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ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING-, MARCH 30, 1848. m^u^iww
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 51. ‘
Iftljc Southern tOljig.
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Thursday Morning, March 30,184S.
Goset’i Ladt’s Book.—The April number of
this beautiful and exceedingly popular periodical,
Is, with its accustomed punctuality, already before
US y and as nsnal, richly freighted with elegant
^.contributions from gifted writers, and beautifully 1
embellished by the best artistic skill of the country.
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•Mruu— publications a month—the j
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ninthly. L. A. Godey, ’Philadelphia, publisher
and proprietor.
THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.
In our last paper wo were barely able to give a
brief abstract of the Revolutionary movements in
France- As all eyes arc now turned to the news
papers for information on tliis subject, which has
become the all-absorbing topic of discussion—we
devotS a considerable portion of our space this week
to a full detail of the progress of events in that
comhtry.
. Below we copy from the Charleston Mercury the
editor?* speculations on the probable eflect of the
French Revolution, which will bo read with inter-
•*^Tbe news by Tclcgn^ji yesterday, and which
SfiU be found in another column, of a revolution iu
France, and the overthrow of the Louis Philipp©
dynasty, excited a most general and lively intorcst.
Tbs last steamor had brought intelligence of ex
cited and angry debates in tho Chambers on tho
ministerial attempts to suppress political meetings
—assemblies purporting to be convivial, but in
Whicti the Government was canvassed without
much, respect cither for the King or bin advisers
In this debate OJillon Barrot, the leader of the Re
publicans, in tho midst of a vehement and powerful
speech, exclaimed: “You have done that which
pQlignac and Peyrronct in tho days of Charles the
Tenth never dared to da” The Chamber swayed
with excitement; and as tho turmoil increased, he
elevated his voice to a still higher pitch and shout
ed “ I wish to have my words recorded, and echoed
to every extremity of tho kingdom. Minis
July, you have violated, and still continue
laic, a right which tho Ministers of the Restoration
respected, up to the day when they and the royal
dynasty were overthrown together.” A
wild confusion followed, during which the Presi
dent left his scat and every semblance of tho order
igufalivc body disappeared.
* * jth many kindred indications in the
l, and tlie Departments, in kmm mca-
wrea u» to nfc* ** **
« Revolution. Of its particulars it is too early to
•$RO,-infr of the probability of Its permanently
ameliorating the political institutions of Fra
can only conjecture. Sympathy with Loui
ippe, or his race, would be misplaced. His h
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER TO MEXICO.
The Washington correspondent of the Charles
ton Evening News, under data of th« 19th inst.,
writes as follows: “ Yesterday Mr. Clifford, the
Attorney General, was nominated by the President,
and unanimously confirmed by tho Senate, an as
sociate Commissioner with Mr. Sevier. This was
considered necessary, as it certain when Mr.
Sevier may be prepared to leave for Mexico. He
is still confined to his bed by intermittent fever.
“ There appears to be great anxiety on the part
of the Administration to make a peace, if we judge
by its actions. First, Mr. Freaner arrived here
with the project a month ago; a day or two af
ter, it was submitted to the Senate. This gcntle-
was almost immediateljidcspatcbed to Mexi-
i carry tho news that U^^fSsident had father-
, The day after the ratification of the treaty.
Major Graham was sent out with a rough draft ;
tow a week from that time, Mr. Clifford, as as
sociate commissioner, has departed with the treaty
itself. In four or five days, perhaps, Mr. Sevier
will follow his track. Mr. Clifford will take a go
vernment vessel for Vera Cruz on his arrival at
New Orleans, and Mr. Sevier will do likewise. So
you see that peace is (as the war was) to be “pros
ecuted with vigor.” *
O' An act securing to married women their sep
arate estate has passed both Houses of the Alabama
legislature, and was approved by the Governor
the 1 st inst. It provides that the wife’s estate shall
be hold by the husband as in trust. If the wile'
estate be equal to her right of dower, on her hus
band's death, she has no claim whatever to his pro
perty, and otherwise only to the difference between
her estate and the dower. At the death of his
the husband comes into absolute possession of her
personal property, and for life of her estate. The
husband and wife are jointly made liable for articles
supplied for family use.
