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OS TUI MORNISO or OHBWTS RATITITT.
COXrOJB) »T «*> *«•*'*> lew -
Thi.l. the «->-Vi^s!SSius»
«. Wh ''sl,“ Virgin Mother bom,
.A thf hoiy once did *ing.
r Thet It. o trdwllr fortrt*rh<juldrelMj«.
And with hit Father work « » perp«Wh> P***-
11.
Ihit ylortwi for®, that light uo.olferable,
And thAtler-eeaming fliie
Wherewith he wont »t U seven* high oowneil-Übie
l To ett the odd* of Trdtei Lully,
lie laid aside; and here wiw ua w »«*
Vmnk the cooru ofeverU«tin| day.
And choie with ot n dnrkeonte houne « «orUl clay,
m.
Sev heavenly Muee, thnll not thy .acred rein
Afford e preeeot U> the lofint God r
Beet thou no veree, no hymn, or eotemn etrein,
To w-Jeome him to thie hie new Abode,
New while the Heaven by the »un i te*m untrod
Hath took bj print o-the epproacblng >■*»•» .
And nil the epa glod hoet keep wAtch In eqiudronj bright.
IT,
»ee how ter open the eaalern read
The eurded wlxanli hate with odorttweet,
0 run, nrrveot them with thy hnmMt ode,
And ley It lowly nt hit Uetted feet;
Have thon the honor flret thy Lord to greet,
And Join thy voice unto the enpel choir, -
from oat fate eccret Alter touched with hallowed Are.
The Hyatt
I.
' It wu the Winter wild,
While the haven-bom chad
Ail mcADly wr Apt In the rude meager liee;
Nature in ewe to him.
Had doffl nor guady trim.
With her great Mae ter eo to eympothiee ;
It wet no eeaaon then for her
To wemon with the inn,her lutty paremottr.
ft.
Only with ipeeehee fair
Hue worn the gentle air
To hide her guilty front with Innocent tnow,
And on her naked iharae.
Pollute with einful bleme,
The eaintly eeii of maiden white to throw
Confounded, that her Maker’* eye.
ghouid look *0 near upon her foal delormiuet.
Hi.
Bat he her fart to eeaee,
gent down the meek eyed p “f* *,...
Bhe erowned with olire green, came eoMy eUdlng
Down thro'igh the tu r nlng ephere
Hit ready harbinger,
"With turtle wing the emoroua cloud* dividing,
And waving wide her myrtle wand,
fche ttrikee an unirertal peace through te» and land.
IT.
No war or btttlee eoand
We* heard the world around ;
The Idle tpear and ahield were high up hung,
The liooked char.ot «tood,
Uoatained wltn hoatlle blood,
The trumpet spake not to the armed throng,
And king, tat e'lli with awful eye,
A. If they aurely knew Ihtdr lovran Lord wat by.
v.
But peaceful **« ‘he night,
Wherein the Piince of L ght
lilt reign of peace opon the oatlh began ;
The uloda with wonder wh it
Smoothly the watcri kitl,
Whitprring new Joje to the mild ocean,
Who now hath g'Jitc forgot *" r4Te > . ,
While hlrdt of calm tit brooding on the chtrmed ware.
VI.
The I tarn with deep am tic
bund til'd In .leadtailgate,
Bending one w ,y their preclout Influence,
And will not take their fl ght,
gor all the morning light,
Or Lucifer tnat often warned them thence;
But In thijr giitnmerlng orbe did glow,
gin 111 t heir Lord himeelf betpake, an J bid them go.
And though the eha’dy gloom
Had given day her room,
The eun hlm.elf withheld hit wonted epeed,
And hid bn heal for ehamo,
At h e Inferior flame ~ ..
The new enl ghtened world no more ehould need ,
SgaUtbSStSwSgiorlurnlftl ailetreeeeuld hear.
vm.
The ehepherd.l on the lawn,
* Or e’er the point of dawn,
Bat limply ehattln in a ruetic row;
B 1 lu l litllo thoeght they then
That the mighty Pan
Wat klflilly come to live with them below;
Ptrhapt their lovre, or elte their sheep,
Wat all that did their ellly thoughti to btuy keep.
11.
When tuch mutlc eweet
Their heart* and care did greet
Ai never wa* by mortal Unger etrook,
IJivinily warbled voice
Answering thoatringed nolee,
Aeall their eoul. in olie.ful repture took;
' The air aucli pleasure loa'h to loose, ,
With thoutand echoes itill iirolongt each heavenly dote.
X.
Nature that heard each tound,
tiuneath the hollow round
Os Oynlhla’e eent, the aery region thrilling,
Now was aim lit won
To think her part wae done,
And lint her reign had here It.lait fu filling;
She knew such harmony alone
Could hold all lleiveu and fcarth in happier union.
At lMt surrounds tliclr tight
A glol>« ufclroulurligh',
That with long beams ibeshatne faced night arrayad;
T.ieht'ined Clierublra,
And swarded Seraphim,
Are ii'fn In glittering range with wings dlspls ed,
llarnlng in lend and eolcmn choir,
With unexpreiwlve notes to Heaven s new- 1 era Heir.
XU.
gte- Such music (as His said)
Bet iro was never made,
But when of ild she tone of morning sung,
Will c the Creator great
Ills const* I .done tut,
And the well balanc’d world on hingee hung,
And cast the dark foundations deep,
And bid the weltering waves their ootjr channel keep.
XIII. {
‘ Ring out, yo ciystal sphere,’
U\ • Once blew our human ears.l
W iff ye have power to touch our senses so,)
A n 11st your sliver chime
f ' * Move In melodious lime,
!• . And let the hnss of Heaven’s deep organ blow :
F • . And wltli your ninefold harmony.
Make op full concert to the angelic symphony.
XIV.
For if such holy song
luwrap our fancy long, 1
Time will run back and fetch the age of gold ;
An I speckled Vanity
Will sicken soon and die.
And le-ron- Sin w II melt from earthly mtuld;
And Hell Itself will pats away,
And nave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.
XV.
Yea Truth and J nsticc then
Wii l down return to men,
Orbed in aralnbow, and like glories wearing
Mercy will sit between,
Throned in celestial sheen,
• With raillaui feet the tissue clouds down steering;
And Ueaven as at some festival,
]X A Will Open wide the gates ofter high palace hall.
: xvi.
But wisest Fate says no,
This must not yet be so,
8*? The babe lies yet In Bmlling infancy,
That on the bitter croas
Must redeem our loss',
Bn both himself and us to gloriry;
Yet first to those yctmined in sleep,
Dm wakeful trump of doom must thunder through the
j deep.
| XVII.
fc .With such a horrid clang
As on Mount Final rang,
White the nd Are anil smouldering clouds outbreak;
The a *ed earth aghast,
With terror of that blast,
Shall from the aurfa e to the centre shake;
When at the wnr d s last session,
The dreadful Judge lu middle air shall spread his throne,
xvm.
And then at Isst our bliss
Full and perfeo' Is,
But now begins, fur Irom lids happy day
The okl Dragon under ground
In stralgbter limits bound,
W Not half so far casts hit usui ped sway,
And wroth to toe let kingdom tail.
Swinges the scsly horror of his folded tall.
XIX.
KThe oracle* are dumb,
a No voice or hideous hum.
Runs through ihe arched roof In words dscslvlng.
Apollo from his shrine
Can uo more divine,
R With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving.
No nightly trance, or breattied spell
Inspirec the palo-eyed priest from the prophetltcall.
The lonely mountains o’er,
And the resoun line shore,
A vole* of weering heard ami loud lenient;
From haunted aprlng and dele
■edged with poplar pale,
The parting genius is with sighing eent;
With flower-inwoven trc»«es torn
The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
XXI.
Ere. In consecrated oerth,
And on the holy hearth,
The Lares, end Lemurea moan, w th midnight plaint;
r In urns, and ahars round,
A drear aud dying sound
Affrights tin- FUmens at their service quaint;
And the chill marble teems to sweat,
While each peculiar Power forgoee hie wonted seat.
|sr xxii.
Poor and Baalim
Kereske their tcmplee dim,
With that twice-battered God of Palestine ;*
And mooned Aahtaroth,
Heaven's queen and mother both,
Now elte not girt with tapera hcly shine ;
The 1 vhvc llemmon ehrinke hie horn,
In vain the Tyrian maids their wounded Thummus mourn.
K;/ xx m.
t' And sullen Mullooh, fled,
jL, . Hath left in ehadows dreed
IF; Bis burning Idol all of blackest hue ;
in vein with cjmhals ring
They cell the gr ely king,
Jr In diemal dance about the furnace bine,
» / The brutish Gods cf Nile aa last,
flg lets and Orus, and the deg Anubie haste.
r • xxtv.
E£ I Nor is Oeirieeeen
In U*mphlen grove or green,
K , Trampling Ihe uuebuwe red grass with lowingi loud;
W'y Nor can he be street
Within his sacred crest.
Nought but i rolbundest Hell can be his shroud ;
In vein with tmibrelled anthems dark
The eable-etoled sorcerers bear his worshipped ark.
XXV.
He feels from Judah's land
The di ceded Infant's hand,
The raj* of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyn;
Nor all Die Gods beside,
Longer dare abide.
Net Typhon have ending In snaky twine;
Our hebe to show his tfodhsid true.
Can in his twadling bands oonlrol the damned craw.
xxvi.
So when the sun in bed,
Curtained with clouded red,
Pillows his chin upon an orient wave,
The flocking shadows pale
Troop to the inferoaliail,
Each fettered ghost tlip> to his several grave.
And the yellow skirted Paves
Fly after the uighs steeds, leaving their moon-loved mass,
xxvit.
Bat.. ' But see the Virgin blest
BPv- Hath laid her Babe to reet,
Time is oar tedious song should here Nice endir* •
Heaven’s youngest t lemed star
K> Hath fixed her polished ear,
R - Her sleeping L'niwi'h handmaid lamp attending;
§f And all shoot the courtly stable
Bnght bsruessed Angels sit in older serviceable.
•Dsgon first bettered by Sampson, then by the Ark of
Br>; God.
A Valcabls Boos.—The London Athenmum
pays, that since the return of the Earl of Ellesmere
from the Unite ! Slate, be has become possessed of
a complete copy of an important English work re
lating to tlio discovery of Amerioa. Its existence
has been long recorded, and several copies, more
or lees mutilated, are in public or in private libra
r.es: but, excepting the one now in the hands of
Lord Ivies mere, no complete copy is known, save
that among Mr. Grenville's books in the British
Mi-eum. This has, till now, been considered un
ique. It is entitled “ Divers Toyages toschingthe
discovery of Amerieeand the Islands adjacent unto
the same,'’Ac. and sras printed by Thomas Daw
eon for Thomas Woodooek, in 15A2,4t0.
It was compiled aud proofed by tha oelebrated
H‘chary! Hakluyt, who dedicetedlt tc Bir Philip
Kidney. The uioet remarkable feature belonging to
tha copies of Lord Ellesmoie and ot the Museum ie
that they each contain both the ancient maps: one
of the worid, as known in IK7, which was sent from
Seville to the Ambassador of Henry VIII, residing
»t the Court of Charles V; ths other, of both hemis
pheres Konh of the Tropic of fSscper, which is
addresses by Michael I,ok, citiaen of London. eUut
tri turn Philippe AWnsro, end wag contributed hy
him to Hakluyt's product ion. The last is most in
tore -ting, eiuoe it siiows’tbe precise dale of discove
ry in the East and in the West, t; tha year 1552
—which date ia in tile corner,
Monas avo Giiiaud lvAiugoAo.—Maj. iiarda
way. President, Bsiuey, Esq., Engineer, and
Mr. Blackmore, one oftne D rectors of this com
pany, reachod the city yesterday. The object of
tlie r visit is to locate tin line of erofcsiug from the
Baldwin shore, and also to make orraogeiaents for
commencing operations on the Mobile tad of the
road.— SfitUr, lith inti.
MOW Hatty/*
it TAUNT y*»s.
Bhe might have had twenty other name*, but
that waa the only appellation I ever heard. It wae
‘get out of my way, Hatty •» ‘I dare sev Hatty
broke the vase, or lost that book , '‘don’t come
here ; wbat a fright yon are;’ till tbe poor ohild
feltalmoataa if aha had the mark of Cain on her
forehead. She had brother* and-*iatera, hot they
were bright, end saucy, and bold, and canning :
and when they wished to carry oat e favorite
scheme, oonld throw their arms about the parental
neck, flatter some, and carry the day, and then
leugb at their juvenile foresight; »o their coffer*
were always filled, while Hatty’* were empty; »nd
she laid all these thing* up in her little grieved
heart, and a* she saw duplicity better rewarded
than sincerity, began to hive little infidel doubt*
whether tbe B.ble, that her tether read from. w*a
really tree; while Joseph’* ‘cost of many colors,’
ever flaunted before her tearful eye*. All ber
sweet, childish impulse* were checked snd crush
ed : sud where the sweet flowers of lovetnd confi
dence should have sprung up, the weeds of dis
trust snd suspicion look bitter root.
