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No. 3. Aniendatovi of the several laws in- with the
•s. Of the spirit ami x-igor xvlierc-
litor enters upon his work, the fol-
corjioratiiig the City of Millcdgex’illc. so far as j lowing extracts from his leader will give some
relates to the election of officers by the people, idea:—.V. Y. Tribune, 7th.
A full supply of BLANK?, used by Clerks, Sher
iffs, ConstaUM, Ac., always on hand.
I*nrlic««!nrw of llio Duel.
The following version was current in Paris:
A duel has taken place betwoeu the Marquis de
Turgot, the French Ambassador, and Mr. Soule, the
American Minister at Madrid,in which Lord How-
den acted as second to the Marquis de Turgot. It
appears that another duel had previously taken place
between the Duke of Alba anil Mr. Soule,,Inn., son
of the Minister, arising out of the obarrel to which
I alluded some time ago, and which took place at
the French Ambassador’s ball. It will be remem
bered that the Duke of Alba was overheard by Mr.
Soule speaking disparagingly of the dress of Madame
Soule whom he compared to Mary of Burgundy. At
the time the Duke of Alba declined the carteI sent to
him by Mr. Soule, on the gronnd that the quarrel
was a political one; but since then he seems to have
reconsidered the matter. The parties fought with
smallswords. •The affair lasted three quarters of au
hour. At length Mr. Soule fell; when the Duke,
with the point of his swonl to his breast, forced his
opponent to retfaet. It appears that the Duel be
tween the Marquis de Turgot and Mr. Soule, sen.,
originated in the same affair, so that the Duke of Al
ba, by one joke about an American lady’s style of
dress, has contrived to get up two duels.
The. Madrid correspondent of the Chronicle,
writing under date of Dec. 15, gives tlic fol
lowing version of the affair:
A duel took place yesterday at 4 1*. M„ near the
Fardo, between the'Duke of Alba and Mr. Sonic,
jim. noil of the United States envoy at this Court.—
'The seconds of the Duke were general ,1. de a Cochn
and the Count of Pnnnnmsta; and those ol’ .Mr.
Soule were Col. Milans del Bosch anil Mr. Ferry,
Secretary to the American legation. The parties
fought with swords, bnt fortunately without either
being wounded, (os far as I can learn,) and it ended
ill the seconds drawing up a minute of the proceed
ing* a* having been conducted in a manner satisfac
tory to the honor and reputation of both parties. It
wa* also agreed, I am told, that the letters which have
passed between them should be mutually withdrawn
• A letter from Madrid, dated December 17,
has the following:
I tegret to have to inform yon that the affair to
which 1 slightly alluded yesterday lias terminated in
:i hostile meeting in spite of the efforts of the friends
of the parties to bring about a jieaceshle arrange
ment ; and it is admitted on all sides that l^ord thov-
den’S effort* to reconcile them have been unremit
ting. The principals are M. de Turgot, French am
bassador, and Mr. Soule, United States envoy at this
court. The seconds of the fonner were Lord How-
den, and General Caller, French commissioner on the
boundary question. Mr. Soule was attended by Gen.
Valdez and Senor B. A. de Gainimln. The duel took
place this morning with pistols, at twenty paces, the
parties meeting at Chnmartin, a league from Madrid,
at half past eleven. The first tire took place with
out effect. On the second lire, M. de Turgot was
shot throngh the leg, near the knee; he was imme
diately removed home in liis earringe, and bore the
injury pretty well. The leg is now a good deal swol
len ; but as* it appears that the kneecap was not
toiielied, aud no principal artery wounded, it is trust
ed that bis state is not one of danger.. Mr. Soule was
not wounded.
Destructive Con flag ratios—Burning of
the Melrojtnlitan Hall and La Forge Hotel.—
A fire broke out about 10 o’clock on Sunday
morning, 8th inst., in the Metropolitan llali.
New York, by which, in the space of two
hours, that magnificent building and the new
marble fronted Hotel, called the La Farge Ho
tel, were entirely destroyed. The hotel, which
was not yet occupied, was probably the most
costly in the city, having a large front on
Broadway, and extending hack to Mercer
street. The loss is immense. Several other
buildings on Broadway aud Mereer street
were damaged.
No buildings were burnt other than the La-
Fane House and Metropolitan Hall. The
roof of a frame building on .Mercer street, was
crushed in by the falling of the rear wall of the
nit el, and several other buildings were scorch
ed. Nothing bnt the walls of the hotel were
left—which were levelled by the firemen. The
hotel was leased by Charles Waiglit—and fur
nished entire, and was to have been opened in
a few days. Nearly all the furniture was
burnt or otherwise destroyed. The lire ori
ginated in the Metropolitan Hall, where Jnllicn
was preparing for a grand dross hall.
The LaFargc House was one amongst tin*
most magnificent houses in the country, and
cost over $60O,GOO. The loss by this fire is
very heavy, and partially covered by insur
ance.
[From the Savannah News.]
The Forrigu Policy of our C«ovrrnuaruf«
Dickens has just finished his "Child’s Histo-
•v of England,” wltich has been in the course
•f publication for some months past in the suc-
• essive numbers of Household llords. Among
he closing paragraphs occurs the following
entence:
"It was In the reign of Geon-c III. that England
1 •* North America, by persisting in taxing her with-
. ei her own consent. That immense country, made
. id 'pendent under Washington, and left to itself,
became the United States—one of the greatest na-
ii.it.s of the earth. In these times in which 1 write
■ ! ij honorably remarkable for protecting it* entr/cct*,*
tamer then man trarcl, with a dignity and a deter-
Tmation which is a model for Kugland. Bstween
ok *nd me, England has rather lost gronnd In this
. .upeet since the days of Oliver Cromwell.”
This, remarks the New York Times, is a
‘iighly. honorable tribute to this country—
■rompted, doubtless, quite as much by a de-
ire to rebnkc the pusillanimity by which the
•reign policy of the British Govcrninentsccms
‘ ist now to tie characterized, as by any soc
ial admiration for the United States. The
.• mtpliment is grateful—we wish it were l>ct-
i.t deserved, lint, really, wc can recall no
.-wo, except that of Koszta, in which our Go
vernment has specially distinguished itself in
i he particular referred to. And even in that
•vise, Capt. Ingraham and the American Ide
ation to Turkey, took the responsibility of
toiag what it is* very doubtful whether they
could have done if they had awaited inst me
lon* from home. We hear of no redress de
manded for the imprisonment of Mr. Brace in
Vustria. When the minions of Mexican pow-
r saw fit to imprison, insult, and plunder an
Vmerican Consul at Acapulco, ottr Govern
ment acquiesced witlmdegree of pusillanimity
- iiich would have disgraced a much weaker
.lation than ours. Americans are even now
ntferiiig from Spanish oppression in Cuba,
vet we hear of no measures for their relief or
for redress.
