, bwn ln U8 from •
the eastern lakes.
“Murder Will Oct'-We letthe citi
zens ol Herando count-, Flortdi) oi Saturd-iv
last, hung Hamp, a sire belonging,, ,hc est''
of Albert Clarke, for ting the it,,iaUj cau9e
ot the death of Ins .niter. The confe88t,d
that he was promise- two hundfy|0uar9 hv
James Boyd (a step-sn of I he deeeayj) and Mrs
Clarke (the decendai's wife)—one teidred dol
las respectively as i compensatiotfor Uking
the life of his mastetand that he cos,itted the
murder (as stated lit week) accord*],. -j-^e
Tampa Peninsula sis Boyd and Mrs.\ar'ke are
now in charge of thccople. closely gu.-rt,.,! • and
it is hoped, evidenf will he found f*tirienl to
convict them by la as accessories; Hi convic
tion of their guilt, ith the people, is ready a
fixed fact.- ‘ J
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Gov. Letcher oSkcessioii.—A corresjpdent
of the Philadelphh.edger says: “I havefeen a
letter from Gov. tcher. stating substa(ia|iv
that in view of imnute danger of secces^n at
the extreme Southhich result lie deplore he
is putting Virginiin a State of preparatio to
prevent anything^ force being brought toear
against secedingtates, by marching Govtri
ment troops throb Virginia, etc."
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Senator TooP and the Ladies,_The Cl
unibus (Ga.) Tir. of the 30th ult., says: “ Se*
at or Toombs woin the streets oi Coiumbus, o»
Saturday, the-ne cockade " given him hy'th
fair ladies of mtgomery. Go-1 bless them .
We are for thianda union with them, where
love, harmony 1 good feeling exists, but are op
posed to any >er sort of Union.” The night
that the SenaLspoke in .Montgomery many la
dies wore the m badge of secession.
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P?.RRiNor.BM> Java.—Here is a paragraph
from The St. <» Bulletin of Wednesday morn
ing—double led, ami as full of meaning as a
double-shottca/inon : “ We hereby take occa
sion to say t should The Republican again
think it proto impute the lie to this journal,
we shall regthc controversy as removed be
j yon-l the spl of newspaper discussion."
Cotton Bolls.—Several monster cotton stalk
have been reported by the press the present sea
e son, but the following gives the palm to Texas
s without doubt. The Brenham Ranger, of Octo
y ber 27, says :
' Mr. J. M. Glenn, who is overseer on Willi;
Randle's plantation, four miles from Brenham
brought to our office, on Wednesday last, a cot
* G>n stalk containing 1:J7 well opened bolls, him
b3 full grown unopened ones; and this in spit<
B of the unprecedented drouth that has prevailed
> Mr. Glenn challenges the State to show anythin)
etjunl to this. This gentleman informs us Ilia
1 he gathered thirty bushels of corn per acre, ant
8 will make a very good crop of cotton. The cot
ton throughout the country is opening very rap
’ idly, and will turn out a much greater yield that
8 was expected.
Few cotton stalks, in any section of the Soutl
’ are more gigantic than the following, reported
r by The Victoria Advocate, of October 27th :
We Lave been presented by our friend J. W,
i Rose, with a cotton stalk grown on his planta
L tion, a few miles from town, twelve feet sis
i inches high, and with the usual number ot
- branches, though of an unusual size. This cot
l ton stalk has grown to its present statue and pro
1 dueed bolls upon it, notwithstanding the unpre
- cedented drouth, and will enable strangers tu
’ form some idea of the extraordinary productions
of Texas. We understand that on some farms
! where the worms have not intruded, there will
be cjuite a yield of the second crop, if the frost
keeps off a few weeks longer.
Texas will come to be better appreciated as ber
population increases, and the luxuries of life be
come more abundant. It is yet a new country.
