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Tuesday November 3, 1859.
It is stated that the sale of Mr. Choate’s
library will realize to his family about
$15,000.
Prof. Lowe’s mammoth balloon has
“busted.” The loss is estimated at i
$3,000. _____
The rolling : ill and packing room
connected with the iron works at Fall
River, Massachusetts, were destroyed by
fire the lltb. The lose is estimated at
560.000.
Methodist Conference.
The Alabama Conference of the Meth
odist Epispccai Church, South, will hold
its next session at Eufaula, commencing
the !Joth of November.
The Atlanta Intelligencer.
V. A. Gaskill, Esq., has disposed of his
entire interest iu the above paper to the
Hon. J. S. Whitaker. He announces his
intention to retain an editorial connection
with it for a while.
Massatli usetts Senatorsliip.
A dispatch from Washington the 11th,
states that intelligence has been received
there to the effect that Senator Sumner
Is about to resign. It is believed that
Banks will be elected to succeed him.
John H. Murphy, Esq.
The Montgomery papers announce the
death of this gentleman, an old and re
spectable citizen of Montgomery. He
expired Monday evening, after an illness
of several months.
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The Alabama Pair.
The Montgomery Advertiser says “the
number of visitors already in the city is
immense, and theory is ‘still they come.’ !
On every arrival of the cars, steamboats i
and stages, new faces are added to the j
motley group.”
Holston Conference.
This religious body, recently in session !
at Abingdon, Va., purchased the residence
of Thomas L. Preston, in that town, for
$20,000, to be used as a female seminary. I
The same Conference owns Martha Wash
ington College in the same town.
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A Warning.
The Alabama Beacon says : “ Agustus
0., son of T. P. Wright, Esq., ivas serious
ly burned last Sunday night, by the explo
sion of a camphene lamp ho was filling,
while the lamp was burning Lamps
should never be filled while they are
burning.
Emigration to tile West..
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Observer of the
9th, says : “ Our streets have been lite
rally crowded, during the past ten days,
with emigrants to Louisiana, Arkansas
and Texas. Not only are the young in
search of fortune, but even the old, are
leaving their old familiar homes for new
scenes of labor.
*
No Caucus.
From the Advertiser of yesterday, we
learn that the Democratic members of the
Alabama Legislature met in the Reading
Room of the Exchange .Hotel, and after
deliberating, determined, by a majority
of nine votes, not to adopt the caucus
system in the election of Speaker.
Seward and Forbes.
The New York Journal of Commerce
has learned from Forbes’ own lips that
he did unfold to Senator Seward lust year
all about Brown’s intended insurrection :
at Harper’s Ferry This is the key to J
the “irrepressible conflict” speech of
Seward, nnd to the convenient ab.-enee of
that person from this country.
The Penitentiary.
From the report of the Keeper of the
Penitentiary, it appears that there were,
ou the Ist of October, two hundred and [
nine convicts. Thirteen have been dis- ]
charged; seven escaped; twenty-five]
pardoned; three have died, and one sent
to the Asylum. The notes, accounts,
cash, manufactured articles and material,
amount to $41,305 79; the liabilities,
$14,000 70.
♦
Unite a Curiosity.
The Montgomery Advertiser says :
“Perhaps one of the greatest curiosities
which can be seen at the Fair Grounds
this week, will be that of a Vermont
raised “he cow,” by the name of “Ajax,” |
which Las recently been brought to
Georgia by the owner, Mr. W. C. Penn.
His proportions are elephautine, truly,
and a sight at him is well worth tbe price
charged—twenty-five cents.”
Spirit of the South.
From the last issue of this paper, we
learn that S. 11. Dent, Esq., will act as
locum tenens during the absence of Col.
Bullock, which is required by his en
gagements in tbe Legislature. Mr. Dent
is a gentleman of undoubted ability, and
his selection was a very suitable one.
During the session of the Legislature,
Col. Bullock will contribute to the euliv
ening of its columns, with an occasional
letter from the Capital.
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Mississippi Legislature.
On the 10th the tw > Houses met in con- !
vention, and counted the votes for Gov- ;
ernnr. The result showed the number !
received by Pettus, to be 34,559; 11. \\. j
Walter, (Opp.,) 10,308. Majority for |
Pettus, 24,251.
On the 9th, notice was given by Mr. j
Graham, of his intention to introduce a
bill to expel free negroes from the State, j
Accident from a Gun-shot Wound.
The Tuscaloosa Observer of the 9th,
states that Sidney, son of Win. R. Smith,
met with a serious accident on Saturday
last, from the accidental discharge of a
gun. He had just finished loading it
preparatory to going a hunting, when,
with his hand over the mouth of the bar- j
rel, placing the other end on the ground, j
the hammer struck a log, causing the gun
to go off, shattering his hand badly.
The Montgomery Advertiser announces
the death of William Larkins, Esq , one ol
the oldest and best citizens of Montgomery.
He expired on Sunday evening about ten
o’clock, in the 79th year of his age.
♦
The town Council of Thomasville have
ordered an election to ascertain the sense
of the citizens, as to taking $12,000 of
stock in the South Georgia and Florida
Rail Road, from Albany to the town of
Thomaßville.
VOLUME III.}
A Harper’s Ferry Conspirator in
Memphis.
The Memphis Bulletin, of the 9th, says
a man mimed Ur. J. W. Palmer, was ar
rested in t hat city on the Monday night
previous. He came there in July last,
and during the time contracted a matrimo
nial alliance with a respectable lady re-
I siding in the vicinity, and for the last
i few weeks hns been boarding at the Red
ford House, in that city. The publica
tion of the contents of “Old Brown’s”
carpet bag revealed the name of J. W.
Palmer, as one of the conspirators, and
h;s residence was stated to be iu that
portion of Tennessee. Upon this hint,
Gov. Wise communicated with Gov. Har
ris, who took immediate steps to have
the aforesaid Puluier arrested. He was
commixed to prison, and no time will be
lost in transferring him to the jurisdic
tion ot Judge Parker’s Court.
