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FOB THE TIMES AND SENTINEL. Col. Winter : I still call you Colonel, al though it would be as difficult. I imagine, for you to establish your right to that title, as you will find it to be, at the end of the various in vestigations which must take place, to satisfy the public, that you did not break the Bank of St. Mary’s, by appropriating its funds to your individual purposes. But the first object 1 have in view is to relieve your apprehensions, and those of the widows and orphans “in and about St. Mary’s,” as well as those of all other widows and orphans, in reference to the judgment which I have obtain ed against the Bank of St. Mary’s, in the name of the” State upon my information, and which on their account only, seems to be the imme di- te cause of your furious attack upon me.-- Be it known then, that the proportion of any Judgment I have obtained, or may hereafter obtain, against the Bank of St. Mary’s, which may be liable to be paid by any widow or or phan, or by the present stock in that bank of any widow or orphan, shall be remitted. A word with respect to bill holders. I un derstand, that there is notone dollar's worth of effects of the Bank of St. Mary’s, which could now be any judgment against it ;and therefore if its unsatisfied liabilities are to be paid at all, they must be paid out oi ine effect-; in your hands belonging either to yourself, or the Eank, and over which you hav-- abso lute control. Now,! Col. Winter, take those effects and redeem the depreciated liabilities ot the Bank. l)o not reserve a single dollar on my account, or upon the supposition that I may. at some distant day, obtain a final Judgment against the Bank, for •‘547,5<0. I call upon the bill holders, to call upon you, and upon your “ample fortune,” for the immediate sat isfaction of their claims, f pledge myself, as under a contract, not to interrupt you, if at any time, I should find you appropriating the means of the Bank in your hands, to the payment of the just claims ofany bill holder, who is unconnected with the Bank.— But 1 need not make this exception ; for you know, Col. Winter, as well as you know where the assets of the Bank arc : that I have not now, and will not have hereafter, any power over you in this respect, whatever judgment I may finally obtain against the Bank. This you ought to have made known to the public : you -oughtto have done it too, in a few words ; von should have said simply: ‘‘/Am’/ /•• nl-irmnl: there is nothing b/Mnaingiothe Haul:, irh,rlt xjudg ment can reach: ami / willp-iy ‘•< ‘ fortune,” all of your claims, and leave Clayton'; judgment, ifhe should ever get a final one, to . satisfy itself.” This would have been much more agreeable no.ioubt, to the bill holders and widows and orphans,,(if they should not have been s. un kind and suspicious as not to believe it,) than the sonorous roar of the artil'ery, which your valor and vengance directed againsi one, so humble and unimportant as myself So much in justice and kind feelings toward - bill holders, widows and orphans You and myself can now remain without further caii-e of misunderstanding, so far as this subject is concerned ; and in as rnttchasyou say, that “ it understood that /am not .# ..'/.a/ f, r r/f. for as a stockholder in the Hank. i’r recent ‘ > i has not caused even a moment’s uneasinessand that you “speak solelv for those who hold the liabilities of the Bank'” I cannot see, why we may not, as soon as I shall have corrected the erroneous impressions, which.youreuminu nication is likely to make upon the public mind respecting the condition, Os the .St Marys Bank, your own condition, and your connec tion with Bank, (in all of which the public feels a deep interest,'! shake hands and remain hereafter on social terms ; unless indeed, one who has been, for ten years, more notorious than any man that ever lived, for ihe number of his open and willful violations of laws, train ed expressly for the protection of the public, against evil doers, would be ashamed to asso ciate with a neighbor, who, upon ‘.he invitation of the sovereign people, as expressed through Legislative enactments, seeks to have one halt of the penalties annexed to a very trilling por tion of those violations, and offences inflicted upon the offenders. You own about three fourths of the stock in the Bank of St. Mary's; and therefore you will be liable to pay three fourths of any judgment I may finally obtain against it. But this gives you “not one mo ment of uneasiness,” anil lias been by no means Concerned in exciting you to make an angry, assault upon me. No, you are angry, you are furious, because I may fix affability upon the slock of the widows and orphans, who own a part only, of the remaining fourth !! The last report of the Bank of St. IMarv s which I have been enabled to find alter diligent search, was made bv you under oath, and beai date as late asthe 31st of May, >8)1. i would not pretend to question the truth id the state ment of the condition of the Bank, made in that report. It was no doubt true; abbrev iated. the following is that statement. VSSETS. specie.. t i m Notes of other. Batiks I ■>.’ ■ ‘ 1 Cash balance and due hi Banks and a • tils.. I**,.” 1 *W— 471.":! Id t tills of Exchange mam-iiig Stocks • _ 1 1 loads and Mortgages *•,!•. .> Notes discounted H'M*-’ 7< Advanceoa cotton to.I I ."’ n. ftetd Estate unit personal properly 1 ■’ 3- Notesand bills in indeco.t nl 1.>.:.'t‘.l $820,467 77 LI t 111 LI TIES. Unpaid dividends 2,440 l.i Deposits 7 1 .0 I s I’■ Circulation 4811.50 U 00— ..13“ Now deduct the whole amount of the liabili ties $543,888,61 from the whole amount of as • sets, and we find that even as late as the .‘list of May 1851, the Bank had good assets enough, (nearly the whole of them convertible almost immediately into cash if it had been necessary: to redeem her circulation, and to pay her lia bilities, ands ill have left a surplus ot #276,- 574,11. This same report, lie it remembered, says that only *8,600 us the debts duo to the Bank are considered doubtful, and that the bad debts had been carried to the account ol profit and loss; and were therefore not includ ed in the statement. Now <HI Winter, what have you dene with these assets ! What have you done with the money and effects which be longed to “the widows and orphans in and about Ft. Mary’s 1” According to your own statement, in your late communication, the li abilities of the Bank, still unredeemed, amount to over 8200,000 say 225,000 ; for no doubt, that is low enough; and we find in your hands, a fraction over one half of a million of dollars For in as much, as you have in your hands, all that belongs to the Bank, you of course, have the funds received for the 22 >,ooostill in circula tion, as well as the §276,574,11. 