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f Corresponds nee of llie Nat’ Intelligencer ] Proposed Colony in iSie JJcsqnito Territory. National Hotel, Washington, Jnn. S, 1855. Gentlemen : Certain public journals nini ilieir correspondents have, within the last montli or two, made frequent references to the ‘•Centra! Amejrican Company/’ nscribin” to it designs un true and unjust, and purposes wholly foreign toils true objects; and having observed in your paper also some ob jcc'icns and allegations on the part of an official representative near our Government, betraying tniscohcep tions, the undersigned, in the, abfeence of the President of the Company, begs leave to deny explicitly all sucb rious imputations, and to make know n to the American public the true ob jects, purposes, and hopes of the com pany. The objects >f the comyar.y is to take peaceable possession of its lands honestly and peaceably acquired, for the purpose of developing their abun dant agricultural, mineral, and com mercial resources. In doing so, it is disposed to infringe no man’s rights nor to offend against any law. It will carefully respect alike the rights, ter ritory, and property of States and in dividuals. Its objects arc till peaceful and, in the judgmen tof ihe undersign ed, can only be successful by a poac ful prosecution of them. The com pany, viewing the, subject in the same light, has in-tructed him to use his best efforts on all occasions to culti vate amicable and peaceful relations with till with whom, in the discharge of his duties, he may be brought into contact; and, as the lands embraced in the company’s gran arc wholly un occupied by adverse claimants, there will be scarcely a chance of collision unless brought about by such intern perate and unfounded charges as those which characterize the New York publications to which 1 have prefered. lithe writers, instead of adopting the idle gossip of the newspapers or listening to interested suggestions and making them the foundation of charg es which arts at once ridiculous and untrue had sought informations of the officers or agents of the company they would have received assurances which would have quieted their alarm ed apprehensions and instructed them fully as to its true objects. In conclusion, I have only to repeat that the objects of the company are peaceful, incompatible with none of the duties which its members owe to theirown Government, and design - ed to violate no law of their own coun try or ntiy other. Its objects are such as good men everywhere can approve. AdoUghtful Ctfmatc, rt noil teuu>iu,g with more than tropical abundance a location unrivalled in its advantag es, but all of which, until now, have remained unused and unimproved are inviting the hand ofentorprize to sub due and bring them under the domin ion of industry and civilin itio i. To do this —to take peaceable possession of dieirown lands without prejudice “to the rights of persons or a violation of any principle of the public law— is the object of the company, and it baa no other. Yours, very respectfully, 11 L. KINNEY, General Agent C. A. Company. An Item of History. —The first American who discharged his gun on the day of the battle of Lexington was Ebenezcr Lock who died at Herr ing, New Hampshire,about fifty years ago. He resided at Lexington in 1770. The British regulars at the or der of Major Pitcairn, having fired upon the few rebels ”on the Green in front oft ho meeting house, killing some, and wounding others, it was the signal of war. “ Lite citizens,” writes one “ might bo seen coming iroin all directions, in the roads, over the fields, and through the woods—each with his rifle in his hand his powder horn slung to his side, and his pockets provided with bullets. Among the number was Ebenozer Lock. The British had posted a reserve of infant ry a mile in the rear, in the direction of Boston. This was in the immediate neighborhood of Mr. Lock, who in stead of hastening to join the party at the green, placed himself in an old cellar, at a convenient, distance for doing “ execution.” A portion of the reserve were standing on jiij* bridge and Mr. Lock commenced bring at them, there was no oiher American in sight, lie worked valiantly for some minutes bringing down one of the enemy at nearly every shot. Up to this time not a gun had been fired elsewhere by tile rebels. We hear a great deal of Imrd limes and scarcity of money, (says the Sel ma. Ala., Reporter.) but when proper ty is offered “in tins section of country the prices given le id to a different conclusion. At the sale of the prop erty belonging to the estate of John Dorrah, late of