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8.a,. r .a Mm. on wimk omimiwb B lialiiwml •
short spsm*, makln( ■* nUiuioo to th stlHihils
traUoo, bt.tl u hi..|t .pso Am.rl.mn nollry •-
wartl. pyrmmmu *** **
approbation af th mahlsaito. w * •
from Uk rrmaHta tnrfor. ... *•’ >*■* MOW
lhaa an outlinr of *• Mrmalnr s W. whirtenr
respond, with tha irro*r~. of autthUaa.l Ml*-
Ml in rofard to w.taoiin fori*n slliaaMa
la tha. pi.W.ll 4dtr
dorntood o .bating • kata ia our hostility U
tbs dogma of popular revoroignly. of whu-h h. io
tbo . bamplon and author, but a tribal, .if jastioa
to his viaws upon a quasiton whinh will .own ton
tho .tato.niim.bip of oar wisast man. lmt
bought, takr thr load la tbo nb.dilion of tha
Neutrality law., wbmh now bind, as down and an
.Khar nation- -le!ttng our “polioy look to oar
festtay” baruionislu* it “with what it to ootw
to tha future” and bia star of glory whtoh has
ham retting lahhid tha woatarn .bias may liaaat
again ia brightaas. and Kploador.
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Hon. W. fc ■<•*>
Wo nlffa no apology introducing to mr ool
utMi (i abort biography of Hon. Ww. 1. Y atmey,
of Ain., tnkeu from tfa “Ameren Pfaeuulogteal
Jonn.nl” published in New York. tfahtography
to written in connection with aphreiiotogte*! chart
given by the r**<Vwß>d Fowler. We publish only
the former, knowing fl( n abort sketch orita, \>-
htb-.nl life of mob n man will be read by nil who
hove nn appreciation for genius, eloquence **d
honest merit. W confess for ;mr*lve* nn un
bounded admiration for the superior ability of
Col. Yaoowy hm onthuntnem for his devotion to
Kxiithem interests an attachment for hie loynlty
te principle n charm for hie h*
qtmaee —* cunfidenc* in lh purity of fas motive*.
May be long live nu honor to hie Slate mu! Cuun
r- _ . m „
Ktrotkm Jntfgr.
We bore n4 rooeived a# yet suffictent returns
to justify oe in pruHoioing the Judge etoot f the
Patau la ('lreoit. The candidates, Hon. W. 0.
I’orkin- and J. L. Wimberly Ksq., are both wr
thy gentlemen end wilt grace the bench. The
lateness of the hour that Judge Perkins become a
candidate placed him under very greet and tend van fa
gee in the new. We beard ut on*- gentleman w|*v
had just beard of tfa ead fate of the lamented
Tanker and we un<iortMtd did wot perhaps vote.
The following are the Court lie” m far ae beard
ro m to thin period.
CbaMohooobre Cos., Perkin* maj. irt
Wobeter • Wimberly h * ISM
Stewart M “ M Mi
Slrtrnrt Ctmnty- Voir,
For Judge :
•f. L Wimberly, (Aiim f27
W. C. Perkin*. fl>era.) 37
For Moliettor:
Jeeee Norwood, (Am,) 542
V I>. Hailey, (Item.) 41#
For Tea Colkwtor.
U. W. Hridgee, (Am.) 419
Henry Andereon, (bom.) 4<W
For Tax Reeuivor:
W. M. Wotuble, (Am.) 445
Perry Rodney, (Item.) 4U
Randolph eo., Perkine nmj. 125
The < ouMltutlnnAliHi va. Met. Bruwn.
We have been much eurprioed a* well ae mor
t ilted at the eourre pureued by the Augueta Con
etititutionullet. toward* tlov. llrown. Snrpri
eohd lMoaii*e Uu- editor of that (taper ha* hither
to Murtained a reputation a* fair and onndtd, a*
well M able writer; mortiffod bwenwne ‘the editor
eontrolH a paper which circuit!ten largely umougat
the Democracy. Hut while we are the*cur)iri*ad
and mortiflivl, we are rejoiced to know that that
paper reflect* only the aentimvnU of Ue editor.
Mia eoaree canuot remive the ©ndnwemeai if the
Demoerwy of Kaeteni tieorgia. Uov. Itrown
tio*d* no eulogy from u*. Hi* adminietratbui
tion thuH far, ia hi* proudeat Hi*
managemvut of the Stale Road, while it ha* pro>
vuhed the opposition of *oin few man, ha* placed
the Governor in a poeitlou in tho heart* of the
ma*ea of the State, which euvy eaunot reach,
or dutraetion acsail. /, in IhtUmdinm.
Lteat. MfrHl Iverum. U* lb A. §
We greet this* gallant officer ol the Cnited State*
Army to hi* old home again. He ba* a furlough
te vieit bia friend* in tieo|gia, while hteCom)Hitiy
(••O") let Cavalry, take up heiultfuerter* at Fort
Waabita, Indian Territory.
Lumpkin Palladium.
We received yesterday tbe bumpkin hnllndtHm,
ably edited by Ur. J. V. C. Hlackburn, iu a uew
dreaa and much enlarged, lie baa a**ociatel with
him. Mi** Aiiuir K. libmut, Jennie Wimml
bine, whm> |eputaLioai a* a writer i* decr odly
wa and who m a favorite with the reader* ot
our Journal*.
Also, Mr*. Julia B. Moore, who will contribute
weekly to the column* of the /V UoUinm and *u
perintend the foetieal depnrtmeut. Wuoongr.it
ulate the Palladium upon the aoeecaiou of ao able
a duo io the editorial hmlm, who ia connection with
M pawaeut Kditor, will present a paper worthy of
peruval. Hosides. we like moat emphatically the
high, chivalrous, Southern tone of the
tdinm.
C. J. M I>ick*on, of Kngland rcporUol among
the loat at the Railroad accident near Colum
bua, wa* iu Augusta on Sunday, and ka gone to
Washing).>u City. He took the train fur Atlauta,
at Opelika, on the day of the accident, in*tcad es
going by Macou. Hettce hi* friend* inb*c<l him.
and thought him killed.
fiff Chutoe, the mku who killed officer Webb,
in AtlauU, on thcHlat ulb. ami who, U area feared
would be lyucheii, hue been lodged in a ceil in the
penitentiary, at MillcdgevUle fur *afe keeping.
JMF'Thc Penury I Mima latgiaUturc wa* to have
met at Harriaburg on (he 44b inatant, fyoaterday)
It ie stated that the Ooveruor'* forthcoming me*
cage will precentamocl gratilviug financial eahi
hilion. Th* Waebiugtuu Shti *ay* : “The Sen
ate. which ia Hemocratie by aim majority, will
proteHily uieet the Uou J t re*wett, Frweuteut and
Uea. W N1 Miller. Clerk. Iu the Uoua, the oppori
tiou majority i* over tliirty, and the ruuU-*t ftw
Speaker i quite spirited Imtweeu Cel. McClure,
WC A l.awrcucc and S H Cha*e. Kiep*. Fur
Clerk aud other officer* their name ia ‘ , K*giun.“
RdR.. Among the li*t of paiuut* re-waueil from
the l Kited Stale” Patent office ter the week end
ing Iteeciubcr 2Uth. lIISS. weflmi uue to Jomph
A. Hra-icn of LaOrange. tla., fur improvement in
ikura.
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sSoi-TM Wkmtkr* U*il Kuab.--Weave glad to
hear (my* ike Mrnnm H,Hte Prec*.) that tin* n>aii
ia in good order te Albany and Itewaati, ami u
delay ia the regular and aceounaedatiuK train. -
The trestle work at Howard'* Mill, about a mile
from Flint River, on the eat ride, on the South
wo*torn llraneb te Columbu*, haa given way, aad
eanaot be repaired until after the river teli. We
are mfonuoi that tlie dlfficullie* will be remedied
during the prcuent week, aud the train* commence
running a* u*ual about Saturday next, to Cuhitu
bua.
New York i* certainly a great city. They hav*
now w “dog boarding-bon*e,’ and one i* adrerti*
ed at the comer of H road way and Forty fifth
afreet*. The keeper will beurii dugs at $2 per
wtw'k, and train for $1 Mb Then they have a
sporting depot, where tho proprietor employ* , nwu
expressly Ia oateh rat* for Ui ring and iog*. Not
lew than three thousand have been obtained from
the Aster, three thousand from the St, Niche
iaa. etc.
4ng r meleial.
W AamuoTox, Jan. 4.- -The Senate took poaaea
*ion of their new bail to day with becoming cere
moaka.
The Hon. Jonw C. Hngeaibiim* ••!•* “
• ploiMtid oratorical dibri. The subject of It
troncbmcnt, on motion, debated.
In (be lion**-, there wa* a debate on tbc Indian
appropriation bill. Ntioea were given of the -
troduction of aeveml wprtnnt hilla one *t
which waa the fonoattea of anew Territory from
portion* f Tteh, Nebraska, Kanae* and New
Mexico. AMR wa* ala< reported providing Un
the pay to the Htnte of rieorgia of u balance of
money due for military aerriro*. The committee
on (onmm have a majority Iu favor of the re
peal es the flaking bounty law.
