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MACON , G A. Saturday afternoon, march 2:?. dyln order to enable us to give the latest in telligence, we shall hereafter issue the Southern Tribune in the afternoon, which will give us the use of Friday night's mail. This arrangement will not delay it to our country patrons. The Georgia Citizen.— We received the hrst number of this paper just as we were closing ours, consequently can only bid it welcome. It is neat in appearance, and filled with interesting matter. Mr. Benning’s Letter. —We commend the attentive perusal of this able letter to our readers. The events of the last month have satisfied us that “ we are in the midst of a revolution, though bloodless as yet”—and it behooves the South to know who are prepared to stand by her in the hour of ueed. So far the necessity for a Con vention seems to increase. Look to the infa mous Resolutions from New York, (and Ohio and Rhode Island have recently passed similar ones, for which we have not room to-day,) and the votes in both houses to receive them, and tell us if this looks like "all's well, the danger is over.” No indeed—it is hut the delusion of an artful Delilah, that is crying “peace, be still,” until she shears us of our strength, and delivers us over to the Philistines of the North. The masses of the North we candidly believe are de termined to restrict slavery to its present limits; and they doubtless intend eventually to abolish it in the States—this has been recently avowed by some of the more candid among them. In ten years how will the South stand beside the twenty or thirty new States to be formed out cfOregon,California, New Mexico and perhaps Canada. This is no idle view of the subject. But read the letter and judge for yourself. Mr. Toombs’ Letter. —Wc publish in ano ther column this strange production, not that vve agree with him, but to show how far he is dis. posed to go in maintaining the rights of the South in relation to the admission of California. We do not know whether he will vote for its admission or not—it will be admitted however, under the present organization, embracing terri tory enough to form seven States as large as Georgia, and embracing upwards off our hundred thousand square miles! And yet we are told the South must submit to this flagrant outrage, •imply because Congress has the right to admit new States Into the Union—a right which we have no doubt will be literally construed and exercised out of this very territory hereafter. Can any sane mind think for a moment that if an application were now made by the balance of the territory for admission as a slaveholding State, that it would be granted ? No indeed- But it is for the people of the South to determine whether they will tamely submit to the admis sion of California, and the eventual abolition of slavery in their own territory or not. Nashvk.le Convention. —The following are the candidates for election as Delegates : For the State —C. J. McDonald and W. T. Colquitt, (D.) W. Law and C. Dougherty (W.) Second District —ll. L. Benning, (D.) M.J. Crawford, (W.) Fourth Dictrict—E Y. Hill, (W.) O. Warner, <D.) Fifth Districts. Fouche,(D.) 11. V. M. Mil ler, (W.) Seventh District —J. A. Wingfield, (D.) Eighth District —Win. Terrell, (W.) The First, Third, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Districts have not yet held or completed their nomina ions. Election on Tuesday', 2d day of April next. inr'Ve learn from the Chattanooga Advertiser of the 2Uth inst. that Bacon is seiiing there at 44 cents per lb. hog round—no corn nor potatoes in that market. The State Road. —The Chattanooga Ad vertiser of the 20th inst. says,“The cars are now running from the Depot at this place to Tunnel Hill, under the arrangement mentioned by us two weeks ago. The Passanger Car has been attached to the small Engine, which goes and returns daily, except Sundays ; while the Freight Cars have been attached to the large Engine, which makes nine trips per week, taking off 130 bales of Cotton each trip—or 1170 bales per week. This arrangment will enable the Cars to take off the Cotton now here in about three weeks. The Sea Serpent.— The Savannah Geor gian of the 19th inst. says that the passengers by Metamora state that the Serpent has been real ly caught- He is a species of the whale family, with several proturberances on his back, 'i he head of a whale and a snake’s body. His cap tors have drawn him to the beach, and covered him over for security. Southern Colony in California. —The fol lowing appears in the advertising columns ofthe Mississippian. In our opinion similar measures should have been adopted long ago : California —The Southern Slave Colony.