Perry county, which took place a few days since, we learn that some negroes, field hands, sold as high as eighteen hundred dollars, and some of tiie land as high as fifty dollars an acre. True. —ls you want to gain a wo man’s affections don’t appeal to her head but to her feelings. One squeeze of the hand or press of the lip is worth more than all the speeches you can make from t> to 12. Calico is an in stitution of touch, and not logic. Or der a sample and judge. the comm ALBANY, (IGORUA. Thuisduy, January £B, 1855. U* Col. Zadoc Jackson is authorized Agent for obtaining subscriptions am! advertiiempiits, and collecting accounts tor tbe Courier at Amer cus. FOR - SALE. ONE HALF OF THIS OTFICE. To a practical matt who can take entire charge of llie Business Department a most desirable op portunity in ottered. For particulars address either personally or by letter, lion. Lott War ken, Albany, Gi. December 14th, 1851. O'We are indebted to I lon. id A. Douglas for a copy of his speech delivered at a public dinner at Chicago,.Nov 9th 1854. O’ Notice the advertisement of the “American Pick,” published by Joseph A. Scovill, N. York. It is a comic afFiir, abounding in good tilings.— Terms *1 per annum. Strawberries, Reader, you are fond of Strawberries and cream. Os course you are. That man who can sit down to a dish of rich, ripe luscious berries, smothered in that portion of die milk which is found on the lop of the pan, all just showing their plump, saucy, mottled red faces—and not feel that “there is nothing on earth half so sweet,” is yet to be discovered. Yes, you love strawberries. Then whv don't yon raise them ? List year when your kind neighbor sent you a quart of “Hovey's Seedlings,” you resolved that you would have a nice bed next year, and when the week after you sent to him to ask another quart, “as lie had so many” and he declined to duplicate the favor, you passed a mental resolution unanimously, that you would show your little-souled neighbor that you could raise Strawberries as well'as be. And why doiit you do it. Now ia the time to attend to the Strawberry bed, and a few week s lost ut this season cannot be regained during the year. There is no country where the Strawberry can be bad in so gieat abundance for so large a part of the year as in our own. And it requires no great labor or expense. Don’t you know bow to do it ? Then ask your neighbor who lias done it, and wiio dee* know how. lie will prefer telling you how to grow your own Strawberries lo growing them for you on liis own bed. Or what is better lake the “Boil of the South,”and learn the whole science of the Slawherry euliure, from its Horticultural Ed itor, Mr. Peabody. If you will half follow his directions you will have Strawberries enough, and perhaps a quart or so to spare now Hiid then toyour less fortunate or more lazy neighbor. ITT We have received the first nnmberof the “Southern Statesman” published at Calhoun, (ia , and edited by J. W. Dodd. The Statesman is a good looking sheet, and says it commences exist ence with a large circulation. It claims to he of no political party, hut goes for Southern Rights and Georgia R’ghts in particular. May success attend its ctForts. Accident on tint Hacon & Western Ktiilroail. A correspondent of llie Savannah News says, that the train which left Macon for A'lnnta, on the evening of the 11th inst., when about six miles out of Forsyth, came in collision with u freight car, which had been loft standing on the track. The engineer did not see it in lime to stop the train, and the consequence was that the engine was thrown ofF llie track and a firemin badly injured. None of the passengers were hurt. The MeroJjaiit’s Blank off Mncon. We learn that this Bank continues lo redeem its bills as fast as they are presented at its coun ter. All the drafts on Wadsworth & Shelton, which have been protested in New York, are also promptly paid by t c bank. This is good new s for the bill holders, and wo presume they wil lose no time in exchanging the bills for substan tial gold and silver. We know nothing about the bank, its strength or liabilities, except what we have learned during llie Bank war which has for some time been waged by the up country press, and of course do not pretend to speak by authprity. We do not knowhow large the circulation of the insti tution in the north-west may be, but it is believed Hie bank can and will redeem its Georgia circu lation if ptesented soon. That ft can redeem its entire circulation so far as we know, nobody be lieves. klUl'fi I’ilUtM Heavy failures ami suspensions arc of frequent occurrence in all our cities. During the past week