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swmjiiaißSir m'm&sm EDITED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY lIAIBKISON A BVFIiN. Important from Europe. riflopn I);ijs Later. Advance in C Jlon- Louis Euona/nirtc elected President of France—Flight of the Pope of Rome, and his Refuge at Naples—Abdication of the Empiror oj Austria, in favor of lux Npheir—Chole ra at Presburg—Riots in Press a— 'Tranquility in Ireland, ifc. [ Telegraphedfor the Baltimore A 'nerican.~\ New York, Dec. 31, S, P. M. The Cunaril steamer Eurupa, arrived this afternoon from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the lGrh nit. The most impor tant intelligence by this arrival is the re sult of the recent Presidential election in France. Louis Napoleon has been elected President of France. The country is re presented as tranquil. The Pope has been compelled to leave Italy, and was under the protection ot the King of Naples. FRANCE. The latest intelligence from Paris is up to 10 o’clock, P. M. on Thursday, the 13th, at which time tranquility prevailed. The latest election returns show a majori ty in favor of Prince Louis Bonaparte, which, with those before given, leave no doubt of his election. Prince Louis Bonaparte has proposed to raise Gen. Cuvaignac to the rank of Marshal of Franee. A partial amnesty is still spoken of as likely to be presented tothe French Cham ber, either by Gen. Cavaigaac or the Min istry of Prince Louis Bonaparte, It is understood that it will not include the pri soners of Vincennes. The intention of promoting the e'ection of Defaure to the Presidency of the Cham ber is renewed, and will probably be car ried into effect. Marshal Bugeaud made bis first ap pearance in the Chamber on the thirteenth and was received in the Salle-des-pas-dus by M. Thiers and M. Mole. A great number of members of the Assembly, on the same day, left their card at his hotel. Prince Louis Bonaparte’s proclamation of President was to be issued about the 20th. From the incomplete returns received, the vote stood in the following proportions: Louis Napoleon sixty-six per cent, Ca vaignac twenty per cent, Rollin six per cent, Raspail four per cent, Lamartine three per cent. Commissioners will have examined the vote by the 17tli, and on the 19th the Assembly will proclaim the Prince President. PRUSSIA. At Meniil, on the 4th December, the most alarming riots took place. On the sth, the entire town was in possession of the populace for four hours, during which time great excesses were committed. AUSTRIA. The Emperor has abdicaled in favor of his nephew. The new Ministry, by its President, published an address contain ing the policy of the new Emperor, in which he pledges to maintain the liberty of die conntry. The military executions for political offences still continue. \ The Cholera is raging fearful ty at Presburg. IRELAND. All is tranquil. Lord Clarendon was formally received on his return to the Vice Regal Lodge. The usual address of con fidence was voted to him, coupled with recommendations for a removal of griev ances under which the country labors. His Excellency’s reply is temperate, and disclaims any design on the part of' the Government to exclude Catholics from Juries. ITALY. The revolution in Rome has terminated by the flight of the Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. One of the most powerful Princes that ever ascended the Papal throne is now an exile and wan derer. The Pope, it appears, after the scenes last described, remained a prison er in his palace, protected from personal violence by the French Ambassador. The Pope, in fleeing from Rome, took refuge at Naples, and was under the pro tection of the King. His Holiness refused to go to France, and has signed a protest declaring all the late acts void. CO MME RCIA LIN TE L LIG ENC E - Liverpool, Dec. 16. Cotton. —There is a confirmed activity in the Colton mar ket, and the large business recently trans acted is giving more settled nee in the article. Speculator<, until the last two or three weeks, had completely aban doned the market, having as sellers some time ago cleared out ttiei-rclocks and re- lieved their fears and necessities, being a great means then of depressing prices to the lowest point. They have now, how ever, gatheied courage and turned round, doing an active business of fair Uplands and most kinds of American at the full prices of the day. Fair Upland and Mo bile quoted at 4]d. and Orleans at 4jd. With these quotations for American Cot ton, there is an increasing consumption. Political disturbances on the Continent seem to have lost their influence upon our markets. 