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Constitutionalist and Republic. HV JAMES GARDNER, JR. ■ GA. I -sDRSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4. 1 The Presidents Message. 1 expressed the opinion, yesterday morning, I ■ j- the Message was a statesmanlike document. I s~h we consider it, but we cannot permit the I evasion to pass, without expressing our dissent I witii some of its doctrines, and positions. I tt'e must protest against its defence of the Pro- I carnation, in reference to the Cuban invaders. 1 That Proclamation was, no doubt, seized upon ■ , v the Spanish authorities, in Cuba, as a justifi- I ition in advance, of their coldblooded butchery I : Col. Crittenden and his associates. ■ U'e have heretofore, felt some disposition to I (1 .-use the President, upon the ground of haste fl aan incorrectness in his view of the law of I c.cns upon the subject of Piracy, but this justi- I riticn of his course, after mature deliberation. I i din so solemn a manner, leaves him to the full I „ t iit of all the responsibility of a transaction I (, discreditable to his intelligence, and to bis ■ character, as a republican. I We make these few remarks, (without argu- I cent on the subject.) merely to place ourselves I •: a correct position. I We need scarcely say that we cannot concur ■ with the views of the President on the subject ■ Tariff and internal improvements. While Btofreci-' other portions of the Message, with ■ w:.!'hl-e cannot agree, there are some that (meet oif approbation, particularly, that part in ■ reference to the search ol American vessels by I British and French ships of war. B The tone of the Message is moderate and in I taste, and it is a readable paper, though i ath- B ani.tfu.se in style. B Reception ot lha Proposition for Harmon;-. B " a regret to pereoive that the patriotic move- B ; tot the Democratic party at Milledgeville,whose ■ proceedings we published a few days since, have I Urn ridiculed by the correspondent of tho Savan luh Republican. Tho Southern Banner, also, ■ turned up its noseat the preliminary meeting. Do ■ these Journals intend forever to associate the De laoeratio party with their ridiculous ideas of | “ Gorguns, Hydras, an rymera’s dyer- - ’ I When they come forward and proposo, for the good Bof the South, for tho union of all our people, to I ae'piiesce in tho compromise, and plant our united IfcriTS upon the Georgia platform, arc theseConsti |tutional Tnion presses determined to cry out, See I Meditsy s sarpont ringlets ?” I Hut to bo serious; Is this tho reception that this I I nion-loTing party is to give tho proposition for I hurmony; a proposition made in good faith, and I sith the most patriotio motives ? We shall not I quote the language of the journals referred to, for we would prefer to close and not widon tho breach between the two parties. We shall offer a very few reflections for the con • .deration of that portion of tho Constitutional * Union [tarty who havo the good of tho country at eeart. Wo shall not repeat hero the considerations brought forward by us a few days since, why the I r.ion party should act with tho Democraetie par ity We shall rather resist this effort to assail tho Democratic party. South nnd North it is now the hope of tho country. Sonic of our opponents al f t to believe that the Southern Rights Whigs will li tco operate with the Democrats under tho de mocratic name. Those who really think so are \ mistaken. They are ready and willing to adopt the name, under tho conviction that, in doing so‘ they will best serve tho interests of the South and tho whole country. Those who entertain the opin- ; ijQ that tho old distinctions of Whig and Demo- ; erataro to divide the Southern Rights Whigs and Democrats, will find their notion upon that subject sharpened down to the little end of nothing at the j appropriate time. But how stands tho case with the ! tonstitutional Union party? That party is des- j hoed to the worst shaking ague that over took hold of any party in Georgia, and it will shako to pieces, i II hy. how stands the case. There arc the Union Democrats who prefer Mr. Buchanan, or some oth- j or Union Democrat. Then thoro arc tho Webster ; 1 aion men, and tho Fillmore Union men, and tho Scott Union men, bosides somo others whoso opin ions arc very prudently kept to themselves. " hat sort of a mixture would this bo to go into a Democratic Convention. Suppose, sometime about ; the first of May next, a call should bo made upon j the Constitutional Union men to soud Delegates to ! a Democratic Convention, to beheld by said piarty, i Milledgeville, sometimo in tho month of Juno ; following. Or suppose tho Convention should bo j called ns a Union Convention, and then, tho propo- i Mien should be made to send delegates to tho Bal- j more National Convention; how