Immensity of the Funeral.—An idea of the
Adams funeral demonstration at New York, may
be judged cl by the following from the Sun : “There
could not have been less than 350,000 people from
the Battery to the Park. It took just two hours and
ten minutes to pass the comer of Maiden Lane and
Broadway, and crlculating the pace at two miles
per hour, the funeral would cover over four miles
of ground! At the Park the crowd became con
centrated, and the appearance of the hushed assem
bly, during the recital of the prayer for the dead,
was awe-inspiring.”
Mean Men.—“ I’ve known some very mean men
in my time. There wag Deacon Overreach
he was so mean he always carried a hen in his gig
box when he travelled, to pick up the oats the horse
wasted in the manger, and lay an egg for his break
fast in the morning.”
a uNMHig vi uieonrwu^tfk ot
ville and Chattanooga Railroad, at Nashville, oq
the 37U» alt, the President of the Road was author-
3 ,lzed to engage the services of a competent Engi-
i Phil- ; ncer-in-Cliief, preference being expressed in iavor
is been ! of the employment of Col. C. F. M. Garnett, late
a'Government singularly without heart nod with- Chief Engineer of the State Road. The survey
t out faith. With liberality and constitutionalism on and location of the Road, it is supposed, will be
j its lips, it has over moved with stealthy craft to one commenced about the 1st proximo.
floetrg.
I love you—’tis the simplest way
The thing I feel to tell j
Yet if I told it all the.day,
You’d never guess how well:
You are my.comfort and my light—
My very life you a
my Tc» jr uic j ob scan ,
I think of yon all day; all night
Tis but of yon I dream.
There's pleasure in the lightest word
That you cam speak to me;
My soul is like the JfoUan chord,
And vibrates under theg.
I never read the love song yet,
So thrilling, fond or true,
' ‘ r own heart lliave met’
a my own heart 1 have met
ne kinder though! for you.
jpiritoal or medicinal ministration, shall
be deemed a low fcllowoy.
§7. Bo it further andffinally enacted,
etc., That for any married couple to be
seen to enter or depart from any soiree,
drawing-room, opera-house, or other
place of public or private entertainment,
together, after they shaTUiave been mar
ried six months,shall be-deemed conspir
acy against the peace nnd good order
ofsociety; and that upona second offence
the husband shall be hung, and thewife
condemned, as accessory ^ to wear Fitch
when Ermine is all the fashion, and rice
versa.—The John DojikAfj
I bless the shadows on'Vour face,
The light upon your hair—
: ‘‘S 1 . .
I’d like for hours to sit and trace
The passing changes there.
hear your voice’s tone,
Although you should not say
A single word to dream upon,
When that has died away.
Oh! yon are kindly as the beam
That warms where’er it plays,
And yo£ore gentle as a dream
Of happy future day .
And you are strong to do the right,
And swift the wi
And if you
•ong to
ot naif
e all the world to me.
so bright,
MARY.
TUB 1IAPPIEST TIME Ift ROW.
BT SAMUEL LOVER.
Talk not to me of future bliss!
Talk not to me of joys gone by!
s this,
The future—doubt may overcast,
.To shadow hope’s young brow;
Oblivion's veil may shroud the past,
The happiest time is now!
Tho’ flowers, in spicy vases thrown,
Some odor yet exhale!
Tke fragrance, ere the bloom was flown,
Breathed sweeter on the gale:
Like faded flowers, each parted bliss
Let memory keep; but how
Car. joy that's past be like to this ?
The happiest time is now!
Unmirk'd our course before us lies
O’er time’s eternal tide;
And soon the sparkling ripple dies,
We raise, as on we glide:
Our barks the brightest bubbles fling
Forever from their prow —
Then let us gaily sail and sing,
“ The happiest time is now!”
