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0KG1A ILlLGhAlll.
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Tlie IndiguniU Juror.
| The story of tho indignant juror, cursing the
eleven obstinate fellows who refused to agree
with him, is an apt illustration of a type of mind
Tuesday Morning, December 20. not 80 uncommon as it might be. We not in-
— . —— frequently meet with men who manifest a con-
AXTCTION SALES. stitutional disability to see more than one tied
On WraxiiSAi and Thursday of each I °f a subject, and that their own,-and to see it
week at 11 o'clock A. M. and on each night j with their own particular optics. Now, with
during the week at 7 o’clock V. M.
J. J. MILLER,
nov 21)—3m. Cherry Street, Macon Ga.
Democratic County Nomination*.
For Sheriff,. JAMES BARFIELD.
For Ordinary, WM. M. RILEY.
For Cleric Supcriot Court, A. B. ROSa
For Clerk of the In. Court, JOHN McMANOS.
For Tax Collector, J. P. COOPER
For R< reiver of tax’Roturns, L. D. WRIGHT.
For County Surveyor, WM. WOOD.
For Coroner,,.;..’. JAMES RALLEY.
To Advertisers.
Christmas coming on next publication day,
advertisers must send in their favors on Friday
next if possible. No advertisements will be re
ceived -for the next issue, after ten o'dock, on
Saturday morning.
Macon, Nov.- ill.—Wo have had a good de
mand for Cotton ainoc our last Wc quote 8 a
lOJo. The best .grades mostly sought after.—
Receipts heavy.
Christmas Presents.— There are oceans
them at Freeman’*, Menard & Burgliard’s, E. J.
Johnston ft Co.’s, Zeilin & Hunt’s, and others
of our advertisers. Sec their notices.
Van Ambwfgh's Menagerie, «$r. This splen
did Company is now exhibiting in Macon. It
numbers nmongiis equestrians Stone, who bears
with him a beautiful and substantial testimon ial
to his merit as a rider, in the shape of a splen
did gold and jewelled medal presented to him
by citizens of New York, at the Broadway Tho-
ntre last year.'
The Campbells are coming again, and there’ll
he fun.—Of course there will. Fun alive.
Valdosta. Tho County Commissioners of
Lowndes advertise the lots in their new county
Sec notice.
site.
Large Sale of City Properly. Benton adver
tises at auction FOURTEEN of the most desir
able business stands in Macon—tho property
of Freeman ft Roberts, and sold for a division.
Now is the time to pitch in.
-A Rat Exterminator. Who wants to be a
rat Exterminator? Wo have received at sun
dry times blank commissions to that end, from
one Costar in Now York; and will fill them all
out in favor of anybody who will dose Costar
with liis own pills.—Wc will.
ITInron «V Western Railroad
We are indebted to Isaac Scott, Esq., Presi
dent of the Macon ft Western Railroad, fora
-copy of bis Fourteenth Annual Report to the
' Company, just published—the fiscal year clo
sing the last day of November. It makes the
' extraordinary exhibit of a Railroad Company
out of debt—not owing a dollar, either of float
ing or lhndcd indebtedness, and with a cash
• balance in the Treasury, of $130,541 94. In
closing up a summary of tho results of the
twelve years of his administration, the Presi
dent says: “During this whole period, the cre
dit of tho Company has always been maintain
cd. More tbaA the entire capital has been paid
back to the Stockholders in Dividends, and
now, at the close of this year, it stands unen
cumbered by either floating or funded debt,
and worth fully its cost to the owners.” Du
ring this time, upwards of three and a half mil
lions have been collected and disbursed under
this functionary, with a loss of less than one-
half one per cent and a certainty of tho ulti
mate reclamation of the larger part of this small
deficit Such illustrations of judgment econo
my, integrity a ad fidelity in Railroad manage
ment arc beyond all praise. They arc no less
an honor to the State and to the business com
munity, -than to the officers of tho Company
themselves.
From the Report of the Superintendent Al-
- fred L Tyler, we see that the Road receipts for
the past year, were: F*om Passengers, $131,-
730 95; Freights $231,973 15; Mails, $10,201.
ToUl, $373,905 85. The expenses for the same
period were 44 percent on these earnings, leav
ing a nett balance of $209,784 22. The increase
in the business of the Road over last year, a-
- mounts to $48,073 15. Tho operations for the
year were conducted without accident save the
burning of some cotton on freight The Re
port Is voluminous, and exceedingly minute and
thorough in its information upon every point of
possible interest to Stockholders. If it tails to
satisfy them that their interests have been dili
gently studied and skilfully.administered, they
will show thcmsolvcs more unreasonable than
- men often get to bo.
all due respect wc think the Savannah Repub
lican and the Richmond Whig are entitled to
the first honors in the class of men we have al
luded to—a very worthy class, no doubt; and
particularly interesting when the one example
holds up tho other to special attention and ad
miration. The subject is the disorganization
of the House—the responsibility for it—and
whether the eighty eight demoaats voting for
Bocock ought, in this frying crisis, “when the
honor and salvation of the South are at stake,”
(as the Whig phrases it)—whether they ought
to go over to tho twenty-two Americans, or the
twenty-tw* Americans come to them. You sec
it is the precise question entertained by the in
dignant juror: if; indeed, be could for one mo
ment be supposed to entertain a question, im
plying distrust of his own entire infallibility. He
wanted to know whether he, with all his light
and knowledge, sound judgment and mental
acumen, should go over to those eleven obsti
nate, foolish fellows, or whether he should com
pel them to come to him. There could not be
a doubt about tho answer. Every instinct—
evciy feeling—cvciy conviction compelled him
to insist that they should abandon their ill con
sidered and foolish conclusions—quit their ob
stinate and unprincipled adherence to them, and
accept unconditionally and without reserve, the
jus ter verdict of his maturer judgment In like
manner the Richmond Whig and the Savannah
Republican (holding the Whig up to especial
admiration,) arc astonished and indignant that
any body should conceive the twenty-two ought
to go over to the eighty-eight, and they say “such
an expectation—such a demand—is unquali-
HnHljT cilly •l»ourd". The J Ull lipOIl UiC
“Southern Opposition” members to yield “never
an inch'’—to “adhere to their present position
though the Heavens fall!” And then, like the
indignant juror, they arc very eloquent oyer
that wretched infatuation and party bigotry of
the democrats who “still stand on the miscra
ble ground of grovelling partisans and trick
sters” and adhere to their candidate, evidently
without a thought of coming over to the Amer
icans. Thcj say that none but an “incorrigi
ble fool” can be deceived or misled by the invita
tion of the democrats to the Americans “to take
their stand beside them for the safe of the
South.” It is a mere party trick, and thoy.trust
that the Americans will show their superiority
to all partisan influences in such a crisis, by
adhering firmly to their own candidate—the
Republican is not particular that it should be
Gilmer—it might be Joshua ILll!
Let no man suppose for a moment that the
Savannah Republican and the Richmond Whig
aro not perfectly sincere in these opinions. The
indignant juror was a very sincere man. Those
papers triumphantly demand to know whether
the “South Americans” were not elected, in
“stem Opposition” to the democracy, and if so,
how, then, can they unite with them * Ex
actly! So the juror asked: Was I not sworn
a true verdict to give, and how then can I unite
with those eleven foolish and obstinate fellows ?
