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THK (tKQRGI ATEIKgSaPH.
3^C-A.003ST 9 GhA..,
Tuesday KEoming, January 17.
AUCTION SALES.
On Wkdnesoat and Tiivrsdat of each
week at 11 o'clock A. M. and on each night
during tha week at 7 o’clock P. M.
J. J. MILLER,
nov 2!>—2m. Cborry Street, Macon Ga.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
A meeting of the Democracy of
Bibb, will take place at the Court
House, nt 12 if., on Tuesday, 6th
February next, for the purpose of
appointing Delegates to the State
Convention, which meets at Mil-
ledgcville in March next.
By order of the Dem. Ex. Com.
JAS. A. NISBET, Ch’n.
The Daily Telegraph
Has occupied a good deal of our attention
since last Tuesday, and this week we shall push
inquiries still more, earnestly. Wc shall try, if
possible, to see every business man in the town,
and ask his aid in the shape of subscription
and an advertising contract Thus far, Wc havo
met with few failures to respond, and in some
cases, with gratifying liberality. The result,
though small as yet, is not discouraging, and if
wo can find an equal degree of liberality all
through, the project will work up just about
to estimates: That is to say, by throwing in
our time and labor, wc shall be able to publish
. js scrvicablo daily at a pecuniary loss during the
' s drst one or two years of its existence, to an
amount wc can sustain—and that is the best
anybody can do, in our honest and carefully con
sidered opinion.
Wc ask no man to share this loss with us;
but do exercise a wise liberality—giro the Daily
such a start at the outset as is consistent with
the probable advertising wants of your business
■—lil*crally estimated.
.Some seem-to doubt the value of advertising
in a daily. That is strange. Where would
they have their advertisements, if not in a pa
per containing by several hours later intelligence
than any ono within 200 miles of Maoon ? If
men wishing to buy or to sell, or desiring in
formation about markets and commodities, arc
more likely to consult such a paper than another,
then wc infer it is precisely the place to adver
tise in. Jf tbo Daily furnishes full information
by Telegraph—careful reports of markets for
eign and domestic, -and all the local t\ews of
Macon, wc presume people trading with and
interested in Macon, will bo more likely to con
sult it, than any other paper where these cannot
be found. We feel quite sure that as a medium
of a valuable publicity to tho trade of Macon,
the Daily will really have no rival, if it is con
ducted with energy and spirit
Again, tbo numerous failures of Dailies in
Macon are cited os evidence that the Daily Tele
graph will be another. It is solely for the rea
son that wo wish to avoid failure that we want
to know what we oro about to undertake before
starting. Therefore tell us in advance what
you will do, in order that the reproach “ This
man began to build and was not able to finish”
may not rest upon us. It never has been our
stigma tluis far in life, and we trust it never
will be.
Some don’t sco the necessity of a Daily any
way. A weekly is good enough. We wish
every man in Macon was of 'that opinion. It
would save us a most unwelcome undertaking.
But all who see things in tills light, will, in a
fortnight after the paper is started, be borrow
ing their neighbor’s Telegraph, or running into
some store •> read it—for a paper which tells
you what is going on in the community—what
is bought and what sold—what merchandize is
at tho Depots—who is in town—what has hap
pened—what is to come ofT in the shape of meet
ings and amusements—what is to be sold at
auction—what is new in the stores—what is
the news by last arrival and what Congress did
yesterday—is literally indispensable. You
might as well leave Macon and climb a pine tree
as to attempt to do without it. It will soon be
come a necessity to every man and woman.who
takes any interest at all in domestic or outside
intelligence. And that is the way in which the
expression we havo constantly heard for the last
three years ‘‘We must have a Daily in Macon,”
will in duo time become verified. It is not true*
now. The real want of a daily paper is felt but
by comparatively few business men. When
people get accustomed to the convenience of a
Daily they may support two after a sort, where
as now, one will have a tough time of it
For about three years this enterprise has been
urged upon us- in every form and by most of
tho loading gentlemen of Macon ; andalthough
always regarding it as a burden wo would soon
er or later be compelled to lift, no man can find
fault with us for declining the encumbrance as
long as wc could properly do so. Rut as every
additional failure of ***~ "‘"7 ® /
- struct* a path which the character and posi
tion of the Georgia Telegraph most ultimately
compel it to take, while at tho same time the
general,business of tho office enables it to hear
a moderate drag without fatal injury, we havo
determined to gratify public desire for a daily
at almost any reasonable sacrifice.
Come, then, and help us out Send us your
name as a subscriber. Givo us as good on ad
vertising engagement as you can. And if our
Lady readers will only interest themselves for
us in the matter of a circulation, the Macon
Dailv Telegraph will on the first day of next
month and thereafter, greet them every mom
ing at breakfast, with its budget of fact and
fancy, and prove, as we earnestly hope, a wol-
enme-and entertaining visitor.
OgktMorps, Jim. ISM-
Joszrn t'UsST, E*q Bmr Nte-I am gUd to •** lb 3 *
you propose to start a "Dally Telegraph” h> HMxm.
Von may pat me down as a subscriber. Macon baa long
needed a good dsUy paper-snd X hope her merchants and
business men will show a proper appreciation of your
enterprise.
Pardon me for suggesting, that yon should by all®**"
make- arrangements with the Magnetic Telegraph Office
at Augnsta-or the agent of the press tbere-to supply
you with Telegraphic intelligence simultaneously with
the Savannah and Augusta Press. Without an efficient
arrangement of this sort, you will And hard competition
' -from the dailies of those cities—especially In all South
Western Georgia—since under our present mall arrange
ments wc receive the papers from Savannah and Augusta
the same day they are published; and of course, we could
got yours no sooner. '
I will take tbs liberty of adding, that while 1 cannot
agree with yon In yonr endorsement of the MiHedgerillo
Convention of the 8th Dcc'r—and I think almost the en
tire Democracy of 8. W. Georgia—if not of the whole
State—dlflter -wtdeiywtth you as to the propriety of that
Convention and its action—I most heartily concur with
yon in your independent and patriotic couree, as to our
present Federal relations, and the doty of the South—at
exbibittd In your reewit editorials.
Much obliged to our correspondent, and he
will see in due time that all his ideas about the
Daily will be met But we copy his letter mainly-
to correct a mistake he is under. Wobavomadc
and shall make no opposition to the March Con
vention. When the question existed between
the two, we accepted tho counsel of the Federal
Union andotliers, who said the Legislative Con
vention was tho rule. Says the Telegraph, if
that’s the rule then abide by it; as for any de
gree of preference between the two wc had not
a feather's weight But wc are and were, (and
hold that every democrat 1ms a right to be) vex
ed and annoyed that i disturbance in the party
should havo been extemporized on such a sub
ject Wc will not undertake to settle the ques
tion of responsibility for it and say who is the
more to blame; hut we do say there was no ex
cuse or apologyjn the then existing state of de
mocratic opinion and feeling in Georgia to have
justified schism on this subject The mass of
the people ask only that honest intelligent and
reliable democrats go to the National Conven
tion; and they do not want them to go for any
other purpose than to consolidate the counsels
of the party on sound principles and sound, ser
viceable men; and they will feel shame and
disgust at the spectacle of a' double delegation
from Georgia knocking and cooling their heels
at the door of the National Convention along
side of tho quarrelling representatives of the
quarreling factions from New York. What apo
logy is there for suoh an infliction? We say
Yionc. It is wholly unwarranted-and unwar
rantable. It has no basis except in the failure
of tho legislative members and tire Executive
Committee to agree on a day! To avoid such
a disgraceful spectacle we, for one, would bo-
willing to any kind of compromise, from draw
ing straws between the delegates to 1 any thing
else that can be named. But when it comes to
a mere struggle and clamor between the con
flicting delegations, wc will" have no part in it
Both may go, anti cither will be equally accept
able to us, in so tar as they go with a pure de
mocratic purpose!
