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THE ROME COURIER. n PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY HORNING) BY J. KNOWL,ES & Co. The Courier will bo published at Two Dol lars per annum, if paid In ndvnnco; Two Dol or Throo Dollars at the end of. the year, Leoal Advertisements will bo Inserted with strict attention totherequlrements of tho ** M israUancous advertisements will bo Insert ed at Ono Dollar per square of 12 linos or loss, for tho first, and Fifty Cents for eaoh subse quent Insertion. . , . • Liberal deductions will bo made In favor of toos^rti^mlverth«ygMli^><^ B. VV ROSS, M»aaam*3krmm Rome, Georgia. Mite over K. K. Omberg’s Clothing Store, 1 Jan. 16.1861. FRANCIS H« ALLEN» ' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Staple end Fancy Dry Goods It Groceries. Receives now goods every week, Romo. Qa. Jan. 2.1851. PATTON It PATTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rome, Georgia. Will pmctico in all tho counties of the Cher okee Circuit. 8opt. B, 1860. “ DANIEL H. PRINTIIP, Agent for the Southern Mutual Insurance Company at Rome, Ga, Insures against loss by Fire. Also Lives of Persons and Servants. Checks on Charleston and Now York for solo by D. 8. TUINTUP Oct. 10,1860. I COULTER A COLLIER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rome, Georgia. Fob. 8,1851. LANIER HOUSE, BY LANIEIl A SON. BATHING ROOMS ATTACHED. Macon. Oct. 2.1851. N. B. A H. WEED, Importenand Doalerain Hardware, Nails Ao, Rroughton Street Savannah, Ga, Nov. 14.1861: ly JPHi VOLUME 7. ROME. GA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1851. NUMBER 12. fbr the Courier. ODR LIFE IS AS A VAFODR. Life like tho vapor of tho mom Soon vanishes away, Tho buoyant step across the lawn, Lasts but atranslont day. Health, strength and vigor spring tho nerves, But for a little while, And then we’ro mocked by sgo’e curves, And youth’s sarcastic smiles. Ere wo’re awaits with trembling tread We march life’s dizzy road, Ere wo begin to think, wo’re dead, And laid beneath tho clod. Oh, frail ao Utility, is man, Child only of a day, t, And lifts tho only llttlo span To (lx for Judgment day. 0. H, ARCHER A CO. . Hegia Iron WiM’Si Richmond, Va. MANUEACTURERS Of Ami and Edge Tools, of the belt Charcoal Iron nnd Cast Steel, Alto, Manufacturers of Rail Rea l and Mer chant Iron. Bold nt Merchant's Prices and Warranted. Nov. 14 1861. 3in BETTER AND CHEESE EMPORIUM, BY SEABORN GOODALL SAVANNAH. WHOLESALE DEALER IN Batter and Cheese, Direct from Goshen. New York. Nov. 14,1851. ly* e. ii. heiis, Savannah. I ;. toster, lluncockco. BEIIN A FOSTER, Factors and Commission Merohants, Savannah, Ua. • Rxrr.RRKcn—J. Kuowlos. Nov. 14:1851. ly* LYON A (IKED, Wholesale Praters in Ready-Made Clothing, lints, Cnps, nnd Gen tlemens’ Furnishing Goods. Xas. W Cana.aiul~f> St Julian Sts. Savannah. Nov. 14 1861. ly E. F. YVOOO A CO. WIim.HKAt.K AND URTAtls DEAf.KRS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. 01 and 152, 1 Gibbons Building, near the Market,Sign of the Large Boot, Savannah, Ga, Nov. 14 1861. ly JOHN I. MIYEIt, ■•OMtrHii-Ha-wsiTrp 151 Rroa / Street Savannah Ua. Nnv. 14. 1861. ly N. D. KNAPP, WHOLESALE ANO n’lTAII. nEAl.EIl IN 8ADDI.ES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, Ao. Market Square Savannah On. • Nov. 14. 1861. Om Factors nod General Commission Morchants. Drnulon and Ray Slrcds Savannah, Ua. Nov. 14, 1861. l.v PETER G. THOMAS, Healer In Winilon -Snihf s,Blinds and Panel Doors. No. 150 Ran S’, Sarannah Go. |»* Orders (Vpm the country promptly nt- tendedto. tiff" Terms: Cash. ■Nov. 14 1861.lv. CHAD. II. CAMPF1ELD, 171 Ron Street, Sarannah. Healer 111 Agilnilliir.il Implemenlsof every i kind, Burr Mill stones, Cottln Gins, Ac. Nov. 14. 1851. fim« WHERE ARE THEY 7 “ I stood amidst the scones of my childhood, but tho Mends of my youth wore gono fiir away. Tho trees wore stript of tholr bloom. Tho guy carol of tho feathered songstors was hushed; and devolution waved hor wings ovor the deserted halls of Ivon. In tho bitterness of despair, I called,—Where are they 1—and tho distant hills gave hack the shout, and echo answered ’ where 7’ ’’ Whore are they now, whore are they, Tho loving nnd tho loved, Who once In days departed About this homestead moved 1 1 call, hut no one answers, I speak, hut none will hoar. Tho distant hills give hack my voice And Echo answers—’where." AVhoro Is tho loving Mother, Who watched my early years, AVlto knelt bestdo my couch, And prayed for mo with tears; Who guarded mo in childhood, With tenderness and care 1 Tho soundinghtlls send hack my cull, And Eoho whispers—" where 1" Whoso Is tho kindly father, Whoso lovo was doop and pure 1 1 see him here no longer As in tho days of yore ; Ills voice no nioro steals near mo And vacant is his choir; I call Ills name—but Echo, In mockery answers—” where l" AVliere are my kind young Sisters, And Brotliora, where are they 1 Have they too gono nnd left mo, Could nono among them slayl Could none remain to bless mo, » Will none my anguish share \ AVhoro arc they, Oh! where are they 1 Sad Echo answers—" where 1" ■AVIiore are they all, whore are they. Will they return no more. And