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■ iiyp fliMyrP‘*Ygi a S3 f ifSg* * ’ ’ jjiwadK^s^T t jSI THOMASYILLE: fl . .... i. ii—<y* ,##*/* > “ ?• ■•• l T tie *4 ay. March 11, ••*•* - , , “* ‘~ cow*M*** *- ‘■ * ~ Marriage and obituary notice* mart bn ad tompanied with th# name* of pereoo# •!* It?ii Wo boro onrorol which wo coooot until ;ho rule own plied wkh. A TLA* TIC AHD OULI lfilt<M>. Wo wefe informed t few fcy* dw by a lotto? (row n friend. that the onjliOOdW sroeaed tf>* AUpebo a few mil** bek>w Okr- Wr'a bridge, on the onrvey of th* boo of tin# We learned yerterday, that the corps. Here at Tronprille, and that tboy wou nrobablv roach this town in a very few day*. We are happy to learn thoae thing*, and know"no good reason why there .hoold be any cessation npott tlii* great work until It ie completed. We invite onr op-country friend* who may be tired of cultivating worn ont laud* to mi ad look at our country. Wo can furnith them with good land*, Mid will be happy to welcoae them a* fellow ait icon* among n*. _ COXGXIM- I . I—^ They are having warm and interesting times now In th* National council*, *nd it mould t*ko • man who had nothing else to and and an active wind to keep up with them. 1„ Senate there ha* been a regular paa- MgHt arm* between Senator* Bell k, *on of Tennowee. It *erm* that Mr. Bel opposed tfto paaaflgo of the KJt*f*t Dill end declared that if the sentiipeut* of the peo ple of Teunceaee riiould diffei from bia own, that he would not be seen in lii* aeat a day after he had knowledge of the fact. There fcave been three election* in that State since •hen, and the Democrats have carried the State every time by increased majorities. The lari session of the Legislature of Ten •assce have reminded Senator Bell of hi* psosnlae, and passed resolutions requesting Who to resign. Tlicso resolution# were trans mitted to tlio U. 8. Senate, and mo tion to print, Mr. 801 l made a speech refut ing th comply, and animadverting pretty heavily oil the authors of the resolijtions.— Hi* colleague who is a Democrat, replied, defending the legislature and sustaining the aaaoluiions. This reply was extremely se vere. Mr. Bell rejoined, and being beyoud doubt an able man, made on able and plausible ifcech. Senator Johnson sur-rrjoiuod and Xtorally used him up. We are tempted to give extracts from this speech,but they would extend this article too much, so we ioibear. In the How th*rn U great excitement upon the question of the admission of Kansas with the Lecompton ©onstitutioß Many able •peaches hare beeu made on both sides, and doubtless there are many more yet to come. Some of those already delivered nee mild and argumentative, the majority howev er are declamntory and full of paseion. • Some of the free-soilers sa) that if Kansas is admitted with tie Lecompton Constitution that the Republicans in Kansas will resist ■d bring on civil war. Bone of the Bout hern members declare that if she be not admitted with the Cooati tution wtoe* kb* now presents, the South wI dissolve tiie Union. Now in onr opin ion tbia dreadful result will not occur in ei tber evenjp ‘ ■ It is true that the fourth reaolntion of the Georgia Platform declares among other things, that Georgia will, rend the liee which bind her to the Union provided Congress should reject e Territory applying for ad ulation as a State because her constitution tolerated slavery, and it is equally true that, if Kansas should be rejected with the Le eompton Constitution, it will be becauee of the slavery clause contained iu it, y**t the seel opposition is ep covered up by pretexts o| varmofl kinds, that the warriors who fram ed the Georgia platform can have plenty of axoaaee for not girding on their armor. Ihe little band of patriotic southern-rights men. who were crushed down and trodden under foot in eighteen hundred and fifty# ®°* M g lady o* a party take the initiative, for the reason that when they bad a better occa sion to announce their principle# and a better Country to contend for, they were ssssailed on all bands at home, as ire eaters, dieeo ioniste and traitors. cl . ’ So that if Kenees should be rejected, we any deliberately that in or jadgineet, there wifi be no serious difficulties brought about h/ the