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iHI I JAMES GARDNER, JR. j TERMS. Dfiiy per aninii*i | I'ri Weekly, per auiium .6 iHI I) paiiim advance - ;) Weekly, per mmaiu, it paid in advance.... - 00 Ttifese terms are nilei ed t<» new subscribers and a.I v»ld subscribers who pay up all arrearages. In no case will the weekly paper be sent at n dess the money accompanies the order. (a no case will it be sent at $2,00 to an old sub vcriber in arrears. (pj’When the year paid lor at sil.oo expires, the p iper, it not discontinued, or paid for in advance, will be sent on tne old terms, $2,50 it paid at the office within the year, or £3,00 il paid alter the expiration of the year. Uj 3 Postage must he paid on all communications and letters of business. The Death of R H Wilde BY HO!f. 4. B. MEEK. The harp that sang •* the Summer Rose” In strains so sweetly and so well, That, soft as dews at evening’s close. The pure and liquid numbers tell, Is hushed and shattered . now no more Its silver chords their music pour : But, crushed by an untimely blow, Both harp and flower in dust lie low The bard alas, I knew him well; A noble, generous, gentle heart, Which as his brave hand struck the shell. Poured feeling through the views ot Art. What radiant beautj- round his lyre, Pure as his loved Italian fire He caught the sweetest beams of rhyme — The Tasso of our Western clime Nor this alone, a loftier power, That shone in halls of high decree, And swayed the feelings of the hour. As Summer winds the rippled sea, Bright eloquence ; to him was given, The spark the prophet drew from heaven ; It touched his lips with patriot flame, And shed a halo round his name As late I saw. 1 see him now; His stalwart form, his graceful mien, His long white locks, his smiling brow. His eyes benignant and serene : How pleasant, round the social hearth. When list’ning to his tones of mirth} What lessons of the good and true, The brave, the beautiful, he drew. Drop down thy willows, Southern land ; Thy hard,thine orator is dead, He sleeps where broad magnolias stand. With “ Summer Roses” o’er lushead The lordly river, sweeping by. Curves, round his grave, with solemn sigh. And from yon ’twinkling stem, The JVlock Bird” pours his requiem. Bard of the South the ‘‘ Summer Rose” May perish with the Au'umu Leaf;” The “ footprints left on Tampa’s” shores May vanish with a date as brief But thine shall be the “ life” of fame, No winter winds can wreck thy name ; And future minstrels shall rehearse Thy virtues, in memorial verse ! rom the Baltimore Sun ] Report of the Secretary of W ar This document commences with tlqe recapi tulation of the closing achievements of the American arms in Mexico, and recounts the skirmishes and engagements und <;r (Ten. Lane in the vicinty of the Mexican capital; and the like proceedings in California up t 0 the close of the war. These events have already been fully recounted in the Sun, and it is unneces sary to repeat them in our columns. On the ratification ot the treaty of peace, which went into operation cm the 30th of May last, the movements for withdrawing our tomes com menced, and before the end of the month of July they had the republic of Mexi co. The voluntey, rd? an d that part of the re gular army w^ lose term of service was limited to the du r d tion of the war, were disbanded.— The r* p or t proceeds; Our military peace establishment is now nearly the same in numerical strength as it was at the commencement of the war with Mexico. Filled up to the utmost limit allowed by law, it would be nine thousand eight hun nred and seventy-eight officers and solders, exclusive of the enlisted men of the ordinance; but its actual strength will generally fall con siderably below thii number. The great ex tension of our territorial limits required a new arrangement of our military divisions and departments. The eastern, or first divi sion, is not changed. Texas and New Mexico have been added to the western, or second; and California and Oregon constitute the third —or the division of the Pacific. As no military force had been stationed in Oregon before or during the war. the depart ment took the earliest measures to send troops into the Territory. Orders were issued to the mounted rifle regiment, even before the return from Mexico, to proceed, as soon as practica ble to Oregon; and hopes were entertained that it might be able to pass acroaa the coun try during the last season, but this arrange ment was frustrated by the act of Congress passed at the close of the last session, which uave permission to the enlisted men of the re giment who had been in service in Mexico to “receive, on application, an honorable dis charge from the service of the United States, and stand as if they had served out their res pective terms. It could not be expected that even those who were willing to remain in the service, would forego the advantages offered to them by this act. On receiving a discharge, they would at once be entitled to three month’s extra pay, and to bounty land. By the operation of this act, the regiment, as to the