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[From the South Carolinian.3
Tho Agricultural Association es the .laveholdingStates.
to thi: people or the south.
Thursday, the Ist day of December, has beet
tixed for the meeting of this Association at ol*
utnbia, South Carolina. A large number ot the
most intelligent planters and scientific men ol I
the South mav be oxpec.ted. A meeting ol such j
varied interest as will bo then presented has j
never before occurred in the Snitlieni States, j
and every assurance may be given that it will I
prove eminently successful in the grand objects j
which form the basis of its organization. The i
elevation, protection and improvement of the ;
rural affairs ot the Southern States is certainly j
praiseworthy, and should receive the sanction j
and encouragement of all our citizens. We,!
therefore, most cordially invite and desire the ;
participation of the whole South. The Secreta
ry of the Association, Dr. Cloud, ol Alabama,!
makes the following ad interim announcement: |
“The Executive Council of the Association j
have made arrangements with gentlemen of high j
distinction in the various departments of Agri-1
cultural science and practice to address the As* ’
sociation during its assemblage. M e have also ;
assurances that the meeting will be in every way j
highly acceptible to tho people of the Palmetto :
State, and also to the citizens of Columbia.
Addresses have been promised by, and may I
be expected from, the following gentlemen :
South Carolina—John Bachman, D. D., LL
D.. Hon. J. B. O’Neall, Hon. W. H. Gist, Prof. ■
F. S. Holmes, Hon. R. F. W. Allston, H. W.
Ravenel, Esq., Prof. R. T. Brumby.
Mississippi—Dr. H. A. Swasev, Thomas Af
fleck, Esq.
Georgia—Dr. W. C. Daniel!, J. Van Buren,
Esq., R. J. Hardwick, Esq.
Alabama—Col. Isaac Croom, Absalom Jack
son, Esq., Dr. A. A. Lipscomb, Col. Win. De-
Forrest Holly.
District of Columbia—J. D. B. Deßow, Esq. j
“In addition to the gentlemen above named,
several have partially promised to address the .
meeting or send an essay. There are also some
gentlemen that have been addressed yot to hear
from.”
The meeting will continue for m session of
several days, and due arrangements will be
made for the accommodation of a large audi
ence.
On behalf of the Executive Council of the As
sociation. A. G. Summer.
Savauoah and Charles to a—A Compromise.
A correspondent of the Savannah Courier no- j
tices the two projects ot Railroad connection I
between Georgia and South Carolina, viz: a !
Road direct from Charlesten to Savannah, and
a Road from the latter to Branehville ; and on
the supposition that the first of these is exclu
sively a Charleston interest, as the latter is man
ifestly an interest of Savannah at tiie expense of
Charleston, he proposes what he is pleased to
call a compromise, to harmonize them. It is j
that Georgia should allow these Roads to cross ;
the river by a bridge in common, on condition
that South Carolina shall give charters to both
ot them. We are somewhat accustomed now
ft-days to compromises, in which one party gets
all, on condition that they shall not demand more
than all the matters in dispute, but this proposi -
tion from Savannah goes even beyond the im
pudence of the North at Washington. We had
supposed that it was as much the interest of
Havannah as of Charleston, that there should be
a direct and cheap communication between
them. Wo had no idea that they would ask us
to buy the right of crossing the river and erect
ing a depot in their city. We had not supposed
that the soil of Georgia was so very sacred that
it could not be touched without paying an enor
mous price for the privilege : and for our pari
we certainly shall not advise the ratification of
any such self-conceited notion. If people can
not goto Savannah without paying ransom, they
can at least stnv a wav.