social meetings o’er 1 My native bills arc round mo But none 1 loved are lioru, And when l cull where are they, Cold Echo answers—'' whore." Ah! who Is there to lovo mo, Along life's lonely way, Since those 1 fondly cherished, llnve passed, all passed away; I call but no one answers, I speak, hut nono will hear, The distant hills glvo hack iny voice, And Echo answers—" AVhoro 1” YONGE A ODEN, ‘ Faotoro and Commission Merchants. No 01, I1"V Street, Savannah: Will attend promptly to whatever hiisluess may be eontldod to them. Nov. 7,1851. l.v W, P. YONOE. | w. ODEN. 77 ‘ D. MORRIS, No. 7 Barnard, Street Sarantioh Go. Bril IlnngcrandMnuiifiittiircrof nil kinds of Fire-Proof Ha fes, Iron ltiilllngs, Locks of crery description, Ae„ Ar. O BREUS Ills services to die citizens of Sn vnnnnli, nnrl Smicof Georgia. He is pre pared :o till orders lor anything in tiro above line, nt die shortest nollce, nnd on die inosl rea sonable terms. Nov. 14, 1851. Personal Memorials of Daniel Wobstor. Bach is tho tltlo of a printed pamphlet of some sixty-odd pagos which lias just boon printed fbr Its author by Messrs Gideon & Co., of this city. Tho preparation of It has ovl- dontly been a labor of lovo, on tho part of some purely literary (blond, since it Is chiefly composed of those facts In Mr. Webster’s his tory calculated to Illustrate his personal char acter, tho worth of which nono but'his more Intimate acquaintance have badopportultiosto understand, and wo verily hollovo thattho word politics doos not appear on-a singlo page of tho wliolo work. Tho very great interest which tho Public have long taken in Mr. Wobstor ns an orator and statesman Will undoubtedly cause tills pamphlet to ho extensively circu lated. As a taste of Its quality, wo subjoin a faw extracts from It. Tho first tlmo that Mr. Webster’s eyes thll upon tho Constitution of tho United States, of which ho Is now universally acknowledged to ho the Chief Expounder and Defender, It was printed iqion a cotton pocket handkerchief, according to a fashion of tho time, which ho chanced to stumble upon In a country store, and for which ho paid out of his own pockot, all tho money lie lmd—twenty-dvo cents; and the evening of tho day oil which ho thus ab- talncd a copy was wholly devoted to its closo and attentive porimt, while seated boforo a blazing tiro, and by tho side of Ills father and mother. What dreamer on that night, In the wildest flights of his imagination, could have scon tho result of that Incident or markod out tho lAituro career of that Now Hampshire boy 1 When Mr. Wobstor ivns about seven years old Ills ftitlicr kept a house of public enter tainment, whore tho teamsters, who travelled on tho road, wore In tho habit of obtaining a dinner nnd feeding their horses; and it is said that tho Incipient orator and statesman fre- quentiy ontortainod Ills fathor’s guests by reading aloud ont of tho Psalms of David, to the infinite delight of Ills rustic listeners. In deed, It was customary for tho teumsters to remark, as they pulled up their horses boforo the Webster house, "Come, let's go in and hear a psalm from Dan \Y,Inter " Even at thatthno Ids voice was deep, rich and must cal. A few days after Mr. Wobstor hod entered Exeter neademy, ho returned to his boarding house ono evening in a very desponding mood, and told Ids friends there that tho city boys In tho acadomy wore constantly laughing nt him because ho was at tho foot of his class, nnd had come (Vom the backwoods, llis friends endeavored to cheer him, and tolling him that tho hoys would 'soon get tired of their unhandsome conduct and that ho ought to show himself nbova their foolishness. Mr. Nicholas Emory, who was then an assistant Matilda. ing faculty of tho collego, however, bestowed upon him a diploma, but, Instead of pleasing, this commou-placo compliment only disgusted him, and at tlio conclusion of tho commence ment exorcises tho disappointed youth askod a number of his classmates to accompany him to tho green behind the college, whore, In their prcscnco, he deliberately tore up his hon-. orary document, and threw It to the winds, exclaiming: “My Industry may make mo a groat man, hut this miserable parchment can not;'' and Immediately mounting his horse, departed for homo. Tho placo whore Mjr. Wobstor spent the most of Ills time os a schoolmaster, was Fryo- burg, In the State of Maine. Ho had been Invited thither by a friend of llis fatlior, who was acquainted with tho circumstances of the fltraily. His school wn$ quite largo, and his salary three hundred and fifty dollars, to which ho added a considerable sum by dovot- Ing his evenings to copying deeds in tlio nfllce of tho county recordor, at twenty-five cents per deed. IIo also found time during this period to go through with Ills first reading of Dlackstono's Commentaries, and other sub stantial works, which have boon so good a foundation to Ills after fUrne. The writer onco questioned Mr. Wobstor as to his personal appearance when officiating as a pedagogue, and his reply was: “Long, slen der, pale, and all eyes; Indeed, I went by the name of all eyes the country round.” During tho last summer, when returning from