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gam g|p SB&zH&SS&m?. SH m 1 im a|Ss 5 3 :- SP North, not only against , but to a great extent s either more or less re by residence, or ipation in Ac discussion of made the occasion in there wo some who, to such'iien-ow prejudices, .- re to the tree men of our section re of merit as statesmen, as and as men. Such indications are wing tribute paid by the cor- ■ S. Y. Journal of Commerce to of which we. as Son- i Americans, are justly prowd. The writer, over the signature of “Junius, * in ' i of “Glance# atCongress,” says! ire State of the South. mb to the Sen. r, bolbn age and hare been quit* seventy _rom habitual use of his i «green old age.* lie was j the roam below—at the bar ;Court; a well read lawyer, an an eloquent speaker, lie seemed age. His was not form, the fiiding bair, the shattered the yontbfhlnes* of blsaceow- t partner promoted the gallantly of bis g and the geniality of his temperament, is atm Southern gentleman, erer doing honor to his State. Hois succeeded by Robert Toombs, who, like other men similarly trans ferred. makes the better Senator for haring experienced Representative. Toombs cavalier order: bold, decided, at times, though not obtrusive anywhere: Bat wo to the ‘ him out. Scarcely »p to , with a rnddy check. , he concentrates to give effect to bis soon to exhanat lie may the celebrated Geer- . to him In fury; perhaps rigor of intellect, and that ! raggeduess of expression for I distinguished. That horning ‘ la his grave, voice V| how different (his aye, the fever of priit- g, wearing, yea, tearing ith a reward for his suffer- ■ to that oT the harhax ‘butchered to make a Roman people look on and smile. , talent, skill power, thus In neb mep»as Bayne, \ Toombs, Stephens, and others i Smith has ever had chivnl- defenders. They love this [ its dust and strife. A New Eng there should be so tench philosophy corn* (declamation, taste for the latter. H«w full i excitement, was Bayne * Foote’s resolution V desks of the Senate it have been to awa- febster ! It summoned the mightiest resoaroes of his great intellect. ; within him. It kindled ors of his oratory. Some [ it was ah era in a roan’s life to eeh of Webster., I heard bear witness to the con of the South Carolinian, i antagonist needs no enlngy. stereotyped .on the American n the audience cannot he paint the (hander or print War. belief that the negotiations by the Pacific, are al la peace. • We do not feel in the meantime, of war are going on with in- The allies are straining every Sebsstbple: and if they sne- that they will do so at will extremely exasperate the other hand, the of the departure the Danube, inferable advantages. Every feeling of hostility, and for war. Each party to to come ont of it “ with Ministry cannot other the Emperor of France the result for the safety be Czar cannot hut look upon . ^invoicing the question of his &£cea- in Em opens polities. - " desires peace on honorable e hare not a doubt He 'has i do with his vast and rude, in; its force in a contest j* of France and Eog- : the latter have started this power was imaginary— in feCt, only an inflated bal- rneeded the prick of abeyonet .»ae. 'Will they consent to aUow , and. as die result of one year’s i admit that, even without an ally, and I Europe openly or taeilly arrayed * -*■ ’ has proved herself in via- It wiU be very hard to make snish an admis- we doubt if the Allies have yet felt rible pressure of war. to bring 'to it. On the other bind, the Czar has kened in any considerable degree. t for_earrying on a defensive war, i ever, and he is compelled by no i to sabmit to terms that will either him. We do not see, as ground on which the parties in amity, and re very roach doubt r the new negotiations will have any fa- * L—Charleeton Mercury. - • • AJTXCM, Bzroer or the Sorra Cimtm But. Bonn Cosrm.—President Caldwell has submitted bis annual report to the stockholders, for the year ending the -list December, 1854. It shows the income for the year from passage. freight, mails kc., to be $1,363,003 13 And the expense of management, ordinary and extraordinary, e- qual to 42 12-100 per cent: 574,146 13 Tfceiemafnder for. the interest on nd domestic debt, tfor damages, Ac. W&sSfc, i nett income two semi-annual 41- -2 per cent- each, 788,862 05 206,234 26 582*627 70 330,337 00 251:700 79 And transfered a balance of For the year to the credit of surplus income, being an excess of '$99,198 18 100 over the balance carried from the legitimate business of the year previous, which, upon reference, win be teen $152^02 71-100 Phrase or Rowert.—We learn the J facts respecting a recent robEery rom- on board the ear* of the Central Rail On Friday last a yoong woman took the r the West at a station a short distance beyond Utica. Her baggage was checked for After proceeding a short distance up. rarney, a woman, who was a fellow- ir, with an affected desire to releire the loneliness of the young lady, took a Mat with herand became very sociable. She we*, in feet, quite atteut : .ve r and, nmon- other marks of fe- jnUiafUrl offered her protege her bottle of which was accepted and used, ding the pungent odor of the she became powerfully affected hy e of some soporific agent which it contained and fell asleep. She remained in this unconscionsnesefor some time, and on recover- lug from her stopor discovered that she had been robbed of Iter pnrsc, baggage checks, Ac. On arriving at the Clyde station the made known the facts to Ute conductor, and the railroadmen made up n sufficient sum to take her on to her destination. This circumstance develops a new and dangerous scheme for the robbery of unsns- pseeing persons on the railway trains. Doubt- k-e* the female adept bad censed her victim to inhale the vapor or chloroform, and thus bad her fully in her power while she perpetrated the robbery.—Rochester Democrat, Excelsior Loon. SOLD BV *. a. WISDOM. Hurra, for the L'oom! The household Loom 1 . And the happy homos that give it room! With its elicketty clack, And Its ricketly rack, And the shuttle flying forth and back 1 Oh! Its music is worth, . All the fiddles on earth, When It bangs in the ligh t of the farmer*.