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Wmts Attir Sjcnlintl. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 14, 1855. Krratuii.—la the editorial notioo of the Addres* of Prof, Martin, in our la*t tri weekly, there occurred a typographical error. Fros. Martin is connected with the Synodical, and not “Lonßtio’’ College, of Griffin. The City Council. The now Council assembled Monday night hist, and elected the following gentlemen to their respective offi ces for the ensuing year : City Physician—Dr. Flewellen. City Attorney—John Peabody, Eq. City Printers—Thomas Ragland & Cos. Bridge Keeper—K. Dudley, Hospital Keeper—lsabella MoGehee. Magazine Keeper—'Jesse Bradford. Clerk of the Market —Richard Robinson. Health OrriOEßs—lst Ward—John J. McKendree, John B. Wright. 2d Ward—Lewis Levingston and W. E. Love. 3d Ward—Jordan L. Howell and James Everett. 4th Ward—John Kyle and Jere Terry. sth Ward—N. B. Love and John T. Walker. 6th Ward— S. Ogletree and W. B. Carter. Port Wardens— Clayton, Hill, Calhoun, Duck and Arnold. Fir* Wardens—R. R. Gootchius, George Ilun gorford, C. Wise, J. C. Ruse, J. B. Strupper and J. O. Douglas*. Christmas! By reference to our advertising columns, it will be perocived that Mr. Stovell, at his old stand, is industri ously engaged in anticipating tho wants of the young people during the approaching Holidays. With Col. Hogan presiding over the Fireworks without, and Sto vell behind the counter within, oatering to his youthful yiailors, a season of joy may be confidently expected. The Infunt Drummer. Master Benson A. English, tho Infant Drummer, gave one of his interesting and novel entertainments at Tem perance Hall last evening, to a delighted audience. He gives another to night, and still another to morrow night, at tho same place, when our citizens should not faii to attend. Latest from Kansas—General Lane bids Defiance! Independence, Deo. 3. There is great excitement all through this country, and overwhelming numbers are pouring into the Ter ritory, from every direction, to sustain the laws. Gen. Lana is entrenching his forces at Lawrence, throwing up breastworks, burning beacon lights to be seen 25 miles from Lawrence, and bids defiance to the law and order party. While, on the other hand, the law and order people of the Territory are rallying in large numbers to the assistance of the Sheriff of Douglas county in the ex ecution of the law. He haß by this time an overwhelm ing force. Hon. Edward Everett has become connected editori ally with tho North American Review. The Postmaster General has decided that, on and af tor the first day of January next, all letters between only. This decision* in “noway ’ affects Tetters for foreign oountries, however. \ jftoiNiA U. S. Senator.— —The Legislature of Virginia, on the Bth inst., re-elected lion. James M. Mason U. S. Senator from that State, for six years from the 4th of March, 1857. He received 124 votes ; all others Gil. Firt at Sing Sing. —A fire occurred at Sing Sing prison, New York, this morning, by which damage was done to the extent of $30,000 in value. All the convicts wore secured without sustaining any damage. There was a revolt in the prison last week, during which one of the convicts was sh^t. Gen. Houston Signally Rebuked at Home! The House of Representatives of Texas has passed a resolution, by a vote of seventy five to three , approving the course of Thos. J. Rusk in voting for the Kausas-Ne braska act, and disapproving the course of Saut Houston in voting against it. From Congress.—No Speaker Yet. Washington, Deo. 10. The House had seven ballots to'-day. At the last Banks stood 107, Richardson 76, Fuller 28. House adjourned. Washington, Deo. 11. In the House there were six ballots for Speaker, with the same result as yesterday. Banks 107 ; Richardson 7G $ Fuller 28. There is no prospect of an eleetiou at present. Another Filibustering Expedition. The President has informed the District Attorney of Nets York, that another filibustering expedition is on foot for the purpose of invading Nicaragua. He urges prompt measures (or its suppression. The Kansas Rebellion. There is nothing later from Kansas. It is believed that the previous accounts were exaggerated. Railroad Bridge ovor the Tennessee. A contract has been sutered into for the reconstruc tion of the Railroad Bridge over the Tennessee river, receutly destroyed by fire. It is to be completed iu ninety days from the 30th November, under a