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The Widotr of >.ain.
The inciiicn s in scriptural,
liisiorv, which has furnished the theme
for so much poetry, is very' b aaiifully
set forth in the following article:
‘The only son ofhis mother,and she v\«s a widow.*
Forth from the gates of Nam a funeral
train in mournful silence came. The
sunset flush was lingering still upon the
hills around, the last departing rnv of day
yet stayed, tinged the floating clouds above
with hues of crimson and of burnished
gold, while heaven’s azure seemed
more soft and sweet amid those gorgeous
tint*; for naught within the wide world’s
bounds could more entrance the soul than
that sweet sunset scene among Judea’s
lulls and plains.
Yet death was there, and even now off
swept Ids silent train. And he who lay the
stricken victim there, had tiled a'l glorious
in his manly pride;—the noble form, but
half Concealed beneath the sable robe
which wrapped it round, was cold and
motionless, yet lo? hou* beautiful in death!
The pale and ashy lips on which the
parting word seemed to tremble low, were
chiseled like Apollo’s—proud, soft—and
wore the stamp of eaergy and strenghl;—
the radiant eyes were glazed in death, in
which once shone ambition’s fires and
gleamed youth’s bright and joyous hopes
in days agnne, and yet they seemed as if
closed in gentle sleep; and ’mid his rich
and clustering hair w hich lay, as if in
life’s warm glow, upon the pall, so soft
and fair it was, the low wind moved, stir
ring the curls and wildly flowing locks,
as when in health it had been freely flung
to woo its balmy breath. A thing of light,
too beautiful he seemed to die, yet was
ho passing to his last long home, so young
and fair—his widowed mother’s only
stay —and she now left alone to meet the
world’s cold frowns and cheerless live.
Behind the hicr, with form bowed down
and bleeding heart, she came, and, as she
gazed upon her noble boy, struck down
amid the flush of youth’s bright dreams
—and saw the arm on which it was her
wont to lean, all stitTand palsied now in
death—and looked in vain into those dull,
glazed orbs, for the fund glance which
there was used to beam—her bursting
heart gave way; she bowed her head
the silent corse, and wildly wept in
speechless agony and woe.
But,lo! as onward swept the mournful
train, a hand of humble, pilgrims met the
weeping throng; and one among them
came and touched the bier. *Twas he,
the lowly outcast Nazarene. His mild
blue eyes looked sadly on the group, and
gushed from out his heart, all that pure
love he brought from heaven, towards her
whose hope was gone—was buried ’neath
t e silent pall. The sad procession stop,
ped, and they that bore the corse stood
still. Jesus a moment gazed upon the
noble form as in her wo the frantic mother
bad thrown back the pall from off her
stricken boy—a moment lookod upon
her, who weeping, hung upon the bier,
then touched the stiffened hand, and
calmly said, 11 Arise.’* At that life giving
word, the line of health began to steal
upon the dead; and, like the first faint
flash of dawn, the warm blood mantled
to the cheek and brow, and light began
to beam from out the eyes; the lips just
parted, caught a sunny smile; and like
the leaping wave, his bosom heaved he
neath the dark habiliments of death, which
lay upon his quickened form.
Tho piercing cry. “Ho lives—he
lives!” burst from the mourner's lips, and
on the Saviour’s breast she fell and wept.
A Story with it Jloral.
Once on a time lived a powerful king,
who reigned over a large and fertile coun
try. He had crowns of gold and pearls,
and saeptres of ivorv and precious stones.
His treasury was full of the costly things
oftbe earth; tons of thousands of armed
men were ready to obey his bidding, and
his dominion extended from sea to sea.
But without God’s blessing, worldly pos
sessions -are but an increase of care, and
as this mighty monarch feared not God
he was dissatisfied and unhappy.
In the dominion of the king lived a
certain dervise, amed for abstinence,
sanctity, wisdom, and piety; and the king,
willing to profit by the instructions of the
fioly man, paid him a visit. He found
him clothed in sackcloth, living in a cave
surrounded with high rocks, on the bor
ders of a w ilderness.
“Holy man,” said the king, “I come
to learn how I may be ,appy. “With
out giving any reply urn dervise led the
king through the rugged path-ways of the
place until he brought him in front of a
high rock, near the top of which an eagle
had built her eyrie. “Why has the eagle
builded her yonder?” said the der
vise. “Doubtless,” replied the king,
“that it may he out of the wav of dan
ger.” “Then imitate the bird,” said the
dervise; “build thy throne in heaven,
and thou shall reign there unmolested
and in peace.”
