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mmmmmmmt TH E Ton STITCTI ON ALIST. J A MES G A R DNER, J R. T E K ill S . Daily, p«»p annum, $8 00 Tri- v\ eekiy, per annum, 0 oo 11'paid in advance, 5 00 Weekly, per annum, a 00 it fKiid in advance, 2 50 ftOT All new subscriptions must be paid in advance. must be paid on all (Jominunicati ns and Let’ers of business. THK APPRJSNTIC JbJ GlKi. KROM THE FRENCH OF EUUENE FO.V. The ware-rooms of Madame Camillo, one ofonr most fashionable Parisian mil liners, had one day received an addition al apprentice. lier name was Gabriel le. Her father was a mason, and like too many of the working classes, drank on Sunday what he had earned during the week. Her mother did the best she could to support her family, and found it a hard matter with the liille she earned. Gabrielle had suffered such misery from her cradle, that she had never known that youthful spring which usually makes to children the mere consciousness of ex istence a J >y. ‘Mamma, what a nice thing it is to be alive!’ once said a child lo her mother, as she bounded before her. Gabrielle was sixteen, and knew not what a smile was. Her fair but faded cheek bore an expression of suffer ing and quiet resignation, w hich was more affecting than any open demonstration of grief. The child contrasted the house of her mistress—the abode oforder, economy and industry, and consequently of ease and comfort—with her ow n home, where regned every kind of wretchedness that poverty and disorderly habits could pro duce, and where reproaches—most mi just, it is true, but consequently the more painful—gave rise to mutual recrimina tion between the husband and wif*. One evening, among Olliers, the wife whs complaining that the mason had not given her all he earned. *1 should have nothing to drink, if I did,’ replied the husband. The dispute was beginning to gel warm; Gabrielle whispered to her father. •I give my mother half of what I earn, father, to buy clothes for my brothers and sisters; 1 will give you the other half for drink.* •Thank you, my child,* said the father, who accordingly look the money from his daughter and went out. But this man who could drink without any scruple the fruit of his own labor, felt a kind of remorse in expending at lb© tavern the money which hud been earned by his daughter; and when he drew from his pocket the hard earned pieces which the slight, delicate hand of his daughter had placed in his, the sound tff them as they jingled on the counter, went to his very heart, and that very eve ning, for a wonder, he returned home so ber. How much may he accomplished by kind looks and words, when all re monstrances fail? A trifling act of kind ness, with a look of affection, had smote the feelings of the hit her I > reckless fa her. The following evening, after having in a similar manner, received the half of Gabrielle’s earnings, the ma>on went bm; but he had hardly taken a few steps, when he came back. ‘Gabrielle,’ s. i he, ‘come and we will take a walk in the country.* Gab ielle started with alacrity. ‘You are not going lo the tavern, father?’ said she to him. ‘ls it with a young girl like you? Do you think me a brute?’ said the man.— The heart, after all, is the best teacher of what is becoming, Gabrielle knew how to read, and do ling their walk she related to her lather a number of little stories, which amused him, and made him forget the tavern.— The next week the mason’s family had fenongh to eat; and the week after from the united earnings of the father and daughter, the childten weie ahie to be sfcnl lo school; in short at the end of a fnonth, tlie aspect of this dwelling, form erly the abode of misery, tears and quar rels, was quite altered; and the compan ions of the mason, missing him from his bid haunt, began jeering him; but he told them what his daughter had done. r** ‘So good a daughter ought to make a £6od wife,’ cried a rich miller who had , been listening to him. ‘I have an only sd flab cl fight glad would I be if you would give Hbr td bird. Good sense, gentle men, and modesty, are belter in the poor man’s house than riches.