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Effects of tha Infr*«« of °° lfl
We copy the following admirable article from
the Newark Daily Advertiser. The writer han
evidently givon tbc subject much attention, and
bia deduction! will lx? found to bo correct:
What are called lawa in political economy are
very different from those, which pans under the
earne name in natural science, astronomy for ex
ample- These are invariable and exact, timt
mathematics can deal with them as absolute cer
tainties. Not so with those which are said to
govern the growth of our population for instance,
or the effect of tho addition of the gold products
of the mines of California and Auntralia, to the
quantity of that metal already in existence. A
law of riso in value has, however, been attempt
ed to be deduced from the comparison at various
periods before and since the discovery of the Mex
ican mines about (lie year 1500. It is assumed,
that the stock of precious metals then in tho
world was about one hundred and fifty millions of
dollars. By tho opening of those mines, it is
computed, that at die end of that century five
times tho original stock, or 750,000,000 dollars
had been added. In the next century, ending in
the year 17,000, an equal sum is supposed to hnve
been contributed to tho circulation, making the
Amount of the precious metals in tho possession of
mankind to be fifteen hundred millions In one
hundred and fifty yearn more, that in, in 1850, this
■um, by the operation of tho American mines,
had been augmented, according to common esti
mate, to three thousand millions of dollars; a few
have placed it lower,and several, we think, con-‘
•iderably higher. But precise accuracy in,the $
amount n not the point with us at present.
Now it has been thought, that there is a fixed
proportion between these regular ine.rcasementa in
the amount of the precious metals, and the val
ue of commodities and laud. Thus, according to
this theory, if there are now three thousand mil
lions of dollars in use, property must be twenty
Itrnoa ns valuable, as it was at the discovery of
America, three mid a half centuries ago, because
the gold and silver now in the world hear that pro
portion to what it then possessed.
But if the foregoing statement have any good
approximation to coriectnesa, no such law, as
has been supposed, can possibly exist. For there
has been no such change in prices. The price of
wheat haa been said, by Nmitli and others, to ho
the best standard for comparing tho prices of all
commoditicH at different times. Yet tho discovn-
ery of the mines, in America, bail no considerable
effect on tho prices of things in England for more
than seventy years. It wus not till after 1670,
thnt a marked alteration was noticed, and that
was 20 yeara after even tho rich mines of Polesi
were discovered. From 1570 to 1640, silver sunk
in value, so that it took from 0 or 8 ounces to
buy a quarter of wheat, which might have been
had before for two. Between 1630 and 1010, tho
effect of tho discovery of tho mines appears to
have been completed, and the value of that metal
seems never to have sunk lower in proportion to
corn than it did about that time. Afterwards, and
during tho last century, it continued to rise.
What then becomes of law, which claims to
regulate tho value of all commodities by the scar
city or abundnneo of specle—one which has exci-
ted the apprehensions of many, leal the abunda nee
Of California sod Australian gold should almost
have tho operation of producing such a repudia
tion of its value, as to make it liuy but a little bol
ter than sort of “old tenor,” of continental memo-
rv 'I Flic hi.lory of tho discovery oi the n.io'-H
about tlic yu»r 1600, and of im cffooi
[Fn
„ .... . — elrreo, will
»llay all Icars on ilio ecore nr lire Immense appre
ciation oi all descriptions of properly.
in tho first place, assuming; the present quanti*
ty of apocie to ho three thousand millions, ilm
annual addition, even from t| in present prolific
sources, le Inn a small per contn^e on the whole
But then Its depreciation, which wo ,eo must at
any ra-.o bo very gradual, If there were no conn-
toraclinncause, Is checked and almost omirelv
counterbalanced by a demand fully equal to this
•apply,bountiful aa it Is. Whilo men feel Ha
allinulalinn force In tho inr.rcnslnp pulsation of
business, Ore value of muncy to he npprehondo
front the rapidly crowing demand, it may wolld
ho feared that tho now ttsoa found for it will very
much outrun tho Import! from the mines. ’
When the w«n1th of a country Increases, and
the annual produce of Ha labor becomes greater, a
greater quantity of coin becomes necessary to cir
culate a greater quantity of commodities. II wo
widely different. Dm our enterprise, on tho t:
trary, still shoots ahead even of our multiplied re
sources; and the fresh additions of tho latter are
after all inadequate to tho execution of our
grasping plans. Plato, pictures, statutes,
tuous ftiruiiiiro; luxurious houses, expensive
jowultymicli wardrobes, wines of fabulous age
and Had*, equipages and like extravagance will
drink up thn geld oust like so many spomres and
if lliore is any of it loft, some of us wi ll gild'
houses with It aa the Chinese do their pagodas.
For ages, olltor countries contributed gold and
silver to that rich empire ; but those did not lose
value, lor the consumption was in pmpurtlon .to
their receipts. he very increase of the iidiaMl-
ants of the civilized world demands annuallWs
large fresh aupplv of coin to keep the stock of
circulation gtstd tu the hands of every Individual.
Besides, tho annual contributions, amoumim,
from a hundred to a hundred and thirty millions'
more or Iota, will probably bo stationary at about
that figure, hut by no means larger, while tho
whole amount in circulation is „l course growing
greater 1 thus diminishing tho percentage of the
inoroaso every tear till 1, lo , )e fr £ cl ,
to ho appreciated. Hut this percentage ought in
tact, a. bus been .aid, b„ reckoned, not only
on the specie used for the medium „r exchange
but on everything clae which is taken ss munev'
and goes ;o swell its amount, such ps hank notes
hills oi exchange and other negotiable paper
IIow won somo of these may be withdrawn from %
fulfilling tho functions of coin, we do not know
What a Democratic administration through the
country may attempt, no one can loll. T„ this
Btate we know what one of them | a trying Jo .
Should bank note circulation he forbidden in obo-
dkmeo to a deluslvo notion popular in some learn,
eri financial quarters, there will ho a mighty va
ouunt created, which will i„ko California aome
time to supply.
On the whole, if any one is nervous on the
prospect of a plethora of gold, wo invito him m
dismiss his fears. We assure him ihere Is no
present danger, and II he dnea not live longer
than Methuselah, we boliovc it will not ootno till
he also shall be gathered to his lathers. Tltoro
I. also a moral as well as a consolatlon-do not
invest too deeply in land or any thing else with
tbe expectation ol reapingjaiqinunenaoTortune from
Its rise in consequence of stall in the value m
gold. Tho present values of land and rent
are evidently speculative.' The actual ahun*
dauco of the precious mein I* |hnH not produced
thorn, but the crazy cry of anticipated inundation
which, a Her all, will never reach us. i'our" w"-’
utator has a i.imblo fancy.
Fierce on Old Bullion.
