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COLTJMBTJS:
Tuesday Morning, Nov. 29, 1859.
The Governor of Alabama will be in
augurated on Thursday, December first.
Mayor Lincoln has been nominated for
re-election as Mayor of Boston.
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The Tammaoy Hall Democracy have
nominated Wm. F. Ilavemeyer for Mayor,
and S. J Tilden for Corporation Counsel
of New York.
The election for State officers in Kan
sas, takes place on the 4th of December.
Sam Medary and C. Robinson are oppos
ing candidates.
A dispatch from Alexandria, Virginia,
states that a man was arrested there, the
18th inst., who was recognized as one of
Brown’s men at Harper’s Ferry.
The wire suspension bridge over the
Sciota river, at Portsmouth, Ohio, fell on
the 16th inst., and in the crash two men,
who were crossing at the time, were kill
ed. It cost about $40,000, and had just
been completed.
Lady’s Shoe Advertised.
The following appears as an advertise
ment in a New York paper:
Found, at the Opera, on Wednesday, the 9th
instant, a lady’s shoe. The owner can have it,
on personal application to W. B. Moffatt, 335
Broadway, Room Mo. 9.
Case of Samuel M. Burnett.
In the U. S. Circuit Court in session at
Savannah, Samuel M. Burnett, of Bruns
wick, was tried for forging Pension
Claims. The Jury brought in a verdict
of guilty, but recommended him to the
mercy of the Court.
Home and Alabama Rail Road.
By a majority of four hundred and
fourteen, the citizens of Floyd last week
decided to authorise the county to sub
scribe fifty thousand dollars towards
building a Rail Road from Rome, Ga., to
some point in Alabama.
Broderick.’.-) Successor.
The San Francisco Times says Judge
llaun, Senator Broderick’s successor, is a
lawyer of ordinary ability, a native of
Kentucky, and is intensely Southern in
all his pol.tical ideas. lie has the repu
tation of being a sharp, shrewd politi
cian.
Opening the South West Pass.
The N. 0. Picayune says the contract
with the United States Government, for
opening the South West Pass, has been
taken by Tlios. McLillan, Esq. The work
will be commenced in thirty days from
tho 19th inst., and the most improved
machinery will be used.
The Cuthbert Reporter of Friday says:
“A considerable revival has been going
on among the students of the Baptist
College. We believe it has been confined
principally, if not entirely, to the studeo ts
of tho College. On last Sabbath thirteen
young ladies (all students of the College)
were baptized by Prof. Dagg.”
The Broderick obsequies came off in
New York on the 20th inst. Mqny of the
public houses on the route of the proces
sion displayed their flags at half mast.
Among the pall-bearers were Fernando
Wood, J. C. McKibben, Marshal Rynders,
and John W. Forney. The reporter of
the Daily News says there were not over
five hundred men in the procession.
The Milledgeville correspondent of the
Chronicle and Sentinel says it is whis
pered about that the distinguished rep
resentative from “the State of Dade”
proposes shortly to introduce a resolution
in tho House, that the phrases “Empire
State of the South,” “from the mountains
to the seaboard,” “from the Chattahoo
chee to the Savannah,” &c., shall forever
be banished from the State House, and
from public speakers everywhere.
A Word of Caution.
A correspondent of the Charlotte (N.
C.) Bulletin, warns that community
against a suspicious Book Agent, travel
ing about tho country, exhibiting and
pretending to be soliciting subscribers to
his books, (one called Religious Denomi
nations, the other, the life of Christ,) but
whose real object is to disseminate Aboli
tion doctrine among the slave population,
as he has learned from reliable persons
in othor counties.
Egyptian Cotton.
The New Orleans Picayune says : “We
have b >en shown several bolls of this fine
cotton, grown on the plantation of Sena
tor Hammond, of South Carolina. The
fibre is nearly two inches in length and is
as fine and glossy as floss-silk. The plant
is said to grow from six to eight feet In
height, and will produce a thousand
pounds of clean lint to the acre. This is
certainly the king of cotton.”
XT. S, Circuit Court.
From the Savannah papers we learn
that the trial of Nicholas Brown, for aid
ing and abetting in the holding of African
negroes in this State, commenced on Sat
urday last. The jury, after remaining
out twenty-two hours, made a mistrial,
one of their number having been taken
sick. The Attorneys on both sides con
sented to a mistrial in the case.
Hon. John J. Pettus, Governor elect of
Mississippi, was inaugurated on the 22d.
As regards National politics, he believes
the Stato will best consult her interests
in cultivating the “ moral influence of an
united South,” and should this not prove
sufficient for the protection of her con
stitutional rights, he will “regard the
institution of slavery so seriously threat
ened as to justify Mississippi in calling a
convention of all the States interested in
its perpetuation. 1 ’
Daniel N. Drawdy, a respectable citi
zen of Berrien county, says the Southern
Enterprise, was murdered at his residence
on Sunday evening, the 12th inst. He
was sitting in the door of his house with
his family, when after the sudden report
of a gun he fell, pierced by several shot.
Ilis wife, who was preparing supper,
hastened to his assistance, but he imme
diately expired.
An Insurrectionist in Texas.
The citizens of Cook county, Texas,
held a meeting recently, and passed reso
lutions denouncing a letter written by one
E. C. Palmer to a citizen of Gainesville
of that State, breathing abolition senti
ments of the deepest dye. A committee
waited on him and notified him to leave
within six hours, which he did uncere
moniously. Palmer was in the employ
ment of the Overland Mail Company.
The Macon Citizen says a serious acci
dent happened to Dr. L. F. W. Andrews
on Wednesday evening last. He had the
misfortune to be run away with, and
thrown violently from a buggy, by which
his left collar bone was fractured, and his
person considerably bruised.
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The ships Golden Gate, from Liver
pool, and the Majestic, from Rio, the
Hemisphere and the Hannah Thorn
ton, fiom New \ork, and the Guttenberg,
I from Havre, arrived at New Orleans on
■ the 24th.
Mobbing Republican* in Kentucky.
On the 28th and 29th of October last,
a mob went into the office of the “Free
South” newspaper, edited by William S.
Bailey, and carried out and destroyed his
printing press and materials. It was the
purpose of Bailey, as he acknowledges, to
organize a Black Republican party in
Kentucky, and preparatory to the Presi
dential election of 1860. He and his con
federates had adopted the Platform of I
the of 1856, and published it in
his paper, the “Free South.”
Another Abolitionist of the same place,
was also notified to leave, as appears by
the following:
Newport, Not. 16, 1859.