1 again ask, where is this halt of million ot assets belonging to the Bank of It. Mary’s 1 You have no right to abuse any body, for any thing, unit; you ac count tor this hall of a million in direct, plain and understandable terms If you arc entitled to credits for had debts due the Bank, and created since that report was made, tell the public who they are who owe th se debts. Give the names, and also the circumstances, giving rise to the mistake under which you la bored when you allowed them to he created. To the question where? which 1 have asked you to answer in reference to this half of a million, you will answer as echo would; where? and lest you mtiv give such an answer, I will tell the public where it is. It is vested in two or three hundr. and negroes and in plank roads in Alabama; and I have yet to see, in the public prints, a card of Col. Winter, requesting the holders of the bills of the Bank , ot St. Mary’s, to come forward and take negroes ‘ at fair valuation in payment of the bills'they hold Negroes never sold higher than they do now. At any rate, they are. I believe, vastly higherthan they were when you purchased the larger portion of the large number you now hold. Bring them over to Columbus, for to Girard, if you are afraid of my judgment;; give twenty days notice < f your intention to sell them for the liabilities ot the Bank us St. Mary’s, until the last dollar is redeemed, and you will acclompli h two great things—first, you will bring the biffs of that Bank to par as soon as your notice appears, and secondly, you will get good prices; yea, very high prices for the uegroes. As to how plank roads would sell. 1 venture no opinion ; but you can it you will, in one month, redeem every bill of that Bank now in circulation by the sale of property at high prices, which is injustice the property of the j Bank, and in part, ot widows anil orphans.— j Why have you not done this already l Is it because you thought u more profitable to : promise, and promise from time to time, doing nothing: creating and keeping up the idea in the mind of the bill holder tnat ‘‘these bills, like the bills of other broken banks, may get worse and worse, notwithstanding fair prom ises, and I had better take something while I can ”t:t it.” I regret that your attack upon me to“k sych adirection, in some respects, that it | my duty as a matter ot defence, to quote the following passage from your cornmunication, and to reply to it. “ in all my trial# and vexations, arising from . the malign action of the ill disposed, by the j blessing of providence I have been sustained j by the almost unparalleled confidence and in I dulgcnce of the great public, and the unremit- ! ted kindness of my personal Iriends.” That “ % mat public,” has recently done what 1 ‘ They have, through theirrepresentatives,chosen for “their integrity, fidelity, impartiality, and I good judgment, and sworn to present “no one ; for envy, hatred or malice,” made a present- 1 ment and found a true bill against you after, as I it is publicly understood, a long and caieful examination of the affairs ot the Bank of St. ; Mary’s. As you wilt no doubt give me future occasion to refer to this subject, and other; proofs ol the confidence which the “great pub- i lie,” have in you, I leave it for the present to devote a few closing remarks to change bills. It iam a “public informer,” in being.so, F have 1 been a public senefactok. I have done what thousands said ought to be done, yet taken as individuals, they were afraid to do. it is use less to disguise it, they were afraid of your power, of your cunning, of your money influ ence over courts and jurors, and of the cry of “ public informer,” which the lawless and rapacious always, in such cases, raise for their protection. Now for a short history of my op position to your shinplaster issues. You commenced the issue of these illegal pa pers in this city, about the time of your remo val here in 1842 or 3, You manifested your in ’ erition to carry it on upon a largo scale ;by having a second engraving made. You carried out that intention, You studied the law; that law which the sovereign people of this state, intended should prevent the circulation of such paper, whatever its shape, form or pe culiarities might be. You came to the conclu sion, that by putting them in the form of a bill * of exchange, dated in Apalachicola, Florida, i beyond the jurisdiction ol the State, and drawn upon tiie Bank of Ft. Mary’s, you could set ! those laws at defiance ; that the meshes ot the I law might do very well to hold common men; ■ hut that so tar as you were concerned, they i were mere cobwebs across the path ot the Ele ’ phut. When the hard times of 1842 & 3 passed i away, and with them all tolerable apology for continuing them in circulation as change, > your issues, instead of diminishing, increase-.'. I Strong opposition to such circulation grew up, : until 1846, if not earlier, the two leading press* s es in this city, one of each political party, took grounds again- tyou. Your conduct and ■ your cupidity, your disregard of. and con ’ tempt for the law, were freely and fully discussed I ‘i he Grand Jury, with Judge Calhoun (at the i time of his death Governor of New Mexico.) t as foreman, made a strong presentment against 1 your change bill circulation upon public grounds, using the strongest of language, and the soundest of reasoning. The city council, s even while you were Mayor, passed resolu • tions, the < bjeet of which was to put down the : evil, by directing its officers not to receive i change bills in payment of taxes, or other ‘ debts due the city. ’ I joined in the opposition * and commenced,” by presenting your change ’ bills at the counter ot the Bank of St. Mary's • tor redemption, tis fast as they came into my - hands. ‘! his led to the publication, in the ■ city papers oi the following curd from you 1 “.Some persons having of late, tor reasons | best known to themselves, endeavored to cre ate an unfavorable impression with regard to | the change bills issued by the subscriber, this ] is to give notice, that he has always been, is | now, and expects ever to be. both able and | willing to redeem them promptly. He invites : all those in this region, who wish to convert 1 them, to present them at the counter of the Bank of St. Mary’s, in sums of five dollars ’ or more. Although they are not made paya -1 bio hero for the convenience of the public they will be redeemed here. As persons have made it their business for something better to do, to annoy the Teller by presenting one bill at a time, for the mere purpose ot annoyance, the Teller will hereafter require, that they shall be presented in sums ol five dollars, and upwards. They will be redeemed in small or large sums in payment, or on deposit. They will be redeemed in’New York at iny office, corner of Wall and Williams si., in Savannah at the office ot W. S. Bale, &, so , and in this city at the Bank ol Ft. Alary’s, as before men tioned. J NO. G. WINTER.” Fora well written Editorial upon this note, and condemnatory of your change bills and wholesale violations ot law, 1 refer you to the file of tiie Columbus Times, under date of the 4th of March 1846, 1 refer you also to a com munication ot mine, over the signature of “Citi zen” in the Columbus Enquirer ot the same date, in answer to this note, and containing an argument designed to induce this community to put away the nuisance. 1 am sorry that it is too long for insertion in this comunication, i will endeavor to introduce it on another oc casion. ! ; ave copied your note for tiie purpose of: shoving, that von did not, even as far Back a -1846. pretend to fiaso your .apology so: the eon- j tinuauce ol’ vom offences, upon the ground, that ; the public needed your change hills on account j . of the difficulty of getting silver change: but j upon the ground that they were good. They] arc still good, and v, hvj IB cause vou are more ! houml, either in law or in conscience, to redeem : them. (Inin yon arc to tedeem (he hills of the, : Bank of St. .Mary's? Not at all ; for I have shown that, the debts of the Hank are your debts —debts (il yom sol the highest obligation ; lie cans,■ yon had in voiir hands, as an officer, the futid-of tin-Dank which ought !