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t&matitotianalist K lUpnlilit. m BY J AMES GARDNER. OITt’IOEON MOINTOSH-BTRKET, j ruiHU oot*H tv>m thr soktu-w 13T cornkr or bkoad-strbkt . TERMS: Mttgl. Daily, in advance per annum $0 00 If not in advance per annum 7 00 Tri Weekly, in advance .per annum 4 00 If not ia advance por annum 5 00 & Weeklv. in advance. .. .per anuum “2 00 Discocst for Ci.cbs. '"tfVm/i the Sen York Christum Spiritualitt .] Spiritualism. Extraordinary letter from Judge Edmonds - Allegr i Interview with the Pansen ga s of she Oct .‘2l, 1854.—Dear Sir:—Per »€■ <■»flaps in your discourse on the wreck of the Arctic, you would be willing to have a mote minute de tail of the events, which 1 mentioned the other day. and I will theiafore try to give it to you Por several days before we received the news of the accident, and attempt was made to -om municate the event to my daughter, as she had been a year ago taught the w reck of the San Francisco. But it failed, because of her anxiety •bouta relative of hers, who was at sea. and with whom she associated the wreck, the moment the idea was presented to her. fcThus were pro duced confusion an anxiety, which interfered with the clearness of the communication, though the idea of a wreck was frequently and vividly presented to her. On the day before the arrival ol the news, she had a call from a lady friend, who, in the course of her visit,became entranced and ga-e a graphic description of some of the scenes w h.ch we afer _ wards learned took place on board the ill-lated steamer. But the communication wa. interrupt ed, and thus only an indefinite appiehension of some impending misfortune was produced. On the day after the receipt of the news of the wreck, I returned home from my office late in the afternoon, and found my friend Mr. J in my parlor with my daughter. Some spiiit was communicating through him. I gave my atten tion to it, arid then for about two hours through him, through Laura, through Mr. A , who came in during the evening, and through myself, we had the intercourse with the passengers of the Arctic which 1 mentioned to you. ' I imbibed the idea that there were present with us at last a hundred cf them, though only a few made themselves known to us, or spoke to ’ N. B. Blunt, late District Attorney, Bishop _ Wainwright, Isaac T. Hooper, Dr. Cory, and others- tis our spirit friends, were also present, and occasionally spoke through or to some of us. i plainly saw the whole assemblage, and par ticulaiiy one of them, with whom I had been Well acquainted. He was laboring under great piental excitement. He exclaimed to me, “Good God Edmonds. Can this be true? Is deatn, after all, what you said it was, and is this death! Can it be possible this is the change which death I answered, "You see You can judge tor your self- Bring your own clear intellect to bear upon it, and you can understand it.” “But,” he said, ‘'where am I? What must I do.' Where am I going? Is this to be always so*” I told him, “No, by no means is it to be al ways so. But it will be difficult for me to tell you What to do, for 1 cannot know all the cir euastances which surround you. But there is one close at hand who can tell you, and who can assist you.” •'“Who is that* 55 he asked. I answered,* Our old iriend Blunt." ; He said, “Nat? Is he here l Where' Let me see him. Let me hear lrom him where lam and gftwhat I am to do.” |Vhis convessation had thus far been between me and that Spirit direct, and now Mr. Blunt pPame through my daughter and said, “Judge tell | him I am near at hand, ready to assist him, and mr he has only earnestly to wish it, to see and hear me himself. Now, his mind is in such uncer tainty and confusion that neither his brother nor I can make ourselves visible to him.” This being said to me in an audible voice, was heard also by the Spirit who no longer paid any attention tome, but turned to where Blunt was and sooti engaged in conversation with him. Others of those spirits then spoke to me, One BniJ t» *ru», that hi a laat thought oil going dOWII with the ship was, that in a few moments he should he reunited again to his wife and children, who w ent down with him, but he said—and this so much astonished him—“when I awoke, I be held my wife and children passing away from me in different directions, and I am left alone so near the earth! Is this to be always so* Am I never, never to see them again* And am I always, to hover thus near the earth*” Another, whom I had well known, said to me w ith a good deal of emotion: “Friend Edmonds. js it true, then, this which I always thought an illusion of thy insane mind* It truly seems so. I Know I have died; but now 1 seem as much upon earth as ever I did. Oh, tell me what all V■ - this means—and what am Ito do?” * 1 referred him to father Hopper, who was present, and who could instruct him better than 1 could. He shrank from this, and reminded me that he and Mr. H. had not agreed very well on earth, having had some difficulties with each other “in meeting,” that is, in their religious so ciety. Mr. Hopper then spoke to. me through Laura, and bade me reassure him that no unpleasant re collection of the past dwelt upon his mind ’that he was ready to help Kim : and, he added “Tell him Judge, that I will be just as quick, now, to take him iu as he was once to turn ire out of meeting. Tell him so, will you ?” In reply, I said, “I need not repeat it, for he hears what you say through the medium. But your allusion to the old difficulties disturbs him.” “Tell him,” he answered, “neier mißd that • it is only matter to be laughed at now and i desire only to befrend him, and set his mind at ease.” » j “Yes,” I said, “old friend, that you have already done, for he holds out his hand to you.” And they two passed away together from my view. One of the sailors spoke to me, and though not a mail of as much education as the others, he was evidently more at home and more at ease than they were. He said that, alter the collision, he had no thought of himself uutil the raft shov ed off from the ship. He had beeu very busy trying to stop the leak ; and when all work on that ceased, it had occurred to him that he ought to save himself ; that he had an aged mother, a ! wife and some children in New York, and’he asked himself—“ What wiil they do this winter •vitnout me *” And so he jumped from the ship to reach the raft; but he lell short, and sauk in the water. He came up under the raft, and his bead bumped against it until he was drowned. There was much less agitation in him than in the others, and I obtained from him a clear ac count of several things. He spoke in great admiration of the efforts on board the ship of the one who first spoke to us said he took a command, and directed much that was done. He was cool, collected and energetic, i i and made himself felt and obeyed wherever he' went. j i He also spoke of the general deportment when all hop? of saving themselves was abandoned. He said the