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Tuesday February 14:, 18GO.
We are under obligation to lion. Al
fred Iverson, for a copy of bis speech on
our Territorial Policy.
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Manufactories in Chattanooga.
The Chattanooga Gazette of Saturday,
says there are gentlemen in that city try
ing to make arrangements to erect a
sheet iron, rolling mill, and nail manu
factory.
I.umiis Naturae.
A correspondent of the Petersburg Ex
press has been shown a double or twin
egg. They were perfectly well formed,
and joined on the sides by a small liga
ture of an eighth inch in length.
Mississippi Central Rail Road.
A dispatch from Memphis the 2d, to
the Petersburg Express, states that the
first passenger train passed over the
Mississippi Central liail Road on the 29th
of January, and has been running regu
larly ever since.
City Bonds of Augusta.
I rom the Augusta Dispatch, we learn
that $50,000 of the bonds of that city
were sold Friday morning at par. In the
afternoon previous SIB,OOO worth were
also sold at par. The finances of Au
gusta must be in “good condition.”
Democratic Slate Convention.
Several papers have copied the call
for the Democratic State Convention
to meet the second Monday in March.—
In the card of the Executive Committee
the day fixed for the Convention is the ■
second Wednesday, the fourteenth of
March, instead of the 12th.
The Livingston (Ala.,) Messenger,
states that the services of a competent
engineer, has been secured to survey and
locate the continuation of the Alabama
and Mississippi River Rail Road from
Uniontownto Demopolis. This Road from
Selma to Demopolis via Uniontown, will
traverse the cauebrake region, known as
the richest cotton section of Alabama.
Extensive Enterprise.
The Bristol (Tennessee) News states
that responsible drovers of Virginia, Ten
nessee and Kentucky, have set on foot a
project for establishing at that place an
extensive pork packing establishment on
joint stock principle. It will require a
capital of $300,000 to begin with.
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Population of Georgia.
1 lie official table from the census of
last year has been published, and shows
the following result:
Whites 370,716
Blacks 443,745
Free Persons of Color 3,337
Total population 1859 1,024.005
Representative population. 884,957
Citizens meeting in Atlanta.
The citizens of Atlanta convened Satur
day night at the Athenaeum, for the pur
pose of responding to the resolutions of j
the 5 irginia Legislature suggesting a
conference of the Southern States at At
lanta to consider the interests of the
South. A committee were nppeinted to
report suitable resolutions, and the meet
ing adjourned until this morning.
Simon Suggs.
A Montgomery correspondent of the
Mobile Evening News notices among the
distinguished strangers in the Capitol
City, that venerable and antiquated in
dividual, Capt. Byrd 11. Young, whom
Jonce Hooper has “immortalized” as the
original hero of “ Simon Suggs.’’ The
gallant Captain of the Tallapoosa Volun
teers is one of the sixteen candidates for
the office of United States Census Taler for
Tallapoosa county.
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New Military Company.
From the Eufaula Express we learn
that the Pioneer Guards, the company
lately chartered by the Legislature, was
organized Monday night by the election
of the following officers : Wm. 11. Cham
bers, Captain ; John W. Clark, Ist Lieu
tenant; Henry C. Ilart, 2d Lieutenant;
Weeks Pippin, 3d Lieutenant; John B.
Hart, Orderly Sergeant; A. J. Locke, 2d
Sergeant ; G. T. Boatright, 3d Sergeant;
E. 11. Hunter, 4th Sergeant ; R. Cherry,
sth Sergeant.
It was unanimously resolved by the
company, that the uniform should be
made of goods manufactured in the South,
and all the work of making up should be
done at home. All the trimmings which
cannot be manufactured in the South,
such as buttons, flumes, lace, &c., will
re purchased iuSoutheru markets, say at
Charleston or Richmond.
Sales of Coffee in Richmond.
From the Richmond Dispatch we learn
that 2,000 bags of Rio Coffee, imported
by a firm of that city, were sold the Ist
inst. at prices ranging from sl2 15 to sl3
—being an average of sl2 42L The lot
sold was the cargo of the Fannie Cren
shaw, direct from Rio Janeiro. Some
years ago the millers and flour dealers of
Richmond inaugurated the system of im
porting coffee, as the return cargo of the
vessel which conveyed their flour to Rio.
They have found the operation to reward
their enterprise, and desigu to continue it.
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Mobile and Obio Rail Road.
The Mobile Tribune says there has
been exactly three hundred freight trains
arrived here on this road since the first
of September last, bringing in 184,737
bales of cotton. This is doing a first
rate business.
Senator Pugh Defeated.
A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, says
Gov. Chase was elected the 2d inst. U.
S. Senate in place of Hon George E.
Pugh, whose term expires on the 4th of
March, 1861. There was but one ballot,
in which Chase received 75; Tugh 54;
Corwin 5.
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Col. George P. Klliott.
In the Charleston papers we find a
communication from this gentleman an
nouncing himself a candidate for Con
gress from his District—the one now
represented by Mr. Keitt. Col. Elliott
was aNullifier, and is a Secessionist, and
sees no safety for the South in the Union,
as there is no party that faithfully ad
heres to the Constitution. He has no
opposition, we believe, thus far.
VOLUME III.}
From California.
Dy the arrival of the Overland Mail at
St. Louis the 6th inst., we learn that La
tham received 97 out of 113 votes for U.
S. Senator. When his name was first in
troduced in the caucus it took Weller’s
adherents by surprise, and it was quite
unexpected by the public. His success
is attributed to the determination of the
Democracy to rid itself of cliques which
have hitherto governed, to a great extent,
the politics of the State.
Lieut. Gov. Downey now becomes Gov
ernor, and will be inaugurated on the
14th. Mr. Quinn, President of tbe Sen
ate pro (cm., becomes Lieut. Governor.—
It is thought that a Senator will be elect
ed during tbe winter to succeed Senator
Gwin.
It is believed that Judge Baldwin will
be nominated as tbe successor of Mr.
Gwiu iu the U S. Senate.
