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Sandwich Islands.
Presentation of the United States Consul i
to the King—the Address , and his Majes ’
ty>s Reply.
From the Polynesian, August 27.
It pleased the King to receive officially
Benjamin F. Angel I, Consul of the United
States, on Tuesday, at 12, noon. Mr
Angell arrived, accompanied by the late
Consul, Mr. Allen, and by Dr. Schell.—
After being presented to the King by the
Minister of Foreign Relations, Mr. Au
gell addressed the King as follows:
Sire: It a/Fords me sincere gratifica
tion to. be presented to your Majesty un
der such favorable auspices. lam inform
ed by his Excellency, your Minister of
foreign affairs, that the course of my pre
decessor has met the entire approbation
of your government, as I am assured it has
the government of the United States, and
I shall regard myself fortunate if, govern
ed by a sincere desire to promote the har
mony and good fellowship which happily
exists between both nations, my official
conduct shall meet with like approval. It
gives me much pleasure to assure your
Majesty of the continued friendly feeling
entertained towards yourself and your
people by the government and people of
the United States, and that they will main
tain and preserve inviolate, the treaty
stipulations which now exist. Onr go
vernment and the people are not insensi
ble of your liberal policy, and of the im
mense advantages which such a policy
confers upon the already large and rapidly
increasing commerce in the Pacific ocean
They have observed with the liveliest
gratification the progress your subjects
have made in civilization, in the arts, and
in agriculture; and my own observation
has more than confirmed the high antici
pations I had formed of your agricultural
and commercial resources, and the unri
valled excellence of your climate. You
have the profound Sympathy of the whole
American people for the sad calamity
which has Mien so heavily and with such
fatal effect upon your subjects; and their
earnest prayer for the returning health of
your people and the prosperity of your
kingdom.
It pleased his Majesty to reply to the
following effect:
The course of your predecessor, Mr
Allen, has indeed been all that I and my
government could desire of a Consul of
the United States. It has been promo
tive of peace and good will between my
kingdom and that republic. I feel assured
that you will pursue the same course with
the like success, thereby promoting those
friendly relations which are every year
augmenting.
In the past I owe much to the benevo
lence of the government of the United
States, and of their citizens, and for the
future I count upon their countenance.
I thank you for the expression of the
sympathy of the American people under
the dreadful pestilence with which it has
pleased Providence to afflict my subjects.
You and your family are most welcome
to my ki igdom, where I hope you will en
joy healt. ’ and prosperity.
Afterw lids Mr. Angell presented Dr.
Schell.
His royal highness Lieutenant General
Trine* Liholiho, his highness the Kuhina
Nui, all the King’s ministers, and most of
Hbavbigh chiefs, members of the Privy
Council, were preseut.
By private advices from the Sandwich
Islands, we learn that the question of com
mencing negotiations for the cession of
the sovereignty of the Islands*to the Uni
ted States, upon such conditions as will
secure to the inhabitants all their civil
rights and their prosperity, is being gene
rally discussed by the foreign residents in
the Islands. It is the opinion of our cor
respondent that the general desire for
snch a cession will operate upon the minds
of the King and Chiefs. The'representa
tives of Great Britain and France are
very much disturbed at this state of facts.
Accordingly, on August 30, they asked
an audience of the King and Privy Coun
cil “for the purpose of expressing their
sentiments respecting some occurrences
which they conceive deeply involved the
sovereignty of the King and the inde
pendence of the Islands.” This had been
granted, to take place after the date of
our dispatches. If these representatives
speak highly of American sympathy, and
so forth, it is supposed there will result a
state of feeling which will drive the King
to an immediate application to President
Pierce. Very possibly the question of an
nexing the Islands may be brought before
the next Congress.— N. Y. Tribune, 29th
vlt.
The Sandwich Islands, Oregon
and Utah.
The following interesting items of news
were brought by the Northern Light:
Russian Invasion of the Islands. —We
learn from private advices received in this
city, that a vast emigration of Russians,
said to be 12,000 is in preparation for
the Sandwich Islands, under the immediate
auspices of the Emperor. If our inform
ant is correct, and we have no reason to
doubt its truth, it will be necessary for
the government of the United States to
take immediate possession of'the Islands,
or they will fall into the hands of some
one of the European powers. It is not
probable that the jealousy of France or j
England would permit a Russian invasion
of the Sandwich Islands under pretence of
colonization. They will consequently an
ticipate this movement, and in doing so,
anticipate ourselves. —Mia Californian.
Utah. —Lieut. Beale, in passing over the
table land between the Colorado and Giila,
discovered a number of ruins of human
habitations. Some of them were very
extensive and of stone, and showed that
a numerous and industrious population once
existed where all is now barren. A mul
titude of remains of cookery and domestic
utensils were found. It is supposed that
the ruins are of Aztec origin.
