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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
The Legislature-
The Logisjptme of Georgia coi.venen on the 3d
of next month—Wadne.-d.iy instead of Monday is
the day ut meeting. Iu many respects it will be
an important Legislature. The Stale Road pay
ing $23 OdO per month into the State Treasury, a
nous plans will bp proposed ro dispose,ot the sur
plus revenue as will prove to the greatest advan
tage of the people. From, the very nature of cr
comMances the que tion of ‘‘State aid” to rail
roads will occupy a prominent position. At the
last session, it was (ought boldly and barely de
feated. Then, mans’ Legislators argued that the
State road brought no income to the State, and i
was not the time to discuss the question. Mow,
however, that objection is done away, and wa may
expect the friends of Railroad enterprises to rally
to their favorite measures with zeal aud enthusi
asm. From the number of meetings held iu dif
ferent sections of the State, we are satisfied that
the number is legion. The Hon. John W. Un
derwoo I, we understand, will perhaps resign the
office of Speaker with a view ot throwing all his
weight and influence to the success of Slate aid
measures. Still, the principle and the policy of
such foils will lie met and opposed vigorously.
The question of University and Common School
educanon will be second m importance only to the
qiestionof Rai roads. We may expect some in
terest,ng tacts to be developed in connection with
this subject, when the me-sages of the Governor
and Comptroller General are published. We shall
luy before our reader.- the able report of the latter
’ iu a lew days.
We see tbat arrangernenta are being made to
accommodate a large number of visitors at j
Jfdledgeville during the present session.
It a short one, and much will be expec
ted of ib-members.
That they will so dispose of the many questions
now engaging public attention, as to give satisfac
tion, we confidently believe.
The Case of Capt Townsend, of the Sla
ver “Ecln”
A dispatch from Boston iniorrns us, says the M'.
Y. Po-t ol Saturday evening, that JudgeSprague
of tne Un ted States Di-trict Court has decided that
h; court has no jurisdiction in the case of Capt.
Townsend, the slaver, and that he must be res
m-inded for trial to the district where he first land
ed, which is Key West. The opinion of Judge
Sprague is not final in this matter, but may be
ovrr.ulid by Judge Clifford, and from the latter
may the full bench at Washington. The
probability is, however, that Townsend will be re
manded to Kiorida for trial, in which case hi- ad
missions to reporters of journals in this city are
iv-s likely to be brought before the eourt, and bis
’ conviction for the crime, of which he is, beyond
alt doubt, guilty, is ghlyimprobable.
The Legislature.
The Legislature of this Mate will assemble at
Milledgeville on Wednesday the 3J November
next. Oar arrangements are such that we will be
able to lay before our readers the latest intelli
gence
tcyA patty of engineers have been making ex
periments for the last six months with the
Miisiesippi water, at a point opposite Co
lumbus (Kentucky,! in order to ascertain the
amount of sediment carried down by the river du
ring any given period. One result of the calcula
tions was that the sediment which passes Coium-
Lus in one day would, if the waters could be held
entirely immovable, be sufficient to term quite a
respectable dain across the river at that place-
Mutiny. —The sailors on board the bark Re n
deer, bound from Richmond to Sout i America
with flour, mutinied on Thursday while the ship
was below Norfolk. The U. S. depu'y marshal,
wiih a guard, went town from that city iu a steam
er and arrested them.
The Naval Rktiriko Board. —lt is rumored
tbat the Untied Stales Attorney General has pre
pared an opinion on Uiaction olthe Nava! Retir
ing board in which he declares their entire pro
coalings illegal, and consequently, void. On the
strength of tins opinion, the President will proba
bably restore the wholelist ot retired and dropped
officers, though several ofthem will be brough
before courts-martial to answer charges to be pre
ferred.
J. Glaycey Jones, Miviter to Austria.—
The Reading (Pa ) Gazette announces the ap
poi 1 ment of J. GlaDcey Jones as Minister to
Au tria.
Judge Porter has resigned his commission of
Supreme Judge, held by the appointment of Gov
ernor Packer.
JSj?* Among the passengers saved from the
steam 7 An-tria, and brought from Fayal to New
Yoik by ‘he Rriush steam Irigite Valvorous, was
Mrs. Betty Erdworn, who, the Tribune save, was
on her w'ay.wiih her four children,to her husband
in Charleston, S. C. She lost all her children in
that fearful disaster One, a bright little boy, was
swallowed up in the fl im is ; her three little girls
she I ished to a rope and suspended over the side
but the rope was burned through and bey tell in’
the sea.
Denial. —Ex-Pretid nt Rivas, of Nicaragua,
ha? received a letter,stating that be did not sign
th? celebrated manifesto at Martinez and Mors,
asking France, E igland and Sardina to establish
a protectorate over the Central American Stales.
Texas Items.—The Galveston Cirilian, of the
9th, reports cotton coming in rapidly, the receipts
during the week being 6,000 bales.
The same paper ary.- the entire Dumber ofvotera
jn the State at this time cannct fall short ot
70 000.
Tne Civiliin, of the 12th, reports 57 interments
in Galveston during the week ending on the 11th
nst., of which 55 were yellow fever cases.
oTsi Weekly Recorder. —We seiby the las
Recorder that the editors have concluded to pub
lish a Tri-weekly piper during the session, and
have secured the services as Reporters of Rev. A.
E. Marshall for the Senate, and .Vlaj. S. F Miller
for the House.
“Mary.”—This name, by a decree of Pto Nino
can no longer be given to children, on pain
of excommunication. He reserves it hereafter
exclusively tor the Virgin ot immaculate concep
tion,
the sth Congressional District of .Mis
sissippi, John J. Mcßae (Deni.) was elected with
out opposition, to Hill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Gen,
Arrival of the Black Warrior-
New York Oct. 21—The Steamship Black
Warrior has arrived from Havanna, with dates
to the 15 h inst.
Sugars and freights were unchanged.
The wall -of the Tacon theatre so much shat
tered by the recent explosion in Havana, that be
fore the building can be eately used the walls
will have to be taken dowo,
The Atlantic Telegraph.
TKinitv Bay, Oct. 18, 1858.
Pe'er Conper, Esq , JVeie York:
I regret to sav that the preconcerted signal ar
ranged by Mr. Thomson have a led to elicit any
improvement in the reception of signals here.
fi’o not koow if any improvement has taken
place at Valentia.
I commence repeating the same system on Wed
nesday next.
C. V. DESAUTY.
Mortality in Savannah.
SavnANah, Oct. 21—There were five inter
ments to-day, but none from Yellow Fever.
Sensible —A cotemporary says it is just about
as sensible to undertake to get married without
courting as to do business without advertising.
Our Affairs with Central America.—A cor
respondent of the New York Times at San Juan
writes that General Lamar has been couneously
receiv-d at San Jo*e. The rumor that he had de
manded indemnity from the Costa Rican govern
ment tor i juries inflicted upon American citizens
jn the late Nicaraguan war, to the extent cl two
miUlofi* Pidollsri deserve* a *r*dit-
Additional by the Pacific
[SECOND DESPATCH.]
The Pacific brings mail dates from Liverpool
to the llih, and telegraph dates to the 12th Oc
tobvr.
