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"laudation of Mr. Hull.
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From 0. J. McDottfil4, Ex* GovernorPUto of Georgia:
M Jnae t 1864.
P i ( Ty\r • 1 h.iT'* enquired av the Drug Ktoreg in this 1
.nrt find that It it
q .» - fround a*.thing equal to it for tb
tt; •'•i•.- -./i • • - i T.O.OK* y u the money
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th • • • .f'y I »hou!d Huppoae,might
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v'v'*mUd with the utmost nealneca
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f*:' ill - f„r tale, during the
J' (k .*.c*rjoolturai Society.**
;ahoß plants,
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td training the plantt,
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D. REDMOND,
Augutta, Ga.
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T' . ■ c. v- 5.: r;.;} r.? in Georgia.
rr *: ’ :.f ;cct to k epconstantly on hand a I
ud Tonaeme PRODUCE
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t:»e U- b. Branch Mint
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CCCm' OF C RDIJTARY.
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1 In Iro ' • > avxi LEON P, DUGAS,
Ordiaaiy.
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1855! THE 1855!
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
A tIOMHLI JOUIVAL,
DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF
Southern Horticulture, Stock
Breeding , Poultry, Beet, General
, Farm Economy l[C.
Illustrated with Ssmerons Elegant Engravings.
ON£ DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE
■ IS, .VI. D.,
j .EDMOND, Corresponding Edilcr.
The j., .centh Volume will commence in
January, 1855.
Thk Cultivator is a large Octavo of Thirty
two pages, forming a volume of 384 pages in the
year It contains a much greater amount of
reading matter than any .tgricultural Journal in
the .South—embracing m addition lo all the cur
rent Agricultural topic sos the day, VALUABLE
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS from many
of the most intelligent and practical Planters,
Farm* rs, and Horticulturists in every section of
the South and Southwest.
TJf'RMS OF THE CULTIVATOR :
ONE copy one year, ::::::: $ 1.00
SIX copier it:::::::: .00
TWENTi’FIVE copies, : : : : : : 20.A)
ONE HUIi OBEX) copies,: : : : : : 76.00
The Cash System will be rigidly adhered to,
and in no instance will the paper be sent unless the
money accompanies the order. The bills of all
specie-paying Banks received at par. .11l mchey
remitted by mail postage paid, will be at the risk
•Mfcffcw *****
\m. 8. JOttES, Augusta, Ga.
|2?* Persons who will act as Agents and obtain
Subscribers will be furnished with the Paper at
club prices.
!CRARLSSTOH PREPARATORY MIDI
CAL SCHOOL.
THK KOLUTH bKHMIOX Oftbii School w U begin on
the first MONDAY in April,and will terruin%te on the
] 15t'-of July. Tue different Chftir* will be occupied aa fol
lows:
I Anatomy and Physiology, hy F. T. MILFS, M. D.
Jn»Mtu ea»nd Practice of Medicine,by D. J. GAIN, M. D.
I Mat^riw Mcdica and Therapeutics, by F. PtYRK POR
-OU£U M. D.
Obate'i icks and of Women and Children, by 8.
L. LOIK’.VOOD, M D.
Prlnciuies etd Practice of Surgery, by J. JULIAN
CHISOLM, M. D.
Clinical instruction will be given at the Marine Hospi
tal* and a the Aim House, and the Roper Hospital, it is
bo pel, wiil soon be in operation.
Among the patients of the Teacher*, the students will
hav* access to all cssts to which they can with propriety
he admitted, and such as can be brought to the Lectcre
Room will there be exhibited and explained.
(.’batetricttl cases will be shown to the students, who will
be allowed to conduct them under the superintendence of
the Tea be s. By which meaL* they will become acquaint
ed with the practical details so essential to the successful
management of such cases.
A comp ete courte on Operative Purgery will be deliv
ered belo. e the class, and each student will have an op
-401 unity of himself performing the various operations
upon the subject.
They beg leave to state also, that eaoh department is
illustrated by preparations, models, specimens, colored en
gravings, etc., to which additions are made from time to
tim**, a* the increasing success of theHchorl fully warrants.
In eh rt, every op ortunity will be afforded for acquiring
practlca a w-11 as theoretical knowledge of the Profession.
During the sess'on o' the Medical College of the State
of houth Carolina,the Mudenu wiil r eexamined regularly
on : he Lee .urea delivered ii that Institution. Further par
ticulars may beobtatoedby&pplyingtOHnjoftbe Teachers,
j tiled mu should have no fear of spending the early sum
| iner month- in Charleston, as the c ty is remarkably
healthy except when ye luw fever prevails, which never
c -mmencea before August or tiep'ember.
t rice of the Course (including examinations on the Lec
tures delivered at the College in the winter,) sto.
We are author!** In stating that those Students who
have f-Unwed two full Courses of Lectures in a Chartered
•■bool of Medicine, of which the last shall have been in
the Medical OolWge of the State of Pouth Carolina, will be
p- rmitted by the Faculty of that Institution to def«r the
~-unod of their examination for graduation from March
un'il July,on BhowiLg a certificate of attendance upon this.
*Dr. CAIN is Physician of the Marine Hospital, and
will give his particu ar attention to the members of the
class. jalß ‘iimtApl
THE LAFAYETTE CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH
SCHOOL.
r |''llK FXKBi’IHKti ol this School will be resumed
A MONDAY, January 11th, 1866.
I hc s ho issue year will consist of 40 weeks, and will be
divided into tw j sessions.
The Principal will be issieted in the Mathematical De
partm. nt by Kev. K. M. BAKEK, A. M.
It is intended that this Institution shall not be surpassed
in its moral training and sound scholarship by any in Che
rokee, Georgia. It is located in one of the most healthful
and moral villages in the Mate, poßsesai: g easy acoess to
the Wcvern A Atlantic Railroad, and free irom all the
usoa l temptations to vice.
TcrnoN roa the n&dT aaseiow or twmstv-povu waxes.
Spelling, Reading, Writing and Meotrai
Geography, Arithmetic, English Grammar and Al
-1 ebi a 14 40
Ancbnt Lai images, the ii’gher Branches of Math
ematics, Me tal and Moral Philosophy, and the
Natural ticiences. 19 SO
TUITION rOB TUB BXOUKD 6 & BIOS OF SiXTXBM WEEKS.
Spell ng, Reading, Ac. $ 6 40
Geography, Arithmetic, Ac 9 60
Aneieni Languages, Ac I 9 60
It is important that pupils enter the school at the begin
ning of tt.e section. '» uition wiil be charged from the be
ginning of the im nib viu.m* «hLb tba pupil «»ters, until
the end of the session, except in very peculiar oases,
board can bo had at $b i er month.
JOHN. W. BAKER, A. M., Principal.
LAFAYETTE FEMALE SCHOOL.
THE EXZRCI6EB of this School willbe resumed thel&th
of JANUARY, 1866, under Miss 0. H. MERRICK,a Grad
uate of Mount Holyoke Lemmary, and whose experience
and bU '.oess ia teaching c >uimenu her to the public. Tne
t*c 00l will tie uede the generd superintendence of Rev.
JOHN W. BAKER, Principal of the LaFayette Classical
and English School, and no pains will be spared to make it
worthy of publio confidence.
TERMS:
Read!eg, Writing and Spelling for the flr.tße*sion
of 94 weeks • 9 60
Arithmetic, Geography, U. 8. History and English
Grammar 14 40
Latin, Algebra,Geometry, Physiology, Logic, Bota
ny, Aueient aud Modern History, Meutal and
Moral Philosophy 18 00
Readmg, Writing, Ac., for the soccud session of 16
weeks 6 60
Arithmetic, Geography, Ac., for the second session
of s xteen v.eek*. ® ®0
Latin, Algebra, Geometry, Ac., for the second see
s ou of sixteen weeks 12 00
The Musical Department is under the direction of M*as
Ij. ATWOOD, who was instructed by the best Masters in
Bor.ton, nd who is an accomplished and thorough Teacher
of Vocal and Instrumental Music.
Music, UL»e of Piano iaoluded, SSO 00 per annum.
LaFayetic,Ga., DeiL 28,18£4. Jalß-wlm
IFCOLLAND FEMALE COLLEGE, CEDAR
TOWN POLK COUNTY, GA.
THE first term of this Institution will commence on
the FIRSi MONDAY in FEBRUARY next.
FACULTY:
W. B CRAWFORD, President and Professor of Moral
and Mental Science.
J. D. OOLLIN3, Professor of Natural Science and Lan
guages.
Miss VIRGINIA VERDERY, Professor of Music.
W M. A. MERCER, Principal of Primary Department.
I Prof. CAM LLC LeHAKDY, of Oharlestoa. will be en
| g ged to give instruction in the French Language, and In
rawiu and Painting.
The Scholastic Year will consist of but one term—-of ten
mouths—commencing on the first Monday in February,
and cloaing on the third Monday in November —which
rill be Commencement Day. Pupils may be entered for
half the term, (five months) or for the full term.
TUITION:
First Class fl 6 per ters.
Second Class 90 «
In the College 60 M
Music, <mJC of Piano included) 40 u
Half the tuition to be paid In advance, la cash, or note
—the balance at the end of the term.
Mr. WM. A. MR9LCSR will have oharge of the Board
ing Department. The price of board will ba tea doi
lire per month, everything Included, exoept candles.
Board may also be obtained In private families In the
village.
For further Information, address WM. PICK, or Rev.
J. M. WOOD, Agents.
By order ol the Board of Trustees. nJO-wEm
GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
THE EIGHTH SKHIIO* of this Insitation Wifi
commence on the 90th of FEBRUARY.
ACADEMIC STAFF.
001. A V. BRUMBY, A. M., Superintendent, and Pro
fessor of Mrthemat*cs.
Capt. S AMUKL JONES, U. 8. A., Commandant of Ca
de: a, and Professor of Cngioeerlrg.
Mr. V. H. MANGET, Profess r of French, History, Ac.
Mr. W. H. BUNT, A. M., Professor o! Chemistry and
lats ish Literature.
Mr. I. B GOODWIN, Professor of Drawing.
Capt. W. T. BLACK, Asti tant Prof of Mathematics.
Cadet R. 8. CAMP, Assistant Teacher.
BOARD OF trusters
Dane livn, Presidest; Charles J. McDonald, James
Brannon, Wi.uam Harrix, A. V. Brumby, David Dobbs,
M. Myer», A. N. Simpson, Jeptha V. Harris, Wm. Root,
DavSc Anti*. AiJ.et J. H&nseU, Bee rets ry.
Tssjas—Tuition, Board, Washing, Fue!, Lights, Music
aud ad cthtr contingent expenses, per titaeion of five
months, in advance, i 14 60.
it in -y t>e proper :c state, in relation to the new Com
mandant, Capt. Jones, that he has accepted the appoint
ment, aud w re here at the ooening of thv Sessiou. He
graduated at West Point,in 1542,5nd taught tn that Insti
tution from 1844 to 1864. He oomes with the bigbeet re
cvxnmenvlatio&s from the officers of the United States Mil
itary Academy.
Tne Trustees have recently appropriated a sufficient sum
to com; iete t o-.ce the Laboratory building, and also to
S fit op and fumUh the Uov-'tal.
Wr have aoccmt&edations lor one hundred and thirty
Ca ete.
Persons desiring further information, can obtain a copy
of the regulations by addressing the Superintendent, or
any mem :er of the Board of Trustees.
ANDREW J. HANBRLL, Secretary.
Marietta, Ga., Jan., 1866. jal2 d*wßm
A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOB DEAF AND DUES.
THh subscriber takes ibis method to inform the public
that he wifi teach a eew private School for the Deaf
1 and Dumb, at hi; father's, four tubes west of Lexington,
I o*l ethorpe county,Ga. He has secured s few pupils,
and wil commence to teach < n the Ist of MArOH next.
Pupi's a*c be admitted on more favorable terms than
any tichooi south of the Potomac. Any one who is desi
rous of sending their unfortunate children to school, will
be furnished with the particulars cc appli ation to the
undersigned. J. B. EDWARDS.
Lexington, Ga. jalv-wtkihl
NOTICE.
