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vflSSaSt K HUjiaMir. BT JAMES GARDNER. OFFICE ON MoINTOSH-STRBKT, TOIR3 DOOB fHOM TUB XORTH-WI9T CORMIR OF BROAD-3 TRUST. TERMS: Daily in advance per annum $0 00 If notin ad ranee per annum 7 00 Tri-Weekly, in advance .per annum 4 00 If notin advance por annum 6 00 Weekly, in advance... .per annum 200 The Toast. The feast is o’er! Now brimming wins In lordly cup is soon to shino • Before each eager guest ; And silence fills the crowded hall. As deep as when the herald’s call Thrills in the loyal breast. Then up arose the noble host And smiling cried, “ A toast! a toast! To all our ladyes fair. Here, before all I pledge the name Os Stanton’s proud and beauteous dame— The Ladyo Gundemere !” Then to his feet each gallant sprung. And joyous was the shout that rung As Stanley gaye the word: And every cup was raised on high, Nor ceased the loud and gladsome ery, Till Stanley’s voice was heard. “ Enough enough,” he smiling said, And lowly bent his haughty head, “That all may have their due, Now each in turn must play his part, And pledge the ladye of his heart, Like gallant knight and true !'* Then one by one each guest sprung up And drained in turn the brimming cup, And named the loved one’s name ; And each, as hand on high he raised, His ladye s grace or beauty praised, Her constancy and fame. ’Tis now St. Loon's turn to rise, On him are fixed those countless eyes— A gallant knight is he ; Envied by some, admired by all, Far famed in ladye’s bower and hall, The flower of chivalry. St Leon raised his kindling eye, And lifts the sparkling cup on high : “ I drink to one,” he said “ Whose image never may depart, Deep graven on this grateful heart, Till memory be dead. “ To one whose love for mo shall last Wnen lighter passions long have past, So holy ’tis and true ; To one hose love hath longer dwelt, More deeply fixed, more keenly felt, Than any pledged by you.” ’ Each guest upstarted at the word, And laid a hand upon his sword, With fury flashing e\e, And Stanley said : “ We crave the name, Proud knight, of this most peerless dame, Whose love you count so high.” St. Leon paused, as if he would Not breathe hor name in careless mood Thus lightly to another : Then bent his noble head as though To give that word the reverence due, And gevtly said : “ My mother!” “Murder Will Out.” — Arrest of a Fugitive ! —Nearly ten years agow two planters. and the overseer of one oi them, were travelling from one pait of Texas to another. Night found them beside a liver which they were unable to ford, and where they would have to wait till morning before they could be ferried across The weather was fine, the travellers were well armed, and as they were accustomed to wild-wood journeyings, they soon prepared rough accommodations for the night. As they had travelled far and fast during the preceeding day the planters weresoo.i in the enjoyment of “tired nature’s sweet res torer, balmy sleep,” and no sense of danger dis turbed their slumbers. Not so with the overseer. For hitn there was no sieep. Athirst for filthy lucre, his greed had banished sleep, his blood ran riot, and he saw red! He knew that the plan ters had a large sum of money with them, and as neither he nor they were known in the section of country in which they then sojourned, he thought the opporrunity a favorable one for pos sessing himself of their wealth. But in orderto do so he must first murder them. And what hindered him from doing so? They had aiieady rendered themselves incapable of defence by yielding to “Death’s first cousin, sleep,” an J in a moment he could transfer them to the domains of the sterner and more terrible of the cousins. And he did so. A blade, murderously keen, was drawn with a hand of demoniac firmness across the throat of one of the planters, and a leaden death was sent from a pistol into the ear of the other. Then did the red robber consider himself a man of wealth, for the sum which he had gained by the double murder, entitled him so to think. He fied the country; went to the federal capital, became a beaux, and participated in wild and reckless plea sures to his heart’s content. But gambling and other dissipations gave wings to his riches, and they flew away. Eventually, being reduced to poverty, he, by the prosecution of a successful buiglary,again filled his purse. But the crime was traced to him, and he was arrested, tried and sentenced for five years to the penitentiary. Be fore the expiration of the term he was pardoned by President Polk, and went to reside in South Carolina. A strange train of circumstances re cently pointed him out as the murderer of the two Texas planters, and a requisition of the Gov ernor of Texas to the Executive of South Caro lina, was responded to by the delivery of the fu gitive to an officer who had charge of the requisi tion. The result is, that the overseer, under the name of John Schultz, is now confined in the First District police prison of this city, on his way to the scene of his greatest crime, and that “the way of the transgressor is hard,” is evidenc ed by the sharp clank of his iron manacles. A. O. Delta. Sleigh-Riding with a Young Widow.— Snow had fallen, the young of the village got up a grar.d sieighing party to a country tavern at some distance; and the interesting widow Lamb kin sat in the same sleigh, under the same buffa lo as myself. “Oh! don’t!” she exclaimed, as we came to the first bridge, catching me by the arm. and turning her veiled face towards me while her little eyes twinkled through the moon light. “Don’t what?” I asked : I’m not doing any thing.” “ Well, but I thought you were go ing to talre toll, replied Mrs. Lambkin. “ Toll!” I rejoined; “ what’s that *” “ How 1” exclaim ed the widow, her clear laugh ringing out above the music of the bells. “Dr Meadows pretends he don’t know what toll is !” “Indeed, I don’t then,” I said laughing in turn. Don’t know that the gentlemen, when they goon a sleighing party, claim a kiss as toll, when they cross a bridge? Well, I never! When next we came to a bridge, and 1 claimed toll, the struggle of the widow to hold the veil were not sufficient to tear it; aud somehow, when the veil was re moved, her face was turned directly towards my own, and in the glittering of the moonlight, the horse trotted on himself, toll was taken for the first time in his life by Dr. Meadows. Soon we came to a long bridge, but the widow said it was no use to resist, and she paid up as we reached it without a struggle. “ But you wnn’t take toll for every arch, will you, Doctor? ” she asked. To which the only reply was a practical affirmative to the question. Did you ever, read er, sleigh ride with a widow, and take toll at the bridges?