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Joseph Clisby.
MACON, FRIDAY, 3 O’CLOCK, P. M., AUGUST 3, 1860.
Volume
V-No. 43.
TVwHlTItB,
jIT ouxey at law,
...
.tTOKNE' at law,
>T MACON, GA.
• m i.-on Circuit. and in tne
'of Monr.1'otwra. W.lklnK." and
VVnihlnpton Wo*. »«»
IS44C IIABOE1WAW,
' ' cll»». KO»m«OB
• r s 4 c. ROBINSON,
,/r.rooys at Law,
tl t’l'THBERT, GEORGIA.
intention to all btuinees en-
# !!iSioiCni. »n Randolph*Clay, Burly* Mil-
•ra* 1 j) ^tevrurt and Quitman counties
L 1. »*■
t|il«KOi;«II A BASS,
tT 5bxkys at law.
..Lr. .•«>■.
B. 8. 1I«M,
Dawson, Terrell co., Ga.
- ~ V. iad tbe craftsmen which are with him,
.*’■ *', *. ,iupi mu man, the Law Is open and
lt •.mi"-: M them inusn one another.—
' 0)\u ;e w”norman,
noruoy at Law,
u, Mru, Ashby County. Ark.,
, „\,dto Hamburg, Ark., will eontinne
I ,»• ill Ashley and the adjoining eonn-
1 ’.(Arkansas. also in any other county In the
' J its business will authorisa lt.
,OT '. - K. A. Nesl.lt, Hon. Washington
v . . K*i]. 1/onoo. f!a.: Hon. K.H. Cahanlss,
Utalft Esq., forsyUi, Ga. J Messrs.
Lt ii,Odoms. march saw-dni
r. a. akslzy.
mlvt'iTioiiKc * Aualey,
ttokxkys at law,
. adjoining
fSC A« business promptly attended to.
c. C. DUNCAN,
1TTOBN E v A T Is A W,
I'f.UltY. HA.
iiy j* A K T Y KR & H11*'
1111.1, A Hit,I.,
,„„l„ lair firm ..I Stubbs and llill,
. ill Karon and adjoining Circuils,
i Supmuf ami Federal Court*.
fOWMi M Slteet. Macon. Ga^^
J.U. HllsU.
THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
TUIUIHED
EVERY FRIDAY, AT 3, P. M.
PRICK — Two Dollars a year, ateayf to Adrokct
State capital, to enter heartily upon the sup
port of the National Democratic ticket, bearing
the names of Breckinridge and Lane. They
will thus avoid all suspected affiliation with sec-
tionalism, and cast their influence and their
BEHIND T1IE TIMES. strength where, if at all, it can redound to the
There's a deal of comment made over Arch- success of Democratic principles and; polity,
bishop Hughes’ speech to the young ladies of If it has come to pass that the difference
Fort Hill Seminary, in which ho dcvclopcs the between Lincoln Republicanism and Douglas
idea of a culinary education, as if this were Democracy’ cannot be determined without argu-
something new and original with that function- ment and controversy, it is time to discard both.
ary. We have two or three Female Seminaries —
in Georgia which introduced it as an education- . s ^reT ARY COBb”'
al feature two years ago, and steadily pursue it. LETT r.K r ROM bECKETAKY COBB.
The young ladies are not only taught to cook Washington July 14, 18G0.
and prepare food, hut also inducted into the Gentlemen:—I sincerely wish it was in my
scientific rationale of cookery. The Archbishop power to respond at once to your kind and
must catch up with the doctrines of the refor- flattering request to address my fellow-citizens
mation. of Columbus and vicinty.
—-—«*- r It would afford me no ordinary pleasure to
A NEW SENSATION. _ nicc t them at this time. I regard the present
The New York Herald of last Tuesday tries contest as one rising far above the ordinary
his hand at a new sensation. Marvellous arc party struggles, through which we hnve here-
thc expedients of that paper to “keep up the tofore passed. It involves the future destiny of
excitement,” hut in this case it must he con- the South. It is a question of right, justice,
fessed the materials presented arc scanty—the and equality on the one hand, and wrong and
documentary supports are few and feeble. degradation on the other. It is the triumph ~ r
The Herald solemnly charges that arrange- constitutional principles in the election
ments are all perfected in the South to go out of Breckinridge and J-ane, or the declaration
the Union in event of Lincoln's election—a war upon the Constitution and tho rights
the South by the election of Lincoln and 11am-
of
of
of
of
lin. This is the issue tliat has to he met, and
our people should look at the danger full in
the face, and govern their actions accordingly.—
The part which the supporters of Douglas and
Johnson at the South take in the contest, is.on
ly important in view of the strength it gives
tne Black Republicans of the North, by weak
ening the only party and the only candidates
who can, by any possibility defeat this treason
able, abolition organization. Surely, the re
cent course of Mr. Douglas, and the present
position of his friends at the North present
no claim to Southern gratitude or Southern
contidcncc that should induce, on their part, a
support of his claims to the Presidency at such
a sacrifice of their rights and interests. His
withdrawal from the contest would at once en
sure the success of Breckinridge and the tri
umph of constitutional principles, whilst his
continuance in the field gives aid and encour
agement to the enemies of democracy and the
enemies of the South.
Under these circumstances—apart from the
manifold objections to the political doctrines
which Mr. Douglas and his faction seek to force
upon us—it seems clear beyond dispute or ques
tion, that there should be a united and earnest
effort on the part of the South in support of
the only candidates who are entitled to hcrcon-
tidence, and at the same time have the slightest
prospect of election.
To urge and press upon iny fellow citizens of
Georgia these considerations, in .favor of the
election of Breckinridge and Lane—to unite my
counsels with theirs, to ward off the dangers
which treaten our present peace and future pros
perity—to contribute luy efTorts to the work
of preserving the constitution from the ruthless
assaults of its open and secreL enemies—to join
my voice with those who proclaim to the coun
try the linn, fixed and unalterable purpose of
the South to maintain" her “equality in the Un
ion,” and to recognize as worthy of her loyalty
and sup|>ort no government tliat docs not guar
antee that equality—present to my mind afield
of duty upon which I would gladly enter. My
heart is in the contest, and you may rest assur
ed that I deeply regret my inability at once to
outer the canvass, and that, too, upon the soil
of my native State.
I am, very truly, yours, Ac.,
Howell Cobb.
