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Himes mtir fttvAml COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WfJDKESDAY MORNING-, NOV. 23, 1853 J.TOKiAL CORRESPONDENCE.] M.lledqkville, Nov. 18, 1853. Error Corrected. —In your tri-weekly of the 17tl* 3 grievous error has been committed and I hasten t< correct it. You make me 6ay that, Mr. Clarke oi Ba k e r, introduced a bill to give the election of U. Stan- Stoator to the pople. lie did not do so. He intro duced a bill to give the election of Judges of the Su preme Court to the people. By section three, of tit 4tb article of the Constitution of the United States, it is provided that “the S. nate of the U. States shall b composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof,” &c. The Rights of Married Women. —Mr. Millet of Richmond, introduced a bill yesterday into the Sen ate to secure the lights of married women. The bil will be ptinttd, and I will send you a copy. We re gard the subject as oue of the greatest magnitude; publio sentiment in Georgia is radically wrong on thie subject. Notwithstanding >ur professions of regard for woman, we treat her but too often as our inferior Why should her property be sold to pay the debts ot an improvident husband ? We will reserve what we have further to say upon this subject until we are fur furnished with Mr. Miller’s bill. Mr. Anderson offered a resolution to appoint a com mittee from the two Houses to examine the State Road. Mr. Mostly introduced a bill to charter tiie Interiwi Bank “ bt located at Griffin. Ihe will or the People defeated. Mr. Sin gleton uffe ed a resolution to postpone the election ot United States Senator until the next session of the Leg islature. Tbe resolution was taken up by a vote of 51 to 43. Mr. Stephens of Hancock moved the previous ques tion, but before his motion was seconded, Mr. Sturgis, of Muscogee, moved to lay Mr. Singleton's resolution upon the table for the present. At this point in the proceedings a message was re ceived from the House informing the Senate that they were ready to receive them in their Hall for the pur pose of proceeding with the election of a United States Senator, the hour having arrived which was set apart by resolution of the two Houses for that purpose. Mr. Clark, of Baker, roue to a question of order The hour having arrived which was set apart for the ekction of a Senator, he moved that the Senate repair to the House for that purpose. The President dt eid< and that his motion was first in order. Mr. Ridley of Troup, appealed from the dtcision of the chair, and the decis ion was overruled by a vote of ayes 46, nays 48. A discussion arose at this point in ths proceedings, upon a question of order. Mr. Miller, Mr. Ridley, and others, conttnding that the previous qmstion had precedence over ah others ; and Mr. Sturgis and others, insisting that his nictiou to lay on the table was a privi lge question. During this discussion, Mr. Clarke niov.d to proceed with the order of the day. which was the election of a Senator of the United States Toe chair decided ihat this motion was first in order, but his dec sion was again vtrruled by a vote of ayes 45, nays 49. The question •;* order was then determined by the President to be the call for the previous question by ■ Mr. Stephens, and the call was sustained by a vote of j 8} es 50, nays 44. The main question was then put ! upon Mr. Singled n’s resolution and the Senate resolved • to postpone the election of United Statts Senator until j the next session, by a vote of ayes 49, nays 45, as fol low-. : Yf.as— Messrs. Adams, Bailey of Whitfield, Beall,B-<yd, Brown of Baldwin, Bullard, Lruwjoid, Cruirder. Daw- ; sun, Delnman o! Pulaski, Dixon ol Talbot, Drake. Dun- ! negan, ot Hall. Greshum, Griggs, Guyton, Huiburd, Hall, Jackson, King, Knight, Laugbridge, Lame cth, Love, Miller, Moon oJ Jack.-ou, Moore, McCun.ell, McLeod Moireli, Newsom, Pratt, Peebles, Pius, Pojie, Lid.ey, Koointon, Snfiold, Simmons, Singleton ol Lump kin, /Stephens , /Stoi all, Surrenty, 7re mm ell, Turner, Wiloer, Widiumson, Willingham, White. Nays— Mes.-rs. Beck. Boggesp, Brian,Camden,Cannon, Chastain, Claik, Cochran Cone, Cos her, Dabney, Dean Dickson ol Waiker, irane, Dunwoody, i chols, Gaston, Gr. en, Grier, Gurry, Hale, Hill, Holmes, Jameson, Jones, Lawrence, Lott, Lyons, May, Mosely, McGelne, Morris, Mounger, Patterson, Baulk, Reynolds, Reddish, Stureis, Strickland, Thomas, Watts, Walker of Crawford, Walker of Jones, Wilcox, Whitwoith. The Whig- are in italics and the Democrats in Roman, j It may be propel to add, that Stell was in the chafe, j Smith ol Coweta, sick ; Brown of Thomas, absent ; ! Dead wyler voted wiih the Whigs in the preliminary ; questions, but was either absent or silent on the last call. Anderson of Chatham, was present when the question was first raised, but did not vote, and left be fore