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Yolume XV. Number 47.
GALLIIOLIS, OHIO. OCTOBER 23, 1850.
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From the Louisville Journal.
The Response of America to the Greeting
The Response of America to the Greeting of Jenny Lind.
BY C. S. PERCIVAL.
I give thee a welcome, thou Bird of the
INortn.
To my green, sunny shores which
have waited thee long,
Where true hearts are beating that bow
to thy worth
For the Land of the Free is the Coun
try of Son?;.
Notes, sadly discordant, too long have
1 beard
From my brave-hearted sons, who
should ever agree;
But Discord is hushed at thy coming,
sweet Bird:
My sons are at peace they are list'-
ning to thee!
My spirit accords with the spirit of Song,
Ana minstrels gigantic await my
command,
The chorus they make floats sublimely
along.
Stil! sounding my praise in a sym
phony grand.
Niagara sings to my listening ear,
And the waves of two oceans make
music for me
Fit anthem for gods on Olympus to hear;
But I hear it-Dot now 1 am list'ning
to theej
GALLATIN, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1850.
A Female Army. The King of
Dahomey on Western Africa, has a
standing amy of 5,000 blacks, hall
of whom are females. The Kin?
takes great pride in his female army,
and they are selected with an eye to
beauty of proportions, and look, of
course, magnificent in their peculiar
uniforms. Marriage alone is for
bidden them. In all services requir
ing hardihood and intripidity, these
Amazons are said to be foremost and
successful.
How a Jackass became Respected.
Laku, King of $iam, being awaken
ed from sleep and saved from assas
sination by the braying of an -ass,
commanded, in theordor of his grat
itude, that all mankind should be call
ed asses. The story tells us that
whenever an ambassador from Chi
na came to the Siamese court, the
master of. ceremonies proclaimed
'.Most potent Laku, absolute Lord of
the universe, King of the white El
ephant and keeper of the white Ele
phant and keeper of the sacred tooth!
a great Jackass! from China Las
come to speak with your Majesty."
or
to
A Mfdical Duel. A quarrel be
tween a general officer and a physi
cian in Paris has provoked some lit
tle laughter. The learned professor
of the medical art feeing challenged
by the son of Mars, claimed the priv
ilege of choosing his own weapons,
and proposed that lots should be
drawn which of the two should
swallow a drachm of arsenic, plead
ing his perfect ignorance of the
small sword and fire-arms, to which,
of course, his adversary was duly ac
customed. The objection raised by
the seconds of the military man was
that the doctor was acquainted with
the antidotes and means of cure.
The reply was, that the challenger
was necessarily acquainted with the
probable nalnre of gun shot wounds,
who had great experience and skill.
Fortunately the friends interfered,
and the affair has been settled with
out poison, pistols, or poniards.
A uhest of Counterfeiters. In
formation of the arrest at Oquawka,
III,, of five counterfeiters, and of the
seizure of a large quantity of bogus
motley, was received by our police
yesterdy. St. Louis Intel., 10th.
, Ah, . toy good fellow,' said one
man to another, slapping him. famil
iarly on the shoulder, 'you're one of
the men we read off
How sof inquired the other.
Where did you read of mef
In the police report, to be surelV
The roan we read of drew his fist,
bat the ether was at a safe distance.
t
or
or
of
Fugitive Slave Bill.
