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Antecedents of “Insurrectionists.” It is curious to note the antecedents of some of tlio Harper’s Ferry insurrec tionists—they become interesting in view of the horrible crime or wicked delusion that these parties have been engaged in. The previous lives of most of these fel lows is in accordance with the results which followed. Witness the annexed: Stevens’ Antecedents. —Stevens, the ac complice of Brown in his Harper’s Ferry foray, is, like his leader, not without his antecedents. The records of the War Department show that he was in the reg ular army in Mexico; that while there he and several others mutinied against their captain, for which he was sentenced to be shot, but was pardoned by Presi dent Polk ; that he was afterwards sent in the regular army to Kansas at the time of the troubles there —where he deserted the service and joined the marauding party of John Brown. Like his leader, he was severely wounded at Harper’s Ferry, and like him, survives to end his life on the gallows. The Young Man Goppic. —A correspond ent of the New York Tribune, writing from Salem, Ohio, says: The young man Edwin Goppic (im properly printed Coppie) is a native of this place, where he resided until some seven years ago, when he went to lowa. He was left an orphan at an early age, and was provided with a home in the family of a benevolent Quaker, a friend of the Coppie family, who wore aiso Quakers. Ho remained at this place some two or threo years, ing that time such evidence of a depraved and vicious nature, that his benefactor did not feel it his duty to befriend him longer, and turned him loose. After a few years more, spent in various places, he at last went to lowa, where he remain ed until the commencement of troubles in Kansas, when he emigrated to that Territory, returning again to lowa after peace was restored. One who knew him in lowa, after he had attained to man hood, informs me that he enjoyed the reputation of a reckless, dare-devil fellow, possessing much more physical fortitude than principle. After the cessation of troubles in Kansas, he was engaged with Brown in running off slaves from Mis souri. Some few months since he passed through this place on his way East, as he said, and spent several days here with his former associates. It is probable that he was then on his way to join Brown. Albert Ihzlctt. —The Johnstown Echo says : If our information be reliable, Al bert llazlett, one of the insurgents killed at Harper’s Ferry, or reported so in the first accounts, is not unknown in this region. It is said by some here who * claim to be cognizant of the fact, that llazlett was rearqj in Westmoreland county, and some years since was em ployed in tho capacity of a boatman on the Pennsylvania canal. While so’enga ged he was entrusted with the caro of a section boat belonging to Mr. John Mc- Govern, during one trip, but when he reached his destination, on the other side of the mountain, he disposed of the boat and team, and pocketed the proceeds. He was afterwards arrested, but the matter was doubtless adjusted by the disgorging of the money, as he never came to trial. His next appearance is in connection with a band of horse thieves, one of whose depredations was committed near Wilmore, in this county, and as such was arrested, but upon turning State’s evi dence and giving testimony against his confederates, during their trial at Elmira, N. Y., he was discharged, and again ap peared in this part of the country. Shortly after this ho departed, and was lost sight of until he turned up as one of the desperadoes led on by the infamous Brown. Young Merriam. —The Boston Tran script says : The Mr. F. J. Merriam, of Boston, who died of his wounds received at Harper’s Ferry, was a young man known in this vicinity. His father was of the house of Curtis & Merriam, dry goods jobbers, in Kilby street, and his mother is the daughter of Francis Jackson, Esq., the famous abolitionist and non-resis tant. Young Merriam has been an ex tensive traveler, having had ample means to indulge his taste for foreign scenes. He was very impulsive, and has fallen a victim to the most foolish and mad enter prise of our times, lie had a superior education, and was of more than ordi nary intelligence. Ilis father died when he was quite young, and his mother is now the wife of Mr. James Eddy, the artist. Mr. Redpath says, in the Boston At las and Bee, that Merrian was a Boston boy, and a grandson of the venerable Francis Jackson, President of the Massa chusetts Anti Slavery Society. He was Mr. lledpath’s companion and interpre ter, in bis recent travels in liayti. Mr. Redpath says: In his recent action he had no advisers, and acted in contradiction to the creed of his family. They avo nou-resistant abo litionists, of tho Garrisonian school. Cotton Arrangements at New Or leans. From a series of resolutions adopted at a meeting of cotton buyers and cotton brokers at New Orleans, on the 29th of October last, we extract the following: 1. That the practice followed hitherto by factors of offering for sale sale dusty and sandy parcels of cotton along with other parcels free from such defects, be discontinued by buyers, and in order to do this the more effectually, dusty and sandy cottons are hereby declared un merchantable and factors are recommend ed to self them separately on their own merits. 2. That sellers of cotton shall be held responsible for any just reclamations for false packed cotton, the following clause to that effect being inserted in the Bro ker’s sale note and also on every invoice rendered to the buyers, “subject to claims for false packed cotton.” Indian Legislatures. There are three Indian Legislatures now in session west of Arkansas. The Cherokee Council is in session at Tarle quah, C. N., sixty miles from Fort Smith. The. annual message of the chief was sent in on the first Monday in this month. Mr. John Ross is the principal chief, which office he has held for the last thirty years. Mr. Ross has written more mes sages than any other executive officer in the United States. The Choctaw Legis latures is in session at Boggy Depot, one hundred and fifty miles distant from Fort Smith, on the overland mail route. Gov ernor Walker sent in his message on the organization of the Legislature. Gover nor Walker retires and Mr. Leflore suc ceeds him. Governor W. is an excellent man, honorable in everyway, and made a good governor. The Chickasaw Legisla ture is also in session at Tishomingo, C. N., near Fort Washita. We have received no news of its doings. Here are three Indian Legislatures in session at once, and all have constitutions and laws like the States of the Union—organized with executive, legislative, and judiciary de partments. Each nation runs off into counties, with representatives in both branches of the Legislature from each county. Pass Him Hound. He have been credibly informed by gentlemen of this city, that a young man named Ellneer. in the employ of Messrs. L. E. Amsink & Cos., Champagne dealers of New York, while in this city drumming for his employers, spent much of his time in debating, or rather trying to find parties desirous of debating, the doc trines of old Brown. Greely and other abolition fanatics. From the accounts of this scamp he ought to be sent home to his via with a bird’s plumage on. We cannot believe that the Messrs. Amsink are aware of the iujury that their agent Ellneer is doing them, and from the reputation of that house, could do noth ing to implicate them.— Aug. Dispatch. Nf.w York, Nov. 22. — News by a re cent European arrival announces that the k ship Memphis, with seven hundred slaves, snccessfuUy eluded the vigilance of ■|he English cruisers. Latest News from Brownsville. New Orleans, Nov. 21.