But since this matter of compromise of inter
ests between the two cities has been broached,
we take leave to propose what we think is a
compromise having really two sides to it. Sa
vannah wishes a communication with the North
by the directest line, viz: by a road to Branch- I
ville, which would carry all her travel and bu-;
siness far away from Charleston. On the other ;
hand, the latter wants a connection by the short- j
est route with Macon, Columbus, Montgomery,
and all that region. Let Savannah have her j
road to Branehville, on condition that Charles- j
ton shall be allowed to have a connection with
the Central Railroad at its great bond, which
would be in a direct line with Macon Os course
it is understood that each city shall build its
own road—that by which it is to be benefittod ‘
at the expense of the other. This we call a fair
compromise. \\ hat says Savannah? and if;
Savannah is mute, what says Macon, and what
says the State oi’ Georgia l— Charleston Mcr - i
eury.
Fbom China.—The Rov. E. C. Bridgman
has written a letter to the Boston Recorder,
dated “Shanghai, Aug. 6, from which we take
the following extracts:
“During the last month, the insurgents have,
according to all the reporls that have reached
us here, steadily extended their lines, and had,
ft month ago, possession of a largo walled city,
Fung-Yang, within 500 miles of Pekin, on
which they seemed strongly bent, determined to \
kill or drive out the Mancbus.
It Pekin tails, the old government will, in all j
probability, go too ; and then will come anarchy,
unless the insurgents have wisdom and strength
to extend their own government, now in its third )
year, apparently well organized, with consider
able resources, and army sixty or eighty thou !
sand strong.
W hat will our friends of the Bible Societies !
and Tract Societies think and aav. when thev
know that these rebels are printing and circula- S
ting both the Scriptures and tracts?
‘Hie Rev. Chas. Taylor is now on his third
trip to their camp, and the Rev. L. T. Roberts is :
iu company with him, hoping to reach the chief,
who was once Mr. R.’s catechumen and guest at <
Canton.
It would seem that this chief gained his first
religious knowledge—his first knowledge of
Christianity—from a tract entitled God's Word
io Admonish the Age , or some similar one many
years ago, while a student at Canton ; and that
for having embraced the new doctrines, he was
ejected from his place as a school teacher.—
Friendless and pennyless, he came to Mr. Rob
erts, with whom ho remained some months in
the spring or summer of 1817. Subsequently,
h and his fellows were persecuted, and two ot
thorn put to death. The others, this chief among
the rest, were driven to make resistance. Hence
apparently, the origin of this great movement.’’
(Times aid? Bmixnd.
COLQIBUS, GEOIIGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 30, 1853
Death of Hou. Charles Dougherty.
A Telegraphioh dispatch was received on yesterday
morning, from Atlanta, announcing the death of Hon.
Charles Dougherty. It is with regret, that we convey
this intelligence to our readers. Mr. Dougherty was
an able man, and an honor to our State. Truly, death
loves a shining mark.
“The Kunkela.”
This inimitable Troup , are now giving u series of
their unique entertainments at Temperance Hall.—
There is more mirth, life and activity belonging to this
company, than we usually sec. Each member has
something to do, and does it well. Brown’s Fantasia
on the Aceordean were superb. The Violoncello was
used by a master hand. Master Floyd knocked it off
“first upon the heel-tap, and then upon the toe,” to
the enthusiastic admiration of the entire audit m ,
“Bones” is a team with tho Locomotive in the lead. *ud
no mistake. Ilis quips, quirks and oddities, keep die
audieneo in a constant roar. Aunt Harriet Bec-hir
Stow,” was received with rounds of applause.
They have large audiences, as they deserve. Those
who do uot visit them, miss a rare treat. A change of
programme every night.
Dpßow’s Review.— Wo have delayed through in
advcrtance, to acknowledge the receipt of this invalua
ble publication. The November number, like its pre
decessors, embraces a series of articles upon subjects
that are of wide spread interest, and arc treated with
such consumatc ability, as to make the Review a
necessary volume to any intelligent observer of passing
: events. The following is tho Table of Contents :
Whats fair and equal Reciprocity ? By lb J. McCord,
of South Carolina. The Army of the United States,
by Col. C. K. Gardiner, Washington, D- C. The
Telegraph, by J. G. Moore, Philadelphia. The Growth,
Trade and Manufacture of Cotton. Southern Slavery
j and its assailants, by a Georgia Lady. Domestic
Poultry. The State of lowa. Insurance Tax upon the
i Gulf &c. Tho Cotton Crop Trade, New Orleans,
Common Mortality Ac. Agriculture. Internal Im
provements. Miscellaneous Notes.
