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rpAILI CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. WILLIAM IS. JUiNLb, DULY* TKI-W EEKLY ISO WEEKLY. 1 TEEMS: DALLY PAPER, to City Subscribers, per annum, in * advance $6 06 DAILY PAPER, mailed to the country 7 00 TEI-WEEKLY PAPER, mailed to the country... 406 WEEKLY, (a mammoth sheet! “ ... 200 CASH SYSTEM.—In no case win an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money, and in every instance when the time for which the subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the same, the paper will be discon tinued. Land Office Report. [OoNOI-ODtD.] Under other treaties with various tribes of In juns, indivKiual leservations have been illowed a a voi! ear;} peuod in the operations ot our .r UHSI.t. 1882 w’ li be Crc ks, h hirjET" •.II aiid a- 1. eili .. 4,0 ‘O ' ■ an i«c , c , OI • .»Jl> iii t Li ny i. ii e !■ 'Min<>l . ui iii.', a .an tnuuii ui t .e ii- i-l purenuser to the la.-t C» i i.Ui.L iiy me treaty of 1860, with tlie Choctaws, nu merous reservations were allowed, and patents re quired to be issued to the reserves under the 14th article, and to purchasers from the Indians under the 19th article and supplement to that treaty. — Tuesc and other kindred treaty operations, have devoied an immense amount ot business upon this office, but such has been the progress made in it that we are prepared to issue patents on demand in auy uneontested case, where the proceedings are found regular. JhJy the act of Congress, approved 27th January, 1851, Congress authorised a grant of the “ right ot i pre-emption to certain purchasers and settlers on the Maisou Rouge grant, in the event of the final I adjudication of she title in favor of the United ! States.” The itaison Rouge title, in a petitory action I came before the Supreme Court of the I uited ; States in 1845, in theca-e of the 1 nited Stan ■- vs. > King Sz Cox©, mid again iu’-db and decisions i en rendered agio --l H, •«». ih a was » '-V ' ■ . .... I v • ’ • i | S n . ; o 'i-6 -i: v. *'.ii • l•? * ■■; • I*. V--I I . . .■ hJtu» • •T* ; ' (.* Bk |8& ii i’ rtu Hoc. ■ ’ 1 ‘ v.; (• **- - *■ * • vo’ y. .• ■T - ■ ipi l ' '.ken ■i- W .he pub.ielaftfSs of *ne United States, -■ ■ iSQBgHPTi that the ■•onfoigei. :y .-=»>:ir■ -. ; • • of 27 th January, 1851, had occurred, j and accordingly my predecessor, on the Bth of j March, 1851, dispatened instruction* to the proper j laud officer to give effect to tire said act of 27th j January, 1851. . Since then, the attention of the Department has | drawn to the fact that there is another suit i under the acts of 1824 and 1 -44. be: p Court, being the case of b'<\v against rlie L nited States, in wbh-b rests on the Maison Rouge title. Hfcmd has been taken that there is no t.roprie'x under said last mentioned appeal. my communication to you of the foth ult., it ■ «sh°^ u that this office has taken a different view * I ®aUcr, and declined compliance with an ap- I® the a l *?* 1 tor H BUB P eas i° u of the notices under the January, 1851, in consideration of *6th M,av °f rhe aforesaid 7th section of the act of I j 4 * the decree of the Supreme Conn J ihfe?'contempictequiremeut of the will not, howt% returns shall nave b, _ei + hc act f ::T --■■jj^Kurveys.within the exterior Ji n ,.„given HHpe time willyetelrtf.se hei'.. r ,- ,p ff the- in the way of disposer ot ' tl ' 't'/A claim, limits of the said claim ine “ Ui „]]] u «• recommended that a general law ia| lllc '['>e to tne act passed in t , 'C •’ snni ‘^L HH|?> be enacted, so us to r ..» e Aiai '-h Kb.cH HBb° "■«nk» «uo«i.„, and in I,;/;.., V ' XT o -‘■L agins: SgE&Sfe&Mfrd Marc■ , : i for jTStlers in the event , 1 t e ! , ( , ' tl0118 to «*r title of the said De \> e t n ‘ lul a<lju |m lilted states.” The s r " 1 ' in i having Court of , \--BflM|ir n, ihon of Arpens' HUHM I underact of 4th September, 1841, for schools and other purposes, by declaring that all such certifi | cates which have been or may be hereafter issued, shall be regarded as conveying the fee. The ueceesity for regulating, by act of Congress, the survey of the lands in California, is urged at length and with characteristic ability. The propriety of extending the United States land system over t he Territoriee of Nebraska, Utah and New Mexico, is