* And immedl ntcly, without even inquiring whether Gabrielle were ugly or pretty, he de manded hfer id marriage for his son. Gabrielle rs now the wife of a rich miller. She is the mother of children, and a blessing to her husband and fami ly, as she had been to her own. Those lips which had never Ottfered hut words of patient gentleness and sense beyond her age, are no longer strangers to smile; and the rosy hue of health Sgaih tinges the cheek which had faded under early haid sbips and overtoil. Gabrielle is still living. Mail Route to Kingston , Ga The subject of a mail route to Kingston, Ga., engrosses a large share of the attention of our businessmen. They can, by a line of communication already in existence, be furnished with commercial and political intelligence from the eastern cities, two days and a half in advance of the present mail; and they can see no good reason— when the cost of the route they ask for, need not increase the expenditures of the Post Office department —why they should not be accommodated. Our columns to day, contain the proceedings of a public meeting, held on Saturday, in which this matterls forcibly presented to the at tention of the Post Office depai tmenl. Tuscaloosa Flog. [From the N. O. Picayune, D*c. 6 ] FUNERAL. The Remains of Major Ringgold and Lieutenant Cochrane. The steamship Telegraph brought to our city last evening what of earth remainsof two gallant spirits—Maj. Ringgold and 1 Lieut. Cochrane—the better part hath fled to the God of Battles. They wore first- J | lings of fields, of glory—tne rich tribute j exacted by Fame, of the votaries who worship at her shrine. They were of the ; sacrifice that consecrated the shock of arms; martyrs in the cause of nations. They have gone hence to bear witness in I behalf of Liberty; pioneers who first trod the way that leads to immortality. It was Ma j. Ringgold wno first organized the flying artillery of the United Stales. He devoted his manhood to the perfection of this description of force, and fell in the j honrthat demonstrated its efficiency. He died as a soldier should, in the lap of victory—and as we mourn over his early j doom we can scarcely lament a destiny ! that consigned his name to history. He was a shining light to his comrades—a meteor that perished from excess of burn* ; ing. Lieut. Cochrane was less known to the nation in his life; hut equally honored in his death. He, too, periled all for his country. He lost himself, but won the lasting gratitude of a whole people. 1 he remains of these distinguished and gallant gentlemen w*ere removed from the Telegraph, under a proper es cort of Maj. Gally’s Artillery, to the Ro tunda of the St. Louis Hotel, w here they lay in slate. Guns were fired during the afternoon of yesterday and last night.— The American flag, under which they fell, hangs listlessly over therdead bodies. A guard of honor has attended them since their removal from the bout. A committee of arrangements will meet at the St. Louis Exchange to.day | to arrange ceremonies to be observed in ! honor of the gallant dead. ° Maj. Ringgold's Teamster. —The Ring gold committee have with them that la i merited officer’s favor i e teamster—named Kelly. But a few days before the bat tie of the Blh the poor follevv had served out his time; and on the evening of the battle Maj Ringgohi, knowing his skill in driving, said: *‘Ke!lv, I cannot go to fight without you.” ‘‘Very well, Major,” replied the brave fellow, “You shall not go without me.” Ou he went—and be (ore sunset of that memorable day, poor i Kelly had 10-l his right arm near the shoulder. Here he is, commended to these gentlemen and to Baltimore sym pathy by Maj. Gardner, the officer in command at Point Isabel, having served j his country, but not entitled to pension, ; owing to his being simply a volunteer. Sorely our country will sec him righted? ! • O ! — Picayune , Dec. fi. ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY PA TRIOT GONE. Died at his residence in Fayette court ■ ly on the 3 d inst. James Waldroup, in the 104lli year of his age. If to notice the deeds of departed heroes and sages be a virtue or a debt ofgrali- 1 Hide, the subject of this impei feet notice I | is fully entitled to receive it. At an early period of the rev ilufiona rv struggle, Mr. Wald oup rallied nnderthe Banner of hi s country, and remained in active service, cheering the desponding ! spiiits of his companions in arms and j i fanning the almost expiting spark of Lib- j erty until he saw the glorious object of his toils consummatedat the memorable hattleof York Town. After the enemy of his country’s liberty had been foiced to acknowledge her independence, he | again retired lo private life, when he liv. j ! ed the industrious farmer, the peacahle ; citizen, and the exemplary Christian, and i at last bowed his venerable head in hum- j ble submission lo the monster death, and his spirit returned to him who gave it. He was escorted to his last resting O 1 place by the Fayette Volunteers com pany, and by a numerous concourse of citizens, and was buried with the honors ol War according to his request. Peace be to his ashes. A mighty na tion the happy recipients of his toils, will sing the requiem of his departed services. Griffin Jeffersonian. f -J „ The Turks and their Wives. Of the i domestic and social character of the Turk, little is known, as it is rarely' he invites a Christian to his house; and when lie does so, his wife and family are care fully kind; but the training which he re ceives is of a nature greatly calculated ! to destroy the pure domestic feelings.