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COLUMBUS:
Tuesday Morning, Sov. 1, 1859.
Mr. Thomas 11. Walker, an old and
highly ’esteemed citizen of Marengo
oounty, Alabama, died at Demopolis,
Thursday the 20th inst.
The steamship Huntsville, ships Bri
tania, Charles Cooper, schooners L. S.
Davis, Python and Moro, from New York;
and the brig Susan, from Boston, ar
rived at Savannah the 30th.
Major William Montgomery, an estima
ble citizen of Autauga county, Alabama,
died on the 26th ult., of a cancer, from
the effects of which he had been suffering
for three years.
Barden, charged with killing his father
(Thomas T*. Barden), near Newbern, in
Greene county, Ala., a few years since,
was tried at the recent term of the Circuit
Court of that county, and acquitted.
A dispatch from Leavenworth the
26th, states that the Democratic State
Convention of Kansas have nominated
Sam Medary for Governor.
The sloop of war Saratoga, has arrived
at Pensacola, with important dispatches
from the Mexican government for Senors
Tejada and Mata.
The stockholders of the Dalton and
Gadsden liail Road, met at the former
place on the sth inst., and elected Direc
tors for the ensuing year. At a meeting
of the new Board, the former officers
were re>elected.
The subscriptions of South Carolina to
internal improvements, amount in the
aggregate to $2.134,700. Os this amount
she subscribed $270,000 to the Charleston
and Savannah Rail Road.
The South-Western Circuit.
Governor Brown has appointed Colonel
William E. Smith, of Dougherty county,
Solicitor General, for the South Western
Circuit, in place of J. W. Evans, Esq.,
resigned.
“ loti,” of the Baltimore Sun, in his
Washington letter of Oct. 23d, says that
“it is stated that the time for holding
the National Democratic Convention at
Charleston will be fixed for the 16th of
April. The Republican Convention will,
perhaps, as heretofore, be fixed for June ;
and the National Old Line Whig Conven
tion, if one should he held, will be surn
mned early in July.
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The laying of the die of the Holmes
Monument took place at Macou on
Wednesday last with appropriate cere
monies. Among the most interesting
features of the day, says the Citizen,
was the appearance in procession of a
small squad of the survivors of the Ma
con Volunteers, who served in the Flori
da war, and the Macon Guards, who
served in the Mexican war.
Stock for Georgia and Alabama.
The Chattanooga Advertiser, of the
27th, says for a week or two past large
droves of horses and mules have passed
this way en route to markets in Georgia
and Alabama. Prices in this section for
stock of this description range pretty
high. A mere chunk of a horse com
manding from SIOO to sl30 —ordinary
mules from $125 to $l5O.
We learn from the Selma (Ala.) Senti
nel that a youth by the name of Ford was
arrested a few days ago, at Randolph,
Bibb county, on a charge of having ab
stracted letters from the mail bags. lie
was riding the mail on the route between
Wetumpka and Marion, and so bold had
he become in abstracting letters, that a
large number were found along the. road.
In consequence of some error in the writ
of arrest, Ford was discharged by J. W.
Jones, Esq., upon whose authority he was
arrested.
A Great Corn Crop.
The Dayton Empire, of Oct. 13, says
that the Indiana State Agricultural Soci
ety has awarded the prize for the best
crop of corn to a Dearborn County far
mer who produced proof that ten acres
averaged one hundred and seventy-five bush
els per acre. On the best five acres, the
first premium was awarded on one hun
dred and eighty-six bushels to the acre,
and the same person had incontestible evi
dence that on one of these acres there
grew two hundred and fourteen bushels.
One Charles 11. Bray, who hails from
Boston, was arrested in Mobile on the
2Gth ult., by one of the police, whilst
talking Fremont, free negroes, and favor
able to the Harper’s Ferry move, and
other matters of that stripe, in a way not
suited to a Southern latitude. lie was
taken before the Mayor, who decided
him to be a dangerous character, and
thought a colder climate would best ac
cord with his views. Bray was ordered
to give bond of SSOO, or leave. The pub
lic would do well to be on the lookout
for him, and keep him moving North
ward.
Agricultural and Seed Store.
We have several times thought of a duty
we owed a worthy geutlemau and mer
chant, Mr. John Lee, who keeps a com
plete Agricultural and Seed store in our
city. Such an establishment has long
been needed here, and Mr. Lee is just the
man to keep one, having a thorough
knowledge of both planting and horticul
ture. At his store may be found every
implement which the plauter may wish in
his fields, or the lady in her kitchen
garden or flower-yards, as well as a good
supply of the various fertilizers now be
coming so generally used. Give Mr. Lee
a call, at his new store, one door below
Bussey’s corner.
Burned to DeatH.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin
says: “We regret to learn that Mr. J. M.
Harvey, jr., brother of the Messrs. C. M.
& R. Harvey, of this city, lost his life at
the Magazine-street conflagration Sunday
night. He and his brother C. M. Harvey
were rooming in a house adjoining the
place where the fire broke out. When
they heard the alarm they dressed hasti
ly and tried to get but the way they
took first was blocked up by the flames.
They turned back to go nut another way,
but in the smoke they got separated.—
The elder brother succeeded in making
his escape, but the younger one has not
since been heard of, and all hope of his
safety is given up by his friends. He
was 21 years of age, and had been in the
city but two weeks.”
At the State Fair of New Hampshire
there was an exhibition of wax-figures, of
which an exchange says:
Dr. Kane was there, wearing a very
bad seal-skiu coat. Dr. Parkham looked
very badly frightened at Dr. Webster,
who stood near him. Dan Sickles had a
letter in his hand, but not much hair on
his head. P. Barton Key stood near by,
with a bloody head. Mrs. Sickles was
not distinguished for personal beauty;
Burdell and her daughters were
dressed decidedly out of style. Then
there were three white men and one
negro, with ropes around their neks, to
represent that they vere likely to die a
death. The music was fur
■bished by a bagpipe and drum.
Getter from Senator I'llxpalrlck.
J. M. Hudgins, Esq., Representative
elect from Jackson county, Ala , Laving
addressed a letter to Senator Fitzpatrick
i over his own signature, requesting his
answer to six interrogatories, in the
Wetumpka Enquirer of the 27th, we find
I the Senator’s letter in response, which is
substantially as follows: He denies that
j the Confederation, or any other paper
| expresses exactly his views, nor has he
I any organ. With regard to the inter
rogatories he answers :
j first: That the Democratic party, if
| successful in electing its candidate in
1860, wiil afford reasonable protection to
! slavery in the Territories.
Third : Mr. Douglas avows himself a
Democrat, and he (Senator Fitzpatrick)
concludes that he is one, although differ
ing widely from the great body of the
party on the Lecompton question.
