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(limes am* Stnlinfl. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA^ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN. 10, British Periodical Literature. Our readers are aware that Leonard Scott, & Cos., f,4 Gold Street, New York, continue to republish the leading British Periodicals. The Edinburg Review is the exponent of tho prin ciples of tho Whig party in Great Britain and is now edited by Professor Lewis, late M. P. and author of several works on Political Economy. Tho London Querlcrly Review is tho organ of the Tory party and is now edited by R v. Whitwell Ewin of Boston who ha3 been a contributor to tho Review for some time past. The Westminster Review is radical in politics and Unitarian in religion and is presided over by John Chapman, tho American Bookseller, in London. Tho North British Review , is the organ of the Free Church of Scotland. It is edited by Professor Fraser and numbers among its contributors the leaders of the great reform movement of wbioh Cha’mers was the head. Blackwood's Magazine is Tory in politics and High Church in religion, and is edited by Professor Aytoun, son in-law of old Kit North, whose genial contributions have inado it the most popular of a l l the British Peri odieala. The American Publishers have made arrangements for tho receipt of early sheet from tho British Publish ers, so that they will hereafter be ablo to furnish their Reprints about as soon as the foreign copies can bo ob tained by subscribers. Iho beginning of the new year is a good time to subscribe. Terms : for any one of the four Reviews, $3 ; for any two, $5 ; for any three, $7 : for all four, $8 j for Blackwood, $3; for Black woe and and three Reviews, $9 ; for Blackwood and the four Reviews. $lO. Postage for Blackwood, per annum, 24 cents, and for each of tho Reviews, 14 cents. For further particulars, see advertisement. Columbus Coca! Items. The Eighth. —Tlio anniversary of this glorious day was duly celebrated by our spirited volenteer com panies. Muscogee SurEßioa Court. —The case of the State vs. David Wright was taken up on the 9th inst. Pris oner’s counsel made a motion for a continuance on iho ground of absence of a material witness and the sick ness of counsel, W. T. Colquitt Esq., which w;*s over ruled and tho prisoner put upon his trial. Tho day wrs consumed in empanneling the jury. Eu(unlit News Items. Mr. E. C. Bulloch has resumed his connection with tho Spirit of the South. Wo extend a cordial wel come to him. A polished gentleman and sound politi cian, ho has talents and energy enough to adorn tho highest positions. Ten thousand bales of cotton lio in tho warehouses in Eufaula which cannot be got to market for want of a boatable river. A Railroad by tho circuitous route of Columbus would now be useful to Eufaula. At publio outcry on Saturday 6th a number of ne groes were sold at prices only a shade lower than they were bought last year. Savannah News Items. The first number of the Journal if- Courier , under the auspices of R. B. Hilton, late ol tho Georgian , made its appearance on the evening of tho Bth inst. It is a neat, well filled paper, and will advocato Democratic principles. The Supreme Court of Georgia commenced its ses sion in Savannah on tho morniug of tho Bth inst, all tho judges present. Miss Eliza Logan has arrived in Savanrah and will shortly appear at the Atheneum. She has suffered se verely by tho burstiug of tho bubble banks of the west. The Russjan Meeting at New Orleans The New Orleans papers announce that this meeting, which came off on the 4th, was largely attended, but owing to def. etive arrangements, was productivo of nothing hut a warm pro-Russian speech from Col. Roberts which elicited much applause from the audience. Southern Banner. —A. A. E. Hill Esq., has bought an intorest in this excellent paper and will here after be associated with Mr. J. A. Sledge in conduct ing Fire in Atlanta. —By a private source we learn that the extensive Commission House of J. B. Shackle ford, of Atlanta, was consumed by fire on tho P'glit of 7th inst. It is believed to bo work of an incendiary. Mr. S. had the day before received a large consignment of jewelry, which wrs consumed, and inde< 1 every thing in the houso was burnt but his safe. Negro Starred. —A negro belonging to Dr. Itiompson, of Atlanta, was stabbed by a hoy belonging to Mr. Winship. The wounds are regarded us fatal. No mail from Atlanta. Homicide of a Slave. —On Sunday last, during the hours devoted by tho pious to religious services, two negro men belonging to Messrs. Pitts & Ilateher, got into a fight, when one of them drew a knifo and, with ono blow, inflicted a mortal wound upon the other, which resulted in almost instant death. The homicide wrs immediately arrested and committed to prison. Muscogee Superior Court. —The Superior * Cou’-t of Museogeo county commenced its Winter Term on Monday last, Judge Worrell presiding. Tho criminal docket was taken up and will oeoupy the hal'ance of the week. Muscogee Building and Loan Association.