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TUB PRESIDIUM'S MESSAGE.
Washington', Dec. 4.
The ftro Houses of Congress assembled
to-day, when President Pierce sent his se
cond annual message.
The President begins his message by
congratulating the country on our exempt
tiou from the evils of war. He says it has
toccn his earnest desire to preserve arnica
llc relations with every nation with which
we have any intercourse. He complains,
liowever, that notwithstanding our dispo
spositionsposition to avoid all interference with fo
reign powers, European governments have
sought to SH|KTYise and direct our foreign
jwlicy, and that one* or another of them
has attempted to enforce arbitrary regula
tions contrary to the maxims of interna
tional law. That law the United States
have uuiformly respected, and they cannot
recognize such interpolations upon the law
f nations as the temporary interests or
•convenience of others may suggest.
The President maintains the right of the
i ulepcndcat nations on the American con- 1
linentto be exempt from all annoying in
terference by European powers. lie as-!
firms ihat the purposes of otir government,
are pacific and not aggressive.
The President says he has submitted
certain propositions to the maritime pow
ers of Europe—to-wit: that it be ruled as
i itemational law, that ‘free ships make free
g-tod-!,” and that neutral property shall
*<• exempt from confiscation except arti
cles contraband of war. Russia acted
promptly iu the matter, and a convention
*# that effect was soon concluded with her.
None of the other powers have acted up
-01 the subject The King of Sicily ex
pressed his unwillingness to comply with
our request. The King of Prussia was
iu favor of adding another article to those
embraced iu the proposition, which should
provide lor remuneration against priva
ißering. But to this the President object-;
i 1, as nations without naval establishments
case of war, would be entirely at the ;
‘■ ercy of those having large naval forces.
The President states that differences
ure arisen between this government and
.vigland relative to the boundary line of
‘Washington Territory, which have led to
.HicnUies between the citizens of the two
•- untries That this matter may be ad
; i-ucd, he recommends the appointment of
commission to act with a similar com
mission on the part of England, and that
. .:is joint commission shall have power to
on the line. The controversy grew out
- i*certain stipulations in the treaty of 1616,
regulating the rights and possessions of the
Hudson's Bay Company and Paget
Sound’s Agricultural Society. The Presi
dent thinks the matter should be adjusted
as speedily as possible, and he thinks ar
rangements could be made for the extin
guishment of the rights in question.
In relation to the affair of Mr. Dillon,
French Consul at San Francisco, the Pre
sident says he has caused satisfactory ex
planations to be made to the French gov
c rnment.
He further says that the difficulty in
regard to Mr. Soule has’ beeu satifactorily
settled, by a prompt disavowal on the
part of the French government of any dis
position to deny the right of transit to an
American Minister.
Our relations with Spain remain the
-ame Owing to the recent change in the
government, no favorable opportunity has
presented itself to adjust outstanding ques
tions.
Negotiations arc pending with Denmark,
he object of which is to discontinue the
1 ractice of levying what is known as
“Sonud dues” upon Americah (aud other
Https,) passing into the Baltic
A treaty has been concluded with Japan,
u-.d ratifications exchanged. AH that
i;ow remains is for Congress to institute
the proper measures, to carry its provis
ions into effect.
Mexico is still pressing for a settlement
of the claims due American citizens, [More
properly, perhaps, for the remaining $5-
ii oo,ooo, due her by the government uu
dcr the late treaty. Eds. Repub.]
The President says he has made every
effort to prevent lawless expeditions from
the territory of the United States agaiust
Mexico.
The free navigation of the Paraguay has
’oecn secured to American ships, but the
efforts to open the Amazon have been un
successful.
The treaty of 1850 between the United
States and Great Britain, relative to Cen
tral America, the President says, has been
seriou-ly misunderstood, and fresh nego
tiations oo the subject are now pending.
He defends the action ofonr government
in regard to the burning of Greytown, and
pronounces the so-called authorities of that
place “interlopers” and “rogues.” The
refusal of the authorities to grant the sat
j.-faction required, in the President’s judg
ment, justified Capt. Hollins iu what he did;
but when the Cyane left, the Department
believed that a recourse to arms would not
lie necessary, and instructions were given
to that effect. He does not consider it a
matter for complaint from foreign powers
The total amonnt of revenue received
into the National Treasury for the year
is $73,500,000, and our expenditures were
$5,400,000. The surplus, the President
thinks, should be applied to the reduction
of our national debt, which now amounts
to $44,000,000.
lie renews his former recommendation
of a reduction of the Tariff, and calls at
tention to the frauds on the revenue at
Oswego, Sandusky, Toledo and Milwaukie,
and advises ihat more stringent laws be
enacted to prevent similar frauds for the
future.
tie recommends an increase of military
force to put down the Indians on our
irontier*; he also advises a change in the
->(]mi&h>iration of the Army and that pro
motion should be made b/ selections, and
..ot a!ways by seniority. A reorganiza
-100 ana increase of the Navy are likwise
suggested.
