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AUGUSTA, GA. SA I i . -< A Robbery. We understand that a tcbbery was committed on Wednesday night iq .-n the Gecigia Railroad Com} any. by mtciii.g their office and forcing their sale by gundpowder. We I ave not been able to learn the actual amount of the loss sus tained by the Company, but think it will reach several thousand dollars. The highest es timate we have beard is $9,000. 'The culprits have not as yet been apprehended. Since the above was in type we have re ceived an official notice from the Superintendent of the Road, which will be found in this days paper. "We would refer our readers to the no tice, in which a liberal reward is offered for the recovery of the property or apprehension of the thief. _ Striking Political Prophecy. We have seldom met with anything of tie kind more pointed and impressive than the fol lowing graphic prediction, penned more than two years ago. of the events now transpiring in the political world. The prophecy is rapidly ma turing, and hastening to complete fullfilment.— The writer is the Hon. B F. Hallett, of Massa chusetts, a distinguished lawyer of that city, and at this time, U. S. District Attorney, at Boston. The passage occurs in a letter written to the Democratic Convention at Petersburg, Va., and puolished Oct. 18, 1852. It was recently re published by the Washington L nion. " What is to follow the defeat of General Scott, (which now promises to be a rout and the total disbanding of the whig party.) is pretty well foreshadowed in the future. Mr. Calhoun pro phesied that whichever party was beaten at the North, in the election of ISIS, would join the abolition party. This prophecy failed, because the democratic party of the North were beaten, and that party, as a body, never ha s deserted the Union or severed from the South. Ihe prophecy will be fulfilled when the Scott whigs of the North are defeated in 1852, unless political aboli tionism shall cease to be an element in either of the two national parties which must always sub sist in some opposite forms in this country. But we may rather look tor a consolidation of all the isms into an exclusively sectional party at the whose vitality will be hostility to the South, ibis will revive the old struggle for a northern con federacy, which was once before attempted in our history, when the federal party at the Nortn, finding they could not rule over the whole Union, determined to reign over New England and New York. That conspiracy was defeated by the union ot the democracy North and South, it did not then avow abolitionism, but engendered it .n the Hartford Convention. In that council of disunionists the denial of representative rights to the South, and a prohibition against foreign-born ever holding any office in the United States, were lard down as the basis of a northern confederation. “ The new conspiracy for a northern confed eration will revive the old issues of separation, with abolitionism alone as its basis. The politi cians of that school will attempt to carry out, as between States, what some of the religious as sociations have so unwisely pressed—a dismem berment of the North and South. They will fail, and the sectional politicians of the North will be out-voted even by the Union men of the North without the aid ot the South; and with that aid the democratic party, as the constitutional party of the Union, will be invincible, not only in its power as the united northern and southern demo cracy, but with them in such a contest wilt be found the whole body of Union whigs (the com mercial, manufacturing, substantial, business whig.) on the side of the party of the Union. 7 ’ The consolidation of the isms of the North is i already, in a great measure,verified. But we have | as little doubt now of the failure of Abolitionism to dismember the Union, as we had at dny time before the recent elections in which it has dis- i played great apparent strength. It was alone ' oy fusion withall the isms of the North it suc ceeded in bearing down the Democratic party. ; Let the issue be made on any question, the result I of which involves the Union, and the weakness i of its enemies at the North will be exposed.— The Abolitionists may threaten the Union, and their allies may threaten measuies in Congress, which, if carried, would dissolve it. Bat they dare not enact one of that character, nor make that direct issue before their own people. It is when the danger has seemed most imminent, the Democratic party has proved strongest.— And thus will it be again, in the North, as in the South. The Democratic party of the Union is the great barrier to sectionalism and disunion, for it respects the rights of. the States as neces sary to the union of the States. We. with great pleasure, make use of the oc casion to express our high respect for Mr. Haslett as a man and a patriot, and our admiration for his talents. His is a philosophical mind, whirh leads to enlarged and statesman-like views. — With him, politics is a science, and his advocacy of political principles is always sustained by ar gument rising above the mere scope and spirit ot partizanship. Southern (Whig) papers have as sailed him in past times as a Free-soiler. But no man is sounder upon constitutional questions, involving Southern rights. When Mr. Webster and the whole Whig party of New England were loud in their protestations, that thtirs was the true Free-soil patty, Mr. Hallett, was to be found among that unflinching baud ot Northern Demo crats, who opposed Abolition and Free-soil ef forts to impose ido/.lying and