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AGRICULTURAL. Keep your Lest Stock. —Many farmers are iu the habit of selling their best animals, as they " ill bring the highest price. A greater mistake cannot be made. A dif feience often or even twenty per cent, in the price o( a single animal, is a small af fair compared with this difference in a whole herd. By keeping the veiy best to propagate from, the whole may be made of equal excellence, and in the course of a lew years, numerous animals might be produced having the excellent properties that now distinguish some few of the bpst. What should we say ol a farmer who has several highly valuable varieties of potatoes, and other kinds that are inferior, and for the sake of ten cents extra in the bushel, he sells for consumption all his best varieties, and plants those that are in ferior, when in consequence o( this impru dent measure, his next crop will fall short twenty-five percent. Everyone will con demn this course, and few, if any, are so wanting in discretion as to pursue it; yt t many take a similar course in selling their; best animals, and propagating from the in ferior. For the purposes of work, beef and the dairy, there are probably no cattle supe rior to our native breed, where attention has been given to improve them, though I some improvement for certain purposes may be made by a cross with foreign breeds that excel in the qualities desired. There is a vast difference in our cattle in ! sections where much attention has been given to improvement by selecting the 1 best, when contrasted with those where j little or no attention lias been paid to the! subject, and ns a matter of course, the best i have been sold, or eaten up, because thev were the fattest.' Every man that raises j stock has it in his power to makeim-i prnvements, and lie should avail himself, of all the advantages around him to turn this power to the benefit of himself and j posterity.— Boston Cultivator. TO THE PEOPLE OK GEORGIA. Fellow-Citizen's:— On the 27ih ult., n small number of persons assembled in Milledgeville, for the purpose of consulting on the great interests of agriculture. Af ter due deliberation, they adopted the fol lowing resolutions: 1. Resolved, That an Agricultural Con vention l»e held 111 Milledgeville, on the fifth Monday in March next, to consist of delegates to he appointed on the part of the* different counties, and such other persons -tts may be invited to partake in the pro ceedings. ’ 2. Resolved, That the different counties be requested to appoint delegates ac cordingly. 3. Besotted, That a Committee ofthree, including the Chairman, be appointed to •draft and publish an address, iu order to promote the purpose ol this meeting. 4- Resolved , That among other proceed ings, the committee recommend the forma tion of Agricultural Associations in the different counties; and Agricultural Meet ings or Associations iu the different Judi cial Circuits. The undersigned are the committee tip pointed under the third resolution. They regret that they have not been delegated by a larger assemblage of citizens, and es pecially that they are unable to present the great interests ol agriculture in so com manding a light as they desire. They trust, however, that the day of small things will not be despised, and they proceed to the discharge of the duty assigned them. As inducements to our fellow-citizens to concur in the movement which has been attempted they advert to the depressed state of agriculture, the imperfect state ol household economy, the praiseworthy ex ample of several agricultural associations, especially that of Hancock, which lias ex erted so beneficial an influence, and the siirringappeals recently made looi.rintcr eits and our patriotism, in several of our public journals. Let not the failure to get rrp a Conven tion on the 27th ult., ai rest our efforts; more determined endeavors may yet suc ceed. It is only necessary to bring togeth er the increasing friends ofou'r enterprise. And we cannot but hope, with the intelli gent editor of the Southern Cultivator, •"£hat Mi a very few years, almost every county in the State will be but branches ot a great Stale Agricultural SocutyA Let, then, our fellow-citizens forthwith, get up county meetings and associations; which, like the Hancock Club, may do much good, if they go no further. But let them extend the good by meetings and associations in the judicial circuits, if they ! desire them; though the Committee are a, little apprehensive that these latter may j interfere with the ultimate purpose of a State Society or Convention; which thev de sire by all means to see r>ot up. It is scarcely necessary to say, that ag ricultural associations will be merely con sultative and advisory: there will ol course be nothing compulsory in any thins they may do. This is said in view of the purpose entertained in the attempt to get up a Convention on the 27th. It was thought desirable by some, in view of the low prices of cotton, to indune our far mers to reduce the quantity, in order to improve the price. That this reduction j would have this tendency, there can be; no doubt. The reciprocal influence of de- ! mand, price, and supply, is obvious. An increased demand is followed by mcreas- : ed prices; increased prices bj' increased ' supply; increased supply by diminished 1 prices; diminished prices by diminished supplies; diminished supplies by increas ed demand, increased prices, and so on. A reduction in the quantity of cotton, then, i would be followed by an augmentation of price; more especially as this reduction ' would enable farmers to prepare their cot- ' ton more carefully lor market. But, even if the price of cotton should ! not be improved, the withdrawal of a part! of our tabor from the production, would enable us to employ it more profitably in other operations. It is disreputable as well as ruinous to purchase from others so many articles which might be produced by ourselves. 1 1. is absurd to raise cotton at present or probable prices, to purchase horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, ordina ryclothing, or other articles, which might, and ought to be produced at home. The countless thousands which are expended in this way ought to be retained among us. And we are gratified to find that such is the present tendency. To continue, and increase this tendency is the desire of the Committee. It does not come within the present pur pose of the Committee, nor are they pre pared, to give the statistics which would sustain their views. They confidently re ly upon the recollections of their fellow citizens, aided bv the developments which are constantly manifesting them selves, to make the proper impressions. Among tire objects to which a part of jour efforts might he profitably directed l are wool, silk, indigo, tobacco, butter, per haps apples in 'oine situations, &e. Even if these would not he very profit able objects, the labor withdrawn from overstrained efforts to produce cotton, would enable us »o build or repair fences, build or repair houses, collect manure, ditch our hill-sides, drain our low grounds, and constantly' arid to the value of our lands and negroes, the intellectual and moral improvement of ourselves and fam ilies, and the prosperity and comfort of the community. Come up, then fellow-citizens, to the rescue. Though miserably lacerated, good old Georgia contains within her bo som all the elements of a great republic, and a happy people. All the inventions of interest ami patriotism call on you to say that her sun shall not decline in the gloom u hich threatens her ! Your fellow-citizens, RICHARD ROWELL, LEROY SINGLETON, WM. TURNER. Feb. 1, 1545. A Ship sailing 13,000 feet above, the. Sea! — Some very remarkable particulars are giv en in a Montevideo journal of British en terprise,one of whose most extraordinary features is “a ship sailing on a level of IS,OOO feet above the sea.” The gold mines of Tipuani, and the emerald mines of Illimani, are situated on the banks of the lake Chiquilo. The only vegetable produce of the district is a species of red potato called Chustna,and a few uutricious plants; hut to the east of the lake, at Oopa casona, and the valleys of the Bolivia, are cultivated maize, barley, and fruit-bear ing trees. The difficulty of feeding from their own scanty region, the large body of Indians working iu the mines, suggested the idea of building a vessel for the navi gation of the lake. An old brig was ac cordingly purchased and stripped of her anchors, sails, ami rigging, and stocks being built, niter two years of painful and unceasing labor, the vessel was launched on the lake, and a regular communication opened with the produce of the valleys of the Bolivia. The brig is well furnished with all necessaries, except anchors, which even the perseverance of these English speculators could not raise to so great a height. The same enterprising parties have transported a steam-engine across the Cordilleras, dug through the metalliferous hills of Laycacota, a canal 2000 feet in length, traversed by nine locks, and laid down a railway at its ex tremity, for the conveyance of their ore. The island of Titicaca in this lake is as signed by tradition as the cradle of the j earliest Peruvian civilization, ami the sa cred burial place of the ancient kings of the country. God and his Creation. —We are under 'God’s will. He can lengthen or shorten j the time of trial at his pleasure; we our j selves, and all the men with whom