—At tho last monthly meeting of this Association SIOOO were sold at 65 1-4, SIOOO at 66, SIOOO at 67, S2OOO at 67 1-4, and SIOOO at 64 3-4 per cent premium. Tennessee Trade going to New Orleans. —Tho Chattanooga Advertiser says: A large amount of the beef packed here this season, been shipped to New Orleans by the way N. C. R, R., in consequence of the high rates of freight charg ‘d on the southern roads.— By tho present rat sto he se .board, bacon orn be slip ped cheaper by one third from Cincinnati to Charleston by tho way of New York than from Chuttano jga to the same destination. This is encouraging to Southern enterprise. Taxation in Washington City. —Tho rate of t:ua tion in Washington is seventy cents on tho hundred dollars. In addition to this a sp.cial tax is levied for pav*ng alleys, pavements, stree's, lamps, and other p u tiou'ar local improvements. Presentation of Plate to Capt. Lamar. Capt. C. A. L. Lamar having resigned the com mand of the Gcorg ; a Hussars, the corps have given expression to the favorable regard in which ho is hold by them, by voting to him a costly and handsome S'lver Pitcher, which bears the following inscription : PRESENTED TO CHARLES A. L LAMAR, BV THE GEORGIA UUSSARS, A TOKEN OF RESPECT, FOR THEIR LATE COMMANDER, 1854. The Pitcher, which is of antique form, and nearly two feet in height, is elaborately and t'ste.'ul'y embel lished. The inscription is engraved on a shield, which is crowned with the American eagle, and festooned on either side-with the American flag. On one sido is embossed the representation of a field or military oamp, with mounted cavalry in the fore ground. On the reverse is an encampment of infantry. The pitcher was manufactured to tho order of tho corps, by Mr. S. Wilmot, of Savannah, at whose store it vv.ll remain for a few days. South Carolina Banks. —A report has gained very general currency that several Banks in tho interior of South Carolina have suspended. The Augusta and Charleston papers assure tho public that there is no truth in tho rumor. Merchant’s Bank of Macon Ga.— It is reported and believed that this bank has failed. Macon I oan Association.— At tho last monthly meeting of this Association $4,200 was loaned at 56 1 2, 56 1-4 and 55. Green, the Chicago Banker Found Guilty. —George W. Green tho wealthy Chicago bankor, who has for several days been on trial in that city, on tho charge of causing the death of his wife, by poison, F's been eon viotid of “murder in tho first degree.” A motion, however, has been made for anew trial. Dr. Graham in the State Prison. —Dr. Robert M. Graham, convicted of manslaughter of Col. Loring at the St. Nicholas Hotel in August last, and sentenced to tho state prison for seven years, was on Tuesday •ikon from the Tombs and conveyed to Sing Sing. It is said that Graham w'M bo placed in tho mcdicrl de<* partment of iho prison rs ass's int physician. (CT James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, wrs presented, on the 30th ult., with a hand somo service of plate of ten pieoes, valued at about SISOO, as a temirnor’ai of respect and f-toem from a number of gentlemen, merchan’s of New York, and others, who had ; •.ocia'cd themselves together for tho purpose. If you arc afflicted with any complaint which re quires a Purgative Medicine, try Ayer’s New PiMs- -they are worth t>yiug.— Concord Mercury, N. C. — Serious Affray. —On Monday, of this week, says *ho Georgia Courier 4th, Thomas Ilateher, of this city, shot and, it is learned, fatally wounded Stephen Saucer, a well known former resident of this city, but now ty ing East of the river. Ilateher hrs not been t-ikon, up to this time, though several parties have been in pursuit of him. A reward of SIOO is offered by the Mayor of the city for life apprehensiom Saucer lies in a very critical, if not hopeless, slate. The ball entered jest abovo tho groin and passed a little obliquely toward the centre of the body. It is hardly possible that he can live.