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R. ELLIS & 00., Proprietors. Volume XIV. NEW VOLUME-NEW STORY. LIFE ILLUSTRATED, -4 Pint Claee H'eelly Pictorial Fa wily Paper, DEVOTED to New*. Literature. Hcicno*. the Art*; to Entertainment, Li'p/ovtmuent #wd Piog**#* a hirge haiulvnin# quarto. I*ub iUrJ w eekly at sft 00 a year, or 81.50 for hail a year. The new volume of ‘Life !Jlutr*ted,* , fouitnenrr.g Oci >htrW§, wi.lrontsm a storj frmuUie pen •l oneof ihe best American Writer*.entitled THE SCHOOLMASTER S WOOING, A Tali op New Enulaxd, wfoch we have tie hesitation i' l promising uur reader* will ha one of the bevt stories t vvr written for news paper c duiuns.aul en'.eita uins as ha *een the wide Ip re uland tar fund hMtory •> the “Munster's Wo.- lug,” that ofthe ffelioehnnstcr Will nt be lose worthy of public attention Life niKstme-i, the Phrenological Journal, and the Water Cure Journal wall he *>*nt a year for K.-mVLEH ft WEU.I, New York. Nureraber JS-wlm* TilK MOST I HEPVL HOOK OK THE SEIHOY. TIIE RIGHT W0UI) IN THE RTGIIT PLACE \PO KET t>IUT|ON \RY nf Syriumms. eehnw al Terms, Abtncvi iti->i. F-.reisu Ptirases. M.„ etc., wttti a Chapter on Punctuation. and Proof Ri*a ding. This i’ *n iu4ip*Bt)i# companion for every writer am I ;Maker who would say exactly what he means, mid neuher m e or i*#*. and a> it in the host wav. Price post ltai.l 5 > cents. Just published by Fowler and Wells New York. novllt—w4t # For Bale or Hire. A LIKELY NCRijiR * HOY about eighteen voars J\. old. who is a gan.l Curias.! an J Wagon Makar Appiwto J W.COBP, nov 21—w>t. PreutAii, Webst#* county. GUSSETA HIGH SGHOOL, For YouDg Ladie and Gentlemen. The Exercises of this lu titution will hK < IN If MONDAY IN -IAN 1860 The 10l owing studies may be pursue.! to ill# Jin retioti of tp< traa tics, and the option of the parent of guardian C.asatcf —Latin, Greek and Hebrew M -l.ru Language# Freiirli. Italian and Herman. Ma.n^Hinllr#—Arithmetic■. Algebra, Geometry. Bur ▼ejrir g, Trigonometry, Analytical Geometry and Cal- Stilus Natural rtcMtnces—Philosophy, tgriUlHry , Geology, Botany. A..- Kiigtieh Bitidtoa—OrtliogMphy, Heading. Writing, Elocution, Kng.uh Grammar, Geography, liistery, Ancient and Modern, kc UUf’.kKM FOR FORTY WKKKA. For Orthogrophy, Elocution or f’eomatiahto • .814 011 For Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, or Ilnrto ry, with the af.vs 94 00 F-.r E. Algebra or Arithmetic concluded 33 00 Fur higher Mtlluieitliti, Lauguxg. e, Ancient or Modem Natural Science# 40 00 Pupil* will h# charged (join the time of entrance t. the time *f withdrawal. No entrance for a less lime than ten a cA. Board from seven to ten dollars per month, inefud lng washing and bulging, ‘Tuition and Board due at the close of school Mr Wiili.tui Bag ley wiu hoard at •7. convenient to school. Ill* the d.-termi nation of the teacher* l<* make this Institution second to none o! a like kind in Georgia— te afford every possible futility to young men and la di-s in proem.- a good e location The fotistant object aid be to fit the student for the duties of an alter r.ih, an* therefore while system and thorough ixi#* arc to he part iculiirig cared It, the mur al nature must also be watched and trained Farcnt* or guardian* sending their children or wards to thw place, uiay rest assurod that nothing shall be omitted which can eon tribute to their wt-i’are, and that the student snail ever lie under lire watchiui rare t*f thorn* who wiii pafuculariy look alter lusor her moral rluu actor Th*experience of the teachers warrants them in eayiuf i yo.mg men whe wi>b to prepare llieniovives ih roujhtv for ‘.eat Inngthat they wilt find advantages in this s-dtooi surpass .1 hy uone, and wtll te trained for lhai particular O J .;i, 1 Me#‘.red. JAME* H MUFF, l Prinrr , . CUAKFtH HAMM, A M ) ™nepais. Cossets. CaaitaJioeshee County. Ga. The subscriber (formerly of K.lerstie. Harris county, Ga. ; takes this iurtluid #1 informing Ins fiends that Mr Hamm is a r.-j.iiftr craduate of one ot th‘ most ap proved Colleges in tbe Union, and. hashed live yearn experience in leaching, lie would say iu candortu all hit old patrons that bit. Hamm ha# no superior a* u teacher. J. B, U Reference—Rev B. B. Tsague, LafJrang# Georgia; Howard Colieg*. Marten, Ala. novtl—w3nt Valuable Plantation FOR SALE. HAVING determined t|> r my pte p.v^rkj’ JSmZ uul>'* #outh of Tuskegeo, ou theCtilrahaiclu:*’ Sixteen Hundred Acres, about fiOO of which is now in cultivation, there are on ‘he pise# ail ne<#BKry outbuilding* lor plantation purpose#, with a well finished and ceiofeitaMa dwell ing house with eight rooms, a beautiful country rush deuce, and the piece m w#ieuppJ<ed with good water from two irlownn vv* ts; th*’ lands are pine ipaliy u rich sandy li.m*y soil, wiih three or Jour hundred arret of black bottom lands oti sJ# t’nbahatchee * r#Ht,ar and very rich. Thu it one of Ut best pianutuon* in th* fLuton Vftl'.cycountry, (known formerly a* the Burr Johnston Plantation ) Any person wishing to pur •base such a plantation, wouid Uy well to apply soon, to iriyeetf, inTuskegee, for inform tin<n I re for to Robert A. Johnston. E#<v in Tuikoeee, or to Win I* Wood, A. Barton or George Jones on adjoining plan tation#. Iw t I s#u tire ni.tr* at a very low price for lauds of such quality. Terms can be made to euit al most any purchaser. Fussesvion given laiwedteiely. There i# an abundant supply of corn, fodder, and stock of hogs on tits place. AMOS JONES. Nov -w4t. WANTED, 1 Af|fl *H!PKL nr.OCBTeI (to squire nnilfu than I UUU a foot) duijvored in Geiuiutms, for which s fair puce in Cash Wil fee given Apply to •ct i7 -wf JHKPII B WtKN SANFORD’S LIVER IK VIGOR ATOR NEVER DEBILITATES. IT IS COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY from <nuns.and has become an eutaMiehed fort, a standnrd medicine approved by all lint . have used it. and is #• sorted to with ronii sj d#n< ein sli diseases for which it is recommend- ■■ #d. Ii he# cured thousands witliintbe last two years who hod given up hope pf relief 11# numerous unsolicited certificates * in my po*#ee*i'>n show. The dose must be ilnp- epM led 10 th* temperament of the individual taking itandiieedineuchquan titieaasto actg<-nt!} on S3 the bowels. Let the dictates of your en judgment you in use of the J.IVF.H Us- “Z PIOOMjSTuH, aud it Will Tmr# f.trf Com vs p/ur** BILIOUS At tack*. IVSth.FSIA, %M Chronic lltmrrker a, S VMM Klt CO M PL A I,VI'S. O YHtLXI K Hr. DROPSY , SOCk SI < ’MACH, Jltlnhud COS I'lY EA *:**, CAW- 4P, L*. CIHU KRA <’*Ws raM'rW. CIIULFHA m INFANTUM Ft A TV* LRJYCC. JACA niCH, Mr mate WKAKKXSS LS* and ma* be reed . #urc.##fully ** anOedoi •rv, * ::i/v Afoinw It Wilt cure SICK UKADA CII F. (a# “ thousand# ran testify in I•## n‘ v wiNNles. tj tvs • r three Ten* npomfuii art taken v* at cmnroenemweut offhe attack Att rAs mi rt art “ I'lnny their testimony In its favor. ■* MIX WATER IN THE MOUTH WITH THE IN TtOffßATtilk, A Ml HW ALLOW BOTH TOGETII ■U. PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE. ALSO, SANFORD’S r VMILY Cbathartic Pills, COMPOUNDED FROM Pare VegUbJEiirac(t, anil v u * M P In f<lau Can*, Air Tight, and will keep In any C llmnt*. Th FAMILY CA A TiunTir Pill in a gen tlo (nit active Calharti’- Q which the proprietor nan uwd in In* nraeSire more . ihan twenty par* Ta* constantly d. i.iand toon th<*e who her/* long used the PILLR.-and the *nisfa* ti'*n whi h eltetprMinrrrardtoihir H use,ha* induced nwrto put them in the reach of nil ,yu The profcMion well know that different eliatharica action different iKiriiuneof. ihe bowel# The FAMILY CA-> TII A RTI ft PILL km*. with due aferonce t" r tide wall established tact been eomj>ounU*i| from aHj variety ofthe purest vepe table exwar;*. wliKh art *lrtw “iisverv part of lUn alimentary canal, and aieFj good and sale in all cae #* where a cbathartic h IM needed. *uch a* De axanaweaT* of the <STt)M\('ll. Hi.eiW'i a*a. FAIN* in TiitCilUCg AND LOINS, C'tAITVENK* R, PAIN *au Hoimans ovr.a tmh WHOLE IIODY. w from iiidden cold, which fVequentlv. if neglected *y emt in a Inn* course of Fe ver, LOHH OP AI’PR u TITR, a ('■unmrtiui dr.*> •atiok or Colo ovan rttr. Hoax, Rlati.ois waaa. HE ADACHE or pwcioiiT I* rwr Il**n, all INFLAMMATORY H DiaKtara, WORM*. ir Cnir.oßßa or Anr lt*. “ Ruri-maTl**, a Orea. Purifier of the Blood, n t andtnany4lae—aatowhkh flesh ts hew. ton numerous •* to mention in tine adver t laement DOSE Ito A 1 rice 30 Cent*. TTTF. LIVER INVIfJORATOn and FAMILY CA THARTIC PILLS are retailed by Drnvjriata generally and void wholesale and retail by the Trade in all the large town* S. T. W. SABTFORD, M. !