Oregon Immigration A gentleman i
who left Salt Lake, August Ist, estimated |
the number of wagons on the way to Ore- (
gon at not exceeding 2,000 —500 had ,
crossed at Salmon Fails, and almost 1,200 ]
had gone down on the south side of the ,
river. Many large flocks of sheep were t
on their way-.. (
Wheat is coming in rapidly; we learn ,
tuat it is now worth $2 1-2 per bushel.— f
Oreqonian, Sept. 3. ,
The Sandwich Islands—twelve in num
ber—embrace a superficial area of about
six thousand and one hundred square
miles. Four of the islands are rocky and
uninhabited le
Caban Affairs.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, speaking of
Cuban affairs, infers—
1. That advices of a reliable character
have been received at Washington, prob
ably from London, Paris, Madrid and
Cuba, which authorize the belief that
some understanding has been entered into
by the parties named, with the object of
gradually extinguishing the institution of
slavery in the island of Cul a.
2. That Mr. Buchanan, Minister to
London—Mr. Soule, Minister to Madrid,
and Mr. Mason, Minister to Paris, have
been instructed to protest in a most ear
nest manner against any such arrange
ment, as calculated to interfere directly
or indirecily with the interests and insti
tions of the United States.
3. That the matter will be alluded to
in detail, in the Annual Message of Pre
sident Pierce to the Congress which is a
bout to assemble, ami he will transfer to
that body, the duty of pursuing the prop
er course under the circumstances.
4. The President will re-affirtn the
Monroe Doctrine, in all its leading fea
tures, will endeavor to apply that doctrine
in this case, and will recapitulate some of
the facts and arguments that were so lu
minously set forth by Mr. Everett, in his
masterly reply to the proposition con
cerning a Tripartite Treaty.
It will thus he seen, should the infor
mation from Washington he correct, that
the Cuba Question is about to be revived
in anew form, and under circumstances
of a very exciting character.
Exemption of Slaves from Sale
The Tallahassee Floridan says: “The
exemption of a certain number of slaves
from forced sale under execut on, is a
question which has been for some time
discussed and agitated in Alabama, and
is likely to be carried through the Legis
lature of that State at its approaching
session. It is alvocated as a means ot
strengthening the inslitut on, by encoura
ging a class of cit’zejis who are not slave
holders to become personally interested
in that description of property, and there
by to increase the number of slave own
ers. Persons applying for the benefit of
the law, are to he required to pay a bonus
to the State of twenty dollars, for every
slave, not exceeding five, so exempted,
and the sums so received arc to be and
remain a perpetual fund for purposes of
education. The idea is a good one, and
will doubtless interest other Southern
States in its adoption. Besides the gene
ral benefits resulting, it will serve to
stimulate industry and economy, and in
duce those of moderate means to invest
in slaves, as a mode of securing a perma
nent income for their families.”
Warning to Coalitionists.
The ’telegraph mentions extensive
coalition arrangements between demo
crats and Freesoilers in Massachusetts.
We are glad to see that such alliances
are likely to receive no favor from the
administration. The President is deter
mined, as far as his influence can accom
plish it, to maintain the Baltimore plat
form. Upon that basis rests his adminis
tration: and opposition thereto, will he
tolerated on the part of no man holding
office under it. So much we learn from
the following paragraph which we find
in a late number of the Washington Un
ion. It is called forth by movements
going on in Massachusetts—the result of
which the telegraph announced through
our yesterday’s issue.
The Union says:
If any man who holds office under this
administration enters into a coalition
with freesoilers,such as is described in
the foregoing article, he will be instantly,
and by that we mean telegraphically,
treated as an enemy of the administration,
and of the democratic parly, and prompt
ly removed from office. President
Pierce is determined to make his position
understood by all freesoilers and all who
form coalitions for the elevation of free
soiler-*, and unde-istood in a way that can
not fail to carry conviction. Treason to
: the national creed will he visited with
the punishment due to such crime, in all
case- 1 , and the condition of things in Mas
sachusetts has already called for action of
an unmistakeable character The- Balti
more platform will he preserved, and
traitors, whatever their antecedents have
been, will find that the President has
but one rule for his guidance. He stands
pledged to remove his own appointees if
they are unfaithful to th” Baltimore
creed, and he is a man and a President
who keeps his pledges. If any Massachu
setts coalition democrat has misconstrued
the position of the President in regard
to the defection in New Yoik, let him
now learn that coalition with freesoilers
is an offence which the President punish
es as promptly and as summarily as fac
tioe*|opposition to the administration in
any other shape. The democratic party
is to be cleansed thoroughly of all suspi
cion of freesoilistn or abolitionism, and
the remedy will be promptly applied by
the President.
