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Tuesday November 8, 1850.
Tbe following Post Offices in Alabama
Lave been discontinued: Honey Cut
Baldwin county ; Jamestown, Conecuh
county ; Fort Decatur, Macon county,
and Molino, Randolph county.
The rem .ins of the late Minister Ma
son arrived at Ne\V York Mond iy even
ing last, on the steamer Ocean Queen, j
from Havre. The body will be forward
ed by the family to Virginia, on the
steamer Yorktown.
;
The Secretary of the Interior lias di- i
rected tbe Land Office at Helena, Arltwu I
sas, to be closed, in consequence of the i
fact that the unsold lauds ia the district i
heretofore subject to sale, do not amount
to 100,000 acres. This was in accordance
with the requirements of the law.
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lioni Havana.
The steamship Grenada arrived at New
Orleans on the 31st ult., from Havana, 1
with dates to the 2Gth. She reports tbe
landing of two cargoes of negroes near j
Havana during the week. They sum- |
berod one hundred.
The Treasury receipts at Washington
for the week ending Monday were nearly
$1,100,000; drafts paid, $1,213,000; j
drafts issued, $1,275,000; the amount
subject to draft is $1,508,000, being a
reduction from the amount on hand the
preceding week of SIOO,OOO.
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Frost, Generally.
A dispatch from New Orleans the 30th,
states that heavy frosts have occurred in
various portions of Louisiana and Missis
sippi.
Heavy frosts have visited Augusta, Eu- !
faula, the vicinity af Montgomery, as we j
learn from the press of those places.
Telegraph Extension.
The Quincy (Fla.) Republican states
that the wires will be up aud ready for
transmitting intelligence in fifteen or
twenty days. This connection will place
Quincy in communication with Columbus,
New York, New Orleans and other places.
Fires In New Oilcans.
A portion of three squares in the third
district, in New Orleans, was destroyed
by fire the night of the 29th. Seventy
poor families were burned out, and the
loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO.
There was another fire on Poydras and
Levoe streets, at noon the 30th, which
destroyed two valuable stores. Loss es- |
timated at $85,000.
Tbe Harper’s Ferry Aflfctlr.
A dispatch Lom Carlisle, Pa , the 31st
ult., states that in the examination on
Saturday of the Habeas Corpus case, it
was not proven that the prisoner was
llazlitt, as named in the requisition; but
it was established that he participated in
the Harper’s Ferry invasion. lie was
recommitted to await another requisition
from Gov. Wise.
Senator Hale denies any complicity
with the outlaws’ movement.
Across tlie River.
We learn from the Nashville Union of j
the 29th ult., that the locomotives of the
Louisville and Nashville Rail Road crossed :
the Cumberland, for the first time, on |
the previous day. There were three i
heavy locomotives on the draw of the
bridge at one time. Last Monday the
trains commeuced running across the
river regularly.
Stock Driving.
The Athens (Tenn.) Post of the 28th, 1
says : “It is estimated that over ten thou- j
sand head of stock—mules and horses —
have passed through this place, for the
South, within the past ton weeks. Much
the greater portion were raised in Ken
tucky, are large and fine, and will readily j
command S2OO per head in market.— I
Think of that! And nearly the same !
number pass every year. Our Southern ,
neighbors must be death on quadrupeds.” j
Rev. A. Van Hoosc.
We learn from the Christian Index that j
this gentleman has accepted a call ex- I
tended to him by the Baptist Church, at
Griffin Mr. Van lloose is a fine speaker,
and a close reasoner, and will acquit
himself well iu his new field. We agree
with the Index, in the opinion that the
Griffin church has made a capital selec
tion of a pastor.
New Tobacco.
The Louisville Journal says: That
great tobageo county, “Old Davies,”
through one of her citizens, Col. Jack J
Hardin, has the honor of sending the first ■
hogshead of the new crop to this market. |
It was wilting loaf. It was sold at the
Pickett warehouse on Saturday for $8 25, j
and purchased by our friend Daniel Spal- j
ding, Jr., of this city.
Tile Florida Rail Road.
The Charleston Courier learns from a !
late letter that a large force is engaged J
I on the Florida Rail Road. The contrac
-1 tor is confident he will be able to com
| plete the work before the Ist of March,
I 18G9. The road will connect St Augus
l tine with the St. Johns river, at Toeoi.
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Real Estate in Montgomery.
H From tbe Montgomery Mail we learn
that the residence of William Knox, Esq ,
on Perry street, iu that city, has been
sol i to Dr. R. J Ware for forty thousand
dollars. Some three years ago, the same
property sold for about $25,000.
Alabama Medical College.
From the Mobile Register we learn
I that the regular course of lectores of the
I Alabama Med;cal College, will commence
| ou the 14th of this month. This is the
|, institution for which Dr. J. C. Nolt can
vassed the Continent of Europe for mate
I rials for a Cabinet, Museum, <ke.
Heavy Sales ot Oil.
The New Bedford Mercury notes large
K sales of oils. The amount of the sales
| for the week ending the 24th, was $436,-
f 455. .and of this amount $354,908 will be
I paid in cash iu twenty days from date of
| sale.
i- , Deatli of Lient. Solomon.
The Atlanta Intelligencer announces
the death of Lieut. O. F. Solomou, of tbe
U. S. Avmy, which occurred on the 27th
ult., at Fort Laramie. lie was 30 years
of age, had entered the West Point Acad
emy in 1848, aud graduated with dis
tinction in 1852. His parents reside in
Atlanta.
VOLUME III.}
Columbus and her R. R. Interests.