>., Man'ifartiirer and Rrohrittor. I H gV'W” * t*4 W* fOLIUBIS, TIF.MMY, DKIKMHKB JO, IMfl. ■r c The save Old Richmond Id the Field. In times of doubt And peril, there is never any lack of suggestions as to tho mode of egress and the path of safety. The imagination take* firm hold upon the cud and give* reason no opportu nity to estimate the inoaus through which its accomplishment mast bo achieved. Thu old ad age. that “a drowning man eatches at straws,’ never finds a more perfect illustration than on such occasions. TheN. Y. Herald —a paper somewhat distin guished fur its seont of tho popular breose, has discovered in an eld and defeated aspirant for Presidential honors—a Toterau soldier and au accomplished General—tho man for tho crisis ono who can allay the popular excitement, and eduoe order and harmony from tho conflict of hostile elements What peculiar combination of virtues fits Gen. Scott for tho office of President in tho present aspect of affairs, or under any imagina bl# circumstances, is, very judiciously, left to conjecture. Their enumeration might r•*“-> the invention even of tho Herald. It is propo sed te nomlnato him as a “Conservative Union Candidate” for tho Presidency, >nd it is hoped that the talli.-rnauie power of words will supply what principle cannot. Wo rejoice to believe that such clop trap ha* had its day and found its grave. Tho next incumbent of tho Presiden i*l office, will represent oue of the two groat political parties in tho country. His election will bo the unmistakable sign that tho power of the Government is, henceforth, to be wioldml to op press and dishonor the South, or that tho day for the complete ascendancy of tho party which proclaims unceasing . warfare upon slavery has been postponed. The sooner this quest ten is de cided the better for us. We want no tpan of straw iueuoh times as are upon us; no dodging of the issue. Let the South understand, if such bo tho fact, that she is no longer t) expect justice at the hand# of tho Federal Government. Tho convic tion may startle hei into an appreciation of her true position, and may lead her to seek under a government of her sous upon her own soil, that protection she needs and for which sho will leok in vain from her triumphant enemies. Millfigrvllle (out nit Jon Mart ling Fart*. From tbo call of the countie* in the reecut State Convention, k uirpcarmi that only kioiithki* counties in the State woro represented hy dela guttel What a rebuke by tbo people to thoae legislator* who would have a Convention. Out of those counties, properly represented, a portion of the delegation objected to any action on tbo point of tho Convention. Thu* it seuuts that oau niNimicu axd votj 11TRKN corHTiß*. in Geor gia, had not timo or inclination to call primary mediums nnd appoint delegates. Some counties, like Decatur and Butts, were represented by Clerk# in the Legislature without tho shadow of authority. Tho remainder of the counties,”viz.: some fifty, were represented by mouthers of the Legislature, who assumed tho powor to act. In these counties, frequently a democratic member protested against their colleagues acting in the premize*. So much for the self-constituted body! Uow a Northern Democrat Talk*. Mr. Yuiluudigbiun, of Ohio, is a democrat wor thy tho respect and confidence of tho Southern poMi.l v His strict sense of justice to all sortioiia of the Confederacy, ha* endeared him to the v'outli. 11 ts election to the most prominent po sition in tho government would I.© hailed hy the people hero with a* much *atifaction as hie election ever larwrs D. Campbell. Mr. Vnilan dighaiu, though rop resenting * constituency op pesed to slavery, upholds tho Constitution and declares for tho cnoTßcnov of all species of preperty in tbe territories. All honor to him for extending his vision beyond tho horizon of anti slavery prejudice, and taking within its range the good of a whole country. In relation to Mr. •Sherman boiog olected Speaker of the House, b© said in the commence ment of his remarks, that If any member had re eomtnended a hook insurrectionary and hostile to one auction of the country —a book intended to stir up strife and civil discord in anyfitato— aud did not disavow tho act, ho was unfit to be Speaker or a member of this House. If any member had recommended such a book for whole sale circulation, not knowing or caring to inquire into its character, it was for the House to say whether he was to be trusted with the Speaker ship. Mr. Vallnndigbam here voluntarily gave way fi r a motion to adjourn, which was negativ ed—B 4 against 108. Tbe Democratic Convention. The Augusta ConatiMianaliet, Savannah Ex pret*. Savannah Setre, Amerieu# South- Weitarn Metre, Albany Patriot, Bainbridge Arynt, Cuth bort Reporter, Lumpkin Palladium, Lauransville AW# and Dalton Timet havo all spoken out against the recent Legislative Convention. Not against the worthy and influential democrats who revived appointments at the Convention, bat against tbo interference of a portion of the detno oratie members of the Legislature with tbe call ofthe Kxecutire Committee, which, a* the reso lution appointing tbo Committee will show, was selected for the eole purpoae of arranging the time and place tor all democratic Conventions for the period of two years. Had not a sow member* of the Legislature held a Convention against a ! strong opposition and the voice of the masses crying out against it, all would have been well, and there would have been harmony aud union in eur ranks. The blame rests with tbe few who disregarded the wi*lfe* ofthe many for thi# un happy division of sentiment in the demoeratio party. Onr skirts are clear ! C harlealon Merchant*, Tii if impression of tUo Tim ft contain* an ad- j vertisument addressed to the merchant* of the ( Bouth and Smstk-weat, by a number of tbe largest in e roan til o krouse* in Charleston, in which they j •ay that they have facillHaa for obtaining goods from Europe not surpassed by any city in the North and Es*t. Tha advertisement conclude* thus: “Our stock* will be complete by Ist February nest, an 1 it remains lobe seen how many of those who have heretofore pore based all tbeir good* In | northern cities, will girt Charleston a trial this spring.’* Method Ist Coni*rears This body is in session at Home, Ga. Bishop Kavanaugh presiding. On last Sabbath, the pul pits wero filled as follows. Methodist, l*V l ' A. M., Bishop Kavanaugh—B P. M., I>r Loyiak funeral aermon of Her. B. H. Overby by Samuel Anthony. Presbyterian Church, 10,’* A. M., Dr. Alex ander Means—3 P. M., Eusti# W. Spear-night, Joseph S. Key. Baptist Church, 10li A. M., Dr. Alfred Mann -1. P. M., J. B. McFerrin—Bight, J. W. i Hinu.li. [ >| Hnn Alfred IrrrMi'i Kprrrli. Wb Uy before our reader, the able aparch of <mr Senator, the Hon. Al.raan Iraaton, ofwhleh reference hal haretofore baen made in our eol anina, delivered iorne daya linoe in tbe Conjrea. es the Dnited Statne. We beapeak for it a eare ful perusal. Mr. William Baii*is has been nominated for Mayor of Atlanta by tbe Democracy, rice Glenn, who dnelined the honor of * ra-nowinaHoa. TH|UNI ONII V Tll KXTA TK X, AND TII KXOYKBKI (I NT Y 11P TIIK XTAT KX. Shall the Convention called hy the Democrat I < Executive Commune be held? Before the meeting f the Legislature, indeed beforo tho member* of that body were cHt .ed. thero was n very general expreesfon of vpiniot, by the Democracy of tho {State, ogaiost the ap pointutent of delugato* to tho Charleston cooreii tion, by a convention to be convened for that pur pose, at Milledgeville, during tho session of Ih Legislature. Some of our Democratic contempt rarias were, with us, opposed to nay State cunvcti tion. and in favor af the appointment of delegate.’ by the Democracy of the sevofsl districts, it. di* trict conventions, but nil were opposed to a Stat. convention to be held during tho session ot lit. Legislature, and urgml thnt tho Kxucutivo (’em mittce, if a State Conventton was callwd, sbottl. fix tho day for its mceMag, after the aliouriiiucnt of tho Legislature, and us late ns possible before the meeting of tho Charleston souveution. They recognized tho Executive Committee of the parti ns the only body authorized to o n ll n conventio’ of the party—protested against any legislative interference or intiuenco, in tho appointment ot delegates to the nest National Convention of th. j party, and demanded that Ihe party should hnv i at nplo tuns, and a fair opportunity, deliberatlx to form and express its opinion in reference t i the platform and the nomination* to |t and to the couutry, than any which has ever been held since tho adoption of the convention system. This was tho expression of opinion | which came from the party and its organs, in rs sere nee to the appointment of detogntes to | Charleston, both beforo tho elections fur members of tho Legislature and after tho meeting of that body : and iu obedience to it, the Executive Com mitten, the only body authorized to act in the premises, published n call for a convention to be hold at Milledgeville, on tho second Wednesday in March, to appoint delegatus to tho Charlcstoi convention. But tho Democratic member* of tho Legist* turo, or rather a portion of them, disregarding this action of the Executive Committee, oi whirl they were fully advised, n. well ns the will of the party of which it was an expression, ami usurp ing the authority which has be* n delegated to that committee, held n caucus and called another convention, which was held on the Kth of this month, and by which delegates to the Chariorton convention were appointed. Tho party was not represented in that convention; indeed, could not hart* been if it had desired, for no sufficient time was allowed it to Appoint delegates. Seventy five countios woro represented iu it-—the large majority of thorn, by self constituted delegate*. Nearly sixty counties were not represented in it at all; and tt wa* in fact nothing more than a caucus, of a portion of tho Democratic member# of the Legislature, which ought not to be digni fied with tho name of a convention of the party. Several of tho leading organs of the party pro tested against its meeting—fifty Demo Catie members of the legislature protested against ts action ; anil primary meetings of tho party before it met ami after it. adjourned, have repudi ated it altogether, and appointed deb-gates to the convention in March, which has been called by the Executive Committee. {Shall this Convention be held! After ma ture coo#ideatjou. we believe, that it ought t<; and from present indications it will be hold, and will be one of tho most imposing demon strations which llio party ha* made tor many years. It is evident from the facts wo have already stated, that u respectable portion ofthe Demo cratic party will utterly repudiate the action of the convention of the Pth instant, and that an immense majority of the party admit their right to repudiate it. This tart nlone, in a con clusive reason with us lor ml vising that the convention, culled by the Executive Commit tee. should Ihj held : nnd held without opposi tion f'nufi any portion of the party. Therwis now danger 01 a eer'otie division in the party, which, at this particular juncture, would be exceedingly unfortunate. This danger may bn avoided, and harmony may be restored, it all portions of the party, mid tli of its members, will cordially unite, without reference to what ban occurred, nnd appoint delegates to tho convention called by tin- Executive Committee. That convention will then he a lair and lull representation of the party, and thu party would quiet ly acquiesce in whatever it might do. It would not, prohaldy. disturb the dele gation to Charleston already appointed, (tor ourselves we are content with that delegation,) but it would send them to the. National Con vent ten with instruction# given by the parly, instead of by a legislative caucus. It could, 100, whilst in zp#>ion, nominate Electors for President and Vice President, und when it ad journed, the pnrty would be united, and ready for the contest of IS<3O. Why should it not be held * Why should not the delegatee appoint ed by the convention of the *lh ins!., and all those who pnrtieipated In it* proceedings, unite with those Democals who repudiate that con vention, and urge that it should bo held, so thnt it may be a convention, not of a portion, but of the whole of the party.— Augusta Con elUlilioiurUst, lire. Id///. Th# Language or a t'eaatrralive Journal The Charlotte (N. C.) Hnlhtiv, one of tho most conservative and judiciously edited daily newspapers in the South, contain* Ihe follow ing paragraph; “We Itnd in our Southern exchanges, front almost every section, sentiments decidedly in favor of nnd advocating, under existing cir cii instance*, a dissolution ofthe present Ameri can confederacy. ‘•The editors of the Ihi/lrtin, whatever their opinion# have been, have studiously avoided the expression ni disunion ##ntini#iits, prefer ring t lint th® people rather than the press should take the lead in #0 important a measure. “la Charlotte, much to our surprise, we find a unanimous sentiment, both with our Derm cratic and Whig friends, in favor of n dissolu tion of the Union at the earliest day possible, being convinced that it i* impossible for the members of tli present confederacy to live together as one people. “Without attempting to encourage such sen timents, we b|and by a* journalists ready to record them, and hold ourselves iu feadiue.se, a# we have always been, to rally, at the lirst tap of the drum, under a Southern banner, upon whose folds shall bo inscribed, ‘Equality or independence.’ ” Bußjnsff or thk Ooitum llouaa.—A w write, and on tbe ov of oar going to prs##, (2 A M | th# great architectural and never ending work j of Lnoie Sara in tlmeity, known as the Custom | House, is on fir#. | About ten minutes to twelve o’clock last night, smoke and small particles <>f flfttno were discov ered issuing from tho second floor, ip tho locality of Major B#tturtgrad’s office, of tho Now Orleans Custom-llonnc, on the North-west side, lacing ! Old Love# street, and in less than twenty minute* after that portion of tho building, in sido and out. aided by the combustible and Ihiokly constructed scaffold aud wood work, was ono dense intis* 4 flames. The main alarm of fire was not given until tho fire had had a strong hold, when tho various en gine companies vigorously and actively arrived at the scene ofthe conflagration, and with an 1 indifferent supply of wases did all they could to i subdue tbe Atones, but to no purpose, ns whop we left the fire had taken bold of tho centre of tho building. On Inquiry, wc found that (he Art, which is at tributed to an incendiary, originated in a car penter’s shop, which was temporarily constructed, and boing used iu tbo section of the building al | ready discribed. To the moment of our writiug ! every exertion is being used te suppress the flames and save tbo movable bonded property in the building.— S. 0. Prucent. aword dial John Brown had at ll*r per * Ferry waa the fame that Pfadertek of Pro* aia had sen! orcr the ocean to (ieorgo Wash ington. The above i* an extract frwin a late Berman of the Her. Mr, Conway, in thi* elty, who forgot to add that Brown obtained the “sword” by “rob bing” it* rightful possessor, Colonel Washington, of i(. W# do not see any particular merit in fioorlshing a yaarf swerd, ualass it woe rtghslhiry •hMtaed. M The Convicted Warper** Ferry Conspirators Affroting (utrrtien Utwean Cook and hi* relativr.t ■ — -jirrf,a rat inn* for <he exrrntian. CiiAut.BStouVa., Dec. M, I&ML Tb town is filling up with stranger* to witness tho execution* which are to take place on Friday, The system of excluding eltiscns adopted at John Brown’* execution i* n.t tol*c repeated. G-.vcrnor Willard, of Indiana, accompanied by Mrs. Crowley, of New York, sister of Cook, and 1 Hon. D. 11. Vnorbee*, Attorney General of In j diana, arrived yesterday and visited Cook. The Interview with his sister wa* most affecting. La ter in the day Dr. Staunton and wire, of Indiana, and Mis* Hughe* arrived. Mr*. Staunton i a sister of Cook, and Mira Hughes a cousin. They also visitod tbe prisoner, presenting a seen* of COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1859. ,'tjefuud nngui.di scarcely to bo described. They minified to sou him again, but through the ad i<-e of Governor Willard each wrote him a few irewell linos, anl all tb ladies then left for their ‘iniucs, the mule relatives designing to remain villi him to the last. Arrangements hare been in ado to hare the >ody of Cook taken te Now York for interment, t'umo of tho relatives of Coppiu arc expected ° rnvc t,< day. Ilia body will bo taken to his not her, at Springdale, lowa. The bodies of Green and Copeland, it is thought, Till nut bo claimed. If they nro not they will to decently interred near the gallows. I‘he prisoners were qoUooheorful this morning, md ro now making religious preparations for loath. o<i*k was much east down uflcr parting with d* sisters, but is now perfoetly culm and collar ed, awaiting his doom. Remarks of Mr Iverson oftieorgia !n Ifit f'nitrd States Senate, Dec. 7/A, I9. r ,P, on th Ititolulion af Mr. J/mns, of Virginia, fa •litutiny an amjnxry into the floipt e Forty ,/. fair, *?nrf the omeniimemi of Mr. Trxmhott. of /.7ft. v t, nroiiu.m., likt ,nqi,ir, tnlo (Af •jlair nt Liberty Areennl, nr im,i ( * Mu Prrsu<kxt.