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SATURDAY, FEB. IQ. The Yeas and Ways on the Harris Reso lution in the House ol Representa tives. On the motion of Mr. Stephen's, of Georgia, to refer the message of the President upon the Le eompton Constitution, together with the pSpcrs accompanying it, to the Committee on Territories, the rotes were as follows: Tan—Messrs. Abl, Anderson, Arnold, Atkins, Arerv Barksdale, Bishop, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce, Branch Bryan, Burnett, Burns, Caskie, Horace F. Clark John B. Clark, Clay, Clemens, Clingman, Cobb ’John Cochrane, Corning, James Craig, Bur ton C&aige, Crawford, Carry, Davidson, Davis, of Mississippi, Diinmick, Dowdell, Edmundson, El liott Eustis. Faulkner, Florence, Garnett, Gartrell, Gilli’s, Gilmer, Goode, Greenwood, Gregg, Hatch, Hawkins, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Hughes, Huyler, Jackson. Jenkins, Jewett, George W. Jones, J. Glancv Jones, Keitt, Kelly, Jacob M. Kunkel, La mar, Landv, Letcher, Maclay, McQueen, Humphrey Marshall, Mason, Maynard, Miles, Miller, MiUson, Moore, Niblack, Peyton, Phelps, Phillips, Powell, Quitman. Ready, Reagan, Ricaud, Ruffin, Russell, Sandidge, Savage, Scales, Scott, Searing, Seward, Henry M. Shaw, Shorter, Sickles, Singleton, Sam’l. A. Smith, William Smith, Stallworth, Stephens, Stevenson, James A. Steward, Talbot, George Taylor, Miles Taylor, Trippe, Dnderwood, Ward, Warren, Watkins, White, Whitelev, Winslow, Woodson, Wortendvke, Augustus R. Wright, John V r . Wright, and Zollicoffer—ll3. Aavs Messrs. Abbott, Adrian, Andrews, Ben nett, Billinghurst, Bingham, Blair, Bliss, Brayton, Butfiaton, Burlingame, Burroughs, Campbell, Case, Chaffee, Chapman, Ezra Clark, Clawson, Clark B. Cochrane, Cockerill, Colfax, Comins, Co yode, Cox, Cragin, Curtis, Damrell, Davis of Mary land. Davis of Indiana, DaTis of Massachusetts, Davis of lowa, Dawes, Dean, Dcwart, Dick, Dodd, Durfee, Edie, English, Farnsworth, Fenton, Foley Foster, Giddmgs, Gilman, Gooch, Goodwin, Gran, gqg, Groesbeck, Grow, Lawrence W. Hall, Robert B. Hall, Harlan, Thomas L. Harris, Haskin, Hick man, Hoard, Horton, Howard, Owen Jones, Kel logg, Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp, John C. Kunkel, Lawrence, Leach, Leiter, Lovejoy, McKibbin, Sam uel S. Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Morrill, Ed ward Jov Morris, Isaac N. Moms, Freeman H. Morse, Oliver A. Morse, Mott, Murray,Nichols,Olio, Palmer, Parker, Pendleton, Pettit, Pike, Potter, Pottle, Pumance, Ritchie, Robbins, Roberts, Royce, Aaroa Shaw, John Sherman, Judson W. Sherman, Robert Smith, Spinner, Stanton, Wil liam Stewart, Tappan, Thayer, Thompson, Tomp kins, Wade, Walbridge, Waldron, Walton, Cad walader C. Washburn, Elihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, Wilson, and Wood—ll 4. This motion, it will be observed, was lost by one rote only, and would have prevailed if a eouthem number, Henrt Winter Davis, of Maryland, the American Representative of the city of Baltimore, tor whom one of the American Representatives from this State voted for the office of Speaker, had BOt voted with the Black Republicans against it. Mr. Stephens’ motion having been thus disposed of, the amendment of the Hon. Thomas L. Harris, of Illinois, to the resolution of Mr. Hughes, of In diana, proposing to refer the message to a select committee of thirteen, was then taken up. The amendment originally introduced by Mr. was withdrawn on Friday, the sth instant, and the following, upon which the vote on Monday was taken, was substituted in its place: Seeolofd, That the message of the President, en closing the Constitution framed at Lecompton, in the Territory of Kansas, by a convention of dele gates thereof, and the papers accompanying the same, be referred to a select committee of fifteen, to be appotnted by the Speaker, and that said com mittee be instructed to enquire into all the facts connected with the formation of said Constitution and the laws under which the same was origina ted, and into all such facts aud proceedings as have transpired since the formation of said Constitution haring relation to the question of the propriety of the admission of said Territory into the Union under said Constitution, and whether the same is acceptable and satisfactory to a majority of the' legal voters of Kansas, and that said committee have power to send for persons and papers. amendment was adopted by ’.be following Feat— Messrs. Abbott'Adrian, Andrews, ften uett, Billinghurst, Bingham, Blair, ltUss, Bravton, Buffinton, Burlingame, Burroughs, Campbell, Case, Chaffee, Chapman, Ezra Clark, Clawson, Clark B. Cochrane, Coekerill, Colfax, Comins, Corode, Cox, Cragin, Curtis, Damrell, Davis of Maryland, Davis of Indiana, Davis of Massachusetts, Davis of lowa, Dawes, Dean, Dewart, Dick, Dodd, Dorfee, Edie, English, Farnsworth, Fenton, Foley, Foster, Giddings, Gilman, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Groesbeck, Grow, Lawrence W. Hall, Robert B. Hall, Harlan, Thomas L. Harris, Haskin, Hickman, Hoard, Horton, Howard, Owen Jones, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp, John C. Kunkell, Law rence, Leach, Letter, Lovejoy, MoKibbin, Samuel S. Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Morrill, Ed ward Joy Morris, Isaac N. Morris, Freeman H. Morse, Oliver A. Morse, Mott, Murray, Niblack, Nichols, Oltn, Palmer, Parker, Pettit, Pike, Potter, Pottle, Purviance, Ritchie, Robbins, Roberts, Royce, Aaron Shaw, John Sherman, Judson W. Sherman, Robert Smith, Spinner, Stanton, William Stewart, Tappan, Thayer, Thompson, Tompkins, Wade, Walbridge, Waldron, Walton, Cadnalader C. Washburn, Elihu B. Washburne, Israel Wash burn, W list in, and Wood—ll 4. Hayt— Messrs. Ahl, Anderson, Arnold, Atkins Avery, Barksdale, Bishop, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce, Braneli, Brian, Burnett, Burns, Caskie, John B. Clark, Clai, Clemens, Clingman, Cobb, John Cochrane, Carning, James Craig, Burton Craige, Crawford, Curry, Davidson, Davis of Mississippi, Dimmick, Dowdell, Edmundson, Elliott, Eustis, Faulkner, Florence, Garnett, Garitell, Gillis, Goode, Greenwood, Gregg, Hatch, Hawkins, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Hughes, Huyler, Jackson, Jen