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• ■UJedUrdxtitStd—Divided*,fati ’ %. U. MJIBH.it, Kdltor and frprlfl- E t p, Qt'Rßi liiDUnl Killlor. European livt bjr the Aia. Ttie new* from the East is of fur mure warlik.- character than W, The greatest activity pre vails mining the Mligemits on all ainl they worn t<* •* moving with a degree of activity hitherto unknown. ■BI’SSUN’S DEFEATED —TWENTY SHIPS CAITt KtD, ETC. Misfortune seemed to lie starring the Russians in the face, whichever wav they turned. Ti*ey hud been defeated successfully at Kasso va, Mvrapohs and Sillistria. lii the last lint tie they sustained a loss of fifteen hundred killed. To add to their greivances, an immense depot containing munition* of war had been burned at Cbuny. (i) Twenty Russian ships have U-en captured by | the allies since the bomhanlinciit of < Mi-s-h. OOHBAHOMFNT OF SEBASTOPOL, ETC. j The announcement of the bombardment ol j Sebastopol proves to have Imh*ii correct. I In- j .place was Uunbardvd for four days l>v the fleets. THE ENGLISH FLEET NEAR CRONSTADT. Oil the 9th ull. Admiral Naiiier’s that was within 23 miles of Crousladt. The report cir culated by the London .Sun that the place had been iHiuiharded, as was anticipated, turned out a hoax. >IOBE OPPOSITION TO RUSSIA. Austria is raising large numbers of troops and placing them on the frontiers. She do dares that sho will never submit to he hulled by Russia. fi'he fleets of Sweden and Norway had arrived Rt Helsingfors, it being their intention to co op erate with the allies. THE GREEKS. The Greek insurrection had been nearly quell and, and little further trouble was apprehended from that quarter. ALLIANCE BETWEEN PRUSSIA AM) RUSSIA. - -4t-i* said that anew treaty of alliance is being formed lajtwecu Prussia and Russia. Nothing definite is however known, with regard to tin nature of these negotiations further than that the t •Kinur power is in an exeee Itngly unenvia i ble prodicutK-nt and is desirous.f bringing the wartu-Mclose as spccdilv as possible. Austria and l’russia had aeted-together up tj> the prose i’ tim v but the recent, noth uitative d-- minis ot Russia upon the latter, appear t-i li.av, j given ntfeqia, p the voting Emperor. and hciirv his extensive military on the frnii tigr. Nothing new has traiFpircil relative to the Dew terms for peace that were to be oiler- | ed to the Czar by Austria, by an I with the con sent of England. ‘flie L union Times is urging th s appointment of anew Minister of War. DISTRESS AT ST. PETERSBURG. The inhabit ants of St. Petersburg are reported ■to lie in,thu greatest distress imaginable. Eve rything they have that in.-tv be required to sustain the War is seized upon with impunity ; and, be sides, all who arc able to liear arms are at once drafted into tip* army—thus leaving the ag<sl and very young ill ihe most deplorable condition. It may bi- as well to remark that this re|mrl comes through English channels. ORBAT TIKE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. A tremendous conflagration occurred at Con stantinople on the 4lh of May. Four hundred 4)otises, with most-of their contents, wore entirely consumed. The loss, which was immense, had produced inconceivable suffering among those who were thus unexpectedly deprived of all they possessed. Terrific Explosion. melancholy lossof life —great destruction OF PROPERTY. WiLgUNoroN, Del., May 31. — About quarter to 11 o'clock this iiioraiug three wagons, loaded .arjlh flva tons of powder, belonging to Messrs. Dupout dc Cat, exploded at the corner of 14th and Orange streets, killing John Keese, Tlios. Tally and— Chambers, the drivers, a young jnita in the employ of Thus. Hughes, a colored waiter iu the house us James E. Price, and a col ored servant woman at Bishop Lee's. Fifteen bon** weie also killed. Jobe .VlcLsughlui’achildi* missing. Thomas Hughes’ wife and child were seriously injured,’ ami VV.ii. McCoy and Mrs. Richard Reynolds j were badly hurt. Tbe residences of Hislsop Lee, James E. Price, and live others, w ith six stables. Ware completely destroyed, and seventy-live oth jtr houses badly damaged. Many persons were wliglitly cotSOld hurt- The loss is cstituiited at IftO.OOO, Jhe sceua wham the explosion occurred ex ceeds description. The neighborhood looks as though an earthquake hud taken place. There worn three large Liams, each containing 450 ‘|ws, estimatad at five tons, 00 their way from J&ff {ffMfs to 1m shipped at the wharf. The ex- took (dune opposite Bishop Lee's elegant residence, the last wagon being opposite Orange •treat and the hea>t one about sixty feet iu Bdvauoa. It it not known which one exploded louse was terribly shattered, the off and broken in fragments, the driven out, the floors broken up, every door jura from their places, and fen destroyed. A servant wo k*-/,..!, ‘ pstlh the house, tlm latter of the for, *“ r cot ;“ pBmA, Baffle squarfi|%; ; j Three ’Houses oa 14-th etrSPP -Were otimpfotely destroyer Os one ol” them, 0 frame struiitare. not .a portion was left. A y**ing Inshnae, hoarding with- Mr*. M - fUsMguliu, was fatnffy injured and died soon after wards. McLaughlin was badly cut, his clothes being Vwu oiT ol bias, and his wifeverv seriously b<m- His child fell into the oaHar and was Liken Mt of the ruin* uninjured. The residence us James Cauby, At the corner J if