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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN. SAM’JL B.iCRAFTON, COUNTY PRINTER. TERMS—For the paper in advance $150 not paid in advance, $2 00 Bank of St. Mary’s. The Columbus Sentinel ef Friday last, the 30th ult., has the following notice of the suspension of the Bank, and specula tions as to its probable ability to meet all its engagements, SMDERSVILLE, GEORGIA- TUESDAY MAY 11, 1S52. Something of a Storm.—On Monday evening the 3d inst., we were visited by a storm, which we learn has done much dam- age throughout the county, such as has been noticed in the communication of Judge Taylor to be found in another column. It was succeeded by several days of cool weather, on Wednesday there was a slight frost, since that time the weather has been The Bank of St. Mary's.—A clap of , thunder from a clear sky could not have moderating, and up to vesterday we have produced greater consternation tnan the announcement, on Friday last, that the St Mary’s Bank had suspended payments. The public ear had become .callous to rumors unfavorable to the institution, and the en tire community had learned to repose un shaken confidence in the financial ability of the President of the Institution. The causes which led to the suspension have been laid before the public in a circu lar from the hand ot Col. John G. Winter. We see no reason to doubt in any particular the accuracy of his statements, and feel bound to give them full credence, until some facts are developed which will dis credit them. As yet we have heard of none. We are informed by reliable authority that eighty thousand out of ninety thous and dollars have been iiquated. All bills under five dollars have been promptly paid on presentation, and we are informed that they will continue to be re deemed, We are further informed that Col. Win ter is negotiating the sale of ninety thous and dollars worth of private property, at prices fixed upon it pefore the suspension, ana offers to take St. Mary’s bills in pay ment. The liabilities of the bank are but little over three hundred thousand dollars. 4 Col Winter’s property is estimated at o- ver one million dollars ; and he hos pledg ed it all in liq nidation of the liabilities of the Bank. These facts clearly indicate that there is really no danger of ultimate loss ; if Col Winter is entitled to integrity. And we can see no reason to question his honor, For ten years the community have relied upon it and suffered no loss. We have taken pains to ascertain the o pinions of the business men of the city as to the ultimate solvency of the institution There is some diversity of opinion on the subject but the prevailing one is that every dollar will be ultimately redeemed. lu the face of these facts the bills have continued steadily to decline. On Satur day they commanded ninety cents on the dollar: on Monday they fell to seventy-five cents; on Tuesday to sixty cents; and on Wednesday to 50 cents. ‘ Having given this full statement of the condition of the Bank, we leave our readers to form their own conclusions. They would do well to hold on to their small bills, and if they are able, we incline to think they will not suffer in the end if they refuse to sacrifice the large ones. This is tne course we intend to pursue. But every man ought to act on his own judgment in snch cases. The large bills are not now received for goods in any of our stores for any consid erable quantity of merchandise. Grand Royal Arcli Chapter of Ga., The Grand- Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Georgia, held its Annual Comrnuni cation in the City of Augusta, on Wednes day and Thursday, 28th and 29th ult. Twen ty four Chapters were represented. Only four Chapters failed to make their returns. T _ E. William T. Gould, G. H. P., pre sided during the session assisted by M. E., Philip S. Schley, D. G. H. P. From the eloquent and highly interest ing address of the G. H. P., we learn that the order is in a flourishing condition in this State, and that peace and harmony prevailed throughout this jurisdiction. Three new charters were granted, making, in all thirty-one Chapters, working under the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter of Georgia. The following officers were elected for the ensuing vear : M. E.,' Win. T. Gould, G. H. P. do., Philip T. Schley, D. G. H. P. do., William LMitchel, G. R. do., Archibald A. Gaulding, G. S. E., Rev. Caleb W. Key, G. C. do., Wm. H. Maharrey, G. M. do., Lemuel Dwelle, G. T. do w William K. Kitchen, G. S. do., James W. Meredith, G. Tyler. The Grand Council of Royal and Selecft Masters held their annual Convention at the same time. There was a full attendance of Subordinate Councils. The following companions were elected officers for the en suing year: M. E. Benj. B. Russell G. T. ILL. M. “ Jason Burr, G. ILL H T. “ Phillip T. Schley. G. ILL. H. A. E. Richard T. Turner, G. C. G. “ Lemnel Dwelle, G. T. “ Wm. K. Kitchen, G. R. “ J. W. Meredith, G. S. Some lover of the curious in literature asserts that the word news was derived in the following manner. On former times it was common to see in the journals of the day, the initio! letters of the cardinal points of the compass, thus : N E——w ; had fine growing seasons for crops, and if “nothing intervenes,” a few days will show a fine prospect in the “crapping way.” Dedication.