also respectfully submittedt. When the surveys are established, every facility should be afforded to those persons who nave se tled prior thereto, to seeuro their houses, either by grant or purchase. The hardy, industrious, enterprising populations are appropriately refer red to. Land offices should be created in California, Oregon and the territories referred to, with a re gister to each. The township lines alone should be extended over the valuable deposits ot the precious mine rals, and all lands containing those deposits be left free to the enterprising industry of all citizens of the United Slates, and those who have declared their intention to become such, to work and mine at pleasure, without let or hindrance, except so (ar as tbe salutary regulations of Jaw may dictate. Reference is made to the able report of a former votnmissioii of the General Land office, dated Nov 29, 1845,0 u the subject of the mineral lands • n ii.. Upper Mississippi, and the actual loss to be g venniient in cash b\ the leasing system. A bei.ef is expressed-lhat similar legislation will be i voided in regard to the mineral lauds on the Pacific. iiie wse policy ot granting public lands to schools and other institutions of learning, is brought to notice u a very eloquent and im pres*i ve manner. The report apprizes Congress, at length, that the public schools of the District of Columbia, alone, have not heretofore enjoyed this liberality of Congress. The effort of the citizens to establish a judicious system of education is handsomely set forth. The closing part of this very able report, being of absorbing interest, I again copy therefrom, as follows: The grant for the Mobile and Chicago Railroad, made by the act of 26th September, 1850, so far as the State of Illimis is concerned, where the se lections have been completed and the lands re , tained :>y Uva Government brought into market., i • strongly in point in support of this view. Here the great anxiety was manifested to obtain lands | along the road, even at the enhanced minimum, and thousands of acres were disposed of that I would probably have remained unsold for many : years. ■ .Hr, then, as grants of this character are con • the - verest. cri’icLm cannot justly charge ■-I'ations of the compacts with the sever •» • ■ which they were acquired, to wit: , - ■ = h c . coo-e-.lced a common fund for > * - ' the States; nor as the ■ • mot;- of the pledge made of them !> ••• ,v ••'■ 2oth January, 1527, for the redeinp . f \'iH nubile debt. osts railroads in the U. States ' ■ ■ ■ to on, about $25,000 per mile. The ». ■ • s- -o-lions; or 3,840 acres per mile would , ze SIO,OOO at the double minimum. ; T balance of over $15,000 per mile, would have to : a furnished by the State, or the individual eu t> • I■■ 1 ■■ to which the construction of the road : might be entrusted, and it would be unjust ts the I intelligence and foresight of citizens to suppose \ that works of this kind would be undertaken ; without a fair prospect of completion, and the re j alization of reasonable profit from the investment. The act passed at the last session of Congress i granting the right of way and the privilege of { taking the necessary material for the construc i tiou of all such roads from the public lands, is a ; fair introduction to this policy. The facilities furnished by such roads, so far as human agency can accomplish it, will annihilate time and space, and like adamantine bonds bind together this mighty and wide spread republic. With these views, I respectfully recommend that grants ot the character be made to the seve ral Sta es for every work of the kind they may undertake; and especially to the States west of the Mississippi; for the construction of railroads from that river along the fertile valleys watered by the streams that descend from the Rocky Mountains, to the foot of those mountains, and that like grants be made to the State of California, and Territories of Oregon, Utah and New Mexico, tor routes leading from the Pacific to the west aide of those mountains, leaving the transit of the mountains to individual enterprise, cr the en -1 larged libera’ity of Congress, in view of the im mense facilities and advantages that would enure to the commercial interests of the country from such communications. The