J. R. Whittemobe — Sir: The citizens
of Newport have decided that they will
no longer permit any person to promul
gate such “ principles” as you and your
brethren in the cause of abolitionism,
have been promulgating for the last four j
years in that city. Therefore, you are
hereby notified to leave the city of New
port on or before the first day of Decem
ber, 1859. Otherwise you must abide
the consequences of your own folly and
obstinacy, which we assure you will be
serious. DETERMINED CITIZENS.
Alabama Legislature.
In the Senate, on Friday, a bill was
introduced by Mr. Calhoun to provide
for the call of a Convention of the State,
to revise the Constitution, or make a
new one, (election for delegates to take
place on the Ist Monday in August,
1860, the number of delegates to be
equal to the number of members of the
two Houses of the General Assembly.)
Mr. Cocke—A resolution instructing
the Judiciary Committee to inquire into
the expediency of reporting a law to pre
vent intermarriage between blood rela
tions. Adopted.
The Committee of Finance and Taxa
tion reported favorably on the bill, to
make tho election of Tax Assessors bien
nial.
In the House, on the call of the Coun
ties, Mr. Gibson introduced a Joint Reso
lution for amending section 13, Article
6, of the Constitution. [The object
sought, in this proposed amendment, is
to make decree of- Chancellor final in
divorces cases,]
Mr. Lloyd—A bill to provide for the
removal of free negroes from the State of
Alabama.
Mr. Brown, of Marion, introduced a
bill repealing the section of the Code,
allowing tax fees to lawyers in certain
cases.
The Baldwin Blue*.”
Among other Military Companies that
tendered their aid to Gov. Wise, during
the late excitement at Charlestown, were
the Baldwin Blues. In our last we pub
lished the correspondence between Capt.
Colquitt, of this city, and the Governor of
Virginia. Here is a copy of the dispatch
sent by Capt. Doles :
Milledgeville, Nov. 21, 1859.
To Gov. Wise, Richmond, Ya.:
The services of the “Baldwin Blues”
are hereby tendered to you, if any emer
gency should arise needing their ser
vices. G. P. DOLES, Capt. B. B.
To which the following answer was re
turned :
Richmond, Va., Nov. 22, 1859.
To Capt. G. P. Doles, Milledgeville, Ga.:
Thanks from the Governor for your
offer of the “Baldwin Blues,” but he has
troops enough in Virginia.
GEO. W. MUNFORD,
Secretary Commonwealth.
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The Young Lady Sent West by Ex
press.
The Augusta Chronicle of Saturday,
speaking of the young lady entered upon
the “ way bill” for the West, says we
were shown the way bill of the above
mentioned young lady, at the office of
the Express Company, in this city; and
at the same time observed a small box,
with a g\pss cover, which on examina
tion, we found to contain a large rattle
snake, with a number of lively youDg
ones, some six inches in length, caught
or procured by E. J. Mims, of Edgefield,
S. C., and destined for the Smithsonian
Institute, at Washington City.
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Late from California—lndictment of
Judge Terry.
The steamer Baltimore arrived at New
York the 27th inst., from California, with
$1,750,000 in specie.
The overland mail arrived at St. Louis
the same date. Judge Terry has been in
dicted for killing Senator Broderick, and
given bond.
San Francisco is more prosperous than
at any former period since the revulsion.
New discoveries of gold have been made
in Washo Valley.
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Mysterious Letters.
The Charleston Courier says: “During
the last quarter some fifteen or twenty
letters were received at the Warrenton
(Va.) Springs Post Office, addressed to
persons whose names are not familiar to
any of the citizens of the neighborhood.
Mr. A. A. Thompson, the Post Master,
made dilligent inquiry, and examined the
register at the Springs, without being
able to find any names answering to those
on the letters.”
Arkansas Lands,
The Memphis Avalanche of Tuesday,
says large sales of Arkansas lands have
been made. There was a single transac
tion where 6,000 acres were sold to a
company of emigrants, who will take pos
session this Fall. During the months of
September and October, the emigration
to that State have exceeded fivefold that
of any previous year. The class of emi
grants are represented to be of the best
character.
Republican Nomination for Mayor
of New York.
The Republican Mayoralty Convention
assembled in New- York the night of the
21st, and on the first ballot nominated
George Opdyke for Mayor. The names
balloted for were thecandidate elect, John
11. Brady, W. R. Stewart, and Moses
Grinnell.
Col. D. C. Campbell.
From the Southern Recorder of the
26th, we learn that this gentleman has
been appointed by the Governor to visit
and consult with the Governor of Florida,
with regard to the difficulties growing out
of the unsettled boundary line between
the two States.
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General Elections Changed.
We are gratified to perceive that the
House of Representatives passed the bill
Friday, altering the Constitution, so as
to hold the general elections of the State
on the first Wednesday, instead of the
first Monday, in October. The vote was
124 t 0 4l _
- Unusual.
The editor of the Quincy (Fla.) Re
public, has been presented with a mag
nolia of the richest beauty. The appear
ance of the bloom in November is seldom
or n'ever witnessed in that clime. It gen
erally disappears in November.
A little son of William Swann, living in
Holmes county, near Franklin, Miss., was
last week caught in the running gear of a
gin and crushed to death.
On Monday last, at Dalton, Col. J. A.
IV. Johnson, of Whitfield, was nominated
for re-election to the office of Solicitor of
the Cherokee Circuit.
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The Athens Banner says that place has
been supplied with an excellent article of
gas, and the principal streets and many
of the stores are lighted with it. .
Counterfeit Caual'Bank Notes.
In our last issue we noticed that an
unknown individual had passed off seve
ral hundred dollars in spurious bills of
ten dollars each, of the Canal Bank of
Louisiana, on the “East Alabama Insu
rance Company.” at Auburn. The New
Orleans Bee says there are many in cir
culation. and the spurious notes may be
detected by a close examination of the
Cashier’s signature—“H. Keernion.” In
the genuine bill every letter is distinct;
in the counterfeit the entire signature is
blurred and illegible. The bogus bills
can be distinguished from the genuine by
the following differences: The paper of
the bogus is somewhat coarser, and the
ink of the engraved parts is darker on
the left side than the right. All of the
counterfeits seen are lettered A and C,
and dated December 2d, 1857. The date
is written in a smaller hand than on gen
uine bills, and the Cashier’s name is writ
ten in a livelier hand, and with darker
ink than on the good notes. The public
must look out for this dangerous imposi
tion, and every good citizen will arrest
any person who may attempt to pass such
a bill, as, if not guilty himself, it may
lead to the detection of those who are cir
culating them.
Thanksgiving in Milledgeville.
