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i greater than produced by ibe discov- ■ cry of steam or the magnetic telegraph.— ■ Germantown (Pa . 1 eleatapli. roin what bus hitherto i c " ruu 'S 10 U|C fxliiuilion express, musical do so the more readily ' instruments will occupy about 3,000 feet at my sincoritv an I on ' tbo ids him t iotV. “Mo class of musical in- •■ood will. It is the “trumentn,” says our contemporary, “will, Jhvm the Char.'tslon Stcrcary. To my Fellow CHitei us ul Suiitli CiU’ollim. 1 take the liberty of addressing you, through the newspapers, on a subject of a j ii? Orchestra of ai.i. Nations. Ae- dilio.ent character from what has hitherto | r , ’ rd "'g to the Exhibition Express, musical employed mo; and 1 do as my life guaranties m yiur part, personal goon win. n is me —- > — ...... first tune 1 have ever felt it my duty Uy ox-: « ‘•above, be unrepresented, > so that from picss p ibiicly an opinion oti any matter of, ie urobungfiagiut organ to the Lilliputian State poi.-v. Once, indeed, during lie ox- 1 « bistles, we shall have a collection ot ti e ne excitement which prevailed in Charles-, 1,11 l, V" 'trimmry or Orpheus. I lie Jew will t.m, 0,1 the subject of nullifying a l.nv of ™ w 'ublUe his harp, the Chinese his gong, 1'on-rcis, I met with the f’lcigv of ike City i J U ' (serenade.-) Ins banjo and hi* npar, at the instance of some v'w.o.nble citi- i b ?"° s ' alul ‘\ lr - P “" ub '. vlll > of: course, send zc.is, to coii.-.lder w bether there was anything ! h ,s drutn and I’nndean pipes 1bus w ill be which we might possibly d., in our sacred j col!o “ lcd tbe lUnleni.U of an orchestra, cum- ihartt.'lcr, to inouiote pence. Blit it result- ! ove M *|W™ <’f 'iHfrwnent m (lie oil in nothing. We found muhing in unr pow- since not oven the iecotcl, bagpipe or but our prayers for the people Ministers ! ) V|P bc excluded. I hero is no sense ul all <,f rottflmi have little lo-do, at lifiY time, will. 111 showing mtiaicnl instruments unless the mailer's of the .State, more than lo piav for sea-col hearing is appealed to; therefore (lod's guidance and blessing on the people, j }heso n.usi, ol course be played, il any idea Nevertheless, Ministers arc men; are bit I- •* e tff’ en of their merits. In older linn zen.x; nod il may be expedient, mice in a ‘heir uspedjho po-t e,s may Le exhibited at ' . » 1 “IfC It will |.0 «n 'njo.isi. Ilinl mwdi clwiiilil member. Ho aiose and said .' “Mr Speak er : I have nothing to say in reply to the gentleman who has just taken bis seal; it always wrenches me dreadfully to kick against nothing.” Our reighbor of the Demncrnt should be convinced by this time that the people of Madison arc with Senators King mid Clemens und Mr. Cobb for the Union, and are not with Rhett, Yancey & Co. fur disutiion. Huntsville Adc^ute. THE COURIER. THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 13, 1861. J. KNOWLES, EDITOR. “ Should Cungress at tint/ lime exhibit its purpose to war upon our property, or withhold our just constitutional rights, ice stand ready to vindicate those, rights, in the Union as lung us possible, and out of the Union when we are necessary that each .should I left no other alternative." i play a dilleient tui.o at ihcsamo time, which will pioduce u concert very npprnprinlc lo li ; world's fair; but w bicli, wo are afraid, it will • not he possible exactly to describe as the ! harmony of all nations.—Punch. Dim. k pt-.s-r von Cuttings.— A New York ■respondent of the Horticulturist w rites ns ! follows: lifetime of threescore years and more, fur a Minister lo appear in bis charnclcr as a citi zen, and not a ministe-. .Sutler me, il.en, for this one time, to assert u v citizenship, and commune with you. freely, ofi the state ol public all',tirs. 1 tun it citizen ; n turn of a citizen ; horn on the soil of South Carolina | mil bing'nf'oi it lift'd l-ecn won, in part, by ! the sword of my (all.er. Af.cr nn absence of about five my tinned dutits, in Tennessee, Mississippi, ; I have had great suceots iu propagating Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia! I cannot plan's lately—especially the more tender \ express how puinfully it ims shocked me to kinds of green-house plants. As I think my he