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sljf Snifriran Hiiion. I #< WR ST.IXO-tm ?I>? P ‘t r.\! I M 4* P BI RR. Kdltor anil Proprietor. . LATER PROM EUROPE— ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. Coll ‘tnt*. .Inn Iff CoMXr.ncni.—There i* an error in the .colton quotation. Mot ye.tcr.lay Tlio I.ircrpool m..rk-t remained unchanged. and the quotation, nre the mine M those per Pacific. Sale, of the week 3(i,- 000 bale*. Wheat declined 2d ; whito quoted at Us ‘.M n 125.2d. Southern flour 4. Gi Corn declined in ooneequence of largo arrivals from Ireland nri ! the’Black Sea. Money market more stringent. Consol. sS 2-3 Rcmors or Peter —Vienna correspondent* in timate that Austria Imd derived the invitation • f Prussia to open negotiation., hut that n. early a. Norember. she invited the Western Power, t> ro open, at Paris, the pence conference It i* inti mated, also, that she recommended the maintain anee of the four guaranties n. tl.o basis of the no gotiations with certain modification* respecting Russian dominion in the lllark Sen !iu.*ia had not replied to the proposition to resume negotii tions at Paris, but i was un,brs‘oo.| she would ■end a representative to the conference. A doubtful rumor prevailed, that Russia lmd , rceeived or made (the dispatch does not .ay which.) different proposals of peace t.om those re ccivd by the Allies from Vo mm The London News siys that a majority “f the French Cabinet will nceept the term. proposed and that a majority of the English thinks otlicr- W‘.sc. The English government, it i“ said, has de manded an explanation <d Austria as to the ip duetion of her army. It is reported that tho Swedish Amb.i'-rinrat Vimna has formally announced th it Sav l a ad heres to the Allies’ interp etat mr of t!nr four Points. Misccixamioi-s Nr.vvs —There had been ahur ricanc In the Crimen, and the Tehermya h.lor r flowed, doing much damage. Privats accounts, without date ami ’T rather doubtful authority, siv thnar I'nshv had t n driven in by the Russian., who !. id t.,V n j.os■■■-. sion of Khoni five leagues from l’ntois. nod were preparing to attack the litter place, which was garrisoned by 10,000 link. The 11 u - -inti cm mander, Mouraviefl', had detail l a p rtion of l i, .force to attack Omar. A treaty of amity and commerce has been e< a •cluded between France and Persia Gen. Canrobrrt is to receive a Marshal * baton. The people of Cuba have forward) and a protest to Spain against an additional tax upon c I mini pro duct. Denmark lias requested nn adjournment of the , ■conference upon the Sound Dues question. I."id Clarendcn announces that if ships of tlio l nited , States pass without tolls, thoe of I'.ngl.ind nil’ The in l.)to lUnlr nf l***rl mrl lion tiuistmu | Pxac* Negotiations.— Tiie present positi. nos! poaoe prospects is this; It may ho remembered that Austria made a suggestion of certain terms not known to tim public, which the Austrian cab inet considered might constitute a basis for pacific j negotiations. These suggestions Austria mu to Paris through tho French Minister at Vienna.—-j The Kreooh Government sent a copy of said sng. 1 gee tions to lavndon. Much eorres|iond”neo en-ued between I-ondon and Palis, resulting in the ciigi j nal suggestions being sent back (altered by France < and England) to Vienna. The Austrian Cabinet expressed mortification that the suggestions were not adopted simplieitcr. Mora correspondence en.siied, resulting in Au-tiia agreeing to appond her name jointly with l iar,,” and England to the m/iditied |'i Th • pro position thus amended, was on Sunday, Dceemher 16th, as notified by tho Arago, sent from Aniia in oharge of Count F.stoihnzy at St Petersluirgh The contents of this ultiuiatiiic arekept [oofunii I **<ret. If theCxar refuses, France and England threaten to continue the war. and \otii i t i e ase di ’lomatio relations and afterward* t!„• g verm 1 by tho course of uffairs. Simultaneously with the trun-m proposals lo Russia. Iho I’.iris M.,nitei:r j.uT |ih*s the treaty entered into hot* • n the AH', i,mi l Rweedon, guaranteeing the i-• ilimits det against Russian uggressii. n A lius.iu .1., . not at present threaten Nw. den. thi ill tin,, ; tie i. tj may be viewed l>v Russia ns an ini-iition.il m Mlt aod a cause fur tlie ; rejeeti, ii .>f p,..i0.. j .|, o The terms i>f the tnaty are verv string. nt It is declared that thetrcity is concluded t?, r e. rsnt eurjr complication of a nature ti troiiMi- the balance Os power in Europe. Hy at title I<t. the King of Sweden sagages Intoseir not to cede to Russia, nor to exchange with her. nor allow her to occupy any portion of tin- territory Udunging i to Iba crown of Sweden and Norway ile engages ‘ nonortr, not to cede to Russia anv right of j as v turageor fishing ground, or or any othi r n .iure ‘ V whatsoever of the said territories or the coast of’ Norway, and to reject any pretension j raise to rstnUish the existence of any of the above named rights. Article'll. In ease Russia should mako any pr.: position to Hn> * Sweden. or any demand i with a view to ohtamehffiw cession or eg. change of any portion whatever wf -ftT? i t ■ rv belonging to the Crowns of Sweden and Norway, by a permission to occupy certain p >ints of *nid territory, or the cession