The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865, December 05, 1859, Image 2

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’ MLIMRI.H. KISIUAt. BWKMUini The Mi rolli.B Xho #,t fruit# <if ittwUlM t™ w l** g,t)ired ia Vir*ii to-rfa* JH W* ho,lr * orld A. U uid 4 P.M., I**k...l>ofJ<mn Hr..o will bo (.lack*! irom |k Uiiw. Lon* Inn* It hon rip* tit*** •<■*• ‘ Tb. rlaad, wtal.U he twa.li>p u> *h be<l, eoW a'*tJo wao4 |or by a Ihouoonii alb. lint loomiy could moot nuuioro. To earn*] tho unpaid haTanoa he mu-I await tho retribution of eternity. Def'-ru the tri bunal which ran award the mad amount of fun - Inherent duo to a life of eriaie ho lotifl now a|>- pear. We .rould not a.lil * feather to h'ii t’ati’- Wlfh daafemint; v..iit erlaa to hoavon, anti, with eojertio aaiphaeie, the roajtoliea ‘ up,.'# bar'll that It la rnnn*h to erhntlH, the oarf|-aooa ofttnt Ateml. Will hl fate earrr ateuton of wamlntr t bfa *nUty ayinfbttldrfre, or will tho helii.h alrbatwy of Tabatlelrtti tied aneowmeetneni. to traaenn ia the trnitor’i death f Time will anr*. r the question. The BarnMnbic sane Thit*a*e. where tbe Captain t a vestal a Wnl.r trial for kMOh , l’H , li andolberi uWm-10-A up . •Stfa tow, in flaring insert back a fagilfro Blfivc fouud on bwtrd olht* vml ui see, h#s hud an nns4|HMlil t*ntiu*tH>. The east went to th jury on a quoaiiotinfjnmdjffikrt*. The tow point* rebed upon for defence wore nearly all ruled against the defcudxnte, bat the question anti raised whether tha veuael from which the negro was token at llyaoi to b transferred to another Teasel for traay<Hffo*fon to Norfolk, wa* within she jumStriirfh of the Slate of lffn*wßlo*ctt#. The (Joan rutod ihftf this ians > shown affirm* lively bjr the pp—Hatfeff, and alter a great d<>i f testimony as to the luu of donuuxiiUyn x (4te Water# bat wren tlieJMato authority and tfu f**l era! er ariftffrftltr jHTicdfotfon#, tti nc wer giv en U> the jury, who rein rued,a vardictol acquit al. on tho pie* ,ot HMit f JUmtm Cnr!n. fketog tbo tdmve I**.- reminded us of it nail we retailed a few day# rimfe, from Mr. A..1. .lotn, of Penb<•*!ll net tti* owner of the <d#ve Cyltunbu# wboiSO CuiiticHdiou With tbs ahoVo on t b# inode him notorious. Uur reader# will re member that in Uuh ihi# negro got qn hoard thy hflg licdlrr mm at pulßor.JU,WllU:li Ws triught eti at that port for Baronialdvt Maas., itnd, with ef the fintliy oouooaiMl hiu*i,t !>'*ni tjs offlcors of tho,hj;ig, till her arrival in Harn stable Wlwm found, he mu, trauelorrvi fr w lbs JColifr*"* to euoilier tvsncl whioh wa employ ml by the owittra of th<- foimyr and unoih er party, whuan oauh 1 we ly*vfurgotlee, to retum tho buy to Ji or folk, S'a. Thw reel wgs I M -T foruivii ii< May la*t, and Ci'jH>. baa ever Hurt lieen dedicating his phynioftl v.nnsgm to congo uial Tbv oci u|iatiou o< bis nun urn , however, la? not boeu su pious#nt. They, three iuumubor, have been held ai.Uemerciless clutch eeo| abolition law under the charge of kidiiiq ping a free.person within tho jurWlietion ■( MamoodiuiMitto, and moidiag Uun into r.Uvery. Th w case baa gia in t-heiilavor, os it app‘',ti> abovi but they are sttU, pecuuiarily, audenuw. lieing •ra-faring wen, they hew been i-ympilled n> r.. linquisby for the thin-, their onoupatim, and whni they have expanded in lawyer a luee i no trilling sum. Mr, donc.s etitiiuaU'M that Uiior Joa^eo-on ecnount of tho ease will uruouut to two or three thousand dollara. ifofcnU it his duty to rnako some effort to roimhurso tbenj, and in eeveral places in the Hmith ho has m idi; mu appeal in their hoiiatf, with s<>uo offedf. The oopdaet ul* Captain Orlando and hie associate* in th nnittcr at returning the ftegvo %o n sla\*e Slate i.-* nertaiu ly mast praiseworthy, *nd it would bo woll to en courage such histanee* nt bmnesty. Mr. done# would lie giod t# roeuive and furwurd to the par ti** whalsrw sum any one uariglrf be disposed t<> - contribute for thetr reties. It maylc prieif.yf-d to him at IViiallrA*la, Fl.. tr left nl thl* ortice. tteaih (if Vtiutitnffton Irvin* Tits telegraph unonneev the death of SVimbing inn rrrlng, which event look plane on Monday lasi- Mr. Irving is well known as the author of several well known volumes. Jtu wua born in the city of Mow York, April ;;4, 17*3. I'ardtm of < hater. The Senate iiitl for the pardon of WtlUatn A. CUuice came ity in the Jtaus* ** WSaiiieSday the spreEu order, and wa# earri and. Ayes 71, nays OH. It only wants the signature of the Usvomoi to Warns a law. ttsorglaSfirc)s, Mr. Ulxon. Front a pom#al of the Legislative proceedings, wo see that Mr. iiixou, *f MuiHOgec, made a spirited tight in'the House tor a hhqrUw for Ud# gallant yottug corps of this tity. “Mr, fatmu, of Dade, wa# dowu on ptrantiugs\emi'ion* tram jnty duty. Hut it wne no ate, Mr. Dixon Wore off the ling in the pitch battle and Oarriod tht* hffkrter fhrougbby a fml tote, ftbuld up io yi*ur oon*tltwnts Mr. Dixon ! They ate worthy the immplimimt you pW them iu ymr brief speech. - ■ i <—s > —a - - jtdir Ttio Allante hoist* m( df masi-hcad Mon. A. 11. bcßl’UO** tor I'r- .od oi and Daniel 6. DlckiiHen of New 1 for Viet? Pffhdiat. _ Rkv. Diffdor Vt>Vi!if. --Inlf iattorabU* nfm, says the New York Comtutrvinl ,Ith*- ‘• - , the Henior HlsU*-p of the Methodist Episcopal C'oart h SUiuth, M now about four score years of ago, and although i fold da health, was enabled to attend the recent cM#iou of tho Yanmoreae ’Conlbrencc.- At the close oftbc Aeiujossta* t oafonuioe ho a*, dreaswl the mmlre in an alfeotinnate and sol emn manner. Among the Dhshop’s remarks were the folh>wiug j “A few words to the preacher* of iho Tonnes sen tioutcreiiue. 1 have • r* usuksWe eSgMCte lion of meeting v*ll again on earth. Sauk a thin -i is scarueiy prubwble. In uUung leave of jm,. you will iadalgc ai iu a wtri of .wgrsjM ,M\(y >eirs ago, tbs lath day of Inst Jan miry. I Jeti luy lalJiu httuiHV Ottd went t a circuit, i ha\c bean iu the work over siuoo- t bare ueviw Worn n HUDarnnnuaU'd preuelicr: •l*liava m vir hcn n local preacher. And from the tvr.**t day l microti tho itinerant Methodist luimnii v. I have ne\< i looked for or nnlc rolenlation# of any kjcatidn hut one, aud that is v tocatiau in tbr gmVe By tlte grace of Uod I have becu enabled tha# nu to eoiime.” TasTIMONIAt. T*o TltK MkmoWV or tiov. Tnurr - The House au M edn©#d*y ia*t passoj uuaui wously a bill to ax wept from taxation ferurer oue acreqfland, where (tovemor Troup i- bri e. Thr i*mtirnt*s Mere wire W tXMrHnuft, .Nwy. Jli.— Ttm ihceideut iu hi* forthevtmog onimciMls ja retain tiyhu Tariff of IK4f, and wrgw tsllaf for the PottarDi - partmiMit, fie cnnbuiil.- that the ooeupiition of .Sap .lu m an l iabt, opdolso rocwiawtel* Uo- iU-.| totalin of the Neutrality Law*, so a* I * aU<>w Amwlcuu eltisms m enHst iu the service of auy legitimate foreign govtffgiuent. Fatal Affraj Wc lanrn that iui atfrav wrurml at llnmttten, Marri* iwmitty* on Ttuwdev aretnag la,.|. tetwt . i the door keeptur *1 Kvsrett's Jk\hititi>in (Wla>-c nanvw we did not Wm) *ud a ynutig luan luntnsi John Tbomgs Winioms, in wlmh the fartu- - ktned, and tin latter Suppusud ia he mortallv wound’ J. Our informsut .fate# tlvoi tln djUimif ty happened at thy door of the exhibition, and grew cut of some foauirk# him-i. by when the door-keeper .dtu k him whet.uSou WnMatns drew a revolver *od Utd, lw. of tin shots entering th; b.,r kmper’s bydv, , ,u m,. his death in a short tiun As aoqu a# WlUUui* fired, uia dorr-kct*j* r also drew a revolver nod fired, font sbdti taklbg effect iu the tenure'• ***** ad oeck, and which. It b thought, will terminate f gswendtey. Ose or TV* Pl*. We were showft. on v^.w terday. at the store or Messrs. Smith and I. rd. one of the pikes pruviddHby Usawttotiua Hi ..w for axuiiug fhc insurgents vnlfc. The blade i* fw edged, unite sharp, tea inches kuyr, atot weighs orer a pound. To us, it ha I the aauaamuci- a having I men of an ohl, worn ont file, h v. mauid have dona mud. execution both in *,m! 1 bing and cutting. Thifi Pike wa# seat t. Cajd. j Thowpswa, of the Mate City Uuards, by Jfcprre*. The curious can *m it at the store of Smith A Hnutrd. —Atlanta jAtu^rtinuft^^ The ifigMfiMVfi- Th* I.cgislature ha* been in reifiion for • monih and has on ft ten orllfUeu day# in which to di pore of the basinc# before it, if it i- deteruiitied to limit the -oreion to forty dav*. From ho couiiuencen.i Ml of the aelf>n. both lluu-csbuve devoted Ihemßeives, with more than nsoal real an<l industry to the busiob#- which ha/ 4 been brongbi before them. But they have mode very lit tie progress- lip to this time few bill# have been pa. wd, and every one of the great questions, which the people expc’ ted the Legis lature to net upon this session, stiff remain 4o bo disponed of. There are probobly to day eight hundred bills.ln bulb brnnehof of tho Oeaerul AMretubly, which are yet to lie acted upon—a large majority of which have not been read but once, H* either House. A large proporii'* of there bills hre of little public interest. *ttd '*ny of them dhuot dooerve u veriou# consideration, hut in tl*o auuiUer are embraced all (he most iiupor- Unt. bills which havaixvan introdnead irt either House. Tb* of .State aid, in all its phase*, of h reorganisation of * Ire* huprenie Court, the Lidvcity and the Military y*teta of the gtkte. of the •titabUshment of common schools, and of the reduction of the Legislature ; allthe-e and many more of equal puiili*- intreest and un porteure, are yat Ut he anted upon by ths Ltfii luturs. 