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Latest from Brownsville.
Special Correspondence of the Picayune.
Point Isabel, Jan. 1.
The papers I send you contain a full
summary of what lias transpired at the
seat of war up to date. To-day I atn in
formed from an official source, at Browns
ville, that Capt. Ricketts and Mr. C.
Howard, the contractors for the Ran
gers, are anxious to procure transporta
tion for supplies, but as yet have not suc
ceeded. The steamers do not feel safe as
yet on the river between this and Rio
Grand City.
The troops must be in a needy condi
tion, as there is nothing of the bread
kind in the country above. Forage for
horses is equally scarce, and groceries
there are none whatever. I think that,
until the troops can besupplied with sub
sistence, stores and forage for their
horses, they will not pursue the enemy.
The horses of the Rangers are not in
good plight at present. Besides, the
further up you go the poorer the pastur
age, especially on the river border.
I am informed that a large number of
horses and a quantity of arms were cap
tured by our forces Both of the pieces
that were taken in the first attack on
Cortinas, “lost by our side,” were re
taken by Ford and the Rangers. My
letters state that Capt. Stoneman, of the
regular cavalry, arrived in timo to take a
part, and did good execution, as a party
of the enemy attempted to cross the river.
My opinion nor/ is, that Cortina will
attempt to make his way to one or the
other of the contending factions in Mexi
co, and should that appear to him too
remote, gather together a formidable
band of Indians and return to this vicini
ty again for vengeance.
There are numerous bapds of maraud
ing Indians about Laredo, who would be
proud of such a leader as Cortina, and
lie is just the man to join such a crowd,
well knowing that he could avenge him
self for this last reverse with that mate
rial, better than with his own country
men, as they will bo very cautious how
they let the American regulars and rang
ers overtake them again, I think.
Maryluud Legislature.
, The following resolutions were intro
duced into the House of Delegates of the
Maryland Legislature on the 10th inst.,
by Mr. Freaner, of Washington county
Whereas events of the past few years
have demonstrated to the satisfaction of
the General Assembly of Maryland that
a powerful sectional party has been or
ganized and is now in existence in the
not them portion of the Union, the object
of which is to wage a war of extermina
tion against the institution of slavery, in
defiance of the guaranties of the Federal
Constitution; and whereas the election of
John Sherman, of Ohio, to the Speaker
ship of the present House of Representa
tives, or any other I’.lack Republican,
would materially facilitate the object of
this sectional party; and whereas the
people of Maryland earnestly and hope
fully sympathize with the South in their
efforts to resist the encroachments of this
sectional party;
Therefore, be it, Revolved —lst, That if
auy representative or representatives in
the Congress now assembled, should,
under any circumstances, or combination
of circumstances, vote for John Sherman,
or any other member of the present
House of Representatives who endorsed
the “Helper book;” or should directly or
indirectly aid in his election by voting
for an unavailable candidate, having no
prospect of success, he or they would
misrepresent the sentiment of his or their
constituency, and would justly forfeit the
confidence and respect of the entire peo
ple of this State.
licit farther Revolved, That if any rep
resentative or representatives of this State
in present Congress assembled, should
under any circumstances, by vote, speech
or act, contribute to the election to the
Speakership of auy member of the Black
Republican party, or any sympathiser
with same, lie or they would misrepresent
tlio wishes of his or their constituency,
and would deserve and should receive the
severest reprobation of every good citizen
of this State.
Be it further Resolved, That in the
opinion of this General Assembly of Ma
ryland, it is a duty of extraordinary force
and obligation of the representatives of
all the slaveholding States in the present
Congress assembled, to unite upon the
most available man to secure the defeat
of John Shermau, or auy other member
of the Black Republican party, or any
sympathiser with the same, for the Speak
ership of the present House of Represen
tatives.
Jtßitico to Soutlicru Authors.
The unhappy sectional agitation now
prevailing is not altogether destitute of
some good results, for it occasionally
calls forth reminders of the obligations
which the North rests under to the
South, that would otherwise, perhaps,
be overlooked. We copy from the Jour
nal of Commecro an article intended to
do slight injustice to the Southern literary
world. The enumeration is far from
complete, as the names of Hooper, of
Alabama; Pike, of Louisiana; Kendrick,
Legare, Dr. Irving, and many others,
are omitted; yet it shows that somo of
the best things, always the most origi
nal, produced in this country, are the re
sult of Southern pens. For more than a
quarter of a century the columns of the
“Spirit” have teemed with the finest
specimens of writing, overilowing with
wit and sentiment, playful and profound,
a large part of which is destined to be
come permanent specimens of real Amer
ican originality, for which we have been
largely indebted to Southern correspond
ents. Enough has been elicited to satis
fy the most prejudiced, that if the South
ern authors had other stimulants than
the pleasure of composition, they would
probably surpass most of our Northern
literateurs, for they have a freshness
and freedom from conventionalities alto
gether superior to Northern writers, so
entirely under the control and intluence
of foreign literature.— Spirit of the Times.
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Illinois Democratic Convention.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 4.— The Dem
ocratic Convention here to-day elected
delegates to the Charleston Convention.
Resolutions were adopted reaffirming the
Cincinnati platform, repudiating new
tests, the revival of the African slave
trade, and a Congressional slave code for
the Territories; denying that slavery de
rives its validity from the Constitution;
declaring the position of the Democracy
of the State of Illinois to be that of Mr.
Buchanan in his letter of acceptance;
denying the interpretation given by the
Republicans to the Dred Scott decision,
that it denies the right of the people of
the Territories to regulate the questiou
of slavery so as to suit themselves ; dep
recating John Brown's foray, and attrib
uting such invasions to the teachings of
the Republicans ; instructing the dele
gates to vote for the readoption of the
Cincinnati platform : declaring determi
nation to abide by the decision of the
Charleston Convention, and also in
structing the delegates to vote for Sena
tor Douglas.
Gov. Letclierts Message.
Richmond, Ya., Jan. 9. —Letcher's
Message to the Legislature of Virginia
on Saturday, recommends the calling of
a Convention of all the States to set
tle on some mutually satisfactory ba
sis, and then if such settlement be
found impracticable, and differences ir
reconcilable, let the question of a peace
able separation be considered. It also
suggests that a commission of the most
experienced statesmen be appointed to
visit the Legislatures of the States which
passed laws to obstruct the execution of
the Fugitive Slave Act, to insist in the
name ot \ irginia upon their uncondition
al repeal.
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Maryland Legislature.
Baltimore, Jan. o.— ln the House of
Delegates to-day, Mr. Freamer introduced
a resolution that John Sherman, or any
other Black Republican should not be
elected Speaker, and that if any member
from this State vote for him, or any such
exceptionable candidate, he should forfeit
the respect and confidence of the people
of the State. An exciting debate ensued,
in which the views of Henry Winter Davis
was discussed. He was defended by his
friends who declared him to be true to
the South. The debate was progressing
when the cars left.
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A Thrilling Scene—A Skiff wlthTen
Persons Swept Away t>y Ice.