Now the king would have willingly
given the dervise a hundred pieces of
gold, if he would have accepted it, for
this precious piece of advice; and here
am I giving it to you for nothing. Tt
may be as useful to you all as it was to
the king, for you are all as much inter
••led in being happy as ho was. As the
eagle built her nest on tho rugged rock,
build vour hope on the “Rock of Ages.”
As the dervise told the king to erect Ins j
throne in heaven, so I tell you to “seek
tl o<e things which are above, where t
Christ sittetb on i he right hand of God,—
Set your affection on things above, not
on things on tire earth.” Do this, and
you will be above the reach of danger for
time and eternity.
[From the Charleston Evening XidTS.]
nelboditt Conference.
I The South Carolina ' u> ■ r of the
Methodist Kpi'rop*! . Squill, which
i has been meeting at Cun ; e; .nu Chinch, in
t)n< cit v. for tiie last week, under the presi
denev of Bishop Capers, adjourned yester
day. The followingappoinlinen’s of Drear b
pts for the ensuing tear, were made last
night :
Charleston District. —Sam. W. Taucro. P. E. ;
William M. Wisjhtnian i* the Senior Editor of
the Soul hern Christian Advocate, and Assistant
Aerent of the Book Concern of I tie Methodist
Episcopal Church. South.
Hugh A. C. Walker is the Airont of the Ameri
can B»hh* Society, and its Auxiliaries in the estate
of South Carolina.
Charleston: —Cumberland, Alexius 31. Forster.
Trinity, Whilefoord Smith. Bethel, 33 in. P. 3luu
-55011. St. James’, Martin Eadiiy. German Mis
sion. David Derrick.
Black Swamp. Bond F.nglish. John S. Capers.
Savannah Biter Mission, Andrew J. Green,
Joseph VVarnock.
Waiterhoro, Henry A. Mood, Pan! F. Mistier.
Cottibatiee amt Ashepoo .Mission, John it. Co
burn, t*. W. McDaniel.
Orangeburg, Robert J. Boyd, Osgood Chrietz
berg. •
Oypress, Peyton G. Bowman, Hugh 11.I 1 . I urter.
1 on Pen Mission, Stafford P. Taylor.
Cooper River. Lewis M I dele.
< ooper River M Thomas E. Leadheffer.
Beaufort and Prince William Mission, Daniel
Lb Cox, J. L. Shu ford.
Edi-to, Jehossee. and Fenwick Islands, C harles
Wilson, R. P. Franks.
Cokksbu a v District.—W. Asbury Gamewell,
P. E. „ .
Edgefield, James W. 33 ightrnan, Abner Erwin.
Cokeshury. Henry Bass, \S in- T. ( apers.
Flat Woods Mission, John H. Zimmerman.
Pendleton. Abraham Nettles, John .M. Carlisle.
Pickens. John C. McDaniel.
Paris Mountain. Loni- Scarbrough,
Greenville, William M. Lee.
Greenville Circuit, George W. Moore. One to
be supplied.
Union, William A. Me Swain, Lark O’Neall.
Laurens, Hugh E. Ogburn.
Newberry, Church well,„A. Crowell. Sidi 11.
Brown. _ .. . |
Columbia District. —Nicholas Talley, P. E.
Columbia, Samuel Lean!.
Barnwell, Win. C. Kirkwood, Wm. Robinson.
Columbia Circuit, Zephaniah W. Barries.
Camden, Samuel 31. Green.
Santee, Cornelius McLeod, Alex. L. Smith.
Snrnterville, Samuel Townsend.
Darlington, Colin .Murchison. One to be sup- j
plied.
Lancaster. Edward L. King.
Pleasant Grove, Willis S. llaltom.
Winsborough,Claudius H. Pritchard,Francis X. |
j Forster.
Missions. —Wateree, James W. Wellborn, D. G.
1 31 cDaniel. Congaree, William Martin. St. Mat
i thews-, Williamson Smith.
Wilmington District. —Charles Betts,P. E.
Wilmington, Abel 31. ( hrietzberg.
Smithville. Simpson Jones.
Cape Fear Mission, Morgan C. Turrentine.
Couwayboro, David W. Seale.
Georgetown, Henry H. Durant.
Black River, John R. Picket. One to be sup
plied. |
Black River and Pee Dee 3lission, Wra. 11. :
Flemming, John A. 3lood.
Marion, William Crook, Irvin O. A. Conner.
Bladen, Allen McCorqucdale, Hilliard C. Par-
I sons. . _
j Missions.—Waccamaw, John A. .Minick, A. P.
Martin. Sampit, George W. Talley. Santee,
Wm. C. Patterson. Dani. McDonald.
Fayetteville District.—James Stacy,P. E.
Fuyettville, V\ iiliam G. Connor.
Fayetteville Circuit, Solomon W. Daves,
Bennettsville, Marcus A. 31 (-Ribbon.