1 u Khon, us we have alrea.'y said, it has not iliftLvred of u --angle one of the great question* to wbii-ri (fso people anticipated if# attention would Ih* devoted, la this sondition of its business, it is evident thoi the i,egiiat4ir cannot adjonru by the IVth or 15th of December a- has been proponed, with out leurjng undone almost everything which bus beun sspected oflk— lkmeHlutvinulitiL HfilabOwry. Having becofrtft ‘kssoofftlad in file Telitoriai Itepartuiont of Uw CrvturUr, with Hit proprietor J.ulfh H, .'>als, I enter upon tlm disuharga of u.y duLif with Urn firm hope (hat my lahers iu the promotion of the chUsh of Tompoiancu, with nn exnifw desire for the welfare of .Southern Litera ture, luay not prove abortive. it i* the desire of the editor* of ism Crmafer to make the pa pur one of oMioclal iniercsl to ail ♦bo cHUft**# of the State, and to supply (be read ing public with h Jonrnsl of pure Moutiiarn Liter nfifilc. ’ Wo hio uli native Hourglaas, born and , veil rod upon i*‘. roil, mid of coorre, h*ivc wav ni .•unit-hem feeding#, and love and venerate IU in stitutions. If I con assiat my eo-adjutor# in maintinniug a jour uai worthy the patromigo of an int-dligent • it v ,iud ,S(qto, I sitivll not in ink luy misdqix to Atlanta in vain. Krepoctfuily, A. B. BBALB. fr'rtun thr S<teu ninth AngnHttt (orreaponfinirr Acoi sta, Hoy. I'd, l*s(t. cheers for the t'hntham lteimarwy!—■ ‘Tbfee wore h e i(s axponcut wlvo clearly <W/*r c-tho (ruu<Dura* wf tho purty throughout (he Hate! Voqr oditurial respecting ‘The State •i'Wr- Cqnventtpn of the Democracy” n prononncod by the fifffhfhl In thf section, to have In it the riag of true metal. ‘J hank Heuven, thft icgUimnte wuigiu old t.'hathuiu Imvo at !**(. a medium for tlisycxjircsrtii.u of opinion -for expressing the “vos popttlf” attuflcif to In thw 01l dated ( Mil tedgeviliu on t.bo 2‘id instant. If Uio stnrdyde ♦iioemcy of Ueorgi* would perpetuate the halo <d triuiup)># achiaved- if they jtould preserve the Htnte from interulc, and help tu elevate lit Wa#h- IrfjrtoU, ari Kxni-itttvofHendly to Houthcro right# an i inntitutlon#, they wiU hred the suggestion# btbo MooHlivCouimitUw, sUvud t'a#t loiuudent lauduiurks, and avoid t4rodi#a#lroua roult latuly ly witnessed in New York t-tato: brought ulmut ‘olely from internal dissansipns: *ui houws dlvi •Uid ugwitat itecHV’ Murk the prodi* tion--tlio duiegutes (already decided upon) to tie choMin on Hiv'dh ptoxiui v f ri)ire**ut the view# of the I)i luocrqtic party of tjeorgia in the nomina ting (Jonveufion ithd it require* no prophetic keti tnfivrctefl (lie hnmllißtihg result. Lei, then, _“4/tr mroijit Mum (luy in Mur •'lt ucu.l,” he the word with every Dcniovrut who choriahvs a regard for. liemovrntic principles. And mark another prediction : The Democrat ic party, ju-opaV, will prote#t against the action of the Legislative cauou#, toy tho good reui*ou# meutluneJ by one of” the purest Douiovrots iu tlie cttaiwi and which may bo cited, in sub.-tance, thn* • riliortne*” of time ; Ihe convention proponed will have H*munldod, .ud acted, Uufore llio party iu some coiiUtie# will haw hououie apprised of the projoi't. Ti.cm, what right have the Domocralic hsgi.-dator*’ to call tlii#f'oiivenllun 7 By *odoing, ns mHrnHted, they virtnnlly cxdndo (whether dc Mgued r noi) the wtun—tJu back lioue of the party Iroiu iuiv parlicijMiiou in Us iwiion; th#y in short, Hsauiuc coYnpleta vontrul over it. And, It will h ustablishiug. t ray. Urn least, if not a dhngcrou#, an uncalled for precedent*--mid this, too, ui thu famv of thw fact that I hero has hwn a dcoided oxprcsoion ol opinion from the party that the delegate- to I'httlTeslou ought to ho appointed hy the party, nd not by thv Domoeratic mem bers of the Legislature. It i* an equally potent fact that Dciuucrate will pot he prepared hy the Bth <>f Deueutber next, to expruss thoir prctervncu fur n noihinee for the Bresidcney—under present c.ir^tunstances they are justtfled in ettlttth- elnsidy wau hpig thu 00-trse **t tueit utul events, that they may bo the hetter prepared to seteot an appropri ate Mandard-beurer, who -iiail i>‘ftd ilium to vie tory. L'a'slly, ueW, untes* wo mention anew invention now iu operation, (orit-HMSed hy crowd*,) iu the otliqe of the t'ielit and Fir\4ul<‘ a “holding luoohljaV run by steam, which, in tho way of nicely folding this truly houie tavorifo, porh-rtn# in a day tho wv<rk of live tuldor* by band, ft i# s curiosity to witues# its oparttion*—it almost talks. Jv'atiias. Ilurprr'a Fcrrj UcMituilous The f'dlowiug are the resolution* of the Ala biunu .Senate, u the suldeet of the recent at llafpur'.s Ferry, which have been sent to the House of Roptc*.'iitiitivi* ter concurwmcc: U* M mtHfcil l*f Ike dhmoSc f*nd of’ K*}‘- r**Htat*w* oft/(” &tu o/ A (a/<ue*i in <irn6> f il A**einttiy couvtuni, That the ivcoiu attempt made by the wicked and deluded fanallos, who ondeiVvorud to excite the slnvas of Virgihia and other State# to iunurreetion mid reholliou, is mat ter f(ir profound regret, and menu (ho oxerrn- M-m of ail right minded person# of every portion of Ujc l iiion ■*. //’ if Jiemth'vtl, and c., Thnt ifttcb oxhlhltion* of law teds violoma. whirh must alwaya, nuunoror lator. vuctdft upon the head# ut the vviilted |a'rjie ttabu's (hvicut, am the natural result ol Uwi mi#- gulilyd sympathy and utitettllcd phit.mfht .pv.loo HUanten in tlte nan HllSvvhwWmg S-vn-<’and which, if not pccdHv snp|ivc- ; --e,ih wul i-miK to Iho total ttlienaU’ it of fiiv-ndly f..e!t,Mg* Uelw<uu the two emctlouf, and the iliiat dpt nipt mu ~( ffu< tiovormui it H. h‘c*nltftl. That the sjTint which prompt* to OUch dial to line I uitcmpt to and r ti* \ ♦ho peace, the pros pertly, anil wu Um iffy ui lie sixutndder, w groatly tottered hy tlte lw; . i.iin won imsut* ill softt* of the Slate# of ihi’ epii'.i f r-o-y. pieii dirg v.batnnthiHy for. tits |H ->i rent nfitentoit of -darn* who hav*-osvapod within ihuir border*, by deuyiug to tho owner the right t,” red aim them undt( tnc eonstitutUm and law -of the Federal tlovermccnt. a# by ether aid# of unfriendly U'glohtMan . and in viaw of thi- find and present i aargvfttulos, iho State t Ain bam a ibai* must eohiiuo.i pioicfi against #iuh non uneute, up (I as n< o'|Ual mcmbei with the other Slates us this Confederacy, sfio has Ihe right to demand Mud dors deni.tud tho repeal of the came alike ru )ouant to the I’niistitainai . f the I nitiwi .Statu# noil vt.d.Uion of jhc eoli\, wjik'h #hotlld obtain kelwcti e.inf.afeiutod #<n cre ignth'#- t. ft* it i nrtk* i'V( --nit . /,♦•* ~ That the prompt uaurni oi Vho Frs uWat of the f oiled States and the c-ouduvl 'i life L\cvVh;n‘y Jlcttry A. Wise, tl*>vetnn; of the Stale of Virginia. In the matter of #nppr<w-n'.; the tktgrHUt outvaga vnaeuxl at llarpci furry, ami in bringing the actors ami opn spiral or# wugaged therein to cundigti pttni.-U ----uinil, incuts the hearty approval of thi* Uuuernl Asidhuhiy. Bret'i trktt on FwkSi Nuihoks. -How are the free ei do rod people treated ut the North’ ‘Limy ate almost without cducalu*n, With but Hi (iu <\ io|mth\ 1-r tgnuraty>o. They aic tefusc l the cufniu ‘A V'ght* of ep i.cUhip which the while* enjoy. They -camibt evrtt tide Tit the ear# wf uur jtdty rallrwtsd.s. Tlwv are auuffod at in the hotuu ufd>uli nrl<ti''UKd sitli ill disguised diagust.— Can the black taut! Iv a ma# n iu Now Y elk Letldm be bretplyyod a* a junrneyiun, aud every to t* 1 *\or of fitieriv tlmt carried the hod nrtrew and would b nu ut tifiou, ut nmv|m4 him t* leave, t-an the-black m.m !