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legislature*
'The l.rgKl.Aut* of Georgia assembled
at MilirJtntillc on Wednesday lot. Thu
was organized by the election of
Wjr T. L. Guerry, of (Quitman, Presi-
Ittl; F. H. Weil, Secretary ; Mr. Urewatrr,
Messenger^ Und NT r. Mr Gravy, J) >.• r-k««• | er.
■ « ■
Moffrn wn organized by the election
of Hen. t. T. Irvin, of Wtlkss, Speaker;
4* Xlliamond, Clerk; Mr. (Min. Mes-
r -/Wng» , r; end Mr. Atkina, of Oglethorpe,
Door-keeper.
Messrs. Iverson, Johnson and McDonald
were regarded as the prominent candidatca
for the I ’tilled States (Senator* hip, and spec
ulations
Number of Polls—Muscogee County*
utmxtx We b "° ,tr,,v,d in ° ihw c,,f,jr ° f
^ | t/ Comptroller Thweatt's Report, and on
referring to it ws find that wo were mis
taken in attributing to (ho Census lists tho
number of poll* returned for Muscogee
county. Tho statement furninhrd l>y the
Comptroller is made up from lbs tax-hooka
of 1869. This being the case, a consider
able portion of the diaerrpincy between the
return of polls and tho vote of Muscogee
county in October ia accounted f>r by tho
fact that members of our Volunteer and
Fire Companies aro exempt from poll tax.
This would not account in full for the
difference between 933 polls returned and
1600 votes given in, hut would materially
help to reconcile the apparent discrepancy.
A Glimmer or Llglft, | yynop.it of the Governor’. Menac*
PIIAU. Ml; IIAVK AKKUOXH. cosAuvativi: W « .It.ll m.k. no .(Tort 10 put,hah I It ft
Tb. tppnwcliin/mtlt eleclion in Now P-P" fu »- II e.iJ.ntly fat
No Chance for It
lly conceded, \
aliens as to tho strength of either were that Judge Ivcraon stands no change wLat-
ty vatianl. It is probable that neither of *vrr to obtain tho Democratic caucus
the three could obtain a majority in
Democratic caucus until tho frienda of
of them gmc up the contest. Tho corn
pondcnl of the Augusta Chronicle thin
that it would not bo vt ry stirpriring if Ho
J. W. H. Understood shot Id be tho Hcnalor
— as a compromise candidate, wo suppose,
tiev. Brown is not named in this connuctiun.
Richard F. Lyon, Esq., of Albany, wua
c naidered a formidable opponent of Judge
llenning for tho Supremo Court Ilcnch.
In the House, on Thursday, Mr. Hibson*
of Richmond, oflerrd rrcolutiona in refer-
rnco to the Harper's Ferry invasion. They
approve the couno of the I'n
Governor of Virginia, pUdgc
nomination for rc-rlcction to tho United
Htate • Senate. His Democratic at'cnglh in
tiiv Legislature in believed not »o exceed bO
votes out <>( the 2IG which tho parly claim,
and wo mu b doubt whether he will obtain
evm this number. The Macon Tele ter uph
villi
of Gi
the
fur tho piynshi:
inroad. Tho ic
ent of the
pan
to tho
imoualy*
Mr. Willi,
bill to ineor
Company of
of Muscogee, introduced a
te the Wotcrn Insurance
>igia, located at Columbus.
I bl
ow n 63,784 i
fity 21,1164.
of Kioto, Uontplrullci
Hfif
K
nernl, f ur
Hunk of
rludin
idgcs (
t. Tho amend-
alorial election
del.
ilo
nays
'
.del to,
idinent, in
lent until
.did ! \
of the
r poalp
Tho nrnendinent in
‘ lectir n ol Judges wa.
uting Thursday next for
•aiurday and t! ... adopted. Mr. Williams,
I Muscogee, naked lor tho postponement
.» i nabic Judge Henning to reply to charges
ii.de by Wm. Dougherty, Ksq.
On Ftulay, on motion of Mr. Holt, the
It little went into Nennius Acndciuicus, but
Hi..w
ugurated lit 12 o'clk.
i Frida
eperts, ami should b
ry full
< taken
daily
id lull no-
only #1.
Itn piico lor tho i
Tbepr.’pc
•J’h.
and Wi
n.d Han
n of the Muacogsc
rn Kailioada, via
rille, ofTera to our
llto
ch-
ing tin
tb
y. We loam that the people at
I Talbot are in tho spirit for build-
.ad, mid will handsomely do their
da it. They do not, however, feel
in Useit ability to build it by
s, and appeal to Columbus, and to
>geo and Central Kailiouils, for
y prefer that the inmiugcinciit of
>rise—including the section ol tho
oud from HnrnciiVillo to J'hoiiinston already
■oinplcted—ahoUldlm assumed by tho other
patties iiiteieated. It ia evident that Co-
urnbus must put her ahot;lder to tho wheel
,o secure either of tho proposod railroads
giving her a clo.or connection with tho
;niin, stock and mineral regi ms of Georgia,
Mubamu and Tennessee. Tlie number ol
routes by which alio may obtain this deal-
ratio connection will bo of no advantage to
goes energetically into the
or more, and by hex aid
many gentlemen from all parts ot the Ktalc
asicaibltd at Macon last week, lint either
McDonald or Johnson will be elided. It
siys that "Judge Iverson’s strength seems
to bo mostly in the Nccund District, where
h« will receive quite n united support."
When tho l<at ia applied, we think the
Telegraph will find out that the Demo
cratic numbers from this Congressional
District aro not rjui/e united in support ol
Iverson. Hut ho has secured the election
of Representatives for this county qualified
to go into a Democratic caucus, and it
mucins to ho seen whether they will bring
him out of it with llyiug colors. Our read
ers will remember lliut just buforo tho late
election we admonished tho friends ol Judge
Iverson that it would ho bettor for him to
have supporters huiu this county who would
• uslsin him out *1 a Democratic caucus
than thoso who would only volo lor him in
the caucus. Tho truth of our admonition
is soon to bo tested, and wo still predict
that it will bo found thut tho Democratic
friends tf Judgo Ivuison uniting with the
Opposition hi thu joint session convened to
elect « Hcnalor would linvo coinn much
nearer (looting him than they will by com
mitting his fortunes to the Democratic
caucus.
Hut Opposition aid has hern rcornfully
repelled by Judge Iverson and his friends;
tbo "condemnation of tho people of Geor
gia," which Senator Toombs invoked, is
ajon to he visited upon him ; and it is pluin
that this result is uilnbutnldo to his dopar-
luru from tho independent courao which hu
appeared ot otio time to ho resolutely pur
suing, and to his giving up to party a
position which ho should have summoned
tko whole people to aid him in maintaining.
No observing politician cun fail to see and
know that tho Opposition paity n| Oeorgia
embraces in its ranks tho hulk of the inde
pendent, Buulhern Rights voters of thu
Ktutu—moil who, in tho language of Hun.
