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Columbus Cw)uim\
J011X II. MAHT11V..
Tueid .y Koramr. March 27. ItsCO.
Stale L'uutcmIIoii.
Macok, March 18, 1860.
At a consultation ot tbe tttate Executive
Committee of the Opposition parly of Or or-
gia, he hi tbia day (all the members being
present or consenting thereto, except Col.
Mil ledge, of the Eighth DU(rict) it use
unanimously resolved to issue the following
call:
The citizens of Georgia who are opposed
both to the mad ecbcimeof the anti-s'avory
party of the North and to the abuses and
extravagance of the Democratic party—to
all interference by one section with the do.
mrstic institutions of another, whether in
the Btstes, or in the Territories which are
the common properly ol all the States—
who behave the constitutional right of the
South to a free enjoyment of the latter,
with her property of every description, both
just aud indefeasible—-who eschew all sec
tional political parlies as inimical to tbn
public tranquility—who reverence the con
stitution and advocate respect and obedi-
ance to all laws passed in pursuance there
of, and to the decisions of the constituted
judicial tribunals ol the land, aro requested
to meet in their respective counties, as cur
ly as practicable, and appoint delegates to
a State Convention, to be held in the city
oi Mi Hedge* i lie, on Wednesday, the 2d day
of May next, for the purpose ol taking
such setion as m»y he deemed expedient,
in reference to the approaching Presidential
election. Tub CoNHITtml
Conservative Union Meeting.
In accordance with the ahovo Hug-
gcMion, otir friend* have thought pro
per to call a meeting of tho Opposition
and Union men of Muscogeo county,
nt the Court-house, on the first Tuesday
in April, to appoint delegates to the
8tato Contention.
All who are in fuvor of a Consti
tutional Union, and opposed to tho
schemes of sectional agitation kept on
foot for party purposes by both tho
Democratic and Black Republican par
ties, arc earnestly requested to attend.
BQu Our friends in other counties ol
this part of tho Htato aro invited to
meet on the same day and appoint their
delegates to tho Stnfo Convention.
Hoard at Charleston.
We notice that some of the papers arc
justifying tba combination of tho hotel
keepers to raise the price of board during
the Convention at Charleston to $li per
day, on the score of tho high prices of pro-
vision* in that city. Now, wo don’t care a
cent if thay demand $6(» a day for board,
and iadeed wn rather think that aorne of “the
dear people” would oily be getting bark
money that haa been wrongfully transferred
from tbeir pockets to those of Government
employees, if they should do ao. A very
large number of tho delegate* are 1'mJersl
office-holders, jobbers, and other beneficia
ries, and if Uncle 8am lias not on overflow-
ing treasury they know the reuson why.
Out we do not think that the justification
based on the prices of provisions iu n good
one. They say that heel is quoted in the
Charleston market at 26 to 31 centa per
pound, mutton vt 31, pork nt 13 to 18,
turkeys at $3 60 to flit per pair, Ac.; while
at Augusta choice beef ran bn obtuined at
H to U centa per pound on Hie hoof, or 12$c-
by rotail from the butchers’ stalls, pork at
7 to 8c. net, eggs 16 to I He., and chickens
it 80 to 3flc. Now, this being the case,
why esnnot the Choilestnn landlords obtiiu
their beef, poultry, Ac. from Augusta, or
even from the cheaper murket* of Tennes
see, with which they have direct dally
communication 1 There is ample time for
them to make the Charlraton market assim
ilate iu prices to tlioso of some of the
cheapeat producing sections of the country,
and it needad only the giving of a different
turn to their precautionary policy to enable
them to aflord board (or tho delegates at
tbair customary rates and to make a great
deal of money by it. Even admitting that
they cannot procure provisions cheaper Ilian
above quoted (which admission is ruled out
by a comparison with Augusta prices), if
they can make money now by charging nti
hundrel people $3 60 per day each, can
they not make more money by providing
for a thousand at the aame rate f The
defence is manifestly faulty, aud will nut
bear investigation.
Hie Revenue* Mill Ahead.
We believe (bat the Messrs. Doswcl! won
avery rare at Mobile for which they con
tended, with their Hcvenuo stock, 1'lanet,
Fanny Washington and Exchequer—ami
they tan for all the principal stakes. They
ev dently held the field at their mercy, and
could probably have won every race of the
week. They go next to Now Orleans, and
will there have to encounter two or three
celebrities of tho turf wit’ 1 whom they have
never yet measured strides. Among these
is Wells' gsiun and promising Lccomt* ndt,
Uncle Jell', the first vanquisher of Uill
Alexander. We perceive that Col. Wells
arrived at New Orleans from Natckitoclie*
on the 14*h, bringing Uncle Jeff and are-
eral other nags of hie stable, lie end
Exchequer are entered lor the sweepstakes
on lha see.»nd day uf the Hireling over
the k\etairie Course, March 31st; and it
Exchequer fails to take the wind out ol
him in that one- unler, there are several
handsome club purses to bo run for, at all
distances, affinling an opportunity for him
to test the powers of Planet or Faunv.
The meeting promises to be a very inter*
tiling one, as a number uf the brat stables
of tho country will be represented.
“Akotukk Richmond in tub Field."—
The latest adviees from California report
that the delegates from that Elate to the
Charleston Convention are in favor of the
nomination of Milton 8. Latham for the
Presidency ! I.xlham haa been n remark
ably lucky man, but we think that he has
now aspiringly looked up a ladder whose
rounds ha can never erale. His good luck ]
wilj fail him thia time—if indeed a nomi* !
nation at Charleston may be considered a
“streak of good luck.” Uut advices from
Washington create the impression that
l.alham ia s friend of Douglas, and it i-
quits likely that the California vote will
only be cast lor him at Charleston for a
few ballotinge as a compliment, and will
thereafter be given to Douglas. At all
events, Latham ia under*loud at Washing
ton to be bitterly opposed to the (twin or j
Administration wing of the California ,
Democracy, aud it is reportrd that he late'y ;
told President Buchanan that be expected
to give support to tus Administration, but
that he was the personal aud political friend
ol Judge Douglas.
Hr All the officers aud employees iu the |
Halltmotw Custom-House wltu voted (or
Douglas delegates to the Chariest >n Con-
vaution, at the recent election in that cry,
fiavo been summarily dismissed.
Were they I'lllburter* f
The rspture of Mirarr.on's vessels by
those of the Unilid Stales is mother phase
in the warfare against filibusterism. We
are at lesst gratified that in this instance
the arm of tb* United Stairs was not raised
against its oj*n citizens, but against for
eigners engaged on the side of a Mexican
faction that has little sympathy in thia
country.
The vessels captured were fitted out with
munitions of wor at Havana, and sailed
from that port to assist Miramon in hia
• darken Vera Crux. There is every reason
to believe that the arms were furnished by
the Spanish authorities in Cuba, because
Spain docs nut allow the people of the
island to keep on hand munitions of war.