It is generally conceded that Columbus
should inaugurate a change in the policy
she has hitherto pursued towards the
cities east of her, and Savannah in par
ticular, which could be done without a
material interruption of tbe relations ex
isting between that city and curs. En
tertaining no hostility towards Savannah,
we shall not oppose her enterprises,
’ except when they may clash with ours;
] then it is natural and right that we should
claim the privileges of the law of self
. preservation.
i The advantages of concentrating tbe
I iuterest of some other city than Savan
nah here, are apparent, in the fact, among
others, that it would give us the benefits
j of two different markets and routes to tbe
; seaboard, and also secure the co-op> ration
i of one or the other in other Rail Itoad
I enterpri-es, in which it may be our in
. terest to engage hereafter. Instance the
i Opelika and Childersburg Rail Road. If
j Columbus desires and expects to assist in
building this read, there can bo no doubt
that it would be better enabled to do so
after securing, or even reducing to a cer
tainty, a connection with Charleston.
How shall this connection be accom
plished ? There are two routes projected,
both presenting its peculiar advantages,
either of which would place Columbus in
the desired line of communication, viz:
the Road from LaOrauge to Columbus,
and the Road from Thomaston intersect
ing the Muscogee Rail Road. Which of
these two routes should be adopted by
Columbus, or should encouragement be
given to both ? must be decided. The
friends of the LaGrange connection urge
that it would bring to Columbus the trade
of Harris, and a portion at least, of
Troup and the country adjacent, and also
the valuable trade of Chambers, Ran
dolp and other counties of Alabama,
and also remove the disadvantages under
which we labor by the present detention
of seven hours at Opelika, which is a
source of universal complaint in the
traveling community. It is also urged
in favor of this route, that it would ena
ble the Mobile and Girard Rail Road to
compete for through freights to Mont
gomery, when the Union Springs Road
shall be completed to that city.
Those favorable to the connection with
Thomaston, urge that it would open a
direct communication to upper Georgia,
Tennessee and Kentucky, and benefit the
Muscogee Road by the great increase of
freight now lost through want of the
necessary communication. It would also
enable the Mobile and Girard Road to
compete for through freight to Montgom
ery ; and, in a great measure, remove the
disabilities arising from the delay of
travel from the East at Opelika. The
friends of both routes believe that the
Muscogee Rail Road would be benefitted
by their favorite connections.
We do not believe that tbe prosperity
of Columbus should be subordinated to
that of the Muscogee Rail Road, but we
are entirely opposed to any scheme which
would embarrass and injure that Road.
We cannot perceive that such would be
the result if either or both the LaGrange
and Thomaston Roads should be built, and
hope that both enterprises may be even
tually completed. At the opposite ends
of both we perceive that great interest is
manifested for a connection with our city.
In Thomaston, a meeting to consider the
subject, has been called to assemble the
sth day of this month, while a general
desire has been expressed in LaGrange
and along the proposed line of the Road
to that places for its early completion.
There can be no doubt that the Road to
LaGrange would secure a great portion of
trade to Columbus which could not other
wise be secured. The same, perhaps,
may be said of the Thomaston Iload. We
are not prepared to say whether Colum
bus, ia its capacity as a city, should en
gage iu either enterprise, but we unhesi
tatingly say that our citizens generally
would be amply remunerated by investing
in either. We sincerely In pe that if it is
the desire and interest of our city that
only one should now be built, a decision
will be immediately made, and steps
taken to contribute our quota towards
completing it. Or if it is proper that
both should be built, which should be
completed first. The occasion is one of
emergency, and requires all the prompt
ness due to it. There is another enter
prise in which Columbus is vitally inter
ested, and that is the Opelika and Chib
dersburg Road. Tbe projected line of
this route runs directly through the rich
mineral region of North Alabama, and
would afford us all the advantages arising
from their future aud necessary develop
ment. It would bring us that indispen
sable article, coal, so useful in our manu
factories, and for private use, several
dollars cheaper by the ton that it can
uow be procured with present facilities
i for transportation. It would also open
1 to our market at least 40,000 bales of
I cotton —if not more—and secure every
department ot business the advantages of
that valuable trade. It is useless and
| unnecessary to discant upon tbe benefits
! that would arise from this projected Road.
I The late circular of tbe President of the
1 Company betrays great interest in the
1 matter, and shows the existence of great
I enthusiasm among tbe people in its favor.
The assistance of Columbus is expected
1 to tbe extent of at least SIOO,OOO, which
would reduce the completion of the Road
Ito a certainty. If necessary to secure to
I us the benefits that must arise from it.
I we do not hesitate to say that the city
1 should cheerfully subscribe at least to
I that extent.
Taxes of Pike County, Alabama.
The Troy (Ala.) Advertiser snys: “Geo.
1 Williams, Esq.. Assessor, has favored us
With an abstract of the assessment for
Pike county tbe present year. The total
I tax on real estate is Gil 11 : ou per
-1 sonal property, $9,352 43 ; making to
gether the sum of $14,9G3 54. Seventy
five per cent, upon this amount (assessed
by the Commissioner’s Court for county
purposes) makes the aggregate State and
county tax of Pike, for the year iSS9,
$26,186 16.”
California Cabbage.
At the last State Fair of California a
cabbage was exhibited that weighed fifty
three pounds. That was beateu, how
ever, by a beet which was exhibited last
year, at forty-two pounds weight, and
I then replanted, and grew to one hundred
i and fifteen pounds.
i Tbe gin-house of Mr J. Packer, a few
miles below Bell’s Landing on the Alabama
, river, was destroyed by fire recently.—
There were about sixty bales of cotton iu
1 the house at the time, none of which was
saved.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
The Thomaston Rail Road Mr.
Alexander.
