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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.