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WmSm 1855. • column, the reader the Native American i their Organ published at i city. It affords us a pleasure in to aid in the publicity of this plat- 0, been an ob- t misrepresentation, secondly, after tuith may data from which, after a inferential opinion may be deduced, the ca* ‘ ' this department has bow managed, It would bo found in the fact that several other Monthlies are now apoing the Kulckerbockorin this respect The Jan. No. is the first of voL 45. Now is tho time to subscribe. By Inclos* ing “$5,00 to G. L. Dbrbt, Actuary Ac., Knickerbocker Office N. V., if His received be fore tho 30th inst, one will bo entitled to a mem bership in the Cosmopolitan Art Association which secure# him a ticket in a lottery of over 200 prises, among which is the Iambus statue of Powers* Greek Slave, together with other fine statue and statuettes in Marble and Bronso, and a largo numdor of splendid Oil Paintings. The $3,00 also pays fir the Knickerbocker one year, ao one Is sure of a full equivalent tor hit money iu the Magazine—and has a chance in the Lottery. both Arkaxsae Moxav.—A bill ha* passed t0 . houses of the Arkansas Legislature prohibiting the Circulation of bank notes of a less denom- of vague conjecture design and object of modue o/wtruii, have the garb of secrecy, has raised who otherwise might have t supporters. Mlsropresinta- i been the consequent result instead of settled realities have i tho credulity of lasroelationshas de ask out of Nazareth?” i of people who more dad- the Know-Nothings are i to public inferred, that all those i have been quietened by , will be again restored i eqvmoitam. s evident to everyone who claims ’ ordinary discernment; that liaee are gtadaally feting out i which originated them are no long- of fbrencsic disputation. The which has long been agitated > of constant trepidation, ie io the truth Oat the greater evils he overcome only by snp- ones which are conducive Wit the principles American Party engrossed the • people more fully at an earlier t be asserted with some plausibU.- e civil dissension which has ithe country for the past few years obviated. The premature of foreigners in the Northern been aa instrument to promote the i of abolitionism. Not one in a immigrants to this country seeks > South, where he could follow Ms 1 pursuits to a far greater pecuniary »than in the North where competition the value of labor. Had we no , this alone is sufficient to justify i of the anti-slavery opinions by the newly arrived foreigner. ew any Ameri- iaatton than fire dollars. welcome to our sanctum the first number of Col. Dodd's new paper “The Southern Statesman** published at Calhoun. It is a finely printed sheet of respectable rise. We congratulate the Col. on being ao liberally patronised by his old friends in this Motion, and sincerely hope his efforts may bo crowned with the highest success. :— JEW* Mr, G. W. Wilkinson has recently o*> mimed the Editorial charge of the Organ, pub lished at Hamilton. Wo congratulate oar old friend on his deserved promotion. He is fearless advocate of whatever he thinks to be right. The Organ is a small sheet, hat one which deserves a good patronage. Success at' tend it Tmt Southern Banner.—Wo see that Dr. A. A. Fsarus Hill, late of the U. S. Navy, has become co-Editor and Proprietor of this interesting sheet Wo cordially weloomo Dr. Hill to the Ed tonal Corps. The Steamer Georgia—Capt Moody arrived at the Wharf in this place on Saturday evening. > attempt to arrest evil at war with the eonsti- our government itiy been alleged that the Know Nothing organization is only Wbiggery in disguise. If the principles of the order be sneh as set forth in the article alluded to, (and we have no reason to doubt they are) such an allegation is an encomium of which any patri otic party might well be proud. The tenets of this new’order are by no means incompatible with either whig or democratic principles.— They are soeh as every American should foster herish in common. E GECHO!A AND ALABAMA RAIL ROAD. b prospect indicative of the success of an en- ise. could be more flattering than that of Commenced at a time when embarrassments would naturally public liberality, the project of construc ting a road from Rome to Jacksonville has re ceived much more encouragement in this see* than could reasonably have been anticipa- With a bonus of more than $200,000 al ready subscribed, there is no possible chance 'a failure whatever, unless the people on the prove delinquent. It has been a source of some surprise to os, that so much has already been achieved with so little talk or excitement Attention is directed to the call of the Directors in another column for an instcliment of five per cent on the stock sub scribed- This looks like going ahead. The election of city officers came off ’ >. It resulted in the choice of JAMES 3L SUMTER, Mayor, : S- Foccse, ' A- G. Pitsed, J. H. McClcnc, C.T. CcmsGBAX, T. C. Chahpb, Wb. Ketchah. This ticket was elected with very little oppo sition. The unanimity of our citizens in the choice of their candidates speaks well in their We inadvertently omitted in our last issue, i insert the following notice. As a gentleman Mr. 3frERS deservedly stands high, wwregretto lose bim from our midst Our is that (he Office is paying well, and that a suitable man can make a proflitable in- Mr. Myers’ inter- JSWTire “Jacksonville Republican” We refer our citizens to the advertisement of Mr. Grant in another column. It will be seen that he offers excellent opportunities to oar bu- rinere men in the matter of advertising. The Republican is a well eondneied and printed paper and has a eeroulation which enhances its value as an advertising medium. ^3"^ Horace Waters, the great Music Pub lisher, Manufacturer, and Dealer in Piano Fortes, No. 333 Broadway, New York, has sent' us the following sheets of popular Musie pub lished by him : «* tin Rusk of Waters,** “Bird- ling mg Messenger," and“The Sparkling Polka,” Mr. Waters will present as a 'New Year’s Gtrr for 1S55 One Dollar's worth of Music, to be ‘selected from his extensive and popular catalogue, to all who purchase of him the same amount previous to t)ie 25th of January, and will forward both Gift and Purchase