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COLUMBUS:!
Tuesday Morning, Dec. 6, 1850.
Senator Iverson and lion. J. W. H. j
Underwood, have arrived in Washington.
The steamship Star of the South, from
New York, arrived at Savannah Saturday
afternoon.
In the Alabama Senate, Saturday, a
bill was passed incorporating the Opelika
and Talladega Rail Road Company.
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Silas Brown, Esq., an old and esteemed
merchant of New York, died at his sum
mer residence in Connecticut on Sunday
last.
The Post says the New York marine
underwriters have suffered heavy losses
the past week. Nine ships, one bark and
one brig are reported lost, making a loss
of nearly two million dollars.
Stockholders Meeting.
In Apalachicola yesterday, the Stock
holders in the Apalachicola and New
Orleans Steam Navigation Company,
convened for the purpose of organizing
and electing officers.
Freight Receipts.
The receipts of freights at the depot of
the Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road the
past month, are as follows i 61,280 bush
els of wheat, 2,881 barrels of flour, and
2,243,000 pounds of miscellany.
gale of Negroes in Virginia.
At a sale of negroes in Bedford county,
Va., recently, five men, ages ranging from
18 to 27 years, sold for the following
prices: One for $1,760, one $1,750. one
$1,785, one $1,789 and one $1,799, mak
ing in the aggregate $8,883 for five ne
groes.
.Conductor Killed.
The Bowling Greene (Ky) Standard,
learns that a young man by the name of
llarrison, a conductor on the freight train
on the L. & N.*lt. R., was killed on Tues
day last; he was on the cars, and his
head struck a bridge they were going un
der which caused his death.
Dr. Reed.
The Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Courier says Dr. Reed, who
was arrested in that city for using incen
diary language, has had a magisterial
examination. It appears that the lan
guage was used in the heat of passion,
and ho was held to bail to keep the peace.
‘Portland, Me., as a Cotton Port.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin
says the freight agents of the Graud
Trunk and the Illinois Central Rail Roads,
entered into negotiation last August with
cotton factories in Maine, for the trans
portation of cotton by way of Cairo from
the Mississippi river. Six thousand bales
are now on their way by these routos.
No Emissary.
The Canebrake (Ala.) Gazette says the
papers and effects of the late Bertram
Round, were thoroughly examined by
several gentlemen residing at and near
Spring Hill in that county, and the fact
fully ascertained that no letters were
found or other evidence to implicate him
as an emissary of Brown.
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Congress.
The “assembled wisdom” of the Uni
tod States met yesterday at Washington.
Dispatches from that city justify the
opinion that the difficulty in organizing
will not be so great as was anticipated.
The prospect for a stormy session is good,
and under the present excited state of the
country its proceedings will be regarded
with unusual interest. We shall endeavor
to keep our readers regularly advised as
to the deliberations.
Dentil ky Rail Road.
The Athens (Tenn.) Post of Friday
learns that Mr. George Phillips, of Polk
county, was injured so severely on the
Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road
last Saturday, that he died in a short
time. The accident is said to have oc
curred by his own imprudence in at
tempting to get upon the cars after the
train had been put in motion.
An Imposter.
A correspondent of the Christian In
dex cautions the public against “a pol
ished scamp,” calling himself 11. A.
Taylor, and who some months since
passed himself off as Dr. Wise, nephew
of the Governor. He also claims to be a
partner in tho firm of E. H. Stabler &
Cos., wholesale druggists of Baltimore,
Md. He is said to be good looking, city
bred and affable in manner—and suspect
ed of being implicated in the Harper’s
Ferry affair.
San Juan Island Difficulty.
Dispatches from General Scott were
received at the War Department on the
22d. They were dated at the Straits of
Fuca. and sent by way of Leavenworth.
The General says of the San Juan Island
difficulty :
Two days ago I dispatched from Fort
Townsend a communication to Governor
Douglass, proposing a temporary adjust
ment of the existing difficulties on the
basis suggested by the President in his
instructions to me. There has been no
answer yet; but there is no doubt the
proposition will be accepted. Everything
is tranquil in these islands.
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Macon at Work.
Wo learn that two gents, who could not
show clear papers of their whereabouts,
names, or occupation, have been arrested
by the Vigilance Committee of Macon,
Ga. One of them had given a different
name in every place he passed through,
and hailed from Baltimore. A dispatch
was sent on to know of the truth of his
statements, but he proved to be one of
the unknown. They were lodged in prison
to await an examination, which was to
have been held on last Saturday morning.
A Happy County.
The editor of that spicy sheet, the Early
County News, attended the Superior Court
at Newton, Baker county, and says there
was only one criminal case on Docket.
The defendant was found guilty and fined
ten dollars. At the close of the session,
the Grand Jury brought in two Bills of
Indictment, both for misdemeanors, and
in their general presentments, discour
aged any appropriation for repairing the
jail, partly, Ijecause the county had very
little use for any such institution.
Tlie Military Bill In the Mississippi
Legislature.
In the House last Monday, in the Com
mittee of the Whole, the military bill was
considered. Able speeches were made
by distinguished gentlemen. Mr. San
ders, of Holmes, moved to appropriate
$120,000, to supply volunteer militia
companies with arms and equipments.
South Carolina Legislature.
T. J. Pickens was elected Comptroller
General by the South Carolina Legislature
‘on Thursday.
Mr. V/liliams offered a resolution in the
House, calling upon the Governor to con
vene the Legislature whenever any of the
States desire to form a Southern
Confederacy. So says a special dispatch
the Charleston Courier.
The Opelika and Chllderaburg
Rail Road.
In the Tallapoosa (Ala.) Times, we
find an article copied in the Sun, of
Saturday, in which fears are expressed,
that in view of conflicting Rail Road in
terests we may lose sight of our most im
portant one, to wit: the Opelika and
Childersburg connection. It is true, that
we have had quite an exciting time here,
arising from the of that ques
tion, but the only conflict that has ever
existed, that we are aware of, is between
the Thomaston and La Grange routes. It
is to be acknowledged that Columbus is,
at this time, passing through an ordeal,
which will exert an important influence
upon her future prosperity. The rival
interests of other localities and sections
are endeavoring to circumvent and
thwart her enterprises and efforts to ex
tend the circle of her trade and influence,
but her success is :n her own bands, and
we confidently believe she will use the
means in her power, to place it beyond
the contingency of a failure. All parties
here, desire a connection with some other
point on the seaboard, in addition to the
one with Savannah; also a more direct
communication with Tennessee and North
Georgia. The only conflict or difference
of opinion that exists, is with relation to
the route that will secure these ends, and
be shorter, easier and cheaper of comple
tion. 1 here is no principle involved in
the contest; both parties desire to
promote the prosperity of the city. To
settle these differences of opinion, the
question has been referred to the people,
who will, through the ballot box, decide
whether the aid of the city shall be ex
tended to either route. So far as the
Opelika and Childersburg Road, and its
importance to U3 in a commercial point of
view, is concerned, there is no conflict and
but little difference of opinion. All nearly
are agreed as to that. We rejoice to per
ceive the interest manifested in the arti
cle of the Times, and regard it as auspi
cious of success. To the people at the
termini and along the line of the Road,
we would say, its ultimate construc
tion is of no less interest to us
than to them, and when the time
comes, Columbus will undoubtedly, con
tribute her quota of assistance, to an en
terprise that must prove to be of vital
importance to her.
