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xSUS> z aJ ( ww I--# BY WILLIAM S. JONES. €mns, &£. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL Is Published every Wednesday, AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. TO-CLUBS or INDIVIDUALS eeu.liog ue Ten Dollars, SIX copies of the Paper will be rent far one year, thus furnishing the Paper at the rate of SIX COPIES FOR TEN DOLLARS. or a free copy to all who may procure us /tee sub* se fibers, and forward us the mone -IB CHRONICLE ANE SENTINEL OAIL.Y AND TRI-WBEKLY, Are also published at this office, and mailed to sub scribers at the following rates, viz.; Daily Paprh, if sent by mail ---$7 par annum. Tbi-Wbekly Paper 4 “ “ TSRMS OF ADVERTISING. In Weekly.—Seventy-five cents peisquare (12 lines or less) for the first insertion, and Fifty cent or etch subsequent insertion. COVINGTON FEMAL SEMINARY THE PIIECEP rORIAL care of th above name ! Institution, has been conferred upon the subscriber, by the Trustees, It the year ISSI. A large amount of mon-y has t-een appropriated by tho citizens of Covington, and vicinity, for the erection of a Female College m this place. A cr.m modious and splendid edifice wid be built/and all the apartments tastily and conveniently fitted out. It is confidently expected that the exercises of the CoHegiate Jourse will commence »» January, 1852, under an aWe and tfficitrnt famity. The exercises of the Seminar? will commence on the Th rteenth of JANUARY, 1851. Competent Assistants will be procured in the various depart ments. The special object of this School is to instruct young Ladies in the rudiments, as well as in the more advanced stages of a good education. Follow ing the most approved systems of instruction, with nine years’ exp rience in teaching, the subscriber flatters h : mself he can oiler to his pupils advantages not surpassed in any School in the Stale. Particular attention will be paid to Reading. Spelling, Aril/imeltc, Geography, Grammar, History, Composition, Penmanship, <&c., as these constitute the Ibundaanu of a thorough and practical education. The course of Instruction pursued at this Semina ry is liberal—embracing every particular necessary to improve the mind, form the manners, enlighten the understanding and prepare the pupil to move with e ise, respectability and usefulness in any circle of society or sphere of action. Much of the happine.-sol every family depends on a proper cultivation of the female mind. To accom pl s i this object, and in every respect to meet the wishes of parents and guardians, in rehtion to their yo .ihful charge, no pains or expense will be s, a red. The Principal will devote himself exclusively to the instruction and discipline of the School. He will con ider hims If invested with a discretionary pare tai authority; constantly treating the S udents with mildness and moderation, governing them by applying the more honorable and generous excite ments to good conduct; but in cases which manifest de’'berate wickedness and obstinacy of character, when all advisory measures sb til have proved inef fectual, he will then pro ced to i«-fl ct such punish ment as may I e deemed necessary to reclaim the pupil and sustain the cha racer ol the School. Parents and Guar lians may be well assured that their children and wards wi’.l be accommoda'ed with board on he most reasonable terms, and every at tention paid to their comfort and convenience. The price of Tuition is reasonable, and in accord ance with the time*. The Pupils will be charged from the time of entering the School until the close of the term. All dues must be paid at the c*ose of each term. Music, Wax-work, Drawing and Painting, will be taught by skillful teachers, at reasonable prices. To persons at a distance it may be well to say—the locality is healthy and desirable ; tne society plea sant and cultivated. • For further information address the Principal. d3l w3m JAMES I. RANDLy, A. B. Kenesaw Female Seminary. A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, for Young Ladies Marietta, Georgia. Rev. Thomas F. Sc<»tt, Rector. The Twelfth Session will commence on MONDAY FEBRUARY 3,18 U. Circulars sent, on application to the Rector, d l 4 w ■> n Qotcis. PRANKLIN nuTEU tfyjp BROAD BTRKKT, Augusta Ga., JuflL one square above the Globe Hotel, on the SouUi side of Broad street. n 0-w|y D IL RAMSEY, Proprietor. LOuK HERE. WAYNESBORO HOTEL. Waynesboro, • Georgia. THE subscriber begs leave to inform his agat'* ber-viur Proprietor •>* and that he is about to make such alterations and ad ditions as he is confident will enable him to enter tain all of his old friends, and such new ne-* as may favor him with a call, in the most comfortable and satisfactory manner. It is his intention to spare neither expense nor pains to render his Hou.-e de servedly popular; he therefore hopes fora liberal sin re of public patronage. jalO-lt M.tDI 3<MI Mr'WKTY EAGLE HOTEL, MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE. fIIHE SUBSCRIBb'II takes pleasure JL in returning his thanks to his friend* and the public, lor the very liberal patronage here- ’*■ ’**' lofore extended to him. And having recently im proved and extended bis buildings so ns to alford the b*st accommodation'* to alosost tiny number of trav ellers and persons wishing boarding, he confidently expects an increase of public favor and patronage. Building situated on second bl ok south of the Public Square one hundred and filly feet long— rooms regularly laid off and well furnished. He is also well prepared to take the bestcare of horses, &c. Stable large and secure—careful and attentive ser vants. in short, the gna’est attention will he paid, and pains taken, to render all c«Hnf>r<nble who may call at the Eagle Hotel. JOSEPH R. RUDD. Muili'Oiivih au‘3 wtl To Contrictors and Builders. SEALED PROPOSAL'* will be received until tlie2o<h of February lbsl, tor the erection of a Brick EBIFICE for the S-’Uthexn Female Cobege. The plan of the building, and specifications, can be seen at the Secret »ry’s Office, on and after the 20th of January. By order of the B'ard. J H MURRELL. Secretary of ite Roardot Trustees. Covington, Gs., Dec. 27, 1650. d3l-wtPe2o id REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE v VENT WATER WHEEL d CAUTION. --Having been itiloimed that a cer tain person named HEEL), ia vending a Water Wheel upon which the waler is conducted by means of a spiral scroll, as upon “Reuben Rich’s Patent a Centre Vent,” we hereby notify and caution the b public, that we will prosecute, in all instances, for ( any evasion or infringement upon said patent, both t< the maker and party using, and will be thankful for a any information referring us tu parties thus trespass- c jnS. GIMWAT dr «•. Xlonteotnery, Ala., June 11, Ib5V. swtl <1 a —. • g NOTICE c TOST OR XUPLUKD, Tweoty-Eigbt c Hundred Dollars, all tn «<ne hundred D'Hur a Nates, made payable to JOHN W. GREEN, or c bearer, dated some time in September, 1850. Signed t by A. S. GKOtn*. (his X mark ) All persons are hereby forewarned o< trading for said Notes, and the L maker, A. S. Cross, in forewarned not to pay said a Notts to other peison except myself. t JOHN W GREEN. 6 Said Notes all on demand Ute first day nt January next. n‘J4-w»! J. W- G j ~ LIVERY STABLES, < MADISON, GEORGIA. WtffrP HARRALL &. HARRIS ‘ beg leave to announce to their friends in Madison and • ■ W x£r _ the travelling Public gene- \F Zs" rally, that they have opened the above S I AHI ES, and that they intend to keep as fine CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and HORSES, ascan be found in any Stables— with careful drivers Cilixcns of Madieoir and strangers visiting Madison, by coining to us will always find ready accommodation, to go any where they wieh on reasonable terms. Madison, Jen. JU IMO SPRING HILL MACHINE SHOP. A FOR BUILL ING AND REPAIRING kinds ofCOl CON AND WOOL MA- HINER Y inak.ng Urge SCREW SAND GEARING, of all kimfo-TURNING IRON, WOOD, &e., ALSO, WOOL CARDED AND RATTED, six n de*from Augusta,on the Louisville road, where the proprietors will be grateful for allorders —orthey eaa belef- atC. A & M. H. WILLIAMS’S, Augus to—or directed to Richmond Paste* v P. (). HAUdN’VAL GROCERIES, GROCERIES. zer-3 THE SUBSCRIBERS are now re ceivinsi an extensive axMriment of Heavy Hlinl Fancy GROCERIES, which they odvr to the Planters, Merchants and Families of Geor gia, on the most advantageous terms. T en Stere is just above the principal Ho<els. and they solicit all purchasers visiting Augusta, tv favor them with a oil and exaunae their stock. Ttoy now offer th tUlowing Goode for sale low ; 100 bales Gunny BAGGING. 250 coils t inch Kentucky ROPE, 50hhds. S<. Croix, Porta Rico aud N O. SUGAR 100 b<>h. rushed. gr> kJ and yellow Do. 250 Java. Ri> -.nd I aguira COFFEE, 300Reg* NAILS. Pent bran I, 20 tone Swedes IRON, assorted sia*s. 200 bul.% Canal Flo >UR. of the Hiram Smith aud other cbotee brands, 100 boxes Spenu, Adaman..ae and Tallow CAN DLES 50 000 SEG A RS, of v m'ou* qufoit ee. 100 boxes TOBACCO, of different brands, 3 (XX) racks Liverpool SALT. In tine erder. And ail other articles usually kept in the largest Grocery House*. •1-W J. R. &W.M. DOW NOTICE. r 3HK owners of lots of I on J six 581, 646, 651, *. 647. 650. 722. »»<i 578 and 643. in the 2d Dtarittood 4 h eeeu.vi of oo.in.lly Cttoerker. ean 6 d eporeho.ee bv are at Codar Town. dSJ-wtS THUS. McMICKEN. DxSSCUUTION. T HK C'twrnersh pu H: V SStflN 4 ES — KIGHT. bv< two diwolvej bv -o. M*. The entire j. the haode <■> - r. HBMMauou, aud be so auth rxed to use ueoame oftbe 1 m m nettling ifo* business of the T^- rtn ’ , JOH> T HENDERSON. Cevtugtoa, Oat. 2b. IScd. <t22-w4 miscellany. JJoctrg. Prom the Louisville Journal, THE LYRE OF TIME. MIDNIGHT, FIRST JANUARY, 1851. God has crushed Another chord from out die mighty harp Os sounding ages—and its dying wail Is stealing on the midni jit, fanner far Than Echo s self, the shadow of a s >und. Tho birth of Time was music when the stars, God’s high orcbe. tia pealed *bc overture To young Creation’s drama —ami ihe hour When “Tune shall be no more,” will die away ’Mid trumpct-lhiindere marshaling in ho.