We were favored yesterday, with a call
1 from Mr. Alexander, of Upson, and for-
I merly of tbe Savannah Republican,
whose visit to our city at this time is
prompted by his interest, and that of the
people he represents, in the connection
of Thomaston with tho Muscogee Rail
Road. A3 our citizens are well aware,
there are two routes projected,—one
leading to La Grange, and the otiier to
Thomaston. Each has its particular ad
vocates, and there are some who favor
the building of both. But before any
thing can be done, it is necessary that a
decision should be made, whether one or
both should be built, or iu either event
which should be completed first. W’e 1
are informed by Mr. Alexander that the
people of Upson and along the projected
route, are deeply enlisted in the enter
prise, aud so far as work and money is
concerned will contribute liberally to tbe
enterprise. They are willing that the
control of tbe Road and its management,
shall be given to Columbus. More than
this we could not ask. They regard ours
as a good cotton market, and would con- 1
siderably swell our receipts of the sta
ple during the season. But the advan- !
tages of this Road are already familiar to'j
all, and it is unnecessary to reiterate
them at present. All that remains to be ;
done, is to arrive at the decision above !
mentioned, which should be done as
early as practicable. Mr. Alexander
leaves us to-day, but will return to Cos \
lumbus again in December, when he
hopes to be able to learn definitely our
determination. In the meantime, let
steps be taken to ascertain the sense of
our citizens on the question. We will
recur to this subject again.
From Milledgevilic.
From a dispatch in the Times of this
morning, we are advised of the election
of the following gentlemen as officers of
the Legislature:
President of the Senate —lion, T. L. Guer
ry, of Quitman.
Speaker of the House —Hon. T. J. Irwin,
of Wilkes. ■
Secretary of the Senate —Fred. H. West,
of Lee.
Clerk of the House— Mr. Diamond, of
DeKalb.
Messenger —Jesse Oslin.
The Governor’s Message wa* probably
road yesterday.
New English Grammar.
Messrs. Chaffin & Johnson h vo placed
upon our table a copy of Lamar’s English
Grammar. The principles upon which it
is gotten up differ widely from the old
system, which is based upon the struc
ture of the learned languages. The au
thor has based his upon the principles
and structure of our own vernacular We
have not hadau opportunity to examine
it thoroughly, but believe that it deserves
an impartial trial before it is condemned.
Although the principles of Murray, are
believed by a majority, to be beyond criti
cism, yet there are many who coincide
with Mr. Lamar in tbe opinion, that it is,
in some respects, materially at variance
with tbe genius of the English Language.
“Strike but hear,’’ is all the author
claims in advance.
Tire Case Argued.
Yv r e learn that the motion to dismiss
the bill of injunction, recently filed
against the building of tbe new marke',
was argued bofore his Iloner, Judge Wor
retl, at a Special Court held at Geneva,
Ga., yesterday. The Judge reserved until
Tuesday, the 9th inst., to give Lis deci
sion.
Chewaela Lime Works.
At the late State Fair at Atlanta, as we
learn from the Montgomery Mail, a hand
some silver goblet was awarded as a pre
mium to the Chewacla Lime Company.
The works are in Russell county, three
miles from the Opelika Rail Road.
Health of Houston and Galveston.
. The number of deaths at Galveston on
the 25th aud 2Gth ult. were nine—eight
being from Yellow Fever. At Houston, “
there were twenty-three deaths from the
24th to the 2Gth inclusive. The fever
has disappeared from Hempstead and
Cypress City.
The Tuskegee Military Company per
fected its organization on the Ist instant,
by electing officers. Cullen A. Battle,
Esq., was chosen Captain, and IV. G.
Swanson and R. L. Mayes, First and
Second Lieutenants.
Britlsli National Finances.
The London papers published tho offi
cial returns of the British Revenue for
the quarter which ended on the first ot
this month. They show a falling off of
£513,014 a3 compared with the corres
ponding quarter of 1858. The Times
thus analyzes the accounts :
In the Customs there is an increase of
nearly £400,000, attributable chiefly to
tea, currants, wine spirits and tobacco.
Under the head of surgar there is an ap
parent decrease, caused by payments
made iu June last uuder tire impression
of a probable addition to the duty. The
Excise shows an increase of upwards of
$450,000, derived principally from spir- !
its and malt, and, indeed, from every (
article excepting hops. The stamps are t
increased to the extent of more than
£IOO,OOO from Legacy aud Succession
Duties. A slight increase has taken
place uuder the head of Land and Assess
ed Taxes, owing to the growth of the ]
House Duties. In the income tax there !
is a decrease of about $580,000, owing to
the decline in the rate of duty, the addi- j
tiouai rate having not yet, of course,
affected “the revenue. The Postoffice !
income continues to increase. The aug
mentation this quarter is £35,000. The
Grown lands, as usual, are almost sta
tionary. The miscellaneous items pre
sent a falling off of nearly £191,000, the
result of diminished receipts from the
safe of old stores, and the cessation of
other merely accidental source of reve
nue.
The Nashville Patriot, of the 25th,
says:
A bill passed the Senate yesterday au
thorizing the Memphis, Clarkesville aud
Louisville Rail Road Company to draw
the money appropriated to it lor the con
struction of a bridge over the Tennessee
River. The object of this is to give the
company means to go on with the bridge
i immediately, and have it completed by
1 the time the track is laid. Under the old
1 law. we believe, they could not draw the
State aid until the road should bo graded
to tbe river. The bill has yet to pass the
j House.
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The Rome Courier of the 2d inet., re
cords the death of Judge Gabriel Jones,
a prominent citizen, who died last Mon
day night. He came from Columbia,
where he had held the office of Clerk of
the Superior Court for twenty years.
Merchants’ Shipping Receipts.
Anew supply, jnst from the binder’s bands
neatly ruled and well bound.for sale at tbe
SUN OFFICE.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER S, 1859.
Size of tire Counties.
At the present session of the Circuit
Court of Tallapoosa Cos., Ala., the Grand
Jury presented the present large size of
the counties as a public inconvenience,
and requested the Legislature, soou to
1 assemble, to adopt some measure that
would cause a change in that particular.
