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~ ~ COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 12, 1855. |
A. Survey of the Field.
The success of the Democratic party in the late eon
test in Georgia has been equal to our most sanguine
expectations. It is the most triumphant victory yet
won over the sworn cohorts of Sam : a meagre ma
jority of hundreds, has been raised to thousands.—
It cannot fail to deepen the conviction of every true
Republican in the capacity of the people for self Gov
ernment ; and will, we hope, impress upon the minds
of politicians the great and vital truth that success in
popular elections can only be won by a stern and un
flinching adherence to principle. In the late election,
the Demacratie party relied solely upon the righteous.
nes3 of their cause. They scorned a resort to clap trap
upon which their opponents mainly relied for success.
They treated the candidates of the Order with the ut
most fairness and respect, and we do not now remem
ber that any of our orators or presses made a single per
sonal attack. They boldly met the issues tendered by
the abolitionists, and planting themselves immovably upon
the 4th Resolution of the Georgia Platform, determined
to make an adherence to it a sine qua non of party af
filiation. They waged uncompromising war upon Know
Nothingism and unqualifiedly condemned its Organiza
tion and its purposes. But more than all; they laid
aside all old issues upon which they had time and
again received the endorsement of the country, and
cordially and warmly welcomed all persons of every
other party to an equal participation in all the honors
of the contest who concurred with them upon the
startling issues presented by the abolitionists of the
North and the Know Nothings of the South. We
thank God, that most of the great and patriotic lea
ders of the old Whig party appreciated the high ami
noble action of the Democracy, and under the lead of
the incomparable Stephens, took position at the head
of the Democratic Column and brought into line of bat
tle many of tho noblest and best of the rank and file
of the gallant party which they formerly led to battle
and often to victory. Without their aid the result
might and probably would have been widely different.
All honor then to A. 11. Stephens and his gallant
friends. They bore the brunt of battle and are worthy
of tho victor’s reward in a political war—the love, ad
miraiion and gratitude of the people whose rights they
have maintained. The victory achieved by their aid is
not exclusively a Demooratio triumph. A pan of the
glory belongs to the old Whig party. Indeed, the glo
ry of the achievement belongs to uo particular party 5
it is the ootnmoi) heritage of all parties at the South—it
is the triumph of tbo Southern people over one of the
isms of the North.
But can the legitimate fruits of the victory be Fes
cured ? That now is the question of our day aud gene
ration. But first let us understand what ase “the le
gitimate fruits” of the late victory ?
First, that the accident of birth does not confer
merit.
Second, that Government has no right to meddle
with the religion of the citizen.
Third, that the principles of the 4th resolution of the
Georgia Platform must be incorporated into the Platform j
of any notional party with which Georgians in future i
affiliate. *
The Georgia Democracy are pledged to the mainte
nance of these three points. Upon a solemn declaration
of adherence to them in State Convention, we secured
the co-operation of the Whigs of Georgia who fought
by our side in the late contest and we cannot abandon
them without dishonor.
During the spring of next year, the National Democ
racy hold a Presidential nominating convention. The
Georgia Democracy will be represented in that conven
tion. Then and there the fidelity of our party will be
put to a severe trial. The Northern branch of the
party is not as sound as we could wish on the slavery
question. Continued defeat in the maintenance of the
constitutional rights of the South has made the bold
timid, and the love of many has waxed cold. Every
effort will be made to induce the party to “pretermit”
any decided expression of opinion upon the issues that
have sprung out of the agitation of the slavery question,
by the Northern branch of the party, and we doubt not
that many Southern Democrats will yield to the per
suasions of their Northern brethren. This is the turn
ing point in the fortunes of the Georgia Democracy.
They cannot, they dare not, yield an inch on the slave
ry question. They are pledged to demand of the Na
tional Democracy an endorsement of the fugitive slave
law and of the Nebraska-Kansas act, before they can
affiliate with them. Upon this pledge, they gained the
aid ot Messrs. Toombs and Stephens and their friends
in the late contest, and to it mi re than any thing else
are the)’ indebted for their crowning victory. They
must stand up to it, or forfeit all claims to the respect
of the people.
