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EDITORS. ______
The Savannah and Gnlt Railroad.
Thr committee to whom Council referred^ heeobioc’
*>[ the Savann.m and Gulf Road, made the fo.loinng re
p wt to Council at its session last evening':
• The commitee to whom was referred the •omnium- ,
nicitiion of the President of the Savannah, Albany and
Gulf Railroad Company, have carefully consideredthe
matter submitted to them. They are of °F on, that (
under present circumstances, it will be proper tor
.impanv to ten tine itself as nearly as posj iUe to tm
-t, icr letter cf the report of the President ot Dec. -3r 1,
s ,i ; to me"t existing contracts to the amo t ot f 3*4,-
-i, as estimated: to make no new controls, and if pos
sible to come w ithiu the above sutu bv suspending such
rk us the interests of the Stockholders would seeu.
t . require—viz: the superstructure and otaer pensha
l.U wooder. materia!. The amount estimated for the
-.•rviceof the present year, (1555) from -he city, ts
i 50,000.
•• It will be well, during the prevalence oi the present
-uingeut times, to restrict the expenditures to that
amount, or even less if possible. For as a large portion
, t this is to be paid in cash, it will be difficult to real
ire on bonds without depressing them to,u very low fig
ure, thus injuring the credit of the city, anu keeping
other local securities down. Nothing should he
t ..commit the company beyond the we,t bark of ie
Ahamaha, except on condition of large contributions
from other parties interested in the enterprise, and the
most ample security given to the company tt at such
contribution will be forthcoming. W uen a sum sutli
cient to form the Gulf connexion shal’ be obtained, et
sher from the people of South-western Georgia, from
the Legislature, or from other sources then the nly or
Savannah will readily agree to prosecute the work with
motion, the report of the committee was ree uved
aU J confirmed by council. —Sacanrab RepvNrcaTr -lo .<
The Artesian Well.
The rock, whose protest again Major WeJton’s auger
we noticed sometime since, occurred at a depth ot 1,220
tat This has been perforated, show ng a thicknes of
u se feet, and the well has been carried down nea ly
three feet below it—making a depth of over l.Sre bet.
fbe operations going on, which occasi in a stirring ip
of .he sand below, that can only be cleared out slowly,
c., ise some fluctuation in the’ supply, which ranges
fr mi twenty-five to thirty gallons per umute. Mo fir
:u common tests and observations exU ad, the quali y
o the water is improving.
We regret to learn that Major Wel ten baa been for
iime time deprived of his private journal and note-book
ci observations and progrets. The small memorandum
3,;.ik which contained hi& tield viotts of “stations, beat •
;j g- aud distances,’’ from the beginning (! operation*-,
n< fuue, 1 r iS. to the comparatively late lay, when r
a :,ta of ;75 leet was recorded, has been missing frott.
possession some time Should this mt at the eye ot
at. v- scientific friend vrho can give any clue*o its recove
ry,’ it will be a favor great fully acknowledg sd.
Six vears of active, energetic and nobly directed ef
forts have gone down that well, and for munv reason*
tile possion of the diary which noted the “ups and
and .vds” of such a period, is highly desirable. — Char
.ijian Courier, 23 ra irtt.
Abolition Rebuked.
The Rev. Sam’l. H Cox, D. D., lateofßro klyn New
York, in a recent speech made in that city, at a meet
ing to promote the cause of Missions in the Southern
States, has told some home truths of the meddling cleri
cal bodies of the North, which are remarkably well
umed. Dr. Cox is one of the most venerable, talented
ad pious divines ii the Presbyteriau ministry. Ws
wonder what the “3,000” will say of him. Wigivetb.*
following extracts:
• We ought to be superior to political influe tee in ell
•.nr religion—and preach the GotpeL Instead of tfi i,
h?w nniny reverend, pettifogging statesmen, an and psen Lo
divines are causing the souls of men on the Lord’s D iv
lo eat sawdust tot bread, and ashes for salvation, wtile
• hey, faithful watchmen, are blowing the trumpet? of
inti Nebraska, ur and making zealous demonstra ion about
...vthiug but the truth as it is iu Jesus. Some of them
a! way* hollow, a id therefore sonorous, uevet scriptual
t any particular extent, with the thorough theol igy,
• a knowledge of their vocation, find slavery a prolific
and very easy tLeme for declamation, and quite a re
source from scripture, as also a grand specious relief
fix m the toil of thinkiug, and of studying, aud so of
preaching the whole counsel of God. This is a clear
prostitution of their office —bliud leaders ot the blind!
“Some ministers of the Gospel known to is, have oo
. ra-ir death bed mourned in agony when they saw their
:,,e gone, and their strength squandered, and no good
it ■ e, and no blessing realized, or the result of that great
ti.iax of the devil. Abolition, iu which they were criiu
;avlly betrayed,and self-allowed to be led captive at his
, a ill. More such penances and attritions nre getting
n.attire for observation aud for record. It is lime foi
the wise to retreat, while they may, and be at Letter bu
- ness. Some wise observes have though’ and said,
unit ablitioni-m has done more to unchriftiinize the
pulpits and churches of New England, then !r. the same
time was ever effected by Socinianism itself. If this
be true, let ministers, especially some of them, tremble. ’
Or* Cottok.—lt is said that this power.'ul agent i<
snout lo be made serviceable in the Eastei n war, and
amis adapted to its use are now in process cf manufac
ture for the Austrian government. A letter ‘bom Vieu- j
nit has the following :
“ Thirty-two of the new gun 6 (four bat cries) to be j
n-fd with gun cotton are already finished, r.ni jt is be- ;
lieved that 168 more (16 batteries) are to be cast. The
military authorities are extremelv reserved jut af pres
ent, but still it has transpired that only I*2 pounders
w ill in future be cast, ! as they need not oe heavier in
metal than the old 6 pounder—if gun couon it used—
and almost all the Russian batteries are composed of
12 pounders ’ The experiments with gun cot on still
(■•• tin ur, and one result is too remarkable not to le men
ti'-ned; A 12-!t>. ball was fired front ague chargt i with
P’ wder at sou:- 1 thick boards prepared for the purpose,
r. U another ball of the same weight wis fired from one
ot the tew guns charged with guncotton; ‘although
th*- m w gun was 600 yards tu.-ther fre m the target than
the old one, the hole made by the shot by the for
mer was well defined and clean, wh.ie the office n ade
Lv the latter was jugged and splintery”.
• 3'* Theeditor of the Photographic -Tourrial, in reply
to the recent statement that there is ua safety in baik
i. tes because they can be imitated by the photographic
p> tss so exactly as to deceive the bank officers who
ie->ue the notes, says that bank notes, which are printed
t black and only on one side, may be copied with great
i curacy by the photographic process, and these copies
might deceive those unacquainted with photogeu c
drawing, but it is impossible—at all events, in the pre.v
eni state of the art—to counterfeit a note printed on
beta sides and in various colors. The process will net
idinitof it. Photographic paper can onl vbe impressed
on one side at one operation, and any attempt to im
press the reverse side would destroy th 6 first impres
si'-n. It would be impossible also to produce two ot
in *re colors at the same time, although portions of the
photograph might be changed with a brush, after the
fixing was accomplished; out, at all events, the red
t teks of bank notes cannot be copied in th:3 way with
out changing the color of the face of the note.
Thk Sad Result or Ignorance.—The Detroit Ad
rertiter relates an instance of an ox being killed and a
sled broken to pieces by a railroad car, aud all because
’he ox could not understand French. The tacts of the
ase were these. The team, consisting #f oie English
*ndoue French ox, drawing a heavy load of w ood and
driven by a French driver, was crossing the t-ack when
the express train of cars made its appearance. The dri
ver, iu great excitement, imtrediatelv ordered his oxen
to dkim the french fc r “ haw.” The FreDi hox un*
*\ rstood him, and turning off the track, save f himself
from injury J) bnt the English ox, having neu r studied
the l.iuguages, pressed further on, and was instantly
Y lied. This cast- should be a warning to fa rners to
t .vs their oxen properly educated.