—Citi zens of the Slave States desirous ofemigrating to California will send their nnmes, number slaves and period of contemplated departure, to the ad dress of “Southern Slave Colony,” Jackson, Msssissippi. All letters, to meet with attention, must be postpaid. It is the desire ofthe friends of this enterprise to settle in the richest mining and agricultural portions ofCalifornia, and to secure the uninter rupted enjoyment ofslave property, It is estima ted that by the first of May next, the members of the Slave Colony will amount to about five thousand, and the slaves to abont ton thousand. The mode of effecting organization, &. c., will he privately transmitted to actual members. ttj*Thn trial of Professer VV ebster, for the murder of Dr. Parkman, commenced in Boston °D the 19th inst. The prisoner looked rnelan eholy and haggard, the jury was empanelled af ter fourteen peremtory challenges, during the oxamination of tho witnesses for the prosecu tion the greatest excitement prevailed “ Watchman ! W hat of the Mght t» i The Southern People and the Southern Press have now but one theme to engage their thoughts —and no iteration or change rung on this all absorbing idea abates its interest. There is good reason for it, for the theme is a grand one, and the stake the noblest we have. Constitu tional freedom is the argument —and equal rights among equals the contest is waged for. The most sluggish minded are aroused from their in difference—those that have been foremost in their tamperings with our safety have grown se rious, and even the venal pack who have set theircountry up for sale, begin to think they have presumed too far on the weakness and the mean, ness of human nature. The noblest minds that figure on our stage of political life are earnest and solemn in the exertions they are now making to save the country from its present peril. They work with a desparate energy, but yet not hope fully. And well may the most confident trem ble at the prospect before us. For if the evil that is to be dreaded, is the dissolution of the Union of these States (and not the loss of liberty,) is not the complete extinction of fraternity and good neighborhood that latter events have pro duced, between the States, the surest forerunner of this catastrophe. What respectcan men have for a political union when personally, in their heart of hearts they hate, and loathe each other? What national glories are not eclipsed by the vile epithets and rancorous recriminations that daily arc bandied between the North and South—and what faith can this Government in spire when its parts are in open conflict because of the corruption and insecurity which its histo ry dcvelopos. That man who restores health to the body politic, must invoke the power of the Prophet who restored the sweetness to the hitter waters. We must have back that old feel, ing of heart-warm and unaffected brotherhood, that used to be the right arm of the Constitution —" that in honor preferred one another”—that once felt an honest pride in the honor and ad vancement of each section, almost as great as is now felt in anew ly discovered blot and igno miny,— we must be again not only the political allies of each other, but socially, morally, every way, we must have one fortune and one fate. If there is no hope for this, it is the madness of folly to talk about Union, if it be not a Union for the bitter and more cordial hatred of each other- For by a tendency as inevitable as natu. ral, these hostile elements cannot commingle without collision and the succombing of the weaker. The position that a few leading Northern statesmen have at last reluctantly taken, has, in our opinion, created hopes that arc doomed to disappointment. For, first, there has in the minds of these men been constactly present the necessity, of npology and extenuation for the presumption of doing the South justice, and many of the reasons assigned for this course have been so sophisticated, that so far from concilia ting and convincing their constituency, they have only exasperated them and strengthened their delusion, by causing them to believe that because a flimsy and untenable reason has been given for doing right, that therefore they are justifiable in doing wrong. In a word, after taking a full view of all the ground occupied by our best friends at the North, we confess we are not confident or trusting on the points of controversy, because of the animus by which they have been induced to give us their support. We would not, for worlds, be captious as this hour, nor aggravate by unreason able exactions, the sore evils that now afflict our unfortunate country ; but in sober earnestness, we ask our readers, until the North and North- West come to view this whole Slavery question in some other light than as a moral or religious one, what earthly hope have we, that this eter nal torment to our national peace, is ever to be ended ? And that it is now viewed as a ques tion for the moralist and not the politician, but a few moment’s reflection will satisfy any' mind. For, viewed politically, what harm docs the in stitution of Slavery work to any portion of the country? What exclusiveness is there in its privileges—what immunities from taxation or governmental charge are enjoyed by it. None whatever—and yet to mark the zeal and outcry that are never still in their warfare, we would suppose that some of the States were outrageous ly burtliened for the support of an ungodly mo nopoly. No, politically the anti-slave States are vastly benefitted by Slavery and they know it. They well know that to abolish this