Svicides. —At Chattanooga, 22d inst., a man by the
uarnc of John is. Tate, employed as a clerk in the house
of L. A. Glass, & Cos., shot hirnself with a revolver
soar Bulls Mills.
In Cassville, on ihw 19th lust., a man by the name of
Jeremiah King, shot himself with a gun at Burris Ho
tel. Before shoting himself, -says the Standard , he
ripped open his bowels, then put the knife in a loaded
gun—the ehot took e fleet in the back of his head, while
the knife was found hurried to the jaws in his temple.
Liquor was the cause, as he had just come olfi of a long
“spree.’*
In Augusta, a young man by the same of Mitchell
P. Belcher, aavs the Constitutionalist: “who was
recently connected with the Post Office of this city, has
disappeared under circumstances w hich create the pain
fnl impression that he has committed suicide. He left
his room between 3 1-9and 4 oViuek, \. M., on Sun
day morning last, tm was supposed, to go to the Post
Omce to attend to h;- duties there, and has not been
seen or heard ofeiruv. lie i-.-ft a candle burning in
his room where he boarded, and the front door open.
His trunk was also open in which was found an empty
pistol case. Search has been made for him is the city
and neighborhood in vain. No cause can he assigned
for his sudden and painful disappearance. ’’
The Patent Office aml the Strawberry Culture,
M o learn that Mr. Mason, the Commissioner of
Patents at Washington city, has written to Mr. Peabody,
for a treatise, embracing his plan of cultivating the
Strawberry, which is to be included in the next Patent
Office Reports. This is highly complimentary, and
speaks well for the Commissioner, in as much as he
appreciates the labors of Mr. Peabody, whose aehiev
tnents in Horticulture, entitle him to a place second to
none in our country.
As one of the Editors of the “Soil of the Bi>uih,” he
freely imparts his knowledge, acquired by years of
experiment and study, and we arc happy to know, that
1 his labors are beginning to bo appreciated, which is at
tested both by the consideration extended him by dis
tinguished, scientific and official personagts, and by a
widely increasing circulation of the fcoil of th South,
which in connection with the invaluable labors of Col.
J. M. Chambers, now rartktq by the unanimous voice
; of the press, as one of the very first Agricultural and
Horticultural publications in the Union.
From his nurseries, he supplies extensive demands
from ail parts of the country. Besides fruit trees, flow
ers, shrubbery, <fce., &e. He made one shipment last
week to New Orleans, of-10,000 Strawberry plants—
- 11,000 of which were to one address. This is but a
specimen of bis regular business—a just return for the
expenditure of time, money and labor , which for years
he has de voted to his beautiful Science.
llt-gaita iu Charleston—The (Georgia “dug
outs” victorious.
The Charleston people have had a lively time of it tor n
few days, during the regatta , which came off this week.
The Georgians have beat them “all hollow.’’ The !
C. A. L. Lamar, from Savannah, 50 feet, with 12 oars,
won the first race. Distance, 1 mile—time 6 min
utes 30 seconds.
The Kate Kec-nan, also from Savannah ; canoe, lu
feet, with 6 oars, won the second race; time C minutes.
The Charlestonians very gracefully yielded the palm.
The ‘'Courier” says:
“Plank or dug-out, it seems then that Georgia is j
destined to carry the first day’s laurels from our Lav. !
She carried some oft’last year, to the astonishment of ‘
many Northern friends, who never dreamed of a dug
out as fit for anything but ext-fishiug, and who could
not believe their eyes when they saw Becky Sharp !
leaving her pursuers behind. Georgia, it will be seen, j
carried oil both prizes yesterday, for the same contes
tant; and, as they were well wou and well deserved,
they are cheerfully awarded.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
[kditowai corkesfoxdbsce.]
Milleikievilli:, Nov. SC, 1C53.
SENATE.
in tho Senalo on ye,terday, the bilUo organ* n
new eotuitv out of portions of Campbell, Carroll Aelva.b
ami Spaulitino count!.*, to ho called Cleveland county,
in honor of /former representative of Georg,.', m Con
gress, was taken up, ami after discussion, lost.
Th:j Temperance Petition
On motion of Mr. Miller, the petition of the friends of
Temperance was taken up and read. It is -> y
8,639 voters, and 5,71-1 women. .
Mr. Sturgis, moved to lay Hie petition or. the table
for the ballance of the Session. He admitted the re
spectability of the petitions and the blessings oi lem
peranee. ’ Tho policy of the petitioners however, no
thought was wrong. The public voice had decided
against Legislation. There was no cause therefore, for
referring the petition to a committee. wcic no.,
five men in the Senate, in favor of Temperance Legis
lation.
i Mr. Dabney, of Gordon. He was a friend of Tear- ,
j peranee, and had long been identified with the cause ;
; bad given the subject much consideration, and was ac- !
quaiuted with the voice ol the people ot Gordon on the j
: subject. Thev were opposed to Legislation, iemperaoce j
I could not ho promoted by Legislation. It was a moral ;
; reform. The agitation of the subject had produced in
! temperance. Moral and paternal influences were the
| only legitimate resources in this reform.
; Mr. White, of Elbert. This question was fully dis
cussed in his county during the canvass, and he had ;
: been elected, though it was known that ho was opposed ;
!to Temperance Legislation. But respect to the peti
• tioners, demanded that the petition be referred to an :
| appropriate comm’ttee. A report would silence clamor ,
; and put an end to the Temperance agitation,
j Mr. Mosely, of Spaulding. Referred to his oath as
t Senator, and intended to adhere to it, though, like
| Elijah, he stood alone. He believed Legislation ou
this subject would do harm. Ilis motives had been
impeached, but eoneious of the purity of his intentions,
he was willing to meet the consequences. Good men •
S often adopt an erroneous policy, Constantine had estab- j
i fished the Christian Religion 5 his motives wero good, :
j but history showed that ho had injured the cause he i
intended to promote, as his policy was the nest egg of j
| the church of Romo. lie also, referred to tho Flour
noy movement, and the course of the Washingtonians, j
in proof of his position. Moral suasion was the only j
i plan to promote moral reform—if was tho policy of ;
! Jesas —of infallible wisdom, and he would adhere to it. ;
! Ridley, oi Troup. Was opposed to Legislation on 1
| the subject j but the petitioners were many of them, ;
| wise aud good men ; and out of respect to them, he ;
: was in favor of referring the petition to a committee.
Bailey, of Whitfield. Contended that this was a
proper subject for Legislation. Many laws had been
; passed in relation to licences to sell liquor. Ho was in
favor of referring the matter to a committee. Believed
that it the cost of licences were raised to 100 or 500
| dollars, that much good would result. It now cost only
i $6,50. It was due to the petitions is to refer tho mat
! ter to a committee. He oeiieved u wholesome law,
. i ought to, and could he framed, and he would give it
■ his support.
Mr. Moore, of Lincoln. Had some influence in ;
bringing the petition before the Senate, and desired to >
sty a law words on the subject, lie came through no j
fiery ordeal as some members had done—all bauds’
had voted lbr him—he was theoretically a Temperance
man, but did not practice it much. He was, how
ever, in favor of treating the petitioners with respect. —
The petition was a largo one ; signed by both males and \
females. Courtesy, ho hoped would induce Senators to ;
treat the iadies with respect, it was their duty to give an ;
impartial hearing to the gentlemen. Let the reference j
he made. To lay ihe petition on the table, was like invi- :
ting a man into your house, and then kicking him out. j
Trent the petitions harshly, and their minds will be in
flamed. A report will satisfy petitioners that they ;
have been respectfully treated, probably satisny them j
that they are wrong ; this clamor at the doors of the ‘
Senate will cease; and moral suason be resorted to as :
the only effectual means of promoting a moral reforma
tion.