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Cct Out.—It is many years since I fell in love
with June Jerusha Skeggs, the handsomest county
country girl by far, that ever went on legs. Bv
meadow, creek, wood and dell, so often we did
walk, and the moonlight smiled on her meeting
lips, and the night winds learned our talk. Jane
Jerusha was all tome, for my heart was young and
true, and loved with a double and twisted love,
and a love that was honest too. I roamed all
over the neighbors farms. I robbed the wildwood
I bowers, and tore iny trowsers and scratched my
hands, in search of choicest flowers. In mv joy
ous love 1 brought all these to my Jerusha Jane ;
but 1 wouldn't be so foolish now if 1 were a boy
again. A city chap then came along all dressed
up in store clothes, with a shiny hat and shiny
vest, and a moustache under his nose.! lie talked
to her of singing schools, (for her father owned a
farm,) and she left me, the country love, and
took the new chap's arm. And all that night 1
never slept, nor could 1 cat next day, for I loved
that girl with a fervent love, that naught could
drive away. 1 strove to win her back to me, but
it was all in vain—the city chap, with the hairy
lip, married Jerusha Jane. And my poor heart
was sick and sore, until the thought struck me
that just as good fish still remained as ever was
caught in the sea. So 1 went to the Methodist
church one night, and saw a dark brown curl,
peeping from under a gipsy hat and I married
that very girl! And many years have passed
and gone, and I think my loss my gain ; for I
often bless that hairv chan that stole .lorn.
! sha Jane.
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SrnoEs Disk in tiii: Divers.—The heavy rains
of Thursday and Friday, caused a sudden rise in
our rivers on Saturday afternoon and night, and
on Sunday mofning there was twenty-two feet
water in the channel. The coal dealers along
the Mouongahclti, in view of the heavy rains,
took the precaution to secure their boats and
barges, so that when the rise came they were se
cured against material loss. Not so, however,
with all the lumber dealers along the Allegheny,
and as a consequence at considerable number of
ratts broke loose, some a distance up the stream,
which cither passed down the Ohio, or were bro
ken to pieces on the piers of the bridges which
span the Allephens opposite this city. Two or
three of this kind of craft were demolished on
(lie upper and railroad bridges, and one on the
suspension bridge, while some five or six passed
| on down. That part of the Allegheny known as
I “Barefoot was deluged during the early part of
I Sunday, hut by evening the river began to re
cede fast. Pittsburg True Press.
Knigiits of the Golden Circle.—Gen. Biek
ley. who signs himself " President American Le
gion. writes as follows to The Galveston New- of
the causes of his delay to cross the Mexican Dubi
con :
•• The recent failure of Gen. Walker in bis ex
pedition to Honduras, and the silence of our Gov
ernment in reference to the intervention of the
British, has caused many to fear that our take
would be more difficult than had been previously I
supposed. The difficulty of transporting large i
quantities of material and troops across the
country, and the approaching Presidential con
test, have all shown how necessary to success is
the element of time. Arms that ought to have
been at our rendezvous have not arrived, and
agents have to be sent in search of them. Corn
must lie shipped from the Ohio river, and the
lorce in this State simultaneously assembled. All
this is the work of time. To throw ourselves in
a body of 4<Xt or TOO men only across the river i
would insure disaster. This will not do—if 1 cross
it must be with every element of success in my
hands, viz: men, arms and material. We shall
cross at the earliest possible moment.”
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Statistics or Peiic.—A work on the geography
and statistics of Peru, by C. Daviln, condemarin,
lately a professor in the University of Lima, has
just appeared at Turin. We gather from it the
following particulars: The area of the republic
is 43,000 Spanish square miles. The population
is 2,">00,01X1, of which IXXtJXXi !ire descendants of
the Spanish emigration, 1,40ft.(XX.tare descendants
of the original inhabitants, and 2>X),0tXJ are black
and mixed. 1 he army consists of GOO men, and
the navy consists of eight, war steamers. The
governmental income averages about 1G,000,001)
piasters, and the expenditures lftJXMl.txxt. The
national debt is 44,000,000 piasters. Peru pos
seses enough guano to allow of the exportation
ot lOOJHXJ tons tor a period of 2">0 years,
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Important ie Tree.—The New York Times’
Washington correspondent of the 6th inst., says
at the special reijiiest of a uunilier of prominent
citizens of Georgia, the government has placed
the arsenal at Augusta in possession of the fed
eral troops, and also that the arsenal at Fayette
ville is to be occupied by a company of cavalry.
The World’s Washington correspondent says
that Gen. Harney lias left to assume the com
mand of the Department of the West.
