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IBtkli] (Binnrinn. ATLANTA, DECEMBER *b 1855. Our Milledgeville News. We are sorry to be compelled to acknowl edge again the failure of our Milledgeville cor respondent*. We know our readers are desi rous of receiving all the details of legislation at the Capitol, at the first possible moment.— We would give them promptly every morning if we could regularlaly receive them. The mails are irregular not only here, but according to our exchanges, almost everywhere. Boston Belting Company, For the manufacture of Machine Belting. Steam Packing, Engine Hose, and Vulcanized India Rubber, under the agency of Tappan;. Mcßurncy, & Cheever, 27 Milk Street, Bos ton. This company has established a new enter prise which is in strict harmony with the wants of the present progressive age; and, judging from the already enviable cliaracter it has made for itself, we know of no other manufacturing establishment to which fire companies, steam machinery agents, or India Rubber dealers, could apply for equally good furnishings or bargains. While the domestic tradehas drawn largely upon the fabrics of this energetic com pany, the foreign markets—especially of Eng land —have extended to it a highly liberal pa tronage.' See advertisement in our Weekly. Speech of Mr. McMillan. A few days ago it wus stated in our “Mil ledgeville correspondence" that on a future oc casion. we would, publish tho remarks of the Ikn. Robert McMillan, the Senator from Hab ersham, on the Bill to consolidate the Greenville and Chattahoochee Ridge Rail Road Company. At our urgent solicitation, however, that Sena tor bus written out his remarks, and has kindly favored us with them for publication. We therefore present them to-day to oar readers trusting that the enlarged and statesmanlike views of the Senator from Habersham upon the important topics embraced in his remarks, wil be perused by each and every one of them. The Adams’ Express Co. Have given, in one of our advertisement col umns, a prospectus of their enlarged sphere of action and numerous facilities for serving the public in a general transportation business.— The propmtness and energy which have ever characterized this company will retain the pub lic confidence so worthily gained. To say more would be unnecessary. Sec advertisement • A Handsome Compliment. It affords us unusual gratification to lay be. before our readers an account of the ceremonies of the recent presentation to James Gardner, Eaqr., of the Augusta Constitutionalist, of a service of plate from the appreciative readers of his paper during the recent exciting canvass. The fact of the presentation itself speaks more eloquently of Mr. G’s. distinguished defence of civil and religious liberty when attacked by a misguided party, and we have only to add that tho well merited compliment so handsomely paid him will be the subject of unmixed satis faction to every member of the press throughout tho State. An editor’s life is at best but a trying one, made up of one endless succession of unremu nerating labors and disappointments, and he is indeed fortunate who meets such a response to his efforts as Mr. Gardner has from bis grat 'tied patrons. None more eminently deserved t, and it must have been a proud moment for him when, after the exciting interest of the campaign had subsided, his friends met to offer a te timonial of their regard as unexpected as it was unusual. Long may he live to enjoy so large a share of the good opinion of the public. . Kansas. The Kansas Convention held in November for tlie purpose of taking decided action on the new Constitution of that Territory, hove de clared to submit it to the populur voice of the people on the 15th inst. If the people receive and confirm tho Constitution in its present shape, the first Constitutional action to be had will bo tho election of Executive and Judical of fleers, which aro Governor, Lieutenant Gover not, State Auditor, Judges of the Supreme Court, and Attorney General. For the elec tion of Assembly members the Constitution fixes the third Tuesday in January next See Our Book Advertisements. “Henry vhi. and Hts Six Wives.’—A thrill ing story by 11. W. Herbert, in which the au thor give' highly graphic pencilling? of the customs of early Eiglish nobility, and pre sents truthful biographies of Henry and his victim wives. To read the matrimonial history of Anne Boleyn—the most seductive and beau tiful woman of her age—is worth the price of the book. Life-like portraits of the several characters embellish the work. Miller. Orton and Mulligan , publishers, 25 I’ark Row, N. V.audlOi Genesee street, Au burn. Price?l .25 for tale at Kay’s Cheap Book Wtor s. “Fern Leaves,”- Ist and 2d series—by Fanny Fern, and publish dby Mason Broth ers, No. 23 Piuli, Row. N. T. The acknowl edged adaptation of Fanny’s writings to the present time is so general, that, commendations from u*> is wholly 'innecessary. Published in one large volume, at 81.25, and for saleat Kay’s cheap Book Stores. “Ellie, oa ins Human Comedy.” Price 81.25. “A Southern Home."—By a lady of Vir ginia. Price 63 cents. “Peuass’ History and Indian Pricc 82.00. “Sciology for the South.” Price $1.25 History or THE V alley op Virginia Price $1.50. The above works' published by A. Morris. Richmond, Va., and fore sale at Kay’s cheap Book Stores, For their literary and historical merits, see advertisements. “The Bkaitifil Gate, and other Talks." By Caroline Cbesboro. Decidedly a gem for youth, and well calculated to inspire a taste for reading. The size of the book and its fine artis tje style-, independent of its literary excellence —make it cheap at the price asked. It b a duodecimo of 235 pages, copiously illustrated, I and bound in superb gilt muslin, at the low price of 75 cents—to be had at Kay’s Cheap Book Stores. Messrs. Miller, Ortou 4. Mulligan, publisher* 25 Park Row. New York. Six'new Juvenile Publications. By Mrs. Sarah A. Myers, long known for her success in developing the mental faculties of youth. This elegant little library comprises the following 50 cent books, each of them highly ornamented with colored engravings. “Christians Gift for Young People.' “Beads and Shot.” “The Balloon, and other Stories.” “Louis, or the Reformed Boy.” •‘Baron Von Wollheim and his Children.” i “Frank, the Little Cheat.” Published by C. G. Henderson A Co., corner sth and Arch Street, Philadelphia, and for sale, by single numbers or in setts, at Kay’s Book Stores. “Our Folks at Home."—Published by the above firm. 4 This is Hie best book extant for the softening of asperity and promoting a healty, social feel* , ing. The volume comprises several stories, all 'tending to instruct in the Christian precept taught in the golden rule. We recommend it to hypochondriacs and misanthropists os a clieap and speedy curative for morose tempers. The book contains 300 pages, is bound in cloth, and illustrated with ten engravings from original designs. Price 75 cents. For sale at Kay’s Book Stores. “Burn Hail.”