South. If she sTiontt be admitted With the Constitution which slm tendeax. and the Black Republican* o#Kansas should m proper to resist and thereby ***•* MU armnst the Government, they will be, as ft* wind. The country is sick and tired of this Kuuas agitation and it wonld be a relief te have it fettled in almost * n 7 ” jamtuir In looking over * lot* ken* of Jb* Ditty Globe, ear eye fall upon a speed of Joeb ” ,u MSN, Os curkoky. W# shall net attempt te give our reader* anything like a full synopai* of I tbo speech, bit only propose to giro *om* print* in order Ibot they may underriand tbo pOMtiOBI of tbo Abolitions. Hr. GKddingt] that akvery ia contrary to the law of God, and that therefor*, *ll *l*vebold*r* are Infidels. He begin/ by repeating tb* oommoodment “ Thou ahelt net kill,” end argaea that alavery, and the powers incident ■ H to it at* necessarily violative of this com* *■ mandment. Hear him : •* In ear akveholding eemmnnitiea enact ments have been passed, and are now *ep- i ported, profeseief to authorise masters to 1 murder tlxh alave#.'’ . . .. ,L... i, The old ttet Bet hoar him farther on this subject: • But tbie power of tb* master over the life of th# skv# constitutes the vita! ele ment of the institution, without wlilch ala very eonld not exist. It ia exercised wliere ever slavery ia maintained. Every master exercises the privilege of driving Ida slave, in richness or in health, just so severely as he thinks will best subserve hi* own interest*. It I* on this principle that slaveholder* open ly declare it profitable to work their alavr* uo bird is to produce tho death of the whole gang on an average of (ive year* upon su gar plantations, and of seven upon cotton plantations j and to supply their place* by other victims imported from the slave breed ing State* From official document*, It ia estimated that thirty thousand human vic tims are thus sacrificed annually wilbiu the United State# and Territories. In the slave State* it is n<*t uncommon to see advertisement* in the public paper* offer ing a bounty for the head ol a particular slave, who has absconded from hi* master.” j The old fanatic makes other scriptural ar guments just about as true a* the one on the point just mentioned, and’ tben turn* bi* ba% | teries npon the President and Supreme Obit A for maintaining our rights under the Oonati tution. Os the President he thus apenka: u Tiits ayatem of murder is eocoureged by the present Executive, and by all who support his Administration. ‘I bey insist that the people of a State or Territory may rightfully enact laws giving to one man power over the life of bis feilow-tnen who have - committed nc offense : tlmt popular sovereignty if not limited by God s higher law j that It extends with propriety over the life, the liberty, end the happiness of a por tion of the human family ! that the whites may, with impunity, subject the colored pen pie of a State or Territory to degrading ser vitude, close up the windows of their soul*. viliiur, tnw- “ , , shut out knowledge from their understand ing, hold them i* ignorance, end murder them if they assert the right which find he*. given them.” ! Bat hear the old Skunk in regard to the Supreme Court. j The Supreme Court was selected as the instrument for officially avowing this and e guiaed infidelity. That tribunal was favor-, ably constituted for such a purpose ; a ma jority of its member* were slaveholders.— Other member* had been appointed to 01. . Ia . * * L,.m uniform V/IIIC ~ . fice apparently on account ot tliuir uqitorm , sorvility to the alave power ; and every cir- j cumstance combined to render it tire appro- priate iaatrumeut for performing this work. The time, too, waa a matter of importance. No sooner bad the Thirty-Fourth Uongraea; adjourned, than a majority of that tribunal, in violation of its own declared rule*.digress ed from the qnestiou before them, to utter its denial of those doctries of the republican fathers. • . . , But this decision, opposed as it is to ; self-evident truths of our Declaration of In- j dependence, to the letter and spirit of tbp j Constitution, to the intelligence and science of the American people, is emphati- 1 cally repudiated by them. Ihe vanity and, arrogance exhibited by e majority