Gov. Latham sent a special message to
the California Senate, relating to the
proposal of six Southern comities to se
parate from the State and join in organ
izing anew Territorial government. The
Governor says a two-third vote is neces
sary to pass the act authorizing the sepa
ration, and no further action is necessa
ry on the part of the State to consummate
the purpose. The authorization of Con
gress, however, he suggests, will be ne
cessary. lie iloubts not that the aggre
gate sentiment of the State is opposed to
separation, and he considers it proper
that Congress should decide whether the
opinion of the people of the proposed
Territory ought to be accepted as conclu
sive.
Disunion.
The penny-a-liners and pothouse poli
ticians who are puffing and swelling,
and threatening to dissolve the Union,
had better dry up. We are satisfied that
uineteen twentieths of the people South
not only regard the proposition with hor
ror, but stand ready to dissolve, in a sum
mary manner, the first tangible move
ment that shall bo made against tbe in
tegrity of the Confederacy —Athens ( Tenn )
Dost.
The Post leaves it to be inferred that
it would stick to the Union at all hazards,
and would be willing, under no circum
stances, to “ let it slide.” Such para
graphs have done more to invite aggres
sion and enslave the South than anything
else. Under a Union faithfully and con
stitutionally administered, in which all
sections of it receive equal and exact jus
tice, such advice as the Post gives would
be pertinent aud applicable; but under
existing circumstances such counsel is
nothing less than giving “aid and com
fort” to the enemy. The New York Tri
bune would require no stronger or more
satisfactory Bymptom of probable
apostacy to anti-slavery than the abomi
nable doctrine of the Post.
Cnpt. Travis Against tlie World.
The renowned Captain Travis, whose
exploits with a pistol are familiar to all
who “take the papers,” and who is un
questionably the best shot with a pistol
in the world, challenges the United
States to shoot against him for SSOO or
SIOOO aside, to be shot as follows :
With pistols, thirty shots aside, at ten
paces distance ; the target to be shot at
to be a copper cent; my opponent to
shoot at deliberate aim, with the aid of
one hand only—string measurement, from
centre to centre. I ask that my oppo
nent shall give me five hit cents cut of
thirty shots ; or, in other words, I will
shoot twenty-five shots against his thirty.
I shall require him to shoot his shots by
daylight; I will shoot my shots in any
dark night he may select, or in a dark
room devoid of light. The match to take
place in the city of New York, in New
Orleans, Memphis, or Nashville, within
thirty clays after it is made.
JOHN TRAVIS.
Memphis, Jan. 18, 1860.
Ladies Public Meeting,
In the Tampa “Peninsular,” we find
the following resolutions adopted at a
public meeting held by the ladies of that
place on the 23d inst.:
Resolved, That the ladies should have
due regard for each other; therefore,
when they go to church or any other
meeting, they should take the seat next
to the wall, and so on until the seat is
filled.
Resolved, That if any lady takes the
seat next the aisle, before the seat is fill
ed, that she be left in peaceable possess
ion thereof.
Resolved, That these Resolutions be
published in the Tampa Peninsular as
soon as possible, if not sooner.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
Mrs. M. J. HARRIS, Pres’t.
Miss F. A. Wilson, Sec’y.
Uurial of a Faithful Servant.
The Charlotte (N. C.,) BulletiD, says
Leonidas a faithful servant belonging to
a lady of that place and well known and
much respected for his faithfulness and
politeness was buried the morning of the
first. About 300 colored people attend
ed the funeral and several of the most
prominent citizens of the city joined the
cortege, and witnessed the burial of the
faithful slave.
Literary Address.
The Literary Societies of the Universi
ty of Virginia have iuvited the lion. D.
W. Yoorhies, of Indiana, to deliver the
anniversary address on the 3d of July
next, and the invitation has been accep
ted. Mr. Voorhies defended Cook, pne
of the Harper’s Ferry prisoners, on his
trial, and distinguished himself by the
able, eloquent and high toned speech de
livered on that occasion.
Death from Shooting'.
The Athens (Tenn.) Post says James
T. Humphreys, who wasshot a few weeks
since by a man named Reed, died from
the wound, on Thursday night last. He
was aged about 23 years, and was a
young man of many uoble impulses and
excellent traits of character.
Alabama Legislature.
The Governor of Alabama has approv
ed the bills which originated in the Sen
ate, authorizing Circuit Judges to pre
side in their own Circuits, without inter
changing with each other, and to incor
porate the Coffee Rifles of Coffee county,
and the Columbia True Blues in Henry
county.
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University of North Carolina.
i The Charlotte Bulletin, says Rev. Dr.
’ Deans has declined the Professorship of
History, recently tendered him in this
Institution. Rev. Mr. Heppburn of Vir
ginia, has accepted the Professorship of
Logic and Rhetoric.
military Academy in Alabama.
Mr. Clayton, from the Joint Military
1 Committee of the Alabama Legislature,
reported back a bill to establish a State
Military Academy, and to educate two
indigent young men from each county in
i the State.
Mrs. Partington says that nothing des
pises her so much as to see people who
profess to expect salvation, go to church
I without their purses when a recollection
I is to be taken up.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Bloody Figlit at tlie Cincinnati
banding.
On Tuesday, a nuthber of Irishmen
were unloading the steamer Kirkman, at
Cincinnati. The men were violating a
city ordinance by not carrying the freight
a sufficient distance from the water’s
edge, when Mr. Baker, the wharfmaster,
notified them of it, and he was grossly
insulted by one of them named Connelly.
The Cincinnati Gazette tells the rest:
The wharfmaster then attempted the
hazardous task of arresting Connelly,
which was the signal for the other hands
to rally to bis rescue ; and threatening
the life of Baker, he fled to the forecas
tle of the Kirkman and cried for help,
which brought to his aid Mr. Joseph Pen
coast, mate of the A. O. Taylor. A bro
ther of the man Connelly at this junc
ture approached Baker from behind, and
was just in the act of striking him with a
shovel. Pancoast drew a knife and
plunged it into the right side of Connelly,
who fell to the deck, bleeding profusely
from the effects of the wound.