a visit to tho White mountains, accompa nied by his son Fletcher, ho wont ont of his way to spond a day In tho town of Fryoburg. Ho revisited, alter the lapse of half a-ccntury, tlio oflfico of the recorder of doeds, and there found and exhibited to Ms son two large hound volumes of Ills own handwriting, the sight of which was of course suggestive of manlfeld emotions. Tho son testlflos that tho penman ship Is neat and elegant; nnd Hie flithor, that the ache Is not vet out of tlioso fingers which so much writing caused them. It is said by those who know Mf, AVcbster at Fryoburg that his only recreation wlillo a school teacher, was derived from trout fishing, nnd that his Wodnesday and Saturday after noons wore almost Invariably spent wandering alono, wltn rod in hand and a copy of Slmks- pearo in his pockot. along tlio wild and pictu resque brooks of that section of country. Tho birthplace and mountain fhrm of Mr. AVcbstor having already been descrlbod In this volnmo tho writer would now glvo on ac count of Marsliflold. tho home, pre-eminently, of the distinguished juntos'"an. Tho placo thus designated Is In tlio town of Marshfield county Plymouth, nnd State of Massachu setts. It Is more of a magnificent Ihrm. with elegant appendages, than the more olognntre- IIO It E It T FIDNLAY, MANUTAOVeilEn op gleam Engines, Boilers, Machinery, Ac, AND DEALER IN MILL STONES of every description. Steam Saw Mills, Circular nnd Straight, put up in superior style. Mnciin. August 21 1751. . GEORGE JONES, iNpnnvEit np and dealer in CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, Macon, Georgia. X AM confident liliii I can make it to tho interest of Merolmntt to buy their sup. plies of Croekry In Macon, if they will give a eunnee Call nod sco lor yourselves. Assorted crates* of nil sizes always on hand. ~ Muoon, July 21, 1851. dm Ware-Houso and Commission Business. IV. OlISLEY & SO.Y, Mur on, Go. GODFREY, OISLEY & CO., Savannah, Ga. E. GODFREY. N. OUSI.F.Y, R. F. OUSEF.Y. 11- .W«H. UNDERWOOD & J.W.H. UNDERWOOD* ’•UTTUI Practice Law in all the Counties of '▼V the Cherokee Circuit, (except Dade.) They will both personally nttend nil the /lourts. .T. W. II. UNDERWOOD will at tend the Courts of Jnckson und Hnbershnm ' counties of the V^stern Circuit. Both will attend tho sessions of tho Supremo Court at iGnssville and Gainesville. All business **n- frusted to them will he promptly and faith fftvBy attended to, ‘ OFFICE uextdoor to Hooper & Mitchell, ‘VBuenn Vista House,” Rome, Cm., nt which place one or both will nlways bo found, except bsent oil professional Ijijsiness. Jan .23 JP31 CIURLES P. LEVY, Engine Builder, Machinist and ► Founder.—Is prepared to Ibrnish all kinds Engines nnd Mill Castings, having n extensive asao^tntent of patterns of the. ewest and most approved kinds. Oust Iron jPqter. IVhcclt, of several patterns, of a ehnr- [ peter that \ytll suit nil eitunrton?. [ 1 v Tile Oeuiulgee Foundry. Cotton Avenue, near Ihe Mason fir Western epot, Has peculiar advantages in fitting up Jsam Saw J/i7/«,-the Proprietor having.had peat experience Iti that business. Many of “ Mills are now in use in this State. here is a constant supply of Gin Gearing, un Press Pulley*, &c , kept on hand.— ‘JJdnds of finished Machinery August 21, IS 1 From the Gospel Messenger, JAMAICA.* Fair arc thy skies, Jamaica, That bond above his gravo ! Low aro tho whisp’rings of tho flowers That lightly o’er him wave! Von mountain hath one sacred spot, It wearcth as a crown, And there, as weary, tolling up, To steep they laid him down. They knew ho would have loved' tho place, And there Ids grave they rtrest, AA’hcre shadows from the Mango trees Might play across his breast. They knew the carticst sunbeams there ATouhl thll about Tils head, And tills seemed meet for one who passed So early to the dead. Oh, Mother ! in that hour they wept, And thought upon tho sea, AYhoso White-winged ships would nevermore, Como Joyously to theo 1 Oh, for tho trembling, yearning hnpos Crushed with that peaceful day I God of tho broken hearted ! might This cup but pass away i But no 1 tlio hand that fiuhtoncth The stars about tho throne, And is it shortened from the paths Through which lie leads His own 1 And this thy child—how sure his feet AYore planted toward the day I As step by Btep he passed, our gaze AVas upward—nnd away'. Tho trea ures of his youthful toils, Siveet relics have they brought, And laid them, mother, at thy feet, Themes of his growing thought 1 He seemed thro' all earth’s beauteous things To catch the distant light I And turning, asked tlio “ narrow way” Tlio heavenly hills In sight. Fair bo thy skies, Jamaica, Tlmt bend above Ills grave, Low, low tho whispering of thy flowers That lightly o’er him wavo! There is a clime where Ilopo no moro Shall agonize with Death ! There is a clime where lovo shall livo Upon immortal breath 1 There is a fold—a bright, bright fold, AYhoso Shepherd's gentle breast Pillows tho lovod, far, Inr among The sinless and tho blest! List, mother! “ Tho' tho night be long At morn shaft thou rcjoico 1" It is tho Lord from Heaven, who speaks 1 It Is tho Shepherd's voice! l. s. w. of Store nnd Dwelling