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A. P. UUlllt, VOLUME XI. the AMERICAN UNION, Published every Saturday Morning, jjy m m m A.. I*. BTTXITI.. n ,, ;c i OS BHOATI STRKKT. WKT list’ TIIK xr.W BRICK RASGK —IC STAIRS. TERMS: _ in aitv'inn'.ni- 7 Vow DoHartaflrrsixmnnlh*. \ 7 YLsabicrii'tions taken fur less than imp year, unless * ; n jilv.we; an IM” paper diseiintimu'l (unless at the option of the Publisher) until all arrearages are . conspicuously insert. 1 at ('no llolhir per square ot twelve lines, fur the first insertion, * .1 Kiftv (b ats tor each sul>soijuont eontimianee. Ul “ tilpcrii'Cinot* a<> nrnun/yiit u .l In/ <t >,■■■’ ><:■■ iv/in ■ f ’ the HinnOcr of inurli m* ilf'ireil. mil U ruHtinual until • nnlrredonU iituf fur itmnnlniglit. (Sheriff’s Sales un.ler regular executions, and mortgage fi fas on real estate, must lie published 30 days *2.5” Personal Property, under mortgage fi las, must he cohlisheil ts) days a l it I Citations for Letters of Administration.days.... •> 7."> Tax Collector’s Sales, tin .luys 5.00 Notices to Debtors and Creditors. 40 days 11 ('•: j Sales of personal property of Estates. Hi days 3 o” Sales of Land or Negroes, ** M days I “* ll Atmlications for leave to sell lands nr negroes, must ’ published weekly for 2 months 5.00 Notices for Let ters Dismissorv I'.v hxeeutors or Ad ministrators, monthly for ti mmitlts I .o n v Cuardinns. weekly for 40 days Ifni I'stravs, 2 weeks 1.50 i Anaottaeing Candidates (lo U }utul til q.fron.r) .... 5,0n tlrders ot Courts of Ordinary to make titles t.. land, ao eotnpanied hy a copy of tite bond or agreement, must He published three months. rates’ of advertising. rnUK following are the Hates of Charges fur Adverti- I sinw, determined on between the undersigned, to take effect from the time of entering into any new c.m t"S*Transient Advertising, *1 fid per square, for the 1 first insertion, and 50 oentsjl'r every subsequent one. _ | ConthacT Apvkrtisino, ill in .-, ti inns.|H nn>s.li2 ms. j iT^hwitb^t ••hange,..•s (shS s mvjlo nnjsl2 ‘ 4 Changed quarterly,. 7 fin. loon 12 tin. Hi oo changed at will I S lit) 12 00| 1 I 00j IS fit) j 2 jure, without change,. HI o;tj 15 On Ho fid 25 tin i A Cl anged quarterly.. 12 00 IS no| 21 fid! 2* tut Chan -ed at will 15 no. 20 o:ii 25 IMP 30 no Ssmtres without change,. 15 fin 2.1 Oft] 25 on; 2fi 0.1 4 Chan'e.i quarter!'-., is .1 t 22 no 2ti 00; 31 mt Changed at wi11..... 20 Oo; 20 oo! :i> no; 40 Oft j. column. wTlhotit change.. 25 (In boon HI oo on im ‘ Changed qttarterlv.. 2s on 3200. l-> “” ■.•• on Chanced at wi11,.... 35 (to, 45 no! 50 00. (it) Oo 1 column, without change,, till fin; 70 00 SO tlfi lnn (to t hanged qnarterlv,. 05 noj 75 oo !*n oo Ito no Changed at wi11,.'... 70 tin; sj MljlOO 00 125 00 - yfi transient adverHsettfuts will he inserted until . )re 1 discontinued, and elt.trged a r.iifgly. ol '‘ A. A. tal'LltlNM. *• Empire State.” A. I*. m'ifK. * % AmTit‘;m Iniou.*’ i MISCELLANEOUS. From till- Jii'irnnl nf Cmiimire. The Christmas Tree. of (ill tho store our Gorman I'rotii.r.- l.ruuplit Loii(t since, cross 11 ■ so.-, ;; 0 t [ love the s'.iujilc fti til they t.nig’.it its, Linked with the Christmas tic.'. The servient customs of an ape and parted, a Linger arottii'i them yet ; The German mothers’ til th so earnest henried. Her child will not forget. In tlie>dear F.nlli v-land. ere. earth rej-ieea Jva,U the ('liristujH.’ morn* lire tuneful chimes and''neighborsMovo'ir voices Say-gladly “ Christmas is horn When o'er the Herman hills with f.fio p pl"ty. The parting sunheams’ shine. Gild the gtcen vallies, linU’ and with tnintel And linger on the Uliinc — When comes the night, and softly shines iiihctmn A lone star, pure and elear. To Christmas live a!’ joyous liopts ui” given. The brightest of the year. Then light nnd joy seem hovering o'er each dweiuv.g From cot to castle hall. And children's voices ehccril.v are ti ding The faith that's shared l>y all. From rooms fast closed conic .sounds ol pianttfii. Light through each crevice glows. While children watch with glad ant nil ntioh, To sec the doors unclose. The glad hour comes at last to earnest glances. The full broad light-streams out: Thctl comes the geiptcl to their childish fancies, To mingle hope and doubt. Mid lighted tapers all so brightly blaring, Thu Christmas tree is seen. It stands aloft, its laden branches raising, The glorious ever green ‘ From every tiny twig and spray suspended, Shine sparkling Christians gilts, And thenee each childwith smiles and laughti r .ue.ide*. The ullotcd treasure lifts. The shining bough* with many a gift are la'Uii, “ ! Where pleasant mysteries hleml. For father, mother, lover, child uml maiilen, Kor brother, kinsman, fricml. They ray, oh ! simple faith,! the ('hrist-'kil't lingers O'er every home this night, Ho clasps the Christmas hough wit it loving fingers. Ami leaves his token bright. Ah 1 chide them not, if thus in him believing Who brought ills peace to earth, — If so his love in earnest hearts receiving. They welcome thus His birth. It is the day of blessed glad evangels, Bwcct let its coming be i Shall we not trust