protection that would thus be extended to citizens residing on the frontiers, the inducements to settle on these lands, and the facilities that Should be furnished the government for transport B 'Pg annuities and goods for the Indians and men I fNmilitury stores for the frontier forts, would 7 such grants, aside trom the pecuniary . I Or, iWing out of them. ■ eprpbine pf States of lowa and Missouri should I on tlie Missdcstruct such ■ road from sgme point ary of those St3s’ fgr west °* tiie Western bbnnd- Louislana should' JU the State of Arkansas and I construction of a s *V ! manner undertake the benefit of those Sr-it. ° l i' rn f° r the mutual tor those purposes thi * liberal grants be made cure their oompJetioii the&9 measure “ will * e and many tiow t l ®/ are once commenced; Atlantic and LiifiX W,lf Bee the water, of the travel of each other fl n? Ught within a few da >' 8 •uart and medium of Un] tmde^tST 7 196001110 ttie at ?d overflowed ialLl 6 ' 1 ! 10 *u» the swamps isiana by the Acts n j- t f ra L Jt , ed to the! State of Lou Jptemir 18,ib2ut^0 r Slj’^ "f const meting the n’ecZ* 6 JU . st,ce the country frnn * ,e , ve <2*l d ; 1 ' r olof., r e , r(l ann i:i!( ri r ''f referred to in this report, I beg leave to refer to the accompanying documents and tables. The reports of the Surveyor General of Califor nia and Oregon, not having been received in time to accompany this report, will be submitted with a special communication. For the same cause no esti mates are submiticdfor Surveyor in California; they will form the subject of another communica tion at an early day. Cjjnmiclf & Stntiml AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Friday mormxg dec k 31, 1852. Warehousemen, in this city and Hamburg, will please have their respective stocks of Cotton carefully counted at as early an hour this morning as convenient. The Fakir of Siva Gives the last but one of his popular entertain ments to-night, at the Masonic Hall, on which occasion Miss Bruoe will introduce a selec tion of h r choice bal ads. To-morrow night the Fakir disposes of three- hundred dollars worth of beautiful among which are a diamond ring, &c., &c. Naval. —The United States steamer Massachu setts, Lieut. John C. Carter Commanding, sailed fr»m Valparaiso on the 15th ultimo for Norfolk, Virginia. She will, however, touch at Rio to land the Brazilian Minister, Lieut. Carter having, at the request of the Hon. Bailie Peyton, tendered to hm and hi*suite a passage home. The frigate Baritan sailed from the Lobos Is lands direct for the United States some two or three weeks ago, leaving only two American men j of war at present on the Pacific station. Captain Bladen Du’auy, of the St. Lan-tuce, takes com mand of the squadron. The Norfolk Herald says the contractor for the Princeton’s engine has sent down twelve workmen to overhaul her boilers and ascertain whether they are susceptible of improvement. In the meantime the Princeton’s stores are being taken out; her officers have been transferred to the Macedonian, and her crew to the frigate Columbia.* Advices from St. Jago have been* received °t Havana to the sth inst. On the 2d and 4th Bjght shocks of earthquake were again felt there. The inhabitants were leaving the city in great numbers fleeing from the menaced destruction by the con vulsions of the earth and raging epidemic. Three physicians of high standing have arrived there from Havana, having gone down to render their assistance to the inhabitants of the unfortu nate city, A long list is published in the Havana papers, comprising the names of the most respectable in habitants as having left for other parts of the Is land, and the New Orleans Picayune finds in the notices of deaths, several names of ladies and gentlemen of high standing. This series of unfor tunate events had given a new impulse to the con tributions in other pans of the Island for the use of the sufferers. Accounts from Sagua de Tamano and from Ba racoa, say that the earthquake was also felt there, but a few minutes later, and with much less se verity than at St. Jago. Land Sales. —The sale of Massachusetts lands lying in Maine took place at Boston last Thursday. The whole of the land disposed of amounted to a million and a half of acres or more. The lumber upon ♦he