or against whom we may net, are but his j instruments. We can no more stride be jyond the harrier he has fixed, th in the sen can pass the boundary of sands w ith j which he has surrounded it. Our task is to do that which we conscientiously be lieve it is our duty to him to do in the j circumstances wherein he lias placed u-; land we may be sure that, however much we may be mistaken, if such is our object land purpose, the errors of understanding | will never be visited on our heads .is crimes by him who knows the capabilities of every creature that he has made, and can judge between intention and execu tion. God punishes sins and not mistakes; he tries the heart us well as the actions, \ and holds the balance even between each; and though we may suffer in this world) for the errors of others or for our own, there is exhaustless compensation in the hand of die Almighty for those who seek 1 to do his will,and those who wilfully dis obey it. A Tailor's Secret. —Alphonse Karr, as clever a scribbler as an)' France possesses in these days, relates that he lately sent for a tailor to make him a coat out of a piece of cloth he Hud purchased. “Can’t do it,” said Snip, after measur ing the cloth, “can’t do it; there isn’t stuff enough.” Karr then sent for another tailor, who, alter, carefully measuring the material, ‘ undertook to make the coat. In due time • the garment was delivered, and Karr, stuck himself into it. His first visit was to the tailor. “Well, sirrah,” said he, “behold me in the coat from the very stuff you said was insufficient! You see that there was stuff enough after all!” i er 3 likely,” said Snip, with irapertur bable sang froid; “very likely; but the son iof the tailor who made it, u not so birr as [miner 6 Mr. Calhoun has been dangerously ill, but at the last dates from Washington was i considered convalescent. C ONG RESSIONA L . Coirespondeiice of ihe Baltimore American. Washington, Feb. 10, 1845. Senate. —Mr. Mangum laid before the Senate the reports from tiie War Depart ment containing copies of the Army Re gister for each of the Senators, and from itie Treasury Department in answer to a Resolution of the Senate, which were not read. Cherokee Indians. —Mr. Haywood pre , seated resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, rt quisling Senators and Representatives to obtain, it possible, the passage of a law lor the settlement of the Cherokee claims. A memorial was pre sented from the Cherokee Indians, and all were referred lor investigation to one ot the Standing Committees. Resolution was reported in relation to the disposal of the Copper Rock from the Commutes.' on Public Lauds. 'l he Committee on Printing reported in lav(,r of ihe priming of twenty thousand extra copies of Mr. Archer’s Report from the Committee ot Foreign Relations, de nying the power of Congress to annex foreign territory to the United Stales, and ue extra copies were ordered. Mr. Huger, of South Carolina, present ed a memorial from the Charleston Rail Road Company in liivor of importing cer tain iron nitres free from duty for the pur pose ol making atmospheric experiments. The sixty or seventy private Bills upon the table ot the Secretary ol the Senate, and which passed the House on Friday and Saturday last, were read a first and second time, with a view to reference. The Pension Bill, the Bill lor the sup poitol the Post Office Department, and lor Fortifications lor the fiscal years 1845 and "10, were ordered to a third reading. Exploring Expedition. —Mr. 7appan, of Ohio, called up a Joint Resolution from the Joint Committee on the Library, lor the distribution of the Exploring Ex pedition. It is proposed to distribute 59 . copies among the several States and For eign Governments with whom we ate i upon terms of friendly intercourse, and m leave the remaining 141 copies in the Library lor future distribution. The Re solution was ordered to a third reading. The J tint Resolution in relation to the printing of the Laws and Constitution of lhe United .Stales, was taken up and gave rise to a prolonged disrussion. Mr. Alien moved to add the Constitu tions of the several States, and Journal ol the Convention that framed the Constitu tion. Mr. Allen withdrew the amendment and the bill was then ordered to a third reading. hremit Sp ihations. —The bill providing indemnification lor Fiench Spoliations pr or to 1390, was called up by Mr. Choate of Mass. M . C’s. motion prevailed, and the Senator moved that instead of a commis sion to examine the French claims, live millions of dollars be appropriated at once to provide for their liquidation. Mr. C. defended his amendment briefly,and with liis usual ability. The Senate that with out further debate the Bill was ordered to an engrossment as follows: Ayes—Messrs. Rugby, Barrow, Bates, Bayard, Berrien, Buchanan, Choate, Clayton, Dayton, Evans, Fairfield, Fran ces, Huntington, Johnson, Merrick, Miller, Niles, Phelps, Porter, Sevier, Simmons, Sturgeon, Uphair;, White, Woodbridge, Woodbury—26. Nays—Messrs. Allen, Atherton, Atchi son, Benton, Breeze, Colquitt, Dickinson, D:x, Hannagau, Huger, Lewis, McDuffie, Mangum, Walker, —15. A bill was then passed establishing a company ol Sappers and Miners. W it limit action upon other public ques tions and with the passage ol several pri vate bills the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. —The Bill from the Senate to reduce the rates of postage was read twice, ordt red to lie printed, and relent'd to the Comuiitttee of the Whole. A Resolution was adopted authorising Professor Morse to inform the House as to i any more expeditious plan (or taking the ! yeas and na\>. Territorial Business. — Agreeably to a resolution adapted two weeks si nee, setting japan the LOtli and llih of February for territorial business, tbe House went into Committee ol tbe whole this m. rning,-Mr. Davis ol Indiana iu the Chair. The whole session was devoted to Ter ritorial business, and a great number of biils were passed iu Committee of the Whole. A motion was then made to take up the Bill admitting the Territories of Florida and lowa into the Union. The House upon this motion found it self without a quorum, until there had been three counts. The Bill was then i rend and amendments offered. The boundaries reported proposed that there should be nearly 70,000 square miles in j the Territory Mr. Duncan of Ohio moved an amend ment by which it should not exceed 40,000 I miles. Mr. Vinton was about to defend the amendment, when the Committee rose ! and reported progress. A memorial was received from Amos Kendall in relation to suits pending against him, which being referred, the House ad journed th an early hour. Washington, Feb. 11, 1645. Senate. —The Texas debate it was ex pected by many would commence in the Senate to-day, and a good many persons ! were present in expectation of hearing the discussion. The subject was alluded ! to daring the morning hour, and on mo-! lion of Mr. Archer, the debate was post-! poned until Thursday next. Mr. More-' bead said he would speak to-day if the! Senate did not wish to postpone. Mr. Bagby presented Resolutions from ! the Alabama Legislature, asking for the* establishment of a Southern boundary for the admission of Texas; for the occu pancy of the Oregon ; against the Tariff, Distribution, See. Tbe Resolutions were read, laid upon the table, and ordered to! be printed. Mr. Colquitt reported a bill to remit' the duties on Rail Road Iron in certain 1 cases. The Senate, after debate, passed tbe Joint Resolution of the House to print 1509 copies of the book of Robert Green how upon the subject of the North Wes-, tern frontier. Mr. Allen of Ohio moved to lay the Resolution upon the table. The motion was rejected by a vote of 30 to 18. j The bill for the payment of French j Spoliations prior to 1391, coming up on its passage, was, on motion of Mr. McDuffie, j postponed until Thursday next. The Bill to organize a company of Sup pers and Miners was read a third time and passed. The Bill from the Judiciary Committee j providing lor the distribution of the de cisions ot the Supreme Court was called up by Mr. Dayton, and opposed by j Mr. Allen, when the bill was pass-' ed by n vote of 26 to 19. The Bill Ibr the appointment of Assis-! taut Pursers and Surgeons in tbe Navy was rejected by a vote of 19 to 21. A bill providing ibr the transmission 01, mails between the United States and For eign countries was also passed without a division. The Bill Irom the House authorizing the Postmaster General to make contracts ! tor carrying the mails upon Railroads without advertising, was passed, and then the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. —Mr. Slidell, |ol La., asked some explanation of a re mark from Mr. Schenckof Ohio, heard iu the debate ot Thursday, pending ihe dii licultics between Mr. Black, of Georgia, and Mr. Giddings,of Ohio. Mr. Scheuck having said that no gentleman would ob ject to hear Mr. G. after Mr. Black had been beard in his own defence, and Mr. Slidell having objected, some explanation was thought necessary. Mr. Scheuck gave it readily, by saying j that lie m ale no allusion to Mr. Slidell, : Ibr ho did not hear Mr. Slidell, nor did any body about him. Tcrtitoriul B its. —The following Ter- tutorial bills were passed tins morning : An act providing ibr the payment of ; military services in Florida. I Two acts providing for internal im provements iu lowa and in Florida. Also j li>r improvements m Wisconsin. Also granting quantities of land for the