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*. SNOWLES and 3. ROSE,
EDITORS AXD PROPRIETORS.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
of tub.
MII.LBDOrVILL#, Xok. i*. 185!*.
In the Senate tbe report of the cf mnnttec on
Rules of Order was racoosidered, st*/. the old quee
!oa of the connection of one *e?ir, u w j>g mother
s* ditctimw.
Trifpe ironed it, amendment. ,ht the uufioisUd
ct the first sesdoo i’ a pn-aerred by the
Subject to tV .i of this bo<]f. Tot?
cm “ißlent was tr, and the rule* were
EQoptvd.
be-** q( Bailocb, moved that 1000 copfta l the
‘*oaip;roller General's report, be printed for the
cse of the Senate.
McGehee stated that be was reliably informed
that there were already 1,600 or 2,t#*> copies on
band, to be disposed of.
Holt offered an amendment, that inasmuch a* (he
Per has 20 ‘0 copies of the Comptroller’s Report
o". hand, the *cti*te purchase I,O*H) copies of them,
lie opposed tho re-olution. lie thought the exam
ple bad, end in thi<- instance would follow the eco
nomical notions of Got. Brown.
A substitute was offered to procure 2,>JO copie*
cf the report. Cone accepted iu
Even* of Stewart was iu favor of the resolution.
YTe were sometimes Ue> ecooontkal. The report
contained mauer that waa interesting and valuable
to every eiti*cn of the State.
H It of Troup valued the s-wpor! verv hiM, and
thought the Comptroller deterred tho thanks of
the people for preparing it, but ho thought the
nn'uciple involve 1 was objectionable. It was a
deletion to i&j tbeao copies were for the Senate,
whan there wete only l£h Senators. The custom
ot burdening the mails with ducumeats to concili
ate the favor of friends, had become e crying evil
in Congress, and ought not to hr sanctioned iaour
ieg'dation. If we could buy that document to
send home to oar friend#, wo could bay uy other.
*"• to enlighten the people, thy aw*- u ; r
•frrtthrl wss entirely Inadequate.
t one thought fact uioro light was needed
,r> e*nßta< pa r ty info perfect obscurity.
eaty copies would suffice for the who!*? opposi
tion of Bulloch.
Vtr. Hul protested against giving a party bearing
to the ducuaaion. The evil complained of whs
practiced bv all parties. The gentleman would
probably ne?d but few copies for his own county,
us he bad b- en called for years the “ King of Bul
loch,” though he cams Tery near being beaten at
the I-.te election.
Coue replied that he did not come quite so near
as the gentleman did two rears ago.
air. Hiii waa roused by this deserved retort, and
ovaa down on the resolution with all his power.
He was peculiarly sarcastic on the swamps of Bul
loch and other benighted districts, where the gen
tleman’s party usually found an abundance of ma
terial. He closed by expressing his regret at the
turn the remarks had taken, renewed bis thanks
to the Comptroller General for the care and ability
displayed in fcis report, but insisted that Senators
should buy it if they wished to send it to their
friends.
Iu spite of the minority of his party, Mr. Hill
command* the atteatiou of ail eyes wheo he takes
the floor, and hi” evident candor, and sincere inter
cs. ia tbe public good gives him an influence that
ts felt in all matters in which he is heard.
Evans of Stewart offered to amend, so as to se
cure 133 copies for the Senate. Thi# and the ori
ginal resolution was lost.
The eouuties was called, and about foriv bills
were read the first time, among which were several
to change county lin°>, make nicu of minors, to
relieve partie* divorced, and to authorize home
made doctors to puke and pill according to law.
It :s a little gad to see that the four medical colle
ges cannot turn out doctors enough to attend to
the sick without resorting to tie Legislature. But
Brown will veto these absurd id* ot special legis
lation or at least ought to do it.
iiy Hall, of Meriwether, a bill to require Judges
of the superior Court to alternate. A good bill.
By Hill, of Wiikes, to amend the i3h section of
the 18th division of efie penal code, making the
tensity for soiling liquor to ~<*tor*.fgr first offence
f£o, and confinement in jail, ay* u. r co nd, ini
piisoument for a tongef r*7u>d. The la* w ’ rbi,
subject are alreguv %o)ja--, if enforced.
Savannah, to authorize the ermsoli
ot the Mdledgwville and Gordon, and Eaton
ton road with the Central road.
Retd, of Morgan, to compel free person* of col
or to leave the tftate.
ftiis question deserves wise deliberation, and
ebnulti be decided without delay.
Gartrel, of Cobb, to change the llith division of
tbs 18th section of the penal code.
Smith, of Talbot to revise the Jury system.
of Burke, to authoiize Judges to rail
casea so aa to expedite business.
Turner, of Putnam, to define and punish vagran*
cy in free persona of color.
in Ihg House, after a move to reconsider some
local bill lost yesterday, which occasioned a call
far the yeas and nays, and considerable discussion,
the resolution to bring ou the election of United
States S-aator was called up. Mr. Brojlr* favored
tbe resolution. Mr. Ifartridge proposed a substi
tute that the clectiotr be postpoued to next Marion,
urg : ;ig that the everts ot the next year might rat
tarlaliy cl ange the popular sentiment of the couu
try, end render s Senator ciiCesu now obnoxious
t> a majority of the people. The vote w** taken
and lo*t, by sound, when Harris, of” Givnu, ad
dr&r -ed the Hous-j in favor of bringing on the eU*c
tioa, in order to relieve members from tbe influen
ce? tout iright b sought to be used to effect other
qussdo r s at legislation by it. Mr. Harris speaks
ffi-h jTOfii force, clearness and freedom, and has
come rods tc pickle that will make tbe wire-workers
■mart.
Williams proposed to postpone the matter until
Fridxy. Lost.
ilr. Ely thought the people expected an election
to tuke place now, for ia some counties it had been
made a test in the late election.
The substitute was carried, yeas BS, nays 75, and
the Senitorisl Election will lay over until the next
vs -s:on, a safe and wise decision.
MILLSIH>CTUi.£, Nov. 10, 186f*.
In the Senate thia morning, the call of counties
for nsw matter was tbe order, and a large number
of bill” were read the first time.
Among iheae yere several changing names,
granting pennierion to bnild bridges, Ac.
Mr. Hail, of Meriiwether, raised a point of or
der, as tbe law gives the power to regulate the*e
nj-u**rs to the Inferior Courts.
Lawton referred to tbe provision of the Consti
tution, which prohibited legislation on these sub
ject®, r.ad the point of order was sustained.
The coßAtaat applications to the Legi-latute for
re i-l from bOLds is a growing evil, and it b a bad
precedent for the Legi*lature to listen to such ap
peatA. Parttes should not become sureties unless
thev are prenarwi to meet the consequences.
of Giyr.n, introduced a hill to aid the citi
zen* 51 Georgia lO build rail roads on certain cou
<K'.ion3.
The bill provides that when one-t*nth of sny
road is completed, and an additional section gra
ded, and ready for the iron, the Governor may eu
doiM the bonds for per mile, for all aave
the first tenth, payable 25 years hence, and secur
ed by a lien on tbe entire road, to take preccilence
of other liens, and by the personal liability, which
does not cesc- with the expiration of the charter,
of stockholder*. It is precisely in accordance
with the rocommoodution of the Governor, in hi
Xe*sge.
From tbe source of this bill I presume it is ac
ceptable to the frieqds of the State aid.
MuGobee of Houston, introduced a bill to char
ter tbe Fort Vailey and Atlantic Railroad Cot*.