A RESOLUTION.
“ I will be married e’er the year is out,”
Exclaimed a damsel with an air devout:
“And if I can't do better, thereupon,
- But is it certain .that he'll marry yodl”'
Wage* of
The report of the Commissioner of
Patents contains an extended tabular
statement of the prices paid to farm la
borers and to mechanics in the various
coutrties of the different States of the
Union. The facts thus presented must
be interesting to our readers generally,
andwe give the substapcc of them in a
condensed form :
Farm Laborers.—Maine, northern
parts, 12 to $15 per month.
New Hampshire and Vermont, $12
per month.
Massachusetts, eastern, 12 to $14 per
month.
New York, mostly $10 per month,
often $12 per- month, a very few $S
per month, v “* „
New Jersey, $15 per month, and not
boarded.
Pennsylvania, mostly 10 to $12 per
month.
Maryland, 8 to $10 per month ; 37 to
50 cents per day.
Virginia, southern, $5 per month;
north-western, $10 per mouth.
North Carolina, northern and*central,
7 to 8 per month ; western, 50 to 75
cents per day.
South Carolina, western, $5 per
month ; north-western, G to $10 per
month ; north-eastern, 28 cents per day;
central, 8 to $10 per month ; white la
borers, $15 per month.
Georgia, north-western, $15 per
month, or 75 cents per day.
Alabama, southern, 30 cents per day ;
northern, 25 cents a day ; central, 50
cents a day. «
Mississippi, colored, 50 cents a day;
white, 12 to 416 per month, and fouuil;
newer pkr&'SO cents per'<1ey/ ;
Miscellaneous!
%h
object—Absolutism; or, if there lias been another,
it has boen tho hoarding of wealth in tlie Orleans
family—presenting tho strange union of the haugh
tiest pretentions ot Uie King \vith tlie most ignoble
craving of the man.
The character ol this Revolutionary movement,
and its good or bad result*, will apparently depend
very much upon the policy which the surrounding
nation* may adopt. Their position and probable
courseware therefore matters of tlie deepest interest.
Europe has ouco experienced what Republican
France, badgered by despots and driven to despera
tion by tlie multitude ol her foes, was capable ol
performing, and Europe will not lightly repudiate
tho lesson. There is also much in the present con
dition of the great powers that promises to keep
their hands olT. Spain is paralyzed by internal
weakness, and is more likely to share than to op-
pose the French liberalism. Italy is on tlie side of
liberty, and will probably serve to check any move
ment of Austria. In fact, nearly all tho Continen
tal powers are involved in domestic questions, that
will make them chary of adding to their difficulties
that ot a war.against liberalism. Great Britain is
id the hands of the Whigs, the professed liberal par
ty, and has, besides, had too many grave ditlcrences
with the French King to render it probable she will
volunteer to be his champion. Foreign interven
tion, then, is not to be anticipated, and it may be
hoped that Fiance will be allowed to settle her Gov
ernment according to her own wisdom. That this
will be on a plan to secure freedom of institutions;
and the permanent well being of her people, what
American does not desire, even if wo may not con
fidently hope T _
Rights of Rarricd Women.
It gives ns inexpressible pleasure to
announce that the Honorable Mr. Jerry
Sneak has at length perfected his grand
Gks. Tatlor in New England,—’Tlie Boston
• Standard says: “ The prevailing sentiment is, that
the election of Gen. Taylor to the Presidency,
* certain as any event can be, before it has beci
tually accomplished. In New England, the popular
opinion la favorable. We learn from Vermont, that
there la every prospect of the vote of thatState being
given to General TayloMnd in Rhode Island tlie re
mit ia aare if Mr.Clay retires. Maine gives evidence
the will not be behind hand in doing justice
that old hero of Buena Vista; and Massachusetts,
with her philanthropic Lawrence,* noble citizen of a
fry- It is stated that tlie Graniteville Manufac-| sc heme for meliorating the condition of
ring Company ol South Carolina will be ready to j ^|j e snubbed and down-trodden married
immcncc operations previous to the first of June j wome n, and will on Tuesday introduce
‘Xt. The Factoiy itself is a building of some 350 | a bm for tbeir protection—a copy of
- length, and built of beautilul granite .quar- wh ; ch we ha ve received in advance, by
spot.
is. Gaines.—The Newark Advertiser says
m estate of 20 millions, at least, comes to Mrs.
