Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 07, 1860, Image 2

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<* r, . _ _ ROB T. A, THOMPSON, Editor. TKH MS ?SI .">() ji<?r *nuiniv, in f*lvnii?*#. It* pnymcnl h(> UoliivoU until nftcr tlie cx|ijrnrf<rrr of tHc year. $2. For nix months, 7"> cent* in ndvrihcc. JjjJ("\\<lv?rtivim.-iitH inserted ;it tlio usual rutcs. PICKBNS ('. II., S. C.: "Saturday Morning, January 7, 1860. 1'oMponedTl>o sulo of Nt'^rmw and oilier property btv j longing to the Kstate "f (Jatwaiti.vk C'fc.wo, do- j rinsed, has boon postponed.From Coluoabla. "Wo give the conclusion of such of tlio'proceedings of the Legislature us nro of importance, I with the list of n-'ts passed. The numl-er if larger than usual, many of tlieiu making impor- ! Tain cnanges iiv tnc twisting law *ik' prcscut | order of tilings. Wo publish this week the act to raise supplies, and nnothcr to provide T?r the j peace and security of the. State. The remain- \ tier, of general ami local interest, will appear us early as practicable. Hon. Jambs L, 1'ktkjw has been elected to I * the .statute law of this State. 1 the late-enactment for Unit purpose, the judiciary of the State is thus arranged : Messrs O'Xkai.i., Johnston and F 11 Wauui.aiv are on tbo Appeal bench. Messrs Pl'.nkiN, C'.VKHoi.i, ami Inui.is, ('haneell'ifs. Messrs 1> L WakuI.AU'. Wll ?TV???f Wi riliMiJ ? Hiir.no, MMM f,n aim Ciiouit -Judges. The timo of holding the Courts of tlic Western Circuit has not been changed The legislature passed unanimously a preamble nml resolutions on the subject of federal relations, which we publish II in <! Mkmmin- i ukk has been appointed Commissioner to Virginia to delivor tlscm in person We wish more for this mission than \vc expect from it. The B!ue Ridge RailroadThe sum of SolO.OOU lias been appropriated | by the Legislature for building the road to Walhalhv Wo are pleased to ehroniulo this important fact, an 1 learn that operations have already comuicucud. looking to an curly completion. The Legislature passed an act nt its rcccnt session authorizing the Commissioners of lloads of this disti let to make a subscription to the load, subject to the ratification or rejection of the tax payers at the ballot box It is important that some action should he had by tho district, to continue the work on the tunnel if possible We hope by our next issue to have the act before us, iliat action may be hud underbtiwidiugly. New AdvertisementsIt affords m pleasure to direct -mention to the now Advertisements in our columns tlds week to wit: From the Trustees of the Pendleton Male Academy, Dr. Ilhetts land for sale, (Jeorges ereek Academy, .sale of Negroes by Mr Oliver, Mr Oary's Tax notice, dissolution of partnership between Messrs, Towors and .Johns, *alos by the Commissioner in Equity and Sheriff, together with other notices of public concern and interest. The President's MessageThe President has delivered his mcssairo to Congress, unorganized as it is A very full ami accurate synopsis of it may he found on our first page It is an ahlo document, characterised by patriotic sentiments and constitutional recommendations, und statesmanship made profound by unusual sugneity and long experience Snow. Snow commenced falling on Saturday morning last, and continued to do so for several hours. The flakes were very large, covering the earth | to the depth of two or three inches Haiti had i descended previously, which caused much of! the 6iiow to molt befofc the ground was covered. A sudden freeze coining on continued it with us for some days. North-oast of us the snow was j several inches deeper than it was here Since, j the weather has been bitter cold, though now j moderating to some extent. List of Appointments for Pickens District \\*e arc indebted to Mr. Curkkv, Chairman of the Plokens delegation, for tlie following complete list of Appointments, nir.de by the l<egislatnre, for this district: Maoi stjiaiks.?\V\ J. Gantt, Isaac Wieklitfe, W. H. White, vi.jc John A<li?ii*. Leonard Rogers, John oiuirpe, 11. O. Tribblc, Abel Robins, A. B. liowdon, IT. J. Anthony, Joshua Jameson, J. W. Singleton, (vice Ijarkin Hendricks) Philip Young, Thomas Uillartl, David A. Alexander, (vice Thos. Price,") J. N. Arnold, (vico 1'/. (I. Mullinnix.) Thos. II. Hoggs, James .Johns, Win. S. Woofbright, Alex Hrycc. fiouoNKii.?Win, J. Gantt. C0MMISSIONKII8 Of IIOADH, 2i> Una. S. C. M.?-A. 8. Stephens vicc A. J. Looney, John Morehejul vice U. Ffetwell, Levi N. Robins vice Morris Miller, Geo. W. Phillips vice J no. M. Gilfwon, G. A. Taylor vico Miles M. burton, W. ft. Grishani vice Andrew Alexander, James Goorge vice S. U. Mcl'ull, M. It. Ilunnicutt, John S. Dickson vico Moses Messer, II. It. Ifughcavice T. F. Davis, A. li. Grant vice Leonard Itogers, I (jarwell lloster. f)TH llEO. S. f!. M. Tr>iv> T./?nnni* vi/><% A I M. Carpenter, TliOfl. Price vice T. N. MoKinney, "Win. Baker vice Larkin 11 Win. Williams vice H. C. .Tones, II. F. Morgan vice J. .11. L nirence, K. II. Griffin, Henry Trotter, T. J. Steele, J. B. Clayton, J. W. Crawford, J. W. Singleton, II. (3. Briggs. CoMMrssioMKtt.s OP FKK.K SOHOOLH. ? F. N. (rarvin, 11. A. Thompson, Isaac Wioklifte, J. C. Cook, M. i>. Donay, Ilcv. John Arial, 1> 1* T> jv. rj. ngwcn. CoMMISHUiNKltH TO Al'l'ROVK IJ0ND8. W111. 