Refering to late disasters at sea, the
President recommends a revision of ex
iting laws for the better maintenance of
Uscipiiue at sea, and advises that regula
tions be made for introducing indentured
apprentices on board of merchant ships.
The expenditures of the Post Office
Department the present year were $8,000,-
JOO. The increase of revenue from the
of Public Lands was $9,280,000.
increase of acies sold over last year, 6,-
iJO.OOO. He doubts the propriety of
granting land for the construction of rail
. jads, though he considers the coustitn-
ooal right of Congress to do so, undoubt
**d. On the subject of internal improve
• neats Wilsw4 in a special message at
-;a early day. A (nmiificatiqn of the Ju
u-ciary is recommended.
The President concludes with the cus
tomary announcement “that we are a
great people and have a great mission to
perform.”
Further toy the Africa.
New York, Nov. 30.
The Russians within the walls of Se
bastopol. are making formidable prepara
tions to repel the anticipated general as
sault from the allies Cannons are being
posted in the streets, and bouses occupy
ing commanding positions arc being forti
fied. Typhoid fever has broken out in the
city, and conflagrations arc constantly oc
curring.
A telegraphic dispatch from Washing
ton City says : We have intelligence that
l at the date of the sailing of the Baltic,
I the British Government had later advices
from the seat of war, and of a much more
disastrous tenor than any that had been
made public.
The Siege of Sebastopol.
The following condensed account of the
j progress of affairs in the vicinity of Se
bastopol, from the 26th of September to
j ihe sth of November, may be of interest
J to such of our readers as have not time
1 for the perusal of the full reports:
On the 26ih ot September the English
and French established themselves at
BaUkUva and Cape Cherson, and made
preparations for a regular siege of the
south side of Sebastopol. Their trenches
were opened, and the bombardment be
gan on the I7lh of October. The fire of
the allies was insufficient; the French bat
teries were silenced, and in order to di*
rect the attention of the besieged Rus
sians from the weak point of the French
approaches, the fleet was ordered to at
tack the outer forts. The attack was
■splendidly made, but the loss attending
lit so heavy, that it was not renewed. —
!On the land side, the bombardment was
[carried on with renewed vigor up to the
| 22d, but the Russian batteries were un
subdued. In the meantime the reinforce
ments from the Principalities and South
ern Russia began to arrive steadily in
Sebastopol; and on the 25th, Prince
Menchikoff was ready to begin his offen
sive operations. Gen. Liprandi surprized
the English extreme right flank, and car
ried the fortifications which were to pro
tect the road from Balaklava to the camp.
Their further progress was checked by
the indomitable courage of the English;
still the redouts remained in the hands of
Liprandi, and the English did not at
tempt on the following day to storm them
(being satisfied in leaving, and on the
26th repulsing a sort'e from the fortress)
—but, on the contrary, Lord Raglan gave
orders to concentrate his forces and to
abandon the outlaying posts; and even the
evacuation of Bal-k”lava began to be
thought of.
The siege woiks continued; the third
parallel was completed on the 4th of No-;
vember, and the batteries of the allies be-|
ing only at 150 fathoms distance from
walls of Sebastopol, an assault was pre
pared. Now, as to the next day, we
have two contradictory accounts. Ac
cording to the Russian telegraph, a dou
ble sortie was made on the • 5th —both
successlul; a number of cannons were
spiked, and the French army, pouncing
upon the retiring Russians, is said to have
been repulsed, with severe l<ss. Accor
ding to the French version, the English
right flank was attacked by a Russian
army, assisted by the presence of two
Grand Dukes. The battle lasted all the
day and resulted in the route ot the Rus
sians., who lost 9,000 (!) men. The
French army was in the same time at
tacked by the Russians sallying from the
fortress, and were repulsed by Gen. Tor
rey, after having lost 1,000 men. It is
difficult to conciliate the two different
statements; but the fact of a battle and of
Russian loss on the sib is not to be doubt
ed. So much is sure—that the Russians
begin to feel themselves strong, and there
fore they take the offensive. The allies
require reinforcements; 60,000 English
soldiers arc on their way to the Crimea,
while Louis Napoleon has not only sent
16,000 men to the East since the last
news, but he has likewise given orders
to transport the northern corps to the
seat of war; in fact, he sends a second
army to the Crimea.
The Feelius in London and Prris
lei regard to the War.