-ts From every realm, the armies of the Lord I i‘he silver chord is I x>scd. The purling year With al' its wild and fitful melody, I's mingled harmony of joy and woe And constant eln rusci continual change, Is bushed forever; while the Lyre of Time, Now strung anew by the Omni|>ot* nt. Awaits his breath to swell the symphony Hig.t flaming o’er the Future’s folded p-igo. Old shattered harp-string! crushed to silence now Thy many-braided music—cold and sff’l Thine ever-pealinj anthem ! Rapture swelled Awhile thy rich bird-carol —sorrow sighed Hale, boar : ely howling, blended With ihe lute Os Love’s low murmur, a it .wept from thee I ike dew on lily le:-.flets. Heie the gu-h Os festal freedom mingled in the strain Os holy adoration, and the wail Os dying dirgas crept along t.ie chime Os cli< ral bridal fells ; a boding tone Met panting passion’s roiling rhap Ady— And barrowing voices from the shrieking shades Smote sharply ou ihe pealing j te n proud Os haughty victory. ’Mid them all arose The frantic yell cl Dissolution dire And Freedom tremb<?d in her .mounts hi hoH— He- banner wavered on its-craggy height : Her eagle faltered on his pinion boid, And screamed with terror thro’ the rushing night— Until the fearful chant swept wildly on, And died above the grave of Washington 1 God has made A wilderness of worlds ; His will end strong Creative Spirit shook ten thousand worlds, 1 ike golden dew drops from his waving wing, To roll io beauty thro’ abysmal space, And chant the chorus of His love divine. He wade the “ Milky way ” to span the sky, A pearly bow of promise, every drop, That sparkles there, asinging, shining world! He woke the music of the Northern Harp— The wild weird chiming of the Pleiades— And bade the arches of a Southern sphere Reverberate their hallelujahs high. When proud Orion rears his created brow An I bares his burning fdchion thro’ the night— Or red Arcturus with I is foot ol flame, Give chase eternal to the monsters grim That circle round the Pole ; the e, like a fierce And maddened glory, streams the comet-star — A laurel victor, sweeping through the blue Triumphal arch of Heaven, with crimson flags Os Borealis fl rating o’er him. From The swife-winged meteor on his barb of flame, Careering down the cloudy paths of air, I o some faint fire-mist, darkling on the Oi blank infinitude, the blended hymn Is universal Love! The mighty One, Who sweeps the lyre of Ages, and commands The piaises of ten thousand singing worlds, Creates the stars of Union, and attunes The iofry harp of Liberty. Shall we— Proud children of the storied brave—the free, Behold our t anner, blazoned by the breath Ot glory, sullied by a slave ?—our stars ‘ 'f Union tossing wildiy to and ro Upon the wave of faction, at, they were Hut shining shadows, not e ernai orbs Forever circling iLioukli the boundless heaven Os everlasting Or shall we Heir dissolution’ 1 sounded, and forbear To brand the traitor-heart that dared forget The bond for which our fathers fought and bled? Cursed be the traitor 1 doubly, trebly doomed— The pit of Discord for her victim yawns. Then, back recoiling, shudders to receive His heart, a fouler and a fiercer hell! God save the Union ! give the dawning year Tii.s proud baptismal anthem—let its lust Dissolving sigli be —Union undissolved. New Slates, with starry emblems, one by one, Come stealing through the Future’s twi.ightdim, Like orbs of evening from its dusky sky, To take their place at las’, with those that tread Their high unwearied and unvarying round, Before the golden gates, and battlements Os paradise. The harp of libtrty Shiil sound amain, till l>eaih himself expire, Till God has ma e us free, immortally, And Time is dust upon hie broken lyre. Thrice raptured moment I if all blest like thee Ar** heaven’s bright centuries, how brief wilt be Ils countless ages of e'ernily ! CASI IN THY MITE. The annexed star.zas are to > trnod *o he kept on the other side of the Alhntic.— South Presbyterian He who gives little from his store, If little be his means, Aslie* who gtv'eWeri time/ the inore, If teu lim s more he gains. He may be useful here, who would, And walk within a z >ne of light ; There is a treasury of good— Cast in thy mite. Thcu may’st not have one piece of gold To bless tho po»<r man’s palm ; But angels will with joy behold, If thou bast words which can be told Hie troubled heart to calm ; For kind words are as honeyed streams, And he the walker of the sod Who gives them to his brother, seems A messenger from God. Tbeic are abuses deep nnd loud, Hoarse voices shrieking “Bread /” And there are noble spirits bow’d, And forms that flu among the crow’d Like phantom* f.ntn the dead. Crush but one atom of abuse, Slav but a partiide ot sin, Ami God will sanctify the use Os ail thy powers therein. And if thy brmlier weaker be, If folly mark his path ; And if thrt thou be tolly ftee, If knowledge clingeth unto thee, Give not contempt nor wrath ; But from the garner of thy worth, And from thv store of truth and light, To serve thy brother’s wants on earth, Cast in thy mite. WISTAR’S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY TAc Great Remedy for ('IONSUMTION, and the beat medicine known 7 to man for Asthma of every stage, Liver Com plaints, Bronchitis, Influenza, Coughs, Colds, Bleed ing of the Lungs, Shortness of Breath, Pains and Weakness in the Side, Breast, &c., and all other diseases of the PULMONARY ORGANS. From the Boston Post. Dr. s. W. Fowle, 138 Washington street, has an article entitled as above, which we believe is the beat preparation hitherto discovered for the cure of Colds and other consumptive complaints Having tested this medicine, we can speak with confidence uato its salutary effects in removing colds and other complaints incident io this reason ot the year. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Wherever fins medicine is introduced, it at once attains tha f high reputation which it so richly de serves. What can stop its stle, when on every hand can be witnessed its wonderful cures. The worst cabes of Asthma, recent but dangerous coughs, and ako, those that are of long standing, bronchitis, and consumption m its early stages, are always cured by this remarkable medicine. Be not de:eived by impostors—the public should be careful to get the genuine article, as the imitations and counterfeits being put up by those who kuow no thing of medicine, or of the diseases of the human system, are entirely unsafe and dangerous. None genuine unless signed I Butts on the wrap per. The genuine Dr. Wistar’s BALSAM of WILD CHERRY is now for sale by duly appointed agents, and all restwciable dealers in medicine, in all large cities and all important towns throughout the United Steles, Canadas and Btiush Provinces. If gen ine, signed 1. BUTTS. Principal office at 138 Wvshington rre?l, Boston, Mass. SETH W. FOWLE, Geneml Agent for the United Stales and British Ameiican Provinces, and for sale by Drug gists and Agents every where. nl GEORGIA SARSAPARILLA, PREPARED BY J. DENNIS, M. AUGUSTA, GA, IN QUART BOTTLES. AK ARTICLE - °f g ,e " l u * c Soui h for all diseases g&it i' of the Li vkr and dis- - jk geases a ising fiom an impure stale oi the "j Blood. I * The Georgia Sar- i 3 sapart Ila is of the jJLv> kl pure fresh South rn t R roots, carefully se- lected by the jiropri- etor, and prepared with the greatest care. Dr. Dbnsis has been at greet pains to prepare the article to meet the wai ts ei Physicians ami Families tn the South, k is made as pure as poswble, that these who use it may use Saisa anlla indeed, and not be imposed upon bv using the article in name and not in sutwtanee Those who ha«-c used Nortbera preparations, and now use Georgia, have found the former to con tain a large quantity of molaiQes, sweetened water, or coloring matter, and the Georgia to contain the “Sarsaparilla” itself. The increasing demand for the article proves that the Sou'hern pe pie rightly value preparations made ia the South, for diseases in the South, and prefer sjooj S -sapar lla made al home to worthless made abroad. O’’ c SI per Bottle—b bottles for 55. For sale ia Augus aby Wm H. Tutt. D. F. Plumb Jt C«. ,P, A. Moise, and W. H. & J Turpin Orders conuiaing the money shall receive prompt attention by the Proprietor. ja9 TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN A N ACT granting • .io:y Lands to all peracus, ML or to the widows or m oor children of all per mhis who per termed military service for the United States in the war es 1512. or any of th«* Indian war* s>nce 1790, and to the cotnmism ned officers engaged in the Mrviee of the Uirted State*, in the fore war with Mexico. Ims recenciv been passed by Ccßtfrses. The undersigned, having formed vn asrociation with Attorneys resident at Wasbintfton City, pos sesses peculiar advantages for prosecuting succrostul lv. and with despatch/aII claims for Bounty lands arising under the act roferred tn. and offers his servi ces to alt who mav be entitled to the benefit of this act. in securing, wttn the least cost aud delay, a»l c.la;-r« of this character s/amrt the Be: era! Govera- ROBERT & WOODING. >d - w 3in A toraey a: Law. A ppi mg. Geo. SWKEDISH LEE HES —A supply 1 of the be<t LEECHES lately received and for -foe by y-16-dJt* PHILiP A. MOISE s Druggwt OUR PICTURE GALLERY. 0 .WwMdWM iii ‘■. ■ ■ -3 ... ... ~ ■/ ■ THE DESERTED HUSBAND. From Arthur's Home Gazette. RULING_A WIFE. A PICTURE., FROM REATj BY T. S. ARTHUR. As a lover, Henry Line wan the kindest, most devoted self sacrificing person imagina ble. He appeared, really, to have no will of his own. so entire was his deference to his beautiful Amanda. Yet, fo* ail this, he had no very high opinion of her as an intelligent be ing She was lovely—she was gentle—she was good. And these qualities, combined with personal grace and beauty, drew him in ad miration to her side, and filled him with the desire to possess her as his own. As a hu-band, Henry Lane, was adilTerent being. His relation had changed and bis ex terior changed correspondingly. Amanda was his wife ; and as such, she must be, in a certain sense, under him. It was his judgment that must govern in al matters; for her judgment, 1 in the affairs of life, was held in light estima : tion. Moreover, as a man it was his province to control and direct, and her duty to look to him for guidance. Yet, lor all this, if the truth must be told, the conclusions of Amanda's mind were, in or dinary afftirs, even more correct than her hus band’s judgment; for he was governed a great deal by impulses and first impressions, instead . of by the reason of which he was so proud, while she came naturally into Ihe woman’s quick perceptions of right and propriety. This being the case, it may readily be seen that there was a broad ground work for unhap piness in the married state. Amanda could not sink into a mere cypher. She could not i give up her will entirely to the guidance of 1 another, and cease to act from her own volitions. Il took only a few months to make the young wife feel that her position was to be one of great trial. She was of a mild and gentle character ; more inclined to suffer than resist. But. her judgment was clear, and she saw the right or wrong of any act almost instinc ively. Love did not make her blind to every