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ftfekto Giro min (Xanstitatimfet anfr ilcpublic. BY JAMES GARDNER, JR. OFFICE ON McINTOSU-STREET THIRD DOOR FROM TUR NORTH-WEST CORNER OF BROAD STREET. Sales of I. AND by Executors. Administrators or Ousr dians. are required, by law, to bo bold on the Grst Tuesday in the month, between the hours ot ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in which the property is situate. Notice of th. sales mast be m a public Gaietto. blXr\ D IYS ra evious to the daj of sale. Sales of NEGROES must bo at Public Auction, on the ‘ tir t Tues Liv of the month. between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the Letters Testamentary, or Administration, or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving SIXTY DAY S notice thereof, in one of the public Gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court House where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sales of Personal Property must be given, in like manner. FORTY D AYS previous to day of sale. Noti ■ to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must bo published for FORTY DAYS. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Onlinarv for leave to sell LAND, must be published for rwb MONTHS. Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, must be published TWO MONTHS, before any order absolute can be given by the Court. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. One square. 12 lines. 75 cents the first insertion, and 50 cents afterwards. LEG AL ADV E RTTSE MEN TS Sheriff's Levies. 30 days. $2 50 per levy ; 00 days. s’>. Executor s. Administrator s and Guardian's Sales. Real Estate. (du r square 12lines.) $4 75 Do \:o. Personal Estate <3 25 Citation for Letters of Administration 2 15 Do do. Dismi'sion 4 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. 3 25 Two Months'Notices % 4 00 Rules Nisi, (monthly} $1 per square, each insertion. Or* Obituary Notices over six lines, will be charged at the same rates as advertisements. LEGAL NOTICES Notice of the <ale of Land and Negroes by Ad ministrators. Executors or Guardians, must be publish ed EOKTY DAYS previous to the day of sale. CZ?* Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate f must be published FORTY DAYS. I . JO?* Notice that application will be made to the . % . T Ocdirarv fur leave to sell Land or Negroes. ; ~ W pnWAed TWO week! i ’< >ku«>»i ai»y>licaU«n tor Lwttersof Administra- » A. iaaJnvvT bo pSW-hed THIRTY DAYS: and Let- j ters of Dismissinu of Executors or Administrators. SIX ; MON THS—Di •mission of Guardians. FORTY DAYS. U7* Sales of personal property of a perishaldo-na- ' tore, by the Act of 1852. by Executors and Administra- • tors, at the discretion of the Ordinary, upon not less • than TEN D\Y S notice. Sales bv regular Aduiiuistra- • or> a< un L r the old law. FORTY DAVS ALL REMITTANCES PER MAIL, ark at OCR RISK. AUGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13 Terras of the Weekly Paper. One year, in advance $2.00 If paid within the year 2,50 At the end of the year 3,00 Cs<"Thc above terms will bo rigidly enforced. Moderation in Victory. The moderation displayed by the Democrats of Georgia, in regard to their signal victory over all factions. Scott Whigs, Webster Whigs, an d Tugaloos, is not appreciated by portions of our opponents. We presume they would be incapa ble of exercising like magnanimity were posi tions reversed, and that had the victory been with them they would have indulged in a satur nalia of coarse and vindictive jeering over their prostrate adversaries. They cannot comprehend the true and honorable motives prompting the courteous forbearance of the " Fire-eating " De- j mocrats, in whose “ conservatism ” the people I have shown their confidence by giving their Electoral ticket an overwhelming majority. The Chron le if Sentinel, of yesterday, speaks : as follows: ‘■The Vote in Georgia.—We learn from I the Southern Recorder, that the entire vote ! polled for the ' Fire-eating’ Pierce and King * ticket in Georgia, will fall 4,000 short of that east last year for McDonald, when Cobb beat him 18,000 for Governor. It is the knowledge ■ ol this fact, probably, that has given such a quiet and subdued tone to the demonstrations of I tne Fire-eating wing since the result. They see the hand-writing still on the wall—and are j admonished of the fall that awaits them in any . contest when the conservative elements in Georgia are aroused." As a sufficient answer to the above, we sim ply quote the following fiom that zealous and indefatigable Democratic paper, the Pennsylva nia,i. which contributed a full share to the De mocratic victory in the old Keystone State. Its “ quiet and subdued tone 11 does not arise from any apprehensions of receiving a fall hereafter from the "conservative dements 11 of which the sc much, and exhibit so little wor thy to be dignified by that name: - Mjgs.isixut.—No quality of the human , heart is more to be admired than magnanimity. > ( The man who is magnanimous, in forgetting the insults and indignities of those who have en- ; ' deavored to injure him, is one of humanity s i I noblest specimens. Entertaining these views - we recommend to our political friends, forbear a nee to their fallen enemies. It is true, we j have been maligned and abused without just cause and without stint. Our principles, our candidates and our party, have been called all I , that is low and vile,and that too, by a class of men who affect to be virtuous and good. But what need we care now for all this, since the justice of ‘ our cause and the virtue of our men have been | vindicated, by the mighty voice ot an immense majority of the American people. Let us look i over the past, forget the jeers and groans, with s which our exultant and triumphant enemy have met us in days that have gone, at every turn. < In view of our splendid victory we can afford to be magnanimous ; we can afford to teach our opponents a lesson in forbearance, that may | benefit them in the future, and somewhat en title them to their vain and arrogant claim of > having all the intelligence and all the decency.” I The Reverse. It will be recollected by some of our readers that when Gen. Harrison was elected President, our Democratic Brother of the Boston Post, (who : by the bye, is one of the cleverest and wittiest fellows in the New England States.) lost sun- ; dry hats, coats, pants, vests—and. if we recol- '■ lect right, even his regimental suit, (for he is a regular Colonel by appointment,) on said elec- I tion : he gave notice that, on a certain day, he weuld pay off his creditors. So numerous were they, however, that he instructed them to enter one door and depart by another, to save time an ! confusion. Just hear how different he talks now : u We don't care how’ often it rains now— r ew hats enough on the Election, to last through 1 ever so many showers.” Tn:. Congressional Vote.—The Tallahassee Floridian of the 6th inst says : “ Considerable anxiety is felt by our friends at a distance in reference to the election for Congress in this State. The report* Lave been so contradictory as to leave the question as to who is elected in uncertainty. We have it now in our power, ' however, to say that Mr. Maxwell is elected. * His clear majority is 70 in Alachua, instead of _ s 47, as heretofore counted. The Columbia and i Nassau votes will be corrected, thus reducing , Mr. Cabell’s majority in those counties, and ' giving to Mr. Maxwell, as we have stated be fu/e a.rnajpnl.• V; 1 " u nr votes in the '“"'State. This includes’the amended returns in Columbia and Nassau, which our friends assure us are being looked after. Presidential Election in Florida.—The I same paper says : “So fir as Florida is concern- I ed, there is no sort of doubt as to the result of the t election on Tuesday last for President of the U. i State. The State has gone fob PIERCE i AND KING by a large majority No one dis- | putesthis. although we have not the figures to . demonstrate it. But such returns as we have we furnish belo w. It will be seen that a won- ■ derful revolution has taken place, not only since ■ 1848, when Taylor carried every thing before : him, but even since the State election in Octo- | her. Wakulla, for example, which gave Ward . a majority of 5.5 over Broome, has now gone for | Pierce by some 40 to 50 votes—and so it will ‘ lie found has it been withnearlyor quite all the : counties in the State. We have very strong j doubts if Scott has a majority in a solitary court- I ty—but a shall know in a few days.” N. Carolina Legislature.—On Thursday Mr. Avery, of Burke, introduced a bill to incor porate the North Carolina and Tennessee Rail road Company, which was referred to the com mittee on Internal Improvements and ordered to be printed. This bill provides for extending the Central road from Salisbury, N. C., to Knoxville, Tenn, with a capital of three millions of dollars of which the State is to subscribe two millions whenever one million shall have been subscribed by individuals. The provisions are the same in this respect, as those of the charter of the Central road. Rosewood Trade.