A London letter of the 14th ult. says:
There is a feeling of intense gloom
throughout England, caused by the dis
astrous results of the campaign in the
Crimea. Though it is only whispered,
vet there is the general and fearful pre
sentiment of a total destruction of the al
lied forces. In the general dissatisfaction
against the policy of tie ministry, and
the indignation against the very natural
course of Austria, the conquered nations
see the possibility of anew turn in the af
fairs of Europe. The republican exiles
in London look on in breathless expecta
lion. Mazzini is sti'A safe, and is active
and supported. Kossuth and Ledru Rol
lin called on Mr. Sanders the day he was
to leave, and begged him to remain a fort
night longer to watch with them the pro
gress of events. Everybody believes that
there will be anew shuffle and deal in
European cards before many weeks.
A Paris letter of the 13th saj r s:—The
tales which the telegraph brings from the
Crimea are shaking the heart of Paris to
its centre. In vain does each journal in
turn exclaim there is no fear—in vain does
it demonstrate, on the strictest military
principles, that Sebastopol must fall in
a day or two—in vain does it tell of un
wonted carnage, of heaps of unburied dead,
of festering pestilence, of demoralization
and desertion —there is not only fear, but
absolute panic. The Bourse on the 9ib,
after I despatched my letter, was literally
beside itself, and though General Canro
bert’s communication to the Minister of
War. published in the Moniteur , might
have tended to allay the excitement, the
account this morning of a brilliant victo
ry, in which the Russians sustained a loss
otsoine eight or ten thousand, has rather
increased than diminished the state of fe*
verish anxiety; for Canrobert speaks of
terrible losses.
Death op Mr. Thomas Bond. —We re
gret to learn that Mr. Thomas Bond, a
brief account of whose loss iu Sapclo
Sound, and of his discovery on the island,
on Wednesday, we published in the News
of Saturday last, is dead. Although.he
manifested Borne signs of recognition, he
did not speak after he was discovered by i
his friends, but lingered iu an almost in- i
sensible state from Wednesday until Sa- <
turday, when death relieved him from his 1
sufferings.— Snv. News. J fi
THI JEFFERSONIAN. |
GRIFFIN, DECEMBER 7, 1854.
What wc must do next.
YVc have for the last three weeks been
calling on those indebted to us to come
forward and pay up, but all the effect it
has had thus far is to bring forward a few
of our most prompt patrons, for whom the
call was not intended. We are now uir
der the necessity of announcing that the
Georgia Jeffersonian will be suspended at
the close of the present year. For how
long, will depend upon others. If wo are
desired to conduct it any longer, the debts
due the office must be paid, and the patro
nage increased. ‘1 his year wc have been
a mere ageut for our printers, paper-ma
kers, &c. and shall not save ourself at that.
Our labor, investment, and wear and tear
of materials, have gone for nothing.—
These are as much as wc can afford. YVe
must now stop, collect our dues, and turn
our attention elsewhere. YVe trust there
will not be the slightest sympathy felt by
our friends on our account, for we can as
sure them there is no chance to us of being
worsted by auy change. If they feel no
regret at the suspension of the paper in
their midst, for want of support, they need
give themselves no concern about us indi
vidually. If only one thousand subscri
bers are guaranteed to us, with the sub
scription in advance for one year ($2) we
will go on. But that must be done by
others; we shall spend no more money in
endeavors to sustain the office ourself.—
There Is not an officer in this Judicial Cir
cuit that advertises in our paper, and to
us it appears that the Democratic party,
with a few honorable exceptions, care as
little to sustain and patronize the office, as
do their servants, the officers In the
mean time, if the Democratic party are
desirous cf sustaining an office at Griffin,
under the superin tendance and control of
some other editor, the office is here, and
for sale at a reasonable price. Ink. pa
per, type, presses and workmen,- are all
! here at present, aud will re.naiu till Christ
mas.
From this step it will be seen, that we
arc in earnest, and determined to collect
our debts; considering it much more impor
tant that they should be collected, than
that we should continue to conduct an
unprofitable paper. If men are deter
mined to put us to the trouble of bringing
suit, and themselves to the expense of pay
) ing court charges on small accounts, wo
canuot help it, however we may regret it.
If we should not resume in the course
of sixty or ninety days, we request the
few who have advanced for the paper be
yond Christmas, to call or send for a re
turn of their money.
President’s Message.
YVe are indebted to all the Savannah
papers cf Tuesday morning for a copy of a
telegraphed synopsis of the President’s
Message. See first column of this page.
YVe have copied the report of the Repub
lican, as being most convenient.
Manufacturing: at Flat Slioals.
YVe understand that Mr. Freeman, the
proprietor of Flat Shoals, on Flint River,
has made a contract with a Northern
company for a large spinning and weaving
manufactory at the Shoals, lobe built
and go into operation immediately. The
arrangements of the establishment will,
we are informed, involve half a million of
dollars, and the company bind themselves
to keep it up for twertty-five years.