Bhe took no part in the conversation of the do
mestic circle ‘Bhe wits stupid,’ they told ber, snd
she had heard till she belived it was true, faome
times, ss was often the esoe, some talented person
made a part of the family circle- Hatty would
listen in her corner till her great wild e J'*l‘°wed
*nd burned like living coJs of fire. But there
was one spot where none disputed Hatty s right
to reign; e little, lonely room in the top of the
houses that she had fitted np in her own wild
way, and wbero fihc wtf free from reproof or in
rlyotuifcoald have seen her there, with her little
reaming heart half broken by neglect; doubtful
of tier own powers, and weeping such passionate
tears, that ‘she was »o stupid, and ugly, and disa
greeable,’ tiiat nobody cen even lovo her. And
ihc made frienda with the holy stars and fleecy
clouds, and the brilliant rainbows, the silver
moonbeam*, and the rapid lightning ; an artistio
eye, to see her soul-lit face at the small window,
might have fancied her some Italian improvisa
tnce. There the fetters fall off, the soul was freo,
and the countenance mirrored forth. Buck in the
fitmily oirele, ahe was again ‘our Hatty.’
‘Thst young daughter of yours differs very
much from the rest of your family Mr. Lee,’
remarked an elderly maiden lady who was visiting
there. , , , , ,
‘Yes,yes!’ said the old man, with a shrug ; ‘she
don’t look much like a Lee; in fact, she is very
plain. Bhe ia a strange, unaccountable child ;
likes her own company better than anybody’s else,
and don’t care arusb fight for all the knick knacks
other girls are teasing for. Sometimes I tfciuk Bhe
belongs to another brood, got changed in the cra
dle, or something.’ . .. , ,
‘How does she spend her hours!’ asked Miss
Tabitha.
‘I am sure I don’t know—wife says she has a lit
tic den at the top of the house, where she sits star
gazing. yueer ohild, that Hatty ! plain as u piko
stafl';” and Mr. Lee took up the newspaper, and
put bi* foot on the mantel.
Mrs. Tabitha was confounded. She had an un
commonly warm heart for an old maid. She had
neverbeen a parent, she wished she had, just to
show some people what a nice one ahe would
make. She inwardly resolved to know more of ‘our
Hatty.’
•Tup, tap,’ on tho door of Hatty’s little den—
what on earth did it mean ? Sho hoped they did
not mean to take it away from her ; and with a
guilty, frightened look. Bhe opened the door.
Miss Tabitha entered.
‘Are yon vexed with mo for coming here, child 1
You don’t look glad to see me.’
“No, no,’ said Hatty, putting back a mass of
tangled black hair; but it is so odd that you should
want to come. Nobody over wanted to bo© me be
foro.'
‘And why not, Hatty!’
‘Well 1 don’t know,’ she said with s touching
meekness and simplicity, ‘unless it is that I am
stupid, and ugly, and disagreeable.’
‘Who told you that, Hatty ?’
“All of them down stairs,’ said she, ‘and I don’t
care about it, only —only—’ and the tears rolled
down her cheeks, 'it is no dreadful to feel that no
body can over love me.’
Miss Tnbiiha looked rather strangely, and mut
tered Iluruph 1’
‘llutty,’ said she, ‘comchere. Do you ever look
in the glass !’
‘Not since a long while,’ said tho young girl,
shrinking back.
‘Come hero and look in this little mirror. Do
you sec those large bright eyes of yours ? Do you
sec that wealth of raven hair, that a skilful hand
might render a beauty, instead of tangled deformi
ty I Do you scethoso litllo, anpple limbs, that a
little care, and training, might render gracefnl as
tho swaying willow I There ia intellect on your
brow ; soul in your eye ; your voice has a thrill
ling heart tone. Hatty, you are a gem in the
rough / You cannot be ugly ; but listen to me.—
It is every woman’s duty to bo lovely and attrac
tive. Yon have underrated and neglected your
self, my poor child. Nature has beeu no niggard
to you. Ido not Bay it to make you vain, but to
inspire you with a proper confidence in yourself.
But what have you here V said she, as a large port
folio fell at her feet.
‘Oh, Mias Tabitha, please don’t; it is only a
little scribbling—just when X felt wretched.—
Please don’t.
‘Yes, but I shall, though. It’s just what I want
to soe most,’ and she went on reading pupor after
paper, while Hatty stood like a culprit beforo her.
When she had finished, she said very slowly and
deliberately—
‘Hatty come here. Did you know that you were
a genius '!’
‘A what, Mies Tabitha !’
‘ A gonious, you dolicious bit of simplicity—a
gonius. You’ll know fast enough what it is ; and
to think I should have been tho first tofind it out!’
and sho caught the astonished child in her arms
and kissed her till Hatty thought genius must
bo the most delightful thing in th* world to bring
so muoh love witli it.
‘Look here, Hatty, does anybody know this?’
holding up tho manuscripts.
Hatty shook her heud.
‘So much the better; stupid, ugly, disagreeable,
liutnnh 1 Do you know lam going to run off with
you V said tho little old maid; ‘we shall Bee what
wo shall soe, Miss Hatty.'
Five yours rolled away. A now life had been
opened to Unity. Hhe had grown into a tall,
?;raooful woman. Hor step was at light ns a
awn’s. Her face, not beautiful. eortaiuly, if tried
by the mien of art; and yet, wno that watched its
over varying expression, would stop to critioise.
No one eared to analyze the charm. Site produced
tlio elloct of beauty; sho was magnetic; she was
fascinating. Miss Tabitha was satisllod, aho
knew It would be just so.
They had almost forgotten hor at Loo’s house;
once in a wliilo they wondered if Miss Tabitha
was not tirod of hor. Miss Tabitha thought she
would lot them know. Unbounded was their
amnzemont when Tabitha ushered ’onr llatty’ in !
Sho was really almost pretty ! Still there was the
same amount of honrt in their manner towards
her ; and tho littlo old maid could not have kept
witbiu bounds had she not powerful reasons of
her own to koop quiet awhile.
•By the way, Miss Tabitha,’ said Mr. Leo, 1 as
you are a blue stocking, you can inform mo as to
the author of that beautiful volume of poemc that
lias sot all the literary world astir f It isn’t often
I got upon stilts, but I’d give something to see the
woniau who wrote it.’
Misa Tabitha’s time had come. Hor oyes
twinkled witti delight I Sho handod him a vol
ume. saying—
‘Well, here is a book l waa commissioned to
give you by tbe authoress herself.’
Mr. Leo rubbed his glasses, sot them astride
Ilia noao, and read tho following on tho fly leaf;
* To my dear /other, Jama Lee ; from hit affec
tionate daughter, the authored.’
Mr. Loo sprang from his chair; and, seizing tho
daughter by both hands, exclaimed—
‘Hatty Loc! 1 sin proud of you!’
• Oh, not that, dear father; fold mo once to yonr
heart, and say— 1 Hatty, 1 love you.’ ’
Her head sank upon his shoulder, and the old
man read his child’s heart at last, he lias it all, all
her childish happiness: and as wo kissed her
cheek and lips, paid in a choking voice—
. * Forgive your old father, Hatty.’
Hor hand was laid upou his, while smiles and
tears chased over her face, like BUnchjne and
shadow over an April sky.
Oh! what i» famo to woman ? Liko the 1 applos
of tho Head sea, fair to the sight, ashes to the
touoh.’ From the depths pf hor unsatisfied heart
comoth over a voice whioh will not be hushed.
Oh! take it back—only give me love.
British Railway Wonders of 1950.
Dickons, in a la’e number of his “Household
Words,” thus describes tho railway wonders of tho
United Kingdom far tho yoar 1350. Tho (ancles of
Bcz will not impair tho force or accuracy of tho
facts and figures, which ho has borrowed from offi
tisl and other reiiablo souiccs.
From tho unimpeaoeblo record of scarcely cre
dible statistics, it appears that at the ond of 1848
there wore, in Great Britain and Ireland, five thou
sand five hundred and ninety-six miles of railway
in active operation; upwards of four thousund five
hundred and sixty-six are in England, eight hun
dred and forty-six iu .Scotland, and four hundred
and ninety-four in lre’and. Besides this, tho
number of miles which have been authorized by
Parliament, and stili remain to h* finished, is six
thousand and thirty; so that, if all the lines wore
completed, the three kingdoms would bo iutcrsec
tad by a network of railroad measuring twelve
thousand miles; but of this there is only a remote
probability, the number of miles in course of active
construction being no more than one thousand five
huudred, so that by tlio end of the present year it
Is calculated that the longth of finished and opera
tive railway uiay be about seven thousand four
hundred miles, or as many as lio betwen Great
Britaiu and tbe Cope of Good Hope, with a thou
sand miles to apare. Tho number of persons em
ployed on tho 80th of J une, 1348, in the opoartive
railways was fifty-four thousand; on the unopened
lineaone hundred and four thousand.
W hen the schemer of the infancy of the giant rai 1-
way system turns to the passenger acoouut for 1348,
he declares he is fairly “knoced over.” lie finds
that the railway passengers are put down at sixty
throo millions eight hundred thousaud; nearly three
times the number returned for 1345, and ahundred
times us many as took to the road in the days of stage
coaches. The passengers of 1349 actually double
the entire population of the three kingdoms.
The statement of capital which the six thousand
miles now being hourly traveled over represent, w i
require tlio reader to draw a long breath; it is one
hundred and ninety-seven and a half millions of
pounds sterling. Add to this tho cash being disbur
sed for the lines in progress, tho total rises to two
hundred and tweuty millions! Tho average cost of
aach mile of railway, including engines, curriagos,
stations, &e., technically called “plant,”is thirty
three thousand pounds.
Has this outlay proved remunerative! The eom
misaioners tell us lhatthegross receipts from all the
railways in 1349 amounted to eleven millions ci„ht
hundredaudsixthousand pounds; from which,if
the workingesiK-uars be deducted at the rate of for
ty-three per cant., ‘.being about an average taken
from the published statements of a number of tbe
principal companies. 1 there remains a net available
profit ofabout six millions seven hundred and tweu
tv-ninethoosandfour hundred and twenty pounds,
to remunerate the holders of property to tho amount
of one hundred and uingiy-sevenTnillionsaud a half;
orat Ike rate, within a fraction, of threc-and a-hslf
percent. Heteofirparentot railway prospectuses
chuckles. He promised twenty percent, per an
num.
la short, in everything except the dividends, out
scheming friend fiudslhat recent fact hasoutstrip
ped hisearly Sotions. He told the nervous old ladies
and shaky “half-pays” on his projected lice, that
railways were quite assafeas stagecoaches. What
aaythc graso records of 1349 f The lives of five
passengers were lost d ari.ng that year, and those by
one accident—a cause, of course, beyond the con
trol 01 the victims; c’gnteen more causchics took
place,tor which the sufferers had themselves alone to
blamm Five lives lost by official mismanagement,
out of sixty-four millions of risks, is noverv outrage
ous proportion, especially whan we reflect, that
taking as a basis the calculations of 1348, the num
ber ortnue- traveled over per rail daring last vesr
many be set down ate’ght hundred and fortv-five
millions;or nine times the distance betweei the
earth and the sun I Such are the railway wonders
of the year 134 m
Oemim or res Fibeat Uamsbs— The New York
Time* iaya the following was tbo origin of the l»te
disastrous fire at the Mosers. Harpers’ establish
ment. The plumber was at work upon seme war
ter pipes in the press room, and twisted up a piece
of paper which he lighted from a gas burner.
Having lighted hia lamp, and not wishing to throw
the paper on the floor for fear of aceideut, he
sought for some place where he could safely and
ejoctuaily extinguish it:—and seeing what betook
to be a pan of water (bnt which proved to be cam
phene) in a little room adjoining, he thrust the
lighted end of a paper into it. It blaaed up
instantly and burned him severely. In his haste
he upset the pan, which spread the dame aiill
more widely, and l)je whole room was at once en
veloped in the blare. It U a little singular that the
fire should thus have been due to an nets* of cau
tion on the part of the person who caused it.
Poitou. —The total receipts in New Orleans on
Jfpnday, the 20th inct, was 17,*08 bale:.
Oorrupondence qf the Baltimore American.
THIBTT-THIHD OOHeRBCW-Flrx Seealon.
IN SENATE .DxoacnKß 1».
The session commenced at quarter past 1S o’d’ck.
Mr. Clay presented the credentials of Mr. Fitzpat
rick, Senator from Alabama, in the place of Mr.
King, resigned—appeared snd sworn.
Mr. Norris asked the unanimous consent to in
troduce resolutions touching the death of his 001-
league, Mr. Atherton.
The rule* of the Senate declaring it unneces
sary to adopt any proceedings when the death of a
member occurs during the. recess, consent was
given. , „
Mr. Norris addressed the Benst« snd concluded
by introducing the customary resolution*.
Mr. Hunter seconded the resolutions in an elo
quent and feeling speech, and was followed by
Mr. Williams, theencceeeor ot Mr. Atherton.
The resolutions were then unanimously adopt
ed and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Bentonrose to a privileged question, stating
that Jose Manuel Gallegos, s delegate Irom New
Mexieo, was present snd ready to take the custom
tijy oath.