OX OB about the Ist Ju:y, IS6O, I held a Note made
by Ciemt'ntine Smith, for Twelve 60-ICO Debars; the
same has been ioet. 1 will, at the next Superior Court,
apply for leave to ftohstitu’e a eepy therefor.
jalß WM. JONES, Columbia 00., Ga.
CjTATB OF GEORGIA, TALIAFBRBO COUN-
T Y—To the Clerk of the Inferior Court of sa d county :
Thomas J. Wall of the 606th dia, G. M., tolis before me
as an eatray taken up upon the free hold of him, the said
Thomas J. WaU,in said county and district, a small bay
Mare, no particular m-e kon her, about six years old; ap
praised by Wo. T. Vtikcr and Thomas F. Combe, free
he.den of eaii county and district to be worth Thirty
Dollar*.
Given under my hand and Cihdal signature, this Janua
ry S&d, 18* 6. DaBXL H. Mmadows, J. P.
The above is a true tranter pt from the Katray Book,
| this February Ist, 1856.
Ftb. 4, 1566. QUIN E A O’NEAL, Clerk I. C. T. C.
I* yUK BIPKRJOR (KH.BT HABKIWBIM
GEO IGlA.—bill TOK DISCOVERY, RE-
I I.i^ ) S u U^£hCTlON - OCTOBIB TERM, ISIi
j ° rWr Joba *- SuLnlord vs. Milton R.
lhl\ ‘ fce relcrn of “>« Bbelia>
j Jrij co^ 1 ’ “ ,1U ‘ E *- i. not «, b« found
Jh. totS*n«t Te'na^
; this Court in the Aaguxta Chrouidc A Sentinel 01
JOHii R. STANFORD,
~~ Sol. for D«f*u,
I c«rtify that the above is a true copy of said order, ta
ken from the Minutes of said Super;*- Oort at October
Term, 1864. PHILIP MARTIN, Clerk 8. C.
November 15,1564.
WAKTEB TO FUXCHASK,
A I K CERPIKTIR of ( ood ebarura,
A for which a liberal pric* wdl be given. Apply te the
subscriber, o*4.w*t} RUGKNB VERDERY.
j TTfiki^-Fr«eh ground, from the Granite Mills. For
i Al t aie by ©lO. W.LEWIS.
(X N*. 1 Warren Blocs.
W EEELY
CHRONiCLE & SENTINEL
TO THK WINDS by suck caxst.
Talk to my hea't, oh winds—
Talk to my hetrt to-night;
My spirit always find?
With you a new de’ight,
Finds -lways a d«w delight,
In your silver taik at n ght.
Give me a soft embrace
As yon used to long ago,
In your shadowy try sting r lace,
When you seemed to ove me so—
When you sweetly kissed me so
On the green hills, long ago.
Come np from your cool bed,
In the stilly twilight sea,
For the dearest hope lies dead,
That was ever dear to me—
Come up frem y.; ur cool bed,
And we’il talk about the deed*
TeP me, for oft you go,
Winds, lovely winds of night,
About ths chambers lew,
With sheets o daint> white,
If they shwpthr ugh all the night,
In the ted* to chi.l and white?
Talk to me, winds, and say,
If in the grave be reet;
For, oh, life’s little day
Is a weary one at best—
Taik to my heart and say
If death will give me rest.
The Effects of Haleratos.
To the Editors of tke New Fork TrU/urt* —Sirs: In
a former number of your paper I aiiaded to the
use of ealeratae in modern cookery. I have not
hesitated to pronounce it an efficient - gent in the
production of that most alarming infantile mortal
ity which prevails. Your readers know, perhaps,
that we lose about 800,000 inhabitants of i>e Uni
led bietes, every year, under tea. years of age;
and sumo of them know, if they have rend aii tba«
has beeu written on the subject within a few
years, febat not a few of these children might have
-■ . ' - » V\ i
6otnt indmaaa.a haTe doubted the trutn oi rr.
suggestions. They have seriously questioned j
whether saleratuaiss really poisonous, buch indi- |
viduaifi may be interested in the following state
ment of facts:
I had been teetering in North Adams, Mass., on
Diet and Regimen. At the close of the lecture,
the Rev. Robert Crawford came to me and inquired
whether I was not fond of collecting facts; and
when i replied in the affirmative, h« gave me a
particular account of an incident ai Wilhumstown,
which is only four miles from that place.
In the year 1835 an indigent female, who was
desirous of tryiDg to earn an honest livelihood for
herself and her lamily by keeping boarders, rented
a house in Wiiliamstown, and took about fifteen
boaroers. They were chiefly, if not wholly,
young men who were attending the college at that
place.
The housekeeper was ignorant of the fashiona
ble modes of cookery, though she know that rich
food wus generally preferred. Sho had heard of
-aleratus, acid that bv many cooks it was freely
usei. Accordingly she procured a quantity and
freely used it. The warm biscuits were i-o lull of
it as not only to give them a yellow or burnt ap
pearance, but also to render thorn bitter or nause
ous to the taste. Many other articles were filled
with it in a like manner. In endeavoring to make
light puddings, however, she used so much of the
article, it wa3 said, as to render them as heavy,
almost so, as lead. The students called these pud
dings by the name oi “specific gravity so that
whenever they wished a slice, they would ask to
be helped to some of the “specific gravity/’
After the lapse of a few months a disease broke
out among these students—so severe that many be
lieved it to be contagions. Os the whole number,
thirteen were confined for a long time, and the
fourteenth was slightly affected for a few days.—
The house became known by tne name of peat
house. Two of the patients died, another barely
escaped death ; and eleven finally recovered.
The individual who escaped the disease wholly
waa i’rotessor Tatlock, now of the Wiiliamstown
College. The one who was only slightly affected
was the Rev. Mr. C awford, my informant. The
latter had no doubt—never had any—that the dis
ease was caused solely by the saleratus. I saw
Professor Tatlock subsequently, who confirmed
the statement of Mr. Crawford. It appears ibat
ho, like Mr. Crawford, ate very little ot the food
which was so tilled with saleratus, and the biscuit
they seldom ever tasted.
I also saw aud conversed freely with Dr. Babin,
one of the two principal physicians who attended
at tho “pest house” duiing the sickness afore-mid,
and who is still a practical physician in Williams
town. He told me that, to tho pircsout day, neith
er ho nor his associate, Dr. Bruith, had evor enter
tained a momentary d nbt that the whole trouble
was cuu&ed by saleratus.
The naturo of the disease was somewhat peculiar;
but in every particular gave indication that the cit
adel of Iffe had been attacked by no mean or pow
erless enomy. The bowels lost their tone, and
there waa great muscular prostration. Blistors ap
plied to any part of the system, wore t ore to bo
followed by almost immediate mortification of the
part. In short, the disease was one of the most
severe over kuown in that region.
But, if the mors excessive use of this irritating
substance is liable to produce such terrible effects,
cau the less excessive use of it,* which almost every
where prevails, ho entirely innocuous.
Many tell us they do notus>eit to excess, though
they are well a ware that many othors do so. But
so it is with almost ovory abuse. I have seldom, if
ever, ir.et with a person who would confess to the
error of tight leutin / —though I have met with thou
sands who knew that such an abuse prevailed all
around them.
I was recently **feen to task by a venerable
house-keeper ot this Commonwealth, for sayiDg
that the use of ten or twelve pounds of saleratus
in & family was by no means uncommon.
“Why,” said she, “I do not use so much as
this in my great family.”
“How large is your lamily, Madam ?” I inquir
ed.
“It consists of ton persons.”
“And how much saleratus do you use yearly 9”
“A pound will last me three weeks.”
“Well, Madam, that is between seventeen and
eighteeu pounds a yeai.”
She was surprised, and said that sho did not use
so nr*oh—a pound, sho said would last her nearly
four weeks. But this, to hor surprise waa thirteen
pounds a year.
There can be no doubt that tho sub-inflammation
of the alimentary canal, which the habitual use of
this alkali induces, both on children and adults, is
one cause of that dread mortality which prevails
among the former; but which, in cummer and
autumn, when other causes co-operate, proves pe
culiarly alarming. For it y own part, I can hardly
resist the full conviction, that, of the 800,000 above
mentioned, who die prematurely, at
might survive, but for the effects of saleratus.
Wm A. Aloott, M. D.
Auburn Dale, Maas., Dec. 29, 1854.
“Moral Deportment” in the Market.—Want
ed.—A Young Man wishes to obtain board in a
respectable private family where h s moral deport
ment and exumple would be considered equivalent.
References required.
Address B , Drawer 63, P. O.
Dear Mr. Editor—l find the abovo modest ad
vertisement in this morning’s Leader, aud as it
meets my most urgent want, save one, (a husband)
permit me to respond to the young man’s “wont,”
through your oolumns.
I am a widow, “fat, fair” and not “forty,” sole
guardian of two daughters, unsophisticated beings,
born and nurtured in tho “piney woods” ot
Maine. My family i 3 respectaole, nono of its
members having been sent to tho State prison or
to Congress, and private, none of my relatives
over having held office, though a distant one did
run for assessor. My grand parents sought this
country at an early age, actuated, like Mrs. Parting
ton, with a desire “to Worship God and cheat the
Indians, uf.or tho diotates of their own oonsoiences
aud the customs of tho times.”
My daughters are artless beings, as yet uncon
taminated by western recklessness and dissipa
tion, aud to thorn the companionship of a young
man of “moral deportment and example” would
certainly be “equivalent to what ho might hoist
in” in tho way of board.
Most happy shall I be to welcome this young
man to the “comforts of a home,” on condition
that, always preserving his “moral deportment
and example,” he shall attend my innocents to
lectures, fairs aud prayer-meetings, crack the
butter nuts, and hold the silk for winding, teach
Matilda Jane graceful and “moral deportment,”
and aid Hanna Homans in mastering “Love Not.”
Should occasion require, he will be expected to
wipe the china, (white, with gold bauds) and to
polish the door knobs.
In addition to ordinary board, he may expect
sausages *or breakfast on Sunday mornings, and
friod potatoes on Wednesday.
Truly yours and his,
Marie Antonetta Carlton,
Widow, 78 Herkimer street.
P. S.—This “young man” will not be tolerated
in “taking spoons.’* —CUaoeland Leader.
A Word to Mothers.—“ Dear mother,” said a
delicate little girl, “I have broken your china
vase !”—Well, you are a naughty, careless, trouble
Borne little thing, always in some mischief; go up
stairs, and stay in the cloect till I send for you !”
And this was a Christian mother’s answer to the
tearfal little culprit, who had struggled with and
conquered the temptatioH to tell a falsehood to
screen her fault. ith a disappointed dishearted
lock, the sweet child obeyed; and at that moment
was crushed in her little heart the sweet flower of
truth, pertaps never again in after years to be
revived to life. Oh, what w ere the loss of a thou
sand “vases” in comparison 1 ’Tis true, an angel
might shrink from the responsibilities of a mother.
It needs an angel’s powers. The watch must never
for an instant be re’axed; the scales of justice must
always be nicely balanced ; the hasty word that the
overtasked spirit sends to the lip must die there
ere it is uttered. The timid and sensitive child
mast have a word of encouragement in season ; the
forward and presuming checked with gentle Arm
ness; there must be no deception, no evasion, no
trickery for tho keen eye of childhood to detect
And ail, when the exhausted frame sinks with
ceaseless vigils, perhaps, and the thousand petty
interruptions aud unloosed for annoyances of every
hour, almost set at defiance any attempt at system*
Still must that mother wear an unruffled brow, lest
the smiling cherub on her knee catch the angry
frown. Still must she “rule her own spirit,” les
the boy, so apparently engrossed with his toys,
repeat the next moment the impatient wordthis ear
has caught, For all these duties, faithfally and
conscientiously performed, a mother’s reward is in
secret and in silence. Even he, on whoso earthly
breast she deans, is too often unmindful of the
noiseless struggle, until too late, alas! he learns to
value the delicate band that has kept in unceasing
flow the tfrousfuid springs of his domestic happi
ness. Bat what if, in the thsk that devolves upon
the mother, she utterly fail ? W hat if she consider
her duty performed when her child is fed and
warm, and clothed ? W hat if the priceless soul be
left to the char oe training of hirelings f What if
she never teach those little Ups “Our Father! 7
What if she launch her child upon life’s stormy
sea without rudder, or compass, or chart ? God
forbid that the re should be many each mother?
Dbeo*. —The honorable Miss Murray, sister of a*
Scotch Duke, and maid of honor to Queen \ icto
ria, has been staying for some days past in Inew
York. Miei Murray is a lady of fine person, ro
bust, health, and uncommon energy oi character
aged about 35 years. She has visited severei ot
the public institutions, and been enter'amed oy
many citizens at their own oases, wfierc fiei
frank and oordial manners, her singular ictetL
geiice and great kindness of hear have secured
her many friends. Miss Murray, we unders
has keenly eujoved her extended tour m this coun
try. She appears, however, to have been struck
with ainaxement at the expenditure, the h*lf-ueu
n*«, and the ill health of that unfortunate c ase
of being®, ths fashionable women of our cities.
Miaa Mm ray, like all the fashionable women of
Europe, dresses so plainly that it probably costs
her less to dreas for a whole year, than many a
New York lady expends for half a doaen hand
kercheifs ? It is a settled thiDg in Europe, that
extravagance in dress is the retry e*ir*m* cf vulgar
ity, ana is never indulged in except by those
whose c*ly claim to distinction U the length of
parse.— Ladies' Enurpria.
AUGUSTA, GA- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY" 21, 1855.
J From the S. Y. Journal of Commerce.
The Progress of InQfiellty.
It is most earnestly to be depfered that so few
w o Are born in this land and love American tra
dition*, arc aware of the rapid hatred of Christi
anity and its comitunts, which inspires tne vast
nambara who are y early increasing our population
iiom the continent of Earope. We do not speak
of the convicts and paupers that are smuggled in
to oar ports from Genoa. Hamburg and Trieste;
but of the tens of thousands of Germane who
from y ar to year come from provinces of Europe
comp: jtejy pantaeized, and with whom freedom ia
considered synonymous with the downfall of the
Kingdom of the Rsdeemcr. We called attention
some months ago to tho fact, that large numbers
oi Germans who have cooie of late years, to this
country, are disciples of the anarchist school of
Heine, according to whose creed “there can be no
true freedom until Christianity is bloodily abol
ished,” i.e., until a persecution by infidels of
Christians is instituted, with ends similar to those
of D:ocktianor Sapor. We showed that elections
had been made to turn upon the single point, whe
ther prayers should be offered to God in oar Leg
islatures ; whether the Lord’s day should be k *pt
and religious oaths be maintained.
One of the most influential German papers in
this cry, published simultaneously, articles warn
ing the better class of Germans, of whom there ere
so many in car citv, against encouraging thes-:e
excesses. Our remarks were republished iu vari
ous parts of the United States, and we trusted that
a goed result might be produced. Since then,
however, another anniversary has recurred of the
birthday of Thomas Paine, and it has filled our
hearts with fdiame to learn 1 ow the natal day of
this enemy of God, of his Saviour and of his coun
try, has been celebrated. The Gorman iangzage
constitutes & barrier which prevents the moat of
our people from imagining what tukea place behind
the screen of that unknown tongue. The Teutonic
dialect ensures the exis ence of the Anti Christian
legions, whose large numbers are reinforced con
tumally from abroad, as a vast secrot Society to
which none can have access who do not go through
xiii arduous and paint taking apprenticeship of stu
dy, which »u the end.leaves them whan initiated,
■ t i- . v
Atheism to tho polls, and receiving the homage of
demagogue politicaaua to obtain a few miserable
suffrages.
A few of the “reforms” demanded by the
“Freimaenner”—so they call themstlves—who
have set up Thomas Paine as their apostle, and who
strive to gain strength to revolutionize our free
government by the establishment of the tyranny of
annarchy, are—abolition of iho laws for tho ob
servance ot the Sabbath; abolition of oaths in Con
gress; abolition of oaths upon the Bible; no more
prayer in our Legislatures; abolition of tho Ghria
tiansystem of punishment; abolition of the Presi
dency; ol ail Senates; ol ail lawsuits involving
expense; tho right of the people to change the
Constitution when they liko; a reduced term in
acquiring citizenship, &3.
These things are not sought after as m-3re
shadows, nor are they the dreams with which
visionaries amuse themselves, but which do no
harm. They arc seriously inculcated principles,
erncstly instilled; for tho propagation of which
there exists several chief and many minor societies,
to which hundreds of thousands of foreigners are
affiliated, who are in constant communication with
each other, and act in concert, and who are begin
ningto.be felt in every corner of the land, but
particularly in the West, where their efforts are
greatly aiffed by the growing licentiousness of
Abolitionism.
Schuyler, the Buined Banker—His Secret Mar.
riage Explained.
Nxw York, Feb. 4, 1855.—A New York corres
pondent of the Baltimore American, of January 27,
m commenting upon Robert Schuyler, the ruined
banker of New York, and dwelling upon the inci
dents of his private life and that of his unhanpy
family, thu3 concludes his remarks upon Mr.
Sohuyler’s alias, Mr. Spicer.
“At length,” he says, “the eldest Miss Spicer is
engaged to a most worthy man. It is needful that
the consent of Mr. Spicer be obtained, &c. The
expoctant son in-law is told by tho father himself
that his name is not Mr. Spicer, that he is Robert
Schuyler—that the mother of liis daughter is not a
wife—that if the daughter be taken in marriage
the mother will be wedded.”
Permit ono who knows the truth to pronounce
this s ory entirely untrue. No such interview ever
took place between Mr. Schuyler and the honored
young clergyman who married hie daughter two
years betoro tho identity of Mr. Spicer and Robort
Schuller became public. Moreover, tho writer
knows, as also do some others, that about the year
1826, Mr. and Mra. Schuyler wore legally married
by the late Rev. Benjamin Mortimer, of New York,
a Moravian divine, ot the highest standing. This
w f fomo years before the nirth of their eldest
child. For roasous entirely connected with Mr.
S.’s own family, the marnsgo was private, and
kept a secret for twenty-five years—Mr. S. passing
as a bachelor, and his wife assuming the name of
an uncle, from whom sho inherited a handsome
property, which for years was tho maintenance of
her family, while her husband’s large resources
were devoted to the furtherance of his wild specu
lations.
Such are tho facts of tho case. With Robert
Sohuylor I have no concern. The world mus pass
its judgment on tho enormity of his offeneo, and
if there be any palliation for him it is not my pur
pose to plead it—if indeed he have not already
passed to the tribunal of Eternal justico. But SDare
—spare his stricken wife and children. Think of
the devoted woman, who for nearly the whole pe
riod cf her life, has sacrificed all this world can
offor, at his shrine, and even now is sharing his
remorse in exile ; perhaps still to hor tho high,
pure minded being, who was the divinity of her
happier days. And spare his blighted children—
his daughters, of unrivalled beauty, and refine
ment —hia ooira with their own faturo to redeem
from this stupenduous wreck of honor and fortune.
A daughter, "wife of a well known clergymau of the
Episcopal Church, and a son settled in the far west,
are themselves heads ot families, and are stricken
low enough, without tho brand ol illegitimacy to
bo put onto them.
May the Nothern papers who have copied the
cruel communication with so much avidity, bo as
ready to do justice to Mis. Schuyler, by inserting
in their columns a copy of this refutation.
A New York Lawyer.
Tho above comes to us from a highly respectable
source, the writer making hiruseif “personally re
sponsible for U e subject matter.”
Two Crops of Rice in OneSeason.—The Colom
bia Carolinian publishes a letter from Signor Gor
m&no Lattis, of Egypt, (introduced by another
from Edwin DaLoon, American Consul at Alexan
dria,) in which sffd Lattis expatiates upon a me
thod which he has discovered, of making two rice
crops on tho same ground in one year. For a con
sideration the Signor proposes to introduce his
system into the United States.
Mr. Do Leon says the result of his inquiries and
inspection has been tho conviction that a great
discovery has been made by Signor Latlis, through
which ho is enabled to produce two erops of rioo
in five months from the sameaoed,andan increase
on the usual yield of at least thirty per cent.— tiav.
(Jour.
Whether this arises from some chemical prepa
ration of the seed, or from his peculiar treatment
of tho plant, is his seoret. I incline to the former
opinion. But the facts are authenticated by wit
nesses of the most irreproachable •haractcr, and
tho experiments have beeu made on the land and
under tho eye of Mustapha Pacha, one of the royal
family, who waa educated in Paris, and is a man
of shrewdness and intelligence.
Signor Lattis thus writes to the American con-
My rice folds yield, as you know from personal
examination, two successive crops from a single
sowing, and within a period of about five months,
provided that tho temperature remains constantly
above the mean of 20 dogs. Reaumur. I think,
therefore, that evory country capable of growing
cotton is fit for the cultivation of rice after my
method. This cultivation is not effected by the
usual method of irrigation by submcrs'on, the wa
ter being allowed to flow on the rice fields only at
slated periods.
The straw, especially that of the first crop, tar
nishes an excellent pasturage for cattle, while that
left after the usual mode is good fer nothing.
The practical knowledge and attention necas-ary
are extremely simple, aud within the capaoi y of
minds the most ordinary, bo as easily to render
their adoption possible ny every planter of your
country.
The chemical means bv which I stimulate the
vitality of the rice, and which serves to determine
in it an increase of heat, are very cheap. They are
more than sufficient to repair the loss of produc
tive capacity which the soil would endure in fur
nishing a double crop.
You are aware, sir, that far from impairing the
value of land, sc onces has proved rioe io be a plant
whioh actually improves the soil that produces it.
It remains for me now to add as to the sum I
would demand for tho introduction of my system
in America, although it would be very difficult for
me to state it at this moment, yet I am convinced
that this could offer no obstacles to the enterprise.
America is too powerful and too generous to hesi
e ir* obtaining what she recognizes to be cf great
a ill y, and I, in m turn, should bo too happy to
place my humble services at her disposal. It is,
therefore, iu my opinion, beyond a doubt, that as
soon as you may be authorized to make mo an offer,
we may easily come to an understanding.
Terrific Excitement in a Church. —A very large
congregation assembled at St. Mary’s Church (Cath
o!ic) on Sunday evening last, to hear a discourse
irom Rev. Mr. Gncrdc/, on various topics relating
to Catholic doctrines— the immaculate conception,
rt’xard due the Virgin &c. The church was
densely crowded, and there cculd not have boon
iess than 2600 people present. When the discourse
was nearly finished, the alarm of fire on Bridge
street waa eoanded, and several persona went out.
This caused some confasion, tne services were
suspended until order could be restored. The
congregation had mostly risen upon their feet, and
the number goiDg out increased, the aisle had be
come filled, and an immense crowd bad reached
the doorway. At this moment a terrific cry was
raised that the “church was on fire.” A panic in
stantly seized the whole audience, the crowd at
the door rushed with terrific fright back towards
tho altar, trampling and crushing each other in a
most frantic manner. Women screamed and faint
ed, children screeched with terror, men rushed to
the windows and dashed through them, carrying
si sh and ai!, women and men were seen rushing
across the tops of the pews to the rear of the build
ing—presenting a scene of confasion, fright and
terror that is indescrib ible. The dense mass in the
aisles were forced back towards the altar with irre
riatable power in hopes of getting egress through
the vestry, and a large number succeeded in get
ting out that way. Seme went lo work battering
down a doorway on the south side of the west end
of the church, which was net used and had been
permanently closed. Some fifteen minutes elapsed
balbre the alarm was iound to be false, when mest
of the congregation had got out. A number of la
dies W6re carried home in a fainting condition, and
several were more or less injured, but we have
heard of none being hurt seriously. —Oswego Pal
ladium, dih inst.
Skips Struck by Ligbtin*.—lt appears from &
Paiiimentary paper recently made public in Eng
la: d, that the number of ships of the Eoyal Navy
and of merchant vessels, destroyed or damaged by
lightning is enormous. Two hundred aud eighty
instance* of the former are cited ; they happened
in fifty years —between 1790 and I>>4o. The total
loss of the country, in material alone, cculd not
have been short of a hundred and fifty thousand
pounds sterling Nearly one hundred seaman
were killed; more than 250 dangerously wounded '
YX> struck down on the decks. Within the perioa
of *ix years and 1815) no leas than 40 sail of
the line. 20 trigates, and 20 sioope, were no crip
pled by lightning, as in many ca.-ea to be placed
for a time hor: d * combat, and nearly in every case
obliged to go into port tor r fit. Within the Last
oa years, at leas' eighteen merchant ships (from £OO
to 800 tons'* are known to have been totally destroyed
i ty lightning. The employment and effects of the
capacious tod permanently fixed conductors which
MrVsnow Hams successfully proposed to ihe Board
cf Admiralty, are instructively reported in this
Pariimentary document. The conclusion from a
*reat mass of evidence is, that the system of Mr.
Harris offords oompletee security at all times and
der ?ff! circumstance- o p-oyai Navy from
the distruvuve element ol *ig:.uiing
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE,
BV TUB ATI.AVTIC.
Important Debate. In the Homo of Common..
Iu tha Honae of Commons, on tie 261 h nit.,
Lord Jjbr made his prom sed explanation
of Lbs rousous for his reautuOion ot oCiSc—a st»t«-
rnont whteti i.e b»d postponed, he smd, onul that
day at the request cf Lord Aberdeen. Referring
to the notice gi.’en by Mr. Koebnck, of a motion
for * committee to iuquiro into the oondittou of
the armr io the Emi, and into the oonduc. of the
W.r Depar meats, he observed that the power cf
inquiry wit. a moat valuable privilege of the House,
and that such a motion might be resisted on two
gr-jtmdi—first, that no evils omsted of sufficient
magnitude to call for inquiry; thst if
suen evils did exist, they would be beat cured by
other means. With regard to the bra ,no one, he
thought, could deny me melancho*y Condition ot
the army av Seva-.topof, or oppose any measure
likely to cure or miuga o the eyu. Jiot being aole
to dei y the existence of the evil, be could not, on
that ground, induce the House io resist tho mo
tion, and ho was not in a position to give a faint
“ no,” or to meet the motion evasively, rt was his
duty to stand in the front of the battle, manfully
taking hie part in opposing the appointment of a
committee. With respect to the other ground, he
found, upon reflection, that it was impossible for
him to urge that objection with effect. Remind
ing the House of tho changes made iaat session m
the War Departments, he stated mat during the
recess, it bad struck him that a better administra
tion of these departments was required, and he
proceeded to read a correspondence between Lord
Aberdeen and himself upon this subject—in the
course of which he suggested, as early as tbe 17th
November, that before Harliament mot, ;lho seals
ot the War Department should bo placfd in the
hands of Lord Palmerston—assigning ii reasons
confidentially to Lord Aberdeen, withe ifthrowing
uuy blame upon tho Duke of Nowe Us. Lord
Aberdeen did not concur in this prop aji “hd his
[Lord John’s] oaly doubt was whcthei he should
not then relinquished office; but ho b j adopted
the advice of Lord Palmerston, mUajmnpl to
con.inurhia connection with r m
n: ■ ; ,'iu; f -.c .o - . ..Zr roVsfT, ,'0
as to the changes in the W ar Department which he
deemed indispensable to remedy its imperiea
tions. In dialing with the motion of Mr. Roe
buck, he was, however, bound to reflect whothcr
ho could f.irly and honestly say, “It ia true, evils
do exist, but such arrangements have been made
that all deficiencies and abuses will bo immediate
ly remediedand he could not honestly, or with
out botrayiug the confidence reposed in him, make
that statement. He considered that he coal ' come
to only one ronclasiou—that, as ho was unable to
givo the ouly answer that would stop inquiry, it
was his duty not to remain a member of the Gov
ernment. Accordingly, on tho 28d of January he
placed in the hands of Lord Aberdeen his resig
nation, which was accepted by Her Majesty. There
was a report, he observed, that the suggestion he
had made to Lord Aberdeen in November, to
place the seals of the War Department in the
Lands of Lord Palmerston, had been adopted. If
so, he was glad, ho said, that his retirement had
contributed to the change.
Lord Plumerston said it might be expected ho
should not allow the address of his noble friend
to pass without some observations on tho part of
the Government. Ho usaured him and tho House
that nothing could bo mere painful to himself offi
cially and personally, than the stop Lord John
had felt it to bo his duty to take. He admitted
that a public man had a perfect right to quit office
whenever he considered that his continuance i.
office could not be reconciled with his sense of
duty. When the correspondence between Lord
J. Russell and Lord Aberdeen was communicated
to him, he (Lord Palmerston,) with his colleagues,
urged Lord John not to secede from the Govern
rnont, aud he consented to remain, but from that
time his noble friend did not revert to his propo
sal. He admitted that Lord John might have had
a difficulty in meeting Mr. Roebuck's motion, but
it war evident, he thought, that there were in his
mindsullieient constitutional objections to that mo
tion, and if he was decidedly of opinion that a dif
ferent person onght to be at the bead of the War
Department, he should have given the Govern
ment an opportunity, before Parliament met, of
saying whether the proposal should lie adopted.—
Tho course he had taken was not in accordance
with tho practice of publio men, and was calcula
ted to place the Government in a position of em
barrassment.
Mr. Roebuck thon rose to move for a select com
mittee to inquire into tho condition of the British
army before Sevastopol, and into the conduct ol
those departments of the Government whose duty
it had beeu to minister to the wants of that army.
The melancholy condition of too army, he obser
ved, had been acknowledged by Lord John Rus
sell, who had confessed'that ho wa3 unable, us a
Minister of tho Crown, to resist this motion ; yet,
in the same breath, ha had declared that be should
not support tho motion by speech or vote. The
question divided itself into two parts —fir.t, wbat
was the condition of the army before Sevastopol;
the second, how that condition had been brought
about. With reaped to the condition of the army
there could not bo two opinions: all he had to do,
therefore, was to submit to the House that inquiry
was necessary to ascertain what wore the causes
by which that condition had been brought about;
They had sent E4-000 soldiers properly equipped,
who had dou.all they oould to uphold tho honor
of lh9 country. At present there were not more
than 14,000 bayonets before Sevastopol. What
had become of tho 40,000 1 He behoved that tho
ooDdition of the army had been brought about by
the incapacity, at home and abroad, of those whose
duty it was to minister to its wants.
Mr. 8. Herbert, in resisting the motion, observed
that tho first cause of tho demoralization of the ar
my was to bo found in the system pursued for tho
last forty years. The English army was a collection
of regiments, in every ono of which thero existed
a perfeot regimental system; but the field officers
in command of tho -ogimenta had never seen u
brigade, and wore unacquainted with tho organi
zation of large bodies. The men, too, in that
highly civilized country, never learn to do any
thing for themselves. They had never entered
upon anv great war, ho remarked, which did not
begin with great reverses ; bnl in tho present in
stance there had boon also g'eat military successes.
After detailing the measures adopted by the Gov
ernment to provide adequate supplies cl stores for
the army, he oenteuded thatitwasuDjuat, without
information, to lay blame upon absent men. The
Government had no wish to conceal any portion of
their conduct in this matter, aud every informa
tion required should be laid upon tho table of the
House. He insisted that great delusions upon
this subject prevailed in the country. He detailed
tho steps taken to remedy defective arguments by
the Government, which hod aoted, he said, upon
every practicable suggestion. Ho endeavored to
show, upon various grounds, the inexpediency of
the motion, which was calculated, in his opinion,
to paralyze the action of tho Government, at home
and of the anUorities abroad. The Committee
would either gain no information, or il would be
obtained at the expense of the army. Ho asked
the House, if it made np its mind to take this
course, to avow it at once by a plain and intelligi
ble decision. The Government stood in a preca
rious position; it had received a heavy blow by
the secession of one ofits most important members
and he hoped the House, considering well the
oonrse it ought to take, and the perils which sur
rounded tho country, would dejide the question at
once, and in plain language.
Mr. Drummond said he imputed to tho gross in
oompetency of some man or men that the army
was left to perish, and lie wanted to know who ft
was, and this oould not be known without infor
mation. He should have thought the Government
would be tho first to thank Mr. Roebuck for this
motion. Mr. Drummond dwelt at considerable
length upon various instances of mismanagement
in tha war administration. *
Mr. Milnes considered that tho evils complained
of were the result of a long system of publio ne
glect, tbe correction of which required a strong
and vigorous Administration. He opposed the
morion. No one, he thought, could believe that a
committee was a fair and proper tribunal for such
an inquiry.
The Marquis of Granby digressed into the ques
tion oftbe policy of the war, which he condemned,
beirg convinced that the Emperor of Kussia never
intended to seize upon the Ottoman Empire, and
that the maintenance of the balance of power ia
Europe was not the real object of the war.
Mr. W. Lindsay said, as the Government would
not adopt the measure he tnonght neoessary he
should give his support to tho morion. Another
ground was, that a large portion of the noble army
in tbe Crimea had perished, he believed, through
negleot. A third reason was the state of the
transport service.
Mr. Layard, after criticising the defense of the
Government offered by the Secretary at "War,
enumerated flagrant instances; of mismanagement
with reference to the army in the very teeth of
warmcga, describing the state of ;bin sho hod
witnessed at Balaklava and the dofeotive manner
in whioh the departments were oonduoted. He
should vote upon this morion, he said, as a ques
tion of confidence or no confidence, and how could
he vote confidence in a Government which had
proved itself so utterly incapable n 't only of car
rying on the war, bat of mamging a diplomacy ?
This was not a moment to hesitate; we must have
tnon —snd they were to be found—capable of car
rying oot a polioy worthy of this eonn'ry.
"6irG. Grey said, he opposed tbe morion without
the sligt-eet doubt or hes ration, thinking he
blioald betray his public duty by sanctioning a
{ireoedent for committing snc:. an inquiry to a Be
ecf Committee, and be waasurprised that any one
should assent to a motion the or ly effect of which
would be to paralyze the exertion of the Govern
ment at s moat critical period. But he did not
rest his opposition upon this ground alone; be had
other and wider grounds. He admitted that the
Bouse was entitled to the fullest information, lim
ited only by consideration of public intorest; but
this motion involved a grave and serious censure
upon departments oi the Government, which was
deserved. He did not assert that no mistakes had
been made, or that there had been no want of
foresight; but he believed that the evils were not
the result of incapacity or ignorance, but mainly
of the inexperience arising from a forty years’
peace, and it was nnjnst to lay the blame of theee
results upon any man. Having replied to Mr. La
yard, Sir George adverted to the explanation given
by Lord J. Bussell, and observed that he did not
understand that, when his noble friend suggested
that offices cf Secretary at War and Secretary of
S'ate for the War Department should be combin
ed and placed in she hands of a member of that
House, be considered it eesential to tbe oonduct
of the war. He (Sir George) admitted that, know
ing what the feelings of the country were, he oould
have wished that, when the original appointment
of War Secretary was made, it had been conferred
upon Lord Palmerston.
Mr. Walpole said, after the speech of Lord J.
Bussell, it appeared to him totally impossible to
resist an inquiry of some kind, and the only ques
tion was what that kind should be. After tbe
declaration made by the noble lord, a refusal of
inquiry would create disappoinlme it and diseatis
facrion throughout the country. He denied that
an inquiry would be detrimental to _ the publio
interest. It would be precisely similar to the
inquiry instituted into the Walcneren expedition,
except that that was conducted before the whole
House; but he thought a aeiect Committtee in
finitely preferable. As to its hampering the army
authorities, nothing coaid be worse than their
present position, at the mercy of writers of private
letters charging the generals with incapacity.
Mr. Koigbtley referred to certain precedents,
and on the motion of Mr, Stafford, with the con
currence of Lord Palmerston, the debete was ad
journed nntil Monday. , , _
The House adjourned at 11% o’clock until Mon
day.
tu.’v.riTut vr cy the Misustbe. —Lord Ljndhurst
has given notice that on Friday, the 2d of Febru
ary, he would move ’he following resolution:
•‘That in the opinion of this Honae, the expedi
tion to the Crimea was undertaken by her Majesty’s
Government with very inadequate means, and
without due caution or sufficient inquiry into tbe
nature and extent of the resistance to be expected
from tbe enemy; and that the neglect and mis
management of the Government in the conduct of
the enterprise have led to the most disastrous re
sult*.”
6t.yz ox N EooTLxnoKa ok ria* Md. —In the House
of Commons, on the 23J, Mr. Leyard questioned
the President of the Council “whetner he had any
objection to lay on the table of the House tbe
correspondence that had taken dace with foreign
Power* with regard to the treaty of 8d of Decem
ber, 1654, and especially any document oonuanni
oeted to the Ruaaian Government concerning the
| interpretation put by the British and French Go
! Vornmenta on the Four Points—not for negotia
tion, but for acceptance l”
Lord J. Bussell could not say whether or not
the correspondence could bo laid on the tabic.
He would, however, state, generally, what bad
occurred with respect to the Font Points. In this
state toe question stands at present, namely: At
the end of November the Bussian Government,
through their Minister at Vienna, declared their
acceptance of wbat are called the F ur Pom’s. On
tne 2d of December a treaty was signed by Franco,
England and Austria, and on the 23th of Decem
ber a meeting was held by tk Ministers of France,
England and Austria, at V enrsa, with Prince
Gorchakolf, the Minister ot Raesis. At that meet
mg the French Minister read, on the part of his
own Government and of the Governments of
England and Austria, tho interpretation which
theso three Powers put on the Four Points, and
which should be considered as the basis of nego
tiation. I will mention only (said Lord J. Russell)
that with respect to the third point, it was propo
posed in that interpretation to put sn end to the
preponderance oi Russia in the Black Sea. Prince
Gorchakolf s'ated that he would not agree to the
proposed interpretation of the Four Points, but
that he would request further instructions from
his Government. Ten day; afterward he informed
Count Buoithat he had received those instructions,
aud on tho 7th or Bth of January au; thor meeting
wae held at the office of the Austrian Minister lor
Foreign Affairs, and al that meeting Prince Ger
chakoff read a memorandum, which he sidd ha
had received, and which contained the views of
his Government.
It was replied, by Count Bno 1 , Lo.d Westmore
land, and Baron de Bonrqucney, that they lißd no
authority to receive any such memorandum, and
that they most require, as tho basis of negotiations,
the consent of tho Russian Plenipotentiary, to the
interpretation of which he had already received in
formation. Tho Kussian Plenipotentiary, as L rd
Westmoreland states in hia dispatch, then with
drew the memorandum he had resd, and doclaresl
the acceptance on the part of his Government, of
tho communicated interpretation as tlio basis of
negotiations. My honorable friend (said Lor,, J.
Russell) will understand that 'hoKoe-ta" Gavgntr
•fee**,. "if;. •>,. ■' «t
of negotiations, of course reserve to themsetves the
power, when the basis is laid down in articles, to
make any objoctiou which they may think fit.—
The British Government declared that they were
ready to enter into negotiations upon the basis
mentioned, but no powers aro given to the British
Minister to negotiate. [Hear, bear.]
SirH. Willoughby inquired whether there would
be any objection to the pioduetion of the protocol
of the 28th December.
Mr. LiyarJ also wished to know whether the
House should understand wholhor negotiations
wero actually going oh, or were suspended at pre
sent.
Mr. Bright asked, Would, when a distinet pro
position had been ao epted, instructions for tho
prosecution of negotiations bo sent out ?
Lord John Russell had already stated that tin
British Government had expressed their willing
ness to negotiate on the Four Points, but they
could not state anything further. [Hear.]
The War.
PItOUUESS OE TUB SIEOS OT V EVASTOPOI..—Noib-llg
new or important has occurred since previous ac
counts. Tho following aro the latoet di - etches:
To January 18.—Adispatch from Admiral Brunt
cf date January 13, tans reports progress:
“The cold has been pretty sharp tho last few
days. Sine i yostorday the weather has boon mild
er, and the snow has thawed, though the wind is
still from the north.
“In the night oetween 'he7thand 8 h, tho Rus
sians madeasortie against the parallel which is in
advance »f battery No. 19. Our soldiers waited
until they wore within point blank distance, and
vigorously repulsed them. They left many killed
upon tho ground.
“In the night, between the 11th and 12th, 150
Russians atta :.;d our lines. Driven back, after a
band to hand fight of some minutes, thev loft in
cur works seven 1 illed and two prisoners wound
ed. Our loss was five wounded.’’
January 14.—Considerable reinforcements have
recently reached the Allies. Liprandi has again
advanced his outposts to the Teherunya. 40,000
Eussians with 8” guns are said to bo at Porekop.
January 12. —Letiero of this date from tlio Cri
mea, state that the FUgstaff Battery had been
i,lined bytbe French, who only waited a favora
ble opportunity to b ow it up." Sickness was on
t e increase in the camps.
Another despatch, which arrived at Marseilles
Jan. 22, stated that the Allies had not undertaken
anything new in tho Crimea, as they wore waiting
until the Turkish auny had assembled at Eupeto
ria. No battle had been fought as waa reportod.
The besieged had repaired and re-oocupied the
Quarantine fort. Gen. Brown was aboutto resume
his command in the Crimea.
Gen. Monchik ffis reports !to have said: “ Our
troops may rest; Generals January, February and
March will fight oar battles fa. better than we
can.”
Mercantile letters from St. Petersburg are to tho
18th January. Their tone continue : pacific.
A hospital is about to be established by the Alt
lies for 2,000 men at Smyrna, and an estabUshmi’i
for convalescents at Rhodes.
Aeoording to Russian reports of tho 18th, from
Sevastopol, many men of the Allies desert and
join the Rusaiauß.
Tho Duke of Cambridge, liko Prince Napoleon,
has left the army on the plea ot ill health. Both
these scions of royalty aro at Malta, on Iho way to
their respoetivo homes.
Russian Be eni-orcements.—A letter from Odes
sa, of tho 9th, in tho Ost Deutsche Post, snys:
“I am able to infoic. you positively that the Eus
sians have taken all tho necessary measures for
assuming the offensive in the Crimea, and you
may shortly expect to hear of their moving for
ward, as they have received the necessary ro
•nforoements.”
The Wanderer, of Vienna, of tho LBlh, saya that
the oxertions made to sond large bodies of treops
to tho Crimea from tho Danube aro inoassant.
Prince Gortsoakoff, on the Elh, ordered General
Lnders to make a diversion into tho Dobrodja, in
order to prevent, if possible, the Turks from leav
ing Varna for the Crimea. [This order led to the
movement of Gen. Pauloff on tlio Slh and 9th.]
Large bodies of Russian troops have been ordered
to conoentrato themselves at Porekop, so as to
afterward advauce on Eupatoria, and attack tha
placo by assault, it necessary.
Menohikoee’s Latest. —January 17.—The fol
lowing dispatch is published from St. Petersburg,
25th Jan., having been reoeivod from Prince Mtn
ohikoff, under data Jan. 17:
“The siege operations do not advance. Two
successful night s riies were made on tho 18 h and
15th January. We took 12 English and 9 French
prisoners. The Allies lost a considerable number
in killed. Arab deserters say that the Turks are
treated with very little consideration by the Allies,
who employ them to carry projoctiles, provisions,
aud other loads from Balaklava.”
The Russian Naval Magazine gives tho following
general order, published by Prince Menchikoff,
soon after tho battle of Inkermann:
“BrTOUAO UNDER THE NORTHIIRN FoRTS OE )
Sevastoeol, Nov. 10. j
“Oar Lord aud Emperor, who e whole hear; is
Slwaya with ns, does not coa---o to address his pa
ternal sovereign words tp as. lie ordoted mo to
Zbmmunicatc to the troops entrusted to my com -
maud the following rescript, dated the 81st ol Oc
tober:
“‘1 trust in the mercy of God 1 I trust that, that
Whioh has been commenced will bo gloriously ao
oomplishod. The heroic stoadfastness of our in
comparable seamen, the dauntless defenders of
Sevastopol, makes me happy. The Lord will re
compense them for their hitherto unexampled
deeds of valor I I knew my Pontie seamen as early
as 1888. I was eye-witness that nothing was im
possible for them, and I am rejoiced to liud It,at
my anticipations have been corroborated, and that
these incomparable warriors now conduct them
selves as they have ever doua by sea and by land.
“ ‘Tell them ail that their old acquaintance, who
always rained them highly, is proud cf them, and
thanks them as his dear and well-beloved child
ren. Perhaps my Bona will arrive in time to take
part in that which ia preparing, (that is, in the an
ticipated victory over, and defeat of, the Allies at
Inkerman.) 1 hope they will prove worthy of
their mission. I instrust them to my troops as a
proof of my love and confidence. May their pro
rence replace my person. And may God, all mer
ciful, protect you, comrades!'
“ You know," resams Prince Menchikoff, after
the defeat, “t .at the sons of yonr Emperor are
among yon. You have seen that they nave be
haved like 1 true Eussian soldiers’ in tho midst of
the enemy’s fire. Who among ns will not justify
the confidence of our Emperor, who sends to re
present him his Bons—so dear to him and all Rus
sia I Our answer to ad tho graeiousness of Ihe
Kmperor can only be dauntless and steadfast ad
herence until the and to those holy obligations due
to our Emperor, laith and fatherland. Ws will
fulfill them! This order is to be read to all troope,
companies, squadrons andbatleries.
(Signed) “ Prince Menohecoef.”
The Eussian Interpretation oe the Four Points.
The Augsburg Gazette of tbe 22 J January, pub
lishes the following as tbe basis of the interpreta
tion of tho fear guaiant-es as drawn up by Prince
Gortchakoff, sent by him, before the coni, ret,ca of
the 7lh Jan-arv, to St. Petersburg-, and tho accep
tance of which by the Emperor Nichoins, was
hnmedlateij telegraphed to Vienna. Onthisbasis
the conference of the 7th of January was held, at
whioh a closer agreement (weitere Yerttandigung)
between the envoys was attempted. This is
Prince Gorchakoff’s draft, which had previously
received the preliminary approval of the Austrian
and Prussian Cabinet!. It is as follows:
I. Abolition of the exclusivs Protectorate of
Russia in Moldavia and Wahachia—the privileges
of those Provinces, recognized by tne Suitau,
being placed under the guaiantees of the Five
Powers.
11. Free navigation of the Danube, according to
the principles established by the acts of the Con
gress of Vienne, in the Article on Fluvial Commu
nications. Control of a mixed Commission, which
would be invested with the necessary powers to
destroy the obstacles existing at its mouths, or
whioh might- at a later period be form id there.
111. Revision of the treaty of 18th of July, 1841,
to attach more complete!’ the existence of the
Ottoman Empire to the balance of Europe. / do
not refute to tome to an understanding, in formal
conference for peace, on tne meant by which the three
Courts may propose to put an end to what they call
the preponderance of Kuesia in the Black Sea, on
condition that in the choice of those means, there be
not one of a nature to infringe upon the rights of
sovereignty of my august Master on his own territo ■
ry Ichet lui.)
IV. A collective guarantee of the Five Powers
(substituted for the exclusive patronage possessed
hitherto by some of them) for the consecration and
observance of the religions privileges of the diffe
rent Christian communities without distinction of
form of worship, on condition that the realization
of the solemn promises made in the face of the
world by the great Christian Powers, shall be a
serious and conscientious work, and that the pro
tection promised shall be efficacious, and not a
vain word.
The Augsburg Gazette publishes the above in
French, with the passages in italics, as marked.
Encouba*in6 Tbade,—Tbe Washington Senti
nel, speaking of the present condition of the la
ooring classes of France, soys: Trade is at a stand
still and the failures of the wine crop have very
much impaired the resources of a large portion of
the agricultural Glass. Trade is only alive in large
cities, and still, there it has to be sustained by the
protection of the government. In order to help
the business, on the first of the year, in Paris,
Loois Napoleon is ssid to have purchased for his
senators lota of furniture, which he directed to
their houses. But, instead of paring the biff, he
took good care to tell the cabinet-maker to send
the furniture and the bill to their lordships, and
to charge a good price. That way of forcing his
ore&turee to untie the strings of their purses is
copied from hi* uncle, who, as it ia known, used
the same means of helping trade by purchasing
for some of his senators and making them pay for
his purchases.
The Best Milch Cow Yet-—James Thomas,
Eac,, of Hancock county recently purchased a oow
from a gentleman in Warren of native stock, for
which ne gave *IOO. He had her tested two days
consecutively with the following results;
Ist Day’s Milking—s gallons, 8 quarts, I pint
and 1 gill.
Id Day’a Milking—s gallons, 8 quarts and 2 gills.
[SatuitrniUt Georgian.
F. om the Pittsburgh Gazette, sth inet.
Snfferlng, starvation and Death.
A saw days ago we mentioned a sad case of des
titution which had oome to light in Alleghany,
Tho facts are theso:
Four families, consisting of four men, four wo
men and thirteen children, left Germany for the
Now World. On the voyage two of the women
died. On landing in New York, a portion ot the
large party of emigrants on tha ship were sent back
as paupers. The four families, having a small
amount of money, were allowed to land. Having
acquaintances in this region, they determined to
reach Pittsburgh.
During their journey hither, they had a scanty
supply of food, and clothing altogether insufficient
tor tne inclemency of the season. The emigrant
cars were oftentimes poorly heated, and in changing
from one train to another, they were frequently
compelled to stand shivering in tne frosty air for
hours, like so many beasts. The women, w- are
informed, had neither cloaks, shawls or under
ski i ts. It is not wonderful, therefore, that when
they arrived at this city they were alt sick, half
naked and half starved. Their acqnaintances, who
were also extremely poor, received them into their
he uses in Alleghany, where the ladies of the be-
society found thorn.
ihe children were the most severely affected by
the sufferings which they had undergone. Their
heads were swelled to twioe their Latural siie; and
it was at first thought they were attaoked by the
mea.-ies. It proved, however, to be an eruptive
disease, caused solely by cold aud starvation. Their
limbs were frost bitten, and there they lay in agony
upon the floor, without clothing, food, bedding, or
fuel. Tho mon were also groaning with pain,
having denied themselves food in order to divide
what morsel they had among their ohildien. The
women wore suffering terribly, too—their breasts
cud Bhoulders being perfectly raw and bleeding
with the intense frost. In this condition the ladies
referred to found them. Every effort in their pow
er was made to relieve them. Physicians were
called, bedding clothing, food and fuel obtained,
and a room rented whore they would; b’-moreoom
- • -•
cureci. Bnt tho delicate forms «f tffS iit.le sufferers
had experienced too seveie a shock. On Bunday,
the 25th, two of them were buried. Another day
of last week saw two more laid iu the silent grave.
Thanks to the exei lions of the phyoioians and
others, tho rest have boon spared and ar# now in
a fairway of recovery—exoept one of tbs men,
who seems most heroically to have deprived him
-elf of food during his journey from New York,
in ordor to supply the wants of his little ones. He
lias bean taken to tho Western Pennsylvania hos
pital, but his recovery is doubtful.
Tho remaining nine ohiidren have been adopted
> y different German families residing in the neigh
borhood. vVo did not learn what disposition has
been made of the other adults.
Such is tho story of these families of paupers.
Texas Items.—The San Antonio Texan has a re
port that some Indians, not far from Fredericks
burg, wore discovered endeavoring to dear ont
with acabaliard of horses, wore pursued, and two
cf thomkiilod.
The r«me paper bos a lotter from a correspondent
at Eoqle Pai-s, dated Jan. 25, giving tha following
account of the killing of a young man named An
dre;,; Buyor, who was herding oattle about three
n ilcs Irom Eaglo Pass, by a party of Indians and
Mexicans from tbo Mexican side. Tho writer says:
From tbe circumstances connected with thisout
razeons affair, there is no doubt but Buyer fought
like a boro, End wold his life dearly. The body
was found one-half hour ufter the occurrence, and
thoro wero twonty-uiuo arrow outs through his
coat, and eleven wounds in the head. He bad kil
led one Indian, uamod Lewi , tho Lipan who aoted
us guide for the Mounted Rifles at the rime when
Capt. Van Buren waa killed, and on the trail wo
found much blood in different places, showing
that three or four went off badly wounded. They
woro pursued by company K, of the Mounted Ri
fles ; bat they or ssed buck to Mexico, where of
course they wore safo.
Tho Austin State Gazette, of the 8d Inst., has
the following Indian news:
We learn from Mr. Lyman Alexander, who has
just, returned from Frederioksbnrg, that on tbe
25th of last month, the Indians Btole several horses
from Fort Mason, two of whioh belonged to the
Hungers. About the first of the week a (Herman
living eight or ten miles from Frederioksbnrg
heard, his mules making an nnnsnal noise. He
and his son started with t eir guns, and crossing
the spur of a mountain got ahead of the mules.—
The boy’s gun accidentally fired, when sevoral
Indians ran up tho oppCßito mountain, leaving the
German’s mules, with two of their own and a
pony, all of which tho Gorman* oapturod. About
the same time, two other Germans, hunting on
Li vo Oak Creek, about twelve miles west of Fred
ericksburg, came on two Indiana, who ran; tho
Germans chased them about two miles, when the
Indians left their horses and took a tbioket. The
pursuers set fire to the thicket, and shot forward
into it. They Bay the Indian* were killed and
burned up. They took tho Indian*’ horse*. On
the goth nit. Mr. John Does, in tbe same neigh
borhood, found sevoral horses in the cove of a
mountain, hoppled ; believing them to bo Indian
horses, he took and carried them home.
Too Proud to Bi;<*.—lt is said there aro thou
sands of worthy citizens, mon and women, in New
York—as there aro, no doubt, hundreds in Balti
more—who aro too proud to beg, or let their cir
cumstances be known, and are, therefore, silently
pirrug in Becret destitution. Tbe Minor says the
pawn shops only tell their sad story:
First go the luxuries—the Buperflous furniture—
the silver spoons—the spare olothing—tho jewelry,
even to the bridal ring; and then the bedding, the
tublos, tho chairs, and so on through the whole
inventory of articles that can bo dispensed with,
while life is retained. To accommodate this in
born and inalionable American pride, tbe pawn
snopsare provided with stalls, bo that She melan
choly bartering may be done without exposing the
poor victim of that “peculiar institution” to public
shame. The amount of business at these estab
lishments within tbe iaßt three months exeeeds all
precedent. Watches, gold penoils, and silver
Bpoons have been pledged by the bnshel, and every
inimeable and nnnameable article of furniture and
clothing. A friend of ours saw a poor woman at
Biui peon's one day last week, pawning her under
clothing to raise a shilling to go to markot with.
Anothor had cut np her bed and made it intopil-
Ifinm.wliinh. rli a hhH nawnnd for a mmilur nnrnnHA.
Southern Dependence upon the Nosth.— We
make tlio following extract from a speech made by
Albert Fixe at tho Southern Convention held in
Charleston, S. C. Said Mr. Fixe:
It is time that wo should look about us, and see
in what relation we stand to the North. From tho
rattle with which the nurse tickles the ear of the
child born in tho South to the shroud that oovers
the cold form of tho dead, everything oomes from
tho North. We rise from between sheets made in
Noith looms, and pillows of Nothern feather*, to
wash in basins made iu the North, dry onr beards
on Northern towels, and dross ourselves in gar
ments woven in Northern looms; we eat from
Northern plate 3 and dishes; our rooms are swept
with Northern brooms, our gardens dug with
Northern spades, and our broad kneaded in trays
or dishes ol Northern wood ortin; »nd the very
wood which feeds our fires iB out with Northern
axes, helved with hickory brought from Con
uoiticut and New York.
Mr. i’rKE Bpoke sensibly at Charleston. By this
we do not mean to insinuate that he is cot in tho
habit of speaking sensibly on all occasions, but that
ho did speak very sedsibly on the ooeasion referred
to. Bnt, he did not go far enough—not half far
em ugh—in the above paragraph. He failed to
enumerate a moiety of our snort eomings, and
lapses from the coarse which common sense and
ordinary judgment point ont. However, aa he
was in a State were resolutions are more popular
with tho people than cotton mills, and fervid elo
quence more attractive than furnaces, (facta de
plorably apparent all over tbe South) we suppose
the ommisslon may be easily accounted for.
Wo might continue tho paragraph almost ad
i.ifitmum, bnt will content ourselves with a short
illustration or two. The impetuous Southerner,
after dressing himself from top to toe in garments
of Northern manufactare—he rarely ever patron
izes the industry of his own State and neighbor
hood—sits down to his foreign coffee, aweetend
with Southern sugar refined in the North, drinks
from a cup, eats fromaNorthorn plate, uses North
ern wrongh; knives and folks, generally butters
his toast with prime Northern “Goshen,” then
rises from biß seat, and proceeds very often, with
aNortbern made pen, on Northern paper, and ink,
kept in a Northern manufactured inkstand, to
criminate tbe North for allegod aggressions upon
the South, forgetting all the time that if he, and
othors like him, would pursue a different industrial
and commercial policy, trat the South would be
come as independent and impregnable in all re
spect* as she is now dependent and liable to impo
sition Let her fabricate as well aa produoe, and
the thing is done; the mighty object accomplished;
the great ond achieved ! But, as loDg aa abo con
tinues strictly agricultural, and permit tha North
and Eng'and to grow rich at her expense ;a* long
as she cast from her the richest of treasures, by
oonfining herself to two or throe pursuits, just so
long will her rived-, with not half her real advan
tages, keep ahead of her in wealth population,
commence, independence and prosperity.— H, O.
Bulletin.
South-Western Railroad Comp ant.—At the
annual mca'ing of the Stockholders of this Com
pany held in this city on the Bth inst., the mem
bers of theold Board of Direction were re elected,
viz: L. O. Reynolds, President, R. R. Cuyler,
Jnc. W. Aodera-in, Wm. A. Blick, Wm. 8. Holt
and T. M. Furlow. On the same day a semi
annual dividend of four dollars per share on the
oldstook, and of two dollars per share in tbe stock
of the Amerious Lxtenaion, was deolared, payable
on tbe Ist ol March next at the office of the
Company in this city, and at the Central Rail
road Bank in Savannah. The reporte of ita
officers, give a very sttisfaotory exhibit of the
business of tha Road. Its gross earnings for
the six months ending January Ist, 1855, amount
ed to *IBO,IBB 51—its current expenses during
the same period, were *68,023 95, leaving as
nett earnings, tho sum of *67,114 56. After
paying the dividend just declared—the interest on
the Bonds of the Company, and half of the annuity
to tbo city of Macon, over eighteen thousand dol
larsof this amount will still be left on hand.—Ma
con Messenger,
Kussia. —A letter, purporting to proceed from
St. Petersburg, dated the 10th, says that for some
time past numerous relays are posted at intervals
of four leagues from Odessa to for the
purpose of conveying, as soon aa the snow is frozen
over, reinforcements to the amount of 40,000 men
for the Russian army. It is expected that the Rus
eious wiil have, by the 15th of February, an army
of 160,000 men in the Crimea.
At Petersburg complaints are heard ag inat
Prince Menchikoff, who, etrange to say, is accused
by ihe Imperial circle, and even by the people of
excc-aive prudenoe. The people are beginning to
get clamorous against tbe Prißce, and discontented
even with tho Czar, who, they think, hie already
made fur too many concessions, and to more they
will not listen. Gsten-Sacken is again spoken of
as likely to obtain the command, in the event of
Menchikoff's removal, with General Liprandi for
his second. In case of a change, it is not certain
whether the prince will be summoned to St. Pe
tersburg, or be ft ft in tbe Crimea to defend the
city daring the assault, while Osten Backen com
mands the army in the field. The letters repeat
tho "ssurance that the feeliDg of the population of
St. Petersburg is decidely for war.
Th* Immaculate Covceetjon It is said that the
new dogma of tha immaculate conception of the
Virgin Mary, recently promulgated by the Pope, is
not received by the Roman Catholics of Germany.
In Tuscany, also, the Dominican fria'S openly re
pudiate it, and the monks of St, Marino have been
summoned before the archbishop of Florence on a
charge of contempt of tho Pope in rejecting the
dogma. Some opposition to it is also manifested
in France.