In consequence of anonymous letters threaten
ing insurrection in Virginia, Gov. Letcher has
ordered troops to be ready to move at a moment's
not it;4*.
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Keeping Horsed' Feet and Legs in Order.—
If I were asked to account for horses' legs and
feet being in better order than those of mv neigh
bor, 1 should attribute it to the four following
circumstances: First, that they are shod with
few nails, so placed in the shoe as to permit the
foot to expand every time they move; second,
that all live in boxes instead of stalls, and can
move whenever they pleuse ; third, that they have
two hours daily walking exercise when they are
not at work: and fourth, that 1 have not a hcad
BtaH or trace-chain in my stall. These four cir
cumstances comprehend the whole mystery of
keeping horses' legs fine, and iheir feet in sound
working condition up to a good old age.
[Miles.
Life and Death.—Life and death ; what awful
words, yet how lightly they drop from the lips.
We utter them as if we had not constantly before
us the solemn warning that “ In the midst of life
we are in death.” We wander among the high
ways of our mortal existence, either heedless or
unconscious that we are pursued by a shadow
which will go wherever we go. Wrapt up in our
selves. we adore the present, regardless of the fact
that, however glittering it may appear, to our
senses, it is wreathed in mists that spread disease,
and pain, and death on every side of us.
*• Floating down the current of time to the tomb,
We hallow too much the tlowers on its side.”
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“Mercery,” of The Baltimore Sun, writes:
“ Mrs. John C. Calhoun, relict of the distinguished
Senator from South Carolina, has been for some
time on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Clemson,
near Bladensburg. She leaves to-morrow for her
Southern home. Mrs. Calhoun is now sixty-eight
years of age, with an eye scarcely dimmed by age,
cheerful in conversation, and refers with pleasure
to her many valued associations during former
residences in Washington and Georgetown. The
lady of the departed statesman does not choose to
trouble herself with politics, and within the past
few weeks she has wrought, and exhibits to her
friends, a large and splendid curtain of crotchet
vork. done with her own hands, ‘and without the
dd of glasses,' adding that ‘ this was but the first
o’ ten which she has undertaken.’ ”
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In a recent latter Gov. Brown, of Georgia,
says that State claims, as her southern boundary,
a straight line from the mouth of Flint river to
Ellisott's Mound. No property south of thnt will
be considered as belonging to Georgia, or having
* jus; claim upon her protection.
3 Gen. Shields and Mexico.—In The San Fran
- cisco Herald of the 28th tilt., we find an interest
, ing sketch of a lecture on Mexico, delivered b
- Gen. Shields in San Francisco, the evening previ
ous. Some of the views he presented may b
* gathered from the following extracts :
*• What is the policy, or rather, what is the dut;
' of this country with regard to Mexico ? The tim
| is at hand when our Government must come t
1 some determination on this subject. Our genera
policy is non-interference; but cases may aris<
where such policy would be very unwise, not ti
say criminal. Mexico must be saved to Christian
ity and civilization. This is a work that will havi
to be done by some power. The first obligatioi
rests on us, because God has placed us at the heat
of the nations of this continent. Our position it
this respect is an exalted one; but exalted posi
lions impose corresponding responsibilities
Power is a great trust to be exercised with justiet
and moderation ; but the trust must be exercised
When God enthrons a nation or an individual, noi
to act is to abdicate. Mexico needs guidance ant
protection. Our position enables us, our dutj
enjoins us to euteud her both. By thus acting]
we will save a splendid country, and on the wholt
a simple, amiable, people from impending ruin
1 he United States has her Indies as well as Eng
land. Our Indies are the Spanish countries south
of us; but our mission is not to subjugate and
enslave those countries, hut to regenerate ami
protect them.”
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Insurrection in Currituck, N. C.—A gentle
man, who has just returned from the lower coun
ties, informs us that a slave insurrection has tak
en place in Currituck county. The particulars,
as far as we have been able to ascertain them,
are as follows : One morning last week a gentle
man ot that county found that all his slaves had
lett his place, with the exception of one boy, who,
on being questioned, stud to escape punishment
for some negligence, informed his master that the
negroes hail gone off with some Irishmen, employ
ed on the A. A; C. canal, for the purpose of gain
ing their treedorn. The gentleman immediately
informed his neighbors, who hastily collected and
went after the fugitives. They found them en
camped near the canal, and attacked them. In
the fight which ensued, two of the villainous in
stigators were killed, and a number of the com
batants were wounded. After a desperate resist
ance, the party was captured and lodged in the
Currituck jail, Gatesville Family Visitor.