Mr. Kichardscn desired that his commission be
read before further action be taken. In his opin
ion neither Gallegos nor the contestant was en
titled to his seat. The commission was read.
Mr. llichardsou said this showed there is prima
facie evidence of Gallegos’ right, although s certi
ficate from the Secretary of the Territory of New
Mexico, given to Mr. Lane, conflicts with that to
Gallegos. However, this was a matter for the com
mittee on elections to investigate.
Mr. Galiegos was then sworn in.
On motion it was resolved that thirty thousand
copies of the addresses delivered in both Houses
on the occasion of the announcement of the death
of Vice President King, together with that part of
the President’s message and proceedings of the
Bnpreme Court relative to the subject, be printed
for tbo nse of the House.
Mr. Bichardson presented the evidenoe and the
poll book of New Mexico, relating to the contested
election case in that territory.
Mr. Houston, from Committee Ways and Means,
reported a bill making appropriation for the civil
and diplomatic expenses of the Government for
tho year ending June, 1555. A bill supplying
deficiencies in appropriations for the year ending
June, 1854. A bill making appropriations for tbe
payment of invalid and other pensions. Referred
to Committee of the Whole on the Bute of the
Union. ,
A message was received from the Senate an
nouncing the death of the late Senator Atherton.
Messrs. Hibbard and Orr paid brief tributes to
the character of the deceased, when resolutions
were adopted and the House adjourned.
IN BENATE Deckmbeb 20.
Numerous petitiofts were presented.
Mr. Shields gave notice of a joint resolution au
thorising the President to confer the rank of Lieu
tenant General by Brevet lor eminent services.
Mr. Seward presented a remonstrance of the ci
tizens of Rochester against any international copy
righl law, also petition from New York in favor of
the recognition of the independence of Liberia
and in favor of the construction of a ship canal
around the Falls of Niagara.
Mr. Weller presented a memorial of army offi
cers on the frontiers for an increase of pay. Mr.
Weller said—tho Colouela on the frontiers did not
receive a pay equal to that of Bricklayers in Ban
Francisco, nor did Captains receive as much as hod
carriers, aud he was [sure that scavengers in San
Francisco received higher compensation than Ifieu
tonnnts in thd army.
Mr. Foot gavo notice of a bill granting land for
tho support of the indigent insane.
Mr. Humliu introduced a bill to satisfy French
Spoliation claims—referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations. And Mr. Hunter introduced a
bill to extend the warehousing system, by es
tablishing private bonded warehouses.
Mr. Jonnson introduced two bills granting! land
to Arkansas forttailroad purposes.
Mr. Chase offered a resolution that all sessions
and all proceedings of the Senate be public.
Mr. Fish presented the proceedings of the
Chamber of Commerce of New Y'ork, complaining
of theduties imposed on thecommerceof theUni
tod States in the Baltic Seas, and asking the adop
tion of measures by tho Government of the United
States with the view of abating such imposition.
Kei'orred to the committee on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Fitzpatrick presented memorials of the Ala
bama and Mississippi Railroads, praying credit for
duties on railroad iron.
Mr. Bayard gave notice of a bill to provide for
public printing, engraving, and binding.
Mr. Hunter’s bill extending the warehousing
system is tho same us the one he has introduced
and urged for the last three sessions.
Mr. Sumner offered a resolution which was
agreed to, directing inquiry as to tbe expediency
of effecting a reduction of ocean postage.
Tho Chair presented a report of the Census Su
perintendent. Printed and tabled.
Mr. Seward’s resolution, calling for correspon
dence with tho government of tho Sanwich Is
lands, was agreed to.
Tho resolution offered by Mr. Chase, somo time
ago, directing inquiry by the Committee on Roads
and Canals, as to tho expediency of constructing a
railroad from one of tho Western States to the l’a
oifle, was taken up.
Mr. Gwin opposod the reference ol' the subject to
that Committee, and moved a postponement of the
resolution. Agreed to—-yeas 2->, nays not counted.
Mr. Gwin moved an Executive session—agreed
to. During it, tho doom were opened and a ines
sago received from the President transmitting
certain documents in answor to the resolutions of
Sonato of April last, requesting information in re
gard to certain transactions between Captain Hol
lins of the Cyane aud tho authorities of San Juan
de Nicaragua.
Also certuin correspondence touching tho claim
of Brig. General Armstrong—both unimportant
printed and referred.
Tho doors were again olosod and in half hour the
Sonate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Bocock, from the committee on Naval Af
fairs, reported a bill authorixing the construction
of six first class steam frigates, and for other pur
poses, appropriating threo millions of dollars, the
vessels to bo built by contract or at tho United
States Navy Yards, as the Secretary of the Navy
may elect. Referred to the committee of the
whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. Bocock presented a report of tho board of
officers appointed to investigate the causes of the
failure of certain steam frigates. Ordered to be
printed.
Tho House resumed the consideration of Mr.
Sage’s resolution, authorising the Seorotnry of the
Interior to purchase Mount Vernon.
ilr. Bayley called for tho yeas and nays on laying
the resolution on the table.
Mr. Cliugman asked the gentloman to with
draw his motion, aud to lot tho resolution go to
some committee.
Mr. Bayley—No ! I want to kill this thing in the
most emphatic way.
Tho resolution was then tabled eighty-eight to
eighty-five. .
Mr. Dean offered the resolution of which he had
given notice, for presenting a sword and the
thanks of Congress to Captain Ingraham. Presu
ming no one desired to debate it, he moved the
previous question.
Mr. Bayley moved to refer the resolution to the
committee on Foreign Affairs.
Afr. Jones, of Tenneßsoo, moved to lay it on the
table, but tbe House refused.
Mr. Walsh appealed to Mr. Dean to postpone
further consideration of tho resolution for a few
days, as one of his colleagues, who was acciden
tally absout, desired to take part in this pieoe of
buncombe, (laughter,) and wished to add an
amendment to givo to Capt. Ingraham a pair of
opaulettes, spurrs, or something of that kind,
(laughter.)
The resolution was roforrod to tho Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Tweed introduced a bill establishing a mint
in tho eity of New York. Referred to Committco
of Ways and Means.
Mr. Chandler submitted a resolution which was
adopted, that the Committee on the Judiciary be,
and it is horoby instructed to inquire wbether any
and what legislation is necessary to secure the
right of citizenship of children born out of the
United States, whose parents at the time of such
births aro citizens of tho United 6tates ; and that
the Committee report at as early a day us possible
by bil) or otheiwise.
Mr. Florence introduced a bill extending the
provisions of sovoral laws granting bounty lands to
officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the
military service of the the United States. Refer
red to Committee of Public Lands.
Mr. Clingman in pursuance of previons notice,
introdueod a bill giving credit to importers of rail
road iron. This he said was a subject which had
frequently beeu oeforo Congress. He did not know
what the present feeliug of the House was, but
ooneeived thero waa strong necessity for the pas
sago of such a law. Last Congress the proposition
failed by asiugle vote. At that time five members
whs had promised him on tha previous day to vote
for it wore absent. ,
During last Congress several companies wore al
lowed credit on tho term proposed in this bill,
but the effort to pass a general law was not suc
cessful. He would remind the gentleman that
within the last two years thejo has been an cqorm
ous increase in the price of railroad iron, lhon
it brought *4O, now SBO a ton. In consequence
many of the State and private companies com
menced with sufficient capital, but owing to the
great rise, they find it difficult, if not impossible,
to go on. He understood the money was not at
this time needed in the Treasury, thore being a
large surplus. The bill proposed to give a credit
ol four years. In all probability, at the expiration
of that lime, government will uend the money, as
the present iunds may be exhausted. He thought,
as a financial measure, his bill was better than the
plan proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury,
for the lattor cannot go into operation before Janu
arv twelve month.
Mr. Shelton asked why not introduce a bill post
poning the duties to be paid by merchants.
Alr.Ciingman replied for two reasons—first, be
cause goods have not undergone any rise within
the last eighteen months; and secondly, that im
portations of goods are for private purposes, while
railroads are made by States and companies for
the benefit of termers, No doubt the latter pay
their taxes when the government does not need
the monev. There was a certain interest in this
House known a» tho iron interest, represented
with fidelity, aud with a good deal of lobby influ
ence.
Mr. Skelton begged to say he was not a repre
sentative ot the iron interest. He deaired equal
laws for our common country.
Mr. Ctingman presumed the iron interest claim a
prescriptive right to have the country taxed for
tbeir benefit. Hence when a proposition of this
kind is introduced obstacles are thrown in the
wav.
Mr. Houston suggested an amendment. There
were railroads in Alabama which have been im
porting iron and paying duties within the last
twelve months, and he wanted them relieved.
Mr. Ci-ngrasn replied that there were railroads
in North Carolina in similar condition, but the bill
covered ail cases where the duties were not paid.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, moved to lay the bill
on the table, being opposed to the credit system.
The motion lost—yeas 82 nays 104.
Mr. Cobb proposed an amendment, providing
that in ail cases ot extontion cf duties six per cent,
interest shall be paid.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, moved to lay the bill
and amendment on the table—lost, yeas S 6, nays
85.
On motion of Mine Walsh, the Biil was referred
to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the
Union.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union, Mr. Orr in the
Chair.
Mr. Houston submitted resolutions referring the
various branches of the President’s Message to the
appropriate committees.
Gernt Smith obtained the floor, and availed him
self ot the opportunity to belch forth a violent tirade
against slavery.
Mr. Preston, of Ky., replied In an eloquent
speech. When he concluded the floor was given
to Mr. Dean, and the House adjourned.
IN SFNATH. December 21.
Mr. Hamlin gave notice of a bill te construct a
line of telegraph from the Mississippi river to the
Pecifle ocean.
Mr. Gwin from the naval oommittee, in advance
of the receipt ot the bill from the House, authoris
ing the construction of six first class steam frigates
made a reportin fiivor of that measure. Mr. Gwin
said that tie oommittee thought the importance
and urgency of the question justified this approval
of the measure at this time. When the bilfcame
STsen'au Xlit^ Dld meet n 0 ° PP< " ition from
fro^*th?CT(^te rt Gwi “’
The Committee on Navel Affairs hev*
der eo aside ration % that portion of therenort of th*
Secretare of the Navy,
of the Navy, in which he asks
have CuuStr.ic.ei sa least six first class steam fi-U
gate propellers, and -uggesta that if the author"?
is granted, the policy oTmaking the appropriation
at an early day to enable the department tobu.ld
them with despatch, and purchase a supply of ma
terials, so aa not to diminish the amount on hand
report that they tolly concur in the suggestions
and recommendations of the Secretary of the Na‘ 1
vy, and will give their attention to the bill making i
appropriations for this object, which is expect- 1
ecTat an early day from the House of Representa
tive*. i
Mr. Hunter, from the Finance Committee, re- I
ported back the bill to extend the warehousing
system by establishing private bonded ware- i
nooses.
Mr. Norris reported back a bill to snppreae the
drcalation of paper money as a currency, under
the denomination of five dollars, in the District of
Columbia.
The Hill was taken up.
The small note bill was read—Mr. Pearce said
that he hoped it would be printed before it wls
put on its passage, though he thought the object
ot the bill a very proper one.
Mr. Adams moved to postpone it to January
Brd.
Mr. Gwin hoped the bill would be s law before
that day. He oonsidered it disgraceful for Congress
to allow the currency in circulation now in this
city to exist any longer.
The bill was postponed till next Tueeday. The
French spoliation bill was referred to s select com
mittee consisting of Messrs. Hamlin, Thompson,
Dawson, Pearce, and Johnson.
Mr. Foote introduced s bill granting land for the
relief of the Indigent Insane which was re
ferred.
Mr. Shields introduced a joint resolution autho
rizing the President to confer the title of Lieuten
ant General by brevet for eminent services, and
moved its reference.
Mr. Dawson said the committee had repeatedly
• reported favorably upon it, and it was of no use
again to refer it.
Mr. Seward hoped it would now be passed.
Mr. Pettit objected, and it was laid over.
Mr. Erodhead moved to print twenty thousand
oopies of the abstract of the census! Metsrs.
Gwin, Hamlin, and Pratt, opposed the printing of
any copies of the abstract printed for the House,
because of its numerous inaccuracies.
The motion was referred to the Printing Com
mittee.
Mr. Seward offered the following resolution,
which was agreed to:
“Resolved, That the Committee on the Judicia
ry enquire whether, consistently with the Consti
tution, provision can be made for referring causes
instituted according to the course of the common
law, to referees, and whether such provisions, if
they could be constitutionally made, would be'ex
pedient!"
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Philips offered a resolution instructing the
Committee on Commerce to inquire into the pro
priety of continuing and completing such of the
River and Harbor improvements, as were appropri
ated for at the last session, and which, in the opin
ion of the committee are within the constitutional
power of this government, of general interest and
importance, and that they report at an early day,
by bill or otherwise.
Mr. McDonald moved to lay the resolution on
the table—negatived, yeas 55, nays 112.
The resolution was then passed by—yeas 111,
. nays 54.
Mr. L«iham moved a consideration of the vote.
It would be well to settle the principle on which
the Committee on Commerce.and the Committee
on Roads and Canals are to act. The question is,
whether the resolution should have h.en sent to
the first name:!? It should not.- When the House
undertook to give it that direction, it seemed to
imply a want of confidence in the Committee on
Roads and Canals, whethor intended or not.
Mr. Yates inquired whether the Committee on
Commerce had not always reported the River and
Harbor Bill?
Mr. Dunham replied that the early practice was
to refer the subject to the committee on roads and
canals, but, as is frequently the case when the rules
stand in the way of the particular purposes of the
mßjority, they are over-ridden.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, concurred in the views
expressed by Mr. Dunham, and said that whether
the system of internal improvements was to rise or
fall, it was dne to its friends that such reference of
the subject ehould be made as would at least secure
a to the House.
| Mr. Phillips disclaimed any imputation of the
kind on the committee on roads and canals. At
tho last session the committee on commerce re
ported a bill making appropriation for works of in
ternal improvement. The resolution before the
House instructs that committee to inquire how far
they will now proeood. Was it not proper then
to give the subject that direction?
Mr. Campbell said that nearly all the appropria
tions on the bill of last Congress for the West,
came from the Senate, and not from the committee
of commerce.
Mr. Fuller explained. It has been agreed to ap
propriate about one million ot dollars, one third for
the Atlantic, and one-third for the Lakes, and the
l . remainder for the Mississippi river and its tributa
’ riosj but tho Senate loaded it down with incon
gruities.
Mr. Wentforth, of Illinois, moved that the mo
tion to reconsider be tabled—agreed.
The House then went into a committee of the
Whole, on the State of the Union, on the Presi
dent’s Message, which engaged its attention till
! the hour of adjournment.
IN SENATE Deo. 22.
Numerous petitions wore presented.
Mr. Mason olfored a resolution directing the ap
poiutment ot a select committee, to consider the
present laws and resolutions authorising the ap
pointment es senate officers, and to report a new
plan for their appointment and organization
adopted.
Mr. Slidoll introduced a bill granting land to
Florida, for railroads therein.
Mr. Gwin gave notice of the renewal of bills
granting land for railroads in California.
Mr. Hamlin introduced a bill to establish a tine
of telegraphs from tho Mississippi river to the Pa
cific.
A joint rosolutionj authorising the President to
confer the title of Liout. General by Brevet, was
token up.
A debate ensued which lasted till two o’clock, in
which Messrs. Adams, Walker, Pettit and Doug
las opposed the resolution, and Messrs. Cass, Ma
son, Badger, Shields and Seward, advocated it. It
was finally ordered to be engrossed by yeas 80,
cays 12, as follows—
Yeas—Messrs. Allon, Atchison, Badger, Bay
ard, Benjamin, Broadhead, Cass, Clayton, Dawson,
DixoD, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of lowa, Evans,
Fish, Foot, Gwin, James, Jones of Tenacssoe,
Mason, Pearce, I’ratt, Sebastian, Seward, Shields,
Stuart, Thompson of Kentuoky, Thompson of
Now Joraey, Wade, Weller and Wright.
Nays—Messrs. Adams, Bright, Chase, Clay,
Douglas, Fitzpatrick, Ilamlin, Norris, Slidell, Sum
ner, Walker and Williams.
Mr. Bright introduced a bill increasing the sala
ry of nine bunf'ed dollar clerks to twelve hun
dred per annum.
Mr. Cass offered a resolution which was agreed
to, directing enquiry as to the giving of a pension
to the window of Captain Gunnison recently killed
in Utah.
After a short Executive session the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE.
Mr. Cobb introduced a bill giving further time
for satisfvingthe claims for Bounty lands.
Several bills wore introduced giving lands for
railroad purposes in the South and West, and Re
ferred to the Committee on I’ublie Lauds.
Mr. Houston offered resolutions with the view
of. abolishing longevity rations in the Army, and
extra allowances iu the Marine corps.
Mr. Disney introduced the French Spoliation
bill. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Af
fairs.
Various resolutions were adopted, among them
one requesting tho President to communicate his
plan for tho enlargement and modification of the
judicial system,
Mr. Miller, of Missouri, introduced a bill organ
ising tho territory of Nebraska. Referred to the
Committee on Territories.
Mr. Latham introduced a bill refunding to Cali
fornia certain duties collected since the ratification
of tho treaty with Mexico, and prior to the admis
sionof California into the Union. Referred to tho
Commitleo of Ways and Means.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on tho state of tho Union on the President’s mes
sage, on which tho doliato on B'avery and the dif
ferent factions and fragments of the democracy
was continued until the House adjourned.
IN SENATE December 28.
Various petitions were presented.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, gave notice of a bill to
distribute tlie proceeds of tho Public Lands among
tbo several States.
Mr. Johnson asked to be excused from serving
os tlie French Spoliation Committee. Agreed to.
Mr. James gave notice of a bill to give a sword
to the nearest male relative of tho late Major S.
Ringgold.
Mr. Pratt moved to take up tho private bills on
the calendar.
The Chair announced no quorem present, but
after awhile a quorem appeared.
Mr. Broadhoad gave notice of a bill making fur
ther provision against counterfeiting U. 8. com.
Mr. Gwin introduced a bill to continue in force
an act to ascertain and settle private land claims
’in California. It was reported back imme
diately passed.
The Chair presented a letter from the Managers
of the Industrial Exhibition of Now York, inviting
tho Senate to attend the Bame, and enclosing tick
ets therefore signed by Thoodoro Sedgwick.
Mr. Badger said as there was no further busi
ness, tho day a dark one, and the Seuate thin, he
moved that the Senate adjourn, which was agreed
to.
HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before tho House a communi
cation from the clerk, stating that certain docu
ments voted by the last Congress, for distribution
among tho people, have been published since the
adjournment of the last Congress, and after the
expiration ot the Iranking privilege of members
of that Congress. The question has arisen as to
whether the members of the present Congress
shall distribute them. Ho asks the House to re
lieve him from the embarrassment.
Mr. Orr moved that the communication be re
ported to the Committee on the J ndiciory.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, suggested that the
gentleman offer a resolution, directing the clerk to
deliver said extra documents to the members of
the present Congress for distribution among the
people, for whom they were intended. They were
not designed as the private property of the mem
bers of the last Congress whose frankiDg privilege
has expired.
Mr. Orr did not acquiesee, as an important legal
principle was involved.
Mr. Orr’s motion was disagreed to.
Mr. Florence opposed Mr. Jones’ proposition,
and Mr. Stauton, or Tennessee, supported it.
It was ordered that those documents be deliver
ed to members of the present Congress for distri
bution.
An ineffectual effort was made to go into Com
mittee on the private calendar.
Mr. Chandler desired to ask a question of the
Commilteeon printing that he might learn whether
the Census report is in a situation to have its eg
regious errors corrected, or whether it was to go
forth with its injurious errors.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, objected to the asking
ofthe question.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole ontke Stateof the Union enthe President’s
MrM’hilliW said the question before the Com
mittee was the reference of the President’s Mes
sage, bnt in the latitude of debate there had been
involved the principles of the message, the ques
tion of slavery, the conduct oi Captain Ingraham
in the Koszta affair, and the eonatiutionality of the
act of ISA 9 which vests the Secretary of the Treas
ury the right to appoint an Assistant Secretary.
What else was to be involved in the discussion, or
on what other unknown sea the House was to be
launched, no one can tejl, not even that notorious
gentleman, the oldest inhabitant,
He could not say he was surprised by the senti
ments which fell from the gentleman from New
York, t Mr. Smith) and the gentleman from Ohio,
(Mr. Giddings) though he confessed the senti
ments were in themselves startling.
Bat those stereotyped sentimentalities which is
sue from the lips of abolitionists have fallen too
often on the ear of the country to excite at this day
the least emotion of surprise, invective, unmea
sured and unsparing abroe had been poured out
by the gentleman on the inst’tutions of the South
while southern member* have maintained their
teats in quiet and decorum and without reply—nay
more, they had been called on to listen to the at
tempts of those, who, denying the obligation of
their constitutional oath, would falsify history and
the plainest provisions of the constitution to sup
port and sustain them in violation of their pledged
ftitb. The institution of slavery was inherited.
It was sacred to him by the federal compact.
He would not lend his aid to do what he knew
be the cherished object of the gentlemen, name
ly, that they might eotablish this hail as the centre
from which to speed their arrows to every section
of the country to light up discord. W hen the con
stitution fails to aecare Southern rights, for which
it was ordained, he was strong In the expression
of hia belief that this institution baa inherent pow
er enough to protect itself. But he would enter
into no discuseion, and trusted that Southern gen
tlemen would follow his example, which he thought
was a proper one. Let them maintain silence
while abolitionists poor oat their invective. He
would sit and listen, be decorous under it, and
would oontent himself with the reflection that such
language was made use of by men who, if they
have obtained notoriety aa sentimentalists, have
not yet, In the estimation of the country, naan to
the dignity of etataamen.
The gentleman from New York shewed a carp
ing epirit while speaking of Mr. Marey’* letter on
the Kosata affeir. That gentleman regretted that,
while Mr. Marey ably vindicated the ngtat of Roes •
ta, a citizen of this country by the law of the land,
ha did not go farther and deolare to the world
that even if Rotate wet not a citizen by law, he
wss by the rule of reason and justice. It was
oerUinly a novel idea that citizenship can be ac
quired by other means than law. Citizenship was
municipal, and exists only under e condition of
limitation and reatrainta which the law impoeee.
It was, he repeated, a novel idea for the Secretary
of Slate, while standing up in vindication of the
honor of the country, to go beyond the law to say
what constitutes citizenship. He would say that the
attacks which had been made on Secretary Marey
were mack as he must peas by as the idle wind,
which be regards not. The sword of Ingraham
and the pea of Many, are destined to joint iai
mortality.
Mr. Phillip then replied to Hr.Bayly’e remarks
of yesterday, relative to the mode of appointment
of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, taking
ground against the Senate bill, requiring that offi
cer to be appointed by the President and confirmed
by the Senate. He argued that provision should
be made only for hereafter end ought not to ap
ply to the present incumbent. He thought that
in the movement prescribing the mode of the Aa
aietant Secretary’s appointment, there was a de
sign to reach somebody of whom he was ignor
ant. Having tha fullest confidence in the Secre
tary of the Treasury, and from whet he could learn,
full confidence in the Assistant Secretary, he was
•gainst any legislature which might he oonetrued
into an act of opposition to the parties concerned.
Mr. Barly replied to Mr. Phillips, argning that
an amendment to the Senate bill, making it appli
cable only hereafter, would be anti-republican.
Peter G. Washington has no vested interest in the
office. He disclaimed any other motive in hie
course then to guard the pnblio interests, end de
nied that the object of the Senate hill wee to attack
the Administration.
The Committee then roee.
The Speaker laid before the Hooee a letter from
Theodore Sedgwick, inviting the membere of Con
gress to visit the Crystal Palaoe, and sending tick
ets for ell of them.
The House then sdjonrned till Tuesday.
From the OAumtnu Times.
Statistics of Crime la Georgia—Tha Pealtentiary.
Since the establishment of the Georgia Peniten
tiary, 1348 convicts have been received within its
walls. 712 were convicted of laroeny ; 2*o of of
fences against the person from asaav.lt and battery
to murder; 88 or unlawful indulgence of the
; sexual passions ; 2of perjury ;7* of forgery ;‘56
of burglarly; 12 of counterfeiting and crimes of
a like character; 45 of robbery; 25 of vagrunoy.
It will thus be seen that our criminal! are a
thieving and fighting set of vagabonds. If these
two dosses of ofihnoea, could be prevented, there
would be but few eriminels in Georgia. Indeed,
> the love of money is the root of nearly all the
crime committed in the Bute. 221 out of 1848
’ convicts, were guilty of offences against property.
We have long been convinoed that the great evil
1 of Georgia society, was an nodus love of, and re
i spect for wealth. We estimate men not for their
’ virtue, Ulcnt, or patriotism; but for their mousy.
1 Hence, the great struggle with us, is to accumu
’ late filthy lucre. W e shoes our professions in re
spect to this object; we too often marry our wives
to improve our pecuniary coudition. The lower or
-1 ders see this, and, forgetful of the restraints of
1 morality and the terrors of law, ruah madly into
the commission of orime in order to place them
-1 eolves upon a level with their neighbors.
It is however, some consolation to know that
1 less than one-half of the oonvicts are natives es
1 Georgia. Os the whole number, only 4*7 are na
tives of Georgia; while 258 are natives of Sooth
1 Carolina; 177 of North Carolina ; 90 of Virginia;
8* of New York; 15 of Tennessee; 15 of Mary
' land ; 1* of Massachusetts ;24 of Pennsylvania;
' 12 of Connecticut; tof New Jersey ; 8 of Ala
-1 batna; *of Kentuoky; sos Maine; 4 of New
Hampshire; 4 of Rhode Island; 4of Florida; 4 of
1 Louisiana ; Bof Vermont; Bot Ohio ;2 of Dcla
; ware; 2of the Distriot of Columbia; 2of Missis
sippi; 1 of Missouri; 18* of Foreign countries;
' ana 12 unknown.