—The steam ship Arizona, from Brazos on the 17th inst., has arrived. She brings seven hun dred and fifty-three thousand dollars in specie. Intelligence, received by the Arizona, is to the effect that Brownsville is safe. Capt. Tobin, with bis company of eighty Texas Rangers, arrived on the 13tb, and thirty men from the Revenue Cutter Dodge. Fifty artillerymen from Baton Rouge left Brazos, for Brownsville, on the 10th. These, udded to the former force, will make about three hundred reg ular troops and volunteers at Brownsville. On the arrival of Capt. Tobin, Corti nas’ chief officer was held as a prisoner. He was ordered to be buDg without a trial, and the order was promptly executed. Private accounts from Brownsville to the 10th, state that all was quiet, and that there were nearly three hundred troops there. Terrible Hail Hoad Accident. Cincinnati. November 18.—A terrible accident occurred on the Indiana Cen tral Rail Road, near Cambridge City.— A rail had been taken from the bridge for repairs, and before it could be re placed a train of eighteen cars, filled with hogs, came along at high speed, and be fore it could be stopped the engine and thirteen cars plunged through the bridge into the river. A. J Smith of Indianapo lis, conductor, Green, a brakeman, and a drover named Newby, were killed. Seve ral firemen were injured. The engineer jumped from the train and escuped. It is said that over five hundred hogs were killed. The engine, cars, and bridge are piled in one horrible wreck. Further by the Canada. Manchester advices were favorable, and prices firm, but as holders were de manding an advance, business was some what checked. At Havre, Orleans Tree Ordinarie was quoted at 115 francs, and Bas at 106 francs. The sales of the week reach 9,- 500 bales. The stock is 37,000, but large quantities are known to be at sea. Movements of Gov. Wise. Washington, Nov. 20.—Governor Wise, with six hundred State troops, passed through here en route for Charlestown, to day. He (Wise) does not believe the ru mor of the approach of an armed force, but by his presence, and an imposing force, it will five a feeling of security to the population, protect the nfisoners, an d prevent any futile attempt for their rescue. The Government and Mexico. St. Lotris, Nov. 20.—The Republican’s special dispatch from Washington, says that the Government have determined upon the seizure of the northern States of Mexico. The troops from “Old Point Comfort,” and two companies from Lea venworth, have been ordered to Browns ville immediately, for that purpose. Later from Havana. New Orleans, Nov. 21. — The steamship Cahawba, with Havana dates to the 18th inst., arrived here to-day. Gen. Concha retires from office on the 181 of December. Ilis successor is ex pected daily. Restitution. Montreal, Nov. 16.—The four notes of SI,OOO each, which were stolen some time ago from ‘the Commercial Bank in this city, were returned here to-day by a Ro man Catholic Priest. It is supposed that they reached him through the coufes sioDal. Destructive Fire. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 16.—The large tannery in this city, belonging to Messrs. Fitch & Allen, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $70,000. The insurance only amounts to $20,000. Arrival of the Denver Express. Leavenworth, Nov. 17.—The Denver Express of the 10th has arrived with SIO,OOO in treasure. Both branches of the Legislature have organized. There is great excitement throughout New Mex ico on account of the recent Indian out rages. i Another Abolitionist Vamosed. Boston, Nov. 17.—1 t is stated that Dr. S. G. Howe, the notorious abolitionist referred to as “S. G. II ” in Brown’s cor respondence, has gone to Canada. His friends disclaim any connection, on his part, with the late invasion at Harper’s Ferry. Fatal Result of Fanaticism. Mr. Geo. W. Jones, a medical practi tioner, of Roslin, county of Hastings, C. W., through the Belleville Chronicle, gives the particulars of an extraordinary case of voluntary starvation, under reli gious excitement. The subject was a German Canadian woman, 62 years of age. Dr. Jones says: “On the 29th of August I found her firmly resolved upon starving herself to death. I questioned her as to what had induced her to arrive at such an absurd decision. She replied that it was the will of the Lord that she should terminate her earthly existence by such means ; and also it had been di vinely revealed to her, that she would never obtain peace or pardon without first abstaining entirely from food. I conversed with her, and endeavored to erase such erroneous ideas from her mind, but all to no purpose; she obsti nately refused to take nourishment of any kind, with the exception of little sugar dissolved in water.” On the 27th of September—and not until then—the woman died, having been thirty days without food, except about three-quar ters of a pound of sugar. Losses of Qins. From the Jefferson Independent, of the 14tb, we obtain the following: We regret to learn that the cotton gin of Dr. Brunson, together with 30 bales of cotton, S6OO worth baggiDg and rope, 200 bushels of corn, and all the farming uten sils, were destroyed by fire on Monday night last. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Also the following accidents of a simi lar nature are recorded: The gin house, with a thresher and grist mill, and eight bales of cotton, be longing to Mr. John A. Stone, on Two Bayou, were consumed by fire on the night of the 2d inst. Major Ellis, who last week had a pen full of cotton burnt, lost twenty bales by this fire. Deaths by Drowning. Two negroes, one belonging to Francis Eppes, Esq., of this city, and the other to Dr. J. W. Eppes, of Jefferson, were drowned on Thursday while attempting to cross Lake Lafayette, some six miles from town, in a flat. Two mules which were on the flat with the negroes, becom ing frightened and restless, caused the fiat to dip water, when all sank, ending in the casualty mentioned.— Tallahassee Floridian. There seems to be a sort of mania pre valent among young women in this coun try just now, to apply to the pocket of faithless swains when appeals to their hearts are unavailing, and juries seem to be inoculated with sympathy in render ing exemplary damages. Miss Maria Stafford has just been awarded $2,000 as the amount of damage done her by Wil liam Merril, who refused to marry her according to agreement. Shin plasters and gold dust seem to be the panaceas for broken hearts now a days.— K. Y Kars. High Prices for Slaves. At a recent sale of the personal estate ofWm, Clark, deceased, of Dale county, Alabama, as we learn from the Abbeville Banner, the following named slaves were sold at the prices annexed: Sambo, 18 years of age, $1,805; Mary, 12, $1,415; Milly, 6, $1,000; Jake, 52, $1,125; Isbam, 10, $1,500; Anderson, 9, $1,435; Eli, 7, $1,305; Charles, 4, $660; July, 28, $1,500. Cotton Shippers Application Books, handsomely rnled and bound, for sale at the Oct. 29. SUN OFFICE. For the Dally fcuu. Dueling. The practice of dueling is an evil of great magnitude, and should be discoun tenanced by every community. It is vio lative of the principles of humanity, mor ality and religion. It cannot be justified upon any ground whatever ; but must be looked upon as involving sins of the deep est dye. It is wilful muider. The man who gets his own consent to fight a duel, conceives murder in his heart; and if he succeeds in killing his antagonist, he is guilty of murder in the act. Nor can he plead the law of self-defense in extenuation of hi! crime, since he voluntarily places himself in the position of danger, from which he can only be