—Harris’ Church, situated near Miller’s mills, will be dedicated on the fifth Sabbath in this month. The Rev. Wiley G. Parks, P. E. of this District, will preach the Dedicatory Sermon. We advise all who have an opportunity, to go and hear him. Mr. Parks, to our liking, is among the ablest ministers in the Methodist Church, and is a man of inflexible piety.— His occasional visits to this place in the dis charge of his ministerial duties, has drawn around him man y warm and devoted friends Dentistry.—We refer the reader to the card of Dr. Hollifield,and recommend him to the attention of those who need the ser vices of a Dentist, as an experienced and skilful practitioner. We have seen much of the Doctor’s work in this community, and it has given general satisfaction. We the other day, a set of upper t which "he had prepared for a person, and which were fastened to the roof of the mouth by suction_and atmospheric’- pres sure, they were as firm as if they had been held by springs, and we were informed by the wearer that they were much more plea sant and comfortable. They were as nea^ as anything of the sort we have ever seen. Dr. H. visits any of the adjoining coun ties when requested by letter or otherwise* The New Governor General of Cu ba.—The Savannah Republican speaking of this official, says: “General Canedo, who has succeeded Concha (the latter called by the islanders the Don Quixotte of incorrup tibility,) is a man of about fifty, as we learn from a gentleman who has seen him,—of rather severe aspect, good feature, and very elaborate courtliness of manners. He bows graceously to every negro who takes off his hat to him, and seems determined to be popular. The Cubans do not appear to have made up their minds whether or not to like him. He, of course, will find it’dif- ficult to please both Croles and Spaniards who mortally hate each other, and he can not well please foreigners, with the spong ing and annoying system pursued towards all visitors to the island.” Vapor Baths Applied to Cattle.—A letter from Vienna states that for the last two years, an epidemic disease has decima ted the horned cattle and brought ruin to the breeders ; that the veterinary art was powerless to arrest the. malady ; but a Dr. Godleweske, a native of Gallicia, has re cently claimed two premium of 75,000, f. each offered by the Austrian and Russian Governments, he having, it is said, discov ered an invaluable remedy in the applica tion of vapor baths. Another Savannah Steamship.—The keel of a third steamship, designed to run between Savannah and New York, in con nection with the Alabama and Florida, has been laid in the ship yard of William H. Webb. Her model and dimentions are similar to those vessels, and she is to be completed early in the fall. BpKjsj Gen. Cass at Home.—The Democratic convention of Michigan have unanimously recommended Gen, Cass for the Presidency. The convention nominating him failed to take any action in relation to the compro mise. This is an indication that the Gener al s friends will give the war crv, “see some thing, say nothing.” Senator Rhett Resigned.—This Sen ator from the State of South Carolina, has resigned his seat in the U. S. Senate, fhe Charleston Courier says that it is reported that the Gov. of that State has appointed the Hon. J.T. Richardsone, to fill the va- vancy. Highly Concentrated Meanness.— The Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel of Wed nesday last says :—“The marriage publish ed by us a few days since as having taken place at Oxford, between J. J. Harris and Sally Worrell, was a contemptible hoax. “Language is wholly inadequate to con vey even a faint conception of the utter meanness of the debased and depraved creature who could adopt such a course either to revenge himself or to assail anoth er.” As we copied the notice from the Chron icle & Sentinel, we publish above from same paper and fully endorse its opinion of the mean spirit that could concoct such a hoax. St. Mary’s Bills.—All change bills and bills under the denomination of $5 on this bank will be redemed on presentation at Columbus or Montgomery. Holders of these bills should not suffer themselves shaved too deep when they can by sending them to a friend at either of those places ob tain their value, dollar for dollar. Fine Cotton.—The Charleston Mercury of the 4th inst., says : “Messrs. f Walters & Walker sold yesterday, ten bales of Georgia Uplands at 12 cents. They were from the plantation of Col. George Jesup, Madison county Ga. Making Newspapers.—A circular from the First Assistant Post Master General, decides that marking an advertisement in a newspaper, sent by mail, does not subject the package to letter postage. Frost Bitten.