land is of immense value while the whole soldfor a song not yielding quite 37% cents per acre. It is estimated that the parties will clear a million of dollars apiece by the transaction. lowa. —feov. Hempstead sent hk annual message to the lowa Legislature on the 6th inst. He says that under the present license system, the traffic in in toxicating drinks has extended without control, and he recommends that a judicious license sys tern be placed under the control of the local au thorities. Heis strongly opposed to a pape; cur rency, and urges the General Assembly to prohibit the circulation of all denominate 33 under ten dol lars. The receipts into the Treasury during the year have been $139,683; disbursements $180,631. J The funded debt of the State amounts to $81,793- 75—of which amount $26,795.75 are payable at the option of the State. Results Outrunning Anticipations. —ln answer to a circular issued in 1837, by Levi Woodbury, Treasury, Correspondence of the Baltimore American. THIRTY-gECO.YD CONGRESS— Second Session IN SENATE, Dec. 27. The chair laid before the Senate a comunication from the War Department, with a statement of the unexpended balances of appropriations for that De partment. Also, a communication from the Interior De partmeut, with an account of navy pension fund. On motion of Mr. Weller, the select committee on the charges against Mr. Bartlett, the Mexican boundary commissioners, were authorized to em ploy a clerk Mr. Ca*s submitted a resolution directing an in quiry into the expediency of granting land to Michigan and Winconsin, toaid in the construction of certain railroads in those States. Adopted. Mr. Gwin introduced a joint resolution, directing that the census of California, taken by the State authorities, be printed with the returns of the United Stages census, and after long debate it was passed. A bill for the relief of Thomas E. Parsons, who in 1808 on the coast of Louisiana was injured in a successful endeavor to save the lives of seven A mericaa seaman, among whom was the present Commodore Jones, was taken up and passed. A motion to adjourn till Thursday was rejected. The private calendar was taken up, and on a motion to postpone Jthe first bill on it, no quorum voted. And after a variety of motions, on which no quorum voted, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. On motion of Mr. Stanton, of Ohio, a resolution was adopt d, calling for information from the Pre sident relative to claims that paid or are stil 1 pending, made by Custom" House officers, under a new construction of the law, Mr. Meacham, of Vermont, moved that 100,000 copies of the report of the Superinteudant of the Census, be printed for the use of the members, which was referred to the Committee on Printng. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, moved that the joint resolutions of the Senate for conferring the brevet ank of Lieutenant General upon Major General Scott be taken up, upon which a call of the House was ordered. There. being only 147 members present, Mr. Stanley, of North Carolina, suggested that the member from Georgia should not press the motion in so thin a House. Mr. Stephens declined acceeding, as he thought whether the House were full or not, members would arrive at a correct conclusion. The yeas and nays were then taken as to sus pending the rules, which was negatived—yeas 74, nays 70—there not being a vote of two-thirds. Considerable time was spent svith reference to a resolution authorizing the receiving of reports of committees against which there should be no ob jection, provided that no bill be put upon its pass age without the unanimous consent ot the House ; but there being no quorum voting on the passage of the resolutions the House adjourned at half past two o’clock. European Intelligence. We learn from the New York papers that the steamship Canada reached Boston about half past eleven o’clock on Saturday night, and at four o’clock the next afternoon Mr. Baily, the Chief Clerk in the Boston post office, started with the foreign mails in a special train, for New York, where he arrived about ten o’clock—having made the run in six hours. The run between Boston and Springfield, a distance of one hundred miles, was made in two minutes loss than two hours. Mr, Baily having been