delivered by taking the life j of the man who seeks his own. It is suicide, or that which may be re garded as its equivalent. For although the duelist’s life is not actually taken by his own hands, yet as he places himself in a position of such imminent perils, if he lose his life in the fight, he must in evitably meet a fearful accountability in the end ; for no man has the moral right to sacrifice his life in such a wy. It is cowardly. The duelist may pos sess the hardihood to meet his antagonist with coolness, and to fight with a strong manifestation of bravery, so called; yet he bas not the moral courage to stem the current of falsely conceived opinions of what is right in such an emergency, and to do that which is really right in the sight of God and man. If moral courage were exercised in times of difficulty, no duels need be fought, and no blood need be sbed, as nearly all difficulties could be settled a better way if proper means were used. This is made evident by those frequent adjustments of difficulties by boards of honor. It is foolish. Two men misunderstand each other about some matter of no very great importance. They misconstrue each other’s motives and a duel ensues. How foolish ! Did they but seek to understand each other, and seek to settle the difficul ty in a proper manner, how easy it would be to do so, particularly if disinterested friends were to offer their reasonable in tercessions and volunteer their mediation between them. If they fight a duel, how ever, and one or both are wounded or killed, how silly and how wicked it ap pears. If this view of the subject is correct, it becomes all to endeavor to suppress so barbarous a practice by all the means in their power. LACON. A New York Millionaire. Speaking of George Law and his wealth, the New Y'ork correspondent of the New Orleans Crescent writes that “if anything don’t pay, Mr. Law respectfully drops it. He now owns nine-tenths of the Eighth avenue rail road, which alone is an in come of a prince, and growing more val uable every day. He also owns nearly all the stock of the Ninth avenue, which, when completed, will run through Green wich street to the Ninth avenue, and thence to Harlem river—a nine mile concern. Half the ferries belong to Law. He owns the Dry Dock bank, and the bank owns about forty acres of docks, houses and land, almost in the heart of the city. Law owns the Staten Island ferry boats, and two miles of water front nearest New York, that in a few years will be worth, for docks, ten millions, i He really owns the Flushing rail road; and heaven knows how more he owns. Most persons have an idea that he is an old man. No such thing. He is only fifty-one years old, and possesses one of those vigorous constitutions that will last him forty-nine years longer.” Hogarth’s Picture of the Red Sea. Hogarth was once applied to by a mi serly old nobleman to paint on his stair case a representation of Pbaroah’s host in the Red Sea. In attempting to fix on the price, Hogarth became quite dissat isfied. The miser was unwilling to give more than half the real value of the pic ture. At last, Hogarth, out of all pa tience, agreed to his patron’s terms. Within a day or two the picture was ready. The nobleman was surprised at such expedition, and immediately called to examine it. The canvass was painted all over red. “Zounds!” said the purchaser, “what have you here? I ordered a scene of the Red Sea.” “The Red Sea you have,” said Hogarth, still smarting to have his talents under valued. “But where are the Israelites?” “They are all gone over.” “And where are the Egyptians? “They are all drowned.” The miser’s confusion could only be equally by the haste with which he paid his bill. The biter was bit. Reward for Giddings’ Head. The following advertisement appears in the Richmond Whig: SIO,OOO Reward! —Joshua R. Giddings having openly declared himself a traitor, in a lecture at Philadelphia on the 28th of October, and there being no process, strange to say, by which he can be brought to justice, I propose to be one of one hundred to raise SIO,OOO for his safe de livery in Richmond, or $5,000 for the production of his head. Ido not regard this proposition, extraordinary as it may first seem, either unjust or unmerciful. The law of God and the Constitution of bis country both condemn him to death. For satisfactory reasons I withhold my name from the public, but it is in the hands of the editor of the Richmond Whig. There will be no difficulty, I am sure, in raising the SIO,OOO upon a reasonable prospect of getting the said Giddings to this city. Richmond, Nov. 1, 1859. About eight miles Southeast from And alusia, on Thursday, Oct. 26th, were married at the residence of B. B. Bass, by G. A. Snowden, Judge of Probate, James Teel to Nancy Bass, William Teel to Mary Bass, Wilson Bass to Jane Teel. James, William, and Jane Teel all sons and daughter of John and Anna Teel, Wilson, Nancy and Mary Bass all sons and daughter of B. B. and Elizabeth Bass ; all of Covington county, Ala. The above connubial attachments were all formed and but one ceremony delivered; a nuptial phenomenon perhaps unequaled in this State or in the South.— S. W. (Ala.) Baptist. —+. . Iron Works in the United States. From a table compiled by the American Iron Association, exhibiting the number | of iron works idle and in operation in the United States, it appears that there are furnaces, rolling-mills, or forges, in twenty-five of the States of the Union, leaving but eight of the States destitute of iron works; these are Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, lowa, Minne sota, California and Oregon, all upon the boundary or frontier. The following are tbe totals: Works, 1,545; furnaces, 832; forges, 488; rolling mills. 225. These produce annually about 850,000 tuns of iron, the value of which, in an ordinary year, is $50,000,000. Os this amount, the portion expended for labor alone is $35,000,000. _____ Scotch to the Footsole. The terrace behind Fife House, White hall, which looks upon tbe Thames, is made entirely of gravel brought up. by sea from Banffshire; the old Earl of Fife, when he was made a British peer some century ago, having vowed that if he was forced to live, in London half the year, at all events he wonld always walk on Scot tish soil. Ones a Week. Fast State. The State census of lowa, completed last month, gives 683,549 inhabitants, against 192,214 heads in 1850, and 43,- 111 in 1840; thus during tbe last nine years lowa has trebled her population, while during the last nineteen years, it has increased fifteen times. The great West is being settled up fast; the man crowds the Indian and the buffalo. Some thirty years ago the Edinburg Review sneeringly asked the question, “ Who reads an American book ?” and within the last few months a volume bas been published in London entitled a “ Guide to American Literature,” which contains no less than seven hundred closely printed pages. A Night in a Pigeon Roost. Just now, the wild pigeons roost in in numerable numbers in tbe Chenango Swamp, Crawford county, Pa., about two miles east of the Ohio line. The swamp is about ten miles long by two or three wide, grown up with lameraek or larch trees and alder bushes. The editor of the Ashtabula Sentinel ha3 been among the pigeons. He says: “ When within two miles of the roost ing place, we began to hear the roar of the wings of the millions of birds there congregated, which literally equalled tbe roar of Niagara. But the sights and sounds that greeted us as we neared the i swamp, beggars description. There were probably a hundred hunters assembled i and at work. These were divided into parties of not more than two or three— some in the tameracks, and some