— Exchange paper. The Ship Worm. —Destructive as the ship worm unquestionably is, nevertheless its services could ill be dispensed with, though a devastor of j ships and piers, it is also a protector of both ; for ! were the fragments of wreck and masses of stray timber, that would choke harbors and clog the ! waves, permitted to remain undestroyed, the loss of life and injuries to property that would 1 result would far exceed all the damages done and dangers caused by the teredo. This i.etive shell fish is one of the police of Neptune— a scavenger and clearer of the sea. It attacks every stray mass of floating or sunken timber with which it ! comes in contact, and soon reduces it to harm lessness and dust. For one ship sunk by it a hundred are really saved; and whilst we depre cate the mischief and distress of which it has been j the unconscious cause, we are bound to acknowl edge that without its operations, there would be infinitely more treasure hurried in the abysses of the deep, and more venturous marines doomed to watery graves.— Westminister Review. Sheridan Knowles has entered upon a new phase of his changing career. He first acquired renown as a dramatist, and then tried to do so as an actor, but with indifferent success; for some time afterwards he was in a transition state, now and then producing a drama, to show that the old vein was not extinct. Ultimately, i he turned “serious,” and not long since flung himself into religious controversy, and wrote a book against the Pope. He has, says a weekly paper, now betaken himself to the pulpit, where he is much admired for his fervid and pious style of exhortation. [Reported for the BaltimorsSun.] Thirty-Third Congress—First Session. Washington. Dec. 5,1853. SENATE. The Senators commenced assembling in their chamber at half-past 11 o’clock, and spent an hour in the interchange of friendly greetings. Mr. Atchison, President pro tern, took the chair at quarter past 12 o’clock, and called the Senate to order. Mr. Brodhead offered a resolution, which was adopted, directing the Secretary to notify the House that a quorum of the Senate was present and ready to proceed to business. Mr. Doige, of lowa, gave notice that he would introduce a bill granting land to lowa for railroad purposes. Also, a bill to establish a ter ritorial government in Nebraska. Mr. Jonea of lowa, gave notice of a bill grant ing land to lowa for a railroad connecting the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Mr. Gwin gave notice of the following bills: Bill making a donation of public lands to Cal ifornia lor the purpose of constructing a railroad and telegraph line from San Francisco to the Colorado river, or South-east boundary of said State, with a branch passing through the valley of Sacramento river, to the boundary of Oregon. A bill to es ablish a line of mail steamers from San Francisco, via the Sandwich Islands, to Shanghai.£A bill authorizing the appointment of an U. S. Judge for the Southern district of Cali fornia. A bill to pay the expenses incurred by California in suppressing Indian hostilities in said State. At halt-past 12 o’clock Mr. Gwin moved an adjournment. Lost. On motion of Mr. Badger, 12 o’clock was fixed upon as the hour for daily meeting. On motion of Mr. Badger each Senator was allowed five daily newspapers during the session. Mr. Seward offered the following resolution : Resolved , That the President be requested, if not in his opinion incompatible with the public interest, to communicate to the Senate any cor respondence that may have taken place between the Government of the United States and his Majesty the King of the Sandwich Islands. Mr. Bell.—Do you know how to spell the name of his majesty * (Laughter ) Mr. Masion.—Let the resolution lie over. ILaid over.] After some time spent in doing nothing, the Senate, at 25 minutes past 1 o’clock, adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The galleries were densely crowded at an early hour this morning. The greatest excite ment prevailed until noon, when the House was called to order by Mr. Forney, clerk of the last Congress. With the consent of the House, Mr. Forney proceeded to call the roll, when 217 members answered to their names. Mr. Olds moved that the House proceed to the election of a Speaker viva voce. [Cries of call the absentees ] Mr. Mace moved that the members be first sv\ orn. [Cries of “No! no 1”] Mr. Olds’ m otion then prevailed, and Messrs. Ingersoil, Chandler, Davis, of Indiana, and Ew ing were appointed tellers, and the ballot re sulted as follows : For Linn Boyd 143 ; For J. R. Chandler 25 ; For Mr. Haven 4; For Mr. Campbell, of Ohio 11; For Mr. Miller 3; For Mr. Ashe 1; For Mr. Preston 3 ; For Mr. Ewing 6: For Mr. Millson 1; For Mr. Breckinridge 1 ; For Mr. Howe 2. The Clerk then announced the Hon. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, as Speaker of the House, and appointed Messrs. Chandler and Orr to conduct him to the chair. the Speaker, before taking his seat, address ed the House as follows: Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : By the vote just given you have manifested a degree of confidence and respect for myself peculiarly gratifying to my feelings, and for it you have my sincere thanks. Confidently relying on your kind co-operation, without which it were vain to hope for success, and guided, as I trust I shall be, by a sleepless desire to maintain order and promote the harmony of this body by a faithful execution of its laws, I engage in the duties as signed me with no feelings to gratify inconsis tent w T ith the claims of impartial justice—no aim to accomplish inconsistent with the country's good. Mr. Giddings, by request of the clerk, adminis tered the oath of office to the Speaker, and the Speaker then swore in the members by delega tions. On motion of Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, a mes sage was sent to the Senate informing them that a quorum of the House was in attendance, and of the election of Mr. Boyd as Speaker. Mr. Mace moved that the rules of the last House be adopted as the rules of the present House, with the following amendment. No debate shall be had in coor. mittee of the whole upon the State of the Union, or in com mittee of the whole house, but what is on or german to the subject under consideration, ex cept in committee of the whole upon the state of the Union, when the President’s message is uader consideration, at which time any latitude may be given to debate consistent with the de corum of the house. No rule shall conflict with rule. When a bill is reported from a committee it shall be referred and placed on the calendar in its order without debate, unless otherwise order ed by a vote of two-thirds of the whole house. Mr. Mace briefly advocated the proposition— his design being to avoid the difficulties of the last housf in transacting business. Mr. Bayly opposed the amendment, which wias rejected. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, offered the following, which was adopted: 4 That the rules of the last house be adopted as the rules of this house, until otherwise ordered, provided there shall be a committee of five ap pointed to revise them, which committee shall have power to report at any time, and their re port shall be acted upon by the house until dis posed of, to the exclusion of any other business • anything in any temporary rule to the contrary notwithstanding.” On motion of Mr. Olds, a committee was ap po.l.r*t*<J w . a ‘t; °“ th * President, in conjunction with that of the Senate, and inform him that the two Houses have assembled, and are prepar ed to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make The committee consists of Messrs. Olds, Chandler and Bailey. The House then proceeded to ballot for Clerk with the following result; whole number ot votes 200, of which Forney received 121, R M Yon™ 27, E. P. Smith 10, B. B. Pringle 18, E. Whit? man 13, and the others scattering. Mr. Fornev was declared elected and was sworn in. * On motion of Mr. Stanton, of Tennessee the remaining officers, Glosbrenner lor Sergeant-at- Arms, McKnew, Door-Keeper and Johnson. Postmaster, were jointly appointed by resolution. On motion ot Mr. McNair a resolution was adopted to select seats by lot, and the member* all left their seats and took positions in the lob bies, advancing as their names were drawn from the box by the cle'k, and selecfing their seats. Mr. Benton selected a seat directly in front of the chair, near the main aisle. Several notices of bills were given, after which the house adjourned. The New York Times, of Thursday, contains the following information of the success of Mr. Bayne in negotiating the Virginia loan bonds: “The Commissioner for the State of Virginia, : who went to Europe some months since to ne | gotiate additional improvement loans for the public works of the Commonwealth, Mr. Bayse, ! " ashington, returned in the Atlantic on ! Monday. After much trouble and embarrass ment, growing out of the peculiar condition of money affairs on the other side, Mr. B. finally succeeded in making such arrangements with Messrs Baring Brothers as will not only secure to the Commonwealth the means immediately required lor her prominent iailioads, but place her loans on a very eligible footing in London. To do this, and to enlist the special services of Messrs Baring, part of the loans of Virginia were agreed to be made sterling five per cents, instead of federal sixes. This was the plan adopted by the State of Massachusetts and the city of Boston, and through the same eminent aouse, their loans have attained a high credit at relatively low rates of interest in England.” Hector Jennings, of Ohio, it has been ascer tained, is oae ot the heirs ot an English estate estimated at from fifty to seventy-five million of dollars. Mr. J. B. Bacon, of Yates county, N. Y., has just returned trom London, and states that Mr. Jennings is one of tke heirs of this im mense fortune. [Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.] | The U. S. M. Steamship Humboldt Wrecked. | Faltimoee, Dec 6.-—The U. S. mail steam- ■ ship Humboldt, with advices from Havre and Southampton, to the 23d ult., went ashore near Halifax on Monday night, and has become a to tal wreck, the tide ebbing and flowing in her. Her passengers, however, are all safe, and her cargo will be saved, although part of it is dam aged. Some two hundred package of goods have already been taken from her in good order. Her mails have been taken to Halifax, and will be forwarded by the Niagara to Boston, when she arrives from Liverpool. Mr. Westervelt, her builder, is reported to be the largest sufferer by her loss—probably to the amount of $60,000. The stock of the Company is scattered, and it is supposed that the other owners are individually covered by insurances. The cargo is heavily insured in New York. The insurances in Boston amount to $40,000. The steamer Marion has been chartered and will proceed on Monday to the relief of the Humboldt. We learn from her advices that the report of the retreat of the Turks across the Danube had been officially confirmed. It was effected by Omar Pacha, without any interruption, and was induced by the lateness of the season. The Turks still hold Kalafat, which had been strongly fortified, and it is reported that the Russian forces were marching to attack it. It is said that the Russians had evacuated Lesser Wallachia. The Russian fleet had been dismantled and gone into winter quarters. The Turks had received large reinforcements in every diiection. The latest advices state that the Russians had been beaten back in Georgia by the Turks. The Turks were sending succor to the Cir cassians. The Turks had also established a camp in Servia, and had commenced throwing a bridge across the Dwina. The Servians had determined to resist the Russians. It is reported that at the latest advices the Czar was very sick. It is said that the Russian Ambassadors in London and Paris have orders to demand their passports if the combined fleets remained in the Black Sea. Austria and Prussia have formally announced their determination to remain neutral.) The editors of newspapers in Vienna have re ceived warning not to publish anything of a tendency to provoke Russia. Maria-da-Gloria, Queen of Portugal is dead. [She was daughter of the late Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro 1., by his first consort, the Arch-duchess Leopolden of Austria, and was born at Rio de Janeiro, April 4, 1819. She had been twice married—her first husband being Duke Charles Augustus Eugene Napoleon of Leuchtenberg, to whom she was allied on the 27th of January, 1835. and who died suddenly on the 28th of March in the same year—and her second, who survives her, to whom she was married on the 9th of April, 1836, Duke Ferdi nand, son of Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg—Coha ry, who upon the birth of a Crown Prince, was named King.]— Eds. Cour. The Markets. — The Liverpool Markets. —On the 21st ult. 6000 bales of Cotton were sold,and on the 22d ult. 4000. The market was rather heavy, but no change had occurred in prices since the departure of the Europa. Flour has receded, and the late improvement bad been lost. Grain was firm and Wheat had advanced Is per quarter. The London. Money Market. —Consols closed at 95* Columbia, Dec. 7. South Carolina legisla ture.