Cberavv, Henry Arßaso.
Che raw Alission, William J. Jackson,
Chesterfield, Wesley, L. Pegne«.
Wadesboro, Charles S. Walker, A, Greene j
Stacy.
Rockingham. Dennis J. Simmons.
Albemarle, Thomas W. Postell,
Montgomery, Joseph Parker, Abram. P. Avant.
Deep River, Simpson D. Laney.
Society Hilt Mission. Alexander W. Walker.
LincolnToN District.-*• Albert 31. Shipp,P.E.
Charlotte, Paul A. M. Williams, Wm. ilarrin
ger.
Concord, Jacky 31. Bradley.
Lincolnton, Thos. S. Daniel, 3Tichael Bobbins.
Yorkville, William C. Clarke.
Spartanburg, Joseph 11. 33 heeler, Robt. Taylor.
Rutherford, John A. Porter.
King’s Slountain, Philip R. Hoyle.
Catawba, Thomas M. Farrow.
Mnrganton, John W . Kelly.
Lenior, 31iles Leckett.
Ira L. Porter, transferred to the Florida Confer- I
ence. '
[Reported for the Baltimore San.]
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS, I
{SECOND SESSION.
Washington, Jan. 19,1847.
SENATE.
Mr. Sevier, from the committee on foreign
relations, reported a bill making further ap- j
propriations, to bring the war with Mexico j
lo a close.
f This is the “two millions bill” of last ses- '
sion with the exception that the an >t is 1
I increased to three millions, and i! e Wdmot,
proviso is left out. | '
Mr. Sevier gave notice that lie should call
up .his bill at an early day.
Several other reports were made from com- 1
miltees, of no public interest.
A joint resolution was reported from the I
committee on military affairs, for the pur- ‘
chase of ado tional lands for the use of the
U. S. Armory at Harper’s Ferry.
3L Benton, from the committee on milita- (
rv affairs, reported back the ten regiment
bill, with an amendment granting 160 acres
of land to each non-commissioned officer
and private who shall have served for twelve
months in the war with IMexico, the patents
for said land to be issued in the name of the
soldier and to be inalienable.
Mr. Berrien called the attention of the
Senator from Missouri to the fact that the
committee had neglected to obey that part
of their instructions which required them to
include the officers of volunteers in the
amendment they had reported. He moved
therefore, to add the words “officers of voiun-
I teer corns” to the amendment.
31 r. Benton was not aware that the com
mittee had been so instructed. They had
not opened their instructions, for the subject
had been so thoroughly discussed that they
had the main subject upon their minds. He
was opposed to the amendment, and it it.
prevailed should move to include “officers of |
the regular army.”
Mr. Berrien * defended the claims of the
volunteer officers, who left their homes and
occupations lo fight the battles ol their coun
try,over these officers of the regular army,
who were but pursuing their vocation, al
though upon a different field.
Mr. Benton’supporled the claims of officers
of the jegular army, as superior to those of
the volunteers, on the ground of longer ser
vice.
A very long and animated debate ensued, 1
in which mime warmth was displayed by Mr. ,
Benton, after which a motion was made by |
Mr. Benton to re-commit the bill with same j
instructions, which was negatived unani- ,
mously.
The question was taken upon the amend
ment of .Mr. Berrien, and wa-deeded in the
negative by the casting vote of the Vice Pre- .
side nt.
Mr Corwin then submitted an amendment,
which, af'er further debate, was rejected.
Several amendments were offered, none of
which were agreed to, and the Senate ad- ,
journed.
IIOCJSK OF REPRESENTATIVES. j
Mr. C. J. Ingersoll aske*4 leave to make a i
report from liie rommt'tee on foreign rela-
supposed to be a bill appropriating three !
millions to enable Use Pre>ident to conclude i
a treaty of peace with Mexico. Objection
being made, the report was no* received.
A resolution was adopted, to terminate the
debate in committee at two o’clock, on the i
bill to increase liie pay ot the non-commis
sioned officers, musicians and privates of the
army of the United Stales, and the militia and
volunteers In the service of the same, and
allowing them bounty land in certain eases, i
The bill was then taken up in committee |
of ihe whole, Mr. McClelland in the chair.
The committee was addressed by Messrs Bell,
of Kentucky, Starkweather and Boyd.
The latter gentleman, at the conclusion of J
his remarks, moved that the committee ri&e.
The motion prevailed.
.Mr. Boyd tiien moved that the committee
of liie whole be discharged from the further
consideration of the bill, and that it be refer- 1
red, with the several amendments proposed, !
to a select committee. The bill was accord
ingly so referred.
Communications were received from the I
war department, with a statement required by
law of certain expenditures during the year
1846.
