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Louis Nnpolcoii mill ills itllasiou.
That Louis Napoleon has, in his speeches,
declarations and writings, furnished
the key to liis own character and designs
is the belief of a good many people; hut
there arc many others who contend that
now he is on the throne of France, the
Emperor is more likely to look to the
security of his dynasty than to the reali
zaiion of promises and projects flung
before the world, in order to show that
he had a grand “mission” to accomplish,
and in order to retain and increase his
partisans. If, however, the Emperor
secretly believes that the safety of his
throne and the perpetuation of his dynas
ty would behest secured by the cautious
but determined attempt to accomplish his
“ mission,” the two classes of interpreters
would be nearly reconciled. The Morning
Advertiser firmly, believes that for seve
ral years past the Emperor of the French
has been gradually and skillfully working
out his programme; and our cotemporary,
in order to show how completely It has
read the character and fathomed the de
signs of his Imperial Magesty, says:
“ For years—even so far back as the
early stage of the Russian war—we en
deavored to direct public attention to
Napoleonic, intrigues in Italy.’ Toward
the close of last year, when the world
still lay in its repose, and no New Year’s
harangue had yet been spoken to ruffle
its composure, we wrote, ou November
29, the following words: “Italy is the
great field on which Bonaparte’s intrigues
have for many years past had full play.
That the ruler of France has long medi
tated the carrying out there of some coup,
none but those can doubt who never
trouble themselvs to look beneath the sur
face of things. These dangers may ap
pear visionary to men who shut their
eyes to all coming events. For our part,
we remember too well how the forebo
dings of a Russian war were sneered at
and ridiculed a few years since; how it
was the custom to treat with supercilious
contempt all Signs of warning of perilous
contingencies. But ours is tlie watcher’s
duty, who scans the troubled horizon fer
signs of storm and shipwreck. The cri
sis, we arc firml convicted, is fast ap
proaching.’ In the same article, we pre
dicted an ‘armed intervention in the
affairs of the South of Europe, Piedmont
and France making common cause, the
latter supporting the Court, of Sardinia in an
attack on the Austrian dominions
Several passages arc quoted from oth
er leading articles, written before the
war, to show the foresight of our cotern
porary, and, having thus established his
claim to be considered a political prophet,
he proceeds thus: “But we repeat, we
only lay stress on all this in order to show
that it is possible, to those who have
studied the character of Louis Napoleon,
to anticipate his designs and to gauge
their probable result. At the present
moment, when easily deluded men again
break out in exultation on account of
‘the proof the ruler of France has given
of his desire to be on good terms with
England by warning the French press to
moderate its tone against us,’ we hold it
doubly necessary to point back to the
passages above given. We still declare
our conviction that lie meditates mischief
for tho coining year, and if anything
could be calculated to enhance this per
suasion, it is the very fact of this recent
‘proof of moderation’—so similar to those
proofs of moderation’ given to Austria a
few short months before ho made his
thrust at her.”
Soutli Carolina Lcgisiaturc.
lu tho. Lower House of the South Caro
lina Legislature, Friday, HJr. Memmin
ger offered the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted, and
scut forthwith to the Senate:
Resolved, That it is the deliberate
judgment of the General Assembly of
South Carolina that the slaveholding
States should immediately meet to con
cert measures for united action.
Resolved, That the foregoing resolu
tions be communicated by the Governor
to all the slaveholding States, with the
earnest request of South Carolina that
they appoint delegates, and adopt such
measures as, iu their judgment, will pro
mote said meeting.
Resolved, That a special commissioner
be appointed by the General Assembly to
communicate the foregoing resolutions to
the State of Virginia, and to express to
the authorities of that State the cordial
sympathy of the people of South Caro
lina with the people of Virginia, and
their earnest desire to unite with them
in measures of defence.
• Resolved, That the State of South Caro
lina owes it to her own citizens to pro
tect them and their property from every
enemy, and that for the purpose of mili
tary preparation for any emergency, the
sum of SIOO,OOO be appropriated for mil
itary contingencies.
♦
Burglar Shot.
We understand that the dwelling of
Mr. George M. Figh, situated on Catoma
street, was entered by a burglar about
lialf-past 2 o’clock yesterday morning.—
Mr. Figh was absent from home at the
time, aud a young man by the name of
John Compton, a relative of tho family,
was occupying a lower room of the house
as a sort of protection to the inmates, lie
heard the burglar when he first com
menced picking at the lock, and prepar
ed for his reception, lie permitted him
to get into the house, and then shot at
him, but owing to the excitement of the
rmoment he caused the gun to go off too
soon, only slightly wounding him. Some
traces of blood were left. Afterwards,
lie bursted acap while the gun was point
ing directly at his breast, but unfortunate
ly, it failed to go off, and the burglar
made his’ escape through the. window,
leaving his boots and socks.— Mont. Ad
vertiser, 111 si.
Accident.
Yesterday forenoon a man named James
Booth, a native of Manchester, England,
was so seriously injured that lie died in
a few hours by being run overby a cotton
train. The deceased was switching off
one train when another backed down up
on him, cutting off one arm and crushing
his thigh. He bore his sufferings with
all the composure of a stoic, never ut
tering a groan, though sensible and con
versing with thoso who were present.
The-unfortunate accident happened near
the depot. Ho leaves two children
Mobile Register, 17//t.
T!ie Devil In.
A juvenile sweep was employed to
cleanse tho chimney of the building in
one of our blocks, and asceuded to the
roof for a survey. By mistake ho de
scended the wrong flue and found himself
in the office oF a well known attorney.
Both parties were in the utmost alarm ;
tho boy trembling from fear of chastise
ment, and the lawyer from terror of the
sooty apparition. At length the former
spoke in an unearthly tone: “My father
will be here directly.” This was too
much for the attorney; he did not await
another such visitor, but sprung to the
door, cleared a flight of stairs, and took
refuge in a neighboring restaurant.
♦
Weighty Parkers.
Our friend D. W. Sims who oversees
for Mr. John W. McQueen, gave us a
list of the weight of 34 hogs which he
killed the other day. The heaviest
weighed 385 lbs, and the lightest 125 lbs.
The aggregate weight of the 34 was 8072
lbs. being an overage of 237. 1 , lbs. apiece.
These hogs would do to talk about even
iu Tennessee.— Hayneville Chronicle.
A gentleman of Richmond, Me., in
forms the editor of the Rising Sun, that
in making a road across his pasture a few
days since, the top of a hillock was taken
off, when he discovered in the space of
about two feet square, eighty-four snakes,
varying in length from four inches to !
more than a foot. They were of several ;
kinds, but mostly of the kind known as !
the “green snake.”
The Franklin Review of the Bth inst
says: “Rev. A. S. Riggs, of this county, i
slaughtered 12 hogs which were only 20
months old, the average weight of which
’ , !orP° Un< * s ’ heaviest one
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Statement from Cook mid Cojiptt.
