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, 1860-11-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

Capt. ]. 8. West, an officer In the Nica1a-
guan army, and . friend Of Gen. Walker, sailed
on Friday for Truxil1o, Honduras, to obtain
and convey to Nashville, Tenn, the Eeruains OF
the fllibuster.
At Ocoquan, Prince William County, ",
where 4 few months ago some hotheaded fel-
lows cut down Republican flagstaff. Lincoln
inridge 81, Douglas l. Well done for oco-
quAn.
Cardinal Nacchi, Dean Of the College Of
Cardinals, md Us such the highest fuuctfonary
Of the Roman Catholic Church next to the
Pope, has died in his Goth year The Cardinal
was born at Capodi Monte in the Diocese Of
Monte Froscone, August 31st, 1740. He gov
The late Jacob Hare, all old citizen Of Co
queathed the main bulk Of his estate, amount
ing to about SO, 900, to the city Of Columbus,
for the purpose Of forming charity fund "for
the benefit Of the poor and unfortunate Of the
city"
Hog cholera Is prevailing ngaln, and fatal
u, in portions Of Harrison County, Indiana,
the ATyus says; and the Hessian fly Is doing y
region. Hardly farmeris Is seen but complains
Of its ravages as unusual for the season.
An English clergyman recently, during
service, observed gentleman In one Of the
pews with an open book, aud exclaimed, 'tahut
that book" The gentleman said, "1t's tho
Bible" The command WIN repeated, and All
unseemly conversation occurred between pull
pit and pew, At last the gentleman took up
the book, and with his wife left the church.
We learn that on Wednesday, at Fairfax
Courthouse, Virginia, man named Gaztre1,
who had voted for Lincoln, was seized BY
party while be WIS coming out Of the court
house and carried short distance from the
village, where he WIS blacktd completely with
printers ink, mounted on his horse and started
for his honsc In as uncomfortable situation
rs one could wish to be In.
A whip taken from the SLAYER Erie, VITA
exhibited In New York last week. ills made
OF dried rhinoceros hde, having two thongs or
lashes made By splitting the material to within
eight inches Of the end, leaving the balance
for handle, The lashes are about two feet
long, and are twisted into the hardness Of iron.
There Is the evidence Of Its use aI along the
ridges Of either thong, In blood stains.
The Countess de Montjo, mother Of the
Empress, has left Paris, for Madrid. Madame
de Montijo, after the death Of the Duchess Of
Alba, her daughter, WIS invited to St. Cloud,
but her sojourn at the Imperial residence has
been Of brief duration. Family bereayements
are not permitted to interfere with official e1-
pediency, rs regards the Emperor's household
Ills Majesty Is clearly opposed to living under
the same roof with mother-in-1aw, aud he Is,
perhaps, right. At all events, mora than one
husband, who Is not an Emperor, Is Of that
0CiDiOn
, 1860-11-16

Invitlng the Northern States Into It.
R1cuxosD, Nov. 10, 1890.
The secession movement ts going forward
fred up to the focus Of revolution, and the
prelimina1ies mrs being rapidly asranged and
will soon be perfected. The splendid TIL
umphs Of our national arms In Mexico were
never hailed with more enthusiasm than l. the
near prospect of this contamination by thous-
ands, even In the Old Dominion.
Considerations Of material Interest no less
than the impulses Of patriotism have their
agency in Producing this state Of feeling: Dla-
cusstona Of the relative advantages to the
South Of Union or Independence are held In
every. quarter Of. this city, and a. general
thing find they result In convictions faSota-
BILE to the latter condition.
It may be that under the impulse Of the pre-
vailng excitement prediction for indepeu-
dence la created; but the convictions OF the
superior benefits OF that condition are as
strong and abiding as the most reliable mathe-
mat1cal estimates and the soundest logical de-
ductlons could make them. In short, so IT.
dent has the secession feeling become, that
every interest-material, social and political
IL looked upon as certain to be subserved by
independence. With such incentives to secex-
sion, supcradded to the prime cause which is
furnished by the election Of "Old Abe" 1t Is
difficult to imagine how It can be avoided. All
%A*G NOHGAAAAlO5y ltkLEEH k41k O4H A1E ENQ1n
write for month would be Of no avail In stay
ing the progress Of this movement. The South
made bis election the issue Of disunion. His
policy after entering upon the duties Of his
office was never once contemplated In deter
mining this issue. His sentiments and opfn-
Ions on the subject Of slavery are matters Of
history, aud held to be- too deep seated to be
abandoned to expediency or repudiated at the
hour Of victory.
The South would not regard as sincere one
word he may say in conflict with bis matured
and long standing convictions. Any psocla-
nation Of policy BY "Old Abe" therefore, will
avail nothing. The crisis Is come, and seces-
sion is inevitable. South Carolina and Georgia
will precipitate the movement, and no time
will be left for Lincoln to loueyfugle his dear
Southern subjects In embryo, i hair Of whose
heads he never intends to harm. state what
Is my sincere conviction, that there ire hum
dreds Of thousands In the South who would
prefer the gibbet or exile to life under "0ld
Abe"
A Southern Conference would involve delay,
md this Is deemed dangerous in more than ono
respect. That sober, second thought, 80 pecu-
liar to ardent tcmpctn1nents, might pcsclance
intervene and blast forever the prospects Of
the disunionists. The counsels Of the border
slave States are dreaded, and nothing but pre-
clpitate action can avail to counteract their In
luence. It is, moreover, the only certain way
Of engaging the sympathy and cooperation Of
these States, and such convictions must needs
stimulate the disunionists to prompt and enet-
Ectic action.
, 1860-11-16
A sECEDER,s OPINION 1sr1