Fourth : He denies that Mr. Douglas is
| his choice for the Presidency, and dis
claims the desire for his nomination. He
believes the next contest will be between
| a Black Republican and the nominee of
’ the Charleston Convention, and in such a
contest, would vote for the nominee. lie
regards premature commitment against
; any individual whose name may be
’ brought before toe Convention, as caicu
: lated to distract the party, and believes
! tbe State will send delegates to the
Charleston Convention who will not sane
tion any platform that dees not secure
our rights and equal justice to all sec
tions of the Union.
In answer to the second and sixth in
terrogatories, he says he is unqualifiedly
opposed to squatter sovereignty, as his
antecedents will show. Congress has no
power to exclude slavery from a Territo
ry, and of course cannot confer that
power upon the Territorial Legislature.
He entertains no doubt as to the
power and duty of Congress, in relation
to intervention for the protection of slave
property in the Territories. If neces
sary, Congress should afford protection
to slave property in the Territories, and
it is the duty of the Government to sus
tain this right to its full extent. Its fail
ure to do so would be equivalent to the
failure of the State Legislature to pass
laws for the protection of the property of
the citizens within ttic State. The fore
going embrace substantially his opinions
as expressed in his letter, upon the politi
cal issues involved in the next Presiden
tial election.
The Insm-gesiis—Progress of the
Trial.
The Baltimore American gives further
particulars of the proceedings in the trial
of the Insurrectionists, progressing at
Charlestown, Va. A motion for delay
| was made by Brown, on account of the
! alleged impairing of his sense of hearing
lin consequeuce of his wounds. After the
j arraignment, when the prisoners plead
I “not guilty,” the motion was considered
by the Court and refused. One of Brown’s
counsel, Mr. Botts, read a dispatch from
Ohio, intending to support the plea of
insanity by the allegations proposed to
be proved in it. This plea Brown repu
diated, and desired his counsel not to put
it in. lie sent a dispatch to Ohio desir
ing his counsel there to come at once.
Democratic Meeting;.
In the Selma (Ala.) Sentinel of the
27tli, we observe a call for a meeting of
tbe citizens of Dallas and adjoining coun
ties in favor of abiding by and support
ing the nominees of the National Demo
cratic Convention to be held at Charles
ton. It will be held in Selma the sth of
November next. call is signed by
Col. Columbus W. Lee, lion - Alexander
White, John W. Lapsley, Esq., Col. S. R.
Blake and James Q. Smith, Esq. Others
are also expected to address the meeting
on ihe issues involved in the coming Pre
sidential contest.
Code of Tennessee.
A resolution has been introduced in the
Legislature of Tennessee to prevent con
fusion in the laws of the State by fickle
legislation, and retarding the understand
ing of the laws by the masses, and to
prevent the accumulation of pamphlet
\ acts.
j The resolution provides that additions
shall not be made to the Code, except for
glaring omissions, nor its provisions modi
fied, except where their influence is
manifestly unjust and impolitic.
Chattanooga Markets.
The sales of wheat in Chattanooga the
27th, were made at from 80 to 90 cents—
little doing at these figures. The money
market was tight. The stock of Bacon
was light, and sales were limited, —Clear
Sides at 12c.; Ribbed Sides at 11 Jc.;
Hams 11 to 12Ac.; Shoulders 9J cents,
packed and delivered in thrf depot.
There was no offering price for hogs.
To Union Springs, Certain.
The trains of the Mobile and Girard
Rail Road are now running to our village,
though not up to the depot. The hands
are engaged in finishing up, and the de
pot houses are being erected with all the
facility at the command of tbe contrac
tors. We are glad in being able to herald
this event, and presume the road will be
carried on into the “State of Pike,” as
soon as possible. Look out below, and
get off the track when the whistle blows.
Union Springs Gazette, 27th.
Cotton Burnt.
The Montgomery Mail of the 28th inst.
says : “We learn that Mr. Johnson, of
Barbour county, brought a wagon load of
cotton to the city, last evening, and de
posited it in the stable of his son-in law,
Dr. S. N. Brown. In the night, fire was
discovered in the stable, and two bales of
tbe cotton were burnt. It probably re
sulted in the carelessness of the negroes,
as candle-light was used in storing the
cotton.”
The Largest Bar of Gold.
The New York Tribuue of the 18th inst.
says: “The largest bar of gold ever
brought to this country was received yes
terday by tbe American Exchauge Bank,
from California, by the steamship Star of
the West. It weighed 2,227 ounces, was
12 inches long, 51 inches deep, 4 inches
wide, and worth $41,226. Like all other
products of the mines of California, it
has been sold for shipment to England.”
Pryor Elected.
A dispatch to the Associated Press from
Petersburg, Virginia, on the 28th, says
that Roger A. Pryor is elected in the
Fourth Congressional District by a ma
jority of from twelve to fifteen hundred
votes.
The Lowndes County (Ala.) Chronicle,
of the 27th instant, notices the death of
Col. Alfred Harrison, a native Georgian,
but for many years a resident of that
county. He represented the county in
the State Legislature two years, anji
served two terms as sheriff of thecounty.
It is stated that Col. Albert Pike, of
Arkansas, petitioned the council now in
session at Doaksville, to make him a
naturalized citizen of the Choctaw Nation.
Tho Bank of the State of Georgia has
declared a dividend of* five per cent., as
the profits for the last six months.
Statistics oi the Corn Crop.
The Cincinnati Gazette, in an article
on the “ Product, Influence and Results
of Indian Corn.” the aggre
gate corn crop of the United States for
1858, upon an apparent reliable data, at
nine hundred millions of bushels, which,
at an average of 40 cents, will give three
hundred and sixty millions of dollars as its
value.
It- is of such universal use that it
stands in place of tbe deficiency of the
other crops. As the Gazette says, it
fattens hogs, cattle, enters into the food
of man, and forms the basis of the dan
gerous traffic in domestic and manufac
tured liquors. In Ohio, in 1858, it re
quired 8,000,000 bushels of corn to fatten
the bogs killed and exported, 10,000,-
000 bushels were made into whisky:
two or three millions more fattened cat
tle. $20,000,000 per annum wiil Dot
cover the commercial operations of Cin
cinnati in the single article of corn.
The corn crop of six States, for 1859, is
estimated at 405,000,000 bushels. Os these
200,000,000 will be a surplus for fatten
ing hogs and cattle, the manufacture of
whisky, and exportation to foreign and
Atlantic markets. The marketable price
of articles manufactured from corn, and
corn exported, estimated at New York
prices, will not be under 150,000,000
bushels.
