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Cinus avfo Sentinel. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV, 21. The Governor’* Message—TliO Penitentiary. There is but one argument in favor of Penitentiary punishment that strikes us with any force, and that is that the unfortunate and guilty convicts ate prevented from increasing their progeny and thereby perpetua ting hereditary vies. In every other respect it is, in our opinion, a nuisance and a moral miasma. So tar as we can learn, it is a school for crime, as it brings together all the rascals in the State, makes them ac quainted with each other, and enables them, when dis charged, to organize themselves into regularly organi /(d bands. We attribute no blame to the officers of the institution. The defect of the institution is inhe rent in the system. No vigilance on the part of the of ficers can cure it. There is oue remedy for the evil, but in the opinion of medical men, it is worse than the disease. We allude to solitary confinement. It has been tried in some of the States, we believe, and has been abandoned because of its tendency to develop insanity—a punishment too great for any crime except treason and murder. Another defect in the system is that it has not sufficient terrors for hardened offenders. This is proven by the fact that so many convicts are re turned the second time. As the object of the law in inflicting punishment is to deter others from the com in’sbion of crime, this defect in penitentiary punishments is a fatal one. Another objection to the system and a very grave one is, that it degrades the tnechauic arts by sending out classes of degraded competitors in almost every branch of trade. What would lawyers, doctors, en gineers and other members of professions, called by courtesy, learned, say, if they were compelled to re ceive into their ranks the of the State prison ? We know that in this country honor and sham? are said to rise from no condition j and that a largo class of community act upon this apothegm ; but a very large and influential class are guided by a differ ent rule. They judge a man by his occupation, and the occupation by those who are engaged in it. But leaving out of view this consideration, we hold that it is bad policy to degrade the mechanic arts. They are essential to the progress and development of the re sources of the country and add much to the necessities and conveniences as well as luxuries of life. ThatPeni tentiary punishment discourages them is evident from the fact that there are no mechanics at Milledgeville, nor any other place where a Penitentiary is located. Men of character and intelligence will not willingly follow a trade which puts them on a level with the thief and rob ber. To the existence of this State school for the edu cation of mechanics we attribute the distaste of our people for mechanic arts. Hence the fact that all our young men seek employment as clerks, or study law, divinity or medicine. They are regarded as honorable employments, simply because the rogue and rascal can not compete with them. As much mind is required to conduct machinery, yr to build public works as is requi red to sell a yard of tape or give a pill. But who putß out his sou as an apprentice to an architect who oan get him in a store or pay his way through a medical college ? Why is this ? One reason is that mechanics are annually educated and graduated in the State’s Prison. Another objection to the system is that there is no distinction made between criminals —the good and bad, tho old and young, are placed upon a common level and by association and by public opinion are made equally guilty. Such a system is infamous. For these reasons we are opposed to Penitentiary punishment. Better, far better, tbe pillory and the whip ping poet. They drive rascals out of the State, if they do no other good. If, however, the legislature does not concur in these views, we hope the suggestions of the Governor in his message will be adopted, and that the Penitentiary will be moved from Milledgeville and the occupation of the convicts changed. We however, enter our solemn pro test against its removal to the Stone Mountain. It W’ould be an unpardonable ofFence against good taste to destroy the romantio interest which dusters around this stupendous natural curiosity by associating it with Penitentiary convicts. Mail Rubbery. — We learn that J. U. Wright, Mail Agent on the Georgia Railroad, was arrested yester day by a special Agent of the Post Office Department, charged with the crime of robbing the U S. Mail.— Various suspicious circumstances pointed to Wright as the guilty person, and after the arrest he made a full confession of the crime. It appears that he had been for several months in the practice of abstracting money while in transitu through the mails. Wright has been lodged in the Cobb county jail to await his trial.