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TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20.
Candidates lor Goretaer.
Very little has been as yet written on this subject
in Georgia, though there is a strorg undercurrent at
work among the masses. The importance of the office
demands that the subject be not ignored until the Con
vention meets to nominate a candidate. The system oi
nominations now in vcgue is at best an infringement
upon the rights of the electors, and unless it were tem
pered by full and free consultation of the popular will
before the convention meets, it would become an intole
rable tyrany. It is the duty of the press, therefore, to
speak out on the subjeot and thereby indicate before
hand who is the fittest man to fi.l the position. In
discharging this duty, however, editors and correspon
dents should nut forget that they are canvassing the
meritsand capacities of political brethren, and should tem
per their criticisms accordingly. We shall bo guided in
what we say on the subject by this golden ruio.
Messrs. James Gardner, of Richmond, David J.
Bailey, of Bu'ts, William H. Stiles, of Chatham, John
H. Lumpkin, of Floyd, have been mentioned in con
nection with the Democratic nomination for the office
of Governor. Wc are very happy to b, able to endorse
each and alt of them as good and true men, and sound
and reliable Democrat, aud to be able to promise
either of them our z.alous support if they should be
selected as the standard bearer of the party for the
next campaign. On the score cf fitna.s for the office,
it would difficult to make a selection between them. In
the keeping of either of them, the honor and interests
of Georgia would be safe. II the selection between
them were left to us, we should be compelled to decide
by lot which of them should bear off the palm. A
correspondent, however, presents some views in favor
of James Gardner, E r q., which strikes us as new and
pithy. Without pretending to say, at this lime, wheth
er they are of so weighty a character os to ovet balance
the reasons which can be urged in favor of the other
candidates, we cheerfully give them a place iu our col
umns and hope they will bo considered by oar readers
and estimated according to their woitb. We cheer
fully endorse the just encomiums pronounced by our
correspondent upon the capacity and distinguished ser
vices of our confrere of the Constitutionalist. For
years, we have read his editorials with pleasure and
profit, and have always fontid him at his post, wielding
a damascus blade with deadly effect upon the foe, in
every hoar of peril to our •cherished cause and princi
ples, and no man in the State would rejoice more over
his promotion than we would, if it can be done with
dafety to our cause and without injustice to his com
editors.
Future. Prospect ol the United Stales—FUli
busteriiig.
A citizen of the United Stales must be stone blind
who does not see that it is the destiny of the Anglo-
Saxon race to over run this ountinent and efface what
ever is effete and to absorb whatever is healthy in the
civilization, and peoples which now exist outside of our
(io.ly corporate. Every thirty years doubles our popu
lation-and our territory increases pari passee. The
consummation is inevitable, whether it be right or
wrong.
The facts of history, which, to the Christian mind,
are the lessons of Providence, prove nothing more con
clusively than this: “A race either progresses or rel
rogades, either increases or diminishes—the children ot
Time, like their sire, cannot sland still.”
It is not, therefore, a question with the United States
whether or not her boundaries shall be enlarged :
Providence has settled that question for us; we will as
naturally increase as the acorn will expand into a
spreading oak ; or the -Mississippi flood its banks j
when the snows melt on the eastern slopes of the Rocky
Mountains. America is the great lake into which ali
Europe pours countlets streams of emigration ; and in
tho bo4om of which there are innumerable aud exlniusl
less living springs of repioductiou and increase. We
are oompeiled by our very fullnts to overflow surround
ing nations. Nor can we deprecate our destiny. Da- i
vastalion will necessarily accompany tho first flood, but
over all the submerged land will settle a rich deposit of
constitutional government and laws, under the stimu- 1
fating influence of which a bruv-e, virtuous, enlightened
and christianized people will tako the place of the scini
barbarous tribes which now vegitate upon them.
Morbid philauthropy fixes its microscopic vision
upon the disorder which accompanies the process of
absorption ar.d deplores lb® wickedness or Territorial
aggrandisement. There is nothing in onr previous
practice of Territorial aggrandisement to justify this
outcry. We deprive no citizen of his political or civil
rights, but on the contrary, add to their number and
guaranty their enjoyment by annexation. We deprive
no matt of his property by annexation, but on tho con
trary increase its value and throw arcuud its title the
security of law. By the nature of our system of gov
ernment, the United States eannot tyraniz* over neigh
boring people. The States and people conquered, pur
chased, or annexed, become, by the very act cf an
nexation, the equals and peers cf the States and citizens
of the United States, have a voice in the selection of
common rulers, and in the enactment and enforcement
of laws. The only parties which are deprived of pos
sesstonsinan annexed territory are the gorerning classes,
and it is a fundamental American dogma that the peo
ple have aright to change their rulers at pleasure.
Tire Clarendou-Dalins Treaty.
“Tangling alliances” with foreign nations were rep
robated by Washington, and never, we believe, have
cumbered the progress of the United States iu their
steady march towards their manifest destiny until Clay
ton and Dulwer bunglingly patched up the so-called
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, during the short and inglori
ous Presidency of Taylor. We hail hoped, aud the
people geneiaily indulged the hope, that the endiess
confusions to which this gave rise would deter future
administrations from all attempts to curb tho legitimate
growth and expansion of the Republic by the wooden
slioes of diplomacy. We were taken all aback, there
fore, by the announcement that the American Minister,
Mr. Dallas, had beeu seduced into a repetition of Clay
ton’s folly, and the publication of the abstract of the
Treaty has not tended to diminish our inherited antip
athy to “tangling alliances’’ with foreign powers.
The North American continent is, we earnestly be
lieve, tha heritage of tho Anglo-Americans. It is their
destiny to overrun it, and to drive out and to extermin
ate, or to absorb, the mongrel races which now occupy
Mexico and Central America, and to spread our system
of government and laws from Hudson's Bay to the Car
ribbean Sea. It is idle to suppose that Great Britain
can eppose nny insurmountable obstacle to our growth
and expansion ; she may dam the stream for a time,
but the pent up waters will sweep before them every
obstruction, and carry along upon their surging billows
the civilization of the United States of America, to the
utmost verge of the continent. It is idle, therefore,
for our statesmen to attempt to stem the tide of destiny
by treaties with Great Britain. She is, at best, an in
truder iu Centra! America, and should be treated as a
temporary possessor of a usurped domiuion, and not as
a party in lawful and assured possession. All treaties,
therefore, entered into with the British government, in
respect to American affairs, which attempt to fix the
status of the United States and curb ti.elr expansion to
the tropics, are wrong in principle, and must end in
failure, if nothing worse.
But this is not the gravest objection to the Clarendon-
Dallas Treaty. By the terms of that siogalar piece of
diplomacy, the United States and Great Britain have
bound themselves to intervene in the settlement of the
boundaries of neighboring States, to the erection of free
cities and free States oat of portions of their population
and territory, ana tied the hands of future administra
tions iu the conduct of Ameriotn affairs. The bound
at ies of Nicaragua are Mixed San Juan is made a
free city, aud the Mosquito Indians erected into a na
tionalty'by this Treat;,, and the contracting parties are
pledged each to the other, not to negotiate with Nica
ragua except according to the Singular terms of this
singular Treaty.