—By Fanny Fern—the best of present day female writers. For testimoni als of the literary worth, as Recorded by the pub lic press throughout the .Union, see advertise ment. We feel that can say nothing that would add a cubit tfi lier height. Price $1.25 —the whole in one volume of'4oo pages—pub. lished by Mason Brothers, 23 Park Row, New York. For saleat Kay's Book Stores. “ The Life of Christ and his Apostles." By John Fleetwood, D.D., price $1 25. A splendidly printed book, replete v ith reli gious knowledge, made easy of apprehension by the aid of beuatifully appropriate pictorial illustrations and commentaries. It would seem that the author lamented the want of Bible reading so characteristic o this hurly burly age, and took this happy method of iu | spiring a taste for a more noble literature than cumbers too many of our librariis. ’ “ The Pilgrim’s Progress.” By John Bun- [ yan. Price $1 00. This good book, by virtue of its already great celebrity and universal acceptance with the Christian world, makes commendation from us ■ an act of supererogation. We would not no s tice it now, were it not that we desire to call 1 public attention to the elegant new type and • spledid pictoral embellishments that lend new ‘ grace and beauty to its pages of the present ■ edition. ! Three Valuable Books for Young Ladies Ist. “Woman’s Mission.” Price 75. cents. 2d. “Health, Beauty and Happiness.”— Price 75 cents. , 3d. “What Women may and should be.” Price 75 cents. ’ Os the actual merit of these books we can l say but little, as we have not had time to give them more than a cursory reading at irregular j intervals. Bnt the reader may refer to the ad [■ vertisement for tables of contents, and thus en t able himself to sro, in detail, at one compreheu t sivo view, all the subjects upon which these , books treat. Knowing that in proportion to man’s veneration of woman, man himself is en t nobled and drawn near to the God in whose image he was created, we believe every individ ual should patronize such literary works as tend ’ to woman’s emulation, remembering thut ; “Min the hermit sighed till woman smiled.” " Miller, Orton & Mulligan, publishers 25 Park How New York City, and 107 Genessee I Street Auburn New York, sent to every part r postage free. A large lot for sale at Kays , cheap Book Stores, at publishers prices. Colbu£n’sA rithmatic.—This is the latest publication in tho way of useful school books wo have received or had occasion to notice. The book contains 366 pages, aud evidences a highly artistic taste in the printer who superin tended the work. According to the table of contents, the general rules of Arithmetic in connexion with useful rules of instruction upon minor points, number 250. As a new and highly necessary feature in Arithmetics design ed for schools, we heartily commend Colburn for tho numerous commercial tables and forms which give a uew interest to bis book. Among those we discover tho several legal forms of promissory notes, bills of exchange, drafts, bills of sale, bills of goods, new modes of compu ting interest, &c. This book, although very recently committed to public criticism, has received a flattering annmeudatioD from the most distinguished of our mathematicians. Price see advcr'iacmont, and call at Kay's clieap Book Stores. “Mitchell’s Primary Geography,” like all 'looks for general instruction should be, Mitch ell’s Geography impresses its teachings upon tho pupil by appropriate aud highly expressive engravings, indicating the characters of tl e several lessons they respectively illustrate.— Apart from tho loug established reputation of tjamuel Augustus Mitchell, as a publisher of maps, charts, and geographical ecbool-b<>oks, his Primary Geography has received unbouudixi praise from more than one hundred and fifty piiucipaboi' schools of the highest educatiuusi merits. Published by the celebrated house of H. Uoperthwait * Co., No. 207 Market street, Philadelphia, and for sale at Kay’s cheap Book Stores at per copy. “Berard’s United States,” published from the same house as mentioned above. Thia is an elegant printed duodecimo volume of 224 pages, abundantly embellished with superior pictorial illustrations, aud put up iu neat mus lin covers. We do not remember that we have ever seen a school history so fitly adapted to the understandings of the young as tho last one by A. B. Berard. The author must have been well versed, not only in American history, but in providing nourishment to the young mind, else he could not have succeeded in the consu mation of a historical text-book so eminently fitted for awakening in the youthftil mind a spir it of research. Testimonials of the highest character have been awarded to it, for which see advertisements and call at Kay’s cheap Book Store. Price “Nut Cracker and Sugar Dolly." above for sale at Kay’s cheap Book Stores. “Th» Carmjna Sacks.”—a collectfon of Church Music—by Lowell Mason. Published 8 by Mason Brothers, N. Y. Price SI.OO. The 3 moat populur compilation of Church Music nt i present in the Southern Churches, is “The Sa- c cred Harp.” which has had no superior until the c appearance of “The Curmina Sacra.” This It last book not only comprehends all that has ’ ’ heretofore characterized church melody, but I' embodies many entirely new pieces that give it • ’ a charm which no other book enjoys. For sale i ] at Kay's cheap Book Stores. ! < “Standard Juvenile Books for all Ska-! sons.”—Published by C. G. Henderson & Co., i corner of sth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. These books comprise six in number, and are ; respectively entitled ‘ Moral Tales,” “Popular ] Tales,” “The Fire-Side Story-Book,” “Waste j Not, Want Not,’’ “Lazy Lawrence,” “The i Bracelets.” Maria Edge worth, one of the most popular female writers of the nineteenth century, is the authoress of the above excellent books for chil dren. They arc embellished with numerous elegant engravings from original designs, and for sale at Kay’s Cheap Book Stores. Lucy Bo ston, or Woman’s Rights." By Fred Folio. This is the book of books in the way of un. in asking and correcting the follies so uncon genial with the enlightmeut of the present age All such systems as owe their origin to Robert Huie Owen, Joe Smith, Fanny Wright, Mrs. Fish, Madam Bloomer, et id omnia genus, may get behind the curtain now. After this expos ition we would not acknowelege membership with either of the above brother or sisterhoods . for our weight in Bloomer dresses and Mormon . Bibles, kite advertisement and call at Kay's . Book Stores. “Uncle John’s Panorama Picture Books.” i —Bound in an illuminated cloth cover, at 25 . cents each, and composed of the following ex ' pressive titles: “Uncle John’s Panorama of Europe.” “Uncle John’s New Pictorial Alphabet.” ••U cle John's Stories of Animals.” “Uncle John’s Games and Sports.” “Uncle John's Panorama of America.” “Uncle John’s