penalty of S3OO for every day tbut it is delayed beyond that period. Death of Lovely Ladies. —Mrs. Mary Jane Baker, an aminble lady of San Franeisoo, Cal., died in that city, after a brief illness, on the 12th of October. She was the niece of Hon. James Buchan m, of Pennsylvania, and had always been the object of the deepest and most affectionate solicitude upon his part. The amiable lady of Gov. Wright, of Indiana, died at the residence of her father, in Soott oounty, Ky., on Sunday the 2d of December. She was widely and deeply beloved. A Patriotic L*gilatuie —A resolution has been introduced i .to the South Caroliua Legislature for the purchase of statues of Moultrie, Marion, Sumter, Hayne, McDuffie and Calhoun, aud also of a sarcophagus for Mr. Calhoun's remains. Georgia Legislature. SENATE. Milledgeville, Dec. 11. The Senate met at 9 o’clock, A. M., Bailey of Butts in the Chair. The journal of yesterday was read. Buch anan, of Coweta, moved to reconsider the action of yester day, giving State aid to the Brunswick and Florida, and Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail Road. The motion to reconsider, was supported by Buchanan, of Coweta,Cono, of Greene, Pope, of Wilkes ; and was opposed by Gibson, of Pike, and Miller, of Richmond. The motion to reconsider, was lost, by yeas 45, nays 54. BILLS INTRODUCED. Cannon : A bill to incorporate a Masonic Lodge. Cone, of Greene: A bill to incorporate the Bank of Mad ison ; also, a private bill. Cummings, of Wilkinson: A bill to repeal the act re quiring the receivers of tax returns to ascertain the number of poor children in their respective counties. Fambro, of Upson : A bill to charter a company under the name of tho Western and Atlantic Rail Road, with the privilege to buy the State Road. Gibson, of Pike: A bill allowing witnesses to prove at tendanco only once ; A bill prohibiting the manumission of slaves ; A bill to allow the appeal of one party to a case to embrace all the parties. Jeter, of Marion : A bill to amend the poor school laws, so as to compel Receivers of tax returns to ascertain the □umber of poor children. Landrum, of Oglethorpe: A bill to make owners of slaves liable for physician’s fees. Lawton, of Dougherty: A bill for privato relief of a lady divorced, and to allow hor to marry again. Miller, of Richmond: A bill to reorganize the C o Common Pleas of the city of Augusta, and to giro it crim inal jurisdiction in certain cases. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Milledgeville. Dec. 11. The House met at 9i o’clock A. M. The journal o yesterday, was read and approved. The consolidated bill to change county linos, was amend ed, so as to change the line* between the counties of Floyd and Chattooga, Elbert and Hart, Walker and Whitfield, Coflee and Telfair, Randolph and Calhoun, Troup and Heard only, and laid on the table for tho present. The bill to appropriate $2,000 to construct a road from Summeiville to Rome, was lost. BILL* PASSED. The bill to incorporate the town of JefiersoD, Camden county. The bill to give to the Warsaw Navigation company the exclusive right of navigating the Chattahoochee River above the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, provided they will clear oat the same and fit it for navigation. The bill to fix the time of meeting of the Judges of the Superior Courts of the State for the purpose of regulating the practice, on the Thursday of the first week of the ses sions of the Legislature. The bill to appropriate SB,OOO to the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. The bill to incorporate the Nicajack Rail Road and Min ing company. The bill to allow the Justices of the Inferior Court of Charlton county, to allow the insolvent lists of the Tax Collectors of said county. The Senate’s bill to dispose of the effects of dissolved corporations. The bill to compel discoveries in Justice’s Courts. The bill to allow Mechanics liens when filed in Court to have the force and effect of a judgment. BILLS LOST. The bill to appropriate $2,000 to construct a Road over mo iiiwuinaiii, w/iicn separaiea ouimnui vino iroin name. Several local bills woro acted upon, but a3 they are of no special interest to your readers, I omit them. NEW BILLS. Ward, of Butts: A bill authorizing the Governor to re fund to tax collectors and receivers any money overpaid by them into the Treasury. J ones, of Warren : A bill to compel foreign Bank Agen cies to pay into the Treasury $25,000 lor