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ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1859.
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0° ;Vc acknowledge the receipt of Pub.
from the Hon. Robert Toombs,
gjY ••Knickerbocker” for March, is here,
n ,l as usual, very interesting. The Editor’s
ji.partment is unusually good.
gff’The President has called an extra ses
• on of the Senate, on account of important
matters yet to be examined and passed upon.
“Russell’S Magazine,” Charleston, S. O.—
The March number is on hand. We like this
magazine. May it have “lots” of subscribers,
“baptist Telescope, Hendersonville, N. C.,
Y„l. 1. No. 5. W. A. G. Brown, Editor and
Proprietor.”
Mr. Way Drown must not get too waggish
Baptists will not allow much waggery, even
though it be (lone up Brown. We wish the
“Telescope” success. We cheerfully place it
upon our exchange list.
Democratic Almanac.—We have received
(he United States Democratic Almanac and
Political Register for 1859, published by Par
sons & Chapin, New York. It is a valuable
reference liook, containing party platforms,
mid a great variety of interesting matter on
political subjects.
Jf;" The war cloud in Europe is gathering in
blackness, and threatening a violent storm.—
Preparations for fighting ave being made all
over the continent. The Demon of strife is
panting for more powder and blood. The
sword seems not ready to be t urned into the
pruning hook. When shall the lion and the
lamb lie down together? When will the na-
tiuiis get tired of shedding blood?
“Whose guiltless drops
Are even- one a wo, a sore complaint,
’(iainst him, whose wrong gives edge unto the
[swords.
That makes such waste in brief mortality.”
S. M. Pettingell fc Co., the well known ad
vertising house in Ne-.v York, have sent $500
to Mr. Everett as their contribution to the
Mount Vernon fund. '1 licy state that Bonner
of the Mger has spent through their agency
over $100,000 for advertising during the past
year.
Bonner has found out the value of Printer’s
ink. He is reaping hi6 reward. A distinguish
ed Grecian orator was once asked by a stu
dent for advice which would give success to a
public speaker. The orator cried, action, ac-
l it in. action. If a business man should ask us
(or advice, as to how to succeed in business,
we would answer advertise, advertise, advertise.
Our Hotel*.
We have taken occasion at sundry times, of
speaking particularly of the hotels of Atlanta.
They are necessary institutions to the prosper
ity of every town or city. We will stake those
of our city, against any in the Southern coun-
try. We were fully convinced of this fact, by
participating, on yesterday, in the good things
usually served up at the dining hour by our
host. Dr. Boyd of the Trout House. Thishouse
is well kept, and not a little of its reputation
is owing to the polite attention and efficient
services of Major Nickerson, assistant Hotel
keeper of this house. Travelers may always
expect good fare at the Trout House, as well
as at our other Hotels.
"I am sorry to see the position taken by the
“Confederacy.” I am at a loss to know how
he calculates to find so much division in our
ranks. As far as I can hear, hut one senti
ment seems to exist in the minds of the people
—AH for Brown."
The above conies to us from a correspondent
in high position, and from one who has an op
portunity to know much of popular feeling.
Our friend will pardon us for using a part of
bis interesting letter.
•
Tile Sovaininli Republican.
This is one of our most highly esteemed ex
changes, though we abominate the politics of
the paper. As a news Journal, the “Republi
can" has few equals and no superiors. Of one
thing wo do complain however, and that is the
In irrible mechanical execution of the paper.—
The number received by us oil yesterday, con
tained several articles which we wished to
copy, but the print was so awfnl bad, neither
we nor any of our printers could decipher the
hieroglyphics. We could just make out
enough to discover that the articles were in
teresting, but could not venture to copy them.
Brother Sims, send your form to Atlanta, and
we will print your paper free, gratis, and for
nothing. Just look at the “Intelligencer,”
“The Crusader,” “The Confederacy,” “The
Medical Journal,” all printed on our Steam
i’ower Press, if you want to see something
nice, better than anything that ever emana
ted from a Savannah Press.
In our issue of to-day will be found an ac'
count of the late difficulty lie tween tlie “Con
federacy” and “American” of our city. We
congratulate the gentlemen involved in sad
difficulty in escaping from the necessity of
calling for “pistols for two and coffee for one.”
What the men would not do a woman did.
Hurrah for the women bless their souls, they
arc fur peace. Whenever wc get into an Edi
torial scrape that results in our being “called
out” we intend to choose a woman for our
S rondand then we shall have no fear of fall
ing in mortal combat. Wc are emphatically
a woman’s man.
“O woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please,
And varial )le as the shade
By the light quivocing Aspen made;
When pain and anguish wring the brow
Administering Angel thou!”
Central, Macon & Western and South-
Western Railroads.
Guano, will for the present, be transported
over the Central Railroad to Macon, or to any
Station on that and the Eaton ton Road, in any
quantity, to any Consignee, at $2 00 per ton
of 2.000 His., and over the Macon & Western,
and South-Western Rail Roads, or to any Sta
tion on either of these Roads, at $1 OOper ton
of 2,000 lbs., provided each Sack is marked
with consignee’s name.
GKO. W. ADAMS, Geri’rl Sup’t C. R. R.
ALFRED TAYLER, “ “ M.&W.R.R.
VIRGIL POWERS, “ “ S. W. R. R.
The al>ove exhibits a praiseworty liberality
on the part of the Central, the South West-
tern and the Macon & Western Railroads.—
Our Farmers will do well to notice the above
and govern themselves accordingly. Will not
our other Railroads follow suit, in order to in
duce the farmer to improve his land ?
Hf* “Fellow citizens 1” said a North Caro
lina candidate, “I am a Democrat, and was
never anything else. There are three things
that now agitate the State; ThcU. States
Bank, the Tariff and the Penitentiary. I shall
pass over the first two very briefly, as my
sentiments are well known, and come to the
Penitentiary, where I shall dwell for some
time!”
“The Censor of tlic Intelligencer.”
Under the above heading, in the “Confeder
acy” of Tuesday morning, may he found quite
an entei taming article in reply to our Editori
al of the 27th Feb. We pass all that part
about our being a “censor,” as foreign to the
issue. If the editor of the ‘ ‘Confederacy’ ’ will
notice our article again, he will find that we
said nothing about his “being only a short
time in the State,” nor can we find where the
Intelligencer “intimates” any such an idea.
W e make no issue with the “Confederacy” as
to its “right to speak what it believes to he the
wishes of the citizens of this place.” The hull
that made a set at the engine, had, perhaps, a
right to do so. Anyhow, as the story goes,
the man who commented upon the scene,
made no question of right; hut, while he ad
mired the courage of the animal, he expressed
himself as having a poor opinion of his prudence,
1 he gravamen of our article is, that the arti
cle we criticised was “premature.” We feel
so yet. We have as yet seen no good reason
to change our notion, and we cannot see why
the “Confederacy” might not more properly,
have hoisted the name of Gov. Brown at pres
ent, than the “name” which it has seen fit to
suggest. The Confederacy claims to hold an
“uncompromising Southern Rights Democrat
ic faith.” Gov. Brown belongs to what has
been called “the Southern Rights wing of the
Democracy.”