The crowd of Irish now knew no
bounds. They shrieked and halloed like
madmen, and, swearing vengeanceagainst
the mate, they gathered bowlders, and,
as Pancoast jumped from boat to boat,
the missiles were thrown, one of which
took effect on the back part of his head
Finally he gained the Newport Ferry, and
was hotly pursued by a maddened crowd
that was augmented in numbers at every
step. lie reached the float, and as he
jumped aboard the boat it pushed from
the shore, carrying him safely beyond
the reach of his pursuers. Other par
ties who came to the assistance of the
wharfmaster were set upon and indis
criminately banged and bruised. Fred.
Gussteter, employed as a runner, un
wisely interfered, and was struck along
side of the temple with a bowlder, after
which he was seized by the infuriated
mob and thrown into the river, who also
made every effort to drown him ; and had
lie not succeeded iu swimming to a skiff
that was some distance out from the
shore, they would undoubtedly have ac
complished their purpose. More dead
thau alive, me was dragged into the skiff,
and taken to Covington.
Baker during the fracas was struck
with a bowlder or some other missile and
badly wounded on the left temple. Oth
er parties whose names we could not as
certain received similar injuries. Con
nelly is mortally wounded. Gussteter’s
wounds are severe and will confine him
to the house for several weeks. Pan
coast returned to this city and volunta
rily delivered himself into custody. He
was released on SSOO bail for his appear
ance to day.
The Mayor and Chief of Police visited
the ground accompanied by a posse of
police, by whom the mob was dispersed.
Throughout the day the greatest ex
citement existed among the Irish, who
still threaten the lives of Pancoast and
Baker, as well as making hostile demon
strations against certain steamers that
afl'orded protection to both Baker and
Pancoast.
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Horses in Time of Fire.
The Avalanche thus depicts the action
of that noble animal, the horse, as ex
hibited in the late disastrous and calam
itous fire that prevailed in Memphis, in
which the lives of man and beast were
both sacrificed.
Incidents or the Fibe.— The fire
which occurred here yesterday morning
was the largest we have had since the
destruction of the block of buildings at
the corner of Adams and Main streets*
last spring. As stated, the progress of
the fiames was most rapid, and the Gai
ety Stable was almost completely envel
oped in a very few minutes after tbe
alarm was given. There were at the
time some fifty horses in the building, be
tween forty and forty-five of which were
consumed. Those who witnessed the
sufferings of the poor brutes and heard
their fearful cries, described the scene as
most awful. The attaches of the stable
succeeded in driving out some of the hor
ses, but so frenzied had they become
with fear that many of them rushed back
in the blazing pile and perished. Some
of them seemed paralyzed with terror,
aud died where they stood; others, when
their fastenings were burned or broken,
might have been seen madly dashing
back and forth between the walls of fire
which hemmed them in—at times emit
ting such horrid cries as made the flesh
of human beings outside fairly creep ;
while others of the poor brutes were seen
huddled together in groups of three and
four, as if seeking protection from the
ruthless destroyer, and their charred re
mains were found piled on the top of each
other after the fire had expended itself.
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Nexv Yorlt and Anti-Slavery.
The State anti-slavery convention of
New York held it’s closing session at Al
bany Jho afternoon of the 2d, with a full
attendance. Addresses were made by
Thillips, Pillsbury, Powell, Robinson and
others. Revolution and insurrectionary
doctrines were advocated. A resolution
was adopted strongly censuring Governor
Morgan and Legislature for inviting the
man stealing Governors and legislatures
of two slave States to visit New York as
the guests of the State. The invitation
was denounced as an insult to the people
of th eState and as atrocious servility to
the slave power while Northern citizens
are daily punished in or exiled from the
South.
Tlie Vote of Henry Winter Davis.
The Baltimore Sun, a neutral journal,
thus condemns the vote of Henry Winter
Davis, which was given for Pennington,
in the House of Representatives, on Tues
day :
This man, who grossly misrepresents
the fourth district of Maryland in the
Congress of the United States, consum
mated the infamy of his position yester
day by giving the vote and suffrage of this
people to a “ Black Republican” for
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The act is a foul calumny, a reckless
libel upon tho citizens of Baltimore, and
is explicable only upon the well-known
fact that he was returned nominally only
by the violence and fraud of that “club
law” which prevailed here upon election
day. His seat will, of course, be con
firmed by the “Black Republicans,” iuto
whose arms be has pluDged to save him
self from the hideous exposure which has
pursued him to W ashington, in the testi
mony taken iu the contested election
cases of the State. Yerily he has his re
ward. Unfortunately, Baltimore has no
representation in the lower House of Con
gress.
Fair iu Atlailta.
The Daily Locomotive is indebted to
the kindness of a friend for information
concerning the grand exhibition of speci
mens of the fine arts and manufactures,
which are now being prepared by the
Free Trade Association of Belgium for
exhibition in Georgia. Atlanta is sug
gested as tho place of holding the Fair.
Tuskegtc Rail Road.
The Tuskegee Republican of Thursday
says the Committee appointed for the
purpose, have succeeded in raising sub
scriptions to the amount of $36,000 to
connect Tuskegee with the Montgomery
& West Point Rail Road. A survey to
determine the best route for the construc
tion of the Road will be commenced iR a
few days.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 14, 1860.
Arrest of Abolition Spies.
From the Enterprise News we learn
that two men, named respectively Man
| Chester and Bishop, were arrested in
! that place on Monday, the 30th ult., for
circulating books of an incendiary and
dangerous character. Five of the Vigi
lance Committee were in favor of treat
ing them to a coating of tar and feathers,
and six of them iD favor of turning them
over to the Civil Authorities, which was
done and the offenders were committed to
jail to answer at the Spring Term of the
Circuit Court. Not very long ago, three
men, book agents, were ordered to leave
this city on account of beiDg engaged in
supposed incendiary work. One of them
was named Manchester.