The Republican and Whig cannot sec that the
88 democrats were elected in a corresponding
opposition to the 22 Americans, and the indig
nant juror also failed to sec that his eleven
compeers had taken the same oath. All three
aro conscientious, but neither is able to see be
yond his own peculiar difficulties. The fault
is constitutional
But some will perhaps ask, seeing and ac-
FI40.il mUEOGEVRLE.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Correspondency of the Telegraph.
Mn.i.nncgvnxE, Dec. 16, 1859.
My Dear Telegraph:—The session of 1859
will be closed appropriately on this dark.d car
ry and uncomfortable day The aunlight would
not have comported properly with all things
that have been transacted here, and I can only
wind up my correspondence by saying that
while haste, indecision, timidity and niggardly
parsimony have ruled the day, still it is pleas
ant to know that what has been done, or what
has not been done, has been uninfl uenced by any
corrupt motive. The Georgia Legislature
free from and above any charge of that sort
oov. DROWN.
In mentioning what has been done I must
not forget to speak of Gov. Brown. He has
been weighed and not found wonting—he has
passed through the fire unhurt In all the ele
ments of patriotism, firmness, decision, zeal
industry and independence he stands fully up
to the highest mark; and if be true, as Junius
says, that “n generous nation is grateful even
for the preservation of its rights, and willingly
extends the respect duo to the office of a good
prince, into an affection for his person,” then
Gov. Brown will ho held near and dear to the
people of Georgia. He has made an honest,
able and faithful Chief Magistrate. By the ex
ercise of the veto power he has checked partial
and unwise, if not mischievous legislation—he
has guarded the Treasury with vigilance—he
recognises tho equality of the citizens—he has
been uninfluenced by fear, favor or affection—
in a word, he has performed his whole duty and
is entitled to the thanks of all good men.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The candid observer of the action of our
General Assembly will come to the conclusion
that they liave done those things which they
ought not to have done, and failed to do many
things which they ought to have done. All the
important and desirable reforms have been de
feated—no central law has been »v.r
which the people can exult, hut a sluice of pri-
Correepondence of the Telegraph.
Baltimore, Dec. 12th, 1859.
Judge Slump on professional Jurors—City pas
senger Railway—City Court—Appointment
of a Judge— IV nans Steamer—Singular at
tempt at suicide —Illustrated Newspaper—
Large fire—Attempt to murder—Street
fight—The Weather, Spc.
The eccentric old Judge who presides over
our city criminal court, took it into his head
the other day to rebuke the professional Jurors,
and he came down on them like a thousand of
brick and read them such a lesson as will not
soon bo forgotten. Much difficulty had been
experienced in obtaining a Jury in a murder
case. Several lots of Talesmen had been exam
ined, and when the Court was waiting for an
other supply, a number of those who had been
summoned but had not appeared, were brought
in upon attachment and required to show cause
why they should not be fined. Several of them
offered excuses of necessary attention to busi
ness, all of whem were peremptorily fined,
the Judge emphatically declaring that no such
an excuse was valid. He would take this oc
casion to say further, that he was determined
so far as this court was concerned, to break up
the practice which had obtained of taking
Jurymen] from amongst the numerous, lazy-
idle, lunkheads, who spent their time, which
should be better employed, in hanging and loun
ging around tho Court House and endeavoring
to get upon the Juries, in order that they might
hang them, and he adjourned to some tavern or
eating house, where they could eat and stuff and
drink and smoke at the public expense—utter
ly regardless of tho cost to tho city, inconven
ience of the court or injustice to the parties in,
terested in the suit He liad been watching
these characters forsome time, and bad found
upon cnquiiy, that many of these loafers about
the court rooms liad families who had to de-
ponJ cntiicly upon (be industry of their wives
for their support, never receiving a cent from
vatc, local and pernicious legislation has been these lazy husbands who spent what little they
x to n Rrcss.
On 'Wednesday last Mr. Mason's resolution
“ of enquiry into tho Harper’s Ferry outrage was
adopted iu tho Senate by a unanimous vote
(yeasfiS), the Senate JiaHagprolouSTy rejected
the Trumbull amendment providing for inqui
also into the circumstances attending the seiz
ure of the United States Arsenal at Liberty,
Missouri The vote which defeated tho amend
ment was yeas 22, nays 32. The Committee
under the resolution consists of Messrs. Mason
of Virginia; Davis, of Mississippi; Collamer,’
of Vermont; Fitch, of Indiana, and Doolittle,
of Wisconsin. The Senate elected Rev. P. D.
Guiley Chaplain, and adjourned OTcr to Mon-
In tho House nothing has yet been done to-
f. wards organization, and it seems to bo the cur
rent opinion that no speaker will be elected un
til after the holidays. A few more ballots have
• been made without a material variation in the
roiult. Jn the last, Gilmer was withdrawn by
• i the Americans, and Rotelcr, also of Virginia,
substituted. The result was: Shcnnan 111;
Bocock S3; Botclcr 25. The “discussion” (as
it ia termed) of the Helper Book, the r d on
Virginia and Black Republicanism generally is
still going on without any new development to
enliven itt dreary platitudes. Lot it proceed.
We believe it offers just now the best and only
chance of defeating Sherman, and of taking the
benefit of any Northern reactionary opinion
which may be manifested; and in the event of
the happening of neither contingency, why
should the South desire another Congress ? Bet
ter close the concern at once. For our own
part, we would aa lief see John Brown in tho
Speaker’s (Chair, as any subscriber to on incendi
ary document theoretically sustaining the “ir
repressible conflict,” and if wc were dictator, no
Southern member should wait to sec Sherman
take the oath of office. We would leave him
to preside over kindred spirits, and chalk out
in a Southern assembly that proper portion of
this same "irrepressible conflict” which may
i this section of the Union.
knowlodging this infirmity, why not giro ii
why not let the mountain go to Mahomet—the
eighty eight surrender incontinently to the
twenty two ? That question was also deman
ded of the eleven obstinate jurorSj and their re
ply was that it would not mend the matter at
all They said they had sounded the subject
thoroughly and ascertained if they went over to
the one clear sighted fellow, ho would come
over against them, and thus they would still be
left on opposite sides, with only a reversal of
position. Some affected to doubt this state
ment, but others, who knew the independent,
clear sighted juror intimately, said they were
satisfied it was true. They said he liad great
pride of opinion, but the opinion was valuable
to him, only when he held exclusive possession
of it If he must share it in common with the
vulgar herd, it was of no account no liked
to be alone, and ho liked the distinction and no
toriety of isolation.
This amiable little peculiarity in their twelfth
man, completed the embarrassment of the un
happy jury, and proved the very cap-sheaf of all
their perplexities. So, in like manner, the
ciglity-cight democratic Congressmen have
been sounding this honest and independent
fixed up, which could have been better dispens
ed with entirely. The Convention Bill was
lost, and lost by a legislative coup d’etat—a
large majority being in favor of it This meas
ure of paramount necessity must remain iu
abeyance for another year, and in (he meantime
I hope Gov. Brown will have published in pam
phlet form the Constitution as it is, with all its
amendments, and let the people sec what a mot
ley pieco of patch-work their organic law is,
and how much of beauty and strength has been
added to the fobric by legislative tinkering.
It will he impossible for me to mention in the
short time I now have to spare, many incidents
of the session—the debates; the sharp passages;
the eloquence and ignorance; tho beauty of
the women, who at times thronged the galleries
and made the members think and feel as if they
looked on a parterre of diamonds; how.many
hearts were lost and won; how this bill was
lost, and how that one was passed; these tilings'
I could write about, hut I forbear.