many of tho i Webster, Fillmore and Scott men would go into 1 we, or agree to tho other ? If tho Union Party holds off and waits for tho ae- ; ’ nos the two Conventions, tho Union Democrats ; bound to act with their old friends, tho Demo- j '■tats. Some whigs will go with them and these, ! aiilei to the Southern Rights whigs, will give an ! I immtiise majority to the Democratic Party. As \ ihe Constitutional Union Party going into j I Convention, as a party, as a unit, to send delegate 3 j I to a National Democratic Convention, it is out of I the question. Thoro aro thirty thousand members, I »f that party who would kick out of any traces op I triat kind, and they consist, almost entirely, of old I whigs. What then would become of tho party ? Tho I ’ a ance constituting the minority, would go, where | they ought to go, to tho Democratic Party. she only salvation for the Union Party of Geor as a unit, depends upon the formation of a Na t-onal Union Party and thoro is no probability of that. home of these gentlemen, of tho Constitutional c mon Party, will yet laugh out of tho other side of Ul < mouth. The Party is destined to an “orful" ■phi, and although they now cyo ono another askant o? vr imagined spoils, they will take their “vittals" at different tables. There will bo various evo [ “ons, first marching and countermarching, but de- I ‘ T;, 'i upon it the show will end in steps being taken i towards by some, and in a full retreat by others. A (treat many of the Union Democrats will come I T ho l nion camp and say, “old brothers, we have ( ’ en cst ranged for a while, but let us come in and •tookf with you."’ Where will tho Constitutional 'Aon Party bo then. Gentlemen, there are two *' cs to » question. jA S'ent many of those, who will come over to the -niocratie Camp, will do so from principle, some, oubtioss, will do so, in imitation of a celebrated ‘tar of Bray. Bray is a small town in Berkshire, in England. The Vicar aforesaid, was a very shrewd personage and kept his place under llenrv the Bth, who was first a Papist, then a Prostcstant, then a Papist, and then a Protestant again ! and under the Queens Mary- and Elizabeth tho first a Papist and tiie latter a Protestant. He was charged with being a turncoat. “Not so, said lie. I stick to my princi ple which is to live and die Vicar'of Bray.” We have plenty of Vicars of Bray, in this day and generation, some of them rather distinguished too. Well let them come on with tho rest. Wo suppose they must stick to thoir principles. Editorial Correspondence. Mu.ledgevu.le, Dec. 1, 1851. Being in the Senate, during the morning, I listened, with some interest, to the debate on the bill for the preservation of the rights of married women, and the distribution of their estates. The debate was not characterized by any great degree of power, or the display of elo quence, though the theme was an inviting one; nor was it invested with any attractions by the addition of new views whose merits lie much deeper than the surface. In fact, it is surprising that such superficial views are taken, and pre sented in debate, upon a question of great depth and importance to society. Some modification of the Common Law is unquestionably desira ble, but sweeping changes should not be lightly made, or voted for. Doubtless, those Senators who have this bill much at heart, have given the subject due reflection, but they have not en forced thoir views by such potent appeals, and the array of such arguments and facts, as is due to the importance of the question, and called for by the strong and stubborn prejudices which are arrayed against the movement. I send a copy of the original bill, and a longer sketch of the order of the debate, and of some of the views presented by Senators, during the morning. It is very incomplete, even so far as it goes. It will not be in my power to attend this afternoon, to hear the remainder of the de bate. But I believe 1 can predict the fate of the hill. It will pass the Senate, anil he killed in the House. Should it have the good luck to get through the House, contrary to my expectation, I shall not regret it, though I am not without ap prehension that the evils of this change, in our present laws, will be quite as apparent as its benefits. The great evils, aimed to he legislated against, is the vicious profligacy, unthriftiness, and in temperate habits of men. But while laziness and profligacy exist among husbands and fathers, misery and poverty are the lot of their lie!, less wives and children, no matter what safeguards are sought to be thrown around property. Let the Legislature provide for the education of the future husbands and fatheis, and for the off ling of rewards to industry, enterprise, and good con duct, and it will prove woman's best friend and protector: A Bill. To be Entitled an