The duty of appointing delegates to the Cincinnatti
convention will devolve, we suppose, upon the members
of the next Legislature ; at least they will make provis
ion for their appointment. Every Senator and Repre
sentative who was tlected by the joint votes of the
Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing parties, will be
entitled to a voice in the appointment of these delegates,
whether he was formely classed as a Whig or a Demo
-01 at, and we earnestly hope that all such will exercise
their rights. We hope further, that the delegates will
be selected without regard to old party divisions, and
that they will he specially instructed to carry out the
pledges of the June convention. The Platform of
Principles erected by that body is the pillar and cloud
that leads to the promised land. A close adherence to
it will, in our judgment, cure the National Democrat
ic party of the dry rot , of which Mr. A. 11. Stephens
complained attheopening cf the canvass, and make it
the rallying point of all sound men in every part of the
Uniou. Ihe slavery question has become a festering
sore upon “the body public and the knife must be used
with tearless intrepidity. Til* South can dally no lon
ger with timid friends or concealed foes. Congress has
no'power over the subject of slavery, except to guaran
tee to the South ample protection in the enjoyment of
property, and any party which is not prepared to plant
itselt upon the constitutional provisions with regard to it
cannot and will not 6ecure Southern support. If the
National Democracy .are not. prepared to face the storm
of abolition fanaticism, tho South will be recreant to itself
r.nd to the Union longer to remain iu fellowship with
it. , The time has come for bold, decided and manly
action. Tlie iron is hot upon the anvil and it is the
policy as well as the duty of the South to strike with
vigor. A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a
little more folding of the hands to sleep, and the power
to mould our destiny will bo gone forever. We yet
have faith iu the National Democracy. All tlre great
Jcaders of the party in the Northern Stales are com
mitted to Congressional non-intervention. If the South
is true’ lo herself,- we believe they will be true to her.
But they cannot maintain our rights without we give
them lever power by a bold and manly aesetion of them.
Hence the inexorable necessity of a stern enforcement j
of the Georgia Platform by a united South.
The Georgia Democracy are in the van in this con
test for Southern rights and Southern honor. If they
shall prove worthy of their position, and act in good
faith with their Southern brethren, and show to them
that they are ready to sacrifice even their party asso
ciations rather than betray the interests of their secti n,
and can succeed in bringing the National Democracy
up to a sound position on the slavery question, we are
persuaded that tho whole South will rally to a man in
the support of the nominee of the national convention ;
and lhatifthey shall unfortunately fail in their noble 1
purpose, that the very act of failure will make us one
people and one party.
We are persuaded that the divisions that have so ;
long existed at the South have sprung from a conviction
on the part of a large portion of our people that poli
tics was a mere game at which the leaders of parties
played for the spoils of office. Upon no other supposi
tion can we account for the spread of the ridiculous
tom-foolery of Know Nothingism in the Southern
States. There was no earthly cause for tho establish
meet of such an order in the Southern States. All the
foreigners and catholics resident at the South would
not, if served up for breakfast, make a comfortable meal
for the native and protesfent citizens. If . the leaders of
tho Democracy shall show to their fellow citizens that
they are earnestly engaged in an effort to *ave the
South from the deadly spirit of abolition fanaticism, we
: have not a moments doubt but that Know Nothingism
| will never more be heard of in the Southern States.
We then urge upon the Democratic members of the
next Legislature to bear themselves like men and pa
triots. and see to it that the counti) shall suffer no harm
by their default. Their responsibilities are great and
we earnestly pray the Giver of every good g ft to en
dow them with wisdom to see and nerve to carry cut
that line of policy which shall most certainly advance
the best interests of the people whose servants they are.
Still Further from the Geargia Flection,
We have the pleasure this morning of publishing
the returns, principally official, from 3OS counties.—
Johnson received 50,892 votes; Andrews 41,393 votes;
Overby 5,499 votes. Johnson’s majority over Andrews
is 9,499 ; and over Andrews and Overby both 3,582.
The five oounties to hear from are all Democratic and
will make Johnson’s majority over both his competi
tors about 4,500. Coffee, Irwin, Pike, Pickens and
Hart, are the counties yet to hear from.
Ho ! for Knnsas !
We had the pleasure of meeting in this city on flte
10th hist., Sterling G. Cato, Esq., recently .appointed
Judge of Kansas, vice Rush Elmore, removed. The
Judge is on his way to his new field of labor. He is
in excellent health and spirits. The kind wishes of a
large circle of friends accompany him.
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New Shingle Manufactory.
The new machine for manufacturing shingles invent
ed by Messrs. Stevens & Kidder, is now in operation at
the Union Foundry, in this city. It is a simple and
yet most efficient instrument, riving and planing the
shingle at one stroke. See advertisement in another
column.
