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no slavery, *lll sooner or later be forced upon the choice of the southern people. Ido not far, sir, how or when the South will decide the question ; but 1 will say that there is a large end growing party in nanr, V not in all of the southern States, in fa vor of separation now for causes already existing, ns an obj.-uj both of necessity and political expe diency. Ten years ago, and scarcely a voice could be beard in alt the South calculating the value of t ■ Union. Now, their name Is legion. As, at ea. h recurring and returning crisis of agitation, the strength of the Abolition party increases at the North, so does the spirit of disunion increasent the i?>uth, and its advocates bccoiue more confident tad defiant. 1 venture tbc opinion that in my own State, so we!! convinced are the great mass of the people ol nil pai ties tfcat the anti-slavery agitation is not to cease until the institution is destroyed, if the ques tion was now pit whether the southern States in a body should separate and form a southern confed eracy, a majority would vote tor the proposition. 1 do not say, sir, that Georgia would secede alone, or together with a few of the other States, or with :.ny number less than the whoie; but 1 versly be lieve that if the separation of all of them in a body depended upon the voice of Georgia, that voice would boldly and promptly speak out —separation! 1 do not say, ir, that this seatuaeut would be unanimous; I know there are many who are con scientiously of opinion that the Union is the great est political good; many for whom the Union lias iri -- - - 1 1 ‘ le eharifk ; many who would oppose sep aration from a dread of consequences; and some from interested motives would cling to the powers that be, and the things that are ; ti:cv would sav, let us trust stilt longer to the conservative feeling Ot the North ; let us appeal to their patriotism, or to their interests; let us give them a Pacific rail- J'.‘. 1; let us give them high protective tarifla: let few.- vote millions of the public mouey to clean out “♦heir rivers and improve their harbors; let us feed “them and fatten them aud gorge them out of the | public crib, until, like young vultures, they vomit in our faces, let u# smother their fauatici>iu with ruass-:s of gold aud silver ; and then, perhaps, they will let us keep our niggtrt Hut, s:r, these are not my sentiments, uor Jo i believe they are the sentiments or the arguments of the great body of my State. The majority already believe that Nor thern aggression has gone far enough and ought not to be allowed to go further; they believe that southern rights and honor out of the Union are better thin dishonor within it ; they believe that slavery without the Union is better than the Union v ithout slavery; and they arc prepared, at the very next act ol aggression from the North, to re sist, even to the “disruption ol ail the tics which bind tbeni to the Union.” Nor do i believe, sir, that tho people of Georgia or of the South will lx* . -! to wait for an overt act o; aggr. s-iou up on tha right*, honor, or interests of the Southern States. Ihe election of a northern President, upon a •ecnoaat and anti-slavery issue, will be considered came enough to justify secession. Let the Seua •or Irani XcwYork, [Sir. Seward,] or *y other man avowing the sentiments and poiicv enunciated by i ini in his Rochester speech, be elected l’rcai • -it of the l uited States, and, in my opinion, ; -. e n- more than one of o * sou tin m Istates t-.aC would take immediate # -p., towards sc para t; *n. And, sir, lam free to declare, then, in the Senate, that w henever Mich an event shall occur, lor one, i -hall be for disunion, and shall, if alive, exert all the powers 1 in.iv have in urging upon tne puo. ie ot my State the necessity and propriety of an immediate separation, i know, sir, that dts u iiou la considered by mauv as u impossible thin"; many think co at the South, and all thv northern jieople foel assured that the South can l ever be driven out of the Union, no matter wi.at u.iv be tiie aggressions upon their constitutional rights. 1 tru: aud believe, sir, that they will tind themselves mistaken, whenever a proper occasion occurs. __ sir, H ** not so difficult a matter to dissolve this V ii'on si many believe. Let the K.‘publican party ot the North obtain possession of the Government, and pass a Wilnsot proviso; or abolish elaverv in t e District of Columbia; or repeal the fugitive i.ave I,w ; or reform the Supreme Court, and ai.- i ii.l the Dred beott decision ; or do auy other net infringing upon the rights, impairing the equality, or wounding the honor of the slave State*; or let the.n el- ct a President upon the avowed declara tion ami principle that freedom and slavery cannot rxi-t together in the Union, and that one or the other m>t giro w-av, and be sacrificed to tlie otiier. and the Union would be dissolved in six months. Ido not believe, however, that tuch u result could or would be brought about Sv a gett *--al convention of all the slave States; is do jbl twhether all of them could lie got into couven t-'-'u for any cause, and if they could, it is still more dcubtf.il whether they could lie harmonized ami ina.ie b* move together toward such a momentous t-nd. Hut, f. •, let a single Slate move upon the l-ppc;ng of any of these contingencies; let her **out of the Union, and she would of neces.-i ----tv, very on drag every other slave Stife ou: with her or after her. W henever any one of the southern Slates shall tveede in vindication of her right* and honor to ’ her pcctifiir fasti .. . ir.jiu the rntliies.i asi-. alt# ot an anti-slavery majuiity in Congre.-s, wnd an attempt lw- made to foreve r back into the l cion, or enforce the decree* ot an arbitrary and unfair • ver:merit, her surrounding >i#ter States, sympathizing with her in her bold and manly struggle for liberty and the right, would not hesi tate tor a moment to come to her relief, and join her in the a#--; tior; of an honorable independence, and the formation of another and belter Union.— Such * movement would necessarily n ~u!t either in the formation ol a confederacy of all the slave States, or to amendments of the nresent G-ocititu i- ; a ring their right* and eqaslitjr apon a firm rr ami better basis than at present, as the condi tion upon which the seceding State or States would reunite with her former aLtert. To at tempt to force a seceding State back into the Union, with the surrounding States sympathizing with tiie feel ing* and cause# which impelled her to secede, and interested in a*! that concerned her honor, her rights, an l her independence, would be the veriest act of folly and Tiredness which c-vcr influenced or controlled a or wicked Government. No, ir; the tiea of this Union once broken, arid there woo'd be tt one basts on which thev could ever 1,4 reformed—concession from the North ; eecuritv lor the South. And, sir, it Ls beciuse I believe that f< piralioo ig cot far distant; betantt tlsc feigns ol the limes point too plainly to the early UiutupL of the Abo litionists, su:d their complete posses.-iou and con trol of erery department of the Federal Govern ®Pat * an even occurs the Union will be dissolved, that i m nrs**i!!?rg to vote so much laihl au<l so much inooeT u this bit! protK)-.