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ffid'4) §nm. ( -o T. DeWOLF U. J. YARINQTON....T. GILBERT THOS. GILBERT & CO., Editors and Proprietors. SUBSCRIPTIONS. For one year, payahlein advance $2 00 For six mouths, payable in advance 1 25 N ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisement* will be inserted in tbe Weekly Sun at one dollar per square (ten lines or less in nonpareil type,) for the first insertion, and fifty cents for eacli subsequent insertion of the same. Professional and other cards, not exceeding five lines, inserted six months for eight dollars, or for twelve months at fourteen dollars. Announcements of candidates for a time not ex ceeding three months, five dollars; for all time over three months, at the rate of two dollars per month —pay required in advance. Tuesday February 14:, 18GO. We are under obligation to lion. Al fred Iverson, for a copy of bis speech on our Territorial Policy. ♦ 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. * 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. ♦ 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. *. 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. ♦ 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. * 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. — 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. + 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. + 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.” —— 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. ♦ —-—— 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. - 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. o 1 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.