Gaines by the recent decision of tlie U. S. Supreme
rt. It lies in nine different States, and its abeo-
voluc, without reference to mense profits lor
35 years, was estimated three years ago at 33 mil
lions. Making allowance for liberal compromises,
Mrs. G. it is said will not realize less than 20 mil
lions. Gen. Downs, U. S. Senator from Louisiana,
who was one of the defendants to a bill filed by Mrs.
G., concedes that the recent decision settles her
claims conclusively.
North Carolina.—The Halifax (N. C.) Repub
lican, after referring to the efforts made to produce
the impression that a majority of the Delegates to
the Whig Convention in that State were in favor
of Mr. Clay as the Whig candidate for the Presi
dency, says: “We had a conversation with one of
the Delegates of that body, who says, so far from
Gen. Taylor being in a minority, he thinks he had,
by the per capita vote, three to one in bis favor.”
Affectionate.—It is troiy astonishing what a
most violent affection the democracy have all at
once'conceived for Mr. Clay. He is.at present, to
all outward appearances, their beau ideal of perfec
tion, as a patriot, statesman, scholar and gentleman.
At a recent loco foco mass convention in Connecti
cut, tlie meeting was opened with nine cheers for
Mr. Clay; and closed with tbtjp® more “of the same
sort.” Who doubts their sincerity in these mani
festations of esteem ? Who supposes, for a mo
ment, that it is a blind, to induce the whigs to nom
inate him as their candidate lor the Presidency ?
This sudden burst of affection is not maififested nov,
in the fear that the Whig Convention will non
nale Old Zacb! Ob no l—Columbus Enquirer,
EPThe Locofoco Senate of Virginia has purchas
ed for itself an infamous notoriety by refusing to ad
- . . , ... . , , jonro as a mark of respect to the memory of the late
noble State, placed on the ticket with tho good and j Cx -President Adams. The House of Delegates,
her lull we learn, passed the resolution for adjournment by
chtatlrom Taylor, will come forward i
strength, and sustain the nomination.’
i tT Tho Louisville Journal says that all the Whig
members of Congress from Kentucky, with one ex
ception* are in favor of the nomination of Gen.
Zachary Taylor for tbs Presidency, by the Whig
National Convention.
I A single piece of china, before it is finished, em
ploys forty hands; from the man who pounds the
flint, to tlie designer and colorer.
i unanimous vote.
magnetic telegraph, and hasten to lay
before our readers.
$1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Henpecked Husbands, That
we are totally incompetent to manage
the affairs of our wives, and that they
are hereby invested with fall power of
managing their own matters in such
manner as may seem good unto them
selves.
$2. Be it further enacted, "etc.. That
all moneys, jewelry, canary birds, mon
keys or other real or personal estate,
presented to any married woman by any
gentleman than her husband, shall be
come her exclusive property ; and that
it shall become the duty of every marri
ed man to pay for all concert and opera
tickets, dinners at Delmonico’s, carriage
hire, and other extras, required by his
wife and her friend or friends, in the
pursuit of her daily inclinations or plea
sures; and that any husband who shall
refuse, or in any manner interfere with
the pleasures and inclination of his wife
aforesaid, shall be condemned to be pub
licly ducked, and to wear horns for the
remainder of his natural life.