the privilege of Banking in Georgia. Lewis of Hancock : A bill to incorporate the Hancock Internal Improvement and Banking Company ; also a reso lution, asking for information, in relation to the late survey of the boundary between Georgia and Alabama. Peebles, of Habersham : A bill, from tho committee on Public Buildings, providing for tho issuance of bonds of the State to tho amount of $100,006 to rebuild the capitol. Jones, of Muscogee: A bill to amend the charter©! the Muscogee Rail Road Company, so as to require a Pres ident and Director, to own 20 shares in their own right be fore they can hold offico. Boyd, ol Lumpkin : A bill to appropriate $2,000 to put in good order a road at Cooper’s Gap, over the Blue Ridge. On motion of Milledge, of Richmond, the House resolv ed that the hour from 121 to 14 P. M. be devoted to read ing bills the second time. SENATE. Milledgeville, Dec. 12. Tho following hills were introduced and read the first time. Moore, of Cobb: A bill to change the line between Cherokee and Cobb counties. Patterson, of Gilmer: A bill to incorporate Oak Bowery Lodge, No. 81, of Free and Accepted Masons. Ponder, of Thomas: A bill to incorporate the town of Fletcherville, in Thomas county. Renfroe, of Chattahoochee: A bill to compel the Trea surer of Chattahoochee county, to pay the Grand and Pe tit Jurors of said county. Shropshire, of Chattooga : A bill, exempting three hund red dollars worth of household and kitchen furniture from levy and sale, and vesting the same in the Justices of the Inferior Courts where the debtor resides, for the benefit of his family. Wingfield, of Putnam: A bill declaring the intention of the act of 1812, in relation to returns of Executors, Ad ministrators and Guardians to be that the whole adminis tration of deceased persons, or wards’ estates, may be re moved to the county to which Executor, Administrator or Guardian may removo. Ware, of Polk : A bill to confer upon Tax Collectors the power to issue executions against defaulting tax payers. Several local bills were introduced- On motion of Cone, of Greene, the Senate took up and acted upon a number of local and private bills, some of which were passed, others rejected, and others referred. None of them are of general interest. AFTERNOON SESSION. The time was consumed in action on private bills. The following may have some interest to your readers. Theblil of Adams of Clay, to relieve Jno J. and Jno. C. Morris, of the county of Clay, from a forfeited recog nizance, was passed. The hill to divorce Mrs. Norment of Marion, from her : husband on account of hia lunacy, was lost. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mlllepgevjlle, Dec. 12. The House met at 91 A. M. On moti >n oi Crook, of Chattooga, the House recon* eidered its action on the bill, to appropriate $2,000 to eon struct a Road over the mountain ridge, which separates the city of Rome from the valley of Chattooga. The following bills were passed. The bill to appropriate $ lor compensation to Almon Guinn, ol Tenn. for a murderer in Tenn., and re turning him to the authorities in Georgia. The bill te incorporate the Canton Mining Company. The bill to change the law of evidence so as to allow parties in interest to testify in civil cases, was lost. . education bill. The special order of the day being the bill to provide for the education of the youth of Georgia in the rudiments of an English Education, introduced by Lewis, of Hancock, and heretofoie published in youi columns, was taken up in committee of the whole, and considered. Various amend ments were offered, of minor importance, and adopted. A test question was made by Jones, of Muscogee, on a substitute offered by him, in lieu of tho iecond section o the bill, which, if adopted, would have emacsulated the whole scheme of all vitality. The substitute was lost by a very decided vote, and we are eonrequently not without hopes that the House may be able to perfect the bill, and thus provide for the great w-ant of the people of Georgia— a system of free schools in which all tne vouth of Georgia may receive an education in reading, wilting, arithme tic, English grammar and geography. new bills. Hudson, of Harris: A bill to exempt lawyers from the annual tax now imposed on them. Crook of Chattooga : A bill to provide for the emigra tion of free persons of color leyond the limits of the Uni ted States. [From tho Washington Union, Dec. 6.] Threatened Hostilities in Kansas. Rumors have