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Judge Warner. We find in the Savannah Courier a sketch oi the life of Hon. Hiram Warner, of this State, from which we make the following extracts: There are some incidents connected with Judge Warner’s administration ot the laws, which have not generally been known, and a recital of which we believe will be interesting to our readers. Judge Warner presided at the first court, held at Marietta, Cobb county. The population, like that of the greater part of newly settled countries, was composed of many rough and lawless persons, which rendered decided and summary action necessary on the part of the presiding officer, to maintain the authority of the court, and the supremacy of the law; there was no jail, and nothing but a small log cabin erected for the administration of justice, and just in the rear of which, there was a small enclosure about twelve rail’high intended for a horse lot. During the session of corn t, a man somewhat intoxicated, or pretending to be so, became very boisterous, disturbing the business of the court The Judge ordered the sheriff to take him away, and requesting his friends to keep him away, but in a few moments he return ed more vociferous than ever, cursing the court and its officers, lelling the Judge to put him in jail and bed and. The Judge hesitated for a moment, and then very deliberately ordered the sheriff to take the disturber of the public busi ness and place his head under the horse lot fence, until he bee; me sober The sheriff promptly executed the order, and shortly after wards, when he was wanted in court, he could not be found, a? and it was ascertained that, in obedience to what he considered the order of the Judge, after putting the man’s neck between the heavy rails of the fence, about two feet from the ground, his body on one side, and his head on the other, he had taken his seat on the top rail of the fence above his prisoner, that he might be securely Kept. The prisoner, howev er, soon reported himself sober, and was releas ed. The next morning he met the Judge, and after thanking him for his imprisonment, said that he had made a sober man of him during life. This decided conduct on the part of Judge Warner prevented any further disturbance of the court. Soon after the organization of Murray county, there were two parties, called the Bishop and the Anti Bishop parties, among which there was great excitement. Owing to some preju dice that existed, Bishop and his friends were unwilling that the then presiding Judge of the Cherokee Circuit should hold the Court for the trial of the cases in which they were interes ted, and therefore the Judge of that circuit pro posed to exchange Courts with Judge Warner, so that the latter might preside at the trials in Murray'. An eye-witness says:“Judge Warner arrived at Spring Place, the county site, early in the morning of the day the Court was to be held, and found the little village nearly surrounded by a company of United States soldiers. The Judge having ordered breakfast, was shaving, when a communication in writing was handed to him by the late General Steelman. Upon opening the letter he found it to he from Capt. Buffington, of the army, informing him that by order of Colonel Lindsey, of the United States army, stationed in Tennessee, he had repaired to Spring Place for the purpose of enabling the Judge of the Superior Court to execute the laws of Georgia, and tendering him his own services and that of his command. The Judge imme diately calling for pen, ink and paper, leplied to Captain Buffington’s communication, assuring him that however hignly he might appreciate the motives which induced Colonel Lindsev to order Capt. Buffington and his command to that place, to enable the Judge of the Superior Court to execute the laws of Georgia, that he was not aware that there existed any necessity for his services, or that of h s command ; that Georgia was abundantly able to execute her own laws, and that so far as that duty devolved upon him on that occasion he expected to have no difficulty in doing it without his assistance. In less than thirty minutes after the receipt of the communication the soldiers’ tents were struck, and Capt. Buffington and Ins command were on their march to their quarters in Ten nessee. Several of the Anti-Bishop party im plored the Judge not to send the soldiers away, the women cried, and said they would all be killed, the Couit could not be held, &c. VS hen the time arrived for opening the Court, the Sheriff was reluctant to go to the Court House, saying that lie was certain he would be killed before the trials were over. The Judge assured him that he should he protected— took him by the arm, walked to the Court House, opened Court, and, during