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SHERIFFS, CLERKS, ami other public officers, will have 25 per cent deducted in their tar oi. -pi LT BL IC ME ETI NG. Previous notice having been given, a large and respectable meeting of the citi zens of Burke County, of all parties, con vent dat Waynesboro’on Monday, the sth dtycf Oct. 5, 1835, to lake into considera t on the movements of the Abolitionists at the North, and to suppress the circulation of incendiary pamphlets in this county. The meeting was organized by calling the Rev. John J. Triggs to the Chair, and ap pointing Maj. GeorgeW.Evans,Secretary. The object of the meeting was explain ed in an appropriate manner, by George H. Harris, Esq. who concluded by mov ing for the appointment of a Committee, to prepare and report a Preamble and Resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. The motion being put and car ried, the following named gentlemen were nominated as the Committee, viz : Geo, H. H arris, Esq. Doct. James Whitehead, Gen. Joseph D. Thomas, John J. Gresh am, Esq. Mulford Marsh, Esq Col. Eze kiel Lester and Capt. M. M. Dye. The Committee having leave to retire, returned indue season: when George 11. Harris, Esq. Chairman of the Committee, offered the following preamble and res olutions,which wer • ?/7iazii?no'/.s/y adopted August, sth, 1835. Your Committee, in performance of the duty assigned them, beg leave to report — That the dangerous and fanatical inter ference with the domestic relation of mas ter and servant by a society of self-deluded zealots of the north, denominating them selves Abolitionists, calls,aloud upon eve ry portion ofthe Union,regardlessof dome stic party distinction, for the expression of an involuntay indignation at the high hand ed course they have pursued,and for the a doption of measures preventive of the dis astrous results,to which they will inevita bly lead. The loss of our lives,our property, and of all things that are held by us most sacred, and dear and valuable on earth, is plainly involved in the successful pursuit of their hellish plan; and of consequence, the entire dissolution of this confederacy, must precede that direful event. It cer tainly cannot be credited by the most de luded Abolitionist, that the Slaveholders, iu full view of the Constitution of the U nited States, will submit to foreign or Na tional legislation, or to any interference whatever, from any quarter, relative to their slave property.—No slaveholder, cost him what it may, will admit of any compromise or concession, when his life and his property are about to be jeoparded to the mere whim of a fanatical zeal, reii dered odious in the extreme, by its hypo critical religious pretence, and sanctified neither by reason or conscience. Indeed, the question is one which will admit of no diplomacy, no concession, no comprom.se—and the Abolitionists are either a set of deluded fanatics, whose opinions are,therefor , perfectly worthless, or a heartless, cold-blooded set of demons, capable ofcommilting any crime, in the dark catalogue of human villainy. We are highly pleased at the tone and spirt of the Portsmouth and Philadelphia meetings, and others breathing the same devotion to ourConslitution and our rights, lately held north of the Potomac. We hail them as the harbingers ofgood tidings, for it is chiefly to the sober and more dis creet Iportion of our Northern brethren that we confidently look for the arrest of the growing evil amongst them. If they do not believe that the peace, and safety, and prosperity of this Republic, for the past half century, are worthless, and that all the rich comforts and signal blessings which surround and adorn the institutions ofthis mighty Confederacy, are valueless, and will continue to lie valueless to posteri ty, then, indeed, shall we look for them to ‘•cry alo id and spare not,” not only by importunity and rcHions/rance, but by effi cient legislative action. Under this deliberate view of the sub ject, your committee submit the following resolutions: Resolved, That the proceedings of the Abolition Societies relative to our Slave population, have reached a maturity of presumption, and a degree of rational dis trust for the security of our lives and our property, as demands an unqualified ex pression of national sentiment, regardless of domestic party distinction, and that the further silence ofthe South, would be but little short of criminal a'quiesence. Resolved, That the adoption ofthe Fed eral compact, has placed the subject of Slavery far beyond the reach of even fu ture congressional legislation, or interfer ence of any kind, and has thereby special ly guaranteed to every slave holder the right to his slave as private property ; and that any attempt to weaken the authority of the master or the obedience ofthe slave, endangers the perpetuity of the Union’ and is pregnant with