14.000 hales American and 1200 Surat have been taken on specula tion, 1750 American and 300 Surat for exp it. The sales of the week amount to 55,020 bales. London, Dec. 15.—Consols for money 88 a *B] ; for account 87.] a 87 h ; U. S. Six per cent. Loan, Dec. 7th, 95 a 99L Thrilling News from tlie West. Destructive Fire in Cincinnati—Bus ness Prostrated on account of the Cholera — Frightful Mortality on Board the West ern S'eamere—Crcirs Dying—Boats Deserted—Freshet in the I Vest. j Telegraphed for the Baltimore American.] Cincinnati, December 28, A. M. Calhoun varnish factory, Barding A Salein’s Cheese Wan-house, in which was stored a heavy stock of cheese, and M itch el & Rammalsburg Furniture Warehouse, were destroyed by the fire last night.— The adjoining buildings suffered conside rable damage. 1 have not learned the amount of the loss, hut it is very heavy. The well authenticated rumors of the prevalence of the Cholera as an epidemic in New Orleans, has liadqui e a disastrous effect on the mercantile community here. All business is nearly pros'rated. Cincinnati, Dec. 29 —ll A. M. The steamer Peytona, from New Or leans, arrived here a few minutes ago. Fourteen deck passengers died with the cholera, on board while coming up the Mississippi. The Captain states, that the steamer St. Cloud was lying at Vicksburg, unable to proceed any further on account of the fearful ravages of the cholera on hoard the boat while on the passage up. The Cap tain, the mate, the clerk, and one of the pilots of the St. Cloud, had all died with the cholera ! The remainder of the crew deserted at Vicksburg. Cincinnati, Dec. 29—5 P. M. The cholera reports from New Orleans caused a general inactivity in the market. A few sales of flour for city consumption mostly have been made to-day at $3,75 pr bill. Jn grain there is nothing doing.— Hogs —Market dull and prices drooping sales of 400 head at $3 25, $3 31 \ to $3 37.].. Whiskey—Market dull at I5& cents per gallon. It lias been snowing all day. The snow lies two inches deepen a level. Cincinnati, Dec. 29—8 P. M. Owing to the heavy freshets in the va rious rivers, we have no communication with St. Louis, either by mail or tele graph, since the IStli inst. Louisville, Ivy., Dec. 29 —4 P. M. All the passengers on board the steam er Bay State, bound down, left the boat this morning and returned to Cincinnati. Reports from New Orleans have reached here, stating that the boats there are una ble to discharge their freight, as no one will pay the charges and receive it. Pittsburgh, Dec. 31. Passengers arrived here on the s'eamer Diadem, state that there were 3 deaths from cholera on board said steamer while on her passage. They further report that there ware 6 deaths from the same disease on board the steamer Watkins, and 4 on the Savannah. General Taylor has consented to visit Pittsburgh on his way to Washington. A Novelty.— A project has been start ed for bringing tbe Saratoga waters to this city in glass pipes ! Notice has been giv en that an application will be made to the Legislature for an act of incorporation. The capital desired is $300,000. It is proposed to mould bricks with semi-cylin drical grooves in their sides, and in those grooves to place a glass tube, the space between the glass and bricks being filled with cement. ’J be estimated cost of the work is SIOOO per mile, or SIBO,OOO in the aggregate. The project seems somewhat fantastic, but it may not prove so in the end. The object of it is to secure to the city the ben efit of the mineral waters of Saratoga.— N. Y. Courier. Mirth and Wisdom. —Nobody can de ny that there is truth in the old saying, ‘ It is good to be merry and wise.’ Not only is this simple truth, hut sound philosophy. It is an excel'ent thing to be mirthful, when you can ; to smile at what amuses you; to laugh at what is ludicrous; in short, to look at the sunny side of things, and even in the gloom and cold of winter, to recollect ‘there is a good time a com ing,’ when the sunshine and warmth of the glorious summer will make all things glad. MACON, G A . SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. G, 1849. [LpMcssrs J. P. Robinson, and J. K. Har mon, are authorized to receive subscriptions for the Southern Museum, in any of the South- Western Counties of Georgia. (p/AVe are indebted to the Augusta Republic for a slip containing the highly interesting and important foreign and domestic news to be found in our first colemns. A New Firm. The former Editor and Proprietor of the “ Mu seum ” having associated with himself Mr. O. A.