the term, tried Bishop and other important criminal causes growing out of the Murray difficulties, without the least disturbance. Judge Warner’s conduct on this occasion was the theme of admiration. Os Judge Warner’s legal qualifications it is scarcely necessary to speak, as the evidences of their high order have been already developed in the positions to which he had been so repeated ly elevated. ‘1 he characteristic feature of his mind is its remarkable logical force. His efforts at the bar, and his decisions on the bench, alike disclose this feature. His style is free from ornament, and with an unusual directness he approaches and discusses the question, controlling every case * one redundant word, not one of repe tition, and yet complete His language, with perfect accuracy, conveys precisely the idea in tended. A Decided Fix The letter writer and telegraphists in their at tempts to make capital out of supposed disspnsions in the Cabinet were blown sky high. The Wash ington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce writes that Go\ernor Marcy has b<'en one ot “the best abused men in the world.*’ This arises partly from the malice of letter writers and partly from his own busquenes of manner which by the way, is well iliustra'ed by a tecent incident, no account of which has yet, we believe, found its way in o print. An impoituuate office-seeker in cessantly intruded upon the Secretary of the De partment, at his hotel, iu the street, “in season and out of season”—urging i,U “claims” for a Consul sup ot considerable value. Finally his entreaties 6anno y ,n g‘ that Mr. Marcy quietly sue-- - J hat a knowledge of the Spamsh language a r -v to his access. “Oh,” res ponded the urgent applicant, “I understand Spanish thoroughly sir ; I speak it like a native.” “Ah !” replied Mr. M., “that is important; one of my clerks talks Spanish, and he*d no doubt like to converse with you. I’ll call him in ; sit down-, sir,” and he arose to ring the bell. “No, sir,” exclaimed the terrified applicant, who dreaded the impending ex posure of his inorance, “the fact is, sir,—that —that —I don’t exactly speak the language just now, but —but I understand it a lit'le— l understand it.” xmt) SmtintL COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1853. Our Terms. We frequently receive orders for our paper unac companied with the cash. We regret always to refuse to enter names upon our books, but we are compelled to do so in all such cases. We cannot afford to publish on the credit system. All persons ordering our paper will please enclose Five Dollars for the Tri-Weekly and Two Dollars for the Weekly issues. Democratic Meeting. The supporters of President Pierce’s administration are respectfully requested to meet at the Court House in this city, at 12 o’clock on Wednesday 11th inst , for the purpose o selecting delegates to the District and State conventions of the Party. Democratic Meeting. The Democracy will not fail to attend the county meeting to-day at 12 \I., at the Court House. All the supporters of our noble President, are cordially in vited to attend, without reference to pass divisions. We saw late Tuesday evening au anonimous hand bill post ed through the city advising Union Democrats not to attend the meeting. We do not know who is the au thor of it, but presume it is a Whig trick • The true democracy will all assemble on the occasion, and vve j know that all will be welcomed. Superior Court. j The Superior Court for Muscogee county commenced its session in this city on Monday 9th inst., Judge Iverson presiding. We understand that there are no less than nine capital cases on the docket, and a large number of Felonies. It is much to be hoped that the docket will be cleared this time and even handed justice meted out to violators of the law. We are informed, however, that notwithstanding the ability and prompt ness of the presiding officer, who has perhaps no supe rior upon the bench in these respects, that this will not be done ; such is the number and nature of the causes set down for trial. This state of things gives plausibili ty to the proposition, which is urged in many parts of the State, to establish criminal courts with exclusive jurisdiction over this class of cases. Perhaps a more proper change would be the establishment of chancery courts. This would relieve the superior courts from very great labor and give them more time for the in vestigation of such cases as properly fall under their jurisdiction. The labors and jurisdiction of the judges of the superior courts are now so large as to exceed the capacity of almost any one man and gives perfect assu rance that justice is in many eases hastily and partially administered. We commend the subject to our next legislature in the hope