of fishing or pasturage rights, or of any other of those same lerritoro s, or on the const of Sweden and Norway tin- h,ri• of> Sweden engages to communicate immediately such proposition to the Emperor of i'r . nee and Queen of England, and they engage t> pr aide Sweden with sufficient naval and military forces, with those of Sweden to resist the claims or ag gressions of Russia. The nature, the importance and the destination of the forces in onestion, ■hall, the case occuring, lx* decided by cum mi mi agreement between tie three power*. A eecret treaty is appended to the treaty |>rn- Tiding for Sweden eventually taking the field --ain*t Russia. ”—♦ correspondence intimates that ,<L declined an invitation, j , 17th “of September, to away. intervention-also-that, I Napoleon refused the invitiation of Prussia, con- j I reyed by Baron Proke.ch to Paris, to open nsgoti ations. bat that in the n ijdl -of Xovenil or, Count j limit, in tho name of Austria, invited the Western j Powers to re open at Paris the p’.ice conference lof Vienna—recommending also that the guaran tees .hall ho maintained as the basis of negotia- I tions, hut that the third point of guarantee re specting Russian domination in the Black Sea should lie modified * Russia lmd not replied to the proposal., but would send representatives to the conferirice : , lienee has arisen the riftnor that the Austrian Anglo 1 -French proposal is merely tto and fine the meaning of the thi’d point, and that if an understanding become to. the Vienna Conference, so called, .will! he re opened in Paris in the middle of January It f is stated that the Swedish Ambassador at \ < iina has formally announced to the Austrian Govern inent that Sweden adheres to the Allies’ interpre tation of the four points. It is also .tated that Count Staeketb. rg had brought to \ iennu a Ru ►ian proposal for peace in terms different from ’ those proposed by the Allies. This, however, is ■I aihllul , ‘I he present position of affairs may he thns ex pn -e l France is los peaceful and England !• *.n ‘ warlike than they teem. -•••- What the Russians Think of Peace. A letter from St Petersburg to the Vienna Press says : ” Ho not allow y urself to he led nstrav by the rumors o’ peace which still find their way into the newspapers, the war will be carried on ni x’ spring, with great energy No secret is modetnf il ill the g .veinrncnt eiri les here, and the diplo-’ matie agents of Russia lit neutral courts have been | ‘instructed to take care and prevent those courts | ’ from mixing themselves up ;n the war Notvvitli- j t standing the undisposed success of <!en. t auro-’ hert's mission. Russia has not abandoned all In pc of gaining her end at Stockholm. •• Sweden and Denmn’k linve merely pledged tlicniM Ives to the Western Powers to observe a !imadly neutrality, and not unt.l France an I Eng land shall have achieved decisive results in the , Baltic can they expect more from the Scar.dana v inn powers. Hi re we are thoroughly prepared for a fresh expedition of the Baltic fleet, nor .and >. vve dread it in the least, being convinced that t'ronsta lt is stronger thm S’bast q<o|. Tjic Km-1 peror has been very active since bis return from ! tie Crimea, ami there is talk if great reform l , which he intoli-Is t— toak’-tTi the at my >a’ |j !( . : Mate, iii order to runclv th” lii-oiih ts the, p ist , Tho Terms of Peace. Ir-ai t! I. u t ‘ti M i‘. ! <’ nit K'ti-rluuy, the AU*trinti-A sub.v-':.!-r at >t. I'etoisloirg was to leave \ ioM. a vV’-vlt'hluv t t 1 . p, st, the healer el the iillm nf’O/i vv li.eli AII*- tna lias I, -.lived to pn -s up a tho a cep! in. ■ of tl.e't Var. Tin ten r< t the <• -t.•••:,♦. is i,u seen !. Wo have l• |> - iteillv alia i 1 in t!• - j .a i mil to the ti *ms tliat must he ferjejn:-• 1 fioin Iva-- sia to i t'o t a peace that s! ail he - ife and lioti -1 wimble, lln atiti'hi..itioii et the t .atititue sit | tetuaey of lia-sia in the Black S, a. bv the ex i In-ion from its wateis of ail *hi[ -i f war- hv (lie ilr-malit 1 f In r fortresses oti its eoa-’s — alii! hv the i c idiT.ee ot * ‘u!,sills, vv ho tinv i 11 i - that no'pill |n ses but those ot iegitiuiat- eolu : itieree are ever a!tempted to be eompa'Seil j Would lieu Till key tiolu all danger bv -ea liuin h r great neighbor; v\h:!-.t tho utter retnimia- ; tiviti of ail i light - I iii tel let cnee with the Sultan's dominion over lets subjects, and if pictei torate over the 1 hitiubi.iu 1 ‘imeipaiities, tugc'licr vvitb j tliu cession of n p" 1 ;1 ” u i ‘ ti,.. ( t ofle tti UUiltsputed T’ 1 SM'sSion i-I as European teriitor'ial tights. I iuse i , 11- 1 1 1 1, . • s, wlu n C(,n ty. “oilld solve the Eastern ijmstion. ( i’|,V r im portant terms, it is true, are ilem'amli-d stteii ns i I that Humarsurid should not be rebuilt, But of ‘ bt'se vve do not wish to stale more than that all is exactly and finally laid down. All the woild knows tint, in t!., ■ matters, there tire many cTevin sßv vvliuti a subtle ,li- ! piutllary may escape, .and it may Be suspected tliat Russia can t.■ • vv, ,-is |>, !,,t,-. tamp, r vv i;h 0 ;n j demami.s *ita! rftT!.- iheli , 1 ,_;<■<•:-. 11 ;< marmot ‘ Be. It In- In, ii pmvid. deg . I-!. N\y.r vv • - s llic’ic a i!oi iiu.imt sod-tim t and itr.mistak;.’ !,- a* the pa] , r vviii, h ('em.t Id-1 11hazy is !