**, to build a railroad to the Pacific, which, ia ray judgement, will be crea t'd outside of a southern confcdersicr, and will belong exclusively to tbe North. Hr, ‘the public lards now held by the United States, as \uU as ’he puoiic- Treasury, are the joint property of ail the States and the people of this Union*. They belong to the South as well as the North ; we ie entitled, in the Union, to our jusi and equal share, and if the l nion is divided, then we are no levs cnt -lvd to a fair proportion of the cotuwon fund. What I demand, therefore, is, that the South j fchall be p>ut upon an equality with the North, whether the Inion la-ts or not; that ia appropria ting the public land* and money, the joint proper ty of all, in connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by railroad, the South shall hare an equal chance to secure a road within her borders, to inute to her benefit whilst the Union lasts, and to belong to her when—if ever— that Union ia dis solved. ,1 am not willing to intrust this matter to ♦ ontingeucies. lam not willing to tru-t the selec tion of the route for a single Pacific railroad to in- Cuehce which, as certain as fate itself, will contract i'* construction on a northern route, aud exclude tbe northern section of the Union from its vast nnd numerous benefits. I have no desire to de prive the North of a Road ; I am willing to grant Lev tbe same amount of Government aid that 1 claim for the South. I believe that with twenty tccTions of land -nd slt>,bOo to the mile, in Gov ernment bonds, a railroad can be built, by addi- Vo;.*! pnvate enterprise, over either the thirtv aceoud or thirty fifth parallels of north latitude. If one can be constructed over a more northern route ’ i .ii ti e tame amount of Government aid, let them have it. it both sections are placed upon an equality, and either fail,, the fault, or the misfor ture. will be hers. Neither wili have cause of complaint. N°w, sir, for the of accomplishing my o’l jcct. I move that this bill be recommitted to the ipscial committee who bad charge o( the subject *!,** ,c *esoo, with instructions to bring in a Li!’ providing for the corstruction of a railroad on each of two routes to the Pacific ocean. (| ii Poor I.trr.—Just as that poetrv is the fresheat which the out door life his the most uo’ ti-l td, so I believe that there i* no surer sign *'i the rich vitality which finds its raciest jo-vs in source, the most innocent, than the childlike taste trL £ WUM? <H*t-do©r hfe. Whether tea take ‘ 011,1:10 palace or the cottage, ald to your lhe CORH * of Nature. Let the Zit if * T ,ooin lo sUuti *>; o!l look up. 11 “““‘“C to have f or yous rool-Ure-iltfafen? Wife of Mr Perry, of hiabqad With thraa°ti..^ > V ,^ un,i *y presented her girl. K “ UrC€ bvjs ami a Reported fir the National Intel!,fee r-r. I kapiuin Service. Ilev. Win. Pinkney, D. D., preached atthe Capi tol Sabbath morning from St. Matthews gospel, 12. 41: “The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judg ment of this generation, and condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and be. hold a greater than Jonah is here.” After a terse and appropriate introduction, in which the rever end speaker ran rapidly over the track of years that have passed eince the crddle of onr liberties was rocked to the music of the era of'76, he pro. eceded to speak of the ancient city of Nineveh, the largest which had ever before been built, hose magnificence in architecture and the arts is just now being exhumed, revealing the reasons for re. qwiring a three days’ journey by the prophet to pass through it, so a to apprize all parts ol it of the import of his message. He presented the mor al condition of the Jews, to whom our Savior ad dressed the text, showing that while Nineveh did repent, and by repentance prolonged the civil ex istence of the city, they tthe Jews) were persist ent and unyielding in their wickedness tinder the warning voice of aii the prophets,and now under th.* alarming predictions of a “ greater than Jonah,*’ a greater than any prophet who had gone before him, and their destruction did surely come, so thst the Jerusalem that now is stands as much a monu. laental ruin for rebellion nnd disobedience to God, in comparison with what it once was. as Nineveh does, now completely in ruins, in a comparison with the city through which the prophet travelled three days to deliver his message. With these solemn and truthful examples before them the speaker in. quired for the lesions which the facts should fur ulsh to oir nation. From this point he proceeded to examine the inoia! character ol this country, and cloved hi* pungent, laithful incs-age nearly in the following language: Called to preach in the Capitol of this great :u ----tiou, comiiqr to you not of my own will, but by command ot the* constituted authorities, and coin missioned to preach to you the same great, doc trines that the men of Nineveh so happily illustra ted, may I not urge you, by the mercies of God, to present yourselves living sacrifices to him ? Great is this laud, glorious and full of beauty ; highly ex alted among tin* most favored nations of the world. Tim rarest combinations of all the elements that constitute good government meet and tuiugie here. Free and independent States banded together in one, yet so banded that each i* left in the full pos session of its own vested right, while the union of the whole is clothed with sufficient powers to se cure tbc cuds of i ,J original creation. Liberty of conscience guarantied to all alike; the broad shield of law throwu over the poorest and mightiest in the land. These and oilier scarcely less important elements of national existence are ours ; without stint is the measure or a drawback to the fulness ot enjoyment, save where we prove recreant and hilar. An open Bible is the symbol of our faith.— As we cast our eyes around us and see the general contentment, satisfaction, and peace that light up the meanest hovels as the lordliest dwellings in the land, as we cast a piercing glance into the future which none, now living, will see for themselves, when the national airs that wake anew the memo ries of the past shall strike upon the delighted car of the hundred millions and more who shall tread the soil our fathers watered with their blood, and recall and lire the sou! with a kindred patriotism. The hour when the bugle notes of Hunker Hill sent the thri'.l of enthusiasm through the chivalry of the land, and the North aud the South lighted up the scattered thousands who sat beneath their Idended sky with the one milky way of freedom, then but thirteen feeble twinkling stars in the firm ament. And remember that this is the sacred log.i cy bequeathed to us, w hith we are to hand down intact to those who follow us. Shall we not profit by the exampleof Nineveh, and take to ourselves die warning of lit-*cry > fwyitfuliiMii of li.