that such changes may be made in our judicial system 83 the exigencies of the time re quire. We notice in attendance upon the court, besides the able array of our resident bar, several distinguished gentlemen from other circuits, among whom ar e Hon. Robert Toombs and Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, who find time from the arduous cares of politics, to at tend to the interests of their friends and clients before the Tribunals of justice. They are both looking well | and seem in good tune to give the Democracy a hard ! fight in the coming elections. We hope our Dernocrat j ic Achilles and Agamemnon will burnish up their ar l mor for the battle, and not allow them to achieve a bloodless victory. Bishop of South Carolina. Charleston, May 6. —The Rev. Thomas F. Davis, of Camden, has this day been chosen Bishop of the State of South Carolina, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Bishop Gadsden. He was chosen on the 12th ballot. Hon. John Bragg. This gentleman has written a letter to Daniel Chan dler, declining another nomination to Congress, on the ground that ‘as things are now conducted in the House of Representatives, I (he) am as little suited to that body, as that body is to me (him).” Col, Clemens.—A writer in the Mobile Tribune , says : —“lt was stated In Montgomery that Col. Clemens | had written a letter to a delegate from one of the nor thern counties, stating that if the convention nomina ted Winston for governor, he (Clemens) would run in opposition. I will not vouch for the truth of this ; but if true, it is thought Col. Winston will be under the necessity of canvassing the State. Clemens reliance will be on the whigs of the state, and such democrats | as will not consider themselves bound by the action of j their convention.” We hope Clemens will take the race—it is all that is j I wanted to kill him. Our next Governor. —We are authorised by Hon. Alfred Iverson, to state that he is not a candidate for the nomination for Governor, aud cannot consent to the use of his name in this connection. We do not regret this determination, for though we know of no man in Georgia who could more certainly unite the Democracy, and lead them to assured victory in the coming eketion, or in whose hands the complica ted interests of our great state would be more secure, we think the Democracy have use for him in another and more conspicuous theatre. Military Spirit.— The Hon. Andrew J. Miller, of Augusta, and late President of the Senate, is Captain of a Military company ; and the Hon. Joseph W. Jack son is a private in a company in Savannah, and turns out with his musket, although he is a member of Con gress. The Norwegian Colony in Potter county, Pa., es tablished by Ole Bull, already contains 700 inhabitants, and owns 140,000 acres. Ole Bull has a superb Nor wegian cottage there, and proposes to establish a poly technic school, for the advancement of the arts and sciences. Mr. McKenzie’s motion in the Cauadian Parliament for an address to the Queen, for tho liberation of the Irish exiles, has been rejected by a vote of 26 to 32! New England Methodists —Abolition. In the stir of party politics, there is danger that the Southern people will forget, or overlook the fact, that the unnatural war upon their institutions is still kept up with an energy and perseverance that is alike astonishing and dangerous. Perseverance is the peculiar charac teristic of the people of New England. They usually have but one ruling idea and to the developement and spread of it they devote their entire energies, and are utterly indifferent as to the consequences. Defeat only stimulates them to renewed effort. And the result is that they become fanatical on every subject that agitates the public mind. The Methodist Church affords a very striking illus tration of the foregoing propositions. The Abolition* Fanaticism was unfortunately embraced by many ot the preachers in the New England Conferences ; and though they lost cash and influence on account of it, and were repeatedly condemned by the General Conference of the Church—they persevered until the whole Northern Church was infected with their heresies, and resulted in the division of “the body of Christ.” This great ca lamity, however, had no other effect upon the original movers in this agitation than to embolden them to take higher ground against slave holders. They were orig inally content to proscribe slave-holding preachers — they now are attempting to excommunicate slave-hold ing members, and thereby “‘purge the Church of the sin of slavery.” The following extract which we take from the New York Herald will disclose the spirit and purposes of the Methodist Abolitionists and will be read with interest. NEW ENGLAND METHODIST CONFERENCE. Ipswich, April 