„ ;u 1 ‘M. I','ii Bill g. atlvl to it there ate ! ::t t vv., at:•"•'I’ po":l . li::n. *_x, a ] oit.ve refa-a!, ,r a jpoNittvi’n vptiil.ee, Xiurvir :it. •••■•. i t.ocoii -iii I,’ti.al ac, j ‘ati.o • •,, co:tit>c*r ]t j.-it: i.— “■ 1 B>‘ Ic ~v ,1. 11 is st a’,-,1 l<, Iv t ,B,• lu!el,t:.,ii ’ ’ Al:-'.l i.i, :n the i y ,-tit of [lie i> fn.-il* if in r /’('•’ ~.''it ain By 1 1 .,• (, /. ir, to vv;li ,1 1 .,vv tier .’.ni'-.0-a. ] dor from S(. iVtei-’.mg. I: will prolaß'y tab* < emit l.steriiazy ant tivger - \ days’.,) r.-ruii >!. IA In s!mi g. ai..| w v may j idgv By pi. . id, ‘.!. J - mi,ll uit”,ui days wi.! •,. n.'cov. and to'ti.e Imp.-r- , or i t Re.-s'a to i'oiis; J,t I, is i• ~,!u’ a>, j , geo ms ni,*\\oi. I .i:s is 11 ,i i...i* t in. ,|v. i , “iiit i I late iis 1), i a v vnvtij. a v .tin nog., 11 ;■ ti>ii. A'i--! ■ ii.■ g ( -s ii:i n i ii, : . , >,A !IU<I II lll. !l sho , . , , |„ ~ ... ]• hni LV her j.i !■• she :. .\ • v . 1 hen :<n mi di.i’eiy tm'.iws an in in ~t• 1 > aid ;l it. ImwcVi r, she cannot cntiio'v nli-[ :it ~l,ce a,-. ’ *“! ‘* 1 ‘ 1, ‘ I ‘’' 1 1 ci,iir |no in-!’ el lu*r .w uam hi: ion and . lishtless, tllcii n, ll^ T she t.o.</ ‘he etllili r tliniivy fore • I.:- b will br< ..t against , lid in the next canip.i'gn, at -L-ulifiidi, tui.i.-r Heaven, will certainly reduce her >.. ;i.- of w hir h , the teVril, <• tiin-cssitii r w ill make In-: vie ,| to our tonus. I lie cabinet of St. iV-tet-Luig mav not, however, see mattersiri this light. Lnter from California. N i.\v Oau ins. Jan JO The Steatnship i'ro-, , met liens arrived here to-day from San Jnnn. Jshe ; connected with the steamer Cortez, which sailed from S.in Francisco on the 20th ult Ihe steamer Northern l.ight was to sail from >an Juan on the dih of January, with *ooo.oooin treasure. The transit across the Isthmus this trip only oc cupied 23 hours. *"*■ Adairs in Nisarsg-ia progressing iavora • Ihe news from Oregon is interesting. Several I attics had taken place I,etvv on the Indians and the whites Numhcrs wa re kill. lon I, ,th sides A battle took ‘pl.i near river, in which t apt i etmett I.t I ..'rows, im-l three privates v.i.re killed, and II vvoun.'ud ‘hi • i.. r l it t.e too* j.i.icc at I’uget * Soiiiul, in which hi ut Slaughter and several tOn is were killed. (■eii Vv ood is iranging the preliminaries f• r an early camp sign A fi!.il.utei ii:g expedition, 500 strong, had lan ded in Cower California. ’ Irian affray n. :.r Barnwell ( 11 .recently. Sam uel Jefeoat and Tiioinas Gray stabbed an-i min gled each otiier very severely. Ruin A man by the name id Marlow, an k.ngitsbninn. ’ w#*£rezeu to death at Newberry C. 11. on the 3d inst. lie was a machinist. * Joseph Buchanan, charged with killing Joseph Gorham. in Harris county, has been admitted to i bail in the sum of GRIFFIN, GKORGIA. Saturday -Morning, January l‘J. l v Mi, AiXNowT.rm.tMtM. —\\ e have reecived from an unknown hand pamphlet eopy of tlio Raport j of the President and Board of 1 hrectors of the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company, read at a meeting of. the Sn ckhoMcr* in Brunswick. May fiJ l-s.'i.i. and an appended Reported of the. Secretary of the Navy relative to tlio cstablish ment of a Naval I>opot ut Brunswick. Ga Wc render our unknown friend thanks for the pam phlet. which at a more convenient season, vve shall be happy to scrutinixe. A New Rule. Our predecessor lias upon bis books a large number of subscription accounts which have been ■running for years without a dollar of credit. A’ c have though it proper to state in tim”, that such a policy will net be tolerated by us Wc shall collect closely and punctually every vear A\ hen it becomes necessary to send out a c< Hector with hills, vve shall cover the expense by charging’ ih o ir> f..r aval s subscription We presume there is m-t a subseril-er t<- >or j ..per but couid , pay ti.o (jo/ir’s in advance without experiencing anv in convenience, but it any* prefer to wait until a collector calls on them nt the end of the year, they must not complain at us fi r charging them with tho additional expense Wc give them the ’ privilege of a choice, which they can exercise at tin ir discrete n Our accounts will all he made out at the close of each year, and placed in the hands of an efficient collector. 1 his rule w ill be i igidly adhered to. Severe Weather. For tim last three weeks vve have had excessive* Iv cold weather Snow, which cmnmcn'cJ falling on the 11th ins* still covers the ground in many . places. Our citizens, however, have been try in to make the most of adverse circumstance by ,-n gaging in sleigh riding and bn<T r . ba’itng frolics. (tur exchangesbriiigiiite’.'ig. ncc .••ffevetc wcath • er from altncst evir” p, rtion of the Eni n Heavy storms of vv’.'nd and snow have prsvailed at the | Nor'E. r.',,<! \Ve hear of in ch duniige to shipping ] 1 1 Re mail’ are very much deranged in consequence ! l of this weather, and we, for one, shall Be truly ; glvl when the : spell ‘ subsides an 1 the v Sunny ] South “ assumes her rri.'wa! atmospheric temper 'ament. If the weather continues cold, yvo shall !be Oi for vve have paid out funds for fuel until our ■■ pile “ has become •• beautifully less and small by degrees.” amounting iu the aggregate, ut this present waiting, to about /,{•’ ern >. P. 8 Friday evening—weather mild and plea sant. \\'o>,d at a discount, and ;• ck ;tu rve easy Stabbing. <!n Tuesday last, in this city, a man by tie | name of Samuel Leak stabbed AA’m II Coats in tfie head, in t!.” left temple, ti.” knife penetrating the skull, and fastening itself jo tight iii the bone | tliat i’ could , idv be extracted !y fi cqtictit tiud ?e ----1 y ,-r I'x. r'.i, ns of strcngtii. the blade even having is’in sn.i|,pe,l off in the effort. We are informed; . that the knife BI de pa.