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nn j TERMS, $2 00 PER ANNUM, "THE NOBLST MOTIVE IS THE PUBLIC GOOD." PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. FAYETTE VI LLE, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1860. VOLUME XX. NO. 103. T Kit MS OF" SUBSCRIPTION. Single copy, ia advance, per anuum $2,00 at the end of the year 3,00 Single copies, live cents. -Vo . subscription will be received for less than six .uoaths. rta.teai of Advertising. Sixty cents per square of 16 lines, or less, for the urst, and 30 cents for each subsequent insertion, for 4uy period under three months. For three months, $4 00 For six months, 6 00 Fur twelve months, 10 00 Jtlier advertisements by the year on favorable rins. Advertisers are particularly requested to stale the number of insertions desired, otherwise they will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. vr& JOB WORK of all kinds executed neatly and promptly. I'. J. .SINCLAIR. EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. LEGAL NOTICES. Attorney & Councellor at Law, SUIVLMEU'VILLE, 3NT. O . WILL attend the Courts of Cumberland Moore, Johnson ard Harnett County PROMPT atten tion given. the collection of all claims entrusted to his care. Dec 23 tf-' CLEMENT G; WRIGHT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PAvottoville, IN". O- XTILL practice in the counties of Bladen, Samp- V V son and Cumberland. Prompt attention given ,o all business committed to his charge. April t, 1858. tf W. S. NORM i: NT. ATTORNEY AND COUSNELOR aT LAW LUMBERTON, N. C. WILL ATTEND the County and Superior Courts, of Robeson, Cumberland. Bladen and Colum bus. All business intrusted to his care, will receive prompt attention. Office in the Court House. u!y I. lo'J. 1-y-w V. IMC Canaptooll, AUCTIONEER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, East Side of Gillespie Street, Fa YKTTE VIL.I.E , N. C. Nov. 13. 1858 H. GRAHAM, doinimssion itlcrdjant. WILMINGTON, N. O. WrILL give prompt and personal attention to all Consignments of Spirits Turpentine, Kosin, Tar. Turpentine, and all country produce for sale. ja- OK FIG E up stairs over tiit- Store of Mr Von Uhn and joining Lutterloh's wharf. North Water Street. June I, tf !ARD. Goo- V7". Sperling, tf v V S : T, "FAT 'f 'I' " v." I" r 1 - V. M I ! . iimimin Villi 1' IX 10. Cotton, h l.inr. liak C5 .A.rfntry Li.ji.ii'. i): led I'm it. Fl ixsoed, Ueeswax. Tallow, Tobacco, Ac. Ac, purchased at the highest market prices. .Zrfir Consignments solicited.-S GEO. V. SPERLING. Oct IS. ISh'J. wtf FAYiilTKVILLK HOTEL, T. WADDILL, PROPRIETOR. rpms, the most commodious Hotel ; L in North Carolina, fronting 300 : DrmablKfin streets, is : 5- i.,.wi in t.ho pwitrfi of the business nl . I uu - .T ' ' - - ' . i- . 1 1 . . - 1 VJl. ... ,.r ).,) tr.ii.ri ami surrounded bv all the bank- fug houses, wholesale merchants and principal pro duce dealers. , . . Uu-iues men will find the Hotel a convenient and comfortable house. All the Stages arrive and depart from this Hotel. Fayetteville, April 2, 1859. lj r Stores, sHoot-Xroxx TIN-WAKI , &c. ON hand, a large assortment of F-ox a..d cooking Stoves ; Tin-wai j ; Sueet-lron ; Lead Pip. Al so the " Old Dominion Coflee Pot." or sale by Nov. 27. tf JAMES MAKTINE. NOTICE. HAVING RECENTLY PURCHASED THE bE3xxtr wtocls. Of GOODS, of Council & McKethan, I am now carrying on the mercantile business at Council's Blutf R. H. LYON. Aug 19, 1859. w-tf BEDSTEADS AjYD CHAIRS For Sale at reduced prices, at the Auction Store f A g Zl, 1838. f Paints, Oils, c?o- SPEUM, Refined, Lard, Linseed and Tanner's OIL ; WHITE LEAD ; Burning Fluid ; Putty ; Window Glass and Sash of all sizes. ALSO A fresh supply of Pond's Pain Destroyer. For sale by JAS. MAUTINE. Nov. 27. tf A CARD. A Word To My Old Friends. f rilIOSE persons for whom I have been attending to LL Banking businness for years : I am still willing to serve you with the same promptness that I have al ways done ; and to others that may want discounts. Pension bustness, Jtc, &c. 1 offer my services, with a promise of strict attention JAS. G. COOK. June 27, 1559. tf CKOCKEUY, China, Glass-Ware AND LOOKING-GLASSES. W. N. TIL.I-INGHAST, IS now receiving his FALL STOCK, which includes entire asortments of new styles of White Granite and Blue Printed Ware, Plain and Gailt China lea Sets ; a good assortment of Common Wares, ud a stock of Glass-SVare twice as large as usual The Earthen-Ware having been imported to order, and the Glass bought at auction, at less than manufac turer's prices, he is sure that he can furnish Country Merchants with goods quite as cheapdy as they can supply themseluea from the North. Sept. 17, 1859. d It-w-tf Dr. FranJc 7f'iUm?n,s llye Whiskey. E'vIITCIIELL has made arrangements with Dr frank William, t.o bo constantly supplied with his celebrated RYE WHISKEY, wuicb can be had at his Store at all