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COLUMBUS. OA.:
Tuesday Morning, February 17, 1857.
Tbk Br*.—Mr. Thorns* Oilben, late of Mont
gomery, has become » "'ini rietor with Mr. De
Wolf in the Daily Sun office. Mr. Gilbert is a
young manof much industry and experience as a
practical printer, and will prove a valuable acquisi
tion to the establishment.
Th* Eltatla "Soutmebe Native.”—Mr. J. T.
Wagnon, the clever editor and proprietor of this
popular paper, is ntw in Columbus on business
connected with his establishment. Our merchants
and others would find it profitable to avail them
selves of the occasion of his viait to advertiac their
wares st Eufauls.
ttif Nee the advertisement offering for sale the
Columbia Carolina Time*—one of the most pros
perous and popular inland daily papers of the South.
To a company of practical printers, or to any men
wit'hjng to engage in a safe nod well established
newspaper enterprise, it afToids an opportunity
rarely to be met with,
Kia»:.~ About (j o’clock on Monday evening, as
one of the clarks at the Opelika Depot was select*
lug cotton lor shipment, the lamp broke and set firo
to some bales, and before the conflagration could
be extinguished some fifteen or twenty bales were
mure or ices burnt. The lots is ostimstedst about
•MX). Tho Engine Fire Company No. 4 was
promptly on the ground and aided in arresting the
spread oi ;he lint.
The best uv the Heahon.- Mr. A. F. Laxovuho,
of the "Hhad Emporium/' not content with adver
tising his ^wsres 1 ’ in our columns, sent us yester
day a largo (algliad ns a sample of the delicacies
with which Jre 4* supplying our market. We learn
that his stand is daily supplied with this fine fish,
which can now bo afforded at reasonable prices—
almost sa cheap as bacon at its present exorbitant
price. Persons m search of “something good” for
the table need go no further than his statu!.
Gk<»i)iia Goal.—An adveitisemrnt in this pa
per announces the rates of freight on Coal, estab
lished by ths 8tate Railroad in pursuance of a res
olution by the last Legislature favoring the devel
opment of this lockrd-up treasure of our State.—•
The rates are liberal, and, if reduced in u like spirit
by other Railroad companies, wo m.iy hope for ex
tensive shipments of Coal from upper Georgia to
the larger cities and towns of (lie Slate. Cheap an-
rrss to a coal region would be a great blessing to
this city, for ono. and wo trust that it may bo ob-
A Present to the. Hutiurat'lcta
Tho aetiye members of tho Columbus Guards
have gotten up h most elegant prixo to he shot for
by the Honorary members of this spirited corps, on
the 2’Ad inst. It consists of a solid silver waiter,
pitcher and goblets af beautiful and tasty work
manship, valued at $200. Many "crack” shots are
lobe found among tho Honorary members, and tho
elegance and beauty ot the prize will no doubt rail
forth all the skill in their ranks; so we may expect
some very close and creditable "old fogy” shooting.
I'arhups tlto ".Young Americans" or active mom-
bora of tbs corps may find that so tempting u prize
will enure an eclipse of even their own skill and
steadiness. This compliment to the. seniors by the
junior members of the company is s riost appropri
ate om, slid most appropriate is the day selected lor
the contest.
Thu silver plate may be seen al the jewelry store
of H. B. J'urple.
SOXKTItlllO TO MAKS A NOTE OK.—The United
Status House of Representatives has passed a bill
to sulhorizo the people of Minnesota to form n
Stall 1 constitution preparatory to admission as a
Slate into tho Union. Most of tho Southern Rep
resentatives opposed the hill, because it will in
crease the preponderance of the "free” Mtate*. uml
they wished to hold the question in reserve so as to
couple it hereafter with a proposition to admit some
Territory as a State with a constitution tolerating
slavery. Rut twelve Southern inornbers votod for
tbn bill, in connection with the great body of the
Black Republicans, und these twelvo are all Demo
crats. Messrs, Hicork of Va., Aiken of 8.
Cobb of Ua., and (Quitman of Miss., are the only
ii.rinbora from their respective States who votod for
II. No Alabama ipember voted for it. Tho entire
Amctican strength of the House from the South
ern Slates opposed it; and all the Northern Fill
more members, rye believe, voted agaititf it.
Charleston Hates.
I et Day.—Frank Allen's competitors in the four-
mile race were a Imy colt by Equinox, und .McDan
iel's entry Tar River. The Equinox colt took the
first heat and madu a gallant strugglo for tho se
cond, but yrss bo a ten by Frank Allen and thru
withdrawn. In the third host Frank uni Tar River
wore tho only contodants, und the former won it
and the raco. Time—7:531, 7:33, 8:20. The se
cond rare was for the Hutchinson Stakes, mile
boats, and was a capital contest. Charleston, Rev
enue, Ada Tovis, and a hay roll by Utaneoe, wore
ruu, end each made o spirited race and fast time.—
Tho Gloucio colt won tho first host, Revenue the
third, and Charleston tho second and fourth. Time
—1:491, i 47J, 1:60, D4fl.
2d Day.—Tho first race, three-mile boats, was
won by C. P. Coyle's Ohio, boating Oaf fry's Miry
Ulufskin and Campbell’* I.aura Spillman, in good
time— fr.Att, 6:491. The second Tace was for two-
year olds, entrance $200, and four celts, out of n
number of entries, were fun—tho winner being
Taylor's eh. e. Baaveceht, by Glencoe.
3d Day. -First race, two-mile heats, purse $600.
Coyle’s Marksman, Reilly's Maid of Charleston,
McDaniel’s Carolina, Damn's Sally Roper, and
Cafley’s Dallas, contended for (his purse. Tho
struggle was a sharp one, chiefly between Marks
man, Carolina and Hallo#, and I ho former won in
two heats. Time—3:31, 3:441. Second race,
Hutchinson Stakes, two-mile heats. Out of thir
teen entries, the following ran: Duswell'a 9un
Washington, Pur year A WaUon’s Charleston,
Towles’ Ada Tovis, and Gibbons' Nicholas I.
Nicholas took the first host, and Charleston the
second and third—tho raco being an exciting and
well-contested ono. Time—3:43$, 3:39}. 3:41.
4th Day.—Handicap race, three-mile heals.—
Mary Ulueskin and Marksman aldue ran, and the
latter was again victorious, in 3:33j, 6; JGj. Second
and last vacs, a three-mile dash between A lice Jor.es,
Dallas, and Adclgixn. Dallas won, in fi:43j>
Served him Right.
"A Postmaster has just b»-cn removed in England
for being discourteous to those who had biiMire**
with his otfioe."
D tho Post Master General of tho P. S. would
commence the tctu val Imnnen lor such offence#,
as disrourteousn. •* and carelessness on ths part of
"subs,” ho would haw his bands full for along
time ahead. lusob-uco in public officer* is unendu
rable, and public opinion is down upon it. It is our
cundid opinion, that, il postmasters or their clerks
cannot fulfil the* duties with courtesy, they should,
at once, vacate, and let some of the many who be
lieve thnt ‘manners make the man/ fill tho vacancy.
What sank the press! Doily Sun.
This press aailb that the comments of our neigh
bor are just, and that officials such as it describes
deserve both public censure and removal. As respects
ths postolhcc and the mails, especially, there are
vexatious enough attending the system, without
tl.o intolerance of having officials t"o lug for thc.r
stations. It is otic of the fortunate circumstances
of our city, that cur poktcffice has attendant* and a
chief the very reverse of such petlfomus functions-
tins as above described. We are glad tl.at we can
with truth except them from the category, in re
echoing the censure of I he Sun.
