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SPECIAL NOTICES.

- Savannah Convention. 80 The dele
gates appointed to the Savannah Convention are re-
quested to meet TuRcfndAg at the Exchange hotei,
to day Tuesday, az O'Clock, z M
de 2zIt JR. ANDERSON, Chairman.
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tIcKNEss IN TIE COUNTRY In Pend teton county
Virflns, dSsenery and typhoid fever has been very
fatal Tor some weeks past. Col. Jacob +. johnson
loaf bis wife, sister and young lady residing IN his
family
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Letters from California state Buchanan proba
Bile maj ority at IA 900 Fremont, and 5000 ov.
Fillmore
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suictpE.-A man " be- gave hi. n.um.
ana said be was from VIRGINS. comm,,,sS mgn.
from |. .ss.m IL. days ago by jumping overheard
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DAUGHTER TO HER FATHER Julia Webster
Appleton, the daughter Of Daniel Webster. in a
,s'.e' addressed to her father sixteen years ago
thus appealed TO him on an occasion of hi. sies
ut ss 10 return 10 private life "Wbet IL the whole
.oantfy 70 your family, when weighed in the bal.
nnee Win one hour OF sickness or anxiety which
,aran you l am no great patriot; do not
80. ..s pe,ter than Cesar; the advancement Of
party Deter than my own dear father ~
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LATER FROM NICARAGUA-Jhe British Mail
Steamer Dee arrived from Aspinwall, from Grey.
town ON the exeLing of the goth November:
Walker was awaiting the receipt of provisions
and ammunition, which had not reached him at
latest advices. The full conviction of all parties
at Greyton is, as soon as he has received the
aforesaid supplies, and arranged his prices. he
will proceed to drive all the allied forces out Of
the Stale OF his intentions thereafter nothing ia
known The allies were very much divided. ana
quarrelng among themselves Charles Wood a
soldier was shot and killed at Aspinwall by Ser.
geant Jones, whom he was abusing Both were
soldiers of Walkers army
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r,..iue.s AT the preeent s0n&rsss.
rho seeopd regular session of the Thirty fourth
Congress opened yesterday. AceordinF to the
;oin, rujes the unfinished business OF The TWO
uouses will be resumed at the point at which IL
ss left at the close of the preceding regular ses-
sior; and rs many new matters will probably be
introduced there will be abundant occupation, to
which. as the excitement of politics has abafed
and the session must terminate In three months,
the members will doubtless address themselves
with proper sssiduity. The National Intelgen-
Ger Of yesterday, thus sums up the business OF
the present session:
Foremost among the prominent matters are the
projects for the construction of railroad ana tel.
eeraph line to the Pacific. In what FORM the aid
of the General Government Is to DO extendeu VIII
necessarily lead to much discussion In the Sen
ate at the last session. Mr.. Weller made avery
able exposition of the views and argument relied
upon to sustain the proposition, and he pressed
with great esrnestness me sene,ne ~. ior wagon
to the Pacific Several plans are also before COM
mittees of the House.
THE bin which passed tho House. under Mr.
Brooms patronage. TO provide for the settlement
of the half pay promised to revolutionary officers
by the Continental Congress. is the order of the
dsv for the third Monday in December in the Sem
ate and is in charge of Mr.. Evans, of South Caro-
liua who has given the subject the benefit of his
ScTutiniZing research aud industry ana Will be
prepared TO present its merits with proper force.
10 reply to call for information in reference to
the amount necessary to redeem the public faith on
this head. we learn that the Secretary of the lutte
rior estimates the sum of five ard and a half mill
ions of dollars as sufficient if all the outsts nding
claims should be presented within the ten years TO
which the bill is limited
10 the Senate, as well as the House, there are
several river and harborsbils TO be considered Of
a character similar to those which were passed at
the last session over the Presidential veto. That
the most important of them will become laws can
scarcely be doubted
In the House there are various propositions for
donations of land TO aid in the construction of rail
roads; and it is not to be supposed that the Rep
resentatives of the old States will renquish their
hopes of equitable distribution OF the public
domain than has yet been made.
ssThe bill from the Senate on the subject OK ma
val reform will come up for consideration In the
House, and the Naval Committee OF the latter
body will probably make a report at al early day.
4 bill to promote the efficiency of the army is also
prominent, and the Committee on Military Affairs
will not agree that their past labors shall DE lost
amidst the crowd of pressing business in process
of maturity.
Besides the usual annual appropriation bills,
which have precedence of al other topics, there
are numerous bills for the allowance OF private
claims of long standing aud funqne5tioned merit
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Recklessncss OF Life.

