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ROME. GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1860.111
NUMBER 18
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Saturday Morning, January 21,1800
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Tho Southerner \ Advertiser’s Inst
Effort.
Tho S>utherntr in the* controversy
o’ : .» If oom’bcnocd l*t rotation to the
• »t,« Q 0 .|tb Nm**ricnns in „0pn*
«•' n ^ 4 Jn »lorl<vislv f^om the'
H 11 ... 1 -.n..), "on'ont with.jt.bo re-
mv k. flrC onr pvtJHo woa “a TOply; in
iu» > :/f?rt*!pn rtf the course bdng pursued by
the Smith Americans, but not ^n nn-
*w«r to his Intermnatorios." What were
those interrogatories hut jnqulrlei} Into
our approval or disapproval of the
course of tho South Americans ^ln Con
gress? If they mean nnYtliinc e’ro,
cither we are exceedingly obtuse. or the
English language is not competent to
convey n simple idea. If this is what
was intended, then our "reply in Justifi-
ration of their course," is it sutlloiont
n«d successful “answer to thojjfl^rditp
tfiries." Tnfcffouthern
^soplmtrv a4ul adroit
Ro execute hitiisolnCr
Itomc Market 1
.1an. 21.—Cotton jytme ns Iftsta lssue
from 8 (fa Irt cts. ?'D}ig tail’(and sandy
cotton 5 (fa A ets; i*
WheofcJn demand, Rod at $1,20(721
l.an.-"white at $1.35 (fa 1.40.
Corn hv the load at 85 (7£ 90 cts.
Pork 0/u) 01 cts.
Floor \ \(fa U cts.
rdcrcd thoi
^rofepsipunl
IIAKVKY * SCOTT,
ATIOIISKTS AT I. A W.
ROMS fl
A DVANCES nt uion<.y omn usually b*
upon go. ‘
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A T T O It X E Y AT h A W.
HOME. - . - - CA.
Ornr Fort 1 Hargrove's now storo.
febtfl—1 y
JOHN F. COO!*EIt,
ATTOHKBY AT LAW,
HOME, OA.
Wim. pruutlcw in tho Courts of North Wed-
it Georgia. Collecting promptly attended
nprT-ly
-In City Hall Buildiug. up stairs.
(JF.O. T. STOVAI.I.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ROME. «A.
Wi.i. nra-tico in the counties of Chirolu
\ n,fl-(uvor N. .1.0.nbarg’s Clothing **toi
It'iaaKNcr.—Underwood X Smith. Ilnni
s. T. ft. It. Cobh. Esq., Athens, (la. Jang
TIIOS. J. V F.ltDF.HY,
A T T • U X E Y A T L A W,
i'EDAU TOWN, DA.
Wim. nra^tico in Ihc counties of Floy
-Ik. Paulding. Camdl. I!
i paid t
oil <v
J*’*'
1IHNRY A. RAItTKKI.il,
A T T O It N F. Y AT I. A AY.
ROME «
Idillls ill Upi
(Alien-
Vncnt.^md adopts tiie expedient of an
nstcilffatyphysician, who cuts oil* a Htnh
le cannot save, nrlio is singularly for-
'* getful of what appeared in his issue of
^ j the week previous. If tho latter, the
mly supposition by which wo can ae-
imWIfor its mental ahherration, is that
he is so completely absorbed in admlra-,
tlon of tho magnificent proportion* nt
largest paper in Cherokee, Oa,"
that ho is entirely ignorant of the mat
ter it contains. Buf if wo can break
this spell of enchantment into which
he has fallen, we will endeavor, for hil
especial cnlightmcnt, to make our posi
tion upon this subject somewhat plain
er. First then, in the language of the
^Virginia Resolution, which wo quoted
in our oilier article, wo believe that
"all the element* of Opposition to Re
publicanism and its candidate for speak-
er ought to unite upon any terms con
sistent with fairness and honor, when
soever by such union Us defeat can b«
accomplished, and tho organization o!
the Housu ho effected."
Then, if the South Americans could
at any time, defeat Sherman, by voting
for tho Democratic candidate, we would
consider it their unquestionable duty to
do so—and wc consider it equally as im
perative upon the Democratic members
to vote for tho candidate of the South
Americans, whensoever, by so doing,
the same object could ho effected. The
Southerner tacitly admits that the Demo*
cratic candidate could never have been
oloctorl by tho aid of tho South Ameri
cans—and it does not deny that tho
Democrats could have elected Oil-
mcr or Holder on two occasions. Then
the responsibility of the present din
state of Congress, ami of iho
f a Black Republican, if ho be
mat rest up
# Fity OHirers.
At a mooting of the Rome Pitv 0«
cil hold on the 14th inst,, tho following
officers were elected:
.Satnud Stewart, Marshall.
D. F. Hargrove. Clerk of Council.
•T. II. McOlung, City Treasurer.
The following salaries wore establish
ed for the current venr:
City Marshall, Six hundred and fifty
dollars.
Deputy Marshall, (who % also acts ns
overseer of and city sex-
) Four hundred and forty-five dol
lars.
Catastrophe at Lawrence.
BQT'Some of the incidents of the lal
terrible disaster at Lawrence, Mass.
ThostrooU aro thronged with citizens
nnd strangers, nnd crowds'of persons
surround the ruins and besiege tho
doors of tho City Hall, to learn the fate
of friends, or examine tho bodies
brought out for recognition. At tho
Hall, about twenty of the wounded lio
on mattresses placed upon tho tloor,
and arc attended by their relatives.
These unfortunates pro ent a most
pitiable spectacle. Many of them ho
vering between life nnd death, and aro
so badly bruised by tho falling mass, or
hlisterod hv the tlamo.s, thnt recognition
is very difficult; others escaped with
unnmtilutcd features ami less serious
bruises. All Who retain consciousness
exhibit rcinarkahlo fortitude in their
distress, and but few expressions of
pain are beard among the helpless vic
tims.
