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TERMS:
W-mWCLT, Ft Dollars pr uu, Is sStuo*.
BHt LY, Two Dollars psr rbbum, Is sStssso.
ASssrUsostasts cosspieosaalj tuMrted si Uss Dollar
■srtessrs, f* r th# Ini tsosrtios, sud fifty costs for tier, ub
sstasat luerttos.
Übawl dsdsodoß will ke mods for jssrlj sdsertiscmcnts.
T Xi Ol'bax Taiipp,—By lato arrivals from
Gals It appsanr that “now oominsreisl arrangement*
hsv* boss adopted, by which ths duties of importation
Ives to bs ohasgsd after the first of February next.
PiekleJ Park is rsdntsd from sl4 to sl2 per barrel:
jerked Beef, from $7.50, the hundred ponnds, to $6,50. 1
Hidss, earlod heir, linen handkerchiefs, cotton hose,
baiva, liaaa ahirtiof, lampo, coarse linens, Spanish oil
wrapping pepsr, aheeting, steel springs, chains, chil
drro’s sheas, Croton ail, and many other drugs are all
tadaaed im their rate*. Many other article* are inoren
aad, while ladiaa oorn, rice, tallow, candles, wap, and
<he other ohief domestic experts, remain as they were.’’
Lwrd Praakfort, of England, who is in the
Hesse of Carrection, wears the prisoH spparel, and, it
te said, appaers to seal hia degradation most keenly.
He will be exempt from the taek of the tread-mill and
•akam-pioking.
Mr Tha Florida Lsgislstnr# adjourned on the Ist
last. Tbe ekarter for tho Penaaoola and Georgia Rail
Bead hod panod.
Faroes Burma to bs Acrnowlidobu. —It is said
that dispatebsa hara gona ont from tho State Depart
■sat, diroating Mr. Rires to acknowledge ths Empire
■ the Oorsrnanent de feet* of Franco.
Military DaroT Rbkovid.—The Picayune learns
*st Msj. Gansral Twiggs, commanding tho Southern |
Hirisioa of tho United Stslss army, has issued orders
hi Ika breaking ap and immediate romovel of tho mili
tsry depot et Sea AntoDio, and of the commissary and
g—if waiter departments, to Corpus Christi.
Mr Prior to leaving for Havana, it is reported that
the H#. W. R. Sing, the Vioe President elect, will re
sloß hia seat is the United States Senate. We are,
Bays the Now Tork Herald, worry to learn that appre
ka#sioao still exist that ho will never recover.
Fees Tiss>; is tbe Post Office Business,—The
muw latter eavslopeo, with ths single and double stamps,
will oooa Ho raadv. Then every steamer, every Rail
Rawd trail, every exprrw line, and every roan, i* made |
mil aarriar by act of Coagrees. Rotters, in tho crov j
evaweat oavelopes, can he sent ia any wav. hv any
sworn, sad by aay conveyance.
oeu.naos Bprvwsas Steam sa Palmetto im IJk;
#aio.—Tbs steamship Palmetto, Captain Jackson, has
•srived at Baltimore from Charleston. On Sunday
light, ia thp Chesupeske, she ran into snd sunk the brig
Ohie, betted for Mobile. The crow, however, of the
OKI# were all saved. The Palmetto slightly in-
Dura OF Rahusl J. Rav.—We regret to announoe
Ike death es Samuel J. Ray, Kaq., editor of the Macon 1
It'eUgmph. He expired at eevea o’clock on yesterday
■eraiag. He hue heea suffering for many neiith*
ihoa heworrhege of the lusgs, snd we presume fell
a TtWiai to that disease.— Sac. Ciuritr.
I W Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of I'nch
Tow’s Oahia, having received a letter tVom Dr. Ward
iaw, toadariag her, ia behalf of a number of ladies und
gaatlemaa es Glasgow, sn invitahoa to visit England at
Ihsir expease, has aeeepted the invitation, and accom
panied by her hnshaud will soon leave for Rnglnnd.
Tha North Carolina Legislature adjourned on the
SfTlh sit., withsit elsotisg s U. S. Senator to succeed
Mr. Masgnia, whose term expiree on the 4 th of March
teak The Geveraor bee bo peerer to appoint under
ike eirebaiKtaiew. sad ths consequence will be that a
resairy will exist ia tha State’s Senatorial representation
ft* Ika asxt two years
Slayert.— It is said that 660,563 sieves are owned
ta tkis aoaitry hy minietsrs of the gospel and mem
bra es the differeat Pnaestest ohorchue, viz.: 219,563
by the Methodists, 77,000 by the Peebyterians, 125,000
by the Baptists, 66,000 by the Episcopalians, 101,000
by the Cfttapbellitw, and ftU.OOO by other denorai-
KlfteSK
Biases op Promise Cas. —la Fairfield county, Con
aeetieat, Milas H. Wakemae obteined *1 00 damages
sad esb from Auizi Pearee, for marrying s girl to
Whom ha wae engaged. The ledy promised to marry
■Wakemae la January, but Pearcs persuaded her to mur
ky bun la December.
W Hoi Tristram Bargees, of Rhode Island,distin
gaieked fbr eloqeeeee end ebilitv in Cougress, especial
ly la his rsaeoatre with John Randolph, is still alive and
ksavty, theagh aew ia hie 83d year, lie retains hie
•lad, aad his pan is basy in prose and poetry.
■■Aira er Vica-PaaiDNT Kino.—.Senator King
(Viaw-Prsaideit sleet) ie in rather a dangerous eondi
liea. The mail eteenier for Havana has been ordered
■ atap at Norfolk to take him to Havana, to spend the
wtatar fbr tha benefit of hia health.
Taa Wit.aiaevoi’ aid Mamcnrstir Rail Road.
Vs laara from tha Colombia (S. C.) Banner, that the
Pnaideil of thia road has isaued a protest against the
BUI, paaeod by oar last Legislature, authorising the N.
B. R. R. Company to oroes ths track of the W. &
V. B. S., aad tha question will be carried heforu the
Croat af Appeals.
••Luxe TsLßcaAra Lisas roa Tax as.—The State
Traarorar of Wieconein advertises thet he will sell at
paklla aaotieu tut the 14th of this month, et his office
fka wpitol, “all tba siactrie telegraph line* which
haea km eonstmeted Within the State, together with
#a apparteiaaeea belonging to tho same, unless the
#x due the Slate are paid up previous to that time.”
OwtSHI SF THE NaSBVILLB ASD C'HAVTAXOOGA
Bailssab Co.—At th# aaaoal meeting at Mnrl’reesboro,
•m Wedaaday last, of the Nashville and Chrttanooga
Compaay, the following named gentlemen
brero Seated officars of tha company for the ensuing
f mr i
▼. X. Stavsssna, Presideat ; Alexander Allison,
Joha M. Bern, dtramiah Clavsland, Peter S. Deeherd,
•roaekt B. Fogg, Uais Garusr, Samuel D. Morgan,
Jaka T. Mill, Aidraw Ewing. Joseph B. Knowles, Ar
<ktt kd. Rutladgs, William Speicer Thus. Power, James
A- Whiteside, Direeters ; William A. Gleoves, Sec’y
Traaa’ro. Cdst teoeiga Adcerftsev.