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Valuable Lands for Sale.
Persons wishing to purchase valuable river lands
would do well to consult our advertising columns. The
Messrs. Canty are offering a very valuable tract near
Columbus ; and Thomas Flournoy Esq , has put his
lands near Eufaula in the market.
The Weather.
We were visited by a light frost on the 7th and Bth
inst. Vegetation was nipped but not destroyed by it
The sun regained the mastery, however, on the 10th,
and poured down a summer shower of burning rays.
We fear we are not yet through the hot dry weather
of autumn. *
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Malicious Mischief. —Between the hour of mid
night and day-light, it is the practice of some drunken
persons to disturb the peace aud quiet of Randolph street.
They went so far on Wednesday night last as tear open
the blinds of the Times q* Sentinel office and break
out half a dozen panes of glass. Cannot the city police
put an end to such malicious mischief? We respect
fully suggest that a little attention on their part to this
part of the city, between mid night and day-light,
would be kindly welcomed by the residents and property
owners.
Religions Intelligence. —The eleventh, annual ses
sion of the Synod, of Georgia, will convene in LaGrange,
14th November.
The Presbytery of Florida will hold its semi-annual
meeting at Thomasvilie, Ga., November 2d.
The Charleston Presbytery will meet at Beech Island
Church, on Wednesday, 24th October next.
The Presbytery of Cherokee will hold its semi-annual
session at Dahlonega, Ga., the 10th of October.
The Presbstery of Flint river will meet at Nevvnan
on Wednesday, before 2d Sabbath in October.
Russell Circuit Court. —The Circuit Court of Rus
sell county, after a session of two weeks, adjourned
last Saturday. We learn that Clay, charged with the
killing of Croft, near Si.lem, last July, ana Murphy,
charged with the killing of Clem, some two 3 ears ago,
were both acquitted.— Daily Sun.
Fort Gaines Academy Lottery. —We call the atten
tion of our readers to the new Scheme of this Lottery,
to he drawn October 24th. There will be a prize to
every tenth ticket, and one thousand prizes in all.—
Now is the best opportunity ever offered by Mr.
Swan for someone to draw a prize—and a small fortune,
if you please, lor a small amount of money. Whole
tickets, ss’ halves, $2 1-2. Mr. M. A. Cooke, of
Chattanooga, Tennessee, the successful competitor in
stock at the late Fair in this city, was the holder of a
whole ticket which drew the pretty little sum of fifteen
thousand dollars in the above Lottery on Monday last.
Atlanta Republican.
Successors to Judge Crunch. — Washington, Oct. 4.
—The President lias appointed George W. Hopkins,
of Virginia, Chief Justice of the United States Circuit
Court for the District of Columbia, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Cranch, Judge Hop
kins is now a judge of Virginia, and formeily was a
member of Congress, and Charge to Portugal under
President Polk’s administration.
Mortality —The deaths in New York, the past week,
numbered 555 ; a decrease of 41. In Boston, 103 ; an
increase of 12. In Philadelphia, 169 : a decrease o* 3d ;
and in Baltimore, 95 ; a decrease of 8 from the previous
week.
Health of Montgomery-
Office Board ok Health, )
Oct. 9, 1855 —<i o'clock, p. in. S
The board report no new case of yellow fever, and 2
deaths for the last 24 hours —making 44 cases and 17
deaths, from the first report on the 25th u!t., to date.
Samuel E. Norton, See’y.
Ofticf. Board of Health, l
Oct. 10,18.55—6 o’clock, p. m. $
The Board report two case ot yeilovv lever and
no deaths, for the last 24 hours —making 46 eases and 17
deaths, from the first report on the 25th ult. to date.
Fire in Savannah.
An alarm of tire was given yesterday morning about
five o’clock which was fousd to proceed from the Fe
male Orphan Asylum on the corner of Bui! and jay
lor streets. The fire, which is supposed to have orig
inated in a clothes press in the eastern end of the build
ing, had made considerable progress before being dis
covered. All the inmates were Rescued without acci
dent, with the exception of Mrs. Be!!, the matron of
the Institution, aud a little daughter of Mr. M. M. Da
vis, Sergeant of the Mounted Police. These two were
seen in one of the upper rooms, after all were supposed
to have been rescued-
Mr. F. Blair, one of the Firemen, went in and crept j
round on his hands and knees until lie found Mrs. Beil J
where she had fallen when overcome by the heat and
smoke. His Honor, Mayor Anderson, with Policeman
Oiiveros, had .passed through tit’s room but a few min
utes before, and searched the beds. From the position
In which the matron was found, the Mayor must
have passed within a foot of her.