hing in her husband He had faults and unpleasant peculiarities, and she saw them plainly, and often desired to correct them. But one trial of this kind sufficed to keep her silent He was offended, and showed his state of mind so plainly th it she re-olved never to stand in that relation to him again. As time progressed, the passivenese of Amanda encouraged in Lane his natural love of ruling. His household was his kingdom and there his will must be the law. In his mind arose the conceit that, in everything, his judgment w •* superior to that of his w fe ; even in the smaller mat ers of household econ omy, he let this bi seen. His teste, too, was more correct and applied itself to guiding and directing her into a proper state of dressing. He decided about the harmony of colors, and thechoice of patterns. She could not buy even a ribbon withoutthere being some fault found with it, as not possessing the elements of bean ty in just arrangements. In company, you would often hear him say : “ Oh, my wife has no taste. She would dress like a fright if I did not watch her all the time.” Though outwardly passive, or concurrent, .item were *aid. AjmiuU £u< -h** severely, according to the character of the company in which she happened at the time to be. * But, her self-satisfied husband saw noth ing of this. And not even when some one, more plainly spoken than others, would reply to such a remark : •• She did not dress like a fright before you were married ” Did he perceive his presumption and his errors. But, passivnneee under such a relation does not always permanently remain. It was ac companied, from the first, by a sense of o; - predion and injustice : though love kept the feeling subdued. The desire to ruling in any position, gains strength by activity. The more the young wife yielded, the more did the hus band a-sume, un il. at length, Amanda felt that she had no will of tier own, so to speak. '1 he conviction of this, when u formed itself in her mind, half mvolunarily brought with it an in stinctive feeling of resistance. Here was the forming point of antagonism Tne beginning of the s ate of unhappiness, foreshadowed from the first. Had Amanda asserted her right to think and act for her-elf in the early days of her married life, the jar of discord would have been light It now promised to be most alHict ing in its charic er. The first activity of Amanda’s newly form ing state, showed itself in the doing of certain things to which she was inclined, notwithstand ing tiie expression of her husband’s disappro val. Accustomed to the mos» perfect cuinpli ance, Mr- Lane was disturbed by this. “ Oh dear .’ What a horrid looking thing ’ ” •aid he, one day, as he discovered a new dress pattern which his wife had just purchased, ly ing on a chair. Where in the world did that come from ? ” *• I bought it this morning,”replied Amanda Take it back, or throw it into die fire,” w as the husband's rude response. I think it neat,” said Amanda smiling. “ Neat ? It’s awful ! But you’ve no taste. I wish you’d let me buy your dresses.” The wife made no answer to this- Line said a good deal more abo.it it, to all of which Amanda opposed but little. However, her mind was made up to one thing, and that was to take it to the maniuamakers. The next Lane saw of the dress was on hie wife. “ Oh mercy .’ ” he exclaimed, holding up his hand, “ I thought you had burnt it. Why did vjj»i have it made up T ” “ liike it,” quietly answered Mrs. Lane. “ You like anything.” 1 h&vn’t much taste, I know,” said Aman da. “ but such as it is it is pleasant to gratify it sometimes.” Something in the way this remark was made disturbed the self satisfaction, which was a leading feature m Mr. Lane’s slate of mind; he, however answered— “ 1 wish you would be governed by ma in matters of this kind ; you know my taste is superior to yours. l)j take off that dress and throw it in the fire.” Amanda did not reply to thu, fur it exci ed feelings and produced ihoughts that she hid uo w:»h to tnii ifest. But she did not comply w iih her husband's wishes. She liked the dress, and meant to wear it, and she did wear it, not withstanding her husband's repeated condem nation of her taste At this time they had one child : a babe less <hnn a year old. From the first. Lane had en croached upon the mother’s province. This had ben felt more sensibly than anything else by his wife ; for it dis urbed the harmonious nativity of the natural law. winch gives to a mother the perception of what is best for her infant. Sull, she had been so m the habit of yielding to the force of his will that she gave way to his interference here in numberless in stances though she as often felt that he was wrong as right. Conceit of his own in'el'i gence blinded him to the intelligence of others. Os this Amanda became more and more satis fied every day. At first, vhe had passively ad milted that he knew best. But her own com mon sense and clear perceptions soon rrpudi aed this idea. While ht< lure of predotr.i nance affected only heme if. she cun d bear it with great patience; hut. when it was exer cised day afier day. and week af’er week, in matters pertaining to her babe, she grew rest less under the oppression. After the decided position tsken in regard to her dress Amanda's mind acquired sJreng' > in a new direction. A sine e gratification ot her own will, attained in opposition to the will of her husband, stirred a latent desire for re peated gratifications ; and it was not long be fore Line di-covered this fact, an I wondered at the change which had 'ak»»n p ace iu ni« wife’s temper. She no longer acq ii’ sced in every suggestion, nor yielded when lie opposed argumen* to an assumed position. The pleas ure of thinking and acting lor herself, had been restored ; and the dehght appertaining to it* indulgence was no more tn be suppre-y.? i Her husband's reaction on thi« state, put her in greater freedom ; for it made more dixunct y mantles the quality eftirsruhn* affection, anti awoke in her unnd a mure determined spirit ot resistance. Up to this time even in the most trifling roarers of domestic and social life. Lane’s will had been the law This was to be so no longer. A new will had come into acxisity ; and that wi‘l a woman’s wiil. Passive, it had been for a long time under a pressure that par till love and a v ielding temper permute : to re main But. i s inward life was unimpaired ; and w hen its tn'Hion became earnest, it wa* stronger and enduring. The tffjrt made by Lane to subdue these motions the moment he perceived them, only gave them a stronger impnfoe. The hand laid upon her neart to AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2-2, quiet its pulsations, only made it beat with a quicker effort while it communicated its distur bance to his own. The causes leading to the result we are to describe, have been folly eq<”»gb set, forth. Tat steadily progressed uLii thfe hrisbahd and wife were in positions of direct antagon ism Lane could not give up his love of con trolling every thing around him, and his wife, fairly aroused to opposition, followed the promptings of her own will, in matters where right was clearly on her side, wi h a quiet per severance that always succeeded. Os course, they wer3 often made unhappy, yet enough forbearance exis’ed on both sides to prevent an open rupture—at least, for a time. That, however, came at least, and was the more violent from the long accumulation of re active forces. The particulars of this rup ture, we need not give. It arose in a dispute about the child when she was two years old. As usual, Line had attempted to set aside the judgment of his wife, in something pertaining | to the child, ns inferior to it is own, and she j had not submitted. Warm words ensued, in ; which he said a good deal about a wife’s know -1 ing her place and keeping it. ‘ I am not your slave ! ” said Amanda, in dignantly. The cutting word of her hus- I band throwing her off tier guard. “ You are rny wife,” he calmly and half ■ contemptuously replied; “and a> such, are , bound to submit yoursell to your husband.’’ To tnv husband’s intelligence, nut to his mere will,” answered Amanda, less warmly, but n ore resolutely than at first. “ Yes, to his will! ” said Lane growing blind from anger. “That 1 have done long enough,” returned the wife. “ But the time is past now. By your in'eliigence. when 1 see in it superior light to what exists in my own, 1 will be guid ed, but, by yourwi'l—never!” The onward moving current ofyears, which, fur some lime, had been chafing amid obstruc tions, now meta sudden barrier, and flowed over in a raging torrent. A sharp retort met ihis firm declaration of Amanda, stinging her into an ger, and producing a state of recrimination. While in this state, she spoke plainly of his as sumption of autnoriiy over her from the first; ' of her passiveness for a time, of being finally | aroused to opposition. And now,” she added, in conclusion, “ 1 am content to be your wife and equal, but will be no longer your passive an 1 obedient -lave.” “Your duty is to obey. You can occupy no other position as my wife,” returned the blind and excited husband. “ Then we must part.” “Be il so.” And as he said this. Lane turn ed hurriedly away and ief. ihe hoti-e. Fixed as a szatue, for a long time, sat the stunned and wretched wife As the cur rent of (hough's again flowed on, the word- of her husband presented themselves in even a mure offensive light than when they wereMlrst uttered, indignant pride took tho uppermost place in her mind. “ He will not treat me as a wife *nd eq ial.” j she said, “and 1 will no longer be his slave ” In anger Lane turned from his wife ; and. for hours after parting wi.h her. this t.nger I burned wi h cu all-con.-iitnin ■ flame. F r ! him to yield was out of i’:e q iesdon. Hi- J manly pride would never cons tn to this tfiie i must fall back into her true pusi ion. He did i not return home as usual, a: duiiier time ; but ! ah . nied l.qin.