.\ Scene at ynE S?. Nicholas. —A gentlerr in who
“ caw v: all,” gives nv a graphic account of an interview
which took place at Ihe St. Nicholas Hotel la.-1 week,
between Horace Grcely, of the Tribune, and I)i nl. Ull
an, of the K. N. Council. Mr. G. approached Mr. U
sl* stretched cut fc is hard for a shake, with a “ Hov.’
dc you, ,Vr. L‘!inia-i?” Whereupon the latter geigl-.-
tuati ei ict.il himsc f to his utmost height, and, fixing a
‘ ak on Mr. G., said with a mar ked e nphas : s,
“ I don t (-hake hands with a liar, sir.” u Ye- v wel’,” |
meekly ra died Mt Greelv, “ You cau do as you Ilk ~’’ j
-nd gradually took himself off.— X**c }mk 11 rror, >th |
Dkatuot Ooml'axucr Jolly, R. X.-Cnmmr nder 10l- i
ly, lute of British schooner-ot-war Bermuda, died or his !
pas-age from Jamaica to England. He was ’rnn.-tered :
and St. Thomas from the royal mail ateamer Dorwc ts to j
the Atrato, on tLe evening ot the 15th December, in a
very precarious state, and died at sea on the evening of *
the lath. Commander Jolly was the British officer 1
who protested egaiust the bombardment of Grc town !
bv Capt. Holiicfi.
The Nrrth Carolina Seuate bos iou-Iv j
passed the re.-olution authorizing the necce.-sai v sub- 1
seription on the [art State towards the erect or of the
monument in Independence square, Philadelphia, lot
the signers of the declaration.—All the oli thirteen j
S ates have now given their assent totbii measure
w i‘h the exe-ptioc of Maryland, Virginia and South
Carolina.
J We now learv from the Augihurg G; re’te that [
Fritice Den idoff is tittac. lied to the Russian lega ; ion at |
’ euna, and that be Lias put bin coloasal for:’.irte(about j
>,uOtt r. year) at the dispo s itiou of the Czar. He
keeps at bin ow n cost agents in England, France and |
t iwkey to look after the Russian prisoners an wounded, i
and to take care ot tlieir wants.
K ;'* orTl ’ preparing for the press a Cos lection of J
h 1 ur k’- v - a .ud au edition of hisSnmche*
V“ ‘-'fU! w a , r ,‘ >semployed o i a . ..iume to
Question J lh ‘ J I d ° pe ‘“ etll of,be ‘‘a iati Rdigous
Ihe <!r “ nd J " r r of New-York have found bill
ot indictment against the: five leading gambling bonsi-s
m thatc ,y. It has also found about tbi 1v bills. .r aia „
the too*; notorious and popular houses t>f prostimkou in
the city.
A *! (•.•■’*• of Benjamin Franklin is to be erected in Ros
ten, coding Greenough the sculptor, is a- the
w it is expected that he w-ill nave it computed
by 1 vi. It i u* be of boon* e and eght feel in height.
It repra-enu Franklin in oitizeo’s dress, with a enrfr in
bu rifbt hatid and his cocked hat under bis left *rn
® 3 f‘ re re>st of the statue and has reliefs will bes 12-
MACON- GEORGIA:
\VKI >NESDAY, JAM*AKV 31,185- r >.
I’ire.
On Sunday night last, abr.ut lo o'clock, a • ne story
dwelling house in Ea.->i Macou, owned by John Dacy,
W3S discovered to be on tire which was consumed. It
was occupied bv John 0 liana and tamilv, w ho lost all
their clothing, and nearly every article ot furniture.—
Thov had retired to bed, and the file bad made such
progress when discovered that they barely escaped
with their lives. John Johnson, a boarder, and laborer
at the Ventral Railroad Depot, also lost ail his clothes,
money aud notes to the value of several hundred dol
lars. The cause ot the fire is n*>t known.
We regret to announce, that in the midst of the ex
citement occasioned by the alarm of fire, on Sunday
night, a serious aftiay occurred between \Y in. A. God
dard of this city, and Peter Goss, a bricklayer, recently
from New York. Whilst standing with a number of
people, who were linking at the tire from the west
bank ot the river, at the comer of Fourth and Wharf
streets, some misunderstanding seems to have arisen
between them, although they were strangers to each
other, when (Loss was shot by Goddard with a revolver.
The facts of the rencounter are very differently stated
by different individuals who were present when it oc
curled, and saw the whole or a part of it. Goss’ wound
is a very serious one, and though still alive, but slight
hopes are entertained of his recovery, Goddard has
escaped. -
Our night Police, it seems, occasionally pick
up cases and adventures worthy of a larger city, which
elsewhere would he considered as ent itledto a charcoal
sketch. An incident of the kind we retcr to occured on
Friday night. On visiting a dancing party of cokrrtd per
sons, they demanded the passes of the several gentlemen.
Four of them it seems could not respond, but in reply, slily
whispered, “ a/ c white —while their colour
seemed to give the lie to the assertion. They were
i treated according U> thrifty ftikdeaud provided for thp
characters they were representing,—and accordingly
three of them were safely deposited iu the Guard House.
The fourth made his escape, but all were brought up
the uext day befote his Honor the Mayor. Three of
them were fined twenty dollars each, but n small spe
cimen of a representative of Ethiopia, who was pre
sumed pot to have arrived at years ol discretion, wa9 Su
ed but ten. It is unnecessary to relate all the details,
i but the whole affair is said to be a very rich one,
i and much more could be added.
IST On Friday last, a negro man named John, was
executed in thia city, for tbs murder of Michael Swee
j ney, committed about a year ago. The negro was a run
away from Pulaski county, and killed Sweeney whilst
• attempting to arrest him.
Z-ts W e are indebted to Messrs. Stephens, Reese
•nd Chastain, of the House of Representatives, and to
Messrs. Dawson and Douglass of the U. S. Senate, for
valuable public documents.
The Peak FuUljr,
We refer our city readers to the advertisement in an
other column, of this popular companv of Vocalists, and
Germauian Bell Ringers, who propose to give two of
their Entertainments in this city, on Monday and Tues
day evenings of next week, at Concert Hall. We copy
| from the Courier the follow ing notice of their first ap
[ pea ranee iu the fitly ol Charleston:
. “The first entertainment of ll,is well trained familv,
j that tornis apparently “ a happy family,” both socially
| and musically, was given last evening, aud their success
was such as must have gratified even the highest anti-
I cipations. Considering indeed the condition of the
weather, which made an hour Id the Hibernian Hall
anything but comfortable, the audience attracted and
the interest aud attention manifested, were beyond
reasonable expectations. Their instrumental harmon
ies w ere varied and singularly attractive,—the bells of
i magi.- (ones and sweetness being managed w ith thefi-
I nest effects. The state of the atmosphere had appa
: reutly some aftcet on their vocal performances, but even
j here they furnished a rich repast, and Miss Julia was
| warmly and generally recalled after her favorite Scotch
I melody of Annie Laurie, which was given with genuine
appreciation and effect. Master Eddie, a little chirper
of four years old, also appeared—not on the platform
but on arehair above it—and gave a temperance
iu a style which will require a rival of some years of
der to surnass. The fact, however, that several pieces
j were loudly encored, notwithstanding the full bill aud
th<- iiufavorablestateof ihelLill is a sufficient illustration
of the impression made. To judge the relative merits
of the different members, contributing to this family pic
nic of music and melody, vo u.uat hear them again—
meantime the general result in an entertainment which
must please. They will ap|>cur this evening”
The Races.
The Annual Meeting of the Central Jockey Club, over
j ,he Course near this city, commences on Tuesday the
! of February, and w ill continue din ing the remain
der of the week. The truck has been placed in excel
lent Older, all the stable* ujmiu the Course, have been
recently rebuilt, —there p.re a large number of horses al
ready upon the ground, and everything indicates that
we shall have, during the appioaaliing meetiug, a sea
son of unusual fine sport. We reler our readers, inter
ested in such mutters to the advertisement in another
column, tbr the races of each day and the parses which
are offered by the Club, and the Proprietors of the
Course, promising them farther particulars in our next
issue.
Savannah River Kail Road.
YY e find in the Chronicle <(■ Sentinel, the proceedings
of a meeting of the citizeus of Augusta, at which resolu
tions were passed authorizing the City Council to sub
•Oi'ihs $50,000 to the capital stock of this Road, payable
in the bonds of the city, bearing an interest of seven per
cent per annum. The subscription is to be made with
the sanction of the Legislature, and upon such condi
tions as the City Council may believe to be necessary
to secure the interests of Augusta. A terminus, upon
the western side of the Savannah, we presume will be
one of the conditions imposed by the City Council.—
There is no city in the State, which is as able as Augus
ta, at this time, to assume a debt of half a million dol
lars.
Removal of the Capitol.
