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Thursday December 27, 1859.
The number of slaves in Kentucky in
1840 was 104,817 ; in 1853, 207,555; in
1859, 208.634. Increase during last
year, 1,076.
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The New York Journal of Commerce
states that the old anil highly respectable
house of Van Brant & Watrous, engaged
in the provision and pork-packing busi
ness, has been obliged to suspend.
Senator Hammond.
This gentleman, who has been detained
from Washington by indisposition, is re
ported to have expressed the intention to
resign at the close of the present session
of Congress. ,
, High Priee for IVegroes.
The Wilmington (N. O.) Datty .jfowraal
of the 17th says a negro man 23 years
old, 6 feet 2 inches in height, weighing
221 pounds, well muscled and a good
cooper and field hand, was sold fur
$1,650.
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Imports of Dry Goods.
The imports of foreign dry goods %t
New York for the current week amount
to $2,842,229, making $107,724,992 since
the Ist of January last. They have been
larger than for any previous week since
the middle of August.
Montgomery Officers—Salaries.
The salary annexed to Mayor of Mont
gomery is $1500; City Clerk, $1200;
Marshal, $1000; Deputy Marshal S9OO ;
Treasurer, $400; Captain of Police,
$800; Keeper of Hospital and Magazine,
$500; Wharfingersl2oo; Hospital Phy
sician, SSOO.
Land Warrants.
The New York letter of the Savannah
Republican of the 17th, says land war
rants continue depressed and difficult to
sell; under the impression that the lloin
stead bill will become a law. The nomi
nal quotations for IGO’s are G 8 to 72, 120’s
70 to 75, 80’s 88 to 92, and 40’s 105 to 110.
Steamboat Explosion.
The Louisville Courier chronicles the
total loss of the steamer Michigan by the
explosion < f all her boilers, at New Mad
rid, on the Mississippi river, on Friday
last. By the disaster, the engineer was
killed, and six or seven others fatally
wounded. The explosion was so terrific
that the boat was ‘ literally blown to
pieces, and sunk almost immediately.
A Duel oil tlie Tapis.
By the Overland Mail which arrived at
St. Louis the 17th, we learn there was
considerable excitement in political cir
cles in tlie State, because of a challenge
which had passed between Judge Miller
of Shasta county, and James Gallagher,
District Attorney of Trinity county. The
preliminaries of the meeting were being
arranged when the mail left.
Negro Stealing.
The Savannah Republican of Wednes
day says : “A man giving his name as
Allen W. Davis, was arrested yesterday by
Special Policeman M. Peyton, on the
charge of stealing two negroes, tlie prop
erty of T. Ilookcr, of Wayne county. lie
was carried before Justice Felt, wboeant
mitted liim, and also the negroes to jail,
for futher examination.”
State of Alabama vs. State of Georgia-
Supreme Court. U. S.
This case, involving the Western bound
ary of Alabama, was argued in the Su
preme Court on the 12th, 13th, and 14th
of this month by Mr. Phillips, for the
complainant, and Gov. McDonald and 0.
C. Gibson for the defendant. Judge Dar
gun submitted a pointed argument for
Alabama. %
We clip the foregoing from the Mont
gomery Confederation of yesterday. It
will be remembered by our readers, that
Gov. McDonald and his associate counsel
were recently in Washington and were
admitted into the Supreme Court of the
United States.
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Air. Ashmore’s Statement.
In a late debate in the House of Rep
resentatives at Washington, Mr. Ash
more, representative from one of the Dis
tricts of South Carolina, made a state
ment concerning the detection and arrest
of an abolition agent in his District, aud
the discovery of papers connecting seve- |
ral other persons with the object of his i
ngency, which is said to be the circula
tion of Helper’s “Impending Crisis of
the South.” The Richmond Dispatch
says Mr. Ashmore’s denunciation of this
criminal was received with “derisive laugh
ter” by the Republicans of the House,
and •‘hisses” from fbe galleries.
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A Practical Resolve.
The Richmond Dispatch of Thursday
says the citizens of Alexandria assembled
in large numbers, on Thursday night,
and among other resolutions adopted one
pledging themselves to use aud wear no
article of apparel not manufactured iu
Virginia; and to buj’ all their hats, caps,
boots, shoes, and clothing, at home, nud
of home manufacture, aud induce their
wives aud daughters to do the same ; aud
requesting the d.rectors of the several
rail road companies to pursue the same
policy with reference to all articles re
quired by their respective roads. This
is what may be called bringing the mat
ter to a practical issue, anJ we hope the
Alexandrians will adhere to their resolu
tion.
The New York Journal of Commerce of
Thursday P. M., says:
The demand for money has increased,
and the banks are a little cautious about
discounting, but we notice some heavy
lines of prime endorsed paper due in Jan
uary which have been taken at 6 per
cent., which would not indicate any very
great stringency. For the most part,
however, the rate of interest for business
paper is from 6J to 7i for prime, aud 8
to 10 for good signatures.
Some idea may be formed of the trade
of Buffalo, New Y’ork, when we look at
the returns of grain importations. In
1858, up to the Ist of December, there
were received of all kinds of grain, iu
round numbers, 27,600,000 bushels. This
year, same time, 21,000,000 bushels.
Mike B- Woods, Esq., of Montgomery,
has been nominated as a candidate to fill
the vacancy iu the Legislature created by
the resignation of M. J. Saffold, Chan
cellor elect for the Southern Division of
Alabama.
VOLUME III.}
Tile Aldermen’s Supper.
We do not know whether the festivities
of the Supper given by the Board of Ald
j ermen Tuesday night were in pursuance
! of an established cu.-tom, or a determi
j uatiuii to establish the precedent. Were
joice, however, that it has been inaugu
rated, and know no sufficient reason why
it should not pass into the authority pf
a common custom, and become a settled
rule at the expiration of every successive
Municipal year. V
Among others we had the honor and
the pleasure of participating in the fes
tivities of the occasion. It was one of
interest and will be long remembered by
all present, for there were none who did
not manifestly appreciate the refreshing
relaxation from the sober realities of ev
ery day life. There were preseut the
Ex-Mayor, Hon. F. G. Wilkins, and the
Mayor elect, the Hon. S. Holstead; the
retired Board of Aldermen and their suc
cessors in ofiice; the oldest as well as
perhaps the youngest inhabitant; there
were also representatives of the Bar (in
the legal aeceptat on of and
the commercial and manufacturing inter
ests of the city.
