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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE. WM. u. HaIM(JS»\.) AMD s Editor*. WM. P. IIAII It ISO.S gb l . l 1 ■-■■■■' -"■ ■■■■■- CARRIER'S ADDRESS the FitU'oiu of the Southern Tribune. Another Twelvemonth now is past arid gone ! The Eastern have fledged the maiden dawn Os stranger hours, whose courses will be run Within the realm of Eighteen Fifty-One. A few short moments o'er the punctual hell Proclaimed our loved protector’s dying knell, And threw the shroud ofde>ious afterthought On all the good or evil that we wrought Whilst yet his kindly admonitions rung Upon our ears, or stirred our hearts among. Os all the pleasures past we are bereft, Their glad remembrances alone are left To stamp their image on the fertile brain— Who vyills, may plant the fruitful seed again, And bear the bud mid flower to cheer the sight With unseen incense to afford delight. Vet! there are memories in which the mind Drinks deep the evidence of joy refined, When looking back on the receding main Os days escaping to return again Only by fancy’s bright reviving art Or retrospection’s half-unerring chart. Just here and there a short memento brings Dreams that were coined in the Elysiun springs Os youthful beauty, whose experienced powers Were nursed to being in this world of flowers ! A word, a look unfurls a kindred sphere For loving hearts to dwell in rapture there. The hours of social con verse, too, have marked The signal when the freighted ship embarked Wish fond affections for its destined port, At the command of that imperial Court Which, though to seeming consequences blind Still links the fate of man and woman kind. But ah ! tlio melancholy thought will cotna For thuse who fill their sad and dismal home, Whose blooming vigor presaged many years Crown’d with the fruit deserving manhood bears, When last the song of merriment was heard Whore scores amid the youthful concourse stirr’dj And jest and playful prank, and laughter free Adorned the welcomed Mew Year’s Jubilee— The quiet cemetery’s verdant sod Contains their clay— their souls have fled to God; The hoary-liendcd relics of the age Have stooped and tottered, then forsook the stag 0 Pf care-worn life, and calmly laid them down, With heirs and subjects to the kingly crown With coward frames beside the warriors brave— With noblemen and the notorious knave, — With curtained splendor as in regal gloom Ami flowers tha' deck the peasant's huiul let >nib Hoiilh Carolina weeps, and well she may, Relentless Death has cast a withering ray Os grief across her intellectual sky, And plucked the zenith from Itis dwelling high Above the rest of men— Calhoun, of yore Her sovereign master-spirit, lives no more ! That form —in Senatorial chambers true To Southern Rights and Southern Honor too, — Not even the dark and wildly rolling deep— M’hose inmost cells each wat'ry trophy keep,— His marbled likeness would presume to claim, And thus forbid the stone to speak his name To the admiring millions yet to trace The truly chiseled features of his face : But yielded to his fellow men the prize To cheer their hearts, and feast their gazing eyes. He does not breathe among us the pure air Os vital being—yet his past career Has stamped its nature aqj uo minds of men, And in the forum, and the silent pen The echoes of his honored counsels sound With galh'ring strength atoacb successive hound A dark appalling cloud has covered o'er The glorious Union of the days of yore, And pendant thunderbolts of horror hang— Concocted by a rude, and lawless gang, But held by powerful enemies abroad, To scatter death and ruin in the road Os Southern honor and of Southern fata— To burst an avalanche of active hate On our defenceless heads, if, calmly tame To the abuses heaped upon our name, \Vc give up all we know to be our own, And woo aggression by our sullen tone ‘Til all our strength is lost, and the sad hour Which marks the demise of resisting power, Shall note our hist'ry with the clanking chain Os servile bondage to a demon’s reign More terrible than Pandemonium's walls, Or deep Tartarus, 'midst its echoing halls, E'er crqwqcd a missionary to this earth Os mingled multitudes, of motley birth. Alas! Land of the South ! my mother-land ! I dread to see you shrink beneath the hand Os Legislative tyranny—a Time Was once recorded in this sunny clime When halfthe wrongs that you have suffer'd now Would bring the blood to every Southron’s brow In stem defiance of the reckless will Which feeds upon us, yet degrades us still— There was a Time uo coward spirit dare Whisper a word, or utter forth a care In common with the base invader’s crew— When all were pure,and every patriot true. Alas ! my native Georgia ! shall I