An Equestrian in Trouble.
Editors do get queer communications some
times—here is on# of them. Wo may be mista
ken, but think this case comes within the juris
diction of Gcn’l Superintendent Adams of the
Central. How say yon?
rutLAD’ a, Jan. INK, 1880.
7b the EdUsn Qf Uu it aeon TWeqra)*.- '
Gentlemen—Some four month, glace q met witha se-
rioui accident In mj profeeafon, which Is equoaitUnUin,
and through said accident was forced Into Adverse cir
cumstances relate^ to pecuniary msttcre. On my arrival
In Haem I found that I had not money enough to pay
freightage on my baggage, and eonsoquenUy.was forced
to leave my trunk behind.
My destination waa Philadelphia, and .the wardrobe
which waa and is now necessary to assist me to gain my
livelihood. wss necessarily left at the Macon and Savan
nah R. R. Depot In your city. I am now very poor, and
cannot tako any engagement'in my profession unless X
have the wardrobe noccssary to enable me to do my bn-
slncsa classically, and being' that I am minus of said
wardrobe and cannot (through pecuniary cironrustanees)
replace them, yon will confer a kindness by using a kind,
ly influence through yonr paper, and thereby assist an
unfortunate, who baa received many ups and down* in
this world. Yours respectfully,
WASH. CHAMBERS.
My address is as follows: W. Chambers, Central House,
No. 11, South 11th street, Fbilada., Pa,
Florida Items.
Hon. E. C. Cabell.—We sec from tho Flori
dian and Journal of Saturday, that this distin
guished citizen of Florida is soon to leave that
Stale and take up his residence in St. Louis.
Mr. Cabell has deservedly occupied and main
tained for many years a highly important socia
and political position in Florida, and we hope
soon to sec him take a leading position .in his
new home.
Col. Robebt Bltlkk died at bis residence on
Lake Jackson in Leon County, last Thursday
night He was one of Gen. Jackson’s military
Family throughout all bis campaigns, a brave
soldier, and a highly honorable and estimable
man. His neighbor, Gen. R. K. Call, was also
of Jackson’s Stafl; is still in good health, and
wo trust may remain so yet many years. •
Paper Agency .wanted in Florida—-The late
editorial Convention of Florida invited the Bath
Mills, or some other Southern Paper making
Establishment, to establish an Agency at some
central point in Florida, under promise to pa
tronise it
Savanunlt Democracy nntl the
MARCH CONVENTION.
The Democracy of Savannah met last Fri
day night and passed the following resolutions,
after addresses by Mr. Hartridge, Mr. Solomon
Cohen, Mr. Lawton, Mr. Gordon, -Mr. John K.
Owens, and Mr. O’Byrnc, and Cot O. A. Loch-
rane, of this city:— . •,
Whereas, the. Executive Committee- of the
Dcmocrativo party of tho State of Gebrgia, has
called a Convention, to be held at MHledgeville
on the second Monday in 'March next, for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the Charles
ton Convention; And whereas, among the pow
ers conferred upon said Executive Committee
by the Democratic party, in convention assem
bled, was the power to designate the time and
place of holding a Convention to appoint dele
gates to Charleston. Therefore,
Resolved, L That the Democratic party .of
.the county of Chatham, recognizing the un
doubted rights of the Executive Committee m
the premises, cheerfully conform to their rec
ommendation, and appoint the following gen
tlemen as delegates and alternate delegates to
the approaching Convention, to be held in Mill-
edgcvillc, on the 12th of March next.
Delegates.—Solomon Cohen, Geo. P. Har
rison, Geo. A. Gordon, John Schley, John M.
Guerard, C. C. Wilson.
Alternates.—W. n. Stiles, John W. Ander
son, I). A. O’Byrne, -Thomas Puree, Cbarios
Grant, M. J. Ford. ' V :
Resolved, 2. That the Democracy of Chat
ham, desiring simply the harmony of the party
and the success of its principles, express no pre
ference among the man}’ distinguished names
connected with the Presidency, but pledge to
any sound Democrat, the nominee of the Charles
ton Convention, their cordial and individual
Tint Catastrophe at Lawrence. Cocxtv, Jan’y 9th, 1860.
Some announcement will he found in another Jllj -Dear Sir,—I have forgotten, but you
place of a catastrophe, the real horrors of which will remember, what one of our immortal minds
literally hegar all description. It occurred in
Lawrence, a large manufacturing town on the
Merriinac river, in Massachusetts, about twen
ty-five miles from Boston. Last Tuesday after
noon, at five o’clock, an immense cotton mill,
containing a laboring force of about nine hun
dred and sixty operatives, suddenly fell down in
a great heap of ruins, burying beneath them,
as was supposed, about half the number em
ployed in the building. A scene of indescriba
ble agony, woe, confusion and frantic despair
followed. The whole city and neighborhood
fell to the work of extricating the dead and
wounded from the superincumbent rubbish
hut not u hundred had been taken out, before
the pile of ruins was found to be on tire, and
by twelve o’clock at night, in spite of all efforts
to prevent it, the entire mass was in flames, and
tho horrid shrieks and groans of at least two
hundred mangled and burning victims were
heard above tho roar of the. consuming fire. By
half past one o'clock, these miserable unfortu,
nates had all been burned, and their ghastly
relics lay intermingled profusely with the pile
of bricks and mortar which remained. It seems
probable, from the meagre accounts we have
read, that not short of300 men and women per
ished in this appalling catastrophe, and the ac
counts of individual suffering arc harrowing in
the extreme. The telegraphic despatch says:—
The building was never considered to be as
staunch as it ought to havo been. It w ; as built
about seven years since, and was then thought
a sham. Indeed, before the machinery was put
in, the walls spread to such a degree that some
twenty-two tuns of iron plates were put in to
save it from falling in by its own weight From
the best information that can he now gathered,
the building appeared to crumble and fall from
the eastern corner or end toward the Duck;
mill. It fell inwards, as if powerfully drawn
that'way^.
support
Resolved, 3. That while we leave, our dele
gates to Millcdgcville untrammelled as to their
action, wc request tht-m to shape their course
according to the spirit of the foregoing resolu
tion—which was adopted.
On motion, tho thanks of the meeting were
tendered to Col. Lochrane.
Theatre.
Mr.-Fleming mill; favor us with a two weeks reas
on beginning about the_80th, with Miss Joey Gou-
genheim as the Star, and m bright star she is too.
The Theatre, by the liberality of Mr. Ralston, will
bn much improved. A new Drop Curtain has been
provided,' with additional scenery. Mr. Fleming
Mrs. Dessau's WIHIuary.
This old and popular establishment was re
moved last week from 2d street to a new and
elegant store on Mulberry Street adjoining-Mr.
John L. Jones’ clothing establishment, where it
will present vastly increased attractions to its
numerous customers.
Tito Texas Almanac for I860.