We find the following article upon the subject of the
removal of the seat of Government, in the C'urier, pub
lished at Rome Ga., which shows that the Atlanta press
are Dot altogether justified by the facts, when they state
that Cherokee Georgia, is unanimously in favor of its
removal to Atlanta. We have not referred to this sub
ject since the adjournment f the Legislature,—but w e
suppose that it is know n to all the world, and the rest
of mankind, that Macon Las not withdrawn her preten
sious to the Capitol and that at u projier time they, will
be nrgetl:
Several of the papers of Cherokee Georgia have
come out in favor of removing the Capitol from Millege
ville to Atlanta. Many arguments may lie adduced in
favor of such a change, while to us ou the other hand
th*- city of Macon seems to be the most eligible point.
\V e are however in candor bound to admit that we have
not yet investigated the subject sufficiently to author
ize us in takingariy decided position in the limiter. We
are in favor of a retuoeol and shall be prepared short
ly to designate the place of our choice.
In the agitation of this subject, it behoves the people
of Cherokee to act in a compromising and conciliating
spirit, and even though ib*y hare the power to trans
fer the scat of Government to Atlanta, it should be a
serious question whether it were expedient or not. As
far as claims by viitue of accessibility and centrality of
location are concerned, we believe that those of Macon
ate the greater. More ot this anon.
J” z* Miss Julia Dean, the actress, was married ott
the 2<<tU iuef., in Galveston, to Dr. llayne a son of Ru
ber* Y. Ilapne, of So. Carolina. We find the announce
ment of this interesting fact jn the N. O. J’i-crmne of
the 34th inst.
JV 5 The Hon. Robert Toombs, w, regret to learn,
has been called home from Washington, bv the serious
illness of a member of Jiis famil v.
rT 4r ” The College Chapetat Columbia, So. Ca., and
the adjoining east wing, were totally destroyed bv fire
on the morning of the *2>’th inst. The loss is estimated
| at f2",OK
| H*- Rev. John M-.tore, recently nominated bv a I
Know Nothing Cou vent k>u iu Sew Hampshire, us a
candidate ler • •overuot, having deciiutd Lera use lie has
! not resided long enough in the State to he eligible lo
the office, the Convention reaaaatnbled at Manchester
on yesterday to nominate a not her caudal atp.
The Ilnu. John Slidell was on the iusiant,
elected to the Senate of the Cnited St .tes, bv the Leg
isluture of Louisiana, by a majority of 2s on joint b.d
lot.
nr cwaniehanieha the third King of the Sandwich I
Islauds, died on the 15tu ult. His son Dromber, (op
posed, we believe, to the projet for the annexation of
the Islands to (he United States,) has been declared his
successor.
The New Hampshire representation in the Sen
ate, vacant by the death, of Mr. Niorris, has been ten
dered by the Governor to John K. Wells.
Aromig the deaths at San Francisco, we find
Ihe name of Mrs Julia Stunlv, wifeof the Hon. Edward
Stanly, tormeriy of North Carolina,
Know Nothings in Massachusetts.
The Legislature of Massachusetts is overwhelmingly
Know Xotliiug, (iudeed it is stated that with the ex
ception ol a solitary Democrat, every member of the
House and of the Senate is a member of the order, and
its action is consequently observed with a great deal of
inletest, as furnishing an authoritative exposition of the
principles aud policy of the new party, as it develops
; itself in one of tile strongest anti-slavery States of the
Union, and as determining the question fl bet her there
is an\ strong aud controlling idea at the bottom ol its
organization, by which sectionalism may be kept in
subjection, and its nationality maintained, or whether
it is destined to be disorganized and denationalized bv
the same causes which have destroyed the integrity of
the Whig and of the Democratic party. Thus far the
action of the Legislature has only served to furnish
capital against the party it represents, to confirm the
charge which lias been made against it by the Demo
cratic presses of the South, that it was but anothei
phase in the development of the Free Soil seutimeni of
the North, and to disappoint all those who, like our
selves, have hoped that the new elements which it Las
introduced into tlie politics of the country would keep
the vexed question of slavery, tbr a time at least, in
abeyance.
Without referring lo other matters, the election ot
General YVilson, by the House of Representatives ol
the Massachusetts Legislature, to the Senate ot the
United States, is alone sufficient to shake the confidence
of Southern men in the material of which that Legisla
ture is composed. The individual who had thus been
honored with the strongest mark of the confidence ol
the party, and chosen by the House, from among all
the distinguished citizens of the Commonwealth, by n
majority of ops hundred votes, to represent it in the
Senate of the United States, is one of the most con
templible, time-serving, place-seeking politicians ot
Massachusetts, notorious for the facility with which he
changes his faith, and consistent only in his bitter op
position to the South. In the outset ot his career a
YY'iii?, then a Democrat, then an Abolitionist, support
ing Van Bitten and Adams upon the Buffalo platform
of 1845, recently a violent opponent of the Know No
things, and now a member of the order, and the reci
pient of Us highest aud most coveted honor, it would
have been difficult for the House of Representatives ot
Massachusetts to have found any one w hose election
to a high aud honorable office would have created such
au unfavorable impression at the South —any one whose
elevation to office is in such direct conflict w ith all the
principles and professions ot the order to which its
members belong. They are Kuow Nothings, opposed
to foreign intluence in this country, and yet elect a nmti
to office, who, within the last few months, was courting
the foreign vote by his course in the Constitutional
Convention of Massachusetts. They are Know No
things, opposed to the tyranny of parties and to the
dictation of party leaders anq ixpitigian?, end yet elect
a inau to office, who has belonged to almost ail the par
ties which have existed in Massachusetts lor the last
ten years, and been faithful to none of them, and whose
whole political career has been a struggle for office.
They are Know Nothings, professing to Toster and to
cherish a broad, national, American sentiment, in
which too narrow and contracted views of sectionalists
shall be swallowed up, and yet elect a man to office
who has distinguished himself by his inveterate hos
tility to the South, aud by his industrious agitation of
sectional questions and sectional opinions, llow shall
the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts Le
gislature reconcile the election of such a man with the
principles and professions of the party to which its
members belong’’ What are these principles and pro
fessions worth, if they do not control the policy of the
party and the action of its representatives.
The people are tired of professions and of platforms,
and have learned to look beyond these carefully worded
declarations of faith, and to judge the party which
claims Jtheir confidence and support, by its acti. In
this matter they are Gradgrinds, aud attach no impor
tance to any thing but facts ; and a few such facts as
the electiou ofa notorious Abolitionist to the Senate of
the United States by a Kuow Nothing Legislature, will
determine them iu a verdict against the Know Nothing
party of trip Forth.
The Senate of the Massachusetts Legislature will
ballot to-day for U. S. Senator, and there is some doubt
whether it will concur with the House iu the election
of General Wilson.
Governor Johnson aud his Friends.
We fiud the following article in a late number ot the
Atlanta intelligencer, the leading Democratic organ of
the city of AHanffi, in which it pronounces distinctly,
and decidedly against the re-noniiuatiou of Governor
Johnson, asserting that his canvass against Mr. Jenk
ins, developed his weakness before the people, and that
his Administration has only served to alienate from
him, many ot the strongest and most influential mem
bers of the Democratic Party. Gov. Johnson is au ex
ceedingly unfortunate man, and we begin to be seriously
cwucerned at the discouraging prospect before his Ex
cellency, and to fear that it may ioduce him to with
draw from the contest, for the succession to the office
he holds. But here is the article from the InleUigen
cer:
The Next Governor.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of Tuesday, alluding
to the agitation of the question of the succession, with
out expressing an opinion 4s tp h vyill he the Demo
cratic candidate, predicts that Hon. Win. C. Hawspn
will be the opponent ot the Democratic nominee for Go
vernor and says that rumor already connects his name
with the Know Nothings. YY'hoever may be the candi
date for the opposition it is of the highest importance
that the Democracy should bring out their strongest
and best man for the contest. YY'ho he is we shall not
at this time undertake to say. It is to be hoped, how
ever, for the good of the party, that no serious effort
will be made to confer the nomination for re-election
upon the present incumbent, us we are well satisfied
that his nomination would resqlt in the utter defeat of
the Democratic party in Georgia. Nominated in 18-™,
under the most favorable auspices, with the two wings
of the party generally united with the prestige ol the
recent National Democratic triumphs in his favor—with
the most zealous, energetic and persevering efforts on
the Dart of his political adherents, while his opponent,
Mr. Jenkins, beaded the forlorn hope of the \\ big par
ty, seriously disorganized bv interna! dissensions, and
bearing the whole weight of the Algerine Law on his
shoulders—with all these advantages in our favor the
Democratic candidate was elected by a bare majority of
five hundred and ten votes. Has he gained strength
since his term of office commenced ? YVe think not.—
On the contrary, we believe, and we are bv no means
alone in the opinion, that he is weaker by at least five
thousand votes in the State than he was on the day of
his inauguration. YY'hile his public policy has been
such as to secure to him no increased populariiy, his
acts in other rccpects have been of a character to alien
ate from him many of the strongest and most influen
tial Democrats in the State—men who were among the
warmest of his supporters—men without whose aid in
the hour of trial his defeat would have been inevitable.