passed into circulation to the effect that the President has authorized the employment of the troops of the United States in the Territory of Kansas to aid the local authorities in the execution of the laws. No such authority has been given. In order to show exactly what has transpired, we have obtained permission to publish the following despatches:— Westport, Mo., Dae. 1, 1855. I desire authority to call on the United States forces at Leavenworth to preserve the peace of this Territory, to protect the sherifF of Douglas county, and enable him to execute tbe legal process in his hands. If tho laws are not executed, civil war is inevitable. An armed force of one thousand men, with till tho implements of war, it is said, are at La wreDce. They have rescued a prisoner from the sheriff’, burnt houses, and threatened the lives ol citizens. Immediate assistance is desired. This is the only means to save bloodshed. Particulars by mail. Wilson Shannon. To his Excellency Franklin Pierce. Washington, Dec. 3, 1855. Your despatch received. All the power vested in the Executive will be exerted to preserve order and enforce the laws. On the reoeipt of your letter the preliminary measures necessary to be taken before calling out troops will bo promptly executed, and you will theu be fully ad vised. Franklin Pierce. To Wilson Shannon, Governor of the Territory of Kansas. Steamboats Burnt. St. Louis, Dec S.—Three steamboats were burnt at the Levee last night. The losses estimated at $70,000. No lives were lost. A Florida Bank. A bill has passed both branches of the General Assem bly authorizing the institution of a Batik in this State, and only awaits the approval of tho Governor to become a law. A Murderous Attempt. Wo learn that an attempt was made, on Saturday night last, at his residence on the Sand Iliils, near this city, to shoot Mr. lsaao Henry, one of our oldest and most re spected citizens. Fortunately, the murderous intent proved abortive, and Mr. Henry escaped unhurt.— Augusta Con* slitulionalist , 1 Ith. The Governor of South Carolina has appointed the 31st of December next, as a day of Thanksgiving aud Prayer in that State. Metairie Course.— Lecnmle Beaten. — Arrow beat the celebrated Lecomte, at New Orleans, on the sth inst. 5 ihreo mile heats. The time was slow, owing to the extremely heavy condition of the track. Tho race was closely contested, however, and was one of the most exciting of the season. Lecomte had distanced Arrow at a previous meeting. (CT Col. Tennent Lomax, of the Columbus Times cj- Sentinel , has bren elected State Printer by the Leg islature of Georgia—upon which event the gallant Col onel will accept our congratulations. Here in Alabama the opposition havo all the public printing—the legislative as well as ti e Supreme Court. Starvo your friends aud fatten your enemies, would seem to be the system hereabouts.— Montgomery Ad vertiser <s• Gazette. The New Ilaven Journal says that many persons in that city are anxious to form a company and go to Kansas to aid the freo State men, and no doubt an or ganization for that purpose will bo formed. Dr. Joseph Le Conte, Professor of Natural Science in Franklin College, has resigned his chair in that institu tion. South Carolina College. —The annual commence ment of this institution took place on Monday last. The graduatory class numbered sixty-seven. England Declines to give Satisfaction. It has just been ascertained beyond the possibility of cav il, says a Washington letter, that a despatch has been re-- ceived from Mr. Buchanan relative to the Crampton diffi culty, tho tenor of which is that the British Government, in a courteous but positive manner, decline giving such ex planations, as have been demanded by our government, rc garding the alledged viojation of our neutrality laws by British agents. This aspect of affairs imposes upon our government delicate obligations, and it will require all its wisdom to extricate itself from the present dilemma. A Mistake of the Printer.