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Tuesday November 1, 1859.
DuPont’s Powder Mills, on the Brandy
wine, exploded on the 21st, killing five
workmen. All the witnesses being dead,
testimony could not be taken.
A telegraphic dispatch from Lawrence,
dated the 22d, says that fuller returns
show that Willing is elected to Congress
from Jefferson, instead of W'illiams.
Dr. J. C. C. Blackburn has declined the
candidacy for Secretary of the next Sen
ate as appears by a card from him in the
Constitutionalist of yesterday.
The Memphis Bulletin says the steamer
Belfast recently carried down seventy
three negroes, designed for the Southern
market, and they were from Southern
Missouri.
There was a heavy frost in the vicinity
of Augusta on Saturday morning last.
The Constitutionalist understood that ice
was found in the neighborhood at the
same time.
The steamer Bluff City met with an ac
cident in Yazoo river on the 19th inst.,
and sunk. The boat is a total loss. She
had on board nearly 1,400 bales of cot
ton, most of which will be saved in a
damaged condition. The passengers and
crew were saved.
The vote of Florida in the last Judicial j
election gives DuPont 3,930; Wright
3,037; Baltzell 2,494. For Associates,
Forward received 5,357 ; Walker 5,070 ;
Yonge 2,728; Ilogue 1,097. The major
ity in the State against annexation is
, 2 °4. t
The Hon. A. 11. Stephens, as we learn
from the Atlanta Intelligencer, passed !
through that city on the 24th, en route
for Cedar Town, whither he goes to as
sist the State in the prosecution of Mor
ris for killing Chisholm. Morris Las em
ployed B. 11. Hill and Hugh Buchanan to
defend him.
niassacUusctts Politics.
The State Opposition Convention of
Massachusetts met in Boston Wednesday
last, and nominated Ex-Governor Georire
N. Briggs for Governor, and Increase
Sumner for Lieutenant Governor.
Fire in New Orleans.
A fire occurred in New Orleans on the
night of the 23d, by which the Magazine
street market, with four squares adjoin
ing, were destroyed. The loss is estima
ted at $150,000. An additional dispatch
from the Associated Press states that
nearly five blocks of buildings were con- i
sumed by fire. The-loss is variously es
timated from $300,000 to $500,000.
Eufaula Hail Hoad.
The Spirit of the South, of the 25th,
says that a a public meeting of the citi
zens of Eufaula, held last Saturday even
ing, the proposition of the South Wes
tern Kail Road Company, to build the
bridge over the river Chattahoochee, and
extend the road into the town for $87,-
500, all payable February Ist, 1860, was
accepted, and measures adopted which
put tho payment of the money beyond
question.
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Later from Texas.
The steamship Arizona arrived at New
Orleans on the 24th, from Brazos Santia
go with $38,000 in specie, and dates to
the 20th inst. Cortinac, the outlaw com
mander, was still encamped on the Rio
Grande with 350 men. It is said the In
dians arejoining him.
Advices from Galveston to the 20th in
stant, state that the yellow fever at that
place continues unabated. The Dallas
Herald states that Mnj. VanDorn had at
tacked the Indians near Concho river.
He killed one hundred Indians, and lost
forty men in the attack, as it is reported.
Virginia.
J. S. Calvert, Esq., Treasurer of the
Commonwealth, has made his annual re
port of the financial operations of his
department for the year ending the 30th
of September, from which it appears that
tho balanco of money on hand at that
date was $222,888, of which $104,013 is
to the credit of the Commonwealth, $42,-
519 to the credit of the Literary Fund,
$9,217 to the Board of Public Works, and
$67,185 to the Sinking Fund. The actual
receipts for the fiscal year were $6,571,-
711, and the actual disbursement for
same were $6,502,831.
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Clierol&ee, Alabama.
The Democracy of Chcrokeo county,
Alabama, met in Convention at Centre on
the 17th inst. Delegates were selected to
attend the Convention at Montgomery in
January next. A resolution was passed
recommending Hon. Nicholas Davis for
elector of the State at large, and in the
event of his declining, he was recom
mended as elector for the 6th Congres
sional District. A resolution was also
passed endorsing the principles of the
Cincinnati Platform as expounded by Mr.
Buchanan in his inaugural address and
administration.
The Montgomery Mail has learned that
the new gin-house of Mr. Edmund Ed
wards, in Montgomery count} 7 , containing
about twenty bales of cottou, was de
stroyed by fire about two weeks since,
which loss will bear heavily upon him.
Samuel G. Reid, Esq., co-proprietor
and co-editor of the Montgomery Adver
tiser, has sold the Marion Commonwealth
to Mr. George C. Rogers, who will act as
editor of the local department. The
principal editorial department will, as
heretofore, be conducted by William D.
Lee, Esq.
The New York Day Book says that Al
len Evans, who is now lying dying and
who was one of Brown’s party at Har
per’s Ferry, is said to be or have been a
member of Beecher’s church in Brooklyn.
He was one of the representatives of the
Plymouth Church iu the Sharpe’s Rifle
affair.
At the convention of the Western
Tract Society at Chicago, on the 20th in
stant, an amended resolution was adopt
ed, in consequence of the Harper’s Ferry
insurrection, that the Convention desire
the abolition of slavery only by peaceable
means.
The U. S. M. steamship Florida and
bark Henry Wilson, from New York, ar
rived at Savannah on the 26th.
VOLUME III.!
Report of tlie Comptroller General.
We are indebted to Peterson Thweatt,
Esq , Comptroller General, for a copy of
his Annual Report to the Governor for
the fiscal year ending2olh October, 1859.