sight was really sublime. A death- I | like stilines reigned, and a calm came over them < all, as if each was quietly bracing himself to I I meet his destiny. I asked him how it happened that they, ao!’ many of them came to us, and if he had notV' met any of the inhabitants of the spirit w besides those who had«ntered it wilfc. £»- rjj » H? answered yes; his father aad or d relatives had come ta hint w * m H U 'team what be could. M* the others, and batne, o* the street in could not give me his was uo medium pr" .. taich he resided. Theie stractideaol v*' through whom the ab- v * e name could be given. She W*' * iOSe wljo B P°ke to me was a female. j,.' very cheerful and pleasant, and, from v at she said, it was manifest that her thoughts ■, n iife had been more for otheis than herself. She understood more clearly the condition in which she found herself, and had come with the others more so aid them than herself Bishop Wainwrigbt, through Mr. J., uttered a most touching and impressive prayer. And finally, theie spoke to me the on if of a man who said be w«ft a European, wllfose name was unknown to me, but mine was not un known to him. He bad already given acme at tention to the spiritual philosophy.and had found in it much that was consonant with r f aso °’ £th hi. instincts, and with what he had learn- Jd of nature, (and that was not a little, lor he was evidently au educated man ) H. hld teen on hi, war «° th ‘» “‘‘"''l °" business and had intended, while here to call on me. He said that his belief had been of vast service to him, for it had not only robbed death of its terrors, but it had enabled him, on enter ing his new existence, to understand his position, and to know where he was. He had not,'there fore, shared the amazement, excitement and con tusion of mind which had so much disturbed others. When that large number of persons had awa kened to consciousness in the spirit world, and were amazed at the condition in which they | found themselves, a voice had ispoken to them, j saying—“The gates of death have been opend to j you. Now, let the gates of eternal life be like wise opened to ye. Go ye to earth again, and , learn there how to enter them !” They had, ! accordingly, come to earth, and, scattering in ! various directions, had sought the mediums" on this continent. Hence it was that so large a number were now with us. He said that I could form no just conception of the condition in which they found them selves. No two were alike. In some,, blank ! Amazement stupefied; in some terror and un -7 certainty assumed the form of the excitement of insanity ;in some, there was a stolid hardened indifference , in some, a happy confidence as to the future, without knowing why; and in a few there was a knowledge, imbibed on earth, i wb,cb inspired hope and confidence. They were the most cheerful and hoping who, on earth, had been least selfish, and most active in their efforts for others. They were, he said, surrounded by bright spirits, who were willing to aid them : but hav ; ing been cut off from mortal life suddenly, and ! without the weaning from earthly ties which old age or protracted disease always produce, their earthly feelings were still predominant : with many, and, in connection with the ex citement, confusion and uncertainty prevailing 1 in their minds, rendered them inaccessible to the approach of those blighter spirits. “ Why,” he added, do not all even see each, other, though hovering thus together around you. We have, as it were, a dinr consciousness erf each other’s presence, and through the instrumentali ty of the mediums we hear and converse with you and with each other- For this purpose it is that we are conducted here by our spirit guides, that we may learn our true condition, and through, mortal means unlearn the errors which our mortal life has instilled into us.— Speak, then, Judge, to them. You they all can hear, and from your lips they may thus early learn the lesson of the realities before them, which, sooner or later, they must all learn. Speak plainly, but gently, for oh ! you know not how much of sorrow and anxiety there is in the hearts which you can thus relieve.” I accordingly for a few minutes spoke to them. I reasoned with them of the great doc trine of progression which is now being reveal ed to man. I reminded them that from birth their life had been one of progression, and now they could readily perceive that that life still continued, and with it must coutinue the influ ence of that law of progression. It was of im portance to them to know this, for then, and only then, could they know how to direct action wisely and well. And fortunately for them they were now in a condition where they could’ ascertain, if they would, how true or false this ; teaching was. So, too, if they become satisfied of that, thev could readily learn the law by which that pro'. gression could be most advanced or retarded That law was love—love of God and of one another-to be manifested not in profession only, but in active efforts to do goerd to one another. That could be done by th*>m in the spirit life, as well, and even better than in their moral existence. S., too, I told them that they were surround ed by bright and beautifnl spirits, who were to take them to their arms, to teach them the hoiy j tru ths, which are now also being revealed to man upon earth, and to point them the way to j nippier realms, which they may in time attain. And I assured them that they had but to make themselves accessible to their spirit friends by earnestly desiring their presence and aid,to’en joy the inestimable assistance which could soon dispel the gloom of doubt and uncertainty, and i open to their vision a bright and holy light from above. j } told them that I did not ask them to re ceive these things as true, because I said so, but to examine for themselves with all the advanta ges which they now possessed, and to judge for | tbomulvos. It could do them DO tAlff tO . in vestigate, but ifQn i n they should 1 was would also find them W ° U d ° f inestimab!e value to | Something more to the same effect I said, and commending them in few words, to the protec tion of our Heavenly Father and the guardian thlm i • Sp,rits who XVere around them, I closed the interview, and they faded from my view. Affectionately yours, Rev. T. L- Harris. J - W. Ebmmds, Further Foreign News by the Asia. Our foreign files to the 4th inst., by the Asia, contain some few additional matters not with out interest: Great Bjutain and Ireland—Contribu tions to a very .laige amount coutinue to flow into the various funds established for relief of ■ e f* C i a and bounded. Public meetings are be ing held in the chief cities in aid of these “ pat riotic lunds.” r Smith O’Brien was a passenger by the last In dian mail steamer. Not being permittedf to re turn to Great Britain or Ireland, he left the steamer at Gibraltar, and will probably take up his residence in Italy. The Canadian screw steamers Cleopatrif and