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[From the Baltimore Sun.] Letter from Oregon. The following letter, comprising a sketch of i affairs in Oregon, social, civil, religious, agricul- I tnral and miscellaneous, will afford our readers a verv interesting glance at this great and grow- | ing section of our confederacy. Il it should not | have the effect to invite missionary effort to that field of labor, which it ought to do lor the sake of the “wickedness” there, and the multi tude of “backsliders,” it will rove somewhat tempting to other branches of enterprise, and thus eventually contribute to the improvement of that particular depaitment ot salutary labor in which the writer is so earnestly encaged The frankness, simplicity, and genial spirit oi pions contentment which pervades the narra tive are quite refreshing in this latitude whue the description of Oregon scenery in March is enough to fascinate a- dwe! er in the city, and charm him away to that delightful land _ Oak Point. March Ist, 1833. Jfv Dear Friend:— When I addressed you from Panama vou were made to expect that another note from me would be forthcoming when once I had arrived in Oregon. Notwithstanding my arrival about the Ist December. 1852. I have de ferred until now a compliance with t.iat intima tion. But do not expect even now except what is commonplace and lull of sameness. I lie Lord was merciful in giving mo a prosperous trip From Panama to San Francisco we had a long run of 17 days. With four or five exceptions the company was well, and none died ot disease. One accident there was which sent one poor ■ soul to stand in the presence ot its udge. M ben I parting from the steamer Golden Gate, (which, we met at sea.) an order was given to tire a parting gun. In ramming home the cartridge the gun was prematurely discharged, and instant ly killed the fourth mate, who was ramming at the time. Next mo ring his bo lv was thrown into the sea, there to remain till the Groat Archangel's trump shall sound, And twice ten thousand thunder's roar; Tear up the graves and cleave the ground, And make the greedy sea restore. The inhabitants of California live ahead of time, but from what I can learn are a liberal minded. high-soul people. They pay their preachers well. Not so in Oregon. May the Lord he>p us. » But you ask my opinion of Oregon' Well, really I can hardly tell what myopion is Some ti nes I like and sometimes I dislike. W hen the weather is fine, and tree of cha ge I get trom aTmmtOmen* to appoiututeut; but these days .re few and for between, and the steamboats charge me to the tune of $5 I r riding 10 mites; so that i am compelled to pay the exhorbitant price, or row a boat mvself This I have done, but it is extremely hard work My hands blister my bones ache, and it frequently takes two days to go to ail appointment in tins way. Occasion allv I .I'll put to ; for something to satisfy the dema-ds ot nature. A few weeks ago whilst traveling «»• an open b »nt. I had to stop at a he . through the logs ot which one might pernaps have caught a m l-gro vn hen ; then and there we washed our own potatoes, at er having ob tained tnem and meat, when we boiled meat and potatoes together, made tea in an o'd copper ves sel, and sat down and ate with relish. 1 hough we cooked it cuiselves. and could see the old and dark grease sticking around the pot, we thought it a good dinner tro.-n the pot to the mouth. It was nice. How I did enjoy that m<a l We were thankful that we had that much. My Circuit is pretty hard—lo miles long, and no way to travel but in boats on the Columbia river. Very frequently ram and cold remind me that, without an exercise ot the pow er of God in my tevor. I shall soon sleep with the nations of the grave. My throat and breast feel the effecta-of exposure. I am blessed in soul, however, and that compensates. About 8 weeks ago I took charge of St. Helens Cir cuit ; it was a nevf work ; there was no class there—now we have about 25 members. But you must not think that there are no good Cir cuits in Oregon Conference. These, so tar as I know, are supplied with good preachers. There is one thing which is doing great in jury to the work at large, viz: The prevailing spirit among the preachers to avail themselves of derivable from the present land law. Most of them are taking claims. It they hold them they ate bound by law to live on them. .This clogs the itinerant wheel. Some of our preachers are becoming rich ; indeed,some are said to be so already. You may, perhaps, be ready to enquire—have you taken a claim ? An swer, No. Although I believe I might do so and make money, yet it would be attended with ' the danger of losing the spirit of the work, which might result in gieatloss to mv own soul, as well as to the souls of others. Bishop Ames has arrived, and is to preside at the first Oregon Conference, 17th of March. A letter from Bro. Kingsley informs me that it is his intention to return overland. It is probable he wishes to avoid the sickness byway of the Isthmus. Numbers have died this season oh the way to Calfornia. byway of the Isthmus Men risk almost every thing when they come out here, either by land or water. They should have some one who knows, to pilot them. A great many are murdered and robbed—a great many more die ol dreadful diseases among stra rig gers. Soon after my arrival the snow fell to the depth of from two to four feet. It was very eold. In a few weeks the sun shone out, the snow melted and the rivers were filled to over flowing their banks. Tbe consequence was * great destruction of property. Mills, houses, JI boats. &c., were carried off. During this time - rain was falling almost constantly ; but for Si I • —hardly cold enough at night to freeze. The . • days are mild and pleasant. Business is on the increase. Ships are arriving and depart ing daily: several, however, have been wrecked pn the bar at the mouth of the Columbia nver. Shins enter the river and are then towed up to St. Helens an d Portland by a steamboat kept for that purpose. The steamer is principally own ed by one of the members of our church, (Bro. Abernethy) who sometimes very kindly grants me free passage to my appointments. The Church has two schools under its foster inn r a re _one at Salem and one at Portland. I know nothing much about their doings, but pre sume that they are paying expenses. The chnrch has a considerable membership up the Willamette valley. The members Con ference number about 15. From what I hear. I suspect half, if not more, of these preachers have farms and live on them. The surface of the country up the valley is quite level, and easily cultivated; but that along the riversand in much of the interior is moun tainous and broken. The soil is very good lor agricultural purposes. This year a farmer on a fe"w acres (I think six) made 53.000 on pota toes. One aere will produce 300 bushels ol oniont—value at this time $4 per bushel— sl2oo. One farmer ma4e SOO bmhels of wheat and sold it a few wee :s ago for 54 74 per bushel. These are facts to mv personal knowledge—the men live on mv circuit But this does not oc cur every year. They can always raise toe po tatoes and wheat.but they cannot a! ways obtain these prices—generally, however, they can California generally demands all the produce she can get to support her mining and commercial population. One day. not twenty years hence, this will be among the be«* countries in the confederacy. Mark that Bu* there is much to do before that can be. Many prayers to be offered up and many sermons to he pr-ached. Infidelity is not so rank and abomination not so barefaced here as in California, yet there is wickedness enough jn this territory to damn a wor d of sinners. Rum shops everv where, gambling hells every where, men almost wi’hout number pressing into the gales of Hell. I would have it other wise; but f can do no more than sound the trumpet now that I see the «-n»my approaching This I have done, and by the help of God will continue to do. The country is fullofold Me thodist backsliders. They Jost their reli'inn, they mostly tell me. when crossing the plains. When they get here they have not moral courage enough to strive at-ain. Like Sampson shorn of strength, they are bound with cords of the devil —led captive and made to do his dirty work. — Borne are reclaimed. O I what an important work is this! What grace, love and omnipotent faith is necessary. O! for the faith of Abra ham, zeal of Paul, patience of Job, love ol John, the eloquence of the inspired men of old. Would to God I could with the fire of holy love melt every heart I meet. I long for these qualifica tiG-ns more than any thing besides. It seems to me ff f had a proper degree of godly qualifica tions fi.’r it, I could be enabled to break down all the obstructions ofthe evil ~ne on my cireo'it. Pray for me. You have doubtless beard much of the rainy seasons on this side ofthe Rock Mountains. It is a fact that from the month of November to the last of March in each year, there is rain without intermission of scarcely a dar. (I his season is an exception to the rul-). These rams frequently fall in great copiousness. Sometimes they are more moderate, but generally assume the character ot heavy mists At Oak Point, where 1 write this, there is a sawmill which can saw perhaps 10 009 feet of lumber per day. For this they get $.30 to S6O per thousand feet in California—s6oo per day. Os course expenses must be deducted. This mill is owned by Bro. Abernethy, of our church. They are very clever folks. The tun beams out at the present time in splendor. More delightful weather in March 1 never saw It is perfectly charming. Itternpta me to leave the studies upon which I will be rubbed at Conference, to roam the bills among the green foliage, and pluck the wild flowers. This is nature in its native wildness and ro mance. The smooth glassy Columbia lies be fore me. the towering hills behind me, covered with majestic treesand green undergrowth But the flowers pop out from their green beds to blush in the face of the sun, and fill the urn bent air with sweet exbaltations. How Sol de lights to pour bis golden beams down I How they cheer and fill the spirits with pleasurable emotions I No wonder the birds sing. I feel like singing myself. How one is reminded of I Heaven. | , North Cabolixa DrAMoxns. —Prof. She pa rd while in Charlotte, N. C , the other day, was presented with a diamond, by Dr. Leventhorpe. That gentleman had lately discovered it on his estate at Pioneer Mills; and this is the second specimen of this precious gem found within the year in the county. Hitherto no special search has been made for the diamond, these specimens having been discovered in a manner purely acci dental. J4av Day.