8. (Irishnm, Joseph Hurnctt, JnH. II. Ambler, Jus. Jjimrmicc, Sanil. Keid. j COMMISHIONKUS f?V PlIliMC HlJ 11-1)1 MiS. M. F- Mitchell, Z. C. Pulliam, J. B. Ilagood, | .) J. Norton, J. W. Kuvle, Jan. Goorgo, I/. C'-JUmijg. X (to hereby certify that the foregoing in a trwe nml complete lint of the nppointmontH lor rioKens uistriet, copieu by me from ilic original papers now in hand of State Printer. E. O. WlTHINOTON, Foreman. Columbia, Dvj. 23d, 1859. Cotton Estimates.?The following are tho estimates by a loading and well-inforinod housefor the ootton crop of tho post yeor: Roecipts at New Orleans, 1,900,000 bales; ro<;eipU at Mobile, 800,000 bales; Atlantic and Florida ports, 1,200,000 bales ; Texas crop, 250,000 bales; interior receipts, 100,000 bales.? Total crop, 4,230,000 bales. Saleday. The dbngrciible weather prevented ninny dmbtloss from being present on salodny, (bough , thoro was n considerable number out The sal en < were small and unimportant. 1 Tho different boards of tho district, except ?Wat of free schools, was in session l-'.nch lovioJ < a tax ax follows: for roads and bridges. 33i; < poor. 20; public buildings, 5 per cent on tho , > general (St^te) tax 1 I An unusual amount of business was trausac- . ' ' fl?(l ! lUOlliH* wna iuhw??aII?? 1 I - - - , J -.M.rum.j ovarvu IIIIU 111 VlTJf ! j eonnidomljlo rc<|uc?t ^ 1 Tin* no\r grocery gnvo untnisfakhlc signs of its i ' ' spiritual maniftn-tatious," ami locked success- [ j fully its victims in the embracoof mother earth. | Such fraternal work. with air abundance of mini | in our streets, left its mark. j j A Bad Arrangemcut. | { The Agent of the Blue Kidge Kuilroad, at | j IVmllcton, informs us that the freight on all I goods shipped to that point, by the tircenyillo I ami Columbia Uailroad, must lie paid at Amler- j son. This i.i inconvenient, hut must, we sup- ? |v?e. be endured until more favorable arrange- j J limit* mm lm uiiuli' Mi- i! in i >?" ' nt Pendleton, will take tlio trouble on him.-.el I' 1 to meet tho demands for freight, when the money is > ? ud with him. I The Charleston Convention. The card below fully explains itself. The j number of signatures might have been largely 1 j increased had time and opportunity permitted. ' ! We publish the call that preparation inny lie 1 1 i made for Pickens being represented in the Stale 1 . | ('.invention to be held in April, at Columbia, j i .More hereafter: j The undersigned. on behalf <>f thenisclve.? and j j j others, members of the Legistniure, who doom , it advi-ablu that South Carolina should be rep- j resented in tin* pemoeratie Convention, which I is to assemble in t.'harleslon for 'no purpose of ^ I nominating suitable and necoptahlo eandidatcs i for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of tbe j x United States, recommended to the people of the j 1 Stale who think with them, in nwi.t in ?! ' respective I M>lrirt"i, tit tli flonrt 11 >n-e, to j ' appoint dfdegiitos to convene irt Columbia, on ' ilto third Monday iti April following, who will j p mewed to select two delegates from onoh ("on- ] gressional 1 >i?ntrict, and lour from tin* Stutt? j j j at largo, to represent thin State in said Convun- 1 ^ | tion. Tints. V. Simons, David Ramsay, 1J. 11. \ ANDlVKlt, .JAS. l-'AUltllW, ] I. T. BUOYM.KS, W. MU.I.KK, I It. \V. Skvm?cu, Hiciiaiu) Ykadox, John A. Mktts, .J. 1). AI.I.kn, 1 .J. 11. Waiik, .) -M. Sf 1,1,1 VAN, ! J. E. Bvitj), A. S. Wai.lack, j J. ] '. 11 AltKKI.I., 15. I'. I' Kit It Y, , , M. 1*. OH^oxxuu, J. W. Stokks, ( ; Wauk II.vmi-tiix, 1<\ IjA.nnkai', t j 11. II. \ViijStt.v, W.m. Black, * j.J. ]'. Zl.M.MKltMAX, ). II. NoltWOOl), i L\ ,j. .Musks, Hkmiv Buist, ! .J. L. W KSTiMOlt KI.A X D, ( ). 10. KdWAIIIIS, j : IM.AM rtllAUl'K, ilKNHV U. 1>AVI#, j (j. Cannon, a. .J. Andkkson, It. .J. MaNNINO, (i kolulk It. ClIJMUY. m. (jaj??KUHY, .). l. sIIANKI.ix, 11. fi. J'tNCKNEY, 'III. Johnson Female University. "\Ye have.been favored with the catalogue of the Johnson Female University, located at Anderson. During the past year K53 students linve been in attendance. Tlio session of 1800 will J hegin the first Wednesday in Februury. Major Pkiiry, ok (Iiikf.vii.i.f..?AVe regret to J lonni from the following, which we copy from a hitter to the (Sroenvillt Patriot, written by Maj. ' I l'errv. that he will not be again a candidate for the Legislature. Jlo litis long been a valuable , ineinher of that body, ever commanding high ( ?i. ?i- i > ' |ive|>uv? Hum iui?u wiiu wimiii ne uiuorea : t Coi.umdia. S. 0., Doc. IS l.s.'iO. Messrs. Editors: Tno session of our Legisla| turo is about closing. and lor the last timo 1 | i 11 write you a few linos; for it is my firm and ' s settled purpose never nguin to occupy a sout in 1 [ either branch of the Legislature. 