About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1860)
#** - IftJoaEFH Clisby. S G30HOIA TELEORAHL MACON, SATURDAY, 3 O’CLOCK, APRIL 1860. Volume JULKI. V.—No. 26. I'l'Kl-I^WED K\EU\ |P H AKTKRVOOX. AT 3, F.-M. ■MlSUpollar* » Y«* r t o/,m y** a Adrance. , iher Oddity brought to Xdght. 43 i„,l to see that the intelligent * f sr " ' tllC <outh-Wft>tcm New* is. in fa* 1: 1, n peal of all 1#"* for the collection of : 1 \ i w words of comment by the Telc- ** „*«>>'» n^r-P* 1, P a ™P*P h « llf sws ! )tisin abolish these laws, and in ySawois heavetf of. debtors,” ^)oen« in the following; . town <"’ r ” , r r.ithe Telegraph carry out -Will the !•’ '*' W(J forcibly expressed, and . VK ivs, >o ' jjj-p | aW in Georgia? . : .r the passy j , rigid and punctual moral • ‘ . obligations, is peculiar* d!'"eo,mtrv. This everlasting ‘ of ours fostered, encouraged and -uilrdbvan expanded paper currency. is 1 ‘. ,j the country. " c are willing that 'f 'i.ri-lit each'other if they wish, but ‘ ” rclv upon honor. The rest of the boiild not he biirthened with the rois- f nu'ii as to whom they should credit” . nt i s t,l*or, we shrink from the mighty The world, we fear, will cling to usury . ; smiiig for debt till the very last day. .madown. 1 totli have equal sense in them' t jl virtue, ltotli offer a premium for w»m! fraud, and are made to punish hon-. ’ The first is to restrain honest,, scru- ", |,w-abiding men from either Wrowing fa-cause the law prohibits all good -strum buying and selling, moncy v like s:li,r article of merchandize, at market T’ue operation of the law would lie un- oi if it was made to include any other ar- diaerchanditte—say cotton. Lot the Le al* prohibit any man from buying or sell at a greater price than eight or ten jr.il everybody' would want that la»v ro il very shortly. IV second sets up a false and unreliable ba- rf credit, which not only misleads and de cs honest creditors and opens the door for V „ ; Y, ,vt fraud and jugglery, meanness, mivocaiwm. lying and perjury, but it plays •ral highwayman and stops an honest man ihepcmuitoihisbnsimss, takes him away ii his -hop counting house and family, and , him of !ii» time and liberty, that he may st the ijiunvls of men too dishonest to pay lit coercion, or who are seeking to enforce ,, r fraudulent claims. Now if the laws hi stand aside and let public opinion regu- w., natter, such mem would be past mis- ihuiv comnumity after one operation of _t enough; to assail these time honored ira, rf society is like Balmawhapple’s -. .-.o’, against the castle of Edinburg, and .et to just as much. We arc glad to of the S. IV. News, that our par-. ;■ erasing in this State. It amounts now Xtw Flanks in tho Platform* math not holding tho ‘Telegraph' at all s'lie for what its correspondents_ may till we did not like to see “Georgia,” of ar. inveighing against the Mav-h Con f r about the only wise thing it did. to r refusing to insist upon new planks in National Demoeratic Platform. No doubt •;ii*nd the South can have any platform t-k h r. The Soiitll holds about all the nnls in the game, and the Northern ■racy have already Incurred in that sec- - thoroughly the - odium of a “pro- t party,” that it will personally make lit- '.Veteitce to Northern Democrats proper, ,rtof a \Aatfovro they give us, so it is at cMomhle. Hut meanwhile a cunning game 'ing on which it is well to see. -“The CJon tionsl Union Party,'' so calling itself,.is hiisy just now appropriating to itself, par tly in the North, a vote which all reason t to throw with the Democracy as the great tk of national order and peace. Thcpol- : represent black republicanism as- the ra rxlrcme, and Democracy ns the Sou- btreme, the positions of both alikc'fatnl s. ami this new-fangled creation, a third, ■ . conservative, constitutional party, •"cupving the middle and true ground, siive the difficulty and settle the quar- v in Muscogeo county, the other day, for a meeting of this party, tho De- y acre charged with “keeping up sec- Station for party purpose*!” This «is intended for something; and unless -racy of the South mean to forfeit to N Tthem friends particularly all that float in'! belonging to it, hut which will y side with the party of Constitutional 'ey will make no changes in their plat- Irt as stand where wo are, and where fiom the beginning of tho-flght »<■ are beaten, we can comprehend its r 5 ** uul act aeconlingly. ■A Sx.ic.ht Mistake.—Tho ommenting on Mr. Cobb’s via s Tim '• ofSitanh that b« is not the choice of the F*rt.v of Georgia for tlie prominent y I’resident, Mr. Cobb is willing to •as personal fortunes upon the shrine ■ unity and party strength.” ‘iilering that in this sauno letter 'distinctly asserts that be believes lie is »f the democratic majority L in Geor- difficult to account for so grave n inis- Times. Mr. Cobb says in bis letter : ‘ c Times publishes: . March Convention has assembled, and '"lings are' now before me. I have ! ‘nalyzed and considered them in con- ’ith the action of tlio 'December Con- ■ Tiie result is, that I am well satisfied : -i<; received aluring tlie contest the *** tamest sup|>ort of a decided majori- ■' Ihmocracy of the State, for which I ^ deeply and sinccrelyrgratefiit” . *t tuppose, beyond * doubt, Mr. Cobb ~ We have heard those belter pasted 'Wc, lay his friends in tlio Convention ten to twenty tliousand more dem- than his opponents. ^•injustice to Mr. Cobb, whose abil- 1 faction as a statesman arc,honorablo to 1 Die Trltgraph, however, has noth- ■* 1 witii rival pretensions of politicians, • 'carer some substantial, patriotic pur- Kitics we will turn our attention to else. ^'wvaxu.—Senator Douglas, in his well answered tho charge of ■ ' s' 11 ' ' n the repeal of the Missouri Com- 1 ‘-■•e, tlius; ft** I*®! 1«1 to the repeal cf that act Y* majority in the Northern States il “ut in good faith V *1, sir, Aw attend it to the Pacific ocean, ” r, ; v er, and the entire South with er it this body, was willing to via ut the frec-soil element of the *e, lh a Vi* W *** s, reng as to defeat that «, hus opened tlie slavery question l**i dfti!*** n wh ® n * w eomjliain of tha were the very men who New -York. Correspondence. SRefial rorreapoadence of the Macon TlalYr TelCEtaph. N»w Yon*. March 3Jgt, lldOL, 1 he MccrMhlnm cpidemicanbatdlng—the black and fan • . » tarrier dog epidemic raging. • Among the'various diseases-to which we are sub ject in this city,there la one whiehia now taking ao epidemic form, and prevailing very* exlenaively' among both.sexes, especially among 'females. The m'rrrtcltouin epidemic is, in a great measnre, subsi ding. ' Jt has raged'among young meii the past yejr, with great virulence, and appears to have beeival-. together beyond tho control of the Mqdieal Faculty. Although it baa pretty much disappeared, )ts {ff&ots are still visible among those young men who have succeeded, in. bringing their Meerschaums tp the de sired eolora-their pale and. haggard countahances indicating very plainly, that the .disease has made fearful inroads upon thbir constitution. The disease to which I alluded,- and which is now raging, is the black and la^larrierdogrpiittmie. . This, at first, was snpposetf to be a type" of the poodle -clot? disease, which lias been among os for years, bat sinCb It bos become epidemic, physicians are compelled to an-' knowledge that' it baffled their skill, and thsit noth, ing which they have discovered in tho MtUceia He'd-' ica, has any. effect upon it. . liabies have heretofore beep considered by.their. fortunate possessors, the most interesting specimens of animate nature inexistence, but they are now, with the poodle dog, appreciated more-among the lower classes, or those who,- unfortunately, cannot afford to own a black and (.an tarrier. It is unne cessary to. say that thegels nothing within the sphere of dngdom that will compare with the black and tap tarrier. They are all remaricable specimens, either" in point of beauty, intelligence, or."some peculiar trait which is soon discovered-by the, owner. - A black und.Ua tarrier, to claim # high position in so- eiety, slioald not weigh over aix pounds; and that is not all, there are other points required, such as the diameter of tho* tail. And the proper curve thereof; the length of nose; the legs roust be neat and deli cate. neither too long or too short in proportion to the size of the body. As to color, he roost be purely- black and tan; the discovery of a grey or white hair would be fatal to hU claim of being from pore blood, and he would immediately Ihse cast, and bo classed, with dogs that have “bad their