im provement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. Joica as a State. — The unfinished busi ness ol last evening coming up, Mr. Vin ton »»( Ohio, addressed the Committee upon the pending amendment which was to reduce the number of square miles from 72.999 square miles to 39 or 40,099. Mi- Yimou said it was mistaken policy (on the part of our fathers thus to enlarge the States ol ilie West to unnatural dimen sions. It hail been seen in part to be so, but still Western States were large and they were in danger of losing their just influence in the Union by being extended according to the views proposed in the Bill before the House. Mr. Belser, of Ala., argued, in continu ing the debate, that the question of popu lation and slavery ought not to keep any Stale out of the Union. He said that he was not particular that the territory of Florida should he divided into two Slates, or that lowa should have such an area of country as was preserved in the bill be- Ibic the House. He admitted that the \\ e.-t was likely to hold the balance of power in the Union and lie was glad that it was so. He was willing, as a Southern man, to trust the Union in such hands, be lieving that they would exercise the pow er committed to them with dignity, inte grity and honor. When Mr. Belser sat down the ques tion was loudly called for, and the amend client ol Mr. Duncan was carried, Aves 91, Noes 36. The next section provide for tbe admis sion of Florida into the Union, and em bodied a proviso that ihere should be two Stair s in Florida, and that neither of these should have the power of abolishing the Institution of Slavery. Mr. Hunt, of N. Y. opposed the ad- : mission as two States, and the provision | 'if the Constitution which forbids the abo : Litton of Slavery there. Mr. Levy, the delegate from Florida, defended both when the proviso was strick en out in Committee. The proviso wasstiicken out by a vote ! of SO to 50. Mr. Motse of Me. moved an amend ment that Floiida should not be admitted I until that article of the Constitution was amended, declaring that the General As jsunbly of Florida should not abolish j Slavery. Mr. A. V. Brown of Tenn. opposed 1 the amendment, when a motion was made that the Committee rise. The vote was ay es 70, noes 70. Mr. Davis of lowa, (in the chair) voted in the affirmative, and the Committee rose and reported progress, when a motion was made to adjourn, upon which the yeas and nays were called. The vote was lost I ayes 99, noes 84. At this late hour Mr. Cave Johnson in troduced a Resolution to close the debate upon the Bill in twenty minutes. The previous question followed the introduc of the Resolution. Mr. Adams moved that the House ad journ. TJie Speaker decided that it was not in order. Mr. Aklams then moved that the Reso lution be laid upon the table, and called for the yeas and nays. Twenty six voted for the yeas and nays, and the Speaker decided that this number was not enough. Mr. Adams demanded a count, and the I twenty-six were found to be mare than! enough. A motion was made to adjourn and the yeas and nays were called again. The vote was: Ayes 72, Noes 80. Mr. Hudson, of Mass, now moved that there be a call of the House, and upon this motion the Yeas and Nays were call ed. The House decided against the call, Ayes 45, Noes 112. A motion was here made by Mr. Sem ple to adjourn* arid withdrawn. It was then renewed by Mr. Dickey, of Pa. and the Yeas and Nays were called. The i vote was—Ayes 79, Noes 94. it being half ; past five, I close here as the House is i about to vote upon Mr. Adam’s motion to I lay upon the tuble. CONGRESS. The Senate, to-day, was engaged prin jcipally in the House of Representatives, in execution of the joint order for counting the electoral votes for President and Vice j President. The remarks of Mr. Fairfield in the Se ; nate, yesterday, on presenting a petition ; adverse to the annexation of Texas, were ; incorrectly given by our reporter. Mr. F. j did not profess to be acquainted with the j petitioners; but said that a gentleman who was well acquainted with them had in j formed him that, with two or three ex j eeptions, they were all abolitionists and | wliigs. Iu the Ihusc, a number of communica tions from ihe executive departments were j read, anil appropriately referred. Seve ral bills from tiie Senate were passed through their first and second reading, and referred to the proper committees. This \ being the day set apart by the joint resolu ! tion of the two Houses for counting the votes of the electors Ibr President and Vice President, at 12 o’clock (the hour de signated) Mr. B rod head submitted a reso lution that a message be sent to the Senate informing them that the House was ready to receive them. The resolution