It is couoeded that the evils of counties
too large are almost as great as those
resulting from the other extreme. One
! of the greatest is the crowded aud over
burdened state of the Court Dockets,
which delays justice, aud is especially
I oppressive to. the poor man who may be
| so unfortunate as to be ou the upper or
i lower side of the versus. In one or two
instances a reconstruction of the Judicial
j Circuits might effectually remedy this,
but generally it would be only temporary,
so long as the counties maintain the pre
sent extraordinary size.
The Legislature before the last author
ized an amendment to the Constitution,
proposing a reduction of the counties, to
be submitted to the people, but it was
rejected by an overwhelming majority,
they no doubt acting upon the principle
that it was “better to bear the ills we
, have than fly to others we know not of.”
Under the provisions of the amendment
| proposed, we think they were correct in
their refusal to ratify it. The danger
j they apprehended was that the change
| would be abused and perverted to person
al and political ends, as iu Georgia,
where the counties are reduced in size
constantly, and bid fair to be reduced to
comparatively infinitessimal extent.
Since the people rejected the amendment
in question, it is apparent that there has
been a revolution in public opinion. It
, demands an alteration, and if the Legis
lature which soon convenes at Montgome
ry will frame an amendment to the Con-
in which a minimum as well as
maximum limit is fixed, and above or be
low which the limits of the counties shall
not be extended or reduced, and author
ized it to be submitted to the people,
there is great probability of its certain
ratification. This course, in our opinion,
would prevent the evils that were appre
hended, and which doubtless caused
its rejection in the first instance.
Tlie Selma anti Gulf Rail Road.
A convention of the stockholders of the
Selma and Gulf Rail Road was held at
Allenton, Wilcox county, Alabama, on
the 20th ult. It was ascertained that a
majority of the stock was represented,
aud the Convention proceeded to busi
ness. Col. W. T. Mintcr, the President,
submitted his report and ordered it to be
filed. He expressed the opinion, that
the stock list would probably amount to
$700,000, and that the Road would be
completed in two or two and a half years
from the commencement of the grading.
An additional subscription of $30,000
was made up forthwith.
Cotton Burnt.
Tlie Greenville Messenger slates that
one of the freight cars .with its burthen
of some thirty or forty bales of cotton,
was burned on Friday last, about three
miles south of Montgomery.
A day or two since we recorded the
burning of a gin house. Here is another.
The Mail says Mr. Thomas Bunting’s
gin house, two miles from town, was
burned the afternoon of tho 2d, with
twenty-five bales of cotton. In connec
tion with tbe Harper’s Ferry demonstra
tion, the frequency of gin bouse burning
is not a little strange.
County Bridges.
Eds. Sun : A good deal has been said
recently in regard to the condition of the
Bridges on the Upatoie and other creeks
in this county. This city is daily losing
large sums in the way of trade on ac
count of the present condition of the
Bridges referred to—one instance that
occurred in my oicn experience I will
state. A gentleman, who makes from 50
to 60 bales of cotton, came to town this
morning on horse back? with money in his
pocket to pay a debt he owed me; the
original understanding was that he
should send me his cotton this Fall to
sell, on which I should have got a com
mission. lie says that he cannot atford
to run the risk of his negro’s life, and
his slock, too, simply for the privilege of
trading in Columbus, and must carry bis
cotton to Americus. I must lose my
commission, and the merchant his profit
on the goods he would have bought. Be
sides this individual, I learn from him,
that bis whole neighborhood will yo the
same icay , all of which has heretofore
come to Columbus ; say to the extent of
1,000 bales of cotton, which will pay the
people of Columbus, directly and indi
rectly, SSOO to S7OO. I propose, if the
Inferior Court will not discharge Asa
Bates from his contract, to petition the
City Council to levy a tax of one-fifth of
one per cent, on the real estate owners of
the city, to build tbe Bridges of the
county. We had better pay it and let
Air. Bale3 pocket what he has already
made. TAX PAYER.
Police Officer Shot.
Wo learn from the Augusta papers
that Mr. Joseph B. Ramsey, one of tbe
City Marshals, was shot the night of the
Ist, while engaged in arresting a pick
pocket, who gave liis name as John John
son, but was registered at the hotel as
Charles Thompson. He was conveyed by
other officers to jail. Ramsey is not in
a dangerous condition.
Ice and Frost.
A lettev from Oglethorpe to the Savan
nah Republican, states that the frost j
there Saturday morning killed the leaves
of cotton petals, vines, &c. Sunday and I
Monday mornings it was much more se
vere. Ice was fouud to the thickness .of
one-fourth of an inch. The cotton plant
is killed, and green cotton so frozen that
few boils will open.
Death of Kx-Governor Jones.
The Hon. James C. Jones, aged fifty
years, died at his residence near Mem
phis, Teon., on the 29th uIL Mr. Jones
was twice Governor of his native
and represented it one term in tbe Senate
of the United States.
.
The Charlestown Trials.
A telegraphic dispatch states iliat Brown
complaining of want of confidence in his
counsel, they abandoned Lis case, and
Samuel Chilton, of Washington City, and
Henry Griswold, of Cleveland, Ohio,
acted in their stead.
Imports of Foreign Dry Goods.
The imports of foreign dry goods at
New York for the week ending October
29th, were $402,704; thrown on tbe
“market, $383,497. The total imports for
the month of October, entered for con
sumption and warehousing, amount to
$4,712,793 ; thrown on the market,
I $4,521,027.
Treason iu the Pulpit.
