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FAMILY VISITOR. prnL!BH£D BT ~ BENJAMIN G. LIDDON. BXA23ISOTBr, «38033.01 A. SATURDAY, FEB. 2, 1856. AGENTS FOR THE VISITOR: Mr. W a. B. Witxr. Agent of Swan’s Southern Military, and for the Fort Oaines Academy Lot terr, fur Greensboro, Eatonton and Madison, ii authorized to collect and receipt for this payer. Titavaa Fisarro, Atlanta, Qa., is an tutorized • rent for this paper. Mr. Darin A. CaocasrT is nuthoriiedto rccelre »nd receipt for sabacriptions to this paper. W*. M. C. Nzet, is our authorized Agentin Jackson County, Fla. Q. W. Wrirr is our authorized agent atEbcni - ser, Morgan County, Ga. L. C. Paolitt ia our authorized agent, Troop- Title, Ga. A CHANGE. As we assumed our editorial duties iu the Visitor office without an introductory, aa an incognito, so we resign them without a valedictory. For little more than three months past, we have endeavored, in the multiplicity of our duties, to edit this paper in the manner we thought best cal culated to amuse its readers. We have not been so egotistical as to presume we could instruct this learned community upon important subjects. Therefore, wo will bo spared the censure of all upon that point. Our seat will be filled by one, we trust, more competent to discharge the onerous tasks in tho tread-mill lifo we have had before us. W’e mention the chango which takes place iu our position, merely that our suc cessor may not have to bear our sins. Believing that we offended none, in our dashes of tho pen, we waive all pardons from our readers, and, like a genuine “ quoin,” slide off to our proper place. THE WEATHER AGAIN. This hackneyed subject will intrude upon our notice. The weather has behaved ■o badly, of late, that we cannot treat it with silent contempt. Our mail edition of last Saturday had not been worked off before a pelting sleet vigorously went to work, white-washing our streets. Hominy snow came along, too, and continued to fall until Monday, by whioii time the earth was covered to the depth of several inches. On Tuesday, numerous sleighs, of every variety of pattern, were “ trotted out,” and the gallant drivers induced the “fair” to accompany them in their “2.40” drives up and down Main-street, and around the corners. We heard of some “tall fulls,” but we won’t say anything about them here. Never have wo experienced such cold weather as wo have had hero for more t; five weeks past. Some Arctic navi gator certainly must have left the gates oven behind him in bis passage to the North Pole. Wo aro sure that the weather w« have bad recently is not Southern— its principles are decidedly Northern. Rain or shine, cold or temperate, we give up that we cannot control if, and, therefore, in future, we’ll let it have its ewn way, contenting ourselves with tak : sg it as it comes, and thanking the Giver of all good, that we are blessed with health to overcome the worst weather He has >siii us. That's philosophy anything Ue is ingratitude. WILD MEN. These chaps were exhibited in Madison several days and nights this week. They drew crowds, and all, or nearly all, went sway satisfied that their “quarters" had iicen well invested. These wild men, as they aro called, are not half so wild as many girls we have known,' and they (though ugly) are hand somer, too, than some. They appeared to us as half human and half ourang-outang. The projecting chin, feet, nnd manner ot walking, clearly indicate a descent from the ourang-outang. They weigh only 45 lbs. each, and are about 30 years of age. One of these men lifted two of the spec tators together, whose united weight was :i(SO lbs. They are curious specimens of “• animated uature,” and well worth a visit, PROFESSOR WYMAN. This renowned Magician and Necro mancer, performed in Madison night be fore last and last night, to crowded houses. His urbanity, and general gentlemanly deportment, ensures him success wherever lie goes. His feats are mysterious and highly entertaining. Ho never fails to please his audiences, however large. His uniform courtesy to the Press renders him a favorite among printers. May his suc eess ever be commensurate with his merits. “NEWS FROM ENGLAND.” “A late London paper informs its read ers that the ‘Nebraska Territory of the United States is a tract of several millions of acres, lately purchased by the Ameri cans from the Moaqnito King!’” The effects of Royalty. Pomp and good sense never go into co-partnership. The more show a Johnny Bull makes, the less learning he exhibits. We thought the two geography lessons Uncle Sam gave him, was enough for his understanding. •jy “A paper lias boon started at Richmond, Indiana, called ‘The Broadaxe of Freedom and Grubbing Hoe of Truth.’” It is onr intention to establish one in Kansas, soon, to be called “ The Two-edged Sword and Battering Ram of Liberty.”