having i been adopted, and the message delivered, the Senate, headed by their President pro tempore, and preceded by their sergeant at-arms, entered the hall of the House, and were ci nducied to the seats prepared for them immediately in front oft lie Speaker's chair, the members of the House rising jon their entrance, and remaining standing until they were seated. The lion. VV. P. Mangum, President pro t in. of the Senate, was conducted to a seat on the right hand of the speaker, and die tellers (the floiioiahle Robert J. Walker on the part of the Senate, and the Honorable Ed mund Burke and die Honorable John P. Kennedy on the part of the House) took ; seals at the clerk’s table, immediately be fore the Speaker’s chair. The President !of the Senate then rose and announced that the two Houses had assembled lo jgether, in pursuance of the constitution, for the purpose of counting trie votes of the electors Ibr a President and Vice pre sident, to serve tor four years from the ,4th of March next; anil proceeded to hand j to the tellers the votes of the several States in their regular order, (beginning with tiie State of Maine.) naming the votes of each State as he handed them. The o ilers, on j receiving the votes of each State, an nounced them to the two Houses. The ! votes having been in this mariner counted j through, the tellers summed up and re potted the result to the President of the Senate, who announced them, as billows: W hole number of decimal votes given, 275; necessary to a choice 138; of which James Knox Folk, of Tennessee, received 170 lor (’resident, and George M. Dal las, of Peims\ Ivania, 1/0 for Vice Presi dent; Henry Clay, of Kentucky, received LOS Ibr President, and Theodore Freling iiuysen, of New Voik, 105 for Vice Presi dent; and that no other persons were vo , ted lor. He therefore declared that James Knox Polk, of Tennessee, was duly elect ed President of the United .Slates, to serve for four years from the 4ih of March nexi; and that George Mifflin Dallas, of Penn sylvania, was iu like manner duly elected \ ice President of the United Slates, to I serve for the same period. Mr. Burke, from the Joint Committee of the two Houses, in further execution of the duties imposed on them, submitted a joint reso lution for the appointment ol a committee j consisting of two members on the part of the House, to join a committee of one j member of the Senate, to wail on James K. Polk, of Tennessee, and to inform 1 in that he was duly elected President ol the United States, tor four years from the Ith | of March next; also, to wait on George M. ! Dallas, of Pennsylvania, and inform him j that he was duly elected Vice President of the United States, for four years from the 4th ot March next. This resolution ; was unanimously agreed to, and the House adjourned.— Washington Globe, 12/ h List. Patrick Henry's Daughters.- -The daugh ters of Patrick Henry who married Ro bert Campbell, a brother of the English poet, still survives in Virginia, not unmark ed with some of the paternal accomplish ments which manifested themselves in that race in more than one generation, singular among the female descendants The National Intelligencer remarks on this subject—“Another of Mr. lienrv’s daughters, Mrs. Fountain, was reputed to possess a natural eloquence not unlike to her father’s. The same faculty shone out singularly too, in the youngest of the great orator’s srsters, Elizabeth, the wile ol Gen. Campbell, the hereof King’s Moun tain. From the y child born by thisonl lady to Gen. Campbell (at least the only one that lived beyond childhood) is sprung the Hon. Win. Campbell Preston, of South Carolina. We chance to know in a youth ful visit of the latter gentleman to Europe, in 1819 ’2O, lie was received by the poet as of double relationship to him, both through the Campbells and Henrys: and that through him, in a subsequent resi dence in Scotland be was introduced to the kindness and hospitality of Sir Walter Scott, Mrs. Grant of Laggan, Mr. Jeffrey, arid other leading edebrites (to borrow 'a j French term) of Edinburgh. FOREIGN. From Ihe New Orleans PicayunT ===== *”* LATER FROM MEXICO. By the arrival at Havana on Wednes day last of the British steam ship Tay, Capt. Sharp, dates to the 31st ult. f ron | i Vera Cruz have been received. Santa Anna still remained a prisoner at the Cas tle of Perote—the same cold, dreary and dismal place in which he so long held the ! unfortunate Texians in captivity, p stated that the Grand Jury appointed to try the fallen tyrant, was furious against him. while the present Executive of yjex ico manifested a feeling of clemency atul , al the saese time of regret that he did not escape out of the country and thu3 save, the Government further trouble. A let ter