The Editor thinks the time is near in
which all Europe will be obliged to re
ceive corn in grain as well as manufac
tured, and it is not improbable that we
shall be called upon to supply tbe demand
to an extent beyond anything we have
anticipated.
Official \ ote of Mississippi.
The Jackson Mississippian contains the
official result of the late elections in that
State, excepting that of a few counties for
Governor.
For Secre ary of State, B. R. Webb’s
(Democrat) majority is 25,052 ; Auditor,
E. R. Burt (Democrat) 25,180; Treasurer,
M, D. Haynes (Democrat) 25,404.
In the First District, Lamar, with no
opposition, received 7,401 votes; in the
Second District Reuben Davis (Democrat)
re-elected by 7,004 votes ; in the Third,
William Barksdale (Democrat) re-elected
without opposition, receiving 7,120 votes ;
in the Fourth, 0. R. Singleton (Democrat)
re-elected, receiving Q 5,664 majority ; in
the Fifth District, lion. John J. Mcßae
re-elected without opposition, receiving
6,568 votes.
The total vote of the State was less than
45,000, of which more than 35,000 were
in favor of Congressional protection to
slavery in the Territories.
Joshua IS,. Glddings.
Giddings, who is on a visit to Philadel
phia, publishes a letter in the North
American, of yesterday, in which he
says:
“To the public I will say that Brown
never consulted me in regard to his Vir
ginia expedition, or any other expedi
tion or matter whatever.”
The following is a copy of a letter from
Biddings, seized with other papers and
documents at the house of “Ossawatto
mie” Brown, and now in the possession
of a gentleman of Baltimore, says the
Sun :
“Jefferson, Ohio, May 26. 1856.
“My Dear Sir: I shall be absent the
next week, and I hope to be at home
during the summer. 1 shall be happy to
see you at my house.
“Yours, truly, J. R. GIDDINGS.”
“John Brown, Esq.”
Ou the back of the letter is “J. R.
Giddings,” and the words “ requires no
reply,” evidently in Brown’s own hand
writing.
Public Sentiment In Mississippi.
The candidates for Congress in the
Fourth Congressional District of Missis
sippi, were 0. R. Singleton and Frank
Smith, and the issues were Douglasism
and opposition to the election of a Black
Republican President. The positions of
Singleton were opposition to Douglas,
though the nominee of the Charleston
Convention, and advocacy of a dissolu
tion of the Union in the event of the
election of a Black Republican President,
and the taking of prompt and decisive
measures by the South to prevent his in
auguration. Upon these issues Single
ton’s majority over Smith was 5,664
votes.
A New Gold Mine Pound.
From the Cassville Standard of the
27th inst., we learn that Dr. P. J. Fran
cisco, of that county, has recently dis
covered a vein containing gold on one of
his and an adjoining lot (belonging to
Mr. I. 11. Newton, of Athens,) three
miles north-east, of Alatoona. which for
the size of the vein, the various kinds
and singular color of the ore and slate,
all more or less containing gold, surpass
anything before found in that region of
Georgia. The veiD is now worked at the
depth of thirty-two feet, and an engine
wiil soon be put up to work the mine.
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The Chattanooga Advertiser says the
route of the arm rail road from Bridge
port, Alabama, to Jasper, Tennessee, is
being surveyed, and contracts for grading
and bridging will shortly be let. It will
be an important feeder to the N. & C. li
lt. bringing to it immense quantities of
produce raised in the Sequatchie Valley,
and will moreover tap some of the rich
est beds of coal in the State.
The Livingston (Ala.) Messenger says
that the llev.. Dr. Neely has obtaiued
$45,000, as contributions towards the
Methodist Publishing House Endowment
Fund. Dr. Hamilton, his colleague, has
been prevented by sickness from engag
ing fully iu the work. It is thought that
SIOO,OOO, the amount pledged by the
Alabama Conference, will be raised, per
haps, before the next meeting of that
body.
Grand. Lodge of Georgia.
The following are the elected officers
of the Grand Lodge of F. A. M. of the
State of Georgia, for the ensuing Ma
sonic year:
M. W., W. S. Rockwell G. M.
K. W., S. D. Irvin D. “ “ Ist Dial.
“ “ John Harris D. “ “ ‘Jd
il “ Sam'l Lawrence D. “ “3d “
“ 1). 12. Butler D. “ “ 4th “
W., K. T. Turner Senior G. W.
“ W. A. Love. Junior G. W.
“ Jos. 13. Wills G. Treasurer.
“ Simiri Rose G. Secretary.
From New Orleans.
Dispatches from New Orleans the 28th,
to the Associated Press, state that the
yellow fever continues at Galveston and
Houston. There is none at Indianola.
Dates fram Rio Janerio to the Ist of Oc
tober show the stock of coffee on hand to
be 80,000 sacks.
Tribute of Respect.
The Bar of Barbour county, Alabama, j
at a meeting held on the 21st, at Clayton,
unanimously adopted resolutions of re
spect to the memory of the late John M.
White and Moses Cox, Esqs., both de
ceased since the last term of the Circuit j
Court.
Cotton Burned.
Last Monday evening two cars on the
Memphis and Charleston Rail Road, I
loaded with eighty bales of cotton, wero
burned near LaGrange. The heat was
so intense that the iron rails and car
wheels were melted down.
Efsointions In the Tennessee leg
islature.
In view of the recent outrage at Harp
er’s Ferry, and the incendiary speeches
made by Seward, Wade and Wilson, the
following resolutions have been intro
duced in the Legislature of Tennessee
by Mr. Bay lies, which under the rule lie
ou the table:
Resolved, by the General Assembly of the :
State of Tennessee, That we recognize in
the recent outbreak at Harper’s Ferry, j
the natural prints of this treasonable
“irrepressible conflict” doctrine, put
forth by the great head of the Black Re
publican party, and echoed by his subor
dinates ; and that it becomes ibe impera
tive duty of national men of all parties
throughout tbe Union, to announce to
the world their sense of its infamy, and
to unite in crushing out its authors as
traitors to their country, and as deadly
enemies to the public peace, the rights
of the States, and the preservation of
our republican institutions.
Resolved That we record it as the
sense of the Tennessee Legislature, that
, the declaration of Mr. Seward, that a
respectable portion of the Southern peo
ple, under the lead of such men as Cas
sius M Clay and Francis P. Blair, will
unite with the Black Republican party to
‘ prevent the extension of slavery, and
will eventually “rise up against slavery.”
is a libel, upon the honor and loyalty of
i the Southern people, and will but serve
to make them more watchful and exact
j of their public servants in the national
I councils.