1 am done with politics, and shall devote ttio remainder of my lilo to my profession. Thirty years' expo- \ rience in public otfiiirs and political excitement c has tanght me its folly and bitterness, Xonuc Ims ever had a more coniiding and devoted constituencv tlmn myself, and 1 now take leave of t them with the kindest and most grateful feel- f j inss- _ _ _ t Gf.NERAI. I.AXK, OK OuKOON, ON TUB lvKiltTS ( , or vtifc 'Soutii.?We copy from the National in- , j telligouccr, the following account of some re- "( marks made by den. Lane, of Oregon. As be will probably be the nominee of the Charleston Convention, his views will be read with interest. Mr. Lane, of Oregon, briefly stated that, while | ho would not deny that Mr. Douglas and Mr. l'ugh wore good Democrat*, he differed from , them in thoir opinions on tho Territorial ques? ; tion. For himself, he held that the Territories were the common property of all the States, whose citizens, by every principle of equality and justice, were consequently entitled to enter * me cminiuu domain with wlmtevor was recog- ' niged as property by the law of their respective < Slates ; una that property, of wlmtevor kind, when thus removed to this common domain, was \ equally entitled to protection from the law-making power. The Territorial Legislature could not establish or prohibit slavery, but could and I should protect the slaveholder in the enjoyment < of his right to the labor of his slave so lung as the Territorial condition lasted ; mid, if this protection were not furnished by the Territorial I Legislature, it would be the duty of Congress to ! < afford it. i The Sons or Kmy.?Many hard stories are | told at the expense of the brave sons of "owld | Ireland." But the following timely repartee wo t consider an exceptidn. " A tavern-keeper in Newark, when giving , New Year's presents to his "help," told one of , his porters (a smart Irishman) that lie was About tlx. hl.of ....... n.~ i ? ! * - ? UII*U IMWUIIU HIV IIVUCC, Ullll ll)t'rUl?MU . lie should give him the most costly present.? I " Sure," Miid Patrick, rubbing his hands with ' delight., " I always mune to do nio jury." " 1 believe you," replied the employer, "and therefore i .shall tnako you a present of nil you have | stolen from me during the year 1" " Thank yor , honor," replied Pat, "and may all your friends ( and acquaintances trate you as liberally." A poor mnn nnd his wifo wei 'i recently struggling over one of tiic miry roads in the vicinity ' of isowark N. J., when they paused near aii i J orchard, the woman expressing a desire to tnste one of tlio apples which bung temptingly from a tree a few yards beyond whore she stood. No , 1 sooner bad she spoken than her husband gal- | lantlv climbed ovar tho fenr-fl dlinnk ?li? iron ; and rotumod to hor sido with ono of the apples \ ( in his hand. She took ouo bilo of it, and finding 1 , it rather sour, threw it awav ; but Sca'coly had I the pair started again on tiieir journey, when i the owner of the orchard had them both arrest- { < cd ; tho husband for stealing, and the wife for : y receiving stolen goods 1 Thu heinous urinto bo* inor nlnarlv nrovnri tliAV w?r? unnfc 111 n?ia?%n I I thore to lueditnto on tfio mutability <>t human < I affairs, nud tho blosaings of a liberal form of i govornmout. 4 IIovadji Curtis and IIarp^r.?Tho intense- J ly vulgar and blatant abolitionist, Ilowndji Cur- j tis, is said to bo tho editor of llarpor's Weekly, a paper which is extensively circulated in tho c South. f - mi i in i ~ i'I? Fenniugs and Clippings. ? Conorkss?The House of Representatives ? ntill without ? Speaker, though the balloting* soutinue?Sherman boing in tour votes of iui olection. Dead.?A tologt-aphic despatch announces loath, oil sunday hint, of the Hon. Lynn Boyd, >f Kentucky, formerly Speaker of the United Stales House of Representatives. for years n imminent meuihor of that hodv, and. at his loiitli, r/iouteimnt-Oovcrnor elect of Kentucky. ! I'av>no Wki.i..?The totnl receipts o( the [tnltimore an<1 Ohio railroad, for tho ti*eol yoar 1S5S-0. wero $-4,301,1)00, of which $1,0'(V>.7?<1 f iccrned from passengers nnd $ l,23*>,2t?5 bo>n Yciglit tonnage. I) i inter I it (mutation.?:'l'ho Kiohniond Tmyii- j vr learns that the Danville Uailroad 0'itiipany nvo ordered six thousand tons of Railway iron >f Messrs. DunlnpA- (Jo., of Petersburg. iigonts itr a hrxl'in lv?u->e. n:id that tho Baino in to be ' inported direct to that city. j Kaui.vCirf.ks I'k.as.?The Wilmington // ? - j '/(/ i II t' 11*111 M IIS tllrlt itm ..? 1: ? I ...... ?..v . "I I n lltlllMIII.'l, j 'In., illneil on now green pons?first crop?tlie j li?v bofi.ro ho loft the " Laml of Flowers," ;nnvn in hi* ??\vi\ ganlon, and ho fully Oiilou- | ales upon eating fresh tomatoes un'ClnUtmas, aiso'l on tho ?iune place. What it Cost.?It is esthn?tol that the ilrowii military ilomon^trntion iu \ irgitiisv will 1 :udt ihut State $170,000. Duowvr.n.?Tho .Savannah Ncpubliriin of J A'eilncsilay, say* : The plantation h >at of Mrs. Harriet Pinknoy, of l'inknoy [slaml, while c<<- ; ning ovor to the city M tinhiy night, eama io ! ;oiiiaoi Willi I no steamboat 11< ?l icrt I l.alior?hntn ?was upf-ot nud thirteen persons dmwin^l. Xr.w Cat Vvokr rue Oopr op Honor.?An , Atlanta ((la.) paper tolls of' a man who ohalrngoil another for having oast an i/t)j)i((uti<iu ' urn hi* ]ti'Ri.i:.?(}rr.n.?