Jnegr Douglas’* kprerti
*•***••*
He is unwise who voluntarily place* biin*lf
in the pate of American destiny. (Cheer* ami
shout* of ••Bravo.'”) Next to settling (hi* do
■motto- question no a firm, eonaervative, eonstitu
tionat bari*. we must establish a soand. wine and
liberal, Arm foreignnobey. On ti.aipi.int I am free
te say to you that I have ever held the doctrine
aiooe I hove been hi public life that the I nited
State* should never, by trmUy with any Karo
pout. Power, pledge their faith mit to do that
which our interest and dualhty may compel ua in
the latere te do. (Crte* of “flood’”) 0“ that
priiuMpk I resisted the ratiffoation of tho Clayton
Rut war treaty. (Applansa.) Lrariatod especial
ly that olauae of it which guarantee.l that we
would never in tbo future oolouisc, unnex or eger
viae d,.million over ally portion of Central Amur
tea. They naked urn t!eti what I wanted with
Contra I America. 1 told them \ did not want it
ikon, and that J did not know that the time would
arrive in my day that we should want it, but that
I did knew that in the time of my children we
would he compelled to have it, whether we waut
ed it or noL (Applause aud laughter.) And why
should the UflM State* tie up it* hand* by plcdg
iag it* faith that it would never, in all future
time, do that Off the American continent, which it*
destiny, it* safety, it* interest might require it te
do? (('beers ) Thu argument urged by the Uri
tisb Minister at that time wa* that tho (Jlayten
/lulwhi t.o*iy was fair and yust a* Iwtwecu u*
and Kngland beeouee it wa* wiprocal. I told
Hir Henry Bulwcrthen that I would like U> test hi*
principle by an amendment of two words, so that
(he clause would rend that ncitUer Kngland nor
the United Htate* would ever occupy or colonise
any part of Central America “nr A*ia.” “Oh,
hot,” said ho, ‘ you have no entente* in Asia.”—
**No,” said I t “nor have you in Central Ameri
ca.” i Laughter.) “But/’ said he, “you oannU
establish your government thera.” “No,” I re
pHwi, “nor do we ever intend that you shall try
to plant your foot in Central Ainune*.” (Loud
cheer*.) I Umk tb ground then tbut quest ion*
relating to Central America, Mexico, or any imrt
of fffie Continent, are American owouHom, nhmit
which no Kurofiean Power ha* a right te ark t in
consulted. (Anpinuse.; (A vote# -”l>o you go
ter Cuba?") When all Kuropo wa* assemble.l in
war against Russia, a few year* ago, the United
States wa* not represented in Couocli. Its voice
wa* uot heard, nor it* mlviee asked, for tile reason
Mint Ainerio* was ten far of W have a sufficient
infvrcMi iu Kuropcan question*. 1 trust that when
qaestion* with regard to Culm or Mexico or Cen
tral Awn-tea shall arise, Kurone will he held to he
too far oft'te have a right to ffi- consulted about
Micni. ( Loud cheers.) The few feeble power* of
America not our natural* allies, aud are
■aturally dependent upon us for protection. We
have greater interest in them than any foreign
Power has. We are interested iu seeing that they
shall have linn and stable governments. Our
poiiny should look to our destiny, mid he in bar
mony with what is hi conic in the future, Ido
not *ay that we ought, at one blow, to acquire a
vast amount of new territory. On the contrary,
let ua proceed slowly, gradually, steadily—A mar
ioani/ing first, and annexing afterward*. ( Laugh
ter ami applause.) last jour foreign policy lie
coiunstent with our future duty; and, hence, let
u* never make a treaty with France, or with Kng
laud, or with any foreign Power, tying our hand*
in the future iu opposition to what our interest
and safety may require. For entertaining and
ftrwly main lain mg Mi is doctrine. I had the mis
fortune to be degraded Irons my position outlie
Committee oh Foreign Affair* in iH.'M. I was de
graded then hccaniMi my opinions were in oposi-
Mon to the views of tin- Senate on the Clayton
Bulwer treaty, 1 have lived te see the day when
that Somite aud the American people think that I
did right then (A voice “Yes, sir") -by follow
lug duty and sacrifleing position. All thuta pith
lie man has te do is te follow his principles whrr
ever their logical couaequuuoos may carry him.
These principlo* of domestic policy, of Htates
righto, .if popular sovereignty, 1 shall follow and j
maintain, fighting all who fight them, and sup
porting all whojuopport them. (Ilravo.) In ru*(>oct
to tbreigu policy, my views will he governed by
the siuue principle* of public exigency. Rut my
frieuds, I hare detained you too Tong in the dis
mission of political questions. (A vole©- “Go
ahwad.”) (Another voice -"What .about Mexi
cof”) 1 only appeared on this balcony to ackuow
lodge the compliment you have paid mo, and to
nmder thanks for the testimonial you have Turn
shed of approval of those great principles to
which my life it devoted; and 1 prefer Unit it
should lie devotion to principle rather Ulan per
soiial affection which prompts these mark* of
your kimhicsN. And now, my friends, in eonelu
sion, permit mete renew iny grateful thanks, ami
te bid you good night (Loud applouxe.)
Wn. honours lance).
■ UtUHiPMt.
W. Lowndmh \*Acav wa* horn lu the Jitata
of tieorgia- Shoals of Ogwechoo- un tfa ItHh
day of August, IHI 4, aud is (umroquent iy now in
his -l.'Xh year. He was burn at tho home of Col.
Bird, his grand-father. His parents resided at
tfa time iu Abbeville, 8. C. His father, Benj. C.
Yancey, was a lawyer of tfa first order of talents
and the highest Integrity, ranking justly a* a
compeer of the Into John C. Calhoun, whose
friend and supporter fa was in the memorable and
dmisivoconflict* which linked his name honora
bly with the war of 1812. The elder Mr Yancey
died **> the your 1817. leaving hut two ceildren,
the suhjeet of this sketch and B. C. Yancey, U. S.
Minister to the Argentine Confederation, .South
Aiusriea.
Win. L. Y ancey received his earlier education
while fat wuou eight nml nineteen year* of age, in
New Y'tirk and New England—which, porunp*.
imparted to hi* manner* an apparent reeerve, and
stamped him a /no tion in hi* morals, without a
taiui of superstition or pharmecttfin. Jin i* an
earnest Christian, aspiring after unostentatious
spiritual grace*, aud so walking with little of pro
fession a* an exemplary anti devout member of
the Presbyterian Church.
W bile yet child, hi* mother a woman of ex
ailed sensibilities, uncommon talents, tirelu** cn
wgy, and indomitable will—would assign him a
• •articular position on the floor, and while she
employed herself with her knitting, require luui
to deoiaim the grand old byum of Stenuctt, fa
gimdng:
‘‘On Jordan's stormy bank I stand.”
WhoChor the world is more greatly indebted to
the maternal pflde and prophetic painstaking
which prompted and gave color and informing
power to these early exorcises, than to the more
elaborate training of Dr. Griffin. Uie President of
William* College, nfinished rhetorician to who*!’
care he was subsequently committed, for the grace,
strength, and splendor of Mr. Yancey’s mighty
appeals to hi* countrymen of the South, which far
searuhiug power, senatorial dignity, and imperial
grandeur of gonius are not surpassed in the annals
of eloqucuoc, ancient or modern, neither he nor the
worM wsii in ur kIU)W.
He read law in the office of Nathan Havre, K*q.
iu Hparta. Ga.. aud completed hi* studies m Green
villa, K. C., ander the lireetlon of B. F. Perry.
liavtfig attained hi* majority, he married Sarah
Caroline Earle, an estimable and accomplished
lady, who is the third daughter of Gao. W. Earle.
KSq., of Greenville, 8. C.
Iu |H;i7, he removed to Cahaba. Ala., and until
1840, divided hi* time fa*; ween Uie cares of a small
planting interest and the editorial conduct of the
t'uhnha Ih-moerot
in IB4t. he removed to WeUiuipka, and in eon
junatiwii with his brother, the Mon. U. C. Yancey,
he purtdiaiMd ami edited tfa l .4 eg a*.
In that year he took ait active part in tfa great
Uresideurial campaign ; and it is douhtfhl whether
he has evor since surpassed the powcrfill popular
spemflio* he then made hi debate with some of the
ahlosl tuen who ever graced the platform in the
State. During the late Southern Commercial
Convention, one of it member* expressed to
Johnson J. Moonsr. Eaq., well known as a hril
liaat author, nml who was ueithor a political or
personal friend of Mr Yaucey's, his surprfa- ut
the reaeh. depth, and power of one of Mr.
Yanroy's rejoinder* iu that body -saying that ‘lie
hod oouie to the convention solely to hear him.
but that the half hod not been told him “ Mr
ltoo|ier'.- reply was that “the effort had never
oeeu equalled, unless, indeed, by Mr. Vaneev
himself, in 1840.” In 1841. Mr. Yonce.v was elec
ted to represent the county of Coosa in Uie Leg
udaiure. He deeliued are election, and ia 184:1
he was elected to the fauate of the Btat.
la 1844, the Mon. Dixon 11. Lewis was trans
ferred from tfa House of Representatives in Con
flrrestoa seat In the donate; and Mr. Yauoev
wa* unanimously nominated hy tfa Democratic
District Convention to fill hi* seat, aud wn re
elected witiiontofip sitton in K 944.
In t imgreashe uia.lc hi* d* bt on tfa questiou
of the annotation us Texas. Thu spoiN*h made a
marked impression upon all who hoard it. The
vemwnblc editor of tfa Richmond Knquirer said of
it- -"We are not at ail surprised hy the impreiudon
fa prmiuced. and the reputaliou he ha* acquired.
