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Letter from lion. Jefferson Doris. The followiug letter from the Secreta ry oi War, though written only for the satisfaction of a correspondent, has been furntshed for publication by bim in con sequence of his being involved in that malignant misrepresentation, which has been the lot of every one who has re fused to acknowledge the incomparable purity and pre-eminent patriotism of a (action of the New York Democracy.— We copy it from the Washington Senti nel: Washington, D. C. Oct. 6, 1553. My Dear Sir: —l have not seen the publication in the Herald to which yon refer, and which, if seen, would not have received any notice from me had it not been dignified by the attention of some one whose good opinion I regard. Tnanking you for your kind interest and confidence in me, I reply that you have not, in this instance mistaken my position. Whatever may have been the language employed, the statement that I had endorsed Preston King and John Van Buren is false; and, I will add, would have been absurd if I had presumed to do so. I served with the first named gentle man in Congress, and on the slavery question we were the antipodes of each I other. Os his subsequent and present position lam not informed. The second’ named gentleman is known to me per sonally only by private intercourse. His position, as shown by the publications of the day, has been very objectionable to me, but now is in accordance with the general amnesty declared in the Balti more convention, and ratified by the Presidential canvass of 1552. I received the proposition to unite on the platform declared by the Democratic party in gen eral convention as a settlement of past feuds, and have been ready to co-operate with all who, adhering faithfully to the principles and policy then declared, are willing to go with me in the onward march of Democracy. It would have been hollow and dis honorable to hare allied with men upon that basis, and when the campaign was over have summoned them to answer for their “by-gone” opinions. So far was this from any purpose or policy of mine, that I had forgotten if indeed I ever knew, the contents of speeches and letters which have recently been brought to light, and present men in whom I had entire confidence as having been, a very few years ago, the advocates of freesoil ism. Notwithstanding the significant mark of confidence given to Mr. Dickinson, when he was offered the best financial and political appointment in the State of New York, I have not, and will not, approve the anti-slavery speeches he made in 1547 and ISI9. And although Judge Bronson holds the high post which Gov. Dickinson declined, I trust I shall not be numbered with those who sub scribe to his letter of July loth, 1848, to the meeting to ratify the nomination of Martin Van Buren, and contribute to the extension of freesoil. I am willing in these, as in other cases, to drop the inqui ry into by-gone opinions and associations, to adhere to the compact of 1832, to op pose disorganization, to resist agitation, and to promote the harmony of the De rvocratic party, as the best means of se curing peace among (he States and pros perity and perpetuity to the Union. Now, this is not to approve objectionable ante cedents, nor (o endorse the opinions at war with my creed, but to act as becomes those who believe the union of democra cy to have been sincerely, honestly, and substantially made for public and not per sonal ends. Holding, as I do, that party organization is a necessary means lo en sure success to principles oti which par ties are formed, I cannot but lament the* division which has, without recent cause, opened the old wounds in our party of New York. I do not assume to mingle, still less to Judge, in this family quarrel, but will a bide the course of rapidly tianspiring e vents, and hope that the true democracy may crush any disintegrating faction which goes into coalition with the whigs. Verv truly, your friend, JEFFERSON DAVIS. The strength of the Administra tion in Georgia. It is amusing Cos witness (he contortions of our defeated opponents under the re sult of the recent elections in th*s State It has been suJdenly discovered by some wise heads that the triumph of the friends of the administration in Georgia, is after all, a most signal defeat; and one of th* opposition presses—we need not specially designate it—very sapien'ly calculates that a few more demonstrations will slaughter the Administration outright. Very well gentlemen, if you are satisfied with the result we are, and we promise 3ou in advance, if you never carry off any more of our banners than you did in your late splendid victory, we shall nev er have any very grievous complaints to make. We have elected our Governor, six out of eight members to Congress, and carried both branches of the Legisla ture. These are our spoils, where are yours? But it is said that President Pierce carried the State by 1800 majority last November, and his friends have only gained the day by six or eight hundred now, showing a decline in his strength of over 1,000 in less then one year. In deed 1 Will onr friends who crow so loudly, tell us how much Gen. Pierce’s vote exceeded that which has just been given for Mr. Johnson the administration candidate for Governor? So far from there being a falling off from the Admin istration, there are not two dozen counties in the State in which the democratic vote is not larger in the recent election than it was last November. We have not the returns by us, but it will be seen from the final summing up, that Mr. Johnson’s vote is larger by several ‘thousand then wa3 Gen. Pierce’s. This is the “grow ing unpopulaiity” of the administration in Georgia. To revise the calculations of our sanguine opponents, at the same ratio of increasing unpopularity, it would not be many years,, before there would be but one party in Georgia, and that (lie uuterrified democracy. Hut it is said that the vote which Mr. Jenkins received is uo test ot the strength of the whig part}’ in Georgia,. We have no doubt this is true. Mr. Jenkins is the strongest whig in the State. His fitness t r office, so far as (he personal qualifica •ip os are concerned, was never question ed. He ran well; better indeed than any other man of his paiU would have doue He embodied too, all the strength that there was in the whig party, and super added to it, all the charms of conserva tism, and a few of the old attractions of Constitutional Unionism It is doubtful whether a corporal guard of whigs could he found in Georgia, who did not support him, and he was sustained by thousands who would scorn to call themselves whigs. No, gentlemen; dont make yourselves ridiculous in your defeat. Your misfor tunes entitle you to the commiseration of a magnanimous foe, do not, we be seech you turn our pity into ridicule. You are beaten. Acknowledge the corn, and thank your stars that the 800 against you are not 8,000, as would have been the case had you got no more than you were entitled to.— Colitmb.s Times. The President and bis Cabinet. The disaffected few who professing De mocracy, arc making ceaseless exertions to break down the present administration, affect the greatest admiration for the Pre sident, while denouncing his cabinet.— Pierce, they tell us, is a most excellent President; it is only Marev, and Davis, and Guthrie, who are playing the mischief with the country, placing Secessionists and Abolitionists in office, and thus endanger ing the stability of the Union. How the President himself regards those who, while thus professing friendship to him, are furious in their onslaughts upon his constitutional advisers, may be learned from the fol : owing article, which lately appeared in the Washington Union: “ The most disreputable feature in the warfare now being waged upon the ad ministration by disorganizing Democrats is in their effort to keep up a show of friend ship for the President whilst they de nouncc his cabinet with unmeasured ma lignity. These are the friends who “smile and smile,” and yet carry daggers under their cloaks. They are the men who are so immaculate that they cannot ackuowl edge fellowship with their late political as sociates because they arc not sincere and honest in their professions of devotion to Democratic principles. Each hiatus in their denunciations of their late associates, for their hypocrisy and venality, is filled up with protestations of confidence in the President and abuse of his confidential advisors. Such a mode of warfare is nn , manly and cowardly in the extreme. The President knows how to respect a chival rous foe, who unfurls his banner boldly and marches to open combat; but for him who cloaks himself in pretended friendship, and yet uses the stiletto upon his political family, he can have no other feeling but one of sovereign contempt. With all the evidence of a cordial union of sentiment between the President and his cabinet, it is dastardly hypocrisy in these disorgani zes to profess ardent admiration for the former whilst they empty the vials of their malignant indignation upon the latter— The President disdains any such dishonor able exemption from responsibility, and freely bares his bosom and defies the steel of his enemies. The members of the cab inet desire no exemption from accounta bility to the people, and cheerfully receive the blows aimed through them at their respected chief. There is but one mind, one spirit, united and indivisible, in the counsels of the administration. Every at tempt to divide and seperate them but draws the bonds of their union closer The spirit which animates them is the same which warmed the bosom and enlist ed the energies of every true Democrat in the late Pressdential contest They lean with unshaken confidence upon the strong arms and brave hearts of a united De mocracy. So long as the thunder-tones of Democratic victories come booming in from State after State., proclaiming the glorious results of union in our rauks, they can look with mingled pity and con tempt upon the impotent assaults and harmless threats of a few infuriated agita tors. What if they succeed in disorgani zing the party in the empire State, and in throwing the power into the hands of our common enemy—still, as much as it might be regretted, New York is not the Union. But amidst all the gloom that now dar kens the political horizon of that powerful State, we hope that the very madness aud rashness of the disorganizes will arouse the gigantic power of the true hearted Democracy, and yet snatch victory from despair. We scorn to believe that the Democracy which covered itself with so much glory in the last contest is now ca pable of the suicidal act of dividing that their enemies may conquer.” From the foregoing the New York Her ald, and other kindred presses now in the service of the Whig party, may judge what success they are likely to meet in their ef forts to bring about a dissolution of the cabinet. Savannah Gcorgian. The Verdict of the People. Some of the whigs are certainly very inconsistent with themselves. Through out the compaign they proclaimed from the press, and from the stump, and from eveiy place where they could be heard, that the election of Judge Johnson wouid be an endorsement of President Pierce hy the people of Georgia, and the elec tion of Mr. Jenkins would be the con demnation of the administration. The democracy met them, and fought and conquered them upon this issue, but now when the case has been decided against them, the whigs deny their own premises, and the Columbus Enquirer professes to see certain signs of death to the Presi dent in the Georgia election. Accord ing to this Whig logic whether Johnson or Jenkins is elected it is a sure sign that President Pierce and his administration have been condemned the people of Georgia. Whig editors may be able to convince themselves by such reasoning; but they will hardly be able to convince anybody else that the overwhelming democratic victories which have follow” ed each other in rapid succession, in every State where an election has been held since the President’s Inaugural, is a sure sign that he is unpopular with the people. —Federal Union. Resignation or Gov. Sevmour. Hart ford, Conn., Oct. 13 h, —Governor Sey mour, Minister to Russia, resigned his office as Governor of the State of Con neticuttft day, in order to prepare for his mission. Charles H. Pond, Lieut. Gov ernor, was sworn in at 12 o’clock as chief executive in his place. Another Failure in New York. New York,Oct. 13.—Moses Wheclock, Vice President of the New York Board of Brokers, it is said, has failed for a hea vy amount. THE JEFFERSONIAN GRIFFIN, OCTOBER 27, 1853 SELLING OUT. We refer our readers to our advertise ment, and particularly request our breth ren of the press to give us a lift in getting off by giving the advertisement a few in sertions. From the Federal Union. The long Agony is Over. We have at last got the official returns from each precinct in Harris county, which gives Bailey, in Harris county, 385, and Trippe 620. Trippe’s majority in this county is only 225, which elects Bailey in the district by 5 majority. The returns from Harris county were not made accord ing to law, bnt the Governor did not re jeet them. But whether they were all rejected or all received, does not vary the result. Bailey would be elected in either case. For the satisfaction of all concerned, we give below the vote in each precinct in Harris county. OJicial Vole in Hants County. Bailey. Trippe Goodman’s X Roads, 27 25 Stallings, 80 46 Ellcrslie, 34 49 Waverly Hall, 7 52 Lanier’s Mills, 45 14 Whitesville, 77 183 Hamilton, 84 217 Valley Plains, 31 34 385 620 585 A PROCLAMATION. GEORGIA. BY HOWELL COBB, Governor of said State. Whereas I have, as directed by the act of the General Assembly, passed on the 11th day of February, 1799, entitled “An Act to regulate the General Elections in this State, and to appoint the time of meeting of the General Assembly,” and subsequent acts amendatory thereof, ar ranged and counted up the votes given to the several persons, at the election held throughout the State, on Monday the 3d day of October, (inst ) for eight members to represent this State in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, for two years from the 3rd day of March iast, from which it appears that the Hon James L. Seward had the highest number of votes in the first ( on gressional District; Hon. Alfred 11. Col quitt in the second district; lion. David J. Bailey in the third district; Hon. Wil liam B. W. Dent in the fourth district; Hon. Elijah W. Chastain in the fifth dis trict; Hon. Junius Hillyer in the sixth district; Hon David A. Reese in the se venth district; and Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens in the eighth district. I have, therefore, thought proper to issue this my Proclamation, hereby de claring the aforesaid lion. James L. Sew ard, Alfred H. Colquitt, David J. Bailey, William B. W. Dent, Elijah W. Chastain, Junius Hillyer, David A. Reese and Alex ander 11.-Stephens, duly elected in said districts, respectively, to represent this State in the House of Represent itives of the Congress of the United States, for two years, from the third day of March last, and notify each of them to signify his acceptance of said appointment, within the time legally prescribed. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State, at the Capitol in Millcdgo ville, this the 22ddayof October. 1853, and of the Independence of the United States of America the seventy-eighth. HOWELL COBB. By the Governor: N. C. Barnett, Sec’ry of State. A PROCLAMATION. GEORGIA. BY HOWELL COBB, Governor of said Stale. In accordance with the provisions of an act, entitled an act “to provide for the election of all the Judges of tiie Superior Courts, bv the free wliitc peop'o. of the State of Georgia,” assented to on the 12th day of January, 1852, an election was held on the 3d day of the present month, for Judges of the Superior Courts of the following Judicial Districts, to wit; Eas tern, Middle, Northern, Western, South ern, Oeinulgee, Flint, Chattahoochee, and Cherokee. And whereas, in obedience to the pro visions of the above recited act, together with the Secretary of State, I have com pared, consolidated, counted up and added together the legal votes cast for each can didate, in each county of the several Dis tricts, and find the following persons to have received the highest number of votes to-wit: in the Eastern District, William B. Fleming; in the Middle District, W. W. Holt; in the Northern District, Gar nett Andrews; in the Western District, James Jackson; in the Southern District Peter E. Love; in the Ocmulgce District’ Robert V. Hardeman; in the Flint Dis trict, James H. Stark; in the Chattahoo chee District, E H. Worrill; in the Cher okee District, Turner 11. Trippe. Therefore, and in pursuance of law, and said election, I do issue this my Proclama tion, declaring the said VV. B. Fleming W. W. Holt, Garnett Andrews, James Jackson, Peter E. Love, Robert V. Har deman, James H. Stark, E 11. Worrill, and Turner 11. Trippe, duly elected Judges of the Superior Courts of their several Districts or Circuits above named, for four years, or until their successors are elected and qualified; and I do charge and require the said Judges, each and all of them, within thirty days from the date of this Proclamation, to appear before two or more Justices of tlio Inferior Court of the county iu which they reside, and take the usual oath in writing; and I do further charge and require the several Clerks of the Inferior Court of the counties in which said oath may be taken, to enter the same on the raiuntes of Court, and transmit a certified copy thereof under his hand and seal of office, if there be one, if not, under his own seal, as soon .as may be, to the Governor. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State, at the Capitol in Milledge villc, this the 22d day of October, 1853, and of the Independence of the United States of America the seventy-eighth. HOWELL COBB. By the Governor: N. C. Barnett, Sec’ry of State. In giving and taking it is easy mistaking. v x - %f The lollowin*s the torm ot the utspateh which is said totbe the “very latest intelli gence” but which the papers do not ap pear to put much credit in: IMPOR TANT NE WS. The reported declaration of war confirmed. Tdcarnplied from London to^Livcrpool. Saturday Morning, Oct. Bth.—The. Tunes f this morniiig announces the ar riva l of the steamer Tancredi , from Con stantinople at Marseilles, with a confirma tion of the news that, on the 26th ult., the Sultan declared war against Russia. A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna announces that the Porte had given the Russian Emperor fonr weeks in which to evacua’e the principalities, failing to do which hostilities would be commenced. Appointments anil Removals. Baltimore, Oct. 22.—The Washington Union has officially announced the follow ing appointments: Now York, J J Red- Collector, Vice Bronson, removed. — •T. J? Sisco, Sub-Treasurer, vice Dix, re signed. H G. Brodhcad, naval officer, vice Iledfield Guthrie’s letter in reply to Bronson is published- The Secretary contends that he has a right to appoint subordinate offi cers in the Custom House, and concluded bv saying that Bronson’s insubordination renders liis continuance in office impossible. A Pleasing Incident at tha Fair. We understand that on Thursday last, Col. Davidson, the Chairman of the Ex ecutive Committee, authorized Mr. John S. Hutchinson, the auctioneer, to an nounce that he would give a Silver Cup to the best looking child, of fourteen months, of native growth, exhibited on Friday. Well, Ftiday came, and the auctioneer mounted his rostrum, and an nounced that he was ready for competi tors. A young daughter of Mr. R iberl Glqver, one of the proprietors of the Course, was placed in his arms, who with youthful simplicity, after a little fondling, became friendly, and placing her tiny arms around his neck, not only captivated him (for bear in mind reader that he has none of the same sort him self,) bu> all present,both male and fe male. After crying (no not erying , but asking) if there were any more competi tors on the ground, the little one still clinging affectionately to him, he an nounced that she had taken the premium, and presenting it to her while in hi-arms, it seemed as much delighted with its new present as any one on the ground. We did not see the seen*’, hut the auctioneer assures us he will have no objection to its repetition, provided he has one of the same sort to exhibit himself, at the next Fair. —Constitutionalist $- Republican. COMMUNICATED. Zebulon, Montgomery Lodge, ami Pike County. Mr. Editor: —lndulge me in a brief re miniscent narrative. I have met with a few persons, that did not know the origin, reason, and historical allusions of the a bove names. He, who has read his Bible, knows who Zebulon was, and the history of the Revo lution, who Montgomery , was, and that of the War of 1812, who Pike was. Pike county, its scat of justice, and Masonic Lodie, divide among them, the full name of a hero, Gen. Zcbulon Mont gomery Pike. He was called by his mid dle name, after the brave Irish General, who fell in the service of our country, at the very moment of victory, in the walls of Quebec, by a random gun fired by a British soldier. But for this, that place, with all its wealth, strength and popula tion, would now be ours. Their fate was similar, and its cause almost identical in character. His last orpatronimic name, some, I am told, think to this day, was given to the county, from the abundance of the fish of that name, fonnerly in their mountain streams. There might have been, in the early settlement of the county, some re semblance between the pioneers and this piscatory genus, both armed and equipped as the law directs; both ready to bite and swallow a bait; one on the election ground, the other in his native element: pugniset calcibus , unguibus et rostro —the jaws of both being well serried Now all this is a far fetched, poetical imagination. The Pikers, I mean the peo pie, not the fish, are now, as an old friend of mine, fond of big words, said, a pulverised and amphibious population; meaning civi lized and fond.of tisli. At all events, the people of Spalding have lost the glorious uame of a hero, by being thrown into a new county It is always considered sus picious to change names, to have an alias: thus, as the sheriff says in his processes, Pike county alias Spalding. Zebulon, Montgomery Lodge, and Pike county, need never be ashamed of their names, af ter reading what follows : On the 27th gas April, *lßl3, General Pike, in command of the American army, fell, in the arms of victory, at the battle of Fort Otronto, or Little Yorlf, ilie me tropolis of Upper Canada. “Dulce el decorum ea’ pro pntria mori.” After the enemy had been driven from all their positions; after having abandoned the fort and garrisons, and while General Sir Roger Hale Shcaffe was proposing terms of capitulation, the works, by a sudden and tremendous explosion, were blown up treacherously, and contrary lo usages of war. The air was instantly filled with huge stones and fragments of wood, rent asunder and whirled aloft, by the ex ploding of five hundred barrels of powder. Immense quantities of those inflamed and blackened masses, fell in the midst of the victorious troops, killing aud wounding three hundred, among them, their brave and beloved general and his two aids The wound of Pike was mortal. His last words were, advance my brave mm, and avenge your general ” The column in stantly closed np, rent the air with three loud huzzas, and marched forward to the tune of Yankee Doodle. They captured the town, all the public stores, ammuni tion, arms, cartnon, vessels of war iii port, and made five hundred prisoners. Pike, witn his two aids, was carried aboard the Pert, the British flag was brought to him, at his request, placed uudor his bead, and, wrapt in tiro flag of his country, as his shroud, he expired. A few days after, the troops- that were rendezvoused at Sackett’s Harbor, after the battle of Queenstown Heights, where the British Gen Brock fell, anil Scott, the hero of Mexico, was made a prisoner, on a cold, dark anil drizzling day, discovered a fleet in the distance, steering for the place. The first thought of all, was that it was the enemy’s fleet designing to attaek and capture it. Immense quantities i of public stores, provision, materials of war, were there collected, both for the army and navy. Preparation for defence was instantly made. The batteries were manned, guns loaded with round shot and ff ra P under the command of McComb; the infantry, rifles, volunteers and cavalry, under the brave Miller, were drawn up in battle-order, in the campus, between a long range of shanties and the lake shore; pieces of field artillery were, at intervals, placed between the ‘shanties. When all was ready for the impending death-strug gle, a deep and anxious silence prevailed. Every eye was intensely fixed on the ap proaching squadron, which hoisted no co lors. On a bastion of Fort Covington was mounted a long eighteen pounder, looking directly up the lake Ontario, under the command of Capt. Archer, with his offi cers and bombardiers around him; and lint-stock burning. To make the* fleet show colors, long tom sent a ball hurling over the water, but it fell short; again and again, another and another. The last fell amidst the sail, which disturbed the fleet, and it returned a.shot in answer - rail up the stars and stripes—but alas ! only half mast! At once, all was known. It was Commodore Chauncey with the body of Pike, American wounded, and the spoils of war. The troops were moved from their position, and formed on the open ground, in sad and funeral array, instead of that of battle, to receive with military honors the dead body of the hero and his wounded compatriots in arms. A tomb was soon got ready under the bastion of Fort Covington, on which long tom was mounted—there the body was deposited, while the troops were drawn up, colors draped in mourning, drums muffled, arms reversed, the big tears of sorrow rolling down the faces of the veterans, music playing the dead march, troops marking the solemn time with the heavy funeral tread, and the funeral service being read by the Chaplain, all the sad scene was closed by long tom and other pieces pour ing out their sorrows in long and loud la mentations reverberating up and down Ontario. The other corps, with their arms, repeated the echoes of sorrow and the sad story. He was not left a’one in his glory. Thus ended his natural life, and thus began that of his name, fame and memory. Exegit monumentitm durins marmori el perenius cere.” All these things, quorum pans fui, are true, my friends, in Pike; I witnessed them. F. I). C. COMMUNICATED. Mr. Editor: —I have heard, lately, much enquiry, and considerable speculation, a bout who shall bo our next Senator in Congress, to succeed Col. Dawson. I myself have had a thought or two heretofore, kept to myself, on this same topic of general conversation and discuss ion. I don’t pretend that they are very wise, astute or shrewd; yet they may have something of common sense. Those, who now stand most prominent on the stage, are Messrs. Cobb, McDonald and Chappell, all belonging to old fogy dom. I don’t mean to insinuate the idea, that this respectable dynasty lias lost all its former wisdom and patrio ism But there is some credit due to him, who bore the heat and burden of the day, over him who came into the field at the eleventh hour. ; I prefer McDonald: lie never quit the democratic clmrch, nor the ark of its cove . nant, to run after the strange gods of uni onism, and bow down to their idols and l worship them; nor, for amusement, honor s or office, made himself a whirligig and te t totum, like the hards and softs. lie don’t keep such a toy shop, in which arc traded whimwhams for geeses’ bridles and the g vendor the best sample in the assortment, j Ilis scroll is, Democracy now and forever. Did you ever see his eyes blinking and his 1 mouth watering for those little, bright, sil -3 very, scaly things in the water, and those f white, fermented, kneaded, salerated bod , ies, that grow in wheat-fields? Did you 3 ever know him, in a political campaign, by \ a skilful manoeuvre, touch off a masked s battery, which was once done by two old [ veterans, and its explosion threw one of [ the bombardiers, from the Speakership in Washington into the Governor’s chair in \ Georgia, and the other was sent whirling, f thundering, and roaring, like a congrcvc rocket, through the air, from Milledgc -1 ville, clear across Georgia, South and North Carolina, Virginia and over the f dome of the Capitol, where, impending a j moment, he descended with a tremendous crash, and came down cnmflurnmnx into a 3 seat in the Senate. Rising on his feet and 5 rubbing the smoke and dust from his eyes, like Kory O’llourk .when lie fell from the ’ nioo’l, he was amazed what fetched- him ’ there two years mid four months before the time. lam a fast iioi*.?s, anyhow.— Never such a feat performed or heard of before, in all these United States of A ’ merica, and the archives have been care fully searched. Wasn’t it a wonderful game at long-taw, a long shot, truly, never beat by Robin Ilood, the great archer of I Lincoln Green memory, or ‘big Queen Bess’ on Dover Castle, firing a salute to the Galileans across the channel. The exploit will be immortalized for six years from the 4th of March last. For that time, we hope Governor Johnson will be permitted to study Swedenborg in peace. McDonald worked hard all the time, while the others did worse than biter; and he is, in justice, entitled to full wages, unless he, in his libc- rality, chooses to waive them for the good of the Republic. I venerate the worth and memory of a martyr to a good cause; and I think McDonald has conspicuously earned this prestige. I know lam no judge in Israel, but I have my own private thoughts, aud can’t help it, as the country lass said to her city beau, and, of course, they jumped the broomstick. I have not yet forgotten 1850—*’51, and I suppose neither of those gentlemen, nor the people of Georgia have, i admit Gobb and Chappell .lid good service in the last campaign, and Georgia bless thorn for it. But they had been deserters, and were new recruits again, while McDonald was a veteran, that never trailed his flag or truck led to the combined powers of Russia and Austria arrayed against the South. As far as they have done lately, they have done well, but their works are only works meet for repentance, and I know there is more joy over one that repeuteth, than ninety nine that need no repentance; but they must remember, they must prove their faith by works, take the lowest seats in the syna gogue, and show that they have attained to grace by humility: then they may ex pect to bo invited to the highest among the ciders, where McDonald has always been. In 1850’-51 they rubbed against the pot of Unionism, and their nether statistics arc a little colored yet, but Mc- Douald’s are as fair as the face of the full ■ moon, without the nigger in it. He never played the game of bumps against th e kettle or Stone Mountain, but he did a gainst Cobb, and was sick a long time af ter, but now is high in political health and hearty as a buck. If the Legislature can’t agree without fisticuffs, who shall be Senator, let Daws m remain, as he is there now, under the les son taught in the fable of the fox, flics and swallows. He never was a rabid pol itician, and is a true Georgian, and Mem phis Convention man. F. I). C. How It Imppened. The whigs are puzzling their brains to find out how Mr. Jenkins was defeated. Some charge it upon the apathy of the whigs in the 2nd district; and others to the treachery of the whigs in the 4th dis trict. This will never do. It will not do for any one to say that the whigs did not try to elect the illustrious Je. kins. Nor will it do to attribute his defeat to the Algerine law. This should have defeated him or any other man that voted for it; but if that defeated Mr. Jenkins, what was it that defeated the whig candidates for Congress and whig candidates for the Legislature? We can save the whigs the trouble of hunting up causes for their de feat. They were all defeated because they were whigs, and because the people all over the Uuited States are tired and disgusted with whiggery, that is cause enough to defeat any man. The Recor der and some other whig Journals endea vored to escape their fate by putting on a mask and calling themselves union but it would not do. Ihe people found them out even under their disguise. The election that has just passed disclosed the true character of the party. The old whig counties all voted for Jenkins, and the old democratic counties with a few exceptions voted for Johnson. Many democrats in these counties that voted for Jenkins were deceived by the whig cry of union, hut the deception is now ex posed, and the same trick cannot be played again.— Fed. Union. Chtmgc in t!ic Judiciary. A writer in the Augusta Constitution ilist recommends an alteration in the Ju diciary system of the State, so far as re lates to the Inferior Courts of the seve ral counties, by enacting a law to have but one Judge or Justice, ami allowing him a small compensation, sufficient how ever, to ensure the services of a compe tent Judge. This alteration, remarks the writer, has been ofien suggested in my presence, and I have no doubt but that it is generally desired over the State.— Let it be kept free from party politics.— Let the press generally in the State give a small share of attention to the matter, and the change will he adopted. When a lawyer is elected to the office, let him practice in other Courts, and by that means you can secure the services- of a competent member of the bar for a less compensation than you could, if he was prohibited from practice in the Superior and Courts of Ord nary. Another cvre of a Bad I*g, by Ilollo rcatft Pills and Ointment! Extract of a< letter from Mrs. Murry, whose husband had been a sergeant in the Scotch Greys,) and is now in the Metropolitan Police, ; 22, Charles-stret-t, Westminster, 24th April, 1545. Sir—Ha’ ing been long afflicted with an abcess in the leg, I ap-< plied for relief to some of the most emi- j nent of the medical profession, but getting no better I Was admitted into the West-! minster Hospital, and after a long stay ] left uncured; indeed, the surgeon sail that any further effort on his part was perfectly useless. Yet shortly afterwards rny leg was cured by using Holloway’s Pifl and Ointment. Excitement in the Market. —The impor tant advices from Europe were issued in a second edition of the New York Erpress , early on Thursday afternoon, creating no little excitement on ‘'Change. The ex press on Friday says holders of flour at once put up p ices two shillings per barrel, but there were not many transac tions at the advance, operates prefering to hold back until furtbei advices Hie sales at previous price*, however, were nominally large, aggregating 23,000 bushels Before the news, the sales reached nearly 3-3,000 bushels of all brands. Anew Democratic patf:r at Washing tc.v. —Beverly Tucker, Esq., formerly of Va., has commenced the publication at Washington City, of anew democratic paper called the Sentinel. Mr. Tucker is an ablo writer, a Southern man, and a sound democrat. The Sentinel claims not to be an orgar. of the aJ;2' rt istr3ion, bui will cordially support it. We hav'C not seen the paper, but are pleased with extracts which we have seen from its columns. The Crops. —The Cotton Crops in this section have promised a pretty full yield up to this date. The heavy rain of Thursday and Thursday night how ever, must havei proved very des tructive. Largo quantities of cotton were open in the Helds, and the green bolls must suffer considerably. The indi cations are now favorable for an early frost w’hich will cut off the crop very largely.— Col. Times, Severe Weather—Snow two feet deep. —Boston, Oct. 13. —Mount Wash ington is now covered with snow to the depth of two feet, and in some places is drifted to the height of eight feet. In the towns around the mountain snow has been falling for several days. The thermome ter at the mountain last week stood at zero. Sale of the Metropolitan Hotel. —The N. Y. Herald of Saturday, says it was stated on good authority, on change, that Messrs. A. T. Stewart & co., the cele brated dry goods firm, had purchased the Metropolitan Hotel for the round sum of $600,000, and that they were to pay (low n in cash $ 100,000, leaving $200,000 on time. It is reported that Simeon Draper has arranged with the Mechanics’ Bank of New York to pay off his liabilities, and will resume business. The New York Post learns that the liabilities, of Mr. Draper amounts to between two aud three million of dollars. Death of a Member elect. —Hon. John L. Bird, Senator elect from Taliaferro, we regret to learn, died last week. The Governor has issued a writ of election to fill the vacancy. Either attempt no’, or accomplish. i Narrow Escape.— This morning, during the gust of wind which passed over the city, between 9 and 10 o’clock, a tree was blown down near the music stors of Mr. Mitchell, which came near doing serious damage. The lady of Mr. I K Test accompanied by another lady, driving in a bnggy, had just stopped their vehicle, .nd one of the ladies had got out and went into the store, leaving Mrs Test in the buggy The rain at this moment coming up, Dr. Roy a ii went out and as sisted her to raise the top of her buo-gy and returned to his office Directly a crash was heard, and it was found that a tree had fallen on the buggy, completely demolishing the top, but strange to say, Mrs. Test received no injury whatever.— Ihe escape was most miraculous. The horse was a very gentle one, or he would have taken fright. Very prompt assist ance was rendered by those who witnessed the perilous situation of the lady.— Sav _ J urnalo e Monday. Our Minister to France —We doubt whether President Pierce could have se lected a more acceptable man than Hon. John Y. Mason as minister to France. His appointment gives assurance that the adminisiration feels the importance of in trusting our international interests to men of highest character. Judge Mason has richly won a reputation which points him out as eminently fitted for the duties of the French missoin — Wash. Union. Tite Church Suit. —By the way, I may mention, as the latest on dit, that the New York Book agents are making arrangements for an immediate settlement with the South, on terms entirely satis factory Editors of the Charleston Chtis tian Advocate. We understand the terrna of the pro posed adjustment are, that the whole matter in dispute shall be referred to the Hon. Judge McLean, of (be Supreme Court of the United States. Both parties have done well to leave it to the arbi'ra tion of such a man as Judge McLean. We learn further, that the Judge is ex pected in this city in a few days, to meet the comm'ssioners of the two branches of the Methodist Episcopal Church.—JY. Y. Com 10/A. Jsay-Read the advertisement of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. There are statements of no ordinary interest to afl so unfortu nate as to be afflicted with the difficulties it cures. Our Minister to China- —We deem it a matter of congratulation that the highly important and arduous mission to China has, since the much regretted ina , bilrtv of Hon. Robert J. Wa'lker to un | dertake its duties, been confided to the j Hon. Robt. M. McLane, of M ary land. | This appointment will be, we doubt not, as it should be, hailed with universal sat isfaction. Asa man of high ability and enlightened views and extended informa tion—atr a man already, at an early age, well tested in various paths of political ef fort in which his success has been un quesioned—as a sound and staonch dem ocrat, fully embued with a resolute and patriotic American spirit—Mr. McLane jis eminently qua! fied to maintain, in his new position, the interests and honor i of the country. i The split in the New York Democracy ! appears to be, who shall have the spoils, ■ the Hards or the Softs. The wickedness j of the thing is, that both divisions wish to j drag in the President and his Cabinet It is to be devoutly hoped, that this will } not be permitted. Upson Superior Court. We arc authorized to state that Upson Superior Court has been, by Judge Stark, adjourned over until the Second Monday in January next. Tnis is chiefly on account of the continued indisposition of Colonel Gibson, we understand. ttgrWc are authorized to announce Hie name of Nathaniel Coluns, as a candi date for the office of Tax Collector, at the ensuing January election. e are requested to announce the name of Wm. A. Adams, as a candidate for Clerk of the Superior Court of Meri wether coar.ty, at the election to take place on the first Monday in January next. (£y“We are authorize ! to announce the name ot A. M Wicbb, as a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Inferior Court of Meriwether county, at the ensuing Jau ary election. FRESH HIT MAMET!! nriHK undesigned would respectfully inform JL n e C:! !^of9 r ftin who arc fond of good* living, that he keep* on flu id r 'ng the MarkcJ hour?, at the Market- ft..use, at mai’. 1 ;*;’ “rice?, a choice supply of BEEF and MUTTON* Tlic-e is also, sold by Messrs. DUKE& GOD DA HO. at the same hour?, place, and price, choice PORK, Those indebted to him for the same, will please call at his olliee in the west end of the Market. House, once n week, and settle with Abner I Jam* mond.liis authorised agent. (J. K. DUKE. Gridin, October 26, 1853. 43—ts Administrator’s Sale. PURSUANT to an order of the Honorable Court of Ordinary in and lor Henry county, wi I be sold, on the first Tuesday in January next, before the Courthouse door in the town of Mr, Donotigh, all the lands belonging to the estate of John Klliotf, late of said county, deceased—do- . wit: Lots of hind Nos. 67, GH, 41,42, 23,24,25, 9, and 101 j acres of lot No. 8, and 50 acres of lot No 10, all m the Tth district—and 10|| acres of lot No. Q, and 30 acres of lot No. MJ, in the Kith district of said county —making in all 2000 acres, more or less; also, four ocres of land'part of lot No. 24, in flu* Mill district of said count v, with a new saw and grist mill on it, now in successful operation. Sold for t lie benefit of the heirs of said estate. Notes with approved security due the 25th day of’ December, 1854, will be requited in payment. S. B. LOVti. ) ‘ , A. V. KhLIOI’T. S Altmrs - October 20, 1853. 43 Administrator’s Sale, AG.RbIKABLbIto an order of the Honorable Court of Ordinary of Pike county, will lie sold, before the Courthouse door in GriiJin. in the county of Spalding, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in December next, lots of land No 23. 24 and 42, in the second district of orig - nully Monroe now Spalding county, containing 600 acres, more or les?, being a part of the real estate of livans Shannon, la'e of Pike county deceased. , This desirable body of land is situated on the plank road leading from Griffin to Flat Shoals, five miles from Griffin, and i? if good and productive) „ quality, with about 150 or 200 acres cleared, 50 liesb land, and the whole well watered. There are on the premises a good and convenient dwelling and all necessary out-houses, a good gin house, a good well and springs. The place is noted for tho excellent health of all who have occupied it, The aheve lands will he sold for the henefil of the heirs and creditors of said Shannon, dectascd.. Terms on the day of sale, BUllltßL ORB, Adm’r, October 15, 1353, 42.