I **?'*■ ■hyet “A good story
is told ol a recent Interview between Cul Benton
and President Pterce. The Colonel expressed
himself gratified at tho result of the election and
very desirous to support the new AdmlnUmaion ;
but he told tho Preindent that he had one man In
his Csbiuot who would nmkehltn ridiculous—a
“porfoct nondescript, ho Sir,” hai.i— H p rr f ect
doscripl-7-neither one thing nor the oilier.” The
General inquired what gentleman ol ln« Cabinet
had been »o unfortunate aa to incur his displeas
ure. Tho Colonel named Mr. Cushing ami
launched* out into a repetition of Ins epithets
which 1 have given not exactly in Ida word*, but
aa nearly aa would lie strictly proper ;«*-clotiu£
by trying that he was the only man on earth who
boomed to have been created for the express pur-
nose of being a Tyler man. Tile President hoard
his iovmnl.h.e objection to the end, and quietly
remarked to Hie Colonel that he had her,, ML,
erf, m, wading H'tuWngion, to („J
rfemen, ,n*o mere quite tirfifferenr <u ,0 hi, cltclion,
excerrfmg/y ee/tnioux crtceruts,. ilu vc.Yart ,y Fix
Administration.
Autographs or Hkmiy Clay.—Applicaiioue
being continually mado to Uie family ot it,o l*u>
Henry Clay, for autograph* ami other memenlooa
of the illuatrioua dead, the Lexington Obseri'er
haa been requested to say that all such article* us
they can part with have been disposed of. The
number supplied has been so largo a* to leave to
the family only such memorial* h.- they wish to
preserve.
the Kavnnnnh Courier.]
Trial of tho Murderers of John Jackson
FoBomr, March 4, 1853.
Mr. Editor:—The Superior Court of Monroe
county, has been in session for two weeks past,
and as it ha* occupied almost the whole ol the
time in tho trial of some of tho men who were
concerned in the robbery of Mr. John Jackson,
near tho lined Pike, last October, it may not bo
unintcreKtiug to your reader* to have the detail*
of the robbery, as developed by the testimony pla
ced before tbem.
It appear* that about five week* before the rob
bery, two men, who then parsed by the names of
Cooper ami Williams, but now answer to the
name* of Himpeon and Copenhaver, stayed all
night Hi Mr. Jackson’* and on paying for their
fair the next morning, handed him a $20 bHI to
be changed. Jn changing it, Mr. Jackuou got
some money out of a trunk in the clo*it, and thus
they ascertained where his money waa kept —
About midnight, on I2ih of October last year, the
d or of his dwelling wu* suddenly hurst open,
and several men entered the room occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. One, recognised by them
on the trial a* Copenhaver, a stout, athletic man,
went to their bed, and caught the old man by the
throat with one hand, and in a threatening man
ner, would slightly touch hi* head with a slick in
the other, and upon Mrs. Jackson’* screaming,
ho ordered her to IiuhIi, und drawing a pistol, told
her he could make her IiuhIi. Another, since re
cognized n« Dr. Roberts, held a lighted candle in
hi* hand, while tho others opened the closet door
and took out the trunk—they immediately left
the house. They were pursued early next morn
ing, and about a quarter of a mile from the house,
the trunk was found broken open, and rifled of
its content*, according to Mr. Jackson’* testimo
ny, to about $6,500, all silver except about $100
in gold.
Their trail waa followed into Meriwether coun
ty, where they separated, three going a road in
the direction of Tennessee, and two towards
Newnnn, C weta county. These two were ar
rested late in the evening in Ncwnau, and one
called himself John B. Simpson, and the other
first refused to give his natn*, but afterwards hc-
knnwlcdged himself to be |)r. Roberta. In their
saddle-hags were found about $940 in silver—u
largo amount of bills, most ot which wu* coun
terfeit, two forceps, for unlocking doors on the
outside, when tiro key is within—a bunch of
•kelolon or false key* for unlocking trunka.hu-
reaus, desks, &c.,a brace, such a* is used by
carpenter* for boring, two pistols and a slung
shot, or a short stout piece of leather, loaded nt
ono end with lead. They were brought to Mon
roe, and one of them, Simpson, under promise of
boing released, made a disclosure, by which the
other three were pursued to Tennessee, and two
of them, Copenhaver and Clark, were arrested
and brought back. Clark, when arrested, made
a full confession of the robbery, without any prom
ise of being released, and upon the wav bank,
ten the person* in charge of him to
place in Meriwether county, where more of the
toiiey was secreted; it waa concealed in three
rule parcels, and amounted to $1,217 in silv
Two bills of indictment was preferred against
them and found true—ono for Burglary and tin
other for Robbery; and Dr. Roberts w;j Onriicted
singly us a rogue and a vagabond, carrying about
pick-locks, false keys,&c. Me was found guilty
of the three offences, and sentenced lo nineteen
year* imprisonment in tho Penitentiary. Copen-
haver was found guilty of burglary and robbery,
and sentenced to the Penitentiary for fourteen
years, lie was uluo indicted lor perjtny, nHedg
ed to have boen committed during the Court, and
tho case was continued until the nex* term —
Clark plead guilty on ono bill; and in console
tion of his full and frank confession upon hi*
rent, und also of havit g been led by the influence
of another man to join in the robbery, ho
•ontonced to only four years confinement ir
Penitentiary, and the other bill was nol prepequlul
as to him. Price, another of the ofibudern, who
escaped to Tennessee, upon Ins return there, wu*
was arrested apd confined in jail for a murder
previously committed. He Iihh been recently
rescued from prison by some of his friend*, and is
now ut largo.
But perhaps tho most interesting pari r.f iho
trial was the examination of Simpson, as a wit
ness on tho trial of Roberts, as a rouge und vaga
bond. Ho wan told by tlm*Court, ut the com
muucemont of his examination, that lie was no
himself of that exemption.
It seems that Roberts Ini* become diapleasei
with hint on account of hi* betraying Ins assn
elates, and appearing us a witness again*! them
and boing pretty well posted up with bis history,
from hi* intimacy with him be was enabled
suggest many question* which Simpson rofu
to answer; und us hi* refusal was based on
ground that he was not bound to criminate him
self, the legitimate inference is, that the quest
propounded to him, which ho declined to aiik 1
lied allegations of crime.
When asked hi* name, h
tho name of John B. Simp*
if hi* true namo is not Jonathan Chulfant; ho
! refused to answer. Upon being asked where he
I was born, ho said in Ohio—that he lived there un
til nineteen years of age, ami then went to Ken-
lucky. Mo admitted that ho knew Challant—
that ho was born in Ohio and about the s.inio
tiino that he was. Upon being shown tho slung-
shot and asked whose property it was, ho replied,
he nuppoacd ho had as much right to it us Dr
Robert*. Mo was asked if ho never knocked any
one down with it, and declined answering. He
denied knowing Mr. Rambo, of Gwinnett county ;
but upon being asked if had not knocked him
down with his sling-shot, or some other man, in
that country, and robbed him ; ho refused to an
swer. Me was asked if lie hud not been confined
in jail in Chillic.otlieo, Ohio, for murder, and de
clined answering; but, upon being further inter
rogated, lo admitted that ho knew Henry
Thotnas, who hud been in jail in Chillicothoo for
urdor, and was hung for that crime—that lie
a* in jail with him, but refused to answer, if lie
aa not there under the namo of Chalfant.