that Love and kindred angels Hallow the Christmas tree! K. t>. B. “What is he Worth.” John Doe is a man of large possessions. llu ; lias houses, lands, stocks, and all the appurte-; nances of a man of wealth, lie is industrious,! shrewd, and successful. His neighbors and the! money-changers say he is imrth a great deal, j and so he is, if a man’s worth must be measured by the length of his purse. But a real man is something else, and more than the gold and sil ver he happens to own, and therefore, the gos pel of Mammon, and its credulous dupes, err in opinion and lie agaiiuMhe truth, whop they pro nounce John Doe worth a gTeat deal, uwrily be came he is rich; for worth and wealth are not synonimous or convertible terms ; and a very rich man inv he a very worthless one. None are really worth any more or less than the charactets they possess, aud their fitness fur; doing good to others. If one be ignorant selfish j and miserly, he may sport a carriage in Broad-, way, yawn at the opera, lodge in the Fifth Av- 1 entte, and creato a great sensation in Wall street, where * Money *• makes the man ; the want of it the fellow ; Anil all the rest is leather ami prunella.” But if it be asked, to what purpose docs this’ man live! What is lie worth to Ins fellow-men? j What good does he do iu the world? Kchoj answers, What? Like a sponge, lie grows dis- 1 tended and dropsical with borrowed-matter; ami ! iflte be thoroughly sqneewfd, and tnade to part; . i 1 with In's fictitious weight, lift becomes as light and worthless as a gossamer, for he has rto internal soli.iity of character. He has tiansmitted him-; self into gold, ami when that is gone, tho man 1 i is gone too* j There are some everywhere, in onr prosperous | country, of great possessions, who resoml.lo noth- ; ; ing else so much as the recking vault of a j cemetery, which locks up in darkness and death ! ; all that comes within its dreary precints. No ap- i pea! ot sorrow ; - rio erv lor aid; no glorious pioin ise ot future good ; no prophetic voice, nor an- , gel whisper id love, can penetrate or dispel the* putrid composure that reigns within. And tints Mr. John Poe mav fill tip his cof fers and increase his personal resources, hut if ; his heart he pittiless, devoid of generous svmpa j ‘hies afid humane desires; if riches are with hint j the end of existence; if lie can find no other use for Ins money than to employ it in purchasing : base intlulgeueics, or laying it by for-uncertain, and perhaps profligate heirs: if ho finds not ! pleasure in sitsfaiiiing the charities of life, or in- I stituttons devoted to human weal; if he is always a gn-edy receiver, and never a liberal dispenser: j alas ! then, for tiie so-called rich, but actually • /ioor Joltn l>oe. His penury is worse titan that |"f a Lazarus. He is more worthless than the beggar child, who shares her crust with others, remembering'and feeling that “it is more bless ed to give than to receive.” ‘‘What is a man worth lie is worth pre cisely just as much as he has enpaeil v ami in clination to be useful. lie is to be estimated ba the good he attempts or accomplishes. Not the | tax-gatherer, hut the \\ ord of ltod can decide his true value, Neither polished marble nor lying epitaph can over preserve the memory, or en noble the life of him who,dying, leaves behind no monument of mercy, and no remembrances <if gene ri>ns and b.-neviilent wni-tli: u,.„. Singular Re-uniting of a Long Separated ; Father, Wife and Son. l-'r.itu the Troy Transcript. Twvnlv-fivo years ago, in one of the most pleasant and pie!nresi|Uo of New 1 lampshire's 1 many seqi:et.toi-o<l villages, on a lovely Mav Sab'- - ” bath, Elijah IV-by, tin it a young and promising farmer, was matried-to Miss Matilda -Wheat, a blooming maiden of nineteen. Fiieinls a:. 1 l.n.di- - rymnse relatives wished them joy ?tti<l :t full IVtt | ition of e arthly Miss, and such indeed was the j earnest prayer of every wcll-w Mar, !>ut it ap -1 pears that they ipiai relh and ent The second night i-of+heir mani.ge, one accusing the other ol’ in i fidelity. A'c. The ijtiarn 1. however, did t.re | suit iii anything scriou*, for, according’ to the j statement of Mrs. 1 ’reshy, they lived together for j sixteen years, or until tho fall if 18 I'd. when : ; l’lesby surreptitiously left the home id’ his youth, t ho object of ! : s rally luvo and four childix n. | What fee,-tuie of him no one could learn, and :he w.