of thaj court in charging Hancock and Adams and i Jefferson and Franklin, and their illustrious compeers, with proclaiming doctrine* which they did st intend to express, and of fail ing to utter their principles which they ta tend to avow, bae called forth from tire pop ular mind indignant pity for tbe court, rather titan doubts as to the intelligence and Chris tianity of those eevans who foundod our in stitution*. I shall not argoe the abaurdity of this de cision. Its falsehood is as self-evident as the truths which it denies.” Wiio cu wonder that thero is a wild, in corrigible fanaticism prevailing among tbe people of the North and West, when their representatives make, publiali and scatter all over the country eueh apeechcs as this I This high-er-law-isra stops at notliing in order tofoecomplith its destructive ends. 1 he Constitution, the President, the Supreme Court, and every'thing that stands in the way is to bo kieked aside as unholy and unclean. - How this matter ia to ultimately end, God only knows. _______ ~ BEKAKKAILZ CIHCUM6TAHCE. - A prominent citiaeu received this intelli gence by letter from his wife, now residing in New York State. On the night of the terrible destruction of, the Pacific Hotel, a little brother of Henry Rochester, living at home with bis parents, Hear Avon, in New York, woke up seine time after midnight with screaming and tear*, saying that tkr hotel in St. Louie wae on hrt, and hie brother Hen py %cat burning to diath. So intense was his alarm snd horror, tlmt it was with con siderable difficulty he could be quieted. On tbe following day at noon, the parent* receiv ed a teUwrahic “dispatch from the city, con firming the little boy’s dream in every par ticular.— St. Louie Democrat, March id. cocoa CHOU. The Paris Pay* publishes account* from Cochin China and Tonqnin to lfith Novem ber. The pereecotion of Christians continu ed with unparalleled violence. The country i was alto In a stata of tbe greatest confusion. Banda of robbers from Chiua were plunder ing tbe southern provinces. Mo. Ewtob :—By tb* request of aaveral of my fsllow-cittaena, to *ke * report of *y several experiment*. I wiH take this oppor tunity to acquit in/eolf of th*t &o*f- Liit spring I obtained fro® tb® br® of Mr. Bichard Peters, of Calhoun, Gordon Cos., Ob, B small package of tb* UMnes*JOfr eane seed, raised by him from a aißeU parcel received from the Patent office, deecribed in th* Agricritnrel Report of 18114 uuder th* bead of Sorgbo-Suere. *1 prepared a plat of ground oa an eastern slope of old, sandy, worn-out land .in each e manner, and with as much mknure as would probably have'made it yield, with average aaasoee. about fifteen bushel* of corn per aero. On th# IBth of March I planted on* hrif of rey aeed in 4 feat drill*. 18 inches in the drill, own# 3 or 4 •eed in each hill* manuring k very roughly la the hill with common rtabk dung. It waa soon np looking finely, notwilhatandieg the th* severe, cold, lute spring. After getting some 3 or 4 inches high it wa* bK down with frost, and I began to think 1 might give it up hut it aooo mad* it* appearance again looking bed end yellow, from the effiscU of cold, but soon grew off again finely. I then', on the lfith of April, planted the remainder of my seed, thus competing one half acre planted. After it came np. end grew up about knee high and was looking finely, sending out its beautiful shoots or | suckers from the root*, my cowe got into the field and down the last stalk of it, not kaving a solitary sprig of it but wliat was •at off close to the ground, thus making a clean sweep of it. I immediately turned in and worked out the stubbles left, and was surprised to find it, in less than ten days itime, putting out new shoots, and growing off mow vigorously than at first, looking green and luxuriant in its hasty growth, dec. It i was ail ploughed and hoed oft Oh enough to keep the grass and weeds down ; and about the 25th of June, begun to head—the heat had then been unusually intern** for two or three weeks, and the drought about that time was very destructive. Ido not think this I half acre would have yielded five bushels of 1 corn had it been planted in com. Having intended to ascertain whether it would make •yrup, l had