The report is full and rather voluminous,
and contains much valuable information
voluntarily furnished, which was not re
quired of him by law. The statement of
j the receipts and disbursements at the
Treasury during the fiscal year 1859,
shows a balance at the end of the year of
$614,332. Os this $325,564 is altogether
unavailable. The following items com
pose this unavailable balancfe in the Treas
ury :
Bank stock. (Education Fund,) $290,900 00
Stock iu G. Rail Road. 20.000 00
Darien Bunk biila 2,237 25
Western and Atlantic Rail Road Scrip*. 4 754 75
Uncurrent Funds 7,'042 00
Total $325 504 CO
This leaves only an available balance
iu the Treasury of $288,768. The bal
ance unpaid on the appropriations for
1859 amount to $258,432 10. The aggre
gate amount cf taxes assessed for 1859 is
$436,121 91.
The public debt of the State in bonds
amounts to $3,354,750. Or Ibis $250,-
000 is due the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
Road. The State is also bound for a
further subscription of $500,000, inclu
ded in the above, when the private stock
holders raise an addition of $600,000.
The total increase on th-e whole pro
perty of the State for 1859 over 1858 is
$70,534,762 ; the largest increase in value
being upon Slaves: Land next, and then
Merchandise. The increase of polls over
1858 is 1,897. The return of the number
of acres of land is 21,582 less than last
year ; the increased value $10,689,910.
The number of slaves lias increased 11,-
240 over 1858; the return of their value
over 1858 is $44,154,478. The average
value of land for 1859 per acre, is $4 43.
The average value of of slaves, $612 63.
The average value of land in 1858 was
$4 11 per acre ; of slaves $526 39.
The total population in 130 counties,
according to the abstract of the Census
Returns for 1859, is 1,014,418. Os these
there are 571,534 whites, 439,592 slaves
and 3,292 free persons of color.
Among other items of extra informa
tion are the cost of the public buildings.
The cost of the State House is about
$200,000; of the Executive Mansion,
about $80,000; of the Penitentiary $511,-
152.
Besides the public buildings the other
property of the State is given as follows:
Bank Stock, pledged to education, $290,-
900, which pays an annual average divi
dend of 10 per cent; the Western and
Atlantic Rail Road, the estimated origi
nal cost of which to the State Treasury,
is $4,441,532 11 ; the receipts from this
source by the State, during the last twelve
months, is $420,000, being an increase
of $220,000 over last year; amount of
Stock in Milledgeville and Gordon Rail
Road, $20,000, which pays 6 per cent,
per annum ; amount of Stock paid for in
Gulf and Atlantic Road, $250,000 ; $lO,-
000 of Stock in Savannah, Ogecbee and
Altamaha Canal Company sold in 1837.
The recocqmendations of the Comptrol
ler as to amending the Revenue Laws,
are based ou good reasoning, and will
doubtless receive due attention from the
next General Assembly. The Report is
a gratifying exhibit of the progress ot
the State in wealth, and resources. Here
after wo may again recur to it occa
sionally.
Montgomery Mail.
We see by announcement in the Mont
gomery Mail of Thursday, that Mr. John
Whitfield has become a partner in that
popular and flourishing establishment.
After the 3d proximo, Hooper, Coyne &
Whitfield will be the style of the firm.
In addition to their present business, the
proprietors are making arrangements for
the opening of a first class Job Office,
which will be under the exclusive control
of Mr. Whitfield, than whom we know
of no better or more tasteful workman.
Moreover, John possesses, in an eminent
degree, the auaviter in viodo, or “a way
that wins,” and his popularity, added to
that of his colleagues, will insure them
the full measure of success, fur which
they have our heartiest wishes.
Hon. S. AV. Inge.
Advices from California by the Overlaud
Mail, state that the new Governor favors
the election of Hon. Samuel W. Inge, for
merly of Alabama, to the Senate, so as to
secure better chances for himself as suc
essor of Senator Gw-wa, who must be elected
in the winter of 1861. Mr. Inge was for
merly representative in Congress from
District in Alabama now represented by
Gen. Svd. Moore.
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Conflict between an Ofiicer and a
Convict.
At noon, on the 22d iust., a convict in
the Maryland Penitentiary refused com
pliance with the orders of the Deputy
Warden, and stabbed the latter twice in
the neck, while ho was endeavoring to
enforce the command. Another officer,
Gregory Barrett, fired two shots at the
prisoner, inflicting wounds from which
he died immediately. It is thought the
Deputy Warden will die of his wounds.
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Sew Steam Line to Brazil.
The London Times of October sth, gives
an account of the opening-of anew line
of steamers from Great Britain to Brazil,
intended, it is supposed, to knit still closer
the ties of commercial intercourse which
England has already established iu some
degree, at the expense of the United
States, and entirely through their negli
gence.
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biddings and tlie Insurrection.
A special dispatch ‘o the Charleston
Courier, dated Wasbii gton, Oct. 24th,
says : ‘‘The Constitution will publish
letters to-morrow directly implicating
Joshua R. Giddings in the recent trea
sonable attempt of ‘old Brown'.”
The late James M. Brown, of Iberville,
Mississippi, who died recently at the age
of fifty-four, left an estate estimated at
from $790,000 to $1,000,000, all of which
was accumulated in sixteen years from a
small investment in sugar planting.
A destructive fire occurred in Louis
ville, Ky., on Saturday night last, which
the Journal pronounces to be the most
j destructive by far in several years. The
loss was over SIOO,OOO.
A dispatch from Petersburg the 27th
says that Pryor’s friends are confident of
his election to Congress, in the election
held the same day.
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The steamship Cahawba left New Or-
I leans the 26th for New York with $50,000
I in specie.
THE WEEKLY SIIN.
Statistics of Muscogee County,
From the statistical tables accompany
ing the report of the Comptroller General
for the fiscal year 1859, we find the num
| her of acres of land in Muscogee county
returned for 1859, lo be 207,118, valued
at $1,657,102; average value, $8 per
acre. In 1858 the number of acres re
turned was 208,180, valued at $1,494,622;
average per acre, $7 18.