• a carpenter ‘ Tlivrc is a carpenter dtup tu New \ ( .rk in which a J nmtejtnan would . ‘niinue work If a black man wa wmphi,>i.l in it fan the Ida. k mail c*u gOg’’ f ihe . man -h mdiutrir# of life ? There Is wcurc i y ouy j wdwU be can engage. |(o is crowded down, down, down, through the newt tre th * hot tout ofsodatv, Me take tdiotii, a ml thro r<u t#Sto nllow their chihlreu ( •<* go to vtr public Md.ool* We tax them, nod then ivlum to sit by timju fn tlod’a huu##. V* heap upon them moral obloquy nmrt) atrocious than that which tlte master lioap* upon tbo #l,ivr. And, u.d wiihiitanduig all this, we lilt uttt#clVM dp to t*lk Iu thu Southern people tihota the right# and liber tic# of thu human soul, and e.-ppcigily tho Atrioan soul,^. f xtTi.il Stai xx SnNxruu#.—-Ml’ tlu sixty*two ."CU .tor#, tiffirn have Ih i vu laovatuur# of thir rosjwotlv*'State#: >i*: Jkqj. 1 itspatriok, of Ala.: Ufavette S Fus. ur. t rti,n.. dohn J. fritvmlen, Ken., William H. Seward. New fork: Laitru* W. Powell, Kv Win. liigler. Pa J its. H. Hammond, S. f.* a'u drew Johnson, lonu,: James W. Hrimas, lowa t , Hannibal Hamlin. Alaiue Kinalsy Bingham, dich.; Albert (I Browp, Miss Thnimv# iTragg, V Jooejvh Ltnu Oftgou: Itenry B. Authouy, J lUtodo Island. (4ILIMills, Hfifffmi. DM KMBKH 3. IS3V Scnainrtal Hot dun Atehama. The Iloa# wf roaantutivas qf Alabama I passedu resolution Thursday, the Ist instant, to bring on the election of U. 8. Senator on Tues day tbo 6th, at 13 M. The ‘uaie will donbtleix concur, and tbo election will tako place at that time. The Democratic Member* will not nomi nate a candidate In caucus, but submit tho elsitn* of the different aspiraust for Senator to both Houses of tbndteoeral Assembly. There are only two prominent candidate* for the position, vix: Senator Fitzpatrick, the present incumbent, the expiration of whose term of servlno is to be filled and Jlou. W. L. Yanooy, formerly a Member of CqpgreM from A labamu. The (briber is regarded abroad as the repr**cntativa of tha National De i.iocracy, and a supporter of the Charleston nom ine*, Ms position having been defined in a Utter addressed te Mr. lludgins. The latter is the champion of the Houthern Bights wing, no sailed ~*4l there is a diffurenee In the Alabama Deiuoo racy—and is not so conservative an Ms competi tor. Mr. Bullock, the aide 4 Senator from Bar bour, i* the supporter of Mr, Yancey; and Mr. Forsyth, tho distinguished Member from Mobile, i# an advocate for the re-election of Mr. Pitapat- rick. Both pnrtio# are nanguluo of victory, though the probability st win# to he that an out *Wr mny be chosea. In which event, Mr. Bul lock, Judge Shorter, Oov. Winston or Judge Walker wifi perhaps ho selected. It is thought that .fudge Shorter would combine more of the (dentert# of strength than any other man in ease therell no election between tho two principal candidates. E. C. Bullook, Fsq.,*does not per mit hit name Ut Imi canvassed for the position— though his election would repaew the friends of Htatc Rights. Tt is thought up to tho present |urk>d, the ailvncatos of the election of Governor Winston,have prevented the General Assembly from going into an election. They now consent for the election to tako piaco, risking a lottery oh an c.o for the election of their favorite, who Is regarded as fit for the poxitl<m. Judge Brooks and Judge Walkcr are both prominent men and would grace the .Senatorial scat. Oar hope I# tlmt tho filate Rights Demoonwy nnty stand to their colors ! (ten Lane and Papular fioverrlittif). Tho (tineinuiitti Fnqitirur wh’du coinplimont ing den. Jo Lane, of Oregon, for hi* bravery a* a soldier and integrity a# a man, take.-, him to tu#k upon his views of “popular sovereignty.” The F!uaHiit!r in a warm supporter of Mr. Bought# for the Presidency, god heme its ante; _on ism to Hen. Lane. The difference fattwauu Hun. lautc aud Judge Ditugf’- L this: Judge Duiiglas dniu* I that tlie Con#tl(utiun of the l. uited States carric* slavery into the territories, while (ten. J.auo al firuiH it. Judge Dotigius thiuks slavery c;ui be excluded by the l t efji*Uiture of the territory, Gen. Lane denies it and declares that slavery exist# m a territory until the Convention which asHeiuMes to foriu h Constitution prior to its admi-don as a .State dsoidiyi tho question. Tim position between i th<isodi*ilnguishd and prominent candidates for ‘ the Pronidum-y bofore the Charleston Cmiveution I# widely different. It will he #< on that Gun 1/Hiie Mtuuds with the Foutli, i|c La, too, a muu, every inch of him, tmd e.ui win tho fight in IS4JO, He is undoubtedly thw *.t('eat audstrougc#t AWt/* m Democrat iu the field. Lot u# insist Tint upon a .Southerner. The Military ( ouuuUou. This Couventioa as#wiub)d at Mdledgovtllo n the 2yt.h ult. The representative* from houio Lof ty or fifty corps were present, and the appearance of the body was highly imposing. Resolutions ‘ wore agreed tp by the Convention, which we have ! printed for our rooder#. Wo regret that the dele- i gates from tbs corps in this city were not pre#- i nt. A recommendation ought to have boon ‘ made that the militia system be abolished and in ! its stead all men subjected to military duty ho j taxed in such pm as may support those, who I hear artus for them and protect the interest* of j tluj comm unity. Thu tax would be muaJl and j scprcnly fell. ft. Would about equal the aiuuunt | heretofore paid (ho otfieors of our militia, who j compiled with the law in regard to drilliug and j discipline. Such a military (ax i* imposed in ‘ most of the Norlhorn State# where thu communi- ! lies arc proteeted by well supported and wuli dm- I viplinod'VoKiu Users, Let safeguards be thrown around thu provision# of the bill. The eiupauy 1 Ui number not leas than sixty men, thoroughly ‘ armed, wuti oamp equipage, iui armury, to ham j bo many parade#, uud thu c 4 *uiwaiuUug ufllcvr to #wear that tin* provisions of the hill are compiled with before draw ing the pro tula share of tlie milUaiy tax for bn corps. The po#sagu ofsueh a ! hill would insure a thorough military organiza tion in Uila State*, sufficient to quiet tho fears of (hone easily alarmed and protect society from in vasiou abroad and insurrection within. We trust that the Legislature will adopt this stiggciition, if worthy their cen.-uderatibn. Tup. fIfiKAT Haixoun. l’rof. Lowo at last give# ifhp n# u bad operation, amt auunuiK-es fhaf be has determined not to make an aaospajoit iMI season. JI.- monster balloon is packed up and stowed away in ft house in Fourteenth street, and (he life-hunt, uutnriu engine, nud the utlmr appliances with which he was about to ftdonlak tho jmaple of the old world, are locked up Safely, to be trotted out again uvxt Spring, win u the Professor proiui*e* to again make iui attempt to make an a?rial trip t> Luvopc. MHilary (omcntlon The SjnmJtor laid before tho Hofiso a eon mnn i from Onpt. John W. Anderson, rre#i * lent oVtlrc Military Cnnxcntion held at MlHt'dg*.- vill'e, traiuhniltWi;’ the proocedingn of that body, in which wore refDlutions— -1 ■ Recotn'i.>uding that tho Genwiil A#*#mhly appropi mu* money #uttiohmt to purchase arms for ih mditavy Knew ol thu .State, including held equipment*- tleeonimcmllng the ostalilishvmnt of an Ar* inory in tlii- Slate for the manui.i 4 ure of *utaU arms and ortiUcry. u. Recouimomiing the Military Institute of Georgia tu the I‘ostcrutg care of the General As sembly. 4. Recommending the prepnrarinn ofa military code under Uio directum oi the l.egixiaiure. On motion ot Mr. Dixon, ol Muacoggc, thu said comnutiiieattoti wostefvrKd to thu t ouiuiiUee on the Military southern t'uri Ur Uallread t out*ud on. Loi ivu i.r., Nov. 2.*.- -Tho #tookhoidcr* of the Southern l’afifie Railroad tuot iu cnnvuution iu this city last evening. There was a larpe at tendancelYoio all WJHIonS of (he Lnion, and uineh spirit was Binixio#ted in carrying out tho puliey of tbo new organuatioii. Os the s2.io,ttt'J required hy Hon. Kdgur Thompson tube nrhsorHivd tor ccmtaCnclng tin* oH'(motion nf thu read a candl'hm c>t lit# ae coptom-e • i ih* l*wifimioy, liiuWs #ub rcrihuvl hue in oddiuuu to the S|tm,oUU already “uhscrihed in i'oxas. i oVrcspmutwiK *• ol iln Gcoqfi* Ttdegiapfi, i corgta UgUiaiurc There arc now übout four hundred aud titty lulls in tho IloiiKc, and IhlM hundred and uincty in thw Semite, ami yet some of thu inctuhnrs #y thay must adjourn within fsrty days. If this i* done, ov*r thr.