rank and tile, was in effect disbanded. Prompt measures were taken to recruit it; und no doubt is entertained but that early m the Spring it will be in a condition to leave for its destination. The frustration of the attempt to send troops into Oregon during the past season, is the more to be regretted, because it appears that, at the date of the last accounts from that ter ritory, Indian disturbances still continued, and the inhabitants are anxiously expecting assistance from the United States. A small force detached as an escort for the governor, is now on the way to Oregon, and will proba bly arrive there in the course of this month. With a view to an earlier relief than could be afforded by sending troops from the United States, orders have been issued from the Navy Department, to the commander of our squad ron in the Pacific, to despatch a part of his force to Oregon, with arms, ammunition and supplies, and, in esse it should be necessary, to land the marines and sailors to aid the in habitants, until the troops destined for that territory should have arrived. Ihe other regiments of the permanent mili tary establishment wete greatly reduced at the close ot the war. They had been, to a considerable extent, filled up by recruits en listened to servo only during its continuance. Owing to the late period of their return from Mexico, and the unavoidable delay in recruit ing or organizing, such as were destined for distant service could not be prepared to pro ceed by land to Oregon, California, or New Mexico, until the season was so far advanced as to render a march across the country im practicable. Foreseeing the necessity for roopa m these territories, and the delay of en mg them from the United States, orders in anticipation of peace, were given to the general in chief command to send a regiment from the headquarters in Mexico to California; f but the Mexican government refused to per- p rnit its passage to the Pacific coast. p Orders were also given to Gen. Wool, then t in command of the forces at Saltillo, Monterey, v and on the Rio Grande frontier, to send a part 1 iof the regular troops with him directly to Cali- i tornia and New Mexico. Pursuant to thisdi- t rection, two companies of Ist and two of the 2d i dragoons, proceeded up the right bank of the 1 Rio Grande to Chihuahua, crossed over to * the Gila, and down that river to California.— < By this time, it is probable that they have reached their ultimate destination. \ One company of dragoons and one light ar- 1 tillery were also sent from ihe Hio Grande, * and proceeded on the Mexican side of it up to i Sante Fe. They have already arrived in New i Mexico. 1 Two companies of the Ist regiment of artil- i lery have embarked at New York, to go a- 1 round Cape Horn to Oregon, and the 2d re- j 1 giment of infantry has also left to proceed, by the same route, to California. As early in the spring as a passage can be made across tne country, other troops will be sent to Oregon in numbers sufficient to hold and protect that Territory. Troops to guard the Rio Grande territory and keep in check the Indians in that quarter have been ordered to Texas, and have arrived at, or are on their way to, their respective static ns. The remainder of the army is distributed on the Indian and northern frontiers, and on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Measures were taken as early as March, 1847, to select proper locations, and establish posts on the eastern section of the route to Oregon, and during the summer of 1847, some progress was made in constructing a work near Grand Island, where the road to Oregon en counters the Platte river. The work has been continued during the past season,but no report has yet been received. The amount of contributions and avails of captured property received by officers of the army in Mexico, cannot at this time, for want of full returns, be accurately ascertained.— The amount thus far reported is $3,844,373,77, which will be somewhat increased by amounts collected in New Mexico and California. Os this amount $67,492.38 have been retained for expenses of collections; ;|:346,3G9.30 paid into the treasury of the United States; $3,207,- 540.84 turned over to disbursing officers; $49,- 712.28 credited by the Mexican government to the United States in payment of the first in stalment under the treaty; and the remaining $113,259.02 charged against the collecting of ficers. Os the amount turned over to dis bursing officers, $709,050 were applied to wards the payment of the first instalment un der the treaty with Mexico, and the greater part of the balance has been dispersed for re gular and ordinary purposes. Against the balances remaining charged to collecting of ficers, they may be entitled to further credits on the several accounts above stated, to the amount of about $79,000. The remainder is claimed by them as compensation for extra services, or as having been paid to other army officers for similar services in making the col lections, and the subject is recommended for . favorable consideration. The reports of the several officers of the bu reaus connected with the department are re ferred to as evidence of efficiency in the dis charge of duty. Temporary paymasters, ap s pointed under the act of July sth, are retained s id service, and to subserve tha convenience of • the volunteers, some have been sent into the ; several sections of the country where these * troops were raised and organized. The vast i increase in the extent of our territory, and in the number of military posts, has induced the J Paymaster General to ask that the additional : paymasters appointed for the war, may be re ; tained permanently in the public service.