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Exclusion of Free Negroes from
Mississippi*
The following is the bill, offered by
Mr. Graham, of Franklin, in ibe Legis- j
lature of Mississippi, with the object of
excluding free negroes from that State. |
The bill was referred to the appropriate
committee:
1. Be it enacted hy th'e Legislature of the \
Stale of Mississippi, That from and after!
the Ist day of July, 1860, it shall be un- j
lawful for any free negro or mulatto to be ‘
found in this State, under any pretence j
whatsoever; and every free negro, or
mulatto, so found may be indicted in any i
county where found, or in any adjoining I
county, and on conviction, shall be sold ;
into absolute slavery. The sheriff of the
proper county shall sell such negro, or
mulatto, at the door of the court house
of said county, for cash, after giving
such notice as the court-shall direct, and
shall pay the net proceeds of sale into
the treasury of the county where the in
dictment was found.
Sec. 2. Beit further enacted, That if any
person shall, by pretending to be owner,
or by any other means, endeavor to shield
or protect any free negro, or mulatto
against the provisions of this act, such
person so offending shall be fined in any
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars,
or imprisoned not exceeding six months.
Sec. S. Be it further enacted, That au
indictment under this act and proof that
the negro or mulatto acted as if free shall
be sufficient prima facie evidence of the
fact.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That, if
the owner of any slave shall permit such
slave to hire bis or her time, or otherwise
act as free, such owner shall be fined not
exceeding one thousand dollars. And
such slave may be indicted and sold as a
free negro unlawfully in the State.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That free
negroes or mulattoes are hereby declared
incapable of inheriting, acquiring or hold
ing any property in this State ; nor shall
any property be removed from the State
for the benefit of any such person.
Steamship Florida.
We extract the following sketch of the
new steamer Florida, on the Apalachicola
and New Orleans line, from the Key of
the Gulf:
“ This beautiful steamer, Capt. 0. 0.
Nelson, arrived in our harbor on Sunday
last, seven days from New York, having
experienced considerable heavy weather
on the passage. Asa specimen of naval
architecture she ranks equal if not supe
rior, to any other steamer of her class.
She is remarkably trim in her model,
build and rigging; and viewed as she lay
at Tift’s wharf, she presented a perfect
picturo of nautical symmetry, challeng
ing the admiration of all who visited her.
She was built at New York for the Apa
lachicola and New Orleans Steam Naviga
tion Company. She is 180 feet long, 16
feet deep, and 31 feet wide, with two
decks. Her frame is built of white oak
10 inches square, liackmetack half top.
She lias five kelsons 15 inches square,
bilged streaks 8 by 10 inches, clamps 6
inches, deck frame 10 inches square
kneed on with 10 inch liackmetack knees,
all square fastened, planking larboard 7
inches, decreasing to 4 inches at the
plank shear. She is copper-fastened
throughout, and cost about $05,000. As
a sailor cr steamer, she gives evidence of
her capacity, in having completed the
late passage in seven days, without first
having undergone a “trial trip.” We
congratulate our Apalachicola friends in
the possession of so fine a steamer.”
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Cotton.
The partial failure of the cotton crop of
fyio United States in 1857 strongly re
minded the men of Manchester of their
dependence on this country for the main
portion of their supply of the staple, and
stimulated them to renewed efforts in
promoting cotton cultivation in India,
Africa, and other regions, not forgetting
Demerara and Jamaica, where the finest
American sorts are suited both to soil and
climate. The manufacture of cotton from
the wool to the printed cloths are believed
to employ, directly or indirectly, nearly
four millions of men, women and children
iu the British Isles, while the textiles
made, in whole or in part of that impor
tant material, clothe a large portion of
the human family. In looking to other
countries for rivalry in the cotton culture,
we ought not to forget the illimitable ex
tent of cotton lands in the United States
that are yet uncleared. The demand in
creases annually, and there is no danger
of our inability to meet it with an ade
quate srpply.— St. Louis Bulletin.
2k.lt Carson.
Oar advices from the overland route
announce the death of the celebrated
pioneer and explorer, Christopher Carson,
at Taos, New Mexico, where he had been
residing as Indian agent. Carson was a
native of Kentucky, having been born in
Madison county at the close of 1809.
His father, shortly after that period, re
moved to Missouri, where Kit, when a
lad of 15, was apprenticed to a saddler,
occupying himself at that business two
years, at the end of which he joined a
trapping expedition, and a trapper he
remained, until his familiarity with the
great far West rendered him invaluable
as a guide to explorers of the plains,
lor years he acted as a hunter at
Kent’s Fort. When Colonel Fremont en
gaged in his expedition Carson accompa
nied him, and was ever after his stead
fast companion. In 1817 he received the
rank of lieutenant in the Ilifie corps,
United States army. His latest and most
remarkable exploit on the plains was en
acted in 1858, when he conducted a drove
of_ 0,000 sheep safely to California.—
Was/unyton States.
Supposed Murderer of DlcCralili,
We understand that a man by the name
of Walker Pitts, a gambler, who resided
in Cartersville, Georgia, for six or eight
years, and who murdered A. P. McCrabb,
in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday night,
the 1< th iust., was in this city on Satur
day night and Sunday last. On Sunday
evening he went down to Skellmound on
the Nashville aud ChattanoogaKail Road.
On Tuesday our city authorities received ■
a dispatch, desiring that ho bo arrested
aud delivered in Montgomery, to be tried
lor the above murder, and stating that
four hundred dollars reward was offered
by the Governor for his arrest and deliv
ery as above. City Marshal Lowry soon
ascertained the facts above, of his pres
ence in the city on Sunday aud departure
for Shellmound, where he immediately
proceeded with a posse, aud would have
succeeded in capturing him, but for the
efforts a of a brother gambler of his
(John Smith,) who gave Pitts the alarm
aud assisted him in his flight. It is sup
posed that he fled through the moun
tains, iu the direction of Jasper, Marion
county, Tenn.— Chattanooga Gazette, 2G. !
A Defense for Hale.
The Concord (N. II.) Statesman has
come out in defense of Hon. John P. j
Hale. It says:
“ Some statements have been made im
plicating the Hon. John P. Hale in the
insurrection at Harper’s Ferry, which
Mr. Hale has promptly denied. We are |
disposed to place full credence in the de
nial of Mr. Hale. W’e do not think he J
cares much about the real bona fide nigger, i
His devotion is to the ideal or political i
nigger ; and that sort of nigger he only
esteems for his use in helping himself
and others of his party into office. We i
have no idea that Mr. Hale has any rel- !
ish for the genuiue, fragaut son of” Afri- j
ca. To that sort of nigger he would ex
claim, “ O procul The farther off the j
better. Perhaps Mr. Hale may learn i
that demagoguism has pushed its love for j
the political nigger about as far as safety ‘
will warrant.
Under Contract.
The Southern Rail Road, from Vicks
burg to the Alabama line, and thence to
Montgomery, has been let to contract
from Brandon, Mississippi, to the Ala
bama line, to be completed duriDg the
next year. It will cross the Mobile and j
Ohio Rail Road at Meridian, and the ■
lombeckbee at Bemopolis, as is supposed;
thence via Umontown, Selma and Marion
1 to Montgomery.