detained by an accident on a former occasion, was evidently determined to make up for it this time. The Canada’s advices are to the 11th instant. A letter dated Southampton, Dec. 9th, says “ The United States mail steamship Washington, Capt. E. M. Fitch, which left Southampton on Wednesday afternoon with the semi-weekly Ameri can mail, met with a heavy gale of wind in the Channel during the night, and a sea having struck the forward part of the ship, damaging some of the deck works, forecastle, Arc., she put back into Cowes roads this morning, and will come up to the Southampton docks this evening to repair. The damages sustained are understood to be by no means serious, and the Washington, it is expected, will be ready for sea again on Saturday. The United States mail steamer Frankbn, Capt. J. A. Wotten, having had a new intermediate shaft fitted at the factory of Messrs. Summers & Co., of this place, left this morning for Havre. She will leave that port for New York, touching off Cowes for mails and passengers on Monday next. Speech or the American Minister at the Guild hall Banquet. —At the grand annual banquet given by the Lord Mayor ot London on the Bth instant his lordship, after the usual loyal toasts had been disposed of, said he was delighted to have among his guests the’representative of a country between whom and this country an interchange of a friendly feeling was so much to be desired, and gave “ His Excellency the American Minister and the Representatives of Foreign Powers.” [Cheers.] Mr, Ingersoll returned thanks. He regretted that he was not accompanied by more of his fellow 1 Ml iUlo olnn ; tViot rnigrlit lia\ T 6 ! seen the assembled loyalty, and he might add, the assembled beauty, present in the hall. If so they would have been satisfied of the truth of the old adage that, “T! > absent are in the wrong.” The country wdiieh he had the honor to represent was excelled by none other in love and admiration for the people of this countiy. They derived their knowledge from the same instructors, and their habits from the same examples. Tiie charters of the middle Wes, the Bill of the were I Jm ■■■ I- [From the Southern Ladies' Book for .Kovenwer.] THE DEATH OF THE YEAR. BY GBO. D. PRENTICE. List! list! what fearful tone was that which rose Upon the wind of midnight? Nature sounds No knell o’er earth for the departed year, Yet when its last breath passed into the void Os the by-gone eternity, I heard Echoed within the chambers of my soul A sound, perchance the shadow of a sound, Wild, strange and dismal, as it were a wail, A low and blencid wail, from all the graves And sepulchres of ocean and of earth Upon the stilly sir. Oh was it not The solemn voice of old Eternity Uttering one cry, one wild and deep lament, For his dead ch Id! The year, alas! is gone Forever from the world ! He seemed too strong. Too mighty e’er to die. He laid his hand On breathing m lli ns, and they sank beneath The green grass of the grave; he blew aloud The trumpet-blast of battle, and dark hosts Met in the mortal shock, and when the flame And smoke of conflict had gone by, they lay Like autumn’s red leaves on the plain ; he passed O’er earth, and at each wave of his broad wings. Volcano, earthqaake, whirlwind, storm, and flood Sprang up beneath the silent spell, and wrought The fearful errands of their destiny ; Yet now, his own great mission done, he lies On scorched and broken pinions with the dead. There, there to sleep. What is Time? A giant-power stern, vast, and bodiless, That we may feel, but never see. We gaze With aching eyes into the past, and there We see a thousand shapes of light and gloom Floating like atoms in the pallid beams Os monrnful memory, but the perished year Is all unseen. From thence we sadly turn, And, gazing on the future, we behold Dim, countless phantoms trooping from its dark Unfathomed ocean to the lonely shore Os earthly being, but the coming years Are all invisible; And then pause And gaae above, around, beneath, and lo! Our eyes are startled by the mighty deeds Os the now passing time; the iron weight Os his stern presence rests upon our souls; We feel the awful spectre touch our brows With his cold deathlike finger ; and we hear The deep and mingled roar that rises up From all his mighty doings on