The whole number of slaves returned
for 1859 is 6,252, valued at $4,015,690 ;
average value, $642. In 1858, the num
ber returned was 6,764, value ! at $3,-
306,015; average value, s4*B.
The number of polls as returned on
the tax books for 1859, is 932 ; number
of children between Sand 18, is 1,163 ;
professions, 67; free persons of color,
28; value of city property, $2,214,420.
The proportion of State tax paid is
$8,891 46. The highest on the list of
counties in proportion to the State tax
paid, is Chatham ; next Richmond ; next
Troup, and next Muscogee. The reduc
tion of Muscogee’s proportion of the
State tax is attributable to making the
limits of the county but comparatively
little larger in extent than the city cor
poration.
Hon. T. L, Guerry.
We are reliably informed that the gen
tleman whose name heads this paragraph
h is yielded to the solicitations of his nu
merous friends and admirers, to accept
the Presidency of the next Senate, should
it be tendered to him. There are others,
doubtless, who have been mentioned in
the same connection, who possess the
qualifications requisite for that responsi
ble position, but none in a more eminent
degree than the Senator from Quitman.
As President, for a season, of the last
Senate, he fulfilled the expectations of
his friends, and should he be re-elected,
as there is every probability, he would
bring to his aid the resources of an able
and experienced legislator. Time and
the approving voice of the country would
vindicate the wisdom of the selection.
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A Timely Hint.
The Charleston Courier, speaking of
the revelations made by the plans and
maps of the Harper’s Ferry affair, says :
“ Concerning some of these places de
signated within the State of South Caro
lina, we have received information ren
dering it probable that emissaries connec
ted with the plot and conspiracy lately
defeated, had visited them for the purpose
of securing details for eo-operation and
correspondence. Magistrates, officers and
good citizens resident near any of these
places, may do service in taking the hint
in time, and paying proper attention to
unknown or suspicious persons.”
Would it not be well for Magistrates
and good citizens generally, in places
designated in Georgia, Alabama, and
other Southern States, to do likewise!
Trial of tine Insurgents.
The Richmond Dispatch, of the 24th,
says: The Circuit Court of Jefferson
county, Va., is in session, and the trial
of John Brown and his abolition associ
ates will commence, probably,'on Thurs
day next. Robt. Y. Conrad, of Winches
ter, Va., has been appointed by the Court,
to act as counsel for the prisoners, and
the prosecution is to be aided by Andrew
Hunter. The prisoners will be indicted
for “ treason, murder, and inciting slaves
to insurrection.” A citizen guard has
been established of twenty men at Har
per’s Ferry, twelve at Shepherdstown,
and eighty at Charlestown.
The Outlaw Cook.
A dispatch from Washington on the
26th states that Cook, the notorious out
law, was arrested at Chambersburg, Pa ,
Tuesday night. A requisition has been
made for three others supposed to be iu
the mountains of Pennsylvania. Diligeut
search is being made for their discovery
and arrest.
A dispatch from Harrisburg, of the
same date, states that Gov. Packer has
ordered Cook and Hazlett, who were ar
rested iu Pennsylvania, and charged with
being Harper’s Ferry conspirators, to be
delivered up to the authorities of Virginia
for trial.
A Negro Funeral.
The Macon Journal and Messenger of
the 26th says: We noticed, on Monday
last, iu our streets, what might seem a
singular scene in a slaveholding commu
nity, to some of the sympathizing Aboli
tionists. It was the funeral of a negro
man slave called John Butler. The
hearse was preceded by a band of music
—to which he had belonged—playing the
‘‘Dead March,” and followed by sixteen
carriages and a numerous procession.
Alabama and Florida Hail Hoad.
From the Montgomery Mail of the
26th, we learn that Col. S. G. Jones, who
has just returned from Pensacola, says
the laying of the track is progressing
briskly on the Florida end of the road,
as well as below Greenville. The Flori
dians are laying rail at the rate of about
one mile a week. It is the opinion of
Col. Jones that the entire road will be
completed by January, 1861.
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Tnc Jasper Advertiser states that Elias
Wright recently killed in Walker county,
a rattlesnake that measured eight feet in
length and fourteen inches arouDd the
body. The skin of this reptile was taken
off and three pecks of bran put into it.
But three rattles were attached to the
snake’s tail, the others—number not
known—haviug been shot off in the
killing.
The examination of the filibusters was
concluded at New Orleans on the 21st.
Wells, the telegraphic operator, was the
only witness sworn. His evidence against
the defendants was as non-committal as
that of other operators. The case was
submitted without argument, and the
Commissioner reserved his decision until
Monday at 12 o’clock.
On last Monday, twenty four miles of
the new track on the Mississippi Central
Rail Road, was opened for travel. This
leaves but twenty-six miles on the whole
route that will be traveled by stages,
which distance is expected to be covered
by rails by the middle of December next.
The Hon. George Evans, of Maine, is
in Washington, interceding with the
President tor a commutation of the sen
tence of Capt. Holmes, convicted of mur
der on the high seas, and sentenced to
be executed on the 15th of next month.
The Milledgeviile Recorder, of the 25th,
states that they have returns from all
the counties. Gov. Brown s majority is
21,577. The vote polled is, for Akin,
42,506 ; Brown, 64 083.
The next General Convention cf the
Episcopal Church, will be held in New
York, three years hence.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 1, 1859.