houses amine samples of Miner- ' ‘ark,at ' ' ♦Died of Consumption hi tho Island of Ja maica, Dee, 7,, 1860, FaANX Goss, aged 16 •cars, son of Mra._F. M. Qobb, of New York. led ivitli young Webster’s troubles, and, as ho had the management of the second or lower class lie treated his desponding pupil with marked kindness nnd particularly urged him to think of nothing hut his hooks, nnd tlmt nil would yet come out bright. Tills advice was heeded, and nt the end of tho first quar ter Mr. Emery mustered his class in a line, and formally took the arm of young AYebstor, and inarched him from the foot to tho extreme head of the class, exclaiming, in tho moan while, that this was his proper.positlon. Such an event had for many days buen anticipated, but when actually accomplished tlio remain der of the class were surprised and chngrincd. The triumph greatly encouraged tho boy Daniel, and lie renoived his cUorts with his hooks. He did not doubt but tho t there wore many hoys in tho class ns smart os himself, if not smarter; and lie looked with some anx iety to the summing up of tlio second quar ter. The day arrlvcdrthoclnss was mustered, nnd Mr. Emery stood bclbro it, when the breathless silence was broken by tlicBC words: '■Daniel AVcbster, gather up your books and take down your cap." The hoy obeyed, nnd, thinking that lie was about to be expelled from school, was sorely troubled about the causo of tho calamity.— The teacher saw this, but soon dispelled tho illusion, for he continued : “Now, sir, yon will please report yourself to'the toucher ol tho first class,- and you, young gentlemen, will toko an affectionate leave of your classmate, u for you irilt never sec him again." That teacher Is still living, is a man of distinction, and' has over boon a warm tVicnd of his for tunate pupil. In Ills fifteenth year he was privileged to spend sonic months witli one of the more pro minent clergymen of the day, tlio Rev. Sam uel Woods, who lived at Doscawcn, and pro pared boys for college at ono dollar a week-, for tuition and board. During his stay with Dr. Woods lio was apparently very negtectfril of Ills academic duties, hut never failed to form all his intellectual tasks with groat cred it. On ono occas'ioirtlic-revoroml tutor thought proper to give his scholar Daniol a scolding for spend ng too much of Ids tlmo upon tho hills and along tlio streams, hunting nnd fish ing, lint still complimented 1dm for his smart ness. The task assigned fo him for liis next recitation was one hundred lines of A’irgil; nnd, os he know that his master lmd an en gagement on tlio following morning, an idon occurred to him. and he spent the entire night poring over his books. Tlio recitation hour finally arrived, and tho scholar acquitted him self of his hundred linos ami received tho tu tor’s approbation. “But 1 have a lhw more lines tlmt I can recito," raid tlio boy Daniel. "Well, let us have them,” replied the doctor; and forthwith tho boy reeled off another hun dred lines. “Very remnrkablo," raid the doc tor, "yon aro indeed a smart boy.” “But I have another,” said tho scholar, "and flvo’ hundred of them, if you please.” The doc tor was of course astonished, but, as lie be thought him of his engagement, lie begged to be excused, and added, “You may liavo the whole day, Dan, for pigeon shooting.” Mr. AYehstor went through college in a man ner that was highly creditablo to himself anil gratifying to his friends. IIo graduated in 1801, nnd though it was universally believed that Ho ought to receivo, and would receive, tiio Valedictory, that houor was not conferred . upon him, bat, upon one-, whoso . oppaq has •inco passed into ft slilcnec of a gentleman; a place indeed which, out freqnont use of tlio word baronial. It lies some thirty miles from Boston comprehends about two thousand acres of undulating and marshy land, and slopes down to tlio margin of the ocean. Tho original owners of tho land now combined In one estate, wore Na thaniel Ray Thomas, a noted loyalist, who was tho hero of Trumbnll’s poem of McFln- gal, and the fumons Winslow fkmily, which has given to Massachusetts, as colony and State, a number ol her earlier governogi. It camo Into Mr. AVebsler's possession somo where about twenty-five years ago, and Is the domain where ho has chiofly gratified his taste for and exhibited his knowledge of the Interesting science of agriculture. Tho great good that he has hero accomplished in that particular can hardly he estimated; hut for all tho pains nnd trouble which the placo has cost him, tho proprietor is amply rewarded by the Ihct that ho Is now tho owner of ono of the very best farms in the wliolo country. Like Elms Farm, Marshfield 1ms nlso its tenent or superintendent, whose nnmo Is Por ter Wright, nnd who in all particulars Is am ply qualified for Ills responsible position — From him was gathered tlio infonnation that when Mr. Webster canto to Marshfield the farm yielded only some fifteen tons of English liay, wlillo tho product in this particular dur ing tlio present year amounted to nearly four hundred tons, in adltion to two hundred tons of salt hay ; also ofcomolglit hundred bush els, potatoes