-.s in time fugotfen. llis wife, with that fortitude i n!y to he found in a true woman, man. .'4 Iby ifTu! nfhatd labor to provide tor her i family, only one of which, Millard, then jtiSt i turning Hi, helpyof any assistance to ht r. W it h : years Miil.aid managed Hot only to support lnm -1 syh’i hut to cubage in a veiy lucrative business, | wltii h WcT ( idled him to this eitv—he arriv ing’ on Thursday last. Alter transuding h:s ‘ Ini-inrs, the text day Millard sauntered''out to I tulie a view of the city. While thus engaged, and wh.l'’ n g through North i’> ail si re t, he 1 was metTv a middle-aged man, who suddenly vjo].j. gazed .at him intently if not rudely, at.d ! then pass ‘d with an ejaculation of surprise. Mr. I’ivshv, though somewhat surprised at the com I dud of the stranger to him, paid no attention, and continued to walk on until he was coupons | of being follow’ and by the same person,; when he j suddenly turned a’ out, and facing the man. said: : “What's your business with me, Sir rather emphatically. The strange person replied, “is not vottr name I’reshy 1 his ijiiite astonished Mr. V., who admitted that it w::-, when the stranger said, “Then, Millard, 1 suppose I am yottr father!” The identity of each being proven to tho. oth er, mutual interchanges ol a natural nature 1 re j suited. Mr. I’reshy, tho chief, invited Mr. I’.. the vntipgcr. toh.s home. “What homo? sain a the junior. “Why, Millard, I forgot tote"! you that I am married again I” “Married ‘.—!•• whom inquired the scum. “ (, h, replied ih • I nubhisldng progenitor of his interlocutor, “I i'married ,u \'ont<hi (!) that I got :if<pii;iinte<J wgh iat Lowell.'” Bnt never mind that —come with !me to inv home and Id us talk over old matters, ‘To lliis Mr. I'., the shoot, readily assented, tor reasons which subsequently developed llcm-'-'vis , In answer to an inquiry on the way to his house, IVesbv, the elder, said that, his second wife was j aware” that ho had a wife- living in New ITamp j shire, he having told her so! The younger Mr. i p, was so well pleased with his new mother ihat. ihe protracted his stay at her house until Mun 'dav afternoon, when leaving for the Boston rail road depot lie met his mother —he having in formed her by mail of what had transpired while in. this city and requested her to come on , at once. The next scene, in this quadrangular drama j I was at the police office, where the paternal Mr. j ji\ was summoned to appear am! answer to a complaint preferred hy Matilda, his New llainp j shire wife, for not supporting her. Though de ! cidodlv against his wishes—the officer insisting ; —Mr*l\ entered the court room, where bis realj wife and son were Waiting for him. The meet ing was ludicrous in the extreme, l’rcshy at first looked like “going through the floor,” but collecting himself ho walkeij>up to Mrs. I’., and said, “Ilow do you do, wife?” Mrs. I’. however, declined holding any conversation with him, re ferring the w*(Si eant spouse to her lawyer, who mentioned sonmibiog. about his paying ; ami Mrs. 1\ would go biwk * N*W Hump-hire and there stay. To. this proposition Mr. I’. ]W in a decided negative,.and the Squire cmrimit led him to jail, “where he yet remain*. Whether he will vet come to terms or nut remains t■ > be seen. I’reshy is a carpenter, and has lived in the city for several years. A Sr.HiiJT MisrsDEnsTAMiiso. —A pious map I ister, after lecturing a Sunday School eia-s in a ’ most edifying manner, proposed ty close tue ev ! ercises hy singing “Jordan ;’ ‘meaning > jJ*o J hymn, “On Jordan’s stromy bank- I stand, j The worthy man was LtfmtTCit by hearing the j whole school “immediately smkerrp, “Jordan am ,a hard road to travel, I believe.” “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” GRIFFIN; GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, ISfrfi. From tho Snvunnnh ii j üblican. John Macpherson Berrien. The paternal ancestors of Judge Herrien were j ! Huguenots. Fleeing from Franco to Holland, on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, two , brothorsemigrated and settled, the , ’ one on Ijong Island, the other in New Jersey.— ! I His paternal grandfather, John Hen-ion. was etic ! of the Judges of tin* Supreme t’oiirt of N. w oct s, y. His father, M ajor John Herrien, cam-* to Jcorgia at a very'earl v age. Towards the close ,of the Revolutionary War he married, in I‘hfi.i - dolphin, Margaret Macpherson, the sisterif .1 •It 11 Macpherson, (aid-de-camp of • b ticra! Montg til ery. who fell at Quebec,) and of (ieuerah Wil liam Macpherson, who served in the Annv un til the close of the war. The latter gentleman had a commission in tho Ihitish army, and the i company un<ler his command was stationed at New York; but being unwilling to bear arms against his country men, ho applied tor permission ; to resign, which w as granted, coupled with a con dition that he should not leave the l!ii;ii>h lin. -*, within which lie remained under the surveillance of a soldier, being indulged, however, with tin liberty of going in pursuit of duck mi the lias! River, attended by his guard. Having one ~tla\ . advanced fiUJilii distance frmiv tin’ city, lie put Iris fusee to the head of Iris attendant, ntnl ordi i - fit] him to pull him over to Long Island slime, where lie was received hv a pari v of Americans. This fact being known t” Congress; that body gave him a Major's commi-sioa in tlie A meric,-in armv. | Major lb rricn having returned to fb-orgra, af ! tor the tenifin.'itimi of his miditarv service, to pre pare tor tlio reception of thi; family, his wile ;i ----left at his mother's house in New Jorsv. This : , house had been the head-quarters of the annv, ami from it Washington’s farewell address to. that gallant batiil -was issued. Here tlio subject j !of this sketch was born, on tho 22d of Aiuoist, i ! 