To the ranting, Reverend “freedom
’ shrickera” at the North, the late Harper’s
Ferry tragedy is a perfect Godsend. It
has furnished them with a fruitful theme,
and served to rekindle anew their fanati
cal zeal iu denouncing slavery. Among
others who have held forth to a mixed
auditory of whites and odoriferous
1 “woolly heads” on the subject, is the
Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, pastor of a
,! Church iu New York. It is one of the j
most blasphemous tirades with which a
blatant abolition preacher ever desecrated
the sacred desk. Not only is “old Brown”
, justified in his recent outrageous attempt,
I but he is exalted to the dignity of a mar
tyr to the fury of the “slayocracy”—all
because be aud a few ethers “iu search
of freedom,” had “struck for the liberty .
of the captive.” He does not stop here,
but) Plutarch like, draws a parallel be
tween “old Brown” aud Washington,
which, in his estimation, would be com
plete, had Washington failed like Brown.
In the effort made at Harper's Ferry, he
foresees the “final doom of slavery”—the
dawning of the abolition miilenium.
The Reverend declaimer concludes his
harangue by urging bis congregation to
“think right about it,” and exhortiug
parents to “train up their children in the
love of liberty”—which, in the anti
slavery vocabulary, , means to hold up
“old Browu” and his example as worthy
of imitation. It is to be regretted that
this fanatical preacher and others of that
ilk, cannot be held to account for their
sentiments. If not legally, they are
morally responsible here and hereafter.
But what care they for moral responsi
bility, who thus prostitute their sacred j
vocation to the unholiest of purposes !
Auburn Male College—Faculty. 1
The following is the list of the Faculty !
of the East Alabama Male College, at Au- j
burn, which has recently opened its first 1
session under most auspicious circum
stances :
“llev. Wm. J. Sasnett, D. D., Presi
dent, and Professor of Moral Science.
John T. Dunklin, Professor of Lan- j
gfiages.
John W. Glenn, . Professor of Pure I
Mathematics,
Wm. F. Slaton, Professor of Applied I
Mathematics.
John Darby, Professor of Natural j
Sciences.
Professor Ilarrrson will not enter upon ‘
his duties until his return from a Euro- j
pean tour. The other members of th'e !
Faculty a v e all at tbeir posts.”
Tlie Georgia Press.
A correspondent of the Augusta Dis
patch, writing from the Fair at Atlanta, !
Georgia, says:
But the thing which of all others is j
honorable to the inventor and to Georgia, 1
is the Printing Press invented by Mr.
Reynolds of this city. Simple and com
pact, it does its work with great rapidity
and precision. It is probably tbe first
Printing Press ever invented or built at
the South, and needs but equal puffing to
be the equal if not superior to Hoe’s best.
The Charleston Courier says: Mr.
Reynolds visited this city in order to
have made some parts of this press. We
are pleased to learn that his invention
has succeeded, and trust it will be exhib
ited at our Institute Fair.
Finances of Tennessee.
Tho Report of the Comptroller of Ten
nessee for the fiscal year ending October
Ist, 1859, shows the receipts in the State i
Treasury to be $1,178,935; the dis- |
burßements for the same period were
$953,523. The aggregate value of prop- ;
erty is $320,398,012; average value
of land per acre, $7 04; average value of
slaves, $792 23. Tho State tax on SIOO 1
worth of property is 13 1-16; polls, 50.
The Savannah Republican says that
Thomas Dougherty, master machinist at |
the Macon and Western Railroad, Macon, \
has invented a switch that will prevent ;
any possible chance of a run off, in con- j
sequence of a misplacement. It nas had |
a practical test, and works to a charm. !
Child Burned to Death.
The Constitutionalist states that a !
little child of Mr. Michael Huffernan was I
burned to death iu Augusta Tuesday, !
during the temporary absence of its 1
mother. The little sufferer was almost a
year old.
Rev. Dr. Manly.
Dr. Manley, .of Charleston, uow of
Alabama, has been elected President and
Professor of Theology of the University
at Mount Lebanon, Louisiana, in place of
the Rev. Dr. Hartwell, deceased, and
hopes are entertained that he will accept.
Death of Eugene V. Humph.
The Fort Valley Nineteenth Century,
comes to us in mourning for the death of
Eugene Vastine Rumph, a young mau of
great promise, and gifted with extraordi
nary power of intellect.
The Largest Load Yet.
The Tribune of the 30th ult., says the
steamer Waverly arrived in Mobile the
night of the 29th, with 2,195 bales of
cottou, being the largest load cariied
down tbe Alabama this season.
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The Pensacola Observer states that
the stock is all taken for constructing a
line of telegraph between that city and
Mobile. The longest time in which
it is to be completed is ninety days.
Tlie Irish Revival.
The subjoined extract from the Dublin
Evening Mail supplies a piece of infor
mation which will stagger the staunchest
revivalist, namely, that since the com
mencement of the movement in Belfast,
crime has rapidly increased :
“ BelTast Criminal Statistics.—A
return of the criminal cases disposed of
at tbe Belfast petty sessions for the eight
months of 1858 and 1859, ending on the
last of August in each year, shows the
following result: In the months of Jan
uary, February, March and April, iBSB,
the number of persons brought before
the magistrates amounted t 02,890, while
in the same four months of the present
year —those immediately precedent to
the revival —amounted to 2,701 cases,
being a fallen off of 129 cases in the first
four months of the present year. In May
commenced the revivals. In the four
months of May to August, 1858, the
number of prisoners brought before the
■ magistrates of Belfast amounted to 3,457,
while in the same four months of this
year the number of persons, male and
female, sentenced to punishment for
being 4 drunk and disorderly’ ran up to
tbe sum total of 3,930, being an increase
of no fewer than 482 offenders.
Dreadful Rail Road Accidant.
Chicago, Nov. I. — A train on the Chi
cago and Northwestern Bail Road, filled
with excursionists from Fond du Lac, ran
off the track near Watertown, Wisconsin,
killing eight persons and wounding seve
ral—all the sufferers belonging to the
North-west.
The Senatorial Election.
