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DAILY CHRONICLE & SENTINEL, BY WILLIAM 8. JONES, Bill!, TBI-WEERLY ASD WEEKLY. CASH SYSTEM.— In no case will an order far the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with mosey, and in every in stance when the time far w._ the subscription may be paid, expire* of fund, to renew the same, thepaper win be d«con tinued. __ ’ T£RMS: DAILr PAPER, to City Subscribers, per annum, in advance *2 AA DAILY PAPER, mailed to the country » w TUI-'VEEKLY PAPER,maiietl to the country... 400 WEEKLY, (a mammoth sheet) “ ... >OO THE BROKEN HOUSEHOLD. BY ALICE C VRKY. Vainly, vainly memory seeks Round our father’s knee, Laughing eyes and rosy cheeks Where they used to be ; Os the circle once so wide, Three are wanderers, three have died. Golden haired and dewey eyed, Prattlirg all the day, Was the baby first that died; Oh, ’twas hard to lay Dimpled hand and cheek of snow In the grave so dark and low. Smiling back on all who smiled, Ne’er by sorrow thralled, Half a woman, half a child, ' Was the next one called ; Then a grave more deep and wide Made they by the baby’s side. . When or where the other died Only heaven can tell, ‘S Treading manhood’s path of priie Was he when ho fell; Kaply tbiitles, blue and red, Bloom about his lonely bed. I am for the-living three Only left to pjay; Two are on the stormy sea; Further still than they, Wanders one, his young heart dim— Oftenest, most I pray for him. What-oe’er they do os dare, Whereso’er they roam; nave thrin, Father, in thy care, Guide them safety home; Home,oh, Father ! in the sky Where, none wander and none die. -* Fraud. In Gambling. The Baltimore Sun gives the following abstract of a recent lecture ami expose ol the immense frauds in all systems of gambling, by Mr. Green, a reformed member of that fraternity: “ Mr. Green next remarked that the public gen erally had no adequate conceptions of the degree of skill which was attainable by persons who made gambling their business, and that if he could only succeed in fully acquainting the public mind upon this subject, he- had that any individual, well informed in the matter, would lie so simple minded as ever to attempt an encounter with a professed gambler. Tins great degree of skill on the part of professed gamblers, was the result of some amount of science, strong powers of memory, acquired by cultivation, an astonishing slight of .hand, obtained by constant practice,-all aided by the marked cards in general use, by which they wereread as easily as if played with the face up wards. To convince gentlemen of the nttcr folly of at tempting to play cards with p.ofessed gamblers, however amusing might ho their private games with each other, he would show them how com pletely lie could control the curds of the entire pack. The game of whist was called for; the cards shuttled by those around him, when he immedi ately dealt himself and partner nil the important cards in the pack. Ho then explained t:> them that, knowing every card by the back, lie could deal the second, third, or even the fourth card from the top, as well as the first, and this he did again with a rapidity that defined the elocest scrutiny to detect it, *and with as much apparent ease as if he was dealing from the top of the pack. *• High, low jack and the giyno” wqs next called for, and the cards thoroughly shuffled. ll<> imme diately dolt .himself the ace, deuce and the ten of clubs and turned the jack, and gave his opponent the king, qneen and tfaw, beneath a seoro of watch ful eyes around the tabic, none of which could de tect the cheat or account for the result, until ex plained by Mr. G. y “ Kucre” was next called for, the cards shuffled; &c. Mr. G reen dealt himself the ace, king, j:\ck of clubs, jack of spades, and ten of hearts, and turned the queen of clubs for trumps; discarding tho ten, he insured himself all the tricks. This lie accomplished by making several changes in the relative position oftho cards, which is done, and could only be done, l»y thorough-bred gamblers. \ “ Bragg’’Was next introduced—the cards shuf fled an t eiifef a partner selected, to wh<>:n Mr. Green said he would give a largo-hau I. Ho dealt, him “two bullets and dagger,” and the third man the same hand in size—thus allowing that tho gambler could, in his knowledge of cards, by marks, deal just such cards as ho chose to deal. “Blurt - ” was next called for,* and Mr. Green showed that iic couid deal the cards from the top, bottom or mi Idle oftlie pack, with so much dex terity as defined detection. The “ Faro bar.k ” was next called for. This. Mr. G. said, might be considered the national game, and was supposed by the public to be the’ most equal and fair game played with cards. But his exposition of the many modes of cheating by marked cards, false shuffling, bending the cards as they were about to be placed in the box, stocking them when gamblers “snow” the cards, (a pecu liar shuffle,)—the “gaff” ns played on the finger to push out two, (which cheat, he said, is played a great deal by Baltimore gamblers, (“ strippers ” or cut cards could be shuffled and put up to lose, all was startling information to ail present, some of whom candidly confessed that they had lost their thousands at this game, but declared they would never play again, and would advocate the passage of a law to punish those who had been instrumen tal in robbing them, and to prohibit to Continu ance oi gambling houses. A great variety of tricks with cards was next presented, showing the extraordinary slight of hand and powers of memory that could* be attained by those who make gambling their study, and ex hibiting the utter folly of the attempt to play cards with.gamblers, who can rob their victims at their will, to any extent. Mr. Green’s au iicnco left the room much wiser than when they entered; Kat-Catghi.no in London.