Many were the toasts given and re
sponded to, prominent among which was
those to the Ex Mayor and the present
incumbent, all of which were acknowl
edged in excellent spirit and style. In
response to a sentiment from Alderman
Croft the former was especially felicit
ous.
It would be an unpardonable omission,
not to mention the elegant and recherche
supper prepared by “mine host” of Cook’s
Hotel, for the refection of the company.
No one was so unjust to himself as to
slight it.
Towards the “wee sma’ hours, ayont
the twal,” there was a gradual adjourn
ment, and we went away with the hope
that ill who were present would live to
enjoy similar reunions for many years to
come.
Mobile and Girard Kail Road.
The Enquirer of the 21st alluding to
the article from the Union Springs Ga
zette on the above Road says :
We are satisfied tha the misfortunes of
the road, and not the -neglect of the Pres
ident, are the cause of the inefficiency
complained of. The accidents which
have disabled the engines of the road
could not have been torseen. We learn
that another engine was last week dis
abled, after the appearance of the Gaz
ette’s article; but we heard at the same
time a report (which we presume to be
the truth) that Maj. Howard was making
an effort to borrow temporarily an engine
or two from the Muscogee Road. We
hope that he has been successful, and
that very soou the road will bo enabled
to do all its business with dispatch.
We published the Gazette’s article on
Monday, and injustice to Maj. Howard as
well as ourselves will state that we did
not construe the remarks of the Gazette
into any reflection upon his efficiency,
without taking issue with the Enquirer.
We take ,the occasion to endorse all said
in his defence—if any is needed—by our
cotemporary.
Bishop Pierce.
A correspondent of the Charleston
Courier, writing from New Orleans the
14th instant, says tho excellent Bishop
Pierce, of the Methodist Church, had ar
rived there from Texas, where he return
ed, not long since, from California, via
the overland route. He has been gone
about a year. The Bishop, accompanied
by two or three young clergymen, went
to California last spring, taking Gid
ding’s stages at San Antonio, and having
a regular rough and tumble trip of it to
San Francisco. He enjoyed it much,
however, and entered into all the trials,
disagreeabilities, oddities, and pleasures
of tlie journey with characteristic vivacity
and good nature. His rec ption in Cali
fornia was most cordial, though brief,
and he came back by the same route.
An Omission.
As our paper has a general circulation
in Barbour county, Alabama, we are re
quested by one of the committee (01,
whom we inquired why the names of the
members of the Legislature did not ap
pear in the list of delegates to the State
Convention.) to state that they were duly
appointed, and recognized as delegates.
The omission of their names in the pub
lished proceedings is due altogether to
the Secretary in making them out, or the
printer in setting them up.
Resignation of Legislators.
The Federal Uniou says: Messes. Fan
nin, of Troup, and Cook, of Early, on
the last night of the session, tendered to
His Excellency, the Governor, their res
ignations as members of the General As
sembly of Georgia. When information
of the fact was known, resolutions highly
complimentary to them both were passed
unanimously by the House, to which
Messrs. F. and C. responded in handsome
feeling, and appropriate speeches.
Mr. Fannin resigns because of his de
terminuiion to remove to Alabama. Mr.
Cook has been laboring under an effection
of the lungs, and resigns in consequence
of ill health.
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The Troy Daily Arena records the death
of James A. Zander, at the age of eighty
years, who has beeu a prominent Whig
politician and citizen of that, place. He
was known as “Total Depravity Zander,”
having once given the following toast at a
Whig 4th of July dinner:
“Gene al Andrew Jackson —His first
election proved the downward tendency
of the American people; his second elec
tion their total depravity.”
Bourcicault’a Sew Play.
“The Ocroroon,” the new drama lately
produced aud brought out by Dion Boui
cicault, is said to conceal an insidious
tbru.-t at the institutions of the South.
The New York correspondent of the
Charleston Courier says it draws im
mensely well, aud during the first seven
nights of its performance, Bourcicault
was paid $1,365, or nearly S2OO a night.
More Africans Coining.
The Sea Coast (Miss ) Democrat learns
from good authority that a cargo of Afri
can slaves is expecied in Ship Island
Harbor the latter part of the present
month. They will be landed without se
crecy, the consignees trusting to the pre
dominant sentiment of Mississippi for an
acquittal, in the event of a government
prosecution.
A man has just been put upon the pen
sion list in Belgium, says the Moniteur
Beige, who was born at Chirnay of the 9th
of November, 1709, and he ha3 conse
! quently attained the age of 150 years on
the 9 h of last month. He entered the
Belgian service in 1830, and remained in
the service until put on the pension list
! in September, wheu he attained the rank
’ of captain.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Sandy Cotton.
That excellent and important Journal,
the Boston Commercial Bulletin, has an
article on the above subject, which—first
e-tab ishing as a fact that thousands of
bales of cotton are delivered at Liverpool
that contain considerable quantities of
sand, and then asserting that the best
explanations yet given cannot possibly
satisfy the purchtfders that this mixture
is not an intentional fraud on the part of
some parties handling the bales —makes
the following remarks:—JV. O Picayune.
So far as we understand the matter,
there is certain proof of fraud on the
part of some cotton factors, or of fraud
on the part of some cotton planters who
have interests conjoined with those of their
factors. We might give some statements
from Sou'hern papers corroborative of
this view.
Yet it cannot possibly be believed that
there is, as a general thing, any con
nivance on the part of cotton growers to
accomplish a fraud, by sanding their cot
ton. We resent, as Americans, as citi
zens of our common Uuion, any such
imputation upon the Southern planters,
of whom we know that they are generally
as jealous of their personal and collective
integrity os any interest on the earth.
However, we will say that we have
been assured that there is at present,
(and has been for the last few years,) a
carelessness (not to say a wilful and sys
tematic purpose.) among some planters
in neglecting in their ginning operations
the action of “the beater” of the gin,
which, when properly operated, separ
ates from cotton the sand that may natu
rally have collected in it.
