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[For:lie Jeffersonian.]
On the death of Eugane H. Lockhart, aged
3 years and 5 months.
lie ’.v is an interesting and i (i,
A lovely prattling boy,
Tll kite <d” his latlioi’s heart
And mother’* di-arcs? joy.
Full of: in my
His bcnilleous (see I s(>e,
13-’decked with chiUi-iooa’s sunny smiles
As it was wont to be.
LI is lisping voice with c.i le.nco sweet
Still linoors in my ear,
Like trntsie home on Zephyr's wing—
From some celestial sphere.
Ilis spirit was too pure for earth,
’ I'was formed for spheres above,
Where it will bask eternally
In God’s sweet smiles of love.
Then why should we repine that he
So soon was c tiled away—
From earth’s dull cures and sorrows dark
To one eternal day.
We love I him well! hound to him hv
Affection's strongest cord,
We mourn our loss—yet try to say
“ i'liy will be done,” O Lbr<'.
Go 1 give ns “racethis stroke to bear—
Our Ihrobbiti” hearts to s i I
M ty we with Ohrisliuns’ final lea-.
How meekly to thy wd‘.
A “few more passing years a? most
Will hurl tts to that sjtore,
Where pain and sickness is no'Jknown
And parting is no more.
There we will nicer our dear Eugene
. He is not dead! A linn!
, not dead—Ah! glorious thought
tic’s only gone before.
Oak Grove, Spalding Cos. FL ‘IIX.
From me Washington Union.
Washington City, Jan. 25, 1853.
Mr. Editor : Sometimes in books of
limited access, or periodicals of small
circulation, 1 meet, in a course a>f desul
tory reading, gems of moral thought and
reflection which, if more generally diffu
sed, would not, 1 trust, be like pearls
cast before swine; but the rather might,
like good seed scattered by the way-side,
sink into some genial spots of earth amid
the rocks of this hard age of the world,
and despite its tares, and briers, and evil
birds, spring up into useful life, and
“bring forth fruits meet for repentance,”
and haply for improvement.
The following 1 esteem one of those
gems, and for some time 1 have had it
by me as a theme of meditation. If you
agree with me as to its merits, and think
that any good can result from its appear
ance in your widely circulated paper, it
is submitted for that use by
A Father.
The Parent and Teacher.
“How shall I educate my child ?”
“Few have the lime, as they think, o r
the ability to instiuct their children them
selves; perhaps fewer still have the means
of securing competent private tutors.—
Nevertheless our beau ideal of an educa
tion can be realized, during school-hoy
days at least, it) the household only—the
parents, the teachers, aided, so for as
deficiency of time or knowledge requires,
by proper assistants, especially the older
children for the younger. Parents owe
a great deal more to their children than
they almost ever practically acknowl
edge— more time, and more patient,
painstaking effort. And, unhappily, they
very often allow even their inadequate
sense of obligation to exhaust itself in
adorning and pampering the body, and
treasuring up a sordid material inheri
tance. The time generally devoted to j
such objects, if applied directly to the ■
mental and moral training, would secure !
possessions immeasurably better than j
silver or fine gold. Many a philanthro-j
pist, many a Christian, would exert ulti- !
mately a far happier arid wider influence;
by efforts concentrated npon his own I
■household, than by all his splendid, earth-|
encircling schemes of benevolence.— i
Now we doubt not that ministers of the
Gospel, to take one prominent example,
often ruin more souls directly and indi
rectly, by neglecting their children, than
they save by preaching. Gvul commits
the child to the parent with the special
injunction : “This, of all human souls, is
your first care. Whatever else, time
may fail you to accomplish, make sure
of lime enough to train up this child for
me. Never dream that any boasted fidel
ity to others will compensate for the neg
lect of what is thus given thee in charge. ”
How strange is it that so many parents
can satisfy conscience with the plea that
their labors for the body leave no time
for attending to the mind and heart; [or
vainly hope to avoid their responsibility
to God by following the ignis /'alms of
their own unchastened pleasures, and
dignifying them with the names of nects
si'y, or their duty to society and friends
while their own homes are left desolate !
What serious, what awful thoughts
should such reflections as these arouse,
like lions in her path, in the soul of wo
man !] Do such parents, (especially
such mothers) think that even their be
nevolent efforts (in foreign fields) for the
poor and destitute, justify leaving their
own offspring to worse than orphanage?
[And if not these duties to the poor and
destitute, how much less will vain and
giddy pleasures, unclean thoughts, un
lawful conversations, away from home
fulfill the plain and simple, and beautiful
requirements of God’s holy law, which
ir loUowoi, wi\i, like a fruitful soil mois
tened by the genial rain and warmed by
the pure sunshine, cause flowers of the
heart’s true joy, and the soul’s satisfying
happiness to spring up along the paths
of home, and diffuse the grateful perfume
of that “peace which passeth all under
standing” throughout the family circle !J
“The peculiar advantages of a family
training are inseparably connected with
the afFections which God lias made the
family bond, and with the exclusiveness
of the family circle. What can impel,
like true parental love, to patient ami
persevering toil for a child’s welifare :
What can so readily secure obedience as
that authority which affeclion, beaming
in the eye of command, makes sacred?