U. 11. Hill, have taken their position upon
the Uw and tho constitution—und this party
ought ul hint to havo b« on invited to come
up on equal terms to his aupport by a
Hcnslur who, though claiming to bo a Dem
ocrat, had denounced so mo of the acts »l
his party und its Administration und hod
counselled the Nouth to independe
in deletion ol her thrrutonrd nud violated
right*- When ho coiues to tea
rotlemiei'S and dreoption ol tho party lor
whoso support he repulsed tho Houlln
Rights Opposition men of Oeorgia, ho may
havo to exclaim,"with all the bitter but
unavailing regret of Othello,
lie
> |U
Fl.e
upon the
qucatii
: aid to the LaGi
cd before this title. Lrt some-
cno with it quickly, and then let
of tho other routes bo tukvn up.
for action is ut hand, und the
II bo the loser.
Poalulli
nb. r
of p.
UeJ by the Depart
Oct. 22; but tho
Rich Mountain,
Anna, Walton co
continued.
Thu Drp.iilmont eri
rally curtailing the j
the people, a* but few
lished, while many old
DUcoulliiucil.
toflires were discontin-
lout for thn week ending
l-la r
Itlclior than ul! bis nil.
threw u pearl nway
NetTiiKHN Dkuoi'iu’ih Implicated.—It ia
a inislsko to attribute the Harpsr'a Ferry
invasion to Hlack Republicans and free
nagroaa alone, as tho developments of tin
affair have proved. Among tho pnpci
found at IJrown'a hradquar'era was a mem
orandum politically clnssifying twelve of
thu white conspirators engaged, and o
those, six were put down as "Rcpablicaus’
nnd BIX aa "Democrats." One of the latter
was Cook, who escaped into Pennsylvania
and has subsequently been arrested and
remanded to Virginia for trial. At llagsre-
town, Md., on his way to Charlestown,
Cook was interrogated as to tha political
character of tho Harper's Ferry plot,
he declared hinmlf a Democrat. He
krothcr-in-law ol Gov. Willard, Democratic
Governor of Indiana, and tho latest dis
patch frem Charlestown announces that
Willard, accompanied by the Attorney Gen
eral ol Indiana nnd other prominent nun
f that Htate, had arrived and hud an
nterview with Cook in jail.
irstoiuati-
'fiicc facilities o
* olliccs me cstsb- J
os ure abolished, I
week after week. If (lie cause assigned I
was that tho offices discontinued were not
needed, thcro woulJ bo nothing objection
able >u this. Hut it has been asserted, and
Dot denied, that the discontinuances are
ordered because the postmasters fail to mako
their quarterly returns within the time pro- I
acribed. This being tho case, the remedy
resorted to by the Department does not
Tho Hamilton Union, printed a few
'* from the residence of Gerrit Hiniih,
i: "On the reception of the news from
is said that thi* gentle
man conferred with the Hon. Timothy
Jenkins, about what ho had better do. He
advised him to leavo the country. Rumor
says that Gerrit is about to start for Canndu."
ty "Ion," tha Washington correspondent
of tho Uallimoio Sun, says: "It is slated
that the time for holding the National
Democratic Convention at Charleston wiil
be fixed for the 11*iti of April. Tho Repub
lican Convention will, perhaps, ns heretofore,
York, and the cloaely-suhsequent organiza
tion of tho Natimal House of Represents*
live*, will have much te do with the
dreision of this important question. Recent
Htate elections at the North havo made it
clearly manifest that without such a party
thr Hlack Republicans will ride rough-shod
the "National" Democracy in the
Jential contest. Ponnnylvania and
us, by whose vote alone enough
-Northern support wna given to Duchanan
to elect him in IhiO, havo during tho last
month shown that in a contest between
Democracy and Hlack Republicanism they
will hereafter lake position with the latter.
Illinois will unquestionably go the same
nny if anybody else than Douglas is the
Charleston nominee. Tho Boutb, then, is
dctply interested in any movement that
coiilrmplatca tho opposing to the Hlack
Ri-publicuu'i of tho North a puny that can
wrest from them romo of tho Northern
Htate*, and cither elect the next President
o; carry the diction into the House.
In Now York, tha Americana and
con'iiv.ii,ve Oppositionists have adopted
the wise policy of relcrting their Kioto can
didate* from thr tickets of both the other
parties— taking an equal number from each.
It may tie that the candidates thus selected
by (hem nro really hut little butler in polit
ical soutimont than the rejected candidates
on their respective tickets. Tho object is
to exhibit tho conservative Opposition
strength in the mariner best calculated to
show it fully, and this wo think has been
found in tho pulicy adopted, for no man
will havo to voto tho mixed ticket with •
consciousness that ho is only throwing
away his voto lor a principle, hut will sup
port it in tho confident expectation of its
success. In our opinion, the best interests
of the wholo country demand tho election
of that mixed tickrt—not on account of tho
political opinion* of the candidates compos
ing it, but hecauso of the conservative
demonstration which it is intended t*> call
forth—not by uny mcogro majoiity, but by
ono which, running up to fifty or an hun
dred thousand, shall stand forth before tho
whole country a hopeful proof of a quiet
conservative fooling nt the North that can
he organixad for u successful contest with
Hlack Republicanism nnd Dornocracy in tho
Presidential election of 1H60.
The .New Yolk Herald—that for some
time past has been desperately striving to
rally tho Democracy as a simple Adminis
tration party—comes in si a late hour to
the sU| port of tho American mixed ticket
in Nuw York. It appeals strongly to all
roriMorvalivo men to unite in repudiating a
Hlack R. publican party whusc sympathy
instigated tho Harper's Ferry outrage, and
recommends thu support ol tho mixed ticket
as tho most eUcctivo way of manifesting
that repudiation- After showing that, in
addition to tho American vote of GO,000
lust year, there wui a reserve of 30,000
nericans that voted for ouo of the other
rtics, and ol 30,000 moderate Republicans
Oppositionists who would not volo at nil,
nud thut without these the lllsek Republi
cans nnd tho Democracy would bo nearly
equul, it continues :
"Thus it will nppenr that both these un
satisfactory parties inny lie rebuked in ibis
Hiato in November, by u plurality of u Ann*
ilreJ thourarul fur tly muni ticket, and aim-
ply by the third parly playing oil tho one
ngninei thu otlitr, m tho election, and using
each to break the oilier to pieces. result
thus indicated ituuld beeyutvulrnt too mi^hti/
pupulur revolution throuabout the country m
the r, construction oj partus Jor iNiO. So,
let Nuw York uirikuthu nrhi olow in N'o*
\ember, and tho independent opposition
members of Congress, North nnd .South,
in Dccugihur, may follow up thin wholunoinu'
rsnolion in a great inoveniaui which will
anticipate, supersede and cut oil both the
greet sectional parilt • <•! the day In thi Pres
idential campaign, nud save Hie country
Irom revolution mid bloodshed heroalior."