Oh Monday evening nine men and a fe
male attempted to cross the Ohio river,
at Cincinnatti, in a skiff, notwithstanding
they were warned of the peril, on account
of the heavy hunting ice. Iho Enquirer
thus describes their venture, the rescue
of nine of them, and the death of the oth
er :
When in the neighborhood of the abut
ment to the suspension bridge the skiff
was struck by some heavy ice, and in a
moment more firmly fastened in a gorge.
The rowlocks and oars were covered with
ice, which prevented them from being
used to much purpose, and the occupants
j of the skiff were so paralyzed by a sud
den fear, that they could do nothing to
relieve themselves from their dangerous
j condition.
Meantime the boat, which was not yet
far in the stream, was slowly but surely
drifting down. A few persons who had
watched the perilous adventure from the
ferry float below, endeavored to arrest the
boat as it swept by, and partially succeed
ed in doing so. Seven of the men and
the woman were rescued with considera
ble difficulty. The ninth man, the wo
man's husband, in endeavoring to gain
the boat, fell back.in the river and dis
appeared from view, amid the almost
heart-rending screams of his almost dis
tracted wife. A moment after, however,
i he appeared on the surface, struggling
manfully for life. The current was
I strong and the ice was sharp and cutting,
I but, being an expert swimmer, he kept
himself above water, and succeeded in
making a landing near the foot of YVes
tean row, about four squares further
down. As might be supposed, he was
almost exhausted on reaching the shore
and had he remained in the river five
minutes longer he would certainly have
perished. The joy of that wife, on seeing
her husband, who, a moment before, bad
been struggling in the jaws of death, caD
be more easily imagined than described.
Before the last man in the skiff could be
rescued it broke loose from its fastening
and was rapidly swept away with its soli
tary occupant. The poor fellow uttered
no cry—gave no signal of distress —made
no effort to extricate himself from what
seemed inevitable death. The sight of
his companion struggling in the chilly
waves—the crushing sound of the ice—
the biting temperature of the atmosphere
—the bleak wintry sky overhead studded
with stars, which
“Like the eyes of wolves glared at him.”
semed to have ou him an overpowering
effect. Motionless as a statue he stood,
with folded arms, looking at the dim out
line of the shore as it slowly receded from
view, and taking what he believed to be a
last view of earth. On, ou, he was swept
by the resistless current, his condition
every moment becoming more and more
critical. Along he moved down the dark
river—to him, perhaps, the river of death
which ere morning might empty into that
unknown sea that washes the boundaries
of another world.
Gov. Banks’ Message.
* Boston, Jan. 7.—Gov. Bank’s message
was delivered to the Legislature of Mas
sachusetts to-day, It relates mainly to
the affairs of the Commonwealth, which
are represented to be in a prosperous
condition. The Governor says the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise was the most
stupendous wrong ever committed in this
country. The people of Massachusetts
under all circumstances are inflexibly
opposed to, and will resist by every con
stitutional right, the extension of slave
ry, the re-opening of the foreign slave
trade, the consolidation af despotic power
in the Federal government, or restriction
upon the freedom of speech, or the press,
or of opinion.
The Union must be preserved, aud so
must the State of Massachusetts. The
Governor further says : Nor do I appre
hend that the restoration of the Govern
ment to its ancient policy will weaken its
bonds or tend to the dissolution of the
Union. In my judgment, dissolution is
one of the evils not within the scope, if it
be within the purposes, of human power.
There are stronger and sterner ties than
those which spring from the wish or will
of interested men.
Dissolution is not among the impend
ing evils of this country, but the forms of
Government are more imminent and must
challenge serious apprehensions of the
friends of Constitutional Liberty.
Pennsylvania Legislature The
Governor’s Message.
Harrisburg, Jan. 4. —The Governor
sent his message to the Legislature this
morning. He congratulates the people
that the State debt has been decreased at
the rate of one million dollars yearly, in
consequence of the sale of the canals.
In referring to the Harper’s Ferry af
fair, he says it is gratifying that no
Pennsylvanians participated in the out
rage, and that the fugitives arrested with
in the boundaries of the State
were promptly surrendered to jus
tice. While entertaining no doubt that
the Union will endure to the latest gen
eration, he exhorts to moderation and
harmony, to a national fraternal senti
ment, and to banish the present disturb
ing elements.
Pennsylvania’s three million of free
men enables her to rebuke the plotters of
treason. North and South, and to say
emphatically, that neither shall disturb
the perpetuity of a Union cemented and
sanctified by the blood of our patriotic
fathers, and that the States shall be for
ever united.
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Cotton Goods Shipped North.
The average annual exports of osna
burgs and other cotton goods shipped
from Richmond to Northern ports, has
heretofore beeu about 32,000 bales—a
quantity, sufficient, it would seem, to snp
ply the demand of this market. But it is
one of the anomolies of commerce, that
the manufactured cotton of the Richmond
and Manchester Mills is sent to the North,
and purchased there by Virginia mer
chants. How is this ? We imagine that
the chief reason is that Northern houses
are willing, or able, to make more liberal
advances on goods consigned to them
than Richmond houses; and that the
banks here in discounting paper give the
preference to the acceptances of these
Northern houses. So long as this pernic
ious system is maintained, or enjoys an
immunity from legislative inhibition, the
anomoly will probably continue. Yet
how ridiculous, that Southern manufac
turers should be compelled to pay com
missions bn Northern merchants, which
should properly go into the pockets of
Southern men, wheu it is evident that the
transportation to New York and back,
with all the attendant expenses, increas
es the original cost of the goods.—Rich
mond Whig.
Go to Charleston.
The extensive advertisements of our
Charleston wholesale merchants, in an
other column, merits a perusal from ev
ery one of our readers. They justly ask,
and we thiuk should receive the patroD
age of all Southern merchants. Why
should they go to New York when they
can purchase goods on equally as good
terms in Charleston, and patronize South
ern establishments. We are glad to see
that our (the Chester) merchants have
determined to go no further than Charles
ton to purchase goods in the future; Let
the Northerners suffer pecuniarily for the
outrage at Harper’s Ferry and their sym
pathy for John Brown, and it will do
them more good than all the prayers and
compromises we can make. We take the
following brief extract from a Connecti
cut paper, which shows that they are al
ready reaping the reward of their folly
in this respect: “The editor of the Hart
ford, Ct., Times says a manufacturer
called upon us this morning, and said
that a large share of his business had
been done at the South, but that his trade
had been cut off this fall; that he feels
most disastrously the effects of the un
friendly feeling that has lately been so
industriously encouraged at the North.
His agents at the South want no more of
his goods, and his losses, this winter,
will be severe.” Merchants trade at
Charleston.— Chester Standard.
Day Boarders— Mrs. JOHN SMITH is
prepared to accommodate a few gentlemen as
Day Boarders. Her residence is on the corner
of Jackson and Bryan streets. Oct. 2&-tf
State of Alabama vs. State of Geor
gia—Supreme Court of tUe United
States.