AM AC! to amend and supplementary to
the act entitled "an act respecting fugi
tire, from justice and persons escaping from
tbe service of their masters j" approved Feb
ruary 12th, 1793:
Sec. I. That persons who have
been, or who may hereafter be, ap
pointed commissioners in virtue ol
any act of Congress by the circuit
courts of the United States, and who,
in consequence of such appointments
are authorized to exercise the pow
ers that any justice ol the peace
or other magistrate of the United
States may exercise in respect to of
fenders for any crime or offence
against the United States, by arrest
ing, imprisoning, or bailing the same
under and by virtue of the thirty
third section of the ad of tbe twenty-fourth
of September, seventeen
hundred and eighty nine, entitled
"an act to establish judicial courts of
the United States, shall be and are
hereby authorized and required to
exercise and discharge all the powers
and duties conferred by this act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the superior . court of each
organized territory of the United
States shall have the same power to
appoint commissioners to take ac
knowledgments of bail and affidavits,
and to take depositions of witnesses
in civil causes which is now possessed
by the circuit courts of the United
States; and all commissioners who
shall be appointed for such purposes
by the superior court of any organ
ized territory of the United States,
shall possess all the powers and ex
ercise all the duties conferred bv law
upon the commissioners appointed
by the circuit courts of the United
States for similar purposes, and shall
moreover exercise and discharge all
the powers and duties conferred bv
this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the circuit courts of the United
States and the superior courts of each
organized territory of the United
States, shall, from time to time, en-
arge the number of commissioners
with a view to reasonable facilities to
reclaim fugitives from labor,' and to
the prompt discharge of the duties
m posed by this act.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That the commissioners above named
shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with the judges of the circuit and dis
trict courts ol the United States, in
their respective circuits and districts
within the several States, and the
judges of the superior courts of the
territories, severally and collectively.
in term time and vacation; and shall
grant certificates to such claimants,
upon satisfactory prool being made
with authority to take and remove
such fugitives from service or labor,
under the restrictions herein con
tained, to the State or territory from
which such person may have escaped
or fled.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty of all mar-
hals and deputy marshals to obey
and execute all warrants and pre
cepts issued under the provisions ol
this act, when to them directed; and
hould any marshal or deputy mar
shal refuse to receive such warrant
other process, when tendered, or
use all proper means diligently to
execute the same, he shall, on con
viction thereof, be fined in the sum
f one thousand dollars to the use of
such claimant, on the motion of such
aimant, by the circuit or district
court for the district of such marshal;
and after arrest of such fugitive by
such marshal or his deputy, or whilst
any time in his custody under the
provisions ol this act, should sum
fugitive escape, whether with or
without the assent of such marshal
his deputy, such marshal shall be
able cn his official bond to be prose
cuted for the benefit of such claim
ant, for the full value of the service
labor of said fugitive in the state,
territory or district whence he es
caped; and the better to enable the
said commissioners, when thus ap
pointed, to execute their duties faith
fully and efficiently, in conformity
with the requirements ol the consti
tution of the United States and ol
this act, they are hereby authorized
and empowered, within their coun
ties, respectively, to appoint in wri
ting under their hands any one or
more suitable persons from time to
time, to execute all such warrants
and other process as may be issued
by them in the lawful performance
their respective duties, with au
thority to such commissioners or the
persons to be appointed by them to
execute process as aforesaid, to sum
moif and call to their aid the bystand
ers, or posse comitalus of the proper
county, when necessary to insure a
faithful observance of the clause of
the constitution referred to, in con
formity with the provisions of this
act; and all good citizens are hereby
commanded to aid and assist in the
all
or
as
so
or
as
prompt and efficient execution of
this law whenever their services may
be required as aforesaid for the pur
pose; and said warrants shall run and
be executed by said officers anywhere
in the state, within which they aie
executed.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That when a person held to service
or labor in any state or territory of
the Uniied States, has heretofore, or
shall hereafter escape into another
state or territory of the United States,
the person or persons to whom such
services or labor may be due, or his,
or her, or their agent or attorney,
duly authorized, by power of attorney
in writing, acknowledged and certi
fied under the seal of some legal offi
cer or court of the state or territory
in which the same may be executed,
may pursue and reclaim such fugi
tive person, either by procuring a
warrant from some one of the courts,
judges or commissioners aforesaid,
of the proper circuit, district, or
county, for the apprehension of such
fngitive from service or labor, or by
seizing and arresting such lugitive,
where the same can be done without
process, and by taking, or causing
such person to be taken, forthwith
before such court, judge or commis
sioner, whose duty it shall be to hear