# bearh, What modern Bell can with her compare, Who can spin and weave and the product wear, In disregard of the dandy’s stare? Though with pride in her eye, She affects to be shy When her Lover sits by her in homespun spry; As she pUes the Loom, The household Loom, By tbo evening fire hi (be Old Back Room. But leaving Factories to weave, Their thousand yards per day, A “ Hum/ Loam" claims our high regard, The Subject. of our Lay* This Loom we earnestly commend, For all Domcsiio use; Its simple harmony of parts, Must strike the most obtuse. It claims convenience, speed and sense, And having these to boast; The me plus ultra is attained, At but a trifling cost. Hits Loom of Mendenhall and King, Ison the road to Fame; Superior in its character; Excelsior is its name. Excelsior is on. the Flag That to the hreetf we fling; And claim the palm of victory, For Mendenhall and King. Oar-Principles. Ftnt. We shaQ advocate a repealof the laws of natnralixatioa, or if that cannot he accom plished then such a. modification of those lows, as will prevent fotnre {migrants from becoming citizens, short of a residence of twenty-one yearn after taking the oath of allegiance to the United States, and of abjuration of all other powers, potentates, and princes. Straw!. We shall advocate the passage of a stringent law hy Congress to prevent the etnral r gration hither of foreigners, who are either pau per* or crimiuab. and to send back to the coun tries from which they come, all suck foreigners of these classes as may, in violation of such law, hereafter Teach our ports; and to require .the President of the United States toderaand of any government, which may send hither such class es of its subjects, immediate and ample satisfac tion for nek outrage, and n proper indemnity against the repetition thereof. nird. We shall oppose the election or ap pointment of any foreign-born citizen to any office of trust, honor or emolument, undeb the Federal or State government, or the employ, mentor enlistment of such persons in the army ornery Ya.ffwe a/ wnr; mantaining, as we do the opinion, that the »atite-bor» citizens of the United States have the right to.govern the land of their birth; and that all immigrants from abroad should be content with the enjoyment of life, liberty and property under bur institu tions,'without seeking to participate in the en action, administration, or execution 0 f our laws. Fourth. We shall advocate and urge the a- doption of such an amentUdform of an oath to support the Constitution of the United Staten, and to be administered to all persons elected or appointed to any office of trust, honor, or emol ument, under the Federal State governments, as will effectually exclude from such offices all persons, who shall not directly and explicitly recognise the obligations and binding force of the Constitution of the United States, hs para mount to all obligations of adhesion or allegi ance to any foreign prince, power, potentate, or authority whatever, under any and all cir- enmstanees. Fifth. Wo shall maintain the doctrine that no one of the States of this Union has the right to admit to the enjoyment of free suffrage any person of foreign birth, who has not been fret made a citizen of the United States, according to the “ uniform rale” of naturalization prescri bed by Congress, under the provisions ef the Constitution. Sixth. We shall oppose now and hereafter, any *‘»raio» of any Church and State," no mat ter what elass of religionists khall seek to bring about such union. ;/ ~ Sercnth. We shall vigorously maintain the rimed rights of all persons, of native yor foreign birth, and shall stall times oppose the slightest interference with such; rested rights. Eighth., We shall- oppose and protest against alt abridgement of Relegioue liberty, holding-it as a cardinal maxim, that Religions 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 form. liinth. We oppose all “higherinw” doctrines, by which the Constitution is to be set at nought, violated, or disregarded, wheth rby politicians, by religionists, or by the adherents or fa’lo vers of either, or by any other elass of perstv s. Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the Constitution as it stands, the Union as it • x’sts. and the rights of the States, withont diminution as guaranteed thereby; apposing at all times, and to the extent of our ability and influence, all who may assail them, or either of them. , Eleventh. We shall oppose no man. and sus tain no man, on tie ground at his opposition to, or his topport'of Democratic measures, or Whig measures: but we shall oppose those who op pose oor doctrines, and sustain those who sus tain oor doctrine*. Twelfth. And lastly, we.shall nse our utmost exertions to build an " American party” whose maxim shall be:. Americans shall rale their country! Violetta and lllendorf. A ONEHORSE NOVEL. Violetta started convulsively, and tamed her tear drenched eyes wildly upon the speaker, for to her there seemed something strangely famil iar in those low rich tones. Their eyes met; his beaming with joy and tenderness; her eyes gleaming with uncertainty. “Violetta!” “ Allendorf!” And the beautiful girl sunk from excess of joy, upon bis noble heart throbbing with pare, holy, delicious love of other days. Allendorf bent tpnderly over her. and bathe l her pore, white temples with the gosbeng tears of deep snhdnedjoy. While doing this, Violetta’s father. Rip Van Short, was se^n approaching the lovers with a flail- Allendorf saw the aged patriarch, and with 'ne mighty leapCleared tbo harnlsters and rashed down stairs. But Van Short was not to be tbns done., He pot after the flying Allen dorf, and just as be was turning the corner of the red torn, gave him a lift with the flail and < aiaeed him on the other side of Jordan. Vio- etta driven to distraction, threw herself upon the grass, and for a long hour, was deaf to ev ery consolation. (To bo continued.)—A. Y. Dutchman. . f . Westekx A AtVaxtic Rati. Road, ) Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 13. 