post paid* A most liberal offer! Ono, however, character istic of the great Publisher and Dealer, and of which wo would advise our readers by all means to avail themselves. (will sell his in- on good terms- - A large port of the office is nearly ne w, and the in come is large. A desire to change my location aad hmhMss induces ms to make this ennotrooe- menu A. O. MYEBS. J33~0n the 22d proximo a Prohibition Con- rention will be held at Atlanta in eoenrrcnce with the follouin _• resolution passed on the 24lh October ’art. “ Resdbted, That the friend* of Prohibitory Legislation in each County of Georgia he re quested to send Delegates tc a Convention to be ||g held in Atlanta on the twenty-second of Felrn art), 1835, for the purpose of nominating a suit able person for Governor at the next election." p&'lht “Scientific and Industrial Institute" will be opened for the reception of Students on Monday the 29th Inst fi&r Mr. K. S. Smstoxa is now prepared to accommodate any and all who desire blacksmith- jug done in prompt and workmanlike style.— Mr. Simons, as a man of industry, and of un usual experience in mechanism, can justly lay claim to an extensive patronage. We cordially commend bim to tho favorable consideration of the public. His advertisement may be found by reference to another column. Kk^mex^ockeh Magazine.—The January niimbar of this reliable Monthly is on our ta ble. We take unfeigned pleasure in recom mending it, believing it to bo the best collection of original American Literature now being pub lished. The Editor’s table is always good ; there is such an air of purity and goodness pervading it, with humor and fine sentiment that lovers of literature eannot fail to be pleas ed with it. The Editor’s Table has long been a department in this Magazine, and if evidence was required to establish the great success with Re-arrested.—David Wright who had been indicted for the murder of Robinson and con fined in Columbus jail having made his escape a few weeks since was rt-airested, after a des perate straggle in West Florida, and brought back to Columbus by Mr. Robert Simons. The hoube of Mr. C. Pryor of Colnmbns was broken into on the night of the 7th. inst. and money stolon therefrom to the amonnt of Five Hundred Dollars. A negro belonging to Mr. John Smith was suspicioned, arrested, and on examination confessed the theft. The Chattahoochee has risen slightly bnt but not sufficiently to warrant permanent boat ing from Columbus.—The Cusseta left there on the 7th. The Governor and upwards of two-thirds of the members of the New York Legislature are in favor of a prohibitory liquor law. Conrad Bush, a revolutionary soldier, who lately died at Pompey, Onandaga county,* N. Y., was one hundred and two years old. htRtnruao the jalior, Who was the chief witneae against Prot Webster the murderer of Dr. Parkman in Boston, has became insane. Ex-Governor Morehbad, of Kentucky, di ed at his residencein Covington, on the 28th nit. aged 57 years. Thb Rev. Josiah Goddard, an eminent Bap tist Missionary dicti recently at Nangpoo, Chi na. At Montevideo, South America, it is said that they sew up their prion era closely in a wet hide, leaving oat the head and neck only, and then lay him on tho ground in the son to* dry. In the process of drying, under the powerful effects of the son, the hide becomes contracted, and prodaees the most excruciating death. Thb Erie Difficulties had been renewed, and that bridge which ought tp be in the way of all peaceable persons wishing to cross the river, has again been doomed by the fillibusters of that place, to be pot out of the way. The Know-Nothings nr Miss.—Tb'o charge has been satisfactorily sustained, “that they intend if they get into power to redeem the honor of the State by a payment in fall of the repudiated bonds.” The Democratic papers, appeal loudly to the Ala. line Democracy to stand to their colors," to wit. Repudiation- Pensioners.—Three hundred and twenty-six Revolutionary pensioners died daring the past year. The number now on the pension roll is one thousand and sixty. Am Exglishnan's "Banner."—Sir Charles Napier is a candidate for Parliament. ■ His “Platform is tnuUum in Parvo.—“War to the knife with Russia—extensive reform—vote by ballot—short Parliaments—and general educa tion. Between eleven and twelve thousand emi grant passengers arrived at New York oi Thursday 20th alt. Mb. Webster’s Estate.—The Executors have asked leave to sell as much of his real estate as shall raise the sum of $102,206,72 for the payment of all debts and incumbrances thoreon Some of the drifts made by the late snow storm on the Boston Railroad were over fifty feet high. It took three locomotive to knock their beads off. A Parisian modiste has Invented a new way of making ladies' dresses, by which she etui cut, fit, and complete a dress in one hour. Thb Infant Drdmner.—This Georgia prod igy visited the White House a short time since and played some of his most favorite airs. The President and his lady both expressed them selves highly pleased with the performances, and Mrs. Pierce gave him a token of remem brance. Collision.—A collision occurred on the Cen tral Rail Road Thursday night tho 4th inst. by the passenger trains a little above Milieu Both locomotives together with tbo cars of both trains were seriously injured. A fireman is said to have boon killed. It has been found possible to telegraph in opposite directions simultaneously on tho samo wire. Tho Detroit Tribuno says all tho Mechanics and shop hands of the Michigan Central Rail Road are working on three-quarter time this winter—there not being work at full.time for all. Tho Govcrnmont Stock Bark of Michigan has made a bad failure. According to the Do- trett Tribune, its liabilities are $130,000, with less than a fourth of that sum to meet them. Mr. Harrison Ainsworth, already tbs conduc tor of his own Magazine and the New Monthly, has taken Bentley's Miscellany nnder bis direc tion. Wo oheerve that tho Directors of the New Haven Railroad Company hrve offered $3,000 reward for the apprehension of Robert Schuy ler. From the Unitarian Register, for the year 1533, we learn that there are in the United States 5;.l Unitarian ministers, of whom 67 ms without a settled ministry. There are 2«2 Uni fa- lan congregations, of which 164 are in Mas- •achnsols. Savnnah, Alban r and Gulf R. R.