unconstitutional discriminations upon trie South, because of her toleration of slavery. It Is a fact that may interest some of our read ers to know, that in early life, .Mr. Hallett estab hitnseU in Georgia. One of his first speeches at the bar was ia the city of Augusta. It was in a case in which a free boy of colon held in slavery, claimed his freedom. Mr. Hal lett, and the late Judge Polhill were of counsel for the plaintiff, and gained their cause. Mr. Hallett has, in conversation with the writer elated that he was most favorably impressed with the liberal and equitable spirit manifested on that occasion towards the rights of negroes—that every facility was allowed his client to establish his claim—that the whole proceeding made such an impression on his mind, that he has always fa ken pleasure in bearing testimony in favor of Southern justice and kind feeling. His observa tions at the South confirmed the favorable im pressions made by thia incident. A Cbisib in the Iron Business op Penn sylvania.—“ We regrot to learn,” says the Co lumbia Spy, “of the suspension and failure of many of the heavy companies engaged in the iron business in this State. Some of those re garded as the most stable have gone, and the in dications are that we are now but in the begin ning of one of the greatest financial crises evr r known to this country.” Benjamin W. Walker, so long confined in jail at Tuskegee, Aia., tor disobedience to an order of court, was forcibly rescued by a mob on Sat urday, 25th ult., and is now at liberty. Ti e rescue was effected by his neighbors who were at Tuskcegee on a military parade. The War in Europe. The prospects of an early termination ot the war in Eastern Europe is anything but favorable. The probabilities are, that it will continue for a series of y-ars, and that several ot the important neutral powers will be ultimately involved in it. In view of this result, the Washington Union in dulges in some appropriate reflections upon the effects to be anticipated in favor of the great principles of liberty and self-government in Eu rope, and in favor of the political and commercial interests of this country. Its ultimate effects upon the monetary affairs of this country are thus descanted upon. Apart, however, from the sympathy which this state of things in the old world is calculated to excite in the new, the present condition of moneytary affairs in the United States excites much interest and discussion, and particularly in respect to the effect which a piotiacted Euro pean war, and a general revolution, and the breaking up of old dynasties, will have i pon our future financial interests. The preparations for a long war in England and France are conduct ed upon a scale of great magnitude; while all ac counts show that Austria has tor years been pro viding for a crisis; and the Czar seems to be now realising, in his almost exhaustless resources and. unbroken efforts, the almost fabulous accounts, heretofore published, ot his ability to bring into the field myriads of troops, and to support them from his own soil. The spirit of insurrection in the old world is not asleep. It cannot die; and now, when an opportunity is presented once more to try its strength against embattled kings, who doubts that it may be seized. Who doubts that the great intellects that have been, watch ing and waitfng for six long yeais will not seize the propitious hour? Let us hope, also, that :i they seize the hour, they will also find the man. Unless, therefore, some sudden change should take place; unless the enormous expenditures re quired to conduct these operations between con tending dynasties should compel a speedy peace —and there seems to be no such prospect at present—it is a reasonable calculation that for eigp capital, appalled by the general confusion which threatens the established order of things in Europe, and by the certainty that money wiii be required from all who have it, will seek the safer channels of investment offered in a country free from these bloody strifes, and marching for ward in its grand and peaceful destiny solely by aid of the principles of self-government. The war in the Old World was not of our making, and cannot be interfered with by our nation, so long, at least, as our inteiests are not offensively assailed. Deeply, therefore, as we may regret these expenditures of blood and treasure, we can not be blamed if we contemplate the subject in view of its effects upon ourselves. It may be that that which is a visitation upon the powers or Europe may be a providence to us. Over trading and excessive importations, a railroad system that has exhausted capita! and paralyzed credit, and a general tendency to extravagance, have greatly depressed our domestic securities— and this, too. ata time when the prosperity and growth of the nation, in ail its channels of in dustry, commerce, agriculture, and manufactures, I never reposed upon a more solid basis. If those who have read the history of our country anght —if those who have seen how free we are from wars and bloodshed—if those who see our govern j ments, State and national, conducted upon prin , ciples of strict economy, and who have studied our illimitable resources, artificial and natural — j will contrast this condition of things with the j bloody conflicts and popular uprisings in the Old World, they will douutiess take the practical and judic ous course which such a contrast must j irresistibly present to ail minds. The Soule Affair. The N. Y. TriAune gives the following version of the late order for the exclusion of Mr. Soule from France, and of