Conviction for Stealing.
At the Superior Court, now sitting in
Griffin, John Folds, of this county, was
convicted of stealing a bale of cotton, the
property of John Law, of Henry county.
He brought it to this market, and sold it
to Mr. Thomas E. Ilieks. The Court
sentenced him to the Penitentiary for four
years.
Tltc Cherokee Advocate.
YVe announced the unfortunate fire at
Marietta in our last, in which, among oth
er sufferers, the offices of the “Cherokee
Advocate” and “Masonic Journal” were
burnt down. The first was devoted to the
dissemination of Democratic principles and
the other of Freemasonry. Both the edi
tors are illy able to sustain their loss. If
each Democrat in the State who can spare
two dollars will send it on to the editor of
the Advocate for a year’s subscription in
advance, and each Mason will do the same
thing, if able, for the Masonic paper, nei
ther deed feel their loss but for a little
while. Recollect, however, that the mere
subscription, without the money, will but
add to their expenses, without putting any
money in their pocket. That is what they
need now.
Cherokee Insurance Bank at Dal
ton.
This is anew banking institution just
opened, chartered, we think, by the last
Legislature. A short time since, one of
the Atlanta papers stated that a gentle
raau of that city carried up to Dalton fif
teen hundred dollars of the bills of the
bank, and demanded the specie for them
but was told there was none of that com
modity on hand. A late Dalton Times,
without denying this story, calls on the
billholders not to sacrifice them, as the
matter will be put all right in a short time.
The article is as follows:
Cherokee Insurance Bank.— The last
Atlanta Intelligencer tells its readers that
this bank has failed. This is a mistake,
and we hasten to correct it, lest the bill
holders, not acquainted with the facts,
may be induced to take loss than full value
for the money. We tell them not to do
that. The bank has not failed. Not a
dollar has been presented at the counter,
but what has been redeemed, or the per’
son presenting it satisfied and secured a-,
gainst loss. Mr. Cole, the President, [
whom we look upon as a perfect gentle
man, assures us that iu a few dayß all
things will be right again.— North Geo
Times. %
YVe understand ‘Drovers are asking 8
cents for Pork iu this city. In a late
Cincinnati paper we read that the packers
there were unwilling to give 4 cents gross
for it, and expected to get it from three
to three and a half. Hogs are selling
throughout East Tennessee at 4 cents. —
So says the Memphis Appeal. With
these data before us, it is not worth more
than about 6 cents neat here.’ At least
that is our opinion.
Fast Mcu.
YVe discover some more of the beauti
ful dtvelopements of “fast men” and “hard
time*,” in the announcement of the rob
bery of both the New York and Balti
more post offices recently, by employees
within their walls.
YVe see the New York Journal of Com
merce is rather disposed to defend the
teller of the Exchange Bank, from the
charge of extravagance, who was lately
found to be minus $138,000. The Jour
nal admits that he had a splendid esta
blishment at Yonkers, an aristocratic lit
tle town not far from New York, kept
fast horses, dogs, and all that kind ol ex
pensive article, but that his parlies, which
he did not give very often, only cost about
, five hundred dollars each ! Supposing
these parties to occur once a quarter, and
you have two thousand dollars for parties
alone per annum. Any man who will
spend two thousand dollars in giving par
ties, must necessarily spend ten thousand
dollars otherwise to keep up the style.—
There is twelve thousand dollars per an
num for a bare living. No man can af
ford that who woiks for his bread, be<-
cause no poor man can earn that amount
of money, i Speculation! and getting in
debt, may sustain him for awhile, but he
as necessarily finds his level, sooner or la
ter, with mother earth, as the veriest loa
fer in the whole country. A man must
live within his means, if he expects to
prosper.
Fish and Fishing:.
The editor of the Georgian tells a fish
story, and enters on it by stating that he
does so with a great deal of diffidence. —
Well he might, for he does not advance
far in his story before he shows that he
is very deficient in his knowledge of the
art piscatorial. Ilis remark is, that “An
up-country Georgia angler would require
to be informed as to the modus operandi,
before he could comprehend how ten,
twenty, or even fifty fish at a time may
be drawn from the water with one fishin
line.” What ! not know what a “trot
line” is 1 Why any smart “little nigger”
up here, not more than seven years old,
can give you its whole history, uses and
capabilities. Not know what a trot line
is indeed ! Did you ever , fish with a
sledge-hammer ? Come up.here and we
will show you how it is done. A trot
line can’t hold a light to it.