—A Miss Frost, in Mas sachusetts has recovered $365 of a gallant, for a breach of promise. He courted her a year and has to pay at the rate of a dollar a day for it. It would have been cheap at half the money. A Revival in Congress.—It has been suggested that a day be specially set apart upon which Christians of every name throughout the Union, will meet in their respective places of worship and pray for God’s blessing upon the two Houses of Con gress now in session, that there may be an outporing of his grace upon the hearts of those who are legislating for the welfare of their fellow-countrymen and mankind. Christians, you should pray for a revival in Congress.—Baptist Recorder B3F If the editor of the Recorder ha*d been as much about Washington as we have, when Congress was in session, he would as soon think of sending a Missiona ry to Hell, to convert the Devil’s House hold ! With but few exceptions, ‘Old Mas ter’ has given over the Members of Congress to hardness of heart—he has left them to their idols, the eight dollars per day.— Brownlow. and a short time ago was flooded by a fresh et in the Zuba river, but it flourishes not withstanding. As for the Aagricultural interest I think California offers decided advantages. Grain and vegetables are raised in the greatest By Telegraph to the Charleston papers. Baltimore, May 2, 9 A. M. Later from Europe. The U. S. mail steamship Pacific has ar rived at New York from Liverpool, which port she left on the-21st ult. Cotton has advanced an eigth of a penny , . ,, j in the Liverpool market. The sales during abundance, and the climate is adraira ly j three business days succeeding the de- adapted to their cultivation. But with all j parture of the Niagara comprised 39,000 the advantages which this country can offer, j bales, of which exporters and speculators I think there is one thing wanting, which, j took 14,000; middling Orleans was quoted ifit possessed,! should be willing to “write !g ^fsirUplaud at 5 l-4d, and middling it” the loveliest place io the world, and , a( }vance of from sixpence to ninepence what is that? Why, females! Yes, we was asked in Flour, but it was not conceded, want females to give our society a tone and Wheat was steady. Corn a shade better, caste, and I hope that all persons who are j Rice steady. Sugar active and advancing, so fortunate as to emigrate here, in future, 5-8. will be men of families, and will bring them along with them. They will be attended to here. The Legislature is still in session, but not doing much. There was a committee, ap pointed to investigate the propriety of call ing a convention to divide the State ; this committee have reported favorably and a convention is to be held in May next. I think it is probable that the State will be divided, for there are a great many South ern men here, and they are all Consols closed at from 99 1-2 a 99 Trade in Manchester was better. The British mail steamship Europa ar rived at Liverpool on the 19th ult., and the U. S. mail steamship Washington at South ampton on the 18th—all well on board. Baltimore, May 2 9.30 P. M. The steamship Crescent City arrived at New-York to-day with the California mails of the 5th ult two millions worth of gold on freight, and six hundred thousand in the hands of passengers. The floods in Califor nia had entirely subsided. Business was improving, and the yield from- the mines in favor of was immense. a division, and some of the Northern men are also in favor of it. There is some ex citement on the subject in the Southern portion of the State divided. Robberies are common. There are great many convicts in tne country and they all will steal. We had quite an excitement in this place a few days ago about one who had stolen goods from the house of a mer chant. He was taken by the officers and gave bail for his appearance next morning ; this was found out by the citizens, and, concluding that bail ought not to have been taken, they took him into their own hands, appointed a committee of twenty-five men to try him for his life Additional by the Pacific. New-York, Ma 3, The Liverpool Cotton market on Wed nesday (the day of the Pacific's departure,) They say it shall be ; opened firmly. A motion had been carried ' in Parliament for an investigation of the af fairs of the East India Company. The a- mendment to the Passenger Act is yet un der consideration, and Sir J. Pakington an nounced the determination of Ministry to communicate with the United States Gov ernment upon the subject The Presidential Question. A Washingington letter in the Baltimore Sun says: ' ’ All that is now certain is that General Scott can only be nominated by Southern influences, and by the co-operation of South ern Senators and Southern members. If the South will stand back and coolly see Fillmore and Webster cut to pieces by the Northern abolitionists and free-soilers though Fillmore and Webster stood by the South in the hour of need, then Scott will be assuredly nominated; but the South, not the North, will be answerable for the nom ination. It is a poor shift for some of the South ern gentlemen to say “Gen. Scott ig as good a Compromiser as Fillmore or Webster.” They surely do not think Wm. H. Seward as good a compromiser as Fillmore and Web ster; nor can they ever that the men with whom Seward would fill all the important federal offices, (at least in the Northern States,) would be as good compromisers as Messrs. Fillmore and Webster. If Gen. Scott then was ever so good a compromise man, he could not prevent the Free-Soilera at the North from lording it over the Union men, and thus to give a new impuse to fa naticism, which sooner or later must en danger the constitutional rights ofthe South ern States. It is not the single man—the monarch—that gives tone and character to an administration—his cabinet and the fed eral office holders generally have more to do with it than himself. Besides, if General Scott be nominated without a platform, free scope will be given to all the prominet Free-Soilers and Aboli tionists in the North to run for Congress, and for members and Senators of the State Legislatures; and the legislative branch of the Government being thus opened to the agitators and factionists, is there any South- Th' JU C T UV f ern man who ventures > in bis sober senses, Exchequer had decided' that Mr. Solomons, ! know the Jew-j-wa&uoteutitied to a seat in Par- ^ at ® enera ® cott isalhnarht on the Com. liaraent. In France the protest of the Orleans fam ily against the confiscation of their property, was brought up in Court. The President denies the jurisdiction of the Court. Judo-e- ment was deferred. The Budget shows a they kept him a j deficiency of forty millions of francs, few hours in custody, however, and gave; Spain.—The remaining prisoners ofthe him up to the officers. I think they did j Bcpez expedition were daily expected at wrong as Gen. Lynch is the thing for Cali ,k L fornia. I must close as business calls my attention. I will send you the steamer edition of one of our papers prepared for this mail, which I hope will be interesting to you. I remain youis truly, P. C. HYMAN. [CORRESPENDENCE OF CENTRAL GEORGIAN.] Gibraltar, on their way home. Charles Henry from Charleston Liverpool on the 19th. The ship arrived at New-York, May 3. The sales of Cotton to-day were 2,500 bales: Upland Middling, 8 1-2. Rice: sales promise? No monarchist could go further in his faith in a single man than to say that, provided he is the right sort of person, it does not matter what his ministers or Con gress are made of. The platform establish ed for Whigs or Democrats not only serves the purposes of the Presidential election, but also the election ot members and Sena tors, and that is quite as important, and even more so, in our republican self govern ment, than the election of the chief execu- tive. The Slavery Question in California.— The Charleston Courier, 24th inst., says:— We are under obligations to a friend in Cal- of 200 tierces at 3.52. Flour is active, with iifornia fo . r Legislative documents of that an advancing tendency. Wheat and* Corn j ® ta \ e » w Hich he has from time to time been unchanged. Delegates to Baltimore.—A delegate to the Baltimore convention from this State bas requested the delegation to meet aij ia . plenty of gold in the quartz, the dif [CORRESPONDENCE OF CENTRAL GEORGIAN.] Marysville, Cal., March 26, 1852. Friend Grafton :—I had the pleasure a few days since, of receiving a copy of your journal from a friend in this country, and it reminded me so forcibly of my former home (Sandersville,) that I concluded to drop you a few lines, thinking that they might be sufficiently interesting to find a place in your columns. I shall not attempt to give you a minute description of the country, but a few facts in relation to things as they exist. In the first place, let me refer to the mining in terest, as that is more interesting to the people of the Atlantic States than anything else, and is generally the cause of all the excitement. The mines are probablv not sogoodasthey were supposed to be two years ago, but there is yet gold in them, and a plenty of it too. Two years ago it was supposed by a great many persons that a man could go to the mines, and in a few months, make as much money as he wished, and this was sometimes the case, but very seldom. There are a great many men in this State who have been in the mines for the last two years, worked hard, and now have nothing. Now it requires a man that has energy and determination, and is will ing to invest capital, if necessary, to make a heavy fortune in the mines; there are a few of a different class, who make money, but they are so few that it is hardly worth while to speak of them. It is believed that the quartz mining will be verv good this year, butl doubt it; at least I think that the machinery must be somewhat different from that in use, before it can be made very profitable. I have no doubt but that there Laurens County, May 2, 1852. At nnnn , Washington, May 3. « ex j •, rp, . „ At noon today, .Mr. Clay was sinking Mr. Editor .