TOE GEXERAL ASSEMBLY AND ITS OFFICERS.
■ The President of the Senate, the Speaker o{
the House and all the subordinates, have been
efficient and industrious in the discharge of
their duties; and the State, in the opinion of
yonr correspondent, was well served in thc’Scn.
ate by Messrs. Lawton, Seward, Collier, Wal
lace, Cone, Tracy, Harris, of Worth, King,
Briscoe, Atkinson, the two Johnsons, Hall, Stur
gis, Gartrell, of the Democrats, and by Trippe,
Holt, Billups, Miller and Cook of the Opposi
tion; in the House, Deloncy, Harris, of Glynn,
Hartridge, Colvani Cullens, Lester, Lofton]
Williams, El)’, Cook, of. the Democrats, and
Lewis, of Greene, and Hancock, Fannin, of Mor
gan, Anderson, of Bibb, McWhorter, of Greene,
and Gibson of Richmond, of the Opposition,
were able and wise legislators.
Your Senator, Mr. Tracy, made but few
speeches, but they were able, eloquent and to
the point. He was attentive to his duties, cour
teous in his demcqpor, and independent in his
votes. • Mr. Anderson was the speaking mem
ber from Bibb, and made an excellent member
Mr. Lockett, as chairman of the Committee on
the Blind Asylum, had an important position,
and filled it with credit. He is not a debater,
but an excellent working member.
Before this reaches you Millcdgcville will be
deserted comparatively. The members hope
to get through in time to leave to-night. They
arc getting their pay, settling their bills, ftc. I
am sorry I cannot say more of the accommoda
tions at the Hotels. More room must be had,
better fare or lower prices, or there will be a re
volt and removal at tho next session.
Yours, PROSPERO.
received for their service upon the Jury, in eat
ing and drinking about the restaurant in the
neighborhood of the Court. House. He wanted
no morc’such men summoned upon the Juries.
They always gave trouble and bother the court
He wanted business men who had places of
business, and especially those who were to be
always found at their places of business, men
whose time was regarded by them as worth
more than the paltry pay for Jury service.
These were the men he wanted and these were
the places he wanted tho Sheriff to look for
Jurymen. Of course the Sheriff would have
sense enough to know that a man was not to
be taken from his store or shop when there was
no other person present to take care of it men
were not required to shut up their places of
business to serve on Juries. But when a man
was once summoned lie must come here, and if
ho has an excuse, offer it here, and if it is a good
one the court will let him offj but the Sheriff,
lias no right to do so. Now said he | want the
reporters to put this down so that it can get in
the papers and be seen all round, and people
can’t conic here pleading ignorance hereafter.
During the delivery of this speech by the Judge,
there was a perceptible squirming among the
professional gentlemen to which it alluded, who'
were present in considerable force. These gents
will have to patronize some other court in fu-
result it is said has been all that her projectors
could wish. These trials at sea have demon
strated tho surety that a twenty mile speed can
be easily obtained upon her by a slight change
in the propelling power. Eighteen miles the
hour was shown to be now her time. She will
be brought to her wharf as soon as she has
gratified her numerous friends at Norfolk, and
there undergo the necessary alterations and be
put in readiness for her contemplated trip to
Europe. The inventors no longer entertain a
doubt of her complete success. Her strength,
steadiness and buoyancy, have all been fairly
proven, and the new mode of applying the pro
pulsive i>owcr issiiown to be the most effective
yet discovered.
A most singular case of attempted suicide
occurred here a short time ago. A young man
named Larrabee, of good habits, bad spent the
evening in tlic family of liis mother, and at the
usual time had returned to bed. About midnight
a singular noise was heard in his room by a
sister, ns of a fall and scuffling: A light was pro
cured and she was horrified upon^euffring his
chamber at finding her brother lying insensi
ble upon the floor and weltering in his blood with
a terrible gash in his throat Assistance was
procured and a physician sent for, when upon
returning to consciousness and having the
wound dressed, it was found not be necessarily
fatal. From his statement it appears that he
had dreamed that his mother had ordered him
to cut his throat, and in obedience to her com
mand he had arisen from his bed during sleep
and took from his dressing case a razor and at
tempted to comply. The wound though of a
gastly appearance did not sever an nrteiy and
he will no doubt recover.
Our city and 1 suppose the whole country has
within the last four days been liberally supplied
with illustrated papers, showing the execution
of old Brown. There was a perfect rush here
for Leslie’s Illustrated, and the National Police
Gaaatto, both of which contained, admirable
cuts representing the scene. A large addition
had been made to tho usual number of copies
ordered by the agents here, “hut they, were all
sold in a few hours after their arrival. The en
terprising publishers %ocm to understand the
spirit of the age and turn it to account' They
are aware of the desire for spectacular enjoy
ment, and spare no pains nor expense to gratify
it People are now a days too fast to read, and
they economize by seeing all at a glance;
A disastrous fire occurred on Saturday night
in Baltimore street near Green, which involved
a large loss. It originated about 8 o’clock in
the large Piano warehouse of the Mcsrs. Stieff
& Son. The house was quite new and a four
story building. The loss was entire—nothing
being saved. It 1 contained a number of very
costly Pianos and much valuable material, tools
ftc. On the East adjoining, the large carriage
manufactory of Mr! 'VVm. Brown ft Son was al
so burnt, nothing being saved-hut a few carria
ges upon the first floor. On tho West was the
flour and feel! store of Mr. J. Magill which
shared the.fate of its ncighhors.'and was entire-
Tbe Democratic Convention
In obedience to the democratic usage, this
body consisting of democratic members of tlio
Legislature, and others, met in the Hall of tho
House of Representatives, at Milledgevilel and
elected delegates to the Charleston Convention
Wc notice, with regret, that the most of the
members from the second Congressional district
declined a participation in the proceedings cf tho
convention; assigning as a reason for their re
fusal to do so, that their constituents had not
authorized them to appoint delegates to the con
vention.
Was this a sufficient reason for their conduct
in the premises ? Wo think not; first, because
democratic usago and precedent sanctioned the
appointment of the delegates by the democratic
members of the Legislature; secondly, because
the most of the counties of tho State were rep
resented by democratic members, able and will
ing to reflect the sentiment of the party in the
selection of delegates; thus obviating the trouble
and expense incident to the holding of a con
vention next spring, when the people arc busi
ly employed on their farms; thirdly, because
formal notice was given to the counties not rep
resented in tho Legislature by democrats, to
send up delegates to the convention, and if they
failed-to do so, they have no right to complain,
and ought to have acquiesced in the action of the
convention. The real reason for the opposition
to the action of the convention, doubtless was
and is the fear entertained by the fire-eating
secession wing of the democratic party, that the
convention would (as it has done) recommend
to tho Charleston convention, a conservative
national democrat for the Presidency in I860.
The ultra-disunion faction which has so long
hung on the skirts of the democratic party of
this State, disturbing its harmony, and iiupar-
ing its efficiency as a political organization,
can’t brook the idea of voting for a sound na
tional democrat, like Mr. Cobb, for the Presi
dency. If Rhctt, or Yancey had been nomina
ted by theMilledgevillc convention, no doubt all
would have been right—tho convention all reg
ular, and the democratic members of the Legis
lature fully authorized to represent their con
stituents. The furor then that is attemped to
beraised on this subject comes to this: that for
the reason already stated, and no other, Mr.