in the alders. At a shot in the bushes the birds rose in a mass and settled in the trees; and when fired upon there they flew to tbe bushes. This changing con tinued all night. At a single shot, the fiock always rose and fiew a short dis tance to settle or be fired upon again. This scene lasted all night. The usual mode of hunting tbe pigeons is for two men to go together—one with a gun, and the other with a bag and lantern and matches. As soon as the shot is fired, the bag man strikes a light and “bags” the birds ; aud this must be done speed ily, or the wounded ones will hide and be lost. Six dozen is quite a heavy load for any man. We “gin eout” uuder five dozeu very soon. We were told to fire with one barrel at the bushes, aud with the other at the “bile up.” The term ; boil up, is a very natural one, for at every shot the flock will rise straight up ward, and after circling a few moments, : make a swooping course, and then alight perhaps within a few yards of where they rose. The number killed seems almost incredible. One man killed four dozen at a single shot, and nine hundred in the night. Color of Aral) Horses. A writer in Blackwood, speaking of horse-dealing in Syria, and the color of Arab horses, says. “ Gray of various shades, bay, chest nut and brown are the ordinary, and it may almost be said the only colors of an Arab horse. The most common of all colors, is one which I recollect as being very frequent amongst the Arabs met in India, a dark, uniform, nutmeg gray. Light gray verging upon white, is neither rare nor peculiar to old horses. Next to gray, in frequency, comes bay and chest nut, both fine and rich in quality, and the latter so prized above all colors by the Arabs, that they have a saying, that if you ever bear of a horse performing any remarkable feat, you will be sure to find upon inquiry, that he is a chestnut. Brown is not unfrequent, and in my reg ister of horses brought from Anazeh, I find one black. But so rare is that color, that if I had merely trusted to my recol lection, I should have said I never saw a black horse in the desert. Os other colors I saw none, except in the solitary in stance of a skewbald; and I cannot, at this moment, undertake to say that he was an Anazeh, or belonged to some of the tribes where the purity of the breed aan less be depended on.” + The Dead. Houses of Europe. A correspondent of the Troy Arena says: “ In Frankfort-on-the-Main and in Munich are dead houses, to which bodies are sent previous to burial, where they are kept for some two or three days, for the purpose of ascertaining whether life bas become extinct or not. On tbe fingers of the corpses are placed thimbles, which are attached io a cord communicating with a bell. Tbe slightest movement of a finger rings the bell, and thus, in cases of suspended animation, efforts are made to restore the body, instead of burying it alive, as, no doubt, often hap pens in this country. In Munich it is compulsory on the friends and relatives of all, whether rich or poor, to send the body to the dead house, and allow it to remain a certain number of days—the exact time I have forgotten. In Frank fort, I think, it is not compulsory, but it is, nevertheless, a custom very generally followed. The Chattanooga Advertiser of the 24th, says: Rain has fallen within the past week, but not in sufficient quautity as yet to make any material rise in tbe river— river trade dull. Os the marketable pro duce wheat and flour are the only articles that have advanced during the week, and these only by a small figure. We hear of small lots being sold at from $1 05 to $1 10—little offering and know of no con tracts—Flour, stocks light and quotable at $3 to $3 25 per sack. Corn, nothing doing—Bacon—stocks light but quota ble, Shoulders 9c , Ribbed Sides and Hams llijc. and Clear Sides 12c., deliv ered in depot. But few hogs offered in market. Buyers would give from $4 50 to $5 per hundred gross. Season too warm as yet for slaughtering. Failed to Come. Several hundred persons assembled at the Virginia and Tennessee Depot, yes terday morning, with the hope of getting a view of Wm. R. Palmer, the supposed accomplice of Old Brown, who was expec ted to reach this city from Memphis.— When the cars arrived, however, it was found that he was not on board; but Parson Brownlow did come, and was sup posed, by many, from his peculiar physi ognomy, to be the veritable Palmer.— One individual, who was sure that the parson was the insurgent, was quite in dignant at not finding him manacled, and enquired, in a stentorian voice, “ whar are the chains?” much to the merriment of a crowd of bystanders.— Lynchburg Republican. A Cure for Sore Ryes. To the Editor of the K. Y. Tribune: Sir : I find many people in the prairie regions afflicted with sore eyes. In the case of unacclimated persons, a sore rises on the eyelids, matures, and in some instances spreads, so as to cause total blindness for days, or even weeks. For the benefit of persons afflicted, 1 de sire to say that if they will wash their eyes with salt water several times a day, they will find a speedy and certain cure. Washing in salt water will be found bene ficial to weak eyes ; and well eyes may be kept in order by opening them every morning in salt water and keeping them j in tbe solution a few seconds. JOHN B. WOOD. Lawrence, Kansas, Nov. 4, 1859. Resignation of Wm. J. Lane. The New Y'ork correspondent of tbe Charleston Courier, says William J. Lane, the Cashier of the Fulton Bank, has re signed his position. Y'ou will remember that his son, William G. Lane, Jr., was arrested, tried and acquitted, of the charge of being a defaulter to the Bank in the sum of $60,000. President of the Fulton Bank states that Mr. Lane re signed, and .was not dismissed. He would have remained Cashier as long as he lived probably, but for his son’s trans gression. Verily the sins of the son are visited upon the father. The unfortunate event has cast a dark shadow over what would otherwise have been a life of sun shine and happiness to Mr. Lane, down to the grave. Oh ! bow sweet is a harbor after a long storm, and a sunshiny day after a dark and tempestuous night, and a warm spring after a sharp winter! The miseries and difficulties that a man meets with in this world, will exceedingly sweeten the glory of that other world. ♦ Francis Jackson Merriam, reported to have been killed at Harper’s Ferry, is in Canada. He is Redpath’s friend, the fellow who .wanted to fit out a privateer # and capture vessels along tbe coast trans porting slaves from place to place.— Gin. Com. 14tA. Ilog Shipment*. The Bristol News of Friday says: Du ring the past week, about 2,500 head of bogs have been shipped from this point eastward over the Vv & Tenn. Rail Road, and we learn that from 6,000 to 12,000 j head are now ready for shipment. A Conductor on a Cow-CatcUer. Our readers will doubtless recollect reading a thrilling incident, published by j us some time since, of an engineer, upon some western rail road, having crawled down upon the cow-catcher ot the.engine and saved a child, which was playing upon the road, from destruction, by throwing it off the track. An incident of precisely similar uatuie, and displaying : as much heroism, occurred on the Penn sylvania Rail Road last Friday, the par- ■ ticuiars of which we gather from the Ilollidaysburg Standard :—As one of the i freight trains coming east rounded a sharp cuive near Barree Siding, a station about twelve miles west of Huntingdon, i the engineer saw a small child sitting in the middle of the track, playing uncon scious of its danger. He instantly whistled down brakes and reversed his engiue, but the weight of the train and the high speed at which it was running rendered it impo-sible to stop before reaching the child, which must inevitably have been crushed to death. In this emergency, when most men would have stood paralyzed with horror, the con ductor of the train. Daniel McCoy, with steadiness of nerve that has few paral lels, ran to the front of the engine, crawl ed down on the cow-catcher, and holding himself with one hand leaned as far for ward as possible, and as he approached the child with a sweeping blow of the other he threw it off the track. It was the work of an instant, and required a steady hand and cool head to accomplish it, but he was equal to the emergency.