ono thousand bushels, oats five hundred bushels, turnips five hundred bush els, and beets four hundred bushels. In 1825 tho Inhabitants of Plymouth county know nothing of kelp and sea-weed as articles that would enrich their lands; but Mr. AVebster discovered their value, set tho example of using them, profited thereby and they are now considered so indispensable tlmt some of tlio farmers In the country will team it a distance of thirty miles. Principally at his own expense Mr. AVebsteh laid out a road to tho beach on which tho kelp was thrown by tho sea; and nota singlo ton of tho articlo Is known to have drawn on tho land before ho went to Marshfield. In October of this year ono hundred and fifty teams wore employed after a stormiin drawing this rich manure ore to the estates adjoining Marshfield, exclusive of those engaged by Mr. Porter AVright.— And some of Mr Webster's neighbors allege that thoy could well afford to glvo him flvo tons of hay a yoar for having taught them the use of ocean manure. In olden times, too, it was hut precionB seldom that the traveller's eye fell upon any hut a wood-colored Uouso In the vicinity of Marshfield Farm, whilo now neatly painted dwellings may be seen in every direction, nnd many of their occupants ac knowledge that Mr.'Webster lias not only helped them to mako money by giving them employment, but has also taught thorn how to make themselves comfortable. Somo of them, Indeed, go so far as to say that if tho town of Marshfield should mako Mr. AYeb- btes a present of thirty thousand dollars thoy would only ho rendering an adequate return for his agricultural services. He has not on ly taught them how to enrich tlielr soils, but in stocking his own fhrm with tho very boit of blooded cattlo ho has also, with allbcmc hand, scattered them, upon tlio firms of his neighbors. • .Indeed, the raising of lino cattle is Mr. Webster's agricultural hobby,^and. It la^.a rare treat to take a walk adjoining his Lvcrllpwlng barns, and to hear him descant upon the goodness and beauty of Ills Aldomoy cows, with their gazetted eyes, or tb$ brilliant color of his Devon oxen, and contrasting their excellencies with those which distinguish tho breeds of Hertlbidshlro and Ayrshire. A betterjudge of cattle than he is notto befbundany where; and though his stables are abundantly supplied' with horses, (brthesehoontertnlnsno uncommon attach ment; but, then again, fbr sheep and swine he has a partiality. Of tho latter animal ha onco raised a singlo litter of twelvo, which were nil entirely-white, and when killed aver aged in weight no lesa than (bur hundred pounds. And those who haven passion for the oddities of the quadruped world may, by taking d short walk Into a particular field, have a sight of several South American lamas, which help to give a romantic character to tho fitrm. And when the render comes to add to tho Ibregolng throo varieties of gecso, ducks ofall kinds domesticated in this coun try, Guinea hens, peacocks, and Chinese poul try to an almost unlimited extent, lie may well amagino that the living animals of Marshfield compose a “ cattle show ” of lie common order. The mind that has tho good sonso to enrich Marshfield Farm with so much of tlio usefril and Interesting lias also covered It with the results of the most refined taste. Tho flower garden, for oxnmplo, covors noarly an acre of ground, and contains tho richest and most beautiful varieties of plants peculiar to tho country. Of finest treos, too, thoro is a multitudi nous array, of evory slzo and overy variety; and It has been estimated that at least one hundred thousand of them have grown to tholr present slzo from seeds planted by Mr. WnnsTEn’s own hands ; for, as ho has often said, when ho originally came to Marshfield lie was too poor a man to think of patronizing such establishments os nurseries, even If they had existed to any extent. Of fruit treos there la also an extensive collection; and while ono orchard contains somo three hun dred trees, that remind one of the Pilgrim Fathom, so wcathcr-bcnton and worn in their attire are they, another, of a thousand trees, presents tho appearance of an army of youth- nil warriora ; and then the Ihrm is so appro priately intarsoctod with roads, and avenues, gravelly walks and shady pathways, that evo ry thing which tlio visiter notices seems to he In exactly the right place, and Is so com pletely come-at-able that tlio idea of being ftitlgucd never enters the mind; nnd how pre-eminently Is tills the esse when the visiter is accompanied In Ills walks by the ruling spirit of that placo, os well os of tho country Itself! But the valuo and pictorial beauty of Marshfield are greatly enhanced by the mansion, of n trio of llttlo lakes, all of them fed by springs of tho purest water. Tho two smaller ones are tho (hvorito haunts of tho common geeso nnd tlio duck tribes; but tho larger one, which studs tho landscape very charmingly, Is the exclusive domain of a largo flock of wild gecso which Mr. AVEnsTER lias domesticated. Ho informed the writer that his first attempts to tamo these bcautifril creatures were all unsuccessful, until tho Idea oceuredtolilm that