Georgia Legislature.
In the Senate on Monday, the unfin- :
ished business of Saturday, which was a
bill to limit the leiu of judgments, was
taken up. The bill was lost.
A bill to increase the penalty for sel
ling liquor to slaves. Passed.
A bill to reduce the amount of the ju
risdietion of the Justices of Peace. Laid
on the table for the balance of the ses
sion.
A bill for the education of the children
of this Stale was read the first time after
having been reported back by the com
mittee on Education.
Moved to print 150 copies of the bill. 1
Agreed to.
Lawton, of Chatham, moved to suspend
the rules for the purpose of leading the
report of the special committee in refer
ence to the reduction of the General As
sembly. Agreed to.
The report was then taken up and •
adopted.
HOUSE.
The following were the most interest- (
; ing bills introduced :
Mr. Lewis, of Hancock, the more effect- j
ually to carry into effect the law relative
to negroes transacting business for them
selves.
Also, to authorize the city of LaGrange
to levy an extra tax for rail road purpo
ses.
Also, to incorporate the Cotton Plan
ters’ Bank of LaGrange.
Mr. Ector, to create the office of a
General Superintendent of schools in this
State.
Mr. Ely, to provide for the establish
ment of a Foundry and Armory for the
manufacture of ordnance, &c.
Also, to apportion the representatives
among the several counties in this State.
Mr. Tatum, to alter and amend an act
altering the 15th section of the Penal
Code.
Also, to appropriate one million of dol
lars to build anew State House.
For the Sun.
A Few Thought!.
Eds. Sun: Knowing your sympathy for
whatever serves to promote the welfare
of Columbus, 1 the more readily solicit
the use of your columns to present the
following:
Suppose a place 40 by 70 feet be ob
tained on Broad street, between Randolph
and St. Clair, and arranged to have two
stores below, with the upper portion all
in one room, having a wide stairway so
as to be easy of entrance. Let this room
be well fitted up, and set apart for a Pub
lic Library and Beading Boom. Let the
Young Men’s Christian Association meet
here, and have also occasional lectures on
moral aud intellectual subjects, and here,
too, would be a good place for the Per
petual Uuion Prayer Meetings. The an
nual rent of the two stores would be per
haps SI,BO0 —sufficient to pay a Libra
rian to be always in the Boom ; defray
all its expenses, supply it with all the
j magazines, periodicals, and best newspa
pers of the world, and leave SBOO proba
bly. to be annually invested by the Trus
tees, in books, for the Library. This
method would in a few years, secure to
Columbus a garner of literature, of which
she could be justly proud. And what
sum will be required for all this ? Twenty
thousand dollars will be ample. Can this
be obtained ? Not looking to the fact
that our city has already generously do
nated nearly one hundred thousand dol
lars to Church building, I venture to
hope that this sum may be obtained.
The Genoese in a former age, (ignoring
the suggestions of his prudential advis
ers,) desired an equipment for exploring
the unkuown sea, ami dreamed of worlds
beyond the vasty cleep. Ho persevered,
, and victory was his crown. Can it not
be so with us? Very truly,
SOCIUS.
Havre Market,
New York, Nov. 27.—We have received
dates from Havre to the 10th inst. The
cotton market was dull but unchanged
for lots on the spot; for lots to arrive
were offered at a decline of two to three
francs. Strict Orleans Middlings at 100
francs.
Troops at Charlestown.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 28.—There are
now about two thousand well armed
troops at Charlestown, Virginia. It is
generally believed that Governor Wise
has good reasons to warrant him in con
centrating thislarge force at Charlestown.
Later from Brownsville.
New Orleans, Nov. 28.—We have re
ceived Brownsville dates to the 20th inst.
Lieutenant Gunnison, of the Revenue cut
ter Dodge, reports that two hundred and
ninety men were guarding the city, which
was clcsely beseiged, but as yet not at
tacked.
Later from Havana.
New Orleans, Nov. 28.—The steamship
Moses Taylor arrived here to-day, with
Havana dates Cos the 24th inst.
The new Captain-General arrived on
the 23d.
Sugar was excited, and holders demand
0 to yj.
Savannah Ship News.
Savannah, Nov. 28.—The steamship
Huntsville, from New York, and the barks
Industrial, from New York, and the Duke
Fleetwood, from Liverpool, arrrived here
to-day.
The clerks and book keepers of Nor
folk, Virginia, are making desperate ef
forts to procure a repeal of the act of the
Assembly, which imposes a heavy tax on
their salaries, in many instances mere
pittances. They have held a public
meeting, passed resolutions, and drawn
up a memorial, to be presented to the
next Legislature, asking a repeal of the
obnoxious law.
An Important Case.
A few months since Emanuel Myers, of
Carroll county, Md.. went over into
Pennsylvania and captured three fugitive
slaves, who he returned to Maryland.
One of the slaves was held by its owner;
the others were manumitted negroes,
who, under the laws of Maryland, were
sold to pay the debts of their deceased
owners. Not long after this Myers was
decoyed into Pennsylvania, thrown into
prison, and last week was convicted of
kidnapping two persons, the court hav
ing instructed the jury not to convict
him in the case of the negro who was
held by liis owner at the time of his
escape. The conviction will result in his
imprisonment for twenty years. The
counsel for the defense will apply for a
writ of error to the Supreme Court of the
United States, aud this infraction of
State Rights will be brought to the at
teutiou of the Maryland Legislature at
its next session.— Rich. Bis.
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Married Life.
The affection that links together man
and wife, is a far holier passion than the
enthusiasm of young love. It may want
its gofgeousness—it may want its imag
inative character, but it is far richer, in
holy and trusting attributes. Talk not
to us of the absence of love in wedlock.
What! because a man has ceased to ‘sigh
like a furnace,’ are we to believe that the
fire is extinct? No, it burns with a steady
and deep flame, shedding a-benign influ
ence upon existence, a million times more
precious and delightful than the told
dreams of philosophy.
Fugitive Slave Case.
Nov. 24. —A descent
was made to day on the premises of Al
fred Cox, a colored man, in this city, to j
arrest a fugitive slave supposed to be
concealed there. The slave was not found, !
but a large number of pikes were discov
ered in tbe cellar. Cox has been seen
frequently in consultation with a man by j
the name of Brown; neither has been ;
arrested.
Hog Trade.
During last week, not less than 3000
hogs reached Lynchburg, Ya., by way j
of the V irginia and Tennessee Rail Road,
and thousands more are now awaiting 1
shipment at points west of that place. On j
Friday the receipts of hogs consisted of
twenty-one car loads, weighing in *the j
aggregate 294,000 lbs. The price still
keeps up to SB, the figure at which the
market opened.— Rich. Bis.
Soutk Carolina Legislature, Jfce. 1
Columbia, Nov. 80.—In the House to
day, Mr. W. S. Mullens, of Marion, of
fered the following :
Resolved, That the State of South Car
olina is now ready to enter, together with
the other slavebolding States of this Con
federacy, or with such of them as desire
present action, into the formation of a
Southern Confederacy.