— Who’ll subscribe? Only $5 per annum— payable in advance. Hi lilllf “COME KISS ME.” •“ Msn scorn to kiss among themselves, And scarce will kiss a brother; Women want to kiss so bad. They smack and kies each other.’ “01 what a pleasure are the ladies compelled to forego, by being denied the privilege of kissing the boys—kissing each other is too insipid* It is now leap year, and we would cordially invite all of the girls down to our office; we have two nice,pouting lips, aud we Will put a little “cathamus tiuctorious,” mixed with a little “lasses,” on them, and you shall be allowed to kiss them three times a-piece, and we promise to make no resistance. Our lips are a little rough, and lengthy— long enough to cut off a chuch-a-luck box —but the longer they are the better, for then there is less danger of getting bit." — Temperance Crusader. The editor of the Crusader must bo de mented to think that any pretty-mouthed girl would kiss such an opening in his head ns he says his mouth is. Snuff dippers might try the experiment, for they would lose nothing in the encounter —but the idea of a handsome, clean-lipped girl kissing such a fellow! Ain't you ashamed of yourself, Mr. Crusader. ROYALTY. “ It is stated that the Queen of England would not see her maid of honor, Miss Murray, upon her return from the United States, nnd signified to her that if she published a defence of slavery, she must resign her place. Miss Murray has dono so, and is no longer a member of the royal household.” Well done for Miss Murray—she has shown herself a woman of sense, and Queen Vio., what wo always supposed 6hewas; a crazy woman, on a very ex tensive salary, for furnishing John Bull with half-Dutch sovereigns. Miss Murray, it will be remembered, passed through our State last summer, and received many high compliments from the gentlemen of the Press. Particularly her visit to Stone Mountain, was mentioned laconically by the Atlanta pspers. Let Miss Murray cotne back to Geor gia. We’ll make her maid of honor to our “better half”— that is to he—“anoth er sort of a woman” to Queen Vio. “ TIIE WEALTH OF A YOUNG LADY.” “ The friends of a young lady in New York wish to find a suitablo partner for her in marriage. They represent that ‘she is but nineteen, lias fair hair, blue eyes, bright, clear complexion, fine teeth, mid is a beautiful and engaging person. She lias a superior education, in languages nnd music, and with a well-stored mind, is lively, agreeable, affectionate and con fiding. Theso qualities aro her wealth.’ Golden creature. Who bids? How much to start with?” We’ll give her “papa” a puff for her— tlmt's all our wealth, independent of other considerations. DON’T DO THAT. Wo notice that several of onrexchanges have been in the habit, of late, of appro priating our editorials to their columns without due credit. Cotne, gentlemen, “tote fair,” or we’ll class you among the many “bad eggs" to be found in the “Press gang.” Tlio Wotumpka (Ala.) Spectator, of the 22d ult., pilfers two of our original items. Now, Mr. McWhorter, yon must tnend your ways, or you might bo sent “down below.” If our articles are worth ‘copying, they nre worth crediting. That’s our idea on the subject. MATRIMONIAL. Some honeyed writer says that matri mony should be a stereoscope, in which two hearts, though they may slightly differ, appear to the observer as one. We prefer the telescope of matrimony —view the battle afar off, without run ning the risk of getting hurt. Two beef hearts cooked together, might appear to a hungry man as one, but two hearts joined by wedlock, are generally kept from being n unit by the repelling forces of self-interest and self-esteem. A Contrast. —What, n contrast the two following cases present: John M. Soli rock, the defaulting treasurer of Holmes county, Ohio, ran away with 122,000 of the public money. lie was pursued to Europe, captured, brought back, tried, convicted, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment ir. the peniten tiary. Charles B. Smith, a resident of the same county, about the same time borrowed a horse worth $75, rode him to a neighboring town, sold him, pock eted the money, was pursued, caught, tried, convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary for threo years. Ladies, Beware. The Frankfort (Ky.) correspondent of the Louisville Courier says: “Pending the seduotion bill of Mr. Nuttall, Mr. Rogers, a gallant and accom plished gentlemen from Warren, intro duced an amendment which, if adopted, will create some stir among the ladies. It provides that any female guilty of at tempting to seduce a young man by wearing low necked dresses and other oiptivating articles of attire shall be punished with the same penalty affixed to cases of seduction. The gay' deceiv ers