-.1, abounding wickedness, the fiery strqpui of deprav ed pas-ious suffered to sweep on unrestrained by the high and the low, the men of renown and die serfs ot the soil, caused the cry to be wafted thro’ their streets “forty days,” Xe. Repentance, on their part, stayed th-* execution of the decree full two hundred years. I‘orgetlulr; of God, abound ing wicknesw self-sufficiency, the mi Tabic cone, it that we are equal to all emergencies in and of our selves considered, a feeling that our fathers solemn ly abjured in the very Declaration of Independ ence which they sealed with their blood, and which the Father of his Country full as explicitly abjured ia his parting eoßn*ds. Arc not these things be coming rife in our history and national expericnc; ? Immorality and vice, ungodliness and irreligiou are the most deadly antagonisms to our civil existence under our present inimitable form of government. And, o*i, I irut that with Nineveh before u*, witli its threatened destruction w ithin fort f days, post poned two hundred year-- by holy righteousness, we may lie led to see and feci that national parity is the only sure pledge of national existence. And especially i* this tru ■ of snob a Government as our~. where the popular will is the source of law, and the popuLir voice, speaking out in a written constitution, h the fountain of authority. The people must be kept well informed, pure, and up right. In tbe shaking of the nations and the overthrow of kingdoms that have convulsed the earth, God the .febovah of ho-t- vindicates his title to the au gust cognomen of King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And we may rot r.s-ured that if ever this nation should become a byword of reproach, if ev er the majestic river on the banks of which Wash ington lived and now sleeps, the enchanted spot cf ■ freedom, roll on in sullen silence as the footfall of some gloomy de.-pot, where along its banks, if ever this majestic dome which is now rising in architec tural proportions on our sight shall overlook this city, then a city of the dead, its ham of enterprise all hushefl, and its now thronged avenues all mo tionless and glill, where naught but the shade of i Washington still lingers. For the Potomac must cease its tlov.- and this dome crumble into dust be fore the name of Washington shall be wiped out of the memories of men. We repeat, should this sad catastrophe occur, we may rest assured that the genius of infidelity anil the demon of ungod liness wilt have rocked, in their volcanic grap, the lordly edifice our fathers reared, and brought it down in crumbling ruins about our ears. If we would prolong the life of the Republic we mu-t re pent us of the evil of our deed*. It whs this shield that covered us when our fathers trod the blood stained field* of tbe Revolution. It was this shield tint covered us when in tbe fierce conflict of sec tional strife, they laid io h spirit of sublime com promise the foundation stones of the present Un ion. It is His shield alone that can guide us on to tbe still further developments of liis kind provi dence. That shield withdrawn, and the wisdom of man, the might, and power, and eloquence of man, our national wealth aud our national domain will avail ns naught. Tiiat shield withdrawn, and ours will Ire but another failure in the great family of Republics. The di*jtrtn tne>#l>r<i will tell the tale of the Idutiing out of our national existence ; and not so much as a single star or a di.-bgured stripe be I* ft to guide the |M**iug pilgrim to the tomb of our departed gtealne**. Then, indeed, will cease the music of those national airs which now boats on every breeze and kindles patriotic fervor ill a million bosoms. And in this national humiliation and national repan la oca it become* each member of lhe body |H>jitic to enact his part. The eagle of our liberties, turning away from hi* eyrii* in this borne of the tree, with his eye on the settling sun, shall soar to oilier and more congen ial climes ; if, indeed, a foothold on this earth shall lie found when this ark of our civil and religious freedom is abandoned. God grant that we may never forget that lie alone is the nation's shield. Forty days and Nineveh skull be destroyed.— Repentant two hundred years acre added lo the continuance of it* civil polity. A grand lesson for nations to learn. The nation that has f.as tear of G<hl before its eyes, whose great men, the carvers out of the hue of policy to be pursued, are holy men, meek men, and humble men of heart, is a strong nation ami destined to endure. Rut the na tion tiiat blots out the law of commandments, ?ac liiiccs conscience to expediency, right to wrong, and suffer* the moral- of its people to become con taminated by the false ideas ot fashion that prevail, is on tlu: edge of a precipice ; one step forward may be instant aud certain ruin, one step back ward the beginning of a wholesome reform, ond many handled years may l>e added to (he proba tion assigned. Had Nineveh persisted, forty years would have wound up her history. Hie repented, and two hundred years were added. It might add interest to the foregoing appeal were it known that Dr. Pinkney is a relative of that great statesman, the late Hon. Win. Finkuey, oi Maryland. The retie re rid Doctor is a lover of his country a>’ well as of the gospel which lie to faith fully | reaches to his fellow-men. It is an interesting fact that on each succeeding Sahh.itlt, from the opening of this session, the con gregation Las been gradually increasing, more be ing pi escnt last Hibbath than on any preceding lord's day. Xkw Yonx, Jan. *24. — The $10,4X10, 0’ 0 Treasury loan wm awarded to-day at an average of about twq aud a fcalf per cent preniiuob [f*W(; have occasionally Been cfTtwious of great merit from the pen of the author of the fol lowing eloquent tribute to our good old State. Our gifted friend, however, w ill pardon us doubtless, for suggestin ‘ that the first Female College in tic wot id should not have* been omitted, as one of the attractions of Georgia : OEttltGlt. EY EDIT. yoi\\G HILL, JE. Fair Georgia ! How my heart swells As that proud name salutes my ears ; What scenes it wakes in memory’s ceils— now grand thy destiny appears. Although no more among thy hills TllJ v. an i- ring ou a home may claim, Mv Ivre in boldest me ,sure thrills Whene’er 1 breathe thy glorious name. Old Yonah, io Id# solemn pride, Lifts from ibv bt i#t his craggy piles, While et hi# feet hi# lovely bride, The beautiful N :■ ><>. h<*, *:uih*? ; And Kenesatv his double head From thee uproars in power serene, While uenr him, o’er its pebbly bed, Kolls Chattahoochee's u/.ure sheen. I pou th\ soil hath Nit Lure raised iler monumental granite ro<:!