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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.
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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.”
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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.”
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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. \
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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.