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Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel. BY WILLIAM S. JONES. OTanarwortasy, <t*C33» THE WEEKLY CIIROMCLE & SENTINEL. In Published every VVritnndsy IT TUO DOLLARS PER mil IN ADVANCE. TO CI.UBS or INDIVIDUALS sending us Ten Dollars, SIX copies of the Paper will be sent for one year, thus fur nishing the Paper at the rate of SIX COPIKS FORTBX DOLLARS, or a free copy to all who raay procure us fire subscribers, and forward ns the money. CHRONICLE &> SENTINEL DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, Are also published at this office, and mailed to subscribers at the following rates, namely: Dattr Pspaa, if sent by mail, *7 per annum. Tai-WausLY Pspia,... 4•< “ TER Jig OF AD VERTI&I H Hkwlt.—Seventy -fire cent* per wiuare (10 tines or l««) for the first insertion, 'and fifty cent* for each »üb*e quent insertion. SOUTHERN FEMALE COLLEGE INSTITUTION, located at Covington, Georgia, * ™ into regular operation on tbe tirst Monday in rKBIti ARY next, under the superintendence of Col. M. C. to .*, as President, aided by tlie ablest assistants that can h# procured. TERMS OF TUITION: Preparatory School,. $lB per annum. Ist two Collegiate Classes, 40 “ 2‘l “ “ “ SO “ Modern Languages, 20 “ Mu/ic, 40 «i The Institution will be furni*h<xl with Mu-ioal Initra* ment* and all Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus, need* fuJ for its successful operation. The system of Education adopted in this Institution, will be the most substantial and complete. JOHN J. FLOY I), Pres’t. of Board. Jalß»2t JOSEPH H. MURRELL, Bec’ry. GEORGIA MILITARY IfSTITITE, MARIETTA, GEORGIA. rJ'llH hMOM) HKr*Slt)> of this Institution com- X nieiices on MONDAY, the 12th of July, 1852. The Institution Is organized upon the usual plan of four Collegiate Clares. The following is a synopsis of the Courea of Studies of each Class: rocjjTH a.im. Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, English Grammar, Geog raphy, Composition and Declamation. French. THIRD CUSS. Trigonometry, Mensuration, Surveying, Descriptive Ge ometry and Its applications, Analytical Geometry, French Drawing, Composition, Rhetoric, History. HKOSII CLASH. Differential and Integral Calculus, Natural and Experi mental Philosophy, Astronomy, Chemistry, Drawing, Evi dences of Christianity, Mora! and Mental Philosophy. FlttST CLASS. Natural History, Mineralogy, Geology and Physiology, Political Economy, law of Nations, Civil and Milltarv En gineering, and Civil Architecture, Infantry Tactics, Science and Practice of Artillery. No Ca-let will tie admitted who la less than fourteen, or more than twenty-five years of age; or who is afflicted with any dl ease or Infirmity which would render him unfit for military duty. Tbe Cadets will he occupied about one hour and a half each day in military exercises; but at tuck Ilmen a* not to interfere with their regular etwliee. The Course of Instruction, regulntions and discipline of the Institution have been published in pamphlet form and will be forwarded to any person dctirlng more minute in formation, by their addressing the Superintendent, MsJ. A. V. Bat-tiny. riftiMS: Each Cadet, as soon as he is admitted, anil before he is permitted to Join his Class, in the recitation rooms, must pay over to the (Superintendent the sum of SIOO, for which a receipt shall he given him iu full for tuition, hoard, wash ing, fuel, lights, field music, snd all other contingent ex pen.es, for os a session or nvs mo.vtiib, and for each suc ceeding session, SIOO IX ADVANCE. Tuition alone (for resident Cadets) per session, psyablo In advance, SOS Contingent Expenses, $2 Cadets from a distance must provide their bedding and room furniture. These articles can be purchased in Mari •tta upon reasonable terms. Uy order of tlio Board of Trustees. DAVID IRWIN, JaM-wlm President Board Trustee#. € IIA It LE S T O'« PREPARATORY MEDICAL SCHOOL. fpilE HKHBIOY OK TIIIH INSTITUTION will bc- L gin on the l|i-st MONIIAV in APRIL, and terminals on tbe last SATURDAY in JULY. The different Chairs will be occupied as follows: Anatomy and Physiology, by F. T. MILES, M. D. Institutes and Practice of Medicine, by 1). J. CAIN, M. I). Materia Me lira and Therapeutics, by F. PKYHK FOR OHKK, M. D. Obstetrics and Diseases of Women ami Children, by E. HELIX FLAGG, M. D. The Chair of Surgery has heeit offered to a gentleman now in Europe, who it is hoped wilt accept it. Should he not do n), it will be (tiled before the timo appointed fiir opening the School. Clinical Instruction will be given at the Marine Hospital and Alms House, by Drs. D. J. CAIN and J. FORD PitIO LEAU. During tho session of the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, members of the Class will be examined reg ularly on the lectures delivered in that Institution. The Students will be shown cases among the patients of the Teachers, and such as can be taken to the lecture room will there be exhibited to them and explained. The uioet distinguished Surgeons In the city have promts M, whenever they can do so conveniently, to i>erform ope rations before the Claw. Doctors n. LEBDY and J. 8. MITCHELL, who have each a large obstetrical practice, will fas well as tho teachers,) give the Students access to all of tneir cases of this descrip tion, which they can with propriety be allowed to visit. In short, ample opportunities will be afforded for acquir ing practical, as well as theoretical knowledge of the pro fession. Her Mortuary Statistics, prove that Charleston possesses a salubrity of climate enjoyed by very few cities In the world, and strangers are no longer deterred from visiting her in the summer. Hoard and lodging can he ob tained from fd.fiO to |‘> a week. Terms, fifty dollars, including examinations during the winter. ja'22-eowtApl PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. h'ifth Street, n fi ip Jtoora South of Walnut. ' pm: M’IU.MU t’OUHHK OF LKCTI BUH, for 1852, 1 will be commenced on MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1862, At 5 o’clock, I’. M. Degree* will be conferred About tho 10th of July, 1 859. PBKmmiNT: lira. J. H. DURDEN, M. D. k.uti.tv : Javiks MrOuswci, M. D., Surgery. Rcsii Van Dvkr, M. D., Mnteria Medicn and Therapeutics. Thomas D. Mitvuku., M. D., Tlieory and Practice of Me dicine. Jamis Bryan, M. D., Institutes of Medicine ami Medical Jurisprudence. Etha 8. Cahr, M. D., Chemistry. Jambs McI'USTOCK, M. D., Anntomy. Kiiid'k. A. FtCKAIUiV, M. I)., Obstetrics, Ac. Oja. llbwston, M. I>., Demonstrator of Anatomy. *ar Matriculation Fee, paid once only, Full Course SB4. For those who hare attended two Courses in othor Colleges, $.15. l’er|«'tual Ticket, $l5O. Dissecting Ticket, $lO. The fee will lie received by the Dean, who will issues eertlflcale entitling the Student to the various tickets. Full Course Candidate! for Graduation will be furnished with the ticket for the Pennsylvania Hospital without charge. tST Ttie W inter Sessions for 1552-53, will conimonce on I the 1 ltli October, 1862. For further information, inquire of JAMES McCLINTOCK, M. D., Dean., No. 1 North Eleventh street, l’hi alelph’a, Jan. 5, 1852. Ja22-w8 WiMHCTM FEMALE SEMINARY. r A on Hie 2d Monday in JANUARY, (ths 12th inst.) un der the superintendence of the Rev. D. McNatL Tcssn. JaSw* E. W. BURTON, Treasurer, GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE. I.eglslativo Charter granted 1819. rYMIB SPUING TERM or 1852 will commence on the 2d 1 Monday, which Is the 12th of January. tiKO. ¥. BROWNE. President, and Professor of Monta nml Moral Science. 1\ LOUD, Professor of Natural Science. J. K. BRANHAM, Professor of Matliematics and Director of Music. HENRY M. HOLTZCLAW, Professor of Belles Lettrea. Tho Faculty will bo assisted by the following Indies, via: Mrs. BROWNE, I Miss M. M. ItUMSTEAD, Mrs. BRANHAM, Miss K. MEREDITH, Miss ANNA BENNETT, | Miss E. BENNETT. Catalogues containing flintier information may be ob tained by applying to either of the officers of tho College, or to cither of the following named geutlcmcii, who constitute the Board of Trustee*: E. E. JONES, M. D„ President, t B. M. PEEPLES, Esq., Treasurer. Thou. J Bcaxtv, Esq., Secretary. Col. J3un B. Wai kub, W. W. B. Crawford, M. D. Her. N. G. Fiwibr, Nattun Massut, iter. Cuaa. M. Irvin, Bknj. Harris, Wu. S. Storks, J. F. Swanson, EIiMVNU Wai.krr, J. W. Frars. Zacuariah Frars, It. P. Zimmbrman. Madison, January 9, 1852. DB-PLUMBiCO. n \III-! constantly receiving freeh and pura n s2i Medicines, Chemicals, Choice Perfumery, tfjt CK Toilet Articles Ac., at their establishment IB between 17. S. Hotel and Post Office corner. < A Medicines carefully disi>ensed at all ho-in, by calling at Mr. ltansaa’, corner Green and Mclntonsh strets n2B W. H. A J. TUBFUL ~ sreeweras to w. n. tcrpin, - ~ OFFKII TO PHYSICIANS, Planters, Mer- o chants, and the public at large, a choice arid fiH T W well assorted Rtock of DRUGS AND MEDI- 1 M £& CINES, OILS, PAINTS, DYESTUFFS, Glasa £» and Putty. Brushes of every description, Straw Brooms, Spirits Tui-peutine. Ac., Ac. We purchase our goals for cash, and are prepared to sell on the most advantageous terms. Merchants will Bud it to their interest to look at our prices. All articles warranted ito be what is represented. Give us a call and satisfy yoor welves. ___ »28 PHILIP A. MOISE, n .StrORTKK AND PKARRK IN O fflfe DRUGS and MEDICINE*, PAINTS, OILS, *SU Y* DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH- K, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, £& INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac. JITo. 195 Broad £tr*ei, Auguata, Georgia, Has now on hand a very large Stock of the aboTe articles, which are offered for sale at very low prices, and on accom modating tr.-uu. CBf Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters are invi. 'd to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere, jalfc-; BOOKS ! BOOKS !! BOOKS !!! JOSEPH A. CWRKIE A CO., have irfiit'—r just reeeivod the following Books, to jrTaJMs which they iuvite attention : MUHtMi:-/ POETICAL AND PROSE ILLUSTRA- MKAOmS TIONS OF CELKURATkD AMERICAN PAINTERS ; with eleven engravings on Steel, by John Sartain. HEAVEN ; OR THE SAINTED DEAD, by Rev. 11. Har l<ougb, A. M. Fourth edition, revised and improved. THE HEAVENLY RECOGNITION,by Rev. U. Harbough, A. M. the STAR OP BETHLEHEM; Stories for Children, arith beautiful illustratiotM, by H. Haatinga Weld, jail TEN DOLLABS BEWABD R ANA WAY' from my plantation about the ISth md __ of December last, my s!av» LEWlS—said Lewis GV is shout twenty-two year* old, five feet, fire or six ejS inches high, weiglis about one hundred and forty -five uouißla, and is of dark complexion, hae a down look when enoken to Had on. when he left my plantation some fif teen miles aouth-weet of Newnan, a brown woolen round OSM pantaloons of the same material and color. Some e ghteen months ago, Lewis left me, was apprehended and lodged m Madison Jail, Morgan county. He may be en route tor the same vicinity. The shove reward wiUjbe given to any person who will apprehend Lwwia, and lodge him iu some tafe jail where I can get him. j.; ts WILLIAM MORGAN' 450 BEWABD. Having bought the lot of land So. 79, 22d diet tic t ami 2d aectien, lying in Caiaeounty, drawn from the State of Georgia by the orphan* of Simp eeu Fulton, of Coweta county, I have ascertained that the plot and grant war* taken out of the Secretary of State* office in 19*7, by some pereou other than tha one to whom it was originally granted, as I believe. Wishing to obtain said plot and grant, I am induced to offer the above re ward far it* iKieeeeeion. Any on* poeeeeetng information of It, wilt communicat* with me, at this place. Columbus, Jan. Is. Jal7-8t ■. BOLAND AMUIB—In NoxtMt 3*l * WBOIBBAD'A GEORGIA 7 PER CENT- COUPON BONDS. Exwcitivb Dar-ARTMaxT. I MUledegville, Sth December, IS6I. f O KALI-ID I’ItOPOMAO will be received at ibis Office O until MONDAY, the second day of February, 1“M, tor the purchase of the Bonds of the State of Georgia, bearing an interest of seven per cent, per annum, the interest pay able semi-annually, in January and July, at the Bank of the State es Georgia, in Savannah—the principal of the Bonds payable at Use Treasury of tbe Bute in sums of Five Hundred Dollars each. Tbe amount of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS of said Bonds payable ten years after date, and the same amount payable twenty years after date—the State reeer ving upon the face of these latter Bonds the to redeem them after tin? expiration of ten years. Bidders mu«t specify the amount of the Bonds they pro pose to take, and also the class, together with tbe premium they propose to pay. Froi-oeals for these Bonds must Ire accompanied with sat isfactory