Hens* of Representatives [wwed a
narnlaties, effbrai by Mr. Stanly, prohibiting the official
uperbra from reporting ia the Daily Glebe, as „ part
* the proceedings of the House, speeches not
Wtde ia the Hoaee, Hillses by leave, provided that
•othiag tkereia eontained shall ba ooustrued to prevent
usy geitlaani from corraetiag and revising his speech.
A eksteh af tha debate, which eppeata under the prop.
m head, will best explain tha reasons for the adoption of
tkbneMta
, **A#mi. in FLA.-Capt. Willard has erected
• Madiana C-. Fla., Mannfaotory with a thonsand
•piadiaa, aid bj tha middle of Jenuarv expects to turn
lffW peuads rsiel Taras per day.’ This is. w- he
lieve, tke Stst oottoa mill which has erer been built in
Ant Slate.
lb Staton $16,000 have beoa auteeribeil toward# the
W nNn.e ß t.
The Inconsequence of Love.
What ig the meaning of fidelity in love, and
whence the birth of it ? ’Tig a gtate of mind
that tuen fall into, and depending on the man
rather than the woman. We love to he in love,
that’s the truth on’t. If we had not met Joan,
we should have met Kate, and adored her. We
know our mistresses are no better than any oth
er woman, no prettier, nor no wiser, nor no
wittier. ’Tis not for these reasons we love a
woman, or for any special quality or charm I
know of; we might as well demand that a la
dy should bo the tallest woman lit the world,
like the Shropshire giantess, as that she should
be a paragon in any other character, before we
begin to love her. Esmond’s mistress had a
thousand faults beside her charms; lie knew
both perfectly well; she was imperious, she was
light minded, she was flighty, she was false, she
had no reverence in her character ; she was in
everything, even in beauty, the contrast of her
mother, who was the most devoted and the
least selfish of jwomen. Well, from the very
first moment he saw her on the stairs at Wal
cote, Esmond knew he loved Beatrix. There
might be better women—he wanted that one.—
He cared for none other. Was it because she
was gloriously beautiful ? Beautiful as she was,
he hath heard people say a score of times in
their company, that Beatrix’s mother looked as
young and was the handsomer of the two.—
Why did her voice thrill in his ear so ? She
couid not sing near so well as Nicolini or Mrs.
Tofts; nay, she sung out of tune, and yet he
liked to hear her better than >St. Cecilia. She
had not a finer complexion than Mrs. Steele,
(Dick's wife, whom he had now got, and who
ruled poor Dick with, a rod of pickle,) and vet
to see her dazzled Esmond; he would shut his
eyes, and the thoughts of her dazzled him all
the same. She was brilliant and lively in talk,
but not so incomparably witty as her mother,
who, when she was cheerful, said the finest
things; but yet to hear her, and to be wite her,
was Esmond’s greatest pleasure.— Thackeray's
Esmond.
“And she wa3 a Widow.’’
A pale and pensive lady has just passed—she
is clad in “the weeds of prot’oundest wo”—
doubtless she is a widow.
A moment to imagine her history. He whom
she mourns had wooed her in her girlhood.—
There is a fragant nook, where a rivulet gur
gles which she never remembers save with
tears, wherein love’s blessed drama/was perform
ed by their fervid lips, Months, perhaps years,
had departed—and then the shadow fell. He
blessed her amid the marches of the night, and
in the morning went out with the stars. The
earth is laden with such histories.
She was blithe and merry once. She loved
the customs of society, and adhered with a sort
of piety to the maxims of fashion. Gay and
happy was the world in which she dwelt. But
it is changed now.
It is a mournful thing to carry a dead heart
in a living bosom, ft isa bitter thing for a lip
used to dainties to feed on ashes. It is a fear
ful thing for the living to know that their only
treasure is hid in the still and mouldy grave—
beautiful life linked to repulsive corruption.
Her desires are written upon her meek face.
Its expression translates her muttered yearn
ing, She longs to join in the distant and better
country him who has gone before.
The welcome hour is nearer than she thinks.
They shall soon lay her beside her idol. How
lovely will be that dying smile, when the pray
erful lips shall close at the touch of death’s coid
finger, God grant that the drooping lily of
earih may become a fadeless amaranth in
Heaven.
Negro Stealing.
Messrs. Searcy and Jenkins of this city, arrest
ed one Geo. M. Jones on Thursday last, near
Monticello, who had some twelve negroes in his
possession, one of which escaped after he was
apprehended. Said negroes belong to Mr. I*.
Bailey of Double Wells. Warren co. Ga, Titos.
Mormon of Harris co. and Dr. W. A. Jarratt of
Baldwin co, excepting four, owned by the said
Jones.
Jones bad camped near this city for several
days prior to the absence of Dr. Jarratt’sboy,
and it was suspected at once that he had stolen
him, having had the bov in his tent several times,
and having been known to have had a consulta
tion with said boy. Messrs Searcy and Jenk
ins were at once put on track of Jones, and ar
rested him without much trouble. Jones was
fired at the, ball gazing his scalp. The white
man and negroes tire all confined in Jail, at
this place Messrs. Searcy and Jenkins deserve
much praise for their vigilance in arresting the
said Jones.— Fed. Union.
The Sai.uda Faotokv.—We learn from the
Columbia Banner, that the negroes belonging
to the Saluda Manufacturing Company were
sold on Thursday for one-fourth cash the balance
in one and two years with interest, and avera
ged S51);I. Bovs 10 to 25 brought SfilOO to
SIOOO.
The Banner says that the building machinery
and privleges of the Factory were offered for
sale on the same day, but were bought in hy the
Company, and that persons who are desirous of
investing capital in this establishment can
treat with the company at private sale, on ac
commodating terms.
Leeal Sketches.
The bar must occasionally allow that they
know how to make the best of the bargain as
well as the sharpest. A fat suit is apt to move
rather sluggishly through a court. Many a
solicitor is apt to keep a Chancery case on its
legs through two orthree generations of litigan
tas, when in fact the original parties to the suit
have died and become rotten. The following
illustration is not bad;
An attorney on the marriage of his sou gave
him £SOO, and hauded him over a common
Chancery suit with some law actions. About
two years alter, the son asked his father for
more business.
“M hy, I gave you that capital Chancery suit,
and then you have a great many new clients ;
what more can you want i”
“Yes, sir,” replied the son; “hut l have
wound up that suit, and given my client great
satisfaction.”
“What! you improvident fool,” rejoined the
father, indignantly. “That suit was in my family
twenty-five years, and it would have continued
as many longer, if I had kept it 1 shall not en
courage any such a fellow. ”
A Catholic prelate once pertinently asked a
legal gentleman whether he had a “soul, sup
posing doubtless that his “quiddit, his cases, his
tenures, and his tricks,” had purged it out of
reality. Notwithstanding this doubt, 1 think that
we may safely admit that a lawyer has a soul.