Picture Alphabet.” In connection with the above, and from the same publishers, are, “Aunt Fan ty’s Stories and Legends.” “Thrilling Stories of the oeean.” “yEsop in Rhyme.” “Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs.” “Carlo Franconi." “Maja’s New Pictorial Alphabet” “The comple Book Nursery Rhymes. ’ The Slavery Lectures in Boston. There seems to be a great difference of opin ion in relation to the propriety of Southern men's acceptance of the invitation to lecture upon the institution of slavery in Boston, be fore the Abolition Society there. Did there exist any poesibilty of good resulting from such lectures wc would say by all means let it be done. But when it is considered that the audiences to whom these lectures are to be ad dressed have so prejudged the question that ar guments in our favor are worse than wasted upon them, we acknowledge we cannot see what advantage can possibly result in debating what is the fixed law of the land, and to alter which would rend asunder the whole fabric of our government. We regard the men who are to hear these lectures as beyond the reach of rea soning, and why should wc lower ourselves to discussing with them, when our arguments would mark no more impression upon them than if addressed to so many stones. We are for anything that can be suggested, which promises to relieve the country from tho criti cal position it occupies, and which does not compromise our honor, but we can see nothing in this that promires the first or evades the Ist ter. The following extract from a letter to the Society from Ex-Senator Dickinson, of New York, in response to their invitation, expresses our views so perfectly that we give it a place here, with our hearty endorsement of ita lan guage throughout. “To lecture upon this disturbing subject, un less it is proposed to act upon it, would seem to be a barren and profitless gratuity; and if action is proposed, it must have relation to the domestic concerns of our soverejgp equals, with which wc have no right to interfere. They left this question in other times, according to the true lense of the constitutioufto the people of New York and Massachusetts, with all its responsibilities and irritations, to dispose of in their own good time and manner; and may we not, in the same confiding spirit, leave it to those upou whom it rests? Determined long since to leave this question where the constitu tion left it were I to accept your invitation, I would choose for my theme “The Duty of the People of these Free States,” and would endea vor to inculcate the valued admonitions of the Father of our Country upon sectional distur bances. Lest, however, a formal lecture, as proposed by your course, even invoking non intervention in the affairs of sovereigns tatee. might be construed into an admissiirtßHbat it was an open question, and that by the same rule Mtlicrs might arraign and assail, I have de tvrmWt'd thut I shall best contribute to pre serve the public peace by declining to take part in the proposed discussion.” Children in Jail.—The Rutland (Vt.) Herald states that there are three children con fined in tlie jail at that place. A boy, e even years of age. charg'd with the crime of stealing butternuts, was imprisoned there a few weeks ago. Next to Massachusetts, Vermont is the meet contemptible Abolition State in the Union, and perhaps, the most illiterate and fanatical in ptr litic.,l and religious intelligence. From a host of State statistics we have late ly collated, we are informed that Vermont, in proportion to her population, has more wholly unlettered inhabitants than any other State in the American Confederacy. Hence, we are not surprised that she is designated as the * Green Mountain State, and when we cal cu •late hci want of common school literature and the laek of a wholesome code of Christian juris prudence, we are not astonished that, while she cherishes a sickly tree-negro sympathy for Afri can slavery, she luxuriates in the unjust impris onment of irresponsible infancy. Shame on our sister! who, in the midst of christrian enlighten ment and humane institutions. has given up herself, like the idolaters of old, to the worship of false gods. Let Vermont now. henceforth, and forever, hold her peace ia her prejudice to slavery in the South. Our sunny clime provides churches and preachers for the religious emulation of its col ored population, and knows no law or custom that authorizes the imprisonment of children ia their swaddling clothes. The warm-hearted citizens of the South, by reading the Bible and trampling down fanaticism, have learned to “bring up a child in the way he should go, and when he grows old he will not depart from it” “Go and do thou likewise;” and while your Shylock merchants suffer their worn-out, hag. j ganl needle-women to perish over a cent candle 1 in a mother’s effort to nourish her famishing ‘ children, remember that the statutes of some of\ our Southern States impose fine, imprisonment, and forfeiture of projwrty upon slave-owners 1 who by selling, separate mother and child.— i Who is it, you sickly, sentimental Vermonter, i that barters human life and liberty for a few , ponce ? As Nathan said unto David, “Mow ; I ors du man !" More Fanaticism. Notwithstanding the age and boasted intel, » licence of the Northern States, more fanaticism j ’ is engendered and more superstition tolerated t in those States, than ore evidenced in any other; 1 part of the Christian world. At an early peri- i od of American existence, Massachusetts made 1 herself ignobly remarkable for burning, behead ing, and otherwise murdering innocent men and women, on the charge of witchcraft. Tn very recent times—times within the memory of many . now living citizens—New York permitted the Mormon prophet to find, witinn her geographi cal boundary, a copy of the only true Bible But a few years subsequent to that memorable period, the same State generated an insane re ligious nondescript in tlie person of Miller—the world’s-end man—who created such a furor in certain localities, that a large proportion of the citizens York built themselves a temple, sojourned in it with devotional prayer and sat up a whole night, waiting for the blast from Gabriel’s trumpet that should summon them to go aloft, And now, at the present moment, that boasted Empire State of States is sending forth thousands of copies of publications advo cating tho lunatic doctrine of srpiritualum, and claiming that, by the exercise of some of the arts of legerdemain, the material or finite world may readily command a face-to-face col loquy with the “ransomed soul” or “ghost or goblin damned.” Wherever you find such absurdities in reli gion, you will discover that the cause therefor is the morbid sympathy for African slavery, il legitimately begotten by the fanatical spirit of Abolition. As a proof of the correctness of our assertion, look at all the free States, of , whatever locality, and you will find that the same spirit of fellow-feeling, politically and so cially, prevails mutually among them. The above remarks were induced by reading an extract from a speech delivered by Thomas H. Ford, at a Fusion festival in Ohio, on the 16th ult. From that speech we clip the follow ing desperate position of the speaker: “I am a know-nothing, and, I glory in the principles of the know-nothing party. If ne cessity should call the know-nothings to arms, I would go up to my knees in BLOOD to aid them." This Bombastes Furioso— Thomas H. Ford— was a regular Know-Nothing nominee for the Legislature, and placed on the ticket with Sal men P. Chase, the open-mouth Abolitionist and present Know-Nothing Governor of the free, negro State of Ohio. The following paragraph from a Cincinnati paper, furnishes Mr. Ford’s counterpart in bold relief: “A Negro on the Stump in Senaca Coun ty.