-c hundre>l hill# will Ite tabled with out due eoUßnUnato.u. tu IVeiH'sdHy. the noth, the bill forth* pardon of Okoic* l* the s|vecinl order, and It will pa#* without A doubt: but the veto us thcGoveruoi ia expiated. The Grand Military Bull comes off on Wed nesday, and over sixty representative* of the va rious Volunteer t'ompanie# in Georgia, have 4g j inked their intention to bo preramt. It will be a brilliant late, and oil the girl* who are not iishatued tu look iu thu glass are’ expected to be pre#eut. The Senate Bill for State Aid, I* likely to make a stir in the ILium during the next week. The vote wul b* close, tliough its iriouds aro couti- Icnu M \ own opinion in, that it will pass with some xttffnt siurndments. Thu resolution# for the removal of Judge Hardeman are now In committee, nod tesliuiouv h. been tak* n. Judge 11. expected how about the first of Ducotubor. Yuars. I'ROSPERO. Mri.Attwio! v Arrant at CitAwroun.—Wc hum that a negro nurse in the family of Wiliam 11. JiarrL, near Knoxville, on Saturday lout, note >oued two children, one A daughter of Mr. liar ri*. about four year# old. and the other a negro child, by putting arMllc in Iheir tea, both of whom dun! in • few hours. A negro woman who tailed of the tea, is sdxo vary sick. Tho nurse confessed the atro.rion.- deed, and the object of It, to got rid of her IRtlu charge. Mr. Harris pruimred the arsenic to poison rats, 1 and a cau ternary remark fr>u him in laying it aside, sug gested the m(ornal idea to the nurse.— Macon TcUijraph. The Kacch, 4th Day. Mr. Rpnlding’s oolt Nc# Taylor, being th only entry which rasp ndad to the call for the two mile stake, galloped aud took the purse. The .Saddle Race brought three “hits o'hlwod*’ to the score, a Wagner, a Grey Ragle and a Steed. The Wagner won earily in l:Sfi. Mr. Pryor'a Pickaway filly won the mile race, beating Dr. Calfey's Belshaxtar filly ln l:6&K- On to morrow, which is the last day, a moot interesting race may l*e irxpectcd for n Jockey Club Pars*of s.>oo, three mile heat*—-Bill Dcnr ing, Georg* L'ienmn#, Nes Taylor and the Kjmiion Mare will certainly start. Weho[ito#ee a large crowd, and a fast and closuly contested race. SigteThe murderer of McKnlib of this city, a man by the noma of Pitts, has made bis escape from the officers carrying him to Montgomery. £fiP*A Natioxai. Opposition CoNVxmoji is being advocated by some of thu Opposition press ed of this glata. Ready to cry L nion! Oov. Moorr’s IxAt;UKA(..— The Insttgartl addrus# of Gov. Moore Ui the Alabama Legisls tnre is a Sound, Slate* Rights document. Advo cating adequate protection to slave-propertv in ih* territories with a nm*terly hand, it reflect* credit upon the gallant young State of Alabama. 1 Georgia indaity at the iirettfute Fair. Tli* lint of premiums given by the Directors of the Ninth Annual Fair, held at the South Caroli na iuotitutc, fu Charleston, in November, is pub lished in the Com ever, of the JOth ult. iu it we find the following premium# awarded to Geor gian* : Camteduud Mill#. AngnstH. per flhett A JRob ineou. fur three barrel# ot rtou# diploma. ('iemoiin, Brown A t C duialia#, une doubl* cylinder cotton gin—iKr imohil. *M. .VI. 11. ill, Xiile<iguv die, one cotton pi ante r rilver modal: #*uic. on* scooter plow, with shitt ing shares- diploma. On* bale of (J* ll a bur'/* from Tbo#. lodslir, of Troup county, hiubly recomiuended #ll .er med al: sumo, on* h*le cotton yarn, numlier ten- -fa vorably noticed. Mr#. G. T. Dortte, Augusta, on* embroderet! morning dre#* -cimipiiuieutary gift. Mrd. C. Dclaigle. Aogu#ia, on* euii.roi.lcd vest j complimentary gift. Mis# l/owtmfhat, Hatraituab, tw<* pl**c# worstml embrohkry—nmnplirnontnry gift. Due notice will Is? gives when the premium# me ready for delivery. t H. itiruit tuun Tim ease of Nicholn- A. Brown, tried on a ; c ond indictment for bringing African-, into Ui* jurisdiction of the l'uin*d Hlaten and holding thorn a* slaves, was given to the jury, under the charge of Judge Wayne, on Saturday evening about six o’clock. Yesterday afternoon about half-pa#t three o'clock, the Court and ware sent for, when it was atmouru-od that Mr. I Carl lipping, foreman of the jury, wa# ill. J Judge# Wayfio and Ifiuu), being m tho office of tho C. District Judge, deHisti hud an officer for Dr. Mullivan, Mr. I.jqdng'# physician, wh**, after hi examination of that gentleman, guv* u written certificate of hi# illness and eon#*qu*nt inability tu disciigrge the duties of u juror. Whereupon th* Court wa# itonvened, nud the jury and primmer brought into tbo Court room. Tho certificate of Dr. Sullixan, with a cointautiication from mem her# of the jury, ha\ iug tieen read by tb* Court, by consent ol counsel the jury were discharged from further conriik rnth.n wl tlisca#*, Judge Wayne announcing it <i# xuu# trial We under#(and that tbo jury stood eight for acqiilt.il end four for cuaviotten. The prisoner Brown is. of course, still held in custody, but whether he will be tried a third ti*jc. j at tin# term, on this or a third indictment, Which [ we understand exi#Ls against him, or will be held ! for trial at th next term on cither or both of i these indictment-, we have been unable to learn. ■ The Court will couvcue this morning at II I o’clock, when we understand Capt. John F. fuck { cr will la) put upuu his trial on the uidirtmeut j found ugiiinst him, and others of our citizen#, for alleged complicity iu the H'aadWr affair.—AW. j Xc.ll'l. Tb (’ourt met, pursuant to adjournment, yes terday morning at II o’clock, wheii the Dufriet Attorney submitted to thu Grand Jury a bQI of I indictment against Juan It. Rajestn and Mo huel ! Aguira, charging tbciff with bringing in. holdiug and disposing of AfHratia, and wit h aiding ami i abetting in the bringing in. holding and disposiug | of African#, Ac., Ac. j TU* Grand Jury having considered tbe evt* , dence on which the Indictment was f'luadad, ig- I oared tu biff. j Wo understand it* n t ittc intention rf the , feisfriiu Attorney U*nn( two*, the otlo r indictment i against Kajcsta, and Aguira, auJ to discharge ; them from custody to-day. The (.'ourt ndjourued to 11 o’clock this morning.-- Sae. Newt. —— * *” f'rWm tfit Hiekmund Nm/uirer, Nor. 2ft. The Pardon of ( ook. Strange a# it ntav apnear, there Is on foot a ’ grwilpr effort, if possible, tbr the pardon of John : ,K. Look, thau waster Old Brown. Wc *r< i iu- j | formed by t|u> North that effort# , J are being made upon the p,. nt thu N rthwc#- : tern State# tu affect thitf objc •(* ftVe do not feci j tho extreme disguit tor (hi-attempt that i# ex I pressed by the North lowa Timo#. brnmu-v w” ‘ ] know bow little tlie character o’ Gov. \Vi>c r < j understood by those who think that m ro\ troin j him can b bewjht by political favor or extorted ] threat. j Thu.-c who utul rstah.l tlm uharactcr of llcury - I A. Wi.o Know that it ue b. lievcd Look daacivud j i pardon it w uld V extended to him. though op* | J posed by every paper in the broad limits of uur j country; but the pardon of Cook is out off e J questi m- he it thr meet <ju iltg / tit* Ch<u lntotem j j pritomirt? So far from hi* being tho dupe of old { Brown, o##wattomi* is tha viotuu of John K, . Cook. t Dunk wish'd Brown- -deceived biii). and un : pwsefl up"U all of the prisoner?, he gave din*rip- I jllms of t he persons of those who tied. Had t Cook, who lived two years m Virginia, while j •ugogud iu planning this very crime, mad* j known t<* <dl Brown thu wetual state of the tu- | groc#'•-had he iuformed old Brown tlmt be had not been able to induce otia -lave to join, and that no aid was to b cxpwctu'i frotn tho non j slaveholders, John Blown had.fuo much shrewd t nus# not to lmve seen thu folly upon which he j was engaged, and he would have abandoned the i 1 undertaking. < >ok*married In Virginia for the purpu#* of better eoncwnltog lit duwlgns, nut not arousing suspirttwi#: ho i# doitbly criminal, j I for he sought the destruction of tln.