A Specimen of Abolition Sincerity. I Alnbnmn In the Lend.
Tho Hov. Dr. Richard Fuller of Bal- j The action tnken by the Domocratic
thnoro thus writes to Mr. Everett: ! State Convention of Alabama, of which
I think I speak accurately when I , l»*fw aro accounts in our telegraphic
vay thnt hitherto every sacrifice for tho column this morning, is an omen of
emancipation of slaves has boon mado 1 c i ,c, J r f tl . *1?^ ' oP..
by Southern men. and many hundred “ "
thousand* of dollars luivo been expen
ded in such liberation*. Tho North
lias wasted largo sums for abolition
books and lectures ; for addresses calcu
lated to inflame tho imaginations of
women and children, and to mislead
multitudes of men—most excellentnnd
pious—hut utterly ignorant as to tho
condition of things at tho South. Wo
rights and security of the Southern poo-
R io at heart, and urn not immersed in
io debusing scramble of lifting men to
tho Frofidoncv through party trickery
and time-serving compromises of prin
ciple. She takes high ground on the
vital question of Southern expansion,
and sends ft noble delegation to . Char
leston to insist upon the repudiation of
tho Douglas construction of tho Prod
now find, indeed, thatmonov has boon 8w>U" decision and the Cincinnati plat,
contributed even for the purchase of ‘ or,n - 1 >»» 1* ft *inc qua non to the oh-
dcadlv weapons to be employed against tainment of her support for the nomi-
the South, and to enlist th-* P
Slavery «t tho jNorth.
In an account of tho fearful catastro
phe of tho falling of tho Femborton
Mills rtt Lawronco, Mass., wo find the
following paragraph
"When tho disaster oocurred nearly
all tho mills wore immediately stopped
The Pacific mills, however, wore kept
running until the usual hour for closing
in consequence, it is said of the absence
of tbochiofovoracer, as no one was pres
ent who had authority to order the stop
ping of the engines; nnd thus tho ope-
crusades, com-
i open invasion by
stretched
upon tho lloor. Their livid, blackened
and hlisterod faces present a picture of
unuttorahlo horror. Tho hospital of
lie bloody field of Sol fori no
Flork of Council, One hundred dol- could have notexhihitodamorofriiditful
lars.
City -fl
The Cm
iogro
Kr, Twenty-five dollars.
IPresolved to employ si:
r street hands for this year
loaning their loss with a low wail
ing. which would have melted tho stout
est hearts.
Stkamiiovt Aiikivai..—The Steamer
A l far a fa, arrived at her wharf at 10}, A.
¥>■ o" yesterday, bringing 200 bales of
Cotton—450 bushel* of Wheat, and 405
bushels of Corn, and five passengers.
The arrangement of tho Coosa River
Steamboat Co., is to run the* two boats,
tho Pennington and At/arata, in connec
tion, each making one trip a week. The
Al/arata will leave every Monday, after
the arrival of the morning train from
Kingston, and tho Pennington, every
Thursday at the same time.
|tjr a Thu Savannah • papers announce
the dentil of Dr. J. F. Posoy, an old
and respectable citizen of that place.
An I mail Tallin ait.—-An Irish orator
doclaitning against some measure which
he deemed tho “direful spring of woes
numbered, 1 " veh*omently exclaimed:
•I smell ii rat. I see it brewing in
tho storm, but I’ll crush it in Ilia hud.’
Before tho lire hroko out among tho
ruins, voices of many persons were
heard, whowero apparently confined in
open spaeos formed by the material of
tho building as it fell, and who appear
ed to ho not much injured. The prog
ress of the conflagration soon brought
these imprisoned victims ton most terri
ble* loath.
I elect
F.N OKU WOOD »V MMITIIt
ATTO U N E Y 8 AT I. A W.
ROME DA.
PsACTien in Upi***r flsorgia: «l»o in tin
>.|«ral District C«urt »f Marintta.
59-1 y
C. II. SMITH,
N 0 T A HY P V R I. I 0
mi««loiior <*f Daeils for Al.iha
T. W. AI.KXANOKn,
ATTORN H Y A T T. A W.
ROME C
IV, H. TKnmrVK,
ATTORNEY AT T- A W.
ROME, DA.
OrricK—In City Hail Building.
J. II. IV. NOWLIN, M. I).
OFFERS his Profs**!
of Romo and
-ofo-islnnnll.r ruga "ml,
1 nt tho Drug Stor
ad hv Dr. Itolr
i of Newman .
novO.ly.
Co
Dr. E. A. WARE,
PRACTI
01 NO PHYSICIAN,
Ton
miles wost of
oel.VftO—ty
HO MR, OA.
5V.1I.
FAR ELI., 31. I).,
ROME, .
GA.
Omen—In
tho old Tost Office.
uprt’57
i 11.
11. FENNY,
[GENERAL
COLLECTING AGENT,
\ CA
VE SPJtlSQ, OA.
1 S..pL 7, ’59.-
nifty-
J. C. ItKKSK, HI. O.
IlhVER CREEK, - - FLOYD, Co. GA
" Office at J. A Whiteheads’ augH.ly.
R. J. JOHNSON.
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Home, On.
ill give strict altonilon to the
SKLLINO OF COTTON,
.ml all kinds of Produce, and Heavy Goods,
it may ho imn*igiici\ to him.
V*Oltieo at the Post Ollico corner. [aug,‘24
■hnt
froir
d un
DAVID G. LOVE,
I0TARY PUBLIC,
P 12 N SI A N,
olleotor and General Agent.