§3. Be it further enadfcd, etc., That
any married woman whos$bills at Stew
art’s, Marquand’s or elsewhere, are not
punctually paid without grumbling or
question, upon presentation to her bus-
band, shall be authorized to scratch out
the eyes of her husband aforesaid, and
to utterly refuse him nil those consola
tions to which, in bis blindness, he may
think himself entitled.
§4. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the true and legitimate object of a wo
man in marriage is to secure as large an
income as possible to herself; and that
it is her inalienable and sacred right, that
such income should be enjoyed free from
all restraints and incumbrances. Any
From the Charleston Mercury, Feb. 22d.
Treason and Traitors.
It is the habit of many of tho Admin
istration presses, in speaking of those
who oppose the "President’s plan for
the prosecution of hostilities in Mexico,
to denounce their conduct as treason,
and themselves as traitors to the coun
try. To say that in all this there is a
bad taste, bad temper and the grossest
injustice, is to characterise it in the
mildest way. This is not a war for the
defence of our own soil, but a war of
invasion and for purposes of conquest.
However little room there may be for
difference of opinion when it comes to
the protection otrnur own homes and
firesides, surely the eifizien is not to he
denied the right of discussing and de
termining how far, and iu what manner
it is advisable for the Government to
persevere in carrying war into a distant
and foreign country. The conduct of
tho war, like all other measures of the
Government, is open to the criticism
and control of the people. II the Ad
ministration go wrong, is there nay ob
ligation upon the country to uphold it
in its career of wrong ? On the contra
ry, have not the people the power and
the right, and is it not their duty,
rest it in its course, and as speedily as
may be, to put it upon the right track?
The argument on the other side (if
indeed that can be called argument
which is only denunciation) seems to
assume that the Government- is the coun
try, or rather that it is something above
and superior to the country. That *
part of our political faith. Such :
our democracy. We hold that ou
lers are but the servants of the country,
and that their official conduct and their
public measures are at all times, wheth
er in war or peace, subject to the ex
amination and the control of the people
according to the forms of the constitu
tion. The President and his adviser
may propose whatever plans for the
prosecution of the war they in their
dom may see fit; but let them not im
agine in the fullness of their self-satis
faction, that they arc the people, and that
all wisdom shall die with them. There
are those whose rights and whose duty
it is to supervise their plans, and, if it
so seem good, to change or reject them ;
and if it were otherwise, all our boasted
freedom will have resulted only’do the
establishment of a great?ceptral power,
VAOnwnigi.^ AutNigpr-nian'.AAj
sovereign people themselves, and whose’
imperial mandates it is ’their"duty'‘to
obey without challange or question.'
Neither the Government nor its or
gans have any shadow of a right to
complain of the people, so far as
concerned. Never was ther
Further Particulars of tlie Recent
Outbreak in 1'ranco^.Tlic finvernuieni in
tho hand!, of the People—* Republican
Government adopted. * •
- A great reform banquet was to have
taken place in the Champ Elvsees on
22d February. The opposition to the
* ilry on Sunday, 21st inst., pub
lished a lengthy manifesto, declaring
that a solemn protest by a great act of
legal resistance is necessary to be made
a»ain.n the attempt of- the ministers to
.foreign News.
month ; eastern, lOtoffeper month.
r J . Ohio,.mostly $X0 per^mpnth, rather
IW: *jjher irt the southern pails.
Indiana, 9 to $10 per month.
Illinois, central and southern, S ti
$10 per month ; northern, 15 to $20 pe
month.
Michigan, very variable, average j rca djcr or more enthusiastic response
about $11 per month. ^jan was made by our gallant country-
Iowa, about $12 50 per month. I men | () th c Executive call for more
As a general average, wages are (troop3 . Without distinction of party,
higher in newly settled regions, and cs-| without reference to their individual
pecially where emigration is rapid and | v ; ews upon t |, e or jgj n or the necessity
enterprise considerable; in old country j «f the-war, they flocked to the standard
places the wages are lower, except, Q f t| )C i r country, and with a generous
near cities, where they arc high. In I r j va lry bore her eagles in triumph
the slave-holding States wages are gen- ■ wherever they were ordered to plant
erally considerably lower e ' sc "jthem. States, like Kentucky and South
where, with the exception of the sugar j Carolina, whose people were known to
region in Louisiana, and the more south- j disapprove of the war, were prompt to
era, newer and cotton producing por- t requisitions of the President,
lions. To these general remarks there I an( j f re ely gave their best and bravest
are of course exceptions. spirits to the call of the country to arms.