Mate Flections.
A dispatch from Leavenworth City the
llih, states that the Republicans have
gained a majority in both branches of the
Legislature
The latest returns from the New York
election, give the Republican State ticket
a majority of 3000. Fullest returns up
to the lltli, give Leavenworth, Republi
can candidate fur Secretary of SLate, 285
majority.
In New Jersey, the majority fur Oppen,
the Republican candidate for Governor,
is 2000. The State Senate is Democratic
by a majority of four. The House is Op
position by a majority of two.
The New Engine, John McKab.
The Cuthbert Reporter says: “This
i Engine is named after the energetic and
enterprising John McNab, President of
the Eastern Bank of Alabama, located at
Eufaula. It is one of tbe largest and
finest passenger Engines in the State of
Georgia. It weighs 22} tons, wheel 5
feet in diameter, and the cylinder 13 by
22 inches. It cost about SIO,OOO, and is
complete, having all the latest improve
j ments. M. W. Baldwin was the builder.
| It runs from Macon to Albany.”
Correspondence of the Daily Sun.
Montgomery, Nov. 14, 1859.
The members of the Legislature met at
] 12 in. to-day, and the two bodies were
! organized by the election of officers. To
the minor offices I do not know who has
been elected.
The town is full of people, from every
part of the State. The Fair and the Races
are both coming off this week.
A great many men of talent are in the
Legislature—Jemison, Chilton, Rather,
Bullock, Patton, and others, in the Sen
ate; Meek, Walker, Forsyth, Rice, Gil
christ, Chitherall, Hobbs, Smith, Parsons,
and a host of others, rank among the first
men of the State. Yours, &c.,
ALABAMIAN.
The foregoing letter contained tbe
names of the officers elect of the Ala
bama Legislature, but as we have pub
lished the same by telegraph, we suppress
that portion of it.
The Covington (Ga.) Times states that
the gin house of Mr. Pleasant B. Jones,
five or six miles from that place, together
with twenty five or thirty bales of cottcn,
was consumed by file last Wednesday
night. Tbe loss is estimated at $2,000.
This is the second gin house burnt in that
county within three weeks. The fire is
supposed to have been caused by friction
of the machinery.
Sinking of the Steamer Excel.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist of
Tuesday, we learn that the steamer Excel,
Capt. Lund, which left that city for Sa
vannah on Sunday morning, struck a
snag tbe same afternoon near Flowery
Gap Landing and sunk. The wind was
high at the time, rendering her unman
ageable. No person was injured or
drowned.
Fatal Citcns Row.
During an exhibition of Robinson’s
\ circus at Whitehall, Robeson county, N.
i C., on the Bth inst., a row occurred be
tween the citizens and circus men, in
which Mr. Leach, a schoolmaster, was in
stantly killed by a pistol shot. A man
named Grantham was badly shot, and one
j of the circus men stabbed. * -
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The New Orleans Picayune of the 12th
inst. says that Gen. Palfrey’s brigade is
willing to go to Brownsville if tbe funds
necessary to defray the expenses are ob
tained. The Picayune urges the city
authorities to supply the money. The
] Federal, State and city authorities do
uot appear to move in the matter of send
ing, or supporting, any relief to Browns
ville.
T-Te commercial editor of the New Or
leans Crescent of the 10th inst., says:
‘‘ There is a large quantity of cotton pre
pared and ready for shipment at all the
depots and shipping points in the South
west, and it is useless to disguise the
fact. The cotton is mostly detained by
low water in the tributaries to the Mis
sissippi river.
The Wanderer.
The Grand Jury iu the U. S. Court at
Savannah, on Tuesday, found a true bill
against Capt. Martin for stealing this ves
sel. Messrs. Lamar and others testi
fied, and the conviction was unanimous
that it was a genuine theft. So we learn
from the Republican.
♦
Battle of Talladega.
Yesterday a week ago was the forty
sixth anniversary of the battle of Talla
dega, in which General Jackson with 2,000
Tennessee volunteers attacked and de
feated the Creek Indians, with a loss to
them of 300 warriors; American loss, 15
killed and 80 wounded.
♦
Tile Presidential Vote.
The aggregate vote polled for President
in the last election was 4.022.059. Os
these. Buchanan received 1,817,394, Fre
mont 1.337.857, and Fillmore 800,808.
Majority for Fillmore and Fremont over
Buchanan, 387,271.
Cotton Yield.
The Vicksburg Whig, of the 4th inst.,
learns that the yield of cotton in the Ar
kansas valley has never exceeded the
promise of the present season. Heavy
pickings are now made, and the weather
is dry and extremely favorable. The
upland crop is alike promising.
Mrs. Yankee Robinson died in Colum
’ bia, S. C., on Monday morning, 14th.
| She was connected with the equestrian
, and dramatic exhibition known as Yankee
Robinson’s show.
We learn from the Memphis Avalanche
of Saturday, that J. Pat. Fowlkes, a man
of ability and a lawyer of superior at
tainruents, died in that city the day pro
ceeding, after a long and painful illness.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
terest to their maturity. The proposition
made by the Muscogee Road, for tbe
Thomaston route, asks the City Council
to issue its bonds to tbe Thomaston con
nectioD, to the extent of fifty thousand
dollars, and pledges itself to meet the an
nual interest on the bonds to their ma
turity.
Our city is interested in but one of
these Roads, and should give aid to but
one. The Road for which we are asked
to vote aid to morrow cannot be built at a
cost of less than SBOO,OOO, nor in less
time than five years. The Thomaston
Road can be built in fifteen to twenty
months, at about one-fourth the cost ot
the LaGrange Road.
From Barnesville to Covington, on the
Georgia Rail Road, it is forty-two miles,
and from Griffin to Covington, thirty-two
miles. The construction of a Road con
necting either of these places with the
Georgia Rail Road at Covington, would
make the Road to Charleston via the
Thomaston route, forty five miles shorter
than by the proposed LaGrange Road.