From the Adjutant General, in reply to the
I resolution calling on the President for a state
-1 ment of the number of volunteers mustered
| into the service in Mexico, for three, six and
j twelve months, number of officers, number
! who have died, resigned, or been discharged. .
On motion of Mr. McCay, the House then
j went into committee of the whole on the j
I State of the Union. Mr. Cobb in the chair,
I and took up the bill making appropriations I
i for the current and contingent expenses of
the Indian Department, and fur fulfilling
treaty stipulations with the various Indian
tribes, for the year ending 30th June, 1848.
The bill (thirty-four printed large octavo j
pages,) was read by the Clerk, occupying
nearly an hour of the time of the House, and j
before he had conduced, the committee rose
and reported progress.
A resolution was adopted, to terminate the
debate on the bill in committee of the whole
in five minutes after it shall be again taken
up therein.
Several unsuccessful attempts were then
made to adjourn, and to go into committee of J
the whole.
A call of the House was ordered, and 124
members answered to their names. Call of
names of ab entees dispensed with.
Another motion to adjourn was lost, and on
motion of Mr. Bredhead, the House went into
j committee of ihe whole and took ur» the bill, i
i Mr. Cobb in the chair. A motion was made j
that the committee rise and report the bill to i
the House, but no quorum voted. Tellers j
were ordered, and the vote stood G 2 in the
affirmative, 21 in the negative—no quorum.
The committee then rose and reported pro
gress, and the Ilouse adjourned.
f From the Washington Union, Jai\. 20<]
Congressional.
In the Senate the consideration of the bill
to raise an additional military force was re
i sumed. The amendment reported by the
| Committee on Military Affairs, granting
j bounty lands to the volunteers, was amended
• bv a modification of Mr. Corwin’s amend
; ment after a protracted debate, and adopted,
i Various oilier amendments were proposed,
I pending the discussion of which the Senate
j adjourned.
In the House,the Indian appropriation bill
was passed. The committees were then
I called on for reports. Then the naval ap
, propriation bill was taken up, and some
I progress made in the consideration of it in
| Committee of the Whole.
Tlic Tragedy liovrr.
J The passion of love developed itself on the
; slage in various ways, and every different
species of dramatic production has a pecu
i liar kind of stage lover. The tragedy lover
; is addicted to the very inconvenient practice
| of loving above his station, and fie is con- !
tinually going about asking the woods, the
groves, the valleys and the lulls, why he was
‘lowly born,’ a question which the said woods,
groves, valleys, and hills?, are not in the habit
of answering. He usually rushes to the
j wars, and comes home with a colonel’s com
j mission; bragging that lie had crushed the j
' haughty Ottomite, rolled the audacious Li- :
: beryan in the dust of his native desert. In 1
| consequence of his crushing and rolling he i
| offers ids hand with confidence to the high
! born maid, who had previously spurned him
| from her foot; and he generally chouses the
I occasion of a banquet, given in honor of her
| intended marriage to somebody else, as the
i most fitting opportunity for popping theques
i lion. Having succeeded in his suit, he fre
quently sets out to crush some more Otto- |
mites, or roll the audacious Libyan in some j
| more dust, wdien he allows himself to be j
i made very jealous by annoymous letters, and j
he abruptly leaves the army to lead itself, in
order that he may go and lax his wife for in- j
fidelity. On arrrival chez lui, the tragedy |
lover not unfrequently finds his wife engaged i
in conversation with her own brother, who
wont say he is her brother, but prefers fight- \
ing a duel with the tragedy lover; and the
latter returns to his wife with a fatal wound,
just in time to die in her anus, which sends
her raving mad; while the brother, in a fit of
remorse, commits suicide!
The C'omrdy Lorcr.
The comedy lover goes by the technical
name of the ‘walking gentleman,’ a title pro
bably derived from his having his hat in his
hand, as if he would shortly have to walk off
at the instigation of some unreasonable
father or testy guardian. The comedy lover
is very much addicted to duck dissatisfac
tion, wearing white trowsers in all weathers,
finding fault upon all occasions with the ob
ject of his choice, without any reason for
doing so. If the lady is in good spirits, the
following is the sort of speech the comedy
lover will address to her:—“Nay, Laura, 1
do not like this gaiety. The volatile head
bespeaks the hollow heart; and if you would
smile on me to-day, you might bestow your
sunshine on another to-morrow. Believe me,
Laura, that though we admire the gadfly for
its wings, we shall never seek it for its so
■ i ■■■■fit. ■ ■■ —IUII ■■■■■■ r—m i ■i■■ I
ciely: and though we may chase the butter
fly tor its colors, we cherish the canary for
its constancy. You weep, Laura—nay ido
not mean to distress you, though I had rather |
bring tears from your eyes, than allow levity i
to dwell at your heart, for steadiness of char- !
acter is brighter than the most glittering
gew-gaw. 1 will leave you now, Laura,and
remember, that even though late should di- i
vide us, you have no truer friend than Arthur .
Turuipton.
[Correspondence of the Charleston Cecil ing A civs. ] j
BALTIMORE, Jan. 16, 1847. j
I understand that the great case ot Mrs.
General Gaines, in which she obtained a ;
judgment for §17,000,000 in the U. S. Dis
trict Court of Louisiana, is to come up short
ly before the Supreme Court of the United
States at Washington. The amount it in
volves makes it highly interesting, aside from
the singular and romantic circumstances in
which it originated. The impression appears
to be that the judgment of the District Court
will be affirmed, giving to Mrs. Gaines and |
her gallant husband an independent fortune. I
Greeley,of the N. Y. Tr bune,you will per- |
reive has been burnt in effigy in the Park.for 1
his base slanders ot the N. York \ oiunfeers.
They had quite an excitement, which is well
was allayed bv only burning him in effigy.—
The 'Tribune is certainly making its proprie
tors an independent fortune, by its ultra-abo
\ lition and anti-American course, but would
certainly be entitled to more credit if it up
held its country more. 'There is scarce an
abolitionist in the country, frotn the eilrtior
of the Saturday Mirror down to the lowest
squib, who does not patronise it.
I notice that a meeting is called for Mon
day evening next, of the “Liberal Republi
cans nt Baltimore,” at Union Hall, for the
1 purpose of making arrangements to celebrate
the birth-day of “that Great Apostle of
Liheitv and American Independence, and
Rights of Man, Thomas Paine.” 'The occa
sion is to be celebrated by a supper and ad- j
dress, &c ■
'The Townley estate, of many million of
dollars, in England, and which has already
had numerous claimants, is likely to have a i
considerable hatch added to their number in
1 Baltimore. A meeting of the Chase family,
1 who claim to be lineal descendants of the
| “Townleys,” is to be held in this city, to
adopt measures to secure this immense for
tune.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13,1847.
It is a fact more curious than creditable to
our city perhaps, that the most elegant and 1
1 expensive turn out yesterday, was that of i
j the notorious “Madame Rested,’“the harness
! alone having cost SI4OO. Madame is a very
handsome woman of thirty-five. She lives
in very splendid style, dresses showily, drives
one of the most superb carriages in town,
sports 1 ivories, and to be fashionable through
out, is educating her only daughter, a sweet
little girl of twelve or thirteen years, in a
i French Convent. 'Tito first time I ever saw
Madame was at a public ball at 'Tammany
! Hall, four years ago, and she struck me as
being a very charming woman. She was
originally a tailoress, in Chatham-street; she
married a journeyman printer by the name
Lehman. In her profession she is known as
Madame Rested.
AUGUSTA, GEO.,
; SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1817.
j o*The Northern and Western mails due,
came to hand yesterday.
118 ississippi.
The official returns from a large number
of counties leave no doubt of the election of
Henry Edet (locofoco) to Congress, by a
small majority over P. B. Starke, (whig.)—
Mobile Adcertiser.
The small majority is only about tiro thou
sand votes!
So in regard to the speciil election in Ar
kansas, for a member of Congress, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
Col. Yell, who went to Mexico in command
of a regiment. The Whig papers paraded
an announcement very ostentatiously through
the country that the Whig candidate was
elected. It. turns out however, that Mr.
Paschall, Democrat, is elected.
The Whigs are the most successful party
in the world, up to the very lime of count
ing out the votes, ami ascertaining the re
sult. They had carried the States of Michi
gan and of lowa in the recent elections; ac
cording to the statements in llieir papers,
until the contrary was made to appear. The
Whigs are very enterprizing, so much so
that too ofieti they are in advance of the
truth, and their statements should generally
| be taken with some grains of allowance.
Theatre—Ulr. Placltlc’s Briiofltl.
A full and fashionable house honored Pla
i cide last night, at which lime he took his
Benefit, and made his last appearance. We
anticipate seeing him here again, as he has
drawn full houses every night, and his fine
acting seems to be duly appreciated. In
bidding adieu before the curtain, to which
he was called by lhaaudience, he expressed
the hope of being again among us. In our
next we shall give a more extended notice
; of his last evening’s performances.
Mr. Anderson, the very distinguished En
j glish Tragedian, makes his appearance to
-1 morrow’ night, as Claude Melnotte, in the
beautiful drama of the Lady of Lyons. As
Mr. A. is a star of the first magnitude, no
doubt he will attract a full house.