and determine the case ol such claim
ant in a summary manner; and upon
satisfactory proof being made, by
deposition or affidavit, in writing,
to be taken and certified by such
court, judge or commissioner, or by
other satisfactory testimony, duly ta
ken and certified by some court,
magistrate, justice of the peace, cr
other legal officer authorized to ad-
ministeran oath and take depositions
under the laws of the state or terii
tory from which such person owing
service or labor may have escaped
with a certificate ol such magistracy
or other authority, as aforesaid, with
the seal of the proper court or offi
cer thereto attached, which sea
shall be sufficient to establish th
competency of the proof, and with
prool also by affidavit, ol the identity
of the person whose service or labor
is said to be due as aforesaid, thai
the person so arrested does in fact
owe service or labor to the person
or persons claiming him or her, in the
state or territory from which such
fugitive may have escaped, as afore
said, and that said person, escaped,
to make out and deliver to such
claimant, his or her agent or attor
ney, a certificate setting forth th
substantial facts as to the service or
labor due from each fugitive to the
claimant, and of his or her escape
from the state or territory in which
such service or labor was due, to the
state or territory in which he or
she was arrested, with authority to
such claimant, or his or her agent or
nev. to use such ieasonable
force and restraint as may be neces
sary, under the circumstances oi tne
case, to take and remove such fugi
tive person back to the state or terri
tory from whtnce he or she may
have escaped as aforesaid. In no
trial or hearing under this act, shall
the testimony of such alledged fugi
tive be admitted in evidence; and the
certificates in this and the first sec
tion mentioned shall be conclusive of
the right of the person or persons in
whose favor granted, to remove such
fugitive to the state or territory from
which he escaped, and shall prevent
molestation ot said person or per
sons by any process issued by any
court, judge, magistrate, or other per
son whomsoever.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted.
That any person who shall know
ingly obstruct, hinder or prevent
such claimant, his agent, or attorney,
any person or persons, lawfully
assisting him, her, or them, from ar
resting such fugitive from service or
labor, either with or without process,
aforesaid; or shall rescue, or at
tempt to rescue such fugitive from
service or labor, from the custody of
such claimant, his or her agent or
attorney, or other person or persons
lawfully assisting as aforesaid when
arrested, pursuant to the authority
herein given and declared; or shall
aid, abet, or assist such person so
owing service or labor, as aforesaid,
directly or indirectly to escape from
such claimant, his agent or attorney,
other persons legally authorized
aforesaid, or shall harbor or con
ceal such fugitive, so as to prevent
the discovery and arrest of such per
son, after notice or knowledge of the
fact that such person was a fugitive
from service or labor as aforesaid,
shall," for either of said offences be
subject to a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars and imprisonment
not exceeding six months, by indict
ment and conviction before the dis
trict court of the United States for
the district in which such offence
may have been committed, or before
he
to
ses
the
or
the
anr
the
the
be,
be
the proper court of criminal junsd.o
tion il committed within any one of the
the organized territories of the United
States; and shall, moreover, forfeit
and pay by way of civil damages to
the party injured by such illegal con
duct, the sum of one thousand dol
lars for each fugitive so lost, to be re
covered by action for debt, in any of
the district or territorial courts afore
said within whose jurisdiction the
said offence may have been commit
ted.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
1 hat the marshals, their deputies
and the clerks of said district and
territorial courts, shall be paid for
their services the like fees as may be
allowed to them for similar services
in other cases; and where such ser
vice are rendered exclusively in the
arrest, custody and delivery of the
lugitive to the claimant, his or her
agent or attorney, or where such
supposed fugitive may be discharged
out of custody for the wantoj suffi
cient proof as aforesaid, then such
fees are to be paid in the whole by
such claimant, hh agent or attorney;
and in all cases where the proceed
? r i- -
ings are neiore a commissioner, ne
shall be entitled to a fee of ten dol
lars in full for his services in each
case, upon the delivery of the said
certificate to the claimant, his or her
agent or attorney; or a fee of five dol
lars in cases where the proof shall
not, in the opinion of such commis
sioner, warrant such certificate and
delivery, inclusive of all services in
cident to such arrest and examina
tion, to be paid, in either case, by the
claimant, his or her agent or attor
ney. The person or persons author
ized 1o execute the process to be is
sued by such commissioners for the
arrest and detention of fugitives from
service or labor, as aforesaid, shall
also be entitled to a fee of five
dollars each for said person he or
they may arrest, and take before
any such commissioner as aforesaid,
at the instance and request of such
claimant, with such ether fees as may
be deemed reasonable by such commis
sioner tor such additional services as
may be necessari y performed by him
or them: such as attending at the exami
nation, keeping the fugitive in custody,
and providing him wilh food and lodg
ing during his detention, and until the
final determination of such comnis
sioner; mid in general for performing
such other dutips as mav be required by
such claimant, his or her attorney or
agent, or commissioner in the premises.