Oir. \\ ell in Kentucky,—The Owensboro,
Democrat learns from a gentleman who resides in
Calhoun, Mcl.onn county, that oil wells similar to
those recently discovered in Pennsylvania have
been found in McLean county, A New York
company have leases upon immense tracts of land
over there, and have opened one well upon the
plantation of Dr. .Mayo, which satisfied those en
gaged in the oil business that there is an inex
haustible amount of pure oil under the whole
range of hills along Long Falls creek and Green
river. Where the well spoken of is located there
is a tar spring and this fact led to the discovery of
me oh. me oil was tounu beneath a rock thirty
nine feet in thickness and was forced to the sur
face by the gas as soon as reached. The compa
ny are making preparations and erecting build
ings and machinery for the manufacture of oil.
We are informed that the oil comes out of the
earth perfectly clear of any mixture, and all that
is necessary fur its use is a clarifying process. It
burns well aud makes a good light in its crude
state.
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Tiie Kecaptuuko Africans.—The Washington
correspondent of the Journal of Commerce slates
that the Government has refused to receive the
recaptured Africans who were sent to that colony
lrom Key West, and who were captured by our
cruisers and landed at Monrovia in August last.
The number of Africans thus landed is about
twetito-four hundred. The American Coloniza
tion Society have a contract with the Government
to take charge of till these Africans for one year
tor the compensation of one hundred dollars a
head. But there is some trouble with the Liber
ian Government, which refuses permission for the
negroes to remain in its territory or under its
protection without the same compensation which
the Colonization Society is to receive. The Col
onization Society will endeavor to arrage the mat
ter by a compromise. They would rather, it is
said, relinquish their entire amount of compensa
tion to Liberia than that the benevolent object of
the Government of the United States should be
frustrated. If the negroes are turned adrift they
will perish.
Curious Ai.i.kuek Discovery in Flower Cul
ture.— It is said that ex-.Mayor Tiemann, of New
York, at his paint factory at Mahottanville, has
accidentally made a discovery which threatens to
revolutionize horticulture. One of the factory
hands having thrown some liquid green paint of
a particular kind on a tlower-bcd occupied by
white anemones, the flowers have since made their
appearance with petals green as grass. The
paint had in it a peculiar and every penetrating
chemical mixture, which Mr. Tiemann has since
applied, with other colors to other plants, annu
al, biennial, and of the shrub kind—the result be
ing invariably that the flower took the hue of the j
liquid deposited at its roots. By commencing
experiments early next year, during seed time,
and applying different colors, we shall no doubt
soon be enabled to ••paint the lily," which was
Solomon's ambition.
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Tiie Becaptureti Africans.—The Washington
correspondent of The Journal of Commerce states
that the Government has refused to receive the re
captured Africans w ho were sent to that colony
from Key West, and who were captured by our
cruisers and landed tit Monrovia in August last.
The number of Africans thus landed is about
i!,4uO. The American < 'olonization Society have a
contract with the Government to take charge of
these Africans for one year for the compensation
t»f $100 a head. But there is some trouble with
the Liberian Government, which refuses permis
sion for the negroes to remain in its territories or
under its protection without the same compensa
tion which the Colonization Society is to receive.
I he Colonization Seciety will endeavor to arrange
die matter by a compensation. They would
rathcr.it is said, relinquish their entire amount
if compensation to Liberia than that the benevo
lent object of the Government of the United
■Bates should be frustrated. If the negroes are
:urned adrift they will perish.
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Cotton Crop in Notiter.n Mississippi.—The
)xford Mercury of Thursday last says:
A gcDtlenian just up from Bolivar county gives
is a cheerful account of the cotton crop. To use
lis own language, “an acre of ground is just as
rood for a bale of cotton this year as a sixpence
s for a ginger cake in Bolivar.” No sort of land
•iLii lio n hit hum'll fVn* tlmt l i OV II /tl*n n<l, iln I
nany plantations are actually selling for $75,
while the holder is perfectly indifferent about
telling. One gentleman,he says, who works only
sixteen hands, will make 250 bales thisyear; sup
pose these bales bring $(J0 each, the product of
rixtccn hands one year is $15,000. Many plan
ations work one hundred hands; at the above
•ates one hundred hand would earn $90,000; and
his will give you some idea of planting cotton in
he Mississippi bottom.