'Citizen*, If you please, Mr. Dickens.
The Boston correspondent of the New York
Tribune tells the following:
" I learn that a very sad case of insanity oc
curred in this city hut a short lime since, and
from a singular cause. The person deprived
of reason is a young lady of great promise, of
very active and extraordinary mind, theyoung,
c-'t daughter of the most distinguished mem
ber of the Suffolk bar. She attended church
not many Sundays ago nt the Trinity, and
listened attentively to a sermon on hell!
The influence of the discourse so operated on
her young mind ti3 to produce insanity of such
:i type as to require the use of the straight
jacket and confinement in the hospital at Wor
cester. The parents are in the deepest sor
row in consequence of the sad event. It was
thought by her medical attendants, some days
since, that she would recover.”
No. I. 1*0 appropriate money from the Trca- I “Once again rosy morning dawns upon the earth,
sury ns a Contingent Fund lor the political I Tli« • Peace aud Order' established in Europe at tin
years 1854 and 1855,
No, 5. To lay out and organize a new coun
ty from the counties of Cherokee and Gilmer.
* No. ti. To lay out and form a new county
out of the counties of Walker and Whitfield,
and to add a portion of Walker to Whitfield,
and to organize said new county.
No. 7. To incorporate Marshall College in
the City of Griftin.
No. 8. To lay out and organize a new coun
ty from the counties of Franklin and Klbert,
and to provide for the organization of the
same.
No. 9. To amend the several acts relating
to the Court of Common Pleas aud of Oyer and
Terminer of the City of Savannah, and for
other purposes.
No. 10. To incorporate the McDonough
Collegiate Seminary, and to give the Commis
sioners of the incorporation of the town of
McDonough, that shall hereafter be elected,
full power and authority to pass and enforce
all such by-laws and ordinances as they, in
their judgment, may believe necessary to
guard the interests of the citizens residing in
the corporate limits of said town of McDon
ough, and to insure the permanent prosperity
of said institution.
No. 11. To indemnify Henry M. Burklml-
ter for loss sustained by him in consequence of
the State selling to him a fractional lot of land
to which he had no title ; also, to indemnify
Wm. Toney for a lot purchased by him under
similar circumstances.
No. 12. For the pardon of Elijah Bird, of
the comity of D.cKalb, now under .sentence of
death for the crime of murder.
No. i:t. To lay off and organize a new coun
ty from the county of Baker, and to attach the
same to a Judicial, Congressional and Military
District.
No. 14. For the relief of Nancy S. Hender
son.
No. 15. To lay out and organize a new
county from the county of Stewart, and to
provide for the organization of the same. ■
No. Iti. To allow certain citizens of the
State of Alabama to obtain Letters Testament
ary, and for other purposes: and to authorize
Robert Kennedy, Administrator, to sell lands
in this State.
No. 17. To authorize the Treasurer of this
State to make to the members of the present
General Assembly and its officers, certain pay
ments therein mentioned.
No. 18. To divide the offices of Receiver of
Tax Returns and Tax Collectors of the coun
ties of Baker, Gwinnett and Pulaski.
No. 1!>. To add a jKirtioii of Habersham
county to the county of Lumpkin; and to
amend an act to add the tract of land known
as the Shenrwood’s mill tract in Hall county,
to the county of Gwinnett, approved January
12, 1852.
No. 20. For the relief of the stockholders in
Ruckersville Banking Company.
No. 21. To consolidate the offices of Re
ceiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collector, so
far as relates to the county of Decatur, passed
2d December, 1841 ; and provide for the elec
tion in future of one Tax Receiver separately
in said county, as provided for by the general
laws of this State in such cases.
No. 22. To provide for the payment of cer
tain census-takers of this State therein named.
No. 2-’l. To abolish, change and create cer
tain election precincts in the counties herein
after named.
No. 24. To authorize the Mayor and Coun
cil of Macon to lease a portion of the City
Common, known as Napier’s old field.
No. 25. For the relief of Samuel Paseoe.
No. 21 i. To remove, almlish and create new
election precincts in certain counties in this
State.
No. 27. To lay out and organize a new
county from the county of DeKalb. and for
other purposes therein specified.
No. 28. To lay out and organize a new
county from the counties of Dooly and Irwin,
and attach the same to a Judicial tutil Congres
sional District, and for other purposes.
Assented to 20th Dee., 1850.
K x I rn ordinary l« Police ITVur-
dcr of a Young Woman, nml Nuiridr of her
lliihbaual.
M. M. V. ,ngcd 90, formed toward* the
end of 1846, an intimate liason with a young
woman, whose mother kept a furnished lodg
ing-house. A child was bom, and the liason
continued, bnt the young man’s fatnly would
not allow him to marry the girl. At length,
however, in December of last year, he married
her. '1’he newly married couple took up their
residence in the Avenue dcs Champs Elysees,
i
Mil'. Pakti M.rn \.—Shakspe.'ire’s remark
concerning the filching of a good name applies
\x it Is much force tothecaso of Mrs Partington
of ours. Her mime ha* been taken very free
ly a* the exponent of many good and many
stupid tilings all over the country, and latter
ly we see an advertisement in the New Vork
papers of a new work entitled "Mrs. Parting
ton's Curpet-Uag of Fun. \ c..” about forth
coming. Our Mr... Partington uMiv. us to
tell the world, thro’ the press, that she has
nothing to do with the New Vork work, and
has written the publishers, a requo-t to with
draw her name fro,,, their publication, as there
will soon be issued a work other own. and -he
is desirous of securing t,, herself the benefit .>f
n name that she has endeaiored to render n-
speetable.—Bost. u ?t.
young actress of the odoon accidentally set fire
to her dress, and was a good deal burnt. On
Tuesday last, M. and Madame V held one
of their usual receptions, and the latter.thougli
not very well, danced to one o’clock, in the
morning; after which she seated herself nt a
card table, and complained of a violent head
ache. Her husband also, for some time passed
had not approved of the halls, only appeared
for aliout an hour in the saloon, nml then re
tired to his own room, in which he fastened
himself. At five o’clock every one withdrew.