dhy." These dogs, like oilier beings, are subject to the.accidents and ilia which flesh-la h'rir to. Mrs. Pumpkins was the. eneiable owner of a puppy of great promise, and also the nacacfoAr owner of a baby,* which shp did not consider of so great promise. Both the baby and, puppy occupied the same room, under.the care-of the Irish nhrae,- and (Hbppgb she occasionally made some slight mistakes by giving the paregorio to the dog, when ordered to give’ it- to the baby, and the ir.ilkto the baby, wlu-n ordered to give it to the dog; tbe dog generally getting the largest share of the medicine when the baby was ill : . Both seemed to thrive remarkably. It must be admitted that Mrs. Pumpkins was a lady of kind and tender feelings, as she appealed to show almost as mnoh interest in the baby as tho dog, which could hardly bo jxpect-' t il, when we take into consideration tho fact, that babiea are. an. unfashionable and common, while black and tan farriers" are so fashionable and t-n- rommen. Tho dog soon began to develops hia vari ous superior points, to the "great delight of Mrs. Pumpkins, with one ex<>eption, whifh spas his tail; that,she imagined, was being "developed a little too large in diameter.'amV as the dog grew, she found that her fears were well grounded. This xuifortu nnte matter gave Mrs. Pumpkins much anxiety, as sil'ehnd deferred giving her grand party until late in the winter, a| by that time she was certain the dog v.-ouid be a‘‘pe'rlect little beauty,” when she would bring him cut. The question to be solved nextjvas, how could tho dog's tail he prevented from-1ncreas- ing in sixe ? Mrs. Pumpkin* was aware that the Chinese ladies compressed their feet to prevent llieir growing, and without delay- «he suggested to J|, Pgmpklu |lm|iiM»luilinilJ uruai In# - »—* of a machine manufactured t<l encase the dog’s, tail. Mr, Tompkins replied,* by informing her tljjit the Chinese might make their feet smaller by compres sion, bnt when that process is applied to a dog's tail, tbe result may be quite different, and suggests the happy idea to Mrs. Tompkins, that the hair of'tije dog’s tail could be scissored sufficiently short to re duce it tQ the proper diameter, which happy idea, Mrs. Pumpkins Immediately communicates to Bridg et, the nurse. Bridget,like most ofthe daughters of Eric, knew how to do every thing, but very seldom happened to do anything right. She said it was tho -a.s«y<st thing in tho world”—had “often seen the same thing did in the auld counthry,” and apparent ly considered hcrselt fully competent to perform the-operation, mneb to the gratification of Mrs. Pumpkins, who, as thl® momentous difficulty was settled, commenced making arrangements for her grand party, forthwith. A few evenings subsequent ly, Mr. and Mrs. Pumpkins bad left Hie tea table and sealed themselves In Iho parlor. Mr. P. was absorbed In reading the eveniug paper, while Mrs. P. was writing orders to the confectioner, baker, -and grocer, for materials required lor her party, when Bridget made her appearance at the parlor door with anunnsnal beaming countenance; “Come in Bridget," says Mrs. P, "what is wanting?"— Bridget steps forward and presents to tho astonish- ed«•’« of Mr. and.Mrs.-Pumpkios. the dog with his - tail scissored off within about two inohos of his body, the end being bound with n rag. This wns proba bly the first time Mrs. Pumpkins had ever realized the foil force of two lines by Pope. “’Tia uot a lip or eye w.e beanty call. Bnt the full force, and joint effect of all." This sad misfortune, which was caused by Bridg et’s not comprehending tlie word diameter, coat her the loss of her situation, the dog, the loss of his tail, and Mrs. Pumpkins the pleasure of bringing him out at her grand party. Mr. Pnmpkina consoled Mrs Pumpkins, by staling that as fashions wero constant ly changing, within a few months, dogs without that appendage, the tail, might be the beigbth of fashion, which statement very much mitigated tbo grief pf Mrs. Pumpkins. Very respectfully, C. (Tities. The present administration of the Fed eral Government, it is admitted, deserve well of the South ; they have stood by the South on every issue that lias been made with'the Aboli tion party since it came into power. The Sim ple truth is, that thadetermination manifested by Mr. Buchanan to maintain the -rights of the South inviolate under tho Constitution, has lost him the support-of even his own State.' This is history—but so fay. from being influenced fry a-sentiment of gratitude for the'generous support our scctiort" has receive^, from the Ad ministration, what do wo find tbc : factious ma~ Vas e^ p^red unoil the inquest, that the jorityih the Convention,doing? Why npt on ly ignoring thd resolution ofthe December Con vention which endorsed the measures and poli cy of Mr. Buchfittan, bufactually engaged in the humiliating attempt to^strjkc .down a lead ing- member of his administration from‘their pwn State! Xo, the advocates of secession who were in (he. Convention, a)td who wear the live ry of Democracy simply because it is popular, could not follow tlie lead of tho gallant democ racy of the other Southern Skates, and sustain a Southern ^Administration hy their approving voice, because thai, teouhl hare helped a poKti; cajrival at"Charleston! Thus vfas.the Admin* istnttio'n repudiated, the South betrayed^ *B<1 Mr. Cobb ostracised by the followers of Gen, (Jiinftlcbaum of Sonth Carolina, ylio formed a small majority .in this' “ringed^ streaked and speckled Convention.” When the character of this, contest comes to bo folly revealed, we pres dict a division of - the Democratic party of this State, founded not upon tn<» merely, but hpon. vital principles, will be‘jn(>vitabU‘. It would have occurred in the Match Convention had the opponents of the Administration of Mr. Buclian- an and of the Democratic party proper been manly and- resolute’ enough to have avowed their real-principles. But indue time it trill come, and" then. “ the sheep will bo separated from tho goats j” and-"Union Democrats and Tlisunion Democrats will ho longer affecl to Jlghl under the same banner, reminding the country qf “ Banmm’s happy Family.” [con ja-xicATEi>.) * Nomination at Charleston* - - For Pretidenl Col. Jetf. Davis. For Vtei’Frttidenl Daniel S. DlcKfxsos. Wo take the liberty of suggesting to the dele gation from Georgia to the Charleston Convcn tion, tlie names Qf the gentlemen at thc’head of this'article, as candidates for tlie oflices of President and Vice-President ofthe United _ | | ^ H States. Long and favorably known to the tiuiroasof the Cook* of the anstitution, and had" country fry "their distinguished abilities and. become offended at something which occurred there, serVices,™ less than their lifetime devotion to the principles of the Democratic party, these eminent-statesmen, it is" believed, would' lead the Democratic party to victory in the approach ing contest for the Presidency. In expressing a preference for these two gentlemen, we mean ho disparagement to the claims of other dis tinguished Democrat®. What public man at the South, however, can’ present a clearer re cord* than Col. Davis, of Mississippi? Who would be more acceptable to men of all parties at tho-South than lip ? ".Who lias stood bv tho South in her recent" Struggles with tho Xorth moro-stcadfhstly than he t Who would niake for us a better “commander in chief ofthe army and Navy of the United States than he ? At tho-present moment these considerations should exert a preponderating'influenco with the South in the selection of her candidate for the com ®' Presidency. Daniel S. Dickinson of Xcw York is the great leader of the pro-slavery party in that State, and for years has grappled in dcadly strife-with .our abolition ^enemies. No- man would ifc more cordially * supported by the State-rights democracy .'of the whole Union than Governor Dickinson. Let the friends of .tho South ajid the Constitution at. Charleston, tluin, rftllv-* wStl* jdC Jitiul ami one toic* « Davis and Dickinson. * .Georgia/ Baltimore Correspondence. Special Correspondence of tha Macon Daily Telegraph. Baltixobe, March CC.