perhaps they might bo made contented with tholr civilized abode pro vided they could have awarded to them small sedgy Islands, such ns were found at tholr breeding places In tho fiir north, where they might make tlielr nests and remain undis turbed by the Ibx and other prowling animals. Tlio experiment was tried; and, while tho gecso wore rendered contented with their lot, tho lake itself has been greatly Improved In picturesque beauty by its wild yet artificial Islands. Indeed, tlio rural scenery of Marsh field is all that could be desired by the pain ter or tho poet; bu( when they coma to add thereto an immenso expanse of marsh land, veined with silver streams, dotted with islands of unbroken forest, skirted with n fiir-roacli- ing beach, and hounded by tho hluo ocean, they cannot but ho deeply Impressed with tho magnificence of its scenery. It now becomes necessary to mention tlio buildings of Marshfield Farm. They num ber somo two or three dozen, at the least cal culation, embracing the mansion and adjoining out-houses, the residence of the chief tenant, tho dairyman’s cottogo, the fisherman’s house, the landlord's agricultural ofllco, several largo barns, the gardener’s house, and a vnrioty of subordinate buildings. But tho clilof attrac tion is tlio mansion itself; tho main part of it was built in 1774, but It lias been moro than doubted In size since then, and now ap pears like a modern establishment. It stands upon the summit ofa grassy lawn, is partly overshadowed by a stupendous elm, and is completely surrounded with a piazza. The ground floor alone contains no less than nine handsomely ftimishcd rooms, all opening iuto each other, the largest and most westerly ono being a Gothic library. Pictures, pieces of statunry, choice engravings, and curiositios of every inscription arc displayed in the great est profusion, and tho feminine taste overy where manifested gives a peculiar interest to the wliolo establishment. Among tho more prominent art attractions nre portraits of Mr. AYebster, by Stuart nnd Ilealoy; ono of Lord Ashburton, by Ilontey;: ono of Judgo Story, by Harding; portraits .of Fletcher AVcbster and wife; ono of the Into Edward AVebster; a Roman Girl, fey Alexander; Cattle pieces, by Fisher; marblo busts of Mr. Wohster himself nnd ofMr. Prescott, ami a bust and vory bcautifril crayon drawing of “ Julla,” tho Into Mrs. Apploton. Tho Inst mentioned por trait took a most powerflil hold upon tho writer’s Imagination from the moment ho first beheld It; and this Impression was greatly strengthened by discovering that the spirit of tills departed daughter, nnd most lovely, gift ed, nnd accomplished woman, scorned to per vade the entire dwolling, where she had been tho Joy of many hearts. To her was Mr. AYedster indohted for Iris library, as It now appears, (or it was hulltaftor hor own design ; end a moro delightftil place, especially when Mi;.'AYEnsfEn Is present, sodtod in his arm chair, and In a talkatlvo mbod, could not bo "t. AVehsteb’s entire col- thourand dollars; but his law lihnA y Is in Boston ; Ills agricultural and natural history library inn small ofllco building, situated in one corner of tlio Marshfield gunlen ; while the miscellaneous library Is alono collected In tho Gothic library hall. But the works hero collected aro all of a standard and substan tial charactor.os tlio following specimens will show ; (hr hero are to bo found Audubon’s Birds of Amorica ; tho Encyclopaedia Britan- ntea; the best editions of Bacon. AYasliIngton, and Franklin ; all tho dictionaries that wore overheard of; ovory thing good In the way of history and poetry, tagetfior with an exten sive sprinkling of tho old divines. And so much for a general description of Marsh field. Outrage on the Fromethus. Capt. Churchill, of tho steamer Promethus, publishes tlio following letter: To tho Editors—San Juan, Nov. 211851— Gentlemen—In order to correct nny misstate ment that may ho mndo of tho ctrcumstaiicu of tlio English brig of war Express firing Into tho Promethus, I beg of you to give tho fol tewing statement an insertion in your paper; ' - At2P. M., Iwonttomy ship underweigh to proceed to sea, having but just received the last of onr passengers from the Pacific steamer, including In all about 600. At this momont tlio cltyauthorltlosofGroytoivu, con stituted as they stated, by the authority of tlio Mosquito King, came on board tho ship with police force, and solved a process of attach ment on the ship nnd myself, fbr tho amount of $128, claimed by the authorities (hr present nnd arrearage Port duos, charged the ship, which was supposod to ho illegally demanded, and I had consequently rcftiscd to pay them, as I did in the prosont instance. Tho port dues are made up from tho night of tho an chorage In tho Harbor, by tho Captain of the Ports, Fees and Pilotago. 