told, on my return home, Il.at I lie great , good luck depends nut so much on the treat-1 Stale measures now on loot, look solely to incut as I lie material I use, I bog you to j secession t¥om the United Stales, by ilfjs j 1 makb a note of il,” for the benefit of your yUnic alone : that the Convention shortly lo -.readers. ho lie'd is in order to this : and il.u! the only j" This material is brick dust—the refuse of ipic turn to be upon theie is me of time: tlio kiln after [jnrning—or w bat may be made ( whether lo secede al once, or aw ait the issue I y taking soft bricks and pounding them up. j ( ,bscuro, we admit? but it is hardly sua- I s;,vo ll of the Southern Congress, mul then bO'-edc. : Ktiough mny l-o Imu nt tiny lirick-ynrd lor a ... . . .. . j the Ni , ° ’ , , ,• „ ■ ® •,* : i tlul tl imt i fi,ii b- ceptr.ilc of the interpretation our esteemed U,B lo secede at once, or al ll iulure t.'iic, mcio till, e, to last a great while—hut I think I 1 / ... I W. I 1 Wii.kins, Esq., is authorised to act as Agent for this paper, lie will attend the Superior Courts in most ol the duplies of this Circuit, and wo hope our fiicnds will avail themselves of this opportunity to sub scribe. 03* The accounts of the old firm of the “Eugle & Bulletin” are in the hands of Mr. W. for immediuio settlement. F. M. EddlI:man is authorised lo act ns Ur Agent at Atlanta, On. Explanatory. It appears by Ibe communication ol destiny of our beloved country. We sin cerely trust that the present will be a year of great spiritual prosperity and progress in all branches of the visible Church of Christ. Then, under the covert of our treo institu tions, watered with dews of God’s blessing, will our people dwell together in peace nnc safety—“ our land shall yield its increase, and God, even our God, shall bless us.” So mote it be. The Frospeot Before Us. The present political uspect of this coun try is rather novel and exciting. Old party platforms, and names, and ties, are rapidly disappearing before new nnd far-reaching im pulses and motives. What VIr Jefferson pre ferred “ lo tlm torpor of a despotic govern ment,” wo have now in full measure, with the prospect of continued nnd increased fer mentations in the whole public mind, until after the termination oftlie next Presidential struggle. Happy wlll.it bo lor this, hope ful will it prove to other nations of the earth, il we, unharmed, shall triumphantly outride tlie furious and conflicting storms which now threaten us on every band. Next to the Supremo Kulcr of the Uni verse, in this hour of darkness nnd peril, wo look to the “ Constitutional Union Party” North and South, for safety. We hnvo no confidence in the potency ot cither of the old democratic or whig purty organizations-- they have fulfilled their respective missions for weal or woo, nnd before the expiration of Reader,’’ that our allusion last week lo the | nl ’ ol ber year, they will have passed into a Doctors nnd Lawyers of Home, was n.iscon- I slatt of hopeless eolapse, from which all the -stnicd. Our phraseology, may have been a j P olitical doctols of lhe land wil1 be u " abl ° ,0 save them. Indeed, they now only live at North in name, whilst nt the South they ido-.ih: must lie to sc.-ed'e from theoll.ei South- . the freslto: it is tlie t.ciier. Pur those plants e:n Slates no Iras than ftom the Northern, inure difficult to root, such ns Daphnes, It must Lee pulling of lie other Southern j Heaths, Cape Ja.-mincs, £;c., I fill shallow Males in laul'.- a s irl of branding them as cpUiiigfpptS ciitrcly with brick-dust, ("except (Jeti.'ienl i:i l-nii.-w ledge, or courage, or pntri- ah,mt nn inch a( the bottom; which is tilled otis: - ,!, or tiff tl.e e together. They are iii- with coarse lulfips of brick, tb’sOQUre n good voiced iu nil respects, ns we nic, touching I dniinage ) For plants that root more easily, i lie injustice of the lute ucts of Congress. 