In one of the cheap publications i ! the day, o
certain character, entitled “The life and Ad-
•Mure* ’of Henry Thom**, the Western Bur
glar and Murderer,” it will bo seen that Thomas
nfined in jail in Cliillicothee, for tho robbe-
ry and murder of a man by the name of Edwards,
ml (but an accomplice by tho name of Chalfant
ins imprisoned at tho same time with him.
Simpson was finally asked if lit- knew Gov.
)u*ley, of Kentucky, und answered that he did.
h> was asked if ho had not been paid $500 to as
sist him, and refused to answer the question, in
such a manner as to leave no doubt of his guilt.
Various other questions were put to him, not now
recollected, but enough lias been detailed tor,ho\v
that he is covered over with infamy of the deep-
os,; and blackest dye. Me is a keen, shrewd,
arttul scoundrel, and haa, doubtless, been enga
ged in tho commission of crimes almost the whole
of his life. Me was remanded to jail to bo dis
posed of at some future time.
It is fortunate for tho country that the band
has been broken up. Too much praise cnnnm
Ire awarded to the gentleman who have been ac
tive in bringing them to justice. Roberts and
Copenhaver will carry tlie.r cases to the Supreme
Court, but upon mere technical exceptions —
Messrs. Lauiar & Luchrano and Hammond were
appointed their counsel by the Court, and ilu-
elwged their duly ably nnd faithfully. <) C
Gibson and II. Green, Esq#., rendered able am!
efficient aid to the Solicit*
Laconic Correspondence.
wing is the way they do things in
is about equal to Crcsar's mu', vidi,
?n. Avalos. *ays the Victoria Advocate, the
military commandant at Matnmoras, puts on airs
occasionally, nnd issues manifestos, creating
death and destruction to his neighbors of Browns
ville, if they do not keep quiet. Recently some
shot* were fired from tho American side of the
Rio Grande, towards his sentinels. On learning
the fact, Avalos addressed a pompous note to Jus
tice McCane, of Brownsville, threatening that if
the shots were repeated, lie would bombard the
town. The following is Judge Met'lane's reply;
Brownsvillk, Jan. II, 1853.
Dear General:—Wo have received vour appre-
ii. ri note of this date.
I/’t her rip!
E. J. McClane,
Justice of the Peace, Cameron co., Texas.
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER,
Mazarr: the constitution: union.
—‘~ 1 ~— ■ — 1 **~
COLUMBUS—GEOKUIA :
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH
Matters and Things.
Thtsu are decidedly trying times to the odijorial fra
ternity. Nolhiug in lbs shape of political excitement to
arouHQ their mighty wrath, and hat fow private squab-
call forth their powers of blockguardism. The
ar« irregular, Um newa from W&shiugtou of
little inlerrnt, except it may be to tho array of patriot
ic office seekers, and tho President so doggedly boot on
keeping the applicant* in suspeusc, that, like an old
».hoe, the newN of the day begins to run down at the
the heel, and lenve u* poor woebegono wretches fist
hark*, h-eling upwards for (he earth. It is
n tu lug in the subject of thn next Governor's
election ; t ie President haa said dial the coiiipromibe
usures shall bo enforced ; thero is ut [ resent, we
believe but little prospect of kicking np a fiiaa uiiouL
Cuba; and we should like to know on what string
otriko in order to have (be car of our readers ?
e can aee the hour just aiiaud when we can jump
und have fun, but in Ibis dull, dry, uninteresting
day, when tho demagogue can scarcely pitch his
ce high enough to he heard in the slillne<» around
n, there in nothing within our political viaion which
mi* worthy of arousiug our political wrath.
May we not slap iu and tniuglo for a while with cur
fellow-citizens who arc struggling to obtain the only
office, hereabouts, which the President boa to bestow 7
By no iimnner of meaiifl. Our small voice if uttered
would bo unheeded by the powers that be. We racog-
nizo the right of the Uliief Magistrate lo select from
hie friend i an individual i f honesty um! cornpt-teucy,
to discharge tho duties of tho office in queHion- All
that is or can be required of him, is to appoint a ca
pable, iNiiUSTHjoi's, ACCOMMODATING officer.
Dm liow is ho, all uhtrCqualntcd will) the applicant*
as lie iiecc*6anly must be, to know a man ill this
community from a mouse I This is, however, his
biuiuoss, not ours ; Slid he will bo field responsible for
tho wisdom of llm choice. Several of dfir highly
prized pom'iual friends have colored for (lie stnko, and
all wo ask of Ihoiu is not to lose their tempers,
when they loso tho raco. Guud humor adds to u
ninii’s flesh, nud to hiu length of duys. Keep cool
thou, y» disappointed oust, inert-usa iu bodily far,
dr.ve dull care away, and livo if you can a thousand
years. Solah.
But wu liavo said that wo will not iniuglo in the
i trifo uovv growing homowliiil warm, about thu pos
session of ono poor linlo olfico. ^ What aludl wo do
then for than ext mouth or two? We might, if we
would, mu a lilt agaiuat tho piebald Cabiuot of tho
Presidout. This would bo labor lost. Each ami ov-
oiy tpomber, since his appointment, has be on suddenly
iiiuiiufMclurod into a prodigy of wisdom nud tlultn-
mauship, from the man of the palohod trownors clean
down to tho illuitrious gee up o. J)oblr.u Of m«a-
gur political proportions bolom their elovutiou to their
rormngiff me fidy'ao 'oi meir mwVesraT WgfujTTi, ; ,7' u '
bend and shoulder abovo thekJjlmtrious predecessors.
W c!| probably they do. A mini duos grow prodigious
ly, nud undergoes a sirongu kind of transformation
when takuu from tho mist ami fogs of obscurity, nud
lilted lo Ilio piuuacle of [tower. Every body kunws
thir, who kiiowa any tiling. Wo have aeon it oxmn-
plifiud in many preveious instances, but perhaps iu
lihtuknbly nn tho one boforo us. Thoy
of prodigius minds, far-
iilini
le pr
In Kidd's Own Journal we find some interest,
ing fact* about eating. Every animal eats as
mmh as it cun procure, »nd as much as it can
lioltl. A cow eats but to sleep, and sleeps but in
ent; and not content with eating all day long,
“twice it slays tho slain,” und cats it over again.