—lt is said thatfan attempt is being made to lorrn a company at New-Or leans for the purpose of entering into the rose wood tiade. The projector owns a large tract of land near Puatulco, in the State of Aajaca, on the Pacific, about 210 miles from Acapulco, which is covered with splendid rose trees from three to four feet in diameter. It can be delivered for ■ shipment at a cost of §6 per ton, and is worth between SSO and S6O pet ton of cubic leet The rejKirt of the Boston Fite Department, for the year ending August 31st,states the losses by fire during that period to have been 8492 849 ; of which $21.5,315 was insured. The principal losses dining the year were by the burning of Tremont Temple, on the 31st of March, and by tkte Purchase street fire on the 10th of July. The total loss by the Tremont Temple fire is estima ted at $178,360, and the insurance on the same $15,223. The loss by the Purchase-street fire is estimated at $1.50,000, and the insurance on the same $75,000. Business or Cincinnati.—The Cincinnati Gazette estimates, upon apparently reliable data, that the aggregate capital employed in the wholesale business in that city is $10,920,000 and that over 10,000 persons fare directly em ployed and supported by this important trade. The number of dealers is between tour and five hundred, of whom one hundred are wholesale. Eulogist of Mr. Webster.—The Boston city government have invited the Hon G. S. Hil liard to deliver the eulogy before them o n Dan iel Webster. Mr. H. has accepted the invitation. Mr. Hilliard has proved himself not unequal to his high theme. The time fixed for the delivery of the eulogy is the 30th instant. The Vote of Concord, N.H.—A telegraphic despatch from Concord, N. H., the residence of Gen. Pierce, says that his vote in that city was 912 instead of 612. as previously,reported. It is a majority of 399 over Ven. Scott, and a gain of 297 since last March, and the largest vote ever given to any man in that town. Thanksgiving Day.—A day for thanksgiv ing has been set apart in the following states: — Mississippi, Oct. 14, New Hampshire, Nov. 11 ; Maine, Nov. 25 ; Massachusetts, do.; N. York, do.; Connecticut, do.; Rhode Island, do.; New Jersey, do.; Pennsylvania, do.; Maryland, do.; Ohio, do.; Georgia, do.; Florida, do.; Indiana, do ; Kentucky, do.; North Carolina, do; Ala bama, do. I A short time ago, a young man, clerk in a ■ house in San Francisco, having $5,000 to spare, ’ sent it to China and invested it in rice. He I sold the cargo (to arrive) at 22 cents per pound j and made the handsome sum of $37,000 by his operation. The purchaser.was a Chinaman; it i so happened that the cargo arrived the very day after it was purchased. The Chinaman made 1 $65,000 on his bargain. The large sum of $102,- 000 has theiefore, been cleared on an invest- I ment of $5,000. Betting on Time—A fine hoise and buggy were disposed of by their owner, (a member of our local Judiciary.) says the Mobile Register, Oct. 29, for S7OO, payable on the first day ol Scott’s election.—Most of our mercantile friends think this the slowest paper ever negotiated. It is e timated, says the Texas Slate Gazette, that Col. J. B. Gilmer, a cotton planter in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, will make and send to market this year, three thousand bales of cotton. The crop on Red River will be an enormous one from the accouuts given of it. The Boston Traveller states that since the Ist of January, 55 ships 12 barques, and two brigs have cleared at that port for California, with full cargoes of merchandise. A large number of them were clippers, built expressly for the trade. During the month of October, 12 ships, 2 barques i and 1 brig, cleared for San Francisco. There are at present but 22 vessels in Boston harbor. Declination of Rev. Dr. Hawks.—lt is sta ted that the Rev. Francis L. Hawks, who was elected to the bishopric if Rhode Island, with the rectorship of Grace Church, in Providence, has declined their acceptance. He will remain, as at present, over Calvary Church, in New York city. Extensive Scratching.—ln the town of Gloucester, Mass., Charles G. Greene and Benj. F. Hal let, on the regular Democratic ticket tor Electois on Tuesday last, received but 15 votes, while the other names on the same ticket re ceived 417 votes. In Beverly, they received only 25 out of 224 votes cast. This [was done by the friends of the late Mr. Rantoul, who feel aggrieved at the above gentlemen for their course towards him at the Baltimore Conven tion. A planter near Franklin, (La.) has ga'hered this season eleven hundred and seventy-seven bushels of sweet potatoes from three acres of land—“ and left behind,” he says, “ enough to fatten about forty hogs.” According to the returns from the Turkish Custom House in Smyrna, the imports there for 1851 amounted to §5,200,000, and the exports for the same period amounted to §6,700,000. The imports from America amounted to about 5500,000, of which about one.half was rum, coffee and cotton manufacturers. The exports to Ame rica amounted to about 3700,000 and were chief ly dried fruits, opium and wool. Profitable Cruise.—The barque N. D. Chase, which arrived lately in the port of Beverly Mass., after a cruise of one year in the South Pacific,landed 420 barrels sperm oil, which was immediately disposed of in Salem at 1.21 per gallon. The inauguration ot Gov. Lane, as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, took place at Santa Fe on the 25th of September. He has been cordially received by the inhabitants and appearances indicate that under his administra tion the peace and good order of the territory will be insured. Land Warrants.—The sales of land warrants by the brokers at New-York are at §l5O for the 160 acres scrip, $75 for 80 acres, and §374 for 40 acres. The leading dealers buy at 145 a §147, 73 a §734, and at 364 a S36L Land warrants are bought by the brokers in Cincinnati at the following rates: 160 acres,§l4o; 80 acres, §7O; and 40 acres, §36. Few are being offered. Ho.w Gen. Pierce Received the News of ms Election.—A letter from Concord, N. H.. to the Union, says the democrats of that place became wild with delight on Tuesday night on receiving the news of the election of Gen. Pierce and that the president elect was apparenly the only self-possessed, calm and quiet man in the place on that night. He received the victorious bulletins announcing his success with scarcely a change of countenance, and soon after quietly re tired to bed. The letter adds : His habits are plain and unostentatious. His practice yields him a large income ; and he is generous to a fault. It is said in Concord by those who know him well that he will spend his presidential 525,000 every year. The health of Mrs. Pierce is too feeble for housekeeping,and so, with their only child, a smart boy of a dozen summers, they board in the private family ol W. Williams, a respctable citizen engaged in the extensive manufactory at this place of coaches, omnibuses, and railroad cars. The house is a most beautiful frame building, shaded by a line of noble old elm trees. We attended the "South Church” (Congrega tional or Presbyterian) last Sabbath, and Gener al Pierce was there as usual, a regular and devo ted attendant upon divine service. He left Con cord on Wednesday alternoon for a day’s visit to his brother at Hillsborough. Miss. Gen. Pierce.—The Portsmouth (N. H.) Chronicle states that General Pierce is about to to take up his residence in Portsmouth. Ihe reason for this step is understood to be that the health of bis wife is benefitted by the sea air. The Chronicle adds, that General Pierce, on the 4th of March, will carry with him to the White House in Washington, one of the best of women to be mistress of the National Mansion. Ti e Anderson (8. C.) Southern Rights Ad vocate of the 27th ult., learns that the Hon. Jefferson Davis is dangerously ill, and that it is feared,even should he recover, that his sight will be lost. We are happy to have it in our power to in form the editor of the Advocate that Colonel Davis’s health is nearly quite restored. He made a political speech at a public meeting in this city on Friday evening last, which was de cidedly the best made here during the campaign. —N. O. Delta,' (sth intt. Tennessee Election. The Nashville Union of the 10th instsays “ Sixty-nine counties have been heard frorm most of them officially, which give a whig gain on Campbel’s majority, of 537?’ Campbell's majority was 1600 votes. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNjN<L NOX'EMBER 17, J 852. The Tugalo Organs. A surprising effect has been produced upon the Tugalo organs by the utter repudiation on the part of the people, of their factious effort to distract the Democratic party, defeat its ticket! and entail upon the State Treasury the expense of an extra session, at the hazard of losing the vote of the State to Gen. Pierce. The Cassville Standard, edited by Wm. T. Wofford, Esq., who was so industrious in nom inating the Tugalo ticket, and urging its claims upon the people, “is satisfied.” It says : “The Result in Georgia.—We give a table below, showing the result in this State as far as heard from. It will be seen that not much over two-thirds of the vote of the State has been cast. The Southern Rights ticket for Pierce has received about 35,000: the Union ticket for Pierce about 6,000: the Scott ticket about 16,000: and the independent ticket for Crittenden and Fillmore about 5,000, amounting in all to about 62,000; and as there are 95,000 voters in this State, it leaves the number of 33,000, who did not vote. At this result, all things taken into consideration, we are satisfied.” The Marietta Constitutional Union, which de clared during the canvass, that it would rather see the Scott ticket in Georgia, succeed than the Democratic ticket, is positively “well pleas ed.” It says: “The Union Pierce Ticket. —We are well pleased with the vote given for this ticket. It was simply and without formality, recommended to the support of those who could not vote for Pierce and King through Electors who were open and avowed disurijpnists. It vis believed, when the ticket was suggested in Atlanta, that there were many voters in Georgia who would not attend the polls unless such an Electoral ticket should be presented. The result has am ply justified the opinion then entertained. “ The vote for the Union ticket will exceed 5,000. It has carried the following counties, and obtained a scattering vote throughout the State : —Clarke, Jackson, Hall, Walton, Haber ersham, Union, Gilmer, Wilkes, and perhaps several others.” Throughout the State it has received a very scattering vote indeed. From the following, taken from the Southern Banner, it appears that in the 6th District, the very hot bed of Tugaloism, where it was boast ed that the vote would be almost unanimous for the Tugalo ticket, the Democratic ticket has beaten it 125 votes : The Vote.