Prices of Blood Horses.
Our planters will see, in the subjoined,
taken from a Nashville paper, that rais
ing good stock is no bad business. The
business would pay as well in this sec
tion :
“R. A. Alexauder, Esq., of Spring
Station, Woodford county, Ky., has re
cently sold a brown yearling filly, by
Lexington, out of Motto, by imported
.Barefoot, for $1,500 to Mr. Wade Harri
son, of Virginia; also, a bay yearling
filly by Lexington, out of Bette Lewis,
by imported Glencoe, for S9OO ; and a
gray yerling filly by Scythian, out of Ires,
by imported Trustee, for S6OO, being
$1,500 for the two, to Mr. Davis, of Mis
sissippi.”
Arizona Silver.
Col. 11. T. Titus arrived in St. Louis,
from Arizona, on Sunday evening, and
left the next day for New York. He
brought a specimen lot of si?ty two
pounds of pure silver from the New York
and Compadre Mining Company, and a
large number of specimens of the differ,
ent silver ores of Arizona. He goes to N.
York to procure machinery, goods, &c.,
for the mines, and will return to Arizona
in the spring. His account of mining
operations in Arizona is very favorable.
Col. Titus and Mr. Elias Brevort were the
owners of the Patagonia silver mines,
which they sold for $45,000.
Fire In Apalachicola.
A fire broke out in Apalachicola on
Thursday morning last, as we learn from
the Apalachicola Times, by which the
dwelling of Mr. S. W. Cullen, two houses
belonging to the estate of Cornelius
Grady, and a framed dwelling owned by
Mr. A. Hancock and tenanted by Mr.
Elias Lee, were destroyed. The loss is
estimated at $4,000 to $5,000 and .falls
on those unable to sustain it. The Times
states that some incendiary scoundrel at
tempted to burn the house occupied by
Mr. R. B. Watson, on Friday morning.
All Aerial Flight Cut Short.
The Macon Telegraph of Saturday,
says the crowd which went down to tbe
Court House on yesterday afternoon to
witness Prof. Morat’s ascension in his
mammoth air ship, the City of Charles
ton, did not remain long. The Professor
unfortunately, though near at hand, was
unable to show his success as an aero
naut; he was held by “bolts and bars,”
having been lodged in prison for debt.
We are sorry for him. His intentions no
doubt were good.
Benefits of the Union.
The Eufaula Spirit of the South says,
Mr. Hill, mail contractor, has thrown
up his contract between that place and
Marianna. The government has failed to
comply with its contract aud he could
not afford to convey the mail for nothing.
Our friends between there and Marianna,
have no doubt a lively appreciation of
the Union.
Mr. P. Hayden.
At a meeting oMhe merchants of At
lanta, on Wednesday night, this gentle
man uttered the following sentiments:
“I shall buy goods wherever 1 can get
them the cheapest, and when I go to
New York, I go with the money in my
pocket, and I never ictH ask a man whether
he is a Democrat, a Whig , a Know-Nothing,
a Black Republican, or an Abolitionist .”
Comment is unnecessary.
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Tlie Alabama Circuit Court Law.
The Montgomery Mail of Saturday
says : In reply to many friends in the
interior, we state that the act re-organ
izing the Circuit Courts, does not take
effect until July Ist.
The Courts, during the Spring term
next, will be held as heretofore. The
fall terms, 1860, will be held under the
new arrangement.
Mississippi on Federal Relations
In the popular branch in the Missis
sippi Legislature, on Monday, the special
committee to which were referred the
Senate resolutions on Federal relations
(before published) reported them back
with an amendment, authorizing tbe
Governor, instead of the Legislature, to
appoint the delegates to the Southern
Convention at Atlanta, Ga., which report
was adopted.
M. S. Latliam, California Senator.
The telegraph announces that Gov.
Milton S. Latham, formerly of the ad
joining county of Russell, in Alabama,
has been elected United States Senator
from California, by the Legislature on
the first ballot, by an overwhelming ma
jority. Since his removal to California,
Latham’s career has been onward and up
ward, and seems to furnish a verification
of the Shakspearian adage—
“ There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at the flood, leads on
To fortune.”
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Barnesville & Brunswick Railroad
The Southern Recorder states that a
meeting of tbe stockholders in this Road
was held at Perry on the Ist inst. Over
$300,000 was found to have been taken
in stock, and nineteen hundred voles were
polled for Officers. Dempsey Brown was
elected President.
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Tbe State Road.
Our Milledgeville exchanges state that
over SIO,OOO has been paid by tbe State
Road out of tbe earnings for January, in
satisfaction of Judgments and in compro
mise of old suits instituted against it four
or five years since. $33,000 has also been
paid into the Treasury of the State for i
the same month.
High Price of Cotton.
The N. O. Delta of the 3d says the
house of Bellocq, Noblom & Cos., have
sold fifty bales of cotton at the extraordi
nary price of seventeen and a half cents
a pound. This cotton was from the low
lands of the parish of St. Landry, and
was ginned on the Eagle Cotton Gin.
Mr. James Roark died in Chattanooga
on Sunday night last. His remains were J
brought to Georgia for interment.
Congressional,
Washington, Feb. 6.—ln the Senate
to-day there was a discussion relative to
the President’s veto of the St. Clair Flats
! bill.
The Postal deficiency bill was received
and referred. It will probably pass to
morrow.
In the House the postal bill was passed,
and the House adjourned until Thurs
day.
Mr. Marston, of New Hampshire, was
elected Door-keeper, and Mr. Lucas, of
Illinois was elected Postmaster. No elec
tion was had for Printer to the House.
Acquittal of Col. Peck.
New Obleans, Feb. G.—Col. Peck, who
killed Harris at the St. Charles Hotel,
has been discharged by the Grand Jury.
Later from Havana.
New Obleans, Feb. 6. — The steam
ship DeSoto, with Havana dates to tlie
2nd inst., arrived here to-day.
Maretzek’s Opera Comp’y were break
ing up.