■• go it once to the payment oi ‘them. Then why arc thev stiff; good—stiff tedeemed It is because you fear that if they wear; mu paid, it would be much easier for me to get a judgment against vou — that- is your opinion of Courts and Juries; while it affords me pleasure to see, that 1 have been tiie means of driving you, not only to re deem these lawless shinplastcrs, but to redeem them at par. i have shown that no threats; no individual ! opposition; no newspaper opposition; no pre-! sentments of Grand Juries; no resolution of, City Council, nor even “annoying the Teller;” j no tufts of gras- thrown at the old boy to bring him down from the tree whose forbidden fruit! his cupidity was gathering, availed to do morel than to draw from him the short, note 1 have j copied. At last it, occurred to me “to try what j virttf there v.v. > in stone-.” t brought him ‘ down: i have not only been the means of ar resting all but the secret issue of these change | hills, and tints reducing to a vast extent the i amount in the hands of the public at the time of j the failure of the Rank, but I have also been the I means of causing such as remained in circula tion to be redeemed at par. But notwithstanding all this opposition, you j have not been prevented from making, by inter- 1 est alone on these shinplasters, some two him- j j died thousand dollars. Our item of the profits ] of violating the law. You and “the ablest counsel i:i Western j ! Georgia” leave no doubt that the .Supremo Court! j will reverse the decision of Judge Iverson. — j Now in as much as “the ablest t tonnsel in Wes- . i tern Georgia” are on one side of the case and : Judge. Iverson is on neither, and is not behind j any counsel in Western Georgia a- to legal i reputation. I shall not agree with you until the event shall-take place. Nor will i discuss these legal questions in the tn-wspa pet s, lest the Judges ofvthe Supreme Court might happen to read them, and conclude that 1 was endeavoring to affect them in advance or to manufacture future opinions for Courts and Juries. P- A. CLAYTON. January 12, 1853. | (KT Waxtlo.—One voting married lady, i who is willing to begin housekeeping in the same | : style in which her parents began. Wanted. — Twenty fashionable young ladies, who dare to be seen wielding a dusting brush, or darning their brother's stockings, if a gentleman should happen to make an early morning call. Wan ted.—Twenty independent voting ladies, of “good families,” who dare to wear their last winter’s bonnets to church on a clear Sunday. ! Wanted. —The same number of young ladies. : “who are anybody,” who dare to be seen in Broadway, wearing shoes with soles thick ] enough to keep their feet warm. IT anted. —The ] same number of young ladies, ot sufficient age J “to go into company,” who dare confess they j ever made a loaf of bread. ~~CQLUMBIJS. GA. Tuesday"morning, January, is, 1853- To our Country Subscriber*. W* arc satisfied that flit- credit, system will breaK i down any paper, and have resol roil to adopt and adhere : to the following terms, which will in no case he devia- j ted from: Ist. Xo new name will bo added to out* subscription I ; list, out of Columbus, unless the subscription money is j ; paid in advance. id. At tie; expiration of his war. each subscriber ] ! will be furnished with his account, and on failure on hi* part t-> remit the money, his name will be stricken j from our books, and his paper discontinued. 3.1. Where subscription bills are not paid before the | end of the year, we will charge S3 for our Weekly, j and $6 for our Tri- Weekly. O’ All ‘money remitted by mail is at our risk. A \ror<l or two about Ourselves—The Cash System. We are determined to publish a firsf rate paper, or j none. We cannot succeed in our purpose unless we j abandon tiie credit system. This is our deliberate judg j ment, and we are sustained in it. by the concurrent ; voice of the entire press at the South. The credit sys- J ten* destroyed the Southern Press, it has consumed the i \ vitals out of the Southern Quarterly , and has inflicted . a fatal wound upon nearly all the newspapers of the j Smith, under which they drag our a miserable’ and sick- ‘ l ]y lib . Wo covet, a nobler end, and if w. must die, we prefer to tall a martyr to the; assertion of a principle, j 1 which Sos the las!, importune*’ so the Southern public, i and to our profession. With the beginning of anew year, we have opened j * new hook*. Tri-weekly subscribers, win* have not j - paid ui advance, owe us firm dollars, which they will i l please pay at their earliest convenience. Our Weekly j subscribers, who have not paid in advance, owe us two j ’ dollars, which they will also pleas*- remit by mail, at our j isk\ on th - first, opportunity. By so doing you ‘ ’ will enable tis soon to enlarge our paper, vary our eon* j tents, supply the latest telegraphic intelligence, and take j 1 our rank with the best papers in the South, or the Union. We refer you t* our terms in this paper, and 1 beg you to read thorn. ’ The positions there assume.l in -y seem harsh to | j some of you ; but they are really kind and considerate, •> , not only to ourselves, but. also to you. What Southern j j j man ofany position is there, who is not bored with pa- j , pets he does not w ant and cannot stop ? The cash sys- 1 - j tom will relieve you from ibis annoyance. What one * | of you bus not been surprised with the presentation of : | hilis for large amounts for subscriptions, which you j | have been compelled to dispute or have paid with re- 1 , ‘ luctancc? The cash system is the only remedy for ; s , this evil. \\ hat one of you hav * not seen papers, in * the success of which you felt the deepest interest, go ‘ ’ down, whil Northern Abolition sheets realize fortunes for their vile conductors. The eredit system has been | * the rniu of the one; llm cash system the salvation of - 1 the other. Thu Southern people must learn !• pay : > j cash for their own papers, or be content t• bear the dis * ; grace of having incompetent or dishonorable men at j the head of the Press—men who waste the little cash . they can get upon their lusts, and sponge on printers, f . paper makers, and hotel keepers, for composition, pa . i per and hoard, and will sell their opinions to the man j j *r party which pays highest. Wo desire every subscribe-!’ to rend this article, and j then fore bring it to a close, without having so much as entered upon the threshold of the subject. Wo ask the Kdifoi-s of Georgia and Alabama to adopt our ; terms. Th* two first aiv taken from the t ’.arleston Mercury. The third is an expedient of our ow n, to pay tiie expense of collecting those accounts which may not be paid by the end of the year. ♦‘Mill Harping on My Daughter. *• The Washington Republic, tin* organ of the retiring j administration, finds its chief pleasure and political profit ! j (?) in lurping on the ineongruiti. sos the Democratic par- I tv, about to he in.