rii W^^* mb ” kiD S troops—-the former at latter at Portsmouth. The Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Company have issued a special circular, order m that (taking warning by the recent deplora ble loss ot the Arctic) when the weather sets iu thick, so that objects cannot be distinguished say a quarter of a mile distant—the ships ol the company shall be slowed the half-speed ; or, it the fog becomes more dense, the speed is to be further reduced, or wholly stopped: and the s earn-whistles are to be sounded during the con tinuance of the fog. The deminution of speed and the sound of the w histle are to be entered in the log-book. Any deviation from these orders will be punished by dismissal of the officers of the ship. : Ihe Court of Exchequer have ordered a new ;» ♦!? , case ot B °y |e vs - Cardinal Wiseman. On the former trial the plaintiff was non-suit- I ed. Alexander Smith, the young poet, has been appointed by the Queen iassistantto the astron omer lor Scotland. frie visit of Lord Cannon to Paris relative to the arrangement of a more equitable system of postage between France and England has. it is said succeeded to a considerable extent. The post- K° « a i 8 n o 6 letter is henceforward, report says, to be 6d. (12 sous) either way, in place of 10d paid at present in England, and 16 sous in Fr*' Archdeacon Wilberforce has formally/*' .ce '“i w i|, b h lt « Catholic ' onncct-' r rance.— The Russian prison Church are employed in repairing the ' ers in France Island of Aix. The men -i” r a half a day, and the p® * 3 rtifications ot the campaign; the offiiJ /ecaive one cent and two hundred frar -ovisions of an army in grade, withon' “ rs recei ? e one buniJred , or officers h»' uCB accordiug to the the soy -• P rov * s ions. The wives of the francs a month ; the wives of -tiers have nothing but rations of bread. - expected decree upon the distillation of ureadstufls has appeared. The manufacture of , | alcohol from all farinaceous substances is forbid -1 den for the present. The Minister of Agricul | ture says in hrsjreport that, in spite of the in • i contestable abundance of the harvest, prices con , j tinue high; that immense purchases of grain I I have been made by distillers; and that public i ; opinion is beginning to be seriously concerned at i j the prospect. H« regrets the necessity of a pro bibitive measure the less, inasmuch as alcohol made from grain could not be exported, as the , law forbidding the exportation o! grain would be interpreted to include spirits distilled from grain, j People suppose from this decree that tbe crop is far from being as abundant as reported, i Two of the Emperor Napoleon’s ministers are . ill in Paris—M. Billault, Minister of the Interior, and M. Bineau, Minister of Finance, who has \ lost his voice. Prince Napoleon is authorized to wear the mil i ;*ary medal, tor his “ fine conduct at Alma.”— ; This military medal is given principally to pri vates who distinguished themselves, and has more than once been bestowed upon retired soldiers 1 who have become railroad gate keepers. It is a , question whether it will be received with thanks by a general of division and a grand corden of . the Legion of Honor. Italy.— Letters from Rome speak of exten i sive preparations being made there for the Evau gelical Council to be held next month for the | purpose of pronouncing the Virgin immaculate in her conception and free from original sin St i Peters, the Vatican, the Cbapelle Sixtus, St. Jean de Lateran, &c., are to be refreshed and re burnished ; their courts are to be paved in mo saic. The Vatican will be lighted withga« The council will be held at St. Jean de Lateran next month, and the dogma will be promu Igated with all the pomp %i which the Eternal City is capable, on the Bth of December, the fete of the Holy, and now as it seems, the Immaculate Con , ception. Five hundred foreign prelates -will at | tend the ceremony. * It was rumored at Rome that the French and j Austrian troops, now .occupying the Pontifical i dominions, would shortly be replaced by Italian troops. The Piedmontese army in frhat case will occupy the Legations and Umbria, :jLnd a Neapol- I itim force will be stationed at Rome and in the | marshes. This change, however, is only to take place in the event of a general war in Europe against Russia, when France a-jd Austria would be obliged to withdraw their armies from Italy. A sort ot Italian confederacy will then be form ed under the presidency of t ne Sovereign Pontiff, and under the protection o). the allied powers. > The War in the Eas.*t.—A letter from the i Baltic says that the Gulf of Finland only con , tains two strong places which would be of value fc* the allies, namely, Sweaborg, which would i render them masters us Finland, and Coostradt, which would open th# road to St. Petersburg. Revel is ot little or a® use, as it is without any , strategical line, anil for several years past it has ceased to be a Russian naval station, ihe cap -1 ture of Sweaborg, witti the maritime forces of i the allies, and 30,000 to 40,000 of land force, , might be considered ascertain. The nature of • the coast is such that a landing cannot be pre vented, provided it be effected at five or six miles ! distant from Helsingfors, which can also be taken, i Toward the end of N ovember, by which time the Quit ot Finland v/ill be frozen over, the > fleet will leave £or England. Having got through the Great Belt, eac a ship will make the best course for the British shores, irrespective cf sta tions or keeping in company with the command er-in-chief. ’ t, E PaINCI tfALITIES AND THE DANUBE Bucharest adv ices of October 30th state that in 1 consequence the movement on the Sereth by Sadyk Prince GortschakofT has given or ders to theßnssian troops who had not yet pass ed the Drjeister, to make a retrograde movement, and to take up a position on the Pruth and Dan ube. Achmet Pacha has received orders to join Sadyk Pacha with 10,000 men, whilst Iskender ® e y i* t® enter the Dobrudscha with 4,000 caval ry. The truth ot the ma ;ter seems to be, that Gortschakoff’s reported naovements in the Do i brudscha had reference merely to strengthening his position. Asia.