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you 16ok for vigilant watchfulness. The dan gers of a concentration of all power in the Gen eral Government of a Confederacy so vast as ours, are too obvious to he disregarded, have a right, therefore, to expect your agents, in every department, to regard strictly the limits imposed upon them bv the Constitution of tne United States. The great scheme of our con stitutional liberty rests upon a proper distribu tion of power between the State and federal au thorities ; and experience has shown that the harmony and happiness of our people must de pend upon a just discrimination between the separate rights and responsibilities of the States, and your common rights and obligations under tiie General Government. And here, in my opinion, are the considerations which should form the true basis of future concord in regard to the questions which have most seriously dis turbed public tranquility. If the Federal Gov ernment will confine itself to the exercise ol powers clearly granted by the Constitution, it can hardly happen that its action upon any question should endanger the institutions of the Si.-.tes, or interfere with their right to manage matters strictly domestic according to the will of their own people. In expressing briefly my views upon an im portant subject, which has recently agitated the nation to almost a fearful degree, I am moved by no other impulse than a most earnest desire for the perpetuation of that Union which has made us what we are—showering upou us bles sings, and conferring a power and influence which our fathers could hardly’ have anticipated, even with their most sanguine hopes directed to n far off future. The sentiments I now an nounce were not unknown before the expression of the voice which called me here. My own position upon this subject was clear and une quivocal, upon the record of my words and my acts, and it is only recurred to at this time be cause silence might, perhaps, be miscon structed. With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes tire entwined. Without it, what are we, individually or collectively t M hat be comes of the noblest field ever opened for the advancement of our race, in religion, in gov ernment, in the arts, and in all that dignifies and adorns mankind ? From that radiant constel lation, which both illumines our own way and points out to struggling nations their course, let but a single star be lost, and, if there be liot utter darkness, tiie lustre ot the whole is dim med. Do my countrymen need any assurance that such a catastrophe is iv)t to overtake them while possess the power to stay itlt i= with me an earnest and vital belief that, as the Union lias been the source, under Providence, of our prosperity to this time, so it is the surest pledge of a continuance ot the blessings >e have enjoyed, and which we are sacredly bound to transmit undiminislied to our children. The field of calm and free discussion in our country is open, and will always he so, but it never lias been nor never can he traversed tor good in a spirit of sectionalism and uncharitableness. — The founders of the Republic dealt with tilings as they were presented to them, in a spirit of self-sacrificing patriotism, and as time has proved, with a comprehensive wis dom, which it will always be safe for us to consult. Every measure tending to strengthen the fraternal feelings of all the mem bers of our Union has had my heartfelt appro bation. To every theory of society or govern ment, whether the offspring of feverish ambi tion or of morbid enthusiasm, calculated to dis solve the bonds of law and affection which unite us, I shall interpose a ready and stern resist ance. I believe that involuntary servitude, as it exists in different States of this confederacy, is recognised by the Constitution. 1 believe that it stands like any other admitted light, and that the States where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies to enforce the constitutional provis ions. I hold that the laws of 1850, commonly called the ‘‘Compromise measures,’’ are strictly constitutional, and to be unhesitatingly carried into effect. 1 believe that the constituted au thorities of this Republic are bound to regard the rights of the South in this respect as they would view any other legal and constitutional right, and that tiie laws to enforce them should be respected and obeyed, not with a reluctance encouraged by abstract opinions as to their propriety in a different state ot society, hut cheerfully and according to the decisions ot the tribunal to which their exposition belongs.— Such have been, mid are, my convictions, and upon them l shall act. 1 fervently hope that the question is at rest, and that no sectional, or am bitious, or fanatical excitement may again threaten the durability of our institutions, or obscure the light of our prosperity. But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man’s wisdom. It will not bo sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the pub lic deliberations. It wilil not tie suffieeient that the rash counsels of human passion are re- ■ jet-ted. It must he felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humbled, acknowl edged dependence upon God and bis overruling Providence. We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis. Wise counsels, like those which gave us the Constitution, prevailed to uphold it. Let the period be remembered as an admonition, and not as an encouragement, in any section of the Union, to make experiments where ex periments are fraught with such fearful hazard. Let it ho impressed upon all hearts that, beauti ful as our fabric is, no earthly power or wisdom could ever reunite its broken fabrics. Stand ing as l do almost within view of the green slopes of Monticello, and, as it were, within reach of the tomb of Washington, with all the cherished memories of the past gathering around me, like so many eloquent voices of exhorta tion from Heaven, 1 can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Provi dence which smiled upon our fathers may ena ble their children to preserve the blessings they have inherited. The inaugural of President Pierce. Tiie inaugural address of our new President is an admirable paperin style and sentiment—it is digni fied, well tempered, and breathes throughout a indy patriotic spirit. The opening allusion t >the manner in which lie was unexpectedly called to his exalted station, and to his sense of its heavy responsibilities, is in tine taste, and of adeeply touching character.