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.Meiiing fcxcimugo. The mode and manner of reckoning the rate of exchange between tlie United States and England is curiously contradictory, and conveys the idea that the balance is invariably against this country. We assume for the “par” as be tween the two countries a medium of many per cent, below the real “par.” The rates ot ex change during the progress of the year should show when the actual premium, the real “par” and the absolute discount, exhibit themselves in the quotations. It certainly appears a gross ab surdity, when we are told that 0211 10, or about 0 1-4 percent, premium is the par between Lon. don and New York. The report of the Secreta ry of the Treasury, in May, 1838, states that since the passage of the act of 1834, for reform ing the American gold coinage, the true par of exchange with England, estimating gold against gold, is about 0 7-10 above the nominal par The British sovereigns of lull weight contain 113 grains 18-1214 parts of a grain of pure gold, worth, according to our mint valuation. 81 87. In the Price Currents 84 11 4it are assum ed as the par of Exchange on England. This practice began when Spanish pillar dollars were ia circulation, and the Exchange was regulated by the market value of gold compared with that of silvor. Mr. Gallatin, writing in ’2O, estimated the par at 7 percent. Since then the par has been altered by the new gold standard. It the British sovereign,<or pound sterling, is 8187, then the par is established at that price. Any rale above that price is a premium, and below a discount. But the sovereign, in commerce, goe3 for £l4 85 100, which makes the par value about 9 1-4 loss a small fraction. We assume 9 1-4 for convenience, as the rate between the United States and England. We thus appear unceasingly as having a balance against us as a higher premium is continually paid, ‘l’he rate of exchange by the last packet was 10 1-4. How much better would it lie if it were quoted at the actual premium, which is 1 per cent? Should it recede to 91 -2 it would then he quoted at par; and a further decline to 8 1-4, it would then heat I per cent, discount. We should thus have plain sailing, and every one would understand it. Formerly it was a mys tery to comprehend the actual profit or loss ol a shipment of specie except to the initiated.— Since we have hail an largo a trade with • ’alifor nia, and American gold has been shipped in con siderable quantities, it is better understood, but the community is still mystified by the existing rules for calculating exchange. It is time it was modified —[Bankers’ (Circular. The Southern Commercial Convention, re cently held in Baltimore, has met with a booty response in Memphis, Tenn., where an unusually large adjourned meeting was held oil the lotli lilt., at which resolutions were passed express ing pleasure at the action of the Convention, uud gratification that the next meeting of that body is to he held in Memphis, on the first Mom day in June next. The hospitalities of the :it x were tendered to all persons who night attend the re assembling of the Convention in Mem phis, mid a committee was appointed to make arrangoinents tor it. Rkv. Ai.huht B vknks. In reply to a letter of inquiry, if it were true that his health requires him to turn aside for the present from the mi i istry : “It is even so !am sentenced tnnliiii- Inte rest for two years. 1 semi in my re signatiou of my pastoral charge to day. What our people w ill do, 1 have no means of deter mining. I shall probably go into tin* country ftnd raise'potatoes. I bis is a great trial, and especially at my time of life, when I hav e so lit tie time, at any rate, to labor in doing good.—- But 1 desire not to murmur and complain, for there L a h ind above that directs nil my a Hairs, and all affair*.” Business txn Rhlwion.— A layman in Pro vidence-, who occasionally exhorted at evening meetings, thus exp! lined ids belief in tiie exis tence of a Deity :.“Brethren, I am just as eon livlent that there is a Supreme living, as 1 am that there is flonr in Alexandria; and that I know for certain, as I yesterday received from there a lot of threw hundred barrels of fresh su perfine, which I will sell as low as any other • person in town.” Tun Cos n, Fiki.os of Noktii (.'vkom.na.— Professor Emmons has made an interesting re port on the value of tho coal regions of Deep River, in North Carolina. This coal, he states, is of a qu-riitv to give it'tlio highest character in the market, and the coal field is known to ex tend thirty miles, in the direction of outcrop, am) to lie workable lora breadth ofthiee miles. A.xotuhu Fk.mai.k is M ai.k Attiuk.— Anoth er youug woman in breeches has been discover ed iu the Philadelphia watch house, where she applied for lodging, a few nights ago, under the name m Charles Lewis. >S!ie is from Sy racuse, ,\. > , and lied from a hoarding school to follow and kill her seducer i:i Baltimore. The following anecdote illustrative of rail road facility is very pointed : A traveller inquired ot a negro the distance to a certain point. “Dat ‘pends on circumstance*,” replied the darky. “It you gu iue afoot, ii'll take you about a day : it you g-.iiue in de stage or do homneybuss, you make it in half a day ; hut if you get in one ob dose smoke-wagons, yon be almost dar note. 1 ’ --An Irishman, on nra iving ia this country, took s fancy to tiie \ ankeo girls, and wrote to bis wife-—“ Dear Norab : These melancholy lines are to iafom you taut ! died yesterday, and bo|K! you a.-e enjoying the same blessing. 1 recommend ton to marry Jemmy O’Rourke, and take care ol trie cbilder. From your affectionate husband fill death.” A credulous peasant went to the clergy uuiu of hi* parish, and told him, with symptoms ol great consternation, that he had seen a ghost. “Where did von sec rl ?” “Why,’’ said Diggerv, “as I mu going, an’ please your reverence, by the church, right up against the wall I sees the ghost.” “In what shape did it appear?” “For all tho world like a great donkey.” “Go home arid hold your tniigur.” replied the clergyman ; “you are a timid creature, and have been (l ight ened iit Mint own shadow.” Ai.aka.ua Insane llosci tai,.— The contract for furnishing materials to erect an insane hos pital iu Alabama has been given out. Mr. John Stewart, of Philadelphia, is the architect A Uorar of Pa boons.— A bill has passed the- Nevv Jersey Legislature, organizing a (.hun t ot Pardons and granting it the power of coniiim ting the sentence of capital punishment to im prisonment. Mr. Waltei Golton saw at 1 io, a woman only twelve years old, who had two children. She v as married al the ege ol ten, ton man six ty-five. -- I hev say that “cabbage grow?, wild in Sicily.” If tliis statement ho true, the tailors in that country can afford to be honest. MoTiißjt:-. Napoleon Bonaparte being asked who was the most, beautiful among women ! is sail to have replied, withs smack of the old philosophy ot Greece, “olio who is mother of the most chiidreu.” Give the .!ei il Ids due. (.’• riaiuly, says a n>.i ----tmipora-v : but. it is hil r in have m’i dealings *>'t. 1 ■’ *><- h.aal then th-rs will be noth’ng duo him. ’1 lie satire assets of a recent Iwnikilipt were nine small children! The e’clitnrs acted mag nanimously, aud let him keep them. A strange “emu*, iu desert .ing a lake io Minnr. j sota, ss- it is SO ele .r that by looking into il you j can see them making tea iu ('lnna. All Irishman in lowa link just taught hi* ducks to j swim in lint water, and with such success, ilnit iliev I lay bl.iled egg.