— ■ This suggestion, as well as that relative to the f peculiar tenure of office in this branch of the army, is commended to favorable considera tion. The laws and regulations securing and en forcing the settlement of the accounts of dis bursing officers, should be so extended cs to apply to the accounts for moneys received from contributions and all other sources. No fund having been appropriated to meet expenses for secret service, indispensible in the prosecution of war, the collections in Mexico have been resorted to for these purposes. As it is not reasonable to expect that regular vouchers of payment for secret service should be produced, the mode which seems most ap propriate for the payment of this service is that which has been provided for settling accounts for the disbursement of the appropriation for contingent expenses of foreign intercourse. The number of military posts will probably exceed the number of medical officers now authorised by law. Should that be the case, the employment of physicians in civil lile will become necessary. Besides the difficulty of procuring such physicians at the points where they are wanted, the expenses often ex^o* l the regular pay and of army sur geons and actant surgeons. With a view both to economy and to the interest of the ser vice, I am induced to concur in the recommen dation of the surgeon general in favor of the i repeal of the proviso of the third section of the act of the 19th of July last, so far as it relates to the two surgeons and twelve assistant sur geons authorized by the act of the 11th of February, 1837. By such a repeal, the above number ot surgeons and assistant surgeons would be added to the permanent medical staff of the army. The estimates for fortifications for the next fiscal year will be sufficient to complete some of the works, and considerably advance others already in the progress of construction. It may be advisable to commence new works at some exposed points on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, j particularly within the limits of Texas. The appropriations for the army proper re- ; quired for the next fiscal year, amount to $4.- | 432,286. The estimates for the transportation j of the troops far exceed that of any other year j previous to the war. The increase in this item I is to meet the expense of sending troops to j Oregon, New Mexico, and California. Should the suggestion of the Quartermaster General, contained in his report, to employ the public vessels in the naval service for the trans portation by sea of army stores and troops, be adopted, this item of expenses would be great ly reduced. Our possessions upon the Pacific j seem to render the change in this respect ap propriate, and I do not doubt that such a mea sure will be attended by results favorable to i the public service. In none of the branches of this department j has the business been so much augmented as in the Pension bureau. The number of invalid pensioners has increased, during the last year, six hundred and ninety-one; the whole num ber on the list is three thousand one hundred and twenty-six. More than sixty thousand claims have been presented under the act of the 11 th of February, 1847, for bounty land and treasury scrip. About forty thousand of them have been act- | ed on and allowed, twenty thousand are now pending, and it is estimated that there are I forty thousand yet to be presented. Great efforts have been made to despatch these ap- | plications, and about two hundred and fifty are daily investigated and passed. In relation to Indian affairs, the removal of the tribes to the country set apart for them, west of the Mississippi river has vindicated the wisdom of our policy by the good effects which it has produced, and particularly by the higher j degree of improvement among those who first removed to the country assigned to them. During the last year our emigrants have ex perienced less annoyance than at any former period from the Indians on the Missouri fron tier, and the difficulties among themselves and with our citizens have been less frequent, lids favorable change in their conduct is to be mainly ascribed to the judicious control ex ercised over their annuities, and to the hold ing of them liable to be used to compensate for damages resulting from their lawless aggres sions, as well upon each other us upon oar o\\ u citizens. An important treaty has been recently ne gotiated with thefMenomomes, by which they have agreed to cede all their lands in Wiscon sin—about four millions of acres—and to re move to the excellent country procured tor them on the Upper Mississippi, adjoining that of their old friends, the Winnebagues. recenty, removed from lowa. This treaty lias, in ellect, extinguished the Indian title to the whole country east of the Mississippi, south of lake Superior. Within the last four years the United States have acquired by treaties, at a cost of oly sl.