The Baltimore Sun publishes the fol
I lowing letter, explaining the manner in
which Cook and Coppie, unsuccessfully,
attempted to make their escape, on the
night preceding the day of their execu
tion.
Charlestown, Dec. IG, 1859
Having been called upon to make a fair
staement in regard to the ways and means
of our breaking jail, I have agreed to do
’ so from a sense of our duty to the Sheriff
of the county, and jailor and jail guard.
We do not wish that any one should be
unjustly censured on our account.
The principal implements with which
we opened a passage through- - the wall of
the jail were a Barlow knife, and a screw
which we took out of the bedstead. The
knife was borrowed from one of the jail
guards to ent a lemon with. We did not
return it to him He had no idea of any
intention on our part to break out; neith
er did the sheriff’s jailor, nor any of the
guard, have any knowledge of our plans.
We receeived no aid from any person or
persons whatever. We had, as we sup
| posed, removed all the brick except the
i last tier, several days ago ; but on the
evening previous to our breaking out, we
found our mistake in regard to that mat
ter. We had iatended to go out on the
evening that my sister and brother-in
law were here, but I knew that it would
reflect on them, and we postponed it; but
I urged Coppie to go, and I would remain,
but he refused. We theu concluded to
wait.
I got a knife blade from Shields Green,
and with that made some teeth in the bar
low knife, with which we sawed off our
shackles. We had them all off the night
previous to our getting out. Coppie went
out first and I followed. We then got up
on the wall, when I was discovered and
shot at. The guard outside the wall im
mediately came up to the wall.
We saw there was no chance to escape,
and as it was discovered that we broke
jail, we walked in deliberately and gave
ourselves up to the sheriff, Capt. Avis,
and the jail guard. There was no person
or persons who aided us in our escape.
This is true so help us God.
[Signed,] JOHN E. COOK,
EDWIN COBPIC.
The Home Journal on the Field and
Fireside.
In tho last issue of that truly able and
impartial paper we find the annexed
notice of the Southern Field and Fire
side:
This excellent paper, published at
Augusta, Georgia, combines the useful
aud the agreeable. It is a vehicle of in
formation to southern planters and far
mers, and a repository of southern
thought imagination a”ud taste, in the
realms of literature and art; and to obtain
tor it such an extent of‘patronage and
success, as will justify the most liberal
compensation to all its contributors, able
and experienced editors are engaged, aud
steps are in progress to secure contribu
tions from the most pleasing southern
writers of both sexes. Much lateut
talent will be brought to light, and fur
nish some agreeable surprises to southern
people.
‘•Full many a gem, of purest ray serene,”
will flash before their admiring eyes, and
cause a generous glow of pride in south
ern genius. The agricultural editor is
Dr. Daniel Lee, the distinguished Profes
sor of Agriculture in the University of
Georgia, editor for many years past of
the Southern Cultivator, and a leading
contributor to many northern agricultur
al journals of the highest reputation.—
The horticultural editor is Mr. Wm. N.
White, a skilful and experienced cultiva
tor of fruits, flowers aud vegetables—a
writer of repute in these departments,
and author of that popular work, “Gar
dening for the South.” The literary
editor is Mr. W.W. Mann, of that city, an
accomplished writer of fine taste and
scholarly attainments, who, retired from
the active duties of the legal profession’
spent many years in Europe, and was
for several years the Paris correspondent
of the National Intelligencer and South
ern Literary Messenger.
Tire Proper Spirit.
Gov. Ferry, of Florida, haviug received
a copy of Helper’s “Impending Crisis o
the South,” through the mail at Tallahas
see, forthwith sent a special message to
the Legislature iu session, from which we
extract the following:
“ I would recommend that- the General
Assembly shall pass a Joint Resolution,
addressed to our Senators and Represen
tatives in Congress, instructing them to
demand that any member of the Senate
or House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States, who has aided in causing this
book to be distributed or circulated and
sent into the State of Florida, thereby in
citing insurrection in the State of Flori
da, shall be expelled from the Congress
of the United States. And that our Sen
ators and Representatives be instructed
to prefer charges against each and every
member of the Congress of the United
States who has in any manner whatever
aided in circulating, or causing this
treasonable book to be sent into the State
of Florida, and cause such person or per
sons to be arraigned before the Senate or
House of Representatives of the United
States of America. And that the Gene
r.il Assembly select a suitable person lo
convey said Joint Resolution to our Sena
tors aud Representative in Congress.
“The framers of this government never
intended that those who incite the com
mitting of treason, murder and conspi
racy in a sovreign State, should be wor
thy of occupying seats from which they
should enact laws for the government of
this nation, and has provided a power iu
Congress for their expulsion.”
From Washington.
Washington, Dec. 15.—As a business
I item, 1 send you the following: The Pres
ident certainly said to-day that no man
was authorized to state that he should
; send in his Message on Monday, or that
lie should send it out to the postmasters,
as has been usual. 1 know the fact that
| thirty reporters have been furnished the
i reports from each department, aud from
this I infer that they are to go with his
message, and that all will reach you to
gether through your city postmaster.
The Democratic Senators held a caucus
* is morning to further consider th ■ ar
i rangement of the Standing Committees
! Mr. Toombs, it is understood, advocated
1 the restoration of Mr. Douglas as Chair
man of the Committee on Territories;
but no vote was taken on that point, as
| Mr. Toombs stood alone in the caucus in
i entertaining that desire. Mr. Green will
1 doubtless continue as Chairman. Messrs.
Pugh and Douglas were not in the caucus.
Let the South Make her own Shoes*
Lynn, in Massachusetts, is the town
which makes shoes for the South, and
thrives by it. At Lynn, when John
Brown was hung for attacking and kill
ing our people, a meeting of sympathy
was held, aud a church bell was tolled.—
In the city couucil resolutions have been
; offered condemning this. They were laid
upon the table by a vote of nine to six
Twocouncilmen who favored their passage
voted in the affirmative, with a view of
having the resolutions aoted on by a full
council.
An intelligent New Englander remark
ed to us in a conversation, more than two
years ago, that “if the South would make
her own shoes, she would strike a most
effective blow at Abolitionism in its
stronghold ” — Richmond Index.
Later from Havana.
New Orleans, Dec. 19.—The steam
ship Ilabana, has arrived from Havana
with dates to the 15th inst.
Gen. Concha left Havana on the 18th,
amidst universal testimonials of respect.
Sugar was reported firm, and advanced
2}r. Nothing was doing, on account of
the high prices. The stock was 30,000,
and quotations 9} to 9£ reals. Freights
were dull. Sterling exchange was quo
ted at IG, and Exchange on New York at
3 to 4i.
The steamship Montgomery and sebr.
Lckford Mebb, from New York, arrived
at Savannah the 20th.
According to returns furnished the Au
gusta Dispatch by the census taker, the
total population of that city is 16,984.
Another Letter from John E. Cook—
His Last Interview with Old Brown
Misrepresented.
The Cleveland Morning Leader pub
lishes the following letter from the pris
oner Cook :
Charlestown Jail, Dec. 9, 1859.
To the Editor of the Morning Leader:
Dear Sir:—l bad the pleasure of re
ceiving yesterday evening a copy of your
interesting paper. In its perusal I was
somewhat- surprised to see a copy of a
letter which I bad written to Mr. and
Mrs. Seller, of your city. When 1 wrote
that letter I had no thought of its ever
being published. But as I see some false
statements in regard to my fellow prison
ers and myself, which you have quoted
from other papers, I am glad Mr. Seller
took the liberty to give it publicity. I
am also thankful to you for the comment
you made upon those statements.
I will only say such statements as
have been made by the Times, in regard
to my companions and myself, “ are to
tally false. There has not been one sin
gle instance, in which I have felt or any
sign of fear or nervousness since I Lave
been here. Neither has my comrade
Coppie, since he has occupied the cell
with me, shown any such weakness, or
dread of death.” We both dislike the
mode of death to which we have been
doomed. But notwithstanding, we are
cheerfully and calmly awaiting our fate,
and trust we shall meet it like men.
1 will frankly admit that on one or two
occasions I have been agitated by the
reception of touching letters from my
wife and other relatives whose happiness
is dearer to me than my life. The doom
that awaits me has not in the least affec
ted my appetite, nor has it occasioned
any loss of rest. I sleep as calmly here
ns I would in my boyhood home.
I deem it my duty to my fellow prisoner
and myself to do so. By giving this an
insertion in your paper you will greatly
oblige. Yours trulv,
JOHN E. COOK.
P. S.—l have just read in one of the
newspapers published at this place au
account of the farewell scene between
Capt. Brown, Coppie and myself. To
show the falsehood of these reports, I
will state, just udiat passed at this fare
well interview. Capt. Brown came in
smiling and shook both Coppie and my
self warmly by the hand. lie asked
kindly after our health. He then said to
me that he was sorry that I had made a
statement that was not true, as I would
only gain contempt by it. I asked Lira
what. I said that was untrue. He told
me that it was the statement which I had
made “that he had sent me to the Fer
ry.” I told him he most certainly did
tell me to go there. Tie said he had no
recollection of anything of the kind ; but
that he remembered distinctly telling me
not to go there. I replied that I had a
good memory and had not the slightest re
collection of anything of the kind.
He remarked that he thought that my
memory must be treacherous then ; but
it would do no good to talk about that,
but that if we had got to die, to meet our
fate like men; that we had gone into a
good cause, and not to deny it now. He
then turned to Coppie and said that lie
had heard that he had made some false
statements, but was glad to learn that
those statements were untrue. He theu
asked if he could do anything for us.
We answered in the negative. ID- gave
Coppie 50 cents, remarking that as he
owed C.’s brother S4O, which he did not
know as would ever be paid, that a little
change might do him some good. He
then pressed our hands warmly and bade
us a last farewell. There was no one
present except Capt. Avis. Brown, Cop
pic, and myself. Capt. Avis will, I
think, vouch for the truth of this state
ment, as will Mr. Coppie. Please give
this a place in your paper, and oblige
yours, truly, J. E. COOK.
Depression of Arable Lands In Mis
sissippi.
The following notes of survey, by J.
A. Porter, surveyor to the Levee Board
of Mississippi, will show how necessary
is levee protection for the back lands.
Mr. Porter writes:
I have just finished my survey from the
Mississippi river to the base of the hills,
nine miles east of this place, making
seventy-five miles by the line which I
run.
I commenced my survey at Melrose
Landing, in Bolivar county, a few miles
south of Prentiss. Melrose Landing is
at the plantation of Judge William Yerg
er, opposite Island No. 76. The surface
of the ground at the starting point is two
feet below the flood line.
Fall from Melrose to Bogue Phaliah is
thirteen feet; at the town of McNutt, the
county seat of Sunflower county, the lev
el at the courthouse steps, (the observa
tion beiDg taken on the steps, which is
about three inches above the highest
grounil,) I find is seveteen feet and sev
en tenths below the flood line at Melrose.
At Greenwood, the level is twenty feet
below the line. The above points are
situated on the highest and in the vicinity
of the points given.
An Interview with Gen. Lane.
Dr. Nash, a citizen of Attala county,
Miss., gives the following account of an
interview with Gen. Lane :
I had a personal interview with Gen.
Lane yesterday. He is aware of the fact
that he is spoken of for the Presidency,
in various sections of the country. lie
says he does not desire the high and re
sponsible position, but would not decline
it, should it be tendered to him. Beholds
the doctrine that it is the duty of Congress to
give protection alike to the property of every
sect ion of the country in the Territories of the
United States. lam much pleased with
him. The old hero carries the marks of
the soldier, a palsied arm from a can
non’s ball of the enemy of his country,
and carries, too, I may add, on his brow,
the determined iron will of a Jackson.—
He is the man for the crisis, and I hope
the South will unite in his support.
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan.
In the Atlanta American appears the
following card :
I see it announced iu several papers,
that lam to be “ associated ” next year
with the “Field and Fireside,” and the
ru nor has somehow gone abroad that I
am to be editorially connected with that
Journal. This is incorrect. The “Field
and Fireside” has an accomplished Liter
ary Editor, (Mr Mann,) who is fully
competent to discharge the duties of bis
office without assistance. lam not going
to Augusta, or to any place near it, but
to my home in Thomasville, where I shall
remain through the year and contribute
occasionally to the “Field and Fireside.”
MARY E. BRYAN.
Sudden Death..
A gentleman named Haddock, from
Macon county, Ala., died suddenly at
the residence of Mrs. Gibhart, near this
place, on Saturday evening last. Though
just out of a sick bed, he attended the
sale at Gen. Flournoy’s plantation on
Friday, where he was exposed to the cold
aud rain, which proved too much for a
constitution already weakened by dis
ease. A relapse was the consequence,
which proved fatal in a few hours.
Though among strangers, he received
every attention from the kind people, at
whose house he died. His afflicted wife
reached here on Sunday evening, and re
turned home with the corpse on Monday.
Eufaula Express
Sew Patents.
In the list of patents issued for the
week ending Dec. 13th, we find the fol
-1 lowing:
Thomas B. Fogarty, of Charleston, S.
C., for improvement in gas metres.
Thomas C. Henry, of Conyers, Ga. f j
assignor to himself, J. Dillwortb, and F. .
C. Askin, of same place, for improve- !
ment in gravel car.
John M. Lunquest, of Griffin, Ga., for |
improvement in pumps; patented March ;
Ist, 1859, re-issued Dec. 13tb, 1859.
1 •
An Ohio Abolitionist named Day was i
recently arrested by a Vigilance Com it
tee in Kentucky, with incendiary papers
on his persou. As he had been previous
ly detected in the attempt to circulate
them and warned that he would be hung
if caught at it, he was swung up without
ceremony.