the recession ot the French Emperor, which it claims to be derived from most reliable authority. It contains some de tails we have not met with elsewhere, and which add new zest to this spicy affair. The letter received by Mr. Mason on the 2d mst., from the French Minister of Foreign Af fairs, begins with that very ordinary preface to a premeditated diplomatic canard, that -‘in the beginning he had better give all the facts of the case precisely as they occurred,” He then goes on to state that the official at Calais went be yond his instructions; that this instructions were, not to deny Mr. Soule a passage through France, but a residence therein; that he was to de mand of Mr. S. his intentions in that regard, and to act accordingly. If he intimated his desire to remain for a length of time on French terri tory, he was to be refused a passage, but if he declared that he only desired to pass through to I his post at Madrid, then the agent at Calias was to vise his passport directly to Madrid—a power, I by the way, which no frontier agent has ever before, had the authority to exercise, and .which is so extraordinary that it is more than doubtrul whether he had the authority or not. The For eign Minister then adds that the official did not fulfil bis instructions in turning Mr. Soule bacK, witnout explanations; and that afterwards he said to Mr. S. that if ne would wait he would send a telegraphic dispatch to Paris for fuller in structions in the emergency, asserting at the same time triat his orders were not clear. To this Mr. Soule replied, according to M.de I’Huys and according to Mr. Soule himself, that “he had no favors to ask the French Government, and none to expect; that, as an individual, they had the right, if they saw fit, to object to his entrance, but as a minister he had rights over an ordinary individual, and he intended to see I these rights respected. The difficulty between himself as an individual and Louis Napoleon he would attended to himself. The (difficulty be tween the French Government and the Govern ment of the United States, insulted in his per son, must be referred immediately to the Amer ican Minister at Paris, who was the proper per | son to take cognizance ot the cate. He, there j fore refused to await for the instructions which j tne police agent proposed to demand from Palis, ! and at once recrossed tne Channel. I M. de I’Huys then avows u qualifiedly the ’ sacredness of the right ol an Embassador, over an j ordinary individual, to pass through whatever country he may select in bis journey: he even admits his right to visit any country he (.leases ion business. These rights he says have always ' been claimed by France lot its own foreign Ern i Oussauois, and always have been arid continue to be accorded to others. But be denies the right ot such Embassadors to remain for an unnecessary length of time, or to fix their residence in a coun try to which they aie not accredited, if their per sons are obnoxious to the Government ot that country. In the present case, the Minister con tends, the Embassador is highly obnoxious to the French Government, on account of his antece dents, his political opinions and his conduct; and in according him a passage through the country, it refuses him a lengthened stay therein. He adds further, that according to the law oi 180$, any self-expatriated Frenchman may gain ad mission into France whenever he choori a, by making a formal demand to that effect, i'his ol course applies to naturalized citizens ol other countries, and does not reach refugees who re tain their nationality. Thus has ended this ir ritating affair, and Mr. Soule was expected to arrive in Paris on Monday, the 6th inst., on his way to Madrid. We learn also that Mr. Soule has written a letter to the French Foreign Minister, <! the most sarcastic character, which will be made public the moment he arrives at Madrid. In this letter he proves that from the conduct of the official at Calais, he must have bad positive orders to (reject him ; and that, therefore, the Minister hud such orders. He wants to know why it was that he was permitted to live one month in the south of France, three weeks sub sequently in Paris, and why he was invited so cordially to visit the Court while in Paris, if he was so personally obnoxious to the French Gov ernment. He wants to know if it was his asso ciation with Messrs. Buchanan and Maron at •he Congress of Ostend, that converted bun co suddenly into an obnoxious and dangerous indi vidual. He wants to know why it is that a great nation like France, which has three ar mies in foreign lands—one at Rome, another at Athens, a third in the Crimea—and an immense s anding army at home, is less airaid to provoke a war with a powerful Government like that of the United States, than to allow a humble indi vidual like himself to enter its territory and come in contact with its people. He adds that he knows he is obnoxious to the French Govern ment, and repeats that he has no favors to de mand and none to expect, and cautions it not to provoke too seriously the people of the United States. These are but a tew of the sentences contained in the sarcastic letter of Mr. Soule, and when the whole shall be published we are as sured that it will create a sensation. Bank Failure at Dalton.— We understand says the Atlanta Intelligencer, that Mr. John Glenn, of this city, Agent of the Georgia Rail road Company, on Friday last presented fifteen hundred dollars of the bills of the Cherokee In surance Bank, at Dalton, at the counter of the Bank, for redemption, but was met with the iniormation that there were no fundsori hand to redeem the notes. The Bank has but very re cently commenced operations, and we presume the amount of circulation it has been able to ob tain for its notes is quite limited. Suffering in Nebraska.—A gentleman re cently returned from the far West, informs the New York Mirror that there is already much suffering among the Nebraska emigrants for the necessaries of life; and that the coming winter threatens to prove fatal to a large portion of the settlers. Without houses to live in—without markets (if they had money) to supply them food, and with no fish and very little game, the poor emigrants who have gone out there under the lead of Anti-Slavery fanatics must burry home or die for want of food. In most cases these poor squatters have not got money enough to pay their way back to their comfortable New- England homes, for which they are now sadly sighing. Will our Abolition philanthropists who have been instrumental in getting up his exodus provide some miraculous manner to save their deluded victims from starvation? A Father Convicted of the Murder of His Daughter.—Alfred Attis, of Shelby coun ty, Ohio, was tried last week and convicted of murder in the first degree. The charge against him was that about a year ago, he caused the death of his own daughter, quite a young girl, murdering herby the slow process of starvation exposure and the most fiendish cruelties. Anoth er daughter, older than the deceased, was wit ness against him. The Nova Scotia Legislature is summoned to | meet on the 2d ot December, for the despatch iof business. The session has been convened at this early period to take into consideration the reciprocity treaty, which must be acted upon be fore the 6th instant, if the Province wish es to participate in the benefits to be derived j from the treaty. i Mary C. Baker, tried at St. Louis for killing ; Hoffman, has been acquitted. The accused with her father, mother, child and other relatives were present when the acquittal was announced and the scene is represented to have been deep ly affecting. She has been confined in jail since April last. The United States Times is the title of a weekly newspaper shortly to be published in Washington city, by J. D. B. De Bow', a gen tleman widely and favorably known as a re- ■ viewer, statistician, and political economist. — The proposed publication will be issued in con- i nection with bis long established and popular i Monthly Review. Grand Indian Council.—An Indian Council is to be held at North Fork ot Canadian on the first Monday in December, on the invitation of the Cherokees. The Chocktaws, Chickasaws ■ Creeks and Seminoles are expected to be present , and the object ot the convention is to protest t against the.bill introduced by Senator Johnson | at the late session of Congress, to create the Ter ritories of Cha-10-kee, Cha-te and Mus-co-gee. Rumored Bank Failure.—A rumor .was started a few days ago that the Farmers’ Bank at Fayetteville, N. C., had failed, but subse quently it was contradicted. The Wilmington Commercial of Saturday referring to the rumor, says: We learn that a very large borrower has be come delinquent, which may have given rise to the report. We have reliable information on this subject. One or more of the banks here re ceive the bills on deposit, conditionally. Election of Bank Officers.—The Savan vannah Georgian of the Iss inst says: On Tues day last Mr. Chas. F. Hamilton, was elected Teller of the Bank of the State of Georgia, in place of Mr. Stephen B. Williams, resigned.— Mr. Williams had previously been elected cash ier of the Mechanics and Savings Bank, which institution we presume will go into operation in a few days. On Friday last Mr. Greenville Simmons, was also elected cashier of the Branch Bank ot Au- ! gusta in place of Mr. Jas. Rhind, deceased. ■ Loss of the Steamer Alabama.—The Mont- I gomery Journal learns from a despatch received i on the 21st ult., of the loss of the steamer Ala ! bama, engaged in the direct trade between New ; Oileans and Montgomery. The particulars of i the occurrence are not given. j An elderly lady, named Swan, proceeded to a German grocery in Hoboken, N. Y., a few eve j nings since, for the purpose of procuring some i lamp oi). The proprietor, who did not under- I stand English, filled her can with camphene, ' with which she returned home and undertook to fill her lamp, when the fluid caught fire and in a moment she was enveloped in flames. Before the neighbors could come to assistance she was so terribly burned that she died in a short time Advices from Santa Fe, a month later, have been received by the arrival at Independence, Mo., o! the mail train, which, oil the road, had to cut through snow banks averaging from seven to nine feet deep, the principal depth, however, be tween Santa Fe and Red River, being from two and a half to three feet. The Portugese Consul at New York,it is sta ted, has been indirectly implicated in the trans actions in the slave trade for which Captain Smith has just been convicted th ire. The Dis trict Attorney laid all the facts in reference there to before the U. S. Secretary of State, by whom ' the attention of the Portuguese Minister at | Washington was called to the affair. | From Port au Prince.