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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
T. KISBKT AND BLIRI ROSE,
EDITORS.
EUROPE AND AMERICA.
BY SHELLEY,
‘There is a People mighty iu its youth,
A land beyond the Oceans of the West,
Where, though with rudest rites, Freedom ana Tmlh
A.r* worshipped.—From a glorious mother’s breast,
Who, Since high Athens fell, among the rest,
Sate like the Queen of Nations but in Woe,
By inbred monsters, outraged and oppress'd.
Turns to her chainlcss child for succor now,
And draws the milk of Power in Wisdom’s fullest flow.
That land is like the Eagle whose young gas ?
Feeds ou the nooutidc beam, whose golden plume
Floats movelem on the stonn, and in the blare
Os sunrise gleams where Earth is wrapt in gloom :
An Epitaph of glory for the tomb
Os murdered Europe may thv fame be made,
Orest people; as the sands shall thou become ;
Thy growth is swift as morn when night must fade;
The multitudinous Earth shall sleep beneath the shade.
Yea, in the desert tbere is built a home
For Fmdotn, Genius is made strong to rear
The monuments of man beneath the dome
Os anew heaveu. Myriads assemble there
Whom the proud lords of man in rage or fear,
Drive from their wasted homes.
Thirty-Second Congress—. Second Session.
Washington, Jan 21.
SENATE.
Mr. Seward presented petitions in favor of the Home
stead bill.
Mr. Shields, from the committee on the District of
Columbia, reported a joint resolution directiug the
President to can**? the necessary surveys to be made bv
competent engineers for the beat site for the locating of
a permanent bridge over the Potomac; and when such
site Shall hate been determined, the Secretary of the
Interior is directed to advertise for proposals, and con
tract for the construction of such bridge, and appropri
ating $200,0d0 for that purpose.
private bill** were taken up and passed.
Mr. Pearce moved that the Senate proceed to the
Consideration of Executive business.
Mr. Fitzpatrick earnest!) opi>osed the motion Hi#
State had had no representative Jbr several week.#. lie ]
had but just arrived, and had no time to consult with
hia colleague, and objected to be forced without prepa
ratiou into discussion of a matter so deeply important
to hia State. He hoped the motion would not be agreed
to.
The motion was agreed to —yeas 21 ; navs 20, and at
half-post 4 o’clock the doors had not been reopened.
The Senateajourned till Monday, without doing any
thing with Mr Badger's nomination.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
This 1 icing private bill day, that granting relief to
Mr. Myerle for losses sustained in manufacturing wa
ter-rotted hemp, waich has been repeatedly before the
House, was taken up, and after eousiderable discussion
passed. Yeas SO; nays 76.
Mr. Polk called the attention of the House to the
motion he made yesterday to reconsider the \<>te, and
to refer the President s message and a"Comp. nviiig docu
ment relative to the seizure of the Iv.igi nia and Susan
Lord. He had not examined the papers, but was
posed to their ifceing made public until the examin it <m
had taken place. He moved that the galleries be clear
ed, which was negatived by an ove: whelming ntajori-
Thc report of the Secretary of State w.ls (hen read,
stating that negotiations ate in progress that it is mu
desirable to divulge.
Mr. Polk said us the President disapproved of the
publication of the Cuban correspondence, he withdrew
Li* motion.
Mr. Bavlv, of Virginia, renewed the niotiou, fir tin
purpose of having the document laid on the tabic and
printed; which was agreed to.
Nothing further of public importance turning up, the
House adjourned till Monday.
Jan. 24
SENATE
Mr. Seward presented a memorial from New York,
praying that the constitution be amended so as to gin’
Congress power to establish an tiuifonu svstem of mar
riage.
Mr. Shield# presented the memorial of C. L. Richter,
declaring he invented the moulds and furnace used bv
Clark Mills, in constructing ilie Jackson statue, and
graying to be allowed part of the compensation tlien-
Mr. Stockton moved to take tip the bill for re-orga
nizing the Navy, which was rejected, and then :he ti lt
was fixed for Wednesday week next.
Mr. Hale submitted a resolution, which was agreed
to, directing the committee on frauds to enquire
ther any black mail, tax, or contribution money bail
been levied upon the sailor-.# and petty officers of the
Vandalia and Vincennes, to compensate any one for ob
taining the passage of an act grouting certain sailors
extra pay, Ac.
Mr. Gwin said that act was a voluntarv one bv the
Committee on Naval Affairs; aud was introduced at
the suggestion of no person.
Mr. Sebastian, from the committee on Indian affairs,
to whom was referred the President’s message relative
to the refusal of the Seminole# to emigrate acootding
to their agreement, made an elaborate report thereoiL
The report givesa history of thedilfieui ic-s n Florida
with the Seminoles since the time of .he treaty < f
Paynes landing, in 1832 ; slu wing the pto-.-rastinaf o i
by the Indians; how the time fixed for their remo a’
then was anticipated by hostilities, leading to the mus
fliereof Maj. Dale, and the horror* of savage war upon
th inhabitants. It then goes on to sav, that ou thea#-
•ignment of land by General Worth to the Indiana, it
waa conditioned that two regiment* of United States
troops should be kept as a cordon to keep the Indian#
within their limits, and thu# give a little security to the
advancing * *ul -ment# a: and firmer- o the interior.
So far from keeping within the limits assigned them,
with ample ranges for cattle, rivers abundantly supplied
with fish, and the hammock and prairie teeming witli
game, they sought the settlement* in 1-4 it, and com
menced anew the work of murder and destruction of
property. Again were new troops ordered to Florida,
and again were the Indians allowed to remain ; and, al
though a deputation of the chiefs were sit the seat of
Government last .September, and entered into a written
agreement bv which their removal would Ire imnicdia’e
and final, they mar refuse to go, and insist, to the gieat
detriment of the interest of Florida, to remain within
her limits.
The committee further say, they think that the United
Slates are bound to complete what in 1 s:w> they so un
successfully began, and which, for a period of eighteen
years, has been allowed within the holders of a sover
eign State, a band of jiersrw# hostile to her inhabitants,
their security and property.
The committee express some doubt as to the best
mode to pursue to effect the end sought, the speedy and
unconditional removal of the Indians from the Siatr
Experience has demonstrated that they enjoy no immu
nities over the white mania their endurance of fatigue,
and that they are susceptible of all the influences which
break down repose by anick matches and night attacks
on their camping grounds. That whenever i hese courses
have been pursued by a military force, they have been
invariably followed by success.’
The committee also suggests that the troops be ac
companied by surveyors, so that each day s march
would thus place in possession of the Government a
knowledge of its territory, and #u'.ject the public land#
to such laws of entry as exist elsewhere; and ilia#
snch operations would more than ever con vice the
Indians that the Government arc in earnest iii their
removal.
That at this late period of delay and faithlessness, the
committee would urge prompt and decisive measure# to
be pursued to rid the country of a struggle too long
waged ; and to give to a severe gn .State that tatace and
quietude which, for so many years, she has sought in
vain. To attaiu this object, the committee recommend
the passage of an amendment which they will iq-ort to
the Indian Appropriation bill.
The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Mallow, took tin
the bill repealing existing law.#, “concerning tonnag
duties on Spanish vessel#, ;:nd he addressed the Senate
in favor of its passage. He bad not concluded, when
tha Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive
business.
At 15 minutes to 4 o’clock, the doors were opened,
and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The yeas and nays were taken, on a motion to suspend
the rules, to introduce a resolution to meet in fmure at
11 o’clock, and to make the appropriation bills the
special order every day, till disposed of; which was
negatived— yea.# 90, nays 76—not two-!hird.# voting
A number of private bills were subsequent]* dis
posed of.
The House then took up private bills on the Sjieakcr's
table, to which there were no objections; which occu
pied the remainder of the sitting.
House adjourned at three o’clock.
Jaxi art 2.
SENATE.
The chair laid before the Senate the annual rejiort of
the exjienses of the national armory.
Several petitions were presented, and reports from
committees presented—none of any public importance
Mr. Cass submitted a resolution, which was laid over,
directing an inquiry and report on the effort of the qual
ification# affixed by Messrs. Bulvver and Clayiou to the
treaty of 1850.
Mr. Shields submitted a resolution directing an ex
amination and report by the Secretary of War ;i# to the
beet sites for the construction of arsenals ou the Pacific,
Gulf, aud Atlantic coasts; which was agreed to.
The House bill to prevent frauds upon the Treasury
in the collection of claims bv members of Congress aud
other*, was taken up, slightly amended and then passed.
Mr. Case'joint resolution re-affirming the ductriuc of
Mr. Monroe was taken up.