- 842,000 eighteen million five hundred thousand acres of land; of which thirteen million five hundred thousand acres are ready for im mediate settlement and cultivation in the rapidly growing States of Wisconsin and lowa. Measures for the emigration of the indians of Mississippi and other States are in progress, under modified arrangements entered into within the last year, which promises a favora ble result. The law and regulations to prevent the in troduction and sale of spirituous liquors in the Indian country, have sensibly diminished the amount of suffering among the frontier tribes, and the general policy of the government with regard to the payment and distribution of an nuities, end the regulation of trade have put an and to many evils and abuses which for- i merly prevailed and were highly detrimental | to the interests and welfare of the Indians. No subject connected with our Indian af fairs has so deeply interested the department and received so much of its anxious solicitude and attention as that of education; and I am happy to be able to say, that its efforts to ad vance this cause have been crowned with suc cess, Among most of the tribes which have I removed to and become settled in the Indian country, the blessings of education are be ginning to be appreciated, and they generally manifest a willing..««« to co-operate with the I government in diflusing these bie->ain s . tv,#, schools already established have an increased number of pupils, and preparations are making for establishing many new ones. Much credit j is due to many excellent missionary societies of different Christian denominations for their aid and contributions to sustain and advance the cause of education among the Indian pop ulation. There are sixteen manual-labor schools and eighty-seven boarding and district schools now ■ in successful operation among the various In dian tribes, and the number of Indian youth j attending them,according to the reports receiv ed at the department, is three thousand six hundred and eighty-two of which two thous- ' and six hundred and fifty are males, and the j remaining one thousand and thirty-two are females. The schools are generally in charge of missionary societies, and are well conducted. These facts afford the most gratifying evidence that nearly all of our colonized tribes are rapidly advancing in civilization and moral improvement; and I trust it may not be im proper on this occasion for me to say, that for the highly improved and rapidly improving condition of the numerous Indian tribes, over which the government is extended, not only in regard to education but most other respects, no stinted measure of credit is to be ascribed to the ability, industry and faithfulness of that branch of this department to which the man agement of our diversified and difficult Indian affairs is assigned. Within the newly acquired territories there is a numerous Indian population, over which our supervision and guarnianship must neces sarily be exteeded.but this cannot be effectually done without the action of Congress on the subject. Additional agencies are required to manage Indian affairs in these territories, and to extend to them our Indian system of con trol and management which, in other parts of our country, has already produced such hap py results, and is so full of promise for the future. I respectfully ask your attention to the fol lowing subjects, mentioned in my last annual report: the settlement of claims in California, a retired last of officers of the army, and an asylum for disabled and wornout soldiers. In regard to each of these the views of the de uartment are fully set forth in that report, and I again recommend them to your favorable consideration, ( f ,ont the Avw) Orleans Delta, 1 lilt ins t ) The Choi*— There «,»usiderable excitement through- | out the city yesterday, in consequence of the exaggerated reports respecting the prevalence : of the Asiatic Cholera. We have made the most diligent inquiry into the matter, and our I investigations have satisfied us that the alarm which has pervaded the community has no j reasonable foundation. A number of cases j somewhat resembling the Asiatic Cholera have ' occurred in the city during the past forty-eight j hours, a majority of which were caused by j imprudence in diet, eating raw oysters and I crude vegetable food, and exposure to the > weather. The weather tor some days past has been highly favorable lo all kinds of dis eases of the bowels. Constant rains and damp, with a warm, close, murky atmosphere, caus- j ing our streets to be filled with mud, filth, j and miasma-creating