" May IK, -if.
lishi
rid
lers
MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY.
-At Homo Railroad Depot.
II BTII t WVT?- S°T“*A* ( rrfiS, ‘-
ll. aTILIAV ELL, Sec y. july*8
[ES,
The Homestead
IRE INSURANCE CO.,
Of the City of New York.
Company continue* to tnsiiro against
oss or Damage by Fire,
>n Dio most fuvoruble terms and Pays
ully the losses sustained,
.A*' 11 »<*t nro rota &o. •
WM. CIIAUNCEY, Pres’t
PniLO IfCRD,
K- Oaki.
nec y, y
' JONES, Agent, Rome.
i* no
talk of
tiu hing blame to men bccatt*o of an
it they Imvo never had it in their pow-
to avert. Will tho Southerner cite us
a single instance when ilia South A-
crioans could have elected a Democrat?
it cannot and we challeugo it to
ake tiie attempt, then where \n the
justice, where is tho common sense of
all this quibbling and unworthy shirking
ofself-imposed responsibility? It i* futile
and worse than fut le. it is folly, to seek
to excuse themselves upon tho ground
of Republicans voting for (lilmer, so
so long us such men us John Van Huron
Hickman. Adrain, Forney, Douglas and
others like them aro in mil fellowship
in their party We scarcely think tho
Southerner would advise the Democrat
ic members to desert Bocoek or Hamil
ton if such men ns these or even
blackest of the Black Republicans \
to vote for him, and wc still less think
they would follow his advice, if ho
should. To prove that Mr. Gilmer or Mr.
Bolder, for whom the Southern Opposi
tion members hate voted, aro ill affilia
tion with tho Black Republicans, tiie
Southerner will not attempt, for it will
tax tho “sophistry and adroitness" of a
Lmn/cr beyond its utmost capacity.—
They have been able to oleet no man
but a Black Republican nnd that they
have steadily refused to do, and will ov
er refuse even if the Congress is disor
ganized for all time to conic.
Wo now nsk the privilege of propound
itig a question to our interrogator—
Will he inform his readers of any plan
by which Sherman can be defeated with-
Republican votes? Tho combined
strength of the Democrats nnd South
Americans is insufficient. Will it look
to tho Anti-Lceompton Democrats. Wo
reply they aro no better than Black
Republicans. Some of them having al
ready voted for Sherman. If they in
tend to soek aid in that quarter then
wo say control tho momberuof your own
party first, and when you have votes
chough call on the South Americans nnd
if thoy do not respond accuse them of
“treaehory” to your hearts content.—
Heal the dissensions which distract your
own organization and render it weak
nnd inefficient, beforoyou imploro help
from those whoso assistance you have
heretofore affected to despise.
Municipnl Flection in Atlanta.
Judge Win. K/.zurd, the Opposition
ndidate was elected Mayor of Athui-
on Thursday last. Of the Alderman
nine Deuioeiats and one Oppositionist
was elected.
Bkf.akixc. out nr ritr. Fiiik.—About
9 o’clock, a fire broke out from tho en
gine-room at the south end of tho build-
inj!. and soon sproad over the whole
ruin. The scene now was heart-sicken
ing, according to every description.—
Conscious of the tortuous dentil which
awaited tiie unfortunates whoso suffer
ings had not boon ended by death, tiie
tho bystanders were unable to afford
them any relief.
In one ease ouo of those persons was
helped to a glass of water by parties
who were, endeavoring to extricate
She said that near her, separa
ted only by single beams, were six men,
uninjured. Alas, they woro all consu
med in the Haines, wiiich spread with
great rapidity. How many were thus
burned there is no data for estimating.
A person who was at tho tiro from its be
ginning, Imeame cognizant of throe par-
Moke Fkimts or the IkuecrcssibM!
Conflict.—The Petersburg Express, of
Friday, says:
“ A number of young women some
eight or ten-—arrived in this city, yes-
Ierday morning, from New York, and
dividing into parties of four or fire
each, proceeded Smith nnd West in
search of employment. They were
some of (lie victims of idtolitionisni—
poor women, depending solely upon tiie
ad—whoso
.rk of tin
Hfi"; jSp‘»|W
r.w, h
uttered
of their country,
»ver cherished a
f welfare and love
commentary,
oka of Nm tlu
(Ii fire
i fanatic
upi
tin
; Dot
MKNTS
—A I’oit muster in Virginia having re-
fits id to deliver tiie New York 'Jrilnine
an Abolition sheet, to its subscribers,
the question of his authority to’ do so
was referred to Post-Master General
Holt, whereupon that officer render
ed a decision which sustained tiie.
lion of the Post-imuter. The foil
ing is an extract from Mr. Holt’s
• not i
Me Miserable.
Our up town contemporary says ho
"rfoes not wish to vote for Mr. Douglas."
Wo can’t aay, in the distracted state of
fooling into which this woeful an
nouncement has thrown us, which wo
sympathize with most deeply. Wo fear
our contemporary iB doomed to this
dreadful end. If the Charleston Con
vention says vote for Douglas, helms
got it to do, notwithstanding ho may ho
"as much opposed to tho heresies of Mr.
Douglas’ Squatter Sovereignty doctrino
as over.” 'Tis sad, but 'tis true.
“The people of Virg
1y forbid the iutroduct
illation through the post-office of hook
newspaper*, pamphlets, Ac., tending to
excite the slave population to
tioii. Imt. if brought there \vi
mails, they may. by appropriate le
gal proceeding, have them destroyed.