1855. ) Sir: I hova the honor to preset below an Exhibit of the Earning* and. Expenditures of this road for the 4tb quarter of 1854, being the first quarter of the Fiscal year coding Septem ber 30,1855. Ae the Duke of Cambridge was riding along the outskirts of the camp, on® of tho en emy suddenly rushed from behind a tree, nnd aimed a blow at his royal highness, which, however, did no other mischief than cutting off his horse’s tail. The Duke dove his assailant in two with one blow of bis sabre, and cncoura- 'Y: EAnxixGS. EXPENDITURES. For working k tniirgu'd. For all o- tlier Ac’ts, Oct, Nor. Dee. *43,071 54 49.998 62 61.985 85 $25,889 72 21,899 40 33, 23 37 $21,523 45 9,467 40 7.669 98 Total 4thq5 145,055 93 \ 134.114 27 7J.312 49 61.875 09 38,660 83 123.288T55 Dff'ee | 10,941 71 9,437 40 | 48,627 72 Oor Locomotives. An Englishman was hraglng of the speed of English railroads to a Yankee traveller, seated at hie side in one of the cars of a “fast train,” in England. The engine bell was rang as the train neared a station. It suggested to the Yan kee an oportunity of “taking down his com panion a per or two.” “lYhat a that noise ?” innocently inquired the Yankae. “Wo are approaching a town,” said tho Eng lishman; “They have to commence ringing about ten miles before they gef to a station, or else they would run hy it before the bell could be heard ! Wonderful, isn’t it ? I supposo they havn’t Invented bells In America yet!” . ••Why, yes,” replied the Yankee ; “we’ve got bells, but can’t use them on our railroads. We run so tarnal test, that the train always keeps ahead of the sound. No nse whatever; tho sound never reaches tlio village till after the train gets by.” “Indeed!” exclaimed the Englishman. “Faet.”sald the Yankee; “had to give up hells. Then wo tried steam whistles - hut they wouldn’t answer, either. I was on the loeotno- tive when the whistle was tried. Wo were go ing at a tremendous rate—hurricanes were no- wbar, and I had to hold my hair on. We saw a two-horse waggon crossing the track about five miles ahead, and the engineer let tho whis tle out screeching like a trooper. It screamed awflilly, hut it wasn’t no use. The next thing I knew, I was picking myself out of a pond by the roadside, amid the fragments of tho loco motive, dead horses, broken wagon, and en gineer, lying heaide me. Just then the whistle came along, mixed up with some frightful oaths that I had heard tho engineer uso when bo first saw the horses. P«*nr fellow ! be was dead before his voice got to him. After that we tried lights, sunposiug these would travel ,faster than sound. We got some so powerful that the chickens woke up all along the road, when we came hy. supposing it to he morning. But the locomotive kept ahead of it still, and was in the darkness with the light close on behing it The inhabitants petitioned against it; they couldn’t sleep with so mneh light in the night time. Finally we had to station eleetrio tele graphs along the road with signal men to tele graph when the train was in sight; and I have heard that some of the fast trains heat the lightning fifteen minutes In every forty milea But I can’t say as that is true—the rest I know so be so.” The Aurora Borealis.—Hypothesis: The The rays of the sun are forces which strike up on the earth, disturbing the atoms ofmalter up on her surface—the atoms roroposing rooks nnd metals, and animals and vegetables, as well ns those composing water—and thereby causing evaporation. The vapor ascends in lines, not parallel with the equator—unless where it is generated directly upon the equator—but di verging outward either way. the divergence be ing in proportion to the distance outward; so .that there will be epnsiden ble portions of the vapor in the vicinity of the poles, (I think there .must be southern as well as northern lights, unless there may be an insufficiency of materi al, of the earths and metals in the southern hemisphere out of which to produce them.) — This vapor retains the motion which it had while a part of the earth, or of the substances upon the earth, namoly, the motion round the earth’s axis; and as then this motion was grea ter in pnrts near the eqnntor than in parts re moved from it, so it will be now : portions of thejvapor arising from the regions of the tro pics will more much faster than portions aris ing from regions within the circles. lienee, when the vapor has become eondensed (has descended within a smaller circumference) in the vicinity of the poles, the motion from west to east which is apparent to the observer. The light itself is an effect of chemical action among the particles of vapor. This chemical action tn«y take place and the vapor still retain its form; that is, still continue .vapor, though of a different kind from the original ; or substan ces such as grains of sand, metallic dnst, mete oric stones, shooting stars, and animal matter may be tho result. G. W. EVELETH. PcTBiPiEn Human Bopeis.—A few days since the body of Mrs. Loy, wife, of George P. Loy, who died twenty-four years ago. and was ber- ied some three mile fVom Dayton, Ohio, was disinterred, to be removed to a cemetery. Both the coffin and the body, to tho surprise of all present, were found to be in an excellent state of preservation. The Dayton Empire says: The shronpd, and indeed all the covering which wasnpon the body at the time of inter ment. twenty-four years ago, had disappeared —not a vestige of them remained. The body was perfect, except the right leg. from the knee to the ankle joint, where flesh-seemed to have wasted awnv. and lay.at the bottom of thecof fin in a substance resembling askes mixed with sand. With this exception to decay the body and limbs exhibited the same perfectness of exterior they did when life and animation were in the body. The body, indeed, has been petrified. It was, by some strange quality of the earth, turned Into stone, of drab or. more properly speaking, flesh color; and the chisel of tho artist might' imitate,Tint could not make so close a resem blance to the “hnmnn form diving.” The smile hieb lighted up her eonntnnee at the moment when death gently united tbe cord which bound the tout to clay, still seemed to linger upon tbe face ot stone. The grave of the grand child of Mr. Loy was next entered, and the coffin exhumed. It was also found to be heavy, and whep opened, the corpse presented mnch the same appearance as that of Mrs. Loy. It was not as perfect, how ever, although petrified. The “Four Points.”