a rude mill put up with two ’ pine wood rollers. Finding by the 20th of 1 July the most advanced head* had passod the milky stage, I concluded to work np a ’ part of it, but waa dreadfully put back again, . from th* great quantity of rain that fell in i that month, and failed to get-to work at it until the 15th of August. During this time it rained every day, and my cane, which was IgehoralTy very high and rank, was blown down and very much broken up. Indeed I the severe weather had raised the sap to such 1 a height that it hardly seemed worth my wliilo to make an experiment with it; but -being urged into it I had 300 cane cut and I passed them twice through the mill—yield of juice 38 quarts. I theu cut 200 average cane, and passed them three times through the tnHl—yield of juice 50 quarts, of a green ish clear color, having a very sweet, flinty taste. I then cut 100 cane pnased them through twice—yield of juice 21J quarts — passed the same 100 through again—yield 29 quarts, which was proof that much of the juice yot remained in the stalks; for, after j uivw v . passing them throogli three times, I could ring out the juico with my hands, ao ineffi cient was my mill. 1 then took 100 quarts of juice and after four hours boiling obtained 29 quarts of choice syrup. Beveral of my neighbors were present and will certify that the syrup was of a better quality than the best New Orleans syrup we get, dtc. The next day 1 repeated the experiment with 40 pints of juice; I obtained, after four hours boiling, 9 pints of rntber. better syrup of a clear honey color, dee. In these boilings I used nothing as a clarifi er. Ths whole process was carried through a large pot, and tbat very unsuitable from its deptb. These selected cane grew in tbe best spots in the patch. They were an inch to an inch and a half iu diameter, and general ly about 7 feet long after cutting off the heads and a part of tbe stem. I have tried cattle and horse* and they eat the fodder and seed greedily, and pigs tbe waste. I did not attempt to make sugar but candidly believe that sugar can be made from it, beginning to cut tbe cane as soon as the head is fully developed and the top seed beginning to turn black. It may be seenred for a month before it will ripen. I find tbat it is richest in saccharine matter when in that stage. The proper time for planting is about tbe last of April, or earlier if warm enough. When well cultivated and in good toil, tbe plants attain from 10 to 12 feet and produce fodder from the root to the top. I bclieTe a heavier weight of nutricious feed for all kiuds of cattle can be proenred from it in a given ■pace of ground than from any other plant, and I tfiink R will prove of great benefit to every section of country where it is intro duced, not only ** a green feed during the hot month*, but for dry feed during the win ter, if cut add dried In the summer, dec. Al though in this part of the country I look up on this plant aa of great valuh as a forage crop,' yet, possibly it may be cultivated for v iL ve now stated tbe chief particulars of i my experiment. Every farmer is compe tent to draw his own opinions and conclu sions. A single experiment eenaaially one in agriculture—i* randy conclusive. I muy err myself, and might cause others to err, were 1 to express with any emphame the opinions I at present entertain of tbe value or this recently introduced plant. r - Respectfully, Jambs Ambus. Mill Creek Plantation, Colquit Co- Gs. mam or omu ***** j - Matthew Calbraith Ferry, brother of tfcet heroic Perry who.e n.me i. inmeoorablv #ooeeted with the victory am LakSjMe ha the wer of 1812, died t h“ rn^^Tr — i„ this city et 2 o’clock on the mor ning of the 4th of March. Hi. life he been • period of continued toil in the .eryiee of hi eoonty. from hi. entry into the N.v, m 1809 as > midshipmen, up to the time ot hi* d 'Attire of the State of RhodeJ{® , wee hot* et South Kingeton “ ,7 J*’ made hUfirat cruise in the Khoober Rebr and at the age of eighteen ww lranaferred to the frigate United State., and after fire month* duty returned to the Prestdant, co manded by the gallnnt Decatur, with whom be aerved for eight month*- . , In 181 ft be wae promoted to the rank ot Lieutenant, and .tenoned for two year* a the