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Potato Crop of Iowa.—The potato crop of Io
wa for the year 1800 is astonishing, The yield in
tome instances, it is stated, comes up to 400 and
><X> bushels to acre, and the general average is not
nuch less than 200. The quality of the potatoes
is better than usual. It is not uncommon to find
'hem weighing a pound each, and some three,
our and even five pounds. Not a sign of rot or
mpcrfcction has been discovered. So plenty and
iheap have they been, that many loads were sold
it ten cents per bushel, No danger of starving
u Iowa at these figures!
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Another Revolutionary Soldier Gone.—The
loble little band of heroes and patriots who plant
id the tree of liberty on the western continent are
slowly, but surely passing from among us, and ere
long the last link that now connects the present
with the past will have bten sundered. One of
these old heroes has recently deceased in Georgia,
>f whom The Dalton Times says; “We learn that
Mr, Thomas llames, of Murray county, died on
Tuesday morning last, at the advanced age of
180. He fought through the revolutionary war,
ind could tell many thrilling incidents connected
with the first settlers of this country, having be>n
i resident of the above county for the last twenty
ar thirty years. Peace to the ashes of the old
veteran.
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The oMest tree in the world, the historv of
which is known, is the sacred tig tree of Anaraja
poura, in Ceylon. It was planted by King Devin
ipiatissa, in the year 288 n. c., and its history
from that date is preserved by a mass of docu
mentary and traditional evidence, It was de
scribed by the Chinese traveler, Fa Hian, in the
year 414, and by t he earliest Europeans who visit
ed it, in about the same terms. It still flourishes.
Mid is an object of worship to the Buddhists of
the island.
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Gov. Letcher, of Virginia, reported on the
24tb ult. that four batteries would be at Richmond
during that week. He says that nineteen com
panies of cavalry are reported to him as being
organized.
- ! A Barisarian Plot to Massacre Christians.
- A letter from Tunis. (Barharv,) dated September
f 320th, contains the following item of newe: “There
' was a deep laid plot, extending over the whole
■ Regency, to massacre the Christians and Jews, a
; la Damascus. llusbegH. etc. It was set .on foot by
a Chereef, (descendant of the Prophet,) who
, landed somewhere on the coast with a party of
, followers, lie was oue of the ringleaders at Da
' iuaacus. and when the place became too hot for
I him, transferred his attentions to Tunis. The
, Bey gave orders that dead or alive he must have
" that Chereef. lie was taken, conveyed to Bardo,
(the Bey s palace.) and like the banners, liungon
, the outer walls. Various interesting episodes oc
t j curred—among others that of a Dervishe parad
ing about town in a cool undress, with marks on
his knees, crying that he intended to wade in
Christian blood up to those marks. Ho was put
in jail. The Bey went to Algiers to meet the
Emperor, and Monsieur Roche, the French Con
sul-General, went with him. He was conveyed in
a French steam frigate. The English sent a line
of-battle ship to take care of Tunis during his
absence.
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Storm on the Plains.—The St. Joseph Ga
zette, of the 31st ult., received news by the arri
val of the pony express of one of the severest
storms on the plains ever known. A note to that
journal, from Mobbell’s Crossing, dated October
2Bth, says; “The pony express has keen detained
here five hours, on account of one of the severest
storms ever known on the plains, at any season
of the year. The wind has blown furiously al^
day. Hail commenced falling at 10 o’clock, a.
m., and continued until 3 o’clock this evening,
since which the snow has fallen steadily, and
rapidly growing colder. Emigrant wagons line
the stations on every side, their cattle and wagons
suffering worse than in mid-winter. The cattle
train, above and below will undoubtedly sutler
severely, and great loss will ensue.”