every evil incident to a civil or servile war. Resolved, That the agitation of this question, by said societies, involves the continual hazard of our lives—the loss of our property—the destruction of-our in stitutions—the destruction of our peace— and what is worse than all, the purity and innocence of our wives and daughters, and is therefore improper, unjust, unchristian like, and wicked in its every aspect. Resolved, As the Constitution of the United Slates recognizes the existence of Slavery, and secures to each citizen the free and unmolested use of his own pro perly, thal any legislation by Congress,' touchintr that subject, either in the btates, District of Columbia, or Territories of 'he United States, is an assumption of power . affecting the dearest interest of the South, I and if persisted in, must and should pro duce an immediate dissolution of the U nion. Resolved, We will use every means to bring to spe-’dy punishment any one, who shall he detected in circulating incendia ry matter, whether it be by pamphlets or by tracts, by inflamatory discourses, or '.he more dangerous and insidious means of secret intercourse and private corres pondence with our slave population. Resolved, That we deplore any inter ference with our domestic relations in this particular; and that we, of all parties, for the suppression ofthis unholy intermed dling, will first, for the sake of peace and good order, and a decent respect for our selves, exhaust every peaceful and legal remedy’,—these failing us, we will resort to physical force, though it should cost us our treasure and our blood. Resolved, .It is expected of the legisla tures of the Northern States, for the sake ofthe safety at?d happiness and perpetui ty of this Union, to enact such laws and provide such regulations, asshall effectu ally suppress every measure of these so cieties, in the least calculated to endanger our domestic or national tranquility. The following resolutions were then introduced by Mulford Marsh, Esq. and adopted. Resolved, Thatthe citizens ofthis coun ty, here offer a reward ol’five thousand dollars, for the apprehension and con viction of any person who may be guilty of sending into this county any incendia ry papers for the purpose of distributing them among our slaves. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Secretary and publ’shed in the gazettes of Augusta and Milledgeville. On motion of Gen. Joseph D. Thomas, seconded by John Whitehead, Esq. aCom rnittee of Vigilance, consisting of three from each Military District of the county, was appointed by the Chairman. The meeting was then adjourned, JOHN J. TRIGGS, Chairman. George W. Evans, Secretary, tCy’ The Augusta and .Milledgeville paperswill publish these proceedings ac cording to the above mentioned resolu tion. Whether the reader approve or not of the -entiments scattered through the following etter, he will be entertained by the gra phic manner in which the writer hits off :he peculiarities of some of the most prom inent of the British politicians, and the sketch which he furnishes of a political public meeting in England. The letter is from the foreign correspondence of the Boston Atlas. Lord Brougham—Mr. O' Connell—lnter esting Public Meeting. LONDON, July IS. I was very fortunate in returning to London in time to attend the great public meeting at the Crown and Anchor tavern, 'or the purpo.seofadopting petitions to both Houses of Parliament,praying for the total repeal of the stamp duties on newspapers, ind all other taxes on knowledge. Lord Brougham presided. His Lordship is now giving the strength of his name and presence, and the aid of his bitter pen, to the radical cause. He is without doubt the author of the pamphlets by Isaac Tomkins, Gent. The first has already gone through eleven editions in London, and has been reprinted in other tows in the kin gdom.—l'hough the pamphlets contain nothingbut what hasbeen said and exposed in the novels of fashionable life, partic ularly in the Godolphin, still as coming from his Lordship, and being an avowed attack on the aristocracy, it has made a great sensation. The seccond part, though not equal to the first in point, will have as wide a circulation; and that will soon be followed by a third part. These pamphlets will prepare the public mind for an open attack on the House of Lords, should they dare to throw out both the Municipal Reform Bill and the Irish. But to return to the meeting. Lord B. was received with enthusiastic cheering. He opened the meeting with a few brief and appropriate remarks on the iinpor tance of the object which had brought them together—an object intimately con nected with the cause of knowledge, of public improvement, of good morals, cor rect manners, sound principles, and every species of advance, which it most becomes a people to make, especially an advance in political knowledge—a