— The train was immediately stopped, and on going back the child was found lying j at the foot of a small embankment, some twenty or thirty feet from the track of the road, alive and kicking, but somewhat stunned and bruised. The child belonged to a farmer named Neff, residing imme diately along the road.— Hanisburg Pa triot, Nov. 10 th. Singular Accident—Narrow Escape. A young gentleman, a student of Shel by Medical College, met with a rather singular accident the other evening, and came very near meeting something more serious at the same time. Walking up Church street he was in the act of turn ing into Vine when a large hog, chased by dogs, shot suddenly around the cor ner, ran full tilt against him, and knocked him down. In attempting to recover himself with his cane the stick was bro ken, and falling against one of the pieces it penetrated the skin just above the eye, and ran up oue or two inches. Had the wound been received a quarter, or an eighth of an inch nearer the eye the stick would probably have penetrated to the brain, and inflicted a fatal injury. This incident is not entirely unsuggessive of “moral reflections.” When about to turn a street corner we should pause an hour or two to satisfy ourselves in doing so, we are not likely to become up in a hog chase. If we will raise our own pork; we should make arrangements to accomplish that object without making a hog-pen of the public streets.—Nash ville Patriot. Wherever you meet with folks who keep gold fish in old fashioned glass globes, you will be sure to hear the melancholy complaint that they will die, in spite of .every care taken to preserve them. The water is changed most regularly, the glass kept beautifully clean, the vessel shaded from sunshine; yet, alas! death is al ways busy among them. Is it internal disease? Is it external fungi? No ; the cause is starvation. Every other pet is expected to cat, but these gold-carp are expected to subsist on—nothing! “But don’t they eat the animaculse ?” Non sense ! Give them a few sfnall earth worms, or angler’s gentles, twice a week, and to prevent the necessity of frequent ly changing the water, throw in a hand ful of anacharis, (water weed,) and in stead of floating in succession “on their watery bier,” they will get plump and healthy, and grow as rapidly as in their native waters. Some of our gold fish have been in our possession seven years, and have increased in size three times what they were originally. Smoking and Cancer of the Lip. M. Bouisson of Montpellie, according to The Medical Times, has recently sta ted that the great increase of this affect ion is due to the practice of smoking; and the late M. Roux attributed also to this the fact of his having met with a larger proportion of cancerous affections of the lips during the latter than during the for mer half of his prolonged surgical ca reer. M Fleury of Clermont is, howev er, of a different opinion ; for, deploring equally with M. Bouisson the pernicious practice of smoking, he doubts whether cancerous affections of the, lips is one of its effects. Between 1845 and 1855 he has operated upon 86 patients, 71 being men, and 15 womeD, and not one of these being less than 43 years of age. They were all of the peasant class, chiefly from among the mountains of Puy de-Dome and the vicinity, where smoking is almost wholly unpracticed. It is a remarkable fact that the inhabitants of the surround ing plains, and of the towns, where smok ing prevails much more, are almost com-* pletely free from the affection. —Medical Times. The Cass County Gold Mines. The New York correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, says: “Two gentlemen, owning a gold bearing tract of nearly a mile square, in Georgia, are now visiting New York for the pur pose of selling out. They exhibit'splen ded specimens of gold, of the quartz for mation. They offer to sell the whole property for 1,000,000, cr will dispose of portions at fair prices. The mines are known as the “ Glade,” are situated in Cass couDty, and are owned by Mr. E. F. Mahone, of Auburn, Alabama, and Rev. B. F. Kink, of Canton, Georgia. In the present mining mood of Wall street, they stand a good chance of striking a bar gain.” - ———— A Singular Device. While some excavations were being made in the western part of the city, on yesterday, a keg of powder was found at the bottom of an old lightning rod. It wasin a stateof good preservation, though portions of it were caked and evidently useless. It bad been placed there, do doubt, by some malicious fool who de sired to blow up the building that stood there, by lightning, and gratify s secret revenge that he was v'llian enough to cherish but not bold enough to consumate j with his own hand. —Petersburg Express. \ ■ ♦ Eufaula Express. In our brief notice of the new papers in Alabama devoted to Southern Rights, without respect to party, we inadver tently omitted to mention our excellent ; exchange, the Express, at Eufaula. It is just entering on its second volume, and our friend, Joseph H. Butt, Esq., the j editor, is among the most sensible, cour teous and firm of the Southern Rights editors in the State. His facts are argu ments, and his arguments facts.— Mont, j Mail. Failure of a State Grog Shop. The State Grog Shop in Massachusetts j has fallen from grace. Its keeper, the State Liquor Agent, has been detected in j doctoring his brandies, so as to reduce $7 brandies down to about the value of $3, the agent of course pocketing the difference. The experiment of a prohibi tory liquor law, and of State, county and town agencies for selling liquor, seems likely to fall into disgrace in Massachu setts as well as every where else. “ Can’t Keep a Hotel.” Dan Rice says that this popular phrase originated with Col. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, who .used it in one of his political discussions in that State Who ever was the “great original,” it has wonderfully tickled the popular fancy. It has supplied a want in the popular dialect, which will be duly appreciated I iby those who delight in expressive ; phrases. Crops in Louisiana. A letter in the Enquirer, dated MindeD, La., Nov. 5, says the crops in Louisiana were never better. The fall, it says, has been delightful and the cotton is nearly all picked out. Curious Facts About the Presidents. The following compilation of curious coincidences in the names and lives of the seven Fresidents of the United States [Washington; John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Jackson] are furnished by the Bos ton Transcript: “ Four of the seven were from A irgin ia. Two of the same name were iiom Massachusetts, and the seventh was from Tennessee. All but one were sixty-six years old on leaviiig office, having served two terms; and oue ot them who had served but one term would have beeu sixty-six years old at the eud ot another. Three of the seven died on*the 4ih of July, and two on the same day aud year. Three were on the sub committee of three that drafted the declaration of Indepen dence, and these two died on the same day aud year, aud on The