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£i mts mtir Sentinel. COLUMBUS, GEORGIaT WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, The American Portrait Gallery. We are indebted to an esteemed friend for parte 1 and 7, rol. 3, of this unique production, in each of which we find a “portrait” and “life” of • cherished friend, and distinguished citizen. John Jacob Sbibeu, American Minister at the Court of Brussels, was born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, on the Bth December, 1816. In very early life, his father became involved and, to satisfy bis creditors, made an entire surrender of his estate, and freely submitted to the hardships and trials of poverty, rather than sacrifice his honor. From th aga of nine years until he was fifteen, the subject of this sketch fol lowed the plow, and contributed, by his labor, to the support of his father’s family. During this eventful period, says his biographer, young Seibels laid the foun dation of his character, and was taught the lesson of enduranoe, of vigorous effort, of independent thought and action, of plain, straight forward, manly bearing. At the close of this period, moderate success having crowned the efforts of his father in business, he was entered at school, and, in four years, was graduated at South Carolina College, lie immediately applied him self to the study of the law, and, in 183 V, was admitted to tho bar in the city of Charleston. In 1842 he set tled in Montgomery, Ala., and devoted himself to the practice of his profession. While pursuing his profes sion in Montgomery, the Mexican war broke out.— Nearly related, on his father’s side, to the immortal Irish patriot, Emmet, and descended, through his moth** er, from one of the bold partisans who waged, unequal war with the Tories and British, iu South Carolina, during the Revolutionary war, it was to be expeoted that Seibleß would be among the first to answer the call to arms. In answer to the requisition of General Gaines, three companies started from Montgomery, eue of which elected Mr. Seibels, by a unanimous vote, t* command it. He hastened with his command to Mo* bile, when a regiment was formed, and he was elected Colonel. There were two other candidates for the the Colonelcy, who, after the election, fouud som* technical objections io the manner in which the regi ment was organized, and contested his election. He, at once, called the officers together, and made them a short speech worth of General Jaokson : “I have oot ,: said he, “left my family, home and business, and come here to squabble for offioe. 1 came to serve nay coun try ; and sooner than be the means of retarding th march of the troops a single day, I will instantly resign.” This he did as promptly as he had responded to ths call of his country, and prooeedtMl at the head of hia company to the Rio Gande, while those who contested his election remained at home. The call of General Gaines was not approved by the Government. The six months levies were recalled, During this short campaign Capt. Seibels established his character for courage and capacity to command. The next year, 1847, a call was made upon Alabama for an independent battalion of volunteers to serve dur ing the war. The uncertainty of the terra of enlist ment, and the pitiable accounts giveu of the hardships of the service, by returned volunteers, made it difficult to raise the battalion. Though tho call was made in May, it had not been responded to iu October. Morti fied at the delay, Capt. Seibels urged the Governor to make one more effort to save the honor of the State and submitted a plau for his consideration. His plan wm adopted by the Governor, and the battalion was raised. By a very large majority, these companies elected Capt. Seibels to command them. They proceeded at once to Mexico, and aided in the subjugation of the department of Orazava, where they were stationed during the the war. Col. Seibels received, from Gov ernor Bankhead, the appointment of Lieutenant Gover nor and Judge of that department. The jurisdiction of bis Court extended to all criminal esses arising among the Mexicans, and to all civil eases where the amount in controversy did not exceed S2OOO. Asa Judge, he was just, firm and patient, but prompt in tbs discharge of his duties. Two or three years after his return te Alabama, he received from a nm*b*r of the leading men of Orizava a most gratifying letter in which he was assured that his memory wu cherished by their grateful people as a just and merciful Judge, and invit ing him to re-visit them that they might give him some token of their high consideration. * Though engaged from 9 o’clock A. M. to 8 P. M., in the discharge of his judicial duties, Colonel Seibels was a most eflieieut military commundsr. The follew* ing incident will prove the truth of this assertion. — While the Alabama volunteers were iu Orizava, Gan. Persifer F. Smith passed through the eity, and was re ceived with distinguished honors by the officers and msn stationed there. General Bankhead introduced Colonel Seibels to his acquaintance with this remark: “He commands the finest and best disciplined corps of volun teers in Mexico, or that I ever saw.’’ Notwithstanding the rigidity of his discipline, which bore alike upon of ficers and meu, Col. Seibels commanded the respect and affection of his command. j Shortly after his return to Montgomery, Ala., he I abandoned the practice of law, and, at the earnest so licitation of political friends, undertook the editorial management of the Montgomery Advertiser, the Demo cratic organ at the seat of Government. The arduous duties of this responsible position, he discharged in such a manner as to win the confidence and esteem of his Jiarty, and the respect of his opponents. In the contest of 1850 he lead the Southern Rights column, and though overwhelmed by numbers, he fell with his feet to the foe. After the defeat of the Southern Rights party, he resolutely opposed all factious opposition to the expressed will ot the State, acquiesced in the compromise mea sures, and did more than any other man to reunite in fraternal bonds the seatered legions of the Alabama i Democracy. So effectually was the work done that victory has ever since perched upon their standard. In 1852 he was chosen one of the Presidential elec tors for the State of Alabama, and had the pleasure of casting his vote for Pierce and King in the electoral college. A patriotic administration honored itself by reward ing his patriotic services with the appointment of Minis ter to the Couri of Brussels, which post he now fills with great credit to himself and honor to the country. The inheritance of a large fortune enables him to dis pense an elegant hospitality at this prend European capital, to whieh all worthy Americans arc eordialiy Welcomed. In person, Col. Seibels is a magnificent specimen of American manhood. He is over six feet high, slightly embonpoint, with a piercing black eye, swarthy com plexion and a full head of iron gray hair. The expres sion and lines of his faoe are stern and strong, but are relieved by a genial smile which invites confidence. Hi* highest intellectual quality issteiHag oewunee seas# n and an unfaltering judgment, which always gives him the mastery in contsata with opponents of mnoh more shining qualities. Hia moral developments ere large. Honesty is stamped upon evsry lineament of bis faoe and person. He is also as firm as a roek. His friend ships are warm and laating. He is a Democrat by education and conviction, and is a disciple of John C. Calhoun, as are most politicians who fi.st sew the light on the left bank of the Savannah. We oonolud© this imperfect aketoh es the life of this excellent roan with the following extraot from his biog raphy, writtsn, ws suspect, by an old friend, once high in the confidence of the Georgia nomocracy and fitted by hia geniws and scholarship to adorn any position, but now resident in a neighboring State and content to serve his Ged and country in n private station. “No body axpeota that Colonal'Seibela has more than fairly entered upon his earssr. The public sentiment of Alabama is impatient at his temporary residence abroad, and will bs ready to give him a eordial welcome home. A gentleman, a soldier, a state: man —the Stats of bis adoption proudly numbers him among her most distinguished sons, and presents him“a living stone” ■ in this “Washington Monument,” more durable than marble, of “eminent Americana quarried, it is true, in South Carolina, but polished and engraved in Ala bama. The inscription on one aide of it is, “An honest i man’s the noblest work es God,” on the other, “Con , stitutioaal Democracy/* Iu a subsequent issue we will give some notice es our ; other “cherished friend ana distinguished citizen, ’* and it will not be unpalatable to our readers to learn that he was “quarried ia Georgia.” Columbuc Local Iteics. Fjrh.—The residence of Hon. Joseph Themes, of the Enquirer, took fire on the morning of the 27th inst., and was entirely consumed, together with a large ( part of the furniture, and clothing of the family. The fire had covered the roof before it vvrv discovered and i as the residence wee some two miles from tbo city, it l was impossible for ear efficient fire companies to render , any assistance. The loss is estimated at $3,000, one , half of whioh is covered by insurance. Aooibbnt.