Resolved, That it is the duty of our rep- I
| reseniatives in Congress to recognise as
onemies to the Union, and especially to j
the slave States, all who in any way fa
vor or affiliate with this sectional Black
Republican party; and that any action on
their part, which favors a co operation
with the Black Republicans in organis
ing the House, and thus placing the offi
cers and important committees of that
body under tbeir control, would be false ‘
to the sentiment of the people of Tennes- i
see, an insult to their constituents, and ;
disgraceful to themselves.
Resolved, That we acknowledge ourap- :
preciation of the promptness with which j
the National Administration took steps to !
check conspiracy before it ob- I
tained the huge dimensions of a revolu
tion.
Rosolved, That our Senators and Rep
resentatlves in Congress be furnished
with a copy of these resolutions.
Apalachicola and New Orleans Line
of Propellers.
We learn from the New York papers 1
that the steam-propeller Florida, destined I
for the new line about to go into opera- j
lion between New Orleans and Apalachi
cola, Florida, sailed on Saturday the22d,
for New Orleans. Some twenty five or !
i thirty guests, including several Frorida |
l merchants, accompanied her as far as the j
Narrows. All were pleased with her sail- i
j ing capacities, and commended the beauty ,
of her model and elegant workmanship. I
The Florida is 180 feet on deck, with 30 i
feet beam, has a capacity of 4,000 bar- j
rels, with 10 feet draft, and state-room
accommodation for 50 passengers. She ■
makes 12 knots an hour with ease. Un- 1
like most propellers her engine is placed
amidship. She was built by E. S. Whit- i
i lock, at a cost of $60,000. Iler Com
mander is Capt. O. Nelson, and she will
take her place immediately as the first
steamer on the new line.
Ncgi-o Philanthropy at a Discount.
I Col. R. A. Baker, of Mobile, while j
waiting at the Cleveland (Ohio) depot for
; the Western train recently, was ap
proached by a negro boy with tears in ;
his eyes, who begged to be carried home
with him, Col B. declined, but sent him
to his wife where nearly the same scene
was enacted. Seeing a policeman, he
inquired concerning the boy, and was
told it. would be an act of charity to take
cure of him, but if lie attempted.it, there
was great danger of being arrested. Not
having a special taste for the comforts of
an Ohio jail, the Col. provided for the
: boy’s immediate wants, and a young man
decided to take him to Dayton and there
leave him in charge of a brother.
For the Sun.
Mon. T. Li, Guerry—President of the
Senate.
One of the most signal county triumphs
i in the State at the late election, was that I
| of tlie success of Col. Guerry as Senator
j of the county of Quitman.
The Opposition were anxious that the i
; oesv couuiy should be made, from the fact
that they believed and claimed that they |
would have a majority of thirty to forty ‘
votes; and, quickly after the county was ;
organized, knowing the great personal |
and home popularity of Col. Guerry, j
1 they, nearly six months before the elec- j
tion, put in the field their very strongest ‘
man as candidate for Senator, and then
w-ent to work like beavers, not leaving a
stone unturned whereby perchance they
might succeed ; but they were doomed to
sad disappointment. Col. Cuerry was J
triumphantly elected, his majority (offi- j
cial) being thirty-nine.
Now in this connection, allusion may
be made to the fact that Col. Guerry will
be a candidate for re election to the Presi
dential Chair of the Senate. And verily
; it may be said, without dispar iging the
’ claims of other aspirants to the honor,
that lie merits the position and will no
doubt stand an equal, if not a superior
chaDce for success with other gentlemen, i
whose names have been suggested.
Moral worth, a liberal education, fine
voice and fluency of speech, legislative
experience, and last though not least, he ,
is a Democrat of the State’s Right School,
to honor whom is to confer honor upon
the Georgia Democracy.
SOUTH - WESTE RN G EORGIA.
‘‘Sons of Malta.”
Editor Stales :—As this mysterious order
has caused considerable curiosity among
the curious, we give, for their benefit, the j
following brief history of the mystic :
circle:
In the year 1140 some merchants of
Memphis, trading to the Leviuit, obtained
leave of the Caliph pf Egypt to erect a
house for those who went on pilgrimage
to Jerusalem.
They erected a hospital for the sick
A. D. 1140, when they became a military j
order, and many persons of noble blood
entered their ranks. After tbe Christians
had lost their interest in the East, and
Jerusalem was taken, the “Knights” re
turned to Margett, Acre, and Precess,
which they defended in 1250.
The order of the “Sons of Malta” is a j
direct representation of this formerly
military order. It is contemplated by
the Grand Lodge of the Union to erect a <l
magnificent retreat for those whom long
service and old age have enfeebled.
All “Sons” familiar with the history of |
the order, will remember that it was one
of the early Sons of Malta (Pabulins) who
entertained Paul, when he was ship
wrecked on the island—from whence
they derive their name. The “Sons of
Malta” have a deep design in their or
ganization : they may startle the world
one day with an achievement so briliant
—having all the attributes of nobleness
and purity, which are the prime functions
of the order—that, all mankind will look
upon it with blessings and applause.
Many of their wonderful characters are
known to the world, but very many re- |
main secrets of the order.
An “Informal” Wedding.
The Memphis Appeal says that an in- i
formal wedding occurred on board the
Memphis and Louisville packet Moses
McLellan, on the 20th inst., at Metropo- j
lis, Illinois. The “promised bride” came i
on board the McLellan at Paducah un
attended, and met her ardent lover at the
Metropolis landing, accompanied by the
priest and witnesses, aud then and there
the mystical knot was tied, Captain Mace
Erwin giving the bride away. The happy •
party arrived at Memphis on the 22d, j
having fiddled and danced away the fleet
ing moments that intervened between ,
Metropolis and that port.
For the Unity Snu.
Rules for Business Mcu.
1. To rise early iu the morning and
spend the opening of the day in reading
the Scriptures—in meditation, and in
prayer for uivine guidance and blessings.
2. Have an early breakfast, and go
about business at an early hour iu the
morning; and then throughout the day,
be ‘'diligent iu business.” attending to
everything that requires attention in its
; proper time.
3. Dealing honestly and faithfully with
all persons with when} you have any deal
ings, always acting so as to enjoy a good
conscience and giving others no just cause
of complaint against you.
4. Be punctual to ail engagements of
every kind —never disappoint others, but
strictly adhering to all promises and bar
gains made.
5. Not hastening to get rich, but by
doing a snug and safe business endeavor
ing to accumulate regularly and surely,
avoiding ail profligacy and negligence,
and using the strictest economy iu al
things
0. Never venture too far in doubtful
speculation?, nor extending your business
beyond the proper bounds tor the capital
invested. But ever remembering the old
adage, “little fish must keep near the
shore—large ones may venture into deep
water.” But none should go beyond
prudent bounds. .
7. Avoid changes in business. He who
tries every thing is sure to succeed well
at nothing. Stick to you trade—count it
honorable, and pursue it with diligence
and you will gain your reward in the end.
8. Avoid all evil company, remember
ing that “evil communications corrupt
; good manners.” And avoid all bad habits,
| these will ruin any business and ruin
you along with it.
9. Be liberal to proper objects of be
nevolence, but avoid giving to those which
| are unworthy of your bounty.
10. Be accommodating aud respectful
to all classes of persons, and rather grant
P than expect favors. Keep the world in
debt to you in regard to the good you do
j and that which you receive.
■ 11. Do not overburden yourself with
business. He who has many irons in the
1 fire at one timo will be oure to get some
iof them injured. Business in one line,
\ snugly kept and prudently managed, is
; more desirable than it is to have various
i branches to look after at the same time.
12 Be sure to attend to the business of
each day in its proper time. Whenever
you get behind, your business will suffer
loss to some extent. Therefore, do not
postpone until to morrow what ought to
I be clone to day.
Now I have suggested —who will heed ?
LACON.
Trtal of the Insurgents Brown’s
Speed*.
The preliminary examination of the
I prisoners taken at Harper’s Ferry, coin
j ineDced a few days since, when Brown
, addressed the Court as follows, after it
| inquired if the prisoners had counsel:
“I did not ask for any quarters at the
; time I was taken; I did not ask to have
!my life spared. The Governor of the
; State of Virginia tendered me liis assur-
I ance that I should have a fair trial, and
under no circumstances whatever will I be
able to attend to a trial. If you seek my
j blood you can have it at any moment
without the mockery of a trial. 1 have
j had no counsel; I have not been able to
S advise with any one.
“I know nothing about the feelings of
my fellow prisoners, and I am utterly
UD.able to attend in any wa£ to my own
defence. My memory don’t serve me.—
My health is insufficient, though im
proving. There are mitigating circum
stances, if a fair tr Mil is to.be allowed Its,
that I would urge in our favor, but if vre
| are to be forced, with the mere form of a
i trial, to execution, you might spare your
; selves that trouble. lam ready for my
, fate. Ido not ask a trial. I beg for no
mockery of a trial—no insult; nothing
but that which conscience gives or cow
ardice would drive you to practice. I
ask to be excused from the mockery of a
trial. Ido not know what the design of
this examination is. I do not know what
is to be the benefit of it to the Common
wealth. 1 have now little to ask other
: than that I be not foolishly insulted, as
the cowardly and barbarous iusult those
who fall into their power.”
Messrs. Charles J. Faulkner and Law
son Botts were assigned by the Court as
counsel for the prisoners. Brown de
i dined to say whether lie accepted their
I services, but his confederates responded
| in the affirmative.
Tiie Funeral of one of the Colored
Victims.
A letter in the Alexandria Gazette from
j Winchester, gives the following descrip
; tion of an unusual funeral there:
The negro man Haywood, the porter
I connected with the Rail Road, who was
j killed at Harper’s Ferry, was buried here
j on Wednesday, with military honors. He
was a favorite with all who kuew him,
| and those who have traveled over the
road will now miss the laughing counte
nance of Old Haywood. The remains
were accompanied by the Morgan Conti
nentals, Major B. 1?.-Washington, and two
other companies, one from Winchester
1 aud the other from Martinsburg—their
: names I cannot recollect. The battalion
was under the command of Col. Moore,
The fine band, connected with the Conti
nentals, headed the procession, and play
ed some beautiful airs. In the procession
were the Mayor of the city, the officers
i of the regiment, in uniform, Mr. Holliday
and other leading citizens of this place.
It was an imposing sight to loolc upon,
and could our Northern countrymen have
witnessed the funeral of old Haywood,
and the hundreds who gathered around
the grave, and the respectful and serious
attention with which they listened to the
burial service, which was read by an old
colored preacher, there would be no such
fanatics as Brown and Cook.
Dr. Lieber.
, Col. B. F. l’erry, ex-editor of the
• Greenville Patriot, writes to that paper :
The evening before we left New York
| C'ty I went around to see my old friend,
Dr. Lieber, who is really what Dr.
; Franklin said of Washington in his will—
i “ the friend of mankind.” I found the
| great professor of history in his library,
i surrounded by his books and papers. He
I and M>~s. Lieber were both happy to see
; a friend from South Carolina, and they
still call the old Palmetto State home !
The Doctor is looking remarkably well,
and does not seem to have grown a day
older since bis residence in New York.
In the evening he called to see me at the
Fifth Avenue House, and spent two or
three hours in conversation with us about
South Carolina and the friends he had
left there. He says they have no such
hotel in Europe as the Fifth Avenue
House. Dr. Lieber’s learning and tal
ents are greatly appreciated in New
York. What a loss bis removal was to
the South Carolina College! In coming
down the steps of our hotel, a fine look
j ing gentleman stopped Dr. Lieber to
speak to him. As we passed on the Dr.
said to me, “ That man is the son of a
king.” “Ah!” said I, “ha is the first
son of a king I have ever had the pleas
ure of seeing.” “ Yes,” said the Doctor,
“ he is the illegitimate son of the former
king of Netherlands, and was so recog
nized. He is now teaching school in
New \ork.” Yell done, thought 1, for
America, when the sons of kings have to
become schoolmasters in this great and
glorious republic!
Camels at tlie Fair.
The Tuscaloosa Observer says: As an
important and pleasing object of interest
to be witnessed at our next State Fair,
we would mention the very authentic re
port that Mr. M. T. Watson, of New
York city, who has recently imported
from Asia and Africa a lot of camels,
contemplates the exhibition of them at
the Fair. As an inducement for compe
tition a premium of S3O will be offered
for the best camel and S2O for the next
best.
a. Huge Animal.
Among the animals on exhibition at
the Atlanta Fair is a monster bull. Ilia
weight is said to be 2,700 pounds, and is
yet well proportioned.
TELEGRAPH IO-
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TELEGRAPHED TO THE DAILY SUN.
ARRIVAL.
OF TIIE STEAMKF
.NOVA SCOTIAN.
New York, Oct. 29, 1859.
The steamship Nova Scotian touched oil
Farther Point, to day. She brings dates
from Liverpool to the 19th, one day later
than the Jason.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The sales for
three days amounted to 24,000 bales.—
The cotton market generally was un
changed. Holders offer freely, but show
no disposition to pres* sales.
Liverpool General Markets. —Breadstuff's
closed with a declining tendency. Pro
visions dull.
State of Trade. Manchester advices
were favorable. Yarns closed quiet but
steady.
Ljondon Money Market —Cousols had ad
vanced, and were quote 1 at 9C§ to 9GJ.
General News.— The negotiations at
Zurich have resulted in the treaty being
signed.
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Destructive Fire in Marianna,
Marianna, Fla., Oct. 28
A destructive fire occurred in this place
this afternoon, by which a large portion
of the business part of the town was de
stroyed. Four of the principal sufferers
by the calamity are Daniel B. Leslie,
John R Ely & Cos., Wm. Powers and
Ileury C. King. They were mostly in
sured.
Frost in MGsssisippi.
Vicksburg, Miss.. Oct. 29.
There was a heavy frost at this place
and above this morning, sufficient to kill
Cotton.
Kew Orleans Cotton Market..
New Orleans, Oct. 31, 1859.
The sales of cotton to-day reached
12,000 bales. Market easier, but quota
tions unchanged.
Mobile Cotton Market.
Mobile, Oct. 31, 1859.
The sales of cotton to-day were 0,000
bales. Prices easier, but quotations un
changed.
Savannah Cotton Market.
Savannah, Oct. 31, 1859.
j Cotton market buoyant to-dav. Sales
! reached 3,800 bales at an advance ofone
! eighth of a cent.
Charleston Col ton Market.
Charleston, Oct. 31, 1859.
Sales of cotton te-day 5,000 bales, with
an advancing tendency.
Ecw York Cotton Market.
New York, Oct. 31, 1859.
All qualities of cotton slightly ad
vanced. Sales to day 3,700 bales.
-o-
Additional l>y the Nova Scotian.
Latest from Liverpool. —Sales of cotton
for three days 24,000 bales, of which
speculators took 1,000 and exporters
4,000 bales ; Middling Orleans at 7 1-1 GO.
to 7}d.; Middling Uplands at 6 11-IGd.
| The cotton market closed steady.
! American securities were slow’ of sale ;
| but prices were unaltered.
General News.— The London Times
says that the terms of the Zurich treaty
are almost identical with the Villa Franca.
The recently pending treaty between
France and Austria was signed by those
powers on the 17th inst.
The Independent Beige, iu a late issue,
says with regard to the treaty itself, that
the two most important questions are set
tled in the following manner: Sardinia
retains the Mantuan districts, which were
occupied by her armies at the moment
when the armistice was signed, and the
line of demarcation fixed by that armis
tice becomes the permanent frontier be
tween Lombardy and Venitia. Sardinia,
iti return, takes upon herself three-fifths
of the Monte debt—about 120,000,000,
that is, together with 120,000,000 of the
loan of 1854, or in all, about 270,000,000.
The difficulty relative to the environs of
the fortresses has been overcome by com
promising the rival pretensions of the
two powers.
It is reported that iu addition to the
five great powers, Sardinia, Spain, Swe
den, Portugal, Naples and Rome will be
-represented in the contemplated European
Congress.
It is announced that a treaty between
France and Sardinia will be signed in a
few days, and that a tri-partite treaty
will be subsequently signed.
The Great Eastern was still at Holly
head A meeting of the Directors of the
Company was announced to be held on
the 19th inst., when it was thought ar
rangements would be made for the steam
ship to depart for the United States.
In London money was reported easy
and abundant.
There were reports in circulation of
probable changes in the French ministry,
and circumstances have occurred which
iu a great measure confirm those reports.
The apprehended troubles with Moroc
co and Spain have been adjusticated.—
The Emperor of Morocco has tendered
full satisfaction to Spain.
The rumor that France demands three
hundred millions from Piedmont, as ex
penses of the war, have been pronounced
false. France retains only the reim
bursements of sixty millions that she ad
vanced for arms and provisions.
It is reported that the Archbishop of
Bordeau intended to visit Rome for the
purposes of pressing on the Pope the
necessity of reform.
The deputations from Parma and Tusca
ny have had a satisfactory interview with
the Emperor Napoleon.
There was great activity at Naples in
the arsenal, and the army was being
placed on a war footing.
Tiie trial of tiie Outlaws—Fears cn
tert&incil of their Rescue— Guard
at the Jail increased.
Charlestown, Va., Oct. 29.—The trial
of “Old Brown” and his confederates is
still progressing. Several witnesses have
been examined, but no new points have
been ascertained.
Charlestown, Out. 29, p. m.—There
were several witnesses examined this
morning. At noon the Court adjourned
until Monday.
The excitement is very great, and fears
are entertained that there will be aD at
tempt to rescue the prisoners.
The guard at the jail hid been in
creased by a military company that ar
rived from Winchester.
Later from Havana.
Savannah, Oct. 29.— The steamship
Isabel touched off’ this bVr to-day. She
left Havana on the 25th inst.
Sugar at Havana was firm and buoy
ant. Good clayed parcels were quoted
at Bto 9 lf ; and Muscovadoes at 6| to 8.
1 here was abetter feeling in the molasses
trade and an improving demand.
Exchange on London 17J to 18 per
cent, premium ; on New York, Boston and
New Orleans sixty days, 5£ to GJ, and
sight checks were quoted from to 8
per cent, premium.
Freights were active, weather pleasant
and health good.
Gen. Francisco Serano, the new Captain
General, is reported en route to Havana,
and will assume the duties of bis ap
pointment in November.
It is said that many persons, during
the late Auroral displays, fancied that
they smelt-brimstone. We suspect that
their consciences were not quite right.
There is such a thing as seeing with the
eye of faith, and we suppose there is also
such a thing as smelling with the nose of
apprehension. — Louisville Journal.
\
The Boston Traveller says with great
truth, that “it is easiir to get twenty
good writers than one good editor.” The
fact is not, however, generally apprecia
ted.
Hon. &• C. Bullock.
The Charleston Advertiser publishes
| the following concern ng the tion. L l.
■ Bullock, of Alabama, which will be.ic.i-1
1 with interest by bis numerous friends:
We have read, with great interest, tiie
j several notices recently copie • in o out
• papers here, * l the pu*> ic ciireiT iioii
EJfvarci C. 13 til lock, u 1 I3arh ur county,
Alabama, one of the Senate: s it: the Leg
islature of that State. We remember
him as a schoolmate, companion and co
temporary, at the oi-l Charleston College,
and bis name recalls at once all the recol
lections of boyhoods gay and lively
1 hours, vi it bin the school-room and.on the
play ground of that reverend Institution.
We remember, as if were but yesterday,
his first youthful effort of oratory before
j a Charleston public. A remarkable pre
cocity of intellect, ready wit, and aCiac
! tive address, marked him out at once as
i one to whom was to be assigned the speech
of the day, at one of our Oratorical Ex
hibitions.
His relative, the excellent instructor
and cultivated man of letters, tue iu-
I men ted James Courteney, Esq , whom
many of our citizens can recall Wf.h at
f, ction as an, old precept 1 r, wrote tur
Bullock a speech, entitled “The Old
Bachelor,” (“spoken by a very little
boy.”) This amusing satire was rendered
with happy effect, which the juvenile ora
tor’s keen sense of the ludicrous, and
admirable tact in presenting bis subject,
always enabled him to produce upon n.s
! auditors. But on these gala occasions lie
displayed, too, talents of a higher order,
which soon ranked him among the best
scholars of his day, and which, with in
dustry and application, have given him a
position of eminence in the sphere upon
which he entered in after years.
Early in life he left his native city and
removed to Alabama, where he entered
upon the practice of the law. For sev
eral years past he has edited the .spirit
of the South with ability and aeceptable
ness. Representing in the Senate a
: county noted for its talented men, he has
achieved an enviable reputation as a
scholar, writer and orator. As Chair
man of the Judiciary Committee he has
given evidence of a clear bead and vigor
ous judgment. The papers of his State
tell us that be was connected during the
; last session with nearly every important
measure which originate 1 in the body of
which he was a member. “His inlluence,”
says one, “was so great that it could pro
cure the passage of almost any measure
he might espo'use."’
Sanely and Dusty Cotton —Read.
We have been favored by a Commission
House of our city with the following ex-
I tract from a letter,-from J. & D. Malcom
j
| son & Cos., Liverpool, to 11. O. Brewer &
Cos., Commission Merchants, Mobile.—
Without further comment, we submit it
to our readers:
Liverpool, Oct. 7th. 1859.
Low sandy or dusty cotton is, however,
in such disfavor that we would advise you
to avoid it altogether. It has become
quite unsaleable, and is at a merely
nominal value. We could not consent to
receive it on consignment, except from
advance altogether. Indeed, sandy and
dusty cotton of every quality is in great
disfavor—qualities from Low Middlings
and upwards, according to the dust and
sand in tliem, are depreciated iu value
about one penny per lb., and in advancing
j upon those qualities even, especial care
! must be had that the advance should be
in strict proportion to the relative value
; —say ou cotton with dust and eottcuc, in
qualities Low Middling and upward-*,
I there should be a difference between these
| and cotton free from this defect, of at
least one penny per lb.
TSie New Mail Steamern.
We noticed in our last issue l the daily
! expected arrival of these boats in our \va
| tors, and were agreeably surprised on
; Friday morning last to find them lying
| sit the wharf. The Calhoun bas every’
appearance to make her what her builder
intended her to be—a first class Chatta
hoochee river boat. Her accommodations
fur the safety and comfort of passengers
we have never seen excelled on this or
any r other river; while, for speed, her
| appearance on the water would certainly
favor the opinion that she can leave twen
ty miles of clear light between her and
any other boat now on tne river, between
| this point and Chattahoochee. Her con
sort, the Munnerlyn, plain and unpre
! tending as she may appear to the out
i ward eye, has qualities of prompt and
effective usefulness that commends her at
| once to the favorable consideration of
| the steamboat men and the merchants,
who for years have seen their business
melting away from them for want of such
boats in the Chattahoochee and Flint riv
ers, running on almost any stage of wa
ter to Albany, lier steam whistle will
answer that of the iron horse, inviting
j comparison and defying competition as to
j time and rates that she can and will deliv
| er merchandise on their wharf or trans
port their cotton to ours.
Her success, while she plies the waters
of the Flint, is reduced to a certainty.—
, Apalachicola Advertiser.
The Munnerlyn.—This new steamer,
the consort of John C. Calhoun, both
! j 1
\ built at Pittsburg, Pa., arrived at our
wharf on Saturday morning last.
Sands, Dent Co.’s Circus—Dissolu
tion of Copartnership.
Sands, Lent & Co.’s circus is among the
things that were, in consequence of the
dissolution of copartnership, and the re
tirement of all the members of the firm to
private life. Two of their performing
elephants, now in California, have been
sold for $22,000, anti two others to a
gentleman of New York city, for SIO,OOO,
who designs taking them to Cuba for ex
hibition. A New York exchange, of the
li tli inst., alluding to the senior partner
of the late firm, says:
Mr. Sands was born in this city, and
for the last thirty-two years has been an
equestrian performer and manager. la
181i! lie took the- first American circus
company to England, chartering a large
ship for this special purpose, and after
his arrival performed throughout the
country and before her Majesty Queen
> ictoria and the royal family. They
afterwards traveled through Wales, arid
came back to this country flushed with
success. All the partners have retired
wealthy, and propose to spend their re
maining days in the city of New York.
Ihe last exhibition of this circus was
given a few days ago at Staten Island,
with Eaton Stone vrs the principal star.
Heroism of a Wile.
J- L. Monnot, Esq., of Worcester
county. New York, one of the ex
tensive breeders of stock at the North,
recently met with a most serious loss—
the burning of his whole rangeof stables.
.Mrs. Monnot was the first to discover the
■ire; she was alone with her women—
not a man within call—the blood horses,
worth nearly SIOO,OOO, were in immi
ueut danger. For a moment she was
paralyzed, but soon recovered her pres
ence of mind to perform what she cjudd
ered a religious duty—to save her hus
band’s property, even at the risk of her
own life. Starting her women in various
directions in search of assistance, she
alone rushed into the stabb s, from the
sides of which the flame- were by this
time bursting in every direction. Logan,
the pride and pet of her husband, was
the first to be saved; to unchain and
lead him to the door of the box was the
work of an instant, but, terrified at the
flames which met his sight, he rushed
back to his stall and resisted every at
tempt to lead him out, until, when nearly
exhausted by her exertions. Mrs. Mbnnot
succeeded in blindfolding him with a part
of her dress, when he became tractable,
and submitted to be led to a place of
safety. The foreman and helpers of the
farm at last arrived, and soon had every
hoof turned out.
—
Merchants’ Shipping .Receipts.
\ new supply, just from the binder’s bands
neatly ruled and well bound,for sale at the
_ SUN OFFICE.
Cotton Shippers Application Books,
handsomely ruled and bound, for sale at the
Oct. 29. SUN OFFICE.
Tiie Southampton Tragedy —Negro
Outiireaker in 1831.
The recent plot at Harper’s Ferry re
calls attention to previous disturbances
of ft similar character in this country
the most noted of which was tiie South
amptou tragedy of 1831. It was described
as follows by one of the editors of t) ;c .
Norfolk Herald:
Norfolk, 24tii August, 1831.—1 have
a horribie and heart rending taie to re
late, and lest even its worst feature should
he distorted by rumor and exaggeration,
I have thought it proper to give you all
and the worst information that ha?
yet reached us through the best source*
of intelligence which the nature of the
case will admit.