—Advices from 'ihe seat of war in Asia, t state that the Russians occupy Toprack Kale, and threaten Kars. I Russia— -Count Nesselrode says, Russia is the power in the East, and in spite of any ■ ctisastarr which, might befall her, she will con l tinue to be so. Although Russia has not yet brought her principal military power into the , field, the Western powers have had no cause to i triumph. i A letter from Tarnopol, of the 21st ult., says : “ For the third time, troops are being concen trated arourud the town of Kaminieca-Podloski, on the Russian frontier. Those which have ai ■ ready arrived are estimated at 15,000 to 18,000 s men, and ru-inforcements are constantly arriving, i In the gov eminent of Kiew, the arrivals of regi s ments of the Guard from Poland was expected ! about the middle of the month, on their way, " by forced marches, to the Crimea,” Mr. fxmle’s Expulsion from France. > .An article from the Courrier des Etats Unis, ■ giving the; private reasons which nduced Louis , Napoleon to deny Mr. Soule the privilege of , passing through France, is, with some excep , tiOns and exaggerations, the N. Y. Express thinks, probably correct; but that paper says its ■ statements do not reach the fountain head of the difficulty. It therefore proceeds to give the fol lowing, w'hich it claims is from the very highest authority, short of that of the Emperor and £m i press themselve s : Mr. Soule, -when in Madrid, as Minister of the United States, and holding that official ca : pacity, spoke disrespectfully of Eugenie, the Em press of France—of her personal, social and ■ moral character, and in away and manner i which no husbamd who loves hfs wife—no sis -1 ter, no relative cxmld or would endure. These [ remarks afiected a husband and a sister in the i tenderest points and in the severest manner , and, if what Mr. Soule i 3 reported to have said be true, the Empress was unfit not only for a respectable Court, but for a wife. The Duke d’Alba, who married a sister of the Empress, heard of this conversation, and became acquainted with it, and to revenge his wife’s and his own honor, he determined to insult Mr. Soul* in a similar manner. Hence his disparaging re- ] marks at a ball in Madrid, not of Madame Soule’s j personal character, which he was too honorable to assail, but of her dress, her robe, and her man ner of arranging it over her neck and bosom.— This led to the duels in Madrid, the history of\j which is well known to the public. When these tacts were reported to the Empe- j ror and Empress in Paris, indignation— a natural indignation, took possession of them both—but it J was indignation only against Mr. Soule, —not fj against the United States. Mr. Mason, and bis family, as our representative in Paris, have had! all the highest social honors of the Court. Ameri- J cans have been invited to the Tuileries and all | the public balls with a liberality beyond that ex- \ tended to any other nation. The Emperor and j Empress of France have, since this assault upon '■ the character of the Empress, nevertheless, re- j ceived and treated with marked distinction and . all Americans presented to them. Now, when “war,” and all the horrors of war, I are threatened because of Mr. Soule’s personal I difficulties in Madrid, it becomes necessary to ! port facts we.l known in Parisian circles, aud to I let the world see them. It is not probable that the Emperor of France can ever give our Min- j ister the true reasons which caused Mr. Soule’s! exclusion from France, because they concern th' honor of his wife; but they are not less the * d sons, and reasons, too, well known io ,e ?‘ among such Frenchmen, as have tbe o' Pari’', of the Court. jhfidence Ihe oi Mr. Soule di&pa' • , on the personal character of ‘ a « m g remark s alleged, in Paris, to be bis dep' ae Lrn l ,res? > was and to ingratiate himself in* ,re to lntr, B ue Wlth the Queen Mother, who bz J the B°od 8 ° od grace * ot from Spain. Whether th s J ust been expelled any truth in it, we da » ,s Pans,an S OSSJ P bas gossip of the Court cir ot know i but such 18 the pass for what it is w cles of Paris ’ and ifc must j TheF.mpress of °itb. add, is believed fc* France, we should perhaps mestic relation* be ’ in all her sociai and do ‘ Emperormanir. > and exemplary wife. The; tachipo i ests, on all suitable occasions, at am devotion to her. The Parisians, ~ose ' 4 yes have been intently fixed upon the ; coupie, spef 0 f them on all occasions as most devoted an> I exemplary in all their domestic and sociai reUd .ions. Ke-oPEI' j i n g oe the Churches.—Yesterday was a glad day to many of our people, as it was the first Sabbath for many long and weary weeks that so-tne of our churches were open for divine service. With Ihe exception of the Independ- i ent Presbyterian church, (whose pastors, Dr. j Preston, i.' still confined to his house,) and the ; second Baptist ehurch,now without a pastor, all the places ol* worship in the city were opened, j There seemed too, a very general atten dance. Those who had remained in the city, appeared anxiotts to go to the house of God, to return thanks for the mercy which had been vouchsafed to thtnuj and those who had been absent, seemed equally desirous ot manifesting their gratitude for the safety ot themselves and their households; while the poor sicken hearts —those whose friends were smitten by the pesti lence—were there to a«k for help and a submis sive spirit. And there were many there of the last class. Turn where we woirdi the eyes rest ed upon the habiliments of vvoe —the weeds which the Angel of Death so we J as he passed over the city. Such an opportunity was not to b.» lost, and ac cordingly approprirte relerrence was made to the scenes from which the city has just emerged— the Pestilence which deciminated !4er people,; and the Tempest which destroyed their sub stance. These visitations were rt yarded as manifestations of the anger of an offe. tded God, and the people were exhorted, it they would ap pease that anger, and escape its furry, no* longer j to forget Him in whose hands are the i: isues of life and death, and who chastens us but for our ,>own good.— Sav. Rep., 20th inst. Pulaski Monument.—Among the jjas»ed« j gers who arrived Saturday in the Florida from * New York, was Mr Robt, E. Launitz, th« art- ( I in charge the erection of the contem-1 i plated monument to Pulaski. He brought out - Wlth him a portion of the marble, for the struc- ’ ture, and we learn that the remainder will be here soon. In the meantimothe work will pro ceed, several workman having arrived at the same time with Mr. Launits.— lb. Specie.—We notice a consignmentof $50,000 by the steamship Florida, arrived on Saturday, tor the Planter's Bank, of this city. This is one of the most welcome visitors of the many strangers lately coming among U9— lb. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MOfiNTNG, NOV. 22. Contract Advertisers will bear in mind that when they exceed the space specified in their contracts, they will be charged extra. The pressure of advertisements upon us forces us to this notice. See first page Daily, this morning. The Laws and Journals. Inquiries have been recently made through the Savannah press, as to the probable time of the publication and distribution of the Laws and Journals ot last session, to which no satisfactory response has been given from any quarter. I he condition of things iu regard to this mat ter for several years past has been not very cred itable to the present system of publication as it prevails in Georgia. Ifc is now more than twelve months since the assembling of the last Legisla ture, and near ten months since its final adjourn ment. Yet, its proceedings are still almost a sealed book to the public. During all this time 5 we have been living under laws that few have 5 seen or know any thing about. This is almost as bad as the state of things under _the Roman" Emperor, who hung his laws up so high on the w alls, and printed them in characters so small, that it was almost impossible to read them. I hese delays, which have occurred not for the first time this year, have had, and must continue to have, great influence on the question of an nual sessions. We may' consider recurrence to annual ses sions. however desirable in other respects, inden j fiitely postponed. For the people will well rea son, why have a new Legislature met before the people know what laws the old one has enacted. By the time they are ill print, they might be no longer in force. The process of repeal might be already complete, and new la vs enacted, which, in turn, would take twelve months to reach the public eye. In contrast with this system, we, will state that a few' days ago we were in the State Library at Milledgeville and there saw the Jour nal of proceedings of the Council and lower house of Utah Territory for 1853-4. published, at Great Salt Lake City. It contained among other in teresting documents, Gov. Brigham Young's Message. The Legislature of that distant peo ple adjourned January 20th, 1854, and yet we have the Journal ot proceedings at the Capital of Georgia, while the proceedings of our own Legislature which adjourned a few days later only, are still awaiting publication. We also saw at the same time and place a copy of the Laws passed by the Legislature of Con necticut, which adjourned on the 23d of last June. We leave comment to the public. The Waynesboro Rail Road. Passing Miilen on Monday, we saw a large number of cars loaded with Cotton for Augusta awaiting transportation. No Cotton, however, had accumulated there for the Savannah market. Why this discrimination ? Will any of the Savannah papers inform us ? A3 the Waynes boro Road is under the control and management of the Central Road, we should presume the dif ficulty would not be greater of getting Cotton to Augusta than to Savannah. The distance to Augusta from that point is 'not so Threat,as so Savannah, and the charge for freight is certainly not less. Why then should the Central Road neglect this_business to do more work for less , money 1 Medical College of Georgia. V e understand that the regular course of i.E struction in our Medical College commenced cn ; the 20th instant, under veiy flattering circum stances. There are no doubt m«uny students, in the interior, who are kept back by the of yellow fever. To such, we can. truly say, that there is no danger whatever in ciiming here at , present. Georgia Female Colleg e. \\ e would call the attention of parents and guardians to the advertisement of tfchis institu tion in thja day’s paper. It stands deservedly high in the State, afirj K as not its superior in the Union. Ship P» r ag in Fort-Freights, e find. ( sa y s Savanna’h Georgian,”) cn ma ing r comparison, that there a vel T s t r >* ln ® jifference as to the amount of shipping w in port, and at the corresponding’' °f last year and the year before last. The follow ing exhibit presents the number of vess.'fo i different classes, anchored in our river at | present time, and at the same date in 1853 anu I 1852 ‘ . Ships. Barks. Brigs. Schoon’s. , i 1854..27 14 6. 10 1 1853.. 4 4 12 ....14 1852..15.. 8 14 12 From the foregoing it will be seen that the , number of sail in port a year ago were 34 ; now | it is 57. But the increase is far less in the num l ber of vessels than in the amount of tonnage.— Last year there were but 4 ships, against 27 now in port. The number d? barks is as 14 to 4. It is not strange that there is a corresponding fall in 'freights. Comparing, for instance, the rate to Boston, we find it in November 1852 and 1853, 9-16; it is now J—a decline of 3-16 of a cent. 1 We may remark, that iumbetr one of our prin cipal articles of export, is this season unusually backward in arriving, owing to the very low stage of the river, until within a few days past. The late rains having caused arise,a large num ber of rafts may soon be expected. SupfHMtE Court at Millkdgkviele.—ln our , last issue (says the Federal Union of the 21st ( inst.,) we merely stated tljat neither of the . judges were present. As their absence may give rise to illiberal and prejudicial remarks, we would inform our readers, that Judge Lumpkin's ab sence was owing to the sickness of himself and family. Judge Benning had 'not sufficiently le- , aovered from a recent severe attack to justily his attendance, and Judge Starnes from the illness of Mrs. Starnes, This is the firat Court, that either one of the present bench has failed to attend. The cases returned, being ‘twelve in number, will be heard and decided at the next regular Term of the Court in May, J 855. The Cincinnati Money Market is gradually recovering from the late panic and assuming a more natural and settled tone. Despatches have been received at the Navy Department announcing the arrival of Commo dore Perry at Southampton, En gland. The North Carolina Rail R« ad is completed from Goklsborough to within abaut three miles of Raleigh* and west some fifteen ojt’ies. Meeting of the Evangelicai. Lutheran | Synod. —The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of i South Carolina and adjacent States, met at j Mount Pilgrim Church, Cowe'a County, Geor- j gia, on Friday, 10th inst. The Synod embraces congregations in South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama and Mississippi. Owing to the large ex tent of territory in which the ministers and , members are situated, the attendance was not | large, their being only nineteen ministers and j seventeen lay ietegates present. The Churches j generally were reported as being in a prosperous condition. Two new Churches v ere received { into connection, five licentiates admitted to or- 1 dir.ation, and two students from the Ti eological 1 Seminary at Lexington, S. C., licensed to preach. | Resolutions were passed giving permission lor j the formation of two new Synods, one in Mis sissippi and the other in Georgia, provided the congregations in said States may so determine. Resolutions were also instructing the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary at Lexington, South Carolina, to take steps for the removal of the Seminary to some more eli- ; gible locality in South Carolina, and ajso to ap- j ply to the Legislature ot that State to change j the act of incorporation to that of a regular Col lege, with the privilege of conferring degrees. It was determined to establish a depository in Savannah for the sale of Southern publications, at the Book Store of Messrs. John M. Cooper & Co. A liberal appropriation was made for missions j within the bounds of the Synod. The next annual meeting of the Synod is to ! be held at Bethlem Church, Newberry, S. C. The wreck of the ship New Era lies in the ' "same position, with her masts still standing, and her hull full of water. One hundred and sixty dead bodies have been picked up. It is not true that the British government have sent a naval force to the West Indies with any reference to Cuba, as has been stated. • Orders have been received at the Qharles town Navy Yard to fit out the United States sloops of war Cyane and Saratoga, a& ?oon as possible. ‘ •*** ~ 7Z * Mr. William R. Jackson, of Baltimore, has in vited a detached cabin for steamers and ships, which is so arranged as to be readily detached from a sinking vessel. It may be constructed to afford safety for several hundred persons, one or more may be adjusted to the deck of a large ship. The American speaks favorably of the invention —— * ' .