— In regard to our foreign policy, he adheres to old an approved land-marks—cultivating peace with all na tions, and yet re-affirming the principle that colon zation of tins Continent by European powers is no l to be permitted beyond existing jurisdiction—and, in reference tu further acquisition of territory, hold ing it no ground of evil foreboding, so far as may be essential lor our own protection, or tor tiie preseiva tion of the rights of commerce and tile peace of the world, but yet repudiating all wrongful or dishonor able means of expansion or aggrandizement On rn. * tors of domestic policy, his views are highly judi cious and comendable—and especially so in relation to tiie army and navy, tiie princip.e on which he plac es official appointments and removals ean scarcely,be exeeptionaole’eveii to political adversaries. It is not only however as Americans, but as Southerners also that we are gratified Wilil tile inaugural. lis firm and distinct recognition of Southern rights & institutions, and of the constitutional obligations of pieserving and enforcing them by existing laws, cannot fail to have the happiest effect in rebuking that criminal lanalicism which, would tear down the pillais of our Republic, and in reviving that sentiment of fra ternity and concord, w hich will ensure perpetuity to i he Union. We are pleased to perceive that ihe principles ami sentiments of the iuauguial are calling forth, with very lew exceptions, the plaudits of our con temporaries, without distinction of party. — Clar. Courier. OiT* A-ii old lady ouee said that her idea of it great man was : “A mail who wqs keerfulof his clothes, didn’t drink sperits, kin read the Bible without spellin’ tho words, and kin eat a cold dinner on wash day, to save tho u imineu folks the trouble of cooking.”^ From the New York Herald. IHE NEW ADMINISTRATION. The Cabinet. SECRETARY OE STATE —WILLIAM LARXED MABCY. New Yorkers, and politicians generally, are familiar with the political life and career of this gentleman. Although his experience as a mem ber of a legislative body lias been very limited, the various executive offices lie has held, and the influence he has possessed, from his political associations, have made him a man of mark among the men of his times. Mr- Marcv is a native of Sturbridge, Worcester county, Massa chusetts, where he was born, December 12, 1786 ; consequently he is now in the 67th year of his age. Having completed his accademic course, he entered Brown Univesity, (Provi dence, 11. 1.,) where he graduated in 1808. He afterwards removed to Troy, in the State of New York, where he studied and commenced the practice of law, and soon took a prominent part in politics as a democrat. During the war with Great Britain, lie served as a volunteer in the military defence of the State. In 1816 lie was appointed Recorder of the city of Troy ; but afterwards, taking part with Mr. Van Bu ren in opposing tiie administration of Governor De Witt Clinton, lie was removed from office by the friends of that Governor, in 1818. When the anti-Ciiiitoniaus came into power, Maicy received from Governor Abates tho appointment of Adjutant-General, in 1821, and removed to Albany, where lie has since resided. On tiie organization of that potent and secret associa tion, called the “Albany Regency,” Mr. Mar cy became one of the most trusty and confiden tial members and advisers of it3 head, Martin Van Buren. To his connection with “the Re gency” Mr. Marcy doubtless owed most of the good success which lias generally attended him as a political leader. In 1823 lie received from the Legislature the appointment of State Comp troller, which office lie held for several years. In 1829 he was appointed one of the Associate Justices of tiie Supreme Court of the Stite; but in 1831 he resigned that office, in conse quence of being elected United States Senator. He was in tiie Senate less than two years, when lie resigned, being elected Governor of New York, in 1832. He was twice re-elec ted, viz., in 1834 and 1836; baton a fourth nomination, in 1838, he shared in the defeat of the democratic party, and William 11. Se i ward was elected over him. After retiring from the executive chair, Mr. Marcy principally devoted his attention to his private hussiness, until Mr. Polk became President, in 1845. He was then offered and accepted the office of Sec retary of War, and was considered through the four years of his service one of the most influ ential members of Mr. Polk’s cabinet. The du ties of the War Department during the Mexican war were arduous, and were discharged by Mr. Marcy with energy and ability. On his retire ment from tho cabinet, after the election of Tay lor and Fillmore, Mr. Marcy exerted himself to | heal the dissensions in the democratic party of i his State. Although decidedly opposed to the I free soil and Wilmot proviso movements of Van Buren and others in the democratic party, Mr. Marcy urged the union of the party as essential to success, and therefore became separated from many of his hunker friends. This feeling against him operated so far as probably to pre vent iiis nomination for President at the Dem ocratic National Convention of 1852. With a j large section of the democratic party in this | State Mr. Marcy is not popular; but his ability | as a writer, tactician, and statesman, is general | ly admitted. I SECRETARY OE THE TREASURY —JAEMS OtJTIIRIE, Is a distinguished lawyer of Louisville, Ky. where he has acquired great wealth and elevated stand -1 ing in society. He lias grown up with the ! West, and is indentified in feeling and interest with the prosperity of the Valley of the Mississ ippi. He is known as a Union Democrat, and unites to commanding talents and an intimate acquaintance with the wants and resources of the whole c >untry, manners tiie most urbane and prepossessing. He is considered a promi nent leader of the Kentucky democracy, and is very popular with his party throughout the Western States. He has not been a member of Congress, but he has had experience as a legislator in the Senate of Kentucky. He was President of (lie State Convention which form ed the new constitution of Kentucky in 1840. His friends predict for him a popular career ns a cabinet olficer and an able discharge of the responsible duties of the treasury department. He is about fifty years of age, of athletic form, and very energetic habits. It should be added, that in 1837 Mr. Guthrie was urged as a can didate for Judge of the Supreme Court instead of Judge Catron ; and on the death of Mr. Clay, in 1852, he declined the offer of Governor Pow ell to appoint him successor to Mr. Clay as United States Senator. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR—ROBERT mV lEI.L AND, At present Governor of Michigan, owes liis selection as a member of the new cabinet to tiie friendship and influence of General Cass. He is a native of Pennsylvania, where he received his education. Emigrating to Michigan, he practised law at Monroe, in that State, from j which district lie was elected to Congress for j three consecutive terms (1843 to 1846.) He! had previously distinguished himself as a mem ber ot the State Constitutional Convention, and of the Leislature of Michigan, in which latter body he was chosen Speaker of the House, in 1843. Although a zealous supporter of General Cass for the Presidency, he voted for the Wil mot proviso, and made free-soil speeches in Congress. He always voted for bills to improve harbors and rivers. His talents are very respec table, and lie is esteemed as a mail of integri ty and energy. lie is forty-five years of age. In November, 1851, he was elected Governor of Michigan, and, under the new constitution, was re-elected, in 1852, for a term of two years, which will expire in January, 1855. In Con gress he was Chairman cf the Committee on Commerce, in 1846, and in 1848 he was on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. SECRETARY OF WAR JEFFERSON DAVIS, Was horn in Kentucky, and > ernoved in early life to Mississippi, from whence lie went to tiie United States Military Academy, at West Point, where he graduated in June, 1828. The same year (in July) he was appointed second Lieu tenant of Infantry, in the United States army, and was made first lieutenant of dragoons, in 1833. The same year he received the appoint ment of adjutant. In 1836 lie resigned his com mission in the army, and retired to private life in Mississippi. He married a daughter of Gen. Taylor, and this lady died several years since. In 1844, Mr. Davis was chosen one of the Presi dential Electors for Mississippi, ami voted for Polk and Dallas. The following year lie was elected to Congress, and served one term as a member of the House of Representatives, ex cepting the time lie was absent in Mexico during the war. In July, 1846, he was appointed colo nel of the regiment of volunteer riflemen raised in Mississippi, and distinguished himself particu larly at Monterey and Buena Vista. President Polk offered him tho appointment of Brigadier General in the United States Army, in 1847, but he declined the honor. The same year the Legislature elected him United States Senator, and he was placed on the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, as chairman. He took an active part in important debates, particularly in advocating Southern rights, and liis talents placed him in the front rank of the democratic leaders. He opposed the Compromise Union measures,which were supported by his colleague, Mr. Foote, and, being nominated as the State rights candidate for Governor, to run against Foote he resigned his seat in the Senate in iB5l. He was defeated at the gubernatorial election, Foote being chosen by a majority of about one thousand. He has since remained in private life. In person Gen. Davis is of the middle size, and his habits are active and energetic; his age is about forty-five years, and he is consider ed well qualified for the duties of the War De partment. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY —JAMES C. DOBBIN, Is a lawyer of Fayettville, and was elected a member of the Twenty-ninth Congress, (1845 ’47.) He was Speaker of the House of Com mons at the late session of the Legislature of North Carolina, and was the candidate of tho democratic party for United States Senator; but lus election was defeated by the intrigues of Romulus M. Saunders, and a few other members of the Legislature. This circumstance doubtless commended him to the favor of General Pierce. Mr. Dobbin was also a member of the National Convention at Baltimore, and promptly second ed the movement of the Virginia delegation in favor of the nomination of General Pierce. Mr. Dobbin is in the prime of life, and of very indus trious habits, hi debate lie is distinguished for eloquence, and his friends have every confidence iu his ability to make a good successor of Gra ham and Kennedy gi tho Department of tho Navy. POSTMASTER GENERAL—JAMES CAMPBELL. This gentleman is at present Attorney Gen eral of Pennsylvania, to which office lie was ap pointed since the State election last fall. Hu had previously been a lawyer of Philadelphia, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in that city. In 1851, an attempt was made to elevate him to the bench of the Supreme Court of the State, the five judges of which are elected by the people of the State by general ticket. Judge Campbell being a Catholic, and a special friend of James Buchanan, was defea ted by the intrigues of General Cameron, late United States Senator, and other enemies of Buchanan , and the Protestant and Native American feeling arrayed against him. Conse quently, Judge Coulter, one of the whig candi dates, waselected, with four democratic judges. This circumstance, with the influence of Mr. Buchanan, have combined to give Judge Camp bell his present prominent position. He is a good lawyer, and of active business habits, lie is, we believe, tho youngest member of the new cabinet, being about thirty-five yeais of age. ATTORNEY GENERAL —CALEB CUSHING, At present one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and well known through out the United States as a distinguished politi cian and eminent scholar. Mr Cushing was born in Salisbury, Essex comity, Massachusetts in January, 1800, and consequently is now in his fifty-fourth year. His father, belonging to one of the most respectable of the old families of Massachusetts, was extensively engaged in the shipping business, by which he acquired a hand some fortune. Caleb Cushing entered Harvard College when very voting, and graduated in the eighteenth year of his age. He commenced the study of the law at Cambridge, and was appoint ed tutor of matherns'ios , and natural philoso phy in Harvard College, which place he held ftr two years, and then removed to Newburv portto engage in the practice of law. In iiis profession he was very successful, and acquired the reputation of a good lawyer. The political career of Mr. Cushing commenced in 1825, when he wasc hosen representative from New buryport to the lower House of the Massachu setts legislature. In 1826 lie was elected a member of the State Senate. Both these pla ces he filled with ability, and to the satisfaction of his constituents. After this lie continued in the practice of the law for two years, and in 18- 29 he went to Europe, on a tour of pleasure and observation. After his return lie prepared for tiie press and published iiis “Reminiscences of Spain ” a work which added much to his literary reputation. He also appeared as the author of a “Historical and Political Review of the Revolution in France,” in 1830. About the same time he was a contributor to the North American Review, writing mainly on historical and legal subjects. Mr. Cushing was again elected to the Massachusetts Legislature in 18- 33 and 1834. He made several unsuccessful runs for Congress, but was finally elected to re present the North Essex District in 1835. His Congressional career continued for four conse cutive terms, or eight years, viz: from 1834 to 1843. Having commence public life as a friend of John Quincy Adams, Mr. Cushing acted with the whig party, both in the State Legislature and in Congress, until the administration of’ John Tylor, when Mr. Cushing was one of the ew whigs who ventured to sustain the course of that President in abandoning his political friends. The consequence to Mr. Cushing was his separation from the whig party and even tually his connection with the democratic party for the last ten years. Asa member of Congress he evinced decided ability, and kis speeches and reports showed in the most favorable light his statesmanlike qualifications. In 1843, President Tyler nominated Mr. Cushing as one of his cabi net, but the Senate