Cobb is not the choice of a minority of the dem
ocratic party, while a large majority of that par
ty, in Georgia and elsewhere, prefer him for
President to any man in the Union. Why ob
ject then to the party saying so in the Into con
vention ? Another democratic convention, if it
represents fhe entire democracy of Georgia,
would endorse his nomination by the late con
vention. It being then an undeniable prop
osition that Mr. Cobb is the choice at this mo
ment, of a decided majority of the party in this
State, why disturb the harnfony of tho party
by a call for another democratic convention ?
No good reason can be given for it The true
democracy of tlic State, doubtless, are satisfied
with the action of the lato convention, and will
FKO.Tl ILLINOIS.
ly with its contents destroyed Several other
houses were partially injured, the parties were
all insured and tlic bulk of the loss will fall
upon the underwriters. The fire is supposed to
have been kindled by an incendiary.
A desperado named Steve Jury made an at
tempt upon the life of a Capt Lee, on Friday
night last, by shooting liim through tlio neck
with a horse pistol The wound though Severe
cheerfully sustaift its proceedings.
WIREGRASS.
\ A ‘" thc .nem,,
ABNER P. poj^ 5 -f 9
followin. p
May it please your Honor:
The painful duty is devolved ■
nounce to the Court and Bar
cr member of our Brotherhood ^
ABXER PARROTTF. pSwkn
twenty-five years a distinct]
of tho Macon Bar, and for sixf^Al
ding Judge of the Macon Circdtl>l
Greene county, Ga., May 5th ]£'
brief illness, died at his rcsidreJ
in the 48th year of his a<-e 0 f (V.
the Liver. *>*><***
turn, and many old familiar faces will hereafter i' s not co n s *dcred fatal, it was a miraculous cs-
bc missed from the Jury Box of this tribunal. ! “P® from lnstant dcath ’ Jur >’ ,vas arrested,
_ ® .. ... I he is a notorious bad character.
ft running street fight took place on Friday
Vice President Breckinridge was elected to
tho U. S. Senate from Kentucky on the 12th,
by 29 majority. He succeeds Hon. J. J. Crit
tenden, whose term expires in 18tfl.
Washington, Dift. 17.—Two votes were ta-
twenty-two, wad so &r with little success. Vie I kcn for S :P? k ? r abou ‘ £®
. - . ... ... , ; same as-at the last ballot on Friday, and the
quote, on this point, the testimony of theWash-! h ousc adjourned. *
ington correspondent of tho Charleston Courier,j _ . __ -— <■»
in a letter which is published in the Tri-Week- i of Dr ’ “ obe ** E ’ ™? r,,u
ly Courier of last Saturday. Says he: i Through a private letter from M.IIedgcvilIe,
“The South Americans in thi
SafaiPtUy cntcil»IUC(l, J)llt
the proposition of the Democrats for united a'c- premo Court of * Tbe~ circumstances
tion upon the Speakership. Still they hare under which it occurred will add to the grief of
be«i brought nearer together. To-day it is j,; g friend*. As the account reaches us, by a
said that Mr. Reagan, of Texas, can compand misstep j n descending a steep flight of stairs,
the votes of the twenty-three South Americans. Monday night last, he lost his balance and fell
; wc have received the unwelcome intelligence of
n their caucua -on. thcdcnth of 1>r . Kobe* e. Martin, the well
, lint dill not adopt known and universally popular Clerk- of iL—e-
erals for united ac- „r , r ti.«
Our city passenger railway Is begining to ex
perience inconvenience from its quondam friends
in the city council. Owing to tho bad grade of
some of the streets over which the cars pass, it
was found necessary to cover the gutters with
iron plates, which has been done on all the cros
sing but one at the companies’ expense, it being
a very greati mprovement. Liberty street, how
ever, rcipiiring an operation on a much larger
scale, the company deemed it proper to ask the
consent of the Council to do it, and-offering to
bo at the entire expense and hold itself respon
sible by.bond amT security for any damage
which might bo sustained by the owners of
property Jn the vicinity, by water, or otherwise,
while the work was going on. This reasona
ble and fair proposition was however (for no
conceivable reason hut sheer obstinacy ora dis
position to bo contrary) refused, and the street
which has for years been a nuisance during tlic
winter season, Is to lie left as it is. The city
has already expended thousands of dollars in
vari«is attempts to improve it without success,
and now when this company lias discovered a
plan by which the former difficulty can be re
moved, and offer to put it in practice at a cost
of thousands of dollars to itself, our astuto coun
cil of Know Nothings refuses to give us the
benefit of this liberal ofler. The fact is our city
lathers are determined to be consistent in noth
ing but what exemplifies their titlu to the ap-
pelation by which they delight to he called
Strange to say tho Mayor and council which
granted the charter 'and dictated its provisions
are now its enemies, and are throwing obstacles
in its way. This company had the foresight to
see that .the road would be popular and pay,
afternoon between two noted plugs, at the cor
ner of Baltimore and North streets. One of the
parties is a newly elected constable. On the
day after the fight in wjiicli pistols were out
and life was in imminent danger, the said con
stable qualified and bonded, as a conservator
of the peace.
The weather here is cold and tho young ones
are enjoying the luxury of skating, in great
glee. The ictr has formed upon tlic falls and
ponds around the city to tho thickness of three
inches. HOWARD.
Constitutional Convention.
In Senate, Friday, Mr. Bartlett said that this
ho regarded as one* of the most important hills
of the session; and liq trusted that the Senate
would give it that calm consideration which its
importance demanded. The hill proposes to
call a Convention of the people for the purpose
of revising tho Constitution.
Mr. B. was proceeding in. his remarks, when
ho was interrupted by Mr. Harris, of AVorth.
The point of order was-this: a bill similar in
its character liad been indefiqjtely postponed,
and according to tho Constitution the same sub
ject could not come up again.
The Chair decided that he saw nothing in the
Constitution to prevent the*Senate from acting
upon the subject; hut he preferred not to decide
Constitutional questions, hut to submit them to
the Senate.
Some one asked for the reading of the Con-
stitution-on the subject.
Mr. Trippe said he liad the passageand would
read it Mr. Trippe laid that the Constitution
says that no new matter shall be brought in that
had been once acted on.
On tho question of order raised by Mr. Har
ris, of Worth, the yeas were 38, nays 44.
So the point of order was sustained.
Fort Valley, Dec. 12th, 1859.
Mr. Editor—Dear Sir : Allow me the use
of a small space in your valuable paper for tho
purpose of correcting some falsehoods that were
circulated in the lower part of our county, in
regard to the manner the Democratic party act
ed in the upper part of the county in the last
campaign. Wc have been censured, and brand
ed-as traitors unworthy to hear the name of
Democrats.
Now, I' most solemnly protest against such
abuse, for there was ninety-eight Democrats
that voted at Fort Valley the full ticket, that
never flinched in this campaign, nor never have;
but I must confess that some fifteen or twenty
swapped off Hodges and caused his defeat But
it is wrong to abuse arid slander thoso ninety-
eight Democrats, who are true blue, and have
always stood firm, for the action of thpsc who
departed from the faith. I am not surprised by
any means, for I was confident when I learned
who was nominated, how the campaign would
be managed. 1 lm\ e a tolerably good memory,
and it did not flail to serve me on this occasion.