matter, have, no doubt, rendered our people very susceptible to en demical disease. It is true that several deaths have occurred, which were preceded by strong- | ly marked symptoms of the Asiatic Cholera ; | such as coldness of the extremities, low state | of the pulse, watery discharges; but as yet, i we have heard of no cases which were attend- j 1 ed with what are termed the collapsed stage j j of the real Cholera Asphyxia, such as the j I cold, clammy sweat, deep sinking of the eyes, blueness of the nails, and corrugation of the ! skin of the fingers and toes. We are led to j i believe that the cases so far developed, are j I nothing more than aggravated cases of Cholera ; Morbus, attended with typhoid symptoms, and ; I congestion of some of the important vital or- j gans, caused by the extreme low state of the 1 atmosphere, imprudence in diet, and exposure to wet and cold. Such cases are frequently | reported by our Board of Health. They at j ford no grounds for the apprehension that we 1 shall be visited with that dread scourge which once desolated our city, but they should ad monish us to be prudent and temperate in diet, and careful iu keeping our bodies dry and warm. . , „ The foregoing information we received from some of the most distinguished physicians in our city. We also, about noon yesterday, vis ited the Charity Hospital; the courteous resi dent physician! Doctor Wederstrand, happen ed not to be in, but the obliging clerk of the institution placed us in possession of all the facts, in relation to the disease, which the Hospital furnished. We noticed that hospital I physicians do not teira the disease Cholera, I nor Asiatic Cholera, but Cholera Morbus.— The following include all the Cholera Morbus patients admitted into the hospital. M e note the cases which terminated fatally . Mrs. Harre, a native of France, who ar rived here from Havre on the ship Swan ton, was admitted into the hospital on the 12th instant) and died on the same day. Irancis Funk was admitted on the 13th, and du d on j the same day. John Dempsey, a native of Ireland, was admitted on the loth, and died on the same day. John Murray, a native of lieland, was admitted on the loth, and died on the same day. William Biuce, a steam boat hand, who took sick on the morning of the loth, was admitted into the hospital on the evening of the same day, and died at mid night. George Hall, who was admitted into 1 the hospital on the Gth of November, for an abscess in the leg, was attacked with the Chol era Morbus, at 11 o’clock on the night of the loth, and died yesterday morning. Ellen Ha gan, a native of Ireland, who was admitted into the Charity Hospital on the 13th instant, took the Cholera Morbus on the morning of Friday, the 1 Ith instant, and died yesterday morning. William Tizdel, a native of Ken tucky, was admitted into the hospital yester day morning, aud was laboring under the ef fects of Cholera Morbus when he was admit ted. He died about noon. Gottliel Muhl, a German, was admitted yesterday morning, for the disease, aud died of it before one o'clock, P. M. The following parties were under treatment for it: Edward Revere, a Mexican ; Michael Gaff ney, an Irishman ; S. B. Robert, taken from the steamboat Robert Morris ; Pierre Knauz, a Belgian ; and Horatio Bean, an American. These were all but two admitted yesterday morning. We have nothing in the way of precaution to add to what we have already stated. Let our citizens, in their regimen, eschew all pre disposing causes to the disease, observe regu larity of living, and avoid all unnecessary ap prehension and alarm. We predict that with a change of weather —a northern wind—the I diseaee will disappear. THE CONSTITUTIONALIST 2luciusta, (Georgia. SUNDAY MORNING. DEC 24 Christmas and Thanksgiving'. As Monday has been by long established ; usage a holyday, we will not issue a paper on j I Tuesday next. This will give those engaged j i in our office an opportunity to observe the day ■ as one us I'icrty rortkinc and enjoyment, or in I pursuance of the Governor’s recomraendmi-.n, 1 1 one of thanksgiving and religious duties, as they may prefer. Our next paper will appear on Wednesday next. In the meantime, we wish all our readers a merry Christmas, and hearts grateful for every ; blessing a kind Providence has bestowed. Cholera at New Orleans. We received last evening, about nine o’clock, I a despatch from our New' Orleans correspon- I dent, dated 20tb inst., which states that the Board of Health declares the Cholera on the increase, but not epidemic. 1 hey have re commended the usual precautions. The weather was warm and favorable to the dis- j ease. Makket. —For Cotton, prices were fuller, j The sales reached 3500 hales at prices ranging ‘ from 51 to 5-i for middling. Mr Clayton’s Compromise Bill The time is at hand when the folly and j wickedness of the defeat of this measure of | peace and of justice w ill he demonstrated. The South, at least, will see that she has been j the loser by the course pursued by the never j to bo forgotten eight Southern members of j Congress who are responsible to the South for ’ its defeat. Mr. Stephens talked in his defence j of resisting an appropi iation by Congress of j money to carry out the provisions of the (rea- ; ty, unless that body secured by legislation the i equal rights of the South in the new territo- i ries. For any one to have believed then, the practicability of effectual resistance on that ground, even when Mr. Stephens first suggest | ed it, would have indicated drivelling idiotcy I and ignorance. Where was the first Northern i Whig vote to be got for such legislation ? Mr. i Stephens knew better when he held out such an absurdity to the public. It was a mere ‘ palliation for his extraordinary course, in op ; position to tb<* «imost unanimous voice of I southern statesmen. It was the palliation : which, if sincere, he was entitled to the bene- I fit of, afforded by the position that he expected ; or hoped to get such legislation in favor of the | South. Did he expect it, or did he hope it even, j ;on any reasonable grounds? None but him i self can answer this question with entire uc ! curacy, but the facts of the case leave the peo i pie iu very little doubt as to the true state of his mind. But if there was no reasonable expectation i then that Congress would so legislate for the South, or that opposition from the South —a powerless minority in the lower house, eved wnen Whigs and Democrats all told, are united—to the treaty would be regarded, what is the position now—now that a Whig President, and a Whig majority in Con- i gress are elected? How much improved are I the prospects of the South on this point ? j ! Why, it would be a ridiculous farce for Mr. , Stephens to make this effort at resistance. It would excite nought but the derision of his I 1 Northern allies. He had as well try to stem I I the wild torrent with a straw, or beat back j i the whirlwind (with a feather. California and , New Mexico, especially the former, are now | : in the hands of an emigrant population that ‘ will forever control this question and keep out l slavery—not by the old Mexican laws, but by ! law. of their own enactment. Soon—very ; soon, they must become a State, or States of this confederacy. Owing to the defeat of the Compromise bill of last session, slaveholders would not venture into that territory with their slaves. Why? Not from fear of old Mexican laws. These they were willing to encounter and test in courts of justice. But they would not go without the guaranty which the provisional government, created by the Clayton bill gave, that no local legislation should take place in the territories on the sub ject. Had the hill been adopted, and had slave holders taken their slaves there, they could not afterwards have been divested of their property. If the new territories, in or ganizing State governments, had chosen to a bohsh slavery, they could only have done so prospectively. They could not, in justice to their citizens) holding slaves, summarily, and without compensation, have deprived them of | their slaves. They would not have attempted ' any such outrage. I Now r , under the governments which the next Congress will ordain for them, whether creating them as a State or States prospec tive ly, or giving them territorial governments, the Wilrr.ot Proviso will be formally enact ed and if the bill be signed by Gen. lay lor, will become a law. It will then be tor the South to demand of Mr. Stephens and his sev en co-laborers, what have you gained for the South by the defeat of the Compromise Bill of last session? Vote of the Georgia Delegation On the resolution of Mi*. Root, for the im mediate report of territorial bills for Califor nia and New Mexico, and the exclusion of slave ry therefrom, we find the four democratic mem bers of the House from Georgia, Messrs. Cobb, Haralson, Iverson and Lumpkin, duly and properly recorded in the negative. Where were the four whig members, Messrs. Jones, King, Stephens and Toombs? They were not in their places, or if there did not vote. If not there, why were they all absent when so important a question was before the House? If they were present, on what grounds do they justify their silence when this open and ; arrogant step is taken to incorporate the Wil -1 mot Proviso into the government of the terri tories? It is due to the people of Georgia that these their representatives —the guardians in part of their dearest rights —should ex plain their conduct. Contested Election The election of C. C. Langdon to tlie office of Mayor of Mobile, by a majority of twelve votes, has been contested by his competitor, Blanton McAlpm, Esq., and the qnestion was, at the last dates, under discussion on a quo warranto before Judge Bragg of that judicial circuit. New England Society Dinner According to long established custom, the New England Society of Augusta celebrated j their anniversary on the 22d inst., by a dinner, i It was served at the Globe Hotel, by its wor tV >y proprietor, F. M. Jennings, who thorough ly understands now to give satisfaction on such occasions. We had the pleasure of par ticipating, by invitation, at