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For the Bun. Mr. Editor: On Saturday next the voters of Columbus are iuvited to approve or re ject a proposition to subscribe $50,000 of the Bonds of the city towards the building of a Rail Road from Columbus to La Graoge. The question should be consid ered in all its bearings before a wise de cision can be made. The first query suggested is whether, with the aid of this subscription, the Road will or can be built, or is it only the entering wedge to open the way for larger demands upon the resources of the city ? Secondly— what advantages is the city to reap from its construction ? The distance by rail would be about 48 miles, mainly through an undulating and, in part, mountainous country, intersected by many water oourses. It is safe to estimate the cost and equipments at $900,000, or a little less than $20,000 per mile. The Musco gee Rail Road, of 50 miles, cost $986,000, and is through a country of far more uniform grade. The South Western Road cost about $20,000 per mile. Does the town of LaGrange propose any large sub scription? Will the LaGrange and At lanta Road aid liberally in its construc tion ? Are the residents along the pro posed route pledged by subscription to any considerable amount to assist the work? These are questions full of in terest to the tax payers of Columbus, before they should embark in ihis enter prise. Who will furnish the desired information ? Let us next enquire to what extent the trade of our city is to be benefitted. By the common highway it is 45 miles from Columbus to LaGrange. By Rail Road, via Opelika, it is 68 miles. Is it worth an investment of nearly one million of dollars (of which the city, in the beginning, is asked to pay $50,000) to save about 22 miles in the transportation of our bacon, wheat and born ? Is this ” $50,000 to be the end of our subscriptions to this gigantic expenditure ? Let the Rail Road history of Columbus answer the question. But it will be answered that our trade will be largely increased from Meriwether and Troup counties, for we already have the trade of Harris county. This is a two-edged argument. Will it not make LaGrange, sustained by Charleston and Augusta capital, as good a cotton market as Columbus, as her proximity to the up-country will make her a better bacon and grain market ? If so, cotton may go on that Road within five miles of Columbus and find as good or better market than here. Flouring mills and foundries will spring up to compete with ours. In fine, all tbs ad vantages of such a Road will accrue to LaGrange, to the detriment of Columbus. The only great advantage to Columbus in the arrangement, in my opinion, is that greater facilities will be afforded us in the receiving of Northern goods by a line competing a little more directly than it now does with the Savannah route ; and, secondly, in the more speedy shipment of our cotton to Charleston. And in this point of view, I think it can be plainly shown that a much cheaper and more feasible route is open to accomplish these ends. Connect the Barnesville and Thomaston Road at or near Geneva on the Muscogee Road—a distance of 22 miles—and we reap all the advantages from the receipt of up-country produce that would be offered by the LaGrange Road. There would be no transhipment from Nashville and Knoxville to Colum bus. This link being supplied, it is then 32 miles from Griffin to Covington on the Georgia Rail Road, or 42 miles from Barnesville to Covington. That South Carolina Rail Roads and the Georgia Rail Road would promptly cause this short gap to be filled up by a Rail Road, is plain beyond all peradventure. Then Colum bus has the option of two Atlantic ports, and the competition of the Georgia Rail Road with the Central Rail Road for her freights. Then the cry would never be echoed from the Muscogee depot, “we haven’t cars to carry off your cotton.” Now the Central Road sends her cars here for cotton only when she is not pressed by her own and the cotton of the South Western Road. We are served third best. Then Central cars and Geor gia Rail Road cars would always be at your depot to take cotton, and bid for it oheap at that, and so would it be with our freights from New York. Can then this 22 miles from near Geneva to Thom aston be built? It would require no equipment of engines and rolling stock, for they would be supplied by the Macon and Western and Muscogee Roads. The iron could be cheaply supplied by that which is being substituted by heavy rail on the Muscogee Road, and which would be good for some years on a road not re quiring the speedy mail schedule demand ed of the Muscogee and South Wes ern Roads. Thus the cost of this 22 miles could be brought to about $220,000. Let the bonds of the city for $50,000 be is sued and this gap will be filled beyond a doubt. The Muscogee Road could and doubtless would aid to the extent of her ability. The citizens of Talbot are eager for it, and assert their willingness and ability to complete it. The Muscogee Road would be a beneficiary of this en terprise, and it is a matter of surprise that her stockholders have not urged its importance vigorously. It is to be hoped they may yet be aroused and heard from upon it. This movement would greatly benefit the Mobile and Girard Rail Road, and of course the city investment in its stock, The |*hole work being completed to Covington, we would be 20 miles nearer Augusta than we now are via Macon and Millen, and 63 miles nearer Charleston than we now are via Savannah. But, Mr. Editor, should this end not seem worthy of beiDg secured for such a trifling effort, the next interest of impor tance to us, and of infinitely greater value than tho LaGrange Road, is the proposed road from Opelika in the direction of Talladega, Ala. This penetrates a coun try rich in agricultural and mineral re sources, and possessed of no facilities to invite them to this market. Its extension would bring it into junction with the Alabama and Tennessee River Rail Road, and place Columbus iu direct communi cation with Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville, and entirely Bupercede the necessity of the LaGrange Rail Road, with infinitely greater advantages to our commercial prosperity. These suggestions, Sir, are hurriedly thrown together and require an apology for their want of method and elabora tion ; but if they shall excite any en quiry, or direct any investigation into the comparative importance of the various projects alluded to, they will have ac complished all proposed by the writer and your FELLOW-CITIZEN. The Mississippi by Night. By night the scene is one of startling interest and magicial splendor. Hun dreds of lights are glancing in different directions, from the villages, towns, farms and plantations on the shore, and from the magnificent “floating palaces” of steamers, that frequently look like moving mountains of light and flame, so brilliantly are these enormous river levi athens illuminated, outside and inside. Indeed, the spectacle presented is like a dream of enchantment. Imagine steam er after steamer come sweeping, sound ing, thundering on, blazing with their thousands of lights, casting long bril liant reflections on the fast rolling waters beneath. There are often a num ber of them, one after another, like so many comets in Indian file. Some of these are so marvellously and dazzlingly lighted they really look like Aladdin’s palace on fire, sent skurrying and dash ing down the stream, while, perhaps, just then, all else is darkness around it. I delighted, too, in seeing, as you fre quently do, the twinkling lights in the numerous cottages and homesteads dot ted here and there; and you often ob serve large wood fires lit on the banks, lookink like merry-making bonfires. These, I believe, are usually signals for the steamers to stop to take up passen gers, goods and animals.