-Tho practice of publishing ote:5 of thanks, etc.. is unintentionally ami vol I hnrlosipioil by a gonuinn c.ard of thanks in | i Xashville paper. N.uno follow has Won par- j loueil out of this State Prison, so ho prints his j hanks to the jailor for having taken good oare >f him while in, ami to the Governor for lotting lim out. Xkw Ori.kans Dee. 27.?-The jewelry establishment of Messrs. IIvdn& < inndrich was burnt o-day. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Carryinu Uotu Ways.?According to the . r......... tvun. me o 1111' n mi k jnriu MC* [ onnitgh's slaves from Now Orleans to Liberia. t?il)so?(*iotitly sailod for the African1 coaRt, nod ook in n full ciirgo of m!uvea, witli which freight lie is now bound home. Ai.as fok the 1 loops.?The long rumored fnct, hat the Kmprcsft Ktigenie has determined to ibolish crinoline. was announced on the '2Xth lit. in a qunsi-nilicial manner. by (Sic lmly who )i;;ii8 the " I'ourrior ile la Jloila " of the I'ntis I'otrie, the Viscountess <le Keuueville. Not 1>ap.?The editor of an Indiana papor tays, " more villainy is on foot." We suppose, says Prentice, the editor has lost his liorto. \ri\<v?^?. '1*1. _ M! . T 1 . ..? . % ,i ?> a.? 111u miiiiiuMHii licsisiimivo on I'hursday, tin* loth inst., clectcd Morton S. Wilkinson, l.'nitnd States Senator. in dsiee <>f < Shield*, Mom., whoso term cxpir;donthc4th of Mitruh. 1800. The St. Paul I'ionw siivh : "Mr. Wilkinson is 11 llopubli,-an, ami of the Sownrd School." Tiif. ?Of the twenty-two mon who oincd in tlic llnrpoi's Furry invasion, cloven ivoro killed at that plaoo. five have since diod on he scaffold, two. Slot ens and llu/.lolt, ni o vOI n tllO O.imtllllv t\f tin* V ii /r?ri!n ?.V-1 u..u1.im..i-h, nhu :hrce. Mcrriani, Tidd, and one of old Brown's jons escapeil, and arc now in Canada. Ai. \iiama.?The Senateof Alabama liavo unalimously adapted resolutions authorizing the lovcrnor to call a Convention in the event of lie election of a Black Republican P.esidont. Ij i$s ok Life.?A factory was burned at Shnsj'li'v, Conn., on the 121ult, burning to death c on foimdo oporativos. Several other* wore mi lly burned. Bariiarous.?A " gaudor pulling" was n'l'erti-cd to come oft' o.i the 20th ult. near tjic ;ity of Columbia. Diviukni).?Tiio I'ircotof.i of tho C'.iarlottc md South Carolina llailroa<J have deii|ared a icnii-annual dividend of 3} per cent., payable he 1st of January next. We are pleaded to earn, says the Charlotte 117////. that bond# to .lie amount of $2o,l)tJ0 will ho redeemed, bcudes leaving a surplus of $1.0,000 iu the treasury. MirrnoaisT IViiMsUiNti It il'sC at Xasiivii.i,k. ?According to tho report of the Methodist Publishing li'into at Nashville. made at tho last Mississippi Conference, hold at Jackson, the \s?ntts amount to $43u,220 4S; the liabilities ?117,362 40; leaving a balance in favor of t|io ll.iuso of $317.<S28 U2. Fr vt'n.?A great fraud has just been discov* ired in tho mnnitiipal nlfair* of New York city. I'or binding 7,ADO volumes of the city rocordu ? 100,000 had been expended. Stonk Bitmaps iv Oniva.?'TPhcro are atone jriages 111 (Jl)inu three and lour miled in length. Burnt to Death.?Mrs. Frcil Engol was jurnt to death nt Memphis last week by her lothes accidentally taking fire. llucn an an Rsi.irp Fund.?Several years ago, ['resident Buchanan invested $4,000. the inter' !?t of whidlt is annually disbursed in the ptir:hasc of' fuel for " p >or and indigent females." n Lancaster, Piu The annual <'iwtriImtiun took dace this week, and the Lancaster papers rc?r?rt a large number of worthy and deserving )kiliiant8. New Oni.rans, Dec. 2" -*Thc bark DorcMo. from Bremerhaven, picked up a ljoat on tlrti ! 10th with four womfln and four men, from tho tvreck of the ship Silas Holmes, from New Or* cans to Havre, sunk on tho lGth. Thirty <ith)r? of the passengers and crew pre unheard of. Uric.t, N. Y., Deo. 20.?The Hon. Timothy Jenkins died on Saturday at Martinshurg, where 10 was in attendance at Court. lie had reprelented his county in Congress, and was one of lie most uisuuguisneu lawyers in central {Vow j tfuirk. Kn,t,rn.?-The Guardian pays that 8. W. 1 Mustinhaw was run over by tho Greenville and Columbia railroad on the 22d ult., and instantly tilled. GronoiA.?A bill authorizing the holding of v State Convention to revise tho Constitution of ,ho State of Georgia has passed both Houses of :ho Legislature, and will doubtless be signed by lie Governor. Tho Savannah Republican ro;ardtt this movement us a wise and salutary ono. Smalt* Pox and Scarlkt FiVBH.^-Out of! jighty-ttve deaths in Boston last week, eloVim ,voro of smallpox, and ton of boai'lot fever. I AVhkn tubv CoMfi.v.?In noticing the prompt compliance of the New York polioo with a requisition from Gov, Wino for some burglar*, the Alexandria QuieHc says there novor is any difioulty in these matters, exoept when they relate o fugitive slaves." And yet tho law ia Jmjerative ou all caacs alike. Ekthavaoant.?A St. Lou hi gentleman r6ently paid $80 for the use of n sii-horso slo'gh or four hour?. "v 4 V ? * ' Ay.vis Intknii'kkatk.?The eceentrio nn<l trtlenlod -Thomas F. MrMH.1)!, whoso tempernnco lectures created quite u 60n?ntion & fovr vc?r8 ngo, hnstigitiu fallen into tho slough of Dacchus. ' SfiVK Pumpkin."?