knowledge of their rightsand duties as citizens. The first Resolution was moved by Dr. Birbeck, whom Lord Brougham compli mented as one of the soundest friends of all knowledge, one ofthe greatest patrons of human improvement, one ofthe most tried and zealous supporters ofthe cause ofjthe people, one with whom he had been proud to co-operate for nearly two thirds of a century. I One ofthe most striking features ofpub i lie oratory here,is the strain ofcompliment always indulged in towards their friends by the speakers—and that in their pres ence. Di. L s remarks were very sensi ble, but I do not remember an v thing very impressive. He was followed by Mr. Hume, the member of Parliament, a very liberal, practical man, but a very fimgy and uninteresting speaker. He was very warmly received, however, for hisuniform support of liberal principles. Healluded in a very flattering manner to America J as a country which, springing from Eng land, had surpassed her in liberal institu tions and in the means of a genera] and cheap tl illusion of knowled ,r e Unon this Ibe bold up a No . o( the° doublfshei-led Courier and Enquirer, the same which produced so striking a sensation in the 1 louse of Commons the ot her evening,and as he shook it out, fold after fold, like an immense banner, and waved it about, the audience gave him three times three —and this immense sheet, he told them, could be had for 43 shillings a year. lie then went into some statements which though not strictly accurate, were sufficiently so j to make the audience feel the cheapness of an unstampted press. He went on to speak I of us in a very liberal way calling us our countrymen on the other side of the water, which was warmly greeted by the audi ence. I lent him my voice to give him three cheers when he took his seat. Be fore he finished, O'Connell entered, and was again and again welcomed with en thusiastic cheers. O’Connell understands the noble science of clap trap belter than any public man I know, and, as a popu lar orator,he is possesed of more tact than any publicspeaker in Parliament. Ile is a man of giant fame, square shouldered, vul gar in his manners, with an intelligent, good nature’,d smile on his face, as peren nial as our Vice President’s. He wears a wig, which is forever getting a little awry. He is a man of much stronger tal ents than he has generally credit for, with a lion-like voice and a quick percep tion of what is wanting in his ever-vary ing position. He at times rises into lofty eloquence, always entertains his audience, and will generally persuade them of his honesty. Judging from the attention with which he is listened to in thellouse of Commons, the enthusiasm with which Ke is univers ally received in the public meet ings of London, and the liberal manner in which he is spoken of by ail, except the Tory press, he is fast becoming one ofthe most popular men in England. He has now got the balance of power in the Com mons. I have heard him speak frequently, and hesitate not to say that he is the most dexterous debater in the House. After the Rev. Mr. Fox, a very frequent and popular speaker on the liberal side ol politics, and Mr. Bowring, whose senti ments were very good, but whose voice is wretched, had presented and seconded another resolution to the effect that any al teration of the. stamp should be a total re peal,—there was a ludicrous interruption by one Foster, who had been convicted, it seems, under a ‘ vile Whig government’ of vending unstamped papers and sentenc ed to the House of Correction, or as he called it by an odd mistake, the House of Commons—and took this occasion to complain that he could not get his peti tion setting forth his grievances before ei ther House of Parliament, and accused Lord Brougham of neglecting his appli cation. The noble Lord excused himself on the ground that he received 80 or 90 letters a day, and that he probably had not yet reached Mr. Foster’s application, but that his application should be attended to Mr. Foster said he bad no idea that his petition should be ‘burked.’ After two or three very sensible, but very dull speeches Were through, there was a loud and general call for O’Connell. So, loosening his cravat, he presented him self, but could not gain a hearing for three or four minutes on account of the cheering. It woul Ibe impossible to give you even an abstract of what he said now convulsing the audience by some happy allusion—now overwhelming the Tory press with most scorching abuse, and occasionally rising into the loftiest region of eloquence. He was of opinion that the universal diffusion of knowledge and to be universal it must be cheap— would give security to the throne, and he was not sure that it wouldbe any detri ment to carry information to the foot of the throne itself. lie thought the general circulation of knowledge might benefit another branch of the