—Each returning year brings a pleasure excursion from our city to Stone Moun tain This year the turn out was unusually large The extra train of cars which conveyed the party to and from the Mountain consisted of | thirteen cars, eleven passenger and two open cars, all crowded — Atlanta 'nttlhgcnctr, slh | inti- The Marriage Relation. The following sound, clear, and Christian views of the marriage relation, are taken from a j popular work entitled “ Martyria, a Legend,” I published in this city a few years ago, from the | pen of a gitted clergyman : “Os earthly relations, those ot husband and wife, parent and child, friend and neighbor, master and servant, constitute much the larger portion of man’s happiness ; and the more im portant, any one of them, than al) others togeth er. It is in theobservai.ee, the refinement, the strengthening of these commonest, these greatest, these primal relations that happiness is increased, and not in the inordinate accumulation ol mon ey, the acquisition of empty fame or in luxuri ous indulgences. Hppiness is to be attained in the accustomed chair by the fireside, more than in the honorary occupation of civic office ; in a wife’s love, in finitely more than in the favor of all human beings else ; in children’s innocent and joyous prattle, more than in the hearing of flattery : in the reciprocation of little and frequent kind nesses between triend and friend, more than in some occasional and dearly bought indulgence ; in the virture of contentment, more than in the anxious achievements of wealth, distinction and grandeur ; in change of heart more than in change of circumstances ; in full, linn trust in Providence, more than in hoping for fortune’s favor ; in a growing taste lor the beauties of nature, more than in the fee-simple inheritance of whole acres of land ; in the observance ol | neatness and regularity, household virtues, rather i than in the means ol ostentatious, and therefore I rare display ;in a hand-maiden’s cheerfulness, i more than in the improned tone of jvolitics ; and I in the trendship ot our next door neighbor, more j than in the condescending notice of my lord duke. i Happiness, then, must be sought for in sim plicity, and not in costliness ; in the perpetual ly recurring more than in the rare; in abiding peace, rather than in temporary raptures; the next after the well of living water which spring eth up into everlasting life in no source else so seduouslv, as in those fountains which are fed by the never-failing love of relativesand friends ” Again he says : Thaie are some persons who have their imagi nations so excited by the possibility ot some dis tant good as to lose all taste for the little delights which husband and wife, master and servant, parent and child, may devise and reciprocate hourly, almost. Which is the luckier man, he that can be happy in the smile of his wife, or he that must wait, wait, wait for the smile ot for tune. and wait in vain, perhaps ? In tbis world, there is nothing of such value as affection ; and the most trilling expression ol it, even though it be but a single word of endear ment, is in the best ears a pleasanter sound than that of gold pieces. ‘The price ot a virtuous woman is far above rubies,’Solomon says. Were there allotted to any one a female figure of solid gold, as a com , inion for lite, who is there but would beg that it might be ot silver only, that it might speak 1 and then of inferior metal still, it might only feel ? and. then, that it might be. like him: elf, of earth, might it only accompany him about ? And yet. O human inconsistency ! husbands be many of them heedless of home joys, as not being an increase of wealth. Man is created to be a living soul, and not to be an alchemist; and the real want of his heart is sympathy, affection, love, and not the philoso pher's stone. It would not be more nnreasona ' ble to transplant a favorite flower out of black • earth into gold-dust, than it is for a person to let i money-getting harden his heart into contempt, or into impatience of the little attentions, the 1 merriments. and the caresses of domestic lite.”— bod on Journal. England vs. America. To Mrs. Stowe, the Dutchess of Sutherland, and > Il agonizing sympathizers with the “Uncle Tom” mania, we commend the following from Dickens’ Household Words: “ It has been calculated that there are in Eng land and Wales 6.000,000 persons who can neith er read nor write—that ia to say,about one-third of the population, including, of course, infants; but of all the children between five and fourteen, more than one-half attend no place of public instruction. These statements—compiled by Mr Kay from official and other authentic sources, for his work on the Social Condition and Edu cation of the Poor in England and Europe, would be hard to believe, if we had not to encounter in our every day lite degress of illiteracy which would be startling, if we were not thoroughly used to it. Wherever we turn, ignorance, not always allied to poverty, stares ns in the face.— If we look in the Gazette at the list of partner ships dissolved, not a month passes but some un happy man, rolling perhaps in wealth, but wal lowing in ignorance, is put to the experimentum crucis of * his mark.’ The number of petty ju rors—in rural districts especially—who can only sign with a cross, is enormous. It is not unusual to see parish documents of great local importance defaced with the same humiliating symbol by persons whose office not only show them to be • men of mark.’ but men of substance. We have printed already specimens of the partial igno rance which passes under the pen of the post office authorities, and we may venture to assert that such specimens of penmanship and ortho graphy are not to be matched in any other coun try in Europe. A housewife in humble life need only turn to the file of her husband’s bills to discover hieroglyphics which rendered them so rfffiny arithmetical puzztes. In short, the practical evidences ot the low *ebb to which the plainest rudiment of education in this country has fallen, are .too common to bear repetition.— We cannot pass through the Streets, we cannot' enter a place of public assembly, or ramble in the fields, without the gloomy shadow of igno rance sweeping over us. The rural population is indeed in a worse plight than the other classes. “ Taking the adult of agricultural laborers, it is almost impossible to exaggerate the ignorance in which they live, and move, and have their being. As they work in the fields, the external world has some hold upon them through the medium of their sense; but to all the higher ex ercises of intellect,they are perfect strangers. You cannot address one of them without being at once painfully struck with the intellectual darkness which enshrouds him. There is in general neither speculation in his eyes, nor intelligence in his coutenance. The whole expression is more that of an animal than of a man. He is wanting, too, in the erect and independent bear ing of a man. When you accost him, if he is not insolent—which he soldom is—he is timid and shrinking, bis whole manner showing that he feels himself at a distance from you, greater than should separate any two classes of men. He is often doubtful when you address, and sus picious when you question him ; he is seemingly oppressed with the interview, while it lasts, and obviously relieved when it is over. These are the traits which I can affirm them to possess as a class after having come in contact with many hundreds of farm laborers. They belong -to a generation for whose intellectual culture little or nothing was done. As a class they have amusements beyond the indulgence of sense. In nine cases out often recreation is as sociated in their minus with nothing higher than sensuality. I have frequently asked clergymen and others, if they often find the adult peasant reading for his own or others amusement ? The invariable answer is, that such a sight ia seldom or never witnessed. In the first place the great bulk of them cannot read. In the next, a large proportion of those who can, do so with too much difficulty to admit of the exercises being an amusement to them. Again, few of those who can read with comparative ease, have the taste for doing so. Singular Oaso of Instinct in a Horsr. We do riot remember ever to have heard of a j more remarkable exhibition of equine intelli gence than was communicated to us a few days | since by Mr. Allen, of this place. The circum- ' stances as they were narrated to us are as fol lows . Mr. A has had for a considerable time a span of sprightly little horses that he has never separated. In the stable, in the field, in the har ness, they have al ways been together. This has caused a strong attachment to grow up between them. A few days ago, he went with them out to Lake Minnetonka, on a fishing excursion. Taking them out of the carriage, he led them down to the lake, and tied them with stout ropes, several rods apart, on a strip of grass that grew upon the shore, and left them to feed. Returning to the shantee, he threw himself up on the floor to await the return of the party who had repaired to the lake to fish. Not much time had elapsed before the sound of an approaching horse’s feet attracted Ids ai- , tention, and a moment after one of his span ap peared at the door. The animal put his head in, ami giving one neigh, returned at a slow gal lop, yet under evident excitement to the spot, where, but, a few moments before he and his companion had been seemingly safely fastended. Stiprised to find his horse loose, and struck with his singular conduct, Mr. A. immediately fol lowed, and found the other lying in the water, entangled in the rope, and struggling to keep his ’ head from being submerged. While Mr. A. proceeded to disengage the un fortunate horse, this noble benefactor stood by, manifesting the utmost solicitude and sympathy, and when his mate was extracted from his sit uation, and again upon his feet on terra lirrna, the generous creature exhibited the most un questionable signs of satisfaction and joy. That this intelligent animal should have noticed the misfortune of his mate—that ho should know where to apply for rescue, and in his efforts should sunder a three fourths of an inch rope,and finally, that he should exhibit so high an appre ciation of the event—are circumstances to aston ish us. and commend themselves to the thought ful consideration of those who would limit the power of reasoning, to the “ genus homo.”