To Messrs. John A. Jones, Cltas. J. Williams,
R. E. Dixon and A. R. Lamar.
government upon their interests lias neen 11- _ .. » p„„i,r n ri.
lustrated for nearly the last half a century in a Speech of HIr. Brockinridgo o . .. .
steady and persistent clamor for tariff profc-c. Mr. Breckinridge delivered *ofo lowing
tion, 'so strong and uncompromising as-to'' -speech at Irankfort,! Kentucky, in r P>
shape all their political action and affiliation f demonstration of welcome by the citizens, on
and before that time, the disastrous influence the 18th:
of the war of 1812 upon the shipping interests Fellow Citizens . I than J ,
of New England, was sufficient, for tbe time, fullness of a gratefu 1 h«rt for th« wd
to blot out almost every patriotic rcminisencc conic to my home. I feel, fcUo ."fh-
of the long revolutionary struggle, anil to throw impropriety upon an occasion like tl s^of do mg
her into treasonable co-opcration with the pub- much more than retuniin 0 y kind*
lie enemy. During four years of that time and grateful acknowlcdgn.cn for the kmd-
we believe history will establish that the ship- ness. Perhaps ‘‘oweverl nmwbtdtowwd
ping and commercial interests of New England here, in the midst of my'old I
were ready at any moment for secession to rounded by my neighbors and ftw»*«Un
... - * to tho citizens of (j rcat Britain, and nothing but the lack of num- soil of Kentucky, to m=A c one or two e. p a
H. may be found at .1! hour, ri . straineJ thc nl0V ement. tory statements, and forbear oq thts ocra.smn
With such facts as these, occurring immedi- to enter into any R h>^™ntor argu
atelv after our long and perilous struggle for crencc to the <
national independence, when the patriotic in- BaUmiorc.and which result^ unexpected^
spirations of the war were fresh and strong, to me, in placing me before country for the
how can any sensible man believe that thc office of President. But I think it due to you
South, or any section of thc country, will long and to myself.to ray ‘ ‘“1^ Tif"£“l£ n s
submit to a government unfriendly to the high- all those facts, havi g -. .. _ ik cm
est development of their material wealth and actions,'having
power ? New England was almost ripe for re- having consulted with my I r nends,
volt out of the mere accidents of a public policy altogether of being anm* nation which
which bore heavily upon her industrial inter- a ho 1 ambition, I fed th at [( , J 0S L ppr | n „ i
ests. But suppose the government had under- I occupy to-day is right [ from it
taken tocripplo her by direct legislation, out of I feel that I could not tave shrunk: from it
mere unfriendliness to that section—their pccu- without being false to n, y rvinsannentlV J
liar pursuits or their mode of prosecuting them friends, and false to myself nseq y
-how long would they have borne with the aooopt tUon^.inntKm^w
'lioie annul butler
IRVIN & BUTIAHt,
TO K N K VS A T L A W.
Albany, Georgia.
, T i. r in ii». supcrfor Couns of tlio Smith-W est-
’ illL-iii Tent'll, Randolph amt Early Coun-
'iT i'.ijul* t'trcuil—In Worth anil Macon conn-
l ircilil-in Ibc Dnltnl Stales Clrrult
‘^.ySTh-aml by special contract, inany coun-
jau n
New Law rirm.
UlIEKFORD & IIAIIRIS.
MACO.V, OA.
... Hwln Hi lib and adlolnlnu coiinliea
IJu ttK-VbUed Stale* I'ourl at Savannah and
county of Ibc Stale by special con-
; — CUABUM J. HARRIS.
‘ (HU* IIUNTEK,
tthrxeys AT LA'VX,
MACON, GEORGIA.
„ T'm>f*Ur Block, Corner of Cktrrf Street
,i», 1 Colton dcrave.
iluiYfUMKUted ai partn«n in the practice
•fUviathe coandea of the Macon Mid sa-
; I'lroaifV ami elsewhero In the s *“*« hy spe-
dnd—»l*o will attend thc J ederal Courts at
toniKnietto M 8pKEK
a; SAMUEL HUNTER.
tiling which it says is morally sure to happen,
and thereupon in a column or more of solemn
exhortation, it warns thc people of New York
to get ready for thc crisis—prepare for an infin
itely perplexing condition of tho finances—a
business panic—fall of stocks—depreciation of
property. It warns them to press and collect
their Southern debts, sell ofTall their securities,
turn everything into gold, and to complete the
picture, we might add, bury tlicir funds in
earthen jiots deep in their cellars. “The crisis
is imminent,” saith he. “A dissolution of the
Union is already determined upon.”
Thc evidence of such determination “by the
South" the same paper ’Teels morally hound to
lay ltcforc the country,” and turning to it, wc
find, instead of formal resolutions of the States,
in Conventions of the people assembled, two
documents. Thc first is a long and able letter
from Hon. I* M. Keitt, dated the 20th instant,
to three gentlemen in South Carolina, and thc
second is Mr. Yancey’s Slaughter letter, post
dated two years to make it fit the occasion.
That this garbling of Yancey’s letter is not a
mere typographical error, is evident from thc
Herald's use of it in thc editorial before men
tioned. Ho there speaks of it as the work of
Uth June last, instead of a letter written two
years ago, without any reference at all to the
election of Lincoln or the result of any Presi
dential election of thc past or thc future. Mr.
Keitt’s letter seems to be in answer to inquiries
addressed to him, and he advises as an individ
ual, that the Governor of South Carolina should
call together the legislature to provide by law
for a Convention of the people to protect thc
Slate from thc dishonor of submission to black
republican rule.
We are sorry that the Herald should really
blunt the edge of a just apprehension, by tac
tics like these, which are only calculated to
throw all reasonable apprehensions into dis
credit What the South will or will not do in the
contingency stated, we are willing to leave for
the development of time. But one conclusion
is irresistahlc—the growing alienation of feel
ing between the two sections must, in the na
ture of the case, result in political disunion at
no distant day, unless some remedy is found.
It is clear, too, that no free and high spirited
people will long submit to and endure a gov
ernment demonstrably hostile to their interests.
The Northern people would not do it, and they
cannot reasonably expect it of us. The sensi
tiveness of the North to the operations of the
government upon their interests has lieen il-
LAW cla.bx>-
•sr>. Cook, Robinson & ntontfort,
■.netb,• u»-!» the cuiinliesiif Taylor, Macon,
U.n, 1Kk.1v, Slimier, Marion. Schley, and In
„ r (u.i’.iir- in Uie Slate as Ilielr business will
;vrOTncKATOiii.KTHoRrE.
’ PHILIP COOK.
\V. II. ROBINSON,
, v , T. W. MONTFORT.
iHt. KOBI.'Kf C. IIAICDIC,
n.'S his jirvifis,f.«i.il
nva mil vidnin . H, i...,, ..v iuuuu ...«... «--■ -
8. V over John A Harvey’s store, on Cherry St.
i -in d im »]v
DR. R. II. All SB FT
. n Cherry Mrwt, over Menard BnrgbanTa
r!rr More, LVpidcuco on the Hill In front of tho
Jan 17
ecks on N ew Y ork
FOR SALE r.Y THE
ilFACTURERS’BAM
iving! Engraving!
: WARE, Jewelry. Ac. 4e„ engraved in
variety nf Li tter, in Ralston's Uuilumg,
r Block,over Campbell & Colson's, by
1 v J. K. W KlaloS. Jr.
)WFS HOTEL
in THE NEW RAIL ItOADDXroT,
MACON, GA.
E. E. BROWN, Proprietor .
i-ady on tho Arrivnl of nvory Train
tl
WHITE HALL
IT. LAX IKR HOUSE,
con, Gooi’gift’
\\ E- DENSE,
V\t.vA Uoupe.)
PROPRIETOR.
YVareh.ou.se
-0.1/.I//NSION MERCHANTS
BACON. GA.
i ATES & WOOLFOLK
weuieil together, and will occupy tne
Fir* Proof Warehouse now being crectod
Iron-ilartlemanA: 8p»rk«.
htriac •• raado on Cotton when naked for.
r Htjii.ig, Hope, OrocerW, fcc., shall
vrxtaU attention.
k by prompt attention to buiaoeaa.to mor-
.We of paironago. ^ wot.LFOLK.
I N. COATES
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, RUGS,
AND MATS!!
GE Stock, and a great variety ofaty lea ol
wTe (JikkIs, jiui werived, which will be
r lower liguroR, nad giro pnrehn»er» n*»
•Rthr host stock over owed in Macon.—
A I.NO,
DoLAINB. p AMASS
LACE and MUSLIN,
>DOW CURTAINS,
•W SHADES, Q1LT CORNICESand
“pest variety. ..
