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‘T amiua i. w*. U-’ —■"tirr’ ‘Mr ■ African Mftif Trai. The arrival *f th© Wanderer with a ■* (U m has -rented a lUU* talk about fee pefoy re-opening th- trade at the Houlh. and ©Brito’ grat iej|<gf .sympathy from Uw *b©bUonlfD a the . rih. Few fltmfWn man desire th© law rial* t, bo mutter how tarrlM* tha penalty for a •light .flbnre, and hen-* *** aHlingU**’ to pan ink th.<w w’tl drath who ran th guanriat b •air yin* oa tV African slave trad©. But wap prebred a© .-fouihurn man think* tin- trad© any mmtmnl offi ’tw except *-o far a the lan mukv* U. Iti>Mi oflhaca again*! the law and regulations of a oorporagen to fire rockets within k* limits: them is no rim* ia tha set itaU'. At long a* ala wiry lahrid to hr a divine toati tation M long aa Southern non regard it a right and wHh a oeaaeienee roW “f offense can aarry u the slave-trade between the Ktatas. ao loef wi|] ih#> rtondcuin the African slave trad* aa a amn of fewtry warulv end not man •ti n* < again at humanity or morality. it i* an eaU‘>ri*h •and proposition, that our title to property in ai mmn eetinol hr * shtadwl without defending rite A fries i •lave trade The policy of introducing it ia at. tlraiy a different. qoeatfon. and ia one upon which tfoatherw Burn may legitimately ditfer without any miepieion of thcffffhftt of loyalty to the hi •titulion. It is a quaation of comnii-rce which > to to regulated by ibo wants and d<in an ia of a community. X. ttusltou me a w© trust, huan or, will ( OBfend that the stave trade it •‘piracy"— though tl.r Dulled Mtato* law makes ft an, and we obey the law—without admitting that the slave j pinn-k--r. If It ia a crime to take him. hij a or. ao to keep hiut—and we may aa well ahandeo alavery aa to admit a “wrung in tin- mean* of its form: ion * Thert while we Vake to to understood a# neither advocating nor opposing the policy us ro opolling the Africaii slave trad*: - while wo desire to have earn wind the law as loag aa it is on Iht •katate liook, yet, we will never hettrvft it ia an #/*■ to carry m tlie slave-trade, except as made so hy law. 11 ia a legal and not a moral offmi©-. It may to rnipra- fo-ebl© to discuas th> -re opening of the African slave trad* the brand ot “pirney” pat upon It will hover to wiped out as long a* the North is In the ascendency. This Southern men may expect -the Month is too weak to put on the statute book that “tlamry it right” Ttoy wilt soon to unable u admit a htaw rttuti —it will to tmpraaticahic then we imagine w •hail submit, ia tho Wbaotilps. ills buioming the Mouth that tto should vindicste her integrity and tho purity of her institution* hy assiwumg the true position, that slavory is noithor a polideal, mural nor social evil—that it ia divine in its, origin ( —that our title to riavosbi found inth© justioe of the riavo-trade that we try Uivn for carry ing it on between another country and this in aecnr dance with tho law, vlldam oppose the intreriu tfon of *re slave* ns u matter of policy, and ffffMry only, (brUimaa la Aim fork. New Yana, Doc. 2d. -Chi ‘istmos was eery generally observed throughout the cUj yestor day. Among the most interestiug celebrations and festivitiv* were those at the Hume for the Friendless. Three hundred little children who are there cared for were present, many of them atngmg and vary prettify. Bhtlraraone and twa thousand persons visited thorn during tha day, taking them numerous present*. Kuullirru radflr Itallruail ((invention. Xaw Ohi.kash. Due. 2A.—[Rvsning.)- -Tbs fen -n of the Mouthern I’acdlc Kailroad Cunvan tk-,i*j Oaneral Pom mil tee shows a satishictory nn.ur i'iu of affairs. Kufln loni money has lan received t • m -el the terms of the compromise, and a]’ dowHtl of the success of the road nre dispelled. J. ‘Ur Rihg addressed the Convention this •vet:. Thi t'ottvention will adjourn to-night. Judge berk las. Judge ? .?rkliu, of (’uthlmrt, was nnmiua la ioa last Tuesday as a candidate for Judge and the Pat ail In Circuit, in the jilace of the lamented John A. Tucker. From what we hear, we have ao duabl that Judge i’erkius will to elected.- Perkin* has alrwudy bad sit year's etperi •ace upon the touch, and has sustained hiutselt too w.?ll to to passed by Vh'January, for tha hen At of U now Ola a,-—A (fua 1(1 tnlrUigt.net rnf tfrr 2bth i*: A Nrw Haii.iuiaiv Biuixib. AVe uuder tan 1 that the prepusod Bn l?*c. upon which tobriinj live ears ol Jhe hlirard aud Mohile Uailnuid across the river, will yrubahiy to speedily constructed. The Central Railroad, we learn, had agreed to build the Bridge If It could to done for a atipulatcd sum: a survey and estimate* have duionstAt and that it will nut cost more than this sum. and the necossary contra- t will therefore to closed. The prop >aitioti is to cross tho river between the ol l ‘t> Bridge and thu Wharf, near thu foot of Tb -inas.ti . ia, the railroad track being sufloieM* ly elevated to permit drays and piker vehi-dea hn Uimt way so or from tho Wharf to pac* under it. It i* thul the Bridge cun to cmupletnd hy •r before the lirst of July neat.— Knqutrrr. Mr* In Calhoun, (la., on Christ mi as eve, Jo#. K. Walkw. a yonth of about nineteen years, was s. ctdwutly shut -load hy Julius A. Frailer, another youth. Sosa) s a corrospondcut ..f the Augusta Diipmtrk. Bark try ’< Opera fruupr The* decidedly talented Ktbiophm Burlesque Opera Company, cave their last mousing enter taiumwm in this oily on Wednesday night. During the autirw stay of this corps in Cclniu bu# the weather was very uupiopitiou*. end the last two night* ttoir audieour* were materially lessened by the performabeva of the Circus. - Meuee their eomparativdy sliui house*. We make no protouaiou u- the oiruc of uiusn nl aritio. But if our **n and eye* did not deceive a. w are quite Axed in the opinion that this is the tost company of the klhd that he* visited n* in aamctiiuo. Ttoir negro delineation!- are uunpica —thesr music, and -p - tally ttoir opuratU ebo* ruse*, in prrfe*t harmony aud time, and (he ar tori in the several pieces, evinced a familiarity with the toost abntruao and ditßcult pieces which made them quite at home. The man with umsW in his soul, could not have failed >u Wedueadajr night to feel an elevating and pUneuralde thrill dnriug the perfortueuc* of (hat quartette. The rendering the fairy Opera of CtwnmtatLA. was in admirable taste,aud proven the Buckleys to he as proticient as actor*, a* they are perfect u* musician*. It were hard to discriminate where all did so well. If. bowover, Fadro happens u b*reageiu. to shell certainly have the rviusal of “our uld hat. 1 ’ His “take-oAV can’t be toat. (hrlslmaa wrch la aver. T • day is the i<un day of Christum*. Dunu; . e the w -alter has Wn uiv>at uupropttion < iO pic ture* and FMtern connected with it* auv.usi. Tlic rain has fallen- -the clouds have h i i*>* the day* have beep dark. Tho uegrov, n twhftat# lirg. have had a juhitew they kavs mmi • H i* iw streets- *pnt all thoir chrlsta i. money—t-.oig.it the old ’ww and children a lit* tl * of everything and are happy in tkecenu iupl.,- teoi I- ‘*iU!ttg anew rwer. Th hoys Ham ‘wred very brisk in Imp .’ erm r r* on CbrUtma* eve. hut ttoir enthiumsiu aud I‘weiMuewt have sutoi-ted end like ttoir father* ttoy wish “Christm*# over M fo day ii#iJo last day. W return thank* fbr privilege* and M<wiring* bestowed on we tiering She year 18M, and Ivegtu the new year with the in tomio of living upright and junto-paying our debts -loving our neighbor aud toing more qmfbl to iKK-iaty. Th rivar le iu Ana boating ordar and on •ieauicrs arc nu.oingto Apalai*hicoln. Thosirec * are muddy uod sloppy, and the marchante are du- Ag littl# cm (Manat, Rnlm lu ttnh- AHghnm lounc ta to Tried. On Tuesday Meatgs. Ilt'i.r/Bu.vw. of Westoe, (jharles I*-mm -n, of Ht. l,<ui. am iici.jsn.iu OttiocAu, of this city, arrived direct froti he Orwat ►H kvske City. Those gen Ur-mm, lo;i with the mail on tha morning if the 2Uth of No sens bar. Mr. Majors, of the firm <f Knaadl. Mm ,orA Waddle, in - -mipany with Dr. HohsM. wa* also to lanve Malt Lake City far the State*, hy pri vate conveyance,on the following Monday Brigham Young was to have been tried before the rutted Mtetc* District Court on tha Monday f diowing, fro false iinphnonniont of Uwntile citi tons. It waa rumored that to would have to to tert-rol ta aitonil Court by tlia Lulled Stale* *<d •liers. Two days before the party left, a yonn# Mormon arrived in Halt Lake City, direct from tin (*h rry ('rook gold nsinc*. Hu reported tliat the miner* wrv making frron AIA to sl2 per day.