—From the report of the President of this road, James P. Screven, in answer to In ton-oratorios by the Council of Savannah, we glean the following: “44 miles are under contract for grading, Ac., payable mostly in city bonds and stock of the oompeny, to be completed by Jan. 1637. The total number of shares subscribed 13025. The amount subscribed by indiuiduala is $302,- 300. The No. of shares which have not paid the first instalment is 1020. Amount paid by individuals on first Instalment $10,140. Amount paid in foil J0,700. Eight miles of grading and all the small bridges east of Little Ogeehee are completed. The road is reported to bo pro gressing slowly hut surely, with good prospects ahead. In the “Whig Reveries," of the 8avannah Republican we find the following: “ And who shall be our leader in the next Gnbe v nntorial contest ? My mind looks to the Hon. Asbury Hull, of Athens. A man of cornet principle* in private and public life, son of the noble and devout Hopo Hull, the founder of Methodism in Georgia,—he is himself a man of lofty patriotism, intelligence and political fore cast, with none ofthat paltry political quibbling dogmatics, of which we have all seen too mneb in these latter times. With such a standard bearer as Asbury.Hull, the Whigs of Georgia can march on to honor and victory." % In despatches from Jefferson City, we find the following: ' In the Senate, Mr. McCracken (anti-Benton* ie) was elected Secretary, and in the House, Wm. Nowland (whig) was elected Speaker, twenty of the Benton men voting for him. The Governor’s message had not been deliv ered at the date of the despatches. The Whig members of the House have adopt* ed a platform, in which’ they discountenance, in every way, the efforts of the freo soilers and abolitionists to continue the agitation of slavery in Congress, or out of it; and they declare they will not vote for any persow for Senator who is not favorable to the Nebraska bill and opposed to its repeal. Of 13^32 votes recently given in the eity of Mexico, only seven were against Santa Anna’s eoutinnance in power. The seven, it is said, were sent to prison. The New. York underwriters lately paid four hundred and forty thousand dollars, on five missing ships. Mr. J. S. Richardson, the inventor of the Atmosphereio Telegraph, is again before Con gress with his invention, and Mr. Mallary, of Fla^ in behalf of the Special Committee of the Senate, has recommended on 'appropriation to test its utility. The Senate seem convinced, and porpose to give it a trial on the rente be tween Baltimore and Washington. Conviction and Sentence.—The brothers James and Newton Vickers, recently tried in York Diat, S. C. were sentenced to he hang on the 29th ult. One having been recommended as a fit subject for exeentive interference, has been pardoned by Gov. Manning, bat will re main in Jail till November next The Burns Rendition at Boston.—The snm of $13,115 78, received at Boston from tho United States Government has been distributed among the various military companies of that city for service rendered on the occasion of the rendition of the slave Anthony Barns. The Savannah Journal <k Courier has passed into the bands of B. B. Hilton, Esq., late editor of the Georgian, and J. B. Cubbed ge of the Journal A Courier office. Its publication was resumed on the 8th inst John Mitchell, Esq., has withdrawn from the Citizen, pnblished in N. Y. He will still contin ue to write for that paper, but always under his own signature. * A Poor House Opened with a Ball.— Anew Poor House in Cook Co., HI., was re cently inaugurated by a grand baiL If it is like other poor-houses it will be subject to bawls occasionally. Charles Sigourney, Esq., one of the oldest and most highly respected merchants “of Hartford, Ct, died very suddenly on Sunday afternoon.— •He was the husband of Mrs. Sigourney, the poetess. A High Price.—The Red River is so low that the freight on Cotton .has risen to/ $5 a bale. An Exchange says ■ Rev. Dr. Adams’ book entitled “ South Side View of Slavery," is likes ly to do immense good in disseminating/acts concerning the true* condition of the Southern Slaves. A Boston correspo: dent of the Salem Register concludes some comments on the work by saying“ With all my detestation of slave ry, I never thought myself a fanatic on the snb- ect until now, Bnt who of ns Is not?" Murder in New Orleans.—On the 6th inst a man named J. M. Oherwas shot by another named Hague, and mortally wonnded. They were both co.ol dealers, and the deed was corns mittod in a coal office opposite the St Charles Hotel. Manslaughter in St. Louis.—A / boy named Bauer shot and killed a little girl named Mar garet Matfggerth. He was held to bail in the snm of $500. The deed woi perpetrated on Christinas morning. Fire nr Atlanta.—The principal loosers by the fire which occurred on the 7th inst. are Shackelford A McDaniel, Auctioneers, $4000 Axel Howard, Cutlery, Ac. from 8000 to 5000.— These .firms had no insurance, tho other large losers were insured to nearly, tho full value.— Only ono building was bnrnt A despatch dated at Wasnington last Satur day, states that a captain of volunteers in the Mexican war, is in that eity enlisting recruits For the Kenney Central American expedition. Many young men were preparing to join, they received a bounty of fif y dollars in advance. Masonic Convention.—The masonio Con vention at Washington adjourned on .Tuesday evoning lost Wo learn from the Sentinel that they adopted a plan, which, if approved by twenty or more of the Grand Lodges of the United States, will establish a confederation to which nrty difficulties originating among the Brotherhood in any mosdnicjurisdlction can be referred for settlement. AHOTuen.FiRB nr Atlanta.