One of the guests apologized to Madame
V for having stoppeil so late. "Yon have
rendered me a service,” said she, "as for three
nights 1 have not closed tny eyes, and 1 shall
not he able to sleep now.” “Why not take a
drive in a carriage 1” asked a lady. “ Take a
drive! Why if 1 did so,'my husband, who is
already very jealous, would say fine things of
ine. In fact, if 1 were to go out at such an
hour, even with you, I should have ceased to
exist before the evening.” In the course of
the dny.M. V went out several times. At
4 o’clock he began writing in his room. The
femme de chambrc noticing that he was pale
anti agitatod, asked him if she should carry
the letter for him. "No.” he replied, "I will
carry it myself. --Go away. ” The servant
obeyed.
When he had concluded his letter, lie went
to the boudoir of his wife. He found her sit
ting near the window, occupied in embroidery,
and having her little girl, aged six, seated by
her side. It is not known what passed be
tween them, but in the course of a few miti-
utes, the child was heard crying to theservant,
"come, cotnc! I don’t know wlmt papa is do
ing to mama.” The fennne de chambrc has
tened to the room. She found Mdme. V
lying <m the floor, and her husband lying over
her. When he saw her he arose, and threw a
poignant, which was covered with blood, into
tho middle of the room and saying, "I am go
ing to the commissary of police,” went away.
Mdme. V , who was covered with blood,
said, "Louise help tnc to rise ; 1 will sec if 1
can walk.” Tlic femme de chambrc endeav
ored to raise her, but was unable to do so.—
"Ah!” cried the mistress, “1 am lost.” A tiled
ical man was sent for nml one soon arrived.—
He found that Madame V had received two
wonnds near the heart, and others much graver
in the loins. In moving her an internal hem
orrhage wns brought on; she vomited' blood,
and in a moment expired. In the meantime,
M. V. had taken a cab and hud caused him
self to be conveyed to the commissary of police
of the (liit net. On the road the feverish ener
gy which possessed him gave way, and when
the cab stopped he was unable to alight. The
cabman informed the commissary that the gen
tleman in tlic cab had told him to drive t.. hi*
office, but that he feared lie was dead. Two
person-aided M. V -to alight, mid conveyed
him before the commissary. have just mur
dered my wife,” said M. \ -. •■Sin- deceived
me with several por.-oli* whom -lie received.
1 have silled her, and constitute iny-elf a pris
oner I" I le then fell into a-tale of profound
discouragement, ami not another word could
be got from him. Another journal - aye that
point of tix’e millions bayonet* begins to grow nerv
ous. The nightmare of five year* loosens its clutch
upon the breast of the nations, ami we see daylight
and hear the cheerful cook crow. Many a time, in
this long, dark unrest, misnamed Peace, brave and
straight, and that which is wanting cannot be number
ed.” Bnt, courage! courage! Tlic unwearied sun
chases his own shadow still; aud it is well to he
alix-c, and not dead, when the daxvn is breaking, call
ing us to the work and tho plav of life again.”
“ No reasonable being in all Europe or America, in
deed, believed that the years '48 and ’49 left Europe
unsettled, anil her destinies fixed. Nobody but mer
chants ami money dealers (who are the blindest of
God's creatures,) believed that; yet when, where,
and how soon, the trumpet xvonld sound for another
xvrestle with those organized gangs called ‘Govern
ments,’ that do bestride the narrow world like a Co
lossus, was to all men problematical enough Kvcu
now, it is far from certain, that the war on the Dan
ube, theCsiieasus slid the Blaek Sea, will ever spread
further than those boundaries, or will have any effect
whatever n]iou till* down-trodden nationalities of
Europe, beyond ono throb, one flush of joyful hope;
and then, like Sterne’s captive, on the straiv of his
cell, they may turn again to the dreary task of rouut
ing their days and years of bondage. One is not yet
sure that it is daybreak.
* «e » • *
" Meantime, the Turks are highly exasperated, and
in good spirits and condition. Tims far they have
belied all the expectations and opinions of Europe;
opinions which were carefully purchased, inculcated,
sulairued, by the prudent Czar. Tho horse-tail pen
nons of the'Pashas fly bravely on the Danube; the
Spnliis. on their Turkman steeds, are sweeping the
valleys of Caucasus and the shores of the Kuxine; it
gives* ns d< light to see and to feel, notwithstanding
the dismal doctrines of the decadence of races which
prcx'ail in these times—that our mother earth breeds
the saim- sort of sous as of old. Manhood is as rife
among tin* black browed xrarriorsof the Crescent, ns
it wns in the days of Solymau the Magnificent. And,
independently of any interests beyond the mere Itns-
so-Turkish quarrel, we say, may victory light ii|hiii
their hanm-rs! May the ranks of the Muscovite in
vaders reel before their charging Allah Hu !
“Bnt already Hungarians are swarming into Tur
key. Others are setting forth from America to join
them. If Turkey can hold her ground, notwith
standing the false" friendship of the Western Powers,
Hungary will be the first country inarms. Then a
gallant game will be on foot, indeed. Ill Berlin, Vi
enna, Milan, Paris, men are already eyeing the lines
and comers of streets, witli a view to judicious bar
ricades ; nml it is pleasing to the beuex-oleut mind to
see the terror of Kings and Courts. The ‘legitimate’
puls,- beats somewhat tremulously; and ex'en Serene
Highnesses lose their sereuity. Perhaps tho great
day of deliverance is indeed dawning for Europe. If
xve have truly estimated the resolutions and resources
of the Russian Czar, he will certainly see the quarrel
out; and will rely u|H>n bullying England at least, if
not France also, into inactivity. He knows well the
position aud peril of the British Government: and
lias no doubt that England will endure all humilia
tions, trample all treaties, rather than engage iu any
war with n powerful adversary. Her seamen, the
Czar is aware, predominate mightily along the coast
of Africa; they are gallant fellows xrhen only
Athens has to lie bombarded, and in the Canton Itiver
they are sons of thunder; but he is safe iu believing
that they will let liiin alone.
“The war, however, is very likely to grow and
spread—no man can tell lion- many |>ower* will be
brought into it. If it last long, America will not he
able to avoid collisions, and xve shall be glad of it.—
War, iu a just cause, is a wholesome exercise, and
America and the world grow dull and obese without
it. Look up, ve life weary exiles of all lands, and
see if it he not indeed the morning that is red in that
eastern sky. We have a vision of royal thrones
crackling ami Mazing, and dropping to ashes in the
public squares of capital cities—dungeons razed, and
the captive set free—barricades coming down, and
leaving the streets clear again, for pmeessious of gay
citizens, aud funerals of the glorious dead—smoking
rafters and walla of ruined royal palaces—smiling
cottages of free and coutented peasauts—and twenty
gleaming tri-colors of twenty republics stnddiug the
soil of Europe ox-er, as stars gem her sky. There is
so nineh yet to live for!”