— Atlanta Intelligencer , 17 th. Sale of City Stock in the Muscogee Railroad. —We understand, says the Daily Sun, that R. Patten, Esq., President of the Muscogee Railroad company, has purchased from our city authorities, the entire stock of the City of Columbus, in the Muscogee Railroad. We do not know the price obtained ; hut we learn that in the trade the city is relieved of all liabilities of whatever character—in other words, Mr. P. guarantees the c ; ty against any liability to which her retention of the stock might have subjected her. It remains to be seen what effect this transfer will have on the “amalgamation’* question, thought to have been settled by the decided action of our citizens against it. Mr. Patten desires us to state that his purchase of the city stock in the Muscogee Railroad was made on his own individual account, and not as the President of that Road for the Company.— lb. Col. John W. Forney, editor of the Pennsylvanian, has been recommended as a candidate for United States Senator from Pennsylvania. R-turned.— Right Rev. Bishop Early, of the Metho dist Church, South, arrived iu Richmond last Sunday from Kansas, lie has just returned from organizing the Kansas conference. Remarkable. —The passengers in a balloon excursion state that at the height of 14,000 feet above the earth everything spokeu distinctly by them was returned iti about a minute in an echo as clear and distinct as the words spoken. A letter from Carthagena says that Santa Anna is succoring ull by lending hi> thousands for a limited time fiee of interest. The writer was assured by a person near hirn, that his wealth exceeds twelve millions. p is said that six thousand Irishmen, aside from t .ther laborers, perish and in the oonsti uo:iun of the Pana ma Railroad. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Georgia Legislature. Milledgeville, Nov. 17. SENATE. This body met at 10 o’clock A. M. Upon a call ol the counties, tbe following bills were in troduced : Camden, of Cherokee: A bill to incorporate the Canton Mining Company. Guerry, of Randolph : A bill to lay out anew county out oi the counties ot Randolph aod Lee. Hamilton, of Dooly: A bill to establish an election pre cinet in the 14th district of Dooly county. McDonald, of Ware: A bill to incorporate the Waynesboio Camp ground. Patteison, of Gilmer: A bill requiring the Tax Collec tor ol Gilmer county to pay over the taxes ol the county ol Gilmer lor 1856 and -57 to county Commissioners to build a Court House. Pope, of Wilkes: A bill to give the election of Judges of the Supreme Court and State House Officers to the peo ple, and to alter the constitution for that purpose. Spalding, of Mclntosh: Abilltosell the Western and Atlantic Railroad and to create an Internal Improvement land. PARDON OF BOYD. The special order of the day was the bill for the pardon of John T. Boyd. Alter the reading ol the evidence, the Senate proceeded at length to consider the merits of the bill. Messrs. Miller of Richmond, Buchanan of Coweta, Murphy of DeKalb, Jeter of Marion, Billups of Morgan, addressed the Senate in favor of the bill. Messrs. Walts of Muscogee, Wellborn of Whitfield, and Hill of Harris, addressed the Senate in opposition to the bill. Upon the passage of the bill the ayes and nays were called, ayes 71, nays 18. So the bill was passed. The bill to revise the jury box of Washington county, was read a third time and passed. Senate adjourned to 10 o’clock Monday morning. SENATE. Milledgeville, Nov. 19. The Senate met at 10 o’clock A. M. The lollowing bills were introduced and read the first time: Billups, of Morgan: A bill to prevent Judges from pre siding in causes in which they were counsel. Buchanan, of Coweta : A bill to expedite the trial of causes in law and equity. Calhoun, of Fulton: A'bill endorsers the control of fi fas paid off by them. Also, a bill to control the labor in taking cases to the Supreme Couit. Cone, of Greene : A bill to alter the Ist section and 3d article of the constitution. Fambro, of Upson: A bill to enforce contracts for inte rest where the amount is specified in writing. Also, a joint resolution instructing the joint committee on the Peniten tiary.to enquire into the expediency of removing the Peni tentiary to some locality near the Stone Mountain. Hamilton, of Dooly : A local bill to legitimatize children. Hardeman, of Bibb : A bill to incorporate the Macon Hook and Ladder company. Also, a bill to change the act incorporating the Southern Botonica Medical College. Jeter, of Marion : A hill to add a part of Taylor to Ma rion county. Also, a resolution refusing to entertain bills in relation to subject matters over which Justices of the Inferior Court have jurisdiction. Lawton, of Dougherty : A resolution appointing a com mittee of one from each judicial distiict to enquire into the expediency of an increase ofjudicial districts. Adopted and the following committee appointed: Lawton, Wales, More land, Moore, Cannon, Peebles, Baxter, Miller, Wingfield, Hamilton, Harris, and