such fees to be made up in conformity
with the fees usually charged by the
officers of the courts of justice within the
proper disjrict or county, as near as may
be practicable, and paid by said claim
ants, their agents or attorneys whether
such supposed fugitives from service or
labor be ordered to be delivered to such
claimant!, by the .final determination of
such commissioner or not.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,
That upon affidavit made by the claim
ant of such fugitive, his agent or attor
ney, after such certificate has been is
sued, that he has reason to apprehend
that such fugitive will be rescued by
force from his or their possesions before
can be taken bsyond the limits of the
state in which the arrest is made, it
shall be the duty of the officer making
the arrest to restrain such fugitive in his
custody, and to remove him to the state
whence he fled, and there deliver him to
said claim nt, his agent or attorney.
And to tliia end, the officer aforesaid is
hereby authorized and required to em
ploy so many persons as he may deem
necessary to overcome such force, and
retain them in his service so long as
circumstances may require. The said
officer and his assistants, whi'e so em
ployed to receive the same compensa
tion, and to be allowed the same expen
as are now a lowed by law for trans-
portation of criminals, to be certified by
judge of the district within which the
arrest is made, and paid out of the treas
ury or the United btates.
Sec 10. And be it further enacted,
Tha' when any person held to service
labor in any state or territory, or in
District of Columbia, shall escape
therefrom, the party to which such ser
vice or labor shall be due, bis, her, or
their agent or attorney may apply to
court of record therein, or judge
thereof in vacation, and make satisfac
tory proof to such court or judge in nca
tion, of the escape aforesaid, and that
person escaping owed service or la
bor to such party. Whereupon the
court shall cause a record to be made of
matter as proved, and also a general
description of the person so escaping,
with such convenient certainty as may
and a transcript of such record, au
thenticated by the attestation of the
clerk and seal of the court beir.g pro
duced in any other state, territory or
district in which the person so escaping
may be found, and being exhibited to
judge, commissioner or otber officer
authorized by the law of tbe United
States, to cause persons escaping from
service or labor to be delivered up, shall
held to be full and conclusive evi
dence of the fact of escape, and the ser
vice orlatar of said person is due to the
partv in suoh record mentioned. And
upon the production by the said party of j
other am lurther evidence, if necessary,
either ora1 or by affidavit, in addition to
what is contained In the said record of
it
to
of
set
ble
are
identity of the persons escaping, ho
or she shall be de'ivered ud to the claim
ant. And the said court, commissionpr.
. . ,
juage or ower person authorized bv this
an u gram ceruucaies io claimants of
fugitives, shall upon the production of
the record and other evidences afore
said, grant to such claimant a certificate
ol bis right to lake an- such n-r-nn
identified and proved to be owing ser
vice or labor as aforesaid, which certifi
cate shall authorize such c aimant to
seize cr arrest and transport such per
son to the state, territor or district from
which he escaped: Provided. That
nothing herein contained shal' be con
strued as requiring the -production of a
transcript of such record as evidence as
aforesaid. But in its absence the claim
shall be heard . and determined upon
other satisfactory proofs, competent in
law.
Approved September 18, 1850.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
The Great London Fair of 1851.
This is the age ofgreat improvements.
The strife between nations now is. which
shall get up shows on the most gigantic
scale. Some years since, we remem
ber an exhibition ol arts and manurac-
tures at Paris, which occupied a vast
building and several acres of ground.
