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THE COTTON MILLER.
OKALoSA, Chickasaw County, Miss,

OKLAHOMA, Chickasaw County, Miss,
July Is, 1858,
DEAR / send you, enclosed in bottle specimen
OF the cotton miller discovered that great numbers of
the had bored into the cotton stalks for the pnr
pose of winterng there. They eat the ph for inch
So and close up their entrance hole with transparent
substance resembling isnglass which affords them light
The cotton stalk is fine conductor and cold
weather that have njure the enclosed in
them When the ground is bedded up in the winter
early spring. most of the that go into the ground
are exposed perish but those that hibernate in the
cotton stalk protected and out in May June
Ten fifteen years ago it was the universal custom of
planters to burn up their stalks and the boil
scarcely known since they have adopted the newer
plan Of breaking down their stalks the has In
creased until It has become the greatest enemy tho cotton
plant has
Would 1t not be Of service to the cotton interest for
you in your report call the attention of planters
the lact that the boil worm has become troublesome
only since they abandoned the old fashioned plan of burn
ing their cotton stalks
will state in conclusion that the enters the
stalk near the top and its place OF entrance would not I've
noticed without close inspection. found as many
six in stalk.
Very respectfully, your obedent servant,
DUNCAN G. HUBBARD.
Hon. j. HoIT
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very much against Mr. Haskin in his present effort
to get employment. AT all events, we can say he
was miserable servant while in the democratic
household-and clear that the Tribune is
quite right in its conjectures of what Mr.. Haskin
will be if he gets returned again to the House. 1t
is perhaps hardly to be expected that man of Mr..
Haslins Importance 1--WE take his own estimates)
will ever conform to the laws Of party especially as
his mission is to be ito ferret out corruption in
high places" which we confess he is Just the man
for, because his chief employment will be found in
backward congenal movement inte the last repub-
hcan Congress-.
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THE GOVERNMENT LOAN.

The attention of capitalists at the money centres is ut
tacted to the loan Of ton millions Of dollars sealed pro-
posas for which will be received by the Secretary of the
Treasury until IL o'clock on Monday the 9th instant
The money of the Journal of Commerce makes
tho suoincd remarks upon the subject Of special inter
est to those who propose to put In bids for share Of
this stock
The present dullness in exchange Ia owing doubtless
to the suspense in regard to tho United States of
million dollars five per cent stock to be bid for the pres
ent week, Saturday being the last day Of Offering The
issue Of the bidding is involved in unusual uncertainty
The act Of Congress authorized han Of twenty Millions
and Ind the whole been Advertised for at it would
have probably brought premium OF seven per cent
The Secretary of the Treasury, however was unwilling
to throw the whole amount upon the market at once ;
partly because it was not all needed at tho Same moment
and partly because there good to believe that
the from customs increased the remainder
would not be needed at all Capitalists abroad do not
understand this contingency, and will be kept from
bidding. in the fear that this loan s taken
the other moety will also be thrown the market The
rate Of interest ia xcd at five per cent per annum and
until within few days it was supposed that the loan
would be bid for at present value upon which the inter
est to maturity as years from the first Of next january
would be A per cent per annum. This would fix the
any contingency IL could 60 below 1885, Within week
or two however, It has been whispered that foreign bids
will not be made to the extent expected and that 1903 to
l04 would be the range of such offers. How much Of
this rnor for effect cannot say but according to
the present and prospective value Of money it 10
us that los would be rate at which the stock would be
certain to sell for profit The government credit ID de-
servedly high, and the increasing while
much capital hcrc 10 lying unemployed =
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THE ELECTION IN KANSAS.

Kansas correspondent writing from Leayenworh, un-
der date of the 25th Of july says that the vote upon The
English bill is expected TO BIO large one. Many persons
who signed their intention of not voting at all will be
found at the polls exercising the privilege Of the elective
franchise Just the other people Ii there be any
falling off in the vote it will be the side of the pro-
slavery party; for al the anti-Lecompton men will be
to march to the ballot-box. No serious trouble
anticipated election day in any part OF the Tcrrito
north of the Kansas river In the south the minons Of
Lane and Montgomery may have the pleasure Of kicking
up row. especially in the neghborhood of Fort Scott
1t is the general opinion however, that everything will
pass off with remarkable quictness and that there will
be none Of those scenes Of violence which characterize
our former elections
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THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