Vigilant Committees.
The Charleston Mercury of Thursday,
says:
The citizens of Orangeburgh District,
at a public meeting held at the Court
House, have formed a Vigilance Associa
tion, and appointed an Executive Com
mittee, consisting of fifteen members,
from the village of OraDgeburgh, and ten
from each of the twelve beats of the Dis
trict. The Association, after its organi
zation, chose the following gentlemen offi
cers for the present year:
Rev. T- H. Legare, President.
Wm. M. Hutson, Ist Vice President.
Capt. O. M. Dantzler, 2d Vice Presi
dent.
Capt. A. G. Salley, Corresponding Sec
retary.
Maj. J. V. Grover, Recording Secretary.
J. F. Izlar, Treasurer.
The citizens of Cheraw have raised a
Comniitteeof Safety, consistingof twenty
seven members.
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In Need of an Editor.
In the Sun, of the 24th ult., appeared
an editorial article, under the caption of
“ New Bank in Alabama.” In the last
La Fayette (Ala.) Sentinel, we find it
copied without the usual credit. This is
frequently done by accident; but when,
as in this instance, the phraseology is
changed to suit the locality, we would
not venture to say what would be the
verdict of a jury empaneled to decide
this particular case, and sworn to render
a verdict according to the evidence. It
may be that the Sentinel does not suffi
ciently appreciate the propriety of “ ren
dering unto Ctesar the things that are
Caesar’s,” —editorially speaking. How
ever that may be, it stands in the cate
gory, which the Montgomery Mail some
time ago, placed a paper in Alabama—
“ rather in need of an editor.”
’Squire W.’s Mistake.
A correspondent of the Mobile Tribune
tells the following:
Old ’Squire W. is an honest, jovial soul,
with few religious scruples—fond of a
hearty laugh or a good joke at any time.
He relates the following on himself as an
actual occurrence:
“One night, boys, I had a very strange
dream. A long ladder, like Jacob’s,
reached from the ground toward the
‘good place,’ and it was on this ladder
that I went up. When I reached the top,
I found a space of seven or eight feet in
tervening between the last round and the
celestial gate. I could see within and
catch glimpses of the fine things inside.
Peter stood at the entrance; he leaned
over, reached out his hand, and told me to
make a big jump. I did jump, boys, and
got one of the d—dest falls you ever heard
of—for I found myself sprawling on the
floor, having jumped out of the bed,
while I was trying to jump into heaven.”
C.
[IT ’Squire W. doesn’t stop swearing,
the probability is that he will ultimately
jump on to a floor that will keep his feet
uncomfortably warm.— Ed.]
A Movement Against Negroes In
Canada.
By the proceedings of the Court of As
sizes of Essex County, Canada, it appears
that the Grand Jury have made a pre
sentment to the Court, based upon a rep
resentation emanating from the authori
ties of the township of Anderdon, in re
gard to the negro population of the coun
ty. The Grand Jury submitted the docu
ment that was presented to them to the
Court, and urge that some action be tak
en in the matter. The Anderdon author
ities say: “We are aware .that nine-
I tenths of the crime committed in the
county of Essex, according to the popu
lation, are so committed by the colored
people.” And they further urge, “that
some measures may be taken by the Gov
ernment to protect us and our property,
or persons of capital will be driven from
I the country.” The Court, in alluding to
j this presentment, remarked that “he was
not surprised at finding a prejudice ex
isting against them (the negroes) among
the respectable portion of the people, for
they were indolent, shiftless, and dishon
est, and unworthy of the sympathy that
some mistaken parties extended to them;
they would not work when opportunity
was presented, but preferred subsisting
by thieving from respectable farmers and
begging from those benevolently in
clined.”
Adams’ Express Company.
The Adams’ Express Company have
sent instructions to their agent in this
place, that should any package of freight,
likely to contain munitions for insurrec
tion, rebellion or robbery, or other pro-,
ceedings against the laws of the State or
ot the Lnited States, consigned to any
party or parties not known to said agent,
he, the said agent, is to notify some
proper officer of the same, and hold the
same subject to the directions of the said
officer.— Cheraw Gazette.
Mississippi Central Rail Road.
The N. 0. Picayune says it is now re
! duced to a certainty that the gap in the
! above Road will be closed by the Bth of
I January next. Its completion will ensure
continuous Rail Road communication with
i New Aork city, and reduce the time to
three days.
sThe Newnan Blade learns that the corps
of engineers who are locating the Griffin
and Oxford Rail Road, reached Flint river
on Saturday last.
Qeorgia Legislature.
In the Senate Friday, on the passage of
the Choice Bill over the veto of the Gov
ernor the vote was 62 yeas —45 nays,
which was not the constitntional majority.
Mr. Seward, of Thomas introduced the
following resolution :
Resolved by the Senate, that when the
House of Representatives shall signify
their willingness to receive it in General
Assembly, the Senate will meet them, to
take into consideration the propriety of
granting a pardon to William A. Choice, 1
now under the sentence of death, on the
charge of murder, in the county of Ful
ton.
He believed the pardoning power be- j
longed exclusively to the Legislature.
HOUSE.
The bill appropriating $3,000 for the ,
relief of Maj. Ilibberts for injuries sus
tained while in the service of the State j
Road, was passed without a dissenting
voice.
The bill with’ a substitute loaning the
bonds of the State to Mark A. Cooper, to
establish a foundry, for the manufacture
of ordnance, small ams, &c., was report
ed back, and made the special order for
Saturday.
The bill to amend the Act of December
22d, 1857, to legalize the suspension of
specie payments by the banks was report
ed adversely on, but passed by 79 yeas to
49 nays.
The bill to amend the act of December
11, 1824, exempting certain articles from
levy and sale for the support of families,
was taken up on its passage.