^ Females out of Employment. —At a public meefng held in New York on Tuesday evening, for tho relief of the destitute, it was s'ated that there are at the pres ent time twenty seven thousand females out of employ ment in that city. Subscriptions have been opened, and already about two thousand do'lars have been given for their assistance. Among tho donors aro mentioned Wm. B. Astor, Stephen Whitney, Grinnel!, Minturn & Co-, Oliphant & Sons, end others. It is proposed to solicit subscriptions to the amount of thirty thousand dollars. Secretary Southern Central Agricultural Society, — We are happy to notice the election, in December, at Augusta, as Secretary of the Southern Central Agricul tural Asssciation, of Dr. James Camak, a name inti mately associated with the horticultural and agricuUural history of Georgia. The Svothern Banner says: “The Ass’ .-iation bus, since its formation, nine years ago, “done the S'.to some service,” >n causing the practical and useful to be dignified and adorned by the beautiful. Tho office of Secretary is the most impor tant in it, and we congratulate the county that it has a gentleman who can and will fu'fifi i*s duties.” The South Carolina Methodist Conference have a Missionary Committee devoted entirely to promoting the religious instruction of the slave population, which has been in existence twenty-six years, Inevhivo 26 missionary s'ltions, in which 32 missionaries are em ployed. The report affirms that publio opinion in South Carolina is decidedly in favor of the religious instruction of slaves, that it hrs become far more general and sys tematic than formerly ; and that a great degree of sue cess has attended the labors of tho tn'ssionarirs. a A Russian Patriotic Fund in New Orleans Won ders will never cease —We find in tho New Orleans papers a call for publ'o meeting at Banks’s Arcade the 4th instant, for the purpose of raising a “Russian patri otic fund” for the relief of the widows and orphans whose husbands have fallen or may fu'l in tho present war between Russia and the allies. Illinois —On Tuesday 2d, the Legislature of Blinds organized at Springfield. Tlios. Turner, Esq., the anti- Nebraska candidate, was elected Speaker of the House, and E. T. Bridges, Clerk. Iron Works Stopped. —Messrs. Park & Bro., of Pennsylvanian, have shutdown the gate of their rolling mill on Big Elk, till the dawn of “better times.’’ They manufacture boiler plate, and havo in store in the cities $50,000 worth, for which they fnd no files. In thus being compelled to cease opera'fons, they, of cou’se, have had to discharge their hands which vv'H help to make “hard times.” 0“ The Detroit Tribune says, all the mechanics and shophands of the M chigan Central Railroad are working on thr.e quarter t :, ne this winter—there not being work at full time for all. A Good Dividen. —The Charleston Insurance and Trust Company has declared a semi-annual dividend of Two Dollars per shire, (8 per cent.) payable on the 15th inst. Thirty-third Congress-Second Session. Washington, Jan. 2,1654. SENATE. On Thur lay tho Senate met at the usual hour: attend ance slim. A Her readmg the previous day’s proceedings a message was icceived from the President, bring a long ar gu’nent, basta'r : ng I H veto of the River and Harbor bi'l. It is a reiteration of views heretofore expres. :d by him on the same subject, but git mg at leng h reasons for di-appro, ving tho bill, pad making ceua*n suggesrions in regard to what should'be done in reference to this mat'er. The bill g.anting addi* : oml lands to toldieis of the war of 1812, was taken up and di'en and. Mr. Broadhead made qnte a long and able spr eh in it* support. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Hoo-e a%L>mbl r J at noon with only a slim attend ance, after reading the journal of Saturday. Mr. Withers, of tfs, made on effectual to report a bill, the object of which was to proKbit tho emigration of disabled foreigner. This consumed consid erable time, when Mr. Cobb’s amendment to the Land Graduation bill was taken up, and is now’ under disco- ion. Several members spoke biiefiy in its favor, and others in its opposition. It still engages the attention of the Hour a. Washing lon Correspondence. president's veto message— how received by congress. Washington, Jan. 3,1855. Tho long promised and long expeeff and veto message from the President of the Unite and Staff* on tho subject of internal improvements by the general goveiament, was sent imo tho Homo of Reprc entarivr s yesterday, and road at the clerk’s de’k. This was rather unusual, it being customary to refer such messages, and order their prin ring without reading ; but so great was the anxiety of a majority of the members to hear this message, that the reading wp* insis’ and upon, and the whole house gathered clo. 3 around tho clerk while the document was being read. This was quite a compliment to tho executive, and as the reading was proct idcd with, evident sat-sfaction was exhibited by the democratic side of tho hou. e. Tho Puridenl’a reasoning in snpooit of the ve to was regarded as wholly unanswerable, ana as giving for ever a quietus to the great subject of iiver and harbor im provements by the federal government. The message is veiy lengthy, and is, in a great measure, an elaboration of Mr. Polk’s celebrated veto message. It is, the message on this subject, and must constitute one of the great democrat ic landmarks in aM future time. — N. Y. Herald. The Legislature of Massachusetts. Boston, Jan. 4, 1855. The Legislature is perfecting its organisation. Benjam'u Stevens to-day was re-elect* i John H. Twomby, of Roxbury, Chhplrm. Mr. Twombly was elected on the ; econd ballot, the vote standing as fol lows:—Mr. Twombly, 216 ; and the Rev. Theodore Par ker, 122. On the fi r st ballot, Mr. Parkor receding a res pectable number of votes a motion was made that ho o3i ciate alternately with Mr. Twomblv. This led to rather exciting discussions, during wb>ch Mr. Eame, of Mal den, said the choice of Mr. Parker for Chapl." ! n would be a disgrace to the hou- 3. Monday next has b< jn assignod for tho election of tho membeu of the Governor’s Council. Pennsylvania Legislature. —A dispatch from Har risburg, dated the 3d inst., rays : “After fifteen ballots in tho Sernte here to-day for tho Presidency, tho vote stands the same as yesterday. Adjou-ued until to-morrow. Ihe Legislature of Mume. Augusta, (Me.) Jan. 3, 1855. Tho Senate and Hou a both organized here tb>s morning. Franklin Muzzy, of Bangor, was elected President and L. O. Gowan, oi Saco, Secrotaiy of the Senate; boti un animously. Sidney Perliam, Esq , of Woods'vek, was elcjtod tho Speaker of the and Mr. Baker, Clerk. A Committee oil Senito.lal Vacancies was chosen, and W. Willis oppoint- and dial .non. They w ill report to-mor row, and tho vacancy ‘be filled. A eomnr'tt >on the gu bernatorial votes will then be aopointrd. The govornor w’H probably be chosen on Friday. The 13gislaiure of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Jan. 4, 1855. In the Senate th ; a forenoqp three ballots took place for the Presidency, with iho srne result as those of vesterd iy. Dating tho afternoon so sion, the wh : gs voted lor Jem * Skinner, but therfult is tho same asbeiore. The recent exciting contu t in me Pennsylvania Legisla ture tewnioated on Fiiday, bv the elci ion of Wm.C.tdei ter, Democrat, President ol tho Senate. The final vote sioon 15 for Hc : ter , 11 for Skinner, Whig. Inddsna Legislature. Cincinnati, Jrn. 4, 1855. Tho Indiana Legislative organ 1 red to dav The Senato elected Solon Forman principal Secretaiy, and the Hou j elected David K’lgove Speaker, and Joan Lovering Clerk. The Governor’s murage will fc ? delivered to-morrow lie will strongly urge restrictions against the abuse of the Free Bank law . Rev. Dr. Thweat has been deoted President of Manefidd Female College, Z ru’eiara, and has aojep tod. Tn : s iB a Methodist Institution, and under the control of the L ru’siana Conference. County Election. —The late election for Tax R. reiv er and Collector for Dougherty county result'd in the choice f the Whig cindidit -. Ine majorities are, for Barksdale 22, for Greer 55. The TtioMAbviLLE has changed bunds, Mr. F. W. Johnson of it to Me: srs. L. D. & J. W. D’Lyon. A New Post Office Hr been es ( iblish* 1 in Tnornns county, eu"ed E” twood. A’ red Bryan is the post master. The Government Stock Bank of Michigan has made a bad failure. Accord’r.g to the Detroit Tribune, i's liabilities aro $150,000, with loss thin a fout'h of that sum to meet them. Bank of Georgetown. —We learn from the Pee Doe Times that some ninety or a hundred shares of tho stock of th's Bank were sold on Monday last, and brought an average price of a 1; tUo over twenty eight dollars a share. Copper Ore going from Savannah to Europe.— The ship Florida which cleared at the Crtom House on the sth, for Liverpool, has on board 59 boxes of cop per oro, and the ship Consul, now loading for s he same port, has a large quantity on board. OCT* Mr. Bremond, the President of the Galveston and Red River Railroad Company, writes that he has effected a purchase of the iron, locomotives and cars, for the first section of tho road, and that shipments of the same have been made. Such being tho case, we may now look for the rapid construction of that road. Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad Company. —At a meeting of the Directors of this Company, held iu At lanta on the Ist inst., a dividend of $3 50 per share was declared from its earnings for the pft six months. Stockholder’s dividends are payable on demand at the office of the TANARUS ersurer. Something New. —The gentlemen of Waltham, Muss., are said to be enjoying the luxuries of a female barber. She is young, pietty, smart, and of course has a keen way of domg business. Roman Catholic Excitement. Albany, Jan. 3, 1855. Considerable excitement is brewing here in consequence of the following transaction, which has not yet been made public, but which will t 3 iully exposed in to morrow mora int s papets; —MrsParmal 3. the Wile of the Mayor ‘.si* tea the A'ms House on Sunaav leV* and and stnbuted a va riety of little books on rel’g.ous subjects, among the orphan chHdren there. In tho evening the tact came to the knowl f lge of a Catholic priest, who mstt acted tho teachers to de stroy the books. h ou r men who had been appointed teach ers by the influence of the priests, went to the school, seized all the books destroyed manv of them, and it is said, pun ished some of the children who cried at their loss, it’s thought that when the facts become more thoroughly kuown through to-morrow s papers, the excitement wt greatly increase. Albany, Jan. 4, 1855. In reference to the rec 3nt outrage perpetrat* 1 upon the rights of the children of the Almshouse by theteachersot the Romish Church,a committee ol the Commoa Council hate passed resolutions forbidding the lurther vints ol teachers ol that sect until ample apology is made. An English Officer Disgraced.— The London corres pondent of the New Y*>rk ‘l ribune says: “The cr*e of Lord Forth has excited general mdignation- It : s as follows:-He is a very yeung officer,end a minor, as it seems, not much of a hero. Jn the battle ol the Alma, ho threw himself on the ground and screamed —‘I am Light ened, I can’t fight!’ fford Raglan : int h’m word tnat in the next battle ne was expected to distinguish ii T , elf by h's gallantry, that his cowardice might be forgotten. But at lnkei.nann he again 1 haved as coward!v ; two officers, therefore, were sent by the G icral >n -Ckei to cr~t away his epaulettes, to break Iris sword, and kick him out oi t.io camp. He relumed to England a disgraced man ; h s fani i'y d’sown him, and tho duos aro clos i agaiost h:ui. Very Interr 3ilr j from Washington. Important Caucus —The Revision of the Tariff —The Repeal of the Coal Duties—Mr. Sickles has not Re signed. Washington, Jan. 3. The caucus of democratic members to consider the pro priety of amending the tariff ol ’46, meet in the hall of the Hou-e of Reprec 3nta ,; vr a this evening with clos and doors.— Only some forty memkirs were in attendance. Senator Toucey wrs called to be chair, and Mr. Barksdale, of Miss., acted as Secrcta.y. Speeches were made by Sena tor Hunter and Brodhead> G jneral Walbridge, Mr. Litch er and otheis. Mr. Walbridge introduced the tabjt it of the duty on coal. Mr. Brodheau said tho people ol Pennsyl vania felt no intern t in the subject, and would offer no op position to the repeal. Mr. Walbridge replied that he tn ted when the matter came before Congress, Mr. Brodhead would give Ins testimony to tl' : s effect. Several r olutiors were propo:- and aad voted down. At length the following resolution, offered by Mr. Jon , of Tenne. 3, was adopted, not wi'hout opposition:— Resolved, That it i9 r.ght and proper that tho pn ent rates of duly imposed upon goods, wares and merehand’ 3 imported into the United States from foreign count ics, should be so lar mod’tied and reduced, during the pro >ut sr ion of Congress, prn -Giving tho principles of the tariff of 1846, as to materially dimin'sh the annual amouut of reve nue. coll< ited from customs. ‘1 he caucus then adjourned. It <s understood an effo.. will be made to-morrow to take up the question of the mod ification of the tariffin Congress and pre: ■ it to a resolution. But there is no general feeling amongst members, ana’he probability is the effort will not immediately succe J. Mr. Daniel E. Sickles arrived here lh : s ever : ng. The lumorthathe has resigned is destitute of foundation. Tho Richmond I aquirer and the Know-Nothings. The Whig-3 of Virginia me umbitious of power ; and they might “stoop to conquer,” but all the >ns' : nct3 ofpride and every sen*men! of Jfrespect revolt against an alliance upon Fnow-Nothingism. Shall they with all their recol lections of ancestral renown, aid