In this world it is usually in his fee. And the fol
lowing story told by Foote will determine pretty
accurately where its abode is in the next:
A gentleman in the country, who had just
buried a relative, an attorney, complained to
I'oote of the great expense of a country funeral.
“Why, do you bury attorneys here ?” gravely
asked Foote.
“Yes, to be sure; how else ?”
“Oh, we never do that in London.”
“No!” exclaimed the other quite astonished.
“Why, how do you manage that V’
“VV hy, when the patient happens to die, we
lay him out in a room over a night by himself,
lock the door, throw open the window and in
the morning is entirely off.”
‘lndeed, said the gentleman, amazed “And
pray what becomes of him l”
•Why, that we cannot exactly tell, not being
acquainted with the supernatural causes. All
that we know of the matter is “that there is a
• rong smell of brimstone in ths room ths next
morning.”
The Broadway Railroad is New York.—The j
Board of Aldermen of the city of New York on
Wednesday night adhered to theit former action, j
and adopted the report for the establishment of the
Broadway Railroad notwithstanding the. veto of
the Mayor. They also adopted a ptemnable and
resolution disapproving the ctur.se of Judge Camp
bell in granting an injunction restraining them from
proaeeding in the matter. Judge Emmett has is
sued an oreer requiring all the resaetory Aldermen
to show cause at special term to be held on the
secon Monday of January, why attachment should
nr t be issued against them for contempt of Court
is disobeying its injunction.
COIAIMBUS, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY. 11, 1853.
The Times and Sentinel.
With the new year we appear before our readers in a
new suit, and hope to receive from each of them as cordial
a welcome now, in their homes and hearts, as wo have had
hitherto extended to us.
The necessity lor a union of the Columbus limes and
Southern Sentinel, lias long been felt by the Proprietors of
those journals. With a double set of hands, double rents,
and other heavy outlays—with h divided patronage and
curtailed subscription lists, the expenses of the two offices
have eaten up their profits—and we have reaped barren hon
ors as the reward of our labors. The union of the two
offices gives us a subscription list superior to that of
any paper in Western Georgia, and an immense job
and advertising patronage ; and it we can secure the undi
vided support of the friends of the great principles we advo
cate, we confidently expect to make our pa|>er a tower of
strength in all future political contests in which the coun
try may beiuvolved, either hy the centralizing designs of
Federalism; or the destructive schemes of the anti-slavery
Fanaticism. In this good cause, both the Times and Sen
tinel have labored zealously for the last few years, and al
though shades of difference may have existed in the views
of the Editors on some questions, neither of us have ever
doubted the soundness and patriotism of each other, and
the only emulation which has existed between us lias been
as to who could do most service in the good cause. The
Editors of the papers united will not bate a jot oi zeal in
the advocacy of their cherished principles, though in the
thick of the fight they will often miss the Damascus blade of
Capt. Forsyth, whose every stroke was fatal to the foe.
The proprietors of the Times and Sentinel are determin
ed to supply a deficiency which is greatly felt in our sec
tion. Though the Telegraphic wires pass through our city,
our community has reaped hut small advantage from them.
The public has.been generally compelled to wait the slow
movements of the steam car lor the news of the rise and fal
of markets, and of the airival of the ocean steamers. En
der our Telegraphic head, our readers will always find the
latest news. This is a promise we are. determined to keep
at any sacrifice to ourselves. In this respect, the Times
and Sentinel will be without a rival this side of Savannah.
We look to our commercial friends to see to it that we do
not lose by this enterprise, in which we have embarked
principally for their accommodation.
In times of high political excitement, the public appetite
demands large doses of leading political articles. General
ly, however, they arc bores both to Editors and readers.
We will take an especial care not U> nauseate the public in
this respect. On the contrary, wc will till our columns with
news, and keep a full and correct record of current events.
Our object will be to publish a News Fapf.r.
lii our weekly issue will be found a variety of original
and selected miscellaneous matter, and with the aid of Mrs.
He.ntz, whose connection with the paper still exists, we in
tend to make as good a family paper as is published in the
State.
A Parting Word.
| We take the seat so lately occupied hy Capt. Forsyth
with so much credit to himself and advantage to the public,
with much diffidence, and profound regret that the South
and the Union will l>e deprived of his invaluable services in
this field in which he has gained such green laurels, and
done such good work for many yeais past. No Editor in
Georgia has surpassed him in zeal for constitutional liber
ty, and, we. may venture to say without being invidious,
none has wielded a sharper or more efficient pen. His style
was always chaste, forcible, and eloquent; his positions
bold, his arguments cogent and convincing. He knew no
fear, and advocated the truth for the truth’s sake. He car
ried his heart into his cause, and his success is perhaps as
much attributable to the honesty of his purposes as to the
vigor of his intellect. We reecho his parting wools, ‘ rale !
vale ! rale ! and may success as abundant as his heart can
wish, follow him in his new field of enterprise.
Mr. Robert Forsyth also retires with his brother from
the Editorial corps, and though less known to the public
he is not less esteemed where he. Is known, for his gallan
try, which lie was lucky enough to display under the eye of
General Pierce, and for every noble and generous quality.
We congratulate him upon his happy release from the
trouble of small bills ami tardy subscribers—the pest of
newspaper publishers at the South—and hope he may find
another field more congenial to his tastes, if not more
profitable.
To the Patrons of the Sentinel.
We send each one of you our first tri-weekly issue, in or
der that you may be early acquainted with the changes
which have taken place since our last visit. Our Weekly
will not he issued until Tuesday* next. In our change of
name, there will be no change of principle or purpose.
But while we will continue to he a faithful Sentinel, wc
will in the future keep a closer watch upon the Times, and
give, you a more varied and spicy paper.
All of our old subscribers who desire to take our Tri
weekly, in place of our Weekly edition, will please notify
us at once, so that we can enter their names properly on
our new books.
To the Subscribers to the Times.
Many of you will recognize us as old acquaintances.
From you we know we shall receive a steady support. To
such of you as are unknown to us, we beg a fair trial, and
though we may not hope to equal our brilliant predecessor#
we will spare neither time, labor, nor expense, to make the
Times N* Sentinel a welcome guest.
Bred in the faith of Jefferson, we shall labor to infuse his
principles into the Party with which we co-operate ; being
well assured that if the ship of State is steered by tho old
Republican cliari, she will escape every breaker and
reach her port in safety.
Having assisted in our sphere to elevate the Democratic
nominee to the Presidency, we will give his administration
a hearty support, if it make the Constitution its guide-book,
and the good and glory of the peoplo its aim. The promi
ne.nt position oflered to Senator Hunter iu the new Cabinet,
gives promise of a glorious future, and will be ample guaran
tee to the South of protection under the incoming adminis
tration from fareign aggression and Northern fanaticism.
The M iscogec Kail Itonil.