It isunu ofthe ablest and most eloquent speoefae
wc have soon. it|ou this or upon any other subject.
Ht* introductory strictures upon Whig repivseii
tatiws from North Carolina are very dignified in
m tumor, fat tremendous ia their efleci. it strike* I
Rke the lightning from heaven, and Withera tbo
sapling upon whkdi it falls. Mr. \ ancey is anew
member, aud a young umu, and if he be not para-
Irr.vd by the admiration h hoi already ox*te-l.
nor his hood become turned by the UMffi <’(
praise, he is >te*tioe.| to attain u very high dis
Mnetion in the public i-ouncifa.”
Judge Bngby, who |’ollowe<i Mr. Yahcoy in that
debate, in ln o| mu iag remarks pronounced it “the
oldest effort be had ever heard the floor of
Congress.”
A difficulty grew out of this speech, between
Mr. Cling man aud Mr. Yancey, which resulted
in a dud. There Was on® fire, ami then an hon
orablu mijnsitfK-nt. It was kuown b. the Ute
Jodgo linger, then aaenob- from ftoath Carolina,
whom Mr. Yancey consulted as a friend, that h
did not attempt the life of Mr. Clingman he did
not attempt the life of Mr. Clingman he threw
away bis Are. He was notarial time u member
of the Christian Church.
During his brief Congressional career be also
mail* übl* and dWborall Hfnavi-iieH on the Oregon
notice question, and upon the internal improve
ment. issue.
His sjw-ccli upon tho Oregon question wa* list
oaad to with profound attention by the members
-a large majority of whom differed with tb<-
*|M-.ake.r. Mr. Yancey o(qmscd the notice te Great
Britain as a war measure. Tho pres* everywhere
received R with delight, it being delivarod sum.
time *-rtor~ Mr. Calhoun took ground iu tho .Son
ate upon the some side.
One of the Baltimore correspondents thus de
aeribed the scene - When it was uiinoummd Chut
he had the floor, crowds of fashionable men and
woman flocked to hoar him. During tbo time ia
was spooking ibfr® was a breotbk-** silence. Tfic
enthusiastic admiration of ail who heard hiin
amounts almost to adoration.”
The correspondent of the New York He nthl
commented thus upon iku position ol th *|aker
and of the power of Mr. Y. s effort:
“It is gratifying tf> sec a feoAles* spirit of |atri
otisiu iu a single man, in Umj midst of a strong and
almost muiversaJ opposing cuVrent, tending, like
the stream of Niagara, U the abyss of war. It is
particularly gratifying when such an individual,
assuming auuh a stand in such a crisis, is a young
man, ‘anient as a southern sun cun make him.’
full of patriotism, jealous of lit* porsutiai and his
country's honor jealous to the cavilling upon of
the ninth part of a hair,’ upon that honor’*
siou or eucroas-hiucnt <dining out, hold ns u
mountain stream, in contest with the clamor of
war
“Huob wa* tho man ,'Udi was his position, and
suck the current against which lie put forth his
strong arm to-day,”
The ItnxrHr (Ala.,) in reviewing the speech,
declared that Mr. Vance y “occupied at this Mute,
a higher staiul iu public esrimatiou. Mian any man
of his age ; and is destined t< wield an influence
commensurate with that of the mightiest spirits of
tbo age.”
In August, JHS4, Mr. Yancey resigned his seat
in Congress too poor to lu: | it or continue iu
politic*. The claims of an increasing family were
heavy upon him. and he retired from a position of
power aud public admiration such as no mini in
the h'tote could boost id that tune -a position
wou by his oouragf his sterling \ irtuos—his re
liaiiilitybis devotion to pruicdph his laborious
and self sacrificing zeal for the truth, and hi*
matchless eloquence.
He removed to the city of Montgomery, where
bo now raeuies, and farmed a law partnership with
CoL John A. Klmore, and has, since that time,
laboriously prosecuted hi* profession.
Asa lawyer he takes rank among the firG in
tii at rilate.
Mr. Yoncey’* party awarded to him the first
place in their ranks. Twice nominated far Lon
gross, twioe. he felt it U be bis duty te doclinc
though once he was nominated uimnitnoasly iu
convention, after his leter was reail absolutely dc
dining the profiV-rud position. Ills duty to hi*
family, in -tii* opinion, required the devotion of
his time to bia profession. #
In 184 Mr. Yancey was a utaniW of the Nn
tional Dcuiocrdtu- UonvenMoli which nominated
(L-ncral Cass for the Frwidouey, though he op
|n>suii hi* nomination, and afterward refused to
support him.
lie never lit any time united with the op|Hwi
tion to the Dmnocraey, though uijnetimeti com
fiullud by his sense of duty and < ,n*i*tency us a
Sonthern Rights man to withhold his native sup
port of the men and measures of tho Democratic
party. Indeed, Mr. Yancey is, in no sense, a
mere /tariff man. He *<mr* inte n higher atmos
phere of patriotism and personal independence,
and hence has been the murk for nmdt unjust aud
illiberal criticism by men whose statesmanship
and patriotism know no expansion beyond the
“pent iip Utten” of party.
“In 11(60 the National Democratic Convention
at Cincinnati freely adopted the great principle of
non intervention by Congress, ami popular sov
eroiguty, which the National Democratic Conven
tion at Baltimore rejected, when proposed by Mr.
Y uucey in 1840 !
The Democracy of Alahotnn having long previ
ously felt that injustice had been done by them
to Mr. Yatn*ey, in I#4K, aiiterlaincd for him the
highest admiration. They hud found that he was
u man of primdplu, and had the sagacity to see U,
far in udvamio of the masses, and the flxmnoas u*
tcur injusriue and persecution with digjiity and
inoderution. The State Coni ention, without his
seeking, made him nu elector for the State ul large.
A distinguished Alabamian, who has filled high
judicial station, lias remarked rhut he did iilorc
for Buchanan in Alabama, titan any other huu .
died men iu it.
Mr. Yancey took a leading part in the iatc
Southern Convention—was, indeed, the most
prom incut and iinposiug figure in it. We have no
space te introduce his views, even, much less to
vindicate them. If they are somewhat in advance
of the public opinion. It is none the less probable
that they will ultimately triumph. Hi* speeches
were full of zeal, argument, and eloquence, and
not surpassed on the floor of tbut assembly.
At this moment Win. L. Yancey stands up lie
fore the people of the United States u great fn’6
mn us the fteojtU an unsurpassed orator . for
seeing statesman, and a true hearted Southern
Rights leador.
He has no aspirations for faK-rl honors, nnl
the newspapers in the South which have run up
his name for the I’residency in IKtHI, have done
so simply in compliment to his ability, independ
encc, and patriotism. Ilis friends are not pres*
log his claim* for that distinction.
W. F. H.
Tnr Pkknkxt Conoitiom >• Mot xt Vkkxon.
•—Mr. Kverett, in his first “Mount Vernon P*
ler*.'’thu* enumerate* tho annoyaiw'o* to whteti
the family residing at Mount. Vernon are sub
jeetod:
Their retirement is invaded iu theuiout unseem
ly aud distressing manner; article* easily remov
ed must he closely watched, to prevent their be
ing carried off; whatever can fa broken or out
is liable to fa mutilated and defaced within doors,
and the shrubbery in the walk* and grounds ia
appropriated without scruple. Three .r four of
the pale* have been wrenched from tbo balustrade
of the front staii case r-nd carried away. An ut
tempt was made last year to break the gloss case
which contain* the key of the Hostile, given hv
LaFayotte to Washington, and to purloin this re
markable relic. Most ofthe small projecting yr
tion* ofthe wrought marhlo matlo pivcc present
e>l to General Washington by Samuel Vaughan,
Esq., of Loudon, and forming the ornament ofthe
fire place iu the dining-room, have been ruthless
ly broken off : and in one case, at least, young
magnolia* planted in the ground* have boon cut
down hy tourist*, who Were, it may he supposed,
particular a* to the quality of their walkkug
sticks.
Were the fortune of the proprietor such u*
would enable him to recover a place like Mount
Vernon from the ©fleets of luilf a century of nc
gtewt. and to hring it into u state us ornamental
culture, it is plaiu that it could not he kept in that
condition without the additional expense.(if there
■wee* mw other difficulty-) ot’ number of watch
men and guards.
**A t tumor that ought to have been retted.”
Mr. Admin, a New Jersey freesoilcr of the
Douglas stripe, took occasion lately iu the House
of Representatives at Washington, to eulogise in
High term*, a* any freeaoiier might wolldo, .Judge
Campbell'.* late exposition of the neutrality law*,
iu his charge to the Grand Jury at Mobile, ami
expressed surprise at the elauior with which it
had been received In the Mr. Stephens
of Gt>„ pithily replied, that “k ought to Rave
raised a clamor.” Volume* could hardly ha\c
said more, fltnw national democratic presses iu
the South have stigmatised ua enemies of law and
order, all who could not concur in a view of the
neutrality law*, wbkh effectually explodes the
right of expatriation, hut os Mr. iStephcu* is a
man of the most ummpeoohobk untionulity, an.l
tfa acknowledged democratic leaderi n the House,
we hope they will make a note of tfa fact, that iu
his opinion,- the freesoilers and themselves to the
contrary notwithstanding,- the charge of Judge
Campbell “ought to have excited a clamor.” If
they care nothing about the extension of South
cm Institutions aud civilization to Nicaragua,
they ought to remember, that it is u had preee
dent, subversive of nil salutary discipline, and
fatally calculated to endanger the harmony of the
party, to put the democratic leader in the House
of Representatives in the catMory of laetionist-.
dtsorganuent, and enemies of hta anti order. -
£tyhn/'i .Spirit qf* the
Mi mutt* ok Aukkicax* in Mnrifa. —A letter
received by the Memphis, Tonn.. papers, state*
that Joseph Ferguson, wife and son. flmnerly of
thtd oily, had keen robbed and then unirtlcred at
their ranehe, near Saltillo, Mexico, a short time
since, by a hand of Mexican banditti, Mr. Fer
guson was well known in that city as a member of
the firm of Ferguron A Neill, ami removed to the
|d*oo ts bis late residence about one year since.
ffiflrThe Hebrew ladies of Cincinnati, have set
on foot a subscription iu behalf of the Mount
Yrmu) fund. .