It may be remarked in explanation of the Urge
number from South Carolina, that their system ot
1 punishment is calculated to drive criminals across
the Savannah, and further, that perhaps, one
third of the population of Georgia, are natives of
i that State.
Tho counties have contributed respectively, the
following numbers: Chatham 142 ; Bibb 82 ;
Richmond, 9* ; Musooge# 40 ; Baldwin, 97 ; De-
Kalb 85 ; Gwinnett 85 ; Morgan 88 ; Case 80;
Jackson 28; Burke 28; Jasper 22; Jones 21;
Wilkersou 21 ; Pulaski, Franklin, and Elbert,
each 20 ; Clarke 19 ; Monroe II; Cobb 18 ; Hall,
Mclntosh, Warren and Walton, etch 17 ; Green,
Habersham, Henry, Newton end Lincoln, each 18;
Columbia 15 ; Oglethorpe 15 ; Camden, Troup
and Upaon each 14 ; Pike 18 ; Jefferson 18 : Lau
rens 12; Cherokee, Murray, Talbot and Twigs,
each 11 ; Lumpkin, Seriven and Wilkes, each 10;
Batts, Campbell, Hancock, Randolph and Wash
ington, eaoh 9 ; Bryan, Effingham, Fayette, Mer
riwethor, l’utnnm, Tatnal! and Thomas, each 8 ;
Appling 7 ; Crawford, Emanuel, Liberty, Marion,
Bumpter, Talfair and Walker, each 8 ; Heard,
Harris, Houston, Montgomery and Uadiaon, each
5 ; Carroll, Dade, Decatur, Early, Forsyth, Glynn
and Gilmer, aach 4; Floyd, Paulding, Rabun,
Stewart, Taliaferro and Wayne, each 8 ; Dooly,
Lowndes, Lee, Union and Ware, each 2; Chat
tooga, Gerdon and Irwin, each 1.
These statistics show that towns are more pro
lific of crime than the oountry. It would, there
fore, seem to be a wise policy to discourage the
emigration of th* people lrom th* country to tho
town. They by no mean*, however, show th* re
lative morality of th* different counties. In some
counties, the laws are much more rigidly enforced
than in others; th* population of th* counties ere
very unequal; and tome of them have been in
existence for a very short period. By keeping
these facts in mind, onr resders can readily de
termine which oounties are the most moral.
Tbe principal keeper in hia report makes the
following suggestions:
“The acoommodstiane in th* Penitentiary, as
is well known to you, are of suoh a character as to
throw all classes of offenders together, without
discrimination or separation. Among them are
many young men who by judicious treatment
might be reclaimed, and sent forth to th* world,
benefits to themeelvee, their families, and so
ciety.”
The complaint her* set forth, is a grievous one.
The strongest argument in favor of Penitentiary
punishment is that it hse a tendency to reform het
convicts. Under our eyetem th* very reversals the
rosuit. The convicts era thrown indiscriminately
together; they beeomo acquainted with eacn
other ; they form band* whien re-unite on their
dißchargo to carry or other Tiffanies ; and the
more hardened counteract th* good influences
which are brought to bear upon the young during
their confinement.
Wo are sorry to see that no action has been had
by tbe present Legislation upon the suggestions of
the Prinoipal keeper.
From a Constantinople Letter.
Marriage In High Life In Censtaatinople.
To-day are to be celebrated th* nuptials of the
Grand Vizier’s daughter with a son of Maxloum
Bey, locum tenene, Minister of Finxnoe. All the
great functionaries are invited to aaaistat this cere
mony, and a sumptuoue banquet of nearly three
hundred covers is prepared for their reception.—
Marriage is no trifle in the East. Open house is
kept for several days; several hundred person!
arc regaled with all the prolusion and hospitality
of the Osmanli. A stranger entering at any hour
of the day or uightia immediately presented with
coffoe, sherbgft, snd th* chibouque ; sad if he be
“peckish,” as is infsllably the cate, a tray, groan
ing under the weight of it* contents, all piping
hot, soon follows on the heed of an aivae. The
Sclamtik, or men’s apartment, resounds with up
roa'ious mirth, with buttle end activity. The
harom is hung with splendid cashemere shawls,
and all decked out in gayest gorgeous trim ; yet
strange to say tha huge night cap of tho bride
groom, and his shaving apparatus, are described,
according to usage, as a prominent decoration of
the nuptial chamber. The bride is in vestal garb,
and veiled in her duvak, occupies th# post of honor
on the divan ; her cheeks, chin and forehead pro
tected by splendid talismans from th* influence
of tbe evil eye. As evening now advances, st the
Eshrefsast, or propitious hour, th* bridegroom
enters the harem, distributing in all directions
handfuls of gold snd silver coin. Having per
formed religiously his sblntions, and offered up
the prayers of Yatzia or th* first watch, he is then
introduced by the Ksnki Kadim into the apartment
of his spouse, whom he unveil* and tees for th*
first time; and having taken off th* talismans from
her face, be places on her turban an aigrette, the
Moslem marriage pledge. A boiled fowl is then
served up on s silver tray, which, the bridegroom
carving in summery Turkish style, is reduced to
atoms in a twiskiing ; and having helped himself,
and pat s morsel into the lady’s mouth, th* rem
nants are carefully preserved as a matter of much
importance. Finally, after this rapist, a slave en
ters with silver ewer end a towel, as is nsnel for
ablution, and then tbe bride in dutiful bearing,
presents her lord with coffee and the chibouque,
and both apply themselves to amorous chat ana
courtship.
Tnx Scam at Madkid.— There hss been a diplo
matic fashionable tmtult in Madrid, between Mr.
Soule, Jr„oftbe American Legation,andtheDuke
of Alba, which has thrown tbs capital into a stats
of excitement. The Faria correspondent of the
London Chronicle, writing on the 17th alt., gives
the following particulars;
Private letters from Madrid speak of an affair
which took place in the capita! on the/ele day of
St. Engonie, and which has not reanlted’inan affair
ot honor. Saturday week being the fttt day of St.
Eugenie—a saint not often heard of till Lonia Na
poleon chose to give her renown by cresting an em
press of the same name—the Marquis da Turgot,
the French Ambassador at Madrid, gave a ball,
which was attended by all that ia brilliant in the
Spanish capital, in the shape of nobility or diplo
macy. Among the guests were the Duke of Alta
the brother-in-law ofthe Impress of the French,
and Mr. Soule, the son of tbs newly appointed
Minister of the United States. In the eonrseof the
evening, Mr. Soule, junior, while walking through
the ball room, with Mrs. Perry, the wife of the Uni
ted States Secretsry of Legation, overheard the
Duke of Alba, (who baa recently been in Paris,
and is therefore a judge of ladies’ dress,) make
some contemptuous remark on the style of dress
adopted by the wife of the American Minister,
(mother of young Soule.) It appears thatths lady
had adopted a costume which is not quits* fa modt
it madrid, in so far that it eovered her person np
to the throat; whereas the moot approved fashion
among the Madrid damaela is to exhibit ae many of
the graces conferred upon them by nature aa come
within the bounds of decency. The remark ofthe
Duke wss, “ There goes Mary of Burgundy,” Mr.
Soule on hearing the contemptuous expression, left
the lady with whom he was walking, and going np te
the Dake informed him qu'il tlait un* canaiut, and
accompanied this piece of information with a—posh.
Great excitement ensued, and Mr. Sonle’e father,
having interfered, took away the young man, who
subsequently addressed a challenge to the Duke,
which has not yet been accepted, the Dnke having
found itoonvenient te represent the whole affair as
political—which it certaic'y is, if the dress of the
American Minister’s wife was not strictly in sash
ion. At all events, no fighting had taken place it
the period when the laat despatches left; but the
affair was the topie of conversation everywhere,
and the feeling was that Jonathan's position in
it. was preferable to that ofthe Hidalgo,
Novel Wat to Hold a Hobsi.-»A gentleman
traveling through Germany, thua describes e novel
method of listening e hone, which he sew a Ger
man blacksmith put into prieticei
“ Aa eooa es breakfast wss over, I generally en
joyed the luxary of riding about town, and ia
passing the shop of a blacksmith, the manner in
which nc tackled and shod a vicious horse amu
sed me. On the outside of the wall of tbe hones,
two rings were firmly fixed, to one of whioh tbe
bead of the patient was lashed close to tbe ground;
the kind foot to he shod, stretched out to the ut
most extent of the leg, was then secured by the
other riDg, about fire feet high, bye cord whioh
passed through e cloven hiteb, fixed to the root of
tbe poor creature’s tail. The hind foot was con
sequently very mech higher than the heed; in
deed it wee qnita exalted, and pulled ee heavily at
the tail that the animal seemed quits anxious to
keep his other foot on ferrs firma. With one foot
in the heavens, it did not suit him to kick; with
his nose pointing to the infernal regions, he conld
not conveniently rear, and aa a heavy hand was
constantly polling st hie tail, the horse at last gave
np the point, end quietly submitied to be shod.”
— A'tu Tori Agrieullor.
A Cool and Detxxmimxd Fellow. —On yesterday
evening, as the Eclipse left our lending, s men who
went on board to see the eights, was earned off,
and req nested the Captain to land him'again, bnt was
told he would be landed at the next wood-yard,
and charged $5 lor tho ride. Not feeling disposed
to take such an expensive ride, he knocked some
ofthe officer* over, and jumped overboard, whilst
the boat was under way, end swam ashore, swear
ing all the time at tha “Rant’d ntuommodaiin’ ftl*
itri cm tit ’ Cliff."— FiaWmy WUp, 10« M ft.
WEEKLY
Cjjraratle &
AUGUSTA. GEORGLL
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC’S SB, 1853.
MONEY! MONEY!!
Otra wants impose upon us the necessity of
soliciting all those indebted to us to remit the
amount promptly by mail. We are now making
out, and will send to each man his bill, as rap
idly as possible, and we trust that no one will
fail to send us the money by the first of January,
during which month we have heavy engagements
to meet, and our reliance is upon those indebted
to ua. The price at which our paper is pub
lished U so low, that we cannot afford to give
long credits. W T e hope, therefore, that those in
debted will not only pay what they owe, but do
the handsome thing, by forwarding a years Sub
scription m advance. Be certain, however,
to pat all yoc owe, and pat it promptly.
The Harmonious at Washington
The editor of the Savannah Republican, make*
the following extract from a private letter from »
gentleman in Washington City :
W AsmsoTON, Dec. 15th.
* * * * “It is now considered certain
that Col. Davis is to leave tho War Department
soon. He is looking, it is said, to the Seuate from
his State. How he and Gov. A. G. Brown will
settle that point between them, is not very clear.
Gov. Brown is a popular man, and has been open
ly a candidate for the place. Foot, it is said, is
go'ng to California. Joy and peace go with bim.
“who is to take Col. Davis’ plaoo at the head of
the Department, is a matter of speculation among
the quid nunc* here. Some assign it to Mr. Cle
mens, the lately defeated Union candidate for the
Senate from Alabama. Others assign it to Gov.
Cobb as a taint) to him in his late overthrow ;
while the fire eating wing claim it for Quitman or
McDonald. The fact that Davis is willing to leave
the Cabinet, affords reason to believe that ho oon
■ideri its downfall probable, and is attempting to
■ save himself from the ruini of the great “Coali
tion” when it tumbles over. Tho general opinion
here la, that the Cabinet canDOt stand much
longer. It is already condemned by popular opinion
North and South.
The signs in the political horizon, indicate with
tolerablo certainty, from the most reliable informa
tion, at our command, a ministerial crisis, or
rather explosion of the Cabinet, and a general
disruption of the democracy. The truth is, the
elements of which it is composed, are too dis
similar, possess too tittle affinity for each other,
to hope for a harmonious and cordial union. They
will defy the “cohesive power of the publio plun
der,” which has up to this period been all power
ful.
The Augusts Bridge.
Wx learn that the South Carolina Legislature,
has passed an Act, coufering on the Assignees of the
late Hxt«Y Shultz, the authority to erect a Toll
Gate at thejend of the Augusta Bridge, and to collect
toll of passengers. We find in tho report of the
proceedings of the Houso, on tho 19th inst., the
following, which we presume, embodies the prin
cipal features of the Bill:
A Bill to establish certain Roads, Bridges and
Ferries, and to renew certain charters heretofore
granted, was called for a second reading.
The Senate, on the socond reading of this bill
in that House, had added tho following amendment
thereto:
“That James Jones and Joseph J. Kennedy, as
signees of Henry Shultz and John McKiune, be,
and they are hereby authorized to collect the tolls
prescribed by tho 21st section of the Act to estab
lish certain Roads, Bridges, and Ferries, passed
the 19th day of December, 1848, from all persons
passing from either side over the Bridge across the
Savannah River, at Hamburg and Augusta ; pro
vided, however, that nothing heroin contained,
shall, in any wise, impair or prejudico any right or
property claimed by the City Council of Augusta,
in respect to the one-lialf of the material structure
of the said Bridge within the territorial limits of
this State,” and tho question being put, will the
House agree to the amendment! Tollora were
called for, and the House divided. Messrs. Gar
lington and Boylson wore appointed to count the
House, and reported 88 in the affirmative, and 81
in the negative. So the House agreed to the
amendment.