-Mr. J. A. Kelly w.Ues the Abingii'ni yii-j 'nutn, from Wico Ooorthouxo," that ho ?n\v hi 'Whitunburg, Ky., a Pumpkin wi-igiicu iiv ]>uuituri, una measured i teet in eiruumferobue. y\ u<if sta, Dcc. 30.?On Thur?dny a locomotive nil mod Ocoiwr ex nt Marietta, (in., killing Thomas l??ibb, conductor, and ihe liroinnn. Win. Floyd, ilie engineer. wits also severely wounded, and other* injured. fiiojikv to l>r\tn.?Tiio lielton (Tcsa?) //? dtpnuhnf, of the loth, says : Wo .earn thai' a teamster ucfuallv froze to death between thi* and II ui*ton during the lust l.l li 11?- - t Wl'l "|" i:. Hilt H-lllll W.IS H lt\V, IIII' I llid't' WHO went back in search found him sitting up in tiu) wagon liuzen bti.T. P-.pi'latioM or Auuusr.v.?The population of Augusta. On., according to a recent ornisn*. is l<?,Urf4, of wliom 8.380 tiro male*, and 8,f>9y females. Tho population is divided as follows: White#, l>),7-0; slaves, 0,880; I'roO negroes, 3CJ. X n Ixtf.isc -frir.?The K litor of the 1) tsfon Liberator culls upon the ladies of the North to make use of nothing that is produced hy slave lah >r. He needn't expect them not to use cotton. They will not expel so old a lViend from their h irioinx, Pkath op Ok v. Lamar.?Tlie papers nnniuwo the death of Oen. M U Lamar, of Texas. Ho I....1< >.. * !.. ?!.,? ? I.. 1 |M.. V III 1IJV-. I \ ? Willi HMI 111(11 IllilUU Texan f'*ce,jind wus uoo of her host 1'; evident* uft or wards, lie was, wo liolievo, a native <>t' Jo?tr^i?. 'l'ho Savannah Hrprm" shysthat lie was a llavnrd in war and j> >esy, and a {joiiilcmail in politic*. Kk*.v C.?tJXTKRrK'i <.- -Tlie Ivlilnr of (lie K nt villo I.'njit/rr lias Loeu shown a counterfeit :>"> note on tho L'ni >n Bank of SjiiiIi CaTiliaa It is well executed 1 lovo Su >r.?Ex -1'iiitod States Senator .Jamos, of llhodo Inland, has invented a cannon, which, a h mrd of army oflieers report, will carry a shot with aeeuraoy a distance of over six miles! A LiHRn.M. Si*is TRti'TiriN?General Jolin II Coeko, of Finva.ma county, Va. has given one liimisttnd dollars towards tho Oinlowment ftunl of the Southern Riptist Theological Seminary, in (iioeuvillc, S 0. Mexico ami tiik I'vi-rrn .St?tpci?*1*1 <? ures recommended by the President in his message. in reference to Mexico, sire attracting much attention It is thought that a decisive war botweon the United States and that cyuutry is imminent Unu ckv Dav?(J?ok, the felon, who wns- executed recently in Virginia, was horn on the sixteenth day of the month, sentenced on the .sixteenth and hung on tlit? sixteenth JIU child was also born ou the sixteenth Rktiri:mknt or Major 1). K. Pkury.? Tito (.ircenville I'm riot sayn ?"We regret very muoli the determination bf this gentleman tu withdraw from the field of politics, sis announced in his last letter from f!n!o . hoi 11c hns lung and ubly served the District in a public capacity, nnd with nil unwavering patriotism. In liis retirement he curios with him a l;ir**c fund of information and experience, ami a reputation for consistency throughout his long political career, seldom granted to those who have taken so active a part in public matters; this is granted even by his bitterest opponents. It will be a matter of serious regret to his ftithful and numerous constituency, and it will be no easy task' lbr them to unite upon a successor." SoCTiiKitx ll.tir.Ho.vns.?The Southern railroads arc about to make a co nbincd movement for a Southern supply of equipments and material!) The Ctiui'lcston Courier of yesterday says : We have the best information and authority for staying that the question has received and is receiving, earnest consideration from the j'resiuents ami directors of several important Southern and .Southwestern Heads. Measures arc in "progress lorn general meeting. representing fully and authoritatively, ail the roads interested, and all roads operating in Southern territory. Wo have reason to hope that sneh a oonvention will ho held, and that its deliberations and resolutions will have an elTeet that eould not ho claimed for the decision of any one road, or of several roads acting without concert. In locomotives alone, he South has paid to the North S1,000,000 within the year closing, uod it," we add all the iter's of lad road outfit, the amount would bo largely in Teased. Anotiif.k OurmtKAic.?Sr. Tjoris, Dee. 20.?Last night a body of negros attacked the town of Bolivia, St. Genevieve County, in this State, about twenty miles S. W. of the .Mis sissippi Jlivci". The citizens soon rallied and drove them into th.; woods, having captured .several, who are in jail at that place. A company of mounted men at once started in pursuit of the remainder. The citizons are all armed. The latest accounts from there represent the excitement as having somewhat subsided^ Some ok John Brown's Chime#?tlis IIkvknoknokfui, Spirit.?The following is au extract from a private letter from the Western Reserve, Ohio: Art John Drown has been compared to Jesus Christ, I will give you uuo fact in his history whioh will illustrate hi? character. lie livea the lust eighteen years before going to Kansas, within eighteen miles of here, and I Was informed the other day by a geutleinpn In this county, who is 11 man of undoubted integrity, that when he lived in