’n will consait their own intereotby ox
;ja«k before buying. „ y, ROSS.
WARD & 00.,
'ACTUKEItS DEALERS,
P|>ositc the Floyd House,)
OEOKGIA.
d call the attention of Hie public to our
STUCK, comprising Coaehc*. Brett*,
'til buggies of the moat elaborate fin-
cheatod oailders North.
0e ltKA r rLEBOBO' BUGGIES con-
•a. |oov is
Georgia Medical College.
*K OP LWTURKS to tWa Inatltotlon wlU
c "o Br-i Wislncsday In todotow next, and
f voinmniccment on the Inst U edneaday in
FACULTY:
sens, M. It., Professor of Anatomy;
'***, M. !>., I*rofe»sor of Snrgery t „
“'‘■K.M.D., Professor of Materia Medicn
u tc.’B, I), Professor of Medical Jurispru-
,lu -v. M. V., Profeaaorof Physiology and
*». A SI. II. D.. Profeaaorof MedicalChern-
?• K. D„ Professor of In Hit a tea and Prac-
government ? Wc say not a year. It is ah
surd to suppose that tho government can be
maintained in any section of the country, upon
an unfriendly attitude to thc freest and fullest
development of their material progress. A
plain common sense statement of this position
ought to satisfy any Northern or any Southern
man, that sucli a thing as sectional domination
is impracticable. The North would not submit
to it. So far from it, she is not content with
equal rights and privileges. She is bent upon
having all the common territory, all the new
SICA'S, und gradually hut none the less certain
ly, bringing the power and influence of the go
vernment to disquiet thc possession of what wc
hold. Judging the matter hy their own views
and feelings, how can they expect the South to
submit long or quietly to unfriendly sectional
domination ?
Whosk Tiii npeb is 17 T—The Albany Eve
ning Journal, and thc Atlas and Argus,are en
gaged in a controversy concerning the respect
ive claims of Lincoln and Douglas to certain
principles enunciated in thc speech of the latter
on the occasion of his reception in Albany on
Friday evening last. The Journal, in noticing
the speech, declared that it was precisely such
a one as Lincoln would or could have made,
had he been called out by his friends. It goes
further and declares lhat“tlicy are thc senti
ments of thc Republican party.”
To this rather impudent claim to doctrines
for which Douglas is supposed to hold thc pat
ent right, thc Atlas and Argus interposes the
charge, that the Republicans are “stealing
Douglas’ thunderand that seeing the popu
larity of the non-intervention doctrines upon
which Mr. Douglas is fighting thc Presidential
battle, they have deliberately set about “ falsi
fying their own platform, and discarding its fun
damental doctrine,” Ac., At
Now this is a most singular controversy,
whatever view we may take of it Either the
Evening Journal is treating Lincoln very shab
bily bv attempting to convince Republicans
that tiicy may Fust as well vote for “
for thc Republican nominee, or else Mr. Dou d -
las, in his theories and declared views, is run-
Iling ’** a— iLw l.cinl- nf Inn niWlDICO—
the
thc
'omrn
M. D.. Demonstrator of Anatomy.
am ’ sTlTljIu.NDtB*. ■ Uc ‘“"
in ms ihwhs ■— y ’. .
g .mite too near the brink of the precipice—
UHM’iilfwhich separates National Democracy
from Sectionalism, to bo at all agrcoable to his
Democratic supportew.
We arc not quite sure which of these two prop-
ositions is nearest correct The sincerity of the
Seward leaders, in their professed support of
Lincoln, is quite open to suspicion, and it is
possible that they would be willing to convince
ihcir friends that there is really no difference
between voting for the Republican nominee^
and for thc “Little Giant' himself: In hct, it
is not improbable that their frendship for the
latter is quite as sincere as for the former; and
that they would rather sec him in thc Presidcn-
tm iLon'thc other hand, it be true that Mr. Doug
las is really advocating Republican doctrines,
it may bca>mc important for thoso oflns sup-
■lorters who still distinguish a difference between
the Democratic and Republican parties, to ex
amine their position, and to see whither they
are drifting’ 1 in politica! affairs.
We think we can suggest a safe and sure
‘remedy’ for all who do not care to be placed
in a doubtful attitude politically. It is, discard
ing both Lincoln and Douglas, and leaving to
their respective adherents to determine whose
accept *ith all Its responsibili
ties. To those who take advantage of the jk>-
sition of a silent man to heap upon him execra
tions, I say pour on, I can endure. [Applause.]
I leave it to others to explain more fully the
facts and the circumstances of this nomina
tion. Perhaps, also, I may be allowed to say
that the claim, that I stand before the country
as a sectional candidate, cannot be true, wheth-
crrefcrrencc ho had to the numberof the States
which co-operated in thc nomination, or to thc
character of the principles which animated them.
When you find tins Democratic organization
aided by large conservative elements of other
parties in all thc Southern States, and in those
two States upon the Pacific Ocean which have
been so far removed from thc contests of the
Atlanticnnd Mississippi Valleys, that their judg
ment as to what is sectional ought to be con-
elusive, and when you find a majority of thc
Democratic organization of tho State of Penn
sylvania, and a supposed majority of Xew Jer
sey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, with large
and imposing organizations in all the other
States, co-operating how can such a nomination
as that be properly caleld sectional ? A major
ity of the States of thc Union sectional, and at
war with tho principles upon which thc Union
itself is founded! Fellow citizens as to the
charge that the Convention to which I owe
my nomination, supported, or that I myself am
tainted with a spirit of disunion, how absuru to
make a response to a Kentucky audience, and
in this old district, too! I ain an American
citizen—a Kentuckian, who never did act or
cherished a thought that was not full of devo
tion to tho Constitution and the L nion—who
feel as you do upon this subject But perhaps
it would have been better, both in your hchair
and in mine, if I had refused to respond to the
sentiment! ,, , .
Fellow citizens, this is, perhaps, the last
time that 1 shall have an opportunity to say
anything to my neighbors and friends during
the pendency of this canvass. >• bile, there
fore, I shall enter into no argument upon tho
particular topics of the day, perhaps you will
pardon me for making twoor three observations,
which it seems to me, should commend tlicm-
selvcs’to all parties everywhere. Fellow-ciU-
zens, wc live under the best Government on
earth. We are thc only country in the world
where tho experiment is demonstrated that free
instutitions may be established ^over a grrat
population and a large area of ternton', and be
consistent with public order. It lias been dem
onstrated, in our ease, for thc first time in the
history or the world. How are we to presence
these Institutions ♦ How are we to preserve in
tact that double form of government, State and
Federal, tliat has been handed down to us by
our forefathers * My answer is that wo can on-
Iv do it by clinging with unfaltering fidelity,
unwavered by policy, to tho Constitution they
Eathrf to us. ‘I hold that fidelity to the
Constitution of the United States in all its parts,
and in all its obligations, is the condition of the
American Union, and of its perpetuation.—
That Constitution was framed and transmitted
by the wisest generation of men tliat ever lived
in the tide of times. It may be called an in
spired instrument It answered them at an
-arly day. It has answered our purpose. It
is good enough for our posterity to keep it pure.
Tbe First new”blde or Cotton this season over
the Albany and Gulf Railroad, was received at
Savannah on tbe 20th ult
PROJECTED FIENDISH OPERATIONS.