Skips aud Freigkts—lmproving
Prospects.
We are approaching the end of the year
under circumstances which, as regards
commerce aud trade, may safely be pro- I
nouuced comfortable, compared with the
experience of the corresponding season
last year and the year before Money is
plenty and cheap, and though there is
not so many opportunities for the profi
table employment of it as could be de
sired, yet there is no reason to doubt that
the time is at hand when capital must
meet a more active market. Many of the
most important branches of commerce
and industry still drag heavily along un
der the embarrassments entailed by the
revulsion two years ago, but these, in
due time, will also be sloughed off A
gradual, but substantial improvement in
the shipping interest, wo think, may be
put dowu as one of the inevitable cer
tainties of the early future. There are
many causes combining to produce that
result, prominent among which is the fact
that we have been building but compara
tively few new vessels during the twelve
months, either in our own yards here, or
in those at the East, while the vast num
ber of marine disasters, recorded in our
columns, especially during the past two
months, must, of necessity, largely sub
tract from the aggregate tonnage of the
country, and thus give shipowners the
advantage of a supply no greater, or not
much greater, than the legitimate com
merce of the country is really in need
of. We dare say two out of every three
shipowners to-day will admit that in the
course of the past ten years move vessels
have been constructed on the spur of
such spasmodic stimulants as those
which were furnished by the California
and guano trade, the emigration to Aus
tralia, and the war between Russia and
the Western powers These several events
operated for awhile as absorbents of ton
nage, and made money for its owners,
but when California bad had its day,
when guano ceased to bring good freights,
when the gold excitement in Australia
was exhausted, and peace between the
European belligerents, drove scores and
scores of vessels to seek new channels of
employment, ships were about the poor
est property a capitalist could iuvest his
money in. Competition of the sharpest
sort stared us in the face at every turn.
English propelers, no longer required for
war purposes in the Mediterranean, the
Black Sea and the Baltic, cut us out on
the Atlantic, while their steam fleet to
Australia killed off whatever market re
mained for us in that quarter. We also
lost the bulk of the once lucrative emi
grant trade, together with the richest
proportion of freights from the Conti
nent. After awhile, in the face of these
hard facts, it was discovered that if we
could not build iron vessels, as well as
our trans-Atlantic rivals, the best thing
we could do would be stop building wood
en ones at home, aud time, we believe,
has vindicated the wisdom of acting out
that conviction. The market is still de
pressed, but it does not groan under the
licavy superabundance of tonnage under
which it lias been almost hopelessly
staggering for a series of years. The
signs of improvement ar- multiplying.—
Dozens of old worn out vessels have been
struck from the rolls, and the sea has
swallowed up its share. Despite the sharp
competition of the English steamers, the
coasting trade and the ports of the Pa
cific still remain to us intact. Our new
treaty arrangements with Japan must
soon open up a rich commerce in that
quarter, the advantages of which our
merchantmen will be the first to reap.—
Cotton freights meanwhile are doing well.
The yield of the great Southern staple, it
is admitted on all hands, will be quite
equal to, if not materially in excess of,
the immense crop of last season ; and, as
there is every probability that it will all
be required for consumption and
all at home, suitable vessels to bring it to
market will be, as they now are. in brisk
demand. Here at the North, breadstutfs
are beginning to move; and, if the judg
ment of parties who are commonly con
sidered as reliable in those matters can
be depended upon, the coming spring
will see that movement materially in
creased, with an advance in freights as
one of its primary consequences. On the
whole, then, without seeking to put too
favorable a face on things as they are,
we think it a rational deduction from the
foregoing recapitulation of’ acknowledged
facts, that the prospects of our mercan
tile marine are about io undergo a change,
it may be, but nevertheless, a sure ad
vance from positive depression to compar
ative thrift.— N. Y. Shipving List.
Augusta and Macon Rail Road.
At a meeting of the City Council of
Augusta, held on the 14th inst., Mr. Mil
ler offered the following preamble and
resolutions, which were unanimously
passed :
Whereas, the extention of Rail Roads
now in progress, and recently chartered,
may prove detrimental to the business in
terest of the city unless some action is
taken to counteract the supposed effects,
therefore be it
Resolved, That the City Council of Au
gusta will co operate with any corpora
tin or individuals in building a road
connecting Macon with some convenient
point on the Georgia Rail Road, or to
build a road direct from this city to
Macon.
Resolved, That a Committee of Confer
ence, consisting of one member from
each Ward, and the Mayor, be appointed
for that purpose.
The following Com i.ittee were ap
pointed as called for in the above resolu
tion : Messrs. Miller, May, Sledge and
Foster.
A Sad Accident.
It becomes our melancholy duty to re
cord the sudden death of Tom Campbell,
who was well known to the traveling pub
lic as a driver on Adams’ omnibus line be
tween this place and Chehaw. On Tues
day night, at 10 o’clock, as he was re
turning from the latter place, whither he
had been to connect with the down train
of cars, his horses became frightened,
and in making a sudden turn in an angle
of the street, the coach was upset, and
he was thrown to the ground with such
violence that he was fatally injured. At
first he did not appear to be much hurt,
though he complained of pain in his
shoulder, which was subsequently discov
ered to be fractured. He walked from
the scene of the accident to his room, (a
distance of over half a mile) whece he
breathed his last early yesterday morn
ing.
There were several other persons in the
coach at the time of the accident, none
of whom, however, were seriously in
jured. Tuskegee Republican, 22d.
Acting Midshipmen Appointed.
Among the candidates examined, feund
qnalified and admitted into the Annapolis
Naval Academy at the commencement of
the late academic year, were the follow
ing:—James Hoban Sands and Daniel
Carroll, of Maryland ; William P. Mason,
A. P. Beirne, Wm. C. Hutter, Wm. W.
Cook, Henry S. Cooke, Robt. A. Camm,
Freeman Epes and A. F. Brady, of Vir
ginia; Richard S Chew of the District
of Co'umbia; James M. Stafford, S. S
Gregory and S. S. Hyatt, of North Caro
lina John 11. Moore, James C. LoDg, H.
C. McDaniel and Richard S. Floy, of
Tennessee; and F. Pearson, Philip W.
Lowry, Geo. M McClure. Geo. W. Wood,
Chas. H. Poor, Jr., John C. Fortune,
Wm. Hammatt, C. W. Tracey, F. J.
Naile and Wm. W. Young, of Pennsyl
vania.
—
Col. Colt has invented a revolving shot
gun. It is said that upon a late trial of
this valuable gun, at a distance of thirty
yards, it put 175 pellets in a circle of 12
inches diameter, penetrating 75 sheets of
ordinary brown paper; the shot used
being No. 6 shot, 1£ ounces and two
drachms of powder to each charge. Tbe
gun is a five shooter.
Kit Carson.