Mu. Ubooks' 8i’cvkss >«.—The following gr-nth-
men have been put iu nomination by thc.r respect
ive friends as candidates for Congress in the district
lately represented by the Hon. Preston W. Brook*.
Hon. James II. Hammond, Hon. J. P. Kinard,
Col. A. G. Sumner, ud Gen. Samuel McGowan.
Have wi< any Meat among us f
•• Wherewith shall ;/• ). • ■» a question
that seems to-hav> . -rzof Geor
gia and Alabama far more than “ What shall
call” In their anxiety to clothe the world, and to
supply tho raw material fop Manchester, Birming
ham and I.owHI, they have alrno#t permitted
famine at their own door* i Cotton brings twelve
cents per pound, it is true, but Corn commands
one dollar per bushel, and tho price of Meats ad
vances so fast that we fear to make quotations, leat
another day may doul le our figures ! Fresh Pork,
we understand, was selling in our marketon Wed
nesday and Thursday nt 13 and 14 cents per pound,
and Beef ot II and !2 cents. As to Bacon,
don't know now many pounds of Cotton will be
required to buy a bony pujtmd of it by the time the
reader sees these lines, and Uiere/ora, as the
nierrial reporters say, " we omit qu nation*.'
good-sized bog now brings as much in the market
as an ordinary horse did a few years ago, and the
possessor of a dozen swine would be a rich man if
ha only bad the wherewith to feed bin own family
on other meat.
Is there no surplus moat up the country, where
with this great vadium may be filled] Has nobo
dy made anything but cotton 1 Av the civilized
world had to go to the relief of "starving Ireland
few years ago, so, we fear, will thu cotton growing
Slates of our Union—the most productive region
ot the earth- -need su| plies from every qua:ter to
kuatein them in the benevolent Wmk of "clothing
the naked” of tho whale world to the neglect of the
means of sustaining life at home.
Iu a "city” not a hundred milus from Columbus,
the good people seem l‘> have arrived at the
elusion thnt it is untie** to keep a market-house
during the present scan ity of meat and the pri
lence of exhorbitant prices. They hafte therefore
leased their market-house to a cobbler ! The meal
being wanting, he hus turned in upon the hide*
and bristles, and where stood the butcher's block
the cobbler's bench now furnishes n hint-mg memo
rial oI the leuunesM of tho times. His nigu is a cu
rious and expressive one. As a souvenir of the
“staple” to which lie is indebted for bis present
quarters, ho has it painted on a piece of cotton bag
ging, and the inscription runs thus
made a /in
Jfi]
UGLEY B. JONES
Lit-- of Wales, Grcut Brittain.”
What will he do for "material” when the hides
like tile animals ihnl furnished lh< in, are exhaust
ed and tho Soulii rinses rotton nl-mo ? " Tberc i
nothing liko”—collun !
Candidates for Governor.
We promised tho other day to call over tho roll
of tho Democratic candidates for Governor ot Gear,
gm, already announced ; but wo now find the task
to be more d i Him It than we had iirngiued, anil w
are satisfied that the following list is not romph-t>
ifowuver, as we hnvo included all (bo nominee*
whom wo could possibly cull to mind, and
lislity in favor of uuy one of them is not likely to be
charged upon us as a motive for suppressing thu
name of some other aspirants, we muko up the list
ns follows :
Hon. John H. Lumpkin, of Floyd;
James G irdner, E«q., of Richmond ;
Hon. Win. II. Stiles, of Chatham ;
lion. David J. Bailey, of Butts;
Han. llirnin Warner, of Coweta ;
Henry G, I.amar, of Bibb;
Judge Brown, of Ohnroki'e;
Hon. Charles Murphy, of DcKnlh :
Dr. L. 11 Mercer, of Terrell;
Hon. James II. Stark, of Spalding.
Each of tliesu gentlemen hus been warmly
rotnmouded through the newspapers, and no d<
each hna some local strength to buck his claims. -
But if an outsider may be excused, at this early
day, in speculating upon the chances of the several
aspirants, wo would give it as our opinion that the
two first-named entries are (round to distance all
competitors in one or two heats in mucus or con
vention. Should Judge l.umpkin desire the
nomination, he wilt probably get the neatly unani
mous vote of Cherokee End Northern Georgia, af
ter thu usual complimentary local demonstration*
ill favor of wenker candidate* named , and #uc!: an
uxpression of the will of the up-country Democracy
iv net likely to be disregarded in a Stats Conven
tion of that party. With this impartial review ol
thn field ns at present constituted, wu take leave ot
it until tho huglo horn of «otno "other Richmond"
claims attention.
The Macon Journal »V Messenger recently made
a suggestion which elicited some very significant
remarks from the Democratic press. It proposed
that the Hon. Anbury Hall, of Athena, bo run as a
comproini«e and anti-partisan candidate, upon
whom all pastes and nil section* could unite. The
Democratic press of the Slate (with general una
nimity, wc believe) spurn the suggestion and in
ilupon hiving an exclusive und regularly nomin
ated candidate of their party. As Mr. Hull is >m«
of those old Whigs who supported Buchanan lul
year, and as the Democracy were at that time very
solicitous about a "united Sooth” and thu cessa
tion of parly strifes among ourselves, their scorn
ful rejection of this proposition i< a very singular
manifestation. Lust summer, in public meeting in
tbit city, they promised "an equal division of honor*
and labors” to any jrolitician# who would aid them
in electing Buchanan. Now, however, when the
said "houoia” are to be distributed, they treat the
old-line Whigs as cavalierly u* thu littlu boys in »
sugar hogshead just rolled out trout an intruding
now-comer : "Look bora ! wc don’t want loo many
this’ere concern •/’
There has been a very general rxprersion of pre-
cure tor Hon. Benj. )(■ Hill by the American
party, so far at* they have spoken ; but many pa-
pers think will, uh that it is yet rather too early to
commit the parly to any particular course or policy.
We know that v.< p.>»*.a strength not to be des
pised ; we know that our cause still lives and must
thrive; and wo know that we have a mun for a
leader who can nt thn proper time urouso slid unite
all, if need be. Then let u« not be too hasty or
inconsiderate.
knight Dunce.
It bus not been often within the last lw*nty-fiv«
years (the period within which the America crop has
exceeded n million of bale# and fornn J one of the
great and controlling produc's of the earth), that
the eye of the planter has res'ed upon the quotation
8d.” as the ruling price for lair Cotton in Liver
pool. While so high u figure i gratifying and in
dicative of the continued prosperity of our plant.
iitg region, it is at tho same time to be feared that
it will have the clfret of presiding it.-* own check or
ulaion. Should it stimulate American planter*
any great increase of the cultivation of this
staple the present year, to the neglect of tho prc.
duet* necessary for home consumption, they may
find that, liko the dog in the fable, they have lost
the substance in greedily catching at the shadow.
, this winter, has tint advanced clone to high
figures, but pari passu have gone up with it the |
essential products which the Southern planter haa j
to raise largely or which lie must buy with the avails j
bis cotton crop. Corn commands a price so very !
high that planterscaunut afford to buy it even wt en
quoted at 8d in Liverpool. lUconsturd.lv
maintains its parallel in the upward race with Cot-
d is onl) exchanged pound for pound.— j
Horses and Mulct command prices unprecedented
ly high; and Indeed «vo.-y thing which the Southern
farmer nrglecta to raise fur himrelf, in his strained
xerlion to make more Cotton, coats him ratesequai
to hie 8d. received for Cotton. We trust that this
comparison will be taken into the account in ap
portioning the crop* about to be planted, and that
ciir people will not be led astray by the delusive
expectations which 8d. per pound, abstractly con
sidered, t« calculated to arouse.
