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About The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1854)
Latest News. Baltiiobe, Jan. 5. The Paiis correspondent of the London Morning Chronicle, writes that France and England had fully agrped up on efficient measures (a coerce Russia, and that instructions had hen given to •he Admirals of both powers to stop all Russian slops cruising in the Black S>a, and to force them to return to Sebasto pol, and not to allow them to leave again until the conclusion of a peace. A statement that the French Envov at Oonstantmople had objected to the En lih Admiral’s desire to intercept the Russian fleet on its return frotr. Sinope, causes much discussion in Paris. ft was rumored that an engagement had talren place on the Danube, but nothing authentic had been received. A report that the sincerity of the Em peror of France, as to forming an alliance with England relative to the Tutkish ques tion, was distrusted in Great Britain, had caused great indignation in Paris, and the French Cabinet was, at the last advices, c**nside*-n the expediency ot making ■r. explicit denial of the troth of the ru mor, and it is said that Louis Napoleon expresses himse’f in favor of such action. The Vienna papers state that the allied fl-ets entered the Black Sna on a peace ful errand, o prevent further collision be tween the Russian and Turkis i naval forces. Th® rupture between Persia and En gland happene I anterior to the declara tion of war by Persia against Turkey, and was occasioned by an insult having been offered t > the British ambassador at Te heran. The British Consul at Jassv, the capi tal of Moldavia, had retired from the Prin cipalities. The Russian Government hail ordered that all foreign merchant ships going to O toman ports, in the Black Sea should be seized, notwithstanding they might be sail ing under a neutral fl ig, if they had muni tions of war on board. An insurrection had broken Out in the Crimea in favor of Tuikey, and the pro vinces ot Kherson Taurida, and Bessara bia, had been placed under martial law by the Russians. The Turkish army had crossed the Georgian fiontifr and marched upon 1 if l:s. It was welcomed everywhete by the Georgians. The Turkish f >rces occupied Eiivan, which had been abandoned by the Rus sians on their approach. It is reported that the intelligence re lative to the Turkish defeat at Akalz k is doubted, altho’it is known that a battle h*d been fought there on the 29‘>h Nov., ai'd that great slaughter had taken place. It is stated, positively, that Kossuth left for C’n**antinople on the 23d ult. The insurgents in China keep firm pos session of Shanghai. The rebel forces, however, bad been defeated by the Impe r.n!ist at Amoy. j Che A’tempi to Assassinate Louis Na p-Iron.—A citizen of Utica, now in Paris, writ's *o a friend in the former cit)’,under dnte of the 27. h Nov. as follows, in rela tion to the alleged attempt to assassinate Louis Napoleon: ‘’Napotf'in was wounded slightly last week, at Fontainbleau. Ido not know whether you will see an account of it in ottr papers, as it has not been published here. He was fired at three times, one ball passing within a few inches of his head* another grazed his side. Ibe per petrator was instantly killed, and the affair is hushed up. — Albany Argus, Dec. Diplomacy is Spain.— The intelligence by the steamer Canada, recently arrived at New York from Liverpool, speaks of “two duels, which occurred between Messrs Soule and Turgot, the American and French Ministers, and young Soule Mid the Duke of Alva, but in which no body wtjs hurt, is the principal news from t^pnin New York, Jan. s.—At the sailing of the Canada it was understood that Persia has been induced to declare war against Turkey, by the promise of the re mission of the debt due by Persia to Russia, and the withdrawal of the claim of Russia to the territory hitherto in dispute between those two powers. The combined fleets of France, England and Turkey entered the Black sea on the 10th, three ships remaining at Constantino ple as naval guards. I his measure h: s caused great anxiety to the rest of Europe, as the Emperor of Russia has repeatedly declared that he would regard such a movement on the part of England and France a declaration of war. It was ex pected that the Russian ministers at Paris and London would immediately, with draw. The Russians had attacked Kal fat on the 4th, and were repulsed with- great loss on both sides. The reported loss of the San Francisco is not believed in. New York. Anotftcr Battle Since our last publication we have re ceived accounts of another battle between the Russians and Turks, at Akalsik, on the borders of Turkish Armenia. The Turks, it is said, left 4,0 30 on the field slain. Less of R ussiane not stated. This account comes by way of Vienna, and must be received with large allowance. We hear nothing further of the battle of Si nope, aod the military operations of the Danube arc at a standstill, both the belli gererds having entrenched themselves for the sea'on in winter quarters. Important From Mexico, if true. — The