— Prov ieious wore scarce and consequently very high atftoiniass. lie had come to Salt l.nkc City aft- r a fresh supply, and would return iiflMucdi ateiy. lie stated that wagon* hud also town sent lotto Stato* sKprseaJy for provisions. Tha snow wa* three feet deep in the mountains and it took (to mail party two days to got from Saß. Lake City to Webber River, a diNtsnci) of forty-A va miles. Tto show in ‘many place* was •*p to th# coach tods. A smoker of traders’ trains were m-t in E'-ho < anou. uiahie tu get through. They bad lost gret nu m tors of their stock. The snow averaged eighteen inches in depth, from Big Mountain to FUU- i Bridge. St. Jotrpk'r Jnur. Drc. 14. Mexican DepnAatloa* on our f nmmerer. Washivotox, Dec. 24, lAftA. Bartiu* intimataiy connected with Mexico, and baling a widely extended knowledge of Mexican •iflairs, arc urging upon our government the send teg of eroraf ra*ad* of war to Tampico, with positive order* to compel (iarzit to restore what be has plundered from American citizens, in the • vino wuy that be was couipolM to mako rostitu rton to the Spanish merchants. Hii Ajiicrican vessel* have hweu fired ioto, do tjuued and rubbed by him, and the - argo of one wa* ordered to b<>discharged on the frtmnh. while h was to-sieging fbv city, and wa* tlicn sent by him itil* tin; interior on bis own account- The v*#d was then made a cover to hi* launches in an attaok ou a fort, was perforated with shot boles, and the (dif mate’s hand shot away. Her com munder. t-aptain Trewi*. wa* imprisoned for eleven day*, and *uly ral**M>d on tha arrival of the Tufted States steamer Fulton ; butnoludem oily wa* exacted. Ktr*ng protest* hake town made hefera Mr. (’has.-, the Tousulj but lu*. of eonrae, ha* no means of eufrociug them, white the want <*f action on the part of our govurumout ren ders hi* otteUtl proteetton of lUtlc avail, and hi* influence dally wenkor. The Spanish i\>rt*ul i now the only strong uian in Tiwnplco, and Spanish intoreat* the <.nly one* reapacted by Oovemqr The Boat master General will respond to the call of Ibo Senate for mfonpulion a* to how the ex pen I i'Htunif ot bi* department nmy be reduced and how it* income may’ be increased, but will not connect with his report any recommendation hnyond whai ia ia his annual report, leaving it to Congress to act a* it please* from information be will give. The administration has not yet been informed •if the ten-ling of ib Alldm*U-r* in Nicaragua, al though there is no douto they have landed. Ittonof likely the pension bill just paused the Ifoqsc will pas* the Suate, aud It i* generally known and freely spoken of that a great many member* would not hare voted for if hut they x peeled It would he defeated in the Senate. r. //tut/tJ. tat cat from t rntral 4mHra. Tkt Hr\tih .Vfcrj mrh ij> Valor mu not grt arrived at Aft inwall—* Arrival there u/ the Uiitirk Mail Shift from firry town. The brig Caroline, Capt. J Potter, from Aapin wall Due. 7, arrived at this port uarly yesterday morning. The Caroliue anchored off Handy Hook on Thursday evening making pannage home iu cixteen day*, and bringing advice* three day* la ler tliun those received by the Muse* Taylor. Uuhiiicx* at Aspinwuil wa* uneuintuonly brisk, md everybody snouted to bo ere up ted ; quite u large number of v ease la were lying iu the bur bar. At the time that the Caroline loft the United States storesbip Relief weighed anchor and s-t to! for New York. The British South Pacific nteamer had not ar rit od at Pauiuna at the time of the departure of to ( arolitio, hut wa* hourly expected. Thu British mail steamer from Oruy town arrived the day before the C. sailed, but brought no uews of inti rest Home distinguished personage ar riwd by it, and was immediately taken on shore by tbe boat of the United Tinted State* Bag ship Roanoke, Commodore Mclntosh, thru lying at Asninwall. The Mi iti*h steam frigate Valorous had not ar rived with Sir Wtn. lloro Ousetey, but whs expect ed w itli cousiderahi* interest. On hi* arrival Mir Core will have an interview with Commodore .Mclntosh, after which he will proceed across the Istluuu* to. Panama, where tho British steamer Ylert it w ait* tn receive him lie is to proceed to Costa Itioa to have a diplomatic coufah tyiih Pres ident Mora. He next visit* Presidont Quardtola, of Honduras, relative to the retroccsalou of tho Bay Islands to (hut republic. The Caroline had her foresail and foretopsail rent iu tho gale of H ednesday last. The thermometer, in the shade, off Cape Florida, on Friday last, was eighty*six degrees, wbi-di Captain Potter thought remarkable for tho pre ent season of the year. Capt. P. aud crew had to don thoir lightest garments, and on deck were at that comtormtably warm. The South (a roll a a Mriiatr and (hr ludoprndrnrv Munummi. Tho Benst-- of Mouth Carolina, on the Kith of December, pnroed the bill to aid in the cumiu.-- tion of a monument no the signer# ol the Ita-lara tion of lndepetidenoe in Indupendeuee square, Philad- lph ; .Mr. Ilauipton slated why ho had moved tor a reconsideration of the bill, and laid before the Mennu- the iuiunuation which bo had received in relation to tho matter. The monument would coat AI2A.OAO, and oueh Mtote w -uld contribute a.- follow#; New llamp Hbiro, Ait.OAd, Maasaelitmott*. $11,000; Khroio Island, ff.lMto , Cunaentieui. $4,000 . New York, $,11,000; New Jersey. A&.O0U; Pennsylvania. S2i.(MH; Deh-ware, $1,000; Maryland, SO,OOO. Virginia, $12,000 ; North Carolina,’ SK,O<O ; tier .ctia. s -.uoo ; Mouth Carolina* SO,OOO. lie naked if S,.oth Carolina shoald to* the only Slate of the thirteen who would refuse to coulribntu to per pciaete the memory of those bold spirits of ‘7rt who signed that Declaration. He hoped tbut there were too much patriotism in the heart ->t each Meuator to refuse to veto for thi* eontribn lion. H tutor mod the Senators how the paper rela ting to the matter came into his hands, aud in a touching manner referred to \V. C. Pr* sh-n. bv whom it was sent. Mr. Macyck said that since the motion wa# made the oilier day, he had cause to change hi* idea* upon the subject. He expressed himself a# stroag a sectional man a* coaid be found iu the Htate. ID hojHHl to *h'the day when Pennsvl vaoia and South Carolina would not he under the saute governmem. He hoped that the bill would pa.w*. Mr. iiholt bad before voted against this bill n* he thought U was a Yankee trick to obtain m.-uev j hut now he should vote for it, as ho had learned th it all the other State* had made appropriation*. Ti e yea# and naya were called. Yea* 26f*iavs 12. Ho the hill was agreed to and ordered to be sent to the llouee. Kailroad Management Various reasons have prompted us to publish thvl iup- rt of R. R Cuvier, Esq , the able Presi dent nl’C ntral Railroad, in our paper to dav. it -outmu,, a well merited tribute* to tho taimmtcd Foote. lae Chief Superintsudent. and to other of fleer*. But .-nr principal reason for publishing it, is to show the difference hetwoen the nrofft.- -f pri vate or individual enterprises, aud public and State •n erpri c. My this Report it appear* that the gross earning# V the Central Road tor 1848. <* W HT SLIM,7 00 hUsi current expen-ei are.. 38 liouv mg an excess over ardin ary expenses, of s*l2.Ms 62 N-'w U t the people routnst the above exhibit with ihe eerww* derived from their great State interest, ,nd say whether it is not best to sell out or lease tue State Road to private hidividuals. r companies • There ta not a Road in Ctootfia that h kron as poor Hff m the #tate Road—Jf.eo* fWsftpi OaaArvatiaa by the Senate. De#v 22. Tie- Henate to day c<nnr,nod tow Pre#idot’* •aval u-muiiai-us a* i-diuw*. —Uaptai|l Bate , I Lotus oy aud luiuin to the act i*te tilt. Cap(M Vnsrliwi to the lasvc juiy iist. i.'oinmaudars Irmsttung. Lung. Juiins-oi and nhaw. pi tha •< live list, and (wiunnatider l<econipUs to the leave pay lint. rrunotivni u* aumtaaadt-r’# sefivslitt- -l.ieut*. Porter, William l - n. Carter. Bins* il. (riasayli, K ty. Chandti M ---I <* ib oa. LiuwP-naiit* plaftl <m actiue lift Flagg, Mai baab, D*ylc, Mnrin. itif!!. Perry, Rolando, Pur ker. Fltzgi'tuld, ILhind, Ml- Araou, Byron-, Rail. Lhwtonaut* placed on leave pay li*t: Watson, Brownell, Abbott, Barney aod liarrison. Follow mg those- confiriMuiion#, Nunator BroKn, of Mu#i*stppt, tatroduaed a j-ont ro*oluii->n, ** tabTDhing tha brevet grade f admiral, to be con ferred wiicu the may d< vm proser p> aolusow ludgfl, oiiihx-Dt services. When tne office i# mos hllud and hucotm * \ acanb, It i* to expire. The resolution wa# refer rod to the committee uu naval affair*. The Hennp- also to-day e->nfiruicd4t. W. Nulley, <A Ky„ a* Secretary of tho lcg.