-iugmated with Gen. Pjerck anils head, j , 3 low, exclaims the Editor, with tender solicitude for i the welfare of tin* President elect, can In* bestow bis I favors on tlm “Soemis, the Forsyths and the Vena-! j Ki.es*’ <-u one side, and the ‘‘Dixes, Van Hijkkns.” Cce,, j ion the other ? How can he bring a Northern Union I . ! Democrat like a Gorman into friendly union and f'el lowship with a Southern man like a Davis or a Me ! Donaj.u l W e can tell the Editor how it will not be j done—to wit; by consulting the Wliigfi; and it will, j be done without giving him the least trouble or respon sibility in tin’ doing of it. The Republic, looks at this : question with Whig eves—jaundiced eyes, And he; , regards it with an utter obliviousness of that mighty pa- ‘ nacca which lately compromised all differences, and in i augurated that political millennium wherein the lion and j *he. lamb lie down in peace together, and the Unionists j and J* ire-ea-ters are as friendly, soft and docile as cooing j doves, f hat should be tlm Republic's wav ofaceoun'* I iug for it, for we think t!.e compromise owns that paper i ; on.- of its arehiteds. But we have a better way of ; meeting the difficulty. Gen. Pikro . will not be em barrassed by, <r persecuted with, the im port unities of j Southern Rights D irmcrnis :r other. Os the gentle- j nun named by flic Republic, and whom it always holds j up in conjunction, mud an honorable group it is.) we ap- j prebend that none of them will condescend to ask Gen. j Rifbce fora place. Senator Soi;lk is too well content • i> be the honored Senator of a sovereign Stale to become : a mendicant at the White Hows,*. \V ho that knows ,J v.y ferson Dams will suspect him of bonding the dignity of his noble character, that thrift may follow fawning?** Mr. V enable, of North Carolina, too. will appear in an entirely new phase of character when he joins the beg gar throng that importun.s for Presidential favors. And, in respect to our predecessor, Mr. Eorbvth, we happen to know what are bis views; mid they are that there is not a p*t in the gift >f the President elect, ! high enough r lucrative enough t.* tempt his asking. . under present circumstances. Jle supported General j Pierce from motives of patriotic duty and at the prompt ! principle, and he does not house to forfeit the ! j right to assert that fact, by waiting in the ante-room of J | the Presidential Mansion with a petition in his hands, i i he is right. Office loses all its r.spoefability when i ; sought alter and intrigued and bargained for. Ic be- I ■ stows honor only when it seeks the man. Rut, with the lights before us the Republic may j make itself easy on the score of the prospects of the j ; Rights wing of the Democracy. We claim Gen, i j Piercers ‘*ouo of us;” and it is certainly “sugges- ! j live” that the only gentleman now certainly known to have been offered a seat in the new Cabinet, is one of the best and brightest spirits in the State Rights school. \\ here R. M. f. Hunter is Premier, there is little dan- J ger ot a Cabinet in which loyalty to the rights and | sovereignty of the States will be held a crime. Murder. We noticed in our last issue the affray between Col. | Sri vie y, and Forty Stains and Calvin. Our infornia | ~on was l!* e two last were dangerously, if not mor j tally wounded. We now learn that they have both ; .-soaped across ihe river, and that Col. Spivey’s little j sou, who came to his father's rescue, died on Monday [ night last from wounds indicted upon him bv the men j who assaulted bis father. there must be great want ot efficiency in onr police, or deficiency in its organization, or it would be impossi ble for murderers to come into our community, commit crime, and escape punishment. Muscogee Bail Hoad. At a meeting of the new Board of Directors of this Bead, held in this city last week, Mr. Daniel Griffin was elected President, and David Adams, Treasurer. More competent offioers could not have been chosen. Mr. Stephens on Cuba- Mr. Stephens has made a very sensible speech on Ouba. \Ve concur entirely with him, and we are right glad to do so for once. He has no particular desire to acquire Cuba at this time, especially as Spain is umvil- 1 ling to part with the island ; but he will make no pledges for the fntufe. ‘Tel the future take card of itself.” He indulges, however, in a strain of congratulation ’ over the “compromise,” which, we think, neither tire manner of its passage, nor the history of events since, at all justifies. The furor of abolition fanaticism has nut at all abated siuee the occurrence of that auspicious ? event. Indeed, anew impulse has been imparted to it by the flood of abolition literature which has followed the appearance of Mrs. Stowe’s infamous book: and, we doubt not, but that hereafter the power and influ ence of this party will be more portentous and eon trolling over the legislation of the country when occa sion otters for them to try their strength. Mr. S. congratulates the country that, by the pas sage of the compromise, the principle was established, that when a territory applies for admission into the Union, it may come in, with or without slavery, as the ] people ia such territory may determine for themselves. ] j Mr. S. admits that the “compromise” only covered the ! : territory to which it applied ; but “the principle is ! | much mure comprehensive and of much greater value.” j j Doubted, Mr. S. Principles have been established in j j a much more solemn manner than this one was, for the j ! benefit of the South, which have been trodden under j foot by a reckless Northern majority. Witness the Missouri compromise ; the fugitive slave law : the ta riff compromise; and the principle which was even engrafted into the constitution, that slaves should only be taxed three-fifths of their value : which one of them has been respected ? Indeed, we deny that any principle was established by the compromise. The North, with few exceptions, voted against its most vital measures : and even those few Northern statesmen who voted out and out tor the Utah and New Mexico bills, in which the principle is con tained, which Mr. S. regards of such moment, did so upon the avowed ground that God had stamped the ! I Wilmot Proviso upon every rook and valley of those j j territories; and boldly expressed their determination j never to admit another State into the Union which j tolerated slavery in its limits. Such were the declara i tions of Mr. Webster, the great leader of New Eng j land, and, indeed, of Northern sentiment; and became I i well nigh losing his popularity by the cuius.- he pur- j ] sued in reference to those measures. And where angels j stumbled, men may well dare to tread, | No ; tiie compromise settled no principle favorable to ! ! the South ; and whenever occasion offers, we venture i the prediction, that the North will trample .Mr. S.’s j “guarantees” in the dust if it become necessary to effect j her selfish purposes, [n God’s name, the farce of the compromise has ! been played long enough. Let us try to forget that j dark chapter in the history of our native land, and turn ’ our eyes and energies to the building up in the South of j a party of principle, which will, in the future, boldly 1 meet and successfully resist the foul wrongs which are : looming up in the future as the heritage of the South. <ll bn...Mr. Everett’s Letter. ] We have read with unmingled satisfaction the very i ] able letter of our accomplished Secretary of State, upon i ] the tripartite treaty into which Franco and England j ! slyly endeavored to inveigle the United States. Among j i other powerful reasons for declining to pledge tiie Uni- ; ted States never in future to annex Cuba to our do- j i minions, Mr. Everett plants himself upon the Dcm- I ooratic principle that the Government of the present day ; has no right to limit the