The recklessness of life upon the public convey
anccs of this country excites indignant comment
throughout the world. Some Of our countrymen
appesr to think this recklessness capital joke
and laugh at the timidty of people in other coun
tries who take precautions for the preservation of
the lives of travellers. If it is joke, it is mad
mans Joke and one which none but lunatics would
think smart or funny. Scarcely paper appears
that does not record some vessel sunk, some boiler
burst some railroad catastrophe, involving hor-
r;ble loss of lfe and all from the want of precau
tions common in all other countries of the world.
The average length of a brakeman's life In Amer
rca is said to be only twenty seven years the ave-
RAGE number of deaths by accident" in America
over five hundred a month the average number
of break downs on railroads four to every locomo.
tive every year the average number Of wrecks
on the lakes two hundred per annum, and the ave
rsqe number of disasters at sea one for every day
in the year 1t is believed that all the pestilences
that have visited our shores, have not filed so
many graves as the accidents"
ain no other country in the world" says co.
temnorary "are ships uniformly sent to sea
without buckets enough to put ouL fire, or boats
enough to save the passengers In no other country
are held guiltless who crowd all sail in the
darkness without light at the masthead. In no
other country do trains thunder roads at
midnight, thirty miles an hour, without watch,
man on the line. In no other country are steam.
boats run with weights the safety valve to keep
it down, and tar on the fire to keep II up. In 10
other country do fire bells ring dozen times a
night. In no other country do hundreds of women
yearly murder themselves and their children with
death dealing lamps Of alcohol and turpentne. In
no other country do new brick houses tumble
down of their own accord. English steamers are
more smoky than ours, but they are also more
strong. French railways have fewer cushions, but
they have more watchmen. German ships are
slow saiers, but they built to last to the
end of the voyage; and Dutch houses, though sci
dom gay or gaudy, are often two or three huL bred
years old There is no need OF initiating their
faults, but we might their virtues. We are per
petuaily copying transatlantic extravaganza in
our fashions and tinery why not copy a little
transatlantic prudence in our travel and trade ?"
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TUESDAY EVENING, December 2.
EIGHTH NIGHT OF
MIR. EDWIN BOOTH!
When he will repeat the great Tragedy of the
IRON CHEST.
Sir Edward Mortimer. Mr. BOOTH.
To conclude with the
SERIOUS FAMILY.
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AMUaEIkNTs.
TIL f A T r E.
KUNKEL & Comm. L.essees and Proprietor.
JOHN T. FORD. Manager,
Also of the National tn atre, Wsghin gton, and
the Holiday Street Theatre, Bsitimore.I
z. r. MOXLEY, .................. Acting Manager
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ADMISSION-Dress Circle and Parquette, 80 cts,
fpo extra charge for reserved seats I'd fier Boxes
% cts; Galleries 50 and Is cts.
Ey- Box Office open from to5 O'Clock.
rW- Doors open at I, Overture commences st quar-
ter before 8 o. clock precisely.
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u n
~. twill be seen from the above, that tne
Collector is required to attend at the ohce rom loo
Eth to 5st of this month, to receive taxes remsln
log due from June last before The January term o.
the Hastings Court he is required by ordnance 70
advertise delinquent real estate to be sod iof non
p.yment of taxes Persons who have not done 50
will see the necessity Of calling and paying theif
taxes a. will be impossible for the Collector to Cal
on them before he sdvertises.
de l. dim J. A HOB$pN. q. 4. n.
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n WANTED IMIEDTAVEsY-.
~ FIVE HUNDRED YOUNG MEN, to .srys