The little girl was rescued by Mr, James A. Barron,
another of otfr gallant firemen. Mr. B. was just re
covering from an attack of fever ; but, Ike sill our fire
men, when duty called, all personal considerations were
forgotten. Mr. Barron took the child home Jo his house
and she was afterwards taken home to her father,
where she now Is. Wo regret to ltarh trun she is slid
quite il! from the effects of the brat and sm< kt, Mrs.
Bell was taken to the house of Solomon Cohen, Esq.,
where she soon recovered.
The children, 32 in number, were sent to the house
<?f Mayor Anderson, and yesterday afternoon removed ;
to Bair Lqwn. The ladies of our city very kindly sen:
garments to them, of which they stood in need, having
been unable to save anything from their sleeping apart
ments.
A large part of the furniture and e o titer’ articles in
the lower rooms was saved, but in a damaged condi
tion.
We learn that there was an insurance up ja the build
ing to the amount of SIO,OOO, which will probably more
than cover the loss. The walls of the main building,
and a wall running through the middle were each 18
inches thick, to which fact is attributable the compara
tively small damage done to the building.- A wing built
a year or two since, with thinner walls, has suffered
more damage, being badly cracked.— Savannah News,
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Ohio and Pennsylvania Elections.
CuLUMIIIA, pet. 10.
Pennsylvania.— Tho returns indicate the success- of
the Democrats.
Ohio. —Six counties give considerable gains for
Chase, fusion.
Ft osl ! Frost ! ! —Yesterday [Sunday] morning,
i a pretty fair frost was visible in the efty, and, we learn
j was much heavier in the country. Again it appears
! this morning, though not as heavy as before —still, it
was undoubtedly colder. The atmosphere in sharp and
bracing,- and has been so for 3G hours. The doctors,
however, say absentees had better not return yet. IV e
believe that they Consider a thoroughly, killing frost
necessary to ensure perfect safety.— Montgomery Mail,
Blh.
The Ceaseless Stream. —We believe that there has
i been no cessation in the stetam of cotton wagons com
ing to our city. Dull trade has been,-they have con
tinued to bring in “the staple,’’ hoping, fib doubt, for
an early rain that will put up the and the
hopes of Montgomery merchants. The Lord send us
that great good, at an early day ! By the way, a nine
foot rise in the Bigbee, at Columbus lias been reported,
il lot. Mail , Bth.
The Crops.
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| Clay Hill, Pile County, Ala., Sept. ‘26, 1855. —The
! cotton crop in this section of this cuutry is not as ;od
ips it was last year. The weed'is larges , but the rui.us of
, July and August last has made it shed it forms very
i much.
Th re is ;;t least twenty per cent more bind’ planted in
i cotton this year than the one that has just p:>;. Bo far
j us my inquiries have extended l have found no old stock
jon hand. Corn and Pea crops are unprecedenily large.
; — Correspondence of the Mobile Daily Register.
| Liabilities of Raids. —The liab Irty of a Bank in paying
j a forged check upon it. Sms been established I y the courts
jof both England and the IJ.’ S. Th.e riffe established is
jto this eflLeb; If a Bank pays a check with a forged sig--
| nature; it cannot afterwards recover th*. amount from the
endorser, or from the party to whom it mav have been
paid, although the latter may be able to sustain tho loss.
The Bank ,s bound to know the signature of its own
and cannot recover the amount paid 011 a for
ged cheer; unless there be,collusion between parties
to the cheek, or unless the Bank obtain, (a- it should]
whenever there is any doubt as* to ’thegenuictness of tin
i signatures, a guarantee from the payee.
| Propensity for Betting The Richmond (Ya„) J)is
i patch tells tlie following vtory. arid says i- comes in a shape
j so unquestionable as. to;leave no doubt of its truth :>
’ Two gentlemen who were recently carried from Ports
mouth to the Naval Hospital Were placed m positions so
contiguous that they each could see and hear the other.