The Bill was then read the third time.
"Jiesolved, That the Bill do pass—that the title
thereof be changed—that it bo ca led an Act. Or
dered that it be sent to the Senate.
In view of all the facts connected with the
Bridge controversy, this is certainly very extraor
dinary legislation; and cannot be regarded other
wise than a breach of the plighted faith of the
State of South Carolina.
Sale of Oflleial Reports.
Wxhave long entertained the opinion, that there
is no secret of the departments, in Washington,
that may not be obtained for a price. We had
never imagined, however, that Cabinet officers
would conientto the sale of their official reports to
the press, in advanoe of their being made to Con
gress ; and we hope such is not the fact, although
the correspondent of the New York Express
seems to entertain no donbt of it. He says:
Washington, Deo. 8.
Some of the Clerks of Washington, who as a
whole are very honest, intelligent and worthy class
of persons, are holding meetings to petition Con
gress to increase their pay, which was established
by the last Congress at tho four rates of S9OO,
$1,200, $1,500 and SI,BOO per annum.
Before Congress consents to this I hope it will
discriminate between such Clerks as arc really use
ful to the Government and honorable in their in
tercourse, and thore who sell their services and the
Government property for pay. I allude, of
course, to the Clerks in the Navy Department,
who, with the knowledge and consent of the Chief
Clerk, and I fear with the sanction of the Secretary
of the Navy, (oa he allowed it to be done,) delibe
rately sold copies of Mr. Dobbin,a Report, and at
different prices to the different presses of New'
York. Some of these copies were sold for $25 and
tome for S2O each. Some were written out in a
fair hand and some were taken from a copying
press. One paper promised SSO, the price given
last year for an exclusive copy. Tho report of Mr.
MoCleliand was sold in like manner, with the
knowledge of the Chief Clerk there, and I presume
with the consent of the Secretary of tho Interior.
The tame is true of the Report of the Commission
er of the Land Office and the Commissioner of
Indiau Affairs. Mr. McClelland’s Report was sold
for SSO to ene and $25 to another, and Mr. Ma
nypenny’s, copied in office hours for about ten
cents the hundred words! The new Commission
era name, I hope, is not a symbol of hia direction
to clerks to get as many pennies aa possible out of
the press and publio beyond their salaries.
Leasing (he Penitentiary.
Lewis Zachrt, the Keeper of the Penitentiary,
proposes to lease that Institution fora term of
yoars. In his proposition to the Legislature, he
aays
“ I agree to take the Institution for six or ten
years, and pay the State, annually, ten dollars,
provided, the State will give mo the institution,
olear of debt, and furnish the present year’s supply
of provisions. The pork is already purchased, and
nothing remains to complete the year’s supply, but
the purchase of corn. And provided, further, that
tha Stato will give me reasonable qpd proper com
pensation for the needful and neoessary buildings
which I msy be required to erect during the time.
I am to savo the State from every indebtedness
saving and excepting what is herein before set
forth. The pardoning power to bo exercised by
the Executive, es heretofore. The Institution to
be open to tho Inspection and examination of the
Governor and Legislature, or either. The convicts
to be fed and clothed alone at my cost, and ample
indemnity given that the convicts shall be hu
manely treated.
All of whioh is respectfully submitted.”
Nxw Counties. —The Legislature has passed laws
to organize seven new oounties. They are: Gatooia,
from parts of Whitfield and Walker; Picken*, from
Gilmer, Cherokee, Lumpkin end Foreytb; Worth,
from Eerly and Dooly; Einchafoonee, from Stewart;
Dougherty, from Baker; Hart, from Franklin; and
Elbert and Fulton, from DeKalb.
Raoboad Mietino in Spabta.—We find the fol
lowing call for a meeting in Sparta, in the Mil
ledgeville papers ;
“The survey of the Milledgoville Railroad hav
ing been completed, the citizens ot Hancock coun
ty are respectfully invited to meet in Sparta on the
first Tuesday in January next, when the Report of
the Engineer will be oonsiocred, and books of
subscription of stock opened. Tho Engineer’s
Report is highly favorable, and it is hoped there
will be a large attendance.
Jas. Thomar, Ch’n of Com.”
Sparta, Dec. 12, 1858.
Db. Hines Again. —Our readers may remember,
says the New Orleans Oretctni of Wednesday, that
the famona Dr. Hines was sent before the First
District Court, some time since, by Recorder Win
ter, on the charge of swindling a little boy to the
amount of four dollars by virtue of hard lying and
soft persuasive manner. Y esterday this grand
raacal was brought before Judge Lsrue for trial,
and after making a most moving speech was found
guilty aa charged in the indictment.
Loss or tbi Clippie Ship Roman.— The New
York Courier says that ship R. B. Forbes, which
arrived at that port on Sunday from Calcutta, re
ports that in Ist. 27 85 N., long. 68 W., at 8 A. M.,
(no date given) fell in with ship Roman, Cap. Hep
burn, 117 dayß from Canton for New York, in a
sinking condition, having experienced very heavy
weather, and become unmanageable. Took off the
captain, three officers and eighteen seamen, and a
few stores. At 9A. M., the brig Wm. Prioe, from
Rio Janeiro for Philadelphia, came np and took
off the remaining seven seamen and one passenger.
Layby her until BP. M., when we left her. The
Roman was an A 1 ship belonging to New York,
and had on board a valuable cargo of teas and silks
oontiignod to Messrs. Olyphant & Sons, of New
York.
Kossuth, it is said, is earnestly preparing, in
London, for the eventualities of a general Euro
pean war. When tho new steam ship “ Golden
Age” was at Liverpool recently, Kossuth went
down from London to see Mr. Howard, her owner,
with a view to negotiate for that splendid vessel.
He wanted her to go up the Mediterranean, ex
pecting that the beginning of the cattaclaam would
render neoessary a revolutionary forco in that
quarter. For some days the matter was kept in
suspense, bnt the outbreak did not oocnr so soon
is was anticipated, and accordingly the “ Golden
Age” went to California.
Mr. Bridgman says that the last census of China
whioh he saw in print was for the year 1818, which
made the population of the empire more than
141,000,000. He ia confident that the present po
pulation oannot be less than 400,000,000.
Tha aaven slaves who recently escaped from
Norfolk, it has been ascertained did not get off
the steamer Star of tha West, but in some coast
ing craft bound to tbo North. The Mayor of Nor
folk has given instructions to the police officers to
saaroh all vessels leaving for northern porta.
Hon John Y. Mason, American Minister to
Franoa, will sail from New York on Saturday next
ia U» Collin* steamtr.
■ i' ' rflTwa ... .. .h*A
Christmas.
This hallowed anniversary, the Christian world’s
holyday, with all its kind and genial aaeocia
tiona, is again upon ua. Let us enjoy it, and greet
the day and each other a* becomes a refined and
cultivated people— not only causing the fsoes of
those who snrronnd onr own hearth stones to be
wreathed in ■ miles, bat contribute whatever we
may to the poor end destitute, that they too may
rejoice, and their grateful hearts send forth most
fervent aspirations, that Christmas has come again,
and they are uniting, happy and thankful. Snob
benevolent acts, not only thrill tho heart of the re
cipl nt with emotions untuterable, but they carry
convinction to our own boeom, that we have per
formed a high duly to ourself and our fellow ores'
ture, and we recline upon onr pillow at sight with
a fall assuranoe that the day has not passed with
out onr having aooomplished some good. This is,
indeed, a oonaollng nflection, and we hope that all
may enjoy it ere this festive season has passed.
A Merry Christmas.
Ou* neighbor, of the Georgia Home Gasette , dis
courses about this time-honored Holiday as fol
lows:
“ There is no on# thing which th* world so
greatly requires, and for which it should be so
greatly thankful, aa holiday* —time* of recreation,
when the daily toilt of life can be pushed aside,
and the cares and troablee of existence forgotten.
And it is the very feet, that
“Cfcristmsf comae but once a year.”
which makes its ootning so universally welcomed
snd so universally enjoyed.
Christmas is the World's great Holiday. All
over the earth, wherever Civilization and Christi
anity have found their way, it is a season blessed
and hallowed in every boeom. And truly it is s
pleasant, welcome, genial Besson. It is consecra
ted in tho hearts of millions, as a time when
families and lriends meet and 1 make merry' to
gether. The kindly leelings of the past are re
vlved; and old and yonng, rich and poor, rejoice
in the glad sunshine of the Present. Pile on the
logs—stir up the fire'. There is something hearty
and hospitable in the cracking and snapping of
the wood,—something frolicsome and joyous in
the leaping and singing of the flame I Oh, how
the heart warmain the fire of Under memories, and
how it throbs to tbe touob of happy associations.
May the light of those genial firesides shine ont
through all tbe world, and gladden the eye of
every trvellor over Life’s weary desert. May peace
and happiness and hope brighten tke future, and
unite the Past to the Present by the silken tics of
joyous memories. May all strifes and hatreds and
envying® and heart-burnings be forgotten—end
may we all stand aa common child: en before the
common Fathrr.
“And it will happen at many of these family
meetings, that seats will be vaeant, and glad voices
silent ana stilled in the grave. Perhaps the father
is not seen at the head of tbe table, or it may be
that the mother is missed frem hor accustomed
place. The brother or the sister may be sleeping
the long sleep or perhaps the place of some other
loved one may bo left desolate. Snch is Lifo, and
such is the doings of Death. Os all these, it may
well be said at such a time, —‘Absent but not for
golton.’ The father, tbe mother, the sister, the
rother—all are here—present in memory if not
in person. Happy, indeed, is that family cirule
who will miss no familiar faces from t heir midst;
who will gather around th* fireside, an unbroken
band. But even if it bo otherwise it is not well at
such a time, to indulge in vain regrets.
“ Even for th* dead, we will not bind
Ourioule to (rlef; —Death cannot long divide—
Por li It not ae if the roee had climbed
Our garden wall and bloseomed on tbe other tide.”
“ But, a truce to mournful reflections. Christ
mas should be weloomcd joyously. It is a groat
holiday of heart and brain. It offers an occasion
for a beautiful festival, in which innocent child
hood, manly strength, and good old age alike
delight in participating. Looking upon it in this
light; we offer our readers the compliments of the
season, and wish them a merry—a very merry and
joyous Christmas.”
The Landing of the Pilgrims.
Tub anniversary of the landing of the Pil
grima at Plymouth, was celebrated on Thursday
evening, in this oity, in a most spirited manner, by
a goodly number of the sons of New England,
descendants of New EDglandcrs, and numeroua
invited guests. At 9 o’clock P. M., the company
sat down to a most sumptuous dinner, altogether tho
most elegant entertainment we have ever attended
in this city .served in the very best style of rnino host
of the Planter*’ Hotel, at which W. M. Rowland,
Esq., presided, aeaisted by the Hon. Wir. T.
Gould, aa Vice President. Alter dismissing the
rich viands, to whioh Kentuoky contributed her
choicest Venison—Virginia her delicious Canvass
baoked Ducka—Pennsylvania her fat Capons—
New York her exquisite Pheasants and Partridges,
and Carolina and Georgia their well-fatted Mutton,
Turkeys, &0., &o.—for we cannot oooupy our
space with the long drawn out bill of faro—the
meeting was called to order, and the President
announced the first regular toast. This, after a
brief space, during which a band of superior Ar
tistes discoursed most eloquent mnsic, was follow
ed by five others, corresponding with the six Now
England States. These throngh, the company
spent the remainder of the evening—a few fleeting
hours—amid a flow of sentiment, song and anec
dote, whioh gave infinite zest to the occasion.
A Model Subscribe*.— “We have on our sub
tcription list the name of one gentleman, who has
taken the Weekly l’ioayuno ever since 1889, and
has not once during the whole period, that we re
member, found fault with the appearance or con
tents of the papor, or complained ot boing irregu
larly served by the mails. He paid his first year’s
subscription in advance, and has not paid any
thing since.”
Truly he is “a model subscriber," and is ex
ceedingly patient under long suffering. What an
olastic conscience he must have, if indeed, he has
any I We should’nt wonder, if he woro £o tako it
in high dudgeon if his bill were presented, with a
reapeotful but earnest request to pay it. This is
but one of the thousands of instances, with which
those connected with the press are made familiar,
ofihewantof a high sense of moral honesty, in
a large portion, perhaps a majority of men, where
their pecuniary interests are involved.
The Planters’ Hotel.
The editor of the Edgofield Advertieer, has re
cently made a visit to Augusta, and in a very
spicy and agreeablo editorial, of matters and
things that fell under his observation, during his
brief sojourn, he thus speaks of the Plantin'
Hotel: ‘
“We stopped this time at the new Hotel up
town, ownod by Messrs. Trowbridge <fe Jackson,
and kept by Simpson. It affords ns pleasure to
say that it is a fine hotel, delightfully situated and
admirably kept. Simpson is a Kentuckian and of
course supplies with Baronial profusion. Thon
he has with him, as general supervisor of the es
tablishment, Nickerson, of Charleston, a younger
brother of him of the Mills Houso; and our pri
vate opinion is that he quite equals the “old
At any rate every thing goes like clock
work under him, and even the most petulant will
find but little to scold at. It is thought by some
that tho situation of this house is too remolo from
the centre of business. We thought so too until
we tried it. But it’s a mistake. The truth is, it’s
just near enongh for comfort, and not a step too
far off for fun—and what more oan we wish for in
town accommodations? While we seek not to
undervalue other He tels in Augusta, we must be
permitted to say emphatically that tho Planter’s is
a first rate house.”