The Confederacy admits that “Gov. Brown
has made a good Executive.” We again re
peat that it is Democratic usage to renominate
where there has been a reasonable performance
of duty. We hold that usage to be good, an 1
fraught with sound common sense and politi
cal wisdom. While we believe in rotation in
office, wc would not rotate too fast. If the
Confederacy thinks that “Gov. Brown has
made a good Executive,” and also thinks that
“there will he violent opposition to his renom
ination,” why not try to pour oil on the trou
bled waters awhile, and see if that “opposi
tion” may not lie reasoned away, and “a good
executive” receive the plaudit well done, by
his endorsement according to a time honored
custom. How does the Confederacy know hut
that it has power to unite all upon “a good
Executive,” until it shall make a noble effort
in that direction “for harmony and unity of ac
tion f”
We pass one paragraph by simply stating
that Gov. McDonald, when last a candidate for
Governor of Georgia, emphatically declared on
the stump and in Ins letter of acceptance, that
he was not in favor of “disunion.”
The Confederacy asks us the following ques
tion : “What is there in the prospectus of the
‘Confederacy’ that the ‘Intelligencer’ and the
Democratic party of Georgia, does not en
dorse !”
We will try to answer the above question to
the best of our ability.
1. We consider “The Southern Confedera
cy” objectionable in its name, anil inconsist-
ant with its motto—“Equality within the Un
ion, or independence without it.” The first
part of that motto does not seem to us appro
priate in this connection.
2. We do not advocate disunion, provided
the neutrality laws are not repealed.
3. We are not striving ior a repeal of the
compromise measures of 1850. We have a
faint remembrance, that all parties in Georgia
—the Union—the Southern Rights, and the
American—have hound themselves to abide
that compromise.
4. We do not advocate disunion, provided
the restrictions upon the African Slave Trade,
are not repealed. At any rate, wc will not do
so until the good citizens of Georgia amend
our State constitution, which now prohibits
the importation of Africans.
5. We are not for Free Trade and direct tax
ation yet awhile. We are willing to abide the
tariff a little longer, under proper regulations.
G. Wc are not opposed to the aecpiisition of
any more territory until the African Slave
Trade is re-opened.
We understand the Confederacy to take the
affirmative of the above propositions. If we
have misunderstood the Confederacy, we stand
ready to be set right. We feel no hesitancy in
saying, that the Democratic party of Georgia
is with ns, on these issues. We might go to
the record, hut time and space will not per
mits
We have no idea that Mr. Glenn disagrees
with us in these statements.
In reply to another paragraph, we simply
say that Mr. Gardner professes to hold nocon
trol over “the political views” of the present
Editor of the Constitutionalist. Although “the
convention to nominate has not convened,”
yet the Confederacy, if we understand it, has,
under the belief that “Gov. Brown cannot he
harmoniously renominated,” in advance of the
music, pointed to Luther J. Glenn as the man
for Democratic “liarmony'and unity.” Sa
vannah lias been more prudent with “her
Styles.” We cannot get the aptness of the
reference to Judge Whitaker, unless it be to
play upon the words “adviser and counsellor.”
The Confederacy was informed by this paper
some days ago, that Judge Whitaker had no
control of its Editorial management. Judge
Whitaker is upon the record. We, without
advising with the Judge, make free to say that
lie is not ashamed of that record, and will he
able to give a good account of his stewardship
whenever the proper time shall roll around. If
every man who voted against Gov. Brown’s
veto of the Bank bill, is to be classed among
his enemies, surely he is in a had way. If
Gov. Brown should try to shoot his enemies,
we opine he would pass many of “those who
set aside his prerogative.” Wc venture nine-
tenths of “those,” who belong to the Demo
cratic party, are warmly in favor of Gov.
Brown s re-election. Mr. Glenn need not in
vest much in the purchase of “a coat of mail,”
unless it be to shield himself from the “inflam
matory torpedoes” of imprudent friends. Wc
would not “consume him” if we could. We
will not hurt him unless he compels us. We
will do him good if he will let us. We have
written what we have written, for the good of
Georgia, of Atlanta, and the Democratic party,
“without fear, favor, or affection.” Time will
reveal whether we have erred.
[ From tlio Nastrvillo Gaz-ttc. ]
A Fighting Woman.
The wife of Gen. Miramon, who has lately
become President of Mexico, is said to be a
regular trump card. She notified her hus-
band—a young man of 27 years—that he must
fight liis way into the Presidential chair, or
she would not live with him. What a woman
cannot do it is not expedient for a man to un
dertake.
And it is also true that what a man thinks
he cannot do,- a woman will sometimes under
take and do, or “break a hem string” trying.
Great institutions, these women. The wife of
the new Mexican President is perhaps several
institutions, hut she will he hardly able to
keep Miramon in the position her indomita
ble will has forced him to take, Six months
as President of Mexico would be considered an
astonishingly long term.
[Written for the Daily Mocninn News.]
A Tribute to tbe Strangers:
Brethren T. J. Fisher and J. M. Hrrrington, whose
recent labors in Savannah have been fraught with much
good.
Ye men of God, a glorious theme,
It is your mission to proclaim ;
No fabric of an idle dream,
Without foundation, void of aim,
But whose divine reality
^ By the Deific mind was given
To teach of immortality,
Foreshadow death, yet picture heaven.
Where’er you go, success attend
It our ministration of the word !
The labor of your love extend
The earthly kingdom of the Lord !
Still as you tell your Savior’s story
_ May many jewel-souls lie given
To form a cynosure of glory,
About your crowns of joy in heaven.
Farewell! We here no more may greet you
Who turned our errant tho’ts above,
Yet there our spirit, hope to meet you;
Abiding still in Jesu’s love,
Then shall we strike our tuneful lyres •
t And lapped in bliss, resound the Giver.
Nor fear when earth’s funeral fires
Shall light the taper of—forever !
Q. R. S. T.
Savannah, Feb. 17. 1859.
Hie above contains the first and last two
verses of a very kind “tribute” to Elder Fish
er and Harrington. We have learned from
several sources tiiat the above named gentle
men have done" “much good” lately in Sa
vannah and also in Griffin. They passed
through this place en route for their homes in
Kentucky on Wednesday last.
They were expected to remain in Atlanta
and labor awhile, but circumstances, bej'ond
their control compelled them to return to
their homes immediately. They left a posi
tive promise to return here on the first of
May, if living, and all tilings seemed to indi
cate that they were wanted. We have never
heard Mr. Fisher, hut he is said to be one of
the most powerful preachers in the South and
he speaks very highly of his co-laborer Mr.