Expedition to Sonora. — A private
letter from San Francisco, received in
New York, states that an expedition for
taking forcitde possession of Sonora, in
Mexico, is already organized in that city,
land two hundred men are already recruit
’ ed for the expedition, who were expect
‘ed to proceed by sea in a fortnight. The
leaders are said to be all Southern men,
who desire to make Sonora slave territo
ry, under the name of the Republic of
Sonora. The constitution has already
been drafted and bonds issued in the
name of the Republic, on which considei
able money has been raised.
The late California papers are not si
lent on this subject, but those which are
generally regarded as the best informed
do not give credit to the story.
The directors of the New York Crys
tal Palace have resolved to keep the ex
hibition open through the winter, instead
of closing it ir December, as they had
previously contemplated.. It is said that
from the first of September to the present
day, the receipts have been highly satis
factory, averaging four thousand dollars
of more a day, while the current expen
ses are but S6OO. The receipts of the
fortnight ending on the 22. id ult., were
fity-eight thousand dollars.
Executive Appointment;.
Ohvili.e A. Bull has been appointed
Judge of the Coweta Circuit, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
m JEFFERSONIAN
GRIFFIN, NOVEMBER 10, 1853
SELLING OU Tr
We refer our readers to our advertise
ment, and particularly request onr breth
ren of the press to give us a lift in getting
off by giving the advertisement a few in
sertion
Upson Superior Court.
We are authorized to state that Upson
Superior Court has been, by Judge Stark,
adjourned over until the Second Monday in
January next. Tois is chiefly on account
of the continued indisposition of Colonel
Gibson, we understand.
Judge Jackson.— The Vienna corres
pondent of the New York ‘Tribune., wri
ting under date of October Ist, says:— ■
“Judge Jackson, the newly appointed
Minister to Austria, has arrived at Vien
na, with the Secretary of Legation, Lieu
tenant Dudley Davenport, of Georgia.—
Judge Jackson presented his credentials
and was received at Court on the 7th Oc
tober.
Episcopal Appointment.
We perceive by the papers that Rev.
Thomas F. Scott, of Columbus, lias been
appointed Bishop of Oregon. We shall
very much regret to lose Mr. Scott from
the State of Georgia at this particular
juncture. Measures have just been enter
ed upon to bring about a more thorough
and efficient system of education, at the
head of which stood Mr. Scott, to whose
ability and perseverance we looked with
an anxious eye to carry it out to a happy
consummation. Who will act in his stead
when he removes?
Third District.
The Federal Union of last week gives
the following solution of the apparent dis
crepancy which appeared in that paper of
the week before, in relation to I lie elec
tion in the Third Congressional District:
The Third District.— ! he Savannah
Republican in a late number says either
we have lied, or Col. Trippc is elected. It
appears to us that a gentleman of a mod
erate portion of charity, who is conscious
of au intention of stating fuels himself,
might have discovered another solution of
the difficulty. He might have imagined
that it was possible.for a mistake to have
been made in our tables. e can as
sure him that such was the fact. The
of Talbot county was put down wrong
in our table of the returns of the Third
District. We did not discover it until af
ter our issue was out. b e cannot now
tell how the mistake happened, but pre
sume we put down the reported vote of
Talbot and did not discover the error un
til too late to correct it. The vote of
Talbot is correctly stated in the Recorder
of the same date, which elects Bailey by
five majority. We took returns of the
vote of Harris county from the amended
returns on file in the Executive office - -
|We presume they were ma le out by the
j proper officers. If the Republican has
| any quarrel with Governor obb, we re
fer him to that gentleman for an explana
tion.
The Savannah Republican, in the same
: article, puts the following queries to the
Federal Union:
Did not the original returns from Har
ris county elect Trippe by 3-1 majority at
least by some majority? Did Gov. Cobb
send these returns back to Harris countv
to be corrected, it having been alleged
that the vote at one or more precincts was
not included in ti e consolidated returns?
If sent back, were they corrected, and in
what way, and by whom? Did not Mr-
Bailey and lii.s friend Mr. McCune, of
Griffin, go to Harris to procure affidavits
in regard to the vote of (he county, and
did not Gov. Cobb dispatch a letter to the
county on the same subject? Further—
was Gov Cobb’s proclamation of Hailey’s
election based upon the returns of the
managers of the election, or upon the affi
davits procured by Messrs. Bailey and
McCune.
As queries like the above are calculated
to lead to doubts and suspicion of foul
play, and the Federal Union has not tho r t
it worth while to answer them, we will en
deavor to furnish the Republican what
light we possess on the subject. It ap
pears that the consolidated return of Ha -
ris couuty, as originally made out, was not
full, two of the precincts having been o
mitted, one giving Mr. Trippe a majority
of two votes and the other giving Mr.
Bailey a majority of thirty-one votes. —
Gov. Cobb discovered these omissions in
the consolidated returns, and, as was his
duty, sent it back to the managers of
Harris couuty for correction, which was
done by them. The original or first return
would of eourso have elected Mr. Trippe,
but the amended and correct return gave
Mr. Bailey twenty-nine more votes, and
elected him by five majority.
After waiting in donht a ul suspense for
nearly two weeks, Col. Bxiley and his
friend McCune did go over into Harris
county, for the purpose of making a per
sonal investigation into the matter. Was
there any thing improper in such a step,
by one so deeply interested in the result
as was Col. Bailey? We cannot see the
.slightest. Indeed such a step was dle to
his friends as well as himself, for all felt a
deep interest in his election and ail were
anxious to hear the result From our per- ,
soual knowledge we know that Col. Bai
ley went over to Han is by the advice and
urgency of his friends rather than of his own
accord. If he p oeure J any certificates,
of which we have no knowledge, we pre
sume the}’ were the simple statements of
the facts procured from the managers of ,
the election. What Gov. Cobb’s procla- I
mation was based upon, of course we have *
no knowledge, but presume upon the a- j
mended return. |
We cannot admit to the Republican (
that the above arc “reasonable queries,” 11
as he claims, although we have attempted
to answer them. They all appear to be
put for the purpose of throwing doubt and
suspicion Upon the course which Gov ..Cobb
pursued in the premises, although lie took
the only course he could pursue, next to
throwing out the return of Harris county
altogether.
luiaintaet-’f True.
The Herald of a recent date
contains the following paragraph from their
Washington correspondent :
Washington, Oct. 26, 1853.
The NationakDetrtoeratic Committee are
to call a National Convention of the De
mocratic party aitßaUimore ’ abput the
time of the meeting of < ’engross. The ob
ject is to take into consideration “the State
of the Union,” as illustrated in the conduct
of the present administration. They will
determine the question whether the Balti
more platform has been properly under
stood by the Cabinet, and whether their
policy meets the approbation of the peo
ple. The Southern States will be fully
represented, as well as the anti-freesoil
party of the. North and West. R.
We have but litllo doubt that the above
| has been thrown out as a feeler by the
Bronson and O’Conor clique of New York
politicians, to sec what can be made of it.
For onr part, we hope they may succeed
to their most sanguine expectations, and
that as they Pontli may be fully
represented. If it is, the gentlemen will
get some hard licks, and the administration,
we have no doubt, be fully sustained in the
premises. We shall not, go into any argu
ment on the question be’ ween Judge Bron
smi and the administration, but simply ask
this question: You are the proprietor or
steward of a large plantation—you insti
tute your particular system of husbandry,
make vonr overseer acquainted with it; and
direct him to pi*M#e it—but instead of dol
ing so, you find him taking a directly con
trary course, and- -claiming to act as he
thinks proper. Would you not instantly
discharge such an overseer? Certainly.—
And that was just the case*with Judge
Bronson and Mr. l?ie:ce. If a subordinate
officer can mar and set at naught the poli
cy of the President, it is poorly worth his
while to institute or attempt to pursue any
fixed or settled policy at all, any more
than it would be for a planter to attempt
to pursue any particular system of cultiva
tion when his overseer was determined to
have tilings done differently.
Railromtfi'ma Gi iJlia to Decatur.
From the Decatur (Ala.) Journal of
the 29th nit. we copy the following article
in relation to the survey of the above road:
Mr. Foote, the engineer for the Decatur
and Griffin Railroad, has irotieu to this
point with his experimental survey By
the route which he has surveyed, he makes
the distance considerably over two hun
dred miles from Decatur to Griffin. Wc
learn that this route may be considerably
shortened by amjfher survey, which will
mMo-tbc -vvGA* fay twai hundred and fifr
teen miles The*, average grade will be
forty-five feet per mile, except four miles in
coming down Sand Mountain, towards
Gunter’s Landing. From this point the
route lies on the bank of the Tennessee
river. Mr. Foote is now rcconnoiterlng a
more southcrnly route, towards Blount
county, to see if it be practicable.
In addition to the above, we find the
following paragraph, relating to the same
subject, in last week’s Macon Messenger.
We have not had the opportunity of a
j personal interview with Mr. Foote on the
subject:
The preliminary survey of the route of
the proposed Railroad from Griffin to De
catur, upon the Tennessee river in Ala
bama, has been very recently completed.
We understand that the distance between
the two points; by the route surveyed, is
i about two hundred and ten miles, and that
I the country passed over is rough and bro
; ken, but otherwise not unfavorable for the
location of a Railroad. The completion
of a road of such, length, will involve a
very large outlay of capital, but it is so
important to supply this link which will
complete the chain, of Railroad communi
cation between Charleston and Savannah,
and M,einpldj , -,..tkak wc nevertheless confi
dently predict that it will be accomplished.
t For the Georgia Jeffersonian.
Mr. Editor:— There was, in your last
. | issue, a neat, modest and true essay on the
j Griffin Lyceum, by some sensible lady bear
’ | ing the sweet, vocal and musical name of
’ | Ola. I know, from her name and senti
■! merits, site is a pretty and intelligent girl,
j In advocating the accomplishment of
music she quotes from Shakespcar—
“ Tiii; (<*r air!) fh;if iuiii not music in liis foiil
(i is not chtiriiirtl wit it concord <>l’ sweet stir ids.
Is iii for I ’ .MS ai, strut i ifin ■< and spoils.”
These lines are often quoted, and because
expressed by that bard are taken at once
to be true. Now I have always thought
there is no sentiment more fallacious; and
that the very reverse is the fact. I will
give yoa a few instances to prove it.
Were not the walls of Jericho thrown
down, after being encompassed, by the mu
sic of ram’s horns? Was there ever such
havoc done at any time, in any country, as
was done in Franco under the exciting in
fluence of the ‘Marseille’s Hymn,’ as sung
by her armies and people in her terrible re
volution? Did not‘Yankee Doodle’ accom
plish the American revolution against Eng
land? Did not ‘Old Dan Tucker’ elect Mr.
Polk, and the song of‘that same old ’Coon
scttinLmiii-jmiL’ tdect Gen. Harrison and
kill Mr. Cl.ay? llave not all cities, towns
and fortifications been beleagured and ear
ned by storm, and hostile armies marched
under the influence of music, to death aud
( slaughter? In the Hymeneal empire, when
young gallants go out to serenade, is it not
for treason, stratagems ami spoils against
Cupid’s castle, especially if the keeper of
the Donjon can chime in with the music of
the P argent or rhino? And all this done
t >o at the witching hoar of midnight, when
all treasons and stratagems arc schemed?
Let me ask, Miss Ola, for such purposes
what more potent weapons are there, than (
the piano, harp and the guitar in the
hands of a beautiful lady united with her
tact in love’s diplomacy? Let her sit down
to either of those instruments with a gay
Lothario at her side, and how soon, by the
concord of sweet sounds, she carries on
treason and stratagems against, and reaps ..
the spoils of, his yielding heart?. “Why
she is irresistible, especially if she have a
pl< nty nf shot in the locker. No, nd. It
is musical people, Who are fit for treason,
stratagems and spoils. Those without such
sensibility or aesthetics, know nothing, nor
ever think or dream of treason, stratgeras
and spoils. The very idea is a fallacy,
Miss Ola. But all Os us, who afe alive to
the tones of the music chord, or the notes
of Polyhymnia, are ready for any and every
enterprise under the lead of Mars, “V enus
and Cupid.
“We lnuh :it holt*, brake, briar and bar
Like ‘he brave young lord Lochinbar ”
F. D. C.
FROM THE STATE CAPITOL.
Milledgeville, Nov. 7.
I arrived at this place yesterday morn
ing, and found a large concourse assem
bled, some seeking office, some to see and
be seen, and a very full attendance of the
members of the Legislature
The members assembled in tlie'r respect
ive halls this morning, at 10 o’clock, and at
once proceeded to business.
The Senate was organized by calling
Joseph Dunagan, Esq., to the Chair, and
Luther J. Glenn, Esq., acting as Secre
tary.
The certificates of election were first
read and the members qualified.
The Senate then went into an election
for President, and Hon. John D. Stell
was elected on the first ballot; Stell 51,
Miller 45. No other candidates were put
in nomination.
Moore, of Sumter, was elected, on the
4th balloting, Secretary of the Senate.
Rogers was elected Messenger.
In the House, Dr. Phillips was called to
the Chair, for the purpose of organizing, j
and Mr. Lanier acted as Secretary.
After reading credentials and qualifying
the members,
The House proceeded to the election of
Speaker, which resulted, on the second
ballot, in the election of lion. Mr Ward,
of Chatham.
Mr. Wofford, of Cass, was elected Se
cretary on the first ballot.
Osi.in, Messenger.
The other officers of either House have
not yet been elected.
The House met again at 3 o’clock, P.
M., and I presume will complete their
elections, so far as to fully organize.
I believe the Senate also convenes again
this evening.
Candidates for the different offices with
in the gift of the Legislature and the Go
vernor are quite plenty. Wellborn, Ben
ning, Bailey, Stark, and the present in
cumbents for the Supreme Bench; Mc-
Donald, Iverson, Cobb, Charlton, Daw
son, and others, for U. S. Senator; and
for Solicitors-General their name is legion.
In haste, 2 o’clock,
Yours respectfully, O K.
Milledgeville, Nov. 8, 1 o’clock
Yesterday afternoon the two houses
completed then* organization by electing
Warnsly Doorkeeper of the Senate, and
Powell Doorkeeper of the House. The
Senate also drew their seats yesterday
morning.
‘1 his morning but little was done in ei
ther house. The Senate passed a few un
important resolutions, one to bring on the
election of State House officers on Friday
next.
Tiie House .was engaged all the morn
ing drawing their seats.
The Governor’s general message was
sent in at 12 o’clock, and both houses
are now engaged in hearing it read by
their Secretaries. The message is long,
and touches on a number of important
topics, upon which I have no time to com
ment to-day.
Gov. Johnson will be inaugurated to
morrow.
It is right difficult to make even a guess
as to who will be either Judges of the
Supreme Court or United States Senator.
Each gentleman has his Warm supporters,
and they are all doing their best for their
respective favorites. Some of the mem
bers are warmly in favor of a caucus no
mination, and others as strenuously op
pose it.
I suppose tliis week will be mainly given
to the introduction of business and elec
tioneering, and next Week the House will
probably go into active business.
I forgot to mention in my last, that
both Col. Stell and Mr. Ward, on taking
their seats as the presiding officers of ei
ther house, made short, but handsome ad
dresses, embodying their views, in few
words, on subjects of interest to the com
monwealth. Yours Respectfully.
0 K.
Grantl Division of Georgia.
The Grand Division of the Sons of Tem
perance, of this State, held its Eighth An
nual Session in this city, commencing on
Wednesday last, and closing on Thursday
night at 11 1-2 o’clock The attendance
of Delegates from Subordinate Divisions,
was very respectable in point of numbers,
and the proceedings of the Session so far
they have transpired con tain much mat
ter of interest to the friends of the Tcmpe
ranee reform.
The Grand Division adjourned without
taking any action which identifies it with
the movement now on foot, to suppress
th* Liquor Traffic by Legislative enact
ments, simply passing resolutions declaring
that the anihilation of this traffic, was one
of the objects of its organization and re
commending the members of the Order to
attend the Mass Meeting of the friends of
Temperance, to be held at Milledgcyillo, on
the 231 inst. This was a proper and dis
creet action in tlm premises. Anew and
interesting addition to the ceremonial of
Subordinate Divisions, was adopted by
the Grand Division, and will be soon com
municated to them. This is, we suppose,
equivalent to the creation of Degrees in
the Divisions of the Sons of Temperance
The Grand Division, besides its annual
session in this city in October next, deter
mined to meet during the ensuing year at f
Columbus, on the 4th Wednesday in Jau-
at Sandersville on the 4th Wednes
day in April; and at Dalton on the 4th
Wednesday in July. The following rep
resentatives were appointed to attend the
annual meeting of the National Division
of North America:
W. S. Williford, Jos. Felt, G. L. Me-
Clesky, E 11. Myers, E. L. Newton, G.
S. Obear, Wm. Dibble, Jos. Grisham, B
Brantly and G. W. Adams.
And the following Grand Officers, elect
ed for the ensuing year, and installed:
E. L. Newton, of G. W. P.
G. W. Adams, of No. 2, G. W. A.
W. S. Williford, of No. 1, G. Scribe.
E. C. Grannis, of No. 1, G Treasurer.
Joseph Grisham, ofNo. 102, G. Chapt.
B. S. Carswell, of No. 171, G. Cond..
. W, F. Lee, of No. 17, G. Sent.
The Money Panic.—- ThePanic in the
New York money market seems to have
passed away. Confidence has revived
and stocks are gradually Using. The
Banks are still disposed to be extremely
cautious, but money can easily be had on
good paper, and at fair terms in the street.
In Baltimore the pressure still continues,
and the Banks are gradually restricting
th‘ir discounts, thus seriously cramping
all persons who have to depend upon the
Banks for business facilities. The Phila
delphia North American says in that city,
“Money continues in active demand at
extreme rates. We quote first class four
months’ paper at from 15 to 18 per cent.
For second class there is scarcely any
quotable rate, the rate of per centage
paid depending entirely upon the necessi
ties of borrowers.
From the Plains. —The party of citi
zens who went to the Plains with Major
Fitzpatrick, who was sent to distribute
annuities to the Indians, have just re
turned; they report, that M<ij F had
made treaties with the Camanohes and
Kiowas, the United States agreeing to
pay the two tribes SIO,OOO annually for
a limited period; the tribes make, in re
turn for this, a giant of light of way over
their land, for a rail or other road; free
and safe passage to emigrants, and the
privilege of establishing Forts, Missions,
&c.; also they agree to surrender all A
merican and Mexican prisoners, and to
keep the peace towards the American
settlers, travellers aod emigrants. The
treaty with the Sioux, Chiennes, Arapa
hoes, and Redatrois, made at Fort Lara
mie, was also amended by Maj. F. with
the consent of the tribes interested. The
‘lndians with whom he negotiated were
most friendly disposed, though the party
was somewhat annoyed bv the Pawnee*,
while journeying through their country.
The health at Forts Laramie atd Kear
ney was good.
Treasurer’s Statement.
Washington, Oct. 30, 1853.
The Treasurer’s statement exhibits the
net amount of money at all the Sub- Tree-j
suries and Mints subject to draft, to be
about $26,000,000 In New York,
$7,700,000; at Boston, upward of $3,-
000,000, at Philadelphia, neatly $353, •
000; at Philadelphia Mint, upwards ol
$7,000,000; at New Orleans, upwards of
$3,200,000; at St. Louis, upwards of
$1,300,000; at San Francisco, upward*,
of $1,400,000.
The following is said to be an accurate
statement of the receipts and expendi
tures of the United States for the fiscal
quarter ending the 30tli September, ex
clusive of Treasury notes funded and
trust fund.-:
Receipts from customs, $19,718,822;
sales of land, $1,489,562; miscellaneous
sources, $130,392 —total $24,328,766.
‘The receipts, for the same quarter last
year, were $16,341,329, of which $15,-
723,934 were from customs.
Expenditures—Civil, miscellaneous in
tercourse and public debt, $8,159,179;
Interior Department, pensions and Indians,
$46,213; V\ar Department, $3,933,862;
Navy Department, $3,140,129 total, —
$15,081,383.
Board of Cotton Brokers.
Our readers have already been in-1
formed, that efforts were making in New j
York to establish a Board of Cotton Bro
kers. We are gratified to learn from the
Journal of Commerce that the B via id has
been formed, and that all the principal
operators in the city have signed the arti
cles of agreement That journal says
“This Association will issue daily bul
letins of the sales, and slate of the mar
ket, and on Monday will give authorized
quotations of the current pi ices. ‘They
will forma Board of Arbitration to which
all disputes, and questions in regard to
any transact ions in cotton may be referred
for settlement. This will be found of
great utility and convenience to those re
siding out of the city, who may have dif
ficulties to he settled here to which they
cannot give their personal attention. The
Board will keep standard samples of cot
ton, to which all sales of given descrip
tions must confi Mi. ‘The members are
liable to a fine for omitting to render to
the secritary notice of the sales on (he
day they are made; and such an omission,
if extending to more than one day, will
lead to expulsion from the Board. Under
this system the sa’es will he classifie I
and reported with an accuracy never be
fore readied in this market; w’hiie the
trade will acquire increased dignity and
relative importance.”
Tlie Gold Alines in Peru.
We have been fjvored by a gentleman
in this city, says the Panama Mail of the
16th, with the following extract from a
letter dated Lima, Sunday, Sept. 25,
1553.
“I know of no political news in regard
to the Bolivian troubles —they are never
spoken of here.
‘ The accounts from the land near the
Amazon in regard to mineral wealth are
truly great. Q licksiiver, copper, silver,
and goid are in the greatest abundance.
If a tenth part of what is stated is true,
then it will he enough to draw a great
eiiiigattion to this country.”
Tiie North West Passage. —ls an item
of foreign news, says the Baltimore Amer
ican, is to be credited, the mysterious pro
blem of the North West Passage has been
solved. Commander M’Clure, of the En
glish expedition, sent in search of Sir
John Franklin, reports having sailed round
the American Continent through the Arc
tic ocean- The details of the exploit will
be eagerly looked for.
Energy and Victory. The longe r
l live, the more I am certain that the
great difference between the feeble ami
the powerful, ihe great and the insignifi
cant, is energy invincible deteimination
A purpose once fixed, and then—death nr
victory, That quality will do anything
that can be done in this world, and no
talents, no circumstances, no opportunities,
will make a two-legged creature a man
without it —Buxton
Hogs and Corn. — During our week’s
stay at Kingston, we saw and conversed
with persons from nearly ever section of
Roane county, and all concur in repre
senting the corn crop of this year, as
sotneibing better than usual. Hogs are
superabundant. Holders are asking $3
per hundred. We heard of scarcely any
9ales. Purchasers seem indisposed to give ,
1 4he price asked.— Knoxcil'e Statccmaru.. (
Killed by a Bear.—Mr. George .
Bryant was killed by a domestic ued e-r
at Atlddtk a few days ago;
The thfee American sailors arrested at
Havana do tile charge of being concerned
In the slave trade, it is stated, have been
declared guilty.
Cotton Crop.—The Standard learns
from farmers in the upper counties, “that
the late frost has cut off the cotton crop
at le t one-south.”
Maryland Election.— Ligon (Dem.)
lias been elected Governor by 4,000 ma
jority. The wliigs have a majority in
each branch of the Legislature.
Mr. P. L. May has disposed of his in
terest in the Oglethorpe Democrat to a joint
stock company to be conducted by Messrs.
Ross & Yarborough formerly of the
Corner Stone.
The appointment of Robert McLane of
Baltimore, as Minister to China, is consid
ered probable; he is now travelling i:i Eu
rope.
The Cleaveland (Ohio) Forest City is
of opinion that slavery is to be introduced
into Nebraska Territory—indeed it pro
nounces that event certain.