Tni Colonization Law or Virginia.— lt Is stated
in the recent message of the Governor of Virginia,
that in the three years during which the law of 1850
wss in operation to aid in the ramoval of oolored
persons to Liberia, only 419 free blacks and slaves
were removed from that Slate, at a cost to the trea
sury of $5,410, Under the present law, which was
passed 6th of April last, 240 colored persons have
been sent to Liberia from Virginia, at a cost to tlie
treasury of $5,800, being at the rate of 480 per an
num—sufficient, as is supposed, to prevent any in
crease of the free colored population. Bus, the
Governor asks, “suppose say increase ot numbers
is prevented, when and how shall we get rid of
those 55,000! Shall wo and our posterity always
endure the existing evil ? I trust not; we should
not; and I respectfully urge the adoption of more
efficient measures for their removal, leaving the se
lection of the mode to the united wisdom of tlie
General Assembly.”
Mb. Robxrt Chambers, the distinguished pub
lisher of Edinburgh, who has just completed a
tour of the United States, and being about to sail
from New-York on bis return home, lias publish
ed a card, expressing himself as highly pleased
with tho people and institutions of this country.
The editor of the New York Mirror, who dined
with John Mitchel, the Irish exile, a few days since,
says he is quite young ; rather tall and slendor;
complexion remarkably transparent; and that he
is without exception the handsomest and most re
fined Irishman he has ever seen. He is tho son,
it is said, of a Unitarian clergyman.
General Mejary, Minister of War iu Hungary at
the time that Kessuth was Minister of Finance, is
in Washington, and visited the House of Repres
entatives on Thursday. The Globe, says he is a
venerable looking man, and attracted marked at
tention from the members. He has already taken
the initiative ateps to naturalization.
It has been demonatrated in London that in
elevated localities the ravages of cholera are much
lighter than in these on a level with the water
courses ; and that tbs ratio of mortality varies with
the degree of elevation. If this be a general law,
the highest stories should be used es sloeping
apartments during the prevalence of oholera.
Hxavt Damasxs.— Wm. Hillard has recovered
$7,700 damages in the Supreme court of Massa
chusetts, against Jotiih Richardson, for injuries
sustained by being thrown from his buggy, in
consequence of bis horse taking fright at a pile of
boards left in front of a bnilding belonging to the
defendant.
The New York publishers who sell their papers
for two cents a copy, sre thinking of the policy of
sdvsnoing tbe price to three cents. At two cents,
the prioe scarcely pays for the bare white paper of
the Tribune, leaving til tho other expenses, as well
as the profit, to come from the advertising. Every
thing but newspapers has risen enormously, and
everything that enters into the cost of a newspa
per has risen. Paper is twenty per cent, higher,
labor is twenty-five per cent, higher, rents sre
higher, and the ooet of living is higher; to all of
which most be added tbe cost of telegraphic in
telligence, which is truly enormous.
Gen. Wool Oedxbxd to Calbosnia.— lt is stated
that Major General Wool has been ordered to the
command ofthe military division having its head
quarters at San Francisco, California. This change,
it is thought, hss been mads in view of the im
portance of the position of California and the ne
cessity which recent events have demonstrated of
having a military officer stationed there of the high
est rank, and clothed with the fullest powers to sap
press any infringement upon our neutrality laws,
and st the same time to protect our citizens on the
Pacific. Gen. Wool, it is understood, will leave
for the scene of his duties as soon aa he «n»k®
the noceaaary arrangements for the voyage.
This years product of ahawie in this country is
estimated at adont 600,000, of which the Bay BUt«
Mills, Maas., v* said to have made SOO,OOO,
The Pardon of Blljtli Bird.
Ths Atlanta papers contain the following call
for a Town Meeting, to express the sense of that
oommnnity in relation to the recent pardon of
Bjbd by the legislature:
Town Mektins.— The citizens of Atlanta and
vicinity, are requested to meet at Parr’s Hell, on
Friday night, the 23d inst., to make some expres
sion of public feeling in regard to tho pardon of
Elijah Bird, aud take such other action ns may be
deomed necessary for the future enforcement of '
the laws of the land. Many Citizens.
We infer from the following remarks of tho
Hepublica, , that there has been aroused a high state
of Indignation in that community:
“ The pardon of Elijah Bird has been, for some
time past, the occasion of much oxcitement in thia
community. A very great disposition to proceod
to sots of violonoe has been manifested. There is
a righteous indignation at this unwarrantable in
terference of the Legislature. Our criminal laws
are a solemn mockery. Bird was tried by a jury
of his oountrymen aud one would think he was
impartially tried, as 8 or 10 days of the court wero
occupied iu the investigation of his case. The pro
ceedings were oarried up to the Supremo Court
and there canvassed. That court saw no flaw in
the proceedings and therefore left him to tho jus
tice of the verdict rendered against him. By all
this management his execution was postponed uu
til itcould bo gotten beforo tho Legislature. Now,
we find after the most unprecedented efforts, he is
pardoned.
As to tho real merits of his oase we- know
nothing, and accounts aro so various that we can
form no opinion on the subject* Os one thing wo aro
very sure. The moral sense of the community has
been greatly outraged. The people should take
measures to have the pardoning power removed
from tho Legislatrre at once. That power lias too
often been abused, for it to remain longer in suoh
i.unds. It would lie far bettor to lodge that power,
under well defined limits, iu tho hands of the Gov
ernor. We do not believe that high officer would
very often abuse the power so entrusted to him.*
We think the people of this community have
now soon euouglt of modern opposition to capital
punishmont. They are willing to abide the deoreo
of heaven: “that whoso shedetb man’s blood, by
man shall his blood be shed.” When a man wil
fully takes, the life of another, ho forfeits his own
right to live; aud God who gave life, has commis
sioned the living officers of too law to take his life
from him. This is the true doolriue.
Since writing the above, the call tor a publio
mocting, was handed tons. We approve of this
moasure, and hope the meeting will do numerous
ly attended. Let us have a demonstration of pub
lic sentiment.”
*The Editor of the Republican has certainly for
gotten, that tho Executive offleo was oncepocupiod
by that miserable apology for a man, Geors* W.
B. Towns, (and may be again by a si jiilar creature,)
who signalised himself by pardoniug almost overy
applicant within tho walla of the Penitentiary.
Indeed, we never heard of his having refused a
single application,.either with or without a peti
tion from citizens of the State.
We aro glad to perceive that the press, in some
iustauccs, exeroises the independence, (a rare
quality) to cal! public attention to tho subject, and
wo hope it may not pass unhooded. Tho Marietta
Advocate thus alludes to tho matter:
“ It is a matter of sincero regret to the friends of
law and order, that mombers of the Legislature
will permit their sympathies to lead them to arrest
tho course of tho law iu such casos as thutof Bird.
It is not the present Legislature alone that is oon
surablo for this indulgence of feolings of compas
sion, at the expense cf the welfare of tho whole
oommuuity. It is not ono party or the other—one
Legislature or another—that iudulgCß in tho moral
luxury of pardoniDg criminals.
Bird had, after conviction by a jury, obtained a
new trial. After a second oonviotion his case had
been carried to the Supreme court. Still he could
1 not escape the sentence of tho luw, till the Legis
-1 lature interposed and pardoned him. It is time
that some remedy should be found for such indis
criminate, unreasoning exercise of the supreme
power.”
New Hooke.
Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New Yore, by Solon
Kobinson. Illnßtrated. DoWitl A Davenport,
pp. 408.
Soveral of the Btorios of this volume, havo al
ready, in advanoo of its publication, been given to
the publio through the New York proas, and have
produced a profound soneation on the publio mind,
in that city, for the graphic and Hfo-liko portrai
ture of overy day scenes in real life there,
with which they abound. Kvory tale points a
moral, and impresses upon the mind the higher
and nobler duties of the citizen and philanthropist.
Hence they will be read with profound interest,
and real profit, for they stir tho heart’s blood, by
all classes of readers, as woll out of, as in Now
York.
For sale by Geo. A. Oates & Brothers.
A Week’s Delioht; cr, Games and Stories tor
the Parlor and Fireside. D. Appleton A Co.,
pp. 294.
Here is one of those admirable gift books for the
season, calculated to amuse, interest, and instruct
the young, and to elevate and refine their senti
ments. Os it the author says:
“ The stories havo ell been told to children, in a
simpler form, before they were written; and the
games have been played, in mixed circles of all
ages. The most serious purpose in tho book has
been, to show how old and young may join to
gether in their recreations, in tho freedom of do
mestic life, ard thus form a true society, to tho
dutios and happiness of which all oan contribute :
tho mature bringing their knowledge, wisdom, and
oxperienco of life; the youth his ardor, freshness,
and roady wit; and tho child his—or her—light
hearted mirth. To mako home the brightest spot
upon earth, tho centre of joy to all its members,
there must bo many rallying points. Koligion
must sanctify, intelligence must diroot, and kind
affoction must porvado tho every-day life of its in
mates. 1 presume that tho domestic altar has been
roarod, and that love is the guiding-star of tho
household ; and I merely ask permission to spend
alow oveniugs with tho happy fumily. to introduce
to their notico some amusements which may bo
novel, and cannot prove injurious. Ono thing is
certain—they can be participated in at homo.”
For sale by Geo. A. Oates A Brothers.
The Physiology oe Taste; or, Transcendental
Gastronomy. Illustrated by anoedotes of dis
tinguished artistes and statesmen of both conti
nents :by Brillal Savarin. Translated from the
Fronch by Fayotto ltobinson.Lindsay A Blakis
ton, pp. 846.
This is the production of a well-brod, accom
plished French gentleman, whose vicissitudes in
life, during tho various phases of tho Fronch gov
ernment, in the latter part of tho 18th contury,
made him quite familiar with tho world, and thoso
of whom it is made up; and as ho was a philoso
pher, in the true acceptation of the term, his re
flections are valuable, and his anecdotos interest
ing, instruotivo and illustrative of roar life.
For salo by Gr.o. A. Oates & Brothers.
We are also indebted to Messrs. Oates & Broth
•ers, for Godey’s Lady’s Book for January 1854 (
the first of a now volume, which wo may, in truth,
say, opens woll indeed. We have seldom, if evor,
glanced at a more interesting number.
The lleaßth Stone; or Thoughts upon Homolifo in
our pities. By Samuel Osgood. D. Apploton
A Co., publishers, pps. 280.
Tho title of this book “Tho Ilearth-Stono,” not
leas than the dedication, “To thoso who havo ever
loved homo, and who wish to lovo it always,”
sufficiently indicate tho character and pnrposo of
this neat little volume, as a very appropriate gift
book for the season, when all tho teuderest asso
ciations of the heart cluster about the hearth-stone
of home.
It may be hod of T. Richard* A Son.
We are also indebted to Messrs. Richards A Son.
for a copy of that beautiful gift book, “ A Wetk't
Dilight, or (tamn and Storiu for ihi Parlor and
Piruide," a more extended notice of which we
made yesterday.
Railroad Accident.— On Friday last tho rope
on tho Pennsylvania Portago railroad broke whilst
tho froight oars were going up tho piano. They|ran
baok with fearful violence against a passonger train
at the foot oi the plane, breaking in the platforms,
and instantly killing a boy who was on ono of
thorn. Several other passengers were injured, but
not very seriously.
Tn* Last Doo Story. —We like good dog sto
ries, and make it a rule always to publish them.
Tho very last ono is from Fayettoville, Ark., whore
a farmor’s dog has been detected in going to the
hog pen at night and biting one of the hogs till ho
gets up, when Arohy lios down in tho warm placo
and goes to sloop. _
Florida Bonds. —The Washington Correspon
dent of the Baltimore San, Bays:
Nows has reached hero from London that tho
mixod commission, now sitting in that city for the
adjustment of claims of citizens and subjects of
American and England respectively, on the govern
ment of the other nation, have had the Florida
bonds, issued by tho territorial government of
Florida previous to her admission as a State into
tho Union, before them, and that they have been
aV/twed. They amount to about two millions of
dollars, and are mostly transferred to British sub
jeots. X should not bo surprised if an attempt
were making on the part of British subjects to
have Mississippi and Texas bonds allowed also.
“ Bread thrown upon the water returns after many
days.”
Cotton in N*w Omaans.— 'The Trot Delta of
Monday afternoon, says:— ‘‘The receipts of Cot
ton by steamboat this morning up to 10 o’clock,
amounted to 18,880 bales.”
lIOIIT THOUSAND BALES OF COTTON Bl'BNT.—The
New Orleans True Delta learns :
Wo learn from Mr. J. C. Dowty, the obliging
clerk of the steamboat Biota, from Alexandria,
that a passenger by the steamboat Franois Jouea,
from Bhreveport, arrived at Alexandria on Satur
day last, and reported that a lire had occurred at
Shreveport, burning the warehouses of Messrs.