#e near and i dear to hi# wife. Cook had vi.itcd and been ho*- ‘ i pitably entertained by the \ ery gcutleuien he ai terwar*lsrobbed: ho knew frotn actual cxjieri j inent that tm slave# would join him; he knew that I wit I cut ■* roiufoicommits fre*ui tlie North, the • attempt must fail, and hence bo wa# the first to i ffy, and he planned hi* fight before hand, leaving J his deluded comrades to meet the fate hi# ducep thmsbad hrdbght upou them. Does such a art- j initial deserve pari Inn? We do not believe any unbiased mind can. in the face of snch foots, de sire the pardon of this Blau. The fkcT of hi# bonnection with Got. Willard, while it will, doubtless, increase the regret which ! an executive always fuel# in withholding parebm, will have no influenee in the present c*\ Wh n men have connexion# in high positiou#, itoboHtd 1 I>4 n re trftml rtpop ftieir con duct, and if „udi • c'lailectinu doe# not thu# influence the riotous, it f ; should never bo perumtctl to breotnu an Ittceu -1 tivo to n line, by the precedent of pardon. ’ The North town Time# think# “that Virginia. * can nfhir<l to simre th* crazirst man >f the ut -am* I band.” Vifginui bus nexer even #Mbjeetod tu tri- } ttl a aeu.y than, much to- - an “insane hand.'’ - ! There Bum are not ernay ami if any man W- i lleves -them crary we Have already pointed out the mode by wliich our laws provide for testing the ntuUy. li* any try it who believe thorn to j be may. tH” The triu.- upoti the 0. Railroad arc | bringing in cottou factor than U mu Imi ino veil i ••ut by the dray*. and the company u- u>;*iu o***u- I I tolled to throw it iutu lower yard. by the canal. i The crop is pressing in from all quarter*, aiul \ taxing the roiling *tnk of the several companies to thu greatest Stout. Jr. Lewi*, of the J?t*te } Hoad, on hearing of Uu pressure, ottered Uhj 1 loan of one hundred cars and seven lfTmuotiTr to Mr. Otylw, who accepted the earn, and they are now coming down aud being distributed to 1 the various point* whore the call* for relict are moat urgent. Dr. Lewi* deserves ,ur thanks. 1 and we give them most heartily, tor this evidence I of good fouling towards onr railroad lines. The i receipts by Central Railroad were 90,900 hale# i tor last month, and with this addition of rolling ! stock we may expect, it the same anxiety t ship continues, that the receipts by this Ime will be a j hundred thousand bales iu December. —Sat j*- j nab Hfymblit'unt. Mr. John A. Washington has soul to Mr. ! George W. Higgs, the Treasurer of the Ladies’ J Mount Vernon Association, an order f0r51.225,- 25, as his eontrihution to the Mount Vernon \ Fund, being the proceed* of the Mount Vernon j steamboat trips for the past year, which, though ! payable to Mr. Washington, he has gonerouaiy I eausud to be made over to the Association. (OLI’MRIS, MANDAT, DK4 EMBF.K ft. I Mb. The Mayoralty-Cul. ft A. Ten ■Hie. All classes of our citizens feel an interest in Ibe election of a safe, sound, intelligent gentleman to preside over the destinies of tb* City as Mayor. For thu last few years tbe office bos been held by Col. F. G. Wilkins, who bn# given goneral satis faction. Without diiparkgiug the claims of otb urs, we cp .mot bat recognize those-of Col. Teu nilUs tut most fir at the present juncture of affairs. We do not look at the question iu a party view, but with on eye solely to tbe interest# of this com munity. In fact, politics in made subordinate in these election* to higher and worthier issues.*— Col. Tennili* in thu candidate of no clique or *e| of men. He runs ter tho office aud, if elected, wilt discharge its duties according to his judg ment and the beet lights before him, without any pledge to gain votes. This is os it should be.— Wo have confidence in his honesty and integrity to preside impartially over the interests of this City. An extreme modest man, it U well that our citizeu* fthould know remetbiug of his history and character before easting their suffrages tor him. A resident of Washington County, for many years be wa# elected Clerk of the Superior Court Alter having nerved in this (.-opax-ity, be ropr< #whtod bis County iu thv senate for the period of eight years. Hn was elected Secretary of State by tbe Gcnara! Assembly of Georgia lor the consecutive period of sou; term#; that is tu say, eight years. In the war of lb J2* he boro a conspicuous part under Gen Floyd. At tbe but tle of Gttohev, in Alabama Territory, in lklJt, was shot in thu hy an arrow and also in (be arm. il.s bonte receiving a wound and (idling upon him, h was rn uasarily left by hi# cavalry corps aim - a’ (be mercy of the savage# Gen. Win. Fiewoffen of (Ui city, offered him #at behind him on W j horse, a* he discovered him wounded, which offer Col. Tenuille, with a < Lrue magnanimity. declined fur (be sake of hi* friend. His left arm m* swqmMei l>-iu tfe wound received, and was buried at F'rt Mitch ell, We thus recite wuue of Lite in idents in tbe life of this gallant man. that our citizens may know in anting their suffrages for him that he lia-fill ed with hoTior overy diatinctioa run furred upon him, both eivil and military. Were Wc to eon otß (Jo|. Tennille, be would objeel to this ailu -ou te hi* post hhdory. We give it fc*r the poo- j pie ofColumbu*. who will be glad to eievuta te tbe position of Mayor. Ho iz tim umu t> r ill*, crisis. < kurloiOM < orvration There ho* beeu u*> primary meeting# held in thD*nactinu of tho Statu by tbe itemm racy, to bo r<y(UNßtl on tbe tith in#t., at Miiledgeville, U appoint Ualtgatoa to charleston. The imam**# of ! the DomurraGo parly are opposed to the Legi.da !'tn*nnrpiiigHi* prerogatives of tit* h)xvutive CvmmiUee, no matter how much respect they may have for their members. There will be no meeting hold in the counties in tfaix suction of the State. The eall is not recognized. Tb* demo cracy are a unit a* to the best policy for the har mony of tbe party. If the Convention is hld on (lie Hth, about one, knlj thu counties will be rep resented. Tito ootisUquaiK* will In* that ther* will be two set# of delegatus. Thu Lumpkin J'u/huiiom says : W* call upon thu Democracy es old St* wart to . bold a uonnry mooting for the purpose of appoint - | ment delegate* to Ihe State C'Mnrpotit* in Mur h. | Not only do w* call ut#m thu Democracy of this j connty to and this, hot w* hope (bat every #ma in Uio Stale will do so at on< e, and (ho- give a •piletu* to this unwarrantahte usurpurimi of jkw ---< r on the part of those elected fur a differuut pur- F " H *’ m m PrritilrnCs Mr#agr. Some intimation of thu content# of the Presi dents message bo# (men let out by Washington I correspondent* iu new* paper*. The Sou Jnan difficulty is the first question that engages his at teuttou Both Baglaud and Amerte-a claim the undisputed right to the territory. During tin* last administration both counties held a joint oc enpanvy until tho question ol titles could h settled. By tb* Oregon boundary iiu* President Huuhanuu contend# that w have a dear right to the Island now <*. .Mipied by Gen. Harney. The Prusidimt rccotntuonds a uodifivation of the restriction ty{ the neutrality laws, that oar citizens van enlist in bohalf ©f the legitimate gov eminent of that Republic, without tbe danger o Aow ami iuiprisoniunit. Upon the question of protection to slave prop erty ia the territory, the President admits (he Constitutional right, but depricato* legislation in • anticipation of au emergency, which may never arlw, fintnedi'ite action is recomtncndod in ruferwner to the fortoJM Departiu-i.t. The Congress of ; last year having failed tc make appropriation*. The President urges loyalty (<• tho ConsUtu ! tion. in view of the Harper’s K rry difli:ultie# I and the toiuiu’ <oi of par uu* upon geographical ground#. Ui* tn; #*g, wiil not m delayed in the I i'v*ut the llou*w i .i# ii * - <--iixe untuodtalc jv- _ , .tVI 14. x, Dec. t. Gov. Browu ret ur -it to the BUI to I pimlou Choice. ficaftflMted. Sjuuuel >l. Burnell, ..o was triud at Uii- term j of (ho t'nited States Court* and fuu4 guilty of ilo-nflcuce, of Iran iuitung filet vvrihugz lt> the . ('otnraiasioner of, I'susiops at VV trhltigUHl, for tiic purpose of dofraudiug the vernuumt. wa> I yesterday sentenced to two year* iuiprtKntimeiit ; at hard labor in tbe penitentiary. eft’ The Stavk Ain bill which parsed the Scuttle of Georgia t# the special order for to-mor row in Urn House. There -earns to be about ft ; majority of six again i the bill in the Hon*.- from ’ “ li’d vote ukon. Tho passage of this general i ommbu# bill will bankrupt the treasury iu oor judgukcut. Instead of presenting the proud Spec j ‘d * frewpi* deiwt (H* u>.m tandtui. the : legislature Would prefer embarking in wild vx ■ traviigaut scheme*. i */- Wcaro requested to g|v# 110(49* *bt • l w Jay? tnewttng #ill be held in Girard, ixuu meming fho 1 ttth last., ou wliteh o*r*i<> tho now .Methodist Church in that place will be Jed touted. !■ —II Nonlb (arullna Motrnrni. In the representative branch of the Legislature of sooth Carolina, ou ft'eda**dny (he 2tHh Nov. Mr. Mullin# of Muring lii-trict, offered thelullow ing tvsolulton# : * H- *s Ue*l„ Tlmt the Ktole of South Carolina is new ix .idy tu eu<r. together with tbe other slave In I Jtng Statu# t this eautmiurocy. or with such ot them m deeire present ndioo. mto the turian (iou of a Southern Cos tiled* raw. tfe-dred. That (he Gdvcriuer be requested te forward a wpy **f (be abote resolution to each Hxevftlkv* of thu southern Siwte*. A rwkdutiott wa# also officrud te ascertain from official aoitr**s, the couditiou of the Slat# arsen al*, the numlwr aud <'tmditim of arms, and ! qnentltjr or ammunition, a* well as tbe a umber of nun unrolled, the kind of arms. Ac., belonging [ to the Statu. aainrdaj’t Karr. i Jotit If CUb $590 Three Milt fhal*. Bacon's hr. h. lliil ltearing. by Albion, darn by { Levithau, & years.l2 1, ! Spalding's b. e., Nes Taylor, by Sovereign, dam Odd Stocking, 3 years. 4 2 12. i Pryor's oh. h.. George Clemons, by Utcnctie, 5 years, l a. drawn* ’ Caffee'a h.f. by Epsilon, S years, 2 diet. ! Time: M4*{. 5:50, 6:312. 6:10. j Avery interesting and closely contested race. Air. Pryor’s horse cramped in running the socundheat and was withdrawn. Intauov* Pixtimknt.—At a large and cnUiu- I aiostio meeting held at Natick, ( the residence of j Senator Wilson,) Mas*., the following resolution j was adopted j “Whereas resistance U) tyrants is obedience to j God: therefore, ReeoM, That it is Urn right and j duty of the slaves to resist their musters, and the i right and duty of the North to sneirr them to re j slstaid# and to aid them in it."” | This was passed without • dissenting voice, I though Senator Wihpr. wae prqapnt. Thr Optima A I htlflrr-bnrg iUllr*aff- The Inter eat of ColuMbu# The oil Deo# oft’oiuiuhue are having quite au exciting tune upon the subject of Bail roads; in deed, no many interests are presented to her at one time, that reason obi* fears may be entertain ed lest conflicting interests may bring about confusion, ia which her most important interest may ha 101 l sight of. So far os we ore able to judge, Columbus ie, at this time, occupying tbe most critical position in a commercial poiut of view, that cau bu pointed to iu her history. Sa vannah ia at this urn*, extending a rood into South Alabama, by way of Kufaula. which road will eveatualiy be extended to Mobile. By this road tbe cotton and other products of South Ala t.aiua seeking an Lastern market, will find a nearer route than going by Columbus. Thus will Columbus Io a trade contemplated by the con struction of tbe Girard Hoad. Another road ie iu contemplation well worthy tbe eertous con sideration of the citizens us Columbus; we allude to the road trom Griffin, to Jacksonville,_Ala. — Some inn* since we saw newspaper statements to the effect that seven hundred thouanad dollar* of stock in this road had already been taken, and a bill ha# been introduced into the Alabama Legis J laiure, chartering the same from Jacksonville to the State line. Thi# road will doubtless be built, and will eonneet havannah, Ga., with Jackson ville, Ala.: also with North Eastern Alabama, when tho Holms road is completed to Gunters ville. This road will pa*# east of Columbus, and we think must, in ncuordanee with tbe nataral course of things, affect the commercial interest of tbat.eity. Considering the locality and'directmn of ibeoe two roads. In connection with the Mont gomery and West Feint Rond,running just north of Coiuirtbu*. we are at n lose to philosophise bow she is to maintain, even b*r present commercial position, without extending her railroad facilities in the proper direction u> counteract these tuflu •neeg. In view of tho above facts, which are Set forth from the best iuiorineLiou at our <-’ min and, of what cost ioyoMuer doe# the ftperik* and Chil dersburg Uottd become to <’ .ambus? While the Iwo find roads meutiori 1 must inevitably prove detrimental to her • •/uiuaurciai interest, hy pene trating the adjacent remow of country, and c ar ry Uig th- product# in the direction of davauuab Ibe natural c< ;r#—this Road, which is destin -1 edto penetrate Outre! and North Alabama, will pour her vest agricultural and mineral product# ill the lap ot (‘uJumbui | mol not ouiy enable her to main (am her present commercial position, but make b< r what site ought to be, oar of tbe first inland ehies in the South. This i# tbe point we would iinpw#? upon Lbe minds>l the people of Cotumho •, not but what wo have full <-onffdmce that they are willing to do their whole duty la re gard tothis road (the city authorities have al juady spoken satmlaetorily on that unbjeet,) but in vw of thu many cotiffii ting interest# preweni nd to them at this tiiao, would we make tbisap -1 peat, other road* which are presented may be, I and doubtles are, of vital importance, but in view i the tacts here set forth, wu are constrained to i •cue,* that a connect ion with (’Uildersburg, at this time, is of vastly more importance to the city of ('oimnbuM, iu a commercial poinlof view, than all <dh<*M comiiincd. The people along tbe line of this road have It tie or no experience in tbe practical beuefite of ratified#.* hare u bug-hear idea of the enormous | tu#k of building one, and could not he induced, cn(tided, to attempt such h project, Their minds at this tim<- are particulnrly directed to thecer t alnty of it# being built, and are willing to exert tkuitisclvo# to the uttemott fasthiny of their ability tu coiituwuiate the desired object; * con siderable a mount ha* been spent, aud labor done, 10 canvassing, surveying, Ac. ■ all with ap eye single to the nurtainty that Columbus would do her part when the tune come { and should tbe (leopie of that tty, from jar# and discord among themselves, foil to come up to the expectation of the-peonle along the route, we should fear the re nilt- - TiUlttpootH Timet. Thr kirurmrm Iu ft llllamAburgb. Tt. in with sincere regret wc learn front thu pa i per* that there is great exoilament relative to Iwo school ttMtehers from the North iu YVilliaois 1 hnrgh. The greater portion of the oitizons of > that District seem determined to drive theta out i of tbe District on saspietou, whilst their employ ers and other-, believing them to be innmunt of any ((esigns Hosid* lo our instilutioos, seem de tcrmine.i to rwUnu and defend then. This is a sad state of things, la our indignation at the aggie.-si .ne of tbo North, we ere in danger of dealing with men a# if they were guilty, without proof. Whilst we, a# a |>oopio, are wronged by • >ur Northern associate* 111 the Tnion, wn iuhv { f>er|>etrate equal wrong ou others, whose only j 1 (.suit is that they come nniongxt as under the ; guarantee* of a common government and common . union with them, which we allow to endure. The v ery werst effect of Northcru Abolitionism must 1 be that it divides us amongst ourselves. We •’ fiioul l iu> vigilant, bul ju*l -proteot ourselves, ! j but forbear to assail other# without being sure we are right. Nothing but absolute necessity— “talut pojiufi, iMp/ema Us" —can justify violence toward# uiy one rightfully in the country, by ojtr own authority and laws. Many us our citizens in our midst, who came originally from the North, ureas sternly Southern a# any of our native peo ple. VV* are still in tbe Union : anti it is, in our opinion, both unjust aud highly injudicious to make war on men because Northerners, and with out plain ground of proceeding against them. It inut result, ae in this cose, in dividing our people ■! friitoriug owe j tbe strength o( Southern sen timent iu iunigoifieaut and mischievous efforts, productive of no extensive or permanent good re sults. Tbe people of the South should ascertain . the nceesmws of their position and (he source of j their dangere. They should place theinselren be- ! yond the reach of Abolition emissaries. This is j the only remedy adequate to the evil they suck | to reach. Spasmodic action, not based apon ground that can stand, mustjproduce reoctiuu aud 1 divirion. We should attack the source of dan- , ger, and not spend our energies in weak or blind ••ffbrt# upon tie solitary and doubtful instance* of its evil results. Moreover, measures necessary to security are one thing ; illegal violence on nir* snspicion, i a different and a dangerous thing, that will not stand the test of reason and justice. —(fiaflWri Mercury. Dkath or Mu. Kastmoji. The NaxhviUe I a ion and A ‘ntritHttm, COViain (he fullowing meu tin of thu sickness and sudden death of its se nior editor: The brief announcement in yesterday’# paper ha-* already conveyed to our subscriber# the sad tilling# of the decease of Mj. K. G. Kastman, (lie senior edif'.r of the l r Htott and American. The profound sensation that wa# produ-ed by the announcement ot his death upon the citizens of Nashville, an be only estimated by those who witnessed it. As an evidence of the reepect in which his memory is held wc n*f.