Now, what right has Great Britain and tho United
States to do ary of these things? Wjliat business have
they to mask out boundaries, to prescribe the form us
Government which the citizens of San Juan and tho
Meequitoshore shall live under, and fix the civil and
political relations the mixid races of Central Amerioa
shall sustain towards each other 1 All this is accord
ing to the principles of the Holy Alliauae which the
despots of Europe formed for the government of Ea
repe after the downfall of Napoleon, but it is alien to
the traditions and practices of this continent. We re
cognize in its fullest mtanirg aDcl force, that sublime
sentence in tne Declaration of Independence which de
clares that “it is the right of the people to alter or to
abolish and to institute anew government, laying its
foundation on such principles, and organiz’ng its pow
ers in such form, as to thtm shall seem moot likely to
effect their safety aud happiness.'” Now, it seems to us
that the Glarendon-Dallas Treaty, is directly at issue
with these fundamental American ideas, and eannot re
ceive the sanction of the American people unless they
ignore all the teachings of the past and all the hopes of
the luture. Aud we confess that the character
and blood of the “citizens” of San Juan and Mosquito,
uo tot commend the Treaty to onr favorable regards.—
We have yet to learn that a treaty can make a negro,
or Indian, or any of their eroShes, capable of the exer
cise of the rights and duties of a State hereafter desti
ned to bccomo a member of the United States Fedcra
t.on. The United States and Great Britain aro great
and powerful nations, but neither c.id they nor any oth
er earthly power, change the spots of leopard or the
Ekin of the Ethiopian.
We throw out these crude suggestions iu order to
excite public attention to this subject. We greatly fear
that the Clarendou-Dallas Treaty is one not fit to be
made. Pledges, as to tho future, are troublesome things,
often even in the short life of an individual, and intol
erable when assumed bv nations. It is enough fur Great
Britain to know that in ail the past history of the United
States, their conqnests havo been fair, honorable and
jnst, and that all the benefits and blessings of our own
free citizens are extended to the citizens of the con
quered or acquired countries. The American peoplo
will repudiate any other pledges than these aftord as to
our future policy.
Miscellaneous Reading.
Pan it ora’s Hox.
Pandora’s Box figured largely iu the late canvas.——
It may be interesting to our unlearned readers to pe
ruse the old Grecian tnythe with which it is con
nected.
One of the Titans, Prometheus by name, came for
ward as the representative and defender of the human
race against the wrath of Zeus, (Jupiter) who had de
termined to destroy them from the face of the earth,
and raise up another race from his own loins ; and to
this end, withheld from mankind thu inestimable com
fort of fire, so that the race would have perished, had
not Prometheus stolen fire, in d.fianceof the command
of tho Supreme Ruler, and brought it to men in the
hollow of a ferule.
Zeus was now doubly iudiguani, and determined to
play off a still more ruinous stratagem. Ilephaiatos,
(Vulcan) by his direction, moulded the form ofa beau
tiful virgin ; Athene (Minerva) dressed her, Apheodite
(Venus) aud the Charities bestowed upon her both or
nam.nl and fascination, while llermes (Mercury) infu
sed into her tho mind of a dog, or deceitful spirit, and
treacherous words. The messenger of the Gods [Her
mes) conducted this “fascinating mischief’’ to mankind,
at a time when Prometheus was not present. Now,
Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus, had received
from him peremptory injunctions not to accept from
the hands of Zsus, any present whatever ; but the
beauty of Pandora [so the newly formed female, was
called] was not to be resisted. She was received aDd
admitted among men, and from that moment their com
fort and tranquility was exchanged for Bufferings of
every kind. The evils to which mankiud are liable
had been’be'ore enclosed in a cask, in their own keeping.
Pandora, in her malice, removed tho lid of the cask,
and out flew these thousand evils aud calamities, to ex
ercise forever, their destroying force. Hope alone re
mained imprisoned, and therefore without efficacy, ns
before—the inviolable lid being replaced before she could
escape.
But the miseries arising from women) however great
they might he, did not reach Promeiheu3 himself.—
For him (tho rash champion who had ventured to com
pete iu sagacity with Zeus,) a different punishment was
in store. Bound by heavy chains to a pillar, he re
mained fast imprisoned for several generations ; every
day did aa eagle prey upon bis liver, and every night
did the liver grow afresh for the next day’s suffering.—
At length, Zeus, eager to enhance the glory of his fa
vorite son, Heracles, permitted tho latter to kill tho ea
gle aud rehase the captive.
For further particulars, see Grotu’s History of Greece,
vol. 1, page 76-S.
Secret Societies iu India—Thuggery.
This word is in constant use, especially in New Or
leans, Baltimore and Louisville, and it may interest our
readers to know its origin. “In 1810,” (we quote
from Blackwood.) “we find an order issued by the
commander-in-chief (of the British Possessions in India,)
cautioning the Sepoys, about to proceed on leave to their
homes, against ‘a disoriptton of murderers denominated
Thugs f but it was not until twenty years afterwards
that the secrets of the horrible fraternity beoame known
and active measures were adopted for its suppression.
Then it was that tho startling fact flashed upon the
Indian Government, that there was a regular elass of
its subjects to whom murder was a profession, aud not
only a profession, but also a religion ; and that a great
brotherhood of crime, having taken a sacrament with
all possible solemnity, went about the country murder
ing in cold bloodless style, by strangling, in remote
places, unwary travellers whom they oould seduce
into their toils. All this was done with the most eon
sumate art and profound eecresy ; the members assumed
disgusts, and played parts, with the greatest address ;
they had also ts secret dialect of their own, and secret
signs by which they silently communicated with each
other. These gangs had Bo permanent form; the
members assembled for a murderiufl expedition, and
dispersed, vanished, when it was over. They belonged,
for the most part, to particular villages, where they
left their wises and children : and they outwardly fol
lowed some peaceful calling. The real cause of their
occasional absences was often a matter of open notoriety ;
but they did not murder their neighbors—indeed the
village eharrd the blood money that was brought home;
the Zemir.der, or bead man, was paid a tribute or
hush money, and the police officials were likewise bribed
into silence, ‘I and my father have been Thugs for
twenty generations,’ said one of these professional stran
glers ; and they even believed that their patron goddess,
Davee, had sent judgments and death upon all the
native princes who had persecuted them. But in the
(E:t6t India) company they encountered a more redoubt
able foe. Captured Thugs were got to turn accusers ;
the whole seerets of the craft were divulged ; the laws
were relaxed so os to meet the difficulties of the ease ;
the gangs were hunted down in all directions : our
jails wi re filled with Thugs; and a great and horrid
institution which had existed for centuries was broken
up iu a few years.’’
Dancing School.
We are much pleased to learn that the dancing
school of Mr. Alien V. Robinson, opened with an unu
sually large number of pupils, at Concert Hail, iu this
city, on the 14th inst.
An Agreeable Surprise.
About lurch time oa the loth inst., we were agree
ably surprised by the reception, from Mr. Chav. A.