In connection with this subject, it mnv
not be out of place for us to state, that
recently, some time of the week before
last, it was discovered that a large Con
vention of the finny tribe had assembled
in a small space in Flint River, a short
distance above the Flat Shoals. The bi
peds got an inkling of the gathering, and
went to work with hook and line to make
captives. One tale tells ns that eight hun
dred line fish, mostly sun perch, were ab
stracted from the river in one day. So
hungry were the fish, that after the worms
(the common bate for perch,) were exhaust
ed, they bit equally well at rabbit, squir
rel, or indeed any thing eatable that was
put down to them. Another story goes,
that there were five thousand fish caught
within a short circumference. Our readers
may believe either 6f tlib tales, as we have
them both from , better authority than
usually attends fish stpfies. That Georgi
an man must not talk to us about fish or
fishing. YVondcr if he has any Gsh phi
losophy about him ? Can he tell us'what
all those fish assembled in that hole for in
this season of the year ? YV hat was the
attraction ? YVas it a civil, military or
religious meeting ? Did they go up to be
taxed or complain ot grievances ? YVas
it a meeting of gratulatiou on account of
Mr. Stanley’s new Female College, or of
remonstrance against the projected Fac
tories and their villainous dye-stuffs ?
Tlie Sandwich Islands.
These are a group of Islands lying in
the Pacific Ocean, some three thousand
miles from the California coast, and to the
south of the track from San Francisco to
Shanghai, in Chinaj occupied by about
80,000 savages, a few English and French,
and a few of Uncle Sara’sgpeople, mostly
Brother Jonathans,. It .. appears that a
good deal of negotiation has lately been
going on for the cession of the islands to
the United States, which has been violent
ly opposed by the British consul at Ilono
lula, the head-quarters of the group; but
without effect. It is said that a messen
ger is now on his way to Washington ci
ty, with the treaty signed, sealed and de
livered, as far as it could be done -at Ho
nolulu. We have never had much relish
for the3o disjointed foreign acquisitions .
Looking at the acquisition of these islands
iu a business point of view, we doubt
whether they will ever pay. In the lan
guage of the Washington Globe, “We
leave it (the question of annexation,) to
the President, to Congress and to the peo
ple, hoping that they will be sure we need
the islands before we purchase them—for a
purchase it will be, of course i
The Pennsylvania Iron Workers.
“A year ago the iron business was es
teemed the most prosperous in the coun
try; now it is, probablj', the most com
pletely prostrated.” Thus reads a sen
tence in a late Philadelphia paper. Any
one can read this riddle. Notwithstand
ing the great prosperity of the trade a
year ago, it did not prevent the iron cor
morants from making a move before Con
gress for additional protection, and the
ijbove is but a precursor to the same ef
fect at the session which has just com
menced. In connection with this move
ment, and as a part of the game, the coal
miners are holding back their supplies of
coal, keeping the article scarce and high,
which will be lugged in as an additional
argument for a larger duty on the manu
facture of iron. Mark our prediction, it
will not be a month before the petiuons
will commence pouring in upon Congress,
if every member from Pennsylvania has
not his portfolio full of them already.
After the above was in type, we found
the following paragraph in the Washing
ton Globe, the Tuesday before the com
mencement of the session of Congress,
going to prove what we have said:
A Crisis in the Iron Business.—“ We
regret to learn,” says the Columbia Spy,
“of the suspension and failure of many of
the heavy companies engaged in the iron
business in this State Some of those re
garded as the most stable have gone, and
the indications are that we arc now but in
the beginning of one of the greatest fi
nancial crises known to this country.”
Female Physicians.
Not long ago we saw it stated that
there were about forty ladies (young, we
hope) licensed by one Medical College in
Boston, at one session, to practice tnedi
cine. And now we see fifteen more are in
attendance as students at the Eclectic
Medical College.
The probable practice is thus dotailed
by Punch:
A lady suffers fronpieadache, the female
physician is called in, and prescribes anew
bonnet. Another female doctor finds her
patient dying to go to the seaside. The
husband might as well write and take
the lodgings instantly; the doctor will be
sure to order it.
Prescriptions will be made up of new
dresses, bonnets, boxes at the opera, a
party now and then, increased allowances
for housekeeping, trips out of town, and
the thousand and one other little whims
which ladies are constantly “dying” to be
indulged in.
The doctor will declare la'e hours on
the husband’s part most dangerous; order
them, as they prize their health, to leave
off dining at their clubs; tell them that
latch keys are undermining their constitu
tion: that cold mutton once a week on
washing days is highly beneficial to the
system;and as for smoking in the drawing
room, or bringing men home unexpectedly
to dinner—they would not answer for
their lives a single day unless they give up
such uuwholsome practices.
“Perhaps, after all, there is no great ab
surdity in the notion of female physicians
All physicians except those who practice
gratuitously, may be designated by the
word female spelt with another c; and
there are not a few of whom that is all
that can be said. If the head of a woman
is not calculated for the formation of a di
agnosis, she can at least shake it at a diffi
cult case, as effectually as a man can; and,
having a softer and more musical voice
than the masculine, she is better qualified
than most men are for that large part of
medical practice which consists in whis
pering comfort to invalids.”
Wc copy the following detail of crime
from the Hamilton Organ, having had no
information of the facts before. Os course,
we presume, the conductor of that paper
obtains it from authority upon which he
can rely, or he would not publish it:
Murdek. —lt is painful to narrate any
circumstance which is productive of human
suffering; notwithstanding this it becomes
the duty of journalists to speak out on all
< matters of interest. In doing this, on the
pretent occasion, we speak of a being in
the shape of a man, living in Meriwether
county, whose name is Zachariah Jordan,
, who, a short time since, became enraged
at his little son, some ten or eleven- years
old, and instead of correcting the child in
the usual way, took his gun and dischar
ged the contents at the little boy; iuflicting
a number of wounds in the limbs of the
child with shot from the gun, the most of
which, we learn, have been picked out
siuce. The mother of the child, (this fe
rocious being’s wife) in her attempts to re
lieve the child and save his life, received a
blow from the monster on her head with a
large stick, felling her to the ground, her
skull badly fractured, from which she died
in a few days. The man was arrested and
carried to Greenville for a hearing on the
subject; we have not learned the result of
his temporary trial—when we are proper
ly posted up we will give it to our readers
in due form. Sup.
I A run-crazy fellow in the city of New
York, by the name of Gray, has recently
been arrested for the crime of squirting
vitriol upon passers-by on the public side
walks. It appears the gentleman imbibed
an inveterate antipathy to all fine dresses,
particularly those of ladies passing to
operas, theatres, balls, parties, and so
forth, and had procured a syringe, which
was concealed within the skirts of his
coat, with which he would sprinkle the
tasty and costly dresses as they passed
him. He had destroyed thousands of dol
lars’ worth in this way before he was de
tected. A late New York Tribune says:
—“On Saturday several additional com
plaints were made at the office of the
Chief of Police against Theodore 11. Gray,
the individual now in custody, charged
with throwing vitriol upon females. A
considerable number of opera-cloaks, silk
dresses, and other garments, which had
been destroyed by the vitriol thrown, were
exhibited by the complainants at the of
fice. Some of these articles of dress cost
from SSO to $l5O, and it is supposed that,
were all the items of damage summed up,
they would amount to between $2,000
and $4,000. The accused confesses his
guilt on each charge preferred against
him, and contrary to the wishes of his
counsel and friends, refuses to plead iq-1
sanity as au excuse for Uis conduct, n j
ISuil Road Meeting.
Griffin, Nov. 28th, 1854.
At*ft meeting of the citizens of Spal
ding county, held at the Courthouse this
day, Col. A. R Moore was called to the
Chair and 11. B. Holliday requested to
act as Secretary.
The Chairman having explained the ob
ject of the meeting to be the consideration
of Mie propriety of building a Railroad
from Griffin to Covington, on motion a
committee of five was appointed to report
matter for the consideration of the meet
ing.
The following persons were appointed
that committee; Col. L. T. Doyal, A. A.
Gaulding, Col. G. J. Green, Henry Moor,
Z. Norton and A. R. Moore.
The meeting then adjourned until to
morrow 12 o’clock.
A. R. MOORE, Chr’inn.
H. B. Holliday, Sec’ry.
Thursday, 12 clock, M.
Met pursuant to adjournment. J. N-.
Simmons was called to the Chat.’ and Z
Norton requested to act as Secret.'ry.
On motion, the committee appointed on
yesterday presented the following report
and resolutions, which were received UL'd
adopted: ,
Whereas the citizens of Henry county
recently held a meeting in McDonough,
with a view to construct a Railroad fiom
the city of Griffin to Covington, via Me
Donough; and whereas if said Iload shall
be built, in our opinion the same will ulti
mately be extended to the city of Colum
bus, and thus connect the city of Griffin
by a direct communication, with the cities
of New Orleans and New York; and
whereas the completion of said Railroad
will g cvtly \ro note the interests of the
people of Spalding and the counties con
tiguous to said contemplated Road; and
whereas said Iload can and should he built
at an early day: Therefore
Resolved, That we approve of the con
templated enterprize, and will heartily co
operate with the citizens of Henry and the
friends of the enterprize generally in de
vising ways and means to accomplish the
same.
Resolved, That wc will hold another
meeting in the city of Griffin on the first
Tuesday in January next, to wh ch we in
vite the citizens of Henry and the counties
on the contemplated route, embracing
Newton county, to send delegates, with a
view to adopt such measures as will secure
the speedy construction of said Road.
Resolved, That the Chair appoint a
committee of five to prepare a circular,
urging upon all interested in the enterprize
to attend our meeting, and assist in pla
cing the advantages contemplated proper
ly before the people.