Wil ilngham, of Oglethorpe. Had changed his mind
as to the best policy to take with this petition. He now
thought it best to refer the petit ion. Temperance
rnen were much excited, they thought the Legislature
deluded—let us make some concessions to thorn-—crimi
nation and recrimination was the bane of harmony.——
But he did not act upon this policy out of a feeling of
gallantry. Ho hoped the ladies would not interfere in
Legislation. In Maine, the girls had secured the
passage of anti-liquor law, by allowing the Temperance
men to kiss them—he hoped Southern girls would re
sort to no such unfair means, to influence Legislation—
he would be Temperance man or anti-Temperanc-e, just
as they liked for the privilege of kissing their ruby
lip#.
Mr. Sturgis. Intended no disrespect to the Tempe
rance men by his motion. No good could result from
a reform. The question had already been seatled bv
tSsc people, and it was useless consumption of time to
discuss the subject further.
• Mr. Baily : Contended that Legislation was C'oneti
• tutional, and warmly urged the reference.
j Mr. MeGehee, of Houston ;It is singular what rev
olutions. take place in the opinion of Senators in 24
hours; yesterday the Senator from Muscogee was par
: tioularly anxious that the Senate should grant the prav
i cr of 640 citizens praying for the formation of anew
i county, and the distinguished Senator from Spaulding
j came promptly to his rescue. To-day, sir, they are op
posed to the extension of a common courtcsey to over
8,000 voters. lam unwilling to withhold any courte
sey from such a body of the same amount of moral
worth, and so well able to judge of the propriety of their
action. I therefore shall vote for their reference to the
judiciary committee, or select committe. that the reasons
of that committee why their prayer, is, or is not granted
may be presented to them. Although, we have heard
much of divine inspiration, and the teachings of Jesus
Christ, from the Senator from Spaulding. Ido not
claim for any of the petitioners from Houston, the high
position of being tile recipients of divine inspiration.—
A et I know they will favorably compare with any class
of voters of the same number, fur the purity of their !
morals and for a rigid observance of the precepts of the i
fcavior. !
Mr. Stephens, ol Hancock ; Was as much as any
man opposed to Legislation ou this subject, but
was in favor of the reference, as a judicious report j
would disseminate sound views. He did not shrink !
from a diseussi u of this subject. Great and fuuda- I
mental rights were involved, and he wanted a full report
from the Judiciary Committee; its dieseminatioi
among the people would do good.
Mr. Miller of Richmond ; Had just understood tho
object of the petitioners. While he was opposed to
Temperance Legislation, the petitioners had a right to
bo heard, and their prayer considered —a committee
might devise some wise and wholesome reforms. To
lay the petition on the table, implied opposition to all
the objects embraced in the petition. Let the petition
be referred —good might result fioin it. The motion
to lay the petition on the table was then put, and lost,
by the following vote:
Ayes —Beck, Bogges,Camden, Chastain, Cone, Dabney,
Dickson, of Walker, Echols, Gaston, Guerry, Halo, Hub
bard, Jameson, Knight, Laughridge, Love, May, Moone,
Mosely, Mounger, Patterson, Paulk, Peebles, Reddish,
Simmons, Singleton, Smith, Sturgis, Strickland, Thomas,
Tramneil, Walker, of Jones, wiiitamson, Wh tworth.
Nays— Adams, Bailey, Beall, Boyd, Brown, of Baldwin,
Bryan,Bullard,Collier,Ciawford,Crowder, Dawson, Dean,
Drano, Dunnogan, Dunwoody, Greer, Gresham, Holmes,
Jackson, King, Lawrence, Lambeth, Lyons, Miller, Moore,
McConnel, McGehee, Morrell, Morris, Newsom, Pratt,
Piles, Reynolds, Rid lev, Stephens, Stovall, Surrency, Tur
ner, Watts, Wilcox, Wilder, Willingham, White.