-—There is a Comet or some i rapidly, and it is believed he can live but a singular luminary, cutting strange capers few days. President Fillmore visited him in the Western horizon. It is almost di- to 'day. His friends have been sent for. rectlv in the track of Venus, the evening 4 Mr ' An , drews , a Representative from star a„d under ,t It, the Comet, ts «st-j l„ lhe House to-days, the French Spolia- ble from dark until twenty minutes after | tion bill from the Senate was taken up, and eight. It has very much the appearance of! a motion to put it on its third reading was a star that appeared in the South about three years since. The strange capers al luded to above, are its movings, horizontal ly and perpendicularly and its blazing out so as to be plainly visible, then retiring from the view. I have ,taken the liberty of addressing you these few lines, as none of the papers that I have seen, contain any notice of it, and I think it very probable that it has es caped observation. Yours Respectfully, OBSERVER. postponed. Mr. Stephens on Party Conven tions. We take the following-striking, from the recent speech of Mr. Stephens, of this State. He is denouncing the refusal of the Whig 1 members of Congress, to take their position of tbese tn '° courses, I V. A. A * fr 1 1 • • . ^ til n./\A 1*1-. AX kind enough to forward us. Amongst oth-. ers received yesterday, we find a copv of the bill entitled an Act recommending to the electors to vote for or against calling a Con vention, to revise ana change the entire Constitution of California, it passed the House by a vote of 51 to 7, and was sent to the Senate on the 3d of March. A major ity, we learn, of the Assembly is pro-Slave- ry, and yesterday we were favored with the perusal of a letter from one of onr own cit izens now in California, who states therein that be thinks the effort bow being made to render California a Slave State will prove successful, and that in the event of a failure it will be endeavored to make the Southern portion, at all events, Slave. “Justice,” says the writer, “demands one Situated as we now 1 on a great question of public policy, on the ! are ’ ^ ie w C0|th a °d inexhaustible resources plea that the decision of that questiou prop- California are open to all the world ex- rvwl rr „ J X- x 1 * TV • 1 . • 1 / * PO Ft • ViMlMiAHn A - * a. 1 erly belonged to their Presidential Conven tion. Says Mr. Stephens: This, sir, I consider not only progress backwards and downwards, but progress in a direction exceedingly dangerous to the pu rity, integrity, and stabilty of representitive government, if it be continued. [correspondence of central Georgian.] It is the submision of the will, the judge- Washington County, May 6, 1852. : m ent and action of theRepresentative upon- Mr. S. B. Grafton :—I take the occa- i th . e m ? St im P ortant of ail public trusts com- sion to address you, giving you an account “ ltted t0 !\ ,S ?T ge ’ the dictation of an nf a A, ao Ae. i / / 1 , irresponsible body of people, unknown to ot adieadful tornado which passed over the laws and Constitution of the country, this section on Monday last, the 3d inst. The members of this House, and the mem- The storm arose just about dusk. I hap-! ^ ers Senate, chosen and selected in pened to be out and heard a considerable P ur ®“ aGce organic law of the land . „ , i are tne men to whom the people Dronpr Do'se like the rearing of thunder, and at: have intrusted the coneideration^nd se& the same time saw a very black cloud in raent of all questions pertaining to the Leg- In a few moments every I islative department of their Government. the same the North-west, thing became very dark, the lightning be- In th< r se si [> tbe people, by their Con gan to play in vivid flashes, the wind blow- * noliPvTh JML® sa,d * hafc ^ ue ® tions i of public imr more «n } P°l ,c y s hall be considered and settled. We Wh, e; nothlQ g are tfa e men who are responsible to the could be heard for a few moments but a people for our acts; and here is the place cept the Southern States. Any man with capital ean invest it in any way he may deem best, and reap a rich return for his toil; bnt we of the Sontb, because our cap ital is invested in slaves, alone of all tie world are deprived of a right, not a privilege, which we should first have enjoyed. Had it not been for the Southern volunteers, California might still have remained in the hands of the slothful and retrograding Mex ican, or else in the grasp ofthe unrelenting Englishman.” continual roar in th5elements, rain and hail falling a part of the time. When day dawned the next morning we were able to where principles should be settled. Waat will be the character of an Ameri can Congress when its members and Sena tors shall disfranchise themselves, abnegate .u i ... as discover .he wo* of a few ndoutee; fences | won! prostrate, trees blown up and houses un-; the self-confessed, self-acknowledged, and roofed. Mv own plantation looks more 8eI f degrading instruments of party, regis Disunion ofthe Whig Party.