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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
JAMES T. IffSBET AXI) SIMM ROSE,
EDITORS.
Curious Sketch of Chief Justice Marshall.
“ I Srirrttario” known to be Edward \\ illiam John
son Esq , formerly one of the editors of the National
heieUi.en-’ r. is writing a series of interesting sketches
of distinguished conversationalists for the N. Y. Tutu*.
In his third number he has a graphic description of
sc.m- of the peculiarities of Chief Justice Marshall.—
From this vre extract the following amusing notice of
Vs -r* ml and dress:
X s to the face and figure, nature had been equally
liuie at pains to stamp, with any princely effigy of what
pleases, the virgin gold of which she had composed his
head and heart. Except that his countenance was
thoughtful and benignant, it had nothing about it that
would have commanded a secoud look. Separately, his
features were but indifferent; jointly they were no
more than commonplace. Them as to the stature, shape
and carriage, there was nothing iu him that was not
rather the opjiosite of commanding or pre-possessing;
he was tall; yet his height was without the look of
either strength or ligthneas, and gave neither dignity
nor grace. His body seemed as ill as his miud well
compact -d : he not oily was without proportion, but of
members singularly iSI knit, that dangled from each
other and looked half dislocated. Habitually, he dress
ed verv carelessly ; in the garb, but 1 should not dare to
sac in the mode, of the last century. You would have
thought he bad on the old clothes’ of a former genera
tion. not made for him by even some superannuated
tailor of that period, but gotten from the wardrobe of
some antiquated slop-shops of second-handed raiment.
Shapeless as he was, he would probably have defied ail
fitting, by whatever skill of the shears; judge, then,
how the vestment* of an age when, apparently, coats
and breeches were cut for nobody in particular, and
waistcoats were almost dressing-gowns, sat upon him.
To complete these perfections of attire, it is necessary,
though I am ashamed, to add that the admirable judge,
whom, above all men that I am to draw, 1 would
have you love and venerate —was one of those people
to whom, in some mysterious way, the gift of looking
clean is denied. Piobablv some ancestors of his had
injured a Naiad, and the vengeance of the lyropaihic
powers still rests upon his race; for I never yet knew
one of them that bore not upon his linen signs of that
old quarrel. Or the judge may have incurred that
part of the “Curse of Kchama,” which interdicted the
sufferer from being touched by water, even when he
was flung into it. Hence, pethaps, the great jurist's
unwashed appearance. Certainly, it might well be said
of him, as by D-yden of another:
In Israel’s Courts ne’er sat an abethdin
Os more discerning eyes or bauds more clean ;
but pure as he kept the judicial ermine, it was the ou’
ly thing he ever wore unsoiled.
Fro* “ Cobijlek ” to Reviewer. —Clifford's auto
„ ’. prefixed to bis uauaiation of Juvenal, is one
of the most remarkable things in our language. It w s
forth, with the plainest, barest, most business like air,
one of the moat extraordinary struggles and privations,
ending in reputation and prosperity, that can lie read
anywhere. The poor bowed, unhealthy boy—he had
been rejected as “ too small ” at a storehouse ; be luu!
done menial work to the skipper of a coaster; he was
bound apjrentioe to a “ shoe makes” (the t-tir cal for
which is “cobbler;”) and the imaginative eye may be
hold him at eighteen or nineteen years of age barely
able to read aad write, “working out by algebra prob
lems, on pieces of leather beat flat, with an awl.’ In
all England there was not a more utterly forlorn boy
than. William Gifford in 177(5. Other men have been as
poor—Hevne, for instance; bnt to be so far behind in
culture, so late, was the worst part of ihe business. In
1795 he was the most popular satirist in England—he
published his “Juvenal” in 1 B>2, and iu t K ".’ he was
chosen to edit the “ Qiiarteriv.” Byron spoke ot htnt,
at a time when Byrou was the most popular writer of
his country, as his “ literary father.”— I Yxtia nst r lit-
Aeekseyvit and Liston —With all his power of err
aiiug mirth, and provoking laughter in others, Liston
was, when at home, the dullest man imaginable, aud a
prey to low spirits, which frequently threa'cued his rea
son. By the pursuaaion of hi- wife, he went to the cel
ebrated Abernethy, so well known for the 7 *ru<qM*rir of
his manner. Listoa was ushered into the surgeon s
room, and was received with a slight bow bv the o',
cur, who was Eoacqaaintcd with the na.no or person o *
his visitor.
■“Sit down, sir. What ails you ? ’ said the doctor.
Liston stated bis complaint with gravity and dcitbent
tion.
“Is that all?” inquired Aberne'hv. “ There’s noth
ing the matter with you. Low Spirits! Pooh ! pooh!
Go to the Caveat Garden to-night, and see Liston per
form; if that has no effect, go again to-nuuruw: that
will do it Two doses of Liston will restore a melan
choly madman. There—go—go.”
Liston was taken aback—tipped his gtiinea—and made
a most theatrical exit.
Hood's Design for his own Mnxrtrxr. —The
“Athen-.euiu” says: An anectloteha* been communica
ted to us on sutfirient antliority, which may furnish a
hint of some kind to those who have the management
ofthe Hood monument, —or which at anv rate, it is well
that they should know. Before he died, Hood made a
sketch for his own monument, —which is still in exis
tence. It consists of a square tablet, on which a figure
of himself is reclining. A plain moulding surrounds
i\-and the smip! • legend i .
UE SANG TUE SONG OF THE SHIRT.
Anecdote or Mr Webster.— A few rears since we
passed a night with a farmer who resided within six
miles of Mr. Webster's home in Marshfield. In sjies:-
king of Mr. Webster the fanner said that he had made
his acquaintance and found him a most agreeable neigh
bor. The acquaintance was in this wise. I was out in
uy door-yard one morning before breakfast last sum
mer, and saw a gentleman in my cow-yard He apolo
gized for his intrusion, as he termed it, by saying “I got
out of mv carriage, sir, to look at your barn cellar. I
tun taken with its plan and structure, aud thought I
might guj an idea that I may put in practice at home.
My name is Webster, of Marshfield. lam taking alo A
round among my neighbors to see if I can learn some
thing alsoiit farming” “O, Mr. Webster! My name
is Cttfomore. lam happy to see yon, Mr. Webster
won’t you walk in, sir?” “ Not to day, sir, if you will ex
cuse uve. But, Mr. Collaniore, we arc neighbors n< j
very far apart, and I should be happy to see you at m ‘
house. lam a farmer, in my way, which is not so goo.
ns that of my more experienced neighbors; but we nut
find some things with which to while away a little tin
on my place. Comedown, Mr. CnUamorc,and see m
and bring Mrs. Call.uuore, and your neighbors; ; lea.-
to invite ihem—tackle np, and all of you come dow
*om £ pleasant morning and sjieiid the ilav.” So I, n.
wife ajvd neighbors, went down. Mr. Webster led i
over his farm, till we got an appetite for dinner I
was in that year when flour was so high. Mr. Webstt
attended so the wants af bis guests at table, and then cal
ed upon the servant for apiece of bread. He took tl j
bread, remarking in an ofd fashioned style: “I tell m j
woman that flour is so high, we must not buv only ,
pillow-bier of flour at “a time, unit-.:- lays.” The idea <
this allusion to old fashioned times was to us all vei )
ludiereus, and is one of the incidents we allude to win I
we speak with each other of our visit at Marshfield.” ‘•
St. Paul Ptv*e>:r.
A Wealthy Ahsassaikir.—The Paris correqmndr I
of the Washington Republic thus describes the iu l
Turkish Ambassador at Paris:
“ This gentleman, who is named Yd:-Pacha, is tl i
oldest son of the Minister of State at Constantinople,
himself a ntuckir, or counsellor, when he is at home, a
is only thirty years of age. He is so immensely rich
to be called the Mussulman Rothschild. He spent tit
if ones on his journey from tlic Sublime Po:tc
tuc Avan ier de LEtoile. All his attendants wore, durii
the whole trip, the Turkish costume. He gave aw; )
twenty thousand dollars in gratuities to servau s, post j
lions, chamber-maids, and boots, from Marseilles to I’a
is. I hope that the Senate will hasten to decree tb’rt
million a year to the Kmjieror, for it would be hum-1
ting to be outshone by one of your own cotqs diolom
tiqi e*. The Cros • n never consent to be walked ovc
by the Crescent.”
Loris Napoleon’s Crown and his Wife’s Foot, i
A Paris letter says—“ The coronation of Louis Xa)oleo t
will cost much more than that of Napoleon the Great
and, consequently, than any other public ceremony thu ,
France ever paid for. That of Napoleon cost soiuewb.
over two millions. The marriage will cost as much mor
probably; and the birth of the Deir, if there is any, wil
doubtless be made the occasion of similar expenditures.