Tills* Road extends from Columbus to Butler, a dis
tance of fifty miles, where it joins the Fort Valiev
Branch of the South Western Road. The cost of the
Road and equipments was $601,7tL 11, or $13,035 9 l
per mile. The net profits of the Road during the past
year were $7,311 38 —a most astonishing fact, as the
Road was ill an unfinished state and disconnected at
either end. The connection with tho South Western
Road will be completed during the coining Spring, ami
with the Montgomery Road during tho next eighteen
months. In the mean time the Girard Road will pen
etrate the rich prairies of Alabama, and wo may from
thenceforward anticipate a glorious future for the eitv
of Columbus.
The President of the Road, .Joux 11. Howard, Esq.,
(to whose untiring energy the community is indebted
for its early completion,) tenders his resignation of the
office he has so ably filled from the beginning of the
enterprise. Ilis parting advice deserves attention. He
recommends that the stock of the Muscogee Road be
merged in that of the Central Rail Road. The
only objection to this course is, that it will destroy the
control of this city over the Road. This objection, we
incline to think, is rather specious than solid. If it be
come necessary to the designs of the Central Road, it
can readily buy up the stock of private stockholders,
and thus gain a controlling influence in the Muscogee
Road. Tho whole history of Rail Roads in Georgia
demonstrates the impossibility of resisting Rail Road
connections. Private interests will yield to public con
venience. Besides, it would be unwise in the stock
holders of the Muscogee Road to engage in a contro
versy with the Central Road. It will he impossible to
carry on a successful warfare with a cniiqmny so large
I influential and monied. Conciliation is our true policy.
1 If the Central Road is once interested in the entire
I route to this city, it may be that we could derive im-
I portant aid from that quarter, in extending our great
Road to the Gulf. We are not so familiar with this
subject as to justify us in speaking authoritatively upon
it. We throw out these suggestions in the hope that
they will elicit discussion from better informed sources.
Central Rail Road and Ranking Company.
The eighteenth annual Report of the President and
Superintendent of this Company is on our table. The
total cash receipts from Road and Bank for the year
ending 7th December, ißs*2. are $1,009,801 85. The
cash expenditures have been $745,505 >1 ; leaving a
surplus of $*264,299 A2. The reserve fund is $281,-
057 03.
Since the last Report the Company has paid up its
subscription to the Augusta and Waynesboro’ Compa
ny, and the sum of $58,554 83 on account of the
Fort Valley Branch of the South Western Road. The
Board has agreed to take the Eaton ton Road and work
it fur $14,000 per annum. The Eaton ton Read will ha
finished by the first of February. The Waynesboro’
Road will be opened to Augusta by the Ist November.
The Branch from Fort Valley to Butler, will bt> finish
ed hy the Ist April, when Savannah and Columbus |
will be in connection by Rail Road.
The Road from Opelika to Columbus has all been
placed under contract, and early in next year the con
nection of Savannah and Montgomery will be complete.
The South Western Road will be extended to Americas
early in 1854.
The business of the Road is increasing so rapidly as
to make it necessary to place 100 more ears on the
track. Fifteen thousand dollars will cover all expense
incurred by the late freshets. The President, R. R.
Cijyl.br, recommends that $30,000 be set apart annu
ally to meet the expense of repairs. Fifteen thousand
three hundred and seventy-seven through passengers,
and forty-three thousand four hundred and fifty nine
way passengers, have been carried over the Road the
last year ; and two hundred and thirty-one thousand
two hundred and ten bales of cotton. The Road has
earned for freight and fare, $-’“45,508 23.
The Florida Legislature-—Florida Rail Roads.
The present Legislature is fully alive to the great
interests committed to their care, aud is actively en
gaged in the passage of acts and the development of
measures which will elevate the State to her proper
position as a member of the Confederacy, ami supply
the demands of commerce. On tho *,‘‘. th ult., acts
were passed incorporating the “Pensacola and Georgia
Rail Road Company,’’ and the “Florida, Atlantic and
Gulf Central Rail Road Company.*’ The first act pro
vides for constructing a Rail Road from Pensacola to
any point on the Western or Southern boundary line of
Georgia. The second provides for the construction of
a Rail Road in a direct line through the centre of the
State, from the Atlantic to the Gulf, at some point
west of the Apalachicola river.
It cannot he doubted hut that by the time Florida
shall have completed these two Roads, the South Wes
tern Road will have been vxtended to the junction of
the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, and that the Sa
vannah and Pensacola Rail Road will shortly afterwards
reach the same point. \\ hen these magnificent solo mes
are completed, South Wistern Georgia and Middle
Florida will attain to great wealth, and add materially
to the trade of our Atlantic cities.
A free hanking law, on the principle first adopted in
New York, has passed both Hous- sos the Legislature.
Mr. Hilton, the accomplished Editor of the Savan
nah Georgian , in a letter Irom which we have collect
ed tin* foregoing facts, says :
•The winter in Florida has, thus far, been exceedingly
mild. Several da vs of last week were to., warn, to be
comfortable. The gardens are still blooming with flowers.
Putnam’s .Monthly.
This is anew candidate for public favor, which mvn
its paternity to the great publishing of G. P.
Putnam A” Cos., of New York. Harder has been
charged with filling up his monthly with extracts from
the English Periodicals. Th- publisher* of this month
ly, taking the hint from this charge, have engag. and in
the hazardous enterprise of publishing “an entiivN orig
inal work,’’ from the pens of American authors. The
most eminent American authors are announced as con
tributors, among whom are the familiar nanus of Ir
ving. Prescott, Paulding, Ever tt. Longfkel yv.
Kennedy, Bryant. Emerson, Hai.lf.ck, Hawthorne,
Sims, and a host of others less known to fame. The
enterprise is a noble one, and deserves the support of
the American people. The first number contains 34
articles upon as many different subjects. ‘ The War
den of the Cinque Ports’’is a very pretty poem upon
llie death of the Iron Duke, which is attributed to the
graceful pen of Longfellow. The leading article is on
Cuba, and contains a very full history of the wrongs of
the Cubans, and earnestly advocates its annexation to
ill3 United States. It iv written in the vein of Young
America. We are sorry to find an article on ‘‘Mod
ern Spiritualism,” which endorses all the absurdities of
Mesmerism, Clairvoyance, and Spiritual Rappings. The
developments of diseased humanity often puzzle the
wisest philosophy : hut it is not less ridiculous than pro
fane to attribute the disordered manifestations of era/.v
minds, to the interposition if spiritual agencies. Indeed,
the departed spirits of the just must have immensely
deteriorated from their earthly perfections, if, instead
of the silvery eloquence of the tongue, they arc redu
ced to the slow, tedious, and senseless method of rap
ping upon tables, to communicate their burning thoughts
to their fellows. In such case, a mortal is a little high
er than an angel, and earth is better than ln aven. We
are sorry that such fanaticism can find advocacy in a
respectable journal. Extracts —aye, even English ex
tracts—are preferable to mic!i originality. Theie is also
a chapter on “Uncle Tomitudes,” not much to our
taste, though there is no rottenness in it. Otherwise
the “Monthly” is a readable periodical, and we doubt
not but that it will be immensely popular. Subscription
price $2. We are indebted to D. F. Willcox for our
copy, who is agent for the work.