— Lady Wortley's Travels. The Guano Trade. From the official report, recently pub lished at Lima, Peru, it appears that the total quantity of guano shipped from the i I B ' a nds to June 80th, 1868, was 1 1,9 tons, the net value of which fewas $<>4,994,712. The number of vessels SMOo aged in tra< * e * 8 b efc ween 400 and For the Sun. Eds. Sun : There has recently appear ed iu your paper, a series of articles on the subject of Rail Roads, and their con nection with, and influence on the future of our city. While I approve entirely of the general views advanced in those arti cles, I desire to call attention more espe cially, to the proposed Road from Opelika via Dadeville, to Childersburg. In advo cating this especial route, I wish to be understood as not being opposed to other projects; Ido not love them less, but the Childersburg route more. The La Grange Road is a good one, and I am in favor of the subscription proposed by the City Council. The connection of t£e Thomaston and Muscogee Roads is a good move for us, but these two enter prises are mainly outlets for our business. The Dadeville and Childersburg is a feed er, and hence nrites its superior impor tance over any other route now proposed. The truth is, that it is our last bdcl only chance of tapping a new trade —a trade, that in my humble opinion, will equal all the Mobile and Girard Road has or ever will bring us. Any man who will exam ine the map of Alabama cannot, I think, rise from its perusal, without coming to the conclusion that we have no time for delaying this matter. The people along the route are anxious to build, and arecall ing on us to help. It is an old adage, that “hope deferred maketh the heart sick.” We may talk around and beat the bush, and consider, and while we are halting between two opinions, some rival will step in, and bear off the prize. We have already, lost largely in trade by procras tination in the past; let us learn wisdom from that, and seize every opportunity of enlarging the area of our influence, and concentrating at this point, a commercial influence and power, that will ultimately bid defiance to all competition. I regard the Childersburg Road as having more elements in tho future, to build up our city and give us a controlling influence, than any Road we now have, or may be hereafter built. When we get to Chil dersburg we shall be near the Central Road in Alabama, and by forming a con nection with them, we go to Decatur on the Memphis and Charleston Road. In addition to this, by running from Chil dersburg to Tuscumbia, we then have a nearer outlet to the Atlantic, (I think by one hundred miles) than any other route. Columbus will become the grand distributing point for all South-Eastern Alabama, South-Western Georgia and a large portion of Middle Florida—we shall be to the regions mentioned, what Atlanta is now. Our position be ; ng so much nearer the consumer, this must necessarily be the point to which Western produce will be sent for a market. In this view of the case—looking to future developments—l repeat that the proposed Road will be of more advantage to us, commercially, than any we have now, and will be belter paying stock. But lam told that there is no hope of the extensions being made to Tuscumbia ; I think there is not only hope, but almost a certainty that it will be done. This route will be a suc cessful competitor of the Memphis and Charleston Road for business, and the Rail Roads East of us, (to say nothing of the cities,) will find it greatly to their interest to have such a feeder as this would be. The bacon, pork, bagging, rope, &c., of the North-West would seek this route, because it runs directly to the doors of large masses, who consume such articles. But I will not argue the point. I desire simply to call attention to these prominent points, and leave the people to form their own conclusions. MERCHANT. Arrtval of the Overland Mail. St. Louis, Nov. 10. The overland mail of the 17th arrived last night. Gen. Scott arrived at San Francisco on Sun day morning, the 16th, and received a most enthusiastic reception. As the steamer entered the bay, the battery of Fort Point fired a salute, being the first guns ever fired from that Fort, which was followed by a like welcome from the batteries on Alcatrez island, and the revenue cutter Wm. L. Marcy. On tho approach of the Golden Age to the wharf, the steamers Sonora, North erner, Clipper and Twilight each fired an honorary salute. Various military com panies and thousands of citizens awaited Gen. S.’s landing on the dock. Gov. Weller escorted Gen. Scott to an open carriage, which was attended by the military. He passed through a multitude of people, whose cheers were almost in cessant, to Oriental Hotel, where, being loudly called on, be made v short speech, remarking that the reception accorded him, in its unanimity and universality, had so astonished and confounded him that words were inadequate to express his sentiments. Speeches were also made by Governor Weller, Gen. Clarke, and D. Baker. ♦ Late from California. New York, Nov. 10.—The steamship Atlantic has arrived with California dates to the 20th ult. She brings over $1,000,- 000 in gold. The Atlantic left Aspinwall on the 2d inst., up to which time the Vanderbilt steamer, North Star, hence on the 20th ult., bad not reached Aspinwall. It was understood that Gen. Scott would leave for Puget’s Sound on the af ternoon of the 7th, on the steamer Northerner. Major Dodge, Indian Agent of Utah, arrived at San Francisco with survivors of the Mountain Meadow’s massacre— five women and five children. There were indications of another fili buster expedition against Sonora organ izing in San Francisco. Business continued dull. Prices un changed. Trade with the country showed no improvement, and city jobbers were buying nothing. The official returns of the wheat crop, from fourteen counties, show the product to be three and a half million bushels against one and three quarter millions in the same counties last year. This immense increase is sup posed to be general, which will render it necessary to export half the wheat pro duct to New York or Australia. Over eighty thousand bushels have already been shipped to Australia. The ship Davy Crockett bad sailed for New York with a cargo of wheat. Lieut. Mowry, of Arizona, came pas senger by this mail. He reports contin ued depredations on the Mail Company’s stations by the Indians. A force of two hundred troops had gone to chastise the Apaches. San Francisco, Oct. 17.