One of them, Mr. j., had a monomania lor betting.—
When in health he was for settling every question small
or great, by a bet, and the same*passion “exerted a ruling
influence over him in sickness. Roth the gentlemen
were il! ; and Mr. A., the elder of the two, frequently
exciaimed in his agony “I shall die.” J., after hearing
the exclamation a few times, .and probably'much excited
by his fever, suddenly rose up in bid, and to the aston
ishment of the attending physician, prop sed a bet. Tii
bet you,’ said he “$lO you don’t die.” “I shall die be
fore morning,” was the reply. ‘TH bet you $lO you’re :
alive at daybreak,” said J. And so earnestly was lie for
the bet, that he continued his importunities until the at- 1
tend ng surgeon had him removed to another room. Mr.
A- died in a short time. But J. recovered and is now
well and as ready as ever to bet.
A Legal Anecdote .---The following anecdote use.) to
be related of Floa. Jeremiah Mason of New Hampshire,
and is said to have occurred at Portsmouth. There’ is a
well known custom prevailing in our criminal court, as
sign tig counsel to such prisoners as have no one to defend
them. On one occasion, the Coiut finding a man aeeu
std of theft, without counsel, said to a wag.of a lawyer
who was present : “Mr. , please withdraw with the
prisoner, confer with him, and give him such counsel as
may be best for his interests.” The lawyer and client
withdrew 5 and in fifteen minutes the lawyer returned
mio Court alone. ‘• Where is the • prisoner !” asked the
Court. “He has* gone ; your Honor told me to give
hrn the best advice 1 could get for his interest ; and as
he saidl he was guilty. 1 thought the best counsel lu-ooh
nfier him was to ‘cut and run/ which he took at once.”
Annual Sessions, —We trust that this question .will
he brought Before the next Legislature. There are
many who voted for the biennial nes-ions, who wish a
return to the old annual plan. The trae principles up
fin which a Republic should rest, require that the peo
ple should within each year have a voice upon the Saws
passed.
The Representatives of the people should every 12
months give an account of their stewardship. —Athens
Banner,
Purifying the-Ballot Box. —A man named Mang
ham, who was arrested on Sunday night, last, and im
prisoned in the calabqose at this place, tor larceny, was,
we understand, taken from the calaboose to the polls
on Monday, by the Know Nothings, and persuaded by
these immaculate lovers of their country to vote the Iv
Nothipg.ticket, after which he was marched before a
•Justice, tried, convicted and immediately taken to the
county jail-at LaG range ‘and imprisoned. This is
rity of the ballot box’’ with a vengeance —tins is “dis
gust for the wild hunt after-office, which'characterizes
•the age”—this is ‘‘Americans ruling America !’ XSest
Point Beacon.
Hon. Thomas Butler King 1 .
This gentleman, formerly Representative in ‘Congress,
Collector at San ’Francisco. Ac., was run by the Know
Nothing party in Glynn county, forlState Senator, at the
recent c-iietio-u and defeated.
As misery loves company,” this result will afford con
solation to Jere. Clements.
Malicious Mischief.
hour young men have been arrested at Medford-, Mass.,
upon the change of setting fire to several building in that
pliice; One of the parties having turned State’s evidence,
it appears that.'it had been the practice of tlie lour to m< et
on. Saturday nights and set fire to buildings for the pur
pose of getting out the engine's,’ of which they were all
members.
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Health of Hew Orleans.
New .Orleans, Oetl- 7.—The weather is cool, consequent
ly the yellow lever is decreasing.
Hew York Coffee Market.
New York, Oct.. 8.
There is convidgrablle speculation in Coffee and 12,000
bags have been sola at, as it is reported, over 11 cents per
pound.. *_ ,
An Indian Battle.
St. Lours-J Oct. 0.
t Accounts have reached here ol a battle between the
Chtppowas and Sio'ux on the 22d ultimo. Them wore
lliiity ol the [alter killed and sixteen wounded. Five of
Chippewas were'k'died.
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Preliminary Examination.
The examinat ion of Zaehariah Rodgers, for the ho mi- |
eide oi BL-iiuirt, iooli place yesterday, before justices |
Quin and Walker, and resulted in his discharge.
for tiie Uetenuc: Judge Crawford and Porter Ingram,.
Jr or the prosecution: Col. Jones, Maj. Williams, and B.
A. Lffij.— Daily Sun, Oct'. 11.
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Henry (lay on Fusion.
“it it (the Whig party,) is to be merged into a contemp
tible abolition pftriy, and if Abolitionism is to be engrailed
upon the Whig creed, bom that moment l renounce the
patty and cease to tie a Whig. I'go yet a? step further. It
iam alive 1 will give'my humble support-to that man for
the iTesideircy, who, to whatever'party he may belong, is
not contaminated by uiAomsm, rather than to one ulio
crying out ail the tune that he is a Whig, maintains doc
trines utteriy subversive of tire Constitution.”