Mr Soule addressed the Senate at length in support
of the resolution. He differed from his democrat tc c>l-
Uagues in justifying the conduct of the present admin
istration with reference, to Cuban difficulties. He dif
fered also in the commendations bestowed upon Mr
Evsrett for declining the treaty (which was so tar) pro
per, aud then assuring England and France that thi#
nation would never do that which they wished us to
my we would uever do. He condemned the course fol
lowed by the present administration in its denunciations
of Crittenden and his murdered companions; and he
defended the purpose aud character of those men from
the charge of piracy, marauders and outlaws.
He differed from gentlemen who were for waiting till
the fruit was ripe before plucking it. He saw no differ
ence between taking it before ripe and ufter it was ripe
The common law drew the distinction between the ti e*-
<#m< of taking fruit from the tree and the iarcru>j of tu
kng it after it had fallen from the parent stem. He
emdemned the publication of the Cuban corTes|>on
dence, but saw no difference between publishing that
jgdsavmg in the Senate we were ready to purchase
Vile reviewed the case of Purser Smith, and condemn
the conduct of the administration for its course
thereii. He commented upon ihe reasons of the Pre#-
dent against the acquisition of Cub* for domestic can -
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ses, and warned his Southern friends of the significance
of those words, and read a letter written iu 1851, by
loot'd Palmerston, urging the emancipation of the slaves
asa measure to prevent Cub i being annexed to the
United States, lie was not disposed to wait till the
fruit was npc, because these domestic reasons may bo
removed, and it was of the utmost importance. Le:
Southern Senators wc : -<h this matter.
He was against purchasing Cuba. Spain would nev
er agree to it Her pride would sooner see the island
sunt into the ocean than part with it. The Cabanas
also, would revolt t living sold or purchased.
He reviewed England’s pretensions in denouncing
marauding and fillibustcring, and read an account of an
English project in 178'.’ for taking Cuba by lotves raised
in the American colonies.
He denounced the threat of Messrs. Crumpton and
Sartiges to hold the United S:ates responsible for unv
lawless attack on Cuba by citizens of the United
States.
He reviewed the Monroe doctrine, and fatty agreed
with Mr. Cass ia his exposition of the force, moaning
and extent of that declaration by Mr. Monroe. He con
troverted Mr. Mason’s position o:i this subject. He con
tended that i* Mr. Kvorert’s letter and Mr. Fillmote's
massage there was much of the le u cerieg spirit, for
they declare tliat under five different states of circum
stances, it may be necessary for the United S s to take
possession of’ Cuba.
He wanted Spain of the inevitable progreits of even Is;
he counselled her to be friendly to the United Slates;
o observe al! righ-s a-id obligations. She would hire
to meet coming events, aud she hod better grant to Cu
ba that independence which would take place. Let
Spain, iu theg'xtd feeling which would result between
her and her regenerated child, obtain by treaties those
benefits and advantages of commercial alffa tcc and sup
port. which she will lose by a forced separation of Cuba
from her dominion. Revoud this lie was utterly oppo
sed to aay violation of the laws of nations to acquire
CubA
Mr. Cass followed, de'ending his construction of the
Monroe doctrine.
Mr Seward got the floor, anil the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A message ftom the President was received, relative
to Ihe claim of the Custom-house officers.
After which, the discussion on the New l mi Branch
Mint l*ill was renewed.
The morn iii{ hour liaving expired b ‘(one it was con
chided, Mr. ilousttm, of -Via , moved that the Rouse go
in to committee of the whole on the state of the Union,
which was agreed to.
The cointnil tee again took up the deficiency bill, when
various amendments recommended by the committee of
way# and means were rejs.rted, and considerable ilis
cussion took place with reference to the salary of Mr.
Kennedy, .superintendent of the census office—the con
struction of the law by the Secretary of the Interior
and the Attorney Genciiil being that fee was entitled to
*3,o'X> ]M?r uonuni, but t he conipt roller refused to pay hint
tli** amount. A resolution fixing that sum was ulti
mately agreed to
Other amendments were disposed of, and, pending an
amendment to vote about for ihe purchase of
paper and to pay ihe salary of the Superintendent of
{Minting, cleiks, and messenger, the committee rose,
and the House adjourned.
January 26.
SENATE.
The clnir laid before the Senate a communication
from the Treasury Departmeut, relative to ihe classifi
cation of the clerks.
Mr. Sumner presented petitions iu favor of the tin
form rate of two cents, as ocean postage on letier.-.
Mr. Seward presented memorial* in favor of the es
tablishment of mail sto-amers Is'tween Brooklyn, New
York, and Germany.
Mr. Buffer reported adversely upon the proposition
to give a Judge of the Supreme Court to California and
Oregon, on tlie ground that the committee are consid
ering a general plan lor revising ihe Judicial system of
the United States.
Mr. Fish introduced a hill to authorize the business
of banking in the District of Columbia.
Mr. Gwin introduced a bill providing regulations for
the mint, and for preserving ihe standard value of the
coiling
The joint resolution of Mr. Cass was taken up.
Mr. Steward addressed ihe Senate, lie alluded to the
death of Mr. Adams, in February, 1848, deplored by his
countrymen; and in June, 1 >, when the deep voice
of waiting had just died uwav, the Senator from Michi
gan, t New England born and New England raised i, rose
in the Senate, aud instead of going backward with a
garment to cover his infirmities, had revealed them bv ,
publishing portions of his private diary, and reading to
ihe Senate obnoxious extracts. Mr. S. referred to this
ittackon Mr. Adams by Mr. Cass, and rejoiced uow to
lic.tr that statesman vindicated by Mr. Cass hituself.
file doctrine of these resolutions was the doctrine of
Mr. Adams, who was a member of Mr. Monroe’s cabi
net. He read copious extracts to show Mr. Adam’s po
sition oil this subject.
lie complained of Mr. Cass’ introducing this resolu
tion witlmut acknowledging Mr. Adam’s agency in in
stituting these measures of progi'ess. He could not
vote lor the annexation of Cuba until slavery shall have
ceased to counteract the workings of nature in that
beautiful island, nor then without injustice to Spain,
without war and without internal disturbance among
ourselves, yet lie could not consent to allow the island
to p:u#s under the dominion of any power, nor could he
consent to the restoration of colonial relations between
any portion of this continent and the monarchies of
Europe. He replied at great length to Mr. Soule.
Mr. Ca#s replied with some warmth to defend his com
en in 18.V.1 ou Mr. Adams’ diary.
Mr. Mallory followed, concluding liis argument in
favor of repealing ibe laws concerning tonnage duties
and Spanish vessels
A debate ensued as to what disposi ion should be
made of the resolutions, whether it would be referred
or not.
In answer to a question by Mr. Gwin as to whetber !
it wa# int tided to projxse any pr. ct.a legislation, j
Mr. Mason said that if it should prove iiiiv, that the
British had established a colony at the Balize or tlie ,
i'av ot Islands, that colony should hare to he discon
tinued, and iu thi# term there should he practical legis
lation.
The debate upon this point was further continued by
Messrs. Mason, Mangmn, and without coming to any
c inclusion, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The New York mint bill was the first business in or- j
ler, and Mr. Brooks conclu led lus remarks by moving j
he previous question.
Tne motion to reject tlie bill was negatived, the ayes
and nays being taken ; ayes o'.', nays ; 4.
Mr. Brooks moved that the bill be engrossed and
read a third time, {lending which a motion was made to
lay the b:!I on the .able, upon wh.ili the yeas and nays
were ordered, and it was negatived; yeas nays Mi.
The morning hour liav ing expired, the Speaker de
cided that the House having oracled :hai the question
ot the third reading be put, it overrode all other mo
rion#, except one for a call ol the House, or to adjourn.
Tiie yea# and nays were then ordered on a third
reading of the bill, which was negatived; yeas *O, nays
svt.
Mr. Briggs, of New Y'ork, moved to re-consider the
vote.
Mr. Florence, of Da., moved to lay the motion to re
consider upon the table ; and tlie ayes and nays having
been ordered, it passed iu the affirmative—ayes yj,
nays 83.
’file House resolved itself into a committee of the ]
whole on the state of the Union, and the deficiency bid j
wusagaiu taken up, wbeu various amendineir.s were I
disposed of. On the ihe passage of one rei mg a sum ,
to complete the pedestal on wiixh is placed tuo eqiios- j
Brian statue of General Jack, o :,
Mr. Stanly, ol N. C., proposed to add an amend
ment, stating that the vote was iu consequence of the
exertions ot Gen Jackson inputting down uulhfica
j tiou and secession, which led to rattier an uproarious
! and good humored discas. i >n, .\lr. fvephens opposing
| the motion, the compromise tariff bill, he sail, ell curing
llliat object. Mr. Florence was in favor oi rite att.euu
; ment, because he put do vn ihe Um cl States Bank;
and Mr. Houston condemning die movement al.ogeib
er, in a manner which riled Mr. S ally ra her c .nsid
c abiy.
iif. Houston explained that lie did not intend any
thing persona l)’ oUetisive, but considered any L-gis! -
tion u|iOO the subject as a mockery.