1 hove up my anchor nnd dropped down tho harbor with tlio current, having alongside ono of tho river steamers, receiving from her the baggage of the passengers. T ho' English brig of war, lying a short dlstanco from us, Imme diately got undor weigh, made sail for us, and when within a quarter ofa mile from us, fired a round shot over tho forecastle, not clearing the wlicel-liouso over ten tl-ot,—In a few minutes another shot was tlrad, wldcli passed over the stem so near that tlio force of the hall was distinctly felt by several pas sengers I sent a boat on board tho brig to enquire tlio cause of their firing Into us. The Captain stated It was to protcet the au thorities of Grey town in tlielr demands, and If wo did not Immediately anchor ho would fire a bomb shell Into us, and ordered his gnns loaded with grape and canister shot; at tho same tlmo our small steamer left us, and Pro ceeded undor steam hack to an anchorage, nnd anchored very near us—sent a boat on board of us with orders Hint our fires should bo put out, and that an officer would bo, sent on hoard to sco that the fires were extinguish ed. Tho authorities then came on board, and uniter tlio circumstances of tlio caso the amount demanded was paid, under protest, end we were permitted to proceed to sea by the Captain of tho brig. Respectfully your obedient servant, HENRY CHURCHILL, Captain Steamship Promethus. AYe learn from the Southern Sentinel, pub lished at Colnmbus, Ga., that soverai months sines the family of the editor of that journal was alarmed by a sudden and tremendous explosion, about ten o’clock at night, In an ndjolning room. Upon inquiry, it was ascer tained tlmt the hollow brass knob on the top ofa common andiron had exploded, throwing a fragment of It with great forco Into tho celling. The report was louder than a pistol, and tlio knob was thrown with sufficient pow er to have killed a man. Tlio circumstanco was attributed to tlio sudaon expansion of the air confined within tho knob, hut os such un occurence lmd never boon known before, and the explanation was regarded unsatis factory, no mention was made of It. The re currence, however, in Columbus, oftivo semi- lur accidents within the last ten days, has in duced him to mention tho fact as a caution to housekeepors and otliora against tlio uso andirons of this dccription. The editor states that lio has known now throo diflfcrcnt explo sions under exactly similar circumstances— all of them fortunately harmless, hut in each cose tho fragment of tho knob was thrown off with forco enough to have kilted or seriously wounded nny one whom it might liavo struck, and suggusls if they aro used, theknok should have a hole drilled In it of sufficient size to admit tho free escape of any air that it may contnin. Terrible and Fat^^nEwtT A most melancholy and heart r dent occurred near PlattaviUo, Monro on Sunday last. The family of Robert Winn. I who resides near Forsyth, consisting of Ml Mrs. AVInuaisl four interesting children, hi been on a visit to some relations, nnd we turning in a barouche driven by a nog approaching the rail road, it is suppe tho boy drove the mules too near t and stopped them for the purpose ol tho train pass. The mules, however, 1 fr ightened, and dashed across the tritcV diatoly In front of tho cars. They escaped un hurt; but tho train, running at nearly full speed came in full contact with Ilia barouche crush ing It to atoms—killing (lip driver instantly, and carrying tho fragments, together with the unfortunate victims, somo two hundred yards Upon tho cow-catcher 1 The siieetnclo, »i y lo1d, was beyond conception. Mrs. Yf Inn won horribly mangled, but will probably snrvire. One child, a year old, cliod' soon after the »c- cldont. Tho ctlior three children were still alive on Monday, but no lioprs were entertain ed of tlielr recovery. Medical aid was prompt ly furnished by the- President of tlio Compoay and wo understand that ovory kindness has been extended to tho suflhrrors by Dr. Winn nnd other gentlemen In tlio neighborhood. It Is supposed by somo that tho negro was In toxicated, ns tlio fragments of abroken bottle were found In his pocket after death, and his coat was saturated with spirit,. We under stand that Mrs. Winn herself floes not attach any particular tilniiio to the Engineer. The caliimfty was haloed a sad ono, and Mr. Winn deserves, ns ho will rccolVo, tho sympathies of the public. Mrs. Winn, wp nndcrstasd, Is the daughter of Mrs. Tliarpo of tills county.— ’ Macon Messenger. A Big Lump. A California correspondent of tho Journal ofCommcrcc writes from. San Francisco ns fellows, lmdcrdnte of October 14tli: A few days since I had the pleasure of meeting with a miner just down fr-omthe mines who, with three others, had been fortunate in talcing out the enormous sum $86,040 in three days, fromn place, called " Yankee Slid'e," on the American river. He, told me that nature had changed tho courso of tho river nt that point, and after working three weeks in re moving tho dirt which lmd thus been washed into the orginal bed of the river, they succeed ed In ono lump of pure gold wolghlng two hundred and eighty-two ounces, which, with- other Small pieces, they collected, in all, with in three days time, the sum as before named, of thirty-five thousand six hundred and forty dollars.” DemXoe to the Cotton Crop.