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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