Mechanics.—In the morn northcrtij Among the foremost in the tight were
and eastern States, the jjaily wages are j the sons of these gallant Slates, doing
from one dollar to one twenty-five cents, j deeds of valor, and displaying examples
being higher in cities. In the more J of heroic devotedness that will live and
northern slave States, wages are not | glow in the pages of our history till the
quite so high. In the newer slave republic shall be no more. And
States the wages of mechanics are high
er, varying from one to two dollars.—
In the western States the price is gen
erally variable, being from 75 cents to
two dollars per day : scarcity in a sup
ply tending to advance the price; while
the low price of provisions, and conse
quent higher rales of money, has a con
trary tendency.
In England, the average wages of a
laborer are forty cents per day, but the
standard varies greatly. . The Notting
ham stocking weavers,jn*nn address to
the people t>f Kentucky and South Car
olina, who have expended so much
blood and treasure in this war, and
whose names arikforever identified with
its most brilliant achievements, to be
denounced as* traitors to the country be
cause they dare to differ from the Pres
ident and his advisers upon their plan for
the conduct of the war? Well and
proudly may they respond to their
slanderers, in the words of the eloquent
and indignant Patrick Henry, when
bjected to a similar oba
violate the law.
This demonstration was sought to be
_ ppressed by the ministry, and this
attempt raised unusuiti public indigna
tion. ?'
Circulars were issued declaring that
ihe proposed banquets have Iwcoine a
means of asserting a constitutional right
against the claims of arbitrary power.
On Monday the Chamber of Deputies
was almost empty,' but it was reported
that Government intended to resort to
extreme coercive measures.
That Paris would he occupied bv a
strong military force; that Marshal Bi-
geaud was invested with the command
of the troops, with the title and office of
the Governor of Paris.
That nil assemblies of persons which
might be collected in any part of* the
capital would be dispersed by armed
forces Two hundred and fifty Depu
ties rushed to their places. During the
debate which arose, M. O’Dillon Bar-
rot adverted to the violent measures of
government, and M. Duchalel, Minister
of the Interior, declared, in unequivocal
terms, that such was the intention of
government.
Circulars were posted by the Prefect
of Police, and others, interdicting the
Banquet, and the opposition hy placards
postponed it. 0
Tlie opposition deputies announced
thAir intention of laying before the
chamber yesterday an impeachment of
the ■cabinet, (o which a large number
of members had already signified their j
adhesion.
Tlie proclamation and ordonnances
of police were not placarded until a late
hour on Monday night. In less than an
hour they had all disappeared from the
walls, Nothing could exceed the ex
citement on the appc&raiice of the eve-
• i -''^row55;-A^dre''’Seoirebtetl' 'afong me
BoUl€?tards7 where the vendors of these
papers usually stand, and torches were
procured by which they could read, one
person reading aloud for the informa
tion of each group. Of course many
strong expressions wore heard to pro
ceed from these auditories.
An order was given to concentrate
troops around the Chamber of Deputies,
and during the night, Monday and j
Tuesday, military wagons and artillery
caissons, escorted by cavalry, were in
cessantly passing along the line of Bou
levards which connects Vincennes with
the quarter of the Tuillcries and Palais
triumph j Bourbon.