—Gen. Scott spent the day receiving friends. He started at 6 o’clock, this evening, for Puget’s Sound, on the steamer North erner. A Snake Story. The Savannah Republican says: On Saturday last, a young gentleman at the Central Rail Road depot, took up an ice pitcher to take a drink of water, when a snake started out and coiled itself around his arm, frighting him considerably, but inflicting no wound, as he was quickly shaken off. It was a species of mocassiu, not considered poisonous. How it came in the pitcher is past conjecture. The Southern Rail Road from Vicks- j burg to the Alabama line and thence to Montgomery has been let to contract from j Brandon, Miss., to the Alabama line, to ; be completed during next year. It will cross the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road at Meridian and the Tombeckbee at Demop olis as is supposed—thence via Union- | town, Selma and Marion to Montgomery. \ —♦ —i — We learn from the Huntsville (Ala.) J Advocate, that the gin house of Messrs. j Nicholas and D. C. Davis in Madison county, was burnt on Sunday lost, to- ; gether with about 70,000 pounds of seed cotton. It is supposed to have been set j on fire by one of the negroes of the place. - -♦ Rati Road Fare to the Georgia Conference* Preachers attending the Georgia Con ference, to be held in Rome, on the 14th of December next, (says the Southerner of that place.) will please call for Minis ters’ Tickets, at the various depots where they take the rail road, and they will be furnished at half price. Alabama Legislature. Hon. A. B. Meek, the Speaker elect, j upon being introduced to the House, made the following address : Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: For the distinguished honor you have seen ifit to bestow upon roe in selecting me to preside over your deliberations, 1 j return you my most sincere and heartfelt j acknowledgments. To be selected to fill [ the position to which you have so gene rously called me, is at any time an honor. The people of the State have selected as their representatives men distinguished I for high abilities, undoubted patriotism, ; and love for our institutions, beyond probably any representative body that has heretofore assembled iu this Hall, and to be selected to fill the position by such a body, I feel to be a very high and unmerited honor. I feel the responsi bility devolving upon me, and have a full consciousness of my inability to discharge fully the duties appertaining to me as your presiding officer. I cordially rely, however, on your generosity, gentlemen, in the fulfilment of the duties required of me. In the present condition of our State i affairs, measures of the utmost impor tance will come before you, requiring careful deliberation and your serious at tention. These measures cannot be pro perly attended to, unless strict order is maintained in your deliberations. Give me your aid, then, in maintaining this order, so that we may all properly dis charge our duties and benefit the State. It is by order that the grandest and great est events go on. I remember to have been present when that question affecting the interests of so large a portion of mankind was decided in the Supreme Court of the United States. I refer to what is known as the Dred Scott decision, and I could not but admire the simplicity, and yet the great dignity that distinguished the Court in that event —the grandeur with which the decision was given. There sat the vener able Chief Justice. Roger B. Taney, like some old prophet lingering on the verge of the other world, enunciating princi ples of the greatest importance to the people o*f this Union ; and, whenever the slightest disturbance interrupted his pro ceeding, he raised a simple pencil, the murmur was hushed, and thus the great movement went on. It was a scene worthy of contemplation. In like man ner, I hope order will be preserved in this House, and that by the expedition of business, the best interests of the State will be duly attended to. Thanking you, gentlemen, again for the great honor you have conferred on me, I will, in conclusion, request the honorable member from Dallas county to administer the usual oath. Later from Texas. New Orleans, Nov. 11.—Rio Grande city has been attacked by a portion of Cortinas’ band, and nearly every house pillaged. It is reported that Cortinas has two bands, numbering nearly 700 men. The people of Brownsville are in great distress, as Cortinas threatens to destroy the town and cut off and murder all reinforcements. New Orleans, November 12.—Corpus Christi advices to the 7th instant, report Cortinas encamped near Brownsville with 450 men, and as many more out in parties scouring the valley of the Rio Gr nde, plundering farms and attacking defence less settlements. He has hoisted the Mexican flag, and a band of 100 men from Mexico have joined him. The Mexican population on both sides the Rio Grande appear to be preparing to join with him in endeavoring to drive from the valley all Americans. The citizens of Corpus Christi have called a meeting to take measures to pro tect their town. They call on the resi dents of the adjoining counties to arm themselves and come to their rescue. Nothing is being done in New Orleans by either the Federal, State or local au thorities towards the relief of the people of the Rio Grande Valley. There are volunteers enough willing to go, but lack the means. Something will, undoubted ly, be done to forward their wishes. An extra from the office of the Ran chero is as follows : Danger of Nueces County from Cor tinas.—A very excited meeting has just been called, and the following gentlemen named a committee of Safety : Chief Jus tice 11. A. Galpin; T. A. Dwyer, G. Pfeuffer, J. O’Connor and J. M. Howell. Aid is most anxiously looked for from our neighbors. We are short of men and arms. A reinforcement of Tobin’s company is absolutely necessary, By order of the Committee. Corpus Christi, Nov. 7.—11 a. in. The N. O. Delta of the 12th says: A company of United States troops, about seventy-five in number, under command of Captaiu James Ricketts, who have been stationed at Baton Rouge, left this morning on board of the steamship Ari zona, for Brazos Santiago, en route for Brownsville. We learn that quite a num ber of young men were down on the pier wishing to go, but no one wanted to take them. That General William Walker did not go we can attest, as this reporter got a glimpse of him indulging in a quiet breakfast at Sam’s. Horrible Affair—Murder of Mr. Page The Montgomery Advertiser of yester day, says: It was with much regret that we learned from our young townsman, P. D. Page, Esq , that his father, who resides in Conecuh county, was waylaid and mur dered by a highwayman on Friday even ing last, if we mistake not, near Clai borne, Ala. The circumstances, as de tailed to us, were about as follows: Mr. Page and a brother in-law of his had been to market to dispose of their cotton, and on their return home, finding that an ob struction had been placed in the road, the latter got out of the buggy to remove it. Whilst he was engaged in doing this, someone, who was concealed near by, fired upon the old gentleman, who had kept his seat iu the vehicle—the contents of the gun taking effect in his breast. He is said to have expired in a few moments. Subsequently, the kinsman of Mr. Page was also fired upon, and severely, but perhaps not mortally wounded. He suc ceeded in getting into the buggy, and driving at a rapid rate, soon reached a house some two or three miles distant, with the body of the deceased still in the vehicle—thus escaping from the hands of the supposed highway robber. P. D. Page, Esq , left this city Satur day evening for Conecuh county, and is determined to use every exertion to fer ret out the whereabouts of the inhuman wretch who perpetrated this diabolical deed. It is to be hoped that he may be successful, and that justice may yet be meted out to the assassin. Profitable Rail Road. The Petersburg Express says: “ The Guanabacon branch of the Regia and Mantanzas Railway, has thus far proved more profitable than any other railway in this hemisphere, and indeed, with two exceptions, in the whole world. In fifteen months from the period of its going into operation it has returned 37 per cent, of | the capital stock to the shareholders, and I should the present rate of traffic contin- I ue two years longer, the branch will ! have entirely paid for itself.” Magnificent Fan. One of the bridal offerings of Senor Ovideo to Miss Bartlett, his wife, was a magnificent fan, with carved pearl sticks, ! inlaid with enameled paintings, and fine I thread lace top, chased gold ring for tas sel, ornamented