That Toxa# is getting to be a power in the
world is dear from a Galveston Almanac, which
in respect to that State is os ample and volumi
nous as the old time and valuable American Al
manac itself- The Texas Almanac, contains
over 300 pages—90 or wliicb'are devoted to the
History of Texas—10 to a Geological sketch of
the State—4 to State Institutions—14 to sheep
husbandry in Texas—9 to Clcmatology—and
numerous others to a sketch of the Rio Grande
Valley—Rail Road acts passed in Texas—lists
of State officers—General Sherman’s defence—
His. of Texas Navy—description of new coun
ties—lists of Post Offices—progress of bounda
ry Surveys—and other mattery and things al
most innumerable. The hook is invaluabloto
all who wish to be familiar with tho State. It
may be had at Board man’s.
New York Union Meeting.—Wc get a pam-
phlet copy of tho proceedings of the late Union
Meeting in New York—official and comprised
in a pamphlet of 90 pages.
From Liverpool to Ike 20th December.—The
steamship New York reports sales of cotton for
two days 8,000. Mondays observed as a hol-
, v and no business wasdone. Of the sales,
speculators and exporters took 1,000 bales. The
niark.i closod very dull and euM.-r, though pri-
ccs were un<;»*'irigc<..
Consols quottfl nt 95J *
The “Slavery Question.’’
Why do our Southern contemporaries ad
mit and use this cant phrase of frcc-soilcre and
abolitionists? Regarding domestic servitude
os it exists in the South—is its propriety ques
tionable? its policy questionable? its existence-
questionable ? Arc its results upon either race
questionable in the slightest degree ? On tbo
contrary, as a great Existing tact, does it notvin
dicato itself beyond all question, in the magnif
icent spectacle of the most prosperous, comfor
table and happy unintelligent labor in tile whole
world, producing annually the grandest trophy
of human labor! Why talk about itasa "ques.
lion" in this aspect? It is a splendid result
Every thing else in social economy may be a
•’question” but that
Then as to what it claims of tho Federal Gov
ernment is that a “question7' Is a man’s right
to his own.-property a "question';" • It may be
to tho must who is going to steal it—hut it is
no “question” to the honest proprietor. Are the
sacred rights guaranteed by the Constitution a
question ?” Beggingyour pardon." all laic
’ — ” ig every tliii
g every thing the South
asks*or claims was settled in the formation and
adoption of the Federal Constitution. The
Northern abolitionists may start “questions”
about it, just as the thief may raise a doubt as
to the possession of property—or the intriguing
speculator may trump up a fraudulent claim to
an honest man’s house or land—but in cither
case the term “question" will he repudiated by
tho honest .proprietor as characteristic of his
claim to his own property. We have been led
into thia outburst by tho fact or just reading a
half score of articles in Southern papers which
talk about the “Slavery Question.” Pray leave
that phrase to Greeley, Seward, ct al. Itis used,
wo know, through inadvertence, but it is not
befitting Southern prints. Names become ideas
by long use. There fa no “question” -about
Slavery in tho South.
has written:
“A solemn and a joyful thing is life.
Which being full of duties, is for this
Of gladness full, and toll of lofty hopes."
and with this assurance from high authority, I
have been encouraged to protract my contest
with those evil spirits of which I wrote you,
until I verily believe I have at last conquered
tho spell, ami “Richard’s himaelf again.” In
stead of living “dully sluggardized at home,”
and wearing myself out in shapeless idleness, I
shall try the virtue of Action—Action, as the
Athenian Orator advised, and now believe
“that plumed victory
Wfil make her glorious stand upon my tent
Let me say here, in parenthesis, that you must
take my thoughts as they como-*-not conned
over for days, or prepared with any careful nicety
of phrase, hut written out currcnte calatno—
and with tho miller’s rule, first come first served.
Pray indulge me in an Episode:
Once upon a time, as the story books say, at
the close of the brightest day of the last Indian
summer, I found myself on the crown of that
range of hills which shelters your beautiful city
from thewestern view. I was startled with the
glory and richness of the picture which opened
on my vision,
The blue hills in the distance—the winding
river—tire smoke from a thousand chimneys
floating slowly and gracefully upward like
plumes of ermine borne out of sight by the
gentle breeze, and forming a pleasant contrast
to the dense mass of foliage and dark green for-
rcst whicli marked the winding way of the
slowly receding river. On tho slope of the hill
lay the city, lying in and- sweetly reposing on
the bosom of the Ocmulgec. The whole scene
was one of ^enchantment, but the crowning
splendor was yet to come. When the quiver
ing gleams of crimson and gold from yhc set
ting sun touched this panorama of beauty, and
with its last glow of radiance softened into twi
light aud suffused it with blushes—then how I
yearned for the genius and’ inspiration and.
art of the old masters, that I might catch the
fleeting hues on canvass,, and give them to
immortality.
Full of these thoughts, 1 turned to depart
when I heard the approach of that steed
‘whose breath kindlcth coals and out of whose
mouth goeth a flame of fire,” and as the scr-
gaged in theirpreparations for defends. Confidence pent-like train fa dragged .long, I thought of
- * Tlie Hungarian
Brings Liverpool dates to the 29 th Decembor.
Gotten market slightly firmer. Sales of Thurs
day 6000 bales—lOOO to speculators and expor
ters.' Flour and wheat advancing. Consols
95} to 95}. In general news we quoto the fol
lowing:—
'New qvideuces are <lai)v transpiring to show tho
interest felt by England in Central. Italian affairs.
Tho Danabian principalities are about contracting
a large loan from France, under the Guarantee of
Russia and Prussia. Intelligence haa been recefved
from Hong Kong to the 15th ol November. There
was but tittle doing. The Chinese were mostly j"-
s’ '
seemed to bo increasing in Japan towards foreip
ere. There are indications that the trade with Cl
na will not be interrupted by the anticipated war
Affairs at the Paris Bourse seemed unfavorable, at
though tho discounts were very active The sbijl
Potomac, from Baltimore, foundered at sea, after a
collision with a steamer. The crew were save 1.
Pay up.
Stop! Read this! Don’t turn from it, for per
haps yon are the very one who should follow -this
advice- Do you suppose that you have done a smart
thing, when you persuaded the merchant who has
perhaps, already borrowed money to indulge you un
til tho end of the year, to .wait with you another
year for yonr account, so you can buy negroes, hon s-
es. lands, or use the money in any other way to in
crease year gains ?. Yon much mistake, if you do.
for notwithstanding he may oouseht to do ao, with
seeming rendiness-fmaking a virtue of what would
perhaps be a necessity J yet you suffer much more
than you imagine in varicos-ways Yon will find it
much cheaper to burrow the money even from a
proposes to offer our loycroof the Drama a chance
to sec some very fine •Comedies both new sad^yiockriidpayi]p,tlunt 0 ruiijo ur accounts.- In
sparkling. • We are glad to hear it and hope the
house will he crowded. More anoq.
the first place, every merchant, whom you keep out
of his money, for any such purpose, considers you
mean, if sot absolutely dishonest He may not tell
The Jacltsoa Artillery. yon so. but rest assured, that is liis private opinion.
We were so pressed for time aud space in our I In tlu > n «*‘ !>!»«« you injure seriously your credit
last issue,that we could onl, notice, fn;)a „ an/i , forjll time to come; he never know, when yoawiU
the first parade ot this fine Companv. make a similar request and ,t is cerium you pay well
Ll t L * , j for the cxiemion, not only once,J>ut every year, for
- The Jackson Artillery is a new Company—has | jj e CODa i4 ers y 0U good but slow—uncertain—the
over seventy-three members, but only twority-three wonst rfcpnt ntion a man can establish for himself.-
were in nnifonnon the. first parade. ' This fs no'myth./Itis truth, and if you will only
They have two pieces of Artillery, six pounders,. transpose positions for a moment, yon will realized
but hope to. obtain from the State a full battery
out of the appropriation made by the last Legisla
ture. . - .
Governor Brown could not dispose of the money
in a better .way than to farnfah the Jacksonians
with what they want, and we have no doubt ho will
do so.
We believe that with its efficient corps of Offi
cers, the Jackson Artillery will become the crack
Company of the State. . The drill on the ninth, for
a first.effort, was admirable.
Below we append a list of Commissioned and
non-Commissioned Officers:
Theodore Parker, Captain ; John T. BoiieuiUet,
IstLict; George A. Duer, 2d; (John B. Camming,
3d; E. G. Jeffers, Ensign. 1st Ser^gL J. D. King;
:d, F. Herzog; 3d, E. Hachold; -4th, A. A. Me
nard. 1st Corp’L C. Jangstetfer; 2d, M. Barry;
3d,N. Binswanger; 4th, A. Hunch.
Gold axd Silver.—Out latest advices from
California show- that owing to heavy rains, the
miners are again actively at work. The vari
ous quartz mills, which had been still for sever
al months past, arc now, with an abundant sup
ply of water, actively in operation. In the
mountains cast of Sonora, more than eighty
stamps are busily crushing, and nearly all of
them are reducing quartz from the richest leads
in the country. In other portions of tho coun
try many mills are now at work. We are safe
that’ the supply of water-which fell
during the past month, will set into operation
over one hundred and fifty stamps, which had
been idle for several months- previously. Far
mers, gold-buyers, miners, merchants, and me-
Mh- ■MM" |m|
Prompt payment is the second philosopher’s Stone.
Try it.—Go pay the Merchant, the'Preacher, the
lawyer, thelJoetor, and don’t forget tho Printer.
FIIOH BALTIjJORF. us are using them become liabl
CorrefipondencG of the Telegraph. well as the makers and rend ~
iji ___ ^ ( Baltimore^ Jnn. 12th, 1860. j from his ampje knowledge ^ **
the “drummer 5, for a Nevv \ ork Printing hstab- principal attraction of the past week has I Nvith a11 Jmnuthe and p. v ’,7 ‘
mon i icoods Preacher"—lather Cartwright Ihcbc a large
Drumming.—The coolest piece of effrontery |
that has come to our knowledge during the prc>
sent “cold snap,” was perp. trated last week by
” ” - ”— ' — T ’-intms r.stab-
To Captains of Volunteer Corps.—Please-
note the special order from head quarters among
our ntw advertisements to day.
A Protest.
Our respected cotemporariea of the Constitution,
alfat and Times, arc favoring the idea of nomina
ting Electors by the March Convention: We are
opposed to the scheme and hope that it will not be
done.
I The Democratic party, it fa well known, fa al-
ready distracted and divided in regardrio the le
gality of tho two Conventions, and we hope that
the present unpleasant issue will not be complica
ted by other questions. We do not know what
tbo Charleston Convention will do—what platform
may be agreed on, or who will be nominated.—
Let us await the action of the Convention, and
then call the Democracy together—bury the toma
hawk—select our Electoral Candidates and united
win the victory.
Besides, the March Convention has been called
to select Delegates to Charleston, and for no other
purpose. ^
were'looking forward with renewed energy and
hope. But another great source of wealth in
our Pacific States, Territories, and regions, fa to
be found in the silver mines. In Utah, for ex
ample, there.fa some mining for this second pre
cious metal, bb well as of gold—but-when fairly
settled, this portion of the continent will obtain
an abundance of both; in exchange for agricul
tural products. A correspondent of the Sacra
mento Union, writing from a more southward
location, namely Los Aifgclos, has sent to the
editor a small specimen of silver ore from Cooke’s
mine, from the Bear Lake valley, in the Mohave
county, about one hundred and twenty miles in
an easterly, direction from that place. This
mine fa named after John Cooke, who discover:
ed it about threw years since; owing to a lack
of means, be was unable to work-it; but in com
pany with others, he has traced the vein a dis
tance of thirty miles. Itfaaboutfourfeetsquare,
and continues to follow'the general range of the
Sierra Nevada. Vast lumps of ore are extract
ed from it, and the yield was at the rate of two
thousand tight hundred dollars a ton. A large
company, had been 'formed for the purpose of
working, that mine. Near Colville, Oregon,
new gold placers and silver mines liad been dis
covered, arid much metal extracted. In fact,
there can he no doubt that the entire range of
the Sierra Nevada mountains, abounds in the
precious metals. This year, the amount of gold
received at New York from San Francisco, fa
abont forty millions of dollars. Hereafter, wc
may safely predict an increase.^
• Large Sale or Negroes.—We ar* indebted
to Mr. George W. Adams, for the following par
ticulars of sales of negroes: On Tuesday last,
at Cutirbcrt, 108 negtocs were sold to settle the
-business of Messrs. Vv. J. & B. G. Lockett, Rail
Iload Contractors, ono of whom -*is deceased.
There has probably never been offered in Geor
gia so fine a lot of negroes at one time. Out of
the 108, only 10 were children and 25 women,
of the remaining 73 men, ono was 60 years old,
another 37, and none of tho balance over 32
years old. The terms were cash, end tho pri
ces paid were enormous, the average ot tire en
tire sale was $1,364. A mechanic brought$2;-
500.
Tire day previous, Monday, General James
W. Armstrong sold 81 negroes at Montezuma;
they were an ordinary collection, just such as
would be gathered on a plantation. There were
about 20 men, the remainder being women and
children. The average, was $1,100. Several
of the men brought over $2,000. A girl of 11
years brought $1,1(55, and another alitticyoung
er $1,385. The terms were one and two years,
credit, with interest added in the face of the
Mental Power of the Bull Terrier.— A
well known black and fan terrier, which latcly
resided at Margate, and was named Prince, was
accustomed to make bis own purchases of bis
cuit as often as he could obtain the gift ofa half
penny for that purpose. On several occasions
the baker whom he honored with his custom
thought to put him off by giving him a burnt P _ . ,, ...
biscuit for his half-penny. The dog was very —Savannah Republican.
much aggrieved at tins inequitable treatment, ^ Conscientious U’itness^—A young man at
hut at the time could find no opportunity to j t |, 0 Yorkshire (England) Assizes, who refused
showing his resentment. However, when ho i [0 f^e (he oath, because ho believed it to be
next received nn ch niosynan halfpenny, he L ontral _. to t j l0 Scriptures, was forbidden by
wended lus way to the baker as usual, with the Die Judge to leave the Court during the assizes,
coin m Iris toetb, and waited to he WT(i As an j amidst the laughter of tho court,
soon as tho baker proffered him a biscuit, I rince (0 s j t u „ a forncr of the gallery where every
drew up his Bps, so as to exhibit the half-penny, , cou ‘ Id scc hiln .
and tlun walked coolly out of the shop, trans- —-—
ferrin" his custom to another member of the *-*■ ihc Senate of .MfaBfasypi has passed a
same unde who lived on the opposite side of b01 to exclude from circulation m that State
Inst, adjourned orer to tho road.—Jliailledge's Illustrated .Xutural I hank issues of other otatee of all denomme-
Congrcss, on Ft
Monday -nothing was done of any importance, j History.
‘tions under twenty dollars
Advertisements.
Messrs. E. J. Johnston A Co., havo supersildSd
the solo os' Sewing Machines ro their other business,
andwhst will prove' a great public' conveuisoee,
have prepuaed-tn repair and keep them in order,
and do every other work of this kind requiring the
delicate handiwork and nice adjustment of a skip
ful artizau.
Dr.jogs Pianos.—IVe are requested to ask the at
tention of the public to the advertisement of Mr.
Rice.
Nathan ,\Veei> invites particular attention to his
card to day, in the fullest confidence that a hard-
ware business of almost unrivalled extent in the
Southern country, the growth of many years ezpe-
rience and application, nnd embracing constant nnd
heavy purchases in this country and extensive im
portations from Europe, will enable him to meet
every demand from planter aud merchant, in a man
ner entirely satisfactory.
W. A. KaksohACo.—We" are requested to say
that the change in the style of this house consequent
upon the retirement of its founder and senior, J. II.
RansoV, Esq., involves* no change in the active
management of the concern for the past few years.
Jt will still bear its banner aloft aa the largest shoe
honse in the world, and strive to offer unrivalled in
ducements, in extent and variety of stock, to the
trade. * . v
Alabama Democratic Convention.
Montgomkrt, Ala., Jin. 14.—The committee ap
pointed to draw up a platform embodying the prin-
riplee for the Democratic party'of Alabama, made
The platform takes tbe highe*; possible southern
ground. It insists on territorial protection te slave
ry, and demands that all the powera of the -govern
ment shall beeuiployod t if necessary, in its protec
tion. It negatives Douglas-ism in all its forms.
TherepOrt was adopted, almost unanimously—Mr.
Forsyth, of.Hobile, objecting, with perhaps a few
others. •
A resolution was adopted, (Imps! unanimously, in
structing the delegates to the Charleston Convention
to insist on the endorsement of tho principle's of tlie
Alabama State Democratic Convention, before the
nominations for President aud Vice President.. In
case thefflharleston convention refuses to make such
endorsements, then the delegates from Alabama are
instructed to return home, call together this conven
tion, and make their report.
Mr. Yancey made a noble speech in the conven
tion to day.—Sac. Republican.
- * Serious' Fracus.
■\Ve regret to learn that there was an cncoun
ter between some of the citizens of Brooks coun
ty and a portion of Robinson & Lake’s Circus
coinpany-at Quitman, in which several persons
were shot, and one of the latter is expected to
die. Wc have not heard the particulars of the
disturbance or how it originated..
" IFire Grass Reporter.
Moderating—Wo should judge by the fol
lowing from the Charleston Mercury of the 14th
instant, riliat some slight re-action was taking
place in sable property:
At Auction Yesterday—Messrs. Capeks &
IIeywaru sold a field hand, 30 years old, for
$945; a coachman, 35 rears old, for $435; a
gardener, CO years old, for $435; a prime field
hand, 20 years .old, for $1286; two field lianas,
30.and 20 years old, for $870 each; and a family
of nine, five below 10 years, at an average of
$450. .
Messrs Wilbur A Son sold a gang of twenty-
six country-raised negroes, for $6941 round.
A Telling Rebuke.—The New York Joum
al of Commerce pointedly says: ’
If conservative arid national men would work
as hard as tlie Abolitionists, in disseminating
their doctrines, more good would be accomplish
ed in a month than is now donctn a year. Wen
dell Phillips is one of those active workers in
the cause of Abolition - who manage to keep
themselves most of the time upon the stump, at
one place or another, tlie ‘year round; and he
always finds newspapers ready to publish his
incendiary speeches in exttnso. So with other
speakers of tlie same stripe. As ono locust in
a field will make more noise than a hundred
cattle feeding, so the impression obtains abroad
lhat the army of treason preachers, is vastly
more numerous than it really is, and that their
doctrines are endorsed by the public sentiment
In the sermon delivered at Boston on Sunday
by Phillips ‘and which the Bofiton Atlas pub
lishes in full, the clergyman pro tern., styled
John Brown the “hero saint,” and said that his
exploits in Virginia teach, “Go thou and do like
wise.,’ (Shall we see that gentleman head a
second foray upon Virginia':) But while he had
a few hundreds to applaud itis atrocious coun
sel, there were upwards of 18,000 men assem
bled at the Union meeting in this city, for the
express purpose of avowing their determination
to stand by the Constitution and battle with its
foes.
Rzekiel and his vision—“and behold as a whirl
wind it comcth out of the North, a great cloud
and a fire unfolding itself, and a brightness was
about it; and they, sparkled like the color of
burnished brass; and they went straight—it
went up *and dowo among t)ie living creatures
and the-lire - was bright, and like the appear
ance of lamps.”
I left this incomparable scene as the sun'flung
its fast golden ray upon the'city before it tied
into deep twilight behind the hills, and with
the image of one with
••So clear a minds o furnished with'
Harmonious faculties moulded from heaven,”
cloistered in my heart of hearts, feeling as if
‘earth contained no tomb.”
Heigh ho! -Do the girls still go in troops to
BoardmanVto look'at the,Stereoscopes, or thro’
Wood’s-'Daguerrean rooms, to sec the'“apples
of gold set in pictures' of silver?” I like the La
nier House for many' reasons, anil especially
because from its stoop it fa so near to all the
fashionable resorts where beautte most do con-
grejgatc.
Sneaking of beauty, I had an adventure yes-
tor morn. I was in my den surrounded by
book's, writs, and all the paraphernalia of a
bride of tile law, enjoying a reverie—a daylight
dream.'.§liaU*f tel( ft-you? Yes! Well here
goes.
1 was walking up the avenue leading to a.
palatial mansidn, the earth, sky, flowers, foli
age, all redolontof love and beauty, and sudden
ly it stately form of seraphic loveliness appeared,
and beckoned o.o to approach. Dea certe! tran
sported by my happy fortune—inspired by her
commanding beauty, I felt that I could
- "Teach Hermes eloquence," ’
and was just about to-tell her
-How I have loved, and how I have suffered.
And with what pleasure undergone the burthen
Of mjr ambitious hopes, (in aiming at
The glad possession of a happiness,
Tlie abstractor all goodness in mankind
Can af no part deserve,”)—
I say—I was in the act of pouring out my
passionate avowals of—Hello! Squire! I’ve got
a law suit I war.t to ax your advice .about, ef
you aint too busy, with tlrem old papers !
What an abrupt termination of blissful reve
rie HI turned to the client, ’twas a veteran li
tigant who for years kept the neighborhood in
hot water, and furnished young limbs of the law
with pocket change, and said— Well, Mr. Love-
fuss, state the case! and I put on u look, of pro
found wisdom and solemn assurance—such as
young Doctors always assume when.called to
see .their first patient.' Lovcfuss wanted to give
me the history of his whole family—his neigh
bors, Workhard, .and the rest of tho settlement,
but I held him up on the bit, and confined him
to the issue. He said—You know Workhard’s
spotted Sow; well, she pigged about 4 weeks
ago, and last night, got into my field, with her
whole litter,' and in the storin' a tree fell and
killed two of the pigs, and Squire, I want to
know if the law won’t give me them pigs!
told him no—charged him Five Dollars for the
advice—made him pay it, and expect, before the
end of the year, to hear of^ general muss in the
settlement, growing out of the untimely death
of two of the litter. . Deatli to the pigs was
death to' my dream, but, whethcr|or no, in my
busiest moments, that vision, of beauty comes
back, lingers awhile
v Like snow upon a river*
A moment seen, then gone forever
Have you read Beulah ? If not, go to Board
man’s and get it Of all the books I have read,
Beulah is the best •. What descriptive power—
what fertility of fancy—v, hat force of expression
this young girl, in her first book, displays. She
is a genius—an intellectual diamond of the pu
rest ray serene. Her next book (and I hopo
she will write another soon,) will be better. Tho
only fault in Beulah, fa a little'too much dis
play of learning. This, Miss Evans will cor
rect Are you fond of puzzles, conundrums,
and such like ? If yea, tell your readers what
key fa hardest to turn. Give it up ? Tell you
in my next.
And now here is something for tho young
Barristers about Macon to answer. Why does
tlie law opposc a man in marrying the second
cousin of his own tvidowj Solve that legal
problem, oh ye young lawyers
But-what is’it that Massinger, in the “Maid
of. Honor,” says ? Here it is:
; “there being nothing
Upon this stage of life to be commended --
• Though well begun, till It he folly ended."’’
Exeunt omnes. SOUTH.
Kota Bene.—Upon reflection, 1 think I have
mixed the'colors too freely in that picture froth
the “Hill,” but let it go.. I’vo no time to revise
before tho mail goes. Y’ours, Ac. &
The foregoing is Irom the Atlanta American
anil though it smacks a little of the shop, yet
Who will sav it does not touch an important
round in the ladder of sectional independence?
Cheap, rapid and handsome printing requires a
large outlay in costly appliances, only to be jus
tified by a large business, which cannot be done
at any point in Georgia, so long as so many peo
ple follow tho practice of sending their work to
the North. But let them keep it at home and
increased facilities and increased competition
would soon remedy all reasonable complaints
about prices. It fa something of a stigma on
the State of Georgia that most of her law books
hear the imprimatur of some Northern hou.'J
and latterly the justice of this remark has been
realized so far, that Northern printers employed
on Georgia works have been compelled to omit
all mention of their agency in the business.
This at least is a tacit admission that the prac
tice is discreditable and unpopular although
still followed. The temptation to publishers is
strong to get at northern rates and sell at south
ern, but it is unfair and selfish, and there would
reallv soon ho no difficulty on the score either
of’pricea or quality of work if they would tlffow
it all into the hands of Georgia printers.
Ossawatoiule Brown talking sense
AT LAST.
The New York Daily News has a very solemn
Communication from one Jeremiah Speer, a
spiritualist, who has been in communication
with John Brown since-his advent to the spirit
world. Brown it will be seen is in trouble and
lias materially changed his opinion of men and
things. Moreover, he gives soma good counsel
which falls in the right place, seeing that most
of the Northern spiritualists are far from being
‘sound on the goose.” This Correspondent
says:— • * .
.. before last, as a party of us-were seat
ed about a table, desirous of obtaining light from
the communications of those who have the op
portunity of seeing things in the clear light of
the spirit world, we were surprised by a number
of loud raps very hurriedly made upon the mid
dle of the table, with such force as evidently to
shake it considerably. I immediately asked who
was present. The raps then spelled out, “a
spirit in distress wishes to make a revelation.”
I asked, “wfil the spirit give a name V" The
raps spelled “Brown,”
Q—What Brown V Baps—John.
1 then asked if it was the John Brown who
was hung, but there was no reply. I then asked
“is it Ossawatomie Brown?” The raps were
very sudden and violent, “Yes!” I then asked
how the revelation would be made. Raps—By
I answered that we had no medium
•imed “Lectures” arc nothing more nor less
than a recital of stale and oft repeated anecdotes
of the frontier life of a Methodist Preacher in
olden times,- interspersed with numerous jests,
and all given with a view of catering for the
amusement of the audience, and with an eye to
the mammon of unrighteousness-.in the Shape
of quarter, at which price tlie tickets of admis
sion are solTi. I am not particularly thin skin
ned" about matters of rational amusement, yet
It strikes me, that tho. above exhibition would
be more in place in.the theatre than the„church,
and pur venerable preacher is rather trenching
upon the rights of our enterprising manager of
the Holliday street house. I like to see a fit
ness of things. It is a source ot regret, 1 am
sure,' to true Christians," to see so aged a man,
and one who has been for half a century a re
gularly constituted Minister of the Gospel, sefa
ting out at this time of life to traverse the coun
try as a jester, or in other words-as a mere
hu'Jfoon; turning the houses dedicated to tlie
worship of God into theatres for the amusement
of a promiscuous audience, at twenty : Jive cents
a head, and instead of proclaiming from tho sa
cred desk the words of truth and salvation, and
impressingupon his' hearers^ the importance of
a -godly life, to h(j engaged in- disseminating
therefrom coarse -jolces and laughter provoking
anecdotes, some of which arc of questionable
origin^ and all of doubtful tendency to improve
the mind or morals of the young. Such an en
terprise would seem to l>c singularly inconsist
ent. with the life and teaching' -of the meek
'founder of their sect, 'and to whatever the pro
ceeds of' this expedition of the venerable old
man may be appropriated, it can be justified
upon no other ground than that "the end unit
justify the means"—a- doctrine .which is repu
diated by true Christians of every denomina
tion, including the followers of Wesley himself.
The Lectures of the Rev. gentleman are, as
might he expected, highly popular "with the
young," and I fear any future discourses from
the pulpit which shall not be freely interspersed
with funny anecdotes, characteristically told,
will be by that portion of his hearers consider
ed “ stale, flat and unprofitable." The cause of
religion docs npt. require, the auxiliary aid of
itinerant jesters to make-fun for, or tickle the
fancy of the people, to render it popular. Such
a means may be politically excusable in a Log
Cabin or Hard Cider presidential campaign in
the Western States—and the Buckeye Black
smith, Razor-strap Man^and all that class of
adventurers whoso glibness of speech, and imi-
competing counsel. The odds’
laid in his favor. Singer el*/?’ 4 '
point of value in the Ladd A ifjAH
is that which has been abstn^jS
and as there fa supposed to be , fr* ]
Singer’s machines in use to ou c
kind, the mass of testimony » mo /S
tors is on his side.'- '“V
Death or Dennis McCoic
This worthy gentleman, who*/
the body on Christmas day, while)'
deavoring to rescue a young
flan and murderous assaults of
cn desperadoes, lingered until Pri/*
he was relieved from his suffenWL
an inquest was held upon his |/:
* Fjs^J
not Ascertained by whom he
medium.
in the party. The raps gave the name of a per- tative powers render them powerful aids in a
son. present, and as jve looked she was evident- j political canvass—may engage in the work.—
ly in a trance, which we at first thought was a
fright, but she immediately began to speak.
Taking bp a pencil, and bidding silence. I no
ted down what she said, of which I send you a
copy:
“In life, I always hoped, for the sake of my
fellow-men, that the doctrines of the Universa-
lists were true. I could not, however, believe
in them, and I now wish to testify to all men
that, by my own experience, I know they are
not. In tho light of the spirit world, I also dis
cern that though most of those with whom I
associated were hypocrites and cannot have hope, ! . . , ,
yet some are but infatuated, and I wish to warn j ^ ,s Mmc ’ s appended to it, and the sentiments
all such that if they would have the slightest i are adopted as. his own, and he is thus pledged
chance of Heaven, they must turn from their, to carry out the principles contained in it It
Ahnlifinnkm nnrl" l^PTiiihlimnism nnd ’hpf*n?nft - o n .«• a • .1 a?., c* ai
But when the Christian Church undertakes the
work of furthcririgHhe cause of the Bible by
such'adjuncts as these, it will signally fail, and
bring reproach instead of praise upon its efforts.
TnE Message of tiie Governor.
This document fa well received here by all
parties, and fa considered a plain, sensible and
practical state paper. Whether the.production
of the Governor himself or not, is a matter of
little consequence to the people of the State;
Abolitionism and' Republicanism and:become
Democrats at once,”
Trivial. aud unnecessary Legitia-
TION. .
The last Milledgevillc Recorder presep ts. the fol
lowing melancliolly exhibit. Is there no remc-
dy for such a waste of time and money—such a
cumbering of our statute books with trifling
Legislation ? YVe submit the Recorder’s article
to our readers with a groan.
LAWS OF THE LAST SESSION. •
Of the 411 Acts-passed there were 14 alter
ing Courfa, Railroads 16, judiciary, elections,
Ao., 65, per diem 1, State property 3, pardon 1—
total 100. (There were four applications for par
dons—one passed over. the'Govemor’s veto.)
The remaining 311 are local in their charac
ter and might have been acted upon by the
several county courts.
* Private corporations, military companies, Ac., 129
Belief of individuals, private estates; Ac;,... - 43
Extra county taxes, county flues, licenses,
changing tho residence of individuals from one
county to another, Ac., 97
Pay of particular teachen of poor children, 28
Compensation of particular jurors and sheriffs, 8
Protection of fish in two different rivtrs 2
Legalizing marriages and divorces, 3
Pedlar, ' - 1
Total,. 311
The cost of this Legislature amounted to
$115,000.
Three-fourths of this could have been saved
to the State had the legislature been confined
to their appropriate work.
This is an evil which should be remedied. An
evil almost equal in amount to the other great
evil, the inordinate number of members. In
deed they are so intimately connected as cause
and effect that the reduction of the members
would necessarily cure th» former. Tho legis
lature must ho reduced. Howl is a grave ques
tion. Tho tax-paying community in favor of
reduction haVc not the balance of power on tlicir
side. That rests in tlie numerous counties too
feeble to support themselves whose veiy exis
tence anil the per diem of their members (who,
as a body, vote against reduction,) are paid out
of the pockets .of the people of other counties.
This is .tho reason why the call for a Conven
tion for-this purpose was killed in the last leg
islature. Such members openly said the power
fa with us—we will not give it up unless’we re
ceive a quid pro quo—nameiy State aid. These
are the facts. AVhat is to be done ?" That’s the
question.
is full of sound views and strictly Southern in
sentiment. Its expose of affairs is -clear and
shows a healthy state of the finances, and it is
full of excellent suggestions, and should the
Legislature second the efforts of Gov. Hicks by
juts-sing such laws as he recommends for the
suppression of crime and ruffianism in this city
at elections, we shall in future be rid of much
that wc have had to couiplain of heretofore.
has been arrested, however, in WjaJ
was one of the party, and it i 8 ,/ I
can be proved upon him. Mr.
a highly respectable man, and it
relation of'the Rev. Father Met’’
Peters church. Naff, who
shot and beaten on the same day /
one of the party which was en«a/'
When Mr. M. was shot, H c jj...
and it is supposed cannot reco t ,7
wounds. jj,
GOV. BKOTOSYElt
A great deal has been said of
both in the way of ridicule and of e
account of the number of the Ac/
falature which he voted during tfaW
Any man, however, who //
properly appreciates the legiti u , v '
purpose of legislation, on lookin-
of the Acts will only be surprised i
not veto twice as many, and wiil ; t
account for his not doing so by sa,
it would have taken more labor 2
able to perform.
If the people can take time enuua
devotion to party to look a little ii
rights and interests, and to investij*'
of their Representatives and of tbs'
they, will find that he has rendered
great service by what he has done
. There is in this subject certain]
for reflection. Every man in the a.
to look into and investigate it h.
and ought te be startling, to the;/;!
such a state of antagonism and
their Governor and their Repr_
cannot exist without great wrong _
The legitimate powers of the diifau
ments of the Government cssnutlac.
come in. to collision—to prodm* it
be g”Cat negligence or great isaj
where. Tho Legislature or the (bro
have been grossly ignorant or reckW
less of the rights and interests oi
One or the other must havo stnyr
derstood its duties and its power,
be otherwise than that the count-1
suffered front bad legislation il itx
checked, or that it has, by the : ra
the veto power, suffered from tit
legislation.
t behooves the people to look:
antagonism cannot exist betwtaj
ments of the governments withoc
people. If the Legislature has
Governor Brown has grievously™
ty and his oath, and ought to b:
sternly rebuked. If Governor Bre
right,' the Representatives of the
wantonly and criminally trifled
and interests of tlie country, and
held to a strict accountability.
But the people know little or a
it, and the great mass of them prs spi
will. Their presses dare not
jeets for fear of injuring the putr
For ourselves, we think Gotentrl*
right, and so far as our powepan
that the people shall be fulljtBwfa
subjects of his vetoes. We wait*
wo can get the Journals of tbt
publish his vetoes and votes th»
upon them. Our readers, at least
ftl
¥
ub
ZD
The Legislature has been fully organized, and -chance to see and understand sotnr
. . .. V ° 1 Innielofinn of choir* mnmeanfaftTI
is now in working order: E. J. Kilboum, Esq.,
of Anne-Arundel, was elected Speaker of the I f nr it—rarn^S/nne
House by a-large majority, and John V. Brook,
Esq., of Prince George’s, President of the Sen-1 Governor Scivaril sit lie
ate by a majority of one vote. The officers of
both houses are democrats, and the majority on
joint ballot in the Legislature is large and de
cided. A memorial has already been presented
by the defeated candidates of Baltimore City,
asking the privilege of contesting the elections
of those who were returned as elected. The
memorial has been referred to the proper com
mittee, and the contestants voted seats on the
floor of the House pending its action thereon—
quite an animated debate arose upon the intro
duction of a set of resolutions touching the fu
ture course of the members of Congress from
this State in giving their .votes for Speaker, du
ring which the course of the Hon. Henry Win
ter Davis was animadverted upon with severity
by some of the democratic speakers, and defend
ed by Mr. Kraft, delegate elect from the Know-
Nothing party. The resolutions were finally
adopted and ordered to be forwarded- to each of
our represwitativcs in Congress.
Heavy Robreky.
An extensive robbery was committed upon ma "A _ „■ -M
the counting room of Hamilton Easter & Son, - ^ Joil.Gov. Sew-nl
Aliibiimit Democratic Convention.
Montgomery, All, Jan. 12.—Tlie business
of the convention is slowly progressing.
The committee appointed on yesterday, to ex
amine into the claims of tlie double delegation
from Montgomery county, reported' favorably
to the YancSt delegation. The report was sus
tained in the convention by a vote of two hun
dred and eleven in favor of, and one hundred
and ten in opposition to, tlie report
Mr. Score, of Monroe county, introduced a
series of resolutions—one of which asserted the
right of slavery in tho Territories to Legislative
and Congressional protection ; and tlie delegates
to tlie Charleston convention are instructed to
insist on this.
Itis further announced, that in case the Charles
ton convention fails to recognise this right, then
the delegates from Alabama are directed to with
draw, and immediately call together tin's State
convention, and make their report accordingly. CP" The roof of Westminister Hall, construct-
Mr. Score’s resolutions were referred to the I ed of sweet chestnut timber, is four hundred and
Committee oil Platforms j sixty years old.
The following was the last act that was signed
by the Governor, heretofore orbited:
4R To alter and amend an act entitled an act
to provide for the education of the children of
this State between certain ages, and to provide
an annual sinking fund for the extinguishment
oftho public debt, assented to Dec. 11th, 1858.
A Christinas Gift to Dr. Bcihinic.
Wc are glad to see this estimable, talented and
conservative clergyman has some good and use
ful friends even in the Beecher ridden city of
Brooklyn:
The Rev. Dr. Bethunc, on Christmas Day,
was made tlie recipient of a princely donation
from his friends in Brooklyn. Besides a letter
breathing the warmest regard and affection for
their late pastor, a gift was made in money
reaching nearly or quite to the sum of $1,800.
The Governor of Virginia rccoan-
MENDS AGEXERAL CONVENTION OFTHE
STATES,
Wc lay before our readers to-day the inaugu
ral message of Governor Letcher to the Lcgis
latere of Virginia. Our readers will rejoice,
wc arc sure, to read a message so high in its
tone—so truthful in its position—and so reso
lute in its recommendations. The Governor of
Virginia recommends that Virginia shall invite
a convention of all the States in the Union to
consider the matter of disagecement between
them, and, if they cannot agree, to prepare for
a peaceful separation ; nnd that Coiumissioners
should he appointed to wait on the legislatures
of the Northern States which have nullified the
fugitive slave laws, and “to iusistj in the name
of Virginia, upon tiicir unconditional repeal.”
We congratulate Virginia and tho South upon
tiicso recommendations. Every State in tho
South, wc doubt not, is ready to go into a gen
eral convention of all the States. If the North
ern States assent to tho proposition, the South
will either have tho guarantees necessary to her
peace and safety, or the Confederacy will he
disolved. But will tlie Northern States consent
to go into a general convention ? Wc think
not. Then, wo trust, jgfll follow a Southern
Convention. The mission from South Carolina
is most opportune, and, wo trust, will meet
substantially with success.
BP* Ilinton R. Helper has tho following in
his “Impending Crisis:” “We believe that
thieves are, as a general yule, less amenable to
to moral law than slaveholders.” The man who
stole $300 from his employer ought to 'snow
something about the feelings of thieves.
Correspondence of the New Yci l
Auburn, December 30, 1859.—fef
arrived home in tho 3.20 P. it tn:
and was received at the depot bit
throng of citizens, the militant, j
schools, tho clergy, and civil c‘ cJ
made "his appearance, he was
booming of cannon and the del
his fellow-citizens of all parties i
Myers, an eminent lawer, an oldc
hardest kind of a Hard-Shell Dcl :
cd him home in an eloquent at- ^
speech, to which the Governor repli
happy manner. He was then esc
residence, and greeted at ereiy step »
lutations, and cheerings. ltAwv™? 1 j
chiefs by the mass of people who I*
streets, lined the house-tops,
conies, andoccupied every ava
chcs of evergreens, with appro)
.spanned the street (private and j
were decorated with flags and in-
no means' seemed left unemployed
strata the satisfaction frit at his safe:
Among the thousands of mottos I
the following: 1
“Welcome to the defender of til
. Welcome to tlie defender of t!*|
the'press.”
“And the Lord was with him, i
of his words fall to the ground."
This last motto was from let q
dependent (Methodist), one of tbt If
most flatfooted ifnti-slavery papesil
edited by Rev. Wnt. Ilostncr. irbtjl
tions of slavery, when editor of Iff
Christian Advocate, brought *k r |
the hate of the pro-slavery portirof
Church, and resulted in bis cjecc-S
editorial management of that pap'I
The following was signed. "Iff
and spanned the gate-way of '
ground ?
“AuJ. behold I am with thte, zn-i V f 4r ,
in all places whither theugoest,,
again into this land.”
Thu following extract from
nor Sjward was inscribed ujxmz' ;
green, which spanned oneoftbeg
“Seo to it that freedom aud eqmld
cated at your firesides, in your
churches.”
Every thing considered, this
most enthusiastic and hearty
tended by a people, without
ty, to a public man. It short
on Wednesday evening last, as is supposed by
one of the clerks of the establishment in con
nection with an accomplice. The name of ’the
suspected clerk is James E. Thomas; he is said
to be well connected.. The supposed accomplice
is named Wm. Jones. The young man Thomas
had been in the employ of the Messrs. Easter
for some time, but had recently shewn'signs of
fastness, and in consequence had orders to leave
on the first of tlie ensuing month—Jones had
led rather a loose life, and was seen rather too
often in tlie company of young Thomas of late.
On the evening of the robbery lie called at the
store, and it fa supposed that Thomas stole the
money-box from the vault during the moment
ary absence. of tho cashier, and slipped it to
Jones, who earned it off. The robbery was not
discovered until the next -morning, when Tho
mas was at once suspected and arrested. Jones
has not yet been taken, nor has the money, vtc.,
been found.' The loss was heavy, amounting
to some $5,000 in cash, notes, stock certificates,
4c., 4c. Thomas was but recently married, vj -- - «- -JJ. .
*- T >rr‘ r *’
and a large and respectable circle of relations, tl ,4 and services of Gov. Scirzni
into the deepest sorrow at liis disgrace. I —~r~.
Horrhile Death of a Young Roman. j , New YoS^U^S ^
On Xhursday night- a young woman,-named 1,800bales—market firm. (W 1
Schwartz, while sitting in close proximity to a sales 13,000 barrels. Wheat hex.
young man named Jeffry, her affianced* hus-' 000 .bushels. Corn buoyant-J]
band, to whom she was to have been married sc<u ^ Mlcs^OOOBushels at ^
in . f,„ Jbn fell „,« P . did *. ,h, ,£“.. sr#
man, both having been up late the-night btffare
at a party, and in a moment fiftcr her dress took
fire from coming in contact with the coal stove;
when awakened- by pain, siia was completely
enveloped in ttaroe; all the efforts of her com
panion were unavailing to save her, and she was
nearly roasted alive ere her burning habiliments
could bo detached from her body. She died the
next morning in the most horrible agony.
' ‘ "• Important Lawsuit.
A lawsuit, involving heavy damages, fa now
in course of trial in the United States Circuit
Court in this city. It is the patent right case
of Singer & Co. against Ladd 4 Webster, for an
alleged infringement of their patent Sewing Ma
chine. A cry able counsel are engaged on both
sides—B. H. Latrobe, the great patent right
lawyer, leads for the plaintiffs, and the celebra
ted Mr. Whiting, of New York, foi: defendants.
-Mr. Latrobe is not only an able lawyer, but an
able engineer, and has a thorough knowledge
of machinery and mechanics, and scarcely ever
loses a patent case. Do is the standing counsel
f-r the Messrs. Winans, the Messrs. Geo I
& Co., Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Co., mfd J iXn'he ^sighting
"llu-rs. lor whom he has gained some of tho <.looted 11 ”, a:.s. '
most important patent suits on record The ‘M. rs; non I. • re ^. : V
' r-wp<®
cottoii to Liverpool 7-32d. ]
- Charleston, Jan. 33.—Sa-eso?]
1,500 bales--market generally®!
■ Augusta, Jan 18.—Sales of
—market generally unchanged j
[Correspondenceoftho
Destructive nre in *’ r I
Brunswick, (Ga) Jan.
Brunswick Herald, incluajaS^I
als for paper and job offita A
books,
hctn'ccn $6,000 and
the work of an incendiary--
on the lower story, in a pH 1 *
ever been carried. . jpg
Arrangements will be *“
publish an extra Herald te P
vertiswnents, etc.
Senator Bow*** **
Mr Douglas visited tb‘
was warmly greeteu by -« • j
olina, with whom he b»“
view. 11 is observe-»b
he has made a marked
ompany he keeps . 6incC r co mjit*
resuU o1 ' l!li ' ” l >'“ * not only interesting t„ ifr- Mated ’■ - .
Parties litigant, but to those who have purohas- ?!
an are using tlie Ladd £ Webster machines, Iuanv prcinin-^
a s in caso of a decision against them, all such , Douglas Democrats hcrt