Brooklyn Nary Yard. It will be wen that bia novitiate wa pawed amid tne , eluding teenea of that war which gave tne finishing blow to Britiah oppression on onr water*. Tutored among auch stirring events, hi. whole after life retained the martial cul ture which they afforded.and developed those qualities of a commander which subsequent- j ly attained for him tfie first honor, of the American Nary. . To bim as mnch aa any one, the Colo niaation Bociety are indebted- for the selec tion of tbe Liberian settlement, whither he waa Mnt with Com. Robert F. Stockton and; others in the ahipCyane. He served in this vessel until 1821, from whence he was order- j ed to the command of the schooner Shark,in which he visited the colony of the Mesura do. and afterward (he Weat Indies in search of pirates. In 1824 he wa. with Com. Rodg ers, on board the liip-of-line North Carolina, dining her whole cruise, lie was promoted to the rank of Commander, and in 1830 le- turned to Boston, where he was engaged in the recruiting service. In the eorvette Concord, he wa* appoint- 1 ed to convey the eccentric Virginian, John Randolph, our Russian Minister, to St. Pe tersburg. and during the next three years chiefly passed hit time in the Mediterranean sea. ”T . 1 On his return to the United States in 1833, he was again stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as Superintendent of the Gun-, nery Practice, and was here indefatigablo in his efforts to perfect our Naval organization. To him we are indebted for many of the useful'improveroents in the present system. Advanced to the post of Captain in 1837, he was transferred to the steamer Fulton, and for nearly e year, cruised on the eastern coast of the United States. j In 1838 he was dispatched to Europe for j the purpose of investigating the dockyards and light-houses, on which subjects lie pre pared a valuable report. After serving for three years in the African squadron engaged in suppressing the slave trade, he was in 1846 ordered to New York, where he super intended tor some time, the construction ot Government docks and steamers. Upon the breaking Out of the Mexican War, aajecood in Command to Commodore Conner, he sailed for the Gulf of Mexico. — Here, in 1847, lie was appointed chief offi-; cer of the Home Squadron, and history re- 1 cords no more brilliant nnval achievement | than the bombardment of Vera Cruz, which was conducted under his management. But i tbe last was the crowning act of his whole j career. On the 24th of March, 1852,- he sailed from the United on a mission, whose successful consummation will hand down the name of Com. Perry with abiding honors to a distant posterity. We allude to 4 the Japan Expedition, which terminated so creditably by the treaty entered into between’ that Empire and our Government, signed on , the 3l*t of March, 1864. I Com. Perry liad closed his official life with this negotiation and returned to New York, where he resided until an attack of the gout finished bis course on earth on the 4th of this month. A widow and six children re main to mourn.their loss, which a sympathis ing country and an adorning age alike de plore. . The funeral service will be performed to day at 5 o’clock, at St. Mark’s Church. We would refer to another column for the arrangements madri by the military authori ties of the city to join in the solemnities of the occasion.— N. Y. Newt. FUHCHABE OF SONORA. A Californian no|w in New York, who has visited Washington! City, writes as follows : There are parties of influence from Cali fornia and Arazoni* now nt Washington, ur ging the pnrchaae by our Government of the State of Sonora, Mexico, and there is no doubt that the Administration will buy it.