1 I use half brick dust and half sandy loam. We may not It Id purselyes wiser nor Letter I It is quite surprising how much more coi- t ban they are, hut us equals only ; and they | tuinly and quickly cuttings of all sorts root iu are hinny, while we ure, comparatively, few. ; bit :k dust than iu sand, or in loamy soil, in And w hat in such circumstances, will be the | the common w ay. “Damping oil,’’ which pioh.il.lc judgment of mankind, respecting . is so fatal to cuttings made in tlie ordinary our action, should wo secede? ] way, ruiely happens when brick dust is used, If I may place any reliance on w hill has and from the mass of fihro quickly thrown out come under my observation, during my long from the bottom of the cuttings, I ntn enn- jou.-ucy through five of the principal South- 1 vioccd that thcro is something more than the urn Slates, il is not probable that a Southern texture of brick dust which causes the much <k,ngreW, representing the .Southern people, greater i Igor and success of cuttings plan'cc! can he had nt all; ncr, if it could be had, 1 in bilok dust, over those planted in the ffSffln- tlinl il would do much, If anything, more j ary way. than the Georgia Convention did. As lose-J Wo have licnidj foniniks tl.e editor, of cession, I have no doubt that thicc-fourths | burnt day having been used f. r striking cut- of the people would oppose it at tbo preent tings w itii great success, and the brick dust time. The reason of this opposition, 1 have * proluibly’netsin a similar manner, i. c. nb- uffdersluod to he, that they do not consider ) shilling a large supply of aiiunoniu from the the acts of Congress to he a violation of tl.e j air, nnd giving it out as food lo tlie culling Constitution, nnd, in their opinion, nothing ; while its dry and gritty 'oxtiire facilitates the less should justify secession. 1 understand gramSliition of organizable mailer, and the it to be the opinion of our pe'plo of South ! emission of now roots. Carolina, that Congress has violated the Constitution. Al most, then it is a mooted correspondent has given it. In intimating are even shorn of their sliibolelh. It is true that the Lawyers and Doctors of our city j mB >< a " d measures nre still occasionally la- were generally gentlemen of elegant leisure,! belled " bi S or democrat, from the force o I old habits nod affinities, hut every day’s ob- w 0 intended nothing more than n just tribute to the prosperity and health of our interest ing country. Our correspondent must pardon us, hut il would ho indelicate in us lo answer his en quiry respecting the editors of liomo, nnd their relation lo its prospects. jrj-. We have been requested to “ blow tlie Rome Plait frond sky-high’’ for its tardiness in forwarding cotton. We must decline do ing so until we have quielod the lawyers and doctors a littlo. In Ibe meantime, we hope nil dealcis in cotton will let patience have its perfect work. The next advices may open a brighter prospect. - - . Autf.sian Wei.i.s.—Several fountains of point, and not a settled fact; we entertaining i ff iea j beauty exist at I'onff du Lae, in D |s- one view of it, while n majority of the wieo cousin. One, which excels any other in the and virtuous of other Stales, greatly outnuui- j pinco, has recently been completed, liering us, hold the opposite. Do w eowo liicm nothing? Is it not even duo to our It din charges with almost irresistible force, forty- live gallons of lira purest water per minute. It was formed by boring to the depth of nine ty fco’i eighty-two lout through clay, and eight liirougli solid rock—and sinking a pipe four inches in dlumeter, in I he aperture thus made. self-respect to review the matter ?— Surely, we.should know that we are right, lioypnd dispute, before we should proceed to a llnttl act oftlie. niosl fearful import. And ought we not to consider cqnsoquen- ■ re.-? .Patriotism demands not of us to run „ madly on to our country’s ruin; and scees- . „ F™ m >b« t® r B>a Cliizc.i. .-ion, by our State nlono, must prove ruinous. ! A Br 11 * What though uo hostile army might invade j Will those (ire-eaters, w lm w ore so anx- our soil, the United Slates must and will ..p-| ious, Iall summer, to cut loose from tlie pose us, Charles top will he shut out frnni Union m.d seek protection from the British ibe real of the w orld, her commer l.efnierehants leave her front her very suburbs our ... „ ...... , ... shall be carded to Suvannali and Augusta for ! ,bu Mfeption ot tlie bngitive slaves from a market. Even now llie rivalry ol Savan- ; this city in Edinburgh) nnd the glorification i nn soui uui imni union iii.u seen DioloctlQn limnllio uriiisn eommerco perish, | Government, please rend, mark, and inward- 1 in i eepmr; w In e j | . ;|, 0 subjoined paragraph, touching rr Hice nnd Cotton ” • 1 , ? 