-eif in .order IQ give her lane for ! he wituld abandon < t-t f’’ og‘'i ir ‘' mght, imagining his wii< in a s'.ate of and distiessin.: anxiety, and feeling some coin misoralion for her on that account, Mr Lane went back io nis dwelling. As lie stepped within the door, a feeling of desertion and loneliness came over him An unusual silence seemed to pervade the house. He sat down in the parlor for some minutes; but hearing no movement in the chambers above, nor catching even a murmur of his child’s voice, a sound lor w liich his ears were longing, he ascended the sta rs, b: t found no <-ne there. As he i turned to go down again he met a servant. “ Where is Mrs. Lane ? '* he ask<’d. “ 1 don’t know,” was answered. “ She went out tms morn ng and has not returned. ’ “ Where is Mary I “ She took M .ry wi h her.” “ Didn’t she say where she was going ? ” “ No, sir.” Mr. Lane asked no more questions, but went back into the room from which he hid just emerge , and silling down, covered his | face with his hands and endeavored to collect bis thoughts. “ Has she deserted me?” he asked of him self iu an audible htiskey whimper. His heart grew faint iu the pause that fol lowed. As the idea of desertion became more | and more distinct, Mr. Lane commenced j searching about in order to *ee whether his wife had not iell some communication for him. in which her purpose was declared. Butw||b found none. She had de parted without leav tngasign. The night tmt fol owed, was a sleep ess one to Line. His mind was agitated by many conflicting emotions. For hours, on the next day, he remained at home, iu the ex pection of seeing or hearing from Amanda. But no word came. Where had she gone? T bat was tbe next question, if he must go in search of her, in wnat direction should he turn his steps ? She had no relations in the city, ami with those who resided ala distance, she had cultivated no intimacy. The whole day was passed in a state of irresolution. To make the fact known, was toexp.se a family di flic ill y that concerned i only himself and wife ; and give room for idle ! gossip aud gross detraction. Bad as the case was. the public would make it appear a great deal worse than the reality. In the hope of avoiding this, he concealed the sad affair for the entire day, looking, in each recurring hour, for the return of his repentant wife. But, he looked in vain. Night came gloomily d>wn, aud she was still absent. He was sitting, about eight o’clock in the ’ evening undetermined yet what to do, when a 1 gentleman with whom he was but slightly ao quainted, named Edmondson, called at the door and asked to see him. On being shown in, the latter, with some embarrassment in his manner said, “ 1 have called to inform you, that Mrs. Lane has been at my house since yeemrday.” “ At your house! ” “Yes. She came there yesterday morn ing and since that time my wife has been doing her best Io induce her to return home. But. so far, stie has nut been able to make the smallest impression. Not wishing to become a parly to the matter, I have called to see you on the subject. I regret, exceedingly, that any misunderstanding has occurred, and do not in tend that eiiher myself or fam ly shall take sides in so painful an affair. Ad that I can do, however, to heal the difficulty, shall be dene cheerfully.” *• What does she sav f ” asked Lane, when he had composed himself. ‘•She makes no specific complaint.” “ What does she propose doing ? ” *• Sne avows her m ention of living sepa rate from you. and supporting herself and child by her own efforts.” This declaration aroused a feeling of indig ' nant pride in the hustand’s mind. “I:is my I cnild as welt as hers ” said he. •• Sne may de sert me. if she will; but she cannot expect me : to give up my cnild. To that 1 will never submit.” •• My dear sir,*’ said Mr. Edmondson, “do not permit your mind to chafe, aogrily. over t is unhappy matter. Tint wi’l not heal, the breach in affairs of thi- kind, par don me iur the remark, there are always fault* on b*?:h sides; and the duty of each is to put ’ away his or her own sta e of anger and au tigomsm and seek to reconci’e the other, ra ther than to compel sub:n>si<>n. As a min, you have the advantage ot a stronger and foear |er jtidgm^n 7 —exerewe it as a man. Feeling and impulse of.eti rule in a woman « mind, from he very nature of her mental conforwa- I non; and we should remember »ni« when we pass judgment on her ac ions. There i-i often more honor in yiet .ing a pom: han in con tending for it io the end iu the face ot f real rue-1 di-as er. L-h me the*’ urge you o seek ■ a re oucdia.ion. while there is ye opportunity, and permit the veil of oblivion ?•» •ad. wnile it may, over ibis painful evert. As ye: the fact has uot passed from the knowledge of toy self and wife. Heal the bteaen. and the secret re mains wher® it is ’’ If she will return. I wiil receive her. and forgive and forget alt. Will you say this to her from me ?” * Why not go tu her a. once ? See her face to ficw. This is the best and surest wav.” * No,” said Lane, coldly. “ She has left me her own choice ; =md. now. she must re- ’tiri 1 give ner no cause for the rash act. Enough for me. that I am willing to forgive and forget all this. Bill, lam not the man to humble myself a: the feet of a capricious wo rn n. It is not in me.” “ Mr Lane, you are wrong!” said the vis ter, in a decided tone. “All wrong. Do yo L believe that your wife would have fled from you without a real cause ?” “ No. Bat dii only in her imagina- tion.” ' her ' ’neg/-.her of this. | U is the satne to ft£r. whether ’he [ cause be real or imaginary She believes it real, and feels all its effects as real. Show her I that it is imaginary, and all is healed.” Line shook his head. “ I I ave never humbled myself before a man, much less a woman,” eaid he. This remark exhibited to Mr. Edmondson the whole ground-work of the difficulty. Lane regarded a woman as inferior to a man, and had f r her, in consequence, a latent feeling ol contempt. He could understand, now, why his wife had left him ; for he saw, clearly, that, with such an estimation of woman, he would attempt to degrade her from her true position; and, if she an ind. pendent spir t, ren der her lite well nigh insupportable. Earnest ly did he seek :o convince Lane of his error; but to no good effect z\s soon as all djubt wa» removed from the mind of the latter, in regard to where his wifejhad gone, and touch ing the spirit a hich governed her in her sepa ration from him, his natural pride and selt-es teem—self respect, he called it—came back into full activity. No, he would never hum ble himself to a woman ! That was the tin alterable state of his mind. If Amanda would return, and assume her old place and her old relation, he would forget and forgive all. This ( far he would go and no farther. She had left of her own free will, and that must bring he' back. “ You can say all this to her in any way you please ; but I u ill not seek her and enter into an humble supplication for her return. I have too much self-respect— and am too much of u man—for that. If she finds the struggle to do so, hard and humiliating, she will be the more careful how she places herself again in such a position. The lesson will hist her a life time.” “ You are wrong; depend upon it, yon are wrong!” urged Mi Edmondson. “There must be yielding and conciliation on both sides.” “1 can do no more than I have said. I’as . Five I have been from the first, and passive I j will remain. As for our child 1 wish you to j say to her, that I shall not consent to a separa [ ti»n. It i- my child as much as hers; more over, as father, my responsibility is greatest, and I am to? ha man to dele; a e my duties to another. Possession of thechil 1, if driven to that ex reiniiy, 1 will obtain through aid of the law. This 1 desire lhatsheshall distinctly under stand. 1 make no threat. Ido no wish her to view the declaration in that light. I affirm only the truth, that she may clearly understand all the consequences likely to flow from her ill advised s ep.” The more Mr. Edmondson sought to con vince Mr. Lane of h:s error, the more deter minedly did he cling to it; and he retired at last under the and conviction that the unhap py couple had seen but the beginning of truu -1 files. Alone with his own thoughts, ar» hour had not elapsed before Mr Lane half-repeuted ol his conduct in taking so unyielding a position. A conviction forced itself upon Ids mind that he bad gone too far and was seeking too much ; a: d i n vx’ hud he had not quite so exact ing in his deciara.ions to Mr. Edmond-on. But, having made them his false pride of con sistency prompted him jo adhere to what be had said. ill Mlllilll S. A Capacious Throat — ‘Scmething Spicy." —The Cincinnati Star relates the following an<.cdute of a young gentleman of the south, who expended a largo fortune—money, lands, negroes, every thing, in a course of intempe rance aud profligacy. lie bad just paid a last year’s grog bill o' §BOO. One day he was walking in the street very leisurely, when seeing “ physician on the opposite side, he called out to him to come over • o,‘ctor,” satd he, “I wish you’d just take 1. ... le ar. rra V ilam .A f a look into my throat. “I don’t discover anything, str,” said the doctor. “You don’t!” said he, “why that's strange ; will you be j >st kind enough, sir, to give another look ? ’ “Really, sir,” said the doctor, after a second look. I don’t see anything.” “No! why doctor there is a farm, ten thou sand dollars, and twenty negroes gone down I my throat!” .... —_ A landlord rt centiy called out to a tem perance man— ‘ Why you are looking yellow with your abstinence ” “Yea ” eaid the man putting his hand into his pecket, and pulling out some eagles, and my pocket is looking yellow loo.” An Incident of the Eighth. —On the plat form in Lafayette square, siys the N O Ores cent, before the oration commenced, an aged negro who served in the battle of New Or leans approached Gen Lacoste in the most respectful manner, and exhibited a portion ot th-* ornament-: of an E-.jhsli officer s unilu’m. ‘ rhis,” sa’d the veteran, *1 took from Ine body of a dead Englishman on the batik.field of Chalmette. Your father commanded me and I want you but just to put your hand up on it, that I may say ’hat a son ot my old and much beloved commander had touched it. ’ Gen. Lacoste. with emotions tie could not conceal* gratified the wish of the veteran, and the old fellow, with joy in his countenance, carefully wrapped up his trophy aud placed it in his bosom. A Horse Story—i’he follow ing story is i vouched to ns by first rate atrhoriiy a* fart. .A i valuable horse of the Cannchan breed, belong ing to Josephus Baldwin, E-q.. on one of the slippery days last week, had much difficulty in maintaining his standing in society, owing to the smoothness of his-hoes, and came to some little bodily harm in consequence. When he was unharnessed, the teemster left him to his head, not doubting that he would go directly to the stable as he alwys did. Instead of do ing so however, he passed by the stable, and went directly to the blacksmith shop of Vincent Woodward, where he had been shod some months before. He was found there patient iv “ waiting his turn,” with several horses a«< evf ry will bred horse doe*. Wnat was that, if it was not reason T— 'Nashua Telegraph. Kt-ses.