—The fine resi dence of Mr. Joseph Winship was consumed on the morning of the 10th. Losq $8000, no Jn< suranco. Supposod to bo the work of on ineon- diary. the Know Nothing Political Intelligence. A special session of tho Grand Connoil of t StatoofNow York is now in session at Odd Fellows’ Hall, in tills city. Tbo call of this ex tra session, we learn, was made io possess tho subordinate*Councils of this State of the now ritual and work adopted by tho lato Grand Na tional Convention recently nssemblodin Cincin nati. T?he new ritual work, it is said, is far more national in its tone and imposing in its __ ominontiy national in Us tone and design, being in fact purely, a national degreo—ft uuton of tho North and South, East nud West Tho delegates in attendance on tho State Grand Connell number from twelve to fifteen hundred, and are rapidly augmenting in number by ovenr train and etoamhoet. The sossion will probably lastthreo or Tour days, as Ij is generally understood that the famous “test resolutions" enacted at the last session will either bo much modified or re pealed altogether. We learn f.om a reliable source theta State Legislative Connoil wae Inaugnreted during the ? iet week, by tho Grand President of the New ork State Connell. Its President, a Senator from this eity, and all its officers and members, are throughly anti-Seward. The design in in- stunting this Council, we presume, was to units and concentrate into one solid body all tbo ele ments of opposition to Seward, whieb, we lean, are sufficiently potent, it so ooneentrated, to insure his dofeut.—A’sw York Herald. From the Southern Recorder. Prluclptca etIhoKBew-Noihlngs As the discussion of this mysterious subject has at length reaohod Congress, and has there fore become a matter of general interest, wo copy the following from the “American Organ," pnblished at Wasnington City, and which as sumes to be the exponent of the Order in the United States: OUR PRINCIPLE!!. Firtt. We shall advocate a repeal of the laws of naturalization, or if that cannot be accom plished then such a modification of those laws, as will prevent future imigrants from becoming citizens, short ofarestdence of twenty-one years after taking the oath of allegiance to the Uni ted States, and ofabjuraiton of all other pow ers, potentates, and princes. SecoifS. We shall advocate the passage of a stringent law by Congress to prevent the emi gration hither of foreigners, who are ettherpau- pere or criminate, and to send back to the coun tries from which they come, all sueA foreigners of these classes us may, in violation of snob law, hereafter roach onr ports ; and to require the President of the United States to demand any government, which may send^tber such class es of its subjects, immediate cm ample eatitfac tion for tuch outi age, and a proper indemnity against the repetition thereof Third. We shall oppose the election or ap pointment of any foreign-bom citizen to any office of trust, honor or emolument,' under the Federal or State governments, or the employ ment or enlistment of sneh persons in the army or navy in time of tear; maintaining, as we do the opinion, that the native-born citizens of the United States have the right to govern the land of their birth; and that all immigrants from abroad shoald be content with the enjoy ment of life, liberty and property nnder onr in stitutions, without seeking to participate in the enaction, administration, or execution of onr laws. Fourth. We shall advocate and urge the a- doption of such an amended form of an oath to eupport the Conttitution of the United Statee, and to be administered to all persons elected or appointed to any office of trust, honor, or emol ument, nnder the Federal State governments, as will effectually exclude from such offices all pereone, who shall not directly-and explieity, recognise the obligations and binding force of the Constitution of the United States, as para mount to ail obligations of adhesion or allegi ance to any foreign prince, power, potentate, or authority whatever, nnder any and all circum* stances. ' Fifth. We shall maintain the doctrine that no one of the States of this Union has tho right to admit to the eqjoyment of free euffrage nay person of foreign birth, who has not been firtt made a citizen of the United States, according to the "uniform rule” ofnatnraiization prescri bed by Congress, under the provisions of the constitution. • - Sixth. We shall oppose now and hereafter, any “unionof any Church and State,” no matter what class of religionists shall seek to bring about sneh union. Seventh. We shall vigorously maintain the vested rights of all persons, of native or foreign birth, and shall at all times oppose the slightest interference with such vested rights. Eighth. We shall oppose and protest against all abridgment of Religions liberty, holding it a cardinal maxim, that Religious faith is a question between each individual and his God, and over which no political government, or other human power, can rightfully exercise any supervision or control, at any time, in any place, or in any lorm* Ninth. We oppose all “higherlaw” doctrines, by which the Constitution is to be set at naught^ violated, or disregarded, whether by politicians, by religionists, or by the adherents or followers of either, or by any other class of persons. Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the Constitution as it stands, the Union as it exists, and the rights of the State, without diminution as guaranteed thereby; opposing at all times, and to the extent of onr ability and influence, all who may assail them, or either of them. ' * Eleventh. We shall oppose no man, and sus tain no man, »*» the ground of his opposition to, or his support of Democratic measures, or Whig measures; but we shall oppose those who op pose our doctrines, and sustain those who sus tain our doctrines. Twelfth, And lastly, we shall nse onr utmost exertions to build an “American party” whose maxim shall be : Americans shall rale their country ! The Georgian Ann Know-Nothingisv.— We take the following paragraph from the Georgian of yesterday: “We are not surprised to find Charles Sum- ner, in his place in the Senate, presenting a pe tition of citizens of Massachusetts, praying Congress to impose a per eapitem tax.of not less than $250 on emigrants arriving in this, from any foreign countiy. A man who has run the gnantiet of Abolitionism, even to the violation of his sacred, deliberate oath, is prepared for whatever villany artful and ambitions politici ans may conceive.