government, the House of Lords. He was not in favor of hereditary Judges—said heshould be loath to employ a taylof, whose only evidence of skill was the fact of his father’s being a taylor, and, it might be, a very bad tay lor—but that was no less absurd than that any set of men should have the privilege of begetting judges and legislators. He knew that an elevation to the peerage was occasionally' the reward for a long life of devotion to the cause of the people and the throne: and when so bestowed, when he saw an individual of giant ca pacity devoting himself night and day to the lighting up the condition of the peo ple, he rejoiced to see him so rewarded. ‘Yes, my Lord, (turning to the Chair man) you are entitled to the reward, and when I see the people’s friend and the peer in the same person, I am ready to place a crown of glory 7 upon his head.’ This was very well done, and was loudly' cheered. In the course of his remarks, he pour ed the most bitter and vulgar abuse upon the editors of the Times for their late a bandonment of liberal principles, that I ever heard. He spoke of them as the miscreants and villians of the Times— as furnishing by their late conduct the most frightful instance of human perfidy, of human corrup’ion, and human vile ness, that the English people had ever seen. ‘What,’ said he, ‘is the crime of the pickpocket and thief, who are sent to the tread-mill to expiate their offences, compared to that of the Times, who would deprive honorable men of their character—the character which they once acknowledged to be just—and yet the writers of the Times were clothed in pur ple and feasted sumptuously every day from the produce of their crimes.’ ‘Let there be but a cheap press, and such mo nopolies cannot exist, to affright the world by their profligate immorality.’ He said he did not advocate the repeal oi the stamp duty, because it would embarrass the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who might want the revenm to carry on the operations of government. No, he said, he was a decided supporter of the present administration—not that he had forgotten the past history ofthe Whig government, but that he chose to remember but the bet- I ter half of it. Ile supported the Whigs, be- | cause they stood between the people and the Tories, bl tween thepiopleand that' man (Duke of Wellington) of a brazen head and iron heart, who, raised to his present proud position by British valor, would now place bis armed military heel upon British liberty. ‘lam the last man io withhold my public support from the present ministry; for after 700 years of l misrule, they have opened the fountains ! of justice upon the loved land of my birth I—and, 1 —and, may that mighty Power, who has lavished so many advantages upon Ire land, and made her the most blessed of Him, though the most cursed of man, strengthen their hands and fortify their hearts, to secure justice to England, justice to Scotland, and justice, at length, to poor Ireland.’ The meeting was also addressed by other members of Parliament. Col. Evans moved a vote of thanks to the no ble and learned Chairman, which was car ried by acclamation—O’Connell swing ing his hat, and shouting louder than any body else. He acknowledged the kind reception in a speech of 15 or 20 minutes, very fluent and very sensible, but not a fair specimen of his usual manner. He intimated that he should go against the ministry on this point. He wanted to send knowledge into the poorest farm house in the land. ‘lf the bread which they ale to support their natural life was proposed to be taxed but a farthing in the loaf, the minister who supported the scan dalous proposition durst not hold up his head before the pt ople of the land —and vet the bread of the mind—the staff of vir tue—the staff’of tl e intellectual, the better, the immortal life of man, was burdened ; with a lax of 200 per tent. The fact of Mr, Crawford’s lofty and honorable refusal in the name of the Am erican people, to avail himself of the pro posal of the Emperpr of Russia, made through Lafayette, to have the American claims on France included in the demands ofthe Allies, when in possession of Paris in 181 4, was established by the letter ol Mr. Vai), published in this paper, of the 25th ult. \Ve arc, however, glad to have the additional evidence furnished by the annexed letter.