failures in New York, R iston, St. Louis i anil New Oilcans have been reported. Ar.d as j none but heavy and well known firms are report- I ed,the public, of course, are aware of bill few as comcaretl with me trtal number. For every house whose operations are heavy carries down, in its fall, numerous spialler ones, where fate is not chronicled. But the commercial papersspeak more hopefully ol the future. They think the monetary crisis has reached its height, and that belter times may be confidently looked lor. We hope so. Better ; times, not for capitalists and money lenders on ly, but for the people on whom the real pressure i of “hard times” chiefly falls. O’ The Savannah papers announce the death ! of Capt. Samuel-Plnlbrick, well known to the commercial community of that city. He remain* i ed throughout me epidemic last summer,answer ing every call from the sick and suffering. He i passed through the severest part ot it but at last the fever seized upon him, and he . never recovered from its effects. IT The Supreme Court of Texas recently laid down the rule that, in the trial of all criminal cases, when it shall appear that ardent spirits in any quantity whatever were used by the jury, the verdict shall be set aside, i Decidedly a good rule that. We wish all ; courts would “lay down” a similar ona, and en- I force it, in all cases whether criminal or not. Hew Hooks, Maaie, &c. Ruth Hall; A Domestic Tale of t lie present Time.—By Fanny Fern. Mason 4i Brothers, New Yurk, 1854. To those •* ho have ro o d Fern Leaves, the style of this book, would at o: :e betray its Auihoress, though her name were iwtjt in the title page.— Fanny Fern lias had a l. st of imitators, but they are as easily detected a- a bogus half—and by the same means—viz: T ie tone. Asa work of art, Rutt Hail has many faults. There is little plot to the story, and what there is, is wrought out with r.o great degree of skill. But the great spot upon ::;e beauty of the book is, that from the first page to the last, thre is mani'ested a spirit of-bitterness and vindictive resentment towards her foppish brother, Hyacinth Ellet, and his (no longer her) entire family, which is piiiiful to witness, especially when we recollect that the writer fa a woman. True, her wrongs were great, and equally true that she has so portrayed them as lo gain the sympathy of the reader. But hud site si. wn that siie could, som-times forgive a wro:g, we are sure she would Imve lost nothing, i; sympathy, while in many ottier respects she wiuld have been a gain er. Perhaps the expose she lias made was deserved, but was hers the and to raise the veil that covered the deformities of those nearest her by the ties of nature? Wf think not. But there is a power in the book, and we be lieve no one can read it, without learning more heartily to despise the hollow hearted, rotten, inhuman conventionalism oft modern society.— We have seldom read a more fascinating work of fiction (which, however, ills scarcely can be called) and we think it may Jo good. VV e are indebted for a cop; to L. E. Welch, who has the work for sale. The Life of P. T. BarnCtm —written by himself —Kedtield, 110 and lld Nassau street, New York, 1856. VVe have read Barnum’s I.fe—we have—and the result is, tli it we think Iris of B triium, as a man, than we ever did be fore. Ei her tie is not frank in bis professions and emfessions, or lie is afflicted with a moral obliquity of feeling per fectly incomprehensible, ftlccarding to his own showing almost bis whole life lias been one ser vice of Lir.s, either spoken, tvrilten or acted, and yet helakls religion and til-ratify like a parson —and pretends not toseeany harm in the crook ed ways he so freely owns to—as it was all in liiu way of business. But life attempts to vvrile up tiis moral character in his Book have signally (ailed. VVe believe many pc Lon., will rise from the perusal of bis life with tin] feeling that I*. T. Bar mi in is not only a liumbuj but pretty near a rasen 1 . Asa literary production tbd book is below crit icism. VVliat it was ever written for we don’t know. We suppose Brar.dreth, Townsend, Moffit, Jaynes, &c. will courf out with an auto biography next. They have made as much mon ey us Bum mu—and made it by humbug, looj and the public would possibly like to know how they did it. fSticb, “m few,” are our impressions of the “ Life of Barnuin, written by himself,” and sold for #j;75,000. Finally, wo advise everybody to buy tire book and read it so they can leel satisfied that they too have been humbugged by the Great Show man. It is for sale by L. E- ‘ r , ILF Harper, lor January, ha- Been sometime on our t.ible. The lirst article is a .