times, by wholesale or retail. VLAHGE QUANTITY of Cotton and linen Rag, for which Mr VvMgV Aug 9 i85i. d"tf FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. WEfSESIHY nORXIXG, JANUARY II, 1860. y NOW AND THEN. We have at the present time in our national Con- ' gress as able men as ever did honor to the nation. We may look back to the time of Clay, Calhoun, Webster, and Marcy, (the latter of whom we con- j sider equal in statesmanship to any of the former,) and we may say that ill times have befallen the na- tion, not only in sectional strife, but also in the mental calaber of her statesmen and orators. We all look with peculiar reverence upon the old school of statesmen, and not only upon them and their memory, but also upon the few lone stars who have been cft. an mnnnnuintc tf thi noc f tr ;L.l.;e. I v.-.uv.. ww V ..V. VWAJ -O U1IO the case, but we are inclined to look upon youthful talent with a very deprecating: glance, and sijrh for the days of " auld lang syne." If in the retrospect we can see such men as Clat Webster, Calhoun, Choate, and Marcy, whose memory seems to fill our mind with something akin to reverence for their superiority we must not let the past blind our eyes to the fact that now, in our national halls there breathe men, who, though voung, are yet aestinea to scale tne nignest pmacie ot the ladder ot tame, and indeed it may be, attract the admiration and applause of the civilized world. We are not so far degenerate that an American Pitt or Fox, or Burke, may not now have taken their place in the councils of the nation. It is said that times of great import raise, natur ally from their exigencies, great minds. Our nation is now the amphitheatre of stormy and all import- ant events ; their equal has not been experienced in the age of our Republic, and it seems that such men have already been produced by the people. If we take a glance at the past, and then view the pre sent prominent post occupied in the public mind by the young men of the times, we can form better conclusions of the relative merit of the leading spirits of both times. The maiden speech of Webster was a great effort, worthy of the giant intellect that produced it it was powerful and logical, because the mind of the man was so from its very nature. The eloquence of Clay was inborn, and not artificial or acquired, and his first appearance on the political stage at tracted the applause and admiration of the nation. Clay was always national in his sentiments Web ster's early education taught him to be northern, and not national, but experience taught him to be a statesman. Calhoun was a giant, whose strength was only revealed when tested his fame was not the production of a hot-house, but the gradual and natural production of the season in which he lived. Marcy's life and power was hidden until opportuni ty and circumstances brought his master mind in all its strength and transcendent superiority before an admiring nation in all the qualifications of full grown statesmanship. The present session of Congress has brought be fore the public some men whose lives are bound to tell upon the nations greatness. First and pre-emi-neiit of these, is Roger A. Pry or, of Va., whose brilliant course has just commenced, and the en4of which we believe is destined to attain the highest and most exalted position in the nation. Mr Pry or is young, scarcely thirty -five years old, but for height of eloquence, and logical and statesmanlike argument, he is unequaled by any of America's most favored and gifted sons. We look upon Mr. Pryor as a great man who will yet be classed in fame by the side of those men whose lives we have just reviewed. Brown, of Ky., is another though little heard of will undoubtedly attract the atten tion of the American world, if not that of Europe and the continent. Mr. Nelson, of Tennessee, is another gentleman, though differing with us in pol itics, is also a man of superior attainments, and will doubtless make his mark in the world. It can not be denied that these men are now the most promis ing of the present day, and some of them we be lieve are equal to those produced by any former time. THE RESPONSIBILITY. The Opposition papers are endeaving at the cost of their reputation for sanity and honesty, to force upon the democrats in Congress the responsibility of not organizing the House. This is a futile at tempt to throw the indignation of an abused and confidence betrayed people off their guard and lead them into error. South Carolina can not be said to be Democratic in doctrine, that is, she is not a party State but all her represeutatives throw the responsi bility of non-organization upon the South Ameri cans. The Opposition think we ought to elect one of their men. This would be madness on our part. What? Democrats abandon the administration and go with their opponents ; most assuredly not Let the Opposition