actions of the Government of* a j future day. Ho says : “The Convention would he of ! > value unless it were lasting. Accordingly its u,ms : j express a perprlnihj of purpose mid obligation. \- w : ] it may well be- doubted whether the Constitution of tlm ! i niteii States would allow tiie Government, for all com- ! ing time, und prevent it, under any future change of circumstances, from doing what has so often been done i in times past. Ihe Secretary then gives a brilliant sketch of the growth of these States from J 752, when they were but a million of feeble colonists, scattered ; along the seaboard, to the present day, when they stretch from the St. Lawrence to the Gulf, mid from the Bay ot the Cliesepeake io the Golden Gate of Cal ifornia, bVjWliieh “the great, circuit of intelligence round the globe is completed.” After giving tie- amplest assurances p. Spain of our . “respectful sympathy with tin- Yortum sol mi ancient: ally and gallant people.” be- , a perfect willing- j ness, and indeed a sacred duty on our part, “to leave : her it tile undisturbed possession of the little remnant 1 ■Bfliei- mighty lrans.ailanfe Empire.” But he then ; asks this pertinent .picMion, ••( ■.,„ Spain resist this i j mighty current in tin fortunes of the world?” and an- j j swers it in the following powerful language, which falls j | upon our ear like the voice ot’ prophecy ; j “111 the judgment of the President it would be as ea- I j sy to throw a dam from Cape Florida to Cuba in the j 1 hope of stopping th flow of the Gulf stream as to at i ternpt by a compact like this to fix the fortunes of Cuba j now and for hereafter—or, as expressed in the French j text of the convention, for the present as the future pour le present. Cnnunr, pour I'aceniir, —that is for all coming time. The history of the past—of the re cent past —affords no assurance that twenty years hence France or England will even wish Spain to re tain Cuba. And a century lienee—judging of what : will lie trorn what has been—the pages which record this ; proposition, will, like the record of the family compact I between France and .Spain, have no interest but for the antiquary. Even now the President cannot doubt, that both Franco and England would prefer any change in the condition of Cuba to that which is most to bo ap prehended, viz.: an internal convulsion which should renew the horrors and the fate of St. I tomingo.’’ Election of Judge. At tile request ot highly respectable political friends ; :n Randolph, u publish a call for a Democratic meet i ing to nominate a candidate for Judge of the South i?\ esteni Circuit. f\ bile professing to be a party man I in the strongest sense of tin- word, neither the bounds ! of Ciniecience, and in all tbatrelai.es to our attachments | to party friends, principles ami organization, we feel bound to express our regret at a movement which tends to bring the ermine of the bench into the arena of political strife. We hid supposed that the leading ; object had in view by those who advocated a change in the mode of electing Judges, fa change which Inis onr entire approbation. I transferring tbe election from the Legislature- to the people, was to lift tbs Judgeship above the faction# they had hitherto held, as the more prizes and rewards of party fealty. Wo submit that nothing has been gained, in this particular, at least, if these posts of Judicial dignity and responsibility arc to be the goals of popularity and strength in a party con flict, M i are, therefore, sorry that our friends have started this movement. If to be initiated at ail, vve should have preferred to have seen it begun on tbe other side. We hope, therefore, that both parties will agree to a political amnesty ill respeet to the Judges’ elections, it, however, these offices are to suffer the common lot and be thrown into the arena of party com bat : if the mantle is not to be detur dignissimo, but to the strongest and best party-mail, we, of course, shall enter the struggle oil our side'and do our best for our man, unless there should be u palpable difference in favor ot the opposing candidate in point of character and qualifications. For we hold that, in an office like this, where the rights and liberties of the people are involved party allegiance must give way to public interests. The South-West Georgian. This paper is offered for sale. The reason assigned by Mr. E. A\. Allen, sole Proprietor , is that lie lias “no inclination whatever to appear before the public in any character, much less that of Editor.” A still stronger one, we presume, may be founil in a sentence which we see in another part of the paper. It is this : “Having on hand a set of books with two years’ earnings duly charged, we arc fearful to risk a third year on,the eredit system, lest the i old) books might not hold all, and the profits would not authorize the purchase of a new one. There’s wit in that sentence, though not much wisdom. A venerable writer, in speaking upon buying and selling, uses the following quaint language . “It is naught, it is naught, suith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth,” See also the Horse Swap ’in the Georgia Scenes, which is the best commentary we hove seen on this text. The Eighth January. The return of this anniversary was celebrated by the Columbus Guards, Cnpt. Forsyth, and the City Light Guards, Capt. Cooper, with appropriate niilitar, 1 cere monies. At a shooting match Between tiie companies, a silver cup was won by privateXViLLKT, City Light Guards. In numbers and splendor of equipment, the “Guards” far excelled the “Light Guards,” but we are proud to find that in those capital solidly accomplish ments, a steady hand and an accurate aim, the Light Guards have the advantage. The edemonies of cele bration were continued yn Monday lfcht by a grand Military Ball, given in honor of Capt. Arsv-rii, who has resigned his office in consequence of la contemplated removal to Mobile. The Soil of the South. The January number of this periodicals on our ta ble. We notice several important inijbvements in this volume. It is greatly enlarged—its tlm is chang ed to that of an octavo —and its pages increAd from six teen to thirty-two. We are please and to noticehat Iverson L. Harris and J. Van Buren have connlnced their regular contributions to the Horticultural Apartment. | Such accomplished writers cannot fail to adinaterially ito the value of the work. We do not find ll Camak’s j name among the list of contributors. We h|e to find : him in the next number. j The table of contents is very large, and naly every I article is original, | The accomplished Editors, Messrs. Chamirs and : Peabody, have entered upon the new year \\jfi com mendable zeal and energy, and their editorialslvill be read with great interest. The article from tlapon of tiie Agricultural Editor, oil the subject of “4uno,” contains valuable suggestions, and will be rel with interest. We hope to hear from him again i this subj ect. Wo cannot convey an idea of the value of thiium ber in any other wav so well as by giving the T:j<> of Contents: Agricultural.