will be obliged to correct their habits should this amendment bo adopted. ARBITRATION. The following Bill upon this subject, has been introduced into the Benate of the Georgia Legislature, by our friend, Hon. F. H. Cone. It will be read with interest. Judge Cone has proved himself a work ing member of the Legislature, and we are greatly mistaken if, at the close of the session, he does not return to his home, a greater pride of his many warm friends: A BILL To he entitled u An Act to authorise per eons to submit controversies to arbitra tion, declaring hou> arbitrators shall he chosen, prescribing their prncers, regu lating the manner in which their pro ceedings shall be conducted, and for other purposes therein mentioned .” The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: See. Ist.—All persons having matters of controversy, may submit the same to ar bitration, and any personal representative of any decedent, or guardian of any infant, idiot or lunatic, or any trustee, iray sub mit to arbitration any matter of contro versy touching the estate or property of such decedent, infant, idiot or lunatic, or in respect to whicli ho is trustee. Bec. 2d.—Every arbitration shall bo composed of throe arbitrators, one of whom shall be chosen by each of the par ties, and ono by tho arbitrators chosen by the parties. Sec. Bd.—AH submissions to arbitration shall bo in writing, and shall contain a clear and accurate statement of tho mat ters in controversy submitted the names of the arbitrators chosen by the parties, and also any other matter that may be pertinent to said submissions. Said sub mission shall be 6igued by the parties or tiieir agents, and when so signed shall be delivered to one of the arbitrators chosen by the parties, and when this is done, said submission shall be inavailablo, except by tho consent of all tho parties. Sec. 4th.—Tho arbitrators chosen by ttie parties shall then choose another ar biter, and they shall appoint their time and placo of meeting, which shall boas soon as can bo done consistent with a pro per preparation of tho case, and the purties shall have three days notice of the time and place of meeting. Sec. sth.—At the time the submission is made, or so soon thereafter us can con veniently bo done, it shall bo the doty of the parties to furnish the arbitrators chosen by the parties, or one of them, with a list of the witnesses whoso testi mony they desire to he had bofore the arbitrators, and any party neglecting to do this for ten days after said submission is made, the hearing of said case shall not be delayed, on account of the witnesses on the part of the party so neglecting not be ing present. Sec. 6th.—Said arbitrators shall bo clothed with all the powers of the Su perior Courts to compel the attendance of witnesses before them, and also to compel them to testify; and any of said arbitrat ors shall have power to issue subpeenas requiring the attendance of witnesses at the time and place appointed for their meeting, which subpoenas shall he served in the manner pointed out by law for the service of subpoenas in cases pending in tlio Superior Courts, and witnesses so at tending shall bo cuitled to the sanus com pensation as witnesses attending the Su perior Courts, and may bo collected in the samo way. Sec. 7th.—Testimony may lie taken by commission under the same circumstances, and in the manner and subject to the same rules and regulations as is now prescribed by law for the taking of testimony by commission in the Superior Courts, saving only that the original interrogatories shall be filed with one of the commissioners, and the commission issued by one of the commissioners, and the testimony, when taken, shall be directed to the arbitrator who issued the commission. Sec. Bth.—All free white persons who have arrived at sufficient age to under stand the obligation of an oath, and are not idiots or lunatics, including, also, the parties to said submission, shall be com petent witnesses in all eases before the arbitrators, saving only, that the wife shall not be witness against the husband, nor the husband against the wife, except in cases where the same is allowed by law. See. 9th.—Said arbitrators shall be clothed with all the powers of the Superior Courts to compel the parties to produce books and all other papers, that they may deem necessary and proper for the invest igation of the matters submitted to them, giving to the party or Ids agent, from whom the production is required, three days’ notice. Sec. 10th.