dated Vera Cruz, January 31st, ex presses the belief that the file of the ty rant would not be taken. His young wife was in piison with him, as was also an 'old friend of his, Senor Lazaro VillatniL Among the passengers by the Tay was Senor Antonio Haro, Santa Anna’s torrner Minister of .Finance, who had made out to reach the coast in safety from Mexico. One of the Editors of this pa per, who came passenger in the Alabama was informed al Havana that Senor H. had escaped through the assistance of the English Consul at Vera Cruz, and that he came on hoard the Tay under an assumed name, ltejon was slill at large and his whereabouts not known, j Every thing was said to be quiet in Mexico. It was reported that the Repub lic was to be divided into three military departments, Arista to have command of the Northern Paredes of the Centre, and some other general of the Southern sec tion. An extra of the Diario de la Marina of Havana, issued on the evening of the sth instant, contains a synopsis of the intel ligence brought by the Tay. The princi pal part of the news has already been published in ibis city, we give the sub stance of a more important item, which j appears in EJ Siglo Dies y Nueve of M xieo of the 24th ult., and which is as follows : Santa Anna has sent, from Pe rote, anew communication to the Cham bers, requesting that the passport Ibr which In* had already asked might be granted him, in which case he would banish himself, perpetually from the country. He also staled that he would appoint nil agent fully empowered and qualified to respond to any charges or claims made against him, leaving liis .lauded estates and property as a guaran ty lor ihe satisfaction of all, and more over speaks of the respoiisibiliiy ot liis .Ministers, This eou.immieation the Grand Jury were acting upon in secret ! session on the night ol the 23d ult., and lhe result of their deliberations was not known. FROM HAVANA. By the arrival last night of the steam ship Alabama, we have Havana dates to tbe evening ot Wednesday last, the sth •iisr. A fresh Norther was blowing when ihe A. sailed and she encountered a hea vy swell immediately on leaving the Mo ro ; lan ('n ihe following dav the wind 'subsided, and the run over was unusual ly pleasant. The masquerade halls commenced at the magnificent Tacon theatre on the I night of Sunday, the 2d iust., the attend ance on the occasion, in the neighboring , coffee-houses, us well as the theatre, be ing immense* Among the spectators in ihe boxes of the latter, to witness the dancers and masqueraders, was the Cap tain-General O’Donnell, together wiibliis lady and daughter. It win said, the next day, that no less than six persons were assassinated during the night, some of them near die theatre, and that several others were severely if not mortally wounded. A thousand rumors tire afloat in relation to these murders, some saying that all the victims were killed by one negro iu a mask, while others slate that a gang were implicated or engaged. 01 the persons assassinated, two were known to lie engaged in law suits, while another was (juite a lad, showing that the perpe trator or perpetrators had some object ai view other than would grow out of a drunken brawl < r a masquerading frolic. A negro,w as arrested on the 3d iust., and it is said that one of the wounded men ret oguized the fellow as the person who had assaulted him. A short time previous to the depart ure ol the Alabama, the L. S. Fiigate I’otomae, bearing the broad pennant ol Com. Conner, came past the Moro u> dashing style with all sails set, and short ly afterwards cast anchor in tbe harbor. Her appearance was certainly most gal lant as she came speeding in under the influence of the fresh, fair wind. With this exception, we believe there was no other foreign man-of-war in the harbor save a French corvette. John Rogers' Bible. —The identical bible which J"lm Rogers, the martyr of Primer memory, once owned, (says a correspon dent of the Boston Transcript; was brought to this country nearly two centuries ago* and is now in the hands of two of his de scendants. A ‘ breeches bihlc,’ printed in London, 1577, the copy which was pre sented bv tire printer to Queen Elizabeth, was procured in England at a high price by Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, and sent to tire Rev. Dr. Homer, of Mass., at the sa e of whose library it was purchased by me, and is valued as a pleasing relic of 1 ) alty and Puritanism. When McCurrv, confined in BaltirrKire for the murder of Paul Roux, was asked if he was of the Catholic faith, he replied. ‘Lord help me! I’m of no religion at Is not that the original cause of Uiscrinoe- Gold coin to the amount of $448.60° was coined at Dalrlonega, in this >- during the past year.