—A colored man by the name of Day made a speech in this city on Saturday evening last, at the Court House, in favor of'brudder Chase.’ This is part of the programme : Negro stump speakers! Negro voters!! Negro jurors!!! Negro office-holders Ill!” As all Know-Nothings are Whigs, and all Abolitionists Know-Nothings, we may resolve these three into an idol trinity which all politi eal fanaticisms devoutly worship. Tennessee Penitentiary. The Nashville Union publishes an elaborate statistical account of the condition of the Ten nessee Penitentiary, from which we make two extracts: “There are at present 240 convicts confined within the Penitentiary. Os these there were born in Tennessee 121; Virginia 25; North Carolina 13; South Carolina 8; Kentucky -10 ; Alabama 6; Georgia 3; Arkansas 1’; Louisiana 1; District of Columbia 1; Illinois 1; lowa 1; Ohio 3; Pennsylvania 5; New York 7 ; Ireland 23 ; England 5; Sicily 1; France 1; Canada 1; Switzerland 1; Germa ny 2.” In this part of the report it will be seen that the Empire State of the South, has a smaller representation in that institution than any oth member of the “ Old Thirteen.” Os the several occupations claimed by the convicts before commitment, the following is the official apportionment: “Laborers 55; farmers 79; shoemakers 6; physicians 3; hatters 2; wagon-makers 3; tailors 3; blacksmiths 10; carpenters 8 ; mar iners 7 ; teamsters 7 ; painters 1 ; sportsmen 8 ; brick masons 5 ; peddler 1 ; clerks 2 ; wheel wright 1 ; grocery-keeper 1; engineers 2: foundrytnen 2 ; miller 1; colliers 3; boatmen 6 ; cabin-boys on steamboats 3: saddlers 5 ; stone-cutters 3; tanners 2; mail-carries 2; den tist 1; machinist 1; cook 1.” This last extract shows thirty-one different vocations and professions—some of them highly respectable—yet we cannot find one printer among them. Why ? because printers are des tined to a mission that exposes crime and aids in the propagation of good. A majority of the world-wide press is edited by printers. Print ers frequently become city mayors—in a few instantea they have been Stgte Governors— some have distinguished themselves in the church ministry—and no Congress, since the organiza tion of the Federal Government, has hsd less than two printers as elected member?, to that body. In truth, printers can write, teach, ped dle, appear on the stage, become soldiers, pray to-day and back-slide to-morrow. In a word they can do anything but take board and lodg ing in a penitentiary. That they never do— no, never ! Committed.—Nathaniel Lewis, cbargsd with the murder of young Hyatt, in Savannah, on the 27th ult., was, on Wednesday last, in ac cordance with the testimony, committed for the next (January) Term of Chatham Superior Court.— Columbus Times. Population of LaGrange. By a recent census, the population of La-1 Grange, Troup county, is shown to be 1068 : I White Males, 299 “ Females. 232—531 Black Males, 214 - Females. 323—537 Total 1068 i Washihgton, Nov. 26. j Adivces from Hamburg of November 3 state ■that there was reason to I elievethat Russia had 11 agreed to meditate between Denmark and the ■ United Statts- aad had repropoeed to Denmark to cede the Island of dt. Thomas to the United States for five milhons, and exempt the Ameri- 1 can ships from tlie payment of Souml dues. 11 * ••• • - ——l A new jKst office at Bawaey s Moun tain. Foreyth county, has been established, and Isaac Tinsley, appointed Post Master. 1 [From the Augusto Contiiutionolist.) ' 1 Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OFTHEBTEAMER ATLANTIC. Columbia, Nov. SO, 10 p. iu. ; The Atlujutic has arrived, with Liverpool dates to tlie 17th Nov. At the first of the week the Cotton market i opened buoyant, but closed quiet. Salta of the ' week 49,000 bales, Including 15,000 taken on ! speculation and for export. Fair Orleans is ‘ quoted at 6 3-4, Middling 5 7-8, Fair Uplands 6 1-8, Middling 5 3-8. Stock of American 209,-; 000 bales. Flour advanced 6d. Wheat 2d. Yellow, Com 6d. White Corn large advance and! scarce. Yellow Corn 47 to 47 Gd. White j 55. Provisions advanced. Money tighter. Con sols 87 7-8. American Stocks quiet Sugar dull. 'The latent dispatch from the seat of war re ports officially from Lord Stratford Redclifie of the victory gained on Nov. sth, by Omar Pasha over ten thousand Russians, mostly Georgian militia, at the River Ingour, which Omar with Turkish army, twenty thousand strong, crossed at Jour points, taking sixty prisoners, three guns, hundred killed and wounded. Tie Turk ish loss three hundred. A private dispatch evidently relate the same encounter, but says the Turks crossed the river Anakava, and stormed the Russian redoubts, af ter which, he pushed forward towards Kutais Kars, which was still besieged. Appearances indicate that the Russians will retire to Teflis. Nothing from the Crimea, only a few ships remain in the Dneiper. The bulk of fleets are returning to Constantinople. Peace rumors are prevalent, but vague diplo. macy active, especially in Stockholm, Vienna and Brussels. Paris exposition closed, twelve thousand prize including numerous decorations, legions of honor, &c. The latest rumors are about an early dissolu tion of Parliament New York, Nov. 30. Cotton.—Only three hundred bales sold, and the market in a drooping condition. Floub.—Has advanced. State $9 56 and Southern $9,94. Wheat.—Dull. Rice and Freights firm. There is a report that the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas is dead, but it is generally regarded as unfounded. The steamer George Law has arrived, but gives no news of interest from California. She brings nearly two millioes of gold. Charleston, Nov. 30. Cotton.