It was one of the happiest devices of
tbo framers of the Constitution, that all
questions of boundary between the States
should fall within the jurisdiction of the
Supreme tribunal of the nation. YY e have
i been interested in the perusal of the re
port of a case of this kind between the
States of Alabama and Georgia, before
the Supreme Court. The former claims
a strip of land on the Western bank of the
Chattahoochee river, the boundary line
between her and Georgia, by virtue of
articles of cession and agreement between
the United States and Georgia, in 1802.
“The claim of Alabama is, that her
limits extend to the low-water marks of
the river, while Georgia maintains that
her own Western line ‘runs along the
Western bank at high-water mark, using
high water mark in the sense of the high
est line of the river’s bed.’”
The claim of Georgia involves only the
right of property—tTiat of Alabama, that
of jurisdiction and sovereignty.
P. Phillips, Esq., appeared as counsel
j for Alabama. The questions involved
are of importance to coterminous States,
whose boundary is a river. Mr. Phillips,
who argued the question with his usual
ability, showed that where specific words
are not used relating to the banks of a
river, the boundary line of States, the
centre of the stream, is the line of divis
ion, according to international lav. In
this case there were specific terms em
ployed, and the question turned on the
interpretation to be given to the word
bank, employed in the above act of ces
sion, which, construed technically and
not popularly, Mr. Phillips contended, is
not the equivalent of the word shore.
The judicial authorities cited by him sus
tain this view, but, even in a popular
sense, supposing chore and bank to be
equivalent terms, the right of Alabama
to sovereignty and jurisdiction “along the
western bank in its whole extent, seems
unquestionable,” her claim being strength
ened by the exercises of jurisdiction ever
since the act of cession.
In another point of view, this case is
of interest to States similarly situated.
The banks of rivers are continually shift
ing. If the high lands or bluffs are to
constitute the line of separation, “the
tracing of such a line,” (in the language
of Mr. Phillips) “is a physical impossi
bility, because these high lands or bluffs
change from one side of the river to an
other. and in many places, when the river
is full, there is scarcely a preceptible
elevation of the land above the level of
the water.” Thence he infers that these
bluff's or elevated grounds, beyond the
line of the river, when full, are not, in
law, what is understood to be the banks
of rivers.— Qhas. Eve. News.
Message of tlie Gfcveruor of Virginia.
Gov. Letcher’s message was sent to the
Legislature on Saturday. He begins by
alluding to the happy tranquility of the
earlier period of the republic, which has
been interrupted by the interference of
the citizens of the Northern States with
the rights and institutions of the South.
In Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Vermont,
and perhaps other States, legislation, he
says, has been employed to defeat the ex
ecution of the fugi ive slave law within
their limits.
It is cheerfully conceded that a large
portion of the citizens of the North are
loyal to the constitution and the Union,
but is not to be disguised that a large
number are indifferent to both, and pre
fer dissolution to the extension of territo
ry and an increase of slave States. This
lamentable state of things originated in
the construction of views by the North
ern people of the constitution. He sug
gests that a convention of all the States
be summoned, and that a full and free
conference be had to ascertain if the
questions in controversy cannot be settled
on a basis mutually satisfactory to both
sections. If the differences are irrecon
cilable, let a peaceable separation be dis
cussed.
He recommends that the Legislature
adopt resolutions in favor of the call of
such a convention as provided for in the
fifth article of the constitution, and ap
peal to the Legislatures of the several
States to unite in the application pro
posed to be made to Congress in pursu
ance of the provisions of this article. If
the free Strftes fail or refuse to unite in
the application, it will furnish a conclu
sive evidence of a determination on their
part to keep up the agitation. If the
convention meet and the question cannot
be satisfactorily adjusted, it will furnish
evidence equally conclusive.
The Governor also suggests that a
commission of two of our most experi
enced statesmen be appointed to visit the
Legislatures of those States whieh have
passed laws to obstruct the execution of
the fugitive slave act, and insist, in the
name of Virginia, upon an unconditional
appeal. The Governor says the contro
versy has now reached that point which
demands a speedy settlement, if the Union
is to be preserved. lie is prepared to do
all that honor, patriotism and duty enjoin
towards its preservation, but neverthe
less it is the duty of the State to be pre
pared, and he recommends a revision of
the militia laws—that munitions of war
be procured, brigades and minute men
be organized, and that the Military In
stitute be enlarged. He also recommends
the fostering of direct trade, manufac
tures and the mechanic arts; the comple
tion of internal improvements, etc.
Lamartine’s Debts.
The Paris correspondent of the New
York Express writes:
Lamartine’s name again appears before
the public, in connection with a recent
interview between his creditors and him
self, which resulted in a renewed exten
sion of the time accorded for the pay
j ment of the poet’s debts. The original
amount of M. de Larmartine’s liabilities
was two millions and a half of francs,
j and he informed the meeting that his sim
ple literary exertions, in the space of
i eighteen months, had enabled him to pay
off the enormous sum of twelve hundred
thousand francs. This is certainly doing
pretty well, for a French poet, in the
| nineteenth century. Racine, Moliere,
and Corneille did not earn in their entire
| lives a tenth part of the money Lamar
tine has been paid in a year and a half.
He Las furthermore bound himself to
hand over another installment of three
hundred thousand francs, in January and
I February next, on the proceeds of his
pen and his various publications, from
’ the first of December, 1859, to the first of
March, 1860. As for the “ national sub-’
scriptions,” organized two years ago,
and which has only recently been closed
—the gratitude of the French people to
the chief of the Provisional Government
of 1848, amounts to 160,000 francs.
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Steam Fire Engines.
The New York Journal of Commerce is
loud in its praises of its steam over the
hand engines, and says of the Beekman
! street fire
When every hand engine was clogged
with ice, and the firemen were so stiff
with cold that they could hardly clasp
their fingers on the brakes, the steam
aparatus worked on without cessation and
with undiminished power. Although
every engine in the seventh and eighth
district was on the ground, it is not too
much to say that the “Niagara” and
“Manhattan” did as much useful work as
all of them put together. Towards the
close of the fire, wheu the hand engines
had given out, the well directed streams
| of the steam apparatus saved a block of
buildings in Fulton-street, which would
otherwise have been consumed.
Later from Arizona.
I New Y'ork, Jan. 6.—Later advices re-
I ceived from Arizona state that a party of
Rangers, while traveling through the
country, surprised a party of Apaches,
and in small skirmishes killed ten warri
ors and wounded five others, at the same
time captaring women and children.—
Col. Reeves, with a body of dragoons,
also defeated a party of Apache Indians,
and took possession of their stock. The
war with the Apaches is said to be pro
gressing vigorously.
Ladles and Gentlemen —ls you with to
have your watches nicely fixed and put in good
running order, you must go to the BWINGING
OLOOK, No.Bl Broad street. S*pt.2B-6m. ‘
The Mexican Treaty.