kins, Jewett, George W. Jones, J. Glancy Jones, Keitt, Kelly, Jacob H. Kunkel, Lamar, Landy, Letcher, Alaclay, McQueen, Humphre Marshall, Mason, Maynard, Miles, Miller, Mitlson, Moore, Pendleton, Peyton, Phelps, Phillips, Powell, Quit man, Readv, Reagau, Ricaud, Ruffin, Russell, San didge, Savage, scales, Scott, Searing, Seward, Henry M. Shaw, Shorter, Sickles, Singleton, Sam uel A. Smith, William Smith, Stalworui, Stephens, Stephenson, James A. Stewart, Talbot, George Taylor, Miles Taylor, Trippe, Underwood, Ward, Warren, Watkins, White, Whitely, Winslow, Woodson, Wortendyke, Augustus' R. Wright, John V. Wright, and Zollieoffer—lll. We have made a hurried analysis of this vote, from which we gather the following facts: Joan A. Gilmer, the American representative from North Carolina, who appears to have been present in the Hall, as his name is recorded among the yeas on Mr. Stephens’ motion, did not vote upon the proposition of Mr. Harris. Henry Winter Davis, one of the American representatives from Maryland, and Francis P. Blair, the Black Republican representative from fte district in Missouri, which embraces the city of St. Louis, were the only members from slave States who voted for the amendment of Mr. Har ris. Os the fifty four Democratic Representatives from free States, twenty three voted with the Black Republicans for the amendment—twenty eight voted with the South against it, and three were absent. Os the fifteen Democrats in the Pennsylva nia delegation, two were absent—eight voted against the amendment and five for it. These five were Messrs. Hickman, Chapman, Dewart, Mont eoMßßT and Owen Jones. The members absent or not voting, (Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, being in the chair) were W. Reil ly and P. Leiddt, of Pennsylvania, H. F. Clark, of New York, 8. Carothers, of Missouri, and M. L. Bonham, of South Carolina, Democrats; J. H. On.uKR, of North Carolina and J. Morrison Harris, of Maryland, Americana; and Erasmcs B. Matte son, of New York, American and Black Republi can. I3T" The Southern Banner, in its issue of the 11th inst., publishes the communication of “Rich mond” which appeared in our columns on the 2nd inst., with the following reference to it: 11 An article signed ‘ Richmond, ’ discussing the bank veto, will be found on our first page. As the matter involved is of more importance than any question of domestic policy the people of Georgia have been called upon to decide for many years, we considet it right that our readers should re eeive all the information within our reach, upon both sides of the question.” Young Booth at Concert llall. Edwin Boom commenced a short engagement at Concert Hall, on Wednesday evening—selecting Hamiet as the character in which to make his first appearance before an Augusta audience. He had come among us heralded by'the press of many of the principal cities of the Union and by common report, as a young actor of brilliant promise, who had inherited much of the histrionic talent of hie distinguished father, and the announcement of his appearance attracted to Concert Hall one of the largest and most fashionable audiences, which has rewarded the persevering efforts of Mr. Mahchant to furnish theatrical entertainment for our citizens* \ olumes of learned and labored criticism have been written upon the character of Samlet, to elab orate the conception of the great dramatist in this subtly-drawn creation of his genius, without reconciling the conflicting opinions which have always existed upon the subject, and it is confes sedly one of the most difficult among all the grand roles of the drama. Mr. Booth’s impersonation of this character, whilst strictly conforming to a conception of it which is many years older than he is, and there fore without originality, was a fine piece of careful and correct acting, in which he fully established his right to all the extravagant encomiums which have been pronounced upon him. Perhaps, (though ordinarily free of this common vice in young actors) he was occasionally too declamato ry, as in the celebrated soliloquy in which the Prince of Denmark speculates upon and weighs the serious question, “To be or not to be”—but we do not care to appear hypercritical, or to find fault with anything where there was so much to admire. Mr. Booth is quite a young man, (only twenty four years of age,) remarkably prepossessing in personal apnearance, and besides great talents, we might with more propriety say, genius for the pro fession he has adopted, has all the physical requi sites of voice, faoe, figure and character, necessary to make a great actor. He is an actor of extraor' dinary promise, and will attain the position of a star of the first magnitude m the dramatic firma nent, if he docs not go off into some erratic course, but applies himself diligently to the duties of his laborious profession, in which great excellence never is reached without study aud persevering effort. Mr. Booth was generally well sustained by the members of Mr. Marchant’s excellent stock com pany. The cast of the play was in some respects an unfortunate one. Mr. Chippendale, we may mention byway of illustration, was altogether unsuited and unequal to the role of rolonius. That excellent comedian persisted in represent ing the learned and courtly Lord Chamberlain, with his mouth full of aphorisms, as a vulgar and ridiculous old fool, and succeeded in mur dering him most barbarously, before Hamlet minked him through the tapestry with his sword. Mr. Booth played Richelieu last evening to a crowded house. To-night he Rppears as logo, (Mr. Dyott acting the Moor) and we anticipate for him another full Bouse, and another success. H?" The Washington Union of the 9th instant, after stating the action of the Senate and House upon the Leclfcipton Constitution on Monday last, concludes as “We may now anticipate earlv action br the Senate committee, who will report a bill to" that body admitmg the State into the Union, and pass it, as soon as it cau be got through the delays of debate. Thus it will go to the House, wholly un trammelled, where we anticipate its passage be yond a doubt” We are disposed to believe with the Union, that a Senate bill for the admission of Kansas under the Lecomption