Mr. Lewis, of Greene, moved to amend,
after the words horse and mule, “and
also one saddle and bridle,” which was
adopted. The bill then passed.
The bill allowing free persons of color
to enter into voluntary slavery, or to
compel them to leave the State, was taken
up with the substitute reported by the
Committee on the Judiciary, and made
the special order for Monday, (to-day).
The following bills, among others, were
passed:
To amend the act of December 13,
1792, for the protection of religious socie
ties in public worship.
To facilitate the rendition of judgment
against sheriff’s and their securities.
To declare certain words actionable/>er
sc without proof of special damage.
To amend the act of December 25,
1837, and to repeal the acl of January
12, 1852, concerning the carrying of con
cealed weapons; yeas 90, nays 56.
To allow persons to make a return of
taxable property to the Clerks of the Su
perior Court in certain cases.
The bill exempting from levy and sale
one negro, was indefinitely postponed.
In the Senate, Saturday, the resolution
introduced by Mr. Seward to meet the
other House to take into consideration
the propriety of pardoning William A.
Choice, was laid on the table for the bal
ance of the session, by a vote of 82 to 32.
The bill regulating the agencies of
foreign Insurance Companies, was passed
and sent to the House.
The bill for the voluntary enslavement
of free persons of color, was indefinitely
postponed.
In the House, the motion to reconsider
the bill to increase the penalty for carry
ing concealed weapons, failed.
A bill to endow a Professorship of Na
tural Sciences and Agriculture in Chero
kee Baptist College, was lost.
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An Abolitionist in Savannah.
The Savannah Republican, of Satur
day, gives an account of the applying
of tar and cotton, to an individual in
that city, on Thursday night, under these
circumstances :
Sewell H. Fisk, a dealer in boots and
shoes, on Market Square, of several
years standing, has been the object of
suspicion for some time,, in consequence
of his well known abolition proclivities,
which he has taken, as we are informed,
some trouble to make known to our slave
population. His latest acts are, entic
ing negroes into his cellar at night and
reading them all sorts of abolition docu
ments, and last Sunday night was devo
ted especially to the history of the trial
of John Brown, and a general exhorta
tion upon the institution of slavery and
the advantages of freedom. These facts,
as wo hear, were sworn to before a Jus
tice of the Peace by his nephew and
his clerk; and coming to the ears of
some parties who bad constituted them
selves a quasi-vigilance committee, Mr.
Fisk’s store, over or in which he sleeps,
was visited, and he was called out and
gagged before he could make either noise
or resistance. He was then placed in a
carriage and driven a short distance
from the city, and the application, as
above, made to his nude person ; he was
then left to find his way back, as best he
could. His first appearance in the lim
its was near the hospital, where he came
in sight of a watchman, who was so
alarmed at the sight that he gave a spas
modic jerk of his rattle and took to his
heels, not willing to face so dreadful an
apparition. A reinforcement, however,
was brave enough to approach him, when
he was conducted home, the most pitiable
object it is possible to imagine l Not n
spot of his skin was visible, and his hair
was trimmed close to his head.
Escape of MeCrab’a Murderer.
The Atlanta Intelligencer of Thursday,
speaking of Pitts being arrested for the
murder of McCrab, says :
He was in charge of two officers on the
Chattanooga train, en route for Montgome
ry, via this city, on Tuesday night last,
but escaped from them, we learn, in this
manner: The train had stopped at a de
pot called Little Shanty, a few miles this
side of Chattanooga, when one of the offi
cers stepped out of tho cars to get some
refreshments. Pitts complained of thirst,
and his remaining custodian went with
him to the water cooler, where he drank,
after which the officer walked away to
regain the seat they had left, and the
prisoner “put” through the door near
the cooler, at the end of the car. The
The officer soon missed him ; but, before
he had left the car, Pitts, covered by the
darkness of the night, made good bis re
treat. The officers said they would hunt
him in the morning. What success they
have had we did not learn. Pitts was
hand-cuffed; but the “bracelets” were
much too large for him, and be had once
“slipped” them. To prevent his doing
so a second time the officers had twined
them round with cord, to make them
smaller. He doubtless soon got rid of
these encumbrances after bis escape.
Distinguished Passengers.
Three distinguished individuals, with
their heads shaved and their hides no
doubt, still smarting with the sting of a
hundred lashes each, passed through this
city, on yesterday evening, for their
Northern homes. They had been in Co
lumbus, Ga., where they had been de
tected in picking pockets, for which they
were whipped, and their heads shaved
and received their leaving papers. They
were a queer looking'trio of villains, and
evidently felt as funny as they looked.
One of them was sixty years of age—an
old sinner—the others were young and
sharp.
The above appeared originally, in the
Petersburg (Va.) Express, and we take
this opportunity to correct it. So far as
the statement that they bad been to this
city, &c., is concerned, it is erroneous.
The editor indited the paragraph under
a mistake as to the locality.
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Kit Carson not Dead.
A dispatch from Philadelphia the 29th,
to the New Orleans Picayune, states that
Judge Watts, who arrived in that city the
same day from New Mexico, contradicts
the statement that Kit Carson had died
at Taos, in that Territory.
The payment of members of Congress
at the beginning of the session will absorb
one million.
For the Sun.
Exemption of Physicians, Ac.
Eds. Sun: In a late number of your
paper, I am much gratified to see, that a
bill has been introduced in our Legisla
ture, to exempt all practicing physicians
in this State, from jury duty ; to relieve
practicing physicians from the payment
of a professional tax ; and to authorize
their evidence being taken by interroga
tories in civil cases. This is a move in
the right direction, and the passage of
a bill containing the above provisions,
would show a more wise discrimination,
than has generally characterized our leg
islation on medical matters.
Previous enactments are so contradic
tory and mixed up, that it would require
a Philadelphia lawyer to tell who is legal
ly authorized to practice medicine, for
fee or reward, in Georgia. But, one thing
we do know, and that is, that our legis
lators have made no distinction between
the educated physician and the quack.
That our laws place all on the same foot
ing, and that Dutch. Indian, Chinese,
Root and other nameless tribes of Drs.
(?) are allowed to kill and humbug the
peaceable and unoffending people of the
State, without let or hindrance. And let
it be remembered, that many of these are
the graduates of the Georgia Legislature,
having been made M. D’s by special en
actments of the “ assembled wisdom,”
which knows just about as much of the
qualifications of their favored M. D.’s as
the said M. D.’s do of the science of med
icine. .