Columbuit and tier R. R. Interests*
In our first article on this subject, we
endeavored to suggest a few thoughts as
to the spirit with which Columbus should
regard and enter into Rail Boa i enter
prises. It is evident that her failure to
engage in former enterprises of this char
acter, resulted either from jealousy of
other communities and places, or a want
of due estimation of her natural and ac
quired resources. If the true cause may
be ascribed to either, the past shows that
her action was not well founded. At any
rate, her Rail Road policy has resulted in
detriment to her interests, and it be
hooves her now to arouse to a proper
conception and appreciation of her condi
tion,"and retrieve the errors of the past ere
the exertions erf rival cities shall render
it too late.
In every instance quite, iu which Colum
bus failed, by refusing to extend thus the
circle of her trade and influence, she has
simply stood very much in her own light.
Instance the Montgomery and West
Point Rail Road. When our flourishing
sister city, Montgomery, desired a
connection with the East, proposi
ositions and overtures were made to Co
s lumbus. The result was a refusal to en
courage the enterprise, and Montgomery,,
not to be discouraged, was driven to a
connection with West Point. This was
not the natural course of the road, and
the stranger unacquainted with the facts
won’ders why it was not originally ex
tended through Columbus. But the con
nection with West Point instead of Co
s; lumbus, being completed, what was the
sequel ? In a few years subsequent, Co
lumbus was placed in the attitude of a
petitioner and by the assistance of rival
interests farther East, built the Opelika
Branch Rail Road—a virtual acknowl
edgement of the error of refusing the
original proposition from Montgomery.
So in the case of Macon, which was driv
en to run her Road up through Monroe;
a wide departure from the line which na
ture seems to have originally designed.
The time has been when Columbus
could have secured a direct communica
tion with Eufaula by Rail Road, and thus
secured the benefits resulting from the
rich and profitable trade of South-East
ern Alabama. There were not wanting
those in Barbour county, who infinite
ly preferred a connection with us to
any other city in Georgia, and at one
time, had she made the necessary ad
vances and held out proper encour
agement, we do not hazard contradiction
in sayir.g the cars would now, or soon be
making regular trips on a branch Rail
Itoad from Eufaula to Silver Run, or
other convenient point on the Mobile and
Girard Rail Road. What are now the
relations between Columbus and Eufau
la? The latter has concentrated the in
terests of Savannah in her favor, and in
a few months at farthest, the iron horse
from Savannah will make its appearance
on the east bank of the Chattahoochee.
In yesterday’s Sun we chronicled the fact,
that the proposition of the South West
ern Rail Road Company to extend a
bridge across the Chattahoochee and ex
tend the road into the town of Eufaula
had been accepted by the citizens, and
measures adopted to place the payment
of the necessary amount beyond ques
tion. A rail road connection between
Montgomery and Union Springs may be
regarded as a “ fixed fact.” It is the
policy and desire of the former to extend
the road eventually to Eufaula.
Thus we see the consequences of a re
fusal of Columbus to embrace the golden
opportunities to build up her trade, and
increase her wealth by the mutual
benefits of these communications.. They
have left her in a comparatively
isolated position, and literally circum
vented by more energetic and enterpris
ing communities. But her situation is,
by no means, desperate or hopeless. She
has ample opportunity still, to profit by
and turn to advantage the opportunities
which now present themselves, and which
other communities are urging upon her
attention.
In our next we will continue this sub
ject, and endeavor to show the proper line
of policy which Columbus should adopt
towards the cities east of her, and also
the advantages which would result from
Rail Road enterprises recently projected,
and by which she can open other chan
nels to trade which is legitimately hers.
Locating Survey.
Frota the Selma Sentinel of the 25th,
we learn that Y. L. Yuille, Esq., Chief
Engineer of the Selina and Gulf Rail
Road, commenced the work of making
the locating survey, on last Saturday
morning. He has a full corps with him,
and will continue it until completed.
James Revel was executed at Knoxville,
Crawford county, on Friday last. Some,
time since ho was sentenced to be hung
for the murder of Adams and Hammock,
in that county, but after his sentence was
liberated by his friends and escaped to
Tennessee, where he was overtaken and
brought back to meet his fate.
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Singular and Fatal Accident.
The Bristol News learns that Mr. John
Dorsey, an engineer on the Virginia and
Tennessee Hail Road, lost his life on the \
17th inst., by a most singular casualty.
He was running a freight train to Lvnch
burg, and about a mile East of Seven
Mile Ford, Smith county.'Va., and while
leaning out of the window of the cab of I
his engine, (the ,f Knoxville,”) a large j
limb, blown from a tree on the roadside, j
struck him upon the head, fracturing his
skull, and killing him instantly. He was j
a young man, about twenty-six years of ;
age. a careful and skillful engineer, and
highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Killed.
The Greenville Democrat learns that,
an o-ld gentleman by the Dame of Mitch
ell, a citizen of Washington couDty, was
run over by the train on the East Ten
nessee and Virginia Rail Road on the
14th inst., and killed. The old gentle
man was deaf and could not hear the
train as it approached him from behind.
The Democrat says this is the second case
of the kind which has occurred within a
few years on that road.
A man by the name of David Riley,’
from Tennessee, died, we learn, on Sun
day, the 16th, on the road from this city
to Macon, near the house of Mr. M. W.
Lowe. He had been, he said, to Florida,
for the benefit of his health, laboring
under consumption, which a Coroner’s
j inquest rendered as the cause cf his
j death. Riley claimed to have friends
and relatives in Macon. —MiUedgevilU Re
j corder.
Louisville and Nashville Rail Road.
The Louisville Democrat, of the 23d,
says that on and after Saturday next,
freight trains will run through from
Louisville to Nashville, and that the pas
senger trains will follow on next Monday.
Col. Bowen, of Burbonr.
In a notice of this gentleman, pub
lished in a late number of the Advertiser,
he is set down as a planter. This we con
ceive to be a mistake, Col. Bowen, if we
remember correctly, being an eminent
and rising lawyer of Midway, in the
northeastern part of Barbour. The gal
lant Colonel will please consider himself
transplanted from the temple of Ceres to
that of Themis.— Mont. Advertiser.