evidence of the ability of the bidder to respond to his bid. Bv order of the Governor, dtS-diw WM. STEELE, Sec, lx. Pep. AH iiK l ltukals Ample- MENTH —The undersigned are now receiving from the manufaetur- _ iftjFv era at the North, and will keep coo- tiMBHESweSiM stantlr on hand a large assortment of the beat AGRICUL TURAL IMPLEMENTS to be had in New York or New England, or this city, and adapted to Southern Husbandry, which they will sell low for ca-h. CARMICHAEL t BEAN. ABgusta,*eorra. _ CHEMICAL HAIR REGENERATOR riMflft article is a coin|>ound in which an invigorating and 1 cleansing wash are united. It clears effectually the pores of the skin from Scurf or Darrdriff—produce* a healthy action of the veesels, gives vignrto the root* of the hair, and pre vent# halJn—r. It will Ire found a great addition to the toilet on account of ite agreeable perfume audita great merits in rwlering the hair lustrous and flexible for dressing. Price 00c per bottle. For sale ky dl* _ D. B. PLUMB k Co. f OVETTS H AHPKXK, OK HAIR GLOSS ii For preventing greyuess and Baldness; for restoring Grey Hair to its original color; and for producing thick natural bair where it hsa become thin or baid. The pro prietor of the Wabpene assumes that hair seed or germ is always in the scalp, and that by removing tbe cause of dic es**, the hair and it* natural Color i* restored. Tbe Wahpeuf 1* in bottle* with full direction*, price *l. Sold by HAVILAND, UIBLBT A CO., J*t Bole Agent*. BLAKE'S EIRE PROOF FAINT. r pIIH subscriber hi* just received 20 hbl*. of thi*'.Paint JL which is the cheapest, most durable, and safest article in u»e. Toahouie covered wi.hthi* Faint, there is no danger of fire. In a few month* after being applied, it turn* to stone, thereby affording a complete protection against the weather and lira. For sale by jaT WM. H. TUTT, Druggist. NOTE LOBT. Tost on STOLEN, from me in Burke kjjKOta J county, a BUCKET BOOK, containing a j y-wtrtT*'\j Note of One Hundred an-1 Ten Dollars, dated October 11,1851. maileby Michael King, pay able to Timothy Donovan. J forewarn all persons against trading for said Note, ja2d.tr TIMOTHY DONOVAN. NEW SADDLE, BRIDLE AND HARNESS MAN UFACTORY. A- JL A. McALLIfcTKH takes this method of in forming his friends and the public, that he has A*'*’*® commenced the above business, in all its various branches, on Broad Street, a few doors below the Eagle and Flxenix Hotel, Augusta, Ga., and hopes, by strict and unre mitting attention, to merit a share of public patronage. From the long experience he has hail as a practical manu facturer of English, Spanish, and American Saddles, in every variety of style and finish, and for the last five years in Au gusta, Ga.; as Ids make of noddies is known and approved all over the country, he is confident that he can make any style that his friends may desire, which for durability cannot be sur passed anywhere. He will keep on hand Hsddl-s made by himself, which he will sell as low as any Baddies made in the Southern country. N. B.—Old Saddle# re-seated and padded, and all kinds of repairing and jobbing done in a neat and workmanlike man ner, ss low as can lie done in Augusta. n27-twSm. FINE WATCHES. IMVK WATCH ICS, of ihe manufacture of Julss,r~9 I Jiirguaen, of Copenliagen, T. F. Cooper, and j£7V Chaw. Taylor, of 1-onJnn, and of most other makers of estabUehed reputation, in rarioue styles of casting, for •ale by CLARK, RACKBTT & CO. Aitgiißta, Oct. 80,1351. 081 FINE WATCHEB, CLOCKS JEWELBY. AND SILVER AND PLATED GOODS, rz. THOMAS W. KRKEIIAV at hie old ft. |vV stand, op|»>*ite the Brunswick Bank,Augusta, KyV f& , ha* on hand a large and wtll selected •took, consisting of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, ail qual ifies; full setts GERMAN JEWELRY, in boxes; Gold Breast Pina, Ear Rings, Pencils, Spectacles, Fob, Vest and Guard Chains; Foil, Vest, anti Guard Keys; Finger Kings, Bracelets, Buckles, Armlc.ts, Mcdalions, Ac. SILVER AND PLATED WARE, Spoons, Forks, Tea Sets, Castors, Candlesticks, Ac. —ALSO— Guns, Pistols, Percussion Ceps, Shot Pouches, Powder Flasks, Game Bag*, Ac.; besides many other convenient and useful article not named. Having purchased all my Goods for oash, I helieru I can sell at prices that will suit purchasers. docks, Watches, ami Jewelry repaired and warranted. N. It.—New Goods receircd weekly. 012 dAw. EAGLE FOUNDRY, ~~ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JONES STREET, THE OLD PLANTERS’ ‘ " HOTEL. npllK I'VDKHSHiVKn haring purchased the intercut X- of Mr. John Th.kky, in the RAGLK FOUNDRY, is now prepared, with greatly increased Machinery, to furnish STEAM ENGINES, of aay size or power. CASTINGS, of every description, in either Iron or Brass, Saw, or Merch ant Mills, Factories for Gin Gearing, At., Ac. Also, PULLEYS, SHAFTING, and all kind of MACHINE RY. Haring a great variety of PATTERNS on hand, and first rate Workmen in my employ, 1 am able to furnish all orders entrusted tome, at short notice,and at prices fully as low as work of the same quality can bo laid down from the North or elsewhere. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon the old firm, I respectfully solicit a continuation of the same, and guarantee a prompt and faithful execution of all orders sent me. fe 7 T. L. NKKSON. SPRING HILL MACHINE SHOP 17*011 BUILDING AND lItiPAIRINU all kinds of Cotton and Wool MACHINERY—making large Screws and Gearing of all kinds—Turning Iron, Wood, Ac. Also, Wool Carded and Batted, six miles from Augusta, on the Louisvilia Road, where the Projirietors will be grateful for all orders—or they can be left at C. A. & M. 11. Wil liami'i, Anyuta or directed to Richmond Factory i\ O. d2O-wtf HACK & DUVAL. SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN. FURNITURE! FURNITURE! FURNITURE! DAILY iV FINCH, CABINET MAKERS VA and UNDERTAKERS, respectfully inform JWI tho citizens and public generally, that they * i * are now manufacturing ail kinds of FUR- -SogSES NITURB, which they intend to sell cheaper than any eve* offered in tills market before. Their shop is a few doors above the Upper Market, formerly occupied by Oden. Call before purchasing elsewhere. Repairing done with neatness and despatch. d!2-dly LOOK HERE- A NKW STOItK AMI MiW /-mi, M tU FURNITURE. J BILCOY lias re- Uwgj'S' K2* move.) Ills stock of FURNITURE, *1 ' CHAIRS, MATRASSKS, Ac., next SS&ItJk to Dr. Turpin's, immediately opposite his former stand, where he intends topping a general assortment of FURNI TURE, CHAIRS, MATRASSES, Ac.,of hie own manufacture. Also, a good assortment of Northern manufacture, which he will warrant, and at such prices as to maka St an in ducement to those about purchasing to gira him a call at his NEW FURNITURE STAND. oi2-rtAw PIANO FORTES MUSIC, &C. CIURIiES CATIJiV & CO., near , the United States Hotel, Augusta, Ga., pjpaalsy* are the only authorized Agents for Chick- fflrwiwn ering’s celebrated “ “ “ 1/ * IRON FRAMED PIANO FORTES. Also, for those made by Nunn A Clark, and Adam Stod dard. The superiority and wide spread celebrity of these In struments render any special reference to them unnecessa ry. The universal satisfaction that they have given in this market, for more than 15 years, is good evidence of their durability. Their stock is always large and full, comprising every variety and style of f>, 6,V 6?* anil 7 octave PIANOS, which they will sell at the lowest factory prices, (varying from S2OO to $500,) and warrant them sound and perfect in every respect. Their stock of MUSIC is large, and they receive fresh supplies every week of all new publications, as soon as they are issued. All orders for Pianos, Music, Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Ac cordeons, Ac., Ac., will receive prompt and careful atten tion, and will be warranted to please in every respect. MELODEONS. They have also a complete assortment of Prince A Co.’s MKI.ODEONS. The Key Board is precisely the same as the Piano or Organ ; and the tone closely resembles that of the Flute stop of the Organ, and is sufficiently loud for small Churches. They vary in price from SSO to SIOO. .IF.WEI.RY. CHARLES CATLIN keeps for sale at the same place, a targe Stock of flue WATCHES, JEWELRY and SILVER WARE, to which he invites the attention of the public. nhSB PIANOFORTES. THE subscribers would respectfully call waßftsy--i the attention of their friends and the gjtF&ifrN&MßN public, to their assortment of Rosewood and rs f £] Vn Mahogany PIANO FORTES, from the well « * K U « known and justly celebrated Manufactories of Bacon A Raven. A. 11. Gale A Co., and Dubois A Seabury, New York, which are warranted in every respect, to be at least fully equal to an-- instruments manufactured in this country or Europe. übscribeis would also state than the instruments now on haii< are of the Latest patterns and fashion, and fresh from the manufacturers. For sale at very low prieea for cash or city acceptances, at GEO. A. OATfi? A CO.’S myl3 Piano, Book and Music Depot, ltroad-st. DISMH.t TIOX OF COPARTNERSHIP. I’HE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing be tween B. F. S\YANTON and PHILLIPS and DRARLNG in the Tanning and Lath business, and known and dis tinguished under the name and style of B. F. SWANTON A 00., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to, or having demands against the late firm of B. F. SW ANTON A Co., will settle them with Hervey Bush, who is the only person authorised to settle the Books. PHILIPS A DEARING. jjcovington, Ga., Dec. 22,1851 jall-w4 __ BARGAINS. BARGAINS. THE r.XDEKSIQXED are now selling off their Stock of GOODS, in Crawfordville and Elherton, at Coat, and will give bargains to all who call. They also offbr their REAL ESTATE in each of the above Villages for Sale. They offer, in Elherton. the well known TAVERN LOT, for merly owned by Mrs. Oliver. They also request all those who are indebted to them, to call and settle immediately, or they will find their notes and accounts in the hands of an Attorney f r collection. SLOMAN, IIESRY A CO. ja2o-w-hn $lO REWARD. Rananv ay from the neighborhood of Island i Shoals, Newton county, a Negro Man, slave, by £>* the name of PETER, belonging to F. I> Weaver about the 28th December last. Said boy ia low and -VT. | ehunkev. dark complexion, about 45 years old. Said boy j is acquainted pretty well all over the State, as he was haul ing Gins for Griswold, in 1850, which gave him a great ma ny acquaintances. His wife is in the neighborhood he left. Anvperaon who will apprehend said Boy, mid lodge himm jaif sol get him, I will pay the above reward. My audresa «• P - ° ’ Neffton COUn ‘ y i«iaS Veaver_ NOTICE THE firm of Crawley and Carter wasJhi* day by mutual consent. All persons indebted to the firm will pimse come forward and settle up, as they are de*rou» CRAWLEY A CARTER. Or The business will hereafter be continued by Carter A Garrett, at the old stand, and they solicit a continuation of their old patrons anti friends, and hope by ck»e attention and pereeverance to be able to do justice by their friends. CARTER A GARRETT. Circle. January 1, 1552. J* 3 OAfl AAA IdJS. SIDES; XUU.HVIU 200,(KM lbs. SHOULDERS; 5,000 Smalt fmnu, h AMB; 200 bbls. LARD. For sale by the undersigned, who keeps constantly on hand a large Stock of PROVISIONS. Pardea tending orders, may rely on fatting them filled at as lew rates, aa if buy ing in peraon. GEORGE A THOMAS CASBCRN. Jalft ** South Street. Baltimore, M<L_ P~ AI NT MUX*,|of the moat itaproved modalT fcr aaU by H. xurr.Draggwt ji 1 From <Ae iltmphie Enquirer. THE “GREAT RIVER."