—Letter from Professor Liebig ; Rmi tim Essay on Draining, by Nelson Clayton; Tno. Cters and Grasses : Clover at the South,by Benjamin Whitld ; I Crab Grass, by Benjamin Whitfield ; Letter from fas# j County : Letter front S. W. Burney; Negro Ho|#; j Brick Making; Culture of Rice, by Wm. Henry Duqy- : Bermuda Grass; Lucerne ; A Lasting Screw,by E. .T.jo- j pell; Enquiries about Guano; Chilis and Fevers, by E:.L J Copell; Colaparehee Agricultural Society ; Cotton (e ----mium Georgia and Alabama Agricultural Soeif; j Warmth Promotes Fat; Testing Building Stories. I Editorial—The New Year; Work lor the Mora;] ] Hauling out Manure; Oats; Rye ; Winter Plowing; T ! Application of Guano ; N. S. G ; Use the Present Meal: Advice to Young Men ; The Right Spirit; The Soutifri ] School Journal. j Horticultural.—Fruit—Flowers ; Letter from Iverjn ; L. Harris ; On the Culture of Fruit at tlio South ; Premili List Chunnenuggee Fair. Editorial. -The New Year; Garden Woork for Jaui ry; The Fruit Orchard and Garden; American Poni logical Congress; Transplanting Trees; The Beauty V Art and the Beauty of Nature; A Tail Cabbage; Tl Sun Flower. Domestic Economy.—Mosquito Bite.#; llow to malt Canaries familiar; Recipe for Cholera: llow to pack Fi) kin Butter; Preserving Eggs; How to make Vinegar ; Si gar of Whey ; Potato and Riee Bread ; Carolina Rice art Wheat Bread; Minute Pudding; Cranberry Pie: India! Bread. The Publishers have been compelled to resort to tli cash system. Old subscribers who do not receive thei “Soil” in tile next few days, may take the hint and sen on their dollar. Dismissal ol the Nicaraguan Minister. j Senor Don Jose de Makooleta, the Minister o ! Nicaragua near our Government, has been perernptori ; ly dismissed by our Secretary of State, lion. Kdwari j Evehf.tt. The difficulty arose pending the negotiation | of the treaty of mediation and settlement between Eng j land, the United States and Costa Rica, lie used un | diplomatic language with respect to Mr. Webster and! the Administration, mid made public some facts in ref-1 erotic- to tiio negotiation, in the newspapers of the! ] country. Oitr Government demanded his Donship’sl recall, but bis Government refused to acced eto the de-I maud. Don Jose, therefore, had the ‘honor of receiv ] ing a note from our Secretary, announcing that “no ] communication can be received from you as Nicaraguan ] Envoy.” But in addition to these alledged indiscretions, there | is no doubt that, the influence of the Canal and Transit ! 1 COnfpnny, aide! by etftiug diplomatic agents hostile to j ; Mr. M-, lias been actively employed against him for ] 1 some time past, not only here, but as far as possible, in I Central America. ‘To Ibis source is probJdy to be at- j i tributc-d the announcement of his rdMen^Treeent num i her of the Gaeeta, or official organ of the Govern- ! ] ment of Costa Rica. Os course, during the present ‘ j Administration, Mr. Makcoleta cannot again l-epre | sent Nicaragua, but it is possible that his post may be | j left unfilled til! Cxen. Pieuce comes in, when he may ‘ | be reappointed, as it is likeiy that a different policy will < | then prevail as respects the Central American States. ] “Uncle Tom” in England. We have seen nothiug lately which lias given us more satisfaction than the following extract front the ! i British Army Dispatch. The indignant rebuke con ! tabled in it is hurled at the heads of the “noble la i dies,” who forgetting—aye, even shuttingjtheir eyes to the squall id poverty which is daily exhibited upon the very marble of their doorsteps, in rags and wretehed ness-r-lately assembled in England for the purpose of addressing the Ladies of America upon the wrongs of slavery. The Dispatch asks : “What have we to do with the Internal affairs of the American Republic ? Why are we to back this great ex aggerated ljl Let tiie Americans send out here and write a book which shall tell the truth—ay, one-halt the ; truth—ol London city ; let them make out Britons to be task-masters, without one redeeming point, over the emas culated millions oi British work-people, whose, sinews they stretch and whose bones they grind down in the name of commerce. Let them send to India or Borneo. Let them dramatize Warren Hastings and Rajali Brooks. Let them throw light on the Outrarn business, with its oppression and poisonings, together with the falsehoods of suppression and assertion on the part of the East India Company. Lot •hem paint famine in Ireland. For each American Legreo they shall easily find an English one. We forced slavery ]on the Americans. VVe are. now sowing there the seeds of I dissension broadcast, Wa do not admit that the state of j the negro slave is anything like what it is pictured in I’n- ! ele Tom’s Cabin, in any ease. There may be solitary cases approaching it in abomination. But the Americans, abolitionists or not, shall and will get rid of slavery a# they please themselves, and everything done in England, either sentimentally or not, adds force to opposition. Mrs. Stowe has libelled her countrymen’; jet them look to that. England need not black her with Holywel 1-street ignorance and Exeter-hall cant. If shedo.sho will sow the wind and reap tbe whirlwind. Every American in Lon don t# disgusted with the Uncle Tom mania here. If lie go to a theatre, lie is insulted and shocked. The English people, on the other hand,are deluded into the falsest no tions ot America. When the slave in the drama escapes into British Canada, there is a cheer. That cheer may cost us some day our best alliance. At this moment, tiie inter- j ests ot England ami America should be one. Why do not English ladies interfere on behalf of the enslaved French people ? We believe, on the other hand, that Louis Napo- I Icon is popular with them. If England interfere witli i American slavery, she will not effect her object, but the in- : suit may be, ere long, that she may be enslaved herself, j We have no patience to pursue this subject further. The book is false in fact, as the fine ladies are false in setre ment.” A New British Colony—The Clayton-Bulwer j Treaty. As much discussion will probably grow out of Mr. Cass’ resolution calling for information in reference to the establishment of anew British Colony in Central America, whereby the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, of 4th July, ISSO, is supposed to be violated, it may be in teresting 1 to our readers to know what that treaty is. The terms of this international compact are, in part, as follows: The governments of the United States and of Great Britain agree “that neither will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the ship channel which it is designed to construct; and, furthermore, that “neither will ever erect or “ maintain any fortification command ing the same, OR IN TIIE VICINITY THEREOF ; OR OCCUPY or turhjy, or colonize, ox assume to exercise any domin ion over Nicaragua, Oosta Rica, the Musquito Coast or any part of Central America,” &c. &c. Tiie new British Colony of which Mr. Cass speaks is the Island of Ruatan, and other little Islands oft'Hon duras, which the British people resident there, have, within two years past, constituted into a sort of colo ny for self-government, which has been recognized by the Home Government, Great Britain. These Islands were British Islands prior to the treaty of Washington, and in “exercising dominion and authority” over them Great Britain exercises no new authority nor dominion, but only what she had before. For some years they were under the British Colonial Government at the Balize, but this Government, at a distance, was incon venient, and the people, therefore, resolved themselves into a colony, which has been recognized. Congress. A bill lias passed both Houses of Congress, granting the widow of the lamented General Worth, a pension of fifty dollars a month