It is duo to-candor to say that we do not
regurJ tho Ilcru/d's political inlogrity as
abovo suspicion, nor its professed love for
tho constitutional rights of the South as at
all trustworthy. Hut it ia a kind ol polit
ical vane that indicates tho popular current,
nud as such wo rrgnril its present efibrts in
behalf of tho mixed ticket us proot uf tho
tendency ol a strong conservative sentiment
in that direction. Wo shall soon srs
whether this cstimato of its monitions is
correct.
Should this third parly movcmsnt bo
■ucceisful in Now Y'ork, wo tuny look for
its further manifestation in the votes of
Northern members in the organisation of
tho Housn of Representatives. There aro
sovcrul Northern Opposition members, class-
cd ns Hlack Republicans, who, we feel
confident, will not voto for any Kuwmdite
for Kpoakcr, or for any politician engngad in
promoting un "irrepressible conflict" with
(Southern slavery—whether lie be a Howard
Hlack Republican or u Douglas Hqunttcr
Hovercign. Wo believe that throe of those
men uro Messrs, llrigg* of Now York, Mer
lin of Philadelphia, ami Corwin of Ohio,
and that others will be found repudiating
Sowardism in that contest, who n
at tho Houtli only as Hlack Republicans and
enemies of our section. They aro mon as
friendly to the Houtli aa any Northern Dem
ocrat in Congress, but who have boon
driven into Black Republican association
bcc.uiso they had nowhere else to go. But
let tho conservative Opposition banner be
raised at the North, with eny prospect of
ruspeclablo support, end thousands of
of this class will hasten to enlist under it.
Tho Harper’s Furry manifestation of fanat
ical fool-hardiees# and Black Republican
leeching will bs un admonition to politi.
cians of tliia data of tho danger of any
sort of alliance with Northern sectional
agitators, and we have faith to believe that
it will sever the tie that ha« connected them
with aueh un organization. Much depends
the independent firmness pi the Kouth-
Opposition members, whose manifest
<y and duly 11 >» to maintain their
u b»IJIy and unflinchingly.
advance to a few favored newspapers of
the State, of which ours was not one, and
we shall not dispute bis Dxcelluncy’s right
to be ae exclusive as he chooses in the
dispensation of his favors.
The message begins by informing the
Legitlaluro that the Governor returns u
number of bills passed on the lest days of
the session of the previous Legislature,
which did not become laws for the rmson
that some could not be enrolled in tirno for
the signatures of the presiding oflWrs to
he affixed while their respectivo Houses
wars in session, and others were nut read a
second or third time except by ths.r cap-
tione. The Governor condemns the prac
tice of psstponing action on Legislative
business until the heel of thu suasion, and
then hurrying through it too hastily, and
announce* that he will hereafter net hesi
tate to veto all bills so passed that do not
fully meet his approval.
The Governor also objects to a great deal
of the local and private legislation which
occupies so much of the time of each ses
sion, and dorlarea that lie hao heretofore
vetoed many hills of this character.
Ho opposes the formation of mure new
counties unless their area of territory is
equal to tho present average of counties,
and unless the new counties pay into the
Treasury in the shape of taxes a sum suffi
cient to rsiruburse the Htate lor their
demands upon it.
The Governor earnestly recommends "an
early change of the constitution, so as to
reduce the number of Honatora and Rep
resentatives. [ would suggest that tho
Senate be reduced to thirty-three msmbrrs,
which would be an average of one for every
four counties; and tho House ef Represen
tatives to one hundred and fifty-two mem
bers, which would ba two to each ol twenty
sountiea having the highest representative
population, and one to oach of the remain
ing counties.” To effect this reform, he
rscnjunftcnds the calling of a convention, to
htch In ay also be submitted oilier neces
sary alterations of the constitution
He proposes a considerable saving in the
hire of clerks of the two House*, by fixing
their rales of pay by law.
A bill which passed the last Legislature,
changing tho 1st section of the 3d articlo
of the constitution, so as to authorix#
change of venuo from one county
another in tho trial of criminal cases, foiled
to rueeivo the signaturo oi thu Fiosident of
the Henate. Nevertheless, tho Governor
had it published, inasmuch as there ia a
diversity of opinion whether the constitu
tion requires tho signatures ol the presiding
officers at the first session which passes s
kill that has to ho re-pasicJ by another
Legislature before it can bccomo operative ;
and ho submits the bill, with this siatcmeift,
to the consideration of the Lsgislsture.
He recommends amendments of the
Ferial Code, so aa to allow defendants to
pcedy trial, and to
the counties on the 3J Monday in this
month. lie proposoa the appointment of a
b Superintendent of Education to have
general charge of the system, and to whom
the county Ordinaries must report, Ac.
One or two other alterations in the details
of thonystcra are recommended.
During the year, $100,647 of bonds not
jc, and $50,500 of bonds due, have been
redeemed; and $150,000 of bonds for the
Educational Fund have been issued. Thesr*
bonds are due twenty years after date, and
diaw six per cent, interest, payable annually
to tho school fund.
Returr^.u(school statistics have been re*
ccived ftour 10$ counties. The Governor
threatens to withhold tho amounts of the
fund due to the^ountiea that have not made
returns orUI fneir Ordinaries comply with
the call, and in the meantime to mako
known tho cause of its retention. From
the returns of these 102 counties, there are
reported: "Whole 7i umber of children be
tween the ages of 8and 18—107,825. Num
ber butween Baud 18 taught in 1659,-67,-
155 ; total of all persona taught, 79,922; of
ttieso 45,000 are males, and 34,832 are fe
males. Wholo number of males taught in
the elementary brances 29,238, number ol
females 22,681. Whole number of inales
tnught the higher branches, 8,032, females,
7,912. Avcrugo tuition, per annum, in the
elomentary branches, $15.50, m the higher
brunches $26.00. Whole number of school
houses, 1775; number of schools, 1777.—
Number ol Methodist Male Colleges, 4, in
which there havo been taught 358 pupils;
Methodist female Colleges, 4, pupils 524 ;
Baptist Male Colleges, 3, pupils 207 ; Hap*
tint Female Colleges, 4, pupils, 322; Pres
byterian -Male College, 1, pupils 97 ; Pres
byterian Female Colleges, 3, pupils 325;
Colleges and High schools not sectari
an, male, 16, pupils, 774, female 10, pupils
1222 ; number ol Academics, 57. Out
of tiro 102 counties 99 have appointed
beards to examine teachers, and 129 teach
eri havo passotTan examination. The Or
dinance of only 49 of the counties of tliii
State, have given bonds as required by the
statute for tho proper disbursement ol the
school fund. Tho roinaining 83 havo
yet complied with the law, in this particular,
and will not be entitled to draw tho fund
until they shall have given bond as directed
by the statute. For the benefit of their con-
atttaents, I shall have tho names uf tho de
faulters published soon."