The following well timed views in re
gard to the duty of the Senate to act,
and ratify speedily the recent treaty
formed with Mexico, we copy from the
New Orleans Picayune of the 10th iust.,
and commend it to the representation
from our State:
The new treaty with Mexico has be
fore this time been sent to the Senate for
ratification. We bear it stated that ac
tive influences are at work to secure its
rejection. The constitutional vote re
quired is two-thirds, and we sincerely
hope it may be obtained. It is the first
approach we have had to a fixed policy
with regard to Mexico, and the opportu
nity is favorable for establishing it on a
firm basis, for the mutual good and to
the mutual satisfaction of both coun tries.
It is more than an opportunity ; it is a
crisis. The condition of Mexico permits
no longer delay. She must be saved
from without or go into utter dissolu
tion. The soc al and political elements
are in a state of complete anarchy, and
help must come soon from some quarter.
The civilized world, which has so many
direct interests in, and claims upon Mex
ico, will not permit her to be remanded
to utter barbarism ; but from some quar
ter a strong band must be extended to
lift and hold up those who cannot sustain
themselves.
Europe has an interest there, and is
not unobservant of the necessities of
early action, nor wanting in plans for
giving some sort of stability to Mexican
affairs by direct intervention from abroad.
England, once jealous at American ex
pansion, and desirous to obtain a pre
dominating influence in Mexico to check
the growth of the United States, has
ceased to care for anything else than
that something should be done to create
there a Government which can maintain
itself or be maintained, so that it can be
dealt with, commercially and politically,
and be found competent to make and ful
fill engagements. The English have long
ceased to consider the American inter
vention in Mexico as a ground of jeal
ousy, and have very generally come to
the conclusion that the proper power for
taking the lead in the restoration of or
der in Mexico is that power whieh poss
esses all the varied interests and politi
cal advantages of a close neighborhood,
and which has titles to interference, and
claims and rights to be adjusted, V|hich
are confessedly greater than any other
power.
What the United States shall do, will
be unreservedly concurred in by all na
tions, as a boon to the cause of civiliza
tion. If the United States shall refuse
to act, and Mexico shall be left to be
lifted out of the depth of her miseries by
a strong European P # ower, or combina
tion of European Powers, it will be too
late for us to have any right to remon
strate against or resist their intervention,
after we shall have failed, under such
circumstances as present themselves, to
assume the direction of the movement,
which is tendered us now. Among the
transitory governments which have been
chasing each other to and fro in that dis
tracted country, we have found one which
has an undoubted title to whatever of
constitutionalism exists in that country,
and no competing authority, which is
recognizable as a government de facto —a
government at the same time seusible
to the evils, degradation and miseries
of Mexico, and sincere and earnest
in its desires for American help. Its
engagements ivith us are as binding—
under the national law—as any engage
ments made by any possible government
could be expected to be. What it con
cedes with the sanction of whatever form
of authority exists there capable of be
ing recognized as a substituting govern
ment, is no more than, under the press
ure of events that are hurrying forward
with accelerated pace, we may be con
strained to do under the form of a hos
tile occupation, at least an armed occu
pation, without the show of consent of a
portion of the Mexiean country, for the
special protection of American interests,
and in the general cause of humanity.
The occasion, therefore, is not only an
opportunity, but as we have said, a crisis.
It ought not to be permitted to pass
away, or to be delayed, unless we are
willing to see others do in Mexico that
which is required by the highest consid
erations of policy and interest to be done
by the United States, and to contemplate
the probability that such external inter
vention may take a shape which shall
involve us in costly struggles to avert
the consequences to ourselves, and re
gain, at a vast disadvantage, the position
we will have refused to occupy.
Trial of Stevens.
Andrew Hunter, Esq., in a letter to
George Sennott, Esq. of Boston, informs
him that Stevens, one of the two remain
ing Harper's Ferry insurgents, will be
tried at Charlestown, Va., some time
during the winter, probably in January.
The time, however, has not been *fixed.
A letter from another source says :
Stevens is an intelligent and powerfully
built young man, of 28 years, who form
erly belonged in Norwich, Conn 1 He was
badly wounded during the attack on the
armory, when he was dangerously shot,
receiving five balls in his body, three of
which the surgeons could not extract.
He was next in command under Captain
John Brown, and acted as drill master in
the place of Col Forbes. He is to be
tried on the same charges as Brown, and
their mutual confidential relations were
such that, at Brown’s request, Stevens
occupied the same cell with him through
out his imprisonment.
Robbery of a Traveler.
Mr. Nenninger, a passenger from the
East, informs us that upon his arrival at
the rail road depot, Friday night last, a
person under pretence of conducting him
to one of the hotels, led him to a house
near the depot. Upon awaking next
morning Mr. N. ascertained that he had
been robbed of some $45 ors 47. Mr. N.’s
trunk, we further learn from him, was
checked by an omnibus man, and deliv
ered to Mr. N. the following day on board
a steamboat; but the trunk had been
broken open and a blue-black velvet
cloak valued at $133, trimmed with gui
pure lace, abstracted therefrom, together
with a package of shirts and some other
articles. This double robbery is a souvce
of delay and much annoyance to Mr. N.,
as he resides in Cuba, and is forced to
remain here until he funds
elsewhere to enable him to resume his
journey. —Montgomery Mail of 10th.
Sale of Negroes in Baldwin County.
At the Administrator’s sale of negroes,
on Tuesday last, the following is the re
sult of prices:
July, Dorcas and child, $1,315; Ellick,
Nancy and child, $1,780; Iverson, 32
years old, $1,525; Maria and two chil
dren, $1,850; Elisha, 20 years old,
$1,810; Anthony, 15 years old, $1,850;
July, 10 years old, $1,800; Ben, $1,580;
George, $1,265; Sam, $1,265; Mary,
$1,600; Jane, $1,400; Leah, $1,135;
Willis, 1,010; Isaac, $1,100; Clayton,
S9OO ; Margaret, S9OO ; Drusilla, $910;
Henry, SBOO, amounting to $26,155.
L. KENFIELD, Auctioneer.
A Sledding Incident.
A lady was crossing Quincy street,
Wheeling, Va., last Friday, when a sled,
containing two or three boys, came down
at a tremendous speed, striking her feet
and throwing her down upon the earth.
The sled did not stop at this, but hooking
itself upon the lady’s skeleton skirt, tore
the article from her person and carried
it some distance down the street. The
lady being but slightly injured, hurried
away as rapidly as she could, being de
sirous to avoid the embarrassment of the
occasion.
Elopement In High Life.
An item of news by the steamer Kan
garoo from Liverpool, is that the wife of
G. H. Turney, Member of Parliament,
eloped with one of the family domestics.
The lady had in possession, five hundred
thousand pounds in her own right.
Shocking Accident.
The Franklin Review states that Mrs.
Miller, an old lady, who was living with
her son, John W. Miller, near that place,
was so severely burned on the 2d inst.,
by her clothes accidentally catching fire,
that she died on the evening of the 3d.
The War In Morocco.