A whale swallow* leu millions of living shrimp.s
at a ora tight; u nursling canary bird eat* its own
hulk in a day, and a caterpillar eats five hundred
tum.’H its weight before it lies down to rise u but
terfly. The mite and maggot eat the very world
in which they live; they nestle and build in then
roast beef; and the hyena, for want of better fare,
eats himself. \ et tho maggot 1, RB , HU t |, e „ ou ,
and the fthale is nut subject to sciatica. Nor do
hear that an Esquimaux is troubled with
the toothache, dyspepsia, or hysterics, though he
at* tin pounds of seal slid drinks a gallon of oil
t a meal, and though his meal lasts hs long hs
his r
Why is a man who spoils hU children like
oihcr who builds ca&ile* In the air ? Becauai
indulges in-fancy tin) much.
arc then, ono and nil,
swing slutesmaiiBliip, and uncommon good oommou
senso ! And wliul is boat of all, 4 th*y have born
made co by tho breath of ilio President. Far be it
thou, from us to question, without sufficient proof,
tho purity, tho unity, trllio ability of the mixed and
motly batch. We know that political necessity ami
tho hopo of [Huttoiml aggrandisement make strange
bedfellows, ami uo oue has a right to question the
lent (lint tho present cabinet ia u unit, although it may
liavo beeu composed of Diauniouista and Abolitioni*^,
friends of thu Union nud friends ol tlieinselvcB, blue
(pints, red spirits, and grey.
W ho can tell whut a fow weaks may bring forth.
The calm of tha preaeut may be exchanged f, r the
fury of the storm. The political almanac spoaks of
high winds nud loud thunder during the dog days
which precode our elections. I^t ll0 ,„nu docou o
himself by thinking that the struggle fur power, iu our
own State, will not bo marked by all tho violence of
the puft. There are high otficea to be given by the
I vople, A Chief Magistrate of the Stale, members of
ilio legislation, uud representatives of C’ougross of the
United Stales, are ail lo be elected. Old parties will
oudenvor to rally, aud uew elements of discord will be.
introduced making tho malice more unmanageable,
nud tho coufua ion worse coufouudid than in pantdaya
Steady and forward in tho word. The struggle must,
and will come. Mon love power aud its accompani
ments loo well to let tho coutest pan in pence. The
confess, d demagogue will snort around for his brief
hour, aud tho naucliiiiouioua patriot, no belter litau
the demagogue, will enter the arena and do both for
hi* peculiar in. asure.
Bui the peoj.l., if llioy will, cm, hold th. mmp.ut
fellow, ol b.y anil do whal m.j lio u«dful for Ilio
future pto.|»rily of IbeSlalo. Tho grout luloreit of
lhal iwoplo tlopoudi ou lire uu.oun.ul and eiifi rco.
ureut of wi.o oalulory l,w«; on the dovolopmtnl of
lire wontth uml reoomce. of tire Stairs ou tire eucour-
agoment of tho Intonrel luiptonmouU ul.oudy com.
moucod; ou tho gouerul difftulou of that hind of
kliuwlodgo obluiued iu lire higher uud luivor grude. of
our iuautulious of teeming ; e„ the greet turd nil im*
IKittaul mutter of ciicuuraj>itig tire muilufucturei,
tho luorulily, the imohuuic urts, and tire agriculture
of tire coeutry. To properly attend to three things
there i. ire noooMity for Indulging iu i| 18 rdihustering
spi.il which tempts into go forth lo old iu liberating
others at tho expense of our own welfare. None at
Ul oil. Our country i. vs.t enough for all our efforts.
It. welfare, so lur «s we are concerned, i. worth lire
world beside.. Keen I his good old State, if properly
looked niter, is worth tho higbeet political efforts Hitt
any oflior patriotooiu ou moko. Shu io now tho ad
mitted empire State of tho Briutli, aud with ht r intol-
ligeul citizens, fertile soil, mid all tho advantages
which goo,! govorumut cau give, «rl,y may .he not
eoou booomo Iho empire Stale of the great, uud grow-
ing, aud glorious confederacy.
The calm and tho xuuahiue are upon aud around
us. It may, aud the prospect is, that it will lx* of short
duration. The cloud, not larger than the hand, is
already seen abovo tho borixeu. Muttering ibuuders,
[•orteutious of iuctffiuoat weather, are midible iu the
.balance. Symptoms of sxciteuieiit, ansiug from the
discusaiou of uew quoatioua thrown iuto the political
canvass, arc beginning to exliil.it tlieiusclre?. These
queatious must be met, discussed, decided. The pop.
ulcr mind will bo directed to some isolated matter, aud
» struggle more fierce than any (lint has hitherto
narked oar history may bo just at hand. Sufficient
for the day, however, ia the evil thereof. Wo shall
what we shall see.
Heavy Eains.—Fatal Railroad Aocident, ftc.
It ia the genera!impression that it rained in this re
gion on Thursday night of last week. From about 9
o'clock in the eveiing until 4 ia the moriimig, it ap
peared that the britom of the clouds had suddenly
dropped out, and that the contents were poured upon
the earth, not iu drops, but in sheets and solid columns.
Our river rose, in i few hoars, to a height almost equal
to any thing knovn in its moat foamy and formidable
performances. Skua slight injury was sustained by
the washing awarof a poriiou of the works recently
orected at iho fac/mes, aud much damage has resulted
frem the uverflo.vng of piaot&tious below.
In this conuectieu it is our painful duty to record a
melancholy accident which happened ou our Railroad,
on the morning after the storm of ram above alluded
to. The cars left the depot at the usual hour, about
5 o’clock in tha morning, for Butler, and after pro
ceeding seine eight rr nine miles, were suddenly ar
rested by the giving way of some of the works across
a ravine or small branch. We learn that the engine
bad passed over, when the weight of the teuder caus
ed the trt**el-work lo give way. The engiue wiw
drugged back, falling down upon the tender, and the
freight and baggage cars rushing forward were driven
aud heaped pell inell together. Mr. Charles D.
Sciioonmakeh, the engineer, and a fireman by the
name of Gilmore, woio in tanll/ killed by the col-
I aioi), and a fireman named Gray, badly—but it a
though! not dangerously—hurt. Tho pawrengers e*-
caped without injury. With the fireman who waa
killed we had no acquaintance, tor indeed did we per
sonally kuow Mr. Scuooxmaker. By all who knew
him, however, he waa highly respected, and !•'» aud-
den loss is deeply regretted He was buried ou Sun
day morning last with Masonic honor*. A very im
pressive and appropriate discourse was delivered upon
the occasion, iu the Methodist Church, by the officia
ting pastor, the Rev. Mr. Conner, before a largo con-
gnrghliou tha* bad tnot together upon th.l mournful
period
’e have heard uo one even iusiou&te that the fa
tal nccidonl wss the result of carelessncM or inenpa-
on Iho [.art of the engineer, or auy body else hav
ing chorgo rf the train. Eveiy place, doomed *t all
fe, or winch was likely to have be<n injured by
lht« floor 1, bad bceu carefully examined by Mr. Scboon*
maker, nud it teems that uo danger wus appreheudwd
at (ho spot where it lay concealed. Providence cou-
tro's its ov. u myetctioua workings !
The Locomotive, Tender, it freight and baggage
Car, were considerably injured. The pusseugor car
was aLo slightly damaged. W* ore informed that
in a day or to the injury to the r«ad will be repaired,
and every thing again rsudy for the accommodation
of the traveling public
Girard Railroad.
Wo unintentionally omitted nt the proper iirno to
notico thai ou the Gih iuat., at a meeting of the stock
holders, Robert >S. Hardaway, James Goebel, H.
Blackman, Thomas II Dawson, A. Saaks,'and Geu.