The stock of sugar at Havana was
twenty thousand boxes.
California News.
St. Louis, Feb. 6.—The overland mail
has arrived with the latest intelligence
from San Francisco.
Gov. Milton S. Latham was elected
United States Senator on the first ballot,
by an overwhelming majority.
It is thought that a successor to Mr.
Gwinn will be elected this session of the
Legislature.
Minister MeLane.
New Obleans, Feb. 6. — Minister Mc-
Lane left this city to-day, en route for
Washington City.
Comfortable Income.
It is stated that the books of Elias
Howe tbe original inventor of Sewing
Machines, and under whoso license the dif
ferent makers work, show that the number
of Machines sold during seven years end
ing Ist November, 1859, was as follows:
Wheeler & Wilson’s, 38,991; Grover &
Baker, 24,818; I. M. Singer & Cos.,
23,353; Ladd & Webster, 3,352; all oth
ers, 3,748 ; Total, 94,249. For each of
these machines sold, Howe receives a
fee of from $3,00 to $15,00, in the aggre
gate last year to about $300,000.
Skeleton Found.
The Savannah News of Wednesday
eays the skeleton of a woman was found,
yesterday in the woods, about four miles
from the city, on the White Bluff road.
It is supposed to be the remains of Mrs.
Lemy, whose husband was killed some
months since in a street rencontre. She
has long been subject to drink, and while
under tbe influence of liquor, she disap
peared several weeks ago, and has not
been heard of since. She probably died
from the effects of exposure. She leaves
two little children, who are well provided
for by the Sisters of Mercy.
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Congregation of Sons of Malta.
The Washington States says the Sons
of Malta from far and near are to congre
gate there at the inauguration of the
Washington statue. A distinguished func
tionary is to officiate as G. R. J. A., and
will appear with new regalia and in good
condition. The Free Masons are talking
about participating, and “thebould so
ger boys” are flanking and facing with
martial alacrity.
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Heavy Coffee Receipts.
The special dispatch of the Charleston
Courier, dated New Orleans, Feb. 6th,
says:
“Five vessels arrived here to-day, from
Rio Janeiro with coffee, their cargoes
reaching, in the aggregate, twenty-three
thousand bags.”
The Wool and Hat Factory of Ames &
Moulton, Brooklyn, N. York, was blown
up the 3d inst., and from ten to fifteen
persons were buried in the ruins. It
was an immense structure, and usually
contained 220 employees, including 100
females The catastrophe happened be
fore the hour for commencing work.
Military School.
The Montgomery Mail says Prof. Mur
fee, who brings letters of strongest re
commendation from Gov. Letcher and
other distinguished men of Virginia, de
signs establishing a Military School in
Alabama, and hopes the State will as
sume its guardianship.
Foreign Trade of Galveston.
A marked increase is exhibited in the
foreign trade of Galveston for the last
quarter. The export of cotton since the
Ist of January has been 19,976 bales.—
The total exports to foreign ports are
$1,536,68/.
Homespun in Virginia.
The Alexandria (Va.) Sentinel says
that homespun is becoming all tbe fash
ion with the sterner sex, in that part of
the State; but that so far very few ladies
have appeared ou the streets iu their
lindseys and ginghams.
Banished.
A meeting of citizens was lately held
in Maysville, which declared the unalter
able determination that Abolition teach
ers and preachers, and all who promul
gated such sentiments, shall not be per
mited to reside in Bracken county.
Death of an Episcopal Minister.
The Charleston papers chronicle the
death of Rev. Cranmore Wallace, a na
tive of New Hampshire but for many
years a resident of South Carolina, for
the past twelve years Rector of St. Ste
phen’s Chapel, in Charleston.
Lieut. Thos. Rogers, who served gal
lantly during the war with Mexico as
color-bearer in the First Regiment, New
York Volunteers, died in New York City:
at his residence, the afternoon of the 3d,
of consumption.
*
The House of Representatives of the
Alabama Legislature have passed a bill to
appropriate $4,360 to compensate G. T.
Yelverton, as Commissioner to Florida,
in relation to the cession of West Florida
to Alabama.
The friends of Hon. John K. Henry, of
Butler county, Alabama, have presented
him as a candidate for Judge of the 11th
(new) Judicial Circuit.
Sentence of Dr. Boyd*
Washington, Feb. 7.—Dr. William
Boyd was to-day convicted of stealing
two slaves. He was sentenced to four
teen years imprisonment.
Profitable.
It is stated that Edwin Booth’s share of
the profits of eight nights’ performances
at the St. Charleß Theatre, New Orleans,
amounted to $1,218.
Hon. Leander W. Crook has resigned
the office of Judge of the Cherokee Cir
cuit, and Gov. Brown has appointed Hon.
Duncan A. Walker, of Murray county, to
fill the vacancy.
Can’t Stand It.
No, we will not submit to have our sex
slandered by the twice-married minx,
Fanny Fern, as in the following:
“Men’s Eyes Will W.yndeu.— Show
but a strip of white stocking above your
boot, or a bit of au embroidered skirt, or
a Balmoral, and you may lead a New
Yorker by the nose all over Manhattan,
though all Wall street stand waiting for
hi:! . I have positively seen gentlemen
stand at the ferry when their arms
were half broken with bundles, eagerly
bobbing their beads this way and that
to catch a sight of the gaiter boots as
they alighted from the various omnibuses.
And not all young men either, but gray
headed old codgers, who had grand-pa
written all over them. “Why should a
woman care about it, if her ankles be
pretty!” “Care?” It may be just pos
sible that if an exhibition is fore-ordained
and inevitable, she may prefer to choose
her audience.”
Now, we can positively affirm, (says
the Petersburg Express,) and shall be
sustained in our assertion, that there is
no gentleman of correct habits and good
taste, but what would instantly turn his
back to a lady who showed more of a
handsome and well turned ankle than
usual; that is, if he was sure by a “right
about face” of seeing two prettier ones.
Citizens’ Meeting at Atlanta.
