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!'• f\'lc'rr.;>!i l<>r tlir S ivanuali Ucptiiilican. 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,