The above is an extract from a speech delivered by Hen
ry Clay in the Mouse of itepreseutat ves of Kentucky,Nov.
l‘J, idoO, and is now both applicable*and of interest.
Moustache wojt-N by clergymen.— The author of
Notes and Queries remarks:
“When the Episcopal v/ig came into fashion, it would
seem that the byard wag no longer worn by clergymen.
Looking over a collection or’ prints,, t find Wickliffe, VVil
liarn Tydalo, Dean Donne, Oeort'e Herbert, Robert Her
rick, Robert Bet toil, Bishop Jeremy Taylor, Archbishop
Spot;iswood, Thomas I* ui'er, ■ Usher, the Trimate, and
Robert Smith, all using the moustache; as did John Knox
and Runyan, i'he Jesuits in I'dia, 1 believe, still wear it.
j I have been unable to trace the latest instance of a clergy
1 man wearing his gown and cassock in the streets; thecus
’ tom apparently died out in the reign of one of the early
| Georges.”
An Animal Plant. —Mr. P. E. Stanton, of Livingston
Parish, La., hns-a very singular plant in his garden, wlSch
seems to be the'connecting dak between the animal and
the vegetable world. The plant is about three feet high,
and hs stamen reaches I lid ground. At the end it is
armed with a small sharp* subst -ace, with which it pierces
insects and hits them into tlie caiy?, where they are grasp
ed by the plant and appropriated to its support.
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Worth Receiving. —Our forrmr townsman, Ik Lock*-
| wood, E-q., appointed by the President fbr that purpose,
| has ha i ih e pleasure to receive from the Spanish Govern
j ment in Cuba the ‘good round sum of fifty-three thou.-
• sand dollars in hard gold. This was thongreed eompt-p
---! sat ion In the Ljuok Warrior affair ; and the payment was |
; made on Thursday, 27th ult., at Havana.-*- ■Mobile Reg*
is ter , Gth.
The Victof.idu?'Gev^ka.icl— Tite New York Herald
sav-: Ourreaders have seen that the successful attacks on
the Maiakoii were led by Generals Bosquet and MeMa !
bon. TiieGast named officer is said to have fallen in the
moment ol victory. Although a General in the French j
Army, he is really.a British subject. Gen. McMahon was :
born in Ireland. His father was a distinguished physician, j
j and was-one of the leaders in the memorable insurrection, i
of 1795. Like many oilier gallant Irishmen of that dav, j
he sought an asylum in France, anu was, for many years
librarian in. the College of Medicine at Paris, ilis son, :
the iiero of the Malakofl,was-educated at Napoleon’s mil- !
; diary Academy, the Ecole Politeehrrjqoe, and distinguished 1
himself m tiio'Algerian campaigns. This is nut the first j
time that men who have been outlawed by the British Gov
eminent have done it essential service.
Proof Iftnt the Moon is not Inhabited—Dr. Seoresby,
j in an account.tmit he has given ol some recent observations
made with theidari ot ikorse's telega pe> savs: “With re
spect to the mocm, every oi.jcet on its surface ol‘ 100 feet
| was now distinctly to be seep;.and he had no doubt, that
i under very favorable circumstances, it would be so with
j oojeets bj feet hi h ‘igfit. Qt its surface were craters of
extinct volcano#, rocks and nibses of stone almost innu
merame. He had no doubt that if such a building as he
was then in were .upon the surface of the moon, it would
he rendered distinctly visible by these instruments But
there were no*signs of habitations such as ours— no vestiges
j ot architecture remain to'show that the moon is or ever
! inha: bed by„a race of iiiortals similar to ourselves.—
: It presented no appearance winch could, lead to the sup
position that it"contained anything ike the green fields and
lovely verdure of this Umiidut world of ours dliere was
no water visible —not a sea or a river, or even the measure
ol a reservoir for supplying town or factory—all seemed
desoiate.”
I’ i err tjii-ci 1 -'■ • t , —e learn by an announcement
m the Mihvaukie,Wisconsin that the Hon. Caleb Cu-h
----ii)g. Attorney General of the United Srates, has com
menccd ;i hbe! suit against nudge ilubbell ot the’ Aiihvau
hie circuit for urging a letter..'assailing the character of
tne Attorney General, and against the Milwaukie News
for publishing it.