-ketch<)fThe life of Andrew Jackson, and is worth more than the price of the number. .Wbotts NSpoieon is concluded this month. The) Editor’s Table, Ed itor’s Busy Chair, Rdtior’s D;awer,are interest ing and spicey as usual. For a list of the sub jects on which articles for the coming’ year are in a course of preparation, lie., see our adver tising columns. The Soil of the South.— The January r.utn bar of this monthly is on our table. It contains much seasonable advice, both fur the lann and the garden. Now is the time lu commence gard en work, and the hints contained in this single number tirade orlli mote that the tl charged lor a years snb-oription. Wm 11. Chambers, former editor of the Senti nel, has become associate editor ot the Agrtcul tural department. VVe have received, through L. E. “Welch, (lie following new Music from the publisher, Horace Waters, 333 liroaddMpi. V.: “ Sebastopol”—March, dedicated to the Allied armies. ™ ‘ VVlten the Morning in gladness”—A ballad. “I will not deem thee Faithless."—Romance. “Little Nellie’s Sleeping.”—Sung & Chorus. “Lucia Hi Lammermoor.”—Fantasia.’ “Recollections of Grisi.” “Lucia.”—Echo Iruin the opera. “Tbe Strawbory Girl.” “Introduction & Variations on Our Girls.” Florida This body, alter a session el six weeks, ad journedon {Saturday of last week. The session, says the Floridian, will be memorable for’lhe importance of its action in originating a system of Internal Improvements by which tlie large land funds of the State is proposed to be subject ed toa legitimate purpose—t.uit of llie construc . tiua olß.ilroads through JUf Ujo vari *sections. obedi-nee ton requiring a census to be taken, and istw apportionment of representation to be made this year. 03* Here is another rumor about lire Kinney expedition. We give it for what it is worth: ‘ Nicaragua —Tlfe New York Times’ corres pondent says : The discussion of Col. Kinney’s Central American Colonization project, in confi dential circles, lias broughtlout the knowledge of the fact that the (■ ovenmiept of Nicaragua lisr# long been and still is desiring of ceding the eft tire territory of that republic to the United in order to secure good gnrt nment and the vari ous advantages, political and commercial, flowing therefrom. Unless ! amni/smlormed, the proffer i of cession has been made to the President as di rectly as the circumstances of the case would permit. There is nothing surprising in this, although there is much that is novel. Tne internal dis orders which have distracted Nicaragua lately— tiio encroachments of Great Britain, under cover of its privileges at the Baize, and under its as sumed Mosquito Protectorate—its border diffi culties with Costa Ilica, and the defiance of its authority by the inhabitants of Gfeytown—have all doubtless, contributed to create the feeling of disquiet and (ear o’ failing into anarchy or de cay, which lias prompted ilie proposed cession of territory and sovereignty. National Convention of the Sol diers of 1813. On the Bth inst., the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, the Delegates to the Old Sol diers National Convention met ajid organized at Washington. The occasion was one of great interest. All business was suspended, and Con gress adjourned over till the next day. The fol lowing brief extracts, ali we have room for, are from the Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun : About eleven o’clock thp convention was called to order by Col. J. S. Williams. On motion of the Hon. James Madison Porter, of Pennsylvania, Hon. Joel B. Sutherland, of, Pennsylvania, was unanimously chosen President of the convention. Rev, Mr. Sunderland, pastot of the church in which the convention is sitting, addressed-the Throne of Divine Grace in an appropriate man ner. A large and imposing pageant, enlivened and beautified with a number ol fine bands of music, several splendid national flags and banners, and one bearing the miito“Free Trade and Sailor’s Rights,” took tip the line of march from Four-and a-lialf street of Pennsylvania avenue;- thence to the Executive mansion. On arriving at the east gate the military escort wheeled outward from tiie centre of companies, and the united hands playing Hail Columbia, the procession passed through and into the East Room of the Mansion. On the East Room a scene was presented which during a space of twenty years,jt have never wit nes-cd before. Every foot ol that spacious room was crowded. There were several old cormno- i dores and other officers of the navy—time-honor- j ed veterans of the second war of Independence, ! of the regular and volunteer forces. At