organize the House or assist the Ad ministration in its organization. Let the Opposi tion forces unite or let a branch of the Opposition go with us. Their duty is clear If they cannot organize the house adversely to the Administration let them unite and organize with the government. The government that is not worth the support of the party which placed it in power is certainly very worthless. We shall hereafter condemn any abandon ment of democratic candidates for the Speakership. Let our representatives vote for democrats or none other, and let the burthen and responsibility rest where it should, upon the opponents of the Demo cracy. WESTERN RAIL. ROAD. We learn that it was not because of the delay or any thing of that nature, which caused the Di rectors to dispense with the services of the Chief Engineer, but only on account of the fact that the road was all located and so far advanced that the President could take charge of the whole work. The assistant Engineers are all retained, and not discharged. It is to be hoped that this work will progress more to the satisfaction of the town and also to the tax-payer the sooner it is completed the better a public work ought to have no fid dling about it ; it should be pushed through with energy and perseverance. We believe Mr Mal U't to bo a go-ahead sort of a gentlemen and trust the work will receive a fresh impetus under his guidance. t'-W We return our thanks for the list of new subscribers received thi-s morning through the mail with the accompanying cash ways welcome. Such favors are al- i j THE GREAT UNION PARTY UOAX. On the sixth instant, at Washington, then wa.T a furious attemnt to create another nartv to oppose the Democracy. John J. Crittenden was President of the assembly. Of course he would be, he. Us lost his seat in the Senatc therc is no hope Tor him except to try some new fangled scheme for Sis own promotion. The Washington correspond vit of the Mobile Mercury is in estacies over the frcrjfr ' the nronosed monster's success, and savs : " A political party is born." Scarcely born, it is mei y an abortion. Thore is something appropriate -i-AI suggestive in this Washington meeting. It is su , that it was a joint uniona and national America; i r 1 j committee meeting. How expressive, bo bam still alive and kicking ! J Now what a handy go this will be ; at one it will be the national American party or " & and at another it will be the national union par or the veritable " Sam" anything for office. a hazardous game, but the die is cast, they have lost their organization when Scott wras defeated. Because the ' people would not be deceived by Scott." the Whig party was dethroned, and ever since they have been going about like the Wandering Jew seeking a vesting place and finding none. What a history couid be written about the schemes and changes of our opponents ? Take it first from their Federalism, when the Democracy were called Republicans, they even then would try and change their name endeavoring to defeat us imagining that assafcotida would emit a sweet aroma if it were but called rose of jas3amine. Their first attempt at this was, to call themselves Federal Republicans, thinking and knowing that be cause of our purity of doctrine, the mere name Avould be a tower of strength. This did'nt last long because the people would not be deceived. On far ther they called themselves Whigs. This was the best strike of any by virtue of the superior talent of some of their leaders, their principles though not gaining any ground or favor in the breast of the American people, nevertheless their men were placed in high offices. At last their statesmen and talents fell, and there being no gfound work of per manency in their political creed, their organization was destroyed ; though the men that composed it still remained. Of course men whose whole lives were engrossed with the idea of political station and power could not possibly remain inactive. The re sult was that Sam was formed and the foreign-born citizens wasmade the "scape goat" upon which all sin were to be laid. English, Irish, Scotch, Jer rnan, and all foreigners were to be deprived of the sacred right of every freeman, for the purpose of elevating men to office. No sin was committed by the poor man who was thus to be the target of their f ambitious malice, but the fact that the green moors ( of Ireland or the heathery braes of Scotland, the j classic bowers of germany, or the fertile lands of' IWbwul. ouiiiAnkhu r.-til Punium! 