Hudson, some eighteen years ago, a magistrate then sentenced IJrown and four of his sons to thirty days' imprisonment in Akron jail, for burning a neighbors fences and haystneks? Brown had a lawsuit with a neighbor in referonce to a piece of land, and thy Court decided Hj^iinHt him ; and to gratify his amiable disposition, ho burned his neighbor's ptnporty. This is tho man whom .the Republican party compare, to Washington. Defkat of CoftTI.VAS.?Nkw OrLKANB, T)ce. 20.?The advices from Brownsvillo are to tho 2 !th inat. Throe hundred troops, Rangers, marohed up to the Rio Grando on tho 14th inst.,' and met a portion of Cortina*' uumi. ./wier n oaunonaaing on DOtu sides, tho Americana ohargod and foil into at ambuseado, thus allowing tho Mexicans to savo their artillery. ('ortinns; on tho 20th, conoontrated his wholo forco above Hrownsvillo. Tho Americans went to moot him, and after a severe fight, dofoaicd him. 'Oolonel Ford's Tlangore, and Colonol I^ookridgo'n. from New Orleans, arrived proviously. The Anioriunna aro in pursuit of Cortiuas, who 1h rotroating rapidly. Whkn you advortiso your business, mako no half-way Work of it. I!niAtiu?a is like architecture-?good columnt aro a good support. 4 ' ' r 0 * . ' S y t** Act of i86&''6? A tox for the sums, and in tho manner horcinuftcr mentioned, shall bo rafscd uT>d paid j into tho public Treasury of thinHtato, for the use nnd KCrvieo thereof, that is to to say : j eighty-one cents, ml nadrmi, on every hun? ' dred dollar* of the vulus of all the Iaud8granI ted in this States according to the cxiHtin" | clarification heretofore established, ninety five cents per hc?d oo nil slaves; two tlollai*H and aeVeuty five ccifts on caoh free negro, mulatto or mestizo, between the age? of fifteen and fifty years, except such as shall he eleariy proved to the satisfaction of the Collector to bo incapa' 5, from maims or otherwise, of I procuring a livelihood ; seventeen cents, ad calorciti, on every hundred dollar# of the value nf all lots, lands and buildings, within any city, town, village, or hofough, in this State; ?ixty-cight cento per hundred dollars on factorage, eninlnvmeuts. faculties ami urn Passions, inciudinir tli" profession of dentistry, | (whether in the profession of lnw, the profit# bo derived t'rftin tho costs 6f suit, fees, or other sources of professional income,) excepting clergymen, school masters. school m ist ressen and inoehnnics; sixty-eight o'rtlits on every hundred dollars on the amount of commissions received by vendue masters it fid commission merchant*; thirty-five cents pf>r hundred dollars 011 the capital stock p?id in, on the first of Octob?r, ono thousand . eijrht hundred ami ! fifty nine, of all banks which for their present ; charters have not paid a bonus to the folate ; thirty five cents per hundred dollars on the i o?pita I stock of any bank of is.- ti *, not incorporated by this State, paid in on tho first day' of October, one thousand eight hundred and | fifty-nine, di?it)jr business by agents within the limits of this State; twenty-seven cents per | lu\:idred d >llaVs on the cnpit.il stock of all in1 oorpolated (jus I,iuht ('on.panics; one and , thirty-five on s!iu.1 J'.cdthS p r centum cm it IT t premiums taken in this Ft site by incorporated i insurance companies, nud liy tliu njjeueios %f ' insurance companies ami under-writ.sr.'*, withj out the limito of this St.ito; eighteen touts | on1 every hundred dollar# of the amount of I sales of p)ods, wares and merchandise, e.nhraeiui; all articles of trade fvi'sJe. barter or i exehanjrc, (the pi'odnots of this State, and ! tho unmanufactured products of any of the | I'nitcd States or Territories thereof excepted.) ! which any person shall have made, from the i first day of January of the present year to j the first day of January, in the year of our | Ijord Olio thousand eijrht hundred and sixty, j either on his, her or their capital, or borrow ed capital, or on account of any person or perj sons, as aj?enfcr attorney, or eonsisrnee; seventy-five cents upon every hundred d Jlars of the amount of sale of jronds, wares a::d merchandize whatever, which any transient person, not resident in this State, shall make in ] any house, stall, or public place, whether the I Villi' !?.? lllMilo lu? o-tmnln ai? . . . . v IMMV,V >/, i? ni?IV VM VM IIUI ? l>U ^ ? MM* | hundred dollars per day for ;tll circus oxlii| (ions; fourteen dollars per d <y tor ruproi?o.it| inj publiely, forgiiu ini T reward, any pi i\\ comedy, trajjjedy. interlude or (arc, or other employment of (lie st.nire, or any part therein, or for exhibiting wax Iij;uiv8. or other shows of tiny kind whatsoever, to lie paid into the hands of the Clerks of the Courts respci-ti vely, w!io shall be bound to pay the s tme to the Commissioners of Public Buildings of their respective Districts, cxeept in eases where the same is now required Ivv law to be paid to corj potations or bthnrwi.se; one dollar on every I i...'..