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About Weekly Georgia constitutionalist and republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1851-185? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1854)
Mqmhlir BY J GARDNER. S '■* AUGUSTA. GA. WlllfX ILSDA’I. NOV 29 Money Wanted. The approaching State Fair will bring many persons to our city from various portions ot this State and South Carolina. We hope all of our debtors who come, or who have neighbors com. ing to the city, will bear us in mind and bring or remit the little sums respectively due us. Never before was so much money due this office, and never before was it as much needed. The Fair at Augusta—Health of our City We hope to see a large attendance from every part of Georgia, and from the adjoining States, at the approaching State Fair, which commences on 1 Monday, the 4th of December. Our Hotels and Boarding Houses are in fine order and well kept, r and preparations are being made in every depart- t ment of business to make the city attractive to strangers. The Fair Grounds also will be in condition to extend ample accommodations to all ( exhibitors and visitors. Convenient arrange- I ( ments ate in readiness to convey persons, at rea- j j souable rates, 25 cents to, and from the Fair j ( Grounds. I ( Let not the public be deceived and deterred j from visiting us, by the false reports in circula- | tion at a distance, in regard to the health of our 1 city. It is the impression in some quarters, that S the Yellow Fever is still prevailing among us— 1 We were shown a letter yeterday, from Penfield, 1 dated 23d inst., stating that it was reported there 1 that there were twenty new cases of Yellow Fe- 1 ver in Augusta, and several deaths of that dis- t ease—that a number of medical students had left I the city, and the class attending the Lectures was about breaking up. Nothing can Ire more un- ■ I true. The fever has wholly ceased as an epi- r demic, not a single case has occurred among those ! who have not been exposed to it prior to frost | § and there is not the slightest danger of person ! e taking the disease, who now visit us. Our at- ■j, mosphere is restored to its former purity, and is I as safe as it could be at midwinter. There may e be a few cases lingering with us, where persons t j were exposed during the summer, or returned p prematurely, and there have been one or two a deaths among that class. But this is no reason v why our city may not be visited with entire im punity. , f The report about the Medical College is equal- !i ly false. We are informed that no students have b left. On the contrary, the class is daily increas- r ‘ ing. I 1 In order to show how little cause for alarm ex- 1 ists, we state that the Board of Health discon- 4 tinned its daily reports and meetings on the 6th 0 inst., at which time it reported one death from v Yellow Fever for the 24 hours preceding. There were, however, at that date several cases still un- 1 der treatment. We have ascertained from the s Sexton, that there has been in all since then, only » nine interments from that disease. Most of these j were eld cases, and all of them cases in which 1 the disease was contracted before frost. 1 The Late Northern Elections. The Southern Banner, after noticing the late Northern elections, says very truly, that the fol io wing lessons are to be learned from a survey of the whole field: Ist. That the Whig party, the old and respect- s able National organization which Mr. Clay so J long led, is utterly defunct and broken to pieces. , The National Intelligencer, and a few other old fogy prints rnay continue to cling with fondness to the name; but the hand writing is on the wall. 1 As a National party, it has fought its last battle, i and sleeps among the things of the past.-The • election in Massachusetts and Deleware show this beyond dispute. Not a single overthrow 1 has the Democracy sustained, that is even claim ed as a Whig triumph. 2d. The anti-slavery feeling has shown itself weaker than was supposed. That the Nebras- 1 ka Bill is at present unpopular at the North there < is no doubt; but the opposition to it has shown , itself powerful, only when in union with other ■ elements; never when opposed to them. The ' result in New York shows this. Analyse the vote—study the previous canvass, and it appears i that the great Nebraska issue was completely . overriden and covered up, by the higher excite ment, <. Temperance and Know-Nothir gism. 1 3d. The great democratic party remains in tact. Though defeated almost everywhere, it has closed up its ranks, and retired in good order. It will be ready, with fresh vigor, lor the next occasion. It has joined hands with no factious, it has embraced no fanaticisms. Firm, undaunt ed, doing battle on one side against abolitionism; ou another against the Maine Law tyranny ; on a third against the newly aroused spirits of reli gious persecution, holding aloft the banner or i the Constitution, and beating in the midst the sacred Aik of the Union; the glorious legions have left the field, defeated indeed, but undis mayed, and now lie in their encampment, only waiting for the strife sure to ensue between the incoherent and demoralised forces of the enemy, to return with flying colors