The Legislature lias convened, and one
of the most important duties devolving
upon it, is the election of a successor to
the Hon. Alfred Iverson. The result i
looked to with unusual interest by all
j parties, from the fact that as a represent
ative of a Southern State in Congress, he
was one of the earliest to record his un
qualified hostility to the principles pro
claimed by Judge Douglas. By doing
j this he discharged tbe plain duty of de
manding for the South the simple rights
guarantied by the Constitution, and
affirmed by the Supreme Court. Does he
deserve condemnation for this? We think
the voice of the country says not. We
believe that the Legislature will respect
the demands of the public, and if Senator
i Iverson should not be rc-elected, 110 will
be succeeded by another with opinions
precisely similar on tlie Territorial
question. But if bis course deserves
endorsement, it is evident that the way
to express it most emphatically is to
return him to the Senate with the im
primatur of the sovereign State of Georgia.
To approve the course of Senator Iverson
and then elect another with identical
sentiments, would certainly be a very
singular way of endorsing'Senatcr Iver
son. The enemies of the South, and of
Georgia, whether Black Republicans or
under the guise of squatter sovereignty,
regard the contest ith intense interest,
and should he be defeated, the Black Re
publican organs will chronicle it with all
the gusto of the most ultra Douglas paper.
But if he he re-elected, it would adminis
ter a more effectual rebuke to them than
the resolutinns of all the political co
j ventions that could assemble in Georgia.
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A Nut to be Cracked.
It is stated on reliable authority that
’ the slaves of a widow lady in Shennan
doah county, Va., were furnished with
arms by the abolitionists, and a night
appointed for them to start for Harper’s
Ferry. Instead of doing so, however,
when the time came, they held a consul
tation, and, taking those very arms, kept
guard from dark till dawn around tbei**
mistress’ house. In the morning, they
showed her the arms, told her what they
had done, and went to work as usual.
Comptroller and Treasurer of Ten
nessee. -.
For Comptroller of Tennessee, the pre
sent incumbent, James T. Dunlap, has
been re elected. The Opposition voted
for Gen. Zollicoffer.
For Treasurer, Mr. W. F. McGregor re
ceived a majority of votes, and was there
fore elected.
Kansas Conference.
From the Religious Intelligencer, Mor
ristown, Tenn., we learn that the session
of the Kansas Conference closed on the
2Gth ult., Bishop Paine presiding. The
increase in the membership was 2G5, and
during the year just begun about thirty
preachers will be employed. Dr. Taylor
reports that Southern Methodism is
gaining ground in Kansas.
An Editor in Luck.
Among the premiums given at the At
lanta Agricultural Fair, we observe that
one has been awarded to our cotemporary
of the American for ten pounds of the
best Soft Soap. We congratulate him
upon his success, and hope he will attain
the same excellence in “putting it on”
that he has in manufacturing the article.
Tbe Southern Cultivator.
This excellent periodical for November
has reached us. Wherever it circulates,
it is appreciated and valued. The ensu
ing, number will close the volume for
1859, when the new year will commence.
Subscribers who intend to renew their
subscriptions, or any who desiro to be
added to the list, would find the present
a suitable time to do cither. It is pub
lished by William S. Jones, Augusta, Ga.,
at $1 per annum.
The good people of Montgomery seem
to be determined to satisfy themselves
that if the Central Rail Road is not built,
it shall not be due to any wantof interest
or exertion on their part. We perceive
that the original committee, to procure
subscriptions has been reinforced, and in
creased to one hundred. Thisistlieway
we like to see things done. Go it, Mont
gomery, while you’re young'.
Still Another.
The Covington Times says the gin
house of Judge Strong, about five miles
from that place, with fopr bales of cotton,
was destroyed by fire Saturday night
last. It is believed to be the work of an
incendiary. There seems to prevail an
epidemic for burning gin houses.
An exchange 6tates that Mrs. I’. Ruth
erford, of Georgia, recently gave birth to
a baby of 15 pounds weight, and Mrs.
Lyman, of tbe same State, presented her
lord with “three fine babies, weighing
well,” a few weeks since. Truly, the
mothers of Georgia have heavy “respon
sibilities !”
Sight Drafts, &c., on New York.
From the New Y'ork letter of the 29th,
in the Savannah Republican, we learn
that tbe rate of discount on sight drafts
on New Y’ork at Columbbs is ex
change he. premium.
Wheat.
The Athens (Tenn.) Post says: We
understand Wheat —a fair article, is sel
ling at $1 per bushel at Sweetwater and
other points on the rail road.
A fugitive slave. John Tyler by name,
who escaped from Campbell county, Ken
tucky, in 1854, was arrested on the 28th
inst., in Columbus, Ohio, and remanded
to his owner, who took him to Covington.
In Mecklenburg county, Va., Goode’s
majority over Pryor is BG7, which will
not change the general result, as we learn
from the Richmond Dispatch.
The following are tbe quotations for
land warrants in New York : IGO's, G 2 to
G 5 ; 120’s, GO to G 2; 80’s. 63 to 65 and
49’s 75c. to $1 per acre.
The U. S. M steamship Augusta, the
schooner Frogan, from New lork, and
the brig G. L. Buckman, from Boston, ar
rived at Savannah on the Ist.
A bill has been introduced ia the Ten
nessee Legislature, fixing the salaries of
Secretary of State and State Treasurer
at $2,500. t
An abolition newspaper, the “Free
South Republican,” was mobbed the night
of the 28th, in Newport, Kentucky, and
the forms, &e, scattered in the streets.
The receipts of cotton at New Orleans,
the 31st ult., amounted to 21,591 bales.
{NUMBER 30.
TELEGBAPHIG.
TELEGRAPHED TO THE DAILY SUX.
ARRIVAL
OFTIIK 3TBASIER
AME_RIGA.
Middling Cottons advanced lBd.