St. Louis, Missouri, July 26.—An extra
from Bonham, Texas, dated July lTth, contains
a letter from tho editor of the Dallas Herald,
stating a fire at that place had led to the dis
covery of a plan to devastate tho whole of the
northern portion of Texas. Two preachers,
Messrs. Blount and McKinney, who were ex
pelled from tliat section last year, are the in
stigators of the plot Their plan was to lay
the whole country waste, by destroying all
arms, ammunition, Ac., And get thc section in
to a state of helplessness, and then on election
day, in August, organise a general insurrection.
They wero to be aided by emissaries from thc
North, and parties friendly to such devastation,
who were in Texas. Their plan was districted
and sub-districted. Each district was to be
under the direction of the white men, who were
to control and direct negroes. Several white
men and negroes have been arrested.
Thc following fires are reported to have oc
curred on the same day of thc fire in Dallas:
A mercantile house in Black Jack Grove, with
a loss of thirty thousand dollars.
Three business houses at Denton, with a loss
of one hundred thousand dollars.
A large storehouse at Pilot Point, with a loss
of ten thousand dollars.
A storehouse at Ladonia, loss twenty-five
thousand dollars.
I Eight stores at Belknap, and the town of
Millford, were totally destroyed.
Several other smaller fires liavc occurred, and
great excitement prevails throughout the coun-
try.
Prompt and effective measures will be taken
for the preservation of life and property.
LARGE CONFLAGRATIONS IN TEXAS.
Fihe in Denton.—From thc Houston Tele
graph, of tlie 21st inst., wc copy the following
particulars of a destructive fire in Denton:
About half-past three o’clock P. M., on the
8th inst, a fire was discovered in thc counting
room of thc store of James M. Smoot, situated
on the cornor of Elm and Hickory streets, at
the south-west corner of thc public square, in
the town of Denton. An alarm was immediate
ly given, and every effort made, hy the fewwho
first arrived at the spot, to save the books and
goods, but to very little purpose; in a few mo
ments the whole building was a mass of flames.
A stiff breeze at the same time sprang up from
tho South west, and in a few seconds the stores
of Messrs. S. A II. Jacobs, and of Messrs. Baines
A Mounts, were wrapped in flames.
There were twenty-five kegs of powder in a
hogshead in the latter store, which in a few mo
ments exploded with tremendous force, scatter
ing fragments of thc building and goods in
every direction; pieces of burning timber, frag
ments of chains and casting were scattered for
hundreds of yards, penetrating the buildingson
the other side of the square, and setting several
of them on fire, and it was only by the utmost
exertions of the few people that happened to be
in town tliat thc remaining business portion of
our thriving village was saved from the devour
ing elements, which, owing to the scarcity and
distance of water, at one time was thought in
evitable. • But the ladies (God bless them!)
came to the rescue, and notwithstanding the al
most intolerable heat of thc sun, soon brought
sufficient water to save several buildings which
WC bad almost given up to destruction. As it
is, the whole West side of the public square,
with" the solitary exception of Messrs. Blount A
Scruggs’ store on the extreme North-west cor
ner, is in ashes. ■
The losses are ms follows:
Mr. Sinoot saved comparatively nothing;
books and all were burned. Fifty thousand dol
lars will not cover his loss. Messrs. Jacobs’
total loss, seven thousand dollars; Messrs. Baines
A Mounts saved their* books and a portion of
their goods; tlicir loss is estimated at twenty
thousand dollars. A building belonging to Ed.
Row, partly finished, and a store house belong
ing to the Aldridge estate, were also destroyed;
valued at some twelve hundred dollars. Mes
srs. B. and S.’s store was in great danger, and
was proliably only saved by thc explosion spok
en of above. Thc goods, however, were all re
moved. .
Thc loss at Denton was over eighty thousand
dollars. , , .
fire at Pilot Point.—At thc same hour that
thc fire was in progress at Denton, Mr. Turner,
of thc firm of Smoot A Turner, at Pilot Point
brings thc sad news, that on thc same day, and
at thc same hour, tlicir store at that place was
consumed by fire. Everything a total loss.—
This swells "Mr. Smoot’s losses on yesterday to
sixty thousand dollars. Sure lie can exclaim,
misfortune comes not single handed, but in.bat-
talions. How the two fires originated at the
same time, in the two towns, is wrapped m
mystery, though we have but little, doubt tliat
they both must be the work of an incendiary.
Toun of Millford Eurned.—The Austin Ga
zette says that at the same time the town of
Milford, in Ellis county is reported to have
been burned. .
Fire at lUaek Jack Grore.—A fire about tho
same time is said to have occurred at Black
Jack Grove, by which the large store of Mr.
Cote was destroyed. Loss thirty thousand dol-
,al By the McKinney Messenger we obtain the
following particulars of oilier fires, occurring
nearly at the same period. It says:
On the evening of the same day, and about
the same hour, the storehouse of Mr. Dupre, at
Ladonia, was destroyed by fire, together with
material for a new building, Ac. Thc loss us
estimated at twenty-five thousand dollars.
Also, the large steam flouring mill at Mill-
wood", in Collin county, was destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at ten thousand dollars.
The dwellings of J. J. Eakins and Silas Leon
ard, about one and a half miles from Dallas,
were consumed by fire, with everything in
At almut the same time that the town of Dal
las was fired, a fire broke out in Waxahatcliic,
which was fortunately discovered and extin
guished before much damage was done.
The State Gazette adds: •
And here wc may also remark tliat the same
day, and about the same hour, a fire was dis
covered back of the rooms of thc Intelligencer,
in thc rear of the Swenson building, which
was fortunately put out before it had succeed
ed" beyond charring thc door and sills of thc
building. We thought hut little of this last
fire at the time, but since learning of the oth
ers, it really looks as though there might have
been something further meant by it than was
at first supposed.
In view of all these fires, and m considera
tion of the facts presented, who can doubt of
the fact that there is a regular organised band
of hellhounds, who have secretly plotted the
destruction of property and of life ? n ho can
they he, and what motive can they have?—
These questions occur at once to thc mind. We
have not room to pursue the subject further,
hut we will not dose without calling the atten
tion of the citizens of Austin, and of our pat
rons everywhere, to thc necessity of guarding
well their property, and of scrutinising closely
every stranger and every loafer who may be
found among them.
The impression prevails that these extensive
conflagrations in Texas are the work of North
ern Abolitionists several of whom have been
ordered out of Texas.
THE ABOLITION PLOT IN TEXAS.
We have just received thc extra of the Austin
State Gazette, containing the letter announcing
thc discovery of the late diabolical plot to spread
fire, insurrection and blood over the soil of Tex
as. Wc publish the letter entire. It speaks for
itself:
THE LATE CONFLAGRATIONS.
Terrible Deeelopments—An Abolition Contpi-
raty—The tilth day of August set for a gen
eral slaughter of the whites—The people of
Dallas sleeping with their arms in Hand—
May eaUen the lower counties for Assistance.
Dallas, Texas, July 10, 1860.
Muon John Marshall—Dear Sir:—I will
givo you some of thc facts connected with the
burning of Dallas, and the deep laid scheme of
villainy to devastate thc whole ofNortficrn Tex
as. Thc town of Dallas was fired on Sunday,
the 8til inst., between one and two o’dock p.
m. The day wa3 very hot, the thermometer
standing at 100 F., in thc shade, and a high
southwest wind blowing. The fire was first
discovered in front of Peak’s new drug store,
on the west side of the square, and continued to
spread rapidly until the whole north side were
consumed, and one half of thc cast side; together
with all the buildings on Main street, east of
the square, and west of the Crutchfield House.