Only 81 counties have levied and collected
a county tax to be added to thoir school lund.
The highest rate is levied by the counties of
, Clark and Effingham, being 50 percent, on
! the Htate tax ; tho lowest by Meriwether,
being ouly 5 per cent. Tho aggregate
amount raised thus by tho 84 counties is
! $64,997. Tho Governor recommends the
| withholding of its proportion of tho Siato
fund from each county which fails to levy a
tax of at least 25 per cunt, upon the Slate
tax for educational purposes. This uniform
rate would increase tho entire Educational
disbursement oi the .Stale to $300,000 per
annum.
Old Ilroivn and fils ICxplolls.
EXTRAORDINARY FEDERAL LENIENCY.
A Virginia Court has found old "0*sa-
pel wilomie Urown” guilty of treason, insur-
tliera to coma to trial by the imuuu v«i«« i
after that at which the indictment is found, j so.
ing
Tho Governor
or j spi
ia* exercised the pardon-
ringly, and congratulatei
ectncss of this courss.
hitnatlf
lie recommends an oppr
$26,000 to eompleto the repain
•Iruclion of tha Ptnilenlisry.
Tho Guvornor extols tho inanagemcnl of
the ftlnio Road, and expresses the opinion
that "the incomes from it will continue to
ilh the increase ut population,
business and wealth in tho country."
Ilo regrets ilia difficulties and unsatis
factory condition of tho Georgia Military
Institute, racontqtpnds that HftAQOko appro
priated to pay the aalary of MaJ. Capors,
the present Huperintendenl,.tnU that this
pay be made permanent; also the adoption
of the reform of the management of the
Institute proposed by the Hoards of Trus
ters and Visitors.
Ho regrets the general lack of military
■pint nnd pride, and suggests that the Slate
can best promote it by liberally tncouraging
volunteer companies : On this subject, he
says i "For the purpose of encourigmg tho
organisation ol volunteer corps, 1 recom
mend that all laws now in fore# tequiring
the performanco ol military s«ftm:o other
than that performed by volunto4r corps, be
suspended, except in caso of insurrection or
invasion; nnd that a commutation tax be
asststted and collected, irom each person of
twenty one years of ngo, or upwkrd*, who
ii not a member of an organised Volunteer
corps which drilled at least oucoja month
throughout the year, preceding t|w collec
tion of the tax. This tax ehouidj he large
rm thu
ilh tho
at approved styh
ufliciont sum shall be c licctcd in
y, 1 recommend, ns a mat s of p
curing llto contemplated
pended in the erection
locution in the State, of a Stain
for tho manufacture ot arms and
unions oi war. This would make
ucli moro independent
gency."
Tho Commissioners appointed A codify
the laws—Messrs. David lrwiu,T. K. U
Cobh and R. H. Clark—havo bueakctively
ngaged upon this duty. Thu Juvern-
has appointed B. B. DeGraflenrief, Esq.,
Clerk t\> the Commissioners, and i quests
the Legitlaluro to voto him ampluo >mpen-
aation.
oycugh to raise a sum sufficient I
entire Volunteer force ol tho Stan
hu
nm ’suitable
Jo Foundry
l < her mu
lt* tftate
It enter'
lauuii,
The standard weights and meual ss pro
dded lor by the last Legislature hi u been
iiaiributed to 113 counties, and ifiity eaum-
MHKV
distributed
ed that all are supplied
The Governor recommend*
priation ol $10,000 to build « A»p-pn»o(
brick building on the public groufd, tor the
State Library, and a continaaneo cf the
$1,000 appropriation asuaily madu-ii in
crease Iho Library. Hu also renews Us
recommendation that a mincraKqdcal nut
geological survey ol the State be pruvido
Ing; lu Harris,
og of the American and
ty of Harris on Tuesday the
i*t»s Ohmtr,
tary, the
te attend
rntiotTTobe held al Geneva
to nominate a candidate for
neral of the Chattahoochee
•* D.i\ Hill, Miaou Jones, Poleman
*kes, Tfco,., Moore, and M. Scott.
*i*u ugiccj that each Distiiet
The aum of $250,000 Ii
issued in tho shapo \ot bonds,
State's subscription ic^
Railroad, and $50,000 'ith
preparod to meet smoker install
Governor speaks irTfiighVerras
cution ol thu work on this road
The Governor udhurewto his 0|
.i
Arrival of the Arag°*
Nxw Ytax, Nov. 1.—This steamship
has arrived from Cowes, Oct. 19th. The
political newt by this arrival has been an-
imputed.
Liverpool Cotton Market—I Wednesday.—
Cotton steady, with lair inquiry. The tales
were 8,000 hairs.
J*ndon Genaral Markets—Wednesday.—
Consols wereqnaoted at 961 to 9Gi lor mon
ey, and at 96| for account.
Breadstuff* were quiet.
Among the passengers by the Arago are
rs. Mason, widow of the late American
minister, and family.
Additional by the Arago.
New York. Nov. 2.—'Hie Commercial
Advertiser's coircspondcnt says that the
demand for cotton continued regular al list
week’s quotations. Some descriptions havo
advanced from one to two Irenes, owing to
the scarcity of stock.
Havre tuttou Market. Oct. 18.—The sales
of the week were 12,000 bale*. Import* of
the week 1.000 bale*. Stock 50.000 bales.
Orleans Ba* was quoted at 104 francs.
On Saturday the demand was active,with
sales of 2,000 bales; Has at 105 Irams.
On Monday the demand was regular.with
salsa of 1,600 bales, at 93 franre lor Mid
dling Orleans, ond 99 to 99} irancs lor strict
Middlings.
To day prieea firmer and the * ,J; of
ot common grades small.
TELEGIIAJPHIC.
Reported for tho Coluuabua Enquirer.
# The Harper’s Ferry Affair.
Cqaulmtowm. Va., Oct. 31.—The case
of "Old Brows" wont to the jury to-day,
who soon brought in a verdict of guilty of
treason, insurrection and murder.
CiURi.ktTowN,Nov. 1.—The points raised
by the enuneel for arrest of judgment, in the
caso of Brown, wura argued today,
deciaiou of the Court ia reserved. Co
trial has r.omniuncsd. Cook waives
lirninsry examination
Copptu
CnALisTowir, Nov. 2.—Coppcc om
‘~«rpur*a F. rrj ufl
of the
insurgentsi
he indict-
iht Harper'
convicted on all tho count:
merits against hin^HHH^I
The court overulled the motion for arrest
of judgement in the case of Ossawottommie
Brown. lie was sentenced to be hung on
Friday the 2nd day ot December next.
Carlisle, Penn., Oct. 31.—The Habeas
Corpus case was under examination Satur
day. It was not proven that the prisoner
was llsxl.tt, ns named in the requisition,
but it was established that he was a partici
pant in ilurpur'a Furry invasion. Hu was
re committed to await another requisition
Irom tho Governor of Virginia.]