and beating drums, to easy and certain victory. The triumph of the opposition, will be as fruit less, as it will be short. They will have the of the next House of Representatives, and will very probably pass, through that body some sufficiently wicked and absurd enactments; but the seriate will stand in the breach, as it has done many a time before, and will save the coun try from the consequences of its own mistakes. We may rest assured that nothing objectionable can become a law before that “sober second thought” so often referred to, shall have an op portunity of showing itself. The next Presiden tial election will be the test. At least three candidates will be in the field. A Democratic candidate on the old principles of the party and against a.I isms sectional or other ; a Northern candidate combining all the Northern isms, or as many ot them as can begot to unite ; and lastly a southern candidate, supgiorted by the Southern wing of the late Whig party, and standing on tne extreme southern sectional or “ etale rights” ground. Let every Democrat be ready for the earnest ; let every southern man weigh well the cont.qiiences of such a contest; let every lover ol me Union and the Constitution reflect how tnese priceless blessings can be best preserved. I he great Democratic party of the country de serves all the encomiums here bestowed upon it. Never before did it more signally display its in domitable nerve and devotion to its noble princi ples than in the storm of disasters that have swept over it. Never did it more completely vindicate its title of being “Ms Amidst the gloom of tho present hour, it looks • with undaunted and hopeful eye to the future l well knowing that it alone is the party of the Constitution, the Union, and of Republican prin ciples, and feeling assured that its defeat is but temporary. The dominant factions have no co herence of principle to keep them togelher.— They cannot long retain power, even by the stir ring up of furious passions, and aitful appeals to religious intolerance and to sectional prejudice;. To anticipate the permanence of such a triumph is to deny the intelligence of the American peo- I pie, and to despair of the Republic. The Union ! has survived many storms more threatening, and it will not be home down by the present ele- | ments of discord. In every nonslaveholding: State there is a firm and steadfast baud ot Demo- j crats hue to the Constitution, true to the rights i ol the States, as well as to the union of the States ! who will, as of old, in the next great contest, ral- I ly the people, misled for a time by passion, but I not utterly corrupted or debased thereby, to their time honored standard. The South wrll not be i blind to her true interests, or be at a loss to re- j cognize her true friends. She will stand by those j who have stood by her. Those who have suffer ed |iersecution for her sake, who have been pro scribed for voting with her in the National coun cils. and have been cloven down for their fideli ty to those principles of State Rights and strict construction, on which rest the ark of her safety so long as the Union endures, will aga n march rejoicing on with her to a common victory.| Mastin Bridewell was on yesterday elected a member of Council for the Fourth Ward, to fill the vacancy of John I. Donaldson. The Anderson Gazette and Southern Rights i Advocate have been consolidated by an arrange- i I ment satisfactory to all parties. Both papers : ; will be conducted under the name of the “Gazette ; ■ & Advocate.” Mr. Rice, the Editor of the Ad- | I vocate, retires, and Samuel G. Earle Esq., takes I' I the sole editorial control. i Santa Anna is said to be again so short of funds that he is making a staenuous effort to ne gotiate or anticipate thaspayment of the remain ing S 3 000,006 of the American indemnity, be fore the adjustment of the boundary, upon which it is contingent. The conscription for the pur- I pose of filling the ranks of the army is being ac- I tively carried on in the department of Vera j Cruz. The people are very loth to fight for Santa I Anna and many of the conscripts have to be i' .tied together until properly [placed in the bar-j racks. * ■ 1 1 nere are lorty establishments in the United | States engaged in the manufacture of locomotive ■ engines. These shops, it is estimated, turn out in busy times at least twelve hundred locomo- ‘ fives in a year. About nine thousand hands are ! employed, whose wages are about three million 1 five hundred thousand dollars per annum. The ' iron consumed exceeds forty-five thousand tons 1 annually. The value at the products of these 8 works is full ten million dollars per annum. 1 c A train on the Columbia railroad was thrown c trorn the track, twenty-four miles from Harris- ; burg, on Monday, and oue of the passenger cars t rolled down the embankment and was broken to r pieces, but providentially no one was killed, [ though several were severely injured. Among f them is the Rev. W. Wheat, a Baptist minister j of Harrisburg, who was hit on the back by a c water tank in the car. His spine is injured. t Arrest of an Absconding Bank Robber. * The Macon Journal & Messengeror yesterday *■ says that information has reached that city ol the ( arrest of Samuel D. Scovjl, Book keeper of the 1 Agency of the Marine Bank of Savannah, in Macon who absconded on the 29th ult., with ’a 1 large amount of its funds. The Journal & Mes- 1 senger has not been able to iearn any of the par- 1 ticulars of his arrest, either where, when, or iiow it was affected. Recruiting in England and Ireland.