-i i i ii ? . iiiiiiiiicu (uhi;iim t)i tuienva rccmvcl during the past year on bonds or stocks of any Statu, other than this State. A Homespun Party. The movement towards Southern indepen< is progressing steadily. The people of Virginia are in dewd earnest about this mattor. While we gentlemen have contented ourselves, as yet. with meetings, speeches, &? ., the ladies have begun toaet. Without noise, they have commenced to give force and color to our resolution*?-to put our theories into practice. We had the pleasure, a few evenings ago, of attending a " homespun pnty," ! given by a patriotic lady of this city, whose ' excellent good sense prompted her to suhstiI tllte decile for xr.ir.ls toul ?<> i .? ? I nnco tliiit system of h< li'-dopendeuoo which | has be mi the theme of the innumerable public I meetings hold recently in every county of the State. Tin* p'uty w.is :i deefdod, a brilliant success. More tl>au a hundred ladies and jimitleinen, belonging to the irfoKt r cm pec table families in the city, were prufcent, all of whom wore attired in part or in wliole, in garments made of Virginia i^ihrie.s, woven in Virginia looms. Jt was strictly a Virginia ! cloth party. j As a matter of course, t!ic ladies were far in advance of the gentlemen, in their costumes. Many of the latter wore but a single article of clothing made of material produced I and manufactured in the State : rouik. imWfl had not evoji so lulioji sis a Virginia puclc.'t handkerchief; but the ladies, without exception, won: dressed from top to toe in homemade nppnrel. And it was wonderful to see how the plain homespun became them. We were particularly struek with the effect which pas light and a little trimming produced upon the commonest white e itton osnaburgs a. d flannel. Only by the closest inspection : 1 'i...? I.n, V _) v. u>: <UIH 1IICCU I Mill. (.IMS roillrl), coirse stud' wnM not tlio finest crape Osisnmero, of a delic-itc cream color. N;>r were tho blue nnd the brown home spun plaids loss booomintx to the fair wearers than tho cvn iburgs.? i Nt-tan nrtiolc of jewelry was to be seen anywhere, not an irtificiiil'flour or orn.unent of ! any kind. Even the lac as were made at home I of ordinary cotton. I Doubtleiw tho lij?ht of pntriotimn which I bemned from tho lovely faces of the maiilx I ...k.i ...... i. i?' . 111v< iui.iiiiii3,u ipuu io mvc ?lie plain pirmeiittf , ;i comeliness jiiot intrinfdonlly tluilrown; but, j ho that nH it may, wo declare heartily that wo no/er attended a party where tho ladies* look' ed hotter, or where both soxo? seemed toonjuy ' themselves more heartily and universal, it i is true tho fjjontlo ore: turex would have looked | more brilliant in pilh'i, satins, diamonds and ! oilier f inliionable jrewgnwa, but we must di?tin.'uish betwoen hriliiiiipv mwl ? .?/? 1< i Womnn never looks so well ns whon sho look* j domestic*. This homespun party Is but the beginning of tlio end. Otlicr Virginia cloth par tie# will : follow. The movement must go on. There , i* no helping It. When our mothers, our wives, daughters, sisters, sweethearts, load tlio way, who can refuse to follow ? If any one trait is stronger than ?nother In tho female eharaotor, it is that chmiont of porHovernnoe whioh will not permit thorn to abandon nny measure they hnvo undertaken, When one* iMoy put the!? white little hand* in the plough muy never iHrn oaoK. It In a groxs mistake to m up pose that houieaphn elolhea will bo worn otily oh a fancy cowtumo at partiea. They who think this, know little of tho character of Virginia ladica. Tho boat, the puroat, the bravoat blwxj On earth" runs lu their veina.? * Tliey daro do anything, ?avo tliat which w immodest, to promote the wclfur# of our nohlo Commonwealth. We .shall we the-ennt homo, nod on the street, ntnl at clinch, driMed in linsey-woolsey; and wo hot eelio th" common sentiment of the city mid of the whole State, when we say that wo nlinll l??vo tlieni nil tho more fortius convincing proof of tlu-ir devotion to a lofty mid patriotic principle. r if:..I. / ii/.:.. ^n.ft ? r /r rry. VlUlLANCK.?One f>f our city W:ii_'s. Mi I onhvcraiitioii with 11 f/roiij) of countrymen, on i Tuesday evening, indulged, inn Pickwickian House, in :i ncrics of cxjTc.^ioiiH which tlio countrymen doomed ineondh'ty. Accordinj; ly. tlu'v pron ptly coiivivoii liini l<> thcf ZMt?i 11 (i Will i] 111 ISM' for (MlllilliUiill. 'll.C liillfr Mill loud liiiljjli wliicli fim'lcil the pMtv, oii presuiitiiticii l.ol'oic (lift llicer <<n duly, tlio f!i>t iiitin:: (i(-ii ?.iir country fronds It: d i t* tlioir linconilii ional mile. It wn* fnrtmmto fin* our I'ickwickiiin cili/.cn flint the Chief ofl'u! licc \v:i8 jilmont, ii8 lie wij;lit (trvc Miltioici tlv enjoyed the juko to linve committed liini. I?y t!ic Kdjrefiehl Advi'iliacr. wc leurn tlisit tin; < )inn?* l'nr^ Yi^ihiiits wore sinnhnly c;iul!i|i. ii m ; "One of our very JieM BdficfuM citiz? ms. ami who w.isan nid totlovcrnor Atl' inns, li .jipOhtMl to *ili?rlit from the railroad lit (ii.it place rviH'Ully, ami w.h " nal.lu d " immediately by (item. Iiumojinthe joke. tiro ('oiotiifl wont nlotijr very quietly until chance threw in liih way n lYiei:'1 who kin w him well, when. <>f course. nn explanation oiifivud, and the Yiuilautc* >nisidt ii." < 'fiiulrxlon }f".rcvrt/. Iv'w.r.n A. IMmm.?There i.