—We regret to learn that Mr. Charles L A. Peabody, of the Soil of the South was thrown > from his buggy on Saturday afternoon 24thinst., a short 9 distance frem his residsnse and very severely injured. We are glad to hear that be is doing well and will soon * be up again. | Lectori. —Rev. Geo. White, author of Historical Collections of Georgia, delivered a very acceptable Lecture in Temperance Hall en Monday evening to a } large andienoe upon the “Revolution in Georgia and the , men who figured in it.” , Hbaltb ox Walter T. CoLauirr.—lt will grati , fy the numerous friends es this distinguished citizen, who bes so long been prostrated by siekaeis to learn that he was well enough to ba*removed to Macon last , week, and that sines his arrival there he hes coutiaoad to improve slowly. Strong hopes are entertained that be will yet be restored to his friends and his coun try. i —a— Fire at Florence* In a letter from Stewart Cos., rnder date 28d March the writer esye“The store of A* b G. Hill at fio renee was consumed by fire at about i o-eioak #* tbs night ot the 20th inst. The broke Ike., ware eev 1 with about SI,OOO worth of goods, for vhiah the pro** pri*tors ars mostly in dab tar 1 to tka exertion el ta* gentlemen who happened to bx thaw as visit, T. U. sad Dr. J. N. Gilbert. The loss is estimated at akset SB,OOO, It is supposed to be the work of an iao*e diary.” €Umuqi*s la hewntmjfvi. The Savannah D*Uy Nms, of our most v*ltt*hi* *tahjitg—, ad At# id# Wd *f Wm. A. Tiompauß, iSeq., mb* is mm •*> p*o-. ri*tor and p A ter. ll* da* ooaAnatxd Ida po#*r with tz* ability fro#* Id* itegUußAC*, *d o*&**’ * dks ptrbUo that there wifi fee mo *Zzlooter* ia ki •&#* to m*h* hia war'by ad esppn.r', The Southern Tim *, fcdlied*# at iSonf; /aaoxy, Ala., ia a# *nfergd and imitated patina I id* Trt;- perauci Timaa, and w ;, l da dm*att*t ca*da*tad dy Dr. A. L'paaonb, W. IP. U-Uiftad, ##d H- C. Huffi&nd. It ia their intaniiou to aaak* Ido I'm** ♦•family p*p*r of high grade, p lap* and to t’s* litaxarf *•*,'! oft#* Southar# peopl#. Th* Mitora wa fdlif *%*al to td* work they have uudart Aen. Dr. L'pE*ib da* the reputation of bvir'j a#* of tde ripaet tjhdi pjroJdand aet thinkers, and meal gaautl compaaieaa in th# So*td. 1 Mr. Hilliard is the asm of tda Hon. H. W, Hilliard* and if he inherits the ft#* parts of his ditthmuished father, he will prove a valuable acquisition to the **wa papers press. Mr. Hollifield i* an energeti* huaiaw? man and hr*< had roach exparienoe in elilmrial dutirw They have undertaken a Heroallra trsk. We hope their success will b* equal to their cuaxita. -nsaaaa Ex-G*vernor Washburn, es Mrsa., baa been appointed lecturer in th* Law Sehoel at Harvard, to : supply the vacancy ocasioned by the rejection of J udge ! Luring. GF* The Hon. J. C. Breoksnridgo, cf Ky., deeliaes a re-election to Congress. Strike of Factory Operators at Manchester. Maschsster, N. 11., March 21. A large number of faotory operators are on a strike here’’ owiug to a obauge of the hoars of labor iu the mills. A procession with musie passed tbroagh the streets last evening. Ths motto of tbs operatives is tba “Ten hour system,” though they manifest a desire to work eleven hours. New Temperance Law of Massachusetts. Boston’, Marob 21. The new temperance law, which imposes imprison ment for th* first tonvictioo, passed to a third reading iu the House to day, by a vote of yeas 285 ; nay# 42 Thirteen Boston members voted nay, sixteen yea, aau fifteen were absent. It has already passed the Se as te. Democratic Mominatione—dominations for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, As., in Shod# Islands* PaoviDßNCi, March 21. The following nominatioss were mad* this evenieg by the Demoeratie convention : For Governor, Americas V. Potter, of Providence; for Lieutenant Governor, Nicholas Browe, of War wick ; fur Secretary of State, Asa Potter, of South Kingston ; for Attorney Gsaeral, Walter S. Burges es Cr-aneton ; for State Treasurer Nathan Hammett, of Newport ; for Representative* to Congress, Eastern district—Thomas Davis of North Providence; Western district—Besj. B. Tbarsuu es Boykin tea. A Slander Refuted. We ars permitted to publish the following letter in refu- ! ttioo of the slander that Rev.jfThomas C. Benninghad; turned Morman. It was addressed to a relative io this city: + New Yobs, March 21, 1855. Dear Sir:—! received to day, from a friend in Georgia, several notices, cut from Georgia papers, saying 1 bad join* cdthe Mormons! I regret that any mao should be so de graded as to put iu circulation such unmitigated and base falsehood! But I have long known that there are men in Georgia, who > ‘wear the livery of Heaven” the better “to serve the Devil in,” and who arc capable of putting forth auy slanders