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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. ————♦ 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. . 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. + 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. ♦ 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. —— • 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. • ‘♦ 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. ♦- 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. - —♦- - 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.