—The ( war appears to have so roused the old martial spirit in England, that recruits are obtained in j great numbers, without the least difficulty. A recruiting sergeant receives Ils. for every man ] j passing medical examination, and such is the readiness with which men join, that one recruit ing officer alone made £55 within three days, j The war enthusiasm is said to be even greater in Ireland than in England. Death of Hiram Aldrich. A large circle of friends have been called on to mourn the loss of this estimable gentleman, who | died on Saturday last in this city. His upright ■ deportment and strict integrity as a merchant ' and his social qualities and kindness of heart, had 1 won the esteem of all who knew him. He had • resided in this city nearly a quarter of a century, | and, now that he is summoned away, has left not i an enemy behind. He was a native of Smith- ; field, R. I. Horaicido at Hamburg. We understand that a man named Pass An derson was killed on last Saturday night by a pistol shot through the heart, fired by a man named William Murphy. Murphy absconder!. We understand that he was in this city yester day. Visit of Cadets to Augusta. We are pleased to learn that the Cadets of the Georgia Military Institute, under command of Major Brunby, will visit our city during the I State Fair, which commences next Monday.— | The President of the Georgia Rail Road with j commendable public spirit and liberality, has I consented to pass the Cadets over the Road free - of charge. Arrangements will be made, and | are in progress, through other gentlemen here I I for their accommodation while in the city. We ; I understand that Carrie’s lot, south of the Georgia | Rail Road Depot is selected for the Encamp- I ment. We had the pleasure of seeing at Milledge ville last winter this fine corps of young citizen soldiery. Their evolutions in Battalion drill as infantry, and also in artillery exercise showed admirable discipline, while their deportment when off duty, proved them to be young gentle men who duly feel the high obligations of morals and chivalry which their position imposes. We feel sure their visit will win for them the respect and admiration of this community, and of the large concourse of visitors who will be here. This will furnish those among us of mili tary tastes a pleasing treat, and no doubt propiti !ate public sentiment in favor of their flourishing institution—one of leading value and importance to our State. i Our volunteer corps will not omit the civilities due t > the occasion. Kansas and Sknator Atchison.—The Wash ington Star stated some weeks since that Sena “’tor AtcLisoa would not be io Washington the , I ensuing winter—being occupied in Missouri ■ | with the task of securing a re-election. The St. ■ j Louis Democrat, (Benton’s Free-Soil oigan) in t j noticing this announcement, says; ■ I I” regard to the speculations of the Star, how . . ever, we have a cue to add that has not yet | been made public. It is, that Senator Atchison i is at present engaged in the upper country, or- 1 i gauizing a secret society to consist of five thou , sand persons, pledged to repair into Kansas on the ; day et the first election held there, to voteslave ,ry into that territory. Os this we have authen tic information, and in a few days we shall ex pose the whole scheme; for, while we wish to see the people ot Kansas determine the question jot their own domestic icstitctious, in forming l their own State constitution, we cannot and ; will not tolerate such an unlawful and iniquiti lous rascality as that ot “Drunken Davy’s,” I w hich proposes that a large body of men who I are not, and do not intend to become, residents ;ot that territory, shall by force and violence , override the sense and wishes of its legitimate [ settlers. Destructive Fire at Marietta. " e are permitted to publish the following I letter to a House in this city, giving an account ! of a destructive Fire at Marietta. W e sincerely regret this disaster to that flour ishing place, and to the immediate sufferers. Especially do we sympathize with the Proprie tors ot the Mvocate and the Journal. Besides the immediate precuniary loss, the inconven ience to them and to the public of such a catas trope, is not easily estimated in dollars and cents. I “Marietta, Nov. 25th, 1854. Gentlemen : —1 have nothing from you to-day, 1 write toinlorm you of a serious Fire.this morn ing about four o’clock, in the Cherokee Hall I Block, originating in the adjoining Tin Shop, j The entire block, Bentons Corner and two oth j er houses and the Cherokee Hall all a comple j ruin. And we had great difficulty in saving the | next block North, which being all frame buil j dings would not only' have been burnt, but the : Webster Corner and Howard House and Block 1 must have gone also. Welch & York are fully insured, but sated part; Wadsworth—Tinner,lost everything stock Books and all, no insurance ; Cherokee Mweate office