— St. •Anthony's Express. It affords us much pleasure to be able to announce that a company has been formed to go into the manufacture of Iron at this point. The necessary Machinery will be ordered at once, and the most energetic measures taken to erect the necessary buildings, so that in the I course of six or eight months we may expect to i have an Iron Rolling Mill in full blast I This I will add to the prosperity of our flourishing town i and open the way for other branches of Manu j factories. We could name a number of onter j prises which might be made profitable at this point both to capitalists and to the community at large. Possessing the advantages both of the River and Railroad and in the midst of a good farming country, provisions could always be had at fair prices and in abundance. So that very nearly any kind of manufactories would do 1 well here.— Loudon (Tenn } Free Press. Washington National Monument.—The 1 Governor, Executive Council, and many Sena- I tors and Representatives ofthe Legislature of I ! Massachusetts, have subscribed one day’s pay to | aid in the completion of the National Monument i I jn Washington. < [ From the Savannah Republican, Oth iris/.] Another Case for Mrs. Stowe. We beg leave to call the attention of Mrs. Stowe and her abolition sympathisers to the following extract of a letter just received by the late senior editor oftbis paper: Dear Sir:— l write to you in behalf ot a ne gro man who recently applied to me for em ployment. He states that he was born in Sa vannah and brought up in the family ot Stephen and John Bullock—that at the age of sixteen he was sold to one Pritchard, mid by him taken to Louisiana—that he finally became the property of Elijah Crisbell, and that he at his death gave him his freedom. Since that time he came to the North to seek his fortunes, but found the North no place for the colored man. I reedotn, to use his own words —“is a berry purty ting to tink about, but am no sarvice to any body but white folk.” His most earnest desire is to re turn to Savannah, and he is willing to become the slave ol any master who will treat him well. It occurred to me that perhaps you might in terest yourself to get some member of the fami ly to send for the man and his wife. 1 have no further knowledge of him than what he tells himself, but. I should judge from his appearance that his story is correct, and that, he would be a useful and active servant. He calls bimseli George Powell, and is about 45 years of age. Should you see fit to act in tbis matter, be pleased to communicate your intentions to me at your earliest convenience. Should you send for George and his wife, I will see that they are safely embarked for Savannah. The poor fel low is, I believe, quite destitute, beyond what he can earn at small jobs, and therefore it might be necessary to forward some small sum for their benefit, in case they are sent tor. Yours,&c. F. E. B. Here is a fact tor Mrs. Stowe—a gleam of light to illumine her “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and to dissipate the mists of error and fanaticism with which she has enveloped it. This poor negro has tried both slavery and" freedom. He has tasted the bitterness of the one and the sweets of the other. His experience therefore is a fact worth all the fictions of all the novelists who ever coined gold out of falsehood. We desire to call the attention of the North ern people to ai other fact in this connection. This negro, having lived in a free State, cannot return to Georgia. There is a law upon our statue book which interdicts the return to the State of any free person of color, or slave not a fugitive, who has ever lived in, or even visited a Northern State. This law, too, be it remem bered, w-as passed in consequence ot the officious interler4pce of the people in »he free States. Indeed, it is to the abolitionists alone that the slave is indebted for all the regulations adopted within the last twenty years, restricting and abridging his privileges. Their sympathy has been his injury—their friendship his misfortune. The slave may exclaim with more truth than most persons—“save me from my friends I” Theseare facts which we assert of our own knowledge. The abolitionist has done and is doing the slave more harm than all the rest of the world together. His greatest enemies are his would-be friends, and chiefest among them stands Mrs. Stowe. (From the Washington Republic. .April 25 ] Senator Borland’s appointment to the Central American mission seems to give much satisfac tion to the democratic politicians around the city, who generally wish him anywhere but in Congress, where his (to some of them) unfortu nate habit of turning bis face against the “devel ish clever fellows” who drum for appropriations i of questionable propriety, renders his presence exceedingly disagreeable. His appointment is in strict keeping with the line of policy which, as I wrote you sometime since, has been deter mined on by the administration with reference to our future diplomacy in that quarter. To tell the truth, he has never been fairly treated by my brethren of the quill, with whom his un popularity is so great that few of them have done justice to his senatorial career. He has been really one of the most laborious members of the bodj’ ever since entering it; and all his forensic efforts show that he is a gentleman of very ex tensive research in connection with all questions before Congress. Besides, he has fairly earned the reputation of being incorruptible to a fault, even to the extent of being beyond the reach of corruption by flattery, which is a degree of legis lative integrity such as few gentlemen who have been so long in Congress have managed to retain j Being sure to be on hand for any emergency—. ‘ from an oratorical contest with the greatest man in the Senate, down to one in which he merely draws the claret from some offending nose—he is just the man for the crisis, which requires the presence of an American diplomatist in that quarter who can out-do Elliott of the “ White Hat,” or even Chatfield, in the peculiar line of those gentlemen. However, I trust your read ers will not understand me as intimating that he is expected precisely to parody either ofthese never to be forgottes extraordinary diplomatists, who did many things such as a gentleman of his uniform personal integrity would not stoop to even were they required of him by the United States government, which makes no such de mands on her envoys. Yet, ten to one, he will get us into a muss in Central America just when I a muss may be necessary to the consumation of I our State Department’s ends ; musses being ac ; knowledged to be legitimate diplomatic means I the world over. His presence there will sooner i j or later set ths prices of stocks to dancing up and down right merrily. Nevertheless, speaking Spanish like a native, being acclimated, and be ing withal a man of great energy and activity, and much sagacity, he is j ist the man Ibr the occasion. ; I < [From the Southern Cultivator.] Topping Cotton. Messrs. Editor > •' —Having again tried the ex periment of .topping Cotton, I herewith give you the result of the same for the Cultivator. On the Ist of August, I measured off one acre of land of the same quality, and the stand as near the same as I could select on the planta tion. 1 topped, this vear, two rows, and skipped two throughout the acre, and the result is as follows : Topped rows made of seed Cotton 513 lbs. Rows not topped 462 “ In favor of topping 51 lbs. You will see, Messrs. Editors, that I l ave made money this year by the operation, as it ; only took three days to top my crop, and I have made by it 36,720 pounds of seed Cotton. I will, for the satisfaction of others, try the ex periment for three years to come if 1 live, and although the difference tray not be so great every year as it has proved to be in the year 1852. I still say that topping Cotton in Missis sippi is advantageous,wet or dry, and very impor tant in a wet season. I will here say to those who are fearful of causing their Cotton to suck er in wet weather from topping, that I have ; never been able to see, in twenty years experi- I ence in farming, that topped Cotton was more subject to sucker than that not topped. Too . much rain on cotton planted in rich new land, j or land highly manured, will bring out suckers, i ami as many on that not topped as on the top ! ped ; at least, this is the result of my observa- I tions in Mississippi, the opinions of others to the j contrary notwithstanding. Messrs. Editors: —This being the only piece | I shall give you for the Cultivator this year, I j will bring forward from the first volume of your j journal a valuable recipe fora Founder—more I correct ; y speaking, a Water Founder. Bleed the horse from the neck as long as he can stand up; then make him swallow one pint of salt; annoint well around the edge of his hoofs with spirits of turpentine; keep him from drinking too, much water, and he will be well, I think, in a few hours. The above recipe cured a valuable horse for I me, last spring, after trying nearly every other [ remedy without success. The six dollars paid | for the back numbers of the Cultivator have 1 saved me a horse worth upwards of 8100 —oth- erwise he must have died. With much respect, I am yours, E. JINKtNS. Horn Pen, Choctow Co., Miss., Feb. 1853. To Ascertain A Horse’s Age.