1 was the cry, not because of his religion alone, was his own act, but because of his lirth, which was the act of God, and for this he was to be perse cuted. As in the former case, this failed to deceive the people, and Sam's cry was soon shown to be a mere bug-bear an abolition scheme for so soon as it failed to take strong grounds against slavery the organization of the party was destroyed. And well for the union was it that it was destroyed, for if we take the foreign population out of the conserva tive element of the north, that section is hopelessly abolition and anti-constitutional. After this had failed, a grand scheme was prepared upon an extensive scale to unite the broken frag ments of Sam's corporosity in a great Opposition organization by which the abolition portion of Sam's family ia thefnorth and his pro-slavery issue in the South could smoke the pipe of peace. This theory had a kind of short-lived notoriety, but was ruthlessly nipped in its inception by cruel old John Brown, one of the extreme abolition sons of Sam, at Harper's Ferry. And now the game has been nearly played out, the dying old Federal party, from its many changes and vicissitudes, is about to have a final relief, and bury his political car cas in some secluded corner of the nation's history. But look ! the expiring body moves, and just before its life has fled forever, it makes a strong effort to tell the people of the United States that " it still lives." A new scheme must be inaugurated and a : final effort made by the old stagers and political hacks to hoodwink the people therefore Mr Crit tenden and a few of the lesser lights, must be brought out and make a final stand upon another name "The National Union Party." Of course, Fillmore will huve a finger the pie, for he says "he is opposed to slavery." What a wonderful party this proposed party must be, Let us call it by name once and we are done : Federalist Federal Re publicans Whig Know Nothing Free soil Black Republican Opposition National American Na tional Union Party there now let us take a breath after pronouncing it. If its good deeds were as nu merous as its names, there would be some virtu in it, IN A FIX. We learn that on Saturday night a Brown sym pathizer was very nearly made to try anasrial swing, by some of our young fellows. It appears that a fellow called Huddleston, an Irishman, who worked on the Coalfield railroad, expressed his admiration of old Brown, and hoped he might die such a death as his. Some of our town boys thought they would give him a chance to die his death, and quickly a rope was procured and he was hoisted above terra flrma. He begged of them to permit him to say bis prayers but time would not be given. At length when he began to exhibit signs of strangulation they let him down, and gave him an opportunity to run, but he declined doing so ; he was, therefore, again suspend ed, and on being lowered, having got a good chance to escape, he made tracks most rapidly, and left town. " ' REFLECTIONS FOR THE SOUTH. We begin to-day the publication of a series of a-ir Ihs under the above title, they are written by a ge...:.uian well versed in the politics of the times, and who is thoroughly imbued with a sense of the - ! T , - i" . - . 1 a .Anfm- , 1 .'I TT" T ne':e.-.sity 01 cultivating a liiriLiei givm "-0." j of southern-self dependence. Our readers can not ! fail i) bo interested in his arguments and logical deductions. e shall continue their publication from time to time until they are concluded. Y NEUTRAL PAPERS. You may talk just as you please about neutral papers the thing is an absurdity their professions are all gammon, and they are nothing less or more than dangerous partizan sheets, endeavoring to put out neutrality because it pays. There is not any intention with these papers to deceive, they do it unconsciously. An editor is a man, not a writing machine. If then he has any political belief it is bound to show itself in his writings. The editor who has not mind enough to have a political creed is unfit for his position, for surely mind, intellect and firmness are necessary in the conduct of his paper. If then he has these qualifications, he will most certainly be established in some political faith or other. There is but one paper in the State (a new paper we mean,) that is the KewOem Progress, and it is '- neutral because it is really southern in its sentiments iirdless of pavty. - ; We have a paper in Washington which we highly esteem, and which is said to be neutral the Wash ington Dispatch but a more bitter Opposition paper is not printed on type in the whole State than it is It is fairly blinded by its Opposition proclivities. i Wc have been noticing its gradual turn for some time past, and like the young nestled bird it began by getting on a kind of Opposition down until at last it is out full fledged, with spurs on nd crow ing louder than the oldest cock on the roost. Of course, the fool who will take it for a neutral organ will have lost his money. If opposition doctrine is worth any thing, however, he will receive a liberal premium. IS THERE ANY USE IN IT? Our opposition exchanges are endeavoring to prove a fact which every oue w ill admit, that J. A. Gilmore could be Elected Speaker of