Constitution will pass ibe House. Gen. Calhocn, the President of the Leoomptou convention, who is now in Washington, it is re ‘purtM, states tpnt sines Ms arrival La has received IdTormatiou which settles the question of the election on the 4th of January, in favor of the Black Republican party. If this be so, the admis sion of Kansas under the Conslitution she has presented will be An empty triumph ta the South— a real advantage to the North, and many northern representatives thus far opposing it, convinced of this, may vote for the bill which the Senate will pass to admit her. Austria and the Protestant Church, The Liverpool Time* of January 2.3 d has the fol lowing paragraph about the Emperor of Austria and the Protestant Church. A perusal of it may not be unprofitable in its results upon a certain party in this country who have been so illiberal towards the Catholics. It may be as well to state that Austria contains a population of about twenty six millions of Catho lics, and of all other denominations including the Jews, about ten millions: The Emperor bas just given the Protestant church aproofofhis intention to maintain its rights as well as those of the church of Home. A few days since the Minister for Public Instruction and Ecclesiastical Atfairs informed the Consistories of the Augsburg and Helvetic Confessions (Lutheran aud Calvanist) that his Majesty had given orders to pay out of the coffers of the'State the sum of seven thousand four hundred and seventv six flor ins tor a piece of ground which is to serve as a cem etery for the Protestants of Vienna. On the 11th a deputation waited on his Majesty, aud the Superintendent and Consistorial Councillor Pauer expressed to him the heartfelt thanks of the Pro testant communities of Vienna for the pecuniary assistance which had so graciously been accorded. In reply, the Emperor observed that the Protes tants should in future apply to him in person in such matters : and he added' “ I am well pleased to see the representatives of the Protestant com munities assembled around me, and that it has been in my power to uphold their rights.” The Fight in the House. Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina, on Monday after noon, immediately after the passage of the Harris resolution in the House, made an explanation in reference to the affair between him and Mr. Grow of Pennsylvania, which is reported as follows in the Glob e of the same evening: Mr. Keitt, by unanimous consent of the House, made a personal explanation. He assumed all re rnsibihty for the violation of the dignity and orum of the House on Saturday morning. He, he said, was the aggressor, and he alone. He ex pressed his profound regret for the occurrence. Personal collisions, especially in a legislative body, were reprehensible, if possibly avoidable. He could not say whether or not a blow was di rected at him. He was not conscious of having received one. He wished to make to the House whatever reparation he could, by this expression of his regret for what had occurred. Mr. Grow said that he had been taught in his youth that tights among men were disgraceful. His mature judgment had approved the teaching. Vet the right of self-defense was dear to him. On Saturday morning, for the first time in his life, he was engaged in a personal encounter. He expressed his regret at its occurrence, and ten dered his apologies to the House. The House then (at twenty minutes before three) adjourned. Jfr. Frerel^l In reply to the invitation of a committee appoint ed by the City Council of Macon, inviting him to delivor his oration upon Washington, in that city, Mr. Everett has written the following note: Boston, 29th January, 1658. Gentlemen : I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 10th instant, enclosing a certified copy of the resolution of the Mayor and Aldermen of Macon, inviting me to repeat my oration on “ The Character of Washington,” during my contempla ted southern tour. It will afford me great pleasure if engagements previously formed permit me to comply with this request, by which 1 feel much honored. ’ I remain, gentlemen, with the highest respect, faithfully yours, Ed ward Everett. We never yet knew a man disposed to scorn the hnmble, who was not himself a fit object of scorn to the humblest -- ■■ ' " ■ ■ I 13?“ The New Orleans Tnu Delta, of the Bth i nst., in noticing the sate of 'the Houma* jplanta tion, near Doualdsonvilte, Louisiana, lately owned by Col..Jons S. Preston, of Columbia, South Car olina, states that the estate was purchased by Hn. Jobs the widely known and popular wholesale dry goods house of J. Burnside k ~ New Orleans. The property was sold for mil lion of dollart. The Delta says: “ Mr: Burnside, in anticipation of his retirement from the great establishment of wbieh be has so Ibng been the head and life, at the close .of tbe next business rear, purchased this beautiful estate for his future home, where he can retire to enjoy independently, comfortably and satisfactorily the princely fortune he has acquired in Louisiana by his talents, integrity, intelligence, and the practice of a generous liberality in the conduct of a widely ramified and most responsible com mercial business. “The Houmas estate has a frontage of thirty-fire acres on the Mississippi river, contains twelve thousand acres of the finest quality of cultirable land, and possesses a working force of fire hun dred and fifty slaves, most of them “native here and to the manor born,” and is, without excep tion, take it all in all, the finest property possessed by any single proprietor in America; just such an estate as a bachelor in the prime of life, with con stitution unharmed, faculties in perfection, which is the fortunate position of our friend Mr. Burn side, its possessor, snould pine to possess, for the enjoyment of the otium cum dijnitate in the me ridian of life. We wish Mr. Burnside many years of health and happiness on his new purchase, and commend his example to all the merchants who make fortunes here, of retaining them among us.” Charlotte Cushman is playing in Ne# Or leans. s3?