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Scientific) Expedition to Florida. We understand that the Lyceu:n of Natural Histoiy in Williams College pros potes to undertake nn expedition to the western coast of Forida, for the purpose o! studying the natural history of the country, and of making collections of shell*, botanical and ornithological speci mens, &c. It is intended to chatter a schooner having accommodations lor a bout twenty peisons, to be composed in i part ol members of the society, and thu ! icmniiider men who are engaged in sci entitle investigation in the country, and to sail troin this city in March, to be ab-1 sent about two months. Such an .expe dition as this cannot fail to result in both pleasures and profit to those interested in the advancement ol natural science. The cost of the schooner, manned and provisioned, will be $ 1000 • this sum u divided into shares ot SSO each, and it 1 expected that those who engage in the expedition will at least be partly repaid bv the fine collection of specimens which will be allotted to each, after a set has been taken for the college cabinet. The society has already undertaken no less than llnee expedi ions—two to Nova Sco tia and one to Newfoundland—all of which resulted well and attracted little notice, and we do not doubt that this will be equally profitable in its ie •tilts. l’ersnns interested in this exursion, and who desire to increase their cabinets can make further inquiries or send remit tance* to Pi of. Albert Hopkins, of Willi ams College. —Boston Traveller. A New Kansas Bill. The following is the bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Wilson, amendatory of an act passed May IJtJih, 1851, entitled “An act to organize the Territories of Ncbraskn and Kansas.’’ Be it enacted by the. Senate and House of Representative's oj the United States of America in Congress assembled, That one hundred aud fifty-first chapter jaFne alleged “Laws of the Territory of nan,” entitled ’’An act to punish offences against slave property,” with all such provisions ol that code as recognize and protect slavery in said Territory, and all provision which establish official oaths other than those specified in the organic act, or which requires any test in regard to slavery or the fugitive 6lave law, to he applied to attorneys, jurors or voters, or kirspend the writ ol habeas corpus, or which allows any other than actual tesi dentsol said Territory to vote, or which allows jurors to be selected in any other manner than by lot, or which punish citi zens of said Teriitory by chaining them together and exposing them to labor on the public wotk, with iron chains and balls attached to them, be, and the same are hereby declared inoperative aad void, Cost of English Papers. —The Lon don newsmen lurnish the Times or Post the dav of publication for $5,75 a quar ter. For ltie Herald $C> 50 a quarter is charged. The second edition of the Lou tl'tt Times, Sun, Globe or Standard, is furnished at $7,50 a quarter, or S3O a year. Copies ot the Times one day old ate furnished at $4 a quarter, so that the diff-rence in the cost in England between a paper nl the latest edition on the day ot publication, or the day next succeding, is equal to the subscription ptice of the largest commetcial newspaper of the Uni ter’ States. A file ol the London Times taken in this country costs about $52 a year, or neatly seventeen cents for each copy lor the paper. The English papers are conducted on the cash system exclu sively. They have no subscribers, but are furnished to newsmen by the ream, who gnpnly “patrons” in the city and country districts. The Supreme Court on the Wil not Proviso. — The Washington corres pondent of the New York Herald states that the United States Supreme Court have come to a decision upon the impor tant question presented in the case of Dred Scott, recently argued before that tubunnl. Judges Taney, of Maryland Daniel, of Virginia, Wayne, of Georgia, Catron, ol Tennessee ; Nelson, of New Y *rk ; and Gier, of Pennsylvania, held that Congress has no power over .lie ques tion of slavery in the Teiritories, and that the Missouri Compromise is uncon stitutional, and therefote of no effect.— Judges McL* an of Ohio, and Curtis of Massachusetts, held that Congress has | power over the question of Slavery in the 1 Territoiies. The decision will be form ally announced in a lew days by Chief Justice Taney. An Unfortunate Man— Sheriff An sel Wright, of Northampton, Mass., is something of a wag A lew days ago, a scurvy looking stranger presented him w ith a paper, earnestly begging for mon ey. Believing him an impostor, Mr. W right handed back the paper, saying : I ptesutne you wouldn’t have asked me if yon bad known my situation ; for wheth er you believe tt or not, every bit of prop erty I have in the world is in the hands of the shetiff.’’ The astonished stare of the fellow's eyes at that moment was a sight to see. Tnx Telegraph. —We aie gratified in being able to slate that the workmen on the Telegraph line between this place and Columbus are now within the su burbs of our city, and that the entire line will be completed by to morrow or nex’ day, and reads’ for the transmission ol news.— Apalachicola Commercial Adver tiser t 31s< ult. THE REP ORTER. CUTHBERT, OA , JANUARY 13. The Law o t Newspapers. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to tlio contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order lha discontinuance of their newspapers, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If Mihscriher* neglect or refuse to take their newspapers from iho offiees to which they are directed, they arc held responsible until they have settled the hills and ordered theirs discon ued. 4. If subscribers remove to cither place* with out informing the publishers, nod the newspapers are sent to tlio former direction, they are held responsible. 5. Tiie Courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia ev idence of intentional fraud. 6. The United Slates Courts have also re peatedly decided, that a Postmaster who lie gleets to perform his duly of givinir reasonable notice, as required by the Post Office Depart ment, of the neglect of a person to lake from the office newpapers addressed to him, renders the Postmaster liuble to Lite publisher for the uhscriptiu i price. Agents Wanted, To solicit subscriptions for the •’ Rkpoßtkr.” rPor particulars, apply at the Office. For Sale. Ono third interest in the Cutliberl Reporter is ofT-rcd fur sale. Too paper is doing a good business, and its patronage can he doubled by a little exertion. To a porson of energy, a good opportunity is offered. A bargain will bo given For particulars, apply at the office. Head This. Persons indebted to us for JOB WORK or ADVERTISING-, are requested to set tle up- Cash is always due for Job Work upon delivery. - . a ■— —~ INDUCEMENTS TO CLUBS. We will send the Reporter to Clubs nt the following reduced prices : Three copies-one year, $5 00 Six copies one year, 9 00 Ten copies one year, 15 00 gej-Thu cash must always accompany the order. R A If.UO VI) NOT IC r,. The under* gned were appointed u commit tee to invite and request ALL who have sub scribed for Slock in the proposed extansion of the S. W. Railroad, and the citizens generally, to meet at the Court House in Cuthbert on the 20th inst., to consider matters of importance connected with the project. All aro requested to he present. J M. I£ OUN N , M. G. STAMPER. K L. DOUGLASS. To our Subscribers. In a short time, six months will have expired since the first No. of the Report- : er was issued. Oar terms, as all aware, I arc $2 in advance ; $2 50 if delayed; six months, and $3 at the end of the | year. Now, thoso who have not paid us for their paper, and wish to avail them selves of tlio advance price, can do so by j sending us $2 ; otherwise, the full amount will be charged. Cannot our subscribers nss'st us in ex tending the circulation of the Reporter l Let each one endeavor to procure one or p'orc names, and thus help us to place j the paper upon a firmer bases. Now ; that we arc publishing the Sheriff sales, j the citizens of the county ought to pat-1 ronize their press more liborally than they have douo heretofore. Seo our inducements to Clubs. gfscWo call the special attention of our readers to the article in to-day’s pa per over the signature of “ Randolph.” Why it is that our citizens hesitate to as sist this great project, we are at a loss to conjecture. If this opportunity to secure a Rail Road to our town is allowed to pass,we may never have a Road. Let eve ry one make an effort to obtain additional subscriptions, and success will crown our efforts. We notice that the subscribers for stock in the South Western Rail Road Company, aro to meet in Convention at Kufuula, on Thursday, 15th inst- Other persons who feel an interest in the enter prise, aro also invited to be present. Affairs in Kansas. Eeverything in dicates present and prospective peace and quiet in Kansas. Moderate free State and pro-slavery men seem satisfied with Governor Geary’s administration. The disbanding of Captain Walker’s and Col onel Ti'us’s militia has been already no ted. The land sales at Leavenworth had at last accounts, progressed without any thing of unusual interest. The land had been sold as far east as the vicinity of Stranger's Creek. It would be at least two weeks before it reached the neighbors hood of Kickapoo, Leavenworth, or Del aware. As