—l shall not occupy the Fan <e h Mg- l should uot have addressed th# Son- Go at all on this occasion, if the niucndment of he Senator from Illinois hud n*t been proton ted xnd pressed upon tis for discussion. A# J cannot vote for tho latter proposition, either as an amend ment to the Resolution of the Sena or from Vir ginia, or a* an original resolution, I must submit * few remarks to the Senate in justification of niv course. The purpose of the resolution of tho Senator r* in Virginia, in to investigate tho proceedings that took pluco ni Harper * Kerry. As l under tuml it. there are two objects sought mainly to he accomplished by the investigati’ u. Tire first it, to enlighten the public mind of the Unite*l Mulch in rulatiou to the political bearings of that transaction, so that tho people of this country may form a just judgment in relation to tho mo*- liv.-s and in’* nded results of that extraordinary outbreak. The accotid is, to ascertain the facts. <u order to dctoruiiuu w hether any and what legislation is necessary and proper on the part of (hrigroes to protect tho Southern people from similar future attacks. These are the main ob jects as 1 understand, to bo attained by the reso lution offered by the Senator from Virginia. - Those arc legitimate and appropriate objects, and no reasonable objection can bo urged or has been urged against them. Now, sir, liic Senator from Illinois, moats this plain and reasonable proposition by an amendment pr* posing that tho special committee called for, shall also investigate tho circumstances Connected with the forcible entry and robbery of the I■. 8. Arsenal at Liber ty, Missouri, sumo years ago, and which have J been detailed by the Senator from Illinois. What can be accomplished by his proposed investiga tion ? Doek lhe Senator from Illinois, propose to found any legislation upon the facts which may bo developed by tho investigation which ho pro poses? Ho docs not, and the Senator know* us well uS any man on thisljwor, that the laws now in force are amply sufficient to [ unlith tho out rage alleged to have boon committed lit Liberty. There are laws already in existence on your statute books ijuito sufficient to punish tho out rage at Harper's Kerry, so far ns that was un outrago against the government of tho I'nited States. No legislation is nuccH*nry therefore or is proposed, so lar us regards tho affair at Liber ty. ‘i ho facts nro already dovoloped—they are well known—they arc in an official form and within the reach of every ono. The persons who perpetrated that outrage aro liable to indictment, s <nviction and punishment. It is not pretended that tlieiawusif n>w stands, is dcfeotiVc—-hy no moans. What thou is the object ot the Senator? is it practical ? Is it to havo a political influence on parties in this country? Why, sir, all the fact* of that outrage aro already known to the people of tho l ini tod Statue they have boon considered and discussed, uud all tho political effects which they could poe>il>ly produce have already Ucn felt and accomplished. They huvu expen<lul themselves upon the public uiind ul - ready. They cau accomplish nothing more. - Then why inv. tigute that worn out and obsolete trail-action ? Tim thing happened years ago—j it has parsed into forgctjuluc#*, and never would again hnvo been fished up or resurrected, evccpi : by “old (poii.iral) inortamv, who, like tho j Senator from Illinois, delights to ramhiu and revel amongst tho rotlon nod disgnsliug rubbish ‘ of the scene* which have disgraced the Irstery of Kansas. No, sir, the object of this amendment i call he no oilier Ilian to break the force of the { investigation and its results, which may bo ac- ! ooinpli-hed by tho resolution of the Senator from i Virginia. Thisseoms to uie can be the only ofc-I Joct which the Senator from Illinois or any other advocate of this proposition cun possibly hnvo in view. Ibis to smother up the en.|niry which the .‘ojiiator from Virginia desires to make. It is to break the force of the circumstances and facts which may bo developed by un official and search ing investigation. It is to draw off the publio rniud and divert it from tho monstrnn* outrage which has been cotumitcd upon the soil and against tho sovereignty of the .State of Virginia, and to shield the guilty perpetrators of that outrage, ns well as those who stood behind them, giving “aid ! and comfort,” from the indignant eoudcnmntiou of the American people. This is, in my opinion, the only objects intended or expected to bo at tained by the proposition offered by tho Benulor from Illinois, and 1 shall vote Against it whether in the shape of an amendment or tui original reso lution. 1 want un investigation into ail the facts whic h occurred at Harper's Kerry, and others connected with them, that the people may *oo and understand thoir full hearings in every shape and form, ami that we may learn what part the rtoutbern people took in this outrage, nod how far they have gone or aro willing to go in this opposition to slavery in the Southern Stales.— Senators en the other side of this chamber dis claim any sympathy for the acts of John Brown, they say that the Northern heart does not sym pathise with Brown's conduct in his nefarious, nut abortive attempt upon the soil and sovereign ty of Virgiuia. ho nature may make, thofo de clarations, but thoir acts speak louder than word* —they may declare for their people any sympa thy with tb objects, intentions, and conduct of Brown; but sir, they c.aunot shut the eyes of tho people of this country, and cs penalty of the to..uth-rn people to facts which are exhibiting themselves every day all over the north,and which indicate too truly tho real condition of the North ern mind and heart. Why, sir, this very attempt of the Monatar from Illinois, aud those who act. with him on this floor, to divert public at lon lion from object and expected results of tho Invest!* gallon proposed by tho original resolution, and to offset them with a by gone and insigniGcnnt transaction, is evidence of his and thoir *y mpalhy with Brown and his acts. If bo had been ini pressed with tha true character of Brown's out rage, and with tho proper fecljugs as un Ame.ri can Senator and patriot, ho would havo come forward cheerfully and voted for tho resolution of tho Senator from Virginia* and would not have attempted to trammel and embarrass it with an exuanuous and useless proposition. The Sena tor, it is (rue, doclarc* his intention to vote for the resolution of the Senator from Virginia, and condemns the conduct of Brows and his misguided followers. He does it In very patriotic and elo quent language, and if a stranger had entered tho Hall in the midst of bis harangue, not knowing tho Senator, or antecedents, or the nmoiherinj process in which ho wa* even now engaged, he would suppose him to be a true Imartcd Southern man, (Iliad wi*li bhmdsnd ready to vin 41mm lbs ffoi.th sgetert all her wrewdea, and punish all violations of her right, hir, it is not the first time that appearances have proved de ceitful. Those who know the Senator, his ante cedents and present position, sad tho real condi tion of the party to which bo belongs und serves, will know how little all theso de.daiaimni und disclaimers aro worth, when uttered iu tie face of /acts which speak for them solves. Tho Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. lisle) end from Massachusetts (Mr. Wilfooj also dis claimed for themselves and their consliluoats. uny sympathy for Brown or approval of bis abolition raid upon Virginia. Mr. Hale—T do not want to havo things put into my mouth which I have not said, not even l,y mistake. I have never said I Lad no sympa thy for Brown, I said I did not approve Ms act, and had no sympathy for the means be employed; but, sir, Brown displayed some high trait* of character, for which I havo high sympathy- Mil. IvpßHox:—And other inoh parties have displayed equal courage and lortitudo with John Browu—did they excite the sympathy and ad miration of tho .Senator from New Hampshire ? We might quote a thousand instances when the greatest and most infamous criminals have died , under the gallows, or on the scaffold, and who Invc exhibited in hold relief trnita of courage rind fortitude, not surpassed by'John Brown.— Did they excito the sympathy and admiration of ihose Senator*? Ah! Sir, John Brown died a* the mortal enemy of slavery—ho was hung for an atump* tit rSMI the slaw* of \ iigmiu to in surrection—ho fell in thecauao of freedom I nnd they can see and feci cause for sympathy which they rotor saw or felt iu tho case of others.— Who is John Brown, that his death should excite the sympathy of uuy honorable man? A man who was for years engaged in no othor business but theft, robbery and murder; a man who in cold blood bus taken innocent mid unoffending men from their homes and bods, in tho dead hour of night, and murdered them without re morse, in tho presume of their wives and chil dren; a man who has for twenty years boon ;fanning tho forced and bloody emancipation of the slaves of the South, nnd who commenced his guilty operations wlthrobbory and murder. This is tho man, for whoso person uud fate, American Sena lots express sympathy, because ho has ex hibited brute courogo! Rut, sir, the sympathy extends much beyond tho personal trait* of John Brown’s cUnrantur. It cannot bo disguised that the Northern heart, at least of tho Republican parly, sympathizes with Brown and his lute, /e ----<*<•#• he perished in what they call the “cause of human liberty.” There liosftho simple truth, and no declaration of mere worth*, made hero or elsewhere, can close tho eyes of the Southern people to tho fact. Look, sir, at what is trans piring this very day in the other end of this Cap itol! That party, to which tho gentlemen belong nation, a man who ha* openly and in writing en dorsed nnd oounnended sentiments, more incen diary in their character than any over uttered by 4 John Brown. John Sherman, 0/ Ohio, is their avowed nnd favorite candidate for Speaker of tho House of Representatives, ami who has endorsed and eouiuicndod Helper’s book, which inculcates tho most infamous, seditious and incundiary sen timents against tho institution of slavery in tho {southern ritntes. Hero Mr. Halo called Mr. Iverson to order for roOcuting upon the other House. Mu. Ivruaox;—l was tiinkiri* no reflection# upon the other House. I was reflecting upon tho Republican party of this eoiintry, amt not on individual members of the Honso. 1 stated a fact known through tho publlo press—known to eve ry man on this* floor—known to every man in tho country —known before th# assembling <>f this Congress, that John Shormuu would bn and is tho candidate of th© Republican party for Speaker of tin* present House of Kcproacntatives, ami I state the fact equally ns well known ami fully estab lished, that he was one of sixty-eight Republican members <<f tho last Congress who ouilorsud nnd approved the sentiment*, and seditious instiga tions of Helper's scandalous, and infamous book. Can any Senator on tho other sido of ibis chamber dispute tbefacl? It so, lot them do it. ]>o,lhcso Senators condemn and disapprove the support given by their party friends to John Sherman for tho high ami responsible oflioo of Speaker? Have we heard es any repudiation of Sherman, or even of the book which bo endorsed? No, sir —they nr*’ part and pared of tho political organisation .which biipportu him for Speaker, ami doubtless justify ami approve the coarse of their political friends iu tho other llou.so. They say they have no sympathy for tho objects, do signs and conduct-|of Brown, and yot they arc to-day, as a parly, endeavoring to foist into ih# third office of the Government, a mail who has endorsed piwcisely the same sentiments and prin ciple* which lead John Uiown to the perpetration of tin* crime which lie lias expiated under the gal tew*. II ha* endorsed, and thereby approv ed and aided in the circulation of sentimonts the most dangerous and damnable which have ever boon written or published in this country. Tho B abator from Massachusetts (Mr Wilson,) disclaim* any approval of Brown's conduct ami | designs, and yet he admits the fact thnt lie wu* j present at a largo meeting in hi* own town, in which a resolution was introduced, di*cu**u<l and passed that “rosiMnnoeto tyranny is oltetlienre to God*” and thnt “it was the duty of tho Northern people to excite tho Southern slaves to insurrec tion.” Bid John Brown ever utter language stronger than that? did ho ever attempt to prac tice a more diabolical principle? Tho Fuuutor douics thnt ho voted for or approved the senti niouty of that resolution, aud yot ho was present, #at silently by and did not rebuko or protest against it. Wbnt was his duly as un American Senator as a patriot, a* un honorable man; ab boring such sentiments. Sir, it was bis duty, n* well a* it was hi* right and privilege, if he disHCii ted from the principles ni.d language of tho reso lution, to r'.KS in his place, and re buke and de noanco it. His silence was an osquiesecnoo in th# sentiments expressed. No sympathy for Brown arid Ll acts ! No sympathy for sedition* doctrines 1 None for iDcrnaiary miniinontH amt effort* against slavery in the Southern States!— 1 do noi understand that sort of absence of sym pathy—no sympathy amongst tho Northern peo ple for Brown and hi# act* and his falo. What pieaii* tho ringing of bolls in so many placet all over th# North, on the day of his execution?— wluit mean* tho firing of cannon at tho Htnfo Capitol of New York, nnd thnt memorable day ? eannon tnlo-h out of tho Slate Arsenal, with tho consent of tho Mat** offiosrs. What means the general, if not universal exprottsiou of tho Repub lican press of the Northern State*. Look nt tho New York Tribune, the Evening Host, the Alba uy Evening Journal, tin- lfo.to Atlas, aud other h ading Now England Republican paper*. Tho Republican party acknowledge lUoseai their or gan*'— they spunk tho #unlimcnt* of thnt parly—- Lava they oxpressed no sympathy for Brown and his seditious conduct? his anti slavery fouling#, his infuriated and bloody puposoe ? film*’ njo the Republican journal in all ibo Northern fetalcs, that lias * oiidemucd tho motives, object* nnd act* of John Brown, except it be the one that i# said to bo controlled by one of the Seimtorsfrmn Übodo Island, (Mr. Anthony.) Sir. ho is entitled to tho thuuki and admiration of tho Southern people, for the course ho Ims pursued in this matter, and tho lone of his manly and independent pres*, lain glad to find that there i* one man bl lum-t, mem ber of the Republican party, tho’ he bo, who, iu tho jnidst of fanaticism and lolly, has hud tho courage to speak out the true sqiitiments which ought to lilt tho heart and control the voice of every Aiuurio&n citi/.on, on such an occasion. No sympathy for Brown and his acts! Sir, what was meant by the action of the Legislature #f Mufindtuscti*. on that imiuorubJe day, when iu the language of Northern fanatacisin, the gal lowj wo - flremJerod as holy and sacred by tho death of John Brown, a* the cross was sanctified hy the death of Christ. It will not be denied that tho Legislature of Massachusetts is largely Ku puhllean; lhsO.it i* a type of that party iu the North; that it represents the political soutiments snd action of tho great majority of the people of that Slate, and of New England generally. There may he and I hope and believe there are a sow sound and reliable democrats in that body, who haw a just regard for the rights of tho Southern Slates, and a propor sense of the foslings aud course which oncht to control and animate every true patriot and American citizen, iu times like th*s. Well sir, #n the 3d day of Ds*#mbr I fill®, about the time it not supposed that John Brown was to expiate on the gallows, the most infamous •lime# that cau disgrace humanity, theft, robbery and murder, the following resolution was offered in the Senate ; “That in view of tb© fact that this was the day on which John Brown was sentenced to las hanged, the Sonato do now adjourn.” I'p ou this motion the you# wore H, nays 11. It ap pears from tho record that 30 Hew tors did uot vote—a most significant fact. Hew came so many absentees? they were chirking the question they doubtlos* sympathised^*ilh those who voted for tho adjournment and with Brown, but weie adhuDJid to commit themselves on the record.— And sir, thero is another significant fuel, that all the affirmative votes, not one was given hy a dun eerntia member. And now sir, for tho proceed ing* of the House. Mr. Key, of Nantackat, mo ved “ihs.t for the great r##poct we have fi r tho trulhfullnrss and tnitb that John Brown bus,, in nuin and his religion, aud the strong sympathy for tho love of liberty, (the avowed principle es Massachusetts,) for which ho l this day to die, this llouso do now adjourn.” Hir, Ibis motion we* debated at considerable length, nnd whilst many, hi tact a large majority of the llouso voted agniust it, yet only two and those members of the Democratic party, oxpressed or avowed any op position to or condemnation of John Brown, his principles or conduct. All the Republican mem bers who objected to tho resolution, only present ed tboHS objections against the expediency of ad • journing, avowin that whilst they sympathised with Brown, they thought it unnecessary to ad journ. The record shows that the whole 1L pub lican party in the Legislature, so far from con demning Brown an (I This acts, approved them and sympathised with him, but declined to adjourn, because they thought it unnecessary, ptrhups un wise, to express that sympathy in the manner proposed. And yet tho &Mtor from Massachu setts, (Mr. Wilson,) says that there is no sympa thy felt by the people ofthSt fitat# with Brown and his incendiary snd bloody outrage*. But *lr the papora tell u that there waa a public meet ing in Boston that very ‘night, at Tremont Tem ple end that tho immense ball was crowded to overflowing many, nay, thousands retiring for the want of room. It was to express th* public sym pathy for John Brown. It was attended and ad I hosed by member* es tho Legislature, eminent Divine* and other distinguished men, who not on ly expressed the deepest sympathy for Brown, but appeowd hi* acts, and uttered the most dc nunciating hrntimcnin against slavery, and the most ribald abuse of tho Bouthcm people; and these speeches wuru approved aud applauded to the skies by the whole vast assembly. But sir, I will read from a Boston paper, n democratic pa per it is true, but it is a Northern wituasa and outitled to credit when it speaks of its own peo ple. I road from tho Boston Post : “The men who occupy scats of power in New England ; tho controlling public uieu iu the do minant party here”— 1 suppose no ono will deny that that is the Re publican patty—• —“are bound hand and foot in the fetters prepar ed and riveted by the uuli-slavery fanatics. To deny it i to deny the plainest facts of every day occurrence. With theso tuuu patriotism i* dead. If not deud, it * loops. At this hour, a majority of the Republican party in Massachusetts do ip. watdly rejoice at the John Brown raid.” “They *eo nothing but subject for mirth in the spectacle of alarm presented by the men ami wo meu of Virginia ! To-day, a majority of them do not think, or if they think they daro not say. that John Brown ought to sutler doath ! To day, a majority of the Republican party in New Eng land do not intend to give prompt, cheerful, cor dial obedience to all the requirements of tho Cun ?L l ia. ti \e : „ y < si. Awt- 1 \<r *k - < -r U slave*, in accordance with oniuditutional oidiga lions, bo returned to their musters! They heap t vulgar ribaldry on the men who sny that the South cannot and will nut long submit to th# robberies and murders of northern fanaticism! They babble about tho inability of the South to live without the North ! They rave like idiot* about tho numerical superiority of the North, just as though in a right euuse, men, proud men, ever waited to coolly count the cost when their honor wa.s assailed, their lives aud properly put iu peril!” Arc all these facts nnd a thousand others which have transpired und are transpiring nil over th# North, noovidence of sympathy for Brown anti of a deep noted widely extended hatred of slavery and slaveholders. A hatred ami hostility which never stop# at nothing in Its mad career, not even the spilling of human blood and the destruction of the property ami lives of tho Hontheru pcopl<f! Disclaim a* they may—disavow as you please the scutlments and nett of Brown, the fact is ap parent that it is the settled design of the Repub lican parly to break down und destroy th Insti tution ot slavery iu the Southern Stales, wliuik ever they obtain political power, and they intend to do it by fair means or by foul. If they oau not accomplish it in ono way, they are resolved to do it in another. The Henutor from New Hampshire (Mr. Hale) “says that tho Repnbli- , can party docs net appeal to the slave* of th# South- -they appeal to the slaveholders.” Sir, what is Helper# hook? Is no appeal made to our slaves iu that scandalous document of which a hundred thousand copies have already been subscribed for and circulated by tho leading men of the Republican party of the North? which lias been approved and udvnnced by sixty eight Republican member* of tho last Congress* and which has been especially commended to the public taste and confidence by their great leader tho lion. Win. 11. Howard—no appeal to the slaves? That book is an appeal from beginning to end, to tho meanest passions of the non slave holders of the Southern States and to tho slaves themselves, exciting them to acts of (reason, in surrection, robbery, arson aud murder. You are responsible for the contents of that hook and the offects which it wa* intended and is calculated to produce. It was intended to excite to iusurres tioa and bloodshed, rubbery and murder und the whole course and policy of your party tend to tho same diabolical end. 1 tell Kenalurs that tho Sou thorn people aro becom ng aware of tho deep nnd damnable design* of the Northern Republi cans, who at# the contending power of t ho North ern Stales. Tho Senator from Now Hampshire (Mr. Hale) say* Ihut oven tho Democrata of the North, or soum es (hem, have rejoiced over the transactions at Harpers Ferry, because, they may produce a political effect favorable to that party. I should rejoice to know that such was the only uiotivo and reason for tho expression of such sympathy ut Ibo occurrence referred to; but 1 four, sir, that too many even of the Northern Democracy arc hostilu to slavery nnd are willing to put it down by any mean*. I fear, sir, that too many of the Northern Democracy are desert ing to tho standard and causo of abolition, be cause the Republican party has exhibited a grea ter zeal iu it* lue/iMiire against {Southern slavery, I wish the Democracy of llm North ware puier and hotter than they uro. 1 wish they wore sounder and bolder aud more determined. I fear, *ir, that upon lliia great question of domestic slavery, if the Northern Democratic party is uot already becoming corrupt, it i> at least enrrupta bio and in tho end will be swallowed up in aboli tionism. But sir, whatever may be tho ultimate stftto of the Northern mind—however grossly it may become saturated with tho spirit of fuuati oism and however Wide-spread may becomo that ruthless and vindictive jealousy of arbitrary hos tility which brought John Brown to the gallows, the Houfh, liko Virginia, will bo üblo to take caro of herself. In tho pride and power of her sover eiguty, that old commonwealth, tho mother of slates and of statesmen, lias spurned ull foreign aspiration, bus with her own native sons aud her own strong arms driven the invaders from her soil, consigned thorn to an Ignominous death and vindicated her courage and her honor. Sir, wo arc üblo to defend ournclves and we intend to do it, and whatever may be your political course or purioual fiction against the South nnd her Insti tutions, you mn> rely upon it that wo shall be over prepared, ready, willing and able to defend ourselves against your ussaulls, even nt the sneri flro of that glorious l/nion which you affect so much to love and revere. The Exerullon At ( harlcatown, Virginia.- Attemp ted Lsrapr. ke. (,'haim.krtox, Tfeo., 10. Noon.—Tho two negro prisoners, Green# and Copeland, were executed at 11 o’clock this fore noon. A large crowd attended to witnes* the bunging of the prisoners, but alt passed quietly under strict military discipline. Cook and Coppie attempted to escape last night. They had mounted thu jail wall when they were discovered by tho sentinel on tbo out side, who immediately gave tbe alarm and fired upon them. They bad sawed their manacles asunder with tho hludu of a Barlow knife, which they had concealed anil mado into a fine saw. it is uNOurtuiuod from thoir oonfeasiou that they have been engaged iu preparing for their eseapo during the last ten duj #. They innda a hole iu the wall near tbo window, which they concealed witii paper, hiding thu bricks they removed under the bed. Upon tho alarm being givon, thoy made no re sistance, but surrendered as soon a* thoy discov ered by the shot of tho sontinel that they were detected. CharletUmn Dec. Ifl —[Second be*palrh.\— Cook uud Ceppio, nnd Sho two negroes, Copeland and Ureone, paid (tie penalty of their lives to day. Tho crowd iu town was very great. Tho execution wa# witnessed by IflflO people. At nina o’clock, A. M., the field wa occupied by tho troops, and the prisoners arrived on tho ground nt 11 o’clock. r \ ho prisoner# were in a wagon, in which also woro the ahoriff and the jailor. They mounted the #caflold with a firm step. The cup# wore then placed over thoir heads : an appropri ate prayer wa# made by Rev. Mr. Noilu of tbo I’resbytcriau Cbtmdt, nnd tboy wore launched into eternity. Before tho rope was cut, Greene wa# heard to ottor a fervent prayer, hut Copeland wns not heard to pray. Ureeno’s neck was bro ken, find ho died without a struggle. Copeland writhed with violent contortions for several tniu ntos. On tho scaffold, tho prisoners bade ad it: a ta tho , three clergymen, Me*#r# North, Waugh and j Lohr, and boned to moot them in heaven. Tho , drop fell at 11 minutes past II o'clock. Their bodies were placed in jail for interment to-mor row. Last night, on tho receipt of tho new* of th# attempt of Cook and Coppie to escape, Governor j Wise telegraphed to General Taliaferro tn take , possession of tho jail, which was accordingly j done. Chorlretoirn, Dec. Ifl.— [Third Deepoteh.] - - Tho negroes were oxecutod at 11 o'clock. Cook snd Coppio wore exeoflted shortly after. There wa# no disturbance. No particulars woro receiv ed. Charhctoxrn, Dee. Isl, 3% P. M -[Special Deepateh to (lov- —Governor Wise: The four felous hare boen hung. All passe/1 off with dignity and in slUnfo. A large crowd of citi Bens wore present, and a few from ft diztauce. There w# no trouble of any sort. I had to oh servo strict military surveillance and discipline W. IJ. TALIAFKRRO. Major General Commanding. JTo*. J. A. RTALr.wonTir.—Wo regret to an nonnee that Hon. J. A. Stallworth ha* barn pre vented hy revere indisposition, from taking his seat In Congress. Ho is now, however, impro- K* g rspldly, and expects a start for Wishtng vt in *Ar d*r - Hr*'*"*, iW ***■ COLIMBIN. TO HMD AT, I)F4 F.MOKK 39. 1H&0. Public Opinion In lltc Month The political eodiac of to-day aheunda In hope ful indications. At no period ainoo the first as sault upon tho eontUutioiiAl righta of tho Sooth ••rn people have they exhibited ao clearly as now, a spirit of determined resistance, or shown great er williagneni to accept the proper alternative to n slavish aud cowardly ao<|iiiescenco. Tho de \ cluptuept of this sentiment is recogniced in the tone of the political preae, in the oonversation es the quiet butaturliug men of the country, and iu the attitude of Southern Representatives in the Federal Capitol. Tho “raw head und bloody buiica” of disunion has lost its power to frighten weak men and old women, and tho wholoj South 1* on ita foot, ready to nsrert its manhood and vindicate its truth. In all the diseuaeiona which the crisis through which wo aro pussing bn* evoked, not one word ha* been breathed of foer that tho Union may bo destroyed. Its antago niMu to tho rights, interests and safety of the liglit, that men of all parties bavo come to regard it, if not with a kind of aversion, at Unst with indifference, and, to day, if tho foot woro mad# known to tho Southern people that ita fate is seal ml, it* dissolution accomplished, scarcely a ,boll would be tolled or a ting lowered, while a sense of roliof, a throb es exultation would be felt in thou sand* of patriotic heart* nnd home*. Unless vve were a witness to tho truth, wo could scarcely have believed it. There hnre been faets in the history of tho Southern people which gave Honm color of truth to tho idea that continued endu rance bad enamored them of oppression—that tho iron had eaten into tlioir soul* nnd excited a love forth# chains they bad soloag and patiently worn. But recent cronta have exposed tho error of tho calculation. What odious and offensive legislation oould not do; what gross insult and bitter reproach and hostile throat failed to effect, a single overt act. though promptly rebuked and aveuged, has accomplished. Tho Harper’s Ferry affair, insignificant in itself, but momentous la its results, hns stirred Southern fooling to its lowest depths nnd “dragged np drowned honor by the locks.” The masse* aro thoroughly aroused and intensely alive to tho issue. From every quarter cofoos the cry, “down with fanaticism or down with the Union.” Tho acts and sugges tions of tho political trickster will suffice no Ung er, and, like their inventor, will bo spurned and overridden. lie who faltors is disgraced, and “be who doubts is damnod.” The Southorn ap petite La* fed on shadows long enough —ad nuu team. It has drawn its sastenanco from plat forms nnd resolutions, till those no longer have power to Bupport life. The patient must have richer and more substantial food. There must boa radical obange in the legislation of tho coun try. This must, of course, bo preoeded by a liko revolution in tho Northern mind. The Nerth must not only profess a willingness to coDcode to us our right*,but must make a positive demonstra tion of this fooling by ijrantiny them. Failiugin this, tho South will declare her independence, and God spued tho day, say we. rirrumstuntr* niter Ctnrt. The Democracy in Congress had a chance to elect a Bouthem man Speaker of tho House of Representative# ou Friday. Tho 7th ballot stood .Shorgian W 6. Uocock 86, Gilmer 36, Scatter ing l>. Neeesuary t<> a choice 114. It thu# ap pears that enough of the more conservative Nor thern Opposition on this LulUting voted for Gil tner to have elected him, had the democracy vo ted for him. Combined, they would havo counted 12J vote*, Icitviug L* the Hluok Republican# and scattering only 105. This is the only ohurmo tho .South bus yet had to secure the Spouker, and tbe Jjeiueoiutic members front the South refused to outhruce it. TIIO fact needs no comment. The above i* front tho Enquirer jof Monday.— Wo presntno the ballot which gave Mr. Giluicr enough Republican,votes to eli him, provided the whole Democratic voto,had been cast for him, was tho ballot preceding tho one wberohis name wa# withdrawn by the South-Americans and Mr. Rotelor, of Virginia, nominated* in,his stead. Thi# unexpected compliment to Mr. Gilmer from a Republicans on eti# ballot was not anticipated even by tho South-Americans, how much soever such an honor'was duo Mr.’Gtimer by tho )North from his troaohory heretofore to tho South in opposing tho 2pro-slovcry Lcoompton Constitu tion with Mr. Douglas and ,hia follower*. Tho Democrata could nol t have foreMecn tho intention of tho Republicans to give Mr. Gilmer a voto suf ficient to elect him with the of tho Northern and Southern Democracy. But grant such an impossibility. That tho ohauco was on one ballot • Acred the domocratsto elect a Southern man. Tho Enquirer is indig nant that the opportunity was not embraced— that tho Northern, Western and Southern deu - ocrats, who now voto for'Mr. Bocock, a slave holder and a good man, did not desert him for Mr. Gilmer. Wbnt tbo com bine and elect 0 Southern man, when Lbe}riemo crats and Americans have sufficient^strength ! How suicidal! How impolitic! How fatal to the South that eighty-eight democrat# .would not combine with thirty-six Americans to elect a Southerner in the person of Mr. (>dinar,{the Sou thern Opposition Candidate! Sltnnie upon Ihe Democraey! 80 regardless of th© honor and in tegrity of tbo South us to refuse tho combination and let eseupe tho only chance to elect Jn South ern Npcuker! Patriotic words for the IKnqttirer. Rising above party prejudice'and'party passion, and Inrhing the *ide> of the for tho their fealty to purty, above tbe interest and com mon weal of,tbo South! Not no with thu( Suuth- American*! Brave, courageous, Spirited, South erners, lot tho chance present itself jto coalesce with any party to elect a Southern man Speaker, aud their arms of pHrty arof grounded and the opportunity is seized with hot impatience. Oh ! yea! And yet the Enquirer —how wo dislike to #ty it—counselled tbo Southern Opposition mem ber# of Congress never to coalesce with tho Democrats, though n Southerner could bo elected. That is to say, the Ewptirar loved the Booth o well, that it preferred that its party should stand aloof aud not vote for a Southern Democrat, if by the ur ion thu democrat should be olocted. How cireumiitunces alter oasei! It is a great crime foritho’eighty-eigbt .Democrats to refuse on one ballotfto support a Southern opposition ! member for Speaker, who received thirty-six I votes, but tho Enquirer tolls its party before j Congress assembles, krvrr to comxixb with tup, DKMouiUTf). Tho Enquirer thought then thnt the Do in ocrats’would receive enough votes, comhiued with the Americans, to elcet their ! S|*a.ker, and it showed its devotion to Ike South, I it# disinterestedness of mere party, by advising a littlo tump of Bouth-Ainericsns never to [ elect a Southern bomeerat, no matter how sound, by their rotes, in tho language of our eotein | penny, “the fact needs no comment.” Judge IW-nnlng’s Letter. Wc publish to-day a letter from Jtdge Ban ning, expressing hie views in relation to his re cent appointment, a* delegate for t>o Htato at l.irgn, to tbe Charleston Convention We bospesk for it u careful reading. Tho authority of tbo Con Ton tioll, to which ho owes bis appointment, to bind tbo pnrty, be discuss## In a calm and able manner, and, wc think, bis argument forever set tles the qtioctinn against It. We hope that the Mar<-h Con/entieo will re-appoint Judgo Henning, and that ho will forego his own inolinatlou and ncj ‘pt. n posit ioa in which he would bo os so much I service to a Houthern constituency. Our section | cannot bo toe nutneroudy represented by aucb | men. PEYTON H. COLQUITT, 5 JAMES W. WARREN, < Edltor ’ Number 52 COHHfTNICATKJ). T* th* Editor* of th* Cotumhu* Time*. IlnruiiH,-1 >oo that tho late Conrontlon at Milh!gcvflle, ha. appointed mo a delegate to tha Charle.toa Convention. I am duly sensible of the honor of this appointment, bat neTerlhel..., 1 Teel bound te.ay, that I think tho appointment need, tho ratification of the part, to mako it val id. Whj ] think .o, I will .tale. Flrt, tho persons who e*lf*i the Convention were merely domoeratie member, of the Legi.la lure. They were not representatives of thedo mncratlo party. Therefore, they had no oulhorl ty to call the Convention. Secondly, the persons who oompotti the Con vention, were, as to the fhr greater part of then:, merely the appointee, of thoso same member, es the legislature who madetbo call for the Conven tion, snd not at all tho appointees of tho party in the different eeuntiet. Thia happened thus When thoae members made tho call for the Con vention, they also made a reaolve, that any coun ty's demoeijttj"„tM)tave< ni tho Convention, if tha county should fail to send delegates to tko Convontion. A largo majority of tho derooeraiio counties did ftiil to send delegates t* tho Conven tion. Their members to tho legislature, acting on the rosolve aforesaid, took seats as their dele gates in the Uonvoution. And thus a very large majority of those whe composed the Convontion woro democratic members of the legislature ap - pointed to thoir place by democratic membot s es tbo legislator* shindy themselves. Thcso aro facts, as 1 ain informed. Now, I suppose that there is no body who will contond that delegates thus appointed had any authority to act for tho party. Could tho demo cratic members of Congress, by a resolve of thi* kind, turn themselves into a democratic Convon tion for tho nomination cf President and Yica President? No, all will aaswor. But as well might they do that as the domoeratie tueinbers of a Slato Legislature do wbat was done by thorn. Thoo, tbo call of the Convention was defective, and tho eompoeitinn of it was defective. Tho per sons who made the call and who appointed a ma jority of the members, were without authority to do either of those things. Indeed, it is not iasisted, T believe, that those persons bad the authority to do either of those things; all that is claimed is, that in doing thoso things thoy had tho sanction of usngo—the sanc tion es similar action in tbo democratic members of some previous legislatures. But it will be fouiul, lain quite sure, that in all of thoso previ ous instances, tho action of the democratic mem bers of the legislature received a ratification by the party—the ratification of a silent acquies cence. And any ratification is equivalent to an authorisation. If then, tho notion of the demo cratic members was valid in thoso previous in stances, its validity wa* derived from ita ratifica tion by the demoeratie pnrty, and not from any autherity in thoso demoeratie members. So that the argument from usage proves nothing In the present case, because thero baa not boen, ms yet, in tho present case, any ratification by tho party. But tho timo for ratification, I knew, is not past. The party may still ratify this action either by silent acquiescence or by positive approval, through a Convontion preperly formed. Tho Executive Committee of tho democratic party has cnllod a Convontion of tho party for the 2d of March, to appoint delegatus to the Charleston Convention. Will that be a Con vention which, if it assembles, will havo tbo power to rntify or reject tho action of the lato Convontion? I think so. The question I sup pose, depends on this—did the Couvonti-n which appointed that committoc, havo tho power to au thorize thu committee to call such a Convention as the one it oolJod.—namely,a Convention to ap point delegates to the Charleston Covntktf).— Tho Convention which uppointod the committee wss the party Convention, ut which tho last can didate for Governor was nominated, and it is, I know, thought hy some that suob a Convention has not the authority to busy itself with any thing but the nomination of a candidate for Gov ernor, and tho preparation for the eall of another Convontion for tho nomination of the next candi date for Governor. This, I think is 100 narrow a view of the sub jeet. Such Conventions disease raon and meas ures; prineiples and practice ; they do not stop at discussion ; they go on to judgment and deci sion; they approve; they condemn; they pardon; they punish. Now if a Convention has the pow er to do thiugs of this grave importance, has it not the small power to call the party together to prepare for elections—a power hardly susceptible of abuse—a power involving littlo dauger, and yet a power of most obvious utility ! I think so. A party without such a power lodged iu the hands es lomo permanent body, is almost without or* ganisation. lias not every Convention of a party the right to provide for keeping tho party in a state es organisation, on which its efficiency so much depends ? I think then, that the Executive Committee had the pew<-r to mnke their eall of the Conven tion for the Id day Jof March. And, therefore, that whatever that Convention, if it shall assem ble, may do In the premises, will bo binding. Butsupposo mo wrong jn all that, I have said what is tho best course for those to pursue, who think me so—those who tbiuk that In some way the late Convention became clothed, with authori ty to met for the party, and therefore, that Itseic tion is valid. It is this, I most respectfully sub mit to them, that they recognize as valid, the call of the Kxooutlve Committee, and tako steps to bo represented in the Convention called by that Committee. In Ibis way they cau make the ae tion es the lato Convention valid, if it is not val id—that is thoy caa do so, if it has a majority of the party in its favor, and if it has not it ought not to bo valid ; in this wny an ugly difforento in tho party will Le settled ; in this way tho ap appearanee of two delegations at Charleston will he prevonted ; in this way all the chances aro (Oc good, none for evil. It ie apparent that the Con vention called hy the Committee is going to as semble. Lot us asceptfacts. Th:.t being so, is there any eourse better for any port left of tho party than the one I suggest? I do not sou that there is. There is not, I feel confident, for tho party itself. From what has been Said it appsars that my position is this.- that unless my appoiotmeot skull b* ratified by the party, 1 shull consider it of no validity ; that if it shall be silently acquiesced hi by the party, 1 shall consider It rutifled; that if it shall he positively approved by the March Con vention, I shall consider it ratified ; that if it shall he and eapproved by tbo Mure ; Conven tion, I shall consider it not ratified, and tlierefoei iu remaining invalid. I heg to say in conclusion, that I do not wish to be a member of the Charleston Convention, and that 1 hope and request that the March Con vention will put someone in my place as a dele gate to thut Convention. lIEKItT L. BENNIKfI. LotTlsnbLfl lloa Tuxm.—The number of hogs killed that far tnis season around tho falls at Leuisrille, is 178,83.1 head, against 231,100 head, the sauio date last year. Tho number in iuns on Saturday evening was 16,4rtT Load, ma king the total receipts this year 188,300 head. It is thought that tb packing around the falls this year will ranch 200,000 head, which will be 24,000 Lees ths/i last year. The Journal of Mon day, says the beg market has assumed a vary quiet appoaranoe, and lowor prices would be ac cepted. A lot of heavy, for which a week ago $6.78 would havo been demanded, wire offered yesterday at |6JO, without finding a bay Or.