IriLrMfllN, NATIKDAI, JANUARY H, IVW
Mrxlcv Its l ate.
TBe eyas -.fallKaroj*- and Amurh-a ore turned
toward* the auarehy’nn.l confuriofi nw prevail
ing hi Mexico. Her past and present are the
subject tis newspaper - oininnnt, ami all agree
Umi sho ia deteriorating ju greatness andatreiigth,
and has become too weak for self government.—
Four centuries ago, she presented an unexception
able civilization iu the midst of barbarism. To
day, hiotory presents no parallel of a nation sode
ftcioot iu the ehxuonts of power*—so ineapflbi* of
any form of govurnment. The cnattes which have
-operated te prodtfee so great a change in the ma
terial condition of Mexico, furnish an inquiry hr
absfrusc spunilatioii. It is enough te know that
since she threw off Spanish dominion, more than
thirty years ago, she lias not advnnced in civili
zation and prosperity. Indeed, *Ue vied with
Kurope, l.cforu the conquest of Cortez and-her sub
jection to Spanish rule, iri all that constitutes
greatness. Everywhere were seen evidences of
woalfti and grandeur—tho state was organized—*
there wo* a powerful priesthood, and her people
excelled in the arts. Now, she is divided Into
factions, anarchy rules, Micro is no recognized |oli
cy or order. The London Timet thus *|ak :
“The ordinary interest* which might attach to
R spectacle like this, D materially enhanced by
two important considerations. On the northern,
frontier of Mexico lies u formidable neighbor, al
ready aggrandized by largo acquisitions of Moxi
cun territory, and prepared for tho absorption of
more. What give* tbw contingency still greater
weight, is the fact that the interim) politics of the
North American Union will ho Intimately affected
by any further annexation towards the . u outb, and
st* wuwtft statesmen are oppretmudye of the rv
suite which might ensue. L'effatidy, up t< rtu
present Mine the GovimgnVCt of Washington has
exhibited considerable Ibrbcaram e iu duuhng witli
the nrovouations to which the anarchy uud license
prevailing throughout Mexico have nuturally
given rise. We have, however, a more direct H
tervat in Mm matter. English capital has been
largely invested in Mexican airtertakings, uud
English uerehants have carried their energies to
Mex’co, for the joint advantage of both countries
together. The revolutioninis, iu their suicidal
ffdly, have actually visited with indignation and
penalties tbo foreigners who were contributing to
tharesonrens of their Rtote, and, thugh KngHh
men who iapd their money to foreign Govern
ment* du so on shell own responsibility, Biitiph
. subjects may claim the protection of BriMsh pow
r. The affairs of Mexico are nothing to ns, but
we are entitled to demand that its Government,
icit what it may, shall abstain from visiting out
countrymen with injustice or wrong.
The only apparent parallel f>< this strange
break up i* that *ngge*tod by he caso of I’olaud,
and here the parallel Is apparent only, l’olnnd. it
is true, was a turbulent and unquiet State, with a
system of gaycrument which never worked.evenly,
and which, perhaps, must have ultimately proven
Incompstltjp with the fatter organizedpoHHc* o
its frontiers. Hdt (he Boies bud a naliouality
whicli gave them strength and purpose, and
which for some g> ncrations euabjed tnem to c>.
tend tfair territories at the expense of their
neighbors. They once pttrLitioAcd Prussia, and
they uuc nearly annexed Russia. Moreover
their disorganization, extreme os it was, had faeu
in some measure artificially created, and the
kpirit which even tn’this hour i* not extinct, show
e,'l what genuine vitality the nation pAssossed.
In Mexico there is not a vestige of nAtionality.
. ‘Of it* seven or eight millions of populatii>n about
one million <*ly are whites, the rest being iudian
or mixed breed* ; and the-< Mexisan
have not ttieessiiwi, like the Freach t ‘amuilaus,
in preserving Mm spirit which they brought across
tin- rffcas. Mexico ha* broke up from pure inca
pacity for sclf-gnternmerit, The license which
ensued on thb extinction of absolnfism M* ver*
ago, has never been exchauged for any regular or
stabb- Administration, so that what should have
hcn a rui-re temporary suspension of authority
ho* proved a permanent abeyance of order. Ite*
poMrin might have relieved Hie conntrv, fait no
Mex Bin fas I can strong enough for adssput, and
iffairs. therefore, have gone from bad !■- worse,
with iiiteruiinuble convulsions, honeieag wars,
Id*Ws ofAerritory, and. at length, with such abso
lute |Nlitical disorganization that no stage of de
cline can fa more ruinous, and men arc only look
ing to sec what may follow.”
tnwru Circuit
Hog, Orville A. Hull has been re-elected Judge
of the Huperior Court*.of this Circuit without up
position, aud by a very large vote.
Col. Thomas L. Cooper, of Atlanta, has been
elected Solicitor-Gone ml by about 1,250 major
By.
Judge I'aiaulff t lreuM
Tho roNitli of tbflale©tion of Judge iu tfa Putau
la Circuit is yet doubtful. The counties heard
from give Wimberly * majority of liUO votes.
The Counties of Clay, Terrill, Miller and Early
• will decide the result. The vote wdi ha close.
The Wert lon.
in this county, on Monday last, for Judge. So
licitor, and Tax Collector and Receiver, thefr were
1178 votes polled.
For Judge of Superior Court, Col. 11. G. Lamar,
the present incumbent; received 1088 vote* : John
M. Giles, Mil majority for Lamar, s M. In the
counties ol Macon and Houston. Mr. Gila* will
Have large majorities, judging from the partial
returns. From tlie counties of Crawford, Twiggs
Dooly and Worth, we have no returns, and can
give no opinion with regard to the result. For
Solicitor, Col. Montfort had no opposition.
Cooper and Kiiciiens, democrat*, arc uleeled
Tax Collector and Hoetiiver. ifucun Jmtr. anti
Mneeot/er.
The most extensive copper mines in the world
are some L'Utl miles above El Paso, uud owned hy
a Mexican family. Tho copper can fa delivered
in New York at sl2 |*er hundred, and the market
price thuce is $24. M bat may we expect in n tew
year* when tho immense mine* of lead, copper,
silver aud gold on our frontier are opened?
Mi scout;t: Railroad. Travel on this road
wus resumed yesterday. The milvcrt over H)Ui
dalPa creek is repaired so that on*, train will run
every day until further orders. We are pleased
to learn that the Flint River Bridge is not dam
aged hy Uie recent freshet, as was stated soiuo
day* ago.
i— •
Dkath ok ax Ot.u Mason. The Texas Free
Mason eontaius tho obituary of John Shoemaker,
supposed to fa the obtest member ofi.be Masonic
Fraternity in Texas. Mr. Shoemaker has faen
a member of the order for fifty-three years, du
ring which time he ha* filled, “with credit to
himself and honor to the fraternity, almost every
station of honor and responsibility, of tfa Lodge.”
He has lived to the good old age of 78 years.
£4F"Tho San Cram cisco Bulletin say* ttuit ev*
uy stage that starts by the Southern Overland
r<*ute for Memphis aud St. Louis, goes away full
vffffiMwngers. As there are many inure people
applying for seats than rau at present fa aeeom
mixlatcd, passenger* are oototplrßed to draw lots
for jireoudoiice.
itetrelt Tribune notices the appear
ance in the streets of that city, of Charles Baker,
who. four years ago, at the age of sixteen, was
sent to the State Prison for life! Hu was
the leader of a gang of burgle r*. who were a fer
ror to the owners of merchandise in Detroit, and
although his sentence was approved at the time,
still it was a matter of surprise that a boy only
sixteen years ohl should have plotted and directed
tho schemes, securing as his accessories, men old
enough to bo his father. This boy, Baker, having
behaved himself during the four ycarsof his ini
prisomneut in the most exemplary manner, was
pardoned by Gov. Bingham, on that account, and
in consideration of his extreme youth.
The (icorgla to nipt roller 4 Second Itlgg*.
Our old time friend, Peterson Thwcatt, Esq.,
has received since the issuance of his last Annual
Rejwrt, the warmest oouunendatious of the press
of ail parties in fieorgia, for tho distinguished
ability with which he has discharged the onerous,
complicated and most important duties of t’omp
trolter of Public Accounts, lie seems, by this
concession of all. to have systoinirod the affairs
us his office, and to have made it frilly answer all
the purpose* for which it was established, as tfa
chief fliianciul agency of tfa State government.