during hor natural life. Mr. Clayton’s Letter. We arc bound, in justice to Mr. Clayton, to give his communication a place in our columns, though there are many personal reflections in it which wa had rather had been left out of it. We will admit a communication from Col. Winter ; but with this, the controversy must close, in our columns at least- If this controversy shall end in enlightening the pub lic as to the cause of failure, and probable issue of the suspension of the Bank of St, Mary’s, we shall not regret that it has found room in our paper. China Trees. We desire to call the attention of the puhlie authori ties to the condition of the China Trees in the middle of our streets. They are ornaments to our city, and are articles of prime necessity to us who swelter in the dust and heat of the city during the long summer months. We notice that horses are frequently tied to them, and that many of them are sadly injured by be ing barked, A few boxes would save them yet, if put up in time. Re-Election of Douglas. The vote stood, Douglas 75, Gillespie (whig) 10, Cullens (free-soil) 1. This is a very signal proof of the popularity of the “Little Giant of the West,” as his peculiar friends delight to call Senator Douglas, in his ! own State. O’The Supreme Court of Georgia, which has been in session at Savannah, adjourned on the 13th instant. There was a full bench and bar, but a small number of cases. This reminds us of an anecdote of Judge H , now of Calilornia, which occurred when we rode the Circuit. Ile was observed to get up hastily Irom his breakfast, on the first morning of the Court, and order his horse, He was an old stager, and gen erally held on to the last. This movement, therefore, created surprise, and one of tiis friends called to him : “Ho : judge, which way now ?” “I am off for Talla poosa,” replied the judge; “there are more dogs than bones at this Court.” The remark is true of most courts that we have attended. < ‘ongress. Ihe House has laid on the table, by a vote of 7-4 yeas to 73 nays, Mr. Cobb’s motion to reconsider the vote of the last session by which the House had rejected the Bill allowing certain rail road companies in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Ten nessee a credit of four years for the duties on rail road iiuii. Mr. Cass and other Senators have taken occasion to explain that, i! they had known that Secretary Clay ton had excluded British Honduras from the operation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, they never would have voted for it. The Bill creating a retired list for disabled officers in the army has passed the Senate. The Seminole Indians—Another Florida War. W e find in the Savannah Courier a letter from Gen. Blake, and another from J. Darling, in which the startling intelligence is conveyed, that since the return of Billy Bowlegs to the Everglades, a grand council has been held, in which the Seminoles determined not to emigrate to the West, ft is believed that the Indians have established a fortified camp on the Eastern edge of the Big Cypress, which lies to the Southward of Fort Myers. It is stated that there are islands in the adjacent Everglades that are capable of tillage, and af fording good places of refuge for the Indians in case of defeat. Gen. Blake recommends that the country oc- Jcupied by the Indians be laid oft’ into townships, and I that 300 Creek warriors be sent into the Everglades Sunder their own offioers, and in [their own way be al lowed to bring in to the nearest posts all the Seminoles ■they can capture. The American Flora. ;\ <\\ e have had occasion, heretofore, to call the atten- V'V the public to this beautiful work, which is now KV published by Messrs. Green, of New York. The j iduvrations are all elegantly colored, and so perfect that j i.s no difficulty h iho flower.-?. To theiudent of Botany it will be (m invaluable compan ion and is as elegant a work for parlor ornament as |we Ive seen in many a day. T[* jfe is an agent now i tllcity soliciting orders for the work, and wo hope | he fcl bo liberally patronized by the lovers of ! Natul and of Art. Congress. Thkenate iias passed the bill for the relief of the | widowfcf deceased soldiers; also a bill for the relief | <>t ColFkbmont. Mr. Ficklin’s bill to suppress the | circulain of small notes in the District of Columbia, j came lion the 11th inst. New Paper. We itvrve, by the Koine Courier, that Mr. D. 11. Mason jtiposes to publish a Tri-tvcekly paper in that j flourishiityoung city, under the name of Rome Ad- j verliser. r Mr. M|).\ is one of our most accomplished writers, i and we \wt him .abundant success in his new enter- ! prise. .Methodist Conference. I Ihe Soti Carolina conference commenced its session \ j at SumtenL g. C., on the full inst., Bishop Capers j I presiding, rhere were 104 preachers in attendance, j | The utmoslarmony prevailed. | The Southern Circuit. i. he eleotil for .Judge of the Superior Court of the i | Southern < >juit, to supply the vacancy occasioned by j j the resigning of his Honor Judge.Hansell, took place on the first .’inday of the present month. The South- j | ern RrcordA contains the following returns, which j ! 110 of the election of Peter E, Love, Esq., i : “ I'o at preset holds the office under an appointment ! | from Govern! Cobb : I Love. Morgan. Platt. ■ 401 30 —: I 131 4 ! Laurens, j 079 j rrw ”>i i yi t ti Lowndes, ) 137 Thomas, 398 8 j Col. Jefierst Davis, it is confidently said, will get ! the War Deptjment under the new Administration.— | Senator Huntamay decline, and in that case, Gov. j !’ ioyd will liavh Cabinet place. j The Steams! ]> Alabama Put in to Norfolk. We learn frd a dispatch t the Agents in this city, last night, that 4 steamship Alabama, hence, for New York, put into jorforlk short of coal, on the Gth inst., having eneountjed a heavy gale on the 3d. The steam er was obliged flay to under sail between Egg Harbor and the Light Sip, during which time her machinery was stopped. Sje lost her sails, but sustaitied little or no other damage, pie gale lasted thirty-six hours. The Alabamdn every encounter proves ‘her superior ■jualities as a setfoat. By mail we learned that she had not reached Net York on Thursday afternoon at two o’clock, and thotjli no apprehension was felt forher safety, our readers will k gratified to learn that she has suffered no serious injurty the storm. As she would be una bl*to reach Nei York in time to leave for Savannah on her regular day, j o will have no steamer to-dav.