—When the arbitrators meet for the purpose of hearing said case, if any one of the arbitrators selected by the parties, should not be present, the party whose arbitrator is absent, may then choose another in his place, and if the arbitrator chosen by the arbitrators is absent, the arbitrators choson by the par ties may choose another in his place, and the arbitrators so chosen shall have all the powers of the arbitrators first chosen. Sec 11th. —When the arbitrators meet for the purpose of hearing said case, and ‘ making up their award, they shall be first sworn impartially to determine the mat ters submitted to them, according to law, and the justioe and equity of the case, without favor or affection to either party, and which oath they may administer to each other. Sec. 12th.—When npon the meeting of the arbitrators, either party shall not be ready for trial, it shall bo lawful for the arbitrators to postpone the hearing of the case to • future day, which day shall be as early as possible, looking at all the circumstances of the case, bnt there shall cot be more than two adjournments of the case, except for providential cause. Sue. 13th.—After said arbitrators have commenced their investigations, they may adjourn from day to day until their in vestigations are completed, and they have made up their award. See. 14th.—After said arbitrators have made up tlieir award, they shall furnish a copy of the same to each of the parties, and shall return the original award to the next Superior Court of the county where tho award is made, and said award shall be entered on tho minutes of said Court, and shall have all the force and effect of a judgment or decree of said Superior Court, and may be euforced in the same way at any trine after the adjournment of said Court, and shall be final and conclusive between the parties as to all matters sub mitted to the arbitrators, unless objection shall be plead to the samo as provided in the next section of this Act. Sec. 15th.—When said award shall have been returned to said Court, and entered on its minutes os provided in the previous section of this Act, it shall be lawful for either of the partita to suggest on oath to sai l Gonrt, at the term at which said award is returned, that said arbitrators, or some one of them, has been guilty of frand and corruption in making said award, and it shall be the duty of said Court to cause an issue to be made upon such suggestion, which issue ahull be heard by a special jury, under the saino rules and regulations as are prescribed for the trial of appeals, and which trial shall be had at the same term of the Court at which the suggestion is made, unless good cause is shown for a continuance, when the same may be continued for one term ami no longer. Sec. 16th.—If the jury shall return a verdict finding that said arbitrators, or either of them, had been guilty of fraud or corruption in making up said award, it shall bo the duty of the Court forthwith to pass an order vacating and setting aside award, and the same shall bo null and void, but it said jury shall not so find, said award shall remain in full forco as pro vided in the present section of this Act, and shall be final and conclusive. Sec. 17th.—Said arbitrators shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses, and all other oaths that may bo necessary for carrying this Act into full effect. Sec. 18th.—Said arbitrators shall retain in their record the co»ts of the case, which they may tax against either party, accord ing as shall seem just and right, or they may tax part of tho costs against one party, and part against the other. Sec. 19th.—Said arbitrators shall have such compensation for their services as may be agreed on by themselves and the parties, and which shall be paid equally by tho parties. Sec. 20th.—All laws in conflict with this Act aro hereby repealed, and this Act shall be'of forco from and after the pas sage thereof. Stabbing.—On Tuesday last, in this city, a man by the name of Samuel Leak stabbed \\ m. 11. Goats in the head, in the left temple, the knife penetrating the skull, and fastening its< if so ti-riit in the bone that it could only be extracted bv frequent nnd severe exertions of strength t io blade even having been snapped off in the effort. We are informed ih.it the knife blade passed directly into die lower region of the brain, severing the temporal artery and its branches, from which the blood flowed very copiously Coats is recovering; Leak is in jail.— Oriffm Union. Jan. 10. Runaway Slaves. Cincinnati, Jan. 28.—There was a stampede of slaves from the border coun ties of Kentucky last night. An attempt was made to arrest them in this city. The slaves fired upon their pursuers, and wounded several passing citizens. Ase male slave cut the throat of one of her children, killing it instantly. Several of the slaves were desperately wounded in the melee. Six'were arrested and eight escaped, but with a certainty of their being arrested and carried back to Ken tucky. Life Insurance—ls expensive, but hundreds of lives may be saved by the timely use of Perry Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer. Sold at 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1 per bottle, by druggists generally throughout the United States and Canadas. For Kansas.—A corps of three hun dred men has been organized in Abbe ville District, under the direction of Mr. B. Posjv , lately of the Independent Press. They'intend to proceed to Kan sas within a short time. To Clean Gold Chains.—A corres pondent says : ‘ Somo of your readers 'may be pleased to know that a gold chain washed in soap and water, with a few drops of hartshorn in it, and after wards dried in saw-dust, will look equal to a now one.” John Mitchel, the Irish exile, who is now a farmer iD Tennessee, delivered, a few evenings since, to a crowded au dience, at the Tabernacle in New York, a lecture on “The Footsteps of the Celt.’’ Message of President Fierce in relation to Kansas. We find in the Richmond Dispatch the substance of a highly important mes sage of the President relating to Kansas Affairs, sentinto the Senate last Thursday: “In the Senate to day was received a Message from the President, in regard to affairs in Kansas, in which he urgently recommends the adoption of such meas ures as the exigency of the case appears to require. The organization of Kansas has been attended by serious difficulties and embarrassments, resulting partly from the local administration, and partly from the unjustifiable interference on the part of the inhabitants of other States, with a view foreign to the interests of the Territory. The Governor, instead of constant vigilance in the exercise of his duties, had allowed his attention to be deviate] from his official obligations by other ob jects*—himself setting an example by vi olation of the law and duty, which com polled the President to remove him. The President alludes to the misdirect ed zeal for propagandist emigration, and to the clashing of slavery and anti-slavery interests, as the cause of the mischief, and emphatically condemns any effort to anticipate or force the determination of that in this incipient State. He says the first legislative assembly of Kansas, was for till practical purposes a lawful body. Ho condemns the formation of a free State constitution and says it was revolutionary in its character, hut if it reaches a point to offer organized resistance to the authori ties, it will become a treasonable insur rection and it will bo the duty of the general government to suppress it. The President concludes by saying that if the inhabitants shall desire a State constitution and be sufficient in number to claim it, the proper course would be to hold a convention. He re commends the enactment of a law to that effect. He also recommends a special appro priation by Congress to defray any ex penses which may be necessary to the execution of the laws and maintenance of order in the teiritory. Thu Message was referred to the Com mittee on Judiciary. Senator Toombs in Boston. Senator Toombs’ pro-slavery lecture in Boston on Thursday evening, was re coift-d—as well as could be* expected there, ami somewhat better, lie was, in bis inode and manner, much calmer, and cooler than in bis excited harangues ill Congress, or on rhe Georgia stump— and logical and demonstrative at times, thus producing a powerful effect upon ilie Boston mind. There were no new views put forth to men, who have studied the Constitution and the African ques tion, bqt the views were new and f-esli to masses of his hearers, who never bo fore heard the Southern side. The lect ure, in this respect, will do great good, and it. is a great pity it could not be heard everywhere. Mr. Toombs, except Mr. Houston, is the only one of the Southern men, who has had the pluck to go into an anti slavery camp, and talk loud there of "the Constitution,” “the Laws,” and the races, African and American, that must live together, iu the United States. Other Southern men, not afraid to face Bostonians, perhaps, have been afraid to face a Southern opinion at home, which favors not the discussion of the negro question abroad. Mr. Hilliard, of Ala bama, seems to have been bluffed off. Gov. Wise, of Va., dare not come. It is doubtful whether Senator Butler, of S. C., will comply with bis quasi en gagement. The two Appletons, of Boston, William and Nathan, both ex-M. C.’s, appeared on the platform with Mr. Toombs. The lecturer was welcomed, as a stranger, with decisive and demonstrative applause, and when a single hiss was quacked out, it was drowned in bursts of approbation. The hospitality of Boston was stronger than all its prejudices. Three cheers, not uninixed with dissent, were given at the close, and some one cried, “ How long before Charles Sumner will thus be permitted to speak South ? ” The im pression is, that if Toombs, and other hot-beads like him, would lecture in Syracuse, oswego, Ashtabula, and other parts of Africa, they would do a great deal of good, in educating the innocents, and in being themselves educated, and freed from their froth, fire, fury and folly.