Uut, whether by the authorities or the
Spanish colonists, there is prima facie
evidence of unauthorized Cuban interfsr-
by soma class—the odor of the filibus-
... ,j rank and unmistakable. The Juarez
(Jovernment of Mexico deuouncfd these
vessels as piratical, and it appears from the
rncagre accounts now before ua that they
showed no flag. If this be a true statement
of the case, we do not are why our Gov-
eminent had not just as much right to
capture Miramon’s vessels as tho expedition
Of Walker after it had landed in Nicaragua,
t can justify its course ill both cases, if at
ill, on the score of arresting piracy, and it
ma as much right to capture a pirate fitted
out from a foreign port as Irom one of ite
vn. We apprehend, therefore, that the
tger of tho Hparnsh and French will not
amount to much. They rejoiced with
exceeding great joy when Walker's expe
dition was captured by the United Htates,
aud 'll ought to bo aome alluviation of their
wrath to know that tbeir approbation of
that act has encouraged Uncle Ham to follow
it up in this case—even though the two-
edged sword has this time been turned
against their own schemes and ascrcl alfiaa.
Even a had rule ought to work both ways.
Truly ICxtraordluary, If Correctly
- Reported.
The report of the discovery of a cave
nrur I'enfield, containing curious fossil
remains, is indeed one calculated to arreat
general attention ; and, if there ho no hoax
about the mailer (a presumption justified
by the character of the paper and the prob
ability that ita editors are acquainted with
the writer), aud Mr. Langford u not mis
taken as to the speciro (I’ auinnls to which
the bones belonged, the discovery will be
regarded ae valuable to science and highly
important to geologists. We are not aware
that the bones ot the hyena have ever before
been discovered on this continent, and we
feel confident that those of tbn rhinoceros
are atraugere to American explorers. Their
discovery here (if tho identification haa
really hern made) is strong proof of that
great changu of temperature and ol the
distribution of animals throughout the
rsrth, ol which geologists have elsewhere
obtained such abundant testimony. Tho
discovery takes u* back to a lar-dislant
epoch—probably to a period long anterior
to tho creation of man—possibly to a time
when the earth's ecliptic was materially
variant Irom its present declination, or the
equator itself wus different. The dixcovsry,
if authenticated, will be suro to arrest the
attention of scientific men in both Europe
and America, and we elinll hear inure ol
them fossils ami of the lessons which they
Wo refer tho reader to tho account copied
in another column.
Thu Conical In Connecticut.
A letter from Washington suya thut
rinnutor Douglas lias expressed the fear that
recent proceedings iu Gongrcaa will cause
tile defeat ol the Democratic ticket in On-
lipcticut; and n Washington dispatch to
the New Vmk Herald, dated tho 17th,
announces dial “the Douglas wing of tho
Democracy have dispatched Mr. Larsbse,
member of Congress from Wisconsin, and
Mr. Closkcy, ex-postmaster of the House of
Representatives, to Connecticut to atuinp
for the Democratic ticket.” Douglas appre
ciates the importance of a victory to him
self individually in Connecticut, and will
put forth every energy to obtain it. On the
ether hand, the Black Republicans are uut
idle. They have called upon Alyain Lin
coln of Illinois, and F. J*. Blanton of
Kurinas, to stump for them in Connecticut,
umi Stanton lies signified his intention to
do so. He is a recent Tcttncsaeo Demo
cratic member of Congress—very “sound"
on the slavery question then, and accus
tomed to denounce John Bell and other
Whigs as unsound—and lie knows exactly
how to ineit tlio tactics of his recent parly
allies. The Black Republicans have made
a “ten strike” in securing his services, and
if lie carries the day lor them in Connect
icut, we presume that hereafter they will
employ as many apostate (Southern Demo
crat* ns they can procure to slump the
Northern Htates for them. There are Blair
aud U. J. Wulkrr yet unengaged.
- -*• ♦ —
A Mulu Hhowluj; How It was Done.
The Atlanta Intelligencer reports that on
Saturday last a uiule iu that city ran away
with a dray to which he waa attached,
made for a lashintiulilo clothing store, was
there invrated wi'h a line new cloth coat
hastily thrown on, anil stood surveying
himself in a mirror until he was haltered
and delivered up to hia driver. That waa
a smart inula, if the Intelligencer wishes
ua to accept its etory us literally true. But
wo suppose that, being a Cobb paper, it ia
only trying to illustrate, allegorically, tho
manner in which lion. A. H. Stephen*
broke into (ho Democratic parly and into
the late MilicJgcviMo Convention—how ha
was funnily invested with tho Democratic
regalia (only his cars protruding to indicate
tin* antecedents of tho politician)—and
how complacently he wears the ‘ blushing
honors” so suneptiiiously a| preprinted.
Douglas has “haltered'' him, sad it remains
to bo seen whither the great squattar eov.
oreign will lead him—to the public crib or
to tin* uaiienal slaughter-house.
Down on Dou^la-.
Mr. Curry, of Alabama, nude a speech
in the House of Keprssrutatives on Wed- |
nrsday ol last week, which is highly spoken I
of. In the course of hia remarks, he adver-
ted with much vigor to the “squattar
sovereignty” opinions of Judge Douglas, I
alleging that it was a sectional view of the ,
question, at war with the National princi- I
plea of the Democratic party. Tha uomi- :
nation of Douglas at Charleston would be
an endorsement oi his principles, and should
be repudiated as a vital stab to the aecurily
and prosperity «f the South.
I V Gjv. Moon*, ol Alsbaiua, has givsn
a new directum to gallantry, and manifes
ted hie detureiics to tho l«uuaL m* iu a ;
n.»%cl way. It ia reportrd that, finding tha
Femteoltary at Wetumpka too lull, be has
dischaiged the female convicts to make
room lor in vies !
IV Herbert Fielder, L.q., having resign
ed the office ot Solicitor General of tha
I Tallapoosa Circuit, Gov, Brown haa appoin
ted Xlr. Keudrick, of Newnan, to fill the
I vacancy.
The Homestead Bill.
The remarks ot the Richmond Whig in
reference to this scheme of sectional plun
der, though pointedly eevere, are in the
main just and truthful. Though, by ite
terms, the bill bolds out the time induce
ments to citizens of all the States to settle
the public domain free of cost, the variant
peculiarities of society North ami Sooth
will make it in effect beatow the Govern
ment bounty upon at laaat leu Northern
settlers for every one from the Sooth; and
of the settlers from the Northern States,
probably one-third will be foreigners. The
probability is, indeed, that the effect of the
passage of the kill will be to encourage a
large immigration from Europe—especially
from the Girman Slates—drawn hither by
the tempting offer of free lands and a rich
soil. Thia class of emigrants, when settled
in the North, are generally iodostrioue,
orderly and thrifty, hut at the aims tima
they are almost without exception impla-
csbiy opposed to slavery and in favor of
“free soil” everywhere. They will be effec
tive auxiliaries of the Black Republicans,
and that (arty, knowing this, supports the
Homestead bill unanimously as a measure
designed and calculated to give it political
We regret to learn from Washington that
there is s strengthening probability of the
passage of a Homestead hill at this session.
It is said that the Black Republicans will
first make a strong cllbrt to push through
the Senate their own bill that haa already
passed tha House, and, failing in this, they
will accept the bill ol that prince ol South-
ern demagogues, Andrew Johnson of Term.,
in the support of which latter bill they will
bo joined by several Southern Senators.