Moreover, facts are in existence, which it is not our pur
pose to allude to here, the publicity of which, in case of
his nomination, would tenu seriously to the disorgani
zation of the party and at the same time render fiis de
feat a matter of absolute certainty.
We make these rematks through no disposition to
dictate or throw embarrassments in the way ol our po
litical friends, but are prompted to them solely by u
consideration and auxiefv tbr the interests atul success
of the Democratic party.
To this, we may add the following paragraph from
the Southern SUiUnnnn, another Democratic organ, re
cently established at Calhoun, by J. YV. Dodd, Esq.,
formerly the editor of tfie Rome Southerner, in reply to
au inquiry in regaid to G,overmir Joljn.son’s prospects
in Chet ok sc :
“In answer to our friend of the I/UeUigetfeser, %e g id
that we have not yet made a complete survey ot
the political field from our observatory. As soon as
w shall have adjusted the kaleidoscope, we w ill report.
VY’e are unable to predict who is to be our next Govern
or. The popular feeling in Cherokee, if we mistake
not, is adverse to Mr. Johnson. YY'hether lie will be
able to conciliate it, remains to be seen.”
The Vtlanta P.-nniner, however, is quite as decided
ly in favor of, a.: the InteUifenotr is opposed to the
nomination of Governor Johnson for re-election. YVe
give the closing paragraph of a characteriaUfi reply hi
its issue of the 25th inst., to the article of its contempo
rary, w hich we have copied :
“The game, NI r. Haggles is try ing to play is of New
York origin, hut it vyill not tell iu Georgia. There are
not traitors enough iu liifi Deprocractic party to make the
dose work, but, we can fell frffiod ty.Ujfgles. what it will
do. 11 vv ill place the IttbMigrmctr so (ow it, thp estima
tion of all correct Democrats, that God Almighty in bis
kindness will forget lie ever made him! and Jesus
Christ a ill disown ever dying for him!! and even
doubt wbetluii liulap w ill receive him into his domin
ion!!! owing to U.* opposition to him. There w ill
have to be a Convention of ißtj'pu and II 11. to (ix
up a place tor the rejaise of the Jut> Higer. er ‘ 1 —
Maik it.”
tqT R appear* that the Rev. John Moore, the Know-
Nothing candidate for Governor iu New Hampshire, is
ineligible, not having resided in that .State the time
required by the Constitution —seven years. Mr. Moore
is a Yernaaiier.
The Washington Union, xis Hid ‘jOth inst., contradicts
iu t!;e most pe.otive tcims tb,e report that tsucretary Gu
thrie design* leaving the Cabinet.
The rumors predicting a change in die Cabinet are
without foundation. No chaogej jjrg likely to take
place.
Ur. Stephens’
The speech ot om able Representative, Mr. Stephens,
iu reply to Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, delivered in the
House ol Representatives, on the 15th inst., lias attract
ed attention from all quarters, and we regret that with
the space at our disposal, it is impracticable for us to
publish it entire, as a contrast of the social and indus
trial coudiiion of Georgia and Ohio, as revealed by the
statistics of the last Census, which is altogether favora
hlv to our own .State. YY’e must content ourselves with
the following extracts from the speech, as it is publish
ed in the >• ><bt, which we have found to be the most
interesting portions of it, though the first relates to a
subject, which was only incidentally introduced by Mr.
Stephens, in the course of his rematks—the acquisition
of the Island of Cuba:
But again, he asks, who was it, at the last session of
Congress, who desired to place in the hands of the
President £10,000,000 for the acquisition of Cuba? 1
can say to him that I did not, and if there is any gen
tleman upon this floor from the South that did, 1 did
not know it. 1 know of no such movement in this
House, either at midnight or open day, or any other
period oi tlie twenty-four hours. But I tell the gentle
man, in passing, us he has alluded to Cuba, that I am
for the acquisition of that island. I believe its acquisi
tion would promote the best interest of the island and
of this country ; and that it would promote the interest
of Ohio more than of Georgia. I tuu not governed by
sectional feelings or interests on this question. Its ac
quisitiou would advance the interests of both countries;
and it would advance the interest of the north quite as
much, il not. more, than the South, so far as its trade
and its commerce is concerned. But I was not, and am
not, for putting #10,000,000, or any other sum, in the
bands of ihi> Administration to buy it. I do not be
lieve that they desire it. I have never believed that it
was either their wish or policy to obtain it, as several of
the most ardent friends of Cuba ou this floor very well
know. I gave them this opinion long ago, when some
of them questioned its correctness The sequel will
show whether it was right or not. But, sir, as 1 have
been drawn into saying thus much on this subject.it
may be proper that I sjiould say more. lam not for
this acquisition iu*n mny plan or principles inconsis
tent with the strictest national honor aud national faith.
But 1 am in favor of a repeal of those laws on our own
>tatute bonk, which make it penal and punishable as a
crime of high rude, for an American citizen to take part
m any revolution that may take place in Cuba—any ef
fort of the people there to throw off’ Spanish dominion
aud oppression ?
if the pc pie there were permitted to exercise their
own tree will and volition, unawed by the superior
power of Spain, as I am informed and believe, they
would not remain a day, much less a month or year,
longer, under the heavy taxes, burdens, and exactions
of that country which now claims their allegiance onlv
to oppress and to plunder them. And if they do thus
desire to throw off the yoke of the'r oppressors, why
should we punish American citizens for no reason but
aiding them in their patriotic attempt? Why should
we keep the peace for Spain? Whan did site, by her
conduct towards us, put its under such obligations?—
YVas it when she held the mouth of the Mississippi, or
F orida? Was it when she armed the Savages of the
frontiers against our undefended people ? Was it when
she nurtured in her bosom such enemies to our peace- —
such wretches as Ambiister and Arbuthnot—whom
General Jacks-n had to hang without judge or jury?
YVheu, I say lid Spain, by*her comity and good neigh
borhood, put U 9 gr.der an qbligiition tp punish oqr citi
zens for aidu g the native Cubans not only to rid them
selves ol present heavy and onerous burdeus and un
just impositions, but to prevent that ultimate destiuy
which French and English policy has concocted for
them ? Iti thi.-> matter I may have a little more sympa
thy for mv own race than the gentleman has. ’ Why
should we hold while .Spain skins? I feel no disposi
tion to sfand by and see one of the fairest islands of the
world—the Queen of the Antilles—despoiled, rifled,
aD<i plundered, and then made a >St. Domingo or a Ja
maica of, any more than I would to see a a&tely ship,
well freighted, pillaged by pirates, scuttled, and then
sent adrift to sink, without one hand to save. This,
sir, is pretty much the present condition of Cuba. She
is now undergoing the pillaging process; how soon she
will be scuttled and sent adrift to sink I know not. —
Sir, Mr. Y\ eh>ter, as early as the delivery of his Pana
ma speech, intimated very strongly that the policy of
this country never would or could allow Cuba to pass
into other hands than those of Spain. Mr. Everett in
his celebrated and most masterly letter on the proposed
tri-part j pleqrjy follows up jbe Same yievys.
And Mr. C'iav is generally understood to have main
tained, until the day of his death, that this country
ought to go to war rather than permit Cuba to full into
the hands of England. But who, sir, would not infi
nitely prefer to set- England hold it, than to see her poli
cy carried out of extripating the white race there and
filling the Island with Gtfnea negroes and African sav
ages’ If the first would justify a national war, the lat
ter may, in my opinion, much more justify us in barely
permitting such of our citizens, who see tit, to prevent
it, it they can. If such a course should bring acquisi
tion by the free choice of the people of Cuba, without
consulting Spain, I say let it bring it. It is a matterin
which i should be governed ipueh mare by tpe y. isfies
of ’he people ot Cuba than the interests ofSpaiu.