* bt l. menu surra. Stroog, deep, resistless, through Columbia’s heart. Thou roilest, mighty river, coursing on like some great, shining thought, Omnipeter.ee Has wakened in ita depths. Sublime, serene. Through summer's gorgeousness, or winter’s gloom, When glassing back the sunshine, or the dark And tempest-teased battalions of tbe sky; And, like a great soul, beautifully calm. When star-showers fall, as though the frenzied gods Would weep upon thy bosom tears of flame. Most beautiful art thou, majestical And panoplied in grandeur, by repose, A* others by the tempest. Thiift is not The crested multitude of warrior-waves That boom and battle on the “stormy Gulf," Tbe wild Atlantic billows, shivered white Upon deceitful breakers, murmuring Low eurses round their torturers; nor yet The rush of rapids, gloom and glory blent. Where might and madness struggle in the heart Os dread Niagara. But glorious And lovely as the “Milky Way," the stream Os light that courses through a starry land And far beyond the nigbt-cloud, is to thee What loves of heaven are to the loved on earth! Thou, too, art flowing through the “land of stars,” A blessed bond of “Unionnever may Its link be sundered, till the sky-stream lades In ether, and its golden shores dissolve To nothingness 1 Teii us, when far away In Time's gray dawning, still the nations slept, Did’st thou all proudly cleave the wilderness, As sweeps a mighty vision through the brain Os slumbering Titan ? Tribes of long ago, Whose path of empire lies amid the clouds Os mystery, have lied, and left no voice To whisper of their glories. Warrior-chief, Whose council-circle on thy margin shone, The Indian maid, whose shallop swept thy wave, Bwift as the swallow's pinion, too have passed As foam from off the billow. Now the Power That rules an iron-arteried domain, Sails with the steam-fiend, chains the fiery tongue, Whose voice is in the hurricane, and makes A slave of wild Impossibility— The Genius of my conntry furls his wing O’er thy broad bosom. StiU thou art the same, And hoary centuries shall tail, like plumes Blow-dropping from the weary wing of Time, Yet leave thee changeless, proud and stately stream. No haughty height* are here, like tliose that pour Red lava to the equinoctial sun ; No mural palisades of iron ice, As curb the surges of the frozen Pole; Yet one may stand on thy long, wooded shores, And,£from the summit of some mountain thought, Gaze forth upon a continent of Time; Beholding, too, how dark behind it lies Eternity Inscrutable —before, Eternity incomprehensible. Thou hast a voice, proud river; and my soul Springs forth to meet its lessons, like a child To meet its mother’s smile. The morning brings Thy soft, dear hallelujah, and my heart Echoes in union, “praise God! praise God 1” The deep meridian reigneth, light and strength Have met upon the waters, teaching me That power is only greatness when 'tis blent With truth immutable. ’Tis midnight lone; Yet, bearing on the steamer’s stately form, I hear thy never-resting waters Dow, And murmur as they glide, “Oh! weary not: I.ifk lives in action, and the übo of Timo Is Dkstixt.” * [lt has been decided that the name Mississippi is com posed of two words; Messes (great) and Sepjie (river); consequently the original signification is the “Great River," and not the “Father of Waters.”] — Mem phis Eagle. Old Time Winters. —ln 1564 tlie cold was so in tense that the Thames in England, was covered with ice sixty-one inches thick. In 1693 the cold was so excessive that the furn ished wolves entered Vienna and attacked beasts, and even men. Many people in Germany were frozen to death in 1695, and 1699 was nearly ms bad. 1111709 occurred that famous winter, called by distinction the cold winter. All the rivers and lakes were frozen, and even the sea several miles from the shore. The ground was frozen nino feet deep. Birds and beasts were struck dead in the fields, and men perished by thousands in their houses. In the south of France the wine planta tions were almost destroyed, nor have they yet re covered that fatal disaster. The Atlantic sea was frozen and even tiie Mediterranean about Genoa ; and the citron and orange groves suffered extreme ly in tiie finest parts of Italy. ’ In 1716 the winter was so intense that people tra velled across the Straits from Copenhagen to the province of Sonia in Sweden. In 1726, in Scotland, multitudes of cattle and sheep were buried in the snow. in 1740 the winter was scarcely inferior to that of 1709. The snow lay ten feet deep in Spain and Portugal. The ZuvderZec was frozen over, and thousands of people went over it. And the lakes in England froze. 111 1744 the winters were very cold. Snow tell in Portugal to the depth of twenty-three l'ect on a level. In 1754 and 1755 the winters were very severe and cold. In England, the strongest ale, exposed to the air in a glass, was covered with ico one-eighth of an inch thick. In 1771 the Elbe was frozen to tho bottom. In 1776 the Danube bore ice five feet thick below Vienna. Vast numbers of the feathered and finny tribes perished. The Winters of 1774 and 1775 were uncommonly severe. Tho Little Belt was frozen over. From 1800 to 1812, also, the winters wore remar kably cold, particularly tiie latter, in Russia,| and proved so disastrous to the French army. The Spirits Departed.— Some time since wc no ticed that several believers in the new spiritual rap ping revelations had gone from Madison and ad joining counties to Virginia, in obedience to the commands of the rappers. It is said they have formed a distinct settlement at Mountain Cove, Fay ette county, in that State, where they have pur chased $14,000 worth of fanning lands. Since the location of the first party, other families have fol lowed. Among those who are well known as lea ders of the sect at Auburn nrc Rev. I)r. Scott, I. S. Ilvatt, the printer, Mrs. Benedict, and Messrs. Rush, Wilson and Cottrell. The papers “dictated by the Spirits” heretofore published in Auburn are to he revived in this new Mecca of a new religion. Where nrc the “Rochester Rappers.”— Rochester Democrat. Despatch in Paper Making. —Few arts have been more improved than this, as all will acknowledge who have read a description of the old mode nnd compared the present to it. The Louisville “Cou rier,” of a late date relates a remarkable instance of despatch. “At half past five o’clock last evening,” it says the paper on which this morning’s edition of tlie ‘Courier’ is printed was rags in Mr. Isaac Cromie’s paper mill. The rags were soon convert ed into the article we ordered, and at fifteen minutes before eigiit o’clock the paper was delivered at our office ready for the press. This is certainly an in stance of remarkable expedition. Hon. Abbott Lawrence. —The movements ofthe American Minister at the Court of St. Janies, are thus noticed by Thureow Weed, who is writing from London, under date of December 9,18*1; “Our Minister, Mr. Lawrence, is at his post. He resides in Piccadilly, fronting St. James Park, with the Duke of Wellington for his neighbor on one side, and tiic great heiress, Miss Burdett Coutts, on the other. lie has sustained himself, officially, personally nnd socially, most creditably. With the Government, the 'Nobility and his Country men, lie Is universally popular, lie went, a few weeks ago, with Mrs’ Lawrence, for relaxation, to Ireland; but liis visit proved one of deep interest and severe toil. No American Minister had ever visited Ireland. Where so much American feeling exists, it was an event of more than ordinary im portance. The Minister was received everywhere, and by all classes, with marked enthusiasm. He visited Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Cork, &c., &c., receiving public demonstrations from the author ities of those Cities, and attentions from the No bility and country. This gave him favorable op portunities for ascertaining tho condition, re sources and wants of the Island. Since he return ed he has, I am informed, addressed a despatch on the subject to our Government.” Newspapers. —The oelebrated writer “Junius” thus speaks of newspapers. We commend it to the attention of all. “They who conceive our newspapers nrc no re straint upon bad men, or impediment to the execu tion of bad measures, kuow nothing of this coun try. Our ministers and magistrates have really lit tle puuishinent to fear, and few difficulties to con tend with, bevondthe censure ofthe press, and the spirit of resistance it excites among the people. While this censorial power is maintained, to speak in the words of a most ingenious foreigner, ‘both ministers, and magistrates are compelled, in almost every instance, to chose between his duty and rep utation. A dilemma of this kind perpetually be fore him, will not, indeed, work miracles on his heart, but it will assuredly operate in some degree upon liis conduct. Statistics of French Population. —From a sta tical work, just published in l’nris, bv M. Matkieu, it appears that the births in France, during the 83 years from 1817 to 1849, were 16,459,349, boys, and 15,504,541 girls. Os these, 1,166,906 boys, and 1,- 121,038 girls were illegitimate. A comparison of these numbers will show the curious fact that the proportion of boys to girls is larger iu the ease of legitimate than of illegitimate children, the pro portion of the former being as 17 to 16, and of the latter as 25 to 24. The proportion of illegitimate to legitimate children during the same period was 1 to 13, all but a fraction. But in Paris, during 1850, the Dumber of illegitimate births attained the frightful proportion of nearly 1 in 4, the numbers being 13,343, legitimate and 4,922 illegitimate. From 1817 to 1849 the annual average of births in France was 1 to 88-96 inhabitants, of deaths 1 to 40, and of marriages, Ito 128. The tables show a very large increase in the duration of human life since* 1817. In that year the average duration was 31.8 years : in 1688 it was 83.9 years, and in 1849 it reached 86.1. Before the first revolution Duvil land's tables gave 28 8-4 years only as the average duration of life, so that more than 7 years, by a steady progression, have been gained with 60 years. The present population of Pans is 945,721. This added to 187,518 in the arondisseineut of St. De nis, and 187,518 in that of Sceaux, makes the population of the department of the Seine 1,864,- 988. A Down Easter down on Railooaw*. — Tlie Knick erbocker givas the following, as the private opin ion publicly expressed, of an old resident of one ofthe “faroffshore towns" on Massachusetts Bay Said the “far off shord town” man: “I don't think much o’ railroads; thev ain't no kind o’ justice into ’em. Now, what kind o justice is it, wlien railroads take one man's up-and and carts it over in wheel-barers onto another man s ma'sh ? What kind ’o’commodation be they f You can’t go when vou want to go; you got to go when I the bell rings,‘or the blasted noisy whistle blows, i 1 tell veou its payin’ tew much for the whistle, fcf von live a lectio ways off the dee-pot, you got to pay to git to the railroad; and es yon want to go any where else 'eept just to the eend on it, you to pay to go a'ter you git there. W liatakind o com- AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1852. modation is that 1 Goin’ round the country, tew, mnrderin folks, runnin’ over cattle, sheep and hogs, and settin’ fire to bridges, and every now and then buntin’ np the woods. Mrs. Eobbine, down to Cod p’int, says—and she ought to know, for she’s a pious woman, and belongs to the lower church— she said to me, no longer ago than dav ’fore' yes terday, that she’d be cuss’d ts she dldn t know that they sometimes run over critters a-purpose—they did" a likely shoat o'her’n, and never paid f>r't, ’cause they was a ’corporation, ’ they said. What kind o’ ’conimodatioa is that ? Besides now I’ve lived here, clus to the dee-pot, ever since the road started to run, and seen ’em go out and eornc in; but I never could see that they went so d—d fast, nuther!" Large Brass Casting. —A propeller for the U. <B. steamer Princeton was cast at Messrs. Murray & Hnzlehurtt’s Vulcan Works, on Thursday of, com position, which will weigh when finished about 16,000 lbs. Nearly nine tons of metal were melted and run into the mould. The mould was prepared by Mr. James A Bttrce, the foreman, without the use of a pattern which is believed to be the first time a easting of this description lias been made in this manner, as the screw has increasing pitch. The dimensions are as follows :—Whole diameter 16 to 31 feet; length of screw 42 inches ; length of hub 27 inches; number of blades 4. The screw was designed by B. Fiseenvood Esq., acting engineer in chief IJ. 8. Navy.— Sun. Tbe Journal of Commerce gives an account of a novel production which the Buy State Mills—those which recently drove the British Shawls is out of the market—have produced. It is a Fell cloth Car pet, printed in black work, and designed according to weight either as a floor-cloth, or drugget. The threads of wool are not tpun or woven, but drn.»n out and laid together, the whole mass being felted like a hat body. Within a few mouths, fabrics have Wen put together in this way, show ing a different color on either side, and designed for coats to be made up without lining. The Bay State Mills make this cloth with a white ground, about 48 inches wide, weighing from 4 to 24 ozs. per yard, and print it in elegant caroet designs, showing the richest combination of brilliant colors, and furnish it at 75 to 90 cents per pard. Already the carpet-bag makers are ordering ex tensively for their own use—and for tbe floor of a drawing room or chamber there is no covering so cheap, at all comparable with it for appearance or comfort. The Bay State Mills, the Journal says, have been driven to invent something new by the home competition in the shawl trade. Tiie mo ment any branch of industry is so well established as to yield a profitable return, a rival enterprise is immediately started, which takes advantage of the iexperience gained without cost to itself, and di : vides the business with the pioneers in the work. CitAiNOLoov.