-ISCO. The Now Stcamor. The splendid steamer, Ben Deford, left her wharf on Saturday last, with a fair cargo, and passengers for-Savannah. - She has the well wishes of all for her-safety and success inher new enterprise; we hope to he able to compete with the New York line in Oie safe and prompt transportation of Goods, as well as _ in all else which may be necessary to facilitate intercourse with our Southern brethren. discovered by the wife of one of the Assistant Keep- era, thnt a whitish substance had been mixed with the ground coffee, which had been prepared fer the next meat, and also with the yeast, which was to be >ul in the breaiffor the same- -Upon examination, t was discovered that.tbe substance was arsenic, and from certain ext>res«inns which had fallen from the woman, ere sheleft the Hospital, it was believed slie had thus designed to wreak her vengeance Up on the whole family of Dr. Bear, for whatever had occu. red to displease her. - She was- soon after ar rested in the city. She denies all knowledge of the mison, and asserta her entire innocence." She has >een committed ior a further hearing.. • The funeral of’the late Dr. flick .was attended yesterday by nearly tbe whole medical Faealty in tbe city and was very imposing.* Tlie sermon for the loss of the eminent professor and estrmabje man, was "deep and heartfelt.and will continue fo pervade the hearts, of his numerous triends for a long time to ome. " , - - The highly imposing and impressive ewemony of installation, was performed at tha 1st Independent, or Unitarian Church (late Dr. Burnap’s) mis morn ing. Tlie services on the occasion, were in accord ance with the peculiar tenets of t[iat Church, and were viewed with great interest by the large "crowd which was present on the occasion. The neWIj. In stalled Pastor is the ltev. X.H. Chamberlain, ol Boston. There was a number of distinguished cler gymen of that denomination present, from, the Nor thern cities, and tho Charges, and other discourses, wt-iBof nhijri* order of excellence. "VVe bear, with pleasure, ol tne quick passage safe arrival ofthe new ateamer,- Ben Deford, at Sa vannah. Tho weather here is still cool and blustery. On last night, we had a most beantifnl display of tbe mysterious phenomenon, Aurora BorealHs. indica ting, according to our old weather prophets, a cou. tinuation of tig cold weather. [COXJtrXICATXD.1 March Convention* Before the meeting of the Convention, we hcartl a great deal said aliont Southern wronfts —exclusion ofthe South from the common terri tories of tlio Union, and the duty of the Con vention to hike high Southern grounds, &c. This was the 1 .attic cry of those who claim a monopoly of Southern patriotism. "W ell, the Convention met—Cochran of Glynn county in troduced a resolution pledging the support of the Democracy of Georgia to the Charleston nominees only, upon the condition only that tlie Convention by Ms platform and candidates “determine to maintain the equality of the States and the rights of tho South in tho com mon terrritories of tho Union.” -Also further, declaring in said resolution “that wo will yield nothing for the sake of harmony.” If the po litical opponents of Mr Cobb in tbe Convention were sincere in their extravagant professions of devotion to Southern rights, made before die Convention met, why did they snub this resolu tion of Judge Cochran’s? Why upon a call of the counties was it voted down ? For no other reason thah this: viz. to exclude die name of Howell Coll as a candidate for the Presidency from the Charleston Convention, his name hav ing been presented to the Convention as a suit able candidate for that office by another resolu tion submitted by Judge C. to ihe Convention in connection with the foregoing* resolution. The vote being talfen on both of these resolu tions at the same time, it tyas considered of more importance to cTtingmsh Mr .Cobb, than to adopt a resolution which had Tor its object- the protection of Southern rights. This .is a - - . — . . - rvrcttv fair sample ofthe roinglodipeanness,. 8 ® 1 ' Mrs of their friends or enemies for an d , C ant of principle which him rc- destruction. Whenever we characterized the opposition to thisdistin : guished son ofGeorgia. Thejieople, however, are watching the conduct of tho political “miners and sappers” who figured so conspicu ously in this convention, and in dne time will thrust them out of sight, amidst thestcnchand darkness they have prepared for others. Noth ing is more certain than tins, the truedcmocra- J/ofthis State will not sit still and be silent while their most trusted leader is being sacri ficed to the restless ambition of men who have not the ability to reach, nor the capacity to fill the exalted position which he occupies, With so much crcditTo himself and advantage toxins country. , . Death of an Eminent Physician* Dr. Chas. Frick, one of the distinguished Pro fessors of Medicine, in the Maryland University, died on yesterday afternoon, after but a few days illness. Ho was a physician of high re pute, and tfic associate of Prof. Miltcnberger.— Ilia disease was seated in the throat and was of so violent a type, as to require the delicate op eration of Tracheotomy, which was skillfully performed by Prof. Miltcnberger.- Its relief was but partial, however, as he continued to sink until death put an end to his sufferings.—. Hu -nem tbe elJeet arm of the lato Iiriga Wm Frick, ofthe United SUtesDistrict Court. Judgo Bond. The ‘Exchange’ newspaper seems to have en listed, during the war, against the continuance of Judge Bond upon the Bench ofthe Criminal Court Whether it will have the aid of the ‘Sun’ 1n the cause, does not as yet appear.— ThaWho ‘Exchange’ has the Constitution on its side, roust be admitted, but expediency is cer tainly against it The new Judge has come so completely up to the general wishes ofthe com munity, that no one but the ‘Exchange,’ would bo likely to risk the chance of another untried man. The mere fact of a residence a few hun dred yards over, the city limits, can make but little serious difference, and it is hoped well enough will be let alonejor the balance of J udge Stump’s unexpired term, at least “//aarf yer han\" Exchange. Monument to an Estimable Man* The congregation of the first Independent or Unitarian Church in this city, have, in testimony to the memory of their late bereaved pastor Dr. Geo. W Biuinap, procured a most beautiful and costlv Monument It is of tlie purest Italian marble, and wrought with the most exquisite taste, and is of massive proportion. Its design is highly appropriate, and the inscription upon it tntc and impressive. It was made at the Phoenix Marble Works of Mr. A. Gcddoc, where it i* now on exhibition, and attracts great attention. It will in a few days he as signed its place in Grecinont Cemetary, over the reraaips of tlie lamented subject of it® com memoration. Serious Charge. - It will be rccoliectcd Hint several weeks since nearly every member of the Jinuily of Emanuel Irons* were poisoned, several of whom came near losing their lives—among them was a married daughter of Mr.. I. and her child. It was said at-the time that Mr. Ironshad a strong suspicion oftlic would-bc-murdcrer of the whole family, hut declined naming the party until further proof should be obtained: Since then Mr. I. has pursued his investigation further, and'on Saturday a warrant was obtained for- the arrest of his own son-in-law, .named Wig. IViUj, as the*perpctrator of the foul deed, and he was arrested and. committed ‘for further (OOmiUR IC1TIP.] Tho march Convention- We have Already shown the humiliating course to which the enemies of Mr. Cobb stoop ed in the March Convention, hut wo are not quite through with their meanness and absur- hearing. ’’ II. . BALTiaoax, Match 27, I860. Mr. Wm* S. Bagby. __ . , -By an'extract from your paper, wmch ap- iienrcd in the ‘.‘Baltimore Republican” of yester day, 1 perceive that a great wrong has been done to "a worthy citizen of'MACox.-and it is % mortifying reflection, to feci that I should have been in any, way instrumental in giving curren cy to the unfounded charge which has been broii-ht against him- His- identity upon the oath of tho Cashier of the Bank, was naturally deemed conclusive of his guilt, and in the ab sence of any other knowledge of him, I gave the item of his *krrest and removal fry the Sheriff of Savannah, as a matter of authentic, news, and the more interesting, on account of its being in connection with a city of your own State.— From your statement, however, it is a relief to know, that Mr. Bagby lias been grossly slan dered, and, although he has been subjected to creat mortification, as well as inconvenience, his hitherto honorable name will receive no de triment from the ordeal through which it has passed. The strange error of the Cashier, in thus mistaking him for another, is most unac countable, and should seriously admonish him, and all others, of the extreme caution with which an oath of identification should be ta ken. . ' Tho Murderer of tho lamented Kyle* Peter Hunan, who was" arrested as the mur derer of Andrew B. Kvle, was yesterday dis charged by the Grand Jury. This Is a most singular case. Mr. Kyle was pursued in open day, by a crowd of men, who followed him into the house where he -was shot down .in the pre sence and sight of some 8 or 10 person.