The mistake was made by the Adver
tiser in the correction. Col. Bowen re
sides in the North-eastern portion of
Barbour county, and though endowed
with the qualifications requisite to have
made him an “eminent and rising
lawyer,’’ lie has devoted himself ex
clusively to agricultural pursuits. He is
a gentleman of liberal education, en
larged views, and will sustain himself
creditably in the Legislature. Barbour
will send a delegation to Montgomery of
which she may well be proud.
Mr. A. C. Barron.
Mr. A. C. Barron leaves us this week,
to publish the Banner and Baptist, at
Rome, Ga. He is a young gentleman of
fine habits, good moral character, and is
in every way worthy of the position into
which he is going. He has been publish
ing for us two months, and we have never
yet had occasion to find fault with him in
any manner. May be have a successful
and glorious future.
We clip the above from the Abbeville
(Ala.) Banner of the 20th. We have had
a personal acquaintance with Mr. Barron
for a long time, and take the occasion to
give a cordial endorsement to“all that is
said of him by the Banner. He is a
young gentleman of great worth and will
always deserve success.
Population of tlse Harper’s Ferry
Region.
The slave population of the region in
which the recent abortive attempt of
Brown and his hair-brained confederates
was made to excite an insurrection, is
very large,, as appears from the following,
which*shows the relative proportion of
whites and slaves at the last census :
WHITES. SLAVES.
Loudoun county, Va. 18,488 5,641
Jefferson “ “ 11,016 4,841
Berkelv “ “ 9,815 1,956
Clarke” “ “ 3,738 3,614
Frederick “ “ 13,681 2,294
Frederick “ Md. 37,074 8,918
Washington “ “ 28,754 2,000
120,516 23,759
Large Porker for the Atlanta Fair.
The Athens (Tenn.) Post says, we
were shown at the Athens depot, on
Wednesday last, a monster in hog form,
measuring four feet in height, nine feet
in length, and which weighed at the
commencement of the Fair season fifteen
hundred and ninety seven pounds five
years old next March. He is the prop
erty of Dr. McWhorter, of Bedford coun
ty, Tennessee. He was on his way to
the Eastern Division Fair, at Knoxville,
and from thence will go to the Fair at
Atlanta.
The Holmes Monument.
In pursuance of the action of the Geor
gia Assembly, recommending the erection
of a suitable monument to commemorate
the services of Captain Isaac Holmes in
the Mexican and Florida wars, the
ceremonies, as we learn from the Georgia
Telegraph, will iake place on Wednesday
at Hose Hill Cemetery. Macon. Hon.
Henry R. Jackson, Colonel of the Georgia
Regiment in the Mexican war, and Hon.
Thomas Hardeman, will deliver addresses
on the occasion.
A Pike from the Conspiracy.
A friend of the Charleston Courier—a
representative of the Baltimore press at
the scenes lately enacted at Harper’s
Ferry—has forwarded one of the pikes’
prepared for the insurgents by the disci
ples of the “Beecher’s Bible” school.
He writes:
Editors Courier: I forward you, per
Adams’ Express, a trophy captured by
myself. It is in the shape of a pike, or
rather a formidable bowie-knife, the han
dle being a strong, well-seasoned staff of
white oak, about eight feet in length.
The Atlanta Fair. >’
We learn from the Atlanta papers that
the Fair opens favorably. The city is
crowded with visitors. The arrivals of
all kinds of stock is very large. The
Agricultural Department, though not
very full, is better than it was last year.
Among other articles on exhibition are
Warlick’s Patent Spring Bottom, which
attracts attention ; a Double Cylinder
Cotton Gin ; a splendid article of Cassi
mero, made from Cass County Merino, as
well as other things in the manufactur
ing line.
Ice anti Frost.
The Charleston Courier records the ap
pearance of a very heavy frost in that
city, on Saturday morning last. It was
detected in some instances after 7 o’clock.
Ice was seen also along the Northeastern
Rail Road, to a point distant twenty-nine
or thirty miles ‘from*the city. Ice was
also seen at and above Midway, on the
South Road.
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Fubejl i*of Minister Mason.
The funeral of Mr. Mason took place at
the American Chapel, Rue de Berri Paris.
The correspondent of the Boston Traveler
says it was largely attended, including
the diplomatic corps, and nearly all the
Americans in. Paris. The body will be
brought to America by the Arago.
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Grain Receipts at Chicago.
The receipts of wheat at Chicago for
the year ending August 18th, 1859,
amounted to 4,750,604 bushds, being
1,826,690 more than the previous year;
the receipts of flour 259,355 barrels, be
ing 112,519 more than the previous year;
the receipts of oats 540,324 bushels, be
ing 356,330 more than the previous year.
Later from Mexico.
Late accounts from ..Mexico state that
Yidauii has not left for Texas; but
that he is raising troops agaiust the Lib
erals, and that some places have declared
fer him.
Gerrit Smith.
It has been hinted, as we learn from a
Baltimore paper, that Gov. Wise intends
to make a requisition upon Gov. Morgan,
of New York, for the surrender of Ger
rit Smith, as an accessory to Brown.
The Rome Courier of the 26th, under
stands that the machinery of the De Soto,
lately sunk, will be taken off and anew
boat immediately commenced for the
Oostanaula river.
Among the gentlemen admitted to the
bar at the late Fall term of the Circuit
Court at Tuskegee, we observe the name
of Benjamin B. Fontaine, of Columbus,
Georgia.
Columbus and tier R. R. Interests.
We endeavored in our last article on
this subject, to paint out in a cursory
manner the loss which has accrued, and
the disadvantages under which Columbus
now labors, by the refusal or neglect to
embrace opportunities, now lost, to ex
tend her trade into new and inviting
fields. That she would have been bene
filted in equal or greater proportion with
the communities with which she would
have thus been put into immediate com
munication, is a self-evident proposition.