I*!>?.
Turner of Jasper, a bill to abolish tha Seatm*
Aeade*iiemt.
The Senate then met the for the election
of Judges, aftfr which
A rcci!ut;cn was aocp.ed to secure a clergyman
to ‘.reach a sermon to the Legislature on the 24th.
which the Governor ha- appointed a dav of Thant s
g'VK-.g. . +.
It strikes u*e as a redertion upon our General
Assembly, liitt its deliberations have been opened
aud without a solitary petition to the
T.Jtijfi the Univem*. A prayer at the Inaugu
■'t'oa would seem most appropriate, and the mem
bers arc not so lull of grace as to render a prsrer
everv morning out of place.
A rrrduiion to bring o-.i the flection of United
Statee Senator ou Friday, lltb ins*.. will he called
op to-morrow iu the Senate. Tb Hoo* haa al
ready voted down a resolution to hold the election
to-tnorroyr.
in l: * Hons# a number of bills were reroneM
ered.
TANARUS! Harper’* Ferry resolution* from the Seriate
4P ucanimoualy adopted.
feeaera! Aembly then met and proceeded
to the election of Judge > of the Supreme Coart.
e-icceeaor for Jndje Renning for the lour
term w&a fire; in order.
ilr. Lawton read a note from Judge Bcnalng,
withdrawing hi# came on account of the tndica
tKica at th* caecruea of the Democratic party that
Ae * cat the ebaiaa <4 a majority of that party.
Col. Fulton agsouerd (he name of Hon. C. J.
Jenkins, not sa a candidate, but ss a suitable man
for tbe position, and who would accept if elected.
Harris, of Worth announced the name of R. F.
Lyou, of Albany.
The names at Hon. 1. L. Han is, Hon. 0. C.
Gibson, and of’ Hon. Thowsa W. I'boiua", weie
announced.
IlariU ot W ortb, stated that bis father was cot
a caodidate.
On the first ballot Lyoa received 117 votes,
Thomas, Sd, Jenkioe. 47, Gibsou 33, Harris Id,
Buchanan 10, Starnes 2, Barny Hill 2 Benciug “J.
Cobb 1, Nisbet J, Blauk, 1.
Ou the second, Lyon had 128, TLornaa 69, Jen
kin* Gilson 18, Harris 9, Buchanan 8, Muruy
Hill 2, Cobb 1. Blank 1.
On the 2d ballot Lvon had l3!fi Thomas 68, Jen
kins 45, Gibson 12, Harris 7, Brunlng 1, Blank 1,
Wileher 1.
Hjr*is insisted that his father wat/iefa eandi
date, and trusted voles would not be thrown off
upon him. Messrs. Thomas and Gibson were with
drawn and Buchanan declared no candidate.
On the 4th ballot Lvon had 149, Jenkins 118,
Thomas 3, Tatum 4, Wileher 2, Niabet 1, Gibson
l, Blank 1, and Lyon was declared elected.
The name of Judge Stephens was announced, to
fiU the vacancy occasioned by tha resignation of
Judge McDonald for two years. On tbe first bal
lot Judge Stephens received 195 vote*, Tatum IH,
Jenkins 15, Wileher 6, Cone 4, Blank 2, Gibson
1, Hill 1, and Judge Lrnton Stephens was declared
elected.
The defeat of Judge Henning pats rhe tea! es
popular condemnation upon his decisions in tha
Bank case*; aud fc a signal, and in roy
a deserved triumph for Mr. Doughert? and bis
friends.
. Mr. Wileher deek-ev me to say that Ha waa not a
caodidate against Hon. L. :iepheus. Ha is reserv
ing sll his forces for tbe contest for tho U. &. Bena
torship.
Richard F. Lyon, Eaq., tha Judge elect, iaa gen
tleman of tine appearance, and is, i learn, a law
yer of (he first order of ability. He is a native ot
Lincoln county, and l* about 4t) yaars of ape.
An anecdote told me siauw the election, will illus
trate hi? t’erUun character, tknne |on a day or
(wo ag, *a* inquiring as to his history and qu*li
fi-cr.MOue, wlteu kc\V. a member noted for his wir,
replied that “ ten year* stjo he met !iitn in an old
tiel-J with brogsn shoes on ; and if he has improv
ed as much in knowledge as he hss in appearance,
he is fitted for any position.” He is a self made
man, and 20 rears ago wss a ecliool teacher at Re
publican, uear Itaysvhle, in Columbia county.
After the elections wete over, Lewis of Hancock,
proposed in lieu of the section of the Law School
bill, appropriating slo,ooo lo the purchase of a Law
library, an appropriation of slo,t per annum.”
Old Brown ia Prison.
The northern republican press hss been very
busy iu propagating the idea of bsd and inhuuiau
treatwient of John Brown by the Virgiu'ians, as
their prisoner—their indisposition to give to him s
fair trial, Ac.; but those of the north even, who
have visited Brow a in prison, are impelled to give
a contradiction to this stuff. A correspondent of
the Boston Traveler, who made a Hying visit to
Charlestown last week, and was present when the
sentence upon Brown was pronounced, writes :
During my interviews with Brown at the jail, he
related what he said in court, that he was per
fectly satisfied with (he fairness of his trial and ths
kindness of his treatment He said thatCspt. Avis,
his jailor, showed as much kindness in treating him,
as he haJ showed courage in attacking him : “li
is what I should expect from a brave man.” See
ing that one of tbe deputy jailors was present, he
added : “ I don’t say this to flatter—it isn’t my
wav. I say it because it ia true.” (For the same
reason 1 bere repeat it.) Judge Parker appear?
to hare conducted the trial with reiaarknlde ean
dor. dignity and impartiliiy; and when we con
wider what a servile insurrection is, the self-eon
trol of the people is wonderful.
Brown has uot been iu irons rinse the first, night,
and every possible indulgence is shown him exempt
the indulgence of delay. Bven the speed of the
trial is, in pert, accounted for by the accident that
the term of (he court happened to be held ia§t et
tbe time.
IJ speak* highly of bis medics] sltendanrs, but
rejects the offered counsel of all niiniatera who te
heve fliat slavery is tight. Ha will dte a* le. last
ly as he has lived.
Stereas lies oo a bed in ih hms laige room,
dangerously wounded. He probably will not be
tried at this teirn. And it it the wish of many
Virginians rhal he should die of hi* wounds, rather
than recover to be executed.
% e re* OrsrantMtUn ter Slave Veaerrec
* lieu
The Omcieoarri Times learn* tvoei reliable au
thority, that considerable •aeitemeot ex lata iu a
portion of Kentucky, telative to (be supioaed de
tection of a secret organization, having for ita ob
ject a slave insurrection. Tbe fsete, sa ‘key re
ceived them, aro as follow*:
Two anr.onjtnou* letter* were teeeived tbieugh
the j>ost office at Cyntkiana, lentucky, annoanciug
the existence in that locality of a Secret orgaaiz/-
tion, upon a plan similar to that of Old Biown'a at
Hnper*s Ferry, and having the same object in view.
The letters and their contents were made public, and
immediately created a great excitement throughout
Harrison and Bourden counties, where it is alleged
the organization exists and ia intended to operate.
A public meeting was eaiied at Cyntbiana, sn j was
largely attended. Measures were taken to ferret
oat the members of the organization, and to pro
*e-t the community again#! any outbreak that may
be attempted among the sieve*.