and Masonic Journal office, both burnt out and no insurance; Cherokee Hall, insurance i 57,000; Bentons Corner,no insurance; next door i owned by Townsend Crane & Co., of Charleston, ! tally insured; Mills & Heeth, and Baber and oth i era saved tneif merchandise generally ; John W. Edgq & Phillips, and perhaps N E. Benton, At torneys, have lost Books and papers. Wails falling but no one hurt.” Southern Central Agricultural Fair. This great annual festival, which has for years 1 done so much for every department ot Agricul ture in Georgia, is again at hand with all its ex- , citements and attractions. Each succeeding year has added to the completeness of the organ ization of the Society, to the judic’ousness ofits ( arrangements, and to the extent and variet; of , the objects of interest brought together for the eye of the practical farmer, of the skillful me chanist, of the enterprising manufacturer, or the t industrious tradesman. The model planter and , the model housekeeper can here annually learn j new lessons of husbandry and domestic thrift. ' Improved seeds for the sower, improved breeds ’ for the stock-raiser, improved implements, im proved machinery, are all to be exhibited and i descanted upon. Much that addresses itself to I refined taste in the arts, as well as the io-e of ‘ the beautiful in nature, will add to the attractions | of a scene where the ornamental is not wholly j overshadowed by the useful. Both combine‘heir 1 attractions to Biterest, instruct and amuse. We hope that the Fair next week will be honored by aefull representation of the industry, the intelligence, the wealth, the be..uty a',.4 the refinement of this State and the adjoining States. What the attractions of this exhibition will be, we are not prepared to say, and must refer to the advertisement of the Society. But judging of this, by the past, and allowing for the usual progressive improvement, we have a right to look fora most creditable display. Our city, is prepared to do all her duty in the effort to make her visitors comfortable and happy. Revival of the Slave Trade. In another column will be found an article from the N. O. Picayune, suggested by the recent trial in New York, of Capt. Smith, lor piratical slave dealing, in which a sharp practical lecture is read to the Abolitionists. A fruitful etid far more useful field for their philanthrophy is there pointed out to them, than that which has hither to employed their thoughts and attention. As to the merits of the question of the revival of the Slave Trade, we do not feel that there is occa sion now for the discussion. If it were desira ble for the South, as a matter of policy, there is no chance for it. The Constitution of the Uni ted States forbids the trade, and public sentiment is not in favor of any change, either North or South, if revived, there is no doubt that the traffic would be in the hands of the people of the North exclusively, as it was prior to its prohibi tion. The South has never evinced any partic ular taste for such commercial adventures. — Even now, though made piracy by law, North ern capital, Northern vessels and ere '.vs, are engaged in it. But there is not the first instance to be quoted against the Southern States, of a cargo of Slaves having been introduced upon her i shores, since the constitutional inhibition. Yet I her thousands of miles of unguarded sea coast | offer the amplest facilities for the illicit traffic. ’ As a question of philanthropy, we are clearly I of opinion that the revival of the Slave Trade, I by the sanction of law, would confer blessings . innumerable upon the African race. Contrast the happy condition of the three or four millions ! of our Southern Slaves with the brutal and mis : erable savages of Africa, and who can doubt that the latter would be infinitely blessed by the change, could they be transplanted as the de mands of agriculture might prompit, to the soil of the Southern planting States ? To the South the movement would give in creased wealth and increased political strength and importance by the rapid filling up of the sparsely populated states, where millions of acres still lie in their virgin freshness, awaiting the hand of cultivation through the present slow process of immigiation and natural increase. But it would, temporarily at least, produce great disturbance to the present value of property in the old states. It would bring down very rapidly the value of slaves, perhaps to the extent of rendering that species of property no longer a desirable invest ment in Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky. While slave states would be increasing at the South-west, they would be diminishing on our Northern border. The value of all labor would be depressed j ow ing to the competition produced ty the great i. influx among us of slaves from Africa, bought at , less than half the present value of slaves. This would have a bad influence on the mechanica . and other manual pursuits at the South now employing a large and valuable white population. 