The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-11-08
Miscellaneous Selections.

Servlle lnsurrectlon, 1t is stated, was lately
fortunately discovered in time, at Columbia
Texas, among some four hundred slaves. to rise
against the white population. and murder and
rob them They would probably have complet-
ed their designs had not slave informed his
master of the fact. A number of the negroes
were in custody, and some two or three were to
be hung
NJ de Lamartine, who for some time has been
IN Macon, France. where he is suffering from
rheumatism. has received from the Emperor of
Brazil one hundred thousand francs as payment
OF five thousand subscriptions to the Familiar
Course of Literature of the ilustrious and hard
working author.
FIRST RAILROAD RIDE.-A venerable gentle
| man. over eighty-one years old, Capt. David
Cottle, went off in the steamboat on Friday and
for the first time in his life. saw railroad and
rode in the cars for short distance Nantucket
Inquirer.
Inc first Russian newspaper was published in
l7O3. and Peter the Great was it's senior editor.
The Imperial Antocrat not only took part per-
| sonaly in its editorial compositicn but in COR
| recting proofs. as appears from sheets still
In existence, on which are marks and alterations
| in his own hand.
| In consequence of the existence of yelow-fe-
yer at Charleston and other Southern ports
guarantees has been established at Philadel-
| phia.
| We regret to learn of the continued ncreas-
ing illness of that genial poet John G.. SAKE.
He is quite PROSTATE from paralytic shock
| received last winter.
A Buckanier in Licking county. Ohio, the
other day said, ''He would never vote for rep
rebate like Fremont who left beautiful wife at
| home. and went away over the Rocky Noun
tains with snch critter as kate Carson"
This is a fact. and was said in earnest.
The receipts of wheat at Chicago are now
about $4,000 bushels per day, and the total re-
celpts OF all kinds OF grain amount to one mil
lion bushels per week.
| More than one hundred thousand dollars in
| cash have been already subscribed in New York
for the relief of the cholera stricken people of
Madeira. and the list is still OPEN
| The Ohio river. at Cincinnati. is said to he
lower than ever known Droves of cattle have
| cen CT ven over at that point.
| The hog trade has opened and hogs are quo
ted on the 18th in Cincinnati at 50 25aS2 so per
hundred.
| The Rt. Rev. Robert Lowe. said to he chief
h.
He took seat on the bench of the New York
Suprem" Court by the side of Judge Clarke. a
day or two since. His stiff collar and cravat
white hair. and red fnll face. gave him decid-
eddy English appearance. which the frequent
raising OF his gray eyebrows made still more
striking.
The total cost of tho fure imported this year
into the country. was l92s 000-mo hy some
S400,0 900 than last year. The fancy tilrs for la
dies use have this year been sold in Philadel-
phia, to the amount of 5 .375. 600.
St Louis paper says that the grass-bop-
pers have eaten up the entire tobacco crop of
Franklin county, and the last that was heard
from them, they were scattered on The corners of
the fences, begging for chew from every man
that passed.
| A woman. named Ann Reilly. fell on the
| Harlem Railroad. in New York. as a train was
! approaching. The cars were stopped in time
I but the woman was dead when taken up. having
burst blood vessel from excessive fright.
| Disease has diminished the productivcness of
the silk worm in France. Switzerland. and tia
| y. The stock of raw silk is greatly below the
average. The rise in the price of dress goods
| from Lyons and Spitafelds, it is said will be
| from third to half.
Daniel Webster, when young lawyer, was
employed in a case for which he received fee
| of eighteen dollars. Later in life he was en-
| ployed in a similar and received fee of
| five thousand dollars. though he used the same
brief which he had prepared for the first case.
man with moderate appetite dined at
hotel, and after eating the whole of pig, was
asked if he would not have some pudding He
! said he did not care much about pudding. but
if they had another little hog. he'd thank them
for it.
The old original charter. which was deposit
ed in the trunk of the Charter Oak has been in
closed in frame ofwood of the tree which pre-
served it one hundred and sixty-nine years ago
The Councils of Richmond city have appro-
priated $4,000 towards improving the navga-
ton of the James River by opening a channel
thrOu IN Rockets bar. of sufficient depth to adj
init large class vessels into the port of Rich
mond.
The Chinese Repository tells of strange
kind of death punishment which was inficed on
criminal who had committeda dreadful murder
He was wound with cotton saturated with tallow
places being left for him to breathe. He was
dipped like monster candle. until he present
ed mass of tallow. In this way he was stuck
up on his fathers grave, lighted, and kept burn
ing until his body was consumed by slow de-
grees.
The Cheyenne Indians attacked Col A. W.
Babbitt's train on the Plains on the 25th of Au-
gust. while encampcd on Prairie Greek; killed
Alexander Nichols and Orren Parrish dashed
out the brains of Mrs Wilson'S child, and carried
her into captivity; rihed the wagons, and car
ried off the mules and ten yoke of oxen.
SOUTH CARoLINA.-This is the only State SAYS
the N. 0. Delta, in the Uninn in which the peo-
do not choose electors of President and Vice
President. The Charleston News states that
Gov. Adams will convene the Legislature on
the first Monday in November next to choose