the House had the Democrats voted for him. Now this is super fluous. It is an admitted fact, but one thing, we will not admit until his act justify it, that he is a sound man. Why not get Boteler as Speaker ? We believe that this Hon. member from Va. is as sound and reliable a man as any in Congress. He is a Whig, not one of your dark lantern K. N., but a good conservative Whig. We would have been pleased to have seen him elected. Corkection. We wish to correct an error which wc have made sometime since, in noticing the Western Advocate Edited by II. E. Colton, Esqr., at Ashville, N. C. We stated that it was neutral in politics. We believe it professes to be so, it is, however, most miserably Opposition, though edited with spirit and ability. JS The N. Y. Tribune is exorcised on the inglori ous backoufc of its great Grow, and vociferously calls out for the expulsion of Mr. B., from Congress, We tfenld libe.so see a host of the Abolitionsists try their haM at st- TheJr bravery, when it would be tried in instance would resembled GroVs. A LIST OF WONDERS. Among the thousands of marvelous inventions which American genious has produced within the last few years, are the following, compiled from the Patient OlSce report : The report explains the principles of the celebra brated Hobbs Lock. Its "unpickabilily" depends upon a secondary or false set of tumblers, which touches the real ones. Moreover, the lock is pow der proof, and may be loaded through the key-hole and ficrd of till the burglar is tired of his fruitless work, or fears that the explosion will bring to view his experiments more witnesses than he desires. A harpoon is described which makes the whale kill himself The more he pulls the line, the deeper goes the harpoon. As ice making machine has been patonted which is worked by a steam engine. In an experimental trial it froze several bottles of sherry and produced blocks of ice the size of a cubid foot, when the ther mometer was up to eighty degrees. It is calculated that for every ton of coal put into the furnace, it will make a ton of ice. From Dr Dale's examination report we gather some of the value of the patents. A man who had made a slight improvement in straw cutters, took a model of his machine through the Western States, and after a tour of eight months, returned with $40,000, Another man had a machine to thresh and clean grain, which in fifteen months ho sold for $60,000. These are ordinary cases while such in ventions as the telegraph, and planing machine and India rubber patents are worth millions each. Examiner Lane's report describes new electrical inventions. Among these is an electrical whaling apparatus by which the whale is literally "shocked to death." Another is an electro magnetic alarm, which rings bel s and displays signals in case of fire and burglars. Another is an electric clock which wakes you up, tells you what time it is, and lights a lamp for you at any hour you please. There is a ''sound-gatherer," a sort of a huge ear trumpet, to be placed in front of a locomotive, bring ing to the engineer's ears all the noises ahead, per fectly distinct, notwithstanding the noise of the train. There is an invention that picks up pins from a confused heap, turns them around with their heads up, and sticks them in papers in regular rows. Another goes through the whole process of cigar making, taking in leaves and turning out finished cigars. . One machine cuts cheese ; another scours knives and forks : another rocks the cradle, the and seven or eight take in washing and ironing. There is a parlor chair patented that cannot be tipped back on two legs and a railway chair that can be tipped back in any position without any legs at all. Another patent is for a machine that counts pas sengers in an omnibus and takes their fare. When a Yery fat gentleman gets in it counts two and charges double. There are a variety of guns patented that load themselves; a fishing line that adjusts its own bait, and a rat trap which throws away the rat, and then baits itself, and stands in the corner for another. . There is a machine also by which a man prints instead of writes his thoughts. It is played like a piano forte. And speaking of pianos, it is estima ted that nine thousand are made every year fin the United States, giving constant employment to one thousand nine hundred persons, 'and costing over two millions of.dollars. Baltimore Sun. "a, A Swiss journal has a strange story of a wild girl lately found . by a woodman of Saint Margare them, iu the Canton of Saint Gall, He discovered her lying, wretchedly clad and benumbed with cold, un der some branches; and took her to his house. Accor ding to her story, Bhe is the daughter of what are cal led Helmathose parents a sort of parishs who belong to no Canton, aud although about eighteen years of acre, ncltaer fclie nor ber parents Lad ever lived under