with diamonds, imported I by order of Signor Ovideo—the whole costing S3OO. Don Estaban could find . nothing in Yankee land fine enough to i suit, and so had to send to Paris for it. Heavy Sentence. , A few days since, Mary E. Jones, of Lawrence, Mass., who pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter, in deserting her infant in the woods of Haverhill, was sentenced to 20 years’ bard labor in the House of Correction. She was only 18 years of age, and had been driven almost crazy by her husband deserting her. Cotton Shippers Application Books, handsomely role *1 and bound, for sale at the Oct. 20. SUN OFFICE, i THE ATLANTA FIRE! We find the followingparticulars of the fire which occurred at Atlanta on Wednes day night, in the Augusta Constitutional ist, which were obtained by that paper from the messenger of the Adams’ Ex . press Company: The fire commenced about half past 11 1 o’clock on Wednesday nighi, and was not controlled until about two a. m. It orig mated at or near the corner of Whitehall and Alabama stre'ets, next to the Bank of • Fulton. It then continued up Whitehall I to tbe new brick building occupied by ; Beech & Root, as a fancy dry goods store. The fire also burnt down Markum’s j corner and up Alabama street to Sam | Down’s grocery. It also extended up j Whitehall street to Holbrooks’ hat store, j which was saved, although some adjoin ing rooms were destroyed. Tbe principal bouses burnt were occu pied as follows: Miller & Cos., book and job printing office; Braumiller’s music store; White & Cos., dry goods store ; Brown’s clothing establishment; J. 11. & C. 11. Wallace, ! hardware store; J. D. Lockhart, exchange broker; Shackelford’s auction store; F. H. Coleman, grocery merchant; W T . H. Jones, stationery store; DeShong’sda guerrean gallery ; Greenbaum’s clothing store ; Giovanni & Venaglia’s drug store ; Fish’s law office; Heinz's gun establish ment; Cutting & Stone, large dry goods store. There were several small stores burnt down ou Alabama street, occupied as con fectionaries, barber shops, tailor shops, jewelry stores, &c., the Dames of occu pants not remembered. During tbe fire, there were two children burnt to death, and their remains found ! and removed from the burning embers, j Another child is still missing, and sup posed to have been burnt. The mother of the children lost was also much burned, and her recovery is doubtful. Her name is Horton, and her husband is a painter by trade. Some of the establishments burnt down are about the largest business houses in Atlanta, and the loss is estimated at 1 | $300,000. A private letter, received says : i “W 7 e bad the greatest fire ever known : in Atlanta last night. It was discovered in the drug store near Mr. Shackelford’s auction rooms. It soon spread, and in a short time the whole corner was on fire. It exteuded down to the Fulton bank. The water gave out. The whole of the Intelligencer office is in ruins, also the two next blocks up Whitehall. Miss Berry, a milliner, barely escaped with ! her life. Tlio cause of the fire is un known. Several children were thrown | from windows and caught by the crowd. | The entire Coleman corner is in ruins, I down to the Fulton bank.” AWFUL FIRE IN GRIFFIN! PART OF A SIDE OF HILL ST. IN RUINS ! Between 1 and 2 o’clock this morning a fire was discovered in tbe Empire State office, on the west side of Hill street, which spread rapidly to adjoining build ings, and as we write, promises to con sume the whole block, if not more.— Those burnt out at the time of writing (4 o’clock iu the morning) are: Tbe Masonic Lodge building, occupied I by the Empire State printing office ; W. i R. Phillips & Cos., dry goods merchants ; and Cherry & Brothers, grocers, are burned ; and the south side of the block, embracing tbe stores of E. Sherman & Cos.. McWilliams & Roberts, Samuel Mc- Williams, F. M. Ison, the Planters’ Bank Agency, and Farrar & Redd. Doyal & Campbell’s law office is destroyed, most of the loss falling upon Mr. Campbell— . the firm papers having been saved at the expense of bis individual interests. Mr. Frederick Dismuke’s law office, and Dr. Daniel’s laboratory, were entirely con sumed, with their contents. A. D. Nun nally’s law office destroyed, but most of his papers and effects saved. The Em pire State office is entirely consumed, not a book, type or paper being saved, so far j as we can learn. The fire was checked at tbe warehouse : of B. W. Ferrill on one side, and J. A | Beeks & Cos. on the other. The warehouse of B. W. Ferrill is not destroyed, but some 500 bales of cotton, as far as we can judge, have beeu con sumed. Planters’ cotton safe. It is impossible, iu the present state of ■ confusion, to compute the loss. The In- I surance offices have suffered severely. The ./Etna, Hartford, and North American I insurance companies will sustain a loss of | not less than $32,000. J. M. Cole’s loss on cotton is not less I than $5,000. — Griffin (Ga.) South. L-^_L—/ A New Gold Mine. The Marietta Advocate says: “We learn with much pleasure that a gentle | man of this place has opened an exceed j ingly rich gold mine, a specimen from which has been exhibited to us, rich with the precious ore. The ore is found in a regular vein, cut open on the surface about, five hundred yards, on lot of land No. 15 of the 20th district, and 2d sec tion, of this county, and in the Alatoona gold belt of Georgia. The vein, near the center of the lot, has been opened by a shaft of 54 feet. The vein did not begin to form until at the depth of 23 feet, where it was one inch thick, including slate, quartz, and iron ore, with some gold. At 16 feet deeper tbe vein was 18 inches thick, with an increased quantity of gold. At 15 feet deeper still, the vein was three feet thick, with slate quartz and iron ore bearing gold on the quartz, (in the language of a friend who fur nishes these details,) almost as speckled as a guinea egg. “Kansas Work” in Georgia. The Savannah Republican of the 14th, l says : “We were informed, some days ago, by a gentleman whose statements are entitled to credit, that seventeen gin i houses, with their contents, have beeu ! destroyed in the course of the last two weeks, in the county of Talbot alone, i The number repels all idea of accident, I and especially when we recollect that in | cendiarism was one of the plans of “old j Brown,” and that particular region was specifically designated on his map. A ! further statement gives confirmation to this conclusion. A letter reached Mil ledgeville a few days ago, announcing the belief that a squad of Brown’s emis saries were concealed in the neighbor hood of Pine Mountain, in Meriwether county, and that an express had been sent to Talbotton for a force to scour that region and capture the miscreants, if possible. “Old Brown” In Georgia. i A correspondent of the Savannah Re | publican, writing from Upson county, the ; 15th, says it is all a mistake about seven j teen gin houses being burnt in Talbot county, where he has lately been and I learned it from good authority. He also I contradicts the report that a band of Brown’s emissaries were concealed in the | neighborhood of Pine Mountain, Meri -1 wether county. He reports everything quiet in that section of the State. Brave Abolitionists. Horace Greeley says in the Tribune, j that he will be in Washington on the sth December, and after the adjournment of Congress for the da} 1 , he is perfectly willing, on bis own expense, and without i a requisition from Gov. Wise, too meet the ! latter on the Virginia side of the river 1 and give in, under oath, all he knows ■ bearing upon the Harper’s Ferry affair Gin House Burnt. On Saturday night about 10 o’clock, j