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U> Nnttnnnl Mtror..rfi- XV bwpttOMM Os tkM otiy wow 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. • —n > ~- - - 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. - w • —i 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.”