Oglesby & Griswold, and some 8,000 bales of
•otton. , ,
The Shreveport Democrat of the Bth mst., re
ported about 7,000 bales of cotton on storage in
that place, so, if the above account is correct, the
whole e'.ook is consumed. We have no further
particulars.
Oh the 16th of January, 1816, a Bill to authorize
the appointment of one Admiral and two Vice Ad
mirals, wus passed by the Senate of the United
Stales, but was not acted upon by the House of
Representatives.
This subject, says the National lutellijeneer , has
been frequently agitated since that period; but,
although the reasons urged in favor of Introducing
the grade into our service were very strong, preju
dice has proved stronger, and the service has con
tinued to be embarrassed by the want of equiva
lent designations of naval command which common
sense never for a moment permitted to be with
held from the army.
Labsi Yiild or Ccnw.-It is stated that the
plantation belonging to the estate of the lato
Isaac Curtis, in Marengo county, Ala., will make
the large yield of nine bates of cotton to the
hand. We should say this is hard to beat.
The European Times says:—“The continuance
•f the misunderstanding between the operative
and the employers, in some portions of this coun
tiy, bM a very serious —we might eey a ruioou
influence on trade.”
Tux Washington Union denies, officially, that
Col. Gadsden, our Minister to Mexloo, has been
inatraotedto insist on the recognition of the Ga
ray Grant.
Fine Cotton.— On Friday 200 bides from Green
oounty, Geo., were sold in Charleston at 12 cents.
The Cotton was very superior both in eoior and
staple.
Kola Nona with Mexico.
The Washington correspondent of tho Balti
more Svn, usually very well informed, furnishes
the following information in roferonco to the exist
ing relations between Mexico and the United
States:
Rumors prevails hero tlmttlio negotiations with
Mexico witli which General Gad den was charged
docs not get ou so smoothly as was expected. It
was thought at oue time that ISui.tu Anna would
'eagerly embrace the opportunity to adjust all differ
ences with the United States, to replenish his
empty exchequer, aud a treaty was, as it was sup
posed, about to bo concluded.
Tho President, in his message, expressed the
hope that the result of tho negotiations will con
form with our “reasonable expectations.” What
our expectations are, is not stuted, but us they are
“reasonable,” it may be supposed that wo expect
a new boundary line, aontli of that fixed by the
treaty of Gnadlopo Ilidalgo, and embracing tho
Mesilla valloy, and a latgo slico of Sonora and
Chihuahua; tho payuiont of sonic claims of Amer
ican citizcus; tho grant to American citizens ot tho
right of way over the Isthmus of Tohuantof ee, ai d
the exoneration of this government from tho obli
gations to restrain the Indians within our limits
fromdopredatious outlie Mexican territory, which
obligations woinonrrod by the eleventh article of
the treaty. Wo ask for nothing more at present.
In return, wo are probably to pay tho Mexican
olaims ior depredations that have ttiroady ocourud
aud pay a round sum for tho annnlmeutof tins
onerous oloveuth article. It is now believed that
Santa Anna has rejected all tlioao “reasonable”
propositions, and has made, through his minister,
Uen. Almonte, u pcrou.ptory demuiid for too od
justmout of the Mexican claims arising under tho
above named eleventh article. The rumor tint
Gon. Gadsden has threatened Mexico with a revi
val of the Garay question, and tho enforcement of
that grant, is not so ridiculous as have been sup
posed. But if it be true, it shows that wo have
reached that point in tho negotiation at which w e
may, among other “reasonable expectations,” ex
pect another Mexican war. It lias been generally
believed, however, that no instructions wero givou
to our minister concerning the Tehuantepec ques
tion,. os its adjustment would depend upon the
settlement of other matt or..
At the lato extra session of tho Sonate a resolu
tion was offered, in aoerct session, recommending
to tho Executive a proposition to Mexico for tho
payment of u turn of uionoy for a release of tl o
United States from the obligations of tho 11th arti
cle. Whether it was adoptod or not is not
known, but it is probable that tho offer has bean
made and rejected, and that Santa Anna lias made
a new proposition through Gan. Almonte. The
whole subject appears to hnvo become involved in
new difficulty. But, porhaps, Santa Annais mere
ly acting for Buncombe, as our rulers sometimes jf,
do ; and, when ho iB roady to assume tho purple, €
lie may becomo moro “reasonable," and answer Tg
our “expectations.”
Kaii.boads and the I’osr-OmoE lhKr ahtuknt,—
A writer in a I’hiladelphia paper, who replies to
the allegation that railroad companies aro disposed
to charge excessively for the transportation of tho
mails, states some things which, if correct, would
seem to greatly roliove thoso companies from the
charge of extortion. lie says:
It is clear that tho amount of sorvieo required
from Railroad Companies is not understood, for
many of thorn would gludly accept tho terms pro
posed, (to carry tho mail as freight,) and bo greatly
the gainers.
The usual pay on a first class road is s2uo to f 250
pormile. The Ooutrul Line iu Now York, ruus
seven trains, ourrioß a mnU in ouch train eaoli way,
and receives $260 per mile per annum. Tho Pos
t Department olfurod the Erie Railroad Com
pany |2OO for two daily mails each way. Tho De
partment requires a separate car fitted up express
ly for tho use of the mail agont. Tho capacity of
this car lor freight would he nt least soven tons.
Ordinary first-class freight curried in freight trains
at freight speed, pays usually six couts per ton per
m>la ; aud oxpress freights ut passeugor speed pay
much higher; but sevon tons of mails, carried
twice each way daily for 800 days, omitting Sun
days, pays |250 per mile—which sow roads roooivo
—only three conts por ton per mile, or half as
much as comtnou freight carried iu freight trains,
aud about one-third as much us is charged ior
freight carried at the sumo spoed as tho mails.
Itdoos not destroy tho foroo of this representa
tion to assert that the mails do not weigh seven
tons, but thoy requiro tho sumo Bpaco and involve
tho satno expense and iiiconvonionoe us if the
woight wi s full. The mail department oatinof bo
used for any othor purposo, when, iftho mail was
not carried, it could be lillod' with express freights
that would pay hotter.
Uov. Juliumm's Menage.
Tax following ih tho Mossago which accompanied
the rocosß Resolution:
• Executive Dkvahtuent, I
Millodgovillo, Due. 25, 1853. f
"lathe House oj Representatives:
The resolution providing fora recess of _ Uio
Gonoral Assembly, Irom tho 21st inst., until * tho
9th of Jan. noxt, having boen presented to mo for
Executive approval, 1 have signed it, in moro de
ference to tho wishes of the Representatives of tho
peoplo. 1 boliovo it to bo Constitutional, but I
most respoctfnlly differ with tho legislative Depart
ment as to its expediency. 1 sou no great public
interest to bo proinotod by tho roecss, and I capi
tally doubt its wisdom, believing, however, that
the veto power should bo resorted to only to pro
tect the Constitution, and to chick hasty and dan
gerous legislation, I do not withhold my assent to
tho resolution upon questions of more expediency.
It is safost for tho Executive to dofur to tho wis
dom of tho Legislative Department, unless a differ
ent courso is demunded by strong publio conside
rations Thoso viows arc respectfully submitted,
as explanatory of tho reasons which iufloenoe my
concurrence in the resolution for tho recoss.
Heksohxl V. Johnson.
Georgia Co.NrtRi.NCK. —Tho Annual Oonforcnee
of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the State of
Georgia, commenced its session, in Macon, Wed
nesday lust. Bishops I’atne and Soule wore ex
pouted te bo present.
Southern Central Asrioultural Society.—
The Rogulur Whiter Mooting of tho Eexecutive
Committee of this Socioty will bo held in Augusta
on the first Tuesday in January.
Nashville Journal or Medicine and Suueßux.
The Novembornumbor of this valuable periodica l
iqgm our -table, containing its usnal variety of
original aud miscellaneous mattor. We are glad to
l-arn that its prospects uie flattering, and that the
Editor contemplates onlurgiug it. Wo wish that
ali his efforts to advance the science of Modicino
and sproad and diffuse its usefulness will be amply
rewarded. It is published monthly in Nashiville,
Tonn., by T. S. Fall, und edited by W. K. Bow
lins, M.D., assisted by P. F. Eve, M.D. Price $3
por annum, in advaneo.
The Dead in New Orleans. —Wo huve just ro
eeivod, from tho Ofllco of tho New Orleans 7 rue
Delta, a pamphlet containing a List of Intormonls
In all tho cemeteries of New Orleans, from tho Ist
of May to the Ist November, iff, B, together with
names and ages of decoased, places of nativity,
causes of doatli, date of intormont, and name of
cemetery in which intorrod, alphabetically ar
ranged. To which is added a Review of tho Yol
low Fever, its causes, &a , and an interesting and
useful abstract of Mortuary Statistics. Price f>o
cents per copy.
Tho Now York Herald says that sovoral vessels
cleared somo time ago from that port for Brazil and
a market, have rocontly returned with cargoos of
guano, obtained from somo rocontly discovered is
lands in tho Caribbean Sea. The lucky adventu
rers arc said to have sectirod fortunes.
Tho Rio Janeiro dates, rocoivod by the brig
Wm. Price, arrived at Philadelphia, are to October
26th. The ruling price of coll'oo was 5f500 per ar
robe for round lots. This is considered an advance
of eight hundred rois on previous purchases, equal
to two cents per pound. Freights nominal, ltio
was healthy and the l’rovinco quiot.
The Grbat Ripbulio. —Among othor articles
engaged by the Ureal Republic, for Liverpool, are
tho following, viz:
About 9,000 bbls. Flour,
60,000 to 70,00 U bushels of Corn and Wheat,
1,000 bales of Cotton,
8,000 barrels of Rosin,
1,000 tierces of Boos, &c.
Having taken as much freight as [she can cross
the bar at Sandy Hook with, sho will, it is said,
haul out into tho stream on Thursday or Friday
next.
Sinco September last, there have been exported
to Europe aloue, from this country, 1,100,000 bar
rels flour; 4,750,000 bushela wheat; and 050,000
bushels corn. Os this immense business, NeW
York has probubly more than one-half. Ab ut
one million barrels of flour will bo rccoived in
Boston during this year, and two millions and a
half bushels of corn. Only seventy thousand bar
rels flour have been exported to all countries, from
Boston, since September Ist. Of,the great quan
tity of bread ,tuffs landed there, but a small part is
shipped away. Noarly all is sold for homo con
sumption.
It is said thore arc at present a largo number of
applications for passports at the Stuto Department
at Washington, by Italian, Poliah. and Hungarian
refugees. Numbers of thorn, anticipating a general #_
war in Europe, dosireto be where they can lake ]
the part of their respective countries. - J
A Tubxish Bath.— Bayard Taylor, in his last let- 1
ter, thus describes a Turkish bath, which he en- I
joyed at tho warm springs of Brousa in Asia W
Minor: 1
The room into which wc wore taken was ro hot '-am
that a violent perspiration immediately broke out *Bl
all over my body, and by the time tho “ dell •ks” jM
were ready to rasp me, 1 was aa limp as a wet
towel, and as plastic as a piece of putty. Tho V
man who took me was sweated away almost to
nothing; his very bones apponrod to have heoomo
aoft and pliable. The temperature of the water \
is 180 deg. Fahrenheit, and I suppose the tank in
to which he afterwards plunged me must have
been nearly up to tho mark. When,at last, 1 was
laid'on the couch, my body wa- so purboilod that I
perspired stall pores for full an hour—a feeling
too warm and unpleasant at fret, but presently
merging into a mood which was wholly rapturous
and heavenly. 1 was like a soti while cloud, that
rests all of a summer afternoon on the peak of a
distent mountain. I saw nothing but poaceful,
glorious sights; spaces of pure b ue skv, stretches
of quiet lawns; lovely valleys threaded by the
gentlest of streams; azure lakes umuflied by a
breath; oalma for out on mid-ocean, and Alpine
peaks bathod in the flush of an autumnal sunset.
Then, as my frume grow cooler, and the fragrunt
olouds of the narghiloh, which had helped my
dreams diminished, 1 waa liko that same summer
cloud when it foels a gentle breeze, uud is lifted
above’ tbe hills, floating along independent, of
earth, but for its shadow.
A PxntiriED Man.—One of the most astonishing
curiosities ever exhibited in our city, (says the
Baltimore Sun,) can now be seen at Carroll Hall.—
It is the body of a man found buried six feet doop
ia guano, on the island of Ichaboe. It is petrified
and turned to a solid mass of Btone, retaining all
the minute outiiDe3 of a perfoot specimen, of hu
manity. It has been examined by physicians and
scientific men, and pronounced one of tho most
marvellous subjects ever witnessed.
Douohkbtt Countv, taken entirely from Baker,
It will he 25 miles long between East and West
and 12)£ miles broad from North to South. It
contains between 4 and 600 voters, who ere tako
them as a mass, men of as much intelligence, in
dustry, and enterprise as are to be found in Geor
gia. The slave population is very large. The
properly aasessent tor tsxos the presont year ex
ceeded four millions of dollars, and is increasing
rapidly in wealth. The oity of Albany is selected
aa the oounty site, which Contains a population of
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