>, Around whose brow !nr age# blazed The lightnings, vet it felt no shock ; For calmly wrapped In cloudy gray. Defying Time e’en from its birth, It stand:*, naught telling of decay, The grandest monument on earth. Fair learning’s g : frs by thee are showered O’er every one ; on every hand, In academic shades eiubowerod, Thy seats of learning dot the land. Old Franklin counts her foster sons, Who stand in Fame's proud lane, by scores; And Mercer boasts the honored ones Whose minds wore trained within her doors. Fri.ui Oglethorpe’s time honored hulls Hare i-*ued men thou ckfmfst with pride, And Emory’s venerated nulls Have sent forth minds of giant stride. Upon her hill-environed plain 1 hith beauteous Marietta stand ; ’Ti# hers in arts of war to train Future defenders of onr land. Towards thy Western border line, Near Chattahoochee's silver strejfm, Where groves of maple, oak, and pine, Drives off the sun's too garish beam, A village -it# midst classic shade#, \\ hicli taircr grows by every change ; And many bright-eyed, laughing maids, i! thee are fostered, sweet Lagrange. Where o:i thy steep Atlantic coast Uretk the wild waves of emerald green, Savannah stands—the proudest boast— fiiy “ forest city’’—seaport queen. And farther North, thine inland mart, Augusta lies fair as a dream; And Northward still, thy throbbing heart, Atlanta, with its pulse of steam. Great Umpire of the Sunny South ! The wanderer greets thee form afar : Thv praise is ever in my mouth! Upon our flag, thou brightest star, May thy pure rays beam ever bright ! lhu* wrll I pray, where’er I roam, May no f?U discord quench thv light, Umd of my birth, my youth’s loved home ! Oakland, Jan. 1, ISSG. Jlr. Prentice In Host an. Tiie I>o*ion correspondent of the Now York Journal oi Commerce, tiie leading Administration paper of the North, thus refers to his discourse: Throughout the whole discourse, Mr. Prentice spoke like a moral hero, without fear or favor, lie surpa#scd even Choate und Cushing themselves in his bold denunciation of sectionalism, whether in the North or ;n the South. He exposed the traitors lint abound in all portions of the land. The press that had poisoned the public mind came in for its share ol reproach, nnd cion the clergy did not fail to get a smalt ocneiu ior c:ieir want dt patriotism ami ior not. keeping the pulpit more true to its mission. Hut his heaviest thunder was brought to bear upon tin* graceless, selfish [Xiliticians, w ho are ehicily guilty, in thin hunting for place, tor the pre-ent degenerate condition of our constitutional liberty. In connection with the public men, he thought iho material pro.-perity of the country hud been an active can-.- in promoting tiie licentious liberty and political degeneracy that now prevail. It was a wonder that the orator was not occasion ally hi##- and ; so tar from that, he was quite heartily applauded, though there were some persons who looked as if they were decidedly hit. Mr. Fretr-ii o .-bowed himscH to be an excellent •e! j-a 1 nnd Lay!: h scholar, exceedingly well read in good and sweet bouks. He has a very large head, and a prominent forehead. He is a noble appearing man, though not strictly an orator, uni *•* condensed thought earnestly delivered i# oratory. He might be taken for a wit though hardly for a poet. On the whole, us I have heard ol him, and read of hi# works; he is more of a min than 1 expected to meet, and thanks to that neighbor patriot by v. iiO' , <‘ kindne * 1 have been permitted to hear otm who his alike increased my love of country, and exalted iny views of human nature. The country could well ’afiord to employ Mr. I’rcntiec to deliver his lecture in all portions oi the lar-tl. “Don’t Sptak wo C ross.” “Don t speak so cross!” said one little hoy, in the street, to another. “Don't s|K*xk so cross!— ther #no use in it!” We happened to be passing at the time, nnd hearing the injunction, or rather exhortation—for it was made in an exortatorv manner—we set the juvenile speaker down as an embryo philosopher. In sooth, tin* point involved in the boyish difficulty which made occasion for the remark, he might probably be considered at maturity. What more could Solomon have said on the occasion! True, lie has put it on record, that a “.-.oft answer turneth away wrathand this being taken as true—and every body knows it to be so—it is evidence in favor of the superiority ol the law of kindness over that of wrath. Hut our young street philosopher said pretty much the same thing sub#tantial!y, when he said, “Don’t speak so cross ; there's no u.-e of it.” On the con trary, it invariably docs . much harm. Is a man angry ■ it inflames his ire still more, and confirms him who, by a kind word and a pleasing demeanor, might be converted into a friend. It i#, in fact, an addition of fuel to the flame already kindled. And what do you gain bv it t Nothing desirable, cer tainly, unless disorder, strife, contention, hatred, malice, and all uncliaiiiablcne-3 bo desirable. The boy spake the “words of truth and soberness,’ when lie said, “Don’t sjwak so cross ; there’s no use iu it. ’ — Republican Fanner. Food ftnisi'il on at: Acre. T'.ie amount ol human food that can be produced upon an cere is worthy of great consideration. One hundred bushels of Indian corn per acre is not an uncommon crop. One peck per week w ill not only sustain life, but give a man strength to labor, if the stomach is properly toned to that amount of food. This then, would feed one man •100 weeks, or almost eight years! Four hundred bushels of northern potatoes can also be rai-ed upon an acre. This would give a bushel a week for the sume length of time; the actual weight of an acre of sweet potatoes is 21,341 pounds, which is not considered an extraordinary erop. This would feed a man six pounds a day for 3557 days, or nine and two-third* veurs! To vary the diet, we will occasionally give rice. This has been grown at the rate of ninety-three bushels to the acre over uit entire field. This at forty-live lb-, to the bu.-hel would be 4185 lbs. or at twenty-eight lbs. to the bushel, when hulled, *2fiul lbs. which, at two pounds a day, would feed a man ISO‘2 days, more than three and a half! years! Upon reliction, it is not very wonderful that so many non-producers ate able lo find food, when we sec how many mouths one laborer cun fill.— A turnout .1 (/rint'hni From tlie He ilbem Farmer. Pro-jri ‘-be Agriculture. Ihe N. Observer says the following good things of progressive agriculture : “ l nder its influence, spring up tasty and eon- I venient dwellings, adorned with shruba and flows, atnl beautified within with the smih's ofhappv wives, tidy children in the lap of thoughtful age; broad hearts, and acts as well as words of welcome. Progressive agriculture builds burns and puts gut ters oti tin in. builds the stables for cattle and raises toots to feed them. It graft* wild apple trees bv the meadow with piplns or greenings—it sets out new orchards, and take care* of the old ones. It drains low lands, cuts down bushes, briars, a mo wer, house tools, and w agons, keeps good fences and practices .-oiling. It makes lions lay, chickens live, and prevents swine from rooting up meadows. Progressive agriculture keeps on hand plenty of dry fuel and bring* in the ovenwood for the women. It plow- deeply, *o\vs plentifully, harrow* cvetdr cud nr;, v > fir the blessings of Heaven. *4 . _ Nhvut nm.j.kct a Cornu, however plight. Ilia inexcusable, when a simple remedy like Wistar’a Wild Cherry li.tLam i* within yoqr reach. In nearly all cases this will effect a speedy CVII’O. No family should ha without ii. j MACON, GEORGIA : j Wednesday, January 26, 1859. COTTON MABKET* There Ls a fair demand, without change iu pri- j ccr from Inst week. Sales generally from 10 to llic. Savannah Market.—The paper* announce the | following as the state of the market, ami tiansiy- 1 tions of Monday : The market has been very quiet to-day, the sales footing but 4‘21 bales. The burned enquiry has enabled buyers to make purchases on slightly bet ter terms than on Friday nnd Saturday last, but the change is not sufficient to warrant lowering our quotations which tve resume. The following are the particulars of the day's sales : bat DA, •1-1 at 11 ir, 241 at Ilf, ol at 114, 43 at 11 U-16, 10 at 11 !