1781. Mr. Herrien, then, could claim a double nati vity: in New Jersey, the place of h'is actual birth, ami in (L-orgia, that, father's domi cil, to which he was lirmiglit wle-n a lew months “trW. Hts academical cdui'.ilinn was obtained at various schools m New \ ork and New jersey, ami ho was graduated at lYineetmi at tho agi of ] lilteen. It is not iiliwoiiliv of note that this lime-honored institution, in 1 s'3o, eonf’envd mimi him the il'gree of 1 toet-or o! Laws, ou the oeea 'ion of his delivering an address before its two literal v societies. Returning to (teorg’a lie commenced the study “flaw iimler.the direction of the !bm. .L.-eph 1 lav, and such was his assiduity, that before, lie had attained the ago ot eighteen years he was admitted to the bar. 110 opetled‘his ofiiecfilst :it Louisville, then * lie seat ot government, and afterwards in .Savannah, and applied himself w ith indefatigable industry t* ; tlm prutb-simi in which he had embarked. His uQL’V* , . delight, and to his studious habits in the curia ‘tag- *of 1 1 ,s legal career may doubtless bo attri buted the great success which lie afterwards met with, and which placed him among the first law- | vers in the I ’nion. In November. 180 ft, be was elected Solicitor of tlio’ Eastern District and the State of < mot-gin, ! and the foUowifig year Juilge of the same Dis ‘tri'-t. At tliis period the judicial term was lim ited to three years, and Mr. Hertieii was elect’ 1 four times to that otliee. The war with Kiiglaml from 1812 to 1815, in the earlier poftion <-f Mr. iieirien's judicial career, ami the excilceiueul ol the public ‘mind in such a crisis,, in novmall de gree ;niued I'J the rtsj*t*!tsi-bibt4es ot bis s‘a tiell. 1 hiring a part of the time lit which t!d'-eeas-; ’ ed occupidl a si ;it. upon tlio bench, ns has already 1 been stated, war existed between England and the l ’ni!< il Sr.-m-s. With a regiment of volun-1 teer cavalry iimler his roimnaml, lie performed | a short tour of service at I kiricn, while the l-trit- • i*li forces were upon the Island of St. Simons, | ami in ‘he adjacent waters, but did not conic iu . to contact with the t imtny. Mr. Herrien resigned his ofil-e as Judg) hi the s.q-ond v -ar of his fourt h term, and returned to the practice of law-, which sodi became very < ‘<■ tensive. .In Ist 2 and in lSgt’.'ie repr<--ei;t. and the < ‘"tin! v “f < liatliam in the State S.-nritc and as .-.■iruals ~f that ! odv will -hoav, with ‘ s tingubltcd ability. A wilier tii■!• 1, however. lor the exercise ofhis talents was teserved for him. viz: the Senate of. tho I nitid Stales, to which hi w as transferred hy the Legislature of < ieofgia in IS” I ; he t<">k his scat in that body on the llh of.March, 1825. During the perioiLof hi ! senatorial term, there was not a-übj. ct of gen eral interest njSf.n nfhie.h he di 1 not display ■ >u sum'nmte knowledge. Hrs speeches before the Senate were always listened to w ith profound at tention, and acquired for him the reputation < *t being one of most gifted orators amiable states ineii in our country. We have ever eonsid -ie.l his spi ei'h on the Oregon Territorial bill, at a later period, as the! ablest ami most satmtactory exposition of the constitutional relations of the | question of slavery that has ever been given, and one that may safety be regarded as at- xt book ! of political truth for all coining time, j In 1829, Mr. Berrien received tiro appointment 1 of Attorney General of the United States, in Gen. Jackson’s ‘< ahinet, in consequence of which he resigned ids seat jn the Senate. For this •office his great legal attainments eminently quahlk"! J him, owing to a want of omieei t in 1 “resident Jack-- I son’s Cabinet, lie resigned his office in 1831, ! and resumed the practice of Ids profession in’ ! Savannah and continued in it until 1841, serving intermediai'ly inV State convention which laid been calleo to eon. the ratio of representation in tho legislature. 1 Piitng the a of Gen. Jackson the appointment of MsnM#'Ho ”Crcat Britain was tendered to him. Jle re* induced however, by the adrice of fricis is, to de- cline it, on account of the meagre alary nttm a-, ed to office, and the apj” inienttm-nt was s ih-i ----q'l'.'ii'.iy ofit-rcl to'Mr. \an Biire:i, who a ;• it. In 1810, Mr. Bi.irii n was again (■:• 1to: .e Senate of the United States, ami took lr.s -a ; ‘on the all of March. 18-11. ’lids p-riol of our. country’s history will long be r<'iri*'tnb. r •! t" r ; the important am] dedicate polite a! qa ;’ - ; which agjbited the councils the nation. In ! them the deceased took a prominent part, at. i. ’ added to the fame he had already acquired. I At the sessioa of t!,e.< ‘Vprgia I. gi-lajui'e in l V 84 1, series of resolutions were p T •j proving of Jhdgc Berrien’s political ceii-e’ n ttie , subject of a National Hank, Distribution of the I I Proceeds of the Public Lands, tho Hankrnpl J j Law, and a Protective Taritl; and instructing; him to vote against those measures. On reeciv- j .mg the resolutions, he issued an address to the I ! people oftSeorgia, in which, after discussing | various political issues, lie uitered into a full j ! consideration (if the doctrine of L gislative in ■ . structmtis, avhieli lie deemed .'fi- a U'-fipntT.n of j ;!”