Who that knows the sagacity of the busi
ness men of Charleston, doubts for a mo
ment that they, in connection with the
South Carolina and Georgia Rail Roads,
will be slow to take hold and build this
gap?
Another and a strong argument in fa
vor of the Thomaston connection is, that
it will throw a large amount of business
on the Muscogee and Mobile and Girard
Rail Roads, in the prosperity of which
all our pitizens must feel a deep interest.
With these facts before us, to which
should our aid be given ? We say by
all means, it should be given to tbe
Thomaston connection. Should the voters
of our city come to the same conclusion
after considering the facts above enumer
ated, they must vote against the La
Grange proposition, and for the other
when submitted.
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Liverpool Cotton Market.
The Liverpool Times of October 29, in
its commercial review of the week, says
the greater animation and more confident
tone reported in our last report, has not
only been fully supported during the
past week, but we have to raise our quo
tations ol the Middling and better quali
ties of American cotton from } to }d
lb., and even at this advance these de
scriptions, owing to their scarceness, are
most difficult to purchase. The common
dusty kinds are also more appreciated,
and in better demand, at previous rates.
The quotations given are for—
Fair Orleans 8 and. Mid. Orleans.. 7%d.
*• Mobiles 7%d. “ Mobile 7i4d
“ Uplands 7j|d “ Uplands... 615 ltifl]
The Times attributes tbe cause for the
increased and large business, and ad
vanced prices for cotton, to tbe desire of
manufacturers to secure a stock sufficient
to lastTuntil a sufficiency of tbe new crop
is received. This activity, in Liverpool,
is in the face of accounts from the United
States of fine weather for picking cotton,
and the prospects of a larger yield than
that of the previous seasou.
The stocks of the raw material in the
hands of English spinners, have been and
continue very light, while their mills, run
ning at full speed, with orders for goods
far ahead of their capacity to promptly
supply, have given considerable firm
ness to holders of calton in Liverpool.
Some fears, however, were entertained
that the severe storms and heavy frosts
in England had also prevailed in the cot
ton States, and this consideration had
its influence on the cotton trade.
The estimated stock of cotton in Liv
erpool, on the 28th October, was 473,330,
of which 337,210 bales were American—
the imports of the week were 39,413 —
and the sales were 87,990, of which 60,-
413 bales were American.— Augusta Con.
A Jailor Challenging a Judge.
From the Savannah Republican of
Tuesday, we learn that Mr. Wm. Russell,
city jailor, was tried before the Council
Monday night for alleged contempt of
Justice in sending a challenge to fight
to Judge Millen, of the City Court.
Mr. Gnerrard, Mr. Russell’s counsel,
objected to tbe proceedings on the ground
that the City Council bad no jurisdiction
of the offense, &c. The objections were
overruled, and a resolution setting forth
the offense and declaring that he ought
to be dismissed from the office of jailor,
was unanimously adopted. A bill of ex
ceptions was taken, for appeal to a higher
tribunal.
Giu House and Negroes Burnt.
The West Point Citizen of the 14th
says : “Silas A. Dowdell, Esq., living near
Oak Bowery, Chambers county, Ala., had
his gin house and two little negroes
burned, on Thursday last, together with
some fifteen or eighteen bales of cotton.
It seems that the little negroes who drove
the gin mules went into the lint room for
the purpose of packing down the cotton,
one of them fiaving fire on his clothes,
which came in contact with the cotton,
and in a moment almost, the room was
enveloped in flames. The loss is esti
mated at $4,000.
Fire In Mobile.
From the Mobile Tribune of Tuesday,
we learn a fire broke out in that city on
I Sunday morning, by which four houses
i were consumed. About 6 o’clock in the
i evening the cotton in the Planters’ Press
warehouse was discovered to be on fire,
and before it was extinguished four hun
dred and seventy-five bales were burnt.
The loss is estimated by this fire, inclu
ding the Planter’s W arehouse, at <j>3o,ooo.
The loss by the fire of Sunday was about
$50,000.
The Muscogee and Thomuton Con
i section.
Pursuant to the action of the City
Council, our people are called upon to
cast a vote to-morrow for or against giv
ing aid, to the extent of fifty thousand
dollars, to the proposed Rail Road to La
Grange. All acknowledge the want of a
closer connection than at present exists
with Charleston and Tennessee, and par
ticularly with the former, to furnish an
additional outlet to the seaboard for our
cotton, flour, and other products of our
manufactures seeking an outlet to -that
quarter. The first question in importance
which presents itself is, which of the two
routes proposing to accomplish this end
is the easiest of accomplishment, cheap
est in construction, and surest of an early
completion ? The LaGrange Road is
forty seven or more miles in length, and
can be built at a cost of SBOO,OOO or
$900,000. The Thomastou Road is
twenty-two miles in length, and the es
timated cost of construction is set down
at $220,000 to $250,000. The building
of either establishes an unbroken con
nection with Charleston and Tennessee.
The proposition to be voted on to-morrow
is to authorise the Mayor of Columbus to
issue bonds to the LaGrange Road to the
extent of fifty thousand dollars, on which
the city will have to pay an annual in-
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 22, 1859.
Senator Iverson—The Opposition, <fce
Two excit:ng questions
J a quietus, one at least, until the next
meeting of the Legislature. The friends
of the respective aspirants foi the Sena
torial succession, can now enjoy a brief
respite from excitement. Under all the
circumstances, it was best, perhaps, to
have postponed the election. Had it been
otherwise, the acticn of the Legislature
might have been adopted by successive
bodies as a precedent, and the success of
sound principles would thus be frequent
ly endangered Who can lift the veil of
the future, and foresee the changes
brought about by the revolution of anoth
er cycle ? We believe the postponement
will enhance, rather than prejudice Sen
ator Iverson’s chances for re election.