®. It woman who Occupied the bouse, had her arms thrown around Mr. Kyle, and was in the act of protqctinghim from the pistol ofthe murderer, and begging the wretch not to shoot him, when tli# fatal shot was fired, by which he was killed, and*yct tha Gran'd*Jury has not been aide to fix upon any one -as the murderer. That tin? lattpr is known to many, is certain, and why it Is, that the witnesses, who are also known, can not be made to testify,- ,1s truly a mysftrjv— There never was a plainer case, nor one which conlii be inore easily -made out, than -the murr dor of Andrew B. Kyle; or th'f'conviction of his murderer more certainly'obtained, could those who are known tohavc witnessed it, be brought to testify. . .-'.'*** Tho Baltimore Patriot Newspaper. This T#iper is endeavoring, to screen the pre- sen^ Police force from all bjarae pf the late dis ordered state of affairs in our city, and iriStan ces the present quiet condition of things, a$ t proof that all-was attributable to tiic laxity of thfr City’Yourt, under its former Judge. Itde- modestly declined receiving pay in advance, which pounces the new Police Bill ns tyrannical, and was .strongly urged by the Jersey gentleman,-and ridicules the Reformers for not having been a'- insisted upon with such determination as to render hie to discover the true’ cause pf.tlic trouble in the imbecility and corruption- of the Court.— Grant -what theTPatriot says, and admit- that die Police cou]d have accomplished nil that is claimed for them; but "who was it that brought about tftc"change in the Court ? when should We -have had that happy change, had we de.- peni}ed upon the ‘Patriot’ and its co-laborer, die ‘Clipper’.? The *Patriot”seems to forget that if city. There will, doubtless, be a large attendance was to the persevering, and self-sacrificing spi : ofdclegatcs, from the various points along tbe rit of the Reformers, that wej and if; are now sevcralpro posed routes, all, probably, bringing indebted, for the very chance to which it attri- .with them advantageous offers, and arguments butes all the good we are now enjoying. II. why; each individual route should be adopted. ‘ -— » '* .a . It is. unnecessary for us to argue the importance. Baltimore. March sstb, J§60. ^ of this road. It has already b’ecn examined ip all its important bearings, and the almost un* aniinous. voice of-the people "is that the road must be built. Hie only question, then, is which is the best route ?—a question of far more im portance* to counties and towns, between this city and Macon, than to tlie termini of the road. A charge of attempting to poison a whole family, ru yesterday alleged against a young womaii named Mary Welsh. She bad been for some time ip the employ of Dr. E. R Bear, of the Marine Hospi Baltimore, March -isili.I860. u Are yon BeriouR”— About the enlarged B-iperfices of tlie Weekly Tel egraph ?* Wbat 1 one of the largest papers in the world, and nothing to compare to it in all the South. Really, friend Clisby, is “ that to V Why what is Macon coming to 7 If you wero in tlie habit of speaking in the Pichriekin sente, I should understand this, bnt wilba plain matter of fact man like your self, I cannot doubt, and taking it pure, and simple, I must congratulate you and tbe good people of Ma con generally, on tho contemplated enlargement, not only of the Telegraph, but the city also, whose dimensions muft increase; if not to that of “ one of the largest cities in the world,” at least to a size and consequence which will enable it to support so gi gantic an enterprise at tbe nominal rate of “ #2 per annum in advance." Conviction of young Thomas. The trial of James E. Thomas was concluded yes terday in the Criminal Court, and he was convicted of tlie robbery of his employees, tlie Messrs. Ham- ilto*,, Kmotaw At Cri. Upon the rendition ofthe ver dict his counsel moved for a new trial, yet there is lillle chance of liis esca ry.. Tills is truly a pmantw had, up to within a few months of the. robbery, Borne an excellent character, and bad the entire cop" fidenre of his employers. He is respectably con nected, and has thus by one act plunged his friends in disgrace, and blasted his own uame and prospects forever. In a fatal moment be adlowed himself to be di awn into an evil association, and has no* "doubt been tbe.v ictimot older and more hardened criminals The amount stolen was over *1.000, nearly the whole of which was recovered hy tbo Messrs. Easter A Co, who would have, no doubt, forgone the prosecu tion, but the matter was beyond their control, and he Will have to suffer tbe penalty of the law. * ~ Lectures at tho Boltimoro Commercial College* Rev. E. S. Reese will this evening, deliver anoth er cf the series of Lectures which be has been giv ing at the above popular Institution during the past winter. These interesting lectures hate "been a great source of pleasure, as well as instruction to the large number of persons who have regularly at tended upon them. They are eutire gratuitous, and especially designed for the yonng men who attend the Commercial College, the principal of the In stitution having engaged the learned Lecturer to deliver the coarse for their especial benefit. They have been attended however, from their commence ment, by crowds -of our citizens, am} should they be continued during the summer, such is the public ap preciation of the speaker, that no abatement would be in auifested in the desire Jo hear them. H. *Our correspondent shall see what lie shall behold, when we get ready to mako tile exhibition. It will be yet three months before onr mammoth press will be completed, • Baltimoiiz, March 30, I860. Tho Now York Calamity* The recent horrible cat pstropbe in New York, has forcibly demonstrated the advantage we possess over that city in the matter of .residences for the medium and poorer classes of our citizens—we have none of these traps, for the destruction of human fife, called Tenement Houses, with stories rising to the number'of 4„6 and 8 floors id height, with but a single and intricate stairway for egress in esse of continued to increase until at his death be weighed 475 lbs. This extraordinary increase in weight is attributed to the excessive nse of his favorite bef erage, Lager Beer; it is said the quantity of this li quid which ho drank daily was almost fabulous.— For the last few months lie fattened so rapidly as to give him some alarm, and he is said to have restrict ed his potatious to but one keg pet day—two and even three had not been extraordinary before. Mr. Weber was a man much respected and of a generous tarn, and exceedingly" charitable and kind to the poor, his businets had prospered andhe had not been miserly. The cause of lira death was excess of fat about the liver. His coffin roeasared 7] left in length and 4 feet in width. lie will be followed to the grave by a large concourse of his countrymen witii whom he was a universal favorite. An Artful Dogcr Frustrated* An attempt was made a few days ago to" "swindle the. Rev. Mr- 1'oit Boklin, Rector of St. Timothy Hall, by a confidence man froifi Yankeedom, which, however, signally failed. - A staid and remarkably clean looking gentleman called at tho school jmd wished to enter s son at tbe Institution as a student After a very minute scrutiny ofthe regulations and guarantees against any danger of immoralities to bis beloved son. he concluded to enter him for a year, and after giving the address Ac., of himself and fam iiy, and locating h|r residence in Hew .7crony, bo in fortn'ed the Rector that on a certain day his son might be expected to arrive, and as be shouijl not have abother opportunity lie would -now pay ihe bill by hia check on New York, which had bee n drawn tor a larger amount, and the Rector could give him the change (some 48 dollars) and n re- cfciptfor the year’s tuition. The Rector,-however. it necessary for the Doctor to intimate his private "opinion Of him, when he left .in high dudgeon tofry his luck nngn som&more confiding suhjqcf. 