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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XIV. THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN IS PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING BY WILLAM CLINE, t Two Dollars and Fifty Cents por an num, or Two Dollars paid in advance. AOVBRTI-SKMKNTS aru inserted ut ONE DOLLAR (>*>r square, for the first insertion, and FIFTY CE.HTS per square, lor eaeh insertion llierealier. *> A reason able (led net ion will tie made to those who advertise by the year. All advertisements not otherwise ordered, wit be continued till lorhid. * icy*SALES OF LANDS fiv Exitcutovs or Guardians are required by law to be b. Id on the first Tuesday in the month, between The hours o! ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-blouse, in tire county in which the land is situated. Notice ot tic se sale, must he given in a public gfizi'tte FORTY DAY S prp'nntvs *< the day of sale. S3 EES OF XEGROES must he made at pub tie luicliou on the first Tuesday o( Hie month, be tween tii usual hours of sale, at the place el pub lic sales in the county where file letters Testa-j nenfary, of Administr dion or Guardianship may nave been granted; first giving FORTY DAYS notice fltejeof in one of the public gazettes ol this Slate, and a! the court bouse whe e such sales are to t>e held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property must he given in like manner FORTY DAYS previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an eslate must be published FORTY DAYS. Notice that application will he made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land must he pub lished for Tiro MONTHS, Not ICC for LEAVE TO SELL NEGROES mtlSt he published ‘TITO MONTHS before any order ab solute shall tv; made thereon by the Court, CITATIONS for Letters of Administration, must he published thiutv pats; for Dismission from Aeministration, monthly six moeths; for Dismission from Guardianship, forty day , - Rules for the Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months, for estab lishing lost papers, tor the foil space of three Months; for compelling titles from Kxecutnfs or Administrators, where a bond lias been given hv he diseased, the full space < f THREE months. [Front the Springfield Gazette.] A VALENTINE. Almost every lady wants a husband, of course —if she can get one of the right stamp—hut not every one is able tf> describe the kind of man she wants, as well as the authoress ol the following; Wanted—a hand my path to guide, As onward in life’s vale I glide, J§ And stay me should my feet e’r tj[jdc Froui wisdom's narrow way; Wanted—nn'nrni on which to lean, When dark ami low’ring cloud? are seen, Without an vof light between— In sad affliction’s day. Wanted—a heart—all—all my own, To whom my j >y and griefs arc known, Thai in its turn would make, at < t ( Mine—and high Heaven its stay. Wanted —an eye, whatc.’r its hue. Whose depths reveal nfil'ct’on lrue, And ever beaming with anew, And sweet, and chastened ray. Wanted—a voice whose sweetest tone, Shall ever—ever he mv own, Though innate kindness may be shown, By all that it shad say. Wanted—n whole sonled, generous man, Whose principles writ hear close scan, And shiite fluiFettrigfitly— come what can, In trial’s scathing day. Wanted—a soul to mine a twin, To help me loathe--anu leave all sin, And while on earth—with m begin, Tliei everlasting lay. For tiie Georgia Jeffersonian. Double Cabin District, ) March Bth, 1853. \ Dear ii lnjur : —l write these ’ere lines lolet you know, —heads or tails, —I’m a candydate for the next Sinit of the leg islatin'’ of Georgy. I aint an eddicated man, much, hut its so nat’ral, these ’ere times, when a man wants tu wurk for the pcopcl, to let ’em know what he goes intur and what he don’t, that I’m gwine to tell. That ar’, ar’ right. I’m gwine to let ev’- ry body know my principals—to keep down comsmolockin & cobaster’n, when I git home from the Sinit. Now, Major, my ccntyments is soon tohl—for a honest man can make a short tail of a’most enny tiling. I goes in for the cvcrlastin’ principals of jeeticc—and indigenous medical juxta position. I goes it for big steamboats, long rail roads, party women, fat babies, high price cotton, low p ice meat, kora jest tolabul, and whisky accordin’. I’m for old Jim Murrongh’s principles, —that is, as I heard it—for takin’ Cuba right off and rankin’ niggers of nil of ’em. I’m agin flunkcighisin, foggyism, dougli faceism and all kinds of abolutioncrs. I’m agin forsin men not to sell likur, if they want tu; but I know all the lag men ar’ agirrme. Es you kant ’suade a man not to drink, all the abohiticncc Maign laws the Legis latin'’ ever can pass, wont do it. Es the Georgy legislator’ ever passes sich a law . as that ar’, t’will ’awake up the game-cock speret of the pcopul, worscr than ’twas in Hosting when the boys got hold of the tee. Major, let me tell you about that ar’ law: The folks will drink, es they want tu, an’ es they don’t want tu, they wont, law or no law. What will lie the kousiqucncc, supposin’ yon pass that ar’ law? I lean tell you: The foalks will drink when they wani i'-l ou> e s you wont let ’em drink it it, the grocerce, buy it and karry it boaui in barrels ana an d drink it thar and make their boys cUul’k;-- 1 3. Them’s my centyracuts. The big foalks arc all pizen good now and want the law passed, cause why?— They can buy a barel and poor foalks like me katP. - Now, Major, I’ll tell you how I got to be a candydate for the Sinit: I went tu Griffin last Saturday, an’was a-].oilin’ ’long up the street, towards them nr’ big liberal stables, when, all of a sud <iin, 1 kurn eosjnollpck up agin friend W. Hays he, “Hollow.” Says I, “Howdy ye lo?” Say; he, “You look cold; let’s go in tu S's. and git somethin tu warm us.”— Says J, “IWt kare es I do ” So we took sum of the waaniji. That fellow’s got awful good linker. After bein’ thar a spell, five or six more t .f our friends cum in, ana v/e wanned agin and kept on warmin’ tell, jewhibkins, how big I felt, f jest felt like I cpnld beat enj man in America speakin’ and walk over a ten rail fence and knot im it was thar. After a spell, friend W., says l<e tu me , “Mr. Clinker, the time af’ coinin’ when we’il have tu send lcgislatur’ men down tu Milledgcville, and Wrc’ gwine tu send you.’ s.ivs r “No, i don’t want thcoffis; and i . - ——-—————**—***—am g—w—*■—u™—"—■—- 1 ■ don’t feel qualified.” (Dolly, what lies.) They all spoke together and said, “Yes ; you must go.” Well, says I, “Es I must, I must.” So konsider. me in the ring 1 We talked it all over, and kep warmin’, up until dark, and I mounted old Nick, and put out for hoatn in full speed; and in a hour was long side a big fire with Sail &the childorn—l felt big audited serous —*syl Sall, my wife, my diet 4 waat air the matter—say’s I very serous-*—Maam, mat ters of stupendous maguiloquence, has been done to day. The old ’oman looked at me perfectly ’stouislied, as if she thought me ravin, mad—she never heard such jau-botie-brea kers from me afore—she says, “I believe your crazy, Humphrey.” (She always calls me “Humphrey” or “my dier.”) Says I, ‘‘You’re welcome to your ’pinion of me.” I saw a big tier in Sail’s eye, and I gin in. i Says I, “My dier, I’m gwino to the Sinit.” j Says she, “The Sinit ! whar on arth is that?” Says I, “The. Sinit of the legisla tor’ whar they make laws down tu Mill cdgeville.” Says I, “It’s fixed; the big men hav’ dun fotch me out.”—Upon that she jumped up and throwed her arms ’round my neck, and says she, “Humphrey, I know’d you’d cum to some big end.”— The children, seem us take on so, got definin with their loud hollerin’ —they ’stouislied the natives; and my oldest boy, Bill, got so obstropolous I had to lick him before he could be quiled.. So you see, Majur, I am a riglar candy date, and you must pull ropes. I’ll rite you agin next week. Yours, till death, Humphry Clinker. BONEVENTURE. It is known to most “of our readers that this ancient retreatln the neighborhood’ q£ Savannah, has recently been converted in to a cemetery for the depository of the dead. N. P. Willis, of the New York Home. Journal, recently made it a visit, and the following are his fir&t impressions of the place. His idea of the sombre dra T pery of the pensile moss is Unique and touching : 4? > 3*l - The strange cemetery at Savannah, wtfh tiie trees hung in mourning, is described in every traveller’s journal. My companion and.l dregfe to it’ (four or live miles out of the the feeling of familiarity witlywhich one makes a first visit to Pcre la-chaisc. often as I had read de scriptions oFtlrtecyemarkable spot, its pe culiar character‘'look me entirely by sur prise. It is the perfection of that to which England and our country have, of late, become fully awakene'd, as a feature of na tional taste —places of repose for the dead. Yet it owes little to art. Nature hasrout done even the builders of the famous cem etery at Pisa, with their costly enclosure of cloisters for reverie, and their fifty ship loads of earth brought from Jerusalem.!— J The Savannah cemetery, as the reader knows, is a wood of majestic trees clad with a plant peculiar to the moist and warm savannas of this latitude—a pendant moss or tree-fern, dropping from every branch in long and graceful folds, and of a sad colored grey. The silk, in common use for half-morning, is about of the same tint.— With the luxuriant green of the foliage on every tree tenderly subdued by the pro fuse folds of this sombre drapery, and even the ordinarily softened light of a thick wood darkened to perpetual twilight by the same curtaining, there is an atmos phere of irresistible pensiveness and mel ancholy throughout its wilderness of ma jestic columns, which no architecture could imitate—or contrive. A day in such a place is one of those poems for one’s own heart only, with which the world is not willing to be tronbled — but, of one leading impression, made on my own mind while there, I will venture to make a record. The graves, (which seemed few, perhaps from their being no apparent limit to the long aisle of tree-trunks which retreated away in shadowy vistas on every side,) were so secondary to the overpowering spirit of the spot, that I scarce looked at a name or read an epitaph. I remember but one, —that of a father and his daughter—and my attention was drawn to tills, probably, Ly the chain which fenced in the tomb and which was overgrown by the same mourn ing drapery of moss which enveloped the trees. I had no friend buried there, or, of coarse, affection M ould have led me to look for the sod that covered him. But there was no object conspicuous enough to arrest the curiosity of the stranger—no thing to call aside the footstep, or call off the mind of the visiter from the influence! of gentle sadness pressed upon his own memories of the dead. The spell of the place—less powerful only than the grief which should come there to find what itself had lost—was of hallowed power and pre dominance. Are there not those who, with me, will see a beauty in this? Os any privacy in the memory of the dead, our fashionable cemeteries seem to give no sign. The beloved one, who was, in life, so guarded about with delicacy and protection—her home shut in from the footfall of common approach, and the , door of her chamber of nightly rest kept liigi. ah' 1 far out of profaning sight, by triple lock: life-blood ready to come between it and intrusion—this beloved one is laid and left in a thronged avenue Sf J resort, her last home marked by a fancy monument which asks the vuigjr'flMßpt! over her and admire it, and maiden name M'ritten in glaring letters oh the door, for every ruffian’s lips to spell out with his coarse utterance, aud dese- crate with his scrawl or comment. For a world where llell ajid Heaven walk at large together, and where thg instificts of common safety have combined in usage to guard somewhat the paths pf .the angels among us while they live, it seems as if there should be some privacy, as well, for the ashes and memory of the departed. Monuments to great men may reasona bly be conspicuous to every eye. They are need for example, and public gratitude rai ses them, But privacy is more blest, even in life; and the luxury of the grave, (and the spirit of this might well bo remember ed in private moments) is to be forgotten but by those who loved us. This home of the dead at Savannah, so more sublime and GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1853. sadly beautiful in itself, seems to offer the repose thus wanted. Hate and Indiffer ence would here walk by, unreminded of even the name. Malice and Coarseness would see no call for idle criticism, and in i the spirit of the spot, would feel a restraint, unaware. Affection would find the corner where one’s ashes slumber in peace, ahd to the tears or sweet memories which alone should visit them, very air would seem to give a sigh of welcome. So fitting and sweet a place to be buried in, it seems to me I never elsewhere saw. The Spirits in Washington Cot.. Perry, the able and distinguished editor of the Greenville, S. C., Patriot, has been spending sometime in Washington City, and, it seems, has become a partial convert to the spiritual rappers. In one of his letters, he gives the following nar rative, which will at least be read with in terest : Washington, Feb. 20, 1853. Yesterday was a very bad day, and, in stead of going to the capital, we went to see the spiritual rappers, Mrs. Fox and her two daughters, who have filled the Federal city with amazement, by calling from the regions above, all the spirits of all the departed friends of those who visit them. Gen. Thompson, Mr. Burt, and myself went at 3 o’clock, and remained with them an hour a*id a half. The mo ther was a plain looking woman, with a good head and good countenance. The daughters were also plain girls, and ap peared to be sensible and well behaved.— When we went into their room, they were all seated around a centre table, with a gentleman who was conversing with the spirit of his deceased wife. He- asked a many questions, some of whicll were j Snswered correctly, and others not. The poor man seemed to be in great distress, at the thw&ht of being put in communica tion withms wife. ,lle asked her if she would coiimunicateyCvith him alone, and she proniMd to do so.’ He wished to know when, and she replied, very soon. He asked if shehad any message to send her mothlpfond received no answer. Gelt: Thompson then seated himself at tal jle, and asked if the spirit of his ffnek£.l>r. Williams, was present and .^qulyeoina^nnicate with him. Tinge vyas instantly loud and impetuous rapping*. He inquired if there were any persons in the room who saw him die ? The response was in the affirmative ! How many ? Two ! Who were they ? Perry and Thompson ! Who wrote his will ? Perry ! Had any portion of his property been sold ? - Yes ! Who bought bis. fine, horse, Steel ? His wife ! Was he happy ? Yes ! Had he seen Judge Thompson, Mrs. Thompson, &c. Yes ! Were they all perfectly happy ? Yes 1 Did he find his religious notions correct ? Partially ! The spirit of Gen. Glasscock was then called for, and answered a variety of ques tions, all correctly, as did the spirit of Dr. Williams. Mr. Burt then took his seat, and called for the spirit of his father, which responded very promptly, and told where he died, was buried, &c. The spirit of Mr. Burt’s son ivas called, and responded. Tills is all very wonderful, to be sure, and still I am Incredulous, and cannot but think the whole matter is an arrant impos ture. Three raps is yes—one rap is no.— The old woman runs over the alphabet till she pronounces the letter necessary to spell a word or name, and the spirit is asked to rap when the right name is written or pointed to. In this way the communica tions are made, and after all it may be lucky guessing. My mind is naturally skeptical, and I always require strong proof before I believe any thing strange and unnatural. I intend to go some day and call for the spirit of my departed friend, Dr. Crook, and I have no doubt there will be a loud and prompt rapping, and that I shall learn from it a great deal about the world of spirits, and the world of living men, too. But really, the most extraordinary sto ries are told in regard to rapping, and the dancing of tables in private families. It is said Gen. Bailey’s daughters, of Virginia, are performing all these tricks as success fully as the Misses Fox. We were told, too, by Mrs. Burt, of the same feats being performed in her parlor, by Mr. Burt and herself and Mr. and Mrs. Bell. They like wise succeeded in calling up a spirit, or, rather the rapping of a spirit. Gen. Ham ilton, wdio is here and looking very well, was put in communication with his two sons, who are dead. The General expressed himself a convert and believer in the rap pings. In speaking of it this morning he wa's affected to tears. The experimenter announced that the spirits of his sons were both present, and exceedingly anxious to be put in communication with their father.— At that moment there was fierce rappings. Enquiries w ere made >of -their spirits what liad occasioned their deaths, and the ro sponse%was correct. A great deal more ‘took place. *.* * * Visrr to Romk. —lt being court iveek, Rome was thronged with Lawyers and Politicians, ilie first pleading for fees, the hitter begging foC office. The order* of the night was juggle and caucus and caucus and juggle l The “rooms” were “well at tended’’ and the “anxious skt”-ccmtinually full, and praying for office koffierlsrßome was pregnant with \vould-be Representa tives,. .Tiiagfefy aud but we with'all her wilNee* the consequence. intru ded, and sometimes were invitcdjnto “the room,” where we were generally well en tertained, with the cracking of jokes, at the expense of the anxious, by some, and the recitations of speeches by others. All were lively, and sociable, for aix expected to get office. But the “Fil'otv-citizens” will disappoint some of you, gentlemen, and if you all expect much, great will be your disappointment I Notwithstanding l the great hankering which was manifested for office, they agreed to “agree” and abide by the decision of a convention. That’.s fair, gentlemen; “let the longest pole knock down the persimmon,” and we are for the man who is fairly nominated by the cqnyen* fciou. Lht a convention of the united Democracy be hold, representing the views and feejjngs of each county, and the nom inee of such convention will be triumph antly elected. —Dalton Times, 10 Ih inst. [Front thu Notional Intelligencer, Silt inst. The Inauguration. The great national quadrennial cere mony of yesterday, as we have more than once intimated, has attracted to the me-, tropoiis a greater number of persons from places more f \ less remote than any pre vious occasi<>i of the kind, or indeed any ceremonial whatever. Possibly the census of our District cities has been increased within a week upwards of twenty thou sand, so that all onr hotels, boarding houses, and places of public entertainment, not to mention the great extension of private hospitalities, have been crowded as never before. Every contrivance that ingenuity and a spirit of accommodation could devise has been put into requisi tion, in many establishments, to render the vast and sudden influx of strangers all the comfort possible. Though many per sons residing within moderate distance frotn the city returned home after the conclusion of the ceremonies, by rail road and private vehicles, still the places of public entertainment are fully occupied. At an early hour yesterday morning drums beat and music resounded in vari ous parts of the city, as it were to arouse and prepare the people for the pageant of the day. The country adjacent poured in upon ussfrom every point of the com pass, by carrtlge, horse, aud foot, until at length there must have been for a time approximating seventy or eighty persons within our city limits. During the forenoon, Pennsylvania aven ue was lined with impalientlv-expectant spectators, either standing at favorable positions on the sidewalks, or thronging the windows commanding the line of pro- cession . The weather was not pleasant; a raw northeasterly wind, wafting a pretty continuous, though fast melli p.g snow, made its effect felt even on young blood when not kept in motion; still it was not forbidding enough to prevent any but in valids from giving themselves to the scene in the open air. As per programme, the numerous mil itary companies of our own and other places met on ihe parade ground in front of the City Hall, where they were or ganized under the command of Col. Wm. Hecknev, commanding the volunteer re giment rtfithe District of kia^-.. 7be other constituent parts of the procession took position upon the same ground.— They then, about noon, marched thence, down Louisiana to Pennsylvania Avenue, to escort the President Elect from his lodgings (Willard’s Hotel) to the Capitol. Arrived at the Hotel, the procession was joined by an open barouche, con taining the President and President Elect, the Hon. Jesse D. Bright and Hannibal Hamlin, of the committee of arrangements, the barouche being surrounded by the Marshal of the District of Columbia and his Aids. The military array was on a scale gran der than any that has preceded it in Washington. First in the procession marched a com panv of United States Flying Artillery, from Fort McHenry, with four pieces of brass cannon; they were succeeded by The Alexandria (Va.) Artillery; A company of United Stales Marines from our Navy Yard, preceded by their admirable Band; The Washington Light Infantry; Law Greys, of Baltimore; Band of Music. The Emtnersor. Guards, from Ports mouth, Va. Band from Netv York; The National Greys, of Washington; Continental Guards, of Now York; Mount Vernon Guards, of Alexandria; Lieuhardt’s Band, of Baltimore; Washington Guards, of Baltimore: Jackson Guards, do.; Continental Guards, of Washington; Montgomery Guards, do; First Baltimore Sharpshooters; Band of Music; Walker Shai pshooters, of Washington; Boone Riflemen, do; German Yagers, do; Independent German Yagers, of Balti more; German Virginia Riflemen; Then followed the President’s barouche, (in which the President Elect sat un covered, and frequently rising to the greet ing of the people,) attended by the Mar shal of the District and his aids; Columbia Fire Conpany of Washing ton; Dad worth’s celebrated New York Band; Manhattan Fire Company, from New York, with their beautiful Engine; The Jackson Democratic Association of Washington; Pioneer Association of Baltimore; Band of Music; Democratic Association of Alexandria; Delegation from the Baltimore Empire Club in an omnibus drawn by ten iron grey horses; Volandt’s Band of Baltimore; Democratic Association of Baltimore: By T prior arrangement, in order to ac commodate the people as much as possi ble in their view of the ceremony of the inauguration, the large gates of the Cap itol yard were closed to carriages. The Pnesident’s party and the Diplomatic corps were admitted by the north side Vate, and a covered way to the north door of the Capitol. The remaining (pe destrian) portion of the procession, with the people at large, entered by the north side gate. The advantage of this new arrangement, in freeing the vast assem blage within the yard from the danger und discomfort of.the driving and turning lof great numbers of carriages, ami the | prancing and pushing of itorses, was quite palpable. The President Elect, and Committee of Arrangements, Marshals, &c. having arrive;! at the Senate Cham ber, after the usual formalities there, they proceeded-thence to the platform e I rected for the occasion over the steps . .leading up to the eastern The President efecit then stood forward, and holding up his right hand, took the oath of office, which was administered by the Chief Justice of the United States. The new President then delivered his Inaugural address, with the use of notes or written paper, hut with much energy and considerable oratorical action, and with a strong, clear, voice, that made itself heard over that large area which to his eye was a floor of from ten to fifteen thousand upraised and eager countenances. The address was com menced at half past one o’clock, just an hour from leaving Willard’s, and conclu ded at a little past two o’clock. Some Iparts of it were loudly cheered. ‘I he intelligence of the conclusion Os the address was announced by the brazen mouths of the artillery, when President . ‘ I Pierce, having returned to the Senate, where he remained a few minutes, took his way to the Prisidential Mansion,. ®g corted by the military, and accompanied by Ex-President Fillmore, the Marshal and his aids, &c. * The President then received the con gratulation of the people in the circular room, as they passed rapidly through the diameter, from the north to the south front of the mansion. Ex-President Fill nore left, the Presi dentat the White House, having taken the suite of rooms vacated by Mr. Pierce at Millard’s Hotel, Mr. Fillmore was hailed by the hearty cheers of numbers of his fellow-citizens standing around. Interior of Africa -Interesting Sketch. The Rev. Mr Bowen, a returned Bap tist missionary, preached in Columbus, in this State, Sunday last, and the Times ot that place gives the following interest ing account of his sermon : It may not he generally known that the Southern Baptist Missionary Board lias a Missionary station in the interior of Africa, twelve days’ journey from the coast, upon the banks of the Niger. The mission was established by Rev. Mr. Bowen, who spent two or three years in work, and is now in America, engaged in a praiseworthy effort to enlarge the mis sion. He will return to Africa in the fall, and hopes to take with him five more Missionaries. Our esteemed friend, Rev. Mr. Saunders Dennard, of Barbour county, Alabama, has resolved to devote his life to this good work, and will return with Rev. Mr. Bowen. The interior of Africa is a high rolling duces corn, potatoes and the tropical fruits in great profusion, and is as healthy as any other region in the same latitude. The people are generaly farmers, and cu!- tivale the soil with some success with the hoe; though numbers of them are me chanics, sue!) as Tailors, Shoemakers, Blacksmiths, Weavers, &c. They wear shoes, pantaloons and tunics; are re markably honest and humane, and treat their women with consideration. They live in houses constructed upon the plan of those so frequent in Mexico, which sometimes are large enough to contain one hundred inmates. Their cities are large and regularly built, some of them are four by two and a half miles in extent, and contain GO to 100.000 inhabitants.— The country is governed by a King, whose authority is limited by a council of 70 elders, without whose concurrence he can exercise no authority; crimes ate punished by courts of justice and every! specific crime has a specific punishment I attached. No man, however, can he punished without the consent of the pa triarch of his family. The people believe in one God, and some of them worship him alone, though the national worship is directed to infe rior defies both benign and malignant. The public mind is open to the recep tion of truth; the missionary is cordially received by .he people, and lie is not hindered in Ids labors by the government. We do not know of a more favorable missionary field than that now being opened on the wa'ers of the Niger, and we congratulate the Southern Baptist church upon the success of their enter prise, and hope the necessary aid will be promptly given to !ev. Mr. Bowen to enable him to place his mission on a firm basis. - ■’ We understand that Yarriba is the chief city of tire country above described, and that the population of the State Is over 600,000. The President Bleat. “Halifax” the Washington, correspon dent of the Sauthside Democrat,. gives a graphic sketch of lien. Pierce’s arrival in the Federal Metropolis: I understand that Gen. Pierce ran a very deep set saw on the office seekers last night, when arriving at the Washington depot. The committees, some of whom had got themselves appointed to receive him, with “Is grandflourish” were ranged about ici the door of the car house, written speech and hat in hands. The instant the cars slopped, a seedy looking individ ual jumped from the baggage car. Me was habited ina rusty overcoat and shock ing bad bat, and were tied up in a handkerchief. With hands in his pockets, he elbowed his way through the eager crowd of committee men, who were straining their eyes to discern the persons of the president elect and those known to be in attendance upon him, among those dismounting from the passenger cars. While so engaged, a patriot, deeply interested in the division of the spoils, hearing live steam whistle, had rushed from the avenue to the station, and leap -1 ing into the door ran butt against the seedy looking stranger, who was just then striding’ out of it. The latter gave his assailant a look from bead to foot, saying —“ls it absolutely necessary to run a man chock down?” passed on, taking tbe 1 first hack at hand and driving to Willard’s As the hackman was closing the coach door on his “fare,” the eotmnittee learned that their ptey had escaped them. On arriving at Willard’s, Gen. Pierce man aged to reach his rooms without its being known by another soul that he was in I the hcyse. Flis jrrivate secretary, who ! had so described to him their locality,! ajtto enable him to reach the'in without even neq'uainting the person In tnfl office of his presents, ‘t’o day he is receiving no calls, though some gentlemen have been with him on his own invitation, 1 understand. From China. The Rev. J. J. Roberta, a native of North Carolina, who lias been residing some years in China, writes a remarkable ; letter, to a friend in California, relative to the Chinese rebellion. lie says : “The chief leader in this affair turns out to bo, as I learned at Hongkong, a man whose surname is Hung, name Saw-Clmeu. He came to Canton and studied Christian ity for several months, some live or six years ago. . And, instead of raising a re bellion with the design of upsetting the Government, he seems rather struggling for religions liberty, and is upsetting idol atry. lie is a man of no extraordinary appearance, about five feet four or five inches high, well built, round faced, regu -1 lar in his features, rather handsome, about middle aged, and of gentlemanly manners. While here, lie applied himself to the study -of the Scriptures, daily committing them to memory; and maintains a blameless de portment. He requested to be baptized, but left for Kwangsi before we vfere fully satisfied of his fitness. “When*he first came to ns lie brought some pieces of poetry and oilier essays, which he had written respecting the Chris tian religion, the knowledge of which he professed to have derived, first, from a tract received at one of the examinations in Canton; and, secondly, from a vision he had while sick, which he said corroborated the doctrines learned out of the book, and hence lie believed in the true God, and came to Canton expressly to be instructed, and learn the way of the Lord more per fectly from His own word. * * * I am informed that about 100,000 are now numbered on the side of the chief; that lie is popular among the people, treating them with respect, generosity and kindness.” Departure of Bishop Soule.— On 1 uesday morning last, accompanied by a traveling companion, Rev. B. T. Crouch, jun of Memphis Conference, the ven erable Senior Bishop of American Meth odism, left our port, on the mail line steamship Philadelphia, for California. ‘Hie oldest Bishop arid ihe oldest preach er in the Church took his journey, in age and feebleness, to its most distant and rugged Conference, lying on the other side of the continent, and reached by six thousand miles travel! Verily, the spirit of itineracy is not yet extinct. A company of preachers felt it who lingered on the wharf as the steamer un loosed from her moorings. The whole Church must feel it. John Wesley, whose parish was the world, yet has suc cessors. A brother, strong in the spirit of the scene, remarked that this example was a revival —a revival of itineracy, and the day would soon be when every mem ber of an annual Conference would report himself, and hold himself, ready to go, for seven years, and preach the gospel to any part of the world! Nobly conceived ! ‘Pins is not the lime to talk of locating the ministry. The spirit of the Church, the opening doors of heathendom, the in creasing facilities of trade, and internation al communication, atl speak —go ye—go ye out —go ye into all the world! The cords must be stretched out—not drawn in! Gospel messengers must be on their feet ! The Bishop took a cheerful leave of his fiends on ship-board, and in response to the sequent expressions of solicitude for his safe return manifested, like “Paul the aged,” the same indifference to the things that might befall him, in the discharge of tbe duty, as was expressed in his letter to the Missionary Board when he under took it: “So I may but sleep in Jesus, no matter when no matter where.’' 1 We would not omit to slate, in justice to tbe courteous benevolence of the Messrs. Aspinwall, that a free passage was ten dered him. — JY. O. Advocate. The Union Hotel “no go.” It is now a clear case that the Union Hotel cannot be again reopened. We have not believed at any lime that it could be The signs are now so clear, however, that its “manifest destiny” is to remain unoccupied, that every one must see them. Some of the bamboozled part ners in the late concern are becoming wrathful because the Union Democratic presses are in favor of le-uniling tbe Democratic party. One of these papers says, that “when the devil comes to make up his jewels” certain of these delinquents will be sure to be of the number, &c. The thing is becoming quite amusing to the outsiders, but really we cannot per ceive the justice of abusii g old Demo cratic papers foY retufniug to their “first love.” Nothing is more natural, anti it ought therefore to be counted on as a settled point —especially when it is re membered that there will he some Govern ment advertising to distribute among them after a while! The Union cry don’t pay now, and the new tune mat/. —Athens Ilerald. The Nashville and New Orleans Rail Road is a thing that is to be. It will be 600 miles in length, and will cost from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000; about 3,500,000 of the amount has been raised, and a portion ofthe route is already under contract. It is contemplated that the work will be completed, during the ensu ing year, from New Orleans to the Mis sissippi line. According to De Bow, the revenue of Japan amounts to $100,000,000 annual ly. The standing army of the empire, in time of peace,is 120,000 men. The popu lation is about 50,000,000. It is estima ted that the trade of Japan with this country, if she opens her ports, will be worth more than $200,000,000 annually Lynch Law in California. We are sometimes almost tempted to cast a lingering longing look to the far-off gold region, and wish.we were thereto make a round fortune at once, and be. done with the drudgery and toil of busi l ness; hut when we look at paragraphs like the following, we eongfstutavg our selves that We are in a land of social or der, surrounded by civil and Jegal piivi leges and immunities which make life desirable : Lynch Law in California.— The late California papers record several ca ses of Lynch law. James Talor, colored, whose father is a slave of Mr. Daven port, of Petersburg, Va., was hung by ihe populace at Mormon Island, on the 26th January, for burglary and robbery, lie confessed to breaking into a house of a Mr. Rowley. An Indian Chief, who had threatened the lives of the whites for killing 18 or 20 of his been arrested and hung, by a party of ten inert, near Marysville. A gang of Mexicans in San Andreas had been forcibly driven from the country by the Americans, for murder and robbery. of the Mexi cans were caught and immdediaiely hung. They had previously massacredja number ol miners. A Monster Exhibition. —ln contrast with Barnum’s last season Menagerie, the Hippodrome of Franconi, lately brought from France, and now in preparation for opening in New York, wili be like a mountain to a mole-hill. The ground comprised in the building will he two acres. Cost of the building is $40,000; ihe ground rent for the year w $30,000$ a single chariot, now in process of manu facture, and which will, doubtless, be the most splendid car of modern times, will cost no less than $20,000; other chariots, and the vvardrobe and trappings, all of which will he on a scale of unsur passed elegance, will involve an expen diture of $30,000; and the value of the horses may be put down at $32,000; all ot them, one hundred in number, fine Arabians, some of them worth $2,000 each. Add to this the cost of ostriches, dromedaries, deer, &c., with their trans portation to this country, as well as the expense of bringing across the Atlantic a large number of the horses, and the troupe of performers, and the total outlay can not fall much short of $200,000. The salaries of near one hundred performers, with the printing, etc. will require full SI,OOO for daily expenses. It will open at the Same lime with the Crystal Palace. Ihe Chinese in San Francisco have erected a large Theatre, where they have a stock company of about 150 performers. It would be utterly impossible to describe any of their doings, otherwise than their costums is of the richest possible texture, colors beautifully blended—their perform ances are constantly varied, a programme of each play being suspended before the stage in Chinese characters’ The music can he compared to that which you can be favored with gratis, at any and every mammoth tin shop in the country; and what is more wonderful, the performers are able (o'keep good time with this ter rible clatter, which is incessant, much to the annoyance ofthe whole neighbor hood. With them, Sunday is about tbe only harvest day of the week, their re ceipts of a late Sabbath were said to have been $15,000. Daring Attempt. —Wc learn from a re sponsible source that on Tuesday evening last, two females residents of Bryan coun ty, while retnrning home on horse-back, from Savannah, were accosted while cross ing the Ogechee Swamp, by a negro fellow, who drew a pistol and demanded the horse of one of the females, with a threap that he would blow her brains out if she did not comply. The lady bravely refused to give up her horse', and was therefore, forci bly dragged off, when she drew a knife from her pocket and stabbed him in the side. It is believed that the wound will prove fatal. Brave deed and deserved retribution. We have the names of the two ladies in our possession. The one who bravely resisted the desperado is a young lady.— Savannah Evening Journal The Caloric Engine.— The applica tions for rights to manufacture Caloric en gines of the Ericsson invention have been so numerous that Captain Ericsson has de cided to allow any one to build the engines on the payment of a mere nominal sum for each machine manufactured. So the Bos ton Traveller says, and the Journal of the same city informs us that the proprietors or agents of nearly every large machine shop in Boston, except two, have recently visited New York to negotiate for the ex clusive right to manufacture for Boston or Massachusetts. The engine builders from all parts of the Union, are also said by the Traveller to have made similar propo sitions. Capt. Ericsson has been engaged in applying his new principle to locomo tive engines. Miss Frederica Bremer. —lt will’ pain many of the admirers of this Lady, to learn that she has written a letter to that Abolition Print —the Phi adclphia Saturday Evening Post—cordially appro ving of Mrs. Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” amtdntimating that she has witnessed worse things than those des cribed in that Book, and will publish a work shortly on the subject! The Post boasts of a weekly circVotion of 40,000 copies in the South, and Peterson the proprietor, is making money by publish ing “Uncle Tom” in a cheap edition for the million ! Is this the way Southern* ers help their enemies?— Macon{ Geo.) Citizen. The North Carolina Copper Company were to have sold yesterday at auction in New York, 100 tons of copper ore, already received from their mines. They have been offered $l5O per ton, which they refused. Tlhs parcel of ore, togeth er with about 500 tons more, has been taken out of the mines within the last two months, the Company having just i commenced operations-, No. 11.