—Every horse has six teeth above and below. Before three he sheds one or more on each side of the central teeth Between four and five the horse cuts his under tusk, at which time his mouth will be complete. At six, the groves will begin to fill up a little, at seven the groves and hol lows will be nigh filled up, except the corner teeth, leaving little brown spots where the dark brown spots formerly were. At eight, the whole of the hollows are filled up. At nine, ’her" in very often seen a small bill to the cor ner teeth ; the point of the tusk is worn off and the part that ia concave begins to fill up and be come rounding—the squares of the central teeth begin to disappear, and the gums leave them small and narrow at the top. Rain.— I'he Savannah News of the Sth inst. says: After a windy blustering day, during which the clouds above and the dust below were whirled and driven in every direction, the sky became completely overcast a little before sun set, and shortly after dark last night a gentle, steady rain set in, which continued falling to a late hour when this paragraph was written, giv ing fair promise of continuing all night. Al ready water has fallen sufficient to wet the parched earth, and to revive the languishing vegetation. We sincerely trust that the rain may be ample, and that it may extend through out our section of country where it has for some weeks past been greatly needed. We bear from the neighborhood of Springfield that there was a fine shower of rain there yester day. It win much wanted in that county where the crops have suffered much from the long drought. Rain.—At tbis present writing the heavens are pouring upon us a most acceptable rain. For some forty-eight hours past the skies have indicated its coming, but we feared a disappoint ment. The earth is drinking it in apparent luxury, “ it falls In anxioushaste Upon the sun-dried fields and heated air, Loosening with searching drops the rigid waste, As if it would each root’s lost strength repair.” [Savannah Georgian, !>lh inst. Look-out Mountain —Exorbitant Fare.— In company with a few friends, we recently paid a visit to the top of Look-out Mountain. Our partv consisted of one carriage, two buggies,and two horses. Near the foot of the mountain we crossed a rickety bridge over a small creek, and at the top, wo passed through a gate—our fare in the way of toll was only five dollars and fifty cents. ft is very just that visitors should pay a reasonable fare, but such exorbitant charges amount to an imposition which the people should not tolerate.— Rome Southerner, sth inst. Farming.—Our friend Thos. S. Price,bids fair to be very successful this year in raising cotton. We were shown by him the other day some stalks of a very advanced growth for this season i of the year.— lb. i (From the Cassville Standard.] Decisions ofthe Supremo Oourt. No. 1. Hollingshed, Adm’r Alston, from Lumpkin. 11. dying, leaves a will in th* tol lowing terms: “ I hereby bequeath and will un to my dear wife, Eliza Caroline Hollingshid, af ter the payment of my just debts, all rny estate, real and personal, consisting | Describing the. Property] in part, as follows : all of which land and negro slaves 1 do will unto my dear wife, Eliza Ca roline Hollingshed, during her natural lile, and at her death to dispose of the same in any man nershemay think proper; and I further be queath and will unto my said wife, my entire stock ol every description and kind, whatever, together with my household and kitchen furni ture and farming tools and implements,aad all other species of property, rights and credits, which may not be herein enumerated. 1 do most willingly and of my <wn free wit be queath unto my dear wile, Eliza Caroline,, Hol lingshed, by her to be used and disposed of she may think proper, for and to her own us* and benefit forever. Ido hereby constitute and ap point my dear wife, Eliza Caroline Hollingshed, my executrix of my last will and testament. I do further will, that my intentions specified in this my last will amt testament, be carried out, and not prevented lor any want of any teehnical form.” . Held that the widow takes under the Will an absolute estate, saving the power of alienation during her life. No. 2. Wm. Henderson, plaintiff in emit, vs. Wm. P. Hackney, et. al def’ts. This wgs an action of Ejectment brought originally in Mur. ray county, and afterwards transferred to Whit field county—against Wm. Hackney, Fred- Thompson, Mitchel Benhett. Joshua Wyman, Wrn. B. Cone and James Morris, as tenants. &c.; subsequently, Absalom Holcomb was made a co-defendant, Holcomb died pending the writ. Held that inasmuch as the cause of action pro vided against theoiiginal defendants, that the plaintiff was entitled to proceed, withslrt mak ing the representative of Holcomb a party to the suit. No. 3. Ex Parte— Grenville & Batty, plain tiff’s in error, vs. Joseph J. Trammell and others, def’ts. Ca. Sa. Walker county. Charles E. Grenville; and Wm. H Batty, merchants tra ding under the firm of Grenville & Batty, ob tained a judgment and issued a ca. sa. against Joseph J. Trammell. The defendant being ar rested, gave n bond for his appearance at court, payable io Charles E. Grenville and Wm. H. Batty. The condition to which tha' Charles E. ffrenvitle and Wm. If ■T?hfrv, wete the party plaintiff, at whose instance this pre ceding had been instituted. Upon motion to enter up judgment against, the principal and his securities, the debtor having faded to appear to take the benefit ot the honest debtor’s oath. Held, that the obligers were estopped by the receival in the bond from denying that the obligees were the proper party to whom the bond should have been given. Milner for the pl’ff in error. No. 4. Milner W. Brown, pl’ff in error, vs. John C. Greer, et. al. def’ts. Rule to pay over money Hail county. The act of 1839 requires that mortgages on personal property should be foreclosed in the county where the mortgagor resided, at the time the mortgage was executed, if resident within this State : Held, that under this statute, where the affi davit for foreclosure, made by the creditor, before the Judge of the Superior Court, and the man date by him to the clerk to issue execution, were in a different county, from the one in which the mortgagor resided; the proceeding was void and the fi. fa. could not claim mo ney. Peoples for the pl’ff in error, Dougherty & Hull, for dePt. No. 5. W. Dougherty, pl’ff in error vs. the Western Bank of Georgia. From Floyd. Ist. A demand of payment of a note payable on demand, need not be made as a condition pre cedent to a suit on such note : but if the note be paya'o\e at a certain place and time, on demand, the defendant may, by pleading and proving that he was ready at the time and place to pay it, relieve himself ot costs and damages. 2d. This rule is net applicable to banlt bills: as to them, a demand before suit is a nd?essary condition, if payable at a particular ttyie and pl ice ; alder if payable generally. 3d. A bank bill payable al Rome is not suffi ciently specific as to place, to entitle the bank to a demand. 4th. The statute of limitations does not ap ply to bank bills. No. 6. Claim from Floyd county : The Geor gia R. R. & Banking Co., pl’ff in error, vs. Al fred Shorter, Claimant, def’t. Held that it.is the duty of the clerk of the Superior court to certify the bill of exceptions, as well as the trans cript of the record, and that failing to do so the writ of errors will be dismissed. McDonald for pl’ff in error, Alexander for def’t. No. 7. Mayor and Council of Rome, vs. John D. Dickerson. From Floyd. Ist. When a party is arrested under a ca. sa., and files his schedule for the purpose of taking the benefit of the act for the relief of honest debtors, and in the schedule returns certain drafts on the county treasury : held that it is not essen tial that the date of these drafts should be stated. 2d. On the trial of a suggestion ot fraud it.'such a case, a notified creditor of the party arrested is not a competent witness for the arresting gredi ,tor to prove fraud in the debtor. No 8. Wm. Cox, pl’ff in vs. Jesse Ber ry, dePt. From Gilmer. VV’bereWfi action-of ejectment is brought against comes in and is made Co-detgndapt, aiyl on the £rial to prove A. iir misses his action, and within Six months com mences against C. for the same land, and B. again comes in and is made Co-defeiiiliyit, and pending the first action the statuW*“of limita tions bad run against the plaintiff. Held, that the bar of the statute was prevent ed from attaching in favor of B. by the pending •of the first action. No 9. George W. Thompson, pl’ff in error, vs. Wm. L. High, def’t. From Murray. A party endorsing an unnegotiable note, may be sued by the holder in the form prescribed by the act of 1817,“to simplify and curtail pleadings.” Report of the Finance Committee. We have been kindly favored with a sight of this important document—or rather, of such por tions of it as have left the hands of the printer. The Committee seem to have gone about their work with systematic industry. The result is that we have now before us, a clear, accurate and conscientious statement of the fiscal affairs of the State of Georgia. The report is well digested, well arranged, and well expressed. The Com mittee deserve thanks for the manner with which they have performed ther important and perplexing duties. The condition ofthe Treasury is very plainly set forth. At the close of the fiscal year,ending on the 20th Oct., 1851, the Committee found in the Treasury, an ostensible b: lance of $423,415.