This week we enjoyed a call from an old
mountaineer, an associate for many years
of Kit Carson, and direct from tbe com
pany of Kit, who informs us that the re
port of his death is all a mistake. He
left him about forty days since, in the
enjoyment of hfh usual good health and
spirits. Brownsville (Nebraska ) Adver
tiser, Ist.
TUe Spaniards would’t suffer them
selves to be Humbugged by an Ac
tress’s Tears.
Iu Madrid tlie other day, Madame Grisi
appeared in opera, and being unfavora
bly received, she appealed to tbe Dous, ■
iu print. “I am accused,” tbe said, “‘of
having failed in respect to the public.
This accusation afflicts me so much that ]
I wiil endeavor to prove the contrary. ;
In my artistic career I have always had
the happiness to appreciate and to fee!
profoundly the kind receptions which 1
have obta ned in all the the it res in which
I have sung. 1 therefore accepted, with
pleasure, an engagement at the Theatre
Royal at Madrid, being assured of being
able to fulfil my engagement, and couti- j
ting on the indulgence of the public.
Under these circumstances 1 believed I
should find, on my first appearance on the
stage, the indulgence which the chival
rous Spanish nation accords to all artists;
but uiy surprise was great when, before
having heard me, a small portion of the
public manifested discontent during the
first act. I frankly confess that these
facts caused me pain, and that, without
the protection of the rest of the public, I
should not have been able to terminate
tbe representation.
“I therefore supplicate the public to
accord me the grace of pardoning me for
what I may have done in the situation in
which I found myself. Far be from me
the idea of reproaching the Madrid pub
lic. whom I have alwavs appreciated, and
if I had been permitted to speak, I should
have said : ‘Gentlemen, listen to me with
indulgence, and if after having sung 1
have not the happiness to please you, I
will respect your decision, and will put
an end to my engagement.’ I could not
certainly have coutinued to sing before a
public whose approbation I had not ob
tained. Accomplishing a sacred duty, I
lay this just manifesto before the public,
feeling certain that it will appreciate it
for what It is worth; and I promise to
obtain from the public my justification.
“Its servant, GIULIA GUISI.”
After the publ cation of this manifesto,
Madame Grisi appealed anew in Norma,
but she encountered great opposition,
and at length, bursting into tears, she
left the stage. It has been subsequently
announced that the performances ot Mine.
Grisi and M. Mario would not continue.
♦
Congressional.
Washington, Dec. 21.—1 u the Senate
to-day the standing committees were ap
pointed.
Mr. Slidell, of Louisiana, introduced a
bill providing for the acquisition of Cuba.
In the House there was one ballot for
Speaker, which resulted as follows:
John Sherman, of Ohio, 100
John S Millson, of Va., 96
John A. Gilmer, of N. C 6
Emerson Etheridge, of Tenn...... 7
Scattering 11
Necessary for a choice, 114
Great Union Demonstration.
New York, Dec. 20. —There was an
immense Union meeting held in the city
; last night. At least thirty thousand per
sons participated in it. Patriotic and
conservative resolutions were adopted,
and among them was one recommending
Gen. Winfield Scott for the office of Pres
ident of the United States, at the election
in 1800.
Tlie South Carolina Legislature.
Columbia, Dec., 20— Senate. —The
Act granting a suspension of the law re
quiring the Banks of the State to have in
their vaults one dollar in specie for every
three in circulation, was passed.
DealL of Hon. Lynn Boyd.
Washington, Dec. 21.- Intelligence
has been received here by telegraph, an
nouncing the death of the lion. Lynn
Boyd, of Kentucky.
Political Movements.
Washington, Dec. 21.—The Opposition
meeting last, night appointed a committee
to confer with the Whig and American
central committee in relation to future
political operations.
South Americans Supporting Mill
son.
Washington, Dec. 21. —The South
American members this morning re
solved to support the Hon John S. Mill
son of Virginia, for Speaker.
The President’s Message.
Washington, Dec, 20—P. M —Noth
ing is known as yet to the President’s
Message.
Death of a Faithful Servant.
Old Billy, the faithful and popular
carrier of the Courier, was found dead
yesterday morning. Billy was an aged
negro, who is reported to have carried
the Courier throughout its entire exist
ence, having learned his calling in its
predecessor, the Gazette. From the kind
consideration of the gentlemen of the
Courier, Billy’s labors have been light
for many years, never exceeding his own
disposition. He was very popular among
the subscribers to the Courier, and his
Christmas gifts always exceeded those of
any other carrier. Billy always wrote
bis own addresses, which made up in
honesty and truth for their lack of poetry.
In religion Billy was an Israelite, attend
ing for the entire day at the Synagogue
during the day of Atonement, the solemn
day of the Jewish year. On this occa
sion he always dressed himself in his
best, particularly displaying a ruffled
shirt.
Billy was a noted character in his pro
fession. whose likeness lias been caught
and perpetuated in a happy sketch by
one of our amateur artists. Charleston
Mercury.
Bourcicault, in order to cater to the
depraved tastes of the Northern aboli
tionists, has prepared anew anti-slavery
drama, shortly to be produced at the
Winter Gardens, New York. The plot of
the play, which is called “The Octoroon,
or Life in Louisiana,” is briefly this:
The “Octoroon” is said to be the name
given to the “eigth blood” or child of a
quadroon, and white, and in Bourcicault’s
play the heroine is one of this class, who
has been carefullj’ brought up, and has
acquired all the accomplishments of a
young lady of good social position. But
the failure of her owner and father ren
ders necessary the sale of his slaves, and
the young Octoroon is purchased by a
brutal overseer; to escape the fate which
awaits her commits suicide. The Ilerald
denounces Bourcicault’s play as an aboli
iion affair, which must be condemned
alongside of the sermons of Beecher and
the novels of Mrs. Stowe.
South Carolina
Hon. F. H. Wardlaw has been elected
Associate Justice of the Appeal Bench,
the Hon. B. F. Dunkin, declined.
Hon. J, A. Inglis was elected Chancel
lor, to supply the vacancy thus created.
J, B. Perry, Esq., has been elected (on
the third ballot) Solicitor, for the South
ern Circuit, vice Col. W. A. Owens, de
ceased.
The Joiut Committee of Conference be
tween the two Houses, to whom was re
ferred the disagreement of action, rela
tive to the report of the Committee on
Federal Relations, have decided in favor
of the preamble of the Senate (Mr. Wag
ner’s,) and the resolutions of the House
(Mr. Memminger’s).
The Negro Copeland,
Copeland says he was born in Raleigh,
N. C , and left there when he was eight
years of age; and nephew of a free ne
gro by the name of Henry Evane, of very
respectable character, a cabinet-maker by
trade, who resided near Hillsboro, N. C.,
until some four years ago, when he re
moved to Ohio. By answering many
questions relative to Raleigh and vicini
ty, it was plain that he was well acquaint
ed with the place.
Guano.
The Honolulu Advertiser, received by
the Atlantic, says the Pacific Guano - !