1 ’ ° , Removal- e©-We are requested to say that the Of I he country fice of Dns. Milleh & Word, Is now in the 1 “ Buena Vistu House,’’ opposite this ollico, servntion tends to strengthen the conclusion that the old national parties can never again he rallied upon any conservative platform. There will, therefore, never bo held nnolher nntionnl whig or democratic convention in this country. There never should he. Chan ges at the North, and indications nt the South, declare too plainly, that the next Presidential struggle will involve not a mere question of political economy, hut a question of political cxistejice—the continuance of the Constitution and the Union. And this il is, that lias caused Messis. Clay nnd Clemens, Messrs. Foote and Dawson, Messrs. Cohli and Stephens and oilier patriotic spirits North and South, to lose sight of old caus es of division and strife, nnd looking only to rally fur its rescue The prospect I lien is, that in lS02,n great national convention will he held, composed Masonry- I oftlie friends of the Constitution and the A i cry nca*, amt toutofol culuum entitled. ; Union, from every portion of the country ; “ The New Mnsonic Trestle Board,” has that they will select some safe man, ns their been upon our tnble for several days, and standard hearer in the next presidential con- should have been noticed in our last. To test, and bring to his support such a host of those who disttc more “ light" and a more! patriotic spirits North mul South, as shall perfect knowledge of the ancient and sub-1 bear him in triumph into the Presidential lime science of Masonry, we can recommend | chair, and thus once more restore qu’ct to this Volume. By culling upon our worthy j ibe Republic. Post Master, and giving him tlio pocket sign Revival in Montgomery Ala.---We learn from the Montgomery Dai/y Journal, that a series of religious meetings ora now holding in the AL E, Church of thnt city by the Rev. J. T. Head, L.' Rosser of Va., nnd oth er ministers. The Journal predicts that great and good results will flow from these moot ings. Who's Afrai ’• Gentlemen—As a nominee for the State Convention, and in answer to “ Many Citi zens,” I beg 'enve to slate, tlltu if elected as member of the Convention, I wlJJ, without any res rvutiun whatever, vole for secession nt all risks mulnt all hazards. Respectfully, JAMES D. TREADWELL. Jan. 20, 1851. We would venture to refer our old friend Treadwell, to the useful hints contained in Bishop Capois’ le'.tor, particularly those found in the last paragraph. gfflUulluch, the robber of the Central Hull Road Bank, Savnnnah, has been tried and found guilty. Death oe Hon. Horace Everett.—The lion. Horace Everett died nt his residence, Windsor, Vt., on Thursday last, nfior nil ill ness of ten days, in the 73d year ot his age. He was one of the oldest members of the Vermont bar, and for fourteen consecutive years represented tho district in which ho resided in tlie Congress of the United States. (f0- No news has yet been received of the . Steamer Atlantic. We greatly tear this no- l,f tbo ,efu 8 0es wil1 sail <™‘" Liverpool for hie ship, with all on board has perished. ent : it is in the generous sensibility of heart which prompts you, with such unequnled disinterestedness and devotion, to consecrate God’s gilts to the benefit of your fellow crea tures. In respecting anG loving you, the world is but rendering to purity of heart nnd goodness, the homage extorted from even its selfish wickedness. I tlinnk God, therefore, for your preservation; for I would not have the world lose your example. You will not, l am sure, lie displeased with an old clergy man for saying—cherish ns you have done, the unaficeted humility, which adds fresh lus tre to your extraordinary endowments, Ti be good is boiler limn lo bo great. Then, when nt lust death, by taking you, shall prove that he is not blind only,but deaj also, you will, 1 trust nnd believe, be trans ferred to a world whore you mny learn new songs from holy nngels. Thnt Gud