Resolved, That the Governor be request- j
ed to for ward a copy of the above reso
lution to each Executive of the Southern
States.
A bill, limiting the time for holding the
election for State Representatives to one
day. instead of two, as now in practice,
passed the House by the following vote —
yeas 84 ; nays 12. To go into operation
in 1862.
Mr. J. H. Read, Jr., of Prince George,
Winyaw, offered a resolution of inquiry, j
asking information from the Adjutant or
Inspector-General, as to the present con
dition of the State Arsenals, arms and
I ammunition; also as to the number of
men enrolled, and the style of arms, guns,
j pistols, sabres, etc. Proper time to be
i allowed the Adjutant for a full report.
The trial of James Hood, engineer of
the steamship Nashville, under indict
i ment for murder on the high seas, was
i commenced in the U. S. Circuit Court to-
I day. U. S. District Attorney Conner
1 conducts the prosecution, and A. H.
i Brown, Esq., for the prisoner. Ten wit
nesses were examined for the prosecu
! tion, and those for the defense will begin
| their testimony to-morrow.
At a meeting of the Military Commis
j sion, held last evening, the plan of J. B.
Kershaw, was unanimously adopted,
Bill for Pardon of Choice Vetoed.
Milledgf.ville, Dec. I.—Gov. Joseph
E. Brown has refused to sign the bill
1 which passed both branches of the Legis
i lature, for the pardon of Wm. A. Choice,
; convicted of the murder of Calvin Webb,
in the city of Atlanta, on the 31st of De
cember, 1858. In the Senate, the bill for
pardon passed by a majority of one, and
in the House, by a majority of three
votes. The vote being so close, in both
branches of the Legislature, it is not
probable that the bill can pass over the
j veto'of the Governor.
Special Dispatch to the Atlanta American. •
Milledgeviile, Dec. I.—Three county
j bills were killed in the House this morn-
I 1°?
The Governor has vetoed the bill par
doning Choice. This has produced con
siderable excitement in the Legislature,
and among outsiders. There will be an
effort to pass it over the veto.
Counterfeit Notes.
Cincinnati, Dec. I.—Papers found on
the person of a counterfeiter, arrested in
this city, show that there were eleven
men who have recently left Cairo with
one hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars in counterfeit ten dollar bills on
the Canal Bank of New Orleans, which
they design to put in circulation through
out the South.
The President’s Message.
Washington, Nov. 30.—The President
has determined, in case the organization
of the House is delayed, to send his Mes
sage to the Senate. The Message will be
forwarded to the Postmasters, both South
and North, before it is communicated to
the Senate. Itisyet unfinished, as far
as Mexican relations are concerned.
Worth Attention.
The following extract from a citizen of
this State, to a member of the Legislature,
we find in the Southern Recorder;
I think the Legislature had better act
promptly in removing from the State
these foot pedlars, and all other suspi
cious characters. I think there have
been over one hundred through this
neighborhood this fall, and they Lave
every little trade or prospect of trade,
and all those who have been here enquire
for an obscure out of the way village
on the River. One of them called
yesterday on Mrs. A.—and was very im
pudent, and informed her that she was
very much deceived if she thought the
Harper’s Ferry affair ended the matter
—that it was only the beginning—that
the abolitionists were organized all over
this country, and would carry it on till
they liberated the slaves —that their pres
ent plea was to burn buildings, not to
shed blood, and tliat she would see worse
times yet. I am not an alarmist, but
something unusual is going on. Trade
is not the object of these men. I see in
Charleston they have organized very
strong Military guards. (They call it fire
guard) to protect the city and allay ap
prehension.
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Vigilance Committee in South
Carolina.
A correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury writes from Blackville, S. C., on
the 19th, as follows:
“Our citizens have appointed a com
mittee of five to wait on all persons ar
riving here of suspicious character, for
I the purpose of examining such persons
| and giving them such treatment as the
; circumstances demand.
On the night of the 11th inst., a car
riage trimmer became alarmed and left
by stealth. On the 13th inst., Salvo,
whose head was shaved and tarred at
Lowry Post Office, was shipped by rail
road to Augusta, and is now, we under
stand, in Edgefield District, tuning
pianos. On the 14th, wesent off a foot trav
eler, who was passing through the coun
try with an air gun, a dice box, and
some stereoscopic views ; and, last night,
we started back to Charleston a man
named Jones, who came here with his
wife, direct from Vermont, for the pro
fessed purpose of taking ambrotypes.
Having no use for such vagabond charac
ters, when they hail from abolition terri
tory, we advise them to keep away.
Tlie Voice of tlie Wining Hoodie.
A “ whang-doodle,” hard shell preach
er, wound up a flaming sermon with this
magnificent peroration : ‘
“ My brethring and sistern ! es a man’s
full of religion you can’t hurt him !
There was the three Arabian children:
they put ’em in a fiery furnace, betted
seven times hotter than it could be het,
and did’nt singe a bar on their heads!
And there was John the Evangeler ; they
put him—and where do you think, breth
ring and sistern, they put him ? Why,
they put him in a calndronic of bilin’ ile,
and biled him all night, and it didn’t
faze his shell! And there was Dan’el;
they put him in a lion’s den—and what,
my fellow travellers, and respected audi
tories, do you think he was put into a
lion’s den for? }Vby, for prayin’ three ;
times a day. Don’t be alarmed, breth- j
ring and sistern; I don’t think auy of!
you will get into a lion’s den !— Harper's
Magazine.
Inland Cotton Trade.
Tlie Richmond Dispatch of Monday re
| cords the arrival in that city of a lot of
: cotton, consisting of forty-three bales,
I from Courtlaud and Huntsville, North
Alabama. The trade with that section is
represented to be opening most auspi
; ciously.
The United States Circuit Court
bled at Savannah, the 29tb, for the trial
of Capt. J. F. Tucker, on the charge of
holding African slaves, but was adjourn
ed to allow the District Attorney and his
associate to prepare other presentments
for the Grand Jury. So we learn from
the Savannah News.
At a meeting of the members of the
Tuskegee Bar on Tuesday, resolutions of
respect to the memory of the late Seaborn
Williams, Esq., were unanimously adopt
ed. The meeting then adjourned to the
residence of the deceased, to consign his
remains to the grave.
Mr. Stephenson, a short time before
his death, stated that the cost of the rail
way lines in whose construction he had
been officially engaged, was about £BOO,-
000,000 sterling.
A boy was asked one day what made
him so dirty, and his reply was, “Im
made, so they tell me, of the dust of the
ground, and I reckon it’s just working
out.” S
An Arkansas Wedding.
Married, on the 13th October, at the res
idence of Henry Hamilton, Esq., in Con
way county, Arkansas, by the Rev. Dr.
Brecber, Rector of St. Paul’s Church, Van
Buren, Lieut. Oliver 11. Fish, of the Ist
Cavalry, U. S. A., to Miss Adelaide L.