These important services to his State, coupled
with his fine and generous social qualities, Bnve
combined to place hint on the )>iana<deof popular
tv—aud he bus Itecome as Comptroller,the Hitj'je
of Getrgia.
Georgia, with h*ss than Alabama Liberality,
pays its Comptrollor slfffiO—a fact which is realiy
discreditable to that prosperous State. Some *f
the {tapers have been urging an increase, aud we
hope, if they do not succeed, that friend Thweatt
will resign ami Alabama, where business
men.like himself (though not fully appreciated.)
never do receive *ueh paltry salaries as that
Montgomery Moil.
(oitgnvdonal
Washixotox, Jan. 5, —In tho Hcnaffi| to day,
Mr. Iverson f Gcoigiu. Aflaaeffiklffi flie resolu
tions adopted bjr tin- recent Georgia l,egislatittre.
praying far the establishment of a National Ar
mory in this 8 tote. They Here refer rod to the
appropriate committee. The death of tliv Hon.
John A. QffißiunflNraS anrwjttnccd, whereupon eu
logins were delivered by Mr. Davis, of Mississip
pi, mul others, and the Senate adjourned.
In tire House, the death of MU. John A. Quit
man, of Mississippi, was also announced, ami as
a mark ofrenpect tho House adjourned.
The Jdavc Trade How Carrjtd On.
The course of tho slnve trade, as now carried
on, is very simple. Tbo trader lakes with him to
the uou cl about seven or eight thousand dollars in
Spauish ounces. With these he buys of the Bril
ish trailing vessels there—who make up their car
goes for the market —the assortment of goods ne
cessary for his !>artcr|nnd work. These consist of
Birmingham muskets and shackjex, Manchester
mandapollams and hankerehicfs,%dßtlc rum pow
der, and a few knicknnokfl. From the native
trailers he buy* rice to feed the slaves. The ori
ginal sum of seven or eight thousand dollars will
give him a tock that in barter will probably Ury
fiften hundred assorted negroes. To (Ik* these
from the factory he require* throe vessel*. Hav
ing availed himself of the English flag’far the first
part of the business—which i getting tho goods
te the coast far the barter —-ho now dues the same
with the American flag te get the vessels there.—
Throe A merman vessel* *re purchase*!, and some
reokfa** adventurer is found wjm will deliv
er them on the coast. When they get there,
tbs flak and papers nre Merit ashore, and th
negroes cotno on bpnrd. Anew crew, in part
or all, comes with them, who understand faking
care of the slaves. A: i now for the run to Cuha-
Every place below is tiled; tho crew remain al
ways on deck, ruir or shine, and a look-out is
kept at the mast-hi ad all the time. If a sail is
descried.upon the borison, tho course of the vet
re! is chang’ dso a- to avoid it. They wish to
moot, neither friend u> r foe. If the cargo is land
ed in Cuba, the vessel, having no papers, is ; ti in
cumbrance. So mi-‘lines site fr burnt, “ometimes
set adrift at sea, as was the Grey Logie, off Bahia
Honda ; soinotim** she is run to some small Mexi
can port, whore *bc gets Mexican payers ; soiue
tiuus alte i*given to the mate, ns iu the cose of
the lfaidee, or to as i* probably the
care vs tho Wanderer.- A Y Herald.
WaßHixoTos, January 5. TOSff.
The Interior ftepartmenthas been officially ad
vised ami placed in po**--*fan of Ike preliminary
I rm- oftk treaty with the NAcajou Indians.
Xh- delegate*, engaged respectively in premot
. ing the hi teres fa of the prospective organized Tvr-’
-ritories of Arizona, .Sfarrn Nevada and Dnkotah.
are n**w In Wa*bsogi*n. and a fourth, for similar
|,nr[K..., I. <laflv fr’
Th*- digest of tfa- statistics of manufacture* of
‘Mc seventh census will fa trahsmitted to Congress
this week. The results are highly interesting,
and will tcml te facilitate future in vest ign Mon* in
refVrcnce te that branch of the statistics.
Mnfty of the Congressional absentee* hyve rc
turnud to he in lime te resume their public duties
. on Tuesday.
A secret convention of the Iron masters com
mences hero to-morrow. Rx Kcrnitor U*i*per, of
Fi-ntisyl v-.utia. deliver* an add,.--* In the evening.
It i* rumored that a startling and formidable
protection movement is about to fa inaugura
ted.
Arrival f tn. flaatt.
Monti.K, Jan. •(.—-Tha U. fl. steamer Vigen ar
rived at this porf this evening, from iVoxaeida,
Having on board Lfaut. Gun. Heott, who is eu
route for Hjew Ottawa.
Gn. Heott, was received hy ‘fa laUHary of Mo
bil* with all tfa- honor*. A mkitr was firtuk and
fa WM escorted lb the Battle Itfmiw-by the uiili
tary Companies of tliw eitp.
He reorivss vistWir* this evening and leave* far
New Urtcans in the mail boat to-amrrw.
< hrlstnois linn. Kdnard Kvcrett.
Though we are no admirer of the Hon Edward
Everett a* a politician, yet we ouu kateu with
te hi* eloquciu s, and Yeud with
rapture his heauliful thoughts. He is a weekly
contributor te the Now York Lrdycr, and tfa read
er* of that Journal always find in it something
worth preserving. From the Christina* number
of the L> ilyer,jn<! make tbo following extract from
Mr.'Kverett's ptn.
We have rea- hed Mi< season of the yanr when.
with a little variation ns to the precis** day, .
growing out of the difference between the o|d and
new style. -Christiana of ninioiit every nnm* coni# ;
uuutorute the birthday of their common Master. \
thi CiirifltinM kty, beginning at Jerusalem in the i
chwrch of the sepulchre’ of our (Apt, the Christ- j
mas anthem has traveiled with the star that stood I
above I.s crude from reginß te region, from com
umniun to eoinmnnuta, and from tongue te teugue,
till it ha*, compassed the laud and the *t>a, ana re- I
turned to melt away upon the *kk'* of M<mn( \
Zion. By the feeble remnant* ot’ tho anuffiut I
Syrian and Armenian churches, creeping t*> their ‘
furtive matins amidet the luifalieving hirst* of ]
I slain, iu the mountain* of Kurdistan and Lrze- 1
mum; within tbo venerable cloisters, which have
braved the stormi of barbarism aud war fur fifteen
centuries on the revered peaks of Mount Sinai:
iu tho gorgaouscathedrals of Moscow and Vienna,
“f Madrid aud Fari*. uud still iai)>erial Rome : at
the simpler altars of the Protestant chur< h in
western Europe and America : in the remote mi*-
sions of our own continent, of the Pacific island*,
ami of the furthest East, on Saturday last, for tfa I
Catholic uud Protestant churches, the song of tho
angels which failed the birth of our Lore! was
repeated by the my rinds wf hi* fldbnvcrs all round
the globe.
Tho iwwnty-ttßh of December i I'elohruUHl with
an approach to unanimity, by the Christian world,
as the anniversary of the. birthday of our Saviour.
Mur Puritun fathers are almost the only great
body of Christian believer* who did not observe
it a* a holiday, or set it apart for iqim-ial religious
services. Not tpidrug the day of our Saviour’s
birth specified in the sacred text, they considered
this festival a* reeling np.*n no firmer foundation
than the other leasts and fast* and saint*’ days,
which they regarded in the aggregate a* a papal
invention. It is not the province of these paper*
to discuss theological questions, hut it ia highly
l*eohthlc that if Christum* and Raster had been
the only day* of this kind set apart for observ
ance. their traditionary character would have been
respected cvcu hy our scrupulous Puritan ances
tors. Even as it was. their objection was perhaps
rather to the mode in which Christmas was kept
in their time, and still more to the matuieriu which
it Wa* kept at an earlier period, than to the ql>
servanee of the day in itself. Milton's inimitable
Christmas hyiuu show* us that there win* at least
one of those who |Miid little respect to the tradi
tion* of the Romish or the Anglican church, who
tvlt in ail it* significance that
Tin* is the month, ami UiM the hrqp> mom.'’
Among the reason* which led the Puritan* to l
oppose the observance of Christmas was no doubt j
the fact, that it had aitmuM lost the character of a j
reUxriwpa fimtivai, even of a cheerful aud joyous
character, uud had degenerated mto H ilay >f
grotesque and not seldom liecmfans revetev. The
period from Christmas to Twelfth .Vight resembled
the Roman Saturnalia *• closely, before the Re
formation, and te Home extent lifter it. that it ha*
fa n usually supposed to have Wn celebrated iu
igtitatiou of that seasou. For these twelve day*
S'K'iety wa* turned topsy-turvy ; sen ant and mas
ter changed place*, and all gave themselves mo to
antic game*, coarse reveling, aud licensed li**-
pation.
• ♦•♦*•**
Bat Io return to Christmas.
Milton’s devout imagination floe* not confine to
animate nature an instinctive souse of the blessed
infiueuee of the Nariv Uy :
“ Peaceful was the night,
Wherein the Prince oflight
H? reign of peace upon the earth began :
The wiipls with wonder whist
Smoothly the water* kist.
Whist taring turn joys to the wild ocnan ;
Who now hath quite forgo! to rave,
W hils birds of calm sit brooding on the charm
ed wave.”
Although the ancient superstitions t,of which 1
have alluded to a very ;unall part,) connected
with Christmas nod the fantastic revels with
which it was celebrated, are nowahnost forgotten,
it i still ahoerved iu tfa “old country.” a* we
learn trom Sir Waiter Scott and our own Goof
fW>y Crayon, with no little cordiality and fervor.