may bless nnd keop you safely, dear and good Indy, is the prayer of Your friend, FRANCIS L. HAWKS. Mademoiselle Jenny Lind. (jtgn The Cunslnnlionplo correspondent of one of the Paris papers writer that orders j' have been given for Ihe speedy conveyance I to Liverpool of about two huudied Hungari- I an refugees, who have been resident nt H Clmumla. The Turkish Government,/ it ■ seems, furnishes o vessel for (heir transporta- flj tioii; and, with its usunl generosity, Ims pro- ’ttj vided for their comfortable support during Eg tlio voyngc; in addition lo which, a small Sr sum of money has been disttibutod to each. JEj It is supposed thnt nearly the whole number £ they can he promptly furnished. The Geouqia Cadet, is published at At lanta every Saturday morning, by Krneau & Sons, nt $1 per year, in advance. It i«ia- Worda of Truth and Soberness- It affords us more than ordinary satisfac tion to transfer to our columns from the Charleston Mercury, an impressive and truly patriotic letter from tlio pen of Bishop Ca- thu vulture gives lo the lamb. Head the following and judge : — Great Britain Agitating the Reveal liali is not to bo contemned, but lei our State secede from the Union and Charleston must he.onio a desolation. Nor will the blight fall on Charleston only, hut on all the .Slate; wbilaour taxes incrcas- el -even-fold, and tlio heat ol the pre: out agitation cop I lag oh', our very leaders, if they shuuld prove too proud to ho found knock- ; ipg at ihe.dopr of the Uujon for adn i-sion, , ahull join'The many thousands of our paver- ., ,. , . , tr-.urickeu people iu their flight from their dj our l’ugitive - lave Law.-—A lettei m ,u nod homes to more favored parts. Can liu3t0 " Liberator, dale. Edinburgh, Jan patriotism demand the sacrifice ? Patriotism ’ ' onnouiicM.lhn lbL : ie W m. and demand the st.cri.icc oftlie Flute ! No, rev- ' Ll.cn Craft. 1 he following is an extract : ' “tVo came to I'.clmburgh, and bud the 11 1,1 us then fellow-bittzoti.', review our |« l . on-Monday evening. It was a gr.Uimt. If a Cot.ve.dion « 0 must have, lot •’!*« <»S ' l .’« E;E'E“g b .Emancipation So ft ri.it he a Convince., hi b, s and h-.lf-made c .‘ c! -V, a < « h.vh W m. trait told to, the first men, hut of the vvii c and '-o! Fr-minded -- ■ '."" B ‘''’""'.O'. ‘ ba of Ins escape There is no I. ittlt to be fdflgfit for glory, bv ; b '“'' ' bl ' 1,ud ' ehC0 ''f? deeply m- seces.,i.i„. lint a ."e„M! struggle with poVer.y I ’e.cste I ... ^ lj«*«0’,v ”»>' . a d a - and high laxe , hard lime-? w.tHdut hope ol peeiaffy the part which related to i s- escape improvement,- and great and sore humiliation. 1 rul1 1 ,d M :" 1 n . ,l f. nded “ And may Cud grant us deliverance. ! *>•"«.'»?» i vcmn b r at ‘ be % Hall wl,ere WILLIAM CAPERS’, j our filend was again warmly giceled. W e Charleston, Feb. C, 1801. \ ar ° ha j' e " n ' e #S ““ ,bo e fela '’° I Bill, m ulnssgmv, on Monday evening next, . at which Alexander Haslie Al. E, is to pro file: Greatest Discovery of the Age. i s ; ( | p | |mvo in v it at ions front various parts I litre lias justdieeu brought, to light the up- j 0 p t |, e cuuntrv to. Ining Cruft, and hold meet- wliich the English Abolitionists intend ma king of tlie affair against tlie late 1 Syr of Co: gross on tlio subject. British protection to I ,, , , , . . ... h J 1 Cuss lias had an interview ivilh the Cardin- slnvory, indeed I 1 lie protection that England would give lo lhe South would be tlmt which tended as tlio organ of the Grand Section of veiis ef South Cnroliun. We trust that the the Cadets of Temperance in Georgia, and ; voice of this venerable and distinguished wo hope our young friends will liberally sus- minister of Christ, will he heeded, at least by his brethren, for it utters words of wisdom and tiutli, and that South Carolina will in deed pause in her ruinous career, before it is too late. tail) it. The American Chapel again Oven.