— Negotiations are ndw nrogi easing with that view. 1 know that Mexico has proposed to sell, for that country is of no nse to her, it being overrun by the Apache and other In dians, who are a terror to the inhabitants; and however the troubles now existing in that distracted Republic may terminate, the Government, if any be established at nil, will reed and must have money. Ihe par ties urging this matter want Guaymns as a port of entry, for without it Arazonin and the adjacent country will be of comparative ly little value. They expect to. get as far down as the 28th parallel, taking in a part of Sinaloa. ‘ 7 RESIGNATION OF JUDGES - . .. : Several of the Judges of our Sujferior Courts—Judge Hardeman of our circuit among the number—having resigned to enti tle themselves to the increased salary under tho provision of the last law, Gov. Brown has reappointed them. Some of our ex changes have criticised tho action of froth parties, and we think unjnstly. Gov. Brown is, we think, free from censure, for how could ha honestly do otherwise than re-appoint those the people had elected / We also thiuk the Judges are certainly entitled to the in creased pay, aud those who complain, forget that their term of service commenced after the salary of Judges had been increased, but being.commissioned prior, they were cut off from the benefits of the act, and there is no Other way by w hich they Can entitle them selves to just compensation for their services. We shall be very much mistaken ifin Janu ary next, each re-appointment is not ratified by the people. The twenty per cent, deduc ted some year* ago, ought never to have been permitted, and w# are glad the last leg islature restored it, and we feel it but right that all the Judges should now be permitted to ei\joy it, — Souther* Recorder March 2d. no Tißburf hall wa-irue LA ® r WMKT .as®®? W* *Tof those who originated It, • nd ** t * so, .bh >* Hall w**^ a nd ! d ‘!‘‘t first Hall wa* crowaeu 10 w r # # * the Aerlißg. Democracy. Many our j cititens, m ? rcl^" t, H *n d _^ r ”’ r eseiice here * present In the Old Hall.wh P qjj were seldom if ever observed before—ui Line Henry Cloy Whigs— opposed here o : ft ‘rrE.'JTS: President s pmn ior of Kansas,and sustaining ,b ®. in its efforts made to secure this most desired I object. It was . noble gathering of the; honest voters of the eity, who are sick and, tired of the policy and demagogue.*... ot 1 H o ! Knusa* screed, ers-of thwo des.re to see that Territory admitted at the earliest moment as a Stale, when ebe can hove the privilege of managing her own affairs in he own way. - . I The meeting last night gave cxpreMion to ; the true s*ntin.nt* of * ,c , J" 1 * of the State, and it is well calculated to strengthen the hand, of the Presulen and ( greatly aid in the accomplishment of the ob ject so necessary for the peace ot the coon , try and perpetuity and stihngtb of the Dem ! ocratic party. , ! The speeches made on this occasion were iof the brightest order, and the enthusiasm with which they were received shower, plain ly enough that they were convincing as well as eloquent. —iV. Y. News. the mobmons and TEEIJt next mighation OH WHAT ISLAND THEY WILL SETTLE 1 According to recent information the Mor -1 mons desire to emigrate rn masse to the 1 stand ot'Papua. This movement was proposed to their delegate at Washington last summer; he did not favor the idea at the tune, but is now disposed to recomend to his constituents a peaceful settlement on a great island, rich ; I in the spontaneous productions of nature, and j .where they could enjoy that isolation from I “gentile” influence which they desire. Ihe . Dutch did at one time lay claim to a portion comprising the northwest peninsulas and a coninriftiiig > L . m j p.iftion ot the southwest coast as tar as J4U , degrees east longitude, and commenced a set- j demerit in 1828 on the south side of tbe pen-1 insula, separating Geelvink’s bay from Mo lucca sea, which however they speedily a an- 1 duned on account of the expense of keeping j i%p an establishment where no compensating j 1 trade could be established with a sparse bnr bariain population, and they have not since made any further attempt to settle on the is land’ nor has any other European power.— Papua or New Guinea, is 1,400 miles in | | e „gth. It has an area ol 260,000 square 1 miles, 0110 third larger than Utah, and about the dimensions of New Mexico. It occupies • a central position in tbe Australian'. Malay- j sin, and Polynesian ‘islands- Its geology partakes r,f both rhe pltUonic tiird sedimciita ry, and volcanic formation of Maylasin, It.- i vegetation is exceedingly luxuriant; tho for -1 est trees observed from the coast ofGeelvink | bay-run up to 180 and 200 feet and many wo,e of excellent quality for ship building \ \ and other economical uses The highest estimate of population of parts 1 known is about two to the square mile.