1ST Mr. Anandleusc Winter, brother of the
lately-deceased Around P. Blister, has heeu ap
pointed by the M W. G. M„ Grand Secretary of
hi’ Masonic Grand Lodge of Alabama
Democratic Party Taetlca.
We have heretofore adverted to the pronencaa of
the so-called Democratic party to get into power
by all eorU of shuffling evasions of direct issues,
and then to carry out the policy of the parties de
feated. Tfctj have proleascd opposition to Protect
ive Tariffs; bat under their rule, and by the'r en
actment, we have now a Tariff system protective in
all its features—e Tariff which admits a number of
leading articles of general aisc and necessity, but
which sre not extensively raised in this country
(such as Salt, Coffee and Tat) free of duty, but ira-
posee high protective duties on other articles equal
ly indispensable sad of general consumption (such
as Sugar and Iron) solely because tho producers in
this country demand the tax a« h protection to their
ii.lerrat*. This Tariff was adopted by a Democratic
Congress, as a Democratic measure, and ha* now
stood for ten years. At present, when it raises
more, revenue than is needed, and the necessity of
reduction is undeniable, they make no motion to
strike out its protective features by adin'Uitig free
of «Wty thu Iron and other silkies of prime necessi
ty now heavily taxed lor the bent fit of bonie pro
ducers. but propose to tinker uway on the old *ys
tern, retaining the protective duties, and deducting
a pur cent, from all schedules alike. Huch is Dem-
oerstir practice contrasted with the Democratic cry
of "Free Trade au I no Protective Tariff!"
A few inontha ago they wore loud in their de
nunciations of internal Iinpiovsments by the Gen
eral G. wernmont—at least the Southern wing were.
Yet they have latterly Appropriated more land* and
money to aid work* of internal improvement tlian
their nppquauu ever did in twice the time ; und now
they Stand before the country as the aupportoi* of
an Adininiktration pledged to thu advocacy of a
Government Railroad the most gigantic and cosily
ever proposed in sny country, and many Democrats
of the ith'Utjj an- its open advocates—a work in com
parison with which all thu Whig schemes of Inter
nal improvement sre dwnrfrd into insignificance !
So much for the Whig principles which the
Democratic party have appropriated, and in some
instances carried out far beyond the intentions of
the party which they defeated by making war njren
them. And as if to be consistent ill inconsistency,
they have elected to the Presidency a politi ian who
has supported alt the highest Protective Tariffs pro
posed curing thu la*t thirty years, and baa aided in
making many an extensive grab at the Federal
Treasury for works of internal improvement.
We alluded the other day to tin, reported exten
sion of the term of residence of naturalized citizens
before voting made by the Democratic Legislature
of Mouth Garolina, ami ventured the prediction
then that other Democrats would b« found advoca
ting thi* restriction of thu privileges of foreigners.
The policy that dictated thu adoption of Whig prin
ciples, will hardly scruple ut embracing American
principles also whan power is to he gained or re-
tainsd by so doing. Already indications of backing
down from tho alien feature of the Kansas-Ncbr.i#-
ka bill have been strongly manifested by Demo
crats in Congress. W.'.en tins feature of the Kan
sas bill was opposed in tho Congress of I§64, wo
believe that Mr. llrodheitd, o| Pa., was the only
Democratic Henator who sided with it* opponents.
But the other day, in the House of Representa
tives, thu bill to enable the fwoplu ot Oregon to
form * Htate Government being under considera
tion, Mr. Marshall, of Ky., moved an amendment
prohibiting aliens from v .ting m the Territory, and
it was carried by the aid of Democratic vote* !
Several Democrat* inada remarks expres*ing their
opposition to alien suffrage as permitted in Kansas
and Nebraska. 8o American citizens are to r lc
in Oregon, and perhaps this concess.on to lie
American aenliinent »f the nation i* to lu follow.-1
up by sini lur retrogressions, until the poor defeated
Know-Nothings find that they are as devoid <■(
"thunder” »* the antiquated Whig* -find that the
Democracy have done their work for them, and
ttiat Foreignism is no longer "a power in the land!"
Ho may it bo !
The Itunlell Murder Cane,
Tbi* myeteriini* murder case continues to excite
great interest iu New York city, and the (’nroner's
investigation had not doted at our latest adticr*.
A chain of circumstantial evidence aucina to divulge
the following sa (lie plot und the ar'ora of the
Burdell tragedy . Dr. B. ws* a rich old baehehir,
poasusNiug a fine mansion on Bond at. Mr*, (,'uti-
r inf ham leascJ the house from him, and kept it as
« boarding-house—tho Doctor reserving room* t h
himself. He led u very unhappy life while there,
and w** continually compluiniog that Mr*. 'J. ob
tain ml access t • It s room and desks by falsa keys,
and slolo his important papers, that sho was always
watching and annoying turn, and that be fearrj an
attempt on bis life ly her and her recompile: *. In
tho meantime sho was representing herself to be
Ins wife, and he constantly denied (tint he ever was
married. Hu was murdered in the bouse one
night nhoiit two work* since, by strangulation and
stabbing. Mrs. C. at:J » man named Eckel, s
boarder who was *niJ to he mlimito With her. were
arrea'ed on suspicion of having murdered him. On
the. trial, these facta camo out: Mis. bad n mar
riage certificate attesting that she was married to
Dr. Burdell,but the evidence from the firrt tended
to show that Eckel personated the Doctor and was
really the insu who w.ta married to her by the name
of Burdell ; and the latest telegraphic reports soy
that it is now wall establish' d that such a fraud
was practised. The Doctor haJ madu a will short
ly bef ro bis death, in which he gave all his proper
ty to bis blood relations, hut this instrument was
not to ho found among bis papers. S.», bad tho
plot succeeded, Mrs. C. would have become the in
heritor of bia property by virtu* of the false mar-
riagoerrtificate. The evidence making all this ap
parent is but circumstantial, but a great litany
facta tend very strongly towards »uch a conclusion
—It w'.i* the opinion of tho ‘servants about the
house, and others, from the start --and a aerie* of
incident* and development* have given it strength
during the pregre** of the inve»tigatien.
Fkom Niczraovz. The New York T.sie#'in
telligence from Nicaragua, which wu copy in full,
will be found important and interesting It throw*
doubt upon tho reported desperate and straitened
aituation ol Walker, and encourages our hope that
bis fortunes are riot yut irretrievable. But these
reports, like (host Irom British and Costs Rican
sources, are not jret well authenticated, and ths
long interval that ha,! elapsed since direct
communication with Walker had been had by his
Iriends a* 1'unta Arenas and San Juan justifies the
strongest apprehensions as to his situation The
important part of this intelligence is tho active
interference of ih* British authorities in behalf of
the Costa Ricans. Tho old "right of search” has
again oxnrciied by this insolent power, and
this lime oven to the al>u*t of the ' right''—for the
real object ol the visit to the American encamp
ment at l'unta Arenas was to afford nil discontent
ed recruits an opportunity (o desert; and, as might
have been expected of a company to situated, a
number did dcsort under the harboring protection
of tho British (lag. It was a gross outrage, and
rigiil manfully did Gen. Wheat denounced as such.