An officer of General Echague’s corps
d'armee gives, in a letter to a friend in
England, tbe following details of the en
gagement of tbe 25th :—On the 25th, at
five o’clock in the morning, four compa
nies of the regiment ot the Madrid
chasseurs marched towards Sierra de
Builone to reconnoitre. Suddenly up
wards of 500 Moors were seen rapidly ad
vancing. These were followed soon by
others, and altogether they amounted to
4,000. The Spaniards immediately fired,
causing great havoc among the enemy ;
but, seeing that they were coming on
with great alacrity, Echague ordered an
attack with the bayonet, when the Moors
divided themselves into two bodies, one
to resist the charge of the Spanish in
fantry, the other to attack the redoubt
which had been built a few hours be
fore. The first body was completely
routed at the charge of the Castilian
Chasseurs, and fled in confusion towards
the mountains. The other body was
more numerous, and their lire was con
centrated exclusively on the defenders of
the redoubt. Echague ordered a square
to be formed, and at the impetuous charge
of the Moors, the soldiers of the square
retired. The enemy, imagining that they
were flying, rushed impetuously against
the square, which, opening itself on a
sudden, disclosed a battery. More than
200 Moors perished. Another division
came then, and prevented the Moors
from escaping. The fight became a hor
rible butchery; the Moors threw away
their muskets and fought with their pe
culiar long daggers, called “gumias.”—
The Spanish soldiers found themselves
quite at home in this sort of struggle.—
They also threw away their rifles and
seized their navajas. Nothing could equal
the ferocity of the combatants. My
friend says it is quite impossible to form
an adequate idea of this fight. One
Spanish soldier slew three Moors with
his knife, and yet he had his face dread
fully cut by the “gumias.” Many had
their entrails hanging on their legs, and
went on more fiercely than ever. Not a
shot was then to be heard. Spanish ar
tillerymen, chasseurs, and even officers
were fighting knif.; in band. 200 Moors
gere killed in this savage combat, and
nearly 1,000 fearfully wounded. The
Spanish loss was also very great.
From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald.
Ceuta, Dec. 7. —A concise and authen
tic summary of recent military operations
before Ceuta may not be without interest
at the present time. It is difficult to
arrive at accurate results of the loss on
either side, because each of the belliger
ents is disposed to publish the most exag
ger§ted accounts of the loss of the enemy,
but the following statement may be re
lied upon as authentic. 0 the 18th of
November, the first division of the Span
ish army, under the command of General
Echague, embarked at Algesiras for
Ceuta; and on the 19th a corps d'armee
(9,000 men) marched out of Ceuta, about
a m.le and a half from their lines, and
occupied the Moorish castle. Though
called a castle, it has no cannon and no
fortification of any kind, and it is known
by the Moors as the Daral Baida (the
White House). A Moorish guard of IGO
men witnessed the advance of the Span
iards, and retired after a trifling s -irmish.
The Spaniards meeting with no obstacle
made good their position and commenced
throwing up earthworks, or a redoubt,
on which they erected a flag-staff and
hoisted the Spanish standard. In the
evening 600 Moors endeavored to carry
this position, but they were unsuccessful,
and retired with some loss.
On the 22nd November, the Anjerites,
the Moorish tribe who live in the imme
diate neighborhood of Ceuta, mustered
all their available force, in number 1600
men, and with this force attacked the
enemy’s position at all points w T itk the
greatest bravery, uutil their ammunition
was exhausted. They then charged up
the hill, sword in baud, and stormed the
redoubt. A desperate fight then ensued,
with considerable loss on both sides. The
Moors succeeded in capturing five tents
and two guns; but reinforcements having
arrived from the camp, the Moors were
ultimately driven back. As, however, itis
well known the Moors carry off the field
their killed and wounded, and not having
the means of removing the guns, they re
linquished their prize, but the tents, &c ,
were taken to Tangier.
On the 23rd the Anjerites received a
reinforcement of 4,000 men—2,ooo from
Tangier and 2,000 from Tetuan, all vol
unteers. The Sultan’s troops had not
then arrived, having been detained at
Fez and Mequinez by reason of the
French operations on the eastern fron
tiers, which made it necessary to cover
those cities against any possible inroad
from that quarter. The Moors thus re
inforced, on the same day, and on the
24th, made ouly some skirmishing with
out much result. They then commenced
their usual system of warfare, by making
night attacks and feints in one direction,
while they assailed in force another.—
But on the 25th, at one p. m., the Moors
advanced iu force and attacked the Span
ish position, making a feint upon the
right, and throwing all their strength
upon the left centre with great determi
nation, causing the enemy to retire.—
Meanwhile, General Echague, finding his
advance pressed by the Moorish skirmish
ers, ordered three battallions to move out
of their entrenchments and attack; and
here it was that a desperate fight took
place, assuming all the proportions of a
battle. The general, commanding in per
son, was slightly wounded in the hand,
and his troops met with very heavy loss.
At four p. in., the Moors, finding they
could not dislodge the enemy, retired in
good order, taking with them 15 prison
ers and the musical instruments of one
of the regiments. In this engagement
the Moors operated with great advantage,
on account of their intimate acquaintance
with the defiles of the country, and the
three Spanish battalions were utterly dis
organised. Wheu the result of this bat
tle was telegraphed to General O’Donnell,
at Cadiz, he embarked immediately for
the seat of war, and arrived at Ceuta at
midnight, assuming the command. He
had previously left orders that General
Zabala’s division, then at Cadiz, should
be sent out without delay ; and that Gen
eral Prim’s division, then at Antequera,
should also press on to Algesiras for im
mediate embarkation. Both divisions
landed Ceuta on the night of the 27th.
It would appear, however, that in conse
quence of O’Donnell’s disapproval of Gen
eral Echague’s proceeding and plan of
attack on the 25th, that officer was su
perseded in the command of his division.
It is said he has since retired to Algesiras.
On the 29th, soon after daylight, heavy
masses of Moorish infantry assembled
near the redoubt, and advanced gallantly
on all sides, but were met with equal res
olution by the Spaniards, who succeeded
in repelling the attack and maintaining
their position throughout the day. On
Wednesday, the 30th, (he Moors again
renewed the attack upon the redoubt with
greater vigor, stormed it. and kept it,
capturing the Spanish flag and stores,
driving the enemy in much confusion, and
with very heavy loss, upon their own
lines. The Moors followed up their suc
cess until reinforcements arrived, and
then, finding their flanks turnod, retired
in good order, and finally occupied the
redoubt, which had been abandoned by
the enemy. In this encounter the Moors
acknowledged a loss of 50 killed and
wounded only. The Spanish loss is not
known.
Up to this time (4th December) no
further movements have been made, but
both sides have received considerable re
nforcements, and it expected that an
other battle, more decisive than the for
mer, will soon take place.
A dash may be made upon Tetuan ; but
as the Sultan’s regular troops and larger
bodies from the inland tribes may bt
looked for every day to strengthen the
army now in the field, the capture of
Tetuan may be a matter of extreme diffi
culty and possible failure, more especially
as it is well known that other Moorish
troops and contingents from the various
tribes are in full march down the country.
