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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. - I —•*- 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. — 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- + - —————— 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. —— ♦ “ 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.