Market and I4lh street, was terribly shattered find will have to he torn down, The inmaies Were badly cut with glass mud falling plaster. His liriek stable* and- barn, together with his car rbuK ftwMlfce garden., were destroyed. Ou the opposite side the elegant residence of latwns E Price wa* ao much injured that it will ha toktttbttijhU Oo.the Wrath 4it the boras and stables of Jno. & Jas. E Price were all nrn|~*itrfr ifqffnfeait ‘ln tlm letter a colored s r**n, aaided Hpwr, was killed. Th* trees along liiMriiyjfipffY ’fit |f-1 — were strippedof their leaves, and some of them torn up by the rout*. The fragments of the wagons and horses, anddrtvers were blown in various directions. A human arm was found at the distance of 300 feet. One of the drivers was blown over the tree*, and the fragments bulged on the shore of the Brandywine, behind Bishop Lee’s house. All the w ails and other objects in the buildings injured were driven towards the place of cxplo ■ sioti. The great vacuum caused by the explosion, hud caused the air in the houses to hurst them. In Price’s Inuisj, the heavy folding doors, which were closed at the time, were forced violently ■ from their hinges, to the end of the room. Thy w iudows and doors in every case were driven out - ward. The tin- of one of the wagons, weighing 100 lbs, was thrown to a distance of 200 feet, ami the fragments of another tire, 4 inches broad, were driven m arly through the trunk of a large tree. Though nothing but small pieces can be found of the wagons, tin- places whereeach stood are marked in tin* bed >f the road, which has lieen sunk nearly 2 fret.” On Market street adjoining the residence of Jas. K. Brice, the elegant dwellings of J. li. Plates, .1. 11. Price, and Joseph T. Price have been great ly injured, and the furniture, dec., broken. Seven dwellings on 13th street, called Bright’s 1 Row,were much damaged iti the windows and I walk The explosion caused a terrible sensation j in the citv, and tin- people rushed out from their ! dwellings. A gentleman riding on horseback jat some distance felt the ground tremble, arid was lifted upon his horse, ami seeing tbe win dows fulling into the street thought an earth quake hud occurred. Manx think that persons passing at the time were killed and no traces of them left. So far. those More mentioned are the only ones known to have been killed. The explosion was felt 35 miles south of \\ il mington. Tin- total loss is estimated at not less than $75,- 000, including the power and teams, valued at $5,000. M ■ssrs. Dupont are on tbe ground, do ing all they can to alleviate the distress of the sutferers, and express their determination to pay for all damage to property. ■ • The Shame of Georgia. \ writer in the “Federal Union” of recent date draws the following appalling picture of the tide of ignorance which is now rolling, with increas ing darkness -amh volume, over the “Empire State of the'South •‘A guierous patriotism is startled by the fact as it stood in IW4O. Upwards of thirty thousand free white grown up citizens in Georgia unable to read or write a word of their mother tongue ! This number equals the entire adult population of the Slate as it stood seven veai-i afterthechjsi -rrf'tbe-Rovo'utioii. Ten years roll by. 1850 comes, md the number in that short time has swollen 10 forty-one thousand! Many have looked with anxiety at these figures, (and surely not without the best of reasons) who have not noticed the most distressing feature of the case. We refer to the rapidity with which the number of entire ly uneducated freemen in Georgia increases.— It incrtants more rrt/nilh/ thiin the entire popula tion does. By reference to the last census, it will seem that lietween 1840 and 1850, the rate of increase of the entire white population was a little under 28 percent. During the same time, the rate of increase of the number of adult citi zens in the State unable to read or write, was over 34 1-8 per cent. It is only by distinct !v observing this rapid increase, that wo see the facts in their appaling magnitude. This vast army of forty-one thousand iriii he more tktn double in thirty years ’ At the rate of increase shown by tbe census, it will have within its ranks in the year 1900. upwards of one hundred and sev enty thousand of the citizens of Georgia. This is the rigid result yielded by the figures. The bov of fir-day who may live to old age, will see the time when this host of darkened, unlettered, imeared for multitude in our State, will have grown to over tiro hundred thousand, unless an entirely new and effective effort he made to drive this sore evil from the land. Let it be remembered that this vast amount of ignorance accumulated and accumulates, right in the midst of a great variety of legislation on the subject. We may, thou, relatively do just as much as hit hoi to. We may still levy the poor school tax, still divide the interest on the poor school investment, still have regular meetings of the Seuatns Academious ; and yet, unless we do/- measurahly more, the appaling facts above giv en will stand out over growing in each succeed ing census, the saddest, darkest chapter in the history of Georgia.” Another African Republic.