anniversary the Declaration of Independence, and just half a century from the day of Declara tion. The names of three of the seven end in son, yet none of these transmitted his name to a son. In respect to the name of all, it may be said, in conclusion, the initials of two of the seven were the same; and the initials of still two others were the same. The remaining one, who wtands alone also in the love and admiration of his countrymen and the civilized world —Washington ! Os the first five, only one had a son, and that son was also a President. The Legare Family. The name of Hugh Swinton Legare is endeared to all South Carolinians, the more so as his genius and literary attain meDts commanded celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic. His sister’s talents are not inferior to his, though she has tilled no place in the national councils nor at foreign courts, but in a quiet and une ventful life has made her impression on the social and intellectual advancement of the day. The youDgest of three chil dren who survived the father, she was born in Charleston, South Carolina, where her childhood and youth were spent. Mrs. Legare, left a widow before she had completed her twenty eighth year, devo ted her time and means entirely to the education of her little oDes She was a woman of extraordinary mental powers, and her mind had been sedulously culti vated. Her ideas of education were broad and comprehensive, and her efforts were directed to the training of her chil dren in such a manner as to make their lives exemplary, useful and happy, as well as to develope their intellects. How well she succeeded the honorable career of all her children testifies. The noble character and life of her eldest daughter, Mrs. BryaD, and the brilliant fame achieved by the son, add evidence to the fact that she was one of those mothers whose offspring rise up to call her blessed. Mrs. Legare died on the first of January, 1843, in the seventy-second year of her age. Surviving Women of the Revolution. The following are among the surviving widows who were pensioned under the first act that was passed by Congress, viz: July 4, 1836. for the services of their husbands in the revolutionary war : NORTH CAROLINA. Martha, widow of Joshua Elkins, re sides in Chatham county, aged 102 years— married in 1784. Ann, widow of James Hutchins, re sides in Orange county, aged 99 years— married in 1781. Winnefrcd, widow of Jacob Holly, re sides in Halifax county, aged 104 years— married in 1788. Elizabeth, widow of William Cane, re sides in Davidson county, aged 98 years— married in 1781. Susannah, widow of William West, re sides in Warren county, aged 100 years— married in 1775. VIRGINIA. Sally, widow of John Goodall, re sides in Green county, aged 105 years— married in 1775. Sally, widow of Ereebush Stewart, re sides in Appomattox county, 100 years— married in 1770. Anna, widow of William Taylor, re sides in Madison county, aged 102 years— married in 1780.— Petersburg Express. Tlic Battle of Ossawatomle. The Independence (Mo.) Messenger, corrects, with much emphasis of state ment, a one sided account of the battle of Qssawatomie, that lately appeared in the New York Tribune, in which it is asserted that “Old Brown,” with 30 men, defeated and put to rout 300 Missourians, with a loss to the Missourians of 60 or 70, and a loss to Brown’s party of only 2 ! The Messenger give the following statement: Not a single Missourian was killed in the fight at Ossawatomie, aDd only two were wounded—Larry Boyce, in his hand, and a resident of Fayette county, in his neck, both of whom recovered from their injuries speedily. The Missourians, un der command of Captain Reid, were in the open prairie, while the Abolitionists under the direction of “Old John Brown,” were posted in the timber. At this immense disadvantage, which every one conver sant with the Plains well knows, the Mis souri boys drove the vaunting forces of Brown and his associates across the Ma rais des Cygnes, and if they had followed up as they should have done, the victory —we should Dever have anything of “old Brown” in connection with a servile in surrectiou at Harper’s Ferry. A Hard Case. On Friday a couple of gentlemen, with their newly-wedded brides, accompanied by the usual number of friends of both sexes, arrived in town on the Memphis and Charleston Rail Road, and vainly endeavored to procure accommodations at the Gayoso, the Worsham and the Commercial. Every room was occupied. Asa last resort, the party applied to an extensive boarding bouse in the northern part of the city. The landlord informed them that they would be accommodated, but that there were only two vacant rooms in the house. Here was a pretty pickle! It was finally determined, how ever, that the ladies should occupy one room, while the male portion of the party might monopolize the other. It is said that the swains kept melancholy watch during the loug hours of the night, and the Dext day concluded to seek some less crowded place to spend their honey moon —Memphis Avalanche. Mr. William Snow, who accompanied Captain Penny in his Arctic explorations, is sti 11 confident, notwithstanding the re sults of Captain McClintock’s investiga tions, that some of Sir John Franklin’s comrades are still alive. His theory is, that, after reaching the south part of King William’s Island, the survivors di vided into three, probably four parties— one detachment making for Back’s River, with a view to cross over to inhabited territories; a second proceeding west ward, anl “thus accounting for these strange statements most of us are familiar with”; a third eastward, while a fourth may have gone back to the ship, or tried to do so. He places no confidence in the stories told by the Esquimaux, and urges that another expedition should be dis patched in search of the supposed sur vivors. Sketch of a Belle. The subject of the following piquant sketch is Madame Recamier, a contempo rary of Madame De Stael: “The brilliancy of her eyes, which, however, were not very large, the incon ceivable whiteness of her shoulders, out shone, eclipsed everything else. She was dazzling. After a few moments, to be sure, the real amateurs returned to me. Intellectually, she was remarkable rather for great good sense than for es prit. But goodness was her speciality, kindness for every one, aDd a veritable genius for friendship— not only for mak ing and keeping friends, but what is quite different and less common, for be ing a friend.” Railing the ’Wind.” Our Caloric engine is running finely, driving all our presses with ease and facility. The old fashioned engiue, used to be put in motion by raising steam; the Ericsson caloric is started by raising the wind! Our press room is visited daily by the curious who have a desire to see an engine running without steam. Air is the only motive power.— Vicksburg Whig. City Council. We clip from the published proceedings of the City Council on Monday night, the following items of general interest to our city readers: Bv Aid. Quin: Re deed, That a separate box be opened on the 2d Saturday in December next, as regards the subscription to the LaGrange and Columbus Rail Road, and that each-voter m cast ing a ballot on said question, insert on his ticket the word “subscription” or -no subscription, and that his Honor, the Mayor, appoint two free holders to superintend said election. ties>deed, further, That an election take place at the court house, in the city ot Columbus, on the 2d Saturday in December next, for Mayor and Aldermen, and other officers, m compliance with the act of incorporation. Adopted. Bv Aid. McKendree: Resolved, lhat his Hon or the Mayor, be instructed to issue the bonds of’this citv to the Thomaston Branch Rail Road from Geneva to Thomaston, upon the same terms and conditions as the subscription in the LaGrange Rail Road, and that the matter be re ferred to the citizens for their approval or dis approval at the December election for Mayor and Aldermen. Adopted. . Aid. Hogan moved that Aid. Quin be appoint ed one of the managers of said election. \V hich ” liy a AYdTVhompson: Resolved, That the con tract entered into between the Mayor and Coun cil and Wm. F.