In conformity with the third resolution,
the Chair appointed Messrs. Gaulding,
Josscy, MeCune, Reid and Dixon.
During the meeting several gentlemen
made some very pertinent remarks.
On motion, Resolved, That the city pa
pers be requested to publish our proceed
ings. Also other papers friendly to our
enterprize. J. N. SIMMONS, Ch’iun.
Z. Norton, Scc’ry.
Milledgeville Looking Ur.—On the
24th ultimo, a meeting of the citizens was
held in Milledgeville to devise some plan
whereby a first class Female School could
be established there. The necessary com
mittees were appointed, to report at an
adjourned meeting. The meeting was
presided over by Governor Johnson, and
was addressed by Col. McKinley and I.
L. Harris. Mr. Harris iudulged in a
strain of thought, which wi- commend to
the Fathers in Israel:
“He strenuously advocated economy as
a cardinal principle for the regulation of
the Institution, aud insisted ably upon the
adoption of such a system of education as
would fit the women of the State to dis
charge the functions appropriate to their
sphere of life. He believed it would be
more benefieitm! to society if young ladies
were taught some of the practical duties
belonging to- their domestic character, and
that, instead of spending years in the stu
dy of mathematics and languages, it
would do them much more good- to in
doctrinate them in the art of cookery and
other branches of useful knowledge to fit
them for domestic life.”
From the Chattumoga 21st tilt.
Chettanoosa Pork ICuterprisc.-
On yesterday morning we had the plea
sure of witnessing the opening operations
of this establishment, and the occasion
was not an unimportant one, as a crowd of
some 200 persons assembled might be
speak. Mr. English, the foreman, has
but recently returned from Cincinnati with
five experienced workmen, and with the
addition of some 20 or 30 found here and
there, the force is complete for doing exe
cution, and the case and skill with which
those Cincinnati men do their work, show
them fully acquainted with their profes
sion. This enterprise of Messrs. Chan
dler & McCamy is large, and one that ad
dresses itself to the interests of a:l who
have any hogs to be killed. Their propo
sals for slaughtering, in our estimation,
are immoderately low—for instance, they
slaughter, dress, and hang them on the
hooks for the entrails, and what greater
inducement could be presented for driving
to this house ? And for a half penny on
the pound, they slaughter and prepare the
pork into hams, sides, and in every way
for market. These inducements, w'e opine,
will the attention as being
worthy of the most favorable considera
tion of all who have pork to prepare.
And by the way that Smoke II >me of
which wc have heretofore spoken, is tre
mendous—in our previous statement wc
said it was the largest in Tennessee, and
since then we learn, through the medium i
of the gentlemen from Cincinnati, that
this smoke house of Messrs. Chandler &
McCamy surpasses any thing of the kind
there; and since learning this, we have no
doubt but that it is the finest and largest
of any in the United States. We under
stand these gentlemen have some 2,000
hogs to slaughter, which will be done as
soon as the weather admits. Let it once
be known what is the extent of this es
tablishment, and all East Tennessee must
look to it as the centre of operations.
The sloop of war Albany.
Much apprehension is felt for the safety
of this vessel.* She sailed from Aspitt
wall a long time ago, and should have
been hero a month since, but has not yet 1
arrived. She intended to take the Mona
passage, that is, pass to the sooth of the
Islam* of Cuba, and come up east of that
island* We observe that the PHnceton is
cruizing in those latitudes, in search of the
lost vessel t or some tidings of her.
Change of papers In Savannek.
Messrs. T. O’DonneW and C. E. O’Sul
livan, have been taken into the concern in
the Morning News office, heretofore pub
lished by John M. Cooper and W. T.
Thompson, and tfie paper will be continu
ed nader the firm of Cooper, Thompson
<J* Cos.
Mr. Hilton has withdrawn from the
Georgian,, and the paper will be conduct
ed by Philip J. Punch,
A During- R ißtitirv in Augusta.— The
Chromdte- & Sentinel of Thursday, says:
“A bold’ ami extensive robbery wa<*
perpetrated Wednesday night, about 11
o’clock, by sonic daring’ scouudrdsy at five
Georgia Railroad; Dtepot, in this city—
They entered the office by means of a key,
and having charged the iron safe with pow
der, blew it open;-(literally tearing it to
pieces) from which they obtained three
thousand dollars in cash, and several thou
sand dollars in Bank checks. The latter,
however, are of no value, as their pay
ment has been stopped at the banks.
This is indeed a bold and daring trans- ‘
action, for the regular road watchmen and
a number of citizens were in the immedi
ate vicinity, and heart! the explosion, but
as it was confined witlitui the depot, could
, not imagine what or when? it was.