The aaaoeiatinu w said to onoi>t rmjwrlv of BS
grosa, led and directed by white Beu. It iaebatged
tfia: of rhe employee* of the Govingtou sud
Lexington Railroad are loaders in the movement.
Tbe anotirronus letters declare that, like that of
Harper’s Ferry, each member of this organization
la sworn to secrecy, and it ia supposed that arrange*
n>enta for a general outbreak were pretty well ma
tured. A vigilance committee warn organized st
lb* meeting of (he citizens, sod the utmost precau
tion is throughout the country. Stringent
resolutions Were passed, and the least movement
on the part of the slaves is to be the signal for
prompt action. Great consternation and alarm ex
i: throughout the country, and a full supply of
firearms have been ordered by ths citizeus, arid a
thorough preparation iamude tor an; demonstration
that may occur. This matter will be thoroughly
investigated, end the guilty parties, whoever they
may be, will be brought to justice.
Portrait of the “ I.title t.laui.*’
We should judge that tha writer of the following,
which we clip from tha Cincinnati Commercial, was
nor much of a Douglas man. Hear him :
“ Douglas belongs, by temperament and conati
tntion, to the race of bullies. Ilis proper, legiti
mate sphere is the bar-toom, or he prize ring. He
is just the kind of man to bo the favorite of black
leg* and the idol of bottle-holders. His endow
ments of limb and muscle, his compact and btnlv
solidity of form, and enormous fistic strength would
ha ve made him facile prime*pa among the Rullivsus,
the Morriseys, aud the Ueenans. Bat the hotoa
copc of hu> fortune* was differently east, and hav
ing settled early iu life, in a backwoods country,
he was fated to become a politician.
In a community of little intellectual or moral
culture, bis rise was rapid, for his powers were
just of the compass which fitted him to shine where
s man of finer nature would have failed. He pos
sessed moderate iuicllectnal talents, an iron will,
untiring energy, and unbounded ambition. Ue
ro.-s at length, through various gradations, to be a
Senator of the United States, and with greedy *yoa
devouring the Presidency from afar, he has shaped
*ory scheme, and strained every nerve to win it.
Thee power* of Douglas a* a public orator, are
limited to a plaio and monotonous repetition of
one idea, and a bovine power of bellowing it to the
Drgeat audience. He is destitute alike of variety,
cam pass, humor, pathos and eloquence. He eihibi’t*
not a solitary gleam of genius, not a rav of wit,
nor a spark of imagination. The only element of
eioqoeoee he possesses, is the nor et preterm nihil
(the voice and nothing more) of Virgil.
Arnica* Exri,o*jiTtoss.—Two scientific travel
er*. Captain* Burton and Speke, have succeeded
in penetrating the continent of Africa, from the
eastern side, siiteen hundred miles, in latitude four
degrees South, over land, where no European had
ever been before. They discovered two fresh wa
ter lakes, rjiji and Nyanza, the latter of which is
three thousand seven hundred feet above the lv
---*1 of tho sea, with an area two-thirds as Urge as
Ireland, and was conjectured br them to be tho
long sought aoure* of the Nile/ The land is not
•-qual to that on tba western side of thecontinent,
and tha negroes are physically and mentally infe
rior.
Wrsrwann, Ro!—There have emigrated from
East Tennessee and Cherokee Georgia, to Arkan
sas and Texas, this past fall, at least five hundred
families, and the end is not yet, as every day or so
wagon after wagon, with movers, may be seen
plodding their way thitherward. Hamilton eounty
alone haa sent out forty families, and a number are
now down with the moving fever. — Chedtanooaer
J&artiaer, llrA ieut.
MACON, GEORGIA :
W e dues day, November 16,1859.
GOTTO* nAfIKET,
ThsJjst foreign accounts arc t ih th iust.,
which represent u good demand and prices firm,
with a small udvauce. Hollers in oar market are
uuwHiiug to sell except at an advance of an eighth
over lust week’s quotations. Sales of coalmen
Middling to Middling Fair, fioru 9 to coni*—
same sales of fine quantities st 10 5-1. Sandy cot
ton not saleable at any price. The dailv receipts
iu our market are large, and the bu?Lne*s es ear
city ntver presented a more cheering aspect.
TilS ELLCtION
(B L. 2. Senator to fid tlio place ol” Mr. Iverson,
has very properly beeu postponed by both braucti
e* of the General Assembly until next year.
SALE OF LOT3
\\ e refer ths reader to the large sal# f Lois
advertised to com# off ia th# viciuity of Mason.—
They will doubtlcaa prov# desirable retreat* —Waieg
“ lies from city taxes and musketoea.”
ÜBT For article# of new goods, in th# fancy and
#v#ry oth# ..ns of dry good* burins*#, (fee nu
tturoun to mention,) <>• advsrlisewent of M##ki#k
A k.in in our paper to-day.
t*r a somrnanicstion in reply to oa whic*
appeared r£n:ly in th# Vh.-Utian Index sgaiut
Teang M#u# Ohristiau Aaam-utieus, is d#f#rr#d
■Mil next week.
A GOOD BILL.
Mr. Collier, of Fulton, has introduced a hill into
the Senate wh.ch proposes to cliang# th# tini# of
holding elections from Monday to Weduasday,
which will prcv#r.t. tj, # dcseoratiaa of ilia leahtialb
non so common.
LIT IT TASS.
Mr. i anniu, of Morgau, hac introduced a b'H to
provide for the coll of a (.’onstitotioual Conveution
es this Siete, -th# election of Delegate* to b# ou
the first Monday in May near, and the (Meeting of
the Convention to ho on lh first Wednesday in
Jane, at the Capital.
ii it a# important bill, which w# Lops will
pass.
BIT AYAH'S FILGaiKS’ TIU.G2MZ.
in? grand I’abl'aii of Ditr.ya.i' .. Pilgrim*’ Pro
t/rr.-ix, *id tie opened in t!t:s citv on Sat ur.lav night
next, at Concert Ha!i, an l rem-uu opeu fora week
It is a work ol great merit, #:, ] !, received gen
eral applause wherever it ha# been exhibited.
M iCJN FBKji SCHJjL.
W# are requested to say that the Trw#te## of
Bibb county Academy are respectfully invited to
attend at tbe Academy, oa Friday #lt#rnooa of
thie week, at o’clock, to witness the examination
of the pupil.*, it bei#g tha cl )*e of tha first term ol
the #cholasti# year.
Uttllrasid t'jirc to lii9 (!nnlerpucfe
Preachers attending the Confarsnc# to be held
in Rome, on the 14th December next, says th#
Southerner, will please call for Minister’s Tickets,
at the various dvpot* where they fska th# Railroad
and they will be furnished at. half price.
Exchanges in the tftat# will pi# ue copy.
|S?~ A* criterion of th# value of our city proper
ty on oor bu*lnes* street#, w# would mention that a
vacant lot, opposite the Linier Iloure, on Mulberry
Street. 47 feet front by *2o deep, was sold last week,
at a e*eh sale, for $7,000. The purchaser i# R. P.
MeEvoy, who will, no doubt #reet on it a baildiag
worthy of th* ait# he has purchased.
TIiAIJBBGIVnrG.
Tbeisday w#*k will b# observed, by # large
number of biu-# of the Union, oa a day ot Thaska
giving end Praia# lo Almighty God, for th# eiani
t#ld mercies and blessing# of the present year.—
Tbe general prevalence ol health and bountiful
harvest#, surely ought to awaken into audible ex
l>r##*ion, ventioieiit* of b#art-fvlt thanksgiving end
joy. Bat is view of th# pr##ert political sondi
tion ot th# coantry, it would slao k; eminently #p
propriat#, on that occasion, humbly to invok# Mi#
Divin* iat#rpo#ition in behalf es onr ieip#riil#d ie
•titntMm,
ECLECTIJ MAGAZINE.