the low- ; est calculation not less thau 1600 brave men filled the room. Order being proclaimed, the Marshal irt-chiel, Col. Win P. Young, introduced to the President of the United States the Hon. Joel B. Sutherland, president of the convention. Mr. Sutherland touk great pleasure in introdu cing this vast body of the bravo veterans, each of whom bore an honorable part in the war wi ll Great Britain. After the conclusion of Mr. Sutherland’s very happy remearks, President Pierce replied in a truly eloquent speech, of some fifteen minutes. Wen. Scott, and several other officers, were pres ent. After three cheers for the President, three for the country, and three more for Gen. Scott the Convention withdrew. Os the further proceedings ol the Convention we find the fulluwing account in the National Intelligencer of the 10th inst: The Convention ol Old Soldiers held a further meeting veslcrday to close tlie business in hand Me asures were adopted in reference to future movements, and another meeting is to be held in Washington on the Bth of January next. CollillN iiud Cuilttrd Steamships. The steamers of the Collins line, in their trips between New York and Liverpool, have as usual made better time than the Cunardcrs during the past year. The average lime is officially given as follows: WE.-TEKN PA-SAGES. D It. M. Collins Steamers 13 3 35 Cunard “ 13 15 40 In favor of Collins line 1 13 5 EASTERN PASSAGES. n. it. m. Collins Steamers 11 6 6 Cunard •’ 11 14 56 In favor of Collins I ne 0 8 50 In 1853 the Collins vessels were ahead on the we.-mm --a only, imtilGN NEWS. From the) Savannah Republican. * LATER FRO.TI EUROPE. Arrival of tin: Steamship Baltic. Columbia, Jan. 12. The steamship Bailie has arrived at New York with seven days later intelligence from Europe, The sales of Cotlon at Liverpool were 29,000 bales, of which speculators took 1,000. The demand was fair but prices were lower ; the de cline being most felt of firmer qualities. Quo tations: Fair Orleans 5 1 - 2d. M iddling do 5 —d I air Upland 5 3 8.1. Middling do 4 3-4d. Prices of flour and corn are unchanged. Consols are quoted at 91 1-4 to 91 38. Amer ican securities very active, especial'y Virginia Bonds. The Bullion in the Bank has increased 108,000. Beef and Lard unchanged. Pork has advan ced one shilling. Political aii',l War Xeivs. The chief event of the week is Louis Napole on’-speech to to the L'gislature of France.— It was very war-like in its tone ; the Emperor made no mention of any hopes ol peace, and con cluded his address by asking a loan of live hun dred millions Francs, which was immediately voted. An important meeting of the representatives cf England, France, Turkey, Austria and Prussia, had been held at Vienna. The result of tlreir deliberations bad not yet transpired. Affairs belore Sevastopol remain unchanged. The Russians continued to make sorties, having made three from the city and one from the harbor. The Allies had received 18,000 reinlcrcements- The weather was more favorable at Sevasto pk * There had been no clumge iu the attitude of Austria and Prussia. The foreign enlistment bill had passed the British Parliament and become a law, and par liament had adjourned. Important from Bogota. TILE AMERICAS CONSOL FIKFI) ON ; • Nsw York, January 13. Ia Private letters to the New York Courier state that (he residence of the American Consul at Bogota, iTmMreeaattackedand tired on by a parly of soldiers. The Consul escaped uninjured, but bis servant bad an arm broken by a ball. Tue Consul has forwarded full particulars of the af fair to Washington. FURTHER News by the BALTIC. The American Minister at Paris Seized with Paralysis. The New York Evening Post has private lcl ters-by the Baltic, stating that Mr. Mason, the American Minister at Paris,had heen seized with paralysis on the 37th. The Tribune says he was dead, but the latest advices received at Washington City, dated Paris, the 23th, repor him still alive, but in a very critical situation. CONGRESSIONAL, Saturday, January 6. The Senate was not in session to-day. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Bocock presented a letter from the Secretary of the Navy relative to the increase of the navy of the Unit ed Spates, w ich was ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxwell asked leave to submit a resolu tion requesting the President of the United States to furnish a statement to lire House of the num ber o: foreigners employed, in the different de partments of the government, and the number which have been appointed since the 4th ofMarch 1353 ; leave not granted. _ . Mr. Ciingmarn made a personal explanation, I p.xcu patipg himself and other members of the Gummilteeon Foreign Affairs from ‘he intention o! pressing the medi ton of the United S’ates to the powers engaged in the Eastern war, alter be ing informed by the proper department that such a measure was d-enied inexpedient. On motion of Mr. Ready, ihe bill providing! pavinent for property destroyed by the enemy during the war of 1312, was macs the special order for imxt Tuesday woek. Mr. Ready introduced a joint resolul'on to exclude the public printers of the two Houses ; of Congress from receiving additional compensa tion under the provisions of the bill approved July 20, 1853. . j The House then proceeded to the consider ation of bil-son tire private calendar, and alter- I maturing and passing several, the House ad journed over until Tuesday next, Jinttary S. On the opening of the Senate a resolution was adopted,on motion of Mr. Cass, inviting the offi cers and soldiers it the war o! 1813, in conven tion in this coy, to vi -it the Senate, and tender ing them the privileged seats.. Aniong tUe'important repoYts made to the Sen ( ate was one by Mr. Shields from the Committee , on Mili ary A hairs, of the bill to increase the pay and reorganize the army, with certain amend ments, which it is understood were agreed upon by lire committees of the two Houses,after consultation with distinguished military officers A bill was int.educed by Mr Douglas to au thorize the construction ot a Nhrthern, a ern, and a Centra! railroad and magnetic tele” graph to the Pacific ocean. The hill to recognise the judicial system of the United Slat :s was further discussed, but the Senate adjourned without ate-t vote upon h. In the House of Representatives tire consider ation ol the bill to amend tire graduation act of the last -ession was resumed, when Mr. Dawson sup] ot'd an amendment hereto!>re off’ r-'d, to a • ‘ovthe.n r : of'puVic ta. ds at 14 Jcei.tr per acre. Before the subject was disposed ot the House went into ronrnittce on the Pacific Railroad bill, and Mr Lath un made an hour's speech in favor ot establishing a line of mail steamers between San Francisco and Shanghai, mucking at the Sandwich L lands and Japan. The committee then rose, and Mr. McD-mgall, front the Com mittee on the Post Office and Po.-t Roads report ed, with an amendment, the Senate bill, propos ing to establish such a line of mail steamsh'ps as had just been advocated by his colleague. January 10. In the Senate Mr. Cars stibmiied resolutions reported on a former occasion, in reference to tiie enjoyment of religious liberty abroad, and on his motion, they were made a special order for the firr-l Monday in February. The bill to re form the Judiciary of the United Stares was the principal topic of the sitting. No decision war had, arid an Executive session closed the pro ceedings. In die House of Representatives several hills were introduced to provide for harbor and river improvements The t*i!l to amend the 1* nd grad nation act ol lire last session.was the prominent subject under consideration. Mr. Dawson’s a ineudinent, in the nature of a homestead, the lands to be sold to actual settlers at fourteen and a hall cents an acre, wastlie pending question, and a:esj.a--:on. Family. this amendment was r- jccterHLy u .--*o -t032 t- QS, uul „fi.ir - greeing to a sir stilnte r< ported by the C imiui:- tee 1 n Public Lands, the bill was rejected: Yeas 68, nay - 93. Januarv 11. The Senate assembled at the tr-nal hour, and after reading tire journal ol yesterday. Mr. Benjamin appeared and took his seat. Mr. Rusk n'ro.luced the Pacific Railroad bi'l. Tire but to increase the pay of Judges and . tii cersol the Supreme Court, was taken upand de bated. The House of Representatives met at noon, and after going through the usual preliminaries, M r. l'Yrk'.n ■ oil. un-tana, made a speech in favor of the Coon! u'-dip'miiatic reform bill, lie was quite 1 toquent and entered into details. Mr. Chandler, of Pa., got the fi .or and made a long spec, h .gainst the Know Nothing Organi zation. and in ne'e nee of the Catli li: s ITEMS. The anniversary of tiie American Colimiza. ion Society w;h h.- hr din Washington on Tuesd iv. the 22J inst. One your : lad: in Mbany, N. Y., received 480 call- on X -w Year’s day, nut counting heir military companies, one fire company, and a host of poor relatives. The Cotton Csor.