* Among the Passed Midshipmen rteently promoted to be Masters in the U. S. Na?y, we notice the name of jEnbas Armstroso, of Macon, Georgia. [3T Bancroft, the historian, heads a call for a meeting of “citizens of New York who ar»Wfposed to forcing upon the people of Kansas a Constitution which they have rejected, and who desire to save the national Democratic party from complicity in the frauds by which the Lecompton Constitution is sustained.” LrT" The Charleston standard of Saturday morning, announces the death of Mr. B. R. Get singer, which took place in that city on the morn ing previous. The Standard says: “ Sometime ago he sustained iojuries from a fall through a trap-door, and it is supposed that these hastened his death, which occurred yesterday morning. He was for many years foreman of the Courier office, and more recently a member of the firmsjf Jams*, Williams k Gitsinger.” J 3?" The rain, in total disregard of our grumb ling paragraph of yesterday morning, continued to fall during the night of Friday and th* hiost of yesterday. It was none es your rollicking rains, on a big bender with a Nor’wester, or on a jolly lark with a hail companion, but one of those mug gish visitations that leaves one in doubt whether it is really unfavorable enough to stay at home or too damp to go out. w The weather towards night exhibited some dis position to be agreeable, and we trust, after a good night’s rest, nature will wear a cheerful sunny face on Valentine's day. It appears that a former manager of the Savannah and Augusta theatres, Mr. \V. H. Crisp, has not been fortunate in his managerial efforts in New Orleans. The Varieties Theatre, which has more recently been known as Crisp’s Gaiety, is of fered for rent. The advertisement says: “ In consequence of the failure of the late man agement to conduct the business of this theatre satisfactorily, to pay the stipulated rent, and to comply witli other terms of the lease, the directors of the Varieties Association have closed the thea tre.” Mr. his card to the that “ the season Ska been a rhost diaSwr-aa and un afecarrO !n i m iJ — He says he ham not failed, but under tn* advice of his friends he concluded it was best to close the Gaiety. He is still the manager of the Memphis and Nashville theatres, and is said to be doing a smashing business in those cities, Mr. Crisp's attentions to some of his former friends in this section continues of an “ unremit ting ” character. I ff" The Greenville (S. C.) Patriot <f Moun taineer, of the 11th inst., contains the valedictory of the Hon. B. F. Perrt, who for seven years has been the editor of that paper. He states that the duties C.f *>is profession demand all his time and attention, and it is on this account that he retireai from a position which he b»8 filled with distin guished ability. We find the following shaft tion in the Savannah Morning Xetce, of the 13th inst. Hancock Cofntt, Feb. 10. For several weeks past cetton hu been selling in Augusta at nearly the same prices it brings iu Savannah. It is understood that last week prices were equal or within a fraction at both places-- eleven cents for Fair. From this point there is a difference of a half a cent per poundagalnst Savan nah in the freight and charges, as compared from actual sales from both places, consequentlv the tendency of wagon loads of cotton is in the direc tion of the Georgia railroad. ’ p. Adams’ Express Company.— We are under obli gations to Adams’ Express Company. If it is man aged elsewhere—and we presume R is—as well as Maroonev and “Jake ” conduct it here, its popu larity is easily accounted for. It is the only certain thing that we know of. We can count on italwaye, and it very frequently “ puts us through ” when no other power could. Its courtesies to the press are constant and valuable.— Montgomery Mail. We find the above in the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, and say “ ditto to Mr. Burke.” Our brother Hooper is a man of judgment as well as wit. Oharluton Courier. We gladly endorse the favorable opinion ex pressed by our cotemporaries of the Mail and Cburier, as to the promptness, reliability, and courtesy of the Adams’ Express Company. Long may they wave. The Mount Vernon Fund.— The city of Mobile, under the auspices of that most xealous of ladies, Madame Le Verte, is being aroused in behalf of the purchase of Mount Vernon. A grand celebra tion of the 22d is designed for that object Miss Davenport, the famous English tragic actress, de siring to contribute to the Mount Vernon Fund, has tendered a benefit to the -tagies, whilst the manager has responded to the*olfer, by placing his theatre at the service of Madame Le Verte for the occasion. tSUThe Washington Star, of the 10th inst., after giving its opinion that the defeat of the Le compton Constitution in Congress, would be fol lowed by disunion measures on the part of the legislature of every southern State, thus reters to the position and probable influence of the Gov ernor of Virginia: ‘‘The individual opposition of Gov. Wise to the acceptance us the Lecompton Constitution would be no barrier whatever to the action of the Vir ginia legislature in the premises; or if the legal existence of that body be then terminated, of another which would be at once chosen by the people to act in the premises. There is not a single member of the .present legislature of Vir ginia, of either party, who sympathises with the position of Governor Wise— not oue; nor is there a single member of any other State legislature South of the Potomac who stuads with him— Gov. Wise. He is entirely isolated and alone at the South, as those at the North who have property, the value of which will be destroyed in the de struction of the confederacy, may find out to their sorrow, when too late.” ‘‘Behind the Times.”