— The Evening Post publishes tho following xlract dated Rome, December 23 : Mr. plication of a power which is lo super -cede entirely the pre. ent steam power of | tho world! This anouiiceinenl may stagger , home, but i lip discover}, u hen it si-all lie di vulged, wil) stagger them a thousand times nine. H has been made by un (-as cm man, who I ns completed Ids models ; o.,eul li cli will I v deposited nl Wasfifngh.li as Minn as pa tent lights shall l.e seemed in tl e d tie.cut r,.i,np<y*i I'nuniiies. Tho jnnehinery is en- i lew per e. leji ; the j-iiwcb is a mol -- - md. seam Inis no p'lftt in creatilfg Ife. an^fceoiioniienl - file ll-.e jiHneii’ Will ,1 A.il.nt Itl.. 1. tvC (li ('Hill LA m ll.e Fugitive Slave Law ; wide! intend to accept as Liras 1 can. We expecl Ihlen Crali Irmn Liverpool to-night. These inn fugijives will find warm sympathisers ainnng.the people of lids cqunlry. There is u general haired here to llie Fugitive Slave Dili;” One of tlie si. in Huntsville, was als, on the subject of tlie American chapel, which has resultod in its being permitted to go on without molestation.” Religious Items. We learn by the Report of the Seeretury of the Georgia Annual Conference of tho Me lt- odist Church, that the number of white mem bers within the bounds of said conference, is •I0,2fll; colored, 17,399. Number of Local Preachers 525—total no of members, 0-1,215. Increase Inst year, 2,?7(r whiles, 552 colored, and 5 Preachers. Total increase, 3,327. The Conference recommend to the Con gregations under its charge, the observance of Prnd.nt. We nre gratified to learn tlmt Ihe property heretofore known as Drayton Island nt the outlet of Lake George has been recently pur chased by Dr. J. C. Calhoun ofS. C. son of the lute lamented Calhoun. Ho has given lo the place the beautiful name of Anzio'by w hich name it will hereafter ho known. We understand Dr. Calhoun intends immediately to transfer his residence to Florida.— St. Augustine Ancient Ci.y. Dr. Calhoun is quite right in seceding from South Carolina, befere she secedes from the Union. Should the disunion agitation be continued in that frantic State, thousands more will follow his prudent example. Baptists in Minnesota—The First Bap tist Church nt Stilhvntor, wus constituted on the 20th of November. This is the third Baptist Church in Minnesotn, nil of which hnvo pastors,and two of tho number, iu St. Paul nnd St. Anthony, are now engaged in erecting meeting houses They are under the pntronngo of the Homo Missionary So ciety. For the Courier- Mn. Editor.—In your paper of tlio Uih nst , speaking of “ Rome and its prospects,” you say : “ Its population (with the exception of some 20 or 30 very clever Doctors and Law- years, who, wo nre happy to say, hnvo hut little to do) is made up mostly of substantial business man,” &e. Will you he good enough to inform us how many newspapers and editors you have, and what relation they hear to “ Rome und its prospects.” A READER. The Land of Bread.--The quantity of wheat which Ohio raised ill 1850, is sot down by ihe Cincinnati Gazelle at thirty millions of (/n/?(irs---nil amount sufficient to supply nol only ail ilie wants of that Slate, hut leaving n surplus of eighteen millions of bushels, i Tho consumption ot eacn individual is nroui six bushels annually. Ohio hns about two millions of inhubi'ants, consepiently twelve millions of bushels nre enough for the con sumption of the State. Allowing the price of 75 cents per bushel, nnd the overplus is worth over thirteen millions of dollars. In addition to this, tho corn raised is eounl to one hundred bushels to each person in the Slate. The surplus of these two articles is equal in value to tw enty five millions of dol lars. This shows what nn agricultural State will) fertile laud, can do, when its litboij is not diverted into unprofitable channels, or interfered with by had government. giqy.The London Times in speaking of the American census, says, “ thnt from what hns already appeared, tho returns w ill 1 exhibit an instance of material nnd industrial devel opment unparnllelled in the annals of nations,’ and concludes nn article on the subject, by the direct assertion, that ten years hence, the population of America will exceed that oftlie British Isles.’ the United States. Small Pox.