On motion of Mr. Ridley, the petition was referred
to a special committee of one from each judicial district.
New Bills.
Mr. Miller : A bill in relation to limitations in wills.
Mr, Stephens: A bill to give pre-emption to occu
pants of ungranted land.
Mr. Thomas ; A bill to form anew county of Gwi
uett, Hall and Jackson.
Mr. Holmes ; A biil to make it penalty to set tho
woods on fire in Early County.
I A bill to change penalty for manslaughter
to imprisonment in the penitentiary from 2 to 10 years.
Mr Dean ; A bill to loan the South W estern Rail
road 500,’ 00 dollars, to extend the Road to the Chat
tahoochee.
Mr. Dabney ; To eompell sheriffs to hang criminals
in private.
Other local bills were introduced.
Wed nesday week has been sot apart for tho discus
sion of the Woman’s Rights Bill.
Miscellaneous.
The House has passed a bill to organize anew county
out of Cherokee and Giimer counties, to he called Pick
ens in honor of Gen. Andrew Pickens of South Caro
lina, 3 revolutionary hero, who broke the Tory and In -
dian power in upper Georgia at tho battle of Kettle
Creek. It is an honor which many Southern States
have conferred upon him and one which Georgia owes
him above every other State.
Wo had frost last, night. The weather is cool and
bracing. The Governor’s Levee will not come ofbeforo
week after next. Many members are tick with influenza.
Milledgevjllk, Nov. 2S.
SENATE.
New Bills.
Mr. Miller ; An act to extend the charter of the Me
chanics Bank of Augusta to 1880, unci to increase the
capital stock to SIOOO,OOO.
Mr. Mounger ; An act to make Sheriffs aud other
officers deeds, legal evidence to prove the existence of
judgments and executions recited there in.
Mr. Sturgis, as chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
ft biil to change the times and places of holding the
Supreme Court, anti to make tLc Clerk the Statu Li
brarian ; also a biil tu eompell Plaintiffs to give bonds
for costs.
Mr. Morris 5 A biil to amend the acts in relation to
the uestributicn of Intestate’s Estates.
Mr. Knight; A biil to encourage Internal Improve
ments in the State of Georgia. The object of the bill is
to authorise the Governor to give State bonds to ali
Railroad who have prepared 10 miles for the cars.
Mr. Dunnegan, aa chairman of the committee on
Religious Societies, made a report in opposition to Incor
porate Religious Societies, as the laws already provide
for them.
The Temperance Question.
The President announced the following committee on
tho Torn per once Petition, Messrs. Jackson. Morrell,
White, Hull, Greer, Sirmons, Drake, Bailey, May,
Singleton, Robenson, Gnervy.
Mr. Sturgis, moved to instruct said committee to re
port that the prayer of said Petitioners was impolitic,
opposed to private rights, and injurious to the Tempo
ranee cause.
Mr. Miller, moved to amend, by expressing the
opinion that it is inexpedii at to Legislate upon the sub
ject ; but that the Senate was willing to give a respect
ful consideration to any suggestions on the subject which
the committee might make.
Mr, Williamson, moved to lay the whole subject up
on the table far the present. Ayes 33, nays 37, lost.
Mr. Echols, moved to dissolve the committee, on
the ground that Legislation on tho subject of Tempe
rance, was illegal and inexpedient. The previous ques
tion was called for and seconded by the Senate. The
ayc-s and nays were called for on tho previous question,
ayes 45, nays 25. The vote was then taken on the
motion of Mr. Sturgis, and decided in the. affirmative,
ayes 48, nays 25.
Ayes— Adams, Beall, Beck, Bogges, Brown, Brown,
Bryan, Bullard,Camden, Chastain,Cone, Collier, Dabney,
Dickroi), Drain, Echols, Gaston, Green, Greer, Guerry,
Hale, Jamison, King, Knight,Laughridge, Lawrence, Lam
beth, Love, May Moen, Moseley, Monnger, Patterson,
Paulk, Fables, Sirmons, Singleton, Sturgis, Strickland,
Thomas, Trammell, Watts, Waiter, of Jones, Wileox,
Williamson, Willingham, Whitworth.