The Federal Union of Saturday, says
a large audience assembled in the Repre
sentative Hall Thursday, and after read
ing a portion of the Scriptures, singing a
psalm, and a most eloquent prayer by
Dr. Higgins, a discourse was delivered
by this eminent divine, from the follow
ing text: Psalms cxliv chap., loth verse:
“ Happy *ls that people that is in such a
case; yea, happy is that people whose
God is the Lord.” His sermon was
marked by great ability; was clothed in
faultless language, and eloquently deliv
ered.
On Friday, the two-Houses of the Leg
islature, instructed the committee of ar
rangements to return thanks to Dr. Hig
gins for his addressand to request a copy
for publication. A resolution was adopt
ed that 500 copies be printed for the use
of the Legislature.
Incendiary Shot.
The Covington (Ga.) Times of Thurs
day says: “We are credibly iuformed
that Mr. Burton Lovejoy, of Jasper coun
ty, killed one of his own negroes, on
Friday night last, under the following
circumstances: He had some apprehen
sions that his gin house would be fired—
we do not know upon what grounds his
apprehensions were based—and on Fri
day night he took his gun and stationed
himself within view of the gin house. He
had not been waiting long before be saw
someone stepping up to the gin house.
He waited until he saw n match lighted,
and while he was in the ‘act of applying
it to the house, Mr. Lovejoy fired at him,
and killed him instantly. When became
to examine the culprit, be found that he
was one of his own negroes.
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Cotton Burned.
The Educational Journal, published at
Forsyth, of date the 17th, says: “On
last Friday night a negro boy belonging
to Mr. John Thurmond, burned twelve
bales of cotton, and brought one bale to
town for sale. The object of burning the
twelve bales was to conceal the stealing
of the one. This was quite shrewd for a
negro. He has found a berth in a certain
county house.”
The gin house and contents of Mr.
Enoch Bell, of Elbert county, con
sumed by fire a few days ago, so we learn
from the Elberton “State of the South.”
It is supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary. A previous attempt had been
made to burn it.
Pigeon Roost in Arkansas.
The officers of the steamer E. M. Ry
land, informed the Memphis Avalanche
that there is a pigeon roost near Des Arc,
Arkansas, and millions upon millions of
these strange birds are desolating the
country for miles around. The people of
that locality are slaughtering them by
thousands. The Ryland brought to Mem
phis over five thousand, which werekilled
with sticks and clubs by the cabin boys of
that boat.
Vigilance Committee in Sumpter
County.
In the Americus Republican of Friday
last, there is a call for a meeting of the
citizens at that place, on the second
Tuesday in December next, to adopt
raeausres to suppress the rascality and
violations of law in the county, and to
devise means for the protection and se
curity of property. The call is signed
“ Many Citizens.”
Mississippi Levee Law.
The New Orleans Picayune of the 22d,
has been furnished a dispatch to a firm
in that city, from Jackson, Miss., of the
21st, stating that the High Court of Er
rors and Appeals have decided the Levee
Law to be unconstitutional. This law
was passed at the last session of the
Mississippi Legislature.
Col. Joseph Martin, a venerable citi
zen, died at Danville, Va., recently. He
was a member of the Legislature for
several years, in the capacity of Senator
and Representative ; was President elec
tor on the Jackson ticket in 1828 and
1832, and was a member of the Constitu
tional Convention of 1829-30, with Madi
son, Monroe, Marshal, Randolph, Bar
bour and others.
The citizens of Burton, Lowndes coun
ty, Alabama, as the Mail of Saturday has
learned, have requested a man named
Greenwood, a member of a mercantile
firm of that place, to leave. The cause
alleged, is that he is educating his
daughter, (Southern born and reared,)
in a school of negroes and white children,
in Connecticut.
The Griffin Empire State.
The proprietors of this paper, lately
destroyed by fire, request post masters
throughout the State, to furnish them
a list of its subscribers, at their several
offices. Their books have all been con
sumed by the late fire, and they have no
other means of ascertaining who their
subscribers are.
The Edinburg Review
For October has been received. The
contents are unusually attractive. AmoDg
others the following are the most inter
esting articles: Carlyle’s Frederic the
Great; The Virginians; The Italian Cam
paign of 1859; Secret Organization of
Trades, &c.
J : Capt. William Steele, an old citizen of
Milledgeville, died on Friday last. He
was Secretary of the Executive Depart
ment under Governor Cobb, and one term
under Governor Johnson ; also for several
years Clerk of the Inferior and Superior
Courts.
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Supposed to he Drowned.
Capt. William Austin, of the schooner
W- A. Kain, on bis way to the East Pass
yesterday, picked up a small sail boat
□ear the Gap, capsized, containing chick
en coops, &c. The boat is supposed to
have belonged to a man by the name of
Charles Craft, a stevedore, who has been
trading during the summer and fall be
tween this place and Shell Point.—Apa
lachicola Advertiser.
A Good Bill.
Among the variety of bills that have
been introduced in the Legislature dur- |
ing this session, is one to give Commis
sioners appointed to examine teachers, ■
powers to determine the qualifications of
the same Not having seen a copy of
the law establishing the educational sys
tem of the State, we are therefore, not j
familiar with it. But if it may be iu- j
ferred from this bill that no provision 1
was made by it to determine the qualifi- ;
cations of teachers, it is radically defec
tive.
The object of all public school sys- j
terns, being the general diffusion of
knowledge among the people, the imme- i
diatc instrumentality by which it must
be accomplished, is the teacher, whose i
high calling will rank in point of respon- j
sibility with that of the Ministry. If it j
is the province of the latter to “ win
souls to Christ,” it is incumbent on the
former, who stands in loco parentis, to
mould the infant statue into life and
beauty. Better the child should grow up
in ignorance, than to be under the in
struction (?) of a teacher disqualified for
his vocation. Before suffered to take
charge of a school, however low the
grade of scholarship, a teacher’s qualifi
cations should be ascertained and deter
mined by a Board of Commissioners,
competent themselves to judge —otherwise,
our educational system, so far as its
fruits are concerned, would be little bet
ter than a dead letter upon the statute
book.
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Slavery Sentiment in tile North,
west.
The Barbour Jeffersonian, after an in
dignant notice of the New York Herald's
famous correspondent from Weston, Lew
is county, has the following remarks up
on the Northwestern Virginia sentiment
in relation to slavery :
We will here repeat what we have be
fore said, that no portion of the State is
more loyal and true to the institution of
slavery than Northwestern Virginia. The
late invasion of the State by old Brown
and his abominable tools, was received
by the people of Western Virginia with
the utmost degree of indignation and an
ger. But a few hours more, and troops
would have poured into Harper’s Ferry
from the western section of the State,
armed with their trusty rifles, and ready
to shed the last drop of their blood in
defence of the honor of our good old Com
monwealth, and in defence of principles
which they value higher than mere dol
lars and cents.