Harrington. If they shall he permitted
to return we sincerely hope they may he at
tended with the favor of Heaven.
Plenty of Rai n ami high Water.
From what we have been able to learn re
lative to the extent of the damage by tlie re
cent heavy rains, we are led to suppose it con
siderable. Tlie Rome Rail Road train was stop
ped for several days in consequence of a breach
in the Roau, which rendered it impassable.—
We learn that one or two of Dr. Lewis’ “sub
stantial bridges” of the State Road was swept
away by the high water. It is said the old
man’s now out of his element. While all went
right on the road, as he found it, he was the
illustrious Superintendent; but when there is
an accident, the old fellow displays liis rail
road ability in a manner that does not meet
the approbation of his ardent devotees. The
old man ought to pray for as few freshets as
possible, or liis railroad reputation will get on
the wane.
The above editorial is from “the Southerner
& Advertiser” of 24 Feb’y 1859, published at
Rome Geo., Dr. Wiilburu Wofford is its edi
tor and proprietor. It is a somewhat remark
able production, commending itself chiefly to
public attention from the style and taste exhibit
ed. Tlie style is easy, flowing, loose and lim
ber, the taste is certainly admirable. There
is no point made in regard to the washing
away of bridges and other damage done on
the State Road, other than the heading of
thearticle, “Plenty of rain and high water”—
this rain and high water, the editor has “from
what he has been able to learn’ ’ done consider
able damage to the State Road. He further
learns that one or two of Dr. Lewis’ “sub
stantial bridges’ ’ was swept away by the high
water. Now it so happens that Dr. Lewis has
neither built a sub-stantial or uu-sub-stan-
tial Bridge on the road. One rock bridge
over Petits Creek in C.iss county, gave way.
This bridge was built by II. G. Cole—See Sen
ate Committees’ report. The Bi idge or trestle
work over Two-run was nearly new, and
a good piece of work built shortly before Dr.
Lewis came on the road, and is known on the
road, as one of the 20 per cent, contracts. Hie
third and last trestle which gave way was the
one over Ootlicaloga creek at the first cross
ing as yon go up the road. This too was built
before Dr. Lewis came on the rood—this
particularizes the “substantial bridges” of Dr.
Lewis’.
The taste displayed in this production is a
little remarkable. The “old fellow” maybe
intended to mean my companion—my co-la
bourer—my fellow in either suffering and af
fliction, or in joy and prosperity. If this is
the meaning, well, very well—the “old fel
low” though might he construed as meaning
anything else but a clever fellow, a boon com
panion. Taken altogether it would hardly seem
that a good fellow—a boon companion, an
equal, was meant; for in very many particulars
the Superintendent and Editor differs very ma
terially. The Superintendent is near three
score years old—the Editor not much over
one-third of that, he is a young man. The Su
perintendent has grey hairs, yea his hair is
white by time and trouble—the Editor’s is not.
The Superintendent’s eyes are dim—the Edi
tor’s are not. The Superintendent’s checks
are furrowed—the Editor’s arc not. The Su
perintendent’s shoulders are stooping forward
with the weight and cares of years—The Edi
tor stands erect in all the prime of early man
hood—hut there is nothing in which the Su
perintendent and Editor differs more than in
i that of praying for “as few freshets as possi
ble.” The Superintendent we venture never
prays for “few freshets,’ or many “freshets”
believing that the Supreme being manages
such things all right and much better than
Superintendents of Rail Roads, or Editors could
do. These are some of the particulars in
which the Superintendent and Editor are not
equal—are not fellows. In olden times, the
“hoary head” was regarded in a little different
light from what it seems to be "in this Edito
rial. The above article is written something
after the maimer, in which fast young men, are
in the habit of speaking of their parents, as
the old man and the old woman. Perhaps the
“Southener & Advertiser” will learn a little
by waiting on the “old fellow” the “illustri
ous Superintendent,” to see if he does not pay
the expenses of the late “freshet” and increase
his payment into the Treasury for the month
of March.
ggp Tlie assay officer of the U. S. Mint have
discovered, on making analysis of the Canadi
an new decimal coin, that their several pieces
do not harmonise with the standards for the
same pieces in our own country, the Canadi
an 20 cent pieces being worth, by the United
States standard, 18 and ■§ cents nearly, and
that it is consequently not interchangable
with our currency, at its real value,
We hear of no opposition.to Gov. Brown,
and we have no doubt he will be re-nomina
ted with singular unamity.—[Macon Tele
graph.
g^° Marriage resembles a -pair of shears,
says Sidney Smith, so joined that they can
not be separated, often moving in opposite di
rections, yet always punishing any one who
comes between them.
fg?” Hon. H. V. Johnson is spoken of as a
suitable candidate to succeed Mr. Stephens in
Congress. Should the Democracy be unable
to prevail upon Mr. S. to go before the people
again for re-election, we know of no man in
the 8th district we would sooner see take his
place than Ex-Governor Johnson. Being a
ripe scholar, a profound politician, and true
Democrat, we feel convinced that no better,
abler or more competent man could he sent
from that District.
The above we clip from the Dalton Times.
While we heartily endorse everything, which
our cotemporery says in commendation of
Gov. Johnson’s talents, and fidelity to his
party, we doubt the propriety of placing him
in the position, which our Dalton friend would
assign him. However honorable that position
may he, there is another, though not more
honorable, yet more responsible, which we
should delight to see, the distinguished Ex-
Governor of Georgia occupy. Wo allude to
the position of United States Senator. With
Robert Toombs and Herschel V. Johnson, as
Senators from Georgia, the Empire State of
the South, could hold up her head in the
council of the nation, and with justice and pro
priety, claim to he mere ably represented
in that department of the government than
any State in the Union. Yes we repeat with
emphasis, than any State in the Union. Every
Georgian possessed of a spark of candor is
compelled to admit this proposition to be true.
Well, says our friends of the Empire State,
and probably the Columbus Times, what are
you going to do with Judge Iverson ? We
answer that we have no war to make on
Judge Iverson. We have known him for
more than thirty years ; lived in the same
county with him, admired his talents and his
gallantry ; felt the force of his blows against
the Democratic party, to which he was then
opposed, and to which we then and have ever
since belonged. For many years Judge Iver
son hrs been a consistent Southern Rights
Democrat, hut it will he remembered, that he
was elected to his'present position as a compro
mise man. The contest was between Gov.