Long. McGuire, of Floyd: A petition which was referred with out reading. Moreland, of Heard: A bill requiring the Ordinary of Heard county to pay certain teachers tuition fees for teach ing poor children, without the usual formalities. Peebles, of Clarke: A bill to amend the charter of the Southern Mutual Insurance company. Sims, of Decatur : A bill to prescribe the mode of taking testimony in controversies not pending in the Courts. Also, a bill to create anew judicial district to be called the Lumpkin circuit, composed of Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Worth, Sumter, and Dooly counties, and to add the coun ties of Stewart and Kinchefocnee to the South-Western circuit. Screven, of Chatham : A bill to incorporate the Ogle thorpe Light Infantry company. Wellborn, of Whitfield: A bill in relation to juries in Whitfield county. The resolution of Dunnegan of Hall, authorizing the ap pointment of other standing committees, was taken up, considered and passed. The resolution ot Wales, of Muscogee, instructing the committee on the Judiciary to enquire into the propriety of altering or abolishing the Usury Laws was taken up, con si lered and passed. So also was the resolution requiring the national flag to be displayed over the capitol during the sittings of the General Assembly. The resolution of Buchanan, of Coweta, requesting the Governor to lay before the Senate his reatons for respit ing Jacob Mercer, and the affidavits accompanying the petition, was taken up and amended by striking out the words “his reasons,” and laid on the table. The order of the day was then called lor, to wit: bills lor a third reading. Several bills were read, recommitted ani referred. The bill to incorporate the Bank ot Athens was taken up and amended, and during the consideration ! of the same, the Senate adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Senate re-assembled at 3 o’clock P. M. Spalding, o! Mclntosh, and Winn, of Liberty, were added to the Military committee. McMillan, of Habersham, was add el to the committee on Judicial Circuits. The Senate the.i proceeded to consider the bill incorporating the Athens B inking company. Pending the discussion ofamendments oflered thereto, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Milledgeville. Nov. 19. This body met at 10 o’clock A. M. The chair announc ed the following additional standing committees : On Privileges and Elections. —Browning, Phillips,Lewis of Greene, -Warthen, Harris oi Fulton, Crook, Hill of Troup, Anderson, Hudson of Gwinnett, Hudson of Harris, McLean, Graham, Owen, Luke, and Roberts. On Arylumfor the Blind. —Guyton, Hoyle,Kirkpatrick, Bradford, Caldwell of Pike, Davis ot Bibb, Boyd, Griffith, Barton, Whitworth, Burke, Durden, Sharman, and Sparks. On motion of Crook, of Chattooga, the rules were sus pended and the resolution of the Senate appointing Tues day, 20th, tor the election of Judge ol the Supreme Court and a Bank Director, was taken up and passed. The following bills and resolutions were introduced and read a first time : Ward, of Butts: A Dill to incorporate the Indian Springs Academy. Powell, of Decatur: A local bill. Terhune, of Floyd : A bill to lay out anew county out of Floyd or Chattooga. Phillips, ot Habersham: A bill to provide for the appoint ment of officers and employees of the State Road. Dorm ng, of Irwin: A bill to compel landholders to give in the number of their lots to Tax Assesso rs. Guyton, of Laurens: A bill to protect heirs from liability trom certain acts ot Executors, Administrators, and Guar dians. Felton, of Macon: A bill for the relief of Dr. Head. Jones, of Muscogee: A bill to authorize managers of elec tions to demand naturalization papers from foreign born persons. Browning, of Thomas: A bill to lay out anew countv out ot Thomas and Lowndes counties. Some other loeal bills were introduced. The resolution ot the Senate constituting the committees ofthe two Houses on Penitentiary a joint standing committee, was agreed to. The following bills were passed : A bill for the relief of Stephen Wright, Tax Collector of Putnam county. A bill to authorize the Governor to draw his warrant on the State Treasury for the amount of fi fa in favor of B. G. Gibson, and also for S3OOO in favor of Boughton, Nisbet and Barnes, State Printers. A bill to amend the road laws so far as Glynn county is concerned. A bill to allow the Justices of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett county, to levy a tax to build a Court House, up on the recommendation of the Grand Jury of the county. The following bills were lost: The bill organizing anew county out of Polk and Carroll counties. The bill to al low the Tax Collector of Lumpkin county to pay the State Tax of 185 Gto the County Treasurer. The bill to lay out anew county out of Franklin county. Nomination of County Officers, At a meetiug of the Know Nothing Party of Musco gee, held in this city on Saturday last, the