high af $4 per acre had been given for the land, and for the lust few days it had ranged from $2 75 to $4 per acre, (tjr Among the list of patents recently issued at Washington, Jonathan Adams, of Eatonton, Ga , lias taken out one for i m improvement iu plows. JR:inßalph Sliojifr Stiles. It will be seen by reference to our ad vertising columns, that we this week commence the publication of the Sheriff Sales of this County. Although we are not remunerated for publishing them, we do so for the benefit of our subscribers who reside in the county. We have so licited them of our Sheriff, without sues eess. What his reasons are for giving his patronage to a paper published sixty miles from his office, when there is one j published within one hundred yards of j his door, wo cannot at present tell. We know that a majority of the citizens of Randolph prefer having such matters published in their County paper, instead of one that takes no interest whatever in the afuirs of the County, save to reap the benefits of said advertisements. These advertisements cost annually be tween S3OO and SSOO, which are paid for by the citizens of Randolph county to build up and enrich a paper published in Columbus, when there is one published in their own County, and which amount, il given to that paper, would he expended in this community. If our citizens were benefitted by having said advertisements published iu the Times & Sentinel, we would say nothing upon the subject, but as our terms for publishing them arc the same as those of said paper, we cannot see what benefit they derive from having them published abroad ; for we doubt ! not our circulation in the county is much larger than that of the Times 8t Sentinel As our Correspondent in another col umn remarks, we arc under many obliga tions to Judge Leonard for his patronage. We shall continue to publish the Sheriff Sales, whether we are paid for it or not. Those of our citizens who have been taking the Times & Sentinel merely to sec said advertisements, can now patronize their local press ; for we assure them that the Sales will appear regularly every mouth. Read the article of X. V. Z. Attemit to Assassinate the Kino of Naples. —An attempt has oeeu made on the life of the King of Naples. The fact has been announced in several tele graphic despatches one of which appear ed iu the Liverpool Mercury of the loth; but there is no harmony in the subsidiary facts briefly, recorded by those despatch es. As we knew from previous advices, there was to he a grand review at Naples! on the Bth, in honor of the Immaculate Conception and an expectation was enter tained that a military demonstration | would bo made in the sense of constitn- j tional address to the King said to have j been lately signed by a great many sol diers. I ho review did take place as fixed, and one account states that while the troops were defiling, a soldier of the 3d battal lion of Chasseurs rushed from the ranks and struck the King on his left side, but that his Majesty was not wounded, and that the soldier was knocked down and seized by Colonel Lntonr. A second ac count states that a soldier fired a carbine at the King, who was slightly wounded and that the soldier was killed on the spot. A3d account is, that the King received a bayonet wound and was slight ly wounded, and that the assassin was ar rested The Austrian Correspondent says that the bayonet of the soldier struck his Majesty on the right side, above the waist. I’Ar.soN Browklow and his .Tones boro’ Customers. —The last Knoxville Whig contains a churacseristic and pa thetic appeal from its editor to his former customers at Jonesboro, where the Whig was originally published. Ho offers to take hills on the Bank of East Tennessee, which are worth twenty cents to the dol lar, in full payment, and adds: ‘ Persons wishing to square up with ns can now do so. If, however, they wish to get off at a cheaper rate, they can withhold even these bills, and we prom ise during the coming year, to receipt them in lull through the paper, forever, and file our claims against them in the High Chancery of Heaven, and let them settle with their God in tlio world to come ! “Aud to lenve all without excuse, we further agree to take Shanghai chickens; hoop-skirts, boot-jacks, broom-corn, ba by-jumpers, fishing tackles, patent medi cines, sucking pigs, frozen cabbage, old clothes, colt's revolvers, second hand tooth brushes, ginger cakes, parchod corn circus tickets, or any other article found iu a country retail store l” A correspondent of a New York paper, who represents himself as a “ fa ther,’’ writes indignantly against the rascals who advertise proposals of mar riage in the newspapers, inveigling young ladies into a correspondence. He