Trade in Nashville.— There is leas business
doing in the city than at corresponding season for
many years, swing to the scarcity of stocks. Many
of our leading merchants have their files bnrthen
ed with orders for goods from the interior, to nil
which they have not the wherewith. A rise m
the Cumberland ia the great thiDg needful joat at
thia time.— FashviUs Whig, 14(4 inst.
VOL. LXIX.--NEW SERIES VOL. XIX.—NO. 8.
From the Utica Morning Herald.
Jjpuieie House*.
From the very in'eresting letters of our former
fellow-citiaen, 8. Wells Williims, wo have to-day
the pleasure of publishing a description of the
dwelling houses of Simoda:
“The houses in Sim-, da are built merely of pine
boards, or of plaster thickly spread over a wattled
wall of laths, the interstices of which aro filled in
with mad. In some cases these modes of construc
tion are combined—the front and rear being of
boards or sliding pannels, and the sides ot mud.
When thoroughly dried, the mud is whitewashed,
and the plain surfaoe worked into round ridges,
three inches high, crossing eaoh other diagonally
from the roof to tho ground; the ridges are then
washed bine, and give the exterior a checker board
look, whioh, though singular, is more lively than a
blue mud wall. The plaster is excellent, and these
walls appear very solid and rather pretty when
new—at a distance one would even think them to
be stone ; bat alter a lew years, the ridges loosen,
the rain inainnaies itself beneath the outer coat
ing, and the whole begins to scale aud crack off,
dieclosing the mud and rushes, and then the tene
ment soon falls to pieces. Still the progros of
decay is not so rapid as one would think, if they
judged only by the nature of tho materials, and
the walls are well protected by tho projecting
caves. No brioks are used in building, nor are
sqnare tiles for floors seen; and tho manner of
making walls common in southern China by beat
ing sanded clay into wooden moulds is unknown.
“Some of the beat honses and tempiea have stone
foundations, a few only of whioh ara made of dreß
»ed stone. Half a dozen ur more atona houses oc
our, faced entirely with alabs of atone, and stand
ing detached from other bnildings, end are doubt
less fire proof bnildings. There ure no cellars un
der the honses ; the floors are raised on sleepers
only two feet above the beaten ground, and uni
formly oovored with straw mats stuffed with chaff,
or grass sn inoh thick. The frames are of pine,
the joists four or five inches square, and held to
gether by the flooring of the attio, as well as the
plates and ridge pole. The houses and shops jo n
each other on the aides, with few exceptions, fta-r
--dngng the fror* am} rew^open.. ?hereie S
shops extending twenty, thirty, or more feet along
the Btreets, while intermediate ones are mere stalls,
not over ten feet wide.
“The shops succeed each other without any reg
ular order aa to their oontenta, those of tbo same
sort not being arranged together, as i* often tbo
case in China. Tho liner wares aro usually kept
in drawers, so that unless one is well acquainted
with the plaoe, he cannot easily find tho goods he
seeks. The eaves of the houses project about lour
feet from the front, sad are not over eight feet
from the ground; the porch thus made furnishes
u covered plaoe lor arranging orookery, fruits, dec.,
lor sale, trays of trinkets oa a moveable stall,
baskets of grain, or other ooarse articles, to attract
buyers. The entrance is on one side, and the
path leads direotly through to the rear. Tho wood
en shutters of Bhops are all removed in day time,
and the paper windows closed, or thrust aside,
aooording to the weather: on a pleasant day tbe
doors are open, and in lien of tbe windows, a
soreen is hang midway, so as to oonooal the shop
man and his customers from observation, wnile
those goods placed on the stand are still under bis
eye. A case, with latticed or wire doors, to con
tain the fine articles of earthenware, a framework
with hooks, and sholves to suspend from utensils
or woodou ware, or a moveable oaso of drawors,
lo hold silks, fine lacquered ware, for aimi'ar
goods, constitute nearly all the furniture of the
shops. Apothecaries’ shops are hang with gilded
signs and paper plaoards, settii g forth the varioty
and virtues of their medicines, some of whioh are
described as brought from Europe. The partition
whioh separates the shops from the dwelling is
some times dosed but more usually open ; and a
customer has, generally speaking, as much to do
with the mißtress as the master ot the establish
ment. When he enters, bis straw sandals are al
ways left on the ground as he steps on the mats
and squats down to look at the goods, whioh arc
then spread ont on tho floor. A foreigner has
need of some thoughtfulness in tbiß particular, as
it is an annoyance to a Japanese to have his mats
soiled by dirty feet, or broken through by coarse
shoes.
“The rear of the bnilding is appropriated to tbo
family; here tho domestic operations are all oarried
on ; here the family lake their meals in tbo day ;
hero, on tho same mats, do they bleep at night;
receiving visitors and dressing tho ohiidren is also
done here, and sometimes th i cookiog too. Usual
ly this latter household task is performed in tho
poroh in the rear, or in an oathoußO, so that tho
inmates are not so much annoyed with smoko ub
tuey are in Hokodadi. No arrangements for
waruiiDg the dwelling aro to be fonud, except that
of hanefbraziers placed in tho middle of the room
with lighted charcoal, around which the family
gather. In most of the houses thoro is a garret,
reached by a ladder—a dark and small apartment,
whore some goods oan be stored or servai-ts oau be
lodged. There is not a house in town whose in
mates have arranged this attic with window* and
stairways to make It a pleasant room; a few such
were, however, seen near the qppital, at Kanagawa,
and in ita vioinity.
“The roofs of alt the best buildings aro hipped,
and oovered with bluish tiling, eaoh heiDg about
8 inches square, Bhaped somewhat like a wedge;
the thick side is bo made, that when laid on tho
raftere, it laps aide ways over the thin edge of tho
adjoining tile in the next row, and thna forms gut
ters somewhat like the Chinese roofs. They are
washed in alternate rowu of white and blue, which,
with the checkered walls, imparts a lively aspect
and contrasts pleasantly with the more dingy,
thatched roofs. The thatched roofs are made of a
speoies of Arundo, grown and prepared for this
purpose, and answering admirabfy as a cheap and
light covering to the wooden tenements oooupied
by most of tbo people. It is matted into a compact
mass 18 inohes thiok, as it is laid on, and then the
surface and the sides are neatly Bhearod. The
ridge pole is protected by laying the thatoh over a
row of hoops that inolose it enough to overlap tho
edges on both slopes, and prevent the rain findiDg
entrance. One o-nnot feel surprise at the ravages
fires make in the Japanese towns, where the least
wind must blow the flame upou snoh straw cover
ings, whioh, like a tinder box, would ignite at the
first spark. Wires are stretched along the ridges
of sorr-e of the tiled roofs in Simoda to prevont
birds from resting on the honses.
“In the rear yards attached to a large number of
tbe dwellings, are outhouses, and sometimes, as in
tbe lodging-honses, additional sleeping rooms.—
Kitchen gardens are not unfrequently seen, and
more rarely fanoy fish ponds, dwarfed trees and
even stone carvings. A family shrine made like a
miniature house, containing images of penates and
lares, ia met with in most of the yards. Only a
few of them are adorned with largo trees, and still
fewer of them exhibit marks of care or taste, pre
senting in this respect an observable contrast to
the neatness of the bouses. High hedges or atone
walls separate these yards when they are contigu
ous, but the depth of the lots is usually sufficient
to allow room for both the opposite dwellings the
luxury of a garden.
There is not much variety in the strnetnre of
various buildings in Simoda, and their general ap
pearance denote little enterprise or wealth. Tho
p*per windows and doom, not a few of them dirty
and oovered with writing, or torn by children to
take a peep inside, imparto a monotonous aßpeot
to tho streets. Dyers, carpentors, blacksmiths
aud stone-cutters, and somo other shops, have
latticod fronts, to admit more light, whioh are
elevated above tbo observation of persons passing
by. In front of those dwellings occupied by offi
cials, a white cotton curtain three loot wi e, is
stretched along the whole length of tho poroh,
having the ooat of arms of theocoupant painted Oh
it in black, tbe names of the principal lodgers are
also stack on tha door posts. Signs are mostly
written on the doors; aa the windows are drawn
saide during the day, but only a portion of the
shops have any; lodging houses, barbers' shops,
restaurants or tea houses, apothecaries, snd a few
others, are alt -ost always indiosted by signs. One
dealer in crockery and lacquered ware, has the
sign of a celebrated medicine placed on a high
pole, and the more to attract attention, has written
tho name in foreign letters. Ab ,n China placards
for medicines were the most conspicnons of all,
but none ere pasted upon blank walls, all are sus
pended In tbe shops. However, no dwelling or
shop is lsft nnprotected from tho ill-usage of
malignant spirits, every ono having s written or
printed eharm or pioture (sometimes s Foote or
more) over the door to defend the inmates from evil.
Steam Enoine without a Boiler.— By invitation
of Mr. William O’Brien on Friday last, in compa
ny with several others, we witnessed the opera
tion ot “a steam engine without a boiler,” in tbe
yard of a blacksmith shop in Twelfth Btroet below
Locust. This engine is said to be of five horse
power, is very simple in oonstruolion and mode
of operation, snd occupies but little room. The
furnace is about the size of an ordinary cooking
stove, and in the midst of the fire aretwo css- iron
Steam generating cylinders, about five or six inch
es in diameter, lying horizontal'y and arranged
longitudinally, and at tbe rear end taming up at
au angle of ninety degrees into what may bo term
ed the chimney; thenoa extending upwards to
about tbe height the flames are supposed to rise
from the fire. These cylinders, being entirely sur
rounded by and within the fire, aru kept constant
ly red hot. Near the front end of tnese cylin
tiers, from a water-tank above, a given quantity
of water is ejected into each altemu cly by means
of peculiarly oontrived valves, worked by the en
gine.
The water in certain definite quantities, being
thus thrown into the red-hot cylinders, is instant
ly converted into ita appropriated quantity and
bulk of steam (or decomposed into ita original
gases) at a high temperature, and is simultaneous
ly therewith worko i off through the upright part
or end of tha cylinders in the chimney, to which
the two working cylinders of the engine, which are
of smaller size aud situated in tho rear, are con
nected. What is here stated, with the piston,
connecting-rods, cranks, and shaft, comprise the
entire apparalns. Owing to its simpiioity of con
struction, of operation, tbe little room it occupies,
the small amount of metal used, it must be much
less expensive in first cost than the ordinary steam
engine with its cumbrous water-boilers, Ao. How
sate might be its operation on s large scale, or even
on a small scale without much care, is more than
we can tell. Mr, O’Brien seems to have worked
this one with perfeot safety. One thing, however,
is quite certain, and that is that, in case of explo
sions or accident, tho terribly disastrous conse
quences attending an explosion of the ordinary
large stoamboilers coaid hardly result from snch
an accident to this. If it shall prove to be a good
invention, in economy of first and working cost
and in Bafety, we should be glad to see it, as it
must be, Buooessful. —Philadelphia Ledger.
Metxobolo«t. —For tho month of January, 1855,
Sparta, Georgia. Lat. 88 deg. 17 min. 80 sec. N.
Long. 6 deg. 8 min. W. Height above the sea 550
feet.
Highest point of Barometer, 6th, 9 p. m... ..29.98
Lowest “ “ 28tb, 2p. 28.94
Eangeof “ for tbe month... 1.04
Highest point of Thermometer, 7th, 2 p. m.. 74
Lowest “ “ 27th and 80th sunrise 20
Range of Thermometer 64
Monthly mean 47. 8
Warmest day, 7th, mean 68.6.
Coldest day, 22d, “ 27.6,
PREVALENCE OE WWD6.
N.W 21 J
8. W 20 •
N.E 18 J
S. E 11 *
On Sunday, 21st, the wind rose very h‘gb- °j
locity about *5 miles per hoar. with l°'“ a
rn^r^orom.Cfn^ S -£^«t,the
far (!. e cu7y 6t w h^he b rp— .gsinst clear sky as
468 to 847. . , t j, e month, 1.02 inohes,
Whole amount o ? most remarkably
< 7
Jhffrstloar months October, November, Deosm
£r7nd “inaery, tne rein is only 4.20 inches
«irst2B SO for tbo lest year the seme months snd
IB for year before last. The larmors may look
out for floods of rain the ensuing spring to supply
ihe deficiency. Speed the plow w nle you can in
the low places,
Wbaat and winter grasses ore thrown back by
tbs recent freezes, bnt not materially injured. Oats
have enfl'ered much more, but may come ont from
lack of moisture in the ground. The rain and
warmth now begins to develops, “Nature's green
carpet, ’neath her azure skies,”— SandertviUe Geor
gia*.