*r to the proceed ing# of the various butties given below. The ab •ncc of Mr. Dflnnlngton, tho i-emuining editor, who aecooiPoeded the remaiii’- us Mr. I’oimlcxter to ClerkiiviUc tor interment, wiil postpone lw tbe next t.-ouo a full biographical zketeh of Alaj. Eo*t mou. We ua* only now give au account of his illness and of the manner of hi* death. Maj. Lastmnn on Tuesday evening, was ob n ved to be remarkably cheerful. lue cireiitu ’ of tho past few day# had had a tendency W deprerd hi# spirit*, and tho chungu wa# ihe more noticeable ou that account- Several of his a*#oeiates noticed that Ihe shadow socined to be passing from hu- mind, and congratulated each other ‘*l ih* recovery of Ui# buoyant manner. Hu went to hi* horn*- at lbe usual hour, but *at up quite late, coiuplutmng of nervouxness. Noth, ing nerions, however, wa* anticipated. Not loug after retiring, h n said to hi# wife that he felt un easy and wished to ariae. aud accordingly made ibe attempt, lie was, however, unable to do so, aud sank back complmniug of a pain in hi* lmad. He (vegan to gasp for breuth, and hi* respiration ;rrew more and more labored, lli# wife imme diately arose und oudeavored to relieve him by i<*thing hi* head with camphor. She became alarmed at the continued *pa.-m*, and called two young gentlemen, cousin* of the deceased, who lodged in the house. One of them immediately went for a physician, Dr. Maddiu, who living hut a #hurt distance off, wa* soon at hi* bedside. Dr. Maddiu *#kod Maj. Losuimu if he felt auy pain. ID- replied, though very iudintinutlv. aud appar ently quite iiHc*'iti#eiou#ly, ‘ My liuad.” Hu spoke ou more, hut quickly passed into a -talc of in- An opeuing wo# umde iu the temporal artery, i*ut it provc*i of no avail. The breathing became more spasmodic and, in spile es every exertion by irritation to produce a circulation, the spirit passed from the body. The whole illness con tinued but little more than on hour. Dr. Buch anan, the family physitiian, now arrived, but of course could render uo a*si*tuncc. Msj. East man's friends, however, have tbe *ati*faotion of knowing that every thing wa* doae which could bare been of servi*'. Indued, f the physicians had bee* in tbo r.*>u when he wo* first attacked, they could have reudered him uo aid. Nnrs kob thw Abolitionist*.—A few day* since, a geutlomau living in the neighborhood of Harper Kerry had important business to attend to in this city, but owing to the excitement pre vailing hi the neighborhood expressed some donbt a* to the propriety of leaviug his wife and chil dren there, without any protection. This lhet coining to the ears of his servant*, they immedi ately took counsel of each other, sud going to their master, said to him, “if you hare business to attend to, leave mistress aud the children to our care. No harm can befall them as long ns we have breath and strength to defeud them.” The gentleman immediately packed up and star ted, and on his return home found that bis ser vants had been vigilant and feithlhl during his Absence -performing their usual duties by day, and carefully guarding their sacred trust by night.— ft Icb mond Diepatcb. Cotton.—Never have we seen so much cotton in our streets; last year being no exception, at there is now: erery lane, alley, and Available place, where it can be placed, out of the reach of the law, bos been oecupiod for the past few day*. We suppose that it has been caused by the recent heavy titles ,—Sv. Jtepubli can. ■"’ TELECRAxMS OF THE WEEK REPORTED FOR THE COLUMBUS TIMES “laterfrom’'europeT the BOHEniAIV. New York, Nev. 29, 1859. The steamship Bohemian has arrived at Port land, Maiue, with Liverpool dates to the 14th inst, being two days later than the Circassian’* advices. Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sale* of two days 12,000 bales, of which speculators and exporter# took 1,000 bales. Tbe market elooud doll. There was but little enquiry, and prices were weak. State of Trade. —Manchester advices favor able. London Money Market —Consols had slightly deelined, and were quoted at 96K. Political Intelligence. —Prinoe Carignan ha# declined the Regency of Central Italy, tendered him by (bo Grand Duehy of Tuscany, whereupon Chevalier Bomrotnpagnie wa# appointed, and ac cepted tbe same. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. Arot/rra, Nov. 50. The steamship Europa arrived here to-day, bringing Liverpool dates to the !9tb, being four barines* days later than the Bohemian, Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sale* of tbe week 44,000 bales. There was a decline in the market and lower grades had declined most. Holders are pressing on the market. Market closed dull. Breadstuff* firm. Provisions dull. Consols 9firq)96K. Additional hi the hump* Bales ou fcpeculation 18,00(1 boles, soles for ox port* 4,000 bales, hole* of Friday and batur day 1200 bale*, Market dull. Fair Uplands 74id Middling Upland* 6\d. Stock at Ltverpoo 114,000 Men* of which 207,000 are American. Manchester advice* favorable. Havre Market— N. 0. tre# ordinaire is sughtiy dearer. Attitude of England and France i* more oriti cal. Lsirr from Mexico New ORLEA'in, Nov. 26. The steamship Tennessee ha# arrived from Vera Crui with date* to theittd, and with Xfi.OOO in speeie. Minister MoLnne arrived at Vera Crux on tbe j 21st. He remained on board tbe Brooklyn, his family being sick. The report that Marque* bad pronounced for .'vanta Anna, is unfounded. Tbe Mobile report ot hi# escape t# contradicted; bat his seizure ot the conduct* i# confirmed. Marquez eays that be is using the money to save the country from the Yankees. He promises to return tbe money from tbe first duty received at Tepio and Maxat lan, which he intends re-taking. M iranion was at Queretaro watching the Libe rat# who were threatening the Capital. It was reported that Gen. Doblado had been defeated in Uuangjuato with a heavy lose. An American officer with him was shot or assassi nated. Cabos bad captured Osjaca, and tbe Liberals were disbanded. The Picayune's uorrespondeot reports that the French fleet will toon blockade Verm Cruz. Mirsmon, at the auggoetioa of the French Minister, opens Alvarado as a port of entry. All insurance policies now have tbe blockade proviso Inserted in them. Miramon proposes attacking Vera Crus simul ! taueonsly with the French. The United States frigate Savannah, one French and one Spanish war brig were at Saeri | fioioe. A severe gale had occurred on the coast, in consequence of which several small vessels were ashore. Special Corretpondence of the Picayune. DlHOAteruu* Defeat or thr Liberal*. Vkrx Cacz, Nov. 22. My predictions of “great event near at hand” have not been fulfilled. The prouunuiamiento of Marquez for Santo Aunaturn# out a hoax. Tb robbery of tbe Piicific conduct* of $600,- 00® U, however, confirmed. Maquez, in a “mail tfeeto,” gives out that he w>u b able to save tbe country now “Crons tbe grasp ot th* Yankee*, to whom Jaoraz i# sold body and soul j” aud that the trifling sum es $600,000 stolen from the oonducta j wiU be sufficient to carry out all hi* grand { nufeme*. He purposes to toko Mazat’au aud Tepic from ; tba Liberals, and refund the money from the first i duties eotiectod at those port*. Miramon was at last accounts, in (Jueretaro, j watching ft'oil and Vdver. It is said that Do j hivd<> (Liberal) ha* been defeated near Guanaju ato, Mid lost 700 men and 12 cannons. The Oajactt army is scattered to the four winds, and tbe government of tlte State of Oajaca have ••vacuatcd the city and gone to the mountains.— Cobos has entered the city with 300 mounted men. and is now lord and master of that wealthy portion ot the Republic. Several American officers in the army of Do blado have been executed and assassinated, while the Mexican officers, prisoners also, have been pardoned. Koiile* ha* been trying to reduce Coi. Rspejo, of tbe Liberal forces at Huatueuo. State of Vera ('rur. hut without scv-en*. His correspondence i pul lizhed and show# Mr. Robles in bis true light. It was aiming at a second arrayazarco pastel that brought Sant* Auna.to the eountry after the downfall of Arristo. Let the United Slates troops after finhdungUor tma.