— The principal of an acad emy, in his advertisement, mentioned his female assistant, and the “reputation for teaching which she bears;’’ but the’ primer—careless fellow—left out the which, so the adver tisement went lorth, commending the lady’s “reputation for teachiug she bears.” Washingt on Dee. 8. Francis P. Blair has written a letter to the Republican association of Washington,in response to an invitation to preside over ithat organization, taking strong ground against the extension of slavery, and urging the Republi cans to unite firmly in the efiort to secure freedom in Kan sa’- - . Democratic Review. —David A. Wtight and Spencer j W. Cone, have undertaken to resuscitate the Democratic ; Review, which, under their auspices, it is said, will start J with letween three and four thousaud subscribers, among ’ whom may be found Gen. Pieree and several members of CoDgress. It will be devoted, it is said, to the re election of our present Chief Magistrate. Several accidents, attended with loss of life, took place in London and its suburbs owing to the dense fog a month ago. A great many robberies were committed dining the fog. Men, women, and children, were waylaid by thieves aud robbed with impunity,it being impossible for any po lice officer, even if stationed within ten or twelve yards of them, to see what was going on. Why is a schoolmaster fke a chairmaker ? Because h canes bottoms. Retributive Justice upon the Southern Know-Nothings. The Southern opponents of the democratic party in the House of Representatives,who have been telling their pres* ent constituents, for the last six months and more, that the democratic party of the North is not sound upon tho ques tion of State rights, and that the American party, so-call ed, is a good enough national organization, are no doubt bitterly sell-rebuked at the spectacle hourly passing before their eyes. The people they have left behind teem are deeply interested observers of this significant panorama, and it is not difficult to conceive that the know-nothing leaders from the South are rr called to their recent pledges, upon the orthodoxy of the know nothings of the North, with intense mortiucation. Andsuchisthe pioof, be it remembered, furnished in the first three days of thosession, before the House of Kep resentatives has approached even the initial stage of its organization, and before abolitionism has laid its hand up on the machinery of Congress, by which it expects to wield the destinies of the country during presidential campaign! Obreive,gentlemen of the South, you who have been tampering with thesupposed creduliiy of the peo ple of the slave Stat< that, although you have been sit ting for three long days, presenting your own candidates to your sworn and covenanted brethren of the free States-- to those who, with you, have accepted the much vaunted 12th sec. of the Philadelphia convention —of the 123 men of the North, most of whom were selected in the lodges of know-nothing order, most of whom were carried through by the adherents of that fraternity, but four solitary knew nothing members from the free States have dared to cast their votes in favor of a candidate who stands out the clear and unequivocal friend of the rights of the South ! And that canuidate is not a Northern man —like the gallant Richardson, who, when discharging his duties to the con stitution, did so and do ■so in detiance ot abolitionism at home—but one of your own especial set, who runs for the speakership as if to turnish the people of the whole South the best evidence of the insincerity of his confederate® and himself. We can well imagine what the Southern members of the American order must experience when they calmly survey the ground upon which they stand, the false impres sion they have made upon those who sent them into Con gress, and the reckoning which awaits them.— Washing ton Union. La tor from Kansas. St. Louis, Mo., Deo. 6. By a despatch from Weston, we have the following ac count from the seat of war. Eight hundred men, armed with Sharp’s rides, are at Lawrence, and they say they can raise three thousand more. They are willing that Sheriff Jones should peaceably search for escaped prisoners, and say they will not commence hostilities, but will act on the defensive to the last. Pomeroy is now at Lawrence, having escaped from his captors. It is said that the pro slavery party have 300 men at Douglas and Lecompton.