< a picture of llnjiiT A. I'ly-ir, as n " sojor," in I lie Mohilo Krister. lit; is thu? described : Ansoiiir tin: \"it*?rinir?lis is ii frail, dolieafi) 1 little follow, with a clear uray eye, hoyish j imtiiih. mul huir parted in the middle, falling; ' hehiiid his oars, a tiuht llttiiijr ?y0r?_'0iit'K unii form, with silver hilled swiid. h scaih t plunie. and a pair of bright ?ri11 shoulder j?io! cos. llo is their cavalier, their ' howMbov," | mid his iMime is Hnjrer A. IVyor. the Orderly t<? the company of Uitleinen from IVtersbnrjr. I As lie passed down tlte line. Iie;.d erect, toes nit, c\e.s in front fourteen pacts, he remindl?<! ! 1! 4 * lit Si liotltlt* Klf *? ' ? \t ... iiiiifuni), as. fur o.cnnple. Miirin, /</ ft He i/r/ > \ yiinnif. 1 <iit when Lcopem (I tin- pretty li|VS : iiikI tlu; round, mellow tunes tri| |><*il out mi ; true military jjuiec?a soldier? every ineli .1 j soldier ! Ifeis i soldier! lit- walks like om>, ; talks like one. looks likeono, when lie dr.iwn j the shining hlnile and yives (lie rouimaiid of | hi Hupttriorx. Ivut on rest, us lie stands iiejulij;fntly fit tin* liciid of his.?rpi:uI, lie appears, ' ns 1 ht'foro s.i.l, :i pretty, bouncing, spirited trill, tiiuumd cut for war." ? l)ow. .Jii. ? KMridjjo P-: ry I'a-fo. '"Dow. If..' I e miinuto I suicide in Oalifi-riiia, recently. " l'<> ! onv uml doine.^iic troiililiM" nre il.c causes u-<I signed. 51" win ii prinlor hy trade. Alas! i poor I) ?w lot us drop a to ir o'or your grave! Ill: m.tiiv Law.?'L'iiuUo' 'i;in Logi-hit lire Ii:.h passed a hill to present iii.icruni peddling in | tliut State, except in certain articles of h uuo i production mid tnmiulaiMiiro. and njiriculhnal , and mcuhnuical iii11 ta 1111 i\ts, b"ok? l?y a^enis i urnler tlio iliiootiou of uuv lionlVrcuet), miuhI-, ! pie?>l.iy lory, tifveiaiion. ?>r conviHiiioit. It i> stilted :?s a curious fact, in connection with tho Shopard Hank dcfah.-alinii in Huston, i tlj.ll tllO TtllsiCOH Ol till! JJilllk WOI'O Oil till) eve of pitMoiitiiig him will) a Hiirvic.iof plat \ in consideration of his Valuabh; and faithful .services, when tho news of his defoliation Wu.s luuioUiic'od. A vuther signilioant commentary on the us mil methods of getting up " picseu| tations." mm.tie.AL. Mm: lit Kit, on ilic 1 -I f.. in I'tissvillr. tin., by i rlio K?jv. IIonry Hiumii, Co). .1. J. A. Suaiii* to .Mi.>8 M. K. Moss. nil of I'licrokrc county. On the iMtli nit., nt tin* Ikiiisr <>t I". I.. Keith. by J. I>. Sollierlaii'l. tisq., t'npi. V. 11. \\ ii.i.iams io Miss S\rt.vu 11 a mi is. nil of I'ickcns. On i lie 'J lili it): , by TliOi. II. Itojjps, l'.fq., Mr. AnihIKW II WSK8 III Ml MX JlI'ITII (ilLhTIIAI'. On llio 2'nli nit., lty ilicsnino, Mr. Wm. II. Nixon to Mrs. Ki.iZaiikth Haiixkit. nil til I'ickcns. Oil ilio 2"i'l nil.. by Itcv. Wm. M Morinb. Mr. Jami.8 Muiikv, in Miss r>n?u\ Siu:n, all ut l'lckeiis. On flic 2t?th Doocmbcr. by II. .1. Anthony Ksq., Mr. 1> it'll\iir> IIaiii;ix lo M.ss .Na.s< \ Simii.kton, all of I'iekylN. ?| ><*\ ri i if* I H ?\ to) -vr i j u ^/' vju u o Dikii. mi the 171It November, 185!), of I'ltiliirtrfii, M h Mai . Davis, will of .t F. D.ivi-, ngeil twentylour yeru... The H'llijo'.il of this notice ImJ for Kevcml yo.*?iv? i been . ? |H-olessor of religion, ami her pntletieo niol fortiimte during n long uinl severe illness )>rovu>l licit hIio InnJ Divine oid to ln<nr licr up in the irying hour of ilisKolufiun. (). Negvoos for Sale. | Y\riM, IJK SOLD ut my rasirionoo. mi I V Wctlnusilny tlio 'JSili install!, tytho liiyhi Ofi< bidder, FOL*U l.lKKf.Y XKUROKS. I NnmoJy : Two nu?n nhd i?no woman and dul l. TnHMH.?MSi.x months oruilit with interest und approved pupcr. W.M. OLIVKK. I inn. "?. |S(V> Lost, . ON Tlmw-liiy 2flth Ikwrnnbsr lost, H *tn>Ol r^l loatlmr I'tM-kot Ho'?k. containing huiuo muufy, tlio following Nuton, niol other i>nj)er#. |u wit; tin .lames (.iv>o>'jjo ?*c Co. tov A. DvnW'li toy & *?{?, ' on John MHiiMvn fur , Mulomtnu It. Kalmi^o for $17. The*? persons uro (^\uo>loti not to jmy tli*sc Notes to i?ny oi\u hut niyvolf. My numc U al??j irt tho book. Auy infomaiion in relation tticixjto will lie tlmnUtwllv rowivwl. da no; i. iumsv. Jan.?.18MA '.?:t tf Positive Notino. NOTKVK U horvb.v given (hut tliv &ije .Votes It*, longing (n II. \V. vou llolleu nre in the luttufc | of tho l'iv*iili>?t of tlie Uenr.iu* Srltltrni'Ul Sv <t>; tjr. ami uvutt ho pni?l on or ht>fi?ve tho Itltli fiwt, . If tliey uiHt not paid by tluiltiltto tlioy will UtertLvru 1 to nit AHoritev far oolicoliun. I will l>u ' II., nl HalcoinWs Haiti, on M. j InnlAiil. lu mnk* settlement* ?nd Wamiai.i.a. Jnr. 2. 1*00 f Estato Notxco. ! 4 I.L person* liming drninnd* ngninM tl;o _/V_ Eh?u?? of Snrgeiti Orittin. dtrcnrttl, w ill ' plenfo present tliom prontrlv atroMnd at onr.r; I and th<>#o indebted ?> ?nid fluhiie oillief l?y Ao< count, Solo or ottiorwipc. ?mt?t innko }>utv1 mont l>ef?>ro Hoiurn <loy, or ilioy will Iiimc 1 : to pay. Wo nr? determined io ?eltlo up tho 1 Kstnlu forthwith. K, 11. ORTFFTtf. \ . , . , '11108. 0KIVVIK, I Ad <#, J?n. fi. lftW- 33 7 Withdrawal, 1 'PUB un<lop?i(ii>(l Iim ?li- Bi - -- nym IIK OIX 1 i Mil* rnnipnny. In ro(iri?K. Ii? ? com? 4 I m?n<l the Company to the ptftronngo or Fi? frlowU 1 i auti tUa public at l?rg9< I r If. 0. BOOOR. I Jun ?, t?00 ' 28 3 V- . * *