The Northwest is the only section of
the State that has held meetings expres
sing indignation at the vile outrage per
petrated upon the honor and dignity of
Virginia—passing resolutions supporting
the Executive of the State, and other offi
cers, in the discharge of their important
duties, and declaring themselves ready,
at any moment, to aid our Eastern breth
ren in defending their lives and property.
So let us bear no more about Western
Virginia being abolitionized; we pro
nounce it untrue, and tbg author a foul
liar. The record of Northwestern Vir
ginia, both in State and National legis
lation, defies competition in her devotion
to the interests of the South, and should
the time come, she will fully sustain her
record.
Terrible Accident.
Yesterday afternoon, about 2A o’clock,
the flooring of a stable belonging to Col.
M. C. Stokes, of this city, gave way as
some corn was being thrown upon it,
burying under its ruins a son of Col.
Stokes, a son of Mr. Israel W. Roberts, a
son of Mrs. Wade Allen, a negro man be
longing to Col. Stokes, together with two
horses. The negro was up stairs, but
the three lads were below examining the
horses. The building fell in with a terri
ble crash—and to hear the groans of the
little sufferers, as the blood gushed from
their mouths and nostrils, and loud cries
of the afflicted parents, was indeed heart
rending. The negro escaped unhurt.
Andrew, the son of Col. Stokes, had his
eyes and head severely contused, the son
of Mr. Roberts had his neck and head
severely hurt, but the son of Mrs. Allen
received the most serious injury. His
leg, we understand, was perhaps broken,
and he received other bodily injuries.
The horses escaped with a few slight
scratches. Ten thousand wonders they
had not all been killed.— Mont. Confeder
ation, 27.
Have we u John Brown Among us!
In a conversation a few evening since,
in the presence of two persons, one Dr.
Breed, of No. 401 F. street, (ostensibly
engaged as a solicitor of patents,) made
the assertion that Brown and Cook and
their party done what they considered
right at Harper’s Ferry, and he also con
sidered that they had done perfectly
right; and further, that he believed it
was the duty of every good Christian to
teach the slave that in order to get their
freedom, if necessary, they should mur
der their masters, cut the throats of their
mistresses, fire their houses, and run
away to the North by the light of them.
He remarked further, that the slavehold
ers did not know in what danger they
stood —that there were many more per
sons that held the same opinions in this
District. Much other conversation of
the same nature was used by Dr. B. at
the same time.—lFasA. Stales, 23d.
An Abolitionist in Prattville.
We heard on Sunday, that an abolition
emissary had been detected at Prattville,
in Autauga county, on the previous day,
and rather summarily dealt with by the #
citizens of that village. He was imme
diately arrested and put upon his trial,
which resulted in his being bound over
in the sum of SIO,OOO. It is stated that
this fellow had in his possession several
letters from some of Brown’s men in the
North, relative to the plans of that infa
mous band of rebeliionists, and contain
ing advice as to how he should act —at
what point to fix upon as his headquar
ters, &c., &c. He was first arrested on
suspicion of being the murderer of
McCrabb, and, on examination, these in
cendiary documents were found about
his person.— Montgomery Advertiser, 28th.
Counterfeits.
A few weeks ago we mentioned the fact
that a number of counterfeit bills ©n the
Canal Bank of Louisanna had been ex
changed at the Bank of Selma for Mont
gomery funds, by a stranger who was af
terwards arrested at Macon, Ga. It seems
that there are other counterfeiters of the
Canal Bank notes. Some days ago, a
man named A. E. Taylor, upon whose
person sllO in counterfeit notes on the
Canal Bank of Louisanna, and $193,25 of
good money were found, was arrested at
Memphis, and the police,of that city were
on the track of some of his accomplices.
It would be well to keep a lookout for
such swindlers. We learn that the Teller
of the Selma Bank has recovered the
money out of which that institution was
diddled by the chap arrested at Macon.—
Selma Reporter, Nov. 22.
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Rail Riding.
Two persons, whose presence was con
sidered undesirable on account of aboli
i tionism, were ridden on a rail, at Kings
| tree, on Wednesday morning. One was
; an old man, and the other a young man
of good personal appearance. They were
| ridden about the village, borne by ne
• groes, and compelled to sing while trav*
i eling in this manner. They were then
turned loose. They took the noon train
j for Charleston, but the other passengers
j refusing to ride with them, they were put
: out of the train at St. Stephen’s station.
They will probably endeavor to reach
| Charleston on foot. Charleston Mereuru,
! 24<A inst.
Gin House and Cotton Burned.
We regret to learn that the Gin-house
of Mr. Elijah Brown, about one and a
half miles from town, was burned to the
ground on Friday morning last, about
2 o’clock, together with eight bales of
cotton. It is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary.
We have also heard of the burning of a
Mr. Phillips’ bouse, in this county, about
Friday or Saturday, but could gather no
particulars.— Panola (Miss.) Star, 17th.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
In the Senete Friday the rules were j
suspended, and Mr. Holt, of Muscogee,
introduced a bill to amend the Constitu
tion, so as toicbange the places of hold
ing the Supreme Court.
Also, a bill to amend the first Section
of the third Article of the Constitution.
Mr. Hutchins, of Forsyth, moved to
take up his resolution in relation to the ,
establishment of an armory in the State.
The resolution was taken up and agreed
to. In the House the same resolution j
was adopted.
BILLS ON THIRD TIME.
A bill to exteud the charter of the 1
Planters’ Dank of the State of Georgia, j
Pussed.
A bill to make valid the letters of ad
ministration given by the Ordinaries,
! when notice was not given at the Court
! House door. Passed.
HOUSE.
The Speaker suggested that all bills
should be introduced to day (Friday) to
secure action before adjournment. He
made the following statement of business
upon the Clerk’s table :
Total number of bills introduced 402
Read second time 09
Not rSad second time .104
Dills of Senate not read 24
Bills of Senate read first time 0
By Mr. , of Burke —To exempt all
practicing physicians in this State from
jury duty, and to authorize their evidence
being taken by interrogatories in civil
cases.
By Mr. Ragsdale—To relieve practicing
physicians from the payment of a profes
sional tax, and to give evidence by inter
rogatories in civil cases.
By Mr. Horsely, of Upson—To author
ize the Governor to endorsecertaiu bonds
of the Thomaston and Barnesville Rail
Road for iron.
By Mr. Sprayberry, of Catoosa —To al
low free persons of color to enter into
voluntary slavery, or compel those over
14 years of age to leave the State.
To amend the tax laws of this State by
allowing persons, if they think proper,
to deduct their indebtedness from the
value of their property when given in.