against me, however unfounded and base. 1 care very little for it as regards myself--but ray family are the sufferers; and what few friend# I have in Georgia suffer also. You are authorized to say the report is utterly and en** tirely false-, that I am still a regular minister of “the Gon gregauonal Medodist Churchlia New York,” of good standing, having been Moderator of the last Association of said church. As to the slanderer, and his aids in retailing it, I freely for give them, and wish them more honest and honorable em ployment. Yours, very truly, THOMAS C. BENNING. The Baltimore Metfccdiet Conference—Action on the Slavery Question. The Baltimore conference es the Methodist Episoopal church adjourned on Wednesday last. Before adjourn ing, the fellowing important business was transacted —we quote from the published report : “Bishop Waugh then auuouaced communications Irani the North Ohio and Wisconsin aoufersnees, imbodying a series of resolutions iu relation to the slavery question. “Rev. John A. Collin# speke in favor of postponing actios en the papers until the next conference, in order to give a naora decided and weighty expression of opinion iu relation te the sentiments contained ip the resolutions. * “Revs. Henry Slicer and George iiildt advocated im mediate action : whereupon the reading of the resolutions was called for, when the oeoferenca decided by a vote of 121 te 145 not ta have them read. “Rev. Aquilfe A- Roeae eslled for the previous ques tion, viz ; to postpone setion on the paper, <fco. “The body then proceeded ta vote, and by a vote of 118 te 112 refestri to postpone its cation. “Rov. Henry Kiiesr then moved to nonconcur. “Pending this, however, he offered a motion to have the communications read : which prevailed, and the pa per of the Wisconsin conference was first read. “It propoesa substantially to prohibit, on the part of the membership and preacher#, ‘the baying, selling, or hold ing human beings as sisvc.3.’ “The motion to noa-eoncur was then put *, but the secretaries disagreeing ca to the number of members vo ting, Rev. Themes Sewell celled for a vote by tellers, whicb was proceeded with, esd 200 members voted for the motion, being u unanimous vote. “The resolutions emanating from the North Ohio con ference were then rasd, zad a vets by tellers gave 199 votes in favor of noa-conearring, and none against it. “They prohibit tho buying of laso, fcomeu, end chil dren with an iutention ta ousbvc them, and require tho emancipation of cfovui wh-ia it cab Its accomplished vrith oct injary to them. “Rav. John A. Collies moved that any members of the ocaf rsneo e*. present in tho city who hzd Eot voted en th;. slavery question: sea permitted to reooru their votes before th*> conference adjourns.” A unanimous vat’s esjai*i tlic &ioptio of these anti slavery rc.ooliititi.vj is t*. this time o gratifying ciroum staaco to notice, end tke.t gr@tifio*io l > considerably heightened by the fact that a portion of Eastern Pennsylvania is witbLa the jorbdi-tie* of tho Baltimore confer sacs. La Grange College, Florence, Ala. The patronizing Tennessee, Memphis, and Alabama, aoucurred in the proposition to remove this invitation frost La Grange, Fraklia county, AL., to Florence, the former pLe# bring isolated, which had xtl. ways praxes* and sue*#*. The Institution at Florence opened with fine prolate. But portioa of the Board of Trwnaos, probably resident a* La Ore-age, have elected a Fecnltf, from thi Ciussbarlaad Presbyterian Church, and ***** determined to try to divert some of the Collego f—4> from the uhsurh to which it belongs 1 Rather a Dovai os*. Tbts*. thing* w* learn from the “Nashville CbriatAu Atfccsftha” College in K*:*2*. —Report r-jr* that tbo Hon. Ab bott Im&ma&it, ot floods*, i* £oi£ ia erect a collie at I LftChMtee &*<**&, i taaa^ri£. —* ——** <g'—-—- SiA Lzzzt&Lx*; gspdition, inarch 23,1855. Lieuissutiu J. Hsrteivfei, of t&a United C latest Navy, Jc&a 00 {As .:jt isfyh stsaaace Msma, hez head op. JpßwMd Uz nos* AnAo mmUi eejuduioa. * —*— o ; —* TBank. S&trch 22,1835. 1 Prior, of <3eeUUA, % Covington, to dM, t’tel c* tkd gfor stock iu the Ksstarttf Truss ?UsA, were* not liable for the f ymt ut thee* Stoico* it w fes dv>wn that they cojAkiwead ta datrnnd the casblie. Vbim Aaeiaioa rsJuoev : ths mm* *7 the hank aayrfy $700,99#. The Wswthet aomutatei cold. meg) c*< From Tampie#. &AI.TIMQRJ3, March 22,1855. From Tampico the dates are to the 7th inst., when all was quiet. The yew Governor General, Vega, was making a a>nr through the nor then portion of the depart ment. The Canadian Militia Bill. Quebec, Maroh 22, 1855. The second reading of the Militia bill was carried in tho Assembly this morning, at one o’eloek, after a debate lasting altogether fourteen hour#, by a vote of 74 against 25—the minority being composed ia part of avowed an nexationist*. Later From California. Nsw York, Marob 24. 