- 45. We say an ostensible balance, for out of all this sum, the Committee found only $118(069.45. in available funds—the remaining portion being composed ol unavailable Bank Stocks, Railroad Scrip, etc. At the close of the fiscal year, ending Oct.. 1852 the receipts of the Treasury amounted to $1,142,405.27. Add to that sum the ostensible balance of 1851, and we have as the aggregate $1,565,120.72. During the same fiscal year, the total disbuisements amounted to $587,882.86. Ol this sum much the largest item was for the repair and equipment of the Western and Atlan tic Railroad—that item amounting t 05178,182 - 30. It will thus be seen that on the 20th of Oct., 1852, then remaining in the Treasury a balance of $967,9.37,86, Additional Receipts up to Dec. 13. 1852, increased this sum to $1,255,- 003.95. The disbursements from Oct. 20 to Dec. 13, 1852 reduced this balance to $736,470.- 23. Here again we encounter an ostensible bal ance. The available amount isonlys4lo.9ll.-,3. After the payment of few necessary expenses, we then find that the net cash balance in the Trea sury on the 13th. Dec., 1852, is $402,665.86. And this cash balance is made up as follows: Certificate of Deposit from Bunk of the State of Georgia, Savannah. .179.854.70 Do. do. from Augusta Insurance and Banking Co., Augusta, 57,167.53 On Deposit in the Bank ofthe Repub- lic, New York 32,758.24 Certificates of Deposit on various Banks, 23,611.81 Cash in Treasury Vault 110,073.50 $402,665.87 From statements presented by Walter H. Mitchell, Esq., State Treasurer, th* report the whole public debt outstanding on the 20th Oct., 1852, to be $2,132,472.22,—0f this amount $745,000 has been created by bonds is sued during the past year. These Bonds brought into the Treasury 757,522.72 —a fact which the Committee justly esteem highly flattering to the pecuniary character of the State. Our engage ments have all been promptly met, and through out the direst commercial revulsions, our credit lias never been shaken. The great mass of the public debt has been contracted in behalf of the Western be Atlantic Railroad, and the Commit tee feel satisfied that it has been wisely and profitably applied. • The Committee report at length upon the con dition of the Central Bank, and the W. & A. Railroad. The Commit’ee conclude after care ful deliberation that the whole of the Bond debt of the Central Bank, to wit: $.369,500 must be considered as added to the Public debt proper. The annual interest upon the State debt is about $170,000. The affairs of the W. be A. Railroad are con sidered with great care, and furnish by far, the most interesting portion of the report. We shall resume our consideration of the subjects treated by the Committee, at the earliest' opportunity. Meanwhile we return ourthaks to them for their clear and lucid exposition of our fiscal affairs.— Georgia Telegraph, 3d inst. A writer in Putnam remarks that nearly half the people in New York dine out every day in the week but Sunday—the gentlemen down town, and the ladies and children at (ome fash ionable Broadway saloon. A gentleman who wns in New York last week, says he counted one hundred and seventy-live ladies dining at one limo in one of the fashionable Broadway saloons. There was any quantity of livery car riages standing in front ol the door. Our New York friends are getting almost as bad as the French, in deserting their homes. Augusta ano Waynesboro’ Railhoad.— We learn that the Augusta and Waynesboro’ Railroad has been completed some distance be yond Briar Creek, to which point the cars com menced running on Monday last, thus shorten ing the staging about seven miles. Passengers leaving Savannah in the morning reach Augus ta shortly after dark the same evening. The stages leave Augusta at 6 A. M. and their pus sengers arrive in Savannah at 6 P. M. K B epublir. AUGUSTA, (JEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1353. Terms of Subscription. Daily Paper, per annum, in advance... .$8 00 Tri-Weekly 5 00 Weekly, per annum in advance 2 00 If paid witbin the year 2 50 At the end of the year 3 00 above terms will be rigidly enforced. Bank of St. Mary’s. The bills ofthe Bank of St. Mary’s under five dollars, and the change bills of J. G. Winter, are still taken at par at this office. Subscribers writing to request their pa pers changed to another Post-office, will please be particular to state the office to which the paper is now sent. n.'T” Postmasters are requested to notify us promptly in all cases when our papers are not taken from the office. Railroad Connection between Milledgeville and the Georgia Railroad. We await with some anxiety the action of the parties interested in the suggested connec tion of Milledgeville with the Georgia Railroad. The citizens of Hancock and Bald win were to be represented in a meeting at Sparta on the. 3d inst., to discuss the question whether Hancock was to be connected by Railroad with the Central,or the Georgia Railroad. That an earnest determination exists on the part of the people of Hancock to accomplish one or the other ofthese results, there can be no doubt. That they will succeed there is as little doubt. It remains for the citizens of Augusta, and for the other inter ests involved to decide whether a Railroad by a direct route from Milledgeville to the Georgia Railroad is or is not of sufficient importance to rouse them up to the necessary exertion to secure it. We hope steps have been.or will betaken to bring the subject prominently before the stock holders of the Georgia Railroad next week at their annual meeting, and that it will commend itself to the good will and aid of that powerful corporation. If a road should be constructed from Milledge ville to Warrenton, it will place Augusta and Charleston in a more direct connection with Montgomery and New Orleans than is afforded by any other route. Any one who will examine the map must see that this road would necessari ly command the through trade both ways and ob tain the preference for transporting the great U. S. Mail. The way freight and travel would also furnish a heavy and lucrative business To reach tfie seat of government from Augusta by Railroad, even after the completion of the Au gusta and Waynesboro’ Railroad, it will be ne cessary to travel 160 miles, whereas by the pro posed route the distance will not exceed 92 miles. Those citizens living between the Geor gia Railroad and the Savannah River and whose nearest point to Milledgeville en the line of that Road, is at or near Warrenton, cannot now reach that city by Railroad without travelling around by Atlanta and Macon —about 270 miles. By the proposed route they would reach Mil ledgeville by a Railroad 40 or 45 miles in length. To the entire eastern and north eastern portion of Georgia, the proposed Railroad would furnish a much shorter access to Milledgeville than is afforded by any other existing route. To. Augusta the advantages derivable from such a Road are most important and desirable It would bring back to this city a large amount of trade she once enjoyed, and that without it, must be forever lost to her. It will also give to her a chance for trade with Macon and points beyond that city. Augusta has al ways been with the people of Middle Georgia a favorite market for the sale of Cotton and the purchase of family and plantation supplies.— Nothing but Railroad connections with other cities could ever have enticed away any of "Ker' fSrme'r ~ Even now a &nall wagon trade is kept up direct between Mil ledgelle and Augusta, although there is a Rail road communication the whole way between the former city and Savannah. Cotton is still wagoned to Augusta from along the line of the Central Railroad through Washington and Jef ferson counties. When the Plank Road to these counties is completed this wagon trade will be greatly increased. With such evidences of a de sire to trade with Augusta, our citizens will be blind to their interests if they do not put forth some earnest efforts to secure the trade inviting ly open to their enterprise. If a Railroad is extended from the Georgia Railroad to Milledgeville we feel authorized to assert that 40.000 bales of Cotton will be trans ported annually over it to this market. The entire county of Hancock, the northern half of Washington, portions of Wilkinson, Baldwin and Jones and the eastern half of Putnam would make Augusta their market for the sale of their cotton and the purchase of goods. Such a Road would be a successful competitor for much trade that now has convenient access to Savannah by the Eatonton and Milledgeville, and the Mil ledgeville and Gordon Roads. Savannah cannot be too highly commended for her energy and perseverance in encouraging connections with her great Railroad, and that Road has shown enlightened forecast in the policy it has pursued in aiding those roads, sub scribing to the stock, and in some cases equip ping them, running them under its own sched ule, and consolidating the stocks with its own. That this policy, so successful thus far, will be continued by Savannah and the Central Road, we cannot doubt. The proposition is now before them, to ex tend the benefits of this policy to the people of Hancock. It is asked of the Central and Georgia Railroads, respectively, to consent to consolidate with its own capital stock, the stock of a com pany which shall build a road to it from Han cock county. The action of the Central Road, in reference to the Eatonton Road, indibhtes that it may do the same with the people of Han cock. Now. if this be good policy for the Central Road, how much more pre-eminently is it the policy ol the Georgia Railroad, to do this with a company that shall build a road from Milledge ville to Warrenton? It will greatly benefit Augusta as a city. Augusta is a large stockholder in the Georgia Railroad,and we invoke the inter position of its influence as a stockholder, to ac complish this result. The RailrUau eouipany will not lose by the operation. It will be a gainer by it I Let it declare its willingness to consolidate such a road when completed, with its own, and that declar ation will secure the building ofthe road. It will encourage citizens on the route to make liberal subscriptions. It will invite capital from other States to it as a desirable investment. The stock, it will be universally understood, will be at par—probably at a premium the day the road is finished, and turned over to the Directors and Company of the Georgia Railroad. This fact, will at once swell the subscription list to the desire l amount. The Georgia Railroad company would be a gainer by it. 'fhat company, having already an organized corps of officers, having the neces sary equipment in engines, freight and passen ger cars, having mechanics,and workshops com plete in all departments, could make more clear profit on the business of the new road, than that road could as a separate company. But the business of such a road, even under a separate organization,would make it profitable stock. This we have no hesitation in asserting. We are satisfied that the proposition will bear the test of investigation. If this be true then, it would by the proposed consolidation, come into the hands ol the Georgia Railroad company at a less cost than if organized and run separately, and it would make more clear profit, because it would cost less to run it. Under this arrangement, a smaller amount of capital invested, would yield a larger nett reve nue than could be realized by a distinct organi zation. Whether this amount would beß,9, 10 11 or 12 per cent., w'e will not consume time now by a detailed calculation. The length of the road and its probable cost, are the important points on which must turn the question of probable nett profits These points cannot be discussed at the end of this al ready too long article, but will require separate eonsideration- Repudiation. The inviolability of the public faith is a prin ciple, both of expediency and of virtue, held sacred by al! communities, States and nations emulous of the respect and confidence of the civilized world. This is the true basis and only sure foundation of public credit. “ Public Credit,” says Junius, “ is to the .State, what his plumage is to the eagle. It not only adorns the royal bird, but sustains his flight. Deprive him of it, and you fix him to the earth.” These remarks are suggested by the recent action of the City Council of Augusta, in refe rence to its subscription ot $20,000 to the Augusta South-Western Plank Road. We are reluctant to apply the harsh term of Repudiation to the act by which the subscrip tion to the Stock is attempted to be annulled. But what term less harsh, will htly describe the act by which Council attempts to get rid of the plain,undeniable, deliberate contract, which of its own voluntary motion it entered into with its co-stockholders in that Road. We say “ at tempts to get rid of,” because the rescinding re solution is but an attempt, and a vain one if the Plank Road Company chose to compel the city to stand up to its contract. The city is legally, as well as morally bound to comply with the terms of its subscription, and so it would be de termined it the question were ever brought to a judicial decision. The facts of the case are simply these : On the 2d day of April, the City Council of Augusta, passed the following resolution : Resolved, That the City Council of Augusta, subscribe to twenty thousand dollars woith of’ stock in the South-Western Plank Road. In pursuance of this resolution, his Honor the Mayor, subscribed in black and white, in his own proper handwriting, to 200 shares of stock upon the books of the Company. Thus was solemnly consummated the contract between the city and its co-stockholders. At a subsequent meeting of Council, May 7th, the following resolution was passed : Resolved, That the subscription by the City Council ot twenty thousand dollars to the South- Western Plank Road Company, on the 2d dav ot April last, be withdrawn for the present, un til the route ofthe road be established and, until the Council be allo wed a voice in the direction equal to the interest which the Council has in the stock of said Company. It is proper to state, that between the subscrib ing and the repudiating resolution, an election intervened. The first was passed by the old; the second by the new board. This fact, however, makes no sort of difference as to the legal and moral obligations resting on the city. 1 The question arises, first, was there any fraud, misrepresentation,or mistake, practiced or exist ing, by means of which, the subscription was obtained. If so, there might be some pretext for the sub sequent action of Council. But nothing of the kind is alleged. Nothing of the kind exists. The facts furnish no justification of this character for the repudiation. It may also be asked, di 1 Council act under any false information upon the subject, and have subsequent disclosures or investigation devel oped a state of things, which would have pre vented or qualified the subscription, had it been known in time? Noteven this, has been or can be alleged. The Council on the day it subscribed for the stock had as much information in refer ence to the expediency of the subscription, as it had when ft rescinded its subscription. We do not propose here to discuss the expedien cy of the subscription in the first instance. We are prepared to do so, and to vindicate it at the proper time. But expedient or inexpedient, the honor and good laith of the city imperiou ly demand thatthe city should not capriciously flinch from its contract—repudiate its solemn engage ment. No community can trifle with its pligh ted faith with impunity. Its credit at home and abroad, must be the sufferer and pay the penalty. One single act of bad faith will neutralize the honest toils of a whole generation to build up a sound credit, and the penalty will weigh heavi ly and disastrously like a leaden cloud upon the generation to come. We could point totheex perience of several citiesand States of this con federacy, which have suffered,and some of which still suffer, under such an incubus. The escutcheon of Augusta, has hitherto been fair and stainless. May it be spared the blemish which the inconsiderate action of the Council would place upon it. The Council should re consider that action and reverse it. We trust that on a deliberate view of the question, anJ ts consequences, they will do so ; for we do not or a moment, entertain the thought, that any citizen entrusted with a seat at boaid, can be indiferent to the good faith ol the city involved in the question. If it was important that the route should be lo cated before the subscription was made, Council should have given that consideration due weight, and declined to subscribe while the route was still undetermined. Isa representation in the Board of Directors was so desirable, that without it the subscrip tion was inexpedient, Council should have made that a condition precedent, or annexed that con dition to its subscription. But it is too late to raise the objection after the unqualified sub scription was formally made. The fact is, that as yet, the route is not loca ted. Several routes have been surveyed, and the selection from among them is to be submitted to the stockholders. The Council was informed by the President of the Company that if it stood up as it ought to do to its con tract, it would have a potent voice in the selec tion, by reason of its large subscription. And this, it seems to us, would have bepfi a more po litic course, unless the covert design of the res cinding resolution was to shirk out of the sub scription, reserving an objection to the route when selected as the pretext for doing so. The desire of the Council to be represented in the direction, it is quite probable, would have been acceded to, had it been preferred in its character of a stockholder subscribing on equal terms with the other stockholders. It would still be policy in the Company to accede to it, if on rnaturer consideration, Council stands up fairly to its contract. There can be no doubt that the ability and the will exist among individual citizens to subscribe an ample amount to build the road. It will be built whether the city aid or not; but in view of the great value of this road to the trade and prosperity of the city, and still more in view of the plighted faith of the city, it is to be hoped that the original subscription of $20,000 will be renewed. The enterprise deserves this mani festation ot public good will and confidence, and the public voice, if fairly tested, would probably accord it. But whether it would be a good investment with a view solely to accruing dividends, or to its incidental bAiefits, is not now the question. It is a question of contract and public faith. Jackson County Resolutions. We publish with pleasure, the resolutions of the Jackson county Democratic meeting. Their conciliatory and patriotic sentiments augur the happiest results, and are worthy at all praise. We understand that the best spirit prevails among the supporters of the Administration in that strong democratic county, and that they will come together harmoniously at the ballot box. Refreshing Showers. After a long and distressing drought, our city was visited on Sunday afternoon, and again on Sunday night, with refreshing showers, which laid the dust and cooled the air. The rain was however, not sufficient for agricultural purposes, and much more is needed. We learn that there have been copious rains in some sections of the up-country. Serious Accident. We regret to state that on Sunday evening, about 8 o’clock, Mr. George Roberts, Press man of this office, fell from the second story of our composing room, on the pavement, frac tuting his skull just above the right eye, and breaking his left arm, and dislocating his wrist. His recovery is doubtful. Rain.—For five weeks past (says the Colum bus Times of the 6th inst.,) we have been suf fering for rain in this section of country—some damage was done to the growing crops by the long drought, and our city was rendered almost uninhabitable by the dust. On Wednesday morning, however, we were blest with copious showers of rain ; the dust is effectually laid at present, and every green thing rejoices in the bright sunshine which has succeeded. A pious riend suggests that the rain was sent in answer to prayers read in one of our churches on the preceding Sabbath. The Albany Patriot of the 6th . instant says : *• We had a fine rain on Wednesday, which we learn was general, and probably extended over the State. The weather is now pleasant. The health of the country is good.” The Courier of the Bth instant says: Yester day there was not a single bale of Cotton sold in the Savannah market. Reunion of the Democratic Party in Walton County. Agreeable to previous appointment, a large number of the Democratic party of Walton county, convened at the Court House, on Tues day, the 3d instant, for the purpose of selecting four suitable persons as Delegates to represent said county in the approaching Gubernatorial Convention, to be held in Milledgeville on Wednesday, the 15th of June next, to nominate a candidate for their party to run lor Governor of the State. On motion of Dr. Briscoe, Esq., the meeting was organized by calling Orion Stroud. Esq., to the Chair, and requesting John P. Edwards to act as Secretary. 'l'he object of the meeting having been explained, on motion of Hon. J’unius Hillyer, a Committee of five was ap pointed by the Chair to select Delegates to the Convention and to present any other matter deemed necessary for the consideration of the meeting. The Committee appointed, were as follows, viz: Hon. Junius Hillyer, John H. Kilgore, Jesse H. Arnold, Leonard B. Hayes, and Henry W. Sheats, Esqs. The Committee having retired for a short time, returned and reported to the meeting, through their Chairman, Judge Hillyer, the fol lowing resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Ist. Resolved, That we approve the principles set forth in the platform ofthe Democratic Balti more Convention of June last, and in the Inau gural address of President Pierce, and that, we will give the administration of our illustrious Chief Magist rate our cordial support. 2d. Resolved. That the triumph and ascen dency ofthe principles above referred to. can be but secured by co-operating with the National . Democratic party; and that we may in the most efficient manner unite with our friends through out the State, who concur with us in the above sentiments, vze will send delegates to repre sent Walton county in the Democratic Conven tion to assemble in Milledgeville in June next. 3d. Resolved, That Junius Hillyer, Wilkins S. Ivey, Harrison 1.. Williamsand Jonathan Still, Esqs., be appointed to represent this county in said Convention, and that each of said Delegates who may be unable to attend, may appoint some suitable person as bis substitute. 4th. Resolved, That the Secretary of this meet ing be requested to send a copy of the proceed ings to the Constitutionalist of Augusta, Ga., and the Mountain Signal for publication, and that the other Democratic papers be requested to copy. On motion of John H. Kilgore, Esq.— Resolved, That the Democratic party of each Militia District be requested to send four Dele gates to meet at the Court House in Monroe, on the Ist Tuesday in July next, in county Con vention, to nominate a candidate for Senator and two Representatives to be run for the next Leg islature. In response to a sudden and enthusiastic call, Hon. Junius Hillyer eloquently addressed the meeting. Col. Lucillous H. Briscoe was also call ed upon and delivered a brief, but appropriate ad dress. On motion the meeting then adjourned, sine die. Orion Stroud, Chairman. John P. Edwards, Sec’y. Democratie Meeting in Campbell County. A pertion of the Democratic party of Campbell county, met in the Court House, at Campbell ton on the 3d inst. On motion, Col. Thos. A. Latham was call to the Chair, and R. C. Beavers was requested to act as Secretary. The object of the meeting was explained by the Chairman, which was to appoint Delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention shortly to as semble in Milledgeville, and also Delegates to | the Congressional Convention shortly to assem | ble in Newan. On motion, the Chairman appointed the fol i lowing gentleman as a Committee to recom- I mend two suitable persons as Delegates to ■ ; the Gubernatorial Convention, namely. James F. Nelson, W. Siliman and W. McLevin, and .! the following gentlemen as a committee, to re -1 commend three suitable persons as delegates from each Militia District to represent said county’ in ' I the Congressional Convention, shortly to assem j ble in Newnan, viz: W. F. Divin, Stephen ■ : Baggett, Wm. M. Allen, Col. Benj. Camp and 1 G/W. Silvey. 1 \ The Committee on the Gubernatorial Conven ' i tion, after a short absence, recommended the • i names of RobertC. Beavers, and L. Benj. Watts, ; and in case of failure ot either Delegate, W. F. Divin. which was confirmed by the meeting. I The Committee for the Congressional Con ' ; vention recommended the following persons as > Delegates from the respective Districts, viz: Campbellton District—Wm. B. Swan, Joseph B. Camp and Jas. F. Nelson. ! Chestnut Log District—W. Siliman, John ' James and Stephen Baggett. Dark Corner District—Ezekiel Polk, Sami. , R. Hartsfull and James W. McClarty. Pumpkin Town District—Joseph G. Gibson, Isaac Garrett and Benj. Camp. i Good’s District—Wesly Camp, B. F. Wat- , kins and Arthur Huchinson. ' McClennis District—W. F. Divin, Wm. j McClennis and S. B. Watts. Old Ninth—G. W. Silvey, Andrew Smith t | and Bedford Duck. [ i Sand Town District—James M. Caretull, John M. Wood, John McWilliams. i Which was confirmed by the meeting. Ou motion, orde-ed that the Chairman and j Sn*etarjj t * l> ‘ «.»Eihe iqeetiug . ana have tnem published in the Democratic pa pers in the State. T. A. Latham, Chairman. R. C. Beavers. Sec’y. Democratic Meeting in Jackson County. ’ Pursuant to previous notice, a meeting of the supporters of the administration of President Pierce, cotisisting of the two wings of the De mocratic party of Jackson county, and all those whig?, who are willing to support the adminis tration. was held in the Court House at Jeffer son, on Tuesday, the 3rd inst, for the purpose of re-organizing the party and oppointing delegates to the approaching Gubernatorial Convention. On motion, tl.e meeting was organized by calling Maj Thomas J. Bowen to the Cbair, and appointing William T. Millican, Secretary. The object of the meeting was briefly explain ed by S. P. Thurmond, Esq., When, on motion of Robt. White, Esq., the Chair appointed a Committee of twelve, consis ing of six from each wing of the party.as follows : Robt. White, Peter E. McMillan, John Flani gan, Abner M. Reynolds, Samuel Hunter, Mans i field Hinton, S. P. Thurmond, Robt. Moore, ; William P. Miller, Willis Webb, Alfred Smith and A. B. Pittman, to prepare matter for the | consideration of the meeting. ; The Committee retire I, and after a short ab -1 sence repotted the following Preamble and Re i solutions, which were unanimously adopted, to i wit | The Committee appointed to report matter for i the consideration of this meeting, are of opinion I that there is abundant cause of congratulation in j view of the present and prospective state of the Democratic party. At the helm of affairs, stands a pilot, good and true, whose whole lite is a guar antee for the faithful discharge of whatever du ties may be required ot him. Elevated to the position he now occupies, by the spontaneous voice ot the people in token of their approbation of his past course, —and in full confidence of his future usefulness, we rejoice in the consideration, that however much the enemies of Democracy may either covertly or openly seek to lessen its influence, or sow the seeds of discord among its supporters, the name of Franklin Pierce will be a watchword,sufficiently potent to rouse to the rescue the friends of Liberty,the Constitution and the Union. And whereas, the time is fast approaching when the people of this county will be called on, through their delegates in Convention, to aid in selecting a candidate tor Governor; and whereas, it is also necessary and proper, before going into the campaign, that the party should he properly organized, and the principles gov ering it, plainly and distinctly defined. There fore Resolved, That we will give to President Pierce our cordial and hearty support. Resolved, That in his inaugural addresii, we recognize the sentiments of a profound stateman and an unflinching patriot. Resolved, That we hereby adopt the Baltimore DeuHMiratia nlallorm ol' -1852. and the principles 1 avowed in the inaugural address of President Pierce, as our principles ; and so long as he shall adhere to said principles, we will support his ad- ( ministration. Resolved, That it is our desire, that the Demo cratic party shall be re-organized on terms of , perfect equality; and that an entire oblivion of ] past strife and differences shall take place; and we most cordially invite all those patriotic whigs, who are willing to support the adminis- i tration, to unite with us. , Resolved. That it is right and proper, that the I Democratic party of this county, be represented i in the approaching Convention at Milledge- i ville. Resolved, That we recommend the following I gentlemen, to wit: Wm. P. Miller, Robert White, R. J. Park, and John Flanigan, as dele gates to attend the Convention to be held at 1 Milledgeville, on the 3d Monday in June next, 1 for the purpose of nominating a candidate for ] Governor. Resolved, That should any vacancy occur, the ! delegate failing, shall select another to fill his vacancy. 1 Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet- 1 ing be signed by the Chairman and Secretary,and j sent to the Constitutionalist & Republic, and Athens papers, with a request to publish. The meeting adjourned sine die. 1 Thomas J. BoweN, Chairman. ‘ William T. Millican, Secretary. Democratic Mooting in Gwinnett. ( A portion ofthe Democratic party of Gwinnett county, met at the Court-House, at Laurence- t ville, on the 3d inst. Thompson Allan, Esq, 1 was called to the Chair, and Henry P. Thomas 1 requested to act as Secretary. < The object of the meeting was explained by 1 Col. Hutchens, which was the appointment of delegates to the approaching Convention, to be < held in Milledgeville in June next, for the pur- . pose of nominating a suitable candidate to be j run by said party for Governor of this State. Whereupon Ihe names of James P. Simmons, Kenan T. Terrell and Henry P. Thomas’ 1 were proposed, who were unanimously chosen ' delegates to represent this county. It was moved and carried that the meeting’s proceed ngs be published in the Constitutionalist i d- Republic, after which,the meeting adjourned. i Thompson Allan, Chairman. Henry P. Thomas, Secretary. Democratic Meeting in Hancock Oounty. At a meeting of the Democratic party of Han cock county, convened at the Court House, in Sparta, on 3d May, Mark Johnston was called to the Chair, and Alpheus B. Buckncy, request ed to act as Secretary. On motion of Andrew J. Lane, a committee of three be appointed to report to the meeting the names of suitable persons to represent the county in the ensuing Gubernatorial Conven tion, to be held in Milledgeville on the third Wednesday in June next. The Chairman ap pointed the following as the committee, to wit: Andrew J. Lane, Lafayette Ingraham, and John W. Allen. The committee, after a short deliberation, re turned and reported the loliowing names as del gates : Lafayette Ingraham, Mark Johnston, and William Rushing, Jr., which report was unani mou ly adopted, and the delegates authorized to fill all vacancies. It was then resolved that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Constitutional ist be Republic, and Federal Union. On motion of Col. H. Sandford, the meeting then adjourned. Mark Johnston, Chairman. Alphkus B. Bucknkt, Secretary. Hailroad Meeting in Gwinnett. A large number of the citizens of Gwinnett county, assembled in the Court House at Lau renceville to-day, for the purpose ot considering the expediency of constructing a Railroad from that place, to connect with some point on the Georgia Road, under a Charter granted by the Legislature at its last session. A few ofthe citizens o! Walton and Newton counties were present also, and participated in the meeting. On motion, Col. Hutchens was called to the Chair, and T. W. Alexander, requested to act as Secretary. The object of the meeting was explained by the Chair, upon taking his seat. D. H. Walker, Esq., of Monroe, representing the views of the people in that vicinity, urged at some length, the propriety of running the Road through that place to the Circle. On motion of Major Winn— Resolved, That Nathan L. Hutchens. Robt. B. Camp, Samuel T. Alexander, Burton Cloud, and James M. Cfordon, Commissioners named in th» , act, incorporating the Laurenceville Railroad Co., or a majority of them, proceed under this act, to organize the same, and open books for the subscription of Stock as soon as possible. Resolved, That when the meeting adjourn, it be to meet again on Thursday, the 2d day of June next, to receive the Report ot the Commis sioners. and further, that the citizens of Forsyth, Cherokee, Lumpkin, Union, Rabun, Habersham, j Jackson and Hall, together with the citizens of Walton and Newton, be requested to meet with us at that time, as well as all other persons, who feel an interest in the Road. Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings be sent to tne Recorder, Constitutionalist & Re public, Savannah Republican, and Southern Banner for insertion, and that other papers, friendly to the cause, be requested to copy. N. L. Hutchens, Chairman. T. W. Alexander, Secretary. May 3,1853. Later from Texas. By the arrival at New Orleans, of the U. S. Mail steamship Louisana, Capt. Smith, the Pic ayune has Galveston dates to the 29th ult. The Trinity river was rising and in good navigable condition, with little cotton remain ing on its bank for shipment. John A. Satterwhite, of Waco, McLennan county, has been shot while under arrest, by a man named Jackson. Satterwhite had previ ously attempted the life of Jackson, and after wards shot a Mr. Sevier, for which latter offence he was placed in the custody of the sheriff'. He is described as a desperate character, whom the citizens had proposed to try by lynch law. Gen. M. Hunt has left Galveston for New Orleans, in order to endeavor to secure the ad vantages ot united action in the railroads which will centre in Fulton, Ark., western frontier. Gen. Hunt and his associates have determined to run the Central Railroad from Galveston to that point in as nearly a direct line as possi ble. The News says: By direction of Professor Forshey, Mr. Tip ton Walker has now’ completed the survey ot the road from Virginia Point to Harrisburg, on an rir line, the distance being a fraction over thirty-six miles, and the course north 39 deg. west. The ground for the whole distance is nearly a dead level, to all appearance, to within a few hundred yards of Harrisburg. Scarcely any expense of grading will be required. The only obstruction is Clear Creek, which will be crossed very easily as the banks are firm, and being within tide water, where is no overflow, and but a trifling change of elevation from the ebb and flood tides, the bridge will not have to be raised much above the ordinary level of the prairie. Professor Forshey, with the assistance of Mr. Walker, is now engaged in taking the level, and will soon be ready to make a full re ■ port. . /The use of thieT’andrama ofTexas ah<F Cffli-* " fornia, which has been exhibiting in Texas for some time, has been tendered by the proprietor, Mr. Sala, to a committee to give a representa tion for the commencement ot a fund to erect a monument on the battle field of San Jacinto. A meeting of the stockholders of the Galves ton and Red River Railroad Company has been called for the 18th inst., at Houston, for the elec tion of a Board of Directors. A call is also ma d for th^payment of 10 per cent, ot the subscrip tions. This looks like goifig to work in earnest. The News says in relation to this road : This call for the payment of installments looks a little business-like, and is calculated to banish the skepticism which has prevailed to some ex tent in regard to this enterprise. We now learn thatthe work has been steadily and uninterrupt edly progressing since its commencement. The first step taken by the engineer. Theodore F. Kosse, Esq., was to make a preleminary survey from Warren on the Brazos to the city of Hous ton ; after which ISj miles, from the Brazos timber to Hamblin’s, was surveyed and leveled • and uow upwards of ten miles is completely graded and ready for the ties. The hands now at work will be able to complete the grading as far as Hamblin’s, by the Ist of J'une. B We learn that some of the heaviest stockhold ers of this company in New York, namely, Messrs. Erastus Conring, W. S. McAlpin, Levi S. Chatfield, Gen. O. C. Clark, and perhaps others, are expected in this city next week, or in time for the organization of the company,’ ac cording to the notice now given. A theatrical company, headed by Messrs. Donaldson & Crocker,and composed of mem bers ofthe Varieties troupe in this city, is short ly expected in Galveston. The theatre is being fitted up anew. A Rei.io of Navigation.—A writer in the New Haven Palladium says, that the identical cylinder belonging to the old steamship “ Savan nah,” the first that ever crossed the Atlantic, is in the Allaire Works of N. York, and will be exhibited at the Crystal Palace, side by side with one of the most approved construction of the present time, to show the contrast. Frost in Mississippi.—The Jackson Mis sippian says there was a slight frost on the morning of the 18th ult., which resulted in great damage to the cotton crop in that and adjoining counties. The Mississippian understands that many planters have been obliged to plant over again. * Clark Mills, Esq.—A buffalo, elk, and two wild horses arrived on the freight train at Pitts burg, on Friday night, for the celebrated sculp tor, Clark Mills, Esq. They are intended to serve as models for a sculptural design. A cargo of cotton was recently exported from Paraguay. It was shipped by the first Trinidad steamer that bad ascended the Parana. E arthqvakb in Washington.—The Wash ington Republic says a “ a slight earthquake was experienced in that city, at twenty minutes past nine o’clock, on Monday morning, continuing for a few moments only. But few persons were conscious of it.” They were probably office holders. The Savannah Republican, of the 6th instant says: The Episcopal Convention lor the Dio cese of Georgia, assembled at Christ Church, in this city, yesterday morning. No business of importance was transacted, beyond the mere organization of the Convention. To-day, the Bishop’s annual address will be delivered and the parochiahreports read. Arthur Spring, when his death warrant was read to him on Monday, not only charged the commission of the murder of the two females upon his son, but also charged him with stealing the money in New York, for which he (the now convict) was sent to Sing Sing prison. Upon being asked as to his confession in regard to the murder of Rink, he said he had made the state ment to the foreman of the Grand Jury, which was published in the newspapers, but that ; a had done so to mislead him; that as he had I een falsely charged with two murders, he thougl t hs might as well confess to a third; but that in point of fact he had never seen Rink, or been in his store upon any occasion, and that he knew noth ing about the umbrella which was said to belong to Regan. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Charleston College, held on Saturday morning, Professor F. S. Holmes was unanimously elected Professor of Natural History, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Bachman. Louisiana.—This State has subscribed $1,600,- 000 to the stock of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company. 1,200,- 000 to the stock of the Opelousas Railroad Com pany, and SBOO,OOO to the Vicksburgand Shreve port Railroad Company, in all $3,600,000. — Columbus Times, 6th instant. Boston, May 4. Constitutional Convention.— The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention assembled this morn ing. The Whigs have nominated Ex-Governor Briggs for President, and the coalition the Hon, N. P. Banks.