Cobb and Gov. McDonald. The had faith of
a few Democratic members of the Legislature,
defeated the election of Gov. McDonald, as
we then thought most unrighteoufly, and
still think so, and we are supported in this
opinion by Gov. Cobh, himself— Gov* Mc
Donald’s—then competitor. To produce har
mony in the Democratic party, Judge Iverson
was taken up as a compromise man. He will
have served out his term of six years on the
4th of March 18C0. This we think ought to
satisfy him, and he should in a spirit of mag
nanimity retire from the field, and leave tbe
way open to Gov. Johnson, Gov. McDonald,
or Gov. Cobb, as the Democratic party may
choose, the one or the other, unless there
should he an unmistakeable popular demon
stration in liis favor as is likely to he the case
with regard to Gov. Brown.
In that case then we are for Judge Iverson.
We are for the nominee no matter whom
he may he. As to the two latter, they
both now occupy high and responsible
official positions and the presumption is
they have no aspirations for Senitorial honors.
Hence the track is clear tor Gov. Johnson, if
Judge Iverson has the magnanimity to retire,
which wc hope he has. We have penned this
article in no spirit of opposition to Judge
Iverson. With a few exceptions, wc approve
his course in Congress; hut we hope to he
pardoned, in saying that he h.os executed the
mision, to which he has been appointed
by liisj party, and he ought to retire with
cheerfulness.
[From the Southern Confederacy.]
( COMMUNICATED. )
Mr. Editor :—In your issue of the 25th inst.,
is an editorial suggesting my name, upon the
happening of certain contingencies, as a can
didate for Gubernatorial honors. Fully and
gratefully appreciating the kind manner in
which you have spoken of me in your paper,
allow me to say, that my name cannot, under
any circumstances, with my consent, be used
in the convention which is to assemble for the
nomination of a candidate for Governor. •
Yours very truly,
LUTHER J. GLENN.
Connecticut Politics.
Tlie two parties in Connecticut have com
pleted their tickets for Governor and Repre
sentatives in Congress. The election will take
place on the first Monday in April. The fol
lowing are the nominations;
FOR GOVERNOR.
Republican. Democrat.
Wm. A. Buckingham, James T. Pratt.
FOR CONGRESS.
Dist. 1. Dwight Loomis, Alvin P. Hyde,
“ 2. John Woodruff, Samuel Arnold,
“ 3. A. A. Burnham, R. S. Baker,
“ 4. Orris S. Ferry, Wm. D. Bishop.
Abdication of tbe Emperor of Haytl.
The negroe Emperor of Hayti, on abdica-
ion, caused the following proclamation to be
made :
Haytiens ! Called by the will of the people
to govern the destinies of Hayti, all my care
and anxeities have constantly been for the
welfare of my citizens and prosperity of my
country. I held hopes that I could have re
lied on the affections of those who elevated
me to that supreme power, but the late events
that have taken place do not permit me to
doubt the true sentiments of the people.
I have too much freindship for my country
to hesitate in sacrificing myself for the good of
all.
I abdicate, and have only one wish—that
Hayti may be as happy as my heart has al
ways desired.
Done at Port-au-Prince, January, 1859, in
the 56th year of Independence.
[ Signed.]
FAUSTIN.
Tax Payers Meeting.
The proceedings of this meeting, held at the
Court house, on Tuesday last, will be found
in another column" The resolution requesting
the Clerk of the Superior Court not to copy;
and the Sheriff not to serve, the processesof
informants, unless the costs are pre-paid, was
designed, we suppose, to apply to suits brought
by parties out of the county. We believe
those officers have no option in the matter
where the parties bringing suit are resident in
the county. The duty is doubtless an unplea
sant one to those* officers, but if the law makes
it imperative no personjshould attach blame
to the Sheriff and Clerk for conforming to its
requisitions. The meeting was a very fall one
and indicated pretty clearly the indignation of
the people of this county at the interference of
outsiders in the affairs.
Tlie Inferior Court of this county, as will he
seen by the card of its judges elsewhere, disa
vows any complicity with the parties bring
ing these suits, and declares its intention not
to be responsible for any costs that may be ing
curred in their prosecution.
We have heard'of Judge Lumpkin’s decis
ion being cited as authority for these prosecu
tions, but we have it from a gentleman who
conversed with the Judge upon the subject,
that he does not justify the ’wresting of the law
to purposses of private speculation and whole
sale extortion. Nor does he countenance the
system of espionage which has been adopted
in these cases.—[ Ind. South. '
Some one sats of the Newspaper.—“Salu
tary as a physician, edifying as theparsot, re
freshing as the morning dew, fragrant as the
floweite, and punctual as the milk man, drops
in upon the vacant or weary man, morning
or evening—the daily newspaper. A great
institution! Mighty product of the toil of ed
itors, reporters, correspondents aud compos
itors!”
We insert the following correspondence in
our columns to-day, at the request of the
friends of the parties;—
CORRESPONDENCE.
Atlanta, Feb. 26th, 1859.
Editors of the “National American” :
Gentlemen :—Please inform me which of the
three Editors of the “American,” assumes the
authorship of the article in your paper of the
24th inst., under the caption of “Enormous
Southern Rights Champions.”
Respectfully,
James P. Hambleton.
P. S. This note will be handed to you by
my friend, Dr. B. M. Smith. J. P. H.
Atlanta, Feb. 26th, 1859.
James P. Hambleton :—Sir: I am the au
thor of the article “Enormous Southern Rights
Champions.” James S. Slaughter.
P. S. This will he handed to you by my
friend, Dr. Ralph B. Badger. J. S. S.
Atlanta, Feb. 27tli, 1858.
Mr. J. S. Slaughter :—Sir: In the article
of which you avow yourself to he the author
—under the caption of “Enormous Southern
Rights Champions”—there were certain words
quoted “O Lordy !” “O Lordy!” evidently re
ferring to some covert allusion, which the wri
ter did not choose more definitely to explain.
Believing that the use of these quoted words
were intended to he offensive to me personal
ly, I replied as I then felt, in a manner that,
according to all established usage, closed fur
ther controversy on my part, and left the onus
on the author of the article in the “Ameri
can” to treat as he might deem best. You
have chosen to rejoin to my reply, through
the columns of the “American.” Here, so
far as my own position might have been con
cerned , the difficulty could have stopped. But
I waive all precedent and usage, and demand
forthwith, peremptorily and explicitly, wheth
er the words quoted and referred to above
were intended to allude to me.
James P. Hambleton.
Atlanta, Feb. 28th, 1859.
James P. Hambleton :—I confess myself
somewhat astonished by the demand in your
last note. I do not know by what extraordi
nary process of reasoning, you arrive at the
conclusion that the words ‘ ‘O Lordy, ” “0 Lor
dy,” &c., should be intended as offensive to
you, and still more am I at a loss to conclude
why you should take the liberty to denounce
a man as a “dastard” and an “abolitionist,"’
&c., for the use of the words “0 Lordy,” “0
Lordy.”
At the time the article was written, I did
not know that the words to which you refer
could be deemed offensive by any man. Bi^,
you are welcome to make the most of them.
After your false and malicious article, I am
under no obligations to you.
This will be handed you by my friend Mr.
V. P. Sisson.
J. S. Slaughter.
Atlanta, Feb. 28th, 1859.
J. S. Slaughter :—Yours of this date has
been received, in which you state you “did not
know” that the words twice quoted in your
article in the “American” of the 24th, could
be deemed offensive; but you fail to explain
why those words were quoted and that twice in
the same article. Your note is otherwise un
satisfactory, and requires me to request that
the correspondence which is pending between
us shall he pursued outside of the limits of the
State, at some point which you may des ignae
easy of access in South Carolina.
James P. Hambleton.
Atlanta, Feb. 28th, 1859.
Jas. P. Hambleton :—I cannot conceive by
what principle of honor I should he expected
to repair without the limits of the State to
close a correspondence in which I have de
clared that at the time the objectionable allu
sion was made, I had no idea would give of
fence to any gentleman. Yet as you seem
bent on wreaking your vengeance upon me, I
waive all further objections, and will meet you
with pleasure.
My friend V. P. Sisson is authorized to ar
range the preliminaries.
James S. Slaughter.
Atlanta, Feb. 28th, 1859.
B. M. Smith, Esq Jas. S. Slaughter and
myself will be at West Point (a point easy of
access to Alabama) on Wednesday Evening,
March 2, 1859, to answer any demands you
may have against us.
Yours Respectfully,
V. P. Sisson.
At this stage of the controversy, Rev. Lew
is Lawshe, ,» and John M.
Clark, Esq., asked that the correspondence be
placed in their hands for an amicable adjust
ment, which being consented to, the follow
ing award was submitted to tlie parties :—
Atlanta, March 1st, 1859.
Gentlemen:—After examining with much and
anxious care, the correspondence, we observe
that communications (marked Nos. 3 and 4)
seem to us to contain all that is material in
this controversy. And upon a careful review
of these communications just indicated, we
decide that the disavowal by Mr. Slaughti r,
of any personal application of the words, “O
Lordy, 0 Lordy,” complained of by Mr. Ham
bleton as “offensive,” is a sufficient and satis
factory explanation, and that with no proprie
ty can Mr. Hambleton press a further expla
nation. We also decide as a condition, that
so much of the communication of Mr. Slaugh
ter (in No. 4) expressed in this language, “But
you arc welcome to make the most of them.
After your false and malicious article, I am
under no obligations to you,” be withdrawn.
We solemnly declare as otir opinion, tiiat on
this basis an honorable adjustment can be con
stituted, and that a hostile meeting is un
necessary and uncalled for.
John M. Clark,
Lewis Lawshe.
To Messrs. J" }! " [ Seconds.
This award was received by Dr. Smith as
satisfactory, hut rejected by V. P. Sisson—
whereupon the following note was submitted
by two of the above named gentlemen:—
Atlanta, March 1st, 1859.
Dr. B. M. Smith and V. P. Sisson :
Gents:—We are in receipt of your communi
cation, and simply reply that as our arbitra
tion is not accepted by both parties, we decline
any further action. Respectfully,
Jno. M. Clark,
Soon after the receipt of this note,, the par
ties were arrested by an officer at the instance
of Miss Laura C. "Badger, (a sister-in-law of
Mr. J. S. Slaughter) and while they were un
der arrest, the following note was placed by
Rev. Lewis Lawshe, in the hands of Dr. Smith,
and was received by him as a satisfactory
ground for the amicable adjustment of the dif
ficulty, and the parties were forthwith dis
charged without bonds
. Atlanta, March 1st, 1859.
Mr. Lewis LaifshR -.—Dear Sir: We thank
you for your kind interposition. Mr. Slaugh
ter has alrcaiy denied that the use of the
words “0 Lordy,” “0 Lordy,” were intended
as offensive, and was utterly unaware of their
application to Jas. P. Hambleton or any ono
else. Respectfully,
V. P. Sisson,
For the Intelligencer.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 28,1859.
Editors Intelligencer :—One of the most
horribje tragedies ever witnessed by this com
munity, occurred on yesterday about 3 o’ clock.
Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, Member of Congress
from the city of New York, shot deati, Phillip
Barton Key, U. 8. Attorney for the District of
Columbia. The high standing of the parties,
the cause of homicide, the day upon which it
was perpetrated, the cool and deliberate man
ner in which it was done, all conspires to pro
duce a degree of astonishment and horror very
rarely witnessed here or elsewhere. The shoot
ing took place at the comer of Lafayette square
nearly opposite the President’s House. Mr.
Key and a Mr. Butterworth were talking to
gether, when Mr. Sickles approached, calling
Mr. Key by name, and said, “You scoundrel
you have dishonored me,” and fired. The first
shot missed. Key then seized his assailant,
and they straggled to the middle of the street,
where becoming disengaged, Sickles fired an
other shot, which took effect in the right thigh.
Key took shelter behind a tree box, Sickles
following and firing the third time. This shot
penetrated his body, and is no doubt the one
that produced death. A fourth was then fired,
hut it glanced off Key’s body doing no dam
age, but the work of horror was already ac
complished, and the victim immediately ex
pired. The cause of this tragedy was the illic
it intercourse of Key with Sickles’ wife, who
was in the habit of meeting him at houses of
ill fame. Sickles had received an anonymous
letter informing him of his wife’s infidelity,
and designating Mr. Key as the guilty para
mour—this put him ou inquiry, as well as the
alert—the result of which was a full confession
of the guilty wife, and a detectiou of Mr. Key
walking near his house and waving a white
handkerchief as a signal, as he supposed, to
his faithless wife, whereupon he went forth
and ‘'slew him." Daniel E. Sickles, as you are
doubtless aware, is one of the most able and
influential Democra tic members of the present
House, and is withal, a ready and fluent speak
er, of fine personal appearance, and docs not
seem as if he were more than thirty-five years
of age. On the other hand, Phillip Barton
Key is the son of the author of our National
Ballad, “the Star Spangled Banner,” and is
therefore the nephew of the venerable Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court. He was married
several years ago, has several children, but has
been a widower for some time past. He had’
been, in his youth, very handsome, but dissi
pation and high living had left their impress
upon him. He was a man of a high order of
talents, and bore among his acquaintances, the
character of a high-toned, chivalrous gentle
man. He was appointed by President Pierce,
District Attorney, and retained by President
Buchanan.
I presume that Mr. Sickles was thoroughly"
convinced of the guilt of the parties, before lie
took his fatal revenge. And if it shall prove
true that the deceased was guilty of tlie charge,
there will only exist one sentiment among all
men of honor, and that is that he lias met a
deserving fate. “MARS.”
Atlanta, March 1st, 1859.
Mr. Lewis Lawshb :—Dear Sir: Your kind
ness is duly appreciated as a mediator, and you
will permit me to say that the note of Mr. V
P. Sisson on the part of Mr. Slaughter, in the
matter of difference, is entirely satisfactory.
Yours Respectfully, B. M. Sima
♦This gentleman requests that his Dame may not ap
pear. ;
A Vert Prolific Spouse—Tvcinly-eme Cnil-
dren in Twenty-two Yean.—Yesterday afternoon
the wife of Lawrence Veingartner, a grocer,
corner of John and Richmond streets, who has
been married to her husband 22 years, pre
sented him with his 21st child. Such a female
would people a territory in a very limited pe
riod. She is immense. Who can surpass
these figures ?—[ Cin. Enq.
OCR SAVANNAH eORHESPOVDEXCE.
Savannah, March 2, 1859.
Messrs. Editors:—My letter this time must
necessarily ho short, as there is absolutely
nothing of interest transpiring in our city.—
The IT. S. Marshal has advertised the Wanderer
for sale on the 12tli inst., aud beyond this
there is nothing new in the slave trading line.
Even the News has had little to say about it
recently, contenting itself with copying the
letters of Dr. Lee and articles from John
Mitchell’s Citizen. In reading these letters
from the State University I could hardly be
lieve that their author was tlie same Dr. Lee
who formerly edited a “silver grey” whig pa
per at Rochester, N. Y., and whom I recol
lected as assistant editor of {the Augusta
Chronicle Sf Sentinel in 1852, when your corres
pondent was a journeyman in that office.—
Times change and people change with them,
and it is a singular fact that the most violent
editorial advocates of the re-opening of the
slave trade, (in Georgia at least,) are n rives
of Northern States. I have been much pleased
at reading the speech of Hon. James Jackson,
which you published, particularly that part
denouncing the * ‘higher law’ ’ pari y among us.
I believe he has expressed the sentiments of a
very large majority of the people of the
South, the opinions of a few editors to the
contrary notwithstanding.
We had the Campbell Minstrels here last
week, hut their performances show a great
falling off (to my mind) since I last saw them.
Last night Mr Stephen Massett, better known
as “Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville,” gave his first
entertainment before a large audience, at Ma
sonic Hall. I had expected a much better
performance than he gave from the very fa
vorable notices in papers of all parts of the
country.
He has a good voice, but speaks so fast that
the words run into each other and much of
the effect is lost. The closing part was a de
scription of a scene in India, including the
blowing of the Sepoys from cannons. The
word-painting was very good, with the ex
ception of a slight discrepancy. He spoke of
the gunners standing by, with their matches
lighted, ready to touch off the cannons to
which the mutineers are bound; and after
giving an idea of the scene and the breathless
silence which prevailed, he went on to de
scribe how at the word “fire,” the hammers
descended on the caps, and the mutilated
fragments of human bodies were seen flying
in the air. Now, although I am i*ot a • ‘son of
a gun.” yet the science is not altogether un
familiar, and I was puzzled to understand
what use the gunners had of matches when
the guns were fired with a percussion lock.
A large sale of negroes is taking place to-day
at the Race course. Nearly four hundred
and fifty, belonging to Pierce Butler, the late
husband of Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler, are to
he sold. I learn that tlie average price
thus far is about $700. This sale has attract
ed a large number of buyers from all parts of
the country, and the competition has been
quite spirited. Prices rule high, and it is
probable the parries selling will be well satis
fied.
At the Court House sales yesterday South
western R. R. stock brought $96 per share,
Central $117 ; and Savannah, Albany and
Gulf $51. Bank of Commerce sold for $99:50
and $100.; and Mechanics’ Savings Bank $86
per share. I saw no other Bank stock of-
lered.
The New York celebrity John C. Heenan;
otherwise the “BeniciaBoy,”) has been here
and gave an exhibition one night last week,
at $1 admission. A large number were pres
ent, among them persons calling themselves
respectable. He went over to Cliarlcsston on
Saturday night, hut returned yesterday, and I
believe intends leaving for New York on the
Alabama this evening. He is a fine looking
man, altogether wearing too much the ap
pearance of a gentleman to he engaged in such
a business. He advertised to give exhibitions
in Mobile and Montgomery, but in both places
the city authorities interfered, and prevented
it. Such was not the ease here however,
a id he was so much pleased with his first Bhow
that he contemplated giving a second one and
reducing the price to 50 cents. Afterwards it
was reported that he had given over that idea)
and was going back to N. Y. this evening.
The commencement of the Oglethorpe Medi
cal college came off last evening, when the
degree of M. D. was conferred upon 13 stu
dents. The ad cun&cra degree was given to 10
and the honorary degree to 6 more among
them your cotemporai y of the Lumpkin Palla
dium—Dr. Blackburn.
The weather is miserable—-suicidal—damp,
dreary and dismal. The Theatres closed on
Monday night on account of it; last night was
a little better, but to-night will probably be
worse. Yours, &c.,
W.
Congressional.
Washington, March 2.—The Senate, last
night, passed the naval appropriation bill; and
to-day, were engaged in discussing the mis
cellaneous appropriation bill until the hour of
recess.
_ In the House, a resolution was passed resto
ring Commodore Stewart to active service as
the Senior officer of the navy.
The House also disposed of the Senate’s
amendments to the army bill; and refused to
repeal the restrictive clause in the English-
Kansas bill. The ocean mail bill was re-con
sidered, and again rejected.
Wednesday Night, 10 o’clock.—Both Hous
es of Congress are still in session on the appro
priation bills.
Orient * 1 Cooking.
Monsieur As Soyer, the celebrated French
cook, who went to the Crimea, during the
Russian war, writes to the London Times an
account of his investigations into the Moslem
cookery, as he found it in the kitchen of the
Sultan, at Constantinople from which we ex
tract the following:
‘ ‘They have many dishes which are indeed
worthy of the table of the greatest epicure,
and I shall not consider my Orental mission
terminated to my satisfaction till I see in the
bills of fare of France and England their
puree de volaille au res tomates et coucombres
and puree de Bahmia arometisee a la creme by
the side of our potages a la Reine, Portue,
Jullienneandmulligataw’ney ; near our white-
bait, red mullets, turbots and salmon, their
fried sardines, bar fish, gurnets, sturgeon, red
mullets aux herhes, oyster palaff, mackerel,
salad, &c; and with our roast beef, saddleback
of mutton aDd haunch of venison, their sheep,
lamb or kid, i ousted whole, and the monster
and delicious kebab; by our entrees of su
preme de volaille, salmis and vol aux vents,
their doulmas kioftee, sis kebabs, harharran
bouton, pilaff aux cailles, &c ; with our veg
etables, their Bahmia fried leeks and celery,
Patligan bastici, and sakath kabac hastici;
with our mecedomes, jellies, charlottes, &c.,
their lokounda, Baclava gyneristi, ekmeka-
tive. Their coffee, iced milk sherbet—in fact,
all their principal dishes—might, with the
best advantage, I e adopted and Frenchified
and Anglicized : not so their method of serv
ing, in which they mix sweet and savory dish
es throughout the repast; and less likely still
their method of eating with their fingers,
though aftgr several trials I must admit that
it has some peculiar advantages. their sauces
being of a thinish nature, require to be ab
sorbed with a piece of bread in order to par
take of them, which could not be performed
equally well by either knife or fork. Their
custom of serving only one hot dish at a time
is not new to us, we having borrowed it from
the Russians, who pro bably took it from the
Turks.
No nation, as yet, has been able to boast of
having introduced a single innovation in the
way of living of this singularly incommuni
cative race, the cause of which I can only at
tribute to the immense distance placed between
the relative social position of the two sexes ;
for while in Europe the beau sexe forms the soul
of society and sociability, in Turkey they are
kept in entire seclusion, and almost without
any kind of education. My stay here has not
only procured iue the high honor of an inter
view with the Sultan, but also the advantage
of becoming acquainted with one of the most
useful and principal officers of his Sublime
Majesty’s household, called the Hachji Bachji,
or general in chief of the culinary department
of liis Sublime Majesty, the Padischah, and he
speaks with pride of having held that office
five years with the late Sultan and Padischah
Mahmoud, and has now retained it for seven
teen years with his present Sublime Majesty.
Independent of the private kitchen of the
Sultan, he has under his command in the va
rious palaces, about 600 men cooks, nnd had
in the time of Sultan Mahmoud upward of
1000. 1laving expressed a wish to become ac-
quainted with some of the principal Turkish
dishes, and the way in which tlie dinner was
served, he not only gave me the required in
formation, but invited me to a dinner a la
Tare at tlie new palace of Dolma Batchi. We
were only four guests, including himself.—
Above seventy small dishes formed a luxuri
ous hill of fare, which, after the Turkish fash
ion, were quickly partaken of, as the Mos
lems only taste a mouthful of each dish which
may take their fancy. He then informed me
tiiat the repast we had partaken of was the
fac simile of the dinner daily served lip to his
Majesty the Padischah, who always takes his
meals alone, and, as no hill of fare is made,
every dish in the Turkish cookery code must
he prepared daily throughout the year, and
only varies in quantity according to the abun
dance of scarcity of tlie provisions to he ob
tained in the various seasons, so that his Su
blime Majesty may find every thing he may
desire within his imperial call.
The Armenian cookery turns very much up
on the Turkish style, while the Greek has a
type of his own, which, I regret to say, is far
from meeting my approbation, though in high
Greek families 1 have partaken of excellent
dinners ; hut the Turkish dishes were the most
satisfactory, the common cookery of the
Greeks being sloppy and greasy ; while, per
contra, the Turk has studied the art of preserv
ing the essence of all the provisions employed,
which method will at all times constitute a
palatable as well'as a nutritive food.
State Lunatic Asylum.
Near Milledgeville, Feb. 15th, 1859.
To the individuals charged with taking tlie State Cen
sus :
Gentlemen : A material omission, exists in
the law, providing for, and regulating, the
taking the Census. It is not required, that a
careful account).-should be taken, of the num
ber of idiots,^ind epileptics, in the State; two
of the classes, who under the law, are entitled
to admission to tins institution: And the
number of whom, in the State, it is, for many
important reasons, very desirable, accurately
to ascertain.
In the absence of any legal requirement on
this point, (the result doubtless of oversight
alone,) we have supposed, that upon being
solicited to do so, the Census Takers,' would
also furnish this information. It is therefore
most respectfully requested of those gentle
men, that they will add to their forms, a col
umn, for idiots and another for epileptics,
(lunatics being included in the law) and take
careful account of the number of such persons.
The idiot is an individual who has been the
subject of mental imbecility from birth. The
epileptic, one who has been the subject of
spasms or convulsions, for some length of
time; occurring sometimes at regular, and
again at uncertain intervals: In which the
person falls suddenly, and is temporarily de
prived of all sense. I have had an interview
with his Excellency, the Governor, upon this
subject, who fully concurs in the necessity
and propriety of the foregoing request. A
general compliance with which, will material
ly promote the public interest.
Verv Respectfully,
THOS, F. GREEN.
Sup’t. and Resd’t. Physician of the Asylum.
By tlie Prtglilcnt of tHc United States of
America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, an extraordinary occasion lias oc
curred rendering it necessary and proper that
the Senate of the United States shall be con 1
vened to receive and act upon such communi
cations as have been or may he made to it on
the part of the Executive
Now, therefore, I, James Buchanan, Presi
dent of the United States, do issue this my
proclamation, declaring that an extraordina
ry occasion requires the Senate of the United
States to eonvene;tor the transaction of busi
ness at the Capitol, in the city of Washington,
on the 4th day of next month, at 12 o'clock
at noon of that day, of which all who shall then
be entitied to act as members of that body are
hereby required to take notice.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
United States, at Washington, this 2Gth
[l. s.] day ot February, Anno Domini-1859,
and of the independence of the United
States the 83d. - ’ :
JAMES BUCHANAN.
By tlie President:
Lewis Cass, Secretary of State.
Bathing in the Dead Sea .
A pleasant correspondent of the Boston Post
writing from Jerusalem, Octob .r 25,1858, thus
humorously describes his Dead Sea bath :
The Dead Sea^ias nothing of the desolation
which it has been the pleasure of travellers to
describe ; and it seemed to smile at the se
cret dread with which it inspires the pilgrim.
I, of course, took a bath here, and for a swim
mer who has a fancy to keep his legs as well
as head out of water, I can imagine that it
must be quite pleasant. My French friend,
who is not alittle inclined to corpulency com
plained that he could not get down into the
water, and floated about,now one side up and
now another, for all the world like an inflated
bjadder. On emerging from the water, it was
rapidly evaporated by the sun; and the salt
chrystalized on our bodies gave us the ap
pearance of animated sticks of rock candy; or
a family resemblance to Lot’s w ife.
(fT* The man who reached the height of
Politeness has suddenly disappeared in a
c lond.
Arrival of Wm* Smltii O’Brien.
Tlie “Prince Albert” arrived in the harbor
at an early hour yesterday morning, with Mr.
O’Brien on board. The fact was instantly
made known to Capt. McMahon, of Company,
I, lourth Regiment of Artillery, who, as
sembling his command, proceeded to the bat-
toy. where they arrived at 11 a. m., the
“Prince Albert” having been for some time
anchored off Castle Garden. Mr. Thomas F.
Meagher accompanied them on board a barge
that was chartered for the occasion, and which
was quickly alongside the steamship. The
meeting between the two patriots was very
affecting, and after all the salutations‘were
over, the Committe ef Reception, already ap
pointed, arrived in the “Dr. Kane.” Owing
to to the unfavorable weather, Mr. O’Brien
received the Committee in the saloon. Ex-
Judge O’Connor, Chairman of the Committee,
addressed the distinguished stranger in appro
priate terms. Mr. O’Brien in his reply, stated
clearlv the motives which had induced him
to visit these shores. In the first place he dis
claimed any political intentions. He came to
study the practical working of the institutions
of a free country, so that he might escape the
Was produced by the accounts of prejudiced
tourists. He came to see how his country
men were situated in their adopted homes
and he was gratified to find that the love of
their native land still burned strongly within
them. He wished to see once more those
friends from whom an. adverse destiny had
separated him. He regretted that Mr. Mea
gher had not the privilege of returning to
Ireland, and the policy which thus excluded
him was unworthy of the British Government.
He was grateful for the warm interest taken
in ,his welfare while in exile, by Irishmen and
Americans in this country. He was grateful
for the kind reception extended to him, and
while he disliked a formal demonstration, he
would be happy to make the acquaintance of ail
who wished him well. His stay in New York
would be short, inasmuch as Congress was
near tlie end of its session, and he would be
obliged to leave for Washington on Sundav or
Monday. He wished to see a Republican as
sembly of legislators. After a tour at the
South, he would proceed to Charleston, and
then his course would probably take in St.
Louis, Detroit, Toronto, and Quebec. He
would return to this city in May.
Mr. O Bricn, in person, is tall, and of pre
possessing appearance. His expression is
pleasing; his manner and voice sul>dued. Af
ter the company returned to the quarter-deck
of the “Dr. Kane,” a salute of ICO guns was
fired by the artillery on shore. As the pa
triot disembarked, he was greeted by vocife
rous cheering by a number of Irishmen, and
others, who had assembled on the pier. Af
ter some more speeeh-makiug, hand-shaking,
and a storm of cheers, Mr. O’Brien and his
triends succeeded in entering a carriage,
which then drove to the St. Nicholas Hotel’
followed hv tlie military and a procession of
admirers. Mr. O’Brien will he serenaded to
night.—[New York Courier, 26th ult
Russian Refinement*
During the late war it was no uncommon
thing to hear after dinner orators—when en
gaged in the discussion of the then prevailing
topic simultaneously with that of an extra
bottle—dilate in glowing terms upon our na •
tional refinement, and the contrast it presen
ted to the barbarism of Russians. Now, how
ever truthful and unanswerable that assertion
might have seemed to listeners who heard it
during war time and dessert, there is abund
ant proof before ns now that it was utterly un
founded. ’i lie truth is, indeed, that in mat
ters of delicacy Russia is some miles ahead of
Great—and Little—Britian; as a glance at this
extract front the Times will show. The wri
ter is describing the carriage of the empress-
dowager, as it appeared in the grand proces
sion into Moscow :—
“To hide from Tier the coachman’s hack,
perforce turned towards her majesty’s face,
there was an array of little pages who' sat out
side the coach on the rail with their backs to
wards the Coachman’s, and their round visa
ges vis a-vis to that of the empress.”
Talk of refinement, indeed ! is not this the
very height of it! Coarse and untutored sav
age islanders as we are, we sadly are in need
of sui.h continental training, as an emollient
to our ideas of what is decent, and a preven
tive to their being brutish. Henceforth let
our gold and silver sticks, or whoever else be
charged with our state Coaches and preces
sions, never be deemed capable of taking of
fice until their education has been “finished”
by a Muscovite. Holy Russia enlighten us !
[now our eyes are opened, we never more shall
see a lady driving to a drawing room, with
out looking on the coachman’s back as being
in fact one of the indelicacis of the sea
son.
1 et may the cynical perhaps remark, that
the obnoxious sight was merely veiled from
the imperial visions; whereas, had the con
struction of the carriage been amended—for
instance, had her majesty but condescended to
a Hansom—her driver would have ceased to
turn his hack upon her, and the array of
screening pages might have been dispensed
with. But the matter as it stood—that is, the
coachman as he sat—was but a part of the
great Russian system of the all-prevailing
sham. Throughout their whole court circle—
from the Czar and Czaress even to the lowest
of officials, ever blinded by a brib.'—no one
ever cares for what is going on, before their
very eyes sometimes, provided they can make
believe they don’t see it.
Congress.
The Senate passed the Army Appropriation
bill on Saturday, by a vote of 24 to 16, to
which Mr. Iverson, of Georgia submitted an
amendment that all the States which have
had or shall have refunded to them by the
United States moneys expended by such States
for military purposes during the war of 1812
with Great "Britain, and which have not al
ready been a Bowed interest upon the moneys
expended, shall now be allowed interest so
far as they have themselves paid or lost such
interest, to lie computed by the accounting ;
officers of the treasury according to tlie prin- j
ciples applied in the case of Maryland, accord- i
ing to the civil and diplomatic appropriation |
hill of March 3, 1857. Mr. I. explained that j
the aggregate under this bill would be over j
$ L.600.000, to he divided among the States of
South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, New 1
York, and Pennsylvania, and the city of Bal- j
timOre. In ’the present condition of the}
treasury, he proposed that these payments!
should be made in five per cent, stock, in- j
stead of money.
The question being taken, the amendment j
was agreed to—yeas 28, nays 15.
The House finally passed the Post Office Ap-|
propriation hill, and considered the tariff!
modification, and the General Appropriation]
bill. j
President Buchanan has vetoed the Agri-|
cultural College hill, and tlie veto message]
was read on Saturday, and the House refused]
to pass the hill over the veto, by a vote of 1061
yeas, to 96 nays, not two-thirds.
In Maine, as -well as in Massaclmssetts, the ]
22d of Febuary has been made a legal holi
day.
The President on the 21st instant was writ
ing his vote Message upon the bill granting 7,-
000,000 acres of land in aid of tlie establish
ment and support of Agricultual Colle
ges.
_ ’I he Democrats on the Sherman Investiga
ting Committee postponed the report on Mon-
day, hoping in this way to gain time, and by
complicating it with the pressure of public
business, prevent a thorough examination
and discussion in the House.
Tlie President has decided to send a short
message, stating the fact that tlie Government
must go to protest by July if relief be not gran
ted by a reissue of Treasury notes or other
wise, and that he shall convene the new Con-
gres inextrasscssion.
According to intelligence at the Dcp™.
ment of State, received from our Minister,
abroad, there is a decided conviction among
the principal Cabinets of Europe that war is
inevitable, and the apprehension is enter-
tertained that if it onee begins a great politi
cal convulsion will follow.
Lunar Beaux.—Says an astronomer to
bright-eyed girl when talking of the rain
bows:
“Did yon ever see a lunar how, Miss ?”
“I have seen beaux by moonlight, if ths
is what you mean,” was the sly rejoil
er.