In Liverpool oo the 12th, were quiet
and uuchaoged, and q otationd vt?r© nominal.—
Pork aod bscou were dull; Sugar and lard were
quiet; Tea and Coffee were firm
in Loudon, on the afternoon ot the 11th, Con
tois for money were quoted a: 9S§'3>9Bs; and for
account 931. Flour was quiet; Sugar buoyant;
Coffee and tea were firm; and Rice dull.
A full correspondence between the United States
Minister in Nicaragua and the foreign Mmister in
Nicaragua, touching Monster Belly's Conven
tions, has been published in Paris. The former
says that no arrangement will be recognised or as
sented to which is contraiv to the rights of Ameri*
can citizens iu Nicaragua. The other Yliuister re
plies that his government wishes only justice and
its rights, and desires to preserve friendly relations
with the American States, but declares that the
transit treaties are of no vaiue because the
route was not opened at the stipulated period.
xMonsieur Belly appeals to the provisions ot the
CUytoa-Bulwer treaty for protection.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Later news from China and India had been re
ceived in London, but it was comparatively unim-*
portant.
The ship Favorite, from Liverpool for Savan
nah, had put into Qjeenstown iu a leaking con
dition.
Mobocracy.
John Cobb, Jr., has been found guilty of murder
by a Jury in Fulton county. He was an accom
plice with Landrum, who has been hung. The
Counsel for the poor man have taken exceptions
to some rulings of the presiding Judge, which
militated against the prisoner, and intend taking
the case to a higher tribunal. The Atlanta
American grows indignant at the idea—thiuks it
a “deliberate insult,” and calls upon the “people
of Fulton county to sit in judgment m the case ”
Such a call is unworthy the high position ot a re
spectable journal, and we hope the law aud or
der citizens of Atlanta will not so far forget them
selves, as to place the interpretation of the law into
the handaof a heartless mob.
From Washington.
Washington, Oct. 18.—It is said that
Gen. Jerez will immediately communicate
with the government of Nicaragua, relative
to the non-success of iiis mission, and ask
for further instructions. He was emphat
ically informed by Mr. Cass tiiat whatever
may be done by France or any other for
eign power, our government will protecr
the transit route to the “fullest extent and
at all hazards.
Some friends of the Administration oc
cupying high political position, express
themselves favorable to a direct applica
tion to Congress for an appropriation to
conduct a negotiation for the purchase of
Cuba.
The receipts of the I’ost Office Depart
ment for the quarter ending on the 3''lh of
June were §1,816,000.
Later from Mexico
New Orleans, Oct. 18, 1858.
The steamer Gen. Husk has arrived
here with Brazoz dates to the 14th inst.—
The Mexican news she brings confirms the
report of the battie between Vidaurri and
Miramon. ft was fought near Ahualusco
and lastt-d four days, Vidaurri being badly
def-ated. He had retreated to Monterey
and was making preparations to attack
Miratuon again.
Later from Santa Fe
St. Louis. Oct. 15, 1858.
A dispatch from Independence ol the
17th inst., says that the Santa Fe mail,
with dates to the 37th ul!., arrived there
last night.
News had reached Sata Fe of another
battle with the Indians, in which six of
them were killed, and 6,000 sheep recov
ered. Two soldiers were wounded.
The mail conductor reported meeting a
large number of gold hunters bound to
Pike’s Peak.
Cotton Going East. —We learned yes
terday that there had been shipped from
this point by railroad, this season, 5,300
oales of cotton, via Columbus to Savannah,
and thence by sea to Baltimore and New
York, owing to the low stage of the Ala
bama river.
Some ot the papers of this State, in their
phrenzied opposition to the Central Rail
road scheme, have lately been making some
very unkind thrusts at Montgomery tor
building a railway towards the Gulf. We
trust that the foregoing item (of news to
them) will be sufficient excuse for Mont
gomery, as de from the fact that it is pet
t'ectly natural for communities to consult
their own interest.
If we but had a railroad or a respectable
river to the Gulf, our warehouses would
| now be comparatively empty, instead of be
ing half or two-thirds full of cotton. — Mont
gomery Mail.
The American Horses in England.—
From the Loudon papers we perceive that
Sir. Ten Broeck has made another addition
to his already extensive stock. He lias pur
chased Eclipse, one of the best three years
olds on the English turf, and at one time a
great Derby and St. Leger favorite. Prio
ress, we perceive, is first favorite for the
“Cesarawitch,” the great handicap which
she carried off last year.
A Noble Answer.
The Unity of the Party’. — A N. York
paper states that a delegation ot New York
democrats recently called upon Mr. Buc
hanan an 1 requested him to induce the
! D inite officials to desist from warring up
[ on Judge Bougies in Illinois, and especial
; ly urged him to do this, in view ot the ben
i eficial effects it would have upon the pros
i pects of the democracy of the Empire
| State at the coming election; and that the
’ President replied by saying that the “unity
I of the democratic party must be preserved
! though every democratic candiate for Con
’ gress in New Y’ork were defeated.”
We have no doubt of the truth of the
above statement, because it is in conformi
ty with the views and positions taken by
the Washington Union, which we publish
ed a few days ago. To those who railed
against the President for “making (as they
called it) war upon Douglas”—to those
who denounced his refusal to bow down to
the treason and dictation of this arch dem
agogue, and “lolly,the
President’s answer, we suppose, will be
considered as nothing short of downright
outrage. But to men who value principles
above expediency—who belong to the de
mocratic party, because it is a thing of
principles—who despise the miserable soplt
estry mid treachery by which the democra
tic party was rent in twain, and the South
defeated, on the application of Kansas, last
! winter, to be admitted into the Union—who
have seen, in the late elections, how en
tirely these base seceders from the demo
cratic party, although upheld by Southern
sympathisers,have gone over to the Black
Republican party—the answer of the Pre
sident will be received with the sincerest
approbation and joy. It is worthy of the
great head of the democratic party. It is as
brave and justas it is dignified. To sup
port men ns members of the democratic
party, who, with the Black Republicans,
repudiate the decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States in theDred Scott
ca-ie, and deny the rights of the South this
case has affirmed—who, last winter, in
conjunction with the Black Republican
party, defeated the Democratic party in
Congress, and now act with its enemies—
would be an abandonment of all principle,
and a base betrayal of the South. It would
not keep together the democratic party
It would speedily destroy it, and give it
over to Northern factionists, stripped of ail
consistency and all support from the South.
Rightly and wisely, therefore, has the Pre
sident determined that the unity of the de
mocratic party should be maintained on |
thgrt prlnoiplw and policy It bat twr |
ted; and ,1 the seceders and matters from
it choose to go over to the enemies of the
democratic party and deteat it, be it so. A
victory by a party against its principles,
must be its most deadly deteat. Let us
join’the President in hia noble declaration
—“The unity of the Democratic party must
be preserved,‘though every democratic can
didate for Congress in New York were de
fc ated.’’— Charleston Mercury.
Henry A. Wise
A correspondent “Zeno” of the Montgomery
Adrerfiaerthus speaks of Gov. Wise of Va :
Differing with Gov. Wise, as the great
majority of the Southern Rights men have
done, they see and appropriate i his Presi
dential game. They differ with him upon
an abstract principle of no practical import.