Auderson Abercrombie were elected dir cto;» of the
Oirnrri Uwkon^ifvr the prenuut >■ or At a sulstequenl
meeting of the directors Huukhth. Hakhawav, E q.
was oluclcd Precident, Walton It. Harris, Secretary
uud TroRfiurer, Georgs S. Ih,uni/ Chief Eugiuaer,
and If. .1. Hardaway Anaiblaat.
The frioudB of this road will learn with plcaeuso
at the work upou it is going ou i qual to, if notbo-
yond tlinir most sanguine hopes. There are employed
ut work upwards of Jipe hundred ttbio hands,
uud vnriouH sections are under the supt rvisioti of oou-
tractora of energy, industry nud ability to do what
they have undertaken. Our city hau issued her Bonds
for ilio pun huso of tho irod to bo laid ou ten miles al
ready graded, aud filers is not n doubt entertained but
thul twenty milus of file road will bo finished, ami in
complole running order, during (Ills year.
It ia usokw, yes, it i* worse than useless, to speak
of the benefits that wifi accrue to the citizen* of Ala
bama within reach of this road. They are intelligent
planters, generally, and know much belter than wo
dj ilio disudvantagea under which (hoy have labored
in reaching a mark of where they could nidi fii
due* and purchase tneir uoot'Mary supplies. This
TTie$ cui7^K»tlpi#y\»k. And They'* Imve n
•low t) discover this Almost every man along the | and the l<
route, line, according to his pc-ouuiury ability, sub
scribed for stock, auil gcue Into tho work of (he road
with a seal and deU^tuiaatina which iusures its early
completion. Nothing ia wuutiug but the same euer-
gy, i i future, fiat has no signally marked the past,
uud it may bo safely prophesied that in leas than two
yearn the citizens of ^Jliuunenuggoe will hoar the
blowing of fiio wbiafis, us it warns thorn to clear the
track lor tbc Iron Horto.
Santa Anna.
We see it elated, in aome of our Western exchanges,
that this man, so much distinguished in the receut
history’ of Mexico, lias been recalled from his exile aud
lauded nt Vera Crux a short time since. This is just
what we have expected ever since the revolution which
drove Arista from ihe I’resideucy. The Mexicans
are, at best, uu ignorant worthless ualion of people,
unfit for a republican government, and utterly incapa
ble of enjoying the blessings of uatioua I und regulated
iborty. They are slaves from tducation, from choice
aud consequently from neceMity, and the bulk of them
fit for nothing else. Constantly engaged in civil
r and with interna! strife, their constitution is a
dead letter, and their only happiness is to witness the
overthrow cf one tyrant, and the t-levulionof another,
nta Alina is a fit ruler for such a people, nud is gen*
lly placed at the head of affairs when nothing but
i irou heel of the despot can grind into consistency the
bloodstained fragments of uuarchy. He is, however,
n wily and unscrupulous political knave, and should
bo watched clneely by our own government
Breakers ahead.
Among the items of news from Washington we learn
that M. Pulzskay bos arrived iu that city with the in
tention of laying before the President exclusive infor
mation concerning the designs of Russian upou Tur
key, and the prospect of a geueral war in Europe.—
Wo hopo this information will be made public. So
fur aa Russia and Turkey are concerned or what may
bo trio merits of tho difficulty lhal is about to bring
them together by the earn, we care but little. It is,
aud will bo u kind of dog-fight, in which uo deceut
republican will feel much iuieresl ; but a general war
in Europe will be quite a different matter. Such a
thing cannot take place without effecting seriously all
file gienl interests of our own country. The United
States might not be immediately involved ill it, yet
her vaet amount of commerce, floating ul present ou
every *eu, would, in spite of all the laws of neutrality,
b i subject to constant anuoyauce, loss, aud probable
ruin. If then there is n prospect of such a war, and
Mr. Pulzukey has more iuforinatiou than any body
else, we hope he will cominuuicnte his knowledge lo
the President aud the country be duly warned to look
out for squidsI.
Rumor, and Advice Gratis.
Thsre is a rumor afloat thul President Pierce baa
been compelled toeocape secretly, audio lake refuge
in Baltimore, iu order to avoid the incessant annoy
ances of tho swarm of office seek* r» who iufest the
capitol. We of course do not credit this report, so
derogatory alike to the decency of the applicant* and
Iho firmness of the Executive. 11 n* suffering* are,
doubtless, almost intolerable ; but if he has nothing to
give tho whining pack that are wailing to pick up the
crumls that fall from the table of patronage, let him
stand In* ground, and bid them seek their brand ac
cording to the scripture plan. We would offer no ad
vice to the Executive, yet it strikes us that it would
save him much trouble if he would adopt, implicitly
file rule, never to give n man an office that would
urioy him by personal and psrtinaoMMM ■ppf
The Last Laws of Congress.
The graphic account of the last lawa of Con
gress, by the Washington Republic, j^i be read
wiilf interest as well as profit by the "bo
know generally, but little of the doing* of the na
tional legislature. It is a life likeness, embracing
the various feature* of the original, and forming a
picture which may be studied with profit. There
can be no harm at least in examining it* beauties
aid deformities. Mere it is:—
A tolerable perfect representation of old Babel
is to be found in the Chambers of the (wo Hou*c*
of Congress a* the session draws to a close.—
i l en comes the lug of war. In those tew fust
receding moments, basin’k.h is crowded upon
members physically unable to examine it—too
sleepy to perceive its frauds, or too weary to pro
claim tfiem.
Where Is Oaliw-rl
Wo find in one of our S*vauuah exchanges what
purports to be a portion of n letter, written from this
place, stating that at l«ast one-fourth of out e.ity
laid in turns by the late storm. The writer must have
been laboring under the otfrcla of s moat tremendous
fright, or else have viewed the ct-!im.-qusuces of th-
blow through n giant of extraordinary magnifying pow
er ! But somo men aro given to a certaia little failing
which it ia needless to tneutiou, aud wheu they have
h chnnco—like the fellow who swore the horse
sixteen feat high—will sti^K to wimt they say, ev
the risk of incurring public ridicule. But wo are
with the storm. Our eulerpriziug citizens aud indus
trious mechanic* have already well nigh repaired the
through c
reek hence tho strauger that paused
will not be nblo to discover that auy
lid a \
r city
than * gentle breexo hoi
Mu
i l*i111
> —Some cf tho northern
contain the purticulauii f a bonMly murder re-
oenlfy committed in tho so-called city of “brotherly
love,” which iu cruelty aud depravity of feeling oul-
|m the account of th. Into I'aulding county butch
ery iu Miaaiseippi. It H-ems that two women (oue ol
them married) who lived in thu Mine residence in
Philadelphia, werofouftd 111 bed on iho morning of the
12th in.taut, most shockingly haggled by tho knife
of filo atuitMiii, who hod inflicted 4r» slabs upon tho
person of one of Lis victims, and otherwise mangled
the body o| tbq fU»<
Prodigious Telesoopo.