a roof. Her father not long siase killed her mother j iu qnairel, upou b!ch she left him, and had ever e wandered a'.out the woods ard mountains, livinsr on wild fruits and vegetaMos pitfi vod from gardens, To explain why had not been discovered sooner, she said that her ciuioiue hud beeu to sleep during the day and prout about At night, aho knew no name belonging to her parents or herself, aud had not the slightest idea of religion- Legislative Poetey. AVe find the following re ported in the Milledgeville Recorder, among thepro ceedings of the Georgia Senate : The bill for the relief of the S S Jenkins was ta ken up. Mr Shenhard, Opp. of Webster, offered the fol lowing amendmcudment which was read : Be it surely and firmly lenacted, All husbands tthat are sorely afflicted, And wish paration from their wives, Shall have the boon the balance of their lives. And that a wife who loves not her man, Be allowed to ship him as soon as she can In law make void the matrimonial tie, Which by the edict cast the fatal die. All desiring divorces now make the way, And don't delay it for another day, Which then as oft, in some distampcred state, As now by some trick depend many a fate. The Clerk (Mr Pringle) read nthe amendment in a clear and brilliant voice, am ife roars of merri ment, which, nevertheless, could not prevent every word from being heard; As soon as order was re .torei, the Chair (Mr Lawton) decided that the Leg islature did not pass laws in poetry. Mr Tracy, of Bibb, asked for the printing of 700 copies for the use of the Senatc. The Chair decided that motion was not in order. Cold Weather in Louisiana. The West Ba ton Rouge Sugar Planter of last week says of the weather : Seriously, it is unquestionably the coldest weath er we ever experienced in the South. Although we have hankering likings for cold weather, the past few days have given us quite a surfeit. Ice, ice, everywhere, and almost too thick to break. On Thursday morning, at 7 o'clock, the thermometer marked eighteen degrees above zero. Fun ik Prison. The following statement, if true. is singular. We have the authority of the Indian apolis Journal : The prisoners in the Indianapolis jail are a face tious set of rascals- Thanksgiving day tney nung old Brown in efHgy, but that was small sport, com pared to their exploits in waggery last Sunday. They must have had a heap of fun, in their way. Quin, the wife-murderer, was put on trial, and after the forms were gone through with, he was senten ced to be hanged instanter. A blanket was torn up and twisted into a rope, and the victim was sus pended from the balcony of the cells without re morse or delay. His struggles attracted the atten tion of a turkey, who cut him down just in the nick of time to save his life. Lecture by Mr McRae. We learn that Duncan K McRie, Esq., will deliver a Lecture in the Com mons Hall on Saturday evening next, by request of the Young Men's Christian Association of this City the proceeds to be devoted to the relief of the poor of this community. The reputation of the Lecturer as an orator, and the laudable purpose to which the proceeds of the occasion are to be appro priated ought to and no doubt will command a large audience. The New Party. Fhe National Union Commit tee met at Washington on Friday evening. They Lad quite a spirited time. Measures were discuss ed for rendering the party general and effective by co-operating with the State organizations and form ing Union clubs in wards of cities and towns thoughout the country. A resolution was adopted uroviding for the enlurgement of the National Com mittee Oy tnernotrio o.i l , ..... --. ..a in number that of the Representatives and Senators therefrom in the Congress of the United States. An Impostor. A person calling himself Dr. Jas. Ross, was last week in this city, and announced that he could cure deafness. He put up at the Au gusta Hotel. Among those who tried his skill was a lady of this city, who has been quite deaf for years. She made a contract with him no cure, no pay, but if he cured her she would pay him $25. As a stranger he insisted that this must be paid in advance, but gave a written obligation on the 23d nst, that it would be refunded if she was not es-, sentially relieved by Monday the 26th inst. She by appointment, called on Saturday, when he was not in. On Monday a call was made again, when she ascertained that the Doctor had left on Saturday. He is a swindling impostor, and publishers would do well to hand him around. He is of low statue, heavy built, with large head and face, dark hair, and about 5 feet 8 inches in height. Augusta Dis patch. DANIEL WORTH ACTING OLD JOHN BROWN. The New York Times of the 31st December con tains a letter from Daniel Worth, dated ''Greens borough Jail, N. C, December 26,1859," in which he gives an account of his trial and imprisonment, and anticipates the ''wrath to come." He says he is happy in prison, and ready to " suffer shame " for the cause in which he is engaged. We regret that the only legal punishment in his case is whipping, the pillory, and imprisonment. It is better that one man should die than that the peace and safety of whole communities should be put m jeopardy, uaruei v orcn musi khow mat ne h;is offended against both God and man. No one can truly 'tglorify God " by sowing the seeds of in surrection and servile war. If our institutions did not suit him, why did he return from Indiana? Wc think the keeper of the Greensborough pris on should see to it that no more of Daniel Worth's hypocritical letters, appealing to the abolitionists lor sympathy, should be permitted to be sent North to bo published in abolition newspapers. Hal. Standard. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 9. The Democratic State Convention, yesterday by a lage majority, adopted resolutions declaring Douglas to be the favorite of the Ohio Democracy, and instructing their delegates to the Convention to cast their entire vote for him. The following gentlemen were named as delegates : George E Pugh, D P Rhodes, Geo W Cook, U J Jewett New York. Jan. 6. The Herald of this morning states that A E Stewart & Co. the great drr goods merchants, have found it necessary to discharge fifty clerks, in consequence of the falling off of their Southern trade, and over one hundred firms of lesser note have been compell ed to curtail their expenses from the same cause. Norfolk, Jan. 6. Arrived, steamship SR Spaulding, of the new line from Boston to Memphis via Norfolk, connecting with the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad. Three others will shortly be here. Many vessels are in the Roads ; ice in the bay and James river. This harbor, however, is open. a ..Mi'n disannrobatorv of the pufposes of Brown and his partisans, was held at Rochester, on Wednesday evening. Ex-Governor Hunt and Hon. James Brooks were among the speakers, and the resolutions, which were stringent and pungent, were adopted, over the effectual resistance of a minorityj Washington, January 6th. The joint Union and National American Committee last night increased the nuiabcr of the committee authorized to prepare n address to the people, n w as swteu i ue uii t,..t information as to the success of the move- '; m'ent, from varies -onions, was highly gratifying. ; Criuenueu acte-l cl :in. The House Dooocrai.- :.re hopemioi an organisa tion next week, by t-e aid ofuie Anti-Lecompton-ites and South Americans. THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY. Springfield, III., Jan. 5. The Democratic Con vention to-day elected delegates to the Charleston Convention. Resolutions were adopted re-affirming the Cincinnati platform-repudiating the new, against the revival of the slave tradeagainst a Congres sional Slave code for the Territories denying that s avery derives validity from the Constitution de claring the position ol the Democracy of Illinois to be that of Buchanan's in his letter of acceptance of enying the interpretation given by the Black Ro publicans to the Dred Scott decision that it denies the right of the people of the Territories to reg ulate the question of slavery to suit themselves deprecating John Brown's foray, and attributing such invasions to the teachings of the Black Repub licans instructing their delegates to vote for the re-adoption of the Cincinnati Platform, and de claring their determination to abide by the deci sion of the Charleston C structing their delegates to vote for Douglas. It is stated that General Houston, now Governor of Texas, was not a candidate for the United States senate at the lafe; election, t till the term which ex pires with the present Congress, but will be a can didate for United States Senator to servo for six years from March 4, 1860. Missouri is the first State will elect members to the Thirty -Seventh Congress. In the fourth dis trict James N. Burns is the most prominent man yet spoken of for the Democratic nomination. Hon. James Craig is the present Representative. Arrest or Prize Fighter. Two Deputy Sheriffs of Buffalo, arrived in the city on Monday, to arrest the principal parties engaged in the late fight be tween Price and Kelly. Morrissey was found, but as he was very sick, he was only required to give bonds to appear aud stand the trial when able. Tho Benicia Boy had just returned from Baltimore, and hearing that the officers were after him, left the United States for New Jersey. Jim Kelly has sold out his place and gone to New-Orleans, and Tom O'Donnell, the referee in the "will," is the only person the Buffalo hunters can hold on to. The Legislature of l't ntn-ylvania me atBairisburg lately and organized? by electing William Law rence; Speaker; and William Branch, Clerk without opposition. The Governor's message has been commu