Harper’s Magazine.
The January number of this popular Monthly has
been placed on our table by D. F. Willcox, who is the
agent for the work in this city. Tt is filled with the
uncommon variety which has ever characterized this
periodical, and which, perhaps, more than any thing
else, has contributed to its unbounded popularity. Ja-
con Abbott continues his “Memoirs of the Holy
Land,’’ and John S. O. Abbott lias another article on
“Napoleon Bonaparte.’’ “Bleak House,” and “My
Novel, ’’ drag their slow lengths along, it may be to
the amusement of lazy novel readers, but greatly to our
discomfort. We have grown tired of the old captions,
aud liken Methodist congregation at tile end of anew !
year, long to see anew face in every issue. The
“Monthly Record of Current Events,” “Editor’s Ta
ble,” and “Drawer,” are unusually full and interesting.
We are proud of “Harper,” as an American book, hut
dread its overshadowing influence upon Southern enter
prise. Call and see the work at D. F. Willcox’s Book
Store.
The Soil of the South.
Not as a matter of form, but with real pleasure, do we
acknowledge tile receipt of the December number of
this truly valuable agricultural paper, and earnestly re
commend it to the farming community. The paramount
value of the Soil of the South consists in tile fact that it
is published near us—its Editors and most of its Con
tributors are men who cultivate soil similar in many
respects to ours. It cannot, therefore, fail to be of great
practical utility to us. It is published by T. Lomax
Cos., Columbus, Ga.
P. S.—Any one desirous of subscribing to the “Soil
of the South,’’ who will deposit a dollar at this office,
we will be responsible for its forthcoming, and if after
having read it a year he will tell us he has not received
the full worth of his money, we will pay back bis dol
lar with interest.— Clayton Banner.
SIOO Pitcher.
Tho Silver Pitcher offered by the Georgia and Alaba
ma Agricultural Society, for the best entire crop of
Cotton, was awarded to Wm. H, Mitchell, of this city.
To our unpracticed eye, there was scarcely a shade of
difference in his samples. B. A. Sorsby and Mrs, Atm
C. Cook, were competitors not to bo despised, but their
crops were not bo uniformly good as Mr. Mitchells.
We hope he will publish his plan of making fine cotton
in th* Soil of the South.
Chinese in Cuba.
There are now said to be two thousand Chinese laborers
in the Island of Cuba, and six thousand more are on their
way there. They are exported at a cost of $125 a head,
and receive $5 a month for the eight or ten years tor which
they are bound to their employer, by whom the expense oi
their exportation is paid. Those already in the Island, it
is said, have given great satisfaction by the industry and in
telligence they display.— Delta.
The above extract conveys to us a piece of very cu
rious information. The ends of the earth have come
together. The East is the hive of humanity, and more
than once has Europe been overrun with its teeming
millions. The times indicate another flood from this
quarter. The first wave has already reached the shores
of California. This is au interesting field for specula
tion ; hut we have not room to enter upon it at pres
ent. We are more immediately interested in the im
portation of Chinese laborers into Cuba. The Beacon
of Cuba , concludes an interesting article on u Spanish
policy in Cuba ” with the following remarks, which
throw much light upon the subject, and will be read
with interest:
] The other vice of the Spanish Government is the impor
tation of Chinese laborers. This is nothing more, appa
rently, than a vile speculation—a pursuit of filthy lucre.
But it is, in reality, another and quite different affair. I lie
officials of Spain arc clearly convinced of the necessity of
providing among the blacks a greater degree of intellectu
al power than they themselves possevss. This is sought for
j among the thieves, land pirates and water pirates of the
maritime cities of Eastern Asia. .
A contract has been made with an English house in Ha
vana to import three thousand Chinese. The agent and
partner in the transaction, a “canny Scotchman,” left Glas
gow for China some eighteen months since, and now the
first cargo under the English contract is daily expected.
But this is not the first cargo. The experiment was tried
a few years since, and succeeded to a charm. Several hun
dred Chinese were brought to Havana, as they said, under
contract to labor at so much per month. There they were
sold as slaves, and driven to the fields in gangs. The ex
periment was for a time doubtful. Could they lw forced to
amalgamate with the negro ’
In several instances they obstinately refused to work, and
were brought down by starvation, the stocks and the lash.
Some of the gangs killed their drivers; some turned runa
ways and robbers ; some six or seven expiated crimes up
on the scaffold, and a large number were sent to the chain
gangs. The rest have partially succumbed, and are now
in Cuba, occupying an intermediate position between the
white and black races. Tlu*. first refuses to admit them in
to their circle, and they will not readily unite with the
; black race, over which, at the same time, their intellectual
superiority has an influence, while an identity of interests
and position in relation to the Caucasian race, binds them
with strong tics.
This is the course of the Spanish < ioverumont. Can any
sane man in this country advocate its continuance! Can
any true hearted American contemplate it with indifler
ence l Can any freeman refuse his sympathy and aid to
* the Cuban, when he shall rise to destroy such a Machiavel
ian policy l We can never believe it.
An Apology.
We owe the Mayor and Town Council an apology for
not heretofore having published the election returns by
which they were elevated to office. We carefully hand
ed in the votes in time for our first issue, after the elec
tion, but by an oversight of our printers, they were not
set up They will be found in our columns to-day.
MAYOR.
James L. Morton,*... .390 |S. A. Billing, 261
Aldermen, Ist Warp.
L M. Durr, 211 I T. B. Slade, 170
F. G. Wilkins.* 459 |W. B. Robinson,* 389
2d Ward.
Win. Ferry,* 501 IA. J. Robison,* 126
Dr. Bozeman, 215 |
3d Ward.
T. M Hogan, 334 I O. Danforth * 461
Johnson, 320 Beach, 43
Wright, 23 I
4th Ward.
George Pitt- I ,* 584 I Win. Daniel,* 606
sth Ward.
F. Jepsoii, 33.5 I James Prudeu, 260
John McCarty, 301 | Wm. Williamson, 214
B. Wells, 20 1 T. Chaffin, 17
James Thomas, 32 |
6th Ward.
Win. Matheson,* 5301 Wm. Brooks,* 440
‘I hos. Herringdine, 196 |
('brk —Calvin Stratton,* 632 J
Treas'r -J. U Howell * 484 | E. J. Hardin, 154
Marshal.
Janie-’ M. Hughes,* 3*23 1 Robt. T. Simons, 154
Geo. W Martin, 150 | John T. Walker, 29
Deputy Marshal.
A. M Robinson,' * 253 I Green Sauls, 203
John Cleghorii, 133 | Wm. Thompson, 57
M AGisTßATKs—Upper District.
> J L. Howell * 263 |J. J. McKendree,* 261
Lower District.
F. M. Brooks,* 280 I John Quin,* 195
Wm. 11. Grace, 174 |
Bailiffs. —James Lloyd,* William Nix,* John ‘Filly,*
and E H Calhoun.*
rrs~Tl'-o muikod thus,* aloe tod.
•In-tice* of It he Inferior Com.