—The Albany Knickerbocker con tains tne following item of intelligence in res pect to the tulips market al Troy, N. York : Tne ladies of Troy have introduced a new feature at their fairs, from which they realize a much handsomer sum than from lotteries, v z; that of selling their confectionart to gentle men. young and old. All the best booking ! girls we ir placards.’ Kisses one shilling each-*” i some charging “a quarter of ade liar,” and ■ others s x cents, tecording to the beauty of ' those in the market. Gentlemen are expected i to go in according to the weight of their ■ purses, and one of the newspapers of that i village says t..at one rn«>-liped bright eyed gi i realized six:v-two dollars in a single night, aud another party nine dollars and a half. One gendeman purchased eleven dollars’ worth of DJi JA-K3ON’3 YRJP OP WILD CHERRY, Now its excellence commands World-wuie admiration ; Letters ffxn our S-atesuaans’ hands <pcak >hHr approbation— East and Wt st ns praises ring, F r < ’ 'Uihs and Co>4.« i's u-1 thMbiog. HpHIS VALUABLE REMEDY for Coughs, I C- ds Consumption, drr,., &c ,i« for sale in 1». B Pl VMB .V CO , and *’ FHfLIP A MOISE. LOxHS, Op WARRANTED quality, furnished aid put up in ‘-I**, to order. MILLSTONE BLASTER, prepared for backing M- and of best qjaiity foi sale oy * ; iS-w’f ’ >CHIRMER de WIGAND. JOES. HOES. —3 casks of Scovdi’s Piani- X> t r ’ HUES, warranted superior to any thing I >J9 fcf "‘ e bV HAND, WILLIAMS & CO. ’ BOUNTY land. HRHE UNDE RSIG?IED notifies all those 3 u . IO m3V be interested in the Bounty Land \ct wliica has recently becoma a Law of Congress, ’ tint he bu coure.-ted hiiowif w«b • :-•< ‘ in Washington City, r' r the pup..-e of prxec i:tB« ' c;.i:ns a.aicst the U.'»etnm. nt All (and i a, , v - s ~ o f SUC h soldiers i who have served in the 5 last w’r w: h Great Britain, iu Florida, or any of the - Indian Wir-; also, ail comm ssiooed officers ia the Mexican War. are entitled under the act to Bounty L.nd Address E. H POTTLE, } Au*y at Law, arrenion, Ga. iMismmom m- TEKtTIIRE MB NEWS. Jot the Chronicle. Sentinel. Paine’s ■ Mr. Editor:—l perceive, frum your pape i of this morning, that Paine’s so inuc’i contest i ed discovery, up jii tho report of Mr Colion seems to rest upon more > y evidei.ee for though Mr. C. it presents so nrncl apparent m ■•’ery aUtl eontradic inn, that li> cannot venture mi opinion a?i to she result c aimed, yet t i doubt the ftCts as sUJed, is k doubt the ev dunce of his se: fcs. This absurd j o i ion is < no by fio mean! per.ul ar to M<. Ci Lon—because I e. ike u-i 8 oiher m-n wfij hav no: l.tb--re i furan opin ion of their ow n, :oe nnwi lin-j to : iv* conn* lenance to ihat which they c.»nci ive to be con riry to the opinion of iho<c. the tru h ol whicji public op i»i n ;i,;s s lurti )u-d; th fi,. h to doubt trmh, is to doubt the evidence ot tie flenses. 'l’ ,!y ii<ere h f . fiing < ’ iimi din Mr. Pline’s discovery, a- seen and reported by Mr. Colton, but tvh.*? j-; aecordanct with thcjrtc/s of Cm mi t; v ; n d .''hough Mr. Paine has/ispl sy e d a great genii’-' in combin ing these facts to attain a s ‘cific result, 1 'houlu Lave thoiuht that eight years’ a qtiaintnnce with Chemietrv, would have ena bled Mr. Colton readily to have occupnd the same ground retrospectively, when he saw the 3 results and its modus opera idi. Now permit me to direct ihe attemioru no . only at a»r. Qoha:;. but ail levels i.r;iti s end scientific to tb« following slm , pie well attested fee's, which are feohliar io uH , chemists: • , lu ths decotnpofe.uun of water by Magnutw electric and galvanic influence, oxygen ta di?- charged at one electrode, and hydrogen at the other, and if there is a material difference in the site of the electrodes, a material change in the result ensues Water, if made the recep tacle of the connecting chain of an electric circuit, plays the part of a circuit though the vessel is insulated which, it. From these facts, it is easy to perceive that the post live conductor, (the liberator of oxygen) pass ing through water, becomes neutralized in action, though it at the same time, to the other conductor, plays the part of a circuit, ai d allows an enhanced liberation of hydrogen without any regard to an improved hefice.— The catalytic property said to be imparted to tbe hydrogen, by contact with spirits of tur pentine, is perfectly analogous to simple a- d familiar facts. We take a Magner, and by simple contact impart m.-gne ism to a thou sand others, without in the slightest degree impairing tbe original, and m the case of Mr. Paine’s Light nothing but the prop *rties of the turpentine are imparled to th? hydrogen, by contact. So that al er all the hubbub about Paine’s humbug, it is very likely to turn t ut a mighty result, from rhe simple combination o< principles long known and understood ; end might long since have hushed opposition and ridicule, if it could not have overcome preju dice and skepticism, if men would but have thought, and investigated from fee.s, not pre judice. Augusta, Jan. 15,1851. Sound Advice* Under the caption of “ Dangers Ahead," the Journal Messenger administers the following very sensible advice to Southern men, gener ally, and to Georgia planters 'specially : “The planters of Georgia should be espe cially cautious at ihe present crisis. The high prices of cotton and provisions have occasion ed a corresponding advance in negroes. The country is Ho ded wish ihe latter, nnd the temptation to purchase them up- ri credit is greater 'han it has been since 1836. We I.ave no doubt that thousands will find themselves unable to rt st st the tempting offers made t • them; and that cimseq lenliy, in a few years, we will have another monetary revulsion fol lowed by the same scenes of bankruptcy and distress witnessed twelve years ajo. No aue man will purchase negroes upon a credit ar present prices and expect to pay for mem without a sacrifice. The influx o’ ne groes into trie cottori Stale.®, the present win ter, alone w il cans • a very great ir.crease in the nxc crop This fact, added to the wtl; kno.'n practice of the planters, of plantinr lugely upon high prices, will run up the next crop, if the season prove good to a very large one, Surely it will require no grra* power of in tell* ct to comprehend lhe tflec' of this state ol things upon the pi ice of cotton. It. must sink I to Fix or seven cents per pound Am! with cotton at meh prices, who can ifl< rd to pay 8* 1 ,UUU ’u B>l ‘4- 0 i. »• n gro men and it upon :he hivt? nienl I We throw out thece suggestions fi r b -nelit tn’ our asrieuhnrai sible prudence on ti.c ; i?l «»i bu?n lb planters and 'h<- esjutaiis’s cf ihe South. The ’ait: r will, of course, loan Ui» ir mem y if they cuj get proper secuiity ; because they are .ilinoe* certain of getting back d’ rr»!e as much pro perty as can be purcha.-ed w:;h any given sum at the present lune. Even they, however, will not be permanently bum filed b . a revul sion—a> their rit-k Iro n the plea of usury, a* H other causes, will, in most cis s. counterbal ance their profits, it would be infinitely bi tn i :f every man would resolve nor to p»irch.is a siiigie negro except for c and at c is'.i rales.” Cardinal Wiseman is now in his 49 h yew. having been born on the “3 oi August, 1302 He is descended from «n Irish family, long ' settled in Spain. At an early age he was » brought to England, and sent lor his education * to Sr Cuthbert's Catholic College, at Ushtrm 1 near Durham. At the ago of eighte n he ' published in Latin a wnk on the Oriental languages, and he bore off the gold medal al every competition of the colleges <>l Rome. ( The Cardinal went to England after lie had ' reached manhood in 1835, and in the Winter * of that year delivered a series of lectures on the Sundays io Advent. From the moment of his arrival he attracted attention, and soon i became a conspicuous author and w riter on ’ the side of the Catholics. In Lent, ]s3*i, he I vindicated, tn a course of lec ures —dv.iv. rid | at St. Mary’s, Moorfields—the doc rilles of | ■ the Roman Catholic Church; and gave so I < much satisfaction to his co-religionists that I they presented him with a gold mt dal. strut k | by Mr. Scipio Clint to expre.-s their esteem • and gratitude, and commemorate the event. I He was afterwards appointed president of Si. Mary’s College, Oecott, and contributed by i bis caching. ami his wrilin ■ m rv rnrieh to the spread of Roumu • . nin i England. He was a contributor to the Dublin Review, and the author of some controversiuuul pamphlets. The Cardinal’s second visit to Rome led to further preferment. H was made Pro-Vicar Apostolic of the Lttndon dis trict, in place of Dr. Griffiths, dvet used On the death of Dr. Walsh, in 1849, he became Vicar-Apostolic of the Loudon district. To him the Roman Catholic body acknowledges i self indebted for the completion and dedica tion of the cathedral in St’. George’s Fields. His success in negotiating the re-establishment of the Roman hierarchy gratified his holiness. In a consistory held on the 30 h of Sept, tuber, Nicholas Wiseman was elected to the dignity of cardinal, by the title of Saint Prudentia, and was appointed archbishop i f Westmins ter. Under the Pope, he is the head o' the Roman Catholic Church in England, and a Prince of the Church of Rome. As a cardi nal, he has sworn temporal as well as spiritual allegiance to the Pope. Cardinal W iseman is the seventh English cardinal—if he can be called English, having been born in Spain, and passed the greater part ot his life in Rome since the Reformation. The other six w< re Pole. Allen, Howard, York <a son of the pre tender. who was never in England.) W’eld, □nd Acton, member of an English family, long settled in Naples LIBRSRf OF THM PRESIDENTIAL MANSION.— At the last session of Coogiess an appropria tion of two thousand dollars was made tor the purpose of commencing a library for the use of the President. It seems strange that this was not thought of fifty years sooner; for the need of it has often teen felt as a gteit inconven ience. Under the instructions ol the President. C Lvnman. E-q , Um librarian of toe War Department, has purchased and arranged a handsome -nd judicious selection of nine iuin dred volumes, comprising a»v, history, science and literature A gentleman better adapted than Mr L for the skilful performance of this . duty could not have been found, a- i« acknow (edged by a.l who nave witnessed tLe result o» Lis labors. ' The rxi?ter;ce d'dupLca e co-jh so' nepvu lic documents of the (iovernmen- in the War Department was a forurae discovery. tor until Mr. I aumaa announced the foe to ihr- Secretary of War, w!,o immediately pre?ei ed them to the President, it was scarce y hoped that thev could be obtati ed. The nucleus ol a ster’ing 1 brary Las thus been formed, ana an annual appropriation no d< übther.ce o’th be -ade for its in crease- — Washington Republic. Writing and Glass among the Rsmass. , i —The learned S a»«ger long ago asserted bis ' belief, that the R man* m .