—The “Four Points,” of which so much is said in the accounts from abroad, are set forth in the tallowing proposi tions. The “Three Powers” mentioned axe France, Great Britain and Austria. “The three powers are equally of opinion that tbe relations of the Sublime Porte with the Im- preial Court of Russia’could not be re-establisb ed upon solid and durable bases Is. Unless tbs protectorate hitherto exercis ed hy tbe Imperial Court of Russia over the Principalities of Wnllachin, Moldavia nnd Ser- via, censes henceforth; and nnless the privileges accorded by the Sultan to these dependent pro vinces of their empire be placed under the collective guarantee of tbe powers, by virtue of an nrragement to be concluded which should regulate at the same time all questions of de tail.” 2d Unless tbe navigation of tbo Danube to its month be delivered from all embarrassment, and sobjeet to the application of the principles recognised (eoneacres) by tbe acts of the Con gress of Vienna. 3d. Unless the treaty of the 13th July, 1841, be rerised in concert by tho* high contracting partis with a view to secure the European iqui- iibrinm. 4tli. Unless Russia ceases to claim the sight of exercising an nfficnl protectorate over the subjects of the SnMime Porte no matter to what religions ri e they may belong, and unless France. Austria Great Britain Prusia and Riis sin lend their mOtural cooperation to obtain from the initslive of of the Ottoman Goveni- raent the formal recognition [la Conteration) and observance of these religions privileges of the varions Christian communities, nnd to carry into effect, for the cemmon benefit of their co religionists, the generous intentions manifested The intelligence brought by Pacific is to the £l)c Home Courier ROME GA., Tntsdny Wqrnlitg, Frbrnaiy 0. 1855. Cotton Markets samo as quoted lost woek— prices firm and sales large. Public Documents.—Wo aroundir grateful obligations to Hon. E. W. Cbastein fora copy of Mercy’s Exploration of the Rod River and the accompanying Maps. Wo are Indebted to Hon. W. W. Bayee of 8. C. for a eopy of his speech on the annexa tion of Cuba. Toe Marietta' Aovocate, Phoenix like, has arisen from its ashes nnd appears in a new dress. We sympathi-o with its Editor In pis recent misfortune, and wish him better luck and abun dant success in tbe future. Rail Road Bridge BuRNt.—The bridge over the Etowab below Cartersville on the State Road was burnt on Thursday last. Thisbesde being a great loss to tbo State, subjects pass engers to great inconvenience, and we under stand the fteigbt trains bare ceased running for the present* Fire was communicated to the bridge, it is supposed, by a freight train. ErnowtAJr News.—Since onr lost issue two Steamers have arrived from Europe, the Pacifio nnd Africa. Affairs at'Sevastopol remain un changed. Tho Czar accepts the “four points” as n basis of negotiations, bnt still makes the most vigorous preparations for prosecuting the war—his sincerity, in accepting tho proposed basis, is distrusted—cotton has risen in Liver pool an eighth of a penny. Respectfully submitted, JAMES F. COOPER, Superintendent. Bis Excellency, UERSCI1EL V. JOHNSON, Governor of Georgia, Miliageville, Ga. Col. Biskton tin the Pacipic Roan.—A Washington letter records tbe following.—Con sidering that tbe CoL made a great speech him self against this very Railroad project, it is pretty good: Col Benton is in a spasm on account of tbe almost certain defeat of bis favorite project of a Railroad to the Pacific; On this sobjeet he was to day heard to remark. “Tbe Pacific i ilsf upr . , tbe most stultified body in tho world, sir,— yes, sir, (from a fool, sir,) all of them, nr, except myself, solitary and alone, sir! If I had my way with them, sir, I would expunge their names from the rolls of tho IIous (from expuugo, to blot out)—yes, sir, oycry mother’s son of them, sir!" Pacifc Railroad.—Mr Benton proposes a new plan for carrying oat this grant, nnd as dt hns hitherto been considered, pnroly no tional enterprise. This great project, like the erection of pnhlio buildings in country neigh borhoods nnd little villager^ hns. found its great est impediment in deciding upon its loentian. It is admitted, hy all who keep para with the times, that this is a grand «|esidemtnm. not only to the new .and rapidly increasing Territories and States extending from tbe Mississippi to the Pacific bnt also to the States east of the Missippi nnd the American people taken as a whole, nad it not been for miserable stockjob bing politicians who am most unpatriotic and who are so hide bound in mtfisbnos and section alism that they had rather see this greatest of all internal improvements and sources of pros perity foil, than that their own pockets or at farthest strech of their gederosity their own State should fail to secure the greatest possible advrotage arising from it, tbe Pacific Rail Road would have been in progress long before this. But to Mr. Benton’s new plan. It is to with draw it from legislative authority and leave it o a company of businss men. This company are to locate tfie road where they please having its termini at tbe Mississippi on the one side and the Pacific on the other. The Government is to givo them landf extending the whole length of the road and one mile each side and pay them a reasonable amount for carrying the mail and other transportations for the United States. The Company is to be protected from competi tion only to the extent, that the Government shall not charter any other road within 139 miles on either side. When’theplan is matured and this company chartered tbe stock is to be sold in shares the books being opened in every State in the Union. Mr. Benton lias enlisted the “ solid men of Boston” and “solid” men in other sections of the country to engago under this plan, and if he can get the charter is very sanguine in his hopes of success in this great enterpris which is looked upon with so much anxiety by men in all parts of. tbe eonntry. It is a lamentable feet that there