Peabody, of a bottle of hme made Iloek, accompanied
will) a nice pie made of watermelon, which rivalled the
very best green apple pie, in tasle and flavor. The pio
watermelon, as we learn from Mr. Peabody, is a native
cf the Sandwich Islands. It resembles the common
melon, in shop •, size aud general appearance, hut the
flesh is solid, and is most admirably adapted to the cu
isne, aud keeps seund during winter. Tins new va
riety of fruit will prove a desideratum to onr house
wives, as it furnishes them ot ol! times with material
for desert. The Hock was pronounced excellent, by
good judges cf wine. It is t!;s manufacture of Mr. P.
from the Wnrrenton grape. He uses neither alcohol
nor sugar, in its manufacture. We learn that it can
ba made at 35 els per gallon. What a pity this beverage
is not generally substituted for the drugged liquors in use
among the people. Mr. P. would confer untold bless
itsgs upon our community if be would turn his alien -
lion to its manufacture upon a large scale.
He will phase accept our thanks for his kind remem
brance.
Omnibag Internal Improvement Bills.
The Washington Uuion, of the Bth inst., in refer
ring te the recent action of some of the Members of
Congress, says : “Asa matter of information, wc would
state that on yesterday morning, fifty or sixty friends of
inurnal improvements held a caucus in one of the rooms
of the Capitol, to confer relative to the various river and
harbor bills now perdmg in both houses of Congress,
ard whether it would be better to embrace them all iu
ouo bill, or to act upou them separately. The former
proposition prevailed, and It is therefore probable that
the yha’rman of the Committee on Commerce cf the
House will report an omnibus bill, and that the friends
of ouch measures will endeavor to force it through Con
gress by a two third vote.”
Columbus Free Trade Association.
Association will hereafter meet every Wednes
day uight at Temperance Hall; and every Wednesday
night every body who desires to be enlightened upon
the subject of Free Trade and Direct Taxation, aud
the present iniquitous and unjust mode of collecting
revenue for the General Government, will hear a speech
by going there.— Corner Stone.
Ptesident Pierce Coming Soutli.
Intimations are given in various quarters, that Pres;
dent Pieree may, at the close of !vs administration, make
a tour through the Southern Stair s. V! e i.ope these ir.„
timaliuDs arc well founded. The whole South, we be
lieve, without distinction of party, would delight to hon
or the retiring Chief Magistrate. He has stood by the
Constitutional rights of every section of the Union, and
cierifioed his prospec's of re election by his hostility to
the fanatical aggressions of the Back Repulicans upon
Southern rights. All honor is due to him, aud if he wi.l
come amongst us, he will find that he has served a grate
ful people.
B. 11. Hill, Esa.—A writer in the Chronicle <j-
Sentinel , suggests B. H. Hi ], E-q., as a suitable per
son to be run for Governor, by the American party.
Mobile & Ohio Railroad. —The citizens of Mobile
have subscribed $400,000 to purchase iron ‘to lay the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad from Maeou to Columbus, and
northward to the Tennessee line. It is expected that
the iron will arrive in Mobile by the 1 u.h April. Track
laying has also commenced at Columbus, Ivy.
New Engine cn the Mobile & Girard Road.—
The new 20 tou locomotive, Iv. IS. Harris , has beeu
received, au.d is in readiness for work on the Mobile &
Girard Railroad. It was buiit by Messrs. Baldwin &
Cos., I’hilad Jphia, and cost the Company about $9,000.
Salt Plenty. —The steamer, Ben Franklin , Capt.
Berry, arrived at our wharf on tiie lGib iust., freighted
with about 200 sa i;s salt.
The Clayton Banner. —B. H. Reiser, E-q., has bet n
succeeded iu the iditeria! charge of this p..per by Mr.
F. M. Wood.
We received by mail the other day, from Messrs.
S. G. Courtney & Cos., Charleston, S. C., Millet’s*
Planters and Merchant’s Almanac, calculated for the
Slates of Carolina and Georgia, which we take pleasure
n recommending to our patrons and the public ; it is
admirably gotten up with the usue 1 time and statistical
tables and blank leaves opposite each month for house
keepers and farmer’s memoranda. We think our
bookstllets would do well, and confer a favor on lire
community, by supplying themselves at as early a day as
possible.
Late accounts from Liberia state that there is a
great suffering for food, especially id Simeon county.
The unfavorable seasons, and the laziness of the negroes,
are the causes. A vessel is now loading at New York,
with provisions, farming utensils, clothing, &c , lobe
transported free of chat ge for the sufferers, aud it is
presumed some philanthropic Yankee will make a good
thing out of the shipment.
The Christian Index. —This paper, for many years
the organ of the Baptist denomination of Georgia, has
had its publication office removed to Macau. Mr.
Joseph Walker has beoome editor.
A New Trade.— Already, says the Richmond En
quirer, some palpable good lias come of the Southern
Convention at Savannah. A gentleman of Richmond
who attended the Convention, was surprised to find
that a prominent; merchant of Savannah purchased his
supply of nails in a Northern roarkei. In reply to a
friendly remonstrance, the merchant contended that he
could not get nails in any Southern city. To this the
gentleman answered that an abundant supply of the
best article was manufactured in Richmond. The mer
chant immediately sent an order for four thousand kegs
to the Old Dominion Company of Richmond.
llon . Martin J. Crawford. —We regret to learn
that our immediate Representative, Hon. Martin J.
Crawford, has been called home by the extreme illness
of a member of his family.
The Atlanta Examiner. —We have seen it
announced, and we believe we have copied the annouce
ment in nur columns, that O. A. Lochrane, Esq., of
Macon, Ga., had beoome associate editor of the Atlanta
Examiner. Upon examining tho columns of that
excellent paper, however, we do not find his name at its
mast-head, and are quite sure that the editorial articles
are not from his fliwing and graceful pen, but are
the product of the old veteran who has so long battled
for Democratic principles in the Railroad city.
Night Mail Discontinued. —The Postmaster Gene*
ral has ordered a discontinuance of the night mail be
tween Washington and Richmond, the order to go into
effect Thursday, 15ih inst.
Free Negroes. —The city authorities of Memphis,
Tenn., nre making tfforis to rid themselves in part of
their heavy free population. Those only are permitted
to remain who are authorized under the existing law,
and can give a satisfactory bond far their good be
havior.
Election of Judges. —The following gentlemen have
been elected Judges in their respective circuits:
Hon. W. R. Fleming, re elected, of the Eastern.
lion. W. W. Holt, re-elected, of the Middle.
Hon. R. V. Hardeman, re el cted, of Ocmuig-e.
Hon. Jas. Jackson, re-elected, ol the Western.
lion. Peter E. Love, re-elected, of the Southern.
Hon. D. F. Hammond, elected of the Tallapoosa.
Hon. E. G. Caban.a, elected, of the Flint.
Mr. Ilammond w as appointed Judge of the Tallapoosa
Circuit by Gov. Johnson upon the formation o; the
Circuit by the Legislature. Mr. Cabanis was elected
over Mr. Gibsoo by *ll2 v.-t-. s.
The gentlemen re-elected had no opposition.—— So.
Recorder.