-t have had a airstvc . handwriting. of w hich, however, no proof Ins ever been found unfo compira’oely a recent date. But within a tew years, the Austrians in improving the channel of the Danube, came ■ upon the towing-path cut by the river mine ■ time o’ Trajan, and there in a cavern found the original Daybohsof the Ronan overseer of - lhe work, viz: boards of wood, with hinges each set enclosing two or four and con ? taining tne names of the quarry men and wages, i due to each ; all written in a running hand identically like that of modern times, except n that the clerk seems to have b en but an ord;- r - nary penman. Another learned wr'ter. un- J like Scaiiger, wrote qerte a work, t.> prove tnat e he Romans were not acq a i.te with the use e of <RaM far windews, and doubles-- demon c < rated it io his own talijiactiou ; when h> ? - v w i hin l:.e ye?r. glass windows, precisely like our own. nave been discovered tn Pompeii 2,L iZS/ Voting Machine. —We find in the “ ingioii News of Saturday llie following des : criplion of a newly invented machine for taking quickly' and accurately the voles of any _ larg? deliberative assembly. Tho adaption of ; some such plan by Congress would save a : large amount of money, besides preventing . much confusion raid disorder. r Our readers will recollect that we published . a few weeks since a notice of a * voting ma- ; ch;*, c,” la.civ introduced into the National Assembly al Pari® whereby the votes of ‘he » niembeis of numerous legislative body i could be a.'Ceriaiuod with accuracy in s few minutes. We also referred to ihe existing necessity of a conirivance which would ac comp’i-h a similar purpose in our own hails of Congress, and iu ail legislative bodies wherein much lime is uselessly consumed in recording votes upon important questions. We have great pleasure in being able to an nounce that a complete, an i yet most simple invention, for tho pu -pose oi registering votes, has been designed by Mr. Geo. VV. Yerby of this city. This ingenious machine vili s on be pa’enied, and (he attennon of Cangnss : cased to'he subj et. There is no doubt that , Air Yerdy’ij voting machine will accurately ; record the vices of every member of the ( ilun-e of Representatives in five seconds, and the whole routine of making the nec» s-ary -ummiiig up of the ballot,-»iid announcing the result may he accomplished in less than u-ji uumiles. Tui- i ?oce s occupies, by the me thod now in use, between thirty and fifty imn- U'ea ala co&t io the people of the United riiaiesof not 1 ss than per at num in both houses of Congress. Mr. Yerby'.s mat hine is so simple in its con trivance and mechanism, that it is impossible to work it out of order, and if that should be the case, the cause can be instantly ascertained, aud as speedily removed. The great, accumu lation of tusiness in our National Legislature (increasing every day with the grow th of oijr county) Tenders suri an invention as wc have ■ A- ’ --1 j W . f Fday. Some Dian mu.'d assuredly Le^ontrivad I by which public business can be dispatched with greater facility and rapidity than at pre sent; and we think the adoption of iMr. Yer hy s machine by the Houses of Congress, an important move towards that object. The present system of voting is (at the least) semi barbarous, tedious, and outrageously expen sive. Discoveries of the last half Cemtdrt There has been no period since the commtnce ment of the world in which so many important discoveries, tending to the benefit of mankind, were made as in the last half century. Some oi the most wonderful results ofhuman intellect have been witnessed in tbe last fifty years. Some of the grandest conceptions of genius have been perfected. It is remarkable how the mind of the world has run into scientific investigation, and what achievements it has effecied in that short period. Before the year 1800 there was not a single steamboat in exis tence, and the application of steam to machine ry was unknown. Fulton launched the first steamboat in 1807. Now there are three thou sand steamboats traversing the waters of Amer ica, and the lime saved in travel is equal to se venty per cent. The rivers of every country in the world, nearly, are traversed by steam boats. In 1860 there was not a single railroad in the world. In the U. S. alone there are now 8,797 miles of railroad, costing $286,000,000 to build, and about 22,000 miles of railroad in England and Ame»ica. The locomotive will now travel in as many hours, a distance which in 1800 reqired as many days to accomplish. In 1800 it look weeks to convey intelligence between Philadelphia and New Orleans; now it can be accomplished in minutes through ...t ..u —u- l . i.i i ■. r electric telegraph, which only had its begin ning in 1813 Vokaism wa< discovered in March, 1800. Tne electro magnet in 1821 Electrotyping was discovered only a few years ago. Hoe’s printing press capable of print ing 10,000 copies an hour, is a veiy recent dis covery, but of a most important character. Gas light was unknown in 1800; now every city and town of <ny pretence are lighted with it, and we have the announcement of a still greater discovery by which light, heat, and motive power may be al! produced from wa ter, with scarcely any cost. Daguerre com municated to the world his beautiful invention in 1839. Gun cotton and chloroform are dis coveries but a lew years old. Astronomy has added n number of new planets to the solar system. Agr cultural chemistry has enlarged the domain of knowledge in that important branch of scieirific research aud micnartics have increased the facilities for production, and the means ol accomplishing an amount of la bor which far transcends the ability of united manual effort to accomplish. The triumphs achieved in this last branch of d.scovery arid invention are enough to mark the last !i di century as that which has most contributed to augment personal comforts, enlarge the enjoyments, and add to the bless logs of man. \V:nt will the next half ceutu ry accomplish ? Ue may look tor still greater discoveries ; for the intellect of man is awake, exploring every mine of knowledge and st-archiDg for useful informatiori in every de 1 HK C<ftJ4->«>«« auuki * correspondent. al‘uding to the deaths by choi era says that trie names of many of the vic im< are not published. One undertaker bu ried in a singi»* diy five persons whose names could not b>- a?c» rtnined. Men arrive from the mil es, or from sea strangers to almost every one. Boarding in restaurants, and paying for each time, arid for their night in advance, tiny have no necessity to regis :>ir their names and hundreds of these men hive died within a few weeks utterly mi known in the community. Shading the Eyes.—-Some people cover their eyes with green or other shades when any dung is the matter with them. This is wrong It is now ascertained by the best oc culi- s that shades injure the fight instead of sir* ugthening it, from their creating neat and inflamm iu >n in the parts effec ed. If tbe eye be injured, and light insupportable the best way is to lie a cool linen handkerchief over it. We heard it s ated as a curious fact when the Engfish army returned from Egypt, those sol diers were least affected with ophthalmia, who had worn no fronts to their hats.— Philadelphia Saturday Fzprcss. Dry Feet.—We will give our readers a recipe fur making boots water proof, which is worth more than our subscription price to any person who will try it. Moisture generally peutra’es the soles of boots—the upper leather is not eari y wet, and is easily dried. To ren der the sole impervious to water, order your bootmaker to cut pieces of canvass in the proper shape, dip them in melted pitch or tar, and lay them upon the inner solus before put ting on the outer soles of the boots. This sim ple process will insure dry feet without making ihe boot clumsy. We have tried the experi ment, and would advise ail whose soles are afflicted with cold or dampness, to do the same. A Curious Clock.—An ingenious towns man of Dudley is engaged in constructing a very curious clock, which is intended for the great Exhibition of 1651, its chief peculiarity being the length of time it runs without wind ing The clock occupies, in standing, only eight superficial inches; the motive power is only 26 lbs, and yet the machinery is so nice ly adjusted that it will take 426 days to run down. Consequently the second-hand will make 613 440 revolutions, and the balance 147,- 225,600 vibrations in the above time. From Lake Superior—The Green Bay Advocate, speaking of the mining operations on Lake Superior, says that in or er to over come the difficulty of cutting the copper into moveable masses, a gigantic furnace is now being constructed to melt them and cast them in such pieces as may be handled. The plan is thought to be feasible, and, if successful, promises to lessen very much the expense of mining The vestiges of apparently very an cient mining r perations continue to be met with, and in greater numbers and extent than any previous y discovered. The age of traces is supposed to be at least two iboo-and years, but it eir connection wah a particular race has not been ascertain ed. There are indications, however, that the copper was carried off from the mines byway of bt Mary river and the Lakes. The exca vations found are in some cases, such ascou’d only have been (fleeted by years of labor, and they have very a-uefc facilitated the miners as well as pointed them to the best locations It is said that a road from Green Bay to the most southerly point of Keewenaw would be less .han wo hundred m ’■« in length, and shorten the present sou e al leas: one hundred Hides. Explosion—This morning an eiplosion took place at ‘he blacksmith shop of Richard Atkinson, No. 52 West s‘reet. The workmen were employed in repairing a large anchor s'o'k, he bail being made of hollow cast iron, when it exploded with tremendous force send r g portions of the ba I through the fl »of to he roof of the building and into the street. Several persons passing the shop at the time were severe y cut, and -nine' f the workmen, hut nune seriousiv. The explosion is suppo sed o i.t.ve t>feenc-.us-d by water having been fr> zee m ire bad, which generated an explo re when hea’td. ihe report of the ex p.... o fl was heard at a c rsiderable distance Ot e piece of iron .-truck the capta n of aves «e! lying at a wtart in the vicinity, in tne upper piri of his face; another passed through 'i.e ha; o! ; as*er by.