11, Railroad Coiivcutioii. At eleven o’clock lo (lay the friends and stock holders oLa railroad to connect Augusta and Macon will assemble at the city llall, in this It is to he hoped, therefore, that while this question will be fuliy and fairly discussed, noth ing will occur to disturb the" harmony and good feeling of the convention. * Let all propositions he* respectfully and carefully -considered, and that rou te which trill combine the most adv vantages -with the most'cconomy be "adopted wjth unanimity by the: convention^, and wheth er that route l>e direct or via some of our neigh boring •towns r the result .will, we tfoubt not, give general satisfaction.—ConslUitlionahil. i m i •—.o' a .-.- Frojn thcN. O. Bulk-tin oLMafch 30 v ; Cotton. ‘ • - Tlie present anomalous condition of the cot ton market very "naturally elicits much inquiry and discussion; and'produccc no little trepida tion in the minds Df those whose opinions are but the reflection of the current conclusions pf the day. It'doc.®,'however seem, passing strange; .that, with" all the world at pCace-^with an increase of consumption actually outstripping production—with n more profitable business in Manchester, and indeed-over the whole manu facturing world, than has errrbeon done for the same length of time—-With cheap, money and cheap breadstuflS—with the-universal belief ■mi nigm* «Bpooaasra-omvofoant with the trade" that there wilt scarcely bo .stock enough pf usa ble cotton," at the close of die season, to fortify spinners against their hereditary antagonists,* the -speculators—with more new machinery .starting than lias been known for ten years— with all thcse^Icments ofa healthy trade around us, everyone ought to be surprised that there should" be this sudden pause on the part of buyers. Is" it that speculators have so long struggled unsuccessfully against their adroit mid sturdy rivals, the spinners, that they have suddenly abandoned.the field in despair ? The spinners have of late made such enormous prof its out ot cottons costing them within a very small fraction of seven pence for middlings, that they, and all who have invested in their good®—all indeed who are regularly engaged in the trade, arc manifestly interested in main taining present rates, as any decline in the raw material will decrease the value of their invest ments to precisely the extent of such decline. It cannot lie that the present stock has depress ed tlie demand, for it is a fact, acknowledged on all hands, thnt a very considerable part of that stock consists of dusty and sandy descriptions, that arc not available, except in case of actual scarcity, and the consequcr.t advance in prices of good cotton; and it is confidently asserted by those who ought to know, tliat an unusual proportion of the cottons which are to .go for ward is of these unavailable descriptions. The slock in Liverpool lias been nearly tirfoe as large aslt is at present, and that- too at. a tune when the weekly consumption was only fralf'what it is now; and then, the only effect of a heavy stock seemed to be tliat it was an clement of permanent prosperity and safety. Tlie "receipts at this port from remoto points are beginning to fall off in a significant way.' Jds ■ The fast packet from upper.. Red River, had only. 271 bales of cotton, the last packet from Memphis brought 2585 bales, instead of 5000. Nearly all thejr stdfck up there consists of dusty and sandy and stained cottons that buyers de cline taking. The receipts by the Jackson Railroad are something oyer half what they wete. Supposing, however, that" the receipts hereafter will hie the same as last season, (which is not at-all probable, as the increased .railroad facilities have precipitated nearly the whole crop upon ns already,) the crop will reach 4,403,000 bales, much of which will not bo" of such a quality, as to he available, When all the new mills,* which are now in process of erec tion, in England, France and this couhtry^get into full operation, tho present " crop will not prove enough to fortify them against even one short crop year; but the calamity ofa second short crop year would indeed be appalling to the thousands of operatives who are now aban doning other pursuits for tlie cotton manufacto ries, where the best wages can be afforded—as it would deprive a largo number of them of em ployment, and, as a necessary consequence, of iread. We have had two very prosperoqs, largo crop years, it is true, but what prudent operator would calculate upon'this state of things as pcmianent-a fair calculationof chances would lead us to' look for at least an occasional short crop year—and its consequences. Cot*, ion is a very favorite article for the investment ofthe surplus millions of the English money- holders—il has the advantages of being always convfi*tible T and of not being perishable; • hence,' we observe that with'.tlieir wonted sagacity (which is so Unerring that it-seems at times*al-> most to have tlie attributes of mfjlnct) Jliej* in- yest, in tlie latter "part pf a fall, ttop season,’ in order that they may-profit hy the tlso which a St, Louis Correspondence. SpeeialCoiTespondence of the Macon Daffy Telegraph. -* * St. Locis, March 27, I860. Though notdirectl}- connected with ns by anypar ; tioular interest, still, as part of tbe common country, and bonnd to ns by the lie of the peculiar instita lion, a few fines from this city may prove interest- ing. ' . _ * * : Tho deveiopement'of tho Railroad system in Geor gis. has been closely watched in Missouri, and its effects studied- «s part pf the political economy of the State. All the-Railroads which centre in onr cify from the West, hrfve'beenr-bnilt by State and City aid. The State has pledged her credit to the amount of about *24,000,000, to complete the trunk lines. The Pacific" Bopd. 175-miles, terminates, at present, at Syracuse, and is designed to be extend- ed 'to ivarsaj _(.qy,-on the Missouri river. Tbe North Missouri .has been Rnrveved to the Iowa state line, but completed only to Hudson, where.it uitereects the Hsnniba 1 add St. Joseph, another State Road, And thus far the only one wholly com- New* Books.—Boardman has just received ’‘Sat and Seal," by the author of “The Wide, Wide World,’ and “Dollars and Cents.” Miss Lothrap gained fame and fortune in her two previous works, and" the- intelligent public will be. curious to set whether slie'has sustain ed her reputation in the third trial “Say and "Seal” is a novel in two volumes of five hundred jfages each, and i§ beautifully got up by the publisher. J. B. Lippincott’s of Philadclplua. Tho .book may he found.at Boardman .The Haunted Homestead and other Nouvsilettes, with an autobiogmpby of tfie author. By Emma D. E. N. ‘ South worth. PotcrSoi! & Brothon*, Philadelphia, 800 pages*.- -Wc presume this is a rc-pyblication of some of the numerous tales which have acquired for thc.author so.’much popularity and reputation as a correspondent of the New York Ledger, pleted. Tho Iron Monntain Road runs to Pilot" "and other literary publications of tlieday. Tlie .» miles distant, and is fo-pok may-be found at Richard's, Cotton Avenue. proposed to Iw extended to the junction ofthe Cairp and h niton. The latter is only in operation for a felt miles, though *000,000 of bonds have sued, to aid its construction. The peculiarity of the latter Road is, that it is owned by Illinois*capitalists, and in no possible View can it benefit Missouri—cut ting. off %/ew counties in the South-Eastern part of the State, to get the benefit ofa landing on the Mis sippi, for Arkansas, further terthe South-west. Then there is what is called the South-West Branch *>f thd Pacific, leaving the main line thirty seven miles from tbe city, and funning to the Springfield and the Granby Lead Mines, in the South-Western por tion of the State,' and emphatically, the Garden of .Missouri. Tho State lias aided another enterprise, known as the Platte County (the same spot for the possession ot which CoL Benton, on behalf of the* -State, contended so many years) Railroads. Itjoins St.-Joseph iq the North-west, to Kansas City in the West. The Legislature, at an extra session, has passed an Act granting a further appropriation of *4.500,0*0 to complete these Roads in accordance with the original delign.- Tho position of affairs is anomalous. Tbe only. Completed Itoail— the Htmni- bal and St. Joseph—i< i n the bauds- of Boston capi talists, and is now engaged in diverting the trade of Kansas, and the country North -of the Missouri^# ver, from St. Louis to Chicago.