Nats—Bailey, Boyd, Crowder, Dawson, Dunnagun,
l)anwoody, Gresham, Jackson, Lyons, Miller, Moore,
McConnell, Morrell, Morris, Nowsom, Pratt, Piles, Rey
nolds, Reddish, Ridley, Stovall, Surrencv, Turner, Wilder,
White.
A motion whs then made, to dissolve the committee
j a nd allow the petition to be withdrawn. Lost, ayes 26,
1 nays 50.
Death op a Member.
A message was received from the House, conveying
intelligence of the death of W. W. Arnold, liepresen
tative ot the county of Pike. The message was taken
up and the resolutions of the Honae concurred in, after
appropriate addresses iron) Messrs. Greene and Dun
woody. Mr. Arnold was a graduto of Yale College,
a Lawyer of high standing and a man of ineorruptable
integrity. His death is regarded as an in operable loss
by the General Assembly. He died at home on Fri
tiay night last. lie was born, lam informed, in Ogle
thorpe county. In hfipnr ofAlm-dfieeay d x both Houses
adjourned until to-morrow at 9 o’clock. ~— ~
, j_*
Mlscouee Superior Court.—Otir Court convened
on Monday—Hie Honor Judge Iverson presiding,—
Owing to the absence of several members of the bar,
it will set probably about three weeks, and then adjourn
over to the Ist Monday in February, when the busi-
Ues ot the term will again bo taken up.
Health o Mcrmi cotta-, v.— Qeitirnr’ pamo r;igtd
among the members ot the Alabama Legislature a ‘#vv
uajs since, with rcterence to the yellow fever in that
<iu y which we suppose, however, was calmed by a
number ot the puysioiane of the city, testifying under
oath, mat Montgomery is healthier now, thau usut-i at
tins season of the year—that no yellow fever ex sts,
nor has tiiero been a case for two week.
The Democrats f the Alauamr. Les/| B ' a ; ur
caucus, nominated Hon. Benj. Fitzpatrick and the \\
C. C. Clay, Jr., for U. S. Senators. Monday | as , n ’
set apart for the election, but efforts were n com *
plation to postpone it. A Whig move of course p
haps our neighbors are endeavoring to follow j n
loot steps of their friends of the Georgia Legislate
if they can find falters enough amtng the Dunocra-,’
lip to going to press, we have heard nothing as t 0 p.
result.
[ From the London Times. 1
The Last Hope Gone.
Commander M’Clure can send us no news
of Sir John Franklin’s expedition. The opin.
ion among the most distinguished and P () j a ,
worthies now is that Sir John Franklin, after
leaving the winter quarters where his traces
were found, proceeded to carry out the Adufi.
rality instructions, steering liist westerly for
Melville Island, and then shaping a course—as
far as the configuration of the scene of action
permitted—southerly and westerly for Behering’ s
Strains. It is supuosed that, in endeavoring to
carry this purpose into effect, the Erebus and
Terror were hopelessly frozen up or destroyed
years ago in in some of the multitudinous chan
nels which are known or supposed to exist
there.
This we find to be the opinion of the princi
pal Arctic navigators, and it comes before us
recommended by its extreme probability. Cer*
tainly, Sir John Franklin was not an officer to
leave unattempted any duty which lie had been
ordered to perform, aud therefore it is probable
that he would not have deviated from the letter
of liis instructions without excellent cause;
had ho so deviated, it is all but certain that ha
would have left behind him, at Beechy Island,
or elsewhers, some record of his changed in
tention.
If then, Commander McClure has been unable
to find any trace of the lost expedition between
Behering’e Straits and the point from which he
wrote his dispatches, it would appear that out
best reliance has been exhausted. The public,
have a right to expect that we have now seen the
Arctic expeditions. Even Sir John Barrow,
had he been yet alive, would now have entreat
ed the Admirably to hold their hand.
