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VOLUME XV.
ROME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 19. 1860.
NUMBER 49.
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Elections in tho Northern Htntcs
Tito news from elections in tho North*
om .States, though very meagre, nro
Quito discouraging, and if they nro
n correct indication of the final rnsult
we may tcgnrd Lincoln’s election as
certain. Tho strongest hopo at the
South was that ho might loso Pennsyl
vania, hut his friends arc confident
that that Stato ha* gone for Curtin, the
Blaok Republican candidate for Govern-
oi, by from ten to fifteen thousand ma
jority. The returns from Ohio indicate
increased Black Republican gain*, and
tho same unwelcome intelligence reach-
from lndinfm. Those two latter
States, however, we did not expect to
see go otherwise than for Lincoln.—
And the influences which were brought
to hoar in Pennsylvania, niul the imper
fect arrangements for a fusion against
Curtin, nccount, in some degree for the
result there.
Tho iron mnitufucturing interests in
that State oro very consideahlu and tho
number of persons dependent upon it
grrat. For several .years jmst, some
of tho manufacturing establishments
have been suspended, on uccount of
iltw low taritfon iron, and hundreds,
l.oi lmpx thousands of operatives thrown
ut of employment. These, and ail
others interested in this department of
industry will of course support that po.
litical party which Is most fully com
mitted to a protective tariff. Lincoln
and iiis friends have pledged thoinselvcs
in every way to carry out this policy
and have thus secured tills voto in
Pennsylvania, which is by no means
inconsidcruhlo.
Mr. Buchanan in 1856 received a largo
H proportion of this vote, on account of
yy known high tarilfproollvitios, and he was
enabled, with this voto, and such ns
State pride, and his personal influence
gave him, to carry Pennsylvania. While
we do not entirely despair, yet, wo have
little hope of taking this Stato from
Lincoln, and wo must now turn our
eyes to Now York to rescue tho Gov*
eminent from tho disgraco of Black Re
publican misrule, and tho calamities
which are almost inevitable.
| curvature of tho northern routois taken
**—**-
rontin-
ru paid.
|o taka
the offlee to which tiler
yi. ilii v arc hold responsible until
f bill'll tho bill* nml
n until all arrears*!:*
[-jfmiMcrilwr* neglect or refuse
rupspei
... —potijjiMr
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[coll M l*N tCATKD.]
A Pacific Railway. Unto consideration. All tho commerce
Tn Ills Into report, Mr. Wadsworth, L of tho Pacific is not confined to San
Engineer of the Dalton k Jacksonville Francisco no more than is that of the
Rui I road, says: "From Cleuvolntul to Atlantia *.o Now York, and much tho
the Gulf at Pensacola or Mobile, your larger share of tho commerce of the
Road can have no rival, nml these are, world would find itself neater its dost!-
in fact tho most important points of the nation at Muzutlnn than at San Fran-
whole Southern seaboard. This seems ciseo. Anything destined for Asia
to bo tho point at which the future would find itself equally well placed,
commorco of the country is likely to and the time to the Sandwich Islands
he concentrated, and a glance at a rail- is about the same,
way map of tho United States shows' I learn front reports of Engineers who
there are already several prominent have given their personal observation to
lines about being finished up nil tite this Mexican part of tho route, some
way from tho great Northern Lukes.— I facts which may be well mentioned in
Upon tliis coast will eventually he built | this connection and will bear com pari*
up tho great commercial emporium of i son with tho various reports at govern*
the continent and tho ports from which mental surveys to the Pacific,
not only the productions of the South, | Tho route through Montcmy and
but also of tho Northwest will find their : Muzutiun is easily accessible to tho
departure to foreign markets. Thus ocean, smooth in profile, pleasant in cli-
thc D. k J. Railroad in connection with undo, and abounds in materials, food
other lines travelling in the same gene* and labor, kc., kc. * * * As to the
rid direction will become one of the cost of building the two roads and tho
important throughfnrcs between tho in* expenso of working the contract is a*
terior States and tho tropics. Its sue* great as that of their climates. Politr
cess thus becomes of common interest j cal considerations may force u road nt
with these linos, and tlioy uro equally governmental expenso by a route more
interested hi its progress and the gene* ' northern and circuitous, but this of all
rui features of its construction. Every i tho projected routes, connecting our
ommcrcinl community perceives tho- Railway system in tho East with tho
NEW ENTERPRISE.
HI. T. NEWMAN,
Exclusive Dealer in
[ROCKERY, CHINA,
ALSO,
joking (Hasses & Plated Ware
Broad St., Rome, Ga.
.tv;*
.ekery
Wai
will
imjiortanco of reciprocal support and
when the advantage* which will accrue
from tho completion of tho D. &J.
Railroad to the connecting roads is ful
ly understood, thoy will offor their hear
ty co-operation and endorsement, for
the interest is ono and identical, and
in aiding the construction of this they
but contribute to thoir own cxistcnco
and oxtension.
From Dalton Northeast there nro at
this day 1.120 connecting miles of mil*
ond, in operation reaching to Bangor,
tho interior city of Maine, tlnmca. to
Halifax thu most Eastern harbor of tho
continent 415 miles, of which more than
two thirds of tho distance is operating
and the rcuiuinder in progress towards
completion South westward to Now Or
leans, 520 miles (the Ala. A Ten it. River
Railroad is to bo completed to Jackson.
Pacific, it is believed will ulonc pay in
terest on tho cost.
Bank ok the Empire State.—Tho
Statement” to ho found in another
column speaks for itself—comment is
unnecessary. Read It.