They see him standing up boldiy and avow
ing his independent faith, and disdaining to
creep into the Presidency. They known
his fidelity to South. They remember that
for twenty-five years *he has stood and
braved the opposition and obloquy of our
enemies in the Federal Capital and iu \ ir
ginia, dealing always in our defence hercu
lean blows. They remember when but a
young man he bearded John Q. Adams in
the Hall of Representatives—‘-the Douglas
in his den.” They remember his great
speech in Corinthian Hal! in 1856. The
Leaguers say ‘‘hurrah for Wise !” As be
tween him and the “Intriguers,” give us
the hero orator of the Old Dominion ! We
can trust him with the banner of the South.
He does not much flatter us; bui he always
fights and never falters. Give us Henry A
Wise !
The Retired Naval Officers —The
statement made in the newspapers, that
all navy officers, ret red or degraded by
the late Navy Board or Court of Inquiry,
would be restored, upon the report and
recommendation of Attorney General
Black, is not true. The President has
summiried the individual cases of tho-e
left unrestored to the Attorney General for
his “advisory report;” and the President
may or may not restore them. While
there is a question as to the legallity ol the
action of these Boards, and as to the con
stitutionality of Congress creating them,
there is no doubt as to the power of the
President to dismiss, retire or restore any
officer of the navy or arms. It is under
stood the Attorney General is against tire
acti< nos these boards, and will probably re
port in mosl cases in favor ol restoration-
He has not vet reported but when he does
it wiil be on each case seprately. It ! ?
great labor, but w ill he ably performed. P
will then rest with the President, who has
thus far evinced his anxiety to do justice.
Jerez and his Mission.—A Diplomatic
Confidence Man. —Genera! Cass has at
length, in a very summitry and effective
manner, solved the difficult-diplomatic prob
lem of which Senor Jerez was the ruonimr.
The Senor, it is known, came to Wash
ington several months ago, and represented
himself as being fully commissioned by the
government of Nicaragua to settle tall the
pending difficulties between the two gov
ernments, to ratify ‘he Cass-Yri?arri trea
ty, and to make all due apology and repar
ation in the Belly affair, Well, his plaus
ible} manner and statements proeured.him
some sort of recognition in the State De
partment; and ever ? rice his arrival we
have had daily accounts Horn Washing
ton of the varying phases ol diplomacy
which the negotiation from time to time as
sumed. Ail this time a great point was obtain
ed by the Nicaraguan government iu the
fact that delay was gained and tha’ matters
were not diiveu,to extremities, it was
hoped that something might, turn up from
the diplomatic visit of Sir Gore Onsely,
and from the operations ot Monsieur J! bv,
which would favor Nicaragua and enable
it to force its modifications of the Cass-Yris
arri treaty on our acceptance.
Senor Jerez, having so far succeeded in
imposing on our government as to have
had a semi-official recognition, thought he
could carry on the deception a little farther
and undertook, instead of ratifying the
Cass-Yrisarri treaty,as he at first proposed,
to press the modification thereof on the
acceptance of our government. It was
then lhat he revealed his real character, in
the shape of a diplomatic confidence man,
asserting that he had no power to ratify
the treaty. In this apparent dilemma the
President acted promptly. He dismissed
the pretended ambassador, and announced
his determination not to any
longer by such means, bat to take prompt
measures to bring Nicaragua to her senses.
—A". Y. Herald.
A Husband Rewarded. —ln France the
Society for the Protection of Animals does
not enjoy that popular respect which it de
serve?, the small wits of the capital indulg
ing in endless jokes at its expense. The
last joke is of this effect;
A countryman, armed with an immense
club, presents Hmself before ihe President
of the Society, and claims the first prize.
He is asked to describe the act of humanity
on which he founds his claim
“I saved the life of a wolf,” replies the
countryman , “1 might easily have killed
him with this bludgeon,” and he swings his
weapon in the air, to the intense discomfort
of the President.
“But where was this wolf?” inquires the
latter, “what had he done to you ?”
“He had just devoured rny wife,” was
his reply.
The President reflects an instant atto
then says, “My friend, I am of opinipu
that you have been sufficiently rewarded.”
A Good Day's Work. —The Central Rail
road delivered at its depot in this city, by
its regular trains, Monday last, four thou
sand one hundred and twenty-nine bales of
cotton, besides a large amount of other
freight. This is said to be the largest
amount of cotton ever brought to the city in
one day.— Sav. Republican.
A Scotchman’s Consolation. —A Scotch
man who put up at an inn, was asked in
the morning how he had slept. “Troth,
man,” replied Donald, “nae very well nei
ther, but I was rnuckle betteratf than the
bugs, for dt‘il a;i ane o’them Closed an e’e
the hale night.”
(pff Governor Brown has directed the
Solicitor General to institute proceedings
against the Exchange Bank of Griffin, for
the purpose of having its charter declared
to be forfeited as the law directs. The pro
ceedings, we understand, have been insti
tuted on the complaint of Mr. Jones, the
editor of the Augusta Chronicle, dp Sentinel,
the bank having proved delimit on a de
mand made by him upon it for the re
demption of one of its one dollar ‘‘promises
to pav.” —Washington ( Grt ) Republican,
15th.’
Fire on the Central Railroad.—Be
tween twelve and one o’clock yesterday a
dense volume of smoke was seen rising
from the western limits of the city, and in
a few moments our entire population was
thrown into consternation by a report that
the cotton at the Central Radroad depot
(now amounting to 15,000 bales) was on
fire. The crowd rushed through every
street to the spot, and the greatest excite
ment pervaded the whole community. It
was soon ascertained, however, that the fire
was further on and confined to a pile of
wood that was corded up on the line of the
road, some three hundred yards beyond the
canal bridge. Only some fifty cords were
the engines having arrived in
time to prevent the destruction of the entire
pile, consisting of some seven hundred
cords. Luckily, the wind was blowing from
the north-east, and the road sustained no
• damage. The wood belonged to Messrs.
Robert Habersham dr. Sons, of this city.—
Sav. Republican 20 th inst.
A duel came off at Schenectady recently
between two exquisites. They fought with
lucifer matches, on the twopath. One of
parties was slightly killed, and the ®thcr
mortally frijht**d.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 25
St- Louis Conference—Bishop Pierce
The at. Louia Conference ol the Methodist
Church South, which assembled oti the 11th in t,
roted to exclude from the discipline that clau-e
prohibiting the purchasing of aluvea. The Com
mittee on Suuday Schools reported within the ju
risdiction otthia Conference, 104 Sabbath Schools,
110 Superintendents, 231 officer:?, 663 Teachers,
5,170 Scholars, 15,251 volumes ot books in Libra
ries. In regard to the appointment ot agencies tor
Sabbath Schools, Bishop Fierce, said :
“The syttoin of Methodist Sabbath Schools was
based upon the supposition that every preacher
would be a special agent in the wo k to superin
tend its economy. Preachers are at fault as much
as parents. The Sabbath School is the ground
work of household piety-of Scripture discipline
and government, An absence of this piety at the
hearth of home—-of this discipline and govern*
ment is the origin of great evils in this world It
is to be remembered that one of the first principles
of the church is this—that personal responsibility,
cannot be transferred to at.y other person, whether
it be to parent, teacher or preacher. The Bishop
read several paragraphs from the Discipline, com
menting forcibly upon each. When preachers
were asked concerning their efforts in this cause
they generally answered that they had done aa
much as was practicable— as circumstan
ces would permit. He disliked these kind of
answers—it seemed to him vesy much like a lie
against the Holy Ghost. He felt it his duty to
speak plain, and it was at all times practicable to
do right? The bishop exhorted the Presiding El
ders and Preachers to canvass their sections in
behalf of the Sabbath School cause—to conform
to the Discipline in this respect, assuring them that
thereby they could acconmplish more good than
by any other measures. He urged them to perse
vere with a faith lhit recognized the Providence
of God, and to work with a zeal which would
result m a harvest in the future, the full value of
which eternity only will reveal.”