He possesses the advantage of having the
“ inside track,” and his incumbency of
the office will give him a prominence in
connection with the question, that his
competitors will not have. His steward
ship for the Senatorial term is not yet
finished, and the remainder may be still
improved to his advantage. The sequel
may show that public sentiment more
fully quadrates with his two years hence,
than, now other things being equal. The
postponement of the election will, at any
rate, put him on his “good behaviour,”
all of which we’ may say, without irn-
pugning his unquestionable honesty or
patriotism.
In this connection, we would say some
thing of his past and present relations to
the “Opposition,” which will render us
obnoxious, perhaps, to the charge of dis
cussing an ill-timed question. Without
assuming the office of an ally of any
party, we think the “Opposition” press
committed an error in holding Senator
Iverson responsible for the course of the
Democratic organs, and tbe latter com
mitted one in the first instance by driving
them from bis support. The “Opposi
tion’s” approval of his course in Congress
was by no means a test of political ortho
doxy, or of fealty to the Democracy. His
sentiments and relations to that party
were unequivocal, made so by his ex
pressed and published declarations, and
the approval of his past course by both
parties, was the more complimentary.
Because the Opposition approved and as
sisted to reward the faithfulness of the
chivalrous and gallant Clay of Alabama,
he was not then, nor is he now, regarded
as being less a Democrat. His career in
Congress softened tbe asperities of par
tisan warfare, and conciliated the hostili
ty of those differing from him iu senti
ment, and elicited the rare compliment of
a unanimous vote in the Senatorial elec
tion. As in his case, so in that of Senator
Iverson, we regard the approval of both
parties as an involuntary tribute to bis
devotion to his section.
Under contingent circumstances, a
proffered alliance is not to be rejected,
and until political parties shall moderate
something of their hostility and bury
their animosity, where a sound principle
is at stake, we will never witness the de
sired phenomenon of an “undivided
South.” _
Suspicious Characters.
A correspondent of the Georgia Tele
graph, says a party of suspicious looking
individuals were lurking about tbe plan
tation of Mr. J. P. Snipes, in Upson
county, last week. They were known to
be in communication with negroes, and
refused to give any satisfactory account
of their purposes or destination. They
were driven off by the citizens of the
neighborhood, but came by a circuitous
route to the lower part of Taylor county.
A party from Butler waited on them, but
failed to elicit enough to criminate them,
and under a promise to leave the State
they were turned loose. They left then
in tbe direction of Oglethorpe.
Ice and Snow.
Tbe Constitutionalist says: “Ice was
seen all along the Georgia and State Rail
Roads on Sunday and Monday. Long
icicles were hanging from water tanks
along tbe lines.
We learn that there was a heavy snow
at Nashville, on Sunday. The cars that
reached Chattanooga on Monday were
covered with snow.
Salaries of the Governor, Ac.
In the House of Representatives on
Monday, we perceive that the bill pro
posing to reduce tbe salaries of the Gov
ernor and Judges of the Supreme and
Superior Courts, was lost, it being among
other bills on its passage.
John C. Fremont headed tbe list of
subscribers in California to the monument
to the late Senator Broderick. He gives
SSOO. The Charleston Courier says Fre
mont’s mother was interred in that city,
and her grave is not marked.
The editor of the New Orleans Crescent.
who presides over the “Talk on ’Change”
department of that paper, says: “There
is very little talk or dispute abount the
cotton crop of this seasan. It is settling
down to 4,250,000 bales, say 4,500,000
as the maximum.”
—. .
The Columbia (S. C.) Guardian says a i
man named Wayne, supposed to be con- ;
nected in some way with the Harper’s
Ferry affair, has been arrested in Bun
combe county, North Carolina. An in
tercepted letter contains sufficient evi
dence to bring him to justice.
Official Vote of Ohio.
The total vote polled in Ohio at the re
cent election was 355,768, being 10,000
more than last year, and 30,884 short of
the vote for President in 18"6. For
Governor, Dennison received 184,502; j
Ranney, 171,266.
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Mississippi.
The Legislature of Mississippi met at
Jackson on the 7th inst. Hon. James j
Drane, of Choctaw, was elected President i
of the Senate, and J. A. P. Campbell, of
Attala, Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
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The Second Congressional District.
In the Senate, Monday the 14th, among
other bills on the third reading, we notice
one to add the county of Wilcox to this
Congressional District. The bill was ;
passed.
Sad Accident.
The Eutaw Observer records the death
of a little son of Mr. J. L. Judge, by the
accidental discharge of a gun, on Monday
last.
Official Vote.
The official majority of Roger A. Pryor,
(Dem. nominee.) over Col. Goode, (Ind. j
Dem.,) for Congress, is 783.
Mrs. AtchisoD, tbe venerable mother of
the ex-Senator, died at the residence of
her son, in Missouri, on the 6th inst.
Arrest of an Abolitionist.
Considerable excitement was created
in the city Wednesday, by the detection
and arrest of a man whose sentiments
were by no means in harmony with that
of the South on the slavery question.
His name is IVm. Scott, a member of,
and traveling for, the firm of Charles
Scott & Cos., dealers in embroideries, lin
ens, &c., 254 and 256 Canal street, New
York. He is apparently of middle age,
and inild and inoffensive in appearance.
Feeling more hiterestin the “nigger ques
tion” than in the real object of his visit
here, he took occasion, in conversation
with one of our merchants, to express
great sympathy for “old Brown;”
his opinion of the fairness of the
trial, &c., &c. He had one or more
of Beecher’s incendiary sermons, which j
he also took occasion to endorse. i
Indignant at his boldness, the merchant
ordered him to leave the store, which he
did, and attempted to leave town, but was
taken, brought back, and examined by a
committee of citizens. They elicited
nothing beyond the fact of his uttering
the sentiments above, but suffic : ent to
satisfy them that he was an abolitionist
“dyed in the wool,” and an unsafe man
for any Southern community. By the
advice and injunctions of the committee,
he was taken to the depot and directed
to leave by the first train for the North,
which he doubtless did, as there was a
very strong disposition and anxiety, gen
erally, to use violence upon him. Should
he or any of his ilk, show themselves in
this community again, they will hardly
escape so lightly. In this connection,
we would express the hope that for the
future, our business men will hold com
mercial relations and encourage only
those merchants of the North, whose re
cord is unspotted, and whose position
upon the slavery question is unequivocal.