—Abolitionism, one of those stray waves of popular frenzy, upon which the agitator attempted to ride, having spent its course, he now mounts another, hoping thus to reach the hoight of ambition. It is always thus with artfol politicians." It is bnt natural, perhaps, that the Georgian shoald employ strong and bitter language to ex press its opposition to that invisible and myste rious order which is now spreading over the land. Indeed, we should be surprised if our cotemporaiy did not wage war—war to the knife—against every member and eveiy tenet of the American party. It should remember, however, that “tbrice armed is he who has his qoarrel just.” Now, while we have no authority to speak for the Kaow-Notbings, we foei it Ao be onr duty, as an honest journalist, to defend them against the charge of Abolitionism. The sim ple fact, that Mr. Snmner presented the peti tion in question, is no evidence whatever, that he is a Know-Nothing, or that the Know-No things of the North are Abolitionists. As a Senator of Massachusetts, it was his duty to present the petition of his constituents, wheth er he agreed with them or not; and if, in doing so, he did not dissent from the> viows of tbo memorialists, it was, doubtless, becauso ho pos sessed sufficient sagacity to see that it would cost bim his seat in the Sonato if he did. It is known that the Know-Notbings of Now York are deadly hostile to Mr. Seward, and that the Tribune, the recognised organ of abolition ism, has stigmatizod the order for its Southern tendencies. It is known also, that the Know- Nothing Governor of Massachusetts is a silver gray, or conservative of tbo Webster sohool, and that his recent election was opposed by the Fros-Soll party. Now, with theso admitted facts before it, will the Georgian explain how it is, that the Know-Nothings shoald oppose a Freo-Soiler in Now York, and yet sympathise with one in Massachusetts? Or will it inform ns how they could oleet a national Whig Gov ernor of Massachusetts, and still support a Free Boiler in tho Senate? How cornea it, if tho Know-Nothings ore abolitionists, that tho abo litionists denounce them? Tbo truth is, there is no reason to chargo tho new order with the heresy of abolitionism. On tho oontray, there is ground to believe it is disposed to do justioo to the South; and wo sub mit, that it is wrong for a southern journal to villify tho order when it hns shown ovory dis position to interpose its mysterious powor bo- twoon us and tho advancing tide of Froosoilism. Such a course, to say tho loast of it, is unjust to the South.—Savannah Republican. GENIUS. Far out at sea tho sun was high * While veer’d the wind that flapped the sail, . Wo saw a snow whito butterfly Dancing boforo the fitful galo— For out at sea. The little strangor, who bad lost His way, of danger nothing knew, Settled awhile upon the masts That fluttered o’or tho water blue— Far out at sea. Above there gleamed the boundless sky, Beneath, the boundless ocean sheen, Botween them danced the butterfly, The spirit lifo in this vast scene— Far out at sea. Away he sped, with skimmei ing glee, Dim, Instinct, now seen, now gone— Ni<rht comes with wind and rain, and be I,o more shall danoo'before the moon— Far ont at sea. He dies unlike his mates I ween Perhaps not sooner nor worso crossod; ' - And he hath folt, and knew, and seen, A larger life and hope, though lost— Far out at sea. [Dublin Univerity Magazine. T7e obsorvo says the Monitor by the papers, that in the course of one day la. t week, that ubiquitous personage known as John Smith, was arrested for an assault and battery in New Orleans, was looked up for being intoxicated in St. Louis, delivered a temperance lecture in Cincinnati, embezzled the funds and eloped with the daughter of his employer in New England, in the evoning edified some of the inhabitants in Boston with an orqtion upon honesty, morality, wisdom and knowledge, and, was next morning proscribed as a Know-Noth ing by a portion of the New York press. It has been ascertained that John is an Esquimaux Indian. Ha made his first appearance on onr shores a few weeks ago, in company with the eaptotn of a Yankee whaler, who has spent several winters in the arctic regions. Despatches have been received at the Navy Department from Consul Hopkins, at Paraguay, announcing that President Lopes had taken down the American flag, banished onr Consul, and taken possession of the property of the American company organized for the purpose of navigating the Paraguay rivor. The President had even gone so far as to order ail Americans connected with the company ont of the coun try, forbade American vessels of war to enter the waters of Paraguay, and oblige the United 3tates Surveying expedition to suspend further operations. Mn Caznean, it appears, has sncceedod in perfecting a project for a treaty between this government and the republic of Dominica, des pite the opposition of the representative of En gland epd France, the former of whom, it is al- oged, went so far as to threaten the allies so soon as they had disposed of Russia, This be ing the ease, it is scarcely probably they will trouble us for some time to come. The abolitionists of Massachusetts held a State Convention in Boston last Thursday, and adopted resolutions repudiating the Know No things, and in favor of sustaining their own party os a separate and independent organiza tion. Charles T. Adams, Phillips snd other no ted freyoilers, made speeches denunciatory of the Know Nothings. Four unsuccessful ballots for a United States Senator, to succeed Gen. Dodge, have taken place in the Iowa Legislature. The democrats voted for Mr. Harlan. On the last ballot, Mr. Harlan received one more vot e than Mr. Cook. At an election held for municipal officers in Chattanooga, last Thursday, E, G. Pearl, Esq., was elected Mayor. From the almost unani mous vote given for the succesful candidates, it is surmised that the Know-Nothings knew something of what was going on. RELIGION. Whatever of excellence is wrought in the soul Haelf, belongs to both worlds. Real good ness does not attach itself merely to life; it points to another world. Polisical and professional fame connot last forever, hat a conscience void of offence before God and .man, is an inheritance for eternity.