They have tin* same right to extinguish
tho fire-brand thus impiously hurled in
the midst of their homes and altars, that
tiie man lias to pluck tiie burning fusr
from a ImuiL-slioll which is about to ex
plode ut his feet,”
Roiiui;n nv ms Wive,—One day
Week a Mr. Hilyer. who lives not
from Syracuse, went to town to prw
Home medicine for his wife. AVIioii
returned home. Mrs. II. said that a man
had entered the house, knocked her
down ami stole from tiie him
Mr. II. hastened back to the city and
procured tho services of th
who finally mado up his mind that tin
Wife was the thiof, and it proved to ho
the case, the money being found on her
per*.
flSKTho following is an extract from
Senator Iverson’s speech in tho Senuto
on tho 10th inst:
Ho hoped that the South, in tho ap
proaching Charleston Convention, would
demand a clear enunciation and
enforcement ol* v hor rights. Tho am
biguities of the Kausas Ncbraska bill
am) of the Cincinnati platform must
bo discarded, unless a man above all
suspicion was put in nomination for
tho Presidency. Mr. I. indicated Mr.
Senator Hunter, Vice President Brock-
onridge. and the Hon. A. II. Steph'
os gentlemen for any one of whom ho
wqpld cheerfully vote without requiring
a platform in advance. But he hoped
that tho* delegates from the Southern
States, us u condition precedent to any
nomination, would demand a recogni
tion of the right and duty of Congress
to protect slave property in ull the Ter
ritories of the Union, nnd, failing in this
ho thought it would only remain for
them to withdraw and reorganize tiie
party on such a basis a* should secure
the equality of tho States. Ho thought
it likely that nt tho approaching dee-
a conservative man might bo chosen to
the Presidential Chair, hut ho did not
doubt that tho "irrepressible conflict"
would go on until itendod in a rupture
of tho Union nnd tho formution of a
Southern Confedrnoy.
ft5p*Ono of tho Republican members
of tho New Jersey Legislature appeared,
a few days ago, in his place, clothed in a
suit in which there were Hot a thread
of cotton, Inside or out. Another one,
addicted to tobacco, has given Up chow-
ing any of tho wood grown in tho alnve
States.
of individuals—from four to six in
number—who thus perishod.
The. vicinity of the mills look
much like a vast charnel house, i
tors, having on them corpses, art
stantly passing through tho stroots in
that quarter.
Tilr. .Scene at tiie Ditv H am..—The
hall of the city government building
used as a hospital forsucli of tho wound
wins it was deemed iieco*sarv to com
thither.
On one pallet lay n little girl, with
beautiful pale countenance, knit wi
the sufleriug she could not conceal, y
by a weeping, friend, apparently h
father, and ray heart was rejoiced
tho announcement by tho phy
■spon-
clous passions in
pared with wh.oli
foreign cm mies would bo a blessing. I
boliove, however, that not one cont lias
yot been given to set on foot—or oven
to on courage when proposed—any
plausible enterprise for tho benefit of
the stave.
the providence of God some of
these people have boon placed tinder
no. My responsibilities have
J heavily upon me, nor have I
failed to seek from God, and from the
risdomof tho wisest men, a knowledge
f tuy duty to them. I am no politic
ian, seeking to make capital out of this
hingerous subject. 1 am a Christian,
making to obey God in all things, and
willing to make great saorificts, to re
duce myself and family to comparative
poverty, if I could improvo their con
dition. I have twice made overtures to
of influence nnd wealth at tho
North—mice publicly, in a
ice with Dr. Way Ian I,
re privately—and I have, ill all siu-
it.v, invited ouo, or two, or lift;
mfest a willingness to part with
a pittance of their wealth, and then to
show mo what could he done to pro
mote tiie happiness and welfare of tlieso
slavos. But not a single response have
ever heard whispered.
While writing t]
osition* there v.-ai v
Carolina, a violent Abolitionist from
Now England—a man of great wealth.
I read the letter to him hotoro it was
sunt, and ho expressed hi* astonishment
at my venturing on such a stop; hut
neither ho nor any other man has inti-
muted a willingness to part with money,
that the negro might he rescued from
what thoy profess to regard as a deplo
rable abyss of misery. Yet tho South
is denounced for not at once immola
ting four thousand millions of property
guaranteed to them by the Constitution;
for norutonco abandoning to weeds
and bramble* million* of fertile ucrcs;
lor not breaking up their entire social
system, amt either driving their ser
vants Irom their comfnrtnblo homos, to
become vngubonds in othor States,
winch will again drive them out of
thpir borders—or else harboring in their
luid-t, hordes of discontcutci, indolent
vagrants, utterly unfit for freedom, who
would certainly ho exterminate
noAs of tho Convention. Hordelegate#
are instructed to withdraw if this re-
nuiretnent is refused. Tho State of
South Carolina will unhe-dtatiuglv deny
her support to any one whostnnds equi
vocally on this great Issue, and will
heartily co-operate with Alabama. If
tho “National" Domocratic party can
not stand this test, nnd tho Northern
Democracy is devoted to frocsoil and
and tiie prohibition of slavery from tho
common torrltorios, then to this section
with its civilization nnd safety, it is in
imical and a party worse than valueless.
On tins groat test, it must survive or
go to piooes. Tho South cannot »up*
port a party wedded to anti-slavery,
whether in one form oranother. “Hos
tile legislation" i* a* had*ns "the Wll-
tnot. Proviso," while- more aggravating
and deceptive.—Charleston Mcreiny,
wore for some time in painful
suspense."
Now wo venture tho nssortion; and
every man who knows the South, know*
it to*bo truo. tlmt if tho snmo or a timi-
llar accident had happened on ft South
ern plantation, whore any number of
negrons were working in the "cotton
patch," not one man or woman would
liavo stopped to enquire whether their
oversee- as p 'sent or not—tfiero
would b been an instantaneous
dropping (». »and tho unhitching of
tutco chain;., end a universal stampede
to tho seem* of disaster, ovorseer or no
•orseer. Yet here woro white poo-
pie, with their friotidt and relatives
perishing by tho most-droadful death
before their eyes, and with tho shrieks
of two hundred victims ringing in their
ears, who did not dare to go to the res-
cuo bocause their overseer was not pres
ent. Oh l yo hypocrites "who strain at
gnats and swallow camels,"—.4uyusta
Pit.
Prom WASitiNnTo.v,—a special *
natch to tho Charleston Mcrcur}!, dateu
Washington,. 18th inst., says:—It isun-
denqood hero that tho Pennsylvanians
and some others are tirod of voting for
Sherman, and that ho is hogging his
frionds not to allow nnothor ballot, un
til a vote can ho had on tho plurality
rule, which thoy aro now pressing by ev
ery possible trick.
The Alabnnin Resolutions.
" A UNITED SOUTH."
Below we copy tho resolutions ndop-
i large majority, by tiie Demo-
u first of them prop-
under my — r -
ted by , .....
oratic Convention of'* Alabama
haye no hesitation in expressing the
opinion that if Alabama triumphs in
the Charleston Convention, bv tlie
adoption of n platform distinctly affirm
ing those principle* and the selection of
candidate* known to ho honestly
mitted to them, tho idea of "n united
South" ought to be realized by nil par
ties among us sustaining the policy
and oamlidatcs thus presented. But,
at tho same time, we have not the least
hope either that Alabama will secure
such a triumph, orthat her delegates in
a body will with draw from the Conven
tion, whatever course Mr. Yancey and
two or tlirco other* may pursuo; and
therefore we exhort our Opposition
friends to maintain and perfect their
oignnizution, with a view to a National
conflict this year with the advocates of
Squatter Sovereignty and Black Re-
• “ • ■*,/ j.\.
- th.
•duced
n servitude. Because they will n
II this ; will not inflict * this Miicidaj
''long upon themselves and try this
Dftl experiment upon tho servants they
"'•(’—-because they will not thus ruin
heir fam.lies, and desolate their hearth*
tho nnnoumffltPiit by tho nhyrieian , l""' !\" tills.lit violation of
that slo- tvo. not tlang.rou-ly, tSoujjh I ,h ? p , ’ 0#t conut-tion. of duly, they
relv wounded.
Still further, on n pallet
inn groaning wit
cn bones, interi
bruised head. Half
lute friends were about her weeping, f
broke
injmit
the physician had said sho must die.
Near the pisiform was a poor German
’ g pain. He could
suffering oxcrutiat
not talk English, and" no one from the
“fatherland" hud found him. His case
too. is feared to be hopeless.
On tiie opposite sido aro three girls—
all young and beautiful, but with tho
cold hand of death already laid upon
them.
Many others woro them who alone
would excite the sympathy of thosewho
saw them. A large room on the corner
of tho hall hud been set apart as a de
pository for the 1 todies of the dead, and
this was literally covered with mangled
corpses. Young men, and those past
idinn of life, women and young
girls, all lay there—a ghastly siglit to
behold.
Previous to the fire, two sisters woro
together and comparatively unhurt.—
They would have been rescued. Hear
ing the roar of (lames, they exclaimed
“Oil God ! wc have got to »li«?."
Another woman shrieked out pite
ously that her hair wits burning, hut the
flume* soon after silenced Jjor.
The mayor of Lawrence has publish
ed a notice stating that tho number of
dead and missing is 115, and of wound
ed 105. Of the latter some will undoubt
edly die. but lunch the larger part it is
thought, will survive. Other accounts
say that 102 persons aro among the kill
ed and missing, nnd that 130 (lead bod
ies have boon recovered. Many bodies
are yet beneath the ruins.
Interesting Relic or tub Ancient
World.—The scientific world will bo in
terested in loarning that a discovery
was made last summer by Dr. Newberry,
attached to Lieut. Macomb’s Exploring
Expedition in the region west of N.
Mexico, about the head of Colorado, of
a very extraordinary diameter. It was
the disclosure of a fossil Saurian seven
ty-live feet in length, found imbedded iu
a blue sandstone rock. A number of
tiie caudal vertibrio, a humerus, and
sonic other large bones, wore obtained.
There aro some peculiarities about
this fossil creature of a very striking
character. Dr. Newberry has just re
turned to Washington.—Xativnal Intel-
lijcncer.
SlSSTWo believe that the Alabama
Democratic-Convention i* tho only one
yot hold in a Southern State that did
not present a citizen of its own Statons
a candidate for tiie Charleston nomina
tion for the Presidency. But Alabama
presented principles, nnd instructed
her delegates to procure thoir recogni
tion or withdraw. In our opinion, there
fore, Alabama i* the only State that has
given an earnest of Democratic sinceri
ty in invoking “a united South" for
Southern security.—Col. Kn>
The Oeiqin or Pianos.—Tho piano
forte, that favorite parlor instrument,
now considered an almost indispensable
article in every family that can pur
chase it, was invented W J. C. Schro‘dor,
of Dresden, in 1717. The square piano
was made first by Frederica, an organ
builder of Saxony, about 1758. Piano
fortes woro mado in London by M. 7.utxi-
pic, a German, itt ltOO. The manufac
ture of this instrument Was commenced
in this country since the opeding of thd
present century.
the objects of incessant calumnv,
to be pillaged and murdered in void
blood by their own follow-citizens, who
•s ami martyrs for doing this
butchery
How the Mnorx ami SpnniardN Fight
On the 25th. ut 5 o'clock in the morfi-
ing, says a letter from the Spanish
camp, four companies of tho regimen-
ot the M-diid Chasseur* marched to
ward Sierra do Bullono to recouuoiter.