The coronation robes are to exceed any other corona
tion robes ever heard of, and I heard yesterday an in
dignant Orleanist say, “The creature has hud the im
pudence to have the crown jewels sewed into bis imper ul
man team” The crown, for which M. Lemon mer, .he
newly appointed court jeweller, has gone to Russia to
obtain precious atones, is also to go ahead ot arn crown
vet composed. A model of the foot of the Princess
\Vasa has arrived, and has been confided to the impe
rial shoemaker. A model of the princess’ hand is ex
creted for the glove maker; and the necessaiy moulds
for the corset maker, the bonnet maker, and ‘he mo
diste. A daguerrotype has been handed to the couri
painter; and I am astonished that the likeness of the
future Empress has not appeared in the shop windows.
By the time she gets here she will find herself an old
story.”
The Grrthoi'KD and Horse. —A gentleman of Bris
tol, Eng , had a greyhound which slept in the stable
along with a very tine hunter, about five years ago,—
These animals became mutually attached and regarded
each other with the most tender affection. The grey
hound always lav under the manger beside the horse,
which was so fond of him that he became unhappy and
restless when the dog was out of sight. It was a com
mon practice with the gentleman to whom they belon
ged *9 <*ll l4l the stable for the greyhound to accompany
him in his walks; ou such occasions the horse would
look over his ghoulders a* the dog with much anxiety,
and neigh in a manner which plainly said, “ Let incaho
accompany you.” When the dog returned to the stable
he was always welcomed with u loud neigh ; he ran up
to the horse and his nose. Iu return the horse
would scratch the dog s back with his teeth. One day,
ulicu the groom was out with the horse and greyhound
f< r exercise, a large dog attacked the latter and quicklv
bote him to the ground ; on which the horse threw hack
his ears, and, in spite of all the efforts of the groom,
rushed at the strange dog that was worrying the grey
hound, seized him by the back with his teeth, which
sp'Hjdilv made him quit his hold, and shook him till a
large piece of skin gave way. The offender no sooner
got* ou uis feet than he judged it prudent to beat a pre
cipitate retreat from so formidable an opponent.
‘PW M. de Lamartine ispublishingthe prospectusof
hW OtrilUiteur for 1853. Biographical sketches of Ci
cero, Fenekm, Heloise, Bacon, Alexander the Gnat,
Csesar, Tasso and the Weaver, Jacquard, are promised.
The * ifocription price is six franca for the year.
Mills’ Equestrian Statue of Jackson.
The Bth inst., the anniversary of the battle of
New Orleans, was celebrated in Washington city by the
inauguration of the Equestrian Statue of Andrew Jack
son, executed by the American artist, Clark Mills. An
oration was delivered on the occasion by Senator Doug
las, of Illinois, which was remarkable for nothing.—
We publish below a description of the Statue, from a
Washing'on correspondent of the X. A'. IP rail:
Washington, Dec. 15, 1852.
The New York Herald being the ever-ready advo
cate of American genius nnd skill, 1 send the follow
ing notice of one of the grandest and most bcautitt l
works of art of this or any other former age—the co
lossal brume equestrian same of General Jackson.
This statue is now elevated in the workshop of the
artist, Clat k Mills, Kse. ready to be to timed to Fay
ette square, where it is to stand, and where it will be
inaugurated on the t-th of January next, ’.lie anniversa
ry of the battle of New Orleans It is supposed tha
the President and the Vice President elect will be pres
ent OU the interest ing occasion, and that the men of all
parties, with a large concourse of people, will attend.
So it ought to be; for not only is the great hero and
statesman a “national man,” iu the broadest sense, ami
esjjeciallr in the character of a general here represented,
but the work itself is stieh an extraordinary achievement
of native genius, that every American should be proud
of it and should honor the artist and the occasion.
It is not saying too much to assert that there is no
equestrian statue in the world equal to ii. I have seen
most of the celebrated statues ui tlte Old World, and
understand the comparative merits of all; but 1 never
saw onytlnug, nor could 1 imagine anything, so like a
living annual. Its proportions, the auatomv, the atti
tude, aud the action, is so perfect and life-Lao, that it
scarcely seems an inanimate tiling. Every muscle is in
ruli play, aud drawn tip with the force of an exci.ed aud
.aiupati! horse. With its eye nl tins and expanded
nostril, breathing impatient fierceness, it looks, to use
the poetic language nf .Scripture, “terrible ’’ The ar
tist inis fully realized ihe ancient and sacred poet’s
grand conception of a \v; r o . There is no [; r of
ii, from the beau ifui and tie.ce head to the very hair
of she tail aud .lie hoof, that is not full of expression
Beyond all ques.ion it is, in point ot tiictit, the List
cquestri; u sia.ue in the world. Those who were most
intimately acquainted with Gen. Jackson, say that the
likeness of ihe old hero is excellent, and that dressed in
precisely the same uniform he note at the baitie of
New Orleans, the whole figure looks livingly natural.
My astoaishment is not less than my admiration. Here
is a man who never saw a statue—wia> never was in
Europe—who never studied under any of tlio great ai
t s*s, nor ever saw their works; he. by the lb:ce of his
own native genius and indomitable preserverance
against the greatest di. he id .'fas, has, in tins great work,
out-strip|ted all .he ge uus ol the Did World.
But the most stnktug feature of this colossal statue
is the whole group being balanced and testing on the
hind feet alo ic. Tht-te is no other suppt r. The foil
i-itl.i uu up, and ‘he lore 1-e. raised in a renting atti
tude. Here is a iuhss of metal, thirty-five thou and
pjuuds weight, balanced on the hind feet of the horse,
and stands as mom-cable as the pedestal itself. It
was considered a great triumph of art in supporting
the world-renow nod same of Peter the Grew, at St.
I'etcisbnrg, which is only about a thousand pocuda
heavier ih.m this m-.e, by its hind feet and tail alone. —
The English papeis speak iu high terms of ihe artist
of the Wellington statue, at Edinburg, for having sue
coeded in st:s uiuing that great statue iu the same way
tint is, by fastening ihe .. U This must aliva 8 give a
tome, umiatmal appearance to the h*>rse. If the aitis s
of Eunij-e th.nk .ney ia e d<_>ue something great if
die Russians tliink it a great merit in their sta; ue, which
cost neatly a milium dollars and eighteen years labor
it the English boas, of the.r Wellington statue —what
shall we Auiesicaus say of our artist, who, bv rightly
placing the centre of gravity, and consequen ly gn ii g
tlte most natural aAitu le to ihe horse, has made Ins
statue tost mu witbo it any other support than his hii and
feet? This is truly a great triumph of American art.
It would appear that not only ar w b-a ing the
Old World m the practical and use.ul, but in the line
ar.s also Mr. Mills who has labored four years with
s > much a i\ c.v, aud against so many dillicultics an 1
d.scourageuicn.s, has placed himself in the first rank
o: great artists He has lost money by bis contract,
but he reaps a great glory, and the American people
wiil, vre doubt no , be proud to honor and reward
him. B.
Charleston Courier—Semi-Centennial Anni
versary.
Monday, the ltith January, was the fiftieth anniver
sary of she t hai!es.ou (Jour er, wliich afforded the
worthy proprietors of that excellent journal an oppor
tunity to display their liberality in an elegant entertain
ment on Saturday evening, which is thus noticed by the
Micurg:
Semi-Centennial Anniversary of tue Charles
ton C’o.EiKit. — The fiftieth anniversary ot the es
tablishment of the Charleston ‘Jourier, and of Mr. A.
Ss Willmgton’s connection with it, as Printer, Editor
and Publisher, was celehrated on Saturday evening last,
at the Pavilion Hotel. Such a festival, we believe, is
without a parallel in the history of the Press; and iu
ndditiou to its novelty, is a most striking and gratifying
evidence of ihe ability and propriety with which the
Cuurirr has been oonducte-l, aud the appreciative aud
conservative character of the contrauuity by which it
has been so liberally sustained. None but those who
are in the harness ot Editorial life, and who pull iu the
harness, can properly estimate the days of toil and
nights of vigil—the wear aad tear of body, inind and
tempei, comprised i years of servitude to a daily
newspaper, and properly apjrreetatc the rare good ioi
tiiueot Mr. Willington, iu having run his long career
with such signal success, and preserving, in a remarka
ble degree, the full force and v igor of his faculties,
mental and physical. It was, therefore, an occasion of
just pride and gratification to him, and all connected
v.-ith his establishment, and this feeling was largely
shared and sympathised in by his personal ami profes
sional friends who were present at his invitation on this
interesting occasion. As was felicitously remarked by
one of the speaker*, we were reminded of that touch
ing and beautiful German ceremonial, when an aged
couple, having reached the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding day, assemble their relatives and friends around
ihem, and with religious services, reiterate the vows of
their youth. This is termed the Golden Marriage, and
we are gratified to say was the more happily illustrative
of Mr tVilUngtan’s union with the lourier, in that it
has been golden itt all its aspects to him, and long may
it continue so
The company, numbering about eighty, consisting of
the printers, editors and publishers of the newspaper
establishments c.f ihe city, and a few personal friends,
>at down to supper, served in very handsome style bv
Mr Butterfield, at about 8 o’clock; and having, vviih
professional alacrity, distributed the sorts aud tilled
their cases, they were further regaled with speeches,
sen imcii!* and songs, appropriate to the occasion, to
which, we regret, we have neither space nor opportu
nity of doiug toiler justice. The only fragment vve
were cnaU-.-d to preserve, was the following, which vve
give, as expressing, however imperfectly, the sentiment
of all:
“A. S. Williugton, Esq.: For fifty years. Printer,
Editor and Publisher of the Charleston Oourirr: Per
sonally, esteemed and honored : Professionally, an orna
ment and example; He has well and worthily won his
honors. May he live long and happily to wear them.”