•"(' r e.jually inconsistent with the ('..list Butioiiq iof this S'afc am! ~f the United States. <>f t!;U addt.-ss; Judge Story, in a letter t” its author, dat'd 1 t:h of February, ls|:t spoke u, tLl hiws; “I have fi 1 vour nddiixss with unfeigned sa*- 1 isl.iction. It was in every respect worthv of* yoniseii and your principles ; am! 1 heartily run- j , cur in your powerful, and in mv judgment, con clusive reasoning upon nil the topics which you have discussed, h o:ir (argument upon. what, is i called the ‘right of instruction,’ is exceedingly ’ cogent, and, as I tliink. tmansworable. It’ ever my woik on the < unstit utimi shall reach nipith '•i; edition, 1 mean to extract the passage and use, it in tli.it work:” ; 1 he session ~f the Legislature of IS If! r< vers- , ed the act ion ot its predecessor, bv tiie passage ]' *t resolutions :n the highest degree compliment ary to him as a man, mid foTiis FT.uT lefts a stat- s : man. ‘This simtaittcd by the Legislature mid people of < Seorgia, Judge Hi-:i:nn:x continued in the discharge of his duties in the Senate ol the, I liitcd States; and in 1817 was elected for an-j | other term of six years, which .would have for 1 initiated on tic till of March. 18,5:1; but here-; -igm- 1 hts-seat in May, 1852, and retired to pri , a ate life. , w 1 Alter his resignation. Judge H. remained in ’ retirement, up to tlio time of his decease- —oeca-j . -ionally appearing in the courts :Hasis*ant rontt-1 : sd, and at public meetings of his fellow-citizens jot Savannah, — unreserved at. all limes, in tho ex pression of his political sentiment', vet taking no active part in the strife of parties. He hail Jong; been a worthy incmbernf the J’i'olestant EpNeo pal l lturclt, and in its State nd < ieneia! eonvcti-; , tionsalways acted a prominent part. lathe life and character of Judge IWrien w have n >t t ikttig : I lust ration of w hat industry, com-’ bitted with a lofty purpose, em ae-- ■ di-Ii. — ! From caily a mb to the el--so of a 1 -••g and bright career, he was a student, a *e,-k*-r aft.-r I ledge, ,J: igeiit, and untiriugiti evervd- *:ut nt"tit tlint, uppeitamed to the great purpoes ami I H I Is o| his lii.o. \\ till th: • lie was exact ami - \s- L matte in ail !ii> put'tiits, asvigni g to e-.i-rv thing its oavtt proper lime and jda-e. lie felt; that, in both mind and body, he had a high trust I committed to hts charge, .and lost, no opportune j ty I-r accomplishing these great talents, and | bringing them to the highest poslbit! .perfectiou. 1 ‘I his diligence avas amply rewarded. In the one I cti-c, it gave to the country a.wise legislator, all , V.eeoinpti.shcd statesman, a proftinJ jmi-t, and ttu i I le-Jstafive halts hi ttfidH.fti.m. In all ! tln-se, Judge Herrien ranked among the first ol J !his age and tint o . In the other em\ it secured j ito hints. !!'a solid and substantial constitution, n j vigorous and enduring physical frame, that seemed fi r'nearly fourscore years to set at <!<•- j liauee the ravages of Tiun*, and the various ills j im-i-h til to life. His health was over almost un ’ interrupted, enabling him to enjoy all the bless-; itigs and comforts oJ homo and ti ieiuls, and in j turn to impart hm fiul! shat— of happiness to oth-, jars, A fi>i'i)ight previous to his death, lm was | ;in full [".session ‘.fi all his mental energies, and j to- a'l Hop'-ai'an**'* l*td lair Ho bo S'pared tor many j years to coin.- to l,js IVi -nds ami country, l’-ut i the I lestrover came, ami from a source least stts -1 pected, laving low the proud form and quench-. , ing the light of a master spirit, i In his private relations Judge Herrien was an 1 i example worthy of all imitation. I’oltshcd, and I even courtly, in his and sin j cere in his friendships, upright and rigtdly just j in nil his dealings, he pe seated a clnraeter that I all could tesju-et and admit*;. Around the do mestic. hearth be v:t-- tiie “centra* ot a e!iaiiii**al ’ circle.” lb- w.n- a kind am! dealing father of a numerous olfi-pring, and a model of a htisbaud. WLeth'-r at. Initu*- or abroad, at Jet tie a,r absorb ed in tile duties of the public .-rvia-e, tla*-V Were never .absent from his mind. Wo may meii/t'oti ; its an instance of hts kind attentions, that while ■ill Washington and his wife in Savannah, lip had a Calcd period o (i rcr;/ </</v to indite her some token of remembrance, and this habit was never j inteifere 1 with uull-Nsengaged litm-ell itjaddrcov . itig the Senate. In his political assfnii.ali.on, Judge llerricn be-, lunged to the llepiiblie.m'ptirty ; with (’lay ami. others he United in the organization-of the Whig jmrtv. to which lie remained faithful till the day it expired. In the great Union struggle (-1 latei years, he identified himself-fWlly w ith no political, lylivision; iWt with the Southern Mights putty, lx:- j muse he disapproved their remedy for the then . existing grievances ; nor with his l ttioii friends for thill he Was opposed to siletit acquiescence in one of the measures of that clay. More ivcent -1 Iv, approving the principles and policy of the American party, lie fully identified himself with j it, and the last aet of his political life was to give them his sar ’by presiding over the delibc -1 rations of a ition of that party. ! The death of such a man is a national bereavc ! merit, and Vie feel we have dcvofed no more space to the subject than its interest, and the claims of the honored dead, demand ut our ’ hands. ■/. SOMETHING Cunt"! s. -’t lie Ik al blown 1 dill- i oisan says: Yaffle visiting a fremloii tin; San gamon ctoftoin, in t!ii’ county, a short tune since, we were e illi-l to exam ne a specimen of stmi", which he had lately taken from a m : ghboring quarry. The curiosity • n- -e dos two sola! -a’ I -'one cocks, which were i-ms. 1 ju.iiiug. • n'.'h oth ■rin n ei-ntext• 11"1 1 firm, which when -epa-ated. ‘!e* face of one pri.’M'!:i"l tlie tippeainiiee ot hav ing been a of the sale of a vessel near tbegun wale. Th iv ‘ “ins to have been an over lapping us the timlers in the form of a cornice of mould- ( ; iug around tlie vessel. ; Thy wot kof art is : plain to be Vrcn on tlie 1 stone as oii tftyi ff ating vc-- : the.li *’es formed ihy the nails are very il.-tmet, as well asthefosi j Sized texture of the wood; ! Imre are also pieces of iron with the specimen, which “eemed to hav. * U‘ till I ‘?!* *’v - -L ----•* ~* ., T • of p.an.,. A New rhasn of Spiritualism. j The Spiritualists, of high and b>w degree,; j have flooded tho country with their incoherent 1 j rcvelntions about spheres and circles. They have! i jutli!'bed their confidential communications; | from Macon. Savedenborg and Poe, and such men j !as Judge Edmond*, cx-Senntr.r Tnlmndgc, nnd Prof. Hare have indorsed theso rhnpsavlies aif j tiie Peter Funk dealers in spiritual wares. Tl;e” , frauds have eticutiraged others to claim the same authority, arid tie- most hideous atrocities are now jo-lifted tmdi r the sanetioti of an .-uvsiuncd prophetic character. The mural a r .fa poor cr- Jure in New Ifav.ti hv one of tiie folh ivi rs of n erazy woman named \\ aki titan, who pretended to !><* n “iiio eriga*r,” . s the legitimate fruit of modern spiritualism. — Mis. \Y .nkeman has just n* imieli right to as-time t j to be a messenger and a projdietess as Mr. Davis lor the other spiritualist. What is revolting nai.l | atrocious in tlia* follies nnd blasphemies ot tlia-j ; Wakemailites is a>lily the a-oii'a-qua-ari* a.f the ; ; falsa* doi-irhljs an-11\ ing visions of tiie Spiritual-{ j ist trihe. Acting under the highly rational idea ; that the cxistem-e of the avorld depetnli and on put-1 i ting poor Mathews out of it. and thu* pra-serving 1 t lk* life of lln* “Messenger,” Flalcr Sly cut tln-j ilari.at of tlio ['intoned and blindfolded via-tiin <*f , ‘hi’ W.:!;■mairtes. There is nothing tai prevent! 1 \!r. Davis or Judge Edmonds, ot any of the *>-j j called medium#, receiving a revelation to cut rlts* j j wens.-md of any obnoxious individual, and there i j mav be a Sly who may be fool enough actually - jto obey the senseless and absurd command.— ; i Spiritualism, forMieh in reality is the belief of; j- -(lies** besotted New ILiveu liiaucvCs. is thus.de-i j motistratc! in all its r.anqiant absurdity. If any-1 , tiling was vvanting to give a popn’.-ir liiustratioti j jof tln* insanity, it is hi tore us. I’lie genteel dab-1 1 biers ill ftie hutnbng. w ill, vv a’ hope, sCa* t ha a row ti ‘ : jieifee.t types ntial an>mib [parts in tlie- e miserable j ; fools at New IL-iva-n, and <'rape the tods of s,, pit .able ilelusiotl.— A r . 1". 11 ... -. l.osr Haois auk.—.ln fnhrental jxii fy met/ *hr n 117 htrxs.- Tiie following i s i] M . report of a i ease tried in the First District 1 ‘• urt, Na w York, ’ before Judge < Jreen. j l/o'imi \s. the fiim lni m. I A nth /It lih nml (’<i, - Ihe plnin-tilV was a [>as'eitg'-r oil the de ten lan's’ laiho.-id to 1 ‘lr.lud'lphi.a, in the ‘[ ring of ls,st, 1 1 •• paid his pa- ‘age hero .and took a, * elii't-k for lus t taink. When the a-ais anivi 1 at. i'n , idrlpa ira It a* pr. saauted Ills elieck ! > t lie hag ; gage master ami demanded his trunk. It could ! not tv- found and was not ah-livereil. These facts I | were .-worn to bv the defendants’ baggage ma- ‘ j ter, who received the trunk. It was ‘Him pm I priseal to jirove hv tin- plailitifl the a-avrifents of , tin* trunk, hut it. w;tsobjected to by Mr. Living- ; cmi, the defendants’ atomise!, on the ground that i the general railroad act of this State, allowing I Ire plaintiirto be examined to prove the contents “f his ■trunk, did not ■apply, ns the defendants ! tiun related exclns'v'T!';'” al, d the :n-t in ques ; ; utuler it. ; ’ o " : j’"rations formed 1 In* iti igrt ‘overrtih-,1 the objection, atni na oo ! in” so stated that, although the r.uilr. a 1 net. did ; Halt apply to the ease, yet the eominoti law does, that after a party ha* established tire l.iai ly les- 1 1 timony other than l.is own of tint ab-livery ot tin* j I trunk, (which I’u-t tin* plain! ill Ims prm ! nth;’ i ea-a*,) lie is a eomp.-t’ iit wit ties. to j ir< s.• it- col>- ’ tents foi-the reii'ou that the wealing nppar* I of i a traveller is generally [racked by liinivli, at A jif lie were not permitted to prove- by bis own ■ i testimony thus packed, lie would I"* n-iiiodth-ss ■ I'a the pi- m ,v es. I kttoAV the genetal title ot ev-, I ideiice would- ret permit a jnusoti to be sworn as ■ i a witness in bis own behalf, hilt this from the j t .a es.-itv of th-- case is an exception I*, that rule. | j(j <Trc*(.-ti!eaf's Ev. I'. 108, at"! note; Story on ; Fail, p. 177.) I am, tie r, fi re, of an opinion, l | tluif Hit; plni'ntill’ is a coinpcterit witness to prove ; ; the'contents of th” trunk in question. The ale- j j fetiabiiils’ counsel excepted to the ruling. The! * plniotifF tit on testified to its contents and the 1 , value, amounting to $83.50, and there being tm , ’ further testimony [tiialuced on either siate, jtulg ‘ ! tiieiit was rendered in favor of the phrintit! for 1 that, sum with costs. \\ e untb-rstattd the alefa/n* , (hints intend a[ip.-a'ing from tin* ‘lee s; ,n. To l'i i;. i-.'-s Mr:'.. —As some in* it who are engaged in business, seem tothjok t’u.at m/vfrliti (To; does hut lillle good, we copy, for their ‘ •p< eial behelit, the following ft til tile Toledo’ fih'lt ‘■Some ten years since, when I teiroit was very | litt},* if aiiv larger than Toledo,-two voting men , f...m tint lias! , where the tme principle of advnr tisin<r is bettor understood than at tho West, having taken a store centrally situated \ they | ! opened with the determiualiop <*f expending! their i litire profits, except rent and clerk hire: f,r the first, year, in advertising mid printing,— They did ‘■o, expending nlmtit 1,400. the next rear they set apart half their piofits for the same ‘'c.irp c,’but long before the year expired the senior paitucr told the- writer of this article that they could not expend as much as they had anti cipated, for the only reason they could find no place to put it. J | Everv paper in the State almost contained j their bits ness notices, while their handbills, cir-j etilars; and cards were scattered broadcast. In ; j this way they have gone on, expending annually j about four thousand dollars, until their business, j has so increased that they occupy ten sale rooms, each 100 foot iu depth by 25. in width, nndgiv-j iug employment to one hundred clerks. <>no] of the partners tobTlw that the||J bvwpsM th<*l past ywir mH"Un*ed over a nSrTtion ‘ n’d at IriTriif dollars, h aving them a net ’ profit. over’ all expenses, of over fifty thousand ‘lol lar” _ ■ The f'Mowing are s eiie p;ri!Wi.th'irs about the enoriflti'is iron steamship trow in course of eon stiii.-t'oii on tlie Thames, lUr whole length is fißt feet; breadth of beam 80 feet; diameter of j . idle wheels 121 feet; depth of hold 70 feet; ,b pth of paildlirW'liey! 58 feet; diameter of screw -41 fi-et. There w'tll be 0 funnels and 7 masts — • woof the hitter being square-rigged. ‘The nom inal horse power will be 2,000, but it will work jup to from 0,000 to 10,000. ll"r measuiein* nt will be 23,0 to tons. It is “Expected llmt le-r evew will number from 050 to 800 men, includ ing 12 officer'. She will have accommodations for 20,000 persons, including 4.000 first class , passengers; or, if used as a transport, she can ,cw;:y ) Sd2,WIH! H: '“‘ ,s ; : T v..111,1 ;. s * ♦ wr a Editor and Propriator POLITICAL. Mr Richardioa't PaaittML We find in the Washington Organ, of ’ the following expose of the position of Mr Nab • nrds .nos Illinois, on tha* Kansas Nebraska^wotfoa. If this l>e eerrret. Mr. R. has had nndoe erMM al the South for hi* vote and support of that MU. Here - he people have been told he was ‘rflaratid *v C"nsidt rnti*>ns of patriotic'duty toward tbs ’ s outh. Me, howerer, assured his ermetitaMte that his purpose was to m ake f'*r .Sta rs of t'nai and Net r.aska, and that such would be (he Merit aide effect of the hill. Judge ttnaijfias end Gaa. Shi* 1 !*, of the same State, occupy the same poai* ton Wc subjoin the statement of the Orgm: U'e have laoen surprised, on reading the maoiajr debate which has taken place in (tie I base of Krpresentntivei during the last few days (kstauna ;one,,f tli* rp|Mi*ition has not interrogated Mr. Itioh.ardsiin in relation to his opinions apna the matter* in ali.pute, and atsai his course during the lute campaign in hi* Mate. 1- t. It i* widl known that Mr iiiehardsoti made tie* np.rt in thr House of lirpresentnlisre to sub stitute the Kansas Nebraska bill sa reported by i tlic. ( urninittoe on T. rnl. ries .f wlaicli be was (he , chairman, for the bill whicli had preslomsly passed . tiie S.-n,ate to organise the same Territories. The • tifli-renee Iv tsi-rn the two Dll* was that the ftfn. | .ate Dll prohibited unnaturalized foreigners from ; voting , the lull which he moved to substitute hf j'* granting this privilege to foreigners. Thu in ; terence tlicn i* elear tiiut Mr Richardsoa is wil j ling to allow f. riogtnr* to vote, in the organiau : tioei of i erritories. even though they hare but j just trneli. ti the country nnj are totally ignorant t tin object of the eii>ctive franchise. How, then, cun Mn- rieiins vote for Mr liichardsun 1 21 It i* wa ll known that Mr Richardson has justified hi* support of lh Knnant Nebraska bill on tin ground that the hill would make Kanvaa nnd Ni-hra.