*£*■ The steamer Fulton is about to be sen^tn search of the sloop-of-war Albany, for the safe ty of which grave fears are entertained by the government. IfcoMM UNICAT ED.] • Inquiries on Banking. Why is it the South Carolina Banks can af ford to do business, getting as they do but six percent tor the use of their bills, while the Geor gia Banks charge seven, and yet are so reluctant to put out their circulation ? Were our Banks made to furnish a currency for the people of Georgia, or for the people of Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi ? Not one here should complain if our Banks are in such good credit at a distance that their bills pass cur rent so far from home. But is it not a ground of complaint, that they are so freely sent off to do business elsewhere, and so sparingly dealt out for business wants at their very doors? (communicated.) The iineiv Nothings and the South. : James Gardner, Esq.— By promising all things to all men, the leaders of the ordgr of; Know-Nothings have acquired for it, ir. a very brief period of time, a very powerful position as a political party. They have even succeeded in dividing the foreign population against itself— the Protestant Irish against the Irish Roman Catholics, and both against the' emigrants from the Fatherland of Gcethe. Know-Nothingisin is already a power at the North—which no policeman there, can afford to despise. Success at the South has hitherto been trifling. Its principles conflict no less with the ; Constitution of the Union than with the conser- j vative convictions of the Southern States From innumerable indications, there is little room to doubt, that the founders of the new party, princi- j pally intended to confine their operation to the ' North, and expected only opposition from the South. They may have imagined that they could I triumph without Southern aid. Receut elections, however, have proven that bigotry has fewer fol io w«-rs than the “ American Principle ” of free dom for all, without distinction of birth, or reli- i giouo belief. The South, therefore, must be conciliated.— The same men who have, in several Northern ! States, amalgamated with the Abolitionists, now try so secure the support of the slave-holding ; States by arguments in favor of our domestic in stitutions. Says a recent number of the Know- Nothing Standard , the organ of the party in the j city of New York : - “ The American organization is not a local in- !. stitutioa—it extends East, West, North and k'outh —and an entire repudiation of every thing ; like Moliti.oni.3m was necessary to preserve itain tegrnSv an unity- This independent nomination, j therefor ** a guarantee to our Southern friends , that, wh ' tevw the parties of the North may do, the patriot ' stn °* *h e masses knows no distinc tion betwee.t North and South. Whether Mr. Ullman and h so associates on the American tick et are to be elec sod or not, we teel convinced that the men of real principle attached to the Ameri- j can organizatioo in this State will vote for them, and thus exhibit the.’r complete alienation from all party corruptions.” As Jeffry said ot Words worth's excursion, say ; we of this assertion, “ this will never do In the face of facts, the Booth cannot be seduced by raere statements. What would be the effect of the success of Know-Nothingism on our power in the nation ? That sbould be the test applied to this as to every | other ism. * Sir, I answer confidently. It would be most disastrous to our interests. Whoever knows any i thing of the character of the foreign-born popu lation of the North, is aware of this fact. The adopted Irish citizens form the strongest pillar of our power in the free States. Disfranchise them and the Abolitionists would sweep the North like a desolating blast. Can the South afford to lose any power in thq North, in the present position of political parties? Let the Sputh bew r are how it. harbors the ex clusives. A Citizen of Georgia. A Survey of Constradt. —The British sur- j veying steamer Lighting has returned to Eng- ; land from the Baltic. A London paper says; The lightning accomplished her duties as a surveying vessel in a highly satisfactory manner; i and, having run in close to Cronstadt, had a good opportunity of reconnoiteri"g the strength of that fortress. The mouth of the harbor is nar-j row, and one ship only could enter at a time, I i which she would have to do under the concen- ! ( trated firing of 104 guns, and if she passed the outer entrance she would receive, before enter- (■ j ing the inner harbor, the concentrated firing trom 1 . 280 guns on a doubie-tier battery erected at its entrance, and in which 14 ships of the line are . now lying. The walls are of solid granite, 18 1 feet thick, and it would require a considerable j land force to aid a powerful fleet when attempt- ! { ing to destroy the fortifications. SEomoHrcial. I Augusta Market, Nov. 22. COTTON.—During the past week we have had a fair demand for Cotton, and the sales reaeh%bout 2,000 bales. Up to Monday, the prices of last week were freely paid for all offered; but on Monday and yesterday, buyers were not willing to give the asking rates, and refused to operate unless at one quarter cent decline from previous prices, whioh holders had to submit to in order to effect sales. The Receipts are daily on the increase, and nearly i all the Cotton coming to hand is with orders to I sell on arrival, for what it will bring. The offer | ing stock is now much better than it has been | since business has opened, and money is plenty for | purchasing Cotton, particularly South Carolina money. Augusta money is still scarce with our i business men, and should it oontinue so. Planters I will not suflier, as the South Carolina Banks are \ | furnishing the means for buying their crops. We i now quote: Inferior and Ordinary,.. * 6$ a 7 Middling, 7$ a 8 Good Middling, 8$ a— | Middling Fair » *....8| a 8$ Fair, no sales. GROCERIES.—There is an active business do ing in the Grocery line, in filling orders and sup • plying country Merchants. The stock on hand is good and well assorted, and every day additions are making. Country Merchants will find the Au gusta Market a good one to operate in. and our I advice to them is to give it a fair trial. DRY GOODS.