It seems to us that the proper means to
insure just transactions on a bale of cot
ton, (no matter how many hands it goes
through—whe her it be five or one hun
dred,) is to establish a complete system
of branding, (every one owning or deal
ing in the bale, affixing thereto his
brand,) so that if a case requires it, any
bale may be traced back through each
holder to its producer ; in this way it is
evident that no fraud could go unpun
ished.
Apart from its intrinsic merits, this
subject is of much importance. Our cot
ton exports constitute about one-third of
our whole national exports, and every
circumstance that occurs to bring this
staple into discredit, inflicts a serious
injury both upon our national exchequer
and our national character.
Important from Mexico.
New Orleans, Dec. 20.—The United
States frigate Brooklyn arrived to-day,
bringing Minister McLane and family;
also 11. R. de la Reintrie, Mr. McLane’s
Secretary of Legation, who bears the
ratified treaty with Juarez and the United
States government. The treaty was rati
fled on the 14th December. It provides
for a perpetual right of way across the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec, from the Rio
Grande to Mazatlau and from Guaymas
to Arizona, with warehouses at the termini
of each transit. All goods between the At
lantic and Pacific States are to pass free
of duty, and all the goods shipped from
the transit warehouses to foreign coun
tries, are to be free of duty Our troops,
military stores, and munitions of war
are to pass through Tehuantepec and So
nora the same as the Mexican. The neu
trality of the transit is guarantied by
both governments. The United States,
with or without the consent of Mexico,
proposes the right to protect the transit
and property by force. Perfect religious
freedom admitted, and no forced loan
allowed.
The Bearer of the Treaty.
New Orleans, Dec. 20.—H. R. de la
Reiutrie, Mr. McLane’s Secretary of Le
gation, and bearer of the ralified treaty,
left to-day for Washington City.
Congressional.
Washington, Dec. 19.— Seriate. —Hon.
Benj Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, was elec
ted President pro. tem. of the Senate, on
the first ballot.
The resolution of Mr. Pugh, of Ohio,
to consolidate the territorial government
of New Mexico and Utah was debated.
House. —ln the House to-day, there
were three ballots for Speaker—Sherman
being four short of au election. After
the first ballot, Mr. Bocock withdrew his
name from the contest, and the Democrats
voted for a dozen different candidates.
Washington, Dec. 20.— Senate. —The
Senate homestead bill was introduced.
House. —There were three ballots for
Speaker of the House to-day ; on the la t
112 were necessary to a choice. The
vote stood as follows :
Sherman 109
Boteler 38
McClernand 28
Remainder scattering.
New Political Movement,
Washington, Dec. 20.—A movement
was initiated here last night, the object
of which is to unite the leading men of all
the principal points of the United States,
who are not connected with the Demo
cratic and Republican parties, in forming
anew party, on the basis of the Union,
the Constitution, and tho execution of
the laws. Senator Crittenden, of Ken
tucky, was chairman of the meeting.—
Another meeting will be held to-night.
Extensive Robbery.
New York, Dec. 16.—The extensive
jewelry store of Messrs. Demprey & Far
go, of this city, was robbed of nearly all
its oontenls last uight. Four lads, to
gether with the clerk, were arrested.
Goods to the amount of SIO,OOO were sub
sequently recovered.
Fatal Shooting Affray.
Columbus, Miss., Dec. 16.—A street
fight, occurred here last night between
James Blair and Dr. Wm. M. Shepherd,
us Texas, formerly Secretary of the Navy
of that Repnblic. Shepherd was shot
and almost instantly killed.
America’s Mail.
Boston. Dec. 19. The mails by the
steamship America leave for the South in
the morning.
Savannah Ship Newt.
Savannah, Dec. 20.—The ship Boadis
cea. from Malta, and the brig Rebecca
and Frances, arrived at this port to-day.
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Special Dispatch to the Charleston Courier.
Camden Races.
Camden, Dec. 16.—There were three
entries for to-day’s race, viz: Congiree,
Mr. Moored filly, by Red Eye; Mr Can
tey’s Albion, by Jeff Davis. The race
was won by Congaree, in two heats, the
tidSe being 3:53 —3:58.
For the second race there were four
entires, viz : Mr. Puryear’s Macou ; Mr.
Cantey’s Florida mare ; Mr. Moore’s colt
Delphini; and Messrs. Manning and
Richardson’s colt Wanderer. The race
was won by Macon.
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The Charleston Courier chronicles the
death of Capt. Soubiates, in Boston, the
14th instant. He was well known in the
former city, having been engaged in the
trade with the West Indies for years.
A marriage was celebrated at Walling
ford, Connecticut, lately, at the residence
of the bridegroom’s father, in the pres
ence of a great-great-grandmother, great
grandfather, great-grandmotber, grand
father, grandmother, father, mother, and
children—in all forty-one of one family.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 27,. 1859.
The Central Rail Road.
From the report of the President and
Directors of the Central Rail Road and
Banking Company of Georgia to the stock
holders, the sth inst., we learn that the
cash received from the Road has been
$1,645,554 09; from Bank, SBI,OBO 72.
The same has been disposed of as fol
lows :
Paid road expenditures...s79-1.343 46
Paid Bank expenses 14.651 92
Paid interest on Bonds 11,994 70
Dividends declared 600,000 00
Appropriated to Depot
Buildings 120,000 00
Carried to Reserve 185,644 83
The reserve fund is now $702,720 15,
but subject to the payment of $28,000
annual rent of the line from Gordon to
Eatonton.
The balance uncollected of earnings
for year ending 30ih November,
1858, as shown in tbe last report,
was $99,166 95
Tl.erehas beencollected of the same.. 99,087 98
Leaving balance due S7B 97
There has been collec'ed from earn
ings of year ending 30th Novem
ber, ultimo, the sum of $1,546,466 21
leaving uncollected the sum of sß7r
-581 59.