nited. The Charleston Mercury publishes a card addressed to the interior merchants of South Carolina and other southern States, and t-igncd by fifty-eight importers and wholesale dealers, asking them to buy their goods n Charleston instead of New Yoak. i m I a recent lkitek to Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. W. Howitt says that the ghost of Captain Wheat croft, a dragoon ollicer who was killed before Delhi, appeared at the War Office in London and caused a correction to b'e made in the recorded date of his death. The London correspondent of the Manches ter Guardian says that Mr. Howitt is in error, and that therc was no ghost at all, but that, on the death of Captain Wheatcroft, a secret marriage of his was discovered. The same writer adds that Mr. Howitt and his family are confirmed spiritualists and ghost seers, and that Sir E. Bulwcr Lytton is also a be liever in spirits, mediums, and the rest. Sir Edward is the author of a story in a recent number of Blackwood, entitled "The Haunted and the Haun ters ; or the House and the Brain." The theory of teu awry Ir, UMrt mrinM me m uin mmmrtfnmc their will in a mysterious and awful manner on the minds of others present on the scene of momentous actions, in which the haunter has borne a part. A New Party. A new national political party is born. A caucus was held in Washington on the night of the 19th. No Democrat or Republican wsus present. John J. Crittenden presided. The child was christened the "Union Party." Jerc Clemens was one of the midwives, and moved that the Un ion Baby should hav- a cradle inscribed, "The Con stitution, the Union, and the Laws." That is all right. I consider the chances of tho electi on of S. A Douglas 50 pr ocnt better with this new party in the field than if he had to encounter the Republi cans singly. As I have said a new party has been formed at Washington. Old Crittenden presided. The Na tional Americans ut Philadelphia yesterday agreed to go into it. Now we can xhape matters : The Democratic Party Convention meets May 23d, 1860. The Republican Party Convention meets June 13th, 1860. The New Union Conservative Convention, if they are wise, would call a Convention July 22, and nom inate their man. It will not do so. This third party will aid Douglas. Wash. car. Mobile Register. Thomas Garrett, of Wilmington Delaware, a ven erable Quaker, stated, at the John Brown meeting in Philadelphia, that liet had been instrumental in aiding 2,245 slaves to escape by the "underground railroad," besides about 200 more whom he had as sisted before he began to keep an account. This statement was greeted with much applause. Exchange. This venerable Quaker nigger thief, it may be also mentioned, gets well paid for his thieving. The Lo idon Anti-Slavery Society pays him a certain sum for every negro he steals, and this, together with the money received from the negroes themselves, it is said, has made so profitable a business for 'this "venerable Quaker,'" that he has few years. Among Garrett's friends and underground railroad city, may be mentioned Rev. Dr. grown rich in a most prominent abettors, in this Checver, Dr. II. A. Ilartt, W. M. Connolly, of the police, and other well known Abolitionists. Negro stealing is a reg ularly organized speculation, and pays, according to all appearances, exceedingly well. New York Day Book. Extraordinary Telegraphing. Therc were sent, on Tuesday, over the wires of the Atlantic and Ohio telegraph (Morse) lines, extending between Philadelphia and Pittsburg, five nundred and seventy-eight private despatches, over five thousand words of news for the Associated Press, and an en tire copy of the President's Message, containing over fifteen thousand words, to the Pittsburg Post, and all during the rugular business hours of tho day. The President's Message was transmitted, on two wires, in five hours and fifteen minutes. Two thou sand and eighty-three words were transmitted, by one operator Mr. Zeigler in an hour, Mr. Flem ing, of Pittsburg, taking it down by ' the tick." Ledger. NEGRO HIRING. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was a large attendance on Friday and Satur day in this place. There was an advance of 10 per cent, over last year's prices. Men averaged about $145 and women about $65. Cooks were in re quest and went much higher, from 80 to $100. A large proportion of the negroes were only hired out until the first of December, I860. Warrnton Nevse. Scvcra Icolored damsels, while at a party in Baton Rogue, La., fell to quarreling. The strife of tongues finally became one ot fists. Summing up, the results of the encounter, the Gezette says : The principal damage, however, was to the dry goods ; some of the point lace became pointless, some of the silks were converted into lHtc strings, and one of the victors left the battle-field with a triumphant air and nothing but Loops."