1 The Synod of Georgia says the Athers
Banner of Thursday last, held its first
meeting in this place last evening. No
business of importance transacted. The
attendance good.
isstated that by the treaty lately
concluded bv Gov. Gormon, of Minn so
ta with the Winnebago Indians, the gov
ernment obtained nearelv one m i!ion
acres of prairie and timber land, having
a fronton the Mississippi of about sixty
miles
Distressing Accident. — \s Mr Math
ews and his wife were ri ling in a buggy,
25th inst., in Sum’er county, the horse
ran offand threw Mr. Mathews with such
violence, that he died in a few minutes.
The lady was so seriously injured, that it
is .doubtful whether she will survive.
Oglelftorpe Democrat
California “Asking for More.”—A
strong cry has come over from some parts
of California to have anew census t.ikan
with a view of giving to that State the
increased representation in Congress
which, it is claimed, that their numbers
warrant.
articles in tho New York
Herald (say the Boston post,) assailing
the administration, and arguing the forma
tion of anew cabinet for the pur; Ore of
aiding VV. H. Seward’s election t<> the
Presidency, are said to emenate from the
pen of Seward himself.
Governor of Vermont. —The Hon. Jn
S. Robinson has been elected Governor
of Vermont, by legislative joint ballot,
having 124 votes out of 239. Mr. Robin
son is said to be a democrat of the right
stamp —standing square upon the Balti
more plat orm, anil heartily sustaining the
natonal administration.
Extent of Lodnon. —The capital of the
British Kingdom, it is said extends aver
an area of seventy-eight thousand and
twenty-nine acres, or one hundred
and twenty-two square miles, and
the number of its inhabitants, rapidly in
creasing, was two millions three hundred
and sixty-two thousand two hundred and
1 thirty-six, on the day of ihe lasi census.
\ Death of Jerry. —lt will he recollected
that the Syracuse rescuers of Jerry, ihe
fugitive slave, took him into Kingston,
Canada. Accounts fiom there state that
he died on the 10th inst Several of the
abolitionists who rescued him from ihe
hands of the United Stales authorities
have yet to undergo a trial for the of
fence.
The New Orleans True Delta says that
the unappropriated moneys “m the treas
uty of the Howard Association, at this
time, are represented as amounting to the
| large sum of one hundred thousand d>>'-
|lars.” The True Delta advises that this
surplus be spent in enlarging the Comity
Hospital.
Singular Mortality —A singular in
stance of mortality in one family has oc
cured in Alleghany city, Pennsylvania.
A few weeks ago a sister die!; on Sun
day last another sister; a sweet young
girl of eighteen summers, and the father,
were followed to ihe grave by a laige
number of friend-; on Monday a brother
died, and another sister is now lying at
the point of death.
Executive Appointments. -The Southern
Recorder , says: “Judge Cone having re
signed, Robt. V. llardeinan, Judge elect
of the Ocmulgee Circuit, has been ap
pointed by the Govern >r to (ill the vacan
cy for the residue of the term. Judge
Hardeman held his first court lasi we!c
in Jones,and appeared perfectly at home
in his new position, giving general
faction.
“Judge Baxter, of the Northern
cuit having also resigned, Wilium Gib
son, Esq., of Warren, has bee#appointed
by the Governor to fill the vacancy.”
A Fast Printing Press. —The New
Y oik 1 ribune states that a Frenchman
named Victor Beaumont, residing in that
city, has invented a printing press com
bining the principles of the Napier and
Hoe presses, which will produce sixty
thousand impressions per hour, or print
thir*y thousand sheets on both sides It
has been purchased by the Messrs. Hoe,
a strong intimation that the invention is a
valuable one.
fiiite Foreign News.
The Africa,steamship, at New York
with Liverpool dales of the 22 *<l ult ,
brings nothing definite of the Eastern
difficulties. Three da\ s after the date
of her sailing, hostilities were to com
mence if the Russian troops were not
I withdrawn from the principalities. The
j news, therefore, by mxt steamer will lie
looked tor with interest.
The Liverpool cotton market had ex
perienced an advauce of 1 S to l-4c.
Debility aul confirmed Asthma — Extra
I ordinary cure by llollnicaß’s Pills. — Ex-
I tract of a letter from J. Thompson, E.sq ,
proprietor of the “Armagh Guardian,”
April 17, 1846: —“To Prof. Hpllway
Sir, —A seijent living in this city, late
ly relumed from the East Indies, caught
a severe cold hy the change from n trop
ical to a inoist climate; ha bpoamo very
ill, weak, and asthmatical. lam happv
to Bay that he is no*, only quite, euied of
the asthma, but is also now so strong
nnd vigorous that he can run round t* ! o
mall with any person in the city. 1 Ins
cure has been effected entirely hy using
your medicines. Signed, “J ,