Mr. Wadsworth’s Report.
We call attention specially to tho ex
tract wo publish this morning from tho
very interesting report of Mr. Wads
worth, Chief Engiuocr on tho Dalton
it Jacksonville Railroad. It shows
clearly the great importance of a con
nection by Railway between Jackson
ville and tho line of roads running
North. Wo arc glad to learn that the
negotiations which have been carried
on for some months, between the Dal
ton it Jacksonville, and Georgia & Ala.
.AHi.d.mtlv kept'
I ban I including
and Dinner —
from the low- "
pried rhenp . .
*, to the finest
x. Also Glass Ware, In all it* v«ri«
< an l qUAlities, for table and culinary
.|it**tidul fiMortineut of Fine Mirrors,
ion RO)d supply of Plated Ware, inelud-
'aitori, Spoon*, Sugar-Tongs, Cake ami
•r Knives, Jke., Ac.
.• subscriber will keep a Inrcor stock of
. ji,Tv and Glass Ware, than litis liitlie
•n kept liy nil the Merchant*of Home—the
‘took in Cherokee (la., and by buying
■ quantities, ho will them cheaper,
\\ W aide to sell lower than the farmer
[The public arc respectfully intited to call
, first door abovo MeOhttig's, aud
Nids and prices.
IfcbD’CO.trily. WM. T. NEWMAN.
K B. EVES,
MANUFACTURER OF
And DealerExtonsivoly in
»®«»<
of all Styles.
Quality I’m/ PriceJ Challcngttl.
THE FARMERS
UK requested to examlno my large n«-
L f.rlmentof PiantaUon Bridle*, Collar*,
reaching and Team Gear complete, nt the
Lowest Possible Cash Prices.
rmade to order, and repaired
Mv stock will bear inspcc-
hofore purchasing.
Good Nows from Gordon C ounty,
The Union men of Gordon are wido
awake, ond at work in good earnest.—
Tho Bell and Everett ticket will he
much larger titan thu old Opposition
vote, and hopos nro entertained of car
rying thu county for those noble patri
ots.
Tho following correspondence wo* re
ceived too late for our ismu* of Thursday
last, hut it is too good to ho lost:
Cai.iioun, Ga„ Oct. 4th, 1-860.
Cot.. Warren Akin:—Dear Sir:—We
know thntyou do not.dusiro to enter in
to a political contest for tho sake of of
fice, nor do you dosiro to harangue tho
people for tho sako of elevating wrang
ling demagogues to pluco or power; but
fooling and knowing that our beloved
country i* now in groat peril, and that
all good men, of ovory calling and avo
cation, should con tribute their efforts
to avert the impending danger, and save
our bright heritage for ourselves, our
wives ond our children. Therefore, we
request you to address tho citizens of
Gordon county during the term of our
Court.
Respectfully yours, kc
W. J. Cantrell, 1
Young Maun,
ille by Fob, lut. ’61, and the Selma k ( bumu, R, R, Companies, have at last
Gulf Road is being worked with vigor) j terminated successfully, and the in-
and oven to tho ltio Grande, tho west- terestsnf tho two Companies will ho
bortler of Texas, 1220, this Grout
Railway is in progress of Construction
for the greater part of tite way. The
Rio Grande, Mexicali & Pacific Railroad
will complete this extended chain of
Railway.
Its whole length is retro 3500 miles,
and with but low modifications it is tho
shortest and without doubt tho most
united, and the lino from Dalton to
Jacksonville pass through this pli
We hopo this will give a now stimulus
to the work and inspire confidence in
its friends that it will bo speedily
pletcd.
Cuss County
On the 2nd inst. wo gave an Impel*-
.... . <• „ n i. feet list of premiums awarded oltlzetis
pru.'t.cnble rout® for a Railway across of ,, loy(l ,' Vliml; ntClw , ^ unt> . Agrl .
lit to !l,e j 01lUur ,i w\. now republW'i n
t list from the Cassvillo Standard, i
the continent.
coast of New England and tho Gulf <»f
Mexico, tho general bearing being about j » matter of interest to many of
Northeast and Southwest. It passe* ,cn ^‘
through some of the nourishing ami
populous cities of the Union, and in
its lotitude and longitude embraces tho
greatest vnrioty of soil andclimnto. Sov-
cnteoii Staton of tho Union are nt onon
bound with a commercial tie, together
with tho provinces of tho Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick and the Republic
of Mexico.
This great highway with its ramifica
tions into all parts of tho Union will
have nil iuthiouco, as well. and
“ llclmvcd Himself'I.lko a Gcntlc-
.Thc Holly Springs (Miss,) Constitu
tional Union says:
In his speech nt tho Court House on
lost Monday week, Senator Davis was
very severe on Mr. Dougins for taking
the stump in his own l>chalf. He called
him an itinerant ndvocato of his own
aluitns, and said that this of itself dis
qualified him for tho Presidency. He
remarked also that ho would hitvo boon
better satisfied if Mr. Bveckinridgo had
not listened to tho solicitations of his
neighbors, and refused to tnako any
speech. In this connection wo were
glad to hear him applaud the course of
John Boll, by saying that ho "nnd stay
cd nt homo nml behaved himself like n
gentleman.” Benton, in hi* reply, pro
posed that this should decide tho claims
of tho groat aspirants, and that ns Bell,
oven in tho estimation of tho distin
guished Senator, had done better than
either of tho other opponents of Lin
coln, and, liko a dignified candidate for
Presidential honor*, " had stayed nt
homo nnd behaved himself like* a gen
tleman,” the people had better take
him.