Os 6,930 shares of stock in the New
York and Savannah Steamship Company,
the Central Rail Road and Banking Com
pany own 4,420 shares. It has, to a very
large extent, assisted other Companies,
and helped, more than any other Rail
Road Company, to build up the present
system of roads. It paid near half a mil
lion towards the building of the South
Western Road—it paid SIOO,OOO towards
the Augusta and Savannah Road*—thirty
thousand dollars to bring the Montgomery
and West Point Road into Georgia—it
subscribed the whole iron for the line
from Gordon to Eatonton—it has paid, for
the most part, for the valuable lines of
steamships between this port and New
York; lines established by Georgia Char
ters; and it has granted aid by endorse
ment to the South Western Road, the Mus
cogee Road and the Mobile and Girard
Road to the extent of over $400,000.
The Accident near Tuskcgce.
For years there have been two stage or
omnibus lines between Tuskegee and
Cbehaw, on the Montgomery and West
Point Rail Road. The opposition between
them has not only been a source of an
noyance, but of danger to the traveling
community. The accident which has
lately occurred, causing the death of
Campbell, one of tbe drivers, was caused
by a race between the two coaches. A
passenger in Campbell’s coach informed
us yesterday that one of his traveling
companions was severely, if not danger
ously wounded, while he himself made a
narrow escape. It is hoped that for the
future, passengers to and from Tuskeget
will be free from the annoyances to which
the rivalry between tbe stage lines to
Chehaw has subjected'them.
Vigilance Movements.
The citizens of Burke county, in this
State, have formed a Committee of Vigi
lance.
In Chester, S. C., the Town Council have
appointed a similar committee.
At Lowrysville, in the same State, two
individuals named Hailey were ordered to
lease the State, having avowed themselves
abolitionists ; and at Yorkville one James
McFarland, who confessed himself one,
was required to leave the District.
A meeting of the citizens of Montgome
ry was held Tuesday to form a Vigilance
Committee, and adjourned to meet again
last night.
Horrible Death.
The Eufaula Express says a Miss Glass,
residing a few miles from that place, was
suddenly killed on Friday last, under the
following circumstances : She had gone
under a gin-house during the rain to milk
a cow, when the house fell, crushing her
to death instantly. A large beam fell di
rectly across her, which had to be cut
away before the body could be extricated.
New Orleans and Direct Trade.
The New Orleans Crescent states that
sixty-seven ships are loading there for
Liverpool, sixteen for Havre, and sixteen
for other foreign ports. Sixty-four of
the principal brokers and cotton buyers
of that city have acquiesced in the reso
lution published in the Price. Current of
November 16th, which went into effect
Monday, the 12th inst.
The Georgia Depository.
The Book Committee of the Georgia
Conference, in session at Rome, made a
report the 16th, with regard to the busi
ness of the Book Depository, which we
find in the Banner and Baptist extra.
Within the post eleven months over S2O,
000 worth of books have been sold, the
net profits on the year’s business being
about $3,500.
Patriotic Movemeut.
The ladies of Isle of Wight County, Va.,
have pledged themselves not to use or buy
any commodity of merchandize which
shall, after a certain period, be obtained
north of Mason and Dixon’s line. The
ladies of Mecklenburg county, N. C., are
about to adopt the same resolution.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Central Rail Road and Banking Com
pany, held in Savannah the 20th, a reso
lution was adopted authorizing the Presi
dent to cause to be erected on a part of
the depot grounds, or elsewhere if more
agreeable to the family of the deceased, a
marble monument to the memory of the
Hon. W. W. Gordon, the first President
of the Road.
Burglary.
We learn from the Montgomery Mail
of Monday that the house of Attorney
General Baldwin was burglariously en
tered Sunday night. The burglar snatched
his “unmentionables” &c., and ran, but
dropped them as the Col. awoke.
Messrs. James M. Taylor & Son, pop
ular Richmond auctioneers, sold at the
Fulls plantation, Chesterfield, a few days
since, forty five negroes, consisting of men,
women and children, for $44,935 —being
an average of $991 80.
The Central Alabamian published at
Elyton states that work has been com
menced on the N. E. and S. W, Rail Road
in Jefferson County. The N. E. terminus
of this Road is at Chattanooga.
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During the fiscal year ending last JuDe,
and the quarter ending with September,
there were 4.970.093 acres of public lands
sold, bringing $2,107,476. The cash re
ceipts were less than last year, but more
acres were disposed of, owing to the ope
ration of the graduation act of 1854. In
addition to the quantity sold, 6,318,203
acres were certified to certain States for
rail road purposes ; 3.617,440 acres were
located in bounty land warrants, and
1,712,040 acres approved under swamp
grant acts.
The Southern Field and Fireside.
From all indications this enterprise
seems to be rapidly establishing itself
upon a firm basis, and we are gratified
to believe that its success will soon be
reduced to a certainty. Ihe proprietor,
acting upon the aphorism of Richelieu,
tvidentlv knows “no such word as fail.”
The several departments are efficiently
edited, and the corps of literary contrib
utors rank with the first writers in point
of ability and attainments. It is a shame
and foul blot upon the escutcheon of the
South, that when an enterprise of this
kind is originated at home, the first pre
dictions of failure emenate from the same
source. The Southern Field and Fire
: side has been rendered worthy of pat
! ronage, and is the only enterprise of the
kind that appeals to Southern support.
It rests with the South to decide whether
it shall be sustained. we have no
home literature, is due entirely to the in
excusable indifference and neglect of our
own people. That of the North has been
nourished in a great measure by the
South. We do not ask that the South
should imitate the example of Dana, who
ignored Southern poets and poetry, for
talent is cosmopolitan in its nature, and
should meet the same homage every
where, though its productions are indi
genous even to the soil-of the North,
provided they be not poisoned with aboli
tionism and conceal no insidious thrust
at our domestic institutions; but we do
protest igainst the suicidal policy of ag
grandizing Northern at the expense of
Southern literature. Though every simi
lar enterprise has heretofore ended in
failure, we sincerely hope for the honor of
the South, that the Southern Field and
Fireside will be made oue exception to
the general rule.
Union meetings at tlie Nortli.
The great demonstration for the Union
came off at the Academy of Music, New
York, on Monday night. The Journal of
Commerce says there were 20,000 signa
tures to the call for the meeting.