The Ilibern ia, Atlantic steamer, is now on
her nineteenth day from Liverpool, and
we may look for her accounts daily.
The telegraphic wires between Philadel- i
phia and New York were out of order on the
21st inst.
The Washington Union of the 20th inst.
contradicts the rumor that an extra session
of Congress would be called. That paper
says—“ The idea of an extra session is, we
undertake to say, not enfertainad by any
considerate or knowing politician in Wash- |
ington.”
The Legislature of Virginia adopted a res
olution to go info an election for an United
States Senator on the 20th inst., to supply
the vacancy occasion by the death of the late
Mr. Penny backer.
* (n*HT I
[From our Correspondent ]
GEORGIAN OFFICE. ;
Savantcaii, Dec. 2*2, 1847, 7P. M. $
Later from Europe Direct.
The British ship Captain, Altridge, from Bris
tol England, arrived at this port this day, hav
ing left on the i3th ult. We arc indebted to
Capt. A. for a copy of the Bristol iVleroury ot the
sth, and the London Shipping & Commercial
Gazette of the 9th ult., the latter of which con
tains commercial dates Irom Liverpool one day
jater than we have seen published elsewhere.
It will be seen that the sales of Chilton in Liv
erpool on the Bth, wore 20,000 bales, including
10.000 on speculation. The market was very
firm, and holders not anxious to sell at the ad
vanced rates.
In Loudon on the 9th, an extensive business
was done in Colton at a slight adwincc. Sales
5000 bales.
The provision and money markets in London
are represented as rather dull. Ihe Liverpool
J grain maiket was lively. Indian Corn continued
' in fair demand for Ireland.
j The Gazette contains an article from the Morn
ing Post, on the subject of the rise in
which complains most bitterly ot t.;e advantage
which the writer declares the American producer
has over the British manufacturer, and also tothe
oppressions which are experienced bv the opera
tives in consequence of the determination ot mill
ow ners to check the advance in the price of the
I raw material by reducing wages or working short
j time. The whole is set down as one of the
I blessings <*f the repeal of the English Corn Law's
j and the triumph of free trade over the laboring
[ classes.
| We notice no political news ofimportancelater
j than will he found in the abstract of intelligence
j via New York.
j LIVERPOOL, Dec. B.— Colton.— The sales to
-1 day are 20,000 bales including 10.000 American on
i speculation. The market lias been very linn at
j an advance of LI. p -r lb. above the rates of Fri
day last. Holders are not anxious to sell, and
show their Cotton hut sparingly. The business
eonsistsof about 13,000 bales American, 5d to /d.,
2.000 Surats, 4d tos?d.; 200 Egyptians, 7ld to ! Jd.
I Prices declared by the committee of brokers last
week, for fair cotton, are Bowed bid.; Mobile G*d.J
and (did.
LONDON, Dec. 9.— Cotton. —An extensive
business was done again to day on speculation at
full prices to a slight advance. The sales are 5-,
000 bales.
Rice. —Bengal continues dull of sale, but at auc
tion 677 bags were all sold in consequence of hold
ers taking 6(1. to Is. lower prices—low middling
and middling broken while and dusty 14s. fid. to
j 15s. fid. first chii-s 145., second 13s. fid. and third
12s. and sea-damaged and re-packed 13». fid. per
| cwt.
Later from the Army.
The N. O. Jeffersonian of the 18th inst.
says—The U. 8. steamer Eudora, form Bra
zos 12th inst., arrived yesterday.
The only items we get by her, are, that
General Taylor was still on his march to
Victoria, and that Gen. Bcott was expected
soon to leave for Tampico or Victoria. There
were some rumors that Gen. Quitman ex
pected to be attacked by the Mexicans at
Victoria. We have, however no belief in
these reports.
The steamer Giraffe, Capt. E dridge, for
merly a towboat on the Mississippi, was lost
in a heavy norther fifty miles east of the Rio
Grande, on the 7th inst. The vessel is a to
lal loss. Cpat. E drige and his son had ar
rived at the Brazos, who reported the loss of
the steamer and four persons. Capt. W il
cox could not give their names.
The brig Sampson went ashore and was
lost on the 6 h instant, and schooners Come,
Walters, and Daniel Hacen , wore totally lost.
\V T e are indebted to Captain Wilcox for the
above information, and a list of vessels at
Brazos, inserted under the head of Marine
Intelligence.
Captain Wilcox also states that General
Scott had sent an express to General Taylor
j to meet him at either Tampico or Victoria,
j and was waiting the reutrn of the express to
j make his movement.
i Mike Walsh, otiered a resolution in the
; New York Legislature, to refer to the‘‘Cmn
mitlee on Grievances'' so much of Gov.