institution is to beggar them by the blow that strikes two hundred millions of yearly wealth from the face of the earth. No, we say again this whole movement has been from first to last projected by unsound and wholly unjustifiable principles of action, referring the question to our peculiar form ofgovernment. Then admit the free States so called, have viewed this as a moral question in their attacks upon us, and where are vve ? The next, and we are to be disfranchised for our unreasonable and “God detested” want of free schools; our thirty thousand adults that neither read nor write, should not disgrace the country and degrade the “ free North,'' the enlightened North, by voting before they are made wise enough to vote. Then the Temperance reform will engage Congress—The Holy Sabbath, so wantonly desecrated, will employ in its behalf the noblest powers ofGovernment and we never will stop in the mad career of reform, until a Theocracy shall he established, with the smirk ing, smiling devil of hypocrisy, at the head of it. This may seem an extravagant picture, but its typo has been found in history, and the history tooof the very peoplo who havo taken us soul and body into their keeping. With us every thing that marks the day is be. gun and carried on by an epidemic fury. There are neither metes nor bounds to our good or bad, and if slavery is to be abolished or restricted from the motives assigned for it, there will be no telling where we will stop. If, however, vve are true to the fortunes of the American Republic, we might turn the present unpropitiouscircum stances of the country to a noble use. We might, now all sections have been brought to see the ruin of blind fanaticism, form anew league—correct errors that aro gaining that, sooner or later, must get the mastery over us,—and for the future, for all time, by declara tory acts, so palpably define the rights of all, that to question them hereafter, will be, per se, revolution and war. This would be a sensible, manly course, and the admonitions of our recent troubles, will have passed by as the idle winds, if we leave things in their present undefined and uncertain state. Will they so remain f We are sure they will not. Better or worse they must get ; and we are now, every hour, ice Southern men, making up the irresistible destiny of our children. This last week has been pregnant with moral influences, and we fear, for us, of the worst sort. We will, in the love of country and fear of God declare, that if the course pursued by some of the counties of Georgia in the last two weeks, begonerally followed, vve will lose every inch of ground we have lately gained and never be able to regain it. Will Southern men, and Georgians, by an apathy and unconcern in regard to our present dangers, insult the spirit of resistance to injury and wrong, and prostrate the spirit of our councils, and unnerve tho strong arm of defence? A few more unheeded calls to meet in primary assembly and a word or two more of threats/rom us, that the Government is to be subsidized, when occasion calls, and our ene mies will believe any thing, attempt any thing. The Weather. —For a week or two past we have had occasional heavy rains, accompanied with thunder and lightning, which have raised the streams and rendered the roads almost iin. passable, as well as materially checked farming operations. Notwithstanding this, it lias not been as cold as might have been expected. We notice that the rains have extended to the West, and great fears aro entertained of extensive damage being done on the Mississippi. At Au. gusta on the 18lh, the water rose to about thirty feet above low water mark, and being only six feet and a half below the great flood of 1840, which flowed a part of the city. We have not yet heard of any material damage being done.— At Chattanooga a few days ago, the water was a foot deep in some of the stores near the river. Our riverrose about six feet last night and is very full. The weather has turned colder to-day, and the prospect is good for its being clear now. The weather has been colder the last winter in England, than it was ever known to be in that country. Mr. C alhol'N. —Wc are pleased to learn that the health of this gentleman is improving, and vve hope will soon be entirely restored. His presence in the Senate is much needed at the present time, when his motives have been mis construed, and the crusade against the South is not only unabated,but on the increase. Should his health permit vve doubt not he will be found at his post during the present crisis. Mr. Calhoun was born on the 18th of March, 1782, and consequently on Monday last he was sixty-eight years of age. Coin. —The Twenty Dollar Gold pieces have recently made their appearance, and will be con venient for those having large payments to make in gold, although too heavy for the pocket. Counterfeit half dollars, so accurately execu. ted as to exhibit no perceptible difference from the genuine coin are in circulation in New Or leans. They can only he detected by ringing them. 0"E. M. Moise, (D ) has been elected Speak er of the Louisiana Legislature to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death on the7lh inst. of P. W. Farrar, Esq. The New Orleans Crescent says -‘We are glad that he was elected, if for no other reason than because the Whigs attempted by deserting their seats, to prevent an election. This mode of attempting to control the majority is wrong, and always results in loss to the party which adopts it. The W'higs claim io he ihe conservatives, yet ii seems iiiey uo iiui hesitate to resort to this most dishonest mode of retarding business. Mr. Moise moved an ad journment, so that it should not be said that he was elected by surprise But ifmembors choose to come off to the city, those who remain have no right to delay business until the truants re turn. It is wrong in principle—ruinous in prac tice.” ITT-The Remington Bridge which is now be ing built at Montgomery, Ala., has a span op four hundred feet, without piers or other inter, vening support —the longitudinal supporters or stringers being only three inches thick in the middle. This Bridge, it is said, will be capable of sustaining upwards 0f2,000 tons, and will cost only SISOO. Father Mathew. —The Mobile Tribune of the 13th inst. says : “Tho success of this single minded, benevolent individual, we are happy to learn continues to increase. Already the num. her to whom he has administered the total ab. stinencc pledge in Mobile exceeds thirteen hun dred.” Oregon. —A writer from Oregon, describes it as one ofthe healthiest and most beautiful por tions of our country, and destined to bo one of the wealthiest. They have there the finest cli mate and the best water in the world, end never have the fever and ague. He says it is a perfect paradise for women and cows, but as yet raiher tough for men, oxen and horses. O’Tlie municipal elections rnme off in Mon treal, Canada,on the 3th inst. and resulted in the election of the Annexation candidates in both wards. O’Thc cars are now running on the Railroad from Jackson to Brandon, Miss.—fare 75 cents. Smoking Chimney. —Col. William Mason, of London, in a letter to tho Builder, says—l havo built many chimneys, in all possible situa tions, and have found one simple rule always succeeded, the Secret being to construct the throat of the chimnoy, or that part of it jost above the fire-place, so small that a man ora boy can hard ly pass through it. Secondly—immediately a bove this, the chimney should be enlarged to double its width to the extent of about two feet in height, and then dininish again to its usual proportions. No chimney that I ever contracted .thus, smoked \ irgini a. —Gov. F loyd has recently commu nicated to the Legislature of Virginia the fact that the Governor of Ohio had refused, on his requisition, to deliver up a free colored man, a fugitive from justice. The pretext for the refu sal is essentially the same as that under which Gov. Seward, ofNevv York, a few years since refused the requisition of the Governor of Geor gia. Gov. Floyd in communicating this refusal to the Legislature, recommends that some mea sure be adopted to transfer entirely the trade of \ irginia from those States, which have trampled underfoot the Constitution of the United States, to those which are still willing to abide by its compromises, and recognise their rights under it. The message concludes as follows : “ A concerted and uniform action on the par l ofthe South in this matter, will either redress our grievances at once, or transfer the direct Eu ropean trade to the Southern ports, or build up manufactories ofall sorts in our country, which would ultimately tend greatly to our strength and independence. “We now tax a tin pedlar ten dollars a year, whilst a clock pedlar has to pay fifty. The ven ders of all articles manufactured in the recusant States could be taxed one hundred per cent., and the vender be required to show where the arti cles were made. Pains and penalties could be easily attached to any evasion of the law,which would insure the due enforcement of it. Tho details could be made to embrace live stock and the products of the soil.” Mexico —Mr. W. M. Gibson, who recently went to Mexico on oilicial business, and who has made a pretty extensive survey of the coun. try, has returned to New York, and communica. ted several interesting items of intelligence con cerning its social and political condition. The aspect ofaffairs was very stormy at the time of Mr. G’s visit. Troops were at one time ordered out to surround the excited localities. It is said that a feeling in favor of annexation to the United Stntes prevails among the monarchists’ who comprise the wealthy Spaniards; or, if thatcannotbeobtained,then they wish the adop tion of some mode of colonization from Europe, under tho agency of American companies. This latter feeling is earnest and extensive, and the plan for colonization is based upon the purchase of large tracts of land in the State of Vera Cruz, by Amcaican capitalists, and the settlement thereon of a large emigration from Germany, France and England, in a body large enough to secure them from loss by depredations or other, wise. Mr. Gibson has a memorial from theown ers of fifty-two haciendas in the Slate of Vera Cruz, asking that this plan may be adopted. Many of them are decidedly in favor of annexa tion. The desire for the return of Santa Anna was growing extensive, arid it was felt that he is the only man who can control the destinies of Mexico. The Tunnel. —The Ringgold Republican of the 16tli inst. states that the first day of July next, is the most remote period fixed upon, by the contracior, for the consummation of this great work. We are happy to inform the public that anew system of management has been adop ted at this point, by which the safe and speedy transposition of goods across the Hill will be effectually insured. A passenger train and freight train are running daily between this point and Chattanooga. The travel is rapidly increas ing, and the freight both up and down, is accu mulating. The “extension” is in fine order, and everything is moving on likeclock work. A Hurricane. —The Milledgeville Federal Union of the 19th inst. says : "On Friday last about 12 o’clock, M., this city was visited with a gust of wind, accompained with rain, and near its close with hail, that in severity, exceeded any thing within the memory of “the oldest in. habitant.” A singularly heavy cloud had gath. eredin the North-West, which in its lower ex tremity was of a deep sei green color. A short time Oefore it began to discharge its contents, the loud roar ofthe wind was heard; as it ap. preached, fences and trees were prostrate! be fore it. It continued hut a few minutes, but in its progress over the city, a number ofehimnies were blown down, many trees uprooted and sev eral buildings more or less injured. Tho cop" per sheeting on the roof of the Executive Man sion, in several places was torn oft and rolled into a scroll; the tin covering ofthe new cell building in the Peniteutiary square was thrown off; the roof, rafters and sheeting of the Steam Factory, found a resting place in tho adjoining lot; a chimcy of the Arsenal, was demolished and a large amount of glass in the State House destroyed. Several chimneys of private houses, in different parts of the city were also blown down, and other damages occasioned. Fortu. ately, no personal injury was snstained. We have not heard ofany damage being done out of the city, except the prostration offences and the uprooting of trees. O’Thc Indiana Journal gives a description of a “Self Waiting Dining Table,’’ invented by a Mr. Lamb, of that State. The table is in cir" cular form, and so arranged that the portion on which the various dishes are set revolves slowly around, so that you can help yourselfto whatev er you wish. In the centre of the table, a fan and fly brush is so arranged as to pass round that portion of the table containing the dishes with such rapidity as to drive off the flies and to keep up a fine circulation of air. Reform. —TheWashington Union of 15th ult., in an article showing the enormous increase of expenses under tho present administration, in n time of peace, says that in 1845, only $5,608,207 were expended for what is called civil fist; while the present administration asks for over $14,000,- 000, or nearly tlireo times the amount. In 1845, only $9,533,203 were expended for the military establishment, while the present administration asks for over $15,000,000. In 1845 the naval establishment cost $6,224,639, while the present administration ask for over $11,000,000. Thf. Panama Railroad. —It is stated thattho celebrated firm of Baring &> Brothers have ta ken shares in the Panama Railroad to the amount [ of £50,009' Extraordinary Phenomenon in Sampson County, N. C.—The Fayetteville (N.C-) Caro linian of the 2th inst. gays : “We received on Wedcnsday last, the following communication from Clarkson, through Mr. Holland,of Clinton, and take great pleasure in laying the astonish ing particulars before our readers : “On the 15th February, 1850, there fell within 100 yards of the residence of Thomas M. Clarkson, in Bainpson ceuntv, a shower of flesh and blood, about 30 feet wide, and as far as it was traced, about 250 or 300 yards in length.— The pieces appeared to bo flesh, liver, lights, brains and blood. Some of the blood ran on the leaves, appearentlv very fresh. Three of his (T. M. C.’s) children were in it, and ran to their mother, exclaiming, ‘Mother, there is meat fall ing !’ Tlieir mother went immediately to see, hut the shower was over ; but there lay the flesh, &c. Neill Campbell, Esq., living close by, was on the spot,shortly after it fell, and pronounced it as above. One of his children was nbout 150 yards from the shower, and came running to the rest, saying he smelt something like blood.— During the time it was falling there was a cloud over head, having a red appearance like a wind cloud. There was no rain. The above you may rely on, and by Mr. Holland you have pieces of the flesh, which arc reduced by being kept so long Yours, &c., T. M. C.” The piece which was left with us, has been examined with two ofthe best microscopes in the place, and the existence of blood well cstab. fished; but nothing wasshown giving any indi cation ofthe character of the matter. It has the smell, both in its dry state and when macerated in water, of putrid flesh ; and there can scarcely he a doubt that it is such. It is astonishing, and we may say provoking also, that an occurrence of the kind should hap pen within thirteen miles of a village (thirteen miles south-west of Clinton) of intelligent per. sons, and no one felt interest enough in to go and get information about it. It is three weeks alter it occurred before any account of it is sent to the press. An occurence that is calculated to strike some men with awe; and wc are told that some persons listened to the relation ofit, and looked upou it as and idle tale, deeming it impossible that such a thingcould have occured ! The cloud from which it fell is said to have been of a red appearance, wl icli is ascribed to the clouds in former cases of this kind. Although by no means frequent, this is not the first time that such an occurrence lias taken place, even in this country. But as yet, the most learned aro unable to give any rational con jecture as to thefcause ofsucli a singular phenom enon. Plank Road to Waynesboro’. —We under stand that a project is on foot in this city to form a Company to build a plank Road from Augusta to Waynesboro’, and that it is in con templation to extend it ultimately to Louisville and Sandersville. These roads are now tho order of tho day.— Their great profitableness has been fully demon strated. Those who have the above scheme in con templation arc shrewd men, and not apt to em bark in an enterprizo without being posted up as to the facts, and probable results. The cost of a double track Plank Road to Waynesboro’ will be about SIOO,OOO, or about $3,300 per mile. , The Waynesboro’ and Augusta Rail-Road Company may look out for a rival. “Competition is the life of trade.” Medical use of salt. —In many cases of dis ordered stomach, a tcaspooriful of salt taken three times n day is ceitain cure. In the vio lent internal aching, (termod cholic) add a hand ful of salt to a pint of cold water Brink it and go to bed ; it is ono of tho speediest remedies known. The same must be done on the first symptoms of plague, and will revive a person who seems dead from a heavy fall, &<:. In an apoplectic fit no time should bo lost in pouring salt and water down tho throat, if sufficient sen sibility remain to allow swallowing : if not, the head must he sponged with cold water until the senses return, when salt and water will com pletely restore the patient from the lethargy.— In the fit, the feet should he placed in warm water, with mustard added,and the legs briskly rubbed, all bandages removed from tho neck, &x., and a cool apartment procured if possible. In many cases of severe bleeding at the lungs, when oth er remedies fail, Dr. Rush found two teaspoon fullsofsaltcompletely stayed the flow of hlood- In case of a bite from a inad dog, wash tho part with strong brine for an hour, then bind on some salt with a rag. This prevents ill consequences and cures. In toothache, warm salt and water held to the part and renewed two or three times, will relievo in most eases. In scorbutic habits, use salt plentifully, imd a vegetable diet; if the gums be affected, wash tho mouth with brine; if the teeth he covered with tartar, wash them twice a day with salt and water. In swelled neck, wash tho part with brine, and drink it also, twice a day until cured. Salt will expel worms, if used in the food in a moderate degree, »nd aids digestion, hut salt meat is injurous if much used. (CrTlie New York canalsaro not to bo opened before, the first of May, two months later than the commencement of business upon the State works of Pennsylvania. The Hickman (Ky.) News Letter has been in formed that during the last season, there was a company of sixteen highly respectable gentle men started from tho neighborhood of Bodys villr, Tenn. for California, Out of this com pany but two reached their destination. The other fourteen died ofstarvation. O* The celebrated mining district of Guana juato, in Mexico, has yielded more during the past > ear than any other time. There had been coined up to December last, upwards of twelve millions in silver, and about $700,000 in gold. The mines yielded from 9 to 15 per cent, of gold. O* The Hon. R. B. Letcher,U. S. Minister to Mexico, was received with great cordiality by | ‘he President of that Ropublie. England and’ Venezuela. —The VVashing. ton Globe of the 16th inst. says : "We translate from the Courier des Etats Unis, tl e following letter, lately received from Venezuela by tha journal, which, as it is published without a name, we give without comment: “The threat of a bombardment, [of l.aguaira,] just made by Admiral UocKBrRN to the Gov ernment of Venezuela, is a natural consequence of the system that Great Britain has been for some years pursuing in South America- That Power wishes to get a footing there, and above all, to secure possession of the Point of Barima, which commands the navigation ofthe Orinoco. She has heretofore attempted to plant her flag there ; and the resistance offered by General Paez was the true reason for the support given the party of General Monagas by the British Charged’ Affaires. Thus, as I wrote you eigh teen months ago, (see the Courrier of the 14th January, 1849,) Mr. Wilson promoted, to thn full extent of his power, the movement of the 24th January, anticipating, without doubt, that the difficulties into which he was precipitating Venezuela, would turn to the advantage of En gland. But it appears that the hopes he field out to his Government are too slow in being reali zed, as it thinks, and it wishes, therefore, to hasten the result. “Hero is the whole question. Great Britain wishes (o have a foothold on Terra Firma; and as one is not offered her, she intends to help her self to it. If threats do not succeed, then she will try the big guns. But as siie must mask her ambitious projects with a decent pretext, she puts forward the interest of British commerce. Observe, though, that this interest has not in any manner invoked the support ofthe Govern ment ; so far from that, it protested, in 1848, against the predicament in which the intrigues (menecs) of the Chaiged’ Affaires had placed if. But that matters nothing. The mask, has fallen off, but still it was a mask, and is now no longer needed. F.nglnnd demands of Mon ao as that he shall pay her reclamations ; and it is not in his power to do it. What will happen theu ? If Monagas is obstinate, the English will com mence with a bombardment, and theit an ar rangement will take place, and tho point of Ba rium will be ceded to them. Tho intervention of the United States can alone prevent this result. But will that be proposed, or will it come in time? This is the question. Manufacturing Establishment —Wa learn from the Chattanooga Advertiser that a compa ny has been formed, with a capital of $50,000, for tho purpose of erecting a Foundry in that place, for the manufacture of Engines, Railroad Cars, &.c. The capital stock has nil been sub. scribed, and Mr. Robert Cravens, one of tho company, will start to the North in a few days, for the purpose ofcontracting for the necessary machinery and to examine simitar establish ments in that section.— Maj. B. R. Mont gomery, has munificently donated to the compa ny two and a half acres of land not far from tho Depot, and near the Rail Road track, for them to erect the necessary buli Jings upon.—The main building is to bo 160 feet long, and two story* high, with wings. It is not yet determined whe ther the building shall be of Brick or Stone; the work is to be commenced immediately.—lt is to be driven by Steam Power. We hope we shnll shortly be able to state, that tho stock has boon taken for the erection of a Rolling Mill, a Cotton Mill and other Manufacturing Establishments. The erectionr of such establishments ns those, will do more to enhance the value of real estate in Chattanooga, add to her permanent prosperity, than all things clso.—lt would bring a large capital here, which would remain,and be constantly accumu lating; and if the holders of real estate in this place, a number of whom are men of large wealth, cannot got the stock taken to erect such; establishments, they should erect them them selves, as they aro abundantly able to do, and thus double the value of their property here. Great Fire in Buffalo, N. Y.—On Satur day last a firo broke out in Stewart’s Globe Sa ioon, in the nortli wing of rile North American Hotel, and burned seven hours. The Hotel* was entirely destroyed, togethsr with tho La fayette Street Church, Bloomer Hall,and, fifteen or twenty other buildingw. Tho loss is estima ted at $200,000, of which one-half is insured. The most beautiful portion of the city is laid in ruins. [TT 1 The only copy of Audubon's work on ths birds of A.morirn, which was saved from the great fire of 1635, in New York, has been pur chased by the corporation of that city, for SIOOO —The subscription price was SSOO. O’Mr Foote’s proposition for the appoint ment of a Committee of Thirteen has been held hack until the propriety is further discussed many question its efficiency in settling the didr cullies between the North and the South. o°The sales of Cotton at Charleston on the 20th inst. reached 1,000 bales at prices decided ly in favor of purchasers. Tiie prices rangad from 10.} to 111 c. MACON MARKET, MARCH 23. COTTON—The Canada’s accounts caused prices to recede from |to one cent per lb. Our market opened on Monday at 10 a 10}<S. On Tuesday the accounts from Charleston and Sa vannah shewed more doing and out market im proved 3 a }c. with a good feeling. Should the accounts hourly expected shew an advance, we may coon look for old prices. The receipts at all tho ports shew a falling off of some 350,000 bales. HALL & BBAATLEY, HAVE just received a well selected assort ment of DR Y GOODS and GROCERIES, which embraces almost every article in their fine of business. These Goods make their stock extensive, which has been selected recently by one of the firm, and they are determined to sell their Goods upon reasonable terms, and at the lowest prices. Whilst they are thankful for past favors, they respectfully iuvite theif friends and the public to call at their Storo on Cherry Street, and examine their Goods and prices, before pur chasing elsewhere J march 23