—V. J' American. Farm near Athens Georgia. ) Saturday, Sept. 19th, 1835. $ To to the Editor ofthe N. Y American: Sir: With sincere pleasure I did per ceive in the Georgian of the 10th inst- the letter of Mr. Vail dated from Paris, 29th July last, and directed to yourself. So far as a perfect accordance with him, rela tive to the fact that Mr. Crawford refused in 1814 to bring forward claims against France may be considered as a confirma tion of his statement, I most cordially give it. The only difference between us arises from my having been always under the impression, that the proposal to do so was made to Mr. Crawford by a member ofthe Diplomatic Corps, and not by Gen. Lafay ette. 1 was not at the Hott lof the Lega tion at the time, but met Mr. Crawford at dinner when he immediately communica ted the circumstance, and the manner in which he had repelled it. ‘My reply to it,’ said he, ‘was the declaration that no American Minister could dare to present a single claim, however just, against France, at a moment when all Europe, in a i! so hogtilely armed against her.’ Those, sir, who retain a recollection of Mr. Crawford, need not be told ofthe striking effect produced on his manly vis age, by the utterance of any sentiment that he strongly felt—nor be surprised at my saying even at this late day, that the impression made on me at thal time, was indelible. The apparent variance between Mr. Vail’s account and my own is easily accounted for. I was occasionally absent from the Hotel of the Legation; he as the Minister’s private Secretary, was seldom or ever abroad He therefore, witnessed the arrival and entry of General Lafayette, and heard the conversation be tween him and Mr. Crawford. 1 have, therefore, not the smallest doubt of the truth of his statement,and the incorrectness of my own impression relative to the in dividual, through whom the proposal was made to Mr. Crawford, and which he so instantaneously and positively repell ed. Very respectfully, your obedient ser vant. HENRY JACKSON. ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE. A Paris correspondent of a London Whig paper describes, as follows, the pre sent Royal Family of France, the best al together, the King included, that France ever possessed:— “If I were a courtier, or had any thing to gain by eulogising the royal family, their conduct all through life would sup ply to me materials for that which the world in general would be nothing more than a plain statement of facts. The best wife, the best mother, the most pious Christian, the most benevolent and charit able woman on the continent ofEurope, is the consort of Louis Philippe, who is himself one of the most exemplary hus bands and fathers in existence. Os their eight children, long as 1 have been in France, and mixing much more with the political opponents of his majesty than with his partisans or admirers, I solemn ly declare that of any individual of them I have never heard a.single word of com plaint, while 1 have much to produce ad miration and respect. They are prover bially dutiful, amiable, mild, modest, hum ble—such, in fact, as good and excellent parents in private life are sometimes bless ed with. Yet such is the family menaced, it is feared, with misfortunes, or destined to suffer from anxiety and constant appre hension.” IGzr amonsr Senators.— The lion. Henry Clay, of the United States Senate, and A. K. Woolley, of the Kentucky State Senate, were each fined $lO, by his Hon. Judge Hickey, for lighting in Court. F R I DAY, OC T <> B K R IQL 18 3 5, Th? following is the recapitulation of our neighbor, the Constitutionalist, with whose table <>ui > agrees in the main, though wc find a vari ancein some ofthe other papers: Schley, • 27,682 Dougherty, 25,684 Cleveland, 26,949 Glascock, 27,194 Holsey, 26,640 Jackson, 26,929 Beall, 25,198 Foster, 25,731 Gamble, 25,584 Wilde, 25,811 By which it appears, that from the returns of 71 Counties, Schley is 2,034 votes ahead of his Competitor; and Wilde 829 behind Holsey. Inspect the table for further particulars. The hast arrival from Europe, the Brilania from Liverpool, with dates to the first of Sep tember, brings r.o political news of importance, if we except the exasperation against the House of Lords, for rejecting the Corporation Bill- The people are asking, what use are the Lords? and seem to think every young Lord may not be born a legislator, at least any better a one than any other man’s son. The Commercial intelligence see under its proper head. We omitted to designate our opponents among the members elected to the Legislature, in our table. The foreman asks, if he shall call them Nullijiers. By no means,; aid we; be polite, put them " State Rights” men, with an apostro phe. We would not be the means of rescusita tating that ugly name on any account —our op ponents say it is dead. The “ State Rightsess es” men, then, are pointed out by those crooked zig-zag type, that won’t stand up straight--they lean to the right, we believe, that is on paper; but look at the thing itself and you will find it has deceived you—it leans entirely the other way—points in this direction and looks another. Now, that is,not the case with the Union men— see what straight, smooth-looking fellows they are! Real Romans ! Upright as metal can make them. No leaning this way or that. They have but one object in view—their Country’s good—they march straight to it—and