Our trade with the island is now large; but this
would be greatly augmented if it were part of this
country, and u- der c.-ur laws. We should not only be
relieved ot the heavy duties paid ou our exports there,
but the productions of the island consumed in this coun
try would be largely increased, and her capacity to con
fume our products, agricultural and manufactured, be
increased in the same ratio. I have a document before
me that gives the amount of duty levied and paid now
on our exports there upon being introduced into the is
land. Du i eej ,t is #3 14 per barrel; pprjr, #4 S9 par
barrel; hams, 14; lard, #4 Iff: lumber, $5 60 ;
hoops, $.-! couches, #261. But l cannot read all.—
The same document gives (he price of a cargo, shipped
from New Orleans to Havana, of flour, hams, and lard
—valued at. New Orleans at. #6,121 52—on which the
duties paid were #v -'8 93. This cargo was made up
ol such articles as Ohio produces in abundance. These
are her staples. Would it not, therefore, be greatly to
her interest to have the same access to the markets of
Havana as to New Orleans? I cannot now dwell, in
deed scausdv r, r, to the vast interest that shipping
men and merchants generally, as well as manufacturing!
capitalists, have iri this acquisition.
.So far as the African and slavery is concerned, I ask
the gentleman, and the candid of all parties everywhere,
whether the cond:; ion of that population would not be
better under oni Government than under the Spanish
Governtnen v If there be real sympathy for the Afri
can, and real opposition to what is called the atrocities
of the slave ti u.ii;!d not that trade he immbdMely
abolished on the island becoming part of the United
States? \ i.?w the subject, therefore, commercial Iy or
politically, as it atf <t - interests North or South, what
rational objection cun there beto it? Why, then,should
gentlemen be opposed to it, either in open dav, or, if
need be, at midnight?
Mr. Chairman, i did not intend to dwell on the sub
ject as long as I have done, 1 only intended to make a
very brief reply to the gentleman’s remark about a ten
million uffair, of which 1 know nothing; but, in pass
ing, I have tahen occasion to tell him what lam for.—
And I repeat, in conclusion on this point, that, on the
score of hum unity, on the score of public interest and
statesmanship—indeed, in every point of view, where
is the objection to the acquisition of Cuba, if it can be
honorably and properly acquired ? I see none, but an
obstinate, fixed, aud blind dogmatical nonsense.
Upon this extract we have only to remark, that we
have always favored the acquisition of the Island of
Cuba, whenever it can be, it; the langqugc of Ste
phens, “4101101 ably and properly acquired ” and sym
pathise deeply with the Cubans, in w hatever oppres
sion they may sutler, under the arbitrary rule of Spaiu.
But Mr. Stephens favors the abolition of our neutrality
laws, and if he does this, not that individuals may give
their sympathy and their bipod to the cause of Cuban
independence, but that the Government may wink at
the fitting oqt of hostile expeditions, in our own ports,
and by our own citizens against tfie Island of Cuba,
and suffer them to sail from our shores—in other
words, if, as we hope not, Mr. Stephens proposes by the
abolition of the neutrality laws, to permit Fillibuster
iji'i to settle the fate of Cuba, we differ with him, as
widely as tne poj.es are asunder. The obligation to pre
vent all spoil 1. wle>s expeditions, against the colopy of
a foreign Government, with which we are at peace,
does not I. it aloiie upon our neutrality laws, and is not
an obligation of positive law alone, but of international
comity, of puoi'i honor, and of public morality. If a
strong cot f . e- necessity, w hich is the higher law
ol nuti , iikt to the right of revolution in their sub
jects, exisi - lie- the a< quisition of Cuba and its incor
poration into tie Union, let us buy it, if we can, or
if i. w must; but never sneak into its possession,
never p * r -,y indirection, never permit an armed
expedition U. !c.iv. our shares, except in the broad day
light, and under the cover of our flag. Sympathy with
the oppu>sed p ipleof a foreign Government, however
amiable or laudable it may be, has never been in the
history of this country, recognised us sufficient cause to
justify intervention iu their behalf. We have permit
ted outrageous wrongs against the sovereignty of dif
ferent people to be perpetrated, after they had by suc
c s-Ttil revolution, achieved tbeir independence, and
after they In,a b ..‘ij recognised by us, as free and inde
pendent nations, we have seen tgeni blotted fropi the
map, without one word pt protest, —uot because we did
uot sympathise with them, or were indifferent to their
wrongs, but because it has been the policy of this Gov
ernment, inaugurated by Washington, and re-atiiimed
in the lasi Annual Message of President Pierce, never
to interfere in Uiu uui.ii-9 oI others, except where its
own interests require it. This is Hie pojiay of tfie Gov
ernment. Is there a different policy for its people?
and can they, under the influence ot sympathy in the
wrongs and oppressions of the Island oi Cuba, wage
wijr against Spain, without their Govern
ment? A Government authorises and is responsible
for, whatever act of its people against a foreign power,
which, with the power to prevent, it permits, and it we
thus authorise 1 filibustering expeditions against Cuba,
we are really wating against Spain. W here is the ne
cessity for all this indirection ? if we have ajustcause
of quarrel with that power?
The second extract which we have selected from Mr.
Stephens’ speech, and which follows, has gratified us
hugely, containing as it does, a well merited tribute to
the genius i net the worth of Alexander Hamilton, one of
the purest and wisest statesman umovp that crowd ot
illustrious men, who adorned the early aunals of the
Republic. We hare read it in utter amazement, that
Mr. Stephens or any one else, should hare the daring
and the intrepid honesty, in these days of progressive
Democracy, to eulogise the great chief of the Federal
Party:
The gentleinau says, that the North is opposed to ac
quisitions, that she never looks outward, she looks in
ward—and that while the South is always looking to
the extension of territory, the North is looking to the
improvement of what we have. This, so far as looking
to acquisition is concerned, I think, is not true of the
North entirely. It mav be true of some men there.—
But it is not true of all her statesmen. In the early his
tory of this country, there were men at the North, and
one in particular, who had no such circumscribed views
as those attributed to the North generally. The man
to whom I allude stands first, In my opinion, of all the
northern statesmen of his day. Indeed, he stands, in
inv judgment, amongst the men of his day—next to him
who has no equal in any age or country. That man
hailed from New York, ana for strength of judgment,
for profound thought, for far-seeing statesmanship he
has never been equaled by any of the illustrious men
since brought upon the public arena bv that honored
State. That man, sir, was Alexander Hamilton ; and
at the formation of our Constitution, after that provis
ion in the original draft, that new States to be formed
out of territory then belonging to the United States
might he admitted into the Union, was so modified as
to leave out the restriction, so that other States (not
confining to the then ferritory of the Union) might come
in, Mr. Hamilton is said to have expressed the opinion,
with approbation, that, in time, we should get Florida,
Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and [even ultimately squint
towards South America. That was the roan, sir, who,
in his day, was, every inch of him, a “ Sampson in the
field, and a Solomon in council.” Nay more ;he was
one of those gifted geniuses who caught from the “sun
rise of life” that “ mystical lore” which enabled him to
see those coming events which were casting their “sha
dows before.”
I take this occasion thus to speak of Mr. Hamilton,
because he is a most striking exception to the gentle
man’s remark, and, also, because in his day it suited
the purposes of luanr of his contemporaries to detract
from his merits, li is name, and his character; men who
barked at his heels, just as the wolves and the hvenas
do, upon the track of the noble king of the forest ; men
who never met him in open conflict but to be vanquish
ed, und many of whom even quailed from his presence
THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
Thursday, Jan, ldth.
IN SENATE.
The Chair laid before the Senate a message from the
President of the United States, trausmittitiug and let
ter from the Secretary of War on the subject of Indian
hostilities, and recommendiug that additional protec
tion be afforded to those emigrating tq California by
the overland route; which referred to the Commit
tee on Military Affairs and ordered printed.
The President pro Uni. also laid before the Senate a
letter from Hon. Rufus Choate, resigning his office as
one of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution ;
which was read, and the subject was discussed by Messrs
Pearce, Maso, Douglass, Badger, Seward, and others ;
after which, the letter was laid ou the table; and, on
motion bv Mr. Clayton, a resolution was adopted di
recting the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire whe
ther any, and if any, what, action of tne Senate is nec
essity and prpperiu regard to the Smithsonian Institu
tion.
The bill to amend and modify the judicial system of
the U. S. was postponed until the first Monday in De
cember next —yeas 29, nays 13.
The Seuute then resumed the consideration of the
bounty-land bill. Mr. Foot and Mr. Cass spoke at
length on the subject; and at a quarter belore four o’-
clock, without disposing of the subject the Senate ad
join ned.
IN THRriOUSE.
The speaker laid before the House a Communication
from the President of the Uuited States, transmitting
a letter from the Secretary of War upon the subject of
Indian hostilities : refersed to the Committee on Milita
ry A flairs.
Also, a communication from the Navy Department,
transmitting a statement of the number of clerks em
ployed in that Department, the time each one was actu
all v employed, and the amount of compensation allow
ed during the year 1854; laid on the table.