—lt may not be generally known that the colony planted and maintained’ on the west coast of Africa by the Maryland Colonization society, though forming part of the country generally termed Liberia, is not subject to the independent republican gov ernment of which President Roberts is the able executive, but up to the present time has remain ed under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Socie ty and officers selected by it, maintaining a sep arate existence. From a statement which ap pears in the Maryland Colonisation Journal , it appears that this connexion, which has been so long maintained, is pow about to terminate. The colonists of the region referred to, some time back adopted a constitution, and expressed their desire to set up a government, independent alike of the society and o I the neighboringrepublic fn order to effect this purpose they sent to Balti more two commissioners, W. A. Prout and William CnsaeU, to confer villi Maryland Colo uixation Society on the subject. The commis sioners have been in Baltimore, aod on the 22d of February, the twentieth anniversary of tbe set lleoientof Cape Bakuns, miUclncf Agreement wera drawn up, which, if ratified . within 0 year by the n*w government, wifi Mpgate ihacolony twfc w<nr KHMw tv© ioci6tY cede* afi its public lands to tha-people and gofj srfiijiyiftiof fine new State*n’ d*|t am conditions,’ of bind L> bo (ranteil society is to base tiro all its stores, pro visions, etc., free of duty, and all vessels charter ed by tbe society shall be free of lighthouse and anchorage charges. Recaptured Africans shall lie admitted into the country if the United States Government desire to semi them there. All emi grants sent, out bv the society shall have tbe same right of citizenship as those heretofore scut out. All public projH?rty in the colony is to be ced ed to the new government. The commissioners sailed for Capo Palmas in the Linda Stewart, on ifie 27th February. Ou their arrival the whole matter will be referred to the colonists, and a vote taken thereupon ; and the constitution sub mitted to the board of managers by the commis sioners will also come up for final approval and adoption; after which will follow the organiza tion of the government of the new State. Thus we shall have two republics on the coast of Afri ca, founded, succored, aod sustained by American benevolence and Christian philanthropy.—Colo nisation. Herald. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. VATUiDAT loREIVG. JEVsloiliMT **r Th* dehitc before the I.yoemn.on th* Cu ba Question, will be continued this (Siturday) evening, At Concert 11*11. at Sn'olocfc The pnblic are invited to attend—the Ladiei particularly l). N. MARTIN, Sec y. Hon. P. Phillips, of Alabama, and Hon. D. A. Keese. and Hon VVni C Dawson, of Georgia, will pleas* accept our thanks (or public documents. To Correspondents. Gentlemen who desire to make thoir favors ac ceptable to the press, must learn the art of con. dentamm. No one bus the right to expect that his effusions will find place in a newspaper to the exclusion of other mutter of as much, if not more importance. Some men write as if they thought a multiplicity of words made up for a deficiency of ideas. It is a mistake, and a fatal one to those who would win favor with proprietors of the press We make these remarks now, that there may be no misunderstanding of our motive should trans gressors of the rule find their productions consign ed to that bourne from whence discarded manu scripts never return. To fill the paper u ith two or three communications which may not interest more than two or throe of its readers is manifestlv unjust to the remainder. We hope correspondents will hear this in mind / Concert. A few of our “Bachelor'’ friends, assisted by Prof Baldwin, gne u concert on Saturday eiening last, for the benefit of the libraries of the two fe male colleges of this city The audience although respeetuble in character, was not in numbers what, under the circumstances it should have been. The loss, however, was on the side of those who failed to appropriate the pleasures of a rare musical entertainment. The fact is. (and it is a consolation to know it) we have ample material in our midst from which to manufacture, at any mo ment, an impromptu musical festival of no mean capacity Wo have seldom been more gratified with a performance than we were with that of Sat urday night; we have paid a half dollar frequent ly to strolling minstrels fur much inferior music. Mr. Baldwiu, who is an entire stranger to u*. handled his instrument (the violin) with the skill of a perfect master. The different members of the *’ Bachelor < ‘iuh,” did the “ pathetio “ in “ Rosa May,” Nancy Til),’’ &o in a way that oertainly “ knocked at the door “ of the hearts of the female audience, and gave assurance that performers so susceptible of music s charms, could not he callous to those of “ lovely woman !” We advise the 8.-ich elor Club to attune its voice to the good old song of •• Rock the cradle Lucy,” fur to •• this complex ion it must come at las'. ’’ Can't Truit their own Work. After alLgtbe hurrah about the triumph of a “great Southern principle in the passage of the Nebraska Bill, we find the Savannah (icoroian (a warm advocate of the measure) warning its read ers against confiding in the “siren song” of peace, which it has been claimed would be the result of the adoption of the Nebraska policy. The Uenrgian professes to some confidence in the President and those Northern men (about half of the Democrats in Congress) who went for the bill, hut at the same timeciutions the South that iier inaitL-de pendcncc must be upon herself—that she must be •vigilant.'’ What! After alt the bullying and brow-beat ing. after all the -‘blarney” on the one hand and detraction on the other, to fix this great measure of‘pacification’ on theoountry. arc tho Southern people now to be told that they can enjoy no qui et—thnt they may not look to this ‘vigorous’ Ad ministration for the preservation of peace that the measure which has absorbed the almost entire attention us the present C ’ongress and swallowed up every other interest of importance, is, after all, hut as a ‘siren song.’ proclaiming peace, where no peace iB likely to exist ? After the mighty battle basjust been fought—after the splendid ‘triumph’ which has been achieved, is nothing left to the South but an heritage of constant anxiety, dis trust am) 'vigilance V If this he so, Heaven save us from many such victories ! The following is the extract from the O-nrgian : ****** Are we to join in the siren song now flowing from so many lips, that the Nebraska Bill having passed all will henceforth ho j-eac- ?■ As journalists of the South—ns sentinels upon her watch-towers—we dare not doit. However pleas ing the task—however delightful to yield ourselves and others up to the fascinating delusion—we daro not proclaim to our readers that nbolitionism is deaa or dying. We believe the Abolitionists to be more numerous, bold and potent now than ever be fore. Let not the South then be bullied into a feeling of false security. While she readily and cheerfully gives all honor to the President and the faithful band of Northern men to whom sho owes the fact that the Nebraska hill is now a law of the land, forget thnt her ultimo safety must depend upon herself; upon the union, patriotism and lanct of her own citizens. Query ? Should the populace of Boston succeed in their present undertaking to trample the Constitution in the blood of its inheritants, and thus violate the rights of southern citizens, shall we resort to a le gal and practicable system of non-intercourse in trade for our own protection and a feeling argu ment to them ? Or, shall we bluster and pass res olutions I— Albany (G a ,) Patriot. Why, resolve, to be sure. We had supposed that Ahe Patriot could be at no lorn for an answer.-i- Datpoerntwapd Southern Right* precedent is clear upon tbi* point. Wm it not resolved to have “54- 49 ut Iflitf* Wa* it n<A rttltml, at Nashville, that tbe Missouri Compromise was the line, and ibat tke SoetK MM u etit loom’’ from the North If It was not extended through California ? Wa, it -*ot revolted by Southern Right* Democrats that allpfftlo*at the North wejfi corrupt, and that they (Southern Bights Dettoonita) would have nothing to do with national dominations ? Wa* it not resulted by the Patriot's party that the Com* promise measures of 1850 were fieg*>ling to,’’ and a “fraud upon the South ?” 1 ertainly them things see so. a*d we are astonished that the Patriot should now presume to doubt that a sys tem which has worked so well for the Party— * system whieb has led Democracy triumphant to power—could fail Again to commend itself to the appreciation of even Sout ern Democracy, which resolves a great principle with a facility only equalled by it* abandonment of it. “Bluster and paas resolution*,’ by all means! Those who hare read Judge Ijongetreet’s -Georgia Scenes’ will un derstand th* motive at once. Yob desire simply to show the abolitionist*, how you ‘could hate JU!’ If the North doe* not know the value of “bluster ing resolution*” by this time, it is hot tbe fkult of Southern Rights Democracy. We commend tbe Patriot to the study of that branch of political eemnne. as illpetrated by the history of the. cub peign of 1860. Is there any policy of the present Administration which was not resolved against, in some shape or other, by the fire-eaters of that day? We believe the Patriot's resolving propensities are in favor of nan-inleramrte. Hud its editor imbib ed that principle with hie mother's milk, he would certainly have cut off the supply of a very impor tant article of home consumption! How could he. with such strong antipathies to yankeedom. con sent to owe hie very existence to yankee milk ? He reminds us of the American son of Irish parents who was highly indignant because bis father pre sumed to whipbim. He would not have minded it, he said, if it had been done by a native Ameri can, but the idea of being whipped by a -blamed foreigner,"’ that was what galled him—boo-lioo oh! fn conclusion, “resolve.” friend Patriot, any thing you please but he assured that those resolves will never be allowed to interpose an obstacle to political eifieiliency. It is a fundamental doctrine-, especially of Southern Democracy, that principles may be sacrificed, but party never. ■ 1 ■ - ““ T T Prospects of the Eastern War. The following extracts from a private letter to a citizen of Baltimore, received by the steamer Asia, and daied “Constantinople, May 4th,” may prove of some interest to our readers. “Strange events are transpiring around us.