Act for the preservation and protection of the rights ot Married Women, and the distribution of their estate : Sec. Ist. Be it enacted by Ihe Senate and House of Representatives of the Stale of Georgia, in Gene ral Assembly met ; and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sante , That from and after the passage of this act, any property, real, personal, or choses in action, which any feme sole may own or be entitled to, shall not. on her marriage, vest in her husband, hut shall he and remain her sole and separate property; and any property, either real or personal, or choses in action, which may at any time, descend or accrue to any feme covert , shall, in like manner remain her sole and separate estate. Sec. 2d. Awl be it further enacted, That during the coverture of any such female, the husband or trustee shail have the use, control and manage ment of any and all of such property, and the proceeds thereof, without accountability lor the artificial increase and income thereof, beyond the support of his said wife and her children, if any, and the necessary expenses incurred in the central and management of the same. Sec. 3d. And be it further enacted. That upon the death of any such feme covert, her whole es tate, real and personal and choses in action, shall descend to and vest in her child or children, then in life, and the descendants of any who may be dead, and her husband; but if there he no such child, or children, or descendants of a chrld, the husband shall he entitled to the whole; it hut one child, or the descendants of only one child, the husband shall be entitled to hall; and if there be two or more children, or one child and the descendants of another, or others, or the descen dants of two or more children, the husband shall he entitled to one-third ; the residue in either of the last two cases, to be divided equally among said child or children, the said descendants to take in place of their parent. Sec. 4th. And be it further enacted , That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any pro perty which the wife may, in any way or man ner derive from her husband after or at the time of ther marriage. The bill heing read— Mr. Simmons offered an amendment, which secures to the wife and children property, the proceeds of their earnings, free from the debts, contracts and liabilities of the husband. Mr. Hardeman offered an amendment, on the ground, that it would encumber and endanger the bill, and appealed to the Senator, from the ■ 39th District, not to press it. Mr. Calhoun opposed the amendment. Mr. Moore opposed the amendment, on the ; ground, that it opened the door to endless frauds. He said that drunken and profligate husbands j could not be prevented, by law, from spending j the earnings of the wife and children ; while he would avail himself of the law to shield proper- , ty, fairly liable to his debts, from execution. Mr. Mosely opposed the amendment, and de- j clared himself opposed to the whole bill. He de clared it was creating an aristocracy in our land. Mr. Simmons again spoke in support of his amendment. The amendment was carried—Yeas 18, nays 13. Mr. Harmon offered an amendment, to the effect, that married women should be allowed to j trade and carry on business as femes sole, and j that she and her husband shall he jointly liable to he sued on his contracts. Mr. Miller opposed Mr. Harmon's amend ment, and denied the assertion of Mr. Harmon, that the bill would virtually create ceiates tail, which is in violation of the Constitution of the State. He contended that this bill simply cre- AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1851. ated estates in the wife with remainder to her husband and children. It did not differ from j estates frequently bestowed by will of the father, to his married daughters for life, with remainder ; to the heirs of their hotly. Mr. Miller declared himself in favor of the bill. Mr. Mosely replied, and spoke in favor of Mr. Harmon's amendment, but against the bill. He assailed it with great vehemence and sarcasm. Amendment lost—yeas 14, nays 20. Mr. Reid offered an amendment, providing for sale of property of the wife, on joint application of husband and wife, to the Court of Ordinary. He declared himself in favor of the bill. Amend ment lost—yeas 14, nays 15. The Committee then rose, and reported the bill hack to the House, with amendments. The bill was then put on its passage. Mr. Knight moved to strike out the amend- ; ment offered by Mr. Simmons, in Committee, | and adopted. Lost. Mr. Harmon ofl'ered again his amendment re jected in Committee. Mr. McCune moved the previous question. ' llis call was not seconded. Mr. Harmon spoke, at length, in opposition to the bill. He contended that the bill virtually carried out the principle of entailing property upon families, and