But to return to the bill: this shonld
pass for the following reasons, which, I
think, will be considered good and suffi
cient, by every candid and reflecting
mind:
Regular practicing physicians should
be exempt from jury duty, and from at
tendance on Court, as witnesses, because
their duties to the public, as physicians,
are paramount in importance to all other
public duties; while their attendance on
Court, as jurors and witnesses, is incom
patible with the proper discharge of pro
fessional duties.
Regular physicians should be exempt
from the existing onerous professional
tax, for the simple reason that they ren
der to the poor, more gratuitous services
than any other class, which services,
should, by right, be paid for by the
county, at the public expense. But, as
no compensation is made to the physician
for professional attention to the poor,
whom we have always with us, and who
are a heavy tax on his time, means and
strength ; every principle of justice de
mands, that such services should receive
some little compensation, in a partial ex
emption from publiq burdens.
It will be noticed, that my plan is for
regular physicians. I have no idea of
advocating any immunities to those, who
never spent a dollar in their lives in pre
paring themselves for the responsible du
ties of a physician, and who are by no man
ner of means, entitled to the rights,
and honors of physicians, merely because
they are dubbed Drs. by a too credulous
community, or an ill-advised and undis
criminating Legislature. So far from
granting such as these, any exemption
from public burdens, a prohibitory tax
should be laid on them.
HIPPOCRATES.
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Successor of Chancellor Dargan.
From dispatches to the Charleston pa
pers of Saturday, we learn that J. P
Carroll, of Edgefield, was elected on the
2d inst., by the South Carolina Legisla
ture, Chancellor in Equity on the second
ballot vice Chancellor G. W. Dargan de
ceased.
In the House resolutions were offered
by Messrs. B. F. Perry, of Greenville;
T. Y. Simons, of Charleston; and R. B.
Boylston, of Fairfield, expressive of the
sense of the House, in the present crisis.
That of Mr. Perry is, in substance, as
follows:
Resolved, That the general manifesta
tion of feeling and sentiment at the North,
make it dishonorable and dishonoring in
South Cardin i and other slaveholding
States to continue united with a people
whose moral tone characterizes them us
a nation of pirates, savages, assassins
and traitors.
On motion of J. Jonathan Lucas, of
Charleston, it was.
Resolved, That in order to put the arms
of the State in the most effective condi
tion, and for the purchase of such addi
tional arms and ammunition as may be
necessary, the Military Contingent Fund
be increased, for the ensuing year, to
SIOO,OOO.
The Committee on Military Affairs re
commend an appropriation of $50,000 for
the erection of two armories in Charles
ton.
Letter from Maliala Doyle to John
Brown.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 20, 1859.
John Brown:
Sir —Although vengeance is not mine,
I confess that I do feel gratified to hear
that you were stopped in your fiendish
career at Harper’s Ferry with the loss of
your two sons. You can now appreciate
my distress in Kansas, when you then and
there entered my house at midnight and
arrested my husband and two boys, and
took them out of the yard, and in cold
blood shot them dead in my hearing.—
You can’t say you done it to free our
slaves ; we had none, and never expected
to own one; but has only made me a poor,
disconsolate widow with helpless children.
While I feel for your folly, I do hope and
trust you will meet your just reward.
Oh, how it pained my heart to hear the
dying groans of my husband and children.
If this scrawl gives consolation,
you are welcome to it.
MAHALA DOYLE.
N. B.—My son, John Doyle, whose life
I begged of you, is now grown up, and is
very desirous to be in Charlestown on the
day of your execution; would certainly
be there if his means would permit it,
that he might adjust the rope around
your neck, if Gcv. Wise would permit.
M. D.
A party of gentlemen at once subscrib
ed the amount, but the letter being detain
ed, it was ascertained young Doyle could
not arrive in time.
The New York correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury, in his first letter,
furnishes the folloming Opera item :
“ Strakoscb, of the opera, is deter
mined to bring out his step-daughter,
Adelina Patti, before the season is over.
She is now a plump and rosy girl of
eighteen, and will at once gain the rare
reputation of being beautiful. With
the exception of Piccolomini, we have
never been blesseU with a handsome
Prima Donna. Little Patti will satisfy
the soft-pated young men on that score,
j and if she has only got voice and dramat-
I ic talent enough to pass muster with the
j old opera-goers, and especially the dread
ful newspaper critics, her fame and for
tune are made. Until a few years back,
Adelina has been an ‘ infant phenome
non,’ in the most bewitchingly short
dresses and delightful pantalettes.
Tennessee Items.
Hogs for the South. —Over one thou
sand head of fat hogs have been shipped
at this point per rail road, for the South,
the present week, and several large droves
have passed through for the same market.
Athens [Tenn.) Post, 2d.
Pork. —We have no late advices from
the Western pork market this week. Six
dollars per hundred, net, is the price
asked here. But very few engagements
have been made.— lbid.
Markets.— A good article of Wheat
commands from $1 to $1 10 per bushel.
Corn is offering at 50 cents per bushel,
sacked. It is said to command that price
at Cleveland, and some other points on
the rail road.— lbid
IDiscovery of Gold in Southern Mis
souri.
St. Louis, Nov. 29. — Intelligence has
been received here to-day that a large
vein of gold-bearing rock has been dis
covered in the southern part of this State,
which is believed to yield SIO,OOO worth
of gold per ton. Specimens of the rock,
which is a species of horneblend, have
been received in this city, where assays
are now being made.
Citizens’ meeting.
Saturday, Dec. 3.
A meeting of tbe citizens of Columbus
was held to-day for the purpose of re
ceiving the report of a Committee ap
pointed at a previous meeting of the
citizens on Friday evening. -
The Committee appointed to investi
gate certain charges made against Messrs.
Henry P. Manchester, Marred Coon and
James S. Burdick, respectfully report:
That having fully examined all the
witnesses which we could bring before us,
we find nothing against those persons
deserving of corporal punishment; but
being satisfied that these are suspicious
men, and that they are engaged in a sus
picious business, the Committee recom
mend that they be placed in the custody
of the City Marshal, and that he be re
quired to see that they leave the city for |
the free States at the earliest oportunity. !
The Committee also recommend the
adoption of the following preamble and
resolutions:
Whereas, There are many persons from
the free States now traveling through our
neighborhood for the ostensible purpose ;
of selling books, maps, rat traps, &c., j
and that such persons, by reason of their
going from house to house on foot and j
alone, have frequeut opportunities of
tampering with our slaves, and it being
generally believed that some of these
persons have been justly suspicioned of
holding opinions dangerous to the wel
fare of our community, and even of
spreading such opinions in our midst, it
is therefore,
Resolved, That all such persons should
be discountenanced, and that our citizens
should have no dealings with them or
permit them to come about their prem
ises.