— From the returns received, it’is probable that, out of the one hundred thousand voters in Georgia, not more than fifty thousand have voted in the’late Presidential election. In the 6th Congressional District, composed now of the counties of Clarke, Jackson, Madi son, Walton, Franklin, Hall, Lumpkin. Haber sham, Union, Rabun, Gwinnett, and Forsyth, the entire vote for Governor last year, was 12,- 874, of which McDonald got 4,368, and Cobb 8,506. This year the aggregate vote in the dis trict has been only 7,692, or but little over half the number of voters. Os this number the se cession ticket has received 3,108, the Union tick et 2,983, beinga majority of the former over the latter of 125 votes, or in other words about an equal contest between them. Whilst the seces sionists have, as a general rule, turned out in nearly their full strength, the Union d.-mocrats in large numbers have refused to vote at all. Take the county of Franklin as an example, where is usually about 1000 democratic voters. Last year the secessionists voted 4 15, and this year 434—leaving about 600 Union democrats ia the county, of whom only 157 voted for the Union ticket—the balance refusing to vote. The same remark may be applied to the large counties ofUnion and Lumpkin. It is gratifying to know that the secessionists have made no actual gain in the distret, —that our Union friends have not gone over to the ene my. They have been only doubtfcl of the pro priety of convening the legislature at an expense upon the treasury, when they did not think any great principle was involved. In this latter opinion,however,we have ventured to differ with them, and subsequent events will show, they will yet have to make a struggle to prevent their absorption by the secessionists. The Union ticket, thus far has carried eight counties, viz: Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Hall, Habersham, Gilmer and Wilkes. It has received 5,452 votes, and will probably 6,000 —asutficilht checking power, if properly managed. The editor of the Banner is still a little wild in his calculations. The future will show that these editors who predicted 30,000 votes for the TugaM f .-.-J, »- +>.. they have been in the past contest. Os the votes received by the Democratic ticket, many were given by Union Democrats —who viewing the questions which had formerly divided the Democrats of Georgia, as no longer at issue, like sensible citizens, abandoned an opposition which had dwindled into a selfish faction, controlled by a few men ambitious of local influence and office, and came in a proper spirit like democrats and patriots to the support of the democratic electoral ticket. This was the case all over the State, and in probably every county in the State. We instance, Judges Charlton and R. H. Jackson, Judges Warner and John H. Lumpkin, the Hon. Charles Murphy and E. W. Chastain, and many other Union Democrats we might mention. — (The Hon. Junius Hillyer’s position we cannot designate. Will the Athens papers inform us ?) This was also the case with many Union Whigs also, who had become convinced that the Demo cratic party was the safest party for the country. There were many democrats—thousands of them—both Southern Rights and Union men, who did not go to the polls, chiefly because they did not think it necessary in order to secure the election of the Democratic ticket. The Tugalo movement was such a ridiculous failure, except in a few counties, that it excited no apprehen sion. The Southern Banner had as well disband for mally and at once its little force. It cannot keep it together long “as a checking power,” how ever managed— to annoy the democratic party, or to be a power in the State to be negotiated and bargained with. It will be abandoned by the people who have been deluded into this false and factious position, and who will unite with the democratic party. The Tugalo party will become a party of disap pointed leaders only, without votesand without influence. Their antecedents prove them bad managers. Large Potatoes. We have received from the Rev. E. P. Rogers, a few Potatoes grown in Northampton, Mass., on the spot of his former residence, which do that State far more credit than its politics. They are truly superb specimens of that invalu able edible. If the ideas of patriotism and duty to the common bond of a common brotherhood on the part of the people of Massachusetts, were in like proportion, fanaticism would be over shadowed there, and she would be again worthy of the high place she once occupied in the sister hood of States. But, alas, her greatest and best men are like her potatoes—they are under ground. Our Volunteer Companies. We are pleased to see the military spirit springing up among our young men—they need some recreation, and we know of none better than the exercise of the soldier. The Cliwh Jii/lea, under Capt. Wilson, para ded yesterday afternoon in full dress. They made a very handsome appearance, and their evolutions and marching, would do credit to an older company. The ./Ingusia Guards, under command of Capt. Dearing, paraded on Monday afternoon, and proceeded on a Target excursion. The Pr'ze, a Portrait of the Captain, was won by Private Houseley, whose three shots averaged six inches, beating two others of the company by Jth of an inch, and others by 4to 1 inch. Ono-third of the men, though shooting flint and steel mus kets, put their three balls in the target. After the firing for the first piiz.e, the non commissioned officers and privates presented a handsome Silver Goblet to be fired lor by the officers, which was won by 3d Lieut. Burch. This company has been recently organized into an Artillery corps, and now numbers about sixty men. The deaths last week in New-York numbered 326, which is 25 more than those of the week previous. 1 death is reported from cholera.B from cholera infantum, 3 from cholera moi bus, 52 from consumption, 20 from convulsions, 21 from drop sy, 8 from dysentery, I) from diarrhma, 27 from fevers, 9 from marasmus, 49 from inflamation, 15 from croup, and the remainder from’other cornplaints. 77 of the above number were men, 50 women, 98 boys and 91 girls. The Weather, &c.— been favored with unusually mild weather this fall; and up to Monday morning last, vegetation was not mate rially injured by the frosts. We now have cool, frosty nights. Cotton is beginning to come in, and our merchants are doing a brisk business. The river is in boating order, and the Georgia left yesterday for Alabama.— Home Courier, llf/i inst ■ ] Fyom the Neto York Herald ] The Rights of American Citizens Abroad—A Mo del Diplomatic Note. Nothing but the bustle and turmoil of a Pres idential‘election would have prevented our more than once referring to the correspondence which took place, at the close of the last month, between Geo. Law, Esq.. President of the Uni ted States Mail Steamship Company, and Mr. Conrad, Acting Secretary of State. The outrage offered to the American flag, and the proprietors of the Crescent City, by the colonial authorities of Cuba, are quite fresh in the memory of our readers. None of them have forgotten how the Captain General deliberately assumed jurisdic tion over an American citizen, and punished him in Cuba, for acts committed in the United States. We need remind no one that the gen tleman thus prosecuted partially denied the charges made against him. Nor need we ap peal to the science of a lawyer to show that even had the accusation —the publishing in the United States of news collected at Havana been substantiated, it did not amount to an of fence of which any legal tribunal in a civilized country could have taken cognizance. It is not necessary that we should explain how this atro cious act of tyranny, though levelled at a single individual, was in reality most injurious to the owners of a line of steamers plying between Havana and this port, and the passengers on board the Crescent City. On the 6th of October, the agent of the steam ship company addressed a letter to the Acting Secretary of State, reciting the outrage, and in quiring whether “whilst the steamers of other nations are allowed • freely to enter the port of Havana, and to maintain their commercial rela tions and business intercourse unmolested the Cuban authorities are authorized to forcibly ex clude or nject American 'esseLK those employed in postal service of lite UntrßK States, upon idle assumptions, without contra vening the treaty or postal arrangements be tween the two governments and the maritime rights of our citizens.” The letter remained unanswered. It was a small matter perhaps to the Consul, but Mr. Law and his associates had embarked their capital in an enterprise, on the faith of public treaties, and in full reliance on the protection of this government, and our citi zens, whose business required their