— lt is stated that the South-western Bank at Wytheville, Va , has just suspended specie payment. This i» a new bank, which went into operation only a few mouths ago — ■ wstaall Notes in New Jersey. •M bill is now before the New Jersey legislature which provides for the suppression of the issue of Cue dollar notes after the Ist of July next; of two ■ dollar Dotes after tho Ist of January next, and of all notes under the denomination of five dollars after July Ist, 185 ft. There is much said in faror of suppressing the circulation of small bills in Georgia, as well as in New Jersey and other States. While a portion of the press of our State, yielding perhaps to the mneient clamor against bank bills, seem disposed to favor the policy of suppressing small notes, it appears to us that those publishers have not ma turely considered the effect of such a policy on their lira business interests. We desire now to osll their special attention to this matter. The subscription price to a large majority of the weekly papers in this State, is two dollars per year, and a considerable portion of the amounts received for advertising, range from one to five dollars. At least such is our experience. A very large amount of the monies received by publishers for subscriptions and advertisements, reach them through the mails, from all sections of the Union. We receive small bills of the Georgia and Carolina banks, from the States of Texas, Mis souri, Arkansas, and from the northern, eastern, and the most distant States, as well as from the several counties and districts in our own and neighboring States, and we fine! the circulation of small bank bills m the various sections of the coun try affords great facilities to those who desire to transmit small sums of money to us, and it also materially benefits our business. Bank bills of small value, from one to five dollar notes, can readily be sent by mail, and the odd cents be added in postage stamps, and enclosed in the same letter. Monies cannow be sent, and are daily sent, to publishers in this way. The convemencesof making payments to publish ers, by the employment of small bills, applies with equal force to every person and every interest in the community. We have made the application of the policy to publishers, because we have noticed a disposition on the part es some of our cotempo raries to favor the suppression of small bills. Every interest in the State will be affected by the withdrawal of small notes from circulation, to the full extent of the dependence of those interests upon the transmission of small sums for work, for merchandise, for subscriptions, and for the thou sands of purposes for which monies in small values are transmitted by the mails. We trust our brethren of the press will not long er encourage a policy that must result so disas trously to their own, as well as to so many other business interests. Hermann, Cox A Co. This well known and extensive firm, having houses in London and Liverpool, and agents in this country, and largely engaged in the cotton trade, was compelled sometime since to suspend busi ness. A meeting of the creditors took place at Liverpool on tbe 21st Os January, when the assets of the concern showed eleven shillings in the pound, and they decided that a dividend of ten shillings could be relied upon. £3?" Gov. Brown has appointed Hon. E. W. Chastain, of Fannin, Attorney for the State road. Tile St. Louis penvtcrnt states that the sus pended banks of that city are contemplating a re sumption of specie payments ou the first of March. The decrease in importations at New York, since the Ist of January is over thirteen plillion dollars. T-yf The Russian Government has decided, as we see stated, that postage stamps should be adopted at the commencement of the present year, but only for the interior of the Empire. - iy The Cansville Standard, of the 11th inst., "saysT n We learn with writ*, aimt the saw mill belonging to Mr. D.'F. Bishop, of this c»unty, was burned on .Saturday last—a large quantity of lum ber near the mill was burned also.” tsr The New York .Evening Fust of the Sth instant states that the shipments of specie from this country since the Ist of January amount to eight million six hundred and fifty-three thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and forty four cents. War Between Brazil and Paraquat. —Advices from Buenos Ayres to the 2d of December state that the Brazilians were preparing for war in the of the impending negotiations with the Para guay government failing. Twelve or fourteen gun boats from England and France are expected in the Brazils in April, and an army of twelve thou sand troops is to be collected to invade Paraguay The Paraguans have three hundred guns in posi tion on different points of the river. From Monte video we hear of the death ot Oribe. The social and political aspect of affairs at Buenos Ayres were improving. Liquor Law in Ouio. —Propositions have been presen'ed in both houses of the Ohio legislature to submit to the people the question of amending the Constitution so as to return to the old system of licensing the traffic in liquors. The article of restriction in the Constitution has been a dead fail ure. Public sentiment does not sustain prosecu tions under it, and its operation is not uniform throughout the State. Little grog shops have sprung up at nearly every corner and cross road, and the traffic is liberally conducted m every sec tion, notwithstanding the vigilance of the moral part of the community, who would expunge it if possible. British Railway Revenues. —Some very curious and valuable tables have recently been published in England by Mr. Racket. According to these, it appears that the revenue of the railways of the United in 1857, was no less than twenty-four million pounds. The capital of these lines is about three hundred million pounds. The railway profits for last year must have been about thisteen million pounds, or about four per cent of the total capital; but from a con siderable portion of the three hundred million pounds capital being in loans and preference shares aj a rate of interest averaging more than the percentage of profits, the average dividend is aboat three and a half per centum per annum. Success or Southern Manufacturing Estab lishments.