Resolved further, That .ve hereby warn
all such persons to discontinue their busi
ness in this latitude,- and to put them
selves beyond the limits of the Southern
States.
Resolved further. That in view of ex
isting circumstances we recommend to
the citizens of Columbus and vicinity to
appoint a “Vigilance Committee” to look
after the safety of the community.
On motion, the report of the Committee
together with the resolutions, were re
ceived anti adopted.
It was further resolved, That this Vig
ilance Committee be appointed by the
Chairman, at his leisure ; that it consist
of twenty-four members, half of whom
should have power to act; and that they
appoint a Marshal and defray all the ex
penses they may incur, which motions
were carried. The meeting then adjourn
ed JOHN W. KING, Chairman.
John Peabody, Secretary.
Present for the President.
The Washington Star, of the 18th says :
This morning, at the Bank of W. T.
Smithson, we saw a superbly constructed
case of polished rosewood, splendidly
mounted with silver, the most attractive
of the the ornaments being a handsomely
wrought coat of arms of the United
States. It contained a magnificent copy
of the Geological Bible, issued by the
Publishing House of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South. A silver plate
upon the inner surface of the corner of
the case indicated the direction which
this beautiful specimen of the skill of
our Southern artisans would take, by the
following inscription : “ Presented to the
President of the United States, by it.
Abbey, 1859.” The book is gotten up in
the finest style, bound in Turkey moroc
co, while the gilding and ornamental
work shows that no pains were spared by
the various workmen through whose
hands it passed. It was preeented to the
President at 1 o’clock p. m., by W. T.
Smithson, for Mr. Abbey, with a few ap
propriate remarks, and was accepted by
his Excellency in a felicitous reply.”
Chattanooga Markets.
The Chattanooga Advertiser of Thurs
day says :
Recent rains have swollen the river in
good condition, and flat boats are expect
ed at an early day. As yet, none have
arrived. For a few days past inquiry
has awakened in behalf of grains Wheat
is in demand; poor supplies; little wheat
in the country for sale ; for small lots of
red wheat have been paid for
white $1 15, and prices prompt at these
figures. An inquiry for corn has sprung
.up ; as yet little arrived ; demand good.
Corn without sacks would command 55c.
per bushel. Flour—stock light; retail
ing at $3 50 per sack—s3 25 per quantity.
No oats in the country. Irish potatoes in
abundance, and not worth over 40 cents
per bushel. Hogs—holders asking 4f to
5 cents gross; no buyers here ; several
lots have passed through to Southern
markets.
.
Smoking Regulations.
A book recently published in London,
entitled “ Habits of Good Society,” con
tains the following rules aud suggestions
in regard to smoking :
But if you smoke, or if you are in com l
pany of smokers, and are to wear your
clothes in the presence of ladies after
wards, you must change them to smoke
in. A host who asks you to smoke will
generally offer you a coat for the pur
pose. You must also after smoking,
rinse the mouth well out, and, if possi
ble, brush the teeth. You should never
smoke in another person’s house without
leave, and you should not ask leave to do
so if there are ladies in the house. When
you are going to smoke a cigar yourself,
you should offer one at the same time, to
anybody present, if not a clergyman or a
very old man. You should always smoke
a cigar given to you, whether good or
bad, and never make any remarks as to
quality.
Burned by the Explosion of Powder.
We have another chapter to add, this
morning, to the catalogue of accidents
which have occurred in this city within
the past few days. About sunset yester
day evening, three little boys (Eugene
Carter, Courtenay Stubbs, and Robert
Viard,) having obtained a quantity of
gunpowder and a miniature cannon from
some source or other, were amusing
themselves by firing it off, up on Monroe
street. A premature explosiou of the
gunpowder eventually took place, which
burned each one of them rather severely
on the face and hands. Little Genie
Carter was the most seriously injured;
his clothes took fire, and it was with some
difficulty that, the flame was extinguished.
—Montgomery Advertiser, 3 d.
Coal Near the Rocky Mountains.
The Washington Constitution, of the
18th, says: Last June, a party was sent
out by the Land Office to run a base line
between Kansas and Nebraska, and a
good geologist also accompanied them.
At the base of the Rocky Mountains they
have discovered strata of coal from four
to seven feet thick—specimens of which,
were received at the office yesterday.
They enclose, also, pieces of the gold
bearing scoria mixed, to some extent,
with quartz. The discovery of this coal
sets at rest then, inquiry as to where fuel
for rail road purposes in those Territo
ries, is to be obtained.
Republican Caucus.
It is stated that a number—about forty
two—of the Republican members of Con
gress held a preliminary caucus at the
Astor House, in New York, on Monday
night, and agreed to vote for Mr. Sher
man, of Ohio, for Speaker of the House ;
Col. Forney, of Pennsylvania, for Clerk;
a Mr. Adams, also of Pennsylvania, for
Sergeant-at-arms, and S. Bowles, of the
Springfield, (Mass.) Republican, for
Printer.
George Bower, a resident of Hummels*
town,‘Pa., having a very large wart on
one of his hands, was induced to cut it
out, and apply arsenio to destroy the
roots. He did so on Monday, and died
from the effects on the Wednesday follow
ing.
In New York, Land Warrants are sell
ing at 70 to 71 cents, for 160s ; 70 cents,
for 120s ; 85 cents, for 80s ; and $1 05
for 40s.
Garrison, the Abolitionist, calls upon
the Northern people to discard cotton.—
That’s an invitation to ladies to unbosom
themselves.— Prentice.
Correspondence of the Daily Sun.
Glennville, Aea., Dec. 2, 1859.
Eds. Sun: A person calling himself H.
B. Manchester, whose ostensible business
was to obtain subscribers for “The His
tory of all Denominations,” and “lhe
Life of Christ,” was arrested in this place
as an abolition emissary, on Wednesday
evening, and after a full investigation,
was drummed out of town, aud tieated to
a ride on a rail, as a suspicious char
acter.
The evening he came in he fell in com
pany with a negro boy belonging to Win.
E. Barnett, Esq., and it was ascertained,
from his own confessions and the negro’s
own declarations; that he had had such
conversation with the negro that no one
but an abolitionist or a Northerner who
does not recognize the distinction of color,
would have held. That night the negro
decamped, and a mule belonging to Mr.