Several other buildings were consumed, with
the loss of dry goods, groceries, etc., in all of
them.
On Monday, the next day, the house of John
J. Eakcns, one mile from town, was fired. On
Wednesday, the handsome establishment of E.
P. Nicholson was fired, but discovered in time
to arrest the flames. On Thursday, the stables,
outhouses, grain and oats belonging to Crill
Miller, Esq., eight miles from Dallas, were des
troyed by fire. All of these were so plainly the
vtork of an incendiary, tbatsuspicions were ex
cited, and several white men and negroes were
arrested and underwent an examination. This
led to the detection of a most diabolical plot to
destroy the country. The scheme was laid by
a master mind, and conceived with infernal in
genuity.
It was determined by certain abolition
preachers who were expelled from the country
last year, to devastate with fire and assassina
tion the whole of Northern Texas, and when
the country was reduced to a helpless condi
tion, a general revolt of the slaves, aided by
white men from the North, and many in our
midst, was to come off on the day of the elec
tion in August. Thc object of tiring the town
of Dallas,'was to destroy the arms of the artil
lery company, ammunition and provisions
known to be collected here; to destroy the
stores throughout thc country containing pow
der and lead—burn the grain and thus reduce
this portion of the country to a state of utter
helplessness.
When this was accomplished, assistance was
expected from Indians and Abolitionists. Ma
ny other places have already been fired; Den
ton, Pilot Point, Belknap, Gainesville, Black
jack Grove; some stores in Kaufman and Na-
varao, Waxaliachic, and other places, that I do
not now remember. Each county has a spe
cial Superintendent, a white man, and each
county is laid off into districts under the su
pervision of-a white man, who controls the ac.
tion of thc negroes in that district. The ne
groes arc not permitted to know w hat is doing
outside of their immediate sphere of action.—
Many of our most prominent citizens were to be
assassinated when they made their escape from
the burning houses. Arms have been discov
ered in possession of thc negroes, and thc whole
plot revealed, for a general insurrection and
civil war at the August election. I write in
haste; we sleep upon our arms, and the whole
country is most deeply excited. Many whites
are implicated, whose names are not yet made
public. Blunt and McKinney, the Abolition
preachers, were expected here at the head of a
large force at that time. You had better issue
extras containing these facts, and warn the
country of the dangers that threaten it Wc
are expecting the worst, and do not know what
an hour may bring forth. Do the best y*u
can for us. We have no printing press, and
can do nothing in that line. We may have to
call on the lower counties for assistance—no
one can tell. All is confusion, excitement and
distrust I will write again. There never was
such times before.
Yours, in haste,
CHARLES R. PRYOR.
Correspondence of the Telegraph
Newark, N. J., July 19th, 1860.
Since thc nomination of Breckinridge and
Lane, the insincerity of the Know' Nothing or
American journals of Georgia, anu other States
of the South, have become unmistakably appa
rent Changes were wrung upon thc dangers
of “Squatter Sovereignty” and every Demo
crat who dared to avow his faith in the integ
rity of the National Democracy and every
journalist who expressed his determination to
labor for its unity, was taunted witli Douglas
proclivities; and then thc unsoundness of Mr.
Douglas upon the slavery question was de
nounced, and these zealous advocates of the
rights of the South, were loud in the lauda
tions of the “ majority platfom” and the secc-
ders from the Charleston Convention, were ex
tolled as the only true champions of Southern
institutions and all who could not subscribe to
tlicir action in withdrawing from a Convention
they could have controlled, were held up as
traitors in disguise, Ac. Well, now how do
these men stand with regard to parties, and
thc relations of men thereto ? Mr. Breckin
ridge has been nominated by thc very men
who* seceded from the Charleston Convention.
He has been put upon, and endorsed to the
fullest extent of the principles of the majority
‘platform, and his letter of acceptance is so
clear upon any and every point of Southern
rights, that the wayfaring man though a fool
cannot err therein'. And what is the result ?
These patriots “par excellence” are now at
work raking up old speeches a ad notes of
of Messrs. Breckinridge and Lane to prove that
they are hypocrites and unsound. ' Can impu
dence go further ? Can any sensible voter fail
to see the object of the Know’ Nothings?
Their pretended zeal and pother, had no oth
er object than division and distraction. If
they were sincere.in tlicir loud professions for
the rights and union of the South, why do they
not now lock hands with her defenders, and
the supporters of thc “majority platform”
that they so shortly advocated before the nom
inations were made, and in this may kill off
Douglasism and Republicanism, whose advent
they so anxiously deprecated ? The answer is
apparent, they have effected a division, and
they hope by this division to insure the suc
cess of tlieir candidates, and if they fail in
tliat, kill otr the Democracy that they hate so
heartily. Arc these disorganizers to succeed in
tlicir mischievous efforts ? If the South docs
not now unite, and present a solid phalanx
against their enemies, when they have had the
opportunity to choose the field and to set the
battle in array to suit themselves, when in
the name of God will they ?
Never was there a more auspicious time to
make head against her foes and the foes of the
constitution of our country. The true consti
tutionalists all over the land are now allying to
the standards of Breckinridge and Lane, and
the fight is beginning along the whole line
against the Republicans and tho Semi-Aboli
tionists under the lead of Douglas; and shame
on thc sons of the South it they do not put forth
their united energies to achieve a victory in the
present fight, or so place the guns as to secure
success in future conflicts.
IIow shameful it would be for the South to
allow Bell to carry a Slate there, and Douglas a
State in another place, and thus fritter away for
strength, and fall a prey to her enemies. How
strange that Northern men should be found op
posing Douglas because of his affinities with
tho foes of the South, and that Southern men
should bo found hugging him to their bosoms.
I be” of you to publish the letter of Charles
O’Conner to the Committee of the great Breck
inridge meeting of N. Y. It shows .Mr. Doug
las and his opinions in their true colors.
J. C. T.
p s. If thc South will but present an un
broken front on her own platform and around
her own leaders, the true Constitutional tnen
of the South are sanguine in spite of the efforts
of Douglas and his party, to make a diversion
that will insure to the nation a continuation of
constitutional government Every vote given
to Bell and Douglas in the South is calculated
to defeat this consummation. J. C. T.
Wilksbarre, Pa., July 25th, 1860.
The Wyoming Valley— Wilksbarre— The great
Anthracite Coal region—Scenery of the Sus-
quehannah, Ac.
This beautiful and fertile valley, so replete
with historical reminiscences, and so redun
dant in its mineral resources, is now thc place
of my sojourn. Much as I had heard of its
beauties, and great as were my expectations, I
must confess that it lias far exceeded all the
ideas I had formed from the descriptions I had
heard and read of its picturesque scenery, its
varied agricultural productions, and vast in
calculable mineral wealth. Cotton may be
king with you, but here, old king Coal reigns
in all his black and shining majesty, with none
to dispute his authority or divido his iron rule.