—Prof. McCay, of South Carotins, estimates that the cotton crop of this year will exceed that of 1851 by 270,000 hales. The Directors of the New Haven Railroad Company have offered $5 000 reward for the ap prehension ol R.ci'-'it Schuyler. The population of London, it is said, increases at the average rate of 50,000 souls a year. The I,’gis! iture of New York have agroad to go into Convention for the election of a U. S. Senator on the 6 h of February. A T. Stewart & Cos, of New York, have opened a s-mp kitchen in the ba-emei.t ot tln-ir store, on the Rcade st. side, where a large caul dron of -..tip is prepared and dealt out by a de tachment of tho clerks, toall who apply, between twelve and two o’clock. The tax of Nicholas Longworlh, Esq , of Cin cinnati, am unt, rfejpyear u> ihfriy tbon-aqri three hundred and twefily-eight dollars. Tint is the amount he has paid iniiHlie treasury this year, as a lax upon his properly. - It is said that the Russian war has already made eleven thousand w idows in England. The slave trade continues tivflourisli in Cuba. There have been three or four slave cargoes landed recently at. different points of the Island. The city of Boston has voted to have a steam fire engine, at a cost of SB,OOO. Change of Name. —The name of St. Lucie county, Fla , has been changed to Brevard. A street preacher has appeared in St. Louis, who proclaims that he is Joe Smith, ot Mormon memory, come to lilc again to Murmonize the worid. (Great distress is said to prevail in Nashville,in consequence ol the unparalleled scarcity of coal. Mortality.— The deaths in four cities doring the last year, were as follows : In New York, 28,422; Philadelphia, 10,722; B .ltimore, 5,746; 80.-ton, 4,430. Cuban Annexation.— The Philidelphia Sun announces the marriage of CarlosE. Murrell, ol Cuba, to a daughter of the veoerab.e ex-Vice President Dallas. Gold fiu-m California.— The steamer North Star, which arrived at New York, Wednesday, brought $1,119,623 in gold. SostlEcru CoiireiiUon. New Orleans, January 18. Resolutions were off -red in the Southern Com mercial Convention to-day, and referred to the Committee, declaring that the ucquishi.in of the Island of Cuba was necessary for the protrc'ioD and sfcuii’y of tire Southern coast, and urging the immed ate action of Congress for obtaining it. Also recommending It at reciprocal treaties be made w ith Spain and Mexico for the repeal of the laws suppressing the slave liade, also, in fa vor of building a Railroad from Notfolb, Va., to the mouth of the Ohio river. Mr. Marshall, of Mississippi, made a report, declaring that every 1 thing of value had its origin in the institution of slavery, and that slavery was the only institution of divine origin. Speeches were made on tho Pacific Railroad, alter which the Convention adjuirued. Boundary between Georgia and Florida. 111 ihejininutes of the proceedings of the Su preme Court of tiie United States, on Friday, January sth, furnished to the National Intelli gencer, is the following: No. 3, (original docket.) The State of Flori da, compiainant, vs the State of Georgia. Thtf argument on the motion to intervene in this cause, in behalf of tiie United States, was com menced by Mr. Attorney Genera! Curbing. A brie: report, we observe, lias been made on the subject in the Florida Legislature, from a special committee- Tire committee says : Your Com mttee find that file Supreme Court of tiie United States had ordered a joint commis sion to examine the puints in dispute, as to the true source of St. Mary’s river and to'run a iiue or lines thence to the junction of tiie Flint anct ChattahoocTlie rivert? That Commission pro ce ded in (Ire discharge ot the duties prescribed by the order of tiie Court, and had nearly corn ple'ed the same when the commissioner and sur veyor nam d'herein by the State of Georgia, withdrew trom further co-operation to bring their labors to a close, at the instance and under the orders ol .lie Governor of G orgia, whichjjnecea sarilly suspended furl her operations on the part of tin se named by the Stale of F orida; Y<>ur committee deem it unnecessary to erlt'ey into a discussion of the can-es of this suspen sion, further than'o say that they approve atidi sustain the action of tin- Governor of this State,- and ol Cot Cenj F. Wintrier, the Commissioner ot Fiorid.i, in the discharge of l:is delicate and important trust, and the committee think them in l nowise responsible that the order ol the Court) was not fully completed. The Commissioners Maj Allen, nn the part of ’ Go ,rgia, an 1 Col. W.'