presence in Cuba, were sorely embarrassed by the exclusion of the steamer from Havana. But, as we said, these were very trifling inconveniences when compared with the interruption of Mr. Conrad’s silken leisure, or his participation in the absorb ing turmoil ofa political struggle. A fortnight elapsed, and, as the next steamer was to sail on the 27th, the president of the company again ad dressed Mr. Conrad, soliciting a reply to the agent’s letter. This seems to have roused the Acting Secretary. Silence was, perhaps, both the most prudent and the least troublesome course ; but Mr. Law put the matter in such a light that silence would have become even more expressive than words, Mr. Conrad was forced to say something, and the following letter was accordingly addressed to Mr. Law : Department of State, I Washington, Oct. 25, 1852. ) To George, Law, Esq., New York. Sir—Your letter of the 3d inst, has been re ceived. As no intelligence has reached this de partment from Cuba since that .which was brought by your steamer, it has no means ot knowing the intentions of the authorities of the island, other than what you possess yourself, and cannot, theiefore inform you whether mails or passengers will be permitted to land there or not. It may, however, be inferred, from the , past proceedings of the authorities, that mails and passengers conveyed in the steamer Cres- , cent City will not be permitted to laud there, ; in case the individual named William Smith should i remain on board of her. lam sir, very respect- i fully, your obedient servant, j (Signed) C. M. CONRAD, < Acting Secretary. < This, we beg to assure our readers, is- a bona fide despatch, addressed by the Acting Secretary of State to an American citizen, who solicited information which the department was bound to possess and protection which the State was bound to aflbrd. We hardly know whether to admire the matter or the style the most. A pretty colonial authority, in a country with which we are allied by the most solemn entrea ties, suddenly, without provocation, excludes an American vessel from its ports; and the De partment of State does not know, and apparent ly does not care, anything about the matter. Our treaties with Spain are openly, notoriously violated, and the Department of State "cannot inform” Mr. Law whether the violation is a ' accidental occurrence, or whether we are j henceforth to consider the treaty as w’aste paper, I and the United States at war with Spain. There is a tone of pettish annoyance in the despatch, which Innl's as th*»nah A-X.,: > «< Law had taken an unwarrantable liberty in re ferring to him at all on the matter. “What can we tell you,” says Mi. Conrad, “about the rela tions between the United States and foreign . powers ! The Acting Secretary of State is the | last person in the world to know anything about foreign treaties. You may send your steamer to Havana, or not, as you like ; but really, we have too much to do to ascertain what is the nature of our relations with Spain.” The concluding sentence of Mr. Conrad’s letter sounds more like a friendly counsel than a piece of official in formation. The Secietary of State “cannot in form” Mr. Law whether American vessels can enter Cuban ports, but Mr. Conrad shrewdly guesses that as the Crescent City had been turn ed out before, she would be turned out again. That is his private opinion, and knowing, as he did! the supineness of his government, it was en titled to every weight. If the harbor authori ties of Liverpool, on the strength of private in formation to the effect that Capt. Comstock or Captain Nye had been heard to express decided opinions on the rascally custom house of that port, were to refuse to allow the Collins steam ers to land their mails and passengers, Mr. Act ing Secretary Conrad would, in all probability, tell the indignant company that he “could not inform” them what were the commercial rela tions between this country and Great Britain, and would guess that the offending captainshad better not “try it again.” We need to assure foreigners that our Secre taries of State do not usually speak of respecta ble citizens in the impertinent language used by the Acting Secretary with respect to Mr. Smith. Mr. Conrad may claim the honor ot having been the first to designate, in an official despatch, a worthy man and a gentleman as “the individual named William Smith.” If we were to charac terize this language as indisputable evidence of the ill-breeding of “the individual named C. M. Conrad,” the Acting Secretary would conceive himself ill-used, and we should be justly censur ed for our want of courtesy. We should, how ever be guilty of no greater breach of decorum than Mr. Conrad himself. Topass from these trivial matters to consider ations of more importance, Mr. Fillmore’s ad ministration plainly declined, on the 25th of Oc tober, to afford that protection to her citizens which Great Britain, France and Austria, have never denied to theirs. The Secretary deliber ately let the country know, on that day, that our merchant navy must light their own battles, with the prospect of being apprehended as fill busteros if they defended their own rights and the honor of the national flag. It is painful to refer to the fact—but it would be worse to allow the country to remain in ignorance of it. On the 27th the Washington Republic pub lished an article, in which certain nameless par ties were severely handled for having dared to suppose that the administration had not evinced a proper degree of spirit on the Cuban affair, and it was gravely asserted that “high ground had been taken” by the cabinet. On Monday, the Acting Secretary of State not only shirks the responsibility of his office,-anti- du. llntTttt p.u> - tect our citizens, but absolutely pleads ignorance of the whole matter. On Wednesday the gov ernment organ protests, indignantly, that the same Acting Secretary has taken “high ground” on the dispute. Between the two, our readers will have much difficulty in deciding which is entitled to the greater weight. It the Republic wasthe most politic, Mr. Conrad was, unques tionably, the most honest. Everyday furnishes new grounds for lament ing the loss we have suffered in the death of Mr. Webster. Had that great man still filled the chair of State, when Mr. Law applied for pro tection and redress, how different would have been his reply. What a contrast between his manly despatches, breathing the purest patriot ism and the most sterling sense of honor, and the contemptible effusion which bears the signature of C. M. Conrad. There is some satisfaction in * he thought, that il he is tor ever taken away from us, the gentle manly language which we are sure to find in Mr. Everett’s political papers will soon obliter ate all memory of the coarseness of his immedi ate predecessor. Frost.—A considerable frost, accompanied by ice, fell at this place on Monday night last. It is remarkable that the tenderest vegetables were not killed by it. Another on Tuesday— vegetation not yet killed.— Miens Banners, 1 1th inst. Marine Disaster.—About seven o’clock last evening, as the steamer General Clinch, Capt. R. C. Davis, was towing into this port, the ship Forest State, Capt. I’ollister, from Portland, Maine, she was run into near Cumming’s Point by two schooners, supposed to be coasters. One oi them struck her on the starboard side, near the bow, cutting into the guard and tail walks, and causing otherwise considerable damage. What injury the schooners received, we have been unable to ascertain.— Charleston Courier, 10th inst. Mir. Webster and the Late Contest.—The New York Journal of Commerce tells the follow ing: “For the greater part of the last year he was in good spirits and in his usual health. Had he been nominated as a candidate tor the Presidency, it was his avowed purpose to resign his present office and take a tour to tho South this lull and winter. Had Mr. Fillmore been nominated he has been heard to say that he would resign and take the political field as tho advocate of Mr. Fillmore’s election.” . (From the N. O. Pic., "Ithiust.) jjrrtral of the Orescent Olty Her Visit to Hava na.—Full Account of the Difficulty. Thf U, S. Mail steamship Crescent City, Hen ry 1L Davenport, U. S. N., commander, arrived ■ hereth‘ s morning from New York, via Havana, ii. eijbt days and thirteen hours, leaving the lattes port at 9J o’clock, A. M. on the 3d inst. Aithe Crescent City approached the Moro the plot came off and inquired if Capt. Porter or Pfof' r Smith was on board. Upon being in forirtf‘l that the latter was on board, he declined taking the ship in, and Capt. Davenport took her in without his assistance. As soon as the anchor was let go the Captain ol the Port came alongside, and after learning that Mr. Smith was on board, he stated that no communication could be had with the shore until he returned from a visit to the Captain General. On his return he stated that the mails and passengers for Havana might be landed, but that 110 other person would be permitted to go ashore. Capt. Davenport then showed him a let ter from the American Consul, just received, which stated that the whole difficulty had been settled by Mr. Conkling, except that Capt. Por ter and Purser Smith would not be permitted to land. The Captain of the Port said this was a „isiak ;, that the mails and passengers for Havasu ffijght be landed on this one occasion, but tiiat if Air. Smith returned in the ship from New 'hleans, no commnnication would be per the shore; that’the Spanish Minister at Wi liington had written to the Captain Gen ertt ‘ ilut the Secretary of State bad assured hiattb't Mr. Smith should positively not be P>>t» Itedfo go out again in a steamer to Hava na.