- Mv eks, the business of the office will hence forth be conducted by the firm of Harrison & Myers. The Junior Editor and Proprietor, in making his half the bow editorial to the readers of the “Museum,” (our Senior made his some time ago,) would respectfully inform them, that he i not a briefless lawyer, nor a retired politician, nor an ambitious schoolmaster, rising troin the throne pedagogical to the throne editorial—hut a practical printer, who has written a little, read more, and composed a great deal. 11l tine, he is a youw' man, (not in the sense in which the term is received in Cupid's court, hut in the literal sense), with some responsibilities about him, ami who is seeking to make his wav in the world by honest means. He feels assured, therefore, that a generous public,especially that portion ot hem who hare known the fierce encounter ol will and necessity, anil determination, with ad verse circumstances, will extend to his partner and himself that encouragement which every man has a right ‘.o hope for, so long as he tries to prove worthy of general confidence, whether he receive it or riot. With such views, we are neither afraid nor ashamed to bespeak a generous patronage, in subscriptions, advertisements, and job printing of every kind. In a few days we will have moved our office to a central and public portion of the city, and will then be prepaid! to execute all work in out line with neatness arid despatch. We say thus much first, on business matters, because it essen tially concerns us, our physical well-being de pending in some sort upon the business encour agement we receive. Our journal will maintain its neutrality in all those subjects of a political character dividing the two great parties of the Union, and distinc tively known ns Wli g or Democratic, policy.— While its neutrality shall not be violated, the most faithful and strenuous exertion shall be put forth for the promotion of Literature, Agricul ture, the Sciences, the Arts, and general Moral ity. Saturday Post. —We are indebted to the publishers of this valuable paper for an ex change. The “ Post” is a mammoth weekly, filled with original matter of the highest older, and numerous selections from the best Literary periodicals and newspapers. There is one pe culiar feature in this journal, which is wanting in many other Literary papers. We allude to its instructive tales, and solid, genuine, sen.-i --ble reading matter. Asa specimen, we refer to the story on our First Page. Messrs. Deacon &. Peterson publish the “Post” in Philadel phia, at $2 per annum, payable in advance. Ladies’ Dollar Newspaper. —ls any of our fair readers desire a good Northern newspaper, suited to their own taste, we recommend them to take this one It is well printed, and to in timate that it is ably edited, we need only state that a Lady edits it. To Advertisers. —The arrangements now making to extend the circulation of our paper in this city and the surrounding country, already warrant the filling up of our advertising co lii in us. ’Plie success ol our enterprise has far exceeded our most sanguine expectations, and, in the first two weeks of its existence, our edi tion is as large as we contemplated publishing in the first volume. This is cheering to us, and we need but the aid of the advertising public, to make our paper of more interest to the mass of the people, and to improve its size and appear ance. No pains shall he spared on our part to lender all of our patrons an abundant return for their support. We do not wish the public to judge of the Museum from the published issues —there aro many leading features which we have, as yet, been unable to present to our read ers, by which we expect to enhance the value of our paper. Nor have we been furnished with an exchange list, to make our selections, which, together with oilier circumstances, needless now to mention, have prevented a variety in the news department. In order to make these additions, it is desirable that we be aided hy the mercantile class. Still, we do not beg for their patronage ; we are confident that the pub licity given to their advertisements will amply justify the expense, and wc think that our mer chants need but the knowledge oftlicir interests, to act in accordance with them. Central Railroad. —Atari election for Di rectors of the Central Railroad and Hanking Company of Georgia, held at Savannah on the first of January, the following gentlemen were elected, viz : Messrs. John W. Anderson, Wm. Crabtree, Solomon Cohen, Richard R. Cuyler, Joseph S. Fay, Henry McAlpin; Win. B. John son, of Macon ; Jacob Waldhurg, and John It. Wilder, (new Director.) At a meeting of the Hoard