At length a motion prevailed that the committee rise
and the House adjourned.
Jax. 27.
SENATE.
Mr. Seward presented several memorials, praying
grants of land to aid in the construction ot a ship canal
around the Fails of Niagara.
Also, petitions in favor of the establishment of a line
of steamers between Brooklyn and Germany.
Mr. Cass’ resolution directinga.i inquiry by the com
mittee of Foreign Relations as to the necessity lor
any action relative to the Bui wet and Clayton explana
tion of the treaty of 1 foo, was taken up.
Mr. Mangum opposed the resolution. He was in
favor of postponing it tiil after ihe 4th of March next,
in order that Mr. Clayton might be here to defend him
self He thought no practical object was intended, bit 1
merely a personal matter, aud Mr. Clayton ought to
be heard. He was opposed to this warlike debate,
when no man would da. e to avow hi.# willingness to go
to war.
Mr. Cass said le was not to be deterred from any in
vestigation concerning the honor ot h.s country, by the
declaration that he would not go to war. The preset
vat ion of our rights in small matters was ihe surest
guaranty of peace. Slavish submission to wrong wouiti
inevitably result in war.
Mr. Bell at great length urged the posljM>nement <>l
the subject till Mr. Clayton leached here. If it w.l- ii
tended to have a measure rejsjrted to repeal the treat ,
he would desire time to debate it. ilc thought th e
had been sufficient debate on liic subject, and inuui.
more han n? essary said to arouse the people of the
United Sta e# and to frighten huroj-eun powers, lie
thought the consuu tiou f twenty war s earners and
the erection of necessary fortitieatio is much lel c> to
preserve peace than pa{*er tesolves.
Mr. Mason thought it a proper enquiry to ascertain
whether the treaty ratified by the Se.ialc had been un
paired or altered by the addenda placed there by Messrs
Buiwer and Clayton. He did not consider war was
necessary. He did not at any time say the c.doni/ -
lion of the Bay of Islands wa# an iuiruction of die
treaty ; but he did say, and re. e.ri-'d it now, that whe
ther that colony was or was not an iufruc ion of tba
treatv, that colony would have to be discontinued.
Mr. Borland followed, supporting the resolution, ami
Messrs. Hale and Underwood opposed it.
Mr. Gwin moved to lay the resolution on the table;
lost —yeas 9, nays 81.
Mr. Mangum moved to prvstpone it till after the 4th
of March next; lost-yeas 17, nays 29.
The resolution was adopted.
After the transaction n! some unimportant business,
the Pacific railroad bill was taken up and further de
bated, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Stanly, of N. C.. from the committee of ways an l
mean*, reported a bill to jay different States public
moneys due under the act of 1836, which was tead a
first and second time List session, and referrcJ to the
committee.
Mr. Orr, of S. C., moved to lay the bill on the table,
. .. 1 - — ll Hir ,i, - , i .
and the yeas and navs having been ordered, the mo
tion was carried - veaslo-i, nav s iia
Mr. Si.niiv endeavored to have bis motion to print
the bill put frenn t!ie chair, but the Speaker decided
that the mot on Went with the hill, agaiust which de .
cision Mr. S.anly appeaL.it, but it was sustained by the
House.
The House then went into committee of the whole
on ;he state of the Union, and again took uj) the amend
nicutsof the deficiency bill, a nunffier of which were
disixisial off
Tlte hist of iitc-o was a resolution by Mr. Stanly,
that in future books shall not be supplied to members
In- ihe Congress of which the? were not member*. —
; The value<>f these books he said amounted to nine hun
dred dollais, which are often sold by members. In
some iaswooes a former member #f Congress dies, and
his executors consider the books a# assets ; and there
be.iig no purchaser for them in the localities, they are
j sent to agents at Washington, wh* sell tlrem there,
! and they are again issued for die use of members. The
,1 amendment was adopted.
The committee then rose, and the bill with atuend-
Itnen : h iving been agreed to, the bill was read a third
time, and passed.
The Ho#c then adjourned.
MACON, GEORGIA :
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1858
Hutxvical Medicai. Uo.vvkntiox. — AVe would
direct the attention cf al! jiersoas interested, to the no
tice in our advertising columns to-dav, of a Convention
to be heki in this city on the 11-tli instant. -
The Infant Drummer.
Tiiis astotiisliing child is giving a series of entertain
ments in this city, and delighting large and crowded
audiences, wUli his remarkable display of precocity in
music,J talent. He is a native to the manor born, o r
t'tis city, and receives here the same warm and entliu
s’astic receptions, wliich have greeted him elsewhere in
the United States, which is better evidence of his tal
; cat, atui of the interest of his entertainments, than the
most extravagant eulogiums could furnish. lie is the
only “Infant I’actiormr.itn'’ we have ever seen outsideoi*
the Pickwick Papers; and if Ericsson’s Caloric Engine
could be forgotten, we would subscribe to the state’
meut ol the hamisomu testimonial presented him bv
the Kxocwiive of (jjorgia aiid other citizens of Mil.
IcjpeviJle which we publish below—that he is ihe eighth
w,mder of the world.
By reference to our advertising columns, it will be
seen that a variety of amusements will be offered to our
citizens during the next two weeks. Robinson ci E!-
dred's Circus, Tlie C'.iiupbell Minstrels and 01c
with M. Strakoseh and Ldy. are all annonnceJ. to aj -
pear in All is city in a iew days. They are aii old favor
ites of the Macon public, and need no introduction from
us. But we would particularly congratulate out selves
and on;’ city readers, upon the opportunity of again
hearing in concert, those eminent artistes, Ole Bull
Maurice tftrakosch and Amalia Pattie, who will be wii- i
corned with more cordiality since she has become M’dmc
Strakosch.
Milledgeville, Jan. t'tli, 18£3.
Having witnessed the astonishing performances iff
Master Baxsox A. English, the Infant Drummer, wo
take groat pleasure iu bearing testimony to ihe high
tributes of appreciation which have everywhere been
awarded to him. Ho may justly bo regarded as the
eighth wonder of the world.
Hou kaa Curb, Governor. Wn. Steele,
N. U. Barxett, Ulv. Josih a Kkowles,
\V 11. Mitchell, Rev. Cuas. li. Jewett,
Iff -S. Cmaxdakk, Gait. W. S. Rockwell,
iff M. Compton, Du. G. \V. Fokte,
U . Pain, and otui.iis.
Alim 1 u Hoon,
Vnother Fire.
Dn Thursday night last, the house of Mr. Win. John
son, situated near the Western limits of the city, was
discovered to Ire on tire, and was consumed, together
with nearly all the household furniture. The house
had been recently purchased by Mr. Johnson, and oc_
espied by him but a few days. Every circumstance
connected with the fire, shows it to be the work of an
incendiary. He had an insurance on the premise.# ; But
not to the amount of his loss. Oil the same night the
Washington Hall building was set ou lire, aud very
narrowly escaped being consumed.
The Whig Legislative Caucus of Maszaihusetis
on the 26;1i ult., nominated the Hon. Edward Everett
to succeed John Davis in the Senate of the United
States. The vote stood, for Everett, ILS ; Ashmun, 54 •
r 4? 4 > Rockwell, 8; Grinnel, 1. The nomination j
was afterwards declared unanimous. No day has been i
fixed upon for the election, but no doubt is entertained j
that Mr. Everett will be returned to the Senate. A tci in j
of service of six years in the Uni.'ed Slates Senate, will I
he a graceful close of the public career of Mr Everett, j
an 1 a deserved compliment tc liis short hut brilliant j
and bold administration of the affairs of the state De- |
partment. We may congratulate the country ujxin the !
great accession of talent, eloquence and experience
which the Senate will receive in the election to that
body of John M. Clayton and Edward Everett.
The Democratic Legislature of Louisiana is hunting
for sonic excuse to oust Mr. Benjamin, the brilliant and
accomplished whig who has been elected to succeed Mr.
Downs, from his seat in the United States Senate. The
democracy contend that the requirement of the new
Constitution, wliich declares that the Senatorial election
shall take place on the Monday following tha meeting of
the Legislature in the year in which a vacancy occurs
in the Senate, shall he literally complied with, and yet
they have permitted this day to pass, and have decided
to bring on the election on the Friday following. We
do not know the result. Probably S. U. Downs will be
re-clected, and, contesting the seat of Mr. Benjamin, wi.l
be admitted by a Democratic Senate.
William Wright, on the 2-fth ult., was elected
United States Senator from New Jersey, for six years
from the 4th of March next.