-iti*m to Mpuin. AsriKWT Coign.—Among the coin* presented to the Tenues***- Historical fWiety recently, wa# a tireeian Drachma, of silver, of value about I” i-ete, coined i#lhc -lays of Alexander tlm Great, year* It. C. It wu# pi- xcd pln the street# of fhc once buried P-iwp- u by Wni. 11. I’olfc, o*<j., while lie was in Italy u# djarge d’affair* of the Hnitml Htate# to the Tw- Sicilies, in I8 L'. It ha* on one side the bend of Alexander, on tho sever*.- a figure of Jupiter sitting in a chair, In-ldiog a hmeta ymrn i spwai of favor> in hi# left hand, and an imperial eagle m tlo. right. Tbc.ro are several symbol*, and th* inscription Aldxandron on the same side. The H'anfleprr ( nt Mavanvau, Doc. Ik.--The Wamleror cape wa# resumed this morning. The ttrst witucss refuted to testify, and be w m scut to prison. Cap. H B Frasier, nomuihnding tha •learner An guvta, testified that in his viffHteily a* a steamboat captain, b<; had transported one hundred and .u v - unty five 00g jyv* up the Savannah riwi. to with its two mile- of the -it y of Augu-io, on the. Kith of Deociuh* i lie said tin* itegr-Mi* could at least did not, *j*nk Lngli-di. and h- gave it as bln opinion that il>c\ vo*b Alricun.-, ('aptaiuChristy, -d'tin -toum mg l.umar. n-fii> <id to testily . Th* ca#c is continued until to-morrow. There is a l#rg- number of Witnuaso* in attend#im o. Htatmllc* of thi* i ntbolir < hurfh The Mcfropolitun Catholic Almanac for JH.iU, just iidiuod, con talus flic following statistic* in reference to the present condition -d (In < uthnlic (■hurch in the Tutted .State.#, contra*ted with it* ooeditfon in tin- years Riband |4W DUJ'.b Frovtacv# 1 * Dioeete* 16 Bishop#....’ i. 18 Trieste 478 Cburuhc* 418 It'd J'rovmee* .... ‘A Ifiwirwi Kl Bishop* 28 prie-l* 1000 CAu robe# . MHO 1 JJ. Province# 7 Dio<-o*-- 43 Vicariate# 2 Bishop-. 45 Priest* 2108 Church* 2324 MpAtfc.—The Queen - Oorter, wu* a (--tupiirum- ly one. She eukuowleflgv- tin- - nlhn- 11-IM with win h #h- a . gr- • t<ai in h. , p.- . • , tliat rclaUon* wun timudly power* an- ~,4 dial and sincere, iu r--guri to all in,un# compatible with the nulioiiul dignity to pr.-v-m peace tieing -lHtuH--d had been adopted liut if contrary to expectation, an immediate r roll i- not oliuuuod hy pacific nog-.uatum*, a vig--r-.ii- aud ouergelic einployim-nt -d tlie resource* already preparei will in- rusurtet ■... Reb-rt-nn ~ n a-b to tilldiiU<Miltie# with Morocco in r- gard to the ltifi pirates, and a hope i xpre-.-c-i thai the l.uq>< i - will prtnnl any m-.i • ,iy l r rue iiic I-. force in future. The Cochin China expcdiluui i# al#> alluded to. The rcmalmtur of the aj-em-h ia con lined to hlual topics, inaludn g of anew press law. mid an ussurnnco that there will he no nw Impost*, the revenue tiuing equal to the ordi nary expenditure#. Ki-xhiaß Tkavklkrs in lTAi,y.— All English man. wriliug from Nice on the full of November, nays: “Uiissiau families continue to pour in by steamer und hy post cliuiaa, hd the Slavonic ah iQeiM decidedly prevails boro. The Husnpui Voung ladio* arc charming specimen# of tho .x, but their mamma* generally have a hungry and di* contented cxpri ssiou of •-••uun-uunce. Their pa pas are tall, slim men. with mouataciw#. who h,-,-i u eaten up hy spleuu, while their br-theVs wear bright colored kid gloves over dirty nails, and Hceiu to think breaking the bank at. Ihtden Baden the ttoidest achiev ciucnt within the grasp us man.’’ Oknti.kmani.v and Spicy.—Rtinalhr Jones, of lowa, has addressed h letter to .Senator Douglas. Which conclude# a# follows ; This, sir. i* the tliir-l time you have made “in faMottrlp false” aceusatious against me, and that I have been eompelled t-* fasten the lie upon you. Though you may. at tho Nuerificc of Democratic organization, have cf.oi-tcd a triumph in your State, a# you say. “over Executive and Cougres sioiml dil tiou,” I can but look with contempt up on any fame or position you may have acquired by a union with “white spirit# aud bjack, blue spirits and gray,” Black Kepiitdieaiis, South Aim ri- aiiH, disuppuiniod.ollice-seekers, ,ia* I do upon the miserable resort to uppi-ohriou* epithet# eoiuHß-tod with my name, but covered with a contingency which gave u suri-csoupe. __ bi ij. Wallacc JoKes. The South Carolina l.cglhlaturc, com pared ulth ihr Legislai tiro ol Not lrk. Izegislatuce. which i* now in session here, present# *oiao*irikiug i-,-ntvu#i with the Legialn latura of the Htate ut New York, lnemlihle as it ma> seem to the Weed, Mattcson. and otln r lobby men. there is actually a Htate Legislature meeting daily iu this city, without a “third house,” or a single lobby-imm within the beunda rie* of the capilul. Nay. more : a TuitcdHuu # Senator i* about to l*v cb < ted, and not a wire is nulled to influence votes- -not a single long nose i* poked into lb--oar or senator -d representative to win him over 1- “our cuudiviate.” The manner -f coadueting the himim-.*# us the house# here differ# materially Tr -m the method in New York. The preside!-1 -, f (he two b.|i e>iUv seen dressed in purple gon u*. lined and fringed with velvet of the satin eobw. und with kid glove# on, while the elerk* wont bowing -ilk robe-, after tho fashion - I English bnrrUtei-. Theuiem bora observe hut little--i-lei, walking about and con versing whilebueincstf i- going -.n. md only M-atvd and silont fYotn courtesy during dchat- The fashion, to*., of wearing the hat during the session —visitor* only are required to be uncovered— give# the houses u rowdy udi appearance, very similar to our own I-. -luiiee hull# during u re cess. The prosiding officer# of both houses arodigni fied and ftbk- men, and conduct the bunnies. , in the midst ol the eouf i#!--n. promptly ami correct ly. Very rarely iudeed, i# u p.-itit of order raised: and should a reecni Jefferson Manual representa tive from Quieiis Imj caught suddenly in the South Carolina l.egislhture, he would he caged him shown as u curiosity. Tluqe are in the House of Representativ - # lim e reporters, and in the Hen. ate one. But this is accounted for by the fact that no lobbying it* done on the floor, and no station ery order* an* allowed. Both member# aud re porters are furnished with such artieles ol sta tionery as tiYe required for use in the chamber, and thnt i# all. Utother toat ure of distinction be tween this Legislature and our own 1# the fact that every member here pay# full fare for all !a# railroad riding. No sueii thing a# a “free pas#” to a reprsentativ. was ever heard of in the State. The moral of uli this i#, that the South Carolin ians legislate for the State instead of for jtuiivtd* uul* : wvaste no time over noodles* matters; lav no pipe* for log-rolling; steal nothing, either from the State or from individuals who desire leg islation; meet, do up their business and go homo, paying thoir hoard aud washing hills.and their fare*. Columbia <Wres/JONi/rat .V. A. Her ald. Tint French Rlavr Tiiapr.—The official re turn* of the French Colonial office show that 18.- 500 negroes have been ol>tained-by French agents from the eastern coakt of Africa, and conveyed to the island of Bourbon, or iteuniou. French Guiana ha# receive,l eight hundred and te'etitv two Africans, Martinique five hundred and fifteen and Gaudah-upo six hundred aud utnety-cight. Orbssn - l ho. census of Oregon has boou finished, and the number of iuhabitauts nffieiallv returned is forty three thCnsand right hundred, and the number of voters ten thousand. Anoiei( JUmi win tu* Cawavcres An- TtriPATEP.—The Dallas <To*m> Herald of the 16th. say#; We learn from a private letter, that an engage ment wa# expected to have ec*m e ,4’ oa the 9th insu. between Captain Palmer’s company of cav alry. and a hand of two hnndrad Comanche* en camped some forty miles beyond Camp OoopcT. 