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SOUTHER NT RIBUNE. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY WM. B. HAKKISOM. VVM. B. HARRISON, i and v Editors. \VM. S. LAWTON, ) A Beautiful Little Story. A CHILD OF PRAYER. A few weeks since, in cornin'* down the North River, l was seated in the cabin of the magnificent steamer Isaac Newton, in conversation with some friends. It was becoming late in the evening, and one af ter another, seeking repose fram the cares and toils of the day, made preparations to retire to their beilhs. Some, pulling off their boots and coats, lay themselves down to rest: others, in the attempt to make it seem as much as possible like home, threw off more of their clothing—each one as his comfort, or apprehension of danger, dic tated. I had noticed on the deck a fine looking little boy of about six years old, following around a man, evidently his father, whose appearance indictated him to be a foreign er, probably a German—a man of medi um height, and respectable dress. The child was unusually fair and fine-looking, handsomely featured, with an intelligent and effectionate expression of countenance; and from under his little German cap fed his chestnut hair, in thick, clustering, beautiful curls. •After walking about the cabin for a time, the father and son stopped within a few feet of where we wete sealed, and be gun preparations for going to bed. 1 watched them. The father adjusted and arranged the bed the child was to occupy, which was an upper berth, while the little fellow was undressing himself. Having finished this, his father tied a handkerchief around bis head to protect bis curls, which looked as if the sun-light from his young happy heart always rested there This done, I looked for him to seek bis resting place; but instead of this, he quietly kneeled down on the floor, put up bis little bauds together, so beautifully childlike and simple, and resting bis arms on the lower berth, against which he knelt, he began his vesper prayers. The father sat down by bis side, and waited the conclusion. It was, for a child, along prayer, but well understood. 1 could bear the murmuring of his voice, but could not distinguish the words he spoke. But what a scene ! There were men around him—Christian men retiring to rest without prayer; or, if praying at all, a kind or mental desire for protection, I without sufficient courage or piety to kneel down in a steamboat’s cabin before stran gers. acknowledge the goodness of God or ask his protecting love. This was the training of some mother. Where was she now ? How many times had her kind hand been laid on those sunny locks, as she had taught him to lisp his prayers ! A beautiful sight it was, that child a! prayer, in the midst of the busy, thought less throng. He, alone, of the worldly multitude, draws nigh to heaven. 1 think the parental love that taught him to lisp his evening prayer, whe'her Catholic or Protestant, whether dead orliving,whether far off or nigh. It did me good, it made me better. 1 could scarce refrain from weeping then, nor can I now. as I see a gain that sweet child, in the cr wded tu mult of a steamboat’s cabin, bending in devotion before his maker. But a litte while before I saw a crowd of admiring listeners gathering about a company of Italian singers, in the upper saloon—a mother and two sons, with voice, and harp, and violin; but no one heeded, no one cared, for the child at prayer. When tlio little boy bad finished his eve ning devotion, ho arose, and kissed his father most effectionately, who put him in to his berth to rest for the night, i felt a 6trong desire to speak to them but defer red it till morning. When morning came, the confusion of landing prevented me from seeing them again. But, if ever 1 meeet that boy in his happy youth, in his anxious manhood, in bis declining years, I 11 thank him for the influence and exam, pie of that night s devotion, and bless the name of the mother who taught him to pray. Scarcely any passing incident of my life ever made a deeper impression on my mind. I went to my room, and thanked God that l had witnessed it, and for its in fluence on my heart. Who prays on a steamboat? Who train their children to pray, even at home ? ll.yndsomkly Caught. —In the House, wot long since, Mr. Morehead (whig) from Kentucky, delivered a powerful argument against the constitutionality of “the Wil mot Proviso.” Mr. Campbell (free-soil ■whig)of Ohio, rose on his feet, in the way of interruption, in which he expressed his astonishment at the new bearing of the gentleman from Kentucky; for he recol lected hearing that gentleman, during the Presidential contest, by way of inducing the good folks of Ohio to vote for Gen. Taylor, arguing that the proviso was not only constitutional, but that, if enacted by Congress, Gen. Taylor would, of couise, stand by it. Mr. Morehead appeared not a little confused ; and was forced to edmit, that when addressing the people of Ham ilton, Ohio, he had plead the constitution ality of the proviso; but he insisted that lie had since changed his views ! Hereto fore, this allegation had been made at home, on tbe Kentucky whig leaders, who would not confess the coin. Thus confronted by an eye-witness, however, a denial was more than Mr. Morehead could vaa'ure.