There is no doubt, also, that the fault is
attributable to her; as the Montgomery
and West Point Road, which should have
originally been extended to Columbus,
and the Macon and Atlanta Road, which
also was designed to form part of con
tinuous line from Montgomery to Macon,
by way of Columbus, were built without
the assistance of Columbus, which shows,
at least, that the projectors and builders
of those Roads were sincere, and were
abundantly able to contribute sub
stantially towards carrying out their de
signs. That Eufaula was also able to do
the same, is evinced in the fact that she
has, with the assistance of Barbour
county, contributed in the aggregate
probably not less than $415,000 to ex
tend the South Western Road across the
Chattahoochee into the town. Had Co
lumbus made the proper advances, and
manifested the necessary interest, it
shows what co-operation the foregoing
cities could have afforded in connections
by Rail Road with us. It is due to Eu
faula, to say that her recent example
could with profit, be emulated by some
other cities of five or six times her popu
lation. The present commercial rela
tions sustained by Columbus towards
certain communities and regions of coun
try, is due to some extent, to the policy
she has always maintained towards the
cities East of her, and Savannah in par
ticular. Time has demonstrated that
policy to be wrong, and in the opinion of
a great many, the period has arrived
when that policy should, at least, be
changed,—so far as other cities than Sa
vannah are concerned. It is not to be
expected, of course, that. Savannah,
Charleston, or any other city, will not
consult their best interests under all cir
cumstances. Columbus cannot, and does
not expect Savannah to promote our in
terest to her detriment, but her policy
should be to extend the basis upon which
she has hitherto acted, and accomplish
by a combination and reciprocity of in
terests what could not be done otherwise.
The question is, shall Columbus re
main exclusively dependent upon Savan
nah, or should the interest of Charleston
be also concentrated here, and enlisted
in our Rail Road enterprises? If this is
the question for our decision, it cannot
be determined too early, and its deter
mination depends upon the question,
whether Columbus shall maintain a poli
cy of “ masterly inactivity,” and be con
tent with her present status, or whether
she should extend further the circle of
her trade, and engage in other Rail Road
enterprises? Some may put in the plea
of inability, &c. This is the principal
reason why we should endeavor to
concentrate the interest of some other
city than Savaunah here, —the only re
source left us to triumph over that disad
vantage, if it. really exists. What has
been the consequence of our sole depen
dence upon Savannah ! She contributed
to build our Muscogee Rail Road, and the
Columbus and Opelika Branch Road, but
she did it, not that she loved Columbus
less, but that she loved Savannah more.
Our dependence upon Iter has injured us
by the extension of the South Western
Road to Eufaula, and a branch to Fort
Gaines. This enterprise, cf course, will
result in immense benefit to Savannah,
by diverting to her a greater portion of
the trade of South Eastern Alabama and
South Western Georgia. She is also
furthering the extension of the Savan
nah, Albany and Gulf Road, the line of
which will run through South Alabama
to Pensacola, and on to Mobile eventual
ly. Her lines of Rail Road are extend
ing in various directions, and Columbus
is reduced to the situation of a mere
tributary to her wealth and power. Co
lumbus is unable to compete .single
handed and unaided against the powerful
influence of Savannah, and we do not,
and cannot expect her to consult the in
terest of Columbus iu every enterprise
that may invite her attention, and the
profitable investment of her capital. If
it is the true interest of Columbus to
change her policj', and concentrate other
influences besides that of Savannah in
her favor, we will endeavor in our next
to point out the course, which in our
humble opinion, will lead to that desira
ble object, and which, when acquired,
will, with the additional aid of Savaunah,
place the prosperity of Columbus beyond
contingency.
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Examination cf Brawn.
A telegraphic dispatch from Charles
town, Va., says rown and his accom
plices in the recent Harper’s Ferry affair
underwent a preliminary examination the
25th. Several witnesses were examined,
but nothing new was elicited. Blown is
said to be very indifferent as to whether
he has counsel or not. The cases will
probably go before the Circuit Court for
trial to-morrow. He has made.no con
fession, relying on God, as he says, to
deliver him, as he has in greater peri!.
Last Friday night, about 10 o’clock, ail
the gas lights in the city of P.ichmond
went out, leaving everything in total
darkness. It was caused by an obstruc
tion ip the main pipe at the works. The
Convention at St. Paul’s Church immedi
ately adjourned. At the Theater, where
a large crowd was collected, the confusion
was great, and was greatly increased by
the report spread through the house that
the insurgents had taken the gas works,
and put out the lights.
From Washington.
It is reported in Washington that the
Secretary of War has received an inso
lent letter, purporting to be from Cook,
dated at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania,
threatening to take Harper’s Ferry and
Charlestown, Virginia, with an army of
several thousand —liberate the prisoners
—and perform other ridiculous feats.
The Mobile Evening News of the 24th,
says a white man (name not learned) and
a-negro man, were run over and sunk in
the middle of the river yesterday by the
steamer Clotilda, as she came up the river
to the city. The negro was drowned, but
the white man swam ashore. The boat
was tied to a snag, and they were fishing
at the time of the accident.
{NUMBER 29.
ARRIVAL OF THE JASON.
New York, Oct. 26, 1859.
The steamship Jason, with Liverpool
dates to Monday, the 19th instant, has
arrived at Quebec Her advices are two
days later than the Persia’s.
The Jason reports the Liverpool Cotton
market steady. Sales for the two days
16,000 bales.
London Monty Market. —Consols had ad
vanced, and were quoted at 98 to 96’.
Additional by tlie Jason.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sales ot cot
ton for the two past business days 16,000
bales, of which speculators and exporters
took 3,000 bales.
General News.— Thosteamship Arabia
arrived at Liverpool on the 15th.
The American Minister wascourteously
received at Pekin. It is expected that he
will send home the ratified treaty, by the 1
mail.
It is expected that the Great Eastern
will sail for Portland on the 24th of Oc
tober.
Negotiations at Zurich are still pending.
Additional by tlie Ocean Q,ueen.
The ship Quebec, of New Orleans, was
wrecked at Eddystone Lighthouse, on the
11th instant.
Austria refuses to diminish the amount
of debt due from Lombardy to Sardinia.
Robert Stephenson, the celebrated En
gineer, is dead.
France and Piedmont proposes to sub
mit the Lombardy debt affair to arbitra
tion.
Numerous arrests have been made in
Parma.
The principal authors and accomplices, ]
in the murder of Anriti, are in the hands
of justice.
The city is tranquil, and the disarming
of the populace has been ordered, al
though the city was surrounded by the
Modeuez and Tuscan troops.
Garibaldi’s proclamation to the central
army says : The hour of the new struggle
approaches, the enemy threaten and will
perhaps attack U3 iti a few days.
The Pope was to have an interview with
the King of Naples at Castle Gondolfo,
where he will prolong his stay, in conse
qurnce of the agitation at Rome.
After the Pope’s departure, p. demon
stration took place, in honor of the Sar
dinian Ambassador. It is estimated that
ten thousand left their cards at the Am
bassador’s residence. The Ambassador
was to leave on the 10th.
Latest. — Zurich, Oct. 11.—The Con
ferences do not draw to a close. Austria’s
demands have been resisted by Sardinia
and France. France requires that all
the expenses of the war shall be paid by
Austria and Piedmont.
Later from Texas.
New Orleanr, Oct. 25.—We have re
ceived Brownsville dates to the 20th.
The Mexican troops had returned to
Matamoras. Lieut. Langdon had ar
rived with three cannon.
The citizens of Brownsville had cap
tured one of Cortinas’ leaders and sen
tenced him to be hung. Cortinas threat
ened to burn the town if the sentence was
executed. Great alarm prevailed among
the citizens, who were leaving the town
in haste, and threatened to abandon it,
unless assistance should arrive soon.
Throe hundred troops were expected
from San Antonio.
The Indians were committing depreda
tions all the way down the Rio Grande
from Eagle Pass.
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Additional from Harper’s Ferry.
Washington, Oct. 25. — A special dis
patch from Harper’s Ferry, states that
further discoveries have been made of a
nature which has not transpired, ten
ding to the suspicion that the plan of an
outbreak is more extended than it was
first supposed.
Circumstances have transpired recently
which lead to the belief that the ne
groes in the adjoining counties are cog
nisant to the demonstrations to be^made.
It is confidently asserted that Brown
has made disclosures to Gov. Wise, which
will be placed in the hands of the State
Attorney to be used on the trial.
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A Mistake.
A Columbus correspondent of the Geor
gia Telegraph, says :
“One thing struck me, the number of
cotton bales unhoused: I found the rea
son to be want of storage room. This,
however, will soon he obviated. Moffett
has erected anew warehouse, near the
Muscogee Depot, which has been taken
by Gray & Greenwood. Hughes & Daniel
will soon move into their old quarters and
be ready to receive their numerous
friends. The Alabama warehouse will
also be rebuilt nnd occupied ; and I un
derstand that Bass & Cos. mean to pull
down the Oglethorpe and erect anew and
handsome warehouse. Columbus will then
have seven warehouses. Plenty of room,
you say. Yes, and clever men to guard
the interest of planters.”
There ts no w-ant of storage room for
cotton. The cotton which the Telegraph’s
correspondent thought was unhoused, was
turned out for re-marking preparatory to
being shipped. Moffett’s warehouse, taken
by Greenwood & Gray, we are informed,
is receiving cotton. In a few dajs,
Hughes, Daniel & Cos. will be ready to
house cotton iu their new warehouse, and
so with the addition to the warehouse of
Dillard, Powell & Cos. There has been
already “plenty- of room,” which will
be increased by- the improvements com
pleted and progressing.
Proceedings of City Council.
Having been unable to attend the last
meeting of the City Council, as we expect
to do regularly, we find the report of
their proceedings in the official medium
of publication.
Mr M. L. Patterson, the newly elected
Alderman, appeared and was duly quali
fied for his seat.
The Street Committee submitted a re
port recommending the carrying out of
ttoe suggestions of his Honor the Mayor
with reference to the change in the man
agement of the street hands. We hope
the experiment wiil be thoroughly tested
by the commencement of the next muni
cipal year. Our views of the movement
cause us to coincide with those who voted
in the negative.
Alderman Ogletree submitted a motion
extending the time prescribed to Messrs.
Goetchius & Ilodges for the completion
of the new Market and City Hall, until
the Ist of February, 1860. This was
carried on a division, when the Mayor,
as in the previous case, gave the casting
vote in the affirmative. There were r,o
other proceedings of special importance.
New Instrument.
Passing Mr. Vandenburg’s music store
yesterday afternoon our attention was
attracted by the sweet sound of music,
we stepped in and found it to proceed
from an organ melodeon, which has just
•been shipped out, to the order of the St.
Cecilia Society. Mr. Vandenberg gave us
the opportunity of witnessing its full
powers, and its gentlest and sweetest
tones, all of which are pleasing and sur
prising. This instrument will be used
on the occasion of the first concert of
that society, which we trust will not be
much longer deferred.
- Crisp's Gaiety.