is so much logrolling, intriguing and wire pulling—tbo tools of the administration having so little ster ling integrity, and being no mercinnry that one would think that they bad sworn allegiance to tho “ almighty Dollar,”—that it is next to im possible to carry ont any great enterprise which is to benefit tbe coutry as a whole, in a way which will best subserve its interests. The company will be sure to look well to their own interests and it will be for tbeir interest to lo cate the road where they can do most business, this will be where it will accommodate the largest number an<? consequently be best for the eonntry as a whole. Wo cannot forbear insert ing the folloging extract from the recent very able speech made by Mr. Benton in Congrers. “I do not expatiate upon the home advanta ges of a railway to the Pacific; it has become a necessity, the urgency-of which is univer sally admitted. I enforce another advantage, not so immediate, but obvious to the thinking inind, and important to America, Europe, and Asia; and which, in changing a channel of rich commerce, may have its effect upon the wealth and power of nations, nnd operate a change in the maritime branch of nationnl wars. I allude o the East India trade, (already inci dentally touched,) nnd the change of its chan nel from the wnter to the land; and the effort of'tbtttchnnge in nullifying this maritime su premacy of naval Powers by making continents instead of oceans the great theatres of inter nal cotumorce. No events in the history of nations have had a greater effect on the relative wentth nnd power of nations than tbe changes which have been going on for near three thou sand years in tbe channels of Asiatic commerce. During that time nations bare risen and fallen, as they possessed or lost that commerce. E- vents announce' the forthcoming of a new change. The land becoming a facility and the ocean an obstacle to foreign trade, must have an effect upon Europe, coterminous upon Asia, nnd upon. America, separated from it by a Wes tern sea over which no Enropenn power can dominate. I confine myself to the American, branch of the question, and glance at the past to got nn insight into tho future. I l iok to former channels of this Asiatic commerce, their changes, the effects of tbe changes; and infer from what has been wbat may bo, from what is to what will be- Blackwood’s Magazine for January is re ceived containing its lisnai amount of intercsing rending. This and the English Reviews are too well known to need commendation by ns. Now is the time to subscribe. Address L. Scott A Co. 45 Gold Street New York. Fatal Affray—Two respectable citizens of e village of Beneln. Calhoun county. Miss., id an affray on the 30th December, in which one was instantly killed. Their names were W. B. Woodward and J. B. Slmlngton, tbo for- raer of whom, was stabbed to tbe heart, Tbe latter was bound over the sum of $1,500. The South Carolina Railroad, extending from Charleston to Hamburg, Sonth Carolina nppo site Augusta. Georgia, one bnndred and thirty six mites in length, was the first railroad of any considerable ’ength, constructed in tho United States. It was commenced in 1830, and coin pleted In 1833. A Straw ftox.—-Mr. Perkins, the son of a gentleman who some years ago Invented and exhibited in London a steam gnn, bns published through the papers, the following offer:— “I am prepared to undertake to supply the government with n steam gun capable of throw ing a bait of a ton weight adJstnnee office miles. If each n gnn were fixed In Brunei’s largo ship of 10,000 tons, I von tore to sny that Sevastopol would be destroyed without losing a man.” ... ■—- “No License.”—At tbo recent municipal elec* tion in Lexington. Ky.,tho question of “license, or no license," for tho Bale of spirituous liquors, was submitted. Tbe result was a majority of 159 In favor of “no license." Atlanta Medical College.—We would call tho attention of our readers totbeadvertise- mentof this Institution, found in another col umn. It is gratifying to know that the eiticens of our sister city are so enterprising and ener getic In thoir efforts to build up their place; and we tiling Georgians would do well, instead of sanding thousands of dollars to Now York, Philadelphia and other plaees, as tboy now do, to keep tbeir money nearer home, so that it may flow back, as a part of it certainly will do, to to their own pockets again. The most offoeiual way of overcoming the present “bard times,” and securing prosperous ones for the future is, to bqild up our own Institutions, keeping tbe mon>. oy in our midst, and making our outgoes m small as possible. Standrope Burleigh The Jesuits in ode Homes.—This is the title of a new Novel by Helleu Dbn about to be issued from tbo press ot Stringer A Townsend. Judging from the criticisms of eminent literary men, statesmen nnd divines, it must be. n very remarkable work and wo are anxious to get hold of it An em inent American author says, “ it is tbe best American Novel ever written”—an eminent di vine, "this book is fiction only In name” “I regard it as one of tbe most powerfol works which Protestantism has produced,” and a dis tinguished statesman, I regard it as the best political history of the United States for the last six years, that has been or is likely here after to be published.” The Publishers say, “The work wbicb we are to issue about the first of February, has been prepared expressly to meet the times, and it will go farther with the sanetlon and hearty approval of every man in that vast army of Americans who helievea and feels that the reign of Jesuitism, priestcraft, foreign influence, and American demagogue ought to cease.” • - - r - Sloan’s Medicines;—These valuable medi cines are acquiring a celebrity in the Western States, and in fact throughout the whole eonn try, which is sufficient to entitle them to a trial We call attention to the feet that they are for sale at the Drag Store in this city, and that the particulars of thpir application to disease may be found in another column of our paper. Tns Clean Thing.