1 M s have no particular?, but may bear from the •Jjjtebrobably hy tbs Belksap mail flat t. j vagte-. COLI'MIHK, SATIHU VV, JAM AKY I, IV.fi UUaster on Ihc Kuscoffev Itollroufl It wn* our miatortunc to wifness a Ufottf, heart* r#oding scene ol stiflering and death on yesterday morning. As tbft day - light traiu from Miwou was eroftsiug a *mall culvert about* uiile and a half from thU oily, the L*oomotiv aud tender wore I reripitatod into the water—tho out Jour foot high, having boon warited away. 1 lu?train wa* moving slowly at the Uue, but the uj-.uieiitum wa# sufficient to ntgw the fwrward part of the engine upon the bank, whljp !♦ hinder part wo* in the water. In the rear of thi* wa# the trafitr, in a nearly jK-rpondictflar po-iri-ut, Aud so clo-so to tho eugiuu as to eoiifiue hatwooll jht two, tho bodi-s of two firemen, one a white man by the name of Walker, and the other a negro, who, we undersfnnd, I# the property of Mr. John L. Mu-duu, President of tho r-.a and. In this situa tion they wifi-* either crushed orscalde*! t-- death. The aeoident occurred about 6i4 o’clock. Every effort we* made by the hand# und pa#eugers to extricate (be sufferers, hut without auccc##, Mr. Wulkror wa# probably killed by the shock, # he never spoke after war-Is. The negro, however, wm* eouacioti* fur half an hour, a* it seemed to u# that, for no long a time hi* scream# thrilled hi* sympu thixlng but impotent bearers. The engineer, Mr. Goo ran Smith, wa# thrown from the cngiu<- adis tauee of teit feet, and. cither hy the fall of the blow which cauNod it* Im-l the houeofbi? under jaw broken. It wa* set by Dr. Boxcuiau, from wTioqj we learn that he i# not daogeounly injured. No reaponsibility -an reasonably to the engineer for the accident. He was running very oautiouly and slowly, aud over a part of the ruad which bud Ihiuii safely crossed hy auother train but a tew minute* lieforu. The shock t< tlie pa-sroiger .-ar wa# very slight —hardly sufficient to arouse one from a sound *lctj>. Terrible Hall Itoud Arridcnt! II tlvro or More Lest! The most fatal Railroad accident that has ever happened in Georgia, occurred yesterday morning at fl o’clock to the paagrager train from Cnluinbus to .Macon. The two trains one from Columbus him] the other from Mm-on—bad pawned at the station and the former was |a**mg ever a bridge at lth.ll - creek—fifteen mile# from this city*-when the culvert* gave way. precipitating the whale (rain into the swollen, angry stream Ip low. H wa* quite -lark aud the lain wa* fall falling in torrents. The Engine immediate ly sank to the bottom and one ear wa# thrown upon it in thu stream. The scene, in said, to have been appal mg J .'1 pa-- Heagcntoahalf awakened from sleep, found tie-in solve* <x)rh>acd within the harrow limit# of a car, snuggling for thoir live*. It is not known wlu th *-v riii-re wa# a window up in rit- *at. or not, nor can the passenger* who were savwl or rescued give any account or their manner of •uouipu. The r-lroum wa# qffithotlf deep to hide the car hn-l it Hiiuk. #n-| the height of the bridge from the water (30 toet ordinarily) wa*# great a* to cause the car to turn over in the swollen torrent. There were about twenty eight persons, including Kngi ioer, lirooten and break cm 00 upon the train. Os this nunjberj/oMfto' n are known to have fnuml a watery grave. It is supposed that -rtino of the ladle* have not yet beau recovered. Tk pa*eng**r car floated down the stream and ootcimj in cnUi#i<>n with the wagon road br ig<*. svrtno filly yard# beb-w. the latter wa* forced t give way. and Uptlicaraud bridge floated abmit one mile below the scene of the disaster. Dr* Phillip#, of J’utuam county, saved his life hy clinging to a tree, half a mile below tho bridge. While thus hanging to the tree, he res cued negro hoy floating near him from un un timely death. A negro man belonging tn Mr. Ma?tinn,of tin* city, also saved the life es u Mr. Gamtucll (sop pom and uutnc) —- the railr-m-l agent a: Howard’s station. One of Mr, Gaminell's rib# wu# broken. Mi..Hucl)—the Conductor—hailhisnnm- l-r -ken by the fall of the car, though saving hi* life. The bodies of the lust cannot be brought now to the city, ns the creeks are#o swollen and the bridges so impaired by the recent heavy rtf ins as to render the ruuutng of the train* n dangerous ev|K-rimcnt —of the number saved ult arc more or Ires injured. Tho la-lie# were all tost. KiI.LKO, DROWN); I> OK MJS#|*<<;. The f-db-wing is a list of persons kuown to he killed, drowned, or missing: Two daughter* -f a Mr. lluy. of Auburn, AJu. (*ne hniy, unknown—through passenger. Three children and wife of a gentleman from Texas—-supposed to boot! hi# way to Dougherty 1 county. Mr. Snell, nephew of the Conductor of Col 11 m ( bus.. Mr. Bouche, an Italian, a train baud. Mr. MiUer. ihc Kiigiueor, of Columbus. Negro boy. properly of Robt. E. Dixon, Esq. Alto two negroes, one the property of Mr. J. M. Hussell, tho other the property of J. L. Mut tiau. Also, one other negro missing. KNOWN TO HE SAVED. I)r. Phillips, of Putnum county, Go. Dr. Walker, of Columbus. Mr. H. V. Rnoll, the Conductor of Columbus. A gentl- mau from Texas—whoso family wa# killed. A negro hoy in charge ol Mr. Pryor’s Horse, M oidoro. A negro boy belonging to the railroad, an-l also a white man who (.‘Heaped with him, and who ur rived in tlie city yesterday. Al*o, several others, name# ulikuowu. The tllanilr Telegraph. After the great burst of enthusiasm -vt-r tb laying of the AUanlic Cubic there is quite a calm in public seUtluiQiit. The glory of the achievement, it seems, is yet to be eulshrated. For the infoi - uiatiou of our readers, we lav Itefotu them .-*viue information iu reference to the uuterprise gather ed from the London Timet. It is now apparent that 110 attempt# can be made with any proiq-ret of success, to lilt (be old cable until tho return of calm weath er at the end of April or May. and even uu-ler tho best eiirnmstancvH, the expectations with r gard to tljy -qieratiou arc not favorable. Mean while it has been definitely ascertained (hat the existing damage wa# not at tlm shore eud. The laying of ,lhe new cudjias be mu completed l.iaidis (anew of 12 miles out frron Valentis, an-l the por tion taken up wft# found to be in a perfect condi tion for all electrical purpose*. Experiments lately undertaken by a person previously uncon nected with the enterprise, strongly support the original inference, that the main fault is about 278 miles from the Irish coast, at a depth probably of UOO fathoms. There i* also fault on the other side which i* thought t. Ik* about :’uo miles from Novvfwuuoland. Currents, however, ft ill continue to be received, although of a kind so feeble and uncertain as to ho useless for any practical pur pose. At present the current i# in eh urge of Mr. Henley, who is manufacturing an apparatus such :* his experience ..n the spot lea-1# hint to think may yet possibly lead to seme results, but iu no case could there be a hope of achieving perma nently’ auy satisfactory communication otherwise #han by au entirely now line. After the ununi mous'expression of opinion, not merely by the commercial town* hut the people at lurgc, that the work i# one that the nation should not allow to fail, it may he presumed there is little doubt id thi required help boiug accorded, subject to #uoh stipulations a* may protect the interests of the public. The PrvMdeDU Annual \ica*ffr. Was ever Message more J’sjarul than Mr. Buchanan’s? After capturing Walker ou Pun ta Arena? he out—Walkers Walker in fillibustering to catch the South. The arrest of Walker was jilUbutteritm agoinet the South. He goes for Protectiv# Tariff to catch the l.namtr. for YazooinflYasoa to catch the West with Pacific Railroad; and the commercial centre? are to be caught by putting all our State Corporation* un der Bankrupt liquidation .’—Great is NATION AL Democracy! a “Georgia Mfjor ! M but SOCTnEItN Democracy, that grows serious iu proportion a# its allies grow cold: and is ready to ! cannonue tha Saints of this Administration i# 1 fronton a*? leas? -tire Georgia Majors !** Wg*WtfE 1 ftnr Han Franrloro Sax FiiAVClfico, Jiov. 26. •General Clarke, m.