— Jones was to execute writs ou prisoners yesterday, and if resistance was offered, would await further orders from the Governor. It was thought there would be a fight before matters Were settled. No United States troops had been ordered out. STILL LATER. The pro-slavery party, encamped on river, last night, ny order of the Governor, arrested General Pomeroy, who was goiug to Kansas city with important despatches from tho east. Threats have been made to de stroy the American Hotel at Kansas, on the supposition that it was owned by the Emigrant Aid Society. The mass ot the citizens pledge themselves to defond and prevent its destruction. Four or five hundred men, several pieces oi artillery, and probably a thousand muskets, passed through Independence yesterday from the border counties ot Mis souri, to aid the sheriff of Douglas county in maintaining order. Tho Commerce between the United States and Liver pool. There is no seaport town in the world so intimately connected, by commerce, with the United States, and whose prosperity is so dependent upon this country, as that of Liverpool. The annual amount of American products exported to Liverpool alone, may be roughly estimated at two millions of bales of cotton, and 50,000 hogsheads of sugar, the greater portion of which is from Louisiana, together with tobacco, com, flour, and provis ions, the amount of which we have no means of deter mining, although we may obtain some idea of the im mense trade carried on between the two countries from the fact that 1200 vessels, whose aggregate burrhen miy be set-down at 5,000,000 of tons, annually enter the port of Liverpool from various parts of the United States. The population of Liverpool is about 300,000- Its magnificent docks, the finest, perhaps, in the world, stretch fni* throe-mi lea along tho shore of the Mersey, and have an extent of quay some ten or twelve miles in length. Liverpool owes its pre eminence as a sea port, partly to its favorable geographical position, but more es pecially to its being situated in Lanohashire, by far the most manufacturing county in England, the staple nianu facture being cotton goods ; bus it also carries on an ex tensive trade in silk, woollen and linen fabrics ; in pot tery ware, machinery, and in manufactures of iron and brass. These form no immaterial part ol Ergl ind’s guar antees for the preservation of peace with this country. — Baltimore Patriot. Danger of Procrastination. A young wnmaa who attended tho ministrations of a faithful preacher of the gospel in Yorkshire, England, was frequently very deeply impressed by the truths which she heard, and seemed not far from the kingdom of God. However, having trifled with her religious impressions, and stifled her convictions, they became gradually weaker, un til, like the morning cloud and early dew, they completely passed away. Her seat in the house of God, vacated or seldom occupied, declared in the plainest language that the follies of the world had obliterated her impressions, and hardened her heart. Her bodily health after a time began to decline, but hav ing no idea of immediate danger, she lived as hardened as she had lived before. The issue, however, revealed the alarming nature of her complaint. One day, whilst engaged in her usual occupation, dress making, she sprang to her feet, and with the most terrific expression of countenance exclaimed to her companions, “I’m dying , I’m dying ! I see heaven open above me, and, hell open beneath me, and there is a wide gulf fixed be tween them which I cannot pass! I am going to hell!” Saying this, she dropped down and died. Her melancholy end has been a warning to all to beware trifling with reli gious impressions. Cordial Invitation. The Fort Leavenworth Herald, announcing the arrival in Kansas of fifty emigrants from Georgia, says : Accounts reach us by every mail that the Southern States are preparing to send out scores of the right sort of emi grants to Kansas,from Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. Come on, here is the country to get rich. Bring on your slaves, for there is no country where slave labor will pay better than in Kansas. The Banka Case. In the City Court yesterday, Judge McKinstry decided adverse to the application of counsel on behalf ol Tnornas G. Banks, arraigned for murder of Win. H. ‘Krone, for change of venue. The trial will consequently be had now in a short time in the City Court. — Mobile Tribune, 9th. Trial of Louis Baker. —The trial of Baker for the mur der of Bill Poole commenced in New York on Monday. It will be a tedious afiiiir. The difficulty of getting a juiy was very great. —■ — Miss Delia A. Webster has published a history of her residence in Kentucky, her trials for slave stealing, her in carceration, <fce. The affair has been arranged under the auspices of Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Cotton Crop. —The result, so far as the crop has been gathered in this State, justifies the conclusion that the crop is generally short, and ou the average no larger than that of last year, which was lully one third short of a fair yield. Most planters will finish picking by the 25th inst Within the last month the weather has been iavorable.— Texas Telegraph, 23d ult. F fteen men are missing since the late fire at Memphis The Mayflower, which was burnt at ihe wharf, was valued at SIOO,OOO, and was iusurtd for $50,000. The wharf boat, burnt at the same time, contained $20,000 in gold. Betiiany College^ s-The Wheeling Intelligencer states that the recent disturbance at Bethany College, Va., was caused by an attempt on the part of several abolitionists, who had entered the institution, to preach and debate mis chievous doctrines. Order was restored by a prompt dis missal of the refractory members. Air Gun —We saw one of these curious weapons offered for tale a day or two since. Their sale should be prohibited by ‘aw. j lie one that we szvv would kill a man as far as a rifle, while not the lea=t sound or Hah would indicate the j direction whence the bullet came.— Sav. Jour. Reply to the New York Evening Post , showing why Free Society Starves. —The Post is surprised at our theory, “ihat the regular action of Free Society is to beget deficiency of feed and ultimate famine.” Wo might rest the proof of our theory on the facts of history. Famine has been the normal state of Western Europo since the first French Revolution —which, like all tho subsequent revolutions in Western Europe, was occasion ed by famine, or by scarcity, almost amounting to famine. New England does not raise enough wheat to feed her population a month —and not enough Indian corn to feed her live stock. Everywhere, in our free States, agricul ture is rapidly declining. Even in the North West, it is shunned and avoided, and docs not keep pace with tho increase of population. Free Society teaches every man to eugage in that kind ot labor which is most profitable. Agricultural labor is the simplest, and worst remunerated of any other ; hence all who can, avoid it. Men con found rent, or the profits of the owner of the tarrn, with the ages of the farm laborer. All farm hands pay. rent, because the owner of the farm deducts it from their wa ges. Farm labor, in Free Society, can Dot be obtained in sufficient quantity, because other occupations are bet* ter paid. If this theory does Dot satisfy the Post, let it make one for itself. Free Society is starving, and has been starving for seventy years. Slave Society, in all ages, and in all countries, has had a plenty to eat and wear, and plenty of fuel and house room. Poor houses, nud jails, are almost unnecessary, whore slaves are abun dant. The masters prevent crime and mendicity. Wo would like to sec the Post’s theory accounting for the pov erty, crime, infidelity, anarchy and licentiousness of Free Society, and for the plenty, morality, conservatism, good order, and universal Christian faith of Slave Society. Richmond Enquirer. Two deaf mutes were married a few days since, at Al bany, New Yoik. The Argus of that city says that they appeared very happy, although they never told their love. Macon Telegraph.—Messrs. Green, Barnes Cos. have disposed of tho above journal to Mr. Joseph Clisby. Mr. Tracy also retires from the editorial department ot the pa per, which will be occupied hereaiter by the new proprietor. We welcome Mr. Clisby into the editorial corps of our State, and hope he may find his new position both pleasant and profitable.— Sav. Rep. We learn with pleasure that our esteemed townsman, Mr. Isaiah Sturkie, who tell from the Rail Road Bridge, at Co lumbus, a few days ago, basso far recovered as to suffer himself to be removed home, where ho was received with demonstrations ot joy by his many friends. We hope soon to see his familiar face on our streets again.— Russel, ju corder. The Democratic Members. —The Washington corres pondent of the Journal of Commerce writes : “The Democratic administration members, though m a meagre minority in the House, possess the largest share of talent and experience in debate. In the discussions, which will be abundant and upon interesting topics, tho minority will have the advantage.” A Dutchman was asked to contribute something to the Washington Monument, the agent at the same time pre senting a picture ol the contemplated structure for his in spection. The Dutchman regarded the picture attentively for a mo* merit, and at length exclaimed, “Veil, 1 von’t pay notings towards him, for I don’t see no use to pild a house rnit such a pig chimply.” The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of tho State of Alabama were in session during last week. — Among the interesting ceremonies was the presentation of a beautiful Gold Jewel to their Fast Grand Master,David Clopton. On Thursday, the Brethren listened to an inter esting and eloquent address delivered by the Grand Orator, Lewis E. Parsons.