1 The steamship Geo?ge"Law, with advices from San Fruueiseo, to the lat inst., has arrived, at New York.— She brings 318,000 dollar# in gold. Amoug her passen gers is Col. Fremont. The House us Messrs. Wells & Fargo has resumed pay ment. Maasra. Adame. A Cos., have filed a petition of iusoivesey showing in their schedule SIOO,OOO io their favor. Robinson & Cos., was a clear failure. Suicide of Col. McQiung. New Orleans, March 24. Col. McCiuag, the well known duelist, committed sui cide at Jacksou, Mies., on Saturday. It will be remembered that Cos!. MeClung, served un der Gea. Taylor duriug the Mexican war. and at the tak* iag of Monterey grstaiiy distinguished hitnsdf. During the bailie he received a #eveii.- w<>urni. Col. Benjamin C. Yaucey is suaoanced in the Corea River Argus as a candidate for State Senator from Chero kee county, Alabama, ot the ensuing election. The l Central American Expedition — Col. Kinney Read Out of the Party. —Tiler* is trouble in the camp iof the Central American liberators Tha secretary of the company anuoun ee in the advert!# ng columns of the Herald that “a’l power and authority heretofore conferred on Col. H. L. Kinney has been revoked.” The secretary further saj# that there •*# no fa lure ort the pert of the e. mpaay to comply with tie con'rae? with Col. Kirmev. Whai‘# the muter ? The u*x ! Foreign Neteo. —The Atlanta i# the -teamrr a w due. Her day o* sail og w&a the 10th inst., anion tho 10th, she has been out She had rived at New York on Saturday afternoon, which is rhe date of our !#t despatch from thm city. Our Cotu b t cor.. respondent iniurms us that the Northern line i* down ; again. This s almost univ*really tjj ya%e whenever im ietylSigase* j# expected. ! i Mobile Races. ’ Bascomb Course. — Thursday , March 22,1835 —Jockey Club Purse —Two mile beats—s4Go. Mr. A. M. Sprague’s (Capt. J. W. Miner’s) ch. c. Leßoi, by Belshazzar, out of Veracity, by Pacific, 3 years 01d... .i ‘••„•••• 1 1 Mr. H. H. Olivers ch. g. by Margrave out ot Odd Stocking, 3 years old (withdrawn) 120 Mrj*W. L. Nunoalee’s c. c. Frank Waters, by Mar grave, dam Maria Black, 3 years old.. 3 dis. Time, 3:18-3:48. Saturday, March 24. Jockey Club Puree S6O0 —Three Mile Heats. Col. T. B.'Goldsby’s br. c. Brewn Dick, by Mar grave, dam Fanny King, 3 y. 1 1 •Col. John Campbell’s br. m. Mary Taylor, by Sove reign, dam Clara Howard, 5 y. o 2 2 Mr. A. J. Minot's ch. c. Sam Letcher, by Wagner, dam Medoc,3 y. 33 Time, 5:49*. 5:56*. Death of Hon. James L . Rhett. —The Charleston papers announce the death of this gentleman, which oc curred in that city on Thursday 22d. Mr. Rhett was in tbe fifty-eighth year of his age. The Mercury states that Mr. Rhett has long tilled an honorable place in that community. During bis many years service in the State Senate, he was among the most patriotic, faithful and in fluential men of that body. Asa member of the Bar he held a high rank, both lor his ability and lair dealing.— He was, in his profession, aa in his private life, a gentle man. But his b it and most shining qualities appeared in sooial life. Never was there a more genial man, or one who had a better faculty of diffusing the warmth and light of a cheerful nature over the circle of bis friends. War Transferred to Poland. —lt has been suggested and extensively credited, that §materisl change is to take place in the plans of the European belligerants for the ensuing campaign. There being little hope that any de cisive blow can be struck in the Crimea, the war will be transferred to the Polish frontier. It is said that all the talk about the Emperor Napoleon’s visit to Sebastopol is a mere ruse to divert attention—that his real thoughts are directed to a different field, and that the coming spring will re-open with the withdrawal of the allied for tes from the 6eige and their concentration on the western Russian frontier, should not peace be made before. Ship from Savannah Lost. —We regret to learn at the office of Mr. E. A. Soullard, consignee that the Br. ship Infanta, of St. John, Calhoun, master, cleared from this port for Cork, on the 9th es February, with a cargo of 500,000 feet of timber, is lost. The captain and crew arrived in Charleston yesterday, in the ship Harkaway. from Liverpool. Vessel and cargo fully insured in New York and St. John, N. B. No further particulars are given in the dispatch which made the announcement. — Sav. Georgian. A Snake Breaking a Man's Ribs.