Kichafd 111 whs presented ou Monday
evening, to the largest audience that has
attended the performances of the
Company this season. There was a good
number of ladies iu attendance, whose
presence restrained “Young America,”
: nnd preserved good order. The full
strength of the Company was brought
out on the occasion. We cannot say that
We were as well pleased with its rendition
a* other pieces which have been present
ed. Shakspeare’s tragedies are altogether
too heavy, except for an extraordinary
compauy-, and require more stage room
and other appurtenances, to render them
satisfactorily, than is afforded by a stage
as small and circumscribed as ours.—
Considering the appliances in their pos
session, we think they did very well. As
we were compelled to leave in conse
quence of illness, we could not remain
until the conclusion.
The afterpiece, as we learn, succeeded
finely. It could not be otherwise, with
Mr. Sheldon as “Cousin Joe,” and “Mar
gery” with the sweet song of “Maggie
by my side.”
A large and expectant audience was in
attendance on Tuesday evening, to wit
ness that thrilling story, the Gunmaker
of Moscow, published in the New York
• Ledger, from which it was dramatized
and arranged for the stage. The drama
is quite short and rather disconnected,
, ■
each act leaving the mind in a state of
’ expectancy, from which it is not relieved
by the commencement of another. In
short, it seems more like four one act
dramas, founded upon the same facts,
but entirely disconnected. In our opin
iou the drama is a poor oue, and not
worth the labor evidently bestowed by
the company in getting it up. Mr. Hen
derson, as Ruric Neville, acquitted him
self well, and so did the others. There
was nothing in the play by which any
actor could show any extraordinary fiash
, es of genius.
The afterpiece, Robert Macaire, was
well acted and uproariously applauded,
especially Jaqucs Strop, by Sheldon.
Good order prevailed, if we except that
; the usual quantum of club boys were
| around, giving applause when silence
! should have reigned,
j There was not so good an audience
! present on Wednesday evening, as on
previous occasions. The opening play
was Rob Roy, or The Days of Auld Lang
Syne, The play is doubtless a very fine
thing, but oue who never saw it before
was not impressed with iis beauty, or
force. The performance of a portion of
the company was barely endurable by
the audience. It was whispered around
that Mr. Taylor was exceedingly unwell,
| and hence could not play his part. If
ho was, he suddenly recovered by the
time the after-piece came on. The great
fault with a portion of the company was,
they were not “up in their parts” on
i the occasion, and hence, frequently ap
j peared to the audience in a dreamy state.
The usual promptitude of Mr. Stetson
and Mrs. Ward, was the salvation of llob
Roy before a Columbus audience.
Miss Mollie Williams did her part as
well as could be expected with such
bunglers to sustain her. When alone in
her part she was au fait. Her song,
“Cornin’ thro’ the Rye,” was really
charming and sweet; she is a much bet
ter vocalist, we think, than danseuse, and
should abandon the latter and devote
more study to tho former.
The after piece, Sketches in India, was
an uproarious affair, and Sheldon, again,
showed himself equal to any emergency;
the others acquitted themselves very well.
We regret to find fault with people
and officers, but the truth is, the police
who nightly visit the theater are not
worth a baubee, so far as keeping order
lis concerned. Boys break open tho win
dows with impunity, half drunken men
; bawl, and rowdies beat the seats with
clubs and then sit and laugh. Mr. Can
ning does the only duty in that line that
| is done ; still these officers are present
every night, as dead heads. Would it
not be better for future companies to em
ploy their own police, and have them
recognized by the proper authorities ?
We shall suggest the plan to Mr. Flem
ing upon his arrival, at least.
To-night the Company give their last
j entertainment but one, in Columbus. By
| special request, and in view of its recep
tion by the public on its first presentation,
; the comedy “Still Waters Run Deep” will
be repeated, as well as the “Gun Maker
;of Moscow.” We hope to see a large at
tendance as on the other occasions. The
interval will be filled by Miss Mollie Wil
liams, iu a “Character Dance.”
Our County Bridges.
It is & disgrace to any county, that
j permits her highways for travel to get in
a condition unsafe to the traveler, and it
is a still deeper disgrace, when bridges
which are used daily are permitted to
become dilapidated and unsafe for life
and limb. We regret to say so, but Mus
cogee county stands just now in that
position. Time and again has the fact
that one and another of our bridges were
dangerous, been brought to the notice of
the bridge contractor, and also the Judges
of the Inferior Court, and yesterday we
learned that the wagons of a gentleman
living in a county South of this, actually
fell through the bridge at Eilbeck’s Mills,
down a distance of full thirty feet. For
i tunately no lives were lost. Now shall
this state of things continue ? There is
; only one bridge on the Upatoie passable,
and that is really dangerous. We know
this is so, for it has not been long since
we crossed the crank-sided thing. Shall
the county continue a man in its service,
who has shown himself so incapable to
discharge his obligations? No; let the
Justices at once dismiss him.
Our city is suffering vastly, and will
continue to suffer, until these bridges are
put in a safe condition. Planters will not
risk the lives of drivers and teams on
i such crazy structures. The Inferior
i Court should meet at once, and employ
a competent workman to rebuild those
bridges, and make the present contractor
pay for the work.
We trust some •steps will be taken
speedily to remedy this evil, or we may
find, too late, thousands of cotton bags
turned away from our doors.
From New Orleans.
A dispatch from New Orleans on the
j 25th, states that the cars on the Pacific
Railway (Texas,) commenced running on
the 20th inst.
A dispatch of the same date says that
the slaver bark Laura had been captured
by the British steamer Archer, according
to advices of the sth inst. from King
ston.
The ship Crescent City, from Balh,
put into New Orleans on the 2Gth for re
pairs. She had 5 feet water in her hold.
The Grand Jury in the cases of the re
cently arrested fiilibusters at New Or
leans, found no true bills against them ;
consequently they were discharged.
A telegraphic dispatch to the Associated
Press states that accounts from the sugar
crop of Louisiana continue unfavorable.