Read his remarks.
I?' \Yc are glad to see that in the Lcgi-I^>
lures of New York and Indiana the American mem
bers refused to coalesce wi'.h cither of the other par
ties in tho * lections of United Hutes Henator*.
In New York J. T. Headley was voted for by tho
American members. The vote sto.nl--King, Black
Rep. 91 ; Sickles, Deiu.. 34 ; Headley, Am , 13. A
number of Democrats did nut vote at all In Indiana,
the American Senators woulJ not go into the so-
called election without a vote ol*concurrence on the
part of the body to which they belonged; and the
two Americans in the House voted for R. W.
Thompson and George G. Dunn, of their own
P* rt J- g| § t
13FWiluam Waddiu., jr., a clerk in the post-
office at Selma. Ala., has been arrested on a charge
ol robbing the mail*, preferred by D. P. Blair, mail
agent. In default of bail, he was committed to
jail. The Reporter remarks that the accused is
uot the o|J and well-known citixen of Selma, of the
same mine.
Great Conflagration in Mobile 1
Three (Lt-un Ware Houses Burnt!
Over Tweve Thousand Bale* Colton burnt—Luts
Over Half a Million Dollart !
Tho Mobile Advertiser, of Tuesday, says :
Yesterday afternoon, at about 3} o’clock, the bell
sounded the alarm of fire, and shortly smoke and
fiaine were found to proceed from the Montgomery
Ware House, which was closely paikcd with cot
ton, and, fanned by a sharp north wind, the fire
spread with very great rapidity, defying all the ef
forts of our firemen to arrest it. Nor did it pause
with the de»truction of this Ware House and its
precious contents, the Hunt Ware House, next
south, s-»on felt Us power, and like its produce** *
wu* wru| ped in llsmcs; and then the Planter*’
Ware House fell a victim to the raging element,
which paused not in the work of dextruclion until
the entire »qu*ru, with its nearly one million of
property, was destroyed. The greatest attention
ami constant effort were required to stay the fire
even here, arid more than once sin houses on the
northwest and south, separated from the burning
square by steels, were caught or seriously threat
ened.
ties and embarrassment «t his own office. In reply. | This j, t h e most serious disaster of the sort that
we have to say that very many singular (and to us i f m j| rn U pon our city for years, and will be se-
unaecauntsblc) partial failure* of the mail* are by us j riously felt not only here but in the interior, though
suffered to pans unnoticed—in fact we bear the vex- ! the cotton destroyed was doubtless chiefly insured,
alien philosophically at all lime*, nnd never allude i The spectacle, though brilliant and imposing, was
ro the matter except in coses where we feel that we ; anything but inspiring, nnd the progress of the do
owe an apology to our readers lor omissions beyond I vour,n K element
The Mafia between Augusta E»d Columbus.
The Augusta Conttitetienaliit having called the
attention of the Postmaater ot its city to our state
ment that no papers from Augusta reached us on
the 4th inst., although there was n through mail
from New York, that officer responds in a commu
nication to the Conititulienalitt of the 10th instant,
in which lie says :
" I answer, we sent paper* from this office on
the morning of the 4th. as we did on the afternoon
of the 3*1, for Columbus. It i» not the fault of this
office if they did not reach their destination.”
Wc had asked, " Is not the fault at Augusta f”
because we supposed that the mail-bags there made
up for Columbus were not opened at any place on
the route, and wc could not account for the failure
otherwise than by supposing thnt there wns n neg
lect nt Augusts to mail promptly In disclaiming
for his own office any neglect or mistake, the Post
master at Auguata has not suggested the real point
or cause of the failure, and we are perplexed to ac
count for it.
But tho Postmaster at Augusta scum* to com
plain that !failuros nre noticed by the pteas at a
time of peculiar disarrangement ol the mail facili
our control. And to w him that there is ample
jualificath n for our complaints, we will here state
that the Tri-Weekly Con*tiluinmali*i of the 11(h
inst., containing h>« card, did not reach us until
Saturday morning the l lth inst., when it wo* re
ceived nt the same lime with the Tri-Weekly Can-
*t it ut tonal i*l of the 13th innt.; also, that the sum*
moil of Saturday morning last brought u* the Au
gust* ( hro dele of January 131h !
The C'eutruJ American Treaty.
The action of th«* Senate on ibis Treaty, on the
6th inst., is pleasing to us, and, we think, indie*,
live of its rejection/ A re-commitment of « mat
ter of this kind is a decided m irk of dissatisfaction ;
ar il a* it requires a majority voto ta re-commit,
while only one-third can defeat a Treaty on the
finsl vote, we regard tins ac'ion a* decisive of it*
file—probably it will not eumc In-fore the Senate
again.
U will be r*momb?red that during Mr. Fillmore's
Presidency a Treaty was proposed to our Govern
ment, binding it to very nearly the saino policy in
respect to Cuba winch this Treaty pmposes in re
ference to Central American Stale*. It pro; osed
to restrain the United State*, or any other nation,
from acquiring Cuba troin Spain, and dcsignid to
make it* joint parlies with Great Britain at d
France iu |H!r|H't->uting the existing wretched rule
on the island and forever enslaving it ns a colony
of Spam. Thn Administration uf Mr. Fdlmore '* r
promptly rejected the proposition, without submit- j ,
ting it to the Senate, and the whole country ap- s
pljuded it* decision and judgment. Now, h iwev-
er, Great Britain h** negotiated with our Minister 1 <■!
to her court a Treaty which bind* the United ' tt*
Status to aid in upholding the present order of thing* j
in Central America, und commits our Government
to the frustration of uny effort* by our people to ac-
) the
anteeu to thn savage Indian race of Musquitia pro
tection from the advancing conquests of civilui-
lion und enlightened humanity. It is, it| short, s
Treaty designed to check our progress in thnt re
gion and to bind up to oppose the spread of our own
institutions* (t was concocted, too, at a j-i.- 1
when emigrants from the I'ruled States had i *tjb-
lisbe I a controlling rule in one of the Mute* u|
Central America, and had fair prospect* of soon be
ing in a condition to acquire the very advantages
which Bus Treaty was intended to i
their grasp- Yet a Treaty oo imp*
antagonistic to tiie intrrrst# and pr
Government, has c .mm.*" •— 1 ”“'7 1
throughout the country, and l**» lie*
defeated at all without any gerierul popular |
test against .1* odious provisions.
Hi u
>H„]
of Nazareth—wo intend for the tmlauce of ourd
to maintain that th it question is settled. If
out of Nazareth, out of “ Buncomlm” it hath coi
| and Hon. Tho#. 1*. (Jlingoisn, the Representative i (t *h<
Irom that District of Nor It Care!