— N. Y Express. A Cincinnati correspondent of the Bos ton Traveller writes that hogs, which, at the commencement of the season, sold at $7 per cwt., have declined to $5 15, at which price sales have been made; Flour is plenty, at $7 per bbl. A woman advertising for a husband wants him to be not only “ strictly re ligious,” but of “ good character.” Education for the People of Georgia. The Columbus Timet fays: “We wish we had the voice of a trumpet that we might proclaim to the furthest corner of the State that there are forty thousand citizens of Georgia who can neither read nor write. “ If we were a member of the Georgia Legislature, this would be our constant and only reply to all the arguments urged against the bills now pending to provide for the education of the youth of Georgia. “Think of it! Forty thousand Chris tiana who cannot read the BiMe. Forty thousand freemen who cannot read the Constitution. Forty thoo-and citizens who cannot read the laws. Forty thousand men, women and children in the nineteenth century shut out from all the enjoyments of their age and time. “ Can nothing be done for them, while millions are appropriated to build rail roads ; thousands to endow colleges; hundreds to clean out rivers, and dig down mountains! “ Talk not to us of begging and rob bing. They are not the children—these unfortunate creatures—of the poorcoun ties in which they live, but of the proud State of Georgia, and she owes it to her own honor, to rescue them from the bar barism of ignorance and bid them drink of the pure founts of Knowledge unde filed, whereby their darkness will be illu minated and tlieir degradation removed. “ Is it not known that six-tenths of the crime committed in the State is perpe trated by men who cannot read ? Are jxil fees and penitentiary appropriations more pleasant to pay than the tuition fees of the school master ? Is the hang man more worthy of State aid than the pedagogue? “We call upon our breth ren of the press to come to the rescue of the unfortunate poor. This genera tion may not appreciate their labors, but posterity will bless the noble men who are now striving to rescue them from the awful curse of ignorance, twin sister ot sin and the first born of the devil.” Post Office Department. Important to Postmasters.—Our at tention lms been culled to the fai t that some postmasters are in the habit of sending back to tin* mailing office, let ters reaching them fur delivery, because they were not prepaid by stamps, but bv money. This in wrung, and arises from a misapprehension of the law. In no ea-e, indeed should a letter, after it lias reached tile office of delivery be returned for postage, much loss should it be re turned because the postage was not pud by stamps. It is the general duty of postmasters to see that letteis are pre-paid by stamps, but when (having |>e*en pre paid iu cash, cither through iguoranee of the law, or inndvertanee, or want of stamps on the part of the mailing post masters) they i-each their destination, it is the duty of the postmaster to deliver them the same as though prepaid by stamps, li will necessarily hapjien, in the introduction of the samp prepay ins: system, that supplies of stamps will fail to reach sonic of the small and remote offices at the proper time, and it would be doing violence to the citizens of those localities to return, and thus delay tlieir correspondence, because of a ciio.iim stance so unavoidable. Entertaining this view of the subject, the department has instructed postmasters not having stamps, to forward letters as heretofore when prepaid by money. If an unpaid letter from any cause gets into the mail and reaches its destination, it should be de livered on payment of pobtage at prepaid rate.— Washington Union. Leap Year. The Columbus Times <£• Sentinel says: “ The ladies will not forget that this is Leap Yeai, nor fail to exercise the high privileges it confers upon them. There are many crusty old bachelors of our acquaintance who deserve good wives, whose ill luck heretofore has quite dis couraged them from further worship at the altar of Cupid. A nod, a beck, a wreathed smile, will do wonders with such dry stubble. Will no one have compassion on them ? As to the rights and privileges of the fair sex during the bissextile, one of the authorities—writing in 1600—lays down the law as follows : “Albeit it is nowe become a part of the common lawc, in regard to social re lations of life, that as often as every bis sextile year doth return, the ladyes have the 6ole privilege, during the time it con tinueth, of making love unto the men, which they do either by wurdes or lookes as to them it seemeth proper; and more over, no man will be entitled to the ben efit of clergy who dotbe refuse to accept the offers of a ladye, or who dotbe in any wise treat her proposal with slight or contumely. «>♦ » When a river does not make a noise, it is either empty or very full. NEWS ITEMS. Pork Packing in Cbattanoooa.