•!!, and 43 bales at 11J cents. OUR ACKNOWI.EI GMENTS Are due to the lion. R. I*. Trippe und Hon. Robert Smith for valuable public documents. THE SUPREME COURT Commenced its session in this city on Monday last. The docket, we learn, is not large. We no tice the presence of several distinguished Jurists from .South-Western Georgia. Os Messrs. B. F. Ross and Stephen Collins, were elected on Saturday last, without opposition, Aldermen, to fill vacancies occasioned by the resig nation of .Messrs. Freeman ami DcLoache. :S ’ The Young Men’s Christian Association will meet regularly on every Monday night at 7 o’elovk. Members are requested to attend punctu ally at tiie appointed time. t . \ AN GEISEN, Soc’y. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We must say to those who write for the Mttven t/tr, upon subjects sentimental or political—in prose or verse; that a little accuracy in orthogra phy, punctuation, \o., is necessary to secure the publication of their articles. NEW HOUSE We invite attention to the advertisement of Mr. Evans, iu another column—also to the notice of Messis. Fears, Swanson, and Pritchett. COALITIONS. Our friend of the Telegraph, should give him self no uneasiness in regard to Southern Ameri cans. They are entirely competent to select their associates. Should they find themselves in coali tion with Douglas, Forney, the Van Burens, and others of like dubious antecedents—the associates of the Telegraph —a note of caution would not be deemed inappropriate. W'hy do not the edi tors rebuke the attempt through its columns, to ostracise Iverson ? Why do they not publish the manly speech'of that gentleman ? A NEW LOCOMOTIVE Bearing the cherished name of “Emerson Foote” was placed on the South-Western Railroad on I riday last. W e regret that onr engagements prevented us from accepting an invitation from Mr. T. H. Fife, the efficient and enterprising master machinist of that Road, to accompany him on its trial trip, which we learn was performed with entire satisfaction. The machinery of the Engine comprises every improvement of this out day of progression, and its exterior, all the svm "r*'t of ii ilia* could no given to a piece of mechanism. The Locomotive is from the Works of Rogers, of Patterson, N. J., aud we wi#h a long and prosperous career to the name sake of our accomplished and revered friend. B3RR3WINO AND LENDING. Governor Johnson was’ a money borrower— Governor Brown a money lender. By-thc-way, should not the latter be made to take the “ bank oalh : ’ Wonder if the State is not rich ojiough to risk a little Brunswick stock f WORTHY OF PARTICULAR PERUSAL ".I Smic in a Vermont I! ’infer,” appeared in the .! [is*.-ages some two years ago, and is now re published, at the request of an esteemed friend.— It is certainly a very graphic and chilling sketch— quite in harmony with the seasoy. To give variety to our columns, and the reader an insight into the moral as we!! as political phases of Washington, wc also publish a sketch of a Gon gt cssional sermon. Wo wish the sentiments there in eliminated could be widely disseminated and generally adopted. It is truly sad to witness the existing, and we fear, increasing alienation of feeling between the North and the South. Let every Christian patriot and statesman labor to pro mote peace and good will in oar great and pros perous Republic. MR BUrUS’ MAP OF GEORGIA. I his rnuch-desirod eonvvtiienoo to our citizens, is now presented to them, ahowiug a very beautiful exterior, anil as far as we have had the opportuni ty to examine, a correct delineation of our State, ami as minute in all its parts as could tie expected. AH our new counties are represented, together with the very important addition of those in Florida be low the Georgia line to the Gulf of Mexico, with the railroads, Ac. There arc also views of many of our most important public Institutions, ami some interesting items in the history of the Statif added to it. We can unhesitatingly say, that it is far superior, iu many respects to any that has yet been issued, Und we sincerely trust that the public will liberally reward Mr. Butts, by their patronage for his labor, [and of which he is worthy. ] No in dividual in our State was better qualified, or more competent to execute the task, and we think it will give entire satisfaction. MR IVERSON. We are indebted to Senior Iverson, for a copy of hi* speech, on the Pacific Railroad, delivered in the I . S. Senate January 6, and which we publish this week. Whilst we do not endorse all the sen” tiinents uttered bv the distinguished Senator, we regret to feel that his gloomy apprehensions in rc gord to the South and the 1 nion, are not altogeth er idle. Wo are at least, not unmindful of the bit ter sectional feeling tiiat exists, North and South, and the dangers that surround our institutions.—r Still wc are rather more hopeful than Mr. Iverson appears to be. Wo are somewhat surprised that he should have not long since seen that the whole tendency of squatter sovereignty democracy, which has ruled the country for the last several years, was to hasten the catastrophe which he {ire’ iHfts. L nder its device* the power and glory of tin* South Ims departed. After the. next census and apportionment, the power of the great West will be still more apparent, liouglas saw this, and lu.s governed himself accordingly. MORE COMPLAINTS ’ W o do not belong cither to the family of Grum blers or Growlers. It is unpleasant lor us to find fault with any body. Hut so many complaints have been made recently of the irregularity with w hich our paper is received at certain Host Offices, that we are constrained to allude to the subject.— We -Stall charge the blame to no one in particular, but trust those who have in charge the conveyance and distribution of the mails, will look ns carefully after this interest as practicable. The following is a sample of letters we get upon this subject, and makes its own comment: Not*Bui.oa. Jan. ‘2lst, 1859. Me**r*. Editor* :—I will inform you that I have not received a paper this year, except the one you sent me by request, which 1 thank you for. As the fault is not yours, but lies in the officer on the ear who distributes the until, and the package to this office looks so small that he cares not from whence it comes or w hither it goes. 1 am lost when 1 lose the Messenger, and think 1 am a life time patroit, Yours truly, THE WEST-LANI) EOR CHILDREN, 4o “The the Great West!” is now the pie. vailing cry. Aikonsas, Tcxa, ami Louisiana are the prominent and whither emi gration is tending. The plea for leaving old ucd tried and cherished homes for new ones, is, “I want to procure land for my children"—“l cannot tear to leave them a heritage of worn out and ex hausted fields.” That in many portions of Middle and Upper Georgia, the lands present a very forbidding and discouraging uspect is very certain ; hut whose fault is this ? Certainly not that of the soil or the climate. And will not western lands, however rich and productive, after a while, present the same cheerless aspect, under a similar system ol wasteful and improvident husbandry ? Hut of wliut use will any lands be to children who are not taught practically and experimentally the lessons of intelligent ami thrifty agriculture.