— Twelve thousand English troops are at Soutari, and 6,000 at Gallipoli. The French are all at Gallipoli, some 20,000 in number. It is understood that nothing vvill be done by land until the end of Juno. The allied fleets are off’ Sebastopol, but can never take it without troops to flank it. The Turkish fleet has just sailed from the Cir cassian coast. Sliainyl lias been declared Emir (Prince Gov ernor) of Circassia, and assistance has been sent him. Tuikoy is done up Sho has no resources and can get no money. 1 never expected to see the British troops leave this couutry until England has all she wants. 1 hope that England’s influ ence and power will be exerted hero for the ben efit of Turkey. The French have no interest in the queation, and have been coaxed into it by the English.” Proclamation of the President. Whereas, Information has been received-that sundry persons, citizens of the United States and others residing therein, are engaged in organiz ing and fitting out a military expedition for the invasion of Cuba ; and whereas, the said under taking is contrary to the spirit, and express stipu lations of treaties between the United States and Spain, derogatory to the character ofithis nation, and in violation of the obvious duties and oldi gations of faithful and patriotic citizens; and whereas, it is the duty of the constituted author ities of the United States to hold and’ maintain the control of the great question of peace or war, and not to suffer the same to be lawlessly com plicated under any pretence whatever; and whereas, to that end all private enterprises of a hostile character within the United States against any foreign power with which the United States are at peace, are forbidden, and declared to be a high misdemeanor by an express act of Con gress : Now, therefore, in virtue of the authority ves ted by the constitution in the President of the United States, I do issue this proclamation to warn all persons that the General Government claims it as a right and duty to interpose for the honor of its flag, the rights of its citizens, the national security and the preservation of the pub lic tranquility from whatever quarter menaced ; and it will not fail to prosecute, vi ith due energy, all those who unmindful of their owu and their country’s fame, presume thus to disregard the lavvsof the laud and our treaty obligations. 1 earn estly exhort all good eitiaeus to discountenance and prevent auv movement in conflict with law and national faith, especially charging tbe sever al District Attorneys, Collectors, and other offi cers of the United States, civil and military, hav ing lawful power in the premises, to exert the same for tbe purpose of maintaining the author ity and preserving the peace of the United States. Given under mv hand aadthcscal of the United States, at Washington, the thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and the seventy eight of the Independence of the United States. Frankun Pielrce. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War. o . Rain Storm — Death by Lightning. —On Tuesday night last. Montotnery, (Ala.,) was vis ited by a very hard rain, lasting for hours, and accompanied by the most vivid lightning and tremendous peals of thunder. During the height of the storm, and at about 12 o’clock, the house of Mr. Hiram Roper, in the eastern part of the city was struck by lightning. Several persons, male and female, were at tho time sitting up with a sick man in the house, and among them John Cunningham*—a workman iu the carriage estab lishment of Messrs. Quinhy, who was instantly killed. It appears that Cunningham, Hiram Roper, and a young lady wore sitting side In side on a couch at the time the house was struck. As already stated, Cunningham was instantly killed—Hiram Roper was thrown senseless from the couch—his clothes were burnt and torn from his body, and his back so much burnt and lacer ated as to seriously endanger his life ; though we understand that the physician called to him thinks he will recover. Nono of tho other per sons present received any injury. Mr. Cunningham is said to have hail a t>owie knife or large dirk on his person, which was drawn from ita sheath by tbe fluid. The light ning struck the portico of tho house, and de scended by the columns supporting it to the room where the persons were in attendance on the flick man. The Weather — Crops. —We have been blessed with abundant ruins during the week past. Off SdliSb; a neat amount of rain fell accompanied for a short time with a gale of wittd, which kid Iffit tha 00m and uprooted many tiifi* in its path. Tile belt of this toran do, bowircr, was narrow, andNfne damage don 4 tljmMpr Some hail fell during its passage. The Spßlier hits continued very warm—the mercury reaching on some days 92 to 94 degrees in the shade. * ■ Crops are looking well generally, and improv ing. The corn crop promises to be abundant which is good news for consumers. At present it is selling for $1,25 per bushel, and is very dif ficult to be had even at that price. The oat crop* just now coming in, is jpx>d, and supplies to some extent the want of corn. Cotton is coming forward'very rapidly, and in many sec tions looks well—much better than would have seemed possible four weeks since. Grass too is doing finely, and it requires the utmost vigilance to keep it down. At the time of this writing (Thursday, P. M.) we are having a pouring rain, with the atmoet pbere cooled down several degree! from