—AT. F- C</wt. Adv. ins/. Ci/oroform. according to sta ement* recent ly ; t-1 be ore the French Academy of Science, ; 15 found tube an of marvellous vir ue. preventing an.m'd decomposition as er d-aih. or promp’iy checking it if already com menced. But it? use and value, it would ap pear, co not stop here. The French Govern i merit havingcfiered a prize o! 40 0 francs for he discovery of a substitute for Quinine in the ’rei’ment of fevers, Prof. Delioux, of Rochefort, recommends chloroform a- a pow i erful soccedaneum. Periodic fevers are com t mon at Rochefort, and he treated numerous - ca- - i<« fiu-pi'.al there wi h -uch regularity • oi :cc--s ifo-.L he feel? wnrran’ed in recom - , r Quinine. He e- ive i: in doses of from 9to 39 grains, accord i- mg to foe severity of sy <np to ms. mixed with ’ -■ rup and water. It was administered be ore e I me access of fever, and its use continued for i several days.— Balt. Amar, VOL.LXV—NEW SERIES VOL.XV--NO 4- New IWethodof Engraving.—At a recent meeting of the Sheffield Literary and Philoso phical Society, Dr. Branson read a paper de scribing this process. His mode of operation is to place a frond of fern, algee, or similar flat ! vegetable form on a thick piece of glass or polished marble ; then taking and softening a , piece of gutta percha, of proper size, and pfec ing on the I afand preying it carefully down, it will receive a sharp and accurate impression from the plant. The gutta percha retained level, and allowed to harden by cooling, is then handed to a brass caster, who re-produces it in metal from his moulding vase. This, it will be obvious, is the most delicate and difficult part of the proces , and one which, a few years ago, would not we suspect, have been execu ted in Sh» ffiuld. As it is. Dr. Branson has had many brass plates thus produced from sand casiing. which only required a little surface-dreFrifig'io yield, at once, under the c >pper-jda.e primiiu press, most beautiful as wed as taitaful hnpre«sions of the >riginai leaves; indeed, many of the ex hibited specimens of ferns, print* d m green < olor, and slightly embossed, as they must i needs be by tbe priming were buuh peif* ct ! fee—mi.les of ihe natural Dat'.ern, ihat they i might easily be taken for it. Besides these mutie/g, the doctor exhibited a large vari* ty of patterns of embossed leather, which had been produced by asomewhat analogous operation. As, however, this latter invention is not so much fur copying designs as tor creating them and, at the same tune, save all the expense of die-cutting, the fullowing is the course pur sued : The operator takes a piece of common hard - white soap of the required size and surface, and upon that executes any design, whether of j the depth and boldness of ordinary embossing, , or in the delicate lines of an etching; in ei ther case, the work is executed with the great i eat ease. From this toaiMUiodcl or engraving an impression is taken in gutfa percha; from > A that a secondary one, which, on being caet in be u*ed for p> embossing * Tme ordinary way Tfie reader ] stated that his main difficulty was in getting the last gutta percha cast to separate from the mould of the same substance into which it was pressed. He had found, however, that by powdering both the surfaces with common bronze dust, before taking the impression, they did not adhere.— Sheffield Times. Population of Hungary and Transylva- NiA.— The Oesterreichische Correspondence contains a mass of interesting statistical infop maiion concerning Hungary and Transylvania tram which we take that part which concerns the population. According to a census of 1848 Hungary con.ained 11,000,000 inhabitants ; but this was an exaggeration. The population of Hungary, without the voivodina. is 8,014 405 souls. Os this number 5 4t)o 000 are Catholics 1,000,000 noii-uoited, 6(f) 000 united followers oi the Gretk Cnurch, 700,000 Lutherans, and 1,300,000 belong to the Helvetic confession. The number of Jews is not given. The pop ula'ion of the military frontiers is 1 226.408 persons, mere than half of whom are of tue male sex. There are 517,545 Catholics, 593.- 603 non united, 52,743 umted Greeks, and about 40,000 Protestants. There are but 537 Jews in the frontier districts. The number of inhabitants of Transylvania is 2,182,700 There are 211,400 Roman catholics ; 725.700 non united, and 605,000 united members of the Greek Church, 578,700 Lutherans aud Cal vinists. 44 600 Utn arians and 7,000 Jews. The official authorities have omitted to inform us in what proportions the different races are. The streng h and distribution of the British army is as follow P :~For Great Britain, 37,843. for Ireland, 24 005 Europe and Mediterranean, 7,915, Asia, 30,467. Africa, 3 703; America, New South Wales, New Zealand, Van Die man’s Lind. Mauritius. Bermuda and West Indies, 19,835, total. 123 768, According to the United Service Gazelle, this total oi 123.- 768 men, includes the cavalry, infantry, artille ry, engineers and sappers and miners Be sides the above, there are in the United King dom 30 000 enrolled pensioners. 8 000 dock yard men. 13 441 yeomanry and 4,700 militia (Channel Islands.) The present strength of the army in Ireland, is 25,100 men. The use of Chloroform.—The Journal of Medicine con ains au able paper on the use of Chloroform in cases of Midwifery and other diseases. It is founded on the observation of Drs. Barnes and Sacks, who give a tabular analysis of twenty seven causes in which Chloroform was administered. Chloroform, it is said, has a depressing effect, —that if taken early it retards labor, and if taken late, it re quires a dangerous excess of its use. It is also declared to exert a poisonous effect upon the spinal and gangleouic system, and at tbe sime time upon the brain. We make the following extract from the views of Dr. Barnes*—AT. F. Express. “ It has been erron-jniisly concluded that Chloro form simply narcotizes .the brain, or lather, induces a deep sleep, during wtiic * stale there co npiete not affect die sj inal marrow or the s) rnpatheiic '-y-- rem. A 6?ric’analysis of the nervous system aided by experi - ent and observation, wilt show the fal hey of these conclusions. “in p.-trio!ii i»n a in sii'gery, in physiology as in pathology, the physical shock of nervous excitation, ot injury cannot be esc ipe.l from. In parturition as in surgery, the emotional shock of nervous excitaiioo, or i jury, may be avoided. In surjery, this may be an invaluable boon. Is itsoin p iriariiion? Ilia more than doubtful, ihe emoti mai influences, both those excite*! by the sensation of pain, and those in dependent of pain, are of immense importance in this complicated function. Tne volrutary power, too, is often of the highest utility. In woman, at leas’ the brain should be allowed to retain its inte grity, to exert its beneficial controlling influence over her own conduct, as well as its salutary aid in at . taining a safe delivery.” Liberal Proposition.—The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, in his letter of the 15th, thus notices Mr. Walker’s proposition to dispose of the public lands: Mr. Walker made his great Fourierite speech, in reply to Gov. Felch, on the subject of the public lanl®. Mr. W. wants to give them away to every man, woman and child, and to all the emigrants from Europe. This is the biggest bid yet ; but I should not be surprised to see s* tnebody come down up* n . Mr. Walker with an amendment, to pay each emi grant’s passage to New York, or to appropriate the use of the United States Navy gratuitously to the emigrant trade, with a further provision that each emigrant, cn being good enough to locate ou the land ’ of his choice, shall receive aco -r, a calf, and a dozen r chickens: for it would be cruel to innite him hither 5 and then suffer him to starve in the wilderness. Official —The Secretary o’ ihe Navv has officially announced that die Frigate St Law r re nee will leave Brooklyn for Loudon on the first of February. ' Judgement against a Defaulter. — Justic ' Nelson of tlia United States Supreme Court has pronounced the opinion of the Court in the ca«e of the Uni’ed States vs. Hoyt, late collector of New York. The deciaion 1 folly sustained the previous decision of the 5 Circuit Court in favor of the United Slates. which gave judgment against Hoyt for over $200,000. The ca-e was argued by Mr Crittenden for the Government, and Mersrs. Evans and Walker for th* Defendant. Mr. Ilovt was appointed by Mr. Van Buren and was a defaulter under hi? administration. Steamboat Losses. —The St Louis Repub lican gives a list of steamboat accidents on the Western waters during the year 1850. from which it appears that the number of boats to tally lost was 52, of which 33 were sunk. 14 burned and 6 destroyed by explosion The number of accidents is 117 Number of killed neatly 700, and of wounded probably half that number. The amount of cipital destroyed by these acciden s would no doubt exceed one million and a half of dollars. The Weather at Fkancokia, (N. H).— A letter from Franconia states that the month of December, 1850, has been the coldest De cember experienced ihere for some year*. Snow has Mien to the depth of two and a half feet, and from ihe22d to 25f0, the roads were impas*ab’e. On -be morning of Dec. 31sl. the temperature, b* the mercury thermometer was 32 degrees so-low zero, and 26 degrees below by the spirit thermometer. Th? merchants of Phil idelp ia have sue ceeded in rawing $41,000 to the capital stock of the steam ship company. This will secure the commencement of a steam ship at that par-, to be pnt upon the line. Secession.—The Senafo of North Carolina, has rejected bv a vote of 31 to 16, a Resolution declaring tna* a State has a right to secede from tnu Union, in contradistinction to the right of revolution. WATCHES. CLOCKS & JEWELRY WOODSTOCK Az WHITLOCK, SIL. VKRSMITHS, JKWELLKRS, *c., WO du ‘-Tf above the U. S. Hotel, arid oppo&ife (be Bank of Augusta, have on hand, and are c<>ro ao.iy ’•eceivintf, a fine aw-rt- J'*-* A mpnr -.i WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW ELRY. Silver and Hated Ware, Fancy Guo.Jp, . j Guard and F -b C'iains, Breast Pins, &C./&C. Their sio.k is entirely new, and w ill be soid cheap forcufo. XW. G. Woo dstock will nive his strict a»- len i -nt. REPAIRL\G WATCHFSandCIX.'CK-, having served a regular ap..renticeship in one of 1 1 c large*! rnanufa-lories in Loudon, and from his long rx,- rieuce, he feels as? ired of giv nj |>erfer’ sat t ' fac'i’Hi t■ ad who may entrust their wrxtol. m. 1 jalß wly THE PECTORAL ELIXiR. LET THOSE *■»•> have Coughs, Colds, A-it,- rnj, Pleurisy, Pain in the Side, Liver Cum* • plaint, B’orcr.itis. » r <ny other disease of he Che*t, r use ‘ THE PECTORAL ELIXIR,” and they wii find relief in a ;ew dose?, hi? a certain and pleas . ant remedy for all Pulmonary Affections. Per Croup in chi Jren it i? t certain remedy. No family ehoub be without it. For sale by ia4 i*&w WM. H.TUTT. i • _ ! milE MOTHERS’ RECOMPENSE.