— A.Labama Journal. The President's Message. —A correspondent in tho Bal timore Sun says:—The message is in type, and will be found to dwell at some length upon our foreign relations. Those with Great Britain tar from being of a hostile char acter. Whatever disturbance has been of late excited grew out of the blundering or the misapprehension of the British government and its agents. The question of tho Sound dues is treated, and accompanying the message are several documents on the subject. The capitalization of the dues, as proposed by Denmark, will be rejected by England, France and Fiussia, as well as by the United States. Rus sia has not yet indicated her course on the subject. A Gold Medal has been struck at the Philadelphia Mint after a design furnished by Capt. Eastman of the army, un der the direction of a resolution by Congress, for presenta tion to Capt. Ingraham, and sent to the President. It weighs twenty seven ounces, costing six hundred dollars. There will be a meeting of tho Anti-Know-Nothing Party at Crawford, on Monday Dec. 3lsi, for tno purpose of selecting delegates to the Convention to assemble at Montgomery on the Bth day of January next. Addresses may be expected relative to tho present aspect of political affairs.— Bussell Recorder. The Vestry and Wardensof St. Paul’s Parish, Albany, Ga., have thankfully acknowledged the gift of a beautiful silver Communion Service, from Mrs. Jones,of Phila delphia, through the hands of the Right Reverend Bishop Elliott. t COMMERCIAL. cotton statements. I3 £j 5:50 |g PS p jeT-Pi! CG |StOCk “ § §.B I | l-S'H on week Ug SjS'IES | : jga.iS’l :'g£L this eiidmg | w- o. j? j ; j r •< 3 day. 1) >" 77i 34622702431080 1470 12463 13933 12221 1855. * j 524 6370;55618 61988 1777 31279 33056 31843 Columbus, Deo. 13. COTTON W e notice a good feeling to-day, and prioea fall. Middlings 7} to 7|, Strict Middlings 7£ 10 8. Good Middlings to Middling Fairߧ to 8£ cents. Savannah, Dec. 12. COTTON.—There was a good inquiry in the market yesterday. Prices firm. Sales 1522 halts at 8 to 9* cents. New Yoke, Dec. 11. Cotton is quiet. Flour lower ; Ohio $8 87 ; State $8 62. Corn sl. New Orleans, Dec. 11. Sales of cotton for two days 16,000 bales. Market heavy, without change. MARRIED, By Rev. Thomas Muse, on the 25th November, Mr. John Ward, of Stewart County, and Miss Virginia W. Mitchell, of Randolph County. In Wynnton, on the 12th instant,'by the Rev. W. R. Branham, John J. Jones, E-q., of Burke county, Ga ,and Miss Evie F. Toombs, of the former place. On Thursday, 13th inst. by Rev. W. W. Robison, Mr. James Simms of Chambers, co. Ala., and Misa Lucrutia Cross, of Columbus, Ga. DIED. . kc*s county, on tho 2d inst., Mrs. Sarah A. D. Bryan, 1a the 28th year of her age. Departed this life, in Columbus, on the morn of the 12th December, Mary Lizzie, “first bom” of Rubt. Emmet and Alary Dixon—aged two months. To human vision, unenlightened by the revelations of mercy and love in the dealings of God w ith his creatuies, it seems mysterious that one so lovely and promising in its unfolding beauty, entwining itself so closely and tenderly about the hearts ot many, who cherished the hope that it would prove an ornament in life,should be thus so rude jy torn from the parent stem and consigned, like autumn ■eaves, to decay. But such “little blossoms of being” are the chosen ones ot Heaven, and in protecting love they are transplanted, by a skillful hand, to the Paradise of God, where angels will nurture the spirit’s young bloom. “Ere g ; n could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came witii friend!y care, The opening bud to Heaven conveyed, g And bade it blossom there.” n. m. c. A Worms! Worms! —Various theorie* have been started relative to the origin of intestinal w'orms, and yet the question is still a vexed one among medical ailfliiui ties. Os one fact, however, all are in fumed, and in wlffFh all agree—the fatal nature of the influence they exert on children. At this season of the year, the attacks ol w orms