*. ‘ I Sl)£ (Limes avto Sentinel (Bmbls, FeorguTl TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 8, 1853. Senator I!ad?cr ami the Vacant Judgeship* The presses in the interest of tho Administration, at* feet to feel much indignation at the refund of a Demo- j erotic Senate to confirm tl*e nomination, l>y the Kxeeu- j live, of Mr. Badger, of North Carolina, to the vacancy j on the Bench qf the Supreme Court ot the United | States. We say “affect to feet much indignation,” because we j can hardly believe that any unprejudiced mind can sur vey the facts, and fail to be astonished that such a nom ination was ever made. Mr. Badger does not reside within five hundred miles of the sphere of his duties, which will necessarily cause great neglect of duty, and subject the community to great inconvenience. He is not read iu the civil law which he will be call ed <u to administer iu Louisiana. Silt the chief and fatal objection to the appointment j of Mr. Badger to the Supreme Bench, is, in the lan guage of the Union, an objection on principle—an. ob- ! jection which should suffice to determine the action of | er* ry democrat, at least. Asa politician, Mr, Badger j is distinguished for liis extreme federal notions, which j lead him always so to interpret the constitution as tode j rogate from the rights of the States and to augment the j powers of the general government Timothy Pickering j himself was not a more thorough and incorrigible fed- ; era list than Mr. George E. Badger. Now, is it poasi- I ble that any .stnet-construction Stale-rights republican j democrat can consent that a consolidationisl should be j intrusted with the power of determining the construction ; of the constitution of this government ? Would any democrat assist in making a person of j Mr. Badger’s political principles President for four years? Then, why make him Judge of tho Supreme Court for life , and thus arm him with the power to cant/ info effect his centralizing, federal doctrines ? Ca i any man, of genuine devotion to the State rights principles of the democratic party, consent to see j the bitter antagonist of bis political faith interpreting j the constitution in accordance with the creed which Mr. j Badger professes? In other words, shall we submit the. constitution to tiie mercy of one whom wc regard as its deadly enemy ? Should any amiable disposition to ratify the appointment of the Executive, or any appre hension of the imputation of factiousness, persuade a democrat to desert his principles, ot rather to surrender them to the enemy ? Southern School Hooks, Mr. 15. E. Griffin, of Macon, Geo., has published a scries of school Books, which we take great pleasure in commending to the notice of the southern public. They are : The Apalachian Primer ; Apalachian Reader, No. 1. 2. and 3.; Griffin’s United States; and Southern Orator. We are not sufficiently familiar with elementary works to venture to pronounce authoritatively upon tho relative merits of these publications. We think howev or that they are adapted to tire purpose for which they are designed. We have looked over the ‘‘Southern Orator,” with some care. The selections are from’the speeches of many of the favorite orators and divines of tlso South. Calhoun, Clay, McDowell, Berrien, Rhett, Cohpii.t, Toombs, Hammond, Stephens, Legate, Nisbet, Hilliard, Yancey, Seddon, Bell, Graham, and others among politicians j an J Thornwell, Pierce, Wightman, Means, Baseom, Whilcford Smith, among divines, are in the'list,-ftuni wlmsc speeches selections are made. We rc;;T t to find that llavnc, McDuffie, Forsyth,and Soule ; Fuller, < Min, Capers and others equally distin guished, have be. n overlooked or excluded by the compiler. Among the poets the cherished names of Wilde, Lamar, Charlton, daeksou, Sims, Meek, Gil more. and K*y adorn the pages of the “Orator.” While we regie; tho absence of many cheerished j names from the Southern Orator, we are proud of the J array which is presented. The circulation of the book j among our children, will give them confidence in south- : ern genius, and excite a t.istc for nouthrrn productions. ‘ Wo do not however approve of the plan of tho work. ! We would not exclude rom our school books the clinic- i cut productions of genius for the sake of giving the pub- j lie effusions of second rate men. If it is error iu north- I ern compilers to substitute the productions of northern i men in place of southern ; it surely is not right in us to | feed entirely on southern pasturage. Shakspeare, Mil- \ ton, Homer and Virgil, Dante and Ariosto, have said and. sung some things which neither northern nor south ern genius has equalled. Nor would we fling aside the massive English of Burke, for the wordy speeches of ‘ third rate southern politicians. The Southern Orator nevertheless is a good hook, and wc thank the publish- j cr for this addition to southern literature. So little is! contributed by southern enterprise to the world of let ters that we would hail a much less valuable contribu i >n than this with pleasure. Plagiarism. Iu looking over Dodge’s Literary Museum , we find I a piece of poetry originally written for the Southern Sentinel , by one of our fair correspondents, of Syra- j euse, New York, and published by us in the issue of J Friday, August tth, 1852, headed “Riding in a Stag.*,” ; re-published in that journal and credited to tho Home ! Journal. In the Southern Cultivator, for June, 1852, there 1 is an a. tide headed, ‘‘Origin of Fruits and Flowers,” ■ published under the editorial head as original matter, I which we ourselves prepared from our own notes, made ; many years before, while reading Gibbon’s Decline anl> Fall, and published in the Southern Sentinel of March 12, 18: 2. In this connection we take pleasure in copying and ’ endorsing the following article, which we find also in 1 the June No. of tho Southern Cultivator , 19.32 C Copy ing without Credit. —lt always affords us great pleasure t> see our articles copied by the news paper press, aud widely disseminated over the country ; hut that pleasure b .sometimes slightly diminished by noticing our original communications and editorials copied without a word ol credit or acknowledgment, j A few of our exchanges are carrying this joke a little | too far, and wo hope this mild remonstrance will induce them to “render unto Caesar,” &e. &u- Senatorial Vacancies* Mississippi, Alabama and North Carolina will each ! have a vacancy in the Senate of the United States on the j ith March next. This has resulted from the failure of j their respective legislatures to hold elections for these prospective vacancies. The very interesting question ! arises —can the Governors of States till vacancies occur ring under such circumstances ? Gov. Foote, es Missis- ■ sippi, very strenuously, and even ably advocates the affir mative, and will, it is said, exercise the power in the ap pointment tit Mr. Kihyon. The constitution provides that “if vacancies happen by resignation or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments, until the next mooting <>f the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies.” The