was liable to the same objec tions urged against the entailing of estates, and which the Constitution sought to prevent. Mr. Byrd, of Taliaferro and Warren, sustained the amendment, because it was complimentary to the capacity of married women, to be the sole managers of their own property, and to the making of judicious contracts. But the original hill seemed framed, on the ground, that neither the husband, or the wile, or both together, were capable of embarking in judicious enterprises, which would jeopard the property. Mr. Calhoun opposed the amendment, on the ! ground, that the influence of the husband over j the wife would induce her to embark in what- 1 ever enterprises he might suggest, and make her security for the payment of his contracts and liabilities. He looked upon the amendment as antagonistic to the bill, and would defeat its ob jects. Mr. McCune made a few remarks in reply to Mr. Byrd. Mr. Mosely re-joined in favor of the amend ment. He said that the gentlemen had all pro ceeded, in’the progress of the argument, upon the , supposition, that all Ihe profligacy and low down 1 meanness was on the part of the men. He con- | tended that this position cast a reflection upon Divine wisdom, for He had placed man at the head of the family, and woman in subordination to the man. He said, we all came from the very same stock, and he believed there were just ' about as many profligate women as profligate j men—that as many men were ruined by wo- j men, as there were women ruined by men— that he was willing to give women half of the i e.ijoyrnent and interest in the property of the : family, hut no more. The bill gave them a 1 little more than half. It gave them more than j their due share. The hill created an aristocracy , in the land, and degraded men into the mere humble agents of their wives. But if the hill j must pass, he hoped the amendment would pass with it, as it would he the means of preventing j frauds. It would prevent the shielding of prop- J erty from contracts made which were intended to result in the benefit of the wife and children. Amendment lost, yeas 15, nays 19. Mr. Reid offered his amendment authorising j the Court of Ordinary on joint application of j husband and wife to sell property of the wife, j and re-invest in other property. Mr. Simmons opposed on the ground that it was unnecessary, as the Judge of the Superior Court, as Chancellor, had authority to grant or der to sell. Mr. Hardeman took same ground. Amendment adopted. Yeas 15, nays 13. Mr. Moore ofiered an amendment that the property of the husband shall not be subject to the payment of any debt contracted by the wife before marriage. Mr. Simmons offered as a substitute, that the I property of the wife shall be first subject to debts ucurred before or alter marriage. Mr. Moore opposed this substitute and sus- j tamed his amendment as nothing but just and , fair; for that as the law now stands, the proper ty of the husband would be liable to the wife’s debts, while under the bill the wife's property would be exempt. Mr. Simmons argued in favor of his substitute. Mr. McCune moved to lay both amendments of Mr. Moore and that of Mr. Simmons on the table. Carried. Yeas 17, nays 16. Mr. Harmon offered a substitute for the origi nal bill. It provides that the property belonging to a woman shall not upon her marriage be sub ject to the debt and contracts of her husband. He spoke in favor of this amendment as ac complishing to some extent what is aimed at hy the original bill. It protects the property of the woman from the consequence of the husband’s profligacy and recklessness before marriage. The debts contracted by him from spendthrift habits prior to marriage would not be paid out of the wife's property under his amendment, and that was one great object aimed at by the original bill. He assailed the bill as against the common law of the land and as destructive of the estab ished customs of society under which society had lived in harmony and prospered for a period beyond which the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. He dwelt much upon the im propriety of displacing man from his position of t superiority and control assigned to him by na- I ture, and making him a second character in his own household. He objected to the bill as placing fetters upon trade and business, and introducing causes of strife and bad feeling in the family cir cle. Mr. Miller made a speech of much force, point and clearness, in favor of the bill. It seemed to tell with convicing effect on the minds of the ' Senate, judging hy the interest and attention , with which it was listened to. Mr. McCune followed in a few remarks in , favor of the bill. The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Harmon, adjourned to 3, P. M. Milledgeville, Dec. 1. 