N. Y. Herald has information that (ien-Gadsien had negotiated a treaty with Mexico which had'been forwarded to Wash ington, by which, for $59,000,000', Mex ico cedes Lower California, Sonora, and a sufficient territory for a practicable rail road route running from Albuquerque tlwough the Mesilla valley, as well as a large tract of country, on condition that the United States check the depredations of the Indians. Other and later accounts says this intelligence does not happen to be true. Terrible Tragedt. —We learn that * double murder was perpetrated in Sumter County, the latter pari of last week. We have not been able to get the panicu late further than as follow*: Two men by the natns of Williams and Johnson, met hear Americas, and getiinjc into a tight, kilieJ each other. Their bodies were found hor.id*y manglod. it is known that there had been an old grudge between them for some time. —Fed (J ----u.cn. THEJSFFERSONiAM GRIFFIN. JANUARY 12, 1854 Music. For the last two Weeks it has been our intention to call the notice of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. llenslep, teacher of music, but it was both times accidentally neglected. Mr llenslf.r was attached to the Female College in Griffin, for the last two yeafs past, and resigned at the close of the last term. lie is a skillful and scientific musician, and cannot fail to give satisfaction to those who may desire to avail themselves of his services. Female Colleges of GrifSn. We arc told these institutions opened as fine as Blue Point Oysters on Monday last, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. It is said there are near ly two hundred students already, and a hundred more expected to arrive. We know nothing of the affairs of the Male Institutions. We have two of them in the place, but they studiously keep their affairs to themselves, unless as some portion may occasionally leak out through the medium of a communication which is begged into the papers, t tat wo have no heart to pry into their secrets.— It would be wrong, and still more so to di vulge them . The Sail of the South and the Southern Cultivator. The first numbers of the 4th volume of the one, and the 12th volume of the oth er, are now on our table. The character of both these works, devoted to agricul ture, husbandry, horticulture, floriculture, indeed to every branch connected with the cultivation of the soil, are so high, that we would not discriminate if wc could, and could not if we would. Both are so ex. cellent, and treat upon agriculture sogene rally, and contain so many interesting and important articles in reference to cultiva tion at the. , South, that no planter should content himself without the regular read ing of at least one of them, and if within his ability both. They are published monthly, at $1 dollar per annum each, al ways in advance, as every paper should be. The first named is published at Columbus, by Lomax & Ellis, the other at Augusta, by Wm. S. Jones. If a planter will dili gently read these works, his Bible and the Jeffersonian, a.il fiithfully follow their’ precepts, his success in life will be sure, and his happiness hereafter cerUin, all which can be purchased for about five dollars a year, postage included. The Weather. There has been another cold Friday at the North, which was the 30th December last. At Chicago the thermometer fell to 5 degrees below zero, 37 below freezing point; at Clevelaud it was about the same; at Boston it reached zero; at Detroit about the same. A large quantity of snow i fell just before and after the severe weath er, and the rivers are frozen over. With short intervals of mild temperature, the weather has been quite severe this winter, both North and South, East and West.— The recent snow storm extended over a very wide extent of country. From Port land, Maine, to Richmond Ya. at Albany, Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit, we al ready know it prevailed, and the mails will probably inform us of its still further extension. At Boston the storm was very severe. Both business and travel were almost entirely suspended. In many places the streets were filled with snow from four to six feet deep. The Snow Storm at the East. -The Boston Mail of Friday the 30th ult. says: The great snow storm of yesterday has not had a parallel since the 28th of Dec., 1843 eight years ago. Our streets are filled with snow in many places from four to six feet deep. The railroads running in all directions, are completely blocked by snow, and travel over them, is nearly suspended, ihe snow on the Brighton road, near Longwood, in many places, is iseven feet in depth. The tide arose unu sually high iu the harbor yesterday, and overflowed a number of wharves. A number of cellars in different parts of the city, were overflowed by the rising of the tide; and as far as Merchant’s Row the water rose income cellars two inches a bove the floor, but no great damage was done. A large number of families have been turned out of doors by the tide which forced its way into their domicils The water completely submerged the old Colo ny Railroad Bridge at South Boston Providence, Dec. 31.—The storm has been very severe in this vicinity. We have received no mail from Boston or New York for two days. The Boston and Stoning ton roads are blocked up with snow, and the trains arc endeavoring to force their way through. By a dispatch from New port we have accounts of no less than ten brigs and schooners being ashore. Boston, Jan Ist.—The steamer City of New York arrived to day from Philadel phia. She reports the.skip Independence, lienee, for Valparaiso, anchored off Cape Cod, dismantled, and 21 vessels, mostly schooners, ashore back of Cape Cos l, names unknown. A vrftil Disaster at Sen. The Savannah Evening Journal of the 7tli instant, contains the following appall ing telegraphic despatch: 800 Persons Lost. Charleston, Jan. 7, P. M. The steamship San Francisco*, which left New York recently for California, having on board third Regiment U. S army, was seen in latitude 38, deck swept. All on board had been lost, amounting to 800 souls. The Secretary of war has ordered a steamer to be dispatched immediately in search of the wreck. * J Tlie lisiuu.l of € hit. 1 The Washington letter writers still in-1 sist that there is a formidable expedition fitting out to operate against Cuba. It may possibly be so, but we are still faith less. At first it Was reported that the expedition would sail fro m New Orleans, but the papers of that city came out promptly denying any knowledge whatev er of the expedition. Now it is said that the expedition will sail from New Orleans and New York; the latter is such a Ba bel of a place, no one can take it upon himself to speak positively of what is or is not iu progress, an 1 so there the rumor is safe. It is further said that the gov ernment at Washington has received infor mation, which they consider of a reliable character, that a formidable expedition has already been organized, and was to sail from New York and New Orleans, for the purpose of landing iu Cuba, and with a view to the independence of that island, within a few days. Perhaps so—we shall see—but we do not believe it. The New Orleans correspondent of the Charleston Courier says: “Touching this matter of designs on the Island of Cuba, my information leads me to consider the recent stories in circulation to be almost entirely without foundation. There are, ‘without doubt, people hero who are desi rous to raise four thousand men, and who may be trying to do so in this and other places, and who may have induced a great many young men to come here from the West with false expectations. Bat lam satisfied that there is no organization and no definite plans decided upon with reg ir 1 to an invasion. lam informs l that the leading Sllib.isters are am mg the most active in circulating these false reports and their object is state Ito be to drive the Captain General into such a severe course of policy and measures as to ripen of dislike long since prevailing a mong-the more respectable classes of the Cubanos.” Bit what shoall be done with these gentlemen filibusters, if such an expedi tion be really on foot? We think gov- j ernment should take nil proper steps to prevent its sailing, but if they faded, imitate the example of Mr Filial ere, aul leave the expedition to its fate—at once avow to Spain, and all other powers of Europe, that the men composing the ex pedition have disfranchised themselves of United States citizenship, have thrown off all claim to aid or protection, and that | government looks upon them as lawless pirates and buccaneers. This should be openly proclaimed by the President’s pro clamation, that every one might be ap prized of it. It is said, “Mr. Marcy, by direction of the President, addressed a letter of in struction to Mr. Buchanan some months ago, probably before Mr. Buchanan left here, upon the subject of British interfer ence in the affairs of Cuba, on the joint proposition of England and France to the United States to guarantee the continu ance of that island in the possession of Spain “England has threatened that she will adopt the most active measures to protect Cuba, and to destroy any expedition which may sail from the United States, with a view of effecting a landing on its shores. The American government contends that England has nothing to do with such an expedition, but that it will be wholly and entirely a question for the consideration and action of the United States ou the one hand, and Spam on the other. If the ex petition of which our government has just received intelligence, should succeed in getting away, and England puts in execu tion her promised threats, then we may expect war between the two govern merits.” All this may be as stated, and if so, we believe the President to be correct in his position, and that he will be backed by the people of the United States, as far as any expedition is set afoot under the aus pices of the government. Bit surely nei ther Mr. Marey nor the British minister had reference to pirates and outlaws. Mr. Marey was not so Quixot e as to stand forth the champion of all earth’s vagabonds, black, white and’ mixed, who may choose to cone to the Unite ! States and join an expedition against Cuba! Is “Young America,” in her chivalry, going to hold herself the champion of the banditti of all creation, and is every ambi tions, mischievous or avaricious mortal, if he is only impudent and unprincipled o nough, to find a ready protection under the stars and stripes of this last hope of freedom? Wo trust not; but on the eon trary, that the administration will show, by a stringent application of all the means in its power, that this nation is the resi dence of honest and rational liberty and the mortal foe of unbridled licentious ness. A Jlisonic Faitlier. In the account of the celebration by the Masonic Fraternity of last St. John’s Day, at West Point, we see it stated that there were present the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State of Alaba ma, David Clopton, Esq. and the Deputy Grand Master of the Gran I L >dge of the State of Georgia, Julga A. A Gaulding; and that the latter /hade an address on the occasion, “distinguished for its force, clearness and. ability ” The feather con sists in this: That David Clopton took his degrees in Meridian Sun Lodge, work ing in Griffin, and was a member of the Lodge as long as he remained here; and Judge Gaulding was one of the origiual nine masons that formed Meridian Sun Lodge, was the first M ister, and still con tinues his membership in it. Fri* .Gee-Hug. ! We have given, in a foregoing article, : our opinion & r ’ to how the Cuban bucca neers should be treated by the United States government. Below we .make an extract from the New York correspon dent of the Georgia by which it will appear that this Cubaphobia is likely to give way to another disease still more-dangerous, if possible, nothing less than R issiaphobin. It is true, little do these adventurers care who suffers, so that they make something. Privateering, and j all occasional little bit of piracy on the I high seas, hold out more promising induce ments to these patriots, than the uncer tain and hazardous attack upon (Juba.— But should government make any differ ence in these respectable callings? We think not. In either case they are ope rating against a nation with whom the United States are at peace, and in our view, they are-Jto ajPintonis and purposes pirates and OdclriWs/ and forfeit all claim to American citizenship; and if they get into difficulties iu their adventures, should not receive the least protection or regard from our government Iu either cage they are unjustifiably hazarding a war with the European powers, which mav eort tins nation hundreds of thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars. l\ie prospect is now quite fair for a gene ral war in Europe, and the United States arc likely to be the only commercial pow er in Europe or America who can pre serve her neutrality in the vide-, and enjoy the advantages of the trade of both belli gerents. This it will be very difficult to do with the utmost caution. She could not preserve her neutrality between France and England in the wars of Napoleon with the French Berlin and Milau de crees on the one side and the British or ders in Council on the other, she had to choose; to tight one of the belligerents, an l to.'k England, and came near declaring war against ootn. glhoal 1 a general war tike place in Europe, k. is likely to bo so | again—we shall have a sufficient number jof national dinicul.ies to contend with to keep the nation from being involved in •'har —but how in acinous we should ap pear, to be dragged into it by a few ad venturers of fortune, men who hare nei ther character, station nor mou-'y to lose, and to whom almost any charge must be U personal a Wantage. AVe trust that Congress will pass some stringent laws in relation to these adventurers before - they adjourn. Iho ioi;owing is the extract from the Telegraph, to which we refer: The Cuban li Hi I Mister excitement has found its counterpart in tne furor which has broken out among the warlike and blood-thirsty portion of our community, respecting the Russo Turkish difficulty; and privateering expeditions are said to have been formed, to .sail from tills port, for the purpose ot tanking a little some thmg, and at tne sain., time, helping the Sultan to silence the growling of the Isoi them Bear. Tne late meetin <ir of foreigners at Eckiiart’s Hotel has been the signal for several-Native.American gather ings of a similar character, having in view the same object. ‘ Sbaje two tiionsa id persons are reported to have already en tered tne list, and girding on their ar mor, determined to win imperishable re nown, m- a glorious death! A oil let them go! lour correspondent, however, will , remain at home. 8 he Whigs asnl Abolitionist*. “When the Hon. David I. Bailey took the abolitionists at their word, and believ ed them when they stated that agitation on the slavery question should not cease, and voted accordingly, and was thus brought to vote with them on one or two occasions, though on opposite ground, the Whigs of this Congressional district sought to make a great matter of it, and paraded the votes far and wide during the last canvas, pi the hope of defeating Mr Bailey’s elec tion. It was then a terrible affair to have aught to do with the abolitionists, even so far as voting your belief that they were abolitionists, would” coat inns to be so, and as far as possible would carry out their principles Put lately we have seen the \\ higs, the abolitionists and a few Demo crats in close fraternity again, acting vo defeat the Democratic candidate for print er of the U. S. Senate, and the Whig pa pers are all rejoicing over it as a most, righteous and praiseworthy act The e norimty of voting with abolitionists has now lost, all its point, and Whigs are and - themselves much honor by thus indi rectly, in connexion with Seward,.. S'unmer and others, st viking m-t tne administration. When Democrats vote, with the abolition ists it is monstrous, though they do it from sentiments of direct opposition to them; but when Whig* coalesce and act in concert with them to thwart the views and measures of a Democratic adminis tration, the act is worthy of all eomuieada. tion. What consistent gentlemen those Whigs are. The proprietor of the Wash ington Sen fond is the happy recipient of this favor, of whom thehyliior of the Rich mond Enquirer ,thg& sgpak./r- pro prietor of the \\ utSlia; ‘ton Sentinel was chosen printer of the Senate by a coalition of Whigs and abolitionists, partly to com. pen,sate him lor past treachery to the Democratic party, but mainly to stimulate him to zealous exertions in the same cause tor the future. The Sentinel, however deficient iu other respects, will not be wanting in fidelity to its confederates.— The confidence of Seward and Sumner was not misplaced, and tueir promising protcg e will manifest no reluctance iu doing their behests ” We sec, since the above was written, that the Hou. Duval... Dailey was entire-] ly correct when he took the abolitionists 1 ,at their word, and only displayed more acumen tlian his colleagues when he did so. The abolitionists arc not only oppo sing the administration because ot’its con stitutional proclivities, but Gerrit Smith, of New York, has already made a flaming and violent speech in Congress, in which he says that “Austrian despotism, com pared with American despotism, which classes men, women and children with cat tle, is o,s the little finger compared with the loins.”*’ Gen. Wool. . The affairs of this old veteran appear to be troubling the Whigs quite seriously In the first place, it is said, his services in the Mexican war have not been duly ap preciated by the Democrats, as if the de mocrats were more bound to take notice ! of them than the Whigs. Why did not! the wiiigs make an effort to extend the j honor and respect due to his services, if tlie democrats would not? They certainly j had the same right and opportunity; and ! not doing so they are quite as culpable as • the democrats, if there beany culpability in the matter. But then again, the ad- i ministration lias appointed him to the im portant command of the Division of the i Pacific, and this is construed into an hon orable banishment, because the adminis tration fears Gen. Wool 1 If he had not; been appointed to this command, the whig cry would be, that Gen Wool was do prived of his right, and a younger officer appointed to a post which properly be longed to him. Rethink, as the whigs appear to be hard run to find anew name to suit them, the Faultfinding pirtij, wou'd be quite apropos, and they should adopt it without delay. We understand, since the above was written, that both houses of Congress have passed resolutions complimenting General Wool for his services in ‘Mexico, and also ordering a handsome sword to be made and presented to him. Cotton. The market in Griffin is steady at from 7 1-2'to 9 cents No change in prices at Savannah. Nf/.v Orleans, Jan. 6.—The entire sales of Cotton on Friday comprised 7,000 bales, making an aggregate for the week of 4.7,090. Ihe stock on hand was 22 ‘ 000 bales. T.ie decrease in the receipts at all the ports up to the latest dates, as compared with, last year, is 553,000 bales. Middling is quoted at from 9 1-2 to 9 3-4 cents. i Charleston, J.,n 7—Sales today; 1009 bales at Bto 10 1-2 cents. Prices are unchanged. New Yoax, Jan. 7.—The sales yester day were 1,250 bales at a decline from 1-S to l-4e. principally confined to the low or qualities. Boundary Link between Gkor.ua and Florida. —The Savannah Republican of the 4th inst, say.*,: “Among the passen gers who arrived here yesterday by the steamship Augusta, was Judge Berrien, who recently went onto Washington to argue the question of boundary between Georgia and Florida. It was only a short time since we stated, that the two States, unable to come to any satisfactory argu ment , had determined in a friendly wav to submit the question of boundary to the decision of the Supreme Court. We iearn from Judge Berrien that the case was not argued, because the State of Florida, the complainant, was not ready to proceed In cases of tins kind, coning within the original jurisdiction of the Su preme Court, being controversies between sovereign States, great indulgence is ex tended It would have been vain, there-’ fore, to hive resisted a continuance, and to have urged a dismissal of the bill Besides, that would not have accomplish ed the wishes of Georgia, which are, to have a decision ot the question, o.i its mer its. Judge Berrien acquiesced therefore, and did not resist the continuance, contenting himself with taking certain interlocutory orders calculated to expedite the cancc. Money sromsx an’o found. —Some eight, or ten days ago, Mr. Wylie, of Apalachi cola, had his carpet bag, con'aining near S2O, )00, stolen from him at our wharf, by a negro man, who assumed the character of a drayman. We are pleased to learn that the greater part of the money has been recovered. The boy is said io belong to William Hargroves, of Alabama. At any rate, he lived too fast, and att-acted attention to himself by his extravagance, was apprehended, confessed the theft, and returned all the money except ssoO,.which he had squandered abo A town. Now here is a clear case of the violation of the laws which prohibit the trading with slaves an 1 the strongest proof of the policy of the law. As long a* temptations are held oat to the black population to com mit theft by responsible and base men, they will steal We hope the violators of the laws in this instance will be arrested and bound over to answer for their eon duet before a jury of their country. We have not been able to procure their names. Cclinnl us Trines. Stsiie aid to Kail roads. There is a bill now before the Legisla ture, to lend the credit of the State to railroad companies on good security, and it is argued that the State cannot possibly lose any thing by the operation. We ask if these were not precisely the argu ments used in getting up the Central Dank, and was not every note taken by that bauk supposed to be amply secured by good security? Yet in many instances principal and securities all went by the board together, and the money was a clear loss to the State So it wili be again.— We are quite willing the citizens of (Geor gia should have railroads wherever they want them, provided they are willing to build them at their own cost; but hands off of the public treasury for any such projects The old and original Campbell Minstrels I Performed here on Tuesday and Wednes day nights last, to the gratification and de light of the atldionces. They have lost 1 nothing of their originality by the lapse of time, and perform bet er than ever. Judge of the Coweta Circuit. We perceive by the returns of the votes in this circuit, published in the last Recor der that Warner received 1723, Dull 1309, Tidwell 1055, and Stephens 751 votes. Obediah Warner, Esq. of Greenville, is v consequently elected Judge of the Supe rior Court of the Coweta Circuit. ■ Ve nil o n t. We announced some time ago that the Democrats had been highly succcessful in this State iu electing several prominent officers, aided by the freesoilers, who heretofore had acted with the whig party It appears that this coalition has already been broken up. This is what was to have been expected. I here is too little sympathy between a genuine democrat and a freesoiler to keep on terms for any length of time. They may patch up a truce over an election, but as soon as they show their colors the war is renewed.— Whigs and freesoilers amalgamate more freely. Their principles have more affinity. They can more readily coalesee. Our Whig friends therefore need make no ado over the “split” in Vermont. It is what all democrats hereabouts expected and looked for. r By the ariivul of the El Dorado, at New Oilcans, we *earn that on the 8 h of Df c., Walker’s fillihus ering ex jWilition made an incursion on S in Diego, Gut were repulsed by the Mexicans. Twelve to - fourteen filibusters w-re kdled, and the rest d;iven into a house, where, at the Inst accounts, they were besieged by ten times their number. The schooner Amelia saile! from San Fiancisco on the I.3th ulr. with. 209 ad venturers, and plenty of amrn inition, to assist VValkei. The authorities mule no attempt to stop ih't n.— In Congress, Bennett’s Lutl bill will, it i is said, be reportc 1 forth with— entire a- j mount of grants proposed is 50,490,000 a- ■ cres. It is the only project by which the 1 oil States eau expect to secure any part of! that magnificent public property which is 1 about to be distributed. It provides for j the donation to each State, except Texas, j of one hundred and fifty thousand acres ‘; lor each Senator and Representative, and proposes to cede to all the new States, ex-! cept Akansas, Missouri and Illinois, which j have already received liberal grants, 1,-1 509,0.99 acres in addition, and to the State of Ohio and Indiana, all the pablie lands remaining within their limits. All grants in the new States are to be applied to the construction of railroad*, but the lands donated to the older States mty be, at the discretion ot their Legislatures, appropri ate l to the purposes of education or inter nal improvements. Tnis restriction as to the use made of the donated lands by the new States, is insisted upon by the members form those States. It is said that the bills introduced in the three first weeks of the session contemplate a cession to the States or to railroad companies of over one hundred and twenty millions of acres of yublie lands. A Kobber Caught. The Savannah Courier of the B'h in st <nys: “Wo learr. from Y J And bison Esq of Laurens county, that Mr. Hardy Smith, who resi les ten miles south of Dublin, was rubbed of $2,490, in notes and bank hills, on the night of the 3.1 in-t. under the following circumstances. On die evening of the Ist inst. a man who gave his name as Joseph Wilson, called at Smith's h >use and asked for lodging-. He was receive 1, and during the evening called tor pen and paper, to remit some money to a person b t ! • -ame of John P. Hai.i. of Savannah. He pretended t > en close S2O iu small bills,-and then called Smith’s attention to the bulkj appearance of the letter. Smith very naturally prof sered him n $29 bill, iu exchange. In this way it is supposed that Wilson dis , covered where Smith kept his mo mv. On the night of ihe 3d, Smith's house was entered and the money and notes ahstract el. Ihe circumstances fixed suspicion at once upon Wilson. Messengers were li- patched in all dilections, and ttie police of the several towns placed on the a!er'. O.i the night of the slh inst Mr. Iven of Washington county, discovered that Wil son had taken lodgings at a house in his neighborhood. Having collected some t'ilends he repaired to the house. Wilson discovered their approved, and made his escape. After pursuing him for half a mile, he was overtaken by clogs, and captured; not however, unlil he La 1 drawn his boots, under preience of keeping off his assailants. II s object in doing this was doubtless to throw away the money, as none was found upon iiis person. He has been lodged in the jail at Dublin, for trial at the next term of the Superior C uur . The Savannah Republican of Monday last says: the lion A. 11. Stephens, we re gret to learn, is still confined to his room in Washington, and it is uncertain when he will be able to resume his seat in the House. He has a slow catarrhal fever, which may keep him in his room for some time yet, though his physician pronounces him better. He is able to sit up, read, and walk about his room, and will soon, we trust, be well enough to attend in the House. Tux Pacific Railroad. —The House of Representatives of Texas has passed the Senate bill for constructing a section of the Pacific railroad through the State.— Tiie bill appropriates twenty sections of land to every mile. The company agree ing to build the road will be required to guarantee the performance of the contract, by depositing in the State Treasury three hundred thousand dollars. This bill has since been signed by the Governor, and is now a law of Texas. The Incoming Year.—We take the following from the Victoria (Texas) Ad vocate. It may interest some of our rea ders: “The following facts, in relation to the year 1851, were pointed out the other day by a clerical friend of ours: The year begins and ends on the Sabbath there are five months in the year that contain five Sabbaths, and there are fifty three Sabbaths in the year. Such a co incidence, he believes, will not occur again for twenty-eight tears.” A Catholic Clergyman and Holloway's Pills —A poor person who had been in a very declining state of health for a con siderable time, and had tried all the doc tors in his neighbourhood, without deri ving the least benefit, lias been restored to perfect health in a few weeks by Hol loway’s celebrated Pills, which were pre sented to the then apparently dying man by a distinguished member of the Catholic Church. John Thompson, esq., the pro prietor of the Armagh Guardian , can attest to the truth of this, as well as other remarkable cures, that have been affected in that part of Ireland, by the use of this ‘invaluable medicine. The Rev. Joshua Soule, senior B shop of the Methodist Episcopal Church .South, left New Orleans on the 7th of January, on his second official visit to California. At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Manufacturers’ Bank, the following gentlemen were elected Directors f..r the year 1854, viz: Dr. R<ht Collins, L P. Strong, Elijah Bond, C. B. Cole and C. F. Ells. Elam Alexander, Es j., having declined a re-election to the Presidency of the Institution, Elijah Bond, Esq. was elected President in his place. There is a rumor that Mr. Charles Sumner is about to leave the Senate. It has always been the custom in vJass.ichu setts for a Senator to resign when the Legislature of the State is against him. Mr. Pickering left the Senate on this ac count, and so did John Qiincy Adams in ISOS. M s . Meara, so long and favorably known as the C erk of the Lanier llous *, has taken an i iterest in that establish ment as partner w ith Mr. Logan. 2Vei# Terr it trixl Tidls before Con* es*. A despatch fro u Washington tthe N. Y. Express says: Ii is in contempt ition, it is said, to re port the Nebraska Bill upon the seme terms as the Uuh and New Mexico 13 ilr that is, “ wi'h or without slavery.” Lais repeals tie Missouri Cos nprumisn piousion, leaving the pe >p!e to have slaves or not as they choose. It is contemplated, aiso, to report two other renitories on the same c indiums viz: Ttie Territory of Kansas. The Territory of Cuerokee. In this last Territory are slaves nlrea ly, Cherukees being slave holders there. A buunlling. —We understand that a New Year’s present, in the shape of a j bouncing baby, was left at the and ,or of | Father Bury, on Fri lay night or Situr <’ay m iruii-g. It was cau.f >rtah!y u;coi ce,i in a box, in which was also foimi a ten dollar hill cncio-ed m a note, wi.h the assurance that five dollars per m >nth would he regularly paid for its mainte nance. It is se’d on we have to chronicle such an event in this city, hut we have no doubt the sou idling has fiilen into hster hands than had it been under the charge of the unfeeling m >ther. A'ijns. Pi Constitutionalist. The Barnstable Patriot says that it his reliable advices trorn Washington, that tne terms ol a treaty on the fishery ques tion are defiai ely determined upon an l that the final action in the matter will soon be accomplished. It also learns from a member of Congre s from Massachu setts, who represents a large fishing inter est, that he has the assurance from the Secretary of State that no right heretofore ceded in respect to the registry of vessels, or the fisheries, or other commercial privileges, will be sacrificed. new comity of Du thirty (Ga.) created a few weeks since by the Legislature, elected its officers on Monday last, the vote showing the county to be democratic by a majority of some twenty five votes What else could be expected ;of an infant? When Dougherty attains to the years of discretion, we shall expv.t her to act as becomes her vears. —Sir Rep. And then the majorities, instead of being 2,3, 6, and from these to 31, as we perceive they were, w 11 lie t.vo, three, and from these to six hundred of a democratic majority.—J kff. The Georgia Citizen of the 3d inst. announces the death of Mri E. 13. Weed, for a long time a citizen of Macon, mid one of her most worthy and influential business men. The official statem nit of the U. S. Trea surer for the month en ling 24th Deee fi ber, shows the whole am >int at that time iu the Treasury and in the hands of Assis tant Treasurers, subject to draft, to have been $23,1 13,716 39. DU. McHNE’S LiVEU PILLS Were not, like the quack nostrums of (he day, got up wi h a view to pr„fi , hut were discovered, after many years of study, hv one of the first physicians in the Uni ted Mates, and used in his priva'e practice. Their marked success elicited the most unqualified approbation ol phvsicians mi l others who had witnessed their effects. Possessing all the sensitive feelings of a thorough-bred physician, Dr. Me Li tie dreaded being classed with the shdlcw pretenders who crowd the columns of the newspapers with pulls of “soveieigo rem edies,” and for a long time declined the requests of many that he would proclaim his great remedy to the public; hut. fna'- ly, after much persu ision or. the part if physicians and others who had witnessed the wonder!ul cutes effected by the Liver Pills, he consented to prepare it for gen eral use. I lie following certificate, from Dr. Margin, will he ir uSou. in tlrs state ment; it is also valuable as medical testi mony of the efficacy of these Pills: “This is to certify that I have been associated with Dr. McLane, in the prac tice of medicine, for nearly two years and a half. I have had many opportunities of witnessing the good effects of his Liver Pills; and 1 believe they have cured aud relieved a much larger proportion of the diseases of the Liver, than I have known cured and relieved by any other course of treatment. OLIVER MORGAN, M. D.” Departed this lile, on the morning of |)ih inst, MRS. MARY ANN WKSTMOKELAND, consort of Milton Westmoreland, of this city’ No sooner does the painful effect of recording the dcparlure iff one dear friend lose its sting, ihan we are under the painful necessity of airam dis charging the same solemn obligation. Thus we sec tnai while enj lying life, we are ia the midst of death. The deceased, for many years, had been a pious and exemplary member of the Baptist Church, which she luily evinced in her upright and consistent walk and Godly conversation. She was loved and esteemed by all those who had the plea sure ol forming her acquaintance. She has le't hehind her,to mourn her untimely loss a and affectionate husband, and her little son, wlpeh l^, e ant * P f ide ot his fond and devoted mother’s heart—and the only object for tffiich she desired loiive—“little Johnny”— with a Numerous tram of I fiends and relatives. Just Ctflore her hnppy spirit took its eternal flight, ske culled her afflicted husband to her bed aids, and requested him to “meet her in Heaven.” gne died in the triumphs ot a hope of eternal li& beyond the grave. No doubt but that in her dyinj’ moments she could adopt Iho language of the poet, and say: “ Wewell vain world I’m going homo, My Savior smiles and bids me com -, Sweet angels shall convey me away, To sing God’s praise, ‘in endless day.”