I At the election held on Monday last, the following is
the official return of the votes cast:
Q S “-j H
: §• 2 5 :
Bethune* 515 3 61 60 639
Weems* 520 52 16 31 6fJ
Ragland* 495 50 30 21 59*>
Flewellen* 443 44 32 26 545
McGuire* 272 3 8C 58 113
Clarke 339 1 29 42 411
Williams 303 2 45 57 4()7
Torrance 286 44 33 23 386
. Eelbeck 214 39 67 13 333
Duncan .183 2 61 75 324
Patterson 173 15 51 1H 257
Ferguson 192 8 7 15 222
Bugg 20
TAX COLLECTOR.
“ Noble* 475 14 5 1 38 578
Mitchell 284 23
Ray 66 16 61 63 206
TAX RECEIVER.
Rees* 656 13 22 39 730
Morrison 149 38 88 58 333
*Elccted_.
Washington Items,
The Government steamer Falcon has been ordered
to go to Havana direct with Vice-President King, whose
health is so had that his physicians have thought it dan
gerous for him to go in a crowded steamer,
John A. Campbell, of Alabama, has been recom
mended to Gen. Pierce by all the States south of tho
Potomac, except ITouisiana and Texas, for Judge of the
Supreme Court.
The Hon. Graham X. Fitch has left Washington
for Indiana, to be about at the meeting of the Legisla
ture next week, and will he returned Senator for the un
expired term of the late Mr, Whitcomb. So say the
leading tnen from that State.
The Union has a dispatch announcing the re-election
of George W. Jones as United States Senator from
lowa.
Cholera in Charleston.
Tho Board of Health reports twenty-two eases oi’
cholera in this city for the last week. The disease,
however, is not epidemic, but in every ease originated
in the use of oysters or other unwholesome diet. The
editor of the Standard thus accounts for the disease :
This year, the body of fresh water has extended almost
to our harbor, and even there the fresh water predominates
much more than it usually does. Asa consequence of this,
oysters, which require salt water, are diseased and dying ;
many of them are dead weeks ago; and yet from the midst
of these dead piles are gathered a portion of that which is
sold in our market as food for man. If the hungry could
distinguish between the sound and the unsound oysters,
there might be some excuse for their obstinacy in continu-’
I ing to eat them, but when one does not knowq whether ho
is swallowing food or poison, his determination to eat at all
hazards, is little less than courting suicide.
VW” It is said that 140 members of the Virginia Legisla
ture have formally recommended Hon. John S. Barbour
of Virginia, for a Cabinet position under General Pierce. ’
In explanation of this movement, we publish a short
extract from tho New York Tribune , without, howev
er, vouching for its correctness :
The call made by the President elect upon Mr. R. M
T. Hunter, of Virginia, has raised a storm at Richmond.
Though not the candidate of Young America, he is weli
known to have been one of those originally urging the
nomination of Mr. Douglas, and the Young American
party arc quite satisfied with the prospect of His appoint
ment to a cabinet place. Asa consequence, the army of
disinterested Virginians who form a joint of the political
tail of Mr. Buchanan, are already up in arms against his
selection. I refer to those just now attending the Legisla
ture iu Richmond, very few of the Virginia members of
Congress being connected with the Buchanan clique. They
held a caucus, it is said, a night or two since, and deter
mined, by way of heading ofl'Mr. Hunter, to sign a round
robin in favor of the selection of Mr. Joint S. Barbour.
As this gentleman may bo unknown to those who have not
been delving among the dry bones of a past political age,
I may mention that he is the venerable gentleman who rose
so frequently on crutches (which he has used ibr years) in
the Baltimore Democratic Convention, and exclaimed in
falsetto: “Virginia casts her thirteen votes for Jecms
Buchanan.”
Lanier House.
Those well known hosts, Messrs. S. Lanier & Son
having withdrawn from the above named House, it will
henceforth be under the management of Messrs. Scott
& Dibble, gentlemen in every way competent to sus
tain the fine reputation of tho establishment. On Sat
urday last, the new proprietors signalized their inaugur
ation by a choice oollation, which was heartily enjoyed
by a numerous company of invited friends. We be
speak for them a continuance of public patronage, beitig
well satisfied that they will spare no trouble in making
the Lanier House pleasant and comfortable to all who
may give them a call. —Georgia Telegraph.
The Charleston,Mercury on Newspapers,
The Valedictory of Captain Forsyth has called forth
more compliments than so modest a man can well bear :
and were we not afraid of killing him with sweets, we
would gladly transfer to our columns, some of the glowing
tributes which have been paid to his Editorial memory.
This by the way. One paragraph in his valedictory
lias produced a profound impression on the publishing
corps, and which we are anxious to engrave upon
the minds of our readers, Newspaper credits arc
twice cursed ; they curse him that gives, and him that
takes. To the one, in the language of the Mercury,
it brings “profitless toil and ultimate bankruptcy to
the other an unquiet conscience, and often habitual fraud.
Last year our predecessor sent out about 1500 ‘‘Soils of
the South” on a credit. We have lost about one half
of the amount due, and have resolved in future never to
let another number of that Journal go out of our office
until the cash is paid in advance, We hope our sub
scribers will oblige us by reading the following article.
It is like Shakspears’ plays, Tragi Comic, If you
cannot, weep over the detail of Printers’ woes, you will
laugh over Printers’ preplexities.
From the Charleoton Mercury.
To Our Country Subscribers —We have hiih
erto delayed publishing the proceedings of the Press
Convention, which met in Columbia, during the
late session of the Legislature, because we. desired
to aive at the beginning of the new year a practi
cal&endorsenient to the leading feature of its Con
stitution. The 3d section oi the 4th article reads
as follows: , .
•‘As a general rule, no papers shall be mailed
from our offices to new subscribers, unless at least
six month’* subscription he paid in advance, and
all papers will be discontinued (due notice having
been given to the subscriber) after the time paid
for has expired.”
We regard this article as the beginning of anew
era in tin* prosperity and efficiency of the South Car
olina Pro-s. There is not a member of it who does
not daily feel tho baneful consequences of the cred
it system- Indeed the hUtory f journalism, wher
ever tlmts\ stem obtains, is for tho most part, that
of profitless toil and ultimate bankruptcy. The
sympathies of the public are incessantly invoked
in behalf of papers on whose hooks stand credited
thousands of dollars, hard y and honestly earned,
but which, from tlm difli uiPies and expenses of col
lection. ate scarcely worth the effort. Mr. Forsyth,
the able and distinguished editor of the Columbus
Times, in his valodicory, published a few days since,
thus turc bly remarks :
l e-mmktoo strongly urge upon my successors the im
porta nee A one radical change in the newspaper system
[ .rive it as the deliberate result of fourteen years ol
newspaper experience, that the credit system to subscri
bers i the Wateet of business follies and blunders.—
I have not >l>ao- to dwell on the reasons whieh have
brought in j mind to this eonvtction. I have sorely telt
their”efteotinnd now, no longer interested in the question,
1 declare it is my opinion that, low prices and cash inva
riably in advance for country subscriptions, is a system
iniinitelv better for bulb reader and printer, and a system
indispensable to newspapers success. I trust my successors
may have tile courage to adopt it, aud 1 know, il they do,
that in twelve months they will ace and acknowledge the
wisdom of tip policy.