—By the arrival at N. York, ot the barque Roderick Dhu, Capt. Linds ley, from Port au Prince, we have dates to the 9th of November. Capt. Lindsiey reports that the city was very healthy. Health is generally good through the island, (that is, the Haytien part.) Logwood was scarce and very dear at the time of sailing, also Coffee owing to the heavy rains. There was a heavy robbery com mitted about the last of October, at Jacmel, in the House, of S. A. Brun & Sons, amounting to $16,000 in gold, and SB,OOO in national money. There will shortly be published some very im portant alterations in the Tariff at Hayti. The collission of the steamships Canada and Ocean was unavoidable. The Ocean in going down the bay with the Forrest City and Boston in Company, seems to have been compelled by the proiimity of these boats, to attempt to cross the Canada’s bows. The Canada promptly backed water, but was so close to the ocean that the collision was unavoidable, and a large hole was knocked in the Ocean’s side abaft the wheel-house. No lives were lost except the three persons who jumped overboard in the midst of the consternation. The wounded will all recover. The Ocean is a total loss. Her passengers and crew were rescued by boats from all the vessels in sight. The Canada had her fig ure-head and bowsprit cut away. The New Yorkers celebrated the evacuation of that city by the British, on Saturday, with considerable spirit. National salutes were fired, and flags from the public buildings,shipping, &c., were thrown to the breeze. The weather on that day is represented to have been very fine. The Cuban Slave-Trade.—lt was stated in the English papers that the Spanish government have returned a negative answer to Lord How den’s demand that they would declare the slave trade to be piracy, and that the reason alleged for their refusal to do so is the impossibility they feel of doing anything to add to the discontent which exists in Cuba — a declaration which is considered tantamount to saying that the slave trade must continue, because the Cuban proprietors require its continuance. The mortality of slaves in Cu ba is said to be so great that in ten years the whole would be swept off were their numbers not replenished by constant supplies, and that in fact, the continuous supply of fresh slaves forms an indispensable element of the prospetity which Cuba enjoys. During the recent session of the Vermont Legislature, Miss Lucy Stone received seven votes for the office of Brigadier Genera! of Mili tia. A Thanksgiving Dinner.—One among the most interesting scenes on Thanksgiving day was a sumptuous dinner given by a benevolent lady of Baltimre to about two hundred poor chil dren, boys and girls. It was prepared in a large hall. A letter from Baltimore says : The fes tive boad was spread with many delicacies, be sides substantiate in great abundance. The little creatures seemed to enjoy the feast with more zest, probably, than did Belshazzar, They were happy, and, no doubt, rendered up thanks to the charitable lady who supervised the entertain ment. Would that more such thansgiving din ners were given. It did the heart good to see them. Several schools and other associations of children or juveniles partook of similar repasts. Breed like this, cast upon the waters, will, re many days, return with blessings. In the New York Election, it is a singular fact that while for Governor, Clark, whig, re ceived 156,776 votes, and Seymour, dem., 156,- 455, the combined vote of Ulman and Bronson amounts to 156,156, thus showing a curious di vision of the people into three equal segments. Good Samaritan Association. At a regular meeting ot this Association, held in the City Hall on Tuesday the 28th ult., the following preamble and resolutions, in regard to the death of Dr. James D. Mackie, were unani mously adopted: On the 23d of September last, in view of the sickness and d'stress with which a large portion of our community were threatened by Yellow Fever then existing in our midst as an epidemic, a few indivduals, pursuant to public notice, as sembled in this place to concert measures for regular and systematic relief. Prominent among them was our friend and faithful associate, Dr. James D. Mackie, who suggested the name— contributed much to perfect—and engaged ac tively in the work ol the Good Samaritan As sociation . Spared to see it dispense untold blessings to the poor, and accomplish as wisely as possible, the benevolent object of its founders—in ap proaching with his usual health and an unfalter ing step, the closing scenes of the epidem ic,°be might have well hoped to escape its terri ble scythe. But, it was not so ordered— the De cree of him whose ways are inscrutable in v hose hand is even the breadth of our nostrils, and to whom we must all give an account ot our Stewardship, went forth, and he fell (as he pre dicted he would) among the last of the victims ! His constantan.! efficient services as the Sec retary of our Association; his devotion to his professional duties, and his calm, energetic, and self-sacrificing spirit, under the varied circum stances in which h i was called to act, are known to us all ; and desiring in an humble, yet befit ting manner, to testify our appreciation of his worth and the sympathy we feel for his sorrow ing relatives : Resolved, That we sincerely deplore the loss of our brother, Dr. James D. Mackie, to whose un remitting exertions, constant and unvarying kindness, and wise counsel this Association is largely indebted for its success. Resolved, That in his death this community has lost an intelligent and valuable citizen ; the poor a humane physician and kind friend, and his associates a genial and warm hearted com panion. Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with the family of our brother, to whom he was en deared by the fondest ties, and tender them our heartfelt condo'ence in their bereavement. Resolved, That a Committee of five be ap pointed to procure subscriptions for the erection of a suitable Monument, to the memory of our lamented brother. On motion the President appointed Messrs. J. A. Beals, W. D. Davidson, J. W. Spear, Wm. A. Walton, and James Harper, the Committee under the last resolution. On motion of Mr. Harper it was Resolved, That the thanks of the Association be tendered to Dr. J. W. Spear, and his associ ates, who attended to the distribution of supplies for the destitute at the depot in the Third Ward, and to E. C. Tinsley, Esq., and his associates, for performing similar valuable services at the depot in the Fourth Ward. The President then retired. Mr. Beals was called to the Chair, and on motion of Mr. Har per it was further Resolved, That the thanks of the Association are justly due, and are hereby tendered to the Rev. J. E. Evans, for the ability, good judgment, and courtesy manifested by him, as our presiding officer Irom the commencement to the close of the epidemic by which our city has been so se verely afflicted. On motion the Secretary was directed to pub lish the Resolutions offered by Mr. Harper, in all the papers of the city; also to furnish the family of Dr. Mackie a copy of the Preamble and Resolutions referring to his death, and pub lish them with the names of the Committee, un der the last resolution inserted. Wm. A. Walton, Secretary, Pro. Tern. Look Out, Ladies ! —A. very romantic young gentleman, (?) hailing from 333 High street, Newark, (N. J.) lately made his appearance in Lafayette, Chambers county, Alabama, and rep resented himself to be a journeyman Silversmith, a member of the Presbyterian church, a Know- Nothing, and a marrying man ! With all these recommendations, he endeavored to impose him self upon the females of that quiet little village —but ere he succeeded in wooing any of the fair damsels to become his, “ for worse,” the secret leaked out that he had not long since left the “bed and board of his legal help-mate, in Newark, without cause or provocation! Upon this fact becoming generally known, he “ left the bed and board” of his acquaintances in Lafayette—and according to the Chambers Tribune, he is bound for parts unknown. To prevent any mischief this chap might be disposed to concoct, in the range of our subscription list, we are requested to “pass him round,” which we cheerfully do.— He sails under the name of Elias J. Drake— and from the Tribune’s account— “ He is a man of rather a sallow complexion, wears heavy whiskeis, weighs about 160, and passes for a member of the Presbyterian Church, and will, no doubt, endeavor to gain the confi dence of that denomination wherever he goes— but We advise our brethren of this order to shun him, as it is very probable that he forged his let ter, and thus imposed himself upon the church at this place.” We advise the gentleman thus “ posted up” to drop the first letter in his last name, and thus as sume his proper cognomen, at once I — Columbus Enquirer, 23th ult. Gin House Burned.—We regret to hear that the Gin House of Mr. Homer V. Howard, of this city, situated near Villula, Russell county, Ala., was destroyed by fire on Friday, 17th ult., to gether with eight bales of Cotton,a quantity of bagging and rope, tools, &c. The loss is esti mated at SI,OOO. The fire originated from acci dent.—lb. Destructive Fire.—We regret to announce that the beautiful residence of K. L. Mott, Esq., in the upper part of this city, was almost totally destroyed by fire on yesterday afternoon. The Fire Companies were early on the ground, and in unusual force, and labored most zealously to sub due the flames—but all effort was unavailing.— The fire, which is supposed to have been com municated by a spark from the chimney between the ceiling and roof, had made considerable head way before making its appearance outside the building, after which time its progress was irre sistible. The furniture, we are gratified to learn, was saved, and mostly in an uninjured condition. The damage is estimated at over $3,000, most of which, we regret to hear, will prove a loss to Mr. Mott, there being no available insurance on the property.— Columbus Enquirer, 30th ult. Pork and Beef Packing.—The Louisville papers of Wednesday state, that the total num ber of hogs slaughtered in that place up to the close of the previous day was a little over 60,000. The receipts, however, were increasing the Bards town road, from one extreme to the other being literally lined with swine, and the Frankfort and Lexington railroad groaning under the weight of the mighty droves sent by that con veyance. As regards prices, the market was quoted dull at $4.75a55.00 nett, on time, with no cash sales reported. Old bacon and poik are tolerably abundant, with no sales, though good sides are offered at seven cts, and mess pork is nominal at sll per barrel. The Courier says: Many of the owners of our city pork establishments have turned their i attention to beef packing this season and they have already packed more than the entire pro duct of last year, by the regular dealers. The house of Wm. Jarvis & Co., received a large number of cattle yesterday for packing, having thus far killed upwards of 700 head. E. L. Huff man & Co., are also eng ged in the busine-s, and we fully expect Louisville to take the lead in the packing of beef as well as pork. She must soon become the proud beef-oplis and pork-opolis of the nation. Hogs. —We understand says the Nashville True Whig of the 28th, that there will be no at tempt on the part of Pork Packers in this city to do anything this year. Accounts of the mar ket from our exchanges show a great variety of prices. The Knoxville Whig of the 25th says: In this city sales have been made this week for $5 of good corn fed pork; and in view of the pressure in the money market, we predict that pork will yet be dull at five cents here before the season closes. The Bowling Green (Ky.) Standard of the 25th says at that place the price of corn-fed hogs has been settled at tour cents, and that of masted at three. The Clarksville Chronicle of the 24th has the following: It is a matter of some doubt, we think, as to whether there will be any pork pacKed at this place or not. Heretofore this branch of the trade has been carried on here very extensively and successfully. Sales are being made here every day for family use, at $4 and $4 50 per 100 lbs. nett. The Louisville Democrat of Friday says : We hear of no sales of hogs. The market is very dull. Holders continue to demand $4 75 a $5 nett, on time, and are not much disposed to sell even at those figures. Buyers are offering $4 25 a $4 50. There were upwards of 35,000 hogs in the pens last evening, and the receipts continue to increase. None of the slaughtering houses were in operation yesterday. Corn is selling at 70 cents per bushel. We learn from the Morning News of yester day. that Messrs. W. T. Thompson, its present editor, Mr. T. O’Donnell, for some time connect |ed with the office, and Mr. C. E. O’Sullivan, late Foreman in the establishment, have purchased an interest in that paper, and that it will here after be conducted under the name and style of Cooper, Thompson & Co. The editorial depart ment, will as heretofore, be conducted by Mr. Thompson; the business of the office will continue in the hands of Mr. O’Donnell, while the manage ment of the mechanical deparptment will be con fided to Mr. O’Sullivan. With this quadruple alliance, the associate proprietors hope “to ad vance the interests and promote the usefulness of the News.” For many years Mr. O’Sullivan has been con nected with the Republican as Foreman of the mechanical department, and we are glad that our knowledge of his character enables us to con gratulate the former proprietor of the News upon his acquisition. He is an excellent prin ter and a gentleman, and we wish him greater success than he is likely to meet with in the News or any where else.— Sav. Rep., 30th ult. S,Reserved Seats.—Albert Smith, the author of one of the most amusing and successful enter tainments in London, “The Agent of Mount Blanc,” in a recent address to his audience, as cribed a part of his success to a change he had made in the conditions of admission, instead of charging more than the usual piice for reserved seats, taken beforehand, he charged less, because, as he said, “ if any one takes the trouble to come beforehand for his place, he ought to be compen sated for that trouble. He ought to enjoy some advantage over those'who come late, and the best form in which to put that advantage is to let him have a place at a lower rate.” The consequence of this arrangement was that all his reserved seats, and a great many more, were always promptly taken, people be ing now eager to avail themselves not only of the security of a seat, but of the slight reduction in price. [From the N. O. Picayune, 26th ult.] Later from Texas. By the arrival of the steamship Perseverance, Capt. Place, yesterday, from Galveston, we have later news from Texas. Our latest dates are San Antonio, 16th inst.; Austin; 18th ; and Galveston 23d Gen. P F. Smith, Capt. A. Gibbs, Lieut. D. H. Maury and Dr. McFarlin arrived at Corpus Christi on the 15th. The Nueces Valley says|: They are all in good health. Lieut. Carr, we understand, is at Fort Inge, and fast leiovering of the wound he received in the late Indian fight above Eagle Springs. Lieut Smith, of the Topographical Engineers, and Capt. Waker are at San Antonio. Roderiquez, the guide, has quite recovered from bis wound, received at the same time and place with Lieut. Carr. The several companies of Rangers left Austin some time ago tor different points on the fron tier—four companies for Fort Mason, and two for Fort Worth. On the 17th inst. Col Waite arrived at Austin, with orders from Gen. Smith to muster the six companies of Rangers into the service of the United States for three months, but the companies having departed, the Colonel left for San Antonio, where he would report to Gen. Smith and await further orders. The State Times, in noticing Col. Waite’s arrival, says: A battailion of three companies will be sta tioned at Fort Mason, and a like battalion in a camp near Fort Clark. It is rumored Gen. Smith contemplates making a campaign against the Apaches, with the disposable mounted regu lar force and a portion of the Rangers. The Indians, it seems, continue their depre dations. The Nueces Valley, of the 18th inst., says: We learn from Mr. O’Boyle, who lives at Re fugio, that a few days since a party of Indians made a descent upon the settlements west of the mission of Refugio, and drove off all the horses in that vicinity. The depredation wascommit ted by daylight, and the Indians were seen by several of the inhabitants. We neglected to note down the number of the Indians, but be lieve the party consisted of twenty or thirty. The Victoria Advocate, of the 18th, has the following intelligence It appears to refer to some of the same party of Indians : Mr. Henry Snively, from Refugio, informs us that four or five Indians, evidently intent on mis chief, were recently discovered in that vicinity. They chased a young man some distance, and were about to cut oft'all possibility of his escape, when he leaped from his horse, and took refuge in a mott of timber, determined to defend him self with his rifle. The savages took after his horse, and were soon out of sight, when he suc ceeded in getting to the Mission, about five miles distant, without any further molestation. His horse escaped and came in next day. The citi zens repaired to the place, and found the tracks in accordance with the statement made by the young man ; and they are now organizing a company for the purpose of offensive and defen sive warfare, as circumstances may require. The Austin State Times has Information, by a letter Irom Hays county, of the killing of a fam ily at Bandera Pass, by Indians, supposed to be Camanches. The Galveston News stated that a company of Rangers started from Austin, on the 15th inst., in pursuit of a band of Indians who were reported to have crossed the Guadalupe below Fort Martin Scott The Rangers took six days rations and started eagerly to meet the red skins. The Supreme Court commenced its session in Austin, oi. the 13th inst. The Galveston News understands that many prominent citizens of the West have resolved on holding a convention at Hallettsville, Lavacca county, in March next, for the purpose of con sidering the means necessary 7 for effecting a rail road communication between the interior and The Austin (Texas) State Times has the fol lowing intelligence from the Rio Grande, fur nished by Major Norton, who artived at Austin on the 15th ult. The insurgents have called upon Ge" Carava jal to head them. It is supposed he will accept the leadership. Sixty thousand dollars have been subscribed by citizens of Mexico and mer chants of Brownsville, for the purpose of fitting out an expedition, conditioned upon the assump tion of the commanded by Caravajal. The citi zens of Monterey have on their part guaranteed the contribution of four hundred thousand dol lars. The leaders of the revolution have expres sed themselves favorable to the employment of foreigners. The arrangement heretofore made regarding the reclamation of fugitive slaves and runaway peones can be renewed. Horses and mules are very dear, on account of the order against passing them over to this bank of the Rio Grande ; the penalty for violating is five hundred dollars fine, for passing even one breeding animal, and a long imprisonment. A fine is laid upon any person who shall kill a breeding animal. For instance, should a Mexi can kill a cow for his own consumption, he pays five dollars for the privilege. Every animal of whatsoever class is taxed—, even to the dogs; chickens and all domestic fowls also. Mexicans, who hitherto rejoiced in sporting long black locks, have now to pay twenty-five cents per month for enjoying that luxury. Doors, windows, in short everything nameable, are taxed. Gen. Woll has lately issued an order for clear ing everyting from off the west bank of the Rio Gronde, eighty yards back, from Guerrero to Matamoros. That order was being carried into execution when Major Norton left. Fences were being removed, and the materials burnt; com cut down ; in short, the whole valley will be almost shorn of its fields. The best and more fertile land is found on the margin of the river. Anoth er order cuts off ail communication between the American and Mexican sides of the Biavo. Nei ther man, woman or child can cross. Matamoros has a garr son of about one thou sand men, with a good supply of artillery, muni tions and provisions. At Reynoso there are one hundred men, four hundred at Camargo, four hundred at Mier, with three pieces ot artillery, and one hundred at Guerrero. If Gen. Caravajal should cross he will have a good opportunity to beat those scattered forces in detail. Two thou sand men occupy a line of moie than cue hun dred and fifty miles. A letter to the Galveston News, dated Browns ville, No". 10, says : The present season has been remarkable on the Rio Grande for the quant ty of rain we have had, and the oldest inhabitant has not formally years past, seen the Bravo Del Norte, at this time ot the year, as high as it now is. The roads throughout the county for days were almost im passable, but the dry weather we are now com mencing to have, will soon render the roads pleasant. Again we have had no District Court this term, as his Honor, Judge Arrington, is yet in the North or “other parts unknown,” and as it is now some twelve months that he has been ab sent from his post, the most serious inconven ience and annoyance has been the consequence to persons who have important business pending before that court. We have yet among us all the leaders in the recent revolutionary movement in Santa Anna’s dominions, and as they have not as yet obtained the funds, which I understand they have been negotiating for, nothing is said at this moment ot an immediate attempt to again take the field against the Dictator’s forces, and endeavoring by a bold attempt to recover their homes and their lost liberties. They have not the least idea of availling them selves of Santa Anna’s general patdon, which, with extreme reluctance, was some days ago published in Matamoros by his mercenary coun terfeit Mexican, Gen. Woll. Gen. Gayoso, Gen. Well’s second in commond, started late yesterday evening, or will start this morning for Vera Cruz, to which place he has been ordered as military commander. We have quite a number of strangers here at present, but the state of affairs among our neigh bors of the “magnanimous” nation, lender trade and commerce somewhat dull at present. A speedy change is confidently anticipated by our mercantile community.