We believe (hot the Senate Committee
(Deni.) has already recommended tho sub
alitution of Johnson’s for the House bill.
Johnson’s bill excludes from among those
who shall have tha benefit of the public
lands, single men over twenty-ona years of
age, widows without children, and foreign
ers who may declaie their intentions alter
tha passage of the bill, and only allows
those who are recipients of land under the
bill to receive alternate aecliona. Tha
House bill includes tbo panics named
above.
The last-named difference of Johnson's
bill—the exclusion ol aliens—we rrgard as
a good one, so far as it goat; but it ia only
the modification of one lesser deformity,
and the variance between the Democracy
and tho Black Republicans on thia point
will only lend to make foreigners at the
North more decided in their sympathy with
the latter paity ; for the Rrjubiicana will
assuredly clamor lor a future amendment
incorporating the alien bounty clause, a* a
means of attaching this class to themselves.
Thus the contest is that of party dema
gogue against party demagogue, and the
advantage appears to be on the side of the
Black Republicans.
A stall mi ni recently sent to the Senate
by Gen. Cats shows to what extent the bill
will give'lhe advantage to tha North ill its
favors to foreigners. Of the 156,302 iiiirni-
grants Iroin foreign countries who landed
in the United Mutes last year, not more
than 20,000 landed at Southern ports—the
gieat bulk went to the frro States. Ami
thia amount of immigration is unusually
small ; the number has in some years
reached 400,000, und in the last sixteen
years the aggregate amount of immigration
haa beau over four millions of people—
enough to form (out or five large Stales,
Fully seven-oighlhs oi thia vast hordn of
foreign settlers located in tho North. The
Black Republicans well understand the
importance of securing the political co-
operation of thia numerous class, and that
is a main object of their Homestead bill.
IV Tho Timet inquires whether wo
mean to express the hope that the Union
Convention of the Opposition party will
“declare it the duty ot Congress to protect
the property of tho South iu tha common
Territories”; slid it wonders whether Bell,
Crittenden and Everett will go for that.
If lha 'Timet' ally, Douglas, in contemptu
ously speaking of a “slave code" for the
Territories, meant to be understood as
denouncing the Territorial policy of tbe
Fillmore Administration as a slave code, we
answer that we do hopo for the demand of
such a code by tbe Union Convention. All
the Southern Stales that have yet sent del
egates to that Convention have joined in
such a demand—acting, in thia respect,
quite differently from the recent Democratic
Convention at Milladgevilte ! it is all the
protection that we require, it has been
found sufficient to detest both Congress
ional prohibition and anti-slavery squatter
sovereignty
ten yens, and would hsvo operated in a
similar manner in Kansas.
As to Bell, Crittenden and Everett, they
assisted, under the Fillmore Administration,
in releasing a portion oi the “common ter
ritory” from a prohibition against slavery
which a Democratic Congress and Admin
istration had imposed upon it, and left it
open to all tbe alavrs that tho people ol the
South might take there ; and wo have not
the slightest reason to believe that they will
now desert thia policy, or thst they would
fail to interpose the Federal authority to
prevent squatter sovereignty from closing
against slaveholders a territory which they
had declared should remain open to tbe
South and to slavery aa long aa it was a
lenilory.
Our Letter to the Cuthberl Reporter.
We had not intended to trouble the
readers of the Enquirer with evpn any
allusion to thia letter, but aa the Timet of
this city haa seen fit to assail it with some
unjuet strictures, we feel constrained to
copy tbe letter and let it speak for itself*
We deem a full and fair statement of it*
positions a sufficient answer to tbe strictures
of tbe Timet, and therefore wn have
reply to make to its article. Tho reader
will see, after scanning tbe letter, how little
reaeon the Timet had to doubt whether
we intended to express the hope tbnl the
National Uuion Convention would demand
the re-opening of the slave trade f
not quite verdant enough to hope that any
National Convention of any party will ever
do that.
Columbus, March 6,1860.
M< tin. Clarke Ar Byrd, Ed't Reporter:
GlNTLRUKN It has not been Irom any
intentional neglect that I have so long de
layed a reply to your reapecilul queries,
addressed to me through your paper, several
week* since ; but rather Irom an unpremed
itated procrastination, sometimes excumble
because ol a pressure ol other business
duties, and all the time pardonable because
it ia a mailer ol very little concern to
the public whether they are ever bored
with a reply Irom so humble an individual
aa mysclt.
Without further preliminaries, and to
draw aa little ns possiblo upon your apace, 1
corneal once to your main query—an answer
to which, such as I shall give it, will obviate
Ihc necessity tor a distinct reply to one or
two other*. 1 do not believe that the elec
tion ol a Black Republican to the Presidency
will constitute any good and sufiicenl cause
for a dissolution ol the Union, predicated
upon the grievance of a vioiuted Coniiiii*
lumal compact ; nor do 1 think any one else
believes so. A man's opiniont or his parly
aitociotitnn are no disqualifications for office
in this country. It would bo the most des
potic, instead of the molt liberal Govern
ment on earth, if such were the case. And
when we consider that, in the event sug
gested hy you. the claae ol politicians ex
cluded Irom official power would be those
austained by ihe majority of the people, the
proposition really appears too absurd to
admit ot argument. To found a government
based upon the restricted rule ol a majority,
aud then to hold that the minority might
break it up if tho majority did not Choate to
elect an Executive ol their political view*
or associaiion, would he a puerile freak of
which the framers ol tho Constitution cer
tainly weru not guilty. Aud il a man or a
parly may he proscribed lor what we arc
accustom-d to call political opimu^ so may
■ bey be disqualified lor their rXCfflua no
tions. II a heretic in politics be
permitted to exercise the audioVm^which
the majority have elected him.^I»«mmi he
qualified because his religious views are hos
tile to the I’roicktani sentiment ol the conn
iry. And lor those who opposed ' Know
Nmliingism” because of its alleged pro
scription lor opinion's sake, to fulk now (be
fore they have decently boned poor “.Sam”)
ot tliomaelvce proscribing any class oi citi-
diflereuce ol opinion, I < hardly
consistent, to ssy nothing ol its wisdom or
You ask mo, then, il in rny opinion there
it any contingency arise dial would justify
tho Hoerii in disrupting the ties that bind
the Union. Without undertaking
any Constitutional exegesis to ascertain
precisely whether secession ia a legal rein-
dy, it is sufficient to answer that 1 am in
favor ol resorting to it whenever it iv neces
sary to the protection of the right* ol the
South. And to indicate the contingencies
which 1 regard as such a justification, 1
roler you to the Fourth Resolution nt :hu
Georgia Flatlorm. One of the comiugeu-
Diiumplatcd hy thut resolution has, in
my opinion, iilrcady arisen, and i took die
ground then that the South ought to have
resisted It. hso it not been brought about by
allude to the praclicul rejection ol Kansas
State applying lor uumissnni nuo dio
Confederacy, by dio English Bill, because
tolerated slavery—lor this
has been the practical effect ol dio passage
that hilt, and “Squatter Sovereignty”
haa finished the work by abolishing si ivory
prior to action on na second application.