the main question was put. We have bet n thus particular, in order that the peo ple may know and mark the men who have defeated the I popular will, aud hold them to a strict accountability for their action. We leave you to make an appropriate commentary upon their conduct. It is suspected by j some persona that Ilowell CoLb is at the bottom of this movement. He left the city yesterday. We earnest ly hope that such is not the case. We learn that he urged his friends to abide by the nomination of the party. He owes it to his own good favor to exi rt his j utmost influence to bring his frit nds (if indeed they are j bis frieii.ie) to a proper view of their party obligations, j We do not know that any of the gentlemen wim voted with the Whigs to defeat the will of the party so clear ly ascertained by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Democratic caucus, were present and acting with the party in their nominations. We have heard that Mr Anderson of Chatham, has never co-operated with the party, since it was ascertained that there was no j chance for his election to the Presidency of the Senate ; and it may be the case with the others ; if so, we can not charge them with bad faith, but we certainly are ex cusable if we call in question their Democracy. When leisure oilers, we will ascertain the facts and post you fully. I have just time to put this letter in the office before it closes. L. Millkdqeville, Nov. 19. SENATE. This body met in much better temper than was an ticipated. The regular order of business was taken up and gone through with, uithouiany allusion to the disa greeable occurrences of yesteiday. Perhaps it wis Considered best to give parties time to cool, in the hope that the sober second thought of the factionists, who have refused to submit to a joint resolution of the tw.. House, approved by the the Governor, and is a quai law ot the land, will bring them to bow their rebellion wills to the authority of the State of Georgia. The j ‘int resolution of the two Houses is still in force, an il is the opinion of mmy members, that the President of the Senate would be justifiable in leaving bis sea aid proceeding to the election of Senator at any tun the House may intimate its willingness to receive the Senate. The joint resolution to adjourn t! e General Assembly sini die, at a certain time, and no matter what one House may do, without the concurrence of the other House, the session would close when the clock struck the hour of adjournment. We are, therefore, surprised that the W hig Senators, many of whom, arc :nen of high moral and intellectual qualities, can con sent to give the sanction of their names and vot l s to so piipable a violation of a solem act of the two Houses which nas been approved by the Governor, and has herefore, upon the two Houses all the force of the law. New Bills. Mr. Miller—a bill to regulate the practice in Equiiy ii certain cases. The bill provides tor making legal epresentatives parties in case of death of liteg:nts. Mr. Guyton—a bill to improve the navigation of the Altamaha, Oconee and Oemulgee rivers. Mr. Boggs—a bill to attach Carroll to the Coweta Circuit, and to fix the times of holding the courts in the various counties composing it. Mr. Mosely—a bill to regulate the mode of suing Railroad companies for killing livestock. The bill pro vidm that the companies may be sued in the Justice Court in the district, where the damage is done by ■lervice of notice upon any agent or employee of the o impanies. Mr. Brj-an—a bill for the sale of the uusurveyed por tions of Okefenoeee Swamp on the Ist Tuesday in May next. Mr. Dean—a bill to lease Napiers old field, a part of the commons in the eity of Maeon. Mr. Sturgis—a bill to allow confessions of judgement at any time. Mr. Robinson, made a report from the joint com nittee, on the Executive mansion, recommending the ppropriation of 3000 dollars for its repair. Mr. Huubard —a bill to incorporate Cedar Town. Mr. Dawson —a bill to make Public Square an elec tion precinct, in Greene county. Brown, of Baldwin—a bill to give the election of Clerk of council of Milledgeville, to the people, and to elect Mayor and Ald men by general ticket. Mr. Lambeth—a bill to change the time of holding court in Floyd county. Mr Echols —a bill to give Oidinaries power to re move Administrators, Executors and Guardians in eer tain eases, and to require new bonds. Mr. Wilcox a bill to allow the Milledgeville Turn pike and Railroad company, to extend the Road to the Florida line, via Ilawkensville. Bills Read 3d Time. Mr. Mosely’s bill to add lands of certain persons in Pike county. Lost on its passage, ayes 22, nays 68. Mr. Mostly’* bill to charter Marshall College, was i read 3d time and passed. The bill to legalise the adjournment of Superior Court. ■ was read 3.4 time and passed ; so also was Mr. Miller’s j to abolish Surveyorship in joint tenancy in personal property. Messages from the Governor. Ist. Returnii g the bill, changing the time of hold- j ir.g li.fi rior Courts of Spaulding county, with his sig nature. 2d. Communicating a letter from Murk A. Cooper, in w hieli he proposes to furnish Georgia with all the iron she may need on the State Road and Penitentiary, hi 3 i 2 c nts per pound <n certain conditions. 3d. Annouiuing die unljjnHtii.n of t£. A. NlAotj ol | his office of Judge of the Supreme Court. It- S. Smith, Esq. We were much gratified to be among those of our citizens, who on Monday last, assembled to pay a parting tribute to the woith of one of our oldest, and for many years, among the most influential of our citizens. It having been understood for some time p st. that H. S. Smith, li>q., had disposed of his inte rests in our city, vvith the intention of removing to Mo- Lie. a number of thus** who had long known him, availed tin mselvrs of the opportunity of expressing in some significant manner, their esteem for him as a man, and their appreciation of his integiity and honor in the capacity of one of our leading merchants, which position, he has held for years, and in which he has contributed greatly towards the prosperity and charac- i ter of our city. At eleven o’clock, a large number assembled at the i Broad strict House, where Capt. Woodruff, the very I accomplished propr'n tor, had prepared one of the most j elegant repasts, to which we have ever been invited.— The table which extended the whole length of the dining hall, literally groaned beneath the varied delicacies which had b> en so b unteously provided. John A. j Jones. Esq., having briefly announced the object of as j sembling, two massive and elegantly wrought silver pitch ers were presented to the gu* st, accompanied with the | following note of presentation, read by Mr. R. Patton : j H. S. Smith, Esq. — Dear Sir •’ The pleasure we feel in addressing you this note is much alloyed by our regrets that your near depar- ; ture from among us afibrds the oeeason. Happy to be numhered among your iriende, we wish in some small de gree to evince our high regard. We all feel that we are loosing a friend, one who has made our city respected by his residence in it. Mobile may well be proud that you have determined to cast your lot within her borders, and we feel assured that there, first among her first, your name will be synonymous with In tegrity and Honor. We request your acceptance of these Pitchers—trusting that their polished surface may never reflect any but scenes of happiness—and that when years have rolled away, they may serve to recall the memory of friends, who will never consent that others shall resume the place they now hold. Wishing you every future prosperity, we are very truly, Your friends. R. Patton, Jno.E. Davis, H. T- Hall, T. W. Tallnian, W. A. Bedell, W. C. Gray, Jno. A. Deßlois, P. J. Semmes, F. G. Wilkins, S. T. Grimes, Jno. D. Carter, R. B. Murdock, G. W, Winter, H. H.Epping, John A. Jones. ! After the reading, Mr. Smith, responded in a brief, but earnest speech, which spoke from the heart the appreciation of this testimonial of regard by old and cherished friends. This was followed by speeches and sentiments from Col. Seaborn Jones, R. J. Moses, Esq . Hon. Mark A. Cooper. Col. 11. L. Benning, John E Davis, E*q ,J. A. Jones, Eq , Cupt. P. J. Semmes, Messrs. Patton, Deblois, A.C. Fiewellen, Mayor Morton. Dr. Boswell. R. Murdock and others—t amest and warm friends of Mr. Smith, all evincing in the sincerest terms tlnir appr edition of the wah of an honest mm, and the gr> at loss, which as a community, and as personal friends they were about to experience For two h< ur< did senti ment follow sentiment and speech upon speech, pledging mi many a foaming bumper, long life and happiness to their old and tried fri< nd. We wtre loath to say fare well, but the sad word was at last pronounced, and all It that Co!u nbuß was loosing one of her best, her ageut, aud strongest friends. We would be pleased to give a full r* p >.■ t <•; peeclus an. 1 toasts, but it were almost impossible, \ des it was but a gathering of friends to bid adieu i heir own unostentatious manner, tia cherished friers ml public benefactor. We cot gratulate Mobile upon lur acquisition—wi p progress and enterprise, will be united anolii ■one h< r already eminent merchants, who will stoi .mug the foremost in all that may pertain to her con iv le’ tl. moral and eial advancerm-nt. lUaditiue Lever*. We are pleased to learn, through a private letter t< a friend in our city from this justly distingtrshed lad\ of her safe return, after a most delightful and brilliant tour in Europe. No lady from our country has evei received such marked attention from the highest am noblest f the Old World. And this we are pleased to know, has been rendered for the private worth and accomplishments of our countrywoman. No boisterous nor clamorous ostentation greeted her the guest o! semi mobs or national enemies, but the best, the noblest, the learned, offered their tribute of respect for the privat virtue and graces which adorn and elevate the femal character. We copy with great pleasure, the following notice of her arrival at home, from the Mobile Register f the 14 inst. “Our accomplished Mrs. Levert has returned from hei tour in Europe, greatly impioved in appearance and more iu love with the world, and what is good within it, than ever. Her tour has been a triumphal progress, not in the pageant, and glitter that accompany only titled but in the homage by all so freely paid to the halo of gen tleness and trine charity that begirts her. Every where has she been honored —no, not honored but, requited for some kindness shown, some sweet praise given, or some encouraging word spoke in the time ol need, and with a gentleness that robbed favor ofall painful obligation, and left the receiver nothing but a grateful memory. The gifted artist, not less than the ennobled traveller, has ever found in her, and in her house,a genial spirit and an Arab welcome. These, returning to their distant climes, have told her kindness, and all who heard seem to have shared in the obligation, lor lequiting favors have been poured on her by those she never saw before. The harp string must impunge the air it moves in nearly forty times in succession, ’ere it produces the slightest per ceptab.'e sound. Not so the touch of kindness, which, like the electric pulse, is felt by all, and felt at once. In the re gal court of England her genuine goodness proved a potent of nobility, and made her the equal ol the greatest! while even the peasantry and laborers of France and Italy—the garcon of Paris, the gondolier of Venice, and the boatman of Como, charmed by her converse in their native tongues felt all their service but a labor 0 f love. Gentle kindness alone was the sped that thus opened alike the gates of Pal aces, and the hearts of all to her. It irradiated her wherev er she went ; and all and every thing she met brightened and smiled at her'approach. On the peaks of the Alps, or in the e ty drawing room, on the glaciers of Mont Blanc, or the canals of Venice, she found, or made warm friends. Friends, who heartily endeavored in these varied and re mote places to requite some kindness, or attention they had met with or heat dos in Mobile. In Italy a polished stran ger called on the hour of her arrival, tendering every kind ness shown to another. Each receptacle of art, each ob ject of interest, was at once thrown open to her in return for some trifling favor done for a brother artist in her own tar oft and happy country. As tiie vital blood within us, circulating through the sys tem even to the extremities, returns strengthened and in creased, to enrich the heart from which it sprung, so has our gentle friend come back among us. Happier in her self, happier in her knowledge of the world, and rendering nappy home still more gladsome by the brilliant memories she brought back to adorn it. The belle of mere beauty bears many a heart ache foi each petty conquest, but not such is the tiiumph that has attended the virtues of the heart and the accomplishments of mind, in the case of Mrs. Levert. She has looked on every object—animate or inanimate— with bright and hopeful eyes, undimmed by doubt, or cloud within. To her, and such as iter, the world is no dreary void, no dark repulsion globe, but a poi.shed mirror that shows nothing but what is blight and loveable when they look on it. An Attempt to Four negroes, belonging to Col. Joseph A. L. Lee, of this county, attempted to murder Mrs. Lee a few days since, in the absence of her husband. They had been administering a slow poison, bHt finding this inef fectal, they went to lur room at night and had nearly succeeded in smothering her, when she had presence of mind to arouse her little son by pinching him, whose outcry alarmed some faithful servants, who came to her rescue just in time to save her from a brutal death. The negroes have confessed their crime and are now in jail, awaiting their trial. They do not impute their evil designs to any unkind treatment on the part of their mistress. Thanksgiving. —To-morrow is the day set apart by the Governor, as a day of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for his favor and protection to our beloved State during the past year. Seventeen States will to-morrow officially proclaim their thanks and gratitude to the great Ruler of the Universe— let the people too, show that reverence and respect for the oc casion which becomes a Christian and enlightened com munity. We hope our citizens will respect the day by closing their places of business. Divine services will be held in all the churches of our city. Exhibition of Dissolving Views at Temperance Ilall. We are pleased to announce, that Mr. Price is in our city, and will give to-nigh one, and probably the the only one, of his most attractive exhibitions, com prising magnificent views of natural scenery, noted places, &c., fee. We learn from the Alabama papers, that these exhibitions have attracted large numbers, and all speak in the highest terms of their merit. For particulars, see hand bills. ITWe refer our readeis to the advertisement of G. D. Metcalf & Go., New Orleans, Commission Mer chants. 