Geu. Sam. Houston was, on the loth ult., rc-eleeted
to the Senate of the United States bv the Legislature o*
Texas, by a vote almost unanimous.
Health of the lion. Wni. 11. King.
Despatches have been received in Washington Ci y
announcing the arrival of the Steamship Fu! oil at Key
West, on the 22d ult., with the Vice President elect on
board. They are conflicting in their statements con
cerning hi.# health. The !!'.hin-jt n Lain. < f t : i<> 2'th
ult. says that a letter has been received from one of the
party which accompanied Mr. King, written at K"V
West, w hich states that lie had a pleasant voyage and
that h. health had been much iin; roved by it.
Thct Women of England vx. The Women of
America.
In December last a company of ladies assembled at
afford House, under the auspices of the Duchess ry
Su herlund, Mrs. Charles Dickens, and others of dis.
anguished position in English society, prepared an ad
dle:# to the Women of America, in which they were
urged to u.#e every effort to abolish the institution of
slavery in the State.# of the Union. It characterized it
asa wrong and an outrage, and its continued existence,
a blot upon the American character. It was tilled with
professions of kindness, pure motives and charitable in
tents, and was as pretty a piece of amiable hypocrisy as
amiable women ever perpetrated. We hardly know
whether to admire its sublime impudence, or to deplore
its utter silliness. Gen. Cass gave it undue importance
and dignity, by mentioning i 1 in the Senate, as an evi
dence of the unfriendly feeling entertained in England
towards this country. Sensible men in England did n< t
denounce it, because it proceeded from ladies of quality,
hut doubt le <■# shrugged their shoulders as many a mail
ha# done, and us many a m*ui must do as long as this
world 1 sts, w hone vet a woman does a silly tiling which
he cannot approve, but date.# not disapprove. The ad
dress was an Uncle Totnilude—a reflection of the views
and opinions of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and sim
ply remarkable as another evidence of the amiable
guise in which female hypocrisy or ill-directed philan
thropy may present itself.
Uncle Tom's Cabin has been circulated extensively
upon the continent, and in England, and has stirred Ihe
young women and ilie old women, tlio.se w t.o wear, as,
well us those who do not wear breeches, into various
demonstrations ot pious indignation and hmror, again:t
t'ue institution of slavery in the South tii States of this
Union It has caused many respectable and amiable
men and women to make themselves ridiculous, by ot
tering suggestions and advice upon a question, which
\ved by those familiar with it, is the greatest anoma
ly jXcsented in the inscrutable Providence of God, and
u|HHi\liß-h they are profoundly ignorant. Dickens
has given us, in the character of Mis. Jelahv in “Bleak
House,’’ a laughable and lamentable illustration ol
mill-directed philanthropy. Mr#. Jclluby always had
her tine eyes fixed complacently upon Africa, but had
fio eyes for her children sprawling in the dirt—for the
discomfort of her household, and the misery and im
pending ruin of her husband. We do not know that
Charles Dickons is the poor Mr. Jellaby—the victim
of a philanthropic wife whom he has so happily drawn.
But certainly he must have found the original of M:s.
Jellaby under his own roof. Mrs. Dickens at Stafford
House, had her fine eyes fixed upon the slaves of the
Southern States, but had no eyes for the slaves of want’
of crime, of vice, of political and social oppression at
her own doors.
The address front t# afford House has drawn out a re
ply from certain “ American ladies, of Anglo .Saxon ori
gin,” at Turin, the caustic nature of which can lr- gath
ered from ilie series of resolutions they adopted, which
we give below. M ■tit'i muitu !is t Mrs. Harriet Beecher
S owe, might find food for reflection in them.
“1. —The meeting views with feelings of interest the
late-doing# of an assembly of ladies in Londou, under
the auspices of her Grace the Dutchess of Southerland
and her noble coadjutors, on the subject of African sla
very in the United States.
“ 2.—The meeting is deeply sensible of the evils of sla
very, unci yvill use all just and honorable means to ame
liorate, and finally to abolish it, wherever, and under
whatever form, it may noyv exist. But unfortunately
for the efforts of American ladies, and for humanity,
the subject of slavery in the United States, when hon
estly examined, is found, just at thi# time, to be surroun
ded with such appalling dangers, involving the happi
ness of their social circles—the fortune# and the lives of
their fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers—the very
existence of the federal constitution and ihe union of the
States—that it must not surprise the noble ladies of En
gland that American ladies should recoil with affright
from the mischief which any hasty zeal m ight occasion,
or that they should deem it their present duty to re
main submissive in the position allotted to them by the
Almighty until time aud occasion shall reader their
agency useful.
“3. The meeting respectfully tenders its thanks to
the nobis and honorable ladies assembled at Stafford
House, for their appreciation of the value of liberty, and
-bet glits of man, and, under the present circumstances
of African slavery in tlie United States, would earneslly
entreut them to look at home, and examine the condi
tion of Christian freedom in the United Kingdom, and
then employ their leisure, and use their amiable and
powerful influence, where it can be successfully exer
cised, in gently removing those antiquated monopolies
and timeworn restrictions which now so heavily press
upon and impoverish their people. In correcting the
errors and simony of their exclusive church—in reliev
ing tho Lind from burdens cfa complex hierarchy—in
individually adopting the liberal principles of the Chris
tian liturgy of the Church of America; and by such ef
orts, whilj tl e mar gain for themselves a well-earned
reputation, ami an undying historic fame, they will be
the means of extending the area of freedom, and insu
ring to all men equal rights and liberty of conscience.
“ All which is respectfully submitted.
‘'Catherine Howard in the Chair.
“Jane Gray, Secretary.”
Z -•'/ The debate in the Senate of the United States,
upon the resolution introduced by Gen. Cass, rc-affinn
ingtlie Monroe doctrine and applying it to Cuba, still
continues, and tlie inquiry naturally arises, where will
it o id, and in what practical legislation will it result?
ihe Demoora ic Party, upon ibis as upon every other
question connected with the domestic or foreign ; obey
oi the Government, is divided, and the course of dif
ferent Senators, W big and Democratic, exhibits the in
fluence of tlie passions and prejudices and interests of
the section* of tlie Union which they represent. Mr.
iSt-wanl and Mr. llale would amend it by making i* us
rectly applicable to the Canadas. Mr. Mason, who ac
corded so harmoniously with Mr. Cass upon the occa
sion of the first demonstration upon Cuban questions
which was made during the present session, differs
widely with him a# to its application, and as to the in”
tention of its original declaration; and Mr. Soule, un
hreached in nothing hut his allegiance, goes farther
than General Cass—farther than our situation demands
—further than national honor will permit us to go.—
\\ here will all this end, and w hat does tin* menacing
and bold language of the Senate debates portend ?
The resolution of Gen. Cass would make the re-affirm
ance of tlie Monroe doctrine, applicable in specific
terms to any European interference upon the Island of
Cuba; but the specific terms of the resolution, do not
disclose perhaps its true object and design. Cuba is
ostensibly the end and aim in this proposed declaration
of policy, hut it it is made, Cuba may never present a
case for its application, but other cases will be found
waiting its practical enforcement. The real, practical
and inevitable issue which would be raised by this re
declaration of the Monroe doctrine, if any, is not with
L lglan 1 or F ranee or Spam upon the Cuban question,
with England alone, with reference to her schemes of
colonization upon the American Continents; and if it is
olio made operative and. is to he practically enforced,
must seriously endanger the existing relations of Eng
land and the United States. The Chairman of tlie
Committee on Foreign Relations states in the Senate,
that that Committee has information that England has
recently colonized the Balize and tlie Bay of Islands*
a id the passage of the resolution of Gen. Cass, would
j compel us to join issue with her at once upon these pal
j paole v iolations of the doctrine it announces. Such is
jthe ominous aspect which the re-affinnance of the
I Monroe doctrine assumes. Unless it is understood that
■this Government never will enforce it, it is hazardous
j ll * this juncture to muk>t: aifo if it is not designed to
: enfor- ; if, if is useless to make it. A legislative re*
j cognition is not needed to engraft this doctrine, so firm
i !y rooted in public opinion, upon the foreign policy of
this country. A legislative declaration of its application
will not direct its practical enforcement. That, in any
ca.#.>, whatever may be the action of Congress, is a
question simply of policy. The resolution of General
Cass is simply declaratory of a principle upon which
this Government has long acted in spirit and in effect
It is simply an annunciation of the separation of the
destinies and interests of the American continents from
those of Europe. Upon this idea tlie neutrality poli
cy of Washington’s Administration was based—upon
this idea the project of the Panama Congress was
founded—upon it the declaration of Mr Monroe was
made, and upon it the Tripartite Convention proposed
by England and France, with regard to Cuba, was re
jected by the Administration of Mr. Fillmore. The
resolution of Mr. Cass contains nothing new in the fo
reign policy of this country ; Congress may affirm it
and thus place us in a position where a collision with
England may seem inevitable, but the collision never
will actually occur until the interests of the United
State.# demand it. Tlie assertion of a principle—pas
sion - chivalry and fillibustcrism, none or all of them
can precipitate us into a war with England. A calcu
tion of probable results must exhibit a ballance of pro
fit in our favor before we go to war with a country
with whose prosperity and happiness that of our own
is so intimately connected, and to w hom we are
bound by such a community of interests. Manifest in
terest will restrain manifest destiny, and though the
tone of speeches in the Senate may he warlike, and
though the discussion of the Monroe doctrine may as
sume a portcntcus asjiect, we have no fears that our ex
isting relations of peace with England will he disturb
ed Let the resolution of General Cass be referred,
when it comes up to-morrow, to the Committee on Fo
reign Relations. This is tlie course suggested by Whig
Senators generally, and ably enforced bv Mr. Dawson
in his remarks, upon the 26th ult. Tlie Senate wants
light upon many questions, which would be affected by
this resolution. Independent of this, we doubt the
wisdom of these general declarations of policy. The
Crar of Russia never yet announced by ukase that it
was liis policy to make Europe Cossack. It is, neverthe
less, a fact; and non-intervention by European powers
in the affairs of the American continents, may be as it
hai been the policy of the country, without a general
legislative sanction or recognition. Let it# declaration,
whenever necessary for a specific object, he acconq ti
med by its enforcement. Declared in general terms,
eases may arise where its enforcement may cost more
than it is worth ; aud where we may find ourselves in
tlie position of .Sir Andrew Aguecheek, committed to a
fight, but loath to enter into it, and swearing—“ Plague
on'!, un I thought he had been vulliant, and so cunn ng
in fence I’d have seen him damned ’ere I’d have eha.-
lenged him.”