stated that “ in perhaps the first female school iu this city, one girl knew of twelve others who were thus corresponding.” C3“ A western editor says he is hard up for cash, and if his subscribers have’nt anything else they may bring in wood, but no sticks so crooked that his wife can’t twist ’em around the dinner-pot, nor no logs so tough that the devil can’t split ‘em. Communications. For the Reporter. Mr. Editor: Not being in the habit of writing for newspapers, I feel a delicacy in making the attempt ; but I hope you will permit me to intrude my article upon your patience, feeling some anxiety iu the subject upon which I write. Being a regular reader of your paper, I feel a great anxiety for its prosperity, and also for the good that may be accomplished through its establishment and circulation. It is the first enterprise of the kind in our county, and seems to be prosecuted with energy and skill. To speak of the advantages of a print ing establishment, is useless ; for all reading men are posted on this subject. It is a direct mode of communication to every man's fireside in the whole county; it is a great convenience to every citizen, and brings to it a circulation from abroad to be at once distributed to the advance ment of every man’s interest ; and not withstanding all this, I think it is not appreciated according to its merits. I have been looking out with the sharp, ness of a hawk’s eye, to see the legal mat ters of onr county published in our coun ty paper, hat some of the important matters to be published are not found in it, and why? Can it he because this paper opposes our officers politically ? —j No, this cannot be, for it has nothing to do with politics. lam an old Jackson Democrat, and hope to elect all our pub lic officers. They were elected as our public servants, to do our business to the interest of our people, and if our Sheriffs persist in their refusal to let us spe their advertisements without having to pay £ r a paper we do not want, I for one will pay my proportion to have those adver tisements re-inserted in our comity paper I am thankful to Judge Lenuard for his compliance with our wishes and antic-! ipations, and expect to pay him another ! visit at the ballot box, (provided lie should wisli it) and of course we must remember with the same degree of scruti ny, those who refuse us onr desires—we must select those who will regard our interests. 1 have more remarks to make upon this subject, the charges for publishing, l &c , but will defer them for the present., I do hope those gentlemen, under the! great responsibilities resting upon them,! will regard oar claims and grant our { wishes ; publish our own mattes at home, and encourage home enterprise. X. Y. Z. For iho ltp|iorler. Sontli-Weste-u liailrotiil Exten- i siou to ( nth lici t. .Mr Editor— By the first of February next, our county and village will take their proper positions iu the .State go on prospering and to prosper, or sink back into obscurity and disgrace. Disgrace, did I say ? Yes, disgrace ; for if we fail now to secure the advantages of a Road, how low we will fall in the estimation of all right thinking men abroad I The Kail Road is now in our reach—all we have to do is to extend our hands and grasp the prize. Will you not do it? Now, now is the day, now is the hour ; next month it may be forever too late, and our beautiful village, blessed with health, with schools, with colleges, with all fsaveone thing) that can delight the eye, please the fancy, elevate the taste, and refine the mind, be doomed to steady yet sure decay; and no sound break the repose of our si lent and deserted streets but tiie scoffs and sneers of our more prosperous, be cause more energetic, neighbors. The Board of Directors met last Wed nesday in Macon, and they still assure us that if wo raise the amount required of us, we shall have the Road. The terms offered ns are liberal, advantageous and honorable ; then, why cannot our citi zens walk up, like men proud of their county and county site, anxious to further a cause which will injure none, benefit all, and determined to advance the interest, secure the prosperity, and elevate the character of their section. It is the du ty, and should be tne pleasure of every citizen of Randolph, in this age of plenty and soap, to wash himself clean of all blame and reproach in the eyes of our sister towns, who are waiting our actiou in this mattet. Let not Eufanla say “Why block ye up the way? You oc cupy the middle ground, and yet will do nothing.” Let not Fort Gaines say “ Why stand yon, laggards, in the way l Clear the track, and let the engine whis tle.” No, no—rather let them say with oue voice, “ Well doue, good and faithful servant, thou shalt occupy