—The English Govern ment recently awarded to American citizens the sum of $113,130 in payment for slaves lib erated under tbe laws, of the Bahamas from tbe brigs Creole and Enterprise, driven in there by stress of woatber and mutiny in 1841. v The Steamboat Gordon Citt, with a cargo of flour, lard and oats, was burned near the mouth of Arkansas river on the 14th alt. Tbe cargo was entirely 1 st—passengers and erew escaped. Railroad Riot.—Near Buffalo on tho 20tb ult., tho laborers having become dissatisfied because not paid, they spiked down the switch es and opened one or two bridges. The chief officer of the road taking 25 men with him, armed with revolvers, went out*to protect the track. The laborers were armed with rifles, A regular fight ensued, in which tho officer’s party were worsted, one Wemble being killed and two or three wonnded. They succeeded, however, in arresting abont a dozen of the la borers. Capital of California.—The Supreme Court has decided 8acramento to be the Capital. California State Prison.—On Dec. 28th twenty five or thirty of the most desparato con victs attempted to escape on a schooner, some were killed, some wounded, some recaptured, and many got off. The latter were immediately pursued- ,, . Attack on Mineiis by Robbers.—A des- pearate fight occurred at Rooky Canton, CaL on the 20th of Dec., in which ten robbers and one miner were killed. One miner, Crpt. Da vis, received 28 ballets through his bat and clothes, and strange to say, only ‘two slight wounds: Conviction of a Duelist.—Juan Poges bos been found gnilty of manslaughter in New Orleans for killing Joan Paster in a duel. This is tbe first conviction of tbo kind in (bat State, although the law for it is an old one. Is not this evidence of a healthier state of public opin. ton ? , . Homicide in Macon.—On Sunday night the 28th ult., during the excitement attendant up on the alarm of fire, Gass, a brieklayor, was shot by Wm. A. B. Goddard. The former ia not expected to recover, the lalter made his es cape. The Great Kamehameha ITT, King of the Sandwich Islands, the friend and ally of the United States, died on the 15th of Dec., and his son Liholihahas, succeeded to his regal dig nify. Executions.—Stephen Short and Wm. Han ning were hung at Greensbnrgb, Ky., on the 19th ult. Also, on the same day at Galena, Hi. John J. Saylor, for the murder of his wife. A negro named John was hung in Macon, Ga., on the 26th ult for the murder of Mjchael Sweeney. Calhoun Monument. It is stated by 'the Charleston Standard that tbe Calhoun Monu ment Association realized $550 as the proceeds of tbe lecture recently delivered there by Tbos. F. Meagher for tho benefit of this enterprise. HEWS 1TEHS. Secretary Guthrie.—It is authoritatively denied that Secretary Guthrie intends to resign his seat in the cabinet. Memort of the Dead.—Little ns it may be thonght'of, there is no way in which the refine ment ofa people is more emphatically told to tbe passer-by than the manner in which is per petuated the memory of those with whom “life’s fitful fever is o’er.” The public burial grounds of Georgia generally are sad sights—altogether too rude, and entirely behind the tastes and feelings of the people. When the country was new, there was seme excuse for this, hut there Is none now. Every village, town and ehurchf in tbe country should have a pleasant plot o ground selected, regularly laid off, enclosed and ornamented with shade-trees and shrubbery nnd made a pleasant plaee of resort for those who wish to hold secret communion with the spirits of tbe departed. This will exert n wholesome, salutary influenceupon society, especially upon tbe mind-; of tbe yoong, dntnsr away with much much of tho supersticioua dread and and horror with which the Grim Monster 1* contemplated; To those wishing to get a fine article of Mar- blo monuments or slabs, we would reooromend Mr. Jones’ work, of Madison. For particulars see advertisement in another column: The Hon. Robt. Toombs, we regret to learn, has been called home on account <f the illness of a member of his family. TnE Kinnrt Expedition.—Baltimore, Jan. 20,4.855.—Ex'Guvernor Bell, ofTexas, is repor ted to have joined the Kinney, expedition to Cen tral America. Thus far this winter. Lake Erie has been, entirely unfrozen, and the entrance to Buf falo harbor has been unobstructed by ice. Personal.—Thomas Francis Meagher, tho Irish orator and patriot, passed through Colum bus on tbo 24th inst., on bis way to Now Or leans. Another Law Suit bt Mrs. Gaines—New OnLRANB, Jan. 19,1855.—Mrs. Gaines has com menced n suit here in tho Probate Court, to es tablish herself ns tho legatee under the will of her father, Daniel Clark. Dcnth of Bishop Capers. We are indebted to theconrtesy of the Col umbia, So. Co. Times, for tbe fallowing des patch : Bishop Capers died at bis residence In An derson villago, S. C., on Monday Morning. “Mary, Mary, where in the deoco are my pants?” “Pants, sir? I reckon missus has om; she’s gone to the convention, she bos.” Washington, Jan. 80,—It is rumored that the Presid'nt is about to issue a proclamation naming the Kinney Expedition against any in fraction of tho neutrality lows by an armed oo- cupntlon of part of Central America. Tho Municipal election ot Wheeling, Va., on Monday resulted in tho triumph of tbo Ameri can ticket by largo majorities. In four.outbfthe flvo wards composing the city, J. Panll, the Know Nothing caudidato for Mayor, has 358 .inildMty, Tho laborers have "struck" on tbo Erie canal enlargement noar Rochester, New York. Several of tbo crew of the English ship Sea Witch are in prison at Norfolk for mutiny at City Point, Va. Tho loss by the gale and high tide at Rock land, Me., on the 19th ult., is estimated at $20,- 000. - Boston, Jan. 31, Henry Wilson has been elected U. Ef. Senator from this Stele. A quantity of gunpowder and percussion caps bare been seised at tbe Cuban bead quarters n New York. STCAMKn Sunk.—Tbe steamer Eliza was sunk in tbe Mississippi River, below Memphis, last week, and it is feared that thirty lives have been lost. Givo a man brains andriches, and ho is aking. Give him brains withont riches, and he Is a slave. Givo him riches without brains and be is a fool. S. A. Curtis, a Conductor on the Central Rail road, was instantly killed on Saturday morning last, by striking uisbesd against a beam of tbe Cohoes bridge. Senator Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, passed tbroogb Montgomery on Monday last, on bis iray to Washington. He has been detained at home by sicktaess in his family. Appropriate Custom.