No clue has been discovered as to the
perpetrators.”
The Constitutionalist of she 2d instant
says: l 'vVe understand that ew city po
lice yesterday arrested a young man who,
it is supposed, was connected with the re
cent robbery at the Railroad IfbTfts
been committed to jail, and will be brought’
up for examination to day.
There is but very little doubt, that the’
gang who committed the robbery at the
Railroad, is the same that recently robbed
the store of Mr. Rogers. The powder us
ed on the occasion, was taken from canis
ters which Mr. Rogers recognized ns of
the same brand, mark and make as those
taken from his store. There is none oth
er like it, we learn, in the city, and wc
lope they will lead to the discovery of the
robbers.”
Trial of Walker, the Filuhuster.—
William Walker, ex-President ot Sonora,
has been tried in the United States Dis
trict Court of California, for setting on
foot, on the soil of the United States, an
expedition against Mexico—in other
; words for fiUibustcrism —and bis been de-
I dared “not guilty” of the charge. It wdl
be recollected that many mouths ago,
Watkins, the Vice President under Walk
er, of the bogus republic, was tried by a
jury for the same offence, and found guilty
of it. Now he who was notoriously their
chief and leader, and under whose perso
nal command so many deeds of wanton
rapine and murder were perpetrated in
Lower California', has escaped conviction!
Notwithstanding the verdict of nosgailly,
it is scarcely necessary to-say that public
opinion regards Walker as it overdid—as
the true head and front of the fillibuster
ing expedition of last winter against Low
er California.
Col. Win. Walker must be some vliat
of a “bird,” and a pretty handy fellow.—
If he cannot get candy ho will take sugar
cane. Being unable to make himself
President of Sonora, he has turned to ed
iting one of the California public journals
again, perhaps the one lie left when he
turned fillibustcr.
In for a penny, in for a pound.’—We’
believe history docs not present a page
where a complete triumph of one religious
sect over another, has not ended in fanat
icism on the one hand, and oppression on
‘'riie other. In affirmation of this fact, we
see it stated, that a proposition is about
to be introduced into the Legislature of
Massachusetts, contemplating a change in
the constitution of that State, depriving
its Catholic citizens of the right of suffrage,
jas well as of the right of holding office.
State or municipal. This is the first fruits
of the triumph at the recent elections in
that State of the principles of the Know
j Nothings. The loud cry against the Ca
tholics in this country has been, that nsr
soon as they obtained power, they would
aim to destroy the religious freedom of the
country. It appears, however, that the
son of the Puritan 13 the first to attempt
the work.
Fire in Macon.— On Wednesday morn
ing last, about 1 o’clock, our city was
i aroused by the alarm of lire, which was
j found to proceed from the Cabinet Work
/ Shop of Messrs Wood, Bradley & Cos. on
the ’banks oftlie river between 3J and 4t!v
streets. The extensive establishment,
with a large lot of elegant furniture, near
ly finished, all the machinery and tools,
together with a quantity of seasoned lum
ber es the best quality, were totally con
sumed Also a small brick tenement ad
jacent, occupied by Mr. Gray. The total
loss of Messrs. Wood, Bradley & Cos. is.
esti. ated by them at $14,000, on which
they had $5,000 insurance in the Savan
nah Mutual. There is no doubt, wc be
lieve, as to its being the work of an incen
diary, as there had not been any fire or
light of any description, in that part of
the premises, where the fire first burst.
forth, for months.— Geo. Citizen , Id inst:
Sentenced. —lt will be recollected, that
a young dentist, in Philadelphia, some
time ago, administered chloroform to one
of his female patients, and while under its
influence, ravished her. He was tried ro*
ccntly, and sentenced to four years and
six months imprisonment in the Peniten
tiary. The young lady has consoled her
self for the outrage, by getting married
but not to her ravisher.
Bank of Milledgeville —This insti
tution which it will be remembere I, turn
ed wild cat last spring, dosed doors orv
Wednesday last. We presume it has but
few bills out in Georgia. Is it not time
for the people every where to reform their
system of hanking?— Southern Recorder.
A Horrid Murder.— The Sumter Re
publican of the 30ih ult., a y c * A
der was last-
Sunday-woiamg. A man by the name
of Elisha Owens, shot another by the
name of Henry Turner. The case is now
undergoing a legal investigation. From
what we have heard of the circumstance,
we have no doubt but that it was a case
of premeditated murder.
A Tennessoo paper says, Bishop
of the Methodist persuasion, and now in
the 14th year of his age, lately declared,
at a religious meeting, that ho was yet to
learn Ante whiskey tasted ! He was never
a member of any temperance organization.
If the okl Bishop has any desire to know,,
he had hotter be about it soou, for wo do
not believe he will find any in the next
world, to which he must expect shortly to
be called,