The church is ddoorated with eve fifteen* and the
fall adorned with misletoe. It is a holvday for
the children and a seaou of good fellowship for
young and old. The scattered members ot the”
thiuily ate re -assent hU-U; the dependents of the
house are gathered with patrUKTchal hospitality un
der the ren*!’ of it# heml: and while geniaifesti vity
prvvnihr within doers, bouutiful supplies of oloth
ing aud food are *ent | 0 the neighboring poor.—
The beautiful description of Christmas in the in- 3
treduvtiuu to tfa tfixth Canto of M ana ion, will
immt-dirtely recur te tha, reader, though it con
tains the customary lumen; <tf the present la>
over Uie jjkxsl /kt unioa whiah ofv passed and
gono V
••LngUnd wa- merry Englund, when
Old OflffUtßßfcs brought hie -porta again.
1 wus Ohririxna* broa< bed tha isigUtiust ale,
*Tw;i# Ch ruiui untold the merriest tale;
A Chrhurnn* gamhol oft eonld cheer
* The poor man's heart through half the year.’’
Ir the later edition* of Maririion, an extract is
given from one of Ben Jouson’i mssques, why h
rrnrtaw n kfttff of -mnmnrv view 4 the fTlririma*
-port- os practised in his day.
But nothing hog been fatter -aid or *ng on tin
subject of Christones than the delightful sketch of
Mr Irving. The various ushoH at ions that give
interest to the. festival are alluded to with delica
cy and truth. The religious ignitic:taec of tfa
event, the family gatherings, the winter season
with it* indoor fireside enjoyment*, its now obso
lete sport* remembered with a *tgh at thMr exclu
sion t'roiu modern life, together with a warm pic
tqre of tho kimilincrs and ebeery testiviiy which
arc stiU kept up at (Tiriatmas, arc touohed in lan
guage as luehaiioii- as a ‘-arol of olden time*.—
Having deajribedtfa simple inn.-ic td'tbe “AYaiu,”
still te fa heard in some part* of England, fa
draw* to u ulose with one al tfa-< matehtea*
-train* of Shakepeare, wiaeh pour ulu and poe
try into tfa humblest recctuie* id nature.
V How •lelightfuUy tfa imagination, w fan
wrought upon by these moral inflamues, turns
everything to melody ami beauty 1 Tho very
■ rowing of the cock, beard soundime*; in tfa pro
found repose of the country, “telling tfa; night
watches to bis t* ntfa-ry dunies,’ wa* thought hy
tho uuinioon people u> announce tfa approach of
this sacred tbsuvul:—
“Some *uy that ever, ’gainst the season
*’tne*
Wherein our Savionr'* hirlh is celebrated.
This bird of dawning singeth all night b*ng ;
And then they say no spirit dare* * irubroad ;
The nights arc wholesome -then no jdanets
strike.
No fhirv taken, no witch hath power to
charm,
Bo hallowed and so gracious i* that rime.”
May tbia ‘•haHow'cd.atid gracious time” diffuse
it - innocent cheer through every (hsajly circle,
and scatter its bounties largely among the cbH
dreu of want!
From the Washington fltttttu.
A Ituaanu) fltatr from t.i urgla't apiured.
On Klindny aftcriroon. os *h* passengers by tfa
mall boa* trom Aqoa Greek were übout to land.
Mr. Mattingly, the agent, absented* a negro in
• taipany with a white man. under ‘-iremnstanees
ibat seemed to hiin soepieions. lie preceded te
;ne*tiori th<-former bfi>;c he would allow bim to
go ow shore. He asked him where be was going,
to which be replied'fa; wa* going to New York to
hriwg-tbe festaif his family .South. This arous
ed Mr. Mattingly'* suspicion, and he then inter
rognted the wlrite mmm. This man* who gave bis
name it- T. Roger*, si'iid that the mgre was his
servant, ami that be was going to New York. Ter
which place fa had g<<; thr >ugh ticket* at tffil
inmgton. S,f. Mr. Matrmglv not l>-mg entire
ly satisfied with tills statement, told Roger* that
fa sfatrid giv< tfa; usual l>nd. i tn* Hogrr-pro
h *imdta wittingn--- U h>; and fa went on -fa*re.
tk* he said, to see some frimids of bis, end got the
requirtvl aecnrtty. A* he di4 not return, the n
gro was handed over Ms ofll<'cr Loyd, with tfa
view es hunting tep Hagers. lie wa* taken to
thu depot where lie was met and qnwtiowed by
Captain Goddard. The negro toM him the -aim*
story ns Rogers tobi Mr. Mattingly; bat the l'nj>
tain was no, so easily intpoaixl <>n; and he pro
notroeed the statement a lie, and told Officer Loyd
tv hold on to the negre*. as he ladtovcd fa wn* a
runaway.
The negTo either conM not er would not mm-
I Itoger*. aud he Wa* carried to tfa central guard
j bonne, and committed tojjaii as a runaway. The
! next day Lieut. Thomas and officer Loyd, by di
[ ruction of Captain G<*d<tord. went to Alexander
H. Suqdjun:; of Gworgia, tot the purpose M difl
} covering, if possible, whether eertom stutemeute
rna-le bv (Tie negro, with regard to parties whose
I name* he mentioned * living in the place from
which be •‘aid he and his master had came, were
true. Mr. Stephen* referred tho Lieutenant aud
officers to the Jlnil. Mr. Trippe, who aewiupaijfal
tho officer to the jail and tfa uugro.
After considerable croes examination, the negro
owned up that Rogers wa* a fictitious name; that
j the real name of tju* white man was Patrick
Duwuus; tiiat tjiis Jtownu* was conveying him <u
to a free State, and had induced him to place in
j in hi* hands three hundred ond fifty dolls* rs inn
: ney which fa had earned as a ditcher, w. rking iu
I Coinpauy pith the i*aid Downs.
lie also stated, that when he was afa>ut
uiftc* from hi* starting phwe, near Macon, (ia..
he wonted to return, being stricken with regret at
leaving hi* wife and children; hut that Dowhe*
placed a pistol at hfs head, and th rented to blow
hi*faaifis out if he said any thing.
DotVnoa left his trunk ou board the boat, and
on faiug opened it was found to contain few
articles rtf common clothing and tonne pipe* and
tobacco. Active Search is beings made for the
fellow, hut up to this njotAuat without success.—
There was nothing in the trunk l*y whi’ h fa could
be detected.
The negro say* ho buloag* to a Dr. John R.
Cook, of Marriialville. near M neon, Georgia.
Thu negro’s name is Hudson, aud fa was at
work in Oglethorpe, in Macau county, when fa
j was induced hy Dowries to runaway.
BffifrTfa Masonic statue of Washington, by
Powars. it is said, willfa finished in throe
It is inieleiml after the statue of H'oahlngton, exe
cuted by Powers, tor the State of Lotti-hana, and
is of cowrsu adorned with the regatta” eopierl
from fae siifiiiics of those worn by M'ashinglon
when Maotar of a L<K)ge in Alexandria- It wn*
1 ordered hy Kr<*derieksburg Lodge. No. 4, in which
i he was initiated, Ac.
Tho Mammoth Pension Kill.
We see that a bill bos passed tbe House i,f Rap-
I rcMUitative*, giving a pension to every man that
i served in tbe land or uaval serv ice in tbe war us
j 1812, and in the Indian wars prior to that time,
j If he con prove that be was cad led oat (nr on! if
day* it is sufficient to give him a ;tension for
life. This is a hill of abominations, in tenth, and
if any member of Congress thinks it will fa popu
lsr at the South fa will make a great mistake. It
will saddle au immmis debt upon tbe country
like that of Kngland. It will aontfoy tbe imte
pendonet; of the States by makiug a large nuttiher
of onr citizen* pensioners Upon the general gov
j ernißent, ami it will give the friends of n high
tariff nn excuse for high duties, to raise money to
pay off these pensions If u man has faen •lino- i
hied for Mf’o hi the sen ice of his country, let him 1
have a pension. But a man that will not turn 1
out to defend his country wtien invaded, without j
8 pension for life, should fa made to leave the j
country ns *oen as j>osihlu. —federal L'nivn.
The Funeral f Mr. t uhiit W. Mehh.
Wa* preoehed on Sabbath morning, in the First
Baptist Church in this city, by Rev. T. V. Wilkes.
Mr. Wilke* preached a Very impressive and up
propria te titecouree from the text, “epnre to un>et
thv (Lid.'’ Before entering upon hi* sermon. Mr. |
YY. stated to his hearer* the substance of a eon- |
vernation, on Saturday, with the unfortunate mur
derer. Mr. Choice. Mr. C. exhibited great sor
row. mid deep penitence on account of hi* awful
conduct. He sent n special request by the preach
er to all Christians to pray tor him. Expecting
soon to atone for his crime against the law, aud
against humanity, he seemed determined. If po*
sible. to make praee with his Maker. Hu spoke
“if a pious mother, whore warning voice he bad
not regarded, and who would go heart broken to
the grave, on account of the horrid career <f her j
ungodly son. 0 bow thut word toother, burn*.
•mi stings, and writhes tfa heart of the criminal, }
iu his moments of agony, after his sfa ha* over- j
taken hfaa. us he rettect* upon a mother's tender
namings and holy teaching. 0 that 1 had obey
ed my luothor, te now tfa lamentation of polor
j Choiiavn* he re fleets npon his disgrace, his gnl
lows, hi* condemnation, his banishment from the
j prosenoe of God, affid the glory of hi* power !