By Mr. Hutchings, of Polk—To extend
the act of March 8, 1856, three years lon
ger, allowing persons compensalion for
rations furnished the State troops in
1838, &c.
By Mr. McDonald, of Lumpkin —To
exempt from taxation the property of
widows not exceeding SI,OOO.
By Mr. Dixon —To reimburse the heirs
of Wm. Orr $1,920 for moneys expended
for the use of the State in the Indian war
of. 1835-6.
Also, ti define and limit the power of
municipal corporations in this State.
By Mr. Pitts, of Macon—To amend the
7th division of the penal code, so as to
make all persons subject to the punish
ment of forgery, who knowingly hold in
their possession any forged grant, certifi
cate or deed involving the title of prop
erty.
By Mr. Cook, of Early—To add anoth
er section to the first Article of the Con
stitution, prohibiting the General Assem
bly from binding the State beyond $5,-
000.000, or from releasing corporations
or individuals from their liabilities to the
State on endorsed bonds, &c.
By Mr. Lumsden, of Talbot—To ex
empt lands, slaves, professions, &c., in
this State from taxation after the year
1859.
Williams, of Muscogee—To compensate
James Hamilton for certaiu services ren
dered the State.
Also, for the relief of William Rankin,
of the county of Muscogee.
The foregoing are the most interesting
bills introduced in the House on Friday.
The Senate, Friday, refused to recon
sider the State Aid bill of Mr. King, on
motion of Mr. Lawton, of Chatham.
In the Senate, Saturday, the following
among other bills were introduced :
Mcßae, of Montgomery, a bill to com
pel persons to pay tax on lands where
they own as much as, or upwards of, 500
acres.
Seward, of Thomas, a resolution to in
struct the Committee on the Slate of the
Republic to report in reference to the ad
justment of the boundary line concerning
which there is the likelihood of a difficul
ty between the citizens of Georgia and
Florida.
The following bills were on their pas
sage :
A bill to regulate the fees of the Attor
ney General and Solicitors General in this
State. Lost.
A bill to alter and change, and define
the line between the counties
and Clay.
A bill to increase the salaries of Solici
tors General. Lost.
A bill to authorise plaintiffs to hold to
bail, in cases sounding in damages, with
out an order. Lost.
A bill io authorise the construction of
a Rail Road from Barnesville (o Bruns
wick, or some other seaport.
Collier, of Fulton, proposed to amend,
by adding two additional sections, which
was agreed to.
The bill was then passed.
HOUSE.
HIWASSEE CIRCUIT.
Mr. Smith, of Towns, moved to recon
sider the bill rejected yesterday to create
anew (Hiwassee) Circuit. After some
debate, in which Messrs. Smith of Towns,
Mintz, McWhorter, Ragsdale, aud Fannin
of Troup took part, the motion prevailed.
IRON INTEREST.
The special order was the bill lending
the bonds of the State to Mark A. Cooper
for the purposes therein specified, was
, taken up. Mr. Lewis, of Hancock, who
reported the bill, not being in his seat, on
motion of Mr. Harris of Glynn, the bill
was laid on the table, subject to the call
of its author.
FORGERY —TWENTY YEARS.
The House passed the bill of Mr. Cook
of Early, declaring that indictments for
the forgery ot’ laud titles may
within twenty years after the commission
of the offence.
The Judiciary Committee reported on
the bill to repeal the act of December 11,
1858, abolishing imprisonment for debt,
which was adopted.
TITLES AT TAX SALES.
The bill to amend the act of January
21, 1852, was passed, makiug it the duty
of the officer selling property for taxes,
to make titles and put the purchasers in
possession.
IICENSE TO ITINERANT TRADERS.
The bill giving the Justices of the In
ferior Courts power to charge SIOO for
license to sell goods by itinerant traders
in their respective counties, was passed.
MARRIAGE OF COUSINS.
The bill compelling the Ordiuaries, be
fore issuing marriage licenses, to require
j oath to be made that the parties to he
! married are not within the degree of first
cousins, bad been reported against by the
Committee on the Judiciary, and the
House postponed the bill indefinitely.
RETURNS OF TRUSTEES.
The Committee on the Judiciary re
ported adverse to the bill requiring trus
tees who have the actual control of trust
property to make annual returns. The
House concurred in the report, which
amounted to the rejection of the bill.
The bill requiring that all lands shall
be given in for taxes in the several coun
ties in which the lands lie, after January
Ist, 1860, was indefinitely postponed.
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A Card.
Editor Enquirer : —Please publish this
card of denial, to correct a report of the
papers, that I introduced into the Senate
a bill to reduce the jurisdiction of Justi
ces Courts to twenty dollars.
I have introduced no such bill, nor
will I support it. Respectfully, &c.,
W. S. JOHNSON.
Decidedly Ancient.
The Selma Reporter says :
There is an old colored womau in Co
lumbia, Alabama, who, on being asked
i her age, stated that she did not know how
old she was, but that she cooked for the
hands that dug the Chattahoochee river!
This must be one of the “oldest in
habitants.”
TELE G- R APHIIC.
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TELEGRAPHED to the daily sun.
ARRIVAL
OF THE STEAMER
CIRCASSIAN.
New York, Nov. 24, 1859.
The steamship Circassian has arrived
at St. John’s, with Liverpool dates to the
12th inst.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sa’es of the
week 49,000 bales, of which speculators
took 3,000. The market for the week
shows a parlial decline of Jd. On Sat
urday the market closed dull The fol
lowing are the quotations :
Middling Orleans 7gd.
Middling Mobiles 7}d
Middling Uplands 6jd.
The Liverpool circulars are conflicting,
some of which say prices easier, but quo
tations unchanged.
State of Trade. —Manchester advices fa
vorable.
London Money Market. —Consols were
unchanged, and quoted at 96} to 96'j.
Mobile Cotton Market.
Mobile, Nov. 25, 1859.
Sales of Cotton to-day 1,500 bales.
Middlings lOf cents. Sales of the week
24.500 bales; receipts for the week
25.500 bales, against 23,000 same time
last year. Stock on liaDd at this port
129,000 bales, against 95,000 same time
last year.
Mobile. Nov. 28, 1859.
The cotton market was active to-day,
holders being willing sellers. Sales 8,700
bales. Middlings 10| to lOf cents. Quo
tations barely maintained.
New Orleans Cotton Market.
New Orleans, Nov. 25, 1859.
Sales of cotton to day 7,500 bales. The
Circassian’s accounts caused less firmness
in the market, and prices were easier,
though quotations unchanged. Middlings
11 to 11} cents. Sales of the week 33,500
bales; receipts of the week 69,000 bales,
against 70,000 same time last year.