— Religion, therefore, is a necessry, and almost indispensable element in any human character. There is no living without it- Religion is the tie which connects man with his Creator, and holds him to His throne. If that tie issnndored or brokon, he.floats away, a worthless in the universe; its proper at tractions all gone, its destiny thwarted, and its whole futare, nothing bat darkness, desolation and death; A man with no sense of religions dnty is he whom the Scriptures describe—in so tereo- but terrific manner—as ’‘living without God in the world.” Such a man is ont of his proper being—ont of the circle of all his bap- liness, and away, far away, from ihe purpose of its creation. [Daniel Webster. [From the “Coiambus Times”] A Paper without ant Subscribers.—The Woodsawteil—This is the title of a new paper just started in Crawford, Ala, devoted to “fun and news in general, and advertising in particular.” The Woodsawyer, we don't know his name, opens with the following very witty remarks: “Our terms are oue dollar per aanass, inevita bly in advance. No one need expect to he' fas vorod with a weekly view of onr cheerful phiz, without first making a deposito of the needful with th cashier. We speak thus independent ly becanse we feel (as onr name implies) eminent ly independent. We did'nt evpect to get many subscribers, when we fiirst thought of this under taking, for we knew the people of this county well—that they were a bard-hearted and stiff necked generation, much given to the worship of strande gods; and that they would rather send ton dollars of their money any time, to swell the hoards of yankee humbuggors, than give one dime to a poor printer at their door, who strives and straggles and starves, solely for their benefit No, no: we entertained no sneh utopian expectations. We were in possession of the materials for publishing a paper, and we determined to establish a publication on such a basis that it would be alfle to get along without any subscribers, This we believe is the only footing on which a newspaper can stand firmly in this oonnty; it most be as independent of subscribers as a duck is of an umbrella." The remains of Gen. Robert Armstrong, lato mblisher and proprietor of the Washington nion, were intered with imposing ceremonies at Nashville last Monday. ?? Ui Extraordinary Suicide.—On Tuesday of last week, one of the prisoners in the New Jer sey State Prison, who was insane, committed suicide by cutting or breaking the steam pipe which passed throngh his oell, and inhaling the steam. He was heard making considerable noise about 11 o’clock, and at 12 was found dead. Col. Dent.—We regret to learn that the health of onr h epresentative in Congress from this District, CoL W. B. W. Dent, is very poor at present He has not yet been able to take his seat in the House this Session, and it is quite doubtful whether his health will permit him to visit Washington at all daring the present ses sion of Congress.—Atlanta paper. MORAL, Yero is an olde storye, ' Been oftenn heardo tolde; Yatt a manno to learae wiodome Is novor too olde. Ye truthe off ye proverbe Mayo some folks deaorye: “ Yutt itt always is boste Toe lettsleepynge doggs lye!" Mcroered !—James P. Isbel killed Jacob Cline on the night of the 24th of December last, in this county, by shooting him with a shot gun —the wbofe load antering his side, from whioh he died in a very fovr minutes. Isabel is now As tho matter will we forbear any ^gJ*Having boon so badly boatenin our Mu nicipal election on Monday last, by the Know Nothings, we are in no hnmor for writing; eon- aoqncntiy onr readers must excuse us for tho scantiness of odit : rial this wook."—N. Georgia. Times. _ It is stated that the Panama Railroad will bo open from Ocean to Ocean, in the month of January next. ^grProf. J .Milton Sanders, a well known ohemist, has been sont to the Tennoeseo peniten tiary from Memphis for throo years. His orimo was tampering with slaves. ^sa-Tho messago of tho Governor of South Carolina recommonds the abrogation of the usu ry laws of tho State. ' The Mails.—The Mail difficulty has been satisfactorily arranged. Tbo Railroad will re sume tho carrying of the mails on Friday. Tho Department cannot concentrate their Mail Agents before that day. The cars will leave Angusta at half past six in the morning ; ar rive at Augusta at four o’clock In tho aftornoon and half past four in tho morning.—Chronicle <b Sentinel LATE FROM EUROPE. Telegraphed for the Chronicle and Sentinel. ARRIVAL OF THEi - BALTIC. Naturalization Statistics.—During the year 180-1, the namborof foreigners naturalised in Now York city was 3163. Strange to say, there is in Phtiadelahia no way of finding ont how many persons are naturalized. A year ago we directed ono of our reporters to make inqui ries at tho offico of the proper Court, but bo was informed that no record was kept of the number.—Ex. Russ f as Sympathy.—A public meeting bos been called in New Orleans to get up a sub scription for tbo relief of the widows and or phans of the Russian soldiers hilled in the' int war. It is beaded “Russian Patriotic md.” t A Monster Hog.—The Cambridge (Md.) Democrat states the Samuel Pattiison, Esq., of that county, killed a hog, last week, 28 months old which weighed 815 pounds.^ Mr. Beardsley, of Albany, N. Y. has succee ded in manufacturing good newspaper from basswood, He says that he isconfident’tbathe ean make better paper than this from Spruce, Cedar and some other woods. The experiment seems to be a triumph in invention, and seems to inaugurate a revolution in the manufacture and price of paper. JtSS* Within the last two weeks three of the theatres in New York have shut op on aeconnt of the hardness of the times—theNational thea tre, and last Ntblo*8, one of the‘most popular places of amusement in the city. ^Sfethe Surpromo Court of Georgia; began its session in Savanab, on Monday lut, all the Judges in attendance, and MrWm. H. Hull, of Athens, in the absence of Mr. Cobb, acting as Reporter for the r term. Thb Mosquito Expedition.