—The Senate Committee have decided to report in favor of rechartering the Bank of Charleston, and granting a charter to the Cen tral Bank ot Charleston, restricting the capital of each to $1,009,000. The House of Representatives went into Committee of the Whole, on Wednesdag, on the electoral question. Mr. McCrady spoke in favor of his own bill on the subject, and the debate was adjourned until Thursday. Both Houses favor the formation of a Rifle Battalion by the military Academies of Charles ton. Columbia, Dec. 7— The South Carolina Press Association. —The first ar.ivery meeting of the South Carolina Press Association was held at Columbia on Wednesday morning, and was very fully attended by the Press of the State. The following officers were duly elected to serve for the ensuing year: President —Richard Yeadon, Esq., Courier, Charleston. Vice-Presidents —Robert McKnighfc, Journal, Union C. H., R. S. Bailey, Ledger, Lancaster C. H. Secretary —A. T. Cavis, Carolinian, Columbia. Orator —W. B. Johnston, Carolinian, Colum bia. The first anniversary oration of the Associ ation, was delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, this evening, by Thomas J. WarreD, Esq., of the Camden Journal. It is needless to say that the address was fully equal to the most ardent expectations of his numerous friends. Columbia, December7.— The Vacant Profes sorship in the S. C. College. —Professor McKay, of Athens University, Georgia, has been elected by the Boatd of Trustees of the South Carolina College to the Professorship of Mathematics in that institution, vacated by the declination of Professor Lewis R. Gibbes. Columbia, Dec. 7.— Agricultural Association. —The members of the Agricultural Association met in the Hall of the House of Representatives at six o’clock this evening, when an able Address on Agricultural Chemistry, was, delivered by Professor R. T. Brumby, and the Association adjourned without taking any action on the re solutions of Col. J. Croom, of Alabama, on the expediency of establishing a Southern Central Agricultural Institute under it* auspices. Columbia, Dec. 7.— Regimental Review. — The various regiments were reviewed in Columbia on Wednesday morning, hy his Excellency Gov ernor Manning, and made a fine display. The various evolutions were well executed, and re flected great credit on the respective officers. Savannah, Dec. 6.— Savannah Regatta — Second Day —The first race on Wednesday fer six oared boats, for a purse of S3OO, was won by Randolph Spaulding, Esqs.’ Kate Keenan, by five feet, beating J. Hamilton Couper, Esq’s., The Becky Sharp, and John Screven,Esq’s., The Ella Brooke. The second race for four oared boats, foi a purse of S2OO was won by R. T - Gibson, Esqs., , The Sarah E., by two lengths, beating Randolph Spaulding, Esq’s.. The Mary Helsey, J. Hamil ton Couper, Esq’s., The Fenella,and I). H. Troup Esq’s., The Barcarola. The Fenella having broken an oar lock was placed hors de com bat. Baltimork, Dec. 4 —Congressional Proceedings. i —ln the Ser ateon Tuesday, after the delivery ; of the Message, the Hon. John M. Clayton, of I Delaware, offered a resolution, which was laid over, to the effect that the President be request ! , transmit his plan to Congress tor the en i largement and modification of the Judicial sys i tem. The Senate soon afterwards went into Execu j “ ve session, and adjourned. ! _ * u House of Representatives, Mr. Gilbert Dean, of New \ork, introduced a resolution, j which was laid over,offering a vote of thanks to j Capt. Ingraham, arid authorizing the President to present him with a sword, j The Message having been read, 20,000 extra ' copies Mere ordered to be printed. The resolution providing for the election of a Chaplain was adopted alter some opposition. Baltimork, Dec. 7.—ln the Senate the Rev. Henry Sheer was elected Chaplain on the fourth | ballot. Various notices of bills were offered. The Hon. Hamilton Fish, of New York, of fered a resolution of enquiiy into the cause of the mortality on board of the emigrant ships. The resolution in the Senate, respecting the Judiciary of the Hon. John M. Clayton, of Del aware, was passed in the House. General Armstrong was elected Printer; and the Rev. Henry Melburne Chaplain of the House. Baltimork, Dec, l.—Tfie Barque Thos. C. Baxter. —The Barque Thos. C. Baxter has ar rived at New York from Mobile, and reports that Hutchinson, the chief officer, had died on the passage, in addition to Captain Duncan, who* as was mentioned in the Steam Ship Isabel’s ad- j vices on her last trip but one to Charleston— died at Key West on the 20th of October. Baltimore, Dec. l.—Tke Late Anson G. 1 helps. Ihe late Anson G. Phelps, after pro vidmg in his will amply for his widow and fami ly, has left $581,000 to religious and benevolent objects. Baltimork, Dec. l.—Tht Vermont Legislature. The Vermont Legislature has adjourned without electing a Speaker. Baltimore, Dec. 7. — More Gold. —The steam ship El Dorado was reported on Wednesday at New Orleans as being below. The steam ship Pampero had arrived at New Orleans from Nicaragua with $400,000 in gold. The steam ship George Law had left Aspin wall for New York on the lstinst. with $1,500,- 000 in gold. The steam ship Star ot the West had left San Juan for New York with $1,500,000, in gold. Baltimore, Dec. 7.— Great Mob. —A great mob occurred at Erie on Monday, on account of an attempt having been made to alter the guage of the railroad from the State line. Cannons were fired and the people turned out. The track was torn up and the tra ins stopped. The Depot is in the hands of the mob, aud the depot master barely escaped with his life. Bridges were demolished, and the riots at the last accounts had not abated, the people being engaged in taking the rails up. Baltimore, Dec. 7. — Extensive Robbery.—Ad vices from St. Louis state that Sir George Green, who was en route to Texas on a hunting excur sion, wa3 robbed of a portmanteau, near Alton, containing a draft on New York for $5,000 and S3OO in gold. Baltimore, Dec. 7. —1100 bales of Cotton were sold in New York on Wednesday, at 124 cents for Fair Orleans; 10J lor Middling Or leans; 10| for Middling Mobile, and 10J cents for Fair Uplands. Flour was easier. Grain was buoyant, Cof fee steady, money easy and abundant. AUGUSTA, GA. FRXDA% MORNING, DECEMBER 9. See first page Daily, this morning. A Swindler Arrested. On Tuesday last, a man, who registered him self at tbs Augusta Hotel, as Peter M. Mather, Albany JMb, applied to F. C. Barber, Broker of this city, f|r the loan of one hundred dollars, and offered t 6 pledge as security, two valuable Gold Watphes, his own and his wife’s. He ac companiedifhe application with a plausible story of being disappointed in the receipt of funds, but of expecting a remittance in a few days in which.to redeem the Watches. Mr. Barber and himself called at a Watch-ma ker’s to ascertain the value of the Watches, and they were pronounced worth about $135 to $l4O. They then stopped at Hancock’s Tin Store, where Mather procured a small tin box, and had the Watches placed therein, and solder ed up carefully, and the box then neatly covered with paper. This was done, as he stated, that the watches could the more readily be forwarded to him by Express, upon his returning the borrowed mon ey from the place to which he was travelling.