There is no doubt that the Spanish
Government have been bitterly deceived
in their estimate of the Moorish cam
paign, for French and Spanish agents had
1 previously assured their respective Gov
eruments that the rule of the new Sultan
had not been accepted by the people, and
that the whole country would burst into
a blaze of civil war for the disputed suc
cession. Without giving time for the
consolidation of the Imperial Govern
ment, the Spaniards pressed forward their
unreasonable demands with greater and
greater urgency, making new ones as
soon as the former had been conceded
They were determined upon a war at any
cost, with the view of ultimate conquest
of the country. Experience has shown
us that the new Sultan was gladly ac
knowledged by the entire population,
and this unprovoked invasion by the
Spaniards has only given greater strength
to his authority. The desperate valour
and military skill of one small, peaceful
Moorish tribe will convince the reluctant
Spanish people that conquest of Mo
rocco will cost the army something more
than the ordinary fatigues of the nia
nceuverings of a field-day. The effect of
these unexpected early reverses to the
Spanish arms has had already a disheart
ening effect at Madrid, and in the prov
inces. The army has lost the freshuess
of its ardour and enthusiasm ; every sol
dier takes up his discharge the very hour
his legal service is terminated, and the
people have received with sullen silence,
and scarcely concealed dissatisfaction, the
announcement of new taxation and con
scription for the efficient maintenance of
the army in Morocco. The conviction is
at last slowly but surely gaining strength
in the country, that, after all, their dis
putes with the Moors might have been
more effectually settled by negotiation
than by recourse to arms; and that there
is truth in the judgment which all foreign
nations have passed upon the injustice
and impolicy of the war. For former
national cruelties and oppressions Spain
has gone through much humiliation and
suffering, and this present war with Mo
rocco may also carry with it the seeds of
retribution, to snriDg up hereafter'in
fruit of bitterest anguish. It has al
ready cost the nation more than $7,000,-
000, and as yet it has only brought par
tial defeat upon its arms.
Kirs. Stephens to Victor Hugo.
Our readers are aware that Mrs. Ann
S Stephens, of New York, has written a
spirited reply to Victor Hugo’s defense of
Old Brown. The following is an extract:
“ Virginia, a sovereign State, has main
tained her authority. John Brown is
dead. Proven guilty of treason—con
demned for atrocious murders—he has
atoned for these crimes on the scaffold.
It is impossible for a man to 3tand upon
the verge of eternity, into which he must
be launched by a violent death, without
filling every good heart with grief and
compassion ; but when he is brave—when
his path of blood has beer, lighted by the
lurid torch of fanaticism or insanity—
such minds as your3, affluent, earnest
and poetical, may be expected to close
his crimes in white garments, and forget
ting the murderer in the brave man, sing
paeans to the martyr of a vivid imagina
tion only.
I am of a sex and of a nature to whom
these feelings are kindred. I cannot
think of old John Brown upon the scaffold
without a shudder through all my being.
I cannot think of a man made in the
image of his God suffering an ignomini
ous death, without thrills of pain. Bu 4 I
find it impossible to fix my mind on the
scaffold of this old man. It goes back to
his victims at Harper’s Ferry—to the
women made widows by the outbreak of
a single morning—to the orphans, who
had nevtr wronged him, so cruelly be
reaved by his crimes. I see the two sons
who blindly followed his lead fall martyrs
to his rebelious spirit.
I look beyond all this, far away into
the beautiful South, and instead of an
old man on the gallows I see thousands
of my own country women, gentle, good
and lovely, given up a prey to wild insur
rection—l see those murderous pikes,
manufactured with such cruel fore
thought, piercing their bosoms—l hear
the cries of children calling for mothers
who will never answer them again—l see
proud, strong men struggling against the
brute strength of their own household
servants This picture strikes my com
passion dumb, and I can only cover my
face and pray God to have mercy on the
old man,s soul.
John Brown was tried, condemned and
executed as a traitor—a guard of Ameri
can citizens stood around the scaffold sad
at heart but steady in their devotion to
the laws. The Legislature of a great
Commonwealth sat, deliberately, after his
sentence, and pronouuced it just. The
Federal Union, in which thirty millions
of souls throb, stood by in solemn silence
while the Treason of this man was expia
ted.
Telegraphic Items.
The following are items of general in
telligence by the Bohemian which did
not appear in the published news brought
by her:
Marshal O’Donnel, the Commander-in-
Chief of the Spanish army of Morocco,
has declared the town of Ceuta to be a
free port.
A telegram from Madrid, dated the
1 20th, states that fifteen thousand Moorish
| troops attacked the left redoubt of the
| Spanish position with great fury, but
were driven back with the loss on the
part of the Moors of 1500 men killed and
wounded, while the loss of the Spaniards
was 40 killed and 126 wounoied.
Heavy rains had inundated the Spanish
camp.
Private advices from Madrid state that,
on the night of the 12th and 13th, seve
’ ral eminent people were arrested under
I the charge of supporting the subscriptions
which are being made in favor of Gara
baldi.
Advices from St. Petersburg state that
Mahomed Amit, the principal Chief of
the right wing of the mountaineers of
i Caucasus, had submitted to the Emperor
Alexander with the whole people of that
country, and consented to come under
the rule of Prussia.
The London Times ridieules the sym
pathy manifested by the Northern por
tion of the Union in favor of old John
Brown when it was too late to be of any
service to him, and thinks that the mat
ter tend to strengthen the South and the
permanency of its institutions.
The Diet of Sweeden had unanimously
resolved to ask the King to defend the
rights of Italy in the approaehing Con
gress of the European Powers.
Texas Wheat.
The New Orleans Picayune, alluding to
the capacity of the South for the product
ion of all the articles that enter into the
necessities of everyday life, says:
Texas, in wheat growing, has already
surprised the country. Three years ago
Texas flour was a rarity in her own towns.
Then no merchant mills existed in all its
territory, and the little flour which was
of home production, though sweet, was
of a dark and unsightly appearance.
The production of Texas wheat has
grown since that time to nearly 3,000,000
of bushels. Fully 40 per cent, of all the
flour now sold in Texas is of home pro
duction. The flour has improved in qual
ity until it equals some of the better
brands of the West. Houston, this year,
will send to New York probably not less
than 40,000 bushels, and a large consign
ment has actually been shipped direct to
Liverpool.
The price in Houston is one dollar per
bushel, and it is believed it can be grown
and shipped to Europe at present at a
profit.
The sudden development of the wheat
crop in Texas is but a specimen of the
extent of the capacity of the South for
; production, and the rapidity with which
it can become entirely independent of the
Northern and Western States for its sup
plies.
Me venture the asssertion that Texas
is to be the future granery for the West
Indies and the Gulf coast, and that Ohio
will find her a successful competitor in
our market in less than four years.
Doubtful States.