We h*r# etteu called the attention es ear lead
ers to this sterling literary work. Th# Mvlaetia ia
cusd* up of the sevsn feeding Revises es Great
Britain, with an eccaeionai article from the month
lies. Th# articles art selscted with rars skill and
judgment from this wide field, by R*r. W. H. Bid
well, who ha# been th* editor for tbirteee years.—
W e gee it Is warmly commended by Judge Lump
kin, Judge Longstrcet, Edward Krerstt aud many
other eminent men.
It is finely i.lustratvd every month by engre
vinings on steel by Ssrtsin, and iu addition to th#
regular plates, the publisher offers this ysar, to
new subscribers, a large premium engraving. This
may be seen loi a few days at J. M. Boardiuati’e
book store ; wlao specimens of the work and orders
left with him, or Mr. Daniel E. Baris, the fft.sinese
■gent South, who ie uow at the Lanier House in
this city.
SENTENCE OF TIIE HARPER’* FERRY INSUR
RECTIONISTS
Capt. Cook, with the other prisoners, hav# been
found guilty, by the court, of murder in the first
degree, inciting insurrection, tc. and are sentenced
to b hung ou tho Ifith of December. It is sup
posed that Gov. Wise will respite Brown until that
day, that ell msv be hung at the tarns time.
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE-
It i* conceded that the South American# will
hold the balance of power in the lower House of
the next Congress. During the late Congressional
canvass in this State, we expressed the opinion,
that the Hon. Joshua Ilill was well qualified lo fill
the Speaker’.# chair. Let him be elected upon the
platform# of the two national parties of 1852, and
th* preliminary step will be taken for the forma
tion nf a great Constitutional party, which, ignor
ing the slavery question, may sweep the country
in IfiflO. Read an article in the New York Herald
on this subject.
A NEW RAILROAD SWITCH.
Mr. T. DoCOHKRty, Master machinist of the Ma
con and Western Railroad, lias recently introduced
a Switch of hi* own invention, which may be seen
in use near the workshops of th.it road, in this
city. It has about it, this uovelty, or as might
aeetn, impossibility in machinery—that it ean a#
well perform its legitimate purposes, if its arrange
ment be wrong, as it it were tight. That is, let it
be shifted, or placed in any possible manner, it
will carry the wheels of scar to their proper track,
without the least and inger or possibility of their
getting oft. It is extremely simple in construc
tion, end if generally adopted would, no doubt,
prevent many such accidents as have heretofore
occurred, of “ running off at th* switches,” (with
loss of life and property,) by their being out of
place. We understand that several orders have
been given for these switches, for the use of other
roads. A single glance at it will satisfy any prac
tical mechanic of its utility and superiority to arv
now in use.
TRS.asrKRR’s Ksror.T —The Finances of Georgia
are fully presented by Mr. Trippe. We condense
the following : . :
lialance in Treasury, Oct. 20, ISS, $455,918 65
Tax 1859. $370,614 84
W. L A. Railroad 420,000 00
Other Sources 238,264 4.1-1,032,879 27
Total receipts $1,488,797 92
Total expenditure* 874,465 92
Paiaaae in T*Mury. 6#t. SO, 1169, $<14,892
t
THE GfIINTBY IN PERIL.
That th# Rp#lii at this time is In #ia#st
peril, meat b# evueat to every iatcUigeat and re
flecting mind. Y|hifi#nt uiidcouUuacd neetioual
agitatieu, is at leit hrlagiug forth its legitimate
and ctveVcd fraie secli#l etieu-aliou, tensor,
and prospeetlv# dkrapticu, strife sad anarchy.—
i This is th# entertaiameut which demagogues,
Nerlh and tatth, kave served up fur the Aweri
eaa pecple. <J#r 6*l#vsd ccaetry, every on* must
see, is upon tbe brisk, es ruin. The extreme sod
{sectional views aud acta es northern tab*: let and
, fresseUers, bar# very uetsrally aroused like sen
rimente aud feellugs is the dauth, iusomitch that
there appears bet eu# step between a# and. civil
revolution.
How beat to meet end ward of impending dan
gers * is u question worthy of tbt profound con
sideration es every patriot. see but one
chance to escape the calamity of t black republi
can President sud Administration. If the friends
es the Constitution and Union would again band
together, as ia lhiO, and adopt ‘the national plat
forms of 1852 —wbieh recognize th* adjustment
meat ares of UsO as a final settlement of the
slavery question—and present some name that
weald i steel the eenserratlstn of the country —
we ear* act whether he h* whig or democrat—we
■iy possibly evert the calamity of a black repub
keau triampb. What say Messrs. Stephens, Cobb,
and ether t’.d Unisn leaders ? ttiull the old Union
party be revived, and one more effort made “ to
eeverthe Union,” or aliaH Its sun go down amid
the seioke and blood of civil strife and carnage ?
A YOICK FROM VIRGINIA.
The article in our [taper to-day, from the Rich*
inoud Enquirer, under the caption ot “Non-inter
vention Abolishing tlavry in Virginia,” is worthy
of profound thought. Few, we presume, who have
watched developments ot sentiment and feeling at
the “North uud West, sines ths passage of tho Kan
oat-Nebraaka Will, as demonstrated by elections in
those sections, *re so infatuated as to beliuvo that
Hpecifio Congresiional protection to slavery by new
enactments is within the rsugu of possibility. In
many of th* States even the fugitive s'uve law is
now a dead letter. The utmost the South can hope
from Congress is, that it will pass a general law re
quiring that all acts passed by Territorial Legisla
tures, involving the rights of persona and property,
ihaii be sanctioned by the U. S. Senate, before
they shall become laws. Such a law might not be
deemed a “slave code.”
The attempt to secure direct, intervention, in be
half of alavery, from the next Congress, or any
new guarantees for the safety of our domestic in
stitution#, would be ss Quixotic ss Johu Brown’s
Harper Ferry foray. It would recoil with unhap
py rffect upon the South, and but multiply our un
redressrd grievance# and complaints. However,
the eountry is in the hands of tbe democracy, and
we turn th* question over to ths friends ami au
thor* es the Kansas bequest.
MORS OF KANSAS.
We were informed, #ome days ago, says the Sa
vannah Republican, by #. gentleman whose state
ment* tire entitled to credit, that eerenteen gin hou
ses, with their contents, have been destroyed in
the course of the last two weeks, in the county of
Talbot alone. The number repel# all idea of acci
dent, and s*peci!ly when we recollect that incen
diarism was one of the plana es “old Brown,” and
that particular region was specifically designated
on his map. A further statement give* eonflrma
tien te this eerialusion. A letter readied Miiledge
vilie a law days ago, announcing the belief that a
squad es Brown's einixeai iee were concealed iu the
neighborhoed es Pine Meunsain, in Meriwether
eonntv, and that an express had hee sent te Yel
feettoa for a for*# to sseur that ragion end capture
the mieereante, if possible.