Yos, the South should resist''oven, n* n
last report, to a disruption ot every no that
hinds tier to the Coniedctacy ” nay arlion
by w hicli slio ia depr.vtui ol her equal par
ticipation in tha common Territories ol the
Union while they, remain Territories under
tha Federal trusteeship—what her that action
is by immediate Congressional prohibition,
or by Senator Douglas' Tsrrtorinl ' i’opu-
lar Sovereignty” and "unfriendly legisla*
lion.” Kilter uiniiig thia opinion, (and I am
willing to stand by it) 1 could not say thut
dm South ought to resist dm election ol
Howard. the advocate of Congressional
prohibition, without also saying dial she
ought to rusint dm election ol Douglmi, dm
aiignlor and champion of Squatter Sover
eignty. Repudiating the idea ol revolution
ary resistance to tho bare tlertion of either
of them (for it would be revolutionary), l
quite agreed with you thut tho practical
triumph ol dm ;w/iry ol either oiiuln lobe
resisted by the South. So tar as I silt -n-
divtduully concerned, and speaking with
out reference to tho views ol any political
party, I would be willing to go even further,
and to insist, “even to disruption,” on dm
recognition and reinstatement hy Cougri-sa
of the eminently just and Constitutional
Territorial policy ol tlm Fillmore A'dinnis-
ualien, ami on tlm tepeal ot tho Federal
laws which lorbid the Southern States from
importing any description oi laborerj to do-
vclopn their resources and augment their
cotunisrcial and political power.
You appear solicitous that I should, in
y replies to your queries, speak the aenti-
moula ol the Opposition party ol Georgia,
With whom 1 act, politically. I regret that I
-■» to do ao. The views
> my c
' ... .
Utah ami New Mexico for ( which I have held ami coneistei.tif adhered
to, atnea die memorable contest of ldi8-50
gave direction to the discussions oil slavery,
winch have since (list Hum pel'iodicaliy
ngiluted the coumry. They may or may
not be approved by the party whh which
I act, but I shall maintain them still, even
though, a* in the I'residentml contest <>l
1852, I find die poauion as deserted • nd
lonely «* thut ol Junn Fernandez when
•Selkirk wn* "monarch ol nil ho sur
veyed.” But i rejoice in dm indications
that they will be austained by the Njiiutiai
U..ion Convention of the Opposition party,
as limy liavo been sustained b> dm several
Slute Cohi'Ciiiious ol that party winch met
on die 22d February ln«i. Ou'ridc ol that
party, there appears to l*o no hoped such n
recognition—die very constituent elements
ot both dm Democratic and die Black Re
publican parties forbid die hope that t/ny
can ever adopt such a policy, or dial die
country can ever enjoy quit! and security
under tho rulo of either.
Yours, very rerpcctfu'Iy,
J II. MARTIN.
IMllor tY!umt>u» Kiiqulrtr.
IV* Tha latest advices Irotn Washington,
it reference to the Chadcstoti Convention,
ro to the effect that tbe Executive Com-
The Naval l-hiKa^emcut iu the Gulf.
New Oblkxns, March 20.—Late advices
from Mexicontatc that Miramon commen
ced the p*-ige of Vera Cruz on the 5th inat.
On the fith, two Btr.nnerh appear* d before
the city, showing no colors. The United*
Htates war vcrnel, Haratorga, with detach
ments from dm .Savannah and I’reblo, in
the steamer* Indianola and Wave, were or
dered to proceed to the anchorage ol the
above mentioned steamers, in order to as-
ccr iun their character. Upon nearing tlm
anchorage, off Anton L'gardo, one of the
strange steamers moved olf whereupon n
allot waa fired to bring her to ; and the in-
dianoln sent to overhaul her.
The fndtanola’a hail wn* answered by a
shot from the guns of the steamer Mtramon,
together with a Policy « t musketry.—
Whereupon tho Saratoga fired a broadside,
and the action became general. Commo
dore .Marin and Ins men were taken pris- n*
on, nod arc now on board of tho i’reble.
Miramon had paid lihy-fivo thousand doi
lur* lor the two vesrcls.
Commodore Marin's steamers passed by
ail tho foreign squadrons, and by ihe castle
of Man Juan D r Ulloa. withoq: hoisting n
flag although ordered to do so by a shot
Irom the csmIc. as well nr bv other signals.
Tbo French, Spanish arid English vessels
seemed to take no n“tice ol tho strange
steamers, or of the absence of a national
flag on rren of them.
The ."Saratoga, mwed by the Indianola,
took Commodore Marin completely by sur-
Thc engagement took place l»y moonlight,
and the steamers endeavored to escape, but
failed in the attempt. Three Amir cans
weto wounced—one mortally. Tlm Mexi
can lose is reported as fifteen killed, and
thirty wounded.
When the action commenced, Marin
hoi-tod the Spanish ting
The prisoners taken corroborate tho ro-
port that tho two steamers clean d from
Hav ma as merchantmen, nnd that tlm Mix •
can flag w an hoisted only niter they left that
port. At the same time they also mounted
six guns each.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Hcportod for the Columbus Enquirer.
Two Days Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL
OF Tills
Ntw Orleans, March 21st.—Marin’s
Steamer* returned the fire of tha Saratoga
■nd tried to escape. The Indianola pursu
ed the Miramon and the latter fired on her.
The Indianola returned tho fire, and board
ed the Miramon at the point of tho hayoact.
A portion of the Indtanola’sdcck wu* carried
away hy shot. The Miramon ran aground.
The Saratoga brought the Marquez to. The
I'icayune was informed by French prisoner*
aboard the prizes that tbo fighting ivns done
principally by thn officers, who were obliged
fo ciisrge and fire tlio gun q ohnietcd only
liy Mexican officers from aho/o. The two
atcKUtcra tied two humited and tilty men uu
board killed and wounded. Forty of tho
former ware thrown overboard. On board
tho Indian rla and Wave were eighty men
each. The first engineer of the Marquez
i American, was killed. .
Commodore Turner asked Marin why he
filed on the American vessels without pro
vocation. M triu replied that his met) could
mt be controlled ; that ho knew- tho nation-
lity ot tho .Saratoga, and understood her
signals ; but that his men fired contrary to
his orders. Turner replied, "You orceu-
ircly responsible lor the outrage.”
It is stated that the expedition cost $300,.
MX), mostly furnished at Havana by the
Government in accordance with a score'
article of the Almonte treaty.
Miramon hud notified fort ign vessel* thut
he would commence the bombardment of
Vera Crux on tho night of the 13ili, and
Mild not be responsible for datuago done
the shipping anchored under the canto.
On the night of the 13th, tlm officers on the
leek of the Miramon
ding in tbe direction
CANAIJA.
ArousT*. March 23d.—The at earn ship
Canada arrived at Halifax to-day with Liv*
J pool dates to the lO«b inst.
[ LtvcxrooL Cotton Market.—Sales of
! the week 17,000bafea. A.I qualities slightly
declined—Middlings and lower grades had
declined Id. Market dull.
Consols 94}.
The money market waa slightly more
stringent.
Halifax, N. B.. March 23.—Liverpool
Colton Market.-*Of the sales ot the week
speculators took 1,C00 and exporters 6,000
balos.
Liverpool Taetday.—'The sale* to-day
were O.lfuO bales. The market was dull.