It lias not been long since I was at a nomination
held by bur party, in the town of Perry, and a
certain prominent candidate was defeated, and
he said on that occasion in a short speech, that
he was a Democrat, dyed in the wool an d would
Correspondence of the Georgia Telegraph. j _ lR; '
Galena, III., Dec. 10th., 1859. * m K - dcGraffenreid, Fso
Dear Sir: ' id!?* , W oint **« t .»'
On taking my leave of tho Northwest, and j •. 01 Mac °n, during the sdoum' ■
descending tlic Mississippi to this place, I had- j P 61 * 01 ' Court, to report in regud. jf '
the plcasureof witnessing a display, which, had u =" 1>uwtrs i offered the fo]U; ' : V
it been got up expressly for tho benefit of a trav- and ® esoIut >ons :
clcr as a finallc to his visit to that interesting
region, nothing could have been more appropri
ate or'grand.
The past season having been unusually dry,
prairie fires have been veiy frequent, clouds of
smoke rising in the distance over the broad
prairies in the day time, and the light of the
fires reflected on the sky at night, like the con
flagration of towns or cities, could be seen in
every direction. These prairie fires often do
much damage. The tall rank grass, which I have
frequently seen as high as eight feet, becomes
dry, and when set on fire burns like straw, and
should there be mucli wind, the fire rushes with
astonishing rapidity, sometimes overtaking cat
tle and the fleetest horses. Farmers who have
not taken the precaution to plow around their
hay and wheat stacks a sufficient distance, have
lost their entire crop, and some of them their
houses and bams; owing to this neglect; large
amounts of grain have been destroyed the post
fall, by these fires. " Descending the river from
Si Paul l° n g before we reached the vicinity of
the burning bluffs the whole country below ap
peared to be in a blaze, but when we reached
there the sight truly was magnificent On one
side a bluff three or four hundred feet in height
would be encircled by a broad belt of fire, with
in perhaps one hundred feet of the summit, all
below this belt being invisible in the night, by
its being burnt over, leaving only the black
stubble of grass; above the belt you could see
the rounded top covered with grass and scatter
ing trees, so brightly illuminated that small an
imals could be phiinly discovered, which, with
terror were running back and forth, endeavor-
igg to escape the element which was fast ap
proaching to destroy them. Another bluff
would present a fine representation of a volcanic
mountain in a state of eruption; the fires instead
of encircling the bluff] formed lines extending
from the base to the top, sufficiently irregular
to give them the appearance of streams of lava
flowing from the crater of a volcano, and fol
lowing the broken channels which had been
formed by previous eruptions. Volumes of smoke
are arising from the summit, and you almost
involuntarily look for the projection of red hot
stones and ashes, accompanied with the mutter
ing thunders of the fires within. Tho next
bluff would appear in another character, the fire
having taken a serpentine course up the sides,
appearing like an enormous fire serpent, with
his tail submerged in the river, and his head
resting on the top of the bluff, while smoke and
tongues of flame arc shooting up from his mouth.
At a greater distance, a bluff would present a
large number of straight lines of fire, each sepa
rate and dis-tinct, standing at different angles to
each other suggesting an army in the act of storm
ing a fortress. You see the flashing of the mus
ketry amid -the smoke. Could you hear the
crash and the booming of the cannon, the pic
ture would be complete. In another direction
you could see what appeared like a cloud on fire,
just above the horizon, the bluffbeing broken, and
the fire near the top, all being darkness below,
you could distinguish tho upper portion of the
bluff only,rendering the illusion almost perfect. our
Thus tho panorama, constantly varying, continu- affliction and distress,
cd for nearly fifty miles, and I could easily im- j Resolved, That the Clerk ofthiiO.
agine, when but a few years since these valleys 1 mit to the family of our deceased fax
and bluffs were inhabited by the ^natives of the ' °. f tllese resolutions; and that, br
forest, and in addition to the burning blufls you
could see the dusky savages by the light of these
fires, sporting their light canoes from island to
island—others on their knees praying to the fire
which is one of their gods, while some aro loung
ing outside of their lodges, listening to the
tales of an old warrior, making the picture of
Indian life tho most wild that the imagination
could conceive.
Arrivin': aLGalena, III, and finding myself
obliged to remain through the day, I improved
the opportunity to, visit the Lead mines. This
is the great lead mart of the North, and the city
has a very picturesque appearance; tlio busi
ness location being on two streets, which occu
py the space between the base of the bluff and
river, and running parallel to it Most of the
public buildings and dwellings are on the top
Our deceased brother was
State University, at Athens, fiTN
studied law under your Honor
ted to the Bar in the Fall of lkt
presented with great ability the coo, ‘
at various times, in both branches -
oral Assembly, and was a member!
Convention of 1850.
In all the private relations oflif.
father, son, brother and master, L"'
tionate, respectful, kind, loving and |**
In his official relations he- wasjusi!
ful and careful to perform all his ■ > :
It was as a Judge and a Lawyer-v*
Brotherhood of the Law—it was kitel
of high responsibilities that we J?l
these flowers of remembrance on 1,.
knew him, and most respected ni^ ’
As a Judge of the Macon Ciirm I
ded for more than six years, first cW j
Legislature, and four years after hr?
He possessed, in an eminent degift,.*
qualifications for Judicial station, liyj
powers ofanalysis, Wiproved by a thcri.1
intimate acquaintance with thecleo.^!
ciples of his profession, ho eompnhf f
most involved and intricate im-.- .1
law, and ‘disposed of them with
case. All who heard his luminous J
the great case of Roberts vs. Ex’n J]
and which was so ably argued
ningan.1 Law, Gov. McDonald asd;l
tow, will remember the analvtic -J
great ability which he there dispUtd
which the Supreme Court paid a hijj,
ited compliment. He was’ simple ii
ners, unostentatious in his bearing *
intercourse with the Bar and the; J
and conciliatory. Crowning all t|
traits of character, he possessed a ;
justice and irreproachable honor.
As a practitioner, he had the /lJ
dcnce of his clients, and in the cuqJ
his causes, was remarkable for his ucJ
accuracy of liis judgment—for then
of grouping and presenting the strot^
—and above all, for that element dA
to which Lord Mansfield was slid y
much indebted for his succes-sogg,]
mon sense. " H
As a friend and companion a* emu.
get him. As long as we shall r.4t V
or gather about the hcarth-stoneifai.]
of the day are over, we shall remeok;
fund of humor—the store of varied,
the genial temper and social disp .-„
lent so rich a charm to his profegq]
course. I
But suddenly, in the prime ofgj
midst of usefulness, he has been till
We will not iflvado the circle of da,
but we can, and-do, pay a truthful
tribute to the memory of our hon
teemed brother. Therefore,
Be it resulted, That in the dettlj
Parrotte Powers tbe State has
guished and patriotic citizen, the Ee
nainent, the profession a brilliant i
the Bar of Macon a friend.
Resolved, That we sincerely
his stricken family in this, their ii
'IT*
support the nominee of the party, notwithstan
ding his defeat He was pledged, and all who TTST? “ P
tnoi™t In that noun JLn to otthe bluB, which is about 200 feet h.gh; to
go into the upper part of the town, you are
Mr. McGcheo moved to reconsider the action
and they purchased the charter in good frith ] of the Senate this morning which ruled out of
«*<Wr tho motion to take up tile 1)111 lor the call
of a Convention of the people, on the ground
and speedily fnnglnifJtJ tl*o m*.1, wSUhStdlt
<iepcnac<l upon the snail like pace at which
pended upon
Baltimore capitalists embark in any public en
terprise which requires a liberal expenditure,
might have been deferred for years to epme.