-mmander fff thu -iq<aftmont of ('riifornia, iho Sixth regiment of in fantry, uow stationed at Benicia, m tho 24th in stall t. Ah Fong, u L'hinftman, has ben cenvictoi in MuripoßH county of the tnurdor of Ah Gow. The Board of DolvgfHte# of tha. rtnu Francisco Fin- Department liav. declared tho hlwtiun for Chief Engineer, held mDeooinber last, to be void. A now election i# ordxfhd for next mouth. Tho Kansas pity (Mo.) overland mail attfgo sr riyodat Stockton on tho 24th instant, having 00* cupiod fifty day* tocomph to the journey. A fire look place 01. tho 20th instant at Hprfngs, Sbawtii county, which destroyed several building#. Du l ’ \\ - Chin?, has boon opened. The sbiji Li/.zie Jarvi* receully arrived at Fort Gamble, fifty -threw day* from Shanghai, to load with spar* tor China. — This fact im worthy of uote. and i# doubtlean the procuror of a vast lumber triulc bshfm Puget sound and the Chinese ports. Decrees dissolving tho bati-i* of tna'ri'uony be tweeo the toLowing partio* have hwugrant* I by our Distriat Court# within tho past few -lay#, vis: Elisabeth Wilkjunon and Walker Wilkinson: A. Jones and JI. fc. Jones; Chrlerian Cailundeau anil Mary ('iillenh-aa and ishaui (. L* itz aud Pauliiw F. Lcit*. A party of men in Hbasta eounty lost week hung two Indiau* who were su#|ecu*<i <>f having murdered u white mail ttatndH AlcGowon. The County Judge of Klamath cdknty ha*lc cbled that. William R. Turm*r wa? elected Dis trict Judge of the Eighth Judicial district lost September. The matter wa* contested by John I*. Haynes, who claim* to bav* ‘>*-on legally cho sen. Al 2 i/cioek tn-rnr w two Gk* r ‘ an> t:u will be bung ir. jn*)i And re#-. Calaveras county, tor iuur tier. In the case of th* People vs. Roeuau, indicted in Ratio county for the murder of Wake man Bun* tne jury ha* found t • prisoner guilty a* char,, Ms. i’hdemon T. Herbert i* an applk-ant f->r the Hppointtucnt of sub-Indian agent at Walker river, in tho ,Northern part of fche State. The bark HyadK, arrived iu tins jort on th** 21#t inst. from CaJttrics Bay. month of tb* Amoor river. She brought down fiU possongcr-, who composed thi* crow* us two Steamers built ami oht from Boston by order of the Russian g--v orniuent. —V. }'. //emjd. New# from Y u Mrxlro. Hi. hulls-, ite... 21. 18,8. The riant aFe mail . us the Bth lust,, reached liulepciaienco on Satur day. The conductor reports the snow on the route three IV-et deep, aud the weather was very ; The sin* ti convene the day the j mail left. j Fort Defiance dates are to Nov. 21. i *’°l- Milo# had pursued the lu-L iu? into their j mountain ta>(m#*<■, over region* heretofore un known, and the white men were putting them to 1 ffiflhl wherever they found them. | Mnp* ol tho ina r. Ip were soon to be made out, I giving much in formation respecting the country, j Major Lae#u* returned t-< f-irt Doflaace on the , I- I ** i"**- H*‘ ha<J lud uo regular fight with the j Indians, hat had kilfrd nix wf ihui in v&oous j kiitfiyfllicH. t’apt. \ a-ldes, of a eiimpaoy of spies, has boon, M^punJcd. Gol. RonneviUo uud Huperin ten dent Collin# go | to Fort Defiance during tho armistice, to treat pißi tho>Vavajoes—l their action to bt* final either i for praledr war. ! Judge Bout) will tak*? the district vacated by | Judge Br>ne*lk-t. fbr Kuuthcrn Pacific UaliroatL N kw Orleans, Dec. 2otb, D6ff. q ’f* l ® doutheru Pavifie Railroa-I C*nrcntiou'ad j jouruod f 0 meet at Murshail, Texas, on the* HJth of January. Prosith nt Morton, ou receiving a vote ol thunk*,congratulated tho f'onventiou on its successful issue. The AtocHaold-r* an* in high spirit*. Tho company’s trust ifM-ds indebtedness •is about $.527,000. Their entire liabilities ere $.>00,000. T-< meet the former there are $1.16,0(8) j in tho hand# of Mr. Fowlkos, and SIIO,OOO can \m obtained from otheraourcts, leaving $82,000 to be j provided by ib,* *Csw Orleans and other stock- J holder*. Nothing remains to Im* done but to get j Texas to relinquish the suit for forfeiture of the charter, which will undoubtedly he done. Journal of Commerce. ‘■• -♦ —1 lutrrrHilng from \lrilco. N;w Ormbanx, Dec. 20. 1868. j The steamer Tennessee arrped here to ‘lay, 1 bringing Vcm Crut dat*<# t. 22-1 hint. The m-wp ► undecisive. The Proyretto spi-ak# in high terms j >f President Buchanan's message, and think* the j position it takes with regard to Mexico wit) in | dues the European Power# to recede from their | present attitude. It also anticipates that the ; liberal* will reap some advantage# from the oue • assumed at Washington, and consequently that they will be no necessity for establishing the mill tury post# in Chihuahua and Sonora, ** suggested l in the mes#ago. Zub-aga wu* still irr Mexico, but was prepared for flight at a moment’s warning. General Mar j quo* bad been defi-ated near Guadalajara by D j.gollado. The Archbishop bad refused to advuqco any more tuom*y to the Zuloaga foi tion. Anew I government, under the form ‘if a triumvirate, had | been proposed at the capital. A fleet, consisting of five French and three Hpauish war vessels, wa# lying at Sacrifieio*. I j The i nitod Htate* sloop of-war Saratoga was also Another American riiop-of-wAr waa seen ->ff \ efa twenty five thou*- vnd dollar* in silver lu*-l b*-n f-uuil in the vault of Mr. Forsyth’s house near the city of Mexico. i I* WRfl rumored that Zuloaga had offered to l phicc Mexico under English protection, and that Mr. Wunvl had gone to England to arrange snt ters. ; Kehcagaray had defeated Cnmano at the haoi etnla of Sau Miehata*. A Spani.>h brig of war wa? at Tampico. (tenoral Alnbriste defe.-ued the Zuloaga f<uc* •wfort* Puchla. A bottle wa-- found at see off Coatxacoalco.*-, on closing • Written Wtetenrent tbei thu Hpunisb frig* k ate Gukdrioiipc was lost off la*Ko* islaiul. while preparing to attack Vera t’nu.—A'. V. Herald. Oregon | Gen. Joseph Lane, the ’•Marion of the Mexi* i can War,” as hq is called, hn# written a letter to * l“‘ Washington Union, in which he contradict? tho rumor Ahet Oregon has only a population >f t.'LOMO. In the population wa# about 10,flt)0. i the ewffiki* though imperfect and leav ; iog out some 6.000 to 10,000 resident*, showed a population of 41.7000. Judging from this rare of increase, Geu. Lane thinks.that the present popu | lution of Oregon i* at or near 06,000. Nn* from t .itltornU. Ht. \ri*. Ded. 20, 1858. Tho twenty-second Overland Mail, with sun V rancisco dates to the 2Sth nit t arrived last i bight, bringing one through passenger, aud sever* i a 1 from Hay stations. | Six eeapauiev of the Sixth infantry, tinder Col. 1 B-‘ffran, have boon assigned to service*ln the 1 Mohave country ; two companies, with the regi mental head quarter?, Lieut. Col. Andrews com* mnnding, at Lo? Tresidln, fhj one company each to Humboldt Bay aud Han Diego. Ibo Sou Ktan iseo Herald rep>rts the seizure of tho steamer Uermunu by the I'nited States Marshal, on claim? against her by New York par ties. Ledger.-—Wo are indebted to Mr. Bonner for a copy of the Lodger sot January Bth, eontaiuing ! th* second number of the Everett “Mount Vernon J Papers.” I The Punmne Court at Oswego ha? recently held that nu action against a bank on a protested bill, cannot hold on tho simple endorsement of A. 111., cashier, unless the avowed purpose of nego tiating the bill, or the specification of the name end authority of tha book suppoaeq to h# rep re srated. ska!’ treevpaav teak aadertwmaw. COLt'MRI M, ffONffAT, J tNl'lßl *. lri>®. Tbi* kallroil fatastropbe Our reporter, who wa# despatohed yesterday moruiug, to the c.jpe of tho tumble railroad ao raaont, no# returned with a 1-1 itionatparticular* of the truly doplorahle accident. He report* that several more bodies hare bceu re-overed—five were brought to the rdiy on yesterday WoniQffs train. Among the number ofl*o*iie# which foeov ered onyoatonlay, tire tkuae of the children of Mr. Lover* tt of Louisiana, aud a Mr. Ely of New Yrk. Mr. Leverotl, of BenvHie Parish, came in on tho ears yesterday afternoon, ike ha# by this doplorahlc casualty, been deprived of a wife and thru** children ; an-l their bpfltoa are now in tbi* city awaiting their removal to their homos. During the -lay the body of Mr. Allen E. Ely. of the firm of Duric A Bly. wo* found. His re mains were brought to town', and will boforward ed to the family in Now York, whereto leaviw a wife and two children. One of the saddest fists which we are- coinpaUed to relate i# the loss of Mr. C. J. M. Dixoiv of L*wi don, Eugiand. His b->dg Ihm not yet been recor i-Ril but from the reeovery of baggage Ac., we arc convinced that he muni have been on board and in all probability, lust. A number of letter# were-found in hi# baggage which showed him to be a gentleman of education amfrespectability. He wa# a Civil Engineer in the service of the Kugiifh East India Railway I C -mpany aod his bitstuo** in this oonoftr wa n to n-Us and obsecrliiui imj-rovetn r.’