The Rev. Hr. Craig’s Telescope, in Eugland, is
feet in length. It magnifies the moou 40,000 tinien,
uses are so perfectly achromatic that fin
planet Saturn looks of a milky whitaneaa. Joe Neal
once said that we would have telescopes m no distant
dny of such prodigious length aud power as loanable
us to shake hands with that venerably old geutli
known ms ilia man in tho moon. We begiu to think
that Joe was about hall right.
Pistols and Coffee.
It is thought that trouble will hike place between
Com. Moore and Senator Pearoe, rrspectiug the oppo
sition of file latter to the Texas Navy Bill, as it hi
culled. Moore was an uuder officer in the United
Stale* Navy but quit his post to aid in tho Texas re
volution. He there rose fo the grade of Commodore,
aud since file nunexaliou desires to h* retained ns a
commodore, and hold the rank hero which waa con
ferred ou him there. This in regarded aa manifest
injustice by our gallant officers who .>*tood by tho flug
of their country aud took tho uncertain cha.icea of
promotion. Senator Pearco took the somo view of
matter, aud opposed the bill incorporating the
Aud what will probably add I'exas Navy aud retaining it# officers in the station*
"oniMly 6f Ihe eel, mi,I ureke lire immW .[,11 I [here held. Tu thi. Moore lokre
mom brutal and fiendish, is tho tact that the married
woiflan leaves twin babe* but u few days old, who
will scarcely be nblo to survive thi) sudden deprivation
of (huir natural sustenance, aud whose dentil will n M
two rnoro victims lo tlio black account of the fiend's
tnnlico nnd atrocity. After committing tho murder,
the ass sain attempted to fir.) the dwelling, but the
wood could not be suRicieuliy ignited, u ml his attempt
at a double destruction thus proved a failure.
Comments upon such an act i f barbarity are en
tirely n . diem; and we will only add that as the.ro
a me northern journals to which wo have referred, at-
Inbtiled tho Mississippi,murder to the influence of the
“ peculiar institution of tho South,” u suppose tho
Philadelphia butchery was iu (Lie need by some defect
iu the domestic orguuizntiou of the North! Perhaps
it might also furnish suitable material for a secoud
“ Unde Tom’s Cabin, or life among the high\y" of
the free Stalo of Pennsylvania.
iell of ■
ept.oi
e Advertiser,
j immense has
The Seasons.
So fur as we ran learn but little lias been done in
the way of plauiing iu this section of country. Tho
Spring has boen cold aud wut, and but few planters
liavo been able to advance their (arming operation* At
ns early a period aa usual. Late as it is, they or „
ooinpe.lodj by the receut heavy Htorms of rain and
wind, to perform an irumeuse amount ol . Iditioual
labor, aud wail patiently for th- dry! , of the earth
before they can, with much propriety, commit to the
sobby Foil their com end cotton seed. The heavy
rains of last week, we learn, have done great damage
to the farms which had beau recently plowed, and the
lowlands on tho rivers aud creeks iu every direction
have been overflowed, aud in ntauy plarea remaiu so
up to thin time. The surface of the hilly regions has
been literally swept away, aud much of a, from the
appearanco of our river, deposited ill the bosom ol
gulf Judging then from the present couditioi
about to invite him to ta
ptlrc. Wo trust Mr. Pearce will troat the demand
for personal satisfaction, if made, with the cotempt it
deserves, aud refer the pugnacious Commodore to
some bloody scene iu the next war iu which hi* coun
try may be engaged, for an exhibition ot hi* courage.
Rations for the Needy.
A correspondent of the Buukora
writing from Washington, aiy*, “S<
Ix-cn tho array of office seekers in the .
lliat the proposition haa boeu seriously
applyiug to the United States Quarter Master Gen- |
eral lor rstiou* to prevout suff-riug among tho worthy |
patriots.” If this is true, it argues well for the ccun- I
try. It shows that, iu spite of the degeneracy of j
the age aud the progress of public corruption, there !
are yet a goodly uumber of rirtuous and dismteres- ,
ted iudividuals ready to servo the republic aud uphold, I
for a sufficient consideration, the falling fortunes of (
(lie ualion ! We hope, theiefo-e, that tho Quarter |
Master will furnish them with beef and breaJ, until
somo of them cau get their long arms iuto Undo I
Sam’s Crib. Thsy will grow fat enough then, or we j
aro mistaken iu the aharpnew of their appetites aud |
the capacity of their craws.
rly hour each day, the lobbies snd cor
ridor* nre crowded with anxious faces—some
claimants, some expectant* of office, and some
who are there buying arid selling offices; some
friend* to the party in power, and some opposed to
it ; son.e w ith letters to Congressmen begging for
letters addressed in blank to others who may be in
office; while, like golden dropB in the muddy
streams of California, the bright face* of pretty
w omen, anil tho amended luces of ugly ones, ap
pear to refresh the eyes of the observer. With
ominous distinctness the old clock tick* the hours
away. Reporters now are busier than ever.—
Newspaper boys, laden with reports, are running
hither and thither, like bound* who have just
found the scent. Lobby members assume airs of
gn at importance ; gravity becomes a shade more
grave, and self-importance more self-important.
The galleries aro alive witii e motley crowd.—
Diamonds arid paste, prunella and cowhide, satin
and linsey, mingle promiscuously.
Business fast becomes more intricate, perplex
ing, and uncertain. Noses can no longer be
counted. A moment’s afaenceol a member t
decide forever important questions. Visage*
elongated; hopes rise and fall like fancy *toc
hearts beat tumultuously; aud amid all the
citcinent, the especial products of France and
Holland find plenty of consumers. Under the
genial influence tongues once glib become too
Ing for utterance, and silent members f<
become victorious.
We have for several years witnessed the break
ing up of the session of the people's representa
tives with unabated interest. No man can then
tell what has happened or what will happen. Ru'
are suspended with a juggler’s facility. Legisla
tion loses its established forms nnd safeguards.—
Bv apparently insignificant amendments, la
framed or repealed—armies and navies disbanded
or augmented; offices are created in a provii
and government* established in parenthesis. .
the sand* run from tho glass, each grain marks
the appropriation of a million ! In sue
when there is no time, for business, members feel
like* sinners on a death bed—the tormenting
sciousness of opportunities wast -d, hours
spent, and weeks squandered in the idle pursuit of
Buncombe, rise in judgment against them. They
f>cc ut the door the aged soldier, the thinly clad
widow, the beggared orphan, whose humble
claims have laid on the ‘-Spepker’s table” for
months unheeded, while the hails have resounded
the theatrical thunder of dec la
‘ British aggression,” “American susceptibility,"
or the “Monroe doctrine”—whose long delayed
petitions might have been heard, considered, und
granted in half the time that has been occupied
leading “letters from distinguished Americans
I’aria,” or urging honors and receptions, and
“cordial welcomes" lo n sturdy beggar visiting
our nation to sell his bomh^ur lost in pcrsoi
p!anations and defining of positions which
finition can be rendered other than ridiculous.—«
But repentance comes too late. A Nestor ol the
Senate declares that his scruple* revolt at the
immorality and unconstitutionality of sitting
past 1J; and the poor,aged, und miserable beings
who Imvo petitioned only for justice, arc driv
ofl'in despair, it may be, to die in the almsliou:
because forsooth of the •‘scruples” of a man who
has pocketed constructive miliago, and voted him
sell a library of books!