The following are the quotations :
Fair Orleans ?jd.; Middling Orleans
6 7-16J.; Fair I'plarda ?d ; Middling Up
lands fijd. ; Fair Mobiles 7|d..
The stock of Colton in Liverpool was
810,000 bales, ot which 690,8000 bales were
American*
The advices from Manchester were unfa
vorable.
The Bullion in the Bank of England had
increased A'49,COO. Money wan slightly
mote stringent, but active.
By Telegraph to Quttnttawn,' t Saturday.
—The Hales .of Cotton lu-day were 6,000
bales. Thu market waa unchanged.
Experiments have been mado in England
with the Armstrong guns. The floating
batteries used for the purpose were com
pletely riddled by them.
The additional duties imposed on rice
went into effect on the 7th inst.
Tito Western Powers promise to assist
the Turkish Porte in maintaining hia rights
In Hcrvis nnd the Danubian Principalities,
in case of an armed intervention.
In London, on Saturday, the funds
rovived, unoer the impression that France
had modified tier pr<»graiume ; and had
proffered joint aid to Turkey as an evidence
i>l tho entente eordiale existing hot ween
! France «ml England.
Congressional.
' Washington, Marcii 20.—In the Scftafo
j to-day, Mr. Wilson,of Massachusetts, intro
duced a hill for the construction of five
steamers, to bo employed on tins coast of
Africa in supressing the slavb trade. Mr.
j Gwin, of Calfurnia, has introduced n bill
j similar to this. The House bill providing
tor one overland route to Caliloruia, and
! joint resolution, offered by Mr. Green, ol
! Missouri, preposing an adjournment from
20th Apt"! to tho 20th ot May, were
d* claims were discussed,
flu umi, nothing of importance v
■•avy i
The,
ired with tli
t ib.
Itlli H
ihll nrtr
Tli
Tho
steamer* aro worth t
broke down on the third (layout, nnd put
info Sisal. Ti c material* of war were stor
ed away below out of sight. Tbo men were
ignorant of the destination <d tlm expodi-
in. and were lurccd into service.
Tbo New Orleans Delta publishes details
negotiations botween tlio British and the
ro Mexican Government*. Lord John
Russell propone* ait armistice between the
parties, a general nnnmaty, ami religious
toleration. If tho proposition ia declined,
Eng In nd must demand from both pnrtius
full indemnity for tha amount due English
objects. Mirumoii propo.se* tho terms ol
the nrmistico ; ho stipulates that England
Spain, Prussia nnd the United
Stales shall bn mediator* for thn cslab-tsh-
of peace, ami in tho nmartinm the
custom duties to hu divided between the
parties, etc. Juarez returned Mira-
* communication ou the 3d, with the
declaration that tho propositions were ah-
rd and inadmissible.
At New Orleans, tho prize steamer Mer
its ia anchored opposite tho city. Lieut.
Chapman has received order* from Wash
ington to remain here nnd forward his dis
patches. Ha lias dispatches f ,r the British
Minister also.
Juarez's proclamationau'hortxrd any one
apt urn Mann's expedition us ptraiic.il.
FI
In
transacted. Tlnr Sickles contested election
was diacuss*d.
Washington, March 22.—In the Senate
to day the hill waa passed instructing the
post office doparunent to ret urn all unclaim
ed letters, to the parties who mailed them,
where the writers' names and residence*
sro endorsed on tho Utters. Tho homestead
bill win up anddi*cu»*ed.
In the House there w as no business trnns-
netrd ot general interest. Tho Michigan
election rasa waa up.
Wasiiinutoi
.Mr. Brown, of
adopted, instructing the Committee on Puli
Iic Land*, to inquire into the expediency of
granting public land* to stains wherein such
r, Toombs, of Georgia, reported n bill
ie relief ol tbo residents on the Hou-
giant lands in Louisans. Tim hill to
u the titles to land* along the boundary
"corgm and F’lorjda was past
New Orle
Ma
21*-
hav
Mexican mail* to the 11th inst. Cninmtv
Jarvis ou the 1st, proposed if Juarez wi
place the lndianoU und Wave at hi* di
aal lie would intercept Matin's cxpediih
afterwards bo determin'd to pursu
itrictly neutral course, unless he was Iu
o do otherwise.
An intercepted letter to Miramoo ,
the Capital waa fcrimtsly threatened bv
Liberals, and n»k« tho assistance ol
?ra! nights inlung war materials a»!
for Miramon.
vo flags of truce to (tie Frt’tio!i
British Consuls Irom Miraiuon, were re 11
entrance into tho city.
Tho prisoners ol tho simmer Mart
are to ho brought before ihu Federal C
ou Thursday.
I.xritcmcnt at Washington.
Wasuinoton, March 21.— Mucn e.v<
ment exists here on the subject of the re
affairs in the Gulf. The Navy dopant
nation aiisiama thn Gull squadron.
rd. The private calendar waa then taken
In the (louse, tho Postal Committeo al
most unanimously resolved in fuvor of tba
restoration ol the inland mail service, which
wiia curtailed by the Poatnfiicn Deportment
after the Ituluruol the Appropriation bill at
tin; last sos-n*n of Congress.
Private bill* were taken up, and both
Houses adjourned until Monday next.
Intci'cfctlng News from Vera Crux.
! New Orleans, March 21—The schooner
i Vi Kiiiiu Antoinette, which left Vera Crux
| <m itie evening <d the 15th instant, hu*
arrived hero. Her office's stale that a md-
r ib* purpose of suspend-
I ing hostilities with tho forms under Mira-
moti und Juarez, had broken up without any
Mirammt commenced a bombardment of
Vera Crux on the morning of the J5fh,
which was continued until! the schooner
Virginia left. Tho shot nnd shell were
falling in die city, killing several and doing
much damage. Many allots Icll among tbo
shipping, under tho castle, but without
much effect, so lar a* waa known up to tlio
nailing ot ttie Virginia Amionettr.
Two Spanish war stsurntr* arrived at
Ye'n Crux »nt the 15th mat.
Reports irom the interior on tho 14tlt
reprt nonted that Miranton’s communication
with the city ot Mexico had been cut off. nnd
that tho city had pronounced agauisi him.
t appear to known authen-
Polltlral Meeting In Harris
All persons who dta re to see the V t
1h. uewi from Europr.rec.ired U.t ni e bt ihc Cou,ii,„,i„„ m , im ,
hy (be North American at Portland, show* !. i , f . ,e( fitlie
th.t polilic.l relation. O' Ih. ...or,I ! '*7 “"T ' J 0 ' ,llV ' r >
h.« .*,.0 ..tumid u critical pu.i- ! ed 'J e ‘"I'* P-'Wea. „„d
Powers I
lion.
it is both affirmed aud denied that a trea
ty of alliance between Kus*m and Austria
haa been consummated. Whether this be
true or no*, there are powerful u fluences at
work which h**c produced some remarka
ble results. The Ru-siau ambassador at
Turin has informed Count Cavuur that it
would be lha assumption of a great respon
sibility by Sardinia lur her to unnex the Ital
ian duchies at a moimnt when the other
powers ot Europe are eXerticg themselves
s.» strenuously to preserve peace ; and the
French .Minister of Foreign Affair* has ad
dressed a ciicular note to Austria, inculpa
ting the Pope for having permitted the ag
gravation of the Italian question by hi*
neglect in tho Romagna, sod off, ring not
to meddle with the Htalts ot the Church i>
the rest of the questions in Italy arc permit
ted to be set tied iu accordance with the pop
ular dcsitrs.
