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THE TIMES k nnn! lomax & bobwell ellis, B*!TO*e AH PROrI*TOR*. ■IB UI'VIBKLT TIMBS *• SBSIISfEL U pbli*h4 IPIRT WEOXMRDJ T tad fRID.IT.MGRX arm uU ijtubdjt wre-rixa. •f| VBIKLY TlS** SBBTISEI, U yakKshsri srsry TUMtDJ T -W OMXtXO. O&n ro Xsadalpk Strest, opposite th# Post Offiee. 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.”