—- On returning to Mr. Barber’s office, he handed the box, (as the latter supposed.) to him, and re quested him to write upon it the address to which it was to be sent. It was then left in Mr. B.’s possession. The following day, Mr. Barber having his suspicions excited, caused the box to be opened, when he found that instead of the two watches it contained only clay. Mather had adroitly slipped the box upon him in place of the one containing the watches. Yesterday, finding that Mather was still in town, Mr. Barber called on him at the Augusta Hotel and compelled him to refund the money. He also went before J ustice Levy and deposed to the above facts, who thereupon issued his war rant, and Mather was duly arrested and lodged in jail, where he remains to answer for the offence. He is accompanied by his wife, who has taken up her abode with him at the jail. This rnan is doubtless an old offender, and has played this trick, or like ones, on former oc casions. He is described to us as genteel looking, well dressed, plausible, tall and slender, with dark hair and whiskers, and thirty-five to forty years of age. Appeals to the Unconverted. An elderly lady called at our office yesterday, and lett a neat volume for our inspection, enti tled, “ Earnest Entreaties and Appeals to the Unconverted, with Persuasions to Religions Duties” by Mrs. Luzene Chipman, of which she represented herself to be the authoress. She also left a slip of manuscript, purporting to be a copy of an editorial notice of her by the Raleigh Register, she having lost the number of the paper containing it. The following is a copy verbatim et literatim, of the manuscript: “RauGHLr Register.” “Wo are Indebted to Miss Chipman of Guilford County N, C, for a neatly bound volluin of nearly 200 pages Eearnest Intreaties and Apeals to the unoonvertod with Persuasions to Religious duties we have heard this work high y spoken of, and the Intrinsic merit that have impelled the inestimable Authoricc to write it, is truly prais worthy; and Challenge the Approbation of the publick.” It is very evident that the orthographical skill of the fair authoress has somewhat deteriorated since her work went to press; for on looking over its pages we discern no error in that par ticular. We have not read it, however, with sufficient attention to give an opinion of its mer its as a composition. The London Illustrated News of the 12th ult. says: “ Mr. Whitworth, of Manchester, has brought back from his recent tour as Royal Com missioner, through the manufacturing districts of the United States, a report filled with the most starling evidences of the progress which the mechanical arts are making in that country. 0 A Thanksgiving Feast.— The Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation gave to all per sons employed by the company a Turkey for Thanksgiving. It took two tons and a half of turkeys to go round. A Cave in St. Lotus.—ln the southern lout skirts ot the city of St. Louis there is a large cave, a portion of which is occupied by a Mr. English as a beer cellar. The unoccupied part of the cave is choked up with the earth and rub bish of many centuries. Mr. English, finding his share of the subterranean domain somewhat contracted in point of extent, is now engaged in removing the earth for some distance beyond the apartment he Las hitherto occupied; thus secu ring to himself a large natural cellar, thirty feet i n height. In one part, says the Missouri Re publican, a leaning column, exceedingly fantas tic in form and position, has been denuded of the earth which buried it, and stands now a little to one side of the hall, like a grim giant, supporting the roof the vault. It is said that this cave con aects at some considerable distance from the mouth with another, which debouches on the river’s bank. . A P etr H'ikd Man. —One of the most aston ishmg curiosities ever exhibited in our city, savs the Baltimore Clipper, can now be seen at Car roll Hall. It is the body of a man found buried six feet deep , n guano, on the island of Ichaboe. It is petrified and turned to a solid massot stone retaining all the minute outlines of a perfect spe cimen of humanity. It has been examined by physicians and scientific men, and pronounced 1 one of the most marvellous subjects ever w»' nesseed. PSo Rain in Peru— lt never rains in 1 he vapors, as they ascend from the Peru.— tracted to the summit of the Cordifl ' a > are at they are condensed into showers. eraß » where line of coast which lies between -But on the base ot these stupendous or - sea and the never falls. All agriculture - “ >unta ins, the rain ficial irrigation. But ,s the result of art»- streams flowing from th' { re q u ent and full comparatively easy Cordilleras make this 1 Jour, qf Com, -C, or respondents of the N. Y. \ [Correspondence of the Const. & Republic.] | M illkdgevillk, Dec. 6, 1853. Mr. Editor: The interesting case of Elijah Bird was again taken up, to-day, and the bill for the pardon passed. In a few days it will be called up in the Senate. The father, wile, and two children of the pris oner, were present at the trial. I understand that Bird’s father has spent a handsome proper ty in his efforts to rescue his son from a felon’s grave. While it would be improper to publish in a public journal, an opinion on the merits of a case like the present, its decision still pending, we cannot avoid expressing our sympathy for this old man in his untiring exertions. They waned not when the jury pronounced its ver dict, when an exasperated community, thirsting for the blood of hijs child, approved it—when the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court below, and when the House refused to pardon. This last blow I thought would have proved more than he would have been able to bear. Not so, however, he still hoped on, and still struggled on. Age and grief have bowed his form ; but hope, eternal hope, still elevated his spirit. He was not satisfied until the bill was reconsidered, and again put upon its pas sage. Whether the Senate will coincide with the House in its action, I cannot pretend to say. The old man can, however, rejoice at least in his present success. For this change in his fortunes, the prisoner is greatly indebted to the zealous efforts of Messrs McDougald, Thornton, Rucker and Lamar, in the former trial of the case, and again to Mr. Lamar, in its trial to-day. Mr. Lamar did not occupy more than fifteen minutes in the delivery of this speech, yet it was full, pointed, and mark ed by a high degree of ability. The speeches of Messrs Fannin and Smith were highly creditable to them, as efforts of the mind and as expressions of the goodly feelings of the heart. In reporting these speeches, I have changed my report from the oblique to the direct form of speech, as either would suit my convenience.