refused to confirm the nom ination, owing to iiis political course, and the peculiar position of parties at the time. There upon the President nominated him as Commis sioner to China, and the Senate assented to the appointment. He left the United States in tiie summer of 1843, and proceeded to China, by the Medietrranean and overland route. In 1844 he negotiated a treaty with the Chinese govern ment, establishing, for the first time, diplomatic relations between the two countries. He return ed to the United States by way of Mexico, hav ing accomplished the important business of bis mission, and passed around the globe, within the short period of a year. On his return home Mr. Cushing made a visit to Minnesota Territory as was supposed for the purpose of taking up bis residence there. He, however, returned to Newburyport in 1846,'and was again elected to represent that town in the Legislature. In that body he was the most prominent member at the session of 1847, when the Mexican war was at its height. He acted with the democrat ic members in advocating the policy of that war and for appropriating $20,000 for equipping the Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers at the expense ol the State. \\ hen his proposition was defeated, Mr. Cushing advanced the money from his own means, and the regiment was made ready for service. He was chosen Colo nel of the regiment, and accompanied it the Rio Grande, in Mexico, in the spring of 1847, be ing attached to the army under command of General Taylor. Soon after his arrival in the Mexican terri tory, he was appointed a Brigadier General in tbe United S ales Army, and several regiments ot volunteers were p aced under his command. Hostilities having ceased on the northern line, j General Cushing being anxious for more ac tive service, was at his own request, transfer- I red to the army of General Scott. It was not, ’ however, his tortune to be engaged in any of i the brilliant actions of the war ; and alter ! various services, as a commander at San An- I gel and other places, he returned home on the restoration of peace. In 1547, while he was in I Mexico, General Cushing was nominated by i the democrats ofMassachusetts as their candi j date for Governor. This movement was owing j to the part he had taken in support of the war, and was done without consultation with him.— It doubtless greatly improved his position with the democratic parly in the State and nation ; and the increased, though, of course, unsuc cessful vote given to him, compared with the democratic vote of the previous year, was flat tering to General Cushing,and his friends who had urged the nomination In 1848, General Cushing was a zealous laborer in behalf of the election of General Cass, acting on all oc casions with the Union democrats, and against the free soil party. In 1850, he was for the fifth time, elected a member of the Legislature from Newburyport, and was active in that body in opposing the coalition of the democrats with the free soil party, which caused the election of Charles Sumner to the United States Senate. In ltsl, the office of Attorney General of Mas sachusetts was offered to Gen. Cushing by Gov Boutweil, but he declined the honor. The Legislature of 1852 having created an addition al Justice of the Supreme Court, Gen. Cushing was appionted to the office in May. It is ad mitted that he has performed the duties of his seat on the bench with abilityand integrity, an<i as a judge, he has acquired an enviably popu larity. In person, Gen Cu-hing is tall and slender, with dark complexion and pleasing . address. His habits are of the active and in dustrious character, and his friends have great confidence that he will acquit himseif in the duties of a cabinet officer with the same abil j ity that he has shown in the various other pub i lie station he has occupied, Wi)t Wmxm avfo Sentinel COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1853. TELEGRAPHIC. Telegraphed Expressly for (he Times & Sentinel. Mobile, March 12. \ The Crescent City lias arrived at New York, via Havana. Vice-President King is said to he very ill. New Orleans, March I*2. , There is very little enquiry for Cotton. Prices are unchanged :-i:iee our last. Two thousand bales had 1 been sold up to 1 o’clock. Mobile, March 12. | The enquiries for cotton is slack, sales to-day amount |to 1500 bales. Holders are very firm at our previous J quotation. Mobile, March 10. New Orleans Market. Yesterday the demand was active; sales amounted to twelve thousand bales at firm prices. The market is stifier to-day with fair demand. Sales to 1 o’clock . 2010 bales, Mobile Market. Yesterday’s sales 10,000 bales : fair enquiry to-day, and market firm. Sales to 1 o’clock 2,000 bales. We quote Fair 10 a 10 I*4 ; Middling ! 1-2 a 9 3-4; Mid dling Fair 9 a 9 1-1 ? Ordinary 8 a 8 1-4. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARItI VA !, OK TH E STEA ,M E R 15 A L TIC . Mobile, March 8, 5 P. M. The steamship Baltic has arrived with three days later intelligence from Liverpool. Cotton has declined one-eighth of a penny. Market , dull. The sales for three days amounted to 15,000 bales, I which were bought mostly by the Trade. I Fair Orleans G l-4d a G 3-Bd., Orleans 5 13-1 Gd. j There have been imported into Liverpool since the I sailing of the Cambria 4,000 bales. The Havre market is dull. * New Orleans, March 8* T here has been some enquiry per cotton. Sales to one o’clock, amounted to 10,000 bales. Middling 8 3-4 cents. Mobile. March B—s P. M. j Two thousand bales sold to-day. Middling Fair 9 1-4 | to 10 cents; Good Middling 9a 9 1-2 cts.; Middling | 8 a 8 3-4 ; Ordinary 7 1-4 a 8 cents. Hail Storm. On Wednesday evening la>t, March 10th, a ter- i rible bail storm swept over our city, and during the ! space of 10 minutes, did immense damage. Almost ! every house in the city was injured. The Warehouses ! of Mr. Rankin, Gunby, Daniel 6c Cos. and of H. S. | Smith 6c Cos., were all partially blown down and unroof ed Six or eight store houses about Rankin’s corner had their front walls entirely prostrated. Many private residences were partially unroofed. Almost every chim ney in the city is down and our shade trees cumber the streets with their fallen trunks and broken branches. Taylor & Co.’s Gin Factory was unroofed and incalcu lable injury done to a large number of Gins already finished, and to the tools and machinery used in the manufacture. It is reported that the bridge in Girard ! was blown down, and a waggon, driver and team pre- j oipitated into the depths below. No lives were lost in our city. j It is useless to grieve over unavoidable calamity*.— Industry and energy will repair it, and we are happy to see that even before the storm had abated, many of our energetic citizens were busily engaged in removing the wreck and repairing the damage it had caused. — The damage is immense, but in the confusion conse quent upon so great a calamity, it is impossible to esti mate it. Losses by the Storm. We have confined our enquiries to the business part j of the city. Besides those - enumerated below, every house in the city has suffered damage of from 5 to 50 dollars in fences, chimneys and glass; which will amount in the aggregate to not less than $25,000. Hardly a merchant in the city has escaped severe in jury from leakage. We put down the injury to goods at not less than $ 5,000. Warehouses. —11. S. Smith & Cos *6OOO 00 Gunby, Daniel <fc Co* 3,000 00! W. Rankin 1,000 00 Greenwood 6c Cos .500 00 Store Houses.