Joint M. Giles, Esq.,—“Justice ”
In another column a correspondent over the
signature of ‘‘Justice” informs us that John M.
Giles, Esq, of Houston county, will contend with
Hon. Henry G. Lamar, for the Judgiship of the
Macon Circuit. In a short paragraph in our issue
oi the 14ih inst., we alluded to the character and
services of the latter gentleman, and ventured to
declare our belief that they would be appropriately
acknowledged by the electors of that Circuit. In
this appreciation we were sustained hy the Grand
Jury of Macon county, who expressed the hope
lhat the succeeding incumbent would possess the
qualinealions ol competency and impartiality in
au equal degree with Judge Lamar. We cannot
but regard the ins'nualion conveyed in the letter
of our correspondent as ungenerous. True he at
tempts some palliation in the concluding para
graph of his latter ; but he does it by assuming a
fact which, if true, deprives his attempted sarcasm
ol either point or justification, fit* true tbat un
til Ins letter was received we were not aware of
the candidacy of Mr. Giles. What our corres -
pondent dignifies with the name of prophecy, was
declared by us wnh exclusive reference to any op
position to Judge Lamar from the apposition
ranks. We will say, lor the edification of “Jus
tice,” that we never pay a compliment because ol
the privilege ol our position ; but for the simple
and, perhaps to some, unsatisfactory reason that
we happen to iiiirik the subject worthy of it. Mr.
Giles, ‘hough personally unknown to it?, is doubt
less all that our correspondent claims for him. A
friend ot ours, who has known him long and
well, gives him an endorsement equally flattering.
Democratic Mass Meeting.
There was a large and enthusiastic meeting in
New York recently in which the democratic can
didate for Governor, Hon- Amasa J. Parker, and
Hon. Jefferson Davis addressed the people. The
epitome of the remarks ol both gentlemen are be
fore ua and exhibit the principles ol the Republican
party in no enviable fight. In vindicating the
South, the Democratic candidate read the follow
ing extract from a speech of Mr. Giddings of Ohio,
showing the dangerous tendencies of the Republi
can party, to-wit:
“1 look forward to the day when there shall bo
a servile insurrection in the South ; when the
hlack man, armed with British bayonets, and led on
by British orators,shall assert his freedom and wage
a war of extermination against his rnastei ; when
the torch of the incendiary shall light up the towns
and cities of the South and blot out the last vestige
of slavery. And though I may not mock at their
calamity and laugh when their lear coineth, yet 1
will hail it as the dawn of a political miilen
ium.”
Pacific Stage Route-
Overland reaular mail communication ha? been
established between St. Louis and San Francisco.
The first mail arrived on the 9th inst., in twenty
three days from the shores of Pacific, and it was
the occasion ot general rejoicings in St. Louis
In answer to a telegraphic message announcing
the result, President Buchanaoan says:—“lt ia a
glorius triumph for civilization and the Union—
Settlements will soon follow the course of the road,
and the East and the Wet-t will be bound together
by a chain of living Americans which can never
bo broken.”
Life of Bishop Capers.
We call attention to the communication of “S”
in reference to the Bo >k just from the press, enti
tled the “Life of Bishop Capers.” It is said to be
one ol the most interesting books which has been
issued from the press for many years. It is found
at Dr. Woodruffs Book Depository-
British Railways. —At the Leeds meeting of
the Briiish Association, September, 1838—Mr
Fairhuirn, C. E , stated that there were in England
9500 miles of railway in operation, and estimating
that there was one locomotive ot two hundred
horse power to every mile, each running one hun
dred and twenty miles a day, there was a total of
380,000 miles traveled a day, or 158,000,000 miles
a year. The force required was equivalent to that
of 200,000 horses in constant operation through
out tho year. A clear revenue of A'12,000,000 a
year was left for distribution among the sharehol
ders and creditors ; but this was only a dividend of
3f Ip cent- upon £320,000,000 which was the orig
inal cost oi the 9500 miles of line, or an average of
£34,000 a mile.
Mr. George W. Adams.
We understand that this gentleman, now the
Superintendent oi the South-Western “.rilroad,
has been offered the position of Superintendent of
the Centra! Railroad, made vacant by the death of
Emerson Foote Esq. A battier selection could not
have been made. Mr. Adams unites alt the qual
ities of a fine officer with the social traits of a gen
tleman. It is probable that lie will accept the ap
pointment.
ayEighty-five members for the next House ot
Representatives have been elected, titty two free
dirtmen.and thir y-three democrats.
The States which will yet elect, are now repre
sented, according to tha Washington States, by
eighty-eight democrats, fiiiy two free-dirters, and
twelve “Americans ”
Mr. Heme in Rl\-sia- —Late European journals
represent that Mr. Hume, the American medium,
recently gave an exhibition of the spirit phenom
ena that occurred in his presence before the Czar
at Petersburg, and that the Czarina was so delight
ed that she gave him a diamond ring worth six
hundred dollar*.
When Crnsar was asked by Brutus how
many eggs be had eaten for breaktast, he
answered, “El tu lirute.”
The General Newspaper Despatch. —
It is said that General Jerez will imme
diately communicate with the government
of Nicaragua relative to the non-success of
his mission, and asks for further instruc
tions. He was emphatically informed by
Mr. Cass, that whatever may be done by
France or any other foreign power, our gov
ernment will protect the Transit route to
the fullest extent and at all hazards.
Some friends of the administration, oc
cupying a high political position, express
themselves favorable to a direct application
to Congress for an appropriation to conduct
a negotiation tor the purchase of Cuba.
The receipts of the Post Office Depart
ment tor the quarter ending oa the 30lh of
JuM wtr*f),lMM
FOR the times.
Life of Bishop Capers, by Rev. W. M
Wightman D- D
Messrs Editors :—The object ot this commit
nlcation is to call attention to the above work, re
cently issued from the Methodist Publishing House
at Nashville, and lor sale in Columbus, by Dr
Woodrufi, Broad Street.
It is foreign to ray purpose of attempting a re
view, as this has already been done by competent
hands. North and South, the Secular, as well as
the Religious Press, h is spoken out most favorably
and in strong commendation ot the book. And
this is not marvelous, for where shall we find a
subject, whoso life is here portrayed, more full of
interest, especially to Southern Methodists. Aud
where could have been found a biographer so well
fined to the ta-k, as the Rev. Dr Wightman.