The hour has products other than these. Spec-
rdationand jobbing are nt the climax; the inter
ests of the country seemed lo he forgotten. Ono
uninitiated, asks il Congress will adjourn without
puying the sacred obligations of half a century ;
enormous confra^V paying"not 'loss than sixty per
cent i here aro the steamboat men, the railroad
men, the telegraph men. the iron men, tho navj
men, the bookmakers, and bookseller*, and book
buyers—all anxiously w; telling the clock, as in
bands approa h the moment which shall makt
or .war their fortunes. .Messengers ami clerks
und pages are flying in all directions. Bills ap
propriating more money than the treasury evei
contained in a year, are tossed from Mouse ic
Aouse in reckless* impunity. There i* much
talk, and loud talk too, of defeating hills, which
they who talk know never will bo defeated. Tfi<
two IlmiHes assume positions, and insist nnd
adtiore most obstinately ; and then at the appoint
ed lime, when they who never participate in bus
inrss except to retard it, have liecome too hoarse
to‘object,” or are sunk in slumber on the sofas,
Ihe two Mouses recede—hack out, yield, give up,
compromise, and rush through the bills, without
uitv clear idea of what they contain.
Thus it has been, and thus it will be, till h“
country speaks to Congre-s on the subject.—
While minorities cun defeat majorities by parlia
mentary tactics ; whilo presiding officers “doubt”
ami “heaitato,” or obstinately persist in error;
while majorities combi-ing mailers which singly
would tail, violate the rules of order nnd propriety
j und thiuhl them upon minorities; while the time
| lor legislation is wealed by men whose ugt- should
bring a sense ol duty to curb the impulse of their
! '!• inagoguiam ; while the hall* of leg
j converted into stages for the display of gesture,
| pied in delivering homilies upon platforms, in cri
ticisms on the vapid appeals ol loreign women,
and in read ng with fulsome adulation; ichile the
} topic pay two hundred and fitly dollars <i day
for publishing all speeches-got*!, bent, and \nd\h
I fren—delivered in Congress; while political
| majorities entrust the bu»uie>m of Irgirialion to
Later From Europe.
[A gtellzmenof , b j. oily b„ f. VOTd
copy of In, private drep.tch. which w, gi„ w *
“ Charleston, March 19, n. n , -n h
Comhrre he. „m,«] », H.life, with Lire^T*
the 5lh March. ,p °°l
“ ,n the Liverpool Colton market, iho aal M r
week reached 36,000 bale., with a .II*!,, ° f
- - - - - • r, , , •"gni cor.ct*
-8lhd. ou the lower grade* [
chauge iu the other descriptions.” ’ 001
Orleans, March 19,11 >.m jj lf|
p Ulioii mid. up lo-dey ,n [hi. r„y. , he *
in ail the toutirera ^
amounts re 459,000 belee. *
No change in pricee or freight,.
[Frem [lie Savenrmh Courier.)
Later from Hanna
n.LT.MO.,: M.rch 18—Tho rteaniehip,
Warrior, has arrived at New York, frem Mobrl,
Mezen.. She left ,h. l.„„ „„ lh „
Mr. King romaiued near Mali
orw. lie entertaiuano hop
The Meaicau Comminiouers s
mna to return, were waiting his arrival in
idvices from Vera Cruz, state that F PVei
had voted for him, aud Puebla against him.
Appointment, Couarmed.
HRLTisre.e. March 18—Thonraa K„„, E . j
been confirmed by iho U. S. Seuate as U s j ' ^
Attorney for Chaileatou, and J I) )[ [i.|| .
Kdito, of DeBow's /<,rieur. .. 8„p.ri„ t „ J*'
Ore Census, vrc. Kennedy. Mr. D.Bor, „ llwd
ou his duties on Friday.
Gold from California.
Baltimore, March 18.-The Ohio, which »rr
at New York on Thursday, brought two’.' •-
o half in gold on Freight, and i
bauds of passengers.
[Frc
the Augusta Chronicle A Sentinel
Washington Items.
i'ho Senate has confirmed the following si.
meals:
II. Toulmau, Post Master at Mobile ; Gen. Lis
Governor of Oregon ; Tliompsou Campbell, of I.i
George W. Thompson, of Virgiuia, snd AlphetwV
of Michigan, Commissioners lo sente Laud Tu
California, togelhor with a number of oilier Offi.
California, aud all the Boslou Officers.
Tho following appointments will be sent iqk
Senate to-morrow:
Robert U. Campbell, of Trass, Commission
lire Mexican Bouudory ; Haldwiu, Collecur
Key West ; Ferdinand Moreml, Marshall ot Flood
t.eo. I. flea kina, Collector et Apalachicola ,
Jack flays Surveyor General ofCaliforuie.
The Gardiner Trial.
Till* case ia .progressing in lbs Criminal Court,
the testimony aguinit the accused u very sir.,);.-
Honduras Troubles.
Advice* received nt Boston confirm the see
the trouble* In Honduras.
The Philadelphia Murder!.
Arthur Spring, charged with the murder <
Lynch and her sister, Mr*. Shaw, in Philadeljv .
boon fully committed. The testimony against mix
of a positive character.
Correspondence of the New York Herald.
Washington, March 11. I*
The general principles upon which appointment!
to he made, Imve been definitely settled from the <
mcncement of the administration. Vacancies ere I
filled first, and the heads of bureau* ap|k)inU)d.
ordinate offices are to be filled gradually, and n-41
to be detrimental to the public business. All tobci
the ground of merit.
The Senate determined to support tire Preside:
confirming every appointment.
The Hon. Lorin P. Waldo, late member ofC«.
from Connecticut, is pretty sure to lie Comtuiw •
Pension*, and S. Cole of Wayne countv, N. Y., si
sunt disbursing clerk, chief clerk of that office.
T. Hart Hyatt is certain to Le appointed G-.i
The following is the Board of Visitor* to th* Mti
Academy, appointed by tho President:—
Daniel Goodenow, Maine. U diiaiu C. Bat^s, Mtu
C. W
Franc
noth Ha 1
, Penn.
• N. C.
Hei
r E. Du
John C ,...
A. V. Brumby, (i
Joshua Baker, \ A
tu Itayner JV
D. Jarvis, Ohio,
Henry Tmwiler, Ala
w T - Wen!, Florid., G«., f e Tempi., Ion
Henry 8. llaird, V\ im.
The Republic .ays [lint Mr. Fuller, who waa rsrs.