Iu our Atlanta exchanges, we find the
proceedings of a large meeting of the citi
zens of that city, held the 7th inst., to
respond to resolutions of the Virginia
Legislature, recommending a conference
of the Southern States to be held there.
The resolutions were almost unanimously
adopted, and expressed sympathy with
the object of the proposed conference;
invite delegates from Virginia and other
Southern States to assemble in, and ten
der them the hospitality of the city. A
copy of the resolutions, certified by the
Chairman and Secretary of the meeting,
were ordered to be handed to the Mayor
who was requested in his official capacity
to transmit them to the Governor of Vir
ginia with the request to lay them before
the Legislature.
Verdict in the Pemberton Mills Case.
The Jury of inquest on the calamity at
the Pemberton Mills, Lawrence, Mass.,
rendered their verdict the evening of the
2d inst. From all the evidence they do
not believe tbe owners of said Mill dis
trusted its security; that the fire origi
nated by the breaking of a lantern in the
bands of some person actively assisting
to rescue the sufferers, then alive and be
neath the floorings of the Mill. The di
rect cause of the fall they fiifd to be in
tbe weakness and insufficiency of the cast
iron shoring ; that in the thickness of the
brick walls and tbeir manner of construc
tion, the length of span from one sup
port to another beneath the floor timbers,
were additional causes, and aided in the
general demolition of the buildings. The
inquest was held in view of the twenty
two dead bodies taken from the ruins.
The Macon Telegraph of Tuesday says
a white man stopped there a short time
ago, and being short of money, offered
for sale a negro man at such a low price
that it aroused the suspicions of Deputy
Marshall Lawrence and policeman Hart
ley, who nabbed him and put him and the
negro in the Guard House. About the
same time, Mrs. Wimberly, of Loaeha
poka, Ala., missed a negro man, who she
supposed run away; and upon the offi
cers here telegraphing her to know if she
had lost a negro, she replied, giving a de
scription of the negro lodged in jail in
Macon. On Monday, two weeks since,
an officer carried the negro and Black
well the whiteman, both chained togeth
er, back to Loieliapoka, where Blackwell
has been tried and his case sent to tbe
Superior Court at its next session.
The Savannah Tarring and. Feath
ering Case.
It will be recollected that on the night
of the Ist of December, a shoe dealer,
named Sewell H. Fisk, doing business in
Savannah, Ga., was tarred and feathered,
on a charge of reading John Brown’s
speech to negroes assembled in his cellar.
Fisk is now at Holliston, Mass., and re
cently made a statement of the affair to
the editor of the Milford (Mass.) Journal,
from which it appears that the parties
who inflicted the indignities upon him
were Massachusetts men, and he names
one of them, a Mr. Perry; formerly of
Natick. He exonerates the Georgians
from all blame, and says they have invi
ted him back to his business.
The Charleston Courier of Tuesday
says two suEpicious and inquisitive indi
viduals, on Saturday evening, were dis
covered lurking on the premises of Mr.
Robert Forbes, Tradd-street. A lady
who resides in the house, hearing a
noise, came down stairs and was accosted
by these intruders. They inquired of
her for some, no doubt, fictitious names,
and were told that no such persons resid
ed there, when they attempted to pass,
and one of the ruffians fired a pistol at
her. This aroused the other inmates of
the house, but before they could render
their assistance, the fellows escaped.—
The ball door had been left open, and
their intention was, no doubt, to search
the premises for anything valuable they
could lay hands on.
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. B.—ln the Senate
to-day, a Memorial was presented from
the mail contractors, asking immediate
relief of Congress. The Postal bill was
discussed but no definite action had upon
it.
In the House Defrces, of Illinois, was
nominated for Printer by the Republi
cans.
Yesterday, the President seDt a mes
sage to the Senate, giving his reasons for
not signing the bill for improving tbe
mouths of the Mississippi River.
New Yoek, Feb. B.— Drayton, Agent
of the Havre Line of Packets is dead.—
The Whigs of this city have appointed
five delegates to the Opposition conven
tion in Richmond.
Baak Robbery.
Clabksville, Feb. 4.—The Branch
Bank of Tennessee, at this place, was
entered on Thursday night last, and rob
bed of $17,882, the most of which was in
twenty dollar gold pieces, principally
new gold. The locks to the doors were
all as they were left locked the night be
fore. It is supposed the locks were pick
ed. Thus far no clue has been had to
the discovery of the robber, nor is any
particular person suspected. A reward
of $3,500 is offered for the discovery of
the thief and the recovery of the money.
A New Dime.
The new dime has been issued from the
old coinage. The Goddess of Liberty is
in a sitting position as on the old coin,
but instead of the encircling stars there
are the words “ United States of Ameri
ca.” The words “One Dime” on the
other side of tbe coin are in a wreath of
sereals, instead of the old fashioned
wreath of leaves. The coin isverypretty.
{NUMBER 44
Spicy Letter to Senator Mason.
The following is the letter from J.
Redpath to Senator Mason, chairman of
the investigating committee on the Har
per’s Ferry affair. Redpath is a violent
Abolitionist, but the tone of the letter is
too spicy to deprive our readers of it:
Malden, Mass., Jan. 27, ’6O.
To Senator Mason, Chairman of Senate
Broun Committee:
Senator: On my return to my home
here this morning, I found a paper pur
porting to be a summons on which your
name appears, and by which I am re
quired to be at Washington day before
yesterday. As “the impossible,” accord
ing to an eminent New England moral
teacher, Theodore Parker, “is never the
obligatory,” I write you to state that I
have not the power to obey it; as I can
not turn back the hands of the clock of
time even if disposed so to do, the which
I am not. This summons, my colored
servant tells me, was given to her on
Monday afternoon to deliver to me on
my return home. Sir, she is one of the
race that have no rights that a white
man is bound to respect. Am I bound to
recognize her right to deliver me a sum
mons ? You see, Senator, I have you
there, if I choose to stand on the legal
principles of the Democracy ; but I waive
that advantage, inasmuch as I did not :
get the summons here for me until this
blessed morning.