What natural purity of morals is compa
rable to that which the delicacy of a
mother’s virtue refines ? Whom will a
good son so assiduously labor to please
as a beloved mother? And how much
the stimulus to virtue, in that son’s heart,
is diminished by that mother’s absence,
and the removal of love’s eye from the
details of daily conduct? A sense of du
ty animates many a teacher to watchful
effort; but how much stronger, and high
er, and holier should that sense be in a
parent’s —especially a mother’s-heart ?
Christian love alone may excite the for
mer (the teacher) to strong endeavors;
‘out with the latter (the mother) itshould
only he an additional excitement) A sort
of affection may grow up between teach-j
er and pupil, but cannot well be as pow
erful as the family tie, Moreover, tire j
child educated at home, and he alone, j
can he effectually guarded from depraved !
associations. And in an uninterrupted j
family relation, children may undoubted- j
ly he prepared for their future family du-|
ties [ln view of the duties and respmi- j
sibilities here indicated—w hich God [
seems to have assigned especially for
mothers how vigilent should they lie, j
alike of their actions, their word s, i> f> and i
their very thoughts; how careful not to j
leave that sacred temple of the family i
untennnted for a day; lest evil influences
creep in to usurp the place and impair
the authority of the God-appointed gu.tr
■ dir.!:; how scrupulous to keep clean, not
[only from all outward stain, but free
from all inward consciousness or rec dice- ,
tion of impure feelings or unholy thoughts, 1
lest that instinctive sagacity of the child, j
which penetrates all disguises and never;
sleeps, shall detect the “damned spot;”
and losing respect for his mother, lose
w ith their own true source, the incentive
Unlove, and the desire to obey her.”J
Journal of I ids/ Jersey Cul. School for
April, ISSI. , 1
Democratic Union
, We copy the following remarks from
’ the Mountain Signal of last week, printed
lat Dahloncga. It is a Union Democratic
paper:
“Our attention has been directed to
the proceedings of a meeting of the Dem
ocrats of Floyd county, held in Home on
the first it.st.
“The principles set forth in the reso
lutions of that meeting are such as should
govern the future action of every we4l
vvisher of the Democratic party. The ‘
differences in the Democratic j arty in \
Georgia are of too trifling a character to
cause so much contentien among the
members. We ali agree to the platform
laid down at the Baltimore Convention,
and we were all together in the support
jof Pierce and King as the nominees of
I the Baltimore Democratic Convention,
j We dilfer in our construction only of that
j portion of the creed which adopted the
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions as a
portion of the national creed. We agree j
to this, with the construction put upon j
them by Mr. Madison, who is known to
j be the author of them; while others differ j
: with us, and claim that they are author- j
i ized to say that the doctrine of peaceable
| secession is recognized as a portion of I
the national Democratic creed.
“Now we are willing to make this I
bargain with them : If they will agree to
tolerate us, denying the right of secession,
we will tolerate them as members of the
same party affirming it, upon the ground I
that it is an abstraction of no practical I
importance. The truth is, we have hon
estly differed on this issue, and still differ, ;
and probably will always dilfer. The
best way therefore, is to frankly acknowl
edge a difference on this subject, and
agree to tolerate mutually one another,
and oppose any attempt to compromise
either division on this issue, by discoun
tenancing the plea that it is essential to ‘
party affiliation, or party fidelity.
“All those who assisted in electing
Gen. Pierce, should be united in support
of bis administration. (Jur littie differ
ence about secession, is but a htile fami
ly quarrel, which should at once he drop
ped, as its tendency alone is to give com
fort and strength to that faction which
compose the opposition, who are at all
times ready to take advantage of the
most trifling difference that may exist
among us. W'e should recollect that the
Democratic party is the only true repub
lican parly —a party that favors just and
equal Legislation, protects the interest of i
the poor, as weli as the rich—a party
upon whose principles alone the safety j
of the Hepublic depends. The faction j
which compose the opposition are con- j
tinually making war upon the harmony of i
the country, exciting sectional discord
wherever it can he done. All such !
should he looked upon with disapproba-1
tion by every true Democrat. Those ;
friendly to the administration of Gen. j
Pierce should overlook slight differences, I
bury personal resentment and local pre-;
judices, and act together as a band of breth
ren, giving their united influence to the
support of the administration, the head of
which they were instrumental in placing
in power.”
Female Occupation. Women in the
middle rank are brought up with the idea
that if they engage in some occupations,
they shall lose “their position in society.”
Suppose il to be so; surely it is wiser to
quit a position we cannot honestly main
tain, than to live dependent upon the
bounty and caprice of others; better to
labor with our hands than to eat the bread
of idleness, or submit to feel that we must
not give utterance to our real opinions, or
express our honest indignation at being
required to act a base, unworthy part.
And in all cases, however situated”, every
leinale ought to learn how all household
affairs are managed, wore it only for the
purpose of being able to direct others.
1 here cannot he any disgrace in learning
how to make the bread we eat, to cook
our dinners, to men l our clothes, or even
to clean the house. Belter to be found
busily engaged in removing the dust
from the furniture, than to let it accumu
late there until a visitor leaves palpable
traces where his hat or arm have been
laid upon the table.
h loiiida Ship Canal. —lt appears
there is more doing in this matter than
mere talking. The Jacksonville Repub
lican of the 18ih inst. savs: “We
understand that the Surveying corps
ai lived in the vicinity of Mellonville,
Orange county, about Saturday, the slh’
in prosecuting their reconnoisance.—
They were to commence the survey the
following Monday, and proposed to sur
vey three lines across the Peninsula.”
Capt. Ericsson, it is said, has not agreed
to sell the right to use his discovery on
the Western waters, and does not intend
to. lie wishes to throw the whole mat
ter open for the world, trusting that the
different governments will make him a
compensation for the labors of a life-time.
Gen. Pierce has arrived at Washing
ton. It is slid that his Cabinet is formed,
but its members are only known to those
who will constitute it, ami will not lie
made public until after the inauguration,
Jilt:
I Q XiffiA, FJ3-T7 V.7Y 21,1853.
I We are indebted to lion. 11. M. Ciiarl
’ tqk, and Hon. I). ,T. Bailey for interesting
’ documents from Washington City.
Ex-Governor Towns.
This excellent gentleman has returned
to this State, from a recent visit to his
lady’s relations in Virginia. We regret
to learn, as we do through the Federal U
■niov, that his health lias not improved by
his late visit.
i
The Public Printing.
It was announced some months since
that the Laws and Journals of the last ses
sion of the Legislature would be ready for
distribution in March. Better late than
never. But this is a state of things that
has not only been unjust to the public, but
positively disgraceful to the State. Will
the Same tiling be done agjffii? Will the
system that works so badly ba tolerated a
moment longer than may be absolutely
necessary? The different counties should
see that their representatives pledge them
selves to a reform of this grievance. The
members of the next Legislature will not
be to blame, for what has taken place.—
But they will deserve blame, and they will
receive it too, if they permit the same
mode of executing the public printing to <
be tried any longer. They should be on
their guard from the outset, for one of the
first things that will be proposed before
j the next Legislature will be to elect a pub
lic printer for the session of 1855. Let it
be borne in mind, that each Legislature
has elected a printer liso years before-hand,
since the present law has been in force.—
In regard to the present contract for prin
ting, it is perhaps not generally known
that Mr. Ray was elected printer by the
aid of the friends of the Journal & Messen
ger, the Jeffersonian, the Stanford, the
Banner, the Herald, the Gazette, the
i Southerner, and one or two other presses,
j Oll the express contract that the public
| printer should, divide with those presses
i the proceeds of the job. No wonder that
| the printing broke down—or came so
i Rear it as to drag its slow progress along
: into the year 1853.
j We copy the preceding notice from the
j Marietta Advocate of last week, and hcar
! tiiy concur with the editor, that the delay
in publishing the laws and journals of the
j last Legislature “has not only been unjust
j to the public, but positively disgraceful to
the State.” But why we and others should
jbe dragged into the matter, we cannot
clearly divine, particularly when the gen
tleman making the charge was in another
combination for tire work at the same
time. It is true, his combination was de
feated, and ours succeeded; but that was
the luck of the day, and we do not see that
it ought to create any lasting enmity in the
breast or a gentleman. We trust it has
not. We can assure the editor of the Ad
vocate that we eschew all such comhiua-
i Lons as heartily as he can, yet lie knows
as well as we do, that such lias been the
practice before the Legislature for many
■ years past, not only in regard to the Pub
lic Printing bat to most other matters of
importance that come up before it. “Log
rolling” is the order of the day on too
■ many occasions, and it would be much
j more to the purpose for the editor to lay
I down some plan by which it coaid be a
: voided, than to be Complaining of it with
out suggesting a remedy. The Public
I Printing has been delaye 1, unaccessirily
j delayed, much beyond its time; but that
any one of those concerned in it had any
hand in retarding its advancement, other
than Mr. lliy himself, is what we posi
tively and unequivocally deny. Therefore
tire inueudo at the close of the Advocate's
at tide, that it is “no wonder the printing
broke down—or came so near it as to drag
its slow progress along into the year 1853,’’
is not only ungenerous, but also unjust.
Whatever has been the motive of the
editor oi the A.dooexte for this unjust in
sinuation, we rather feel un ler obligations
to him for in iking it, as it gives us an op
portunity of setting the matter properly
before the public. The Public Printing
jii Georgia, as most persons are aware, is
an extensive job; an 1 consequently there
has, for many years, been much competi
tion before the Legislature to obtain it.
Some ten years ago, or perhaps more, it
was discovered that the printers at Mil-
Icdgevillo had entered in to an understand
ing to operate into each other’s hand, for
file purpose of retaining it, at all events,
in that city. Tae “outsiders,” those doing
business at other places, getting an ink
ling of tins, formed counter combinations,
md thus the practice was introduced and
las oeeu kept up ever since. At the scs
iiou before last, Mr. Ray and others had
foimed one party, and the Augusta Cou
>titiitionalist, Columbus Times, Marietta
Advocate, and perhaps others, formed nn
)Uier. Mr. Ray was elected.
What others did after the election we
know not, but we can state what wo did
in a very few words. We took the first
opportunity which presented itself to have
a long advisory conversation with Mr.
Ray, in which we counselled him to endea
voi to concentrate the work and have it all
done at one office, for lh\ purpose, of facili
laluig its progress and giving it uniformity
—m winch Mr. Hay entirely concurred.
He stated to us that he should at oiice or
der a power press, and we knew that that
would do all the work in time—say three
or four months: If it could not do it du
ring the day, it could lie run at night also.
We stated to Mr. Ray at the same time,
that if he found the work too heavy for
himself, that we had no objection to come
down to Macon and assist him, whenever
thcreunto re pucsted. Mr. Ilay respect
fully declined the proposition, ami said he
had plenty of help. At a subsequent pe
riod, when we found that the work was
dragging, we made the same proposition
to Mr. Ray again, but with no better ef
fect. In a conversation with Mr. Ross,
Mr. R vy’s partner in business, since the
death of the former, but a few weeks ago,
in speaking of the work, we distinctly sta
ted to him that we could see no good rea
son for the long delay, and if it had been
under our wc should haVe had
it completed long ago. This is the course
we have pursued toward Mr. Ray and the
Public Printing, and if the editor of the
Advocate can find any cause of delay in
it, wc should bo pleased to see it pointed
out by him.
If the editor the Advocate will pub
lish the above remarks, lie will oblige us.
Graham f r March
B e do mu receive this periodical, but
from an extract, copied from this number,
we sec it has come out gallantly in favor
of the South and in opposition to Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s
Cabin.
“Behave been refreshed by reading
some very bitter attacks upon u * personally
in some of the agitation nevvepapers, on
account o{ the opinions expressed in out
last number in a review of Uncle Tom’s
Cabin. We have a supreme contempt
for the praise or censure of any man
’ whose soul is sp sordid, Usuit he cannot
appreciate the discussion of any subject
without a calculation of interest, whether
in pence or popularity. When we fail to
feel the courage to do our whole duty, as
vve understand it, we shall advertise for a
conscience keeper. In the meanwhile
we repeat, that Mrs. Stowe’s Uncle
Tom’s Cabin is a bad B >ok! It gives an
unfair and untrue picture of Southern life
It is badlv constructed, badly timed, and
made up for a bad purpose! The work
has been successful pecuniarily—but
there is such a thing as “blood money”
speedily gained for nefarious doings Mrs.
Stowe, it is said, has already received
$>20,000 as her share of the piofits from
her publishers. Are the wounds inflicted
upon our common country paid for with
so small a sum in gold? Our Consul,
3klr Kinney, tells us that the book has
aroused, in Italy, the most vehement in
dignation against Americans. ‘The same
is true in other countries. But the work
is a mere distortion of facts —a stupen
dous Tie ami therefore vre cannot admit
its merits and join its mob of admirers
It is no more a true picture of life in the
South, than Jack Sheppard is a true (tic
ture of lire hale and honest John Bull
yet we learn that one publisher in this
country has made hiS thousands by the
sale of that most despicable novel. Torn
has served its purpose—b has made an
excitement and— money! but we must
be excused from falling down and wor
shiping so false and mean a thing.
Tha Caloric Ship Ericsson.
The New York Courier & Eiquirer
says I “ 1 It's .nouie Bhip goes to sea nex’
week; and after cruising about and liv
ing her engines a fair trial will repair* to
Norfolk. The ship itself is equal to any
specimen of naval architecture which
this city has ever turned ou<; and good
judges say that she is the strongest “ship
evei built in our port. And this is the
opinion of her commander, Capt. Low
lier, who is an experienced packet makpr.
B e look upon the question in regard
to Caloric being anew motive power, as
definitely settled; hut there are those,
who still doubt, and they will experience’
the most intense anxiety until they hear!
of the Ericsson's safe arrival at Norfolk,
and learn what speed she has accom
plished.
‘1 he incalculable advantages not only
to this country, but to all mankind, of
the suecesslui workings ot this new mo
tive power, will at once strike every per
son of reflection. The saving of five
sixths ot the fuel not on!)’ renders il thej
cheapest power with which to navigate ;
the ocean; but while il is both cheaper!
and perfectly safe, it at once enables a,
vessel to ia£a in a supply of fuel for the!
longest voyages and still have a reasona
ble amount of space for cargo. But
asine from its effects upon the commerce
of the world, let us look at its immediate
bearing upon our own city.
We will not attempt to estimate the
amount ol the stationary steam power of
the city; but it is very great—so great, |
that already the board of Water Commis
sioners, are unwilling, or at least, not
anxious to increase their sales for pur
poses connected vvitti steam engines; and
it is perfectly manifest, that a” no very
distant da), the Croton will not lie equal
to a supply of our city for domestic and
manufacturing purposes ! This would
indeed be a g'eut misfortune; but from
triis the Caloric will save us, as well from
the present cost oi the water with widen
to cieate steam. A person using a ten
horse steam engine, pays the Corporation
one hundred dollars per annnm fur the
water used by it; which is equal to six
per cent, upon seventeen hundred dollars.
Now, for two hundred dollars, or twenty
dollars per horse power, he can purchase!
the right to use the Caloric Engine for
ever ! and thus effect an immediate sa
ving of fifteen hundred dollars upon the
material alone, with which to create his
power, aud a subsequent saving of live
sixths in the fuel, besides getting rid of
the entire risk ol explosion, and the con
sequent increased insurance ! In truth,
it is impossible to estimate the value of
this great discovery to the civilized world.
Marshal House.— This new and spa
cious Hotel (says the Savannah Evening
Journal) has passed out of the hands ol
its former worthy proprietor, Mr. W'm.
Johnson, and is now under the supervision
and management of Mr. Gordon Fargo.
Mr. Fargo, succeeded Mr. Mixer, in The
U. 8. Hotel in Augusta, and we have no
doubt that under his control, the Mar
shal” will continue to maintain its popu
larity as a Hotel.
Gov. Reid, of North Carolina, has ap
pointed Hon Jas. C. Dobbin, U. S. Sen
ator, in place of Mr. Mangum, whose
term expires on the 4th of March. ‘Hie
Legislature failed to make a choice at
the recent session. The validity of the
appointment will, it is said, be contested.
Valuable Relics of ths Past.
We were yesteiday the recipient of a
great ocular treat, haying been shown
ths identical welch worn by the irrlmor
tal Washington —the Father and Defeo
der of his country ‘.tie Hero, Patriot
and Statesman; the mention of whose
name, and the reminiscences connected
with the times in which he lived, causes
e\ery freeman’s heart to bound wi h joy
and gratitude. It was in the possession
of Henry F. Hie!!, F-;q of No. 61, Las
penird street, New Yoikcity, who has
been neai twenty-five years in gelling
possession of it. it is a very massive
watch with very thick plain cases of
pure gold. Wo are t<!.! that it is twenty-
four carets fi.ie. The watch was made
try Messrs. Handel! and Bridge of Lon
don, Fnglund, and was bought by Ben
jamin Franklin, when he was Commis
sioner of the United Colonies. The
watch also strikes the hour, the same as
our clocks do. It is a most interesting
relic of the past—the more so from the
fact of its having been worn by our loved
and resp ited Washington.
Mr. 11. has also a Washington penny
of 1791, of which, it will be remembe ed,
there were but a very few coined, as
A ashington, on the morning they were
first coined, requested that a further coin
age should be suspendhd, which was ac
cordingly done, and the die broken. 1
contains an one side ids likeness. He is
represented as wearing a military coat,
epaulettes, and a rufiled shirt; his hair is
also done up with a cue, or pig-tail-;
around the likeness are the words,‘‘Wash
ington, President, 1791.” /
On the reverse side an eagle is repre
settled, with a number of ariows in one
claw and an olive branch in the other.
This valuable penny, (for their scarci
ty has made them valuable,) Mr R. has
set around the edge, in fine gold settings,
thirteen diainblfflT%’ the most valuable
description, and vvnich he says, “repre
sent the thirteen -States.” The connec
tion which joins the penny, which he
uses for a watch seal, is two fl gs ih.t
surmount the whole.
Mr. R. has also a watch once owned
by the lamented Clay. It is a plain cased
gold watch, with a sac- imilie of his au
tograph engraved on the hack, and was
purchased from Jared I. Moore, of New
York, who some time before Mr. C.’s
death made an exchange with him. Mr.
Ritdi’s collection of relics is quite a valu
able one—and from what we have enu
meiated, he has a large number of letters
written by Washington, Jefferson, M idi
soii, and others.— Albany Transcript.
Look out for the Rascals.
There have been four counterfeit bills,
of the denomination of fifty dollars, on the
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank at .Sa
vannah, passed in Lumpkin within tin
past week. Ihe distance between the
figures 50 at each end of the bill is two
tenths of an inch less in the counterfeit
than in the genuine. Those that have
been detected are ietlered IC, made pay
able to C. F. Mills, ami dated January
Ist, 1850. Signed, J. Olmstead,cashier,
Ed w. Padelford, President. All the spu
rious bills in circulation are said to bj
numbered over 1100. The description
of one of the men who passed these bit s
is as follows: about six feet high, weigh}
about ISO pounds, light hair and rath 3
light complexion. l ucre are two of ilu-j.
fellows, and they aie travelling thruugl
the country with a few horses, as ho s j
dealers, buying a shirt or some other if i
iling article, an 1 tendering one of thoi e
counterfeit bills and receiving the chan/ ;e
in good money. They are like the cid
plate, the vignette, being the same. It is
a most complete counterfeit, and the pi ib
lic would do well to be on their gua rd
We are informed tint there has been se
ven or eight of them passed in mis co t it y.
Georgia Courier.
Robbexy of Vatchea.
Yesterday morning- Mr. (1. M. .'Tones,
watch-maker, on St., Julian street;., near
Whitaker, left his store for tea i jmutes.
Upon his return ho found the side door,
opening into the hall, broken open, his
drawer robbed of its contents —s mis fifty
dollars, and five gold \ j. inches, the proper
ty of !us customers, t.,k j. i from the win
dow at.which he had jui.; been at work,
fXo clue, wy hear, has be en obtained of
the criminal. The watches possessed an
i average value of one inm Ired dollars a-
I piece; making a loss of li /i hundred and
fifty dollars.
Since this occurrence, anc ther has come
reliably to our ears that b ;ats anything
we know of in audacity, so ’ oar city,.—
Two negroes, on Thursday i fight, entered
the store of Mr. Stein, < m Broughton
street, cast of Barnard, and asked to look
at some watches, which tl ey said they
were able to buy. Mr. Steii handed them ,
several from behind the co inter, which
they inspected with great at Mention. Af
ter a while, each took one a id with the
apparent intention of gcttii g nearer to
the light, approached the d< mr, and then
taking to their heels, carried ‘ themselves off
as fast as their legs permit ted. Before
Mr. Stein could disengage hii nself from his
counter and shop, they were around the
corner and out of sight. Xo inquiry could
elicit the slightest knowledge whither the
rascals had fled.— Sac. Geori lan.
Atrocious Murder. —A murder of
the most atrocious kind, wai committed
in this county on last Satur lay, bv Mr
Armstead Stokes, on the lo> yof James
Henly, —We give the partiou ars as cor
rect as we have been able to ascerta'n
them. Mr. Stokes invited A !r tlenly to
his house to assist him in th< raising of a
building, after the raising, he then invited
him to dinner. Immediately after dinner
he asked Henly to take a sac t walk with
him; they had not proceed! and very far,
when Stokes drew a knife, and without
a moments warning plung >d it to Ids
heart thereby causing install / t death. Air.
S. was under th.e iulluen _*e of liquor,
lie was immediately arrest’ ; d and brought
before the Alagis irate of tV e Disirict, and
alter a careful e xaminatior was committed
to jail to await, his tiial at our next Supe
rior Court.
Ihe decer ,sed was am mos large family
and highly esteemed t y a ll who knew
him. In ‘ Jds sad evr nt eight children,
six girls n 0) ] two sma i| hoys have been
bereti of their on!/ source ofsuppo
May 11 e who feeA i the young ravels,
watch jver ands ovide for the affl.C( e j
orpha Jg —fFasj mg ton Gazette.
youth wit’ i a turn for figures had
* lvr . eggs to b >il, and being told to give
tl ’ itn three mi mites each, boiled them a
( 1 latter of an. hour altogether*
Ths First Congresa'onol District.
A correspondent writes to the Savan
nah Republican, from Montgomery county,
as follows:
“At the Convention of the Constitution
al Union party of this district held at
ilohnesville, 011 the Bth of June, 1.851, it
was resolved among other matters that the
same party .should meet in convention at
the saute place, on the Bth of June, 1853,
for the purpose of nominating a candidate
for member of Congress. Tnat the party
was too late in ’sl in bringing out its can
didate, is ; I think, sufficiently manifest.
“ Would it not, therefore be wise in us
to profit by that example, and hold our
convention, and bring out our candidate at
an earlier day—say the first Monday in
April? In tile convention of 1851, many
of the comities were not represented.—
This was o wing in part to the .season of
the year ia which the convention met. It
is a season when the time of planters are
entirely absorbed in their far.us, and if we
wait until the crops are m ule it will be ioo
late for the candidate to canvass the dis
trict, which is no small job, owing to the
size of it.”
This is the first indication that we have
seen Os a purpose on the part of oar oppo
nents to run a candidate for the office of
Representative from the first District.
Tnat tiiey would oppose the election of the
Democratic nominee, whether Cos!. Jack
son Or another, wo have not doubted. It
is even now uncertain what form the oppo
sition is to take. Do oar Whig friends
intend to go into the canvass as whigs or
as Constitutional Union men? Will the
Republican inform us?
The Democratic party will, of course, in
due time—perhaps the earlier the better
—have their candidate in the field. If
Col. Jackson will consent to run, he will
doubtless he accepted as the candidate by
the unanimous voice of t e Democracy of
the District. Whether lie can be induced
to Serve again we know not. He will
doubtless, in due time, announce his pur
pose to his constituents. In case lie posi
tively declines running, which we hope lie
will itot do, it will then be necessary to as
semble a convention to make a nomina
tion.
More G-alpliinism.
Another fraud has been detected, which
goes further to exemphfy tlie imbcility
and corruption of the Whig dynasty Ilian
nv which lias preceded it. llvery one
* ho has noticed,even with a careless eye,
t oe mnnner in which the extension of the
I lapitol ba.s been carried on, must have
1 .een struck with the mismanagement
;and want of energy it exhibited But
carelessness and sloth, added to tiie vague
rumors of corrupt extravagance which
were afloat, have not prepared the pub
lic mind for ihe systema'ic and extensive
frauds that have been committed on the
appropriations for the enlargement.
Towards the end of last iimnih 111 e
Senate appointed a coinmittae of investi
gation, directed to examine into charges
of fraudulent practices in the erection o’
the new wings of the (Japi 01. General
Houston was placed at the head of that
committee; and the evidence bes ire it is
of the most startling cliaiacter. It shows
innumerable instances of fraud, partaking
of every possible character, by which
nearly one-half of thesis hundred thou
sand dollars appropriated by Gong re-s
lias been misapplied and embezzled. Ac
: cording to the evidence, interior materials
! have been used and their use concealed;
| defects in the work have been covered
J over; government property misapplied;
| implements and laborers used for private
| purposes; an extensive system of embez
z emeot acted out, by which large sums
of money have been drawn for work
never rendered; and laborers have been
employe 1 at extravagant wages, under
Le agreement that they should give up
j a large portion of those wages after they
were drawn f.oni the pay agent Tins
system has been carried to such an ex
tent, we are informed, as to swindle the
: government out of ab >ut three hundred
thousand dollars—oue-iiaif of the appro
priation. If this he true, theic has been
no parallel to this fraud i 1 the history of
111 a government; for it is formed of a
large number of hems, extending over a
longer period of time, and convicts a larger
number of indiv,duals of cmelessness and
corrupt practices, than any which lias
preceded it. *Ve hope to he able in §
few days to lay the evidence which has
been adduced before the Committee o!
Investigation before our rea iers. We
aie unwilling to begin its publication until
we can continue it regularly. Suiely no
civilized country has been ou raged by
such an administration as that which has,
since the 4th of March, 1849, alternately
mortified the pride of the nation and out
raged the public morality by an alterna
tion of imbecility and fraud, unre.ieved
by a single instance of manly efficiency
or sterling integrity Wash Union.
Our exchanges by the Florida boat
this morning do not bring us any account
of a bottle with Billy Bowlegs, as we had
hoped they would do. Billy ’ s coup d'etat
stili retains its brilliancy, and that hero is
tranquilly awaiting attack, in undisturbed
possession of his native everglades. The
only allusions to him; we find in the Jack
sonville News of the 12ih, they are as
follows:
“Gen Blake, the contractor for the
removal of the Indians, passed through
on the Welaka on Tuesday last, tn route
for Washington. He seems to think
there is still some hope that the Indians
will go voluntarly, provided a demonstra
tion is made to force them. All means
and appliances have heretofore been ex
hausted, ands. iled, except one; and until
ti lat is tried we shall have no hope —and
that is the plan of “s’.ill hunting,” and
high reward, for success. We see no
“impropriety” in it.”
President Fillmore, it is supposed, will
make a visit to the South soon alter the
4th of March, and we notice that a public
meeting is suggested at Wilmington,
North Carolina, to make the arrangements
to g ve him a suitable reception.
If be will extend his visit South, as fir
as the EoerglaileSy his friend Billy
will be happy to reciprocate the hospital
ity tie received at the White House last
September, but it will be done after his
own fashion! I'he way Billy would enter
lain the ex-President, in the Big Cypress
would be a caution to all the rest of man
kind!
Caloric Engines. —The New Y.>rk
Express says that Captain Ericsson has re
ceived orders for about 330 of his caloric
engines, but it is not aware that he has con
sented to supply any large number at pre
sent.
Meirioo.
Laeh day brings some additional news
or interest IrOni this ill-fated country.
Ever since her earliest day, Mexico has
been the constant theatre of revolution
bloodshed and crime. France alone lies
been her equal in change. But a short
time since the Chamber of Deputies elect
ed Ccvallos President ad interim , and con
ferred upon him the extraordinary powers
which were denied his predecessor, Gen.
Arista. lie takes the oath of office and
for the moment the chances seem in favor
of his success. In a few days the Com
mittee charge him with intriguing against*”
the constitution and 110 boldly and promot
ly denies the authority of Congress to im
peach him. This declaration creates in
the Chamber the highest excitement.—
Tiie palace is filled with the military.—
Tiie barracks are provided with ammuni
tion, and it is arranged that the garrison
shall declare against the Congress. Don
Marin goes to the hall, with one hundred
of the Nrtt.oual Guard, and gives Sener
Mon tes an order from the President to
dissolve Congress. Montes obeys, but
the \ ice President takes the chair and de
clares the session continued. A protest
is agreed upon by acclamation, but in vain.
Gen. Marin enters and clears the seats at
the point of the bayonet. France and
England have both witnessed similar scene
Tims the Congress which placed Cebai'ios
in power was dissolved by him in a few
snort days. Things cannot remain long
in this condition. There are two papers
in the City of Mexico advocating the ;• -r
tarn of Santa Anna, and he was expected
to reach Vera Cruz last month. It can
not be denoted that lie will become a
prominent actor in the revolution, and the
m st probable result is that he will again
become ruler of Mexico. He is the great
est mail they have —understan Is thorough
ly the Mexican clnrac t cr, and has a deep
hold ou the affections of the people. We
await further developments with deep in
terest.— Vindicator.
Very tlungiy.
Iha following is an extract from the
speech of tiie Hon. Mr. (_):ds, of Ohio,
delivered at the Democratic celebration in
Washington, last week. It needs no
c mmciit:
S.r if Franklin Pierce comes lo the
work assigned him by the Democracy of
the country as I have no doubt he will,
there will tie a big muss kicked’ up in
‘Washington city on the 4th of March as
there was at Mr. Smith’s house, (as re
lated by my fiiend the Buckeye abroad,)
when little J tek Smith ran over to Mrs.
Brown’s to tell her ih t dad was dead,
in im was dead, dad was drunk, the old
cow had a cult, John had swallowed u pin,
Jim had got tiie delirium triangles, look
ing at the Vora berea::,— [Laughter] -
and that, aiut ail neither, si\s Jack.
What else, pon arth can lie the matter?
inquired Mrs. Brown. Wai, Sal broke
the butler plate, Susan has spilt the pan
cakes and Jo has sot down in the scalding
tallow we had for dipping candles, and
one ot the Maltese kittens has got his
head into the in Busses jug am! we can’t
get it out — ami we are ail so dand<l in
fernally hungry.’ 1 [Shouts and cheers j
Mr. President, in my imagination, the
4th of Match is passing before me, and
1 think I see the Whig Gulphin office
holder-* pouring out of the various Govern
ment departments, with the tears running
down their piteous noses, and their la
mentation is, ib it tV’ebiteris dial Fill
more has fidibustereU, Scott lias got a Na
tive American calf, Noith Carolina Ims
swalloived Graham, and Tom Cofv, in
iias gt the delirium triangles looking
iur Northern Abolition votes. [Loud an S
prolonged cheering] and that aint all,
either, Mr. President—for Toombs Inn
broken their butter plate, Gentry spilt
toeir pancakes, and Seward has set down
in the scalding tallow they had for dip
ping higher law candles, and Frank
Peirce has got into the President’s chair
and we can’t get him ou ; and ire arc nil
so dimed in/srnal hungry. 11 [Roars of
laughter and prolonged shouting.]
The success ot the Ericsson air s! ip
has suggested the question as to what will
be the effect us the general adoption of
l he new motive power for all the purposes
for which steam are now employed on the
consumption of coal. A correspondent of
iiie Pmladeipiiia Ledger takes a right
view of the question, we think, when be
says that the undoubted effect would lie
that instead of supplying a hundred steam
ers, as now, wiln, say one thousand tons
ot coal a day, we should be called upon
to lurnish five thousand marine vessils,
everything that floats, in f .ct, five thousand
tons a da\. Besides, the land would be
covered with caloric engines. The cheap
ened power would banish hand toil and
nurse drudgery, and be applied to thou
sands of purposes which can now be
scarcely imagined. Asa general princi
ple, we may rely on the fact that the
greater efficient service can be produced
ty a tou of coal, the more tons w ill he
required; or in oilier words, the cheaper
a thing is made, the more it will be used.
Gi>v. Foot, of .Mississippi, has rfTered
a reward of s>3.o for the apprehension
and delivery to the sheriff of Warrea
county, of Wesley Wallace, who stands
charged with the murder of a negro man
belonging to Gen. G. L) Mitchell, whose
overseer Wallace was. It was first
thought that the negro was killed by a
log rolling over him; but the coroner’s in
quest has fixed the charge of murder on
Wallace, who lias fieri. He is fit m Noiih
Carolina, and supposed to be making l.is
way back there.
We were gratified to notice last eve
ning the arrival in this city, of ti.e li*>n.
.Matthew Hall McAllister, in good health.
Mr. McAllister has been absent from this
city for neaily three years, during w hich
period he has resided at San Franc isco,
California. We learn that h@ will remain
in Savannah for a few days, and then
proceed to Washington City.— Sue. JYcios.
Feb. nth.
A railroad burning took place at Fort
Matte, on the Columbia and Chaileston
road a few bays ago, by which ten cars,
five hundred hales ot cotton and one
hundred yards ot railroad were consumed.
Punch says, that monstrous tyrant
Henry the eighth, was so little prone to
shilly-shally that he married his wives
first, and axed them afterwards.
Mrs. Harris says she will never visit
Europe till the “Auiogra, h of Kussia”
is eutinly bereft ot his lj raunical powers.
When is a Jjor.se not a horse? —
When he i§ turned into a field.