power to till a vacancy in the Senate, no matter how it occurs, is therefore clearly vested in the Gover- ; nor. I; is very important that the south should be ful - ; iv represented in the Senate at all times, but more es- | peoiaily at the beginning of anew administration. Andi when the po.ver is so clearly vested in the Governor, as j in this case it would seem to us to be aerimmal neglect of I duty for him to refuse to exercise it. . Martial .Music. The Infant 1 )runm.r wi 1 soon be here, and enliven ! us with his spirit stirring drum. He has enchanted the j East, and will undoubtedly take us by st. rin. Wc j promise the iltle fellow a cordial*welcouu* to our city. The following card will be read with interest. CARD. Having witnessed the astonishing performances of Master Bcnsou A. English, tho Inftut Drummer, we take great pleasure in bearing our testim uv to the high tributes of appreciation which have every where been awarded to him* He may justly be regarded as ti e eighth wonder of the world. Howell Cobb. Gov. Rev. Joshua Kowles. A. C. Barnett, See. of State. Rev. C. R. Jewett. \Y. If. Mitch. U, State Treio. Capt* W. 8. Rockwell. E. S. Chandler, Compt. Dr. G. \V. Forte. P. M. Compton, Survey. Gen. W. W. Paine,See. Gov. Arthur Hood,Sec. Gov. Wm. Steele, Sec. Gov. Wylie If. pope. \J*~* nger ? I C-'oiigrcssional—Our Foreign Population. Mr. Soulf/s great speech on the Cuban question has excited much enthusiasm, and some of his hot shot must have penetrated the hull of the Administration’s ship, { as the hands on board are very busy at the pumpa. Un able to meet him in fair debate, the Republic has tie | scended so low as to east imputation upon him on ae- I count of his foreign birth. After ridiculing the style, | idiom, accent and manner of this distinguished orator j and profound statesman, the Republic uses the follow j ing sneering language in reference to his foreign birth : | “We submit that it is not modest ior an importation from I Paris, for a gentleman waited to our shores by the same j wind which brings us Stewart’s silks ancl Alexandre’s ! gloves, to assuil an American Administration lor an uiledg j ed want of American spirit. It does not become an exotic Democrat to appeal to 4 Southern Senators/ with the in sinuation that a Whig Administration is indifferent to Southern rights, or insidiously hostile to Southern institu tions. It does not become any such gentleman to insult men and patriots like those who till the high places ot our Government, with the implication that Spain can now ‘trample’ with impunity ‘on American rights and privileges —individual or national/ and the averment that all this will he changed when an administration shall come in which was the ‘creation and choice’ ot Nashville Secessionists and Buffalo Freesoilers.” “It is not modest for an importation from Paris ,” | “it does not become an Exotic Democrat!” If he had I been an importation from Ireland , or from Germany, would it have been less modest F In the late canvass, j General Scott “loved to hear that rich brogue and | the Republic pretended to hear the sound with noun* ! pleasant reminiscences. Why, then, is ii now nau j seated ? { Such sneers are contrary to the principles of our con | stitution and the spirit of our institutions, which place i the adopted citizen upon a level with ,the native born. \ If a man is born in a stable, is h? therefore a horse ? i Was not Arnold, the traitor, native born ? Shall such i as he be allowed privileges which are denied to La Fay ette, “a foreign importation,” or Gallatin, an “Exotic j Democrat,” and their countrymen t Shame upon the i Americanism of an American, who attaches importance to the place of a man’s birth ! It is the spirit of aris tocracy, which finds merit in the blood, no matter how long or low the descent. The closing paragraph of the following extract will, perhaps, explain the reason of this indecent diatribe. ! It is taken from the Union : \ “The speech delivered by Mr. Soule in the Senate, on j yesterday, was perhaps the greatest of his oratorical efforts. 1 Profound research, a comprehensive and thorough mastery | of his subject, originality of view, brilliancy ol diction, lire j and energy of declamation—-all the qualities of the states j man and the graces of the orator—characterized thiseioquent speech. That passage in which the orator vindicated the memory of the unfortunate followers of Crittenden from the reproach of being impelled by a thirst of plunder, was a I noble instance of touching pathos. Equally striking was j his scathing denunciation ot the conduct of the administra j tion in that deplorable juncture.” \ Blackwood’s Magazine and Southern Slavery. We have received the January number of this popu lar magazine. Its first and lending article is entitled, “Slavery and the Slave Power in the United States.” The article is labored and long, but as full of errors, aye, of slanders upon t lie South, as are Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the White Slave, which tho writer is fool enough to quote as authority. We wi.l p -int out a few ! of his many errors. | lie gravely states that the white population of the ; slavtholding States was 7,21)0,71!) in IS-10, and only | fi,393,758 in 1850: thus gravely proving by the Arm r j iean Almanac for 1852, to which he refers, that the | population of the Southern States had decreased nine j hundred thousand in the last ten years, though Texas was in the meantime annexed. There is some excuse for this mistake, as the figures are given as he found them iu his authority. But if lie had been solicitous for the truth, ho would have informed his readers that the returns of the census of 1850 were confessedly | incomplete at the date of the publication of tiie Ameri can Almanac, and that the publishers distinctly statu this fact in the very section from which he quotes. The facts are, that the free white population in the sl.iveholdmg States was, in I S to, 4,632,6-10, and in ! 1850, 6/22?,-109 ; which shows an increase in ten years |of 1,589,76 ,or 31 per cent. Indeed, deducting the j foreign immigration into the Northern States, and the j census returns will show a greater increase of popula ; tion at the South than at the North. , Into these statistical errors the writer in the magazine might have been betrayed by bis authorities. What : will our readers say to the following extract ! • “We suppose it is upon some such calculation as this f that Mr. Hildreth founds his statement that ‘at least j half of those who cull themselves Ministers of the Gos ! pel. sedulously inculcate that the negroes are in nature, j mere animals , intended to be used as horses , to be kept forever under the yoke, and not capable of being any thing but slaves.’ ” The authority quoted, we are sorry to say, is Ameri | can, and though granted to be an exaggeration by the | vvtiter in the Magazine, yet he draws a most unfavor j able influence us to the purity and the fidelity of the ! American pulpit, from the fact that an author can ven ture to publish, and a wide American public can read and approve of, such statements as these. And this in the face of the untiring labor of South* J ern Missionaries among the blacks; of the comfortable j accommodations which are provided for the negroes in all our county churches; and of the large and eommoJi | <us African churches which adorn all our cities, which j are filled weekly by the purest and wisest of our eler ! gymen. Such unmitigated lies weary out our patience. The next slander which we shall notice is the gross j misrepresentation which the writer in the magazine i makes of the poorer classes in the South. The writer ■ says : “Manual labor is beneath the dignity of a white man, ; so that if he is too poor to buy land and negroes, only I the meanest pursuits of life are open to hi.n, and he gradually sinks into misery and degradation, and his children into a brutal ignorance, which are only less ■ profound than among tho mass of slaves.” / The whole history of the S null is a refutation o/ this slander. Many of oar greatest aud most distinguished men were sons of very poor men, and labored with their own hands for their daily bread. There is no man in the South who is too poor to buy land. Such arc the wages paid for labor, that two years’ labor will secure a comfortable farm at the South. “Manual labor is Wo i neath the dignity of the white limn !” an ab- I surdity, when the great mass of our population live by it ! “Only the meanest aud lowest pursuits of life are 1 open to them.” It may be that the farm and the work “hop are low and mean pursuits, and the boot-black, the I waiter and the lackey are high and honorable inem- I bers of society. These are not Amerio..n ideas; and i consequently the “poor man” at the South may be 1 found making fortunes in the first, and the free negroes and the slave universally filling the offices assigned to ( the latter. There are several other passages of like character which we have marked for comment, and would like ’ to expose, but our limits are exhausted. Black wood's Magazine, notwithstanding its Tory ism, has enjoyed a large circulation in the South on account of its literary merits. But now that it has defiled itself with the pitch of abolitionism, wo hope it will he excluded from every habitation, as a pestilent miasma, wlii.-h will taint the purity of our social at mosphere. t Richard F. Lyon—South Western Circuit.. A Democratic Convention of tho South Western i Circuit was held in Albany, Ga., on the Ist inst., for the purpose of nominating a candidate fur Judge. Ail the i counties composing the Circuit were represented ex j e**pt Sumter. The Convention was organized by eall- I ig Col. Thomas Coleman, of Randolph, to the chair, and appointing M. E. Williams, of Lee, Secretary, j The utmost harmony prevailed among the members ot I the Convention, and Richard F. Lyon, Esq., of Ba ! krr, was nominated by acclamation. M e have already given our opinions as to the policy of such conventions. But objections to the mode of a candidate's nomination, will constitute no objection to the candidate himselt, if he is worthy. In this instance, we believe, the selection is eminently judicious. Mr. Lyon is a lawyer ts experience, and a man of high character, on whose shoulders the ermine of justice will be preserved without spot or stain, and in whose hands the scale of justice will bo fairly and firmly held. No higher testimonial could be given to his worth, than the spontaneous sek etion of him as a candidate for so high and responsible a trust, iu a convention composed indiscriminately of intelligent men from all portions of the Circuit, whose local prejudices would have inclined tb m them to urge tho claims of their neighbors, in i preference to those of any other, unless his qualifiea j lion* were pre-eminent. llayjie uiiil Webster’s .Speeches. Reddish Cos., Boston, have published, in a neat pamphlet of S-t pages, the . speech of Getl. Hayne, of S. C., in the LT. S, Senate, on Foot’s Resolution, and Mr. Webster's speech in reply to it. It may be Ordered from Boston by mail. Tho price U 25 cents. In a little slip accompanying the pamphlet, there is an editorial prepared to baud for such Editors as “have not the leisure to write a notice of them,” in which the following sentence occurs : This, (the speech,) it is generally known, has ever been regarded, and spoken of, as “the great speech of the Mas sachusetts Statesman ; as a profound and luminous expo sition ol the fundamental principles of the Federal Consti tution.” Unquestionably, this speech of Mr. Webster is his greatest forensic effort; it is equal iu pathos, in elo quence, in retort, in sarcasm, in the measured flow of language, to the finest productions of the classic ages; but instead of being “a profound and luminous exposi tion of the fundamental principles of the Federal Con stitution,” it is avast magazine of Federalism from which the pup.v soldiers of that school have drawn their mili tary stores and accoutrements for the last 20 years ; and wc can, therefore, but regard it as a whited sepul chre, adorned without by graceful festoons of oratory, but within, full of dead men’s bones. We have not room, in a short editorial, to expose the vital objections which exist to the circulation of this speech in the South, ns “a profound and luminous ex position of the principles of the Federal Constitution.” It attacks “slavery as one of the greatest of evils, both moral and political.” It advocates Internal Improvement, by the general government, in its most odious and objectionable form. A road over the Alleghany, a canal round the falls of the Ohio, or a rail road from the Atlantic to the Missis sippi, are legitimate projects of improvement, according to Mr. Webster, and embraced in the purview of the constitution. The supremacy of the Supreme Court, in all cases, over the Sovereign States of the confederacy, is the crowning feature of this great speech. The Supreme Court, though but a eo ordinate branch of the Federal Government, is, in Mr. Webster’s polities, the last re sort for relief, under the constitution, from the oppres sion of a law, which is plainly, palpably and dangerous ly unconstitutional—all other resistance, by States or people, is revolutionary and unconstitutional. This doctrine is in the teeth of the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of J 9S and ’99, which have been so recently introduced into the Democratic Platform—and is in truth and verity, the heart and soul of Federalism. Admit it, and the last vestige of State Rights is swept from the constitution. When did the Supreme Court ever pronounce a decision curtailing the powers of the Federal Government? It is part and parcel of that Government. All its officers are of Federal appoint ment; they draw their pay from the Federal Treasu ry ; they are impeachable before a Federal tribunal; the Slates have no control over them. To surrender the reserved rights of the States to such a tribunal, would be as wise as to commit the lamb to the tender cave of the wolf. The Republican doctrine regards the States as sove reign ; they, therefore, have no superior; tho Federal Govern incut itself is but their creation; they do not acknowledge it as over them, much less the Supreme Court, which is but a department of the Federal Gov ernment. \\ hen, therefore, the Federal Government overleaps the boundaries of the constitution, with the sanction of the Supreme Court, and tramples upon the reserved rights of the States or people, the ? tales may and of right ought to interpose a shield of protection. In such ease, a convention of States is tho only