•b°l by Lieut. Schaumburg, is now out utdangT.i
ho* been removed from the hotel to lii« own ren. 1 -
Scrved HIM RIGHT.—A resfiectable ftrmrr
Long Island, having Income interested in the spir
delusion, got entrapped by a medium. Oue M
I reuch—who iuducedhini to sell his property
brought the sum of $ 1,300, which amount he P s
over lo the witch. Mrs. French theu took a fit
leave, aud has uoi boen siuce beard of. The fir
lout ins senses, if he ever had any, attempted to n.ir
■made, aud is now confined iu the Now York Lui
ic Asylum. Hd has* wife and two inter* *
daughters, who, according to the way w e keep it, it
on happily relieved of a nic*t stupendous dcul
Accident almost An editor in the «
rior of tho Slate who had been to hear the
mau charged with electricity, wss on his re
injured by coming in contact with •• r
thought.”
committees, and then select men in whom they
have no confidence ; so long will the two branch
es of Congress continue m u condition which
n.Uht excite the contempt or the disgust of the
w hole country. So long will tin y be “incapable
of transacting any legislative business cxcepi
iho passage of appropriation hills," and even
iltey must be punlied through at the last moment,
as a Senator ha* said, “like a shot out of a
rbovel.”
The remedy is with the people ; when wiil it
be applied ?
iportant LAW SUIT.— Punch says that th*l
of Robinson Crusoe have instituted a ruit forth*
»y of ilia Island of Juau Fernaudez, on tbcgn
their great aucentor was mouaich of all he
veyed. The trial, when it comes off will be j
j iiehed at length, snd will be of much interest ic
legal profession and the* rest of mankind. We
our verdict in favor of tho little Crusoea.
Hours, w o c
a very lata c
It ii
o the conclusion that
nd that the [ (.-inters It
uivrslly backward iu
me Spring u
cm uuavoida
their farming
Mil i
Ex-President Fillmore.
iK»*i. th a i this distinguished gentleman
short H
uiakiug arrangement* l»> receive aud Welcome bun lo
the hospitalities of the South. The day w hen he will
probably arrive .* nut us yet certainly ascritahied, but
will be known in time for such public u<-lice as wdl
iuforn>all who would hkelovee him. The iudisp<«j.
tk,n of Mr*. Fillmore we !eatu detained him in
Washington longer lhau be expected to remaiu, aud
preventod him from specifying tho particular time
when he might bo expected to visit the pluci* on In*
The
Fancies ok an Artist.—We are told that Ole
Bull, the great violinist, next to his favorite instru
ment, bus s passionate foudnes* for horse flesh, snd
whenever he meets with auy thing beautiful iu thu
line, be almost iuvsriably purchases it. Seme six or
seven years siuce, he amused himself for a few months
by accompanying the celebrated French General
iHsofin a foray agaiust the Arabs in Algeria. Tlte
ueral, by a well plauned ambuscade, gained a sig
nal victory over the Bedoums, enptunug all their
horse - snd about forty prisoners. The horses were
very beautiful, aud upou the moment lie laid eyes up
on them, they were Ole Bull's delight aud constant!
theme of admiration. Ho purchased four of them,
having lo pay an euorinous price, and shipped tbem
for his home, on the enchanting island, “ Christensen,”
in Norway. Three of these splendid auimela died ou
the passage, but the most beautiful ona of the four
vived, and nos named by the great Maestro, Mazep-
pa. It is still liviug aud iu his poweasiou. Imm
offers have beeu repeatedly made to him for Mazeppa,
but uo mousy couid induce him to part with his fa
vorite hose. He has a stud of the most splendid
horses of Europe, aud we learn that he iutends to
bring them all over to his flourishing colony iu Penn
ine, where hs has already sent the famous slal-
Ilcro,” aud several other fine animal* which he
purchased a few weeks since iu Columbia, South Car-
oliua.
The price I rid and Keuuedy, lately the Secretaries of War and
[FOR THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER. |
The Eutaula Bridge.
How luug must we submit to tin- i bat ruction caus
ed by the Eufsula bridge ? We call upou the proper
authorities to take this th ng iuto luud. Columbus
ia destined to be a large city, wheu the railroads alrea
dy begun shall be completed, terminating here.
We have submitted to this imposition of the bridge
as long as we ought, and somelhiug must be done for
our relief.
Duriug the past wiuter rnauy thousands of dollars
have been lost to the owuers oi boats upon the
river. As the cojutry grows older snd the forests
are cul do*u, our river is more aud more subject
freshet*. Il is uow- a common enquire, “Cau she (the
boat) pas* the bridge ? Wheu a suit is commenced
by^ome oue w ho has firiuuesa aud independence to
dj it, a compromise is made, aud there the matter
rests awhile. Il is too much expeuse ou oue boat to
bear the expense if a lawsuit; aud heuce su easy
compromise is m ide. We hold that it is the business
of the City Council lo take this matter iu baud, aud
and let the expeuse fall upon tho whole population,
who are suflVrers by iL Aud we would respectfully
call upou the City Couucil to employ competent coun
sel to imlitute suit to remove (his obstruction lo our free
use of navigating the nrer, or to open a negotiation
with the owuerv ol the bridge, to remedy the evd
complained of, by draw gates or raising the bridg-
higtaer. OWNERS OF BOATS.
A valuable discovery with regard to dsguerreotj
ha* beeu made by Mr. 8. N. Carvalho, an artel
Charleston, S. C. It has been hitherto »<*ces**'J
enclose daguerreotypes in cases, aud cover them *
glass, s* the least friction destroyed the work of *
and shadow. Mr. Csrvalho has discovered * penei
ly transparent suamel, insoluble by all ordinary »;rr.
R thiu coating of which being spread upon ■ da;oi
rutype, it may be carried about without oilier prod
tion, or sent by post to any part of the world T
euauiel produces no perceptible effect upon th* p
levers of Music will notice that we ire soon to have
a treat from one of our native songstresses, aud which
we doubt not will prove • - Acceptable just at this pe
riod. See anuouncemeut of M ad. Bos twice, >u an
other column.
Emancipation of a Slave.—Tho New V
Journal of Commerce slates that the aurplu
the Lemmon indemnity fund has been a[;
through the agency of Mra. Col. Wever and
husband, ol Wever ton, Md., to the purda**
James Dent, a slave of Virginia. Mr. and M
Wever have interested themselves much in be’- 1
of Jim, whose children they had freed many Jt*
since, ai d -jent to I/beria. Jitn will sail for L
beria in May to join hta children, who have be
separated from him fer many years.
Net
Speculatio
iglil mania
Tuesday, “ New Village
fully laid out, (on paper,’
a I estate haa ret -
/ York. At aucli'
" in New Jersey, h
went ofl’readily at
to $400 the lot. Lmg Island “ water privrileges
command enormous prices, while up-town pK}* r
eagerly snatched up at double the ra!«
at which they were purchasable two years since
i'he entire proceeds of the Bales during the
»re estimated at over a million of d- liars, and '•**
sales advertised lo come off two or three daf
head will swell up to a million more. Le n f
headed financiers predict an early re-action.
The " Manchester (England) Examiner” men'
mshuGng seen a *r ".me.) of c n grown
nuuiad, by a planter who emigrated Ifom
United States.
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