! He
alter
made by Lord Ciaruudoi
idcd 1
ailuci
1 resolution to the effect that,
‘ Whereas this House hnve taxnn occasion to ex-
s their comlrmiiintion of tbs re-opening 1
Sixodlak Names.—The following record of A-
mericsn iiortt'-ncixture i* given in the memorial of
trade, they view with still greater repugnance J ^ dlium Hhattuck, lately published at Boston :
■the slave trad# in whuo men, or Coolie*, under inu Pinion Hhattuck of Fitchburg, named three suns
British and Spanish flag#.' I Hhadrsrh, Methack, und Abcdnego ; Abel Hhat uck
W c woul.l - Ihngly incur Ih, Jbcndil of Win, : „f UoUnun., n«m„l Ih. in.I, of a pair of twins
a member of the present llou/e of Representative*. I Truman, and the female Truly ; this Truman 8h*t-
j for u chance to vote "aye” on that proposition. j ,ur * t named * end Truly Ann, and Truly Hhattuck
I uametl • girl Emetine Truly; Moses Hhattuck of
l s’ I he remains of C.d. Pri-.ton 8. Brooks were Brooklyn, named four sons, since ISUO, Asia, Atri-
sent from Washington City on Monday last, in ra, Europe and America. Other odd names in the
1 charge of a committee, for his late home in Edge- j volume are Ai, PhilialisHsc, Seraph, >*'ayneJa, Ha-
li.lj lii.lrlot, H. C. Prrp.ratiUQ, U> rucui.c them ' *" d Chi.bjr AUulia.
wiih military ...J ufyiu hunor. wrn- m,J. „i Cu- ! Wr >» hi. r,m.,k. u,k
, , , . ' it.,..,.,. , ,, name*, *ay*:—••Singularity of ta*l<
i |UI " 1 ’ 1 ”’ A "« u,u ■ ml U '' ndJ UoUit-houw. HI. : family. u„ re ,„j
untimely death has elicited much ot popular sym- in Detroit,* family wh.we sons wc
’palhy and respect, ai d the honors to his memory j Stickney, Two Htirkney, Three
J were no doubt imposing and appropriate. j whuao daughters were named First
und Huckney, and *0 ot». The thru
of a family nearer h
i GTA telegraphic dispatch from New York an
nounces that 011 tho arrival of the steamship Ua-
j hun ha at that port, $50,000 more of the money ub-
J slracted from the Ba,.k of Nuvv Oilcans was A-und
J in Stringer's *tatero-<ui.
! HF* The Cumberland river, at Nashville, was
frozen over a few days ago, so that the pedestrian*
crossed on the ice. The Nashville Gazette »«y#
that this is the only occurrence of the kind within
the last lw»-Bty-one year*.
Tux Chabi.kstox Mbkci’by.—R. B. Rhrtt, jr.,
h*s become a joint proprietor and editor of thi* pa
per. It )• also announced that Roger A. Pryor,
Esq , bus retired from the editorial management of
ths Richmond Rnt/uirer, and will become
ed with the Mercury.
878.441 81, of which $47,308,411 08 w
ifornia, $40,730 from Oregon, $328,280
Atlantic States.
Tho Naval Bill far Brunswick His
* from Cal-
]3 Irom the
n in a very ridiculous attitude, and avenged Mr.
iLeman.— Montg. Adv.
Cabinet Kutuom.
The Lancaster correspondent of the Herald, since
Mr. Buchanan's return borne, has returned his spec
ulation* concerning the composition of the Cabin
et. lie now speak*, also, with an air of eerla nty,
and would intimate that t.o had' found out ()id
Buck's secret* without a doubt. He say* he ran
name the men for the Cabinet, though not the po
sitions they will reapectivelv fill. From the South
1. of Virginia ;
1 commiasion to locate a point 1 Blythe Island. !
! pre paratory to the commencement ol operations and ■
n negotiation for the pu
j ny the President, and the Secretarv ol the Navy- ! be names: Cobb, of Georgia; F
i has expressed a willingness at an early day to send j Pickens, of South Carolina ; or I
ream the North and West: Bright, of !nd
,ot the/ils. —- j ana; Clifford, of Maine; and lodge Blsik, or J
—— I Glancy Jones, of Pennsylvania. This, how. vei
I A Good Hit—Judge Joseph K. Brown, of tire 1 does not complete the number—there is still a noth
! Blue Rijgo Circuit. IB winning golden laurel* for er wanting ; but the cute Herald man i* mum as t
j th» manner in which he discharges the dull a nt' : who he will \»e.
, uia office. The good order *uJ decorum that lie ! But the HtralJ corresponded is 01
court s give* d * 11 ity to ihe court, and greatly fa- I in hi* old habit of beating the bu*hr*.
dilates the correct proaecution of busim-sv That j norsut on the subjects* we are. Rid
A 13 Cent Man, and his Reason*.
Ed*. Crescent: We beg to invite your attention
to a careful examination of the enclosed document,
which, we think, you will find correct in every par
ticular; and, as true friends of Southern interests,
wc beg vou will give it properinfcrlion and notice:
New Orleans. Feb. 5, 1857 A Sitmcuibkb.
rzasoss roa middu5> com* oou
Import of American cotton in 1H4G.
*• Brasil
“ Ka#t India
»* West Indie*
Total import**! into Orest Britain
Jtt/ck on hand 1 ,a: “
rlftfsxpDSteiwri’ncTiSiii’jr'
Vctuai deficit 11
•< la Great Britain
observed with universal 1
— the more that the effort* to arrest it were so
futile of result*.
The quantity of cotton consumed ia variously es
timated, but from the mo*t reliable data we can
obtain, wc believe the following 1 fair statement :
Montgomery Ware House, capacity. 6500 ; Hunt’s
Ware House, capacity, 3000; Planter*' Ware Hnu*c,
capacity, 3000. Total 12.500.
It L believed that these warehouses wen- all well
filled, and that not more than four or five bunded
balea were saved from them all—so that 12,000
bales is * very moderate estimate of the lot*. Thi*,
ut 961.23 per bale—about the present value of cot
ton- would amount to ••tine $735 000 bus—be
side* the value ol the Warehouses themselve*,
which, however, is comparatively inconsiderable.
Tire Montgomery and Hunt'* Ware House* were
attached to the Hhipper*' Pres#—owned by Messrs.
Clui« & Magee—the other belonged to ilia Plan
ter*' Press. The amount of insurance on the prop-
erty we were unable to ascertain.
t lliltaio per weak 2,265,130—2,$61,530
uppow-d crop of tbr L'nited Plate*
Ktfim.vt«d that Creal Britain take* hair of
«rou:u fa*
Kspi D-d last year from tho 1st of January, l^oO, t
Exported from Ut gipumlwr to 1st It .W*rjb«r
3app.-vl deficit i- wlrg tn short crop) as cempa-r-d. ^ ^
If the consumption CDiilihuMii hwstufun*. vai nwipuls
noUr*«* than «* reported «»■■»*. spinner* wll! be out of stock
by the till, id V>T«ntN>r, 01 v.lll lark 512,1*09 balea to go ou
to the 1st ot January next.
£b»cfc no hau.11st J*u., iKf.fl. In the United at.-iti-*.-. 6J.1.964
Rv-l»*-i from 1*‘ Jan., to 1st September, 1B-.H
A Nut for the Doctor*.
One of the moat eminent French physicians nnd
physiologists says, that medicine i* n great hum
bug. Tina man is Msgendie, whose treatises are
regarded u* standard works, the world over; an.I
yet he says he knows nothing about medicine, and
don't know unybody that does know anything
about it! In one of bis lectures Ire a*ks;
“Wl.o can cure the gout, or the disease of the
heart? Nobody. O ! you tell me tin doctors cure
people. I grant you, people nre cured. But bow
are they cured ! Gentlemen, nature doe* a great
deal. Doctiir* do deviliah little—when they don’t
do harm. Let ine tell you. gentlemen, tv lint l did
when I was th" bead physician at the Hotel Dieu.