Stock on band at this port, 334,000 bales,
against 295,782 same time last year.
New Orleans, Nov. 28, 1859.
Sales to day 15,000 bales. Middling
and lower grades declined to } cent.
Prices irregular. Middlings 1 Og- to ll}c.
Savannah Cotton Market.
Savannah, Nov. 25, 1859,
Sales of cotton to-day 1,450 bales.
The steamer’s news caused a decline of £
to } cent.
PUETHEE BY THE CIRCASSIAN.
The steamship North Briton reached
Liverpool on the 11th inst., and the Bre
men arrived out on the 12th.
Three treaties were signed at Zurich on
the 10th inst., and the Plenipotentiaries
to the Conference were announced to
leave on the 12th.
No formal proposition has been made
to England to take part in a European
Congress ; but when it is done the minis
try will deliberate upon its acceptance on
the understanding that the Italians are
not to be coerced.
The Bank of France has lost nearly
nineteen millions of francs, cash, during
the month. The Bourse closed firm.
Tuscauy had conferred the Regency on
Caviguac.
The differences between Spain and Mo
rocco continued unchanged.
The intelligence from China was unim
portant.
The Russians have a large naval force
at Jeddo, and it is feared there will be
some trouble in consequence of the mur
der of three Russians.
The Paris Moniteur has an article re
gretting the action of the Italians, in re
lation to the Regency.
The Moors have commenced operations
against Centa.
The ship Mary Washington, from
Charleston, had arrived at Liverpool.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The Brokers’
Circular reports the sales of cotton for
the week ending the 10th inst., at 49,000
bales, of which speculators took 3.000
and exporters 0,000 bales, The market
closed quiet, with a decline of 1 lOd. to
}d. The sales on Friday were 8,000
bales, and the market closed quiet and
dull. The authorised quotations are, for
Fair Orleans 7%d. Mid. Orleans 7%d.
“ Mobiles 7%d. “ Mobiles
“ Uplands 7%d. “ Uplands 6>£d.
The stock of cotton on hand was 436,-
000 bales, of which 295,000 bales were
American.
Some circulars report the cotton mar
ket easier, but state that quotations are
unchanged.
Latest— Liverpool, Saturday afternoon,
Nov. 12.—The cotton market closed dull,
with sales of 7,000 bales. Breadstuff's
were steady, and produce generally un
changed.
Latest— London, Saturday noon, Nov.
12.—The money market is unchanged,
and Consols closed at 96} to 96f.
Liverpool General Markets. —Flour con
tinued in steady demand, at hardening
prices, and holders were demanding an
advance. Wheat was firm, and advan
cing. Corn was buoyant, at improving
prices. Sugar quiet. Coffee dull. Rice
firm, and Carolina ordinary quoted at 21
shillings.
Havre Market. —The sales-of cotton for
the week were 11,000 bales, and the stock
in port was 30,000 bales. Orleans Ires
Ordinaire quoted at 11 of. and Bas at 108f.
The better qualities advanced from one to
two francs on the week. Large sales have
been made of cotton to arrive. Bread
stuffs firm and advancing. Provisions
generally dull.
Arrival of Steamers.
New York, Nov. 25.—The steamship
Vigo, from Liverpool, with dates to the
9th, arrived here to-day. The steamship
Africa, with Liverpool dates to the 12th,
is signalled. The commercial news by
the above steamers has been anticipated
by the Circassian.
New York, Nov. 25, p. m —The mails
j by the steamship Africa will go South in
the morning.
In Havre, on the 9th, the sales of cot
ton to arrive, for the week, were 15,000
bales. Middling Orleans was quoted at
104 to 105f., but on the Bth holders were
free sellers at a decline of 1 to 2f.
The intelligence from the interior was
encouraging ; all hands were fully em
ployed, and realizing good profits.
L&tor from Mexico.
New Orleans, Nov. 25.—The steam
ship Tennessee ha3 arrived from Vera
Cruz, with dates to the 22d, and $30,000
in specie.
Minister McLane arrived at Vera Cruz
on the 21st inst. He remained cn board
the Brooklyn, his family being sick.
The report that Marquez” had pro
nounced for Santa Anna, is unfounded.
The Mobile report of his escape, is con
tradicted ; but his seizure of the conduc
! ta .’ s confirmed. Marquez says that he is
j using (he money to save the country from
j the Yankees. He promises to return the
money from the first duties received at
Tepio and Mazatlin, which he intends re
taking.
Miramon was at Queratora, watching
the Liberals, who were threatening the
Capital. 6 .
It was reported that Gen. Doblado had
been defeated at Guadalajara, with a
heavy loss. An American officer with him
was shot, or assassinated.
Cabos had captured Cajaca, and the
Liberals were disbanded.
The Picayune’s correspondent reports
that the French fleet will soon blockade
Vera Cruz.
Miramon, at the suggestion of the
French minister, opens Alvarado os a port
j of entry.
All insurance policies now have the
blockade proviso inserted in them.
Miramon proposes attacking Vera Cruz
j simultaneously with the French.
The United States frigate Savannah,
one French and one Spanish war brig
were at Saorificios.
A severe gale had occurred on the coast,
in consequence of which several small
vessels were ashore.
The Wreck of the Indian.
Sackville, Nov. 25 — There were 38 j
passengers and a crew of 109 men on
board the steamship Indian. One boat
was capsized and another stove in, by
which several lives were lost. Two boats
with passenger# and a part of the crew,
and, ified out to sea and have not been beard
of since
A schooner arrived at Halifax yester
day with 24 persons rescued from tbe
wreck. Another schooner, which went
to tbe scene of the disaster, was wrecked
on the breakers. The crew of the schoon
er were saved. The number o* lives lost
on the steamer is unknown ; she had 800
tons of freight and some specie
Sackville, Nov. 26.—A steamer has
returned from the steamship Indian, with
the remaining survivors. The steamship
has so totally gone to pieces that very
little of the cargo can be saved Her
mails have been saved and forwarded to
their places of desfina'ion.
She had on board eight cabin and thirty
steerage passengers, most of the latter
being Germans and Hungarians.
There were seventy seven of the crew
in one boat, under the third officer of the
steamer, and all are believed to be lost.
All the cabin passengers were saved,
and it is known that twenty-seven persons
are lost.
Texas Legislature, <fcc
New Orleans, Nov. 25.—The Legisla
ture of Texas has authorised the Govern
or of that State to call out all troops ne
cessary for the protection of the tioutier.
The Governor has appointed Captain Ford
commander of the troops. Captain Ford
started for the Rio Grande on the 18th
instant.
Brownsville was still closely besieged
on the 19th. An expedition was prepar
ing against Cortinas.