The Chicago Democrat (Republican)
says that “Pennsylvania, Indiana Illinois
and New Jersey are the only doubtful
States in the Union. The others will go
in 1860 as they did in 1856. It will re
quire all that each and every Republican,
and every Opposition man can do, to save
any one of them.”
PROCEEDINGS OP COUNCIL.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, Jan. 9,1800.
Council met pursuant to the regular meeting.
Present : His Honor Willis S. Holstcad, Mavor;
Aid. Barnard,Bivins. Croft, Durkin, Daniel. King,
Ligon, Merry, Quin, Salisbury, Thompson and
Wornum.
The journal of the last meeting was read and
approved.
The Police Committee submitted the follow
ing report:
SLAOI'S SQUAD.
Jan. 3—Mr. Steed, drunk.
” 3—Jim. belonging to Strupper, by order.
” 3—Adam, belonging toMeArdle, by order.
” 3—Burrel Murphy, drunk.
“ 3—Jordan, belonging to Redd, theft.
“ 6—George, bel’ng to Fulsome, no pass.
“ 7 —Eli Pierce, drunk.
watson's squad.
Jan. 3—Sophia, belonging to Roland, by order.
•• 4—John Welsh, bel'ng to Mustiaii, theft,
“ s—Robert McDonald, disorderly.
“ 7—Robert McDonald, drunk.
“ B—Michael Walbrom, drunk.
On motion received.
By Alderman King: Resolved, That the Clerk
of Council issue Licenses for the year 1800, un
der the same regulations as heretofore passed,
viz: Retail Licenses at S3O; Auction, Billiard
Table and Pin Alley Licenses at SSO each: One
horse Dray at $10; two-horse Dray. sls; three
horse Dray, sl7 50; and four-horse Dray, S2O.
Adopted. , ,
Bv Alderman King; Resolved, That the Clerk
of Council be ordered to issue executions
against all persons and property who have tail
ed or refused to pay their City Taxes for 1559,
and that this order “be published in the several
daily papers. Adopted.
The Clerk of Council and the Clerk of the
Market submitted their bonds, which were ap
proved.
John Kinsley and John Donnelly submitted
their bonds for retailing spirits, which were ap
proved.
Alderman Thompson moved that Council now
go into the election of City Assessors. Which
was agreed to. Council then proceeded to said
election. The votes being received and exam
ined, it appeared that J. A. Bradford, S. R. An
drews and M. Barschall were duly elected.
The following accounts were presented to
Council: One in favor of J. M Hughes of $7;
ordered to be paid. Also one in favor of James
Jackson of $46 95, and one in favor of John
Ligon of $9; referred to the Committee on Ac
counts.
Alderman Quin moved that Council now take
up the original contract between the Mayor and
Council and Messrs. Goetchius & Hodges for
building anew Market House, which was
agreed to. The following original contract was
then read, viz:
State of Georgia, 1 This agreement this day
Muscogee County. ) made and entered into be
tween the Mayor and Council of the city of Co
lumbus, in the State and county aforesaid, on
the one part, and Goetchius & Hodges of the
city, county and State aforesaid, on the other
part, witnesseth: That the said parties of the
second part, for and in consideration of the
sum heretofore mentioned, do agree to build
and complete for the said parties of the first
part, a Market House, to be located in the cen
tre of Oglethorpe street in said city, agreeably
to resolution of Council and in accordance with
plan and specifications now in their hands, and
to provide all necessary materials for comple
ting the same, the said work to be done in a
faithful and workmanlike manner, and com
pleted throughout and delivered to said Mayor
and Council by the first day of November next,
1859.
In consideration thereof, the said Mayor and
Council agree to pay to the said Goetchius &
Hodges, the sum of eight thousand dollars,
together with the present Market House, as it
now stands.
In witness whereof, we set our hands and
seals, this 13th day of Juue, 1859. Signed,
sealed and delivered in presence of
EDWARD CROFT.
JOHN QUIN.
GOETCHIUS & HODGES.
In the adoption of the above and foregoing
contract, the yeas and nays were required to
be recorded. Yeas 9; nays 3.
Those who voted in the affirmative were, Aid.
Bivins, Croft, Durkin, Daniel, King, Ligon,
Quin. Salisbury and Thompson, Those who
voted in the negative were, Aid. Barnard, Merry
and Wornum.
Council then adjouned till Monday next, Jan
uary 16th inst., at 7 o'clock, p. m.
CALVIN STRATTON, Clerk.
A Friendly Letter to Mrs. Child, and
all other Abolitionists—From a “Cot
ton” Man.
Dear Mrs. Child, Respected Lady :—l am
one of the “Cotton” men. I hold, or am
supposed to hold, property in negroes. The
right of property to them I believe in.
And you think this right a grievous wrong.
You would h ve my negroes all run away
to-night, it may be in the cold, and leave
me bankrupt. You certainly wish this,
and you have publicly avowed your sym
pathy wit i that traitor, John Brown.
Now, my dear lady, merely for the sake
of opening your eyes to the truth, I will
tell you what I wish may happen to you.
You live, perhaps, in Massachusetts; I
do not know where you live. Well, then
I wish you may bo so fortunate as to have,
say SIO,OOO, all your living, invested in
some mercantile house in Boston. And
the merchant who has your money has
given a heavy debt to a Harper’s Ferry
planter. And the planter, who was al
ready embarrassed, has since had a stam
pede of a dozen slaves, valued at $15,000.
And this is the “last straw that breaks
the camel’s back.” The planter is ruined.
Your Boston merchant does not get his
debt, and he is ruined. And you are
ruined. You have lost your all. Very
good. It will open your eyes. You will
then see the bearings of the rights of
property upon this favorite question of
yours.
“You wish, I believe, that all the slaves
would run away. And this would send
into bankruptcy—such are the connec
tions of trade—four out of five of the
men on the Fifth Avenue, New York, or
on State street, Boston. It would also,
we expect and hope, make bankrupts of
at least half of the Abolitionists.
I say, Mrs. Child, that I hope the above
may come unto you ; and this from pure
ly philanthropic motives. Such little in
cidents are failing around us every day,
and I do not well know why you should
not have your share—then you will see
how we feel. Truly and affectionately
yours, COTTON.
A New Kra in Journalism.
A daily religious paper is to be started
in New York, for the alleged purpose of
reconciling denominational differences,
and to represent, as it is stated, all the
Christian sects except the Episcopalians
and Roman Catholics. Asa result of
this, the New York Churchman, the or
gan of the High Church Episcopalians,
will forthwith be merged into a daily
paper, for the purpose of combatting
whatever may appear schismatical in the
former. The New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Ledger, says: “These
twin, but rival religious enterprises, will
inaugurate anew era in metropolitan
journalism. It will present the Church
Militant on the one hand and the Church
of the Puritans on the other, and be
tween the two, the world, the flesh and
the Devil are likely to have a ‘jolly
time.’ The abolition propensities of Mr.
Spaulding and the Republican leanings
of Mr. Cummings, (who are to edit the
paper first alluded to,) some think, may
damage the enterprise at the South ; but
as strict neutrality in politics is to be its
rule, this apprehension is needless.”