‘The Citizen,’ we understand, commences
its issue will* orders for forty-five thousand
copies on its books. If talent, independence,
energy, nml thorough devotion to Justice aud
Freedom for all, are duly appreciated, its sub
scribers will soon rcachoue hundred thousand.
mnj.
Election in Dougherty County.
The first election in the new county of
Dougherty, (of xvliich Albany is the county
site,) was held on Monday, the 2d inst., and
resulted as follows:
For Sheriff—Philips, Dcm., 21 maj.
Clerk Stijicrior Court—Irving, Whig, (1
Clerk Inferior Court—Johnson, Deni. t! mnj.
Ordinary—Smith, Whig, 2 inaj.
Tax Receiver—Adams, Dein., 15 maj.
Tax Collector—Rutland, Dcm., 14 mnj.
Coroner—Hooks, Dent., 3 mnj.
Democratic Judges of the Inferior Court
were elected nt an average majority of about
twenty. Parties in the county seetn to be
nearly balanced.
Douohertt Countt.—Taken entirely- front
Baker. It will be 25 miles long between East
and West, and 124 miles broad from North to
South. It contains between 4 and 500 voters
who arc, take them as a mass, men of as much
intelligence, industry, and enterprise as are to
be found in Georgia. The slave population is
very large. The property assessed for taxes
the present year exceeded four millions of dol
lars, and is increasing rapidly iu wealth. The
city of Albany is selected as the county site
which contains a imputation of 1200, with a
capital vested in merchandize of over 150,000
dollars.
Dr. Nott ami Uniox College.—The mu
nificent endowment of six hundred thousand
dollars which Dr. Nott has made to Union Col
lege, Albany, he is said to have amassed by’
laborious research and industry. This large
private fortune, the Albany Journal says, he
has zealously kept sacred,not for himself, but
for the cherished object of his life. Grown to
almost princely proportions, he uses it noxv, in
accordance with his long entertained purpose,
iu a series of eudoxvmciits that will place
Union College above every similar institution
in the land. The Board of Trustees iu accept
ing the endowment have invited "all the grad
uates of Union College to meet them at the
pext annual commencement and unite in cou-
f ratniations to Dr. Nott at the then close of
fty years since he entered on his ditties as
President, nml to rejoice with him and xvitli us
in the prosperity of this institution, to the ad
vancement of which he has so successfully de
voted the energies of a great miml, for the tints
unexampled period of half a century.”
Recruits Joining the Revolutionists.—
The Him Francisco Commercial Advertiser
says : “Wc have received, by private advices,
Intelligence from the adventurers by the bark
Caroline, which sailed from this port in Octo
ber last, with the acknowledged intention of
conqucriug Sonora.
At La Pnz, after the reduction of the town,
the Americans secured above 200 recruits, who
cheerfully’ joined the ranks, and agreed to go
to tlic death with the ucxv comers.
New York Expenses.—The following arc
some of the expenses of the City’ Government
of New York xvithin the past year :
"The Street cleaning expenses of 1853
amount to 8289,025—the appropriation there
fore being $290,BUG. “Elections” is an item
noted nt 829,832. The Alins House cost
$330,000, or $5,000 less than the appropria
tion. Police expenses amounted to the round
sum of $014,593; the Fire Department to
880,000. The Common Council expended, for
contingencies, the sum of $81,184 50—only
850,000 more than the appropriations. Coun
ty contingencies arc charged xvitli $111,091
86. Donations xvere granted to the amount
of $14,974. Lamps and gas cost $293,977.—
The City Inspector's Department came far
within the estimate—having expended only
$49,339, out of $.-2,275 placed at its disposal
by the appropriations for the year. The In
terest on Revenue Bond- amounted to $74,-
306,15. Salaries connted up to $234,000; the
Km- Pavement e -t *135,000; Docks and
Slips, $'-12ti,072 for new works, and $36,500
tor repairs. Street expenses, above the cost
of the -vlemiiiiL’.” put down at ;*!*!•.!*!*7 ti?.
Contract work cost $88,939 35.
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of tile Am
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Thuts. now
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hears the title
MACON, GA.
TUESDAY .MORNING, JANUARY 17
- - * On Sunday’ lust, the Rev. Mr. Bkkck
was regularly installed as Pastor of the Pres
byterian Congregation in this city—the Rev.
Dr. Talxiadqe and the Rev. Mr. Bom \ n aid
ing in the ceremonies.
Loki of thcSnu Frniici«<*o.
The following dispatch xve take from the
Journal ff Messenger, Extra, of yesterday :
Cuaiu.kston, 45 min. past 10 o’clock, A. M.
The Sail Francisco foundered 4tli inst. 240 passen
gers drowned. Col. Washington, Maj. Taylor and
xvife. Cant. Field, Lieut. Smith, lost; also, txvo ladies,
three children, and 150 United States troops. Mnj.
Weyse and Lieut. Winder, nrrix-ed nt New York ;
others on board brig Kelly, for Boston. Lieutenants
Winder nnd Chandler, on hoard ship Atlantic for
Lix’erpool. Mail brought full particulars.
V. -N. Senntor.
At last, there seems to be some probability
of electing a Senator to succeed Judge Daw
son. On Thursday, Mr. Smith, of Coweta,
moved to take up the Resolution bringing on
that election. On Friday’, a very animated
discussion was held on points of order, and
finally five of the disaffected Democrats left
the Chamber, leaving the Senate xvithnut a
quorum. On Friday night, a Democratic
meeting was held, throe of the five being in at
tendance, viz: Anderson, Bailet and Moon.
A resolution was passed, declaring it expedient
to bring on an election, and releasing every
man from the eattens obligation, leaving the
field free to all comers. On Saturday a Reso
lution passed the Senate, bringing on the elec
tion on Tuesday, (to-day,) and in case of fail
ure on that day, any day thereafter—the vote
standing 47 to 43. It is possible, bnt not
probable, that the Resolution was re-considered
on Monday. If not the election will probably
come off to-day. It is difficult to say’ who will
l»e elected, but it is supposed that the chances
are decidedly in favor of Gov. McDonald.
Ilnniiridt- in JTIHledgeTille.
On the 11th instant, Wm. A. Ralston, a
resident of this place, was killed in Milledge-
ville, by Archibald Hunt, of Albany’.—
Ralston was standing in front of McCombs’
Hotel, conversing with a gentleman, when
Hunt approached him, familiarly saying,
" tcell, Dirk, you got me ”—alluding, it is said,
to a gaming transaction which had previously
occurred between them. Ralston enquired
xvliat he meant, hut Hunt merely repeated the
xvords. Ralston then enquired if he meant
to charge him xvitli cheating, to which, we un
derstand, Hunt replied, yes, I do. At which
Ralston gave him the lie, suid threw back a
cloak which he was wearing. Hunt inline
diately’ drexv a pistol and shot him through the
heart, nnd Ralston fell exclaiming "he has
killed me.” Hunt made some attempt to es
cape, but was soon captured and is now in the
hands of the proper authorities, .waiting his
trial. It is said that there had beensotne pre
vious difficulty, but the parties had nftcrxvards
seem to be reconciled. Ralston had no
weapon of any kind about his person—not
even a penknife.