The Depot* of the State lloml.
We mentioned in our last issue that Gov. Cobh, of
Georgia, and Mr Wadley, the General Superintendent,
were visiting our eilv, tortile purpose of lota mg the
Riilioud buildings, which will be erected the coining
summer.
They left, on Thursday last, after having completed
the purposes of iheir visit. They expected to find the
President and Chief Engineer of the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad, present, in order to effect u
guientl understanding, between the two roads, hut the
latter gentlemen being detained, from some causes, they
proceeded to the work. They h ive decided that the
general passenger Depot shall he immediately in front
of tlie “ Crutch field House,” occupying the stand which
is now u#ed by the passenger train This, we learn,
will Lea tastv edifice. The local Depot of th® State
road will stand close to Market street, and opposite A
H. Johnston’s A Col. Griffin’# large produce houses.—
This building will be 3 or 4:8) feet in length, besides a
platform of ample dimensions, to receive cotton and
produce. The transhipping Depot for the benefit ol
both Companies, will occupy much Ihe same ground
now covered by the present depot, though nearer to
the passenger edifice. This is tlie determined plan.—
Ground will be offered to the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad Company, to erect a local Depot south of the
“Crutchfield House” which yvill bring the general
business of the two roads (ogeiher, and also form a very
convenient arrangement. When these several buildi’ g
are erected, the city yvill wear a very different a# 4 eo ,
and appear much more business like than at present.—
They yvill till up the vacum of upper Chattanooga, an 1
equalize the prosperity of the place. The work yvill
commence as early ns pruc.icable.— C at!m xy<t Adv r
’ r/f” Hon. Meredith U. Gentry, member of Congress
from Tennessee, has y rtf e i a letter iu which he de
line: miming agn'n fin Congress.
Gnano.
This manure is attracting ihe attention of our plant
ers very generally, and many enquiries have been made
of us, from various sources, as to the proper method of
using it on different crops. Knowing nothing about it
ourselves, we have applied to a gentleman who was
known to us as an accomplished agriculturist, and who
has had some experience in the use of Guano, to give
ns, briefly, some information with regard to it and to
the method of its application. Below will be found his
letter in reply to our enquiries, which wc commeud to
the attention of our agricultural friends. Many indi
viduals design to employ Guano upon the crops of corn
and cotton, which are soon to be planted, and in a year
or two we shall have, from their experience and obser
vation, a well-settled and regular system in its use.—
Destined, us we believe it is, to work a revolution in our
system of planting, aud to attach our fanning popula
tion to our soil, by its powerful agency in renewing and
reviving it when worn out, we shall watch with inter
est the results which will follow its first applications in
our State, and in the mean-time, furnish to our readers
all the information we may collect concerning it.
Marthasville, Macon Cos., Jan. 27th, 1553.
Jim Jitliters: —Yours of the 7th hist., directed to
me at my residence, New Castle, Delaware, was for
warded to me here, where I am again enjoying your
tine winter climate, at my brother’s plantation on the
Flint.
You wish me to state the best mo le of applying
Guano—the quality to be applied, Ac. With us, now
in Delaware and in Maryland and Virginia, where the
largest quanlity of Guano is used, the usual aud almost
universal practice is to sow it broadcast, at the rate of
two or three hundred pounds to the acre, and plough it
down.
My course is, to give you the detail—the manual of op
erations, as follows: The Peruvian Guano, the descrip
tion we use, conics in bags containing from 150 to 180 lb: •
each. We haul out as many as wc want to use for the
day, in a cart or wagon, with a tight bottom—empty
on ■ bag at a time—separate the lumps—fill the sower’s
with ihe tine, and having* first rim out the lands
wide enough lbr two casts, or one round, about twenty
feet, start him off, sowing it as you would Wheat or
Oats, except taking larger handful Is, as 200 lbs. is equa]
tj a! on’ --1/,l 1 /, bushels. man at the car , with a mallet
or maul, beats up the lumps fine, having more re and
or planks may be put down on the ground to beat it on.
The sower is immediately followed by the ploughs.—
All sowed during the day should be ploughed down,
and the deeper the better. In Peru it is altogether
used in solution, putting it inio water and applying
this to the growing plants. This is on account of their
hot and dry climate, where it seldom or never rains.—
We elfect the same object -get the necessary moisture
by ploughing it well down in the moist earth. All
direct application of the pure Guano to the seed, the
plant, the hill, or even the drill, is attended with risk,
for it is of a very heating, burning nature. If put well
down at the bottom of your cotton beds, it would proba
bly do; but I think I should prefer broadcasting—the
growing crop would even then get the most of it, and
it would better improve the hind. Its effects are very
visible on the second crop.
The merchants monopolized it last fall, and put up
the price upon the farmers, at one time as high as ssf>
to s<so a ton. The Peruvian Government have two
agencies in this country for the sale of Guano: Messrs.
F. Barreda & Brother, Baltimore, and Theodore W. Rid
ley, of New York. They only sold in lots of fifty tons
and upwards. Ottr Agricultural Society, that meets in
Baltimore, appointed a Committee last fall to wait upon
the Messrs. Barreda, —a correspondence ensued, and
they finally agreed to sell direct to the farmer, without
the intervention of the merchant, any quantity front one
to tee tons, at $40,20 cash, for No. 1 Peruvian Guano
2,24 •> pounds to the ton. The twenty cents is the cost
of inspection they will not attend to shipping. I have
had two orders since, executed through Samuel
Sands, Esq., Editor of the American Farmer. Being a
subscriber to bis paper, I took this liberty, for which he
made no charge. I think any subscriber to his papet.
or anyone subscribing—price sl, may command his
sort ices in the same way, for he is always ready to work
in the cause of Agriculture. Nothing can exceed his
promptness—the return mail usually brings bis answer
that the business has been attended to.
Wc count on an addition of ten bushels of Corn for
every hundred pounds of Guano. My brother, F. P.
Holcomb’s experience here the past season, is about to
the same effect. Something, of course, will depend on
the season.
The above suggestions are all that occur to me, in
answer of your letter, of practical importance. The
earlier in the season it is applied, the better.
Respectfully yours,
C. P. HOLCOMB.
The C'ulorie Engine.
There is already a troop of claimants for the honor
of being “the first'’ to discover the principle of driving
engines by caloric. The Lynchburg llrgiuiaii ascribes
the invention to a man by the name of Prouty, born
and raised in the city of Richmond
“He learned the gunsmith business in the armory,
removed to Augusta, Georgia—there he constructed
and put into operation the very engine about which
there is at present so much noise. His machine was
publicly exhibited at the Bell Tavern, in Richmond, in
1632, at which date a patent was obtained, and an en
gine was constructed in Augusta, which drove a pair
of mill-stones; but for want of capital the contrivance
was temporarily made and had to be abandoned.”