Th.se are strnngc moves on tbe politic il
chess board of Europe, and show that the
old i»*ue of the dynaatir* against the peo
ple is again ranging the Powers for diplo
matic dispute, nnd perhaps for an armed
conflict, iu the developments now made
Engl .nd is accused ol having brokeu up
the r* cenlly proposed Ui iitfres*, by refusing
to permit tbe eventual ducussion of tbe
treaty uf 1856. l’rurn this we gather that
Russia wishes to break up tbn treaty of
Paris, while the aiui of Louts Napoleon is
to sweep away those of 1815. In this dis
pute England i* no longer under the tory
rule of Georgs Ilf., ar.d through that tho
leader and payinss'er of every combination
of tho ityuastiea against tho popular aspira
tions ol tho age. Commerce has entered
largely into the influence* tfiat sway her
council*, and this haa little sympathy with
the mus'y theories of rulo by diviuu right
and the inheritance of blood.
Mailers begin to wear a serious aspect,
however, and every steamer will now bring
us important and integrating news from the
continent of Europe. — A’. Y. Herald, 14//*.
The Opposition Convention.
It will be observed, Irotn the notice stand
ing our in columns, ttmt the Opposition Stale
Executive Commute have thought proper to
nj.point a Convention of the party in the
city of MtlledgcviUe, on Wednesday, the
2d d..y ol May next, it t* an important
movement, in any view ol the question that
now ngitale* tho cotimry. and wh tarnesily
trust that our friend* in ad parts ot ihe
State will leci a becoming interest in the
matter. Let them meet, hi each coun
ty, ui tbei' respective court house*, on the
first Tuesday in April amt appoint d'di-gnu-*
to represent their \lews, let In- laticr he
what they may. 1 - ■ I i -
State, outside tho Democratic piny proper.
to the indepsndant control of the State*
which it exiits.and the unbiased tcl j 0II 0 j
the judicious, are respectfully inviusd to
assemble at ih« Court houae in Hamilton
on tho 1st Tuesiay in April ne*i, lo „ ke
action together for tbo representation ol
Harris county in a convention to a#* en , b |
in Mifledg' vtlle on the 2d day of May ne ,"
D. P. HILL, N. II. !IARPI:n-
!>cnnl* Miller,’
C. C. Gikt>«,
It- E- Kennon
(•rbhatn
Elijah Jlullln*'
Iisac Jshnton
J KV HoS r4abmj '
i. It'. Wu.,’
. Hood,
. Ptu.,
Tom Whiuhead
James Robing
i K-l«*r<N,
What a Fall was there.
We published on Saturday an ai| ;,|
(rom ih. All.nl. Intelligencer,
exhorting ihe Southern Democracy .'
“lake high grounds” upon tlio slavery.
tion; lo “present r bold and (varies. VV -
to our enemies,” demanding in the C't.a-
ton Convention all our rights ••nnd no ?'
content with less.” We predicted a < v
mid the intelligence from the Mihedgr/
Convention verifies the prediction*.*
Georgia Democracy instead ol iak;ng *,1
ground hove taken water. '•
The December Democratic Convention
adopted the following resolution:
“Resolved, That w« will send de!egti«,'
the National Democratic Convention |j ,
held in Charleston—-that wo pledge our
selves to tho support of lha nuii.inre ol m.i
Convention upon tho condition that it j e .
terminrs to maintain tho equality 0 | , f ”
Slates und the rights ol the Booth—that w»
will yield nothing ol those right. t or llt
lake of harmony, but will demand » i, rtll
strict nnd unqualifiedadhe enen to the
trine* ami principles on the subject ol ,! Me .
ry, and the righta ol the South in the rom!
mon Territories of the Union, wi jeh
?'•« receml V .lectured by ilie guptrat
Court of the United States.
Th,l-«.t.kiny|„eltyt,i 8 | 1 , tonodi k
the March Democrats refused to go uu , n .
occupy it. When th s resolution**.,
brought before them lor ratification,
voted it jjj'wnthey preferred the tm
croundi. ihev virtually declared i|.. ir
willingness t-- “yield tomrthir.gol therigh'.
of the South for the lake ut harmouym.y
would not “demand a firm, strict mid u..
qualified adherence to tha doctrine. >
principles on thv subject ol slavery ln '
ibo right, ,>l tin- HouiS in tli. common i.,‘
ritortesol the l tnuit, which have *.,, n f .-
cenU| declared by tho Supreme Court [■
temp nary (
call
.e convention,
ant-rally ol wh
party, nnd all who sym-
e principles and policy
I, will he ueicomed an
he Opposition, if we un
participation i
Hie rein an non
d * ‘j “
apprehendid I
und h sternal <
csl objects we
interest in poll
the Opposition
We wish to
(Touching pies
•advis j our cou
faith, to cast tli
difference*, in
pairiotio result.
Let then the Opposite n oi Georgia meet
together in this spirit. Be they tew or ma
ny, they will command thu respect ot all
good tin n ; amt, as ‘ Truth is powvilul, mul
will prevail,” il not triumphant, thtir influ
ence will be seen and lelt in ihu approach-
mg election. Wo solemnly believe thut
t y ,t j day,hold the destiny oi the country n
their tmml^unu have me power to dictate
i.et them n»o to the level of their respond-
Inlity, and eschewing mere party prejudice
nnd pnriy scramble lor office, gird on their
urnior. an i enter the buttle on the sido ol the
country.—Sutcnnah Hi publican.
A St
recommend any man
Convention for the
which, when rightly
simply that the Geor
nd i
.dy I
Frm
ICxIi'uorUlnary Discovery.
I’eNFin.p, Ga., March 1
Dbar Bro. Boykin :—It
to be able to record one ot
ordinary discoveries
Convention, nnd out ut it tor me join
fa'mony and tureen.
What will the Deretnber Demnrn't e.n i
Will they come down tram .he e,.,*. rJ
position they have lakin f Wili ||,. V „
mil to this effort ol “ihe spena it
Mr Douglas to lower the stumltnl *01, ,
view of securing the votes ol In. I.u>r
and followers f” Which will tnti
under—the high or low standard I
will be then leader—Cobb or Duuglat '
ll they commit thrmsdve* in advsv.
the action of the Charleston Cm.veir..,
will he Dougins ; if they still nitrn :■
h gh ground ami unequivocally dtoare
liter will not support Douglas, it m a j ..
Cobb.—A'iiifif Courier.
A Merlous Mistake.
THE NT ATT DANK Of GEORGIA IN * | X
We published u llaltini'ue di»patc,i.