The public excitement on Tuesday
morning did not show itself by any vio
lent demonstration, but at an early hour
considerable numbers, chiefly the work
ing classes and respectable shopkeep
ers were to be seen moving along the
Boulevards and all the avenues leading
to the Champs Elysees, and at noon,
the vast area between the Chamber of
Deputies and the church of the Muda-
leinc was a dense multitude, which at
one time could not have amounted to
less than thirty thousand persons.
A tittle before 12 o’clock, a proces
sion of laboring persons, consisting of
several hundred, attired chiefly in blou
se's, arrived by the Rue St. Honore, and
the Rue Duphot, at the Place de la
Madeleine, and halted at the hotel
where the meetings of the opposition
deputies have been usually hetd.^ Un
til this moment no display of military
force took place at this point.
Whilst this was the state of things,)
around the Chamber at 12 o’clock, the
Boulevards Italiens and the Rue Le-
pellelicr was filled with a deputation of
students, who nrriyed at the office of
the National with a copy of a petition >
they had addressed to the Chamber for
impeachment of ministers,
he crowd which followed them af
terwards proceeded to the Place de la
Concorde, where,they formed a dense
ass, and commenced singing the
Morselloise” and “ Mourir jniur la
Patrje.”, Tlie municipal guards of the
at the corner near the Turkish Em-;
ba-^sy .sallied out ami attempted to
drive the crowd before them, *but, in
stead of succeeding,. were obliged top
retreat into tbeir fortified guard-house
to avoid being disarmed. The soldiers
had scarcely secured themselves within
when the people ran off' in their turn,
fearing that they would be fired upon.
About the same time the Hotel des
Affaires Etangcres was attacked by the'
populace, the windows broken, and an
attempt made to force the gate, accom
panied with .shouts of “ A has Guizot,”
“ La tele de .Guizot.” The armed force
arrived, and the rabble were repulsed,
and the court of the Hotel was filled
with soldiers.
Between 2 and 3 o’clock, a mob, com-,
posed of the lowest rabble, ran through
the Champs Elvsees and broke all tilts'
.gas lamps in the main avenue ami.
branch roads, almost under the eyes of
At the meeting of the Chambers at
one o’clock, the greatest glootn pre
vailed. Few deputies were in attend
ance ; nud the benches of the opposi
tion were completely vacant. M. Gui
zot arrived, at an early hour, and was,
shortly afterwards followed by the Min
isters of Finance, Public Instruction,
and Commerce. Marshal Bugcaud,
who had accepted the military com
mand of Paris, took his scat close to tho
Ministerial Bench.
At 5 o’clock, M. O'Dillon Barrot as
cended the tribune, and deposited on
the table the following formal act of im
peachment against ministers, signed by
the deputies of the Opposition to the
namher of 23.
We propose to place the minister in
accusation as Guilty—
L'Of having* -betrnyeid abroad the.l»P
of the cohsuuition, violated the guarAn-i
tecs of liberty, and attacked the rights*
of the people. ’ ' ; '
3. Of having, by a systematic corrup
tion, attempted to s nbstitute, for tho free
expression of public opinion, the calcu
lations of private interest,and thus per
verted the representative government-
4. Of having-trafficked for ministerial
purposes iu public offices,’ as well as in
all the prerogatives and privileges of
the public^s lated thatnflnrr toiling from j minions of a monarch, If this be treason.
fourteen to sixteen hours per day, they i then make the most of it/”
could earn only from one dollar to one | ry ^ JW Story.—“ Is your horse
dollar and twenty-five cents per week , I (ast? ,, . ; re(1 „ rn;ln of a Vermont
horse-dealer.
5. Of having, in the same interest,
wasted the finances of tho stale, and
thus compromised the forces and the
grandeur of tho kingdom.
9. Of having violently, despoiled the
citizens of a right inherent to every free
constitution, and the exercise of which
had been gtmrentecd to them by the
charter, by the laws, and by former pre
cedents.
7. Of having, in fine, by a policy
overtlv counter-revolutionary, placed iu
question all the conquests of our two rev
olutions, and thrown the country into a
profound agitation.
[Here follow the signatures—M. