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The Tombs of the Presidents. The New York Herald contains the ollowing interesting sketches of the Tombs of the Presidents: THE TO.VIB OF MADISON, MONTPEL’ER, VIRGINIA. At Montpelier, the name which Mr. Madison pave to his beautiful residence in Orange county, Va. about one hundred miles northwest of Richmond, and thirty miles from the grave of Jefferson, are in terred the remains of the fourth President of the United States, and father of the Constitution. We have no recollection of any published account of Mr. Madison’s tomb, although his late residence has loen frequently described. The memory of Mr. Madison has been somewhat neg lected in his native State. Sho r t sketches of his life have been written bv John Quin cy Adams, Charles J. Ingersoll, and other northern men, and there is a brief notice of him appended to his political writings; but a full personal biography of this great man Is much wanting. After his death, in June, 1836, a fnneral oration was deliver ed before the citizens of Richmond, Va., by Wm. 11. McFarland, Esq , of that •ity, in which he gave an eloquent sketch of his public life and services, hut no ac count of his private life. Mr. Adams was appointed by the city authorities of Bos ton to deliver an eulogy on Mr. Madison. ( The faculty of the University of Virginia paid due honors to his memory. In Con gress his death was appropriately noticed by resolutions, and speeches made by Mr Patton, of Virginia, and John Quincy A dams. We believe that the remains of Mrs. Madison, the venerab'e relict of Mr. Ma dison, who survived her husband until her death recently, were also interred at Mon tipelier. THE TOMB OF MONROE, AT THE SECOND ST. CEMETERY, NEW YORK. Mr. Monroe was a native of the county of Westmoreland, Va., and his family re sidence was at Oak Hill, Lnndonn county, near the Potomac river. We believe that A[rs. Monroe, who died a short time be fore the President, was buried there, as well as other members of the family. Mr Monroe left only two children, both daugh ters; one was the widow of George Hay, Esq., of Richmond, the other the wife of Samuel L. Gouveneur, Esq. of New York. The President died in this city, at the res idence of his son-in-law, Mr. Gouveneur, 1 oa the 4th of July, 1831. He was in terred with military and civic honors on Thursday, the 7th of July. The funeral procession moved from the City Hall at 4 P. M , where the body was brought by a guard Os honor, accompanied by the im mediate relatives and friends of the family. An address was delivered in front of the Hall, by William A. Duer, President of Columbia College. The body was then taken to St. Panl’s Church, where the fu neral service of the Episcopal Church was read and an anthem sang. In the mean time the several societies formed in the Park. The pall-bearc s were Samuel L Southard, Col. Richard Variek, Col. John Trumbull, John Watts, John Fergnson, David Brooks, Gov. Aaron Ogden, and Thomas Morris, (United States Marshal.) Tiie procession moved up Broadway to Bleeker street, the military forming a line on each side of Bleeker and Second streets, while the different bodies and societies marched through and entered the cemete ry. The body was then deposited in the vault assigned to it, at the northeast end of the cemetery in Second street. The body of the deceased was deposited in a leaden coffin soon after death, and that in a mahogany coffin, which bore on it a silver plate with this inscription : JAMES MONROE, or Virginia, Died 4th July, 1831, AGED 74 YEARS, The usual honors were paid to the mem ory of the ex-President, in the various cities and town throughout the U. S.— John Quincy Adams and Judge McLean delivered eulogies on Mr. Monroe. TUB TOMB OF ANDREW JACKSON, •AT THE IIERMITAGE NEAR NASHVILLE, TENS. The Hermitage, which was for many wears the residence of Gen. Jackson, is “beautifully situated on the bank of the Cumberland *‘/er, about ten miles from the city of Nashville. There the mortal remains -of the distinguished General and President, who filled so important a place in the history of this country, were in terred in June, 1815. We have not seen any particular description of the tomb at the Hermitage, but it is known that the General was opposed to pomp and show in commemoration of the dead. lie re fused to accept of a marble sarcophagus brought from the Medeterranean, which had contained the remains of one of the heroes of antiquity. He desired to be buried in a plain manner, according to the custom of his conntrymen. Gen. Jackson was buried by the side of his wife, who had preceded him to the tomb sixteen years before his own death. The following epitaph on his wife is inter esting, as it was written by Gen. Jackson himself. The Richmond Enquirer says: A lady in the West has been so kind as to send us a copy of Andrew Jacksou’s epitaph on his wife. It is known to have been his own composition, yet, although it has been read by thousands on her tomb in Tenncsso, it has never appeared in print before. This singular inscription runs thus: “Here lie the rem uns of Mrs. Rachael Jackson, wife of President Jackson who did on the 22d December, 1823, aged 01 years. Iler face was fair, her person pleasing, her temper amiable, and her heart kind. She delighted in relieving the wants of her fellow creatures, and culti vated that divine pleasure by the most liberal and unpretending methods. To the pour she was a benefactress: to the rich she was an example; to the wretched a comforter; to the prosperous an orna ment. Her piety went hand iu hand with her benevolence, and she thanked her Cre ator for being permitted to do good. A being so gentle and yet so virtuous slan - der might wound but could not dishonor. Even death, when ho tore her from the arms of he? hi b ml, could but transplant her to the bosom of her GoI.” T IE TJ.JJ JF HAKIUS >N. AT NORTH BEND, OHIO. General II vrrison died at the city of V\ asbiugton only one month after his Inau guration. The funeral took place at the eat of government, ou the Ith of April, and was attended by an immense concourse of people from Baltimore, Alexandria, Kichuiou'l, Philadelphia, and other places The civic and military procession was large and imposing occupying two miles in length. The funeral service of the Episcopal Church was read by the Rev- Mr. Hawley The body was interred in the Congressional burying ground, but soon afterwards re moved to the former residence of General Harrison, at North Bend, on the bank of the Ohio, a few miles below Cincinnati!, where it was interred in the family tomb at that place. the tomb of jambs k. polk AT NASHVILLE, TENN. Mr. Polk, before ho was elected to the Presidency, had resided at Columbia, Mau ry county, Tennessee, bnt previous to re tiring from office he had purchased a beau tiful residence at Nashville, where he took np his abode, after a journey through the Southern States, upon the expiration of his term, in March, 1849. Death unex pectedly shortened his career on the 16th of June 1849, and on the following day his remains were accompanied to their resting place by a large concou se of his fellow citizens. His amiable widow has caused to be erected a tasteful tomb over his remains, in the grounds of the mansion house. The monument is a tablet sup ported hv four columns, with a square pillar iu ithe centre, on which the name of the President and other particulars are inscribed. THE TOMB OF TAYL^r. NEAR LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. General Taylor was the second Presi dent who died in office, and his decease took place at Washington city, July 9th, 1850, where he was first interred with military and civic honors. His remains were removed in the fall of the same year and deposited in the family cemeterv, near Louisville, Kentucky, on the Ist Novem ber, 1850. Col. Richard Taylor, the fa-i ther of the President, removed with his family from Virginia to Kentucky, in 1795, and resided in the vicinity of Louis ville. “ hen General Z. Tavlor was ap pointed to of the South-wes tern division of the army he removed his family from Louisville to Baton “Rouge, Louisiana, where they continued to re side until his election to the Presidency. A simple and plain monument marks the tomb of General Taylor, near Louisville. Look out for Pickpockets. The season has now arrived when the Pickpockets, rollers and hotel thieves, make their annual descent upon the cities of the South. By the following from the Charleston Courier, it seems they have al ready made their appearance in Charles ton: “We understand that two individu als, hailing it is believed from Philadelphia, by the names of George Fish alias Ful ton, and nowAUD the latter afflict ed with a slight obliquity of vision—were arrested yesterday by officer Schouboe, on suspicion of having been concerned in one or two hotel robberies which have occurr ed in this city within a day or two—the rooms of boarders haviug been entered during the night, and watches, money and other valuables abstrae'ed therefrom It seems that simply locking one’s room door is in these progressive days of no avail to keep out intruders, the professors of rogue ry having attained to such a degree of skill in their vocation, that by the aid of a pair of nippers they can, from the out side, turn the key, and effect an entrance. It would be as well, therefore, for our ho tel keepers to affix bolts to all their cham ber doors, and for the inmates not to for get to make use of them, as in the large flock that is nightly accommodated in our hotels at this season, it is not unreasona ble to suppose there may occasionally be found some black sheep.” How it Feels to have the Yellow Fever —A correspondent fiom New Orleans who appears to understand the nature of the terrible epidemic, thus graphically pictures it forth:—‘The strong sinewed man sleeps at night revelling in beautiful dreams, but as he awakens iu the morn, all the fires of a volcano seem concentrated in a his burning brain. His face grows haggard with its intense suffering. Ilis eyes re volve in their orbits with glaring vivacity. Yellow streaks overspread his features in a moment, as if dashed there by a coarse brush dipped in gall Sharp pangs trem ble in his marrow. His blood throb* like lightning, as hot and quick in every burst ing vein, and then a whirlwind of the wildest delirium wraps his soul in dreams of fire. Oh! this is the Ydloio Fever. Religious Revival at West Point. A deep religious feeling pervados onr community at this time. A religious re vival, which be_*an in the Presbyterian Church about two weeks ago, is “still in progress, doing great good Many have made a profession of religion and united themselves with the Church, and many more are enquiring bvhat they must do to be saved.’ Prayer and inqirry meetings, besides preaching, arc held regularly each morning. There is no undue excitement at these meetings— every thing is conduct ed quietly—which is good evidence that the Spirit of God is working mightily nmoti” the people.-- West Point Beacon, 29 1 h ult. Something New. Wc learn that some fifty packages of merchandise were delivered at our wharf on yesterday, from New York via Ohio river, &c The cost of transportation was about Three Dollars per hundred, leaving a considerable margin in favor of the Southern route. How far these rates may be reduced in high water season, and by Railroad trausit all the way to Chatta nooga we are unable to say. We doubt not, however, that onr Southern railroads will keep an eye to the progressive facili ties, rates, &c. of rival routes, and be pre pared to meet them. Chattanooga Advertiser. A New Wrinkle.— One Dr. T J. Trun dle, of Boone county, Ky. has long enjoyed the reputation of being an active and zeal ous abolitionist and agent of the under ground railroads. A short time since sus picions were excited as to his conduct, and he has been arrested and held to bail in the sum of $15,000 for kidnapping slaves and sending them to the New Orleans market for sale. Frost.— The first frost of the season made its visit at Sparta, Tennessee, on the night of Thursday the 22d ult in a mild form, doing no damage to vegetation. It is to be hoped (says the Herald of the Timet,) it will have a very salutary and happy effect upon the sick and languish ing. Th following important T’easury Circular has just been issued: Treasury Department.) September 20'h, 1553 ( Sir.—‘The increasing revenue and ho cumulating atripu tof money in th Trea sury render it most probable that il e tarriff will be made a prominent .subject of discussion and examination witt> a view to reduction during the approach ing Session of Congress. In the mean time, and at as early a day as may be, I am desirous to obtain from the most reliable sources the best informa'ion of the working of the present rates of dutv upon the leading branches of industry of the country, and of the effect to he ex pected from the proposed modification. Understanding that you take an inter est in this subject, and have given some attention to it, and perhaps have been in a situation to place within your reach very valuah'e informatio , you will much oblige me by communicating t< this department your views thereon, and by furnishing a list of articles now sub ject to duty, which, according to such views, should be fee, and of such other articles on which the present duty should be reduced. The existing tariff having been de.-igrt ed generally and substantially for reven ue, ana for a fair and equal operation both or between the various sections dl the country, and the various branches of industry, the same objects should un doubtedly be kept in view; and the re duclions, if any shall be made, should be so arranged as to afford an equal par ticipation in the benefit *o every interest and to every section Articles which en ter ir.to our manufactures and chose which do not come into competition wi ll American produce are those about which there wilt doubtless be the least ques tion. Besides these objects in the proposed reduction of the taiiff of such an arrange ment as will afford proportional benefit ani relief to every portion and interest <>l the country, there is another which ought by no means to he disiegarried; I mean, to abridge the labors of custom houses. This object will he consulted by adding to the free list ar.ieles of gener al consumption, and articles paying lillle duty, which but for this consideration might probably be made subject of reven ue. 1 am very respectfully. JAMES GO I’rlßlE, Si cretary of the Treasury. From the Georgin T#li'rap!i New use for Potato Vines. American Female Institute. ) September 29tlr, 1553. $ Messers Editors: —lt may not be known !o all of your readers, that the. sw< et po tato vine may he saved during the wiruer and used the following spring, in propa gating anew crop- I have tried the expe riment during this year, to my entire sat isfaction, and therefore feel it my duty to communicate the result for the benefi* of the public. In the fall, (any time before frosi'l the vines may he cut in any convenient length, and placed in layers, ftp the sur face of the earth, to the depth of twelve or eighteen inches, cover the vines, whilst damp, with partially rotted straw, (either pine or wheat will to the dep h of six inches, and cover the whole wih a light soil about four inches deep. Ii this way the vines will keep during the winter, and in the sirring they will put out sprouts as abundantly as the potato itself when bedded. The draws or sprouts can he planted