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—— '-UL-JL! || i bi ■ s Bp ettneu. VOLUMF.-KV. ROME. GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1860.111 NUMBER 18 Djc Some Count 1 : Saturday Morning, January 21,1800 3 00 Terms of Advertising. l.fial Advertisement* will Ifo inserted At the u»l rst««. hfiscellanrou* Advertisement* at ,„. r sqrniro of 10 linM nr loss, fir tiie First, 1 50 cents for each anln^iuont Insertion 1 Square Throe Months, $.*» 00 8 00 10 U0 o thoao Mix Months. 1 “ Twelve Months, t s \ liberal Disoount will In mado ndvertiss larger amounts. MSi(it'ir<7« of more than five lines charged .• same as advortisoments. .VitiCM of Marrinqe* ami Death*, not ex- sdlng Five Tones in length, are m^ished ntuituomly in the Cn U r*r. Ttta JVjendPof o parties are requestsend acesinpanind with ft r»«poi#ilill^»amo d they will bo published with plcnaurr.' * s wishing The Law of Newspaper*. 1.—Subscribers who do not give expo ie* to the contrary, nre onnsidar^jJ n continue their subscription. ;,__lf<ub«crlbcrs order tho discontlnuftnce f t heir nowspspers tho publisher may couth ,, t» send them until all nrrei»ra«fcs are )HM' .V—If subscribes neglect or refuse » •• lieir newspapers from the odle* to which thTf re directed, ther aru hold responsible until hay bars settled tho bills and toppod. 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. ‘ , Ju »1.-1 y 1 loft for colloctiei /. ii. ii.vur.novi:, 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 '