-s i directly into the lower region of th* brain, severing the temp ral artery ] and its branches, so in w hich the blood flow. ! : very ci,piously. Coats h recovering. Leak is in ■ju*l ; I This body has resumed its st-s.-i. r.s, and being j thri ugh with tiio ludlidays. will, wc presume, g : to vva rk in good earnest, and despatcii with as niueh rapidity as the interests if legislation will j u'imit us, tho business of the State. Bn ter the bii nnial session system a vast amount .-f labor ac cumulates nj on tlio blinds, feach successive Legis: j 1 tilure. which cuumt. in justice to’ti.e interests in- j I vulva and. he di.-p< soil of as quickly as the peoj l - might wish. AA eki■ vv , f But out: remedv. and tint isarctir.n to i.nnual sessions. We are not I in fav.-r <>f excessive legislation. lut think that ’ the multiplied ! usinesa ~f , ur gn at nr. ! grovvli •> Mate, requires the annual uj • rvi.-vti i f j.-ju-es-vn- tatlves direct fr, in the p,’ qde. So far as swell ing cur alriadv o.crhadod Ftntutra with new laws i eoneern, 1. we ratio r o-j-tne that the pub lic interest w, 1.1 Ile l> tti r Cv: -,.rvid ! v enforcing wßat are uvv there. I rim is . n the increase in the State, if the daily l'oc- r i of the newspnj .qg may be taki n as u eriteii, n. Murdtr g. es i:n. wbippcvl el and we may reasonably expect the tminhrcr t> revel in the fiendish luxury of bloc vi spilling so lung as he can do s<* with imp u uity Wc thick the Legislature sh old .id j,t s, me ] hill t, f: , , fficiuls to d'.s, harg’ tlo ‘r du ti'S haviissiy and ifficiently I ,'.!:ir aB iisii ...1 laws, ot prtvnle a'means f< r 1 1 1 • ir rigid enforce . nient tt i repeat, the prv- nt. 1/ gi-latur- can i fleet little g'-.u l->r the Mate ! y = neum! ■ ring tl e statute I ‘ ok- with JVW ) iws !.;!•’ it ] , innis the virtual abrogation, ly|ut he 1 fiiCei.. 1 f laws al ready in existence. , Soi Tiints Ci i.TivAton \MiSui. ov tiieS.hth —Ue have received the January numbers giving the ti'st of their respective volumes if tkpse two most excellent agricultural monthlies \Vo kifo-i . not whether the proprietors of these works receive i a feimmerati-vc patronage, but cert ii:i we are. that ; their labors in behalf of the great agricultural in : tercst of the country deserve a liberal c .ropeiw ; tion. Os or.e tiling we are positive—no farmer of ordinary intelligence who will read attentively ei ther the “Southern Cultivator” or -Soil of the 1 South,’..can fail to extract from them, in the course of the year, useful practical knowledge, of more value to him than the dollar invested in subscrip tion could be made to yield in any other way Trv it fairly, and if the result does not prove as we say. set us down a ninny. Address Wm. S Jones. Augusta, Ga., for Southern Cultivator, and I.omaa & Ellis. Columbux, Ga , for Soil of the >outh. and recollect bow it the time to commence the volume. Railroad Spflid. Brown! •is a phi “soplu-r. IDer how patient ly he tak’ :• a deprivation of grocenW for twenty one day • U i had a small barrel . f sugar started to our address from Atlanta. 21” mdes l -tatit, and it ar rived here S., e and in good condition in i\\ K\. M-ONF Shaving been out just that ! ng between the ports of Atlanta an, 1 .” km xville ‘ 1 l.i- wis un avi rage ‘ I its >m i- 1 1 i, ; , \\' t . are n.*i complaining r-f the ■:< lay. it h been of service to us It the sugar had t hand prom | tly. we should have u- 1 i; i] by'this time. ’ *Oll a- it i. Vs have a little barrel full S,, de lays do not always t reed dangers, or bring ‘/with? them wiles and cal unities j ‘ Under the old Constitution, when we drove ! mules and horses, and camped out. it would have , taken ten days only to perform the tr p but the j cost of freight would have been double For the •nke of cheap freights, we are for sen ling goods, by the rail road, but for speed, in transporting ; the tuails, wejnrc for battling on vragor.- ’ The Immaculate Richardxon. To hear Southern Hetnocratic Anti-American ; editor, talk, onc'would suppose that Richardson, the caucus nonjjncc for h|>eaker. is extremely Southern in I...sentiments. They are very in Jus triouKty circulating such jiortions of his speeches heretofore made, as may be construed favorably to slavery, l.ut take especial care not to publish what he has said on the frrrunxl side of the question.— ■ For instance, vou will nowhere fi and in column, the following extract from a speech made by Mr. Richardson, (the par rxceUenr* -Northern man with Southern principles.' 