on Tuesday last, It. It. Cuyler, Esq. was unanimously re-elected President of the Company for the ensuing year. Planters’ Dana. —’Flic following gentlemen were elected Directors of the Planters' Hank at Savannah on Monday last, viz . Messrs. G. W. Anderson, \V. 11. Cuyler, Geoige Jones, Isaac 'Cohen, John C. Nicoll, F. Sorrel, J. William son, and J. Stoddard, (new Director.) At a meeting ofllic Board on the ltd inst. G. W. Anderson, Esq., was unanimously re-clect e I President for the ensuing y ear. Stock for a railroad across the Isthmus of Pan ama has been rapidly taken. Tlie Past—Present—and Future. Since our last issue, we have been called to bid adieu to a friend of many days. On the last day of the last month, just as the iron tongue of Krotsos thundered forth the midnight hour, the year Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Eight, sunk into the grave of the past, where he now sleeps with a long line of foregone brothers. Our departed friend was the latest survivor of the many sons which Mother Earth has brought forth to Old Time. The following ten by a Poet Latin ate in the court of the Old .Monarch, are touchingly descriptive of liis last moments: “llow hard he breathes!—over the snow I heard just now tlie crowing cock ; The shadows Wicker to and fro ; The cricket chirps; the light burns low ; ’’Pis nearly one o’clock. Shake hands before y-ou die, Old Year, —we’ll dearly rue for you; What is it we can do for you ? Speak out before you die. “ His face is growing sharp and thin— Alack ! our friend is gone ! Close up his eyes; tie up his chin; Step from the corpse; and let him in That stundeth there alone, And waiteth at the door; — There's anew foot oil the floor, my friend) And anew face at the door, my friend— Anew face at the door.” Much may he said of the virtues, and some thing, too, if truth he told, of the vices of the de parted Monarch. True, he was not personally conspicuous in many of the events of his reign; for he surrendered the control of his kingdom to his twelve sons, all of whom, save the youngest, died before himself, and he did not survive Ii is father. Some of these sons were satisfied to die, hav ing accomplished only the very ordinary feats of blustering up and down the earth ; now making their subjects shudder at their freezing looks; now scorching them in the fires of their anger; now setting before them a feast of fruits, and now bringing desolation and decay upon their verdant fields. Occasionally, however, they entered more particularly into the minutiae of governmental affairs—calling conventions, hold ing legislative assemblies, pushing forward po litical campaigns with energy, presiding at elec tions—with one hand demolishing the hopes of the ins, and with the other, building airv castles for the outs. While tiiey were thus, alternately exciting tbe hopes and fears—the pleasures and pains of their subjects, they left to their children, of which each had a goodly number, (say', some thirty, or thereabout,) the task of ministering ex quisite pleasure, or poignant grief, to the family and social circle. Some, by the hand of their minister, Death, they robbed of their cherished idols; the hearts of others, they linked together in affection’s * bonds; became witnesses and attestors of :hc faith of others, plighted at Hy men’s altar; and whilom presided over the na tivity of sons and daughters, horn to bliss or curse the world. While these very ordinary events marked the rule of some of the sons of our old Monarch, others of them became eminent for producing mighty events .luring their short reign. One of them brought the memorable Mexican war to a Close; and from the spoils of victory, made a munificent donation to our noted relative, Uncle .Samuel, —though our worthy brother Jonatitau is disposed to claim heirship of the whole, al lowing ourselves neither part nor lot in prairies, wild horses, buffalo, rancheros, or gold diggings Another one of these sous, in conjunction with his immediate successor, play ed a long and brilliant game of ball vvi Ii the kiitgs, crowns, thrones and cabinets of Europe. Monarchs were made beggars —palaces were turned into barracks —citizens became soldiers—soldiers grew into rulers ; and so great was tbe confusion in tbe po litical tennis-court, that but few men knew which s ide they were upon, or whether they were on any side. Another one of these sons, studious of change, passed a decree which is designed to take the guardianship of our aforementioned relative) Uncle Samuel, (who, by reason of his great in firmity, and the multiplicity of his cares, is ne cessarily consigned to a keeper,) out of the hands of the political family to which it has been for some time entrusted, and to give it in charge of one for a few years past aspiring to that distin guished honor. It cannot be denied that this contest and the resulting change occasioned a good deal of nccriinony between these two dis tinguished families; and a controversy is in pro gress between them, the merits of which we will not pretend to decide. Having said thus much of the reign of our old King, we must now speak of the closing scene. While our duty, as chroniclers of public events, requires perfect truthfulness on our part; and, therefore, leads us, however unwillingly, to ex pose the follies of one to whom we owe so much, we hope that upon these follies the gracious reader will drop a tear of regret. For it is a lam entable fact that our venerable friend spent his closing days in childish sports and undignified carousal; incited thereto by one of his frolic some grand-children, a certain Kris —or Kris mas-Krinklc. During these days of debauch, the reins of government hung loosely. Boys and girls broke away from the restraints of school, dived into the mysteries of Santa-Claus’ pockets, rifled those of their elders of their dimes and dollars, illuminated night with wheels, rockets and Roman candles—and tortured Si lence by the continued discharge of squibs, crackers and fire-arms. Servants were released from restraint, and tbe merry song, and loud guffaw attested tbe pleasure brought them by the Old Mail’s revelry. And thus he died Alas ! alas ! “Close up his eyes; tie up his pilin', Step from the corpse, and let him in That standetli there alone ” But who is lie that intrudes upon the chamber of the dead so unceremoniously ? Who? His successor, who assumes the sceptre that has fall en from the hand cold in death. He meets us with a smile. A kindly warmth glows upon his brow. He is rich in promises of future good ; but who can tell whether lie will fulfil or falsify them? We cannot; but we promise the public that we will look closely to the measures this new Ruler of our destinies, the year Eighteen Hundred and forty-nine, and chronicle the same so faithfully, that it will confide in our weekly sheet as the record of truth, and extend to ns a fair portion of its patronage. In closing this obituary of tbe departed year, we know not what better New Year’s blessing we can ask for our patrons than a mind cherishing and adopting, as a rule of action, the following truthful sentiment: “Time was, is past; thou canst not it recall : Time is, thou hast; employ the portion small; Time future is not, and may never be ; Time present is the only time for thee.” A word more for ourselves. But yesterday we were standing amidst the graves of unre warded labors and crushed hopes. To-day our mind gladly turns from these sad mementos of past enterprise, and begins to revel in dreams of tiie future. The first hour of u new year seems to ho the birth-lime of new enterprise and new hope? We have launched our little hark, the “Mu seum," manned by Perseverance and Industry, with Hope for our compass, the uncertain winds and tides of the sea of adventure. If we read our future destiny in the log-book of the past, we shall encounter the furious storm and the perilous reef. But the needle of Hope points not to the past —the future is its magnet; and we challenge our fellow-adventurers to a test of speed to the haven of success. Changes. —The Albany Courier lias been merged in the dour mil Messenger. John Forsyth, Esq., editor o'” the Columbus Times, has resigned the editorial chair to James N. Bcthune, Esq. A. G. Summer, Esq., editor of the South Caro linian, has turned over the editorial management of that print to Wm. B. Johnson, Esq. N. M. Calder, Esq., editor of the Cherokee Ad vocate, has disposed of his interest in that paper to M essrs. Hunt &. Campbell. Messrs. Sibley ft. Dyke have disposed of their interest in the Tallahassee Floridian, to Messrs. A. E. Maxwell and R. fi. Smith. ITT We clip the following from the Columbus Enquirer: “ Our City— Its Prospects—Railroad—Capi tal—.Manufactures, S, c. —At the commencement of the Now Year, we look at home and around us with lively hopes and expectations of tbe fu ture. “ The Muscogee Railroad is now fairly in progress of construction, not upon paper but oeer ground. Suffice it to say, that the capital and energy now brought to this work ran accomplish anything. Our Factory improvements are go ing up beyond our most sanguine expectations, and their success is equaling the most sanguine expectations of those engaged in them. All that is wanting to make our city not only the Lowell of the South, Imt of the United States, is capital, and that is rapidly tending tow ards it. Col Furisli Carter, long and favorably known to the people of Georgia, not only as a large cap italis', but as a man of >:reat caution and pru dence, has now near completion one of the larg est ( lass of Factory buildings, and ft is said in tends immediately to erect another. In these it is his purpose to employ slave labor, thus di verting a per ion of this from the production to the manufacture of our great staple 51 Shall the South he forever dependant upon Northern capitalists and factories? What has been and is now being accomplished by enter prising Southern men furnish us the answer Georgia lias some reason to boast of her rapid advancement towards iiulcpender.ee of foreign labor and capital. Rush forward the good work. We are not of those who, like the cur in the manger, will not allow others to do that which we are not prepared to do ourselves. Therefore we say, success to our enterprising fellow-citi zens ol Coiumbus. But why may not Macon outstrip our sister city in enterprise ? There is no assignable reason. The wealth of a State consists not merely in tlie discovery of its resources, hut in their ma ture development, and in making them profita ble to ourselves. Its resources will remain un discovered and undeveloped,and its wealth will diminish, so long ns it depends upon others for what its own labor and skill can very readily prod lice. We have as good streams and steam as any — the materials tire at our doors, and capital can be drawn from the strong boxes iff the wealthy by proper inducements. Some may object that it is impracticable to procure operatives. There is no real objection here. Experience lias attested the efficiency of black operatives In tbe Factory of Forsyth iV Cos., at, or near, Milton, Fla., from which large quantities ofcotton fabrics aro annually shipped to New Orleans, as we are informed, slaves are advantageously employed. But our minds look beyond the minor barriers presented to the ultimate good to bo reached. No great object is attained without difficulty ; and the incalculable benefits resulting to those who invest their capital in manufactures and products of every kind—to trade—to cities, and to the State generally—will more than compen sate for the difficulty of the undertaking. Duties of Parents.— Under the claims of so cial organization, no parent has a right to cast his children upon the world. He is hound to provide for his children to the utmost of his power, with the means of obtaining a livelihood, so that they may not become a burden upon so ciety, or be led into vice through the rugged avenues of poverty. This ran only he done either by funding for each child such a sum that his interest of it will provide for his or her life, or the “ more excellent way” of furnishing them with the knowledge and habits of industry which are even more inalienable and more productive than funded wealth. Habits of industry and ca pacity for labor are by fur the most reliable re sources and means of livelihood. It is therefore the two-fold duty of every man—his duty ns a parent and as a citizen—to provide his children with these whether he gives them wealth or no.” ,V. Y. Commercial . The Cholera. By Telegraph to the Savannah Georgian, of Jan. Ist, it is stated that three new cases and one death by cholera occurred at the New York U'larantine on the 28th ult. On the foll ow i n „ day three more new cases occurred, all anion! old residents at the hospital. Cholera in New Orleans.—The deaths b v cholera in New Orleans Charity Hospital 01, the 22d were 22 ; the new cases admitted, fort,, one- The interments in the city on the 22d were sixty-nine, of which forty-five were by cholera. The Crescent City of Monday, received by last night's mail, says : “ We regret to say that the epedemic has not decreased since our last hut on the contrary has become more extended! The interments in the city for the 24 hours end ing at 12 o’clock yesterday, were over 100, of which 84 were of cholera. This does not in. elude Lafayette, and is almost equal tothe high cst number in any one day during the terrible epidemic of 1847.” Georgian. Later papers bring the cheering intelligence that the mortality in Now Orleans is rapidly abating. Tbe following letter «as received bv a ge*. llcinan in Charleston : “ New Orleans, Dec. 23,1848. “Tlie cholera has paralyzed business to « u enormous extent. Our hotels are nearly vacant all that-could leave are gone. Within two day s that epidemic has taken not only the poor and exposed, hut some of our best citizens.” By Telegraph to the Mobile Register g,- Jour nal from Now Orleans, Dec. 28, 9 p. M . j, „ stated that the interments for twenty-four hours -1 numbered ninety-two. Total number of cases 9 one hundred and fourteen. Later.