Our city criminal court is about to.close its,
If the democrats choose, they can elect Mr. a considerable distance, to tho bottom, striking . v . . .*?* “* lu l f plained the case to be this; a noir
Reagan, who is_a sterling democrat, but not upon i lis i ica( ], which was literally split open Ul ? rs for ,hc t”™. » iU ,je a wur « of | been made this morning that it
lion. by tlic force of the concussion. He lingered iu regret to the lovers of fun who resort to it for stitutional tffnet twice on the Cc
friendly to Mr. Buchanan’s Administration.
Thus you see, that the independent twenty-
tw o arc in no hurry whatever to admit the ob
stinate eighty-eight into their fold; and if] rely
ing upon any “it is said,” these eighty-eight in
sist on going over, they will do'it at their pro
per peril and incur a great risk of finding the
twenty-two gone, when they get there. Tlic
fret is, the “Opposition” like to be alone, and
they mean to stay alone. Like the. Indignant
Juror, they would not value opinions and poli-
cy a rush, if they were’ forced to share them
with the democrats.
last
meUncholy | tic °" thc OCt “ Hc addr f «> h ‘ ,n
for a number of years. High-minded and hon- somewhat in this wise, loung man, I hardly
orablc in all of his dealings, of a most amiable
by tlic force of tbe concussion, lie lingered
an insensible state until half past eleven o’clock, amusement On Friday last Thomas Connery
m-the day following, when hc breathed his was brought out for sentence, and tho Judge
(Stump) made one wf his short but characteris-
Tlie Holidays.
• Should any of our readers be at a loss where
to find some suitable present, for the epproach-
jng Holidays, we would advise them to give
Messrs. E. J. Johnston & Co. a call They have
always been regarded as among the foremost in
tills line.
Cotton Markets.
In Savannah, on Friday, the- steamer’s neffs
produced no effect The market was quiet and
generally unchanged. On Saturday, a stand
off between buyers and sellers—market dull
but firm. Sales 850 lades, at lOf.to lie. ex
tremes. Middling was. quoted at-10$ to 10 j.
In Mobile, receipts of tiic week 44,070 bales
against 82,595 last year. Receipts ahead of
last year 87,430. Stock 187,575. On Satur
day, sales 3,500 bales. Middling 10$. Hold
ers offering freely, but not pressing sales. NAr
Orleans, Friday, sales of tho week 58,000—re
ceipts 85,000—ahead of last year 170,000 bales.
Ahead of last year, at all tho ports 364,DOC
bales. Middlings quoted 10$ to 11c. Sales of
Saturday 8,500 bales, and Middlings at 10| to
lie.
disposition and “of infinite jest,” the lifo of tlic
social circle to which.he was attached, he leaves
a host of friends to lament his untimely dcath.
Hc was long and extensively known among the
public men of this State, and though a whig,
held the office of Clerk of the Supreme Court,
through all the mutations of party, from the or
ganization till tlic day of bis dcatk Hc was an
efficient officer end an indispensable companion
of the Court in their weary rounds. His mem
ory will long l>c cherished by all who knew
him. Peace to bis ashes. ' •
Not llair a Supply!
.Mr. Tatum, of Dade, moved in the Lcgisla-
laturo tho printing of 200 blank veto messages
for the use of the Governor. Not half enough,
Mr. Tatum, unless the. Legislature gets to be
more careful or more discreet The public will
not hesitate long in deciding which party has
last reputation in tbe disagreements between
the Executive and the Legislature.
In St Louis, on tho day old Brown was cxe-
cutcd, a temporary gallows was erected in front
ot the Court House, and on effigy of John Brown
hung up to tbe gaze of the citizens. A large
and oxrited erowd gathered about the scaffold,
indulging in uxultation. The effigy hung there
nearly bslf the d*y. On the same day, in Tre-
m.mt Temple, Boston, was a likeness of John
v ■* Brown, co] >ied in tiie last photograph taken
Of him.' It wns surrounded by a cross, and a-|
round the \vh
amaranth.
Tax on “Spiritual Rfnnifcstaiious.”
The Legislature of Alabama has imposed a
license tax of $500 on “spiritual mediums for
each and every exhibition they may givo” in
that State. Thai 170 imagine, will table the
spirits in Alabama. They'll never consent to
“exhibit” themselves at five hundred dollars a
sight
The I’jtfcsENT Crop.—Tlio New York Journal
of Commerce says:'.
It is not a little remarkable, considering the
extraordinary crop, and the consequent difficul
ty in obtaining sufficient labor to do it justice
in preparation for market that it is o( better
quality, and thus far has retched market in bet
ter order, than for many years previous. This
is true.in some degree of all sections; the Gulf
cottons look brighter and are cleaner; aud the
Florida cotton, which last year-was more com
plained of for sand than any other, is in fir bet
tor condition. But tbe Upland cottons show
tho greatest improvement The Atlantic States
have sent forward the best staple, in the finest
order, wlnch.has come from that section in ma
ny seasons. And of all the Upland cottons,
that from South Carolina shows the most im-
provemcnl not only in appearance, but in length
of fibre, and actual value to the consumer. The
fine weather has, no doutft, contributed to this
improvcmcnl but it is chiefly owing, as wc un.
derstand, to the greater care taken in the culti
vation, and especially; to the attention given to
manuring and preparing the soiL Many have
feared that the great demand for cotton and the
frcilitics for rapid sales, were rendering the
planters careless and slovenly in the cultivation
know what to make of you, you hare got your
self into this trouble by indulging too freely in
bad whisky. In nine cases out of ten the
crimes which men commit arc the result of too
much liquor, at least this is the “experience of
this court," (titters throughout Jliecourt) Now
of its constituting a second action on the same
matter.
Mr. Harris, of AVorth, raised a point of order
that a motion could not be twice reconsidered.
The, President (Mr. Gucrry) on the floor cx-
point of order had
was not Con-
Convention bill.
The motion now was to reconsider that parti
cular action.
The Chzir (Mr. Trippe) explained that those
who desired the passage of tho bill for tlic call
of the Convention would vote nay ; those who
opposed the call of the Convention would vote
yea, ' •
Tlic vote was as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Allral Atkinson, Batts, Boggs,
Burnett Byars, Carter of Echols, Cooper, Cone,
Cowcn, Crittenden, Davis, Denham, Grice, Grif
fin of Brooks, Griffin of Twiggs, Harris of Worth,
Hightower, Mines, Hutchins, Hvde, Ivey, Jami
the court well knows the bad effects which j Lockhart, McKac, Quiilian, Riley, Robinson,
much drinking has upon a man, (more titters) '’’awycr. .Shclton. Shcllnut
mnathize with ™ Shenpord,- s ®nmcrour, Walker, Whitehurst,
and can to some extent sympathize with you,
bf cause you must have been crazed with liquor
or you never would have killed yqpr own broth
er. The court will say that a moderate portion
of liquor, if it is good, will hurt nobody, pro
vided sufficient time is allowed between drinks,
but it Is no excuse for a man to pour one glass
after another down his throat until his wits are
gone, and then go out and kill the first person
hc meets. Tho Jury have found you guilty of
manslaughter, and tho punishment is imprison
ment in the penitentiary for ten years or less
in {he discretion of the court Well you sccin
Whitworth, AVilliams of Benien, Williams of
Babun, Wilson, Young.—42.