—At the Guild hall, James Gardiner and John Hawkins were placed at the bar, before Sir C. Marshall, charged with being found unlawfully in the cikv sewers. Police constable 137 said ho saw tho prisoners coming up through one of the sewer gratings in Throgmor ton street; and, having questioned them, as 1A their object in going into the sewers, he took tlicuL into custody, when he found upon them eighteen live rats and a key with which they opened tho gratings, Sir C. Marshall inquired how the pris oners got their living, when Gardiner, who under took tho otliee of spokesman, said he was master Tat-cateher, and that Jack was his assistant. lie had been at that kmd of work, catching rats for parties who supplied the sporting gentlemen at the west end, for a good many years, but Jack had only been nine months in tho profession ; they were, nevertheless, very expert in their hunting expeditions under ground, frequently succeeding in capturing as many as from fifty to sixty in an hour. When they got into the sewers they kept on running and catching the rats as they ran up tho walls, and put them into a bag all alive, and after war. Is sold them at 2s. per dozen to the regu lar dealers,. whovretaileJ them at Os. per dozen. They never tho walls, and when they met the commissioners' men in their ratting excur sions, they were never interferred with by them. On the present occasion, they entered the hewers at tho Custom House, and made their way all round Whitechapel and buck to Cornhill, when the officer met them coming out. In fact, they knew their way all through Loudon under ground. Sir 0. Marshall 1, as the Commissioners! ofSew ers or their men did not complain of or interfere with the prisoners in their extraordinary occupa tion, he should not do so, and therefore discharged them. Marshal Tvky.—Some writer, in one of the 1 American periodicals, undertook, several years ago, to establish identity between this renowned warrior and Captaifi liudolph, of Lee's Legisn, in the revolutionary war. Wo illwavs regarded the essay as made somewhat in the spirit which pro duced Whateicy’s famous historic doubts relative to the existence of Napoleon Bonaparte—as de signed, namely, to show how easy it was to cast a doubt upon the reality of any, tho best ascertain ed, points ot history. In that light it was a very ingenious and interesting performance. We never supposed the author intended it to - be taken seri ously, for there were too many people living at ■ the time, who know Marshal Ney, and had known him fromjus childhood, in Strasbnrg, where he was born. His father died not more Ilian ten or twelve years ago, m Paris, we believe. Wo ob serve that some persou has revived the story in Borne of our exchanges, and treated ibseriously. Captain Rudolph pemrun d the greater part of his exploits, as recorded by Lee, in the year W We presume h 6 was not less than, thirteen years old, as he would hardly have risen to the rank of captain, in suoh a distinguished corps, at a lesser I age. Now, in 1781, Ney was but twelve years old havin ' been born in the same yenr that gave birth ! to Napoleon and Wellington,'(l7o9.) Nothin* is i better known than that Ney w:m » private in "the commencement of the revolution, and that ho fought his way up. It would hardly be supposed that a man who had been a captain in Lee’s Le gion in 1781, would have been found a private in the French army iu 1790. Richmond Dispatch. Telegraph to Athens. — We take great pleasure in stating that tho subscription to tliis undertak ing, amounts now to the sum of fB,OOO, and that the work is expeted to bo completed in the course of the three months. Wo learn that a few more shares will probable be taken at this place the more fpfeetuaily to insure its completion.— Burner, qf the Jfaitmc** American. TIIIRTY-#LCO\D t;ONf««JE*»-aeM»4 fteaatoß. t J IN SENATE, Fob, 15. The Chair laid befbro the Senate a report ot tho Secretary of the Interior, on the subject oftho Mexican boundary. Mr. Badger said he saw in the newspapers that, in the Criminal Court of this District, the U. S. Attorney liatl asked the Court to fix a day for the trial of the Gardiner case, and that the Court bad , expressed its willingness to fix tlio day, but ad monished counsel that, should the trial bo com menced and not concluded before tlio commence ment of the next term of the Court in March, the jury would have to be discharged and the pro cecitings set aside. To prevent tho occurence of such difficulties, and the delay and failure of justice, the indiciary committee had directed him to report a bill pro viding thut in the trial of coses before tho courts of tho District of Columbia, should one not be completed before the commencement of a now term of the court, tho said trial shall continue and proceed to final judgment in the same manner as if tho term in which it commenced had not ex pired. The bill was thou passed. Mr. Phelps presented tho joint resolutions of tho Legislature of Vermont, in favor of the bill providing for the distribution of the public lands among the States; in favor of arbitration ns a sub stitute for war, and in opposition to the reciprocity trade with Canada. Mr, Mallory submitted a resolution calling for copies of the applications made by Great Britain since 1835, for fishing privileges on the Coast of Florida. Adopted. The Senate resumed the consideration of the deficiency bill. The question penning was on the amendment of Mr. Gwinu, appropriating threo hundred thousand dollars to bo paid to California, out of the civil fund colloctcd there previous to her admission as a State. After further debuto the, amendment was agreed to —yeas 21, nays 20. Mr. Chase moved au amendment appropriating thirty thousand dollars to enable tho President to purchase Ilhfiim Power’s statuo of America. After some debatokm a point 1 of order the amendment was withdrawn, to be ottered to the general appro priation bill. Mr. Borland moved to add to the appropriation for the extension of the e ipitol a proviso that hereaf ter all moneys expended on this work shall bo dis bursed by tlio commissioner of public buildings. He said it was necessary, from what hud taken place, thut there should he sorao safeguard placed over tho disbursement of the public moneys. He was a member Os the select committee on this sub ject, before which there was a mass of testimony showing that there had been a total disregard of the public interest, and a fraudulent misuse oftho public money to an extent unheard of before in this country. When the first appropriation fur this work was before the Senate, ho called attention to what he I considered was fraud in the matter, and yet ho had j been denounced for it by the special organ of tho administration. There was ample evidence > befbrolhecommitt.ee ofl rge embezzlements. Tho | evidence of the commissioner of public buildings j had shown that tlio architect when informed oftho | frauds of the superintendent refused to notice ! them. Large sums had bees embezzled during the year. I Subsequently he said that it was shown that the j architect had made contracts for pieces of marble J containing over thirty cubic feet at $ 1.93 per cu | bio foot, and at 05 cents per cubic foot for pieces containing less than thirty cubic feet. The result was that largo pieces wero brought here at great expense, and alter they got hero they were broken up into small pieces to bo used. In this way sixty- I five thousand dollars had bees lost. Mr. Rrcokc protested against this divulging ex par ) evidence before tho committee. Mr. Cooper defended the character of Mr. Wal ter, the architect. . Tho amendment was agreed to. Also an item for $20,000 for the Library of Con i gross. j Mr. Borland moved to amend the bill by i striking out the appropriation of $400,000 for con j tinning the work on the Capitol, which was rejcct | ed—yeas 23, nays 24. j Mr. Walker moved to strike out the provision to i make tho salary of the superintending clerk oftlie census, (Mr. Kennedy) 000 per annum. Mr. Davis said in the debate, that this census would cost more than all the previous censuses to gether. That 25 good clerks could have accom plished the work in loss time than the lfiO which have been employed, will finish it. lle'consiUered the whole history oftho census made it manifest that the present superintending clerk was utterly incompetent to the duty assigned him. He de ! nouncedthe ext ravagaut expenses incurred by tho I census bureau. Mr. Walker said that the 100 clerks had been | mainly occupied in writing a history, which if ; Congress diet not publish would be published by ! the Superintending clerk of tlio census, on his i private account. j 'ihe bill \#as postponed till to-morrow. ! The Pacific Railroad bill was fixed for 10-nior row. The resolutions on tho subject of the Tehuante pec grant were taken up. Mr. H de addressed the Senate in opposition to the resolutions, and Mr. Brooke commenced a re i ply. The Semite then adjourned. HOUSE. The bill authorizing an issue of small silver coins was again taken up. Mr. Shelton, of New Jersey, concluded his re • marks in favor of the bill, aud demanded the pre vious questian. A motion being pending to lay the bill upon the table, the yeas and nays were taken, and the mo tion was negatived—yeas 54, nays 109. A motion to lay the hill on the table was again | negatived—yeas 05, nays 111. I Thq bill was then pussed as it came from the j Senate, the amendments of the committee having I been negatived; among which was one making silver change to the amount of five dollars a legal tender, only in payment of sums clue the govern - ment. A bill was passed which came from the Senate, extending the present sitting of the Criminal Court in the District of Columbia, on account of a trial which is at present pending. The bill to prevent frauds upon the treasury of tlio United States, with one or two amendments, was then passed. Ti e Honst: went into Committee of the Whole on the state of tho Union, and took up the post office bill, which was ordered to bo reported upon favorably. Tho civil and diplomatic bill then came up, and Mr. Venable, of North Carolina, spoke at much length with reference to the neglect of public business, which lie attributed to tho numerous and conflicting rules of the House and the means adopted by tlio majority to carry measures by which they wore suspended. After he had concluded, Mr. Cobb, of Ala., rose to make a personal explanation, allusion having been made to him by Mr. Venable; but that gen tleman assuring him that ho meant nothing offen sive, Mr. O. resumed his scat. Mr. Stephens, of Ga., said it was not the rules of the House which were to be blamed, but tho mem bers who were sent there to legislate. The rules, hs said, wero thoso which had been in existence ! since 1789. Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, entered into a detail of the modes by which business is protracted, when some sharp firing took place between Mr. John son, of Tenn., and himself. lie considered that it" the rules were administered in their letter aud spirit, the evils would not exist that had been complained of; and was in favor of the abolish ing the one hour rule, when a member, who un derstood the subject under discussion, could c.m* plain it fully, and a vote could bo taken. While ho was speaking, several members rose to make explanations relathe to proceedings in which they had taken part. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, said he had frequently seen time unnecessarily consumed, but never more so than at present; and therefore should move that tho committee rise, in order that tho House might pass a resolution concluding debate. Mr. Newton, of Ohio, However, had tho floor, who made a speech on the homestead hill. The committee then rose, and the House ad journed. Cuba.—Mr. buffer, of the New York Mirror in a letter from Cuba, states some iutorcsting facts. He gives the population of the island at about one million, one half being slaves. There are also about one hundred and twenty thousand free blacks. lie says :—“ The number of slaves in tho Aifonso family, including all their estates, is about five thousand. They are well fed and humanely treated. The lash, though always present, is seldom used; and then the most cruel and vin dictive whipper is the colored * mayoral,’ not the white overseer. The Planters themselves have little or nothing to do with their negroes. Some of them allow their slaves to come to them per sonally, with tbcirVants, wishes, and grievances; and these humane gentlemen find that nothing is lost in fulflllirgtho universal law of kindness. "As far as 1 have seen, the proprietors are anxious to promote tho comfort, health, and happiness, of their slaves. No doubt there arc exceptions to the general rule ; but they are much rarer than cer tain persons would have us believe. The great and increasing scarcity of slaves in Cuba, renders it a matter of self intintt with tho planters, to keep them, not only in good working, but a healthy condition. To this end they must be well fed and not over tasked, particularly the lemalcs. A negro boy, four or five years old, is valued at three hundred and fifty dollars, and is decidedly worth raising. A few years since the Cubans obtained permission from Government to import Cnmcse laborers; and there are probabiv *F ht thousand on the Island, if tiff « r d th ® n J? s,ve » to work eight years, at tlie ra.e of four dollars and a half a month At the expiration of the time they are permitted to return or remain in Cuba. The demand for labor is increasing so radidly in the Island, that orders for vertr large importations have sent to China the present year. The Cabans would pre fer to bring over laborers from Spain: but the Government will not permit.” <%intrde # Sentinel AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING FEB’RY 19, 1953. ■ Z&~ See First end foarili Pigci. Hc-unlon of the Democracy. At a recent meeting of the two wings of the Demoeraey, held in Koine, Floyd County, a series of resolutions were passed os the basis oi a re union