* at Brownsville come round this way and 1 *ucure to them fine fighting and plenty of “gloire.’* The Culted States steam sloop-of-war Brook lyn arrived this morning with Hon. R. M. Mc- Lana and family ou baariL A severe attack of sickness of one of his daughters oblige# him to remain on board; where, after all, bo will bemuch better off than on shore. Our hotels are not fit place* for ladies, aud private dwellings are not to bo had. Besides, the French intend to blockade the port of V era Cruz, and the Miramon Government, at (he advice of Monsieur Gabriac, intends opening the port of Alvarado. This I have from a reliable source, and altneet from the lips of Count Gabriac himsulf. Th port of Vera Crus ha* Wo vieited by a norther uu the 13th inst. The shipping suffered severely, and tho slave hark Laura, ( brought here by an Kaglish officer,} a brig with a cargo of ice from Bostou, and a Mexican schooner, drifted ashore and prove total losses. An attack up*n this oily, by Mirainon’s forces, is again talked of. This city is at present defend ed by about 3000 men, and unlc*s Miramon is as sisted by a French force, from Sacrificies, the at tempt will be ridiculous. Tbe express from the interior i* in, but brings nothing of importance, as far as I can learn. Letter# from Mexico, however, confirm the pro jected blockade of Ut* French, and a French pol icy just shown me ha* that duuse. Now, will the United States back out without moving. * • e The Steamship Indian. B.H Ktills, Nov. 2A. —A steamer has returned tr*m the steamship ledia* with the remaining survivors. The steamship has so totally gone to pieces that very little of the cargo can be saved. Her mails have boon saved and forwarded to thair places es destination. Mhe had on board eighty cabin and thirty stee rage passengers, and most of the latter were Germans and Hungarian*. There were aeventy-seven of the crew in one boat under the third officer of the Bteamer, and all others are believed to be loat. All the cabin passengers were saved, and it i# known certainly that twenty-seven persons are dead. Later from lets* N*w Ori.kaxm, Nor. 25. Brownsville was still closely besieged on the 19th. An expedition was preparing against Gorlinas. The Legislature of Texas has ordered the troop* to arrest Cortina*’ band. The reports from Brownsville caused intense excitement through out Texas. The small town of Uonaale* raised 200 men in two days. Cortina* has returned Campbell, the deputy Sheriff, to Brownsville, unharmed, against the wishes of his men. Gen. Houston recommends the LegisUtnre to authorise the raising of a regiment of mounted men to protect the frontier from the attasks es the Indian*. Cftllforata-TtiM—Mexico. Nxw OxLXANg, Nov. 20. Advice* from San Franciseo to the 7th inst, report the loss es the whaling barque King Fisher with all ou board. A line had been made fast to a whale, which engulphed the veasal, and all her crow were carried down with her. It ia reported that Cortiuaa has hung three Americana in retaliation of the hanging of hit Lieutenant at Brownsville. Gen. Houston advises the Texas Legislature to raise a regiment of ranger# for the protection v s the frontiers against Indian depredations. Advices from Mexico to the 19th inst say that it is reported that Miramon and Jaurez have agreed that the latter shall return to the Capital as Provisional President, and that tbe Constitu tion of 1867 be|adopted. Jaurez agrees to annual all decree* against tbe clergy. It is also stated that Jaurez and Miramon have iscued their ulti matum, declaring that they- will employ a for eign armed force unless the clergy at onoe sban don the couflict. A Nxw Pbesideot iw Nicaragua.—Presi dent Martinez, of Nicaragua, has resigned his office on account of ill health, and has been suc ceeded by Senor Fernando Guzman. Latest from Han Francisco Nrw York, Nov. 27. The steainsuip Baltimn! s has arrived from As pinwall with one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars in specie trom California. St. Loci*, Nov. 27. The overland mail has arrived. Judge Terry has ben indicted for killing Senator Broderick, and given bail. At Son Francisco, prices were unchanged, but business dull. The city wo# more prosperous than at any former period sinoe the revulsion.- - New discoveries of gold have been rnude in Wash* valley. kxciuUou ot Brown. Ai qlsta, Doc. 2. Tbe execution of Brown took place to-day, at the hour fixed upon. No Miuictei* of of religion attended him—Brown scorning religious ceretno nlei,. He made son ‘ 1 remark* to those around him : ascended tbe witL a firm step; wa a suspended for half an hour; and hi* body deh> ured inter death to bis wite. Kverytbing went oft in tbe must orderly manner aud no demon dra tiou mode tor an eiueut*. DAILY (UMMERIIAL RECORD 4. WUMBtM ftfcfckLl iUUUN Hi UIMhNT. Com w*i >, December ■Since >ur lust weekly statement, our cottou market ha# been in n stole aim vet unprecedented of dullues# and inactivity, ft will be seen by the lew sale* which huve been Hm-ted, wliat n want of dispusiitun on the part of buyers ha* been shown during the pact weak. Only 1171 bales have been sold, and at prices some lower than our quotations of last week, a* will be ob served at the bottom of this notice. We hope to be able to report h belter state of affairs in our next, and trust that a more active and kuoyaut market wiU be seen. Tbe receipt* Lave been quite large, footing up 583 J halo*. Middling, 9hi(£9% Strict Middling 10(g) 10% Good Middling, lui^ Middling Fair, nominal. Col turn*. Duo. 5. Tbe receipt* on Saturrduy ouiouutcd tv 040 hales, and the sale# to 23ft bales’ at former pri ces. No change in the market, it still remaining quite dull and inactive. Nkw Oklkans, Dec. 2. Sale# of cotton to- day 1 J,()00 bales. Market steady. Middlings M*%(s\\c. Sales of the week 00,000 boles. Receipts last week 92,000 bales, against 70,000 #ame time la#t year. Re ceipt# ahead of lost year IRO,OOO kale*. Receipt* at all port# ahead of last year 190.000 bale#.— Stock at New Orleans JfiJ.UOO bale*. Mourns, Deo. Sales of eotton to.dny 6,000 boles. Market study and generally unchanged. New Oklkans, Dec. 3. COTTON—SoIes of uotlon to-day 4,000 bales. Market generally unchanged. Middlings 10% to lie. Sugar buoyant, at an advance of He. Free Negroes In UlsfdsMppt The following bill has been introduced into tbe Mississippi House of Representative#. It is a very stringent bit!, but will, in alt probability, pa *: A BILL TO EXCLUDE PURE XEOKOES FROM THE HTATK. Ist. Re it enacted hy thw Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That from and after the for day of Jtfiy, 1 it shall be unlawful for any free negro or mulatto, to he found in this biatc, under any pretence whatsoever ; and every true negro or mulatto, so fouud may be indit-Uu in any eouuly where found, ur in any adjoining county, and ou convict ion, shall l>e sold into ab solute slavery. Tbe Sheriff of tbe proper count y shall sell such negro or mulatto, at the door iff the court house us said county, for crush, alter giviog iiueh notice as the cwirt #ha)l direct, and *huU pay the net proceed* of the sale into the treasury of tlie canty whore the in.lh tmvnt wh# fouud. Sec. 2d. Be it further unacted. That if any perron aboil, by pretending to he owner or by any other means, endeavor t*> -hold nr protect any free negro or mulatto sg,m*i the provision# of this act, ouch perron *0 offending shall V* Un,| in any sum not extv. diug one thousand dullor#, or imprisoned not cxceeiling #lx mouth#. Sec. 3d. Be it further enacted, That an indict uient under this a*-t proof that tbe negro ur uiu lotto acted a# if free shall He sufficient primu ja cfo evidence of the fu*!, Bee. t. Be it for the na. ted. That R the owner of any slave shall permit such slave to hire hi# er her time or otherwise ud ms free. *nuh owner shall lie fined not exceeding wav (Ikamhiil dollar*. Aud such slave may lie indicted and sold ## a free negro unlawfully iu the IStote. Bee. Jtb. Be it enacted, That free negroes and mulatto*! are hereby declared incapable f in heriting, acquiring or holding any pro|H.it,> in the State, uur -hail any preqwrty le removed from tbe State for the benefit ut auy *uob person. 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