Laying Rails by Steam. —Two ‘ engineers on the
Virginia Central railroad have contrived a machine for
laying railroad tracks by steam. According to the
account published, it does all the work of grading the
road, laying the ties, and putting the rails and chairs
in position. The machine used is sixty-two feet in
length, and it is estimated that it will lay track at tile
rate of tea feet a minute.
Confirmed. —Thomas D. Candy, E-q., of Charles
ton, has b-en confirmed by the Senate as United Sia'e
District Marshal for South Carolina.
At a meeting of the Savannah Mutual Loan Associa
tion last evening, $2,000 was suid at 20 per cent pro
mium, and SI,OOO at 19 per cent.— News, 13 th.
The Supreme Court. —The Supreme Court of Geor
gia commenced its January term in this city yesterday,
Judge Lumpkin, McDonald and JJenning, presiding.
Among the distinguished members of the bar in atten
dance we noticed the names of Hon, Charles -J. Jen
kins, Judges E. Starnrs, and W. T. Gould, Col, T. W.
Miller, John C. Saea 1 and J.bn Iv. Jackson, E-qt.,
of Augusta; Edward 11. Pottle, Esq, of Warrenton,
aud John J. Jon-s, of Burke. We understand there
are some twenty cases on the docket.— Sav. News, 13 th.
FOR THR TIMES AND SENTINEL.
The Governorship—lames Gardner, Esq.
Messrs. Editors.— The term of office of our pres
ent able and faithful Chief Magistrate, Governor John
son, will soon expire, and it will probably devolve upon
the Democratic party’ to fill the vacancy thus occa
sioned in the highest offies in the gift of tho people of
the Empire State. I hope they will be able to fill tho
i ffiee with a man of civic virtue, talent and efficiency,
iqual to those of Governor Johnson, and that his term
of office will be as prosperous and beneficent as his.—
Iu older to do this, however, the people must can
vass the claims of al! who aspire to the office, before
the nomina.ing Convention assembles, and thereby di
rect the deliberations of that responsible body.
Several distinguished Democrats, iu various parts of
the Slate, have been mentioned, in my bearing, in eon
nietioo with tbn office,, and among others, James
Gardner, E-q , of Richmond.
Will you allow one who has been reading his paper
for years, and a witness us his g'eat labors and sacri
fices iu the cause of Democracy, a small space in your
columns, to speak of him and them ? I duly appre
ciate the virtues and services of other honorable am|
distinguished.citizens, whose names have been suggest
ed with his, for this high office. I w uld not pluck a
feather from the well merit: and wreaths which enoircle
their brows. They are all worthy and well qualified
for the honors intended them, and will, I hope, one day
win and wear them, us gracefully as they have honora
bly deserved thtm. But I think there are peculiar
and cogent reasons why my favorite should be honor
ed now, in preference to either of those whom I have
heard mentioned. I wid state some of them as briefly
as possible, if you will so far indulge me—and I will do
this without prijudice to the claims of any otlur can
didate.
Ist. For twelve years, I think, or perhaps longer,
Col. Gardner has edited, with great ability, the leading
Democratic paper in Georgia. Until last year, he has
been in a minority in his county and district, and nec
essarily shut out of all chance of promotion. Such
Roman virtue as he has displayed, during these long
aud dreary years sf battle, in a lean minority, I con
fess, has won my respect and admiration, and now, that
we havo the power, is it not our duty to show oar ap->
preciation of his service, by honoring him ?
2d. Col. Gardner is known to be a man of superi
or talents, fully capable of adorning any position ; and
us that stern and unyielding character so much requi
red in all men who are set to rule over a great people,
lie has the intellect to appreciate, and tho courage to
meet, any emergency that might arise during his term
of office. Such men are needed at the helm in these
ticklish times, when any hour may demand the exer
cise of the reserved sovereignty of the State, to ar
rest or to protect the internal peace of
society.
3d. The whole people are interested in the character
of the editorial corps. Sound morals, lofty patriotism,
correct political sentiments and opinions, are nurtured
by a high toned, well educated at.d patriotic body of
editors, or blighted by a corrupt one. Besides, the South
needs able men at the head of the prt ss, to defend and
justify her peculiar lornt of social life. The contest
between ihe North and the South is one nf opinion and
sentiment as well as of iulertet. Much has already
beeu done by the Ritchies, Stewarts, and Forsyths, who
have heretofore presided over the Southern press, and
much more can be done to disseminata the truth, even
among our enemies, if men like them can always be
found to follow in their footsteps. But to do thin, the edi
torial profession must be made honorable and attractive
to our educated and ambitious young men.lt is a laborious
and often pocnly remunerative profession at the South.
We must, therefore, allure men into its thorny path by
making it lead to honorable preferment in the end. And
what can more effectually tend to produce this result
than to make him Governor who is now the patriarch
of the profession in Georgia, and its most shining orna
ment ?
I hope, Messrs. Editors, these obvious truths will not
nettle your vanity, und cause you to njeet my commu
nication. My object is, not to pall you down by eleva
ting one of your profession ; but, on tbo contrary, to
stimulate you and all your editorial brothers to renew
ed effort in your honorable and useful calling by hold
ing before you the prospect of a prize not beneath your
ambition, as the reward of 1 ke labors and sacrifices.
I havo “said my say.’’ May I not hope that you
will nrt only publish nty communication, bnt help me
to bring the claims of our common friend before the
pubiio he has so effectually servtd ?
Before I close, however, permit me to add, that I
have written the furegoiug w thout consultation with
any’ one. I do not even know that Col. Gardner wdl
consent to the use of his name in connection with the
I Governorship.
JACKSON.
Washington, Jan. 8, 1856.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Stephens, of your
State, delivered) oh the 6th instai.t, one of the ablest and
most effectual speeches 1 have ever listened to from the
lips ol that distinguished Georgian. There was no clap
trap oratory about this masterly effort—it .was just such a
speech as the times and the occasion demanded, and will
stand as a resting point for the future student ol the history
of the past.six months. Mr. Davis of Maryland, followed
Mr. Stephens in a sort of a Ith of July harangue, which
claims a notice merely because it confirms what I have
heretofore written in reference to this gentleman’s affilia
tions with Black Republicanism. He denounced the Pres
dent’s message as harsh and seven upon his Northern con
federates, and lauded the Know-Nothing organization as
if it were, any longer a thing in He was fol
lowed by Mr. Cadwalladcr of Pennsylvania, who dis
tinctly charged that the secresy which formed a part of
the Know-Nothing ritual, was kept up for tiio purpose of
keeping the South iu ignorance ot its affiliation with abo
litionism, and challenged a contradiction. The debate on
the message was concinned yesterday, after which, tho
Hou.e adjourned over to Friday, in pursuance of tho cus
tom which places the Bth January on the calendar of Na
tional holidays.