May (ted have merer upon Mr. Choice, who
would have no mercy upon himself. Poor mother
of such a son ! Thi* is more heart rending than
widowhood, orphanage, or death. No doubt now
-he can trwlv say, O William, v son ! would to
God I hod die*! before thou wost horn !
Mr. Choice desired it to be stated, that intoxica
ting drink* and gambling had brought him to bis
present state of misery arid wo. From his prison
house, if never fa fore, fa new warn* the young
and al! hi* ss<ti*teat to sknu tfa hauiiM of intoxi
cartou and all the acuogi|MUiigieote ot gauuug.—
l rota the Atlanta loleiHyvaeer, Jan, 4.
• - -as • m
-N rhiioks rfroLK^.—Thrw ne K r.,, oni- lwlni{-
mg to (fan. Atwtell. dtoo t. Mr John S. Wise,
and one to Mr Collins, were conducted from ihi*
city, a few days ago. by a man named Goodnight.
They were taken hy the thief to Chattanooga, and
there parted company. Goodnight having got
drunk, and the mgntaking tfa ear* for Noah
ville. On tfalr arrival at the last named plane,
they Were arrested and placed in jail. Mr. Wise
pursued them to Chattanooga, and Had Goodnight
put In jail, where he now await* tfa requisition
ot the Governor of this Statu, to have him brought
back to Atlanta for trial. Mr. Whit Anderson,
our very \ igjlmtit police officer, pursued tin- ne
groes to Nashville, and brought them to their res
pectiVe owner*. Other parties in this city are
strongly suspected es being complicated with this
transaction, and efforts ate being umd to find <*ut
the principal offenders, Goodnight being consider
ed only os the agent for other* who coneoctod this
scheme. We hope every mean* will be adopted
to ferret out all those who have participated in
tins crime, aud bring tfam to merited puutehmcnt.
—Atlanta InteWijnnrer t -iih.
‘‘Glass pud in— gloss fa,” shouted a Po
lish glazier, in one of our side streets. “No thank
you, replied a pmsser-hv. “Pm not fond of'gtas
pudding.’ it’s very apt to give one panes in the
stomach,”
< tILIAIHI N, Bit Mill, JVMAKI 11. V>9l.
br’ : ‘
A tur reel lon.
V c desire to he distinctly understood as ulfif
ing do obstacles whatever te the aasembUng of and
©mno. ratic Convention to goininote a candidate
for Govcrner during the present > car. The re
jnark that we inridentall.v made, as a compliment
to Gov. Brown, that there pas no great “necessi
ty fora ConvelHioti,” wan intended to ritow the
unanimity of the party in flww of his re-nomina
tion and no more. We trust we are not uonsid
urud it.- u/t/toeinfj a Convention. This, will suffice
to explain our |Hftition. We havu no fear that
Gov. Brown will fa displaced by any other demo
crat, no matter bow worthy, and are willing to as
semble a Convention to pas* through the formali
ty of balloting fur a Democratic Candidate.
To Our (MlrlbuturH
W| would bo pleased at all time* to receive con
tributions from our fair lady friends. To tfa lady,
who wrote beautiful, eloqnrut aud touching lines,
suggested by the late Rail Rood accident on the
Muscogee road,” we would statu f*r her gratifi
cation, that it has been copied by numerous press
©• iu this .State and, also, in*Aln!>ama.
Tlir Prnrion Bill.
The Pension V>Bl which recently passed the low
er bnujob Congress, donates about fIIa.UOO.UPO
to the old KoMivr* of 1812, or their widows. If
there ia justice. In this measure, it strikoe pa with
much force, that its operation ought to date back
to the time of service. The most gallant soldier*
of the war of 1812—who suffered most and wen
worthy of tfa most {.raise -may have long since
passed away, and their widows alvn. They may
have left poor kin —the most “irrcllcvaout thing
in nature” a* a writer observes—who ougfa to fa
entitled to the purchase money of their kinsmen'*
patriotism, a* much a* the widow of some gentle
man who has only seen sixty day's service and
never wdnt out of a barracks. There were half a
million .*f soldiers in the war. and if the principle
of the bill is correct. Congress ought to pay forty
eight millions of dollar* a year to the widow* aud
heirs of these patriot* and lobby member*. Then
the government would he paying these soldier*
about e2,2tto,tM)b,uuO from 1812 to tow puriod.
This sum might possibly frighten oar Represeu
tative*. There ia a law now, relative to pensions,
which is sufficient of itself, without additional
gratuities. It pay* all soldiers who have faeu
Wounded in battle, or who, from exposure or any
cau*e, arc fa-upabk- to support themselves, aud to
the widows of tho*c who die in battle or any of the
accident* of war. Tfa peutiion list, made out m
accordance with this fall, draw* yearly from tbt
> otkund Treasury, more than one million of dol
lars. The number of pensions front the Army,
who arc entitled to pay, faiug near eleven thous
and, and the number from the Navy, near nine
hundred. The calculation has been made that
ninety million* of dollar* have been paid for pen-
I riuns hy c<mgres*. Add this amount to that rc
| coived fur the pur<-hasg of tfa sixty two million*
of acre* of the public domain given to apeenhttor*.
valuinc every acre at $1 20, and we have a mil
lion and a half of dollars paid fur bounties and
1 pension*. Notwithstanding this liberality oh the
1 part of Congress, the pension hill just passed the
House of Representatives, gi l cu :us a gratuity fif
teen millions fioir. tfa Treasury. We cannot
.-anetton tfa paasago of such a hH. Be*idei>, the
j biH Is a nrMb. If the lame* of the rifeeping
j HoMier* could rise from their graves, they would
j find tfa “pieees of stiver” with which Congress
i paid then tor their patriotism, not- in the pt>ekets
of their widows, but in the close-fist* of penrion
agent* and speculator*.
Pataula Clrrult Krrhlni Elected.
from the return* pnbfahcd below, for which we
are indebted to a friend in Lumpkin, Stewart co.,
it i* settled beyond doubt that Ferhln* ia c-leotal
Jndgi-. The vote- for fiolißlbt is n*t yet ascertain
e*l, hut we presume that Bailey i* tdoeted--
Uhatialioocfaa* eo.. Perkin* maj. 4o
I Ksimlolph •* “ ** lfl
fTay “ “ •* ;t7
Early *• “ 21
Milter “ *• i reported> *Z
| Stewart eo.. W tori-erly's roaj. ‘lit 4
Wobater ** mu {2B
Terrell, “ “ “ 125
..
SM
j Perkin*’ majority-over Wirafarly Afi votes Mil
Llr County will give * larger^,majority. It is
thought, when tfa return* are* couuted.
Film (Irculi.
I A. I>. Hammond Kim been elected Solicitor of
\ **** Pliat Clwolt by a largo majority.
MuSUok CMKftJgr.
TKif county lm elected a lm..cratb* Receivev
and r*ofW<*l>r by a very small majorities.
ciHotrr. •
The rotums, ns far as received, indicate that
I W. W. llolt is rt elected Judge of the Middle Cir
cuit, and Alpheu* ii. Roger- Attorney General.
OCJfI'LOSI CtBOI'IT.
Wm. A. Lofton, Esq., of Jasper, ho* been re
! eheted Solicitor ol’ this Circuit.
South-WsLrn llrruli.
We have heard nothing from the election in this
I Circuit as yet. The late derangement cf the
| mail* ha* caused the delay. The contest for the
.judgeship is between lion. Richard 11. Clarke and
■ Alexander A. Alien, Both gentlemen are
licaomw and Worthy the position, but the latter
having deettoed—cbo I>vmooruti Cm venliou
having nominated the former, ||otd faith, it
tvouhl seem to us. would require Fbe democrat# to
vote fur Col. Clarke. This the democratic rule,
ainl u good one.
We learn Upon g*4mg to press from the Sumpter
Hejemtlinm that Uou. A. A. Allen is elected Judge
over lion. R. 11. ('lark by five hundred vote# and
W. K. Smith Ksq., over W. li. ii urry Kaq.
# U ft! rial Keturnls Klcctlcn.
Jr dub*. soi.kit ‘ >rs.
Perkin#. Wimberly. Rally. Nofttoed
iw m lit® 15$
“Cbatuih’c..... 46 niaj ttOtt non Ix 7 ma j
**er lit 18 100 \fi
Webster 107 235 H| jof
K rly... 245 65 194 HJ
Randolph 491 .HUI 49# B®H
Stewart 37* 6*7 41H 542
Terrell, * 171 2*7 228 229
1,734 1,714 1,732 1751
•Unofficial.
Judges an# Solicitor* KlecJr#
Utttruls. Judyt* So/ilHt<>r*i
-Tallapoosa. Hammond,
Macon, 11. 0. Lamar Montfort.
Blue Ridge. (00 eleetiou.) Philips.
Northern, T. W. Thomas, .>uUfl.
Eastefh. W. B. Fleming. Hartridge.
Middle, W. W. Holt. A. M.Rogers
Coweta, 0. A. Bull, Cooper.
Southwestern A. A. Allen, W.E. Smith,
Oemulgee, Hardeman. LoAon,
Southern, Love (and perphap# )C. J Harri*
* Doubtful—Hammond 179 :.head and Coweta
and H.uralsnn to hear from.