Proceedings of the City Council,
This body convened Monday evening,
the 14th. The- most important proceed
ings were as follows:
Aid. Quin gave notice that he would
move a reconsideration of so much of the
action of the Council last meeting, as re
lated to the amendment of Aid. McKen
dree to include the LaFayette Rail Road
in the resolution. The motion being first
in order, was considered, and there being
a tie upon the vote, his Honor, the Mayor,
voted in the negative.
J. M. Bivins, Esq., Secretary and Treas
urer of the Muscogee Rail Road, submit
ted the following communication.
Muscooek Rail Road Office,)
Nov. 12th, 7J4 o’clock, p. m., 1859. J
Whereas, it is the policy of the city of
Columbus to increase her rail road facili
ties and invite trade from all sections of
the surrounding country, as well as to
open a competition with the sea board
cities for the speedy transportation of
supplies to meet the demands of her
trade, and for the removal of the cotton
accumulated during the winter in her
warehouses, to the Atlantic ports ; and
whereas, both these objects would be at
tained by the connection of the Thomas
ton and Barnesville Road with some point
on the Muscogee Road, a distance of 22
miles—which being done would induce a
further connection with the Georgia Rail
Road at Covington, a distance of 43 miles,
which being accomplished the Charleston
and Savannah markets aud rail roads
would be competitors for the cotton and
freights of this city, and be proportiona
bly advantageous to the stock of her citi
zens in the Muscogee Rail Road. Be it
therefore
Resolved, That if the city of Columbus
shall deem it expedient to issue her bonds
to the extent of $50,000 in aid of such
connection by Rail Road, between the
Thoinaston and Muscogee Rail Roads,
which sum, in the opinion of this board,
would guarantee the building of this
connection, then this Rail Road will guar
antee to the city of Columbus the pay
ment of the interest on said $50,000 of
bonds at the rate of 7 per cent, per an
num until the maturity of the same.
Which resolution was adopted, and
Messrs. Bozeman aod Downing appointed
a committee to present the same to the
honorable the Mayor and Council.
J. M. BIVINS,
Secretary and Treasurer M. R. R.
On motion the communication was re
ceived, and laid over for consideration at
the next meeeting.
Dally Paper In Macon.
We understand that it is the intention
of Mr. James A. Damour to establish a
daily newspaper in the city of Macon, at
an early day. A daily paper is a luxury
which few communities will support;
Macon, though, is able to do it; and we
hope Mr. Damour will succeed in inter
esting her in his project.
We clip the above from the Savannah
Republican. From the experience of
others, who have tried the experiment
before him, we are forced to the conclu
sion, that Mr. Damour is a very rash man.
However, we shall rejoice to hear of his
success.
Good Picking.
Mr. John Hancock, of Kee and Hollo
way’s Oakland farm near Somerville,
Tennessee, has sent the Memphis Ava
lanche the following as the result of nine
hours’ picking of fifteen hands : Sandy,
427 pounds; Mat, 426; Aleck, 393
Gabe, 371 ; King, 365; John, 329; Phil
ip, 319; William, 318; Edward, 320;
Joseph, 309; Jerry, 361; Palan, 296;
Nancy, 297; Charley, 278; Anderson,
285—total, 5,094 pounds of clean nice
cotton.
The Insurgent Palmer.
The Nashville Union of Tuesday says
that Palmer having applied for a writ of
habeas corpus, and Judge McKiernan hav
ing refused to entertain the motion, he
was committed to prison in default of
bail to the amount of $2,500. On Satur
day Palmer gave bail for his appearance
at the next term of the Circuit Court,
and was released from custody.
Louisiana Election.
The Delta says sufficient returns have
been received to show that the Democrats
have elected three out of four of their
candidates, namely : Miles Taylor in the
2d, T. G. Davidson in the 3d, and J. M.
Landrum in the 4th. They have also cur
ried the State ticket by a majority rang
ing between 7,000 and 10,000, and a
large majority in euch branch of the
Legislature.
The Savannah Republican says the
Hon. Peter E. Love has suggested the
name of Isaac Cohen Holcombe, son of
’ our fellow townsman, Thomas Holcombe,
: Esq., as & midshipman. An examination
’ was held which the candidate passed
creditably, and is now occppyiDg his new
situation.
The Savannah Republican chronicles
the arrival of two large elephants, brought
out by the steamer Huntsville They
were destined for Montgomery, Alabama,
! we learn, for a circus company perform
ing in that State.
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The Marianna Patriot says the late
fire in that place has created a great de
mand for mechanics and laborers.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
The Senate convened Nov. 14th, and
the resolution to elect a President pro tem.
was agreed to On the first ballot Miller
of Richmoud received 72 votes, and waa
elected.
BILLS ON A THIRD READING.
A bill to change the line between the
counties of Early and Calhoun. Passed.
A bill to authorize the guardians of in
sane persons to be parties in suit.—
Passed.
A bill to authorize juries, in all cases, j
sounding on damages, to allow interest
on the damages. Lost.
A bill to repeal an act to abolish im
prisonment for debt. Referred.
Jones of Newton moved to take up I
another resolution to appoint two com
missioners, to fill the vacancies occasion- ,
ed by the resignation of Messrs. Johnson
and Harris, to codify the laws of this j
State. Agreed to.
Holt of Muscogee asked to suspend the
rules for taking up a resolution. Agreed
to. A resolution to the effect that a com
mittee of five be appointed to divise ways
and means to suppress the business of
peddling in this state and that the said
Committee report either by a bill or oth
wise. Resolution adopted.
The State Aid bill was made the spe
cial order for Monday next the 22d inst.
HOUSE.
The following bills were introduced. j
Mr. Hartridge of Chatham to incorpo
rate the Savannah and Baltimore Steam
ship Company.