Young’s message as related to the anti-rent
difficulties.
o"Tlie Montgomery Journal tells the fol
lowing joke concerning the South Carolina
Regiment:
“A gentleman of a group looking at the
Palmetto Regiment, the other day, remarked
incidentally in our hearing, that “it had many
good-looking gentlemanly members in its
ranks, and was a very tine body of men: but
| that in the aggregate its physique would nut
; equal to that of the Georgia Regiment,
i This observation awoke the attention as
well as ire of a hard-looking customer near
by, who, from imperfectly hearing, or misun
derstanding, took the matter in high dudgeon
imagining with the utmost seriousness, some
slight intended; gave vent to his indignation
in terms as follows;
“Physic be durned, stranger!"’ said hr,
“perhaps it were a tact that the Georgians
had a good deal of phyiic in ’em; hut dod dnrn
j ’em, it these Palmetioes would otily lay as
long as they had,in them d—d blasted swamps
on the Rio Grande, they vvouid’nt long brag
over them in that item,”
Tiie indignant and unmistakable earnest
ness with which this was said, banished all
| ellbrts at gravity from that vicinity for the
, next half hour.”
ICC The New \ork Express in its money
article says—“lt is the belief of well inform
ed men that England is in debt to this coun
try at least ten millions of dollars. If this
; is the fact, there can be no serious advance
I in Sterling bills for some time to come.”
—
[From the i\ r . O. Picayune. 17 Ih inst.]
From Tampico.
The brig Prairie, Capt, Clark, arrived yes
terday from Tampico, having sailed thence
on the sth inst., — two or throe days only
later than our former advices. We received
no letters or papers by this arrival, but from
a letter received by a commercial house, to
which we are deeply indebted, we learn a
few items of interest.
The most interesting news in the letter
; touches the election ot President and Vice
j President of Mexico. The letter states that
i Santa Anna was elected President by a vote
, °f 11 to 9— the vote being, according to the
j constitution of 1824, by States. This letter
; states that General Salas was elected Vice
President instead of Gomez Farias, as our
i accounts received byway of Anton Lizardo
assured us. The writer of the Tampico let-
I ter is an intelligent gentleman, and lias ac
| ce-s to good Mexican sources of information.
His accounts from the capitol may not have
been so late as those received by the squad
ron when the Mississippi lelt for Havana.—
On the other hand, the election of Geo. Salaa
would leave the Mexican Government just
where it now is, as all iSanta Anna’s duties
j as President devolve upon the Vice Presi
dent while F former is at the head of au
armv actually in the field.
A condncla of specie was shortly expected
i at Tampico from the interior. It was sup
| posed to be monev on English account.
Since Gen. Shields has been in command of
Tampico he has divested the former municipal
authorities of their control over the town, and
vested their j nvers in commissioners, who
are to look after (he safety of property, Sir.
.Mr. P. 1», Tavlor, of New Orleans, has been
appointed one of those commissioners. Gen.
| Shields is sa d to have conciliated, to a great
! extent, the respect and esteem of all classes
j at Tampico since assuming the command of
i the city.
Business I here is represented as very dull.
The market was glutted with produce. To
bncco was selling by the ba!e ot 100 lbs., as
low as !§3 75. Other business was at a like
low ebb, and merchants were building hopes
of improvement upon Lite arrival of tiic con
duct a.
One vessel had arrived from New lork
bearing one hundred troops.
There is no other news of a public nature
in the letter.
; Major Walter Gwinn, of Richmond, Va,
! formerly of the United Stales Armv, it is
| stated confidently, will be appointed by the
I President to the command of the Brigade of
I Volunteers from Virginia and the Carolinas.
fitoalh.
Mr. C. Me A idle, printer and newspaper
I reporter, of Brook! vn,died suddenly at his re
| sidence on Saturday night. On the morn
-1 ing «f Saturday Mr. Me A. was in his office
j to bring some items of local intelligence. —
' Brooklyn Cagle.
LAU NOTICE.
J. T. SHEWMAKE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAYNESBOROUGII, GA.
i Jan. 23 ly 95
~~GIBSON it BUTT,
j ATTOR NE Y S A T LAW.
WARRENTON, GA.
LAW COPARTNERSHIP.—The Subscriber*
have entered into a Co-Partnership, ami will prac
j tise in the Northern Circuit. Any business entrus-
I ted to their care will meet withprumpt attention.
WILLI AM GIBSON.
JOSEPH 11. BUTT,
i Jan. 22 Cm. 94
DCr" it is ordered that the Superior
Court adjourn to the first Monday in February
next, and that the Grand and summon-
I ed for the second week of the present tenn, be re
quired to attend on that day, and the (drain! and
Fetit Jurors summoned for ttie third week of the
Court attend on the second Monday in February.