New Yoek, Nov. 4, 1859.
Tbe steamship America arrived at Hal
ifax this morning, with advices from Liv
erpool to the 22d ult., being three days
later than the Arago’s accounts.
Liverpool Colton Market. —Sales of the
week 57,000 bales, of which speculators
took 1,800 bales. Middling Cottons had
advanced one-eighth of a penny. The
market closed at an advancing teudency
for clean descriptions.
London Money Market Consols had
slightly declined, and were quoted at. 90
to 9GJ.
Liverpool General Markets. —Brendstuffs
dull. Provisions quiet.
3Jew Orleans Cotton Market.
New Orleans, Nov. 4, 1859.
Sales of Cotton to-day 18,000 bales.
Middlings 10J ccuts. The market closed
firm.
Mobile Cotton Market.
Mobile, Nov. 4, 1859.
Cotton market active to-day, with sales
of 5,500 bales, at an advance of cent.
.
Proceedings of tlie City Council.
The Council met Monday evening pur
suant adjournment.
Aid. Thompson moved the adoption of
the police ordinance of the present year
in connection with the changes thereof,
which was agreed to.
Aid. Hogan moved that the salary of
the overseer of the hands be fixed at SSOO
per year.
Aid. McKendree moved that it be fixed
at $lO per month, which, being first in
order, was taken up and lost. There was
a tie, when his Honor the Mayor cast his
vote iu the negative.
Aid. Hogan’s motion was agreed to.
Aid. McKendree offered a resolution
requiring the Deputy Marshal to furnish
to the Council at its next meeting the
number of negroes placed in the Guard
House from the beginning of his term to
the present time, and the amounts col
lected by him from the owners of said
negroes.
A resolution offered by Aid- Thompson
was adopted, which empowered the Street
Committee to construct a plank road upon
a portion of Bridge street between Front
street and the Bridge, obstructed in the
Winter season by the accumulation of
sand.
Aid. Thompson introduced the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved , That the application of sun
dry parties, residing in New York, to as
sign the contract granted to Mr. Win. F.
Serrell and associates for the construct
ion of Water works in the city, be refer
red to a special committee of three, whose
duty it shall be to report upon the said
application at the next meeting of Coun
cil. Adopted.
By Aid. Hogan: Resolved, That a
special committee be appointed to confer
with the Plauk Road Company, in refer
ence to the same, and to have it put in
good order. Adopted.
o
County Bridges.
We invite attention to the communi
cation of “Tax Payer,” in another column
of this morning’s paper. The facts there
in set forth are startling, and should
arouse the latent energies of every busi
ness man and tax payer in the city and
county. The subject is now a plain, sim
ple and practical one. It has resolved
itself into whether wo shall lose a portion
of our trade for the want of bridges, or
shall we, as citizens, take the matter in
our own hands and have the bridges built.
We sincerely trust that our Inferior Court
will at once Release Col, Bates from his
contract, and without delay, obtain plans
and specifications for new bridges. It is
sheer folly to hold on to Col. Bates.
Year after year, ever since he has had
charge of the bridges, have complaints
come up from every quarter of his ineffi
ciency for the contract. Experience and
prudence dictates to the court, to amend
the contract with him. Chattahoochee
county stands ready to do her part in re
gard to the bridges, so soon as they are
out of the hands of Col. Bates, but will
do nothing so long as he has any connec
tion with the contract.
The time has come for action, prompt
and decisive, and if the Inferior Court
will do nothing, let our City Council take
the matter in hand, as “Tax Payer” sug
gests, and have good and safe bridges
erected.
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Growth of tbe United States.
At tbe takiDg of the first census un
der the Federal Constitution, in 1790,
the population of the United States
amounted to 3,929,827. At intervals of
ten years the census has been taken regu
larly, and tbe result at each period is as i
fullows:
Census of 1790 3,929,827
Census of 1800 5,305,925
Census of 1810 7,2391814
Census of 1820 9,038,131
Census of 1830 12,806,020
Census of 1840 17,069,453
Census of 1850 23,191,870
The census will again be taken in 1860,
and will show a population within the
limits of the United States of more than
32,000,000.
Legislature of Tennessee.
A bill was introduced, which provided
that for a single act of drunkenness, a
man, if he commit no other offence
against the law, shall not be indicted,
was rejected on its third reading. It
seems that drunkenness per se is an in
dictable offence in that State.
A bill was introduced in tbe Senate to
reduce the State tax on property to five*
cents on the one hnndred dollars, and on
polls to twenty five cents.
Arnold Acquitted.
In the Federal Court at Frankfort, Ky.,
on the 20th ult., the jury in the case of
Benjamin Arnold, formerly Postmaster at
Elkhcrn, Franklin county, Kentucky, in
dicted for robbing the mail, after having
the case under consideration for several
days, brought iu a verdict of acquittal.
Thi3 is the fourth trial tftat he has had,
the juries heretefore not being able to
; agree.
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The steamship Commerce, from Balti
more, and the ship Charles Hill and
schoouer l’landome, from New York, ar
rived at Savannah the 2d inst.
A dispatch from Boston on the 31st
ult., states'that the sugar-house of Seth
Adams is burned. The loss is $130,000;
insurance for $72,000.
Theater.
; Monday evening. Mr. Fleming’s Star
Company gave their first entertainment
for the soason, at Temperance Hall. We
did not have the opportunity to attend in
the eus'ly portion of the evening, and
consequently canuot speak as to the first
put. There was a large audience in
attendance, who gave sufficient evidence
of the entire satisfaction afforded them
by the manner in which the play was
rendered.
Me witnessed the amusing comedy of
“Lola Montez,” which was received with
rapturous applause. Miss Menken well
sustained the flattering reputation which
preceded her, and she, as well as others
whom we are not yet sufficiently familiar
with to mention, will undoubtedly become
established favorites upon our boards.