- By its lobbv-s-ents it has sought to prevent aid toother Roads. "'But tlie' trae interests of the State have triumphed qver- themaebinatiens ofa Massachusetts corporation. . Tbe county of St. Louis has lent a helping hand to Railroads, to the amount ot *2.500,000. These bonds command a fair value In New York, and the inter est is paid with commendable punctuality. Here, again, an anomaly presents itself. -St. Louis has subscribed to *500,000 stock in a Railroad which has not a foot of rails in Missouri. * It connects us, however, with Cincinnati, in an air line--and is call ed the Ohio and Mississippi.* Unfortunately, every one Of these Roads is insolvent. The Ohio--and Mississippi, by some hocus pocus, has been released from tho obligation to [lay tho interest on-tfie bonds issued by the county, and all the Missouri Roads are* defaulters in the siune manner. Yet, with all these disadvantages, there is not a State in the-North more- kopeful and confident ot tbe ultimate good results of liberal encouragement to Railroads than Mis ' souri. " . -•■*.._ .•.*.- Some time, ago, a copy flf the ‘Teifegroph’ fell into my hands, which contained a paragraph announcing - the arrival of <8 car-loads of Corn from St. Louis, via Memphis, The profit ofthe shipment wasfarge, and has induced many merchants to venture further shipments. Thus on one levee, recently, about 2ao8 -sacks were awaiting transportation by Memphis mcket, marked.Georgia. They were bound to Co- umbus in part, tbe best scattered." Corn ranges in price here, trom_ 44 to 53 cents per bushelrand im mense quantities are pouring into market everyday. Eurchases for Georgia ‘account are now quite fre quent, though. as yet, .'no.Mpcon names have ap peared.. . . • . The scandal of the West is"gratified by a famous breach of proinBo fast now pending in one of onr City Courts. The plaintifi's name is Etlia Carstang, a native af Brooklyn, N. Y., and for a long time a fashionable Milliner on King-sf, Charleston. She is tall, fair, and almost forty. Thedefendant'aname is Henry Shaw, a bachelor, 53 years old, and the for. tunate "possessor of a million and a half in productive property, in fact, one of the richest men in thewest The facts appear to be something like this: -Shaw was waited on by a lady seeking assistance to re lieve distress- He was taken by tier beauty, and ga ve her *100. The interest thus aivakened, was fol lowed by enquiries into her condition, and frequent calls at her house, with presents of flowers, fruit, 'and jewelry, and even a piano ensned, Tho visits ,«*ti-*ml eighteen morons, ana Uleil were sudden ly broken off. Tiie woman swears point blank that Shaw agreed to marry her, and her sister says de fendant admitted as much to her"1% eon vernation.—' _This is met by an emphatic denial on his part. There 'was a trial of the case in May, last yeaii and a ver dict given for the plaintiff, that astonished the coun try. It was for *100.000. Defendant applied for. a new trial on some ncwpoiut, and it was granted.— The Court, in a former trial, ruling that the woman's character was a subject of enquiry, the defend —fa counsel, aided by unbounded monied resources, ive[been at work, searching for details ofthe ilaintifl's history. The testimony in Neiv York, irooklyn. Charleston, and Cincinnati, where she has resided at various times, covers nearly 5000 pa ges of foolscap, and is probably the most complete revelation of character, from birth to the present time, ever offered in ao American Court. The sec ond trial is now in progress, and some disgusting de tails have been made public, reflecting on the moral character of Miss Csrstang. It must be remember ed, that for raonay, the purest character may, for a time, be blasted, and in tills case, the woman's counsel are positive that they can overturn the evi dence on the other side. Politics are in a mixed state here—this citv, ow- Tub Emoami-mest.—La Orange, Oa., March 21th, 18C0.—The LaGrangc Light Guards have resolved to east their vote in favor of Macon as the pfape for tho general encampment, and have urged upon tliat committee the propriety of se lecting a later day than the fourth Monday of May. -Their reasoas arc that,' their body is composed largely of clerks in mercantile houses, and other business men, who Will he at*that time so encumbered with the spring trade that they will be prevented from attending; and that the.Supe'rior Court of Troup-will be at that time*in session, which will kcej> at-home those members of the bar who belong to the corps,and .other members whq may have business in court, or may he witnesses id important trials." It is not probable that flic reasons which -influence them may inflqcncc other companies ? -Xet us hear the voices of the various companies of the State on-thc subject, and, if possible; leti later day—say* the second Monday in June-.—be agreed upoh.— Atlanta Anierican. -L. L. G. — ' ■ . The Viroixia Life Insebaxce Comi-axv,—. Of which Wm. H. JJacfarland, Esq., Pres ident, forms a new era in our-city history, and cohfirms tho opfaiou which we have long en tertained "and frequently expressed in our col unis, that the people of Virginia are fast awak ening to their own interest. Heretofore we havc.bcpn coptributing our millions annually to Northern institutions, which wc have not cared fo establish at home; but now we see on every -hand tho ihdst gratifying proofs-of change, and constantly- wo hear of some new enterprise hich is to contribute to the general wefaro of the coinm’unity. Of course, every body won ders why wc have not done all this before in stead of exacting so much aid from our kind brethren al the North.—Richmond Enquirer. ti-sf Tlie operations for raising the Atlantic Cable will he commenced, probably, in Slay, at Newfoundland, it being believed that the fault lies within tnree or four miles of this coa^t, and ftje -expense Mill not exceed $10,000 which would be amply covered by the recovery of even a portion-of tilts fable." The second fault is be lieved to be*situated at »■ distance of not more than i’SlI or 200. miles -{length of cable) from Valencia,, instead of 270 miles, as previously supposed. Theactual distance from the shore to the point in question is presumed to be only about 100 miles. It is proposed to manufacture a new cable about *100 miles long, and to splice it on to the part .where the ""main fault exists, previously asccrtaing thaf-a" perfect communi cation exists with the shore." I'ven should the expedition not succeed" in its- main object of making the cable speakjigain, a large quantity ifrt the old cable tahy be "recovered. -** * y .* — ns A IIoax.—Th^ Planters’ "Weekly, published at Greensboro’, Green county, Ga., pronounces the report finding of fossil remain.^ near Pen- field, in that-courtty, an “unmitigated hoax,” and Says further, in speaking of “Lankford,’Lon whose phanCalioh thb fart containing them is "to be: „ . Kirk Lankfofdis a “Brother” of the drinking persuasion, and about the only cave he*has ever explored, has been somc well that needed clean ing out" * T . * \Yc have learnedthat Prof. Tucker, ofMerccr University, is qujte-outragcd, as he well may be, at the audacious use of his initials, by the person, who contributed this wonderful -infor mation to the Index. ... ins to its preponderating German element, and prox imity to tne North, is decidedly Black Republican in politics -, yet the State is sound to the very core in Southern institutions. The day is not far off, how ever, when Mivouri will cease to be aslavebolding State. The mancipation sentiment "is growing, and Black Republicanism dares to raise its hydra head in various parts of it. A free-soil Congress man has already been sent to Washington from this District, and Republican n<mvmli„iu in tha interi or are getting frequent. Slave property, meanwhile, population fast. Gangs of negroes, numbering 75 and 100, often leave on as'rogle steamboat for the South, aniha Urge German immigration is coming in from the North. All these combined causes have pro duced another anomaly unknown, it is believed, in every other Southern State, viz: the dissemination of Abolition doctrines in onr very midst. Helper's Impending Crisis is publicly sold in several sections of Missouri, and oven Mr. Lloyd Garrison's paper passes muster at tbo Post-Office. It wouldn't be surprising if a negro insurrection happened within a few yesrs. Douglas is not popular outside of St. Louis. The democracy is demoralized here by the repeated Republican victories, and accordingly we see them pandering to Northern doctrines Often, a good Southern democrat stay away from the polls on that very account, believing that .defeat, on n sound platform, is preferable to succesa.*witli a rotten one. The Spring weather is exceedinglv delightful. . . ,_ J m WACO Excellent Advice to a Sow.