A. S. McAlpin, who resides on the road
the negro was known to have taken, was
also missing. After a patient investiga
tion of the case by a meeting of the citi
zens, the next day, they adopted provis
ions for their protection against all such
suspicious characters who may hereafter
come this way, and disposed of Man
i Chester by directing him to be drummed
out of town by the cadets of the Military
! Institute, conducted to the county line,
and warned by a committee never to set
his foot on the soil of Barbour county
again. About sunset the cadets, under
I the command of Col. Gray and Captain
Henry, assembled in full force, uniformed
and with their arms and accoutrements ;
they formed a hollow square; Manches
ter was placed in the midst fcf them, and
to the tune of the Rogue’s March, he was
marched off.
It would have done you good, Mr. Edi
tor, to see how the young soldiers enjoy
ed the sport. The rear rank of the square,
which was composed of the smallest ones
in the company, was commanded, just as
they marched, to “charge bayonets.”
This was doDe with a perfect vim : they
crowded up to the escorted, and nothing
i but the positive command of their officers
could prevent them from poking their
bayonets a few inches into him. The
whole company expressed a willingness
to march with him to Harper’s Ferry.
The procession was followed out of
town by a large crowd of persons, and
when they arrived within two or three
hundred” yards of the county line, the
programme was suddenly changed, by a
number of persons breaking into the
square with a rail. He was hoisted upon
it, in spite of the remonstrances of the
committee appointed to see him away,
and in that fashion he made the balance
of the trip, some of the committee, to
save him from greater violence, assisting
to keep him steady on the rail.
This is mild punishment in comparison
to what the next may expect who comes
this way, even under no more suspicious
circumstances. Many were for inflicting
severer punishment upon him.
Keep a lookout for him about Colum
bus. He is about 40 years old, 5 feet 8
inches high, and has a very downcast
look. “One of Them.”
*+.
A Gallant Tar.
The brig St. Mary, Capt. Johnson, from
New York, bound to Martinique, arrived
at St. Thomas, W 1., on the 10th Octo
ber, in tow of her Britanic Majesty’s
steamer Gladiator, Capt. Hickler. Capt.
Johnson reports he encountered a hurri
cane on the sth of October, in lat. 30°,
long. 70°, was thrown on his beam ends,
dismasted, and lost his deck load. On
the 11th he discovered a steamer steer
ing for him, which proved to be the Gla
diator. Soon after Capt. Hickley came
on board in his boat, and asked what
assistance he could render. Capt. John
son said he would like to have some
spars to rig jury masts, when he replied,
“I have no spars that I can let you have,
but I am from Bermuda bound to St.
Thomas, and if you like to go there I will
take you’in tow.” Capt. J. said it would
take his whole vessel and cargo to pay
him for such services, and he could not
think of it. Capt. H. tapped him on the
shoulder and said, “Nevermind, old boy,”
pointing to his vessel, “that is her Bri
tanic Majesty’s ship, and it is my duty
to assist you in distress; I will not charge
youacept; have you any hawsers? If
not, I have.” And he went on board
and sent hawsers to the St. Mary, and
took her in tow. Two nights before they
arrived at St. Thomas, it being rough,
both hawsers parted during the night,
when the captain of the Gladiator imme
diately clewed up his sails, turned his
ship’s head for the brig and hailed Capt.
Johnson, “Never mind, old fellow, I will
not desert you, but lay by you until
morning.” Which he did, then took her
in tow aud brought her safely into port,
having towed her nearly eight hundred
miles.
-———♦
Nelly Custls’s Harpsichord.
In Mr. Lossing’s new book, “ Mount
Vernon and It’s Associations,” mention is
made of a harpsichord, which Washing
ton purchased in London, for SI,OOO, as
a present to his step grandaugbter, Nelly
Custis, who then resided at Mount Ver
non. The piano was little known in
America then. Mr. Lossing gives a draw
ing of the instrument, which, in shape
resembles the grand’ piano of our day,
and it has two banks of keys. It was
for upwards of twenty years in one of
the parlors at Mount Vernon. Miss Nel
ly had the best teachers, and her grand
mother, Mrs. Washington, made her
practice four or five hours every day.
“The poor girl,” says her brother, the
late George Washington Parke Custis,
“would play and cry, and cry and play,
for hours, under the immediate eye of
her grandmother, a rigid disciplinarian
in all things.” This harpsichord, Mr.
Lossing says, is now in the possession of
Mrs. Lee, of Arlington House,(Mr. Cus
tis’s seat,) and she designs presenting it
to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association,
when the Horae of Washington shall have
passed into their full possession, that it
may take its proper place in the parlor
of the old mansion. A beautiful idea!
N. O. Picayune.
The Secret of Worldly Success.
We yesterday heard a young man who
had been quite adventurous in entering
upon wild schemes of speculation, that
promised large profits and quick returns,
laying down to a small company of young
men, who had feelings in common with
our relator—they having engaged in wild
cat speculations, and “gone up”—the
grand secret of pecuniary or worldly suc
cess. Said he, (and he spoke with all
that intensity of feeling which apparently
only the almighty dollar can enlist, and
at the same time in a tone indicating re
gret that he had not practiced what he
was about to preach,) “it is just the easi
est thing in the world to get out at the
big end of the horn, if you only enter
the little end. The trouble with me was,
I went in at the big end, and had to go
out at the little end.” “But, boys,” con
tinued be, “if you would succeed in busi
ness hereafter, go in at the little end of
the horn, and jiou’re bound to come out
at the big end.” We thought there was
more truth than poetry in what he said.
—Memphis Enquirer.
.
The Memphis Appeal of the 26th ult.,
says:
We learn that anew company, called
the “Missouri Glass Company,” with a
capital stock of $150,000, has been es
tablished in our sister city of St. Louis,
for the extensive manufacture of crystal
flint glassware, and also an article known
as Dutch flint for druggists’ prescrip
tions, patent medicines. &c. The State
of Missouri produces the best sand in the
United States for that purpose, and from
the extensive lead mines of Wisconsin
she can get her lead at a mere nominal
cost. The company have an establish
ment for making red lead of that particu
lar quality used by glass houses, and un
like New York and Boston, who have to
send to Germany for the clay, St. Louis
has a superior article at her door.
A gray hair was espied among the
raven locks of a fair lady a few days
ago. “O, pray pull it out,” she exclaim
ed. “If I pull it out ten will come to
the funeral,” replied the lady who had
made the unwelcome discovery. “ Pluck
it out, nevertheless,” said the dark-haired
damsel, “ it is no sort of consequence bow
many come to the funeral, provided they
all come in black.”
Edwin Booth.
The advance which this young actor
has made in his profession, as “with
Tarquin’s ravishing strides. ’ since Ins
debut in Boston, some three years since,
calls for a special entry in lhe chronicles
of Art. ,
Coming on in the shallow of lus tain
er’s fame, he was kindly received troiii
the first; but. by the same token, criti
cally compared to him who was, to our
thinking, the most consummate actor that
has ever employed the English tongue. .