The principal business of tho Senate during tho week,
was the election of Senator Mason of Virginia, as Presi
dent of that body, during the temporary absence from the
city of Senator Bright. Should the latter gentleman be
elevated to the Cabinet, Mr. Mason will make an able
dignified andeniinenlly qualified presiding officer. The
the report of the Committee on the Judiciary
relative to the legality of tho election of Mr. Harlan, as a
Senator from lowa, will be continued on Friday. A ma
jority of the Committee, your readers are aware, hav - re
ported against the validity of the election ou the following
state, of facts: The Senate, as a body, did not attend the
meeting of the joint Convention of the Legislature of
lowa, at which Mr. Harlan was elected, and their teller
was not there as required by law. The Senate had ad
journed over, aad there was no session at the time, A mi
nority of the S nators were present in their individual ca
pacity, but not tbe Senate as a body. The President of the
Senate, who should have been the regular piesiding officer
of the joint Convention, wa- not present, but the Conven
tion elected a President pro tem. These irregularities, tho
majority contend, vitiate the election. Mr. Toombs dis
pute irora’tliis conclusion, though the facts, a-above sta
ted, are admitted on both sides. He contends that the
joint convention being once organized, the distine tion
heretofore existing between tbe component bodies of
which it existed was obliterated, and the decision of a ma
jority ol its members was conclusive upon such mailers as
properly came before it. Thus the matter stands at the
adjournment on Wednesday.
in the Senate to-day, Mr. Douglas introduced a petition
for tha admission of M.nesota as a State into ihe Union,
which was properly referred. Mr. Seward introduced a
hill to expedite telegraphic communication across the At
lantic ocean, which was also referred: The contested
election case of Senator Harlan was taken up and very
ably discussed by Mr. Seward. The House was engaged
to-day with tlte private calendar_a:id several bills were re
port J from the committees.
V ... r .11..., !■ L 1..
The Bth January wr is celebrated in thi3 city with be
coming festivities. Neither House being in session, the
members have of mingling with our citizens
in doing hanojr to the memory of the.immortal Jackson.
Your recent editorials on the subject ot direct and indi
rect Taxation, attract much attention. The sujnct is one
which has already had much discussion in and out of
Congress,apd has also been recently discussed with emi
n-nlability by the Richmond Enquirer. Ido not think the
Tariffqii33tion can be disposed of this session, but Jas it tis
undeniably, one ut the leading’subjects now before Con
gress, the public mind cannot 100 soon or too fully be en
lightened in reference to it. A strong but unsuccessful ef
fort will bo made (through the influence of Northern ioA
by stagers,) toiahqlish, or at least to reduce, the duty on
sugar. In my next, I will send you some statistics in ref
erence to the exportation of this article from Cuba-tha
crop of iP.56, &e. I have just received the material from
Havana, but have not time to makes translation for this
letter.
BRUTUS.
P. S — Washington, Jan. 10.—Our Government has
been officially notified that tha Right Han. Charles Pel
ham Villiers, brother or the Earl ol Clarendon, and one
her Majesty’s Privy Councillors, has been appointed JBrit
i.-h Minister to this country, and may soon be expected at
Washington.
Oi’ the English Minister, the New York Herald of the
Bth instant, thus speak-:
Mr. Villiers’ character is not so well known on this aide
of the water as that of many men of very inferior calibre.
He was the coadjutor ol Mr. Cobden in tho great free
trade struggle; and lor years the great leader of the anti
corn law party in the House of Commons Yet, when
the battle was won, men of more assurance, like Gohdeo,
and more noisy demagogues, like Bright, carried off the
laurels which he bad won. So again, ot the other demo
cratic measures which Mr. Villiers has taken an active part
iu furthering. Formally years he has been one ol the
most energetic and upright leaders ol that radical party in
England which desiies 10 remove those lew party walls
that t suil divide the British constitution from the pure de
1 mocracy. But when a groat radical measure is introduced
I ora bone to be thrown to the radical ‘party, Mr. Vinters,
1 the retiring, gentlemanly speaker,is overlooked and some
I rougher specimen of democracy is selected .as a httet
I champion of the party. .. , .
When work is to he done, however, Mr. Villiers has in
variably been called on. He can always be relied upon
fur a speech at the shortest notice, or no notico at ail; be
can venliliate a blue-book in shorter time than any man
but Lord Palmerston, and explode a fallacious theory or a
fraudulent account ip a manner that would have delighted
Diogeues. His experience of men has been as large as his
knowledge of books and figures- He has been used ’ n
address crowds, and to manage politicians of the Man
chester—that is to say not the white-gloved—school. Du
ring the time ol the corn law agitation he had opportuni
ties of making himse'l practically acquainted with the
working ol commerce, and thevarious trade statistics and
regulations throughout the world.
lowa Contested Election Case.
Washington, Jan. 12.
Senatf..—After the usual morning business, the Senate
resumed the question iu reference to Mr. Harlan’s claim to
his seat. Messrs. Mallory, Benjamin and Butler spoke
in defence of the report of the majority ol the committee,
declaring the seat vacant; and Messrs, bdidell, Adams,
Fessenden, Trumbull, Toombs and Houston spoke against
the report and in favor ol HaraU- Alter a wattn discus
sion, which lasted until 4 o’ei ck, the Senate decided—
yeas 25, nays 18— that the sitliug momber is not entitled to
bis senL. _
House. —This morning a resolution was adopted msruet
ing the committee on Judiciary to inquire into the expe
diency of reorganizing the. Judicial Off uits and Districts ot
the United States. After which, the Senate bill to pro
mote the efficiency ol the Navy was taken up and passed
by a vote ot 159 yeas to 50 nays. The bill provides lor
the restoration ol lurloughed, dropped, or retired officers,
upon the favorable report ofa committee ol inquiry.
A resolution was offered and adopted, enlarging the
jurisdiction jpfthe select committee on the alleged corrupt
practices of members in reference to Railroad land bills &c.
Washington, Jan 13.
The (luano question has again been introduced in Con
gress on amotion submitted January 12th, by Senator. Bell,
of Now Hampshire,.calling on the President for such infor
mation as may be in possession of the State Department,
relative to the interference of tho Venezuelan government
with American citizens who were forcibly ejected from
their occupancy of the island oi Aves, (Bird’s island,) in
the Caribbean sea, while collecting what is supposed to be
the rich deposits of that island. It is understood that tiiis
resolution will elicit interesting and spirited correspondence
between the functionaries of the two governments on this
subject. It is believed that Senator Seward’s bill to expe
dite telegraphic communication for the use ol the govern
ment in its foreign intercourse will become a law. This
bill relates to the submarine telegraph between this country
and Bngland. These measures, together with the very
aide and inter'sting debate on the lowa contested election
case, are the chief subjects of public interest which have
come up in the Senate siuce the date of my last.