— Clothed like a fantastically dressed girl, his head bound round with shawls, sub jected every day or two to the baths, and i accustomed lo sit only upon sofas, his | i childhood is entirely spent among the j women of his father’s harem and their i cronies. But when he arrives at puberty | he is no longer allowed to associate with j ; the women—probably never to speak to | I one until he is married to some girl that his father or mother may have bought or ! selected for him. After marriage, the turk associates as little with his w ife as if he had not one; his former training has destroyed those pleasantries and feelings 1 that exist among civilized people, and lie looks upon his wife merely as a piece of furniture. She, on her part, occupies lier own part of the house, where, seated | among her slaves and cronies, the newest fashion or the latest scandel receives a I proper degree of attention. The Tut k never walks abroad or appears in public with bis wife, and if he were to meet her in the street, would not recognize her; and in many cases husband and wife sit at separate tables, while the wife never appears in any case at table when a alt anger is present. ■ 1 • ——-rrrrmm ! [From a Washington Corresp'dt of the N. i'. Globe.] MYIfERIOUS PERSONAGE. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF OREGON. Fou r or five (Jays ago a copper looking i gentleman, whose appearance was quite 1 genteel, arrived in this citv from Victo | ria, in the province of Tamaulipas, Me*i I co, and took lodging at Gnadsbv’s. Me was seen soon after to visit the State De partment, and is known to have had sev | eral interviews with .Mr. Secretary Hu. ; chanan—Mr. Secretary Walker, and Mr. | 'Frist, the Chief Clerk of the State De parlrnent. He is also much with Col B. ; F. Green, formerly Charge to Mexico, hut is seldom seen in public, having removed up to F. street, next door to Mr. Trisl’s, if not. to his residence , where he keeps in cognito. He has bt en recognized by persons acquainted with him as a lead ing, distinguished and influential citizen of Mexico though formerly of Guatemala; j but for the present his name is kept secret, : He cOmies prepared to offer on the part of the Northern provinces of Mexico a pro j position to secede from the Mexican Re | public, if the United St ates give a gua ran - j tee to protect them. 'Vhe pro nunc lament o will lye made as soon as be returns, if | the necessary documents are furnished ! him. Great excitement exists amoim ; those who are cognizant of the facts, so far. The war will be closed in a month, , ifthis negotiation proves successful, that . is, acceptable and accepted by tins gov ernment. The Governorship of Oregon is much I sought alter. At least three U. S. Sen ators, and five representatives are making appl cation for it. A distinguished Wright i man, not a member of Congress, it is I thought, will receive the office. JuOe I 1 Rowan, some think, is to have it, but this is doubtful in the extreme.. i JOHN RANDOLPH. We extract the following from the Life of John Randolph, by L. Sawyer: “The most difficult part remains to he i performed,a description of Mr. Randolph’s I character. This has been in a partial manner developed, as we have proceeded by degrees to unfold his political and I private life, so that the reader may form | a tolerable estimate of his pretensions in I the twofold relation in which he has been | presented. ‘Take him all in all, he was | a man whose like we may never see again.’ He was “ sui generis and as such, it is next to impossible for the biogra- I pher to classify, or fix his proper rank in : the -cale of human destiny.—lt is dif j ficnlt to find a parallel (ihe usual resource i of’Piutarch and his successors.) to draw ! a comparison between him and any known pers< nuge in ancient or modern times, as j a more familiar and invariable standard from which to infer their respective merits, i and thus form a correct and impartial ! decision. From what is known and ad j milted by juxtaposition or contrast, we ! might be enabled by induction, to learn what was before unknown. He was ele ■ fated so high above hiscotempoiaides by the gieal l less and originality of his genius, like a “winged Mercury newly alighted on a I e iven-kissing hill,” as well as from | his strong aristocratic prejudice*, his pride J and selfish qua lilies, that we ate not per mitted to approach near enough to catch the delicate lineaments of liL physiogno my. As an o ator, he was more splendid than solid; as a politician he wanted the profound views of a great statesman; and a larger .