Itllruin— mt Ibr l.u Fnrge House.
On the morning of the 8th, the magnificent
hotel, tlic La Farge House of New York was
destroyed by fire. It xvas built at an expense
of $600,000, and xvas one of the most elegant
structures in the city. Attached to it, xvas
Metropolitan Hall, considered to be the most
splendid Concert Room, not only of this coun
try but of the world. The La Farge xvas the
Hotel, in which our old follow citizen, St. La
nier, was interested, and our community’have
received the news of his misfortune with heart
felt sympathy. The House was partially cov
ered by’ insurance, but the loss must neverthe
less be immense.
The Maalbrrn Kclrrlir.
Mr. J. H. Fitten has disposed of his
interest in the .Southern Eclectic to his asso
ciate, B. K. Whitaker, Esq. Mr. Whita
ker is agcntleman of ability, and will sustain
the high reputation of the work.
The following is the Contents of the South
ern Eclectic, for January, 1854 :
Modern British Orators, No. II; Memoranda
by a Marine Officer: Or a Succession of Glasses
from Life’s Phantasmagoria; The Republic of
Dominica; The Institute of France; The lit
erature of Hayti; The Boatman of Montereau:
The Military Resources of Russia ; A Touch
at the Touchy’; Life and Times of Virgil;
American Authorship, No. VI; Air Maps ;
Frohsdorf; Bcrnngcr, the French Song Wri
ter ; Poetry ; Miscellaneous Reviews ; Varie
ties.
.Huron ltarrs.
The lovers of the turf may expect fine sport,
at the Spring meeting of. the Macon Jockey
Club, which comes off on Monday, the 20th of
February* next, the racing to be continued
through the week. Upon the first day will be
run, the match race for five thousand dollars
between Capt. Hamilton’s Frank Irwin, and
Col. Bacon’s Bill Dealing, formerly Gamble.
Oh Tuesday the Dean colt stakes will be con
tested, for which there arc three entries, viz:
Sam’l J. Carter enters bay colt by Epsi
lon, d:un Nancy Kclltim.
Jno. Harrison, Sr., enters b. c. Griff Ed
mondson by’ Childe Harrold, dam Mary Eliza
beth.
R. C. Mtf.rs enters s. f. out of Minerva An-
dersou by Boston.
Wednesday, 1 mile heats. Thursday, 2
mile heats. Friday, 3 mile heats.
On Saturday, colt stakes for 3 years old,—
mile heats. The same colts arc entered for
this race as for the Dean stakes on Tuesday.
The appointments of the course are in first rate
condition—the Club prosperous—and the purses
very liberal. We see no reason why capital
sport should not be anticipated, and the Spring
meeting over the Macon Course be attended
accordingly.
Government Advertising Un profit a
ble.—The Boston Daily Times, xvliich has for
eight years successfully claimed the Post Of
fice advertising, on the ground of its having
the largest circulation of any paper in that
city, now surrenders the privilege as not pay
ing its expenses. It says .*
“At the rate now paid of one cent per letter, we
have for 1.600, 816—cost of putting in type, 812—
balance, the enormous sum of four dollar*, to nay
for three colamns of the finest printed matter. In a
year, wo therefore give ffly-two insertions of this
Urge amount of matter Vur only 8200. We should
charge to all ether advertisers for the same amount
of space 860 for each insertion. Deduct from this
816, all that the government allows, and we arc out
of jiockct by the operation just 844 per week,
amounting to Two Tkoutand Two Hundred aud
Eighty-eight Dollar* per annum. To this should bo
added from tiro to Jive hundred dollar, annual ex
pense of defending our right* under tho law, and
thus we find ourselves a net loser each year of near
It three thousand dollars for tho privilege of adver
tising this list of letters 1”
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attention
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Maine.—The Legislature of Maine
bled at Augusta, Maine, on the 4th instant.—
The Semite consist* of thirty-one members, of
which thirteen only arc elected—six Whigs
and seven Democrats—leaving eighteen va
cancies. The House will stand sixt v-six Whig,
seventy-six Democrats, and nine Freesoilers.
Of the Democrats, from seventeen to twenty
are understood to prefer Mr. Morrill to Mr.
Pilshm v. for Governor.
iltr n
Railroad operations in Georgia,
urprised to learn that :i scheme is
Or consolidating the -tuc ks of the
hi c.V Western niul Central RailroadCnin-
es, :md placing them under the control ol
one and the same Board of Directors. The
advantages which would accrue from such a
fusion to the Macon &. Western Railroad, arc
not very apparent; possibly, from the fact
that the inducements offered are concealed from
the public view. But the immense benefit re
sulting to Savannah is obvious, ami we can
not but confess that the prospective rexvards to
that city are sufficient to inspire her with any
degree of audacity. The fusion of these two
Companies gives to Savannah undisputed con
trol of the up-country trade, and very’ effect
ually xvinds up the commercial business of
Macon. Wc say that the project will not take
our readers by surprise, for it is but a branch
of an immense monopoly scheme, which has
already manifested itself in other quarters.—
Tlic rates of freight charged upon the South-
xvestem Railroad, already evince the fact that
Savannah has a very useful auxiliary in that
Company—then comes the proposed consolida
tion with the Muscogee Railroad—then the
control of the proposed road to Monticcllo—
and now xve have to notice the still greater
xvork of acquiring the direction over the Macon
& Western Railroad. One xvonld suppose,
that Savannah might be content to consider her
hands full, xvhen she gets a firm hold on nil
these strings, hut xve believe that the story is
not half told yet. Not satisfied with turning
Middle and .Southwestern Georgia into tribu
taries, it is ottr opinion that the avaricious de
sign extends still farther. Even the State
Road is not considered beyond her reach, and
if nil the schemes we hare noticed are carried
into successful execution, xve suspect that
Savannah xvill not consider her xvork more
than half done, if the Legislature is not pre
vailed upon to lease the Western & Atlantic
Railroad, and place it under the supervision of
some of her agents. To destroy the trade of
Macon, to force the commerce of the interior
to the seaboard, to kill off the Macon & War
renton Railroad project, to cripple Columbus
as this place is already crippled; these consti
tute but a small part of this great monopoly
scheme of xvliich xve are xvriting. The trade
of Cherokee also must be subjected to the
same restraints, the Georgia Railroad must be
deprived of her business, Augusta must suffer
for her temerity in desiring a connection with
Macon; nnd then with the whole State of
Georgia at her command, Savannah might pos
sibly rest quiet for it year or txvo, before pro
ceeding to convince Tennessee, that it is her
business also to legislate trade from Nashville
down to 44 the Exchange.”