— So long ns ull lessons ami habits of industry are virtually ignored or discarded, of what avail is a landed or any other heritage to children ‘? Unless labor shall be dignified in the eye3 of their child ren—unless they study the soil and take pride in developing and promoting its fertility—unless they shall cease to devolve everything upon overseers— often men without the intelligence or disposition to practice thrifty and skillful husbandry—how can they hope long to do better in anew country than they have done in the old ? The great misfortune is, that we have too much land—too much for good neighborhoods, and schools and social advantages. It takes but com paratively n entail tract of land to meet the actual wants of a family. We say then to those who have pleasant homes in the old States, do not desert them hastily. Take the Southern <'ultivator, South ern Planter, and other valuable Agricultural Jour nals. Study the profession of farming. It’ you have surplus slaves, sell them to good masters, and put the proceeds into railroad or other stocks, or home improvementsjand comforts. This is our ad vice, which may go for what it is worth. The Statu* of Negroes in Africa. One of the slaves said to be introduced by the Wanderer, who had been captured by the United States Marshal, was recently released in Georgia, because lie spoke French, Spanish and Portuguese <iuite fluently. The popular idea in this country is, that the Congo negroes are very low on the scale of intelligence ; whereas the fact is, that they are quite sprightly and intelligent, and a large number out of every ship load speak the three languages named. It is a great error to suppose that these negroes are inferior to our own slaves. In Brazil the owners of the native negroes will give boot in exchange for fresh African slaves. — The latter are more docile, submissive, honest and faithful.— X. O. Delta. Why, we have been told over and over again by those who have been instructing us as to the ben efits and manifold blessings of the revival of the slave trade, that the negroes in Africa are in a most degraded condition, little above the brutes in the social scale, and that to bring thorn into this country, therefore, would be a most signal blessing to them. We have been assured that the process of catching negroes over there and intro ducing them to the civilization of slavery here would be a sort of missionary enterprise, a very godly, Christian labor of love, faith and good works ! Now, we are told in the above passage that it is quite a mistake to suppose these “ gen tlemen from Africa” to be “inferior to our slaves.” •“in the contrary, it seems that “ they are quite a|>l iijiltl]y aiw) i 4**6, rathor ft literary people, speaking French, Spanish and Portuguese 1 To bring them over here, therefore, would hardly add much to their literary acquirements, except to learn the meaning of sundry phrases, or elevate them in the social scale. Hence, the “ civilizing” argument falls to the ground. They are already, it seems, quite civil, “ honest and faithful.” But, then, there’s the Christian department left. We might by the Christian labor of kidnapping thorn on the const of Africa, and several pious atten tions to them on their passage here, By npostollie blows and Knocks.” We should be able “ to make them understand very distinctly how it is that the violent take it”— or at least them—“ by force.” Surely if all this would not moke them Christians, they would be past piaying lor, and might well be given up as reprobates. What beautiful things cant and hum bug arc * - t Ilccent travelers in Africa have shed much HHit upon the condition of the natives there. Livirfg stoue, Barth, Bowens, (of Ca. ) and others have within a few years past explored Afiica very ex tensively, and from them we learn that the tribes of that great peninsular are exceedingly varied,, ranging from those [who arc semi-civilized, who live in large towns, and carry oil many kinds of rude manufactures, with features resembling those of the Caucasian race, down to savages, besotted ! and bloody. The type of the negro as seen among us, is found near the coast. In the interior the ! climate is better, and the tubes improve with it.— Mr. Bowens, of Georgia, who lived some years in Africa, and whose work has had an extensive cir culation in the South and everywhere else, says that, if some of these tribes could be taken up and | set down in the Southern States without the com mission of any crimes, they would probably be benetitted ; but he declares this to be out of the question, and he and every other African explorer put it down as a thing that is above and beyond all question that the/African slave trade is the w orst and most terrible barrier to the progress not only of Christianity there, but to that of civiliza- lion in general. Mr. Bowens has lectured in several cities of this country ujion this subject, and we presume that no one will question either his opportunities of know ing whereof he affirms or his character for truth | and candor. The testimony of such men as Mr. liowcns; who speak from positive, personal knowl edge, settles the question, if it ever needed set-1 (ling. No negro can be obtained from Africa ex- j cept through the commission of crimes which by the laws of Louisiana and every Southern State in the ‘ Union, would bring their perpetrators to the hal ter. —,V. O. Bulletin. Wisconsin. In the Message of Gov. Randall, the financial embarrasments of the people of this young State are adverted to, and the question of usury laws discussed at some length. The Governor con cludes that the only safe rule is to “ limit the rate of interest at a point below the average clear prof i its of productive industry,” and that there is “no , branch of business in the State, except money lending, profitable enough to warrant the payment of twelve per cent.” He estimates that more than one-half of the cultivated I arms and two-thirds of tiie city and village property of the State are en cumbered by mortgages. He thinks, before these mortgages can be paid, thousands must be pecuni arily ruined. Holding that contracts already made must be fulfilled, and that as to obligations or mortgages already in force, the Legislature can establish no defence, he recommends dint stringent measures be taken to prevent a reeurreine of or | addition to the prese-it calamities. If such mea sures shall have the elUf't of'restricting the expen ses of the people to their own means and earnings, they will have proved a lasting benefit to the 1 State. Hon. Sit err aan Clemens.