This display probably suggested to
Prince Albert the idea of a mammoth
British exhibition of arts, which is inten
ded to throw all previous spectacles, at
Pans or elsewhere, quite into the shade.
We perceive by the last arrival that
preparations for the great exhibit on in
London, next year, of the arts and man
ufactures of all nations, are still progres
sing with great energy. The cost of the
building to be erected for the show in
Hyde Park is rated, at the lowest esti
mate, at about S600.000. Not less than
250 plans were sent in from all quar
ters; and the one finally fixed upon is
believed to possess in the greatest de
gree the two capital requisites of conve
nience and safety.
The building itself will be a more cu
rious sight than anything it will contain.
Its sides and root are to be constructed
mainly of plate glass and iron.
cover 18 acres of ground; to be 100
feet high, and to contain 8 miles of ta-'
?.:.-!
ii is in
,rui
In
bles. 1.200.000 feetof nlto nU 94
miles of putter, and 9,0(XV00 pounds
of iron. I he original intention was to j
surmount the whule with a vast dome,!
larger than -'t Paul's, bul this has been ;
abandoned on account of the expense, '
which wotil'l be 870,000 additional. It '
is calculated that at least two millions of
people, from nil parts of the world, will
visit the exhibition in the course of six
during which it will remain open.
which at za cents, me proposed lee ot
i -n-ii o rr.." :
admission, will yield 500,000. Th is
.n.,M , i. . i a .- r d ;
would not be a bad operatio i for Bar-ii
num. All the British artizans and me-! 7
chnnics take a lively interest in the -how,
and are eager for on opportunity to dis-1
the products of their skill and labor
with those ofother nations. Prince Al
bert, the projector of the scheme, de
votes himself to it with a degree of ap.
plication and zeal, -which has called
forth the public approbation of Cnb-
den and other statesmen. Sir Rob
ert Peel was one of its most effica
cious promoters. Many of the lead
ing statesmen and nobles of Eng
land have also heartily entered into
the plan; and there is every reason
believe wi h such supporters, that
will be carried out on a scale not
unworthy of the vastness of the de
sign.
Liberal inducements are held out
foreigners to participate in andi
compete for the munificent prizes of
the exhibition. Every facility is af
forded for the safe conveyance of
their products, and one half of the
whole area, or nine acres, set apart
for their exclusive use. The prizes
are S 120.000 and will be awarded
without distinction of country. Ev
ery nation in Europe, not excepting
Turkey, is making preparations 'to
send to the exhibition of 1S5I their
rarest and most elaborate specimens
art and manufacture. Every
quarter of the world is also to be
represented there.
Among us large preparations are
making for contributions to the great
show of all nations, no less a space
than 80,000 square feet have been
apart lor the exclusive display of
Yankee Motions, which is more than
has been assigned to any other -coun
except France. We should be
glad to have our own countrymen
bear away the palm in this honora
contest, but we fear the British in
useful, and the French for the
ornamental departments, will give
them a pretty hard pull. Be the
result what it may, itjs certain that
these peaceful rivalries of the arts
the noblest which nations can
engage in. 1 hey are in all respects
preferable to the sanguinary and
brutal rivalries of war.
consideration,'
Tuhnelinq the A lps A Turin
letter to the editor of the London
Times, savs: "I am told that the
great project of piercing the Mount
Cents for a monster tunnel, has been
abandoned, and that a new line, con
necting Balse with the subsisting rail
road from Genoa to Turin is under
to
the
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less
the
a
iron
of
or
was
and
and
nal
First
with
state
The
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that
been
gers
boxes
of
Incidents and Particulars of the Explosion
of the Kate Fleming.
The pilots and others of the crew
of the ill fated Kate Fleming arrived
here Saturday. The pilots at the
wheel were Miller Feiguson and Mr,
O. Strander, the latter of whom, af
ter the explosion, found himsell in the
middle of the river. Ferguson fell
to the lower deck, together with
Capt. Dunham and others. One
poor fellow was lying beside him
with his legs and neck broken. Fer
guson received but a slight contu
sion in his face. lis immediatalv
proceeded to clear the wreck, audi
was the" last man to leave the boaL
alter launching Lapi. Dunham, whose
leg was btoken, into the river on a
plank, and thus swam with him to
the shore.