—A most heartrend ing transaction occurred at Madison, Ind., on Tuesday last, to a gentlemen named McDonald. He was admir ing a beautiful collection of every description of reptiles ©n exhibition there. He foolishly attempted to handle a large snake, when said snake coiled around hie body, and, with his entire strength succeeded breaking three of Mr. McDonald’s ribs. It has been mentioned, as a proof of the sincerity and amity subsisting between the courts of Vienna and Paris, that the request of the Emperor of the French to have the mortal remains of hia relative, the Duke of Roichstadt, transferred to Paris, was immediately acceded to by the Emperor Francis Joseph. Snoto and Frost. —At daylight on Thursday morning the ground was covered iu this city with snow, which commenced falling a little altar midnight. Yesterday morning there was a slight frost. The day was clear, bright and pleasant, and propitious for vegetation. The Dalton Times, mentions a heavy fall of snow at that place on last Sunday morning, succeeded by white frosts the next two mornings. Stern winter seems reluc tant to relax her hold. —Augusta Constitutionalist 24 th. A ear load of cottoa near Peters Mill on the Georgia track was set on fire about 2 o’clock P. M. on Saturday lest, perhaps by a spark from the engine, and the lager part of it cftQsumed or seriously damaged. —Atlanta In telligencer, 2 6th. Mr. Charles B. Knowles, nephew of Sheridan Knowles, has been gazetted to an ensigney, without purchase, in the 77th foot. Thß University of Edinburgh is hoping to induce Profes sor Agaseiz to accept its vacant chair of natural history. Mr. Wm. Mitchel, & brother of John Mitchel, has in vantad a typs setting machine. It has already had a fair trial, &ud succeed in printing a book at about ha If the ordi nary coat of composition, it was employed to print the new octavo volume of George Bancroft, the historian, an nounced by Harper and Brothers. An extensive printer is eo satisfied with the manner in which the machine works that ha has ordered five of them for his establishment.— One es them will be sent to the Paris exhibition. Lifts to Law Students. Question. What is the difference between a fine and a recovery ? Answer. A fine is for getting drunk ; a recovery is the feeling you come to experience when you find jreurself in a station house. Q. What animals come under the description of ‘‘Game V’ A. Timid witnesses, and female defendants. Q. When is it necessary to commence a fresh suit 2 A. When the other has become too ventilating or seedy. Q. What is a release 2 A. To exchange the society of your ugly aunt lor that of your beautiful cousin. Q. What is a clerical error 2 A. Preaching a three hours’ sermon. Q. What is the settlement of a conveyance t A. When an omnibus smashes a small carriage. Q. What are breeches of trust 2 A. Trowsers procured on tick. Q. What are incumbrances ? A. Poor relations. Q. What ia a mortgage in possession ? . A. An uncle. Q. Mention some of the principal law books which you have studied 2 A. Hoyle’s law of Whist, CribbagC, d&c., &c. Q. What are original writs ? A. Pot hooks and hangers. ! Q. What steps*would you take to dissolve an injunction 2 | A. I should put it into some very hot water, and let it | ramain there until it was melted. Q. What is on original Bill ? A. Don’t know, but think Shakspeare is the most origi nal Bill on record. That will do this lesson. Bank Bobbery—Unparalleled Audacity. The Branch of the Bank of the State of Georgia in this place, says the Wilkes Republican 23d inst., was entered through the front door, opening on the Public Square, he tweea seven and eight o’clock Wednesday morning last, and robbed of fifteen thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars ia bills, all of which are payable in this place. The Teller had just been in the room and removed the till from the vault to its usual place in the counter preparatory to the day’s business, and retired to breakfast, locking the side door leading into the passage, after him, and euppo*ing the front door secure.as'it had been locked the evening previous. A negro boy whose business it is to sweep out the banking room eveiy morning while the Teller is present, has been arrested, and confesses, that by agreement with a white man, the night before, he secretly turned the key in the front door while sweeping. The robber, ali this white, was se creted in the privy st the corner of the budding, and but a tew steps from the door. As soon as the bell raug for bieakiast he emerged from his hiding place, entered the budding, secured his booty, and effected his escape unseen. The robbery was discovered a iiitie over an hour alter it oceured, vet all attempts to track the vidian failed. We doubt if the annals of crime famish a more darino ad venture. John Mitchell, Esq. .1 bn Mitchell, known