Mr. Toomb9 Resolution’s.
It will not be improper to call these Mr.
Tbomb's Resolutions, introduced into the Sen
ato by Mr. Pope of Wilkes, and into the House
of Representatives by Mr. Irwin of Wilkes.—
They aro doubt jes designed for Mr. Toombs’es
pecial benefit, and have had the intended effect of
distracting the attention of the Legislature,and
diverting censure fr oin Mr. Toombs’ short com
ings and wrong doings. These Toombs’ reso
lutions, attack President Pierce on the old and
stale charges of freesoil appointments and the
Pacific Railroad. They attempt to drag the
New York quarrel into the Georgia Legislature
and declare that the movers of them “heartily
sympathize with the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson,
of New York, and his noble associates in their
efforts to purge the National Democratic pail\
of its freesoil elements, and that vve hereby ten
der them our heartfelt gratitude for their patri
otic devotion io the Union and the Constitution.”
Anew thing under the sun, and highly credita
ble to the Whigs of Georgia it is. to feel such
patriotic interest in the purity of the Natioi al
Democratic party ! They themselves are mo
ving heaven and earth to crush and destiny that
party —a party to which they swore implacable
hostility, under any anti all circumstances, pure
or corrupt, with or without freesoil elements
Yet they can, without a blush for the hypocri
sy of the thing, tender sympathy to men whom
they cheer on in what they call the good cause
ot purging tho National Democratic party,
whilst striving to use those very men as* tools
for the destruction and not tho elevation of that
party . —Marietta Advocate.
Prospects of the C otton Maiket.
Hunt’s Merchants Magazine, in an extended
article on Cotton has the following upon the
i Market prospects for the ensuing year:
ihe markets for the coming crop vve con
| ceive to of a favorable character, for the con
| sumption is likely to be adequate to the absorp
| tion of any probable extent of production. This
| would seem to be evident from the course of the
! P ast two years ; for within that period we have
seen two successive] crops-the last the lamest
ever produced, and the combined exceeding any
two previous crops by the important amount of
| nearly a million and a quarter of bales (the
; crops of 1651 and 1852 together amount to
about 6,240,000 bales) we have seen these two
i large crops more readily disposed of than any
previous ones, and at prices which not only ore
sent a satisfactory average throughout hut which
| show a gradual though steady improvement
M with some collateral causes) until the closing
! rates for the crop of 1852, are nearly fifty per
cent higher than the opening ones for that* of
1851. Wo have al-eady shown ib°t rl.io o’
consumption in Great Britain for the first six
months of the current year has exceeded some
wtmt the ratio of 1852 ; and should the political
questions which now agitate Europe be amica
bly arranged, and the world remain afc peace
such is the general prosperity of the great con
suming countries, that a very ample crop is like
ly to meet a ready market, at satisfactory prices.
At the same time the increased facilities for its
disposal, to winch vve have made reference in
our opening remarks, all of which will enure to
the advantages of the planter.
Babies. It strikes us ihat more fibs arc told
about babies than anything else in the world.-
Weall say they are sweet, yet every body who
can smell knows that they are sour ; wo all say
they are lovely, yet nine babies in ten have no
more pretension to beauty than a pup dog: we
praise their expressive eyes, yet all babies squint;
we call them doves, though one of them makes
more noise than a colony of screech owls The
fellow who wrote this has left for Kamskatka.
Ihe women were all alter him with broom
sticks.
fcPAHLiiSG.— ‘otmiy/’ saiu a landlady the oth
er morning to her ‘ho'p,’ “was there any fire in
the kitchen last night while vou were sitting
■p!” • J
\es maun, said Jenny, “tiiero was a spark
there when I went down, and l soon fanneo it
into a flame.”
I he landlv looked suspiciously at Jenny, but
she, innocent girl, went on scrubbing and bum
ming “Katy Oarlint. 1 ’