In the House of Representatives the proceedings have
been ofa more exciting, and, I tear the result will prove,ol
a more dirreputabie character. There is at all times more
or less subterranean swindling carried on here, in the Me
tropolis. by which our venerable uncle, Samuel, is yearly
fleeced out of thousands confided to his safe keeping by
bis affectionate and trusting nephews. Since the glorious
days of Know Noth ng ascendency began, this species of
the black art has not declined. It seems that the Wash
ington correspondent and part proprietor ol the New York
Times, discovered the existanee ofa smail game of this
sort, in which several prominent individuals are believed to
be concerned. True to his instincts and faithful to bis pro
fession, he applied for membership This was refused and
forthwith our disappointed man of the quill turned state’s
evidence against his old associates and trumped up the
charge of corruption w hich you have already, doubtless,
published from the Now York Times. So far f r ihe se
cret history of this transaction. As was to bo expected,
so grave a charge has produced quite a flutter in the House,
and no little speculation in tho streets ; the result oi which
is the appointment ofa committee ol investigation, consist
ing of live members, of whom Judge Warner of your
State is one. Whatever may have been the motives of the
New York Times in publishing this charge of corruption
and bribery, tt is the opinion ot well informed persons iu
Washington that it will bring to light the most astounding
developments. Hon. Reverdy Johnson remarked to a
friend, in conversation this evening, that it would be the
most serious affair that had ever come before the American
Congress. I learn confidentially, but from the best authori
ty, that the whole legislation relative to the Illinois Rail
toad grants will be overhauled, and that certain curious
testimony on that subject will bo furthcoming. With a
man of the stern Roman principles of justice and inflexi
ble integrity of Judge Warner, the culprits, if any there
should prove to be, will have but a poor chance for escape.
Hon. Mr. Paine, ol North Carolina, will make good his
charge against Judge Edwards, of New York, of being
offered, by that member SISOO for his vote on the Minesota
land bill; but it will be set up in defence that the whole
affair was a mere iost. Judge Edwards was sent to Con
gress by the New York Know Nothings, and is represented
to be an honorable and upright man.
~ _ BRUTUS.
Congressional.
Washington, Jan. 12.—The Senate to-day, by a
vote of twemy-eight to eighteen, passed a resolution
declaring Mr, Harlan, of lowa, not entitled to his
seat.
The House passed the Senate bill restoring certain
naval officers deposed by the late naval board. The
vote stood ytas 159, nays 50.
Washington, Jan. 13—The Senate passed the
residue claim to-day. It appropriates SIBO,OOO. —
The House proceedings were unimportant.
Washington, Jan. 14.
Senate. —To-day they passed tbe Military Academy
Appropriation bill.
Senator Judah P. Benjamin, of La., reported a bill of
appropriations for improvements by contract, of tbe rivers
Mississippi, Missouri. Ohio, and Arkansas.
Washington, Jan. 15. Mr. P. Wilder has been
elected President of the U. S. Agric-ultnral Society.—
Resolutions were adopted by the Convention, looking to
the purchase of Mount Vernon for purposes of a Na
tional Agricultural Institution.
The Senate Committee on Commerce to-day reported
a bill for the protection of steamers from fire. la the
House nothing was done.
Important Arrival at Washington.
The Star of last Tuesday announces the arrival of the
lion. John Appleton, the future editor of the Union
(it is said) and a gentleman enjoyiug in an eminent
degree the confidence of Mr. Buchanan : says tho
Star :
The arrival of the lion. John Appleton in this city
has, of course, generated quite a buzz in the political
hive; arising from the fact that he has spent most of
the time since the election at Wheatland, and is per
haps tho recipient of more of the confidence of Mr.
Buchanan than auy other gentleman to be named. He
looks in capital keeping, but if remaining among us for
a month lie may expect to find himself much worse for
the wear and tear to which he will be subjected by
the politicians. From gentlemen ambitious to manage
Cabinet portfolios down to the waiters in the hotel—
all in Washington being politicians—he will be com
pelled to run the gauntlet of shrewd and persevering
questioners, few of whom will take “I don’t know” for
an answer. He was always famous for being a prudent
gentleman, this Mr. Appleton ; so we have no reason
to fancy that the wonder mongers will make much out
of him. However, it is very certain that he will be
the means of “posling’’ the President eleel with refer
ence to the te-nl state of democratic congressional opin
ion concerning the composition of his new government,
a matter of first iinportrrce to him (Mr. Buchanan ;) in
somuch as upon the scnuinepts wuieh the Democracy of
the two Houses may entertain towards bis administra
tion, depends the solution of the problem whether it is
to be a happy and successful one or not —it being cer
tain tha! every man of the opposition pf whatever parly
name w ill combine to defeat its triumph.
From Washington.
Washington, Jan. 10.—In the House, Speaker
Banks has appointed a committee of investigation of the
alleged corruption—Messrs. Kelly of New York, Orr
of South Carolina, Davis of Maryland, and Warner cf
Georgia.
A petition was received from 1500 voters of Kansas,
against the recognition of Whitfield as delegate from
that Territory ; and also one from A. H. Reeder, claim
ing Whitfield's seat. These petitions were referred to
the Committee on Elections.
Senator from Michigan.
Dbtroit, Mich., Jan. 10.—The Republican Legisla
tive caucus has nominated Zaehariah Chandler as a
candidate for U. S. Senator, and he will doubtless be
elected.
United States Senator.
John W. Forney, E-q., has been nominated by a
caucus of the Democratic members of the Legislature of
Pennsylvania as their candidate fur United States Sena
tor. There is nominally a Democratic majority of
thrge on joint ballot, bnt the result is considered
doubtful.
Defaulting Tax Collector.
The Sandersv lle Central Georgian says it is report
ed there, that the Tax Collector of Emanuel county has
run away with all the funds of the oounty collected
tiiis year, amounting to some four thousand dollars.
Three Hen Smothered to Death.
NashOa, N. H., Jan. 9,—Mr. Saunders, John Sul
livan, and John Uudine were placed in the lock-up,
under the City Hall, last evening for drunkenness.
After being confined for a while they set fi e to the
place, and the whole three were smothered to death.
Tbe building was not much damaged.
Savannah Races —Thud Day.
For the three mile race Olio, Gov. Johnson, ana frank
Alien, appeared and started in the order as named a-mve.
Olio took the lead, hardly pressed by Gov. JobnM"i.
Frank Allen trailing some distance behind, eviuently deter
mined to make a waiting race. .. , ,
No chanue was made in these positions until the third
tune, when Gov. Johnson, finding his chance hopeless lor
tho prize, dropped back, mid Frank for the lir.-t time, made
play tor the heat. From the backstreieh home, it was one
of the most exciting struggles ever witnessed, frank had
a lone gap to make up, and Olio was running so well, that
it seemed almost an impossibility for anything in the shape
of horse flesh to catch her. But alter a most tremendous
burst of speed, and the free application of “catgut and
steel,” he caught her on the home stretch, and won the
heat by a neck in 5 51. Gov. Johnson being distanced.
Upon the second call for the horses, (Bio ands rank came
up fresh and eager for the conflict. (Ihe odds wore freely
on Frank without takers, every one fearing to risk money
against the show ofheels and bottom made in the ia-t heat.
~Oiio again took the lead and ran the bea in gaiiant
style adding greatly to her reputation as a racer—but upon
being urged Frank made another rally and won the mo
ney and heat, amid the cheers ol hi? friends in 5 si}.
Everything was now eager and expeetaut for the saddle
race -lour horses being entered by their respective own
ers, who together with their friends, made the betting quite
spirited.