Here, deep within the bowels of the earth, lies
the Black Diamond of Anthracite, and here, by
thc aid of steam and the appliances of man’s
ingenuity, is the earth disemboweled and made
to vomit forth its vast treasures of wealth,
which have lain undisturbed for ages unknown,
in number. No description can give an idea of
the coal operations of this wonderful valley;
they must be seen, and seen by thc practiced
eye of the Miner to be understood and proper
ly appreciated. I have spent many hours in
one of these vast coal holes, and traversed
these black caverns for miles, without being
able to scarcely comprehend their extent, or
appreciate the wonderful operations by which
their rich contents arc made available to man,
either as a source of profit or means of comfort.
There are many mines in active operation in
the iconciliate neighborhood of this place, and
they ar« scattered along the valley at short in
tervals, in various directions, for many miles
in extent, yielding in the aggregate a fabulous
amount of tens of that beautiful black and glis
tening diamoij-likc coal, called the Anthracite,
for which, on account of its purity, strength,
and freedom from sulphur, it is in unlimited
demand wherever known. The Baltimore
Company’s mine; the Hollinback mine, and
one or two others of less extent, are situated in
the immediate vicinity of Wilksbarre, and ship
the product of the mines from here by the Sus-
quehannah and tide .water canal to Baltimore
and other cities on the seaboard. They also
supply the numerous and extensive Iron Man
ufactory works and furnaces at various points
along the Susquehannah river. The Baltimore
Company has been in operation for some 30
years, and is perhaps one of the richest, as
well as safest and best appointed collieries in
the country. Its operations arc upon thc most
extensive scale, and owing to its perfect venti
lation and complete internal arrangement, its
facilities for turning out coal in vast quantities
are superior to any other mine in thc valley
with perhaps a single exception. The coal
from this and its adjoining mine is superior to
any other in this or any other region or coal
field in the country, and commands a higher
price and readier sale. The amount of coal
shipped to market from this mine alone during
the past year was over 100,000 tons, and
double that quantity could be mined and ship
ped in the same time, could a sufficient convey
ance be found to take it to market. The de
mand for the prepared coal from these mines
is steadily on the increase, and it is expected
by the next year, the facilities for shipment to
New York will be completed, when the opera
tions of the Company will be doubled at an in
creased profit To accommodate thc many
millions of capital invested in thc numerous
collieries and iron establishments of this region,
the whole country is a complete net work of
Railroads and canals. Thc town of Wilksbarre
is situated on the north branch of the Susque
hannah, 3ome 40 miles above its confluence
with the west branch of that noble river. It is
the county seat of Luzerne county, and con
tains a population of nearly 5,000, which is in
creased to 7,000 or 8,000, when including the
inhabitants of its environs or township. It is
a place of large • business, and contains many
fine public buildings, among which is a new
anil splendid Courthouse—one of the largest
and most complete in the State. It has, also,
9 large churches, some prominent institutions
of learning, a fine bank, and numerous largo
and elegant stores and private residences of
great architectural beauty’. The town is well
supplied with gas and an ample flow of pure
water from one of .the mountain streams in the
vicinity. There are also two well conducted
ncwspajicrs published here—the “Luzerne
Union” and “Record of the Times.” They are
both under the charge of talented editors. The
former Douglas and thc latter a Republican in
politics. The town is one of the prettiest on
the upper Susquehannah, and enjoys fine
health. The valley of Wyoming is abundant
ly fertile, and the soil upon its surface is capa
ble of producing heavy crops of grain, grass,
Ac. But its vast value, which can hardly be
imagined, consists in its iutcmal fields of An
thracite Coal, of a quality so superior as to
render competition impossible by the products
of any other known region.
This beautiful valley is famous in history,
and many a tear has been shed and heart has
wrung at the reading or recital of the long and
terrible sufferings, massacres, Ac., of its primi
tive settlers, and many a heart has swelled
wi(h admiration of the hold and desperate and
determined courage of the adventurous pio
neers in their long and obstinate struggle with
the savages in reclaiming this Eden of the
western world to civilization. Little, however,
did the contestants of that day dream of the
value of the Paradise for the possession of
which they so desperately struggled; and lit
tle did thc world, whilst looking on at the de
termined perseverance of tho Anglo Saxon in
thc terrible conflict for its attainment, suppose
that his success would be followed by a dcvel-
opement of natural wealth, which is this day
beyond human calculation, and almost fabu
lous. Wilksbarre has now a connection with
Baltimore, and is reached in one day from that
city by the North Central, and Lackawanna
and Bloomsburg Railroads. Nothing could ex
ceed the beauties of the scenery along the line
of the Railroad, as it follows the course of thc
Susquehannah river nearly the whole route,
passing at short distances through numerous
towns and villages, all of which have peculiar
points of interest to the traveller—amongst thc
most important of the towns passed through
arc York, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Danville, Cata-
wissa, Bloomsburg, Kingston, Wilksbarre, and
some 20 others of less extent, but all of import
as points of extensive mining, iron or lumber
interest, The beauties of the scenery along
thc Susquehannah far surpasses in its general
aspect any thing 1 have seen. The views are
generally more open and expansive, and al
though not partaking of the abrupt boldness of
the upper Potomac, yet more scope is given to
the vision, and the perspective is much finer.
Forest House, Budds Lake, N. J.)
July 27tb, 1860. \
Friend Clisby—Nearly all places of fashion
able resort in the summer season are called
watering places, and why, I cannot say, as it is
the last name that might be considered appro
priate, if intended to indicate their characteris
tics, as many of them can boast of little more
than a well of water and an ice house, thc most
aquatic or aqueous feature being mint julips,
punches, and brandy smashes, and might be
more appropriately termed imbibing or liquor
ing places. This place may be called a water-
iiin- place—that clement being prominent—as
it is situated on the borders of a beautiful lake,
about fourteen hundred feet above the level of
the Atlantic, and is one of those localities where
salamanders do not congregate, and which it is
only necessary to see and feel to appreciate.—
Now sir, if J' ou desire to transfer yourself and
household to a cooling medium, just leave your
sanctum > n charge of that editorial attache—
the Printer’s Devil—as those gentlemen are
supposed to be acclimated, be it ever so hot,
anil are competent to get up paragraphs adapt
ed to the temperature, or if you cannot bring
your household with you, just put six shirts
into your carpet bag, a six shooter into your
pocket, leave your southern thermometer be
hind, and come to Gotham by rail direct, ar
riving there, avoid the Peter Funk shops,
stoopin'* to pick up a stuffed pockfct-book, or
stopping to look at the little joker, cross imme
diately to Jersey City, take a 'seat in a car of
the Morris A Essex R. R. for Stanhope, at
which place you will be met by a carriage to
bring you over a fine road, shaded by a forest,
to the lake, distance two and a half miles. At
the Forest House you will find yourself locat
ed in the happy family of beautiful and accom
plished ladies, intelligent and gallant gentle
men, and pretty, frolicking children; the no
ble steeds and pet canines must be included, as
they constitute much to thc enjoyments of all,
and express their pleasure in doing so in vari
ous ways. If you are inclined to pass your
time quietly, you can scat yourself on the spa
cious piazza, shaded by a grove in front, ex
tending in a gentle slope to tho lake shore, (the
mercury never reaching higher than eighty in
the longest thermometers,) enjoy your Havana,
and the sports of youthful innocence around
you, the birds of the forest alighting at your
•feet to pick up the crumbs from a piece of cake
in the hands of a child, while squirrels are
springing from branch to branch in tile trees.