The autobiographical part is 90 natural and
truthluily told, that we can almost fancy ourselves
members of the family group, listening and gatb’
ering instruction from the lips of wisdom aud
experience in divine things, j. And from the narra
tive, so plain and simple, we learn the process es
convetsion, radical and evangelical, leading to
entire consecration of b >dy and soul to duty aud
to God.
Then follows the masterly biographical depart
ment, equally ttuihlui in its delineation, of the
devoted man of God, tho successful, eloquent Prea
cher and the highly polished Christian gentleman—
the highest style of ni3ti
If Bishop Capers was not in the “line ot succes
sion” it matters little, if God’s blessing rested up
on his labors, and if hundreds and probably thou
sands, white and black, are to be found as seals to
his ministry. The day of eternity alone can re
veal tho wide extent ot his usefulness upon the
earth. 3.
FOR THE TIMES.
Judge of fTe Macon Ciro ;it-
Editors of the 7 i ties.
Gentlemen 1 i ‘our daily issue of the 14th
in3t. I notice a highly complimentary notice of the
Hon. H. G Lamar, who is a candidate for the
position which he now holds by appointment, as
Judge of the Macon Circuit. To this I do no l
object, because it is a mere exercise ot a right
which every freeman claims and whichjin this age
of news-paper compliments, seems to be exceed
ingly dear to editors and news-paper contributors
generally. Bat when you assume the part of a
prophet and predict for Judge Lamar “a triumph
ant victory is opposed.” 1 must ask leave to doubt
the divine origin of vour inspiration, and to ex
press the opinion that perhaps you may be mis
taken in this vaticination at least.
Judge Lamar is opposed by John M. Giles Esqr,
of Houston County, an eminent lawyer of the
Macun Circuit, who for twenty years has been
studiously devoted to the practice of his profession
aud ranks among the best lawyers and jurists in
the .-Rate. His “political reputation is as dear to
the democracy” of his Circuit and as well known
to ihem as any man’s, and the contest therefore,
between him and Judge Lamar is altogether one
of personal htness fortheOffiee. It is more than
probable that the Americans or opponents of De
mocracy will bring out no candidate, and in this
respect have set a most excellent example to the
other Circuits in the Stale. All parties seem to
prefer that in this Circuit, politics and politicians
should have nothing to do with the selection of
the incumbent for the exalted—l had almost said
sacred —office of Judge.
I feel sure that had you known these facts you
would not have drawn an invidious fine of distinc
tion between these two worthy gentlemen, but have
left the Circuit between them to be decided by ilte
voters ot the Macon Circuit, upon their jpersonai
men's and qualifications lor the Office
Macon Circuit—Oct. 20 1853.
JUSTICE.
Later from California.
St. Louis, Oct. 19.—The third overland
California mail arrived last night, bringing
letters dated September 23tii,but no papers.
Five passengers came through. The first
and second mails from S'. Louis were met,
piogressing finely. No Indian interference
lias thus far been met with.
Loss of Steamers Flying Cloud and
Rudolph. —The steamer Flying Cloud sunk
at Devil’s Island on the 17th inst. The
boat cost 855,000, and was insured for
$15,000. The condition of her cargo, which
was iarge and valuable, lias no’ been as
certained.
On ihe same day, the steamer Rodolph
sunk at Goose Island. She was valued at
twenty thousand dollars and was insured
for 815,000. Both boats will probably be
raised.
A Practice that should be. To our
Brethren of the Tress
We would cal! the attention of our breth
ren ot the press !o a subject which interests
ttrem and the people to a considerable de
gree—we allude to the advertising of the
laws in all the newspapers of the State, as
they are passed and signed. There is a
very great lack of information among the
masses as to what laws have been passed,
as each session of the Legislature closes its
labors. Even the phamplct editions ot the
more important acts have to be gotten up
by private enterprise, so that the legal pro
feesion may be able to perform their duties
to their clients, and know in time what is
tlie law of tho land. As it is, the reguiarly
authoriz and edition of the laws for distribu
tion, seldom appears until months after the
laws themselves have been in operation.—
The only way to remedy the difficulty
that we can see, is to advertise each law,
as i’ is passed and signed, once in each
newspaper published in the State. By this
means the whole body of Ihe laws will be
brought annually into the possession of
Ihe people at large. The cost of such a
plan will be something; but we feel confi
dent that every man will feel perfectly wil
ling to be taxed for the support of a meas
ure from which he will be constantly deri
ving so much benefit.
As it is a matter which concerns the
Press, as well as the people, will the editors
throughout the State please to make men
tion ol the matter in their columns, and
press the subject on the attention of the Sen
ators and Representatives of their con tv
lies ?— Rome Southerner <V Recorder.
Interesting from Mexico.
Washington, Oct. 16. —Information has
been received here that General Casanova,
commanding the forces at Guadalaxara, had
been defeated in the vicinity of that city by
Degoilado, CaeaDOva lost out of one thou
sand men, eight hundred in killed wound
ed and disbanded, besides his artillery and
ammunition, Blanco and Rocha, Cenesals
under Degoilado, ha-d taken the cities of Le
on, Celaya, Salamanca, and eotne towns
near Guanaxuato, Culiacan, tiie capital of
the State of Sinaloa, had pronounced m fa
vor ol the constitutionalists, and Coronodo,
chief of the constitutional forces there, was
marching on Mazatlon. Three companies
of Echeagaray’s forces, at Jalapa, had gone
over to the constitutionalists, who were
posted, under Llave, five leagues from that
city. Three other companies were to fol
low this example next day. There is a
general movement, from the circumference
to the centre, to the City of Mexico and Pu
ebla, on the part of the constitutionalist
forces, aid it is believed Zuloaga's fall is
imminent.
Garza’s conduct, in making the forced
loan on foreigners, is disapproved by the lib
eral leaders.
The Isthmus of Panama.— A Valparaiso
correspondent of the Philadelphia Pennsyl
vanian argues at some length in favor of
the purchase of the Panama Railroad by
the United States. He represents that
such a measure, if the capacity ot the road
was increased and a low rate adopted,
would vastly benefit American interests on
the Pacific coast:
“This project matured, and we would
soon have American lines of steamers be
tween Panama and Valparasio, Panama
and China, and San Francisco and China.
The Pacific trade of Ecuador, Peru. Bolivia,
Chili, and the Islands on the Pacific, with
the exception, perhaps of the guano, would
all be aecured to the United State*. The
diffsrsas* it trad* Would he Mjuti t* *lity,
perhaps as much as seventy days on each
cargo. Now ninety-five days is an aver
age passage from New York to Valparaiso,
around Cape Horn. A good line ot steam
ers on the route between Panama and Val
parasio, and cargoes of goods could and
would be taken through in less than thirty
days.”