—An. old' gen tleman, whoso son had just graduated at one of our Southern Colleges, gives him a little talk, before the young hopeful starts for asojonm at the fashionable watering places. After. warn ing him against associating with thb fortune hunter and enjoining upon him to mark and treasure up his contempt for him, adds:— ,“I would not have-you William, for" bo of that romantic turn of mind that some people are—that you should turn from a lady because she had money, providiqg all tbo qualities -of head and" heart wero there, which wc should prize "more highly. Money is Tory -useful in the married, state. Love is a plant that flout-* ishes remarkably well in an auriferous soil. .Tho chill winds of poverty frequently wither it; arid make k look so lank and sbrunkert that cven.Ciiptd would scarcely know Els own vi<5~ -tinist* - firtvforthe 10.20 and even 40 families who someC short crop is certain to produce. -Symptoms of times oecapy them. There is, perhtpa. no city of this .character of inveStincnt -arc to be seen in equal magnitude with Baltimore, where* theabovo our last advices from England; even tl«t slight classes e*n lire in mor# comfort or in greater secu7 decline quoted.had indutad speculators to pflr- rity from either sickness or carnality than here.- Chase; .larger operations ofThis character must. Tbe dwellings designed for those whose crcum- -neoessirily'prodUcithofo effect; and-frnng or- stancra require * practical economy W whoac [dera which Will at oneg•prodqcoa^ngc fan*. means arc limited, are Ideated in the small -streets which are opened between the larger thoroughfares, and arc generally from 12 to 10 feet front And never more than 3 stories in height, hnd can be rented at from P to 10 dollars per month, and ckti in many cases be made to accommodate two families: These streets are some 18 to 20 feet in * widtli'and are kept clean: they are interspersed throughout tbe entire city, and may be made perfectly convenient to the business of the.mechanibs and laborers.who rfcsi.de in tkeiff. The value of this rials of .dwellings, range* from 300 to, 1,000 dollars, and many of them aro owned by their peenpaats. In this city it la very rare that life is lost by fire as above, and-onr exemp tion is attri bntableJo this arrangement. Death of an Enormous Kan* F. Weber, the well known keeper of “ Weber’s Lager Beer Saloon,” Fell's Point, died very sudden ly last night Deceased opened the above Saloon _ . _ some ten years ago, and his weight at that time was our people. So may it ever be.—Conslilutionr bat 150 lbs; since then,however,bisaverdopois has The Unusually largfe paymcUbi which have been made this-month .may have been thb immediate cause of this ague-fit in the -triafket—if so the lighter payments.maturihg after.tho-first and fourth of Aprif will cause a sudden revulsion^in Carondelct Street. * .* _ Rev; J. E. Evaxs.—On Wednesday and Thursday evenings of tlie present week, Rev. Mr. Eyans, Presiding elder ol the Macon Dis trict preached in the pulpits of St. John and St. James churches. Both houses were liter ally crowded with attentive audiences, compos ed of our citizens generally, to whom tho envi able fame of tho Reverend orator is by no means unknown. To say that these sermons were able, would be feeble in expression. Tlie worthy Elder appeared to be in excellent health, and time has appcarentlv dealt gently witii him of late years, since his "weekly ministration among aliit. Tiie. Steam Fire Exgixe.—One of tfre$c new machines has been built* in Richmond, Vh-,' for the Russian GuverniFicnt, and a trial was made of its capacity!- Jr. four .or-five minute* from the time-the tire *wts*kiijdfad 1n" it, the steads rose, -qnd the machiLe was put. in operation— the water was throwr upwards & the dSlancq* <of250Tect, and then "jn a horizontal direction. In -every instance the ixperiment Was satisfac tory,- shewing tlio admirable qualities of the in- vbntion-, amj.tho lnestinfihlc-yaluc of such ma chines in. putting out UrtaT *" .-„ - m created .by the demand North for reeds, for the purpose or making paper. Immense quantities of them arc found oh tho lew-grounds of Roa noke arid ChotvOn. Rivers. They aro cut R-ccr- tain length, trimmed and bundled, and shipped North, and sold by the cord. They command a good price. Wtiat next?—Wilmington. (N. C.) Dispatch. ^ . Tiie “Free Labor Partt.”—-The Abolition journals have a great deal to siy about being tho advocate of‘Tree labor,” while some of their largo manufacturers are threatening workmen with loss of employment, if they vote the Dem ocratic ticket I The Hartford Times announces that Hammond, of Rockville, has made procla mation that no man who votes the Democratic ticket, • shall have work in the mill. This is “freo iabor” with a vengeance.—JXcic Haven News. Ii;xoRAXTLr Innocent.-*-A man was arrested in Virginia a few days since, and being inform ed that he was suspected of having been en gaged in tffe insutTcctioq at Harper’s Ferry, re plied, “he didn’t know' Harper, nor were he kept his d—d old ferry.” He was acquitted.” Some ofthe identical lot of tea* which was thrown over-board in Boston harbor in 1770, is possession.of Mr.. Charles nosrncr, of Hartford, Conn. This specimen was gathered up on the beach ak Dorchester the succeeding day. • JVdoe AYatkous..—The case-of Judge IVat- rous of Texas is again before the Judiciary Committee. The frionds>of the Judge .intend tb Iet thc Committee act ripon ttie icsumony against him, and not "to’put in any .de'fcncc, in the hope thereby to compel the House to send., the Judge to the Senate for trial upon a bill of impeachment " "*.*--*.. More Slavery Agitation*.—Agitation is the capital with which the Black Republicans in Congress will operate while there is a topic from which it may be drawn. *Mr. Grow the- Black Kepublican Chairman of the Uommlttbe on Territories, intends, it is said,, to press the lVilmot Proviso upon all Territorial bilR A Colored PitoiuoAL Retvrxixo.—We copy, tho followiug paragraph from the Cincinnati Times of the 13th : -“Mr. Thomas Ferris, pres ident of Shelby ville, Tennessee,.- passed thecity yesterday with a fugitive "slave, who voluntari ly accompanied him to-his old home, having" tanted tho sweets of liberty In several Northern cities for the past sixmontfis.- Mr. -Ferris un expectedly discovered his ‘chattel’ peddling ap ples on thoTailroad at Syracuse,” . * " Tut: Kxigiits or tub Goldex Cross.—It is said that a regiment of Knights is to be raised in tins State, to join the Liberal party in Mex-' fob, and Major lt.-A. iCrawford, of Griffin, has been "named as the .Commander.. *. *; "’ The CoxxEcricrr . Election-.—Cassius M. Clay-is reported to have'remarked, in a late sjiccch.at Hartford, that “if the democrats, car ried tlio State of Connecticut this spring, there was'an end of thb Presidential* controversy.” It is now generally belifcved that Connetticut will, ' tt the April-cleCtion, clect-tbe Democratic State ticket, at the head .of which is Ool. " Seymour as Governor^ i This -election will tako place 'before the Charlcston-Convcntion. The Clay and Web* stet; Whigs f»f the Slate will, it is said, support the Democratic lickct, ind the Republican ma jority lo bc-overcome*is only 1800, out of a vote of 80,00)0. * • Ybung'America No. 5—Parade.—This gal lant-corps of* young men were up on parade Saturday evening, witR fhcfr fine new Engine. Two, streams of-water'were thrown over the highest buildings with perfect case. At the close Of the parade, tlio corps were invited to a sumptuous repast by Mr. .Cook, of Cook’s llo- AcL -Mr. J. L. . Morton, the. Chief of tlie Fire Department, introduced,with a few remarks, Mr. F. S..Bloom,of Macon,the headofthc Department New Article of Comierce.—Wc were in formed the other day, that quite a business was growing up' in tne-" neighborhood 6f Plymouth, in" tliat city. Mr. Bloom made a Short, but hap py speech. Mr. Thomas Bannard. foreman of No 5, then returned thanks to Mr. Cook for the collation. After which Young America re turned *to their Engine House, giving three cheers to Mr. Cook. Long live this fine com pany of.young men.—Columbus Times. Returning Undelivered Letters.