Even had I come home on Monday
evening, as usual, I could not have obey
ed the summons. Why didn’t your ser
vant serve it sooner? I was at home all
last week and until Monday morning,
and yet I received no visit from any Fed
eral official. They need looking after,
Senator. Now what must Ido ? Please
let me know by return of mail, as I have
urgent business which requires my speedy
and prolonged absence from home.
JAMES REDPATH.
QParticulars of the Loss of the Ki
press Car.
The cars bound for Columbus had pro
ceeded as far as Tobesofka creek. The
Express Messenger, finding use for a
lamp, (he lost his own on his way from
Savannah,) swung round on the car,
which has doors only on the sides, and
asked the use of that of the Baggage
Master, who handed it to him in ten min
utes. Upon attempting to return to his
car, he found it so full of smoke that he
could not enter. The Conductor tried to
signal with the Engineer; the rope was
burnt—but he succeeded in telling him
to stop, by calling to him loudly. The
cars were then near No. 1 station, and
were brought up against the tank, which
unfortunately, held but little water. An
axe was obtained, the car cut into, where
the safe was, and it fell upon the ground,
red hot. This was the only thing saved, j
All the fruit and fish freight, the through
baggage, numbering about 12 trunks, and
S3BO in money, were destroyed. The safe
contained over $150,000, in notes and
specie. The former were crisped, though
not so badly injured but that they will be
taken back at the banks.
There was fire in the stove at the time
the Messenger left the car, and it is sup- i
posed to have originated from it. $2,500
will, perhaps, cover the whole loss. No
blame is attached to the Messenger.—
Macon Telegraph , Bth.
Fatal Accident.
The Charleston Courier learns that a
passenger, (Mr. R. A. Young, of Sumter)
left that city on Saturday night last by the
II o’clock train of the Northeastern Rail
Road. Upon reaching the Seven Mile
Station, he got out, with the intention, it
is supposed, of visiting a friend in that
vicinity. He had walked some distance
upon the track, and, in the effort to cross
a trestle, it is supposed that he must
have missed his footing, and been precipi
tated into the culvert below, receiving
such injuries in the fall as were evidently
the cause of his death.
♦
Appleton’s Railway Guide.
We are indebted to D. Appleton & Cos.,
Publishers, fora copy of Appleton’s Rail
way and Steam Navigation Guide. The
Map of Rail Roads attached is very ac
curate and reliable, as may be seen by
reference to it, and represents not only
those in actual operation, but also those
in progress of construction. Each Rail
Road has a Time Table attached to which
the Traveler may refer. The Railway
Guide is published semi-monthly under
the supervision of the Railway Compa
nies, and is well worth 25 &ents a copy
to travellers.
Rail Road Kings in Council.
The Macon Telegraph of the 9th says,
Dr. John W. Lewis, Superintendent o
the State Road; R. R. Cuyler, President
of the Central and Southwestern Roads;
Isaac Scott, President of the Macon and
Western Road, and Geo. W. Adams, Su
perintendent of the Central Road, were
in consultation in this city yesterday, in
reference to a schedule of through freights
for the various Roads wfoieto they repre
sent.
Presidential.
It is represented that on Friday a pro
gramme for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency was arranged between the
Americans and Republicans, members of
the lower House of Congress. According
to it Mr. Bates is to be brought forward
for the former and Gen. Cameron for the
latter.
The Southern Americans, doubtless, will
notenter into a coalition with the Black
Republicans—excepting H. Winter Da
vis, who is an American and representa
tive from the South only in name.
Actions Louder than ‘Words.
A friend of ours, residing in town, who
is emphatically a “non-intercourse man,”
has making a suit of clothes, (gloves and
all complete,) of homespun, which he in
tends appearing in at the Convention of
the Stockholders, to be held in Charles
ton shortly.
lie is determined so far as example
goes, to act his part in full, and have as
little intercourse as possible with Aboli
tion manufacturers, until some greater
manifestation of returning justice is ex
hibited, than a few union meetings indi
cate.
This simple course, to some, may seem
a small matter, yet if rigidly adhered to
by all, it would in twelve months work
wonders. — Winnsboro’ Register.
A Mischievous Parrot.
One day a party of ladies paid us a
visit aboard, and several had been hoist
ed on deck by the usual means of a
“whip,” on the mainyard. The chair
had descended for another “whip,” but
scarcely bad the fair freight been lifted
out of the boat alongside, than the un
lucky parrot piped, “let go!” The or
der being instantly obeyed, the unfortu
nate young lady, instead of being com
fortably seated on deck, as bad been those
who preceded her, was soused overhead
in the sea!— Bundonald’s Biography.
u
Congress.
Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, as the Wash
ington correspondent of the Charleston
Conner states, has proposed to bring in
a bill to abolish the franking privilege,
and another to repeal the existing law
for the payment of members of Congress.
From the Montgomery Mail.
Through Travel Lost to Montgome
ry—The Georgia Roads Trumped
—Necessity of Enterprise on the
Eastern Line.
The closing of the last gap on the New
Orleans and Jackson Rail Road—making
a close connection with the Memphis and
Charleston road—will, with its equal
through fare and its shorter time (three
and a half days,) unquestionably and
immediately take from the Alabama River
and Georgia lines the vast travel they
have so long and so profitably enjoyed.
■ The time has passed for child’s play ; ac
tive men have now a western line, which,
for the same fare, in less time, takes the
passenger from New Orleans to N. York.
The American proclivity for “fast time”
willdecidc the question against us, every
time, unless the lines in this direction
exert themselves to shorten their sched
ules, and reduce their fares. In their
prompt movement in that direction, the
city of Montgomery. Atlanta, Columbus,
Macon, Augusta and Savannah, are im
mediately interested. The through travel
to all these places, is worth a mint of
money ; to the lines of rail road, it is of
the greatest importance.