Suddenly upward of live hundred Moot**
were seen rapidly advancing. These
were followed soon by others, and, al
together, they amounted to four thou
sand. Tho Spaniards immediately tirod
causing great havoc among tho euumy
1 •* seeing thnt they woro coming on
;il alacrity, Kchugue ordered an
with
attack with tlie bayonet, when tho
Moors divided themselves into two
bodies, one to resist tho charge of tho
Spanish infantry, the other to attack?
the redoubt tiiat had been built a few
hours before. Tho first body was com
pletely routed at tho charge of tho Cus-
tillian Chasseurs, und tied in confusion
toward the mountains. Tho other body
was more Humorous, and thoir fire was
concentrated exclusively on the de
fenders of the redoubt. Echaguc or
dered a square to ho formed; and, at tho
impetuous charge of tke Moors, tho
soldiers of the sQiiuro retired. Tho
enemy, imagining that they were flying
rushed impetuously against the square,
which opening itself on u *uddeu; dis
closed a battery. More than two hun
dred Moors perished.
Another division eaine then and pre
vented the Moors from osuuping. The
fight became a horrible butchery; the
Moors throw* away their muskets ami
fought with thoir peculiar long.daggers,
called "gumius." Tho Spanish soldiors
found themselves quite at home in th
sort of struggle. Thoy also threw nwr
their rifles nnd seized their “linvnjns,
Nothing could excel the ferocity of tho
combatants. My friend says it is quite
impossible to form an adequate idea of
this fight. One Spanish soldier slew
throe Moors with his knife, and yet he
had his face dreadfully cut by the
"guniias," Many had their entrails
hanging on their logs, and went on
more fiercely than ever. Not a shot was
then to bo heard. iSjmnish artillerymen,
chasseurs, nnd even officers wore'fight
ing knife in hand. Two hundred Moors
were killed in this savage combat, and
nearly a thousand fearfully wounded.—
Tho Spanish loss was also very great.
Mental Power or the Bull Terrier.
—A well known black and tan terrier;
which lately resided nt Margate, and
was named Princo; was accustomed to
niako his own purchases of biscuit us
often us lie could obtain tho gift of a
half ponny for that purpose. On seve
ral occasions tho baker whom ho honor
ed with his custom thought to put him
off by giving him a burnt biscuit for hi*
half penny. The dog was very much
aggrieved at this inequitable treatment,
but at the time could find no opportu
nity to show his resentment. Howover,
when he next received an olomosynary
half-penny, he wended Uis way to the
baker as usual, with the oOin in his
teeth, and waited to be served. As soou
ns tho Baker proffered him a biscuit, ho
drew up his lips, so as to , exhibit the
half-penny, and then walked coolly out
of the shop, transferring his custom to
anotliop member of (he sumo trade who
liVedon tho other side of the rokd.-
'Jloutkdgt'* Natural History. ■
publicanism.—Col. Enquirer.
ti$rA statement that Leigh Hunt
tho original of Harold Skiinpolo in
" Bleak- House/’ which originated in
this country and Iihn since been copied
quite extensively into tho English prose,
is denied by Mr. Dickens in All tiie
Year Round. JIo acknowledges that
for *ho pleasure it-aflorded him to think
of the delightful manner of Hunt re
producing itself under his' hand, he
yielded to tho temptation of too often
making li‘s character speak like his old
end. But evon in the iqoro occasion-
manlier lie meant to lie so million*
and conscientious, that he privately re
ferred the proof-sheet* of the first num
ber of that book to two intimate literary
friends of Leigh Hunt (both still living
nnd altered the whole of that part o'
the text on their discovering too strong
a resemblance to “ids way."
No
MvsTF.ntors ArrAiR.-—Tho Vicksburg
Whig says t
On last Saturday, Mr. Whiteman
who lives fifteen miles from this oity«
discovered n trading boat about grouml
ing, nnd seeing no ouo aboard ho at
tempted to go aboard, but was kept off
i large dog. On Tuesday! the boat
ig in a sinking condition, Mr. W.
being
and othor gcutlcmen aucoodcd in get
ting on board, and found it uninhabited
and were stricken with horror on find-
ieg tho floor covered with blood, indica
ting that a murder hud been commit
ted on the boat, nnd the body thrown
into tho river. Tho boat is loaded with
dry goods—is painted red, and hna
Georgo M. Kidd, No. 27, painted on
tho side. It is not known whether
Kidd is tho murdered man or not. The
boat, lettors, &c„ arc in tho *tl»o posses
siou of Mr. Whitoman.
JBQrThe following story is told at
Washington of tho Hon. Thaddcus
Stevens of Pennsylvania:
" At tho time when several of the
Anti-Lecompton men 5(ptnd for Mr. Gil
mer of North Carolina, one of thoproin
inent Southern Democrats approached
Mr. Stevens, saying ho was very much
astonished that theso men should vote
for Mr. Gilmer, who owned nearly
"hundred head of niggers." Docs lie?
said Mr. S., "then 1 think I shall voto
for him myself, for it is your little o»o-
headed nigger men who make all the
trouble."
Time for Swat pi .ve.—An Indiana
man was travelling down the Ohio, on a
two-y
steamer, with a mare and
colt, when by a sudden careen of the
boat, ull three woro tilted into the river.
The Uoosicr, as lie rose, puffing and
blowing above water, caught hold of tho
tail of theeolt. not having a doubt tiiat
tho natural instinet of the animal would
carry him sale ashore. Tho old mare
took a "bee lino" for the shore, hut tho
frightened colt swam lustily down tiie
current, with its owner still hanging
fast.
Lot go the colt, and hang on to tho
old mare 1" shouted some of his friends.