The Sir Giles, at his opening night, of
unequal excellence, yet decidedly intel
lectual, and full of promises as it was,
falls out of memory in contrast with the
firm and flexible grasp in conception, and
the manly, progressive, and culminating
energy in expression, with which he ren
dered the same character at the Howard
Athenaeum last week. We think this his
completest personation, an embodiment
almost without blemish.
The wide span of Mr. Booth’s histronic
faculty was shown on tbe same evening,
in his assumption of the impossible but
entertaining character of Don Caesar de
Bazan —with his scornful chivalry, his
hair-breadth ’scapes, his debts, and his
outrageous pleasantry, which looked on
death itself rts a quiet jo e that he should
laugh at hereafter. The racy and grace
ful and graceless humor of the young
Don “struck fiery oft’ indeed” against the
satunrine intensity of the old English
commoner.
But the test of genius—and there needs
a quickening of tbe critical conscience to
chasten the employment of this rare word
—the test of an actor’s genius is his pow
er to represent Shakespeare; and we
frankly admit that Mr. Booth’s persona
tions in the Shakespearian drama com
pare favorably with those of Dy living
actor. His Hamlet has received high
praise from high sources. Judged by the
usual standard of the stage, it is indeed
an admirable performance —studied, in
tellectual, beautiful.
It is, therefore, no disparagement to
an actor of twenty-five to say, and in
saying it wo feel we only give voice to
his own inner consciousness, that the
Hamlet of Shakspeare is yet beyond his
reach. We do not hold opinion with
Charles Lamb that it cannot be acted.
We have seen it acted —the delicacy, the
wit, the subtile philosophy, the super
natural emotion, all uuified into a char
acter, and steeped in the peculiar, chill,
moonlight melancholy of that wonderful
creation.
Young Booth gives a capable analysis
of Hamlet, full of point, grace and fire,
and can well afford to devote, in the in
tervals of an exacting professional career,
years of brooding study to fuse the ele
ments of that character, recast it in his
own imagination, and bring it out, as we
believe b& can, at some future day, an
unique and vital representation. We re
gard such an achievement as the last
perfection of the histrionic art. — Boston
Traveler.
Jurors In the Brown Case.
The justice and expediency of compen
sating the jurors in the Brown case,
whose property has been destroyed by
abolition incendiaries, must commend it
self to every mind. Those men have
been made to suffer for having performed
their sworn duty. Their houses have
been burned by the abolitionists, and we
submit that the people of Virginia ought
to make good their losses. It is just to
them tb provide this indemnity for the
past, and it will tend to provide security
for the future if we give this substantial
kind of guarantees that no one suffer loss
for the faithful discharge of his duty.
Richmond Dispatch.
We learn that several dispatches ar
rived from the South last evening, offer
ing military aid to the Executive of Vir
ginia.—Richmond Dispatch.
Should occasions require, and the
danger become iminent of an invasion of
Virginia, or any other Southern State,
by an armed mob, and beyond the power
of that State to suppress, we have not
tbe least doubt that similar aid would be
offered with alacrity by the North. The
militia of the Northern States is not an
organization held in readiness to wage
war upon the South, as some seem to sup
pose. The North will be as prompt to
punish the common enemy within our
borders as without.— New York Journal
of Commerce.
War Declared against tlie South.
The Washington States says : We pub
lish to-day, a formal declaration of war
ngainst the South and its institutions.
The line of policy set forth in Helper’s
book, entitled a “ Compendium of the
impending Crisis in the South,” it will
be seen, is endorsed by sixty-eight Black
Republican members of Congress, as well
as other prominent leaders of that party,
embracing Governors of States, Judges
of Superior Courts, Chairmen of Repub
lican State Committees, &c., &c.
To secure a very large circulation of
Helper’s infamous book in the North,
large amounts of money have been sub
scribed by leading Republicans. Gov.
Morgan, of New York, gives $100;
Thurlow Weed contributes SIOO, so does
Horace Greely. D. R. Goodloe, of Wash
ington, subscribes SIOO, and the names
of some forty or fifty others are down on
Helper’s subscription list for a corres
ponding amount.
♦
Distinguished Visitor.
Among the arrivals in this city the past
week, we notice that of Mr. “Gumbo,”
a young gentleman recently from Africa.
Mr. “Gumbo” stopped at the Merchant’s
Hotel, and was visited by quite a number
of our citizens and strangers. Among
others, we had the pleasure of making
the acquaintance of Mr. “Gumbo,” and
were very favorably impressed with his
personal appearance. He is a well formed
man and cannot easily be distinguished
from his more civilized and intelligent
brethren. Mr. “Gumbo” does not speak
English very fluently, but is perfectly
familiar with the name of “Charlie La
mar,” as he called him, and can repeat
distinctly any word he hears pronounced.
Mr. “Gumbo” left town on Monday for
Columbia county, where he is to be em
ployed on the Pensacola and Georgia Rail
Road. —Jacksonville Republican.
♦
The grand jury of Gwinnett county,
Georgia, in their October presentment,
say:
“We cannot refrain from alluding to a
game called crack-a-100, which recently
has been introduced into our midst. It
is a mean, low, insignificant game, which
any citizen, who has any regard for his
reputation, would be ashamed to be en
gaged in ; yet, on every public day, many
persons in the shape of men and boys
may be seen between two of the groce
ries in this town, playing and betting on
the game of crack-a-loo.”
Return of Foreign Dead Letters.
The Washington Constitution, of the
19th inst., says: We are requested to
call the attention of postmasters to the
importance of endorsing the reason of
non-delivery upon all letters from foreign
countries, which, from any cause, cannot
be delivered to the persons addressed,
and are, therefore, sent to the dead let
ter office, to be returned. The omission
to make such endorsements has caused
numerous inquiries, sometimes accompa
nied by complaints from Foreign Post
Office Departments.
Reported Death of Hon. Linn Boyd.
The Russelville (Ky.) Herald, of the
22d, says:
A report reached this place on Satur
day last, by way of Hopkinsville, that
the Hon. Linn Boyd was dead; but as
we have received no confirmatory infor
mation, we presume the report is untrue.
Destructive Fire.
New York. Nov. 30.—Messrs. Higgins
& Co.’s extensive carpet factory, situated
on Fourth-Third street, was destroyed by
fire this morning. Loss SIOO,OOO. By
this fire 1,200 persons are thrown out of
employment.
A young man in New York city having
advertised for a wife, received word from
eighteen married men that he might have
theirs.