1 ) in l" r ' ft - by it the render will perceive that his belief is identical wi/h that of the extreme frccsi.’Ws. and vve are ! very much mistaken if the Southern people are anxi"U9 to bestow their confidence on tiie author „f such opinions as the following. Mr. Richard- son said : ••I do not. and cannot, believe that our constitu tion carries and protects slavery v ki’t in St a rt.s. n r do 1 believe its framers intended that it should .a- / tbi- institu’i .n I believe it was formed lor Vg and e .Weo purposes ‘ and herc. reader, you have the embodiment of the immaculate Rich ir Ison's S :,'hfrn ntitnents with • higher law” qualification AA hat think vou of his- soundness.” Is he not a pretty man for South- ern editors to eulogise and hold up to public ap probation as the e p us ultra of political perfee- , tion 1 Can Southern members of Congress dis charge their duty faithfully to the South by vot ing fi r this man ‘ Wc think not. Wc are wil ling to take a bettor man than 1- ulicr. but h uller is better than Richardson. A Glimmering of Light. Wc think we begin to see into th” Workings of the p ditical -merchene” at ‘* ur r. odors are aw to that a I’resident is to be elected dui ing the t s.. en*. year, and they may also he ■ aware thi*. the pre-. nt incun! ent is not averse to ‘. o ntintiing in office. That things uro taking that directii n. vve have now very little doubt, and vve wi 1 give eur reasons. It will be recollected I that a very o nsid, ruble j ortion of the Democratic partv (and New York split off from the Administra tion, because of its partiality fir the “Soft,’ or Van lluren frcwiil wing us that party, and its at ’ tempt to coerce the appointment of freesoilers to federal (ffiee in the State of New Aurk. Bronson : and Dickinson, National Hard Democrats, were (put under the ban of proscription because they would n-'t affiliate with -Mr Pierce's peculiar friends, the “ Softs ”of New York They were anathematised and excommunicated ‘by the great high priest of the Washington luun. and the Siffts. ot oour.-e. were duly grateful. 1 hey believ ed; and very pn j-erly. that the President was with them in sentiment, hostile to the extension of -la va : v and they have been bis steadfast friends and ! enthusiastic suj porters ever since. AA ell, the - time has arrived when it becomes necessary to provide for the “ succession,” and Mr. Pierce, pre ferring rather to succeed himself than B r any body to succeed -i. like a provident man. gifted wish wlsjl foresight into whatever pert;ii„s to spoils and power, has ventured upon a master j stroke es policy. Ife has u-’t ll H-•' .'”7*’ - !i- . si A. iii which he apparently raps bis Soft friends ever the kntiekles fi-r their slavery liml diin- propensities.” T A( ? accommodating souls’ remembering.p ‘ f,r,,,pr P r ‘ fo '' si ’ ua ’ I,r, ' v bf:lut: * .. , , .aiisiMe tbey appeared on p ipe-, and bow |*r< ei',a\ they were c.-.rt- i ~* t*. , , tb” left. * are px-rfcctly willing •, not onlv that the Presi lent should hims. ls make capital at th” South apparently at their expense, but to aid him in making that capital. At a r ent Soft eonv-n ----’ tion in Syracuse, N. Y.. tiasedyed in the w i’ freesoilers actually, by resolution, deprecate tiie agitation of the slavery question ! ’ Naturalists esteem it an impn-Mbiliiv f-.r the 1 !”■ p ard to cl.ang” his spots, but when frces-dl'ism shall ecasc t riiglta-fe the question of slavery, w, shall be temp.ted to 1 elieve tliat the sp. -s up, n th” Io"j ard Inver existed I But the problem off he syraeu-e re*"lut:-'r.s will cease to be a mystery t-> our readers, when tiiey r-v • llect that its act Bar was ’. to the late M-.-nge of Pre-Blent Pierce. When it is furtlftr taken into e- n.- !, ra tion that Mr. Fierce'* inaugural “i-.lithe v;,,rd protni-c t, ;h • ear ‘ of the South, while his after ats ■ l r>,ke it. t > the hop”.” an] tliat in,n a* um ing the r-igns of g .vernment be (ii-c.irde l from bis confidence an i ii-j B.eed from <,ffiee mea who were known to be s,,un i on the slavery qin stion. to make room f->r th, -e very soft si: and “ free-dl ers who are n vv j l iving -av-n l fi Idle to hi- new m i-’ t-| iccc ‘ -r tie.’ Pr.-s: J. ney the trick 1 in - t ‘til] ircnt fr ■! ,-■•[, -,i n Ihe action of tb” syr.. is” :.v.-nti ti. t- and • vying immedia; iy up,n th” heels of the .Message, leaves n ran to doubt preconcert’ 1 acti- :i between'this aspirant fer con tinued on .'!■ ntial Iron r-. and tin - spoi's-lovirig slavery liating frees il Softs >f New York Frank lin Fierce will, we verily believe, be the nominee ofthe next - ‘ called Democratic National Conven tion, f r I’r -dd nt ‘ f the United States. Will tie’ South acquiesce in the humbug ’ We shall f:C. | • The Plurality Vote. , xi*eve to .l.e a disp sition on the part of •erne ntetniars f(’ -ngn.