- m A men c;ui Railway. Hi- valise wo? f uud ; an‘l among its c-.i.uspt* were 1--tiers of introduction reran prominent engineers of the North, to gentle men of diwtinctiou 111 the South. A uutnber of let ter* wore- shown from a father and other relations which proved him to boa fond aud affectionate son. id a devoted relation. The rutu-.r current iu thu ci|jr yesterday that oue of the lodic#, wh-ufl body, was reeovared was robbed, i# without foundatioih—a gentleman wa# arrested and was in custody four or fire hours yesterday, who Ik#is(ed m rcscaing the body of the lady reports! t*> bo robbed. The money sup j>.. -l to b- on her panon wa# found in a carpet bag that was discovered near thu wreck. Tho bridge, over which tho train passed, wa* forty feet from the water and only twenty fire feet - u length. The Engine, though weighing twenty ton#. *4# not directly under the bridge but fully twenty fuel below. It wo* turned com plainly over—wheels up—and h boxcar laying on top of it, The mayo passenger car wa# over a Tnlle below the wreck. Many of the passengers had money about tb*ir person# and l.inc Bank bills ware found yesterday . ip. the tree*? bd -w tho bridge. efficient I*u-t Master of thi# city, Dr. II M •fetor, found after u diligent search, ail tho mail hag- sent out by Friday morning'# mail along the banks of the creek- The following i# a liH of the pacsciigt-r* saved. J Havkd.—-JoO tiruudherry, Harris 00., Gmr* gin. I Leroy A WUHaoie. M- rriwether county Ga. IV ru I-* Dupree, Houston eo.tia. M G ItMddletea and Dr. t'b*rl*- Phillips, im. j nm co.. Go. Jotoe* B Bulloch. Palmetto, Oa. I Win Jones, Talbot co-, <a. j fFfeorg- Gammon, Taylor co. Os, Dr. A M Walker, Ooldinbu*, (a. Benjamin Fraiior, Sumpter eo., Ga. * Mr. Guy, Buena Vista, Ga. Thomas SO’Bryna. Charleston, 8. C. Thomas Leverett, JBerrille Parish, La. (.'apt. Eugeue LaoiMrt, Nf. 0., La. If H Dikcmau au-l II F J King, N. If., efty. G A Tiefeelbesger, Mi##. Jam:-# SaiitK TANARUS vat. Conductor Snell, offtis city, and six negroes. Kiu.n or Drownbd.—Two Missy? Guy, •laughflor* of Thorn a# Guy, kuhseil co., Ala. Mr#. Thomas Leveretto aud 3 children, Rerrilb* Parish, La. Mrs. rimitb. Texas. A K Ely. N. Y., city. Henry Miller, eugin-'er : M Bouche, flremun, and lira H Snell, traiu hand, Columbus, Go. | CJ M Dixon, missing. The funeral scrtuoitof Messrs. Miller and Snell I of this city wa# preached yesterday evening at the (..Methodist Chur -h in this city by the Rev. A. M. | Wynn. The remain# of the former were interred with the honor#oftli© I. O. 0. F. Htate Md to Kail [food#. Tho Atlanta Intelligencer of Due. 3Mth, -ays: •‘The Columbus Timor ©ems to felicitate itself very much off th© fact, that, (flat State Aid was defeated in the Legislature. “The cry,” it say#, ”oT enhancing the \aluo of land, end diminhih ing the price of transportation ou was a syreu s*>iig, which lulled legislator# to sleep.’’ We imagine that the Timet will find out that it ts the people who have been ‘’lulled to sleep” ou this questi>u. and that they are destined to wake up I and expre** tbeir will upon it, in eaob a routiner as the •■Timet” and all other parties will under stand. We bar© yet to be convinced that tho ** Txmem” represents tho feelings of Muscovite Cos., on thi# aubject us groat importance to them.” Wf should deplore the issue which our cotein porary seeks to mak ou this quorikm. We have no desire to sc© a Trojan Horse filled with arm ed men walk into the gate# of th© strong-city of Democracy—-nor will the it#© be made. But the TnttUigeneer is right in thinking that were- ; jute© over tho defeat of ritate aid. by the teat leg- | ixlature. | e do, moM einphatically ; and we con gratnlate the [>*K.pl<* thai the enormous sum of three dollanAwutf not guarantw-d to cor-” [Kirarieri# to ouijd rail roads, it i# folly to talk about XtH urity to the State, when the koen-sight ed vigilance of self-interest will not induce #pccu lstore t* ondorse tho bond# ot the c--uipsuto?. It is useless to talk about building a road by the Stoic, when it will tie a payingq-oad an-l there is n-> danger es to##. There will always be subscrip tion? sufficient by. interested parties and capitri -10.-, to build it. It ueu*ekw to talk about making the government rich when the people would pre fer themselves to be rich in preterence to the feOvenuncnt. 1? i# useless tt endeavor to make #0 odious a principle a car-UnaJ doctrine of the Democratic creed. A* to the people-waking up” upon this ques tion. a# **ur cutempory Ultimate#, wc can only say. th.it they beve ever repudiated State aid by over whelming numbers whenever the i*#ti© has lu*eu made. Look at Alabama an-l utber States where the public men wlto have advocated it have been doomed to private life. We do not know au in stance w here State aid ha# ever been endorsed by the people. I he vote in the Lcgtolwture upon the question wa 00 evidence of it# strength. It was the u*ion of local interests that gained the State aid bill a respectable vote. Avery small number endowed the principle. We may Dot reflect the ‘feeling# of the people of Muscogee” In our views upon thi# question, we advocate what wc believe to be right without an appeal to them—but we venture the assertion that *0 far from the people rs Muscogee* endorsing a loan of the State # credit for railroad —a credit which they will protect with the watch fulness of tbeir individaal credit—such a prop©- sition would not receive- one hundred votes in th© county. Indeed, thi# number is near op hun dred more than we have any knowledge of at thi£ time. Mr. Geo. I> Prentice v# Mr. < alhntin. Tbi# gentleman who i# lecturing throughout the country upon “statesmanship.” never allude# enco directly or iudirectly to Mr. Calhoun. ll* frequeutiy says. Jackson, Clay and Webster. It wa? supposed in Columbus that ho wo# not aware ot tb<* mistake he had made, and inadvertently rued the name of Jackson for that of Calhoun.— W© bar** since seen reports of his speeches where be intent ion filly made the same mistake. Now we have no idea that the memory of Mr. Calhoun will suffer from the omission of his name by Mr. Prentice, and we do not knew that we nre licensed thu# to bring Mr. Prentice * prejudice to the pub lic view. It ?ufficeth to sav, that the countey has awarded to CALHOUX, CLAY and WEBSTER the meed of statesmanship, and tha shaft# of mal ice thrown at the former by Mr. George Prentice i# scarcely worthy a aerie*. W, oror 9 prdea ter alluding te It The Africans. rionie thirty or forty of tho young African#, sup posed to have beer, brought by the Wanderer to thoeuatof Georgia, passed through Montgomery “mo days siuoc. We her© rekd various acc-uuW of them—-their, docility aud obedieucc to intiuc tton*. Those that paMod through Montgomery nr© minutely de?f*ribv*d by cor respondent# of the Tuskere# liepuidic'au and Marion C<etnmnnwealth, both of which favor the rc-openiug.of th© slave trade. Ignorant a# yet, of the true meaning of the language, which they utter with groat dis tinctness, they arc directed principally hy sign# and gestures. They are arid to be remarkably ‘•pert and lively.” A eonwapondensof th© Marion Cfo/xmemcsaftA. (Ala.) alludes to the manner of getting them op board the steamer at Montgom ery. He Say#: “lorWßic tim* the Africans could net bo in duced to go an board the boat, and seemed much frightened at the-in-.kc. Ac. Doubtless they had a perfect horror nf traveling on water again, af ter having so rooently endured along and crowd ed sea rerage. Th© manner in which they were induced to go ou is worthy of liotiue. The mate tried ©very mean# to get then* on hoard, but with ti - efft-H. Finally, be concerted a plan vrith a big black Alabama negro. Ho tried to get him to go ou Ip-ard, but h© resolutely refused, when the ’itatc lui-1 him d-mn ou the gang-wav plffhk aud his him four or five substantial lick# with hi# ponderous leather strap, when the #aid Alabama J negro got up, yelling awfully, and went straight j on board, beckoning to tho African# to follow— end i they did follow, to th- - amusement and amid the cheer? of the crowd ! ike Aditijtinvr (Saturday morning) #oy of the “Many of them sociu sprightly and intelligent, ‘ aud will undoubtedly make fine plantation bands. They are moxtly of the Congo tribe, wo believe. A large nurnWr of our citizen? visited them, aud natisfied the curiosity that ba long boon enter tained to see th© real African. These negroes arc •upjpjfd to hare been brought bore In the “Wanderer.” The ‘Habile A Gtrarfl Kali roan. Edit oft of Timet : The Mobile A Girard Rail rood ha met with no accident; but has se verely from the late rains—we hop© to hare the pe*tongor train running on Wednesday, but it will b© some days yet liefrre w© ©an carry freight. Yours, .1, II HOW ARD. President. ro tub frit its. slave Prepertj 4 quer>. If Slave# ore “property"—whcoco cum© the doubt about tb© “power 1 ’ of Cougren* to protect persons aud property in btaios and Territories— not to destroy but to protect cither aud both? Did it ouiuc from th© ban.-.*# Nebraska bill? it# Badger Pruvis-* and other provisos? Perhaps after ali th* immortal KantuJt act had a double edge, and while it cut through th© old Missouri Itcstricfioß—iu our teeming favor—it -*ut to the vital purl of Slave property by denying 10 it th© protection which all other “property” justly claims from th© Fedaroi Government. , Thar© i# an unwritten volume on this subject —-will you. Messrs. Editor*, or some of your able ! contributor? write it? I should like to be inform ! ed if tn© poiccr of Congress to protect slavery in th© Territories wa# ever doubled before the Kn sas Act? IVILL WARWICK. ! Dec. .Ifltb, 18S8. Wasuixotux, Dec. 27, 158. TThile the opponents of th© Old Soldier©’ Ron* | sion bill retiniat© that from oleven to twelve imi j lions will he carry it into q,o(. it# friend? say. from the must accurate* calculations, th© amount will only be thro© million per annum. There is, however, no prospect of thu bill becom ing a law. General Walker is believed to be in thu vicinity ■f Mobile. Gen. Henning-ion i# still hi Washington. Among tht* racHDt evufirmations by the Senate were Yk-x. W iison, to be IHMrtet Ateortmy tor I tab Territory, and Alfred M. Lay, District At | torncy for the .Soutto-ru District of Mbaouri. A letter has from received at the ludiau Bu -1 r*au, from the CommiHsioners engaged in survey ing the Indian bouudary lines, which say# that they are under the protection of Major You Dora, | who reccutlv inflicted th© severest chastisement upon the t'amanches on the Cauadiau rivor, aud ! that through his vigilance and that of the officers j accompanying hi# command, the frontier of Wes tern Texas i? not likly to be molested again for a long time by these marauders, who have disap peared and nothing beou seen of them since the i fight at White kite village. Southern paper# roeeivud her© contain account# -fan en(bu#iii-<flc meeting held at Goiumbus, Mis#., to con*idt*r the subject of rendering material aid 1 to Gcnerul W alker in carrying out his Southern j emigration scheme in Nicaragua. Several other | sdmilur meetings are alo uimouuced. It to said the i-vuiputhy of Mississippi is fully awakened iu | favor of Gen. W. and his plaua. Outrage* In Kansas and Missouri. St. Loci#, Dec. 27, lboß. Th© Jefferson City Examiner learns from a re liable source, that Fort Scott, Kan#a?, ou the night of the 15th inet., wan attacked by Capt. Mont gomery. hi th© head of two hundred men, and the i town taken. Whan the Examiner'* informant es i ‘‘aped five or six persons had been killed by them, j The object of the attack, it wa© presumed, wa# to , release >no of Capt. Montgomery’# nicu. who wa# | confined then* under an indictment for murder. D was le&rod the towu would he entirely ikotrov ed. A dispatch from Kan#n# City say? that rhe Hsr risouville (Missouri) Democrat of the 25th iust,, states that on last Monday a baud oftbi-ves and a?;a.v#ius. train Kaura.*- Territory, cutcred Vernon county, Mis-ouri, and k-iled Dav id Crureand stole ft tot of cattle, twenty horse? and eleven negroes. | About th© iuinv time Captain# |irtmn and Mont j goumy entered Miaaouri, on the Little o*ag© j river, and stole a negro woman and t*.k Mr. J Larne prisoner, carrying the latter into the Terri j tor?; but releasing him on th© foliowing day. An j express had been rent to Gov. .Stewart, of Mto ; for a#*i?tinee to protect lif- and property. (forrrnor of Nebraska. Th© lato.-t news from Washington City in re ?pt*ct to u)>pein luu-nte is, that the President will ■'qqwdot Judge vGunuel Govoraor us Ne braska, uud the vacancv on th© bench in that Ter ritory will be filled by a gentleman from Georgia. It is not yet ascertained who is to Vk* appointed. Arizona.— Letter# have been received by the overland mail. An officer at Fort Buchanan write?. lk-c rnber 5, that rub deposits of gold have been found te the Gila river for qb hundred and sixty milor on both sides. Six hundred and fifty men are at work, and file hundred are on their way from California. Should tho emigra tion increase at the same rate a? it commenced, it is supposed there will he fifty thousand person# in Arizona within the next twelve months. Speoi. mens of silver, richer than that from H-intzlmatff# mine have been discovered. Hlhvr and (.old Ptereterir# in Sonora. W ASH 1 noton. Dec. 20.—Glow mg accoant# are received of th© discovery oiguld and silver mines On the Gila river. These rich mines nre reported to be hundred* of mile? iu extent : aud there are hundred? of miners already employed on them. France. The Moniteur publish©!- an official notification from Admiral Rigault dc GcnouiAly, Commander in-Chief of the French and Spanish force# in (’••chin China, to the effect that on an-l after the first of September, 1858, the bay and river of Tournme and the port of Cbsm-Crilao are declar ed in strict tb-ekaue. All vessels attempting to force the blockade will to’ treated aeeordiug to the usages of international law. The Mon it cur also publish*# a report from Mar shal Vaillani, approved by the Emperor, appoint ing a Committee to exam ire into the best mean* for improving the manufacture of ffre-antfs iu Fran co lt was said that the opening of the Chsabers. which whs to have taken place on tho 10th of ‘ January, is adjourned until the month of Febru ary. owing to the preparation of the budget# not toning sufficiently advanced. The Patrie. eaye the proceeding# in the appeal of M. Mon totem be rt had been fixed for the 24th December. The Minister of Commerce, in answer t© a mo moriri tram the o*mber nf Opiy—r#R of Havre •empltm.ag es tha H,.w teflere* hy FreasF ©naaincrcc in’conaeqiK-m-e of the c'nyj of affairs in Muxie-i. ha? iuforui.-.d tin* Chumb-d* that their couiplaim hu* beau communicated tb the Mimvhq for Foreign Affair.-., vrtiu ua> consulted with hii uulloagUc, th-- Miniitur ol Moline, u? to tn© meas ure# irhtoii may bo fleerasity to take. The monthly return# of the Dank of France show an iacreaao i#th© cash fli hand in Baris, uk 12,7ff0,009 franc#, and iu bfafftflffiauk# of 15,200,- 000 francs. */ The Pari.-t corretfpyndcpL’of tho Tiiatm #n ---formed that (he ©omAtosiou appointed to report uu the subject of she ©ngagthitfct of free *roe# in the FreucU colonies, have lmlsp;(l in fntnr of tho present system. Th© cuuuaPldor es the French squadron au the Aftfuun coa.H rtperts to tho Minister of Marine that a Ire-U difficulty ha# arisen, n French vomel loaded with Wee negro©# having been overhauled by the English cruisers uud forced to ro-laud the imuiigmtit'i, although the operation was jiurfeeUy regulire. The Paris Bourse had boeu firm, hut there was n reaction on the 10th inst. The 3 per cent# clos ed at Iff, Mo t-r account nnd 7A,o* for money. The shan.'fl in the Credit Mobil ter. which hodcon sidcral.lv a-lvanoud during the week, again de clined. Itai.v. —Th© Op in tone. of. Turin, states from Icinhardy that the greatest activity reigut- in tho ar.-enal of Venice, that tlie uumber of workmen there ha# been doubled, and that warlike store# of all sort# are being brought iu. It adds several urre#t# have taken place nt Milan, and til at sev-* enteen #tudcnl# have been nir*>i©d ut Puvia. whore several house# have heem sen re Led for arm#, many W which have Ixfbu ©ohe-i. The gar rison bus been increased by a fieta battery. It has already been stated tliot the Archduke Otari©# Louis, brother U* the Emperor of Austria, lately v toiled the* Pope, The Opinion< Htate# that be is formally entrusted wllh u political mi??ton. the object of which to !