29, 1853. The Conference Ant'rSlaveiy Society held its anniver sary at the" Methodist church last evening. There was a large audience present. Prayer was offered by R. W. Allen, of the Providence Conference. After a brief, per tinent speech by the President, Rev. I. J. P. Collier, he introduced as the first speaker, Rev. J. D. Bridge. —The only apology he had to of fer for appearing so often on these anniversary occasions was, that he formed a resolution some twenty years since, that he would never refuse to speak for Christ and hu manity, when called upon to do so, and that if his brethren did not wisli to hear him speak they must not ask him. — He claimed to be the constant and uncompromising friend of the slave. lie was a Union man, too ; he went for his country—the whole country —not right or wrong, but however bounded. He commented on the resolutions passed by our last annual Conference, recommending a rule in our discipline prohibiting the receptioaof voluntary slaveholders into the church, and excluding ailsuch there from after a limited period. The time would come when the church must either carry out those resolutions or re - cede frm the position it had taken. It would never do the latter. It had sworn eternal hate to slavery, and its utter extermination has been decreed. What! make the Church of Gud the home of oppression ! Never! “Go preach as well Os heaven refreshed by airs from hell ; Os holy truth of falsehood born ; Os virtue nursing open vice ; Os devils planting Paradise.” Rev. J. Porter was the next speaker. He stood there for a different reason from the one assigned by the broth® er that preceded him. lie spoke because he had refused to do so for the last ten years. He deeply regretted that he had not formed the same resolution that his brother had twenty years ago. He read se eral extracts from the Discipline, and ar gued that the church was sound in its anti-slavery doc trines ; and that its present rules, carried out, must ulti mately drive slavery from the church. The Northern portion of the church had been too anxious to retain slave holders in its bosom. It had been the grief of his heart that at the time of the separation the division lines had not so run as to have cut them off They had remained under the delusive idea that ag itation would cease, and they could retain their slaves un molested. But it could not be. “Truce to oppression ? Never! no never!” Rev. L. D. Barrows, of Charlestown, was the last speaker. He should make but a few remarks, and those few would be upon this single point—that the present time formed a most auspicious moment in this anti-slavery enterprise. He first referred to the progress of our prin ciples in the ehureli. Time was when only fourteen men could be found in the General Conference that would stand up for the anti-slavery doctrines. Well had they been denominated the immortal fourteen, for they would be remembered in time to come. But since then, and much earlier than was then anticipated, a slaveholding bishop had been met at the door of the church, and by the j authoritative voice of the same body told that he could not | enter. He also referred to the progress of anti-slavery sentiments in the nation ; and dwelt with stirring clo quence upon the actual workings of the system of slavery as he had himself witnessed it at the South. The address, though brief, was powerful and effective. Hon, Howell Cobb. The letter of this distinguished gentleman, advising the Union party to rally and unite in harmonious action under the banner of the national democracy, will be found in another pait of this morning’s paper. It gives us pleasure to commend the general tone and temper of this able letier. Ilis manly avoidance of all discus sion of the unfortunate dissensions which have hereto fore divided our political friends in the South, and his eloquent and energetic appeal in favor of a common un ion upon one common platform in support of the admin istration of President Pierce, cannot fail to command the cordial approval of the country.— Washington Un ion. A chance for poor Authors. Mr. Henry S. Fitch, of California, has offered a premium of ten thousand dollars “for the most compre hensive, thorough, and convincing treatises on the Pacific and Atlantic Railway,” embrasing the treatment of the following topics : Ist. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Railway, 2d. The future trade of the Pacific and East Indies. 3d. The wealtli of California. Mr. Fitch has deposited a bond for $20,000 in the j office of the San Francisco Journal for the payment of the premium. Strawberries in Mobile. IMora and Pomona sent us yesterday, through L. M. M ilson, their choicest offerings. The gift of the former was a bouquet of roses—the Washington and White Japoniea both superb, red and white ; the latter the most delicate and finely scented rose we have seen.