H-.ine 3 DOl) or 4.0(H) patient* passed through my
cry year. I divided this patients
with one I followed the dupensary, and
I medicines, without having the least
hy or wherefore ; to tfi*s other I gave bread p.lL
and colored water, without, of course, let
| know anything about it—and occasionally, gentle
men, I Would rreatH a third division, to whom I gave
qnire territory in Musquitia nr Honduras. It re«og- nothing whatever. There last w .11 fr.1 il.. y
nixes thu Urittih claims to culonizitioii and ptotre- 1 wore neglected, Nick people alway s 1.«-] neglorti .l
lion in that region (which tho Clayton-Bulwer I unless they urv well drugged-the tools!) and
Treaty U.utl.l Or.,1 UriUio to alrjn.loti), »nJ guar- I '! 7 T'™ 1 ' 1 O-nM-lw* until titry ro.lly «..
j sick, but nature invariably came U» the rescue, and
| nil persoi.a in this third claa* got well. There wu*
I little mortality among those who received hut hr-ad
pills and colored water, nud the mortality was
greate«t am ng those who were carefully drugged
Ku«-«ivsd from Ut September to 16th Nov., 1S66 ...
3,339,621
Of shlrh Orsat’Britain took only 1.631.348—not half of th*
axport"!: wherefore, our basis of halt export# from
I tLi* tim* out is full.
Wc ir.w-rt the statement enclosed in the above
communication, ar.ti at the same tunc elate candid
ly that a subseriber lies enlisted our prejudices,
from the fact that he lias omitted to furnish ut with
hia name; but ua there ia some basis fur "A sub
scriber'*’’ view*, wc give him n bearing, and sug
gest that if he or b:s friends have any colton on
hand, or likely lu have, that present prices be ac
cepted, and not to bold for fifteen cents, with a sight
exchange on New York going at l£ per cent, dis
count.— iY. U. Crescent, 7th.
City Criminal Court.
This Court will meet on Monday, 16th. We
under.tund that many ca*es of importance to our
citizens will be in readiness tor trial at t le approach
ing term. Huch a* assaults and ballt-riea, trading
with slaves, selling liquor to slaves, and other* of
a like character. The last mentioned offence is don g
much evil m our ui-d»t.and t very attempt tosuppre**
it should meet with • neouragrinent. Hu. hco*e*rare
ly eon.e under the cognizance ol tire Superior Court,
arniii* the City Criminal Court ha* heretofore evinc
ed au energy in br-nging offenders to punishment,
it is to be hoped that all lovers of law and order
will j, in in their ellortfl to build up Mint Court,
which baa lur its ob ect the correction ol vice and
the improvement I the moral* our city. One ob
jection urged against the Court is, that there is no
provision made for the payment »T jurors and wit.
iie«se*. By reference lu the set estibhsbtng the
Court we think the county is liable for these costa.
The act reads thus:
"And the sai I cour: shall have full power and au
thority lu inflict, oil tinea and penalrics attached
by law to the coin mission of offences within its ju
risdiction. and snail conduct tire proceedings and tri
al* iu said Comt a* nrescribeu tiv law lor die trial
Superior Cuu't, and all jnil
if by ihc detention ol persons
and unable to give security,
>nedi )• ll.» order ol thejudg
I ua B'lUBAUDUSST »r Cavtoe.— John Chinaman
has been whipp'd again by the Britishers. The
forts r. und about Canton have been demolished,
the city wall* thrown down, and *n English Ad
miral has taken up his residence in the city. The
cause for tbi* summary proceeding w*a, of course,
t'ivinl enough. All outrage—nothing approaching
*" j 11 ltic Pansin i massacre ol defenseless American
our j pa*aenger* last'ycar—had been perpetrated by some
•«ion lawless Chinese; redress was rolu*ed by the so-
j |f thorities, and lo! ths city of Canton, with it* mil-
1 lion of inhabitants, was taken by a few hundred
i Englishmen. We do not approve < f the aggressive
J apiri f of John Hull, which i# barely concealed m
| this act of vengeance, but we firm'y believe in the
! virtue of cannon I ails.
I The very graphic letter of our eahemed correa-
I pomlrnt in China, who was an eye witness uf the
bombardment, throws much light on the subject. --
i what * puny, craven race thc*« Chinese
* (he medium. | *•*•>* M shows how commerce, r
vet in some | ^ r * n»en, ami take* from them alt the ettni ote*
i*e of Re »rc* ' ** lal n,a * lc *'^ n lH»nou*. For tire Chinese, we have
) nothing but a lecling of contempt. Fur the f .lure
. j of th ur country, however, we have a lively interest.
'Y il! !.* f | r » • r v i ^ a, tncxalioi» spirit of Great Bril on shoubl be tn
Ih* *: ).»i . n ,I,M ' P'ditical study. While wo are hiking of fili-
b. h-', .-d n j bustrrism, England i* every «lay nnk ng the matter
tin* li M.-rii- m"re national. China i* doomed oi n few years to
• •l policy on } lal' beneath the *waj of Grcut Britain, uni"** ihe
I Rules and other at Power* interlVie.—
Delta.
Names.—The full
violation of law, and all
I ro')#, the payment ot vkirh note detolte* upon the
county, shall he paid uni of Ike county fund*. ’
| I’hl*, we think, mired its all the difficulty. Are
not jury fee* and witness fee* eo»U v*f the court 1
Wr think #n, most unquistionubly. That, in fart,
it about thu only coal attaching to this Court, at
least the only costs c mi plained of. Thi* Court is
regulated by the santa rules and subject t i the
same ex (lenses that attach to the 8u|* n»»r Court.
Who pays lire jury fees, aud in many instance*
witness fees ill Ib* Huperior, Court ! Most clearly
the (’ounty Trcaiun r -paid t«»o as coat accruing
anJ incident to snid Court. Then if tbi»he the case,
the last clause in the above act recited, viz: "and
all other costs, the payment <f which now devolve
upon the county," 4-c-, must comprehend jury and
wituesM fees, and w»* think renders the county lia
ble t n thn same. The Legislature could never
have intended juror* and Vitnes«cs to servo without
remuneration, after giving the Court power to
comp«d their attendance. Wo believe that each
juror who has served, or may serve, mi said Court,
and each witness, who has appear'd »-r may appear
in h half of the- Htute, either in case of insolvency
of defendant cr isdure of conviction, can, upon the
certificate of tire Clerk of tire City Criminal Court,
(whirli will be evidence of his service.) recover by
action of Isw, from the county Treasurer, every
cent due him for said services.
M r understand that tho mutter will bo brought
up at the meeting ot tho next Inferior Court, and
passed upon. We ho|>« lire justice* will grant a
d. eree authorizing the County Treasurer to pay the
juror* nnd witnes-c* of tho Criminal Court for ser-
vteva rendered. Thi* expanse wind l attach but n
short tuns, forth* business already accumulated in
said Court,justifies the assertion ihat tho fines iiu-
j fMined for tire conmiLsion of offences will soon be
| efficient l«i defray all oxpenre#. Just help il to
Later from California*
Nxw Ohlbans, Fcl*. 13.—The Blark V\
has arrived with California dates to the 20th.*.
Broderick has been elected Senator for the \
term, and Gwin lor the short one. Both r ,.*
down on board the George Law. Report* p,
the Mines nre favorable. Trade was dull.
The Black Warrior brings nothing definite fn-.
Nicaragua.
Arrival of the George Law.
New Yobk, Feb. 13.—The steamer George I,
has arrived with 91.100,000 in gold, and M,...
Gwin and Broderick a# passengers.
The Sierra Nevada had n>.t been taken by •
Costa Ricnns. Walker w*i well fortified nt I; ,,
on the 17th inst. with twelvo hundred effective
Tho revolution in Peru was progressina.