Mr, Bei.i.'s Soundness.—Ono can
scarcely tako up n Democratio paper in
tliis section without finding Mr. Boll
denounced as unsound. At tho North
a different opinion prevail*. Senator
Wilson, of Massachusetts, a fit col-
league of Sumner, made a speech In
Jersey City not long nineo, and declar
ed tlmt '.lolm Bell had boon the mo*/
contlstcnl, vtost determined pro-tlavcrt/ man
ic/nt ever Keld a seat in the Senate, Ho lmd
cast over 50 votes directly ayainst Freedom,
and/or slavery.
|fir“Ioit,” the Washington cores-
!>ondent of tho Baltimore t$un, (Breckin
ridge,) writes, October 3d:
Tho great Union mooting to bo hold
in New York next Monday Is to heal till
the dissensions in tho democracy, and to
consign to political oblivion all the nnti-
fusionlsts, whether they bo few ormanv.
Not ottlv the President but Mr. Breck
inridge himself had npprovedlof tho pro
ject of tho Coojior InstituTo Committee,
which Conimittoo is composed of n ma
ority of Breckinridge men.
Dcnth of Rembrandt Peale*
The venerable and distinguished art
ist, Rembrandt Peale, E*q„ died, yes
terdny morning, nt his residence, No,
1506 Vino streot, in tho eighty-third
rear of his age. His death was caused
jy dropsy of tho heart. Mr. l’eale
taken ill on Tuesday night, but the
symntoms were not alarming until into
on Wednesday night, when it became
evident that he was dying, Tho history
of Mr. Pettlo is familiar to most Phila
delphians, and his portraits of Wash
ington are national treasures. When
but seventeen years of ago ho was hon
ored with three sitting* from tho Father
of his Country himself. Mr. Poalo was
tho son of Charles Wilson Peale, foun
der of tho old Philadelphia Museum,
who was likewise n distinguished paint
er. Tho son, in addition to his artistic
abilities, was a gentleman of refined lit
erary tastes anil an occasional writer of
charming verses. Tho deceased leaves
* low and several descendants. lie
twice married.—Philadelphia Inqui-
NEW
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rxCLUDINQ Flour, Meal, Sugar of all
. kind*, Cnflec, Butter, Eggs, Fish of tlif-
dn«l*< Dried Fruit*, nml Preserved
All kinds of Nuts, Caudle*, Cigars,
•j Fine Liquors, Ac., Ac.
[IVc wish it Distinctly Understood that
Wo will Sell on Credit to
til responsible men, who nre
in the habit of paying at the
[time agreed upon.
We will duplicate upon time to prompt
[paying men, any cash purohise tnado in
Give us a call and satisfy yourselves as 1
[, "°ds and prices,
frbOwly.J MOORE k DUNNAHOO.
H. A. White,
J. L. White,
A. S. Smith,
J. II. Doughty,
Jus. M. llnrdtn,
Jas. Freeman,
Benj. Bowling,
Will. Mobley,
Win. People*,
J. N. Carter,
J. D. Ingles,
I>. R. Conley,
J. W. Conley,
and others.
John Uoodson,
J. M. Hunter,
P..S. Hale,
F. M. Cabot,
M. S. Gain*,
Joint Harkins,
A. P. Bally,
John Malone,
J. N. Scott,
Joshua Daniel,
Jesse Miller,
E. A. Clnkclcr,
John M. Neal,
J. E. Parrott,
Jas. Haskins,
HORSES OF ALL WORK.
Single Harness horse, W. Ramey, 10,00
Draft horse, J. H. Walker, 5,00
Pair hnrucss horses, " 10,00
FAST HORSES.
Premiums of 910 for fastest nnd $5 for
second fastest Mure or Gelding:
John II. Walker enters s. g. Tempest.
T. S. Williamson, Tn g. Bullet.
A. S. Graves, g. g. Grey Eagle.
A. S. Hamilton, 1». g.’Beauty.
Track 1650 yards. Time 2:41.
Premium of $10 for fastest and $5 for
second fastest Stallions, track na above.
T. S Williamson, Black Boy.
. M. O. Win!lock, Black Hawk, Jr.
political, upon tho destiny»U^ieooun- . Time 2:38,
try; and its gigantic arm will 1m inwork- pivitnunis o
oil in extcnuai.on of ilie a
lustry. us it -vould b*
an instruui' iii of w
5th inst.
and i
•qu'dly !-«>•
,0 ‘i r..
s ol *10 for I',.'test nnd $5 for
•-csi Jjor-e, mare or gelding,
iilia-OHon, b. b. Black Boy.
A.S.l
The Proposed Fusion In Virginia a
Failure.
Tho Richmond Whig says:
TJio Breckinridge and Dougins Com
mittees were in session in this city on
Friday aud Saturday, nnd after coquet
ting with each other for two whole days
came to the conclusion tlmt a fusion
between the two wings was utterly im
practicable. Tho proposed fusion scheme
therefore, has proved to bo a terrible
iailtuo.
Fiom what we hear, tho Dougins men
obtained a decisive advantage over the
Breckinridgo men, throwing nil the
onin of disorganization and factiousness
on the latter. Proposition after propo-
1 .-ition for a reconciliation between the
two wings was made by the Douglas
men and declined by tho Breckinridge
Tcrriblo Torture—The Shower Rath*
Tho prisons ol Naples, as far ns ex
quisite torture is concerned, do not ex
ceed in horror tho Now York State
prison at Sing Sing. A New York pa
per gives an nccount of tho application
of tho shower bath to Tom Kelly, n
desperate villain, who rocoutly led an
attempt to escape from the institution.