The public have a deep interest in the establish- j
inr.nt of tlnjeasli system as well as the Printer.—
Pecuniary enilrarrassment, and vioo ous inanacni
inent, arc necessarily incompatible. Place a journal
above this treasure, and it van speak aud act in a
manner worthy ot its elevated calling.
The present proprietors ot the Mere nr ; mirchaa.
ed with tilt paper, its unsettled accounts. Oi these
accounts, between fifteen and twenty thousand dol
lars were qwingr in the country toi subscription.
During thayear which has elapsed since the pur
chase, ertbfts have been made, bv the employment
of tra'vellfo agents, at a liberal compensation, to
recover litis large outstanding claim, and ye< not
one-third 6l the amount has hern collected. This re
suit isdmltu two causes. The first is m the locations
of our subscribers. Composed lor the most pars
of planters, they are scattered all over the country,
and live at tong aud inconvenient distances from each
other Tie collector arrives in one of our country
neioliborhtods, where the subscribers reside at in
tervals of tme, three and live miles. In the morn
ing he stalls on his tour. He finds tins gentleman
gone on ajvisit, another just lei t for the city, a tliiul
will settle, the next time, aad so on, until night clo
ses his tilUglltno ami linrclltnnorotivo I.borK, ami Im
returns toiiiis quarters, with a heavy heart and emp
ty pocket. This is the t xperience ot all collectors ;
and it is tip natural fruit of a system which requires
the creditij to travel after his dues, from those sit
uated as ale the country patrons of the Mercury.
The seclnd cause is in the remissness of the sub
scriber. ye do not impute to thefr.ends of the
Mercury nl excess of this prevailing sin We know
that we furl better than many others, Indeed, when
we rentemler how steadfastly the friends of the
Mercury h.le stood hy it through evil and good re
port, how family they have clung to it in the wars
ol party, ael how almost wothoui example, it has
been sheltferl front the usual proscription of vie- j
tory, our Icaits swell with mingled feelings of !
gratitude sal pride. We cannot, however, conceal
the fact, tha: the present system of collecting in- !
volvesforeat ixpense and little profit. In numbers we
believe thatkur list exceeds that, ol any paper in the i
State; and fifr respectability and influence, we match j
it against mb in the land. On those we iclvtor !
the success ol the coming change.
Theie is nijv due ns from our subscribers out of
Charleston, towards of $20,000. How can we re- j
duco this heavy amount without a resort to harsh !
measures, witlithose who are dilatory 1 There is j
but one way—She cash system.
We are at alias to conceive any reasonable oh
jeeihm to this An. There is not a subscriber to ■
tho Mercurv, to whom it is not just ns convenient
to pay for bis piper, at the begininng, us at the end j
of the year. Tie small tax of five dollars, will be j
scarcely felt, if |hid in advance, and punctually on j
the renewal oi the subscription, instead ot being,
loft to accumulate from year to year. And more j
than all, he will je relieved from the unpleasant, j
ness and inconvenience of being dunned.
We- therefore iommence the new year with the i
new system, ami our rules hereafter shall bo j
invariably as folllws:
All orders for fie paper out ol Charleston must j
he accompanied by - the cash, or the paper will not j
he forwarded.
At the expiration of his year, each subscriber
will he furnishedjwith his account, and a failure on J
his part to remit kill he considered as a wish to dis
continue the papet.
All motleys reiiiltcd by mail are at our risk, and j
a Postmaster’s ceuifivate will ebdeemed a satislae- ,
tory voucher tlietbof.
Postmasters anil others remitting S2O, will be cn- j
titled to five eopiej of our tri-weekly paper for one
year.
We cannot do!jt that this arrangement will
commend itself tifour country friends generally, and
we rely equally uiou their intelligence and genero
sity to sustain us n rigidly enforcing it.
Affray.
On the night of Wednesday last, two men, named
John Calvin and Wm, Stains, of Girard, Ala., we are
informed, mado a riurderous assault upon K. B. W,
SrivEV, of this city: with pistols. In the melee , Mr.
Spivey’s son brought him a double-barrelled gun, with
whieh he shot both ltL assailants. We are told that
they are both in a dying condition. Mr. Spivey receiv
ed a hall in the hand and another on the head, lie is
not seriously injured.
The Supreme Court and the Fugitive Slave
Law.
The Supreme Court of the United States, in a late
decision, sustained tho law of Illinois, which prohibits,
under penalty, any citizen from harboring or secreting
fugitive slaves. The decision of Prigg vs. the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, lias been generally inter
preted as affirming the exclusive jurisdiction of the Uni
ted States in the whole matter of fugitive slaves, and
has formed the excuse of all the Northern States for en
actments refusing the use of their jails for the detention
of fugitives, and prohibiting all State officers for assist
ing in their capture. In the late decision, the Supreme
Court limits the decision in that case to such laws as
obstruct the enforcement of tho United States law, and
impede the master in the recovery of his property, and
condemns, in language most unequivocal, all Slate legis
lation impeding and obstructing the assertion, by the ow
ner, of his right to his slave.
South Carolina College.
One hundred and eight students have applied for and
received dismissals from this institution. The cause of
offence is, that the Trustees have refused to abolish the
Commons Ilall of tho College. They profess their wil
lingness to return, if their request is complied with.
They seem to prefer tho “flesh-pots of Egypt” to Casta
lia’s fount.
The Cabinet.
The friends of Mr. Honth, who, „ ot | onff eine( .
were opposed to having hint go i nto tho Cabiuet
the correspondent of the Standard, art „„„
that he cannot, with propriety, decline, m general is th
demonstration among the Democrats of Congress in f i
vor of his acceptance. Hr. Hunter left Washington
on the 29tli ult., for his home in Virginia, and will
doubtless indite his acceptance from that point.
The feeling against the appointment of Mr.
to a Cabinet appointment, seems to be strong among p,
members. This is the result of !-.is very ultra Buchan,
auism before the nomination. Senator Downs is much
preferred to him ; they are both Union Democrats.
Terrible Accident.
A gas pipe exploded at So. 409 Broome st.. Yew
York, lately, and the coal vault of Edwin 15. Clayton
became densely filled with gas. One of the servants
of the house, followed by Mr. Clayton, entered the
vault, with a lamp ; the gas immediately exploded, and
severely burnt them both. The servant was in a dying
condition at last accounts, and Mr. Clayton was much
disfigured.
linptists in Mississippi.
There are 40,000 Baptists in the State. At a late
State Convention the sum of $30,000 was subscribed
towards the endowment fund of SIOO,OOO, proposed t
be raised for the Literary and Theological Institution
located at Clinton, Mississippi.
Round Robins.