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Sad and Fatal Accident.—At Brighton, last
week, at the well-known academy of J. S. Mosby,
Esq., in this county, a sad accident occurred, re
sulting latally to W. F. Allen, from New Orleans,
a student of the academy, aged sixteen years and
some months. One of the boys had been out
bunting, and ou returning threw his unloaded
gun upon the bed. ^ oung Allen took it up and
began going through some military manuvres.
While doing so Benj. Mosby, son of the Presi
dent, a boy of only eleven years, carue in with
his guu in hand. Allen soon brought down his
gun and gave the command to fire, aud pulled the
trigger. Thoughtlessly, and on the spur of the
moment, Benj. Mosby did the same thing, when
his guu went off", lodging the whole charge in
Allen's head, and causing his immediate death.
Allen was the only child of his Darents. the last
of a family of six. Considered in all its circum
stances, it is the saddest and most unfortunate
accident of the kind which we have ever heard,
the parents of both bovs have the heartfelt sym
pathies of the community. [Natch. Courier.
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I.itti.e Rock Railboad.—Silently and steadily
this important work progresses toward its final
completion, which is expected to be accomplished
by the first of January, 1802. The .Madison
(Ark.) Pioneer gives us the following informa
tion: “The work is progressing finely, both on
the bridge and on the grading. Mr. Richardson
one of the contractors, informs us that the bridge
is now safe from interruption by high water, and
will assuredly be finished by spring. We con
gratulate our friends of the village of Little Rock
on the chance ot their town heing speedily put
in connection by railroad with Madison. ’ Wait
patiently a year longer.-’
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Near Grasshopper Palls, Kansas, a famous
drove of wild horses is seen, but so fleet are they
that all attempts to capture the full-grown horses
are failures. The patriarch of the tribe is a
chesnut horse, somewhat larger than the Morgan
stock, and a mark for all pursuers, but has never
been overtaken, although a reward of five hun
dred dollars is offered for the capture of this
“Chesnut King.”
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Grain Receipts at Chicago.—The total re
ceipts ot corn at Chicago for tlie commercial year
1859 and *00 foot up 10.000,000 bushels against
receipts of 4,500,000 bushels for 1858 and -59, and
8,250,000 bushels for 1857 and ‘58. It is thought
probable that the receipts from the crop of the
current year will exceed 20.000,000 bushels.
Preparing for Action.—A letter from Charles
ton, South Carolina, dated October 18th, says:
“ Tlie tire companies are drilling every night, and
making other preparations for the coming disso
lution. South Carolina will secede if Lincoln is
elected.-’ All accounts go to show that the most
determined efforts are making to induce South
Carolina to lead off in the effort to dissolve the i
L nion and break up the Government.
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Disastkrocs Conflagration at Columbus, i
Onto.—We learn from The Cincinnati Commer- .
eial. says The Memphis Appeal, that the city of ,
Columbus, Ohio, was, on Tuesday night last, de
vastated by a terrible conflagration, the full ex- 1
tent of which was not known when the latest in- t
telligence was received. The entire block upon
which the Neil house stood, was destroyed, and
destruction threatened the adjacent blocks. The 1
city authorities of Columbus telegraphed to the s
city authorities at Cincinnati to send up several ,
steam engines, whieh were to have been immedi
diately dispatched by a special train over the "
Little Miami Railroad. 1
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Gins Burned.—The last Tensas Gazette men
tions the destruction of two gin-houses in that S
parish—one belonging to Phil. Doherty, Esq., 11
burned on the 19th ult., at w hich fire a negro man s
lost his life in attempting to save cotton ; the other r
belonging to Mrs. Elliott, on Lake Joseph, includ
ing the loss of fifty bales of cotton. The fire is 1
supposed to have been caused by an incendiary. r
The Gazette estimates the loss of cotton by the
late general storm 14 eight thousand bales, and
says there are very few places where the crop will
he equal to last year. a
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Verdict of an Alabama Jury.—They
lately tried a ntan in Alabama for stealing j,
hogs. The jury retiring to the woods to de s
liberate, came with the verdict, “Guilty of
hog stealin’ in the fust degree.” The judge
informed them they should have assessed the *’
value of the hogs; there was no degree in hog
stealing, and must bring in a verdict in a
•proper form.” Again the jury took to the T
woods, and after a mature deliberation, old r
3am Turner made out the following ‘form,’ C
LV11 It'll nil rofnrn lwt w*. miml. n
pomposity to the clerk, who read it aloud: F
l4\\e, the jury, pusilannermously doth find a
lie defendant guilty in the sum of one dollar
ind a half in favor of the hogs.”