The following are tbe entries that came to the score
and started .*
J. Y W. Read’s Ruby.
J. VV. McAlpm’s Minna.
R. K Aikin’s John Jones.
C. H. Chaflev’s Conrad.
They went off well togeiher.and ran lor three quarters ol
mile, in a bunch, when Minna dropped behind and Conrad
took the lead aud passed the score, an easy winner in 1 58.
The struggle between Ruby and John Jones was very
cio.-e—Minna some distance behind.
President of the Senate.
In consequence of the absence from the city of Sena
tor Bright, the President of the SeDOte, it became nec
essary on yesterday to fill the vacancy. Ihe Hon. James
M. Mason, of Virginia, was elected to preside over the
Senate, and is now President of that body. The emi
nent abilities, large experience, dignified aud courteous
bearing, and intimate acquaintance with parliamentary
law of Senator Jtfasou, made him a fit recipient ol this
distinguished honor. lie will adorn a seat which has
been occupied by a succession of the most distinguished
statesmen of our country. — IV ask. Union.
A Light-ho"se Undermined.
Boston, Jan. 9.—A dispatch from V aiu-fleet to-day
says that the light house at Billings’ Gage Point was
undermined by the tide yesterday, aud that the keeper
and his family were obliged to flee to a fish-house on
an island in the neighborhood lor safety.
Eichigaa Senator.
We learn from Detroit, that Z tcliariah Chandler has
been elected U. S. Senator.
Maine Senator.
Advices from Angusta. Me., state that Mr. Hamlin
has beeu nominated by the Republicans lor U. S. Sena
tor for the long term.
Pennsylvania If. S. Senator.
Harris burg, Jan. 18 —The Legislature to-day elect
ed Simeon Cami-ron, the American and Republican
candidate, U. S. Senator, over John W. Forney, the
Democratic nominee.
Appointment Declined.
Washington, Jan. 13 —Mr. Villiers has declined
the appointment of Minister to Washington, and Lord
Elgin will probably be seleottd.
Missouri U. S. Senator.
St. Louis, Jan. 13.—The Missouri Legislature has
elected James S. Green, United States Senator for the
short term.
Agent Marine Dank.
Lloyd G. Bowers, Esq., ha 6 been appointed agent of
tho Marine Bank in Columbus, to fill the vacancy oc
casioned by the resignation of Richard Patten, Esq.
Mr. Bowers has for several years been teller to the
agency iu Macon. It afford- us pleasure to chronicle
an advancement which he so justly deserves.—Savan
nah News.
Irish Patriots.
A patent has been issued by the British government
granting full pardon to and “exonerating from all pains,
penalties and forfeitures,” Messrs. Smith O’Brien, John
Martin, Izud O’Doherty, and fifteen others who partici
pated in the Irish insurrectionary movement of 1848.
It will be remembered that this was reported to have
been dune some time tigo.
Pennsylvania Senator.
Washington, Jan. 10.—A Democratic caucus of the
Pennsylvania Legislatute to “ay nominated Mr. Forney
U. S. Senator.
Army Appointment. —Major Wood, of the 6th in
fantry, has received the appointment of paymaster of
the army, in place of Major Ilagner, who died at Fort
Brown, Texas, in December.
The Consumptive. —During the last six days twenty
nine persons, in the far gone stages of consumption,
emigrating from the severity of the Northern climate,
have visited the city, some to remain here during the
winter, others, whoso eases were at the last stage, going
further Southward.— Sav. News, 14fA.
Usefulness of Dentistry. —We were shown a few
days ago, at the office of Dr. Cushman, in this city,
the impressions of the mouths of three and fferent patients,
taken in wax and cast on Plaster, which showed great
deformity and irregularity of teeth. The eases had all
been treated by the Doctor, and the casta after treat
ment, show great change; the teeth having been
changed iu position from the worst deformity to a natu
ral and useful position in their sockets without being
removed. The Doctor informs us the operation was
performed without pain to the patients.
Persons having children thus deformed, would do
well t# give the Doctor a call.— Daily Sun, 15(A.
The Inauguration Ball. —ln Washington it has
been determined bv the ftiend3 of Mr. Buchanan, to
erect a temporary building for the inauguration ball.
The price of the tickets is set at ten dollars.
Fremont as Editor. —Col. Fremont, we see, is pre
paring a revised edition of his explorations, which are
now only recorded in ill printed Congressional docu
ments. It is t bo published by Childs & Peterson,
ol Philadelphia, in a uniform style with the works of
Dr. Kane, and the author has received the snug sum
of ten thousand dollars for his editorial labors.
The Madison Papers. —lion. Wm. C. Rives has
undertaken to edit the Madison papers, or such of them
as are in possession of Congress, and have not been
stolen. Among them is a letter addressed by Madison
to his countrymen, with a request that it should not be
opened until after his death. I; is great “Union’’ let
ter. Mr. Rives is now actively engaged in the wotk.
Americans in Demand.—lt is stated that all the
English mechanics are about to be dismissed from the
Russian service, ‘and Americans to be employed in
tbeir stead.
Mr, Hamlin, of Maine, has resigned his scat in the
U. S. Senate, having elected Governor of his
State.
James C. Brook-, K-q., of Dougherty county, lias
been appointed U. S. Deputy Marshall for the Southern
District of Georgia.
M:ss Eliza Logan was announced to arrive in New
Orleans on the 10th inst. She is engaged at the
“Gaiety.”
The Cabinet. —Hon. John Barney, of Baltimore,
writes to the New York Herald that Gen. Cass has
informed him that the posit on of Secretary of State
has been tendered him by Mr. Buchanan, aud that he
has accepted the appointment. Douuted.
Superior Court The Superior Court of Chatham
County, Judge Fleming presiding, met yesterday murn
iug, but adjourned until Monday, in consequence of the
session of tho Supreme Court.— News, 13/A.
Judge Shorter Declines Hon. John Gill Shorter
has written a letter deolining to be considered a candi
date for tho gubernatorial nomination. This is a real
declension, for we feel morally certain that the Judge
would be nominated if he allowed his name to bo used.
Mont. Mail, lot A.
From Kansas.
Lecomiton, K. TANARUS, Dec. 20, 1856.
John Cushing, indicted for tbe murder of Wm. Nor.
ton —both pro slavery men—has been on trial (or the last
week at Tecurnseh, before .Judge Cato. To-day the ex
ami nation of witnesses coueludtd, the attorneys mad,
their plea, the .Judge made his charge, the jury retired,
and brought in a charge of “uitilty”—the first eonvic.
lino of the kind iu Kausus. His sentence has tot yet
been pronounced.
Wm. Patridgeof Pottawotomie Creek, has been con
victed ol burglary, aud sent*need by Judge Cato to tea
years imprisonment at hard labor in the Penitentiary.
“Sheriff” Samuel J. Jones, who has gain-d consid
erable notoriety iu the history cf Kansas, has resigned
as “Sheriff - of Douglas County,” and the Comnissioneis
have appointed Win. Shanard, lormerly of Virginia, to
fill the vacancy.
Au officer sent out by the President to inqure into the
official.affair* of Gen. Culhouu, Sui veyer-Geutra! of this
and Nebraska Territory, is now at Leeompton examining
the books, &c.