the highest seat —the seat of honor among the villa ges of South Western Georgia ; wc will ihrow our off rings into thy lap, that thy citizens ntay grow fat npon the good things of earth ; we will emulate the ex ample of your philanthropic, energetic and public spirited citizens.” Let not Lumpkin step in and snatch the coveted boon from your lips • let her not any longer laugh at your poverty and supineness, but awake, arise from your lethargy, shake off the dew drops from your mane, and occupy the position ivlm b God and your nature designed you to fill —a position of prosperity, of independ ence, and of enlightenment. A few months ago, I was in Lumpkin, a stranger, and unknown at least to those present, when the subject of the Road to j Cuthbert came in the course of the i conversation ; and could you, ye men of means of Randolph, have beard bow slightingly they talked of us—how they laughed and sneered at the idea of our getting the Road—how they ridiculed us for our want of means and public spirit, inethinks your faces, like mine, would have reddened, and your ears tingled with shame and moitifieation, and you ! would have returned home determined to ido all in your power to prove to the ; world the reverse of their conclusions, ‘aud to humble into the dust thu nrro iganceand presumption of their boasted j moneyed power. I 1 write this in no tiukindiiess to Lmnp kiti and Stewart county. Many of its eitizens I highly respect and esteem ; but for the purpose of arousing our own peo-! pie to a true sense of their standing abroad, and of Inducing them, if possible, to take a higher place among the counties of Georgia than the one they now occu py. ’Tis not that I love Lumpkin lees, hut Cuthbert more. I have not attempted to prove ;he nu merous advantages of Rdl Knuds to all classes of society. ‘1 his tact is too well established to require the tepet tiou of arguments which have again and. again been exhausted ; but my appeal is to the pride and public spirit of our people, hop ing and believing, that w .tit sufficiently aroused to the importance and necessi ty of any work, they h,ve pa! is pirit enough to attempt, daring enough to en counter, and untiring energy enough to over-ride all hindrances iu the way of ultimate and cortiplete success. Then, march up boldly to the work, and the victory shall lie ours. Now, now is the time —no longer and lay—one more united effort—a strong pull, a steady pull, and j a pull altogether, and every obstacle will j he overcome. The iron steed, with ban-! uers, aud music, and greetings from the East to the citizens of Cuthbert, shake luff the brine of the Atlantic in our crowd led streets, aid bear on our best islies to jour sister towns of the West, nor stop jits onward course till it cools its hot and] panting sides in the waters of the Pacific.! RANDOLPH. Fur ihe im porter. Cuthbert, .Tan 9, 1857 Mr Editor —A young and esteemed friend of mine, a few summers ago. visit, ed the Northern States ; and while ab ’ sent, wrote me a number of hastily cora -1 posed and imperfectly digested letters [ They were not intended for publication, land I hope I do no injustice to his memo | ry when I offer them to you to fill a spare j column. I know they cannot be as in teresting and affecting to ot hers as they are to me ; but I cannot resist a desire to give them for what they are worth, to your readers, veiled as he and your cor respondent will be from the public eye by a nom de plume. Y'our friend, Curinne. Savannah, June 9th, 185— Dear : I am well, have a good ap petite, and am doing my best to eat $2,- 50 worth a day. I reached this place yesterday morning at 7 o’clock, and will leave this place for New York in the steamer Augusta, this evening at 3. Yesterday it rained nearly all day, and in fact most of the night before, while I was on the cars from Macon to this place. A part of the time, I have felt quite loue iy aud sad; but this morning the sun is shining brightly upon the square in front of me, and upon I’ulaskt Monument, aud I have cast aside the load that has oppressed me, and my eyes and soul are prepared to catch and drink iu all the beauties of the scene. Comparatively speaking, I have seen but little of Savannah ; yet the little I have seen has impressed me favorably.— Tis true, in some portions of the city the houses have rather an old and care worn expression, as though they were sighing tor the ‘* good old time” when no palatial residence towered nigh, to attract the eye ot the passer-by, and snatch Irons, their lips the first kiss of the fining sun. Still, I there are a great many very pretty resi-1 deuces here, built in every style of archi- j teeture, and some of the mongrel breed, combining all. Several of the streets are very broad, having as many as fivti rows of trees to shade the traveler, and adding very much to the besnty of thJ place. But I shall not attempt to I you a description of all the objects of it j ‘.erest that have attracted my attentio ‘ and conduced mttch to the pleasure my sojourn here. * •■ I have been down to the harbor, and “ was surprised to see so many ships, steamers, boats. &c., at anchor in the bay. To-day is so fair aud calm, that I trust we will have a pleasant trip to New York, and that to-moi row morning I may be permitted to behold that scene upon which Poets, Philosophers, Statesmen, Penny-a-liners, &c. have looked tured and caught no little inspiration therefrom—Sun-rise at Sea. When I commenced, I intended writing but a line, to inform you of my whereas bouts aud the state of my health. You need not expect to hear much from me of interest or information, as I can only promise now and then, the diagnosis! of my digestive organs, and leave your fan cy to follow me in my devious course over hill and dale, by the side of rolling streams and the roar of many waters. Be true, as I will be, and the light of hope and joy may yet ehine through the black clouds of sorrow, hung'in our hea4fl v eu by the hand of envious fate—ell be bright once more, and theu “ we may be happy yet.” My love to all. Tell to get mj old marc fat and slick try the time I re turn, and I’ll bring him something: nice from the land of stiuwa. t Affectionately, M. J. A— i Sound Advice. The New Orleans Creole rpeuki at length of the duty of Southern tnin to ei.* courage home manufactures and sustain home enterprise of every character, wins* ther iu commerce, education or literature, and on the latter head it says : Do we need a Southern literature, Southern booas, Southern publication houses, and Southern institutions of learn ing l Parrouize the Southern literature. Become a reading people, especially of newspaper literature. The daily and week ly press stimulates thought, awakes in quiry, and keeps the public alive to the movements and necessities of the timet. Like a burning lens, it collects and con ceiitrates the scattered rays of public o pinion, and give it form and power. It encourages the first thought of aspiring genius ; and, as the eagle teaches it* young eaglets how to fly, until they dare’ with eye upon the sun, cleave the liquid air far into the blue empyrean so it train* the uufleged intellect, until it can, with self poised wing, pierce the bound* physical vision, and guZe op and reflect some faint rays of the infinite Support your local press, then, as the first step to a Southern literature, for. as it is mip -1 lied with means of usefulness, it will ga ther power, and richness, and versatility, itself pioneering the way the Southern scholar must pass. Poking Fun. The L n-kport’ Advertiser, in noticing the reported challenge of Toombs by Fre mont, hits off the affair with the following bit of fun : It is rumored that the arrangement* for the meeting are all complete, and that the battle ground had bacn selected Hetirv W. Beecher, the Brooklyn warrior and philanthropist, is to be Fremont's second, and Brooks, of Soutli Carolina, is to be second lor Toomlw. Drs H Gree ley and T. Weed, will be in attendance on Fremont—they having bled him so fre quently they understand his constitution. The weapons will be Sharp’s rifles, load ed by Beecher with Kansas ga*. The distance will be four miles (by request of Fremont,) and the time midnight (by the request of Beecher ) The combatants t% wheel and fire like fury. Toombs thinks this is the surest way to kill Fremont a (scare him to death,) and therefore con-1 seuts to time and distance. Brooks de J sired canes lor weapons. The ground se™ lected is Kamtsehaka, (by advice of Bur lingame.) A boat will be chartered by Congress to take as many of Fremont’s friends as desire to be “in at the death, ” with the understanding that they are to remain there to keep slavery from spread ing its blight over the fertile country.— After the fight, a Kamtschatka dog will give a howl for freedom-” gcj* Minesota is about to take the ini tiatory steps for admission into the Uuiou as a State, through its delegate, Mr. Rice. It is estimated that a censns to determine the number of representative# to which she would be entitled, if now taken, would show a population of nearly or quite two hundred thousand, and that by the time it shall be taken, it will a*- mount to a number sufficient to give this flourishing Territory a right to- at Irani three representatives. In 1860 i it mated that her population will have be come half a million, aud that even with the highest probable ratio of representa tion, she will be entitled to four represen J tatives. A