following gentlemen were nominated for county officers : Wm. Lamar for Sheriff. A. S. Rutherford for Clerk Superior Court. A. P. Jones lor Clerk Interior Court. John Johnson for Ordinary. Thos. Chaffin for Tax Collector. I. T. Brooks for Receiver of Tax Returns. John B. Wright for Coroner. Philip Lamar lor County Surveyor. ‘lillman D. West, Justice of Interior Court. The Gold Medal. In looking over the list of premiums, we are pleased to see that at the late Fair of the American Institute, New York, a splendid Gold Medal was awarded to our fellow citizen, Josephus Echols, Esq , for a Hydraul ic Rock Drilling Machine. We know nothing person ally of the usefulness of this machine, but the notice it attracted among the distinguished meohanies at the fair and the premium that it obtained from a discriminating committee, justifies us in forming and expressing a high opinion of its merits and its utility.— Columbus En quirer. Debt and Credit of Georgia. From the message of the governor of Georgia, trans mitted to the legislature recently convened, we learn that the entire debt of the State amounts to $2,644,222 22. The governor expresses some surprise that the price of Georgia bonds should be .ower in market than those of other States which owe a larger debt, and he calls the attention of the legislature to this fact. The governor attributes it solely to the reason that the interest on ihe State bonds is payable at Augusta and Savannah, and at the treasury at Milledge ville. The State of Georgia owes but a small amount : when her vast resources are .taken into consideration. It | is recommended to make the interest payable in New York I and to call in such of the State bonds as are yet payable there, and to issue others in their stead. From Mexico. New York, Nov. 10. The Herald has advices from Mexico, stating that Gen. Gadsden, the American Minister, wus very ill. Gen. Woil had been cashiered. The War Feeling in Russia. A letter from St. Petersburg, in Le Nord of Brussels, j gives the lie to all we have heard and read regarding the i unpopularity of the war in Russia, and the exhausted re sources of that empire. According to this statement the i Russian people regard the contest as one of necessity, up- S hold it with the most patriotic enthusiasm, and are prepar ed to sustain it indefinitely with resources Jot’ the extent of which their enemies do not even dream. Thi/ correspon dence sums up the whole idea in the two pithy sentences, “We have faith and pe'severance. We wiii tight.” Mississippi Elections. New Orleans, Nov. 16. Four Democrats and one American have been elected to Congress in Mississippi—a democratic loss of one. Demooratic State Convention. Concord, (N. 11.,) Nov. 14. A large and most enthusiastic democratic convention was In Id here to day. Two hundred and seventy-five delegates present. Hon. John S. Wells nominated to be candidate for governor by a majority of ninety-five. Strong and bold resolutions endorsing the administra tion and recommending General Pierce for re-nomination to ilie pres dency were passed by a unanimous vo;e, with nine rousing cheers for Frank. Pierce. Death of Rev. R. A. Milner. We regret to learn that this truly good man and useful citizen ol our county, tell a victim to the dread monster, Deaih, at hisresideaee in Caitersville, on Tuesday evening last, of Typhoid Fever. —Cassville Standard, 15//*. Income of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, October 1855. From Freights $56,205 94 “ PasseDgers 16 760 65 “ Mail 1,895 83 Total . .$74,862 72 Income for October 1854. 43,071 54 $31,791 18 California. Considerable excitement has been produced in San Francisco bythe conduct of the volunteers to join Colonel Walker. The Walker men had plundered the armories ot several ot the San Francisco city companies of their contents, and the aid of the shei iff and city marshals had to be caded in to forcibly compel their restoration. The finances of the city of San Francisco are in a de plorable condition. The wheels ot government, according to the San Fran cisco Herald, are completely stopped; the assessors can sot proceed with th-dr duties in consequence ofthe inabili ty if the city to provide them with pens, ink and paper, and licenses cannot be issued to the cartmen, because the city cannot scrape toeether a tew dollars necessary for the purchase of tin plates ’t he mining news is interesting. Wherever water can be obtained the miners have been unusually successful. Some astonishing strikes are mentioned. The quartz mills are doing better than ever, ana some of the tunnel ling operations in the vicinity of lowa Hill are too marvel lous to be detailed. Singular Railroad Accident —Train of Gars Upset by a Gust of Wind —Two Lives Lost. New York, Nov. 13. East night the Express train from Albany on the Har lem Railroad, (with the exception of the engine and ten der,) was thrown off the track near Boston Four Corner.