- Serrell and associates, be taken up, and the time for t-lie commencement of said work be extended to the first day ot February next, under the same conditions, stipulations and restrictions as heretofore made. Adopted. By Aid. Barschall: Resolved, That the contract made and entered into between the Mayor anu Council, and Messrs. Goetchius & Hodges, tor the erection of anew market house, and the resolutions authorizing the committee to make the said contract, be now taken up and agreed to. Which was agreed to. In agreeing thereto the yens and nays were required to be recorded. A eas 8: nays 8. Those who voted in the affirmative, were Aldermen Barschall, Cody, Douglass, Durkin, Estes, Quin, Thompson and Ogletree. Those who voted in the negative, were Al dermen King, Hogan and Molvendree. The following are the resolutions and con traCt’ Council Chamber. May 2,1859. Resolved, That the committee on the market extension, be authorized and instructed to change the location of the market house from the present location to Oglethorpe street, oppo site the Court House square, and on a line with Crawford street, and that the said committee cause anew market to be erected on the said site in conformity with the plan and specifica tions now in their hands. Adopted. State of Georgia, I This agreement, this day Muscogee county, j made and entered into, be tween this the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus, in the State and county aforesaid, on the one part and Goetchius A Hodges, of the citv, county and State aforesaid, on the other part, witnesseth, that the said parties of the second part for and in consideration of the sum hereafter mentioned, do agree to build and com plete for said parties of the first part, a market house, to be located in the centre of Oglethorpe street, in said city, agreeably to resolution of Council, and in accordance with plan and speci fications now in their hands, and to provide all necessary materials for completing the same, the said work to be done in a faithful and work manlike manner, and completed throughout and delivered to said Mayor and Council by the first day of November next, 1859. In consideration thereof the said Mayor and Council agrees to pay to the said Goetchius A Hodges the sum of eight thousand dollars, to gether with the present market house as it now stands. In witness whereof we set our hands and seals, this 13th day of June, 1859. EDWARD CROFT. JOHN QUIN. GOETCHIUS & HODGES. Council Chamber, Oct. 24,1859. Resolved, That the time prescribed in the con tract with Messrs. Goetchius & Hodges, at which the market and city hall shall be completed, lie and is hereby extended to the first day of Feb ruary, 1860. Which, on a division was carried. There being a tie, his Honor, the Mayor, voted n the affirmative. Columbus Mechanism at Charleston In the list of articles on exhibition at the Institute Fair at Charleston, we find the annexed notice of a double cylinder cotton gin, manufactured by Clemons, Brown & Cos., of this city, which is ex hibited by the patentee, Mr. Israel F. Brown. The Mercury of Monday last says : The inventor has been long and favota bly known to Southern planters as manu facturing a superior machine for ginniDg short staple cotton. The one on exhibition is a 60 saw gin, so arranged on two cylinders as to per form the work of the same number of saws on one shaft, with much more uui formity and speed, and with less power and less vibratory motion of the saws; is more easily fed, and certainly turns out a beautiful sample of cotton. The mechanism of the gin is simple and strong, and no more liable to get out of order than a single cylinder, from w r hich it only differs in that it has two in place of one saw cylinder, placed one vertically above the other, (both runuiug through (he same breast and in the same roll) and gearing to connect (lie two cylinders— one brush taking the lint from both. The Charlestown Excitement- Washington, Nov, 22.—1 t was reliably reported, on yesterday, at Charlestown, that official dispatches had beeu received by Gov. Wise, apprising him that an or ganization of six hundred to one thou sand men, under the command of John Brown, jr., was preparing to cross into Virginia, for the purpose of attempting to rescue old man Brown. Charlestown, Nov. 22 —lt is reported that Gov. Wise received dispatches from Gov. Chase, and Marshal Johnson, of Ohio, stating that from six hundred to a thousand men, under Jno. Brown, Jr., are organising for the rescue of “ Ossa wattamie Brown.” Gov. Wise, in the face of these tele grams, sends two hundred troops home Military Orders Countermanded. Washington, Nov. 22.—Orders were issued on yesterday, countermanding the previous orders for troops to proceed to the Rio Grande. This seems to contra dict the statement that our Government intends to quarter any large body of troops, on our near Mexican Territory. Sardinia—ltaly—Garibaldi. New York, Nov. 22.—The Paris cor respondent of the London Times states that the recent interview between Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi resulted unsat isfactorily. The former declared that there was no alternative but to use force against the latter, in case he organizes and leads a revolutionary movement in Italy. Items from New Orleans. New Orleans, Nov. 23.—The Caha ba’s advices from Havana, 18th instant, state that the new Governor-General had not yet arrived, but was daily expected. Letters from St. Augustine of the I2th instant, say that Gen. Twiggs has issued orders to a section of Light Artillery, four companies of Infantry and two compa nies of Cavalry, under the command of Major Ileintzleman, to march to Fort Morrill, on the river Neuces, oa tba western boundary of Texas, to await further instructions. The U. S. Quartermaster here has re ceived orders to provide transportation for a large number of troops to the Rio Grande. Steamer Ashore. Sackville, N. 8., Nov. 23. The steamer reported ashore is the In dian, Capt. Smith, of the Montreal, line, which vessel sailed from Liver pool November 2. Two of her boats are missing, and three persons are known to be lost. She is broken in two amidships. Hopes are entertained that some of the articles in her cabin may be saved No further particulars have been received. Aid from South Carolina. Richmond, Va., Nov. 23—Gov. Gist, of South Carolina, has tendered Gov! Wise any amount of military aid, which he has thankfully declined. Ship News by the Canada. New York, Nov. 22.—Arrived at Liv erpool. ship R. H. Dixey, from Mobile, and ship Muscogee, from Charleston. Arrived at Plymouth, ship Ocenn Pearl, from Bordeaux for Mobile, leaking badly! Unknown Steamer Damaged. Halifax, Nov. 22.—A large steamer was passed on yesterday which was dam aged on the rocks of Guysboro, Nova Scotia. From the description given it is uncertain what the name of the vessel is. Havre Market. Havre, Nov. 4.—The sales of cotton for two Ays were 3,500 bales, including several lots on delivery, at rather higher prices. 