—Three thousand bales sold. The market is firm and prices stiff. Middling Fair Affairs in Nicaragua. W. J. Howard, Esq, who arrived at Galves ton on Friday last, in the steamship Charles Morgan, from this port, on bis return from California, via the N icaragua route, furnished the Galveston News with some information os to the state of affairs in Nicaragua. The News s.iys: Mr. Howard informs us that Gen. Walker is universally popular, not only with his own soldiers, but even more so with the natives who express the most unbounded confidence in his capacity and patriotism. He is said to be extremely modest and affable in his manners, and witball a man of undoubted courage and great sagacity. He took Grenada, a city of fifteen or sixteen thousand inhabitants, with only fifty men. But he had many friends in the city, and at the time of bis attack, all the troops had left. Walker's loss was only one man, while fifteen of the natives were killed in the attack. Mr. Howard is of opinion from what lie could learn, that negotiations were going on between Col. H. L. Kinney and the Transit Company, which will probably result in a com promise of their differences. Mr. H. informs us that when he left Nicara gua. the country appeared to be quietly settled down under the government established by Gen. Walker, there being no appearance of opposi tion from auv quarter whatever. Gen. Walker is now offering SIOO per month and a land bounty of 500 acres for services during such time as he may need them. Arrest of Negro Stealers. The Richmond Dispatch gives the following account of the party who were wrecked on the underground railroad: “During the gale of Wednesday night last, sehr. Mary Ann Elizabeth, Capt. Wm. Lam bert, went ashore at the Hollies, five miles be low Cape crew, consisting of the crew and mate, and the passengers, consisting of five run away.uegroea from Norfolk got ashore, 'rhe next morning they went to the house of John S. Rainey, and desired to be taken to Norfolk. Maj. J. Hunter, wreck Commissioner for the district, arrested the whole party, and landed them in Norfolk on Friday. One of the ne groes belonged to Mr. Chas. H. Shield, and two to Mrs. S. Shepherd. The Captain is from Wilmington, Delaware, and declares that he in tended to return the slaves to Norfolk, and in quired for a magistrate, after be was wrecked, for that purpose. The mate’s name is Bcnj. Collins, from Port Forris, Del., declares that he knew nothing of the slaves being on board un til they got to sea, and the vessel was wrecked in trying to bring her back. “The negroes stated that the schooner came ikrp from Petersburg, and, entering our wa ters. raised a signal which they understood, and soon went on board, when the Captain set sail and steered for a northern port. He denied that he hud received any pasture money from the negroes, but one of the latter stated that he had been paid one hundred and twenty-five dol lars in specie, whereupon the sum named was found in gold as described, in the Captain's pocket. “The whole party »ep> lodged in jail at Nor folk. " These glaves are five of the eighteen who recently stampeded from Norfolk and Ports mouth." The Dispatch adds : —The people engaged in this nefarious traffic are more degraded than the negroes; more dishonest, false and brutal. It ia to be hoped that the whole party will meet | with the most summary punishment.’ The law ought to impose new and severer punishments ; upon negro stealers, aud especial attention should ( be given to the Northern coasting vessels, many ‘ ■ of whom, it ia to be feared, are the instruments' of constant depredations of the kind upon South-1 **u property. Deaerate.—The finances of the editor of the Elkton (Ky.) Banner, are in a desperate i condition. In an appeal to his subscribers to! pav up, be says: Priends, wc are almost penniless—Job's tur- ■ key was a millionaire, compared with our pres ent depressed treasury ! To-day if the price of salt was two cents a barrel fall, we couldn't buy ’ nough to pickle a jay-bird ! Two deaf mutes, named George M Baker and Amanda M. Bugbee, were mar ried a few days since pt Albany. N. Y. The i Argus of that city says that thev appeared | very happy although they D»rtr' told tteir I love.’ To the Subscribers to the Gardner | Testimonial. Gentlemen—The Committee,in Augusta, to whom were entrusted the pleasing duty of ob taining and presenting to James Gardner, Esq., Editor of the Constitutionalist Ilejiublic, a testimonial of their appr ciation of the im- i portant services rendered by him during the late j political canvass in Georgia, feel gratified in an- j uouneingto the subscribers forthat purpose, in tl e different sections of the State, that they . have performed that agreeable task. Ou' Thursday last, 22d inst., the Committee met at j Augusta Hotel, and presented, through J udge | Ebentww Starnes, a service of silver, consisting j of— A Tea Set, iu Egyptain style, with the leaves I of the lotus beautifully embossed thereon. Pitcher and Goblets. One large Household Pitcher, with six Gob-1 lets. Engine turned in circles, ami engraved. A ■ ; new style and very beautiful. The inscription on the service is: To James Gbrdner, Esqr.. From bis political friends, For eminent Editorial services, in 1855. I Omnibus senbendi datur libertas, puucis fnc ultas. In tendering to Mr. Gardner this testimonial I Judge Starnes said : Mr. Gardner :—Anxious to testify their ad miration of the manner in which your duty as Editor of the Constitutionalist was discharged during the recent political crisis in our State, many of your political friends in different sec tions of Georgia, have delegated to a commit tee of your immediate fellow citizens, the task of procuring and presenting to yon some suita ble token of such admiration. As one of that committee I have been requested to ask your acceptance of the testimonial which lias been : prepared, and is now before us. ■ 1 suppose that those who have assigned me this pleasant duty have been encouraged to do so by a knowledge of that long friendship which has existed between us, which bad its origin in boyhood, accompanied us into the shades of the Academy and the College, which in our advanc ing manhood was strengthened even by prole s ional rivalry, and which, by the experience of our mature years, lias been hardened into tlie cement of well tried confidence and esteem. It has been thought, no doubt, that for these rea sons the task appointed would be peculiarly grateful to me; and in the relations which exist between us, would have the guarantee of heart _ felt sincerity. I desire that sincerity to empha sise my language when I tell you, sir, that 1 re joice and am proud in being able to say, for your politi, al associates, in various parts of this great State, that the ability and discretion with which your pnss was conducted during the difficult crisis to which I have alluded, was equal to the emergency of that crisis; and was emi nently successful in achieving its triumphant results. It would be difficult to award it high er or in more eloquent praise. In saying this I have pronounced an ora tion 1 If more be needed, permit me to express it in tlie words of the gifted and critical Scaliger, which are inscribed upon cur offering, and to say, that in the conductor your paper, you have indeed furnished an illustration of the fact that, “io every one is