~ cGNk>O&1h'3 Vf1NAON IN 1H5ls
Hon. ". ". Boyce, q leading member OF
Congress from South Carolina, Is a SUD.
porter OF the Secession movement. In 1851
he took strong ground against Secession,
and in letter to the" Southern Rights
Convention" held in Charleston in that
year, he presented twelve unanswerable
objections against the proposition to Sc
cedc, closing with the following decla1a-
ton;
For the various reasons I hare stated. I OBJ
Jcct IN as strong terms as can to the secession
oi South Carolina Such is the intensity Of
ny conviction upon the subject, that, II seces-
*fon should take p{dct-oF WHICH I HAVE NO
IDEA, TOR cannot believe in the existence Of
such a stupcndous madness-I *1aN consider
ne inanutioa Of xanevv a. doomed, aud that tie
tseai God III our Nindness hat made u The tn.
Hr14aents Of it, <lestrnefion,
The present attitude Of 1ir: Boyce would
indicate that he has reached the point Of
"stupendous madness" the. existence of
which he doubted in 1851, aud that in his
"llindness" he Is ready to become m in
str1lment" for the destruction OF slavery,
, 1860-11-16

The census returns for the City Of New York
arc II In, except for the Second Ward and one
district in tbs 1wentY-dsst Ward. The Deputy
Marshal In the Second Ward has indicated tue
probable population Of that district, putting
the number ut ) 900, but he has SO ogreat bulk
Of manufacturing aud commercial statistics to
classify, that he perhaps may not render bis
returns in a week or so. The district wanting
In the Twenty-tirst Ward, to complete the re-
turns, comprises that portion Of tie city lying
between Tsenty-Sixth mud Thirty Eighth ets.,
Fourth and Sixth avenues. These figures
make the present population LIS, or 191,-
THIS is rather short Of the expectations Of .
good many people bete, who have put down
the population Of the city at, ut least $4,000,
In 1850 it had population of515,547; in 1855,
f29,810; in 1860, 81, ,1l3.-E. y. EprrnL
, 1860-11-16
"Havs wean Earthquake Among Us7',
lcoz1sspondencs Of the Chicago Tribunal
Axx AnraI Mich Nor 18th 1cGN

AK Annou, Mich, Nov. 18th, 1850.
In your tri-weekly issue, Of the 7th Noyen.
ber, under the abovo heading, serics OF phe-
nomena Is described a occurring Near tho
mouth Of Rogers Greek, Van Buren, County,
and the whole is ascribcdto the possible action
Of earthquake forces. With your permission
I will explain the phenomena
Ellis, formed by the same agencies ns the
one observed By Gen. swift's party, and often
quito similar In form, are not Of unfrequent
occurrence about the shores Of our large in
land lakes, and on the Atlantic const. They
are generally formed on low, sandy coasts, arc
usually composed Of fine sand, With no admix-
ture Of pebbles, and without my apparent
qualification, and are due, not to the action Of
earthquake forces, but TO the action Of the
wind. The direction Of the prevailing winds
over Lakes Michigan and Huron, Is from west
10 cast; aud It Is to be remarked, that these
bills or dunes NJ they are called, are never or
but rarely met with on their western shores,
but are common On tho eastern. The wind
takes up tho sand Of the beach and drifts 1t In
lnnd as 1t would: snow, forming bills Of the
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, 1860-11-16