Daily ol the I Itn, announcing li.e nrre>;
that city, of ”h •windier.” natnxl \V„. -
Bagby, charg'd with Irnudulentlv olu.ur, •
Irom the State Bank in Savannah, .a
number of lorged Alabama planters 1 drat*
on their factors in Mobile, ill.count, in
amount ol 821.000, with which he fled m pv
unknown, lie wu* traced, (aa was bt-l r
ed,) hy tho officers ol the (Junk, to BJ'imu:i
and there apprehended, on the onth i
identity of W. Cummings, Esq, u—*’ar
Casiiier of the Bank ; and from ihem-e a
we arc assured hy letter, dated nt Bullitt;, i
oil the 16th, taken, on the evening <.i tt
15th, by tlie Sheriff of Newton county, t
Savannah. Ga,, in charge ut that officer tin
the aHsisiant cashier. The person tin,
apprehended^ was a very worthy
Wtll
i S. Bagby, nephew ol Tim*. I i
I thia c
nah fraud, Lite 29ili,) tn which hm ;-
na the actor is sworn to, was not i., - ,» ;
nail at all, but in Macon—anti let't: . a,
on the 11) o’clock morning Macon A \V.. -
train, for Atlanta, as will be proven !m
controversy. This is n bnd muck.
Bank, ns well as an unfortunate one l..r 'I
Bagby.—Moron Telegraph. 2l.«f.
day*
bile i
ally.
prevented free ac
tha rock, when
From the Macon Telegraph.
The Democratic Convention nm n.
my pleavtirc ' ''•* without endorsing the resolu
ue ol the must extra- I Democratic Conveit ion of Alabau n
of ihe age. A lew of which required the delegates Ii.h
e of Bro. Kir.Ho Lnng. ' 8tate to withdraw irom the Convrn
mployud on Ins plan- I Charleston if they were not a-J-qc
i, in removing some portion of the Democratic parry ol L’r
ury to getting ieady to county sent drlegatea lo the MolnJ
e loose stones having Convention instructed to supp tt
in me mam body ol Alabama Resolutions in that Coin
inly tfin whole mim j a, *d refused to aend Col. Hunter
Stp.mer Jud K e Porter. br-Bdili.
iIblia.h, .March 20th.—Fourteen I ou entering
J (hums nave been recovered from I crns:rj w
dgc I’orter. Am on.' them i “f »tsl*giutt
view a cave abo
8th, seventren in
in depth. Bro. L.,
orgia
i recovered
r-w.l-M clerk at* M.dnle)
ud Dr. Hudson und broth •
• Conventioi
i liavo refused to in
Charleston, ami
Boh
New Hampshire Mtatc Election.
ch 16.—Full returns frot
Hampshire show the following result
odwin.frep.) 38,009
ic, (dem.) 4iu
i Ia* C |om,«f r S
| loamy lor i
I 1 '”
majority...
| _ Mr. W
Senator
making lOouiol 12 Senators
4,59
; ruminant to,—o
'worth, republican candidnt"
the Sixth Dtsircl, is elected,'
Repub.
I lion
* 85.
The.
t bear, the largest ol
though «
March.
convention of tlio Sta'c , rai
the 29th of February I
i'alll.iruia Political Neves.
u.t.ov'a Station, March 22.—Cali
h ic egrapmc reports liavo been recciv- j best
I.'°Do*n»<•»o'lm!.. J «pl.llU
! ;>nd adopted a *rrio*<>l resolutions, in which : ,,| | ar - e , mmil i )
tiny aiidurstd the Cincinna'i Democratic w .,|
I, ,i., whi nut enter uim
miltse contemplate i
to Charleston to Tho
CV The Mobile races dosed on Monday
with two interfiling contests on that day.
Wnr
by Cheathnm'i
confer with the landlords end others in
relation to the charges for hoard, room rent,
Ac. It is probably hoped that a little per
suasion, added to the clamor for a change of
tha place of Hireling, will induce the
grasping landlord* to relax. We wish the
Democracy a aafs deltvrrance from ibis
trouble, for if thay are the only parly that
can aav* the Union, it would be a national
calamity for them to split upon the price of
beef and poultry.
Taylor Jail Hurnt.
W# learn by a note from Mr. E.Tauvrk,
mail agent, to the Fostmaster of this city,
that the jail at Butler, Taylor county, Ga.,
was burnt on Tuesday night. No one wa*
hurt. Thera waa only one prisoner in the
jail at the lime. The fire was the work ol
an incendiary.
North Carolina Too!—The Mobile
Regitler publishes a list of the delegates
to the Charleston Convention, selected by
ihe Democracy of North Carolina, end says
that it “haa th* best authority for stating
that a majority of them are for Douglas.”
Whereupou it smilingly exclaims "Hurrah
for Douglas!" If this be true, we do not
see how Douglas' nomination can be pre
vented.
17* The New Yoik Leader is under tbe
impression that Senator Douglas will rvcaive
tha vote of North Carolina at tba Charles
ton Convention, and that a favorite son ef
the “old North State” will be placed on the
ticket with him lor the Vice Presidency.
Allemlorf, heating Campbell's b. c. Arthur |
Adams. It was a mile race lor th* club
purse of $400. The second race was a
doth of two miles lor beaten liorses, club
purse 5>201I. This was the most closely
contested race ol tho meeting, between
Nicholas I , f/Ottrill's John Breckinridge,
and Campbell's ch. c. by Wagner, llreck- '
iuridge was the favorite at three to one, but
“old Nick” guve him a touch of his long j
known floetness and endurance, and won !
the race by crowding the pace from the tap i
ol the drum. The time was 3:49.
17* John Ross, Chief of the Cherokecs j
•nd Bongs Keys, and the 1’eg delegates, are
Hying to sell to the United States their
neutral lands, embracing McGee county,
Kansas, a total of 800,000 acres, in order
to raise means lo carry on their Govarn- j
ment.
- ♦>»
17" The Demociatic Conventon lor the 1
Third Congressional District of Maryland
on Wednesday elected Douglas Delegate* j
to tha Charleston Convention, and refused
to adopt a resolution endorsing the present
Democratic Administration.
17 Mr. James L. Howe, of the i'ertn-
ty Irani a Democrat, says that “Opposition
editors don't know how to tell the truth.”
No, they never did know Hawe to do it
[ yathvil/e Patriot.
‘i wish that the President would appoint
me lool-kilier,” said an enraged lop.
“You wouldn’t serve long,” said a by.
•lander, “for yon would have to commit
suicide.”
Thu Texas It n
,cb county, traveling wgUt
Cotton Hurnt In Net’
1 hr Hungarian.
Naw York. March HI—The i
iluilg*! lull gives tbo l.llb.M li.g I
her ol souls aboard when she %>
eighty ; cabin passengers Iron
thirty ; steornce passenger* fro
town lorty. The list of names
sengcr* has boon received.
Callferula Ncxva.
Malloy's Station, March 19
ilornia overland mail ot the 2715
here. A bill was introduced in
Unite proposing an approprtst:
000 per allnuin to relieve the (•<
eminent from the charge ot Itn
Drrd ."Scott liocHlon. . ,
also express their approbation ol the I ,
mi and State administration* ; favor
orlend mail route, ihe building of the I ,
railway, and a telegraph line to the { ,
•; it'l l alto f*v«»r the nomination ol .
on. D.' S. Dickinson, of New York, |,
• I'tt».deitvv. Tho convention did i
t Iu lag- I repudiated the action of the Crv-'
rown mud meeting. Th* Democratic Gonvm'
thickness, have also—by ilieir silence ai lens — igcw*.