The English and French Consuls at 8an
cisco, were said to be implicated in the raising,,
forces to operate against Sonora.
New Yobk, Feb. IL—The Burdell inquest
rtill progressing. Nothing further uf any ii np
tunce has been elided, Mve the evidence of \j.
Farrell, who stated that he passed Dr. Hur,' (
house, at lulf past ten, and immediately after ,,.,
sing, board a cry of "murder” and a fall, jp
stopped lo listen, when a man in his shirt . ! .. tJ
appeared at Burdell s front door and ordered |, ^
away. Farrell pointed out Eckel, who w 1,
room with otheis, as the man who order,
away. Eckel appeared durab-founded at i ;
idi utification j but *uid nothing
Russia and China.
New Yobk. Feb. 9.—An important treaty h ,
bten concluded between Russia and « l.iiu, .
wiiieh five port* iu China have been opened to;
Russian*.
Large Fire nt Louisville.
L0UISVIM.B, Feb. 9.—A block of warehouse*. \ ,.
ued at $60,000, and occupbd by Messrs, (iall,. 1
Atkinson, Hartley Johnson & Co., and Huinm,
four of the prominent merchant* ot Loui* til,-, l. M
been destroyed by lire. Nothing saved. Tot,:
9273,000, which i* covered by insurance.
River News.
Tire icc hus disappeared, und boats are K-uvir.-
for Cincinnati. This morning, the ice. in »l.. .
lions, began to move oil gently, under the inf!
of a South wind. There were slight rises. .
but little damage, comparatively. Pittsburg
are preparing to leuve, and the navigation
Destructive l<*reahet.
New Yobk, Feb. 9.—The lower part of A
is completely sutonerged. and one steamer
twelve flat boats were sunk. Adi the railroa.U
underwater. Many cattle have perished. Mi
fires have been caused by the water slacking :
Tl e city of Troy I,as been overflown, and :
ne*- i* stopped.
At Chicago, they have n\#> a flood, and must
the railroad bridge* have been carried away.
Capture of a Slaver.
New Yobk, Feb. I0tb.—The schooner J.uu..
Glover lure been letted as * Slav*;r. Her nwr
residua in Cuba, and ha* fled to Havana.
Destructive l f reshet.
T«lrgr*p)i*d t • the Augusta Kvenlng Di»pal<b
Fire ice in the Potomac broke up yesterday ,
ctrued awjy a portion of the Long Bridge
Terrible freshets ore reported in the Susqueliar
and Juniata rivers, causing itnuii nm, daiiisgc.
Bridges have been destroyed, and ’ravel air* >i
Thu ica in the Delaware 1* breaking up. T
lower part ol Trenton i# under water. Their,-:
in the Schuylkill i* not serious
There iv a trcnrendou-i freshet in the Hu
and great damage ha-> been done in Albany. I
loss s estimated nt $2,OOfl.O:)U.
The .Sugar Cnuc {Expedition.
New Yobk, Feb. 8.— Advice* hava been r, < ,
herefrom t'.io "Sugar Cane Ex|ieditinu." Tlrev
procured 500 lioxc* I.aba rane cutting* at I).
rara, and hail left for l.sguyrn. The compli •
lection w» ild pro!i ibly arrive at N. Orleans-i:
CorrorpmuWnce of tii* CbarlMfijii Courkr
VVASttlEOTOH. Feb. 7
The U»t attempt, on the part of the yuid
here, to unravel the ('ubinet ditliculiy, eurri' 1
back to the selection of Gen. Cash, ns the
ry of State. Thun, tire outsider* end the v',
where they began it some two month* age.
IJ ion A.van himself haa not found it so easy. ,
Illy, to make up hi* mind. Until yesterday. M
J. Walk an «n considered to iiave a good , .
tor thu uppo'iitment of ^Secretary of State, an 1
there was mine ground for the supposition i- - .
hy the tact that a uiirnht r ot members ot (.’•
and other poliriuiaitx, found il necessary to mm,
a proteat against thi* appointment.
ould s
tire selcc'i
of
gi t *
• everv conlldeiici
1 4 Sentinel.
The West Is
11 some of these
te named One
Huckney, and
s elder children
d Joseph, And,
| A Bother, and it has been supposed that, should
they have any more, they might have named them
At*". Moreover. Nevertheless, and Notwithstand
ing. Another family actuilly named their child
Finis, supposing that it was their last; but they
happened afterwards to have a daughter and two
•oils whom they called Addenda, Appendix and
! Hup; lenient.”
1 Tux M xbox Doctkix* Ab iuad.—Pending the
J reci-ist Jitficu I tics between Switzerland am! Prussia,
j •he American Minister, Mr. Fay, proposed a mode
i of adjustment, anil invited the co-operation ot the
I other diplomatists resident at Berne. Thev mm at
j Mr. Fay's hou-e. but the proceedings ol tbe cooler-
j rnc * fuel with a very unforeseen termination. The
j Austrian Minister said “he did not think tbs*, his
I Collcagua of tire Lulled States could be connected
I i'ilb proceedings concerning and int- testing to Eu-
Health or Ua. K axe.— A letter dated Havana ropenn governments only He thought that gene-
Jan. 23J, and published in tbe Charleston Mercury. ! ^ American Republic ought to Ire excluded
»>.: •• Ur. Xu. f..l »»«.,»«. Hi. I , C*“‘ *" l'*’fi» Humpr.n .ff.iu , » much
. . 1 , , . 1 1 he more that tire Americans pretend lo exclude
uow here. .n.l under he, (.ml. numng ihere ; Buripo aH in \,, c „ The
are strong Uojres entertained ol his ultimate realor- other Miniate.a concurred, and Mr. Fay’s confer-
atiun to health." ence ended where it began, except that it placed
I'F* The annual U. H. Mint statement «hows
ibst tbe amount of c■ .1 d de|>o«tted at tire mint and [
all its branche-, during the year 185fi. *i. $17,-
> indulging
He is as ig-
land Whig.
The Evane-
here is a bit of waggery in his comp •sition |
.lent from the following incident: Svautlihq f bav:> and Disc Lost
W tide hearing a case in Court, the *t- v, ‘ le ’ Journal, says that a moat embarrassing
. arney stated iu his plea, that he believed one of disclosure was made at the meeting of the Hen-
hr Juror* was intoxicated. Tbe Judge, addre*»- deraon and Nashville Railroad Company on the I5th
ng the man alluded to, said— ult., that threatens to embarrass and interrupt the
"Htr, are you drunk 7” , progress of the road. At a meeting it was divulged,
The Juror, straightening himself up, in a bold, ] tor the first time, that $600,000 of the bonds ot tbe
all'defiant tone said : "J\'o sir-re-bob J" : company h«d been misapplied by the company’s
"Well,” said the Judge. "I fine you five Jollars agent in London. The bonds were issued three
»r the “re” and- ten for the "bob." The Juror ( years ago, and carried by the then President ot the
“wilted.”—Rome Owner. { company to London for negotiation.