Thf. Gre vtSvspension Bridge over the Niagara.—
The Lockport Journal says that laborers are busily em
ployed in pushing the Niagara suspension bridge to
completion. It says:
“ Imagine a span B<*t. feet in length, forming a straight
hollow beam, feet wide and about is feet deep, with
top, bottom and side--. There will be an upper floor to
support the railroad and cars, 20 feet wide between the
railings, and suspended by two wire cables, assisted by
stays.
“ Tiic lower floor, ! • fee: wide and 1■ feet high in the
clear, is connec'ed to the tipper floor by vertical trusses.
The cohesion of good iron wire, when properly vniited
into rabies or ropes, is found to be from inyaai to 1
000 pound- jer square inch, according to quality.—
The limestone u-ed in constructing the towers will bear
Ia pressure of 5R* tons upon every square foot. The
towers are 80 feet high, 15 feet square, at the base, and
Bat the top. When this bridge is covered with a tram
jof cars the whoL- length, it will sustain a pressure of
I not less than 4i5 tons. The speed is supposed to add
l-i jer cent, to the pressure, equal to 81 tons. The
weight of superstructure added, estimated at 7tons,
makes the total aggregate weight sustained 1273 tons.
“Assuming 20'"> tons as the greatest tension to
which the cables can be subjected, it is considered safe
to allow five times the regular strength, and providing
for a weight of lttJKa) tons. For this thirteen thousand
miles of wire are required. The number of wires in
one cable is three thousand. The diamatcr of cable
about f’L inches. The bridge, vve believe, is the long
est between the points of any in the world.”
Music in Westminster Abbey.
The sound of casual footsteps had ceased. I could
onlv hear, now and then, the distant voice < f the priest
repeating the evening services, and the faint response of
the choir; these paused for a time, and all was hushed.
The stillness, the desertion and obscurity that were
gradually prevailing around, gave a deeper and mot:
solemn interest to the place.
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Suddenly the no>s of the deep, laboring organ burst
upon ihe car, falling vvidt doubled and redoubled inten
sity, and rolling, a- it were, huge billows of sound.—
How well do their volume and grandeur accord vvi h this
mighty building. Midi what pmip do they swell
through its vast vaults, and breathe their awful hat
iiuiiiv through these caves of death, and make the silent
sepulchre vocal! And now they rise in triumphant ac
clamation, heaving higher and higher their accordant
notes, and piling sound on svntnd. And now they [muse,
and the soft voices of the choir break oui into sweet
gushes of melody : they soar aloft, and warble along the
roof, and seem to [day about these lofiy vaults like pure
airs of heaven. Again the ]iealing organ heaves its
thrilling thunders, compressing air into music, and roll
ing it forth upon the soul. What long-drawn cadences!
W 1 at solemn, sweeping cords! It grows more dense
and powerful—it fills the vast pile, and seems to jar the
very walls. And now it is winding up in full jubilee—
it is rising from the earth to heaven—the very soul
ser ins wrapt away, and floating upwards on this swell
ing tide of harmony. —ls trim/.
Florida License Law —The bill amending the Li
cense Law [Hissed Hereafter all License to retail Spir
itous Liquors are to pay a State tax of S2OO. Person*
offending, to lie fined SSOO on conviction. This tax’
it is thought will operate to prohibit license to a large
extern, if not altogether.
A Parisian perfumer has discovered a beautiful
rouge, which has the singular quality of being indelible,
but at the same time natural. Once put on, it cannot be
effaced, except by the process of nature, and ladies using
it should be cautious how they apply it. The ladies of
Paris, it is said, are so afraid of it tnat they have an ar
tist to do the painting for them.
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MACON, GEORGIA :
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10, 1853.
We jmblbhed last week an announcement iJ
the marriage of a gentleman of Houston county, with a
lady of the same county, which, it rooms, was a mis
take. We found it iu the 7! I -graph : and as the gentle,
man was an esteemed friend and a subscriber to our
paper, we published it as a matter of course. Our
neighbor of the Tehjraph was imposed upon by some
individual who has lit’ le delicacy of feeling, and to
whom we shall certainly give a little notoriety, if he or
she is discovered. Though the gentleman may fed
flattered by the association of his name with that of
the young lady in a marriage notice, yet he was doubt’
less annoyed by the announcement, as he would natur
ally be suspected of some knowledge of, or connection
wi It it, and iu it note to ns, he hits begged us to state
that lie had no agency whatever in the publication
this pretended marriage.
Election*.
On the 12tli inst. the Hon. J. 11. Clifford was elected
Governor by the Legislature of Massachusetts The
vote stood, Clifford, (Whig,) 148; Bishop, (Detn.,) 84;
and Mann, (Free-Soil,) 51.
Hon. Charles E. Smart, Democratic member of the
House of Representatives, has been elected U. States
Senator, by the Legislature of Michigan, in place of
Hon. Alphcu* Felch, whose term will expire on the 4th
of March next.
On the 14th inst., the Hon. John M. Clayton was
el cted to the Uni ed States Sena e by the Legislature
of Delaware, for the full term of six years, from the 4th
of March next. The Hon. Presley Spruancc, whom he
will succeed, it is understood, declined a re-election.
John Pettit was, oil the 11th inst., elected by the Leg’
isat ire of Ind u , to fill tie tnexpired term of James
Whitcomb dec’d., in ’.he Senate < f the United States.
At the la’e Gubernatorial election i:i Louisana, llci*
lert (Democrat; was the successful candidate. In the
Legislature, the Democracy will have twenty-six major
ity.
IfT The last rumor from Washington with regird to
the Cabinet of General Pierce, is that Senator Linter
has declined the office of Secretary of State, tendered
to hitn; and that he has done this because John A. l)ix,
of New York, will have a place in the Cabinet. Dix
was a Van Buren it an in 1848, and contributed ma
teri.illv to the defeat of Lewis Cass, the regular nomi
nee of tha Democracy. He is. moreover, a Free-Soiler—
as objectionable on that account as \\ illiam 11. Sew aid,
and it has astonished ns very much to hear his name
always mentioned in connection with the Cabinet of
Genet ml Pierce. That General Pierce should appoint
him, is not more surprising, however, than that he
should seek to associate with him in the Cabinet, Hun- X
ter, of Virginia, divided from him by absolute antago
nism in political opinion, upon tnanv important ques
tions. Hunter, it would seeai, feels that it would be
hazardous to take the position of Premier in a Cabinet
in which there was such material as John A. Dix, and
dangerous to cumber bis political record with tue com.
initials of such a Cabinet. If there is any truth in this
last on-dit of the letter-writers—if Senator Hunter has
declined the position of chief of the incoming Adminis
tration, for the reason as.-igned, it should elevate him in
the respect and confidence of Sou:hern men. It would
be a stronger proof of devotion to Southern Rights than
all the resolutions of the Nashville Convention, and all
the rhetoric which has been ex pended upon the wrongs
and the oppressions of the South. Dix is obnoxious to the
conservative Union Democracy, on account of his opin
ions u[)oti questions of foreign policy, and should be
more obnoxious to Southern Democracy, on account of
his Frec-Soil opinions. He has been systematically o[ -
jios.d to ihe rights and interests of the constituency
which Mr. Hunter represents; nnd we should be glad
to believe that Mr. Hunter had declined a seat in the
Cabinet, upon the ground that be would not be associa
ted with such a man. No political necessity, no pros
pect of honors or emolument, should induce him to
fraternize with such an one, or unite with hint in the
administration of the Government. But we fenr that
the Southern Democracy, whom Senator Hunter repre
sents, would not resent the nomination of Dix or any
other Free-Soiler ; but, on the contrary, would hail it as
a triumph over the Union Democracy, troni whom they
are separated by prejudices and passions, as well as by
principles. And we fear that if Senator Hunter dt”
elines a Cabinet ap[Hiiutment, we must attribute it to
sonic arr'ure pintee of expediency, rather than to any
unwillingness or repugnance on his part, to serve in a
Cabinet in which the Free-Soil Democracy was repre
sented.
The tender of a Cabinet appointment to Mr. Hunter
—his declination and the reason assigned—are ail mere
rumors, and perhaps, not entitled to much more cre
dence than many of the other speculations w ith regard
to the Cabinet. There arc some things, however,
which are known with regard to the Cabinet of Gen P.,
and which do not increase our confidence iu it or in the
success of his Administration. One is that it is yet un
formed, and another is that in every projet of a Cabinet
which hasboen promulgated, the sound material of the
Democratic party has been generally repudiated, and
the posts of honor and of trust awarded to ultra-South
ern and ultrz-Northem tnen. The fact that the Cabi
net is yet unknown —Ihat interested curiosity has not
yet been able to discover its composition or its charac
ter, argues badly for the harmony of the Democratic
party, and ex;)ses the embarrassment of the President
elect in choosing the material out of which to construct
a Cabinet, from its hostile and discordant factions. The
material is abundant,—there are Democrats in each
State in the Union, able and competent and willing to
conduct the affairs of each department of this Govern
ment—sound and national in their politics, and who, if
united in a Cabinet, would act us a unit upon every
question of foreign and domestic policy.
Why is not the selection made? Tho personality of
the Government is a matter of small consequence to the
great mass sf the people. They do not care who the
individuals are who constitute the Government, but
they do w ish to know upon w hat principle they will be
appointed, and what are the qualifications which w ill
recommend to Executive lavor. Why is not the selec
tion made? Why, at least, is there such ignorance, not
only as to Ihe individuals who shall constitute General
Pierce’s Cabinet, but as to the character of that Cabi
net? The Democracy are as ignorant upon this info*
resting subject as we are. Have they no political
flsi.lt ? no policy upon foreign and domestic questions,
which, as a matter of course as a nialter of necessity
must l>e adopted hy their President elect? If they
lisve they do not know it, because they do not pretend
s o know what the policy of President Pierce w ill be.—
The simple truth is, that the Democracy went into the
Presidential election without a party creed or a party
policy. They achieved a signal victory, and their victo
rious and compact columns broke into fragments, and
they quarrelled like free-booters over the spoils, proving
that the spoils are the only practical results of the last
Democratic triumph, as they were the only cement by
which the discordant elements of the party were bound
together. These facts account for the embarrassment
under which General Pierce labors in the formation o 1
a Cabinet. He must consult the interests and feelings
of each faction of the Democracy, and make his Cabinet
a piece of mosaic work, where every Democrat slial*
see himself represented. The success of such a Cabinet
in the administration of the Government, or in restor
ing harmony to the Democracy, is more than doubtful.
A coalition of factions ntay give office to a party;
but cannot conduct and Administration. The dilli
cidtv which serins to attend the formation of such a
Cabinet, or of any Cabinet, by General Pierce, is
received bv the people as an evidence of the existence
of irreconcilable differences among the Democracy, and
is fast dissipating their confidence in tlte success of his
Administration.
[of* The Milledgevillc Ilf'order, of 11th inst, an
nouiKcs that Peter E. Love, Esq., was elected by ihe
[•rople on the first Monday in this month, Judge of the
Superior Court of the Southern circuit
The following arc the returns so far ns received,
which places the result beyond doubt, viz:
Lovk. Moruan. Platt.
Pulaski 4'H 30
Telfair 181 4
Laurens 272
Irwin 261 7 G
Ixiwndes 137 15
Thomas ?,8m 8
Cut'RcnKS in Gkoroia —We gather the fallowing
interesting facts touching the different religious denom
ination* in this State:
No. of No of Valtto of church
Churches. Members. Property.
Baptist 8-21 3 in,oi{. j fchfo.sbl
Methodist 735 233,143 383,743
Presbyterian S2 38,886 218,805
Episcopal 18 8,875 lou,Bln
Catholic 8 4,250
The Baptist denomination have more chinches in
Georgia than in anv other State in the Union ; and with
the exception of New York, mere members tliuu itt any
other State.
The Ministerial Crisis in England.
On the 17th ttlf, the Derby Ministry were departed
in the House of Commons, mid on the follow ing day,
their resignations were tendered to the Queen, and c
---cv; te l. On tlie 201 h inst Lord Derby in th” House oi
Lords, and Mr. Disicali in the Commons, announced
the causes which bad led to the resignation of the Mitt s
try, and that Lord Aberdeen bad been entrusted by her
majesty with the ta.-A of forming anew Cabinet. On
the 27th inst Lord Aberdeen announced in the House
of Lords, the formation of a Cabinet, developed in a
short address the policy of his Admiiiistrn tion, moved
that the House adjourn to the 10th day of February ;
and thus the Ministerial Crisis in England has posset’.
The charge which it has caused in the Government of
England has been made as quietly as the political revo
lutions of our own country, which are effected by the
ballot box. It is hardly probable, however, that th s
change of Ministers will produce any great or radical
change in the Administration of the affairs of England.
For an American, indeed, it is difficult to understand
the causes which led to the resignation of the Derby
Ministry, or the points of difference between the pre
sent and late Ministry upon any question of foreign
or domestic policy. In the address of Lord Al>er
decn, in which he foreshadowed the policy of h s
A bn’nistration, we have looked in viwi f< r m y
distinct is-aie which can be made between himtel
un i the Government which has been ousted, or
for any material change which he proposes in tle
policy of that Government. It is true he spciks
wi h oracular ambiguity of reforms in the system of
re: resentation, and declares bis adherence to the policy
ol’ free-trade. But this policy is nothing new or oi igi.
mil with Lord Aberdeen, and a continuance of it will be
nothing more than a continuance of the policy, which
originated with Sir Robert Peel, and has not been ma
terially disturbed by any subsequent Administration. —
Lord Derby himself, declared his satisfaction with the
programme of Administration laid down by his sue
cessor, and was as much at a loss as we are to determine
the points which divided them. We are obliged to at*
tribute the overthrow of the Derby Ministry to factious
opposition, and to regard it like the coutests of tl e
Whig and Democratic Parties of this country, as origi
nating in a struggle for plunder and place, rather than
in any real differences upon principles of Government.
The Derby Ministry was certainly as essentially Tory as
any which England has had since that of Wellington.—
But the opposition, by which it has been
is composed of such heterogeneous elements that .t is
•impossible for us to determine the character which it
will impress upon the Administration, or whether we
should claim its success as an evidence of the advance
of liberal opinions in England. The Aberdeen Minis
try combines more talent and more experience than any
which England has had since the time of Pitt, and is
destined to a long lease of existence. It is a coalition of
Whigs and Peelites, and composed of individuals who
have grown old and famous in public service, many of
whom might aspire to be the chiefs of an Administra
tion. It is rather singular to find Palmerston and Rus
sell acting itt concert with Ihe prominent members of
the Peel Ministry, but not more singular than many
of the polical combinations of our own country.—
The radicals represented by Hume and Cobden seem to
have been repudiated in the formation of this coalition
Cabinet. Molesworth is a cautious liberal, but cannot
be considered the representative man of Young Eng
land. And looking at the constitution of the Cabinet
| we see no reason for thinking that it will be more liberal
I in its policy than the one which it has succeeded.
Every thing which would indicate a change of policy
in England, with whom our relations grow more inti
mate, more complicated and more delicate every day,
! must hereafter excite the attention of the American
people. Heretofore questions of domestic policy have
occupied the attention of our Statesmen, and have made
the issues which divide parties. The discussions of
Congress and the issues of the Press indicate, that
hereafter our foreign policy will have the precedence in
interest and importance, and that our Statesmen and
our people must have a better acquaintance with the
composition of other Governments, and give a closer
| scrutiny to changes which may effect us in our rela-
I tions to them.
i We publish below a graphic description from
the London correspondent of the Liverpool Caron ’
| ic le, of the scene in the House, at the division which
| resulted in the defeat of the Derby Ministry, together
w ith the constitution of the Aberdeen Ministry, as giv
en by our last foreign advices.
Scenes at The Division.— The House has just di
vided, amidst a scene such as it would be difficult to
describe. 1 went down shortly before one o’clock, just
as the Chancellor of the Exchequer was finishing a
three hour’s speech. He spoke tinder great excitement,
and amidst the cheers of his supporters. I was in
formed for I could not speak ol the diet, and I write
at least two or three hours before the morning pa
pers are published—that he made a very coarse and
ungentlemanly attack on Sir Charles Wood, the late
whig Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that he was
hardly less severe on Sir James Graham. He referred
to a coalition as something that “loomed in the future,”
and which would prove to be most disastrous to the
best interests of the country. But on this and on the
other heads of his speech the morning papers will, of
course, be very explicit. Mr. Gladstone lmmcdiat’elv
rose, and, nit hough there were some few calls to “di
vide,” the right honorable member for ihe University
of Oxford, and the brother of your townsman, Mr.
Robcitson Gladstone, is evidently a favorite with ihe
House. Mr. Gladstone is a man of great mental pow
er, and his reasoning was so strong and consistent, his
illustrations so happy, his diction so eloquent and flow -
ing, anil his manner at one moment calm and dignified,
a> another, impassioned and eloquent, that, late as the
hour was, he carried the House with him. The ap
plause was not vociferous—it was a reflex of the speech,
the expression of men who could appie date the verv
highest order of forensic eloquence, combined wilh the
most enlarged political philosophy. ‘J he peroration dis
appointed me in force and pow er, for, although in keep
ing, it hardly excelled the beautiliil and finished address
which he delivered to the House—one of those things
which those who listened to it will never forget. The
House was densely crowded. Judging by its appear
ance, 1 should have unhesitatingly declared that the gov
ernment would have a majority, aid naming my im
pression to a friend, the rejoiner was, “Ah! you forget
the members who are not in the House. Depend u;ion
it, the government will be beaten by at least a score. The
refreshment rooms, the smoking rooms, the library, are
full of members, who are listening for the division bell.”
Mr. Gladstone sat dow nat a quarter past three. After
him rose some Mr. Conollv, who was assail led by the
most terrific cries of “divide, divide,” but still he pro
ceeded, and several sentences which he uttered were dis
tinctly heard. Nevertheless, as he appeared to be ramb
ling from the question, the indignation ofthe opposition
rose to a high pitch, that a nobody should presume to
occupy their time at that hour of the morning, and Mr.
Conollv was literally roared down. It was understood
that if any man of mark had followed Mr. Gladstone,
Lord John Russell would have wound up the debate; but
he did not speak. At length, about twenty minutes past
three, the question was put, and the “Ayes” and “Noes ’
contended for the mastery. The members then went
into the lobby to count “noses,” nnd in exactly half an
hour after at ten minutes to four—the result was an
nounced—Ayes, 286; noes, 305. Majority against the
government, lit.
“Beaten, by -!” was the exclamation of the ed
ict-of a liberal morning paper, who was just at my el
bow. “ They must resign. ’ “They’ll be in again be
fore a week lias elapsed, was the rejoinder of a gentle
man at the head of the leading ministerial print. “ Who,
pray, is to take their places?’ pursued he ; “surely net
the’rope of sand which you call the opposition—com
posed ofthe l’eelites, the brass band, the whigs, and the
.Manchester school ?” And with this colloquy the par
ties separated, the one laughing heartily at the result,
and the other, with great good humor, consoling him
self with the belief that the days of a tory government
are not over We shall see.
Just below the gangway, nnd under the Speaker’s gal
lery, sat Lord Derby, next to him Lord de Warden, (a
line, large, gray headed, and most benevolent-looking
old man ! and next to his lordship, Mr. Shannan Craw
ford. The Premier paid the most marked attention io
Mr. Gladstone’s speech, w ith his arms occasionally fol
ded across his chest, and looking in a temper the re
verse of pleasant. Your tnettib t, Mr. Forbes Macken
zie, with his bald head, and his bland oily presence, was
seen frequently flitting across the floor of the House.
What account, think you, will he give of his “ wlvipping
in,” after a majority of IU lias declared tigiinst his em
ployers? No doubt he did his best; anti if any ques
tion as to the fact could exist, his having £!,2ob staked
on the issue, would be sufficient to dispel such an un
generous imputation.
As 1 left the House, g ou; a of minibus were til o
1 leaving it. I met one whom I knew, and his inline -
sion was that on Monday the ministry would come down
to the House and tender their resignations. He attribu
ted the result entirely to Lord Derby “snubbing” the
Ir.sh liberal members. But for that, he said, the niinie
try would have hod a majority, I ought to state that
he does not belong to the Fun raid Isle, but represents ii
borough in the midland counties—so that his opinion
oil this point has at least no selfglorification in it. It
must be taken for what it is worth.
The Aberdeen Administration.
Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury.
Lord Crauworth, Lord Chancellor,
Mr. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Iron! Palmerston, Home Secretary.
Lord John Russel, Foreign Secretary
Duke of Newcastle, Colonial Secretary,
Sir James Graham, First Lord of ihe Admiralty.
Earl Granville, President of the Council.
Duke of Argyle, Lord Privy Seal.
lion. Sidnev’ Herbert, Secretary at War.
Sir C Wood, President of Board of Control.
Sir W. Molesworth, First Comm’r Public Works.
Marquis of Landsdowne, A seat in the Cabinet
without office.
The above form the Cabinet.
Mr. Cardwell, l’res’t Board of Trade.
Sir A Cockburn, Attorney General.
Sir W. P. Wood, Solicitor GeueraL
Hon. W. F. Cowper, One of Lords of Admiralty
lit lion Ed. Strutt, Chancellor of Duchy of Lancr.
Lord Ernest Hr woe. Vice Chantb. of Queen's Hid.
lit. lion. SI. T. ilttinos. Fresident of Poor Law
Hoard.
Kail Mitlgrnv#, Treasurer of Queen’s Hid.
lx>rd St, Germans, Lord Lieut, of Ireland.
Sir Joint \ ounjj, Sec. to l.d Lieut of Ireland
Hon M llrmly, Lord Clmneellor of Ireland.
■ Brewster, Attorney General for Irelaud.
C. I*. YiUer*, Judge Aifvoeaie General.
Sadler, tine w l.onU of Treasury.
Frederic I’eel, 1 ! oder See, tor Coloim*.
Lord WtsidUonse, Under See, lot I'iitcign AOiiii*.
Hon. O lluyter, Soerelaiy of the Tieuui>.
K. Lowe anil A. 11. Luyutd, Joint Hec to Indian ltd
Con.
Minutos of Points deritlt'd by llie Niipmnt*
Court at Savaiuiali, Jnu’y Turin, ISA,).
No. 1. Caroline 0 Barnes, Pi'll’ in Ertor is Tie
Ex’ors of John Fox, dec’d. In Equity Horn Rich
mond county
Dawson lor Pl'tt’in Error Miller (• r llfl.
This case was dismissed on account of iioifutteudunee
of Plaint ill’s AForney.
No. 2. Georoe W. Persons, Pl’ff in Error vs. Gashiki.
Jones, Deft—Assumpsit From Columbia county.
The following were tin- points decided in this case a*
reported in vessel day’s Republican :
1. The doctrine, that a party who tronsfersa promisso
ry note tor value, warrants, by implication, that it is gen
uine and free from defect, which would make it worth
less, /•< affirmed.
2. lu a case where the statute of limitations is pleaded,
anti fraud is • proved by the Plaintiff, the statute only
begins to run from the time when the fraud is discov
ered.
3. Although the record of another case between the
Plaintiff and the maker of the note transferred, be git
eu in evidence by the Plaiiititf—held that She statement
in the plea of usury, that the Plaintiff knew of the usury
when he received the note, was no evidence of such
knowledge
Judgment below reversed
Potile for ITtf in Error Miller for Deft
No. 3. Chekseboroi’CH, Stearns & Cos., Fl’ffs in Error,
vs. Garret Van Ness, Def’t in Error. —terturaii
front Richmond.
An order of the Court of Common Pleas of Augusta
to bring up an insolvent debtor, was, bv mistake, made
returnable on the 14th March, 1852, which was Sunday.
The Judge, on objection made that Sunday was not a
judicial day, merely opened and adjourned the Court
to the next day, Monday, and on Monday proceeded to
hear and determine the other questions which were
carried to the Superior Court by certiorari, and thence
brought to the Supreme Court on writ of error. The
following points were ruled bv the Supreme Court:
I. Sunday is not a day for the transaction of judicial
business; but notwithstanding this, the cause would
stand over to the next day without any further order,
and although the meeting on Sunday and the adjourning
over were void acts
A notice under the insolvent laws of the State, al
though addressed to the attorney of the creditors, is
good when the names of the creditors are inserted, and
a service of said notice on the attorneys is also good.
3. A published notice to non-resiuent creditors, who
have no attorney in the State, and which notice has no
signature to it, but stating ihe cause and the parties,
and setting forth the subject of the notice, is good.—
Where the liberty of the citizen is concerned, a liberal
construction will be given to a statute
4 Where a court calls upon an attorney, in a case un
der the insolvent laws, to state what creditors he rep
resents, it is not error in the court to require the at
torney t > answer, and it is the duty of the attorney to
answer, such proceeding not being obnoxious to the act
of 1841*, prohibiting attorneys from testifying in cases
in which they are professionally engaged.
Judgment of court aft” m and.
J. C. .Snead for Plaintiff’ in error, W. W. Montgomery
for Defendant in error.
No. 4. James Cody, Plaintiff’ in Error, vs. W. E. W.
Qcarterman, Executor, Defendant in Error.—Statu
tory action tor land and profits. Muttonfor new Trial.
Front Chatham Superior Court.
Tite following points were ruled by the Supreme
Court:
1. Where the relation of landlord and tenant exists, the
tenant is es opped to deny the title of his landlord,
and the landlord can recover from his tenants, wheth
er immediate or remote, on such estoppel.
2. A letting by naroi for five years, on ([condition that
theessec will build a house on the lease, and, at the end of
toe onn, give up the possession and the improvement,
i\ I '. a* alet* , under the Statute of Frauds.
2. Such letting is not within the exception of the
s'aUite in favor of a parol lease for not more than three
years—there being no evidence that the value of the
house was equal to two-thirds the improved value of the
land.
4. Such letting creates a mere tenancy at will, which
expires with the death of the lessee, and is not descend
ible to his heirs. For the purpose of a notice to quit,
the Courts have turned such tenancy into one from
year to year —but only for such purpose.
5. A person succeeding to the possession, on the
death of the first tenant, bv intermarriage with the
widow of such tenant, is not in possession bv any
privity with the original lessor, and is not estopped to
deny his title.
(j. The acknowledgment bv such person that the
possession was acquired under such circumstances, does
not estop hint, unless there is evidence to show that
the landlord recognized such person as his tenant.
Alienation by a tenant at will, as well as his death,
destroys the tenancy.
7. Questions of fact, going to show how title or pos
s -ssioit is acquired, are proper for the consideration of
the jury; hut it is for the Court to determine the law
growing out of such facts, and the refusal of a Court
to set aside a verdict against the law of a case is ground
of error.
Judgment below reversed.
J. M. Berrien and Harden k Lawton for Plaintiff in
Error ; W. B. Fleming and E. H. Bacon tor Defendant
in Error.
No. 5. Alfred Haywood, Plaintiff in Error, vs. The
Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah, Defendants in
Error.— Certiorari from Chatham Superior Court.
The tacts of this case were, briefly, tnese :
The Plaintiff'in Error, Mr. Haywood, was brought up
before the Ma\ or and Aldermen, and fined S3O, for buy
ing, in the market-house, Fish in quantity greater than
was requisite tor the use and consumption of his family,
and as being contrary to the ordinance of the citv, jiass
ed 30th January, I*sl. On certiorari to the Superior
Court, the Judge affirmed the decision of the Mayor
and Aldermen, and a writ of error was then brought,
taking the case to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court ruled—
I. That the provision of the act of the Legislature
of 13th December, 1800, (Clayton’s Digest, 540,) enact
ing that “no person or persons attending said Market
with any commodity for sale, shall be detained in said
market, or debarred from selling by the wholesale or
retail, after the rising of the sun,” was not repealed by
the act of 2 1st December, 1820, (Dawson’s Compilation,
4-’7,) or the act of 4th December, 1*45, (Dawson’s Compi
lation, 404, 405,) or the act of Bth December, 184t<,
(Laws of I*4!', pages S3, 84, 8">.)
2d. The rojKtal of statutes, by implication, is not fa
vored, and especially where such constructive repeal is
to operate in favor of a corporation, to the exclusion of
individual right.
3rd. The object of the act of 1859 was to Unit the
jurisdiction of the Mayor and Aldermen so far as re
lates to the regulation of the Market,and was not in neces
sary conflict w ith the act of 134!', the object of which
was to grant now powers in matters not within the act
of 180V*.
4th. For the foregoing reasons the ordinance of 1851
was in conflict with the act of 1801*, and therefore
void.
Judgment below reters and.
Washington Poe, Lloyd A Owens, for plaintiff in er
ror; Charlton, Ward k Owen*, for defendant in error.
The Court adjourned for the term.
Tub Smithsonian Institi tion. — The first meeting
of ih.- Hoard of Regents for 1853, took place on We<l
ue->day, the sth inst. The present. Hoard is composed
of the following gentlemen :
Hon. William R King. Vice President of the United
States.
Hon. Rodger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the United
States.
Hon. Janies Maury, Mayor of Washington City.
Hon. James A. Pearce, United States Senate.
Hon. James M. Mason, United States Senate
Hon. R. M. Charlton, United States Senate,
lion. James Meacham, House of Representatives Uni
ted States.
Hon. Graham N. Fitch, House of Representatives
United States.
Hon. William F. Collock, House of Represctativcs
United States.
Rufus Choate, citizen of Massachusetts.
Gideon Hawley, citizen of New York.
J. M. Berrien, citizen of Georgia.
Richard Rush, citizen of Pennsylvania.
Alexander D. Bachc, member of the National Insti
tute
Joseph G. Totten, member of the National Institute.
Florida Indians. —-The Tallahassee Floridian pub*
fishes the following extract of a letter from an intelli
gent gentleman from Tampa, under date of December
12th:
“In regard to the Indians, the only information we
have since you let is that ve-v few have appeared at
the agency since the return ot Bowlegs. Blake sent out
the delegation to Bowleg’s town, but they Ibund it de
serted, and did not communicate with any Indians ; this
is hearsay merely. The precise position of the affair is
not known. Blake, Bowman, and Bridges, are still
there I think the Governor is in corresjKtndence with
Hluke. I believe that the natural prosperity ot this pen
insula depends not indirectly but wholly and entirely nit
on the removal of the Indians. 1 am not sure but that
they will have to be driven out by force after till; hut
I have confidently believed that nothing short of a force
capable of forcing them out, placed in a position to act,
wnl induce them to remove peaceably. I have entertain
ed this opinion since the on,break in 1849 In Decem
ber of that year 1 have no doubt but that the Indians
might have beeu easily removed. Whatever influence
the \Y esieru Indians or Gen. Blake might have exer
cised over these Indians, is now almost entirely coun
teracted by the U. K. military, if reports arc true, out
of jealousy of Gen. Blake, it scents to ntc, therefore,
that if the Slate undertakes anything in th’s matter,
her plans should be upon a scale equal to the task to bo
accomplished; so that, let things go as they tnav, fail
ure shall be impossible. I should not be surprised if
the Indians should remove upon the first appearance of
a respectable force upon the frontier: and 1 shall be
surprised if they go without such demonstration.”
1-SF” A bill has passed both houses of the Florida
Legislature, and now awaits the sanction of the Govern
or, appropriating $500,000 tor operating against the In
dians, failing out two regiments of militia, and np{>oin
tiug an officer to command this force. The bill had not
been approved by the Governor at our latest advices.
JjgH lion. T. Butler King, late Collector of San
Francico, bus arrived at New Orleans.
Interesting Letter
FROM THE SC INK OF TUB J A**E ACCID tNT ON THE 30ST0S
ANI> MAINE RAILROAD.
The Manchester Daily Mrt or, of Jan. 6:h, contain*
a letter from Rev. Mr. Fuller, of Law re: ce, who was a
passenger in the cars, from which we quote the fitilow
mg
Two incidents, among the many tetribie ones, are
especially present to tm memory. On the bank sat a
mother, (Mrs. H.okes, oftliis city, ) clasping her little boy
ot some ‘.hr eorl* ur yea sos age ; he i.a t he n tcscu
ed from the ruin which had strewd the link wnh splin
tered fragments, and her own person was consinerab'y
hill lied by the tire, but rite was shedding tears of grui 1-
. u.Je over her rescued child, umi rejoicing iu his safety,
unmindful of her own pain. Bui a few steps from her
I saw tin* most appalling scene of all. There was ai.-
othei mother, whose agony passes beyond any descrip
tion B lie could shed uo tears, but overwhelmed with
grief, ottered such affecting words as I never can forget,
it was Mrs. Pierce, the lain’ of I tie President elect; and
n. .o her, in that ruin of shivered wood and iron, lay a
mole It I iilile ruin, her only son, one minute before so
beautiful, so lull of life and hope. She was supported by
her husband and Prof. Packard.
Gnucr.il Pierce ww Itimscll bruised in the Lack, but
not severely, and the wounds of the spirit tar exceeded
any bodily siillciing; yet, while deeply affected, lie
showed* all the sull-posHe*sion and nerve which only
characterize* great-hearted and noble tneu, and which
few would inuiiifest under similar citcums ances. He
gave all needful directions about the recovery ot bis li -
lie boy, still entangled in the wreck about him, and then
afforded all that comfort and sympathy to Ills partner
in sorrow which was appropriate to the time. She was
conveyed to a house near by, and there she gave vent to
the grief which rent her heart, while he consoled and
comfoitcd. I may not draw the veil from that picture.
Sacred is the holy privacy of sorrow, and the hearts es
those who have suffered can feel what my pen must not
decribe.
Soon we were able to convey the wounded and the
dead to the nearest house, which happened to be that
connected with the poor-farm in Andover, where every
possible kindness and attention was rendered. Go with
ine, Mr. Editor, to that house, and look with me awhile
011 that scene of suffering and sorrow. 111 one 100111
were Gen. Pierce and his lady, in the opposite apart
ment lay the mortal remains of their little boy—and oh !
so sad a sight 1 The blow, by which he was instantly
killed, struck liis forehead, and was so violeut as to re
move the upper portion of the head, leaving a part of
the brain exposed. The face, with the exception of a
bruise about tiie right eye, still remained uninjured, but
bathed in blood. Gen. Pierce and lady, meanwhile, re
tired to the house of Mr. Aikin.
In the same room w. s a ladv, Mrs. Newell, of Ili! s
borough, considerably bruised, and her face cut Her
little daughter, twelve years of age. lay near, with her
foot so badly injured that ampu ation will be necessary,
j She bore her pains sweetly aud patiently. In another
room Mr. Kittredge, of Pclmanlay with his leg broken,
and u Mr. Childs, of Henniker, sat bravely up, though
i with a face covered with blood. Others much bruised
j had gone on in the train which returned for ns from
! Lawrence. Every attention which could possibly be
I paid to those injured was given at this house, where
most of the wounded were carried The physicians
were prompt in their services, calm, kind, ana, so far as
one not of the profession can judge, judicious.
After the head of the little boy had been tenderly
cared for by the pin sicians, and all possible done to
restore the’look ot life, he was carried by us to the house
where his afflicted parents were. I shall never forget
the lixik of extreme pain that child’s face wore; and yet
there was something resigned and tender impressed
even by the awful hand of death. He was not yet cold
when lie was in the room of Mr. Aiken’s house, dressed
just as he had been at the moment of the calamity.—
The form which had left that house but little more than
an hour before, full of life and happiness, with a heart
full of hope and bright aspiration, was borne back to
those who laid parted from him —that heart now hushed
and still—that form motionless, and the limbs fas!
growing rigid under the icy touch of death.
Augusta Races.
The regular Annual Meeting over the La Fayette
Course commenced on Tuesday, the 11th inst., with a
Colts’ Stakes, two mile heats—s2oo entrance and SIOO
forfeit, to which the Club added $500; for which there
were seven entries, as follows:
Mr. S. Fowler’s b. c., by Sovereign, dam Celerity, by
Leviathan.
Mr. Oliver Towles’ ch. g., by Emu, dam Celerity, by
Leviathan
Mr. Thomas Purvear’s cli c., by Glencoe, dam Cas
trick, by Monarch.
Mr. N. 15. Young, b. g., by Boston, dam Bellamira, by
Monarch.
Mr. G. I). Lamar’s b. c., Confidence, by Gano, dam
Mary Baldwin.
Mr. James Talley’s bro. c., by Pamuny, dam Sarah
Washington, by Zingaree.
Mr. Charles Hamilton’s ch. c., by Tempest, dam by
Stockholder.
Os these, three paid forfeit, viz: Young, Lamar and
Talley.
Thos. Purvear’s ch. c 1 1
Chas. Hamilton’s ch. c 4 2
O. Towles’ ch. g 33
P. S. Fowler’s b. c 2 dts.
Time.—3m. 52s.—3in. 44j^s.
Second Day.—Jo key C'ub Par* S3O0 —2 mile heat* _
The following was the only entry for above purse.
T. W. E. Bealle ch. m. Theta —5 years old, by im
ported Priam, dam Gamma. (Walked over.)
Second Pace—Mile Heat*—Purse SIOO.
There were two entries as follows:
N. 15. Young’s g. g., Josh, by Grey Eagle.
Col Harrison’s b. f., by Tempest, out of .
Josh won both heats by about one length—time Os
each heat 1 m. s(i s.
Third Day—T ree Mile Mats—Purse SSOO.
C. Green’s b. f, Goldpin, 4 years old, by Boston,
dam by imported Goldwire. Rider’s dress’ Red and
Blue.
T. W. E. Beall’s cb. m., Elizabeth McNarv, 5 years
old, by Ambassador, out of Princes Ann, by Leviathan.
Dress Blue and Blue.
uesclt:
T. W. E. Beall’s cb. m., Elizabeth .McNarv, 5
years old, by Embassador, dam Princes Ann,
by Levia-than, 1 1
C. Green’s b f., Goldpin, 4 years old, by Boston,
dam by imported Goldwire, 2 2
Time—First Heat 5.50; Second 5.55
Finerta Day —4 Mile Meats—Jockey Cub Purse SBOO.
The following were the entries :
Coi. Harrison’s c. in., Maid of Edgecomb, 4 yrs. old,
by Boston, jr , dam by Andrew.
Col. Green’s b. g , 4 years old, by Wagner, out of
Minstre.'dam.
The Maid won easily iu two straight heats.
Time —First Heat, 7m. 51s. —Second Heat, Bm. 10s.
Second Race —$200 Entrance—Colt Stakes.
There were six entries as follows, but the three only
appeared :
Mr. James Talbv’sc. g. by Boston, dam by Collier*
out of Lady Jackson.
Mr. N. 15. Young’s b. c. by Childe Harold, dain, At
lanta.
Mr. P. S. Fowler’s b. c. by Sovereign, dam, Celeri
ty, by Leviathan.
Mr Oliver Towles’ c. g. by Emu, and im, Liuet, by Le
viathan.
Mr. T. Peryear’s ch. c. by Gleucoe, dam, Castinet,
by Monarch.
Mr. W. A. Stewart’s b. f. by Glencoe, dam, Col.
Hampton s Priam mare, out 0/ Rushlight, by Sir. Ar
cher.
Rest lt.
jN. B. Yonng’sb. c. bv Childe Harrold 3 1 1
S. I\ Fowler’s b. c. by Sovereign 12 2
Jas. Talley’s c. g. by Boston 2 3 ilist.
The regular annual meet ing terminated Sat unlay with
a race, mile heats, the best three in five, for a purse of
S2O0 —for which the following horses started:
N. 15 Young’s ch m., Kate Hays, 4 years old, bv
Glencoe, dam Lady Lyons—dress blue and white.
Col. Harrison’s ch c., 3 years old, by Tempest, dant
by Stockholder—dress fancy.
P. Blcakley’s Bob litdley, 3 years old, by Emu, dant
Linnet, by Leviathan—dress fancy.
The following is the placing :
Col. Hat rison’s Tempest colt 2 111
N.15. Young’s Kate Hays 1 330
I’. Blcakley’s Bob Ridley 3 •> 2 dr.
Time: 2m. lm. 405.; Ini. 535.; Ini. SGLs.
Races - Louisiana Course.
Fot rth Day—January 7.—By far the most exciting
event of 1 lie season came off’ yesterday over this Corns..
The race was tor a jockey club purse of $6(10, four mile
heats. There were four entries, to wit: Rhubc Rhv
ders, Louis d’Or, Charmer and Jericho. The dav was
tine and cool, the sky being slightly overcast, with a
light wind blowing from the north,’ and the track in
most perfect order. Over out* hundred carriages at -
pcared within the enclosure, while; he .-tands wci ■ tilled
with hundreds of excited spectators.
The horses, all save Jericho, were of tried metal and
had won laurel* 011 many a well contested field ; hence
it was difficult to ascertain which was the favorite. All
hud their friends willing to buck them against a v
named nag, and “the field’ against anv named horse,
were the oilers most freely made, with but few taker*.
One to two ou Charmer was the favorite banter w i It
many, and some small amounts changed hands a: that
figure.
First Heat. —Louis d’Or sprung off in the lead, the
start being a bad one, with Jericho second. Rhubc third,
and Charmer at a wide gap behind. Many thought i
afalse start, and while some cried out “comeback,’
and others shouted “go on,” the drum was tapped and
they were off In Hie third quarter of the first mile,
Rhubc passed Jericho and went up to the leader, Jeri
cho being well up and Charmer trailing at a great
distance behind. These positions were maintained with
but little variation through the first, second and third
miles. Entering the last half of the four.h round, Jeri
cho made play for the heat, passed Louis d’Or and ran
Rhube to the girth, coming down 1 lie home stretch in
beautiful style—Rhubc crossing the score two le:tg its
in tlie advance, with Jericho second, Charmer third,
and Louis d'Or fourth—the last having pulled up—and
coming through in a trot. Time, 7.40.
After this the betting became more decided, Rhubc
being the favorite at utmost any odds. There were,
however, not wanting those whose confidence iu Louis
d’Or was not shaken, and who, from his speed and bot
tom, were willing to hazard “their piles that he would
take the purse. Before the second heat, the owner of
Jericho had permission to withdraw him, and lie was
drawn accordingly.
Second He at. —Louis d’Or took the lead, as before,
with Kluibe second, and Charmer at an alarming gap,
in the rear. Through the first, second and third miles,
there was some beautiful running, Louis d’Or niaintnin
i tg the advance, with Rhube at his stirrup, and waiting
on him in most gallant style. Grossing the score at the
< r.traace of the lour h mile, Rhube fait the steel and
sp miring forward, a’ a few gallant strides, cut down
h:s companion, and went away at a splendid r ,a C e On
•he back stretch there were some beamiful brushing—
Louis d’Or struggling for the front, and mnnimr his
competitor to the hp. Coming down the home stretch
t h spur amt thong were applied right liberallv, and the
•w. cvn-.e through at a fine rattling pace, Rhube bcin<r
first, winning the heat and the race bv two lengths.—
T me, At the end of the second. Chamfer was
half a mile behind, and drew up dead beat.
‘JT Yi'e arc fold of M. t : .■ ,15, ~
of Palis, who died in 1790, of wu ve, Karim* V n
tab: of MiO‘V’o'l! A few mou.h* before his death he
refused to buv meat for scud. “ 1 should like i} le soup ”
said he. “ well enough, but I do not want the mea* ■ what
thee, is to become of that V” That fear of losing the
me it, led linn to starve himself; yet, at the verv mo
ment, he had 800 assigoates, of S2OO each, in a silken
bag around h;s neck.
We learn from our exchanges that Judges Cur
tis and Pitman, of the United States Circuit Court, in
Rhode Island, have given as their decision that the
Maine liquor law is unconstitutional in even- particu
lar. We also perceive the same law has met with an
other decisive defeat in the New Hampshire Loo-isla
fnre —the bill having been indefinitely postponed by a
large majority. ‘ ’ J
>'■’ The Xe>r Hampshire Patriot, the leading Demo
cratic paper at Concord, says the printing office of that
paper has been the graduating school of a Govemo*- a
Senator in Congress, several Representatives to Con
gress, many editors, some ministers, and many other
voting men, who hare filled at various times numerous
responsible stations in the community.
‘W We understand that George C. Shattuck, M. D.,
oi Boston, lias recently made a donation of seven thou
sand dollars to Dartmouth College, towards the erection
of an observatory and the purchase of astronomical and
philosophical instruments; and also a donation of one
thousand dollars ibr the purchase of book* for the Col
lege Library.
Zfr When the Propliete of Meyerbeer is plaved at
the Antwerp theatre, an invoation is introduced in the
skaiing ballet, quite in the taste of a seaport town.—
Two skaters fall through a trap in the ice, and re*ap
pcar with an enormous fish, which they are supposed
to have caught while under water.
???” The Legislature of North Carolina has passed
a law providing that when a man dies intestate, leaving
a widow and no child or children, the widow is to
have one-half his personal estate If the husband
make a will, and the widow dissent therefrom, she is
to receive one-third, as heretofore.
j -: ’ “8al,” cried a girl, looking oat of the upper
story of a small grocery, aud addressing another girl
who was trying to enter at the frontdoor, “we’re all
been to camp meeting and been converted; so when vou
want milk on Sundays, you’ll have to come in the task
way.” *
A few yea:sago—say, even this d.iv five years—
M. Louis Napole-on Bonaparte was three* rears iti arrear
of rent in the parish of St. Jemes. He could not pav
his tailor’s, or hi* upholsterer’s, e>r his wine-merchant’s
bill, or meet one-half of his engagements in the city or
in the \\ est-end. — Frazer's Magazine, for December
“Theodore Sedgwick, President of the Crystal
Palace Company, is iu Washington, endeavoring
through the Government and Foreign Ministers, to nr<>
mote the interests of the Great Industrial Exhibition to
be held in this city. Mr. Everett promises his heartv
support.
I W The Empire under Napoleon 111. will cost
France twenty millions of franc* annually more than it
did under Louis Phillippe. The Emperor is allowed
one million strling per annum, besides the Roval palaces
parks, forests, etc. * ’
Z'W There ate 40,000 Baptists in Mississippi. At a
la‘e State Come ition the sum of $30,000 was subscri
bed towards the endowment fund of sloo,o<ki ( proposed
to be raised tor the Literary and Theological Institution
located at Clinton, Mississippi.
ZW” Hawthorne, the romance writer of New England
we see it stated, received horn the London boskseilers
Chapman & Hall, a thousand dollars for his “llliihesdale
Romance,” .which was published in London before its
appearance in America.
ST” It is stated thjit at Nottingham, England, the
great centre of the lace manufacture, they are now matt
uficturing a most beautiful article of lace for window
curtains, bed curtains, Ac., of iron wire. Iron houses
iron ships, and non , iron capes for the ladies!
Mrscoc.EE Railroad.—At a meeting of the new
Board of Directors of this Road, he'd in this citv last
week, Mr. Daniel Griffin was elected President,’ and
David Adams, Treasurer. More competent officers
could not have been chosen.— Colu./Jus Tim *.
‘Jc Apslev House, the Londou home of ihe late
Duke of Wellington, will be thrown open to the pub
lic on certain days It is said to contain some of the
finest works of art, and the most magnificent collection
of presents and relics in England.
Z-W° The promotion of Generals Magnar, St. Amaud
and De Castellane, raises the number ot marshals of
Eranee to seven. The sous others are Reillc, Jerome
Bonaparte, llarispe aud Vailant.
ZSST M. Thiers has gone to London to obtain from
Lord Mahon, the executor of the Duke of Wellington,
the permission to read the Duke's papers relating to the
wars of Spain and Portugal.
g. Tb 5,.:.-. . a.f ihedi-im'-sY:.-,!'.* > no: \? a ,
the Nicaraguan Mini ,isto b
Senate, when, it is said sum, *i; r ,
be expected.
Z f Nearly all the mechanics and laborers on the
Capitol extension have been discharged, and the con
tractors have been notified that no more payments will
be made, as the appropriations are exhausted.
ygr Tile Virginia Legislature have instructed the
Committee on Judiciary, to whom the Lemmon slave
case had been referred, to report in favor of prosecuting
the matter before tlie United States Supreme Court.
Among the resolutions adopted by the Confer
ence of the Methodist Church South, was one, that
preachers should, once a month, preach to the colored
people on the plantations of their masters.
A resolution ha* been introduced into the Le
gislature of Virginia, asking for the distribution of the
public domain for educational and internal improve
ment purposes.
Gliddort, the “ mummy” man, in connection with
Prof. Nett, is engaged in New Orleans, in an ethnologi
cal wot k of profound interest, to be entitled, “ Types of
Mankind.”
The Pope has ordered the construction of four
new bridges over the Tiber, in the city of Rome. A
company has been organizing for this purpose, ot the
head of which is the Duka of Braschi.
From all parts of the world people are rushing
to the gold mines of Australia. A lute Buenos Ayres
paper states that three vessels arc filling up with passen
gers at that jiort for the gold mines of that country.
At a grand Mask Ball given by M. Jcllien, in
Drury Lane 1 hreatre, London, a “dummy” woman was
thrown front one of the upper tiers, creating great alarm,
and injuring severely a man upon whom it foil.
ZZW Kossuth’s mother died at Belgium on the iSt'n
Dec. The Belgiau government refused Kossuth per
mission to visit her.
Z-'iC Ex-Governor Cabell, of Virginia, father of the
Hon E. C. Cabell, of Florida, died at Richmond, Jan.
13, 1*53.
ISC Mr George Comewall Lewis has become the
permanent successor of Prof. Empson, in the edito -
tor-hip of the Edinburgh. Review.
kfC The speeches iu Parliament bv the late Duke of
Wellington are about to be collected, and publish. !
uniformly with the far-famed Wellington :) •
* v r Rumor has found a ttetv bride }• •:• L. .v, *
Icon, Emperor Til, in the daughter of the Duke M . .*
imilan of Bavaria.
ddtf” M. Ledrue Ilollin has become enriched bv ait -
acvof four millions of francs, bequeathed to his wife
by an English lady.
’ - \ erdi’s Opera of “ Louisa Miller” has me! with
great success in Paris. It is suij to be more generally
attractive than any other of bis compositions.
d?” The Vienna newspapers are cautioned, not to
dis.r.ss the tuinored marriage ol the Princess Wasa
with I.ouis Napoleon.
ZC A Russian Prince recently married at Venice, a
daughter of the celebrated Tagiioni, aged seventeen
years.
IPC A splendid marble statue of George Stevcson,
the “ Rail-way King,” is to be erected iu one of the Rail
way siation-houses of England.
if*” Havnau liasgone to Florence. Punch says that
if D Israeli's malt tax be carried, he will visit England,
because it will so improve the condition of the i retc vs.
The number of vessels which arrived at Havan’
a during the year 1852 was two hundred less than that
of the previous year.
ZSF More than one million and a half of passengers,
it is said, pass Memphis, on tlie Mississippi river, every
year, according to reliable data.
* The Mail for Havana will hereafter leave Char
les'on on the 1-’ tli and otMli, instead of the bth and 22d
of each month, by steamer Isabel.
gjp The cost of the Cochituate Water Works, at Bos
tm, including interest to the Ist of May next, will a
monnt a! that time to $5,385,537.
’ The New Hampshire Legislature has adjourned,
af era session of .’>3 d.tys, during which a number of im
portant bills wore passed.
I-v At a supper which he attended in Providence,
Mr. Thackeray said that he had no intention of writing
a book upon the United Sta’es.
The contributions to the Washington National
Monument, received flora the 16th of December to the
3d ot January, amount to $3,5 19,40.
■ ~ The President bus recognised Kodolpbc Keller -
berger as Vico Uoustil of the Swiss Confederation at
San Francisco.
Arrangements have been concluded in London*
for sending a police force to Australia, to remain there
three years.
L-vL” liubini, the greatest tenor in tlie world, contem
plates visiting this country, accompanied b Signor
Recede!ti and Tniilt.
Col. tfethll has been n.-.mi tedii
Ohio by the Democratic State Convention.
ZST’ It is now rumored that Napoleon ill. will es
pouse a Princess of Spain.
Zi4W° Alexander Dumas, the “Janies ’ of France, is
publishing anew work entitled “Le Juif Errant.
Z*rc” Madame Dudevant (George Sand) says that she
intends writing an article on “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
1*8“ The Hon. Charles H. Atherton, father of Sena
tor Atherton, died at Amherst on Saturday.
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop declines to stand
as a candidate for the U. S. Senate lrom Massacuu
setts.