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A Remarkable Escape—A Mother’s
Heroism.—On Monday, a little girl, (about c
four years of age) the daughter of one of our *'
jitizens, who lives near the Convent, acci- *'
lently fell into the cistern, about twelve feet 11
trom the surface. A lady who was near gave
the alarm, which brought the mother to the E
spot, who at once tied the rope around her t
body and jumped in. The rope being too t
short, it broke, and she fell to the bottom and a
found the child below the surface of the wa- r
ter, which was about three feet deep. In the j
meanwhile, assistance came, and both were
irawn up, when it was found that the mother N
was uninjured, but the child, it was feared. ’
was severely hurt. Medical aid was obtained, *
md we understand that the little sufferer ap
pcared to he somewhat easier, but no doubt it J
will be sometime before she recovers.
[St. Joseph Journal.
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Can Ref.cher Keep a Hotel?—A new e
hotel is being erected near the depot at Ad- i
»ms, Jefferson county, in which, it is said, a
Henry Ward Reecher owns §8000 interest. ,
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The Syrian relief fund, in Mew York,
amounts to §18.544 89.
It is stated that large contracts have been
made in Missouri for corn at twenty cents a
bushel. We doubt it.
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They have a mountain in Oregon, which the
settlers believe to be mass of silver, and worth
at a low calculation $.0»>ri,C>00,000! Claims are
100 feet front, and run to the top of the moun
tain.
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Tns entire cost of receiving the Prince of
Wales in Albany was but $513.
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Gen. Clark, who died in San F’rancisco on the
lith ult., had been in the army forty-eight year*.
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Tn the year 1859, England bad no fewer
than 1,500,000 depositors in savings banks,
and France upwards of 1^)00,009. ~ 1
ifEW8 ITEMS.
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) The capital invested in coal lands of Pennsyl
: vania. is said to be $324,000,000.
A rich man of Iloston has offered to find six
i teen scholarships of $250 a year etch, for poor
1 boy9.
. Steam communication lias been established
i between Norfolk, Virginia, and Washington,
1 North Carolina. . .
Late census returns show the population of tho
United States to be over 30,000,OX).
A correspondent of The New York Times, says
that Col. Rudler is treated very humanely by the
Hondurans.
An ordinance of the city of Memphis requires
all stores and saloons to be closed at eleven
o’clock at night.
Gen. Cass recently presented to a Methodist
Society of Detroit three lots of land, valued at
$3,000.
It is estimated that owing to the drouth, not
more than half a sugar crop may be expected in
Louisiana.
The District of Columbia Las now a population
of 75,000, having increased one-third part in the
last year.
The small pox is making sad ravages at Puerto
Principe, Cuba. Entire families Lave been swept
away by the loathsome disease.
The decrease of the import of coffee in New
Orleans this year, up to the 13th inst., is 14,325
bags, and of the stock 12,114.
Rev. Wm. S. Porter, of New Haven, Connecti
cut, Las been sued for slander by a voter whom
he charged with committing a fraud on the bal
lot-box.
A challenged gentleman at Trinity, California,
the other day, replied by tearing up the challeugo
and then caning the bearer. It proved satis
factory.
A it e a it i a *9 —
'/u iitv him vi iiv»ruiut:r iivvui uirci* iiiuui'S ui
snow fell in St. Joseph, Missouri, but melted
away very rapidly. More rain fell than for many
mouths past.
Albert Clark, a respectable citizen of Hernando
count}-, Florida, was brutally murdered by one of
his negroes on the 8th instant. The culprit was
executed on the 12th inst.
One of the Pony Express ridcr9 lately rode two
hundred and twenty-five miles in twenty-four
hours. Forty miles is the usual distance for oue
rider.
It is asserted that there have been more losses
of life and destruction of property by lightning in
Canada and the United States this year than any
previous one.
The Arkansas Baptist estimates the number of
Baptists in this State at 12,000. The Baptist has
a list of 2,000, and is not in its third year. This
is a pretty good beginning.