This is wlmt a Yankee might call "pretty
considerable tall scheming;” for it is nothing
more nor less than giving the control of the
xvhole State into the hands of a siugle Com
pany, who are the agents of a single city. The
question then arises; is Georgia a part of Sa
vannah, or is Savannah a part of Georgia?
We arc among the blasphemers who incline to
the latter opinion, and consequently we some
times look to the promotion of other interests
than those of our seaport. We believe that
the Legislature tdso are afflicted xvith a similar
heterodoxy, and we should not be surprised to
see them take into consideration the prosperity
of the whole State, or some other such trifle,
at which our mighty operators of Savannah
do not consider it xvorth their xvhilc to look.
We had thought tliat the idea of Protectix’c
Tariffs was obsolete, but if this monopoly
once gets under headway, xve arc likely to
lmx-e it revived with a vengeance. Protection
for Protection'll sake xva* once the cry of a cer
tain school of political economists, but we noxv
have a party who are shouting Protection for
Savannah's sake! but xve indulge the hope
that the same fate which befell the politicians is
in store for the speculators. Are the people of
Georgia ready to be forced into commercial
relations xvith Sax-annah ? Is the Legislature
ready to sanction a scheme, winch has for its
purpose the building up of Sax annnh upon the
ruins of other toxvns equally deserving ? Are
our producers to he co-erced into sending their
products to ono market, xvhen perchance they
prefer another? Is it right, is it just, is it
equitable, that trade should be legislated from
one place to another ? that all the Railroads in
Georgia should be turned into feeders for Sa
vannah, and the entire control of our domestic
commerce surrendered into the hands of a
mercenary Board of Railroad Directors 1
Trade has certain great natural laws of its
own, upon which the xvit of man can not im
prove. The more they are meddled xx ith, the
more disastrous the consequences. If trade
settles in Savannah, it is because Savannah of
fers the best inducements; and if Savannah
Joes offer such inducements, trade is sure to go
there xvithout aid from the Legislature. But
by consolidating these two Companies, the
freedom of trade is taken away forever. Such
Tariffs of Freight xvill be adopted, as xvill
leax’c to the people no choice of markets
Every place in the State will be so discrimina
ted against, as to force products to the sea
board. The commercial xvealth, which now
equally distributed contributes to the prosperi
ty of a dozen communities, xvill be transferred
to a single city. The Railroads xvliich xvere
chartered for the public good, xvill become like
the llanks.thc mere instruments of private av
arice. The State of Georgia will become one
great tributary to Savannah, and we shall see
the disgraceful spectacle of our entire Internal
Improvement system used to promote the
greedy purposes of a single company of capi
talists. We have thus far considered the mat
ter from a point of view, purely commercial,
but the political exiles likely to accrue are
equally disastrous. A great company of mon
opolists, extending their operations from Sa
vannah to Atinnta nml Columbus, xvith no
check upon their rapacity, and no restraints
upon their conduct, acquiring innnmcnsc xvealth
and wielding immense patronage, xvonld soon
make itself felt in our political relations. Wc
hope never to see the day xvhen this scheme
shall be perfected—when the people of the In
terior shall thus become vassals of a Board of
Directors, and all their trade monopolized by
a siugle community.
The people of Macon have a great stake
dependent upon the issue.
Consolidate these two roads, ami it is ob-
vious that no enterprise on the part of our
merchants can successfully combat with this
mammoth monopoly. The rates of freight to
Macon xvill be ruinously high, and the dis
crimination m favor of Savannah so market
and appreciable that produce will be dri ren to
the seaboard. It is true that this is surmise,
lint it is surmise founded upon an unhappy ex
perienee in the past. Theettect of such a dis
crimination has already been sensibly felt In
cur people; and it is difficult to say where it
xvould stop, if we are once thi s completely de
livered over to the Central Railroad Company
The Macon A Warrenton Road would avail u.-
liothing. lor flic throngh rates upon tin* Macon
iV \\ estern Road would soon be arranged so
a* to force all business to Savannah. Iu this
wav, not only Macon but Augusta also must
suffer serious detriment; and it does secin to
us that xvhen tliis immense monopoly scheme is
well understood, the people of the entire up-
untrv, and particularly those interested in
the Georgia Road will certainly unite to crush
it in its inception. We can not, and wc will
not believe, that the Legislature can be so
grossly infatuated as to lend themselves to the
purposes of this rapacious Company, xvlio not
atLsficd xvith sucking the life blood of the
towns of the interior, turn their avaricious
eyes to Cherokee, and even hope to appropri
ate the State Road itself. Savannah is indeed
ambitious, but this, xve trust, is an instance of
that " vaulting ambition xvliich over leaps itself
anil falls on ’totlier side.” When Savannah
displays a just and noble enterprise, we arc
ready to second her, heart and hand. But
xvhen she thus oversteps the bounds of decency,
and coolly aslcfc the Legislature to sacrifice the
whole interior to her ax’arice, and to invest a
single Company with almost unlimited poxver
over our domestic commerce, wc do think that
it is high time that her ravenous lust for xvealth
should receive a signal and ovcrxvhehning re
buke.
It has finally come to he well understood
that the most formidable enemies xvliich Macon
has to encounter, arc the Banks aud the Rail
roads. They join their forces to drive all busi
ness to the seaboard, and chartered for public
accomodation, they only serx’c to promote tlic
selfish purposes of greedy individuals. Ac
commodations denied to Planters by the Agen
cies in Macon are freely extended by the
mother Banks, and for a x’ery obvious reason.
It is to force producers to Savannah—to hold
the purse strings so tightly, that Planters must
repair clsexvherc for money facilities. In a
xvord it is to contract and depress the trade of
Macon, that Capitalists in Sax-annali may grow
rich upon our ruin. A Bank instituted in
Macon for legitimate banking purposes, is con
sidered by them as an impudent intruder upon
their domain, and though it may be the only
institution of the kind xvhere specie may be
draxvn for bills presented, they spare no effort
to drive it from the field. Our people have to
fight against great odds, when they have only
Bank monopolies to contend xvith, but when
they find themselves backed by a mammoth
Railroad Campany, xvlio conspire xvith them to
build up the scabogrd at our expense, xve may
as well close doors and make a general assign
ment to our creditors. This state of things
lias lasted too long already, aud it behooves
the citizens of Macon to give some unequivo
cal demonstration against it. It may be a dy
ing effort, but at least let us not give up the
ghost without striking one blow for our com
mercial existence.