1 Cask, run U. 8. Sr .nr.
I snip Relkaar.—Townsend Glover, K*q., the Uni
ted States Agent for tbe selection of specimens nt
j West India sugar cane, to lie distributed among
I the planter* in the Southern Stales, favored us
with a call last evening. He informs u« th*l tbn
store-ship Release is lying chum to the French
* Market, in the Second District. Tire lirlca*e
; contra from Dem are r a and Carraccis, at which lat-
j ter place Mr. Glover informs u*. he found tire cane
growing 4,590 fret strove the sen, iw«-t und hardy,
! and from nine to twelve leet high. Tbe Laba :s
• brought from D* maram. The spire on board consists
: ot 30 tons in bulk and 1000 boxes of cane, packed in
j layers of earth. There are aalertod font many va-
riettea and are of n purple hue. Mr. Glover ia uf
opinion that the cacre will be admirably adapted for
I the climate of I^juiaima. There are alio rpeci-
j mens of Weil India fruit trees on board.
I At Demarara, Mr. Glover was an eye witness of
the working of the British systom of Cooleyiam,
I and the deraorabzing effect* of emancipation.—
j Tbe Cooley*, he informs us. are hardy and indus-
j trious; they live on the coarsest fare, dress in a
in*wt primitive manner, and save money. Their
labor on certain pjnntaiinns is in a smalt degree
j remedying the evil* that mock-philanthropy brought
upon the island. The black population he found
idle, worthies* and debased. The position of while
men ia not to be envied, us the negroes look upon
them «• almost a* good ms themselves, but not
quite !—N. O. Delta, 7th.
Rich ix the Matbimoxial Link.—The Pontotoc
(Miss.) Examiner contains tbe fallowing novel an-
ti-matriinonial coirpirl;
"To all whom il may concern.—This is to certi
fy that Mr. Mnlleit has been a faithful and kind
husband^ and ba* never m streated ine or my chil
dren in any way ; but owing to dissatisfaction, aris
ing among my children and friends, I have thought
best to separate from him, and live t gelhcr no lo,.-
ger a* man and wife; and I do hereby release him
from any obligation to support me. in any manner
whatever, A. F MaLLKTT.”
With such an endorsement, Mr. Mallell i* "in
clover.” That there i* a probability of nuptial re
union, the annexed lfoiredictine response would
"In consideration of the above separation, I here
by notify ail person* that I will n<*t lie responsible
for any debt contracted by my wife, Angiletta F.,
whatever, while she contiuu.-* to live separate from
me. J. G. W. Mallbtt.”
November 20, 1856.
Mild Gcxpowtiiu.—The Boston Post tell* a
pleasant anecdote of Mr. G. , who, a good many
years ago, was a retail merchant in a populous town
in Vermont. He was famous as "the very pink cf
politeness,” and wzi indeed an expert salesman
I( ho had not got the article that might happen lo
be called for, he was sure ti name something that
was sufficiently like it lo answer the purjrore. Thus
when a customer inquired fur "»iuter-*lrainedoil,''
the merchant told him he hadn’t got that kind ex
actly—but he had some that was "strained very
laic in the fall.'” Disparage one article as you
might, he was *>irS to find something to praise in
it—if bis lea was not strong, it was well flavored,
&c., Ace. On one occasion a customer having call
ed lor a sample of gunpowder, rubbeJ it in his band
to areertain the proportion of charcoal, and then
observed that it lacked strength. "J know,” ans
wered the imperturbable tradesman—falling into his
v Id tea-formula—"I know the powder is not so
s'rong as some, bet you’ll find it very mild and a-
grrcable /"
north west
Then, again, lie is a mun ol perdoiul and
cal weight and diameter, mid be would *u*l-- >
dignity of the office. At all limes, from tlo • r.
of tire Government to this day, tbe 8t»i" U* | • '
•nent h is been filled by eminent men. We ihw?
i had fewer men than now. who were fit for tin- ;•
and it more than ever culls lor tire services "I a nun
of ability, and whoso niimo will of itself receive
resqiect ami confidence.
General Cass’ health is good, nnd he i* Lap*'"'*'
of good service, notwithstanding his ugr. But m u
! shi ubl be give nothing but a name to the post, it
would be belter to take him than one whose mine
or nbi'ntiiH would abed Upon it no particular I-.-
I Moreover, it i nnid that Mr. Buchaiiun intc\
! take personal charge of tire grave matters wIm
may arise in our foreign relations, and Ire w<>i !
! but served, perhaps, by one who would rcuddv 1!
| and promote bis view*. Mr. Bueharinu hn* bin.
i filled, with credit, the Hlatn Department, nn 1 !
[ had much diplomatic experience al home ami *br
i That Ire will personally attend to the boding quo.-
lion* between ua and foreign government# i* » pl
I to be doubted.
| Tho Central American Treaty, lately ncgntUt"!
: between Mr. Dallas and Lord Clarendon, i* »" un-
j palatable to the 8enate, thnt it could not procure u
j that body 4 vole of more tbnn one filth of the inrro-
; her*, in it* present form. The objection i» to *■ in*
I of tbn details, and not to the gcreral object ol if*
treaty. Tire committee on Foreign Affair*, w
| whom the treaty wn recommitted, will report it ’
; nn amended form. If it should then be approve*:
j here, it will go back to the Brilith Government
ratification.
The Tariff Bill will be brought to a vole in '■•••
j House next week.
The apprehension that the arcumulution of 0 * l|, ‘
j plus of fifty or sixty mi'liona iu the treasury. "
1 cause a great and ruinous commercial revolutu'
I will have the effect to induce Congress to pn«*
; bill, if possible, at this session, for the reduction d
I the reven us.
W‘ The Victoria (Texas) Advocate, of the
•ay* :
During the passage of tire steamboat Lizzc Lakr.
Cap*. Dycu#, down the Guadalupe river, a mwt
• singu ar phenomenon occurred. The water ro«
I in three distinct swells and then subsided. An -
{ land iu the river wa* entirely covered by the rit *
A similar occurrence took place, we learn, on th*
8*ii Antonia river, which wa* witnessed ot Cr
; well'# Ferry by Mr. Cromwell and several "thcr»
[ The Lizzie Lake left here on lire 14th January
t4*t r, y-—May not this hove some eonmetion «
the recent phenomena in Mexico, or perhaps *
subsequent earthquake in another quarter 1
A l*cnu*y!vauia Frcaident*
j What Joes our " piddler" of a President nre - '
where in hi# love-letter in behalf of tbe "n"
Forney, he speak* of "the highly confidential rrU
I tions which a Pennsylvania President ought '•
sustain to a Pennsylvania Senator 1" Doe# he in
tend to be understood a* saying that he purpose*'
j be the President only of ami for Pennsylvania
I That would seem to be the import of his langinc-
! and no doubt is, or he would have expres*ed
differently.
| Again ; if Mr. Buchanan means to be the Pre**
j dent of all the Slates and of the whole couM?
why does he deem "ronfldential relations” betar ,r
hiiuself and a Senator from Pennsylvania any nu’-r*
1 tsenlial or important # than between I.imsell « n,i *
1 Senator from any other Stale—from Virginia f-
. example? We really cannot discern tire pertinr:-
j ry of his suggestion, unless be meant to favor Peer-
rykania more than any other State. And i» '
what the Virginia Democracy bargainr.l for 1 1
| lie cut by their new President ? Wtiat a f*U r
j here!—Richmond Whig.
Ahtifcial Milk It ia now manufactured
j extensively in PraudSo'S'pm Irenes ! It :• made C’
1 putting a certain weigb\ of bones w th u little are*'
I with six times tbe weight of water, in Papin *
gester. Being sealed hermetically and raising fi**
beat 140 deg. F., in 40 minutes from a stopcock »
white liquiikcomes out. It ia nutritious, bemf *
kind of broth, but has really none of the chen>'**
properties of milk.—Medical World.