—“Never pull ont a gray bair,” said s'gentleman to his daughter, .“as two generally* conns to the funeral.” “I ■don't care how many come to the funeral, if ‘they only come dressed In black.” Rosebuds in Winter.—Tbe wife of Mr'SoTo- moq Rose, of Cincinnati, made her husband a Cbristiuast present of thee blooming boys.— The Cincinnati San thinks this a pretty fair spe cimen of budding for a Rose in winter. Enqland and the Slave Trade in 1712;— A clause in this treaty at Utrecht, in 1712. stip ulated that England should have the sole right of carrying slaves from Africa to tbe West In dies, for a space of thirty years. The Hon John Bell, Senator in Congress from Tennessee, is nominated in a Pensylvania paper as a candidate for the Presi* idency, and the Hon. Abbot Lawrence, Late Minister to England, for Viee President. Pigeon Dancing.—The Richmond Despatch says that a young lady in Charlottes ville, Va., has a pet pigeon, wbicb dances very gracefully whenever sbe plays on the bnrp, and when the music ceases, it will jump up and poll the harp string itself. The Boston Atlas says that a new movement is on foot for lho .establishment of Free Soil Know Nothing Lodges. Three of these have already been instituted in Massachusetts, and an agent has left for tbo purpose of carrying the idea elsewhere. We learn from a card published in the Mont gomery Mail, that the Hon. J. E. Belser de clines to become a candidate for Governor of Alabama. Mr. Belser says that his profession al and private business demands his entire at tention. On the Right Track —A clergy man at Lebanon, IIL, has recently disappeared, but not quite so misterioosly as be intended.— He gave out word that he had drowned himself; but it has been ascertained that he has only eloped with another man’s wife. ' The good peo ple are on Jiis track. * Cost op Riots.—The eity council of St. Lou is have appropriated $7,700 to pay such of tbe citizens as sustained loss of property by tbe election riots in that city in August last In addition, it will have to pay about $2,000 to the special poliee.and for refreshment Ac. . Subscription among the Slaves for the Northern Poor.—Mobile, Jan. 16, 1855.— There Is in process qf organization here a gen eral subscription ainong the black population— the slaves—in aid of the suffering poor of New York and the Eastern cities. .This is a feet, and yoa will sooU find it ont Seizure of the Steamboat Massachusetts —Tbe old steamboat Massachusetts, lying in the North River, near Jersey City., was seized on Wednesday, by order of the United States authorities, onutbe ground that she was about to participate in an unlawful expedition. Burning of Gainesville !—By despatches from Selma we learn that Gainesville, in Sum ter County, Ata.. on tbe Bigbee, was on Tuesday nearly destroyed by fire. Half the town, says the despatch, is in Ashes, among them ware houses containing 2,500 .bales of ootton. Tbe loss is estimated at two hundred thousand dol lars. A Remarkable Exploit. Wo find in the last San Francisco Herald the following account of ahrave and remarkable ex ploit, copied from the “Mountain Democrat," of Plncerrille, which explains that “Rocky Ca non," the place of the tragedy, is a deep and al most inaccessible canon about forty miles from north of P!acervil>, near Todd's Valley, and uninhabited: Rocky Canon, December 20, 1854. No officer having been within a convenient distance to attend to a case of emergency that has just happened near our insolated camp in the mountains hero, the undersigned constitu ted themselves a coroner's jury and held an in quest orer the deceased bodies of twelve men that wore killed within a mile of our camp on the 19th instant, a full account of which wo deem it onr doty to publish. Three of the un dersigned were eye-witnesses to the whole scene though too far off to give aid in any way, and the rcstof ns can readily vouch for their rera- eity. On yesterday, 19fh instant, three men, who afterwards proved to be a Mr. James C. McDon ald, of Alabama, now deceased; a Dr. Bolliver A. Sparks of Mississippi; and CapL Jonathan R« Bhvi*, of South Carolina, were travelling on foot on a trail within a mile of our camp to pros pect a rein of gold Bearing quartz some twenty or thirty miles north of this place. As they were passing at the base of a mountain, three of tbe undersigned being out- on a hunting expe dition on its aide, and saw a party of eleven mei> who wore concealed in the boshes near the trail spring op and commence firing at f&em. Mr- McDonald foil dead before he fired a pistol or was even aware of his danger. He and hitf par ty had nothingLilt their revolvers. Dr. Sparks' shot twice at the benditti, and then foil severe ly wounded.. • In the mean time Capt. Davis, who was the* first to commence shooting in defence of him self and party, In an instant after tbo first vol ley from the robbers, being still unbnrt, kept vp an incessant firin upon them with his revol vers, every ball forcing its vietim to bite the dost, until Ml tbe loads of both parties seemed to have been discharged. The only four survi ving robbers made a charge upon Cnpt. Davis,, three with Bowie knives and one with a short sword orsa-re. Capt. Davis, stood firmly on bis gronnd until they rushed up abreast witbia about four steps of him. He then made a spring upon them with a large Bowie knife, warded off their blows as fast as they were aimed at him, and gave three of them wounds that soon prov ed fatal. . Having wounded the other, one very slightly, and disarmed him by throwing bis knife in tbe airin warding off a blow, as this last man expressed in a tone of gratitude before bis death, Capt. D. went to work at once, tear ing up his own shirt, and binding up all tho wounds of the. living, botifbis friends and ene mies. In onr examination of the perrons of those that commenced the attack on Capt. Dlaud par ty, we discovered papers carefully concealed In their pockets, purporting to be a copy of laws and-by-laws by which they were governed.