We are in possession of a number of in
teresting facts, relative to this projected mon
opoly, which xve shall probably make known
at some future time. Among other things, a
little bird has xx-liispcred in our ear something
relative to the concentration of deposites at a
point not a thousand miles distant from our
Office. But we shall reserve farther comment,
for a more conx-enient period. Rous Perrons!
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Anacreontic.
The following charming Anacreontic story is
from the pen of Florian, a pastoral poet who
flourished in France in the eighteenth century ;
or rather, it is a paraphrase of Florian, by
Houssaye, thanks to whose lively sketches, all
of our readers may, if they choose, form an
acquaintance xvith the most celebrated charac
ters of that era. Florian was adasliiug Cap
tain of dragoons, an accomplished man of the
world, a successful roue, but withal a true pas
toral poet. He seems to have delighted in con
templating nature, and was never happier, wc
arc told, than xvhen he escaped from the glare
of the Parisian salons, to xvaitder along the
side of brooks or lose himself in the labarynths
of groves. Of Watteau, it xvas said, that
nature appeared to him clothed in the latest
French costume; and the same is true of most
of his cotemporarics, who sought to describe
her either with pen or pencil. Florian, how
ever was an exception. His eclougues hax-e an
artlcssness and simple beauty, which are real
ly refreshing xvhen contrasted with the artifi
cial scenes xvhich surrounded him. Among
other things lie wrote an Anacreontic story,
which has an undeniable moral. Houssaye
thus gives the outline:
The Anacreontic story is charming: it is called the
Muse*. Thalia is walking at the foot of Paraaasuaiit
search of a lover. Instead of a lover she meets a fair,
half-uaked child, who is running after butterflies, and
taking a cruel pleasure in piercing them with pins.
Thalia asks why he is so mischievous. Tho child re
plies that tired of doing notliiug he does evil. The
beauty and spirit of the child charm the Muse, who
begs him to go with her. He picks up a little bag,
throws it over his shoulder, and gives Thalia his
hand. What have you got in your bag, my child f
Nothing but my playthings. He commences an en
chanting song xvhicli has neither air nor words. Ar-
rived at Parnassus, Thalia, jeahms oi her sisters, re
solves to conceal the child from them. She imprisons
him in an orchard enclosed by hedges. There she
pusses all her days in teaching him to read: xve are
not told xvhat book. Soon, however, the poor .Muse
sighs uneasily as she regards her scholar. The child
profits marvellously by thistirst anccesa. “ Mamma,”
he says to her, “ yon carry in your hand a charming
mask, which is always laughing, give it to me or 1
shall die of grief." “ But,” says Thalia, “it Is tiicat-
tribnte of my diviidhr.”— 44 So much the WMMl?
ausxrers tho traitor. The poor Muse gives the mask,
ami the rogue conceal* it in his bag. This is not all.
Thalia has only taught him comedy, lie xrants to
know everything—music, dancing, philosophy, and
even astronomy, it all turns to some account. “ Open
the orchard for me,” says the traitor, “that 1 may go
aud learn from all your sisters; once learned I will re
turn to remain xvitli you for ever.” Thalia gives him
his liberty, and lie goes to trouble the heads of all the
other Muses—even Melpomene can not escape. She
too loves the joyous child. Noxv comes jealousy
xvliich puts all Parnassus ill disorder. The arts are
despised, the dances aud concerts interrupted. Mean
time Minerv a visits the Nine Sisters—she finds a pro
found silence. The Muses, scattered, pensive, soli
tary, blushing, liido themselves. At last they re
assemble, to sing the praises of their protectress; hut
tlieir voices aro in discord. They have forgotten
tlieir songs. Not oiip of them lias her attributes, the
child has taken all. and turned them into playthings.
All of a sudden this fatal child spreads his white
wings, from which all his stolen goods are suspended.
He takes his flight xvith a laugh. “ Adieu!” savs he
to the Muses; “don't forget me: my namo is Love,
and it always costs something to make my acquain
tance.”
The .riuuicipnl Klrclieii,
Which came off in this city on Saturday
last, under the new law, resulted as folloxvs:
FOR MATOR.
•Bacon 469 | Morton 303
FOB MAUSUAL.
•Gullen 463 I Arnold 244
McArdel 58 |
FOR DEPUTV MARSHAL.
•Cleghorn 468 | Gtunmel 264
FOR CLEnK.
•Stratton —......507 | Peabody........2G5
FOR TREASURER.
•Hjwell 452 I Calhoun 244
Clark 75 |
FOR SEXTON.
•Niix 35G | Terry 295
Boiiwortk 77 J Bartlett 44
• Elected.
The election was conducted upon no general
political issue, but mainly upon the qualifica
tions of some, and the opinion entertained by
others of the candidates as to the propriety or
impropriety of further city subscription to the
Mobile and Girard Railroad. Upon this latter
issue, so far as the Aldermen are concerned,
both parties claim to be xvell satisfied with the
result.—Col. Enq.
re lightly fi'f iitl,,..
a lunch,"-,thom,,,,;. ■»
! irami!. Punch xva- ,
, , .. trangor, 1I1( j
araraely made to appearance. In «om e of thX** i
of the ‘upperten, ’ the ladies received0?*^#
in a very formal manner. They ? •
dress, seated upon divans; while their ' J t
led forward by servants in livery, and
their bowa, wera MontagdnVhh «*J***21
>f ceremony. I
H ia a historical fact, of which the p„ bl , ,|
be too often reminded, that the Ki, v .' I,
In r,-I'll-.-,1 t,, r,v,. M . I
Minister, until the ratification of thTtriJ/i “I
Great Britain acknowledged the i„,i ' ‘ I
the United States. Bussla i- the '
republicanism; and the apostatesu •
unity, of whi. h the Czar and 1 '-V,
high priests, is tho natural enemy ofTri" *•<!
Notct was the Cram mom
ly blasphemed, thaa by that sporioenaas* 0 ^]
riMa*«raeGreek Chareh, which erau^"** I
talizes the great imi,s of;!,, >,. I
this eoaneethm I may express the fewest k
dm reeignat ion of Lord Palmerston, in Emu *
lead to the dissolution of the V ”
Cabinet, and that a new Ministry, I
in the department of foreign affair*,
ized, so a* to give a vigorous impulse tatu *** 1
French alliance against the diabolical ■ ■
of Nicholas. The pretence that Lordh?**
resigned because he was unwilling to e»2z^ I
the reform in the House of Commons, hS?*
surd, as every man most know who is it
xvith the history of English politics hi
that he was one of the most powerful J, 1 ' J
the removal of the Koman Catholic iii^u- ;
that his ardent support of the Keform Ii!:i ? "
cost him his seatiu Parliament as - Tamilm 1 ^ 1
University of Cambridge. To soppo* th* i! ' I
abandoned the cherished policy of hh !