It says:
His was no ordinary ease. Half n
dozen keeuers surrounded hi*coll when
ho came out of it, and follow ud him to
tho shower bath. -Half a dozon men
armed to tho tooth, conducted him to
the scene of his sufferings, where were
waiting linlf n dozen more to oonquer
him, should ho make the slightest de
monstration of resistance.
Kelly camo into the roum, pale nnd
livid. The lips were compressed, tho
eyes sunken and half closed, and the
chock hones projected more prominent
ly than inordinary cases, from the com
pression of Id* jaws.
"Tako off your clothes, sir!” said tho
keeper.
mandate was obeyed without a
reply ; and hu stripped himself nuked,
nnd entered the Imth. A convict who
stood by fixed his toet in the stocks, his
hands in tiie armlets, and Ids head un
der the hath. As soon its ho won placed
under it, he shook his head, ns much its
to say, "I’ve got to suffer.” The witter
was allowed to tricklo down his fnoo
nnd warm Id* body for iv few minutes
before tho hath fell upon hi* head. At
length it fell, Tom boro it well, not n
shiver of tho leg*, not it muscular
movement of the hands or fiugor*, not
a single cry of distress, although ho
was actually being drowned for about
five minutes.
"You hoar it well, Tom,” said ono of
tho keepers, after tho first five minutes
had elapsed, and timo had been given
him to recuperate.
It Was an awful spectacle to witness
this man under the bath. Every
muscle contracted and boenme corded;
sometimes tho hands would become
convulsed, and every nerve strained,
when there would follow n relaxation.
Then the water would ceaso to pour,
and then would appear tho''sufferings
of the culprit; tho retching, nml* vom
iting of Water, Which lmd swelled th6
l»ody up liko a dropsical invalid.—
Hanging is nothing tn the shower hath.
The man subjected’to the hath for half
an hour stiffen ten times the amount of
pain caused bv strangulation, for tho
simple reason that Ju*t ns consciousness
is aoout leaving, nnd when ho would be
happy tn dio, ho Is brought back to a
full realization of his sutlerings nnd un
happy position.
After Kelly had been showered, and
taken to his cell, tho keeper turned
round, and with a malignant smilu ex
claimed, "We’ll subduo him,” Oufc
siilevs, from that expressive sentence,
may guoss at tho rule in Sing Sing.
"It's awful,” was Tom’s reply ; "hut I
can’t ask for mercy.”
Down came the water again, nnd for
five minutes longer tho gurgling sounds
of a strangulated man were audible,
nnd, when ho was exhausted, the cord
was lot up and tho water stopped,
few minutes of rolcn'so was granted, and
down eaine tho water again, and the
scone was more terriblo than tho worst
execution wo had over witnessed.
At length, congestion of the brain
was threatened, and a "hi**” from the
physician brought tho third sccno to
uloso. Soveml minutes wore allowed
tho unfortunata man to recover, but
the punishment was too torrible to wit-
nes to the end, nnd we left, lie had
been fifteen minutes under the shower;
hut had twonty-fivo minutes of the
same to endure when wo loft; nnd for
tho next forty days tho same sort of
punislunont will bo meted out to him,
A^Hamtftgit Maid*
A correspondent of tho New York
Times gives tho following picture bf an
old maid i , .. ■ -
The old mnld, who has just driven by
In a privato carriage, is n character,—
Sho was a great hello In her day, and
being an heiress as well, had offers
enough to sntisfy any Veasoflahlo wo
man ; but she looked for perfection and
a husband—tho consequence U she has
found neithor. This suitor smoked,
that ono allowed, this ono did not rpoak
f ood French, and the other spoko bad
Inglisb. So, than, sho rides alone in
her carriago, single nnd turned of forty
—her day of grace Is past. Here are
some lines whereof it lift Is tho subject;—
I am aware thatsdme ono also ha* writ-
ton something in tho samo vein, about
a "Wreath of Rose*,” but still no ono
can accuso mo of plagiarism—tho metro
is nlikft, but you will notice that the
ideas are not at all similar:
Sho wore a robo of muslin
The night that first wo mot—
Her little feet wore mousing
Beneath hcr.conttipot;
Her dress lmd nil tho lightness,
Her air the stylish tone,
That mark tho hello at twenty, *
With a fortune all her own. ’
A skirt of rustling satin
When noxt wo met sho wore";
Tho sprend of hoop* and whalebone
Was greater than before;
And standing by her sido were men
Who wooed, but wooed in vain: ,
She mm thorn 1 nil to' Coventry, '
And they went—on' a'tridfl. :
Yet, once again I saw that form -
No sighing swu|ns wore thorq—
A Summer roso had faded.
Shut out from sun and air ;
I saw her hut a moment,
Yet methinks I see lior now,
With a poodle in her carriage,
And a wrinkle on her brow.
There, as B?n Johnson Mid to fSylves-
0r, that piay not bo poetry; but I’ll
wear It’s mo truth. f '
An Iniimlntion in Switzerland.
The following .details, piiltliflicii In n
Swiss imjlor, of n recent imtndiktiot* of
tho volley of the Ithonb In the Vnliiis,
nro interesting:
"At 7 o’clock, on the list of .Septem
ber, tho telegraph of Driguc Informed
tho authorities nt Sion that ‘ tho Sail-
tAno had overflowed its banks dbring
the night, and that an avalanuhe of
Late News.
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA.
A benevolent Institution cstnhlinhol by speci
al Endowment, for tbo Relief of the’ 8lck
and Digressed, afflicted with Virulent nnd
Epidemic Disease*, and especially for the
M . Caro of Disooaos of the 8oxtml Organs.
EDICAL advico given gratis, by tho ac
ting Surgeon, to nil who apply by lot-
[*° r , with a description of thoir condition,
'(ngo, occupation, habit* of llfo, Ac.,) and in
ciutes of extreme povorty, Modioines furnish
ed free of chargo.
Vahmblo reports on Rpormntorrhooa, nnd
[Hhcr Diseases of tho Sexual Organ*, and on
the NEW REMEDIES employed in tho Di*-
pensary, sent to tho nfflioted in sealed lot-
envelopes, IVeo of ohnrgo. Two or throo
"liitnps for postngo will ho ncceptablo.
Address, DR. 8KILLEN HOUGHTON,
Acting 8„r«o on , Howard Association, No. 2
Bouth Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. By
order of the Director*.
„ EZRA D. HBARTWELL, Pros,
Gko. FAinciiiLD, Seo’ty. fobOtrily,
Kerosine Oil and Lamps
O F THE BEST QUALITY, FOR SALE
cheap by •
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Oils,
)URE Kerosene, Machine Lard, Tanner*
Whale, and Camphone and Burning
urn. For buIo low by
juneOtri. FARELL & YEI8ER.
C.tssviM.K, Oct. 6th, 1860.
Gbnti.emen:—Your letter of tho 4th
is just received, inviting me to address
tho citizens of Gordon county during
the present term of your Superior
Court. **
I agree with you gentlemen, that our
bolovod country is in great potil, and
tlmt it is tho duty of every [mtriot, to
uso whatever inftucnco ho may possess
to aid her in passing safoly through a
crisis more fearful in its tendency tnnn
I have ovor known. I beliove tlint tho
Constitution nnd tho Union nro not only
ntstnko, hut that Liberty itself, on this
continent, will ho gono forever, if tho
people do not riso in thoir majesty nnd
put down their would-bo rulors who are
pressing them on to revolution and ru
in. Tims believing, I do not feel at
liberty to decline your invitation, and
will address the people of Gordon coun
ty on Wednesday, tho 10th inst., when
and wlicro I may giro expression io tho
opinions I entertain upon the great and
momentous question now agitating tho
pooplo of tho South, nnd threatening to
"precipitate the Cotton States into a rev
olution.” Very respectfully,
WARREN AIC1N.
Messrs John Harkins nml others, Cal
lioun, On. ^ fl|
Religious Meetings.
Tho series of meetings that were pro
posed to commence at tho Methodist
ohuroh on Monday tho 8th inst, have
been postponed, and* will commence,
Deo volente, on next Miondny tho 15th
inst* *. v
Services will he twico each day as fol
lows: Prayer meeting at 0 o’clock in
the morning, and Preaching at 7 o,clock
in the evening—Veal’s timo.
All persons are injdtftd to attend
these
The "Pacific Railway” lias long boon John If. \V
a favorite topic of Congress, but ns yet I .p u ’ U o •mo UI
no plan has boon devised which will I ,, n
secure tiie necessary appropriations for
its construction. Here, however scorns
to lie a project and the only one likely
ever to succoed by which private capi
tal can builtl a Railroad from New York
to tho Pacific. There arc two promi
nent lines in Toxns, reaching the whole
breadth of tho Slate, nnd both directed
towards Mazatlun. * * # That
ono nnd even both of these lines will
be completed through to tho western
boundary of Texas, before many years,
there is no reason to doubt. Toxas 1ms
shown herself most able for tho talk,
and considering her recent settlement
tho sparsenosi of hor population and
their remoteness from the business part
of tho country, sho has far outstripped
any other State. There arc at this day,
some 2700 miles of railroad projected
... Texas, two thirds of this number nre
in active construction, nnd 750 miles of
finished Railway will soon ho tributary
to New Orleans by way of tho N. O.
Opelousas nnd Great Northern Rail-
rond.
Of tho Moxicnn portion of tliis "Conti
nental Railway” ns it will eventually
become, it is sufficient to say that libe
ral charters liavo been given, nnd that
too, to citizens of tho United States,
anil all other privileges that could be
granted for tho favorable prosecution of
tho work; and that its progress 1ms on
ly boon staid by thounstablo condition
of tho government. Tho Railway wUl
not bo arrested at tho border of Moxico.
Tho necessities of tho commercial world
demand that tho best route across tho
continent shall bo made available and
that at an early day, and tho progress o/
he age is of itself sufficient guarantee
that tho ground will not long remain
"unbroken” and unoccupied. Tho
opuning trado of China and Japan, ns
well os Australia and our own Western
ooast require' this to bo done prompt
ly*
The distance from New York to San
Francisco direct is about 2800 miles; by
Montoray and Mozatlan some 3800
miles; but the difference is much loss
than 1000 miles fc whon tho excessive
Arrival ot the North
Quebec, Oct. 11th.—Tho steamshu
Wftrth Briton has arrived, bringing Liv
erpool dates to the 27th ult., no late;
than by the AIHca, but more full.
Livekkooi. Cotton Market.—.Sales o<
tho week 80,000 bales, of whloh spoon
lators took 19,000 and exporters 8,00<
halos. Tho market was active and firm
but wn* well supplied with tho staple,
and prices continued unohangod.
Ohio Elcctton.
Ci.xvr.i,.vxD, Ohio, Got. 10.—The Ro
puMicon 8t«te tickot is probnbly elect-
«>,l*y a),000 majority. *
, Uomocrolio ConuroMmon nro elected
i , am *l2th, and probably
in tho 9th districts. 4
Indiana Flection.
Washington? Oct. 10.—A spoclal dis
patch to tho Star of this oity, from In
diana, states that Lane’s majority will
be over ten thousand.
l.VD!anatoms, Ind., Ooi. 10. Twenty
counties heard from and thoy show
large Republican gains. The State has
uiJdqubtodly gone for tho Republicans
by 10,000 majority.
Eight Republican mombors of Con
gress, and a majority In the Legislature
of the sanift party are doubtless elect
ed.^
, j Pennsylvania Election.
fl , nir.ADKi.pniA, Oct. 10.—Tho Repub
licans claim a majority in this State of
botweeu twenty and twenty-five thous
and, and eighteen or twenty Congress-
men.
Baltimore Mayoralty Election.
iBtomioitvOct. 10.—The election to
day was unprecedentedly orderly and
quiet, Mr.Georgn Brown, tho reform
candidnto was elected by % largo major
ity ovor Mr. Samuel llindcs, tho Bell
nml Everett Candidnto.
1 Address or the Black Republicans.
Niffr VbitKi Oot. 11.—An address is
published this morning IVom tho Na
tional Executive Committee, to tho Re
publicans of the Uuioii, which claims
that tho contest has boon decided by
tlift recent elections in Pennsylvania,
Ohio nnd Indiana, and they urge in-
creased efforts to secure a Congress fa-
vorablo to Lincoln’s administration.
stones and pebbles lmd swept away tho . Election in Ohio.
bridge dr Brlgue. Half an .hour, infer Coi.uknus, Ohio, Oct. 11.—Tho returns
it announced the carrying away df tho ‘received Indicate tho election of tho cn-
brldge of Naters by ‘ tho Rhone, and nl- tire Republican State ticket by a major-
ready the water reached us black and Uy ot 20,000 at least.
thick—a sinUterdieraldi of on inunda- The Congressional delegation will
tion. The waves roso ^ifgher and high- probably stand 13 Republicans and 8
ing musses of wutor rushed pant with a
roar liko thunder. The inundation
had already renollod the left bank - bn
the Clmm-Boo nml Clmndoleno, near
Sion; and a breach was being made
above the. bridge of the, Rhone.. In *
few minute* nll_ tlint bank of tho river
was a vnst Me, ‘ Inuler which tho cfop*
disappeared. • ■
The lihono continned its terieffi as
cension during the afternoon, and to
wards evening the waters roaohed tho
narapols of the bridge, against which
boat pelmele timber which had been
floated along the river—sleepers of the
railways, boams belonging to the bridge,
tho wood-work of dwelling-houses an
enormous mass of other materials, with
entire trees, which*threatened to break
erduring the ontfrft “'morning. At 10 Domoerats.
o’olook nil tho harriers were under wa- O. A. Trimble (Republican) Isro-eloct-
ter, and:towards noon the ever increus- ed from the 10th Distriot.
R. II. Nugent, (Democrat) is elected
fiom the 15th District.
puiiiBiiiuuiib wm uu iuwvuu wui. iw ....... down tho bridgo. Tho eed oCthu riv-
unless lie dies under tho hands of the 1 or was oovered with field crops and
keeper. spoils of ovory kind., It was a lamenta
ble siglit, particularly for an ftxelusivpj
Pebbles.
Only apcbblo! Oti, man, that stono
which you thrust so contemptuously
out of your way, is older than all else
on tliis earth. When the waters of
heaven wore gathered togother unto one
place, that pebbles was there. Who
cun tell tho .story of those first days,
when tho eartli was in torn travil;
when her heaving bosom belched forth
torrents of lire, vast avalanches of hiss-
Fastest gelding or mar
2nd fastest do., T. S. Williamson; $5.00
Fastest .Stallion, " " 10.00
2nd " " M. G. Whitlock, 5.00
Fastest single harness horse open to
all, T. S. Willnmson. 10.00
MANUFACTURES.
Buggy, Evo & Bray, 5.0ft
M ISCKLb ANKOU.S.
Best loaf bread, Mrs. W. S. Coth
ran, 1.00
Out row Bki.u and Everett.—Wo
learn from tho Alexadnria (La.) Consti
tutional that E. N. Cullutn, of Rapids,
who 1ms been for lomo time past, acting
with tho Democracy, has come out for
Bell and Kvorett. National men uro
everywhere finding thoir true place un
der tho folds of tho National flag uml
around the Constitution.
Stii.l Another Accession.—Wo learn
from tho Alexandria (La.) Constitutional,
that the Central Organ, published in tho
Parish of Avoyelles, and edited by a
Democrat, has raised the Bell and Ev
erett flng, nnil come out for tho support
of tho Union nnd tho Constitution.
did diplomatic movement on tho part of “, fomuing ana ininuonng
tho I) iushu moil, uml will rou.lt in any ‘>.nt shook tho hrmnmont, a tliouund
volcanoes at onco lifted up their fiery
BQy-Tho Petersburg (Vn.) "True
Democrat,” a Douglas Democratic paper,
argues that nil charges brought by tho
Breckinridgo Democracy against Bell
and Everett, hoenuse they do not answer
"questions,” will have to be suspended
until Mr. Breckinridgo responds to tho
interrogatories of Mr. Lamb. It adds
tlint "tho great issue of this campaign is
Union or Disunion, and on that issuo
there is no silent party but the Breck-
nridgo party— no mum candidate but
JohnC. Breckinridge.”
B^grln Fauquier county, Va., three
hundred Democrats have come out for
Boll, and the cry is "still they come!
We shall carry Virginia by 20,000. Gox*.
Letcher writes to a friend in Mississippi,
as stated by tho Vicksburg Whig, that
"Boll will carry Virginia and nothing
can prevent it.”
[ Greensboro* Patriot.
Can’t Do it.—All tho sectional pr
pers are reporting that Mr. Brady has
“ put a damper” upon fusion in Now
York. Quito a mistake, gcntlmon, Mr.
Brody can’t do it, nor can anybody else
perform tho task. Tho people nro in
it, and no wot blanket is largo enough
to extinguish the flame. It is bound
to spread, and to do its perfect work,
—Journal of Com. (Brrek.)
event, in adding thousands ot votes to
the Douglas party.
Wc hear also, that tho Committee
waited on Governor Letcher in a body,
and that tlie Governor addressed them
igorous and earnest spoch declar
ing that his sympathies wore entire
ly with them, . and that ho felt
the deepest possiblo interest in tho
success of Douglas and tho Douglas
causo.
fioyTwoinaps of America, made in
1527 nnd ’29, by order of Charles V.—
The former projected, ns fe supposed
by Fernando Colon tho son of Christo
pher, tho latter by Diago Ribero -and
winch havo been lor half it century in
tho grand ducal library of Weimar,,are
to Ijo published in facsimile, with a des
criptive text from tho pen of Dr. Kohl.
Senator Davis Endorsino Mr. Bkm..
—On Monday, the 24th of .September,
there was a discussion at Holly Springs
Mississipi. in which tho Hon. Jeff. Da
vis, Col. Chalmers, nnd other distinguish
individual*, took part. In tho course of
his remarks, Mr Davis took occasion to
bear his testimony to tho faithfulness of
Mr.Boll to his section. No one knows Mr.
Bell better than Ml*. Davis, nnd nc one is
more competent to judge of his fealty to
the South. .Such testimony ought to si-
lenco forever tho dcmaaoj'ical cry of pet
tifogging, cross-road politicians.
Pennsylvania.—A privato letter from
an experienced political observer in
Philadelphia, to a friend in Boston,
says:
“Politically, everything looks well. I
boliovo Foster will have 20,000 majority
in tliis city. For tho lust six years I
havo always come within 500 of the ma
jority, so ao not think I am wild. We
can’t calculate so closely now. His ma
jority, will probably bo over 25,000, I
have not from tho first doubted tho
election of Bell and Evorott by tho poo-
plo‘”
fgyOut of a Caravan of eighty-two
persons who crossed thd Groat Desert
from Algiers to Timbucto the present
summer, all but fifteen usod wine and
other liquors as a preventive against Af
rican dlsoascs. Boon aftor reaching
Timbucto, these all died snvo one
ly agricultural country, nnd of which
the most, necessary resources were thus
Inst in tho waters. The entire popula
tion, assembled by tho heating ol drums,
struggled with un-hoard oi efforts ut
the places of tho dlsnsleT, blit* useless-
Towards eight at night two enormous
breaches werooptmod along tho gardens
on tho right bunk, qpc[, shprtly . after-
wards vast masses of water liad' covered
the cultivated fcroun'il of tlip filnfo; tWe
waves descended nearly to tho foot of
tho railway tcrmiuuv and the .earth
works of the railways, in the Chumps-
Neufs having been swept away like wind,
the inundation extended even to the
higli roads opposito . Corhussieres.
Markets.
Hat.xxaii, Oot. 11 Suloa of Cotton
to-day 976 Mm, The market is firm, 1;
with an advancing tendenoy. Siflesol'
;lio iveok 5,070 balct. Receipts of the
week 11,000 balo*, against l-f.700 bales
iamb timo last yonr.
Charleston, Oot. 11.—Sales of Cotton
•for the week, 9,800 bales, at an advanco
of i@Jo. Good Middlings I0|@10I.
J&*Men talk of educating the aye.
Why would not tho eye be a desirable
scholar? Because it is very refractory.
ftQTln tho matter of plain speaking
we are, many of us, like the soldier
who In his first battle was afraid to fir
off’ hU musket lest ho might hurt som *
bpdy.
heads; when out or the foaming wa- From tlmt moment tho plain disappear-
tcis there roso_ suddenly the rocky ed entirely under tho waters of the in-
inundations of firm land, {ind greeted
the light that God had created 1 That
nobble was life's first offspring on earth
Tho spirit of God moved on tho waters,
and lil'o brenthod in tho very gasses
that were hid in tho heart of tho vapory
globe. They jwirtod in lovo, they purt-
ed in hatred; tlioy fled and thoy met.—
Atom joined atom ; loving sistem kiss
ed each other; and tliis love, tho great
child of that spirit on earth, brought
forth it* first fruit—the* pebble.
jjQrWhat shall bo dono with tho ap
ples is a question asked,by all tho funn
el's. Tho Boston Courier 1 , speaking of
the immense applo crop in Massachu
setts and other Eastern States, says:
"Tho land is full bf apples. Every
orchard has produced nil ubundunce.—
It has.been a groat year of plenty, and
if apples would only keep as grain keeps
we should lmvo enough of this year’s
produco to supply us through seven
years of applo famine.”
jJ6y*Tho old "Key-stono,” itself a fa
mous Edinburgh relic, was recently de
posited with tho usual ceremonies, to
mark tho cite of "Tho old Tolbootli,”
rendered so famous by Sir Walter Scott,
in tho "Hoart of Mid-Lothian,” A
heart, iuluid. nitli Brondlaw granite Is to
bo placod around it.
flaT An idiot in Glasgow, named Mc-
Faddon stripped the clothes from a child
fivo years old for tho purposo of selling
them, and to silonco his cries then threw
tho littlo unfortunata into tho river,
nnd hold him under with a polo..till life
was extinct. All this was doue in open
daylight. Tho monster was taken into
custody.
fiS*y*No man can bo in two places at
tho suuie time; but many a hypocritical
fellow bus shown that ho can bo two
things in ono place.
J®“A man in Indiana reeontly com
mitted suicide through fear of becom
ing a drunkard, as he felt tho appetite
for liquor growing upon him.
IQPThe Jamaica papers aro discusing
the policy of annoxing that colony to
xiiuuuuiu, iiiiuau »u uiou n»w uuo, > the United States as a remedy for the
while of the fifteen who abstained, ail political ovils under fc wliich it U sqf-
survived.—Boston Journal. I t'ering.
ading river, nnd night cn.doped tho
valley oft ho Rhone amid tho roaring of
tho flood. Tho railway train was able
to urrivo with great difficulty as far as
Ardon, and the entire line is since in
terrupted—wo uro isolated. Since day
light this morning people aro occupied
in saving tho unfortunate persons who
took rofugo on trees during the night.—
Their cries of distress could be heard at
Sion from nil parts of tho country.,
They had passod hours there in dead
ly terror, and dayl^ouk revcaled to them
tho river flowing over the spot where
lately had stood their Bupiblo dwellings
and thoir ravaged' fields. A poor wo
man has just been saved wliQ succeeded
in reaching tho lowest brandies of a
tree with her baby nt her breast,,and
who passed tho entire night Iff that des
perate position. At fifty pft<*es from
tho bridgo of tho Rhone two coachmen
found safety on a willow tree, whilo
their two teams of horses werb r drowned
at its feet. Tiie disaster, iff fact, is in
calculable \ all tho Indian born and all
the potatoes, wliioh are tho principal
support of our population, are lost, and
the earth carried away over a consider
able extent of down to the very gravel.
Nothing has boon so terlfio during the
present generation, and even the great
inundation of 1834 was less , disastrous..
Tlis weather continues to bo threatening
and although the waters have some
Wlmt subsided to-day, wo feel great an-
xioty for to-night. Tho torrents to tho
north havo not sensibly swollen, but
thoso of the loft bank, suoh as the Bor-
gue, tho Ilgrab, thbSaltine are enor
mous. This inundation is attributed
to the last rains and to the hot wind,
which continues t*> blow over the gla
ciers and to mdt. tho masses of snow
on the high Alps.”
Relic.—Gen. Washington’s Harp
chord, now tho property of tho Mou>
Vernon Association, has boon revarni)-
ed and repaired at tho Messrs. Ureei
Factory It is a singular looking a tin
about ten foet long, and varying fro:
foul fpot to eightoon inches in width, i
ffas sent yesterday to Mount Vernon,
that the Prince saw It.— 1 Washington Sla t ,i
Ctth'inst,
Aerostatic. — Mons. Chanom, n
French aeronaut, has, it is said, suc
ceeded in directing his balloon in any
desired direotion. A rudder seven yards
long, filled with gas, is the means
whoroby ho Accomplishes tho feat.
A F«AnruL Arm.—Thoy liavo tried
lutelyinthe Saint Denis, near Paris, a
now gun, tho range of which is by far
superior to the famous riflo cannon.—
That new arm doos fearful exeaution nt
a distnneo of nino miles. It is said tlmt
it trial,‘made in presonee of one of Nor's. /
poleons’s uides-deenmp, has been very x/
satisfactory.
figy-Poots make a book of nature,
wherein they read lessons unknown to
other minds, even ns astronomers mako
a book of the heavens, and rend there
in' the movement of the planets.
*6TAll prosperous men can givo
good counsel, ana thoy like to do it; It
eftsts them potning. It is an easy mat
ter, when one’s stomach is full, to do
lt feasting.
ter, v
claiu
TnE Proposed"Union in Virginia.—
The oxeoutivo committees of the two
wings of the Virginia democracy met in
Riohmond lost Friday, to consider the
prpporition for a union upon one elec
toral ticket. They failed to unite, how
ever, and adjourn to.fight it out.
I®* The Timos.has a ponderous, lead
er advocating the introduction Into
London of Train’s street runways'— or,
"tramways,” os the cockneys call them,
flay-Naturo, that may not bo disgust
ed and discouraged with beholding our
own internal deformities, lias . wisely
and kindly turned the sight of tho oycB
entirely outward.
.IOTA negro mnn nnmed Daniel
Browning, living near North Kingston,
R. I., killed his mother on lut Sunday
morning by outline hor "haul- with nn
nxe. He allegee that he believed tier
to bo a witch, ond it was necessary for
him to kill her. Ho 1. believed to bo
insane.
19*At a Wide Awake meeting held
in New York a few ovenings since, a
largo drawing of un axe was presented
to tho Battallfon. On tho axe are tho
words, “Roil Splitters;” along tiie
helve, as if in tho groin of tbo onk,
"Abo;” and on tho ond of the helvo
‘'Lincoln." Beneath it aro the lines;
This is tho oxo
That split the roils
Thot fenced the farm
That grow the wheat
That fed tlio child -
That lived ill tho liouso' ’
That the settlor built,'
yyA private letter from Chino says
that Minister Ward has written to
Washington for six months abseqoo,
wing to th* condition of his health!