*- all the cars turning bottntn up! Mr. R.ithbone, a paper manufac:urei at Bost >n Corners aud John Gaylor, a brakesman, were killed, and upwards of a dez.n passengers were injimd. The accident is attributed to a sudden gust of wind, which caused the ears to turn over. Minnesota. We find iu the Phila. Inquirer some interesting facts concerning this remote part of our northern territories!.— The writer says that its climate is “singularly peculiar.” It has little or no spring, and autumn goes far into the older end of the year. The winter is unbroken from about the middle of Nov mber till about the 20th o f March, when the snow, which usually covers the ground the entire winter, and the ice, which locks up the rivers, give way about the same time. Then, generally, there are rains which continue into the middle of April ; from which time the weather rapidly increases in heat, and the foliage, and everything possessing vegetable life leaps forward as with a bound. In midsummer the heat is usually intense, but the nights are invariably cool. In winter it is intensely cold, but the atmosphere is so free from moisture that the severity of the weather is felt less than in the middle and Atlantic States, where there is great humidity. Another peculiarity is mentioned—that is that it rare, ly rains during the day, especially in summer. The wri ter is confident that his firm hands did not lose two days from the middle of April till the last of September —the showers nearly invariably coming at night. The autumns ars clear, warm and dry. The immense mass of vegeta ton that covers the unplougl 4 lands, then become* suddenly withered, and the whole earth is covered with combustible materials. In places, the grass is from eight to ten feet high, which being exposed to the sun and wind, becomes thoroughly dried. A single spark serves to kindle it instantaneously, and away the flame goes be fore the wind at a frightful rate. In the fall of 1853, it was my duty (says the writer) to visit some Indian posts northwest of the trontier military post, Fort Ridgely. The Governor of the Territory hav ing business with the Indians, we rode in the same car riage, and having a large quantity of gold iu an extra wagon, a company of dragoons accompanied us. M e had, on the third day, got far beyond white settle ments and night overtook us on an immense prairie. The grass was dry, he wind blowing freshly in the direction we travelled ; and all of a sudden, this ocean of tall dry grass became ignited. In a twinkling the darkness gave way to the most gorgeous illumination. Away the string of flame went before us leaping, roaring and crackling, spreading north and south, with an almost boundless field before it, a picture of the most awful sublimity I ever wit nessed. We followed the flame, and in a few moments were upon the dismal, black, denuded earth. In less than an hour we were encircled by a wall of fire laying off against the dark horizon, and owing to the levelne:s of the country, continued to observe it for over two hours, though it had travelled in that time a great dis tance. Oar Relations with England. Washington, Nov. 16. The government has received assurances that the inten tion of the English government in reinforcing their West India Squadron is perfectly pacific. In consequence of this, Commodore Paulding, who had been ordered to the Gulf, will proceed with ouly his flag ship. The recent teriible accident on the Pacific Rail road has led to an investigation of the cause. A St. Lou is paper says the bridge was of the lightest material, and,as stated by those who were on the spot, .eenied little better than a work of scaffolding. The strongest timbers were but six by nine scantling, upon which were laid strips of pine lumber, and to theta were nailed the rails ! It is also stated that Mr. Bridge, the President of the road, who was riding upon the engine, exprersed his fears to the chief Engineer, Mr. O’Sullivan, but the latter was sanguine of his work, and relused to slacken the speed or disembark a portion of the passengers, as was suggested by the President. Mr. H.K. Quillin shot. —Our town was thrown into a great and unusual excitement on Friday morning last, by the occurrence of a rencontre between our marshal, Mr. H. K. Quillin, a worthy and estimable citizen, and Hamp den Hurden, a young man who resided some three or four miles from town. During the rencontre, Mr.,Quillin was shot three times. The balls from the first and second dis charges took effect upon the abdomen and breast; the third on the side of head, cutting off a small portion of the ear, there entering and ranging along the jaw bone, the precise locality ol which has not yet been ascertained. The first and second did no serious damage, neither passing through Mr. Q.’swearing apparel. The third inflicted a serious and frightful wound. Mr. Quillin, though shot down, still lives and we hope may soon recover. Young jHardin has made his escape. Auburn Gazette, 