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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.” - +. 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. * 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. * 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. ♦- 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. | “ * .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. f 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. *■ 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. + 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.