—The removal of Mr. Clemens to this city, says the Washingington N?SJrs, ‘ lias produced an impression of his entire recovery, j The fact is, that so far from being well, he. is yet j unable to walk or leave his room. His strength i has been so reduced by suffering and confinement, ‘ that in all probability he will not resume his Seat in Congress during the present session. He came to Washington with a view to the effect pf a change of OSSQSlatlQll, PAJIFIC RAILROAD. On Wednesday last, says the Xationol Intelli gencer, ibc Pacific Rai road bill, being the special order of the day, was briefly debated by many Senators on a great variety of amendments. To wards the conclusion of the session Mr. Beil, after remarking upon the wide divergencies and contra rieties of opinion which the debate on this measure had brought to light, moved to recommit the whole subject to the special committee from which it had been reported, with instructions to report a bill au thorizing the Secretary of the Interior to advertise for proposals for the construction of three railroads to the Pacific—one by the northern, central, and southern routes. The details of such a bill, as drawn up by Mr. Bril, were then read to the Sen ate ; after which the honorable Senator explained that he did not propose to provide for the construc tion to the three roads, but merely to procure such authentic information from the capitalists who might submit their propositions as would enable Congress (u decide more intelligently upon the su perior advantages of some single route. In this vvay wo could ascertain how large a porpor;ic:i ol Government aid was deemed by the capitalists oi the country indispensable for the construction o! | such a work in cadi of the directions brought S most prominently into competition with each other. After ordering the substitute of Mr. Bell and the | original bill, as amended on motion of Mr. Bigler ! to be printed, the Senate adjourned. We consider the proposition of Mr. Bell as fair j and judicious. Whether it will be accepted, is | quite a different matter. WHAT EOES IT MEAN ? An article in the Telegraph of yesterday, writ ten evidently by something more than a guasi Douglas man, after counselling forbearance to wards that gentleman, as the true policy, of the democratic party, closes as follows : “ It is apparent that as Gov. Johnson is under stood to be a candidate for the Senatorship in place of Mr. Iverson—the conjoint efforts of iminv of the friends of persons looking to the same po sition, have been, and are making to destroy Gov. Johnson’s popularity, as lie is unquestionably the most prominent gentleman named for that office. The comparisons instituted apparently with a view to defend Gov. Johnson’s administration, do not, in my judgment, proceed from love for him, or anxiety to advance his pretensions. If Gover nor Brown can be brought into a hostile attitude to Gov. Johnson, the purpose is accomplished which seems to me to have elicited the many arti cles which seek to put the friends of each in an tagonism. 1 am a cordial supporter of the administration in general of Gov. Brow n—l admire his firmness —1 believe in his honesty. I shall vote for him lor Governor against the world, and at the same time, I greatly prefer for the Senate of the United States, Gov. Johnson, to any other person whom I have heard named. The Democratic party, if it wishes to maintain its ascendancy by the advocacy of principle, should take all proper means to place in these high oliiees, men of true distinction, and who have claims from valuable public service to its con tinued regard. A YOUNG DEMOCRAT.” Now there is to our mind, a peculiar signifi cance in the foregoing. The late enunciations ol Senator Iverson, as well as his vote against alien suffrage and bis independent course generally, i.- doubfless distasteful to the Douglas wing of the Georgia Democracy. On the other hand, it is known that Gov. Johnson has been a great adnih er of the “ little giant.” A tioad .Vlovc. Hon. Joshua Kill, of this State, says the Colum bus Enquirer, is, we believe, the first, and pei haps the only man in Congrsss, as yet, to call for a rigid adherence to that wholesome provision in corporated in the English bill, which refuses the admission as a State of any Territory which lias not the ratio of population fixed for a Representa tive in Congress. In these days of political vacil lation ar.d party intrigue, a consistent adherence to principle by even o:ie Congressman is truly gratifying, and we cannot too highly applaud Mr. Hill for this movement. He asked leave on the 11 tli iust., to introduce a bill disallowing any Territory to enter the Union as a State until it possesses the full ratio of representation, but ob jection was made and the bill could not then be introduced under the rules. But the opportunity to submit it will soon occur, when a simple objec tion can not rule out, and we trust that it will find many supporters from all parties, notwithstanding the Black Republicans are appealed to to oppose it with a view of bringing in Kansas in violation of the English Compromise, and the Democracy may also be so inconsistent as to wish to ignore the principle until Oregon can bo admitted with her Democratic representation. The rule is a good one—so all parties are compelled to admit— and it ought to be insisted on. The Ut-vival and tiie Itlinislrf. The Now York Observer mentions as one of the | effects of the late religious revival that very large accessions have been made in the Presbyterian divinity schools of the country. One hundred and sixteen students ure now in the Theological Semi i nary’ at Alleghany city. This is a far larger num : ber than lias ever been in the seminary before.— Other seminaries are also filled with young men ‘ pressing into the ministry. Princeton has more than one hundred and sixty, and the village lias been largely called 011 to furnish lodgings for those who could not be accommodated within the seminary buildings. The Union Theological Semi nary in New York city lias one hundred and twen ty-four students, and the effect generally has been to direct the attention of the thoughtful to sacred subjects. _ COTTON PLANTER S CONVf NTION. I am informed by the Hon. David W. Lewis, i President of the Stale Ayr (cultural Society that the Executive Committee of said Society, will meet | in Macon on the eeeond Wednesday in February ’ next. As business of importance, to the Conven tion, will come before the Committee, the officers of the Convention, (together with such other mem bers as can make it convenient,) are requested to attend the meeting of said Committee. Editors friendly to the Convention and the So* cietv, are respectfully requested to give this notice an insertion. DOWELL CODE, Pres, of the Con. Liberal Hrrjue*?. The will of our late distinguished fellow-citizen, Dr. Geo. M. Newton (says the Chronicle & Senti nel, of Saturday,) after making various bequests, amounting in all to *l3,uni) donates the remainder of his estate, valued at nbout &150,t)0o, and In many at a much higher figure, to the Augusta Or phan Asylum; thus at once placing that institu tion upon a firm and substantial footing, and se curing to its managers the means of extending their charities and enlarging their usefulness. Our generous and esteemed townsman could not-have found a worthier object oil which to bestow his charity, and our citizens will ever cherish a senti ment of grattitude and respect for the memory of one whose patriotism and liberality prompted him to so nolle a deed. New Atlantic Telegraph. —The Paris corres pondent of the Boston Journal says : in an inter view u few days since with several English capital ists, the Emperor expressed his confidence in the proposed laying a telegraphic cable between France and America, the termination of which is to be the city oi Boston. The company is being formed, and j the whole affair will he carried into execution as ; rapidly as possible. Deal!) o 2 Kini. T. L. Harris Was announced in the Senate to-day, says the States of the 17th, at about one o’clock, when Mr. Douglas addressed the Senate in eulogy of the de ceased. The Senate was crowded to excess, hund reds being unable to obtain admittance to the gal !