Nothing new has been heard Irom Charles
town, and it is presumed that good order
prevails (h*re.
Carlisle, Nov. 5.—The insurrgeni Hxz-
lett, was surrendered to day, on a requisi
tion from Gov. Wise, and lie (Haziutt,) is
now en routo lor Charlestown.
Senator Hale and the Outlaws.
Chicauo, Oct. 31.—.Senator Hale denies
having had any complicity in the Harper
Ferry movement.
roclion and murder, ond he will no doubt
piato a llto of crime dn the gallows,
s has not long since met this just
Lie is due to tho remissness of a Govern
ment that shapes its wholo cours
view to party advantage, and suffers the
I greatest crimes to go unwhipl of just
j raihor than encounter a fanatics) excite-
nt that may operate against its sido st
tho elections. OIJ Urown, while in Kansas,
was guilty of all the crimes of which
Virginia jury havo convicted him. Ii
maintained in tho rocc»sea of the limber
Marias dcs Cygncs a fortification, whence
at intervals he and his desperate
sallied to commit depredations upon tl;e
pro-slavery settlements of Kansas and th
slaveholders of Mrssouri. Ho invaded Mis
souri at sight, with fire and the revolver
murdered her peaceful citixens in cold blood,
plundered them of their property, and
oil’ their slavoa into Kansas. A large reward
was offered hy tho Missourians for hii
apprehension, and al times they made
unsuccessful attempts to capture him. Hut
lie hud always a few outlaw companioL
with him at hia "fort,” and tho strong
abolition settlement of Ossatvaloinio was
near al hand, from which he could d,
"aid and coinfort" to the extent nerded.
Tho conscquonco was that the Missou
never could catch him, and the Federal
Government would uot—indeed, on ono
occasion it disarmed and turned back a party
of pro-slavery men who wore on their way
to punish (hsawaloiuic and Urown in a
proper manner for their many outrages.
Precisely tho aarne course wa« pursued by
the FeJcral Government towards Mont
gomery and hia band, who for ao long a
lime pillaged and murdered the pro-slavery
men of Kansas and Missouri.
It is only a change of locality, and not a
difference in the crimes committed, that has
aroused so much excitement about Brown's
late exploits and brought swift justico upon
him and his party. Leniency und forbear-
unco had emboldened him; the failure to
assert the "majesty of the law" in Kansaa
had encouraged him to hope for tho aarne
immunity in Virginia in caso of the failure
ot hia attempted insurrection. It was a
most miserable and total failure, involving
of life or properly than Urown
had before taken in hie foraye in Kansas
and Missouri, and most of the excitement
attending it in the Kouth was produced by
telegiaphic reports greatly magnifying the
number of the invaders and tho extent of
their operations. Punishment by tho laws
and authorities of Virginia will reach no
further than the visitation of justice upon
Fire* In New Orleans.
New Orleans, Oct. 30.-There was a por
tion of threo squares, in the third district,
destroyed by lire last niirht. Seventy poor
Inmilies were burnt out; and the loss ia es
timated at $100,000.
There was another largo fire raging tliia
afiernoon, on the corner ol Poydrae ami Lo-
vee street!.
New Orleans, Oct. 31—Tho fire on the
corner of Poydnis and Leveu streets, .des
troyed two valmlde stores. The leas ia es
timated at $85,(NX).
Nxw Oki.la.is, Nov. 3.—Seven squares
from \Voshingion to Ninth streets, in thu
Fourth District, were burnt this evening
Tbs improvements were mostly in small
buildings.
10 o'clock, p. m.—Another square ia now
burning. The lircinen aro puwcrlesn for
want of water.
New Orleans, Nov. 4.—The firo in the
Fourth I).strict ol this city, yesterday, dcs*
troysd sixty dwellings Loxa estimated at
a quarter ul a million ol dollars.
Yellow Fever.
New Orleans, Oct. 31.—There
twouty-live deaths hy yellow lever i
Charily llospitul, last week.
Three Days Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF Till
AMERICA.
good cottons advancing.
Augusta, Nov. 4.—The steamship Amer
ica, from Liverpool Saturday Oct. 22d,
arrived at Halifax to-day with advicea three
days later than the Arago's.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Sales
tho week 57,000 bales. Middling qualities
had advanced id., and all clean descriptions
were improving.
BrtadstufTs wero dull, and Provisions
quiet.
Consris 96.
Further by the America.
Halifax, Nov. 4.—The sales of cotton in
Liverpool during the 20ih Out., were 57,000
bales, of which speculators took 2.500 (oo
relioblo report given in the dispatch of the
quantity taken by exporters). Middling
qualities of New Orleans and Mobile are
said to have improved id., and tho market
closed with an advancing tendency fo
clean descriptions of cotton owing to their
uy.
1 FrW »r
ora and
•ere 8 000 bulee. of
porters took 2,00u
closed staady, at the
The
which speculators
Lairs, and ihc ma
following quoiatii
Fair Orlrsn* T%'il I Hid. Orleans......? 8-1M.
Fair Mobiles 7* a d. | Mid. Mobile* 7d.
Fair Uplands 7....! ,<i. | lOd.Uplands fill-ldd,
The stock of cotton at Liverpool was
519.000 baica.oi which 372,000 were Amcr"
State of Trade. — Manchester advices
uniavorub.e unJ hud a declining tendency
tor India goods.
Ji) M\ or TRt sr^-O. W. irouna.
O Lore Divine, that stooped to sh|
^ ‘ ‘ "f
On thee we cast eseb
Oar sharpest pang .oar l-itterest
»t esch earthhom cai
We smile at pain while Tliea art
r crown each lingering year,
ihun, no darkness drr- J
i stUI whispering, Tho
When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
embiing faith is changed t
The tuunn Uriat wind, rte quit i-rhg Ui
Atlantic Ninthly, Xi*.
—The cotton market had
advanced during the week for fair and mid
dling qualities. Orleans tres Ordinaire
quoted ut 115 francs and Ban ut 105 Iran
The sal... ol tho week were 9,500 bales, t
the stock 41,(AX) hale*. Flour und Wheat
were dull and Corn quiet.
l.atnt.—J.iverpocl, Saturday afternoon,
Oct■ 22 — Kales ol cotton to-day 8,000 bales,
ol which speculators and exporters took
1.100 bales, and the market closed steady.
Provisions closed dull.
Consols closed at 951 to 96, anddull. Tho
bullion in tl>e Hank of England had de
creased X'339,t<00. Money was slightly
n.ore stringent hut abundant.
The Zurich treaty stipulates that ratifi
cations he exchangs.l in fifteen days.
Thn London Times, iho Post and the
Herald opposes England's being a party to
tiie proputed European Congress.
The Lallans ulUirn appear squally.
The Loudon Post thinks that Romagna
Will certainly be attacked t-y tho Papal
troops.