Nay*—Messrs. Alexander, Barrow, Bartlett,
Billups, Bond, Briscoe, Brown, Cloud, Cook,
Flcwellcn, Gartrell, Hall, Head, Holl Hood,
Johnson of Cass, Jones, Lawton, Lenoir, McGc-
hee, McLeod, Moore of Whitfield, Oliver, Print-
up, Reid of Morgan, Smith of Hancock, Smith of
Talbot Sturgcs, Tarver, Tracey, Trippe, Wal
lace, Ward, Wclbom.—34. •
So Mr. Harris’ point of order was sustained
and the bill refused to bo taken up. The bill
was finally lost—Recorder.
Editorial Changes. — Messrs Bright and i
took a part in that nomination, to support the
nominee, let him bo who he may. This we all
agreed to before the kallotting. After all, this
very same Democrat dyed in tho wool and also
doubly plcdged,Okamc home and helped defeat
our nominee. Marshall was defeated at Fort
Valley by the same chicanery and manccuvrc-
ing that Hodges was: I do not accuse tho per
son alluded to of voting against us, or of using
his influence against us for the Opposition, but
I do accuso him of not doing his duty. As our
candidate, hc certainly knew that they were
swapping HoJgcs off and ho never raised his
voice to prevent it lie acted at Fort Valley as
Groucherdidat AVaterloo; he heard the heavy
fire of thy Artillery, and knew that there was
a desperate contest going on, and he stood aloof
and never marched to the assistance of his Em
peror. The individual above alluded to knew
that there was a contest going on at the ballot
box in Fort Valley, and that they were sacrifi
cing Hodges, one of his political friends, and
ho never used any exertions to prevent it Had
ho acted at F’ort Valley as Desaix did at Maren
go, victor}- would have perched upon our stand
ard, and the Opposition would have been rout
ed horse, foot and dragoons. Had he done his
duty as one of our standard bearers, as Hodges
did, if Brown had visited Milledgeville this ses
sion ho would have gone on his own expense.
If Hodges had ascertained that any of his friends
intended to swap off his colleague he would
h$ve endeavored to have prevented it The
gentleman referred to acted in this way, appa
rently to me: go ahead, boys, I am willing,
swap off, you know I can’t say anything in my
present situation. At all events, hc looked that
to mo; it probably was jealousy on my part,
produced by knowing how that samp Democrat,
dyed in the wool, acted four years ago. I nev
er intended to say anything upon the subject
but justice to th»untcrrified ninety-eight de
mands it Those ninety-eight are Democrats
now, and ever havo been, and will continue to
be, no matter how wild the storm of folly may
howl, or how fiercely the lightnings of fanati
cism may flash. That same ninety-eight will
stand firmly by their colors with the hope that
a brilliant and glorious victory awaits them in
the future, their political intriguo and trickery
to the contrary notwithstanding.
One of toe Unterruted Ninett-Eicht.
Court they bo entered on the Ite
Gentlemen—I have Iistenctotfa
sadness, not unmingled with ina
to the Resolutions justreaffandMd
how painful it is to participate in i
this, when wc must acknowledge t
Death. It was the sentiment of li|
cauld that “ Neither the sun nor t 1
looked at steadily.” Endeavor as '
calm our emotions and restrain our ftd
in the contemplation of scenes like |
heart will swell with excitement
fill with sorrow. To pay the trloul
claims at my hands, to our lament'd C
brother A. P. Powers, wakes up in|
breast a train of thoughts linked to i
the ties of the tonderest friendships
tion, which unfit me for the i
in language which might convey t
feeling I experience. Fresh freafi
shades of our State University, inf
rich in the promises and hopes <tl
future, for which a mind of no ordif
and culture had fitted him, Judge f
this city and at no great distance fiw
now p.cside, became a law student tad
and after his admission to the Sir, cnt|
the profession with m zeal anfttpplia
a degree of mental vigor, discrimi
tact that soon attracted to. him puff
and patronage. His mind, natunJl; |
pirn
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resented by tho genius, learning i
a Tracy, the dose, analytical vi^
preliensivc mind of a McDonald, i
equally fruicd for skill and adrocacT j
tive knowledge and sagacious mis
Powers elevated him at a single
his older brethren, to be regarded t
as one of the most promising youngs
day. A lucrative practice, long enjqj
cd tho public confidence. None sirjr
in devotion to the interest of hiscf“
velopcd more prominently the absortfl
and intense solicitude lie ever evincdl
to be a good looking young man, and as I know Wrighl succeed Dr. Blackburn in the propric- J Arrival of the Krciueu ami Nova
some of your people and they aro very nice
people, the court will use its discretion and sen
tence you to tho penitentiary for fire years and
three months. Now I will advise you to serve
your timeout with a becoming credit to your
self] and I hope at the end of your term you
will be a soberer and a wiser man. Judge Mar
tin has at length been appointed to preside over
the Superior Court of Baltimore ci(y and aTict-
ter selection could not havo been made. There
was considerable higgling about bis appoint
ment by the Governor on account of his poli
tics, and two other gentlemen had been tender.
torship of the Lumpkin Palladium. . A bright
and right copartnership.
Messrs. Hill & Logan havo purchased- the In
dependent South, located at Griffin, of Sir. A.
P. Burr, and will.change its title to the South
ern Democrat its principles heretofore advoca
ted by Mr. Burr, of Southern Rights, are still
at the mast head. The Empire State formerly
published by Messrs. Hilt & Logan, recently
destroyed by fire, will not he re\ivc<L-Repub
of their fields, and the sanded cottons have been I ed the office, but it was refused by them on ac-
pointed at to confirm that theory. It is there- • count of the great personal popularity and pc-
iore with heightened gratification that we call I culiar fitness of the present incumbent Judge
of i he cottonowpfoe the current vrar^®*™”^ ’ Martin a lnan °*'S reat su * T ‘ t y °f manner and in its destined location, on tho next birtli-day
ol tlic con U crop urrc y car. , ^ .. attatomente> and ^ had much cx _ . 0 f Henry Clay, April 12, I860.—A’eir Orleans
"Statce to Henry C’lav.—We ore now in
formed that this fine work of art was shipped
at Havre for this port, on the American ship
Fanny Fern, on the 6th. ult, and may be ex
pected to arrive here within a few days. The
pedestal is now in preparation by Newton Rich
ards, Esq., of tills city, and will be erected in
duo time for the canying out of the original de
sign of tho subscribers of tho statue, to erect it
SCOTLYX.
Colton iinclinuKCd.
New York, Dec. 15.—The steamship ’Bre
men, with Liverpool dates to the 29th ult, ar
rived here to-day.—Tho Nova Scotian, with ad
vices to tho 30th, arrived at Portland.
Commercial News.
The sales of cotton in Liverpool for three days
amounted to 19.Q00 hales, ofwhich3,500 were
taken by speculators and exporters. There was
but little inquiry atkl prices were weak, but
nominally unchanged.
Latest
obliged to go up long flights of stairs, or go a
long distance around to the end of the bluff, and
go up the carriage way. The country in this
part of the State, and.in the part of AYisconsin
adjoining, abounds inlcad ore. Fortunes are some
times made here in a shorter time than arc ever
realized in the gold mines of California :*a com-! study, soon rendered h*m eminent
.. , fession; and at a time when onr a
parativcly poor man, in prospecting, may strike -
a lead which makes him wealthy at once; he is
not obliged to dig his wealth out of the mines
as there are wealthy miners or capitalists who
stand ready to pay him perhaps a hundred thou,
sand dollars for liis lead, should it be a richone.