—Tho manner in which two J| of our city cotempornries noticed the repu- 9 ted appearance of small pox in our city, he- £l ing calculated to throw some doubt upon its Y existence hero, we look some pnins yester- K day to ascertain for our own satisfaction nnd all others interested, whether our first an- 5' nouileenient In relation lo it was correct nr l noi. We w ere infur.i ed by two of the most experienced, nnd acknowledged to be among ) the most eminent of our city physicians, ^ Unit they hud, with oao other of our best j practitioners, seen tl ree cases of genuine small pox in the jn.l.—Mobile Ado Smalm Bills.— I'he following remarks ,,f , the Millsdgeville Recorder will, wo think, ■ lie generally endorsed by the people of Geor-tt gin. “Experience has fou id”/says the Reror 'M der) “that tho public convenience would liejlR generally promoted by legislative permission^! to tlio Bmks to issue n larger percentage oftffi mall Hills, under the ileo.miinntion of five JX dollars. Po le-i evide.ice ol this, besides, the i -ta il mc.i ive.iieneefor change (low ex perienced, will he nt once piece ved by the 9 community by looking nt the (uttered,' mu-qm •dated dirty one mid" two dollar hills they I nre now compelled to pocket for the ivmitta ot Irene.- in sullicicnt nliurulniice for the ne-fX essilios oflrade.” understand, pio.-nils quite extensively among' * the peiplo, t hut Congress lias pnssed a law,. 1 reducing llie value of the old Quarter Did-// ars, to 20 cents, mid this impression has been aided upon in not a lew irstmices, to, the injury ot parlies holding them. It is-a j mistake. .Congress has not pnssed such a law. The e was n hill to that effect intro- uuciiig Inst Ki-si,m, hut il did not become law. — MilledyeviUe ll reorder. A Sti-.ono Game—A man named Henry 1 N. Watson, alias John IL Woodbury, nlins Governor Door, bus just been arrested at, Boston and convoyed lo New York on cl.nrgeof swindling n Mr. Baker, in ihe citjr-C uf Mexico, out of ii gold watch und other valu ables. The New York Yribuhe describ game that lilts chevalier mid some of his ( federates were in the habit of playing it) d city of New York, w hich is amusing and in^ nlruelivc. The Tribune says: “Watson, alias Woodbury, alias 'Gqv^JH nor Dour,’ who is now in the Toombs,.: was., ; one of a guiig of petty gamblers und robbers .; who hang about tho lower order of gambling . houses, lie was also a hack-driver, nnd as Mississippi paper, in eulogizing the ; sucb " t,s notorious for his swindling Irjcks disunionists says, “ the everlasting destiny of the South hangs upon such men ns Quit- j , It . 0I) p e j. 8i w |, u „; g ht[y congregated nt uliou man, Davis, and others.” If this ho true, jn Reade street. Hero they hold n moc chillies in the Florence (Ala.) Gazette, how appropriately may vve exclaim in ihe language of Dr. Walts : “ Grcnt God I on vvhat a slender tine: d, Hung overlasting things I” •Several eases of the small pox, it is vav ry, Ala. iiiimti I Dei & d t! large crowd wi . I'ill wus issued ing sl\ Iu—tlie Dell w: open; straggler uficr I the people would not tlie 1st. Friday in May next, as a day of, , , AI , J ' said, have occurred in the jail at Montgomc- fasting, humiliation nnd prayer, and tlio 1st 1 Friday in September next, ns a day ot thanks giving and praise. Godey’s Lady’s Book.—We have receiv- By a letter from Bishop Capers, recently j || 1(! March number of this very popular published in the Southern Christian Advo-j Monthly. Itstableofconlentsis unusually calo, we learn that tlie llolston Conferpnce | r ; c |, an g varied; its numerous embellish- stnlions SO preachers, and has a white mem-1 inonts, superb. Our fair readers, of course, bership ol 35,882; colored members 3,0*12, wl iq ( )c interested in the one Is* on the list. IT.) Indians. llie 1 euncssee Conference '|'|, ere is probably nn periodica] in this coun stations 131 preachers; has a white member- j r y t which has uniformly sustained a higher ship of 35,980, nnd 7,343 colored, ihe Mem-1 reputation than the Lady’s Book. phis Conference stations 107 preachers, has ■iHost meetings ever held ! 