® ' 31k: '■ told him there must be some '!»°ut this, for that Mr. Smith was a I ■■ tfs, and could withotft let or hindrance IFromraeU nited States Government. The Cap tain of the Port went again to see the Captain General, »nd the boat of the officers who were to give permits to the passengers came along side, but Capt. Davenport informed them that no officer or other person could come on board his ship until he learned the disposition and de termination of the Cuban authorities. Capt. Davenport then addressed a letter to the U. S. Consul, apprising him of the condition of things and asking his directions. The Captain of the Port returned, with the permission of the Captain General for all the passengers and officers ot the ship, except Mr. Smith,to goon shore ; also again repeating that if Mr. Smith returned in the ship from New Or leans the ship would be placed in comunicado.— Capt. Davenport then addressed the U. S. Con sul again, staling the change which bad taken place ; that tne passengers would exercise their own discretion about landing; but as Capt. Por ter, whose cotrse he entirely approved, was in terdicted fromlanding, he would himself decline the permissior granted. Judge Shaikey, the U. S. Consul, came on board, and hac a long and full conversation with Capt. Davenport in reference to the pending difficulties, aid the course to be pursued upon the return o'the vessel from New Orleans. The Captiin of the Port was, throughout the several intffviews, extremely polite and civil. As soon as the U. S. Consul learned that the passengers/n transitu would not be permitted to land, (recalled upon the Captain General, and it was though his efforts and representations that permission was granted them. A few of the passeigers went on shore and spent the eve ning. A tew moments before leaving the port of Havang Mr. Morales (of the firm of Drake & Co., the caisignees of the Crescent City,) came on board, (nd stated, by authority, that if Purser Smith wodd send a letter to the Captain Gene ral denyiig the charge made against him, the difficulty vould all be settled. Capt. Davenport, in reply’, asured him that under no circumstances could he alow Mr. Smith, or any other officer un der his command, to address any communication to the Cuban authorities upon the subject, as Capt. Porter, an officer of unblemished reputa tion, had or two previous occasions, under his own signature, disavowed the charge. (from the Natchez Courier.) Thi Rot in Cotton--Its Causes. The following communication from a most estimable gpntleman of Marion county, Ebene zer Ford, Esq., will be found deeply interesting. Mr. F. has made a diligent personal examina tion into the cause of rot in cotton, and his ob servations xe, on that account, entitled to great respect. Many theories have been broached and speculations advanced the present fall upon this subject; but tew of them, however, have been based on anything more than mere opin ion, or perhaps a cursory look at a cotton field. Such appears not to be the case with the follow ing. . . f ... ..1--. A._. Ings oi ii wspecies of trie “ Piirew'Bug”—vary ing in foi-ia and color. The drawings are color ed, and appear to be exceedingly natural. We shall be glad to show them to any friends inter esting in the inquiry. Spring Cottage, Miss. Oct. 12,1852. Mr. G. M. Hillyer: Sir —Having noticed many supposed causes, assigned by your and other cor respondents, of the rot in cotton, and finding, upon a strict examination as to the cause, that all are at fault, 1 will, for information to the planting community, give you a description of the bug that pierce the cotton bolls and produce the fomenting rot. It is a varied species of, and very similar to, in all leading particulars, the bug commonly known as the China Bug. Hereunto apprend ed, you have a rough and hastily-drawn sketch and painting of five species, differing only in form and color. All are alike armed with pro boscis in length in proportion to the size of the insect, which they carry unemployed on the breast (as an assassin does his dagger.) When turned down to the body, it is almost impercep tible. When engaged at their mischief, they throw the bill forward at will, and at right an gles with the body, and commence feeling round on bolls, as though to find a soft place, as a mos quito, then drive it down to the core of the boll, and draw it partially up and suck for a time ; then dn ij it down again and suck; draw it from the boll and wipe it over, and move round the boll and pierce it again, or ffy to another. They appear to be very wild; when approached, they shy over crablike to the opposite side of the boll or leaf and are to be found at their work of des- truction only late of an evening or early in the morning. Through the day, they are secreted in the cotton bloom, under the covering of the bull or forms, in clusters of leaves. To establish the fact beyond a reasonable doubt, I have marked bolls that were sound and healthy, that I saw those bugs pierce, and examined them from day to day until rotten. In fair, open weather, the little, rusty, brown spot is apparent in three to four days upon the boll pierced ; and in about the same space of time thereafter, the bolls marked were rotten. In rainy or cloudy weather, the first perceptible evidence is a white, mouldy spot upon the boll. By observation, I have discovered that the in fection imparted by those Bugs progresses much more slowly in fair, open weather, than in rainy and cloudy weather. And lam of opinion from late observations, connected with my recollec tions of the rot in cotton from 1818 to 1824, that, when th? weather favors the operations of those i insects, the rot spreads as an epidemic. Having j observed many other insects, than those des cribed heretofore, sucking the fomenting bolls and Hying from boll to boll, by which I appre hend the contagion may spread, as an epidemic, and as I have observed during rainy spells many diseased bolls, upon which 1 could find no evi dence of their having been pierced by Bugs first described, 1 conclude others may carry the in fection. , If any foUI doubt that flic Bu" described, "fettsff Hw*.’ost cisastrous^-’""^"cotton, let such but make the have done, and they will doubt no more.'L, * I have noticed an opinion entertained by some, of an antidote in the importation or change of seed. Fresh seed, or a change of seed, gives a more abundant yield, doubtless. But it may well be doubted, whether those insects will pay any respect to seed, if they shall appear again next season. On examination of different crops or yields, I where I could find no rot, I could find Bugs as those described; anil where 1 found the rot, I found the Bugs also. I have ’noticed further, that where cotton has been planted several years in succeesssion, the rot is more apparent. I have also remarked some difference in the result as between old and new lands. Having discovered the origin of the rot, I ten der information to the public, with the hope that Providence may remove the cause, or that some one may discover the remedy. Very respectfully, your ob’t. serv’t., EBEN’R. FORD. Tho Georgia State Fair. Georgia Straw Culler.— The correspondent of the Mobile Tribune; writing an account ot the Georgia Fair, says: Mr. J- E. Brown of the firm of E. T. Taylor & Co.; exhibits a straw cutter, which was ad mired by all wlio saw it. Mr. Brown wasthe inventor, and has received for it a premium from the New York State Fair; also a premium from Canada, and a premium from this Associa tion. Ris exceedingly simple in its operation, and the tact of its having received a premium over all Northern machines, recommends it to planters. Its performance elicited from a cor respondent of the National Intelligencer a very likely and handsome notice. As it may be in teresting to your readers to know what a North ern man may say of Southern machines, I will copy a portion of it. He (writes from the New York Fair and speaking of Straw Cutters gener ally; he says: ‘ One has made its appearance at the Fair ori ginating in Georgia, from whence one would least look tor a triumphantly successful inven tion of this sort—which those who witness its i operation unite in declaring it to lie. It is capa ble of doing from three to five times as much ; work with the same driving power, as any other machine ever before invented. At a trial re . cently made, witli one man to feed and another I at the wheel, in 15 minutes it cut oil sufficient hay for ail the mixed food required in 2-1 hours in a stable of 50 horses. And the same writer says, in another place*: Messrs. Morse & Nichols, manufactures at Sa vannah, have something new and elegant in the way ofa Mantlepiece. It is of cast iron, and enambled to represent marble, and so well done as to deceive the best judges. The same firm also sent down some fine specimens of brass, tin, and britannia ware. From Savannah 1 noticed two iron safes, from D. Morris, and a Southern stove invented by James Sullivan, of the same place. It is highly recommended —and the es tablishment should be patronised, if for no other reason than because it is the first Southern in vention in that line. And invalid’s chair is ex hibiting by D. Furguson, of the same place. It is a peifect curiosity, and so made as to accomo date any position that a sick man could think of. Cotton Gins were exhibited by E T. Taylor & Co, Columbus, and O. W. Massey, Macon. [Published by Request.] [From the Alabama Slate Register.] Tho late Dr. Thomas G-. Holmes, of Baldwin. To A. B. Meek, Esq.