There are certainly good many silly people left
in this country, and we not prepared to say that
they are not yet destined to make themselves felt in
the councils of the nation. We have for instance,
all over the North class of men who imagine that
the people of the South arming for terrible
onslaught upon the "free States Their visions are
disturbed by perpetual fear that the two-thirds of
our national population are in danger of momentary
invasion from ''the rest of mankind" They talk all
the time about free speech, free territory and free
States as if some terrible menace threatened their
liberties and their nestmable right of making fools
of themselves. We are all in favor of having every
man who wishes to do 30, make himself ridiculous
in the freest and broadcast manner. There is whole
some lesson in such demonstrations, which the de-
mocracy cannot afford to have silenced amongst the
opposition. 1t is not always our merits that COM
mend us to favor it is the folly Of the republicans
aboltionists and Americans They do us much good
by their speech and example
So in the South there is decreasing class of ex-
tremists whose testimony is needed to show that
nothing is good which is not bathed in the spirit of
southern Independence and isolation. One would
almost imagine, in reading some of the journals of
tho slave States, that they the most oppressed
and tyrannyridden people the face of the globe.
They have got it into their heads it is necessary to
keep up perpetual guard against the encroact-
mcnts Of the free Stacs Between the two interests
neither we presume. in fact giving much real aten-
ton to the other, We are promised very pretty and
amusing paper quarrel. Who is to be benefited or
protected thereby, il certainly is not easy to The
aboltionsts having out their entire line on the
Kansas affair." driven to their abstract opposition
to slavery; and as such are as harmless tho in
mates Of well-rcguatcd lunatic asylum. We APP
prehend, indeed, that neither party is really armed
with any fatal weapons.
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Markets.

NRw YORK, August 4.-Cotton Is quiet sales Of 500
bales. The market is generally unchanged Flour is
firm sales Of ID 800 bbls State 81 l5 81 25 Ohio,
81 95 SIS rs Southern IS a IS rs. Wheat is firm
ses 65 900 bushels Southern red ST. 20 81 80 white
81 80 81 AS Western red, 81 03 81 10; do. white,
ST. 10 a 81 15 Corn is firm; sales Of $500 bushels;
mixed 6S 9lc white &c., yellow, 81 81 05.
Pork--prime advanced ccnts--$H so asia 10. Lard
is steady Whisksy quiet, at rs 26c Sugar closed
buoyant; Muscovado "A &c. Spirits of Turpentine
closed firm, at A 45c Rosn is dull, at 81 IS. Rice
is stendy, at a l5-l6c.
BALTIMORE Aug 4.--Flour is dull !; Howard street is
nominal Mt 81 81 81 IS for old, and SIS for new; new
City Mills IS. Wheat is dull with average decline OF
cents red 81 20 ash rs; white 81 rs a$I 40 Corn
is dull white and yellow 90 a "a cents Whiskey is
quiet at 26 n cents. Provisions are firm and UNI
changed
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principles, aud without any declaration in regard to
measures. Such al avowal however. is only an
other way Of saying that institutions failure
and our constitution fraud and deception. If
the latter imbodies great principles it follows that
it can only BIO properly enforced by of prnci-
Piles. If it is an honest compact, men Of honesty
required TO execute it. II laws effective for
good evil it is certainly important that the power
to make them should DO conferred only upon those
whose integrity is undoubted and their principles
well known.
The people of the United States have before them
in the fugitive and sectional character of the oppo
sition pointed and perpetual warning. party
that is broken and disjointod, 80 cheated in fea
ture by assembling nature" so "deformed and un-
finished, cannot administer the affairs of this gov
eminent without impartng to it much Of its own fac
tional and dishonest character. We believe implicit
" 'in the fitness Of things" and we are convinced
that tho ascendency Of Tire republican-abolition
Americans over the democracy would shatter the
constitution, and infuse into the government all the
fatal, contradictory, and unpatrotc elements of
which they arc formed. This is no idle, partisan
suggestion, but great phosophic TRUTH the justice
Evil communications corrupt good manners In
Decd it is impossible that our institutions can be
wisely and safely administered except by party as
broad as the Union, and as honest and patriotic as
it's founders.
II is time, then that the democratic party should
look carefully to all its local organizationsthat it
should to it that it does not recognise within its
own ranks single hostile or discordant element
Policy may counsel peace and may call upon to
cover'up apostacy, excuse treachery, and pardon
rebellion for the sake of triumph at local
points But experience has abundanty taught us
that every concession we have made to selfshness
and ambition in this way, has cost SYNONYMOUS
defeat in the future, besides having compelled to
retrace steps. and try thus to deface
If this lesson has not yet been repeated sufficiently,
we have only to try it more, to find ourselves
like the strong man in the morass, every exertion
made to extricate us only sinking deeper and deep
er into the bog.
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JOHN B. HASKIN AT HOME.