—Anc- II tber supply of the above interestin'! Work, a Seq-tel to Home Influence, has be-’n receiv- d, at 9 GEO. A OATES & C<>.’S y Piano, Book and Music Store, Broad—:r« r-t r'ppo ! site State Bxnk. ?a 17 e FRESH GARDEN SEED. THE larg.rt and ia»t eom, '.te assortme it'd GARUiCy SEED, rve- nr -htto tbi- mar e ?.et. are to be feund at WM. BAINE.'*, a wa.. »r td fresh, and for sale low. Those in * n*. a e ir. vited to call and see me. jalt-J4m : CONGRESS. —— -■=== l - ■ ~>—l» “ PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS, r Carrttpond'WH nfthr. * WSENATE .Jah 13 Mr. Cooper presented three memorial* from i the State of Pennsylvania, asking the repeal I <>f the fugitive slave law of last session. Mr. i C. said it was a rule with him to present all j petitions sent to him. which were respecTul. I Bui he believed the petitioners asked that, t wh ch the great body of the people of his i Sta’e de.-ired that Congress would not do. - i’he people of Pennsylvania approved the settlement of the slavery questions, made at j the last session, and desired to stand by them, t and to carry them out in good faith. They were opposed to further a 'tation or distur bant ol that settlement. They wanted p-*ace and harmony,. The petitions were referred to the Committee on th> Judiciary. He also presented memorials against the ex tension of the area of slavery, and a large nu b» rin favor o' a modification of the tariff of 1846 Toe Chair laid before the Senate the annu al report of the War Department, wiih a statement of the number of persons employed by that Department. Mr. Underwood endeavored. Int without success, to get up the joint resolution from the House authorizing the assignment of Land Warrants under the recent set of Congress. Pi e Senate then took up the bill ° to cede the public lands of the United Slates to the Stales respectively in which they are situated, on condition ’hat the said Slates shall sever ally grant and convey said lands to actual set* tiers only in limited quantities for cost of sur vey and transfer merely.” ' Mr. Felch addressed the Senate in opposition ' to the bill, and had not concluded when the Senate adjourned. ; HOUSE. Mr. Bayfy, from Virginia, chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, reminded the House that there remains only forty-two work* ing days, and that unless certain appropriation bills be made the special order of the day for to-morrow, and the following days until dis posed of, the appropriation bills generally would be crowded into the last days of the session. A motion to suspend the rules, for the pur pose of introducing a bill to return the dities on goods destroyed by fire in New York in 1845, was negatived. Mr. Bayley then moved that the appropria tion bills already referred to be the special or der. which was negatived on a division, of 89 to 88 It was moved by Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, that the rules of the House be suspended to enable him to introduce a resolution for allow ing Mr. Whitney. the use of the Hall of Rep resentatives on Saturday evening next, to al low him to explain h's great railroad scheme. There was evidently a large majority, but the ayes and noes being called for, there appeared in favor of adopting the rule 129, against it 54. The previous question was then ordered and the resolution was carried, as also was a motion to lay it on the table, to prevent future discussion on the subject. The resolution to refuse the committee of Commerce to report as to the propriety of so reducing the value of the silver coin of the country as to prevent its exportation, was agreed to by a large majority. Mr. McLanahan moved to suspend the rules to enable him to introduce a resolution de claring that it would be inexpedient and im proper to repeal the act passed last session of Congress, for the return of fugitive slaves and others to the service of their masters. The ayes and nays were ordered, when there appeared 123 for the suspension of the rules and 84 against it. There not being two thirds of the House in favor of tne suspension of the rules the motion was lost. '1 he then went into committee of the whole on the State of the Union, and took up the che«p postage bill. Mr Pa t er, of Ohio, having the floor, was abou to close the dehate, when Mr. Duer, of New York, called his attention to the manner in which the circulation of five and fen cent pieces is affected, owing to their indivisibility for purposes of business; the difficulty atten ding which he contended wool i be increased by the proposed reduced r te of postage. Mr. Potter then addressed the House, taking a compreheiHivo view of the whole question, and congratulated membera that, while the op position to the measure came from S*ales where the revenue does not meet the expenses of transporting the mails, yet the discussion had been left, for 'he most part, to members coming from States in which there was a sur plus. He reviewed the effect which had resulted from the reduction of postage ; since which tie revenue of the Post Oliice Department had increased ; which before was diminishing He controverted the assertion that the transmission 11 fI h e mih llirno - —rptfli n - ~eff’;li< while a large amount is derived in this ./ ’ n p n..newspapers, it is not Mr. Petter was proceeding when Mr. Staunton., of Tennessee, moved that the committee rise; which was carried, and the House adjourned till to-morrow. In Senate Jam. 14. The Chair laid before ti e Senate a cimmu nicmou from the Executive Committee of the Industrial Exhibition to be held in London io June, 1851. staling what has been done to ena ble citizens of the United State to exhibit arti cles at the same, and a-king that provision may be made for agents to represent the interests of [ the U. 8. at the Fair. Referred to the Com . mittee on Commerce. r Mr Hamlin presented the petition of The . mas Ritchie, Esq , the public printer asking the abrogation of the contract for printing, and an advance of funds. i Mr. Underwood,moved and the joint resolu j tion authorising the assignment of military and warrants was, after debate, taken up and s made the specie) order for Friday next The Senate proceeded with the considera i tion of the hi ’I to cede the public lands to the s States on certain conditions, &c. f Mr. Fdch concluded his speech in oppesi ‘ tion to the bill. 1 M r. VValker commenced a reply, and in sup port of the bill, but had not progressed far 5 when he yielded tiie floor and Senate adjourn d ed. ' HOUSE. i 4 The House resolved itself into a Comm t’ee r of the Whole, on the bill for reducing the rate of Postage. The Clerk read the first section of the bill, g imposing three cents on letters not exceeding - half an ounce, when pre-paid, and five cents b when not pre paid, and *he amendment to the amendment, which was before the committee. Before the question of either of these propo t sitions was taken, it was moved that the pos , tags on letters of the description alluded to when carried a distance lews than 500 ’ miles be two cents, ©ver 500 miles, ar d less 3 than 1,000, three cents, over 1,000 and not ex ceeding 2 000 miles, five cents, and beyond thot <> ». lU*i Zi A ... L. •r. I. ....... 1 .. • that distance, ten cents, which was lost. The question was then taken on the amend ment to the amendment, which was nega.ived, as was the amendment of the member from Ohio. Mr. Duer,of New York, moved an amend ment to the effect that after the first of Janu ary, 1852, the rate be two and a haif cents, when a suit foie currency might be provided, ‘ the rate in foe mean time io be three cents. ‘ A sort of running debate here took place, interspersed with innurnerab’e amendments, ' which occasionally elicited discussion. Among . them was one carried, providing that no post office or mail route be discontinued, or post' -nailers deprived of their commissions, owirc to the insufficiency of the revenue of the po' ; office department to sustain and pay the saw . which wai carried. ] Mr. Parker, of Virginia, then moved postage of letters when carried within 300 . miles be three cents, beyond 300 miles five t cents, and when sent to or received from Cali- I ornia and Oregon, ten cents—negatived. a An amendment, imposing letter postage on all circular? and other printed matter, was a then prooosed and carried. Mr Brown, of Indiana, moved that a uni form rate of postage of five cents be esiablish < ed, and on drop letters two cents; that no post uffice or mail service be discontinued; that the t Postmaster General establish requsite i ffices when required wnere they do not now exist, and that the compensation of no postmaster be discontinued in consequence of a decrease in n ihe revenue. e Mr. Strong, of Pensylvania, proposed three e cents as an amendment, which he supported by able and rnoM conclusive arguments, showing * that only one-fifih of the number of letters now sent are fen cent letters, and that the proposition before the committee would net add to the circulation of what are at present five cent letters ; while it would require ’hat the ten cent letters be increased an hundred per cent, to make up the deficiency. He con tended that if cheap postage is to snceeed. it wiij be by the introduction of a uniform rate of three cents. The queauon was then taken upon Mr. Strong’s amendment, and carried 88 to b 4 ; and the original mot on as amended was sub eqoen ly agreed »o. It c as then moved to ad I a proviso, render . ■ g ail unpaid letters liable to a postage of ive c* nt-, which was lo'*, there being 71 in i ivor of the motion and 74 -*gainst it. The teli'-rs not beta* s-’tisfird with their re p r , he H use wa* aeatu counted, when ■ nerc appea fed to be 83 in the affirmative and 69 in the negative. Tbe Committee then rose and the House adjourned. SENATE Jam. 15. Mr. Clav presented three petitions from citi zena of Indiana, praying Congressional aid in the colonization of free negroes- He also pre-ented a memorial, numerously ; ind most respectably s gned by Rhode l-!and, praying the establishment of a ■ sre of s>am»-rs or of Mailing packets between the United States and the coast of Africa. He alluded to the *lave trade, and the failure o suppress it ♦ flee ually by mean- of the joint -quad<ons of Great Brita n France and the Utliied S atea, on the coast o! Africa. He pointed o <t the immense ot th* siava rade carried on in Brazil, and t > the fact that the tr.de was carried tn mainly in American