— Dear Sir: As you have taken a deep interest in whatever relates to the History of Alabama, I do not know to whom I can with more propriety address this communication. On the 19th of October 1852, at his residence near Montgomery Hill, in the county of Bald win, Thomas Galphin Holmes departed this life. He was born at Silver Bluff, South Caro lina, on the 21st January 1781. Upon that Bluff, which fronts the eastern side of the Sa vannah, his Giandfather, the Hon. George Gal phin, establisheiEhimself as early as 1736. Mr. Galphin was the most extensive and affluent Indian trader up to the commencement of the Revolution. From his trading houses at Savan nah, Augusta and Silver Bluff, he was accustom ed to send merchandise to all parts i. the Chero kee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek nations, as they originally existed. A patriot of the Revo lution, he applied much of his wealth and all of his influence to the attainment of our liberties. The wife of Gov. Millege was his daughter, the descendants of whom have lately shared the proceeds of the Galphin claim. Dr. Holmes, the subject of this notice, came to the neighborhood in which he died, in the spring of 1809. Near the ill-fated Fort Mims, he lived, and was accustomed to engage in the exciting amusements incident to a wild and frontier life. He was full of vivacity, of wit, of courage, and of bold adventure. He had been prominent in the field sports of Carolina, and had brought to this country some racers of matchless speed. In Nov. 1810, he was in the Kemper expedition, designed to take Mobile from the Spaniards, and while encamped in the old fields of Minette Bay, engaged in a desperate combat with a Dr. Pol lard. Adventure often led him to the different Indian nations. Ever ready to engage in des perate enterprises, he was among the first to march against the Creeks. He was at the bat tle of Burnt Corn as a private in the company of Dixon Bailey, and fought, side by side, with that officer and Sam Dale. That disastrous con fl.ct had the effect to drive all the Americans into places of defence. Within the rude walls of Fort Mims, Holmes was an assistant Surgeon of a garrison consisting of over five hundred men, women, children, Indians and negroes. I need not describe that unparalleled massacre, for you have read a minute account of it in the work which I have recently published. You have seen that Holmes was among the last to quit the bloody place .- That, covered with the blood of his neighbors, who one by one had fallen by his side, he rushed through the enemy’s lines and made his escape: That hi a place of precarious I concealment he lay until nearly midnight, in the midst of warriors who were in hot pursuit of 1 him : That he then retreated to the canebrake. 1 where he remained five days without sustenance, 1 and was finally discovered and carried to Mount 1 Vernon in a state of the greatest destitution. You have further seen that he was the one who 1 cut down some pickets of the Fort, by which j few escaped, or else, none could have told the tale. ! Soon after the fall of Fort Mims,Dr. Holmes accompanied Major Blue in an expedition which took possession oi the country around the scene of the massacre. He was next made Surgeon’s mate in the 3d Regiment and marched with Col. Russell to Fort Claiborne. I am not positive, but I think he was in the battle of the Holy Ground. I know that he was one of an expe dition commanded by Capt. Denkins that went in pursuit of Weatherford, nearly to Pensacola. In the summer of 1814, Fort Montgomery was erected, and from this post various mounted ex peditions proceded against the Indians. One of these was conducted by Col. William Peacock, formerly a resident of the town of Montgomery, in which Holmes acted in the double capacity of trooper and Surgeon, and being well acquainted with the country, not unfrequently lent his ser- -11-f Tn all n>m»ai g ns exposed to hardships and dangers tt no oruTnary character. He also formed one of Capt. Devo rough’s horse company, which scoured the coun try around the Perdido. When Jackson march ed upon Pensacola, Holmes was with his army. But of all the arduous service he performed, none was equal to that while under Major Blue. That officer left Fort Montgomery with a large mounted force in the winter of 1814. He brought the Creek war to a successful termina tion.” In doing this he was forced to scour the swamps of Conecuh, and Escambia, and the Hammocks of West Florida. He swam creeks and rivers and made fatiguing and rapid marches until late hours of the night—indeed he often surprised the Indians several hours before day. In all these difficult marches Holmes acted in the character of both trooper and Assistant Sur geon. After the war Dr. Holmes became a perma nent citizen of Baldwin county. He was much respected by the inhabitants, and was esteemed a good physician and useful citizen. Indeed, he was a man of so much address and frankness of spirit, that during the war, Gen. Jackson and other distinguished officers were fond of his so ciety. Gen. Wade Hampton made him a pre sent of some handsome silver cups. In person he was large and commanding. His face deno ted much talent, and you would not be long in his company without perceiving that he was very intelligent. His voice excelled that of any man with whom I ever conversed in its strong, but not unpleasant intonations. In common conversation he could be distinctly heard in every part of his commodious house. I often imagined, in riding with him in the woods, that he could be heard conversing at the distance of a quarter of a mile. Among his other accom plishments which fitted him for the perilous life to which I have merely alluded, 1 will state that he was a most capital rider. In his manner he was rather positive. He always delivered his views with force and fluency. His memory was of a most minute and retentive character. He could commence with a narration of any ex pedition in which he had been engaged and take you to the end of it, in a manner so connected and minute as to astonish you. In preparing the History of Alabama it was my good fortune to have found many old persons, of strong memo ries, who imparted much information. As to the recollection of the past, Holmes exceeded them all. It makes me feel very sad to reflect that they have nearly all left this world, and that Holmes, too, is numbered with them. I have some satisfaction, however, in knowing that he lived to read the History which I have published, about the success of which, he took such a lively interest. I was not present at his death, but have been informed by letters from his kind neighbors, that he departed at peace with God—at peace with man—and with the fullest assurance of a joyful resurrection. A few months before his death, he had become a member of the Baptist Church. Respectfully, your ob’t serv’t. A. J. PICKETT. Jilantgomery, Nov. 1, 1852. [F/wn the Nashville American, Oth Tennessee. It is pretty certain that Tennessee is one of the four or five States which have voted for Scott. We are equally surprised and mortified at the result. Tennessee, Vermont, and Masachu setts for Scott 1 We had voters enough in the State to have prevented this unnatural associa tion, but they would not be aroused. J no. Bell is a powerful man. Fifteen years ago he pledg ed the State to stand by Massachusetts; and there she stands, almost alone in the glory of sustain ing Mr. Seward’s nominee. Let us, in apology to our victorous democra tic friends in twenty-seven States of the Union, give a word or two of explanation. In no State in the Union is military fame as omnipotent as in Tennessee. Half our voters have been vol unteers in the recent wars of the country, or are the old Indian fighters of the State or their sons. It is utterly impossible to prevent a large por tion of these men from disregarding party, when a General who has won battles is a candidate. Tennessee is the “volunteer State,” and she will vote for Generals. Then, again, the men who control the whig organization of this State were implicated in the nomination of Scott, and it became a personal matter with them to carry the State. Their own political lives and fortunes were at stake, and they worked with the energy of despera tion. No such considerations of personal profit and loss prompted the democracy; and the con sequence was that ten times the effort was made by tlie whigs which the democracy put forth. While the State was shingled over with picto rial lives of Scott from Washington, and while their presses here were kept constantly running in the production of copies of “the N. Boston speech.” “ the Catholic test,” “Fierce against the pensioners,” “Pierce and his abolition al lies,’' &c., the democrats received no documents from Washington, and our means of furnish ing answers to whig documents were very limi ted. We expected too much, also, from anti-Scott whigs. Many of our friends seemed to think that they would do all the fighting for us, and that we had nothing to do but to look on and admire their skill. We are very much disappointed at the result. We hud every reason to be sanguine of carrying the State, and we were so. It is lost. We re joice at the brilliant success of the democracy of the Union; but we have no share in the glory of achieving it. VOL. XXXI- NEW SERIES -VOL VII. NO 41. A Kentucky Rifleman. A British officer who was in the battle of ■ New Orleans, mentions an incident of thrilling strangeness, and veryjdiscriptive of the West ern hunter, many of whom marched to the de fence of New Orleans as volunteers in the army under the renowned Andrew