the festive board with this Society, whose members, natives or sous of natives of “the land of steady hab its,” are among our best and most enterprising citizens. It was an occasion of hilarity and heart felt enjoyment. Every luxury that could minister to the palate, afforded by our market, was there, while the national dishes, clam chowder, and baked beans and pork, pumpkin pies and Indian puddings, had con spicuousjjositions among more recherche dain ties. We have been present at many similar oc ! casions in past years, and thought this unu ! sually attractive in the tine music of amateur I vocalists —in the beauty and appropriateness of the volunteer toasts; in the universal, yet temperate, mirthtulneas, and the cordial good feeling which were exhibited. I It was a happy union of friendship and joy | among the members and their guests, realizing, ; in the language of a sentiment ottered on the ! occasion, that “Social intercourse is one of the ' brighest pages in the poetry of life.” i We have been permitted to publish the fol lowing regular toasts of the evening : j 1. The Day.— To be remembered till valor, : and virtue, and purity are forgotten, i 2. The memory of the Pilgrim Fathers.— Jeal | ous of their honor —tenacious of their rights i —they served God and feared not. 3. The Plymouth Rock. —I.ike its native coast, rough, hard, and cold—like the men who landed there, firm, fixed, and immovea ble. 4. New England. —Her Daughters are her diamonds—her gold mines, the intelligence and industry of her Sons. | ,5. Georgia.— The youngest republic of the oia thirteen—advancing with rapid strides to the front rank of the family. < 6. The States of the Union. — • Distinct, like the billows, but one like the Sea.” (Telegraphed for the Charleston (Jcarter ) We received yesterday, by Telegraph, the following dispatches. Baltimore, Dec.r22—3, P. M. The sales of Cotton at New York this day, amounted to 1000,-hales at 6g fdr fair Uplands, and 7 cents for Mobile and New Orleans, and a good demand for the Euglish^market. [Thequotation of G| shews that/hr dispatch of yesterday, quoting fair Upland at 6§, was incorrect.] . ... One hundred tierces RiCe were disposed of for export at s'3 to 3|. - loan to m . Three new cases of Cholera on Thursday, and one death. On Friday the same number id cases and one death reported. No eases in the city since Wednesday. intelligence from Xjhio informs us that the prospects of the organization of the Legisla ture were improving, ami it as expected that the settlement of the existing difficulties would doubtless take place this day. Washington, Dec. 22, p. m. In the Senate, Mr. Douglas’ resolutions re troceding the District of Columbia, were adop ted. A number of private bills were taken up and acted on. The bill providing for the draining of the Everglades of Florida was further discussed. Mr. Benton was excused from serving on the Committee on Military Affairs, and Jef ferson Davis was substituted in his place. Mr. Dix introduced resolutions with respect to the Consular system in China and Turkey, which were adopted. The Senate then went into Executive ses sion, after which they adjourned until Tues day next. In the House, there were several private bills brought up, but there being no quorum, they were not acted on. The usual distribu tion of Books to the members was then made. The steamship Columbus, which is adver tised at Philadelphia, to sail for Chagres on the 15th of January, has about 30 passengers engaged. ; New York letter of Monday says—“ The Pacific Mail Company have issued a card sta ting that they have already issued as many tickets for the steamer, intended to leave for ] Panama on the sth of January, as is consist ent with the safety and comfort of passengers. ' The ship “Apollo” which has been on the ' berth for San Francisco only a week, refuses to accommodate any more passengers ; but in a day or two, I understand, one London and 1 -Hfwo Havre packets will be ‘up’ for the gold i diggings, so that all will have a chance w ith t the pickaxe and shovel.” t The weather for the past week has been quite warm, so much so, that fires have not been necessary lor comfort. We fear the pork which has been salted, will be h»t. Some of our farmers we learn, have lost upwards of 6.000 lbs., others not so much. If the weath er continues warm much longer, we may look for short crops of wheat, and what is still worse, if precaution is not used, a great deal of sickness, such as pneumonia, and influen za. — Cassoilie Pioneer, 21s/ Inst. A Good Wifk.