MrJ Warren, from the Commit tea on Public Lands,
reported favorably on the hill to enable Arkansas and
other States to reclaim their overflowed lands, and un
favorably on fourteen petitions praying an increase of
bounty laud to officers and soldiers of the war of 1812.
Mr. Millson delivered a speech against the claim of
San.uel A. gelden.
The House then resumed,jin committee of the Whole,
the consideration of the Pacific-railroad bill, w hen the
substitute of Mr. Dunbar, on the motion of Mr. Davis,
of Indiana, was amended so as to make it provide for
the constructiog of a central road and two branch roads.
The bill was then reported to the House with a recom
mendation that the action of the committee benon-pon
curi j.d in. On rnqtjqn of Letcher, the House refu
sed io table the bill—yeas 54, nays 120.
On motion, the House adjourned.
IN SENATE.
Friday, Jan. 19.
Mr. Gwin intaoduced a joint resolution tor the estab
lishment of an express mail, weekly, between St. Louis,
Missouri, and San Francisco, California; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads.
Bills were passed grunting register? to t).e jiarques
Lily, ijartba, and l o\;nqlin£; also, the House bill for
the relief of the children and heirs of Major Gen. Baron
do Kalb.
The bill for the relief of Capt. Thomas Ap Catesbv
Jones was taken up, and discussed by Messrs. Mason,
Gwin, Clayton, Mallory, Butler, Badger, Seward, Rusk
and others, at some length ; after which it was reak a
third time and passed—yeas 26, nays 17.
The Chair laid before the Senate two messages from
the President of the United States, transmitting esti
mates of appropriations for the service of the Indian de
partment and correspondence with Gen. Wool ; qlso,
two communications from the Secretary of War in rela
tion to the defences of the harbor of San Francisco and
the deepening of the communication between Lakes Hu
ron ana Superior.
The bounty-land bill was taken up, and sundry
amendments were adopted ; after which the further con
sideration of the subject was pestponed ; and, after an
executive session, the Seuate adjourned until Monday
next.
IN THE HOUSE.
Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Af
fairs, asked leave to report a bill, in compliance with the
recommendation of the President’s message of yester
day, to suppress Indian hostilities and afford protection
to emigrants and settlers on our western frontier, and
on the routes to Oregon and California, by raising 8,000
mounted volunteer troops to serve in the Indian coun
try for the term of 18 months.
Mr. Edgerton objected.
‘l'he House thenVesumed the consideration of the Pa
cific-railroad bill, vfhea Mr. SlcDougall renewed the
substitute of Mr. Dunbar, to provide for the construc
tion ot three railroads to the Pacific—a northern, a
southern, and a ceutral road.
Mr. Davis, of Indiana, renewed his amendment to the
amendment by striking out that part of the substilute
providing for the construction of three roads to the Pa
cific, and inserting a provision providing tor the con-
Sction only of a central road, with a northern ami a
hern branch road.
After the subject was discussed bv Messrs. McDoug
all, Campbell, l)uvis of Indiana, Bayly of Virginia,
Chamberlain, Hendricks, Lane of Oregon, and others,
it was, on the motiou of Mr. Taylor, ot Ohio, referred
to a select committee of IS.
The House then adjourned.
Satuedat, Jan. 20th.
IN SENATE.
The Senate did not sit on Saturday.
IN THE HOUSE.
A bill was reported to attend tfie act to carry into
effect the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain. The
Pacific Railroad bill was again the prominent topic.
The pending motion ot Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, to recom
mit tne bill to a select committee of thirteen, was ne
gutived by a vote of 71 to 118. The vote was then had
upon the pending amendment of Mr. Davis, of Indiana,
providing for a grand trjjnk central railroad and tele?
graph line from some point on the western boundary
of Arkansas, Missouri, or lowa, between the 36th and
43d degrees of north luttitude, with two branches, one
running to Memphis, Tennessee, and the other to the
most eligible point on the western shore ot Lake Su
perior. This was agreed to by a vote of 104 to Hi. The
bill, thus amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third leading by a vote of 1"4 to 97. Pending the ques
tion on the pufsage ot the b'U the IJouse adjourned.
MoffDAT, Jan. 22.
IN THE SENATE.
JJr. Shields reported from th# Committee on Military
Affair# a proposition to piaceat the disposal of the Exe
cutive a sufficient force ot volunteers to suppress Indian
hostilities. This proposition'will be oeffrea as an amend
ment to the military appropriation bill.
A discussion yf some length occured upon a commu
nication from the Postmaster General in regard to the
failure to execute a provision of law for the conveyance
of a dailv mail from Louisville, Kentucky, to New Or
leans. The letter of the Postmaster General was final
ly referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads.
The consideration of the bounty’ land bill was then
resumed. The amendment of Mr. Bell, which w ould
have the effect of including the tpoop* who fought at
King’s Mountain in 17M, vas adopted. A motion to
postpone the bill until the first Monday in December
next received only eight votes. Mr. Weller submitted
a provision to increase bv u percentage the amount pro
posed to be paid to invalid pensioners. But after de
bate, and before the vote was taken upon ibis proposi
tion. the Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
The Pacific Railroad foil v.is tjie principal subject,
and occupied attention until alate hour. The pending
question being on the passage ot the bill, Mr. Campbell,
of Ohio, moved a reconsideration of the vote ordering
the previous question, with a view to recommit the bill;
and this motion prevailed—yeas 105, nays 92. Mr.
Campbell then moved to reier the bill to the select
committee which reported it. This was negatived, and
after vurfoqs proceedings Mr. Wentfnrth, of Illinois,
moved to reconsider the vote b’ which the House re
fused to recommit tfje bill, and This motion wa bArried.
The question then recurred on the motion to recommit
the bill, and it was disagreed tobv a vote of J. 03 to 104,
the Speaker, without committing himself to the bill!
voting in the negative. This decision again brought
up the question on the passage of the bill, which was
decided in tbs affirmative —yeas 109, nays 7. But this
vote was subsequently reconsidered, and, eventually,
on motion of Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, the bill was re
committed to the select committee by a vote of 106 to
91 The seeming instability which cbai acterixed the
voting during the day can only be accoml'-d for by the
absence of some of the friends of the bill, its iq potieu-s
availing themselves of legislative tactics i > postpone a
final decision.
Tuesday - , Jan. 23.
IN SENATE.
Several private bills were taken up and passed.
The bill to amend the several acts now in force rela
ting to the Patent Office was made the special order lor
Saturday next.
Mr. Cooper submitted resolutions calling upon the
President of the l nited Stales to communicate to the
Senate information in r< ‘ation to the transportation of
convicts and paupers to the United States from foreign
countries, and also instructing the Committee on the
Judiciary to inquire whether any, and what, legislation
is necessary to prev rut this evil, and to prevent the vol
untary immigration to the United States from foreign
countries of either of the above-named classes of persons.
Mr. C. gave notice that he would address the Senate
to-morrow morning in relation to this subject.
The bounty-land bill was again taken up, and sundry
amendmants were adopted, the effect of which was to
enlarge the provisions of the bill. The subject was dis
cussed by Messrs. Stuart, Dawson, Brodhead, and oth
ers; and the Senate adjourned, at quarter before four
o’clock, without disposing of the bill.
IN THE HOUSE.
Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Af
fairs, reported a bill for the construction of a military
road in the Territory of Oregon. Also, a bill authoriz
ing the Secretary of War to provide for the construc
tion of arsenals in Texas and New Mexico, and in the
Territories of Washington and Oregou ; referred to the
Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. Edgerton submitted a resolution requesting the
Secretary of War to inform the House what steps have
been taken to carry out our treaty stipulations with the
Delaware Indians in Kansas Territory as relates to the
cession of their lands: agreed to.
Mr. Fuller introduced a bill to amend and consolidate
the navigation, revenue, and collection laws of the Uni
ted States: referred to the Committee on Commerce.
The House then laid on the table the motion to re
cousider the vote by which th y recommitted the Pa
cific railroad hill to the select committee raised to con
sider that subject, which ends all action upon that bill
until the select com mil tee again reports to the House.
The House then, as in Committee of the Whole, pro-*
ceeded to the consideration of the French spoliation
bill, which was debated by Messrs. Kavlv of Virginia,
Clitigman, Riddle, Florence, Chandler, and Keitt for it,
and Messrs. Orr, Hibbard, and Cutting against it.
Without coming to a vote, the committee rose, and
the House adjourued.
Wednesday, Jan. 24.
IN SENATE
The Chair laid before the Senate a communication
from the Secretary of War in relation to certain troops
of the State of Texas who have not been paid by tne
United States; which was referred to the Committee on
I iuance and ordered to be printed.