President Pierce is much troubled with these bil
lets, if we are to believe the news mongers. One hun
dred {tnd forty members of the Virginia Legislature
have signed one in favor of Jlarbour. The Electors
tor Ohio signed one for .Mr. Alrhakv. Dobsix’s
friends in North Carolina, signed one in favor of
Judge Strange. Such letters are hardly more decent
than “buckets,” and are only fit to he used in kind
ling the fire.
Election of Directors.
’1 lie follow ing gentlemen were on yesterday elected
Directors ot the Mechanics’ IJatik for the ensuing year :
Thomas S. Metcalf, Artemas Gould, .lames i>. Dish
op, Alfred Baker, Josiah Sibley, James I!. Walker, F.
Blodgett, Williams. Roberts, Jacob Danfortli; ami at
a subsequent meeting of the Board, Thomas S. Metcalf
wavs re-elected President. —Con si. A’ Riyntblie.
Dublin Documents.
Wc are indebted to lion. J. Johnson and Hon. J. W.
•Jackson, for valuable public documents.
During the year 1852, there were nineteen murders
in New York city.
The Vice-President elect, Mr. Kino, is seventy-two
ar sos age.
The Italian stage has been honored by the debut of
Princess Donna Maria Pieeolomini, daughter of the
i Prince of that name.
; In 1850, the labor of the South gave those elements, with
| out which American commerce at the North could not ex
: ist a moment, in the following enormous quantities:
! Rice. 215,312,710 pounds.
Tobacco, 109,752,646 pounds.
Cotton, 2,270,000 bales,
j Sugar Cane, 247,581,000 pounds.
.Molasses, 12,700,600 gallons.
I tw William Henry Trescott, Esq., of South Carolina,
! was confirmed on Thursday hy theU. S. Senate,as Seereta
| ry of Legation at London.
! High-Priced Breadstuff.—Flour lias been selling at
j $42 a ban-el, with a possibility of going higher, as it isnear
j ly all in the hands of speculators.— Cal. Observer.
Florida Lrguoß Bill.—A bill has passed the Senate ol
; the Legislature of Horida, authorizing the qualified voters
in each Justice’s district to determine, by ballot, whether
| licenses for retailing spirituous liquors shall be granted in
! that district. This bill, it is said, w-ill also pass the House.
I ggT The Vermont liquor law provides that any intoxi-
I cate,l man may bo arrested and committed to prison until
! he is in a condition to tell where he got his liquor, and if he
; refuses to divulge, is locked up till he relents. This law is
j to be voted upon by the people.
I ss”5 s ” Large quantities of hogs, slaughtered in Columbus
and Cleveland, Ohio, and shipped to New York by railroad
have been entirely spoiled.by warm weather. Twenty-eight
| ear loads in one train became so putrid, that the stench was
j an intolerable nuisance to the villages that they had to pass
| through.
(<OM M U SIC AT h’ D.)
“E Clampsns Vitus.”
At-the last meeting of this Ancient Order, the fol
j lowing persons were elected te fill tha principal offices •
Maj. A. B. RAGAN, N. G. H.
Dr. S. A. BILLING, It. H. S.
I. T. ROBINSON, Re-elected Sec. lc Treas.
; The order is in its infancy in this city, but wo learn it
j already numbers 45 or 59 members. The Lodge room
i is in Temperance Hall. This being the first Lodge in
I the State it is to be the Mother or Grand Lodge, also.
Meeting of I lie Stockholders of the Muscogee
Rail Road,
Columbus, January 3,1853
At a meeting of the Stockholders, held this day in the
j city ol Columbus, on motion of Col. Hines Holt, Jakes
Wimberly, Esq. was called to the chair, and John Forsvth
Esq., requested to net as Secretary,
j I >r. Ware laid on the table the annual Reports of the
officers of the Company, and moved that they be read bv
j the Secretary—which Wits done.
I Col. Hines Holt moved that the report be received
! adopted and referred to the new board of Directors, to be
’ elected for the current year. (Adopted.)
| <>n motion of Col. Holt, a committee of three was ap
| ffi’inted to examine the fist of Stockholders and report the
I names and amount of stock entitled to vote for Directors
I Col. Van Leonard, Messrs. D. A.lamsand H. Middlebrook
j constituted that committee, and having performed the
duty assigned them, on motion, the meeting proceeded to
! ballot for Directors for the year 1853.
| Four thousand aud forty seven sfiares being represented
j m person and by proxy, the result of the balloting was the
i election of the following gentlemen:—Daniel Griffin il
i Holt, R. Fatten, C. J. Williams, J. D. Gray R L Mo-t
j and P. Adams.
Mr. llarvy J lail offered the following resolution pre-
I fared by remarks highly complimentary to tho valuable
and untiring efforts of Maj. John 11. Howard, the late
I resident of the Road, in the service of the company and
expressive ot the lasting obligations to which the company
;is well as the public, were under to him for zeal which
lie had displayed in commencing, the ability in carrying on
and tile triumphant success whieh had crowned the arduous
duties of his position. He also paid a merited tribute to
th edevotion of Dr. R. A. \\ are to the interest of th *
company and the important services lie had rendered it as
its Secretary, Treasurer and one of its Directors.
Resolved, That in view of the important services ren
dered by Maj. .John IX. Howard as President of the Mus
cogee R. li. Company—we the SttckhoMen ot said com
pany do vote him a Silver Pitcher of value of SIOO with
suitable devices olid inscriptions.
, Also Resolved, That fur the services rendered by Hi
R. A. Wate, we do vote him a Pitcher worth SSO/
Col. f hilt rose to second the resolution and advocated
it m terms of eulogy of Maj. Howard’s services and per
sonal sacrifices to the public good. Dr. R. A. Ware also
spoke in the same strain and expressed the opinion ’thu
but for Maj. 1 loward, the road would not this dav be com
pleted. The resolution wits unanimously alonted
picveu. ane resolution was unanimously slopted.
Mr. D. Griffin offered the following:
Resolved, That the chair appoint a committee to csrrv
the foregoing resolutions into eliect
Which was adopted and Messrs. D. Griffin, H. Holt and
u. JtiaU, appointed the committee.
The following resolution offered by Col. Holt, was unau
imously adopted:
Resolved, By tho Stockholders of the Muscogee Rail
Road Company, that John 11. Howard, former President,
and it A. \Vare.tornier Treasurer and Secretary be placed
on the tree list lor and during their natural live*.
, M W u as . orde L • that the proceedings ofthi*
meeting be published in the city paper*
Jobs; Fobjyth, Sei JAMt:S WIMBERLY, Chin.
ftp” The witty editor of the SpriqgfieM SI:-
publican, noticing the assiduous announcements
in the Boston papers of Gen. Pierce's where
abouts, whenever lie happened at the Tremont
House for au hour or two, says. “General
Pierce, attended the Rev. Dr. Kirk’s church on
Sunday, and visited the public schools on Mon
day. Vi e await with breathless anxiety the re
port of his doings on Tuesday, and hope that he
will not do anything terrible on Wednesday, for
the papers to announce on Thursdav, and go in
to ecstacios over on triday, so that the world
‘* la y S e V tfuietd down on Saturday sufficiently 10
be able to keep Sunday in a proper and becom
ing manner.”