as the Irish patriot, reached our city last week, and took rooms at the Coleman House. He baa a wife and five children, and comes to settle in lids vicinity permanently, as he informs u>. liis wish i u purchase a ‘arm, not tar distant from this city. Mr. Mitchell is a small man, rathe r spare made and is. we should say, about forty yeats of age He is genteel in hs di ess, ta-h.r easy in his manners, and, iu she absence of any inform.vtou on that point, we shook! say he has ben well raised. Wes.e noth ng in his Lee indicative of superior talents, and in Ids conversation, he is mild and prudent, so Ur as our observations wend— Knox riilt {Term ) R h;g. [FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.] TIIE LAMENT. BY MRS. C. A. t. —OF COLUMBUS. I’ve seen sae mony changfu’ years On earth, 1 am a stronger grown, I wander, in the ways of men, Alike unknowing and unknown.— Burns. Old home of my childhood, still tcmdly 1 love thee, How sweet was the jasemine that shade J thy door; Oh! when shall I wander again in thy woodland? Hope murmuring answers, ah, never, no more. The friends of my youth, ’neath the green earth are sleeping Their memories are graven deep in my heart’s core, No more shall their smiles beam a welcome upon me ? My yearning heart answers, ah! never, no more. The bloom from my roses, old Time has been stealing, They wilted and died when their spring-time was o’er; Will they ever again shed their perfume around me? The grave, mocking, answers, ah! never, no more, How often since then, have my eyes ached with weeping, Bright youth was a dream, broken long years ago; Shall 1 e’r be again in its rosy light sleeping? Faint echo breathes sadly, ah! never, no more Many seasons have passed, since hopes downy pinion, And joy’s waving plume, have a bright color wore. Can they ever again find a home in my bosom? The dim future answers, ah! never, no more. How I long for a home to be always immortal, Where the roses of youth in etornity fgrow; And the sweet bads of hope, never more to bo blighted, Where, loved ones are parted, ah! never, no more. From the Savannah Georgian. TOWN OF SANDERSVILLE IN RUINS. IMMENSE LOSS OF PROPERTY. Court House, Post Office, Gentral Georgian Printing Office, Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of Jericho Lodges, with records, consumed. Thirty-five Buildings Destroyed, Sandersville, si, P. M. 21th. My Dear Punch : —We have just been visited by an aw ful conflagration. At about one o’clock to-day, a tiro broke out in the wood shop of Mr. Rentroe, in the Western edge ol the town. A high wind prevailing from the West. It thence communicated with the house and carriage shop of Mr. Itenfroe, thence to the dwellings of Mrs. Skrene, Maj. Brookins, Mr. Carter, the store of Lazaron & .New- . nan, the dwelling of Gen. Warthen, the store of Haines & Bro., the store of Brown & Webster, of Z. Brantley, ot J. T. Youngblood &, Cos , and the dwelling ot Dr. llanos, on that side of the street. It crossed the street near the commencement of the fire, burning the dwellings es Ainsworth and Capt. Long. The The Court House was also consumed, together with the County Recoids, save part of those of the Ordinary and Inferior Court. Major Brookins, notwithstanding his house was on fire, saved the greater part ol the Ordinary’s papers and records. 1 endeavored to save the Records in the Clerk’s office of the Inferior Court, removing them to our printing office, thinking that that might escape, but it was consumed with all our printing materials save some three cases of type. — Onr office was in the building owned by the three orders, Ma a ons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Jericho. Not a ves tige ol their records saved. The tire then communicated to the dwellings of Mr. Newnan, Mr. Z. Brantlay.and Mr. T. A. Wicker, consuming everything. On the other side of the square, the Jail, the Hotel owned by Mr. J. Brantly, the store of Amesworth A. Siager, Drug Store of Mr. Kinchlet, all consumed. On the east side oi the square the store of Mr. Gray, of Hardie A, Wicker, of Mr. Northington, the dwelling of Mr. Pouruell, all consumed. Not one dwelling left upon the square. On the street leaving the town on the north side, the dwellings of Messrs. Harris, Gen. Jermgan and hi3 son, and the dwelling of Major Bangs, all consumed, to gether with all the out houses. Very few goods were saved. Corn, Bacon, and provisions to a large amount were burnt. Many families, who were possessed of a competence, have lost all Ruin, direful and sudden has fallen upon our towD. I have often remembered with, pleasure, the ready promptness of the citizens of our town, in responding to a liberal amount to your city in her hour need