Democracy Defeated —The Issue-
A correspondent of the Pennsylvanian thus
states the issue which resulted in tt.e deteat of the
Democracy in Pennsylvania :
The result of the election in this Con
gressional district, I see, is claimed by the
Anti-Lecomptou victory. But facts, and
not assertions, are the data on which men
will found their opinions. It may be re
membered that the commercial revulsion
which occtired during the administration of
Martin V'au Buren, was charged by the op
position to the veto of the United States
Bank and the substitution of the’Sub-treas
ury. This device took with the masses,
and they huzzard for “Tippecanoe and
Tyler too.” Thousands were out of em-
ployment, and thousands more were bank
rupt, who imputed ‘heir reverses to the
policy of the Fed ;ral Administration, and
determined to trv a change of rulers. They
obtained a change, and accident alone pre
vented them from being saddled with a
swindling institution on a larger scale than
before. t?o at the present time. Thou
sands have lately become bankrupt through
extravagance and wild speculations, paid
thousands more arc out of employment.—
Here was an opportunity for the opposi
tion to seize upon and tutu to advantage,
as the revulsi-m in 1537 was turned to ad
vantage by the Whigs. But the great
dfficully o! the Black Republicans was, to
get a plank for a platform. The United
: States Bank was dead and beyond the pow
er of a resurrection, because it never had a
soul. The Kansas -question was settled
and had lost its interests with all exeept the
politicians. The laboring masses cared not
a tig for Kansas tior “popular sovereignty;”
they wanted employment and bread. What
then? “Why,” said the opposition, “the
Democratic party aie the advocates of free
trade—they are the free trade party. We
want protection to home industry—a pro
tective tariff; that will revive business, and
give employment to the masses.” This
artful, mendacious device ot, the eve of
the election took with hundreds in the
Seventh Congressional District, particularly
in Lehigh. Their tickets were printed on
small flags, headed “Tariff—National
Pr(#f.ction —People’s Ticket,” and were
kept waving in the hands ot their satellites
around the polls, from the time they opened
until they closed. Kansas and “popular
sovereignty” were not even whispered, and
it is doubtful whether they affected the
ticket to the extent of a hundred votes in
tiie whole Congressional district.
California Grapes.
California is to become a great wine-pro
ducing country— both its soil and climate
being admirably adapted to tiie growth of
the vine, of which it. possesses a number of
excellent native varieties.
The Alta California of the 13th ult., says
that the wines of California are rapidly
rising to an important place in the com
merce of the State.
“The grape (it says) has a great delicacy
of flavor, winch is affected by the slightest
variety in soil, so that according to the
common talk of wine growers in Europe, no
two vineyards produce wines of precisely
ihe same taste. And yet there is such a
general resemblance between the wines of
the different wine-growing countries that
where the country is mentioned the general
characteristics are known, provided they
have been well managed. But not so in
California. The wines of Sonora, San
Luis Onispo, Los Angelos and San Diego
differ widely from each other; and each
place can be made-to produce numerous
vaiieties of its own. In a few years we
shall have wines from the mining counties
from Shasta to Tuolumne, arid these again
will produce new varieties, and ail of them
excellent. The Sonora Herald of the 11th
inst. says, “So abundant is the grape crop
of this county getting to be, that the culti
vators will shortly be compelled, lor want
of a market for ‘heir fruit, to turn their at
tention to the manufacture of wine.”
So, in addition to the treasure list, the
California steamers will, after a few year.-,
bring us a “wine list.”
From Russia.
It affords us pleasure to state that, by a
letter from Hon. F. W. Pickens, our Min
ister at the Russian Court, we learn that
both himself, the members of the legation,
and his family, were well, aud much pleas
ed with their experience (thus far) of life
in St. Petersburg.
We take the liberty of copying a few
observations of general importance ;
“The interests of the two Governments
(the Russian and American) are becoming
daily more intimate. Our increasing settle
ments and trade iu California and on the
Pacific are bringing us into intercourse with
Russian possessions on the Amour river
and the Asiatic coast, as well as with their
possessions in America. The trade of the
Amour river is immense, something like
830,000,000 a year, and growing very rap
idly. I have consuls under my jurisdiction
through Asia as well as in Europe, and
their reports and accounts to me bring me
into official communication with a iarge
portion of the globe. I had no idea that
the actual business of this office was U 9
extensive and important as it is. We have
iarge American merchant houses in this
city ; and American ships at Cronstadt are
more numerous than those of ativ other
nation except Great Britain. Thirteen
ships arrived this season direct from Char
leston and New Orleans, loaded with cot
ton, without having touched at Liverpool
at all, as lias heretofore been the case.—
The direct trade must increase every year.
Manufactures in cotton are increasing im
mensely about Moscow ; and one may see
loads of Cotton here every day in the
streets, passing to the railroad for that
point.” —Edgefield Advertiser.
The Comet’s Curved Tail.—A corres?
pondent yesterday asked an explanation of
the cause of the curved appearance of the
comet’s caudal appendage. \Ye did not
feel qualified to answer,although we thought
it had as good a right to curl its tail as a
cat, or have a kink in it as a pig. But
another correspondent, who does speak ex
cathedra from the tower of tin astronomical
observatory, and acknowledges himself a
lay mtyiiber of the scientific school, the
comet is not within the ulterior range in
which the earth exerts an attractive influ
ence ; that the part facing the sun is of
concave form, from which the solar rays
are reflected in a direct line to their source,
but the velocity with which the comet is
travelling from north to south necessarily
causes the curve on account of the differ
ence of time it takes the different reflected
angles of light to reach our vision, and that
if the comet were to come to a dead halt
where it now is. the tail would, in the course
of time, become as straight as a loon’s leg.
Wo must confess this explanation is a
“whortleberry above our persimmons,”and
therefore we refer it to the watchmen of
the night who are stationed on she “light
houses of the skies.” —Louisville .Journal.
The Detroit Free Press reports that a
dog recently brought a skull to his master,
in the woods near Detroit, Michigan, when
on investigation, the body of a Rail Road
Conductor, nam’ and John, Hicjtev, formerly
of Georgia, was found. Hi*:rev had been
murdered nearly a year ago, by a man
named Kennedy, who, it appears, has es.
caped justice, though pursuit is still made
after him.
Peach Leaves for Yeast.—Mrs. Daniel
R. Mitchell, of Rome, Ga., says the Rome
Courier, has discovered that peach leaves
are superior, to hops for making yeast.—
The bread made from it is quite as light
and equally well flavored. We understand
that the yeast ie made in the same way, ex
cept that dried peach l*av*t are need instead
TELEGRAMS OF THE WEEK
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY TIMES.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMSHIP EUROPA.
COTTON UNCHANGED.
Halifax, Oct. 20th.—The Steamship Europa
ha? arrived with Liverpool date? to ll e 9th ioat.
Liverpool Cotton Market— Sales ol the week,
45,000 bales. Cotton was slow ol sales, but prices
were unaltered. Holders were offering freely,but
showed no disposition to press sales.
Trade in the manufacturing districts, was dull
aod unlavorable.
Tiie breadstuff? market was very dull.
Provisions closed dull.
Havre Cotton Market unchanged.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
Further by the Europa.
Halifax, Oct 20. —The London News seems
hopeful that the Atlantic cable will j’et prove suc
cessful, when the combined improvement of
Hughes, Thompson and Henley’s machine reach
Trinity Bay.
The Chess match between Morphy and liar
owitz, has been dosed in cousequence of the illness
of the latter. The game stood Morphy jive, Hur
on ilz mo, and one game drawn.