-lock of patience, gentleness and pliability, to lead, and guide a party sue cessfully in its struggle for power, while he was 100 intolerant and indocile to be led bv one, or to go through the drillings and discipline required as a regular in the ranks. He was incapable of the con fiuement, the application, and the drud gery of office. His genius, to use one of bis favorite figures, (which is not original, but borrowed from Swift.) might he com pared to a fine edged kmle, u*ed for the common purpose of severing paper, that is apt to slip or turn aside from the right line, and endanger the hand of the opera tor, while a man of more moderate abil ities, hut of business habits, who might 7 O he likened to an ivory folder, will go through the task smoothly and steadily, though of a duller edge or more homely material. He wanted consistency of poli tical conduct, as well as a uniform and acknowledged code of principles, and no I parly could, during the short period of his fortuitous junction calculate upon any two successive votes, when the emergen cy arose that required them. He was i possessed of a fine taste for literature, a general reader, a ‘ripe scholar,’ particu larly in the department of Belles Lett res; by which acquirements he was well sup. plied with apt illustrations to embellish and enrich his oratory. He levied his contributions from the wide dominions of ancient and modern literature, with the undisputed authority of a conqueror, which he stored away in his capacious memory, as an inexhaustible magazine, to distribute with judicious discrimination, upon every subject that arose in debate. Although in the course ot his long poli tical career of more than thirty years, he spoke volumes, and some of his speeches towards the close of it were rather verbose and irrevalent, yet he never failed during some part of them, to arouse and aston ish his audience by some classical allu sions, happy similes, “some thoughts that breathed and words that burned,” some beautiful and striking metaphor, and most mellifluous and harmonious peri ods.” One of Prentice's. —The wag of the Louisville Journal says that Gen. Taylor has made out a report of his capture of Monterey, and Ampudia has made out a report of his loss of it. Ampudia brags ten times as much about losing it as old “Rough and Ready ” does about gaining it.—iV. O. Picayune, Dec. 6. ****—— ————g?— r nr iinrrwin i iimi [From the Southern Literary Messenger.] DR. PHYSIC. The following eloquent and beautiful allusions to the character of this dislin guished surgeon and physical), are taken from an interesting little work, entitled j “Collin’s Miscellanies.” Dr. Physic is well known to have been the most skilful and eminent surgeon in this country, and perhaps did not have a superior on eilher side of the Atlantic. Every thing, therefore, relative to him, cannot fail to interest the inquisitive mind. In allud ing to the private character of Dr. Phvs | * c > A ,e autiior remarks, “that he was dis i tinguished for simplicity of character. I Me displayed —no arrogance—no self conceit on account of his acknowledged | pre-eminence * no contempt for those be j ueath him. True greatness is always I united with simplicity. Wealth, honor, j station , attainment , genius, do not affect j l h p bearing of that man who is truly great and noble, lie has feeling* of warm affections for all his race, and is hum , bled rather than exalted, when he consid ers how many blessings Heaven has be ■ slowed upon one so unworthy. The pos ! session ot knowledge cannot inflate the | Uuly great man with high opinions of j him-elf. It serves to show him he is j standing on the shores of a boundless ; ocean, on whose bosom he may sail, but | ib p extent of which he can never ex 1 plore. “The personal anpea ranee of Dr. Phvs ic was very imposing. I have known : men more majestic in bearing, more com mantling in figuie, who trod upon tie | earth with a step mure firm and proud, | as if they felt they were born to control its destinies. But that classically form ed head and face; that eye which repos ed in calm, almost melancholy expres -ion, unless when lighted with intellec lual fire ; those lips which seldom smiled; but when they did, were surpassed in | expression only by the smile of woman ! Who does not wish some Praxitiles had i lived in his day, that he might have chis | el led tho'e features in Parian marble and thus convey them down to all coming time ? Olten when I have called to mind the noble features of this great man, I have thought on the eulogy pronounced on the Baron Cuvier by his wife—the noblest eulogy ever pronounced by a wife on the character of her husband.