New Orleans, Nov. 25 —The Legisla
ture of Texas has ordered the troops to
arrest Cortinas’ band. Tbe reports from
Browusville caused inteuse excitement
throughout Texas. The small town of
Gonzales raised two hundred men in two
days.
•Cortinas has returned Campbell, the
deputy sheriff, to Brownsville, unbanned,
against the wishes of bis men.
Gen. Houston recommends the Legisla
ture to authorise the raising of a regiment
of mounted men, to protect the frontier
from the attacks of the Indians.
Tlie San Juan Difficulty.
Washington, Nov. 25.—A dispatch
dated Oct. 20th, has been received from
Gen. Scott, iu which he expresses the
opinion that a temporary arrangement of
the San Juan difficulty will certainly be
made on the basis proposed by the Presi
dent of tbe United States. Everything
was quiet.
Savannah Ship News.
Savannah, Nov. 25.—The steamship
State of Georgia, from Philadelphia,
ships Agnes from London, and the Anna
F Schmidt, from Cardiff, the barks Har
vert, from New York, and the Ma’.don
from Portland, tbe brigs Antonio from
Matanzas, and the Exempter, from Kings
ton, Jamaica, arrived here to day.
Mail Steamship Company Sold.
New York, Nov. 26.—Com. Vanderbilt
has bought out the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company for two million dollars.
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Affairs at Brownsville— Gathering of
Troops—The City Safer
To Mr. Hudson, the purser of the Ari
zona, says the New Orleans Picayune of
the 22d inst., we are indebted for the
following report of the latest news from
Brownsville:
Tbe steamship Arizona, R. N. Smith,
master, left New Orleans on tbe 11th
inst., for Brazos direct, and arrived there
on the 14th inst., after encountering a
severe gale on 12th and 13th, with fifty
United States troops under Capt. J. B.
Ricketts, Ist Artillery, and on arrival
learned that Captain Tobin and eighty
Texas Rangers had arrived on the 12th.
On the 15th, United States revenue cutter
Dodge, Capt. Harby, arrived at Brazos
from Indianola, with 15 men, who stated
that they bad heard that Brownsville
was taken. On coming up, found New
Orleans papers of the 13th, containing a
statement sworn to by one Miller, that
the city had been taken after a desperate
battle, and tbe Americans fled across the
Rio Grande. This is a falsehood. There
has been no fight since the attack on
Cortinas’s camp ; nor has any one been
killed or wounded since. This report
started at Corpus Christi, and has crea
ted a panic over Western Texas, aud Gen.
Twiggs has ordered Fort Merrill to be
re garrisoned. Capt. Pennington, of the
schooner J. H. Tqone, now lying in Bra
zos, started via Point Isabel, with an old
Mexican, and they were taken prisoners,
but released. Some unknown persons,
feeling brave after the arrival of the
Rangers, took out Cortinas’s second in
command, and hung him secretly, much
against the wishes of the citizens.
The fact of there being no trouble as
reported, is known by many merchants
of Matamoras and Brownsville, who came
up on the Arizona, and by J. B. Preau,
Esq., who has been in the city almost
from the commencement of hostilities.
The forces now in Brownsville are 30
Texan Rangers, under Capt. Tobin, 48
United States troops under Capt. Rick
etts, 15 men from cutter Dodge, 50 Mexi
can troops, and 100 citizens—293 men.
As regards tbe raids on the ranchos of
Love and others, we have no informa
tion, but the Mexican authorities, in
stead of helping Cortinas, the 50 men
have been in Brownsville since tbe first
outbreak. The men from the cutter, and
the U. S. troops went up on the night of
the 16th, and Capt. Tobin intended, on
their arrival, to pursue Cortinas into his
stronghold.
Public Meeting.
The Orangeburg (S. C.) Southron says :
A meeting of the citizens of the District
will be held in the Court House, on Mon
! day next, 28th instant, at 11 o’clock, tbe
object of which will be to give public ex
pression to the sentiment of the commu
nity in regard to the importance of the
enacting by our Legislature of additional
laws for our protection against abolition
emissaries; and at the same time to or
ganize a District Vigilance Association,
to be composed of members from all parts
of the District, who will be charged with
the special duty of looking after all sus
picious characters, such as book agents,
| peddlers, drummers for Northern houses,
: clock menders, &c., now so frequently
I seen in our midst.
Fatal Accident.
The Elberton “State of the South,” of
| Thursday, says;
Captain Wm. 11. Harper had employed
ayouug man named Wiilis Elders to blast
in a well that he was having dug on his
lot. Young Elders, with a negro man
belonging to Capt. Harper, had previous
ly made several blasts in the well, but
unfortunately, ou that morning the safety
fu*e which they were using, by sotue
means became ignited, and the explosion
was instantaneous, shockingly mangling
the body of young Elders in such a man
ner as to cause his <leath ; he lived until
Tuesday night and expired, having been
iusensiblefor some time previously.
, Proposed Sale of the New York and
Erie Rail Road.
; Albany, Nov. 21, 1859.
Controller Church has been applied to
by the holders of the first mortgage bonds
of tbe New York and Erie Rnil~Road to
advertise and sell the Road for the non
! payment of iuterest. The Controller has
; placed the matter in tbe hands of Attor
ney-General Tremain, who will proceed
at once, under the act of 1845, to fore
close and sell the Road with all its ap
purtenances. Section G of the law of
1040 gives the Controller power to sell in
certain cases, upon the application of
bondholders.
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Iron for the South-Western Road.
From the Savannah papers we learn
that the ship F. Schmidt, from Cardiff,
Wales, arrived at that port Friday, with
1 03 tons of iron for the South-Western
Rail Road.
The Barnesville and LaGrange Routes
Eds. Sun: —As your columns seem to
be open for the discussion of our Kail
Rond system, and as we are soon to ,j e _
cide by our votes whether or not our ciiy
is to subscribe to one or both of the tw.,
routes, now being agitated, I beg to make
a few figures and offer some remarks up ( ,|,
the subject. I will first take up the La-
Grange route to Charleston.
Columbus to LaGrange (to be built).. mile
LaGrange to Atlanta 72
Atlanta to Charleston .807
To Charlestion via LaGrange 426)
Columbus to Barnesville 73* ..
Barnesville to Covington 42
Covington to Charleston...—.’ 2wi
To Charleston via Covington .381
of which 64 miles are to be built.
This shows a difference in favor of tj le
Barnesville and Coviugtou route of 4.j£
miles, and that route is shorter by oj
miles than via Milieu and Augusta, aud
by 10 miles than via Savannah and by rail
thence to Charleston, even if we uittke
Opelika the starting point. The route
via this place, Barnesville and Covingt UD
is the shortest one to Charleston by m ne
miles. Now let us look at the chances of
building the new road ou the two routes.