— Pomona’s present was two species of the strawberry— Ilovey’s Seedling” and the “Washington”-—both very fine, but the former surpassed any thing yet exhibited, some of the berries measuring all of four inches in cir cumference. We heard a friend, who has a love of a place on the “Eastern Shore,” boasting the other day of the enormous size of those produced in his garden, but as yet they have wasted their sweets upon the de sert air. He may think his berries perfection, but we doubt whether even Adam, while he was permitted to cultivate the garden of Eden, was ever rewarded with ! a sample equal to the above.— Mobile Tribune. Dr. Ivittredge has been mulcted in $1,675 damages by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, for bandaaimr .t is alleged, too tightly, the arm of a boy, whereby mortification ensued, rendering amputation necessary. Col. P. Philips has been nominated for Congress in the Mobile District by tho Democracy. Terrible Rail Road Accident l FIFTY TWO PERSONS KILLED—EIGHTEEN WOUNDED. Charleston, May 7th.—A terrible and most fatal accident occurred to the railroad train coming South, near Norfolk, last night. The draw bridge was left open to admit of the passage of a steamer, and the train was driven through. The locomotive, baggage car, and two passenger ears, were precipitated into the river, fifteen feet below the surface. The number of persons ascertained to be killed and drowned by the accident, is fifty two. Among the missing are E. and W r . Dunbar, Esqrs., of Montgomery, Ala. There were alargenuvn ber of physicians on the train, returning from the Na tional Medical Society at New York. There were eighteen persons wounded; among them Warren S. Newall, of Georgia, who had his ankle badly broken. Accident on the Macon and Western Railroad. Macon, May 6.—The down freight train on the Macon and Western Railroad to day, while at Hill’s, just above Collier’s Station, came in contact with a bull and was thrown off the track. One fireman was killed, and the engine and nearest cars materially damaged. Another Rail Road Accident. —The Boston train ran off the track near Taunton, to-day, throwing the passenger car down an embankment. No person, fortunately, was killed, but two passengers were severe ly injured. The Norwalk Disaster. —The latest accounts from Norwalk, Conn., state that another dead body had been found, and that fifteen unrecognized bodies were lying at the station house. Burglary. We are informed that a man named Johnson and a negro fellow belonging to Wm. Perry, have been ap prehended on the charge of having committed a burgla ry in Mr. Lvnah’s store, on Saturday night, 7th inst. Nathaniel Terry. This gentleman was recommended to the President as Consul to Havana by the Democratic State “-conven tion, which lately assembled in Montgomery, Ala. He is a man of strong will and heavy hand, and if he is appointed consul, the minions of Spanish despotism who domineer over the beautiful Island of Cuba, would be made to respect the rights and persons of American citizens. Mississippi State Convention. —The Democratic State Convention of Mississippi, to nominate State offi cers, met at Jackson on Monday 2d inst., and organized by the election of W. R. Cannon, of Lowndes county, as President, and D. N. Barrows, as Secretary. The following nominations were made: For Governor, Jno. J. Mcßae. ” Attorney-General, D. C. Glenn. ” Secretary of State, W. H. Muse. ” Auditor, Madison McAfee. For Congress for the State at large, Wm. Barksdale, of Lowndes co. The other candidates for Congress to be nominated by District Conventions. In the Third District, O. R Singleton, of Madison county, has been nominated. Challenge to Turfmen. —The following challeugo | appears in the New York Spirit of the Times: Columbia, S. C., March 25, 1853. j I will run my colt Highlander, three years old, over | the Lafayette Course at Augusta, Ga., at the next au i nual meeting in January, 1854, on Monday of the race I week, against any horse, mare, or gelding in the Uni | ted States, three or four mile heats, for five or ten j thousand dollars, one half forfeit •, the forfeit to be pla ! ced in any of the banks in Augusta, Ga. The above ! challenge is open until the first day of June. If it is ! accepted, address R. D. Glover, Augusta, Ga., who will deposit the forfeit. Thomas Purvear, Laborers Wanted. —J. G. Dent & Cos., of Chatta nooga, wish to employ three hundred Irish laborers on the W estern and Atlantic Railroad. I Judicial Election. —Hon. Nat. Cook has been elec ted Judge of the Dallas Circuit, Ala. COMMUNICATIONS For the Times & Sentinel. | Agricultural Convention of the Slaveholding States. Messrs. Editors : —As your readers would like to know something of the doings of this body, I avail my self of a few moments’ leisure to give a short sketch of its proceedings. Agreeably to previous notice, the del egates assembled at Montgomery, on Monday the 2d of May. The assemblage was not large, but composed of the highest order of intellect, which the South or any other country can boast—representing the interest of most of the Southern States. The delegates assem bled in the Representative Chamber of the Capitol, and were very appropriately called to order by Gov. Collier, of Alabama. Dr. Wm. C. Daniell, of Georgia, was called to the chair, when, after a very able address upon j the slaveholding interest, and the position of master and j slave, a committee of 13 was appointed to report busi ness for the Convention. Gov. Gilmer, of Georgia, was elected President, and Col. Young, of Mississippi, and Dr. Daniell, of Georgia, Vice Presidents ; Dr. N. B. Cloud, of Alabama, Secretary. The committee re ported a Constitution, whioh was adopted by the Con- < vention. On Tuesday, the Convention assembled to hear the reports of the various committees, and to listen to an address from Joseph Cobb, Esq., of Mississippi, , upon the Cotton interest of the South ; and well was every delegate paid for all the distance he had traveled, in listening to that beautiful address. A more eloquent and chaste piece of oratory, I never heard from the lips of man. Among the reports of the various committees, was one recommending each slave holding State to es tablish a college, where all the sciences connected with > agriculture shall be taught, with a model farm attached, j adapted to the labor, climate and soil of the south.— This [ look upon as the most important feature of the Convention. Imagine for a moment, each slaveholding j State, with a college of a high order, in which all the elements of southern life are taught, science brought j into practice, skill instilled into labor, and where south- j ern youth may be taught on southern soil. Something of the tenure of their lease of life as connected with the , earth and its productions. On Tuesday evening, the Convention assembled to hear a lecture from Robt. Nelson, of Macon, Ga., on Fruits, and their culture at the south, which was listened to with profound atten tion, and gave much valuable information. After va rious subjects connected with the interests of the south had been fully discussed, Col. Chambers, of the “ Soil of the South” was called upon, when he gave a short address upon the Agricultural Press, which was well tuned, and happily delivered, and made a very sensi ble impression on that intelligent audienoe of the utility and importance of the Agricultural Press. Col. Cbam- ; bers closed- with a beautiful appeal to the memory of i the departed Skinner, the father and founder of the Agricultural Press. On Wednesday, the Convention assembled to receive various reports of committees, and to listen to an address from the Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, upon the Agricultural interests of the south. , There were those that doubted whether Mr. Toombs could speak without bringing politics into his speech, but their doubts were soon vanished by the thunder gusts ( his patriotio homestead eloquence. Every individual [ j felt that it was good to be there, and every tiller of i j southern soil felt proud that lie was a southern farmer. , j It would bo impossible for me to describe Mr. Toombs’ j speech ; it was a tumbling cataract, carrying couvic ! tion with it. He drew such a picture of the productive ness of the south, and the folly of confining ourselves to . one culture; that opened the eyes of some of the know . ing ones. “Raise everything you consume,” he says, ‘‘and after that, just as much cotton as you please— ” fear not to glut the markets of the world—and then if : you have the moral courage of the Russians, you mav , make a bon fire of your cotton crop, which would set all 1 Europe in a blaze.” Col. Toombs won golden opin , ions from fill sorts of men. The evening session was occupied in the report and recommendations of com mittees. I had forgotten to mention that Professor 1 Tourney of Tuscaloosa, delivered a lecture upon the ! connection of Geology and Chemistry with Agriculture, which was probably more instructive than any one of the addresses, but as the addresses are to be published, you will have an opportunity of reading them. The ut most harmony and good feeling prevailed. It would have done you good to have seen Virginia, greet Mis sissippi, Florida, greet Tennessee, and as to Georgia and Alabama, they are but one famiiy any how. The Convention adjourned Wednesday evening, to meet at Columbia, S. C., during the session of the next , State Agricultural Soeiety. The citizens of Montgome ry gave the Convention a grand entertainment Wednes day night, to close with, and the members separated, each to his home, delighted and encouraged .at the pros pects dawning upon Southern Agriculture. a Looker on. IFOR THE TIMES &, SENTINEL.] Charles J. Munnerlyn, of Decatur. As it has become fashionable to suggest the names of candidates in advance, allow me to follow the example of others, and suggest the gentleman, whose name precedes this article, as every way worthy and qualified to become the nominee of the Democratic party for Con ! gress in this District. He is a gentleman of a high order of talents, a good speaker, and a sound, reliable Democrat. His personal popu larity is equal to that of any other gentleman in the lower part of the District. He is a par ticular favorite with the Democracy of Decatur, was in 1849 the Democratic candidate for the | Senate from Decatur and Thomas, where the ! Whig majority was 250, and he was defeated by a very few votes. He was one of the dele gation from Georgia to the last Presidential Convention, is no office seeker, but I imagine ready at all times to do his duty, and is just such a man as the people would like to nominate. He 1 is a Planter, and would be a fit Representative ot the Planting interest, both as to his identity with it, and his superior qualifications as a man. A Baker County Democrat. Great Storm at Palermo* JVdlv. New Y ogK, May 8. Late accounts from Palermo, Italy, state, that a great storm prevailed at that place, from the sth to the 13th of April. So destructive were its effects, that it is believed that not more than two thirds of a crop of fruit will be saved. The Difficulty in Montgomery. The following account of the fight between Mr. II W. Hilliard and Mr, J. S. Winter is taken from a communication of the former to the Alabama Journal. The paper containing Mr. Winter’s statement has fail ed to reach us. Mr. Hilliard, after some preliminary i remarks explaining his connection with the case of St. John vs. Winter, et. al., and giving an account of a correspondence which occurred between himself and Winter, says : Having taken tea with my friend, Col. Thor ington, I left bis house between 8 and 9 o’clock in the evening, and called at the Madison House to make a visit. As I entered it, I obser ved J. S. Winter seated in the passage. After a brief visit, I left the house, descending by the i front entrance, through which I had come up, and as I reached the corner of the building 1 observed J. S. Winter pass down the stele en trance, which opens on Perry street. I walked ’ down the principal street, intending to call at the i office of Messrs, Moss& Clanton, which is di ! rectly over the store of the Messrs. Bell, i stood looking up to see if there were lights in j the office before ascending the stairs. At this ! moment, J. S. Winter and Abram Giudrat came ! rapidly walking up to where I was standing.— I There 1 stood alone, wholly unarmed, without even a cane in my hand. J. S. Winter was armed with the dangerous weapon which he habitually carries—a heavy steel rod, with a knob for the hand, and sharpened at the point— a weapon which has been prohibited even in Cuba, and which ought to be prohibited in eve ry civilized community. What other weapons j he had I do not certainly know. Upon coming up to me, he bade me good ’ evening, and then asked, “Do you intend to | make any explanation about that speech ?” 1 replied, “No, sir ; and you can’t talk to me upon that subject.” At the same moment I turned away, intending to enter the store ol j Messrs. Bell, seeing no lights in the office I Messrs. Moss & Clanton. Immediately 1 n ceived a violent blow from Winter’s steel rod. I at once called to Mr. Rogers, a young gentle man in the employ of the Messrs. Bell, for some thing “to defend myself against this ruffian.’’— Mr. Rogers presently handed me a light stick, used to lower the awning; with this I return- 1 ed to the door, and I saw neither Winter no: Gindrat. I tliencalled for something more efi'ec tive [for defence. A sword cane was handed tome, I passed out of the door with it, and in attempt ing to draw the sword, the head of the cane shivered in my hand. Winter had disappeaied. I Prooeeding up the street which 1 had just pau sed down, as far as the corner opposite ? “Madison House,” I saw nothing ot Winter, I and I then called upon Col. Thonngton to | counsel with him, taking in my way Mr. Whiting, who was kind enough to accompany me. Returning to the office of Messrs. Moss and Clanton, I met Abram Gindrat on my w and"recapitulating f every thingjthat had occur red, I drew from him a full and satisfactory admission of the circumstances attending the assault upon me.