<ka. and nil uthrr Territories hereafter orgaritZ’ I in nceordance with the principles of the K itiNi* Nebraska inll. free territory, Tliis ie tho I '2 r mtiil up -tq whieli ho defimded Himself during ! 1 1 ot'greSMi.tial . lection in the State of Illinois, ti 1 tin pre.as whi. h advocated hi* re-election d h-nd'-d trim upon the “time ground, and boldly as -> i t'*' 1 that tin* course ii| Mr. Itu'lurdron was in 1 nei’o; filti, e with tlic Wishes of that pea,pie of the (.■e** Mata * lii i'ause the Kansas and Nebraska bill “"’(! I make these tcrritorii'S free It sui'h was tiie defence, how can tho ultra “'•uthern men support him 1 His construction • t tli>- pi im* pies ami operation ot the Kansas Na er.i-k.a i.ill i* a-ntira-ly different from that put niton t l.y t li. >-c of the South n- w voting for him. Tho , cnru-liiMon is inovifahle from thost facte that he w, iiM nut have voted for it, although it mar eon* tain the •‘.vjuattor vivereignty '’ principle, *if ho bad in t I licvi'd that tin* result Would he in ac i*iir.!ance ivith the w ishes of the Nortfiern people, qtul this i< the conclusion which lie himself do* duee.i from h.s course and urgad with great forew i.ei’ ie hi* coustitueucy. Again, we ask, how can lie -e 8-'i*utli■ rn trten who tirofess to stand upon th * Ifi well Cobb lleorgiiv Platform sustain Rtih 'ard-on lor Spenkcr. knowing tfit they do. that t'o’ .-e are the coiiclvrsions which ho d**duccd from tl e |irinci|iit!ig I c*!atiblii;il in.this act! Tliero is 1 ‘eniwr Im“v.i-..*i thoir iirofr*vi!*w>n anil their “ Don’t Fret.” The Federal Union is sorely troubled about tlio ‘ition of Mc**r*. Foster and Trippe, to tho itoniinen <;f t lie’ * * Denverntie M’Whig “ caucus al U lisliingtnn, (nr the Spenkcfslitp. Tlieso gentle n.• n ar** J.-nonnC'-'l f>r having by their “factious course in Oongretev. emasculated the strength of tic* Sm. tli. by voUng for Fultlr,” &o. Tho “ Fed eral I ni'iit ’ need not a[iire to the oflice of “eon ’ seicnci: keeper “ fir the honorable gentlemen who i represent the 7th and ed alistrict*. for it never can 1 n-irm itself into the confidence of such menus U safe •* Father Confessor.” It* own palpable insoo ’ ‘i'tency in supporting Richardson should fojrevet sila*ncc its .unfounded imputations against Foster 1 and Trippat. I.ook at the record of thiu tnan wliom Southern Democrats land so much as tha* proper nnn f.r the Speakership. Here'it is: The Washington Organ of tho 21st ult. stete*. ; liitt petition thus : * U is well known that Mr. Richardson has jus* 1 titled in’ support of the Knns.i* Nebraska bill on the ; r .tmd that the hill would mako Kansas and: Vilii-a'ka. ami all other Territories hereafter or*- e-inir.eil in arcordanciTwith the principles of the- Kaiis.-i- Nebraska bill, tree territory. This is the gr-uml upon which he defemled himself daring the last t ongre>-nnial election in the Stats of Ills riois. and the pros which advocated his rs elsn* ti>.n defended him ondlic same ground, and boldly - asserted that the course of Mr. liichardaon was MS . accordance with the wishes of the people of the free Mates, because the Kansas anil Nebraska bilk weiiM moke these territories free.” , On the other hand Mr Fuller has avowed litfP selfnppi svd (<> the repeal of the Nebraska Ksjmsa . :of. or the restoration of the Missouri Com premise, ior any further agitation of the Slpvtfyquestion.. Which, then, is the best man for tb*4v>uth, Fuller I nr Itichirdson ? Why, Fuller “unquestionably, riiF ; matter what he might flare dons bad ba been in , the bdt Ccwgfeks. The “ Federal Union,” then* ’ in denouncing Foster and Trippe as nnfhiUifU stewards, wtio have buried their talents in earth, and in predicting that they will be utterly : overwhelmed by the people, is “ counting witMHl ; his host.” The people who sent those geajtMfSU : to Congress approve their course, thus fujras hoc’ j orablc, patriotic and conservative. jßncy havo - stood as faithful representatives ibe South t f H^PRve<l i*fii7oWSy,” unaltered by the blandishments of •• black Uepnblieanism.'’ , They have opposed Jtichardson not because of his Democracy, (for Marshall. Walker andothe# Americans bare again and again proposed to support a sound Southern Democrat, sucli as Boyec nr Drr of.South Carolina,) but because Itlvliardsi ri justifiesb hi* support of the Kansas Nebraska bill, on the ground that i* woi i.ij m4ki: Kansas and NcBaASKA and all onr.lt I KliKI f’JHIF.S BKGdMZtO UN THE BAMT, FR]K* (ini.. Fill.H TBKfUTOBV ! If wc mistake not therefore, the temper of the South, all its denun ciations will be reserved for tlioso members of Congress from this section who have dared to offer such a man as llviui ."H as a sound statesman cr rehablo politician. The constituency of Messrs. Fo-t’ r and Trippe, we arc sure, will have nothing but the plaudits of “ well done” to offer to them, for the part they have token, in tho election of such arrant Free toilers as lUehardeor ’ !’ •: . . NUMBER 7