p&iut A shadowy picture of your sad restraint When clasp'd in bondmen arms your former pride Must sink in deep oblivion's murky tide ? Fair daughters of this heaven-favored land ! Must I behold you tortured by the hand Os menial spirits ; sunk in deep disgrace By those the most inferior of your race ? Shall I behold your pitying cries for aid When on the tlireshhold of your dungeons laid. And hear your plaintive shrieks of suffering wo Yet feel I can no help nor aid bestow ? Great God ! avert this horror-striking doom, Or point us to the sweetly resting tomb ! Exert thine own omnipotence to draw These poisonous fangs from scorners of the law— Stay the sw ;,, i tide of innovation strong, And place its leaders where their crimes belong ; Force these invaders from the tented field Who wear Religion as n eloak to shield •"tas base design against our sovereign State, That they may leave us to our wretched fate. The humble efforts of the Triboe’s pen Have been to hold the rights of >soothern men From the aggressor and the traitor free That we might taste the boon of Libnty. True, we have stemmed the overwhelming tide With banner'd fortress and our breastworks wide; Have boldly warned the oft-insulting foe, Tliat farther, injury should never go. Unless it met resistance firmly placed Upon the guaranties they hate erased From the time-honored instrument we signed When first the 13 Sovereign States combined To form a Union, —and our ardent soul lias wept to see the dread-inspiring goal Preparing by the coalescing strength Os ignorance, and the Satanic length Os the tnisnnmcred throngs, who daily form United legions for the coining storm. Yet ’tis Our Coostkv th&t we dared sustain, Which has received and will receive again Whate’er of virtue or of real good -May spring to being from our Southern blood. Kind Patrons, here accept my honest hope That each with every enemy may cope,— And that success may crown your constant aim, Be that for riches or for honored fame, For ease and quiet, or commercial strife, .May rosy health prolong your valued life, And peaceful smiles, and hearty welcomes greet, Your generous forms, from ev’ry lip you meet — 'Til friends and fortune banish carking care Throughout thu moments of this Hatty Yeah • Mutoii, Ca., January 1, 1851. From the .Avgusta Republic, 2 t*th ultimo. IIoss• 11. S. Eootc «f llivsisisippi We have heretofore alluded to the fact, that Mr. Foote one t>f Ihe Senators of Mis sissippi. was censured by the Legislutme of that Slate for his support of the late ad justment of the territorial and slavery questions. He is defended in some of the public journals for his course, and the I.e gislature of Mississippi is charged with wanton and undue seventy. Never, in out opinion, was political guilt mote mani fest than in his case, nor punishment more justly inflicted. Mr. Foote wilfully perverted the power confided to him, to accomplish objects ditec'ly at vaioince with the wishes of the State, and in u let \i latum of instructions which he had s night. This we will show. We were aware of the fact 4, hut we find documents ty evidence in the Mississip; inn. The following is the letter addressed by Mi. Fo >te and others to the Governor of Mississippi: Washington, Jatiuaty 21,1840. His Excellency, Jn'o. A. Quitman, Govern- r, &c. Ye.: "Sit—\\ e, the Senators and Repiesen tatives in Congress from Mississippi, feel it incumbent to advise you. anil through you, our common constituents, that we have a well defined opinion, tlist Calif M'- fornia will'he admitted as a S-ate of this Union, duting the present session of Con gress. The President earnestly recom mended it and we cannot be mistaken in supposing that a majority of both Houses of Congress will be found to vote for it our individual positions have undergone no change. We tegard the proposition to admit California as a State under all the circumstances of her applicacation, as an attempt to adopt the “Wilmot Proviso” in ano her form. But separ ated, as we are, from our constituents, and having no convenient means of con suiting them as to their views tin the new phase of this perplexing question, we de sire, through you, to submit the single fact to the people and the legislature, that Cal ifornia will most likely obtain admission into the Union with her constitutional pro hibition of slavery—and we beg leave to add, that we shall be greatly pleased to have such expression of opinion by the legislature, the Governor, and if practica ble, by the people, as shall clearly indicate the coutse which Mississippi will deem it her duty to pursue in this emergency. A r ery respectfully, Your ob’t servants, [Signed,] JEFF. DAVIS, H. S. FOOTE, J. THOMPSON, W. S. FEATHERSTONE, WM. Me WILLIE, A. G. BROWN.” The Mississippian appends the follow ing certificate, to show that the letter is genuine: “Executive Chamber, I Jackson, Feb. 11,1850. 1 1 do hereby certify that the wiihin and foregoing letter is a true copy of the tial as tiled, in this office, the 11th day of February, 1850. james McDonald, Private Sec. Ac. This letter was laid before the legisla ture, (then in session) hy the Governor, ac companied wi h a special message, the 11th day of July 1850. The legislature took action upon tho subject, and passed the following resolu tions as instructions to the senators, and as expressive of their opinions to the re presentatives, of that State. “Resolved, That the policy heretofore pursued by the Government ofthe Uni <’d S:ates in regard to said territory [Califor nia j in refusing t • provide leniitorial gov eminent therefor, has been, and is, t uii nently calculated to promote, aud about to effect, indirectly, the cherished objects of ihe Abolitionists, which cannot be accom plished by direct legisla ion, without a plain and palpable violation of the Coysti-. tution *'f the United States. " Resolved , That the admission of Cali fornia into tin* Union a> a s > eieiirn State, wiib Us present rousti uli n the lesult • f tho aforesaid fi se and unjust policy on die pait <»f the Govemnirn ofihe United States, Wntdd he an act of fra <1 and op pression on the ii*;lits of the people o| the slaveholding bliles, and it is the sense of the legislature that out senators and repte should, to the extent of their ability, resist it by all honorable and constitutional means.” Now, is it not as clear as a sunbeam, that Mr. Foote has committed an act of the highest enormity. He declared that the admission of California under the cir cumstances would he the passage of the “Wilmot proviso in another form!”— He deemed the prospect of the wrong to be so great, as to lay the case before the Governor, the people and the Legislature. And for what ] To ascertain their wishes. It was clear that Mr. Foote himself view ed the admission of California as a viola tion of the Constitution, an outrage and insult to the South. He voluntarily sought instructions from the Legislature. That body coincided with him in his views, and said, in reference to the admission of Cali fornia, “it is the sense of this Legislature that our Senators and Representatives should, to the extent of their ability, re sist it by all honorable and constitutional means.” What did Mr Foote do] Af ter sustaining the proposition to hold a Southern Convention at Nashville—after wri ing and publishing letters to arouse the people of the South against the ad mission of California—after getting his name up as die high priest of fire-eaters, one who could swallow red hot coals with out chewing them—after sounding the tocsin of alarm through ut he holder of hi. State, asking for, and getting, instriir thins how to act. he gave up eating fire coals, to devour his own words, Ii- pledg es and hi*. honor! Is it surprising then, that the Legis attire, tit its called session, in November, should have pmclaimed to the country and the world that ‘ the course of the Hop. [lemy S. Foote on all these questions is not approved, and this I egis I aure <1 es not consider ti e inteiests of the State of Mississippi, committed to his charge, safe in his keeping.' The great mass of the submission party may be, and iio doubt, ate patriotic. They were not solemnly ami deliberately pled ged this wav or that, and may act fi ni the la'st and purest motives; hut Senator Foote s ands out, prom ine lit lv. t hi* falsifier of his public declarations and pledges, and the betrayer of his rotate. His declarations now find no echo in the hearts of the peo ple he lepreruesents, and we doubt not,he is himself, beset with dreary memories of the past. Ihe Southean Rights party can never confide in him again, and the c ut -stituti Mial Union party, while receiving him into its ranks, will h id him in suspi cion. How different the cases of those other gallant gentlemen whose names are assn ciated with Mr Foote’s in the letter to the Governor of Mississippi. Their conduct is approved, and they are cheered on as faith ful public servants who have merited the approbation oftheir admiring constituents. From the West Indies.—By the arri val of the barque Brothers, the New York Journal of Commerce has dates to 12th December. Abundant rains had fallen throughout the Island of Porte Rico, by which the picking of coffee was retarded. It was thought that sugars would open at from 3to 4 dollars, as per quality. Mo lasses 10 a 12 cents per gallon. Mayaguez, Non. 30. —We have not much tiews in this Island as yet, though the prospects are that we shall have large crops of Sugar and Coffee. Planters ask 11 cents for the latter. Cuba—lncrease of Duties. — A Havana paper of a recent date, publishes a Royal Decree, dated at Madrid, November 3rd 1850, increasing the present duties one and a half per cent, an all foreign goods •imported into tho Island of Cuba, for‘the purpose, as the Decree slates, of ensuring the future happiness and protection of the people of the Island, by reinforcing the army and augmenting every means for lire suppression of any further attempts to change the established order of things. This decree is to take effect on and af ter the Ist of February on vessels arriving from the Linked States ; on and after the first o? April tin vessels arriving from the Rio de la Plata, the Brazils, and other points of South America ; and on and af ter the first of March on those from ports in Europe. Goods of national importation will pay an additional one per cent., and Flour an additional two reals per barrel. Every box of Sugar exported from the Island, will pay an addiiional foil' reals; every quintal of Tobacco an additional t wo reals; and on every thousand segars an addition al two reals. So much of tlie Decree as relates to the articles contained in the last paragraph takes effect on and afici the Ist of Jan., ISSI. — Ck . ties!tin Cm rier, 30/A ult. An Editor Drowned. —The Montgo mery (Ala.) Journal of the 25th ult., says : “YVe learn just as our papet was going to ptess, of the melancholy death of Mr. John McCormick, recently editor of the Advertiser, by drowning in tlie river, near the wharf at the landing He had been dut ing the day shooting with a companion, Mr. John Hughes, in a bend opposite this place, and on recrossing the river, his imat was upset by coming in contact, with aflat or steam boat. Mr. Huehes was saved. Mr. McCormick was swept under the boat, and probably was severely in jured, as he was not able to reach the shore. He was a gentleman of much worth, talent, and amiability of character, and had many tvniln ft tends who will u*- gard his untoward fate as a deep and most melancholy affliction. 11 is said that the Hon. Daniel W erst Kit is disposing of Itis property in Boston, witii ti view to take up his resi dence in New Yotk. From the Southern Sentinel. STATES’ RIGHTS. We adverted last week to a few of the indications of the change, which we think our government is undetgoing, from one of confederated States to a grand central | power. And we then alluded to the fact, that while in the earlier days of the repub : lie, its friends had anticipated most danger i from its centrifugal force, that is, its ten dency to separation among its members, it |is now apparent that we have more to ap prehend from its centripetal, or the tenden cy to a consolidation of power in the gen eral head. The statesmen of the last cen tury feared, that when theoutwaid pies sure, which had forced the colonies into j confederation for purposes of mutual pro tection, was removed, they would lehound into their original independent relations to each other; the statesmen of this day ate beginning toappiehend that the Union which was thus formed, may be transform ed into a sovereign unit, obliterating Stale lines, and annihilating State Rights. We confined our remarks in the preceding ar ticle to the indications of this truth as de veloped in the operations of the Govern merit. We attempted to show, that in the executive, legislative and judicary depart ment* of the general government, there was an increase of of power and preten sion, altogether incompatible with the ge nius and seen itv of our institutions Lea ving tbe government, if we analyze the state <>) popular sen'imeii , we shal find there e ,ual grounds fin- the apprehension which we feel oil this subject. Ibe peo t»|e, North and South, are willing to c«>n cede mote to the Federal, and claim less tor the State g vernmeut, than they were in our earlier history. M u ate more lilt eral in their construction of powers con felted by the Constitution upon the gener al government, anil they are less tenacious ••f the rights which were reserved t > t e States, than they used to be. Some poli ticians seem actually to deprecate their n pinions and principles of die idea, that the federal government was the original fi>un | tain, and the States recipients, of power, in other words, that the Slates are the creatures of the general government, and not the general government of the States. Not that tliay are really so ignorant of the true nature of nnr institutions, but they have been so accustomed to ho k to Wash ingloti as the seat of power, and to the government there as the great dispeusato ry-chief of political benefits, that, in theii estimation. State authority has been o*m pletely overshadowed. The beneficiaries and expectations of government patronage in the various departments have grown in to a mighty multitude, powerful in uum hers, intelligence rind influence. Begin nig with the Presidential chair, and em bracing every office of honor or emolu ment at home and abroad down to the poorest consulship or the most insigtiifi Citllt |»'>nt oftea \f\ tlin fl«»nntry like so many magnets,are attracting the at tention of tens of thousands of onr people. Compared with 'he glittering array of tempting prizes, uninviting appear the few petty crumbs at the disposal of the States. These things have told like magic upon public sentiment, and its fi uit is ripening in the increasing indifference to State, and the growing regard for national authority Nor is this feeling attributable only to the influences of which we have been speak ing. Mistaken patriotism has deluded many honest men into the unconscious embar rassment of this pernicious sentiment. The proud position to which our country has, under the direction of Providence, attain ed among the nations of the earth; the universal respect which is paid to her name; the brilliancy of her military a chievements; her unprecedented progress in wealth and power her gigantic propor tions, and the splendor of her operatin' s; all these have very naturally invested the Union with a charm which spell binds the hearts of her justly proud sons, and forget ful of its origin and natnre they ha'e in sensibly yie ded themselves the subject of a false idolatry for its greatness. We need not, however, spend time in support ofthe proposition, that in this re sped, public sentiment has undergone and is undetgoing a very material and a dan gerous transformation. We say. a dange tous transformation. For great as may he the evils which some anticipate from a disruption of the ties which now hold these States together, they are light com pared with the disasters which must result fmm their consolidation. Destroy the al ready weakened conservative influences of State sovereignty, obliterate the lines which now mark State distinctions, and j concentrate in one the powers >4 nil. and the wildest federalist would .sta t from j contemplating »lit* fit ure. Then, indeed j might demagogues hewai the flight of li’n ertv from our shores; then, indeed, might they lament the failure of the latest and noblest effort in hehalfof the rights of man in this our Western world. Southern Steamers. —There is every probability an appropriation will he made at the present sessi u of Congress, for the purpose of establishing a semi-monthly line of steamers between Norfolk and En rope, and also to Chagres, to connect with a line of steamers on the Pacific to San Franciaco. A company at Phildelph a h s made proposals to ronstrm t ten ships. (cuiivertihle at the pleasure i fthe Govern |', ’ , ment into war steamers, j rmrto he run <ni tin* Atlantic and six "ii tin* Pacific, wbje-h, it i- said, has met with favorable recep tion at Washington. Mr. S anion, chair man of lhe Committee on Naval Atfiiis has prepared a report recommending tire project, which will he presented I the House in a few days. —Nurf.llt (Va.) Argus. From the Federal Union. Watchman ! What ofthe night ? The question of late, has often been asked us, what we are for—-union, sub mission, resistance, or what ? W e answer, once for all, we are for the rights of the South. A democrat from principle, we cherish too highly the creed itl that time honored party with which we have been associated, to peril its principles by any political association of a national character with those who have contemned them, and who under anew name, are seeking theii destruction. We have no faith in any “Constitutional Union party,” headed by Robert Toombs and Alexander Hamilton Stephens. We are 100 old, if the truth must he told, -o be caught hy names, or to be entrapped into the sup port of Millard Fillmore, or anyotber nor thern or southern whig, even though the bait held out to allure us, shall be the name of the honored democrats Buchanan, or Dallas, or Dickinson. We understand fully the game. Itis worthy of the genius <d the demagogues and political tricksters who have conceived it. We cannot in this or any other way he brought into political affinity witii those whose object is protective tariffs large expenditures for in ternal impovements, a nati ttal Bank, and who will when they can, ride rough shod over all the resetved rights of he States, tout it may hy asked, li**w do we propose to maintain tlie rights of the S nth? We answer no by secession, f | that we have never advocated, hut I• v biiitgiug the, entiie South to plant heiseifon the Con titil ion and unflinchingly deniainlino the literal execu ion f all its requi-it ons. I may he replied, this can best lie done bv affiliation wiili those ut rite North whose sympntl ies are with us. Our rejoinder is. that will not only hazard the dem rratic creed, hut it is an expel intent that already as been tiied and signally failed. Van Bureti when a candidate f r the Pres idency, was sneeringly hut truly termed a "Northern man with Southern principles.” The Southern democracy hen had to a dipt theii pla form to suit the views of his tun them supporters. Ihe same thing oc curred on the nomination of Mr. P,,|k and tgain upon the nomination of Gen. Cass. Southern Whigs pursued the same course in relation to Gen. Harrison and a I theii subsequent nominations for the Presi deucy, Both patties at the South, have in his way, for party purposes made con cessions to the North. What has been the consequence ? Divisions at home and conviction among ihe masses ai the North, that Southern poli icians will for patty purposes sacrifice and put in jeopardv their domestic insiitutions. If the South wishes her power feh, she must stand aloof from all entangling alii ances, with those who have the ability and the will to injure her. In a doomed mi nority she ought not to place before hei ... lifI if g> mnm t»* * j ivm jo oih'x*, *•> v bet for their own aggrandizement. Let her for the next Presidential campaign keep aloof from all caucuses, and the votes of her fourteen Sta es will he coveted and Sou hern platforms w 11 then he construct ed bv Northern politicians mote con sonant with Southern rights and Southern views. In conclusion this is not the time in our opinion, for Southern men to embark in President making. They have enough to do at home, to repair the breaches occa si tied hy similar euterprizes in times gone by. Important to Babies —The last num ber of the Scientific American contains an engraving and description of anew inven tion for the amusement, soothing and comfort of babies. It consists of a swing ing cradle, which is made to swing hack and forth for several hours without stop ping by means of cFck work machinery, the motive power being a heavy weight. Attached to the maehineiy is a musical apparatus, by which the tune most suited to the babe’s ear can also be played, and so lull the little one to sleep. The machine is so arranged as to play the music with out moving the cradle, if desired, and vice rersa The invention is t lie happy thought <ff Mr. L. F. Whitaker, of Raleigh, N. C., ITEM S. It is stated that the Neapolitan Government lias granted a sum 0f2i1,000 ducats for continuing the excavations at Pompeii- Some valuable propefty us the late Gen Zt* h ary Taylor, located in Louisville, Ky , is adver lised for sale. In Gardner, recently, a woman of ill health died of starvation. She became possi **. dos the idea that her sickness was caused entirely In eating,«ml sis refused to lake am mine food. The Sons of Temperance in New Jersv have according to the Trenton True American, I 17 Divisions 6,010 members. They have s’te,ooo securely invested, and paid during the last qoar« ter for benefits mid funeral expenses, $1,914,H5- The schooner J. Rusling encountered a gale of w ind on the coast of New Jersey, while on lo r passage a few days ago, from Philadelphia to Providence, R I, in which Captain Enoch Smith, us Decinsvillc, New Jersey, was lost, and the vessel much damaged. Two women were baptized in the Delevvnro river on Sunday hist, just below the Trenton ridge, bv a Second Advent preacher The Gaze le states tha the society of Second Ad vends!* htv • a church at M •ri-ts.vilin with near* y 40 members, and a Sunday Schuol ot 40 chil. dren. There are three fines of sub-marine telegraph w ire in working opcraii >n under the Hudson river, fiinr hrefer the Connecticut, two under the D'lew are. and eight under the Harlem river Alienated with gnttn perelia. And ono on O’- Reilly's lino, under the rive at Chicago. MACON, G A * SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4. The YVeather.— For the last week we have been literally water bound, and our river, for the first time this season, is in good boating order The atmosphere has been dull, dark and dreary and uncomfortably cold. The New Year has not made a very favorable impression upon our minds ns yet, but has given us a feeling testimo nial of the sort of weather which keeps one at a loss for something to do, and mortified because nothing can be done. On Thursday night we had a fall of snow several inches thick, and yesterday the weather became clear and quite cold. Latest from Europe. The Baltic has »r. rrived with Liverpool dales to the 14. h ult. All descriptions of American cottons had ad vanced from Jd to sd. per lb. The sales of the week amount to 41,150 bales. German affairs more peaceful. Advance. —The late Foreign news lias caused an advance in cotton here and the seap irts of g a 4 cent per lb.; and in New York about g cont- Provisions ofall kinds are scarce and high in our market—Bacon hams 124 cents per pound ; sides 10—Lard 10 a 12c—Pork 64c. —Corn and Meal 90 <*D. All these articles are in demand and will find ready sale heie at these prices. Inquest A Coroner's Inquest was held yes. terday hi llie 481st District, G. M ,over the body of Robe a T Radford, found dead on Thursday night near tins city- Verdict, that the said de. ceas- and came to Ins death Iroiu intemperance. Tllli SEW YEAR. Since our last issue, we have entered upon another year. Time, the ceaseless wanderer still pursue* his onward course through the dun and trackless regions of the future—not a day, an hour, nor a moment, doc* lie cease his mi as ured *• tides, hut whether gay or sad, in sickness nr in heal h, in poverty or wealth, the aged pil grim prints his steps upon the cheeks and hearts of all. A year older are we ! whether in the deep recesses ofthe red mail s lores! In me, or in llie towering mansion of the civilized and ictilled, it is all one—the light, buoyant heart, and the melancholy soul ; the prattling infant, and the gray headed sire, aieall ayear older! Thieo hundred aud six y-five days aie gone, to return no more ! the yaw ning gull of the past has swal lowed them up, and their mt mortea can alone bring pleasure to us now. But there are thoughts connected with tho departed year, we should pau-e over, and draw Irnm them for future use, the valuable lessons they contaiti. When last year commenced* there w ere young and brilliant minds, just peep, iug into the meridian day of genius, who are now withered hy neglect, and giving way under the rebukes of an unmerciful world. This should teach us the value and importance ot well-founded purposes aud views, and untiring perseverance in our undertakings. Men ol bus- predate, in a moment, and at the first presenta tion, tbe merits of the mind ; but w hen again and again their attention is directed to that which appears to he unniistakeable worth, they are prompt to render iheir meed of praise. There were vigorous bodies, too, that hid fair to battle against the storms and tempests of lite for full many years, b-o t disease has wreathed its serpent coil around thee,, and they are now the inhabitants of the dreary toaib. How short is human life ! how visionary are &|| the pros pects of men, that have not a Reparation for the future ever in view! A fl iwe r was never more uncertain, nor the bloo. Imira ] susceptible of the fatal tendency of frost, t.. in j the human frame of sickness and death. There were reverend heads, whose snowy locks had felt the beatings of many w intry blasts, j that have calmly breathed out their last breath, j and were laid in the earth in the joyful Spring, when warbling songsters sung the funeral diige> and the modest flowers stood sentinel upon thei r graves. Dow surely is the mandate followed “tor dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt te- j turn”! Though we live to the age of Alethuse- j lab, y et we ruust die—“and alter death the judg ment." There were merry hearts, and joyful face*’ then, that now are sad and wrinkled hy prema ture sorrow and difficulty. Let us remember, however, that there is One who cnrelh for us, who will provide and protect, when our inge nuity and power fail. Hut this is a New Year ! New thoughts, new hopes, new prospects, and new cares are before us. But, dear readers, let us face our difficulties, and boldly dare to combat with the array el op position, aud the hull te shall he won. A hr-oe heart, a determined sou , a fixed mind, and in domitable resolution can make the world *U' IJ in awe, and win the greenest laurels loin nia" I kind. We congratulate you, kind friends, on tD I rieiuni Mviia-nl ol ihe New Year, aint hialil * I wi h you tuny live to see ami enjoy many iu" re - j Amit.icas Aur Isms. — This instil' 11 ' 1 " held its annual distribution on the 2!Mb uIU" 1 ’ in New York. The following prize* " l drawn by citizens of Georgia : Landscape, by D VV. C. Boutclle— dra" n James B. Ayres, Macon „ Flowers, by J 11. Wright—hv Mrs- ' Jones, INI neon. . “Battle of Hunker Hill.” nod “Death «f> gomery,”—by I) llogreeve, Augusta ; 81111 P. Hunter, Savannah. j Moonlight, hv M Halting—by Mrs ~ar> llrqulinrt, Coluinhiis. View on the Sound, by J. L. Mart ßß Battershy, Savannah. Fruit and Flowers, by S Roesen —by liams, Ciilhertoo t , p Middle Ages, by F A Chapman—by - Isi 11, Savant all. Holt Thoughts, by i B l lags—by H izelton, I.a Grange . ; n hull Medals in Bronze, St-mH Med-1 Drone* and Altston Med ils, drawn >y J Hill. Columbus; snd Shepherd A- Dune.