The Admiral of the French Gulf fleet has left
Paris, with energetic in auctions to protect French
citizens.
The King of Prussia is alarmingly ill.
Liverpool Markets —The sales cotton in Liv
erpool on Friday, the Sih inst., were 7,000 bales,
and the market closed steady. The authorised
quotations were for—
Fair New Orleans ,7 3-4d
“ Mobiles 7 9 16d
“ Upland? 7 1 2d
Middling Orlean- 7 3-8d
“ Mobiles 7 Q-I6d
“ Uplands
No quotations of Middling Upland- received.
The stock oi cotton on hand in Liverpool was
493,000 bales, of which 413 000 were American.
Richardson &, Spence, in their circular, state
that holders of cotton were off-ring their stocks
freely, hut there was no dispo-ition to press sale?.
The market for Flour, Wheat and Corn was un
changed, but quotations are nominal. Sugar was
dull and declining. Rice heavy and declining.—
Tea had advanced id to Is. Rosin was dull, but
fine was quoted at Irom 12 to 16 shillings. Spirits
of Turpentine was steady at 575. 6d. to 3ds.
The bullion in the Bankol England had increas
ed £336,000.
ARRIVAL OF TIIE
STEAMPHIP PACIFIC
COTTON STEADY.
New York, Oct. 21.—The Steamship Pacific
has arrived at St. Johns, Newfoundland, bringing
Liverpool dates to Tuesday the l‘2th inst.
Lrv eroool Cotton Market. —Sales for the
two business days, prior to the sailing of the stea
mer, 14,000 bales. Market steady. Some Circu
lars report an advancing tendency.
London Money Market- —Consols have fut
ther advanced, and are quoted at 9H5 to 98;
colu ambus"timksT
COMMERCIAL RECORD.
COLUMBUS COTTON STATMEME\T.
For the week ending October 2 - ', 1838 :
Stock on hand August 31st, 1858 812 bales.
Received past week 7.312
“ previously, 34,623—41,940
Total 42,752
Shipped past ween 4,521
previously 15,476—19,997
Stock on hand 22,755
Receipts same time 1854 8,418
“ “ “ 1835 31,819
“ “ “ 1856 28,692
“ “ “ 1857 9,216
COTTON.—The past has been rather au unfa
vorable week for tho sellers of cotton—as the mar
ket has been fluctuating and lor the most part de
pressed— Though prices have so ruled that the
planters have generally sold on arrival, the sale?
from the W arehouees have been made at slightly
less prices than street rates.
On Saturday there was but little in and sales
were dull—at 10 1-2 t a 11c.
Mobile, Oct 24th- j
Sales of Cotton yesterday 2,000 hales, at prices i
ranging from 11 1-2 a 11 5 Bc.
New Orleans, Oct. 24.
Sales of Cotton on Saturdav 15,000 bale?, with
an improved demand and a better leeling iu the
market.
Middling 11 34a 11 7-Bc.
New York, Oct. 24.
Sales of Cotton yesterday, were 1,000 bales.—
I he market was rather dull and slow of sale?, but
without any quotable change.
Savannah, Ocr. 24.
Sales of Ootton on Saturday were 1,200 bales.
Goon Middling 11 I-2c.
Middling Fair, 11 3 4c.
Fair, 12c.
‘1 ho Board of Health reports six interments to
day ot which four resulted from yellow fever.
JjgfoThe Augusta Chronicle ia indebted io the j
officers ol the Georgia R rilroad Comp ny for the i
following statement of the amount of produce ‘
brought to that city over the Road, from the Ist :
to the 15th Oct.:
Cotton 23,000 bales.
Grain 63,886 bushels.
Flour 9,054 barrels.
Cotton-
The Cotton receipts at ail the ports are very !
heavy for the season, and the ttaple continues lo j
pour in from all p iris of the cotton growing States.
Our Prices Current of last week, issued on Friday,
exhibited an inreease of die receipts at all the ports, !
up to that date, of 156.700 bales, compared with
those of las! year, and an increase of 109,227 in
the stock on hand at the same date.
These facts would seem, of themselves, to pre- \
sage a very heavy crop, but the very extraordinary j
season that has favored the opening of the crop,
and forwarded the operation of gathering, should
not be left out of the account. Tliep, the plant- j
ers all agree that the crop is maturing in a body
this year, that very few bolls remain te open :
herealier, and that nearly the entire product will
have been housed by the middle of November.— !
We may here say, tor the information of our read- ‘
ers abroad, that it is not unusual, in productive j
years, for the picking to continue until Christmas I
aud even into January.
How far these considerations should qualify any
present estimate ol the crop, we are unprepared to
say We have an abiding conviction though,that
notwithstanding it may reach considerably beyond
tiie figure ofiast year, it will not be too large for
the demand, or large enough to bring the price be
low a fair remunerating point. The labors ol the
planter, in our humble opinion, aro bound to be
well rewarded.— Sav. Republican.
My son, if thou wilt wear tight boots
there are three bad things thou wilt inevi
tably suffer—namely, a bad corn, a bad gait
and a bad temper.
The Balloon Race. —The balloon race
at Cincinnati between Mens. Godard and
Prof. Sieit er is fixed on the ISth inst.—
The Gazette says:
A committee of five well know citizens
has been chosen, who are to decide wheth
er the weather in the morning shall justify
the inflation of the balloons. When the in
flation has commenced the aeronauts must
go. Each may take up a passenger at his
discretion. The success of either will be in
relation to distance, not height. Arrange
ments will be made for each aeronaut to
send down, at every lown passed, in a par
achute, a “log” or note containing the name
of the balloon which passes and any inci
dent occurring on the trip, which will be
sent by telegraph. Mone. Godard and Pro
fessor Steiner a*h expect to be up thr* or
four dra.
The Pennsylvania Inquirer of,, ..
date contains abeautifuily wu ten ariicj?
“ Fidelity,” lu lof ‘rulh and wisdom. \\' e
give the conclusion of the artic'e ;
“One of the mosl eminent ot Ameri a .
statemen aud philosophers, many V( . ar
ago, described the happi at condition ( , t
human existence to consist in a pcp-ei r ,_
ciprocity of interests, fi elings aid a fl? s
between man an i wile. All, he aii „in,,,
were liable to errors and intirnutis? a ‘
were characterised by pas- uns ~and |, r ’,
dices, but *i'h a -pint of ‘nubia! I'ort-pr
ance, and a deteruima ion never to otfei J
wantonly or intentionally—wrded lii,. ),,,
regarded as the only real bliss on th,s N ,i e
of tire grave. Bill in order to realiz- ti,.
there must be at least two gn
Confidence and fidelity. These ar, n .-ron,e’
sense twin sisters, and one ca=m.t ire
without the other. The faithful man or n,.
faithful woman, in every sphere ii
high or low, rich or poor, prince or j i a-mV
may be regarded as moral jewels anilll j
the multitude, and as calculated to e>e ;
a salutary influence wherever they i ,
and mmgle. The changeling of tire j.,rn
can never he relied upon. He is a ■
of inleiest or impulse. To-,lay h may L.
ail earnestness, warmth, and api a- ot ?in.
eerily, and to-morrow he may be forma
cold and hypocritical. He dees not tit,.
stand, or wiil not practice the god-lii;e
ciple ol fidelity. That one virtu? is capable
of redeeming a thousand faults. We a ,„, t
look for perfection in the eons and dang ,t? rs
of Adam. We know that all are tin g : ,
frail, and we feel every hour we live tiiat t...
are fallible and mortal. N verti
with this knowledgeo! our? v -ami om, .
we endeavor io be true, faithful ; u-; ho e
j on all occasions, we shall take on.,- strp ,
I advance, and avoid many error?
cesses. Aud when, moreover, we ire : _
ity in an ither, when amidst the ?!• : a and
the sunshine, in joy or in sorn....
discover a heart tiiat i? truly faith;..’. ~w
that never waves nor falters, One wt,.- e
very essence and sp rit seem to sy-mp;-,.;.....
with our own, let us respond, cling ap
preciate and cherish it, for it ?h e and
regarded as the most pr< cions and prioi,-
boon that has been lei to man since the
fall.”