our earth; And yet he has no form to cast its gleam Or shadow on our sight. The parted year Called forth from earth a blooming Paradise Os sweet spring-flowers—he waved his autumn wand And they were not. He woke in human souls Myriads of hopes and joys and burning loves, That seemed like things of immortality— He touched them and they died. Another year, The gift of God, is cast beneath the skfes, And what is darkly hidden in the still * And silent depths of its mysterious months, We may not know —thank God, we may not know. We only know that with each passing month And day and hour, the low, deep wail of grief, The maddened cry of agony, the shout Os fierce ambition, the loud thunder-shock 1 Os bloody conflict, and the knell of death Will echo, each, its one brief moment o’er The sea of time, and then be swallowed up And lost forever in the onward sweep Os its unpitying waves. i The midnight skies Are weeping silent tears as if they grieved For the old year, and the pale stars look sad And tremble, as if living,, sorrowing hearts Were throbbing in their breasts. In vain ! in vain! The faded year is nothing now. The flowers, The birds, the waves, the thousand melodies Os vernal life and nature will come back, But he returns no more. The winds may search For him ;n their flu- journeylngs; the grand Old ocean with its thunder-tones may call Forever to him in its ceaseless dash Beneath the heavens ; the bright and burning stars With their high tones of Eden minstrelsy, May speak his name in their eternal sweep Along their flaming paths ; the comets wild May seek him by the baleful blaze they spread Through realms of ancient night; but noneof these Shall ever find him, for he liveth not In all the universe of God. Years die, And centuries die, and there will come a day When the dread ant el of the Apocalypse, Standing on land and sea, will lift his hand And swear that time shall be no more. Yet thou, Oh man, wilt never die. The earth will pass Like a wild dream away, the very heavens • Be rolled together as a scroll, but He, Beneath whose feet the sun and stars are dust, Hath said that thou shalt never die. Those great And awful words of the Omnipotent Are caught up and re-echoed to thy soul By all the world of nature. A deep voice, That tells thee of thy immortality, Speaks in the breeze and in the hurricane ; Blends with the gentle music of the stream, The loud rush of the cataract, the peal From the dark bosom of the cloud, and all The thousand mystic cadences of night, Deep mingles with the everlasting roar Os ocean in his wild unrest, and swel's Forever in the angel-symphonies Sung by the stars around the midnight throne. Louisvilie, Ky., 1852. The North and the South.— The Baltimore American, in reply to the sneers of some Noi th em journals at movements to advance Southern nommer. 'al interests, says: “What is the North to do without that assailed, vituperated, agitated, convulsed South ? What is the basis of its commerce? What is the basis of its industry? What is the basis of its exchange? What is tno basis of its manufactures ? W aat feeds the l*oms of England and France? What buildrtpd freights its ships? Hard as it may be for thaUregion to acknowledge the fact, the only reply is: Ihe South and its _,apor ! In 1850, the La nor cf he South gave those cle which American commerce at the a moment, in the follow ng Bij ißoprtic CcUgrup!}. Senator King’* Health. Tlie Hon. Wm, R. King is in rather a more dan gerous condition, and the U. S. Mail steamer touched at Forfeit to take him to Havana to spend the winter. Louisiana Election. The Whigs of New Orleans concede that the Democratic ticket is elected. Huberts, democrat, majority in the city is 1268. Charleston Market. Thursday, Dec. 30, P. M.— Cotton. —A good de mand has prevailed to-day at the former full pri ces. #OO bales were sold at 7>£ to 9>£ cents. New Orleans Market, Tuesday, Dec. 28.