Hamilton, eldest daughte of H. and Caro
line \V. Hamilton
At the same time and place, and by
the same officiating clergyman, Granville
Wilcox, Esq,, of the Van Buren bar, to
Miss. Julia 11. Hamilton, Eecond daugh
er of the same parents.
The babpy pairs departed immediately,
Lieut. Fish, on furlough, to hear his
blooming bride to his parents, in Boone
county, his “ Old Kentucky Home.” and
to visit his Alma Mater, West Point, and
Washington and Eastern cities. Mr.
Wilcox, with the bridal party, in carria
ges, for the elegant residence of his fa
ther, in Van Buren.
A more tasteful hymeneal scene, a
prouder pair of happy Benedicks, or a
more superbly beautiful couplet of sister
brides—Euphrosyne and Thalia—have
never graced an October morning among
the grand old forests of the West.— N. O.
Picayune.
Amongst the pasengers on board the
Royal Charter was Mrs. Ross, who was
accompanied by two of her children—a
daughter, four years old, and a little boy,
two and a half years. She had left her
husband in Australia, and was on a visit
to her sister, Mrs. Bates, wife of Captain
Bates, of Berkley street, Liverpool.
Avery melancholy incident is connnec
ted with the loss of this lady. Upou the
Royal Charter touching at Queenstown,
Mrs. Ross wrote a letter to her sister,
announcing the fact. She was then full
of life and spirits, but before the letter
was delivered she and her two children,
had passed into another world. The
postman, on delivering the communica
tion at Capt. Bates’s house, on Thursday
morning last, announced at the same
time the unhappy tidings that the Royal
Charter was lost. On hearing of the
melancholy event, Mr. Thos. Bates and
Mr. Arthur Richardson of Birkenhead,
relatives to Mrs. Ross, immediately started
for Moelfra, in hopes of recovering the
body, but up to Saturday evening they
were unsuccessful.
This unfortunate lady was a sister of
Mr. Richard Philpott, now of our city.—
N. O. Picayune.
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Patents.
The United States Pateut Office for the
first nine mouths of the current year,
shows great activity among inventors.
The exhibit is as follows: Number of
applications from Ist of January to the
30th of September, 1859, inclusive, 5167;
number of caveats, 813; patents issued,
re-issues, etc., 3334; patents expired,
570; patents extended, 21. Amount of
fees received Ist quarter, $64,390; 2d
quarter, $67,852; 3d quarter, $56,295;
total, $188,538. Expenditures Ist quar
ter, $49,630; 2d quarter, $51,812; 3d
quarter, $55,657 ; total, $157,101 ; sui
plus receipts, $31,437. The increase over
the corresponding period of the year past
has been, in the number of applications,
1076; caveats, 117; patents granted*
518.
From Mexico.
New York. Nov. 28.—The Times pub
lishes a dispatch from. Mexico via Pana
ma, which says that the Conservatives
under Gardo fought the Liberals under
Coronado at Tepic about the Bth. The
Conservatives were victorious, killing
Coronado, but sustaining great loss them
selves.
Coronado had imprisoned the British
Consul at Mazatlan because he would not
pay a second duty on the treasure shipped
by the Calypso. The Captain of the
British steamer Amethyst released the
Consul, blockaded the port, and seized
two of their ships laden with cotton.
Capt. Stone returns to Sonora.
Negro Sliot.
We learn that a negro boy belonging
to the estate of David Walker, deceased,
was shot dead on Saturday night last, by
Mr. Joseph Rutledge. Rumor has it that
Rutledge had been missing cotton from
his cotton house, and was watching with
his gun for the thief. The negro came
into the cotton house ; Rutledge spoke to
him and commanded him to stop ; the
negro started to run and Rutledge shot
him. Rutledge made no attempt to get
away, and is now in custody to await his
trial.
P. S.—Mr. Rutledge has been dis
charged, after an examination before the
Magistrates of this beat. — Talladega Rep.
Extract of a letter to the Publishers of
the Columbus Enquirer, dated Fort
Gaines, Nov. 25, 1859.
“Incendiarism is extending to this
section of the State, we hear of several
gin houses having been burnt with a con
siderable quantity of cotton; and amongst
the rest on Wednesday last, 23d iust.,
the gin house and cotton shed of Col.
John F. Troutman, about three miles be
low this place, were consumed by fire
containing about 15 bales of cotton.
There is not a solitary doubt of its being
the work of an incendiary, as the gin
house was about GO feet from the shed,
and when discovered the roofs of both
were falling in and had the appearance
of having both been fired at the same
time, and no ginning had been done
during the day.”
Texas Ootton and Sugar.
The Houston Telegraph, of the 18th
instant, says:
The late frost must have stopped all
vegetation for the season. It could do
little or no damage to the cotton, the
! growth of that having already been gene
i rally checked; but the sugar cane has
been, we fear, injured to a great degree.
We have not yet heard from any of the
sugar plantations, but the frost was much
heavier than was anticipated so early in
the season, and it'must have caught the
planters generally unprovided for it. If
so, the aggregate crop of the year will
fall considerably short of what was hoped
for.
Fatal and Distressing Accident.
We are much pained to learn that Sea-
I born Williams, Esq., of Tuskegee, Ala.,
was thrown from his buggy in Tallapoosa
county, on Sunday last, while on his way
to Dadeville Court, and killed. He was a
prominent lawyer in his county, and a
gentleman highly esteemed by the whole
community in tvhich he lived, as one of
its most useful aud honorable citizens.
He leaves a large family to mourn their
irreparable loss.— Enquirer, 29 th.
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.Local Bills.
In the House of Representatives, on
Monday, Mr. Dixon introduced a bill to
authorise the Inferior Court of Muscogee
county to levy an extra tax to build a
jail.
On the third reading of bills in the
i House, the same day, the one for the in
’ corporation of the “Georgia-Grays” was
: passed.
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Almost a Serious Accident.
Yesterday afternoon as the train started
i for Macon, a passenger narrowly escaped
| serious injury, and perhaps death. After
the signal for starting was given by the
blowing of the whistle, the man, whose
| name we have not learned, attempted to
get on the platform, but by tbe sudden
! start of the train he was dragged under
it., but was fortunately rescued from his
perilous situation by a bystander, who
dragged him out.
The papers of Montgomery announce
the death of Seth Robinson, Esq., in that
city, on Monday morning last. He had
resided in Montgomery for thirty years.
”
Georgia Hail Hoad Stock.
The Constitutionalist learns that orders
are on the market to purchase Georgia
Rail Road stock at ninety-nine dollars,
but none can be found.
The Military Conference assembled at
Milledgeville Tuesday, pursuant to the
call. Tbe Constitutionalist learns there
were forty or fifty companies represented.
Playing to a Solitary Auditor.
A Western paper tells the following
good story of ;iu actual occurrence .
Me. Foster, the manager of a theatrical
company playing at Bucyrus, Ohio, was
sitting in a hotel when a stranger, with a
bill ot the evening play in his hand, en
tered the room, and approaching Mr.
Foster, asked what sum would induce his
-company to play Richard 111. for him that
afternoon, as he was compelled to leave
town and could not be present in the
evening. Mr. Foster, supposing that the
stranger was jesting, replied twenty-five
dollars, and being asked what he would
add the “Rough Diamond” for, he replied
ten dollars. The stranger forthwith count
ed out the money, and the company, on
being consulted, agreed to grant the
stranger's request. J’he stranger desired
that the play should begin mot later than
two o’clock. Two o’clock came, and the
solitary audience assembled. Choosing
an eligible position, and cocking his feet
upon the back of the seat in front of hint,
he waited patiently for the performance
to begin. The bell rang, up went the
curtain, and the play commenced. Never
did actors do better. They all exerted
themselves to give their patron an enter
tainment fully worth the price paid for it,
and they succeeded. The stranger ap
plauded vigorously at different points,
and at the close of the play called Mr.
Foster before the curtain, who responded
in a neat little speech. A dance aud
song followed, after which the farce of
the “Rough Diamond” was played. The
audience laughed, roared and applauded,
and, as at the close of the first piece,
called out the leading actors.
Members of Congress, Editors, Au
thors, etc., in the Field as Soldiers.
Mr. Roger A. Pryor went to Jetferson
county as a private in the Petersburg
Greys, Capt. Scott. Mr. Pryor had pre
viously been an honorary member of the
Company.
We understand that Mr. Dejarnette,
the member elect to Congress from this
district, upon hearing last Saturday’s
report from Charlestown, tendered his
services as a soldier to Gov. Wise.
The Richmond Whig establishment is
represented by experienced soldiers in
the regiment at Charlestown —Capt. Elli
ott, the commander of the Greys, having
command of the Regiment in t£e absence
of Col. August, and Moj. Shields holding
also a post of honor in the service.
The Enquirer is represented by Mr. O.
Jennings Wise, as a private in company
F, and by five compositors who belong
each to some company or other of the
Regiment.
The Dispatch is represented by Mr.
Hugh R. Pleasants, and we believe bv
several compositors also.
Mr. John Ester Cooke, of the literati,
went to Charlestown with the Howitzers.
Col. John E. Scruggs, of the Warren
ton Whig, is also in active and useful
servive at. Charlestown, as is also John
Scott, of Fauquier, ex-editor of the Rich
mond Whig.— Rich. Index.
How Hogs Travel now-a-days.
The Petersburg (Va.) Intelligencer, of
the 19th, says:
There were several car loads of hogs
brought to the S. S. depot yesterday
morning all the way from Western Virgin
ia. The mode of bringing hogs now a
days differs greatly from the old plan.
Before rail roads were introduced, the
drovers would start with hogs away from
the interior of Tennessee and Kentucky,
and further, as early as the latter part of
August; the travel was slow and tedious,
it requiring a whole day’ for even a drove
consisting of a few hundred to travel jnore
than ten or twelve miles. Sometimes
these drovers who come from the*western
sections of the States referred to, could
not reach this market before the middle
of January, succeeding .August or Sep
tember, the usual time for starting. They
did, however, spend a great deal of time
on the mountains, allowing the hogs to
eat the mast of the chestnuts, which are
everywhere so plentiful. But now, a
drove of hogs reaches here in a few hours
from the most distant States.
School Statistics of Georgia.
One of the most interesting portions of
the recent message of the Governor of
Georgia is relating to the progress of
education. Returns have only been re
ceived from 102 counties in the State,
and these report the following statistics :
Whole number of children between the
ages of 8 and 18, 107,825; number be
tween 8 aud 18 taught in 1859, 07,155;
total of all persons taught, 79,922; of
these 45,000 are males, and 84,832 are
females. Whole number of school houses,
1775; number of schools, 1777. Number
of Methodist male colleges, 4, in which
there have been taught 358 pupils;
Methodist female colleges, 4, pupils 524;
Baptist male colleges, 8, pupils 207;
Baptist female colleges, 4, pupils 322;
Presbyterian male colleges, 1, pupils 97 ;
Presbyterian female colleges, 3, pupils
325; Colleges and high schools not sec
tarian, male, 16, pupils, 774; female,
10, pupils, 1222; number of academies,
fifty-seven.
Mules Hilled.
The Franklin Review says : “The train
on the Tennessee and Alabama Rail Road
ran into a lot of mules just this side of
Duck River and killed six of them, on
Friday evening, 18th inst. The reason
why so many came to be killed is rather
singular. The mules were on the track
near a cattle guard—the night was dark,
and the train under full headway. As
soon as the headlight made the mules visi
ble the wliistlo was sounded, the brakes
applied and the engine reversed, but too
late to stop the train. Meantime the
frightened animals started ahead of the
engine and several fell into the cattle pit,
where they were killed by the engine.
No damage was done the train.”
A Democratic Aristocrat.
The Manchester (England) Guardian
says:
“A remarkable phenomenon has shot
athwart the English political horizon. A
manifesto from a live lord advocates man
hood suffrage. In a letter to the secre
tary of the Northern Reform Union, Lord
Tenyham boldly announces that, whatev
er may be the opinion of his brother peers
on the subject, he Is in favor of giving a
vote to every Englishman who has reached
the age of twenty one years.”
One of the Pikes.
We were shown, on yesterday, at the
store of Messrs. Smith & Ezzard, one of
the Pikes provided by Ossawatomie Brown
for arming the insurgents with. The
blade is two-edged, quite sharp, ten
inches long, and weighs over a pound.
To us it had the appearance of having
been an old worn-out flat file. It would
have done much execution, both in stab
bing and cutting. This Pike was sent to
Capt. Thompson, of the Gate City Guards,
by Express.— Atlanta American.
Tlie Profits of Banking.
The average dividend of thirty-six
banks in BostoD, for five years, has been
about seven and one-balf per cent. . The
Suffolk Bank has paid a dividend of ten
percent, for four years, and nine for the
last year. The annual amount paid on
dividends has been over two millions four
hundred thousand dollars, but now it is
more thau one hundred thousand dollars
less. In five years no Boston bank has
failed to declare a dividend.
Examination of Allen A. Hall.
The preliminary examination of Allen
A. Hall, on the charge of killing Mr.
Poindexter was continued yesterday till
half past two o’clock, when the Court
adjourned. The testimony for the pros
ecution was all in, and many witnesses
were examined for the defense. The tes
timony will probably be concluded to
day.—Hath. Union, 29/A.
Supposed Murderer of McCrabb Ar
rested.
We understand that a man by the name
of Pitts, supposed to be the murderer of
McCrabb, was arrested at Huntsville, in
this State, on Sunday night last, by the
Conductor on the Memphis and Charles
ton Rail Road, and will be brought to
this city immediately.— Mont. Adi)., 29/A.
Cotton Shippers Application Books,
handsomely ruled and lwund, for sale at the
Oct. 29. SUN OFFICE.
The Opeltfca and Chtklersburg Rail |
Road— Tlie Interest of Columbus.
The citizens of Columbus are having
quite an exciting time upon tbe subject ot
Rail Roads; indeed, so many interests
are presented to her at one time tha
reasonable fears may be entertained lest
conflicting interests may bring about con
fusion, iu which her most important in
terest. may bejost sight of. So far as .’ e
are able to judge, Columbus is, at this
time, occupying the ; ost critical position .
in a commercial point oi view, that cn.i
be pointed to in her history. Savannah
is, at this time, extending a Road into j
South Alabama, by way of Eufaula, ,
which Road will eventually be extended
to Mobile. By this Road the cotton and j
other products of South Alabama seeking
ivu Eastern market, will find a nearer
route than going by Columbus. Thus
! will Columbus lose a trade contemplated j
by the construction of the Girard Road.
Another Road is in contemplation well
! worthy the serious consideration of the
j citizens of Columbus; we allude to the
I Road from Griffin, Ga., to Jacksonville,
Ala. Some time since we saw newspa
per statements to the effect that seven j
hundred thousand dollars of stock in this
Road had already been takeu, and a bill
has been introduced iu the Alabama Leg
islature, chartering the same from Jack
sonville to the State line. 1 his Road will
doubtless be built, and will connect Sa
vannah. Ga., with Jacksonville, Ala.;
also with North Eastern Alabama, when
the Selma Road is completed to Gunters
ville. This Road will pass east of Co
lumbus, and we think must, in accord
ance with the natural course of things,
effect the commercial interest of that city.
Considering the locality and direction of
these two roads, in connection with the
Montgomery and West Point Road, run
ning just north of Columbus, We are at a
loss to philosophise how she is to main
tain, even, her present commercial posi
tion, without extending her Rail Road
facilities in the proper direction to coun-
teract these influences.
In view of the above facts, which are
j set forth from the best information at our
command, of what vast importance does
; the Opelika and Childersburg lload be
come to Columbus? While the two first
Roads mentioned must inevitably prove
I detrimental to her commercial interest,
by penetrating the adjacent region of
j country, and carrying the products in the
| direction of Savarmah —the natural course
| —this Road, which is destined to pene
trate Central and North Alabama, will |
j pour her vast agricultural and mineral |
I products in the lap of Columbus ; and
\ not only enable her to maintain her pre- I
; sent commercial position, but make her
■ what she ought to be, one of the first in
’ land cities in the South. This is the
point we would impress upon the minds
of the people of Columbus, not but what
i we have full confidence that they are
willing to do their whole duty in regard :
to this Road (the city authorities have
j already spoken satisfactorily on that
! subject), but in view of the many con
flicting interests presented to them at
j this time, would we make this appeal.
1 Other Roads which are presented may be, j
and doubtless are, of vital importance,
but in view of the facts here set forth,
we are constrained to believe that a con
nection with Childersburg, at this time,
is of vastly more importance to the city
of Columbus, in a commercial point of
view, than all others combined.
The people along the line of this Road
have little or no experience in the practi
j cal benefits of Rail Roads; have a bug
bear idea of the enormous task of build
ing one, and could not be induced,
unaided, to attempt such a project. Their
minds at this time are particularly di
rected to the certainty of its being built,
and arc willing to exert themselves to the
uttermost farthering of their ability to con
summate the desired object; a considera
ble amount has been spent, and labor
done, in canvassing, surveying, &c.; all
with an eye single to the certainty that
Columbus would do her part when the
time come; and should the people of that
city, from jars and discord among them
selves, fail to come up to the expectation
of the people along the route, we should
fear the result.— Tallapoosa Times.
FJ. Tsrnelitisk Religious Customs.
We have been handed the following
communication by an intelligent and lib
eral gentleman of the Jewish faith, which
corrects an error that has been going the
rounds of the press. We give it a place
in our columns with pleasure:
To the Editor of the Savannah Republican :
Sir: —In your paper of this morning,
you state that on the 7th ultimo, in Leg
horn, the Jews for the first tune in that
city, offered up a prayer for a Christian
Prince, and as some have, hence, infer
red that Jews never pray for Christian
ru ers, I beg leave to correct the error.
It is a fundamental principle of Juda
; ism to pray for those iu authority. In
our Bible we are commanded to “seek the
peace of the city wherein we dwell,” and
our wise men have, from time immemo
rial, taught us to pray for the rulers of
the people in whose midst we may be.
And beyond this, I know that iu Europe
and America, wherever a Synagogue
is opened—the identical prayer (said to
have been offered for the first lime in.
Leghorn) in substance, and almost in the
very ivords, is offered up by Jews on every
Sabbath and Holy day.
We have enough of persecution to bear,
without incurring the additional load of
error and misrepresentation.
An ISRAELITE.
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Later from Mexleo,
New Orleans, Nov. 29.—We have re
ceived dates from the city of Mexico to
the 19th inst.
The Constitutionalists lost at Querata
ro twenty-one cannon, aud a large num
ber were taken prisoners, including Gen.
| Alvarez, Tapia, and an American officer,
i The latter was shot, against the remon
! strances of the British minister.
, At the battle of Tulancingo, 400 men
! were killed, and half of the town was
s burned. The Liberals were victorious.
It was reported that a compromise had
| been proposed between Juarez, Robles,
I and Miramon. Juarez was to be provis
ional President at the city of Mexico, and
the Constitution of Jade was to be re
j stored; also, the law eonficatiug church
property to be annulled.
Latest from Texas.
Neiv Orleans, Nov. 29—Advices from
Brownville, Texas, state that Cortinas lias
hung three Americans; iu revenge for
which the citizens of Brownsville hung
some of bis officers.
j Tbe sugar crop of Texas has been in
! jured by the frost.
Gen. Houston had recommended to the I
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Texas j
j Legislature the proprietor of raising a j
regiment of mouuted men to protect the |
frontier from Indian depredations.
I
DeatU of Washington Irving.
New York, Nov. 29. Washington i
Irving, the American author, died at
Irvington last evening.
CatcL Him and Hang Him.
The Fayetteville, (Tenn.) Observer of
the 27th ult , says: “We are informed
that a white man passed through this
town going towards Tulahoma, a week or
; two ago, scattering abolition documents
‘as he went. If caught, we trust that even
handed justice may be dealt out to him
in a summary mauDer.”
He'd make fine material for hanging,
and if caught that’s the way he’ll go.
Nashville Gazette.
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Don’t Forget tlie Baby.
“Poor little chap ! It was only born
night before last, and is very young:.—
Cover him well. If you want something
to spread over him, buy that elegant sil
ken quilt which hangs from the Western
Gallery. It vas made by a lady from
[Virginia. It contains 1,055 hexagon
1 pieces. And in the centre, within a
wreath beautifully embroidered, copied
j from natural flowers, is-the inscription,
|in letters of white silk. ‘Welcome Sweet
j Babe.’ Father, go to table No. 10, and
buy it.— Leaflets of the Festival.
Foul Is Fair.
An.unmarried miserable off the Wans
beck is suspected of having written the
following pithy poem on the ladies:
Lazy, if tall ; if handsome, vain;
Cross-grained, if small; Shocking, if plain.
tele g- raphic.
telegraphed to the daily six.
ARRIVAL,
OF TFIK STEAM KF
E U II < ) 3? .A..
COTTON DULL AND DECLINING I
New Yor.K, Nov. 80, 1559.
The steamship Europa arrived at Hali
fax to-day, with advices from Liverpool
to the 19th inst.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sales of the
week 44,000 bales. Holders were press
ing on the market, and prices wereirreg
ular and generally lower. Middling Mo
bile quoted at 7 3-l Gd., the market clo
sing steady on Friday evening.
Latest — Liverpool, Saturday afternoon,
Nov. 19.—The cotton market was languid
and closed dull.
Liverpool General Markets. —Breadstuff's
firm. Provisions stealy.
London Money Market. — Consols jn
chartged, and quoted at 9G to 90].
SECOND DISPATCH.
Os the sales of the week 1,800 were
taken on speculation and 4,000 tor ex
port; on Friday and Saturday 1,200 bales
were taken by speculators and exporters,
the market closing dull. Fair Uplands
7-j}d., Middling Uplands 6]d. %
The stock of cotton at Liverpool was
414,000 bales, of which 270,000 were
American.
• State of Trade. Manchester advices
continue favorable.
Havre Market. —The market was slightly
dearer for New Orleans Tree Ordinaire.
Political Intelligence. The atti
tude of England towards France was more
critical.
FURTHER BY THE EUROPA.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The market
was irregular for the inferior qualities,
and prices were lower for these grades.
The sales on Friday were 6,ooobales, the
market closing dull. The quotations are
as follows :
Fair Orleans 7%d. Mid. Orleans ‘/S'l.
<■ Mobiles 7%d. “ Mobiles 7 3 led.
“ Uplands 7Jycl “ Uylauds and.
Latest — Liverpool, Saturday.— Sales of
I cotton 0,000 bales. The market closed
| dull.
Liverpool General Markets —Flour quiet
but firm. Wheat firm, at an advance of
2s. to 3s. early in the week, but closing
dull. Corn dull, and offered freely ; all
qualities slightly declined. Bigland's
circular reports Wheat advanced Is. on
the week ; Corn declined Gd ; Beef dull,
: with a decline principally on inferior
qualities; Pork dull; Bacon quiet ; Lard
steady; Sugar firm; Coffee dull; Rice
fitm.
London Money Market. —Consols were
quoted at 95|- to 90 for money aud ac
count. The bulliou in the Bank of Eng
land had increased £30,000. Money was
unchanged.
Havre Cotton Market. —Orleans Ires Or
dinaire quoted at 117f, and Bas at 112f.
The market advanced 1 to 2f. on the week
and closed quiet. Sales of the week 8,000
bales. Stock 23,000 bales.
General News.—Ear! Grey is dead.
The enrollment of the thirty thousand
men for naval reserve will commence on
the Ist of January.
A serious mutiny on shipboard broke
out at Portsmouth—one hundred men are
in irons.
The Paris Le Pays says the extraordi
nary credit of thirty millions francs will
be devoted to defray the expenses of the
Chinese expedition.
The house of Yigueror, of Tolouse, had
failed. Their liabilities amount to eight
million francs.
Six thousand Venetians were in the
army of Central Italy.
Ratifications of the recent treaty were
to be exchanged at Zurich on the 21st of
November.
France has issued letters of invitation
to the Powers who signed the Vienna
treaties, aud to the other Italian rulers
to attend a Congress,
The London Times says that there is
no doubt that the feeling of hostility
towards England is now more bitter in
France, than it has been since 1815. The
Times charges the French Government
with directly encouraging it.
The attitude of the English and French
presses was becoming more daily war
like. The London Times calls on Louis
Napoleon to put an end to the suspense
as to his policy.
The Congress proposed by Napoleon is
expected to meet at Paris, but no date is
given.
The London Arts Society has inaugu
rated a movement for a great exhibition
in 1862
The Paris Bourse was steady at 69f.
95 c.
Louis Napoleon opposes Buoncom
pagnie’s assuming the Italian llegeucy.
It is reported that Garibaldi has re
signed the command of the army of Cen
tral Italy, and joined that of Sardinia.
Halifax, N. S., Dec. I.—Ships Roswell
and Sprague had arrived at Liverpool
from Charleston. The ships Harlequin,
Great Britain, and Rosalie sailed from
Liverpool for Savannah.
The Europa touched at Queenstown,
Ireland, on the 20th ult.
The latest intelligence by this steamer
is the following:
Austria and England, both protest
against the Italiau Regency.
It was said that Garibaldi had been
named a Lieut. General in the Sardinian
army. It was also reported that Buon
compagnie would resign the Regency.
Forty thousand Spaniards were ex
pected to land in Morocco early in De
cember.
The President’s Message.
Washington, Nov. 29.—The President
in his forthcoming Message recommends
a return to the Tariff of 1847, aud urges
relief for the Postal Department. He
contends that the occupation of San Juan
was right, and also recommends the,alte
ration of the Neutrality’ Laws, so as to
allow American citizens to enlist in the
service of any legitimate foreign govern
ment.
California.
New Orleans, Nov. 29. — Advices from
San Francisco to the 7th inst., report the
lops of tbe whaling barque King Fisher,
with all onboard Aline had been made
fast to a whale, which engulphed tbe ves
sel, and her crew were carried down with
her.
Inventory of the Bead Letter Office.
The Washington Constitution of the
22d, says: We examined yesterday the
catalogue of articles which have accumu
lated in the above named office since 1848.
The Department has used every effort to
restore them to their proper owners, and,
being unable to deliver them, they are
now to be sold for the postage ; the pro
ceeds, if any, after paying charges, to be
deposited in the United States Treasury,
subject to order should the proper owners
hereafter be found.
This catalogue embraces coats, hats,
socks, drawers, gloves, scarfs, suspen
ders, patent inhaling tube, gold pens,
pencils, and all kinds of small jewelry
imaginable, under sleeves, fans, hand
kerchiefs, box of dissecting instruments,
pocket bibles, children’s dresses, lace
collars, books, buttons, cloth, purses,
slippers, chemises, bed quilts, boots!
shirts, gaffs for game fowls, corn field
hoe, black silk basque, hoods, shawls,
gaiters, cigar case, snuffbox, spectacles]
false teeth, night caps, brogans, aprons
pantalets, ear trumpet, shoulder braces’
silk flag, razors, 100 catechisms, watch
crystal nipple, {glasses, demi-veils, edg
ing, and a thousand other things too
numerous to mention. No pawnbroker’s
shop ever excelled, in variety, the col
lection of the Dead Letter Office.
From the Tuskegee Democrat.
The Council earnestly request the plan
ters around Tuskegee to keep their ne
groes at home, as much as possible, du
ring the Christmas holidays, and when
they come to this place give them a pass
stating their business, &c.
Most respectfully,
W. G. SWANSON, Int’d.
W. M. Reed, Clerk T. C.
Volunteer Companies,
Editors Sun: The history of the p ast
teaches us the value ot \ olunteer compa
nies in time of war; and recent events
powerfully impress us with the conviction
that they must he looked to in the future
as the tight arm of the country's defense.
Hence our State authorities should afford
proper encouragement and aid in tLe or
ganization and equipment of companies
in all the counties.
The onward progress of aboliti uiism in
the Northern States; the spirit of fanati
cism so rife among the people there, and
the mad schemes of those who seem ready
to deluge the South in blood— the se
causes, together with the anarchy pre
vailing in Mexico, the occasional out
breaks of the Indians, and the jealousies
of European powers, all forewarn t] ie
Southern people to prepare in time for
any emergency that may arise.
No other means can be so effectually
provided to prevent invasions or insurrec
tions, or quell them if they occur, as well
armed and well dril’ed volunteer compa
nies. These having already learned the
art of war, being properly officered; aud
having a supply of arms and other equip
ments, can fly af a moment’s warning to
the scene of danger and action ; while
militia companies, untrained and unarm
ed, must move slowly, and prove much
less efficient in the hour of need. The
Southern States can look nowhere for aid
in time of need but to the stout hearts
and skillful warfare of their own citizens.
Let these be encouraged and aided as
they should be, and then whatever may
come, relying upon the justness of their
cause and the overruling power of the
Almighty, they have nothing to fear.
LACON.
Preparations to Resist Invasion, tc.
Baltimore, Nov. 27.-A steamer arrived
from Norfolk with two companies. One
bundled and seventy men go to Charles
town to-night. One hundred men left
Charlestown to-day for Wheeling to guard
the Ohio Lite. The Virginia Cadets and
over one hundred volunteers, numbering
in all over two hundred men, went up iu
a special train this afternoon. These
reinforcements will make the force at
i Charlestown over one thousand. They
are quartered in the Court House and
Churches. Every car that passes through
is searched for armed men at all the stop
j ping places in Virginia. What new in
formation has been beard has not trans
| pired. There seems, however, to be a
j determination to keep up the panic.
The military movement, it is said,
grows out of a confident belief that an
j attack will be made to-night. It is said
that Gov. Wise and Mr. Hunter profess
to have received information that an at
tack will be made. Companies from all
parts of the State have tendered their
services to the Governor ; also four cotn
-1 pauies from Georgia and one from North
| Carolina. The services of the latter
have been declined. The citizens of
Rockingham county have tendered a hun
dred mounted men to proceed to any
point the Governor may require them.
The Richmond Dispatch urges the p ople
of Virginia to stay’ away from the execu
tion. It says that citizens of other
States, if thep are permitipd to be pres
ent at all, will be assigned a position
where they can do no mischief.
Mixed Blood.
Counting back only a few generations,
| everybody is related to everybody. Dr.
Palfrey, in liis work on the relation be
tween Judaism and Christianity, states
that the increase iu a geometrical ratio of
| the number of our ancestors as we ascend
: proves that after some generations everv
: body is the descendant of everybody. If
we say that there are twenty-eight gene
; rations in one thousand years, aud every
: man bus on the average two children,
whoever lived one thousand years ago has
now considerably more than a fourth part
1 of the estimated population of the earth,
even if there have been no intermarriages
among his descendants. These, of course,
there have been. Dr. Palfrey says:
“You and I, reader, have had more than
a thousand million progenitors since the
time of the Saxon Heptarchy. Whoever
you are, it is extremely probable that the
blood of Egbert of England and of Eg
bert’s meanest menial t uns in the veins of
: both of us.”
Swearing Understand! isgly.
We were in the Court room last week,
when a foreigner appeared for the pur
pose of taking the oath of allegiance.
Judge Cook, after satisfying himself fully
from the testimony of the witnesses as to
the general good character of the appli
cant, before administering the oath to
support the Constitution of the United
Stales and the Constitution of Alabama,
put the very pertinent iuquiry as to what
the applicant thought of the institution
of slavery, w hether he thought it Consti
tutional, &c. The questions being an
j swered in the affirmative, the applicant
was allowed to be sworn ; tbe Judge qui
etly remarking that be “never took them
in without having that matter properly
understood.” —Talladega Reporter.
A Very Sick People.
The-Maine Law forbids tbe people of
Massachusetts from using spirituous li
-1 quors, excepting in cases of sickness.—
Mr. A. S. Mansfield, the last year he was
the liquor ageut of Massachusetts, sifld
spirits to the amount of $108,700 43.
The sales of Mr. Burnham, his successor,
have amounted this year to $125,000.
Burnham bought the most villainous com
pounds, and practiced the most extensive
frauds with them. Distillery slops, cur
j rent iu all the rum holes of Yankeedotn
i at thirty to forty cents per gallon, lie
would drug so as to give them a six and
eight dollar brandy’ appearance, and sell
them at that rate, pocketing the ditfer
t ence. in the name of Temperance Reform
and Total Abstinence. Great is Maine
lawism, and great is Yankeedom, its fos
ter parent!
j “ * —.
It will be recollected by most of our
i citizens, that a few years ago a man call
ing himself Chappel, ran away with a
negro girl belonging to Mr. San lersoD,
and was arrested in Montgomery by Mr.
‘ Waring Russell, and brought back to the
city. He plead his own cause at his
trial with so much effect that he wns
released. I hose who were in constant
daily intercourse with Chappel, assert
I that the resemblance between him and
the published likeness of Ossawatomie
Brown, was so striking that they have
not the least doubt but that Brown and
Chappel are oue and the same person. —
Savannah Republican.
t .
A Modest Position,
While Mr. Clitherall, of th e House, was
uiscussiug yesterday the motion to post
pone the Senatorial election, ho remarked
; that eveu if the Devil were at the head of
affairs, he would like to have an office
, under him.
I Mr. Hubbard interrupted him with tbe
question—
“ What place would the gentleman take
under that administration ?’•’
“that ot Door-Keeper, that I might
have the honor of admitting the gentle
man from Lawrence,” was the instant
j reply. v
The House smiled.— Montgomery Mail.
Tle Turf.
Union Course, L. I.—Great Trot
ting.— On Thursday, Nov. 24, 1859-
Purse, $1,500; mile heats, best 3 in o,
in harness:
J McMann, b: m. Flora Temple 2 1 1 ]
D. Pisser, l> b. Kthan Allen 1 2 2 ‘
Time—2:27, 2:272:26, 2:29.
Flora was the favorite SIOO to
previous to starting. Ethan won the fi r?l
heat, on account of Flora breaking,
acting badly throughout the heat. She
Settled dowu to her trot, however,
won the race in fine style.— N. 1.
bune.
The Tobacco Trade of Louisville-
During the year commencing the firs 1
day of November 1858, there were sold
18,458 hhds. of tobacco, valued at $L*
470,100. The new year promises excel
lently. The crop is large, and thequa c ‘
tity never better.— Louisville Democrat.
The Presbyterian Synod of Georg; 1
1 will bold its fifteenth annual session >D
the city of Jacksonville, East Florid' 1 ’
commencing on Friday evening, Decern
-1 her 2d, at 7 o’clock.