♦-
The Trade in Dry Goods. *
The totai imports of foreign dry goods
at New York, 1850, were larger than in
any previous year. We subjoin a reca
pitulation :
First quarter.... 532,003,062 $13,935 472 $31,053,752
Sec. quarter.... 13,771.680 8,600.358 24 310.164
Third quarter.. 36,283,650 25,171,395 37,524 044
Fourth quarter 8,461,217 13,991,702 19,694 667
Total for year. $99,579,609 $61,698,927 $113,182,647
Coming so soon after the recent depres
sion, this great increase is very remarka
ble, and shows how rapidly the country
has resumed its habits of extravagance.
The largest increase compared last year
has been in silks, although the percen
tage of increase has Seen greater in both
cotton and linen goods. Compared with
former years, the greatest increase is
woolens.
Cotton Thresher.
A cotton thresher has been introduced
into the gin machinery in Texas. The
Jasper Clarion says:
Cotton which to the eye appears clean
and nice, and which will en lure beating
by the hand, affords a large quantity of
dust under this operation.
♦-
Later from Sonora—Captain Stone’s
Return Ordered.
Jefferson City, Jan. 7.—The overland
mail brings intelligence that Gov. Pes
chiera had received dispatches from
President Juarez’s Government, directing
him to revoke immediately, his order ex
pelling Capt. Stone’s surveying party
from Sonora, and to invite their return,
and give them ample protection.
North Carolina Manufactures.
There were some fine samples of cassi-
N ° rth Carol na manufacture,
w^ and y esterda y the Exchange, by
•D. Reynolds, Esq. All who saw these
specimens, seemed astonished at the su
perior quality, beauty and fine texture of
the goods. The prices are moderate, aud
heavy sales will no doubt be made in va
rious parts of the South.— -Argus.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
TO
CLOTHING BUYERS
ROSETTE, MELICK & CO.,
No. 125 liroatl Street,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
Are now offering their large stock
of FALL and WINTER
CLOTHING.
AT REDUCED PRICES.
We have in Store the following
©
Goods, with prices annexed :
OVERCOATS,
100 Beaver at §25 to S3O
100 Beaver and Cloth 10 to 18
100 Pilot and Cass 7to 10
200 Lion and Seal Skin... Bto 20
250 Satt. and Mohair 6to 10
100 Blanket and Flushing 3to 5
BUSINESS COATS.
100 plain black Beaver....sls to $25
100 fine and ribbed 16 to 20
500 fey Cas. Sacks and
Frocks 7to 18
300 Satt. and mixt Cass... 3to 6
200 Flushing 2.50
150 Petersham Sat 3.00
250 Satt. and Kersey
Mnky Jckts 2to 3
Dress Frock Coats.
100 blk cloth Fr. Coats $25 00
100 “ “ “ “ 20 00 s
100 “ “ “ 15 00
100 “ “ “ “ 12 00
100 “ “ “ “ 10 00
Pants ! Pants!
450 pairs blk Doe Skin
Cass., from $4 to $lO
800 fancy Cass.... 3to 8
400 blk and fey Satt 2to 4
150 blue Satt 2to 2}
175 Kersey 1 50
VESTS! VESTS!
300 Fancy and Black Silk Velvet
Vests, .from $5 00 to sl2 00
500 Fancy and Black Silk Vests,
from $2 50 to $8 00
100 Bl’k Satin Vests. 2 50 to 600
200 “ Cloth and Cassimere A’ests,
from $3 00 to $5 00
350 Fancy Cass. Vests 2 00 to 450
100 “ Bl’k Sat... 125 to 200
BOYS AND YOUTHS’ CLOTHING!
AA r e are now prepared to fit any
and all sizes, from 4 years of age to
16. The assortment is complete.
100 Boys’ Gray Satt. Round Jackets,
from $2 00 to $3 00
100 Boys’ Gray Cloth Round Jack
ets $3 50
200 Boys’ Blue, Brown, Black Cas
inet Jackets, from $4 to $5
200 Boys’ Satt. and Cass. Sacks and
Frock Coats, from $2 50 to $9
100 Boys’ Black and Brown Cloth
Frocks, from...! $7 to sl4
100 Boys’ Overcoats, from $3 to sl4
150 Pair Sattinet and Cass. Pants,
from .$1 50 to $6
100 Pair Black Cassimere Pants,
from $3 50 to $6
150 Pair Cassimere and Silk Vests,
from $1 50 to $4
CASH
Clothing Emporium!
No. 125 Broad St.,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
3.OOOHATS! 3.000 CATS!
Os every Shape, Color, Quality and
Style,
From Q 5 cents to
They are offered at LOWER
PRICES, for the same qualities,
than was ever known in the city.
ROSETTE, MELICK & CO.,
No. 125 Broad Street.
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Furnishing Goods!
In this Department we are enabled
to exhibit an elegant assortment, viz:
4,000 SHIRTS made by the best
manufacturers ;
White Linen Bosom SHIRTS;
11 Marseilles u
Linen Cambric Bosom “
“ “ Puff
Fancy Linen Bpsom “
u Marseilles u u
“ Print “
Embroidered 11 “
Check Linen u u
GLOVES! GLOVES!
Silk, Kid, Calf, Buck, Dog Skin,
Wool, Cassimere, Cloth, Berlin, and
Buck Gauntlets.
UNDER SHIRTS AND DRAWERS
Os Cotton, Wool, Lamb’s Wool,
Cashmere, Shaker Net, Shaker Flan
nel, Merino and Gray Mixed;
4,900 Cravats and Scarfs ;
6,500 Suspenders and Half Hose;
2,000 Pocket Handkerchiefs;
Silk and Linen Cambric Ildkis.
TRUNK DEPOT,
Broad Street.
500 Trunks and Trunk Valises,
Carpet and Enameled Cloth Bags.
For Planters and Traders
700 Suits BLUE SATTINET and
KERSEYS.
B© 0 * All those in want of First
class Clothing would do well to give
us a call before making their pur
chases, as our assortment is complete
and the stock new and made up i Q
the best styles, all of our own manu
facture, warranted well made. It cam
not be surpassed for beauty, style and
finish by any house in the Southern
country. All of which is offered at
lower prices for the same goods than
can be found elsewhere.
ROSETTE, MELICK & CO,
Columbus, Dec. 9,1859.
1860!
GRIER’S ALMAN AC for 1860 for sale by
_ CHAFFIN A JOHNSep
RAISINS! RAISINS!
LAYER and Malaya Raisins, boxes and
boxes, and Satana Raisins, just receiv'd a
for sale by J. L. CELLX-_
TAKE NOTICE,
JUST received new supplies of fine
BUTTER. Extra Fine STATE CHEESE,
large ONIONS and IRISH POTATOES. at
Oct. 22. WALTER C. WRIGH
linseeEToil !
GALLONS Linseed Oil for sale by
R A, WARE A SON, 74 Broad^
WHITE POTASH!
FOR sale by
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