Mr. Scriven, of Chatham, to exempt, in
perpetuity, from taxation, the acre of land
on which Gov. Troup is buried.
Mr. Green, of Cobb, to make all the
property of Defendants liable for the
payment of Executions against such de
fendants.
Mr. Cook, of Early, to alter and amend
the charter of the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
Road.
Mr. Fannin, of Morgan, to require
notice to be served on all parties in inter
est of the intended application to probate
a will, and for other purposes.
Mr. Whaley, of Thomas, to empower
the Superior Courts to appoint parti
tioned of estates in certain cases.
Mr. Dixon, of Muscogee, to repeal an
act regulating the testimony of Attorneys
at law.
BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE.
To prescribe the liabilities of persons
hiring slaves. (If the slave dies, hire
ceases at the time of death.) Lost.
To incorporate the “Western Insurance
Company,” to be located in Columbus.—
Amended so as to be called the “Georgia
Home Company,” and passed.
To add an additional section to the
first division of the Penal Code. (By
this additional section, any white person
counseling a negro or free person of color
to commit a crime punishable with death,
such white person shall be punished with
death.)
To exempt from levy and sale, certain
property in certain cases. Lost.
To prescribe the mode of drawing ju
rors for justices’ courts. Lost.
To empower ex-Judges of the Superior
Courts to sign bills of exception. Passed.
To prohibit the post mortem manumis
sion of slaves. Passed.
To regulate the practice of the Superi
or Courts of this State in certain cases.
(Requiring the writing out aud filing of
the charges of Judges in certain cases.)
Passed.
To incorporate the town of Georgetown
in Quitman county. Passed.
To allow persons of other States, who
may be heirs of estates, to be nominated
and to act as administrator or executor
of estates. Lost.
A Senate resolution in relation to the
Branch Mint at Dahlonega was taken up
and agreed to.
A House resolution requiring the Judi
ciary Committee to report upon the pro
priety of changing the day of sale for
Executors, Administrators, Guardians,
&c., was taken up and agreed to.
A House resolution that this House
would entertain no proposition to change
county lines, &c., without the consent of
the persons to be affected by such change,
was agreed to.
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Hurricane on the Cuban Coast.
- A letter from Havana to the New Or
leans Picayune the 9th says: The village
of Batabano, at the termination of the
Havana Rail Road, on the Southern
side of the Island, was visited, last week,
by a most destructive hurricane, which
has left the people without shelter and
almost without the means of subsistence.
The people were poor and mostly depen
dent upon their personal industry for the
support of their families. As soon as
information of this sad event was received
here, the Captain General ordered the
immediate transportation of $2,000, for
distribution among the most needy and
desolate.
Os the twenty-six counties in Kentucky
which have held democratic meetings and
appointed delegates to the State Conven
tion, fourteen have declared their prefer
ence for Guthrie for the Presidency, and
instructed their delegates in his favor.
The other twelve declared no preference.
A General Thanksgiving.
Thus far, twenty-one States in all have
designated Thursday, the 24th of this
month, as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer.
Wood Indicted.
From the New York Day Book we learn
that Benjamin Wood, a brother of the
ex-Mayor, has been indicted by the Grand
Jury of that city for selling tickets of the
Delaware and Georgia Lotteries.
Gray Eagle.
The Waynesboro News is reliably in
formed that William Bargerar killed, one
day last week, a gray Eagle, on Brier
Creek, in that county, that measured
seven feet and a half from tip to tip of
the wings.
Steamboat Sunk.
The Mobile Mercury of Tuesday says,
that by a dispatch received fi-om Captain
S W. Abels, received the evening previ- I
ous, it learns that the steamboat Advance
sunk at Perry’s Landing. No lives were
lost.
The New Orleans Picayune says Ga- ,
briel Jordan, Jr., has been appointed
Chief Engineer on the Mobile and Great
Northern Rail Road. He held the same
position on the Alabama and Tennessee
Rail Road.
Maryland Legislature, which is clearly
Democratic on joint ballot, will have a
United States Senator to elect in place of
Hon. James A. Pearce, whose term of ser
vice expires on the 4th of March, 1861.
The U. S. M. steamship Augusta, and
the schooners Enchantress and Kate
Brigham, from New York, arrived at Sa
vannah on the 18th.
Two hundred and forty mules were sold
in Georgetown, Kentucky, ou Monday.
YearliDgs ranged from s<2 to S9B; old
ones $l2O.
The telegraph line between Macon and
Milledgeville is said to be completed and
1 ready for business.
The lucky possessor of the hand and
, heart of the fair Eliza Logan, is Mr. Geo.
• Wood, of Wood’s Theater, Cincinnati.
’.NUMBER 32.
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The “* Grange and Thoinaston Kali
Roads.
In the interest of the city entirely, we
: have advocated the extension of aid to
I the proposed Geneva and Thomaston
Road; we have been actuated by no ulte
rior view, beyond that. The evident de
! sire of all is to benefit the city, and the
difference of opinion is as to the mode in
which it shall be accomplished There
is no principle involved. There seems
to exist complaint against the tariff of
freights on the Muscogee Road. We are
informed, and it is conceded that they
are reduced as low as can be afforded
| with present commerce. Build the Road
to Thomaston, and the Muscogee Road
will be enabled to reduce its tariff of
freights. Another consideration is, the
increase of freight it would carry over
the Mobile and Girard Road. The Tbom
aston Road would beuetit both Roads,
but it is hardly reasonable to suppose
that freight destiend to Montgomery,
would come as far as LaGrange, and
then be diverted down to Columbus, and
passed over the Mobile and Girard Road
to Montgomery. It is scarcely probable
that it would take a route so circuitous.
That it would be otherwise if (he Tbomas
ton Road is completed, is evident. It
would not merely enable the Muscogee
Road to reduce her tariff of freights by
the quantity passed over it, but it would i
enable the Mobile and Girard Road—the
connection from Union Springs to Mont
gomery being complete—to compete with
the West Point Road, in the transporta
tion of freight. We say again, that we
do not wish to subordinate the city’s in
terest to that of the Muscogee Road,
but we are unwilling to stand by and
see that corporation crushed by the
power of Savannah.