says the Canton (Miss.) American Citizen, tbe gin house of Mr. E. R. Anderson, with twenty-two bales of cotton belonging to Mr. Anderson, and eight or ten be longing Mr. Smith, was consumed by fire. Tbe Petersburg Express of Tuesday learns that tbe gin bouse of Mr. T. C. Heyman, of Edgecombe county, with about 25,000 pounds of seed cotton, was j buret on Friday of last week. From the N. 0. Picayune of the 13th. BROWNSVILLE TAKEN ! Desperate hand to hand Battle! CORTINAS IX POSSESSION’ OF THE TOWS. By the arrival, this morning, of the steamer Charles Morgan, Capt. Lawless, from Indianola and Galveston the 11th, we have the following highly important information: Corpus Ciiristi, Nov. 7, 1859. On the 29th October, Cortinas and his band surrounded the town of Brownsville. On the 30th, Cortiuas ordered the barri cades to be charged, at the same time his men made good au entrance from the yards at the back of the stores and dwelling houses ; in a moment his men and ours were mixed up in a hand to hand fight, and in a moment more the barricades were forced. After five hours hand to hand fighting, we were forced to retreat, and succeeded in making our es cape to the other side of the river. Cortinas’ attacking party consisted of about 400 men, and he has, in all proba bility, 200 men patrolling the country to prevent communication with the city. In all told, we had abont fifty white men under arms, and these were aided by one hundred and fifty Mexicans, sent from Matamoras. Col. Manuel Narnnco commanded this force. I can form no idea of the number of men killed on either side. The cry of the Mexicans was, “Death to all Americans! No quar'er!” And such was truly the case, as is proven by the death of every man Cortinas has taken prisoner. On Tuesday morning Cortinas had en tire possession of Brownsville. In preseuce of L. Meyers and John I. Morris. W. A. MILLER. TnE State of Texas. 1 County of Nueces, f Before me, E B. Moseley, Notary Pub lic in and for said county and State, per sonally came and appeared W. J. Miller, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that the foregoing affidavit is strictly true. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my hand and affixed my seal of I office the 7th day of November, A. D. 1859. E. B. MOSELEY, Notary Public. Mexican and Texas News. Nkw Orleans, Nov. 14. —The rebellion at Victoria, in Northern Mexico, has been quelled, and the leaders shot. The troops seut to quell it marched to Gen DcGollados’ head-quarters, at San Luis. The affidavit.of Mi'ler, (by the Charles Morgan,) stating that Brownsville had been captured, is pronounced unreliable. ! The previous affidavit is not credited. [The outbreak at Victoria, the Capital of the State of Tamaulipas, in Mexico, originated with prisoners in jail there, on the 10th of October. They were joined by the jail guard, and took posses sion of the arsenal, and made prisoners of the men stationed thore. The insur gents were repulsed with some loss of life. Gen. Guerrero said that the mu tiny was merely initiative to a proclama tion in favor of the reactionary party ; the mutineers extended their theater cf operations, but have now been success j fully checked. j New Orleans, Nov. 15. —Advices from the City of Mexico, to the sth inst., are at hand. Marquez boldly avows the seizure of the funds in the hands of a conducta, for patriot’s purposes. Mar quez is expected at the Capital. There are prospects of superseding Miramon. From Washington. Washington, Nov. 11. —Reliable in formation, just received from Utah, states that Judges Sinclair and Cradel baugh are on their way to Washington. Mr. Hartnell, Secretary of the Territory, arrived here yesterday. It appears that there continues to be frequent murders and assassinations, but no arrests, as the Mormons systematically obstruct the course of justice. The opinion prevails among all the Gentiles that the Courts will be useless unless the Government changes its policy. Gen. Johnston is so restricted by his instructions that he can not move to afford the necessary protec tion. The continuance of the army, at •Camp Floyd, only serves to add to the prosperity of the Mormons, by means of large sums of money spent iu the Terri tory for supplies. Fires at New Orleans. New Orleans, Nov. 14.— There have been five fires since Saturday—three of them unimportant new Basin row, and six stores on Rampart street were burned with a loss of seventy thousand dollars. Also nine squares containing eighty small buildings above Chippewa street, in the fourth district were destroyed at a loss of one hundred thousand dollars. No water could be obtained to control the fire. At least one hundred families were burnt out, and all the work of vile incen diaries. Mexican Protect prate. Washington, Nov. 14 — lt is reported here, in well informed circles, that Gen. Sam Houston’s proposition for a limited Protectorate over Northern Mexico, has been increasing in favor with the Admin istration. Since the Rio Grande dis turbances, it is not unlikely that this Protectorate policy will form an impor tant feature in the debates of the next Congress. Judge Douglas Alarmingly 111, Washington, Nov. 14. — The Hon. S. A. Douglas is now alarmingly ill. A council of physicians were all night in attendance on his case. Some difference of opinion exists among his professional attendants as to the probability of liis recovery ; but all admit that he is dangerously ill. Washington, Nov. 15.—Senator Doug las was considered better to-day by his physicians. Resignation of a Judge. ! Baltimore, Nov. 11. —It is announced | that Judge Kemp, of the Orphan’s Court, | who was elected on both the Reform and | American tickets, has written a letter to | the Governor declining to accept his com mission, on the ground that the election was so vitiated by violence as to afford no test of the popular choice. Gerrit Smith. Utica, Nov. 10 — Gerrit Smith shows continued marks of insanity. No one is allowed to see him, but it is understood, that he refers in his ravings to the Harp er’s Ferry matter, and Supposes himself arrested. Horse Census. The following curious account is given ; in Appleton’s Cyclopaedia, of the number i of horses in the various parts of the j world : ! The general estimate has been eight cr I ten horses in Europe for every hundred j inhabitants. Denmark has 45 horses to ! every hundred inhabitants, which is more I than any other European country. Great ! Britain and Ireland have 2,500,000 horses; France 3,000,000 ; Austrian em pire, exclusive of Italy, 2,600,000; Rus sia 3,500,000. The United States have 5,000,000, which is more than any Euro pean country: the horses of the whole world are estimated at 57,420,000. Rail Road Accident. The Louisviiie Journal of Tuesday, says: “After the morning train from Nashville had passed through the long cut this side of Muldrough’s Hill, and when turning the curve, the engineer per j ceivud a horse lying on the track and a man close by. The locomotive was only < some twenty feet from them and it was impossible to check it. The train passed | over the horse and killed it. The man i was picked up in an insensible condition, , with a dangerous cut on the forehead. One of the assistant female teachers in one of the public schools of Cincinnati, undertook to chastise a little urchin a few days ago, and the little scamp raised her garments and took refuge beneath her hoops. She was compelled to agree to a truce before the little scamp would come out. An Old Line Whig, in a neat after-din ner speech, remarked that “fugitive slaves should be given up, because “we should render unto the seiztrs the things that are the seizers.’” A BILL To incorporate the Chattahoochee Slack Water Navigation Company. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That Alexander McAlister, Hezekiah in crate. Thomas T. Smith, Martin I. Alex ander, J. C. McClay, Henry R. Taylor, | Thomas P. Painter, Nicholas T. Christian, ( Eli S. Shorter, James Buchanan, John M. , Wade, Thomas B. Andrews and their as j sociates and successors in office, are hete by declared to be a body corporate under ! the name and corporate style cf the Chat tahoochee Slack Water Navigation Com . pany, and by that name shall have power to elect a President and five Directors, and shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and by that name shall sue and be sued, plead and be im pleaded in any court of law or equity in this State, and shall have power to pur chase and hold real and personal estate, make and use a common .seal and the same to alter or change at pleasure, and the full and complete power of establish ing such a constitution and by-laws and : regulations ns may be adopted by the , officers and members of said Company , : Provided, such constitution and by-laws j be not incons.stent with the Consitution j and laws of this State, or the United States. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted , That said Company so incorporated, shall meet at Fort Gaines within twelve months after the passage of this Bill, either in person or by proxy, to elect a President and five Directors out of their number, who shall hold their reipective offices until the 2d Monday in January thereafter, and until others shall be elected. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted , That said Directors shall have power to open books and receive subscriptions under such rules regulations as they tnay see proper to adopt, for any amount of stock not ex ceeding one million of dollars. Sec. 4. Be it. further enacted. That said Company shall have full power and au thority to erect and build dams across the Chattahoochee river, with locks and gates at any points that they may deem neces sary, or that shall be necessary for the successful navigation of such river, not exceeding ten in number; That said Company shall be required to keep said dams, locks and gates so built, iu good repair. , Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted, That after said Company shall have built and completed said dams and locks, or any one or more of them, it shall be author ised to receive and collect from each and every boat passing said locks, or either of them, in cash, the following rates of toll, to-wit : For each bale of cotton, the sum of 10 cents. “ dry barrel, “ “5 “ “ “ wet barrel, “ “ “ 7'A “ “ “ sack of salt, “ “ “ 3 “ “ “ cvvt. of heavy goods, “ “ 2)4 “ 44 •• passenger, “ “ 25 “ j And upon all articles not enumerated above, a proportionate toll; That each and every Purser or Commander of any boat plying upon said river, shall be re quired to give, in writing, under oath, to the keeper of each lock through which his or their boat may pass, a full and plain list of all of the freight contained upon said boat, and a list of all of her | passengers, before she shall be allowed to pass any of the locks constructed by this Company ; and the person or persons keeping such lock or locks, are hereby fully empowered and authorised to ad- . minister oaths for that purpose. No ! stockholder shall be liable for the debts of said Company, farther than the amount of his stock in said Company. ♦- From the Federal Union. An Appeal for tlie Supreme Court. The members of the Legislature are not unmindful of the fact that the Supreme Court is au unpopular institution with the people. That it is growing more so every day is also known, and that now is the time to re-organize it or abolish it altogether. Believed of its itinerant character —its justly wou title of “saddle bags” Court—the J udges given more time to pronounce their decisions, and other lesser changes made, the Court would be a monument to the wisdom of those who advocated its organization. The frequent changes of the Judges impairs its useful ness, while the removal of a Judgo for his mere opinion in a case, is a precedent dangerous to be set, a blow at the inde pendence of the Judiciary, and the erec tion of a standard for the qualification of an officer destructive to the rights of the people, an l prejudicial to the ends of i justice. Were men infallible, the rule j would be a good one ; but in view of the weakness of human nature, a correct version of the law would be a matter of less moment than the effect of its enun ciation upon the popular ear. Passion and prejudice would turn the scales ot justice as quickly as the coat of the po litical trickster, and firmness and integ rity, honesty of conviction, and purity of purpose, would yield before the despotism . f public opinion. Let us rally together to preserve the Court. The emergency has arrived The people expect to hear from their Representatives upon the sub ject. Will they not counsel together and adopt a plan for its re organization?— The Judiciary Committees of the two Houses should mature a bill at the earli est day. Will they do it, or abolish the Court? CHEROKEE. Our Cotton Trade with Great Britain. The following statement, which the Washington Constitution condenses from the British official custom-house returns, shows the regular increase in the impor tation into Great Britain of American cotton, and the gradual diminution in the quantities supplied by all other countries. Raw Cotton imported into Great Britain from Jan. 1 to September 1. 1859. 1858. 1857. cwts. ewts. cwts. From United 5tate5...6,302,411 5,780,040 4,871,411 From Brazil 89,037 101,297 174.551 From Egypt 214,090 218,454 153,061 From Br. E. Indies.... 094,791 612,118 1,090,380 Other countries 54,375 75,305 31,408 Total 7,404,710 6,787,114 6,327,417 The following presents the values (es timated at the rate of $5 to the pound sterliug) of the cotton imported into Great Britain during the seven months, ending July 31, of the same years : 1859. 1858. 1857. From U. States.s97,o4B.Boo $86,029,770 $85,593,020 From Brazil 1.195,825 1.737,230 3.158,980 From Egypt 3,452,655 3,324,200 3,062,385 From Br. F. 1... 7,363,390 7.210.545 11,621.530 Other countries 613,765 1,066,930 518,905 Total 110,274,535 99.868,675 103,954.520 The Electoral College of 1860. The free States will be entitled to votes in the Electoral College as follows: Maine 8 Michigan 6 New Hampshire 5 Indiana 13 \ ernoont 5 Illinois n Massachusetts 13 j lowa 4 Rhode Island 4 j Wisconsin 5 Connecticut 7 California 4 New York 35 Minnesota 4 New Jersey 6 Oregon 3 Pennsylvania. 27 1 Kansas 3 Ohio 28 j ’ Total 188 The slave States will be entitled to votes in the Electoral College as follows: Virginia 15 Louisiana 6 1 Delaware 3 Arkansas 5 i Maryland STennessee 12 ! North Carolina 10 [Kentucky 12 : South Carolina 8 Missouri “ ip Georgia 10 Florida 3! Alabama OjTexas 5 j Mississippi’ 7 Total 420 1 Total vote of free States . ..186 Total vote of slave States 1 Majority for free States Aggregate vote of free and slave States 307 Majority necessary to elect a President..... Paul , Gone over to the Enemy. We publish this morning an extract of a speech by Hon. F. P. Stanton, delivered recently at Lecompton, Kansas, in which he formally takes leave of the Democrat ic party and espouses the cause of the Black Republicans. We had heard it in timated some months ago that he intend ed to do so, and hence we are not at all taken by surprise, and can only express our regret. He is in pursuit, as he has always been, of his private and individu al fortunes, and under the plea of prin ciple he throws himself into the arms of the stronger party in order that his aspi rations may the more certainly be pro moled. Let him go. We will not mourn over the loss of one we can so well and reasonably spare, —Memphis Appeal. Later from Kansas and Utah. Leavenworth, Nov. 11.