the fe ver heat of the past two Weeks-—Couri er. 94. IcomimKATUß.] BALMAGUVDI. A Pot-Pie Hotch-Poteh Boiled Down to a Cir cumstance. NOT BY WASHINGTON ISVINC, “lio! make us here s grand pot pi*, That we inaj fill oar maws And b* glad 1 What, ho! Spokeshart—King Cttjtt, Act 22. MCSINGS What soft, sweet influences steal over our souls! and melt our spirits down ns we sit in the mellow’ twilight, and memory bears us far back into the history of the past. The past, with all its dreamy I recollections its hours of stirring joys, its days of sadness and its nights of sorrow ‘ the past, with its panoramic scenes moving as a waking vision be fore us : dancing sprites of youthful hopes followed by dim phautoms of disappointment: bright float ing fairies of fond wishes aud tender joys haunted by foul goblins of defeated ambition and wretched anticipations; high arching rainbows of heart-stir ring promise and lowering clouds of woe speeding on the wings of misfortune’s blast to dnrken the fair vista : joy. grief, pride, ambition, hope, love, despair, all the prompting spirits of the human heart, dwelling in ifs secret chambers, there build ing altnrs or defacing shrines, twining green ten drils round some worshipped sane or scattering faded flowers in the empty cells of Hope and Peace, how swiftly in their phantom array do they glide along 1 e-fore the spirit s eye as we muse on the past arid memory unrolls her dreamy picture. Perhaps too. as we gaze dreamily upon that pic- ; ture, we see the love-1 ono of former years in all the witching loveliness of youth and health, with j the “ love-light in her eye.” and the glow of con scious beauty mantling her che’ek. while, sitting’ by her side on the mossy bank in the beechnut's’ shade, the lover breathed into her listening ear the eloquent story of his heart. “ Love's young dream”—how blissful, how hopeful,yet how often closing in the crushing reality of disappointment! And mayhap, as we sit in the twilight watching some little star slily peeping out from its curtain of clod, we rouse on the days of our youthful love, anil as memory points us back we recall Love's birth, its joyous hour-life and its mournful death as we saw the rainbow's ruby lips quivering with the answer we fondly hoped to make her ours for ever. but which came, not in the soft low murmur of tho heart's sweet language, but in. the careless merry- “ No, Sir-roe! I'm engaged to Johnny Smith.’’ I hate musing when it comes to that It's neither amusing nor musical. Speaking of musing reminds me of tbe Muses, and very na turally comes up poethy. Oh! ye pestered Nine ! Would that 1 could afford you the assistance you surely most need to drive from your Parnassian haunts the motley crew of doggerel rhymesters and sickly sentimen talists who bore you with their peeling sonnets or: invoke you from your celestial homes to their mo ldy cellars o-cob-web-canopied garrets. Par nassus used to lie in days “ lang syne” a region where the good and great alone could and ell o even dared to ebnib: hut nowadays, in accord ance with the progressive, invasive, and and soover atic spirit of Young \mertea. every groveund peak, every nook and corner, every crag and cranny of that once favored haunt of tbe great, the noble, and the exalted, is now crammed with presumptu ous scribblers and rhymestiieken riunanc r*. whose inad lucubrations nr peeling stanzas of sickly non sense have disgusted the former occupants and j driven the unfortunate Goddesses into a galloping j consumption And the poor suffering public, its daily ory is—“ How shall we remove this great evil froru Israel ‘"Will not some latter-day Hercules cleanse these .Egean stables into which the once famous mount has been converted? Alas! we have but me remedy, perhaps two neither of which is a cure We must either throw the lime of satire into some of the puddles of would-be poetry and prevent the piraregnatiim of the atmosphere with its miasm, or, standing upon the brink of the great cess pool of sum- ty. hold our martyred noses -and ex claim u ith Byron “ Ojr ridienlis arc kept in Ike hiiek-groutid, Kiilieiiluusenougli, Put also -lull ; Professions too, are mi more In he found I’rolcssioutil, aud I here is nought to cult Os folly’s fruit: fur though great fowls abound. They’re barren aud not worth the pains to pull I Socioty is now one polished horde Formed of two might y tribes-tie- Soicsand Bored.” Odes to eyebrows, sonnets to cherry lips, stan zas to daniusk cheeks, r cetera arc all the rage these days and with a furor as intense as it is su premely ridiculous, a whole llert with double reef ed topsails, sittd double shotted long-tones, is bear ing down upon us with many a gav pennant flying, upon one of which is inscribed the follow* ing: “AITTFMN RKFT.FICTIONS. “ Autnion wind* are sighing round me. Faded leaves are fleeting part; Summer flowerr are with'ring now. In the chilling northern blurt. Summer birds hare flown away. To a distant sunny land. Where flowers bloom and skies are bright, And whirp'ring zephyrs always bland. The sky assumes its yellow hoe — The woods in dying robes are dad ; All nature mourns the year’s decline, la accents mournful, low aud sad Mournfully, oh ! the passing breeze Until wail among tin- leafiest: trees And echoes sad are borne along Like fuiK’ia(dirge or mournful song “ Now apart from the o hi fancy of •• Autumn Re flections in the opening blomn of Summer -there is such a conglomeration of metres, ryihnt, and rhyme, that tho poem (!) is quite a metrical curi osity shop It seems to me that •• Summer birds’’ are now warlding the r sweetest notes, and the joyous mocking-bird in the -pple tree opposite nty casement considers the no v •• wltisp'ring zephyrs ‘ as quite “ bland ” enough for him Perhaps the forlorn bard invoked the *• prince of the powers of the air” and was wrongly informed ns to the sea son. If so we must overlook his odd assertions in tho first three stanzas How grievously sad he must have felt as he ex claimed in the fourth verse •• Mournfully oh!” Perhaps the emotions which then agitated his bo som rendered him somewhat oblivious as to the rhyming arrangement and metre of the previous verses. Continuing his “reflections,” the melan choly poet thus propoundeth : „ “ Oh 1 what is this that weighs me down ! That warns me of some coming blow ? Some gushing sorrow by the iuturc veiled, Presaging death ! and crushing woe 1 Why do our tears unbidden start, When nil looks gay around ? Why doth the sign unhidden rls* ~ At every joyous souud t Alas! there is seat hidden power, Thnt breathes upon these silver strings— And warns us, e'er s tender flower Is heme awy on angel wings.” Doubtless it is the weight of ponderous ideas And huge conceptions which “ weigh* him down and it is to be hoped that, having relieved himself ■jUjflTnWMpseß. of the jffighty bgrd n he wife’ soon recovef from thu'elF-ct* ofetfruncomfortable pressure. By the that last verse is a gem (in its way) It is not only very d-ff-rent in me tre and rhymo from its antecedents, hut quite su perior in other respects The “ idee “, contained in it corruscates, scintillates and sparkles with the fire of genius, but it has blinded my eyes with the intensity of its brilliance, end I shall have to leave it to cooler and subtler metap iysi oians to determine and expound how a “hidden power” can “breathe upon these silver strings.” (what silveritrm,’?) and ‘- warnus” that “an gels wings ” are about to bear away “ a tender flower.” Again, in a “ Sonnet to Memory ” from the same inspired pen, the following agony occurs : “ Com* hook to met—l know thy heart is sore With its pent up grief, and through the dewy brine, I see thy fall eyes swimming up to mi**. And feel thy warm onus clasping ns of yore; And dr*om of th**, so beautiful they ehine. I feel within ma that a spirit stirs The rustling, breaches of the balmy flrs ThU stood nesid* the deer, aud breathe to the* Some soal-Cflt thought, semeioyea* pbnntsiy— Some minge of thec*rt, ns draws thee sow to me. Ye God*! and Goddeeees too! Whet immortal conceptions! How extatic the poet must have felt when he saw her “ full eye* swimming up through the dewy brine “to his! But-it strikes my dull apprehension that it would be qaite a mi-- ruculous feat for a spirit to stir “ balmy fin ” which “ breathe thoughts.’’ “ phantasies,” and “ mirages.” If 1 were a botanist I should desire greatly to visit that locality where fir trees breathe such sffticlea. Now for wit, exquisite humor, and inimitable drollery. ” ANNEIt MOKIER. How I’ve hop'd, and I've wish'd,and I'rcdrtam’dof yoor love But time tell* ie hope is h liar, Aud I’m forc’d to conceal all my worshipping “ fed— lay.” from you my dear Anner Morier. The words are not “ eoin’d ’’—there’s no language so rich , That can tell how I love—whnt a fire Is consuming my mul—that my heart’s In s blase, That I'm bunting—dear Anner Morier. Oh ‘ happy theAojt as it roams in the field, And liuppy the swine in the mire ; They each have a mate, but I—l’m alone, And despairing dear Anner Morier-” That harmonious line: “ And Fin forced to conceal my worshipping fed Ing—” strongly reminds me of the rustic jurtnile bard who sung : •• Daddy built a well-sweep; A wind came aud Wow’d it down.” Rut that would nt do for rhyme. A bright thought’ suggested itself. .Sheep would suit exactly; so lie wroth his ** pome ’’ thus: “ Daddy built a well-sweep; And a wind come and blow’d it down —Sheep.” And the metre of “ Anner Morier” is strongly sug gestive of the little fellow's scriptural poem com mencing : “ Pharaoh was a mighty rascal Because he woul’nt let the children of Israel go out sot forty days and survey the land of Pascal. How chaste and truthful is the metaphor em ployed in the third stanza: and how beautiful at well as witty ami delightfully droll is the imagery of the second line of that verse. Yet, whatever tuny ho the poet’s other accomplishments, it ia clearly evident that he is no zoologist. For the hart “ invariably prefers the forest or the prairie to tho -- field,” ana it> seldom found in the latter, except with a pack of hounds at his heels, and hia •• happiness ”is then rather questionable. Then ! how unique and apropos is the comparison of the poets self with “the swine in tbe mire.’’ But, while the bard envies the Bliss of the latter, he seems to forget that masculine porkers are univer sal polygamists, and- ne “ Anner Morier” would'nt begin to Mjfhce. Rut perhaps the minstrel had “an til j e in the use of that similie. As to the ■ words not being coined —shade of Ren Johnson'. ; Let's burn our dictiuuui ics and adopt “AnnerMo rier as our uitie-graphical criterion. Rut these are only trifles, like the spots on Ihe disc of the sun compared with the effulgence of his genius, which, ftke the brigh ness <-t thnt luminary, pre vent the eye IY<an iieuoldiag them except through telescopic mediums. For instance, in a lyric entij lied “ Nil Desperaiidiim “ we find this verbal em bodiment of the pure sublime : *’ ."'ll” certainly were calicoes. Quill- economical; - Ami as to “ rfiC'.vjiig ” otherwise, * Woalii'ut suit a cannibal. I But others tlio’t unnumbered yean No change could well presage. And giu-.-s and at theiu, alt bo’ she was Due -'ui eerUitn ug f.” The exquisite wit and intense humor of the above prciiioni'h us that oblivion awaits the fame of Toni Hood ns soon as an appreciative public Ciiehinatcs over a tew mure dJ! ■oc of the “same suit “ In fact, the high tuned and refined (f) lit erary journal in whose column*.the lai/s of this bantam minstrel are weekly hatched, has more than once immersed him in editorial soft-soap, and the counterpart ot uiteof these Imptisms can b joundiii a New York journal—thus illustrating those mysterious cnniiiciderices in thought and exdression w hich in cur so frequently tn the liter piry world. | It is a gm>d ihing that the lleei before mentioned (consists, not in ships of the Uae. frignt-s, or war j steamers, but in small tnnuy-rigged / trig ■, cairy- I ing _uns of small calibre, mid itieupubleof encoun tering even u •• tempest iu a teapot.” O herwiso our literary furiifieations might be endangered. \our lyre, my dear fellow, was made f r music, nut poetry : and uiany a sweet strain have you swept from its silver chords. a:.d often have I lie tened with delight to its soft suites tb-nting gently on the night wind's breath, as yon touched with mnstcr-i.aiid its quivering strings and waked to life the spirit of its melody. You're a trump iu music, hut you play ihe deuce with poetry. Griffin. (■COM MONICA TED ] Permit me. Messrs. Edrfozs, to offer your read ers a few thoughts upon tile-question of the restric tion proposed to he placed the traffic in ar dent spirits. I set out with Yne startling fact that there is not an individual in *Jte whole country, old, or young, male, or female, high or low, who has not been a sufferer by it eitls-r personally or relatively If there is such an i.aie I have been unable to find him and I have sought with some dilligeneo; and now I make known to all men who may see this communication, ifthe**i such an one in this country I w.int to know kua*. It doessco o that ail -vil mi general, so aU-pexva<Ux£ | would not reqivre any extraordinary ir.caas to- ha j used for its suppression Yet such is the force of habit and prejudice, not to say partizan attach nv-nt and love of office, that we have not been thl* up to the present time to constrain those whoi ought to be the friends of the tern pent nee erfbeaa to sustain a measure confessedly to calculatafita remedy the evil No one pretends to believe that any evil would result to the community therefrom, and it is capitally questioned whether any on* single individual has ever been benefited by the traffic—indeed it is contended that awo and curse has ever attended those dealing therein, and if money was even made therefrom, it proved to tho makor more injurious than beneficial, while, on the other hand, evils of immense incalculable magnii ude have universally attended its retail. U is needless at this late day to enter the sanctuary of the private circles of what ought to be domeetio happiness to prove the damning nature of the aw of intoxicating drinks-or to speak of hopes Moat ed, happiness destroyed, health wrecked, and a legacy bequeathed to the community at orphaned pauperism: to this oauae we traee tbe carte of the thirty thousand army of adulte ia this State who can neither read nor write, more than to all others. This measure comes fraught with all to oa ondotw children. ’ It eomes with “Sealing ia it* wings ” It Commend* itself to the statesman, the philanthropist, the Christian in * thousand from the suppression of the tniffio hat * feefe, neither ean|i be made manifest ft eaittaaloie in imagination however, ttfli cjegß of ogwneahpf tl,is measure who claim otfrftfimedi- TWWftlßnon. They are the genteel, fashionable, | church going, alms giving, (aye, they blow their : trumpet, saying ho! ye. come up nnd set how much I am going to give totliis or that ohjeet,) char act- rized by our >nvior as “ whited tepuichnt.” •• generation of vipers,” Sic. ■ They werehere and arrayed them wives in o position to tha heavenly doctrines of Him of Nazareth, “ who spake w pav er man spake,” and even persecutor bim ante death—they have been in at the death of all the martyro. from tho death -of Stephen to the pmeeht day. inciting and contenting unto their murder, and they stand to-day arrayed in oppotitioß to tho spread of the same gospel*of “ peaoe and good will to men,” first preached by angels to the tiitpberdt upon the plains of Judea—They will token driuk in a fashionable, genteel way, they are not going to make beasts of themselvee—not they. They don't aee why we should daire to moke people *O - “by force.” They are good temperanoMom themselves—we were doing very well by meatil suasion and their great and only fear seems to be that the temperagpe reformation will he nteM. The same-groand- wm awromed Mr* tbemttsiffr ._. , * ““