A gentleman arrived here yesterday
express lroin Suffolk, with intelligence
from the upper part of Southampton coun
ty, stating that a band of insurgent slaves
(some if them believed to be rnnnaways
from the neighborhood swamp? had
turned ou: on Sunday night last, and
murdered several whole families, amount
ing to forty or fifty individuals, Someo
the fa - ilies were named, aud oi->uo>
them was that of Mrs. Catherine White
head, sister of our worthy townsman, Dr.
N. C Whitehead, who, with her son an-!
five daughter?, fell a sacrifice to the sav
age ferocity of these demons iu human
sli ape.
The insurrection was represented as
one of a most alarming character, though
it i? believed to have originated only m
a design to plunder, and not with a view
to a more important object—as Mrs.
Whitehead, bffiug a wealthy lady, was
supposed to have bad a large sum of iriu
ney iu her house. Unfortunately a large
number of the effective male population
was absent at a camp meeting in Gates
county, sucre miles off, a circum-tance
which gave a temporary security to the
brigands in the perpetration of their
and the panic which they
struck at the moment prevented the as
sembling of a force sufficient to check
their career.
As soon as this intelligence was re
ceived, our authorities met, and decided
on making au immediate application tu
Colonel House, commanding at Fortress
Monroe, who, at 6 o’clock this morning,
embarked on board the steamer Hampton,
with three companies and a piece of ar
tillery, for Suffolk. These troops were
reinforced in the roads by detachment
from the United States ships Warren and
Natchez, the whole amounting to nearly
three hundred men.
To-day another express arrived from
Suffolk, confirming the disastrous news
of the preceding one, and adding still
more to the number of the slain. The
insurgents are believed to have from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty mount
ed men, and about the same number on
foot. They are armed with fowling piece.-,
clubs, &c., and have had a rencontre with
a small number of the militia, who killed
six, and took eight of them prisoner?.
They are said to be on their way to the
South Quay, probably making their way
for the Dismal Swamp, in which they
will be able to remain Cora short lime ir.
security. For my part, I have no fears
of their doing much further mischief.
There is very little disaffection in the
slaves generally, and they cannot muster
a force sufficient to effect any object of
importance. The few who have thus
rushed headlong into the arena, will be
shot down like crows, or captured and
made examples of. The militia are col
lecting in all the neighboring counties,
and the utmost vigilance prevails. I sub
join a list of the victims of their savage
vengeance:
Mrs. Waters and family.l4 Wm. Reese S
lUrs. Whitehead 7 Mr. Williams 4
Mrs. Vaughan 5 Mr. Baines 2
Jacob Williams 5 Mrs. Turner
Mr. Travis 5 Unknown 10
Total oS
Besides these, a private letter adds the
families of Mr. Barrow and Mr. Henry
Bryant—numbers not mentioned.
Muskets, pistols, swords and ammuni
tion have been forwarded to Suffolk to
day by Commodore Warrington, at the
request of our civil authorities, and a
number of our citizens have accoutred
and formed themselves us a troopi of cuv
airy, and set off to assist their fellow
citizens it) Southampton. I trust the
next news you will hear will be that all i?
quiet again.
Prompt and efficient measures were
taken by the State and Federal troops to
suppress the insurrection.
We gather from letters published in the
Richmond Whig of the 29th ultimo the
followi- g statements: A letter from the
senior editor of that paper, who is on the
spot, states that the number of the in
surrectionary negroes had been greatly
exaggerated, but that it was hardly with
in the power of rumor itself to exagge
rate their atrocities; whole families,
f tcher, mother, daughters, sons, sucking
babes and school children, were butch
ered by them, thrown into heaps, and
left to be devoured by hogs and a- gs, or
to putrify on the spot At Mr. Levi Wal
ter’s, his wife and ten children were
murdered —he himself was absent, but
approaching while the dreadful scene was
acting, was pursued, aud escaped with
difficulty into a marsh. How, or with
whom the insurrection originated, is not
certainly known.
The prevalent belief is, that on Sunday,
tiie 1 -lib ult., at Barnes’ church, near the
Cross Keys, the negroes, who were ob
served to be disorderly', took offence at
something, and that the plan was con
ceived and matured in the course of the
week. At Mr. Wellers’ one child es
caped from the ruthless fangs of these
monsters by concealing herself in the
fire place, and another was found alive
who was badly wounded and left for dead
by them, lie lias accompanied his letter
with a list of the killed, amounting to
sixty-two, but it is not yet ascertained to
be correct. He thinks the insurgents
never exceeded sixty, and that twelve
well-armed and resolute men were com
petent to have quelled them at any time.
Gen. Eppes, who is iu command of the
troops, reports, under date of the 28th
ult., that all the insurgents except Nat
Turner, the leader, had either been taken
or killed. On the 29th General Broad
nax reports to the Governor that all wa
quiet and free from visible marauder?,
lie thinks all have been killed or taken
except four or five. He states that Nat,
the ringleader, who calls himself Gen r
a’, and pretends to be a Baptist preacher,
declares to his comrades that he is o un
rnissioned by Jesus Christ, and proceeds
under his inspired directions—that the
late singular appearance of the sun was
the sign for him. He is not taken, and
the account of hi? being killed at the af
fair of the bridge is not correct. The
General thinks “that there has existed
no general concert among the slaves
—circumstances impossible to have been
feigned, demonstrate the entire ignorance
on the subject of all the slaves in the
counties around Southampton, among
whom he had never known more perfect
order and quiet to prevail.” He believes
“that at any time twenty resolute men
could have put them down.”
lie compliments, in terms of strong
approbation, “the admirable conduct and
spirit of the militia, who have every where
turned out with the utmost promptitude,
and given the most unquestionable evi
dence of their ability, instantly and effect
ually, to put down every such attempt.
The families who had sought safety by
flight had generally returned to their
homes.
Religious.
Quite a;; interesting protracted meeting
was commenced in the Methodist Episco
pal Church in Girard on Wednesday night*
A number of penitents sought relief at
the altar, and considerable interest and
feeling was manifested by the congreg a *
tion generally. Rev. Mr. Hinton, Presi
ding Elder of the Circuit, preached the
sermon, .and was followed by Rev. Mr.
O’Driscoll, of this city, in exhortation.
These aud other ministers will assist the
Pastor in charge for several nights, and
the meeting will probably he continued
for a week or longer preaching every
night. —Enquirer of Friday
On Monday last iu Paris, Ky , six hun
dred and fifty seven mules were sold at
public outcry, for the aggregate sum ot
$63,495 20, making au average of $9-’
each.