— Enjtri. er. Public Heeling in Charleston. A glorious meeting has been held in Charleston on the compromise question. Pursuant to a call a very numerous and enthusiastic concourse of citizens assem bled at Hibernia Hall on the 20tli nit. to take into consideration the repott and pro positions of the Committee of Thirteen, recently made to the Senate of the United States. Chas. Macbeth and H. A. De sassi ke presided, assisted by forty Vice Presidents, embracing the leading men of the city. A committee of twenty-one reported to the meeting the following resolutions. 1. Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States is the fundamental law, by which the legislation of Congress is to be controlled, and by which the extent of the powers conferred by the States is to be determined; and any measures of Con gress which are not authorized by its terms, whatever may be their aim, can afford no benefit to the South, the assailed and weaker section of the Union—commensu rate with the evil they must produce inun settling the foundations on which its rights repose. 2. Resolved, That the various measures lately reported in the United States Sen ate, on the subject of slavery, purporting to be a compromise are in conflict with the constitution in several particulars are de structive of the rights and interests of the people of the South, and ought not to re ceive their sanction and support. 3. Resolved, That the adventurers from all parts of the world, now sojourning or living in the territory of California, do not constitute the people in legal and con stitutional language, and the sanction by Congress of their attempt to apropri ate to themselves a region rightfully be longing to the sovereign States of the U niori, and to create a State therein, will constitute an outrage on the constitution and practically enforce the Wilmot Piovi so, in a most odious and insulting form. 4. Resolved, That the boundaries of Texas, settled with Mexico in the treaty f Guadaloup Hidalgo, are as plainly de dermined and known as those of any ci ther Sta'e in the Union, and Congress has no constitutional right to to question or change them; much lesss has it any right to purchase a portion of the territory of a State,in order that institutions of one sec tion may be promoted and those of an other section may be excluded therefrom, i he suriender, therefore, of any portion of Texas, in concession to such a policy, w ill be a betrayal of the rights and inter ests of the South 5. Resolved, That it is the duty of the States as well as of Congress, in obedience to the plain mandate of the Constitution, to secure to the Southern master the ren dition of his fugitive slave; nor would the enforcement of this manifest duty by the whole power, both of the Federal and State Governments, be anything more than a mere compliance with the obliga tions which the Constitution strictly en joins. When therefore this duty on the part of Congress is not only disregarded, but is used as a pretext for interfering with slavery in the States, and when, as a part of the compromise which we are called on to support, the Southern master is to be arraigned by his own slave, in his own Siate, before the judicial tribunals of the United Slates, or the State, our sur prise is sunk in our indignation at such a proposition ; and we can only mark it as one of those steps in the progress of things that too significantly indicate “ the begin ning of the end.” 6. Resolved, That although the Consti tution was established by mutual compro mises, yet when once established it ceas ed to be the subject of compromise through the ordinary forms of Congres sional legislation. Its provisions must be either enforced or abandoried by Cong'ess. The South, in teference to the subject of slavery, asks but simple justice under the Constitution ; and faithful herself to the conditions on which she entered the U nion, she now claims the full benefit of her equal constitutional rights, and cannot consistently with her safety or honor, rest satisfied with any thing less. Mr. Porter accompained the Resolu tions with some very able and eloquent remarks, and he was followed by Isaac Hayne, Esq., and Hon. R. B. Rhett, in forcible and effective speeches. The question was then taken on the Resolutions, and they were unanimously adopted. These Resolutions breathe the true Southern sentiment, and they should re ceive a hearty response from Mason & Dix on’s line to the Rio Grande. The mea sures of the Congressional committee ate nothing but anew proposition to compro mise the rights of the South for merely the semblance of peace with the North ; and we are therefore rejoiced that tbe Resolu tions, condemning it in emphatic terms* were unanimously adopted by so large and intelligent a meeting. IO“ A man travelling at the west de clares the wind came to him so laden with fragrance that he thought he was near a garden of roses. He discovered that it wa’s only 3 bevy of girls going through the woods. A glorious action triumphantly won at Westminster, and a glorious victory a chieved at Waterloo,look wonderfully fine until the bill-is sent iu and the costs are paid. We ask advice, but we mean appro libation, The Si'prkme Court— Southere Rights. —lt is insisted by some, that under the compromise bill, the rights of the slave holder to bis slaves, in the territories, could be be decided upon by the supreme Court. Has the North agreed to abide by the de cision of that tribunal? If the question were now put to the Northern members of the Senate, or Hourse of Representa tives, would they bind themselves to submit to such decission ? No they would not. But we are oppossd to leaving the ques tion to the decision of the Court. We really believe it would decide in favor of the South, but it might decide the other way. In the first place, however, we doubt the constitutional power of the Supreme Court to take cognizance of the case, and, in the second, it is abhorrent to State sov ereignty to allow it. The idea is repulsive, that the rights of the Southern men, of all Southern men, to take their slaves to their own land and use them there, shall be submitted to the mercy of a few judges of the Supreme Court. We might as well submit to that body to decide whether we could there worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience, as whether we could enjoy our property there, which is recognized to be such by the constitu tion of the United States.— Augusts. Re public. Slaveholders in the Territories.— We will suppose a miserable slaveholder is in the territory. Can he hold l»s slaves there according to these compromises? No. Is not the territory his own land in patt? Yes. Are not the slaves recogni zed to be property by the constitution ? \ es. What then is the matter? His rights are blown up by an old Mexican law ! But was not that blowec up by the constitution afler annexation! No. Can not the glorious flag of the stripes and stars, floating over the territory, equally pro'ect the property of the citizen of the South as the citizen of the North l No. Are they equals under the constitution ? \ es. VVby can't they be equally protect ed then ? Because a ruthless fanaticism and the tyranny if a majority say to the descendants of Southern revolutionary sires, “we hold the sceptre and you shall bow with deference and submission to the terms dictated by our authority and will.” 1 his may be all right,and should he agreed to by the chivalric sons of the South, but it will take a head which curls with more sense than ours to see into it!— lb. Science and the Working Man. — In every trade and occupation there is sci ence. Every laborer is a practical philos opher, though often, like the bee or bea ver, working in the dark, performing pro digies of science without having the least idea of his skill. This ought not to be. Animals may work from instinct, but rea son and science are the only proper guides for mankind; nor should the workman be a mere machine, moved by the skill or philosophy of others; his mind should be well versed with the science of his trade as his hands is with the art; and to arrive at this degree of knowledge is not so hard as some suppose, because there are truth and philosophy in every thing. Thequat ryman, in hewing stones; the mason or statuary in shaping them, or the poor man in breaking them, have had volumes of facts before their eyes, which if register ed might have settled all theknopy points in mineralogy. Anil the same may be said of him who sinks mines, levels hills, cuts through the hearts of the mountains, or even down the gravel or pebbles in the garden walk. How true the words, that the thinking find. “Tongues in trees,books in the runninghrnoks, Sermons in the stones,and good in everything.” We consequently see that every worker in iron, brass, tin, copper, steel, silver, or gol 1, is perpetually experimenting in those meia s, and therefore an immense sphere of natural science and philosophy glitter ing before him. What a physiologist the butcher ought to be! What a botanist, entomologist, and, indeed, naturalist, farm er’s man and dairymaid might become! — Many of these have ten thousand more advantages for study than Solomon. The philosopher walks miles in pursuit of truth but truth follows and environs the cow herds, sheepheads, and ploughmen. The experimentalist has to put up forges, or furnish laborato ies, at great trouble and expense; hut the smelte , the blacksmith, the founder, the glass-blower and a hun dred more mechanics and operatives, have all this apparatus daily befote them, and therefore, without any trouble, might sound the depths and scan the heights of knowledge. Nothing would be required but a little observation.— Working Man’s Friend. The state or the Case. —The Model A nterican Courier says : “We see it announced that the young Earl of Durham, a nobleman with an income of $350,000, has reached New York on a visit to his hrothcr-in-luw, Lord Elgin, Gov ernor of Canada. We have just seen John Jones, an honest hardworking laborer, who came in the last emia grant ship from England, with his wife and a cash capital of three dollars and fifty cents!— The lord, with his immense income, represents the upper ten, while honest John with his beg garly pittance, represents the lower million ! Such is England, with its nobility and Church and State establishcment, allowing overgrown, 11-gottcn wealth to grind the toiling millions in the dust. Individuals among the wealthy, like the gentleman aaove referred to, may he eminent for their virtues, but they are the exponents of a system which every feeling heart must pro. nouncc deplorible in the extreme, When will the remedy arrive, and hov > MACON, G A. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1. Hon. H. A. Haralson will accept our thanks for valuable public documents. Washington Hall. — It will be seen by re ference to the advertisement, that this commo dious establishment lias become under the con trol entirely of Mr. E. S. Rogers, who is fully competent to maintain its former good reputa tion. Marietta Hotel —Tliis establishment is now managed by Messrs. Arnold & Oglesby, who are obliging and attentive gentlemen, and are ready to receive visiters. See advertise, ment. EpDr. \V. VV. Marshall has been located in Macon for several years and has been emi nently successful in curing all kinds of cancers, tumours, &c., without the use of the kuife. It has been done exclusively by external applica tions. He has many certificates of his success, which can be produced if necessary. Tae Weather. —During the past fortnight, we have had no rain, and a part of the time the weather has been excessively warm. On Thursday we had a fine rain, and since then we have had several showers, and some hail. Yesterday m irning the Market House was struck with lightning, which in passing down the rod killed a dog which was on the ground near by. Capt Bone was prostrated, and Judge Cook and VV.m Holmes, were severely shocked by it, all of whom were in the Market House at the time. They soon recovered from the eflects of the shock. Accident. —One of the freight cars on the Macon and Western Railroad ran off the track, by which one of the hands, a negro, had his leg broken and another was so badly scalded that he has since died. It is very seldom that any accident happens on this road, which is as well managed generally, as any in the country. O'We regret to learn that the valuable Fac tory ,at Cedar Shoals, in Newton county, was destroyed by fire last week, supposed to have originated in the picker room. This Factory has been very profitable for the last fifteen years and was located upon one of the best sites in Georgia. It will doubt'ess be speedily re-built. O’A severe gale occurred at Savannah on the 30th ult.damaging fences, windows, trees, &c. On the day previous an Irish woman named Ju lia Sdi.livan, was killed by lightning in that city. There were several individuals in the room at the time, who narrowly escaped. Another Fire in Charleston. —We regret to learn that the most disastjous fire occurred in Charleston on Wednesday morning last, that has perhaps ever occurred in that city Thirteen stores on Hayne street, all occupied by whole sale merchants, and a large oumber of buildings on Majket street, were consumed. The follow ing merchants lost their stores on Hayne street, viz : Townsend, Arnold & Cos. dry goods, insured- Wiley, Banks & co. “ “ “ Kelsey &. Deas, “ “ “ Gilliland & Howells, “ “ “ Ilvatt, Mcßurney & Cos. “ “ F. D. Fanning &Cos. Hat and Cap Store, “ D. F. Fleming & co., Shoe Store “ 11 armll, Hare & co., Saddlery store, “ J S. Beach, Stationery Store, “ G. Z. Waldron & co., Clothing do. “ Courtney & Tennent, Hardware do. “ F. W. Grant, Grocery de. “ S. S. Mills, Grocery do “ The Charleston Hotel was on fire but saved. The loss is estimated at about $500,000 — which was principally insured. $36,000 falls on the Augusta & Insurance Company. Nashville Convention. —This patriotic as semblage of distinguished citizens of the South will convene at Nashville on Monday next. — The following gentlemen have accepted the ap pointment as Delegates from Georgia, viz : Hon. G. M. Troup, C J. McDonald, Wm. Law, Chas. Dougherty, W. T. Colquitt, J. H. Couper, M J Crawford, 11. L. Benning, O C. Gibson, S. Fouche, and Messrs. Warner, Miller, Billups, Wingfield and McWhorter, and will attend.— Judges Hill, Hillyer, Scarborough, Meriwether and Gartrell have declined ! The South Caroli na, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi delegations will probably be full—and Maryland, Virginia! Tennessee, Louisiana, Tezas, North Carolina and Arkansas, will he partially represented Great Flood. —The accounts from the West represent the waters in the Mississippi as being very high, and land enough has been inundated to produce two hundred thousand bales of cotton. At Helena, Ark., the water was higher on the 18th, than it had been since 1828—a large por tion of the town was overflowed. For more than a mile up and down the river si that plaee the bank had caved in from 100 to 150 yards in width. The water wus very high in all the prin* cipal tributaries of the Mississippi at the lutest dates, which must prove disastrous to the crops in that productive section. Latest from Europe. —The steamer Asia, arrived at Halifax on Tuesday last, bringing Liverpool dates to the 18th ult An advance of }d. per lb. on fair qualities of cotton had taken place, and the market for other descriptions was quite animated at previous rates in Liverpool.— 48,000 bales were sold during the week. Trade in tho manufacturing districts was very prosperous. The money market was easy, and provisions unchanged. American securities had advanced, and U. S. Sixes were quoted'at 11£ premium. The political intelligence is unimportant. The Atlantic was to leave Liverpool on the 29th of May. Brown and Shipley’s Circular by the Europa estimates the stock of Cotton on hand at Liver pool at five hundred and eight thousand baleß, O’ It is said that the Southern organ to be es tablished at Washington, is to be called the “Crisis” Elwood Fisher and Mr. Garnett, of Virginia, are to be the editors. Forty thou sand dollars have, it is reported, been subscrib ed to carry on the enterprise. THE STATE OF THE REPUBLIC. It is gloomy enough—and this gloom is made still more sombre, from the fact, that a large por tion of our people have no distinct perceptions of a policy that ought to be and shall be pursued to the end. When the minds of masses of men are resolved and the stimulus of exertion to se cure an end is upon them, it matters little what is the emergency—what the danger—what the labor, —all thmgs then are possible. But when our counsels are varient, and our purposes vague or fluctuating, we might have the stupendous might of any or all of the elements at command and waste it in doing nothing. We think this purposeless sort of effort, is descriptive of our part in the present unhappy controversy now raging in this Government. FOrit is a shame to us, that while we are distracted in our aims, there is a consistency, a unity and a pertenacity in al* that is projected by the aggressors upon our rights that has never been exreeded. For one moment let us remount to the sourer of the bilte r waters that are “drowning us in perdition," and pronounce distinctly the principle upon which all this ruin proceeds. Simplify this complicated question as it now stands, and what is the germ of it? Is it a political question ? Then it must be that slavery unjustly interferes with the rights and interesls of those who do not have any con cern in it. Is this the fact—is it even alleged ? Never has the mendacity of the free suiter gone •.hat far yet. Then it must indirectly, as an economical question art and react upon the dif ferent parts of our system prejudicially, and in that way involves the North in the evil. It is not contended seriously now by any, that so far as the profits of the institution is concerned hut the country isva-tly the gainer, and the whole tribe ofNorthern casuists are delving into the mine, of sophisticated cant, to shew how mag nanimous and how wise it will ultimately prove to sacrifice present gain to duty. Then what are free soil and abolition politi. cians after—what do they purpose and upon wbat principle do they work ? Sift the mu ter as you will, they are for legislating a moral re form, upon the South—their object is to force us to “cease to do evil and to learn to do well,” and upon the ground that this Government should square its action by the law of conscience rather than by the law of the land. This is the whole doctrine. And now, when we view the powers which were originally conferred upon tliis Government—the safeguards thrown around each State to shield it from injurious interference —the distress which this agitation has inflicted already upon our people, and the ruin that is certain to follow its footsteps—the gratuitous and uncalled for misery which will he perpetra ted upon every quarter ofa once happy and uni ted country ; we say, looking at all tliis, can we extenuate the diabolical spirit which still urges on our destructien ? We present this feebly drawn picture of the true state of the difficulty between the North and South, that our readers may bring their minds to answer this momentous question : Has not the South, in view of the past history of her wrongs and the present aspect, of things, reached the point where she had better test the determination of her enemy, and the strength of her oicn arm ? Have we not endured enough already to ask sternly of our assailants how much farther they mean to go? Is not the record now full enough to go to trial ? These arc not light questions, for we think they are big with the fate of at least eight millions of people—of a generous, a noble peo ple. That there should be indecision—a differ ence of opinion among the best minds and purest hearts of our friends is not to be wondered at. It is not very surprising that men in the ranks of our truest defenders should, in full view of the wretched state of the country, be willing to compromise with troubles that are enough to overwhelm the stoutest heart. We should there fore not distrust any 6uch—much less indulge any acrimony or crimination For among some of those who appear to be now wavering can be singled out men who never hung back with a plain word or a strong argument in our cause ; and we feel assuied they now purpose to do the best which they believe can be done for the fail ing fortunes of the South. But yet we believe they are wrong, and that time, and a short time, will prove they are, when they advise us to ac cept the present insidious overtures of misguided friends in Congress. What will he our condi tion, when, after we have released the North from her old debt of good faith, contracted as fairly as ever such debt was among men, by the Missouri Compromise act, and strengthened her hands by the admission of California? We shall see the pal:ry boon for which we madethis great concession, snatched hack from us. It will, as sure as Northern men are faithless and venal, be robbed from us, —and when we go North for our mao servant and our maid servant that have fled to them for a harborer, and hold up this new compact, plead how we gave up the “whole of California, with her present pretended organiza tion,” that we might in the more peace and se curity enjoy our old rights, we shall be laughed to scorn, and be told that such a bargain was a league with the devil, and in the words of the Boston Atlas, would be a “disgrace to the age in which we live, a libel upon the Constitution, a living anathema against a Republican Govern ment and a wanton violation of the law of God." And we shali again be told that that law is a “ dead letter in the New England States." In any present or future compromise with the North we have no more faith than in any future bargain Gen. Twiggs may drive with the Semi nole Indians. For free soilers have more law and far less conscience than the Seminolcs to help them through their perfidiousness. Wo say more laio, for it is undoubtedly true that in strict legal interpretation, one Congress is not estopped by the action of a previous one, and under this robber's cloak, any compromise may lie stabbed to death. We are fully convinced that “now's the day and now's the hour” to meet the question. Tho North, from the first, has been the aggressor, and now let us make her feel it by forcing her to the wail. Nothing short of a moral advantage will now do us the least good, for we only put the North upon a good appetiser for plunder, when we check her by the short fasts of these compromises. Let her take the back track now, fbr one'e in thirty years. Remand California back, unconditionally t0~h77~ Territorial state—There let her tarry at J er j M until it is fair and honest that she shall a gsu rae ' the place she now demands, tt'e can force this upon the JYorth or stop the Government. And when in solemn convocation of these thirty States, from day to day, our Representatives shall vet by it and watch its suspended animation let them determine by their pprplexed looks and anxious heart-ihrobbings, who is in the Kroner All we want to bring us off “more than con. querors," is the firm resolve never to come off second best in the present conflict. As to the surrender of fugitive slaves we are notin the least anxious about it. This matter thanks to “the nine points of the law,” we have in our own control. If Massachusetts refuses to deliver np to the last hair, any slave belonging to us, we will make her rue it. Our Courts can be closed and will be closed against her mer chants, if the occasion calls for it And let cs see then what party in Georgia will raise their voice against such righteous reprisal. But never let us say die in the present fight against Mr Clay’s surrender report. Until the Sooth is righted let a truce be declared to all old causes of quarrel. Here on this neutral ground let Whig and Democrat meet for one struggle an( j one fate. Traitors we will have to meet in our midst— they are here now —Faint-hearted men and unsympathizing men will be here to balk our efforts—A class who only sojourn among ui who come here with inimical affinities—who stay here with (Item, and who will go away with them, will be ready to discourage us—but over any or all these discouragements the true South, ern party can triumph. To say we cannot, or that we ought not, is to say that men do not love their own heart's blood. And as a beginning to organize in good earnest for the conflict, wre second most heartily the proposition of our dis tinguished correspondent “Southron,” published two weeks ago Let the State of Georgia be represented in a grand mass meeting, to be held this summer, and as soon as possible, and then we can number our strength. This will be fol lowed by adjoining States, and as voice shall answer unto voice, we will have but one heart and that heart but one impulse. What say our cotempuraries to tliis plan ? Suggest some thing gentlemen that we can in the cordial and affectionate spirit of patriots, smarting under a common injury, unite upon. No divisions ought to be tolerated, for here one enemy wounds us more cruelly than a hundred could beyond our borders. Suggest something, anything, sooner than another experiment upon the good nature of the South, or upon the regard of the North for her solemn word. Sentenced to the Penitentiart. —The Gtiffin Whig says “Judge Starke, of the Flint Circuit, at McDonough on Tuesday last, passed Sentence on two criminals, one for seven, and the other for three years. William Peteri, alias William P. Simpson, is the man, who some time ago, broke into the house of Mr. R. Hen derson of Henry, and stole therefrom, about five hundred dollars. He was pursued, overtaken and captured iri Marietta, and brought back to Henry county', to await his trial. The other criminal, a lad of some 12 or 14 years ofage was lodged in jail two or three weeks ago, for stealing a horse. He says he was raised in the upper part of the State. Such conduct on the part of children, is a disgrace to the State. The probability is, that if the boy had ever received any edscalion, he never would have committed such a crime. The State ought to devise a more extended plan of educating poor children, whose parents are totally unable to school them. Naskviz.ee and Chattanooga Raieroab.- We are pleased to learn that the contracts for the remainder of the grading, masonry, bridging&c for this Road, viz. at the juuction between Chat tanooga and the Tennessee River, was closed on the 21st ult. and that efficient and responsible men have bound themselves to complete their contracts within twenty months. The work was let on very favorable terms, and no doubt is entertained that, with a President and Chief Engineer of groat ability and skill, and untire ing energy, the stockholders will soon be in pcs session of a valuable Road, well located and economically and thoroughly constructed. Cotton Burned. —The Savannah Georgian of the27th ult, says ; “We regret to learn that the cotton on hoard the flat in tow by the H. L Cook, took fire yesterday, when within about seven miles of our city. The fire was discover ed in the bottom of the flat and had progressed so far that all efforts to save it was unvailling.— The flat was cut loose from the boat and scuttled- The 11. L. Cook came on to the city with her passengers, and for assistance, and returned up the river immediately with, another flat, to save if possible, any of tho cotton which might es cape the fire. The flat had on boerd 398 bales of cotton. —150 bales belonged to Messrs. Gar many & C 0.—125 bales to Mr. Elliott. Tins balance was consigned to Messrs R. A. Allen <L Cos. We are informed that the cotton was all insured. We learn that the H. L. Cook has re turned having picked up thirty-eight bales of the cotton.” Corn Statistics. —Scott’s Paper says ; ,l T° the kindness of Col. Snowden of the U. S. Mint, we are indebted for the following interesting in formation : The amount of California gold received sinec the last arrival, viz. Bth May, is $1,595,000 The coinage for the present month has already reached the largo r 1 707,540 sum of a,'*"’ Gold deposits to No. 685, inclusive, are now payable. This number was doposited oil the 10th of April, and the payments have therefore been made within five weeks from the time of deposite. The receipts and payments in the office oft o Assistant Treasurer, for the week ending May 17th, are as follows otn 63 Receipts, 41,210 oo D , 28,200 06 Tr ’ 1,141,8®» Balance, * . From the Bth lo the 14tl. of the present montn one million and five thousand dollars of Cali ° - nia gold was received, making a total o! t a millions of dollars tfius fat,. 1,707,549