.itmr, in-behalf of Florida, were very lar from agreeing as to the dividing” : line ol the two States Maj. Allen thought its East rn terminus should be lar'her South, ami ; Col. Wi.itner, perhaps, considerably North of th it hitherto recognised in the maps. The rnat-- ter it is Imped, will be soon definitely settled by ; the Supreme Court ot the United States. Wmuever may have b en tiie original fights’ of tin; parties, we think the interests of the peo ple along the lino require that existing relation* shouij tie as little disturbed as possib e. Witle them we believe, there is very little dispute a te> bo inda-y. They have mid’e their settlement* with reterence to the line laid down upon thrv maps. The establishment ot another at this ilayy considerably north or south of it, would cause no little dissati; faction to those affected by it. disturbing, as it would, the titles to their lands, their political relations, and many existing asso ciations. Besides in tins country nothing is more abhorrent to our feelings than the violent transfer ot tree men and women from one sover eign to another, whether by the absolute will of king or court. While therefore it is important the question at issue should be definitely settled, it is much more important that it sh mid be set led in accordance with the leelings of the people along the line than in accordance wiih the orig inal rights ol the litigating Slates.—Sav. Journal and Courier. Florida va. Georgia. Supreme Court of the U S —Monday", Jan sin.—No 3, (original docket.) The State oj Florida, complainant, vs the State of Georgia. Fhe argument on the motion of Mr. Attorney General Cuming to intervene in this cause in b-hab of the United States was continued by Mo li: ger, counsel for the respondent, and by Mr. VVe tcott,counsel for the complainant, in opposition to the motion. The morion of tiie Attorney General to inter vene in this cause in behalf of the United States, is probably founded on the tact that the line set up by c-corgi a as the 1 rite houmts.-ry, it establish ed, will bring into this Elate lands which have bceiysotd by the General G ivernmenl as includ ed to b ioraJa. It these lands shall by the Court, be determined lobe within the jurisdiction of Georgia, trie Li. S. then become bound 10 in tko restitution tothe purchasers. In other words the Alt rney-General, we presi me seeks to establish the line recognised by tire United States Survey or and Land Officers. While the opposition of the c iiin-i-l ot both complainant and respondent to the motion ‘-'o intervene,” indicates that m&ra is claimed and expected to be recovered on each side than is given ey that hue. Aliiiottphcric Mail. Mr. Mallory of F.orida, on behalf of the Spe cial Committee of tiie Senate, savs the Charles ton Mercury, has recom needed an appropriation tortlie purpose of experimenting in a propused Atmo-p ertc Telegraph, cr Mail, the inven tion of Mr. J. S Richardson, who it appears, has preached his project fur five years, and no man regarded him T m Senate Com mittee seem convinced that there is substance and good promise in this invention, and pr pose that it be tortliwith tested on some established Mail route. It is suggested that the route be tween Baltimore and VVashinglou should be the scene of trial. We protest continues til? Mercury, agiin-t titis route, with ail our hands and feet. They have very good mail facilities there already. They arc in no distress for improvements. They can wait. Butin South Carolina there is an admirable opening for experiment. The track is clear. Anything which will outrun a cart horse, will take tiie premmm. Let oe have ’.lie experiment tried between Kirigville ami Char.-., lesion, and if it succeeds, we can promise the in ventor not only a statue and all immortal remem brance, but a barbaeue of 1 lie lean steeds that now plod across this desolate course. Imagine the change foreshadowed in the following pas sage ol the Committee’s Report: ‘•The mail between Washington and New York is now carried upon railroads in 12 hours If your Cuinmitlee do not greatly err, the same mails may becarri and between these c ties in two. hours by the proposed atmospherle telegraph, and the expenditure now necessary for the transmis sion ot one set of mails, would enable the Post Office Department to send six sets of mails every 12 hours. The impulse which sucli a frequent rapid and certain delivery of tiie mails between distant points, would give to all the business of the country, is incalculable ; operating with as much safety and unering certainty in night as in daylight. Unaffected by change of season or weather, and exempt from liability to those mis chances, delays, which are daily retarding the delivery ol the mails throughout the country, the atmospheric telegraph seems destined to become the exclusive mail carrier of the age.” Miss Courrs.—lt is said that a commission de lunatico has been sent out by the family of Alisa Colitis, and that Marco hasjgiren fits deposition that she is ammo maniac.