1 It would seriously check many departments of skillful enteiprize and drive from among us many of our hardy and useful citizens, whose labor is now as well rewarded here as it would be in the Northern States. But it is unnecessary to enlarge further on this topic, because it is merely a matter of curious speculrtion—not one having a practical bearing. To the North be it said, remove the beam flora your own eye. To the Abolitionist, you have work enough at home to fully occupy your phil authrophy for the African race. The Austin Texas Gazette contains the letter from Governor Pease in relation to the depo sit by the Pacific Railroad Company of stock ot a doubtful character in lieu of the 5300,000. The terms of rejection are decisive and final. Hon. Robert W. Johnson, who served in the last session of the U. S., Senate as the represen tative of Arkansas, by appointment of the Gov ernor, has been unanimously elected by the Legislature to continue in the same place. City of Savannah. We are indebtedjo His Honor, John E- Ward. I Mayor, for a neat pamphlet copy ot his official report to his fellow citizens of Savannah. It contains a full statement of the condition of the city, its finances, &c., together with many inter esting statistics of the late epidemic. The fiscal affairs of the city are sound and flourishing. The funded liabilities amount to $1,024,134 50. The value of the stocks and real estate held by it, $1,637,127.09. These figures, added to the flatering prospects of the city fora yearly increasing trade and prosperity, ought to place her credit on a high basis. After elaborately discussing the subject of the Yellow Fever, and presenting a thorough view of the facts, the Mayor thus concludes: “ I can only regard it as an atmospheric storm passing over the whole southern country and taking our city in its course. It doubtless fol lowed certain definite laws, but so did the tem pest that swept over our city on the Sth day of September. They both expressed the will of the great law giver—of Him, at whose command the storm and the pestilence arises and pursues its course, baffling the power or the skill of man until it has accomplished His wise purposes. It may be that He will again command the pesti lence to desolate our city, and to hush the accents in our homes, but there is no more reason to ap prehend its return from any local cause existing around us, than to dread another hurricane on the Bth of September next. We must still wit ness, every where around us, the memorials ol our losses, but with a firm reliance on His mercy, who has so long blessed us with uninterrupted prosperity, and an abiding confidence in His power who has stood between the living and the dead, let us be true to ourselves and the prosper ity of our city, and the happiness of her people will soon be restored. Attacked with the epidemic on the 7th of Sep- : tember, I was for some time unable to discharge the duties of my office. During that period, its arduous labors were cheerfully and zealously performed by Dr. James P Screven, surrounded by death and despondency, in the midst of dan- i gers which might well have appailed “ the bra vest of the brave.” Not a candidate for re election, I will avail myself of this opportunity, to express my most grateful acknowledgements to the people ot Savannah, forthat confidence which has repeat edly elevated me to offices of honor and trust, ! for that Charity with which my acts have been judged, and for t:.at personal kindness which I have ever received from them.” Very respectfully and truly, Your obedient servant, John E. Ward, Mayor. i ! . - The gasometer of the Manhattan Gas Com- I; pany’s, at Ne v York, which was partially des- | troyed by fire on Tuesday night, exploded on L Wednesday evening, and occasioned some dam- ' age. Several workmen who were at the time I employed on the ruins, in removing the rubbish,' narrowly escaped with their lives. Samuel ! Gordon one of the party had both his legs bro- I ken and sustained other injuries, from which be I will scarcely recover. James Hall, conductor of a freight train on the j Pennsylvania rail road, had one of his legs torn I off, on Wednesday, near Lewistown, as he was in the act of detaching a portion of the train while in motion. He died in a few hours after wards. We learn from the Columbia Times that Mr. Henry Eggeos, an assistant upon the freight train of cars from Charleston, on Sunday, after the cars had started, about nine miles below Co lumbia, attempting to pass from the tender to the engine, slipped, fell and received injuries in the fall which terminated his existence in a few moments. This unfortunate individual, it is stated, had a family residing in Nsw York. The splended new ship Monarch of the Sea, of 2300 tons burthern, by Capt. Wm. R. Gard ner, will sail from New York on the 29th in stant for Pensacola, for the purpose of testing the floating dock lately built there for the United States Government' The Florida Legislature met at Tallahassee on Monday. In the Senate there are 11 Demo crats to 7 Whigs. In the House of Represen tatives there are 23 Democrats and 17 Whigs. There is a United States Senator, Comptroller of Public Accounts,State Treasurer, State Engineer and Geologist, to be elected by the Legislature. Some idea of the commerce of New York may be gathered from the fact, that the fees paid to the pilots taking vessels to and from New York, now amount to about two hundred thousand dol lars a year. After the loss of the Arctic many papers con tained long biographical accounts of the Duke De Grammont, who was said to be among the number that was drowned. It appears that the Duke De Grammont is and has been for some time an inmate of an insane asylum in France, and that it was his eon who was lost. Levi Hartford, one of those patriots who suf fered so terribly by imprisonment by the British, in the Sugar House, at New York, during the re volutionary war, died in the latter city a few days ago. A few years ago be was named as one of the four suivivors of the horrible torment en dured in that place. Machinery.—President Hitchcock says that there are in Great Britain, at the present day fifteen thousand steam engines driven by means of coal with a power equal to that of two mil lion of men; and thus is put into operation ma chinery equalling the unaided power of 300,000,- i 000 or 400,000,000 of men. The influence thence emanating reaches the remotest portions of the globe, and tends mightily to the civilization and i happiness of the race. t Naval Prefa rations. —Our distant cotempo- S raries, says the Washington Star, have been led i into erior by those Washington correspondents who report that there is just now the unusual ac tivity displayed in the United States navy yards which betokens something more than ordinary preparations. Between this time and spring the Mediterranean, African coast, and West India (home) squadrons are all to return, aud their places have all to be supplied as usual, the vessels now expected home, going into ordinary. The preparations referred to above are simply to get ready vessels to supply their places. The United States Senate.—Twenty-seven i Democrats have been elected or hold over in the next United States Senate. The legislatures of South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and North Carolina, are democratic, and will send seven demociats more from those States, there being two to be chosen from North Carolina, making thirty-four democrats certain outof sixty-two members, all of whom except tour were in favor of the Nebraska bill, and, it is believed, will be against any attempt to disturb it. Ihe opposition have eighteen members. In addition, they have the control of the legisla tures in lowa, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, and New York, and may elect six Senators in those States, increasing their force in the Senate to twenty.four. The New Hamp shire legislature, which will have to elect two j Senators, is yet to be chosen. The Senator from i Missouri is doubtful, and so is the Senator from! California. It will be seen, therefore, that the democrats will have a working majority in the Senate in the session of 1855-6. The House will be largely in opposition to the Admsnistration. The President’s Message.—lt is rumored, that the message of the President, which for some years past has been sent to the postmasters in advance, to be delivered to the newspapers offices as soon as read at Washington, will be withheld this year until it is sent to Congress. Our foreign relations, it is said, make this course necessary, i as it is advisable the President shall receive the j latest European intelligence before bis message | is submitted. Theodore A. Gray, a scamp who called him self a printer, was arrested in New York the other evening, for destroying ladies dresses with vitro!. He had in his possession what is known to mechanics as an oil feeder or small tin case which ejects any fluid it may contain by press ing upon the bottom. This was filled with vitral. He acknowledged having spoiled the dresses o f two ladies, and it is believed that he has been guilty of ruining hundreds of silks anJ satins worn by ladies at the various theatres and con cert rooms, within a few weeks. He assigned no reason for his malicious conduct. Samuel D. Scoville, who absconded with ten thousand dollars in notes of the Marine Bank of Georgia, it appears, was arrested in St. Louis, and not Louisville, as previously reported. He boarded at the Planter’s Hotel in St. Louis,under the assumed name ol Louis, some days before his capture. Between eight.and nine thousand dollas ot the money, in the original packages, was found in a carpet bag which he had deposi ted in a store. A despatch received at Philadelphia, announces that the sloop-of-war Albany, about which ves sel there has been considerable uneasiness of late, has been lost. The Northern papers do not state from whence this information was derived. The effective British force in the Crimea is said, by a correspondent of the London Times, to be only sixteen thousand, so great has been the void made by battle and disease. No less than nine thousand men are dead or hors tie corn hat in the eight weeks they have been in the Crimea. A telegraphic dispatch from Washington, to the Baltimore Patriot, announces the absolute failure of the banking house of Messrs. Selden, Withers & Co., and also that fears are entertain ed that the Spanish Minister—who was thrown from his carriage a day or two since—will not recover from the injuries then received. (communicated.) Mr. Gardner:—For the information of the public, allow me to say, that the scoundrel, who succeeded some months ago in so effectually “doing” some of our citizens, under the name here of John Kirkland, has been arrested and is now confined in our Jail to await his trial at the next term of our Superior Court. His leal name is William McMullen, but his alias’s are “ too nu merous to mention.” His former residence was Elh rl County, then Marion Co., then the Peni tentiary for two years. His time was out last spring, and he is in a fairway of getting a lease of his eld quarters for the next 21 years—“a consummation most devoutly wished'for.” His name in Franklin, N. C., was John Jones—in Union Co., when arrested, John Statham, on his way here John Smith. He seems to feel a dog ged indifference to his fate. The lesson he has taught Stockholders in the “ Kirkland Bank” it is to be hoped will not be los’—at any rate —not upon the holder of Thirteen Shares— all paid in. Masons must not Fight.—According to the Masonic Register, the following resolution has passed the Grand Lodge of California : Resolved, That the practice of duelling is re pugnant to the principles of Freemasonry, and in all eases where the brethren resort to this mode of settling their disputes, it becomes the duty of the lodge or lodges of which they .are members, or under whose jurisdiction they may be, forthwith to expel them from all the rights and privileges of Masonry, subject to the confir mation of the grand lodge ; and no brother who may tall in a duel shall be buried with Masonic honors. The following was also passed : Resolved, That it is the opinion of this grand lodge that the use of Masonic emblems upon sign boards is unmasonic, and in open violation of the spirit of Freemasonry. Lexington, Ga, Nov. 25th, 1854. . Would rather be in Slavery.—The Cin cinnati Gazette of Wednesday has the follow ing:— In the Police Court yesterday, a colored man named John Stewart was arrainged on charge of stealing a quantity of clothing from an elderly colored woman. Stewart plead guilty - , and in mitigation that he was out of funds and food, and had taken this course to provide himself with the necessaries of life. He stated to the Court that a short time since he was a slave in Raleigh, North Carolina, and upon being inform ed of the kind treatment he would receive from the Abolitionists in the North, if he would be come a free man, and concluded to purchase himself, and did so at a cost of 8900. He left his master and came to Ohio. “Since I came here,” continued Stewart. “I have been kicked about and abused by all classes of white men. Can’t get work from no one, and to borrow mu- I ney to get bread with, that is out of the qneetioa I I did a great deal better there than I ever did here.” Here tbe defendant took his seat t» await, the sentence of the Court, which was that be be sent to the chain gang at hard labor, and was thankful for the prospect of getting something to eat in jail. He declared that as soon as he got out he would go South and be come a slave again. Fire in Maiieita. We have the following extra from the Cher okee Georgian office, giving further particulars It becomes our painful duty to record one of the most destructive conflagrations that has ever occurred in this city. About four o’clock this | morning a fire was discovered in the titove and Tin Ware Store of Mr. W. L. Wadsworth, w hich soon communicated to the Cherokee Hall, on one side, and the store known as the ‘Pattillo Bolding,’ (the store below being unoccupied) on the other. The flames soon communicated to tbe corner building, and the whole were entirely consumed. Tbe entire loss is about $30,000, of which on ly a portion was covered by insurance. Col. Glover’s loss is very heavy, say $l2,(X>O —insured some 6 or 7.000 Wadsworth loss is $5,000 besides all his books and papers. No insurance. The goods of MIR & Heath were all saved, also of Mr. Ruede, jeweller. Messrs. Welsh & York lost a portion of their goods. The Signet & Journal office, with ail the books and valuable Masonic Library was burnt, loss several thousand dollars. No insurance. The Cherokee Advocate office is entirely con sumed, with a portion of its books. Loss sl,- I 500. ! The Law officesol Edge & Phillips, and N. E. ' Benton, with books and papers, in the second story of the ‘Benton Building,’ are consumed. The loss of Dr’s. Allen, Dentists, and of Mr. Laton, Artist, whose offices were in Cherokee Hall is small. The Masonic Hall and the sa loon of * Cato the Tonsor’ in the same building, are destroyed. The loss ot the Benton estate and of the own ers of the Patillo building, about $5,000 each. The Fletcher House, and the old stand of Messrs. Northcutt, now occupied by Mr. Rob ert Baber, were in most eminent danger, and tbe latter was saved only by the most extraordina ry effort. It is not known bow the fire originated. ; The blow is a most disastrous one to our eiby and tails upon many of our best citizens. I The Burning of Judson’s Hotel—Additional Particulars. The building in New York known as Jad son’s Hotel, which was destroyed by fire on Monday, was owned by Harris Stephens, Esq., of Montreal and w. s insured for $25,000 in va rious offices. It wasoccupied by J. &C. O’Gra dy, of Vermont, whose loss is sso,ooo,and insur ance $13,000. They bought it from Mr. Judson some time since sot $30,000. It was