A&@AAUsSAaAE3 mAR SpxeN0 EdGle4s
The Mercury gives the following description
Of the Palmetto flag Is d suitable md appro-
pirate national banner for the Southern Con
fcdcracy:
The ground entirely blue, with golden nal
metto In the centre; golden rattlcsnake twin
ing round the stem Of the palmetto, with It's
rattle sprung, head erect, and tongue protrud-
ed. In the background, to the rear Of the tree
and snake, golden spread eagle, and q single
golden star in the upper tight corner, with The
Washington Irving nearly Murdered
~ Jealous Indian for his Gall4ntry.
The following Is On extract from some rccol-
Journal:
"Iwas nearly killed By an Indian once, ~
said Irving, one evening. "Whcn I was
young man, I Wis travelling In Canada, with q
friend. There were more Indians there then
than there are white men now. One raw, chilly
day, VIC werc rowing IN = canoe On the St,
Lawrence, with m Indian for gnlde. Aswc
neaTcd the spot where Ogdcnsburgh now
stands, he invited us to his wigwnm, to get
something to cat. Securing the caBoc to, tho
shore, we followed him short distance to Ills
hut, where VIC found his squaw busily cooking
ycnison. Our:guidc ,notioncd us to seat by
tue fire, and then proceeded to drink large
44A4L1t3 VI Mu4eh4s AL 1tSEl4A nsAlEAEA 1AI1
closely; but I, talked to his wife, who at first
gave nc short answers, glanclng at her lord
and master, to see II he listened, which he
seemed not to do; then she talked more free
". Tho equaw was very ugly, having the
oyeEburdcncd look that you be aRnnss Indian
women; SO; from half pity, as She look the
large haunch from the tirc, rose to assist her.
At the same moment her jealous husband
ruised large club, striking me on the head a
blow that made me fall in6cnBfble 1t his feet
As lie WIS about to repeat the blow, my friend
caught ne ip his arms, and rushed from the
wiSwam. deposited me lp the oanoa, and Fps
taking me rapidly down the stream before our
half drunken pursuer reached tile shore. I
soon recovered my senses, but never WIS
polite to squaw agnln." y
Many yeara ago irving wrote book similar
to bis SRech :Boa1:, suggested by his sojonrn IN
the Southern States. 'Thc trunk containing
the manuscript" be said, vas stolen On my
why home; and We, therefore, mourn a loss
none can ever supply.
, 1860-11-16

Suicide At ST. PAC1~-Wm. C. Gray, for
lncrly from Cape Cod, Massachusetts,, i 1esi-
dent and real estate dealer In st. Paul for the
last four Or i've years, committed suicide by
throwing himself oU the bridge At St Paul into
the mississippi on Saturday Last. Grey had
s15. 900, and Has about being arrestcd hY tic
Sheriff when lie lied from his Office 10 tie
bridge, and before the Sheriff could reach him
he mas In the Mississippi, -.
, 1860-11-16

Afcw days since, E. ". Grasmcyer, Of L.:
grange, Texas. Travelled. to "illiamspon, Ind,
distaat ] 800 miles, to pay debt Of $500 to
the executors Of tho estate Of james Good.
wine, sr., deceased. During the Mexican and
Tc1aa war, Goodwine shipped to Grnsmeycr a
cargo of -four, which Mr. Grasmeycr lost dur
ing The troubles, and all his personal property
4oodwiIe afterwards received letter from
Grasmeyer Informing A:::,q tth.t the money was
1sady Tncn Goodxne gase Tin aa a@ops ons5 ,a4
his executors should call upon him for it.
The execution never called upon him, md Mr.
GrasWcyer came all the distaucc to pay the
debt, and psTcdit pyer to the cxecutors' not
withstanding the debt Wps barred By the stat
ute Of Limitations Of Indiana and Ttx4s.-La.
fauetfe Courier
, 1860-11-16

CONVICTION or TIE MURDERER GoprnKr,-
Abel Godfrey was yesterday sentenced in the
Circuit Court Of this county, 10 ten years i'm
ment in the State Penitentiary for the atro-
cions and brutal MURDER Of Conway, on the
10th day OF May Last. Not even The most
taoHghtless spectator In the large crowd col
1ccted was apparently more unconcerued than
he In reference to the result Not quiver Of
muscle, not movement Of the body indlcat-;
ed the least perturbation or emotion. l. mora
hardened, desperate and determined yiIlain
nc bare never seen.-Spria@tdd Journal,
, 1860-11-16
Important Land Suit In michigan.