It is further ordered, that in the opinion of the
Court, on the first Monday in February the Crimi
nal Docket he first in order.
A true extract from rlie minutes.
JAMES Me LAWS, Clerk.
Parties and witnesses will take notice of tho
above order, and attend accordingly.
JAMES Ale LAWS, Clerk.
Jan. 22 3 94
OUITUA R V.
Died, in Barnwell District, S. C. ' e I9th
January, after an illness of nine day \vov-i
P. Ramsey, aged 17 years and 3 in And on
the. 23d January, of Pneumonia, Jo w l.iv.sky,
age fit) year. Tims m the short space of four days,
were laid in the cold grave, father and son. Mr.
Ramey, was a man oj good reputation, and well
known in the State in which he resided .and in
bis immediate neighborhood his l*»ss will befell hy
rnany. He leaves behind him numenus relatives
and triends, whose only von.suiuti-.ti is, that their
j loss is bis gain.
DEATHS.
la Antauga county. Ala., on the 72th tilt., Mr. O,
| 11. P. Dur uex. in the 21th year of hi-age.
In Macon county, Ala., on the •. bolt., Mr.
, f. n r;.Eton Atki-TON, in the 59;h ys >.r of his ag«.
i COMMERCIAL.
i latest DATES FKo .vi nve a pooldec 8.
; LATEST DATES FROM tl a vrkDEC. 1
i CHARLESTON, Jan. 23.— Cotton.— The Ip
\ land market since, our former publication has la
; bored under a good deal of excitement, and the op
rations have been on a very extensive scale. W e
j left the market at the close of last week in a com
paratively quiet state, owing to the position which
j holders had assumed ir; ’•elation to prices. On Sa
| tuniay last purchaser vv . arly in attendance,
and in consequence ofth ciivilj which prevailed,
| factors maintained the ascendency, and at tho
I close of business the sales rea. 1 near 2700 bales,
j at the quotations given in ou. report of that morn
ing. On Monday, one or two buyers, who were in
| possession of later advices from the other side. re
ceived via >avannah, to the effect that an advance
of an a -I’d. had taken place in prices on the other
side of the water, opened freely, and during lh«
; day the sales run up to 4500 hales, without any
positive change in prices, although at times they
: were rather more stringent than on the preceding
day; on 'Tuesday, however, the accounts were
i made public, when hold-rs immediately advanced
, their pretensions, and during ttie day 3,3(4) hale*
i were disposed of at an advance of }c. on funner
prices; and on Wednesday near 3000 hales were
. | f*o!d at similar prme9. Throughout Thursday a
i report was in circulation that later European ac
; count* were in the city, said to have been received,
■ | through the same chant. 1, establishing even a
; greater improvement than that noticed above, upon
, i the strength of which, factors again advanced
; their rates, and during the day some 30UO hales
| changed hands at a further improvement of J- to f,
j making the advance since the opening of the mar
ket on Tuesday a a lc. per lb. The market opened
yestercay with a fair inquiry, hut the h gh r.it-a
j demanded for the article, compelled purchasers to.
. j withdraw, after they had bought about 1000 hales.
j Prices were very unsettled, but tlie following quo
’ Cations will approximate, as near possible, to the
: actual position of the market at the close of busi
ness :—Ordinary to good ordinary, 10 a 10J; mid
dling to goo I middling, 10H a 10*-; middling fair,
101 104; fair and fully fair, II aI U; and choice,
—. The aggregate transaationa since our last foot
j up 17.200 hales, against the receipts in the same
! time 12.913 bales. The sales comprise 33 hales at
: 9 1; 153 at 94; 185 at 9|; 900 at : KO3 at 94; 703
i at 9 15-1 fi; 1,511 at 10; 93 at lu !-!6; Ifil7atloi;
’ j 3336 at 1 OF; 12 at 10 5-16; 512 at loi; 13at 10 7-16;
2.996 at 104; 100 at 10 9-lfi; 044 at IDS; 1776 at 101:
i 73 at 104, 1181 at 11; and 100 bales at. Hie. It
( will be seen, on reference to our tables,that there
is an excess of near 12.000 bales, as compared with
1 the receipts of the previous year. S. Islands have
been coming in more freely since the new year.
■ hut they are held at too high prices to admit of
much being done in them. The sales, which have
been to a very limited extent for the season, have
been confined almost entirely to the commonqual
‘ ities ;—lnferior to clean common Santees, at 25 to
1 j 30c.; choice, 32 a 33c.; Maines, and middlingfin«
. to fine Sea Islands. 33 a 38c. A few lots of finer
, descriptions have also been sold at price* that hav«
not tsanspired. The sales this week have bet»
j about 200 baler.