first, and the vine itself can be subsequently cut and used as we generally plant slips. This experiment is worthy the c msideration of farmers, as it will save a great many seed potatoes, (particularly on large which can be used for feeding. Let every far mer ho.verver, indie the experiment for himself and be nverned by the result. Yours Respectfully, P. A. STKOBEL. Bemlicig Timber. The invention of bending timber has excited immense intetesl at the North, and a company with $‘300,000 capital has been organized, to carry on operations on a large scale: I be new invention of bending or turn ing limber is due, savs the New York Post, to Mr. Thomas Blanchard, who has üb'.ained a patent for it. A machine, which, being diiven by steam power, c-m be used to bend the largest timber, is made to operate by compression at both ends of the piece of timber to be bent, just previous to the act of bending I'he capillary tubes, by this compression, are forced into each other, and when turned, can suffer extension just like a piece of India rubber or guria pereha... Timbers of any length and form can thus be obtained, and whole ships sides can be built without a joint, which thus presents greater strength against shocks of waves, or collisnns with other bodies. Another important source of strength to articles made of ibis bent wood is, that it is made to present its surface against the grain of fibre. If a ship or any oilier object made of wood is struck in the di rection of the grain of its timbers, it splits easily; but here the method is to bend the timber in a direction against the grain so thartimber bent under this patent is infinitely stronger than previous to bend ing. New wood is preferable for this operation, or wood before the traces of age appear, weakening its fibre. The invention, also, equalizes much the value of woods, as chestnut can be made for all purposes as strong as oak. The close, compact, iron-like compres sion obtained, gives a degree of teuacity which resists force of all kinds witn a welded power. We find the following amusing para graph in the Boston correspondence of the New York Herald: Gov. Brown, of Florida, and Gov. Wright of Indiana, and (but I am not sure of this last being so,). Gov Giltner of Georgia, are in town, having come on here to attend Andrew Jackson Allen’s Convention of Governors to promote A merican Industry. These gentlemen have I been completely “sold,” as if they were I but common men. As the story goes, they answered Mr. Allen’s letter with a gravity and a circumstance quite as im posing as those of tho illustrious gentle man himself. Allen is the Old Man of the Sea come to life, and is gifted with a power of boring such as never before was , possessed by any two-legged animal. The j Governor* do not admit their having been. victimized, but every body Imppous to be acquainted with the fact They had “bu siness” here. Os course they had, for they arc too well bred to go where they have “no business.” THE JEFFERSOWIAN GRIFFIN. OCTOBER 6. 1853~ =• SELLING OUT. We refer otir readers to onr advertise meat, and particularly request our breth ren of the press to give ns a lift in getting off by giving the advertisement a few in sertion"’. OUR LACK OF EDITORIAL. We have no apologv to offer onr read ers for the meagre supply of the above named <om nudity, which wc have served np for them this week. Having surfeited them with from six to eight columns for • the Inst twelve weeks, we doubt not they will thank us for a little respite for a week or two. THE ELECTION. The long agony is over, battle has been fought and the victory won, but on whose banner she perches, future de velopments must determine. The few re turns which we have been enabled to col lect. afford bnt a dim light, by which we may read the general result. We see no cause, however, for the friends of Gen. Pierce’s Administration to despair of suc cess. In some of the counties heard from, we have not done altogether as well as we had a right to expect, in others we have done better. The issues which have, for the few veers past, divided the people of Georgia, have changed the political as pect of parties in some of the counties, rfnd hence it is difficult to arrive at, any defi nite conclusion from the returns already received. Wc have strong hopes that our standard-bearer, a the callanL.T oiinsov, baa been elected. Wc shall probably be able to inform onr renders next week, more definitely upon tha subject. SPALDING COUNTY. Ti-e result of the election in this county, lis truly gratifying to the friend* of free ; suffrage and equal rights. The Demo cratic party only placed in nomination a ! candidate for the House of Represent a ! fives, Judge Crittenden, who was elected jby 23 majority over his opponent Judge j Akins, the regular nominee of the Whig , party. This was an even-handed race, ’ and we have much reason to rejoice at the j result. A number of noble, generous hearted Whigs voted for Judge Critten den, and thus aided in his election, for which they are worthy of all coramenda j lion. The “Old Plowman,” Unde Billy ! Moseley, was supported as an indepen dent whig candidate, by the Democratic party, generally, in opposition to Dr. Sim mons, the regular Whig nominee, and was elected by 14 majority. It is very much to be regretted, that the old veteran was opposed by the Whig press here and else where; and by Whig partisans, with a malignity which did them but little credit. A grateful people have administered a re buke to them, in electing him, which it is to be hoped will not soon be forgotten. ELECTION OF JUDGE. We are proud to have it in our power to announce the triumphant re-election of that noble Roman, Hon. James 11. Stark, to the Judieshipof the Superior Courts of the Flint Circuit. The result of this elec tion is a strong argument in refutation of the objection which existed in the minds of many against giving the election of J udges to the People. In this Circuit the Whigs have a majority of five or six hun dred, but, notwithstanding this, Judge Stark, a Democrat, has been elected by a triumphant majority. Newton County, though Whig by five hundred majority, has given him almost a unanimous vote, and thus covered herself with immortal honor. Escape from Jail. We understand, says the Atlanta Intel ligencer <>f the 29th ult., that an attempt was made last evening, by three prisoners confined in the county jail, at Decatur, for capital offences, to effect an escape, which in the case of one of them proved success ful. We are not informed of the particu lars, further than that Evans, whose trial for tho murder of Lowrey was to come on at the next term of Court commencing on Monday, made his escape and is now a broad. John Humphries who killed Til ler, succeeded in gett ng some rods from tho jail, but was caught. Elijah Bird, under sentence of death for the murder of Dr. Hilbnrn, was also apprehended while in the act of making his escape. Corruption op Slaves. —We notice by the last Charleston papers, that the good people of that city have become alarmed at the increasing prospect of in jury to the slave population, arising from <he illegal traffic with a certain class of shopkeepers. What is more, the city au thorities seem resolved to punish the of fenders, if they cannot eradicate the evil. During the in mtlis of Ju ! y and August alone, fines to the amount of $ l ,793 were imposed uponyjjdqdars, , The name and residence of the offenders are published, as well as tho offence and the amount of fine imposed.— Courier. BSy The amounts in the U. S. Treasur v and depositories subject to draft of the Treasurer on the 26th September, was vannah depository, was $60,944 21. The Question remains in the same attitude as at the dates of the A medca’s accounts. The decision of the Sulton in reference to the refusal of Rus sia to accept his modifications of the ar rangement proposed by the four powers, cannot bo}cio\>i) uptil October. ELECTION RETURNS. We give below the returns of the elec tion as far as heard-from up to the time of our going to press. Tho majorities in most craes arc only reported, and proba bly are not very reliable: Johnson’s majority. Jenkins’ majority Pike, 150 Lee, 100 Stewart, 100 Macon, 94 Wilkinson, 100 Talbot, 113 Taylor, 147 Marion, 65 Twiggs, 90 Sumpter, 49 Jones, 20 Spalding, 42 Whitfield, 172 Muscogee, 04 Cobb, 325 Green, 700 Chatham, 170 Floyd, 50 Butts, 213 Newton, 437 Cass, 100 Monroe, 57 Murray, 216 Morgan, 215 Coweta, 147 Henry, 75 Fayette, 150 Troup, 515 Campbell', 300 Gordon, 60 DeKalb, 304 Paulding. 30 ” alker, 94 Cherokee, 30 Bibb, 94 Forsyth, 202 Crawford 60 Baldwin, 39 Mclntosh, 55 Putnam, 30 Liberty, 70 Washington, 135 Jasper, 80 Effingham, 64 Houston, 40 B yan, 60 Bulloch, 300 Mark, 137 Meriwether, 100 Taliferro, 264 Burk, 204 Jackson, 33 Columbia, 113 Madison, 99 Richmond, 200 OFFICIAL VOTE OF SPALDING a £i t> p a -3 Candidates, g j | b Q %’ | S3 I*3 § • g. p- r- Johnson, 206 31 17 16 52 j 16; 428 Jenkins, 277 45 26 |25 56 ! 45* 474 Bailey, 266 30 17 jl7 51 j 15: 396 Trippe, 256 44j 25 ,19 49 ! 45; 438 Stark, 298 34 20 18 62 1 19: 451 Moor, 228 36 22 20 41; 36i 398 Moseley, 238 34j 19 i19<52 ■ 16j 378 Simmons, 215 31| 18 |ls 45 140 364 Crittenden, 277 35 22 |22 51 ; 12’ 419 Aikins, 227 39,19 iIT 49 j 45! 396 Doyle, 22 T 1I 2 1 j Y ; 34 Wright, 27 0 ! 0 0 0 : 0 27 li i I OFFICIAL VOTE OF FA l ETTE. Johnson, 660 Jenkins, 518 Dent, 649 Calhoun, £26 Stell, 623 Tidwell, MG Denham, 574 Walker, 56 OFFICIAL VOTE OF HENRY. Johnson, 711 Jenkins, 819 Dent, 694 Calhoun, 811 Stark, 778 Moor, 707 Glenn, 669 Turner, 827 Masters, 731 Arnod, 792 Combs, 704 Hail, 730 OFFICIAL VOTE OF PIKE. Johnson, 623 Jenkins, 479 j Bailey, 618 Moor, 464) Stark, 393 Trippe, 471; Greeh, 579 Banks, 487 Arnold, 590 M. Green, 508 Trie*, 515 Williams, 460 Cos wn'.tnienttd. Mr. Editor: It is seldom that I take up my pen Toy newspaper scribbling; for invective or tic* nunciation, never. But I wish to offer a few reflections upon what I concieve to bo an unjust, unwise, and ungenerous step, taken by our Faculty of the Griffin Colie giate Seminary, to exclude ns from the best of the precious few relaxations and amusements we possess I refer to our exclusion from the performances of the Griffin Histrionic Corps. It may be said that those of us who do not approve this action of the Faculty, should either refer the matter to the trus tees, or dissolve our connection with the school. The former would prove of little avail; the latter would do no good. We .submit cheerfully and without a dissenting murmur, to every scholastic rcgu'ation founded upon right principles, which may be imposed upon us by our preceptors We are tethered down under stricter dis ciplinary rules; wo “live and learn” under much more imperiously arbitrary laws, than tho young men in college either do or would submit to. And when, to cap the climax of oar restrictions, we arc for bidden, under penalty, to attend exhibi tions in no wise calculated to injure our morals, vitia e our principles, or detract from our scholastic duties, and the profits of which, are devoted to a purpose the pu rest and noblest which can command a woman’s admiration and enlist a female’s sympathies—we must demur, we cannot but feel that the restriction is not only unwise, but arbitrary, uncharitable and tyrannical. I leave it to any but senseless bigots or prejudiced seetarists, if the His trionic performances, so far as they have been conducted, have been productive of a scintilla of injury to any one morally or intellectually. Let the grateful thanks of the suffering widow— the beaming joy in the orphan’s eye, lit up with gratitude to those truly noble young men, answer. Why,. Mr Ed itor, the humblest jacktars in the ruuy arc occasionally permitted to indulge in Thes pian recreations even on shipboard; and tho’ worst tattered Paddys who ever chap ped Irish turf are allowed, by their tyran nical masters, more recreative liberty than we. We arc neither Bloomers nor stickle :s for woman’s rights:, but I, for one, am a stickler for school-girls’ rights, and I do think that the Editors (who arc prover bially gallant), and the unmarried men who are looking out for chances, ought to espouse our cause. If they don’t I’ll wield ray pen in bitter hostility to-day, to-morrow, and forever against them. THESPIAN A. [Telegraphed lo tks Charleston Courier | Baltimore, Sept. 30. 2'kc Kosta affair Secretary Morey's Letter —Tho Wash ington Union publishes the letter of the Chevalier Ilulsemann relative to tho Kos ta affair, and Secietary Marey’s reply. The Union says that tho French Cabi nent had expressed its disapprobation of the proceedings of Austria in the matter, but that England remained neutral. The Chevalier Ilulsemann takes the ground that Kosta was seized by virtue of treaties existing between Turkey and Austria, and that no satisfactory ovidcnce has been produced of Kosta being an American citizen, and therefore claims him as an Austrian subject, and demands re paration for the conduct of Commander Ingraham. Secretary Matey in reply maintains the right of any subject to dispatriate himself, aud claims that Kosta was without the jurisdiction of Austria, and that therefore the seizure of that individual was unlaw ful, .an he denies the existence of any trea ties between Austria and Turkey by the authority of which it could have been es fected. Mr. Marcy then proceeds to show that Ko3ta possesses the national character of an American, he having by virtue of lur domicile in the United States, and his sworn declaration, become a citizen, and holding a letter of protection as an Ameri can citizen, granted him by the United States’ Consul at Constantinople. Mr. Marcy having disposed of these points, justifies the conduct of Commander Ingraham, and concludes by declining to comply with the demands made in the let ter of the Chevalier Hulsemnnn, and ex pressing his expectation that the Emperor of Austria, will take measures to restore Kosta to the same condition he was in when arrested. The Great match Race. Yesterday, the great match race took place over the Fairfield Course, between Mr. Belcher’s Virginia horse, Red-Eye, and Mr. Baron’s South Carolina mare, Nina, two mile heats, for ten thousand dollars a side. The result was in favor of the South Carolina mare. At a quar ter to 1 o’clock the horn was sounded for the horses to anpear. They were brought to the Judges’ stand, and equipped for the struggle. The mare was in a profuse perspiration, when brought out, and ap- i peared fretful and excited The horse was comparatively cool and free from excitement. The appearance of the hor ses gave a fresh impetus to the betters. Betts were freely offered on the Virginia horse, and were re'uctanllv taken. The horse was evidently the favorite of the large company before starting. At one o’clock, the riders, colored bo vs, were mounted, and the word givpn. The horse was entitled to the inside track, and took the lead in starting, followed closely by the mare. The horse kept the lead with his opponent close in the rear, until they came to the quarter stretch is tlie second mile, when the mare made a dash at the horse, caught up, and won the heat by about three feet. The contest on the quarter stretch was the mo*’ exciting one we have cv*i witnessed on a racecourse. T'.ie mure, it was plain, had lain back too long, and was obliged finally to bo put up to her trumps, to win the heat. The whip was applied to tho horse to keep her in the rear; but the effort was unsuc cessful. Just before they reached the judges’ stand, she passed him, aud barely won the heat, as we have already said, by an extraordinary effort. This result gave increased confidence on the side of the mare; yet I ets were still freely of sered on the horse. The mare exhibited but little fatigue after r aiming the heat less, we thought, than w shown by the hor-e. Aft r resting half an hour, the horn again sounded for the second heat. Tl.c riders again mounted and started even. Red-Eye soon took the lead and kept it, as he did in the first heat, on:if thp : re tched the concluding half mife in tip last tound, whin Nina, as in the first heat, came up, passed him and won the heat ly more than a length This, of course, decided the great match race in J favor of Nina, the South Carolina mare j Time, Ist heat, 3 min. 5-4 14 seconds. i Second heat, 3 min.4S seconds. The time, it will he perceiveJ, does not j exhibit the best speed. Ihe track, how ever, was very heavy, the sand in some places being very loose and deep. The last heat was won more easily than the first, ‘fhe mare was evidently held back with a very tight rein from the start to the close. Such a remarkable evidence of fleetness did she give, that we heard opinions freely expressed that she could beat the world. Toere were not less than six thousand persons to witness the race—a race which has probably excited as much in terest as any race ever run before. Richmond Enquirer, Sept. 28 The Administration and the Pa cific Railroad. The following extract from the Wash ington Union of the 27:h ult., corrobo rates our statement of the position of the Administrati >n in respect to the Pacific Railroad: “First, the Republican charges, that President Pierce and his cabinet are committed to the construction by the go vernment of a gigantic railroad of 2,500 miles in length, reaching from the valley of the Mississippi tot the Pacific ocean; and by way of alarming the taxpayers, in Georgia, the cost of the road is put down at two hundred millions of dollars. The charge is made upon the allegation that Colonel Davis, in his speech at Phil adelphia, not only declared himself in fa vor of the enterprise, but announced that he spoke for President Pierce as well as himself. The Republican also charges that Cos!. Davis’ speech passed through a second eJition for the purpose of under going such revision as would quiet the constitutional scruples of some democrats who were displeased with the posi'ion as signed to the President in the first edition. These allegations, charges and deductions are sheer misrepresentations. Col. Davis was not represented, in any report of his speech that we have ever seen, as speak ing for President Pierce, except on a sin gle point, and that was that he would sanction no exercise of power by the ge neral government that would intefere with the rights and jurisdiction of the States. In this particular, and to Inis extent and no further, did Col. Davis profess to speak for the President, and the reports of his speech, as first published, as well as the revised speech, concur La so represening the matter. It is not true that Col. Davis and Mr. Guthrie declared themselves in favor of the gigantic scheme, as a government measure; on the contrary, Col Davis was explicit in confining his remarks as to the power of Congress to a road lying within the territories of the United States; repudiating the idea that it had any pow er to construct it within a state, and only conceding the power within the territories upon the assumption that it was necessa ry as a means of defence. This was the full extent of his concession, and he gave no ground for the inference that he was in favor of, or would sanction the enter prise as a government measure, to be carried ont by appropriations from the treasury. He conceded that the govern .nent might give aid to a road through r< territories necessary f, r its defence, but he gave no intimation as to the building of such road out of the treasury. The President has in no way committed him self to the Pacific Railroad, and especially dees he stand uncommitted to aucH an enterprise as a government undertaking, and to be paid out of the treasury. We have so announced on a former ©Tension and we repeat the announcement^”’ A Plea for Beards. An article in Dicken’s houserifotcT Words contains sentiments hostile to the use of the razor, and strongly in favor of 5 the flowing beard, the busby whisker,- and uncurtailed mustache.—This L specimen of his reasoning. Surely enough has been said to make’ it evident that the man who, at the end of bis nays, has spent about an entiro..’ year of his life in scraping off his beard', | has worried himself to no purpose. haJ submitted to a painful, vexation*’ and I not only useless, but actually nwhole ! some custom. He has disfigured himself j systematically thoughuut life, accepted I his share unnecessarily of tic donloreux ‘and toot!-ache, coughs and colds, haw | swallowed dust and inhaled smoke an l fog, out of compliance to the social pre judice which happens just now to p i e _ ‘ail. We all abominate the razor while we use it, and would gladly lay it down.. Now if we see clearly—and I think the fact is very clear—that the use of it is a great blunder, and if we are no long- r such a slovenly people as lo he afraid that, if we keep our beards, we si ould not wash or comb, or trim them in a de cent way, why can we not put aside our morning plague and irritate our skin no mote as we now do. The Fates Against Them. A young, beautiful and accomplished but faithless wife becoming wearied of the “bed and board” of her 1 e;e lord, left the city of Norfolk a sho-t lime since, with a gay lov< r, for New York there to take passage for California, for the purpose of enjoying uninterruptedly their goU- on the far distant of the Pacific. They gintranu u from that port on the 5.h inst., in the Georgia, but tho fates were against the realization of their dreams. The “earner encountered a severe gale wherr but a day or two at sea, and was driven by stress of weather to the harbor of Not folk. Any other port would have suited the guilty ones better than Nor folk, but as we have stated the fates were against them. At Norforik the frail frair one and her parao our had to encounter a storm far mo e terrible than the one from which they had just escap ed. The Norfolk papers draw the veil over the scene that ensued. Ore alleges as a reason for so doing, that it cannot look upon such exhibitions of human ■ weakness with composure; nor has it any taste for their inscription. Later from Europe. The London Titne.%, in its issue of the 14th, inst.,. announced that the Emperor ;of Russia hail rejected the Sultan’s mod ifies! (eons, and war was considered inevi table. Previous aecounts started iht the* English and French bid left and that a grevjt panic arose from j 4bf ekeu instance. General Linder* was | advancing with a fresh corps of Russians j troops upon Moldavia | The French Mission.— We heard with ratch pleasure yesterday, that the post of Minis er to France had certainly been tendered to Judge J. Y. Mason.— We sincerely trust that keunay accept it. (Judge Mason is so well known through out the country, that it is unnecessary for us to express the* opinion that he is admi rably qualified to fid the position. IBs appointment will give universal satisfac tion.— Richmond Enquirer, Sep 23. Texas.— The Brownsville Flag, on the 15th ultimo, contradicts the war stories, and says that there not only had been no augmentation of the Mexican forces on the Rio Grande, but that the terms on which they are with the Mexicans, were tysver more friendly. (tj-We are requested to anrmanee- the. name: of Wsi A. A bams, as ft candidate for Cleik of the Superior Court of Meri wether count}', at th election to take place on the first Monday in January next. We e.rd authorized to announce the name of A. M. Werb as a candidate* for the office of Clerk of the loferion- Court of Meriwether county, at the ensu ing January Election. Executor’s Sale. AGRF.KABLE ‘otlie last Will anil Testament of Zthtid Little, lute of Henry county, de ceased, will be f=oM before llie Court-house door in the town ol McDonough, IJenrv county on Ihe fi st Tuesday in December next, within thj usual hours ot sale, tho propertv, to-ivit: JcIF, a mao, 30 years ot age; Harriet, a girl, years of age; Martha, a woman, 18 years of Age and her intant child; tunny, a woman, 45 years of age; Jim, a boy, 7 yeaisoi age; Archv, a bov 5> years ol age. * * Also lots of Land, No. l9tonfain ; ng P 7 aere No. 20, containing 202*;. No. 46, containing 2025-* No. 45, containing 15 acres, more or less’ Also a negro girl, June, aged IS years; ot Hm estate o& Dorothy LittK •r at Griffin, Spalding county, on the fist l oesday in January next, within tho legif hours ol “ale, will bo sold, the following properly,tr-witi Lots ot Land, N>. 21, containing 100 acres, more or less. No. 76, containing 2n2J acres with a good Merchant Mill thereon, lot No. not known adjoining lot No. 76, containing luO acres, more or less, all lying in originally the third district of Henry county. This ihe 3 I day of October, 1353. 40- JOHN H. STARR, Kx’r. Executor’s Sale. WILL lie sold at the late residence of Zabiuf anil Dora Ihy Lillie, in Ilenrv countv, on Hie first dav of December next, within the usual hours *d sale, all the perishable property ol the I**o ZibiDl and 1) iiathy Laittte, ing of 300 hhls of Corn, wi/h Foddfr anr. Oats 2UJ bushels of Wheat,Cattle, Mules, Wagon and* Cart, Pork, and Household and Kitchen furniture. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Sale to continue from day to day till all is Hold. Terms made known on the day of sale, this 3J day of October 1853 JOHN U. STARri, Ex’r. Georgia Meriwether county WILL he so'd between the usual hoursof sale, in the town of Greenville, Meriwether county, on the first Tuesday in November next, before the Court-house door, Joseph B. Breed love’s interest in town lot No, 13. (consisting of one-hall thereof) and the house thernorr known as a Grocery store. Levied on as the properly of os. ph B. Breedlove, to satisfy a fi fa issued from Meriwether Superior Court, in favor of Andreiv Park,endorser, vs Joseph B. Breedlove, maker, and Leander F. McLaughlin, Wilson T. More land and John S. Blalock endorsers. Property pointad out by defendants. Sept.2Bih, 1853. HARRISON D. LIiVFKE FT, feh’lT,