Tho Detroit FIRE. Pres states that an impor-
tant suit, involving the title to large amount
Of property. ia to come before the United
States District Court in Detroit, at the next
term. The case arises from one Of the old
French grants, upon which Congress has made
an appropriation, and INCLUDES the cession Of
between tfty and hundred Thousand acres Of
land lying on the Michigan side Of the Saut
Ste. Marie, tract which contains the Saut
Canal, the village Of st. Marie, tile Saut Rail-
road, and numerous improvements In the way
Of farming, building, etc The tract extends
sixteen miles on the SAINT River, and the same
distance westward.
Louis XIV. when the country was in the pos
session Of the French, in favor Of the Cheya-
uer de Rcpentigucy. The descendants Of this
nobleman have laid claim to the property, and,
after long continued efforts, have succeeded In
Inducing Congress to recognize their right by
special act, which authorizes the appoint
ment Of a commission to arbit1ate on the
value Of the entire tract, including improve
ments; the aggregate value decreed BY these
commissioners to be awarded to the grnntees
In government lands elsewhere located. The
value Of the tract is something fabulous, rs
the public works and private Improvements
have enhanced it immensely. It Is the acaIpn
Of government to interfere with none Of the
rights Of citizens residing or owning property
In the district. but to quietly assess the pre-
sent value, and remunerate tic grantees By the
appropriation Of unincumbered lands. This
arrangement was effected by compromise.
~ The case Is to be brought hefore the United
States Couat for = confirmation OF the title
deeds, and other necessary legal formula. The
grantee, Monsieur Favargey, French gentle.
man, resident at Guadaloupe, West Indids, is
At present In the city, superiptcnding the case.
senator BcnjamiI or Louisiana is his counsel,
and vi u arrive from New Orleans during the
present month to take charge Of the suit,
, 1860-11-16
ASTOUNDING CONSERVATISM.

The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Herald, writes as follows:
Corwin and other chiefs of the Republicans
hare been 1crc for several days, and it is a
question with them how Mr. Lincoln shall ad
minister the government The old Wings, ~
whom lie etlll wishes to belong, aud with
whom he is really more identified in his pTi.
ya:e aud pessonal feelings and associations
than with my other party II TIC country, say
be (Lincoln) will be so cona77dtie asto daounu
the mot n.ole,tte ef lis opponents. -
The wish is Eather to the thought in the
heads of those individuals who are predict
Ing that Mr.: Lincoln will be 20 conserva-
tive {that means pro-slavery) as to astound
"his opponents"
Mr. Lincoln will be as radical as the CHI
cago platform, and as conservative as the
Republican party. He will administer the
government on the principle that Freedom
Is National, and Slavcry Sectional, and thai
the former is morally and politically right
and the latter wrong, in both respects, He
will be moderate in action but firm in pur-
pose, doing nothing rashly or vindictive1y.
But he will take no step backwards. II
conservatism" of this description will
"astound his opponents" then they are
likely to experience TINT sensation. But i
the Herald meant to convey the idea, that
Lincoln is going to "Tylerize" the Repub-
licans, it perpetrates libel on the new
President
john Tyler was elected by the Wings,
and administered the government to please
the Democrats. His name has become
n synonym for traitor, and there arc
none SO poor as to do him reverence,
Allard Fillmore ignored the opinions Of
Northern Wings and conformed his policy
to the standard Of Southern Whiggery: uc
became 50 conservative" as to "astound'.
those who elected him &c ended his ca-
reer By shipwrccking his party, and the
other day was found voting the mongrel
fusion ticket To be Fillmoreized" sounds
little better than to be " "Tylcrized."
No man can serve two masters, The
policy Of Mr. Lincoln's administration will
accord with The principles Of the great
party which elected him, or with the views
Of those who opposed him. He can not
retain the support Of the Republicans il he
conforms to the purposes OF the anti-Re-
publicans. Unless hc should become as
servile Is Buchanan he would utterly fail
to conciliatc the fre-eaters. To stop with
"Fillmoreizins" the Republicans would
only secure him the support Of the feeble
Belleycrett faction. he would then hare
placed himself between two hostile fires
4 betrayed and exasperated party would
confront him on one side, and IN unar-
peased and malignant organization would
assail him upon the othc: Mr: Lincoln is
not the man TO commit the blundcr OF
alternating true and devoted friends to gain
the questionable support Of malcontcnts.
His illustrious predecessor las made tia,
experiment, with what results the world
knows
While the great Republican party is at
his back Lincoln need fear the assaults Of
no enemy. and he will retain its support
while he administers the government in the
Light Of its principles.
, 1860-11-16