—Dr. Morton had, so far back as 1840, collected and arranged a cabinet of 967 hu man crania from many widely separated regions of the earth; 253 crania of animals; of birds 267; and of reptiles and fishes 81; making 1,468 speci mens—tho number of which, in the course of the last ten years, has boen considerably increased, lie considers the “ Human Species as consisting of Five Races divided into twenty-two families.” “France is Tranquil!" —Over the above title Punch contains a caricature, representing a French soldier pressing down with a musket the Goddess of Liberty, who is hound, gagged, and ironed. Beneath the figure is “ La Presse,” torn and tram pled upon, and above, inscribed upon a wall, are the words, “ Libertc, Egalite, Frat ” (the rest of the latter word is obliterated.) In the back ground are soldiers firing into defenceless houses. New Steering Apparatus for Ships. —There is now on exhibition, says the Boston Journal, at the Merchants’ Exchange; an improved apparatus for Btcering ships, which for simplicity of construction and apparent completeness of operation, lias elicited much commendation from persons familiar with such subjects, and deserves tho attention of ship masters, owners and builders. It is altogether nov el, we beliovo, in its construction, and in the opinion of some good judges, combines tiie desirable quali ties of other inventions without their disadvantages. One of the features which commends it to the approval of ship owners and shipmasters, is its entire separation from the rudder head. It is also so contrived that it combines tbe old method of the lever with the power of the screw. The appa rent ease and precision with which it is worked, and the simplicity of its construction, are among its excellencies, and cannot fail to commend it to the favorable attention of all those who are inte rested in commerce. We also learn that it can ho afforded at a less price than any other of tho pat ent inventions now in use. A patent for a safety-paper has been granted in England to Mr. W. Stones. The abject of the in vention is to manufacture a paper that will indicate by discoloration of its surface, when an attempt has been made to extract written characters therefrom ; thereby affording to bankers and merchants pro tection against forgery. lodine of promine, togeth er with ferrocyanid or ferrocyanid of potassium and starch, arc employed in its preparation. Iron Rivers.— Mr. Burwell, of Virginia, in a speech before the groat Railroad Convention at New Orleans, said : That there should be such a wonder as Railroads —iron rivers, without disease on their banks, with out overflows and without crevasses—was a reve lation for tho South. The Anglo-Americans were a master race and had harnessed that great engine of improvement to their service. It was a labor saving improvement and the men of our race, al though condemned to eat their bread in the sweat of their brows, by its use had determined to eat as much bread and sweat as little as possible. He spoke of the cheapness of rail-roods at the South and of tho labor at hand to construct them. Im provements may be made with slave labor, for it is cheaper, than' free lal>or, and hv constructing roads by means of tho former, tho cost of the con struction is paid to our own citizens and remains to increase the active capital among our selves. Tlkt difference of cost in Virginia between tVeo and slave labor was as two to one in favor of the employment of slaves. Privileged Members. —A correspondent of the New York Independent, writing from Washing ton, give sthe following good one of a minister who was not acquainted with tho ways of the cap ital. A Gentleman on a visit here, and anxious to lis ten to the debates, opened very coolly one of the doors of the Senate and was about to pass in, when tho doorkeeper asked, “Are yon a privelodged member ?” “What do yon mean by such a man ?” asked the stranger. Tiie reply was, “A Governor, an cx-member of Congress, or a foreign minister.” The stranger said “I am a minister.” “From what Court or country, if you please ?” asked the official. (Very gravely pointing up,) “From the Court of Heaven, sir.” To this our doorkeeper waggishly remarked, “This government at present holds no intercourse with that foreign power !” Cherokee and Blue Ridge Circuits.— We find in tho Rome Courier the following table of the times of holding the Superior Courts in these two Cir cuits : Cberokris Circuit. Chattooga, 24 Monday in February and August. Floyd, 3d “ “ Cass, 2d “ in March and September. Gordon, 4th 11 u “ Murray, Ist “ in April and October. Whitfield, 2d “ “ “ Walker, 8d “ “ “ Dade, 4th “ “ “ Blus Ridok Circuit. Campbell, Sd Monday in February and August. Carroll, 4th “ “ “ “ “ Paulding, Ist “ in March and September. Polk, 2d “ “ “ “ “ Cobb, 3d “ “ “ “ “ Cherokee, Ist “ in April and October. Forsyth, 2d “ “ “ “ “ Lumpkin, 8d 11 “ “ “ “ Union, 4th “ “ “ “ “ Gilmer, Ist “ in May and November. The number of visitors to the Zoological Gar den in London, during the last year was 659,- 000. Railroad Connection. Tiie following is the vote in the House of Repre sen atives on the motiou to postpone indefinitely the bill to permit the Georg a, Waynesboro’, and South Carolina Railroad Companies to estab lish a Common Depot in the city of Augusta. Yeas— Messrs. Allred, Anderson, of Franklin, Anderson, of Wilkes, Bailev, Barr, Barnett, of Butts, Barnett, of Henry, Barlow, Bivins, Blood wortli, Brinson, Bulloch, Byrd, Cameron, of Chat tooga. Carr, Castens, Chastain, Clark, of Ogle thorpe, Clark, of Stewart, Cobb, of Dooly, Coob, of Harris, Dvear, E wards, Fall, Felton, Fowler, Gardner, Gilmoie, Grant, Gray, Harrison, Harris, of Mclntosh Ilenley, Henry, Holland, Hussey, Irwin, of Wilkos, Knox, Lane", Langmade, Latimer, of Cobb, Lewis. Lowe, McFarland, McLain, Mil ledge, Moon, Mobley, Morehouse, Moreland. Mo rel, Morris, Patterson, Perkins, Phillips, Price, Ramsay, Raulerson, Reeves, Robinson, ol Laurens, Robinson, of Macon, Scarlett, Shew : ake, Smith of Coweta, Smith, of Hancock, Seaton. Stephens, Summer, Thornton, Thurmond, Tillman, of Ap pling. Tillman, ofTatnall, Trippc,Waldhour,Watts, Williford, Wofford, Woodward, and Wooiridge.— 80. Nats —Messrs. Atkinson, Baugh, Bellinger. Blackwell, Born, Cannon, Dawson, of Greene, Dawson, of Putnam, Erwin, of Forsyt , Floyd, Fuller. Hall, Harris, of Clark, Harper. Hill, Jncko way, Janes, Latimer, of Warren, Loeklin, McAfee, McComb, Merrell, Nasworthy, Pickett. Pierce, Richardson, Roberts, Russell, Seward, Tiff, Winn, of Gwinnett, Wynn, of Oglethorpe—32. Absentees and’ Not Voting. —Messrs. Armstrong. Bartow. Culler, Cameron, of Teifiur. Daniel, Dor miny, Fannin, Gilbert, Haeknev, Hendrick. I.ott, Loveless. McDougald, Powell, Walker, Wall, Wallace, Williams—lß. Information Wanted. —If Mr. Jacob Patterson of Georgia, who lost a Negro man named William some ten or twelve years since, is still living, and will write to the Journal Messenger office, he can obtain some information that will be greatly to his interest. The other papers of the State are request ed to publish this paragraph at an early day: by doing this they will serve tie public ss well as Mr. Patterson. Cincinnati, Jan. 16.—The total amount of freight on the George Washington and Martha W ashing ton and the hull and barge owned by them was aa follows: 6449 bbU. pork, 1368 bbla. lard, 800 tierces hams and shoulders, 61 hhds. haras. 640 bbls. oil, lOOhhda bacon, 500 bbls. floor, 600 bbls whiskey. 800 boxes cheese, 100 boxes candles and 1000 empty bbls. Most of the provisions was owned in Boston and insured at the east. Memphis, Jan. 16. —The steamer Tippah from Sallatehe river bound for New Orleans with 723 bales cotton was burned 85 miles below Vicksbnnr Tuesday. The second engineer was burned to death. ' Mrs. Butler the captains's wife, jumped into the river and swam ashore. The books, pa per*, money and baggage, all lost—no insurance. Report on the Penitentiary. Mr. Moore from the Joint Standing Committee on the Penitentiary, made the following Effort : The Joint Standing Committee on the Penitentiary bee leare to report that in the discharge of the duties of them, they have endeavored to investigate of the Penitentiary, and to inform themselves fulp? oMm true situation; but in consequence of the great labor neces tary to attain an end so desirable, and the short time allow ed your Cun .mi l tee from other Legislative dude* to devote to that object, together with the mean, they wereconS to resort to, m order to ascertain it, indtbtedne,, it u w to be expected they have procured a’l t£tXa£>n reictapr to enable them to report with exact accuwv the true financial condition of the Institution e remiire.) dtTa'i"? investigations the Committee require,! of Mr. fc. B. Julian, Inspector, a catalogue of the names of all the creditors of the Penitentiary ami the amount due each; m compliance with that requisition he furna-hed promptly to the Committee a statement of the debtsdue liy the Penitentiary, contracted bv himself as In spector since the Ist day of August, 1 SSO, (that being the day he went into ornce,) and stated to the Committee, (whyh statement was verified by examination,! that prior to his taking charge of the Inspector's books, no reliable account was kept, even of the debt, contracted bv the In spector hlmsoli; much less of the general indebtedness es the institution, and tliat in consequence thereof, he could not give die information sought. Your Committee, deeming it important to ascertain, if possible, the amount of claims against U;e Penitentiary, and having failed to do so, from the Inspector, where the same should properly hav>becn had, w ith the hope of arriving at something like its real lia bilities, resorted to a publication of notice to the creditors of the Institution, requesting them to report by the 10th day of December next, the amount of iheir respective claims; under which notice, claims from various persons against the Penitentiary, (in all, amounting to the sura of three thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars and thirty five cents, s3,S4ti 35,) over and above what were reported by the Inspector, have been presented to your Committee; what amount is yet behind unpre-ented, they cannot con jecture. It is hut justice to Mr. N. B. Juhan to say, that after he became the Inspector, his books were kept in a style of neatness quite creditable to him. Your Committee also made a careful examination of the ooki and vouchers of Maj. 11. J. G. Williams, Book Keep er, and found them kept in a style i f neatness and correct ness highly creditable to him ; and the entries therein pre cisely corresponding witli the vouchers. They also required of Maj. Williams, a list of the names of the debtors, and amounts due by each to the Penitentiary; and to mark on said list, such as were insolvent or uncollectable, (the ohject being to ascertain the reliable assets,) and also to report the amount due by the Penitentiary on Pay Kolls on the sth January, 1852 ; from which report and list, and that of the Inspector, together with the claims presented by creditors, yoar Committee submit the following to lie the financial condition of th" Penitentiary, up to the sth inst., exclusive of tlie debt of two thousand nine hundred dollars recently contracted for pork to feed the convicts the present year, to wit: debts on notes and accounts due to Penitentiary, (28,069 05. Insolvent ami uncollectable (12,272 98, leav ing as probably collectable, though by no means at present available, the sum of (15,796 12. Debts due by Penitentiary, as reported by N. B. Juhan, In spector , (S,SSI 57 Presented to Committee by creditors 3,546 85 Due on Pay Roil, sth January, 1852 6,290 89 Amounting in all to tlie sum of (17,988 81 And leaving a balance against the Penitentiary, supposing all the debts now considered good, should prove to be so, but which your Committee have no idea will be the case, of two thousand one hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty nine cents, ((■-’,192 69,) exclusive of the debt for Pork above spoken of. Your Committee report the buildings and yard to be in very bad condition—the Work shops, Cell and Tan yard buildings, all need repairing, the first named especially, in its present situation, is daily in great danger of taking fire. Your Committee believe it wuuld be wise economy to cover all the buildings mentioned with tin, and so recom mend. They al-o recommend that such additions be made to the Tan-y ard building, as w ill be suitable for the manu facturing of boots and shoes, the shops now used for that business, being wholly unfit. In the anticipation that tlie General Assembly would carry out tile recommendation of your Committee, they herewith submit the probable cost for repairing the buildings, and the fence around the Penitentiary square, as estimated by a very’ intelligent and experienced mechanic, and recommend the appropriation of that amount of money, to accomplish tlie same, to wit: For covering Workshops and Tan-Yard building .