—Mr. J. L. Rogers, iu a comamnica* lion to the National American , says: “That in Georgia, the Roswell Company has been very suc cessful, paying regularly from ten to fourteen per cent, dividends, and extending their works. There are a number of establishments in North Alabama and Western Tennessee that have been paying large profits from the manufacture of various kinds of plaids, checks, tickings, etc., which com mands in the markets where they sell, a higher price than those from any other factory. All their operatives are negroes, owned by the company. Their establishment is now worth some four hun dred thousand dollars. Martin, Weakly & Co., near Florence, Alabama, have succeeded equally as well. They commenced about ten years ago with one smull factory; in a few years they built a second, larger than the first, and during the past summer have completed a third and very exten sive one.” FrßE. —About 3 o'clock yesterday morning, our citizens were aroused by the alarm of fire, which proved to be the smoke-house and some out-houses belonging to our townsman. Mason Harwell, in the suburbs of the city. /mery (Ala.) Confederation, Feb. 9. Why is au omnibus strap like a conscience ? Be cause it is au inward check to the outward Letters from Cotton Planters. The following letters, from intelligent and ex perienced planters, we received yesterday, in re sponse to our enquiries about the cotton crop, the probable quantity raised last year, and the quanti ty on hand, and the probable increase of land that will be planted in cotton the ensuing spring: Dailey's Nursery, near McDonough,) t* llenr 3 r County, Ga., Feb. 10, 1858. f Mr. and a-half miles of where 1 now reside, for the last thirtv-three years. Nine of my neighbors made m the aggregate in 1856, one hundrwi and thirty-four bales ot cotton, and had sold, before January ninety bales, leaving on hand forty-four bales. The same tarms made in 1857, one hundred and sixty-four bales. Sold before January, twentv eigut bales; on hand in January, one hundred and eighteen bales; sold since January, fifty-six bales • on band to-dav, sixty-two hales. Less cotton hai been sold m this county, up to January, than any year since I came to the county. I thin*k m the crop of 1856 and 1837 m this county there is not much difference. I think this year there will be more cotton planted in this county than has been for any year for some time. Crops of wheat were the best that have been for the last twenty vears. Corn very good. A good many persons have corn enough to last two years, so they say. Jasper County. Ga., Feb. 4th, 1858. Mr. Editor— Dear Sir: You request your plant ing friends to give you a true statement to certain questions propounded with regard to the last cot ton crop, and the prospect for a future crop. Ist. I am of the opinion that the last cotton crop was at least one-fourth less than was made on the same number of acres of land last year, ’SB, and the crop of ’SB was about three-fourths of an aver age crop. 2nd. The planters of Jasper county have sold about one-half of their last year’s crop; lam of the opiuion that the planters have on hand now, at least one-half of their last crop. 3rd. At the first opening of the season, last fall, the planters did sell cotton more freely than usual, owing to the high prices, but these sales were lim ited to small lots, owing to the lateness of the open iug of cotton generally. Ido not think, however, that the amount sold up to this time is as large as usual, and there is not more than one-half the cot ton in the hands of planters that there was at this rime last year; the old crop was on hand at that time, as well as a part of the new— old and new were sold before the crop of’s7 came in—con sequently, the farmers of this county have only on hand the crop, or part of the crop, es last year,’ 57. sth. I am of the opinion that the amount of land that will be planted this year, will be about one fourth larger than last year, and for the following reasons: Ist. At the commencement of last crop, corn was very scarce, and the farmers were driven by sheer necessity to plant more of their land in corn last year than usual; owing to the late spring and frost in April, large quantities of land that was planted in cotton was re-planted in corn. The crop of '57, was, per acre, at least one-fourth fall ing off from the crop of ’56. M v second reason for planting a large crop this year is, the farmers are of the opinion now that the next crop will com mand a high price, and they are all more or less in debt; cotton being the crop to command ready money, they will again forget the scarcitv of ’57, and pitch into a heavy cotton crop. 3rd. Last year they did not have corn sufficient to feed their stock in cultivating a large cotton crop, which is indeed a very essential element in making a large crop ; while at present the county is blest with a plenty of corn. The grain crop is uot as as it was last year. The planters have held their lands in order that they might plant them in cotton as they cin make more money per acre with cotton than wheat. If cotton continues to bring a high price there will be a very heavy crop planted, and in ’59 we may look out for another scarce and hard year, for certain it is, we cannot in this county make a heavy crop of both cotton and corn. If the season is ever so favorable, our lands are too poor. Advance in Sperm Oil. —The New Bedford Standard learns that three hundred barrels of sperm oil have been sold within a few days at a price over one dollar and fifteen cents per gallon; understood to be about one dollar and twenty cents. The National Monument in Independence Square. The Baltimore Sun % in urging this subject upon the attention of the Maryland legislature, thus re fers & the project wileh origipMSfl with the Orty Council of Philadelphia, to erect hV contributions of the original thirteen States of the Union, a monu ment in Independence Square m that city, to com memorate the declaration of eur independence: There is a most beautiful idea embodied in this monument—the sons of the sires of 76 uniting in one grand undertaking to pay, at this late day, the debt of gratitude due to the illustrious men of the revolution, whose bold and daring acts in the dark days of 76 secured the liberty we now enjoy, and made us the freest and happiest people on the face of the earth. This project is confined to the old thirteen States, and very properly so. Already nine of the thirteen States have adopted the bill, Georgia being the first to respond. The bill passed one branch of our legislature last session, but an adjournment took place before it was « eached in the other brauch. We hope some pa triotic member will take hold of the bill at once £nd secure its passage. Maryland stood shoulder to shudder with her sister States in the perilous days of the reTohition, and she cannot desert them in this movemeut to pei'pe*°*te the events of that period. ’Tis proposed loCfect ».monument on In dependence Square, in the citjr of Philadelphia. This is eminently right and proper. It was on this sacred spot that the Declaration first saw the light, of day, and it is the only spot for a great national project, such as is contemplated. Independence Square is the property of the city of Philadelphia : and with great liberality, under a movement made by A. G. Waterman, (a Virginian, we believe), she, by ordinance, has given each of the old thir teen States an interest in it, in common with her self, for the purpose proposed. We hope in a few days to be able to state that the bill has passed both the Maryland and Virginia legislatures. The bill, we learn, has just been defeated in the legislature of Virginia. Now and Then.