Abolitionism a Disf.asf.— The i! ,?tou
Courier expresses itself on ihe subject in
this wise ;
“One of the most interesting and instruc
tive facts in ttie history of the huma race
is the recurrence, from time to time, o! u
eased conditions ot the public mind, coi - -
tuting moral epidemics, which iulect ?m>.
ty with moral delusions, jus’ as its ph\?ka;
conditions is occasionally disturbed b\ i
-or contagions disenipers. Win:
ever one of these moral epidemics seizes
upon the public mind f becomes rnoioiiiy
sensitive on some specific subject; it rt.n
into the most pitiable extravagances; it
seems to lose all sense, reason, and judg
ment; it exhibits the symptoms of tempo
rary deliriousness. The prevailing sent -
nient in Eastern States, in regard to ihei.e
gro race, constitutes a striking illusion n
of these, intellectual epidemics, and cue
which iu future times w ,1 be looked back
upon with the same mingled sorrow and
amazement with which we at this time re
gard the witchcraft mama o: the old c ...
of Massachusetts.”
Confession of a Murderer.— A New
York correspondent ot the C'iar;e?ici,
Courier, says: I’ is said that Smith, ‘lie
proprietor of the Sea View House, ,V ver
skin. who died a few days since,eonfe???.:,
shortly before hi? death, that he murdered
Albert Moses, his bar-k eper, in 1857—a
deed for which young Donnelly was exe
cuted. but who died m ?t ear tally pre
testing Iris innocence. 1’ will be remem
bered that Donnelly made a speech upon
the scaffold, charging the crime upon So.
and several papers which published the
speech were sued by the hitter per- n
for libel. If true, it is a horrible reflecl
upon tbe.uncer'ainty of circumstantial e -
deuce and the imperfection ot human judg
ment.
The Barbecue —The Fair Grounds, we
believe, have been selected for holding the
grand Railroad Bat beetle on the 30th in?t.
The speakers will address the people Ir- in
the stand in tiie amphitheatre; aod tiie
tables wiil be spread immediately cutsuie
the amphitheatre, on the lett. We are giad
to learn that Mr. Hooker is succeeding re
i mark ably well iri the collection of contri
butions in money and provisions. Up
| wards of 8700 (including the estimated •
1 ue of meats, <fce.,) have been already ? ‘•
i scribed. If ttiis liberality continues to be
i evinced, Mr. Hooker will soon have enooi-'ti
i in his possession to get up tiie finest l :-
j becue that has ever been known in the
i Staie. The object is well worthy of it, amt
we may expect this railroad dinner to
I eclipse anything of the kind heretofore
j known in Alabama. Seiah! —Montgomery
\ Advertiser.
Pear, dv’s Prolific Cohn.—Mr. W jam
Slade, ot Dooly county, informs us riiat !i j
planted a field of ten acres the pr- >
year of ‘his corn, trim which lie
gathered four hundred bushels. He se
lected one acre of the best, ami measured
from it ot good corn, sevetv-one bushels.—
; This corn was grown on pine land, manure
| ed pretty well with Compost, after which .
I addtd one hundred and sixty pounds ot (m
----aiio to the acre, planted in rows six fed a
! part, eighteen inches in the drill; the Guano
was applied a! ou r midway the hills in ‘he
drill. —Pulaski Times.
COLUMBUS CURRENT PRICES.
BACON—Th-reis a lull supply of B con i ‘lns
market We make the following quo'ati a-
Clear Sides 111; slams, Sugar Clued, 13 to
16 ; Shoulders 9 to 10c.
BAGGING.—Indie 20u Kv 19c.
COFFEE.—Supply ample. Rio. 13 to 14c. La
guyta 15c ; Java, 22e.
CANDLES.—Starr 28 to 30c. Sperm 50c. Pstcnt
60c.
NEW CHEESE.—I2* to 15c.
FLOUR.—SS 00, *5,75. to 7to.
HIDES.— U©l2ic,
IKON- 4J®6e.
LINSEYS. Northern, 19©20c.
“ Southern, 25<S>28c.
LARD.—In barrels 14c. Keg? 16c.
.MACKEREL—No 1 m hah btis 69,00 No 2
in bbls $14.00, halt bbls >B,OOO No 3, halt bbls
$7,00
MOLASSES —3sc. New Or'ean? refined 43c.
NEUUO SHOES. Russets, $1,25 1.40
NAILS—4I ,St sc.
OSNvBURUS KVI2,
ROPE —9i to Iff-
SHEETING. 9 f ,i) 121 c.
SHIRTING. B,'rtriOo.
R 1 * ‘ E,— 6c.
SALT.—I,SO per sack.
SUGAR.—SoId at retail oniy-Brown 12 to i
-1-2. (rushed 14c.*
WHEAT.—9O id 1.10.
WHISKEY-Rec ified, 25 ,'a)37. Bourbon, 200
frti39o. Monongaliela, iOiVa) 50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BUTTER.—Couotrv 20 to 25c.
“ Goshen 30 to 35e
CORN —soto 60c.
EGGS —lsc.
CHICKENS—ISio 20c.
FEATHERS —4O to 50c.
FODDER -60 io 75c.
MEAL.— 7Oc
PEAS—7Sc.
POTATOES —4oc.
DIED
Died iu Baker county, oa the 13th inst., Mrs.
Mary Victoria, wife of Mr Ezekiel Wimberly,
and daughter ot the late Dr. Abner Holt, ot Ma
con.
The tomb encloses in its portals the cold re*
mains of her, who in life was the pride of her
friends, the joy of her husband, the angel other
household. As the tender flower, just opened front
the clefts of its hood, full of the dew of Heaven at
a lamb's fleece, and fair as morning, shedding us
sweet IragrCtice around, is suddenly despoiled of its
beauty, thrown to the ground by some rude blast,
•ouching the heart with sadness—so has this lovely
woman in all thecharnt ofyoung life.ita rosy tint on
hei cheek—its happiness on her brow—her virtues
shiniog in glowing brightness, been stricken from
earth, filling the soul with sorrow and a happy
home with gloom. But she is gone! We trust
a bright jewel sparkles in her crown, and tht is
tlothed with whit* rebetef ieweiml glory.
Mil, first*