The electricians havo commenced st Vilen*
eta their experiments on iho Atlantic cable,
und with rather encouraging results.
Tho Cngli,!, pre? coniinu. lo»drsw at.
tention to me immense armaments building
In Fruncc. particularly st Toulon, where
there are now twenty-two ships in progress
ot construction.
The Great Eastern probably will not
leave England this winter-
m _8pain is dissatisfied with tho odor of
. on ! war is considered imminent
"My Lord, the l,lou.”
We had ridden carelessly forwsid, admi
ring the view or speculating on the game to
be found in these mountain pan?*, when
the sudden halt and the unslinging of car
bines startled us. Pushing past the rear
files, we galloped to (be front just in lime
to prevent the sergeant who led the advance
firing at u noble lion, which advancing to
wards the same path which we
had halted abruptly at our view. HMTad
evidently come from a different direction to
that we were pursuing, and was making his
way toward the very pile of mountains whose
s.-mbre colors had excited our curiosity.—
Five minutes lator, and we should not have
seen him ; but, as it happened, there lie
stood, evidently very much astonished at
thus plumping suddenly on so larges party.
Were wu to fire, we should doubtless either
kill or mortally wound the animal. In the
first case, all would be well, arid we should
be the richer by a lion-skin ; in the second,
we should bo sure to lose one or more men,
and it an a responsibility the young officer
in command would not a*sume. Hastily
giving the order to unrling the carbine*, ba
rloard up bis men with some difficulty, fur
the horses were very restive. In caso the
lion showed a disposition to attack, all were
to face toward him, and it was to be hoped
that thu general di*charpe would prove mor-
til. If dispose J to let us do so, we were to
pass him quietly.
I had often heard that the lion by day in
no way resembles the same animal by night.
During the darkneas, seeking his prey where
ho can find it, he will attack anything, with
the greatest ferocity ; but during the day
time, it being his proper period for sleep, ho
being betides generally gorged with food,
he aeldom attacks man. lu the present in
stance, I had little confidence in the ef.
IfVcle of our fire, for our horses, as their ri-
forced them to approach tbeir dreaded
enemy, became moro and more al.irrardand
restive. . The lion was doubtless the one I
had heard roar in the ditlauce the previous
night, and he had been to the other siihi
seeking hia food among the douars of thu
[live tribes ne*r Teniet, from whence he
hot'
the t»
Four Days Later.
Colton Ac the and Firm.
Treaty Negotiation
Washington, Nov. 1.
vlth Mix
1.—Official n
ihat tho Juarc
II probability.
i Mexico.
The Tehuantepec .Mail'ltoute.
Washington, Nov. 1.—Kevcral parties
interested ill (he subject, epeak confidently
of tho early restoration oi the mail services
tho Isthmus ol Tehuan-
CalWurnii
topee.
Another Vigilance Committee.
Nxw Orleans, Oct. 31.—It is reported
that another Vigilance Committee i* being
organised here. Thu election lukes place
on the 7th ol November. Deputations ol
Flug I’glu s, it is reported, have arrived from
Baltimore.
.Maryland Flection.
Baltimore, Nov, 2.-2 o’clock, p. m.—
The election in this city so lar to-day Las
Leon attended with bloody results. The
rulormutu have been driven from sums ot
tho polls in some of tho wards, and rovvuies
appear to hold possession of other placet
ot voting. Tm re hue boon a great deal of
fighting, and many wounded. It ia leased
tho worst has not yet transpired.
SECOND DIsrATCII.
Mr. Prestnu, tho Democratic candidate in
the third district, was badly beaten on iho
head with a “billy," during thu canvass this
More Kiiroptun Troublca.
Augusta, Nov. 6.—Tho stcumship North
American had arrived at Further Foint,
bringing Liverpool dates to the 26th ult.,
lour days later than the America.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Sales of
three days 26.000 hales. Market firm, with
an advancing tendency, but quotations un
changed. *
Consols 95f to 95|.
Spain has dtclarcd war against Morocco,
and theio two rumors ol trouble between
England and France.
Cotton Markets,Saturday.
Mouils, November 5.—liolders having
advanced th
icir pretensions, sales only mod
erate, viz, 12C0. bales; niaiket gsnearlly
unchanged.
New Orleans, Nov. 5.—Balsa of cotton
to-day 12,000 bale*. Market generally un
changed.
Savannah, Nov. 5.—Salsa jo-day 1126
bales ; market firmer.
The Filibuster Fizzle.
Ot all tke pitiful and shabby exbibitioni
i mads of it-
ths present administration
elf—and it lu
unpr
odcntly conspi-
'ill venture to
afternoon. In ihe seventh ward the reior
inera left the polls to the control ol the row
dies.
third dispatch.
It is impossible to gtvu a list of the out
rages committed at Baltimore to-diy. Tho
Reformers, slier being driven from all but
two wards, abandoned tho whole city to the
dominant party. Ke lar is reported, there
were only two persona ktiled—three vrere
mortally wounded—but a large number
were beaten, and mnny seriously ; b«siJea,
numerous minor outrage* are reported, but
not positivtly ascertained where or by w hoiu
perpetrated.
It is not definitely known who tho person
was that attempted to assassinate Mr. I’rus
ton. lie was tn a very critical condition at
Darnum’a Hotel.
Tho streets are deserted except by the
victorious parts. A large delegation of
“Plugs" from Washington city asbisted in
the outrages committed.
[From tho abovo we infer that the Oppo
sition have carried tke city by arousing
majority, having beaten tbe Democracy not
only hy votes, but at their own game ol
bullying and rowdyism. The mail accounts
will no doubt show that the Democracy
were the aggressors in some broil that has
been grcstly magnified by the telegraph.]
Haltimi rk, Nov. 2.—The following arc
tho only returns received—First Ward
Americans, t>78 ; Reform, 68—Thud Ward
ricans, 149) ; Reform, 250. These
tbe State ought to aid "all radio
companies may be willing to
reasonable portion ol each road
lb... Kb. utu.ll, U-.JcJ he, mU. It imlic,,u,0 ol ec “"* 1 "
still devolves upon the General Government ' ——
to assert the majesty of Fcdsral law by ] Aetluj* Mayor Kliot.
bringing to trial all thoae citizens of Nurtb- Baltihore, Gel. 31—iho acting Mavor,
... Mt.le. who mlJed ..J lh „ Mr- Mcl‘h.,1 wo. .hot ,r.t„d., .. tbr F„e
, w . . . 1 slegisph olhee, and seitouslv wounded in
.....tot, of Virgtni. «..h trei.ou.hl« »nd I lh . f.tnor.1 .,le,,.pe,b.p. f.t.ll, mjur.d. 1.