From thi Hew Orleane Picayune,
California New•—Arrival cf the Prometheus.
By this arrival wa have Sati Francisco papers op
to the 24th of January, 15 days later than wo re
ceived Ly the Daniel Webster. The newsisinter
oeling. The Herald says:
The astounding progress of this State is shown
by a table published in the repert of the Comp
troller. showing the total receipt* daring the first,
second, third, fourth and fifth fiscal yeurs. From
this table it appears that the total receipts for the
fiscal year ending June 80th, 1850, wore $8,1*6.27;
for the fiscal year ending Jane 80, 1851, $63«»,796.
05; for the fiscal year ouding June 30, 1668, $886,-
858.07; for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1868,
$454,985.85; and for the fiscal year ending on 80th
J une, 1854, $1,022,647.82. Total amount of money
realized by taxation during the five years existence
of the State, $2,178,410.56.
From these figures, it appears that the taxable
property of the State has more than doubled dur
ing the last fiscal year; and that the taxes oolloou
ed during the same period, equaled in amount the
sam total of the taxes collected Bince the admission
of the State into the Union. The inference from
these facta is, that wo were morothen twice os rich
on the 80th of June last than daring the year pre
ceding. California has suffered more than any
State in the Union from a reckless expenditure of
tho public money.
The San Francisco Prices Currrnt, of the 28d, in
its weekly review of the market, remarks :
The dullness in tho market notod in our last re*
view has beon only more fully oonflrmod. and in
tho coutbo of our oxporienoo during the last threo
years, we can hardly call to mind a ainglo week in
which so little has been done in any department of
trade as during tho one which baa just drawn to a
olo»e. The demand from the interior has been
almost nothing, and the complaint of tho absolute*
stagnation in business prevails not only here but
throughout the entire State.
The fuct is that there is no money to be bad.
The miners are idle for want of water, the last
rains having proved of but little benefit; and un
til the dust begins to bo taken out in largo quail
titiea, we may expect no stir ot any kind in undo,
Tho»tarifev uiousiitMi. \afuuortmscs ~uo»
tiCtpt oa a credit, and undo, circumstances
prefer holding their goode. ‘flu city merchants
meet with no demand and (frequently cannot
sell. Everything is dull to a degree, and the ten
dency in speculation, which was beginning to
manifest itself in some articles, is rapidly dying out.
In a short time business will revive, and the ex
perience gained in periods ol depressions such as
tho present will bo turned to account. Meanwhile
we have to await the chances of tho season.
Tho Sun Ersucisoo Horald has anarlietu urging
the importance of negotiating anoxtrad.tion treaty
with Mexico. The .uexioan States bordering on
Texas, New Moxico and California are filled with
refugees from justice, and n like manner Moxican
criminals escape into onr territory and are free
from arrost. The Herald says:
The necessity of a treaty is exemplified by the
recent order of Melendrez, Military Commandant
of Lowor California, by whioh ho proclaims his
determination that tho soil of that State ahull no
longer furnish refuge for criminal, from California.
In this order he, of course, assumes a power for
whioh there is no warrant in any law of Mexico, at
tho same time that public opinion will, doubtless,
sustain a measure prompted by abaoluto necessity.
Lower California and Sonora are at present flood
ed with outlaws from this State. Tho sanctuary
aiforded both countries to such characters would
bo broken up by a treaty ot extradition.
Tho attomiou of the State and national anlhori
tios is called to the miserable condition of the In
dians on the northern frontier of California. The
San Francisco Herald says:
From the proceedings oi a meeting of oitlaena
held in Shesta county, it would uppoar there are
thousands of those poor creatures who aresotnelly
in a starving condition, in const quonoe ottho fail
ure of tbßir usual resorts for a livelihood. To ex
peot thoy will not, under such oiroumslanoea,oom
mit depredations upon tho whilOß, is to ignore all
tbal is known ot their charaoter.
It Appears that comparatively very few Indians
have as yet been removed to tho reservations set
apart for thir use.
A bill has been introduced in the Legislature to
prohibit lotteries, art-unions, and all chance games
and speculations. It is very stringent in its pro
visions.
Another bill has been introduced, proposing
certain amendments to thooonstitution ol iho State.
Among tho most important is a ohauge from an
nual to biennia) sessions of the Legislature, with
power vested in tho Governor to cad that body to
gether in the interim, should necessity require.
On the Calaveras river tlioro exists great enmity
between the Chinese and Mexicans.. Tho formor
are constantly robbed by tho latter.
John Tabor, the man who shot Joseph Mansfield,
of the Ban Joaquino Republican, in June last, has
boon tried and oonvicted at Stockton, and sen
tenced to be hung on tho lflth oi Mareh.
Tho Alta California now-paper ostabliehmont
was sold at auotion on the 28d. The former pro
prietors have retired, and it is aunounood that
heuooforih tho paper will bo under the control of
practioal and experienced newspaper men.
The corner slono of the new custom-house in
San Franoisoo was laid on the 20lh, with appro
priate oeremonies, in the presence of a large aa
sembtaoe of citizens.
The oomtrnotion of the fortifications at Fort
Point, the entrance to San Francisco harbor, la
being actively proceeded with. A heavy force of
workmen are engaged on the works. The light
house, for the Point light, ia on the eve of comple
tion.
The minors in Shaator county held a meeting
and passed resolutions expelling Chinam3ti from
that county.
Thoro is a report from the South that a ooal mine
had been discovered near Santa Barbara.
A man named Brown, convicted of the murder
of a man named Clifford, has been taken out of jail
at Los Angelos, and hung by the populuce. It ap
pears that Brown had been reprieved by the Gov
ernor, and banoe the osoitoment and lynching.
A portion of the French inhabitants of San Fran
cisco arc organizing a company with a viotv of
colonizing the inland of New Caledonia.
Five Amoriouns had been killed by Indians at
Orloans Bar, near Humboldt Bar, and in conse
quence, much trouble was feared. It uppearn that
in this inatanoe a party of whites were to blame
they having burned the ranches of some Indians,’
without any provocation.
A man named Edward Crane Griffiths, who
murdered Mr. Heslep, the Treasurer of Tuoluiuue
rJI , tho P < '°P ,e at Sonora, on the
20th. Griffiths was about thirty years of age a
native of Liverpool, England, and went to dill
forma from Austnlia. He oonLsaed the murder
which ho committed for the purpose of robberv’
Speaking of the projeot for the establishment of
a wagon routei across the plains, the Sat Francisco
Herald remarks:
Thoro never was probably a project Btarted which
has met with more universal approbation. Throe
months have sosrcely elapsed since the idea was
first broaohed, and at the present time, committees
appointed by the people in tho principal cities of
the Slate, in San Francisoo, Sacramento, Marys
ville, and Stockton, are working together for ita
accomplishment.
An association has been formed in San Franciaoo
for tho encouragement of emigration from the
AtlantioStates to California.
The steamship Sonora, which left San Eranolaco
on the Util for Pauuma, had on board $1,48u jro
in gold.
later from Oregon.
The San Francisco papers furnish news from
Oregon to the 10th of January.
The Territorial Log.slature have passed a law
requiring tho people heroafter to vote viva voct
instead of by ballot. *
Gen. Lane hue written a letter declaring bimtf’f
a candidate ior re-election as Delegate to CougroJs.
A bill to prevent the manufacture of all intoxica
ting liquors, and to prevent ita sale in quantities
lees than one quart, has been introduced into tho
Legislature. There is a strong feeling in favor of
the Maino Law in iho territory.
The wintei was not sevoro ill Oregon. There
had been eopione showers of rain, and, at lost ac
counts from Portland, tho ground wa» coverod
with snow to the depth of fonr or five inches.
A firo oocurrod in Portland on the night of Deo.
IS, which destroyed entirely th > two large steam
saw mills, togethor with the sash faotory, planing
mills, blaoksmith shops, a large quantity of lum
ber, Ac., known ao the property of tiio “Porllucd
Milling Company." The loss is estimated at
*56,000.
Business was reported as Improving throughout,
the territory.
Later from Washington Territory,
We find in tho San Francisco papers reoeived
yesterday, news from O ympia, on Paget Sound, to
the id of January.
A letter from Sohlalam, W. T. gives an account
of the organization of a filibustering expedition
against Vancouver's Island. Tho writer says:
The most interesting news I can give you is that
a filibustering expedition against Vancouver’s Is
land is on foot in this section, and Dame Burner
says that the Russian Oover..msnl has agents
among ns aotually engaged in getting np a party
for that rmrposo. Their movements are character
ized with the utmost degree of oaulion and soorasy
yet enough has leaked out to warrant th- belief
that the party has already considerable strength,
and is gaining ground rapidly. Our people bear
the English nabobs of Vancouver's Maud no good
will, and nothing would give them m ro pleasure
than to oust them from poi sessions which of right
belong to ns, and which will be a souroe of trouble,
annoyance and danger to us, aa long as hold by
Briliab authorities. If it is to come, let it corns.
I’m in for one. It is also said that certain partied
from Oregon are taking an active part la tiro move
ment.
The opening and working of the ooal veins on
the Dawamsh Bay was about to be eommenoed in
good earnest.
The farmers, after gathering a bountiful har
vest, were busily engaged putting in a much larger
crop than heretofore. A letter writer says there ia
a degree of activity and enterprise among the peo
ple of Washington Territory, riot found in any part
of Oregon. Considerable rain had fa len through
out the Territory. No other news.
Later from the Sandwich Islnndv.
Theban Francis :m papers nave ness from the
Sandwich Islands to December 26—six days Jatar
than we already had.
The funeral of the late King had been postponed
until tbe 6th of January. It is said the Govern
ment had determined to expend $25,000 in prepar
ing for the solemnities for the occasion.
The new King had requested the Ministers to
continue in office until he waa prepared to make
such new arrangements as he might doom proper.
The utmost peaeo and good order have prevail
ed at Honolulu and throughout the Inland cl Dana
since the death of Kamehameha-
Later from Central Aineiloa,
' Kv tho arrival of tho steamship Prometheus,
By the amvai o UQ the <j m
be have Ltor lnSuW rom Antral America.
Grevmwn is said to bo elowiy itmog again.
The brig of war Daring and mad steamship Dee
were the only vessels in port whan theFromotiv.ua
Kinney’s party were expected soon.
Affaire in the interior were nearly in ttatu quo.
Tho Government party, nndor Chamoiro, were
■till besieged in tho Tisza of Grenada, by about an
eouel number of the revolutionists, under Caetiilon.
It is reported that Caetiilon will soon bo reinforced
with 500 mon from Honduras, under Gen. Memo*,
the chieftain who aome few years sinoe signally
defeated, captured, and executed the notorious
robber cnief, Eamoza, who for a long time had
spread terror throught the Bute of Nioaragua
For that service, tho State ordered valuable med
als, with suitable inscriptions, to be presented to
Munoz and his officers. It is oxpoctod that the
aooeesion of Muucz and his adherents to the Caa
tillon party, will givetbe doath blow to Chamorro's
ascenaoncy in Nicaragua.
The U-8. Minister, Mr. Wheeler, and Conanl
Fabens had just returned to Greytown, from a
visit to the interior. They represent affaire aa
being in a very confused state.
Leap Mime in Tennkssse. — We are informed
that in tbe vicinity of Kiceville, Tenn., tbeie is a
very rich load mine in process of working, where
they are finding lead in great abundance. It ia
thought by tha beat mineralogists that it contains
25 per cent ot silver. 'Ye learn that the n lno be
longs, principally, to gentlemen living inCaaa 00.,
Georgia. We hope that they may find both lead,
and silver in great abundanoe, and we have bo
doubt but what they will from what wa have learn
ed ot the proepeotL— Daiion Tmtt,