— When, after his death, his portrait was presented to her, and she was asked if it i resembled him, ‘lt is he,’she exclaimed, ! ‘it is he ; it is his noble, pure and eleva | led mind; often melancholy, always be nevolent and cairn, like real goodness, j It is the great man passing over this 1 earth and knowing there is something be yond.’ ” Great Improvement in the Compass. — The Magnetic Needle, since its dis covery, has been the pole-star ot naviga tion, and every improvement upon it is a matter of deep interest to all connected with commerce on the ocean and the great Lakes. Since the loss of the steam- I er Great Brhian, opinions have setth d i into conviction that the variation or pe culiar attraction of the compass threw the ship out ot her course on the rocks, and attention has been called to this im ! portant guide, to ascertain what can he done to remedy defects which is but two apparent. The Washington papers contain a long account of the invention of a new compass, which points out the va nation of the needle at all times and j places, by S. R. St. John, of Buffalo The improvement, it is said, is a' once simple and effectual. It prevents all the difficulties anJ occasional inequalities from conductors and influences of any and evetv kind in the old compass, by showing lite deflection* of t he needle f rom the true geographical meridian, when ever they occur,and tiom any cause what I ever, even if the needle he Hr fleeted with out attraction by hand, or if hm g upon a pin, or any oilier cause. '1 he improve ment mav be attached to the ordinary i compass —We are glad to bear that the Navv Department has uutho ised Mr. St. John to construct one of his compasses, and it is a matter of vital importance to every ship owner, underwriter, importer j and shipper of goods, and to all “who go down to the sea in ships,” that they should have a most certain and reliable com pass as a guide. — N. Y. Sun. The Philosopher and the Ferryman A philosopher stepped on board a ferry boat to cross a stream; on the p issege he inquired of the ferryman if he understood arithmetic? ‘No, sir, I never heard of it before.’—The philosopher replied, ‘I am ! very sorrw, for one quarter of our life is gone.’ A few minutes after he asked the ferryman, ‘Do yon know any thing of | mathematics?’ The boatman smiled and replied, ‘No.’ ‘Well then, said the phi - ! losopher, ‘another quarter of your life is gone.’ A third question was asked the ferryman: ‘Do you understand asfrono my?’ ‘Oh, no, sir, never heard of such a thing.’ ‘Well, my friend, then another j quarter of your life is gone.’ Just at that I moment the boat ran on a snag, and was j sinking, when the ferryman jumped up, I pulled off his coat, and asked the philoso- j pher with great earnestness of manner, ; ‘Sir can you swim?’ ‘No,’ said the phi- 1 losopher.—‘Well, then,’ said the ferry- | man, ‘your whole life is lost, for the boat’s going to the bottom!’ Larnotte, of the Ist Infantry, ; arrived at St. Louis on the 25th ult. He was rapidly recovering from the severe wounds he received at Monterey, hut still carried his arm in a sling. — Picayune , Dec. 6. Pork Packing. —A single house in Chi licothe, have already slaughtered and packed 15,000 hogs. The prices paid have been $2 and 2 ; 50 per hundred. "■■■l 111! —IIJWIIBJB _LKJW ■■!■■ ■■ IHM—rT~ ‘ Diamond Cut Diamond. —One of our cute, two edged fellows started out, the other day, to have some fun—and he did’nt go in vain. Stepping into a bar room, be drew from his packet a dime, and said he to the ‘vender of good wine:” “I’ll bet you a glass that this dime has two heads on it—one on each side,” ! “Perhaps,” said the barkeeper, “it is l one of vour own make.” “No it isn’t—it is a regular issue from the United Stales mini,and nothin’else.” The barkeeper, being desirous to see so curious a com from the mint of the U. States, took the bet. The cute one laid down the dime, showing a man’s head j upon one side and an eagle’s head upon i the other. The liquor was paid and | swallowed amid the discordant tones of “all sorts” of laughing. Per Contra —Our cute one started out to play oft his trick upon somebody else. Walking into another house of the same kind, he effected another hel that he had a dime upon which he could show two heads. The bet was accepted, and the sirne laid upon the counter—whereupon j the bar.keeper, not waiting to be shown the two heads, dropped the coin into the drawer, and asked our cute one what he would drink. At this event, the laugh was seen o;i the ‘-other side oflhe mouth.” — Chattahoochee. Expenses of the War. —Tie Washing ton Union states that the expenditures of j our government during t!ie nine months ending 30th September last, at which time the war had been carried on nearly five i I months, were only about $27,000,000; ■ exceeding but three millions, what thev were during the corresponding months of j 1841. We shall have a more exact statement of expedite res in the course of ; a few days, and in the mean time it is i satisfactory to know the general fact above staled.