given the liberty of composition to but few the faculty. Before concluding,! cannot refrain from add ing, that your friends have been strongly im pressed with the wellbred urbanity which has in general characterized your press, even when most firmly combatting what you believe to be dangerous and delusive errors, and to it we as cribe much of its efficiency and success. We have not failed too, to remark, that that mag nanimity which every true gentleman feels over a prostrate antagonist, in the moment of victo ry, breathed from the periods of that press, and brightened the eye, and swelled the full heart of its editor. As a substantia! token of these sentiments, and of our esteem, allow me, sir, iu the name I of your friends, to tender you this testimonial. Ta the address of Judge Staines. Mr. Gard ner made the following reply : Mr. Starnes and Gentlemen— For your generous appreciation of my edito rial services, and for the flattering terms in '! which partial friendship has portrayed them, ' i accept my warm acknowledgements.' ' I Deeply to feel that we have deserved success , is the sweetest ingredient in the cup of victory, as it is the purest consolation in the hour of ‘ defeat. In the conviction of this great moral truth, I toiled during the late canvass, devoting ■ to it the best energies of my mind, and the ' i purest impulses of my heart. I felt that I was I I invoked to a service more sacred than any the mere claims of party could inspire, and strug gling for results of vital importance to every 1 citizen of the Republic. I felt that 1 was in a great battle for human rights, civil and relig ious—for the very soul and escence of liberty • as embodied in the organic law of our country. ' I felt that every effort 1 made to impress the public mind with the truths so indelibly stamp ' cd on my own was a labor for the benefit of all—to protect tlie rights of all; for it was in vindication of principles which aac the common heritage of all American citizens—and valuable 1 to the whole human family. ' Well hath said England’s great moralist, Pope, “Self love but serves the virtuous mind to wake. As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds. Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbors, first it will embrace, His country next, and next al! human race.” In this spirit have I sought to do my duty as a public journalist; find the pleasing conscious ness of this fact enhances the triumph which 1 share, in common with you, Judge Starnes, and your associated friends. It is a triumph which must bring in its train blessings to our country and our race, as time will prove even to our op posing fellow citizens. According cheerfully to them that I have claimed for myself, honest convictionsand purpose, I shall continue to argree with them in the same spirit. Though hot and angry the contest which has passed, it planted no thorns in my breast. It left there no rankling memories. I trust 1 have planted no thorns or rankling memories in the breasts of others, for such was never my purpose orjdtshes. That the manner in which I have borne my share of the contest has won the approval of so large and intelligent a poition of my fellow cit izens, as those now present, and those absent, for whom you speak, will ever be to me a source of profound satisfaction. Os this approval the beautiful testimonial now before me is mv voucher, and thia will make it valuable above all estimate. It will stimulate me to renewed zeal in behalf of the principles with which it is identified. The mode of the presentation, and the lang uage in which the compliment U tendered, throw around it an additional charm and give it an enhanced value. Indeed, the graceful tribute of friendship which accompanies the gift, from a source so valued, and associated with memories so pleasing, is of iiseff a compensation of the most welcome character. It is" at once flatter ing to my pride and grateful to my feelings, sence it emanates from the heart of a friend whose whole manhood has been an unbroken ■ career of professional success and official dis tinction. and who has been honored not less for i his virtues than his attainments. I To be thus appreciated by so many of my , immediate fellow citizens, residing and’ holding i high social position in this city of my nativity i gratifies in me a sentiment of our I common nature. That sentiment is beat con ’ ceived by those who can appreciate the emotion ; felt at praise uttered by esteemed lips in the : reach of those we love, and in the midst of per- I sons and scenes most dear to the heart. To those gentlemen residing in other portions i of the State, who have united in this testimonial, not less than to those present, do I tender my heartfelt acknowledgements. Proud of the good opinion they have evidenced of my past efforts, 1 cherish the hope that 1 may, in the future, preserve their esteem. In closing their business relation in this mat ter, the committee return their thanks to Clark <k Co., of this city, for the neatness and artistic taste displayed in the execution at the silver service, and their prompt fulfilment of the order -It is alw ivpwtftjlly requested pa- pers in this city bo requested to copy these pro-] ceedings. COMMITTRS. Geo. W. Lamar, Dr. J. B. Walker, John Da vidson, Charles Delaigle, W. H. Howard, E. H. Rogers. O. E. Cashiu, I»r. G. M. Newton, John Bones, Thomas Barrett, Turner Clanton. T. W. Fleming, John P. Setze, C. E. Giranly I A. A. Beall, B. Bignon. S&' The Opixiimr of Turin lota a letter from a eorresjxindcnt at Balaklava, which as- > fords some insight into what is now jmssiug iu the allied camp. The writer says: . “ The ollies do not appear disposed to regard , the Crimes merely as a field of buttle; the i things they are doing tliere would seem to inti mate that they intend to keep it. The English . are executing gigantic works nt Balaklava.— I Thousands of Turks, most of them from Con ' stantinople and the neighboring coast, (Tartars, I Pialinontesc, and others) are paid by England, ; at the rate of three i raucs a day, besides rations, : and with a great number of beasts of burthen. 1 are engaged in landing an immense quantity of | materials on the shore of the bay. Whole regi ments are, at the same time, employed on impor tant works of construction. Afi along the shore of the bay a quay has been made, at which the largest vessels can land their cargoes with out the assistance of boats. In short, there is now collected at Balaklava an immense materi al, sufficient for an army, not of twenty-five thousand or thirty thousand men, but of one hundred thousand men. Certainly all these ex penses would not be incurred if there was any idea of evacuating the Crimea." Among the Representatives elected to Con gress from Mississippi is Gen Quitman. The General was nominated und electai by the Dem ocrats and Anti-Know Nothings over Mr. Hill yer; but he announced in advance that be would preserve his independence, and would only act with the Democratic party while it stood on the Southern platform which he should occupy.