but one guide in the pursuit, that Country’s Constitu tion. Let them" go ahead,” and God“speed them. We have seen a letter from the Governor, to the Justices of the Inferior Court ofthis Coun ty, declining to issue a commission to the Tax Collector elect, on account of the illegality of the election. The election, it is true, was held in exact conformity to the act ofthe Legislature, but in opposition to the eleventh section of the third article of the Constitution of the State, which forbids the election of any County Offi cer at the time the Members of the Legisla ture are chosen. We mention this inadver tence for the purpose of avoiding a similar er ror in future ; because no bad consequences are likely to arise, as the present Collector will con tinue to act under his appointment by the Court, as if no election had taken place. The object ofthe Justices was the public convenience, in not calling the Citizens to the polls more than once, as the twenty days, the time required for the election to be advertised, brought it about the period of the general election. At a late hour we received the i eturns from Rabun and Murray. These give Schley a pre sent majority of 2,580 votes. We are assured by letters from that quarter, that the bad weather on the day of election lost us 1500 at least, in Franklin, Habersham, Ra bun, Walton and DeKalb; and in the latter County, as there was no opposition for the Leg islature, but few in proportion turned out to vote for Governor or Congress men. We say nothing ofthe effect of the slang about Van Burenism and Abolition—the latter particular ly was urged against us in a manner that out raged all decency as well as truth. If our op ponents would tell decent lies, we should have more patience with them. We have no colors flying at mast head. — ' What shall we hoist 1 asked we of a friend yes ' terday. Oh ! says he, you are such a sly man I you will lake care of that matter. A politician j writing at our table, too, was told, he need fear nothing—those were non-committal pens—they j would pledge him to nothing—write away fear i lessly. We iia nedia'cly threw awaj 7 every pen on the table, and went out and bought a ' new supply of quills. You see very plainly, that we write with a new pen to-day. As long as it lasts, it shall tell precisely' what we think, .. and in the first place, storms to the contrary not vrithstanding, the Union party will have from : 50 to 69 majority in the next Legislature, and the Nul we mean, “ Stale Rights” men may j “ lump it.” j It will probably 7 be the last of the month be fore we shall receive the last of the Election returns. Rabun, if generally 7 last, is not least in importance in the contest. She gives a vote always, that smacks of the Mountains; but all i we have yet heard is, that her late corn has i been destroyed or materially injured by the ear ly frosts. As soon as we learn what is more to 1 the point in discussion, we will give it, though ; we are afraid one portion of our readers are al ready tired looking at our Table. We areser ry it does not suit them better. j We had the old proverb quoted to us the oth er day, when we said ws were “ sure ” of the result of the election—“ There is no knowing who will be Governor till after the election.” I What think you now? We further said, after the first week’s returns, the way we should leave our opponents would be “nothing to no body.” There we were wrong—we love to acknowledge and correct our errors. It has been something to Governor Schley and the Hon. Thomas Glascock, Jesse F. Cleveland, Jabez Jackson, and Hopkins Holsey. Death, ofthe Hon. Wm. 7'. Barry. — We un derstand, (says the New-York Mercantile Ad vertiser Advocate Extra, of Saturday last,) that letters have been received by the packet from England, which arrived yesterday, con taining intelligence ofthe deathofthe Hon.W.w. T. Barry, our Minister to Spain, and late Post Master General. His death occurred in Eng land. The race over the Union Course N. Y. four mile heats, purse SIOOO, was won by Post Bon, the southern horse, in two heats, beating Alice I Gray and Clara Howard. TOKEN AND SOUVENIR. Wc received, late to-day, through Mr. Plant, from the Publisher, a copy of the Token and At lantic Souvenir for 1836, and have, of course, seen but the outside of it. If its contents should prove equal in literary talent to the external splendor ofthe Book, our readers will not leave Mr. Plant a copy for next week. The refusal of Mr. Crawford to take advan tage of the situation of France, when occupied by the Allies, to enforce sur claims upon her, IS one ofthe most interesting and high-minded and honorable incidents in American history. We declare nothing has placed our Country or its magnanimous repestntalivein a more enviable point of view ; and if it does not touch the feel ings of the French nation, we have given them more credit