— N. Y. Journal, of Com merce. Naval Constructor —The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette learns that Mr. Francis Grice, oflhe New York Navy Yard, has ; been appointed chief naval constructor of the Navy. Mr. F. Grice, in conjunction with nis father, built the United Slates I frigate Gneirriere, in Philadelphia, in 1814. He also built the Delaware 74, and has just completed the Albany. Naval Operations in the Pacific —Ex- | tract of a letter addressed to the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, dated Mazatlan, October 13. 1846: The U. S. ship Cyane has burned a Mexican vessel in the hafbor of Guay n a*, j and afterward bombarded the town. She has returned to Mazatlan. and with the Warren is blockading the port. On the an ival of the Commodore, an attack on it S is expected. * “ Doing it up Brown." —The Boston Courier has a correspondent at “Hull,’ who, after this fashion, parodies some of the excessively imaginative ciiucs of ■ Got horn and Boston: The rapturous and soul-thrilling -trains of Bob Squash’s magnificent trumpeting come over us in a swoon of passionate intuition, causing our celebral su-cep liviiies to ctrcumgyrale in a gildy sweep round the whole compass of musical amazements,like a tui key in a tin kitchen. We stand thunder struck in a high tide ami whirlpool of astounding harmonies, and hear the wild waves ot wonder-w ai b ling sound go leaping along shore like an infuriated catfish trying to jump over I Cape Cod lighthouse. 0-J”Some one writing from Havana, says that the grand pnze of the Royal Lottery—amounting to SIOO,OO0 —was drawn by fifty negroes, most of them slaves. They bad joined to buy three whole tickets, and gave one dollar each for that purpose. Fortunately one of those tickets was the number 3907, and on the morning ot the IBtb, they found that each of them had drawn S2OOO. — This is more than sufficient to buv the slaves’ freedom, a* their regular \alue is from SSOO to $750, and when they have the money and wish to buy their freedom. ! their masters are compelled to sell them. fifteen inches in circum ference and fifteen in a cluster, have been produced in Iberville,(La ) from the plan tation of R. C. Camp. Ship of Cast Metal. — Some of the New York ship builders are about to prepare a model of a vessel cast in one ma*s of metal. Tire idea of building ships ofthis | kind originated with Dr. McConnell, of Washington, who has discovered a com position combining the st rength and econo- ! rnv of iron, with the indestructible quail ties of copper. Novel. —On the occasion of the 16th an niversary of the Queen of Spain’s birth “La Pallia,” a Spanish newspaper at New Orleans, made its appearance print ed in gold on colored paper. The Gun Colton Mama. —ln Punch w'e i find the following “lick back,” given to the | gun cotton mania: Hundreds of people have commenced j : claiming the gun cotton as their own inven tion. Amongst others, there is a friend ot ; ours who says he never wore a night-cap, be- I cause he knew the inflammable nature of j , cotton would have certainly rendered him | light-headed. Rail Road .Matters. —All the contracts for bnildmg the New York and Erie Kail Road to Binghampton are taken, at a million less than the estimates. The aggregate amount of the contracts is $1 900,000. At this rate, $6,000,000 would complete the Road to Dun kirk. About $1,500,000 oflhe stock of the New York and New Haven Rad Road ha- | been taken in New York citv, and $500,- 000 in Boston. The whole amount requir ed is $2,500,000. The contract* for budd ing the Road are all made, and the work us to be commenced immediately. ■TL’Hr Til I— | AUGUSTA, GE(L SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, Ib4&. O’ We are requested to state that the Western Mail will close in future at 4 o’clock, I P. M., and the Post Office at half past 6, P. M. O’ The groat length of tiie President’s Message compelled us to exclude from yes terday’s paper, an account of the preinuma ;ry proceedings of Congress. They were of but little interest, There were no elec ; tions, and so far no business oi importance j has been transacted. The Message is com -1 mended on all bauds as able, and dignified. The exposition of our relations with Mexico is most masterly. The Report of the Secretary of the Trea ! snry is published by the Union of the 9tu. The highest encomiums are bestowed up«»n | it by the editor, it is pronounced ‘ ; a