11. B. Stone, a member of the firm, is so well known in this vicinity as a faithful, prompt and active business man, that we can scarcely hope to advance the interests of the firm by adding our recommendation to ltis well earned reputation. O” We are informed by a friend that Mr. Robert A. Hardaway will leave this place to day with a party to locat- ihe line ot the Railroad fiom Greenville to Mo bite. Mr. George S. Runey is organizing anotl er corps to locate the line from Union Springs to Green vil e. Tiie work will be plaoed under contract as soon as the surreys are made. [ From the Chambe;*’ Tribune. 3 A Touch at the Touchy. I have heard a great deal in my time, through book and pulpit, of offensive people—that is peo ple, who, being of a rude or malicious disposi tion, frequently give offence to their neighbors md friends. It strikes me that the remarks thrown out upon such persons are in a great measure uncalled for and useless, for it so hap pens that I scarcely ever meet with an offensive person. I believe there was such a class of peo ple once, as there once were plesiosauri and an oplotheria ; but if such a class are to be found in the present world at all, it must be in a grade of society lam a little acquainted with. In my social sphere, the oppo-ite error of an excessive complaisance is considerably more conspic uous. if writers and preachers, however were to di rect a little of their thunder against offence taking people they would, I apprehend, be doing useful service. This is a class which has, 1 suspect, been increasing in numbers and sensi tiveness, precisely as the offence giving class has been diminishing—a discord with its co relative which is only apparent, seeing that the peculiar property 7 of this portion of the human race is always to be the most affected by the least cogent causes. In the days when there was a generai roughness and want of mutual respect, there was! suppose hardly such a thing as taking offence at all. If there was rudeness on the one side, there was good humor or thick skinnedness on the other ; and so sulking and firing up were both of them hardly known. It was only when we ail became such nice ladies and gentlemen, as scarcely ever to utter a word out of joint, or fail in one of the formalities of society, that we began to be so much pestered with intimations that great offence had been ta ken at us for something which we had said or done, or something which we had faded to say or do. In the beds of roses on which most of these people pass their days, a crumpled leaf is enough to give pain. Bow to them in the street with little less than your usual flexure, fail to go up and converse with them in a crowded evening party, and they go home full of resentment at the slight you have put upon them. Pass them over in the invitations you give out for a dinner or soiree where they would wish to be, and they begin to speak of you as a heartless person who forgets old friends. To be unmoved at one of their jokes, to give a wry look at the crying of one of their children, to fail to speak with suf ficient warmth of their piano playing, or their last novel or poem, is enough to discompose them effectually at the moment, and throw a cloud over their behaviour towards you for a long time to come, if not forever. Much worse is it if they should have heard a report of some half jocular remark you had made upon them, not quite respectful in its tendency. Then, without affording you any opportunity of explanation or apology, they seal a vow of eternal resent merit against you, or, what is quite as bad, with draw into a cold abstraction which is vain for you to try to penetrate. Confirmed offence takers are so exceedingly disagreeable as acquaintances, that few care much for their society, or feel any great con cern when they give symptoms of having taken umbrage. We pass them over as unfortunates, and quickly cease to think of them. It is chiefly in circles of relationship they become seriously annoying, for then they cannot be so readily dismissed from consideration. ‘The mischief they do in such circles by their exigeant tempers their reclamations against imaginary ill usage, | and their raising cabals and tactions against every one who fails to please them, is enormous. j How often do we find that a couise of consist- ‘ ent kindness, persevered in for years by one per- • sou in a family circle towards another will be- j come blank in recollection the moment some ! trivial word or look has been taken amiss. It is amiss. It is from such causes the greater number of family quarrels spring. Bystanders ‘ usually affect impartiality in such cases as being totally unable to say which party is in the wrong. I have no difficulty whatever in the case. Only ! tell me which party first complained of an of- I fence, and I will tell you with whom in all pro- j bability, the mischief originated. If you analyze the character of a confirmed j offence taker, you will almost always find an ! inordinate self love at the bottom of it. Such j persons never get the attentions and considera- ; tions thay think their due. They deem all around | them, to be iu a conspiracy to use them ill, when j they themselves are more truly in a conspiracy ! to torment society. The source of their infirm ity is revealed by a converse fact—namely, their extraordinary liability to think favorably of all who will pay them court, not even excep ting the most silly and the most worthless. It is equally demonstrated by another attendant circumstance, that they instinctively shrink from the friendship of all kinds of honest and many people. In short, offence takers, in general are about the most contemptible people one meets with, as unfortunately they are also not far from beitiL! the most mischievous. With the best feeling towards unfortunate and reduced people generally, and also towards those who are struggling upwards, but have not yet mounted very high, 1 am painfully sensible of there being a difficulty in keeping on good terms with them, in consequence of their great prone ness to taking offence where none is meant. It requires a very nice diplomacy to get comforta bly along with people who feel their fortunes to be below their merits and their pretensions. Wilh easy, well off friends you take some iittle liberty: you may call or not as you choose ; you may indulge in jocular chat, partly at then expense, sure that they will take it all in good humor. But there can be no such freedom with poor friends ; there we can have no safety but in the rigor of etiquette, under whose deadly shade all social enjoyment fades and perishes. It is a sad consideration ; hut we all daily feel how fortune determines our associations and our friendsrips, and it is easy to see that this sensitiveness of the inferior towards the superi is one grand cause why it is so. One wearies ot constant explanations for doing away with unintentional offence ; we, in time shrink with apprehension from persons whom we fear by every trivial word to throw into a paroxysm of resentment. The society of our peers becomes more convenient, and we at length are content to leave our unfortunate old friends to their ow„ reflections. There is such a thing, of course, ns occasion, al offence taking by worthy people, simply un . der mistaken views of what is due to them, or of what has been done towards tl.em. { would speak of this with forbearance, as an error into which the most amiable humanity may fall ; hut I must also take leave to warn all mv friends against it, as a very grievous and dangerous one which they may well take some pains to avoid. Many a well meaning person mi sthave had oc casion to regret that he once gave way to a feeling of offence, and spoke and acted about it a way that magnified a trifle into a serious evil A regret of this kind may last a life time, though the original offence was but the feeling of a moment. Let such facts put us on our ouard against everything like undue irritability or sen sitivenes, or at least against giving way to re sentment, until we have been fully assumed that offence was really meant, and find that an oppor tunity for repentance has been neglected by the offender. And even then let the sense of irrita tation be restrained within the narrowest limits possible. Mr. Soule’a presentation to the Queen of Spain—Eis Speech and Her Reply. Ou the evening of the 22d, Mr. Soule, Minister of the United States to Spain, was admitted to an audience with the Queen. The Queen was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the officers of the Palace. After being ushered in with the usual ceren. des, Mr. Soule handed to the Queen the president’s letter, accrediting him as Envoy to the Spanish Court, and then addressed her as follows, in the English lan guage : MR. SOULE’S SPEECH “Madam: —In delivering the letter which ac credits me as Envoy Extraordinary and Minis ter Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, to the Court of your Majesty, 1 can not dispense with expressing the satisfaction I experience in having only to give the most friendly assurance to your Royal person, and to the people confided to your direction and solicitude. The respected Chief who presides at litis mo j ment over the destinies of America, anxiously I desires that the best understanding should char acterize the relations of his Government with that of your M ajesty, and it would be to me a gratification, as it is a duty, to cultivate and de velop every event calculated to render more in timate the ties of interest which exist between Spain and the United States, and to strengthen the bonds which unite the two powers, i offer, Madam, to your Majesty my sincere wishes for i the welfare of your royal person and augu.