— By a Telegraphic despatch, dated • Dec. 31—8 p. M., to the Register Journal, ws ■ learn that to 1 o'clock of that day, the Board of I Health reported a sensible decline of tile epi- 1 domic. Interments of cholera, 21 —total 87 fi The Charity Hospital admitted of cholera na- 9 tients. 34; other diseases, 32. Discharged of I cholera, IG; deaths by cholera, 2(». Cholera in Mobile.— “A few ca-os or tin. disease,” says the same paper, “ made their ap. M pea ranee in this city on Friday night and Batiir. nj day morning. Os the eight persons atlai-kni 1 by cholera, up to the morning of the Ist., feir B were convalescent. Effect of Loin PnrimiNr.— of a village congregation, in a neighborin'! State, was completely upset lately by the folle». ing circums’nncc : An eccentric preacher, intending to illnstmtJ the superior ( ffn iency ol loud and earnest prentli-l ing over that which was calm and deliberate ini tone and manner, turned to one of his brctitrenl and said—“ Brollic r M ,if I w ere to say in von, in a very low tone of voice and unexcited| manner, 1 Your home is on fire, —your house is! on fire;’ would you not suppose that I was jest- \ ing with you, and the (.Velar:.lion would produo: no effect? But if I were to cry out, ‘Brother! M , your house is on fire ! 1 snv, sir, Just at this moment one of his auditors who u« C(l tin ear-trumpet, not having caught any pars of the sentence except tbe cry of fire, uttered in tbm and r tones and w ith accordant look and jes-l Dire, and supposing some part of tlie village i be in flames, started from bis seat, drnj prd I Ii ear-trumpet, and without hut or benedictie: 1 rushed down the aisle, shouting at the lopnfl i voice—“ li. if.rs ' J:re !" The effect of tii, unexpected scene upon the congn gntion m truly moling ; and the preacher sat down, tie roughly satisfied with ibis practical illustrate of I be influence of loud and earnest preaching t The \Y AsmxcToN National MosuHEin-l J lie . \utionul Intel. tgtncir ,s:t\s :—i lice tin® closing of the masonry work of tlie IbundatiMiK of >his great structure, and securing the wort trom injury during the winter months, the mi blu blocks have been put upon the banker? be rut, preparatory to being set in the spring,:" rearing the obelisk which is to surmount theseß foundations. Some of these marble blocks tm m sure thirty cubic feet, and are pure w liite, will m out a discoloring vein. Its effect in mass w 9 he splendid, arid, when meeting the sun’s n»- S brilliant to the ey e. The foundations for il'fl marble pillar are of solid musoiirv, eight-.- feet square tit the base, and twenty-four fedthi:< —seventeen feet of w liieli show above the groin The position of the Monument commands wjfl of the most picturesque and interesting vie" that can he imagined. To the north and the eye takes in the public buildings, to f jS| south it looks down a long rerch of water, i: noble Potomac, terminated by Alexandria ’ Fort Washington ; and to the west rise the: M turesque highlands of Potomac. Florida Senator. — Gen. J. Morton, * M elected United States Senator on the Ist if; - by the Legislature of Florida, to succeed IF 'ajj J. I). YVestcott, Jr. (FJ’Tlic cars are now running daily bctwet’JS Kingston and Rome. The completion of and ? branch of our State road, w ill be quite an i ; 9 provemeut to the commerce of Macon, ipig uil 9 and other cities. Moral Greatness. —Moral greatness ft 1 sists not in the office a man fills, or in the * vation he lias reached by the zeal of his Iriet* The humblest individual in our ncighborli ol **- may in reality be tbe greatest man into"*' ® He is unknown by the crowd ; but in cjrrh j|? principles, moral habits, unbending integrity, shows grandeur of character, which no Bis* hr power can boast. His talents lind exertion*' forming and fixing the habits of multitudes are not sensible of tlie influence he has us them. lie works silently, judiciously and c( | stonily. This is moral gre <tness. When . | find a man leading you along imperceptihl), | by silken cords and silent resistless appeals,.' .| may be sure he possesses in a pre-eminent grec the elements of real greatness. (UP Thu Latireusville Herald, of the the- 1 ult. says : “We are pleased to learn that the gislatnre has taken from the Rail Road G" 11 ny the Charter to the Bridge, and given !t | Henry Bliultz and John McKiiiuie.’