Jackson : We marehed, said the officer, in a solid col umn of twenty thousand men, in direct line upon the American defences. I belonged to the staff, and as we advanced, we watched through our glasses the position and arrange ments of our enemy with that intensity an of ficer only feels when marching into the jaws of death, with the assurance that, while he thus offers himself a sacrifice to the demands of the country, every action to be successful or other wise, will be judged with the most heartless scrutiny. It was a strange sight, that long range of cotton bales—a new material for breastworks— with the crowd of human beings behind, their heads only visible above the lines of defence. We could distinctly see their long rifles lay ing over the bales, and the battery of General Coffee directly in front, with its great mouth gaping towards us, as they waited to devour us, and the position of Gen. Jackson, with his staff around him. But what attracted our at tention most, was the figure of a tall man stand ing on the breast-works, dressed in linsey woolen, with buck-skin leggings, and a broad rimmed felt hat, that fell around the face, al most concealing his features. He was stand ing in one of those picturesque and graceful at titudes, peculiar to those natural men-dwellers in the forests. The body rested on the left leg, and swayed with a curved line upwards; the right arm was extended, the hand grasping the rifle near the muzzle, the butt of which rest ed near the ton of his right foot, while with bis hand he ra’sed the rim "of his hat from his eyes, and seemed gazing from beneath intense ly upon our advancing column. The cannon of Gen. Goffee had opened upon us, and tore through our ranks with dreadful slaughter ; but we continued to advance, unwavering and cool, as if nothing threatened our progress. The roar of cannon seemed to have no effect upon the figure standing on the cotton bales, but he seemed fixed and motionless as a sta tue. At last he moved, threw back the hat rim over the crown with his left hand, raised the rifle to his shoulder and took aim at our group. Our eyes were riveted on him. At whom had he leveled his piece ? But the dis tance was so great that we looked at each other and smiled. We saw the rifle flash, and my right-hand companion, as noble looking a fellow as ever rode at the head of his regiment, fell from his saddle. The hunter paused a few moments without moving the gun from his shoulder, then re-loaded and assumed his for mer attitude. Once moie the hat-rim was thrown back, and the gun raised to the shoul der. This time we did not smile, but cast short glances at each other to see which of us must die ; and when again the riffe flashed, another of us dropped to the earth. There was some thing awful in this marching on to certain death. Gen. Coffee’s battery, and thousands of mus ket balls playing upon our ranks we cared not so was a chance of escaping unscathed. Most of us had walked upon batteries a hun dred times more destructive without quailing ; but to konw that every time that rifle was levelled towards us, and the bullet sprang from the barrel, one of us must as surely fall ! to see the gleaming sun flash as the deadly iron came down, and see it rest, motionless, as if poised upon a lock, and know, when the ham mer struck and the sparks flew to the lull primed pan, that the messenger of death drove unerringly to its goal—to know this, and still march onward, was awful. I could see nothing but the tall figure stand ing on the breast-work. He seemed to grow, phantom like, taller and taller, assuming through the smoke the supernatural appearance of some great spirit. Again did he reload and discharge his rifle with the same unfailing aim ; and it was with indescribable pleasure that I beheld, as we neared the American lines, the sulphurous smoke gathered around us, and shut that spectral hunter from my gaze. We lost the battle ; and to my mind, the Kentucky rifleman contributed more to our defeat than anything else; for while he remained to our sight, our attention was drawn from duties ; and when at last we became enshrouded in the smoke, the work was complete—we were in utter confusion, and unable, in the extermi ty, to restore order sufficient to make any suc cessful attack. So long as thousands and thousands of rill es remain in the hands of the people, so long as men come up Irom their childhood able, ere the down appears on the chin, to hit the centre of a mark, or strike deer at ope hundred and fifty yards in Jsost -it.-.', par?; so bag as there is a great proprtion ot the Republic who live as free as the wild Indian, knowing no leader but their own choosing; knowing no law but that of right, and the honorable ob servences of friendly intercourse, America is unconquerable; and all the armies of the com bined world, though they might drive them from the seacoast and across the Alleghany Mountains, would not be able to subdue the free-souled hunter among the mountains and great prairies and mighty rivers of the West. A Country Wedding. “Did I ever teil you of a certain wedding I once attended ? Its history runs on this wise : One stormy Thursday last winter, as I was go ing to the Post Office. I was accosted by a young man, or old boy. (I dont know which, but shall leave you to judge,) with the inquiry, ‘I say, mister, can’t ye tell me, sir, where Dominie Soule lives?” “I suppose I am the man you are seeking.” The young man’s countenance changed. The expression of intense anxiety passed away and was succeeded by one of ludicrous bashfulness. “Well, then, you’re Dominie Soule, be ye ? Well, I want to see you a few minutes, if you’ve no objection.” “None at ail, sir. Be so kind as to walk into my study with me, where we can attend to your business by the side of a comfortable fire..” Once in the study, he asked again—‘You’re Dominie Soule,the minister, be ye?” “I am.” “Be ye all alone?” looking sheepishly at the half open bedroom door. “We are,” said I, as I closed it. I knew what he wanted, but was wicked enough to enjoy his embarrassment. After hitching and shuffling and hemming awhile, he spoke out: “Weil, I come for to get you to go and marry somebxly to-night'”’ “Indeed, and how far is it?” “O, it’s only just seven miles up here, you know.” I wanted he should go and get some one else; it stormed furiously, and I did not teel like buf feting a cold northeaster that night. But he said— “No, the old folks want you, and the gal wants you, and so do I want you, an ! .he old folks wouldn’t like it if we didn’t have you, you know.” “Well, if you must have me, I wish vou would postpone it till better weather; I will then come up and marry you.” “O dear, that won’t do, no how, lor we’ve postponed it once, and we wouldn’t postpone it again for nothin.” I then said to him, “sir, I’ll teil you what I will do—it you will comedown here 1 will mar ry you for nothing.” “No, that wouldn’t do neither ; cause the old folks wants to see us git married; and you must come any way; you shan’t lose nothin.” The poor fellow begged so hard I concluded to go, and accordingly hired a horse and cutter; and about five o’clock staited on my novel wedding mission. I found the traveling exceedingly bad all the way, and particularly so after I left the main road. At length I reached the log house in which the fair bride lived. Hitching my hoise, went to the door and knocked, when a stern voice bade me “come in.” Entering the house, I was invited to sit down with all my ovor-clothes on. I asked the old man if they were going to have a wedding there that eve ning. He said they were. 1 then looked around to see if 1 could,.where the parties were coining from. There was but one door to the house, and that let out into the world. Very soon, how ever, I heard a clattering up stairs, and, to my astonishment, the bridegroom and bride came down the ladder. He backed down, leading her by both hands. They were seated. “If you are ready for the ceremony, you will please rise.” They stared at each other, at the old folks, at me, but sat s'ill. Twice I repeated it, and twice was met by the same vacant stare. “If you want to get married, stand up,” said I. That they understood, and I proceeded to make the twain one. When I came to this part of the ceremony, the matter ran thus: “Do yo take this woman,” &c.? “Most sartinly, sir.’ “Do you promise to love her above all others,” &c.? “Why,” said he, “I’ve done so this good while.” 1 almost foigot the solemnity of the occasion in my efforts to suppress laughter. When I came to the bride with this question, “Do you take this,” &c.? “He’s took me, hain’t he, for to be his wife; he’s my husband, then, without my taking him.” “Do you promise to love him, above all oth ers,” &c.? “I’l love him just as long as he loves me, and that’s long enough.” I smiled, but succeeded in governing myself so as to conclude the ceremony, which through out was of the same unique character. When it was over, the bridegroom passed around a bowl of good old strap, and then gave me a cigar. J list as 1 was leaving, tie gave me some change, which I put in a separate pocket to know just how much I had. When I got home, I paid ten shillings for my horse and cutter, and on count ing my change, found that he had given me the sum of six and sixpence. But, as he had said, I didn’t “lose nothing”—the other three and six pence I had in fun. The amount contributed at the polls in New Orleans in aid of the Washington Monument, was §l,lOO. “Marriage by Surprise” in Italy.