—Our market at present is well j supplied with dry Goods, particularly such as are 1 needed for interior trade, and those engaged in the ! business are kept busy in supplying wholesale and j retail wants. HATS AND SHOES.—With both these artieles our market is well supplied, and offers inducements to purchasers. COEFEE.—There is a fair stock on hand, and it is selling from stores at prices ranging from 11$ to 12 cents according to quality and quantity. CORN.—The market is at present but scantily supplied with sack Corn, but the demand is con fined mogtly to home wants. Sales have been re ported to us this week of lots of sack at 90 a96c. — retailing from stores in small quantities, at $1 a I.lo—the latter priee diffiou# to obtain Ear Corn is selling by the wagon load, at 85 a 90 cents— principally at the former price. WHEAT.—Little or none coming to market. Good White will bring $1.40 a 1.50 per bushel, and Red $1.25. FLCUR.—There is a good demand for Flour, and Augusta Canal is selling at s9s for superfine and 10$ all for Extra Family per bbl. Conntry $ —some hollers asking 11 ; Tennessee and Western. We quote Hams at 12$ a 13. r Phora are some inferior lots of oaeh description in market, that can bo purchased at lower prices. LARD.—Stock limited. Soiling at prices rang ing from 12 to 14 cents—the latter price for a | choice article in small packages. FEATHERS.—Tho demand at the present time is moderate, and sales are making at prices ran giDgfrom37 to 40 cents—some holders refuse to | sell at the latter price. BAGGING.—The stock is light, and the de | mand fair. Gunny is selling from stores at 15$ a j 16 cents. ROPE—Stock light, demand ood. Selling at j 11$ a 12$ cents. ' MOLASSES.—There is a fair stock of Molasses J on hand, and Cuba is selling at 25 a 26c., and j New Orleans at 28 a 300 per gallon. SUGARS.—There is but a moderate supply on hand, although sufficient to meet the demand, and some holders are asking higaer prices. Our quota j lions wiT give a fair index of the market. SALT.—Wo have this week reported to us the sales of about 4000 sacks, received from Savannah per Waynesboro’ Railroad, whioh was sold for cash, ! at $1.50 per sack from depot, or $1.55 from %tore ; The stock on hand is light, and it is retailing from stores at $1.75 a 1 80 per sack. DOMESTIC LIQUORS.—The stock of Whisky on hand is limited, and?holders are asking 50 to 55 cents per gallon for common brands. BEEF AND SHOA TS.—Supplies are coming forward, and there is a good demand for Shoats at 6| to 7 cents. Beef, grass is selling at 4 to 4$ i cents—stall fed 5 to 6. j STOCKS.—Little or no business doing in the 3tock market. The only transactions that have j eomo to our knowledge was a small lot of Georgia j Railroad at S9B cash, and some City Bank at par EXCHANGE. We have no change to notice in rates. Our Banks continue to draw on Now York and other Northern cities at $ per cent. prem. FREIGHTS.—Our river is still low but navi gable for light dralt steamers. We quote to Savan nah 50 cents per bale; to Charleston per Railroad j $l - SAVANNAH, Nov. 21.— Cotton.— The sales j yesterday amounted to 370 bales as follows; 30 at 7 13-16 ; 4 at 8 ; 91 at 8$ ; 71 at 8$ ; 46 at 9 ; 4 at 9$ ; 111 at 9s, and 24 bales at 9$ cents. | COLUMBUS, Nov. 18.— Cotton.— The market, since our last notice, has teen very active, and transactions to a very considerable extont. We notice that for tho last two days prices have teen full on some grades not much if at all short of the j higher figures of the season. We continue to quote i Middling 8 a 8J ; Good Middling 8$ a 9 ; Fair 9sc. Shipping Jntdligcnrr. ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON. Steamship Nashville, Berry, New York. Barque T, E. Baxter, Scull, Philadelphia. Barque Horace, Carver, New Orleans. Sc hr. Angenette, Bradman, New Bedford. CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON. Barque Telocity, Doane, New Orleans. Brig Tartar, Strandberg, New Orleans. Brig S. Bernice, Sawyer, Philadelphia. | Schr. Virginia, Dean, Philadelphia. CHARLESTON, Nov. 21.—Arrived, ships Cam pen, Gadd, New York; Chace, White, do. Cleared, schr. Maria Pickup, Shoe, Philadelphia; Br. schr. Liverpool, Harbor Island, Bah. Went to Sea, steamship James Adger, Turner, N. York ; barque Sarah Ann, Drinkwater, Havre; schr. Leesburg, Nichols, Philadelphia. SAVANNAH, Nov. 21.—Arrived, brigPreseott, Hipsrin, Philadelphia; schrs. North State, Holton, do.; Kate Brigham, Dunham, New Yo;k, steam ers Fashion, Philpot, Augusta; John Randolph, Griswoll, do. Cleared, brig Lion, , Aberdeen Departed, steamer John Randolph, Grisweli, Augusta. GEORGIA STATE FAIR! Furl her Postponement. In order to allow the Citizens of Au gusta time to make ample preparations for the coming Exhibition, the Executive Committee of the “ Southern Central Agricultural Society” have finally conclu ded to postpone the Fair until thd Ftrst Monday in December^ Therefore, the people of Georgia and the adjoining’ States, are respectfully no- j tilled that the Ninth Fair of the Society i will positively be held at Augusta, on j MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 1854, ! in accordance with the Rules and Regula-!! tions heretofore published. A full Pro- ! 1 gramme and Order of Arrangements will j appear in a few days. The Press, throughout this and the adjoin- : ing States, are earnestly requested to give this < notice the widest possible oiroulaU on, and thus aid ] the glorious oause of Agricultural, Mechanical and i artistic progress in the South. D- W. LEWIS, Secretary, j j BY TELEGRAPH. New Orleans, Nov. 20. Cotton.—The market is lower— sales 5.000 bales. Middling Si to 8f cents. Flour has ad vanced to $3.50. Corn 93 cents. From Havana. The Delta publishes news by the Black War rior, stating thatthu greatest excitement prevail ed in Cuba, and that a rising was confidently expected in a few days. . Spcnal llotitfs. Augusta Fire Company —The sev eral Sections of the Augusta Fire De partment are required to attend a Parade, for Re view and Inspection, in front of the Methodist Church, on Saturday, 25th inst., at half past 2 o'clock, P. M. By order of F. Lamback, Chief Engineer, j Alex. Philips, Sec 3 nov22 j Bank of Augusta, MondayTltfov. 20th, 1854. The Board of Directors of this Bank, have to-day declared a semi-annoal div Bsend of four per cent, payable on demand. a Mr. C. Zogbaam begs leave to in form h : s friends and the public, that he has returned to the city, to resume bis instruc tion in Music, vocal and instrumental (Piano Forte) The Philharmonic Society of Augusta, for the advancement of Vocal Music, will be re organized. Persons who wish to become Members, either actual or social, will please leave their names with Mrs. W. E. Dearing, MessJs. W. J. Ansley G. W. Ferry, D B. Plumb. dtf nov22 The Exercises of Miss Catonnet's Seminary were resumed on Monday, Nov 13th, at the corner of Greene and Washing ton Streets. ts nov2l Southern Annual Fair at Augusta. —The Georgia Railroad Company will furnish Cars free for the conveyance of Live Stock, and all articles which are for Exhibition (and not for sale) if offered at their Depots between the 28th * November and sth December, inclusive, arid to be leturned on or before the 12th day of December-. Visitors purchasing Tickets from Ist to 7th Do cember, inolusive, will he furnished with return Tickets available to 12th December, inclusive. Geo. Yonge, Geo’l. Sup’t, Georgia Railroad, Augusta, Nov. 20, 1854. The Fashions for the present season 3?-*. will be exhibited en Friday, the 26th inst, at Mrs. Heney’s. one door above the Geor gia Railroad Bank. The Ladies are respectfully invited to attend. nov2l Mrs. Heney begs leave & inform her friends and the public, that she has re | moved to the large Store lately occupied by Mr. Vanwinkle, next above the Georgia Railroad Bank, i where she will bo delighted t„ see her friends. She has on hand a largo assortment of most fashiona ble Millinary Goods. Also, a variety of Fancy Articles; Embroideries; Cloaks; Mantillas anil Talmas, of the newest shapes; Gloves; Gauutlets; Ladies’ Merino and Silk Undervests; Cloth for Cloaks, Ac. nov2l Portrait l*al u t ing .—Mr7^H~A. B kooks, Historical Painter, has rooms next to DrJVanvoorbes. Mclntosh street, upstairs. Testimonials and specimens of Painting may be seen at his Studio. Lessons given in Drawing and . Painting on'the principled taught in the first Acad emies of the continent Mrs. Brooks superintends tho re-gilding and furnishing of every description of Picture Frames, which she warrants to be equal in quality, and as low aa they can bo done at the North, lm nov!9 Strang rs and Citizens «in want cf bargains, fine Watches and Jewelry. | are requested to bear In mind that the postponed Administrator’s Salo of the extensive stock of the late Thomas W. Freeman, deceased, will positive ly take place on the 30ih inst, as advertised by us in another column, at our store. Persons in want of any articles in that line will probably find it to their great advantage to defer purchasing until then. All articles will be guaranteed as represented. nov!9 ts C. E.Giraiidsy A Co. Mr. Edl»or—Please announce that i Mr. Mastin Bridwell will be sup ported for a Member of Council for the Fourth Ward. nov!8 v The Augusta Female High School, opposite tho United States Hotel, over Mr. hobert Carroll's Boot and Shoe Store, will be i re-opened on Monday, 20th of November Terms, for Board and Tu tion, in all tho English j branches, will be very moderate. No extra charge for French, Latin. Fuel, Ac. j DOvl7 C. A. Sabal, Principal. I Br. A, Cunningham has removed to Reynold street, nearly in the rear of the old Bank of Augusta, where he may be found, whenjorofessionaliy wanted. 6 ' novl7 Th<> Ex crcises of N1 rs. Rl kg's School will be resumed on Monday, Nov. 20. novlfi dlO a 4* Private Sale, without reserve, nl-vJSL thd entire stock of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, now opened and ready for inspection, at the Store of Cosgrove and Brennan, above the Globe corner. The undersigned offers for sale, at New York i cost, the entire stock of Dry Goods, Amounting to , about Seventy-fivß Thousand Dollars worth, and embracing almost every article in tho Dry Goods ■ line. 'I he terms will be Cash, or for amounts of One Hundred Dollars, and over, approved paper L at three months, with interest from date of sale. Country Merchants, and the Trade in general, are invited to call and examine the Goods and prices. All orders promptly attended to. T. Blknnan, Surviving partner of the firm of Cosgrove A Brennan dtf novlfi ! JP''^gp : 25 t ' ountry 0 untry Dealers.—Families and others in want of any thing in the jway of otoves, Grates, Ranges, pr general house furnish ing goods, should look in at the extensive assort ment of L. Hancock A Co., 210 Broad street, a few doors below Post Office corner. This establish ment is comploto in all its departments. No stock heretofore offered in the city-, in their line will com- - pare at all in point of variety or extent, with the assortment they now offer to their customers. HP' is Female School.—The Misses Sedg- WICK proposo to open a School for Young Ladies, on Monday, the 20th inst. Their aim wilhbe to combine with a thorough, intellectual educaiton such moral and religious culture as will lead pupils to the formation ox those traits of character without whioh the highest mental endow ments are worse than useless. The course of instruction will include the Latin and French Languages. Terms from 10 to S2O, according to the. agQ3 and requirements of the pupils. School Rooms on Broad-street, over the office of the Augusta Manufacturing Company. Applica tions may be left with Dr. T. W.Battey. References—Col. H. H Cumming, Dr. T. W. Battey, Geo. Schley, Esq.. Geo. W. Lamar, Esq Hon. W m . T. Gould. Edward Thomas, Esq. nov!s‘ io Fagle & Phoenix Hotel —J R Pres'- ****** . the reception of Transient or Permanent Boar ders. ihe proprietor solicits a continuance of patronage, and can only assure those !who may make a selection of his houre, that uo"pains will bo spared to render them comfortable. novls ts SP* j lomal? lnsiitute.—The subscriber renews the tender of his services to Parents and Guardians in the education of their daughters and wards. Providence permitting, the teacWs will heat their posts on Monday, the 20th. DOyls W. J. HARD, Principal. AJi Election will be held at the Richmond Hotel on Saturday, 25th November Inst..for a member of the City Council of Augusta, for the Fourth Ward, to fill the vacancy of „no. J Donaldson, who has left the city, under the manageraant of Danl. S. Bush, William H Howard and N. K. Butler, or any two of them. Poles to be opened at 10 o’olock A. M.,and closed at 2 o clock. P. M. novl4 td A P. Robertson, Mayor. Removed.—Ci SGROVE A Brennan have removed their stook of Dry Goods from the old store of T. J Cosgrove A Co., known as t^ r i 0, ! 6 . r3tore :. D 0 farther connection with that house, they would invite their friends to oaH at their upper store above the Globe corner, where they are now opening an extensive stock of Jt.*" and Staple Dry Goods, which they will sell at cost to wind up the bnsinefs of the firm and satisfy the heirs of T. J. Cosgrove, deceased. novl4 ts Dyspepsia, and Indigestion.—These great scourges of our people cannot bo too understood, or the means of averting or ouring them too highly appreciated. The person who discovers any means of cure or alleviation, oon.ers a benefit upon his fellows, and is deserving °fh°nor. This desirable consummation has been achieved, and not only may dyspepsia be cured, but it may be prevented, by the use of “ Hooflands German Bitter’s,” prepared by Dr. C. M. Jaokson, Philadelphia, which medicine is spoken of in terms of the highest commendation by thousands who have tested its efficacy, It is perfectly inneouous in its nature, and possesses the valuable property of improving the health of the robust, as well a| i ©storing the health of the siok-