all thei'’ pretensions to aristocratic association, voluntary descend Horn their high Dosifion, and ar-mme ‘he live.y ol a suspected and degraded motion which sku'ks in darkness and creeps away with lel on step from the gaze of men ! The Whigs ofVirginia havo many luults, but their very faults are a piedge agumst any sach debasing connexion. Pride of talent, tuo instincts of exclusive association, and an obsi'iate adherence, to prin ciples of policy, will prompt them to reject wi'h sco.u anv proffer of alliance with Know-Nothingism. They w'd consent to He all but the peculiar honor which they cher ;sh. They will at least preserve their name and their ;n ----•ellectual and social distinction. From a different impulse, but with no 1 s enere<-. the Know-Nnrlhings protect against a fusion with the ivhigs. No sensibility of renroach, no repugnance to an unworthy association, no scrupiesoi houor,no attachment to principle, restrains them ~om the al ,: ancs. The 3 are eenlimen 3 of which they have no conception. They are actuated by a gross and pal ruble motive, which appeals to some appetite of sense, iflnere be community of effort, there must be d'vision of spo'ls, but the Know-Nothings want to engro t all the political power in the State. They shun an al ,: ance which subj 3ts them to the repreach and of in* fe.'.or talent, and which expo; - their own infamy in the burring light of contra *d re Besides, they re gard the Whig party with the contempt wh’ch weakne is apt to excite in ignoble natmes. They consider that by alliance with the Whigs, they r ume the burden of a body without vitality.’ Intoxicufed by their recent successor they fa icy themselves strong enough to carry ihe citadel of De mocracy, without suppoiarid they spu.u the idea of a league with the Wh : gs. Business Failures, SUoi’KNSION OF A EO-TON rKOOUCE HOUSE. Boston, Jan. 3, 1855. The house of Mes-rs. A. G. Fa. well & Cos, produce dealers of this city, suspended payment to-day. It is thought, however, that their a its will pay doJla r for dollar, ‘ihe failure of Messrs. Belcher &80, of St. Louis, reported as ‘he earn 3 oi their suspension. FAILURES OF BANKING HOUSES IN TITTSBURG. Pittsburg, Jan. 3, 1855. The banking houses of Moon & Sergeant, and Wm. A. Hill &. Cos. clo.od their doom here to-day. Mineral WeaPh of Georgia. Me rs. Lockett & Snel'mg, of this city, have, within the few days past, received two consignments ol copper ore from the Sally Ja ie_ Copper Mines in Fannin county, in this State, being the first shi- nem of copper ever made from Georgia. The Sallv Jane Mines are oniy distant about two miles from the Polk Countv, Tenne ~ee, Mines and are said to be very product ; ve. l’hey are owned and worked by Me. rs. Smith, Lawersou &, Cos., who have es tablished their agencies in this city and New York, fc • the ! forwarding and sale of the me, aid have made ali ihe ne- j oessiy arrangement for go : ngextensively ’ito the copper j mining businc *. The Geoigia mines were, we believe, : oiiginally di: covered and pure hr dby Mr. Wm G. Smith, I of Morgan county, who, with his partner, Mr. Lawerson, j have had considerable and successiul experience in mining i in California.— Sav. News. Jan. 6. A Son of the Heroic Travis —Captain Charlc’ E. Travis, now incommund of one of the Texas ran'ing corn paries, says an exchange, is a son of the heroic i’ravis, of the Alamo. His first appearance ; i Dubiic fife wus as rep r catative ofCaidvell counlv in tne sfo.ure, since which, however, he has located us an attorney in Austin.- - The Galvcs.on Civil an remarks that the people of Texas would naturally fr oi api.'de in . o : ng the son tosiu’i the character of the father. British Diplomatic Appointments.— The Panama Star and Herald announces that Walter Cone, Esq., hrs 1 ren appoin’ .1 Consul at Guayaquil. Charge d’Affairs nd Cornel General to the Republic el Ecuador, and Charfls Lernox Wvke, now Butish Consul General to the ReDublicot Guatemala,Nicaragua,Cosiaßica, Honduras ana Sa'vador,to be Charge d’Aiiaircr and CoPijl General to tho. j PipubJics. Ch*NTiNG in t- f. Prcscvterian Church. —At a recent Pir Synod, held in New York, they took up .iio su'.ject of Psalmody generally, with the view to im provement in its adaptation —-a poition oi divine . a. ice. in arr ofe’ion unanimously adopted, they deteimined to have included in a Book o: Ifealmody to be prepared “the Psalms in the prose authorized translation, to be adaoled for chantin'*:” Boston Dividends.