If you are fond of aquatic sports you can
take a boat, and with your trotting line soon
draw in your pickerel* or with hook and
bait you will get bites tliat will hold on until
you land your catfish or perch safely inside.—
if you wish to sail you have only to step on
board of a sail boat, hoist anchor, spread the
sail, and you are bounding over the tiny billows
to a rock on the opposite shore where you will
be tempted to bathe in the cool and limpid wa
ters. If bodily exercise Is required, the ten
pin alley can be resorted to, where you can
test your skill with fairer hands than your
own, or should you wish to take a ride over
thc shady forest roads around the lake, Aaron’s
fast nags are in good condition, and should the
weather be sultry let him hold the ribbons and
he will soon raise a breeze. In the evening
you can conclude your day’s recreation by
mingling with the gay in the mazes of the
dance, or retire to a quiet retreat in the grove,
where
“ One hoar
Of thoughtful solitude may nerve Ihe heart
For days of conflict—cirdiue up its armor
To meet tho most insidious roe.”
I forgot to mention that there is a place
around the comer, on returning from which
the countenances of gentlemen do sometimes
wear a more cheerful aspect; as to the table, no
eonticant would complain.
“ Cheerful looks make every dish a feast,
And 'tis that crowns a welcome.”
Now sir, if the foregoing graphic, geograph
ic and poetic temptation is not sufficient to in
duce you to tracel to the north of Mason A
Dixon’s line, then there must be an irrepressi
ble conflict between sectionalism and constitu
tionalism.
A sensation, of which you have ere this seen
accounts, passed over this place on ^ Friday
evening last, on its way east to New York, its
probable destination, to take tlie place of the
Great Eastern as she is about to leave; accord
ing to all the accounts I have seen respecting
tlie meteor at other places, its appearance from
this point must have been more splendid than
from most any other; apparently, it was about
the size of thc full moon, surrounded by a blu
ish haze, and followed by five smaller ones,
which appeared as distinctly defined and as
brilliant—in a straight line—and at nearly
equal distances from each other, their altitude
appeared but a short distance above the tops
of the trees, and their movement was so slow
that had their directions been from, instead of
towards New York, they would have been pro
nounced balloons, or some sort of fire works
sent off from that city. It was a beautiful
display, and fully entitled to be classed among
the other sensations in “ these parts.”
Yours, A SPIRIT OF ’60.
From Household Words.
TIIIEF-TAKING IN LONDON.
Your wife discovers on retiring for the night
that her drawers are void; her toilette table is
bare; except the ornaments she now wears, her
beauty is as unadorned as that of a Quakeress;
not a thing is left; all the fond tokens you gave
her, when her prenuptial lover, are gone; your
own miniature, with its setting of gold and bril
liants ; her late mother’s diamonds! the brace
lets “dear papa” presented on her last birthday ,
tho top of every bottle in the dressing case
brought from Paris by Uncle John, at the risk
of his life, in February, 1848, (being gold,) are
off—but thc bottles (being glass) remain. Every
valuable is swept away with the most discrimi
nating villiany; for no other thing in thc cham
ber has been touched; not a chair has been
moved; the costly pendule on the chimney-piece
still ticks; the entire apartment is as neat and
trim as when it had received the last finishing
touch of the housemaid's duster. The entire
establishment runs frantically up stairs and
downstairs; and finally congregates in my la
dy’s chamber. Nobody knows anything what
ever about it; yet everybody offers a sugges
tion, although they have not an idea “who ever
did it." The housemaid bursts into tears; the
cook declares she thinks she is going into hys
terics ; and at last suggests sending for the po
lice, whicli is taken as a suspicion of, an insult
on, thc whole assembled household, and they
descend into the lower regions of tho house in
thc sulks.
X 40 arrives. Ilis face betrays sheepishness
combined with mystery. He turns his bull’s
eyes into every corner of the passage, and upon
every countenance on the premises. He exam
ines all the locks, bolts and bars, bestowing ex
tra diligence on those which inclosed the stolen
treasure. These he declares have been “wiola-
ted,” thus concisely intimating, without quot
ing Pope, that there has been more than one
“Rape of the Lock.” He then notes thc non
disturbance of other valuables; takes yoir sol
emnly aside, darkens his lantern, and asks, in
a mysterious whisper, if you suspect any of your
servants, which implies that he docs. He then
examines the upper bed rooms, and, in the room
of the" female servants, he discovers the least
valuable of jhe rings and a cast off silver tooth
pick between the mattresses. You have every
confidence in your maids; but what can you
think ? You suggest their safe custody, but
your wife intercedes, and the policeman would
prefer speaking to his inspector before he locks
anybody up.
Had the whole matter remained in the hands
of X 20, it is possible that your whole troubles
would have lasted till now. A train of legal
proceedings—actions for defamation of charac
ter and suits for damages—would have followed,
costing more than thc value of the jewels, to
gether with the entire execration of all the neigh
bors and every private friend of your domestics.
But, happily, the inspector promptly sends a
plain, earnest looking man, who announces him
self as one of the two detectives of the X divi
sion. lie settles thc whole matter in ten min
utes. His examination is ended in five. As a
connoisseur can determine tho painter of a pic
ture at the first glance, or a wine master the
precise vintage of a sherry by the merest sip,
so the detective at once pounces upon the au
thors of thc work of art under consideration by
the styles of performance; if not upon the pre
cise executant, upon thc “school” to which he
belongs. Having finished the toilette branch
of the inquiry, he takes a short view of the par
apet of your house, and makes an equally cur
sory investigation of tho attic window fasten
ings. His mind is made up, and most likely he
will address you in these words:
“ All right. Sir. This is done by one of the
‘Dancing School!’”
“Impossible!” exclaims your plundered
partner. “ Why our children go to Monsieur
Pettitoes of No. 81, and I assure you he is a
highly respectable professor. As to his pu-
pils I—•”
The detective smiles and interrupts. “Danc
ers,” he tells her, “ is a name given to the sort
of burglars by whom you have been robbed,
and every branch of the thieving profession is
divided into gangs, which are termed ‘Schools.’
From No. 32 to the end of the street the houses
are unfinished. The thief made his way to
thc top of one of these and crawled to your
garret.”
“But we are twenty houses distant, and
why did he not favor one of my neighbors?”
you will ask.
“ Either their uppermost stories arc not so
practicable, or the ladies have not so valuable
jewels.”
“ But how did the thieves know tliat ?’’
“By watching and inquiring. This affiiir
may have been in preparation for more than a
month. Your house has been watched—your
habits ascertained. They have found out
when you dine—how long you remain in the
dining room. A day is selected; while you
are busy dining, and the thing is done. Pre
viously," many journeys have been made oyer
thc roofs to find the best means of entering
your house. The attic is chosen; the robber
gets in’and creeps noiselessly, or ‘dances’ into
the |'la*v t" be roblu-d.
“Is there any chance of recovering our
property ?” you" ask, anxiously, seeing tho
whole matter at a glance.
“ I hope so. I have sent some brother offi
cers to watch the Fences’ houses.”
“Fences?”
“ Fences,” explains the detective, in reply to
your innocent wife’s inquiry, “ are. purchasers
of stolen goods. Your jewels will soon be
forced out of their settings, and the gold melt
ed.”
“ We shall see if, at this unusual hour of the
night, there is any bustle in or near any of
these places; if any smoke is coming out of
any of their furnaces, where thc melting takes
place, I shall go and seek out the precise ‘gar
reteer’—that’s another name these plunderers
give themselves—whom I suspect. By this
trying to ‘sell’ your domestics, by placing the
ring and toothpick in their bed, I think I know
the man.”