Capt Quarrier, of the Jas. Hewitt.
who was passenger on the boat, wus
blown into the river uninsured, ex
cept having a few slight wounds on
hi lace and head. He at once gal
lantly swam to the stern of the boat,
and was most assiduous in his exer
tions to save the ladies.
Phillip Hacker, pilot of the Gen.
Lafayette, who was on the boat,
swam ashore with Capt. Bon t lev's
trunk. Capt. Bently was slightly
wounded.
A Mr. Thornly, of Miss., was very
dangerously wounded, and a negro
woman of his, who was in irons,
was drowned. The- body of a man,
supposed to be Mr. Iluchioson, was
found at the wreck.
The robberies that were committed
were maJe by four Irish deck passen
gers who got on the boat at Evans
ville from the steamer Shamrock.
They rifled the trunks of several lady
passengers, as well as of others, and
cut out the pockets of the dead, be
sides stealing the coats and other
clothing of persons who swam ashore,
ho villains
iiiu villains ncin tuUlMir. UCU UU ID
. . . . P ' . r ;-
irees. strinned and whinnpil. or mh.
. ' . T " f r
er lynched severely. 1 wo ol them
nirf Innln ma a raBt m. .. LI..
" 17"-"? - -V
nandiei r,ut irom all accounts did
no?et half enough,
1 ne explosion was undoubtedly
,he result of gross carelessness on
the part of the engineer. The boil-
ers evidently had no water in them,
ahd the supply pipe must have been
choked while on the bar, and the
moment the boat went into deep wa
months ter and her pump had free communi-
,;,, ...;,u ,u l ,:i ,i
cation with the boilers, the sudden
,, ( i. . , .,
current of cold water, in hot ers near-
, , . . , , ,
l a ?,te he:x' causei the "P'0
V?n-an J the misery which followed,
na.1 l',ere was no water in the boil
play ers is evident from the 'act that of
the lage number who were blown
overboard, or afterwards rescued
fiom the wreck, not one was lound
be badly scalded.
The larboard boiler alone is be
lieved to have first exploded, ahd the
severest injury done to the boat pre
vious to burning, was found to be on
that side. 1 he entire social' hall, in
cluding bar-room, clerk's office, state
rooms, and everything over the boil
ers, was blown to atoms, and in an
instant after the first flash of steam
wus seen, the whole forward part of
boat, including several state
rooms in the cabin, were either
thrown down upon the boilers or
. 1 . - .1 . rwi.
ariven io iragments in me air. 1 he
boat immediately took fire, and in
than three hours was burnt to
waters edge, together with the
entire cargo, books and papers, and
large amount of baggage, die
Capt. Bently, of the steamer Gen.
Lalayette, with others, rescued the
chest, which was opened, and
found to contain everything there
deposited uninjured. Capt. B. had
$2000 in the chest. Judge Paschall,
Ark., had a purse containing four
five hundred dollars in gold, which
returned io him. Others had
smaller sums; and the boat's money
valuable papers were also safe,
not materially injured.
a
on
he
Lou. Cour.
Can it be True?
The editor of the Eansville Jour-
in giving an account of the ex
plosion ol theAae f lemxng, says:
"The horrible accident occurred
through the gross negligence of the
Engineer, who was playing
a strumpet, and allowed the
boilers to iret red hot, and in this
water was pumped into them.
two pilots were in the pilot
house at the time, but escaped seri
ous injury."
The editor of the Owensboro Amer
ican, on authority of Mr. John B.
Adams, of that place, who was a pas
senger on the Kate Fleming, says:
The engineer, as soon as he could,
reached the shore and took to his
and it was well perhaps
he done so, ns he would have
hung had the enraged passen
caught him.
It is said that as the trunk and
were taken on shore, a baud
outlawed Irish would seize them
to
the
of
in
but
year,
the
ed
and proceed to break open and di
vide the property. The trunk of
lady was broken into. The thieves
were caught and severely chastised
It was only the influence of the aged
and more discreet passengers that
prevented the incensed company
from hanging theeoutlaw. Prep.
aiations were made for the purpose,
but the punishment was commuted
to lashes on the bare back.'
I he accident is attributed to th
carelessness of the engineer; and it
seems that he was conscious of his
guilt, and hid himself in the woods."
Minerals i.x Akkaxsas. Lara
bodies of lands are being located- in
Independence county, Arkansas, sup
posed to contain extensive deposits
of lead ore. The discoveries of mine
ral already made aro attracting the
attention of capitalists, both at home
and abroad. Large lumps of ore
have been picked up on the surface
of the ground, and open pockets
found in ravines and the beds of
small streams.
Tobacco Crop. The recent frosts
have damaged the tobacco crops in
this section to an incalculable ex
tent. Some planters have lost their
entire crop, while many have lost
one-half, two-thirds and' so on, but
few indeed there are who have been
fortunate enough (so far as we can
learn,) as to save their entire crop.
o nuns mat we are sale in sta
ting that at least one-half of the
whole crop in this section has been
totally ruined by the frost. Hard
times therefore, truly awaits theun
forluete, w hile the more fortunate
have cheering prospects before them.
sic transit gloira munda.
Glasgow Reveille, 12th.
African News. A letter from
Sierra. Leone, Africa, received by a
commercial house in New York
brings information that the King of
Dahomy had ordered the mission'
aries and re-captured slaves, at Un
dertown, to leave the country before
the 1st of October, If they do not,
he says he will behead them all, be
ginning with the missionaries. Com
mander Forbes, of the British brig
antine-of-war, Bonetta, had an inter
view with the King, the result of
which was the immediate departure
of the vessel for England.
St. Locis Fwjur Trade. The St.
Louis Intelligencer states that the to
tal receipts of Flour and Wheat at
that port, for September, were of
flour 36,976 bbls.i of wheat, 119.663
sacks, 1,364 bbls., or 242,413 bush
els. Of the wheat 10.94Ssacks were
received from the Missouri river,41,
373 from the upper Mississippi, 67,
313 from the Illinois,
' The receipts of Flour in Septem
ber, 1S49, were 36,676 bbls, of
wheat 305,175 bushels, showing a
falling off the month just ended, when
compared with the same month last
year, of flour 17,141 bbls , of wheat
63,057 bushels.
Three Men Shot. Bazil Harrison,
widower of about fifty years of age
living with his son-in-law, Wm
Harman, in Jasper county, went out
the 2J. inst., to watch a deer path,
and set down behind a log for that
purpose. On the same evening Har
men took his gun to hunt turkeys,
not knowing the whereabouts of the
old man, and passing the spot where
was concealed, and seeing- his
head move above the log, mistook it
a turkey, and fired, the ball en
tering the right eye and penetrating
the brain, causing instant death
We have also been informed that
another man was shot, in Jasper
county, a few days since whilst hun
ting deer.
And that still another man Was
shot and killed, whilst hunting tur
keys in Clay county. We think the
constant recurrence of those fatal
mistakes should teach our hunters
caution. Oiney (III.) Rep.
Dreadful Mortality. In the
township of Hartland, Huron coun
ty, the dysentery is raging with
great malignity. In one school dis
trict, occupying a sand ridge hither-,
esteemed the healthiest part of
township, there have ben 2S
deaths within a few weeks one out
every six of the population.
Hardly a family has escaped, and in
many there have been three or four
deaths. The duration of the sick
ness is usually five or six days, but
medical skill seems entirely unavaila
ble. A physician of the neighbor
hood inlorms us that the disease ap
pears to be contagious. It prevails
the sandstone region near the
Vermillion river, quite generally,
with varying severity. Lorain
county was smilar)y a fleeted last
but during the present season
localities hitherto scourged are
exempt, while in those wmcn escap
a year since, it now prevails.
Sandusky Mirror.