1851. House. The House consumed about a half hour in dis cussing a resolution of equivocal policy, that a motion to suspend the general order of the House, shall lie concurred in by two thirds of the mem bers present. The yeas and nays were called on the question and are, yeas 37, nays 55. On the call of the counties, the following hills were introduced and read the first time: By Mr. Atkinson—To incorporate the Georgia Mechanical and Manufacturing Institute, in the city of Macon. Also, to incorporate and endow j the Georgia Academy for the blind. By Mr. Harris, of Clark—To amend the act of ! 1542, granting to solvent specie paying Banks , the privilege of issuing bills of a less denomination I than fixe dollars. This bill is intended to allow I them to issue such hills, to the amount ot ten I per cent, on their capital. Also, to amend the 7th section, 2d article of the constitution. By Mr. Morel—To regulate the granting of re tail licenses, in the county of Effingham.' By Mr. Barr—To incorporate the Clarksville and Tugaloo Rail or Plank Road Company. By Mr. Robinson, of Macon—To amend the 15th section, Oth division of the Penal Code, in relation to the service of summons upon persons guilty of forcible entry and detainer, in certain cases. By Mi. Floyd—To appropriate money for the support of government, for the years 1852 and 1853. By Mr. McDougald—To extend the charter of I the Bank of St. Mary's. Also, to authorize the I Governor to lease, rent or farm out the Western be Atlantic Railroad, ami tor other purposes. By Mr. Clark, of Stewart—ln relation io the issuing of change bills and private hanking, anj to punish lor a violation of the same. The act passed at the last session, to add a sec tion to the first article of the constitution, “that the Legislature shall have no power to incorpo rate any Church, Academy, School, Literary, Benevolent or Religious Association, any Ice Fire,Theatre,Hofei,Bridge, or Military Company, &c. &c.,” vesting all these powers in Superior and Inferior Courts of the State, was opposed by Messrs. Bartow; Meriwether and McDougald. and advocated by Mr. Tift. On the passage of the bill, the yeas were 12, nays 80. Senate. In the Senate,, no business of general interest lias been consummated, with the exception of the hill for the protection of the rights of married women. Upon the deliberation of thatmeasuro much time was consumed without coining to an issue at the hour o. adjournment. 3 o’clock, p. m. The act of the last session, giving the election, of Attorney and Solicitors General, was taken up for consideration. A motion to postpone the act for the present, was opposed hy Messrs. Mc- DougaldjTift, Thurmond and Russell, and favor ed hy Messrs. Trippe, Harper and Floyd. On its final passage, the yeas were 91, and nays 5. It is therefore, a part of the constitu tion of the State, as there can be no doubt of the Governor’s sanction of it. A resolution from the Senate, allowing the State House Officers a Clerk, during the session, was rejected hy yeas 31, nays 63. The bill requiring the Governor to cause the assets of the Central Bank to he transferred to the State Treasury, passed without debate. The remainder of the afternoon was occupied in the reading of bills of the Senate, the first time. The Senate did nothing more, this afternoon, than discuss the bill to protect the rights of mar ried women. The following is a copy of the bill: Good Dividend. —The Directors of the Plan ter’s Bank of Savannah, have declared adividend of six per cent. Irom the profits of the Bank, for the past six months, payable on and after Thurs day. The large four story building, No. 4 Fletcher street, New-York, occupied by Penfold & Clay, druggists, and also the buildings Nos. 214 and 216 Pearl-street, occupied by Messrs. Bunting & Foote, paper warehouse, Shirly & Co., auc tioneers, J. G. Gilbert, paper hanger, It. A. Holmes,hard-ware merchant, were entirely con sumed by fire on Friday evening. The loss is not yet definitely ascertained, but can hardly fall short of $500,000. We learn from a circular published in the Wash ington Union, that it is proposed to make an ef fort to have the equestrian statue of Gen. Jack son, with which it is designed to ornament one of the squares in Washington finished by the next annix’ersary of the hattle.ot New-Orleans. The amount subscribed for the statue has reached $12,000, all of which is expended, and $7,000 ad ditional are needed. Fire. —The Cotton Gin, together with thirty five bales of cotton and five mules, belonging to Thos. C. Crenshaw, Esq. near Memphis, was i consumed hy fire on the night of Monday, the 17 th ult. The Circus. Robinson & Eldried’s celebrated Southern Equestrian Company is coming, and will give j their first performance on Tuesday evening next. ■ It is said to he, under its present organization, j one of the best Companies in the country. | Melancholy Casualty.