— rhe concluding remarks of Mr. Lamar, howev er, are given in the latter form, and I only re gret that I am not able to communicate to the language the forcible manner in which it was expressed. HOUSE. Mr. Cleveland, reported a bill to add a portion of Habersham*to Lumpkin. On mot ion of Mr. Young, of Union, the bill for the pardon oi iidigah Bird, having been previous ly reconsidered, was taken up. Mr. South, of Dekalb, said that lie hoped the bill would not be hurried through the House. The legislature had previously decided that the verdict of the Jury should stand. That the ques tion was again before the House, only showed how strong was the desire for life. He did not blame the grey headed lather for his repeated ef forts. They were natural. But he did not see why this bill should be so suddenly brought up. The House was not full, he did not know what would be the character of the votes of the ab sentees. A gentleman in the former discussion on the bill nad referred to previous pardons, grant ed by the legislatiue, and had asked what bad effect had followed. He would point him to nine cases of murder at one time in the county of Dekalb: to the accounts of murder with which our newspapers teemed. Mr. Smith alluded to an incident in Persian history, where a king had reiused a pardon to his own son. Turn this man loose upon the community and the act would whet their knives and load their pistols. He did not know what additional arguments might be urged upon this case. He had known Father and son lor 18 years: had lived in the same community with them. Should they now come here and ask for pardon without that communi ty’s consent, without a single extenuating cir cumstance. Upon what ground could that par don be granted. He called upon gentlemen, to let the verdict of the jury stand, though Elijah Bird’s life blood paid the forfeit. Mr. Fannin, of Troup, said that he feared the House did not give that consideration to this bill which its importance demanded. It ought to have in view the future consequences likely to result to the country. We ought, under these circumstances, to strive to ascertain what is duty. Duty ascertained brings relief to honest minds, Ihe claims of society and posterity for outraged law were presented on the one hand: on the other the sufferings of the prisoner’s family and friends. It upon examination we discover that the court and jury below have not erred from undue influences, then the verdict ought not to be disturbed. While we ought not always to adopt the code ofDiaco, yet we OHghl to imitate the inffxible virtue of Cato. Mr. Lamar, of Newton, regretted that the dis cussion had been revived. The case was one ot great and solemn importance. We should not be subject to these heated discussions and excited appeals. The House was called upon to decide whether it would turn loose upon society a man charged with m uder, or condemn an innocent individual to a felon s grave. The question re quired the wisest discrimination. He replied with much feeling to the remark of Mr. Smith, that if Bird was pardoned, a mob would take his punishment in their own hands. We were not to be controlled by the fact, that there is a community thirsting for this man’s blood, and attempting to ride over the pardoning power in vested in the Legislature. These were facts which urged him more strongly to the defence of the accused. Such a mob had neither a head to think nor a heart to feel. If the argument, that a Jury had rendered a verdict, and a Court pronounced its judgment, was sufficient to pre vent the exercise of the pardoning power in this case, then it was an argument equally good in every other, and the pardoning power might as well be at once obliterated from the Statute book ot the State. The pardoning power is an origi nal and inherent power. It was one of the most exalted attributes of sovereignty. It had been so pronounced by the most eminent writers on criminal law. Beccaria had declared it the moa* precious prerogative of the crown. This * the power which was entrusted to tho J *’ as ture. The pages of ancient History ransacked for illustrations to justif - had been in their opposition to this bill. * / gentlemen that we did not live in the * He thanked God and Persians, not in the 9 Jmes of the Metles his code with a pen d ; S e when Draco wrote more enlightened a** ipped in blood; but in a er could he exer where this Pardoning pow out with the '* -iseil. Mr. Lamar then came guilty of r declaration that this man was not import* murder. He regarded it as the most ant case ever brought to his attention. The •*. e had not at first attempted to prove malice: , had only submitted evidence to prove a kill ing and left the malice to be implied. That tes timony showed that Bird was behind the car riage, and that when his mother shrieked for a marshal, he then rushed out to h.sr rescue. While upon this point, Mr. Lamar referred to the testi mony of L. R. Butler. Butler had testified that he had seen Hilburn striking at Bird’s mother. It was not until in the rebutting tewtimony that i the State introduced additional testimony to prove an express malice. Now, paid Mr. Lamar, I take this legal position, and defy contradiction, that though malice may be proved to exist, yet j if the circumstances of the filing showed that " the homicide was not referable to malice, but to a sudden heat of passion, then it was a case of manslaughter, not ot murder. The law can’t enter into the anatomy of the human heart and trace out the currents of passion, but it looks only to external circumstances capable of proof. The testimony showed that Bird had not acted until his mother was violently attacked. I ap peal to this House, gentlemen ; you all have mo thers, the objects of your choicest affections. It you saw' your mother insulted, I put the ques tion, what would you do ? If you had seen even an insolent look cast tow’ards her, I repeat the inquiry, would you have not repelled the insult at the risk of your life ? If you had seen her stricken, is there a being so execrable that would have stood by in silence ? If there is, let him now stand forth and exhibit himself, an ob ject of execration and abhorrence. If Bird bad not defended his aged parent, I would have said, he deserves not death upon the gallows; let him die the death of a dog. Dr. Phillips moved the previous question, and the bill passed. 