It is known that the Savannah, Albany
and Gulf Rail Road will seek to effect
a connection with the Mobile and Gi
rard Rail Road at some point in Ala
abama. What is the design of this?
Its object evidently is to cripple the Mus
cogee Road and injure the city, but the
connection with Charleston via Tbonias
tou would bring to the aid of both, the
“generous rivalry” of that city. That
the rates of transportation on the Musco
gee Road would be reduced after the com
pletion of the Tliomastou Road, is evident
again, from the fact that the thirty-five
miles to Geneva at the connecting point,
would scarcely have the controlling influ
ence over the remainder of it to Savannah
—particularly as there would then be the
rival interest of the route to Charleston.
We are not opposed to the LaGrange
Road; our design is simply to build the
Thomaston Road first, because it is need
ed more, and could be completed earlier
and much cheaper. Let the city issue
her bonds to this enterprise first, for tfaa
foregoing reasons, and then after the
Road commenced operations the stock
would be at or near par, and the city
could then dispose of her interest in it
without material loss if any. Afterwards .
we would have no objection to extending I
the proposed aid to the LaGrange Road. I
The friends of both routes believe that
both will be ultimately built, and concede :
that both will benefit the city. The only
difference in our opinion, is to which
should the aid in the form proposed, be
extended first. With the foregoing, hasti
ly and incoherently written, we submit
to the decision of the majority, hoping ‘
it will eventuate in aggrandizing the
interests and prosperity of the city.
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The Rail Road Vote.
Editors Sun: Having always considered
you intelligent advocates of Columbus
interests, I was greatly surprised to find
in your issue of yesterday an editorial |
article in opposition to the proposed aid
for the LaGrange Rail Road, and in favor
of extending aid to another Road (Thom
aston and Geneva), which, as I conceive,
would be almost a refusal to aid any
Road at all.
Os what advantage would it be to Co- j
lumbus to have a connection at Barnes
ville? Have they not now a Road to
Macon only thirty miles south of Barnes
ville, and as good an outlet as could pos
sibly be had in that way for their cotton ?
And would the connection at Barnesville
enable our merchants to get their goods
or send their cotton any better than they
now can, or any cheaper ? Would not any
bale, box or bundle still have to wait the
movements and submit to the rates of the
Muscogee Road, before it could move one
mile from here towards that new Road ?
And when it reached the western end of
the proposed Road, would it not still be
in the hands of the Muscogee and Central
Rail Roads, and obliged to wait their
movements ? Besides all this, what new
trade would the proposed Road bring to
Columbus ? Has it not already all the
trade of the country through which it
would pass, except what lies nearer to
Macon than to Columbus? And if the
Road were built, is it not more probable
Macon would gain and Columbus lose by
the new connection?
Look at the other side : Columbus now
has no connection with the counties of
Troup, Meriwether, Heard, northern pnit
of Harris, and the north-western part of
Talbot (the best portion of the county.)
In this district is a slave population of
near 40,000, and the most valuable trade
Columbus ever had was the trade from
this section. For years past it has been
lost to Columbus—totally lost —and is
going in an unnatural direction towards
LaGrange, Griffin and Atlanta, just be
cause it, cannot get here by rail. The
friends of Columbus are moving to obvi
ate this difficulty by the LaGrange con
nection. Will you impede aud hinder
them ?
Again, Sirs : the citizens of Columbus
greatly need a competing line of Road—a
distinct, independent Road—that can
have, and will have, a voice in regulating
the rates of freight to and from Columbus.
Give us the LaGrange route, and then we
have some chance. If we cannot then
, get goods to and from Savannah at living
; rates, we may get them to and from
| Charleston. Two rival cifies of power
and will may then be broughtto generous
! rivalry for them, and we cannot lose by
the rivalry.
Once more, sirs: the great want of the
city, after all, is a direct trade with Ten
nessee, Kentucky, and the vast regions of
grain, bacon, &c., in that direction. The
; LaGrange route proposes this, and will
give the safest, shortest and cheapest
route yet proposed to secure this valua- ■
ble end.
With these reasons for the LaGrange
route, and not one good reason against it,
I hope you will give your influence to
secure a large city subscription to it.
_ CITIZEN.
Snow In Mississippi.
The N. O. Picayune of Tuesday say3 :
“The news from Mississippi, in our yes
terday afternoon’s edition, reported snow
to the south of Canton on Sunday even
ing. From a friend here, we learn that
the whole country at Carrollton, Miss.,
was covered with snow, and a severe
sleet followed.”
News for the “Fancy.”
The much talked of match between
Sayers, the champion of England, and
the “Benicia Boy” has been agreed on,
and the fight will come off in England
early in January.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
This body convened at 9 o’clock, Tues
day morning. The following aro the
must important bills introduced :
Mr. Jemison—A bill to incorporate
the Western Bank of Alabama, which
was read one time, and ordered to a
I second reading to-morro*w.
Mr. Brewer—A bill to amend section
43 of the Code of Alabama, which had
the same order.
Mr. Bullock—A resolution that, with
the concurrence of the House, the two
Houses meet in Joint Convention on to
morrow, at 10 a. in., logo into the elec
tion of a Public Printer. Adopted.
In the House Wednesday, this resolu
tion was taken up and concurred in.
Mr. Bullock introduced a resolution
that the President appoint a committee of
one Senator, from each Judicial Circuit,
to net with a similar committee of the
House, in re-organizing the Judicial Cir
cuits, and to report by bill or otherwise.
Adopted.
HOUSE.
On Wednesday, Mr. Clayton, of Bar
bour, announced that his colleague, Mr.
I Chambers, had arrived, and was ready to
take the oath of office.
Upon the call of the Committees Mr.