At Hartford and New Haven, the night
of the 14th, there were also large Union
Meetings held. Upwards of 1,000 per
sons attended the former, and preceding
the latter 33 guns were fired, one for
each State in the Union.
We think the pocket nerve of our Union
saving friends is beginning to be touched.
If the South had submitted passively to
the recent outrage on her soil, we should
never have heard of Union Mass Meet
ings in the North ; but after the indig
nity has been offered, a sudden reaction
of feeling manifests itself.
The misfortune of the South is that
such expressions of sentiment always
come too late. Insult and outrage come
and sympathy always lags behind. When
the staple of Northern love for the Union
amounts to something more
than ill-timed resolutions, and her Rep
resentatives know no law higher than the
Constitution and the Bible, then we may
repose some confidence in, and derive
consolation from their demonstrations.
Anti-Lecompton Congressmen.
In the House of Representatives there
are eight Douglas or Anti-Lecompton
Democrats, all of whom are Representa
tives from Northern States. A recapitu
lation of the vote for Speaker, shows that
three, and probably more, have gone over
to the Black Republicans and support
Sherman for Speaker. Mr. Douglas may
be with the South in the contest, but his
followers are in very suspicious compa
ny. As three have their hand,”
we may not be surprised if the remain
ing five should follow their example and
merge with the Black Republicans. Their
votes are very scattering.
A Learned Bull.
At the Alhambra Palace, London, an
educated bull, who has received the dis
tinguished appellative of “Don Juan,”
nightly displays some extraordinary
feats. At the bidding of his master,
Mr. Dan Castello, he leaps through hoops
and over hurdels, rubs his nose upon the
floor, kneels down, or limps about on
three legs to imitate lameness, stands up
on a pedestal in the most picturesque of
attitudes, and finally permits himself to
be hoisted on a shutter and so carried
around the circus on the shoulders of a
number of men whom he views the while
with an air of conscious dignity worthy
of a county member on the day of his
“chairing.”
How the House Looks.
The members of the last Congress, at
the close of the session, ordered the re
moval of the desks in the House. There
has been some difference of opinion as
to the utility of this change. “Ion,” the
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, says
the appearance of the House on Mon
day was very interesting. The galleries
were thronged by an orderly and good
looking crowd. The members while the
roll was called, kept their seats, and
looked more like a grave, calm and de
liberative body than they ever did before
under the old arrangement. The scats
will if tried long enough, he says, never
be exchanged for the old plan of chairs
and desks.
—.
The jewel box of an Egyptian Queen,
which was found in one of the King’s
tombs in Egypt, has been taken to Paris,
and has excited considerable attention.
The workmanship is spoken of as most
elaborate and exquisite in design and ex
ecution, and cannot be surpassed by the
artists of the present day. A small gold
crown is particularly well made, as also
a thick gold chain six feet in length. A
beautiful chiseled gold plate contains a
male portrait, evidently that of the King
♦
The Philadelphia Ledger mentions a
singular fact in connection with the recent
coal oil discoveries in Pennsylvania. In
many places in the valley of Oil Creek,
the ground is covered with pits, hundreds
and. thousands of them, evidently dug for
the purpose of gathering oil, and at a pe
riod so remote that trees 250 years old
are growing over them. The query is, by
whom were these pits dug, and for what
purpose was the oil gathered?
Daring Burglary.
The confectionary of Mr. Burrus was
entered on Monday night last, the iron
chest taken out, carried into an alley near
by, forced open, and some S2OO in cash
extracted from it. There was a box con
taining watches belonging to another
gentleman in the chest, only two of which
were taken. From the manner in which
the thing was done, we judge the perpe
trators were adepts in the business.—
Eufaula Express, 22d.
♦
There are, on an average, nine thou
sand pianos, manufactured in the United
States, per year, their production giving
employment constantly to one thousand
nine hundred persons, and costing over
two millions of dollars. We ought to be
a musical people.
It makes a great difference whether
glasses are used over or under the nose
If the former, the person can see and go
straight ahead—if the latter, the head is
rather apt to go where it can’t see at all.
A glass before the eyes, is apt to make a
man a philosopher—one before the mouth
will most likely make him a fool.
The Culture of Cotton in Africa.
Mr. Henry Venn, long a resident of
Africa, furnishes, in a letter to the Lon
don Times, the following succinct history
of the cultivation of cotton on the West
coast.
More than twenty years ago, a mer
chant of Manchester incurred a conside
rable outlay in the cultivation of cotton
upon the Gold Coast, and in preparing it
for the English market, but the attempt
failed. In 1850, Mr. Clegg, of Manches
ter, through the Church Missionary So
ciety, sent out cotton seed, cotton clean
ing machines, and funds for native farm
ers. At Sierra Leone, where there was
1 ttle land suitable for cotton cultivation,
tne experiment has not been successful,
although some cotton has been received
from thence, and an impulse has been
given which may create a trade. But in
the Bight of Benin, and in the cotton
growing Yoruba country, which extends
from the coast to the neighborhood of the
Niger, and contains a population of not
less than 3,000,000, famous for enter
prise and trading skill, with well supplied
home markets and abundant water car
riage, there has been more success. The
first consignment of 500 pounds wa# sold
in Manchester in 1852 at 4Jd. per pound ;
and other lots followed, which realized
higher prices.
The slave mart of Lagos, which threat
ened the trade, being abolished, and La
gos converted into an open port for legit
imate commerce, communication was ob
tained by water with the native town of
Abbeokuta, 60 miles inwards, with a pop
ulation of 100,000. Here missionaries
were settled and an industrial institution
was established, at which any native
might have his cotton cleaned, packed,
and sent to Lagos for shipment to Europe,
upon fixed and moderate charges. Na
tive chiefs and small farmers equally
availed themselves of this benefit and
committed their cotton to the care of the
institution, being content to wait till the
cotton should be sold in Manchester, and
the goods they might choose to order
could be transmitted to them. In the six
years, 1852-7 inclusive, the quantities
have been—l,Blo, 4,617, 1,588, 1,651
11,492 and 35,510 pounds. After 1857
the cotton was sent to England through
several channels, though principally by
the Abbeokuta institution, which for the
last two years has transmitted monthly
more than 100 bales, or 150,000 pounds
annually.