We have an indistinct recollection of the engine
spoken of above, and we will take pains to inform our
selves on the subject. Mr. Prouty was a highly respect
able and enterprising mechanic, and resided in the citv
for several years. If any benefit is to be derived from
this discovery, to his family, it will be gratifying to
our citizens. Ilis widow is still a resident of thiscitv.—
Augusta Otmstitutunudist.
(’i.aric Mills—Some of the Southern presses are
claiming all the honor of the South for th* genius of
Clark Mills in his statue of Gen. Jackson. The Rich
mond Enquirer remarks:
“ We rejoice more in the opportunity, from the fact
that all these works are the fruits of Southern enterprise.
It is true, Clark Mills is a native of New York -but,
when a boy, he removed to Charleston, and while a com
mon plasterer in that city his genius and his ambition
were aroused by a Southern climate, his noble aspira
tions were fostered by Southern hearts and hands, and,
as the rich reward of his many difficulties and trials, he
has succeeded in rearing a monument, the like of which
the world cannot boast. We have seen most of the fi
nest equestrian statues of ancient and modern art, but
none ever so sublimely impressed us as that of the no
ble old hero of New Orleans by Mills.”
V accination.— Unfortunately an incorrect sentiment
prevails as to the value of a single vaccination. Earlier
in its history, it was supposed that the vaccine virus,
once communicated to the human subject, rendered it
absolutely impossible tli it the patient ever could be at
tacked with variola. But further experience has proved
this a fallacy. The generally received doctrine now is
that the vaccination umird and, as i- the custom of our
physicians, through a single pustule in early life, is not
a sufficient pro.eciio.i; but that, although it may suffice
for a time, it grows less and less protective in it’s force.
They do these things better in Germany; there every
child receives the vaccine matter in eight places in the
arm. All susceptibility to the graver disease is destroy
ed at once, and we believe forever; and hence a pock
pitted German is a eara a ci* in the most numerously at
tended mass meeting. Avery good rule for parents,
we believe, is to have their children re-vaccinated just
it’ long as the operation continues to produce any seri
ous inconvenience; and after that they may be consid
ered sale. We would not speak without qualification,
although we believe we are posted in the matter, since
one would be better off alter having stirref up a hot
net’s nest than when lie has venfur and to make an a-o -
tion on a medical topic, wheti the American Medical As
sociation is not in session in some very tar oil city.—A’
Y. Times.
The New •Yoke C.tvsr.w, Palace.—We leiru from
the New 1 ork iuntx that th -foi eign department ot the
Crystal Palace is being actively a tended to. Letters
from agents in Europe and Asia communic ate daily the
fact of contributions of a most iutercs ing nature being
g>t in realities ■, by various nations, for th ■ exli biiioo
ihe Sultan of Turkey lias expressed his iuteut.on ot
devoting a war s'e .in to the purpose of conveying the
contributions to th s country. He lias also issued a tii
man, ordering all the merchants of Constantinople to
prepare samples of their wares, which he promises shall
ft ■ conveyed hither fee ol expense. The German sculp
tor, Kin, whose splendid statue of the Amazon attract
ed such notice in the English e .position, has deform in
ed on sending some of his wo ks, and several other
eminent sculptors have consulted him as to the bes*
mode of contributing also. It is probable that among
o her winks of ait, we shall receive from Germany
some very l.nc plus or era sos antique and n odern slat
ues. Baron MuroehetM, who lias just c<%iplcted his
colossal statue ot \\ ashn.gtoii, base ltcred into commu
nication with the conimit.ee of the Crystal Palace, as to
what site has been determined on for his great work.
v-- The new St. Charles hotel, New Orleans, built
o t the site ot the hotel of the same name destroyed by
ti ein 1 1, has been completed and will si or lv be
o ene 1. A lengthened description of it is given in the
P <\ig me, from which wc judge it will vie in the cosf
■ l ess of finish and splendor of decoration with the ho
tel raVces of New York, ‘lhe building occupies a
whole square of ground, and has 4"7 rooms devoted to
•he accommodation of guests, in addition to the numer
ous offices, parlors, Ac The gentlemen’s dining room
w.ll ate immodate f>oo guests. All the arrangements
in the way ofheating and lighting arc on the most im
proved plan, and steam occupies an important part in
sic litating the operations of the establishment. The
1 tdies parlor is fitted up in magnificent style, the furni
ture made expressly for it, costing jl.'i,ooo in Paris. A
gold service, designed for private dinner parties, num
bers 122 pieces, and a silver set, designed for the ladies
orfi mrv, t umbers -PHi pieces.
Court Calendar for 1853 Superior Court.
January.
2d Mondar, Chatham
Richmond
February.
Ist Monday, (Mark
2d Monday, Chattooga
Sumter
3d Monday, Campbell
Floyd
Meviwe her
Walton
4th Monday, Carroll
Monroe
Taliaferro
Marion
Baldwin
.1 acksou
M ‘.IiCH.
Ist Monday, Coweta
Paulding
Madison
Laurens
Morgan
2d Monday, Cass
‘ Polk
(Irawferd
Randolph
Butts
Elbert
Greene
Gwinnett
Harris
3d Monday, Cobb
Twiggs
Newton
Favette
Hall
Putnam
Talbot
Columbia
3d Th’sday, Bulloch
Mond’y alter Effingham
•till Monday, Gordon
Macon
Early
Franklin
Washington
Wilkes
April.
Ist Monday, Cherokee
Murray
Pike
DeKnlb
i ’:u id *n
Warren
Wilkinson
Th’sd’y aft’r Rabun
Friday after, Wayne
2d Monday, Forsyth
Whitfield
Dooly
Decat nr
Glynn
Habersham
Hancock
Mongoiiicry
Th’sd’y aft’r, Mclntosh
and Tatnall
3d Monday, Lumpkin
Walker
Baker
Henry
Jones
Liberty
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Emanuel
Th’sd’y aft’r, Bryan
4th Monday, Union
Dade
Houston
Heard
Jasper
Lincoln
Scriven
Stewart
Telfair
Th’sd’y aft’r, Irwin
May. ‘
Ist Monday, Gilmer
Lee
Upson
2d Monday, Chatham !
‘ Bibb
Muscogee
Troup
3d Monday, Burke
Taylor
Spaulding
4th Monday, Thomas
Mond’y aft’r Lowndes
Monday after Lowndes,
Clinch.
Thursday after Clinch,
Ware.
Monday after Ware, Ap
pling. ‘
June
Ist Monday, Jefferson ]
Minutes of Points
Decided lay the Supreme Court of Die State < f Georgia, at
(iiuHibttx, January Term, Is.Vj.
Rutherford, Receiver, vs. Jones, from Muscogee.—
1. The Clerk of the Superior Court is not authorized to
demand the costs for making out the manuscript of the
Record, before transmitting the same to the Supreme
court.
Dougherty for the Motion—ll. Holt, contra.
Holliday & Wife, vs. Kiordox, Gar., from Dooly.—
1. A party can take no advantage from an agreement,
to which he was no party aud under which be was to
take no beneficial interest.
2. The reference in a bill in Equity, to the records of
the Court, iu which the Dili is filed, without making uu
exhibit hereof, does uot make such records a part of the
Bill.
Strozier for Plaintiff’-Lyon for Defendant.
Mercer vs Mercer, from Sumter. —l. The action
for use and occupation, does not lay except iu cases of
contract, cither express or implied. In case of a tres
passer however, the owner may wave the trespass and
sue upon an implied contract. * In such case the Plain
tiff’must show his title—there being no proof of express
tenancy.
Sullivan, for Plaintiff in Error.
Lary vs. Hart, from Marion.—l. In an action for
mouev, had and received, the Plaintiff must show that
the money, or its equivalent, has been received by the
Defendant or his Agent. Proof of culpable neglect to
the injury of the Plaintiff, will not authorize a recovery
in this form of action.
Downing, for Plaintiff—Wort ill, for Defendant.
Gray vs. McNeal, from Talbot. —l. In a suit upon
judgments rendered in a Justices’ couri it is necessary
for the Plaintiff to show, that the court renderino- the
judgments had jurisdiction of the cases. The docket of
the Justices', under the Act of 1 SOU, should show the i
-of the summons, the service, the appearance, plea,
and judgment. If thedocket fails to show those several
facts, it may be supplied by parol.
Worrill, for Pill. —B Hill, for Deft.
Andrews vs. Murphy and another, from Harris.- 1.
A deed describing property, as “a House and Lot in tl r
town of Whitsville, in the county of Harris, lying on
the fork of the road leading to LaGrange and West
Point, and running back toCalhouu’s line,” is sufficient
ly certain.