It is impossible to form any estimate of the losses at this time. The sufferers have not as yet realized the extent of their own losses. Many must suffer and suffer seriously, until some lelief is had, other than they can themselves command. Many are left with but little else than the clothes they wear. We have not a store of any description left within the place. It will be sometime, if at all, before we can issue the “Georgian” again. I hope our exchanges will continue their favors fora time at feast. Some insurance on the goods of Sargaron & Newman, Brown & Webster, J. T. Youngblood &, Cos., and upon the dwelling of J. A. Wicker, and some others perhaps, though I do not know particulars. And all 1 believe in our office. The Insurance Company at Athens—precise name not recollected Our schools will probably be broken up for a time at least. Our Academies will be needep to house the homeless. Such ruin, distress, loss, I have never wit nessed. The whole wa3 consumed in about two hours. I believe no lives were lost though some were in imminent peril. The house of Dr. Turner was saved by great exertion, chiefly by the daring and unceasing efforts ot Mr. Tebeau and Mr. Brady. ‘The houses of Major Brantley, Dr. Wil liamson, Major Hodges and Mr. Mills, escaped very nar rowly. Yours in haste, P. C. PENDLETON. Tbe Cradle of Calhoun. As peculiarly interesting to all readers, and for the purpose of preserving old reminiscences connected with one whose name must gain increasing renown and signifi cance with the laspe of coming years, we transfer from the Abbeville Banner the following sketch of the old homestead, at which the family of Patrick Calhoun first resided, and in which John C, Calhoun first saw tho light: “The old homestead in which Mr. Calhoun first saw the light, stands on the eastern edge of the beautiful tract of country we have just partia’ly described, and which is known as the Calhoun settlement. The plantation passed a few’ years ago from the hands of a younger member of tho family (why w as that ?j to Mr. John White, an intei ligeDt. merchant of this v.llage.and is now’ occupied by h s overseer as a negro quarter; other changes, too, and more impressive, have come over this venerable relic of thj past. “The house, an object of interest for its antiquated ar chitecture alone, was evidently once, fr its c ay, an elegant mansion, built in the irregular, no style ord- r of the age, having a spacious central hall, heated by one of those huge chimneys, now obsolete, whose ample firesid- s were sym bolical of the patriarchal hospitaliity of the oiden time. It s situated on the brow of a hi;!, that declines gently to the eastern bank of a l>-autifu! sream that st 11 bears the family name ; for like most < f the residences of the pic net rs. the site was chosen ni‘re for its cot venience to water than for any other advantage : ami we are not sure that this utilitarian impulse has itssened serioi sly the in* trinsic beauty of the situation. A winding ere k, dashing with an audible murmur over it-- pebbled bed. and hills that stud its banks with sufficient boldness to elieve the monotony of a wide expanse of fiat woods, sti • tohing for miles away from the very verge ot the w< sm— ank, more than compensate for the absence of qu iiitii fl that a too fas* dieu* taste would have preferred. ‘‘To our eye, apart from all historic int- r* s , the:e 13 charm in the bold, rugged landscape, uuc< uth style, an! moss-grown timbers of these venerable homes .ds of the pioneers. We love to muse in the humid shades of their monumental oak c , listening to the winds a- tiny whistle through shattered gables strange rtqui-ms to ti e dead and I departed customs of other days. The old Red House, however, on the border of ihe Fiat Woods, is more indebt ed for the interest it < xnots to its history, than its natural features. Except a smai! glove of oaks, rrd decayed Prider of-China, immediately around it, and which seem struggling to irnpatt a scanty shade to the fiidli g takes bt~ Death them, the surrounding country is a continuous plan •a! oil. destitute of Iciest, and in many places the worse f**r li-ving lung since yielded t<> the cotton mil sos Man hester and Lowed the best portion ? its primitive fertility, l'here is nothing of the wild or sublime in scenery to oe f“tind here, tint count ha’ e imparted, according to the po ets. heroic grandeur to a i fly genius ; mv< rtheiess, in the silent d< ils of the no ande■•ring ertt-k, a: and the rich verdure of their evergreen foliage, contemplation found a genial retreat, and doubtless toe re the i>iqu sitive mini of thefu mre statesman imbibed much of that defp,cannot thought fulness that t'lqirfte'.t-m and lam through hit?,