The Abbeokuta institution is conduct
ed by native agency, superintended by
two young negroes educated in England
—one by Mr. Clegg, who has supplied
capital to the amount of more than
i>2,000, for experiments in machinery,
and boating conveyance over a heavy
surf; but not money aid has been given
to native traders, the business being done
on mercantile terms, commission charged
on sales and purchases, and interest cal
culated on outlay. In quality the cotton
is similar to Middling Orleans, sometimes
fetching a higher price; and an average
fractional difference of price in favor of
New Orleans, in 1857, is to be attributed
to superior cleaning. Native farmers
have purchased at £5 each and upwards
a large number of cleaning machines
to clean their cotton, sending It to the in
stitution to be pressed, packed and
shipped. A few have purchased screw
presses, costing from £6O to £BO, and
thus prepare their own bales for the
Manchester market. Numerous chiefs in
the Interior are inviting the traders to
establish cotton factories or industrial in
stitutions in their towns.
Touching Glasses iu Drinking.
A writer iu the Historical Magazine for
November, thus attempts to explain the
origin of the habit of touching glasses in
drinking:
One branch of my ancestry was Scotch,
and devoted adherents to Charles Stuart.
While a boy my father possessed a heavy
cut-and-thrust basket hiked sword, which
one of the Richardson family, tuy father’s
maternal ancestor, had used at Culloden.
From him this tradition descended to the
family as to touching glasses indiinking.
When, after the failure of the expedi
tion of the so called Pretender, Prince
Charles, in 1715, that Prince crossed to
France, his supporters were beset with
spies on every hand; and it frequently
happened that they were placed in situa
tions when, they could not with safety re
fuse to respond to the common toast.
—“The health of the King.” It was un
derstood between the faithful, that when
the “King was drunk, it was “the king
o’er the water,” and to express this, sym
bolically, one glass was then passed over
another. This, in time, was modified to
the salient touching of the glasses. In
the lower part of South Carolina and in
Virginia, generally settled with cavaliers,
the habit has prevailed and spread wher
ever their descendants have gone in the
South and West. It is the habit of men
to-day, in drinking, to touch glasses inva
riably—but I have never known the cus
tom explained by any one else. You may
rely upon this being its true exposition.
A Ball Swindle.
We are on the progressive road in
Montgomery. Burglaries are as common
as blackberries in season, and other little
rascalities are numerous. So far, we had
escaped confidence games, and “thimble
rigging.” But yesterday we had a speci
men of the ball game. A couple of scamps
got into a bet in the street on a ball, one
offering a large wager that the ball was
not hollow ; but having no money, pulled
out two checks on New Orleans lor three
thousand dollars each, and induced a by
stander to advance him $3,000 on them,
the amount of the wager with the ball
holder. The money was lost, of course—
the scamps ran off together, of course—
and the New Orleans checks were not
“worth a continental,” of course. We
did not learn the name of the victim, but
he was a stranger in our city. Every ex
ertion was being made last evening to
catch the scoundrels, and we hope they
were or will be overhauled.
Since penning the above we learn the
old gentleman who lost the money was
moving to Louisiana; that the money was
if not entirely in gold; that he transferred
to the rogues a bag, containing not only
the whole amount of his own money, but
also about S6OO belonging to another par
ty who had given it to him for safe keep
ing. The victim lost every cent of cash
he bad, and was heard to say he would
have to sell a negro to obtain funds to
continue his journey.— Montg. Confedera
tion, 22 and.
Harriage of Hr. Coyne.
Henry F. Coyne Esq , one of our junior
associates in the Mail, was yesterdtfy
married, by the Rev. I. T. Tichenor, to
Mrs. Louisa C. Macon, of this city, and
with his bride departed, on a short pleas
ure trip, to Mobile, New Orleans, etc., on.
the fine steamer St. Charles, which left
yesterday afternoon.
We are usually opposed to very young
men’s rushing into matrimony, but when
as in the case of our associate, an old
“head sits on young shoulders,” we feel
sure that the happiness of individuals
and the interests of society will both be
promoted by the act of annexation. We
therefore bid the happy couple “God
speed” on the ocean of married life—may
their bark find only favoring gales and
safe harbors; and may the issue of Coyne
prove of the right metal, and fully equal
to all the demands of the country.—
Montgomery Mail, 21 st.
Brown Sympathy Meeting In New
York.
New York, Dec. IG. —The anti-slavery
fanatics and abolitionists held a Brown
sympathy meeting here last evening.—
The proceedings were very noisy and
riotous. At one time it was feared there
would be bloodshed, but the polite inter
fered and quelled the disturbance.
{NUMBER 37.
The Management of the Voice.
I am only relating the simple fact when
I say that almost every error in the use
of my poor lungs, throat, palate, tongue,
teeth, stomach and nasal organ had their
day with me; and rarely do 1 hear a
clergyman read but I recognize one or
more of the same blunders. A common
fault in reading is the monotone; ams
when, as I sometimes hear, there is this
drowsiness of tone added to a “drift, or
see saw of measured cadences, at the
same time, why then even the whole tune
of “lullaby, baby,” itself cannot be com
pared to such soothing sounds for rock
ing the cradle of the hearer’s brains
Now, reading in a church wants so much
breath, you cannot afford to waste any.
The labor is so great to the vocal organs
you cannot afford to tire them needless
ly. The voice required is loud ; you can
not afford to lose any of the aids of into
uation, articulation, or reverberation. —
Iu one word, your lungs, throat and
mouth form one complicated machine. —
In reading in a church these organs are
applied to anew purpose, almost as dif
ferent as singing is from talking; and
the wisest thing a young curate can do is
to take a course of lessons from a good
elocution master. Nor could any benevo
leut Churchman spend his money better
than in maintaining a clerical reading
master for the benefit of the diocese. —
Many a clergyman, for want of knowing
the benefit he could derive from a course
of reading, inflicts a cruel drawl on his
congregation, and unnecessary labor on
himself. As to the clerical sore throat,
the barrister and the speaker are alike
free from it. The dissenting preacher is
also free. It is strictly an orthodox com
plaint. It comes not from talking, but
from reading, and no doubt chiefly from
reading badly. Though I would impress
that any man may sustain injury if he
reads when he has a sore throat. —Twenty
years in the Church.