The first questions to be answered, in
view of the premises, are—can the time
on the Georgia lines be shortened ? Can
the/arc be reduced? In our opinion, both
questions may be answered safely, in the
affirmative. We do not mean, that our
lines, with such reduced time and fares,
can clear as much money, as they do at
present ; but we Jo sny, that with the re
ductions, they can clear much more money,
(if they secure, ns they will, the travel,)
than they can, with the through travel
diverted. “Haifa loaf is better than no
bread,” the world over; and the compa
nies, on the line indicated, had better set
to work, forthwith . to gain half a day from
New Orleans to .New York, and to put
down tickets to a point less than those of
the Mississippi route.
There are two Eastern lines from Mont
gomery : the land route, via Augusta, and
the sea route, by Savannah. The former
assumes to put the passenger through
from Montgomery, in three days and a
half, at a cost of $25; the latter requires
an average of four days, at a cost of only
$26.
It strikes us, that by a littlo improve
ment of the rate of speed of the rail
trains, with a somewhat closer system of
connections, passengers by the Savannah
line, might be put through in three and a
half days, and the cost reduced to $23 ;
while, it is apparent to any one who has
traveled the route, that the land line
might be reduced to three days in time,
and S3O in money.
These changes, we believe, with faith
ful adherence to the schedules, would
certainly retain the great body of the
through travel, while along the line, the
reduction of fare would constantly tend
to increase the travel. How much has
been lost to the Eastern lines, by slack
ness in the management, will never be
known. We trust that the close competi
tion which now exists, will have the
effect to stimulate all concerned to exert
themselves most strenuously. “Fast time
and low fares” must be the watchword;
passengers have too long already, on the
Georgia roads, been paying all the ex
penses, while cotton has been going over
them at nominal rates. Prices are far
from being settled yet, on an equitable
basis.
In proof of the assertion that there is
a wide margin for improvement, as to
passengers, on these Georgia lines, we
may refer to the very marked advance in
the conduct of the Freight Department of
the Savannah line, within the last thirty
days. We suppose that previously to
Mr. Gregory’s connection with the line,
two weeks between New York and Mont
gomery, after notice of shipment, was about
a fair average of time. How and where
the delays were, it was always hard to
say—but delays there certainly were.
Well, in illustration of the improvement
in this department, we may state, that,
an invoice of goods, which left New York,
at 5 p. m., on Tnursday, 26th January,
were, on Saturday, the 4thinst., at noon,
on a steamer going down the Alabama
River ; so that by the end of the eleventh
day from New York, they will have been
received in Mobile.
Now, it strikes us, that, if so much
can be gained, by a little attention, in the
forwarding of freights, surely something
can be gained in point of speed, in the
transportation of passengers. But, to
put the proposition in other words : if
our Eastern lines have such natural ad
vantages as enable them to bring freights
cheaper than any other line can possibly
afford to bring them —there is necessarily
involved in that capacity, an ability to
forward passengers cheaper than any
other line. For passengers, after all,
are only one sort of freight—a sort, too
far Less expensive in the handling, than
bales of estton, bars of iron, or boxes of
dry goods.
We have bow discharged what we con
ceived to b a duty to our section, by
calling the attention of the Eastern lines
to the crisis which is upon them. A
prompt, energetic step—and they are
safe ; vascillation or timidity on their
part—and the great tide of travel will
leave them, perhaps, forever.
.
Unprlsontd In a Vault 18 Years.
A newspaper published at Colema,
Mexico, on the 24th of October, tells the
following frightful story: “When Gen.
Pueblita entered the town of Ayo in Sep
tember last, he exacted a forced loan
from the people, and a share of it fell
upon the curate of the place. The cu
rate acted as though he would pay, but
as he did not make his appearance at the
point designated for payment, General
l’ueblita ordered him to be arrested. A
party of men went to his dwelling and
knocked at the door; there was no an
swer and they broke in. They found no
one in the house, and were about to leave
it when they heard a frightful voice pro
ceeding froia ,the ground, saying ‘I am
hungry.’ The officer in command went
back to Gen. Pueblita and told him
about the” voice. The General appointed
Ia commission to examine the house. The
! commission went to the curate's dwelling,
and, zi'ter a careful examination, they
found a movable stone in the floor, and
under this was a stairway leading down
to a vault, which was entirely dark, and
had no connection with the air, save by
the staircase, and a small hole that serv
ed as a ventilator, fn this vault were
some books, a few articles of furniture,
and a woman who bad been chut up 18
years. She was taken to Gen. Puefclita’s
quarters. When brought into the light
where she saw a number of persons, she
fainted. After she had returned to her
senses, a thousand questions were asked
of her, to which she replied only that she
had been buried in that vault for eight
■ een years without going out for a mo
ment ; that she bad been married, and
had children by her husband but she
knew nothing of their fate; that, while
1 imprisoned in the vault she had had
1 children by the curate, but sbe knew
nothing of what had become of these
i children; and after saying this much be
-1 came obstinately silent. While this was
passing, a sergeant of the Puebla Brig
ade, then preseht, discovered that this
woman was his mother, and she recog
nized him as her son and embraced him.
The son then ran for his father, who came
and recognized his wife. The husband
fifteen years ago was imprisoned three
years under the charge of having mur
dered his wife, this woman.”
For the Sun.
Exon, Ala., Feb. 7, 1860.
Eds. Scn : In perusing your valuable
sheet, (which always comes to me regu
larly) I observed a notice of Corn & Cob
Mills on exhibition at Ellis & Living
ston’s. TVhen lo ! arriving at the store
I discovered just what every Planter
needs, a portable Engine, which will not
j only grind corn and cob’s, but will gin
six to eight bales of cotton per day and
j cut all the lumber needed on a plantation.
After minute examination I discover it
j will do more real work in the way of
grinding, ginning &c., and at far less cost
and management than six mules. It
costs nothing to keep it, and its utility is
invaluable, considering the high price of
mules and scarcity of oorn to feed them.
I No planter should be without ono of
j these Engines.
A LOVER OF IMPROVEMENTS.