The national Republican., 1861-04-03
EW s. ITEMS

federate States as their platform"
NEWS ITEMS.
The Governor Of Georgia has ordered niue
military companies in that State to hold them.
selves in readiness to march to Pensacola.
The following force of United States troops,
sailors, and marines, Oh board the men of war
under command of Commodore Prendergast,
are detailed to land at Fort Pickens, at a sig.
nal from Lieut.. Slemmer: Brooklyn, steam
corvette, 80 men Sabine sailing frigate, $50
men St. Louis, sailing corvette, l6O men
from smaller craft, (artillerists,) about 80 men.
Total 800 men.
Letters from India state that the high price
of cotton, and the prospect of its continuance,
owing to the troubles in the United States, will
greatly stimulate the production of cotton in
lndia and fortunately the construction of the
railways has so far progressed as to add much
to the facilities Of transportation, the lack of
which facilities has heretofore checked the pro.
duction of tho staple. The price is advancing
in India, owing to the large orders for purchase
from England, which have come out to the ex.
tent of a million bales. Four or FIVE of the
largest class American ships were loading
cotton at Bombay, at the last dates, for Liver.
pool.
The following is a copy of q circular which
is said to have been secretly forwarded from
Richmond, and is being extensively circulated
in Eastern Virginia:
"Your presence is particularly requested at
Richmond, on the 10th day of April, 1861, to
consult with the friends of Southern rights as
to the course which Virginia should pursue in
the present emergency. Please bring with you,
or send, full delegation of true and reliable
men from your county, and, if convenient, aid
the same object in the surrounding counties
On arriving at Richmond, report yourself and
companions Immediately to -, at t."
1t is signed by Gov. Wise, S. Woods, John
P. Chambliss, and James w. Sheffey, members
of the Virginia Convention, and others, inclu.
ding two members Of the Legislature.
Three of the guests of the Charleston House,
at Memphis, Tennessee were robbed the other
night Of $1,000, by burglars, who forced the
doors of their sleeping-rooms.
The census of the Sandwich Islands for 1860
shows decrease Of 1886 native, and an in.
crease of 59s foreign population since 1853.
Apples Of the very finest quality are said to
be now selling in the market of Erie, Peunsyl
vania, for from fifteen to twenty cents per
bushel.
A rascal eloped from Vincennes, Indiana
last week, with his wife's sister, and has not
since been heard Qf by his deserted wife.
Oil has been discovered in Aurora New
York, and the fact causes considerable excite.
ment.
A little boy fell into a tub of boiling water,
at Killawog, New York, on Tuesday, and died
in dreadful agony on Wednesday.
The shad fisheries of North Carolina are un.
usually productive this season. One seine took
in one day last week one thousand FIVE hundred
fish.
The New York millionaire, Stewart, has a
man stationed in front Of his store to assist la.
dies in crossing from one side to the other, and
in entering omnibuses.
There were nine thousand seven hundred and
ninety letters sent to the dead letter office during
the past year, which contained an aggregate Of
$52,l54s6.
The tobacco mandatory of Peters l. Blan.
ton, at Farmville, Virginia, with FIVE adjoining
buildings, were burned Saturday night. Loss,
$4,000.
Green peas are selling in Charleston, South
Carolina, at two dollars peck.
Strawberries made their appearance in the
Savannah, Georgia, market few days ago.
James R. Brogley, while shaving, after a
spree, in Galveston, Texas, recently, cut his
throat SO badly that he bled to death.
Two sportsmen, firing simultaneously, killed
sixty seven wild geese at one shot, at Montauk,
l.. l., last week.
The Texas grain crop particularly on the
fine valleys of the Guadalupe, Blanco, and San
Marcos rivers, will probably be very bountiful.
Hon. sherrard Clemens publishes card in
the Wheeling Lnteliiyencer, announcing his de.
termination to retire from public life.
1t is stated that Charles Mathews has cut up
Bourcicault terribly in London. Charley late
ly wrote piece called Savannah" which
abounds in the most bitter satire at the expense
Of the great dramatst, who is reported to have
been terribly nettled at it. "Bourcy " is going
to retalate they say.
The PEACH CROP IN New JERsEY.-It is
feared the peach crop'in some quarters in New
Jersey is again nearly destroyed. The pleasant
weather had caused the peach buds to swell
and almost burst but the cold has since black.
ened the buds, and in some orchards not