:ties, while • the Cobb county Resolutions, a ! f <
y. In this commendation ol Gov. McDonald hr •-
face down Presidency, ail of which figurt in me Lr»*
stalaqnimc •'"'l county meeting, it is very » ruj
the follow, 'fist the Democratic Convention ot
, l>rar lux 1 ^tateslmuld thus refuse to be enligkitu
oceros and | a,ul instructed, by Crawford county
: rodent ia, , cians. Worse than all, ihe Cunrtnti
ind b.fds,— j refused to say that it would not o,^
nones ami Hauglot. it ho waa nominated at Chi •*
, while tne '“*» ■ Souioihing mu.i be done.
i,p.laliv,ly | VITRIOL.
s' Cuv ier* * ! How He Hit Him.
no is, ol-| A famuli* New Hsven lawyer, m ;•
me ut ihe : Chapman, got hatulmini fy come up *
ll,e S,a,e * | »ty a female witness. A mon hsd I*" 1
ihu*- '* ry I knocked down by hit neighbor. The *
ai (.arcuses i ncM had seen Ib* blow given, anil
Jut., |t, J tug her best to describe tha sctiie. if*
the expla- * Chapman, who waa lur the drlendant,
nte an ar- not ra*i!y satisfied.
• did he sirtko him, my good trt.vic
i ed I
liti
to Doughs, hilt seven uut of eight rrc i
tvn th* frmnds nt Mr. Latham. !
rsso-Amlrp'an TiLKuaxm Project.— | *' r ''
-ivate letter lr<int Si. Feiaraburg says con
the pr. juct for a telegraph, prepared by I ' n 1
A.ner.cau f “tistil to tin* Amoor country, | ph»
1>. Collins, Esq., from Moscow to n-i
Francisco, has been presented to the i« t
11. II. T.
1AL History —The Flirt.-.Thia
inert i f the l>utterffy species is
:o ail latitude*, but flourishes br*t
i climate, fi rev. I* m ihe atmos-
“Why yer sec, sir, he stood
: "But how did fe tut hnu ? I *
I know just how,"
tell
Ike t
Ind 1
Regular trad* «
backwardness ol Country demand. Money
was growing m»re stringent lor speculative
wants. A large number ot prominent c iu.
xens of San Francisco had loti lor the
Waahoc Silver mines.
Southern Oregon accounts of tbe ?6th,
represent intense excitement in tne vicinity
ot Jacksonville, from rit'Si quarts dl»< »vv»
In Om CsttMOy had taken OBt $175,-
U00—1600 |iounds uf rock yielded sixty of
gold. Tnere was a horrib'e massacre ot
Indians by forty whitt-s at several vdiages
• rouud Humboldt. The •s*ailanis were
said t>e farmers and graz-er* who have
suffered irom Indian depredations during
thy past year.
17* Sincerity dura not cousist in speak-
ing your mind on all occasions, but in doing
so whan silence would be cctxurab'r, and
falsehood inexcusable.
\\ ays ol Coiumunica-
. Genera. Chcffkin, who haa laid the
le subject before ihe Siberian Commit-
because, as ih* project is to affect
rta. it must pass through or under their
"biic opinion is represented to be very
rable to the pr jeet, and a* the Russian
-riitnrm recognize the line to th* Atnuor,
uuld really seem to be the heat m
:h to unite Europe to America. .
mouth oi tli* A moor to San Francisco hum. It
distance is about five thousand mile.-, snatches,
with a very small traction, by land. If. , krvs with light and tremulous touch,
c.cr, .uLm.rjtd c.blu ,h." b. u.«d | ' r „ ...i,,,!,,, b „ , 0
I standin' —'*
j "I can't stop to hear that again ! I'
! iu know how ne bit him. You can’t i
| straight story, can you !"
J he womaii heritatr.l, and srrmcJ tr
! t'> consider what to aiMwer when ho G*
| ed forth; u* if Ihe whole fate of th* UtiU
depended ou the testimony :
“It you have come lo testify tn this
would you have (he goodness lo teii tut
the blow was struck !"
The witness looked at him with hltt"
imu ; and wlulo it loves publicity, j(
t loitb to lurk in tho •tisdod alcoves or
nestle among cushion* in quiet corners.
The plumage of tt.e fern itn Jlirt is very
dazzling. h is clad in tbe most radiant
stuiles and compliments of the softest and I r 7 t9 i »nd shaking her clinched 6»t. si 1 *"
delicate shades, while its eyes have a swered :
strange, deep and penetrating lustre,. j "If I had a broomstick, and
Il diffuses a fa nt y-t thrilling perfume, ! enough, I'd show you bow.”
r.u,U t™, .1...... Thr»r.T.*iTc.SU.,r
tiillct doux. Its i.- UstC is s low persuasive ( Buiutier t« Wilson—“O, Uarrjr: ni
true lo no tune, but sings . A ,*®bbl*r you ones were, as alt of
tlio piano run* over the
should go
•la'ility ol this insect baa long per-
iiiM(|uiu pursuit*—
i tunk that thelinu Vhottid lie made-V*'ub- I s ' r * n k 8 *•» 'o the touch and
merged cables, but Mr. Collins adheres to | * ! >rn ought it iv a handful of ashes, cold
"Pooh, pooh, Charles !” answers Wilson,
journsjr through dangerni
when caught it i
projected land route, via Behring's | and colorless.
> that point aa may be,
id in the tcan poatibie use of submerged
ihlea, looking to cht-apneaa ot repair* aud
curtiy agau.ai loss ul aubmergio caL'tes.
he surveys are going on in Liberia on the
Russian government. Capt
' of Irkoutsk, most probably to St. T
! burg, to make bis report during the month
oi February.
; Bxroai and Aftrs.—A henpecked bus-
| band writes : “Before marriage I Lncied
wedded ftfe would be all sunshine, but alter-
{ wards I found out that it was ail moon-
1 shine."
Trxzs Humkmsap Law.— i
The sting of the flirt is very severe. Set
say it is poisonous. Instances have been | Intelligencer says the following is th* ***
known where it has proved fatal to happi- ! of the homestead in a town or in a city "
nesa and hope. Ii is inflicted with perlrcl j defined in tbe act recently passed by tk
impartiality, but a c ems to *tnke deepest IU- Legislature :
to tbe fresh and honest heart*. j The homestead in a town or city, *** ,n F
The flirtlauguuhea at the t.iti chili breath Irom forced sale, is hereby declared 1* ^
of sorrow. When storm is in tha air it ia ! the lot or lota occupied or destined s*
pitiful to soe it asking shelter, ita gsy plu- j family residence, not to exceed in '*•*
mage so beatenTiid so soiled sud thu color - two thousand dollars, at tbe inn* of tk fl
and tbe perfume gone, and the low inviting <' designation as a ho tne* lead ; nor shall U*
mu-ic ch«nged to a despairing plaint. (subsequent mere**# in the **lu* of «-«
Tho ilitni that it flutter* around general- homestead, by reason of improv#m*u‘* *
ly burus it at last •• «s the case with many a otherwise, subject the horaeatead to I****
pour moth.— Vanity Fair. _ M | Ca