Judg ■ L-compte has rec- ived i fficial notice of hi- re
moval.—Correspondence, St Louis Democrat.
Thai Fine Cotton —Mr. Vaoderveer tells us that
he has obtained as high as 16 cents for his variety of
cotton, a sale of which at 14 3 4 we noticed a day or
two since. For the present crop he would nnqurslion
ably have real z and fifteen een's : but last fall epidemic
fever got among his hands, and alter the loss of much
time he found himself compelled to get a gin of greater
power than the one he had previously used. The con
sequence was that some trash, leaves &c., went through
w ith the ginned cotton, and lowered its grade.
Mr. V. lias employed the Parkburst Gin, manufac
tured by our estimable townsman, Mr. John Frazier,
and believes it to be the one best suited to the staple lie
cultivates. If we planted, we should be certain to use
one of Frazier’s manufacture.— Mont. Mail, 13(A.
Spiritual Manifestations.— The R- me (Ga.,) Ad
vertiser, says :—"We are kindly perm tied to copy the
following interesting extract from a letter to a gentle
man in this city : ‘1856 dawn-d on Monroe without a
liquor shop. Our citizens raised over SI,OOO, and bought
them all out, closed the doors, passed an ordinance to
tax a retail grocery SI,OOO, and are taking bonds of all
the property holders, cot to sell, lease, or rent, any
lands for the purpose. Yesterday, [Jan. sth] was a
quiet day, not a drop of liquor to be had by the thirsty
fellows who usually get well soaked at every election.
Some of them swore they would never trade soother
cent in Monroe ; and some of them said they would
never come here again—but they will be apt to get
over it when they find it is a fixed fact that Monroe is
free from doggeries. ”
Main Trunk Railroad. —We regret much to learn
that the announcement that an arrangement had been
made between tie Main Trunk and ihe Brunswick
compa ,ies, contained in our Mi con correspondence, is
premature. The conference between the parties wiii be
resumed in this city on next Saturday—with what result,
the future must determine. Nothing lias yet been ac
complished.— Sav. Geor. 16,’A.
Women Voting. —Kentucky is the most gallant and
ehivalrie of States, There alone in this country, or
the world, is the right of suffrage expressly conceded
to woman. By the Revised Statue, any woman hav
ing a child, between the age of six and eighteen years,
may vote for school trustee. Tho right was exercised
a year ago by several widows in the Northern part of
tlte State.
Brunswick Railroad and the Main Trunk. High
and mighty potentates connected with, and supposed to
control both winks are iu Macon, to compromise an
end of their struggle. These are, President Charles
Welles and Secretary Wheeler ot the Brunswick road,
not to mention numerous other gentlemen of the Com
pany. The Main Trauk is also represented by its
President, Dr. Screven, and other gentlemen of Savan
nah, by Mr. Munnerlyn of Decatur, and most of the
State Directors and prominent Stockholders.— Macon
Telegraph.
Death o / a Dietinguishrd Alan. —The Wesieru
papers record the death of Elder J. T. Johnson, cf the
Christian denomination, one of the most estimable men
and eloquent and distinguished divines of the Western
Statis. He was a brother of Col. Richard M. John
son, Ex-Vice President of tho Uuileu States, and was
at one time, before en-.ering the ministry, one of the
Judges of tbe Court of Appeals in Kentucky. He
served in various departments of public duty, and al
ways with tbe highest honors. The papers unite in
according to him the possession of the noblest traits
that adorn humanity. The loss of such a man is in
deed a public misfortune. He leaves hosts of friends
and admirers throughout the Western and Southern
States.
The Cabinet. —The Washington Union says that it
has made inquiry as to John Barney’s statement, that
General Cass had received and accepted the appoint
ment of Secretary of Stale, and is authorized to slate
that it is entirely without foundation. It also asserts
Ihat no one member of the Cabinet has yet been
selected.
Alabama and Florida Railroad. —The bill appro
priating the lands donated by Congr. ss for construct
ing that portion of the Alabama and Florida Railroad
lying between Tallahassee and the southern line of Ala
bama, has passed both houses ot the Florida Legisla
ture.
Stampede. —ln Lancaster, Mass., the factory opera
tives “stampeded” through the windows on last Satur
day evening, the superintendent having looked the
doors. A dispute as to the hour of quitting work on
Saturday led to the excitement.
Re Appointment. —Lettets from Washington, of the
highest authority, state that Mr. Anthony Barclay, late
British Consol at Now York, dismissed for supposed
connection with the enlistment difficulty, has been, or
will be re- oppoiuted, and that when the las’, steamer
left England, he was preparing to return to his port.
Libel Suit. — Horace Gretiy has brought suit for
libel against J. W. Gray, editor of the Clevelan Plain
Dealer, for certain articles published in that paper dur
ing and since the recent campaign. Damages claimed,
$19,000.
New Novel by a Virginian —A new Virginia novel,
as already announced, is to be published soon. It is writ
ten by St. George Tucker, ia-q , Clerk of the Hou-e of
Delegates. It is entitled * Hansford,” and is founded on
“Bacon’s Rebellion. ‘Those who know Mr. Tucker are
eager to see it. 11,3 cultivated mind ; his line tancy and
excellent descriptive talent, lead u? to expect a most inter
esting fiction* in Ins “Hansford-” Gentlemen of literary
acumen, who have examined the proof-, pronounce it a
work of uncommon merit. Geo. M.W est, bookseller, of
tilts ettv. is tha publisher, and the book will appear some
tme nr February. —Rich Deep.
Augusta Evening Dispatch .—We welcome to the
list of our exchanges, the above n trmd Journal—a pa
per neutial iu polities, and devoted to Commerce aud
General Intelligence, It is published daily in the city
Augusta, by £5. A. Atkinson, at $1,25 for 3 mouths,
50 ets. per month.
* kn editor in lowa has been fined $250 for hugginc a
s-‘H in church. Cheap enough. Another editor -ay/ ho
once hugged a girl iu meeting, and it has cost $1 000 a year
ever since.
Girard College —G.rard College, at Philadelphia,
now supports and educates regularly three hundred
and fifteen boys, all indigent orphans.
a,no. Daniel Waldo —The Washington correspond
ent of the Boston Traveller says:—"The Rev. Daniel
\\ aid©, chaplain of the 11 ruse of K- preseutatives, is now
in his 95th year, erect, heart). hale and vigorous ns a
min of 60. He was a graduate of Yale, and a class
mate and room mate of the Hon. Jeremiah iWascn ; was
a chaplain of the revolutionary arqiy, euilVred imprison
ment in the horrible sugar house prison in New York
from which he escaped with life barely, and on account
of which he now draws a pension from tin- Government,
lie is now the oldest living graduate ol Yale. Before his
election as chaplain he was pastor ot the Congregational
Chareh at Maniins, New York, over which he has presi
ded tor the last 70 years, lie now studies many hours a
day without more than usual inconvenience, and while at
■ home frequently winks to Syracuse and buik, nearly five
miles. \Y hue we were conversing, au ged white haired,
but vigorous eld man, of about 65 of 70 years, took tlte
vacant seat next to o*, when Mr. Waldo'introduced the
new comer as bis bod.”