There ia bat little doubt that detachment# et
Rieah'i gang h*v# travelled through and set on
foot plane in nearly ill the Sou’.her a States; hut
with eee watchfulness an the pert of our people,
we 8e net think there ia tbe slightest cause ter
alarm. A few bad eharaetsre may b* seduced la
te such plots, but we have no idea that anfiiciaht
co-operation eold be obtained to iweugarate any
thing like a terioas movement.
jrs The Charleston Met entry says : “The pres
ent is a period of momtntoue import, in ehaping
the Cegtiuica of the#* Roulbern State*. Principle
t*d party expediency eeu not he reoouciled. The
Democratic party must be e Southern party or no
party. It oan not serve slaveholders sad else free
soilers with their arrogant and reiuoua pretentions.
There ie need abke of wisdom and of courage.—
The people want featlest and able leaders to direct
oar council* aud ehtpe our dastiDies ; men who
Host upon the surface e id imputontly rid* the cur
rent, incumber public atatiou. They are useless to
the public, however potent iu obtaining perianal
preferment. The dey of coiupiomis?s sud com
promisers is [uut. Public sentiment at the South
demaeds men of sterner stuff to maintain rights
without equivocation or shrinking from any conse
quences forced upon u# by the North. To Ala
bama and Mississippi we look to shape the course
of the South. W# trust they w ill he equal to the
undertaking.”
GSATITTISG INTELLIGENCE.
The correepoudeut of the Telegraph, ;d Milledge
ville, n* :
Since the Uat session the penitentiary he# been
improved end enlarged, ami apacioir* first class
apartment* prepared for the reception of distin
guished nocupants. 1 suppose these improvements
and addition* hare been made under the expecta
tion that tiov. Brown’s hank law would go into
immediate operation, #d Gen. McConnell desired
to he prepared for the rush of spplicar.ss. It is
understood that the General has the striped suits
now making up, to fit certain gentlemen well known
iu financial circles.
It must be quite gratifying to the bank constitu
ent* of the Governor to know that he is not forget
ful of their comfort, but ii preparing to fit them up
with the Brown stripe, after tho latest m*.
VIRGINIA AROUSED.
Page count)-, one of the three counties wVieh
compose the great Tenth Legion, or the strong) old
of Democracy in tho State, has, in public meeting,
declared for Wise for the Presidency. They say :
‘•We want a leader, in this time of peril, who is ac
quainted viith the Constitution as it is—who has a
perfect knowledge of home and foreign govern
ments—a statesman who is hold, brave, indepen
dent, experienced and decisive, and stated to the
times. We therefore have no hesitation in declar
ing that Henry A. Wise, the present Governor of
Virginia, is that man.”
The Richmond &m}uirer, Governor Wise’s or
gan, says:
“If there are parties at the North who desire
dissolution, they have seized the best means by
which to accomplish their wishes. Public feeling
of insecurity in the Union w as aroused by tho Har
per’s Ferry emtute; a great wrong to a sovereign
State was there perpetrated—private citizens bru
tally murdered, public property insolently seized
and destroyed—if these things take place in the
I nicn, can worse happen out of it? If, under the
form of a Confederacy, such wrongs are perpetra
ted, will an existence as separate and independent
nations bring any greater calamities ? ’
These are tho questions now asked from neigh
bor to neighbor— all mibjeet a of party politic* are
for pot ton ; anxious inquiry ts made every day
whether the. Southern Senators will take their seats
with Seward , Halt and Sumner, implicated as they
have been, in this a fair. To aggravate such a state
of public sentiment with charges and insinuatioua
of weakness, cowardice and injustice; with slan
ders against the Executive and people of the in
jured State, ia treason worse than that of Brown—
to listen to, applaud and approve, ia wickedness
only surpassed by the impudent and impertinent
scoundrel who uttered and published the treason.
The wickedness of Wendell Phillips reaches its
climax in speaking of Virginia, while his consum
mate ignorance bear* testimony to bis impudent
pretensions. When abuse and falsehood, from
*Mh a cun aa this, reeaive *• *ppUnM of a pop
ular assembly—if la true he wa* occasionally hissed,
bat applause (fas the far more general—the world
will not uoaiprehend * Union, the working opera
tion of wbleh 1* violence and murder and ihiir ap
probation. Nor will the South submit to such a
Union. Whei. the ravings of fanatics find each
praethrai ttiviurativMi* a-* Harpei-’a Ferry fumiahes,
it U idle m f*lk of Northern conservatism. lT:e
tonin'> of the ivarth i ire **-*• 7 and htrnipled
under foot 4-s i•• /> ■dr’i’ blatant aho!i/ionitm, and
tht looomr /** tfrar.* it orerewn- •he better it wiR
be for their tee ie mid roaimerre. the raine of
their iraJ eetote. their mon“fact nr* *, their nhip t
and )'<■ ■ the an l ptrp<to\Uj of the
Union.”
COY. BA3WH- !.’!£ 2 NR3 AhU Tile PENITEN
TIARY.
Gover-ioi Brown, in hi- recent menage, recom
mended il*e par-age of an net ml jeeiing the Presi
dent and Dirvviui* of any bank, that shall suspend
specie payojaitt*, to i nq.fi >onmt-Di in the peniten
tiary lor not l-#* than five nor more than ten
years.
This or,*. u r>* to in-* to be so eminently just flint
[ wish to ra.-ord my hearty approval of it, and to
urge its extension, until it shall encircle other un
principled official* within i!§ mild embrace.
I therefore suggest an ramendment, to the effect
that in case the state shall at any time fail to pay
promptly, and in specie, any bom], coupon for in
terest, merchant's or mechanic’s bill, or any other
demand whatsoever, then and in that even t, tiro
i Governor and the Legislature, every man of them,
j shall bo l ung without the benefit of clergy. And
iu case of the decease of the Governor or anv
member of the Legislature, the next of kin shall
be hung in his steal, and ail the ex Governors and
ex-members shall be amenable to the law, during
the terms of their natural lives.
I would further recommend that in the case of
bank officers, tlm expense of the trial shall be paid
by the bank. And to save expense to the State, in
the case of the Governor and Legislature, a trial
shall be dispensed with, and they be bung without
judge or jury. Jcstick.
We find the above in the Augusta Constitution
alitl. Our democratic friends have the State in
their own hands. Tiie above suggestions are just
about as sensible as the late vote given to Governor
Brown. He is their stock-in-trade, they may dis
pose of the dividends to suit themselves.
Ominous.
A letter was received by a gentleman of this
place, yesterday morning, from Greenville, Ga.,
dated day before yesterday, from which the fol
lowing extract is made :
“V* Nothing new except great excitement about
Abolitionists and fire—2o Gin Houses burnt in
Talbot county last week.”
We clip the abore from the Lagrange Reporter
of Thursday last. We believe the larger portion
of our serv.le population is contented and happy,
and should, as heretofore, be tieated will) confi
dence and kindness. Doubtless many of the gins
reported to hare been burned, is attributable to
carelessness, not design. Still, as we have before
urged, all suspicions characters should be watched,
and a prudent and unwearied diligence observed.
The South and itnugl as—Tl r. Stiles speech
at the Capital.
The most notable extra-legislative event at the
capital, since the commencement of the session,
was the speech of the Hon. Win. H. Stiles, Thurs
day night last. In answer to an invitation from a
number of the members, he addressed them on
the present aspect of political affairs. Ife main
tained that on the only question now agitating the
public mind, there should be no difference of opin
ion or sentiment at the south—it involved our
rights, and all southern men should be willing to
maintain them. They were assailed, the speaker
said, from two quarters, first by the Black Repub
lican party, and secondly, under the guise of De
mocracy, by Mr. Douglas and his followers. Each
w ing of this hostile army, he thought, was equally
to be detested and opposed by the true men of the
•outh, though he regarded the latter as the more
dangerous, as it 3ailed under a false flag and was
likely to deceive. He discussed fully the Harper’s
Magazine article, and answered, we think triumph
antly, all its leadin j propositions. Senator Toombs
came in for a scathing rebuke, which we regarded
as just as it was severe. The thunders of applause
indicated an unmistakable public sympathy with
the sneaker In this particular regard. When he
announced. “ Never—no uever,” to the question,
if Georgia would eupport Dongles if nominated by
the Charleston Convention, the old hall rung for
tomt momenta with the prolonged manifestations
of approval.