"a w ANT ID IWM v
SM FIVE HUNDRED YOUNG MEN, to .srvs
EENYf in the UNITED STATES MOUNTED
-IA SERVICE, in Kansas, Nebraska Cayifoy
mia, Ne1o MEXICO dad Ter0s. Pay from sl2 TO goa
per month, according the rank and the capacity Of
the soldier. Horses, accoutremsp.s clothing, food
and medical attendance, furnished free Of charge
No deduction of wages on account OF sickness
ALSO,
Wanted Immediately, u few MUSICIANS for TN.
BANDS OF THE MOUNTED REGIMENTS and
few BOYS Of good character, between the aYs on
fourteen and eighteen years. to learn music; 20 who
will be given the PAY AND EMOLUMENrs of n.
soldier. and they will also receive MUSICAL Am
MILITARY educstion frec of charge
az will he paid to any person bringing an saee,ts3
Recruit to this Kend
For further information, apply at the Rendezvous.
Franklin street, opposite Metropolitan Hall Rich
mand Va oc A-d3n4
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SWAN a Cos LOTTERIES.
NOVEL SCHE M f..
$3.50 Prizes--Lewest Prize $40.
MORE THAN ONE PRIZE TO EVERY TEE rIcKETsi

PRIZES GUARANTEED
ALABAMA LOTTERY!
Authorized by the State Of Alabama
SOUTHERN MILITARY ACADEMY LoTTEhf'
CLASS X,
TO be drawn in the city Of Mobile, Ala In On
Wednesday, December 10, IS0o,
ON THE PLAN OF SINGLE NOAnoAn"'
~ Purchasers in buying 10 Whole Tickets when
the NUMBER end in |. 2 g. f. S, 6, ~ are qua
r.ntepd a prize of S40-Halves and Qusrten In pro-
nortion or Certificates of 10 Tickets will DO sod at
the rates bslow, for the risk on the Tickets, ana
which entities the holder to all he draws over the
$40 przes.
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de l 2nd Sergeant.
Delinquent members must attend the meeting pre-
pared to give fer nonattsndance and to nay
up their dues p
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VsT---un saturday, Main, between |
I 5th street and Locust Alley t4th street. |
between Main and Ross GOLD WATCH SEAL, |
with two Stone Sets. of which narked with |
an An in Gei mau Text. The finder i'll BE literally
rewarded by leaving it at w. y. Biair's store.
de P
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NITY OF RIGHMUND, 10 wit:
~ At Rules held in ths CLERKS Office of the Court
of Hastings for the said city, on Monday the
LIST day of December, 1856:
James I. Butler, surviving partner Of him
self and - Tinsley, constituting the
late firm of Butler Tinsley.. ....Pltfs.
against IL debt.
Hermao Rohr and Charles Rohr. late part.
ners under the firm and style OF Herman
Rohr and Brother. -..UeNs ]
The object of this suit is to against the de-
the of ninety two dollars and thirty mine
cents with legal interest thereon from the 29h day
of Octobsr. 1854 till paid due by negotiable note
Affidavit hav ng been made that the defendants are
not residents of this state they hereby required
to ar at the said Clerks Office within month
after dus publication hereof aud to do what
sary to protect their interests
A copy-Teste. RIO. HOWARD, Clerk
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IL KEN, BALDWIN d. co., continue Tn
IN receive. by every steamer, ise additions to
their extersve stock of 6epttemop's Fine CIething
and Furnishing Goods. They are opening this morn.
heavy hus1ia Beaver. " hi.n-y. rllol Cloth n.
other styles Of Raalnns; fine French Cloth Ores,
Goats; aud hesutifal slyles oil rich six Velvet
vests; fancy Cassime'e ants, making hs essort
ment nora full aud complete tt IA at say time thss
season With many advantages, ana = full purpose to
ksspupwith the times ins is you TO coTsnit your
Own interest by purchasing st the old established
house 0f REFN BALDWIN a. Co.
de2 log Main s,reat
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NTUTItE.-.Au persons deb.ed 10 Lan-
~ dram 4 Eaton are rsqu.s ed to make imme iiate
payment and all person, having claims sgalnst Lam
dram Eaten, to present them for settlement before
the fret of January, 1857.
SALLIE C. LAEBRAM,
Administrators of A. L Lsndram, deceased.
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Nan FOR KkNT-.A small Brick Dwell.
E% ing, situated on Goth, between Franklin and
AA-A Grace streets, containing rooms. Possession
csu be had ca the 4Gh lost Apply to
r.. A. J. CtQPTON,
Agent and Collector. No, Ws!l street
6.2-St Under st Charles Hotel.
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TNHIs as 40 CERTIFY, thai l nav
i this day, appointed GEO. A kLiEN;; ss,s
agent to transact my business, at stall NO ~ f"
asIrs,s ''''' 10 WILLIAM wHITLocK
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Z HBLS SWEET HAVANA OnAN6hS
- A bills. fresh Pecan Nuts; $50 boxes Raislus
whole, haifs and quarters: 81 doz genuine London
Porter pint bott es rs dtums New Figs; 200 boxes
fire Crackers; 75ooo Torpedoes receiving this day,
and for sale by D. N. JONES Co,
ds 2 No IS ain street
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. EWING SCtiSOi, n he subscriber has
~ opened a SCHOOL on 4th between Mel, aLd
franklin streets, for the purpose of Teaching
ladies' and children all kinds o! SEWlnG. ,uch a.
gentlemss vests pies' risutles, closks, end every
description of sewing
Scholars taken by the dey week or month For
further particulars apply TO
do 2-st Mas. N z. FAEIER
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-12
The Height of Impudence.