The steamer II. R. IV. Hill, running between
Memphis and New Orleans, exploded her boilers
on the 2d inst., between Vicksburg and the latter
place. Several lives were lost.
A young German lady lately came to this coun
try iu charge of Adams & Co.'s Express, under
an engagement to teach music at the South. But
she was seen, loved, courted, and won by a Ger
man merchant iu New York, worth $J00,000, and
the cards are out for the wedding.
Mr. Peter Howard, another one of Baltimore’s
defenders of 1814, died near Scrabble, Berkley
county, Virginia, on Wednesday of last week. Iu
compliance to his dying request, the Ilamtruck
Guards, of Shepherdstown, attended his funeral.
James and John Manley were killed in the tun
nel near Clarksburg, Virginia, on Wednesday of
last week, by the falling of a quantity of rock.
James Cunningham was very badly injured at the
same time, and is not expected to live. John
Buckly was also badly injured.
While Blondin was performing on stilts at
Troy, last Tuesday, he attempted to turn a sum
mersault, but the crotch that supported the rope
suddenly gave way, uud he fell amorist the seats
and the people below. He was considerably hurt
by the fall, and one of his arms appeared to bo
partially paralyzed by contact with the hard sub
stance of the back of a scat.
Col. Washington has written a letter of thanks
to Mr. Thaddcus Hyatt for using his influence so
successfully in securing the return of his pistol
which was presented by Lafayette to Washington,
and which was carried off by some of the John
Brown marauders.
The Washington correspondent of The World
says: ‘•General Harney has left this city to
assume the command of his department. In con
sequence of anonymous letters threatening insur
rection in Virginia, Gov. Letcher has ordered
iroops to be ready to move at a moment's
notice.”
A submarine telegraph has been successfully
laid down from the Island of Minorca to Algiers,
and is transmitting messages. The portion from
Minorca to the French coast is to be laid at once.
The new census taken in Spain gives the popu
lation of that country as 15,41)4,000. The area of
Spain, being 194,772 square miles, gives a den
sity of seventy-nine to the square mile, or about
one-third that of Great Britain. Madrid, with
"281,170 inhabitants, is the only city of 200,000.
The Washington correspondent of The New York
Times, of the 5th inst., says: “At the special
request of a number of prominent citizens of
Georgia, the Government has placed the Augusta
arsenal under federal troops. The arsenal at
Fayetteville, North Carolina, is to be occupied by
a company of cavalry.”
A German paper says that a wife has been
selected for the Prince of Wales. She is a daugh
ter of the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, a petty prin
cipality of the Germanic Confederation. The
future Queen of England has just turned seven
teen years. Doubtless II. |t. II. would prefer to
make his own selection.
The Pacific telegraph line was completed to
Fort Kearney on the 1st inst. It connects with
the Pony Express, saving from one and a half to
two days over the St. Joseph route. The Indians
along the mail route are quiet. Miners are
returning from Pike's Peak. Many are sick and
destitute.
The Roman Catholic Cathedral at St. John’s
Newfoundland, was lately entered by burglars,
and a massive silver chalice, a plate, and a can
dlestick, valued at $1,500 carried off. A similar
but ineffectual attempt was made upon another
church the same evening.
A gentleman in Ulster county, New York, has
raised a pair of horses, now three years old, one
of which is 19$ hands high, and the other 19|
hands high. They are both perfectly formed,
and are said to be the finest pair of horses in the
world.
Dr. B. Wood, of Nashville, Tennessee, (UtMto
have discovered a valuable alloy, which possesses
the characteristic of fusing 150“ Fahrenheit, a
much lower temperature than any other. It is
composed of from one to two parts of cadmium,
seven to eight parts of bismuth, two parts of tin,
and four of lead. By the addition of mercury,
the fusing point may be lowered to almost any
extent without impairing the tenacity of the
metal.
A most distressing accident occurred in Bcott
county, Iowa, a short time ago. The wife of Mr.
William Nellis being engaged in some household
duty at some distance away, left her two children,
aged two and four years at the house. The prai
rie was on fire near by, and the children, it is
supposed, attempted to go to their mother, when
tho youngest ono got caught iu tho fire, and was
i burned to death.