The truth is, he has left the Cabinet heraZS 1
leagues were not willing to give Turkey tkw*L
support which she needs. Hid his advice U ?,
lowed, any Russian vessel in the Black Set *
have been captured or destroyed longCf„ r *„
and the massacre at Sinope would hsx e C !
vented.
It makes a most unfavorable impressioi t
minds of most disinterested persons, that, 1
loxver House of Congress has unsniirnj,
sword to Major General Wool, in twtioar"
national gratitude for his services at Baemra!
delays action upon an equally merited di
proposed to he conferred upon the most i
commander of our armies in the Mexican 1
fer to the rank of Lieutenant General, ,
Senate has resolved ought to be crested, isl e
red upon Major General Scott. The vole,
tors on that question shows that Hist nutter ^1
which party has nothing to do; some of thn* I
earnest advocates of the measure being zeslow Dm I
ocrats. Its opponents pretend ihnt rack cm3
aristocratic and foreign to onr iustitntions. Bafkl
opposi tion is based upon ignorance of the eahlfcil
ry of the country. The Congress of 1774 -|-3|
established the rank of Lientenant Gander, I
Washington held the rank of General, sluii
grade higher. In 1799, however, therank r,
ished, in order to relieve President Adam i
necessity, xvliich would otherwise have ei
the appointment of his personal enemy, 1
to the Lieutenant-Generalcy. In 1850, il
distinguished umiy officers, including Jeny.7
Gibson, Totten, Jcc., reported*-It is etpeds
proper that the grade of Lientenant Geninln
conferred by brevet." Therefore, nnleatles
licanism of the present day is more refined
Unrated than that of our forefathers, H it
see why Major General Scott should net 1
proposed honors.
An excellent measure has been proposed t
gress, by one of the Senators from Musi
On his motion, the Committee on the Post (
Post Rounds have been directed to considt
pediency of providing for the conveniences
ritv of remittances abroad, iu small snms, by
izing orders or drafts from onr post office tsdfel
eign post offices with which it is incorrcpotda-1
thus constituting a system of iutcrnitiomlp«d«|
orders. The utility of this measure may Mibl|
appnrent, elsewhere, as it is in New Yijtk;
where xve see men growing rich on the pr
torted from the poor Irish laborers ands
for small bills of exchange, (one pound, or Sit Ml
lars, and upward,) which these people are nm
ly aemdiagte tine relief of parents Mid othrr man j
in ilie Old Country, the propo-ition i- gtantHl
plauded. I hope it will be adopted by Caog—
The Literary World, a weekly journal, wl :
founded in this city in 1847, by Wiley sad tkr A
tons, and has been successively owned and c
Charles Fenno Hoffman, andthe Messrs. I
has ceased to exist. The last number wm
on the 21st ult. During its career, it hasra
liberal contributions from Cornriins Mst'-- ’
Gilmore Sims, and other eminent writers, 1
exercised a considerable influence upon A:
literature. Its failure is owing to the want 0:;
business man for publisher.
Though literary papers fail, however, t
prestige seems to make the fortunes of be-! »-
Tlic most conspicuous illustration of this u t; •"
eott House, at the comer of Broadway ***
streets. New York, an establishment vi.ri
its name from William II. Prescott, of -■
great historian of Ferdinand and Iaabelh. **
Cortez, and the Conquest of Mexico. It
decorated in a style not surpassed for 1
the palatial residences of those grandee
eloquent pen of Prescott has commemnni
the historian has signified his admiral** d
sign, nnd his respect for the gentlemanly )*
Mr. De Groot, by sendfng a costly portrait*
to adorn one of the apartments. This h*J 1 **'
pre-eminent, not only for the richness of is
ture, and furniture, but for the classic h* I
gancc aud refinement of all its interior sr
Nothing flashy or gaudy meets the eye, *
the other nexv hotels, but ex’erytliing U to «
t:i-t.- xx hi,-! 1 i- -aid in Id: ’ : a
gxtisli the mansion of n nobleman from tG- 4 ‘ • J
rr«u. While the H011. Abbott La«r(“
Minister at the Court of St. James, I T ‘"
and xvas favored witli letters of intro--'
enabled mo to -visit the Cavendivi ■
Northumberland House, the residences ®
of Devonshire, and Northumberland. ‘
of seeing their libraries and picture p*®
saw their chief apartments, so Brat, wi
the Prescott House is superior in eh- - *
of those aristocratic establislun,-;»**• * f
ly. Mr. Lawrence was recently in
put up at the Prescott House, and he ■
ia this opinion. Mr. DeGroot,
neither obsequious nor officious. *s I
ten are, but lias the manners of * g , - n - ’" ^ ^. I
breeding, and has tho happy facult - jjtjffil
guests feel at home. The servants are
they do more than obey orders ; they
cipate all wants, and are so active *- |
to supply tlu-m aluio.-t - —
Tho table and tho lvines are worthy 11 , . .
iy establishment, yet the prices aw M ' i .
other first class hotels. A ft* *^*1* 1
Prescott House ia one of the
educated and refined xvill not ftOto • l( ,.i>
come to New York. Y’ours Truly.
Increase ..e the F. >•
tary Commit toe of the House > .•.
ti\-es, it i* said, xvill report m t d ^ j,
commendations made bv'
lative to the increase of the -
other modifications therein-
about to report, it is
minimum organization of a* . ^
privates. This number u> '■ 44
it can be evenly and indefiny .. .
It xvill also provide for the ;ilM : ^
giinent of dragoons ;uid t*fo l r-
meu to the present mihtaiy '
xvhicli will give a minimum -
15,528 officers and men- ' ,: lt .,
leaves in the, haiixls ot the ^ ,' x< i.j,, the 1
er, ill the event ot war, to 1 l,ll ‘ ^
of privates in each v.> 111} 1 • 1 - 1 ' ;
give us a war establishment
anti men- Another compmi.' ' w
miners to be added to the -j 1 - 1
also, prabablx- be authori*’ >
• Web 1 "'
will® 1 -
t Parson Broxvnlow »avs v(J
lulled a paper for Fifteen a ", V j it
furnished our paper to hum
years, xvlio have never had tn
ciple to pay us one cent-