We regard both the doctrines and tha animad
version* of the speech as just and most opportune,
and shall take ocasion to spread it before our read
srs, revised by Mr. Stiles himself, in the course of
afw day*. We therefore decline any further
e-'mmem on ire positions.— Savannah R*f>nhlieon.
AN AUGURY.
If the Black Republican revolutionary ticket
ihould be elected in New York and New Jersey,
the news will fall on the ear of the South like the
knell of a departed Union, and the excitement will
speedily reach a crisis and assume a practical
shape, which will appall and astound the people of
the North. If, then, there be any conservative el
ement in this community, let it boldly look the
peril hi the face, and not skulk affuv from it like
the poor ostrich which hides its head in the sand
ot in the bush, imagining that it is safe because it
docs not see its danger. It is the duty of the con
servative classes to coine forward, one and all, and
rally around the Union and the Constitution, that
they may no longer lay themselves open to the
imputation of the Richmond journal, that “they
are cowed and trampled under foot by abolition
ism.” Now or never is their time to come for
ward. A small effort will extinguish u fire in the
beginning. It is bard to quench it when it gains
the ascendant.
The above appeared in the New York Herald on
the morning of the election. The result of that
election is found another column.
Gerrit Smith, the telegraph states, has been sent,
to the Lunatic Asylum at Utica, seriously deranged.
A report that Gov. Wise had made a requisition
for him upon the Governor of New York is contra
dicted. The confession of Cook at Charlestown
implicates Fred. Douglas and Dr. Howe, of Bos
ton, accessories to the Harper’s Ferry revolt.
Savannah Evening Express. — The first num
ber of the Savannah Daily Keening Express made
its appearance on Wednesday last. It is a wel’
arranged, handsomely printed sheet, and its edito
rial columns bear evidence of ability and judgment.
Folitica, Democratic. Published by Messrs. Spen
cer (i Estill. Terms of subscription, $5 per an
num, in advance.
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.
We publish some startling disclosures from our
Memphis exchanges. The following is from the
Enquirer :
The Palmeu Cask—Failure or the Writ ok
Ha bar Corpus. —Wo understand that the Crimi
nal Court, refused this morning to release Palmer
on a writ of habeas corpus, and that he will be re
tained in custody. This is perhaps the wisest
course that could be pursued, taking into consider
ation all the circumstances connected with the
case. Although every one admits that the pres
ent evidence against Palmer—being without cor
roboration —would be totally insufficient to con
vict him of the charge alleged, there is still a
deep feeling in the community in regard to the
affair, and trivial circumstances are duiiy coming
to light which decidedly prejudice the public mind
against the prisoner. For me present Palmer had
better remain whero he is.— Argus.
The above expresses the sentiment of this com
munity so far as we ar advised.
PRESIDENTIAL
At a meeting of the Democracy of Floyd coun
ty last week, to appoint delegates to a Convention
to be held in Millcdgeville to select delegates to
attend the Charleston Convention the following
resolution whs passed :
Besotted, That the distinguished Secretary of
the Treasury, the Honorable Howell Cobb, a na
tive Georgian, whose ability and enlarged Patriot
ism, entitle him to the confidence of his native
State, is assured of our warmest admiration of his
talents, and that we, as oitiaens of Georgia, tender
him our cordial support for the highest office with
in the gift of the American People.
A Compliment to Comptroller Tkwcatl,
At the vote for State Route Officers, t Milledge
ville on the sth inst., we were pleased to see that
Mr. P. Thweatt, the able and efficient Comptroller
General of Georgia, was complimented in his re
election bv much the highest vote cast for auy of
ficers at tliat election. Mr. Thweatt deserved such
a compliment, and tho Representatives of the peo
ple of our State gladly extended it to him.
Tbe.above from the Augusta Constitutionalist we
■nt heorlUy ••dorse,
’ f. oii U* New Toik Herald.
Xhe Prcitdinltal tainpalga-1 be Open*
ing of tint tiri.fi t Contest.
Yesterday our Slate elections, Nu.th and South,
for tint present year, wete concluded, and to-day
ws are upon the threshhold of the Presidential
campaign. , How stand* the order of the battle?
Looking over tte instructive schedule of those
elections of the present year, we find the all-pow
erful Northern section of the Union iu the almost
unbroken occupation of the anti-slavery republican
party, and the indispensable #osthern •ectioa in
(he almost absolute pe-aessio* of the pro aJvery
democrat}’. Between these two overshadow irig
sectional parlio* the conservative element.* us the
North and the South have struggled iu vain, and
thus the controlling party-managers of the twe
sections stand as fiercely opposed to each other ti
the belligerent houses of York and Lancaster.
No friend of the Union—no believer in the ptin
ciple* of popular government —no advocate o!
peace and harmony—no man interested iu the
prosperity of the State, county, city or town ir.
which he may have established bU home, can con
template this fearful state of things with indiffer
ence. Nor is there an individual within the boun
daries of the United States, however secluded bi.-
place of habitation, or however obscure his posi
tion, whose immediate interests, for good or evil,
may not be sfleeted by the issues of this impend
ing sectional struggle. For good or for evil wc
are entering upon ihe most momentous political
conflicts in the history of the Union ; nor can we
imagine how this conflict, limited to the anti-ala* v
ry crusaders of the North and the pro-slavery chi
valry of the South, can end in any thing but the
revolutionary experiment of disunion and a South
er.) confederacy.
The responsibility for this threatening sections'!
organization of parlies may be equally charged
upon the vagabond, unscrupulous and reckless pol
iticians, demagogue* and fanatics of the North ami
South. Henry Clay and his patriotic 00-laborers!
in 1850 gave us a satisfactory treaty of peace on
this vexed question of slavery; but Mr.-Douglas,
Mr. Pierce,” and other mousing politicians eager for
the spoils and plunder of the Presidency, were uot
content with this treaty. So, to win the sweet j
voices of the South, these desperate political jug- j
glers re-opei’.ed the whole agitation with their re
peal of the Missouri Compromise, and the wive’
men of the South were foolish enough to enter into ;
the fatal bargain. Almost as in an instant, the
late powerful Democratic party of tho North wa
destroyed, and from its ruins, and the ruins of the
old Whig party, the present grim and formidable
anti-slavery Republican party has risen.
A corresponding pro-slavery excitement in tl:<-
South has carried the politicians and the people of
that section far away from tha line of national har
mony, and thus, while fugitive slaves are spirited
awav to Canada by abolition kidnappers, other
slaves from the coast of Africa are introduced into
the Southern States, with the same contempt ot
the constitution and tho laws. Thu* we see tha?
while our Northern anti-slavery agitator* are pro
testing that there shall be “no more slave State* —
no mere slave Territories,” and that the war be
tween free labor and slave labor shall continue till i
the one or the other is put down, wo Cud the pro
sljvory agitators of the South crying aloud for a
slave code for all tha Territories, for the revival o!
the African slave trade, aud for other equally im
practicable projects for the extension of slavery.