— It is anticipated that he will make one of the most independent, bold, and truly Southern Representatives in the coming Congress. Be ing free from party restraints and party policy, there is little reason to fear his compromising the rights of his section. The Colossal Washington Monument for America.—The London Builder gives the fol lowing account of an important step in the pro gress of this work: The casting of the horse for this monument, at Munich, is one of the great feats of modern foundry, as fifteen toift of bronze had to be mel ted, and kept in a state of fluidity. For seve ral days and nights previously a large fire was at these, huge masses, which required to be stir red at times. When the bronze was liquified, an ultimate assay was made in a small trial cast, aad to heighten the color some more copper was added. Successively all the chambers through which the metal had to flow in the form, were cleared of the coal with which they bad been kept warm, and the master examined all the air spiracles and the issues of the metal; the props of the tubes were then placed, and every man had his duty and place assigned to him. Finally, the master, amid the intense expecta tion of the many art amateurs present, pronounc ed the words, “ In the name of God," and three mighty strokes opened the fiery gulf, out of which the glowing metal flowed in a circuit to the large form. The sight was magnificent, und in the little sea of fire stood the master, and gave his commands about the successive opening of the props. Hot vapor poured from the air spiracles; in the conduits, the metal boiled in waves; still no decision yet, as the influx of tlie bronze in the very veins of the figure could be but slow. At once, flaming showers jumped out of the air conduits, and the master proclaimed the cast to have suc ceeded. A loud cheer followed, when the mas ter approached Mr. Crawford, the artist of the Washington monument, to congratulate him on thia success. Another cheer was given to M. de Miller, tlie chief of the royal foundry of Munich, who hud personally conducted the work. A Good Old Age.—The son of the venera ble man referred to—himself 74—sends us the following: Gideon Bently, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in the State of Rhode Island, and was in the iqival and land service of the Revolutionary wy lie was born on the 12th day of August, liso, and was one hundred and five years old on the 12th day of last August. He has bad two wives, both of whom are now dead, and by his two wives be had thirteen children, all of whom are now living—the oldest 74 and the youngest 40—all hale aud hearty. He now resides in Constantina, Oswego county, New York, and was at his last birtli-day, in good health, with very good use of his limbs! could walk and go about very actively with the aid of one staff. He is but very little bowed down, and converses well on most subjects. [Albany Journal. A committee of the Baltimore Board of Trade have issued an appeal to the people of that city for the means wherewith to purchase and equip a vessel and furnish a nautical teach er for the purpose of establishing a floating school for the education and training of boys for seamen. The commissioners of the public schools have already agreed to supply teachers in the same course of instruction as is now pursued in the public school apparatus. Such schools ought to be established in every large seaport! They would do much towards sup plying a superior class of seamen, and meeting the increasing demands of the commerce of the country. Barnum's Museum never in its eventful history presented such a host of attractions as it does at the present time. It has crowded in to it enough of the curious, amusing wonderful and rare, to stock decently half a dozen places of the kind. But the fact is Barnum himself is now at the Musenm directing his entire person al attention to it, and he is crowding on the novelties steep. But in addition to the other attractions, the fact that Barnum himself is henceforth to be one of the curosities of the establishment will draw immensely.— N. F. Sun. t&'A comic writer in the California Pioneer says that on the plank road near Southwick's Pass, an inn or hostel is kept by a native Atner .ican Irishman, whose sign exhibits the harp of Ireland encircling the shield of the United States, with the mottoes: “Erin go unum.” “E Pluribus bbagu.” BaYffhe Madison (Indiana) Banner says every body in that reiegnare engaged in build ing com cribs. The like of crops in Indiana and Kentucky was never known before—The farmers have their hands full. A Legal Light.—A legal gentleman in one of the Western States made out a writ aginst a common carrcr for the loss of some goods, and said in it: That the said goods were to be safely carried, insured aginst all perils save the act of God aud the public enemy; “but said goods were lost, damaged, mutilated, hurt, injured, damnified, burnt, deteriorated and annihilated, not by any act of the aforesaid God, 4c.” Personal— Foreign alliance—M. Gevere, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotenti ary of hi* Majesty the King of the Netherlands to the court of St. Petersburg, was married on Tuesday last, in Newark, New Jersey, to Miss Catharine Maria Wright, only daughter of the Hon. William Wright, United States Senator. The annual meeting of the South Carolina Conference will commence at Marion C. 8., on Wednesday next, Biabop Early presiding] acd close its session on the Wednesday follow ing- _ _ A Sensible County. —El Paso county, Tex as, at the late election, gave Peaac, (Democrat) for Governor, seven hundred and fifty votes, for Dickson, (Know Nothing) none.’’ What a county ! Not a single ’American’ in it, all ‘dead furriwr?.’ Th c Dog’s Voice. The dog's larynx (lire upper part of thewind pipc.) lias many peculiarities. It u vt . ry plicated, and exquisitely constructed. Few persons have, perhaps, ninth attendee] to the n otes of the animal's voice, bnt those who will observe the sounds, may observe these take n range fur more wide than is generally imagin ed. The dog's voice is remarkably expressive and to my car it speaks very intelligible music. The dam growl is not without variety—for, by tlie reeling of tlie animal that emits it, the note is always modulated. The rumble of ex position the favorite gives utterance to, when the master pretends to take away its bone, does not resemble the rattle of joy 'with which tlie child s playmate' accompanies a game of rornps. Both, however, arc distinct from tlie suppres sed warning with which the watch dog an nounces the ad- anting stranger,’or the sharp defiance by which he signifies his determination to attack. The. I’ark, also, is not by any means monotonous, but is capable of infinite variety. Tlie cries of the anima! are remarkably modu lated; but the soft