— The dividends to be distributed in Boston dr-'ng tire present month umount to about two millions aid .1 hr l sos dollars. The New Party. —The New York Herald gives a list of the journals ‘hat have cither avowedly or practi cally espoused and endorsed the oauso of the “Know Nothings” Association. It comprises forty-3ix papers, ten of which are in the S’llo of New York, including five in that city. From the New York Herald. Strength of the Know Nothings—Chances of Seward’s Election—Bill relative to Conn-ounce of freperty for Religious Purposes— Governor Clark and the Vacant Senatorship. Ai.BA.Ny, Jen. 4.1855. Upon analysis the vote e.voa vc >rday,upon the chap la:n ques’ion, as taken ; n me ho it appea'3 that l‘J democrat and loiiy for- wb>?s com pi a r lie Know No'h :ng strength in that bod}', sixty three r all. Hav mg record 1 their votes and p'?t and them *!ves thus early on the record declai ng their *lv< ‘ opposed to Catholic prayers, will the > forty five wh ; go—will either ol them jalter when the tme ar.ivo to vote foi a Urb i States Se nator? The democratic streng hin the ILm-c is loriv ono, which, add Jto the foity tour wh : ? Know Nothings, makes an aggregate of eighty five memneis who flow stand opposr Jto vViJ.iam H. toeward for re eiccl-00. in order to el* thim, it wdl bener *> y for twenty two of the. 3 whig Know Nothings to cave. Will only twenty live of them s.and firm? Tb’s morning Senator Putnam mtrodue and a bill relative to the conveyance of piopei.y for rei'g'.ues pvpo I It shows upon i'sf;t< is obj ?!, cad that to prevent Catho'e bishop',rom receiving pr< ‘ids or donations in the name of their church, and vest’ n? the title to real es tate in themselves personally. Wne'her it is a Know Noth ng movement, end whether the Senator ; s a Know Nothing, is left for the consideration and reflection ot the reader. Both houses have appointed camT’u •- on the temper ance quo tion. Some of ihe membets desireitnm Pate ac tion. regard h -> of all o*her corsiderat'ons; but the bill w>M be shuffl i about l ,'tw on one hoc > and the other, until the question of Senator >s d’spo. 1 of. if Governor Clark doe” not u ue his proclamation ve.y soon, d’rect’og an eleclion to l j held to fill the vacancy in the Twenty ninth Senate district, hew *1 soon have tacit a storm of Know Nothing., about 1’ s eats r ; may pro duce considershie embarro meat. It is publicly aliogt i j that he Withholds calling the election until the t me shall I have expir and lor the el* ctr i Senator to vote upon the L ni ted States Senator question. From the u ns torm uprightness wh : ch the Governor manifo t and vvhdst occnpyng othor public slatiot s, there no .esson to ‘rfer tha’ ho wot 1 u buffer h : T ■!* to countenance Mich a contemp’hle uatk —- A few days w lib t it. and the Know Nothings have noth ing to do but wait w ; ’n patience. There ts no pretence now that bis Excellency wr sever a Know Nothing, or that he attentp’ I to eDter the convention at Odd Fellows He'!. New Yi eh I cgis’l'u. 1 ’ : Me.teago of Gov. Clark. The Legislature of New York is how in s* sOn at Al ba ty. Myron H. Cla*k wesmaugr a ‘d as Governor on the 1m }, jst. On the ?1 he ■* tto the Senate and House a Ion? and l ’’or* message. ‘l he Governor has modera’ i h : s tone nnon the liquor law, and now .-uggo •■* that wh : ’e liquor “ll’ng and and irk’ng sheuld Le t*opt lh v law, person;* 1 lights should not l j wholy disregard 1. He s onpo. ito a repeal of the rs. l y laws. He fitv'o: river and narbor improvements and a h : gh prof ‘tive taiift He recommends to tho ture the me t decid f nc’ : on for the rep I .’ l of the clap of the b : M in order to prevent the oxionsbn of slavery end the increase of the repre -ntation of the South ii C ungic . JPnssachusel il3glßlaiare. It’s body met on the 3d inst The Know Notb'n? Senatorial caucus met on the ;ond and nominat IH.W. Benchley,of Wore*’ ‘t?r IVr Pit ident of the Sena'?, and C. L. Cox, of Lynn, for Clerk. The Retire, mtative Know Nothing caucus nom’na’ i flev. D. C. Eddy, of Lowell, for Speaker, and 11. A. ivlaish, of Pitt'-field, for Clerk. Pennsylvania Legislature. Tb’S body is a ,s o in lull at IJai/sburg. The Ho v m was o:ga”hsed on the 2d m-.t. by the election of H. Iv. Strong,wh'? and Know Notb’ng,to the Speakei hm. Tho Senate lr ; lcu to or?ar ; T,e; Haml ; n,dem. having 14 vot*’, Hend’ick, whig, In vo’ , and 4 ;at* 3. ng. The Washington Ur 4 on and the Know-Nothings. Is our constitution a despotism ? And yet know-noth ingism would tear it into a:oir! Is the Up* s on of the States a nationalev :i ? And yet f now-notbmg m has comb'icd with the public eneini* *of that Un-on in all the Slates of ihe Nouh. Wnat Ame.ican ei /en fr ds ihat he ’"iured 4 n person and r tate under or’ equal and benign irlitu ors and laws ? yet know r -noth*ng -m comhin*” in ifsclan des.ine societies as if a us “per irad ■ en cioihed with pow er to d’ troy all the ‘ r r , Tiut' ;,: t -of the ci. : /en. Is not the American prras r 3 as ’he wind that, bloweth where it I’steth 7 And yet knovv-noih 4 sin wor’d muznleit by i's ♦h'eaG, end make it the mere < no of its pro cripi'veorgi . Are honor,tiuth, and eXj rience no longer cl ; ef quaiitin nd cardinal merits to a i.t i people? /ind yet the pr r i ■ntellee's and the most b.illiaot sei *icc a to the nation are discard 1 and tramp! I under fool for a incie difference of religion by the combined force* of know-nolhingism ! Is rehgious iolera’ ; on a cirr.e, that know notlrngism should esiab''sh here ’he monatcl “cal and de.-po eal institution of Church and Stale ? AM tie •, ih igs must i tojush/such a society as ti- s. And Ir l ht j great evils do not weigh uji on r”, why, then, is op* - eoentry inspi'm belore all the na tions by an order, which without cause, afl 3inp - to uproot the mo;.sacred usag ,to ignore ’he mott honor I memo lie-', and to make a happy people the me i discordant and unhappy on the lac? of the eai h Desperate Assault. —Oa Tim ’slay night, about tight o’clock as Mr. franc's Mei re ! w.* s returr-ng * i his* home on Randolph str- it, in ’he Erstei ,■ put of the city, ho was attacked in rout of 1: home, by six men, one of whom us., iaa axe, with which neiofl eted t ,etal severo atd and u’gerors wounds on Mi. Moire’’. In defend : ng h mseb bom ”ie rsnr l t of the ru s h ns. Mr Morrell shot one of the pa**ty, am m by the r 1 ne of I )avid Mc-Capper, in ‘he lo*g, wounding h : mseverely. Y r rday morning, McCapper was r t “'te<l r id * urmnf, 1 to prison, and du-ing ‘ s io day the j >' : ce aiso sue* 1 I : n r r dog tive more of Ihe party. The w :her is si'*” at 1 >-ge. — Sav. News , 6/ h. C >1 Doniphan, one of the hero'" l of ‘he Mexican war, wr* tl “own <>om a st- ge th ir Jetfei. _> e Hv. Mo., a few days ago, and so brd'y injured as *e render n ; s recovery doub* ul. i A Centennial Penh —The dome of be’H-'i ‘He lower of Christ (Episcopal Chureh, PM’ -delph a, rang a cen tennial p< 1 on Monday. The bells were pi- ed in ibo position ‘hey notv fill in <he ‘auer p. -i of i75 >, and on tho ! it Ist of 1) •ember, of that y ”, thev were fret t rig to herald ’he approach of ’he new year. Since ‘He be”* were fi;sth -d, they have flounced the approreli of eaoh sue ? Site now they have comr leted ‘'in ht'ndr d’h “A hundred years! a hundred yearn! M nat towering hopes and Duering ft s, vV uat human power .- id human pride Have souk beneath ‘Heir wheltr’ng t-Je!*’ 1 Rev. Dr. Adair J book, entitled ‘‘South Side ’ iew of Slavery,” is l'kcly t• do gs id :, i di eminat'ng facts concerting the “ue < mdition of the southern slave. A Boston < orrespondent of the Salem Register concludes rome comment on the work by saying : “With all my det ta on of slavery, I never thought myself a fnrWc or ‘he sum *t unt : l now But who of rs is not ?” Washington iffeirs. — V’ashingi >n, Jan 5 —lne Sr- ate hao passed the i'vJ ‘itary Academy bill, and have under discussion tfm -Ttdiciary Reform Mil. In the Home the private calender is under corside ratior Not B.\ r . —We find the following in the Philadelphia Commercial Bulle’m : “VV hy is President Pierce l‘ke the globo which we in* liabit ? Bj cause, although he was thought to b • pefect in kisspere, it : s now known he is considerably flattened at the Polls.” Toe Bu'letiu is m’staken ; he has only been flattened at the North pole. In one reso rt, however, the fie ure is a good one. He will he found liko the world, to revolve on Ills own axis, and although there may be temporary dark ness. it will all he right at sun-rise in the morning.— Mar 9 shall Republican. An Ounce ot k*ct is worm a pound of theory: and the swarm of conclusive sac: .nat cluster around that inconi parable reparation, liooiianb’s German P ; tiers, prepared bv Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philade ! phia, establishing >ts value as a tonic md restorative, are such as would prevent in credulity itself from quervon : ng its efFc-c oy. fn all ca. a of disease of the stomach, whether acute or chronic, it may be recommended for its soothing, cordial, and renovating influence. Dyspepsia, heartburn, loss of appetite, nausea, nervous tremors, relaxation and debility, &e. f are relieved by tho Bitters in a very short space of time; and a peise verance in their use never fails to work a borough cure.