Company, having received a perfect title
to Johnson’s Islands from the United
States government, are prosecuting the
removal of guano with great vigor. They
have built a wharf 500 feet long, with a
railway on it, and are at work upon the
large island, where there is said to be an
unlimited supply of guano. <
Tlie Hsvrper’s Ferry Affairs.
We have, from time to lime, published
telegraphic reports and articles from our
exchange-, in relation to tlie Haipers
Ferry foray, its conception, progress,
murderous results, arrest ot many of the
outlaws engaged in it, and their trial,
and final execution on the gallows. Old
John Brown, known as Ossawattomie
Brown, the ringleader, was hung on Iri
day the 2d inst.. and four of his accom
plices, Shields Green and John Copeland,
negroes, and John E. Cook and Edwin
Coppic, whites, were hung on Friday the
lfitfi inst. Two of the party, by tlie
names of Stephens and Hazlett, are un
der arrest, and will be tried next May.
Those who are known to have been en
gaged in this affair, and who made their
| escape and have riot been arrested, are,
F. J. Merriam, C. P. Tidd, Barclay Cop
pic, Owen Brown, and a negro by the
name of Anderson. It is generally ad
mitted that Anderson, (the negro.) Mer
riam. Tidd, and Coppic, whites succeeded
iin effecting their escape to Canada;
i while Owen Brown is believed to be some
where in one of the northern States.
We give a very brief description of
those who were executed :
Old Ossawattomie John Brown was
born on the 9th of May, 1800, in the
State of Connecticut. He was over six
feet high, of slender form, and was exe
cuted at Charlestown, Va., on the 2d of
December, for murder, insurrection and
j treason.
John E. Cook was about thirty years
old, and a native of Connecticut. He
was about five feet eight, inches high, well
educated, and respectably connected in
family relations: had light hair and fair
complexion, and was executed on the Kith
of December.
Edwin Coppic was born in Ohio, was
about twenty-four years old, five feet nine
inches high, and with a swarthy visage.
He expiated his crimes on the gallows in
company with his confederate, John E.
Cook.
Shields Green was a black negro, about
twenty-two years old, and was born in
j the State of New York.
( John Copeland was a mulatto negro,
; about twenty-two years old, and was
hung at the same time with his accom
plice Green, on tlie IGth of December. —
Augusta Constitutionalist. --
♦
Oldest Steamboat Known.
The steamboat “Saratoga.” which was
’ cut through by the ice on Sunday, and
j sunk, in the bay opposite New Ham
: burgh, was probably the oldest steam
-1 boat known in the Northern waters. She
was built in 1825, by W. C. Redfield, of
New York, to run to Hartford, Conn.,
and was then christened the “Oliver
; Elsworth.” It was the first effort in Mr.
! Redfield in steamboat building, and, at
the same time, it was ccnsi lered a highly
successful experiment. In 1837 she was
transferred to the Hudson River, where
she run for a long time as a passenger
boat. About 1848 she changed hands,
when she was re built, lengthened, and
her name changed to “Saratoga.” From
that date np to the present time of the
disaster, she has been employed in tow
ing river craft between Troy and New
York. The Oliver Elsworth (or rather
the Saratoga, as she is now known by
that name,) belonged to Messrs. Gris
fiths & Tellinghust, of Troy, and was
valued at §15,000. For thirty-four years
she has performed an immense amount of
labor, and for upward of thirty years
coined money for her owners.
Soon after the ice struck the Saratoga,
she commenced filling and went down
stern foremost in about fifty feet of
water. As she was sinking the hawsers
attached to her tow were thrown off, and
the Captain escaped in a small boat with
the crew and passengers. He spend Sun
day nighton Barren Island, and was taken
off yesterday — Albany Journal.
Tbe First Seclcel Pair Tree Still
Growing,
Frank Colliger writes to the P iladel
phia Bulletin : About the year 1814, iu
company with the late General Francis
Gurney, I had the gratification of seeing
the original Seckel pear tree, on the farm
of Mr. Liwrence'Seckel, in the “Neck,”
late Passyunk Township, a few miles
south of the old limits of the city. The
pear tree to which I desire to ask your
attention, stooiLsome little distance from
tlie eastern front of Mr, Seckel’s farm
house. It had every appearance of vig
orous maturity, was unusually large, and
bore its luscious fruit abundantly. From
this solitary pear tree buds had been ob
tained by Gen. Gurney, with which he
inoculated numerous congeneric trees at
his country seat, Cherry Grove, on Ship
pen's lane, below South street; all of
which trees proved prolific in fruit, and
it was principally through his well
known liberality that, this kind of pear
became disseminated, and now so gener
ally known and desired, by the name he
; gave it, of Seckel pear.
An Unexpected Present.
Minister Yancey, on his return from
South America, was made the bearer of
a magnificent present from Gen. Urquiza.
President of the Argentine Confedera
tion, to the Hon. James P. Bowlin, of
Missouri, who was for some time the
guest of Gen. U. on his return from Par
aguay, and evidently won his kind re
gards. It consists of a massive gold
snuff box, chased more exquisitely with
carved ornaments than any jeweiry we
ever before saw'. Around the rim of tlie
top are set forty-two large brilliants
(diamonds.) and upon raised (carved)
initials of the recipient —J. B. B.—are
set fifty-one smaller diamonds covering
them entirely. The box bears several
inscriptions. On the inside of the lid—
En rccuerdo de amistad, yaprecio Justo Jose
de Urquiza; over the initials before re
ferred to, the words — Al cuidano Ameri
cano James B. Bowlin. On one end 1o de
Febrero. 1859; and on the other end the
words San Jose 28, de Febrero. 1859. It
is said to have been made in Rio de Jan
eiro, and to have cost $5,000. — Washing
ton States.
Thirtan. Parsons Drowned and
Missing.
| The plantation boat of Mrs. Harriet
Pinkney, of Pinkney Island, while com
ing over to tlie city Monday night, came
in contact with the steamboat Robert
Habersham was upset, and thirteen
! persons drowned. We learn the boat con
i tained eighteen in all. The names of the
lost and missing are: Mr. Munningham,
overseer for Mrs. Pinkey, his uegro man
Moses, Thomas, the property of Mrs.
Heyward, Cooper, Robert, Moses Salo
mon, Thomas, Edward, Solomon, Johnny,
Sue and Phcebie, the property of Mrs.
i Pinkney. We learn further that at the
| time of the accident the Robert Haber
j slirm had a red light forward, had a red
light forward, and a watch set. — Savan
j noli Republican, 21 si.
♦
Return of a Captive
Matthew Brayton, a man who for 35
years has been an Indian captive, lias re
j cently returned to the house of his friends
| near Tiffin, Ohio. He married the daugh
! ter of the Grand Chief, seven years ago.
He has two children, son and daughter.
His daughter’s name is Tefrona, (Tame
| Deer,) and is five years old. His sou’s
name is Tulloosa, two years o'd last June.
His own name is Owahowali Kisbmewab.