After a brief executive session,
Mr. Seward repotted a bill to amend the act to carry
into effect the reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Great Britain.
Mr. Dawson reported a bill authorizing the Alexan
dria and Washington Railroad Company to establish a
steam ferry across the Potomac river opposite the city
of Washington ; which was considered and postponed
until to-morrow.
The army appropriation bill was taken up, and nume
rous amendment® were adopted. Mr. Johuson moved
to strike out the appropriation of $325,U00 for the Cap
itol extension, as being inappropriate to this bill. This
led to an extended discussiou ; and without taking the
question, the Senate adjourned at a few minutes before
four o’clock.
IN THE HOUSE.
A resolution was adopted closing the debate on the
French spoliation bill to-tnorrow at 3 o’clock, p. in.
Mr. Clark introduced bills making appropriations
for the improvement of the harbor of New Buffalo, of
the harbor at the mouth of South Black river, of the
harbor at the mouth of the Muskegon river, of the har
bor at the mouth of Grand river, of the harbor at the
mouth of Black river, and of the harbor at St. Joseph's,
in the State of Michigan ; which were res<f tftipe by
unanimous consent, aud referred tq tfce Committee o*
Commerce.
The House then resumed the consideration of the
bill providing for the ascertainment and satisfaction of
claims of American citizens for spoliations committed
by the French prior to the 81st of July, 1801; which
was opposed by Mr. Benton, and advocated by Mr. Dis
ney. Mr. Chumberlaiu addressed the committee in op
Eosition to the resolution tendering the mediation of the
nited States to the powers engaged iu the Eastern
war. The committee then rose, and the House adjour
ned.
Thursday), Jap.
IN SENATE.
The resolutions of Mr, Cooper, calling for informa
tion from the Treasury Department in relation to the
number of paupers that had been sent to our shores,
compulsorily, Ac., having been called up by that gen
tleman,
Mr. Broadhead inquired what praeticial measure
his colleague expected to effect, aod what he proposed *
He thought itjmuch easier to prepare a speech than
frame a bill which would accomplish his object with
out infringing upon State rights and State jurisdiction
Mr. Cooper said he proposed that the Co'mqqifwe on
the Judicary should inquire tyfcqt je&tsfatibn, if any, was
necessary
Mr. Brodhead thought it rather late in the day for
his colleague to move in the matter. The whole sub
ject had already been refuted to the Committee ou the
Judicary near a month ago by Mr. Adams. As his
colleague, however, had made reference to foreign or
ganization®, be though thrft no objectionjwould 1 e it ter
posed by him in accepting the following as an addition
al resolution:
Resolved, That all secret organizations for political
purposes are contrary to the genius of our ufatitqUpua
and dangerous to the liberties pf (t* nepple.’
Mr. Weller desired io append to the resolution of
Mr. liroahead,pothers declaring that free speech and opeu
discussion are essential in our system of government,
and that the establishment of religious freedon was one
of the great objects of the constitution of the United 1
States.
Mr. W. had no desire to debate’these resolutions
unless some Senator saw tit to controvert the principle
therein laid down ; in which case he sfloqld desire
heard
Mr. liroaheaa accepted them as a modification of his
own, when
Mr. Hunter called up the army appropriation bill,
the first amendment being that of Sir. Johnson to strike
out the appropriation for the extension of tha Capitol.
The question having been taken, the motion was
disagreed to.
Mr. Shields theu submitted amendments which led,
to a discussion that lasted until a late hour, iu which
Messrs. Cass, Shields, Bell, Rusk ; Hunter, Gwin. an£
others participated-
Mr, Hcijstop eqtaiqed the floqr, and then the Senate
adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
The French Spoliation bill was debated for tome
time, when the committee rose reported progress and
the House adjourned.
Next Fair of the So. Ceu. Agrictilt. Society,
The Columbus Times of the 26th inst,, says ; —“ At
the meeting of Council on Tuesday night iat the com
mittee, appointed last year to solicit subscriptions from
the citizens for the purpose of raising a bonus to be giv
en to the society to hold its next Fair in this city, repor
ted. They have obtained subscriptions from reliable
sources to the amount of about $2500. Alderman Ruse
moved that the Council add SISOO. The rrsolution was
referred to the Finance Committee: Also a letter from
Mr. Stiles, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of
the Society, to a member of the committee.”
The Bank of Newberry.
Our friends, not only ut Tampa but throughout the
Union, are respectfqlly informed that we are perjbptly
willing so recqive at par, in payment of subscription efr
advertisipg accounts, as many bills of the Bank of New
berry as they may be pleased to remit—the more tfie
better. The reports prejudicial to that institution, we
are informed on gooa authority, have no foundation
whatever. —Charleston Courier.
Senators to be Elected.
The Indiana papers seem to regard the election of a
Senator in Congress from that State as a matter of some
uncertainty. The Senate, in which the Democrats have
a small majority, has postponed the subject to the 22nd
of February, and then, it is feared, the matter will be
still deferred so as to prevent an election by the present
Legislature.
FnfWisconsin also a disposition is evinced to delay
the choice of a Luited States Senator. Although a law
of the State prescribes a jay pe ppserve
that the Democratic majority of theSenatg refused to
comply with the law by going into a ballot. Gtsemus
Cole, it is said, has been tiomiuated for the station by
the Fusiouists of the House.
The Tennessee River, says the Huntsville Ad
rocate of the 17tb inst., has at last risen sufficiently
high for the mail boats to run regularly from Decatur
to Chattanooga, and to take up good loads of cotton.
This is the best news vve have had for some time, and
we hope to see cotton sent forward now as fast as it can
be, and sold, so that the proceeds will go into general
circulation, and thus assist all kinds of business and rel
ieve the present pressure in money matters.
A dispatch to the Columbia Times, dated the
25th inst., from Chailofte, s*. C., says;
The Rev. Cyrus Johnson, I). D., of this town, died
very suddenly of appoplexv this morning, in an omin
bus whilst going to the railroad depot, lie was on his
way to Fort Mills for the purpose of marrying a gen
tleman and lady this evening. He was the second
clergyman who had been engaged to perform the cere
mony. The Rev. A. S. Watts, who had been engaged
for the same purpose, died on the day appointed for the
wedding, and was befied yesterday. Ifr. Johnson will
be buried to-morrow.
It has just come out that Mr. Bowen of the
silk house of Bowen, McNamee k Cos. ot New York,
noted abolitionists, is the commercial editor of the
“ Independent,” Henry Ward Beecher’s {taper. He is
particulaily- set ere upon those Southern bouses that
have failed, while the misfortunes of Northern houses,
with anti-slavery proclivities, are passed over very
gently.
The Boston Atlas says that anew movement is t
on foot for the establishment of Free S'oil KuoW No
thing Lodges. Three of these have already been insti- i
tuted In Massachusetts, and au agent has left for the
purpose of carrying qnt tk idea else where- J
LATER FROM EURO PL
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP PACIFIC.
Xkw I ORK, Jaii’y
The United States mail steamship Pacific Br >i.
ved from Liverpool at nine o’clock yesterday m,rnit./
* ew liner G<*<irs/e Ganniiijr j* M| . *
posed to have been lost some where near the islund
Heligoland, on the shore of which isla’.d putters u „a
‘•agK-ge <>t joisseogers have ca-u, leaving |jm®
doubt at the eafam-v. TV ere w. o authentic
ot thecr w und passenger. A ..*tter, indeed
that all weie lost. The eargo was iusured in Hamburg
tor 2.fO,'Ws> murks banco, and for $] 00,000 at New V.uk
Political Intelligence.
The Eastern question has eutered into an entirely
new phase. Prince Gortshakoff has anounced to the
Austrian Government that the Czar adepts rat onl,
the J<rur points af guarantee, Imt also the interp,-iiaU,„
gtiva to them hy the Three Pwers, England, Fra,,,,
and A'uttria . But, as no armistic is Jagreed to.lhostil-
continue during the progress of negotiat ons.
This intelligence has much exercised the public mind
throughout Europe. Its immediate effect was to raise
the quotation of Consols nearly two per cent. But doubts
are springing up fast.
The coalition against Russia is becoming formidable
Sardinia has now joined the Western Powers. This bold
act on the part of the Italian States has led to a modifi
cation of the Sardinian ministry.
Austria has called upon Prussia, in virtue of an addi
tional article of the treaty of the 2oth April, to motilixe
that is to put on a war footing the greater portion of her
army. Prussia has declined to do so just ret. and the
lesser kingdom of Germany have done likewise. A sep
arate convention between Russia and Prussia is spoken
of, but required confirmation. Austria is arming on
an immense scale; so is Russia.