umpire to which a State can, with dignity, submit. We are willing t> commend Mr. Webster’s speech as a great intellectual display; but we stamp upon it the brand of “Federalism.” Southern and Northern Industry. The cotton bale is the only source of income to the great mass of Southern Planters; and muny of them would be ashamed to sell a fat pig or a pound of butter. With Northern farmers, every surplus article is sent to the market, and the income of many of them, on very small farms, will far exceed that of many of our very wealthy agriculturists. There is a market in New York known as the Wash ington Market, Only twenty thousand persons are* de pendent upon it. Yet the revenue derived from thej trade of this number of persons, by the corporation, is £31,000 per annum. It will astonish many of our read ers to learn that £*28,432,000 worth of provisions were •sold in this market in one year. Os this sum, $5,900,- 000 were realized by the meat trade ; $2,800,000 by the fruit; $2,800,000 by the fruit trade ; $480,000 the but ter trade; $9,000 honey trade; $618,000 fish trade; £1,000,000 the egg trade; $17,590,000 vegetable trade ; $1,000,000 the poultry trade; and $15,000 the nut trade. t These statistics very clearly prove that there is money in butter, in eggs, in poultry, in fruit, in fish, ns well as in cotton bales. We desire to call the attention of farmers, in our neighborhood, to the foregoing, in the hope of directing their attention to anew branch of trade. There are, say 5,000 people in Columbus, who are dependent upon the market for provisions. If we eat in proportion to our Northern population, we ought to consume 87,000, 000 worth Os food per annum. This, however, strikes us as extravagant. We pay, however, s*2l6 per an num for board. We will give our hotel keepers a profit of 05 dollars on each boarder. This will leave slsl for provisions. And we, therefore, conclude that 750,- 000 dollars are annually spent for provisions in this city. If you wish to pocket a part of this sum of money, bring in your fat pigs, lambs, kids, turkeys and chick ens j your r c!i yellow butter; your hoiley-coinb; your fruit and vegetables, and convert them into gold at very good prices. NORTH AND SOUTH, Or, Slavery and its Contrasts. We have hastily run over this very entertaining work. It is, professodly, a reply to Uncle Tom's Cabin. The author very properly “carries the war into Afri ca and in the by-lanes, alleys and prisons of the No;|'i, finds examples of poverty, of suffering, of wrong, which put to shame the pictures of misery which the heated imagin ation of Mrs. Stowe has found among the lowly at the South. Frank Iliuley, a wealthy merchant, marries the daughter of a wealthy New England gentleman, and brings her to New Ycrk. For years the lovely Ga zella llarley is a leader of fashionable society, and Frank stood high in the commercial world, with a reputation of the most unblemished integrity. Years rolled on, and our pretty bride has changed to the blooming ma tron—the mother of nine lovely children, most of whom were girls. Hut Frank was living too fast. He drank too much ; and in a fatal hour lie ventured his all upon a hazard and lost. It is announced in the public prints that Frank Harley is a bankrupt. His sunshine friends de sert him. Beggared in purse, deserted by heartless friends, burthened with a large family—the slave of ap petite—and stricken by disease, he sinks under the weight of accumulated misfortunes, and throws upon his tender wife the burthen of supporting his family. The history of the struggles of this tender mother and her children, with the money-loving and grasping traders of the North, is the burthen of this pathetic story, Mrs. Rush, the author, is now in this city soliciting subscriptions, and we take great pleasure in commend ing her work to the favorable consideration of our com munity. Governor of Alabama. lion. Geo. W. Stone, than whom a better man scarce ly lives, has withdrawn his name from the list of com petitors for Governor. He suggests that the Demo eratic party assemble in convention on the first Tues day in .June, and select a candidate. In a letter to the Advertiser & Gazette, he uses the following striking language in reference to the position of the south, which we endorse and commend to the consideration of our readers. ‘‘The election of 1852 has checked the Northern freebooters in their campaign of p Huge and plunder.— Let not the shouts of victory lull us to false security. Let us keep our armor on, until we force these ene mies to our lives, and peace, and prosperity, to relinquish their insulting assumptions, and concede to us in fact as well as in theory, Constitutional equality. Let us wield the power’ of the ballot-box, and all the intellectual, moral, social, and commercial power we possess, until Northern legislation against our prosperity is swept from the statute books, and in its stead are enacted wholesome provisions for the security of our property.** ..j The Corner Stone. We welcome to our sanctum this new candidate for public favor, and hope it will receive a liberal share ot public patronage. We were somewhat surprised to find one of the two leadin'* articles devoted exclusively, to ourselves ; and were forcibly reminded of a playful witticism of one of our friends in reference to this new enterprise. On hearing that General Bkthune had determined to start a paper, lie asked what would be its name, and on be ing told, suggested that The Battering Ram would he n much more appropriate appellation. The specimen number convinces us of the pro priety of the suggestion; and if the Publishers will excuse the liberty, we would respectfully ad vise them to substitute The Battering Ram for The ’ Corner Stone, and to procure an illustrated head with appropriate embellishments. In the notice taken of the Prospectus, which we cheerfully published in our columns, we designed to give no offence. We expressed, in as few words as possi ble, the true character of its politics, commended the Editor, and quoted from the Bible a passage which we thought peculiarly appropriate io designate an Editor, who stood on his bottom against the world. * Wc have neither time, space nor inclination to enter into tho wide field of discussion, which the article re ferred to opens to us. We have no disposition to throw an obstacle in the way of the success of the Corner Stone. We have other uses for our columns. But if the Editor of that valuable paper is inneed of “a text for a commentary,” we have no earthly objections*!© his so using anything we write. Spiritual Rapping* and Electric Currents. Mr. Editor —My object in this communication is not to apologise for the one, or to attempt an explanation of the principles of the other, of the subjects above men tioned ; but simply to state a fact, somewhat connected, at least in common acception, with both. I was one of a party of six gentlemen who last night tried the experi ment of “ making the table move The modus ope rand! was this ; We sat round a common mahogany centre table, say about three feet six inches square, each one putting his right hand flat upon the table, and his left hand flat on the back of his left neighbor’s band. We sat in that position fifty-eight minutes, when the table began to move round from right to left slowly but very perceptibly at first, afterwards with so much force that two of us, at opposite corners of the table, pressing against it, could not stop it. Three of us were unbelievers, when wc commenced, as were three ladies and one gentleman who were present, wit nessing the experiment, until such perfect success , when every one in the room was perfectly satisfied. I will simply add that the same table was acted upon some months ago, by two of the same party, with eight others, in twenty-two minutes, and I am perfectly con vinced that were the table an unvarnished one, the ac tion could be produced with ten persons in fifteen min utes. If you don’t believe it, try it yourself.