. " Phreo, booh 1" exclaimed tho Hoo-
sier, spouting the water from hi* mouth
and shaking his head liko a Newfound
land dog, “it’s ull vory fine, your telling
me to let go the colt; but to*n man tiiat
can’t swim, this ain’t exactly the time
for swapping horse*."
FnioiiTPUL Death.—The New York
Post, of last evening, says:
Between 4 and 5 o’clock this morning,
as officer Elder, of the Sixth Prucimit,
was passing through Duane street, ho
discovered the body of ninnn impaled on
Hie iron piekot railing fronting No. 74.
The man was nlivo and moaning but
unable to speak. So deeply had tbe
sharp pointed pickets penetrated his
body, that the officer found it impossi
ble to extricate him from hi* horrible
position. Calling officers Magure and
Osborne to his assistance, the three,- af
ter a good deal of difficult v, sueceded in
removing him. His removal caused h
profuse flow of blood from his wound*,
and ho died iu a few seconds after be*
ing placed on tho pavemeut. The body
was immediately conveyed to the sta
tion-house, and inquiry nt onco institu
ted to usce.rtuin who the deceased was,
and how ho came to meet with such a
horrible death.
Subsequent investigation led' to tho
general belief that the man had jump
ed from a window, while laboring under
delirium tremens.
WiF’Tho Washington correspondent
of tiie Times says:
Tho official report of Copt. Ileintzel-
matin has boon received by Secretary
Floyd. It gives tiie details of the bat-
tlo of tho 27th ult„ with Cortina*. The
latter, with GOO men, was entrenched
one mile above Kio Grando city. ('apt.
H. attacked him with 150 regulars and
180 Mier rangers, Cortinus retreated,
and a running tiro was kept up for ton
miles, whop tho outluws dispersed.—
Cortiuns with 20 men swimming tho Rio
Grande. All of Cortinus’ artillery and
supplies were captured. Cortinos soon
after appeared buforo Romo, a sniull
town higher up the river, and threaten
ed to burn it, and Capt. Stone’s com
pany of cavalry was sent to occupy it.
Cant. H. bous that now. troops may be
sent him, aqd urges tho positive necesi-
ty for them on that frontier.
A follow whowMpitohodintoagutter
where theqld garbage is thrown do-
scribes himselfas being in an "offal”
condition. . .
M 4 ^ A Dittyv
"Little dock Robitij
Sitting Oh a rail, ,
ho noddled with bis Wd,
And ho waggled with his tail 1”
Columbus.—Columbus ranks as the
third city in Georgia in point of wealth.
This fact is gathered from tho Comp
troller-General’s report, which contains
tho taxuble propoMy returned from
each city. Savannah first, Augusta sec
ond, Columbus third, Atlanta fourth,
and Macon fifth. The little southwos
tern city, Albany, which is springing ui
under the nlngit^vnnd of enterprise, L
seventh on tho catalogue. Thcro is less
■how of wealth in Columbus than in
othor cities of liko sizo. That is to say,
our citizens do net put all thoir proper
ty in houses and outsido decorations,
but uro satisfied to live comfortably, in
pretty residences, boaring tho marks of
exquisite taste and fine workmanship,
with well improved surroundings and
handsome gardens.—Col. 'limes.
In formation is received from
Mexico that Mr. McLano's treaty wim
obtained after earnest resistance by
Juarez, as a last alternative for preserv
ing his position. Lerdo had been sent
hero for tho purpose of raising money,
and failed. Mr. Belmont, to v.’hom ap
plication had boon made, conditionally
promised, if tho treaty was made and
ratified by the Senate, advances might
bo obtained under that prospect. Mr.
Mclamo succeeded when it was least ox-
pectcd, and when Sonor Mata Juatez,
representative horn, was alxmt giving u:
his residence, ho having abandoned ai
hope.
Cott- * *
—Out i
ton raised
hundred tlm
to have bo
•: CTUREI) AT TUB SOUTH,
'illions of bales of cot-
•onr, only about
md bales aro estimated
manufactured* into cloth
in all of the slave-bold States—such
insignificant proportion as to be hardly
worth mentioning. Of tho quantity of
cotton manufactured in^the slavchold
ing States the following *statoucut will
■how how it is divided:
BALES,
1355 1850 1857 1858^1$;
N, Carol I mi 18,50(1 22,000 25,000 20,000 20.000
8. Carolina |l5,000 15,000 17,000 18,000^20,000
Georgia, 20,500 25,000 23,000 21,000 20,000
Alnbnmn, 5,500 0,500 5,000 8,000 10,000
Tennessee, 4,000 7,000 0,000 10,000 13,000
Decline or the Opuosition Strength
in the Northwest.—Tho following tablo
exhibiting the Opposition majorities in
the Northwestern States at tho Inst elec
tion*. as well as thoso of 185(5, 1 shows
how tremendously that school of poli
tics has declined in popular favor. Tho
total voto Is ns largo if not larger than
it was in i860:
1859 185G
Iowa 3,000 1G.900
Wisconsin 4,000 18,000
Michigan 8,000 20,000
Ohio 10,050 40,000
Illinois, in 1858, gave2000 Democrat
ic majority; and in 1859 it was 29,000
Opjiositiun ,
Indiana, in 1858, was 3000 Domo
cratic ; and in 185G it was 1900 Demo
cratic.
Tiie result, therefore, is, in these six
Northwestern States, tho Opposition ma
jority of 120,000 in 185G, has boon re
duced, by tho lato elections, to23.000.—
CU. Enq.
[Latest News.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of tho Steamship Anglo-Saxon
Portland. Mr.., Jan. 19.—The steam
ship Anglo Saxon, arrived hero thismor-
..... .NSB
uing, with Liverpool dates to-Jan. 4th.
Commorient News.