—. lion Mr Stephen* of this State among the numb r, so carry the elec tion of Speaker by. S plnrali'y vote. Mr. S. we loam, ha- made a speech in favor of this measure, but with what motive we are unable to say. The effect of such a movement would be, we fear, to elect Banks, and perhaps that is the purpose of those who advocate it. The National Americans ■ have been too grossly insulted by the Richardson democrats to make any’ further overtui cs to them, let the result of the election go ns it may: nor can they be chargeable with the consequences. — ; We’wiih W 8 could give a more charitable construc tion to the motives of that faction in the House who paved the way to disorganization by their gratuitous insults of members who wet* there dis posed to Jbmntfn'sefor ttio good of the country: j l*rbw ure constrained to believe that a spirit of ■Gutter hostility to those who profess the Aiuericatf’* faith is the.ruling motive with the Richardson supporters. They w. uld rather see Batiks in the Speaker's chair than an American, no matter how unexceptionable he might le in other re . spects They c Ilipe! the alternative and. we hope they wall havejhb. manliness to avow their complicity before an outraged constituency. ■ mi ‘ Aa Excellent Fit. The following article from the Greenfield. Mo , N tn.Lird. fits other individuals outside of that lat itude. There are some • loiter- from the Amer ican party in Georgia so whom the editor's re marks apply beautifully. Their -conscientious scruples may be fesoiyed into a scrupulous re ’ o.vrd t r the Sf-,i- of office. The truth is. none but the veriest nincompoop would have entered the American organizath n without first finni iirising himself with its piincip.es and piurpoees, and, un derstanding them, no--excuse could present itself for bn eking out but the very obvious and self-in terested one of love lor the loaves and 1 a triotism is a secondary consideration with t.ffice- : seekers, hence these “ bolters, titter counting noses, have found it convenient t > r ‘turn to their first love, and like the prodigal son, seduced by the savory incen-e of the - fatted calf, humble themselves at the shrine of office-dispens.ng Hem-1 ocracy. Human ‘ natur’ is human “ natur everywhere, and the .V.’ lnilard, in showing up the Missouri Boltersknocks the bark o-i the shins of the tribe in Georgia. Hear him : ‘•Boi rr.ns."— We understand that during the late session of the Legislature several persons who were privately identifi-d with the American par ty, lett it and returned to their first love. 1 M course we shall be refreshed a In “Harrison Ble vins and ‘-Simon Wolfe.” with the conscientious scruples and constitutional objections of the-o Christian patriots - the bitter remorse that has so powerfully harrowed their minds—the “horrid oaths” that have so shocked tle ir feelings—the un holy persecution that has so revolt and their sensi l iliti’ S. will ah he conspicuously paraded in their ‘•confessions.” Hon tless the • will vve-p over the impending and awful fate of their comrades ‘.vh ;e . they left behind, with sorrow as unfeigned and | sincere as Hon Juan s wicked and reckle-.., s;,i4oi ‘•AVh.’ gi-leve 1f- r tie - lb.it [.i ris'.,.,[ i u ,[„. cutter, 1 -And ui-'i fur the biseuil-dy-ks ft „,| |,n, AA e have no mure .n •Viitatlon to g ■ than they would have to tccc-tvc advice. They doubtless p,m-1 dcred thp effe ot well before thev’took the step :; , and ’ uOU"h they do not love America less than our selves. ut we are satisfied they love spoils more. They have made their stay with the American partv either too long or too short. It it is toot abominable and corrupt party described by its en emies, then these - Bolters'’ will have to. explain ho iv (they reconciled it to their h nor and conscience ! to continue so long in such infamous company- i insensible to the promptings of patriotism aid the in pulse.of duty until awakened to a sense of the enormity of Ho ir .-ins by the prospect o! a In-ior. of Benton and anti-Hennn. and the consequent; certainty oi the triumph et th” Democratic party. 1 If. as wc believe, they found the party what it professed to be. aiming to tree the country from an impending foreign danger—aiming to preserve ‘ institutions declared sacred by our ancestors, and deemed ess, ntial to our security by our.-elves--tri v ing to preserve the union of the Mates a> too great conservator of national freedom—then lias their stay b'-en too short. j it will be impos-i'-I • f.,.r these genilomen to es- ; c.ti'e the ju-t ri’ito-.ipetiso ed th ; -ii* eondaot hv a pretended slnnldeiing at the li- r::-l i-.itlis -a hvj oeritier.l whins pyi r perwcujing tyncts and . proscriptive policy If these charges are true thev were equally true’ vvl en they attached them selves t” t.v j Tty acainst which they ar • hr-iitgh’ . r.n-1 a disserning i iiblic will lent a los- t • knew vv hv these defio miiiv- ti-v* r ;.]■[•* ,:r. -1 to 11.- •• - t!- men tint !annj j rtunl-y t re-i nti i r uniting thenisilvi.- with a umre r.un.eioii- party It v.i I be in vain that they i-g” gs -imll -s o’-h n ng.iinst th-’ American pirty— t! o-o ohjia t -ns liavi been ni. tby th>m with ind tiereiice ond rn a thou-anil tim an I tiie f,• • tii.tt! y ii ver I--- come valid and ”■ nehisiv until t!i ■or : 1 -it on of the t’.v-i D'O ‘T.v.ic f-i’ ti r :i 1 : i if 1 r ■ i bio tiiat 1 mocracv vv-aid be l: i'.im; bant in th in x: efiit: n— will stand a *’ub!.mrti unvi and l.ng wittu ss. Icanding with su-| . ti u: n-.-.-ruj n.- tt seifi-liii’ -s i v-ry n-.enib. rottb ■ An. r. -..a p.rty. wl.n ;;l at: hti: I its -nj port at .; t ine - i’ •....’ to make qii —t: /tia'd” h m-'tiv. -. :■! n c.r cui.i-t.inees utt-ry ■. > :n g'ng I.- ii.: -g:;-y. AA e are ■f e .e.r-” ”.n tc j i .in’ Ivv ti, ti - r - ns ti nt they m.yu g- it; x:ti fi a .ti ir u i and can only - v -.. ,t t! rs ■vv :!i wi i b t : . riri*fessd to embrace the Am’ ti • u-i -th” fa i-ility thev d:s[ hvvi lin ah-,: !in - i’ * • ex ious'tiaste with win they -t re-a'ii if t-i the I'i iiioc.