— ln 1850 California applied for admission into the Union. It was insisted—and correctly, no doubt—that her application was ir regular ; that her Constitution was not adopted by a majority of all her citizens; and that she was forced into the Union by the interference of the then President of the United States. Mr. Thomas L. Harris, of Illinois, warmly advocated her ad mission. Addressing the House upon the subject, he said: "Mr. Chairman: lam for the admission of Cal ifornia as a State into this Union—California as she is, with her Constitution and proposed bound aries. I wish her to be admitted now ; I wish no remanding— a thing that never was done at all, and never ought to be done, in such a case as this. * * It is objected to the admission of California, that the President has improperly interfered in its or ganization, ana that without his interference through a certain gentleman, late a member of this House, she never would have applied for admission in the manner she has, and witn such & Constitu tion as she has presented.” Kansas is now asking admission into the Union. She comes to us with a Constitution republican in its character, framed by a convention legally as sembled for that purpose, and ratified by a major ity of the people for whom it was framed. Mr. Harris opposes this Constitution, and resists the admission of Kansas under it. He thinks her Con stitution ought to be remanded—" a thing,” ac cording to his notions in 1850, “thatuever was done at all, and never ought to be done in such a case.” We leave to Mr. Harris the task of reconciling his past with his present position on this subject. Washington Union, Feb. 10. On one occasion, during Burr’s old age, when his kind, but low-spirited landlady, had met with an affliction? she said t» him : “Oh! Colonel, how shall I get through this?” “ Live thioughit, my dear!” was his emphatic reply. Siill complaining, she said, “This will kill me, Colonel, I know 1 cannot survive tftib.” •Well,” said he, "die, then Madame. We must all die ; but bless me, die game.” The. story suggests the ruling characteristic of the conspirator. He commit'ed, it is true, grave sms, but he never whined over the penalty. He faced the consequence* without flinching, and disdained to apologise or express a contrition which he did not feel. Even during his four years of pitiable exile in Europe, his only regret in con templating his povertv,arises from his inability to see his daughter and her little child, and to pur chase the beautiful gifts which he desired to lav ish upon them on his return. In a word, Burr liv ed and died as he advised his only landlady to live and die—game. From the Amthem Firmer, lUhinel. Murder in While County*-Election of County Officers. Through the kindness of Capt. W. H. Dorsey of this place, we learn the particulars of a moat horrible murder committed on the night of tha , Ist mat. r in the new county of White, which, our readers will recollect, was laid off by the last leg islature from the counties of Lumpkin and Hab ersham. The parties were Ben Hensley and Jack Winters. It seems that, some time since, Hensley had accused Winters of stealing corn, and that Winters, to revenge himself, had gone to Hens ley’s house while he (Hensley) was absent, and after drawing a large knife, had threatened to kill every member of Hensley’s family if they did not leave the place. For this, Hensley had a peace warrant issued, and placed in the hands of an of ficer. Up to the Ist inst., however, it had not been served. On that day the election for county officers was held at Mt. Yonah, and both parties were present. They both were drinking, and dur ing the course of the day had some angry words. Hensley went home late in the evening, and about dark, Winters rode up to his (Hensley’s) bouse, and invited him to come out and drink with him. Hensley refused, and to a similar invi tation, his wife and daughter replied in the same manner. Winters then became very abusive and 9 Erofane, and Hensley walked out to him. When e got within reach of Winters, the women saw Winters strike him over the head with what they supposed was a bottle, but which proved after wards to be a decanter. Being greatlv fright ened, they ran off to the nearest neighbbors, and the alarm being given, a party were soon • n iPT™ 1 murderer. He was found m bed in his own house, about half a mile trom the scene of the murder, and was im mediately arrested. The Coroner of Habersham county was notified, and an inquest was held, re sulting in the commitment of Winters to the jail at Clarksville. The head of the murdered man was awfully mangled—the skull being cutfentirely through in several places, one side of it crushed in and his jawbone broken. One arm was also brok en. A bloody axe and stake pulled from the fence were found near the body, ana the supposition is, that they were also used in the work of death. The following is a complete list of the county officers elected on the Ist inst.: Clerk Superior Court, William M. Sumpter; Clerk Inferior Court, William Kitnsey; Ordinary, Wilks T. Leonard; Judges Inferior Court, Cary Cox, W. B. Shelton, A. Dorsey, E. P. Williams, John Trammell; Sher iff, Isaac Bowen ; Tax Receiver, William Burk ; Tax Collector, Champion Ferguson ; Treasurer, T C. Beall: Surveyor, Vincent