A little stone, no larger than mans hand, has
been known to throw great locomotive from the
track and cause fright and damage to engineer and
passengers. This should teach us not to despise
small things. Ofthemselves they amount to nothing
but they are convenient to handle and use, and are
often instrumental in doing much harm
In this spirit we feel called upon to notice the
present position and uses Of Hon John B. Haskin,
tho representative in Congress from tho West Ches-
ter district in the State Of New York Mr. Haskin
came to Washington last winter with an immense
estimate Of his managing functions which we confess,
considering his calibre, we thought must be consid
cradle, as no had succeeded thereby in getting into
Congress. Hc was vaunted hard-shell democrat of
the srictest sect and although it was felt that he
out of his element about two hundred and fifty
miles, and many thought that beyond the operations
of the caucus he would amount to very little still
it was expected that he would fairly fatten on the
EXTREMIST measures that might be proposed by the
EXTREMIST men in the House of which he was a mem
Der. Nobody seemed to take into account the cir
cumstances in which Mr.. Haskin was placed and the
peculiarities Of his character. As usual with men
who 80 from home the first time, he became con-
sderably "set up" The republicans discovered his
weakness and applied to him stimulating flattcry,
which was more than his poor estimate Of others
and high estimate Of himself could bear He at
once became enamored Of anti-slavery and free ter
ritory, and Legislative integrity and administrative
honesty andwas set to work in the outer missionary
service Of the republicans. lie wants to be re-
elected to Congress by the votes of the republicans
and the Tribune, which wa credit with disposition
to pay its recruits, thinks the republicans should
vofefor him. The Tribune assures US thatshoud Mr..
liaskin succeed he wnot be the servant Of any par
Servants usually have to getccrti6catcs from thor
late employersac condition we fear that will operate
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THE OHIO STATE CONVENTION AND NoMINA
TONS

The highly satisfactory proceedings of tho recent
democratic State convention Of Ohio, the resolutions
of which we published few days ago. must strike
the reader in remarkable contrast with the affairs
in Illinois under the tutelago of Mr. Senator
Douglas. The democracy of Ohio. through their
representatives, met in the spirit Of harmony to
nominate candidates to be supported by the people
of that State at the coming election They too, had
been divided upon the questions involved in the
Legislation Of last winter but perceive no dispo
sition manifested by any prominent member Of the
party, to bring into the approaching tho dis
agreements referred to. A ruling sense Of the ne
cessity of harmony in the ranks and the patriotic
purpose to present to the common enemy und
vided front controlled the Ohio convention. Under
the circumstances, we cannot too highly commend
the conduct of our friends at Columbus. Their
nations are of most unexceptionable character ;
and the temper in which they were made and pre-
sented to the people for support cannot fail to
mand universal satisfaction.
The democracy of Ohio have before them every
inducement to make for tho common cause power
full exertion. There never has been period in our
history which has called for patriotic abors from
our friends imperatively than the present Our
opponents are now in council over propositions to
unite the odds and ends of every faction against us.
Their union, in our judgment, is to be courted
rather than averted for such act cannot fail to
withdraw from them large class of honest but mis-
guided men who could never endure connexion
with the minute disunion factions which it is pro-
posed to bring together.
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OREGON AND WASHINGTON.

The Commissioner Of Indian affairs has far received
official intelligence from the Of Indian affairs
for Oregon and Washington Territories in relation to the
recent difficulties with the Indians in that quarter. The
department. feels somewhat embarrassed by this state of
affairs but took the precautionary step month ago of
writing to the superintendent to do everything in his
power to heal the growing discord between the Indians
and the whites. 1t supposed that the superintendent
is with the Indians and is therefore unable to make any
communication before his return to the supernendcncy
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THE MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY ELECTIONS.


The telegraph announces the gratifying result OF
the elections in ST. Louis promising the success OF
our friend Hon. J. r. Barrett over +. p Blair, jr, by
more than five hundred majority, This result, we
confess, is exceedingly good news for Mr.. Barrett
is an able and worthy democrat, and Mr. Blair is q
captious, managing demagogue, with just such mer-
its az appertan to man who adopts the maxim
that the end justfes the means, The election in St.
Louis, in accordance with the confident predictions
of tho republicans was set down return Of Mr..
Blair and we confess they had left little hope Of
a contrary result Nothing could be more timely
and effective, therefore, than Mr.. Barrets success.
He made sharp canvass, and, that he is elected, a
glorious one it turns out.
We have also scattering returns OF the Kentucky
elections giving important gains on the prcsiden-
tal canvass of 1856 when Mr.. Buchanan carried the
Btate by handsome majority. We have little doubt
of such result in Kentucky as will be most graft
flying to the democracy Of the whole Union.
It is little remarkable that the canvass of the
year should open by the election from Congress OF
one of the most Objectionable republicans in the
whole country Mr.. Blair is one of those recent
converts to abolitionsm who thought it necessary
to establish his apostacy by the most reckless and
disingenuous conduct Hc undoubtedly inherited
more or less of the free way Of giving testimony
which has distinguished his paternal renegade. 1t
is WE'LL at all events, that the people Of St. Louis
have determined hereafter to keep him at home.
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COURT OF CLAIMS.

We publish this morning an important circular
from Hon. r. III. Gillet, Solicitor Of the Court of
Claims, relating to the rules and practice con
public Of several changes in the mode Of conducting
its business, which will expedite its transaction,
and announces the general order in which will
be disposed of whom the court shall resume bust
ness
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terrible ARRAY occurred at political barbecue 10 y,
ison county, Ky, on Wednesday. The barbecue
held at Round Hill, ten miles from Richmond. "
named Haley, and his two sons killed three mem wv
them named Jones, the third unknown and two u"I
named Mullins were MORALLY wounded. One
murdcrers arrested IN Lexington on THURSDAY ~
about midnight The cause of the affrny has not wv"
PRED
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The transactions in the -four market small In
consequence of the rejection of large quantity Of
sound -four by the inspectors. Sound flour advanced 10
a is cents per Dbl Wheat quiet at decline of ! n
cents for inferior and at unchanged prices for prime
Corn was quiet and triAe lower. Pork and beef
firm and steady. Cotton quiet and nominally I'M
changed. Sugars were firm.
The cash transactions at the sub treasury fol
lows
Receipts. sasb 2se 70
Payments
Balance s2Gs vi
The receipts sal5 5o4 S.
ADSUM
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LouisvrLs Aug. I'm the city proper the American
Judge of the of appeals has 22S majority, and the
American clerk 800 The American county officers arc
probably all elected by small maotes Polls gen
orally quiet Capt Rousseau was dangerously wounded
by pistol-sho while in fight with DR. standiford
The difficulty partly from an old grudge and partly
from political feeling.
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A Nav WoRK by Dickens is in preparation The sub
ject has been avorte with him for twenty years
but he has only lately commenced 70 work out his origin
al idea The work 10 to be an onslaught upon respect
ability in other words upon the OF so-
ciety But the cant of epectabity il not near 80 ro-
pulsvs as that Of tho impugnes Of oonvcntionasm.
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The ministerial Crisis in Canada.

ToRoSTo August 80 p. m.--votss OF want of conf
dence in the Brown DariOn ministry were passed last
night in both houses by large majotes the vote in the
upper house being sixteen to eight and in the lower
enty-one to thirty is not improbable that there
will be dissolution although the Governor General is
strongly opposed to such step.
In the contest for West Middesex, the anti ministerial
candidate in majority of l25 the first days poll
An opposition is threatened to Mr. Browns he Premier
return for Toronto
The legislative council met this morning and passed
resolution declaring their regret at the vote of the lower
house the seat of government question, and denoun-
cling it insult to her Majesty
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WASHINGTON CITY.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 8. 1865.


A ,hs bus,nsss of ts Union Of the proposed
change will conducted strictly on ossh bass all
subscriptions for the Union are dSon
payments should DO made 70 Ascn after ha dale
W. psoomb who authorized 70 make COLLECTIONS
in Delaware, Maryland, and vrsias-
wAnlz0Tox, March 2S 1851 tf+V
ro ewonx notice include colec
. ths 70 now employ employed CITY,
those only performed such service ether parts Of the
coaAuy. Ap N-u
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Conversational Nomina ton.

BLARsyILLK pa. Aug. 3.-Thc Hon. John Covode has
been nominated for election to Congress from the nine
tenth district
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The RIount- Riyierc AN,ir.

SAVANNAH, Aug 3.---The steamship Alabama arrived
here to-day with Col Boun his wife and daughter 1t
rumored that Mrs Bount refuses to go any further
until the Zouaye arrives.
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COLUMBUS, (Ga, Aug. 4.-Daniel W. Pitt, assistant
operator in the Washington and New Orleans Companys
office here, died to-day at of bilious fever
bined with pneumonia after illness of ten days.
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Michiran military Convention.

DETROIT, (Mich.,) Aug 3---A State Military Conven-
ton for the purpose of adopting to the
passage of laws giving proper encouragement for the for
nation of independent military companies, assembled
here to-day.
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Death Of Capt. HoIbrook.

NORFOLK, Aug 3.--The barqueS. w Hobrook arrived
here day having put in because of the death of Capt
Holbrook. She had been out nine days from ST. Marys
Florida, bound to Havana.
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Missouri Election.

cIScnsAr, August A. The st. Louis papers of yester-
day the defeat Of r. Blair, and the cleo
ton Of Barret DEM for Congress by about coo ma
ioritY.
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Gov. Denyer,s M0Yements.

LRAvENwoRTu, July 30-Gov Denver arrived In this
city yesterday evening and will remain here for day OF
two at the fort. Jim Lane is also in town
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nav Cotton.
Death Of a TeIexraph operator.

sAvASSAn, Aug 3Thc first new bale of cotton from
Texas received to-day.
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DErnoIr, Aug. 3--Senntor Chandler was seriously
though is believed not dangerously injured last
ing by the explosion Of gas at his residence in this city