—A bill was passed by the U. S. Senate on tho 22d inst, in relation to tho return of undelivered letters m the postoflico to the original writers. This bill provides in effect that where any person shall endorse on any letter the name and place of residence, tlio same, after being uncalled for at tlie postoilico thirty days, or the time the writer may direct, shall be returned to tiie writer by mail without being advertised, nor shall tlie same be treated a dead letters until so returned to the offico of the writer, and there remain uncallcdfor one quarter. Trado and Resources of Mexico. The Hon. S. S. Cox, of phiq, in the course of a speech delivered in the United States House of Representatives on tho ISth, inst., on our relations with Mexico, says: We have an authentic accountof the resources "of Mexico in tlm valuable compilation of Col. Butterfield, with whoso Jbook tbo intelligence ofthe country should he familiar. Mexico has now $26,000,000 of foreign ^imports, and $28,- 000,000 of exports, making au interchange of $54,000,000. Of this England has $33,400,000.* the United States only $8,700,000. England thus monopolizes more than one-half of tho commerce. She has had special permits to im port at a reduction of 85 to 50 per cent, on du : ties. She is twenty days distant fry steam, while on the Pacific and on the Guff we arc at ttie doors qf Mexico. Of the $8,70(LOOO of commerce with Mexico, our exports For the year ending September 30, 1858, were buf $3,- 315,836, being $2,000,000 less than our imports from Mexico. The above fifty old millions does "not include, of course, the contraband trade, which would run Mexican commerce up to $100,000,000. Thirty millions of this is silver, which mostly goes to England. If the produce of our country—the provisions and flour ofthe- Great Weflt, the varied manufactures of the North in "wood and iron, which are finding markets in the West Indies, the shipping of the Gulf and the Pacific, with 600 miles of Mex ican sea-coast and the mining enterprise of our citizens had a full range under a good govern ment with this reciprocal free trade under this well conceived treaty, what a tide of prosperity would flow between us and Mexico! There is not a product between our Mexican boundary and Panama, which is not wanted by us. There is'not a product of our skill and industry that will not find a market in that country. In return Mexico can give us coffee and sugar. Wc need them and should have them more cheaply. She can give us cocoa, cochneal, to bacco and tropical fruits. She needs our iron— which has often been worth its weight in pre cious. metals there—and our implements of agri culture. If she had settled relations with us, g we might have thirty millions of her silver per annum. Wc have $120,000,000 of mining in terests now, with only 20,000 persons employed. Think of such an enterprise applied to Mexican mining. "Wc need her silver to purify our coin. We have the quick-silver to aid its production. The silver leads of the eastern slope of tlie Rocky Mountains have already made that late lonely land the scat of thriving towns and re munerative industry. That beautiful plateau, those affluent gulches, those seams of gold- bearing quartz, whose amazing extent, and richness—which-are described in memorials fresh on our table, as lands which have never been equal or even approached at any period on the face of the earth for their miraculous wealth—those rivers whose sand is silver and whose pebbles are gold—aro not merely stimuli to our enterprise, but they indicate by their to pographical and geological laws arid their posi tion as a part of the great mountain range from Chili to Fraser River, that they are the approach, the vestibule of that immense temple whose sunless architecture has its endless colonadcs and mystic chambers beneath our continental sierras. Mr. Cox then gave the statistics of Mexican coinage from the conquest to 1836. The gold was $96,892,142; the silver $2,584,115,951- figures under which the mind reels in its won der of wealth. What a fruitage from the sterile mountains! What apples of gold in-pictirres of silver. Spain shone rcplendent with these riches for centuries. Aladdin had no drenms equal" to this airthmetic of ready and coined cash! Yet this land of mineral sterility was most favored as to soil, climate and sky. Its tierras templadas have no equal on earth. Here every prospect pleases, but only man is vile. Civil order could elevate and develop Mex ico. We must give this civil order. We have tho unrest,.the steam-engine, the veiy form of Gov ernment—local, decentralized," and commerci ally, politically and religiously free. "JVc open 16 Japan and China by treaties and trade; yet at our* very door is this great and g Iden -oppor- tunity. *' * The Captured Mexican Steamers—Car goes and Valve or the Prizes.—The United StateS,prize steamer Marquis de la Habana,- has not yet broken cargo. No one knows wbat she has on bod’d, not even the prisoners or officers in command. It is only known that she is very deeply laden. The probability is, there fore, that she has still valuable materials of war, cannon, powder, shot and shells, alleast,stow ed away below. Some imagine that she may alsp have specie hidden away. -The vessel herself is in a perfectly soundcon- dition, with the exception of a single cannon shot through her sides. She fa apparently a- botit two years old, bark rigged, clear dreks, and probably designed for tbo St Lawrence lumber trade. She is very" long, clear, aqd firmly built, like the lumbermen of that river, and even bears on her sides tho marks cf har ing been once employed in that business. ' The engines, at all events, were built at Mon treal. They are said to be very valuable and in excellent condition. Altogether, the hull nnd onirimx: netimatcd to be worth $40,000 to $50,000. Should it turn out novr tliat the cargo is really as valuable as by. some supposed, i he prize will “cut up pretty fat” for the cap tors: not less thao$120,000 to $180,000. The steamer’s ofTfeinal name is not known, nor anything of her history before she came in to the possession of the Cuban Government as a* mail steamer. She then bore as her name the title of the late Captain General Concha, Mar ques de la Habana. This, however, is not now to be seen. It was probably erased after sail ing from Havana, when she was the third time christcnd “Santa Anna.” This Is her last and proper name. " ' '- At the time of her capture, the Santa Anna had a large quantity of coal On board, and is still, after making the round trip from Havana via Sisal, Vera Cruz and Anton Lizardo, am ply provided. "It is ofa very poor quality, and was doubtless purchased cheaply at Havana. The General Miramon is, we understand, a much less valuable steamer. She was also very badly injured during the engagement at Anton Lizardo. Her cargo also is believed to be very valuable, though it is stated that everything on deck was thrown overboard when it was seen the steamer must become a pri/.o. This was Commodore Marin’s flag ship, and if ihere was any specie on board it doubtless went over too. —N. O. Pitayun'e: ■ . Price or the London Dailies.—-Those who enjoy tho first-class dailies of New York _at the moderate subscription, of from $10*to $6 per annum, will be astonished at tho* prices paid for tho first-clas* dailies of London. Sub scriptions aro not by any means so often receiv ed at the bureau of the journal as with us, but agencies in London, and local news shops or book-stores in tho country, agree for a stipula ted sum to send the paper stamped or unstam ped. The Times stamped, costa each quarter 28 shillings and 6 pence, or 114 shillings per an num. . Thus tho Great Thunderer costs more than $27 per annum. Unstamped, the Times is sent for j£5 4s. The London Post can bo had, postage free, for £4 12s. The Clwonxcle £4. Advertiser ditto; tia Daily News'S'i 12s. There is one way of taking a newspaper in England which wo havo not yet learned, and probably never shall, viz : The Times is furn ished by London agents on tho second day af ter its publication, at a reduced price. Thus a fair copy which has been read by sqm* careful subscriber, is sent -to tlie country-,—or to some one in the city, or to some foreign port for 19s. Od. per quarter. .. \ ® “Southern Trade.”—A list of about one hundred and eighty failures in tho shoo trade within the last six months shows die name of only one manufacturer engaged in thcrSouUiern trade." "VVe fake the above from tho Hartford Evening Press, italics and all. Tho legitimate inference from it is that the Southern trade mus thave been very good, profitable and sure pay.—Hartford (Conn.) Times. Constitutional Union* Meeting at New York.—A large and enthusiastic meeting ol the Constitutional Union party ""as Cooper Institute Monday evening. Abont utlOO persons were present. " ra - K Lodge, Lsq., presided. Eloqu cntal W rcss< ;?"erema<le-by Hon. Thomas R. Nelson, Hon, Horace Maynard and others