- .tie :■•! i tin t nt eal .r tii I indicate an at of ii- ur- •. • ~tr.:- ag,-ni,” an lan utic : 1 vof -j Capital Punish me nt. Mu I- iio:, -1 i -.'.-o -a i; and 1... : l is in harmo ny w i-li the true -p':it it the ei u.sti-.atii.n ,and • i.r Country. Ad q i—ti.-ti.s. !• >ce t!i -y h e m? the” p -hcyof thfS ife ,• ti. i: of ti. f':i •I si. ul 1 he di-cu.—v l ti:-aghiv a: i ”.■ i.dlv : ■ specially when that qu ti -:i is t:...i; .t with transc”i. hnt r”-u! > A i t n tipg t • who!* c ilirnuu'ty. inching the f.ut.dat oil oi s ’i-iety. and all :!i” prim fI- ■ : in;, n.a'.i n,i law. ci i in,tc” nr. J 1, -j hsl: nfy A pa -.. n 1m- Jus’ll in. dby the 1.-.'t (,r..’.d Jury , t Spalding Cotin-y. N vernier T,:m l'">. vvddeh dem nds grave disci'-ioti. It is nta qu n ‘ aving re iatiojis to any p.ol'fb'al > .r-v. It is l.a.ving i; j><.ers and advocates in 1 - th. In th, ir Present m, nts tie y s.y W'e 1, ok ut n cap ital | uni-!i tiKfit ns a relic of the barbur, usages, which has l e-n p.rf-w ved in the j;nlieiary system otrlv be can” r. nos. ur luw-nu.k, r- bave 1 ad tl.o ste.h ----le.-s t” u n.bat its jirot-iee ar,.! , x_; ii ao v’ “ \A’o may truly liav” nn < ■ 1 vi- vv f our own .tta nments n *! i- ,ur -n. ■,f r, an” at ! hiil iiant ( lectric'ydv n.-es*ii -., ti e mvr<o! na ture It i-truo that tii” mind of is n ttotil'v at sea without p ii.,t (run-,] ,s- ‘i i • r. irtner's ci mpass has her n inverted. ;.i- 1 n itiv tra:'.s are imm jvabiy fix ‘d iti ov ry w, il e las iti and and inteF ligent n-.ind. lut with iur j-vmp-utEy. n: ,1 ov, r wiiclttied with ~urgetter is f • g< ot bui'i.initv— we should so. t overlook the great and immutahlc principles of justice and the imparadve mandates ot heaven. We contend that capital punishment isnot •• a relic rs tl.e fo’* .’’ is ages.” We con tend that its birth was not among barbarianism. 1 lie barbarians might have practiced it. but it ha 1 its birth am ng the most enlightened and lib eral nations on earth at that time : and 1 it was al- j so sanctioned by Divine authority. It is the com-! raand.of the Supremo law-giv'er and judge—‘‘The murderer shall surely be put tj death.'’ Under the old Mosaic dispensation. God demanded the. Wood of him that spilleth man’s blood .” It was one of his statutes which the New Testament.does not abrogate. Christ at his coming enacted or repealed no civil statutes, and thetefore the laws given by Moses from Mount Sinai, to the children- 1 of Israel arc as much binding, morally, in this; day and generation as they were in the days of j Moses. As well might we say that Truth and; the moral character of God are mutable things ns ■ to say that the morality of the Decalogue is mutaj h?. The fiat of Omnipotence forth, •‘yon shall take no BafTsfiction for tho life of the murderer.” II • must not be ransomed at a; y j price. I hcrc is no rans"im*. no commutation for ] him 11c i-ley M.d any .commutation cither on j earth or in heaven 1 make this assertion, and I ; am wa ruiit"! in doing -b hv imlv writ. —'‘The Lind > nn '.r nt: <t. ansed hf viir. ii ■ n that i snr.n, m i at the i:i. "On or him iit \r -ii lr ‘ Tin l A mighty in his infinite wisdom, justice and ben-volence lias ordained it thus. Hi. has said it. It is enough. There are no tears of repentance. ■ no contrition of heart adequate to expiate the sin of premeditated, malicious and wn.n i. murder. A man might spviol his life within the i.iiamte wall-.>f tlio— IVititenriiiry, it wnuld not’ be a suf- Scicnt burnt offering to clean so from defilement! a land polluted with the blood of oncaingle une* pi.ited murder. An soon could the breath of k mortal rhelt the cold icy mountains of Greenland or a single penitential tear extinguish the fires of hell ns the expiation of a single person, cxeeptin r the blood of the murderer atone for the unavenged bh (id, God's violated law. bis insulted tnaje ft j and purity. I throw the gauntlet down and call upon the Grand Jury, individually to give som ( reasons for the -• faith that is in them.'’ Jetfehut. Hurrah for Polk County. The Rome Courier says:—AVe give below ths i re-ult of tho* recent election in Bulk county, n vvili be remembered that the Antics carried it bv a huge majority lust October. \Vc extract from * I letter: The American ticket triumphed throughout tbi* county yesterday. The majorities are ns follows- For Sheriff. York 1 e its Willingham 48 votes i Ci k Sup r < ‘• urt. Witcher beats Fain 00 ; Cl'kln’. hr! r ('■ art. McGraly bents Summers GO; Cbdi! nary. Borders beats Walthall 82 ; Tax Receiver Smith l'ats Me Elroy 4l ; Tax Collector, Hubbard’ beats AValdrop 1-C.l; County Surveyor, AA’alton beats Morgan npq Williams*2B3; Coroner, Hack, m y boats !E K, Witcher 202. Our ftv.nds are rejoiced Insert result in your pfper. Yours Respectfully. Rah Railkoad Coliission— Loss or Life.