In the midst of this confusion of tongues, “Old
John Brown” ventures, at Harper’* Ferry, upon
ilie practical inauguration of the “irrepressible
conflict” of Seward’* Rochester manifesto; and
while the country is startled by the audacity of the
old Kansas abolition cut-throat, the South i* given
in this p.ct a warning which can not be disregarded.
The inevitable result must be such a shaping of the
Presidential question by the Southern democracy,
that it will sweep away all sucii Northern trimmer*
as Mr. Douglas, and all such trimming inventions
as squatter sovereignty. The Northern allie* of
the Southern democracy at. Charleston must be
prepared to reject nil such half-way men and half
way expedients, and consent to stand by the South
in 1860, or there will be an independent Southern
Democratic parly in the field. Indeed, wo maT
now predict that the platform of the Charleston
Convention will be so decidedly pro-slavary a* to
furnish the cue to the republican* as an anti-slave
rv party, and that thus these two sectional parue*
will be fairly pitted agaiu*t each other.
With r.o other parties in the contest th* result
would he the overwhelming defeat of tho Southern
pro-slavery democracy ; but there is still the hope
for k third party of a national character competent
to wield the balance of power. The materials for
this party in the North and in the South are abun
dant, and only require a sound, praotiual, national
organization to briug them out. The Southern
Opposition member* of the new Congress will forua
the best nucleus for thi* national organization, and
we hope they will set about it on their arrival at
Washington, especially a* “Old Brown” ha* total
ly spoiled the plan of a fusion of these Southern
Opposition members with the Black Republican*.
From tba Richmond (V* ) Inaulrar, Oct. 97.
Non-Intervention Abolishing Slavery In
\ Irginla.
The Harper’s Ferry emeute seema to have Invig
orated with redoubled teal the friends of proteo
tion to slavery in the States and Territories. —
When the Confederacy, as at present governed,
subjects Southern States to pillage, and plunder,
and murder, tho unprotected slaveholder in the
Territories would fare badly if left to the courts of
justice. The conservatives of the North must see,
in the Hat pers Ferry affair, that the only settle
ment of the disturbing and dangerous question of
slavery is in the acknowledgment of its constitu
tion rights and their protection. This is necessa
ry to preserve the Southern States from the conse
quencss of “ irrepressible conflicts” like that at
Harper’s Ferry, which endanger the Confederacy,
and, unless speedily and effectually prevented
must disrupt the Union.
Already the want of that protection afforded by
a proper enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law,
has liberated to all intents and purposes, the slaves
of the northern border of Virginia. Slavery in j
Fairfax, Loudouu, Jefferson, Berkely, Morgan,
Hampshire, and similarly situated counties, is at j
preseut an institution not enforced by the sanction j
of law, but preserved by the voluntary sufferance ‘
of the slaves themselves. At any moment, any !
Saturday night, they can bid adieu to master and j
decamp to Pennsylvania, finding shelter and pree
lection, instead of a proper enforcement of con
stitutional obligations.
Non-Intervention has practically liberated the j
slaves of one entire tier of counties in Virginia, j
Non-intervention has already given just cause fori
dissolution, and unless speedily abaudoued by the :
National Government, and the Constitutional obli-1
gation of intervention for protection be adopted, j
there will assemble no more National Conventions
of the Deiuocrocv, and the day of disunion will
speedily dawn. The conservative Union men
throughout the South aie daily giving way before
the just cry of some certain and sure remedy
against the destructive policy of non-intervention.
If the Harper's Ferry rmeute is the necessary
consequence of tho “ irrepressible conflict” of Mr.
Seward, the liberated condition of (he slaves <f
northern Virginia is the practical effect of the
doctrine of non-intervention. If the dogma of
Seward ba* initiated the crimes of murder und trea
son, the negation of non-intervention has paralyz
ed the law sos Virginia, liberated our slaves and
defrauded our citizens.
If the negroes of Harper’s Ferry did not rally
to the black staudurd and enlist iu the “ irrepres
sible conflict,” it was because non-intervention hnd
already rendered them free, and they were unwill
ing to risk the consequences of a conflict where
the benefits it would confer, if successful, were no
greater than those already enjoyed.
The negroes of Northern Virginia are free by
the operation oj Federal non-intervention ; the au
thority of the master does not exist; they remain
in the State because it suits them to remain ; no
law enforces obedience, no authority of the mas
ter compels labor, for the enforcement ol either
results in the certain loss of the elate. When
this unrestrained liberty becomes insufferable to
the white, the nogro is converted into money, and
white labor thus gradually underminoa the institu
tion. Each year this Northern free-labor wave
encroaches further upon the institution, and de
votes a portion of slave soil to the future of white
labor.
Thus, non-intervention by the Federal Govern
ment is practical ly AMilionising Virginia, and
gradually, but surely, undermining the institution
of Slavery. While the “ Irrepressible conflict”
terminates in tlie folly and bloodshed of Harper's
Ferry, the stultifying, disqualifying plea of nega
tion
slavery throughout the border counties of Virgin
ia. The former w® can conquer by our own right
arm, but the latter poisons the very life-blood of
slavery in Virginia, and, unlesa arrested, will eat,
like a loathsome cancer, into tho very vitals ot
Southern slavery. Non-intervention, the negution
of law, is no principle for a people whose lawless
marauders are not deterred from assailing the so
vereignty of the States. In the days ot Harper’s
Ferry emeute wo want the enforcement of laws,
and not their negation. Protection of slavery is
demanded by the blood of slaughtered citizens,
and the traitorous Southern inan that dares deny
the right is even more criminal thau fho inmates
of the Charlestown jail. Fanaticism made a traitor
of Brown, but political capital makei the traitor
of the Southern man who questions the necessity
or denies the right es •Utmn te proteetiea.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES.
Xti* Ho r per’* Perry Arrest lu DlempMg.
A day or two ago a telegraphic dispatch from
Memphis anoouncod that Dr. W. R. Palmer had
been arrested theie, being implicated in the
Harper’s Ferry aff.lr. He was arraigned before
two Justice* of the Peace of Sbelby county, on
Wednesday, wheD letiei* and documents purport
ing to Lave been picked up cn the cars between
Philadelphia and New York:, and for*rded fnu*
the Utter city to Gov. Wise, of Virginia, b? the
jh ron finding them, under the anonymous eigua
tuj-e of “ A Traveller,” and by Gov. \Vi*e forward
ed to Gov. fix iris, of this State, as ltitpliejttit g a
cltlsen ot Sbelby county, and some others In other
localities, above names are not given. Governor
Harris placed the doc aments thus forwarded to
Ltim bv Gov. Wi*e. iu the hand? oi John C. Burch
liq , of Chattanooga, who visited Memphis in
company with Capt. W. F. Meacham, of tins city,
to it.smote inquiries aud make itive?:Uhtiona as to
the truth or faLity of the facts detailed in the let
ters in their possession.
The following i<* the letter which Gov. Wise for
warded to Gov. Harris, and winch wus addressed,
in a scaled envelope, to “ Capt. John Brown, Har
per’s Feuy,” by Lawrence Thatcher, and which,
it i* a*id, tha young man on the cars dropped ou
tho seat ho had been occupying, when he left the
care at on* of the way stations between Philadel
phia and New York. The young man who d.-opped
the ie'ier Is supposed to be William Horner, who,
upon the face of this letter, it appears, had sworn
!o deliver it to Capt. Brown in person, or die in
the attempt.