erected about ten years ago, was five stories in height, fronting on Brodway, and extending back to Trinity Place The Commercial says : The fire appears to have originated abont eight o’clock in the morning, from some defect in the furnace which was located in the centre cellar for the purpose of heating the house, and as the flames burned upward, they also burned rapidly sideways towards the front and rear, so that tbe whole structure was soon in conflagra tion. The boarders and servants were compell ed to make their escape in such haste that most of their clothing and other personal baggage was lost. Several persons who occupied upper rooms had their retreat cut off by fire on the stair-ca ses, and were rescued by means of the firemen’s ladders) It is believed that all the inmates were saved, although it is possible in a crowded hotel some persons may have perished unnoticed. Scaiceiy any portion of the furniture was saved. About 180 hoarders were stopping here when the fire broke out, and the majority of these met with serious personal losses. Some of them were in bed when the fire made its appearance, and had to escape with barely a sufficient cov ering to protect them from the cold. One of them lost S6OO in cash. The servants, about twenty in number, lost most of their clothing, and had to take shelter in the First Ward station-house. Some of the servant girls were the last to remain in the build ing, and had to be rescued from the balcony and front windows by means of .'adders. The low of boarders probably amounts to $20,000. .' he rear part of Adams Sc Co.’s express building was damaged to the amount of about SIOO by the failing of the hotel walls. They are insured. A number of valuable stores narrowly escaped, and one or two persons were slightly injured. When the smoke was first seen in the hotel, ax old man, a boarder on the fourth floor, made bis appearance at a window on Trinity Place, in a state of the greatest excitement. He was about to leap out of the window, the hall passages having been cut offby the smoke, when Adam’s men induced him to wait until they brought a ladder. In a second the ladder was raised against the building and the gentleman extrica ted from his perilous position. Three or four other boarders were also rescued by tbe same means. The hotel has been for some time what is tail ed a “ Furnished Hotel,” —that is a place where rooms are hired, and meals given or not, as de sired. Mr. Judson who formally kept it, is now proprietor of the New York Hotel and the Bre voort House in the upper section of the city. Monetary- Affairs in New York.—The New York Times of Monday says . “ Our mar ket for money is something easier for loans at cal! or on very short time, the collaterals being unexceptionable. The bank managers, we think, fee! more comfortable than last week, owing to the general look of the averages which they reported to-day. The amount of specie going to Boston to morrow afternoon for Wed nesday’s steamer is about 400,000.” The New York Journal of Commerce of Mon day says : “ Wall street is still in dumps, with out exactly knowing what is the matter. Tbe horizon seemed brighter early in the morning, but, as the smoke from the fire in Broadway came floating in the street, ‘ men’s minds failed them for fear;’ stocks fell and money became unusually tight. We do not desire to treat these troubles with levity, because, however imagina ry the cause, they ate seriously felt by those within the grasp ot the pressure ; but, it the re sults were less disastrous, we could hardly re frain from smiling at the ludicrous cadaverous ness of those who, amidst the general distress, are suffering from nothing but panic; men with long purses, long faces, and wo-begone counte nances, who are all the while nervously feeling of the buttons over their pockets, as if the con tents of these receptacles had as many legs as a crab and would march off’without warning if I not constantly watched.” The Journal of Commerce attributes the de pression in the money market to a causeless panic, and remarks that it is directed toward the securities the least likely to be permanently af fected by a i evulsion in trade, such as finished railroads earning a divided. It also says ; “ While the shipping interests, rents, manu facturing establishments, insurance companies, banks, merchandise,&c. are paying/hr less than at th s time last year upon the capital invested, our first-class railroads, with few exceptions, are paying more, as a brief comparison will show. Pork.—We notice large lots of hogs passing almost daily through this city, intended for Southern markets. The present idea is that pork will be scarce and high, and we think the idea pretty correct; at least in this section of country, for it appears that our pork will all go below. Messrs. C. B. Wellborn, Underwood, and others, are now butchering tome four or five hundred in this place, which they intend to ba con. Several persons in the neighborhood of Dalton, refuse to sell pork now, prelerringto ba con it, and wait for higher prices. Prices are > ranging from 6to 7 and 8 cts. nett. We think, I in all conscience, that it is high enough. If it gate much higher, it will be scarce with us next yeav, • at all events.— Dalton Tirms.