—The Florence correspondent of the London News says: I met in society a few days ago an English lady, who had just been released from prison, where she had undergone two months of soli tary confinement for having contracted marriage with a Tuscan officer in the manner termed matrimoni di sorpresa, which may be considered equivalent to a Gretna Green match in England. The parties being much attached to each other, although family obstacles prevented their im mediate marrying in forma, they resolved to adopt the plan above mentioned, which consists in the couple presenting themselves before the curate of the parish, and stating to him, in the presence of two witnesses, that they are man and wife. This forms a valid marriage accor ding to the law of the church of Rome. The lady in the present case being a Roman Catho lic, sent to the curate to inform him that she wished to confess, and requested him to name the hour that would suit him to hear her. At the hour named she repaired to the confessional, and had fully engaged the priest’s attention, when her lover, attended by two witnesses, sud denly presented himself. The lady arose and gave him her hand, the fatal words were pro nounced, the witnesses attested, and the curate became the unwilling instrument of ‘ marriage by surprise !’ But although the marriage con tracted in this manner is perfectly Valid, it is punishable in Tuscany as a civil misdemeanor, so that the law condems what the church Enac tions. • The officer was first confined in a military for tress, deprived of his rank and dismissed from the service, and then sent to expiate bis offence, in a civil point of view, by two months solitary confinement in the Muratte cellular prisons, anil bis wife bait undergone a similar term in another prison. Another instance or uiuo occurred here recently, wherein the priest yeas sent for as if to attend a dying person : but one of the witnesses getting alarmed before the cu rate arrrived, went down stairs and warned his reverence that a snare was prepared for him. The curate very indignantly sent for a couple of gendarmes, and with them presented himself to arrest the culpable parties. The other witness got out of an upper window, and escaped over the tiles ; but the bridegroom, nothing daunted by the priest and his posse commitatus, and re solved not to miss marriage for want of witnes ses, addressed the curate in the usual formula : “This is my wife,” said he, “and this is my hus band ” responded the lady, “ and these two gen tlemen,” resumed the bridegroom, pointing to the two astounded gendarmes, “ are witnesses.” The priest was done, and the marriage was va lid. Simple Division. We heard a story the other night on the sub ject of ‘Division’ that we thought ‘some’ at the time, and never having seen it in print, we are tempted to give our readers the benefit of it. A Southern planter named P., pretty well to do in the world now, was some twenty years ago a poor boy on the eastern shore of Mary land. One of the strongest and most marked traits of his character was an inordinate love of money. This however is characteristic of the people of ‘them diggins,’ where they prac tice skinning strangers during brisk seasons, and skinning one another during dull times. In due course of time P. was of age, ar.d thought it about time to get married. He went to a neighboring village, and in the course ot events was introduced to a daughter of Judge B. ‘Dang fine gal,’ said the embryo speculator to his friends who was gaining him an entrance among the elite. ‘Very.’ , ‘How much might Judge B. be worth ? ‘Why about $10,000,’ was the reply. ‘And how many children has Judge B V con tinued the inquirer. ‘Only three.’ ‘Three into ten goes three times and a third over,’ mentally cyphered P. Here was a chance —a glorious chance, and he improved it too. He rnadejlove to the beautiful and unsophisti cated daughter of the Judge with all the vari ations. Strange to say—for he was as uncouth a looking cub as ever went unlicked—his suit prospered and they were married. The honey moon passed off, as all other honey moons do, and they were happy. The bride was lively and chatty, and often made allusions to her brothers and sisters. Startledata num ber of names he thought should not be in the catalogue of relations, one evening at tea, he said— ‘My dear, I thought there was only three of you ?’ ‘So there are, by my Ma, but Pa’s first wife had eight more.’ ‘Eleven go into ten no times and narry one over said the astonished P., who jumped up, kicked over the cheir, end <wm»ne,l in perfect agony, ‘l’m sold ! I’m sold ! and a d—m sight cheaper than an old bell weather sheep, at that! —Pittsburg Sunday Mercury. Influence of a Newspaper.—A schoal tea cher who hasjbeen engaged a long time in his profession, and witnessed the influence as a news paper uponjthe minds of a family of children, writes to the editor of the Ogdensburg Sentinel as follows: I have found it to be a universal fact, without exception, that those scholars of both sexes, and of all ages, who have had access to newspapeis at home, when compared with those who have not, are: 1. Better readers, excelling in pronunciation and emphasis, and consequently read more under standingly. 2. They as better spellers, and define words with greater care and accuracy. 3. They obtain a practical knowledge ofgeog raphy in almost.half the time it requires others, as the newspaper has made them familiar with the location of the importantj places and nations, governments, and doings on the globe. 4. They are better grammarians, for having become familiar with every variety of style, in the newspapers, from the common-place adver tisements to the finished and classic oration of the statesman, they more readily comprehend the meaning of the text, and consequently analyze its construction with accuracy. 5. They write better compositions, using better language, containing more thoughts, more clearly and connectedly expreessed. 6. Those young men who have for years been readers of the newspapers, are always taking the lead in the debating society, exhibiting a more extensive knowledge upon a greater variety of subjects, and expressing their views with greater fluency, clearness and correctness in their use of language. The Confirmation at St. Paul’s Caurch.— The Episcopal Rite of Confirmation was ad ministed yesterday forenoon, at St. Paul’s Church, Radcliffeborough, in the presence, of a large Congregation. Between twenty and thir ty young persons of both sexes were confirmed by the Right Rev. Francis H. Rutledge, Bishop of the Diocese of Florida, Rev. Dr. Hanckel, the Rector, and Rev. Messrs. Wallace, Barnwell, Gadsden, and others assisting in the services. The interest and sacredness of the exercises were heightened by the sweet strains of the organ under the direction of Professor M. S. Reeves. The Bishop’s address was brief, chaste and impressive, and the whole ceremony of a very imposing character —the clergy being ar rayed in their official robes—the candidates, (the female portion) in white—and the profound silence and rapt attention of the spectators, both within and outside of the Church con tributing to render the scene one of deep solem nity.—Charleston Courier. The first Frost or the Season. —A slight) Frost occurred in this vicinity on Sunday night, the 7th inst. Except in low ground, its on vegetation was very slight. On Monday”**' night it was much more severe, and vegetation is assuming the marks ot Autumn.— Macon Messenger, 10th inst. The Railroad Bridge.—The Bridge over the Ocmulgee, connecting our Railroads, will probably be in full use by freight trains to-mor row. The laying down of the track across it was completed yesterday.— lb. Powers’ Bust of Calhoun.—We have been kindly permitted to peruse a letter from Hiram Powers, the distinguished sculptor, to a gentle man in this city, in which he refers as follows to his bust of Calhoun, which was purchased some time since by a portion of our Congression al delegation, and will be placed in the State House at Columbia. Says Mr. Powers: I have no bust in my studio which attracts so much attention as Calhoun’s, if I except ideal ones. Many have said that it would pass for a bust of Brutus. One said: “ I should not like to be judged by that man, unless my cause was good.’’ Another said : “Heis a very stern man, but good and amiable notwithstanding.” Neith er of these knew whose bust it was.— Charleston Mercury. Frost.—We learn there was considerable frost in this city on Monday night. The weather du ring the past few days has been cool and bracing, and from the temperature indoors last night we. presume Jack Frost was about. He is very wel come, so long as he does not become two familiar with our noses. — Savannah News,loth inst: Pitching into Greedy.—-The Albany N. Y. Knickerbocker, ■ violent Whig paper, thus discour ses concerning the Tribune man : “So long as the Whig party looks ui>on Greeley as one of the fathers of the church, and takes ev - rv thing he utters for gospel, so long may they expect to stand where they now do—among the ‘used up’and annihilated. General Scott was not defeated by the Democrats, but by the New York Tribune. The leaders which that paper is constantly getting out on P ig iron, temperance and satinet, woukT crush another Washington. New Gold Co.ns.-A correspondent says, rl.nl-“in the increasing difficulty about silver change it is to be ho P ed that the next . I C ! ,n S ress will substitute for the troublesome gold dollar, a piece of the denomination of eighth eagle, or dol lar and a quarter peice. An abundance of eighth and quarter gold eagles, and pl nty of three cent pieces, will do much to relieve the existing em barrassment in making change.”