To the Cotton Planters and tlieir
Factors.
Columbus, Dec., 23, 1859.
There has been some complaint on ac
count of the delay in transporting the
cotton from the Stations. This delay
was unavoidable after tlie collision of our
two best engines; there was no remedy,
but time to repair. It has been said that
we should have procured other engines.
We could have obtained one from the
kindness of the President of the Musco
gee Road, but upon consultation we
thought it doubtful whether we could pass
it over the river bridge with safety,
moreover it was believed, that we could
repair one of our own, as soon as we
could get the Muscogee engine over and
place it in running order. We have abun
dance of motive power of our own and
but for this accident should have bad no
trouble. We are isolated, and have no ad
vantage from a connection with other
Roads. Had our connection with the
Muscogee been completed we should not
have been delayed an hour. We have
now two of our freight engiues fully re
paired and in perfect order, and will re
lieve the Stations of all the cotton by the
last of next week.
J. 11. HOWARD,
Pres’t M. & G. R. R. 1
Turpentine Lands.
Mr. M. A. Williams, the capable and
efficient Laud Agent of the Florida Rail
Road Company, informed us in a recent
conversation that he had sold and leased
thirty thousand acres of land belonging to
the alcove Company during the last three
months, for turpentine purposes. These
lands, from their cheapness, accessibility
and adaptibility for making turpentine,
are now attracting the special attention
of those engaged in this business. Al
most every boat brings out parties who
visit the State for the purpose of examin
ing these lands. Those who have made
purchases are in sanguine spirits, and
express greas satisfaction with regard to
their future prospects. The early springs
and late falls with which we are here
blessed, enable the turpentine men to de
vote a considerable portion of the year to
the prosecution of their business than
they enjoy in more Northern latitudes. —
The receipt and shipment of naval stores
will, next season, constitute no inconsid
erable portion of the business transacted
by our commission merchants. — Fernan
dina Floridian, Dec., 15.
In a late number of the Electic Journal,
the Editor remarks that young babies of
ten cry from actual thirst. Their natu
ral supply is intended as food, not as
drink, and makes them thirsty without
quenching the thirst as a cool liquid
would. They cry, he thinks, for cold wa
ter. Many a mother is anxious to know
what ails the little sufferer that it should
cry so loudly, and, imagining it to be
suffering from pain, administers some
unnecessary opiate, or pain killer, when
all the child needs is a few tea spoons ful
of good, pure, sparkling cold water. As
the experiment is a very simple and easy
one, let all mothers try it first, before
having recourse -to medicine. In warm
weather, particularly, children may be
suffering from thirst instead of pain, and
a small quantity of cold water may give
them immediate relief.
The Caloric Engine sent us out by
Messrs. Conner & Son, from the estab
lishment of the Newark Machine Compa
ny, has been placed in running order by
Mr. John H. Taylor, Agent of the Works,
and son of Mr. A. B. Taylor, the celebra
ted Press Builder of New York. .Mr.
Taylor will remain in this place a day or
two longer and will take any orders that
may offer, for Caloric Engines of the
Newark Machine Company. We take
pleasure in recommending him to the
public. His New York address is “J. 11.
Taylor, care A. B. Taylor & Cos., New
York.”— Mont. Mail.
The St. Louis Bulletin gives an account
of a remarkable mathematical genius now
in that city. He is 2G years of age and
has attended school but two months in
his life. He is a dull looking young man
and cannot be taught anything, yet he
can answer questions in arithmetic, ge
ometry and trigonometry, which would
puzzle the brains of scholars to work out.
What he knows seems to be of intuition.
Many persons have offered him large
sums of money to explain his wonderful
method of calculation, but he cannot do
it, and thinks it a power given him espe
cially by the Almighty.
Shakespeare and Insanity.
Dr. Brigham, the late eminent physi
cian to the insane, said that Shakespeare
was in himself, as great a psychological
curiosity as any case of insanity he bad
ever met: and he declared that the
Asylum at Utica be had seen all of
Shakespeare’s insane characters. “We
confess, almost with shame, he says,
“that although nearly two centuries and
a half have passed since Shakespeare
wrote King Lear, we have very little to
add to his method of treating the insane
as there pointed out.”
Mr. J. B. Green, who was often men
tioned, a few years since, in connection
with his attempts to recover the safe con
taining $36,000 from ‘he lost steamer
Atlantic, in Lake Erie, has become a
cripple and an invalid. His terrible la
bors and exposures underwater resulted
in a paralysis, which has reduced a strong
man to an almost useless being. In or
der to obtain a livelihood, he is selling a
small pamphlet giving a history of his
life and adventures.
N. P. Willis says: The wife of John
Morrissey, the prize fighter, has presen
ted her husband with a little fisticuff
ling—said to be a whip-stev of great
promise.
from the New \orfc EveuiDg Express,
Texas Land Conspiracies—Judge
atrwtis’ Impeachment.
Supreme Court—Ciia ii>i,us-—Da vies
J- —Aoeemlur 11 —Simon Mussina and
another against Charles Stillman and
others.
The plaintiff in this case, S. Mussina,
is the party who has so perseveritigly
sought the impeachment of Judge Wa
trous, of Texas, for his alleged combina
tion with some of the defendants herein,
iu the ccleb-ated Cavazos case, to betray
the plaintifts and destroy their rights.