49 voting in the affirmative, and 42 in the negative. A bid to amend the present tax laws of this State was then read for the third time. On a motion to refer it to the Committee on Finance 1 the yeas were 42, nays 42. The bill was then male the special order for Friday next, after ; which the House adjourned until half past nine 1 to-morrow morning. SENATE.—BILLS REPORTED. Mr. Mosely: a bill to amend the act incor porating the city of Griffin ; also, a bill to au thorize the Inferior Courts of the State to bind to service free persons of color, between the ages of Sand 21 years in certain cases. Mr. Pope submitted a resolution to consolidate the Committee on the Census and new Coun ties, and to ascertain the representation to which counties, out of which new counties are formed will be entitled to the next apportionment. A lively discussion ensued on the resolution, par ticipated in by Messrs. Pope. White, Green, Hull, and Stephens. The bill to extend the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace to SOO was taken up. Considera ble discussion followed on the passage of the biii. The bill was lost—27 voting yea, 45 nay. We publish, tp-day, the Report of the Joint Committee of the two Houses of the Legislature on the accounts of the Hon. F. S. Lyon, Com missioner, &c. The report presents, in a clear light, the state of the cash account between the State and the Commissioner, and shows results not only gratifying to every citizen of the State, I but favorable, beyond all anticipation, to the ‘ skill and judgment with which Mr. Lyon has I guided and controlled the business of closing up ! the affairs of the Banks, as the following facts ! will show. Some six years ago, when the Banks were j placed in liquidation, the appalling spectac'e J was presented to the public view, ot a State j debt amounting to between nine and ten mil- ’ lions of dollars, w’ith no means of paying an 1 amount so large, but bills receivable, and pro missory notes due to the Banks, in most m stances under protest. The annual interest, at that time, amounted to $472,757 77, besides th® expenses of paying it, with but little on hand to pay with, except the paper of broken banks. There was, also, then a circulation to redeem ot * $427,177. Men of substance and patriotic saw no means of avoiding the fate which. h overtake a other indebted States. aa The report of the committee shows tht Mhe bond debt ha« been reduced to the sum 581.066 07, that the annual interest is m ... $178,523 33. Ihe circulation is reduce j $O9l The committee further shew, »at> ieir rpnort that in this extraordinary redact lon ol the State \n d^ e 6 ,eSS ' saved to ‘be State, in the discount on bardk t hf in mar mtdetl iJSVTT* f r J 5 75 ’ and ha * made »ov State, by dealing m tt q qf nr i, c Exchanges, &c., the further sw flo f $501*939 21* m Thefe a tb etßa \ n t 0 th K* JOt $M99£34 96^ • thin g 3 have been - done without ieav mg a stain upon the chaw ter or credit of the of notice W C ° mpl!a, ‘ nt or clamor, worthy The committee verifie * these facts, however they may surprise eve-, t h ose w h’ o had the higaes. hopes, Irom the change made by law, in ?s. Banks -^°^ The Sup-ply of Cotton. We copy the concluding pa. agraphs of a very able article on the su pply of C0 o t J 1? whl * h f"‘ J V\ the ter ( En Courier of a late da.e. Ihe obj-j C fc of the writer is to point i out the danger to which the commercial Cr ests of Great Brit ain would be exposed should I the supply ot cotton, which they now ’retire * United States, lari f rom an y The writer ponbends that England is almost: wholly dependent on America .‘or the the raw material, out of which she manufac me, the chief productions of the kingdom and hf . offTh a T tha f She * S making no Effort to throw otf this dependence on a nation that is the oolw great commercial rival she fears. Should S be a snort crop ot cotton for two or three veart in succes.ion, says the writer, it - would be ?a? worse ttian a scarcity of food for the r Manchester for the operatives would be starving i m the midst of plenty.” ,w vin* , We annex the concluding remarks : We have shown the moral impossibility - r early suppiy of cotton any thing eaual • °‘ ** 'll tent to the requirements of so large an * of consumption as is at present takir and we must call the most serious our leaders to the subject; for, with t L. ot power at work and its numerous “i** I ** should the crop of the United States sos| Pend A ttfr ?’ ally short of the aggregate consumption it is always liable to do Irotn variant l ’ ulch and dreadful would be the distre « it ’ great casion in this country. Indeed it * ou/ d oc " risk for any ,ratio,, to ruu to be* "Z f eat * ! one country, one soil, one climate on e sv ‘ upon J cultivation for an article upon which L stem °r i its subjects are dependent for their £ m f ny of I and it has been a sad oversight of nrece t! stence i ! erments in not having- had recoup hr dlng gOV ' (iedieiit for the thi*“Z “F“«: articles for more general ■ J 1 important of would increase the atabUi*- p r which j permanently secure to i* yot * , trade » and ! It will, perhaps, not u a mO / e SU PP>y- I show the great fW* be °f °* P |ace here to I marked the matrons th: *t have heretofore l States: jwth of cotton in the United I GROWTH OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STAVES. JB3S»- Bales- Bales. 40....2,177,833 1546-47.... 1,778,651 » .0-41 1,634,945 1847-48 2,347,634 .841-42 1.683,574 1848-49 2,728,596 | 1842-43.... 2,378,875 1849- 50.... 2,096,706 ! 1843-44 .'..,2,030,409 1850-51. ...2,355.257 i 1844-45 2,394,503 1851-52. ...3,015,247 1845-46. . . .2,106,537 From this it will be seen that the large crop of 1840 fell in 1841 about 550,000 bales; in 1843 it increased again about 750,000 bales; in 1844 it decreased about 350,000 bales; in 1845 it in creased 360,000 bales ; in 1847 it d;creased 616.080 ; in 1849 it increased 1,000,000 bales ; in 1850 it decreased 630,000 bales; in 1851 it increased 259,000 bales, and in 1852 it has in creased 660,000 bales. Sufficient has been shown to prove the un certainty of the cotton crops of America, and their instability as a source of supply. We have j thought it right to urge attention to this subject, i for should there come a scarcity of cotton, it would be far worse than a scarei:y of food in this district, for the operatives would be starving in the midst of plenty. Something ought to be done, and done quickly, to avert the national distress which would fol low a falling off in the supply of cotton from America, if continued for two or three years. The Irish Exiles.