and organization of tlio Democratic party of this State. These resolutions contemplate and proprose an organization upon the basis of the Baltimore platform, adopted by the National Con vention lust year, leaving the Constituent mem bers, to occupy independent positions on the question of Secession. Tlio proceedings have been generally very favorably received by tlio press of the party in the State, and the prospect for a re union seems auspicious. The C issvillo StanJai'<t nnd the Athens Banner, we believe form the only exceptions. The former wo believe bus us yet expressed no opinion, while the Banner, in the following paragraph declines as yet to give in its adhesion: The Floyd County Meeting. —As a part of the political history of the times, wo publish the proceedings of a Democratic re union meeting held at Rome, Floyd County, Ga., on tho Ist inst. This meeting was premature to say the least of it. The Cabinet of Gen. l’ierco has not yet been made known, and although we believe that it must necessarily bo composed of men of National or Union principles, in contradistinction to those of a sectional character, we are not willing to commit ourselves, in advance, to the support of whatever Cabinet administration may be announced. Our fulvioo is to “ watch and wait”—not t > move one inch until wo shall see the materials of which the now Cabinet shall be composed. New Rooks. English Itkems; or Microscopic Views of England and Englishmen. By Matt. F. Ward. D. Apple ton A Co.—pp. 851. The author sickened and disgusted with wliat lie is pleased to term the “ Miss Nancy ism ” oi Ame rican tourists in extoling everything English most extravagantly, has the “temerity” not to acknow ledge her superiority in every thing, and with the boldness ofafree and independent thinker, lie enunciates ids impressions of England and Eng lishmen, in a tone not at all calculated to inflate their vanity.in many respects. Tho book will be read with interest. It may be had of Geo. A. Oates & Co. We are also indebted to Messrs. Oates & Co. for the February number of that sterling periodical the KNicKERBocKEfi. Liko “ good wine, it needs no bush.” New York Commercial Advertiser—That able and sterling Journal, the New York Commercial Advertiser, has been again enlarged for the second time during tlio last year. It deserves its pros perity, and its friends in all parts of the countr) will rejoice thereat. The Mirror or Italy will be on exhibition this afternoon and to-night. The AVf.st Point and Atlanta Ea!Lroad. —We learn from the Montgomery, Ala., Journal that the Railroad from Atlanta to Lagrange whs completed and opened on Saturday, leaving but 17 miles— the break between LaGrangc and West Point—to bo completed. Tiiere is now but 17 miles of stag ing; with that exception, there is a continuous lino of Pailroad from this point to Augusta and Charleston. We learn that the connecting route from Opelika to the Muscogee Eailroa l at Columbus, is in active progress, and'in the course of next season will be completed, atffl thus make another continuous route to Savannah by t-ho Central Kuihoad. The Ericsson off fob Norfolk.— The Cel ric ship Ericsson sailed from New York, Tuesday. Her commander has received orders to make a short cruise, tho morethoroughly to test her en gines, the sea q 4 l ‘l‘t ies of .the ship, <fcc.,—leaving it discretionary with him whether to proceed at ouce to Norfolk or so to prolong his cruise as to reach that port a week hence, Besides the per? ; a immediately interested, Capt. Sands, U.S. Navy, is on board. On her arrival she will bo inspected by the Secretary ,of tho Navy. The Journal of Commerce states that live of the Ericsson engines are now building in that city, and that application* for about four bundled lu.vo Leon received, but as they cannot be built now, it is intended to have stereotype plates made, from which any number of copies can be takju. A volume lias just been published in I/'-ndan which attracts considerable attentioh. li is entitled “Notes and Emendations to tho Text of-el. dt spearo's Plays.” Its history is rather curious. Not long since Mr. J. Payne Collier, the editor pm chased for thirty shillings a copy of the edition of tho “second folio, 10 ;g.‘’ On examination he found it to be full of MS. notes or emendations.— These had all the appearance of having been made by a prompter or some person intimately connect ed with theatres. The greater portion of the emen dations touch the text. They vary from tho correc tion «f a comma to the insertion of whole lines.— They are counted by thousands, and show that this unknown annotator possessed great industry and a striking degree of editorial talent. Excel lent literary authority pronounces these emenda tions and corrections to be the best yet made; they confirm the happiest made by the commentators: and elucidate, by very simple alterations, passages, whoso obscurity had so far defied the most diligent researches and profound learning to make them plain. New Line or Kaii.way. — It is reported that tho Legislature of \ irgiuia lias passed a resolution, re questing tho States of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey to grant the right of way for an air lino of railroad between Norfolk and New York. Tho Boston Atlas says that tho subscriptions for the stock for the new opera house and theatre a mouut to $233,000, and that tho edifice will bo erected on the Melodian and Mason-street lot this summer, and be completed by the fall, ready for occupancy. Mr. Wm. 11. Kossiter, of Laurel Factory, McL, has claborrtcd a plan for the construction of a sub terranean railway under Broadway, New York, from the Battery to Fourteenth-street, and thence up Fourth Avenue as far as may be required.— Tho editor of the Express, who has examined the plan, says it reads very well in print, and even the theory is by no means objectionable, but the practicabilities is tho great question that has been left entirely undecided. The ship Fever has been prevailing fatally in .Incksou township, Susquehanna County and these Montrose Register avers that it baffled the skill of the medical faculty of the county, until two of them introduced a new remedy called tho negutivo elec tric fluid, which, the Register say's, has not failed in a single instance to cure, in a very short time. The faculty, however, pronounce it a humbug, be ing very positive in regard to the negative. A beggar, who was supposed to be an imposter, by pretending to be deaf and dumb, wa3 arrested by tho police, in Boston, and put into a bath, seven feet deep, when be recovered the power of speech suddenly, and cried for help very lustily. A Reverend gentleman of the Catholic Church called at the office of the Washington National In telligencer on Saturday last, and handed in thirty dollars in gold, which he stated had been, delivered by a person in the confessional to bo sent to that office. ExTRAonmNARV RaTIONALITT OF A L\nr. Wo are enabled to state as a fact, which, though appa rently incredible, may be entirely depended upon that a lady, being offered a new bonnet bv her hus band, positively declined tho present, on the ground that she did not riant it. lienee, it appears that there is not, in all eases without exception, unqualified and absolute truth in the complaint of married men that women are always wanting new bonnets. Items' Tam the Papers.—’Tia sweet, on wiute. ’# night at home, to eit by fire and tapers; bat sb, it is s wiser thing, by far to take tho papers. Won’t you take the papers? The joys of heart are little worth, unless you take tire papers! Maidens wanting lovors true, you must tako the papers.— Swains who would not idly woo, you must take the papers? Can’t you take the papers? Love’s joy’s below you never knowy unless you take the : papers. t. v A raw Jonathan who had been gazing at a gar | den in which were several uiaible statutes, ex- I claimed, “ Just si c what a waste ! Here's no I less than sixseare crows in the little ten loot patch and anyone of them would keep the crows from a live acre lot.” * Very Pretty*. —There are frien Is for the old maid, the universal aunt! Children loveher, and kittens come and lie in tho lire screen at her feet and purr. There are pleasant homes where her presence is welcome, and by and by, some poor soul she has comforted will put a flower on her grave. But for the old bachelor, heaven help him for man cares not for him. Blacksmiths, it is said f<rge and steel every day ; but we think people speak i'>wi-io:tl!y of them. “ CrrrY—is that the second bell ?” “No mussa, dat is dc second ringing ob do fuss bell. We hasn’t got juny second bell in dl*. ho tel.” Taste.— Elegant young gcnVtmen (with snalr/i pant-u\ —“Now, wliat 1 admiuh Fweddy, mo-boy is sobwiety in duress; l quite agwee with Horace Gwceley, of the Twibuno, and make it a point hevah to attwaet attention.” It is said that there arc two words and only two in our language which contain all tho vowels in their regular order. They arc abstemiously and facetiously. Going it.—A resolution is before tho Massachu setts Legislature prohibiting the use of tobacco.—• The liquor law is now in force. “ Sal,” cried a g’r! looking out of the upper story of a small grocery, and addressing another girl, who was trying to enter at the front door— •‘we've been to camp meeting and been converted ; so when you want milk on .Sunday’s you’ll have to come in the bark tray. - Tho body of the modest young lady who jumped overboard upon hearing the captain give order to haul down the sheets, has not vet been found. The move fact that children are born with their fists doubled up, is a strong proof that nature in tended that our success in this world should de pend on the courage with which we‘fight our way’ tlirough it. Mark it on your memory. Natural Gas.— The Holmes County (Ohio) Fanner ebttes that a wonderful natural curiosity has been discovered in that county, in the shape of natural gas. The discovery was made on the farm of a Mr. Purdy, some eight or ten rods south of the house, in a curious kind of earth, resem bling dark sawdust. The owner for some years has been aware of the existence of some wonder ful phenomenon. The place on which tlio' discove rv has been made l as been cultivated for a num ber of years, and it lias been observed tipit in a number of places, everything planted or sown, and all kinds of vegetation would dwindle and die and seemingly turn tip. After the late rains the water was discovered to be agitated, and to bubble ii)> in a number of places, which led Mr. Purdy and others to experiment, by collecting a bottle of ! this gas and setting it on the : when life instant a j lighted match was touched to it, tho vapor ignited | ami sent tiio bottle whizing through thelunse. The Nrw Coinage and Seigniorage Bill, which ! had previously passed tho Senate, has also passed I the House of Representatives. All the amend* i nionts which had been proposed to it. in the House finally failed, Its principal provisions, sa)s th© ! Baltimore Sup, arc tin-reform as follow*: To. re • the silver ball'dollar from 20014 grains. to i I'.'2 gnu its, ami alike reduction of the quarter do!- ; Uir, dime and half dime, the reduction being f* ; oi-lco. A charge of '• -j of 1 per cent, as' a scignior -i age, 1 ji* coinage ."it silver deposited at the mint. To the alteration off the woig' t of the silver coin. . | there seemed to be no essential opposition—but to I the seigniorage pert, a p ■ i deal of opposition i was manifested, though it is claimed that th.c seig -1 uiorage is barely sufficient to meet the expense. The bill is u very important one, making in efleet gold the standard of value, and silver sub.-ervh nt ’ to it. Tills is done without its really fixing a new relative value between g id and silver, but by ! se> king, through a reduction in the actual value iof onr silver coin, expressed »n its face, to reu- I dvr it no longer a more desirable export than gold. . Under the Operation of tin law, while the value of the .present silver coin is not loticlio<l, it is pro sumed it will si. n disappear to he re-prod need in the new coinage.of less value. The subject of a subscription of five hundred thousand dollars to the C umcllsvillo Kail Road which is to unite Pittsburgh and Baltimore by a ; very short and direct i onto, esmo up in the Coun cils of lV.t-burg on the 10th inst., and was refer red to a Committee who were to have reported, on Monday last.- All tho -leading merchants of the. city signed a memorial in f; vor of the appropria tion,- which will no doubt he made. i Vast beds of lend ore have been discovered' in i Sinking Valley, Blair co., Pa., which are of the j ir.oit \aluablo kind. A New York company bun I leaved 18,000 acres for a term of years, hr which they pay the owner, $57.50 per ton for all.the ore taken out in a crude state. There is yet standing, opposite Fort Wayne, on the field ot “ Hamer’s defeat,” an apple tree that measures at six inches from the ground, twelve feet in circumference. The tree is yet vigorous, and continues to hear fruit. A Rich State.—The St. Louis Evening News announces the fact that Missouri has more money than she knows wliat to do with. The editor says: “Missouri has no State debt, no incomplete and abandoned works of internal improvements, and no harrassiug‘semi-annual’ instalments of inter est to pay. Tho State Treasury is full and over flowing, and Gov. King, in his late message an nounces that the revenue of the State is larger than the wants of the State Government require, and he suggests a redaction of tiic taxes. Mr. Hubard, the artist, having obtained permis sion of the Virginia Legislature, is engaged in taking a cast of Iludon’s celebrated statue of Washington, new in the Capitol at Richmond. This statue, it is stated, was modelled, after due consultation with Franklin and Jcflbrson, in the actual costume which the great man wore, and from casts taken of Ids head by the artist himself, then considered one of the greatest of living sculptors. Washington, Jcflbrson and others re garded it as an excellent likeness, better even than Stuart's picture, and any other picture which has been made. N'AroLEoN 111. and THE Jkws.—We find in a late number of the Archieves Israelites, published nt Paris, the following interesting account of a cere mony at Bordeaux: “The circumstance accompanying the decoration of the Grand Rabbi, Mona. Marx, of Bordeaux, with the legion of honor, makes the occurrence a matter of general importance. He had received an invitation to breakfast, and after breakfast the Prince President (now Emperor) banded the Grand liubbi the < >rder of the Legion of Honor, in th 3 presence of his cortege, tho muuici|al officers, etc. In expressing his thanks for the f distinction conferred upon him, the Grand. Rabbi added, ‘this is again aconfirmation of the principles ofreligions liberty, which your Highness has already promised . us to maintain and defend.’ ‘ You may rely on that,’ answered the Prince General d Uiuitpou!, Grand Relerendar of tho Senate, who emphati cally announced on this occasion, that the rights and liberties of the Jews shall never be infringed, in conformity with the pricipies of the age, aim which are likewnso those of the Prince ; and more over the Jews had shown thorn-elves worthy of theso privileges. All the inhabitants of Bordeaux sympathised with the Grand Rabbi, and even the Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux paid dcongratu latory visit to Mons. Marx.” From Tosm. By the arrival of the steamship James L. Day, Capt. Talbot, vre have Galveston dates to the KKh inst. The locomotive has been put in running opera tion on the Harrisburg Railroad, and a pleasure trip from that town for a short distance has taken place. The first acreufn of the locomotive has been heard in Texas. ' The Southwestern American states that Hon. H. P. lice, of Austin, has received a Totter from Col. E. U. Jordan, dated Larodo, January 115, saying that news had been received that a party of In diana, twenty in number, on Saturday, Had inst., about mid-day arrived at San Ignacio, and killed within 1,500 yards of the rancho two uieh, left oue severely wounded, and took of a youth about six teen years old. The moment the information came, Bur leson started a party alter them, consequently hopes are entertained that the savages may still meet their well merited chastisement. The Charter of the Galveston and Houston I’ail rond Company became a law on the 3rd inst. The San Antonio Ledger says:; Last week a Company of the Kitios brought in some nineteen or twenty Indian prisoners, a por tion of a party they had pursued and captured, af ter killing eight of their number. T hey also cap tured a large number of horses. Tho Indians were.. Lipans. The House of Representatives have indefinitely postponed a b.il providing for a general system of internal improvements, and allowing tho State to loan $2,000,000 for other purposes. A number of Railroad Charters have passed both branches ofthe Legislature. Senator Dancy introduced a bill on Friday, “for the organization of corporations for works o pub lic improvement and utility. A bill to establish and continue tiio Opelousas road through the State of Texas has passed tho House, ond was under consideration yesterday in the Seiude. There seems a general feeling prevalent with many members of both Houses, to give any gene ral sy stem of internal improvements the go by un til-the m-.vt election, at which time they anticipate the people will make an expression of opinion in regard thereto. —A. O. Picayune , 14£A iiu>t. Impoktant . Railroad IMPKoVEiii'NT. —The Wash ington Union notices, in the following terms, the last railroad improvement: “ From the daily working of a model engine and railroad in tho rotunda of the Capitol, it seems to bo very generally agreed that this invention isdes tiijed to works wonderful change in railroads, it is the plan of James S. French, of Virginia, by which, using tho driving axle of tho engine for a fulcrum, he gives to tho engine unlimited adhesion ami graduates the required quantity to a pound. The facility with which this is produced, or entire ly thrown off, the engine then differing in no wav lVom those on the common plan, is the great fea ture of the invention ; and the means by which it is done is auioiur the. most simple of all mechanical contrivances. The effective power ofthe present locomotive engine is limited bv its weight; on Mr. French’s plan it is limited by its capacity to gene rate steam, and is always ready to work up to that opacity. Possessing a certain supply ot adhesion at all times, and being almost impossible for the machinery to get off tho truck, it not only renders certain, and easy, the working of grades never be ! fore thought ot, but must lead to the introduction of fur cheaper roads, and fur lighter machinery, even to railroads not exceeding in cost the common plank road. This invention is conceded to be entirely ori ginal and is remarkable for its simplicity. It meets with great favor, and attracts great attention.— The most practical and scientific men in both houses of Congress have pronounced in its favor; t lie practical men of the North were the first to give it their unqualified approbation. “Grace Greenwood,” in one of her late letters to the National Era, speaking of St. Fetor's at Home, says: The works of Bernini and his disciples, marked as theynearly all are by the wild, extravagance and boisterous strength with which this master seemed to boil over—bushy-hcaded saints, who look as though they had just alighted from riding on a whirlwind and directing a strom— angels in such a state of disheveled discomposure, with their drup ■ ery in such a crazy flutter ol bid zy folds, and with their very wing feathers so on end, you could al most believe them just escaped from some celestial insane asylum—these arc simply detestable. ‘ There are here a few inon ttmental works by Thor waldsen and Canova, which go far to make you forget these sculp e r ed abominations. Many figures, originally fine, are utterly spbiled by an atrocious addition of drapery, consisting of sheets of tin, painted in vile imitation of marble. The modesty of Holy Mother Church hasevidcntly had an alarm ing outbreak-ot late years, in the direction of art.