6 Memphis and Charleston Bail Hoad. The net receipts of this Road for the of October last, amount to $83,- <l6 45. The number of bales of cottoq received over it for tbe same time was 33,580. Tbe Negro Revolt in Kentucky. The Paris (Ky.) Fiag puts a different face upOD the reported negro conspiracy in Kentucky. It says: Mr. J. B. Crandell, one of our butch ers, was pretty badly useJ up in a fight wrih some negroes, on Tuesday night last. His account of it, as it comes to us through others, is about this: He w : ,s going horn.*, soon after dark, and when a shoit distance beyond the first toll gite. on the Middletown road, met three negro men and two women. As he was about to na-s, one of them seized his horse’s bridle, remarking that they “might as well settle it now as at any time.” The horse reared and Crandell sprang off The negroes at once “pitched in,” but „ 8 Crandell is a very stout man they found they had quite as much as they had bar gained for. They fought all round, some times up aud sometimes down, first Crati dell under and then the negroes, and sometimes all in a pile. Crandell sayg he thought they were fighting nearly a week Finally, one of the negr. es pro posed to quit, saying he was satisfied, and this proposition was carried unani mously. “Mr. Crandell went home, and having got his gun, returned to the scene of uc lion, but saw nothing of his assailants. When he reached his home, however, upon bis return, he saw a negro man skulking about, and collaring him, charged him with having been one of his assailants. The negro denied it, and the argument finally “axed so warm that another fight became inevitable. The darky proved a pretty tronble-ome cus tomer, and required all hands on the place to suhdue and tie him, which was finally done and he lodged in jail. He be longs* to Col. Kinzea Stone. Another negro, belonging to Mr. Hiram Roeeber ry. was arrested next day as one of the parties. Tlie Harper's Ferry Insurrection announced in England By tbe arrival of the Circassian, at Gal way, on the 27th instant, bringing dates from New York to the 17th, we learn that a fearful insurrection had broken out at Harper’s Ferry. The negroes had seized the United States arsenal, aDd weresend ing cart loads of muskets into Maryland and elsewhere. Theexpress train through road was stopped, one employee had been shot dead, and the conductor threatened, and forced to hold back. The troops in Virginia had been ordered out, and also the government troops from several poiuts. The object of the outbreak was unknown, and details were confused. All telegraph wires leading to Harper’s Ferry had beeu cut. Later dated dis patches say: “All railway trains stopped. The insurrectionists number 500 to 700. Great excitement prevails. Several com panies of marines have left Washington for the scenes of the conflict.”— Liverpool News, Oct. 2 9th. The famous Brownsville land cases, out of which the effort to impeach Judge Watrous, of Texas, grew, are not finally closed. Jacob Massina, who was the plaintiff’ in these cases, is a resident of New York, and has brought an action at law there against parties to the old suits, also resident now in New York. He claims damages from them to a large amount for collusion and fraud, by which the plaintiff was divested of his rights in the property and the decrees adverse to him in the courts, obtained. The principal defendant named is Mr. Still man, who, under the code of the State of New York, can be made a witness under the subpoena of the other party before trial. Mr. Stillman appeared, but re fused to answer a long list of interogato ries, and pending tbe argument how far he should be required to answer, the late troubles in Brownsville broke out. The defendant applied for leave to go to Brownsville and attend to his private affairs there. This was refused by the other party, who wanted the examination to proceed and be finished before the witness goes out of the State, but the court, on hearing, suspended the exami nation until next March, in order to per mit the witness to settle his business in Brownsville.— N. O. Picayune, 19/A. ♦ Tlic Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Norton. From a late New York letter of the Washington States, we clip the following: Everybody has heard of the Hon. Caroline Norton ; of her rare genius as a poet aud author; of her remarkable personal beauty ; her charming social ac complishments, aDd of her generous do mestic affections. Her exquisite little song of “ Love Not,” which breathes the sad music of the broken-hearted, is fa miliar to millions, while her “Undying One” deserves to be classed with the im mortal. A few days siuce, Mrs. Norton’s eldest son, who has been for some time secretary to the British legation in Paris, died. He was a young man of high cul tivation aud of extraordinary personal beauty. His mother’s heart, as I know from his own lips and looks, was “bound up in him.” After the funeral ceremo tries at Wakefield, in England, Mr. and Mrs. Norton met for the first time in several years, except as litigants before the courts. They subsequently dined together,*the husband paying his afflicted wife the most tender and considerate at tention. Hearts crushed by a common sorrow can hold no enmity, aud the Great Reconciler—Death—often unites ‘•Friends who have been loug estranged— When hearts that have grown cold— Vi ill meet again like parted streams, To mingle as of old.” Glass Coffins. Mr. John R. Canon, of New Albany, lud., has just obtained a patent for glass coffins. Bodies placed in these coffins may be preserved in their natural state lor all time to come, and when placed in vaults, can always be accessible to the gaze of those who are left behind. The expense of these coffins will be no more than that of ordinary wooden coffins, and if the expectations of the inventor are realized so far as the preservation of bodies is concerned, they will immediately come iuto general use. Slavery In Massachusetts. About eighty years ago a negro slave t an away from bis master in the town of Chelmsford. The master mounted his horse, pursued and # caught the runaway in what is now the town of Groton. Here he tied him to the tail of bis horse and then rode rapidly borne, compelling the negro to run or be dragged. The poor chattel was nearly dead when he arrived at his owner’s house, and did not long survive tlie cruel deed. The descendants of this New Englander are living, and some of them are the warmest haters of slavery to be found in our neighboring towns. —Lowell Citizen. . Roger A. Pryor. The Richmond Dispatch says that sev eral companies ot Petersburg Volunteers, attached to the 39th Regiment, passed through this city early yesterday morn ing en route tor Charlestown. Among tb* citizens whom the call of duty has sum* moned to the field of arms was Roger A. 1 ryor, Representative elect from the 4th District in the Congress of the United States, who, as a private in the Peters burg Greys, passed through with his companions in arms at the timealluded to. * A Patriotic Barber. At a late hour last Saturday nighh Lomax B. Smith, a colored barber, wl l3 had the honor of shaving the Marquis de Lafayette, in the year 1824, waited upon the Mayor of Richmond, and tendered his services to go to Charlestown. seemed very anxious to have a brut’ 1 with the invaders, and proposed to rai- e a company for the purpose, not doubting that he could shear the ears from some abolition heads. The offer was not a c ” cepted, but the Mayor commended Lo max’s patriotism.— Rich. Dispatch. ♦ The Charleston Mercury of Monday says: We learn by favor of a private let” ter, that Mr. Leonard Dozier, Jr > l'* s been convicted of manslaughter, for tbe killing of Mr. R. D. Evans, at George’ town, on the evening of September 1. sentenced to twelve months imprisonment aud to pay a fine of SIOOO. The Hon. C. C. Clay and Lady were in our City yesterday. They wera on then way to Washington.