2. Where land belonging to three tenants in common,
is levied on and se.ld as the property iff one of them, the
purchaser obtains title only to the interest of the tenants
the defendant in li tii.
3. Ibe fact that the other tenants in common, were
also defendants in the li ta levied, docs not convov to
the purchaser their interest, which was never levied on
or sold. •
4. One tenant in common, may appeal to a Court of
Equity, to compel his co-tenant io account for the rents,
issues and profits of the joint property. In such a Bill,
the defendant may be called on to account for anv waste
committed upon the common property —although he
may have committed such an ouster as would have en
titled the party to proceed at law:
Wellborn for Pin’, —Ramsey for Deft.
C jT.t.tER vs. \ asox, front Baker. — l. An advertise
ment describing the property levied on by a Sheriff, us
“Light city lots in the city of Albany, number not re
collected, but known ;is Joseph Shaw's city lots—the
same having been sold at the Fcbuury sales, and t ut
clmsed by David A. \ ason,” Ac.: may or may not be a
sufficient complience with the statute requiring the
Sheriff to give a lull and complete description of the
property levied on.
2. The statute requires the Sheriff’to exercise ordina
ry diligence, and to give as accurate a description as the
circumstances of such case will admit, so as to idcutifv
the property levied on.
3. Whether the Sheriff'lias given such a description,
is a mixed question of law and fact, and should be sub
.i i ted to the Jmn m and r the direction iff the court.
Morgan, for I’lft—lt. Lyon, for Deft.
Searcy vs. Stubbs, front Talbot.—l. Where a Re
ceiver lor the Ocmulgee Bauk, departed this life, the
Judge of the Superior Court had the right, independent
of the Act of 1-so], to appoint another Receiver and
cause him to be made a party to all ponding litigation.
Denning for PI ft’. —B. Hill A Won til, fort left.
Willis vs. the State, from Decatur. —l. A Juror,
sworn on his a/re and ie, in answer to the questions pre
scribed by the Act of 1543, replied in the negative, Let:
from a know’e Ige ot his general ch -racier h ■ hud form
ed a bad opinion of the man. Held, that di.s d.d tut
disqualify the Juror, nor constitute a good ground iff
challenge
2. The presiding Judge, on request of counsel for
prisoner, should instruct the triors—that the formation
of a lived opinion, unfavorable to the innocence ot die
prisoner, though the sane had never been express -d, i..
not :m impartial Juror.
Morgan A R. Lyon, for lTff—A. Alien A Sol. Gen.
Lyon, lor Deft.
A Scene in the Vh xia I.eh la uue — The Kiel -
moud Ihtpute > relates me billowing incident, which
occurred recently in the Virginia Legislature: (n
Thursday, while the House of Delegates were listening
attentively to a speech from Mr. Miller, of Botetour,
on the fill! proposing a loan to the James River unu
Kanawha Company, the members were sud.ieniv
brought to their feet, and thrown into a s a eof great
alarm and cor.fits on, by a loud, heavy, rumbling noise,
bearing evidence ol a considerable wreck of matter and
a crash of glass, threatening the tumbling down of the
capitol. A rush was made tor th • door leading to the
rotunda, where the alarm of “the terrified ” was scam
quieted by the discovery that the weight of the snow
on the skylights of the dome had cm h-d thin struct
ure, and, together, with the glass, had abruptly descen
ded in a volume or avalanche upon the head of Gen
Washington, about one hundred loot below. The urn--
niticeut statue of the father of his country, however
was not injured by the weight of the matter that” fell
upon it, but stood unmoved, amid the wreck that stir
rounded it
tt 23T In Gardiner, Me., lately, Benjamin F. Shaw and
Harriet j . Howard announced in regular
form, over their signatures, that they have formed a
matrimonial co-partnership for life, as lorn* - as they can
live in harmony.
:-d Monday, Richmond
August.
2d Monday, Clark
Chattooga
■Sumter
Cd Mondar, Campbell
Floyd
Meriwether
Walton
•tih Monday, Carroll
Marion
Monroe
Taliaferro
Baldwin
Jackson
September.
Ist Monday, Coweta
Paulding
Madison
Laurens
Morgan
j—*l Monday, Cass
Polk
Crawford
Randolph
Butts
Elbert
(1 recite
Gwinnett
Harris
3d Monday, Cobb
Twiggs
Newton
Favette
Hall
Putnam
Talbot
Columbia
ttli Monday, Gordon
Macon
Early
Franklin
Washington
Wilkes
October.
Ist Monday, Cherokee
Murray
DeKalb
Camden
Warren
Wilkinson
Pike, Tuesday after the Ist
Monday
Th’sd’y afi’r, Rabun
id Monday, Forsyth
Whitfield
Dooly
Decatur
Habersham
Hancock
Montgomery
Th’sd’y aft’r Tattnall
■d Monday, Lumpkin
Walker
Baker
Henry
Stewart
Jonas
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Emanuel
ith Monday, Union
Dade
Houston
Heard
Jasper
Lincoln
Scriven
Telfair
Thursday thereafter, Ir
vin.
Th’sd’y before last Mon
lav, Bulloch
Mond’y aft’r, Elfiingham
November.
Ist Monday Gilmer
Lee
Upson
12d Monday, litbb
T roup
Jefferson
Muscogee
[3d Monday Burke
Spaulding
Camden
Taylor
Friday aft’r, \Y ayne
4th Monday, Glynn
Thomas
iTh’srl’y aft’r, Mclntosh
Monday aft’r, Lowndes
,! and Liberty
Th’sd’y aft’r, Bryan
. Monday after Lowndes,
Clinch.
Thursday after Clinch,
■ Ware.
Monday after Ware, Ap
pling.
A Letter from General Pic rce>
We copy the following touching letter font, *, „
oy ‘■foiit, written by Get,. Pierce, to a
soon aft er Ins retirement from tits United S ; f • mnd
some years since, in renlv t.. . - , , ocnafe
the death of a beautiful .Ll manlv Wv
son A Inter, and still more mehmehoh b-tcb S?
g.te> u a:i additional interest, that all w-l! - • rnenl ’
, ’ ■ -W ”>itcs .isauhnstiau shou and write v..* -
Concord, New Hampshire, Nov.
Ay D*r Fr e d: —A ou have been often ’in ,
biotignis since I received jour affectionate letter of U
Min mst. ft was one of the earliest of £> d fm *
my personal friends: southin'* and• ~ , 1
rim - Andi, has K-en pleas ut ™ ,he
am.mg those who have truly sympathized with u? £
tilts dm k not:’ of overpowerin'*- ailhc ion 11
Under bereavement like this, h -,v trie a .- _n -
wry trifling do most ot’ theatres :
plat-s of this world appear! Wc cm h mjiv'w ff,>,! !
it is, that our hearts have been s.i oil p.-ij
matters of the day We open our e* it v.-rc f-.,., 0
a dream, upon the realities that are around and b-for’
us. V. c sec “passing aw .tv ’ written upon ell things of
.ilia vs orltl. Ue/firethat we are mere sojouners, irob*i*
tinners here, and seem to estimate, wi ii an approxitra-
Don to truth, the groat interests of eternitv, as conmared
with those of time. Ido earnestly desire to keep awake
to these mat tire; not to tail into‘the spoil, where as it
were from necessity, we look through a false medium
which places eternity so far off, and gives to the things
of time such vast magnitude and disproportionate impor
tance. * 1
I remember well the conversation on our ride to the
G., to which I suppose you refer. The con victions of
my judgement have long been strong and decided, but
the little influence they have had upon mv life, is a sad
illustration of the great truth. “With jhe heart man
beiieveth unto righteousness. - ’
Our dear boy was ill three weeks, and ihe last four
divs of his life was a period of much suffering. In the
m ’dst of our deep sorrow, I find inexpessible relief in tlic
thought that “ it. is well with the ehiid.” He said much
to use his own expression, of “the blessed Jesus,” es
pecially on the Sabbath. And now his indefinite impres
sions and childish fancies are exchanged tor full knowl
edge and never-ending fruition. He is, as we lirmiy
believe, J
“ Where no blight fall.-;
On the beautiful rose of youth.”
He vv.i a bright, affectionate, manlv boy—the pride
and joy of his father's heart—the light and lifcnf our
home, w e now feel, and must long continue to feel his
los.-. \\ c are conscious of his absence at every turn.
V V’ ‘ vec l 1 * tile cup of sorrow is not umaingied with
I have many things to say *o you wlmn we meet.—
Tdl tlien, your st ickcn friend, ’ FRANK PIERCE
To .