— ! .Seal co a gleam of a saintly leg or an angelic bosun | is now permits d to shock the pure eyes of the dc j volrt; but figures, poetic and allegorical, muses, seraphs, and the larger-sized chciiibs ate hence forth t > be muffled up and wound about in this iin j graceful and uncomfortable manner. “ Jlo.-ii soil j Oh, saintly nuns and lioly fa j ther-q” Attioc tors Murder. —A murder of the most atro i pious kind was committed in this comity on last j Saturday, by Mr. Armstead Stokes, on "ho body. of Mr. James Ilcnlv. We give the particulars as | correct as wo have been able to ascertain them. Mr. Stokes invited Mr. llenly to his house to as ; sist him in the raising of a building. After the | raising, he then invited him to dinner. Imrnedi , ately after dinner, lie asked llenly to take a short 1 walk with him ; they had not proceeded very tar, when Stokes drew a knife, and without a mo | nicnl's warning, pluuged it to his heart, thereby ; causing instant death. Mr. S. was under the in j ilu nee of liquor. He was immediately arrested | and brought before the Magistrates cl' the district, j ami after a careful examination, was committed ! to jail to await his trial at our next Superior Court. The deceased was a man of large family, and j highly esteemed by all who know him. hi this sad event eight children, six girls and two small boy.--, have been bereft of their only source of sup port. May He who feeds the young ravens, watch over and provide for those afilicted orphans.— Washington- (Va.) Gazette. Interesting Fact?.— Man has the power of un | itating almost every motion but that of flight. To j < -fleet these he hrs*, in his maturity and health, fit) ; bones in his head, Coin his thighs and legs, fi-J in i his arms and hands, and 07 in his trunk, lie has ; also 134 muscle?. His heart makes 04 pu’sations j;n a minute, and therefore 8,540 in an hour, &2,160 i iu a day. There are also three complete cireula j tions of his blood in the short space of an hour, fn 1 respect to the comparative speed of animated bc i ings and if impelled bodies, it may be remarked | that s>zc and construction seem to have little influ i race, nor has comparative strength, though one | body giving any quantity of motion to another is j said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by ho means a small animal, and yet it can travel only f>o paces in a day; a worm crawls only five inches in SO seconds ; but a indy bird can fly twenty mil lion finips its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run a mde and a half iu seven minutes ; an antelope a mile in a minute; the wild mule of Tartary has a speed even greater than that. An eagle can fly ten leagves in an hour; and a Canary falcon can even reach 250 leagues in the short space of 16 hours, A violent wind travels 60 miles in an hour; sound, 1.142 English feet in a second, Hermetically Sealed Provisions.— The busi ness of putting up provisions in hermetically seal ed cases, has become quite an important one in our city. There are five large establishments en gaged in it. Beef, mutton, lamb, lobsters, clams, neats and sheep’s tongues, with green corn, green peas, green beans in their season, <fec., «fcc., are put up in immense quantities. But a smnll portion of the articles are used in the city—much the greater quantity being sent to New York and Boston, where they are sold to vessels bound to Califor nia, and on other long voyages, and likewise for home consumption. When taken from the cans they are generally in good order, and retain much of their original flavor, although months and even years may have elapsed since they were scaled up. —Portland {Me.) Ad certifier. A Mi.ne.sota Night.— One is not filled with a perfect sense of tho charms of our climate until lie witnesses one of our moonlight nights. In winter they are nearly as bright as tho day. The hills round about our meridian thrown strong reflec tion of the moon’s light in upon our town, show ing its every feature, rendered more charming in the softness of the light. The trees of the forest bespangled with frost, set off the scene like a fairy land. The air is silent as death. The only sound thut breaks the silence is that of an occasional owl, perched in the woods of the bioux side.— St Paul Pioneer. Defaulting Officer.— I The Justices of the Infe rior Court of Clark county have ordered an elec tion for Tax Receiver and Collector in the place of George M. Lmicr who has faded to qualify in termsof the law. It is with great pain that we feel bound to say upon the highest authority that the cause failure to qualify on tho part of Mr. Lanier, is his default to the county Treasury in tho sum of twenty-three hundred and forty dollars.— Athens Banner. Sad Effects of Love.—A correspondent of the Knickerbocker says : “Itis my dnty to impress upon you the certain fact that one half of our young peoplo lose their senses when they Jose their hearts. One of our nnrty has already* writ ten five letters to his lady-love, and he goes about sighing and groaning in a most p ; tiahle manner. He has no appetite, aud sleeps up at the top of the house, close to the moon. lie cannot stand by one of the columns of the piazza without putting his arm around its waist, and I caught him kissing an apple to-day because it had red checks.” 6 Wanted.—The highest price paid for ST. MARYS BANK NOTE?, by J. M, NEWBY A CO. febl , ?p jHagnctif Gen. Pierre in Philadelphia Gea. Pierce was still remaining in Philadeloh 1 on Friday, he will reach Washington on Mon h IVew Fork Market. FmnAY, Feb. 18.-Cotton._The market « notwithstanding the steamer’s advices. q,i ’ day of COO ba’es. ‘ ‘ ,CH Charleston Market. Fuidav, Feb. 18._Corrojt.-The sales to o aviu , up 2,200 hales at 7% to 10% cents. The Ami • acoounts caused no improvement in tho market** * The lower qualities of Cotton are easier, owL? their abundance. u ®*° I Chicago, Feb. IL—The liquor law has been r* pealed by the Legislature of lllinoLs. SPECIAL NOTICES. telescopic Z-'ft ' Those i ersons who have chances in this Lot tery will please meet at the residence of Dr \y E. Dkaki.no, at 4 o’clock, I*. M. this day, whentjl drawing will take place. ’ f e jj l9 fi??" Georgia, Itielimoiid County.—Clkbs’s Orn I.wkuior Coukt.