Cotton Shippers Application Books,
handtomely ruled and bound, for sale at the
Oct. 29. SUN OFFICE.
TELEGBAPHIC.
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TELEGRAPHED TO THE DATLT SEN.
“Old Brown” Hung.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2, 1859.
Dispatches received from Washington
report that Brown has been hung. There
was no di.-order, nor attempt to rescue
him.
SECOND DISFATCH.%
Augusta, Dec. 2. 1859
Everything was conducted according t 0
the strictest military discipline. Brown
was conducted to the gallows at eleven
o’clock. No ministers of religion were
present, he having scorned religious cere
monies. He ascended the gallows with a
firm step, and made some remarks to
those around him. After suspending half
an hour, his body was cut down and de
livered over to his wife.
New Orleans Cotton Market.
New Orleans, Dec. 2, 1859.
Sales of cotton to-day 13,000 bales.
The market closed steady. Quotations
unchanged— Middlings 10J to 11 cents.
Sales of the week 90,000 bales. Receipts
of the week 92,000 bales, against 70,000
bales for the same time last year; re
ceipts at this port ahead of last year
138,000 bales, receipts at all ports ahead
of last year 199,000 bales. Stock at this
port 363,000.
New Orleans, Dec 5, 1859.
Sales of cctton to-day 6,000 bales.
Market generally unchanged. Middlings
10$ to 11 cents. Sugar buoyant, and ud
vmced $ cent. Freights on cotton to
Liverpool J.
Mobile Cotton Market.
Mobile, Dec. 2, 1859.
Sales to-day 9,000 bales; Middling 10$
cents. Sales of the week 33,000 bales.
Receipts of the week 35,000 bales, against
23,800 same week last year: receipts
ahead of last year 73,000 bales. Stock
at thts port 148,500 bales.
Mobile, Dec. 5, 1859.
Sales to day 3,000 bales, with the turn
of the market in favor of buyers. Mid
dlings 10| to 10$ cents.
.
The Harper’s Ferry Troubles.
Baltimore, Dec. I.—To day several
persons, editors of the abolition news
papers published at the North, were
ejected from the cars for Harper’s Ferry.
They had purchased tickets and were
anxious to proceed, but were refused on
account of the arrangements entered into
between Gov. Wise and the President of
the road. They left in the Washington
train, declaring they were bound to be
in Charlestown to see the execution, and
would reach there by the Orange and
Alexandria Road. Whereupon the Presi
dent of the road was informed of the fact
The American’s Charlestown corres
pondent says there is no falling off’ in the
number of wild stories of invaders. Al
though martial law has not yet been pro
claimed, there is a vigorous military sur
veillance kept up that subjects every
one, even citizens, to great inconvenience.
Even citizens cannot pass through the
suburbs without arrest and examination.
On tbe arrival of the cars to day, two
persons, unable to give,a satisfactory ac
count of themselves, were sent by an
armed escort across the Maryland line.
Four suspicious characters have been ar
rested since Wednesday, one supposed to
be Coppic’s brother. All are detained
for the present.
The Ohio merchants arrested at Har
per’s Ferry yesterday were discharged
after a short detention.
Brown it is said admits his participa
tion in the Kansas massacre, but offers
various excuses in palliation of it. The
feeling produced here against him by
Mrs. Doyle’s letter is very intense.
The arrest of three persons at Martins
burg on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road was made on explicit information
sent to Gen. Taliafarro by Virginia de
tectives from Grafton and other places
West. Two of the three were thus ar
raigned. aDd the third was arrested for
declaring that there would be men
enough on the next trains to take Vir
ginia. Under these peculiar circumstan
ces the road is not responsible, and with
the exception of this case no car of the
company has been invaded; nor has any
peaceable passenger been annoyed, all
dispatches to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
Arrival of the Overland Mail.
Jefferson City, Dec. 2 —The overland
mail of the 11th has arrived.
Heavy rains in California had almost
stopped business.
Agriculture and raining was active.
The new iron tubular bridge across the
Yuca river, has been swept away by the
high water.
Judge Hoffman has decided adverse to
Henry Cabuston’s claim te eleven square
leagues of land in Sacramento Valley, on
the ground of his being an unnaturalized
foreigner—he could not take the Mexican
grant.
James Jameson, late Deputy Clerk at
Sacramento, has absconded, being de
faulter for $30,000.
Four highwaymen attempted to rob the
stage of the treasure belonging to Wells,
Fargo & Cos. Two of the robbers were
killed and one wounded.
Fears are entertained of the safety of
several New York vessels over due at San
Francisco.
From Washington.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The Democratic
caucus unanimously nominated Mr. Bo
cock, of Virginia, for Speaker.
A committee was appointed to call a
future meeting if such a step is consider
ed necessary.
The Southern Opposition Lave held
several conferences, but have agreed on
nothing as yet.
The Republicans adjourned their cau
cus without making nominations, and
will take their chances in the House.
Further by the Europa.
New York, Dec. 2.—The Europa’s
mails left here this evening.
James Hewitt & Co’s circular says:
“The demand for cotton during the week
has been moderate, spinners being pretty
well stocked for the present, and inclined
to wait for the liberal supplies now at
sea. In the meantime, holders are anxi
ous sellers, and in order to make sales
are compelled to submit to slight conces
sions, but not of sufficient importance to
warrant a reduction from previous quota
tions. The imports of the week foot up
22,000 bales, and there are at sea 113.000
bales, against 70,000 in same period la3t
year. The Manchester market is firm.”
Organization of the House, etc.
Washington, Dec. 2.— The prospects
of a Democratic organization of the
House are improving. The Republicans
are becoming discouraged. The Ameri
can members, from the Southern States,
hold a caucus to-night, and will draw a
line between themselves and the Repub
licans.
Advices from Nicaragua state that the
Belly contract has been forfeited, and the
offer of Commodore Vanderbilt rejected.
Later from Havana.
New Orleans, Dec. 3.—The steamship
Habana, with Havana dates to the 30th
ult., arrived here to-day.
At Havana sugar was firm— quoted at
9r. Molasses scarce at 3 reals. LarJ
declining at sl7 to $lB per quintal. Ster
ling Exchange 16J ; Exchange on New
York 5.
Steamboat Sunk.
St. Louis, Nov. 30.—The steamboat
Lake City, hence to the Arkansas river,
sunk at Carondolet, six miles below here,
last evening. The boat was valued at
$15,000 and is insured at Pittsburg, for
SII,OOO. The cargo is badly damaged.
Havre Market*
Havre, Nov. 18. —The cotton market
is firm. Sales for three days 3,000 bales.
Strict Middling to arrive at 106f.