—Anoth er event of great importance has occurred to mark the progress of this Union towards that disastrous destiny to which k has been rapidly tending for seventeen years. The Whig party has been dissolved by the shive ry question. Many ofthe churches had divi ded heretofore, and the Democrat party was divided in 1850, on this question. But the We w,l5 g P art y was considered one of the strongest bounds of union—for it had long been the most indulgent to Northern ag gression. And at the present time it had a briliant military chieftain for a Presidential candidate, and fifty milions of money to dis burse annually in case of success. It is ob vious, therfore that a division could not:have S These letters WeVe intended to indicate that the paper contained intelligence from the four quarters of the globe. But they finally came to assume the form of the word news from which term newspapers is derived. The income of the Wesleyan Missionary Society is- half a millioir dollars per annum." and 29th inst. The Macon Telegraph and Savannah Georgian, concur in the sugges tion. Reward fok the Invention of Gun- Cotton.—A prize of 40,000 florins (about £3,340) has been awarded by the Military Commission of the Germanic Confederation to the Professors Bottger, at Frankfort, and Schonbein, at Basle, as a reward for the in- tion ofgun cotton. State Bank.—A Porter has been un- ammously re-slected President of this insti- tutiou. As for the mercantile business, I think that this country is not surpassed; there is no country in the world where cities and towns have sprung up and grown so fast as in this; and some of the la r gest fortunes have been made by those engaged m the mercantile business; and these towns and their trade are still prospering. This place is among the .nost prospeious in California. It has a population of about six thousand, and I believe that there is more business done here than in any other place of its size in the world. It has had some severe backsets, however, having once been burnt like a wreck of ruin than anything else. I learn that the whole neighborhood has been injured more or less, but from what I have been able to see or learn, my neighbor Thos. B. Smith, and myself were in the worst streak that I have heard of. I have heard of no lives being lost, but two of my ne groes escaped most miraculously. Yours Respectfully, E. D. TAYLOR. Telegraphed for the Savannah Republican. Charleston, May 6. Cotton.—Sales here to-day 1,500 bales. Sales of the week 11,200 bales, at 6 1-2 a 9 1 8c. The advance during the week has been from 3-8 to 5-8. Middling fair 9 1.8 a 9 1-4. Receipts ofthe week 8,380 bales* stock exclusive of that on shipboard, 31 801 Upland and 594 Sea Island. ’ We learn fcom a private dispatch received in this.city via Maeoa, that the Europa 1ms _ w during the week ending 24th ult. of the week 70,000 bales. Sales tering the edicts of an unknown, irresponsi ble oligarchy—instead of being the Rep resentatives of a free people? Snch men, in mv opinion, will be fit subjects—the self- abased slaves of any master who may have a use for such miscreants—such as any usurping Cromwell or Louis Napoleon would not hesitate a moment to drive from the halls of legislation to prisons and dun- ge6ns. Sir, what can be more humiliating than for an American Representative to sub mit his will, to bow his neck, to give up his own sentiments, to announce hisown qualifi- cation for the office he holds, and say that an outside body, unknown to the law,’ and without any regular authority either from the people orthe Constitution, shall make the politics, shall fix the policy, shall set- tie the questions of constitutional Jaw and right; by which he and his constituents are to be governed? If this is to be the future progress of this country, might not we as well adjourn at once—disband both houses of Congress, and give up the Government ofthe country to the projectors of Baltimore If this is to be your pro gress, it requires but a short sight to‘see your ultimate destiny. occured, until every effort to preserve unity had been made and failed. One of the most carious characteristics of the event, is that it occurred on a point of order. But the greatest revolutions have begun in a manner equally trivial in appear ance. The French Revolution of 1847 be gun by prohibiting big dinner parties, and the actual conflict was commenced by an accidental shot. So on this occasion, the Compromise, which it was fondly hoped would save the Union, was itself lost on a point of order. The death of Achilles-by an arrow in the heel, or that of Alexander the Great by an extra toddy, was glorious com pared to the ignominious stab infiieted on the Compromise, with a point of order, by Senator Mangum, chairman of the cauoas. — Southern press. The author of the Multiplicatin Table— We met a gentleman in a book store the other evening, searching-for the origin of the multiplication, table. Who of our rea - ders could have told him its. aurhor? It wa s invented by Pythagoras, the Grecian philos - ther, 539 years before Christ, and is thus 2391 years old. It has done great service in the world, in the study of mathematics Ex. .