Hale, of Greene, a bill to amend proceed
ings in Chancery. [This bill dispenses
with a reference of exceptions, to bills,
[ answers and master’s reports to the
Register in the first instance, and per
mits the exceptions to come in the first
instance before the Chancellor.]
Mr. Saifold, of Montgomery, a bill to
incorporate the Montgomery and Eufaula
Rail Road Company.
Mr. Whitfield, of Tuscaloosa, a bill to
provide for the payment of detached bills
| on the State Bank and branches.
Mr. Herman, of Lauderdale, a resolu
tion that both Houses meet on Friday, at
II o’clock, to count the votes for GoVr
ernor. Carried.
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A Promise Redeemed.*
j In the canvass of 1855, Gov. Wise
! made a speech in Pittsylvania county, in
which he used the followibg language :
“Lastly, fellow citizens, let me advert
i to the fact that should I be elected Gov
-1 ernor of this Commonwealth, I shall vir
tute officii be the Commander in Chief of
I her forces. My experience in military
affairs is exceedingly scanty, however.
In early life I was elected Captain of a
i horse company in Accomac. On the day
of muster I met the company, called the
roll, inquired if there was any one in the
neighborhood who had any oats to be
trod out, and being informed there was
no such one, I dismissed the company
and have not seen it since. This is about
the sum and substance of my military
experience; but, fellow citizens, scanty
as it is, I pledge you that jf, during my
Governorship, the soil of Virginia stall
be invaded, or she be involved in war
from either outside or inside foes, I my
self will fly to her rescue, and by all the
means in her power, will strive to repel
the invader aud protect the lives, the
liberty and the property of my fellow
citizens.” *
Threatening Vengeance.
It appears that a band of aboiitionists
of Boston, incensed at the conduct of
Messrs. Logan and Fitzhugh, the gentle
men who arrested “Capt.” Cook, near
Cbambersburg, have determined to come
on this way and administer upon them
proper punishment for their “infamous
and inhuman treachery.” They have
addressed letters to the authorities at
Cbambersburg to that effect, and in one
of them make the bold assertion that “this
band of desperadoes will leave help
(Boston) in a few days, with a determi
nation never again to turn their faces
northward, or retrace their steps, until
the base treachery and dastardly crime
of Logan and his more infamous associ
ate are wiped out with their blood.” We
would advise them before coming this
way to make their wills, as we have no
abolitionists in this community to give
them “aid and comfort.” — Harrisburg
Patriot.
A Sad Scene in Court,
A handsome and respectably dressed
woman was brought into Justice Corn
well’s Court, yesterday morning, in a
i state of beastly intoxication. While in
| charge of the officers in the Court she
took a fit of delirium tremens, and the
scene that ensued was heartrending be
yond description. Her shrieks were so
terrible and agonizing, that even the offi
cers of the Court, used to such scenes,
were visibly moved. One of the officers
of the Court stated that, this woman was
the wife of an eminent physician, and
but a short time since was highly re
spected as an exemplary wife and mother,
and had everything around her to make
her life happy ; but in an evil hour she
yielded to the vice of intemperance, and
since then has gone down, step by step,
in her sad career. Her husband tried
every means in his power to reclaim her,
but without avail; and, as a final resort,
was obliged to have her arrested and sent
to the Penitentiary.— N. Y. Tribune.
The First Gun for the Great Eastern.
The Portland Advertiser says:
The residents in the eastern part of our
city were disturbed early on Monday
morning last, by a signal gun off the en
trance to our harbor. Those having faith
in the early appearance of the Great
Eastern, arose, dressed, and ran to their
house-tops and attics, thinking the long
expected steamer had come ; others were
faithless, waiting snugly in bed for the
second, which did not come. The gun
proved to be a signal gun from the New
York steamer, which left New Y’ork Sat
urday p. m., and arrived here about 4 a.
m., Monday. To those patient waiters
having charge of the Great Eastern salute
we can only repeat Cromwell’s advice,
“To trust in Providence, but keep their
powder dry /”
Two Suicides on one Steamboat,
In a recent number of the Vicksburg
Whig, we find the following paragraph :
On the last upward trip of the Victoria
a cabin passenger named T. B. Williams
shot himself. He got on at Gaines’ Land
ing, and papers found on his person in
dicated that he resided about Wilson,
Tennessee. He was frequently heard to
say, after getting on the boat, that he
was “willing to surrender,” but nothing
further courd be learned. On her down
ward trip a deck passenger, in a fit of
delirium tremens, jumped overboard and
was drowned.
Tlie Kind of Men wlio Rule Balti
more.
The day before the Baltimore election,
the following advertisements appeared
in the papers of that city : “ Awake, Ti
; ger3 !—Awake aDd face your enemy. At
tention, Tigers!—Meet at the regular
place of meeting at midnight. Business
1 of importance demands your presence.
’ Every Tiger is expected to be at his post.
By order of the Big Tiger. Jos. H. Ed
wards, President. A. G. Baulsbury, Sec
retary.” “Regulators!—Y'ou must know
your duty. Be on deck to night at our
restaurant. By order John Sbaney,
President.” The Tigers and Regolators
i are political Clubs.
Cnnningham-Burdell Case.
The CuDningham-Burdell case has been
i brought up again before the New York
Courts, on an application of George D.
Bulen, to obtain of the heirs to the Bur
dell estate $4,100, alleged to have been
expended by him in the contest before
the Surrogate in relation to Mrs. Cun
ningham’s claim. Bulen claims that it
was by his counsel that the counterfeit
baby plot was discovered.
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Mysterious Death.
The Tuskegee Republican of Thursday,
says: “On Saturday night, Joel Godwin,
a grocerv keeper in Notasulga, was
found lying in his store, lifeless. A stab
in the left groin was the only mark of
j violence about his person, but the wound
was sufficient to cause death in a few
i moments, as he bled freely. The author
of the deed is unknown.
Progreu of Language.
Last season the question used to be,
“Do you take your brandy straight, or
with water?” Now the form is, “Do
: you take your brandy straight or extend
* ed?”—Boston Traveler.