<f obtain pornitoston trom the Pojh* to occupy #ume ntw ]M-im of the Liiga (ion with Austrian troop#, in rutr to bo prepared for an outbreak. , It, i# aflii-uied ibet tim Sardinian g>%urouu-nt. h# sent so its diplomat ir ngento abreted H©i*'c*uls*r relative to the rumors of a wr w ith Austria, de claring that nothing whatever hitherto hu# arisen to confirm such a##crtions. .**pain.—A Madrid -ii.-patoh .-ays that Marshal O'Donnell had declared that the government hod re#idfd to preserve the constitiitfoual systpm. The first vote which te-.k placo in the new Span ish Cortes gave tin* government a majority of 152 out of 103 rutiß*. la-Ltars from ipuiu niat© that the evuedition to Mexico will t© un n MUilu thai- wo# sup posed. Gkrmany.—The Hanoverian Ministry lied sus tained anew ©heck ; tto* ©hauiiter haviug rejected, by a vote of 44 to 30, a bill proposing au increase of tho income tax. Th© King of Prussia, in hi# reply, thanking tho Chamber for their address, say# they eaunot give him a bolter proof of tln-ir fidelity ami attach ment than by supporting his brothel, the Regent, in hi# difficult mtfion. Ti'JticßY. —Constantinople advices of December 1, states that the ambassador* of the Great Powers had met in conferencctojduring two con#soutive day#, to deiiiieratc “B the critical ytat© of the Prln<-ipriiii*'ft- There was an extraordinary TOovou.ent nn-1 activity among the members of the diplomatic corps. The reserve# of the ai iqy in Aria had been call ed out. Notwithstanding the arrival of a part of the loan contracted in England, tho Turkish troops hod uot received their arrears of pay, and there wa# also a delay m paying tho salaries of public functionaries. J-’iranth© Washington t riton Vnaior Davis’ < utera Polio- Mr. Davis of Misrissippi, pr>poecs to proceed by attachment against Spain # an absent, ab- Hcondiug, or fraudqjput dolrtor. We have a long account agaiuot Spain, couiracted under aggro j vatod ctreuuistauce.-, and smfficlcfil time hu# elap j red to show that be i# utterly mdiffdrent alike to the obligations she ha# incurred and to tlie v ery offensive events ->t their origin. There is more in thi.-* : iibjct t than , appear? upon the itr faoe. Spain is largely indebted to our citizen#.— Her ageuts have Committed many grave outrage# upon them: have sacrificed their property and, iu numerous iiiMtunuc.*-, when they havi b*en arraign by Spanish tribunals, ami on final derision pr>- Dwuooed innocent, they have been charged with enormous court ©xpensos, ami bold in prisou un til they were paid. In nine case# out of ten our rieims haveariseu from tor*mmß, illegal and un justifiable acts on her part. They an* nearly ail founded on some dear violations ©flaw. 0 * * * * * * * Mr. Davis proposed, under all the cireumstfiu ces, that the federal government shall notify .Spain and demand paymenifor certain indebtcl ness, and, in default thereof, (font aUiichmeut is sue with direction.-, to our naval constable? to nut**- the Islam] of Cuba. In equity Hr. Davi# i# right. Bpain hae justly forfeited ull rieim to the forbearance of the United States. The Island bus been governed for twenty years 011 the idea that England and France would not consent to its failing into our hands. It ban been regarded as perfectly sal© to treat our people u# barbarians and pirates; to arrest them, confiscate their prop • rty, and even when proiiounoed innocent iu crim inal pr*reeutiony, to refuse not only to return ■ their estate#, but make them pay enormou* cost#. I The judicial ?v#teai of Cuba is iu th© hand# or under the control of tho Governor. Thi# is not the theory of tin. government, but it i# it# prac tice: to that all authority, wherpver and by whomsoever exercised, is a unit. The DnKLMNti Mania —it is perhap# ques tionable whether the barbarous practice of duet lintr i-. look--*! upon with mure <>r lesa favor at the North now, than it was ut au earlier period. We hu. * been .-eu.touted to regard the public seuti mem .) the N-.riUeru States a -*.dv..r#© to that “•ode of honor” which requires two men to t<md up aud deliocriuely expose lives, valuable, if not to themselves, at least to their families, and pnari* bly to Moriaty, and to reek a# a eover to wounded pride, or n-remedy for real ur .-m>pi-?od iusuita, the blood ot tho?© against whom they have no malice, or at lett?t none which cannot be wiped out bv other means, quite - cosily as by the raerifie© of the life us one er both of the parties. We are beginning t* doubt whether we hare not boon mistaken in our estimate of Northern renti tnent -.n thi# question. Not long ago a member of Congress from otherwise n-1 distinguished, gained brilliant laurel#, and render ed himself immensely popular throughout N\w Lugiand. by thu mere bravado of accepting a challenge to fight a duel, naming the gruuurt iu a h-r. ign country, where he knew hi# antagonist wouui not follow hiui. Had he actually shot the other part}. the iwace ! . m* jHioplc of the North worfld probably have <*m making him Pseaidcnt of the rnited State#. A# it is. that db-play of ••pluek’’ lih.i doubifo-sa, secured him a seat in Congress for along period, it is to be b-<ped indeed until he arrives ut year# of discretion.— Journal of CoMuutn:;:. British BARB.taifv—the Loudon Timespuft lishea a proclamation issued by Lord Clyde on his ©ommeneina the utnpabru in tbufe, anununcmg ’hat when there* is no resi#tnn©e uo plundering will in- allowed, but wherever there is re#i#tanca by even a single shot fired ogatuet tho troops, thi* inhabitants must expect t- incur the fat© thv have brought upon tbcineolves. The.r hoeses will be burnt an<i their village# plundertKl. Thk CowwiTTEE ON TKahtToHSES.—The remov al of Mr. Douglas fr-.m the chairmanship of the to-nate t ‘otninift--*- on Territories, ray# the (Entnu- Ih I Spirit of the South, was nn act of jnsHee that we sear elv expect,-d th© majority of that body in view of re-cent dmonnstratfr-nS, would hnre tho nerve *.O perform. The Rontbern who oupoesd #0 siilotary and necessary u move, did them reive# no credit by the effort'to keep at the bead of that imporiaot committee, n man who optwilv avow# the right of a territorial legislature by its puny ©twi- tinenta. to nulltfv the protection which th© constitution of the United State? ex tend# to the peculiar institution of their rectum. Do these gentlemen mean to endorse this mon strous absurdity of squatter sovereignty, or not approving, are- they yet willing to tolerate r doc trine which Mr. rialkonn denonneed a# worse than the Wiltnot Krorisu. for tho rake of the harmony of the party ? We ur© glad to **••© i+a<mother of the Senator* from Alabama i? included in the list of those who turned .heir becks upon the dminis- Datton to extend the hand of friendship ty the unii-Leeompton co-adjutor of Greeley and Se ward. Thk Seat or Go\enmrst^—A recent pre pared official document, calculate? tho entire amount of public and private appropriation# (ex clusive of salaries for public officers,) for the Dis trict of Columbia.from flu* time the Government was located in Washington to the 30th of June last, at u©arl,v twenty tiro million# of dollar#: the ##©•#©• I- -i- of the Government rerervea exclu sive ot rou iaen- forint-d by the intersection# Os streets an- .tvcituea, at upwards of $13,50(1.- 0tiO; the (H,#t ot public building#, including furn iture. statuary aud painting# at neirlv *1j,000.- •MHi. (the capital ,ot over #ix million#.) The private property es the district is a?B#e#sed at •fH5.000.u00. Steam boat aud t argn loot. Ct.vciyNATi, Dec. 27.—The steamer Metropolis, ; Pittsbnrg for Hem Orleans with a cargo valued at over SIOO,OOO, got’ aabore in the fog on | Sunday. If is thought tho boat and cargo will | l>e a total lore. A Cokore§si<mal Monet Market.—A Wash ington dispatch to a Xorthern exchange says: Th© member# of Congte# have drswu up more closely to date than usual, iu evidence that money i# not abundant everywhere. The Sergeaut-at- Arxns of the House bar disburse* . #mce the 6th inst., on aecoout of mileage and a rears of salary, $327,408. His total dihurs©uicn e for the present < ojurrea*. up to Ifit’i fast., s*ennte4 M