—From Capt. Web | her, of the British ship Colonist, at this port from j New-York, we learn that on the morning of the ' 25th ult., Capt. Andrew Rogers (then master of , the Colonist.) during a heavy blow’, and while j he was engaged in assisting to hoist the spanker, ; tell from the mizen rigging, and was so badly injured that he died the next day at 2 o'clock. 1 On the2Bth, in lat. 37 deg. 30 min. lon. 74 deg. I 10 min. the Colonist spoke the ship Emma Watts, : from New-York for Charleston; and as the mate ’ of the Colonist was not well and entirely unac i quaiuted with the coast, he requested Capt. Dear bon, of the Emma Watts, to allow his first officer to take charge of the C. and bring her into p< which was accordingly done. The Colonist ar rived here yesterday afternoon with the remains of Capt. Rogers on board. Capt. R. was a good officer and a worthy man, and his death will 1 * much lamented by numerous friends.—Savan nah Republican, 2d inst. [From the Alabama Planter. Sweet Potatoes—Salt as a Manure, &c. Gentlemen:—l send you specimens of Yam Potatoes grown upon my premises in the south ern suburbs of this city; and as the occasion is appropos, shall proceed to fulfil a promise made to you sometime ago of giving you an account of some experiments then being made by me, with a mineral manure, but little used or appreciated in this country, viz: salt. The experiments alluded to were concluded and results noted and were, generally, interesting only Irom the opposite effects produced. I shall confine myself to the potato crop, and the simple method 1 adopted to make what has turned out to bo an exceedingly good crop per acre, for the description of laud cultivated. The location, you are aware, is on the Dog River road, known as pine lands, and like all the spots of country around, noted for the poverty of the soil. ■ Abortion of the field selected was ploughed for the first time late in January of the present year, and the other portions at subsequent dates. On the 17th of February, the lot was prepared for Irish potatoes and planted on the 19th: with this mistake, however—the potatoes were put in the ridges instead oflhe furrows. The ridges were then liberally strewed over with salt, say at the rate of 5 or (i bushels per acre. This quantity, seemingly small, is amply sufficient to be laid on in the spring on lands bordering on the bay and subject to the influences of Ihe gulf breezes. On this occasion the quantity would have been made e.en less had not rain been im pending at the moment. Now, as might have been expected, this crop failed entirely. First, because the tubers were not sufficiently imbed ded, and, second, because they were placed in too intimate connection with the salt. 'I f.e cut tings were kept in a very sound state but the sprouts were invariably burnt off by the salt as they appeared. In another situation the use o the same quantity of salt, sown broad-cast with stable trash in the furrows, proved temarkably successful in comparison with another field not so treated. The tubers were much freer from water, consequently when cooked more palata ble; and, as I proved to be true, kept sound much longer out of the ground. At proper seasons I had Yam potatoes bed ded, but for want of suitable weather was un- j able to put out drawings until the sth ot Apiil, when a tew rows only were planted, over stable litter, in ridges as usual. On the sth of May, , and subsequently, the balance of the lot was j planted, principally with drawings, about one- ( half as above stated, and the balance (with an exception) over pine straw placed in deep furrows. ! They were ploughed but once, and although under the influence of one of the dryest and hottest of summers, continued to flourish while other vegetation was checked. Now for tin resuit. JJ began using them on the 10th of July and contmued to do so until the heavy frost of November 7th, when they were lilted, yielding according to accurate measurement and estimate at the late of two hundred and sixty-font bushe s , per acre. The average in size was unusually large and having only about 5 per cent ol seed, ( or small potatoes. These, 100, wi-ro principal ly indebted to some rows which had not been served with either the pine straw or the salt, but had been treated only with pine ashes anil cinders. Their produce was strikingly different from the others. They were smaller, more stringy and full of spongelets, besides being thougher, and harder to separate from the vines; thus showing the absence of the liberal supply of j potash furnished hy the oak ashes to their nigh bors. Only one-half of the field bad been served with salt, and on this portion with the pine straw, the yield was certainly over three hundred bushels per acre, which, for poor