—The Natchez Courfer of the 21st says; "AVo understand that tho late frost and rain did vory great harm to tho cotton crepe In this vicinity, especially In several of the opposite Louisiana parishes. A friend tells.ua that on his plantation in Concordia, and ™ ; two others in this vicinity, too loss will bo quite 600 bales, or about 20 per cent on too entire crop; these torpo plantations making aliout'2,500 bales. Ho also informs us that tho damago Is not an isolated one. The Savannah Reception. Of-courso ovory body knows that tlio assem bled wisdom of Georgia, headed by Ills Ex cellency and his Cabinet, made a grand de scent upon Savannah, much to tlio annoyance oystora & mullet In tlmt vicinity and croakers in other parts of the State. To our mind tho. whole affitlr was most happily conceived and magnificently executed. Tlio following ad dress or Mayor Arnold on tho reception of the distinguished visitors nnd the response ofGov. Cobh, will be read, wo doubt not, with much, interest—Ed. Cou. n - zs Slay it please your Excellency, nnd Gentle men, Officers and Members of the General' Assembly of tlio State efi Ghorgla, and Offi cer* of Its State Government: ■ roa Tlio citizens of Savannah, desirous of pro*, motlng that good will which-should ever exist amongst tlioso who inhabit tho same State,: with great unanimity nnd cordiality, deter mined to oxtend to you an invitation, fo vislfe our city In your official capacity. Tlio Intel ligence that you had nocopted' that Invitation caused n feeling of universal satisfaction ■ throughout our community. . w -i Upon mo, ns its Chief Magistrate, has de volved tlic pleasing duty of welcoming you- this day, us tho guests of tho City, of Savon-- nail. There U no citizen of Savannah whose heart docs not this day beat with emotions of prido and' pleasure to soo too Executive- nnd Legislative branches of too Empire Slate of too South, now standing within our limits,: os our hon on reef guests. Coming as you do,- feom overy point in tho State, Savannah has- thus the pleasure of extending tho right- ivlthln her wide-spread borders. Tho East nnd tho West, too North and tho South, moot' here together on common ground; toe Savan nah nnd foe Olmttahoocheo tnlngte toelr' wa ters ; too Mountain stoops to' emhraeo too Seaboard. May this over ho homo In rc- momhmnco by all here prosont, as typical of that common Interest which hinds us all to gether as citizens of the snrao State: It cannot bo denied, that there has been » want of that congeniality of feeling which ought to exist between tho commercial metro*' polls of too Stato and tlioso residing in tho interior. I will not undertake to discuss the causes of this llttlo fhmily coolnoss, nor to' striko tho balance of right Ira too matter ; hut I cravo your indulgence to say that we believe that it arises from a mlsapprehcnslbn* of out truo feelings towards our brethren ofllie in terior. AVith them wo have a common Inter est in tho wolfaro of onr flivored. Stato ; we liavo united in,every effort to promote It, be- lioving that tlio prosjierity of tho wliolo in cluded the advantage of tho part. AVo have over boon anxious to remove all mistrust ns to our motives ; and to prove, that tlio ad vantage of ono pnrt, may, without dctrilnent to other parts; redound to tlio prosperity of too whole. A few years since, Georgia, was asleep ns to too dcvolopomont of iiut immcnso resources by n liberal system of Intqmni...Im provement. Tho oxtent of hcrdctlon pn that subject went hut llttlo frirther than digging, logs from tlio hods of our rivers above tide water wlion thoy wore low, and waiting ticntly for too rains of heaven to furnish the water to fill tho cliannel. : , .,,, Tlio enterprise and example of other Stater aroused Georgia from hor lethargy. Thocner- gy ofa contiguous State, which had built a Rail-Road to her borders that threatened' to render her a more tributary, alarmed her In terest and awakened hor prido. A -richl and compared to hor own seaport, a largo and po pulous city, offered overy temptation for tlio wealth of our own State to drop Into her own lap. A -feeling of despondency began .to. pro- vatl amongst rnauy. Georgia was ’ evidently lagging in the race of INDUSTRY. But ft* 1835, “a change camo o’er that spirit of her dream.” About that time, tlio city ofiSayan- nali, at her own corporate expense, sent dele gates to represent her at Knoxvillo :in too great Rail Road Convention held thoro. -.A new spirit was roused over tho State; arid-toe session of toe Georgia Legislature of that year laid the foundation of that scries of Internal Improvements, which by the Union of Staten and private capital, have placed Georgia in tho van, as one of tho most enterprising and en ergetic States of our great confederacy. The climax was reached' wttn a few days since, when for tlic first lime, a car loaded willi cot ton on the banks of tho Tennessee, discharged its freight on the bluffs of the Savannah'. As citizens of Suvantmh, \vc .took back to that period with proud satislhdion; Ibr to a# set of men conliLmoro credit bo awarded the* to too delegation then representing Chat County—Mathew Hall McAllister, Will YY. Gordon, John Milieu, nnd George To their'untiring efforts uudenlighi the city of Savannah stood <[' Throo qf too four have —“ undiscovered co-in n-cllcr rot: