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Mghm : ;ri;rnriWM vA'.. .m>, <:,y THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN. SA3»»JL B. CRAFT©]*, COUNTY PRINTER. TERMS—-For the paper in advance $1 5q If not paid in advance, $2 00 [PROM CQESTIT0TIONALI3T AND REPUBLIC.] AvaiSa bill |y---TIie T wo-Tbir d Rule—General Casa. . The democrat who believes that our cap" didate for President has only to be announ ced to be elected—that be will be carried triumphantly in on the booming tide of Democracy because a large majority of the American voters are democrats—has under rated the diflBcnlties in . the case. A ma jority of the American people were demo crats in 1848, as they were also in 1840. Yet, gun-powder popularity, on the part of the whig Generals, andgeneral unpopulari ty on the part of the democratic candidates, gave the victory in each case, to the former. And bo will it be again, if the democrats rely too much on the strength of their cause ; and too little on the popularity of their can didate. Gen. Scott can beat an unpopular democrat, and it will be no holiday pastime to beat him with the most popular. “Tippe canoe” even with the drawback of “Tyler too ” is typical of what military enthusiasm will do among a military people to upset the wisest calculations of astute politicians. 41 Buena Vista,” inscribed on party banners, has given some faint foreshadowing of the effect that “Chippewa,” “CerrpGordo,” “Chepultepec,” ami “Mexico,” will produce in 1852. These catch-words, associated as they are, inseparably, with the military glo ries of our country, are decidedly available —particularly in the hands of a party that understands the science of clap-trap and humbug to perfection. Now, the democrats must likewise look carefully to availability. In doing so, they will have to. come to the. conclusion that Gen. Cass is not available. The lustrous glories of his broken sword, and the halo of military heroism that hovers around that old hollow stump upon which that trenchent blade was shivered, if it be not all an apoc ryphal tale, did not avail against the im mortal light that flashed from Buena Vista. Even the truly splendid triumph of diplo macy, unsurpassed in its intellectual vigor and its successful boldness, the frustration of the Quintuple.treaty, could not view with the astutetm&recherche skill which guided the Taylor correspondence, (the celebrated .horse letter always excepted.) IIow, then, can the defeated candidate of 1848, hope to wave a triumphant banner over the.political field of 1852, with such a hero for his antagonist as the brilliant and magnificent General Scott? Even had Gen. Cass the epistolary powers of Gov. Marcy auperadded to his other gifts, they would not avail against the racy author of the has ty plate of soup letter. Now, it would prolong this article unnec essarily, were We to go into detail to show that Gen. Casswas stronger in 1848, than he is now. The fact is notorious. His squatter sovereignty doctrine, and the du plex construction of his Nicholson letter, which involved lb its mysterious folds that curious doctrine; and his remaining mum in his seat, and thus refusing to vote upon the fugitive-slave bill—have seriously damaged his popularity in the South since 1848. Should the Constitutional Union party in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, run an independent candidate, as it may do, Gen. Cass would probably not carry either of those three democratic Slates. There is not one of those Southern States that he lost in 1848, that he has any better chance of get- ting in 1852; while his chances for South Carolina may be set down as just equal to nothing at all. . It is said that bis friends who may be jn a bare majority in the Baltimore Conven tion, will, in order to secure his nomination, repudiate the two-thirds rule. Nothing could be rhore suicidal—not for his pros pects alone, btft for the democrtic party— than such a procedure. It would burst the party into fragments. That rule has become time-honored. It is the common law of the party. To abolish it would be an outrage that would be fiercely and bitterly resented, and those who would -feel outraged by it, would take a stern delight in seeing the candidate defeated for whose sake it was done. It is very plain that the man who does not sufficiently unite in himself the elements of popularity to get the nominal turn by a two-thirds vote, is not popular enough to be elected. He cannot enlist the sympathies and active efforts of the whole party, and this is absolutely requisite to his succcess. Gen. Cass got a two-thirds vote, and yet failed in 1848. How could he succeed in 1852, when more than one-third of the party are unalterably resolved that “it is d nomination not Jit to be made. TPESDAY MAY 18, 1858. =£==-- / Pub. Documents —The Hon. Joseph W Jackson has our thanks for public docu ments. Warm Weather.*—For the last four or five days the weather has been as warm as we usually* have it at this season of the year, the mercury standing most of the time at about 90. Cotton begins to look very well. The corn crop would look all the better with a rain, which is begining to be needed very much in all sections we hear from. Sold Out.—Telegraphic rumor says that Maj Donelson has soldjout his interest in t the Washington Union Press to his copartner Gen. Armstrong. The change has occurred for the purpose of promoting harmony in the Democratic ranks. The Constitutiona list thinks that Gen. Cass might do good service to his party by pursuing the same course. Tqbacco Crop.—It is said that the To bacco crop of this season in Kentucky will be very light. The frosts and fly have near ly destroyed the plant. jkgr, Letters to a leading Banking House intthe City of New York, report the estimate of shipments from California on the first of May at four millions of dollars. Gold was never known to ar#ve* so freely in San Francisco as at the present time. Gen. Wool.—The Annapules Gazette contains a communication, from some per son of eminence in the Slate of Maryland, recommending Gen. Wool for the Presi dency. The recommendation of some par tial friend is about as near, as the Gen’l will ever get towards the office; a batch of such ‘suitable candidates” can be picked up most anywhere, when the country is hard run for an Executive. /ST The Maine Liquor Law has been passed by the Rhode Eland Legislature, it goes into effect the 19th of July. The Newport hotel keepers it is thought will suffer somewhat from it. A petition has been presented to the General Conference of the M. E. Church praying that the Conference will require all Editors of Methodist newspapers to con form to the bible orthography and not to that of Noah Webster. Arrest op an Abolitionist.—Cbas, Perry, said to be a citizen of Vermont, has been arrested at Jonesville, Va., charged with advising several slaves to abscond. New Law.—There is a bill before the U. S. Senate which prohibits the prosecu tion of claims against the Government, by Executive officers or members of Congress under penalty of $1,000 fine, or half years imprisonment or both. Post Office Operations.—The Post Master General has established the follow ing new Post Offices in this State : Argyle, Decatur county, James E. Martin P. M.; Steam Mill, Decatur co., S. M. Dickinson, P. M.; Warwick, dooly co., James G. Brown, P. M. The following offices have been discon tinued : Gillinns, Baker co.; Pistol Creek, Wilks co.; Johnson, Floyd co.; Mulberry Grove, Harris county. A Large Raft.—The largest raft ever floated down the Ohio River, arrived at Cin cinnati! on the 21st nit. It was 30 rods in lenth, six rods wide, and contained 1,200,- 000 feet of boards. The Fillmore Demonstration. This affair, which came off in New York City on the night ofthe 10th inst., is de scribed as being a very large and enthusias tic meeting. Dan’l Lord presided, with 250 Vice Presidents and 60 Secretaries.— Marshal^ of Kentucky, and Gentry of Tenn. seems to have been the principal speakers. During the delivery of Mr. Gentry’s speech, calls were made for an adjournment to the street, where there was a large crowd who could not obtain admittance into the house. This was done, and Mr. G. finished his speech there, and retired amid a good deal of applause, in the course of which, some one hurrahed for him as Vice President, from which Mr. G. begged to be excused on the ground of an excess of modesty. The Tribune is out in a column and a half, against the demonstration, and attempts to shew, from Mr. Fillmore’s past Candida cy in New York, that he is not the man for the times, and that it is utterly impossible for him to carry New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio or Virginia, and that one or more of these large States must be obtained or he cannot be elected—that Georgia will most probably go against him, and he has not much prospect in Florida, <fcc., &e. The Tribune says that it expected nothing more of James Brooks and men ofthat ilk, but it is somewhat surprised that a whig, national in his feeling as Mr. Gentry, should be engaged in such sectional proceedings} calculated to break .up the harmony of the Whig party, Several letters were received and read from distinguished Senators, among them the following from Judge Berrien, of this State: Washington. May 6th, i852 GentlemenI have received your letter inviting me to be present, and to address meeting which it is contemplated to hold in your city on the 10th instant, “of the friends of Millard Fillmore, for the purpose of nominating that eminent statesman for the Presidency,” and have to express my sincere regret that I am unable to accept the invftation with which you have honor ed me. The pressure of domestic.affliction rests to heavy upon me at this moment, to permit me to comply with your wishes, utterly unfits me for the task which you propose for me. But if the declaration of my opinion that the continuance of this patriotict citi zen in the official station which he now holds, and the duties of which he has dis charged with such eminent ability, fidelity, and impartiality, would be conducive to the welfare, and the appropriate meed awarded by an enlightened and generous people, for his patriotic services—if the assurance my undoubting conviction that, as the nom inee of the National Convention for the Presidency, he would command the undi vided vote of your political friends, and of a respectable number of your democratic brethren in the State in which I live—if the expression of an earnest desire, felt and cherished not merely as a Southern man, but also as an American citizen, looking to the welfare of this great Republic’ in all its va ried interests—of an anxious wish that he may be nominated aud elected to that high office—if these sentiments may be in any degree acceptable to the meeting, I offer them to you as frankly as I entertain them sincerely—and bidding you “God Speed” in your patriotic purposes, I subscribe my self, Faithfully, your fellow-citizen, J. Macphekson Berrien. [transmitted for daily morning news.] By Magnetic Telegraph. Arrival of Use Canada. Cotton Active! 1 ' New-York, May 12, P. M. The British MailSteamer Canada arrived at Halifax on Tuesday night, the 11th inst., with Liverpool dates to the 1st May. The sales of Cotton for the week comprise 70,- 000 bales, of which speculators took 18A00, and exporters 10,000 bales. The demand was active from all purchasers. The quotations are*—for Fair Orleans, five and three quarters (5 8^4d); Middling, five and one eighth (5 l-8d.); Upland Fair, five and a quarter (5 l-4d.); Middling, four and seven eights (4 7-8d.j; Mobile Middling, five (5d.); Fair,, five and three eighths (5 3 8d.) Sea Islands, Middling, thirteen and a half (13 1-2(1.); Good to Fine, eighteen to twenty-four (18 to 24d.) A countryman applied to John Hogg, Esq., to sell some green corn. “I don’t want any,” said Hogg. “Well,” said the countryman, “you’re the first hog I ever w that didn’t want corn!” Lawlessness at Richmond, Va.—A large crowd congregated around the Executive Mansion at Richmond on the 7th inst., and offered various demonstrations of disrespect and insult to Gov. Johnson in consequence of his having commuted the punishment of Hatchee the negro sentenced to be hung. The Legislature has appointed a committee to inquire into the facts concerning the dis- gracefel affair. She Could not be Deceived.—A re respectable elderly lady recently received telegraphic despatch, purporting to be from her husband who was at Buffalo. She read it carefully and returned it to the messen ger, with the remark, that it could not be from her “liege lord,” for it was not in his hand writing ? No explanation could con vince her of the mistake. Large Beet.—A fine Beet was shown us the other day from Dr. Haynes’ garden. It measured twelve and half inches in cir cumference. This beet is hard to beat. J83F* Two children died recently in Sump ter district, South Carolina in conseqnence it is supposed, of chewing and swallowing portions of the root of the common yellow Jessemine vine. We are sorry to learn, says the New York Herald, that Secretary Webster was greatly injured by being thrown from his carriage yesterday, while on his way from his residence to Plymouth. It is said that for some minutes he was perfectly insensi ble. His phvsicians deem it expedient that he should be kept quiet for a few days, in order that he may fully recover from the effects of the jar, consequently he will be unable to make a speech to the Bostonians, as was expected, during the week. The present Common Council of Boston have removed the slight perpetrased upon Mr W. by the former body, which refused to grant him the use of Faneuil Hall. He has liter ally lived down all opposition there, and they are now exerting themselves to place him in the Presidential chair. Whig Delegates from N. Y. City— New York City sends four Fillmore dele gates and two Scott delegates to the Whig Convention to meet at ^Baltimore. Mr. Fillmore’s chances seem to be brightening in that quarter. Hail.—The Savannah Morning News of Thursday last says : “Yesterday afternoon about five o’clock, after a sultry day, we were visited with a fall of hail such as we have not experienced for many years The hail storm was as novel as it was un expected. For the space of several min utes the hail continued to fell unaecorapied by rain, resembling a shower of white su gar-plumbs; with which the ground was al most covered. The stones ranged from the size of a little less than a musket ball to that of the size of a pigeon’s egg. They were of every conceivable shape, and some of them as clear and smooth as crystal. We saw one which measured an inch and a half from point to point. Shortly after the rain commenced falling, the hail ceased.* The fall of hail was very heavy for sever al minutes, and had m6re wind prevailed at the time, much damage would have been done to the windows in the city. As it was, we fear that—if it extended for in the country—the growing crops have been se riously injured.” We had none of it here, and no indica tions of any thiDg of the sort being on hand. It was warm enough with us on that evening to have made something of the kind desirable, thoagh we ate glad that we did’nt get it. - Emancipation of Slaves nt Louisiana. —A law has passed the Louisiana Legisla ture, and goes into effect in six months time which prohibits the emancipation of slaves in that State, except upon the express con dition that they shall be sent outof the Uni ted States within twelve months, and re quiring the payment of $150, to be deposi ted in the treasury for each slave, to be ap plied in payment of passage to Africa, and support after arrival. i 1 ' , . -' Mrs. Goldschmidt gives a concert in N. York this evening. The Washington Monument — .Our readers are aware that the Washington monument is at a stand still for want of funds. The editor of the Southern Sentinel published at Plaquemine, parish of Iber ville, La., has, we perceive proposed a plan at once simple, appropriate and patriotic, for obtaining the necessary means, viz to provide a suitable box at the polls on the election days of the present year, and to have inscribed upon it in printed or painted letters— “ Washington Monument box.” And immediately, underneath, the, lino ap pealing as it were to the very heart of the voter— “One Dime to the Memory of Washington.’ This suggestion, we understand, was to have been acted upon on Monday - last, in the town of Plaquemine, on the occasion for mayor and selectmen. We have not heard the result, but imagine that many dimes must have been deposited in the box at the same time the votes were polled as surely there are none, as the Sentinel justly observes, so poor in patriotism and in purse, as to refuse this small mite to tes tify a nation’s gratitude, and evince a na tion’s pride. *f A person writing from San Francisco to the Newport News, gives the following in cident : “Two common-looking persons en tered the hotel this morning, just from the mines—a man and his wife. The male in dividual looked, for all the world, like a day laborer, and the female bore a close resemblance to a scullion. She wore coarse, vulgar brogans, and to her girdle was attached a gold watch and chain valu ed at least at two hundred dollars. The husband left the hotel for half an bour, and returned with a receipt for one hundred and fifteen thousand doillars, the value of the dust which he had just consigned for transportation to New York. Tbis sum has been gained by diggin; the husband dug while the wife washed, assisted by her little son, aged about ten years.” Homestead Bill Passed.—In the House of Representatives on the 13th inst., the Homestead biU passed by a vote of 107 to 56. The bill gives 160 acres of land to every actual settler after five years occu pancy of the same. Gen. Cass in Delaware.—At the Del aware Democratic Convention, Cass dele gates were appointed to the National Demo cratic Convention, they receiving 301, and the Douglass delegates only 34 votes. gWAdvices from Bahia to the 3d ult.. states that the yellow fever was prevailing there with great fatality. CORRESPONDENCE OF CENTRAL GEORGIAN New York, May 7, 1852. Mr. Editor:—The weather is delightful here, just now—a little too warm, if any thing, but not to be found fault with, after the tedious winter and spring weather that we have endured for so many mouths. The earth on the outskirts of the city begins to show signs of vegetable life, and early fruits from the Southern markets have air appeared on the tables of our best hotels. I had a fine basket of strawberries given me, yesterday, which, I am sure, must have last ed well, or the y oung lady to whom I sent them woald not have said so. Strawber ries always make me think of cream, and from cream to milk the transition is quite natural ; and talking of milk reminds me of a Connecticut Yankee, who has come on here with anew invention that he calls ‘‘milk-tester,” for which be is about to ap ply for a patent. This genious claims that le can tell, by the aid of his machine, the precise quality of water with which milk las been diluted. I am inclined to think, however, that he will find it very hard to get ahead of our milk venders, most of whom are also Yankees. What droll fellows those Frenchmen are! How very silly we all were, in this country, to imagine that anything favorable to re publicanism would grow out of the revolu tion of ’48. The great difficulty with us is that we judge of other nations by ourselves —a fault equally common to individuals and to large congregations of persons, and a fault that is as mischievous in its results as any other I can think of. We are all leni ent towards persons whose crimes or vices are those to which we ourselves are prone, but we are severe in our denunciations of vices to the commission of which we hap pen to have no natural tendency. So it is with virtues. We are apt to admire in oth ers those qualities but we pride ourselves on also possessing. Now, bur people have been predicting, all along since ’48, successes, revolutions, the overthrow of monarchy in Europe, &c., &c., until within a month or so back, when they began to cool down a little, on finding how coolly the JTrench submitted to the coup d'etat of Louis Napoleon. Americans saw plainly what they would do under such and such circumstances, and imagined that Europeans would, as a. matter of course, do the same. But they were disappointed, and the consequences of their disappointment will be fetal to those who disappointed them. * I think it would be very difficult to get us, as a people, after this bogus revolu tion in France, to put any confidence in a future attempt, or to aid it in any way.— The French character is below par in this city. Many of the violent republicans of a year back are now defenders of the policy of Louis Napoleon; and the French daily news-paper published here, the Courier de Etats Unis, has just been sold for oue half of what was paid for it a short time ago. Its subscription list has been felling off for some time, because it opposes the coup d,etat ofthe Prince-President. The groat religious anniversaries com mence in this city on Sunday next. Crowds will flq#k to this modern Mecca; and our country friends will be enabled to kill two birds with one stone, by attending the re ligious festivals, and learning the latest fash ions, at the same time. The watch-stuffers and mock-auction shops will. then glean rich harvests; and our people, generally, will make money out of the sojourners. The arrival in this city of $2,400,000 from San Francisco, via Aspinwall, Navy Bay, in the Crescent City t the quick trip made, the glowing accounts of the passen gers, and the rapid progress of the Panama Railroad have stirred up many of our young people and made them think about going to palifornia. Perhaps, the fine weather has also had something to do with raising their spirits. It is expected that the U. S. Mail steamship Company will reduce the fare from here to San Francisco, some thirty per cent. -Should they do so, the rush for tickets will be greater than ever, and the company will no doubt make money by the reduction. They have just declared a divi dend to stockholders of ten per cent, and it is this, perhaps, that makes them feel so lib eral. The tide of emigration has again com menced, and during the past five days, the arrivals have been numerous. Since Sat urday, there have arrived at this port 6,83 passengers. The total number of immi grants that have already landed, this year, wbieb is yet only four months old, is 71,- 631. The laborers of this city commenced a strike, yesterbay, for higher wages. They now get $1, and some of them $1 12-12 cts., a day. They demand $1 25 cts., which, Heaven knows, is little enough for them, in a place like this, where rents and all sorts of provisions are so high. Nearly every article necessary to a iamily’s living has gone up in price! during the past year, from 20 to 50 per cent. It is but- just, that the pay of laboring men should be correspond ingly advanced. Jenny Lind Goldschmidt’s approaching concerts don’t cause as much excitement as the New York daily papers would lead peo ple to suppose. Enormously high prices, coupled with the fact that she is now not mademoiselle, but madarne, have cooled down our enthusiasm. Oue or.two fiddlers aud a pianist are not sufficient aid for a first class concert, even with Jenny as the prin cipal attraction. Lola Montez gives some delightful petits soupers ; but her visitors are for the most part brainless, moneyless, loafers. Of course ladies don’t visit her, and married gentle men who do, don’t take particular pains to tell their wives of it. Lola has turned the heads of most of the men connected with the city papers, not with her large eyes, and bewitching smiles, but by making them “smile.” They say that she always keeps on hand a superior article of pale brandy, and that such a woman ought to be sup ported. Very sensible men, these city editors. A novel scene came off, yesterday, in the office of theU. S. Commissioner. A couple of John Bulls, the master and first mate of a British ship, were brought up on a charge of resisting a process. One of the seamen, having been discharged by the Captain, brought an action for the payment of his wages. The writ wa3 given to a deputy- marshal, who went ou board with it; but the Captain was not on board, and the mate refused to receive it. The marshal, however, placed it on the mate’s shoulder, and said he would have to take charge of the ship, which should not leave the warf until the claim was settled. About two hours afterward, the Captain came on board and went to his cabin, whence, shortly after, he rushed out with the mate, and exclaimed: ‘‘Overboard with him ! What business has he on my ship?” The officer pulled out a revolver, and cooly said that, if he laid hands on him, he would in stantly blow his brains out. The Captain drew back. The officer then again showed him the process, but he saw that he did not care for it, that he paid no attentiou to the laws of the United States, and that, if the officer did not quit the vessel, he would forcibly eject him. The Captain then went back to his cabin, and tiie officer went on to tiro pier, where he remained all night. In the morning, a steamer came along side the ship, with a pilot, and towed the vessel into the stream, where she anchored, preparatory to going to sea. But the officer collected a strong posse of assistants, took a steamboat, boarded the ship, arrested the Captain and mate, and brought the vessel back. The Captain was held to bail in the sum of $500, and the mate in $250. The attendance at places of public amuse ment is beginning to be slim. The Broad way Theatre, however, with Miss Cashman in around of characters, is drawing full houses. Wood’s ministrels are j , money fast, on an excellent burlesque of Yours Truly, PULASKL of the State of Georgia. At a meeting of Stockholders in the Bank ofthe State of Georgia, in Savannah, on Wednesday, the 28th of April, 1852 in pursuance of an advertisement to that effect the President of the Board of Directors of the Bank (Major A. Porter) read to tiro Stockholders an address, showing the con dition ofthe Bank and branches on the 3d of Apriljfepm which it appeared that the net promlrof the Institution for six months from 3d Oct., 1851, to 3d ApriL had been $95,163,97,^118110 $6.34 per share, that a dividend. (No. 63) of$4 per share had just been declared, ($60,000,) and that the balance of profits (35,163,97) bad been earned to Cr. of Surplus Fand, making the fund now $122,199.83. He akostated that when the stockholders last assembfeff on the .m °f I® 50 » riiey adjourned over JV" ; Wednesday, 28th of April, and among: © jprovvvQiu^s men sdopted was sl Jtcso lution, directing the Board of directors to apply at the next session ofthe Legislature following that meeting for a renewal of the Charter of the Bank, for a period of twenty or twenty-five years from the expiration of the then existing Charter, say from 16 th 1855. Application was accordingly made to the last legislature of Georgia, and the Charter was renewed and extended until til the 16th of December, 1880, by an act passed for that purpose on the 25th of No vember 1851. [FROM THE AUGUSTA CBO. A SEN.. 6TH JNST.J Georgians.—Bounty Lands. The following Letter from tiro Hon. Wm. C. Dawson to the Editor, showing that a certain class of soldiers in Georgia, those engaged in removing the Cherokee Indiana iu 1837 and ’38 are entitled to Bounty Lands under the aet of March 1852—will be read with peculiar interest by those in terested: Washington Cierr, May 1,185-2. Sir: By the Aet of Congress ’passed the 2 2d of March, 1852, tiro soldiers called out by State authority, and subsequent to June, 1812, paid by the United States^ are enti tled to Bounty Lands. The soldiers (in Georgia) engaged! h the removal of the Cherokee Indians- 183 % and ’38 are entitled, and it has been so de cided by tiro proper authority. Yon will please give tbis information, which will serve as a reply to the nummerous letters I have received, and oblige many of your readers. Very respectfully, Wm. C. Dawson.. Colored Seamen—South Carolina.— Mr. Mathew, tbe British Consul at Charles ton, So. Ca., is determined to test tbe vet- lidity and efficacy of tbe law of that State, which requires the imprisonment of color ed seamen, by bringing the question di rectly before ttie Courts of tbe State, as ap pears by tbe following notice of tbe Stand ard : We have now to call the attention ofthe public to tbe fact, that tbe practical issue las been made, by which the validity ofthe laws in regard to colored seamen arriving in our port, is to be submitted to the Judi cial Tribunals of the country.. For our selves, we have no fears for the credit of the State in such a controversy. The right if the State to control, by her own legisla- t on, the wholesubject-matter, can we think oy a full discussion, be established upon a. basis which, in the South at least, will bever hereafter be questioned. If there be defect in the details of the regulations en acted, the consideration of them is no w pre cluded, when the issue presented is the right- ofthe State to act at all in the premises. The writ of habeas corpus was applied betfore Judge Withers during the term of the court which has just closed, by the British Consul, through his counsel, Mr. Petigru, in behalf of oue Manuel Pereira, a colored sailor, who chiims to be a Portu guese subject, articled to service on board an English brig, driven into this port by stress of weather, the said Manuel Pereira being then in jail, under the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of this State din 1835, amendatory ofthe previ ous act on. this subject. Judge Withers, in compliance with the requirements of the Act of 1844, refused the writ of habeas Corpus, and notice of appeal has been given. Thus, is the issue upon us. A Good Reason.—A country pedagogue had two pupils, to one of whom he was partial and to the other very severe. One morning it happened that these two boys were late, and were called out to ac count for it. “You must have herd the bell, boys; why did you not come.*” “Please, sir,” said the favorite. “I was a dreamin’ that I was goin’ to Californay, and I thought the school bell was the steam boat bell as I were goin’ in” “Very well, sir,” said the master’ glad of a pretext to excuse his favorite; “and now sir (turning to the other,) what have you to say?” “Please, sir—please, sir,” said the puz zled boy, “/—j was waitin' to see Tom of'” It was the same boy who, being asked the next day if bis father was a chrisrian, answered, “Wo, sir he's a Rutckmaa.” A traveler stopped at a tavern, and was much taken with the landlady, a neat, pretty and agreeable quakeress. When a- bout to depart, he declared he could not go without a kiss. The pretty quakeress blushed, as she replied with great circum spection, “Friend, thee must not do so im prudent a thing.” “By heavens, I will !’* claimed the traveler. “Well, as thee has be *be cause of thy break- rog , t tnee mast not- mk* §