—John Smith, No. — Broad St.. .25 00 A. Andersen, (owned by Rankin,). “ “ 200 00 I). Hudson, (owned by Besssel,) 141 “ 200 00 D. B.9Thompson, owned by P. Adams) 143 “ 225 00 Jas. Boulter; ** 145 “ 125 00 j Mr. Morris, (owned by B. Wells) 147 “ 125 00 A. Schwartz, “ “ 149 “ 125 00 ; John Code, “ “ 157 “ 25 00 j A. Halle, “ “ 159 “ 30 00 \ T. J. Clem, “ T. J. Clem,) 161 “ 200 00! J. A. McNeil, “ B. Wells,; IG3 “• 209 00, Schwartz 6c Bro. “ “ 165 “ 225 00 | F. Golden, “ ‘ 167 “ 225 00 | W. Rankin, “ W. Rankin,) 169 “ 200 00 3 stores on Crawford st, (Wells,) W. Degnan, Front 6c Crawford st., (Estate of P. Sullivan, dec’d.) 50 00 j i Public Buildings.—Court House & Market, 200 00 ! Catholic Church and Houses, 100 00 I Episcopal Church, 300 00 Gas Houses, &00 00 Corporation Buildings.—R R. Buildings, 5,000 00 Howard Factory, 1.000 00 Eagle Factory,.. 500 00 i E. T. Taylor 6c Co.’s Gin Factoryt,. 250 00 Private Residences.—(E. Lentilhon, corner of Broad and Bryan street®, Mrs. Sarah Clark, R. Hyslop,) 2,500 00 i Shanty adjoining Greenwood 6c Cos, 100 00 ; Barny Dolan, Front st, 150 00 I E. Lentilhon, 3 tenements on Front st, 350 00 ! L B. Hill, 1,000 00 Oglethorpe I louse, 1,000 00 Dr. Ware’s residence occupied by Mrs. Brice, 500 00 Damage to Real Estate, 26,730 00 Whole amount of damage by the Storm, $61,730 00 *Thc old tin roof was worthless. tThis is their own estimate. Mr. Demerest’s Examination. \Y e were one among a crowd of spectators who had the pleasure of attending the examination of Mr. Deme rest's Dancing School on Friday night last in Concert Hall. The scholars gave evidence of the ability of their instructor by the ease, elegance and precision with which they performed all the fashionable dances. The young ladies were dressed in costume; the performances were varied and beautiful, and the whole effect of the exhibition was more pleasing than we could possibly have anticipated. Air. Deinerest’s success as a teacher of this pleasing art in this city has been complete. The Polka, Scott iscltee, Cotillon, \\ altz, Highland Fling, Cracovieune, and many other new and beautiful styles of dancing, have been taugt by him to his classes in an incrcdi | bly short space of time, and we take great pleasure in j bearing this testimony to the capacity of a gentleman 1 whose private*?worth is equal to his professional skill. A Short Notice ol “the Setting Sun.’ We confess that wo see not bung to admire in the de ceased Administration. The glory ?of the compromise belongs-to Henry Clay. Besides this we know ot no act of the Administration which is likely to have any important influence upon the destinies of the Republic. Things have been allowed to take their course uninflu enced in a great degree by the position <f the President. The law of the land has been, in some eases, resisted, and, in others, avoided in the Northern States, during the last four years, and no effectual steps have been taken to uphold its majesty. We are not prepared to say how far this deplorable state of things is the result of negligence on the part of the Executive. W hen a whole people are engaged in trampling under foot the law of the land, it is exceedingly difficult for the Exec utive arm to enforce obedience. We think, however, that if the Presidential chair had been filled by a man with the iron nerve of Jackson, that the results would have been different. In respect to our foreign relations the course of the Ltj Administration has been characterized ly a cau tious timidity which has excited the indignation of a large portion of the American people, and emboldened the minions of foreign despotism in their reckless dis regard of the rights and liberties of our c tizens, | No one of the great measures of domestic policy I which were recommended and insisted upon by the : President in his annual messages have been adopted. The tariff has not been raised ; ad valorem duties j have not been abolished ; specified duties have not been ! imposed. The Democratic policy of Polk, in respect to taxation, lias been strictly adhered to ; and if the reve nue has increased beyond all precedent, so as to meet fully the demand that is made upon it by the increase ! of our territory, and the Mexican war debts, the praise ! is due to Mr. Polk and the Democracy, and not to Mr. j Fillmore and the party which placed him in power. We will not more than allude to the fraud and cortup i tion which is said to have become so common during h s Administiation. We have 110 idea that the Presi | dent participated in it or gave any countenance to it. | He had the misfortune to have either corrupt or indif i ferent offers under him, and probably lacked the nerve to rebuke them. No doubt Mr, Fillmore, is a clever man, and tried to do the best he could under the heavy load of responsi bilities which, so unexpectedly, fell upon his shoulders, upon the decease of President Taylor. We forbear therefore to dip our pen in gall, in our comments upon his public acts, and on liis retirement from the high po sition which was thrust upon him, by the act of God, and not by the votes of his fellow citizens, we wish him no greater evil than that he may never be called upon : i to .shoulder burthens so very much too heavy for his 1 bone and muscle, as those which he has lately laid down. We doubt -not but that lie had the softest slum bers and the sweetest dreams of all the throng which ; were assembled in the capital? to witmss the august i ceremonies of the Inauguration of the new President of i this great people, on the night of the 4th March, lie : had been President four years, and the Republic st.ll j endured. V few more Remarks upon the Inaugural. Some whig and union presses have been very loud in their commendation of the views of the President i upon the compromise. We ourselves find no fault with them. The compromise was satisfactory to a very large majority of the Southern people. We could not expect a Yankee to take higher ground in defense of i our lights than we ourselves stand upon. If we had j demanded more, General Pierce would have insisted j upon more, as is very clearly indicated in that portion of j the address in which lu boldly insists upon the old ! Republican doctrine, that “if the Federal Government j will confine itself to the exercise of powers clearly ; granted by the constitution, it ean hardly happen that i its action upon any question should endanger the in j stitutions of the States, or interfere with their rights to ! manage matters entirely dom.stic, according to the will j of their own people;” and still more strongly in the i ; preceding sentences in which the true basis of future ; j concord is stated to lie, not in submission to aggression, 1 ! but in a wise and “just discrimination between the rights and responsibilities of the States, and your com -1 mon rights and obligat ions under the General Govern- I ment.” By all which it is clearly indicated that in the opinion of the President the discord which has disturb j ed the quiet of the republic for several years past has j resulted from the interference of the General Govern i ment with the domestic institutions of the South. ** Nor do we find fault with the glowing eulogium pro nounced by the President upou the Union. lie means a Constitutional Union in which a “just discrimination” , 13 made between the rights of and the rights j of the Federal Government. For the preservation of such a Union the Southern Rights movement was made; and to that movement wo attribute all that is good and wholesome in the compromise—and to it alone we arc indebted for the refusal of Congress to apply the : Wilmot Proviso to all the Territories of the United j States, after every Northern State but one had insisted j upon such action. I We cannot commend too highly the bold and manly position of the President upou the questions involved in : the Monroe doctrine. “The rights, security and re pose of this confederacy, reject the idea of interference or colonization on this side of the ocean by any foreign power beyond present jurisdiction as utterly inadmissi ble.” If this is merely bombast, it is contemptible. If it is the settled policy of the administration, it is the most momentous declaration in the address. It gives “form | and pressure’’ to one of the ghosts of American politics, ! and indicates that the contest for supremacy between i the United States and Europe, in the new world, is now at hand. We abide the issue without faltering, in the confident assurance that we arc now entering in good earnest upon our destiny. Providence has placed the Anglo-Saxon Race on the continent for the development of great principles. It is destined to extend from pole to pole, and to carry with it our pure religion, and our glorious liberties. No obstacle can arrest our progress; and if the bloated despotisms of Europe shall attempt it, on their head be the consequences. Perhaps it may escape the notice of some of our read ers, that the President emphatically condemns the doc trines of Kossuth on Intervention. European wars and tumults, “whilst confined to the nations which gave them existence, and within their legitimate jurisdiction, cannot affect us, except ns they appeal to our sympathies in the cause of human freedom and universal advance ment,” is the position of the new administration. This, we believe, is the universal conviction and sentiment of the South. There arc many other positions taken in the address which we would be pleased to notice and commend, but as they are palpable on the face of the address, we will not fatigue our readers with further comment upon a document which all of them will read with interest. We cannot help from adding that there is a warmth, a cordiality, a boldness, a directness, a republican sim plicity in the Inaugural which touches our hearts, and commands our confidence. We doubt not our readers will experience the same feelings on its perusal. A Post Master Elected. \\ e publish to-day the proceedings of the Pierce and King club at a meeting held in this city on the 7th inst. They resulted in the change of the name of the club, and the election of Michael N. Clarke as Post Muster for this city. It seems that Messrs. Forsyth, Jones, Torrance and Clarke were all nominated for the office and were voted for in the meeting, but wheth er with their knowledge or consent or the knowledge and consent of their friends, the proceedings do not in form us. Neither are we ad vised as to the number of per sons who attended the meeting. All this is important to be known, before much force will attach to the ac tion of the meeting, and we hope some gentleman fa miliar with the facts, will communicate them to the public. We fully recognize the right of the people to desig nate a suitable person to fill the office of Post Master, and have looked with favor upon the action of the peo ple in some sections of the country where regular elec tions have been held for this purple. Indeed we see no impropriety in such an expression of opinion in a meeting of the party, but then public notice ought to be given not only of the meeting, but of the specific ob jects to be attended to at it. We are not advised that j all this was done at this meeting. The subject is an j important one, as the interests of several highly re- ■ speetabie gentlemen are involved in it, and indeed of ! the public generally, and we make these suggestions not because of any objection to the nominee, but for the purpose of eliciting “the truth, the whole truth, and i nothing but tho truth.” President Pierce’s Inaugural. We hoped to be able to give our readers to-day the Inaugural Address in full, hut the slow, lumbering ears have not yet reached us from Washington. We have giveu ji synopsis, from the Mercury , which is very meager, hut reliable. One or two points are worthy of special notice, and will gain the President troops of friends in the South, though they may lose him quite as many at the North. He emphatically endorses the fugitive slave law and says it should he respected and obeyed , not with a re luctance, encouraged by abstract opinion* , as to its propriety in a different state of society, but chcr fully, and according to the decisions of the tribunals to which its exposition b longs. There is in this sentence 110 mawkish sentimentality about the moral evils of slavery in the abstract, but a down right assertion of constitutional rights and duties characteristic of the whole course of the President from his first entrance into political life. On the subject of extension of Territory, the Pr esi dent holds the following language. “The policy of the Administration, will not be con trolled by timid forebodings of evil from tbe expansion of our territory. It is not to be disguised tint the ac quisition of certain possessions, not within the jurisdic tion of the United States, arc important, if not essen tial for the preservation of our commercial rights, and the peace of the world. Should they, however, be ob tained, it will be in no grasping spirit, but in a man ner consistent with the strictest National Faith.” The contrast between this language and the fearful forebodings of Mr. Fillmore is very striking. Mr. Pierce is not afraid of slavery or slave territory. He is willing to increase both, if the interests of the Republic demand it. We will defer further comment until our next issue, when we hope to give the Inaugural in full. The signs so far indicate that we are to have a bold, economical, and Republican Administration, under whose broad ae gis the rights of all sections of the country will be se cure. Mr. James Hamilton—-Yale College—Aboli t ion ism. There is a pertinacity in the spirit of fanaticism which alarms us. No threat can terrify it ;no concession can appease it: no cousequeuces can deter it; no diffi culties can arrest its efforts; it works by day; it works by night; it gives itself no rest in summer’s heat or winter’s cold ; it creeps into the pulpit and thunders its anathemas at tho South ; it occupies the Professor’s chair and instils its poison into the mind of youth ; it I fills all the channels of literature —in poesy it sings of \ the oppression of the slave ; in history it defames the master: the novel, the magazine, the newspaper are its ministers ; it clothes itself inthe ermine of the judge ; it steals the robes of the senator ; it plots in the cabinet of the minister; its voice is heard in the car,the steam-boat i* and the stage-coach ; in the bar room, in the marts of commerce and around the social hearthstone. The I war it wages is one of extermination. The fight thick ens, but where is the opposing host to meet its extend ing line of battle ? Since our connection with the press, we have kept a steady eye upon its scheming policy, and, like Ezekil’s watchman, have blown the trumpet at every new phase of'danger. Our task is not yet done. Anew battery is opened, upon us in the classic i shades of Yale College, hallowed by the presence of ’ Calhoun and by thousands of the brightest intellects and 1 noblest hearts in all the South. We should have been ignorant of this new enemy were it not for the bold and fearless independence and burning patriotism of our young townsman, Mr. James Hamilton, late a student in Yale College, whose bril liant letter, exposing the bold deception, we find in the New Haven Register , and gladly transfer in full to our columns this morning. It is alike creditable to his head and heart, and entitles him to a warm place in the affections of the Southern people. We have steadily discountenanced the practice of ! sending southern youth to Northern Universities. We j dreaded the influence of Northern sentiment upon their ; susceptible minds. We hardly supposed, however, that the reverend Professors of Harvard and Yale, would de scend from their high position and wallow in the sewers of abolition fanaticism, and endorse the foul slanders which are heaped upon our heads by authors as reck less as Mrs. Stowe. We had too much respect for their characters to harbor so much as a suspicion that they . would endeavor to bring the laws of the land into dis repute, and countenance disaffection to the Union. Such, however, is the late practice of the President and some of the Professors of Yale College. These facts will we earnestly hope be sufficient in j future to deter Southern men from educating their ehil ( dren at the North ; and induce all who have sons now iu Northern Colleges to bring them home immediately. The South must resolve upon her own defense, or consent to become a desolation. The ebb in the tide of political abolition has been followed by a flood in that of social abolitionism—which is by far the most dan gerous of the two. The light magazine and the pa thetic novel will be greedily read by thousands who would turn away witfi disgust from the coarseness of Hale or the pomposity of Seward and Sumner. The first step in this great contest is to entrust the education of our children to reliable men. A healthy public sentiment at home is a matter of the last impor tance to the South, and this is the surest method tose eu:e it. The Post Master Again. We publish to-day, the statement of Messrs. Pitts, Cherry and Jones in relation to the late meeting of the Pierce and King Club, which resulted in the election of Michael N. Clarke as Post Master for this city. It seems from the statement that thirteen persons, in cluding among them some of the officers of the Pierce and King Club, met at the Court House on the 7th Inst., under a general notice of a Club meeting, and very summarily disposed of tho Post Office and also of the claims of several very worthy candidates for the appoint ment, by nominating them and voting them down with almost entire unanimity—that these gentlemen thus summarily disposed of had no notice of the objects of the meeting, and that all who did attend, except the three who refused to vote and signed this cer tificate were the friends of Mr. Clarke, . From all which can gather that the meeting was nothing more then a caucus of the friends of a particular candidate; and is entitled to no more weight than if they had privately, met in the office of Mr. Clark and signed a certificate in his favor. Fair play is a jewel, and every worthy member of the party is entitled to it from the hands of his party friends, on all occasions, and especially in the distribution of “tho spoils of war” after a battle in which all fought equally well. So far as we are at present advised, we can but regard the action of a small portion of the Pierce and King Club at its late meeting, as an attempt to foist a man in office by indirection, and, if this is the ease, it will meet with the contempt of every honest man. We hope the gentlemen who composed the meeting will be able to throw some light upon this matter, which will relieve it from objection, and until we hear from them, we will forbear further observations upon this subject. New Music. “my OLD KENTUCKY HOME, GOOD NIGHT.” This is a plaintive Ethiopian Melody by tbe author of Old Folks at Home,” and is said to be quite as popu lar at the North as that famous song. Its success at the South is problematical, as there is a slight leaning to wards abolitionism in tho poetry. The Fascination Polka.-—This is the title of a beautiful polka well adapted for the drawing room composed by Maurice Strakosch, and performed by him at all his concerts. Firth, Pond & Cos., New York, publishers, and for sale by Whittelsey 6c Cos. Removal of the Wrecks. M e yesterday received the following telegraphic dis patch from the lion. R. M Charlton. The amend ment ought not. we think, to be placed uponHhe doubtful list in the House of Representatives.—SalalnaA Paper Washington, March 2, 1853. ihe Senate, on my motion, has inserted in the Naval j Appropriation Bill, the amount of $50,000’ for the re j moval of the \\ reeks in our River. Its fate in the ‘ j House is very doubtful. ROBERT M. CHARLTON.” Railroad Meetings continue to bo held in Florida. | We ob9erve notices for meetings in Tallahassee and j Quincy, and in various parts of the State evidence is given of a strong feeling in behalf of railway enterprises Kailrcaif— Lumpkin—-Americas—Albany— Savannah anti Brunswick. It seems to be a settled point, that the South-Western Road is to be extended from Oglethorpe to \mericus; and the Georgia Courier , in remarking upon the fact, encourages the people of Stewart county, to extend it still further (thirty-six miles) to Lumpkin. There are some things connected wtih this subject, which are not so far in the future as to cast no shadows before. We say then, that sooner or later,"and we think within a few years, there will be a Rail Road from Brunswick to Colmnbus. as we!! as from the former to Pensacola. The first will pass through Albany and Lumpkin. We give the proof in a few words. Bruns wick is by far, and in evt-rjr respect, a better location for a commercial seaport-town than Savannah is. Her harbor U amply large, and deep enough for vessels of the largest class. She is healthy at all seasons. The Railroad connecting her with Columbus, will be free trom curves, that will materially increase its length or retard the speed of travel upon it. Its actual length will be about filly miles less than that of the Railroad be tween Savannah and Columbus: and lastly, when the Brunswick Road shall have reached Albany, its Stock holders, as well as the owners of laud along the line, and of lots in the city, will see, too plainly, the advan tages she will have over Savannah, by contesting the field with her in Columbus. Columbus, too, will sec the vast advantage to her of having another (and we think) better bidder for her trade, than Savannah will be—better by far at least than Savannah will be without formidable competition. By this Road, Brunswick will be connected with the State Road, and theieby with the Mississippi \ alley, and by the Opelika and Chunnenug gee Roads, with the lieait of Alabama. Now if we were citizens of Lumpkin, we should come to this conclusion : “We will exert every muscle to form a connection with Brunswick. All the means we have to share, shall go into the project. It will secure to us a better outlet to the Atlantic, and ut the same time, will connect us with the up counties of Georgia, and even with the Valley of the Mississippi—with Sa vannah and Augusta, via Columbus, by a route but lit tle greater in length than by Amerieus and Ogltehorpe ; and lastly, it will compel Savannah to build without our aid , the thirty-six miles between Amerieus and Lump kin, or relinquish all hope of commercial intercourse with us. She will build the road. We therefore got three roads by moving in the direction of Brunswick— first, the Brunswi k—second, the road to Columbus, and third, the road to Amerieus. The advantage which would result to Columbus from a direct Railroad connecting with Brunswick, would be many and important, and are too obvious to require discussion. * * The Girard Rail Road. At a meeting of the stockholders held in Girard on the 7th inst., Messrs. James E. Gacliet, Wiley Williams, Robert S. Hardaway, Anderson Abercrombie, Arnold Seals, Homer Blackmon and Thomas IT. Dawson, were elected Directors of the company. The Board of Directors re-elected Robert S. Harda way President, and Walton B. Harris Secretary. Mr. George Runey will be retained as chief Engineer and Robert A. Hardaway as an assistant. The report of the President represents lie* road as being in a very prosperous condition, and he entertains no doubt of its completion to Colbert, 22 miles from Girard, by next December. This road is of vital importance to Columbus and to the extensive country through which it passes. Its progress hitherto has been slow, owing to a scarcity ot means. Public confidence however is increasing, and the whistle of the first car upon the track will ensure its speedy completion to Union Springs. When it reaches that point, the interest of Columbus will of course measurably decrease, as she will then be the depot ot the trade of the rich prairies which lie east of the Alabama river, and without competition. Mobile will then doubtless feel the necessity of com pleting the track to her broad bay, unless she can con sent to give up to Columbus, Pensacola-and Savannah the immense trade of all that portion of Alabama and F'lorida which lies between Montgomery and the Gulf ot Afexico on this side ot tho Alabama river. In this day of Rail road enterprise, a city which stands still will find her trade and commerce absorbed by her more thrifty neighbors. Savannah and Brunswick are both building roads from the sea coast to Pensacola, the avowed object of which is to turn the Pacific trade in to their harbors. This rivalry is not to be despised.— Mobile may save herself by prompt and cordial co operation with Columbus in the speedy completion of the Girard road, hut it she neglect the goldeu moment now offered, and allow a rival city to be built up at Pensacola, the consequenoe may prove ruinous to her best interests. Can we find no response to this appeal from the press of Mobile ? Burglary. W e understand that a party of Burglars entered the Rook Store of J. \V. Feabk, on the night of the 9th inst., and abstracted about SIOO worth of Gold Pencils, a quantity of knives and a small amount of money. The same party attempted to enter the Jewelry Storo of Foster and Purple, but were frightened off before they had accomplished their designs. They left one of their tools in Mr. Pease’s Store, and a lot of them at Foster and Purple’s. E. T. Taylor & Co.’s Gin Factory. We are very much gratified to learn that we were misinformed as to the extent of the injury done to this extensive establishment. Dr. Taylor informs us that two hundred and fifty dollars will cover the damage, and that they will be able to meet all their engagements for gins. Our information was derived from one of the work men whom we met on Broad street, ill the midst of the storm. South Carolina Congressional Flection. Messrs. McQueen, Aiken, Orr. and Coleoek, aro re elected without opposition. Til the second District, the returns indicate, beyond a doubt, the election of Col. P. S. Brooks. From the sixth District, the returns, so far, are too incomplete to determine the result. Dr. CiiAS. Byrne, editor of the Jacksonville News died suddenly of apoplexy, at sea, on board the steamer Carolina, on the Ist inst. I[ o was on hi* way from Jacksonville to Charleston at the time. Tho Corporation of Chattanooga have subscribed SIOO,OOO to the Will’s Valley Railroad. Rumors of another Expedition for the Invasion of Cuba.—A New York paper mentions a rumor, for which it does not vouch, that another expedition is beino organized in New Orleans, with the design of the Island of Cuba. A Colonel of the lute Hungarian army is to have command cf the expedition, which al ready, it is said, numbers a force of fifteen hundred men from Cincinnati and elsewhere. Fj In the Senate on Tuesday a motion by Mr Ml son to repeal all duties on Railroad iron was rejected by a vote of 19 yeas to 36 nays. Spirit of the South.— J. M. Buford, Esq has become associated with Mr. Bullock in the Editorial de partment of this able and well conducted paper. Thomas 11. Callaway has been re-elected President of tho East Tennasee and Georgia Railroad Company. The Whigs of the Ashland Dial, in Kentucky, have nominated the lion. James llarlatt for Congress. Heavy Failure iu Boston. Baltimore, March' 7.-Joseph C. Bales, a hardware dealer lit Boston, lias failed to the extent of $300,000, The Boston t olleetorship. Baltimore, March 7.-Th Collector oTßortou resigned his office on Monday. Rail Road Collision. Baltimore, March O.—A collision has occurred on the Pennsylvania Rail Road, whereby ten immigrants have been killed. Enter from Mexico. Mew Orleans, March 8. Dates from Vera Cruz to the 21st u!t. have been re eeived. It is stated that a Mexican cutter hud sailed for Havana for the purpose of bringing back Santa Anna to that country.