— Saw Courier . Macon and Western Rail Road. The earnings of this Road, for the past year, have been $269,955 93; and the expenses $116,358 74. There is a balance in hand of $72,579 53 to be ap propriated to dividend and reserve fund. There wa* a decrease in passenger earnings, as compared with 1851, of 10 1-2 per cent , and an increase of freight earnings of 72 per cent. The aggregate increase of earnings was 27 1-2 per cent. Thu whole expenditure for the year is about 4 3 per cent, of the gross earnings.” jP The Thomastoii and Bartlesville Rail Road Company have completed the location of their Roadjiiou) Thom aston to Bartlesville, and have eontraetudjpth Jno. D. Gray, Esq., for grading the whole lincjV The Rome Tri-Weekly Advocate. Wc have received the first nuipkdr of this paper. It is edited with ability by I). Usings Mason, and de serves, and will, wc doubt not. receive the liberal pat louage of the people of Qjjprokee Georgia. The of St. Mary’s. It will be seen, by reference to the abstract, of the de cision in the case of of Georgia, upon the infor mation of # P. A. Clwion, against the Bank of St. Mary’s, published in F nu ‘ columns to day, and for which wc are indebted politeness of Chief Justice Lumpkin, that the Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the Court below, by which a judgment was rendered against the Bank for $47,500 dollars. Another Musical Festival. The Infant Drummer will be in town on the Tth inst., and commence a series of Concerts, assisted by Madame and Prof. Louie. lion. Howell Cobb and others have pronounced this Infant Prodigy the eighth wonder of the world. His performances have been greeted everywhere with rap ture. Madame Louie and Prof. Louie are represented as accomplished musicians, and will vary the entertain ment with comic and sentimental songs and instrumen tal music. Everybody, of course, will attend and give encouragement to Georgia’s little Prodigy. Death ol Dr. Junius Smith. This distinguished gentleman lias lately died in New York, in the 72d year of his age. He was born in Plymouth, Connecticut, but has been long a resident of South Carolina, where he was engaged in agriculture, and is principally distinguished ut the South for his zealous efforts to introduce the culture of the Tea Plant. His death was caused by a fructuro of the skull, received in an assault made upon him some years ago, on his Tea plantation. Ilis loss will be much regretted. Texan Items. It is understood that near 500 square miles of terri tory, supposed to be covered by Austin’s grant, is not embraced under it. The Governor advises that the titles of occupants be confirmed. The citizens of San Antonio are urging the government to open a road from that place to the Rio Grande, in the direction of Chi huahua. Maj. Wood, of the U. S. Army, was badly hurt on the 11th ult., by the upsetting of the stage. Election ol U. S. Senator. Baton llouoe, Jan. 27, a. m.—A mass meeting of the democrats was held here in the Court House, last night, in relation to the election of a U. S. Senator. The Court House was crowded, and the greatest ex citement prevailed. Col. Porter, of Caddo, was called to the chair, Samuel P. Groves, Judge Burke and Capt. Searls, of Baton Rouge, were chosen Vice Presidents, and Dennis Cor coran, of New Orleans, and Robt. Mcllatton, of Baton Rouge, acted as Secretaries. Speeches were delivered by Seth Barton and others, and resolutions unanimously adopted that both Houses of the Legislature should eloot a United States Senator. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed throughout. The Campbell Minstrels. This favorite Ethiopian Band has met with very brilliant success in our city. Their Concerts have been well attended, and “mirth and fun grow fast and furious” under their lively songs and funny jests. Their exhibitions will be continued nightly during the week. Melancholy Accident. We learn from the Constitutionalist , that C. VV. Bedell, of Harris county, Ga.—a medical student was accidentally shot on the 29th ult., by the discharge of a revolver. He was lying in a precarious condition at latest dates, and very slight hopes were entertained of his recovery. Marion Hail Hoad. The people of Perry county are moving energeti cally, for the construction of a Rail Road from Marion to the Alabama River. A meeting was held on the 24th ult , which at once subscribed SBO,OOO, the amount deemed sufficient for the completion of the work. The stockholders organized by electing W. N. Wyatt, Esq., President, with a strong Board of Directors. The route, heretofore surveyed and partly graded, for the Marion and Caliaba Rail Road, was selected as the route for the new Road, to the Catluy plantation/ and the President was instructed to secure the right of way. Cuininittoec wore appointed to select the site for a depot, and to ascertain from the Alabama and Missis sippi Rivers Rail Road Company, the terms upon which the two Rail Roads can be united. The stockholders are to pay three per oent. of their subscriptions <>u the I si of Marsh next/ — Mobile Register, I iits isl ati vc I*rocec ?J i ugs. Baton Rouge, Jan. 25.-—The resolution logo into an election for a U. S. Senator, came up to-day in the House, when Mr. King, of St. Landry, moved that it b postponed indefinitely. The motion was lost by a vote of 32 yeas against 54 nays. The resolution was then made the special order of the day for Friday next. Mr. Marks introduced a resolution to instruct our Senators, to use their powers in favor of the annexation of Cuba. Mr, Wilder introduced a resolution to amend the act of Consolidation of New Orleans. Mr. Ranney offered a resolution to establish Fret- Banking. A resolution to borrow fifty thouiaud dollars was adopted. In the Senate, the Citizens’ Bank Report was presen ted, and ordered to be printed. Mr, Kenner offered a resolution, which was adopted, appropriating two hundred thousand dollars for school funds. It is now pretty certain, that a United States Senator will he elected. — Daily Delta. The Soil of tub South. —This most excellent agri cultural periodical has entered upon its third volume with brightening prospects—the first number of which is now before us, and is filled, as heretofore, with a large amount of interesting and valuable reading matter.— , The present number has a “premium essay on drain ing,” from the pen of Mr. Nelson Clayton, of Oak Bowery, worth ten times the cost of the third volume of the Soil of the South to every planter who reads and carries into practice the plan indicated. The Soil of the South ought to be in the hands of every planter in the South. It will cost you only one dollar for the year 1553, and the trouble of writing, enclosing the dol lar, and directing the letter to Messrs. Lomax fc Cos., Columbus, Ga. Now, won’t you do it ? Say ?—Cham bers Tribune. Tiie Soil of the South.—This excellent agricultu ral paper, which should be in the hands of every agri culturaist, comes to us this week in anew. and we think an improved form, large octavo, 32 pages. It is pub lished at Columbus, Ga., Inonthly,by James M. Cham bers, Agricultural Editor, and Charles A. 1 I*abody, Horticultural Editor, at the l.w price of $1 annum. The present Xo, is a very, interesting on oM—So. Ch. Advocate. South Western Circuit-* The Hon. Wm. IL Crawford is A candidate for Judge of the Superior Court, in this Cifcuit. Mr. Stiles and the Deinocrajje Review. W e are not honored with an Exchange with this fierce organ of Young America. | We understand, however, that the January No. contains a very severe criticism upon Mr. Stiles’ work ons Austria, in which “he is openly denounced as an ofd fogy, as playing the sycophant to Royalty, as runnitug with the hare and hunting with the hounds, as misrepresenting facts, and murdering the King’s English.” In explanation of this severe- criticism, which our judgment, upon a hasty reading of the ponderous work in question, by no means sanctions, wo give to our readers the following staten .ents, which we find in the Savannah Courier , without vouching for their correct ness or sanctioning tho very broad inferences drawn from them. The facts may all be true, and neither -X'ugi.n. or his friends/generally, be at all blaineable for the very rash Z l *. uisV.-vrlest bourse of the Review, whose editor is evidently a man of his own head and does liis own thinking. [From the Suvammh Courier.] THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. article in question is evidently illiberal and unjust. 1 lie intention ot the author is patent upon the face of the paper, and it is but an act ol justice to expose the true mo tives ot the writer. This article developes a part of the history ot the late Democratic Convention at Baltimore winch ought to be placed plainly before the honest men o all parties. We have not received the facts directly from Mr. Stiles, hut stand ready to substantiate the lbllowing statements. 1 ney explain the character ol the article, and the motives ol the writer. Mr. Stiles was one of the Baltimore Democratic Con vention in nominating the candidate of the party for the ljesidency. It will be mmeinhered that both wings of thn DVmocratiJWy ol Georgia had delegates in that body, viz.: I lie Union Democrats, numbering 17, and the South ern Rights, numbering 20. It so happened that ot the South ern Rights party there were 17 who had expressed them selves favorable to Judge Douglas as their choice, with a determination to support his nomination. Mr. Stiles (who was ot the Southern Rights wing of the party) was in favor ot Mr. Buchanan as the nominee. Tne Union Democrats were altogether in favor of Mr. Buchanan. Mr. tiles and two others, therefore, held the vote in their hands. It was during this period that the Editor of the Demo cratic Review, who, understanding the position ol the Georgia delegation, approached Mr. Stiles, and in the presence of Major Lally and Mr. F. Doyle, of Washing ton, told Mr. Stiles that he had written and published his work on Austria, that if Stiles wouid go for Douglas he would give it such a favorable notice and criticism as would ensure its entire success, but it he persisted in the support of Buchanan, he would give him such a skinning that would damn his work forever. Mr. Stiles replied to him by ask ing the price of his skinning, which he would freely pay, being satisfied that his skinning would do his book more good than harm*-’ This is the promised skinning, end it is a nice conuneii tary upon the character of the Review and the purity of the Douglas wing of the Democratic party. It is but proper to state that these articles are all written with great ability, and with a degree of fervor and unction well calculated to command public attention. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.. CONTINUED. 1 have devoted so much space to domestic matters as to leave but little for outside polities. A summary must therefore suffice. Inside of Congress debates on foreign policy, the true construction of the Monroe Dootrine, as to wheth er its application was intended or ought to be general or special, and the Cuban question, have been the chief topics. The California Senator’s Rail Road to the Pa cific, and other projects, the Texas debt, and the con firmation of Badger as U. S. Supreme Judge, have been the additionalthemes of interest. In the House, the foreign questions have also been raked up and some showing of hands made, and but lit tle else done thus far. Both Houses have done an act of grace and justice in the appropriation to Mills, whose Jackson Statue is a great triumph, standing now like “The Statue that enchants the world,” only of a tougher material and a tougher subject. Nei ther the Graces, nor the Muses, had much to do with Andrew Jaokson, and his proper position is, as. the artist lias placed him, astride of his War-Horse. Outside, Cabinet contrivances aio the order of the day. New York and Virginia figure conspiouously therein. The former strains every nerve to get one of her sons in. The Dickinson, Dix, and Marey men are equally strenuous. Virginia, on the contrary, has strain ed every nerve, and successfully, to keep her ablest ex ponent, out in the hope of getting some second-rate man in, who will subserve personal projects better. Out of the thousand and one lies circulated about Mr. Hunter, this small grain of truth may be extracted : He was invited and went to see Gen. Pierce, at Boston —was tendered the Premiership and declined—partly from personal considerations, connected with his com fortable seat in the Senate—partly from ulterior hopes of ill-judging friends—and partly because hostile in fluences in Virginia had embarrassed him. The sto ries about his objections to persons proposed to be as sociated with him, are ’humbugs of the first water, and circulated for an especial purpose, which you iu Geor gia will easily perceive. The compromisers, par ex cellence, are trying their old game—raising an outcry about the extremes, and saving the Union over again by denouncing ‘ fanatics North and South.” The boldest of them couple in the same category “Seces sionists,” as they style the State Rights men, and Barnburners—denounce in one breath Dix, in the other Davis. Now, we of the South, of course, can have no sympathy or community of feeling with the Barnburn ers, mid don’t want them to have a finger in the pie if we can help it. But this wholesale kind of had faith, after treaties, may suit “Union Democrats,” but won’t suit high-toned State Rights men. As Soule says, did v.o unite in battle to be separated in victory—co operate but to betray .’” No 1 that game is too open to cheat the country twice. A* an indication, the Ks public thus speaks up for its old friends, the “Union Savers, ‘ in an editorial having special reference to your Stale, thus: The strife already begun between the two sections of the Democracy foreshadows the more general struggle that must follow the threatened course of proceeding— -1 he 1 [linkers and Barnburners are battling with onuuouu anger in anticipation of the appointment of General Dix, who is aptly iW'rihcd us “an uarenouncing and unleash* ed seclionalisl.” lie ha* counterpart* the South 0 ,„1 not a feu-, and to them there will be | ike re-siatm.ee, unles, all ordinary shall toil. Iu Georgia where sionist journals have boldly excommunicated Governor Cobb and all other Union Democrats who refused to bow the knee to Baal, there arc indications aiu | wal . n ; llf „ winch should lead General Pittite* to pause i„ ,| ie pa j|, marked out tor him. The Marrietta (Ga.) P , lils sounded a timely note, which is echoed with significant promptitude hy the Athens Banner. The totter undj the head “Secession Advancing,” thus notices the posir tion assumed by one of the leading organs of the South ern Rights (tarty. . ar ticle from the Athens Banner is then quoted and the admmstratiofi organ resumes ; Th w are Democratic print* Jwhich give utterance to these anticipations of n conflict now not distant, and tin v Will rejeive an unequivocal on orsement throughout the South. It is the tat.- ot fanatic sill to be blind to . vervtli ing that does not eotii|K.rt with its own ends. Perhajw to this cause nrrv b-ascribed, in part, the extraor.iinai v disre gard of an obvious national will, which w lonalists Aorth and 8 uitli, ate pressinjr upon Gtu. Pi. rn- This’ is not the tirsi occasion, however, in which ma.ln.-ss has been the lor.runner ot destruction. It ts uiiikcessary to comment on these things. You understand tin.-points and can make them. Only our friends had better k.-ep -.vide awatsc. Tiie Badg r movement will probably fail; f„ r Mr. Fitzpatrick is no-.v here, and gone to work. “The iron hecl.-d old fog) will come very near slipping in if not quite. ‘ AXON*. NKWS ITEMS. Bishop Ives’ Conversion to Romanism.—The Ur.ictrs: says a general subject of conversation at Rome is the recent conversion to the Catholic faith of Dr. Ives, the Anglican Bishop of Carolina, in the U. States. Dr. Ives hud for a long time embraced Puseyite opinions, and felt strong sympathies for the Catholic religion, which had subjected him to much remonstrance. Since he has been at R.-me he has put himself in relation with Monsignor Gill, the Catholic. Bishop of Virginia, U. S., and addressed himself to Monsignor Talbot, the private cameriere of the Pope, in order to make his solemn adjura tion and •‘Ublioly profess Catholicism. This cere mony took place on the 26th of December, the pope, in person, administering the sacrament to :he convert. Dr. Ives, in abandoning the Episcopal Church of the United States, has given up a very advantageous position. His wife at first warmly opposed his intention, but it is said that she now begins to defend him against the attacks of the Pro testant ministers who accompanied the bishop to Rome. Peabody’s Lectures.— The Mobile Advertiser of the 2Gih ult. says : We are pleased to learn that it is in contemplation among the horticulturists of our city, to ondeavor to induce Mr Peabody to deliver one or more lectures, upon the beautiful aud invaluable branches of culture, to which he has devoted so much successful attention, and which, like the lamented Downing in a kindred de. partment, he has linked with his own name and reputation. Misnomer! Why will all theatrical newspaper quo. * ers na y n theatrical bill-writers or stage managt-is who should know better, invariably cull The hero 0 f Shakspeate’s “Mach Ado,” by the name of Benedict, when the hard himself has him designated, Benedick DICK. Dick! Such inexcusable errors have, from habit, almost driv en truth out of the field. So frequently do ignorant people print, “a looker on, here, iu Venice,” that few believe it should be, “Vienna ! A thousand bets have been won and lost on— “ The man that hath no music in himself.” which none but tho true reader, will believe correct and we have been “set right” by a supposed authority! in this city for citing, as lie deemed erroneously, “Alas, poor Yorick 1 I knew him, Horatio.” Register. (D-In Massachusetts a petition to the legislature for the repeal of tho liquor law has received a laroe num ber of signatures. Among the signature, is Abbot. Lawrence, who requests its repeal on the ground of its inconsistency with the rights of American citizens. O’ Rev. A. A. Livermore, of the UnitariaD Church in Cincinnati, has received a call to become pastor of the Unitarian Church, in-San Francisco, California, with the terms of one thousand dollars for passage out aud five thousand dollars salary per annum, in the place of Rev. Joseph Harrington, lately deceased. Bishop O’Connor, the Catholic prelate of Pitts burg, has addressed n long letter to Gov. Bio] er complaining that the present free-school system’ u not acceptable to the Catholic population. The Turpentine Business— The Fayetteville, (N. C.) Observer, states that the population of that county has increased about 1,000 since the first of the present month—about 300 whites and 700 slaves having arrived there from other parts of the State to engage in the turpentine business. The London Quarterly, in answer to the question •What is man ?” says, “Chemically speaking, a man is 45 pounds of carbon and nitrogen, diffused through five and a half pailsful of water. Hun. Robert J. Walker is in Washington and is tapidly declining in health. His disease is an affection of the thigh bone. He is extremely ema ciated. having changed very much during the last fortnight. lemperance in Savannah.—At a meeting of the Sav annah Total Abstinence Society, Jan. 29th, the following gentlemen were chosen delegates to the State Convention, to be held at Atlanta on the 23d February :—Wm. King, R, R. Cuyler, John Carruthers, Thee. W.jLaue, and M* Gufburrow, Ksqs. The object of the Convention is” to memorialize the Legislature to pass a law prohibiting tbe traffic in spirtiuotm^iquom. Rev. Du. Duller.— The Baltimore correspondent of the Washington Republic of the 27th ult., says : Rev. Dr. Fuller, of the Seventh Baptist Church of this eity, is about to retire for a time from his charge in consequence of the impaired health of his eldest daughter —a southern clime having been recommended by her physician. Rather Expensive Travelling. —A Mexican paper, the Ordcn, states that the American boundary corn mis sion have paid during the year no less than eighty thou, sand dollars for corn alone. Mr. Buchanan— Groundless Rumor. — A dispatch free* Concord, says, the report tKat Gen. Pierce bad written t Mr. Buclianan to name a member of bis cabinet, is pro nounced without foundation by the beet authority. The celebrated Texan Rvnger, Col. Jack Hayes, was murdered lately in California by a man named Jones, who was seized by the people and lynched. England owns more than double the number of war steam ships possessed by any other nation ; there being in the British navy ouo hundred and forty-one ; in tbs t rench sixty-eight; in the Russian thirty-two; and in h* United .States but fifteen. r I he second annual commencement of the Female Medi cal College (Pa.) was to have taken place on Thursday last. -It is said to be rapidly gaining in prosperity srd popularity. By the 1 aris fashion plates, gentlemen's fuff drem coats are now made in Paris with sleeve Inigo at the w.iat, I ke the sleeves of tiidies’dresin-s, ?vad arc worn with uu* de. Sleeves puffed at the wrist, like those worn ly 1 i.liv* |