— The season for packing Pork bag now closed. One or two houses will eontinue a short time to put up Beef—but soon that will be over for the season. We learn that at ihedifiurcnt houses, between 18 and 19,000 head of hogs, averaging more than 200 pounds have been put up. Ihe amount of Beef pickled we have not yet learned. No pains or expense have been withheld by the proprietor# to put up their meats, lard, &c., in a su perior style—not excelled by any older establishments ■in the country. Those who are engaged in the business have paid liberal prices for stock, and havo employed the best bands they could get in the country. We hope all parties may be liberally rewarded for their in dustry and enteiprise.—[ Gazette. Fire in the- Milledoevills Hotel. —A letter in the Constitutionalist, dated Milledgeville Hotel, 25th ult., says: This splendid hotel came near being destroyed by fire to day. It originated between the ceiling, owing to one of tha flues. It had made considerable head way before discovery, and being very difficult of access, would not have been subdued but for the opportune aid of Mr. Dodge, of New York, who is slopping here, and who came forward with his new “ suction and force pumps,” and soon succeeded in throwing the water where “it ought to go,” which soon brought the fire to terras. Kansas Emigration.—The bill, intro duced inlo the Alabama Legislature, to give State aid to emigrants to Kansas, has been received wi'h much favor, and was strenuously advocated by Missis. Leek, ot \\ ilcox. and Cochran, of Bar hour. It was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations, and we understand they are already instructed to report fa vorably with every prospect of its speedi ly passing the House by a b .ge tnajoritv. Preparations for War.—The Sen “f Pennsylvania, in view of our relations "’i'h England, 'ire discussing the propri ety of instructing their Senators in Con ff'nss and urging their representatives to secure an appropriation to complete Fori Delaware, on the Pea Patch Island, and to erect additional batteries, so as to ren der it iiiipmeiicable tor an enemy’s fleet, to ] ass up tlie river. A New Dodo;;.—The next steamer from New York for Nicaragua will earn* out :i number of delicate young men. The New York Post snvs: “These in valids are to seek a mild climate for the benefit of tlieir shattered constitution*, which have been impaired bv the vigil mice of the U. S. Dish ct Attorney and his deputies. The Cold Weather and the Bird-. —The Woonsocket (K. I.) Patriot snvs: “Wo are informed that the late cold weather has been very destructive to birds. Great numbers of partridges, quails and other bird* hive been found de u, in the woods. Many of ihe poor things were probably starved to death.” A railroarhis irrprovdss of construction from Fernandina to Cedar Keys, Florida, lucre are four hundred hands now at work iip<>n it and two hundred more on their way out. The whole distance is 180 miles. The cost of construction i> estimated at three million of dollars. The State gives the right of way. The Danish Sound Dues. A Paris letter, published in the New York Com mercial Advertiser, states that Secretary M a rev’s circular in regard to the Danish Sound Dues gives great satisfaction, and that the difficulty is regarded as settled upon the basis of that document. Gun barrels, it is said, have lately been found on the field of Hubbardton battle, in Vermont, some of which, after being buried more than seventy-five Years, con tained cartridges that exploded with con siderable violence when the barrel was heated in the fire. A Mammoth Icicle.—The St. Croix (Minnesota) L’nion says: “We saw an icicle yesterday, down at McKusick’s mill race, which was 18 or 20 feet long, and in some parts between four and five feet in diameter. It was the king of icicles.” A Steam Concert. The Boston (Mass.) trains of Monday reached Hart ford, Conn., at 4 o’clock on Tuesday morning, impelled by eleven locomotives, all furnishing charming music from their whistles. Hon. Jas. n. Starke, Judge of the Flint Circuit, has tendered his resignation to the Governor, to take effect on the 16th of this month. The Rev. Birdsong Tolleson, Ordinary of Cobb county, and a highly respected citizen, died at Marietta, on the 21st ult. “ Massa, masßa! ” exclaimed a stave, on the appearance of snow at New Or leans, "it am rainin’ cotton!"