Supreme t uurt Macon.
W arc informed by the Clerk of the Supreme
Court that the following wdl las the order in whieh
the docket will be called at Macon—l*t South
Western, 2d. Pataula, 3d. Chattahoochee, 4th.
Macon.
The Ju#g*hl*>.
Wt are unable, contrary to our wish and expec
tation, to give authentic return# from this Judi
cial circuit; but enough ha# boon heard to assure
us that Uoa. Hk.vrv G. Lamar, of Bibb, ha#
been elected Judge by a respectable majority ever
our friend Col. Job* H. Giles, of Houston. In
Bibb. Lamar beat* Giles by 853 vote* ; in Hou#
um. Gilea beat* Lamar by 669; anl in Wevtfc,
Lamar get# 178 majority. We will publish full
report* from the different counties next week.— j
JftrWn State /Yc*. I
The Hall Hoad Bteavirr
The unfortunate catastrophe that occurred ~u
the Maaoogpe roal has been telegraphed all ov ti
the Country. It is known that while many v
uable live* were lost, the truck was only
to the extent of the gariting away of u few cui
vurts, which will soon fa. repaired. We timl i) u
following despatch pnldiidied in a leading pa|M.-r ,n
Philadelphia, the “Hemtt/flranian.”
Colt Jan. I.—lt ha*
that about furtjt inifte of ftie railroad truck were
washed away by to- recent lfari at ilifli-iv :
points. iWiergetie Tiea*ure* have been aflopu-d
to repair the roads immediately.
Mv. It l*e
The Savannah llrpuhti<<in quotes nn extract
from un twtl-ffc sent to’ this Journal for publication
concerning Gov.'Wise, and say* that *ce en4er*c.|
him. We have great respevt for the author of the
ooimiiuuicalitm, uud an, utybofiideil admiration
for tfa will, power and ability of Gov. Wise, but
wc cannot endorse hi* position upon Leoompton.
In other respect* we have no objection to him.
This wifi stiffs ce.
Bt. Lottie, Jau. ;k—Tfa Kansu* Legislature
met on the ;hl int. at Lawrence. They resolved
not torgaize at Lecotnptou on the next day, w hen
t iev will fH-ohnhly fix on some oipcr place iu tho
territory for hridMg their sessions.
RAIUtaAO Travkl to Collmbi a.—We are
‘pleased to fearn hy a trie graphic dispatch to to.
Y>. Ada as. Esq.. Superintendent tVntral Rail
road, received yestertlay, that the railroad travel
between this city and Cofumhus, which was iutcr
rupted hy the injury to the Muscogee HaUroad,
caused by {he late fjeshet*, will fa resumed to
day. The despatch to Mr, A hams 1* dated Mu
con, Jan. 6, and i* ts follows :
Our day mail will eomiuence running to-mor
row atfi o’clock, forty-five minutes, to Columbu*.
Passenger* wWI be idumged at tbo break. W#
will rend uo night train in that direction at pre
sent. The Albany train will leu ye in accordance
with tfa regular schedule to-night. -Nor. .Vo -
.Are. 7 th.
Evening Nefls from kausa*.
i WaaHtxuTWN, Jan. ifaite
A late Kansas disputed) ha* been rci-e’ived fare,
whivh states tout Brown's notorious band of “Jn}
Hawk*” had entered the-. State of Missouri* and
stolen horse*, burnt Uoure*. ami coniinitied to her
itepredatious.
Gov. Mixlary has ordered oiit t’ o cnrapaalag ot
dragoouc and two of uiilitiu. and tclegriiphed to
Wttriiingtou for arm* ami aiiununiwon.
The whole of Western Kansas is divided Into
antagonistic marauding band*.
I'From the euvaanali iU-puliiiruii Jan. 7.J
fav Bruwn uud Hu Banks.
it is alwuy* mure pleusunt for us to approve
llran to condemn. We have >uid some very hard
thing* of Gqv. Brown, but nothing that we di<l
not conaoieutioMriy believe to fa justified by hi.-
estraanlutury and ruinous course iu the begin
ning of his Executive term. Nor were they bar
der thau many tilings he him.-ed said of gentle
men of (be first respect ability iu the State. We
are always ready, though, to do him justice
bestow com men du lion or censure os they may !.,
due. M e have had occasion, heretofore, to speak
of several acts of his administration that met oui
cordial approval, and we now take equal pleasure
iu saying that his construction of the Act of 18.iT.
in regard to the baulv*, is one that is entirely tqui
table and jnvfc to those institutions. Had the
banks, or their legal oiivners, placed the same
construction upon the Act a year ago, tfan
would have faeu no difference, wc apprehend, fa
tween them and the Executive. We inifzt cx
pro**, too, our cunviotioii that the Governor's) pro
ent opinion* are the result of a “second sober
thought,” based upon the experience of his official
connection with the government, and an a.-.-u
ranee, npon a better knowledge of financial affairs,
that the idea* with which he sat out, uud for
which some of his friend* have delighted to honor
him, must certainly result in the prostration of
•very great iuterest of the State. However thi
may fa, wc are glud to see that he i* right, and
shall not atop to enquire how he became so. S
long as he shall continue iu that path, none will
sustain him mofe cheerfully than ourselves.
The following named Banks have failed
to report as the law direeis, to-wit:
The Bank of the State of Georgia.
The Cherokee Insurance ,f- Banking Cos. Dult<>n.
The Murine Bank. Savannah.
Tho Hank of Colnmhu*.
Tfa Middle Bank of-Georgia. Macon.
Tfa Bank of the Empire Rome.
The Planters 4 Mochanics Bunk. Dalton.
Tfa Bank of Greenslmrough.
The Exchange Bank State of Ga., Griffin.
The Mechanic* Bank of Augusta.
I jrfer trom Mexko.
By the arrival of the steamship Tennessee f r ,,n,
Vera t ‘nu, we have dates to the 23fl nit. At Sac
rffictai, off Vera Crtft, five French and tfaee
Spanish war ressri? Were anchored. Tfa Affieri
can rioop-of-war Saratoga was also at that point,
and the Tennessee reports her officers and crew all
well. The QnncMfei also passed, on the 52d, an
American -lOOp-of-War, supposed t< be tfa f*t
Louis.
Tfa Pror/rrme, ofthe 21st and 22d, comments ar
length on that portion of President Buchanan'-
message rclatiug to Mexico and Spain. Our Kx
eeutive’s proposition of occupy ing temporarily flu*
Stafcs of Sonora and Chihuahua does not meet
with special favor at the hands ofthe Pn>gn - .
but that papot i* oomtorted by Mr. Buennan's al
lefad leaning toward* the Liberal aarty. As re
garda Spain. toe /Voyrco says that the United
State* are differently situated than Mexico, a* the
Captain-General of Cuba, in Mexican affairs,
agents to possess full powers, without having to
send for Instruction* to Madrid.
Tt wa* rumored at Vera Crnz that Zuloaga bad
offered to place Mexico under un English pretec
rate, and that a British resident (Mr. Worrall)
fad loft for England to lay Nic mutter before the
British Cabinet.
Mintmon and Morijaez. tfa E.donga leader*
opposed to DogoHudo, near tkuadakjar- hud uot
dared to atfa k the latter.
Itcheag.irv had. however, in an engagement
with tfa Constitutional troops urlder Catnano, at
the hacienda of San Nfctrfas. gained the vic
tory.
Latter writers intorin u* that h large ipiantity
of silver Ims faen found at the roshtaico of Mr.
Fun**- our Minister to Mexico—buried in a
v iiulc. The in Hoy WNK fitim.l at tho temporary
residence of Mr. Forsyth at- Twufaya- where he
wju* a more hoanier— having, ceased all diplo
marie relation* with Mexico. That Mr. Forsyth
is a party in any manner to the hiding of this
money ; bars of silver obtained from the sacking
of muse church ; of eowroe no one will for n <•
ment believe, and the fact that it was found after
a diligent search and after his absence, will jnit
to rust any scandal, which might arise.
Biter latflltgcaef.
?t. Jot is, lice. Slut*—Tbo Dickey
mh! L'nela Sam came in collision about seventy
miiß billow here on \\ tulnesdav night. ‘fhe
steamer Diokey waa damaged to the amount of
ah-.of f.i.UOH.
Lotisvy.i.n, Dee. IHst.—The river at tbi*
► I ling slowly with *ix bet three inches on
the talie.
Pmwnt'iit (>OS.Tiw river here in >u
tionary. WHO Iwel nine iunbtm of witter in
in I be ebaunel.
OiweiKXATi, B. 31. _-TI,„ river u Uti* |.uu
hw fallen nilteea inches duripu ‘be lint iwentj
four hour*.
VlrCaBSKn. lice. ST— The stenmer p'fWces
pasted dove nt.H, and the Woodford at To'Oloek.
thin evening.
O.sk Urvt>iuui Yeah* Aoo.—On the ftth of
January 1709. Ucorge Washington waa married
to Mrs. Oustis.
Washington Irvni in hi* life of Washington,
thug re tern to the marriage, which took place
shortly alter the taking of fart Duquesuo and
” asninuton‘o return ta bia hotne: “Hi* marriage
with Mi*. Custis'took place shortly after hi* re
turn. It win celebrated on the flth of January ,
176tt, at the White Houses the reHidunrc of the
bride, in the good old hospitable *tj ie of Virgin -
ia, amid a joyous assemblage of relatives and
friends.”