TIE SUCCESSOR TO SPEAKIR PEss1Saros,-
The Springfield (Mass.) Republiean has the fol-
lowing pen portrait Of the successor of Speak
Ct Pennington, from the Newark District, New
Jersey: -
Nehemiah Perry, the little bald-headed and
pursey Newark tailor who has been elected rs
Penninston's successor In Congress, got snub~
bed on having his daughter dance with the
prince. He offered Peter Cooper any amount
among tho Irish laborers at Bergen tunnel
Nehemiah Is rcry distinguished individual; !;
and when his little fat belly alorns the aisles
Of the House, ycar hence, people will Won
der how bis district, possessed Of such mate
rial, could ever have sent a man like this Viii
linn Penniugton-Whom he has lust defeated,
, 1860-11-16

WILL CHEF JUSTICE TAEEI REs1GE.-As
tits known that Judge Taney IL now quito old
and very feeble, it is often .enquircd> whether
he will not resign before the incoming Of a
new Administration. in order that the old Ad-
ministratlon may have the appointment Of .
successor. In the absence of all direct {nfor-
nation, tile following anecdote is submitted
As throwing some Light On the subtect-from
Which VIC should infer TINT he belongs to the
race Of ofllceholdcrs who seldom die and never
resign.
When the Library in the Capitol was in
flames, and clouds Of smoke were rolling out
and enveloping the building, the Chief fJ1sticc
OF the Supreme Court appeared in his seat At
the usual hour looking quite tranquil aud un-
disturbed *.hayit please your Honor" said
an officer Of the Court, twill the Court sit to-
day?" The chief Justice looked up, and cool
y and significantly asked, us the courtroom
answer. ''Theu wen sit till 1t is," added the
Chief And the Court did sit, and transact
ed business as usual, amid a1l the confusion
about it
, 1860-11-16
SECESSION IN GEoRGIA-HEETNd IN sAyAxxAu
THE RESOLUTIONS AID ExCIrEMEET.

To-day has been glorious one for Georgia
and the Southern country, for, as you know,
this particular State has long been regarded as
not only conservative in the extreme and
strong Union, but very timid when anything
like secession or disunion was bruited. Thu
day was appointed BY the Mayor as one Of
Thanksgiving, and, as usual, 1t w'as observed as
q holiday. A Southern Rights Club Aoisted
banner in one Of our public squares with this
Inscription -
, 1860-11-16

This vote shows t1st Dreckinridge has .
majority over Bell of 103; that Bell has mn
jority over Lincoln Of 999; and Lincoln ma
jority over 412 over Dou.lns.
, 1860-11-16

AID 10 KAxsAs.-Gov. Dennison Of Ohio
has Issued an address to the people Of that
stste recommending that contributions be taxi
en- In the various churches Of the State On
Thanksgiving Day for the relief Of the suffer-
ing poor Of Kansas This Is good sugges-
non, and we hope to sec It very gcne.n1ly i'd:
opted through the country.
, 1860-11-16

If 1t be true that Lincoln Is elected PresI-
dent, stocks Of all kinds and property in cca-
eral, Will fall in price 4 panic runs like tire
in dry stubbfe. Let every business man
stand tiEm, and do all he can to ward off the
cdccte Of the pnaic. Let Us little property be
sacrificed Us possible. In tead Of pressing our
debtors, or selling property Of any kind to
provide the means Of high living or extrara-
heretofore. Let us especially beware of PAN
ic in slave property. Slavery IN the States is
III no danger. Those persons in the States
south Of us who are anxious to open the slave
trade, and import harbarians into this country,
would not object to panic which won1d re-
duce the selling price Of slaves In Maryland,
Virginia and North Carolina to three or four
hundred dollars each.