When he arrived at Chicago, he was
dressed in Indian costume, daubed and
painted, his hair hanging down to his
knees. While in the hospital they cut
off his hair and scrubbed him with sand,
soap and water, until all vestige of paint
was removed. He ate meat raw, but will
not eat food containing salt.
Heavy Cotton Transaction.
The heaviest cotton transaction on
record in this market transpired yester
day, in the sale of a list of two thousand
bales, involving the exchange of over
§100,090 in money. The sale was made
by Messrs. Jones. Brown & Cos., while the
purchasers were Messrs. Tabor & Kim
ball, extensive dealers for northern ac
count. Operations of such magnitude as
the above afford the best evidence that
could be adduced of the important posi
tion of Memphis among the leading cot
ton marts of the country. — Memphis Bul
letin, loth.
The New York Post says anew edition
of 25,000 copies of Helper’s Impending
Crisis is in press, and will be ready in a
few days.
PBOOEEDINQB OF COUNCIL.
COUNCIL CHAMBER. Deo. 19.'1859.
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: llis Honor Willisß. Holstead. Mayor,
Aldermen Barnard, Croft, Durkin, Daniel. King.
Ligon, Merry, Quin. Salisbury and V\ ornuni.
Absent: Aldermen Bivins and Thompson.
The journal of the last meeting was read and
approved.
The Treasurer submitted the following re
port, viz:
Balance Sha t ■■■/ the City Treasurer's Boots fur the
Municipal year 1159,l 1 59, J'rom I’- t/i December. 1>5 v .t>
V’tji December. 1859, inti mire.
DR.
Cash $5 oo
Interest account 26,341 85
Bills payable 1,898 50
Officers'* salaries 5,524 00
Incidental expenses 1,493 75
Appropriations 1,138 51
Gas Light Company 1.491 S7
Feeding hands and mules d,9}9
Lumber account 647 30
City Hospital KlO6 -1
Negro hire 2,099 83
Lighting city lamps 419 44
City Police 4.340 84
Sewers and ditches J) - * 8
City Assessors oo
Fire Companies
Cemetery... •** ??
Carts and mules ’1“
Insurance account -R2 .
City Magazine * 1 4o
City Census 50 60
City Printer 60
Books and stationery ’J 25
City wells 63 69
Bills receivable 314 00
Bank of Columbus on deposit 3,a” l 12
Muscogee Rail Road stoak 1,200 00
Mobile and Girard Rail Road stock... 300,000 00
Opelika Branch Rail Road stock 60,000 00
Gas Light stock 12,000 00
8428,422 25
CR.
Amount on hand 13th Dee., 1858 81.794 30
Taxes on real estate 22,1u7 88
Taxes on Bank agencies 2,471 09
Taxes on sales 13,824 04
Taxes on Insurance Companies 254 35
Retail license 1,225 00
Wharf account 3.380 55
Auction license 160 00
Dray license 815 00
Fines 429 75
Market House 476 oo
Negro traders 1>634 00
Fruit stands 16 00
Billiard tables 306 00
City Pound _3B 00
Public exhibitions
Itinerant traders _l4 54
Isaac Mitchell, former Treasurer 725 00
Muscogee Rail Road dividends _ 48 00
Mont, and West Point It. R. dividends 5,400 00
PROFIT AXD LOSS :
Stock for Opelika Rail Road
depot— SIO,OOO 00
Stock for dividends in Gas
Light Cos 2,000 00
Muscogee Rail Road stock.. 1,200 oo
Bonds to Mobile and Girard R. R 300,000 00
Bonds to Opelika Branch Rail Road.. 50,000 00
Bonds to Gas Light Company 10,000 00
$428,422 25
IWG. MITCHELL, Treasurer.
Which, on motion of Alderman Quin, was
received, and ordered to be entered on tbe
journal.
The Police Committee submitted the follow
ing report:
Slaoh'sSquad—Dee. 13, Arthur Ingram.drunk;
Dec. 14, Jane, belonging to Brooks, drunk: Doe.
15, Samuel Barber, disorderly: Dec. 15, William
Sharpton, drunk; Dee. 18, Elijah, belonging tt>
Hardaway, drunk.
Beck’s Squad—De< 13. Daniel Davis, drunk;
Dec. 13, Win. Harris, drunk; Dee.4s, Ben, be
longing to J.G. Jones, drunk; Lawrence Votero,
disorderly; Dee. 15, J.B. Johnson, drunk; Hen
ry, belonging to Hamner, disorderly.
’ On motion received.
His Honor the Mayor submitted tlie foliowing
communication:
Gentlemen of Council: Since our last meeting I
have as far as practicable and tlie time allowed
me, examined into a portion of the affairs of
the oily. 1 find that the Plank Road running
from the Wharf is in a bad condition, and if not
repaired soon, will be rendered impassable by
a long rainy season. I have called upon tlie
charterees, who promise to put said road in
good repair. This road, it is true, may not be
of much profit to tlie parties, as they state that
not more than ten thousand bales of cotton
pass over it. Tlie charter allows them to charge
two cents on eacli bale and one cent on all bar
rel measurement; they do not collect on bar
rels, as it would cost as much as the amount to
collect it. 1 would suggest that the Committee
on Contracts be instaueted to confer with the
party, and adopt such measures as may be just
and fair on both sides. My reason for this is
that the road has reverted to the city by failure
of compliance with tlie charter. This, however,
I think, will he of no great benefit to tlie city;
should she claim it, I would ask the Committee
whose duty it is to investigate this matter, to
report at an earlv day.
1 find, also, a law of the. city Ordinance lias
been entirely neglected in regard to the weigh
ing of cotton. The Ordinance requires that all
weighers shall subscribe an oath before tlie
Mayor, or other person empowered to adminis
ter an oath, which oath snail be filed in the.
Clerk’s office. This has not been done, as lam
informed, and I hope you will give your atten
tion to it.
I would also call your attention to tlie cross
ings of tlie Rail Road tracks, as there has been
much complaint in regard to them.
Also to the fact that since tlie completion of
tlie laws relating to tlie city, and the by-laws
and Ordinances of Council, there have been
many laws and Ordinances passed which are
scattered over the minutes from 1848 to tlie
present time. In my opinion, the compilation
now in use should be revised and codified, and
I would respectfully suggest to the Board the
propriety of employing some competent person
to do the work.
I also call your attention to the duties of tlie
Sexton, so that he may receive proper instruc
tions as regards his duty. Tlie resting-place of
tlie dead should be properly eared for.
Your attention is called to the Guard House
it is not only in bad condition, but is decidedly
a disgrace to our city. I would therefore sug
gest that tlie Police Committee examine into
the matter as soon as possible, and I hope they
will submit some plan for tlie sustenance of
those who may be confined there. Tlie State
provides for all persons who are deprived of
their liberty, but we have no claim on the State
or county, unless those persons are sent to jar!
! under an Act of 1845 and 1848.
W. S. HOLSTEAD, Mayor.
Alderman Quin moved that tlie communica
tion of tlie Mayor be received and entered on
the journal, and the subjects therein referred to
he referred to the appropriate Committees.
Which was agreed to.
By Alderman Croft:
liesolved, .That there be.no bids taken for
lighting tlie City Lamps, furnishing lumber for
the city, and feeding the corporation mules and
hands, until publication is made in the city pa
pers, and hand-bills posted throughout the city.
Adopted.
By Alderman King:
liesolved, That the Finance Committee be em
powered to borrow such sum of money as they
may need to pay tlie interest on the city bonds.
Adopted.
| By Alderman Quin:
| Resolved, That tlie rules of government of the
Police during tlie past municipal year, be in
j force until such time as tlie Police Committee
j are prepared to report rules and regulations to
govern tlie same. Adopted. _
By Alderman King:
j liesolved, That the Police Committee employ
j eight extra hands as Policemen for two weeks,
commencing on Saturday next. Adopted.
By Alderman Quin:
Resolved, That a Committee of three be ap
pointed by His Honor the Mayor, to submit to
Council, at its next regular meeting, an Ordi
nance regulating the number of bales of cotton,
| barrels and boxes that shall constitute a dray-
I load. Adopted.
Whereupon His Honor the Mayor appointed
i Aldermen Quin, King and Salisbury as that
Committee.
On motion, Paschall and Harry were granted
i the privilege of giving a ball on Monday and
Saturday evenings of next week.
On motion of Alderman Ligon, Council pro
! seeded to elect Health Officers for the several
Wards. The votes being received and examin
ed. it appeared that
F. G. Wilkins and J. J. McKendreo, Ist Ward,
A. O. Blaekmar, sen., and H. T. Hall. 2d
J. M. Estes and H. V. Meigs, ;:d
Thomas Glenn and D. L. Booker, 4th “
John L. Lewis and Jolm T. Walker,sth “
Join) Seely and E. A. White, Ctli “
were duly elected.
An account was presented to Council in favor
of the Cohunbus Times, of $57 75. Ordered to
be paid.
Council then adjourned til! Monday, the 2d
day ol January next, at 7 o’clock p. m.
CALVIN STRATTON, Clerk.
The following is a receipt given for an
Abolitionist, who was run out of Helena,
Arkansas:
Received in bad prder (John Burnside,
Ontario county. New York,) from J. l!
Moore, Acting Marshal, oned and mean
man, which we promise to ship on board
the first boat bound up, for parts un
known. W. 11 RIGHTOR & CO.,
harf Masters.
Helena Arle., November IG. 1859.
An Abolitionist Ejected from the
Cars.
e learn from gentlemen who arrived
in this city yesterday, that on tbe cars
between Jackson and Grand Junction, a
day or two since, an individual express
ed himself in regard to the South and
Southern institutions in a manner that
was not palatable to his fellow-passen
gers, and that they “hustled’’ the fellow
to tlie platform and “chucked” him Over
board.—Memphis Avalanche.
The Moorish War.
A dispatch from Marseilles announces
that the French fleet in the Mediterra
nean had bombarded and destroyed two ;
Moorish forts at the mouth of t,he river
Tetnan, in retaliation for the insult of
feted to France by firing into a French
steamer, as previously reported The i
forts destroyed, hostilities were suspen
ded, and the fleet withdrew to its former
station.
♦
Washington, Dec 18.—12 J o’clock.—
p to the present moment there are no
indications of the time that the Presi
dent’s message will be sent in to Con- !
gress. It is understood this morning, j
that no copies have been printed or for
warded to distant points.
An apothecary asserted in a large com
pany. “that all bitter things were hot.”
“No,” replied a physician, “a bitter cold
day is an exception.”
<F. 2 EX. dte GO.,
CLOT FILERS AND MERCHANT TAILORS,
LNT o. 3. S3!B ZOo &, c3L Street,
COIAIMBTTS, GEORGIA..
THE MOST PERFECT
STOCK OF
Ready-Made Clothing
OF
QUALITIES AND STYLES
TO SUIT
_A_ ZELlli CLASSES!
Every garment manufactured un
der our own supervision, and war
ranted to be
WELL IvL-A-IDE
AND OF
G-ood. Material
AT
J. H. DANIEL & CO.’S,
No. 123 Broad St.,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
A THOROUGH AND COMPLETE
STOCK OF GENUS
FURNISHING GOODS
SUCH AS
SHIRTS—White and Colored j
UNDER SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
COLLARS, SUSPENDERS,
CRAVATS, HOSIERY,
SHAWLS, FUR ROBES,
TRAVELING BLANKETS, and
in fact everything that is necessary
to furnish a perfect wardrobe, at
No. 123 Broad St.
—■——
TRUNKS, CARPET BAGS,
VALISES,
Bonnet Boxes, Umbrellas,
&c., &c.,
IN THE GREATEST VARIETY
TO BE FOUND AT
J. H. DANIEL & CO.’S,
• *
No. 123 Broad St.
HATS AND CAPS
A large stock of the Latest Styles
of MOLE, CASSIMERE, SOFT,
LEDGER, &c., to be found at
No. 123 Broad Street,
COLUMBUS, GA.
♦
SERVANTS’ CLOTHING.
For the purpose of accommodating
our customers with comfortable and
substantial Clothing for their Ser
vants, we have manufactured a large
lot of
Old Columbus Factory Kerseys,
PEA JACKETS AND PANTS
FOR LABORING MEN,
and shall have during the coming
week a lot of
BLUE SATINET SUITS,
ALSO
Hickory Stripes, Red Flannel
AND
PRINTED MUSLIN SHIRTS.
♦
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES,
WESTINGS!
In our Order Department, provided
as we are with a large and beautifully
assorted stock of French and Eng
lish Cloths, Overcoatings, ( as
si meres and Vestings, Cutters of
the first order of talent, and an ample
force of mechanics, we feel confident
of pleasing all who may favor us with
a call, and are determined that our
garments shall not be surpassed in
durability, style or fit by any estab
lishment in this whole Union.
J. H. DANIEL & CO
No. 123 Broad St.,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
Columbus, Oct. 10. tjal
embroideryT
OVER TWO HUN DUKD DIFFERENT STICKS
can be Stamped on any kind of Goods.
Ladies wishing such work done can be accoou
niodated by leaving their orders at RIDPI-E 1 -
GALLERY OF ART, or by calling at his Dwelling
House, corner of Troup and Baldwin streets.
Columbus,Ga., Nov. 21, 1859. ts
FIGS, CIRKAKTS, &c.
I Smyrna Figs, Currants and Citron.
Cove Oysters, in cans and half cans;
Lobsters,
Salmon, “ “ “ “
Just received and for sale, wholesale and re
tail, by >. J. L. CFJ.LA
TO ARRIVE!
Onn BBLS. Whisky. Gin and Malaga Wine*.
*'UO per steamer Marianna ...
Dec. 12-ts TYLBH* MOSES.