(2,152 00 Material for additions to Tan-Yard building 420 00 Covering Cell buildings 600 00 And materials for repairing fence around Peniten tiary- Square 400 00 Amounting in all to the sum of (3,602 00 Your Committee examined and took an inventory of the manufactured articles and raw material on hand. They found a large proportion of the former marked at prices greatly above their real value, aud of the latter, a large portion almost worthless, especially the timber under the sheds, outside the wall, which they consider is of no value whatever, except as fire-wood for the engine, and recom mend it be used for that purpose. On the sth inst., there were on hand manufactured arti cles, (at marked prices) amounting to the sum of three thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty uiue ceuts, ((8,982.59,) a great many of which have been on hand a long time, and are now greatly depreciated in value, tlie whole, in all probability, will never be sold for but littlee, if any more than half the sum; and in order that a sale of them may be rendered probable, your Com mittee recommend to the Principal Keeper to reduce the price of all such articles, and that the Ilook Keeper sell them in such manner as in his opinion and thatof the Principal Keeper, will best promote the interest of the In stitution. There is on hand, of raw material, including everything in and outside the wall, eight thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars .and thirty-six cents worth, a large por tion of which is composed of articles that will not for a long time, if ever, he profitably used. Predicating their recommendation upon the facts, that the already ascertained debt of the Penitentiary, to various creditors, (exclusive of the debt for Pork) is hut a fraction le3s than eighteen thousand dollars, some of whom have for years, in vain, been asking payment of their just dues; that the Institution is at this time without money, and without credit; that if all its solvent assets could now bo collected, they are entirely inadequate to discharge its liabilities; that upon the repairs suggested depends the pre servation of tlie property, that there is great insufficiency of raw material for profitable employment of the convicts, aud, that justice to creditors, and the credit of the State demand prompt payment of its liabilities. Your Com mittee recommend, that the sum of eighteen thousand dol lars for the payment of the debts, and the sum of twelve thousand dollars for the repairs suggested, and to purchase the necessary material for the use of the Penitentiary, be approved by this General Assembly. Your Committee con sidered it a part of their duty to examine into the circum stances connected with the recent escape of four of the con victs, and other alleged abuses—and for that purpose ex amined a number of persons under oath, caused their testi mony to be reduced to writing, aud think it advisable to preserve the same by depositing it with his Excellency, the Governor. Report on the Penitentiary. Mr. Moore from the Joint Standing Committee on tlie Penitentiary, made the following Eejort: Tlie Joint Standing Committee on the Penitentlarr bee leave to report that in the discharge of the duties rrouirSt of them, they have endeavored h, investigate ih“ 22 of the Penitentiary, and to inform themselves fulh? true situation; but in consequence of the great labor nece*- tary to attain an end so desirable, and the short time allow ed your O j-.miltee from other Legislative duties to devote to that bqject, together with the mean, they were’conS to resort to, ui order to ascertain its indebtedness it to be expected they have procured ad nl ressary to enable them to report with exact accuracv the true financial condition of the Institution e remiired investigations the Committee required of Mr. N. B. Juhan, Inspector, a catalogue of the names of all the creditors of the Penitentiary and the r mo “n!ji ,Ue e * Ch ,’ m com P ,iince Kith that requisition he furnished promptly to the Committee a statement of the debtsdue by the Penitentiary, contracted bv himself as In spector since the Ist day of August, 1850, (that being the daj he went Into ornce,) and stated to the Committee, (whyh Statement was verified by examination,! that prior to his taking charge of the Inspector's books, no reliable account was kept, even of the debts contracted bv the In spector himself much less of the general indebtedness as the Insulation. and tliat in consequence thereof, he could not give file information sought. Your Committee, deeming it important to ascertain, if possible, (he amount of claims against the Penitentiary, and having failed to do so, from the Inspector, where the same should properly hav" been had, w ith the hope of arriving at something like its real lia bilities, resorted to a publication of notice to the creditors of the Institution, requesting them to report by the loth day of December next, the amount of their respective claims; under which notice, claims from various persons against the Penitentiary, (in all, amounting to the sum of three thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars and thirty five cents, (3, 84 ii ;»,) over aud above what were reported hy the Inspector, have been presented to your Committee; what amount is yet behind unpre-ented, they cannot con jecture. It is but justice to Mr. N. B. Juhan to say, that after he became the Inspector, his books were kept in a stylo of neatness quite creditable to him. Your Committee a!.-o made a careful examination of the ooki and vouchers of Maj. 11. J. G. Williams, Book Keep er, and found them kept in a style of neatness and correct ness highly creditable to him ; and the entries therein pre cisely corresponding with the vouchers. They also required of Maj. Williams, a list of the names of the debtors, and amounts due by each to the Penitentiary; and Pi mark on said list, such as were insolvent or uncollectable, (the ohject being to a-certain the reliable assets,) and also to report the amount due by the Penitentiary on Pay Kolls on tlie 6th January, 1852; from which report and list, and that of tlie Inspector, together with the claims presented by creditors, yoar Committee submit tlie following to be the financial condition of the Penitentiary, up to the sth inst., exclusive of tlie debt of two thousand nine hundred dollars recently contracted for pork to feed the convicts the present year, tow it: debts on notes and accounts due to Penitentiary, (28,06# 00. Insolvent and uncollectable (12,272 98, leav ing as probably collectable, though by no means at present available, the sum of (15,796 12. Debts due by Penitentiary, as reported by N. B. Juhan, In spector , (8,851 57 Presented to Committee by creditors 3,546 85 Due on Pay Roll, stli January, 1852 5,290 89 Amounting in all to the sum of (17,988 81 And leaving a balance against the Penitentiary, supposing all the debts now considered good, should prove to be so, but which your Committee have no idea will be the case, of two thousand one hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty nine cents, ((2,192 69,) exclusive of the debt for Pork above spoken of. Year Committee report the buildings and yard to he in very had condition—the Work shops, Cell and Tan yard buildings, all need repairing, the first named especially, in its present situation, is daily in great danger of taking fire. Your Committee believe it would be wise economy to cover all the buildings mentioned with tin, and so recom mend. They al-o recommend that such additions be made to the Tan-yard building, as will be suitable for the manu facturing of boots and shoes, the shops now used for tliat business, being wholly unfit. In the anticipation that tlie General Assembly would carry out tile recommendation of your Committee, they herewith submit the probable cost for repairing the buildings, and the fence around tlie Penitentiary square, as estimated by a very' intelligent aud experienced mechanic, and recommend the appropriation of that amount of money, to accomplish tlie same, to wit: For covering Workshops and Tan-Yard building .(2,152 00 Material for additions to Tan-Yard building 420 00 Covering Cell buildings 600 00 And materials for repairing fence around Peniten tiary Square 400 00 Amounting in ail to the sum of (3,602 00 Your Committee examined and took an inventory of the manufactured articles and raw material on hand. They found a large proportion of the former marked at prices greatly above their real value, aud of the latter, a large portion almost worthless, especially the timber under the sheds, outside the wall, which they consider is of no value whatever, except as fire-wood for the engine, and recom mend it he used for that purpose. On the oth inst., there were on hand manufactured arti cles, (at marked prices) amounting to the sum of three thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty nine cents, ((8,982.59,) a great many of which have been on hand a long time, and are now greatly depreciated in value, the whole, ill all probability, will never be sold for but littlee, if any more than half the sum; and in order that a sale of them may be rendered probable, your Com mittee recommend to the Principal Keeper to reduce the price of all such articles, and tliat the Ilook Keeper sell them in such manner as in his opinion and thatof the Principal Keeper, will best promote the interest of the In stitution. There is on hand, of raw material, including everything in and outside the wall, eight thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-six cents worth, a large por tion of which is composed of articles that will not for a long time, if ever, he profitably used. Predicating their recommendation upon the facts, that the already ascertained debt of the Penitentiary, to various creditors, (exclusive of the debt for Pork) is hut a fraction less than eighteen thousand dollars, some of whom have for years, in vain, been asking payment of their just dues; that the Institution is at Mistime without money, and without credit; that if all its solvent assets could now be collected, they are entirely inadequate to discharge its liabilities; tliat upon tlie repairs suggested depends tlie pre servation of tlie property, tliat there is great insufficiency of raw material for profitable employment of the convicts, and, tluit justice to creditors, aud tlie credit of the State demand prompt payment of its liabilities. Your Com mittee recommend, that the sum of eighteen thousand dol lars for the payment of the debts, anil the sum of twelve thousand dollars for the repairs suggested, and to purchase the necessary material for the use of the Penitentiary, be approved by this Uenetal Assembly. Your Committee con sidered it a part of their duty to examine into the circum stances connected with the recent escape of four of the con victs, and other alleged abuses—and for that purpose ex amined a number of persons under oath, caused their testi mony to lie reduced to writing, and think it advisable to preserve the same by depositing it with his Excellency, the Governor. From that testimony your committee are satisfied, to say the least of it, that said escape originated in a great want of foresight upon the part of the Principal Keeper, in per mitting a large sum of money to go into the possession of one of the escaped convicts t and was effected through in excusable, if not criminal, negligence of the Guard on duty at the time. Your Committee also learned from the testi mony, that for some time previous to said escape, a convict named Janies llewett had not been locked in his cell at night. Considering such indulgence dangerous, they here express their decided disapprobation of any such liberty being allowed a convict. They also, from the same source, learned that for several years past, officers of the Peniten tiary have been in tlie habit of feeding and raising their individual stock upon provender belonging to the Institu tion, and of using tlie wood of the establishment for their individual purposes; if these things he true, such conduct is, to use tlie mildest appellation, very reprehensible, and should at once be stopped. In concluding their report, your Committee are constrain ed to say, that they have in vain searched for the profit of (28,280.61 of the last four years, claimed, by the Principal Keeper in Ids report, and are bound to believe that such profit exists on paper only, and regret to say that the gene ral apiiearance of the establishment, instead of indicating prosperity, is impressively indicative of ruin, dilapidation and decay. Your Committee recommend the adoption of the follow ing resolution, to wit: Uewlred, That the Governor be and he is hereby author ised to procure and employ a competent Mechanic to aid and sujierintend tlie making of Passenger and Freight Cars for the use of tlie Western and Atlantic Railroad, and that tlie Governor lie authorized to make convicts of the Geor gia Penitentiary work under the supervision of said super intendent Mechanic in making Railroad Cars aforesaid. Secret History of Louis .\apolcon’s, Coup D’Etat. "We give tho following interesting narrative of the concoction anil successful execution of tlie coup d'etat of December 2d, by which Louis Napoleon surprised France and the world. It’s source is M. Gratiicr de Cassagnac's piquant “Complete and Authentic Account of the Events of December, 1851.” The greatest marvel about the matter is that such extensive and complicated arrangements could be kept so completely a secret for fifteen or sixteen days. In the middle of November tiie President yet re mained master of his actions; in a few months it would have been too late for him and for every bo dy else. He resolved to “save the country.”— Three men were confidants of his idea—General de St. Arnaud, Minister at War, Mr. de Momy, representative of the people, and M. de Maupas, Prefect of Police. Louis exposed to them the de signs he had formed, and asked for their concur rence. They all tlireo promised it to him—M. de Morny for all the responsibility to encounter, as Minister of the Interior, M. de St. Arnaud, for the Military operations, M. de Manpas, for the action oftlie police. During more than 15 days these 8 men planned with the President all the "details of this immense act, an act which is not equalled by the 18th Bru maire, either in difficulty, ability or greatness.— The most minute tilings are forseen, concerted, de tailed, prepared, with such marvellous secrecy, tliat the friends most to be depended upon, the agents most necessary, had not a suspicion of what was to be done before the final moment for action arrived. Tlie simultaneotisness of all the measure* to be taken was evidently the first condition of success. The principal of' these measures were four in number: the arrest of guilty or dangeroug persons —the publication of the official proclamations, the occupation of the Palace of the National Assembly, and file distribution of troops upon all points judg ed necessary. The hour of quarter past 6 in the morning was fixed upon for the simultaneous execution of all these measures. It was necessary that the plan should not be divulged by anybody, or become known by piecemeal, but that it should burst forth at once intirelv, and be at the same moment suc cessful. At a'quarter past six the arrests were all effected; at hall' past six the troops were at their posts; at seven tlie decree for the dissolution and the proclamation were spread over the walls of Pa ris. At half past six, M. de Morny took possession of the Ministry of the Interior, accompanied by 250 of the Chasseurs de Vincennes, aud remitted to M. de Thorigny a letter, in which the President than ked him for his services, and informed him of the steps he had taken. M. de Belvele, the President’s orderly officer,was instructed to superintend the printing "of the pro clamations, ana the compositors had been kept at the national printing office for a special service.— At eleven o’clock the director of the printing office was sent for. and at midnight the establishment was surronnded by gendarmes; sentries were im mediately placed at every door and window, and then/snd not till then, did M. Belevele produce the documents which had been confided to him, the printing of which he superinteneded himself, and remained until their impression was complet ed. and then carried them to the prefecture of the police. Tne persona of whom the police were to render themselves masters were of two kinds—the repre sentatives more or less mixed up with the absolute conspiracy, the chiefs of secret societies and the commanders of barricades, always ready to exe cute the orders of the factions. ’ Both bad been for a fortnight tinder the surveillance of invisible agents of tne police, and not one of those agents suspected the real object of his mission, having all received orders for imaginary purposes. __ The whole number of persons to be arrested was 78, of whom 18 were representatives, and 60 chiefs of secret societies and of barricade*. Tlw #OO sergens de ville and the brigades of surety had been kept , at the Prefecture of Police on the Ist of December, until 11 o’clock at night, under the pretext of tlie presence in Paris of the refugees in London. At r half past three in the morning of the 2nd, the offi -1 cere of peace and 40 commissaries of police were 1 convoked at their houses. At half past four all | hail arrived, and were placed in small groups in different apartments, for the purpose of not excit s ing suspicion i At five o’clock, all the commissaries went down 1 separately into the office of the Prefect, and receiv | ed from him a communication of the simple and • entire truth, with the necessary indications and or . i dere. The men had been selected witli special I care for the duty to be confided to them, and all • went away full of zeal aud ardor, resolved to ao s complish their duty at any price. None foiled in ' his promise. A great number of carriages, prepar | ed in advance, were stationed in groups on the quays in the neighborhood of the Prefecture of ! Police, so as not to excite suspicion. Tiie arrests . had been so arranged between the Prefect of Police and the Minister of War that they should pre i cede by a quarter of an hour the arrival of tlie troops on the places indicated. Tiie arrests were ; to be made at a quarter past six, and the agents | were ordered to be at the door* of the persons to be arrested at five minutes past Bix. All was ac complished with surprising punctuality, and no ar rest took more than twenty minutes. " The task of securing the person of General Changnmie rwas confided to two men selected for their rare energy, Captain Baudinot, of tlie Repub lican Guard, ami the commissary of police, Leras. They took witli them no less a force than 15 picked police agents, 80 republican guards, and a picket of 10 cavalry. At live minutes past six, trey "rang the bell at No. 3, Ruo du Faubourg, St. llono’re, where 1 the General lived. The porter asked who was there and being told to open tlie door for some one who wanted to speak to him, he became suspicious and refused to do so. The commissary then marched into a grocer’s shop next door, from which lie rightly guessed there must be a communication with General Ohangnier’s apartment. In an impe rious tone lie demanded tlie key, which was m instantly given to him. Followed by several of his men, he proceeded to the General’s room snatched the keys from the servant, whom lie met upon tlie staircase, and rushed towards tlie General’s bed room. Gen. Cliangarnier by this time knew tlie designs of the intruders. He appeared at the door of his bed room in his shirt, with a pistol in each hand. The commissary said, “What are you going to do Gen eral ? We" are not attempting your life; why should you defend it ?” Cliangarnier then gave up his pistols, saying, “ I am at your service ; let me dress myself/’ He begged that his servant with whom lie could not dispense, might not bo separa ted from him. This favor was granted. On his way to prison he said, “Tlie President was sure of his re-election. He need not have rceourso to a coup d'etat ; he is giving liimsolf much useless trouble.” He afterwards added, “When the Pres ident shall have a foreign war, ho will be glad to sock for mo to give me tlie command of an army. M. do Cassagnac gives the names of the Commis saries of police charged with those several acts, and particularises the manner in which the arrests were effected. All the Generals, it appears, were found quietly asleep in their beds. Alluding to the arrest of Gen. Cavaignae, M. Granier Cassagnac says : “The arrest of Gen. Cavaignae was neither long nor difficult. M. Collin tho commissary of police, hav ing entered the house in which tho Gen. residod, No. 17 hue dc Ilelder, had tlie following conversa tion with the portor :—‘ln what part of the honso does Gen. Cavaignae live ?’ ‘Ho is not at home, said the porter.’ ‘I know that he is at home, and I must see him.’ ‘lie is not—at anv rate he is a sloep—you come too early; his lodging is on the en tresol.’" The commissary went up, Knocked and rang at the door, and inquired for tho Gen. A fe male voice replied that the Gen. was not at home. The oommissary raug the bell again, and a fomalo voice exclaimed, ‘who's there ?’ The commissary called, in the name of the law for the door to b e opened. The Gen. replied, ‘I will not open it’ Tlie commissary said Gen. if you do not opent he door I will break it open. The goneral then opened it, and the commissary, having entered, said, ,General you are my prison er, resistance would bo useless, for all my measures are taken. I havo orders to arrest you, in virtue of a warrant which I will read to you.’ The Gen eral would not hear tho warrant read, and, becom ing greatly exasperated, abused the Commissary, who advised him to be moderate. The General, then, looking sternly at the commissary, said, ‘What! you arrest me ! —what is your name ? Tlie commissary replied, ‘I shall not conceal it, but this is not the time; you must dress yourself and follow me.’ The Genoi'iil then became more calm, and said, ‘Well, sir, lam ready to follow you; nil I ask is time to dress myself; let your attendants with draw.’ He then asked permission to write and this was granted. When tho General was ready, he said to tlie commissary, ‘Now lot us set out; but I ask as a favor tliat I may proceed to my destination with you alone.’ The request was complied with. Oil their way the General appeared in deep thought, and only spoke once, which was to ask if he alone had been arrested, and where he was going. The commissary said lie could not reply to the first question, but ho was going to the prison Mazos.” When the commissary of police entered the bed room of M. Thiers in the Place St George, M. Thiers was asleep. The policeman drew the cur tains, woke M. Tliicrs, and stated his functions and warrant. M. Thiers sat up hastily, and rubbed his eyes, and said, ‘On what account ? The policeman replied, ‘I am come to make a search at your house —but do not bo alarmed, no harm will he done to you ; your life is in nc danger.’ This last assur ance appeared necessary, for M. Thiers was in great consternation. ‘But what do you intend to do ? Do you know that I am a representative f ‘Yes; hut I cannot enter into any discussion on this point; I must execute my orders.’ But what you do may bring you to the scaffold.’ Nothing shall prevent tlie fulfilment of mv duty.’ ‘But it is a coup d'etat that you are making.’" ‘I cannot answer your observations ; I pray you to get up. Do you know if I am the only one in the same pre dicament; are any of myjcolleagnes in the same case.’ ‘I do not know, sir,’ M. Thiers got up and slowly dressed himself, refusing the services of the agents of police. lie all at once said to the commissary—“ But, sir, suppose I should blow out your brains ?” “ I do not think you would be guilty of such on act, M. Thiers; but in any case 1 have tuken my measures, and I know how to prevent you.” “ But do you know the law ? Do you know you violate the con stitution?” “It is not my business to enter into any discussion with you; and, besides, you are much better informed tlian 1. I can only execute the orders which are given, and as I should liavo executed yours when you were Minister of the In terior.” A search made in the chamber of M. Thiers did not lead to tlie discovery of any political corres pondence. M. Thiers replied tliat iui hud his polit ical correspondence addressed for some time in England, and tliat nothing would be found at his house. On being requested to descend and leave the house, M. Thiers was much affected, appeared alarmed, and was full of hesitation in his move ments. He was led to believo that ho was about to be conducted to the prefect of police. The direction taken by the carriage augmented his apprehensions, and he endeavored en route by every sort of captious and subtle reasoning to turn tlie "agents of police from the accomplishment of their duties. On his arrival at the prison of Mazas, M. Thiers asked if he could have Ins coffee as was his custom. Evory attention was shown him. His courage, it must bo confessed, entirely abandoned him in prison, and he did not show greater firm ness than M. Grcppo. Excused from being trans ferred to Ham, M. Thiers was provisionally taken hack to his own house. By a new decision, M. Thiers was to be taken to the right bank of the Rhino to the bridge of Kell. The officer of peace, Vinclenbaek. went to take M. Thiers from his house on the Bth December, at six in the evening. M. Miguot and another friend accompanied M. Thiers to tho Stsrasburg railway station, und M. Granigcr la Mariniore accompanied him to Kell. At the moment of setting out, and for the first moments of his jour ney. M. Thiers wept abundantly. On his arrival at Kell, M. Granigiero de la Mariniore carried to the officer of peace, Vindenbaok, a letter of protosta tion, and a letter of thanks, for the attention shown to M. Tliiers. it. Thiers announced his intention of going to Frankfort, and thence to Dresden, where he had to meet an old friend, with whom he should amuse himself in painting. Tlie State Road. Tiie condition and management of this road may be inferred from the following notice of the same, which we find in the tlie Chattanooga Advertiser of the 21st inst., and we commend it to the special attention of those who have supposed that our no tices of the road and its management are tho result of political prejudices: , Mismanagement of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. —An old—a hackneyed theme, it is true, but time does not remedy the evils of which we have been wont to complain. Ilojie and forbear ance are virtues no longer. We have waited pa tiently, and even forbore to censure where censure was due, with the confident expectation tliat each returning day would be the harbinger of some im mediate steps for the better management of the State Road. The meeting of the Georgia Legislature, the first of November, was hailed a a signal for tho speedy eonsumation of the requisite improvement. But that august body, instead ol making immediate ap propriations, and adopting a code of stringent re - ulations for the government of those connected in any way with tlie Road, have squandered away these near 3 months in plotting ingenious devices to secure the of this or tliat political fac tion—to elevate this or tliat political favorite, through the agency of the Railroad appropriation bill. And this, notwithstanding the ruinous em barrassment to trade—the pressing necessities of transportation—the urgent importunities of busi ness men—the almost daily destruction of property and perpetual hazard of human life, are matters of notorious comment. They have invited the peo ple of Tennessee and Alabama to seek a market for their surplus products in the cities and towns of low er Georgia, yet on the eve of a successful diversion of the trade in that direction, they are permitting the avenue of transportation to be obstructed, and thus causing the tide of onward wealth to roll back and seek its old, though less profitable cluui nels of egress. Their own people are suffering for the want of tliat abundance of grain and bacon which Tennesse now offere them with so liberal a hand, but which is denied them owing to the de plorable condition of things that now prevails up on the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Indeed, we believe this Road has not a parallel in the United States, or in the world. No subordina tion seems to exist—no acknowledged head, no re cognition of the immense responsibility areumed in transporting passengers over an unsafe road, with still worse management. The frequency with which accidents have occurred within the last few weeks, has been such as to excite a thrill of alarm sufficient to deter any from passing over the road unless impelled by necessity. Tlorees, cattle and hogs are run over as if it was but school-boy sport— Engine* run off the track almost daily—trains are running in time and out of time, without anv ap parent regularity or system, but rather as if govern ed by the whim of the Conductor or Engineer, i Care and Locomotives are smashed up as Cist as ’ they can lie replaced. Tlie two new Locomotives . whiek came upon the road in December, have both been rendered useless. The mails do not make i connection at this point more than half the *ime. VOL. LXVI.—NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.---NO. 4. Last week serious aeeidents occurred four days out of six. The passenger train failod entirely on Thursday. Two days in the week, no Creigqt "train left. But more than all, within a few weoks past, one man has been killed, and several very serious ly iinured, while the escape of hundreds of passen gers has beon little leas than a miracle. In view of these facts, which are by no means exaggerated, it is not surprising that the people should begin to inquire, “How long shall these tilings be?" “What is the cause, and is there no remody ?” Standing as the exponent of the public will, and as the guardians of the public good, we can no longer remain silent even though we may incur the wrath of reigning officials, or strike a re luctant blow at tho trade which is centering at Chattanooga. While it is well known that many of the acci dents that happen on the State Road are attributa ble to the had condition of the track, we believe it is conceded tliat more arc the result of sheer reck lessness and dmnkeness on the part of the subor dinates employed on the road. We make no per sonal charges," but we think this statement will bo corroborated by all who are acquainted with the facts. Better far, that tho. track be torn up, than that such a condition of things longer oontinue! Meanwhile there is an almost entire blockade to business at this end of the Road. The clumors and I just complaints of Forwarding Merchants and I Planters avail nothing. Every Warehouse and shed was long since crammed to overflowing with Cotton and Grain, and still it comes, thousands of bushels and bales every week, while but a pittance of the whole can find "shipment on the Cars. To the Fanners of East Tennessee thon, are wo com pelled to say, “ Keep your Corn in your cribs,” and to the plantors o's North Alabama, “ Keep your Cotton under your sheds,” rather than ship it here at present. Though wo have intelligence of the passagi of the Railroad Bills by the Georgia Legislature, vat the needed changes cannot bo made in a day. When they are made, however, wo shall be tlie first to make them known to you, anil shall rejoice even more than yourselves ovor the attainment of so grand a result. Items. Tho Northern Mail failed beyond Richmond, the Savannah entirely, and tho Bouth Western be yond Montgomery, Ala. Fink Cotton.—A lot of forty hales of fine Cotton, grown on the Coweta plantation of Fare E. Ah nold ofClark, was sold yesterday by Piiinuy A Clayton at 8 cents. Mbs. Jank Folk, the mother of the late ex-Pres ident Polk, died of appoplexy, on the 12th inst., ut her residence in Columbia, Tcnti. She was a pious, venerable and much esteemed lady. What tuey have core to.—There aro 14 editors and ox-editors in the Logisluture of Massachusetts. Mr. Thomas, a recent writer on China, says that tho term “barbarian” as applied by thorn, is in tended for a compliment,—and that tho word so translated means simply “southern merchant.” They consider it a special compliment also to call a man “red-haired devil.” Shakespeare has just been translated into Swe dish, and published in Stockholm, in twelve octa vo volumes. Poor Anacreon !—The health of Thomas Moore, the poet, is very feeble and his death is daily looked for. P. W. Porter, of Memphis, Tcnn., lias invented a self-loading and Arcing rifle or pistol, which ho represents as perfectly safe, is ftee from complica tion in its machinery, susceptible of being loaded and fired at least forty timos in a minute, shoots With as much accuracy as any rifle, and propels its balls with greatly moro force than the ordinary rifle. Last Case or Avarice.—A woman was lately bu ried in a graveyard, near London, who had been dead upwards of five years, a near relation having left her an annuity of 801. to be paid on the first day of each and every year, so long as she should remain on earth. In consequence of this legacy, her sur viving husband hired a little room over a stable in the neighborhood of his dwelling, where she was kept in a lead coffin until after his death. Pretty Good.—A New York correspondent of the Boston Trunscript, tells n good story, whllo giving nn account of the “Kossuth Reception” in that city. Says he, “A gentlemanly old man, who stood near me, while the crowd were rending tho welkin with their shouts for Kossuth and Hunga ry, exclaimed, “Hurrah for your own country, yon d d fools ? Hurrah for your own Govern ment, whose blessings you enjoy every day of your lives 1” Skateino.—For the first season in many years our citizens have had an opportunity to in dulge in this fascinating sport or rocreation. And we learn that quite a number of young gen tlemen—and some not so young, who, forgetting for the moment their silvery locks in their anxiety to again unite in tho sports of their boyhood— have for the last two days enjoyod themselves to their hearts content, on iho ponds in the vicinity. The Custom House Fraud.—We some days since alluded to the discovery that extensive frauds had been committed at the Custom House. We have since learned that the guilty party was what is call ed a Custom House Broker, and that ho haa forged many orders, invoices, etc. Ho would watch at the public warehouse, and when a box or bale of goods was taken in, he would make out an order for ita delivery to himself, and forge the name of the Clerk whose duty it was to sign such orders, lie has also forged the signature of the Collector, Naval officer, Invoioc Clerks, Inspectors, Appraisers, and, in fact, of almost every person whose name was necessary to enable him to effect his object. These forgeries have been practiced for a long time, and were detected only by accident. Tho forger has made his escape and is now beyond the re sell of the authorities ; and they do not know the ox tent to which he has carried his operations. New developments are being mado every day. —M YorJc Daily Times. Mr. Buchanan and the Proviso.—The Washing ton Republic, says that Mr. Buchanan, at a publio meeting, in Lancaster, at tho time the Missiouri Compromise question was before Congress, offered the following resolutions: Resolved, That the Representatives in Congress from this District be, and they are horeby, most earnestly requested to uso their utmost endeavors, as members of the National Legislature, to prevent the existence of slavery in any of the Territories or States which may be erected by Congress. Retolved, That, in the opinion of this meeting, tho members of Congress who at the last session sustained the cause of justice, humanity and patri otism, in opposing the introduction of slavery into tho State then endeavored to bo formed out of the Missouri Territory, aro entitled to tho wannest thanks of every friend of humanity. Great Fire at Brandon, Muss.—Jackson, Miss. Jan. 17.—Great fire at Brandon last night, and nearly all the town was bu rut. The following houses were not iujured: The Railroad Depot, Brandon Hotel, Richardson & Co., Maxv & Shcltcn, Cham bers <fe Co., Lowery & Co., and J. Straus. The following arc burnt out: A. Givens; E. Oak ev; W. W. Langford; H. T. Reeder: C. Aiken; Norrell & Middleton; Harper & Co.; J. A. Cohen; R. Cokcly Thornton; D. It. Wilkinson; Haas & Gorson; Standard & Brother; Kncss, Crawford & Kirby; Todd & Ware; W r ilkinson, Mason <fe Co.; J. & P. Kirkland; Puckett’s Hotel; the Courthouse and the Republican office. This is a correct list. Marine Disaster.—The brig Macon, Capt. Wat kins, left this port November 27th with a cargo of ootton, for Boston. We have already noticed that she put into Newport with loss of sails, &c. She left Newport on the 29th ult. for Boston, and was blown off the coast till tho night of the 11th inst., when she met with another disaster, by striking on Pollok Rip, causing her to leak badly. She came off and authored next morning off east side of Nantucket, between Brrb Ripandthc shore, showing signals of distress. Eight men were sent to her aid in pumping, &c., and provisions were sent to her by the wreck agent, Capt. Thomas. She re mained at anchor off Nantucket the 18th inst., wind blowing a gale from northeast.— Sav. Rep. We yesterday moi tioned the fact that the office of the Petersburg, Va., Intelligencer had been consumed by fire on the 19th inst. We extract tho subjoined particulars relative to tlie unfortu nate occurrence from that journal of Sunday lost: “ Fire—lxtkllioexcer Burned.—At about hal ■ past 8 o’clock, on this morning, a fire broke out In the building adjoining the Intelligencer office, owned by Mr. James B. Reid, and occupied by Mr. Newman, aa a Family Grocery. This building was destroyed, and the roof in falling set fire to the roof of our office which was also consumed. Owing to the active exertions of our friends the books and nearly all the materials of the office were saved, but in what precise condition we can not at present say. The forms of the paper were saved, and owing to the kindness of the South Side Democrat offle: we are enabled to publish to day’s paper. We shall set to work again as soon as we can procure a house. The building and ma terials of the office were insured, the former in tho Mutual Office, Richmond, and the latter in the .Etna Office, Hartford. We do not know whether or not Mr. Reid’s house, or Mr. Newman’s groceries were insured. Petersburg, half-peat 4 o’clock, Jan. 19, 1852. Rumored Indian Disturbances in Florida,—The Ocala (Fla.) Star notices a rumor current In that section that the mail rider between Fort Gallatin and Tampa Bay, had been wavlaid and fired upon by Indians. The editor puts no faith in the story of tho mail rider, but thinks an attempt is making to create an excitement for purposes ofgain. There had been some talk in the comities about removing the Indians, it was urged that the United Stated Government should remove them at onee. A com - pany of surveyors had returned to Ocala, stating “that the few inhabitants living near the line ex pressed apprehensions of Indian difficulties, whieh induced them to refrain from surveying there for the present.” The editor thinks these apprehen sions are groundless. 1 r NOW OH HAND AND FOE SALE. A A fii'k ” pp h r . of 111 Patterns of Parlor STOVE GRATES, suitable to wood or coal m—ALSO— * Georgia made IRON SAFE, very large and well adapted to a Urge Mercantile Houee, with eeveral small onee. ’ Amo, NAHA by the keg or retail; PWEPE IRON for Horse Shoes; Collln’i AXE and HATCHETS; Cotton HOE, »B sizes; Trace and Halter CHAINS, TACKS, RIVITS, BCRKWB, LOCKS, BOLTS, BUTTS and HINGE. Also, a large supply of Tinnen*’ and Roofing Tools, of all kind*. For sale next door to the Mechanic*’ Bapfe, nl4 M. F. CHEW. SUGAR UOISR SWCF.-UO bbU. Harris A ■vans’ Sugar House Syrup, for eale low by 481 BAKER A WILCOX. The True Policy.—We have watcliod with some interest the movomento of parlies nnd party lead ops for the bust few weeks nnd are moro than ever con vinced that it is alike the duty and interest of the union 1 arty of Georgia, and indeed of Union men eyeiy where, to keen entirely aloof from the old , nig and Democratic organizations of the North— to enter into no alliances and to hold no political fel lowship with them. We are aware that some of our Southern Right friends have pursued a different pohev. Disregarding their pledges at Nashville, they have m hot haste, entered into alliances, and 2K?W . ’“selves to men and measures at war with all their fbrmer pnnciplos, professions and anus By pursuing tM; fatal course, thev have forfeited tho respect and confidence of all reflecting an patriotic men, and materially impaired if not, utterly destroyed their influence in all ’timo to come. Tho man who would have dared to predlot twelve months ago, that Rantouland Preston King and other freo-soilers of the North, would he found associated with the fire-eaters of the South, in devising party schemes to secure party ena-! would have been set down as a madman. And yet it is even so. But what is worse than all, is the flict, that there ore some in our own ranks who urge upon tho Union Party a similar course. The last Maoon Journal <t Messenger in nartienlar, strongly recom mends tho Constitutional Union Party of‘Georgia, to send delegates to the Baltimore Democratic Con vention to be held in June next, then nnd there to nid in theseloction of Candidates for President and Vice President. Now we humbly trust that the Union Party of tho South will be guilty of no such folly. In’ the first place it has no invitation to that Convention— and her delegates would ho justly viewed as inter lojiers and intruders, and therefore not entitled to seats. And in the second place, even if they were permitted to participate in its deliberations, they would achieve no valuable purpose. As was the case in tho Congressional Caucus, thev would be voted down, and buffied, and fretted, lind crip pled ; the party would be weakened at home and ridiculed abroad ; perhaps entirely broken up and scattered. The true policy of the Union party is to maintain it* present distinctive organization. Snpposo it were not to ho represented in either of the Nation al Conventions, and should take no part in nomi nating. or even electing a Presidential candidate ? Would this impair its influence at home or abroad? Wo presume not. The idea that we should thrust a representation into the Baltimore Convention to make it do right, aud to keep the treesoil and secession influence in ohcck, with duo respect to our worthy contempo rary, we look upon as rattier Quixotic. No, let ua hold on to our present organization and principles, prepared at tho proper time to give our support to those who repeat the former and will maintain tho latter. —Rome Courier. It would, indeed, bo needless to say, after tho late avowal of our sentiments, that wo cordially approve tho article of our Rome contemporary. And wo rejoice to poreeivo that tho press of the Union party generally, those that liavo the inde pendence tojspeak out, nro taking n similar position. Thore seems to be no affinity among them for the Quixotic suggestions ot' tho Journal <5 Messenger , although that print seems to think that it represent* tho viows of tho politicians at Milledgeville. By the way, speaking of the politicians at Milledge ville, reminds us that some two years ago, they assumed to dictate to tho people of Georgia, what course they should pursue in reference to the slavery quostion ; and wo would most respectftilly suggest to those now assembled, to be admonished by tho fete of their miscalculating predeces sors, who strangely enough, indulged the delu sion, that they had only to command, and the people, the intelligent, patriotic votors of the State would choorfullyVboy. Thoy soou, however, discovered their error, nnd if the Journal efi Mes senger reflects tho opinions of thoso now in Mil ledgeville, their fate is easily foretold. In reply to tho suggestion of tho Journal <fc Mes senger, that the Union men of tho South should Bend delegates to tho Baltimore Convention to break up tho coalition between tho Abolitionists and Fire Eaters, and noniinato Mr. Buchanan, the “ Courier ” remarks : “If we supposed the Editor of that paper really serious in urging upon the Union party of Georgia a course so absurd and ridiculous, we liavo no icloa it would for a moment be seriously entertain ed by any considerable number of its members. The Union Party of tho South, wo presume, haa too much self respect to thrust itself upon a body without invitation, and exchange its cherished platform upon which it has ao nobly and success fully fought the battles of tho Union, for tho patch ed up and dubious Baltimore pitfall; into which it seems Southern fire-eaters and secessionists aud Northern wolly-heada, and freo-soilcis, aro dis posed to leap pell, moll. Our worthy Macon con temporary may fancy such a meeting and such a greeting, but with the lights now before us, wo must bog to bo excused from cithor.” Tiie Weather.—At Montgomery, Ala., Tuosday morning, the thermometer stood at 8 deg. above zero, tho lowest point, says the journal, ever known in this section. A ohsnge of forty-five degress occurred in the course of eight hours on Sunday night. » At Macon, Goo., tho same day it was at 2 degrees above zero. At Nashville, Tenn., on Monday it was 8 degrees below zero, and the ground oovored with snow some two or three inches deep. At Cassville, on Monday and Tuesday, the tlur mometer indicated 2 dog. bolowzoro. In Griffin, 8 deg. below zero on Tuosday morn ing. At Atlanta, on Monday, 2 deg. below zero, and at Chattanooga, Tonn., on tho same day, 8 dog. be low zero. In Savannah at 7 A. M., on Tuesday morning, tho Thermometer stood at 10 dog. The coldest weather experienced there since 1885. In Athens on Tuesday, tho Thermometer was 2 degrees below zero. Skating in abundance. Tlie Abington Virginian of tho 17th inst,, thus chronicles the freaks of the clerk of tho woather in that mountain region: “About the middle of December we had a spell that was hard to beat—tho thermometer fell 86 de grees below the freezing point, or 4 below zero— but on Tuesday last, the 18th, the cold, if anything, was more intense, tho’ somewhat more refined, ns it had a bright sun to battle with it all day long, in spite of whose neutralizing power, everything that could freeze was frozen aa hard as Pharoah’s hourt. In some situations the mercury fell to tlie point at which it freezes, but for which, there is no telling where it would have stopped! For eight consecu tive days up to that time, snow had fallen at inter vals, nnd several days, for tho sake of variety, it snowed, and hailed, and rained, nnd then snowed again. On one of those days, the flakes of snow fell as thick and fast «« if all the old women in Wales hod been picking geese over our heads, while Sol’s bright rays sported through the whirl ing storm like veins of gold through Parian mar ble. At a later hour of the same day, the magazine of old Santa Claus having become’ apparently ex hausted, a dark volume of cloud wheeled up the western sky, from whose dusky bosom tho light nings leaped forth like the tongues of a deu of aer ponta, whilst peal after peul of muffled thunder fol lowed, so unfashionable and unexpected as to mako one think of dog-days, in spite of the ioicles that dangled at the tip of the noses of thoso who were so unfortunate as to be abroud. “Take it up ouo side and down the other, it was the coldest weather wo liavo felt since the “cold Saturday” of ’Bs’, although some folks contend that Tuesday last was not as cold a day as the 18th of December, but only appeared so. The appear ance satisfied us, and felt so very much like a re ality, that we gave it credit for all it seemed to ho.” NEW GOODS. SNOWDEN A SHEAR bar* received This Day from New York, by the Steamer Southerner— Ladle*’ French Trimmed COLLARS, of cow and beauti ful atylea; Ladiea’ Embroidered Cambric UNDERSLEEVE; . Illusion LACE, for Ladies' Evening Dresses, aud WliJta BAREGE; Ladies’ Gauntlet Riding GLOVE; Alexander’s Ladles’ Kid Gloves, a beautiful assortment; With a variety of other articles, and to all of which they respectfully invite the attention of the public. Ja2B-dtw&wlw WB HAVE in Store, on consignment, a One lot of Havana and other BEGAKS, consisting es 10,000 LaFiillgranna. 10,000 La pihja Estretta. 10,000 La Serenlina. 6,000 La Favorita. 6,000 La Baeco. 4vooo La Redewa, which we will sell low and on ae- J™2Ltf 08 term ’- GIRARDEY A PARKER. JUST RECEIVED, Ladles’WhltTsalin and Kid Gal ter BOOTS; Ladles do. do. Snipers, Jenny Linds, Is.; Ladies' Colored and Black Gaiter BOOTS ; Indies' Colored and ltlaek Slippers, Jenny Linds,’ Ae. —ALSO— Gentlemen’s fine Patent Shank Water Proof Boots Gentlnien's fine Patent Shank Dress Boots, Ac, FORCE, CONLEY A 00., m Opposite Insurance Bank. JUST RECEIVED, per steamer from New York, via • Savannah, at the new Family Grocery, 95 Bbis. Hiram Smith FLOUR; 10 “ Hopeton Mills “ 6 “ Newark Cider VINEGAR ; 10 Kags choice family Goshen BUTTER. . , JOHN A. MILLEN A 00., one door those Clayton A Btgnon’s, Broad-st. WINDOW GLASS.--! large supply m A store, and tor sale low by dBO WM. H. TUTT. \\ 7HITE LEAD.—A full supply No. 1, and pure White v v Lead just received and for sale by dlO W. 11. A J. TURPIN. KOSSUTH. —A few applications ot the Chemical Hair REGENERATOR, will help along Moustache, Goatees, Imperials, Ac., wonderfully. For sale hy d!7 D. B. PLUMP A CO. r T''OUACCO, TOBACCO.—SO Boxes “Honey Dew,” X Tlios. N. Banks’ Brand, for sale low for cash by dlO W. H. A J. TURPIN. KANGES. —E. FARROW’S PATENT COOKING RANGE, one of the best articles now In use, for B._F. CHEW rpOILET ARTICLES.—Fine English Hair Brushes, X Dressing Co mbs, superior Extracts tor the Handker chief, Cologne Water, Ac., Ac. . dltS * ' ’ D, B. PLUMB A CO. BRANDY AND WINE.—Two eighth casks O. and ». BRANDY, vintage, 1886. Quarter Cask Old BURGUNDY. Do. do. Old MADEIRA. Do. do. Old Brown SHERRY, Do. do. Old CLARET, Do. ds. Old MALAGA, Fortatob, %?J dPORT ’ A, f ABAL, Afsat.