—, i There are many satisfactory reason to ac | couiit For tife rieiglect of tiris'island by Euro- pean Governments and adventurers, and to poiApf frut as an admirable field for settle [iienflty a large body of civilized agricultural | 1 people, l’apua did not seem to offer the | pepper, cloves iind other products which tem ! ted the cupidity and stimulated the enter prise of Europeans in the Indian Archipelogo; but having a rich soil, being well waterd and timbered, and having no possers— unless we consider a few roiserables avages, without po litical and hnrdly any social organization, and haying no idea of property in land, aa such —it offers a fine field and unrestricted scope for the development of the energies of the iudußtrions population of Utah— who by the way, would be in a region surrounded by in stitutions congenial with their own—and we should, by I heir going’ be pleasantly relieved of a perplexing nnd threatening question. f Cor. New York Herald.— , THE ADMINISTRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORE. The administration has been cordially en dorsed in Pennsylvania. The action of the Legislature, and the primary meetings of the people, arc evidence of the truth of this state ment. Pennsylvania wiH not exchange a leader like Buchanan, for one like Forney The one has been tried, and never found wan ting—always true to the constitution and the national Democracy. The other deserted bis priciples and his party, when it became necessary to make a sacrifice of personal as pirations.- Couiitryvis, and has ever been, first in the heart of Mr. Buchanan; while Forney has made himself paramount to every other consideration. W e look upon Pennsylvania as the keystone of tjie arch of Union.— When she foils, the fabric most totter to the earth. „ It is also gratifying to see the great State of Now York coming up to the work in | new spirit. The anti Lecompton meeting in tho city of N. York was a signal failure. On the other hand, we see that a call for a Mass Meeting in that city, to sustain the Presi dent's policy in reflV.reuce to Kansas, was to be held ou last, Thursday, and the call had been signed by several thousand of the best i men in the city. Lbt us be thankful for’ these hopeful sigus of “better days.”— Fed. Union. ‘ FIENDISH DEPAVITY ■o t< ‘ We learn, from a passenger, that when the morning train from Macon was about enter ing upon the trestle of the Ogeechee Swamp about one o'clock a, m., yesterday, some fiend incarnate discharged a gun into the win dow of the passenger car. Two slugs enter ed near the bend of a passenger and passing immeditely in front of his face, and bnt a few inches distnnt, went out at the opposite window, quite as near to the head of anoth er passenger on that side. The circumstance of course produced a great excitement among the passengers. This is the third attempt of the kind that has been made within a few weeks, and it is difficult, to account for so wanton an act of de pravity, worthy only of the Thugs of India —SacunnaA Republican. ■toll Jltbs, T We learn that timold of Director, was nUßnimonsiy re-MocM on Monday, Bti w v :_. I is F. Hand*‘President; 11. Brie, tfl. Lathrop, J. W. Lathrop, W. 5. O’DriseoW. J. L. Villalonga, and J. Wash burn .-Gwryiw watt. between eob tallet ahb hawem*. There is a daily mail from Fort galley to Haw kins ville and vice vena. \ “ T mOK WASHINGTON —COLONEL BUMNEE TO H coiner mabtialed -jt Washington, March U*urt-Msr tial has been ordered to assemble at Carlisle barracks on tho 10th hist., to try Col. Bu m . 1 ncr, under the 25th article of war, for hav ing challenged Gen. Harney. Gen. Jessup, Gen. Wool, and Gen. Smith, are among tho* who have been appointed to compose tha Court. . ‘ w- -V** Later from Utah. - The Hon. Mr. Uocktdny, U. S. District Attorney for Utah, has arrived in this city 1 from the Territory j and be states that Col Johnson will advance to Salt Lake by tba Ist of May next, if the animals for which Capt. Marcy has been despatched arrive. Troops from Kansas to Utah. Washington, March 5.—A1l the troop* now in Kansas, except three companies, Lav* been ordered to march for Utah immediately, ■opposed Moidsrs in Lsaisvill*. Lutrisvll.i.K, March 5. Two barrels,each containing * human body, were found in the river, opposite this city, last evening. Thera is no doubt that they are those of victims oi foul murders. j It is understood that Gen. Harney is to be ’ sent to the Pacific to take charge of all tha* military division of tho United States. I* is now believed, say s the Washington States, that the principal movements against the Mormons will be made from Walla-Wall* and some eastern part of California. j -V- THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. Richmond, Ya.. March 7, 1858. The Legislature las* night veted a gold medal to the widow of Commander Hern don, and then adjourned sine die. A proclamation from the Governor was i immediately rend convening an extra sess ion. The Governor intends that tbe Logi*- 1 Jator shall remain in session till the business ; is completed. ! Savannah, March 11— Cotton. —2351 ! I,ales sold to day at the following pniticnlars : 60 at 101, 50 at 10$, 10 at 10|, 38 at 11$, 74 at 11 j, 171 at iU, 186 at llg, 821 at 11?, 42 at 11 1.3-16, 147 at 11$, 148 at 12, 375 at 12$, 24 at 12 3-16, 29 at 12$ and 10 bales Jethro at 12jc.— Georgian. BURNING OF THE STEAMER EUZA BATTLE. FOBTT iIVES LOST —TWELVE HUNDRED BALK! COTTON LOST. . V*’ JB*- YVeliavc nTrendy chroiiklcd by telegraph this terrible calamity on the ftigU-e. Riveo— the destruction by fire of the steamer Eliza Battle— and a frightful losafof-life on March Ist. The-Mobile"Register says: • j It -necured about 2” o’clock on Monday i morning, about three quarters of a mile above Kemp’s landing, when the Battle. *ith some 1 50 or 60 passengers and 1200 nr 1300 bales i cotton on board, took fire and was complete- ly consumed. As far as ascertained, thirty-three live* were lost, consisting of the crew nnd passtn j gers (about one half each,) aud all the cotton except 15 or 20 bales. The fire had its origin among the coM- n bales on the after deck* under the cabin and a .strong notth wind (almost a gale,) soon spread it to all parts of the boat, and the passengers were compelled to sock safety for their lives by retreating in their night clot lies. The boat was headed for the shore, but tlie river being high and out of its hanks and tho wheel ropes burned, a landing could not ho effected. She was, however, driven among the trees, jvhere she lodged until the engines ceased to work, (the intensity of the heat driving tha engineers from their posts} when the passen gera wero enabled tocffeci.au escape by cling ing to the limbs and branches of trees, and upon bales of cotton thrown overboard. All of the books and papers of the boat were lost, and, with the exception of one or two carpet bags, every particle of baggage also. ” .. .• { The Battle belonged to Messrs. Cox Brain ard 6c Cos., and was not insured. What the amount of is loss it is impossible to ascertain. The following ia a list of those ascertained to have been lost: Mrs. B. Cromwell and child, frozen, Sum ter county. ■ M s. H. G. Turner and child, frozen, Wash ington county. Mr. W. T. Smith, frozen, Green county. Mr. Caradine, frozen, Chickasaw county. Mr. Willis, frozen,Chickasaw Cos. Mr. Augustus Jones, frozen, Colnmbns, Miss. Mr. Martin, frozen, Kentucky., Mr. John Powell, barkeeper, frozen, Eli§§ o _ Battle. ‘ ‘ Dr. S. W. Clanton, frozen, Warsaw. Ala. Negro man belonging to Mr. B. L. Turner frozen. - Negro man, “Jackson,” harbor, frozen, Eli* za Battle. cook,"frozen, Eliza Battle. t.Nancy, chambermaid, belonging to S. ©• Stone, master of the Eliza Battle, frozen. I Robert boy, belonging to Col. T* | Buford. ‘ Gkrk.cabin boy, belonging to Judge R- C. Toruey. Jim, cabin boy, belonging to Jno Foster. fWhite boy, (3d cook) netne unknown. Sam, deck baud belonging to J .A. Mooring Petdr, •• “ tjack “ “ “ “ (Bill “ “ “ R. G. McMahon. Allen, “ “ “ John Bowen. Ben, “ “ “ llan Raine. tßev. Mr. Newman—frozen —from Louis ville Ky. . tM. A. Calloway—never seen—Gainsvn** ! A, *‘ ! ‘ tTtaree white deck hands—never seen. ?. Kirkland—died after getting aahoro— I Green Cos., Ala. ’ Mrs. Cromwell and her child. died from, cold, in her husband’s arms, in a tree. ! IDr. 8. H. Jones—never seen—Green Cos., ! Ala. tßodies found., ,