—It is started that 1,000 men hare voluntored to go on the Mos quito expedition, and the 20th of February next is fixed' as the day of departure. (any yonng men are preparing to join Capt. Finney's expedition to Costa Rica. It is said (hat,each volunteer will receive a bounty of $50 in advance. It is reported that a certain volunteer Captain in the Mexican war, is rectnr iting in Washington. A CONUNDRUM VERSIFIED. WRITTEN nr A young lady's ALB UK. “Why’s D like montage V* ask’d the sudd, Whose love to me Is plighted; I blushed, of course* and hung my bead, While she seem’d quite—delighted "Come! answer me," continued she, "And don’t be long about it! Yon stupid ninny, don’t yon see— We cant be wed without it!" ' ; [Pic. Thb Mississippi .-’panned.—Tbe Minneapo lis snpension bi idge across the Mississippi l iver, above the falls of St. Anthony, has at length been completed, and the waters of tbe mighty' river are spanned for the first time by a struc ture of iron and wood. The last floor beam of the bridge was laid upon the 5th nit, and the occasion was one of pride and rejoicing to the inhabitants on the different banks of the stroant The dimensions of the bridge are as follows: The length of span is 520 feet,; verti cal deflection of cables, 47 feet, which are fonr in number, and each composed of 500 strands' of No. 10 charcoal-iron wire. The width of the platform, inside of parapets; i? 17 feet; distance between suspending rods, 3 feet 9 in ches.—eat; Core por Palpitation.—A lady abont for ty years old says the Journal of Health, who has suffered severely, from periodical attach^ of palpitation of the heart, from the age of twelve years, has found immediate and perma nent re lief from the nse of soda water. It ap pears from experiments since made, that carbo nic acid gas is the acaqe curative agent.—Sci entific American. Immortality. pright things can never die, E’en though they fade ; Beauty and minstrelsy ' Deathless were made. Sweet fancies never die, * They leave behind Some fair legacy Stored in the mind. * [R'c. A yonng Roman Catholic, has been ex-com municated in the Papal States for having marri ed a Jewess. The Rnsian'papers remark, that the day of the disembarkation of tho Allies in the Crimea, (the Ilth of September) was precisely the anni- versaty of the arrival df the French at Moscow in 1812. The deductions they build on the fact are easy to comprehend. ’The number of languages spoken in the world, amounts to three thousand and sixty-four. The inhabitants of the globe profess more,than one thousand different religions. . Tbay have .come to soloing shoes with cedar shingles—veneering the wood with a piece of poor sheepskin. * Tho St Paul papers say that not less than twenty five thousand actual settlers have pitched their tents in Minesota Territory daring the past season. Ottawa, the name of a prosperous city in Illi nois, is an Indian word, meaning “ear.” A ferry-boat is about to be 'constructed in San Francisco, which is to be propelled by ro- tary engines, supplied, with condensed air. | (The new surveys of the public lands in Ore gon and Washington Territories bring to light extensive mines of coal and other minerals. For agricnlraral purposes, these lands are not sur passed. The whole cost of the capital at Washington including the great extention, is nearly seven millions and three-quarters. A newspaper devoted to the propagation of the doctrines of the Latter-Day Saints,^is abont to be established in New York. A nomlierof the most influential Mexicans, resident in Lower California, are preparing to revolutionize the Province, and assert their in dependence of Mexico. Muggins observed on the door of a house, the namo of a physician and surgeon, and remarked that it put him in mind of a double-barreled B n, for if one missed the other was sure to L” A yonng man fell into the rives near New Orleans, recently, and was immediately rescued by an alligator, who very considerable swallow ed him. "Is the eoel on!” asked an impatlont passen- ; who wondered at the boat’s delay. “No, s only semi-colon!” was tho appropriate re joinder of an absent-minded bystander, and there was a silence for a period. - Indiana Rejoicing.—The election of Jesse 0. Bright, of Indiana, to tho presidency of the U. S, Senate, caqped the firing of a salute of 100 guns at Madison, Ind. Consolidated Brooklyn has for it's first May. or, the Hon. George Hall, who more than twon- ty years ago was elected Mayor of the city whon it was first incorporated. Damaged Bread stuffs.—It is stated that the loss of soar flour and damaged core in the United States equals the sum of $5,000,000 an nually. A Catholic Emeute has occurred at Detroit, the particulars of whioh are somewhat obsoure. Eclipses in the Year 1855.—Tfiere will be this year four eclipses, two of the son, and two of the moon. The first, a total eclipse of the moon, May 1st, at ten o'clock, 58 minutes in the evening, visi ble. The second, a partial oclipse of the sun, May 19, at 0 o’olook 9 minutes in tho evoning—invis ible hero; only visible towards tho north pole, Greenland, and the North part of North Amer ica, latitude 60 and 61. The third, a total eolipse of the moon, Octo ber 25th, at 2 o’clock 35 minutes in the morn ing, visible. The fourth, a partial eolipse of tho sun, No vember 9, at 2 o’clock 59 minutes in tho after noon ; invisible here and only visible at the south polo. gen it’s < The Steamer Baltic has arrived with ono week’s later news from Europe. LIVERPOOL MARKET. Liverpool, Dec. 30.—Cotton—Sales of the- week 26,000 boles, of which speculators took 1,000. Tho demand was fair, but prices lower, chierflyon the fair qualities. Fair Orleans Middling Jd.; Fair Upland 5|, Middling Flour and Corn unchanged. Beef and Lard unchanged. Pork advanced Is. Consols 91i to 91f. American Securities are very active, especially Virginia Bonds. The Bullion in the Bank of England had increased £108.090. POLITICAL. The chief event of tho week is Napoleon's speech to the Legislature, which is very war like in tone, and makes no mention of any hope of peace, and conclndes with asking a loan of five hundred million of franks, which was unan imously voted. An important meetingof the Representative? of the Five Powers has been held at Vienna— the result has not transpired. Affairs before Sevastopol are nnchangocL. The Russians continue to make sorties, three* from the city and one from the harbor: The Allies have received 18,900 reinforce— me;.ta. Weather more favorable. No change in the attitude of Austria or Prus sia. The British foreign enlistment bill has be come a law. Parliament adjourned. Chloroform Counteracted.