Wishing to sec the process from takingthe mine
ral out of the ground to running it into pigs, I
proceeded up a valley about two miles, where a
mine was in oper&tibn; preceded by a guide
I descended a perpendicular shaft eighty feet. At
the foot of the shaft the lead had been followed
in several directions, about three hundred feet
horizontally. I went to the extremity of one of
them where the miners were at work, taking
out the ore witli picks, and blasting with pow
der. In taking the mineral from this lead, they
excavate on an average, about five feet in diam
eter, and they may continue excavating it for
miles, the ore being found not only in tho fis-
ures of the rock, appearing to have filled them
when in a fused state, but mixed in the earth.
Tho earth and rock arc put into tubs and carried
to the foot of the shaft, and hoisted to the top
by a windlass, from thence it is taken in carts
to a stream ol water which flows through the
valley, and washed by putting it in large troughs
made of boards, letting the water run over it
The ore and rock with which it is mixed, is then
taken to the smelting furnace, wliich is almost
as simple as a black-smith’s forge, the construc
tion being very much the same; the ore being
put in a charcoal fir*with a steady blast tile
mineral is soon fused and finds its way to the
bottom of the furnace, where it is conducted
by channels to the edge, over which it flows in
to a vessel, from which it is poured into the
moulds, giving it the shape we .see it in pigs.
Very Respectfully yours, C.
CF- The attempt of o*ld Shaw, of St Louis, j 7T and °‘ hat . a } 1 . of Jud 6 e , F °rTn
to impeach tho character of Mrs. Carstang, and Haoon Bar, is his memory.
so get out of the payment of $100,000 breach ! a b °me in our hearts,
of promise verdict obtained against him, has love and afiection into ufr,
not only foiled of its purpose, gut is likely to ■’ jt b y an assiduous cultivation of ^
recoil upon its author. The late commission frames with which the mcrnbtn.
sitting at New York and Brooklyn to obfiiin
evidence of Mrs. C s character when living in
the latter city, had developed nothing, and now
the counsel for the woman have doubled the n-
mount of damages that will be demanded in the
new trial in December, making it $200,OuO.
Tho old fellow had better paid liis $100,000 in
the time of i t—Buffalo Rej)ublic.
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success.
The people of Bibb county,
for many causes entering into his e
as professional life, soon sought him til
their interest in the Legislative couT
State. Ever frank and independent j
men and measures, he attached to V
devoted friends; and retired from
with a reputation largely increased.*]
contributed in no small degree to
and deration to tlic Bench, by the 1
when this Circuit was organized,
and while on tlic Bench, his unito*
to the Bar, his judicial integrity, to *1
impartial administration of the
cd for him universal esteem aadji
coming before the people for rc-cWel
endorsed by them. •
- Before the termination of the p 4 *
election, hc resigned tho office, and^
practice at the Bar. But a short p"
before Dcath summoned him to z
tribunal where the echoes of fiwt f
or Friendship, cannot reach him- 1
realize that Judge Powers is no ^
the tongue so often heard plea&l®.
and eloquence for the vindicati*”!
or thundering with convincing**?* 8 ”
presumptuous guilt is nowwonfc*]
heart that pulsated with the lifc'“j
pwithy and benevolence, is now cdfi
less"!—that a form erect and m»jf|
beaming with kindness, will he s "*
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sion should be indissolubly unitoj.
AVhcn I look around the fiaefc ^
am painfully reminded of theto^j
teined in the death of other
Macon Bar. There sat the •
restless but noble Stlbbs—but to
The places that knew bun,
more. And if we ask where n:
is, “he is'not here, he is risen-jr!
is vacant I:.-atiatc Archer.
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f A Balloon Ascension.—The ascension of “ r
Mons Moral yesterday afternoon, in place of i\ ufficc * No! Ih A Ce „r C .,,dP^ i
the lady who was advertised to ascend, was a taricc our cherished hopes r;,
complete success. The ropes were cut about a Brethren—let these * nta P”Sif
quarter past 5 o’clock, and the balloon moved | 'dencespeak to us to-day,
Queenstown, Thursday.—A dispatch from j.majestically to tho hight, wc presume, of {* lc !' l,n bs, “thatwe,tod I V ( j r /br
’* - — bv timelv Drenaration* dc 1 * 5 *
Attemtt to Kill a Conductor.-Mr. Ram- l ,tricnce ’ and acquired great popularity for the j Pi^yunr. , „
scy, the well-known Conductor on the Memphis j soundness of Ins judicial ilecisions. j Mademoiselle Georges, thb celebrated French
and Charleston R j read, was fired at as he 1 Recent accounts from Norfolk are highly fa- actress, was starring in the provinces. One
stood on tiie platform of the cars on Sunday, by. vorable to tlic success of the AVinans -tinner. | evening, after the fall of the curtain, tho beaux
■or near Moscow,
im* «f ua v*.i, “r,"r ke ; ‘T * ‘ 'St
“Oh!
it in an easterly direction, and havin'- been tin ! ble fate.’ Amidst these berrtj
* * 4 lav fonlri
„ been Up 1 a-HIWBV ‘-“V f God 5 j
about twenty minutes it descended not far from la T bold of the premises o i>J
the eastern limits of the corporation. A large i these grievous afflictions are ^ A
”—' ' ' i - .-‘.r® : we are- properly exercised
announces Hon. A. K. Cochran a candidate In ol^thettliin, whichart on the p^art of the Von-, dllrin S wh!ch steamer encountered some ; “ nc ought to bo young and beautiful.” ~... — —. ; -.—a- --y f—: '-mesne circle ny.no other name than that comm-'
a- a wreath ofcvorgreenandlro-clcction to the Bench of tills Circuit, to fill ductor exasperated himi The shot did not take very stormy weather which lairly tested her sea imadame, answered one, the sharpest of the irds and the Moors, in winch the latter were de- j her first liusbami from whos-> -Inrv )"> v ni C en : f airt, t° “ 1
I the vacancy oceazioned by his own resignation. I cSect.—Memphis Appeal.^ | going as well as storm standing qualitio. The j beaux, “you haTe proved tho contrary'-” jfeated. I not depart. ’ - fc ' i tion^ofXe admmutran^ 01 ’^
Queenstown, Thursday.—A dispatch from majestically to tho hight, we presume, of UR A ,llnos ' ‘
Liverpool, reports the sales of two days at 15,- a mile. A slight breeze from the west bore by timely preparation,
000, speculators and exporters taking 2,000. ™ ~
Prices unchanged, though inferior qualities
were difficult of sale. i _ ^
Consols quoted at 90-; to 96i. number of citizens, of whom a large proportion i " v aro properly
General Intelligence. were ladies, witnessed the ascension, and were work out for us an eternal
Invitations to the European Congress have ghIy K«tificd therewith—CM. gun. IDA GRAND H -
been issued, and it is expected to meet early in j Tlio widow of Balzac is married to Giroux Bibb Su !* rior - Court-^® 0 ’
January, the painter and expert of the Louvre The com i -t'° Uon. E. II. ^ ok 11 * 111 ,
blies uflcentran'tal'v d ; j««on of th. marriage is singular enougffThV
The return ofGanbaldi to Italy is demanded. U T°} in
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Honored Sir:— , ■ tv®
The Grand Jury at
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