—The Express from Denver, 3d imt., has arrived with thirty five thousand dollars in treasure. B. D. Williams, delegate elect from Jefferson, has also arrived. It is said bis seat is to be contested by Dr. Willing, lor whom it is alleged that over two thousand votes were cast, but were thrown out by | the canvassers The election of Mr. Steel for Governor I is confirmed. ■ The Legislature would meet ou the i 7th instant. From New York.. New York, Nov. 13.—A sergeant and ’ eight men left Governor’s Island yester day for Harper’s Ferry, to strengthen the military force and arsenal at that place This addition will raise the num ber of men on duty there to forty men, which is deemed sufficient to protect the place from all apprehended assaults. From Haytl. New Y'ork, Nov. 14. —Hayti advices state that twenty individuals connected with the recent conspiracy and murder of j the President’s daughter, have been con ! victed and sentenced to death, sixteen | have already been hung, < ue respited and ! three escaped. General Ocean Ulysses, j for the suppression of the facts, was sen tenced to three years’ imprisonment. Ship News—Disaster. Savannah, Nov 16—The steamship Augusta from New York has arrived The schooner Ka*e Brigham, which ar rived to day reports passing about sixty miles from Charleston, the wreck of the schooner Swan of Philadelphia—she was dismasted, water logged and abandoned. The Wanderer Prisoners. Savannah, Nov 16 — The cases of Brown, Ragesta and Aguiria, seamen on j board the yacht Wanderer, were brought I up for trial, to day, in the United States Court. The jury was empanneled, and the trial commenced. Judge Douglas’ Condition. Washington, Nov. 16.—Judge Doug las’ condition is improving. Washington, Nov. 15.—Mrs. Douglas is considered better to-day. Marine Disaster. New Orleans, Nov. 15—The steam ship Robert Waterman has been aban doned, and is a total loss. Her cargo was plundered by the fishermen tn tLe coast. Fever—Snow. New Orleans, Nov. 15.—There were but three deaths from yellow fever in this j city last week. Snow fell, Sunday last, in the State of j Mississippi. Texas News. New Orleans. Nov. 16.—The Legisla ture has been organised. The Ilouston ists elected all of the officers. Lieut. Hogan was badly wounded in a battle with the Indians on the fourth The Indians were defeated. Safety of the North Star. New York, Nov. 17. —The steamship | North Star, about whose safety a great deal of anxiety was felt, has been heard of. She went ashore on the French Keys on the 29th ult., having been seven days out, but she was got off without any as- I sistance, and proceeded on her voyage on ’ the 2d. Ship News. Boston, Nov. 17.—The schooner C. 11. Pearslee, from Jacksonville bound to Philadelphia, capsized when five days out and the captain, his wife, and five seamen were lost. One of the seamen, George Slatterly, was saved, and has arrived j here. Another Fire. New Orleans, Nov. 16.—Ten dwell ings in the fourth distriet, were burnt to day by an incendiary. Havre Cotton Market. New Y'ork, Nov. 17.—We have received Havre dates to the 31st ult. At Havre, on that day, the cotton mar ket was stiff. The sales of the four pre vious days were 8,700 bales. Orleans Strict Middling was quoted at 105f. The stock was 40,000 bales. Excitement at Charlestown, A a. We learn, says the Petersburg (Va.) Express, that considerable excitement 1 still exists at Charlestown, Va., caused j by nurner us inceudiary fires in the j neighborhood, and a belief among the inhabitants that “old Brown’s” emissaries were still lingering about. The Mayor i of Charlestown has issued the foilowiug proclamation : A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is deemed prudent and j right, by the town Council of Charles iown, that there should not be longer permitted to retuaiu iu our town or coun ty. any stranger who cannot give a satis factory account of himself, now, there fore, 1, Thomas C. Green, Mayor ot Charlestown, do hereby proclaim, and make known, that all such strangers must immediately leave the town or county, and if they do not, any member of the Town Council, the Town Sergeaut, Col. Davis, Lawson Botts, E. M. Asquith, Wells J. Hawks, are requested to make it their special business to bring such stran- ! gers before the Mayor, or some Justice of the Peace, to be dealt with according to | law; and the authorities of Harper’s Fer I ry, Bolivar, Shepherdstown, or Middle- I way, and all other authorities in the county, are hereby requested to take like j action. THOMAS C. GREEN, Nov. 12,'59. Mayor of Charlestown. On the appearance of this proclamation, i Mr. Hoyt, who had returned to toe town, j Mr. Seunot, one of the counsel for the j prisoners, and Mr. Jewett, connected j with Frank Leslie’3 paper, received an intimation from Col. Davis that they were | amoDg the strangers whose presence was ; not satisfactory to the people, and that ! their personal safety would best be se- j cured by an early departure. Mr. Sen- j not declined leaving until he had con- j eluded his business. Mr. Hoyt had i already made arrangements for his de- j | parture before the proclamation appeared, and he, with Mr. Jewett, left there on ! Saturday. Mr. Jewett was suspected— unjustly, he declares—of being the cor respondent of the New Y'ork Tribune, j i which paper has recently published some ; letters trom Charlestown of an irritating ! character. “When an Old man Marries a Young Woman,’’ <fcc. We are reminded of this melancholy re- \ flection of Sir Peter Teazle, on reading among the Paris gossip of the Boston Post the following paragraph : The connubial “miseries” of the Prin cess Clothilde, form the subject of a Lon- 1 don newspaper letter, which relates that I “a very unpleasant, but not wholly un- i expected, affair has occurred in high quarters in Paris. The Prince N. leit laris about ten days ago to travel in Switzerland. Ilis royal and imperial ! sP° us e hearing that the suite of her hus band comprised other persons than those 1 strictly necessary to keep up the state of | a Prince, resolved to join him without j farther delay. Iler unexpected arrival j at Geneva angered her lord beyond con j Irol, and he asked by whose authoriza ! tion, and by what right she dared follow him ? 4 The right that every wife has to join her husband,’ she replied, ‘but since my pr sence is so obnoxious to you, 1 i will return to my father, whose love for me will prevent him lroin considering State interests before the happiness of his child.’ So saying, the young Prin cess C. left the Prince, who has just spent the dowry she brought him in the purchase of an estate in Switzerland 1 be Princess is now in Paris making all the necessary arrangements for her final and entire departure from the scene of (to her) so much untiappiuess.” Awful! t Somebody, in discoursing upon the skeleton fashions of the day, utters the j following j A woman in thi- rig hangs in her skirts like the clapper of a bell: and I never meet one without being tempted to take her by the neck and ring her. SOPUHF,. BT H. L. V. Oh muse, long dumb, come hack to-night a whit, ■, No common theme I ask thee now to sing: Did st know tiiat Sophie—erst an angel’s smile, Had flitted from tne clouds on cherub wing • The heavenly wanderer o'erthe homes of earth, Hovered a'season, hiding calm and storm, i Then chose a spot for her terrestrial birth In the bright South, where skies and hearts are warm. ’ 011 1 much 1 marvel that she left her place! N'ay ! do you uoubt that she is from the skies; Just scan the wondrous beauty of her face! Look at the Stars, where other babes have eyes ! And still you doubt, and say those stars shall weep— That cone, dire, nor plain, nor lovely spares. And dread dentition shall begin to creep Upon my angel baby, unawares. Well, be it so. 44 We love her more,” we ll say. That she is of the earth, and earthy too; Y et, oh, believe me, she’s no common clay, But yoU dust, every whit—l tell you true! And since, alas! for gems, to earth she comes, Behold the biamoxus, wiieie you mocked the stars; Pearls, too, shall spring from out those coral gems, E'en tho a transient wail their beauty mars. The day before she came —with drooping grace, Proud Summer died, in youthful Autumn's arms, But left sweet Sophie,whom she biushed to face, Sole legatee ol all her boasted charms. The flowers, since she is here, ashamed, lie dead, But, lo! we mourn not o'er their leaty pall, Nor do we miss their precious odors, tied, She is the very essence of them all: But, whether she be rosy, brown or fair, 1 may not mention, as 1 know not yet, Nor may i sing the color of her hair, The g'lossy rnestnnt brown, or gold, or jet. But, jet or gold, or like her mother's brown, Ye,Southern winds, 1 charge you to beware— Blow not too rudely when her curls are grown, But tarry with your softest wooiugs there. And, oh! presumptuous winds, I bid you seek The sweetest ouors of the flowery South Before you dare to fan her velvet cheek, Or sip the nectar of her lovely month. Say, hearts that know and love my tiny maid, (Os all earth s jewels rare, your dearest prize, If Fancy, fond, too brightly has portrayed This - Golden baby, with the diamond eyes : \h,_no I and since I've pictured her so fair. Come, crave with me, the richest gifts for her, God keep her guileless as the angels are. And happy as the guests of Eden were: May she be spared to light the path we tread, Till our unwilling feet are safely home, And ‘l ime, full justly, many a silver thread, Even in her bright tresses shall have sown. Manavunk, Pa., Oct. 13,1859. + Absconding Sheriffs. George YV. Glass, Sheriff of McDowell county, N. C\, (says the Raleigh Stan dard,) left home about the middle of Sep tember last, ostensibly to visit Raleigh and settle bis taxes with the Comptroller and Treasurer of State. At Salisbury, it is presumed, he took the wrong end of the rail road, and, so far as we are in j formed, be has not since been heard of. : No doubt he has absconded, carrying off j a large amount of money. Mr. Glass has always been considered | an honorable, upright man and a good i citizen. His flight has much surprised aL his friends and acquaintances ; and for some time it was supposed that he hacl been murdered on his way to Raleigh, his friends chosing to think so, rather than that he had betrayed his trust. Last week the Magistrates of the county elected James M. Neal to fill out the un expired term of Mr. Glass. Solomon Ray, the Sheriff of Y'ancy county, (says the Standard,) has also ab sconded. He came to Raleigh in due time and settled his tax account; but a few weeks ago be left home to attend Court in Madison county, and has not been heard from since. It is supposed that he carried off about SIO,OOO. The Magistrates of Y'ancy have elected Charles Byrd to fill out Ray’s unexpired term. The Citadel at Quebec. A correspondent, writing from Quebec, thus depicts the famous citadel: “When its massive walls were erected, so great j was the draft on the treasury of France I that the Queen asked if they were build ing it of gold! This frowning fortress stands 400 feet above the river, and has been appropriately called the ‘Gibraltar of America.’ It includes about forty acres on the summit of Cape Diamond. This mount is composed chiefly of dark slate rock, witli veins of quartz crystals, sparkling like diamonds —hence the name. In its deep vaults are deposited 57,000 tons of powder. Four Martello towers forty feet in height, stand upon the plains about half a mile in advance of the other fortifications. This old walled city has a dark, dingy and forbidding appearance, and one feels on entering its low and massive gates ns if he were going into prison.” Serious Aecident Col Washington Toney was accident ally shot in the arm, whilst out limiting on Saturday evening last, near this place. It seems that the Colonel was creeping on some wild turkeys, closelv followed by his little son Sterling, who was also provided with a gun. The little boy in attempting to cock his gun let the ham mer slip and discharged the piece, wheD ■ the muzzle was in two or three feet of his father. The most of the load fortunately passed between the arm, just- above the eibow, and the side. Some few of the shot grazed the Col.’s body, and twenty or thirty large shot passed through, nr lodged in his arm. The wound is very severe, but is not considere t dangerous by the attending physicians.— Eufouk Express. The Palmer Case—Failure of the Writ of Habeas Corpus. i YVe understand that the Criminal Court refused this morning to release Palmer , on a writ of habeas corpus, and that be | will be retained in custody. This is, | perhaps, the wisest course that could be j pursued, taking into consideration - | the circumstances connected with the i case. Although every one admits that ■ the present evidence against Palmer— • being without corroboration—would be i totally insufficient to convict him of the ; charge alleged, there is still a deep feel’ | ing in the community in regard to the i affair, and trivial circumstances are daily | coming to light which decidedly preju j dice the public mind against the pris j oner. For the present Palmer had better I remain where he is.— Memphis Argus. j Sentence of Cook and other Insurreu tionists. Charlestown, Nov. 11.—When the ■ prisoners were brought out for sentence. | the negroes Copeland and Green decline - |to say anything. Cook’aod Coppee bait addressed the Court, denying that the; had any knowledge of Brown’s intention I to seize the Ferry until the Sunday p re vious, when they were called upon take the oath of obedience to their cot mander. They expected to be punished but did not think tliey should be bun; I Ilaz’itt will not be tried until the M 3 . 1 | Term of the Court. The negroes are to be hung ou ‘ morning of the 16th, and the whites J’ j ring the afternoon of the same day- Head of the Rothschild’s Estabii** 1 ’ meat. j The New Y'ork correspondent o. l \ Savannah Republican says : “It is rumored here that Auguste I monte, known to be a relative of tbe lJ raous Rothschilds, has consented to come the European manager of that tu This arrangement will put him flt ‘ head of the international finances of rope and the United States. lie ba’ sided for twenty years iu this city a L still young and ambitious. His i.ev tion will give him more power and • ence than any public office in eiibe the continents.” I The Herald of Freedom, the * e ’ j Republican paper of Kansas. P ,f “' : , ! John Brown as a cold-blooded assa--^ | and fixes upon him the massacre ■ ot ’ | ral citizens of Pottawatomie, i” , with other acts of lawlessness, am “up to that time not a hair of 0A ‘ Brown's head, or that of any of his had been injured by the pro slavery P an L So much for the plea of Norther 11 publicans that he was driveu to l !l *‘ . ness and madness by the murder 0 family. He and his sons went to R* as the hired ruffians of the New Yor ‘ Massachusetts Republicans. Boston, Nov. 13.—Francis Merriam, of Bostim, who was ‘' e P‘ tu have been w ith Brown id the I 1 4 , lV f Ferry trouble, and subsequently |( died of his Wounds iu Phil'delp 11 alive, and at present in Canada-