To LaGrange by survey, I am told it
47.} miles, over several large creeks, and
one mountain. 1 don’t know the estima
ted cost of this road, nor is that impor
tant, for we all know that estimates tor
roads that are built on a credit are al
ways much too low It must be an ex
p nsive road to build. Where is t: e
money to come from ? It is not probable
that the Georgia Road, or the West Point
and Atlanta Road, will aid in the matter,
for the latter road now has the carry. im
of all of our Tennessee produce, an i the
former bas a large interest in the Road
from West Point to this place, over which
that same produce now passes. Then this
Road must be buiit—if at all—by t| JSJ
people along the line, and at the two
ends. Columbus is asked to subscribe
$50,000 to its stock, without any sort of
guarantee that she will ever get her
money back, but will most likely be asked
to send $150,000 more after it, before the
Road is completed. And all for what?
To make Hamilton a cotton and grocery
market, and thereby lose to Columbus
most of her Harris, and a portion of her
Talbot trade It may be asked why Ge
neva has not been made a cotton market.
I answer because it was anew piace with
a poor surrounding country, and with no
outlet east but by Savannah, which is
generally a poor market to sell iu. The
same ieasons apply to the whole line of
the Central Road. On the contrary, everv
village along the line of road from Au
gusta to. West Poiut is a cotton and gro
cery market. Wherever there is a depot
along this line of road, you will find one
or more “pocket agencies” of the Augus
ta and Charleston Banks, controling the
cotton for those cities.
Now for tbe Thomaston Road. The
city is'asked to subscribe $50,000 to the
stock of this Road, which it is promised,
shall secure its completion, with the Mus
cogee Road’s guarantee of 7 per cent, per
annum on the investment. What can be
safer ? Such stock can be sold in Charles
ton auy day for par. This brings us iu
connection with Barnesville, and gives us
a through route to Atlanta for our Ten
nessee trade, aud our Bacon, &c., can be
brought expeditiously without changing
cars. The distance will fee but a few
miles greater than via LaGrange, at.d
much less than via Opelika. It also gives
us another route to Macon only thirteen
miles longer than the present one. and if
the Macon and Brunswick Road is ever
built, gives us another route to Savan
nah aud one to Brunswick without taking
off our hats to the Central Road or any
of its proteges. Th R.oad once secured
to Barnesville, there is then a gap of only
42 miles to build to Coviugtou to secure
the shortest route to Augusta and Charles
ton. Os course Covington would sub
scribe liberally for such a Rea l, as well
as the people along the line. But if
not oue cent could be raised ou the line
of the Road, I hazard the opiniuu
that the road from Charleston to Cov
ington, and the cities of Charleston
and Augusta, would build the Iload—
It would be an important oue to them
The business of this section and along
the line of the Mobile and Girard Road,
and placing their Roads on the shortest
route to Pensacola, Mobile and New Or
leans, are all inducements not to he over
looked by such communities, and such
men as Mr. Caldwell and John P. King.
If the people of Columbus will look for a
moment at the movements of the South-
Western Road, they must see that they are
striving tocutoffour tradesouth and west.
They will scon touch our river at two
points below, and now a bill is before the
Legislature of Alabama, for a charter for
a Road from Eufuula to Montgomery.
This Road would seriously cut off our
trade, and reduce the business of
the Girard and Mobile Rail Road, un
less we can put ourselves in more di
rect communication with Charleston.
I think it proper to say here, Mr. Edi
tor, that I don’t own one dollar’s worth of
stock in any Rail Road leading out of
Columbus, nor am I actuated by any sec
tional feeling iu the matter. If I know
myself, I have nothing at heart in this
communication, but the good of our be
loved city—and whatever is done in the
matter, I trust may add to her prosperity
and importance. COWETA.
Large Land Claim in Virginia.
A land claim, involving not less than
sixteen hundred thousand acres of land,
situated in the counties of Wythe and
Grayson, Va., way down in tbe south
west corner of the State, is now pending.
The claimants include some three or four
French gentlemen, among whom are Mr.
Dacouetor, to whom Gov. Wise addressed
the celebrated letter two years ago on
the resources of Virginia, and her advan
tages as a point of direct commercial in
tercourse with Europe—and a Mr. Del
lot, son of one of the most distinguished
lawyers in France. The plaintiffs apply
to recover these lands front parties hold
ing them under deeds granted by the
State to purchasers at a tax sale, which
took place some thirty or forty years
ago.— Wheeling Intelligencer.
Unfortunate Affair.
We regret to learn that Rev. Willi*®
Cunyus, Principal of the Stilesboro’ W
stitute, iu this country, was badly cut last
i week, by young Dodd, (son of Christopher
I Dodd,) while attempting to punish hint
for some offence. Though the wounds
are quite serious, bis life is not considered
iin ‘danger. The school has been di=-
; missed for the balnnce of the session.”
j ClassvHie Standard, 24 th inst.
Startling Discovery.
On Thursday morning a keg of powder
i was discovered under the Nashville Ga
zette building, with a slow match 3 ‘
tached. An attempt was made to lire tL
office on the 7th of July last, and it 18
j suj posed the powder was placed there
1 then. The discovery created consider*’
ble excitement in the “chapel.”
Two countrymen went into a batter -
shop to buy a hat. They were delight
j with one inside the crown of which re
inserted a looking glass. “ What’s d.e
glass for?” said one of the men.
i other, impatient at such a display
| rural'ignorance, exclaimed. “What for
why, for the man who buys the hat
j see how it fits him, stupid!”
On Dit.
i It is with regret we learn that on-“
the Junior members of the legal prol
i sion of this city, has challenged one l '-
the “press gang” of the “Gate City,
an imputation on his piety. We un -^
I stand that the challenge has been accff
I ed. and Thunder Bolt below Savanna 11
has been designated as the seat ot acti- B
—Augusta Dispatch. 2 6th.
Dr. McCliutoclt’s Cold and
mixture.-This great family medicine w*”*I*’ 1 *’
introduced by Dr. McClintock when Dean of 1
Philadelphia College of Medicine. The entirer r
fesaion approve it; and it ie gcaiant<e<i to tU ’
an ordinary cold or cough, catarrh,influenza
with absolute certainty and a degree of
that will agreably astonish the patient. Price -
Dr. McClintock^Pectoral S)’ r,, U
Are your lungs weak? Does a long breathS
yon pain? Have you a backing cougb? 1,0 -L
expectorate hard, tough mattei ? Are
with night sweats and want ot sleep? U vl u.
is your remedy. It will unquestionably save > l
Price sl. Nov.?' 1 ®