— Cotton. —There was an ani mated demand to-day with sales of 20,000 bales [at an advance of %to % cent. Strict Middling cents. New York Market. Wednesday, Dec. 29. — Cotton. —The sale* to day are 800 bales —prices unchanged. Terrible Accident- Explosion of a Gas Pip*. New York, Dec. 25. —At an early hour last even ing, an explosion of one of the Manhattan gaa pipes took place, in thisoity, near No. 419 Broome street. It appears one of the main iron pipes, having worn away with rust, some portions of the material became weak, and the pressure of the being very heavy, the pipe exploded, and the gas escaped with such force as to penetrate through the earth in all directions. It being di rectly opposite the dwelling of Mr. Edwin B. Clayton, the coal vault became densely filled with gas, ana making its way through the crevices, the family in the upper portion of the house suspected something was wrong, as the smell was quite offensive, but thinking it emanated from the street,, nothing more was thought of it. Shortly after Mr, Clayton went below stairs to the basement, and wishing some coal brought np stairs, he requested the servant girl to go to the vault, and fi.ll the scuttle. Mr. Clayton followed her to the door with a lighted camphine lamp, and the instant the unfor tunate woman opened the door, the gas ignited from the blaze of the lamp, and she fell upon the flagging. Mr. Clayton also received, and was prostrated by, a terrible shock. He was almost suffocated, but yet retained his voice sufficient to cry for help, which was heard by the family, who hastened to his assistance, and, while in the act of removing Mr, Clayton, the servant crawled out of the vault into the entry, with her flesh burned to such an extent as to drop from her face, arms and hands. Upon reaching the entry, she rolled over on her back, quite helpless, and in the greatest agony. Medical attendance was instantly pro cured, and the wounds of both Mr. Clayton and the domestic were freely bathed with sweet oil, and other medical applications, which somewhat alleviated their intense sufferings. The suffering servant girl is in a dying condition, and is not ex pected to survive. Mr. Clayton is doing well, but should he recover, his face will be disfigured. Cincinnati, Dec. 27.—The heavy rains during the latter part of last week, have caused destruc tive floods in the Great and Little Miami rivers. The Miami Canal is broke 10 miles above, and will require two weeks to repair. The Whitewater Canal is also broken. The Miami and Cincinnati,, and Hamilton and Dayton Railroads are much damaged, and, on both, the trains are unable t*< run—on the latter, several bridges have beeni washed away. In Indiana the floods were very heavy. On the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, several Ridges were washed away. A freight engine with 10 ears fell through the bridge iff Pleasant riv r, and 8 men connected with the train were missing. In the vicinity of Madison much damage was done to property, and several lives were lost. New York, Deo. 17.—Advices from Port Au Prince to the 14th state that the yellow fever waa more prevalent than for 80 years past. Upwards of 50 Americans had died within a few months, among whom was Captain Rogers of the schooner Sarah Maria, Capt. Deers of the schooner John Tyler, and Capt. Waar, of the schooner J. C. Ros col. Boston, Dec. 27th.—The barque Forest Princa trom New Orleans for Boston was wrecked on Nantucket on Friday. Her cargo will be saved iD; a damage I condition. The vessel, which is insur ed in this city, will go to pieces. New York, Dec, 27th.—The brig Edward Tel lette of Newbern, N. C., was totally lost on th night of the 2nd inst., midway between Guada loupe and Antigua. Capt. Crabtree and the crew arrived at Antigua on the 3rd in an open boat. Washington, Dec. 26. —General Pierce held a conference with invited friends, yesterday, regard ing bis Cabinet. Senator Hunter, of Virginia, had the refusal of the Treasury Department, and de clined it; be may fee urged into the Department of State, though disch ed to accept office. SPECIAL NOTICES. The Giant Girl respectfully tenders herth aais to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Augusta for their liberal patronage, and informs them that she will continue her LEVEES at MASONIC HALL on FRIDAY and SATUR DAY only, from 10 A. M. until 10 P. M., as she will posi tively leave this City on Monday next. dBl-2 Harmonic Verein, —The members are re-quested to assemble on SATURDAY, the first of January, and come prepared to pa(y up their dues. Punctual appearance at OX o’clock, P. M., required. By order of the President, Sec. pro. tern. ho