—Oh, it is beautiful to live blameless under the poisoned glance of the world ; poisoned whether it be praise or blame; beautiful not to be polluted by its observation, but more beautiful to be intimately known to one —to possess one gentle and honest triend, and that one a w ife, Beautiful to be able to read her pure soul as in a mirror, and to be aware, therefore, of every blot of one’s own soul, and to be able to purify it against the day of the great trial. — Mary Howvtt. The ancient w’orld boasted of its seven won ders, all of which, w r e believe, have disappear ed, except the pyramids of Egypt; but we of modern age can boast of seven greater win ders which combined, are rapidly revolution izing the world, and which contain within themselves the elements of endless progres sion. They are: Ist: the Mariner's Compass; 2d: the Art of Printing; 3d: the Magnetic Telegraph: 4th: the Steam Engine; sth: the Ballot Box; 6th: Universal Education; and 7th: greater than all the others, the Christian Religion. The Secret of Success. —It may to some appear like vanity in me to write what I now do, but I should not give my life truly if I omitted it. When filling a cart of manure at the farm dunghill, I never stopped work be cause my side of the cart might be heaped up before the other side, at which was another man; 1 pushed over what 1 had heaped up tv, help him, as doubtless be did to help me, when I was last and he was first. When I have filled my column or columns of a newspaper, or sheet of a magazine, with the literature lor which Iwasto be paid, I have never slopped if the subject required more elucidation, or the paper or magazine more matter, because there was no contract for more payment, or no likelihood of there being more. When I have lived in barrack room, 1 have stopped my own work, and have taken a baby from a soldier’s wife, when she had to work, and nursed it, or have gone for water for her, or have cleaned another man's accoutrements, though it was no part of my duty to do so. When I have been engaged in political literature and tra velling for a newspaper, I have not hesitated to travel many miles out of my road to ascer tain a local tact, or to pursue a subject into its minutest particulars, if it appeared that the public were unacquainted with the facts of the subject; and this at times w hen I had w r ork to do which was more pleasant and pro fitable. When I have needed employment, I have accepted it at whatever wages I could ob tain —at plow, in farm drain, in stone quarry, at breaking stones for roads, at wood-cutting, in a saw-pit, as a civilian, or as a soldier. I have in London cleaned out a stable and groomed a cabman’s horse for a sixpence, and been thankful to the cabman for the sixpence. I have subsequently tried literature, and have done as much writing for the ten shillings as I have readily obtained—been sought after and ottered—ten guineas for. But had I not been content to begin at the beginning, and accept ed shillings, I would not have risen to guineas. I have lost nothing by working. Whether at laboring or literary work, with a spade or w ith a pen, I have been my ow n helper.—Autobio graphy of a Working Man. Special Polices. ASSEMBLY PARTY. MR. RASIMI takes pleasure juar announcing that he will give ASSEMBLY PARTY, the third the season, at the Masonic Hall, on MONDAY EVENING, January Ist. Tickets can be procured at the store of Clare Rackftt & Co. In order to avoid postponement on account of weather, Mr. K. has made an arrangement with Mr. Mathews lor the use ol an Omnibus, which wall take those ladies who may wish it, on incle ment evenings, to and from the party. dec 23 A DISCOURSE, Addressed to YOUNG MEN, will be delivered in the Presbyterian Lecture Room, on THIS EVENING, by Her Mr Rogers. Subject , “The peculiar dangers of Young Men in Cities.” The young men of Augusta, and the public gen erally, are respectlully invited to attend. d 24 LAW NOTICE The undersigned having formed a partnership in the practice of LAW, under the style ot G.. J & W. SCHLEY, will attend all the Courts ofthe Middle Circuit. All business confided to us will be promptly attended to. GEORGE SCHLEY, JOHN SCHLEY, dec 13 ly W. SCHLEY. A CARD, PAINTING AND DAGFEKR EOTY PING— E. S. DODGE, Artist, would re spectfully inform his friends, and the citizens of Augusta, and vicinity, that he has returned to the city, and taken rooms over the store ot Messrs. Clark, Rackett 6c Co., formerly occupied by Mr. Johnson, wdiere be would be pleased to accommo date all who may wish a highly 7 finished Minaturc on Ivory, or one of his beautiful Daguerreotypes, richly colored. A large number of specimens of his PAINT INGS and DAGUE HREOTYPING arc to be seen at his rooms. Ladies and gentlemen wii please call and examine. Materials for Daguerreotyping, lor sale. Also, Johnson’s celebrated Quick Sturt Oct, 27 6mo O’ DOCTOR HENRY ROSSIGNOL being associated with Dr L. A. DUGAS, respect uily tenders his professional services to the pub lic Dr. R’s office is with that of Dr. Dugas. March 8 ly MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY OP NEW YORK. M. Robertson, Pres’t. j Saml. Ha nnay, Sec’y Applications received by GREENVILLE SIMMONS, Nov. 24 ly Agent & animates. (TT We are aulhoiized to announce HENRY W. NORMAN, Esq , as a candidate for the office of Receiver of Tax Returns for Wilkes county, at the approaching election in January next. dec 17 O* We are authorized to announce ISHAM THOMPSON as a candidate for re-elec tion to the office of Receiver of Tax Returns for the county of Richmond, at the ensuing elec tion in January next. Nov. 18