—An Election will be. held on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1853, for two * THE Peace, at the usual place of holding Election* h the 39mU DistrlePu. M. w * By order of the Court. feUS * 03WELL E. CASIIIN, C l er k. tST Col. BENJAMIN f. IIAHDEMAN, of L-xiajfc, Oglethoipe county, Geo., wi'l be supported for I Northern Circuit, i.t the ensuing election in October nen, foblS-twftwow Many Von*s. j ORDER OF CELEBRATION. ?2i> FEBRUARY, 1853. fST" At lO o’clock, A. M., the Procession wilU* formed in front of the United States Hotel, and proceeds City Hall, under the command of Capt. WM. E. DEAR. INO, Marshal ot the Day, where, after Divide Servi» Washington’s Farewell Address vill be read by J<m t Bukwmake, and an Oration will be delivered by Jitf** o' Oon.D, Esq. ' ORDSB OF PBOCSBSIOX. 1 Volunteer Companies. - Major General and Stuff. 3 Colonel and Officers 10th Regiment. 4 Officers of the Army and Navy. 5 Orator and Reader. C> The Reverend Clergy. 7 City Authorities. 8 Magistrates of the City ar.d County. 9 Masons. 10 Odd Fellows. 11 Sons Temperance. 1 2 Fire Companies. 13 Mechanics Sceiely. 14 Medical Faculty and Students. 15 Students at Law. 10 Young Men’s Library Association. 17 Citizens generally. At sunrise a Federal Salute will be fired, and a National Salute at 12 M. The Reverend Clergy, the City Authorities, the Mug*. I trates of the City and County, Members of the different I Societies, the Fire Companies, Medical Faculty and Btu- . dents, the Students at Law, and the Citizens generally, art respectfully invited to participate in the celebration of th* | day. «I The right of the Procession will rest in fr .nt of the C. S. Hotel, the left extending westward. The Procejssioa will proceed down Broad to Centre, through Centre to Greene, up Greene street to City Hail. Return from City Hall up Greene to Campbell, through Campbell to Broad, down Broad street to U. S. Hotel. The feats on the floor of the Platform will be reserved for the Procession. HENRY DAILY, LEWIS LEVY, E, q . F. MI DRAM, £.q., LbIT Committee of Arrangement*. LAW NOTICE. S-V/ " The undersigned, having associated himself in !he practice of LAW, in South Carolina, with GEORCE W. LANDRUM, Esq., who is located at Edgefield Court Rome, will give his attention to business entrusted to his care in EdgcflelJ, Barnwell, Lexington and Abbeville Districts M that State. JOHN K. JACKSON, Augusta, Ga , Fel>. 17, I>sß. Attorney at Lav. Ohio Fire and Marine Insurance Comp’y. CAPITAL $200,000. —DA\ ID PAGE, Prcg’t; J. If. Brmnw, Scc’y. This securely established Company, with the most am ple means for the protection of its Policies, will take Fir* and Marine RISKS, on the most liberal terms, at their Branch Office in Mclptosh street, in Constitutionalist Range, over Dr. I an Voorlirs’ office, Augusta, Ga. feblS _ C. T. POTTER, Agent. tPP" Hnnco.li fclenmbunt Company.—The An nual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Hancock Steam boat Company, will be hold at the office of the subscriber, on the Afternoon of SATU RDAY, 19th inst., at 4 o'clock. J'y order of the Board cf Directors, fob hi- 4 1 JOHN C. CARMICHAEL, Secretary. Just Received a new supply of Blkbe’-s Spring Style of Gentlemen’s HATS. fchl3 J. TAYLOR, JR. ft CO. Notice.— Oki k e Ikon Steamboat Company, Ar or -i k, f ebhuaky 11, IS.) i.—The public are respectfully in formed that as this Company cannot comply with, the re qui-ition of an Act of the last session of Congress, for the better securing of the lives of passengers on board of ves sels propelled by steam, no passenger from any point on, this River can be carried on their boats, on any condition | after the 25th inst. j By order of the President. i febl2-2aw4w G. McLAUGitLIN, Sec. ft Tre’r. I »■ V T” 8 i-sic season for Coughs and Colds is approach | ng, we desire to remind the public of that old and valus- I ble preparation, Dcct. Titt ’a PECTORAL ELIXIR. It ' acrt ' rfa ' !:l t 0 cure c asc and that speedily ests oe advertisement. Or. Munson is SETTING TEETH en jn entirely new plan, uniting the Teeth and Gum in a continuous and solid mu-i *'C/7VC'SH% an ! the whole to the plate by a silicious compound. It Is truly beautiful, strong and cleanly. T» sec is to admire. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed "pub lic inspection Invited. Dr. M. owns the patent for Rich mond county. n!i j fW Bargains in Dry Goods —William H. Csans is selling off bis stock of WINTER GOOD?, at reduced prices, in order to make room for his Spring stock. Those ho wish t 0 pwvchasc Goods low, will do well to give him si CaUl febU Bindings, Braids, and Buttons, for the “Grwk ogas,’’ Raphael, and Talma CLOAKS. A full supply hr It trade. nJ9 WM. O. PRICE ftOO. Received—An assortment of French Plats LOOKING GLASS, of various sizes. Families and others having their glasses broken, can have them renewed »l moderate prices, by application to HENRY ft SKINNER, ijO^ r 0 **•! n ext door to 8. C. Grenville ft Co.’s store. DEY GOODS AT GEEATLY HEDUCED PRICES,. Snowden «& Shear having real&l the new storo of Dr. H. 1. Cotapbell, in which they expect to open a splen did assortment of Spring Goods, will sell their preseat stock of Ladies’ Dress Goods at greatly reduced prices* < and to which they respectfully invite the attention et tt* ! pabn °- febd-dtwftw J tW Gas Light Company, Dividend No, 1.-Tb« Board of Directors hive declared a dividend of ONE DOL LAR and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS on each share of itscapb tal stock, payable on and after the 10th Inst., at the Augus ta Insurance and Banking Company. Apply to R. Y. Ha»- R,s - fobS H. 11. CUMMING, President. WANTED, tW" Two or three enterprising BUSINESS MEN to act as Agents in this city, and different parts of the coun try. Good inducements will be given.. Apply at room over Dr. Van Voorhis office, in Constitutionalist Range* Mclntosh street. feb6-lmo SP Fire aud Marine Insurance.— The subscriber as Agent of the Columbia (S. C.) Insurance Company, tsksft . FIRE AND MARINE RIBKS on the most favorable term* J. 11. ANDERSON, Agent, janl-5-ly Mclntosh street. CP“UaU, HaU, Hats, Fall Stylo, for iqs2.--Jast ceived Beebe, Fall styles for 1552. Call and see them at J. TAYLOR, Jr., 4 CO.’S, 28« Broad-ik LOEOS HATS. «3f Those long looked for “ Lobos HATS” [have Of rived at J. TAYLOR, J*. ft CO’S. o 2» Hat Hall, 236 Broad- »L ty* Seasonable Clothing.—We are now prepared to offer to the public a well selected assortment of aU new styles of WINTER CLOTHING, very cheap, and of thi best make, which we are receiving every week. WM. O. PRICE ft CO BTWe taka pleasure In recomiaendLag Ik S' PLDMB ft GO’S. Uorehound and Beaeoet CANDY, as* pleasant remedy for Coughs and Colds. s*p*«