Pogitire blare* —Attorney General Cushing has defi
ned Mat me constitutional right ,1 a citizen of the United
btates to reclaim a fugitive from lbs lawful service ev
r^hJ’ to i! o la!eS a,id to , ,he wganized Temto
nes am a!>o to ail the unorganized lemforial possessions •
o! the i 11'led Mai** Uin such territory there be no cor!
uus loners of the United estates to ac, the claimant ma\
proceed ny recapture . about judicial process.
eiI BANK vi IN ( / MJ uo E ~’ l^H resumed its exer-
N ondav Bth rust, will, the most flattering pros,
lac,-. 1 hi’ miniU rof admreions was thiny-the largest
ever received at tin - season.
Hops in Kansas. —The Leavenworth (Karfleas) Herald
of a latt* date says : “The hop vine grows spontaneously
in Kansas, and appears to be a native of the soil. \\k.
were* shown a cluster the other dry which was found
wild in the forests, as nice as we ever saw grown in east
ern gardens. We are told that in places they are abun
dant, and might be gathered with profit as an article of
commerce.’ ’
Death of Mrs. and Miss Taney. —Our Hampton cor
respondent, in yesterday’s Dispatch, announced the death
at Old Point, of Mrs. Taney, wife of Chief Justice Taney’
and also the death of his eldest daughter. In this deep
affliction to the venerable Chief Justice, all hearts will
sympathise. In the ease of the mother, there was reason
to believe, according to bur correspondent, that yellow
fever had been lurking in the system, whilst that of the
daughter was a decided case of this terrib’o disease. Old
Point was a favorite resort of Chief Justice Taney, and
lie had a .cottage there, in which his ‘ainHy was residing
at the time the sad bereavement occurred- Rich. Dis.
Foreign Military Companies.—-Governor Minor, ol
Connecticut, has ordered the disbanding of all military
companies, in the State, composed ot foreigners, making
an exception in favor ot the German company of New
Haven. The Adjutant General, however, lias refused
to promulgate the Order, so it falls to the ground.
“Fusion*’ Extraordinary.. . A Correspondent from
Wooster, Ohio, to the Columbus Statesman, says that
R. XV. Gaily, the “Republican” nominee for a county of
fice, in a speech a few days ago, made the assertion that
he was in favor of amalgamation with negroes, because
that mix fog the blood produced better stock than the
pure while race!
Why are the mouths of the New York “upper
ten,” since the arrival of Rachel, like the trenches of
Sebastopol ? They are filed with mangled French
[Boston Post.
That is a joke which exits both ways. Why are some
of the Boston Newspapers like the aforesaid trenches ?
Because they are filled with mangled English!-” [New
York Advertiser
Loan Association. — The Loans of the Savannah Mu
tual Loan Association Oct. Bth, were 84,000 at 30 jier cl.
and 81,000 at 28 per cent
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Bail Koad.
The Editor of the Ouachita Register avows his belief,
founded on information he received a lew days ago from
Col Bonner, the engineer of the Vicksburg. Shrevepoit
and Texas Railroad, that the road will be built hum Mon
roe to Vicksburg in two years from this time.
Ijon.T. H. Bayly, representative in Congress from the
Accomac district,is still extremely ill at the Springs of
Virginia, tiisdisease is consumption, and it is feared tlut
he cannot recover.
Members Elect to the Georgia Legislature.
The {‘list named is Senator. Know Nothings are in
talies.
Appling—Rea dish ; Mobley.
1 > ildwin —Brow n ; Butts.
j hbb —Hardeman; Davis , •Williams,']
i Pi it hr—S;ipp : Sloeurnb.
BuTgek—Gone ; McLean.
{. Bryan— Hines; Smith.
Burke—Lawson; Rrzier, Brown.
Butts —Bailey : Ward.
Camden—Atkinson ; Brown.
Crawford —Bryce : A v.ery.
< D'vetn —Buchanan ; Amiss, Wynn.
Chattahoochee —Ren! rot* ; Shipp.
Chatham—Screven ; Stiles, Lawton.
Clay— Adams ; Dozier.
Campbell— Carlton ; Watts.
Columbia—A very ; Real!. Luke.
Cobb—Moore; Muyner, Bradford.
, Chattooga— Sphropshire; Crook.
Cass— Cannon; Johnson , Solomon.