— Rav. News. Milissippi Repudiation. Die toupreiiH ourt ot Mississippi has decided a ease lately in which t; legality of the Planters’ Bank Bonds aro recognized a egal. Wo hope now that this gal lant Suite will pe out the foul blot of repudiation from her escutoli n. “The ser,” a Mormon Journal. This is the tit ot anew paper just started at Wash ington C.ty, by t son Pratt, one of the Apostles of the church of Batter ay Saints, who has been appointed by Elders YoungjKemball and Richards, to preside over the affairs oj the church throughout the United Suites and BritisßProvinces. The paper boldly advo cates a plurality ojjwives, as justified by Scripture, and the power ol Confess, or even of a State or Territory, to prohibit it, is d^ied. _ j— -IB7’ A majority >f the newly elected Legislature of New York is said b bo opposed to the Maine law. The Fort Valley Branch. We find in the Sav.News Uie following gratifying announcement in respect to this roafl. g pet . and ,j le or]s Mr. Lockett; we will give yon a hearty welcome in our city on its completion. “A friend writing from Fort Valley under date of Janu ary 8, says : “Mr. Lockett is now laying the track from ffii, p i ace towards Columbus, on the “South Western Brati~y> Road, and seven miles are completed. It is expected that the Road will be ready for the cars— through — the Ist ot April next. “There are several cases of Small Pox at Butler, Taylor county ; four or five have proved fatal. Several eases at Marshallville on fatal.” The Steamship Alabama. Some apprehensions are felt for the safety of the steam ship Alabama, which sailed from this |>uri on the Ist of January lor New York. She is not reported as having exchanged signals with the Florida, coming South, and had not arrived at New York at our latest advices. She was exposed to the full fury of the great storm of the 3.1 inst., and may have been compelled from stress of weather or breakage of machinery to put into some oliscure har bor on the coast. Much apprehension is felt on the sub ject and the news of her arrival is looked for with the greatest anxiety News from California. The steamship Daniel Webster arrived at New Or leans Jan. 7, and brings news from California up to the loth Dec. Sacramento City and Marysville have been Vtgain inundated. Much damage was done. Shasta City, it is reported, lias been destroyed by fire. Catharine Ilays’ concerts were crowded nightly ; the first choice seat brought 81150. It was purchased ; by tiie Empire Engine Company. Anew block of marble is being prepared for the Washington Monument. Two flouring mills are soon to bo erected in the Township of San Jusc. It is Calculated that 800 acres : o! grain will be sowed in that township, and 500 in Contra Costa county. Executions by vigilance committees were continued i at San Pedro. j Flour was selling at San Francisco at 10 a §l2 per j bbl.; pork at 78 a $lO per hbl.; hams IS a 20c. per ib,; lard 18 a 20c. New York—Governor Seymour’s Message. i Our State Legislature met at Albany to-day, when Governor Seymour’s inaugural message was read. Copies j of the paper were received in this city at noon to-day.— Prolixity is a ponderous feature of the document. The State of New \ ork, it is true, is in many important respects a nation in itself, yet vast as are its public concerns, one j finds it exceedingly difficult to con lade that a clear and concise exposition thereof should longitudinally outrun even the average dimensions of a President’s •‘annual.’’— It contains much important information however—in fact, a full and authentic history of the Empire Suite for and during the year of grace 1552. 1 subjoin a few of the most important items. The number of patients in the State Lunatic Asylum 1 Utica under treatment during the year was 825. Dis charged in the same time, 400. The number of insane ■ j persons in the State in 1850 was 2,506. The public funds devoted to educational purposes on ! hand on the 30th September last amounted to §6,611,- 93092. Total amount paid for Common Schools during : the year, $2,2-19,81 t 02. The number of convicts in the State Prison is 1,783 — an increase 0f69 upon tiie returns of tiie previous year. The finances of the State are stated to be in an ungatis j factory condition. The Governor refers to the Comptrol : let's’ report, which shows that the expenses of the State \ Governor, for the fiscal year ending September 20tli, 1852 j exceeded the revenue about an J adds, that ; unless the expenses of the State are curtailed’ it must withdraw its benefactions to institutions of learning and asylums for the unfortunate subjects of mental and physical infirmities, or it must increase the amount of tax es imposed for the support of the Government. Fatal Railroad Accident—Farther Particular#. j Narrow Escape of President Pierce—lnstant Death °f His Son—Mrs Pierce, with a Number of Pas sengers, seriously Injured. Boston, I)cc. O.—A frightful accident occurred on the Boston and Maine Railroad about noon-day whereby the life of the President elect was greatly en dangered, and his only sou instantly killed. When near the town of Andover, in Massachusetts, the train was ] thrown off the track by some obstruction, and precipita ted down an embankment twenty feet high, turning a sum ! mersetand falling upon a pile of rooks at the bottom of the ; embankment. The ears at the time were filled with pas sengers, among whom were Gen. Pierce, liis lady and j only son, an interesting boy often years. Gen. Pierce ] was the first to extricate liimselffrom the fragments of the ! ear, which was literally smashed to atoms; and though sound in limb, he complains of considerable pain in the (back, His son was instantly crushed to death. Mrs. i Pierce received a number of severe contusions, none of j which, however, are considered dangerous. Many other j passengers were badly bruised, and the down train has : just brought in six or eight of the wounded. The citizens j of Andover were assiduous in their attentions to the suf | ferers. County Subscription. The County Court of Knoxville, Tenn., has subscribed SIOO,OOO to tiie Lexington and Knoxville Rail Road, and a like sum to the Road from Knoxville to Rabun Gap— subject to the decision of the legal voters of the couuty. Jim:iifactories in Knoxville, Tenn. There is in this city, a Glass Factory, an Iron Foundry and Machine Shop, a Wooden Ware Factory, and an Oil Factory, all of which are saidto be doing a lucrative business. Mr. Calhoun’s Works.—The Washington Union learns that Richard K. Cralle, Esq., the literary executor of tiie lamented Mr. Calhoun, is in New York making ar rangements for the publication of an additional volume of “Calhoun’s Works.” The forthcoming volume will em brace a portion of Mr. Calhoun’s speeches. The whole work will constitute a complete edition of the speeches and writings oi John C. Calhoun, carefully corrected and ar ranged by the editor, Mr. Cralle. Illinois Senator. Sfrincfield, Illinois. Jan. 4.—Democratic Legislative Caucus, to-day, nominated Senator Douglas for re-elee tioiqby acclamation; The election will take place to-mor row. The Vice President gaing to Havana. Washington, Jan. 3. —The steamer Engineer has arri ved here for the purpose of conveying Vice President King to Norfolk, wlfcnce he will sail for Havana. The Caloric Ship.—The Calorie ship Kriceson re turned to New York on theafternoon of the 6th inst. from her trial trip down the Bay, having exceeded the anticipa tions oi those interested in her. She loft Williamsburg be tween 9 and 10 o’etoekon Tuesday morning, passed th-’ flag-staff'on Governor’s Island at 9h. 56m., aud passe! abreast of Fort Diamond at lOh 30s. 30. m ; thus making a distance of 7 3-8 miles in 34 1-2 minutes. The stock of cotton in Liverpool on the 17th Decent her, 1852, was 453,976 bales; 1851, 351.G61. Im ports into Liverpool from Ist January to the l'tlt De cember, were 2,06-1,685 ; . -Consumption, 1,829,190: 1,536,049. Though the stock has increased in com parison with last year, it has not done so in the same proportion as the consumption. M. de Marcoleta, the Nicaraguan Minister, w hose recall has been requested by our Government, lias writ ten a letter to the editor of the Courier des Etats Unis, in which he says : “I have done nothing Ifct follow the instructions of my Government to the very letter, :nd that with all possible respeet; one day, my correspon dence will be published, and justice will be done'”