Ibis action is against the parties to tho
conspiracy referred,.to, with the excep
tion of the Judge, who is to be proceeded
against by the constitutional process of
impeachment, and is brought to recover
damages for the fraud of the defendants
in divesting plaintiffs of their title totlie
Brownsville, (Texas) town land.--and other
property, involving some millions of dol
lars, and for attempting to destroy the
rights of said plaintiffs by a false and
j fraudulent conveyance if the lands in
j question to the defendants, Basse , v c Herd,
j and fox- obtaining a decree iu the United
States District Court for the District of
Texas, in tho ease of Cavazos and wife
against Stillman and others, in favor of
plaintiffs, by collusion and other fraudu
lent acts and contrivances. The defend
ant, Charles Stillman, who is a citizen of
New York, was subpoenaed as a witness
at the plaintiff’s instance, under the pro
visions of the code, allowing the exami
nation of a party before trial; but on his
examination refused to answer numerous
questions, two hundred or thereabout,
and pending the settlement of these in
terrogatories by the Judge, he (defendant)
applied for leave to go to Brownsville to
attend to his interests there in the pres
ent troubles and excitement on thu Texas
border. This application was made on
affidavits stating these troubles, &e , and
was opposed by plaiutifi's, who interposed
a long affidavit setting out the diligence
with which they had prosecuted this ex
amination, and the difficulties which had
been encountered in its progress. The
matter was argued at Chambers by Mr.
Bradley for defendants, and Mr. Jerne
gan for tdaintiffs, on whose part it was
insisted that tho witness should not be
allowed to leave the jurisdiction of the
Court, until he had answered the ques
tions to which he had refused to respond,
and which might be considered as tho
most material part of this examination.
It appeared from the statements of
counsel that the deposition, so far as it
had proceeded, was filed in the Clerk’s
office about tho middle of October last;
and the exceptions which the witness bad
refused to answer remained undisposed
of, until this application was made.for the
witness to absent himself until the spring
term of the Court. It was stated in the
plaintiff’s affidavit that he had been anx
ious and ready to have these exceptions
disposed of, and the examination to pro
ceed, and had urged the matter both
through his counsel and the attorney who
had conducted the examination ou their
behalf. On the 7th iiugt. an order was
made for the resumption of the examina
tion, and directing that, it proceed forth
with, in consequence of which the plain
tiff's counsel addressed the following note
to the defendant’s counsel, desiring to
proceed at once, and offering to lake the
testimony of the witness under any cir
cumstances as to place, hour of the day,
&c.:
SurfiEME Court — Simon Mussina and oth
ers against Charles Stillman and others:
Lot C. Clark, Esq —Dear Sir: We are
rebuy to proceed with the examination of
Mr. Stillman, according to tlie order of
tho Court made this day, and Mr. Pollard
is fully authorized to act for me in the
examination and in making all the ar
rangements as to time, place, and other
wise in relation thereto. Wo will now
proceed before Judge Davies, and con
tinue the examination ; or, if you prefer,
we will take it in one of the court rooms
or at your office. But we desire to pro
ceed at once. If you can not proceed
now, will you have the goodness to fix an
hour to-day, or to-morrow, when you can
proceed? We fix the j lace in the room of
the Supreme Court Chambers, but you
can change it to a room in your office if
you please. Yours, &c.,
Nov. 7th, 1859. J. L Jernegan.
This offer was not accepted by defend
ant’s counsel, but on obtaining this notice
he applied for a re hearing of the appli
cation to postpone the examination, which
was set down for yesterday. The de
fendant’s counsel insisted that the wit
ness should not be compelled to answer
the interrogatories referred to, unless,
they were settled one by one by the Court,
as otherwise, though the witness might
answer subject to exceptions, the benefit
of which he might have upon the trial,
he might make exposures which would
prove disastrous to his case. The plain
tiffs again insisted that in a siDgle case of
so much importance, involving, as was
conceded, a quarter of a million of dol
lars, the witness should not be permitted
tovlepart from the jurisdiction, leaving
his examination unfinished, and before
the pith of his testimony was extracted,
as in case of his death great and irrepar
able damage would be inflicted since this
witness had given the information and
statements on which the answer hall been
made and verified, and had facts within
bis knowledge which could be obtained
from no other source. It was also charged
that this application to postpone proceed
ed from the unwillingness of Stillman to
answer, since it was stated that the in
terrogatoriesobjected to might be allowed,
and so disposed of in the course of a day.
After argument and the reading of affi
davits, occupying considerable time, the
Judge decided, in consequence of the
jeopardy of the witness’ property in
Brownsville, to permit him to leave the
jurisdiction, under an order suspending
the examination until the first Monday in
March next, and requiring that he attend
on that day.
“Be Yc Also Ready.”
After chronicling the marriage of the
Junior editors of the Mail and Confedera
tion, the Senior editor of the former,
give3 the above injunction to brother
Martin, of the Enquirer. Hear the lat
ter in response :
“We are ‘ready’ and have our ‘lamp
trimmed.” Indeed it is rather surpris
ing, when bachelor editors are falling so
fast—when runs are making on the Banks
for Coyne, and Confederations with Mails
appear to be the order of tire day amoDg
the ladies—that we should ourself have
had a very unhappy escape. I>ut we have
cut the ring , and as leap year is at hand,
there may be hope for us yet. We tender
to our more fortunate brethren at Mont
gemery our heartiest wishes that their
fondest hopes may be realized. ’
After thi3 let no one say Martin is
entirely incorrigible. We may yet see
him “ sighing like a furnace. “
Affairs In Washington.
Washington, Dec., 20, 8 P. M.—No
progress has been made towards an or
ganization of the House. The vote of the
Democrats is more scattering, and that of
the Republicans does not increase.
A meeting of the Southern Ameiicans
and Whigs has been held, with Mr. Crit
tenden in the Chair. Their object is to
effect a union of the Opposition. A com
mittee of seven was appointed to propose
some measures pertinent to the accom
plishment of that object. They will prob
ably unite upon General Scott as their
choice for the next Presidency.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Mr. Millson,
of Virginia, got 96 votes on the last bal
lot for Speaker to-day. The Democrats,
South Americans and Anti Lecompton
ites, signify a disposition to unite their
forces upon him, and may probably suc
ceed in electing him Speaker.
Later from Havana.
New York, Dec. 20.—The steamship
De Sgto has arrived from Havana, whence
she sailed December 15. Sne reports the
sugar market dull, and the stocA of old
crop 30,000 hhds. Holders were demand
ing rates above the views of buyers.
There was nothing doing in Molasses.
Among the list of new patents we notice
the following: Joseph 11. Swift, of New Or
leans, La , for an improvement in railroad
car couplings.