and gentle sounds it cun emit when inclined to coax its master, or an wering to the excess of pleasure which his caresges create, are full of natural inusie. Tlie dog’s voice is not to my car less beautiful than the song ol a bird, but more delightful, because it is more full of meaning. The nightingal has but one song which it constantly repeats. The cur has many tuneful notes, wi'th which it re sponds to my attention. Music has been re cognised in the tongues of the puck, but I have heard harmony more delightful from the hound in my home. 1 like to hear the dog’s voice, especially when not too loud; and, having stu died it, 1 have wandered the animal did not .qieak. There can be but little doubt it would lie able to frame words, if it pessed the power to comprehend their meaning; but the high in telligence of the creature unfits it for parrot like mimicry. The dog is, in all its doings guided by reason and it performs no act with out a reasonable motive. If any physical in capacity exist, it is to be found rather in the formation of the mouth, than in tho construc tion of the larynx, which presents uo explana tion of the dog’s inability to frame definable sounds like words. Destitution in Italy. —The correspondent of the Newark Advertiser, writing from Rome Oct. 26th says:—“The vintage und harvest have failed again tin’s year, and the government has therefore interdicted ttn exportation of oil, wine and grain. It has also established public bake-houses in tlie chief cities, to supply the poor at cost prices, and thus prevent extortion bv the bakers. Public depots of oil have been established for the same purpose. As to wine there s next to none in the country, the old stock having been nearly or quite consumed during the three years’ failure of the vine. The grape lias been cut off again all over the peninsula, and the people are drinking various vile doctrines and compositions, for they will not take water with their cliesti uts and 'beans, the sole food of thousnnds of families. These who can afford polenia, made of Indian meal, fare sumptuously. The almond-tasted kernels in the cones of the pine tree are also reckoned a great luxury in the mountains.” Death of a Murderess.—Elizabeth Harker, who had been confined in the jail at Hunting don, Pa., since the fall of 1853, under sentence of death, for the murder of her husband and sister, by poison, died there a few days ago. She was sixty-five years of age when she com mitted these murders, and in consideration of her sex, and extreme age, Governor Bigler humanely withheld her death warrant, and she was allowed to drag out a life of remorse and wretchedeness, until calk'd by Providence to her final account. The Pacific Railroad Ruined.—The affairs of this road, it is said, have reached a crisis by the late disaster. Bridge after bridge has bro ken down, stopping travel and cuttiug t offreceipts and its condition is represented ns little bet ter than bankntptcy. Commenting on this, tlie St. I/iuis Intelligencer says : “Although the President and Directors have not yet acknowledged the fact.it is nevertheless well known that the road is utterly broken down in means and credit, and must soon be abandoned as hopelessly bankrupt, unless some new and as yet unadvised step be taken by the city of St. Louis and by the State to save it. The Board of Directors nerhaps feel reluctant, inthe present, state of public feeling, to throw up their trust and acknowledge their inability to sustain the work. But it is no time for false pride, and the sooner the confession is made the better." At the drawing of the Havana Lottery on the 19th inst., the principal prizes fell us fol lows: 10,107, $100,000; 19,314, 850,000; 3,292 S2O 000; 11.064, 810,000; 12,287, $5,000; 2.826,82,000; 11,375,82,000; 20,143, $2.000; 1,836, 81,000 ; 13,299, 81,000. f Napoleon 111. and His Successor.—A 1 Paris correspondent of the New York Post ’ writes as follows : “The Emperor is excessively reserved—docs t not see aiiy one. and grants no audience. Pcr ! sonages of high degree have sought an interview : in vain. It is said, but Ido not know with ' what truth, that he wears a cuirass, and that it r was this very cuirass which turned the ball of i Pianori. It is further slated that he has made ■ his will—according to which, if the child, wheth- • era boy or girl, to which the Empress will ; shortly give birth, should die, aud if at the > death of Napoleon 111. he should have no dire to heir, France is again to become a Republic, the chief of which is to lie Prince Napoleon. I who for this reason, affects Democratic tenden- • cies. I A Woman Swimming the Mississippi.— i Lloyd's forthcoming Steamboat Directory gives i a thrilling instance of the necessity for women knowing bow to swim. When the ill-fated Ben Sherrod was in flames on the Mississippi river, and the lady passengers who had thrown them selves into the water were drowning around the boat, the wife of Capt. Castleman jumped into the river, with her infant in her arms, and swam ashore, a distance of helf a mile, being the only woman saved out of sixteen. She had learned to swim when a girl. Damages Recovered erom hie Macon <k Western Railroad.—ln the cose o! Malinda Winn tried at Macon a few days since, the jury gave 87,000 damages against the Macon A Western Railroad. The Telegraph relates the circumstances, (already familiar to the public) giving rise to the suit, us follows: The engine coming in collision with a car riage, containing Mrs. Winn with three chil dren aud a negro driver, the consequence was that two of the children aud the driver was killed outright—that Mrs. Wlun sustained a fracture of the ann—aud that the third child, the plaintiff in this case, sustained a severeTrac ture of the skull, from tlie effects of which she lias never wholly recovered. Kentucky Hog Trade.—The Louisville Times estimates that at least one hundred thou sand more hogs will be killed iu that Ktate this season than were killed in that State last year, with an average increase iu weight of about 20 per cent. Up to Saturday evening fast 8,- 339 had been killed in Louisville, where the prices then were $6.50 a 86.85 net. The same paper notes purchases of 20,000 or 25,000 hogs by dealers at $5 gross, equal to about $6.85 from the hooks. On green river, in Kentucky, extensive pr* parations are made for slaughter ing. At Bowling Green alone it is cxpccte that 20,U00willbe killed and about 10,000 at other pointe on the river. The number killed on Green and Cumberland rivers will be con siderably in excess of last year. An Aged Congrlgatmin.—ltev. Dr. Emer son, of Salem, Ma®, now in the 51st year of his pastorate, recentlmircuchcd to the aged from the text, “When Tam old and grey-headed, oh God, forsake me pot.” The venerable Doctor, who claimed the e» his aged friends with propriety, ituteWPfcuarkuble fact that in hia congregation yet living eighty persons who are upwards of seventy years of ?s»■ • ■