piney woods laud, the cheapness of tiie manure and the abun dance of the material to be used, may be ail item , worth recording. j And now to conclude: The pine straw was I put in for its mechanical effect, in upholding a i soil disposed to pack and without any expec- j tation that it had any chemical power to sup- ! ply the plant with nutriment; for if it has any, 1 think it more than counterbalanced by the j acidity within it during fermentation. As for the salt, the principal and active agent in the product alluded to, that was put into stimulate the soil by attracting moisture, facilitating the flow of the sap, supplying soda to a small extent, to destroy insects, and lastly, because judicious experiments were needed.—Now, as to the hah.; of the sweet potato plant, the capacity of the different varieties to supply nitrogen from the atmosphere, oxygen and carbonic gass, or to give them ol!', thereby to promote its growth, or the mode of cultivation, Isay nothing, as this communication is already too much extended. Yours, &c., C. E. B. [The experiments detailed above are impor tant to the cultivators of pine land in this re gion, and the results of so satisfactory a charac ter that others, we doubt not, will make a trial. The yield per acre is greater than is usually the case on the best lands, and those of the least ex perience can perceive at once that the fertilizing materials used and the mode of culture, are cheap and easily followed on plantations as well as gardens. The specimen potatoes sent to us, are certainly the finest as to quality,size and uniformi ty we have ever seen. We hope to hear again from “C. E. B..”— Editors. A gentleman residing in Hartford, recently found a singular animal in his cellar, and as it ap peared to be of a species unknown, he has re gularly fed and furnished it with a bed ot straw. The anima! has now become so far domesticated as to be quite tame, comes at the call of the gentleman, and eats from his hand. It is of the size of a large cat, has a tail full 14 inches long, quite large and bushy at the root, and tapering to the end. Its head is quite small, with no more ears than a ferret—nose sharp, fangs like a cat; neck long, which he extends and contracts; body shaped like a kangaroo, much heavier at the hind quarters than at the foi ward parts. His color is black and white; black upon the back and belly, and white upon the sides. The side hairs are four or five inches long—those on ihe belly are short and soft, and on the back quite long. His forearms and foot are rather flat, claws three-fourths of an inch long. It does not appear to be vicious, but rather of a domestic animal. Central Railroad.—The extreme heavy rain on Thursday, caused such a freshet that the | dam at Brantley’s Mill, near station 13, was I carried a.vay. So much injury was done to the ! embankment of the road in two or three places, | that the trains did not run regularly on Friday ! and Saturday forenoon. The damage, however, ! was so slight that the road was in order for the | cars at noon on Saturday, and yesterday all the . trains came through in regular time, i The rain v/as quite heavy at Macon, and the | river much swollen, but we did not hear of any 1 damage to bridges or Mills in that vicinity.— Savannah Republican , Ist inst. NEW SERIES—V(/L. VI. NO. 144 Pd fthgiictic Crkgrajjj). New York, Dec. 3—P. M. Cotton.—The sales to-day isach 1,000 bales. The market is unchanged. • Washington, Dec. 3. The Senate has been debating Foote's resolu tion, appointing a Committee o Congress to re ceive and welcome Kossuth. New Orleans, Dec. 3. Cotton.—Sales yesterday, 6,000 bales. Pri ces are in favor of buyers. Middliug 7f to 7; cents. Charleston. Dec. 3—P. M. Cotton.—The market has slightly improved. Sales, 1,684 bales, at 7 to 8} cents. (From the Savannah Republican, 2d inst .) The Election on Monday. CONSTITUTIONAL UNION TICKET. For Mayor: ♦Dr. Richard D. Arnold SGI For Aldermen: *J. W. Anderson,..9oS Gilberl Butler,... .829 *F. S. Bartow... .886 *R. A. Allen, 879 *R. R. Cuyler,... .869 *Dr. W. G. Bulloch 868 John J. Kelly, 850 *Alex. A. Smets,. ,S7O E. A. Soullard 811 M. Lufburrow,... .Sf>2 John Foley, 770 *John B. Gallic,. ..863 DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Mayor: Thomas Purse, 849 For ■Aldermen: *Dr. J. P. Screven,9lo John F. 0 Byrne,. .801 Dr. J. F. Posey,.. .846 *Sam’l. S< 10m0n5,.861 *R. D. Walker 876 John McMahon,.. .791 Dr. J. R. Saussy,. ..829 B. R. Danicll... John Mallery, 848 A. B. Luce,.... *BIB *Thos. M. Turner,.B66 *DrC Those marksd thus * are elecled. -■ Miss Cushman and Mrs. Forrest-JCVI/ss Cushman publishes a card in the New Yorjc pa pers, denying that she has been giving “regular lessons on histrionics to Mrs. Forrest,' 1 and adds, “as lar as l am concerned, a woman’s earnest sympathy is the sole claim l can lay to the ad vancement of Mrs. Forrest’s plans for the future.” A TRIP ACROSS THE PIIAIIIIES.