Sears; Coroner, W. A. England. A majority of these, we a~e Democrats. Tt must have been a “ free sight 4 though, for there were forty-eeven candidates for the fourteen offices to be filled. • From the Washington States. Arizona. We make the following extracts from a letter received by a distinguished Senator from a gentle man who has just completed a trip through Arizo na. The writer is a prominent citizen of Califor nia, who has represented one of the northern coun ties in the State legislature. Our readers will no tice that this letter confirms the most favorable accounts of this newly acquired region, which is now attracting so large a share of public atten tion : San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 24, 1855. Dear Sir \ I arrived here lasi night, directly from El Paso, and I am happy to* ay that I am de lighted with mv trip through the 41 Purchase.” I was at Fort Yuma, Arizona Mines, Tucson, Cola bozas, and Bopori, j n a ]i twenty-five days; at Messilla, on the Rio Grande, five clays. In a word, ’tis a great grazing country. The valleys of the Rio Sau Pedro and Rio Minnefres cannot be surpassed in beauty and extent, and from Fort Yuma to the Rio Grande is the best natural road in the world. I became acquainted with nearly all the Ameri can inhabitants in the Territory, most of whom are from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. They are principally engaged in mining for silver, cop per, and lead, in which the western portion of the Territory abounds. I have been to a great many mines; nave seen silver, copper, and lead taken out almost pure. There are pieces of natural iron lying in the plaza, at Tueson, that will weigh over a ton each, taken from the surface of a neighboring mountain. All that these enterprising people want, to insure success, is protection ; and they ore delighted with the prospect of a Territorial organ ization. Your sincere friend, lleney P. Swektland. V- From the Baltimore Sun, Fdu Id. t A<hiiu»«uubv tin' Indian* *< The Queen Mothe#of Oude clii-d at f*arfs on the 24th ult. The Belgian government has no intention of al tering the laws in respect to foreign refugees, but will content itself with prosecuting the newspapers before mentioued. Sir James Outram was at Alumbagh withAur thousand men. Sir Campbell was going to Fat tehpore. The insurgents were assembled at Ketah in great force, and, it was said, hud dethroned the Rajah. The Azmighur frontier was threatened, and Gen. Grant was marching there. The advance io cotton was in consequence of the Americau advices per the Niagara, and the con tinued ease in the money market. Middling Or leans is quoted at 7, Mobile at 8%, and Uplands at 8 13-16. The market closed firm. The animation in the cotton market at Liver pool does not extend to Manchester, and the man ufacturers and spinners complain of their inability to obtain the prices which the enhanced value of cotton demands. In the London money market there is scarcely any demand, although money is offered at three per cent, on choice paper. Foreign stocks are fiat Dank shares are firm. The Bank of England pur cuutffl only one hundred arid forty thousand pounds sterling of gold on Tuesday, and the total butliou now in its vaults is believed to exceed fif teen million pounds sterling. Consols, after offi cial hours on Tuesday, further declined, closing at i)4% a #5. At Paris, on Tuesday, there was an increasing improvement in the general commerce of France. The Austrian government has forwarded dis patches to Paris and London, which express a de sire to adopt a conciliatory policy with regard to the navigation of the Danube. No day has yet been fixed for the trial of Pierri and his accomplices, who are supposed to have been connected with the plot against the Emperor Napoleon’s life. It is proposed to divide France into four military departments, and establish depots of arms, Ac., so that should the Emperor be takeu away, France will have at hand materials for maintaining order. The London Morning Post, in an editorial ar ticle, insists that something should be done by England to show that it has no sympathy with those execrable miscreants —the Nena Sahibs of revolutionary Europe—who, in the security which England affords, have plotted and coiibpired against the life of the Emperor of the French*. It is alleged, on the authority of a letter, that Russian agents have been creating a ferment in the Sclavonic provinces of Turkey, by circulating documents relative to the projected ’ abolition of serfdom in Russia. Fresh disturbances have broken ont in Bosnia, and the Porte has dispatched thither a large body of troops. The Ottoman government has published a plan of the ministry for the withdrawal of paper money, by means of an issue of three hundred and twelve millions francs of sehims, guaranteed by the pro* duce of custom duties and direct taxes. Belgium. —Letters from Ghent announce that the government had refused to change the laws in re ference to political refugees. Italy. —No further revolutionary attempts at Aa cond nave taken place. India and China.— Additional dispatches, pub lished in the English journals, announce an anti cipated engagement with'the rebels at Alumbagh, and that Gen. Outram was preparing for defense. An immense number of rebels were concentrating at Bithoor. The intelligence from China is entirely devoid of striking features. The course of the French fleet in reference to the'anticipated attack on Can ton is unknown. It is believed that the Chinese authorities will wject the British ultimatum, in which event fearful slaughters is apprehended. j The new ministry already meets with considera ble opposition. Commercial and Financial. —The Havre cotton market had advanced, with a more general de mand. The bullion in the Bank of France was steadily increasing. No failures of importance bad occurred in any direction. Evils in the journey of life are like the bills / which alarm the travellers upon their road; they* both appear great at a distance, but when we ap proach them, we find they are far less insurmoun table than we had imagined them. vjj A bashful printer refused a situation in a prin- m* ting office where femules were employed, saying ; that he never “set up with a girl in his life.”