From Mexico.—By the arrival of the steamship Em
pare C ty wc have received files or the Diario de la
//'V.m to the 20il inst. The news from Cuba is ot no
in etvst, hot from Mexico we have intelligence of the
htghes; importance The Diario contains news from
\ era L ruzup to the 12th inst. The mail from Mexico
ha-1 an 1 ved at that city ou the 11. h, and confirmed the
rumor that Arista had resigned the Presidency aud left
the capitol. Gevailos, J’residetit of the Supreme Court
had been assigned the direction ot the Government he
being the legal successor. Gen. Mi non had been com
pletely routed by ben Imago, and Col. Tenorio had en
tered Qucrctaro at the head of 17< men, determined to
sttsmtii the plan ot Guadalajara. The resignation‘of
Ans.a, and the accession of Gevailos, had cau-ed no
Uisturoance and very little excitement
The Comma idmte of Yet a Cruz , ad -eceived a com
munication liom the Government desiring to know if
lie recognized the authority of the new President. The
reply was that parties in the Gitv of Mexico should
communicate with Gen. Untga, the only supreme chief
:i: fn b ’ V tlie J evoiu,ionists - Uevallos has appoint
ed the following Ministers: Gen Blanco, War; Jturbe
1 reasurv ; Ladron de Guevaro, Foreign Relations ; Fu
entes, - us:ice. The X era Cruz papers predict that the
Government will be more short-lived than that of Aris
ta, and will soon give place to tire plan of Guadalajara,
the dissolution ot (rongre--, and the election, bv the
people, ot anew President.—AT O. Bull-tin.
The N. Orleans Bee has files of the Z pub
lished at Jala pa, ns late as the 31st ultimo.
On the -oth the National Guard at Jalapa, under the
command of Don 1 atncio Nava, pronounced in favor
ot ihe revolutionary plan of Guadalajara. The insur
giit.s compelled the town Council to assemble which
adopted their plan. Invitations were sent to General
Mendoza and t tor. Palacio to join the rebels. Tbe for
mer refused; the reply of the latter had not been re
enw'd; but the Council determined to proceed to the
erection oi another Governor, in case Palacio should
decline uniting with them.
A vessel which left Vera Cruz on the 2nd instant re
ports that the city and castle had pronounced in favor
ot the revolution on the evening of the 2sth December
but things were quiet when she left.
There were Some 1,6( 0 troops at Vera Cruz, and re
pr.H-s were making to the fortifications
The cities of Jalapa, Cordova, and Tehuantepec had
pronounced in favor of the Guadalajara platform.
The rev olutionary movement had reached the city
and Suite ot San Louis de Pofosi.
Order and the power of tlw Central Government had
been restored m Agnus Calientes.
J.et.e sttom Guaynias state ha the rimiainder of De
Kaousset s expedition had been dispersed
I lie aoov e is the substance ot the b.ters accounts
fro it .Mexico, received per mail by way of New Orleans.
Ihe details ot tiie movements referred to are uninte
resting, and it does not appear that thev caused anv
bloodshed. Their importame however,’ is enhanced
by a telegraphic communicatio i received F st ni dit
br. tgiDg dares from the cit -of Me .;c ,ti -
s a ti, which reprote s h st pu .lie shn uguout ti c
mu state of the gresitest disoi derand consternation.
I resident Arista had resigned the Presidency and pri
t atel. left the city. His troops, it is said, were routed •
had -Z }PivsiJ ' nt of ' b ° Court;
had < s.abhshed a f.-mporary Government. So that, it
.. ul t seem another ensts m the afti.iro of Mexico has
been reached, but how to be passed time alone cAn de
tctfihtse. One of the leading objects of the revolt is a
reformation of the Tariff.
Later from California.
New Orleans, Jan. 2>th. -The steamships Falcon
at.d j uw ‘ -ro have arrived at tins port from Aspimvall.
Ite. t bung ft..n Franctaco dates to the ist inst. There
had been a great deal ot snow and rain in the interior of
Labtornia, cansing g, v:lt loss of property and muih
suffering. Ihe whole country between Lahama and Sa
cramento was inundated, bridges swept away, and for
ne* entire!;* destroyed, and some lives lost The mi
ners were suiforing dreadfully from the high rates of
„■ ln tbe snow was ten feet deep and
was s ill falling. Flour was worth in Yuba 43 cents per
pound, and Mess Pork 3.5 tents per pound. The Pam
brings j£ovo,ouo in gold dust.
Fight with a Jaguar, or American Tiger.
A correspondent of the Galveston AWv gives the f*-
i.v.-mg account of a desecrate fight between Mr. Ab-o
lem \S ilbams, who is abeut seventy vears of age his
wife and an enormous tiger, which ‘occurred about the
Ist ot December at Mr. W.’s residence:
1 he tiger was first discovered on the premises of Mr.
James Drace, who Ihesin the north poitiou of Jefteis n
county, where it entered liis enclosure, attacked his
horses, and ktiled one, besides woundiug two others
\\ lttle the tiger was committing is depredations, i was
discovered by Francis Drake, son of tbe proprietor of
the premises, who fired a shot gnu at it, w ounded it in
the side, but not dangerously, when it mu le its escar
Toe next day, while Mr. and Mrs. Williams were sU
tmg in the house, (the rest of tbe family being absent,)
they were startled by a strange noise iu the yard, i ,
iroot of tlic house. Mr. U., on going out, discovered
h:s (log engaged with a tiger, when he seized an o -
yoke and aimed a blow at ihe “ \ # armint, n but,
:t, struck his dog. The ih.g then got away from* the
. tel*oared. In an instant the tiger sprung ou
..if. \\ maims, and seizing him bv the hand forked hi- i
about twenty fee . The old gentleman, find;-g h'ms-'lf
tit the too power.ul grasp of the wild animal, couraov -
oust v, determined to give it the best “rough and tumble
fifigt m hi— power, and, having no weapons within
reach, he seized the tiger by the throat with his other
hand, and, throwing his wholestrengih forward irush
c 1 the Mger to the ground, both falling sale bv stile.—
At th s time, Mrs. U ilbams came |to tliensetie with a
gun, which she snapped at the tiger, but there being no
priming in the pan, it did !l() t g„ oif. Mr. \V. then,
witn ot:e arm routul the ..ga r’s body, and grasping its
tin oat with his other liaud, by an effort, disengaged
himself. The tiger, discoveringa new adversary m the
person of Mis. W., jumped at her, and attempted to
grasp her head w ithin its jaws, while it struck and lac
era ed her breast with its fore paws. Site tried toavi id
the monster, but was felled to the ground. The tiger
made another grasp at her head, his upper tech pene
trating at the top of the skull and sliding along ihe
bone, peeled off'the skin till they met the Tow er teeth,
which penetrated on the light side of her face.
In the meantime, Mr. W. had seized the ox-vole,
ajram, and, giving the tiger a tremendous blow, earned
it to leave Mrs. \\ ~ “hen it leaped into the house and
go‘ under the bed. The door was immediately closul
anil tl;c monster secured. Mr. Y. . \vas exhausted trim
the effects ol his wounds, from which th.- bin and flov.e-l
i.i streams; but not so bis betsgi half V. hen she saw
i hetr mu ual toe thus attempt to fake possession ot the r
house, she de ennined io finish the b.ittle,ai.d, notwith
standing the severity of her wounds, her dress almost
entirely torn from her ; erson, and coveted with blood
•he deliberately look the gun, and shakii g some m -
del- from the barrel into tin- pan. placed the tnttzvle L.-
twem one of die < pi pings whhh the logs of the houte
afforded, and liren with steady and deaiilv aim. Tito
tiger was killed. When subsequently u:c.isurcd, it was
fotruil to be twelve foot from he tip of its tail to its
nose.
During all the time the light was going on. no one
but those engaged in it were within hearing. Mr. W.’s
nearest neighbor lives three miles off’. However, :*s
Mrs. ‘A was washing she blood from Lit person, a
neighbor came tiding by, and, alarmed at her appeui
aiuv, inquired the cause. The old lady, unable from
the loss of blood to speak, {o. tiled to the dead body of
the tiger.
The escape of Mr. and Mrs. Wifi-sms is indeed won
derful, and they are now u-covetiug gradually I'nni
their wounds. Mr. Vi. jokes about tlie tiger fight, aud
intimates that the old lady was most eurstg. and w hen the
“varmint” took possession of his bod and house. It
need luirdly be added ’bat Mr. Williams is a brave
man. He fought the British at New Orleans, and sttb
-9 -quently the Mexicans, in the c-au-c oi Ti. as; but this
last fight is, pet haps, the most singular of all. ills
wife, in intrepidity and daring, is worth, of him, ard
the two, together, are i>t that tomageousclass thai hu e
encountered forest wilds and frontier (lungers—the
pioneers of Christian civilization and American institu
tions.
’ lion. Rufus Choate has been appointed Attorney
General tor ihe State of Massachusetts, which tqq oiul
mi-.nl he has accepted.