Catoosa Murray : McConnell ,
Cherokee—Camden ; Fields, Roberts.
Carroll—Blood worth , Richards, Johnson.
Clinch—Nichols; Smith.
Clark —Peeples ; Carlton , Loire.
Oa'hpit n—B rov. n, MeC!ary.
DeKalb—Murphy ; Hoyle.
Dowghertv—Lawton ; Harris.
J)oo!y—Cobh ; -Hamilton.
’ Decatur —Sims : Powell.
Dade —ITale, Paris.
Emanuel—Summer : Edenf.eld.
Early—lTnys; Swearingen.
| Efiincrham- — : Porter.
Elbert—Mclntosh ; Johnson.
Fannin—Chastain : Woods.
Floyd—McGu'ie; Terhnne, lTauie.
Fayette—Whitaker ; King.
Forsyth—Strickland ; Julian, Cunningham.
Franklin.—Ashe ; Pruitt.
Fuhno --Calhoun ; Harris.
Glynn—l ,ong ; Burnett.
Creme— Cone; Laris, Damson.
Gordon —Dabney ; McConnell. Barrett.
Gwinnett—Brown ; Hudson, “Whitworth.
Gilmer—Patterson : Pickert.
Henry— Turner; Hale, Johnson.
Hancock —Baxter ; Smith. Lewis.
Hall—Dunegan ; Ilcadin.
J fart —Poole ; Myers.
Karris — Hill; Hudson , Gordon.
Houston — Lawson; Maithrvs, Thorpe.
Habersham.. MclWillian, Phillips.
1 ,Heard —Moreland, Lane.
Jefferson—Patterson ; Sinquehcld.
•Tones—Smith ; Barron.
! Jaekson—AY bite ; Parks, Daniel!.
Jasper — Maddux ; Cowell.
Kincliafoonee— Swinney; Causey.
Lumpkin—Canir li; Boyd, Graham.
Laurens —Robinson ; Guyton.
Lee— Ragan ; Bartlett.
Liberty—Winn ; Hughes.
Lincoln —Moore ; Tatow.
Lowndes—Knight ; Jones.
Mar.on—Jeter; I Virgins.
Macon— Head; Felton.
Mclntosh—Spalding ; King.
Muscogee— Wales ; T horn ton, Jones.
M ■ntgomerv —Peterson ; Mr Cason.
Monroe— Crowder-, Murphy , Battle.
Morgan —Billups ; Darden.
M uri'ay —Mrr:s ; Carter.
M-riwetlur — Harris; Dixon , Brantly.
Madison —Colbert; Bird.
Newton —Pharr; Montgomery, Henderson.
Oglethorpe—Land ruin : Griffith, Phi pixy.
Paulding—Gray ; Spinks.
Pulaski—Howell : Harrell.
Putnam—AA ingff. IT • Reid, Calloway.
Polk —AA are ; Davis.
Pike—Gibson Caldwell.
Randolph—Guerre; Stamper, Graves.
Richmond —Miller ; Milledge , Barton.
Rabun..Ci ffee, Cannon.
Screven—Mathews ; Boykin.
Sumter— King ; Moore. Collie.
Stewart —Scott ; Wimberly, Walton.
Spalding— Dupree ; Kirkputrick.
I roup— Beascly; Hill. Boykin.
Talbot— Marshall; Owen, ~ Brown.
i ay lor —Riley ; McCants.
Jattfall—Moody ; SrniWv.
It Fair —St a dsill; Me Lannan.
I horn us—Ponder ; Browning.
I wit gs-~-Gi iffin. Faulk.
• Jaiiaierre.. Harris, IlartisQn.
I r pson— Frmnbro ; Sharman.
Warren— IKti!}; Kitchens, Junes.
Rilkes— Pope; Irwin, Anderson.
M 01 1 h Shine; Simmons-
W alker—Gordon ; Cald el I.
u bitfield— ]\ ellburn ; Sapp.
Dalton Grant ; Cooper, Kilgore.
ashinoton—liudcsill; Worihen, Graybtfl.
ilkinson- .Ccinrr.injr. Simmons.
M avne—Causey, R imph.
\\ are—McDonald ; Hilliard.
Ninety-three counties. Senate. 58 Democrats and
rti. Know Nothings ; 35 Know Nothings. ll* use, 79
Democrats and Anti-Know Nothings; 4[) Know Noth
ings. Democratic majority on joint ballot 53.