-. Tho express train from Albany for New York stopped just below Poughkeepsie,X. Y.,\Vednej. day afternoon, on account of a defect in the track, when it was run into with great force by another train from Poughkeepsie, bound in the same direo tion. Two cars of the former train were demol ideal and three persons killed —a Mrs. Green, of I'tica. and a young man and woman, names un known. Twenty-two persons were more or less injured *1 i . several of whom were not expected to recover Among these are Mr. and Airs Roberts and three i children, of Albany. The names of the other wounded, as far as ascertained, arc as follows : Mrs. Campbell, of I'tica, slightly; H. Emmcn of Vernon. Oneida county, slightly; Mrs. Oscar Hull, of New Haven, slightly ; Captain Schuyler, of ’ .Albany, badly; Geo. Klopp. of Madison co., Ohio, seriouslv : Get*. Harrington; of Washington, 1). C. face scalded and otherwise hurt; Daniel Lord, of New York, slightly—face scalded and oth j cr injuries. E.vi i n'lvi; liomiKUV. —Among tlje passengers whom live! yesterday from Havana, in the Isa -fvtrASefiTSigiior fYaiieisco Aranda, Minister 1 1 ‘idjii ientiary from \ i-nezuela-. ami Florence : iMias, his Secrcfary. They took rooms at tl.o Mills IBins,.. ;:m| vv hide at Breakfast the room of the !• t it!’-! 1 was enter. -1, mid throe thousand dol i'ti a’.linuis-t. ieti front his trunk. The Se i-ro’t-iy. > :. t “ar : :fr.ini Breakfast, met a man • ei. tig out I’ftlie ivoin. ;ind not sa-jiecting anv t.. : win! -g. a i iuv! tin. man to pass him. On • i t-t.-eg t: • i nun. IP: the trunk lmd •Bi l.et; i ] ci. •! the titotiey ttiki-n. I] e . i • v f. .wed in pursuit, but the man •a.-,: ]in. !h ,-tit.g Bi’ (scape tluotig.li tliu m to the str Tin- affairwill titider . •• : ga*’”.ii I et..re the Mayor this nsorn — < it ■":! Jan. 14/A. i’ Cos:.: i;: t: a U.ulkaad Car.—On l i. •- ’y. aftvr ill” • m grati! train fioin tho .. Int.-'.lvtjjiia l.’iiilro.-.d had changed •■* - s : .A: i \ mvv ivar.ia. t!.e on •■ , ■ ’a>■ r wliicil had Been left Bell ini, -i 11 •• a! i .iiel the di :.d Bodies of two chil ■t,-| •! iv,-'; . tit two ard live years. ) i- .pl.ed West, mul it was • • ‘ at t! p it< nts of the cl.iMi. n were ■ t. .I. : :,l..trtrpw!,o left them unburivd ; t.v v. B ’t t e lia veto leemd an aggravated case : ‘• :ia- vv.iicli t-iok [ Bice in our viil ige on last ‘s.itur . ay nig!. t. a? ,"vd ik. A man by the : AJex ‘ ■ . iieß iB e[ | y iati .xlca'ed. posted ■'■" : i” Tn.-ar t.i-i eiiVji! • street, and in-ultingly mc - V'r il p •rs■ v. thr ateningtokid them, -y- 11 ”t’ rs ui a p.ir-u I vome distance with B'-'d. 1 | ‘-n An .t:•1 •vi jii.,l nam'd Hendrick ■ ; -'it’; ;-s a” tiie ti: li’ was assaulted, ‘■ •’ j iv, i::un tfi and. vv is pnr-.il’ J. overtaken ■ 1 • ”I'it dy -'il.linl v tills incarnate fiend. ■ -u: ‘.ivß 11 i a s'..- r time, timl the inur '"'.‘d : Wi ui. ! i'-tatij I,” is still lutking a -1 • ‘-r viig. ,a I yet no eff rt-ap[ ar to Imve II naa .e a;- ,-t him. \\ ,■ nre surprised nt . r; .'By . vin • ! , ’i the subject by t.,e citizens i tt.is place. [Newnan Banner. - ‘B ••!’ a M -t I ni.. A most awful dragedy t .piye on .'B tid iy nigh*, last. ah. mt-n mil ’s vv i . s city, in I vviggs eo . nt the house of Mr. smoo ! layl'ir. nn “id iv'id uit of that County.— ■ ■ 1 :| yl .r ivo’ totind dend in his bed. and his wife > **; l 1 jra-ping in death along safe of him. eaeli ‘"“‘i ’•(* Birg” w mud on the head inflicted with i o cutting 111 go ot ;iii use! Mrs. Taylor lived, in an in-ini- J :•* -*ati'. about two hours. Thetiend ” ’Coniniit e i this and uhfe murder, bad afterwards ; t ■ Burn tiie house, having kindled a firs ■i: ■ I I. W”. ti *he murdered couple and laid a i •’ ot kin ;.ing wood under the same, more efftc -1 ‘ 1 and stmy all traces of the atrocious act ’ :to• , ‘ 1., and ch.thing being chiefly of woolen mu rial, t, tire did not pr gross rapidly hut filled Vi ‘ ! ”’ K ” “Bi’di caused a child of 1 ay! ‘- ‘ 1,1 1 daughter, sleeping with its h ■ ll a', •v l’ part , I the house to awake and use its moth-r. A verdict was given according so the 1. reg"Tiig fa-ts. and with suspicion that I.’■ vvis. a negro fell wof M r . Taylor’s, about 28 M’ars ‘! 1. was the murderer. There was no pos itive pmof of this, fiat various circumstances point to the hoy as the r-rpetrator of the outrage, and lie has boon committed to Marion jail to await his trial on the charge.—[Georgia Citizen, 12th inst. j ’ —•••- IditovvxED.—W elearn trotn a passenger bv tli& I*lo■ i’ 1: i st.-amer wliitli'arrived here last evening, that ns the steamer St. Johns was approaching the vvlimtat I htru-n, last Saturday, a passenger by the name of Smith, from Abbeville District, South Caro ‘inn, who was taking his wife to Mori da for her health, fell overboard and was drowned. IJis body had not been recovered when the steamer left. Mrs. Smith was taken to Llrunsvvick, where she will be properly oared tor imtit she can bear from her friends at borne. — Sar. Republican \",th inst.. From the Federal Union. Appointments by the Governor for 1856. W in and ork. Principal Keeper Penitentiary. Win W Williams, lik, “ I. l-i'-t. M. D I’livsicinn 11 Rev (.eorge McCauley,Chaplain 11 wi sri'.KN ic ATI.ASiTK- RAILROAD. 1 omes F. Cuupcr Sop-rintendcnt. Win 1> W • 11! •r 1. ire tsuror. dam ‘s .M.’ spullock. Auditor. >- iv is anti nrmii Asvr.rNf. cr G'orge D Piiillips, Commissioner. 1 I‘ll. I.iin s Jackson, *• Maj. Jaiyes bake. “ .losiali Ik Gill. 41 Rev. J"h \V. Glenn, “ S. J .'Johns >n, 11 so. “ O. P. Fannin, “ The Charleston Courier of the 11th says: Nine teen Si.ares and a halt in the Macon & Western Railroad Company vpere sold at auction yesterday at s','7 each.