Progress of the war.
The London Morning Advertiser savs, the English
batteries had opened fire on Sevastopol, within four
hundred metres of the place. There was a violent tem
pest on the 80th.
Viixita, Jan. s.—Advices from Sevastopol state that
the Russians are taking up a position to the north of
the fortress, to be ready to repulse an expected attack
from that quarter.
Berlin, Jan. 7.—A despatch has been reoeived here
from St. Petersbunf. dated Sunday, the 7th inst. It
says, under date of the 80th of December, Prince Men
schikoff writes that nothing important bad taken
plae* before Sevastopol. The fire of the enemy (the
allies,) was very feeble, causing us searcelr any damage.
Ma as sill as. Jan. 10.—The Thabor, which ieft Con.
stantinople on the Ist of January, has arrived. Advi
oee from Balaklava of the SOth of December, state that
the railway was to be commenced at once. The sick
ness was on the increase.
Yarxa January, 4th.— Omar Pasha has left for Su
ps tons.
Odnua, Dec. 24.—Reserve troops are being sent
from Bessarabia and Chereou to the Crimea. In conse
quence of rainy weather there baa for some days bees a
dearth of stmplies at Sevastopol.
Beaus Jas. 10th.—We learn from St. Petersburg,
under date of tha 10th inst., that the fallowing dis
patch had bean reoeived therstfrom Prince MeDschikotL
“ Sevastopol, Jan. 2—Nothing new has occurred.
We continue to annov the enemy by night sort:.
In one of those we made ten Zouaves prisoners.”
Dec. 20.—0n the night of the 20th the sortie (alrss
dy reported by telegraph) was made against the British
line. Unfortunately a portion of the 50th regiment of
foot, against whsm the attack was at firßt directed,
were taken by surprise, and were obliged to fly to the
nearest battery for protection which opened with shot,
shell and rockets. All ;the camp was called to arms,
und the French opened a cross fire on the Russians, who
were obliged to retire with considerable loss. The al
lied loss was about thirty killed.
There was a report in Paris, on the 12th, that Se
vastopol had fallen, but it did not gain general belief.
Cotton Market.
With the improved hopes of peace, the Liverpool cot
ton market advanced, again fell off, and once more
rallied, closing firmly at L£d. advance oo the current
qualities of American ; sales of the week, 64,270 hales,
including 5770 on speculation and 5180 for export.
Makbiaob or Julia Dean.— The N. O. Picayune mvs
it has heard fruu undoubted authority, tbat Miss Julia
Doan, now in New Orleans, is engaged to be married
to Dr. Hayne, of South Carolina, a son of the grout ma
ter and statesman, the lute Robert Y. Hayne. Miss
Dean will conclude some engagements both at the South
and North, before this event takes place.
lion. John 8. M ella has accepted the appointment so
the Uuited States Senate from New Hampshire, vie#
Norris, deceued, and left for Washington on Thursda . ,
Mrs. Gaines has re oomaieneed suit to establish her
self as legutee under the will of Qauk Clark, her father,
in the UdW?t of New Orleans.
HT We regret to learn from the Cincinnati Gazette,
ot Monday, that the health of Mrs. Harrison, (the widow
of President Harrison.) wits failing again. She was
then not us well as she waa a fortnighi previous.
Transactions of the Macon Building and Loan Associa
tion, for year ending Jaa’y. Ist, 1865,
Loans $50,000 00
Expenses,y ? .4 Si
Cash, 44 19
L’qpaid
Amount paid m on each share 12 09
Instalments $24,000 00
Premiums 26,586 25
Interest 1,298 50
F'inee 124 70—552,404 45
Present net value each share $25 45
W. S. WILLIFORD, Treasurer,
Officers Elected for 1855,
JAMES B. AYRES,
A. R. FREEMAN, I
Gi i\ J AD*AMS 0> ’ I DmBCTOkB
-S. HUTTON. )
W. S. WILLIFORD, Sac’r. and Treas.
SPECIAL NOTICES,
I-T INVALIDS recovering from the effects ot Fe
ver, Billious Disease, 07 long continued illness of any
kind, will find Carter's Spanish Mixture the only reme
dy whtch will revive their drooping constitutions, ex
pel all bad humor* from the blood, excite the liver to a
prompt and healthy action, and by its tonic properties,
restore the patient to life and vigor.
We can only say TRY IT. A single bottle is worth
all so-called Sarsaparilla* in existence. It contain#
no Mercury, Opium, or any other ooxiqos or poison VU4
drug, and can be give# to tfpi {aut without
hesitation;.
fcfap tbs eer linos tee of wonderful cures around the bot
tle. More than fivs handred persons in the city of
Richmond, Va., can testify to its good efeofa.
*„* See advertisement.
Jan. 8 40-lm
The mast extraordinary Diaoovery in the World la the
Snt Arabian Remedy lor Man and Beast,
U.Q.FARREMi'S
Olebrattd Arabian Liniment.
I# w ell known to possess the moat wonderfull heal
ing, penetrating, ana stimulating properties, and by its
promptness in effecting cures, which previously ’had
resisted all other medicines, administered bv the most
scientific physicians, has placed it far beyond anv sim
ilar remedy ever introduced to the people of the United
States. It stimulates the absorbents to increased action,
and|thus enable* nature to throw off disease —it
trate* to th* bones, adding strength and activity to the
muscles—it is powerfully anodyne and thereby
rnr mate irritatum. producing ‘a delight fully phasing
srfutatiun throwjk tee ukol*frame. Owing tp its remar,
kuble auticeptip properties, it pprjfiea and neutralizes
that poisoßoqa, ttrrpsivp prmqple which renders old
ulcerous ijt.res so difficult tp heal; it therefore is pecu,
liary adapted tq their speedy cure. This Liniment
from its penetrating and strengthening qualities has
been found to be a specific for Paralysis or Palsy,
Whjteswellingsgnd diseased joints, and in fact all com
plaints involving the muscular system. It has cured
cases of Rheumatism of twenty to thirty year’s stand
ing, and affections of the Spine wherein the entire
spinal column was so crooked and distorted, that the
patient could not walk or stand without artificial sup
port. Numerous cases of Palsy huve been cured when
the flesh had withered, leaving nothing hut the dried
skin and bone, and the limbs totally without use or feel
ing. For Children with Group it is of inestimable value,
rubbed and bathed over the throat and chest. If ap
plied freely on the chest it never fails to give \u
the severe oougie qtlenderyj Conevueption. As:thvui ami
Cold*. heal 3 wpupdsjspeedily—will pure Spaldbeud,
Mapge ptp. Planters and Farmers will find it a most
valuable medicine to be applied to Horses and Cattle
for Sprains, Bruises, Lameness, Stiff” Joints, Sweeney,
Dry Shoulder, wounds, Burns, Splint, Chafes or Galls,
Hardened Knots on the flesh, etc.
Look out for Counterfeit* !
The public are cautioned against another counterfeit,
which has iatelv made its appearance, called W. B. Fai
rell’s Arabian Liniment, the most dangerous of all the
counterfeits, because his having the name ot Farrell,
many w ill buy it in good faith, without the knowledge
that a counterfeit exists, and they w ill perhaps only
discover their error wheu the spurious mixture he*
wrought its evil effects.
The genuine article is roan pictured poly by H.
Farrell,* sols inventor antj proprietor, and wholesale
druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria, Illinois, to whom
all applications lor agencies must be addressed. Be
sure you get it with the letters H. G. before Farrell's,
thus—H. G. FARRELL’S—and bis signature on the
wrapper: all others are counterfeits.
Sold by Go. Payxb, and Fitzgerald k Notting
ham, Macon; W. T. Sandwich, Thomaston; F. H.
Murdock, Knoxville; F. T. Sneed, Oglethonpe, and by
regularly authorized agents throughout the U. States.
Z-4f~ i’rice 25 and 50 cents and $1 per bptfjp.
AGENTS M’AijTEp jo every town, village and ham
let in the United States, in which one is nos already es
tablished. ‘ Address M. G. Farrell as above, accompa
nied with good reference as to character, responsibility,
Ac. jan 340-4 w
LIF EINBIJHA NCE.
JSTNA INSURANCE CO., HARTFORD, CONN.
THE undersigned, Agent, will reoeveapplicationsfor
Insurance on lives qf white perappf. Also, risk#
on negroes are tofcen on tip-thirds of tpeir pab valps*
tion. # (dpc 15 37-jr) fi- CPBP> Agfoo,
Checks on newyork n itrH
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