All the material point* of this letter, as to the
family difficulties of Dr. Palmer, &e., are eorrobo
lat-d by tne Clork of the Chancesy Court and by
Jadg Brown, of Memphis, and there seem* but
iiula doubt that It is a genuine letter, and that its
statement* arc, at least in the main, so lar as Dr.
- Palmer i* concerned, true.
i.errv.R FROM TfiK XID-DR-CAX:!* OF GOV. WISE.
Execctivk Department,
Richmond, October 25, 1651 L J
To his Eroellencg the Q&rernw of Ttnuesict:
—I am instructed by the Governor of thi*
Commonwealth to enclose io you copies of letter*
iti.d papers received by him from :ir anonymous
who signs himself “A Traveller.” Al
though they reached hiiii from an irresponsible
souioe, ha feel* it to be hi* duty to inform you of
their contents thit you may judge for yourself of
their importance in the present excited state of
the public mind. Very itfpectlullv,
WM. M UNFORD,
Aid-de-Camp and Military Secretary.
“ A TRAVELERS LETTER.”
Thi* letter ha* a heading at the beginning of the
fic*t page, “ Manhattan Hotel, Murray H : second
door trum Broadway, New York.” Below this on
the left hand i* a “ sketch of the Hotel,” then fol
low* on the right, the advertisement of Huggins &
Fling, proprietor*. Then the letter begins :
New Yore, Oct. 23d, 1862.
Dear Sir :—While iu the cars to-day on a pas
sage from Philadelphia to New York,, a young roau
who occupied the seat first in front of me, got up
to go out at one of the way stations. He had an
overcoat on his arm, 1 thought I saw something
tail front the side pocket of hia overcoat as he
started. On looking over into the seat 1 discover
ed he had dropped two letters and a memorandum.
I took them up, but too late to give them to bias,
a* the cars had started again. I discovered a
sealed letter to Captsin Brown, Harper’s Ferry,
and having my curiosity excited ou account of the
coincidence of the address with that of Brown the
insurrectionist, I was led to read the other letter,
addressed to Win. Horner, which had been open
ed ; when I found it I was satisfied from reading
i this letter, that the sealed letter was for Brown
! the Harper's Ferry insurrectionist you new have
no<W arrest. As I suspect the contents of that
letter to be of an incendiary character, J have con*
: eluded to seud them to you for disposal; I there*
fore send them just a* I found them, enclosed in
| the same envelope with this note. If there be in
! oendiarism iu the letters to Brown, it might be of
aervice to you, and if not, Captain Brown cannot
be injured by receiving it at your hands. In this
matter I feel that I act only as a good citizen, and
| a lover of th* Union. I hope you w ill not feel of
fended at my sending this as an anonymous note.
> 1 do so simply because 1 do cct wish my name in
any manner connected with Brown or Harpy* *
Ferry. Yours respectfully,
TRAVELER.
To Hon. Got. H. A. Wise.
The following is the letter to Horner from his
wif* ,*
MART HORNER'S LETTER.
CHaiiELBSOCBO, Oct. 20, 1859.
Dear William:—A* Mr. Martin goes down to
Hagerstown this evening, 1 could not help writing
you a line by him. You are so headstrong you
will not listen to me. Do, for God’s sake, don’t
go to Harper’s Ferry now ; you can do nothing if
you go; I fear for your life. You can keep the
! letter for Capt. Brown until all is safe. You can
• uot give it hitn ; you would be suspected and taken
[ up. Couie back and wait at Chambersburg until
; Capt. Cook gets here. 1 am afraid this business
! will bring us into trouble yet. Last night I never
slept a wink. Do come back, for I shall be crazy
; until you return safe. Now, for once, do listen to
your ioving wife. MARY HORNER.
P. S.—l will not go home until you come for
| ma.
The following is the Thatcher letter, which
: purports to have been written from Memphis to
; old John Brown on the Sd of Octo er last, and
which was picked up, sealed, iu the cars between
New York and Philadelphia on the 21st, just two
’ daya after the insurrection was known in Memphis,
and forwarded to Gov. Wise in the same condition
:in which it was found. It was enclosed iu a large
document-like envelope, addressed to “ Cspt. John
i Brown, Harper’s ferry, Va.,” and in one corner
was “ Politeness of Mr. Horner—to be delivered
iu person.”
THATCHER’S LETTER.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 8, ISCfI.
To Copt. J. Brown, Gen'l Commavder-in-Chief of
the Provisional Government U. S. A.
Dear Capt:—l have just completed my tour
through the .Southern States, and am now on ray
way to Kentucky. In my last letter to you I men
tioned that I should give the States of Tennessee
and Arkansas a thotough scouring. J did so, end
am satisfied that of all the States of the South,
Tennessee and Arkansas are the best fitted to
make the first strike in. These two States have
but few whites in favor of slavery, while they con
tain an immense number of slaves already ripe and
ready at the first intimation to strike a decided
blow for their freedom ; while the larger mass of
the whites are against slavery, and will be ready
to assist them at a moment’s warning. Several of
them stated to me that they had gone so tar as tp
prepare arms for their slaves, and instruct them in
their use, and how to act when the worst comes to
the worst. While at Brownsville, Tenn., I address
ed a letter to the school teacher, Mr. H , and
he came to Brownsville to see me.
He says there is no avocation in which a man
can do so much good for our cause as that of sebooi
teaching, because all the country arpund Lav# sp
much confidence iu a school-teacher w ho conducts
himself right, fie says that the large uiajoihy of
colored people in his part of the State are ready to
take up arms at a moment's warning, und a large
number of whites are ready to join them. He says
we must send out more well qualified men to the
South as school-teacheis, aud work them in every
where. JJe gave me a letter of introdnetion to
Jour friend Mr. Palmer,' who is an extensive farmer
near Shelhv Depot on the Brownsville Railroad.—
I did not get out at that depot, for on enquiring of
a passenger in the cars, I learned that Mr. Palmer
did not then live on his plantation on account of a
difficulty between himself and wife an iujuction on
hi* property, and a writ pending a divorce, and
that he would be hard to find—go I concluded to
go on. When I arrived at Memphis, I accidently
met Mr. Palmer at the hotel where I stopped. I
handed him Mr. H.’s letter. After reading it he
cordially shook ray hand, and invited me to take
a walk with him. We went to a place on the bank
of the river called the old Navy Yard, and to absent
on eotue bags in a secluded place, where be said
we could tnlk freely. Ha sdid lie had sincerely
sympathized with you, Captain, in all your troubles,
as he had been maityr of slaveholders himself. —
He said h® had been working silently, but steadily,
fer our cause for two years, and that he had mar
ried a widow who had a number of stares, for the
purpose of establishing himseif in the good opinion
and confidence of the slaveholders about him.—
That he had at first intended, at the first good op
portunity, to transfer all the slaves he had got in
hi* possession by marrying, to our friends by way
Cincinnati; and that he had a great many more,
belonging to his neighbors, that were ready to go
with them ; but a difficulty had occured between
himself and wife, and that she had, with the secret
advice of several slaveholders and scoundrels about
his plantation, suddenly ejected him from the place
and without a moment’s warning. That he was
still sueing her for his rights by marriage ; and that
the Supreme Court had given a decree in his favor;
and that he would be in possession of his slaves
again ; and that when he again got full control of
them fie would, at a favorable raomeut arm them
aud between four and five hundred more, aud make
a start in the night time from Memphis. That he had
friends in Cincinnati who had promised to have one
•f the forfeit i4 swift etem m the riter Hit