paper of great power,” worthy to take rank by tl.e i side of its luminous and able predecessor of last year which issued from the same distin guished source. O’ Gen. James J. Caldwell, of Colnrr ; bia, (S. C.) was elected Chancellor, to fill the vacancy of Gov. David Johnson. ie signed. (LTOur acknowledgements are due Mr. Thomas Richards for the following books. The Rural Register and Almanac for 1847. This is very complete and valuable. We recommend it to every planter and house keeper. The American Revolution, a useful little i school book, duodecimo, with several maps, Rory O’More,by Samuel Lover. ‘•Christmas Stories, together with Pictures | from Italy,” by Charles Dickens. The names of these celebrated authors will sufficiently commend their works. o"The so lowing is the conclusion of an editorial of Dec. 4th, in the Tuscaloosa Flag, I upon the subject of a National Foundry at that city. A meeting of the citizens bad taken place whose proceedings are also pub lished, urging upon the attention of the Fede ral Government the claims of Tuscaloosa as a suitable location for the contemplated foun ; dry. Its superior advantages are set lorth, I over those of Memphis which is the rival : point to which public attention is generally drawn. Pittsburg has some decided advan tages over either of these, but it is liable to objection as not being located in the South or South West. There has hitherto been entirely too great a concentration of the money and patronage oi the government upon the northern and middle Stales. The claims of other portions of the Union have been 100 long and too I much neglected, ° The influence of a large establishment such as is here spoken of, which would call annually for a large expenditure fur the i casting of ordnance and other munitions of i war tor the use of the government, would , be very great upon local interests. It would greatly enhance Ine value of property,create i a demand for many articles of produce, and develope many resources which could readily be made available. Incidentally our own cities and rail roads would derive great bene fit by the increased trade travel and trans portation which must be attracted in this direction. The editor 01-theo 1- the Flag states that inex haustible quantities of the finest iron ore, ami beds of anthracite coal, are to be found in the vicinity of Tuscaloosa, and convenient to navigation on the Black Warrior. Her forests . ot pine will furnish unfailing supplies of char coal. The surfaceTd the earth in that re gion abounds in lime-tone, which would fur nish the needtul supply of lime, and stone for building purposes may be had at compara tively small expense. The editor remarks that ‘‘all the materials for casting ordrmme to supply the whole of the southern coa»t, | can be had within a circle of half a dozm miles around the city of Tuscaloosa.” The city is within three days travel, by steam boat, of Mobile, and the extension of the Georgia Rail Road and Slate Road to Kingston, places Tuscaloosa midway be tween Charleston and Mobile. Gadsden on the Goosa, is one hundred and twelve miles from Tuscaloosa, and it is thought that the establishment of a National Foundry at the laiier, would insure the connection by a rail road of the two cities. ‘•We will simply add in conclusion, that t Alabama, is not alone interested in this mu ter of a national foundry. Were it estab lished, the immediate necessity of an outlet, for its prod acts, o:i tne A lanuc coast at Charleston, would present it.-eif. This would lead to the construction of a rail road, to Gadsden, by w.licit in ddle, and eastern, ami northern Alabama, would be untied —-a.ul which would secure to the Georgia rail road, and to the Charleston, and the Savannah rail roads, a largo increase of trade, and prosperi ty. In view of this result, may we not ex pect the aid of the Georgia, and South Caro lina people, and their represenlaiives, in pro curing ihe establishment of a national foun dry at Tuscaloosa? Our advocacy however, of the establish ment id a National Foundry at Tuscaloost, must be subject tothe qualification that could we be allowed to name the spot we would pre fer its location in our own IStaie. We would greatly prefer to see it established in Cass county, which would in many respects be an admirable location. This point has been brought forcibly to the attention of Goveiu ment, and before Congress by onr indefat igable and faithful representative Col. John II Lumpkiu. But if this cannot be accom plished, and it he a contest simply between two points connected by water communica tion with the Gulf of Mexico, there are rea sons why Tuscaloosa should have the pre ference over Memphis. We are not sure however but that Memphis will be connected