—Dr. Robert do Lambelle, a distinguished physician of Paris announces that a shock elects of chloroform, immediately counteracts its influence, and re turns the sufferer to life. “The glorious news has reached ns,” says the Freemon’s Journal (Roman Catholic) 'of New York, “that on tbo 8th of December, 1 ope Pius IX, of immortal renown, in presence of tbeoardinals and princes of the church, de clared it an article of divine faith, that the Mother of God, our Most Blessed Lady, was ™n? C /■ ,!*£ .without the guilt of original sin.” The following is the dispatch received by the Universe, of Paris, by telegraph: _ B Vienna, Dec. 10,1854. The Pope, officiating at SL Petert, hag pro- mnlgated, after the Gospel (at 11 o’clock,) the expected deciee. The Immaculate Conception is declared the faith of the Church, and who ever denies it is a heretic. Two hundred Bishops were present. Never has such'a multitude been seen. Rome is in toxicated with joy. The Wife of Mr. Jos. Little, of Arnold, Maifie,. recently made her husband a present of three Littles at one birth. “Every little helps.” Dobbs says that he marks his hogs all differ ently from other people, and can tell them as farashecan see them. He cats three pieces off their tails, while others ent but one. A sentimental chap in Rhode Island intends to petition Congress for an appropriation so that henceforth, the “Course of tree lore may run smoothe.” The Southern Era notices the marriage of Mr. John H. Strange to Miss Elizabeth Strange, alL of Albemarle county—an event that is very strange, but says no donbt the next event in conrse will be a little strenger. An Ancient Pichest—Alchohol was first invented and used to stain the eheeks of tho ladies of Arabia, n>ne hundred and fifty years, ago. Xow-a-days, it performs the same office for gentlemen’s noses. The Maine Liquor Law in Connecticut. —Ajjfriend just returned from Connecticut where tbe Maine Liquor Law is supposed to be rigidly enforced, s.*y3 that there is plenty oF spirits to be had if yoa a:e only wide awake* .Men go a round the small towns peddling spirit levellers, which contain from a pint to a gallon of brandy, according to size. It is not against tbe law yet to sell these useful articles, though you shall not use them for the purpose osten-* siblydesignated. .Where will the cuteness of” the yankees end. ? ’ The slave trade continues to flourish in Cuba. There have boen ib-ee or four slave csrt,oea landed recenly at dfiersuit parts of uie island. Great distress ft said to preva" ’a Nashville, in consequence of uie nn-uralieled scarcity of coaL V HYMENEAL. Madf.ted, In Scriven County, on the mor ning of the 9th Jen., by the Rev. Wm. Cooper, Mr. WM. JOHNSON, of Rome, Ga., to Miss. VIRGINIA POWERS, daughter of Maj. C. Powers, late of Effingham county. DIED At the Residence of her son-in-law Major Armstead ■ Richardson, in Floyd county, on the evening of the 7th January, 1855, Mrs. MARY LLOYD, Relict of Benjamin Lloyd, a soldier of the Revolution. Mrs. Loyd was the daugh ter of John Morel, ahd Marion Boneqnin his wife, and was born in Savannah on the 14th day of February, J 737; being at the time of her death in the 94th year of her age. At the close of the Revolutionary War, she was mars ried to Benjamin Lloyd, who, while a mere youth, had engaged with his brother Edward in the cause of his countiy, and served through the waras a Lieutenant of Artillery. For sera vices thus rendered, Congress granted a pension to his widow, which she enjoyed from the year 1S$8 to the close of her life. Tlfus has passed from us another of those beloved lingerers who have linked onr time, with the hallowed days of a glorious national youth. She had lived to the ntmost term of human life, and witnessed with a fond and grateful heart, in the towering greatness of her liberated country, the fruition of every hope which had animated the heart of theyonng soldier to whom she had bound her life. Full of years, the object of respect to all, and of devoted affection to her domestic circle, her declining years cheered and sustained by the gushing fountain of a daughter’s passionate love (the last remaining of her children) she sunk to her rest without disease and without suffering, and her happy spirit leaving its earthly and decayed tenement has rejoined the loved companions who one by one during nearly a century had left her for the eternal home. She came into lifo at a time of trouble, and her journey was marked by many sorrows. These trials were all borne with calm resig nation, and Christian fortitude, and stamped her character with a gentle beauty, deepening its marks as her years lengthened. She evin ced no terror at the approach of death who made himself familiar to her for many weeks. She had lived so long, that she knew what life is, and so blamelessly, that she feared not, the life to come. She rather longed to behold that eternal light which streams alone through the gate of death, and was tilled with the hop.» that for her was near tho fulfilment of that promised by tho Saviour, “Blessed aro in heart, for they shall see God.” Her remains lie by the side of those of her beloved son, John F. Lloyd in the bnrying ground of Cave Spring. The loving daughter she has loft, tho last of her Father’s household, mourns her bereavement with bitter anguish. But she will remember, that though the mother cannot come to her, she can go where that mother has gone before. She will find consola tion in a verse of that hymn which was on her mother’s lips in her dying hours. “We are travelling home to God, In the way onr fathers trod They are happy now, and we Soon their happinoss shall see.” In this oity on the 2d inst, of Pneumonia, Miss MARY E. JACK—aged 57 years. On the Gth inst., at his Father’s residence, Homewood, (near Rome) WM. LUCAS HUME —aged 15 years, 2 months and 9 days. " Oot. 25th,—At Chesterfield in his 68thyear, James Roe Rogers, retired revenua officer. Ha was tbe son of the late Rev. James and Hester Ann Rogers. For thirty-five years he was a useful and oonstant member of the Methodist connection. He was present with his parents at the death of the late venerable John We-ley, and was the last survivor of the party who wit^ nessed that impressive scene."