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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
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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.”