Some time ago, n fellow was charg-
ed in the Glasgow Police Court with
stealing a herring barrel from per-
son in Stockwell street. After il
had been proved, the principal accus-
er addressed the magistrate as fol.
lows:
"Deed, sir, Baillie. the man at the
bar Is "a great rogue; the stealing oI
the barrel is naething to some Of his
tricks. He stole my sign. board las,
week. and what docs your Honor
think he did wi't?"
"That would be hard for mo tc
say"
"weel. sir, I'll tell ye. He bro,
II into me own shop, wi my ain name
ont, aud offered 10 sell met. and he
said he thought It would me mair use
TO mo than onybody else"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-12
Once Colored, Always Colored.

A negro woman was relating her ex-
Perience to a gaping congregation OF
color, and among other things she. said
she had been in heaven. One Of the
ladies of color asked her: ea
"Sister, did you see any black
folks in heaven?"
"Oh, get outl you spose l go in de
kitchen when l was dar?'
This reminds US OF the anecdote OF
another colored man, who was so con-
vinced Of the lowliness of his posi-
ton. and that labor was his natural
lot, that he was even Indifferent as to
the future state believing that "dey'll
make niger work even IL he 90 to
hebben" A clergyman tried to ar
que him out Of his opinion by repre-
sen,ing that this could not be the case,
inasmuch as there was absolutely no
work to do in heaven. His answer
was:
. "Ohl you g'way, massa. l knows
better. II dere's no work for culled
foxes up dar, dey'll make 'em shu5 de
clouds along. You cant fool this
child, massa."
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-12

lnew hn,nes and new ideas. The new

new homes and new ideas. The new
policy must come from the South
must be sustained by the independent
press, and the leaders in Congress
must be men so seated and fixed in the
heart Of hearts Of the Southern people
as to command our approval, even in
leading us against established prejudi-
ces and party gods. We have the
men for the emergency. We will
have JOHN A. QUIrMAN, of Mississippi,
in the House, and JEFFERSON DAVIS,
of the same gallant State, in the Sen
ate. They are both men Of principle,
regarding fidelity to noble ends inf
nitely more honorable and glorious
than ignoble success. They are inur-
ed to the battle harness, both civic and
military, and in peace or war, the
Sonth will always know where to find
them. They have no mean past at
their backs. but they are men of the
future, too, and ia settling the great
question which must be met, sooner or
later, they will have conspicuous parts
TO enact. That question is this. to
wit: Whether this Union shall be Nor
thern and sectional-to use seeming
contradiction in ssterms-or Southern
and national?
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-12

On Friday night last, about 0 o.
clock, as the cold rain was pouring
down in torrents, the people on Elm,
street were startled by hearing an un-
earthly noise in the street. 1t being
intensely dark, lights were procured,
and several persons from the Theolog.
ical Seminary repaired to the spot. and
there found prostrated on the pave
ment the wreck Of what had once
been man, but now, fit compan-
ion only for swine. Some hearlless
monster, in human form. had drugged
him with liquid FIRE, until reason was
dethroned, and then thrust him out to
perish in the street. The miserable
object was taken up and carriedinto the
Seminary. He gave his name as Jas.
Carter. One Of the night watch was
called, and he was taken to jail-our
only watch house-in ct Of deliriun'
tremens. He was covered from head
to foot with mud.
Alas! what ruin is wrought by man
upon his fellow-men The noblest
work Of God Is converted into COM
panion for brutes, and that. too, ac-
cording to the statute "in such case
made and provided. IN. A. TriJ.
une.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-12
An Irish Wager

"Nate hand you are, thin, my dar-
lintl' said one Irish bricklayer to ano-
ther; you mount your ladther wild
your hod full o. stones, and scatter IN
on the heads iv us as you go.-Ochl
blathsration, blood an ounsl I'd car
ry yerself up, from the flats to the roof,
an down again, widout yer bein'
split"
"You don't do it sirr' returned the
fellow laborer; "I'd lay a trihe you
couldn't"
"For pint o. whisky would tho
lis it the like O. you / might not Lift!
Dye take my bet, honey?
"Faith, III bet my hide against yeI
pint. and that's fair thrade, that you
can't"
"In wid yer dirty karkas, and well
thry it."
Fearful as the experiment may
seem, il was successful, When two
thirds up the ladder. Paddy roared
out
"MCarty. ye divil ye. sit aisy, Q
I'll spill yel'
"Sure, an isn'tit that I'd be afthel
having ye do?" returned Mac.
When safe landed, he exclaimed
II didn't think ii was in the likes o
ye. AS it happens, you've won-Im
bate; but just as ye was comm BY
the third story I vas in Aopssp'
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-12

Like the wind though the aisles Of
a cathedral. sweeps the stream of
thought through the chambers of the
brain. II may linger awhile. playing &
melancholy music, but it is not thine,
thou knowest not whence II cometh.--
1t flashes on like the lightning from
heaven. when thou least expectsth it.
and all that is thine own is 10 rccog-
nize its presence. AS the flute in the
hands Of the masterrenders wonder
ful harmony. SO Is IL with men. The
mysterious fabric Of the brain, with
Il reorganization Of exquisite iineness. Is
but n flute or bugle, and the breath
Of the master Is the living God. Rea-
der. what Is memory but the shadow
Of the past? When events have lost
the fulness Of the present reality, they
yet leave al uncertain image In their
rear. On some II falls like sunbeams
on the mountain summits.. lighting
them up with glory, like tho deepest
shade Of midnight around the noun
tain's base. The saddest recollec.
tions OF some men. are but as the sha-
dow OF q butterfly ona garden Of
noontide--they cover an atom Of the
soul, and that but for n moment; those
Of othera are like the image OF the
earth cast upon the face Of heaven,
that reaches to eclipse tho farthes,
star.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-12
Original anA Sslsttsn Yostrp,
AUTUMN IN THE HILLS.

Time Is on the autumn yellow,
Short will be the golden Gays,
Sad and short the glory mellow
or the calm o ctobcr haze.
Paint for me the glory dying,
Swim must ply the pencil bold,
That would seize the splendors flying
Ger The autumn's cloth Of gold.
Up the rugged edged horizon.
Catch the cha nges as they creep, =
In chromantic ridges rising
From tho valley shadows deep.
Purple-maniled 81 is the mountain
Cushioned on the yellow vale;
siiver-stemmea beside the fountain
Cleans the lamp OF the bIrch-tree pale.
Through the golden, hazy reaches,
Radiant bars OF sunlight; come,
slanting down among tho beeches,
Where the wood-grousc rolls his drum.
In the trembling light the sprucesl
Waver on the hillside old;
Revelers In the velvet raiment,
0vcrlaid with larchen gold.
OH like dreaming, IL the cleaning
or the au tam-tiated hills;
sketchsr, darker grows their beaming,
while Thy hand the picture flls.
Passing Is the autumn yellow.
Short will be the golden days
OF the Indian Summer mellow,
And tho bright October haze.
For the wiid-fowi's trumpet ringing
Overhead the silence breaks,
See the phalanx northward vinging
From the marshy northern lakes.
Clouds are curling, smoke is whirling,
Rain IL In tho driving racks;
Genes hand the dead leaves hurllns-
Drcary days are on our tracks.