revolutionary .ct. slid purpona. But tv, | « C urr,d in an .itutc.tion hrtw.cn il.mii,
much fear that the same policy which for- th* Reporter ot the Uahirnure Sun, and the
merly shielded old Brown and his villainies '
aud gave him a charter to make war upon
•ay, will parallel its recent one in connec
tion wuh tho capture nnd examination of
the three or four gentlemen, whom, without
a tittle uf testimony, a rcftaonohle presump-
tiun of guilt, a shadow of ctimiuatory pro
ceeding, it lind captured, st considerable
expense, and paraded in a United Stales
Commissioner's office, on the charge of get-
ling up an expedition against some country
with which wc are at peace. Fur weeks,
tho Collector, Mr. Hatch, had h
ries nosing into every spot wbero a filibus
ter has uvar hern known to frequont, inter-
rogating eric, pumping another, tippling
with a third, in tho great hope and ex
(■relation of being aide to comfort the coh
heart of James Buchanan hy the arrest
prosecution and conviction of some pursue
or persona under tho imputation of bring of
the filibuster species, however innocent
guilty ol thu actual offtncc. Well we hs
had ‘Crusaders’ of every kind and quality
the hunt; we have had artillery from Uaton
Rouge, who ought to have been protecting
the sacredness of our soil and tho lives and
h>-mos t>f our citizens from the invasions of
alien banditti on the Rio Grande ; w« have
seen our ttade interrupted, and listened to
torreuts ol eloquence from a federal district
judge, and an attorney uf like clo.b,
after all the pother, there is nut ss much
evidence of guilt as would enable Ihe most
able and dexteron* lawyer at this l
• grand jury to file an indictment or inform
ation upon. Where is tho K*ge of Wh
laud's indignation now! Why does ho not
displace his attorney, and impeach tho tsr
tilde Judge McCaleb, whu failed, ludicrous
ly failed, in ldabberring the grand inquest
into the j etfvirmance of a foolish arid
per act! The latter gavo a latitudinarian
construction to the livr bearing upon tbe
filibuster case ; he did all that he knot
to prepare the minds uf the jury to d
scruphs in dealing with tho Fiahermen of
the Fasces ; but oaths me oaths, nnd j
ts justice, among lespcctahle men, however
subservient court* or vindictive FrcaiJeuls
may regard than.
Wu ar« no fiiibustera, but we cannot help
rejoicing when wc tee men guiltless o
l»uon ot Uw triumphantly vindicated
fiance of power abused, by tho proper tribu
nals.— N. O. True Delta.
slaveholders will protect his abolition con
federates now. If so, they will derive from
heir immunity the tame encouragement
hich Old Drowu presumed upon when he
nd that Federal authority would never
bring him to justice. Why have not Gerrit
:o> o* I Kuiith and Joshua K. Giddinge been already
allowed
pletcd, hy th. cndot.ont.nl of bond, lor . „„, ua , Wh, ».. Kt.d Dougl
sum lufficient to purchase the iron to com- , .
, . i , i to escape into t.ansda I
piste the rest; and to guard the KtMu against r
Joss, lie propose* that sho take a/lein upon
each until* road so aioed. Uy argue* Ibis
ou the 1st Saturday in proposition at some length,
three delegatee, who — m
Tho Ohio "Democrats" are making ex
cuse* lor their detest. Tho thing needs no
explanation. They have turned semi-ab-
The Governor recapitulates his format 1 ©htionluA, und deserved to be detested, and
for one we arejllad ol it. It will probably
ut th* Court recommendations of etriogent enactments j urunc we art j*l , ° lt ‘ “ probably
i, . ^ . . . , . loach them sorriY honesty; and thev may
a ...ut.. • vi.pended ot non.t«d.«ramt h.nh., , hn > „ ,dh.r.nc. to the Con.t'tution
and consider* that thu peoplu of Georgia and to the just und equal rights ot all the
have endorsed hit riewa and concur with 1 of th* Union, is the only platform
bin. in demanding .uch^i.l.tion, P “' y C “ »“<*
The last Legisluturu.hu stye, took an ,^e repeat that wu ure alad that these
portant step in thu right direction in up- ,c: ;°"*buvo been beaten. They call them-
- •100.000 nr th. incom. of ,h. 3^*2
id tc Common bcool Education. >olvcs in aheep'* clothing. They have
appropriation be ' 4 **autned th# livery ol Heaven to ecrtvhe
,000, which, with otb.r i ,u - ’ nnworlhy of Ik, n.tu.
u—i i j ®‘ ^muertt. \\ e see no substantial dtl-
the common echoql lu
cnnuiit. The $1pU,000
'been deported
drawing 7 per
- X .1 „
ferer.ee between them and the Black Repub-
and we cure not th* lose ol u copper
which u up und which is down, only ao lar
as this, that these fellow a, in professing te
be Democrats, add hypocrisy to their kuavu-
ry.-i-.dK4t Uv*U.lDtm.)
named Harc-'urt. McFhail
pistol wounding him went oil m ihe
bunds of Harcourl. He exonerates li;
from direct blame.
Feudltlou of u Squad of Fifty.
Covirotox, Hr., Oct. 29 A squad of
fifty-four fugitive slaves from this Kiale were
yesterday arrested at Columbus Ohio. They
were remanded to thci» owners without re
sistance, and arrived here this morning.-*
Fxtremc Illness of Mrs. 8. A. Douglas.
Washington. Nov. 3.—Mrs. K. A. Doug
las is not expocted to live. Khe has received
oxtromo uncuon.
Massacre o! California Fmlgrants.
St. Louie, Oct. 29.—The overland mail,
from Kali Lake City, arrived at Atchison, in
this State, last night.
|It brings intelligence that a party ot
California tmiirrauta from lows ha3
been attacked by the Indians or Mormons
in disguise, near a place called Kinnup Cut
off, and nine of tne number were killed.
The remainder escaped with their lives, but
lost everything they had with them.
Salks at tuk Court House.—The follow
ing sales were made at the Couri-huuse
yesterday. Three shares ot Savannah A
ycsiuruay. i nree siiarea o: oavannan & ihoug
Augusta Railroad Stock at $48; eight shama [ cv of
nl S.v.nn.k A Ik.nu A* V? ..ll I,’ .4 k? L ! . v
Fxamiulnt; the IJutiouis ol Wells.
It is not generally known, we think, how
ca»v it is to ex a in me tho bottom oi a well,
cistern or pond of water, by tho use ot a
common mirror. The Now Hampshire
Journal oi Agriculture says :
"When the sun is shining brightly hold _
mirror so that the reflected rays of light
(all into the water. A bright spot will L
seen at the bottom, so light as to show th
the smallest object very plainly. By thi
mean* we have examined th* bottoms of
wells fifty feet deep, when half full of wa-
ter. Tn# smallest straw or other small ob
ject cen be perlectly seen from the surface.