Liverpool. Jan. 4.—The sftlwi ol Cot
ton on Tuesday and Wednesday, woro
15,000 bales/ Tho mnrkot closod stea
dy with rather* a bettor tone. Thosnlas
'on Thursday reached 8,000 bales, with
a firm market and slightly advancing,
tendency.
Louiaiuua Politics.
New Orleans, .Tan. 18.—The Gover
nor of Louisiana in his message, rocom-
monda tho State to bo prepared to meet
her sister .State* of the South in Conven
tion in case of certain contingencies. Ho
favors legislative notion, in tho adop
tion of retaliating laws, by licensing and
Inflicting discriminations against North
ern good* until such commodities aro
absolutely prohibited from introduction
and snlo in Louisiana.
In tho Hotiso of Representatives a
joint resolution has been passeddeclar-
ng that tho Harper’s Ferry nfUir was
an attack on tho rights and privileges
6f tho South, nnd was clearly evincive
of hostility on tho partofthofreo States
not nlomyby tiie murderous nets com
mitted, but by tho general sympathy in
its favor which was subsequently exhib-
ited.
It is also declared that the election of
a Black Republican to the offleo of Pres
ident of tho United States,, will bo a
good and sufficient cause fob a dissolu
tion of tho Union. *’
Charleston Market.
Charleston, Jan. 19, 1 P. M.—Cotton
•Tlioro is a buoyant demand to-day for
tho bettor grades, at firm and full pri
ces. .Sales 1,000 balos.
Augusta, Jan*. 19.—Cotton.—.There is
a fair demand to-day, at unchnngod pri
ces. Good middlings I0| to 10} c.
South Carolina Embassy to Virginia
Richmond, Va., 18th.—Col. C.G. Mem-
mi nger, tho Commissioner from South
Carolina to Virginia, will address the
Legislature of Virginia to-morrow.
Shocking Accident from Wearing
Hooped Skirts.—On Friday week a
daughter of Mr. L. K. Barr, residing in
Hagerstown, Md., was frightfully burn-
od whilst washing noar u tiro in an out
house. The young lady had hor back
to tho fire, and having on an extension
skirt, tho latter camein contact with the
flames ns she leaned over and pressed
against tho tub in which she was doing
her work. She was instantaneously en
veloped in flames and though thrown
down and rolled iu tho snow by her
mother, the fire was not extinguished
until the flesh was by mod to a crisp,—
She was still living on Tuo*day|but her
recovery is doubted.
ggJTLord Macauly, tho historian, died
rooently after a fortnight* illness, of a
diseasoof thehoart.
A Scoundrel Posted.—The Richmond
Whig cautions tho South, against all
books published by A, II. Burdick, 145
Nassau street Now York.
Ho is tho publisher of Helper book.
Let the South Romombcr him.—Mont.
Mail.
Folly.—Sir Joshua Roynolds, the
eolebrated painter, boing askod how ho
would persona to folly in a painting, re
marked tiiat he would represent a man
climbing over a wall at tho risk of his
neck, with an opon gate close by, through
which ho might walk with oaso and
safety.
Folly’s son a thousand times
O’er tho wall op danger climbs;
"Lo I the door!" Experience cric
' Experience erics;
J.ot mo mount," tho fool replies,
And onco moro climbs, and falls and
dies.
t J@*Wo seo it stated that tiro Mail
Contractors in various parts of tbo coun
try con tin no tq throw up their contracts
finding it impossible to continue "tho
service owing to tho failure of the
Congress to mnke the necessary appro
priations.
-86TT1io estimated loss of property on
tho western river* by steamboat ’ftcci-
donts isovor $2,090,000. About three
hundred livos have boon lost by such
disasters.
fiSP’Tho authorship of Junius is at
length fairly confirmed, if what is alleg
ed to bo truo, that d now yolunio on this
fertile theme, by ii Mr. Porks,' will for
tho first time, contain facta and Mocu-
mcats derived from the Francis family.
Theso add to tho tcstim'ony that fixes
Junius on Sirpliillip Francis.
gQrln Albion, Mich., a man by the
namo of George Sawyer died as suppos
ed, in a spasm, some time kst Spring.'
Ho waa buried alive. Not long since
some of . his friends wishing to remove
Ids body disinterred him. They found
him lying on his face, his hands in his
hair, with great hnndfulls tom out, and
his gfovto clothes wore all torn to poi-
PniLADELunt a, Jan. 12.—7^0 hunting-
non Ofl*. Convention have oleotod' dole-
gAtcs to the State Convention, instruct
ed them to support lion. J» C, Breck-
Hdge for the Preiipahoy.
"Father," said a young lisper of
somo lour summers, "when was the
Hood ?" "O, my son," replied tho par
ent, "Hint happened a long-timo ago*"
" Vnth we alive, then?" persisted the
little inquirer. "No, ejear,” was the re
ply, "tho Hood wo read of In tho Bible
happened mniiy thousand years ago."—
"Well, now,” rejoined tho boy in great
disgust, "that fth too bad! . I thought
lorn Brown (another youngster of the
Same ago) wnth fibblq. Ho timid to me
tluth morning that ho was there then
and leaded through.
Ady^Mcorsoliaum pipc. it w said, aro
mado o.ut of the foam of tho sea. Tito
manufacture of them, thqroforo, must
bo a rNrjw-ical operation. ;
J®-A Wignml lias been captured in
Swmlinhi ivho is known to lim'o nernn-
tratotl sixty murders. Ha wns followed
at all times, by threo enormous; mastiffs,
fed according to tho tradition of the pens-
antry on hutoan jje.di, ;
Bfe-tf asked wlmt pliyslclun stood nt.
the top ol his profession,.wfe should rav
MS who was in tho
habit ol attending "patience on a mou-
utnani. 1 '