—A tlifp across the prairies of Illinois, in the bracing air o November, is really delightful. It expands the mind, invigorates the body, and sends the blood bounding through the pulse with the rapidity of lightning. We love the prairies: on them a man feels as free as air. and snufls up the breeze as it sweeps across the heath, as pure and uncontam inated as when it left the hand of our Creator. One’s mind seems to leave its home in the brain, and follow the eye, as it •wanders on farther and farther over these immense gardens of nature; we wish to see all, know all; and, at last weary at not being able to comprehend a small pari of that which is known only to deity, return to ourself again, and welch the animate objects that clot this sea of land. Way ofl'tothe.right, nearly vliere the land mingles with the sky, a heard of leer are moving along; they seem to move slow, very slow, yet the antelojie is rot more swift than they. There sails along in the blue vault a bald eagle, the bird of liberty, and the guardian of the American shield. Every American loves Ililllj anil 111* Image lias led on thousands and thousands of American soldiers to victory. We see large flocks ol wild bi r ds in the air, and herds of cattle quietly grazing on either side of the road. Prairie roads are very superior in dry weather, except where they cross “sloughs,” which latter, if not bridged, are dangerous, as teams lrequently get “stalled” or lastened in them. As the country becomes settled, the roads are impioved, and in a few years prairie roads will be madp the best in the world. —Rock Island ( I/I.) Advertiser. Four Trains a Day between Washington and Baltimore. —Under the winter arrange ment of the mails between New-York and Wash ington, which went into e/Fect on Monday last, there will he four trains a day to and from Balti more ami Washington, instead of three—addition al trains being added at half-past 7 P. M. from Baltimore, and at 12 M. from Washington. These, with other alterations of the time, make the schedule now stand as follows:—Leave Bal timore at 6 and 8j A. M., 4 and 7 t P. M.. leave Washington at 6 and 8£ A. M., 12 M. and 5 P. M. The second train from Washington and the last train from Baltimore are intended to con nect with the express trains to and from Phila delphia. On Sundays, the trains will leave Baltimore at 6 A. M and 4 P. M., and Washing ton at 6 A. M. and 5 P. M. The Government of Saxony, has seized all the journals which contain reports of Kossuth’s reception in England. In St. Petersburg the Czar allows the newspapers to publish any amount the publishers may please of the pro ceedings from the English journals. [Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.] Baltimore, Dec. 2, 9 P. M. In New'-York, Cotton is dull. The stock is light, and prices have declined from a quarter to three eights of a cent since last week. Naval stores are firmer. In Congress to-day after the reception of the President’s Message, Gen. Foote gave notice that he would introduce a bill, which would in its ob jects, evince the sympathy entertained by the U. States towards the Irish exiles. Colum: ia, Dec. 2, 6.10 P. M. The bill giving the e'ection of Electors of Presidert and Vice President of the United States to the people, was discussed in Committee of the whole House of Representatives to-day. Messrs. Middleton, Perry, Hunter and Jones participated in the debate, which resulted in the Committee reporting against the bill. On agreeing to report, the Ayes and Noes were called, which resulted as follows; Ayes 66; Noes 48. Rev. Calvin Fairbank, the slave abduclor, who is in jail at Louisville, if convicted, will be sen tenced to the penitentiary tor life, that being the penalty for the second offence. Miss Delia Webster, who was concerned with him in his former abduction of slaves in Kentucky, and for which both of them were sent to the penitentia ry, but subsequently pardoned, paid a visit to him in jail the other day. Heavy Rain.—On Thursday night last, we had the heaviest rain that has fallen tor a long while. It commenced raining about dusk, and continued almost during the entire nig.it, with but slight variations; the water courses are all ‘ high, the dam of Riddle’s Mills was broken, anil ! a part of the C. B. Road near that place washed • up below No 12, the road was again so washed as , to prevent the cars from passing. Friday we ■ believe was the only day on which the cais did , not run through, the damage having been suffi . ciently repaired, by Saturday, to permit of their : passing up. — SandersvUte Georgian , 2d inst. STOVES! STOVES!! A FULL supply of allpattorns suited to this market now on hand, and for sale EZZfI wholesale and retail by B. F. CHEW.