—Of the Irish exiles, four —Messrs. Meagher, McManus, O’Donohoe and Mitchel—have made their escape, and are now on American soil ; three remain in Van Bie man’s Land, viz: Wm. Smith O’Brien, John Martin and Kevin Izard O’Doherty. Ol O’Brien, | Mr. Mijchel said that he would not try to escape, but if he wished to do so, there was not Eng lish force enough on the Island to prevent it. Further p ß rH Ußbolit The Humboldt’, deuce between Lord How«le„ ,„ d i of Virginia, relative to British d Cobd «n Africanization of Cuba His ° f flounces the whole story a and says his efforts have been d; ? riCiti °n, duce Spain to suppress the slave 10 obtain the freedom and emancinati Bndt ° who have been unjustly since 1817. U ,n bondig, The Washington Union professes to f , nal evidence in the letter confirm,' ments. « confirm, Dg lts Liverpool Market. Liverpool, Nov 22 bales, of which 1500 were to’ baes4 ’°00 The export market is heavy bn* Speculat *s~ quotable lower. ut are Advices from Halifax on Thnr»d two-thirds of the Humboldt’s <*r • Statet^ was hopelessly lost. °° ,n he r hold „ Congressional ihe Senate on Wednesday , * M Lane, as Minister to China - M Minister to Russia; Mr. Mato,, . k_es ' m ° Ur l France. ' Minister to Charleston Market. Ihe sales on Thursday reached 1600 h i The sales of the week are 6700 at s **"■ The market closes with a decline r ° 10} cti ' to a half cent. Middling Fair'to p 102 cents. The receipts of the w ," Stock, exclusive of that on .h.pboa^ 6038 * „ York, Decs, COTTON.-The market is irregular s i®’ day 2800 bales. ° 1 Sale » to- Flour has declined 6d: Com steady; Naval Stores, firm Coffe * Th,.t«,m„ Humboldt w« vaM „ 000, and her cargo at the surea. wer *in. Arrival of the Niagara Ine steamer Niagara has arrived at Pvr Liverpool Market.—Cotton -TH the week are 41,000 bales. Fair n, ‘‘ es#le!oi Middling 6d. ; Fair Uplands 6|d The demand is good and prices -J *_ IlddllDg s * d , I Here the line gave out—so’ „ • . between this city and Charles' lnterru P tloll ■SLL. n ; A few days since, her 7T~ _ compliance with the po’ e . W lork , M. B«n y, formerly of U 1p tt S 7 !?* 1 , 011 of Ca P‘. Marion, we visited ' rh« 31 rille, which i* MW b i steamship Nash- Bet* h\7 * to render hJ/ * P n ed n ,° V ains or expense rite with i! ex ' e rl > a lly and internally a favo- CharWo the public and a credit to Pri'.cina- I°’ which port she will hail,being r.rm of °w Q edin this mty the enterprising ihTs? Messrs, bpofiord & Tileston, to whom Wn 16 OWner f hl P of th,s vessel has S erroneously attributed by some of our of t Contemjwaries, only holding a portion Qe . stock - 11 r «m the indications we saw,on f p U ‘ VlS £ we think it probable that she will , av « New York for this city on or about the * y Ist of this month, and have little doubttiuf \ expectations of her Captain and her owm j will be fully realized. On her making herap j pearance on the line, we understand that the j U. S. Mail steamship Southerner, Capt. Thomas j Ewan, will be temporarily withdrawn fern. ! pairs, and on their completion, take the place of i the U. S. Mail steamship Union, Capt. fi. Ad j ams, which vessel, there is some talk of making | the pioneer of a line of steamships between this ! P ort and New Orleans—indeed, Mr. Thomas Tileston, of the firm of Messrs. Spoffcrd & Tiles ton, the owners of the Union, expressed himself to us as strongly in favor ot establishing asteam ship communication between the two ports, and intimated his readiness to embark immediately in the enterprise, provided any capitalists ill Nevr Orleans and this city, would join him in the undertaking. The advantages of such a connection are so manifest, that we have every hope that some steps will be taken at once in tbs matter. What are the views of ourNewOr- Jeans contemporaries on the subject ?— Ch. Cue risr, Ilk inst. Tue Killing of Major Riplet Arsold.- We ha ve published two or three statements of this dreadful affair, in which the killing of Ma jor Arnold by Dr. Steiner was represented as an unprovoked act of violence, having all the trait* of deliberate murder. It is but fair to say that a statement has appeared in the Austin Gazette, . purporting to give extracts from the testimony ! taken before the civil court by which Dr. Stei t ner was discharged from the custody, aud these i put a materially different face upon the transac ] tion. Unleßsthey are rebutted they go far to j justify the defence Dr. Steiner was attacked and fired at by Major Arnold with a weapon which he had prepared for the purpose and on account of grievance several years old.— Such is the line of defence which provedsuccew ful before the civil court. It is added that Dr- Steiner did not try to escape. He was under ar rest at the time, and it was at his own request that he was recognized to appear before the niO district court of Hill county. We give these particulars as an act of fairness to the accused, having published the other ac count, which inculpated him so severely « J wilfui murderer.— N. O. Pic. | Home Manu factury.— Anyone desirous oj booking at a fine piece of machinery, should a at ouf office arid examine the little steam engine Kate, which is now running our Hoe print's machines. This engine was manufacture • the “ Winter Iron Works” in this city, and a another proof of the surpassing skill and wo. manship with which all work is done in ■ excellent and most useful establishment.—- )n --gomcry Advrtxitr. - FUNERAL NOTICE. The Friend* and Acquaintance of a nd Mrs. Thomas W. Freeman, are invited w tend the funeral of the former, This (Friday) -' tsrnoon, at 3 o’clock, from the Methodist Chorea dec 9 Commercial. i | SAVANNAH, Dec. The 1 ; day were limited to 458 bales, at irregu‘ ar P The Europa’s accounts were received e* r 1 forenoon, but had no perceptible effect op- market. The following comprise tbesa .«*■ 7J; 50 at 8; 64 at 8}; 37 37 at 9; 50 »t »}•,,, 9i; 52 at 9J; 29; 29 at 9 9 16; 89 at 93; and 6 bales Mastodon at 12 cents. SAVANNAH EXPORTS-DEC. 6- Per brig Clio, for Boston—626 bales 6 Per schr. L. S. Davis, for New 4 ork v. j-j Cotton, 178 bbls. Turpentine, 260 t,e J’ ee3 T ■ uo j U Hides, 2 casks Mdze, 12 quarter cask 3 A Carboysi|^nd^sundi^pkg*^ld*®^^^ Bi^^^ Sidling Jntrlligfuff UP FOR CHARLESTON Barque Saranac, Hay, at New Orleans. CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON. Schr. F. Cooper, ,at Philadelphia- Schr. Eli Townsend, Vaneman, at Pbil»*lP a Schr. Naiad, Billups, at Baltimore. CHARLESTON, Dec.B.-Inthe Franklin, Gibbs, from Mariel, Cuba, 21 « j lasses. To the Master. Bound to Boston in for provisions. v^Vor*’ Cleared, steamship Union, Adams, -V g gr ji3. b.iigs Adela, WestcndorfF, Havana; * 'orje»iH (iilkey, Matanzas; Gulnaro, 1 i 3 ’tTweetzer. 1 Went to Sea, schrs. Yankee Blade, Northern Port; Alabama, ® tevcn T 3 yi-W 1 ' Monterep, Somers, Philadelphia, J*- Thayer, Mobile. _ SAVANNAH, Dec. 7.— Arrived, s* eaß,sb ‘ p gusta, Lyon, New York. JOHN CASHIN, c||Ajf f, GtEVERAL COMMISSION **** tfA , doe 16 Avubsta, -