16/A met. Hon. B. F. Hallett —During a recent speech of this well known Democrat, in Boston, he made the following striking point while speaking of disunion: “The portion ot the liberated slaves that would tail to Massachusetts would be about one hundred thousand, and the Abolition ists here would be the first to resort to measures for expel ling them from the State.” So that abolitionism would, in the first place, break down the Union to set the slaves Iree; and after they were set free, would pass laws in the different States of the North excluding them from the bor ders of all such States. This is what we call abolitionism illustrated. The Tennessee and Virginia Railroad is now in tunning order from Lynchburg to Mount Airy, 150 miles—leaving but 54 miles to reach the Tennessee State line. This fitty-iour miles, is prepared for the superstiuc ture. The road from Knoxville to the Virginia line is in process ot rapid construction. Both roads will be finished by the end of next year —thus giving us a connection with the eastern cities through East Tennes-x i and Virginia. Chicago, Nov. 14. The Missouri Legislature met on the 12th, but refused to go into an election for U. S. Senator. Two Demo cratic caucuses were held, and the prospects of an election were considered doubtful. Comptroller General of Georgia. —We are glad to observe that our old friend, Peterson Thweatt, Esq., of Columbus, is elected Comptroller General by the Georgia Legislature. He has long labored in the political field, and we are pleased to see that his merits are thus recog nized.—Ala. Journal, 19 th. Comptroller General. —Our fellow citizen, Peterson Thweatt, Esq., was on Monday the 12th elected Comp troller General of the State. He has in this vicinity many relatives and friends who rejoice at his election!— The vote was as follows : P. Thweatt, 132 M- D. McComb, 10 E. S. -Candler, 93 Blank, 5 Horrors of War. —Within a radius of five miles around Sevastopol it is supposed that more blood has been spilt, more lives sacrificed, and mo e misery inflicted with n a year, than on any other equal extent of the earth’s surface in the same time since the days of Noah’s flood. A lady was requested by a bachelor, somewhat ad vanced in years, to take a seat upon his knee while in a crowded sleigh. “No, thank you,” said she, “I am afraid such an old seat would break down with me.” The rivers are booming at length. We learn that the Illinois Belle, though a stern wheel boat, on her last trip, came down from Montgomeiy in thirty-six hours— so much did the strong current assist her means of pro* pusiou. —Mobile Register. Jenny Lind. —Madame Jenny Lind Goldsmidt, it is said, has been attacked with some terrible disease in the face. The steamer Atlantic, which left New York for Liverpool on the 31st ult., took out $650,000 in gold on freight. Amerieus, Ga., is an improving town. One hun dred new business buildings have beeu ereeted there within the past year. Coal of Recent Formation.— -At Haroe Is land, the Arctic expedition found coal, apparently of recent formation. The grain of the wood was still perceptible, and it was interspersed with small masses of a pure white resin. The supply was limited in df*pth only by the frost, and was so loose that it could be shovelled up without much diffi culty. It was found to burn well. Hazel Dell- In the Hazel Dell my Nelly’s sleeping, Nelly loved so long; And my lonely, lonely watch I m keeping, Nelly lost and gone; Here in moonlight often we have wandered, Through the silent shade, Now where leafy branches drooping downward, Little Nelly’s laid. Chorus—All alone my watch I’m keeping, In the Hazel Dell ; . For my darling Nelly’s near me sleeping, Nelly dear, farewell. In the Hazel Dell my Nelly’s sleeping, Where the flowers wave; And the silent stars are nightly weeping, O'er poor Nelly’s grave ; Hopes that once iny bosom fondly cherished, Smile no more on me; Every dream ot joyJalas,has perished, Nelly dear with thee. Chorus —All alone, &c. Now I’m weary, friendless, and forsaken, Watching here alone; Nelly, thou no more wilt londiy cheer me, With thy loving tone ; Yet, forever, shall thy gentle image In my memory dwell; And my tears thy lonely grave moisten, Nelly dear, larewell. Chorus —All alone, &c. Georgia. The position of this State is in the highest degree in* terestiug. By general consent she is made the standard bearer of the South. We trusted in her strength, her p, • sition, and our confidence in the fidelity of her people. The late elections have confirmed our hopes. There were some who thought that the popular manifestations. of Georgia were not to be taken as the deliberate determin ations of her opinion, and they accordingly looked for other evidenc: •of public sentiment. It seems to us that they now have them. The men who have been sustain ed by the recent election have declared their understand ing of the meaning of its results. The Message of the Governor, all of which relating to Federal Affairs we copy, is strong and clear on and the proceed ings of a meetiugjit the .Capitol, in which all the first men of the State took part, are equally significant. These declarations are plain 3nd undeniable. M e must take them as made in good faith, or we must wrap ourselves up in a coveiing of selfishness. For ourselves, we have faith in this declaration of the Governor of Georgia, se conded as it is, by the resolves of a body of men who combine an amount of ability not often found in the lead* ership of any party of a State. — Char. Mercury. Hon. W. W. Boyce. We understand our reprrsentative, Mr. Boyce, address ed the citizens of Sumter, at Sumterville, on Wednesday last, and came out fully with his views against ihe State taking any part in the nomination of President, by send ing delegates to Cincinnati. — Columbia (S. C.) Banner. Productions of the United States. —Touching the absence of American agricultural specimens in the pres ent Exposition in Paris, a French writer says: “The United States have txhibited no agricultural products, thinking doubtless that they had nothing to teach us. But see what they could offer us of cotton, corn and pork ; they produce annually 600 millions of kilos (2 1-4 lbs.) of cotton, worth 600’millions of francs j they harvest 200 millions of hectolitres (2 1-2 bushels) of Indian corn, valued at two billions ; of Pork they oure 20 millions. Thrsa three articles alone are equal to all the agricultural productions of France, and sur pass that of England. Add tobacco, sugar, rice, cheese and cattle, and we find the enormous figure of six or seven billions. No country in the world pro duces so much. And this vast country has grown up in about a century from little more than a million of in habitants to near 30 millions !’’ M iss Eliza Logan’s success in Boston has been unparal leled. On the occasion of her benefit, Thursday evening 15th, hundreds ot people were turned away from the muse um, every t eat and standing place was occupied. The au dience were enthusiastic beyond measure, and during the performance of ‘Adrienne,’ she was called before the cur tain four times, where she was greeted with cheers and bou quets. S<* great a compliment is richly an d by this very estimable lady. She is one of the most gifted in her piofes ion, and her career thus far has been exceedingly brilliant. E3F* The St. Louis Republican gives a lengthy expose of the secret m Jitary organization of the Free toilers in Kansas, the existence ot which was mentioned in a de spatch recently published by us. The information receiv ed by the Republican comes from a Eource which that pa per considers reliable.— N. O. Delta. frSST The Union states that it will require 1,599,.\0 acres of the public lands to satisly the 13,796 land war rants issued last month. The total number of warrants issued is 48,158.. Overbearing. —The Eddyville (Iowa) Free Press states, that .i lady of that place, under twenty-one years of age, has been the mother of seven children. Some Corn. —Mr. J. A. Daniel, of Cobb county, gath ered from one acre of land, one hundred and twenty-five bushels of corn. This looks a little like Georgia can produce something else besides cotton. A Remarkable Chambermaid. —A notice of a recent steamboat explosion ends as follows : The captain swam ashore. So did the chambermaid. Sho was insured for $15,000 and loaded with iron. COMMERCIAL. ~~~ I=l fjollg* ! s 1 isrSiw Stock ” I.S § ;l IX ¥-5 on week p-gg< ii*j • I dfil >|e : h t hta ending *- r*. JB. - jr Nov. is, : ; 1 day - Nov*‘l7 ‘ **^ 62 15632 1 1939* 1755 7008 8763 13402 1855. 521 3542 39614 43156 3723 22846!26569 17926 Columbus, Nov. 20. COTTON—Our market is buoyant and £to 4c ad vance on yesterday morning’s prices established. Hold ers film. We quote Middlings 7$ to 7s, Strict Mid dlings 7J to 7s, Good Middlings Bto 84, Middling Fair 8| cents. 6 Savannah, Nov. 18. COTTON—The market yesterday opened with a good demand, and continued active throughout the day the sales amount to 2,322 bales, being the largest day’s opera tions tans far this season. Extremes 84 to 10 cents. New York, Nov. 18. The Cotton market is firm—sales 1000 bales. Flour is higher. Straight State is held at $0 ; Ohio $9.67 ; South ern at $9 <5. Wheat is higher. Southern White is sell ing at $2 23. Corn is drooping, aod is quoted at sl. New Orleans, Nov. 17. Cotton is firm with sales of 5,500 bales. The business is checked and the stock is light. Fair Sugar is selling at 64 to 6|. DIED. In Montgomery, Ala., on the morning of the 15th inst C,aS^ M ’ E-*a,dall, wife of Luke Liver Complaint. The only remedy ever offered to the public that has ne ver tailed to cure, when directions are followed, is Me- Larie s Liver Pill. It has been several years before the public aod has been introduced in all sections of the Un ion. Where it has been used, it has had the most trium phant success, and has actually driven out o! use all other