-t ; family. May the reign of your Majesty be I fortunate and fruitful iu events, destined to ren | der your people happy and prosperous.’’ To this address the Queow replied as follows: queen’ is ‘Ella’s KErLV. j “Monsieur the M&L' Mer: I heard with I satisfaction the asset you have given .he i | me relative to the sentimants ol the President of the United Sta es> an “ :et '* 1 * eas “ ure in assuring 3011 that they a,eil °f sur / Iby those which animate me for H s p erS( n and ! for your country. Those new q'es',~al• I ways grateful to me, com luce me ntt ie ami i more of the interest which Spain as well as the United States have to preserve and draw’ closer their former relations. In me your Excellency will find the best dispositions, and in my Govern ment the sincerest co-operation, for the accom plishment of so important and so desirable an object.” Great Storm and Loss of Life. —New Ha ven, Conn., Nov. 14th.—The storm through this State yesterday 7 was exceeding severe. The railroad track east of this place was washed away, detaining the train from Boston with the mails and passengers by the steamer America. At Birmingham four lives were lost by the flood. Neither the Boston nor New Yoik mails have arrived this morning. At Windsor the road was badly damaged and rendered impassible. Louisiana Election —The success of the dunocraey in Louisiana is complete. They have elected the entire State ticket, a large majority in the Legislature, and three out of four members of Congress. The election of a United States Senator devolves upm the Legislature at its next session. Mr. Slidell wiil probably be elected. Wisconsin Election.— A Milwaukee despatch of the 11thsays that the annexed ticket for State officers .is be lieved to be elected entire. 4he gentlemen composing it are all democrats. The Legislature is also democratic : Governor W in. A. Barstow 5 Lieut. Governor, Jas. Lris ; State Treasurer, Edward Jansen ; Secretary of State, Alexander Grey; Attorney General, George B. Smith ; Bank Comptroller, Wm. Dennis ; State Prison Commissioner. A. W. Starks. MARI’ tKD, At the Catholic Church in this city, on Sunday Evening', the 20th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Gillespie, Col. John Quin to Mrs. Mary Ann Bostick, all of this place. DIED, At his residence in Wynnton.on Thursday morning 10th inst., Maj. Thomas M. Nelson, in the 72d year ol his age. Mej. Nelson was a native of Virginia,and during most uJ his life a resident of that State. During the last war with Great Britain, he bore a commission in thearmy, ar.d for Ins hde tty and gallantry, especially in the actions at La Cole’s jVliii and Chateaugay, he received the thanks of the Legis lature ol his native State and a beautiful sword as a testi monial ol his bravery. Stio.tly after the war, he was fleeted as a member of Congress horn hi? native district, and was continued a Rep resentative until he voluntarily re igned. But although he di.-chargea with scrupulous honor and naelityjevery public trust confided to his hand-, yet he al ways pieterred the quiet of domestic and social life in which he was an example of hospitality and kindness, justice and generosity sel orn equalled. It is not proper to intrude into the sanctuary of his home, or to speak ol tho.-e qualit.e- of heait and mind which drew around him the intei se devo tion and unmeasured affection of that circle ; but every one who associated with him felt the impress of his waiui and gentlemanly spirit. Nor was he less remarkable for his characteristic- as a Christian. Conscientious and devout in ail hisdntie ,as a membei of the Church, as a Parochial officer, or a delegate ii convention, he has left a bright example to bis breth en who feel deeply the bereavement v hich tbev have sustain ed in his death. And in this sense of bereavement the whole community sympathises. But he has been gathered to his fathers full of years and of honors “in the comfort of area on-ble, re'igh usai and ftoly hope ; in tne confidence of a on tain faith ; in favor with God and in charity with the world.” EdT The Richmond papers will plea-e copy. WANTED, At Clayton, Barbour County Alabama A GOOD TANNER to taka charge of a yar o 0 Vats.— Non3 but a sober and indua.rio u man need apply 10 the place. TOMPKINS & CO WEN. CLyton, Ala., Nov 22-w4t