The next morning you find all these suppo-
tions verified. The detective calls and obliges
you at breakfast (after a sleepless night,) with
a complete list of the stolen articles, and pro
duces some of them for identification. In
three months your wife gets nearly every arti
cle back, except some of the gold; her “ dam
sel’s” innocence is fully established, and the
thief is taken from his “school” to spend a
long holiday in a penal colony.
Sometimes they are called upon to investigate
robberies so executed that no human ingenuity
appears, to ordinary observers, capablejpf find
ing tho thief The robber has left no trail—not
a trace. Evciy due seems cut off— but'the ex
perience of a detective guides him into'tracks
invisible to other eyes. Not long since a trunk
was rifled at a fashionable hotel The theft was
so managed that nc suspicion could rest on any
one. 1 he detective sergeant who had been sent
for fairly owned, after making a minute exam
ination, that he could afford no hope of eluci
dating the mystery, els he was leaving the
bedroom, however, in which the plundered port
manteau stood, he picked up an ordinary shirt
button from the carpet He silently compared
it with those on the shirts which the thief had
left behind in thc trunk. It did not match
them. He said nothing, but hung about the
hotel for tho rest of the day. Had he been
watched he would have been set down for an
eccentric critic of linen.
He was looking out for a shirt front or wrist
band with a button. His search was long and
patient, but at length it was rewarded. One of
the inmates in the house showed a deficiency in
his dress which no one but a detective would
have noticed. He looked as narrowly as he
dared at thc pattern of the remaining buttons;
it corresponded with that of the little tell-tale
ho had picked up. He went deeper into the
subject, got a trace of some of the stolen prop
erty, ascertained a connection between it and
the suspected person, confronted him with the
owner of the trunk, and finally succeeded in
convicting him of the theft. At another hotel
robbery thc blade of a knife, broken in the lock
of a portmatneau, formed the clue. The detec
tive employed in that case was for some time in-
defatiguable in seeking out knives with broken
blades. At length he found one belonged to
an underwriter who proved to be the thief.
Return of tiie Jews to Palestine.—To the
student of the Bible and Church history there
are few current subjects of more absorbing in
terest or of deeper significance than the events
now almost daily transpiring, which point to
the re-possession by toe Jews of their own
land. The tide of progress, after a lapse of cen
turies, may be said to have fairly turned in that
direction, and toe prayer long offered by that
chosen but now scattered people, that “Judah
may be saved and Israel dwell securely, and
that the Redeemer may com to Zion,’’ is un
doubtedly hastening to fulfillment The Sultan
of Turkey is encouraging Jewish emigration to
Palestine, and is offering to sell them as much
land as they choose to buy, and it is said has
even expressed his willingness to dispose of toe
Mosque of Omar to them, which, it will be re
collected, stands upon the very site of toe Jew
ish Temple on Mount Moriah. This Mosque is
one of the Mahommcdan’s most celebrated
shrines, being scarcely inferior in national im
portance to those of Mecca and Medina. _ Poli
ticians and statesmen look upon these indica
tions as a legitimate consequence of toe liberali
zing influence of Mahommedan intercourse with
Christians, and so they may be; but to the
reader of the yet unfulfilled pages of Revelation
they also point to what, as it respects too Jew
ish nation, “prophets and kings’’ have long
waited for, “but died without toe sight” That
the Mosque of Omar should be in a (air way of
passing into the hands of the people to wlioae
fathers the site on which it stands was once
given in an everlasting covenant is what no
reader of secular history, fifty years ago, could
even have droamed would ever come to pass.
Some of tho hills around Jerusalem have already
become Jewish property, and it is by no means
improbable that some of toe present generation
will see the entire city of Jerusalem again in
the hands of its ancient owners. That mighty
revolution will follow in the wake of such an
event is probably as certain as that the Jews
will return at all; at all events, affairs in that
immediate region of tho East must erelong be
come an engrossing theme among the nations
of tho earth.—Philadelphia Press.
The Lost Arts A great deal of nonsense
has been uttered by sensation lecturers and
magazine writers about wonderful arts which
perished with the ancients. To trust in the
lamentations of these wiseacres over the “ lost
arts,” one would think wc had fallen upon ve
ry degenerate times indeed. But none of the
doleful stories arc true. Cleopatra, no doubt,
was a very fine woman; but she never dissolv
ed pearls in wine. Archimedes was a great
man in his day; but he never set fire to toe
Roman ships with burning glasses, as the fa
ble relates. The ancients had no useful arts
that we do not understand better and practice
more skilfully than they did. The humblest
American mechanic could teach thc polished
Greek and the cunning Egyptian sciences and
arts of which they never dreamed. The an
cients, indeed, did many wonderful things
which have not been since repeated; but they
were only such things as are not worth doing
over again. If we had occasion to buildsuch a
foolish thing as a pyramid, wc would improve
on our model in every respect; and instead of
keeping a hundred thousand half-starved slaves
at the work for twenty years, we would turn
it out finished in a few months. George Law
and a hundred others would be willing to take
the contract at a day’s notice.
If any people, now-a-davs, lived in a cond:-
dily to send missionaries among t..—
a lamentable sight would be a nation of great
mental vigor, half-clothed and poorly fed, till
ing thc earth with wooden plows; without
soap, pins, friction matches or india rubber!—
How queenly would one of our factory girls
appear to them! How magical the art of a
Yankee clockmakcr! Beggars, now-a-days,
with regard to the substantial comforts of life,
fare better than ancient kings. Our modern
civilization is suited for thc welfare of humani
ty. The steam engine, politics, electricity, mo
rality, and every good thing move on together
harmoniously. We look back into the past to
note as warnings the paths of error which our
predecessors trod, and we pash on cheerfully
and confidently, feeling that the present and
thc future are of the utmost importance to us.
Scientific American.
A DEER RUN DOWN BY THE TRAIN.
About four miles from Lako City a few days
ago, as the train on the Fla. Central R. K. was
passing down, a deer was discovered at some
distance to toe right Iiand about on a parallel
with the Locomotive, under full speed making
for a bay-head on thc opposite side of the
track a considerable distance ahead. The
fleet animal putforth all its energies to gain the
desired point, and we suspect, (though without
warrant) that toe engineer may have poked tip
the fire a little, for it was about so good, and
so good, with the iron horse and his nimble-
footed competitor—the race became exciting ana
all on board looked on with much interest.
Finally toe point of crossing sought by tlio an
imal was about to be reached, and it made one
desperate leap to cross the track m advance or
the Locomotive, and might have succeeded, had
it not have been incumbered by toe ditch, but
the Itecoraotivo struck it breaking three legs
and thus rendering it an easy I> nz f- v
other time tho Locomotive caught and disabled
a wild turkey attempting to cross toe track ana
rendered it a prize to the operatives. _ bmeo
catching a deer and a wild turkey, our mms a-
long the line, think their cattle stand a shm
chance.—Jacksonville (Fla.) Mirror. ■
Negro Jurymen.—Tl'eyzreTapidlypro&ress-
ing towards “toe largest liberty i .
setts. Thc Board of Aldcrmen of W orcester
in that State have placed upon
the present year the names of two negro bar
bers, Wm. II. Jennings and
former a runaway slave from ibc The
roes hold offices and sit on juries, and whue
men who cannot stomach negro equalit} \n ill,
apparently, have to emigrate from the Suite ere
long Adopted citizens are made to stand two
years from the polls, and negroes invited up.
Black Republicanism is in full bloom.— r <uri.
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