— The Iast of this band basjost died. His wound he thought himself bnt slight, and seemed in & fairway to recover nntil within the last hour. If Dr. Sparks is well enough to travel Capt. Da vis speaks of moving down to his friends to morrow. In conclusion, we deem it cine te state that, from the evidence before ns, CapL- Davis and his part}- acted solely in self de fence. Signed, W C Thompson, P.S Robertson, J E. Morris, T JOaUibu.c. 0 B Wingate, J G Lewis, T C Wallace, J Webster, Joseph Hampton, G- W Hendricks, IA Hart, A. B Porter, W A New man, S C Marshall, A Hughes, ’O E Clark, S K TrisL [Mr. John Webster, in'a letter to the “Sur veyor of Placerville,” corroborates the above ac count, and says that the robber hand was com posed of two Americans, one Frenchman, five Sydney men, four Mexicans, and that they had just commenced operations, having killed six Chinamen on the 17th December, and 4 Ameri cans’ on tbe 18tb. The same writer says that altbongh-Capt. Davis received seventeen bullet holes through his bat and eleven through his coat and shirt, he received but two very slightflesb- wounds!] OBITUARY. Died in Louisville, Ky., on the 29th alt., James E. Allen of Talbot Valley. Mr. Allen was a young man of uncommon promise and ability and bad recently gone to Louisville to attend Law Lectures. He died suddenly with congestive fever. He was dearly beloved by a large cirle of friends and acquaintances who now mourn his loss with heart-felt anguish. , V. ■ .. V V M. D. HOME PRICES CURRENT A panther entered tbe dining room ofa honse in Onachita parish, Louisiana, a few days ago, while tbe family were seated at their meal, and after upsetting the table and nearly killing two dogs made good his retreat. He was fol lowed, however, and finally killed. He measu red ten feet nine inches from tip to tip, and was two feet seven inches in height. So says the Ouachita Register. An old toper, who lately attended an exhibi tion where a learned professor caused explosions to take plaee among garees produced from wa-, ter, said: you don’t catch me putting mnch wa ter in my liquoc after this. I had no idea that water was so dangerous, though I never take much of it.” Tho number. of regularly recorded mnrters committed in California, during the year 1854, is 464. A San Francisco correspondent of tho New York Tribune says that an entire and ex. act list would amount, as nearly as can be as certained. to upwards of 575. Ofsnicides, there were 60 committed by prison oonvicta alone.— An awful state of society. A Little Acitntoxious.—In view of the great revival ,in -religion now. progressing at Harrisburg, Pa.: fcho Philadelphia Argns indul ges a hope that it^qay even extend.to the Penn sylvania Legislature, now in session at that place, iu which hppe he soys he is greatly eno couraged, inasmuch as a revival has sprung np in tha Maryland Penitentiary. * t\ \*s J' n v t “v 1 —' 1 “Mrs, Partington,-readingan, account of a railroad acoideqtL was mnch - surprised to learn that the locomotive had been driven off tbe track by one of the. switohes, “She shouldn't have thought.’ she said, that tbe great iron en gine would mind such a little thing as a switch.’ “Yes, bnt y u must remember mama,” raid Iko grgvely,“the locomative has a tender be hind P’ . . , t . Right wav row axe the Times East.—It is said that sixty ladies in New York have asso ciated themselves in a resolution to wear noth ing of foreign fabrication for one year. That is a sort of protective tariff wbicb few are likely to object to. Fire ANb Loss or Three Lives.—We had, a few days ago, by telegraph, the painful an nouncement that the house of Mr. John A. Haven, of Fort Washington, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 12th inst.. nnd that three of Mr. Haven’s daughters perished ia tho flames. "■Philadelphia is not withont Its curiosities.— Tho Sun copies two signs it has' discovered there. Ono is painted in red italios and roads thus: “Shirts Retailed Here.” This, we take it, is for tho benefit of bachelors. The other reads: “Hands wanted to work on bosoms.” For whose benefit is that? “Yesterday Judge Worrell sentenced David Wright, convjctcd of the Murdor-of Alexander M. Robinson, to be hung on the 18th February next. • - w •' - Y Bill a negro, convicted of the murder of an other nogrn, to ho hang, 16th February. David Clark, Larcony, five years in the Peni- tontnry. . John Deaton. Robbery, five years in tho Peni tentiary. Francis V. Payne, obtaining money under a counterfeit writing seven years imprison ment James T. Robinson was convicted of assault with intent to murder—not sentenced as mo tions will bo itiade in arrest of Judgment and for^a now trial.—Columbus Enquirer. Corrected Weekly by J. t. LOG1I Apples— Molasses— S7c-40c Dried, bn.. . . $2 2^Nails—per lb. 6i-73e Green,- Y --230-3()O^Nail Hod— . 6ie-7c Bacon— 'Oil—Liuseed . $1 35 Hams pr lb. 15c-15c;Osxaburgs— llc-12a Hog round, 10c-I2K Train,. : . . Bagging— ^Pork—per lb. 6-6J Hemp, lb, « SPotatoes—. Gunny, . . lSeV Sweet, . . . 75c-00n Bale Rope— 12j-15c? Irish country - BEEr— .... 4J- 5ec “ northern, Beeswax—■ . 20c-25C\Powdbr—Gen ,"5o-!0e Blue Sfone— 20c) Blasting, . . 25-35e Buttes— )Rice—per lb. Yfije-Td country, . . 15-20c>Salt—pr sack 275 Candles— r perbu. 120 Tallow, . . J20c-3 c^Shot—pr lb. . 21-12ic Adamantine, 35c-40c^Sole Leather— Sperm,... . . 50ci Country, lb, 25c-2Sc Coffee—Bio, 12J-14cS Northern, . -2S© Java, . . . . 164—18c(Steel— Copperas—. 5c) Blistered, lb. 10c-15c Corn—prbu. 80c-110; German, . . 15c-18c Cotton Yarn— 90e$ Spring,. . . -10c Eggs—prd'z. 10-locb Cast, .. . . 33c-2.0 Feathers—lb. 40cSsugar— Flour—pr lb. 4-5c/ Crushed, . . 324 Glass—8x10, $2J-$3? N. Orleans, 7c-10e Indigo—pr lb, $1*-160cStrup— Iron—Sweed, 6lc-7c: N. 0. pr gal. 40c-50c Georgia, . i STallow—lb. 12Ae Laud— .... 1:4-17c)Tea—per lb, 75c-$l Mackerel—bl$17-$lS?WHEAT— ♦ Madder—lb. .20c-25« per bushel, $125-140. Meal—per bu. 90-IIO^Wool—lb, 25c- SPECIAL NOTICES. HOME, BA., Ftl>. 1855. The Stock Holders in the Geo. k Ala. R. R. 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