In the aarne way one can examine the bot
tom of ponds and rivers, if the water be
somewhat clear, and not agitated by winds
or rapid motion, ll a well or cistern be
undoc cover or shaded by buildings, io that
ihe sunlight wtll.not fall near ihe opening,
it is only uects*ary to employ two mirrors,
usinS one to reflect the light to the opening
and anoihet to send it down perpendicular
into the water. Light may be thrown fifty
or a hundred yardo to the precise spot desir
ed, and then reflected downward. W#
have used the mirrors with success to reflect
tke light around a field to a shaded spot, and
also to carry it iroin a south window
through two rooms, and then into a cistern
under the north side uf a house. Half u
dozen reflections ut the light may be made,
ol Kavanuab, Albany &. Gulf Raiiiuad Stuck
though each mirror diminuhes the brilli-..-
he light. Let uny one not lamiliar
at $65.00; two .hare. Timber Cutter's I not only uaelul, but u pleasant fx^riment!
• twenly-fivu shares It will (terhaps rereala muse ol sediment
of Central Railroad Kiock at $121.00 sod | at the bottom ol a well which has bei . lulls
fin .< •I.-.-.00 ; I'linter.' li.nk Stock .1 thought ol, but which S,. Tlln I
1»L“* L o°‘ % - 7 Ctaltorwrd for fruitful iourc. ol di«.« b, n. dec., ii
I500.UU.—2>se. JVnrr.
I the water."
Our files well closed up wc neared tho
lion, wbost.uwcd no symptom* of fear, gi-
zoil at us, not savngclv, but apparently with
great curiosity. Thru he moved his tail to
and fro, like n large cat; and as we neared
him, he deliberately sat down on hia hind
quarters, looking then for all the world like
a queer-colored large Newfoundland. Just
as wu ranged up with him, pitsing by in
single file, the horst*' heads and tails well
together, he optned his huge mouth with a
mighty yawn, uttering as hu did so a sound
between a heavy sigh and a growl. This
ho did without rising, and in a most sleepy
manner, at though ho were supremely in
different to our pretence.
All this time our horses were terribly ox-
cited, and my own—a jet-black Byrisn barb,
which had carried me many a mile over the
plains of Wullachia and Koumelia, and
who, from his intense love of mischief an-l
fighlir.g, I had long since christened "Ba-
shi-Bcz-iuk"—was now completely cowed,
and though walking at a very slow pace,
hia black coat was ull white with foam.* I
was not fiftcon parrs from the lion, and
could not resist llto fancy lint seized me to
rein in and look at him. Trembling in
every limb, my borsu obeyed me, and as tba
rear files of our escort moved past, I con
templated ths nolle brute.
Ho was a splendid male, of the color call-
eJ by thu natives "the Hick lion;" and
which, they say, is the most fierce and ter
rible of all. He seemed sleepy and quiet
enough just then, and did not even look at
mo. Tne jangling uf tbe men’s arms
caught hia attention ; and it was iudecd but
a moment's space that was allowed tne, for
a slight move on his part caused my horso
to hound aside so suddenly as almost to un
horse ute; and when I recovered my seat,
and niy power over nty frightened steed, tho
sleepy fellow had deliberately lain down,
and resting his noble head on two mighty
paws, ho followed us with bis eyes as wo
slowly moved sway.
The Mattcr-of-Facl Man.
"I am what tho old women call an ‘Odd
Fish.' I do nothing under Heaven without
a motive—never. 1 atteinjtt nothing utile**
there is a probability of iny succeed-
ing. 1 n-k no favors when I think they aru
nut deserved ; and, finally, I don't wait upon
the girls when 1 think my attentions would
be disagreeable. I ant a matter-of-fact man
—I ant. I once oflared to attend a young
lady homo; 1 did seriously; that ia, meant
to wait on her home it she wanted me. Hhe
accepted my offer. I went home with her;
and it has ever since been an enigma to me
whether sho wanted mo or not. I bade her
‘good night,’ and she said not a word, 1 met
her again aud she gave me two hours' talk,
ft struck me as curious. She fenred 1 was
oflended, she said, and couldn’t for the lifo
of her conceive why. She begged nte to
explain, but did not give me a chance to do
so. Sho said she hoped I wouldn't be of*
tended; asked mu to call, nnd it has over
since been a mystery to me whether she
realty wanted nte to call or not.
"1 once saw a lady at her window. I
thought 1 would call. I did. 1 inquired lor
the lady,and was told she was not at home,
pect she was. 1 went away thinking i
l rather think so still. 1 met her again.—
Kite was offended—said I had not been
'neighborly.' Khe reproached mo lor my
negligence; said situ thought 1 had been
kind. And I’ve ever alnco wondered
whether situ thought ao or not.
"A lady once *nid to me that *b* should
liko tobe married if she could get a good
congenial husband who would make her
happy, or at least try to. Sho was not dif
ficult to please, she said. 1 said ‘1 should
like to get married too. it I could find a wife
that would try to make me happy.’ She
said,‘Umph !' and looked as il she meant
what sho said. Khe did. For when I asked
her if she thought aito could not be per*
suaded to marry nte, she anid *kc would
rather be excused. 1 excused her. 1 have
otien wondered wAy I excused her.
"A good many things ol this k ; nd have
Uappeuvd lo ntu that aru doubtful, wonder-
I ul, mysterious. What ia it then, that
causes doubt and mystery to attend the
ways ol man f It it the want of fact. Thi*
is a matter-ol-fact world, aud in order to
act well in it, we must deal in a inaiier-ot-
loct way."
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Liverpool Lolton speculations.
Some parties write that ful y 100,000
bales of cotton, or what was rrctived lor
cotton, purchased for cotton, ginned and ba
led for cotton, arc hors du combat and can
not be sold lor an equivalent ot $5 per bale.
Tbe views regarding cotton or its value are
conflicting. Those who have purchased
freely the present month trust to the increase
of consumption to bring them out; others
hold to tbe view that the growth has beeu
over-estimated, and there is a broad field for
profit. The Bulls on the flags yesterday
were somewhat slated that a frost might
last night follow the rather Arctic change of
the weather yesterday. Then it was admit
ted freely, frost or no froat, (hat a crop u
4,000,000 ol bales was certain. One of our
correspondents in Liverpool writes as fol
lows regarding a crop of 4,000,000 bales:
I'er Europa.] Liverpool, OcL 7, *69.
Our cotton market has for weeks been
languid in prices, though this week the salsa
hate been to some exteut, with only a stiff-
er ions for good cottons. Tbsre is maWi j*\
anxiety regarding the growing entptee •£*
four millions will bs required fee
rale of consumption; any decroaet? * * *
that estimate or any serious daiusgo^olhe
staple grow th, reducing estimates to 3,fi00,*
QUO, would cause a rapid change in priCf*
in this market. The trade of this country
in every department is most prosperous.
Then another correspondent writes:
That 10e. per lb. is enough for Middling
cotton, with a cropol 1,000,000, and with a
crop of foor and a quarter millions, prices
ought to rule her# in Liverpool, say—
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