for high and noble motives than they deserve. A letter on this point from Hen ry Jackson, Esq. of Athens, will be found in our paper to-day, confirmatory of what we have before copied. We find the following toast at a dinner given at Wheeling to Gen. Mercer: “ The memory of John Marshall —The An cient Dominion claims his nativity—the Union his fame.” The following gentlemen have published a * note in the Albany Evening Journal, declaring that the use of their names to the call of a con-- vention of the anti-slavery society at Utica, was done without their knowledge or consent —and that if they had been consulted they would have opposed such a movement: Israel Smith, Geo, B. Ide, E. N. Kirk, John G. Wasson, John L, Amblei, L. Norton, E. C. M’lntosh, Anthony Gould, S. Centre. APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT. John Forsyth, jr. of Alabama, to be Attor ney for the Southern District of Alabama, in the place of John Elliott deceased. MARYLAND ELECTIONS. The Congressional Election in Maryland, say's the N. Intelligencer, has resulted in the choice of fiye Whig# and three Van Buren men. They are as follows: ’ IF/izgs. Van Buren. John N. Steeple, Benj. C. Howard, James A. Pearce, Isaac McKim, 1 James Turner, Francis Thomas. 4 Geo. C. Washington, Daniel Jenifer. The United States Telegraph of Thursday announces that paper will hereafter be un der the editorial charge of Dr. Edward R. Gib son, who it is stated, has been for several years , connected with the paper as an Associate Editor. A letter writer from Texassays: "If Texas belonged to the. United States, it would become the garden of America.” To this remark, a correspondent of the Philadelphia Herald appends the follow ing sound commentary: “ The truth is, there are so many places within the Uni ted States that claim to be called the Gar den of America, that we are in want of hands to cultivate these lovely spots. We would then advise Americans to stay at home, and not to place themselves under a foreign government, where there is neither protection for person nor property. They ought to reflect, when they settle on the lands of Texas, that they lose til) claim on our government as citizens.— Balt. American. The Neto York Races.— Yesterday was a truly brilliant day, and in every way favorable for the sport announced at the Union Course, and to the throng of ama teurs who flocked thither from the city and other adjacent and distant places. In consequence of the rain which fell on the preceding day, the roads were entirely free from dust, leaving the cheerful travel ler to ride or plod along free from annoy ance, and full of pleasure. The course and the stand were densely crowded, and every one appeared to enjoy ! himself—the prancing and neighing of the fleet steeds, as they passed like air a long the track, contributing to keep up an excitement and feeling in which all seem ed joyously to indulge. The first race appointed to take place was a sweep stakes of two miles, five sub scribers of S3OO each. The stakes were given up in favor of Mr. J. H. Wilber’s Dr. Syntax—the proprietors of the other I horses declining to let their nags run. A sweepstakes of seventeen subscribers, S3OO each-—distance two miles—was then contested. Only six of the horses started that were entered, and the race was j won, after three heats, good running, by Mr. Stevens’ sorrel filly Cora, out of Me- I doc. The match race between Veto and Post Boy, for S3OOO aside, then came on, and was won easily by the latter in the fol lowing heats. Tune of first heat, 4m. 95.; second heat, 4m. 6s— Transcript. Singular Effects of Lightning—A Caution.—A letter dated Pittsfield, (Mass) the 7th instant, says : “A very singular occurrence happen ed here last evening. About 8 o'clock, a flash of lightning descended the rod on the spire of our lecture room, where there were assembled, at a prayer meeting, prob ably about 300 persons. The rod had become detached from the roof, and had been carelessly left so, at that point the electric fluid seemed to separate. A por tion followed the rod to the earth and tore out the ground,scattering it in every direc tion. A portion burst into the second sto ry where the meeting was held, breaking in several feet square of the building, and scattering the timbers, &c. over the large room. Apparently it passed to the stove pipe, followed that, and instead of ascend ing the chimney, (which was probably 40 feet from where it commenced with the pipe,) it descended the chimney, passed a cross the west end of the house, and then two rooms below through the floor to the earth, at the corner of the building oppo site to that where it entered. Many per sons were stunned, scorched or thrown down, One had sleeve of his coat cut as with a knife from shoulder to hand. Another, his hair singed all over his head, and an other the sole of his boot handsome