€<;§, later frou fxrope. ARRIVAL 0 F T H E NIAGARA. C'otxaa Declined— Market Dull! New York, Jan. 22, 1859. The Steamship Niagara, has arrived at this port, with Liverpool advices to the Bth January. The Niagara’s news reports sales for the week of Hl,Wb bales. The decline for the week in Up :a:ids is l-lcd. to -£d. Orleans remained unchang ed. Holders were offering freely, but showed no disposition to press cotton on the matket. Cotton generally closed steady and quiet. flte reports lrom Manchester continue favorable to the prospects of trade. Consols closed at and Dog tor money and ac count. Arrival of (he Quaber City. New Ohi.eaxs, Jan. 22. The Steamship Quaker City, of the Tehauntepec is below with dales from ,Sn Francisco to the sth inst. She brings Pus passengers. The Steamship Golden Age had left San Pran crico lot l anuui.i, with 1 <0 passengers, and Obo ill treasure for New York, and *760,000 lor Europe. Business in California was stagnant, and money very scarce. The Legislature of California organized ou the Ith inst., and elected W. Stratton, Speaker. i Le Lecomptou Democrats have a large majorat v in bobs br:ir_| of the Legislature. lut ‘i-eiii!g Kurtiju Nr tv* Kent*. Washington, Jan. 2d. The Turin correspondent wf the London Times, says that Surdina desires war, and it is estimated tact Austria could master 10>>,<'■;. men in throe divs lioni the Italian dominions. The I ranklort on-tbe-Main Journal exultingly announces that all Germany and Prussia will aid Austria. Intelligence from Vienna to the 7th inst., had been received. The third corps of the Darnice Imperial army, amounting to #O,OOO men had left for Italy. Tlie Kauiitk und Missouri tiorder Troll* biss. Leavenworth, Kansas, Jan. 20. The outlaw, Montgomery, has given himself up for trial. Brown, another factious ouilaw, has left the Territory of Kansas. Senator OJttglas and Fitch. Washington, Jan. 23. It is currently reported lhut high words were in terchanged in the Executive session of the Senate ou Friday, between Senators Douglas, of Illinois, and I itch, ol Indiana. Ihe dispute grew out of the confirmation ol appointments in fliinois. It is rumored that Douglas demanded on yesterday a retraction of some language used by Fitch, and ihe demand w as complied with. Judge Douglas’ friends say that he intends to fight through his difficulties, if such a course should oe necessary. Cotliiycis oi’ lire Laws. V\ e unc.erstand Gov. Brown has appointed Thos. R. R. Cobb, of Clark, and Richard 11. Clark, of Dougherty, to fill the vacancies in the Commission created by the declension of Gov. Johnson and M ij. Harris.— Telegraph. ti.vllrnjsd .TSitting, Wo find the following notice in the last La- Grange Reporter : The citizens of Troup, and nil persons interest ed in the construction ot a Railroad direct from LaGrange to Columbus, are requested to meet 111 the < ourt House at LaGrar.ge, on Tuesdav, the first day ol February next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. Prominent gentlemen connected with other Rail roads, are expected to be present to address the meeting. AliJOl I.NMEXT UE THE FLORIDA LeGISLATCRK.— Both Houses ol the Legislature adjourned on Satur day 10 meet again on tile 4l!i Monday in Novem ber ui*\t. ’1 lie recess now taken is a strong indi cation of the necessity of annual sessions. Mr. Edward Edwards, ot South Glastonbury, Conn., has a vine of red native grape, from which he made 25 gallons of wine lust fall. It isoflight color, good body, and plenum flavor. Anoite-r Pr.’*i in Atlanta. We learn from a circular just, received says the Atlanta American, that it is the intention of Mr. Hambleton, Editor and Proprietor of the “ South ern Representative,” to remove it from Chatta nooga—where it is now printed—to this city. We think the “ Representative” is rather too much of a jire*-” r f er to subsist long in this climate ; but it will be kindly received, nevertheless. For TK Hot nr.—The Portsmouth (Fa.) Tran script, of 1 iK-sday, says;—Heavy shipment of legrocs for the far South, are made almost every day by the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad. Yes terday about a hundred arrived here from the Eastern Shore of Maryland and passed through, and this morning another car load, from Ddawaie was sent on. A Railroad Connexion Defeated. —The House oi Commons of North Carolinia has rejected the bill for the extension of the Danville road ftoni Danville to Greensborough, North Carolina, by a vote of sixty-five to thirty-seven. This decision postpones the euterpiise for at least two years, as that time must now elapse before the proposition can he again brought before the Legislature of North Carolina, that State being subject to the inconvenience of biennial Legislative sessions. The North Carolina railroads, it is stated, roust lose all the through travel, except for South Carolina. • The State Road. —The Rome Courier is inform ed by the chief engineer, Col. LeUardy that du ring the past season there has not been a single failure ou the State Road to make all its connec tions, no train has run off the track, neither has any accident whatever befallen any of the trains. We arc informed also that fir. Lewis expects to put SI,OOO into the Treasury for every day in the year 1859. Nicholas Losgworth, of Cincinnati, offers to give a silver goblet of the value of one hundred dollars, or the sutn of money if preferred, for grapes that will be superior to Catawaba for tjje purpose of wine—the decision of the question is io be left to the Ohio “ Vine Growers’ Associa- tion.” What says our friend, Col. Sullivan, of Ameri cus, to the foregoiug ? Would not the purple Scuppernong take and then agreeably fill that goblet ? Exploits of the Elephant in Mississippi.— The elephant that got lose from the menagerie in Mis sissippi the other day, and was shot in the head witli a Mississippi rifle, and died very suddenly and easily after terrifying the inhabitants and doing considerable damage in other respects, utterly ruined one planter in llines county, according o the Vicksburg Southron’s account. It says : “ I’assing through his plantation, the huge beast came across two stacks of fodder one of the stacks he devoured instantly, while he hoisted the other ou his trunk, and bearing if before him as a shield, he inarched on in solitary grandeur. Be soon reached a spot where the negroes of the plantation were taking their dinner, when the un usual sight which met their eyes, so frightened them that they turned white. AVheu their fear subsided, finding that they w ere all w hite men and women, they deliberately walked oii, ami leit t it owner of the plantation without a solitary dar key I” The foregoing may be suggestive to Senator Reward q { g speedy mode 9f •mwMsijfctiW’