20,518 while, and 7,055 colored members. The Scientific American, is the name snivelled in llie court | The Mississippi Conference stiitions 08 „f , )ne 0 f t|, e neatest nnd most uselul week- liite nnd 7,801 col- ; ]; es tlmt comes upon our exchange table. It ousiana Conference ; s devoted to scientific, mechanical nnd other Rl.cttiic club. j stations dO preacjiers, and has 4,S.15 white, improvements. Euch number contnins sev- lousc on Monday lust. It w as culled by the preachers; hns 13,209 wh )eiiiiici nl, whose editor, fn-sli from Yancey , , „ -pi,„ » Co., nl Montgomery,ns their tugleinan de-; . —a 11 ii mi li i ihe iiio>t hand : and -1,405 colored members. The Alabama Conference stations IIS preachers, und has .So le and iiiSji entitm, Dial two libs ul coni will lc Bakakntty to drive the largest slop of : l.e i.m „ ;l< coucl.cd uround the world. jll’e are. not at liberty, now, to divulge 4)iis wonderful discovery; hut we _ nil tliegi (latest confidence, that a rec | eveil ,|, e , u ; n l0 participating in’a Klietl- j regular work in these six Conferences is five tniy Vvill elu|se before a total |l( , ^ail.ei ing .Sun.e licentu seven, wc under- | huiidiedmjid fifty. The membership 152,- fil take place tlirougl out the , s , a „d, « eie iu at eiidunce. A Chairman of: or. 7 whites and 45,630 colored, sislejn. J.ulccil j ,j ie Sl j U;l d was uppniutedf Resolutions iidop- led Speeches made by Messrs. J. W, Clay, yjj'Democrat,) and J. N. Drake, .)ydi ' h>isl style. ‘ ' to’iiink tl.edonrs were 03 whiles, and 15,484 colored members. They prefer-! '>' bc whole numher of preachers in the We believo that all the Conferences of the _ Church, Soiilb, have end engravings representing the various im provements in ngriculluinl implements, ma chines, &c. Published by Munn & Co., New York, nt $2 per annum. Criminal- I rInckly Bishop, convicted of murder nt the late session of the Bibb Superior Court ha^-been seiitensed to be hung on the 28th t.mbnth __ nt Horridle Affaiii.—A gentleman lecently from Holmes county, Mississippi, hns detail ed lo us the particulars of a dreadful scene, which occurred a few days since near Lex ington in that county. An engagement had existed fur some time between a Mr. Tate and Miss Shepperd, in the Harlan Creek dis trict, in tlmt county, to which, however, the lather of tlie young lady refused his consent. The young couple lind agreed to run away for the purpose of getting married, and for that porpote were to start ftom a w edding parly held in the neighborhood. We have not heard what intervened to excite the young man’s passions. He met the young lady ns arranged at the party, and asked her publicly w hether she was ready to fulfil her promise and go with him, nnd on her declin ing, he drew a pistol, shot her dead in llie room, and attempted lo destroy himself, but in this was frustrated, and is now in Lexing ton jail on tlm '.diurgeof murder.—N. O. Pic. Da Hawks and Miss Lind-—'I he follow ing graceful letter was addressed by Ihe em inent divine Dr. Hawks, from New York, to court, and so completely wus tho deception! that those who were arraigned leioreit nMWJ cr suspected its legality. Watson und hir j associates would arrest countrymen in | streets, or on the docks, for some ullegd \ Inlion of law, take them to their court, I them, and with nn admonition discha them. On one occasion a man thus nrresti was rather indecorous in his manners, w as fined fifty dollars for contempt of court and actually paid it. All money thus pf laincJ was divided among the parties coi posing the court, who, in their turn, drops the most of it at tho faro-banks and kin places.” It is said that Judge Hnydenfelt,^ nent candidate for the U. S. SenaS California,tosuccced Col. Fremont,isl ly in favor of making California a slav and makes no concealment of his vie Ditor ms IIankeiioiiiep.—J some oclobfity ntnl an nc.trrss wnsl luntilely placed lately in l’hilndelfl The mmingcr apologized to the- but llie Indy insisted upon Temn the singe nnd pluying nut the pnrt mg lo llienndieiire to kmiw. vvhetn ping one's hnndkcr’.hid was aoj of not belonging to the temper tv,” The circ.umsmneo has mid Miss Lind, in Havanna, congratulating her phrase lo tho language, n . on her escape Iroin her perilous voyage by sea to Charleston : Jf New York, Jan. 2, 1851. Dear and Good Lady—l hope you have not forgotten a clergyman who wus introduc ed to you by Mr. Cromwell, nnd who now writes you this note. Ypu hnvo been ex posed to great danger nt sea, and 1 canno express ^ “ “ J " r? r commits the imprny ing inehrintod—lie only,” chief.” Ecukxtii icitv. - AiiijB Aulnirn, New York, in Own.xro Lake,.