‘Vo arc well pleased with the style of
plays presented, which require mere than
ordinary talent to render them effectively.
The hogining augurs a successful season.
This evening the Manager presents an
attractive bill in Bourcicault’s brilliant
comedy, “London Assurance.” Those
who have, or have not witnessed it, will
be well repaid by attending.
Tuesday night, .that splendid Drama,
the “ French Spy,” was given by Mr.
Fleming's Company to an apprecia
tive audience. Miss MeDken. in the
characters of Mathilde DeMeric, Henri
St. Alme, and Hamet satisfied the expec
tations of all, —in fact, her personations
Tuesday evening, we hesitate not to say,
wer e faultless. She is an actress of supe
rior talent, and has won the just mode
of commendation, being beautiful in
person, as she is accomplished in dra
matic excellencies. Mrs. Scott and Miss
Wilford, Messrs “'right, Fuller, Donald
son, Lewis and others, in their respective
roles, sustained themselves creditably,
and seemed to be “at home” in their
several parts. We must not forget to
mention approvingly the Comedy of
“ Perfection, or the Maid of Munster,”
the principal parts of which, were sus
tainad by Miss Menken, and Mr. Wright.
The Atlanta lutelligencer, of the 30th,
speaking of Mr. Fleming’s Company,
says, “We sincerely hope our Columbus
friends will give this Company a univer
sal patronage; for, as regards either
their social qualities or professional
taleat, they in every way deserve it.”
To-night, will bo performed Bulwer’s
“ Lady of Lyons,” and the amusing Com
edy of—“An acquaintance from In
fancy,” in whieh the whole Company
will appear.
A large audience, with a fair proportion
of ladies, assembled at Temperanco Hall,
Wednesday evening, to witness the per
formances of Mr. Fleming’s Company.—
The piece presented was the favorite
Comedy by Dion Bourcicault—“London
Assurance.” The whole Company, near
ly, was brought into requisition, and the
cast of characters was very judicious.
The expectations of tbe audience were
raised to a high pitch, and it is generally
conceded they were answered.
Mr. Fleming personated Sir Harcourt
Courtly ; Miss Menken the dashing, rol
licking Lady Gay Spanker; Mr. Wright,
Charles Courtly; Mr. Donaldson, Dazzle;
Mr. Fuller, the London Attorney—Mark
Meddle, and Mr. Cunningham, Max
Ilarkaway. For the first time, Miss
Emmons appeared on our boards, in the
character of Grace Harkaway. She is a
lady of very prepossessing appearance
and manners, and was enrolled Wednes
day evening on the list of Columbus fa
vorites. We hope to have the pleasure of
seeing her frequently during the season.
Her dramatic talent is of a high order.
“London Assurance” is a favorite and
difficult piece, and according to our judg
ment, the author’s conceptions were, in
each character, truthfully portrayed.
To night will be given the Soldier’s
Daughter and Jack Sheppard, a beautiful
Comedy and thrilling Drama.
Thursday evening Mr. Fleming’s Com
pany presented the thrilling drama, the
“Lady of Lyons,” to quite a large audi
ence, which seemed to enter fully into its
spirit, and gave close attention, inter
rupted occasionally with demonstrations
of applause. Mr. Fleming as Claude
Melnotte, acquitted himself well. His
conception of the character is good, and
its rendition was equally so. Miss Men
ken, whose rare personal beauty always
elicits admiration, was no less “up” in
the character of l’auline. Mrs. Grattan,
Mrs. Scott, and Messrs. Fuller, Donald
son, Wright and Cunningham, rendered
their several personations in appropriate
style. If we were a little critical, we
might say that Mr. Donaldson as Beau
seant, did not come fully up to bis excel
lent personation of the difficult char
acter of Dazzle, in London Assurance, on
Wednesday evening. We thought that,
at times, not quite force enough was
thrown into it, though others differ
from us.
The afterpiece, “An Acquaintance from
Infancy,” kept the house in a roar of
laughter.
To-night, by special request, the
“Stranger” will be given, together with
the comedy of the “Little Devil.” The
press have been unsparing of eulogies of
the principal piece in this programme.
Concert of the St. Cecilia Society.
The members of this Society announce
that on next Friday evening, the 4th,
they will give their first Concert at Con
cert Hall. Their New Organ Melodeon,
which was purchased by the Society
exclusively for such occasions, will be
used, and the proceeds devoted partially
to defraying the expense of the pur
chase. •
The St. Cecilia Society was organized
with the laudable design of developing
and fostering a correct taste for Sacred
Music, and supplies a desideratum needed
in most communities. So far, we are
gratified to learn it has proved decidedly
successful* May success continue to
attend it. On the occasion the style of
music rendered will be entirely sacred.
It will surely receive a degree of encour
agement, commensurate with its merit.
Letter from 9lr. W. H. Crisp.
We have received a letter from Manager
Crisp, dated the 28th ult., informing us
Os his intention to open another dramatic
> engagement in Columbus, at an early
date, with that general favorite, Miss
Eliza Logan, as the star. She is now
playiDg her farewell engagement in Bos
ton, and will terminate her professional
career after conciuding-her performances
| in Columbus and Montgomery. After the
I close of her engagement here, Mr. Crisp
1 promises his friends another by Edwin
Booth. Mr. Crisp will be with us in
person, during his next season in
Columbus.
Fatal Shooting.
Baltimore, Oct. 31.—The acting may
! or, Mr. McPhail, was shot yesterday at
the fire telegraph office, and seriously
wounded in the femoral artery, perhapa
fatally injured. It occurred in an alter
cation between Hanna, tbe reporter of
the Baltimore Sun, and the operator,
named Harcourt. McPhail says the pis
tol wounding him went off in the hand*
l of Harcourt. He exonerates Hanna
from direct blame.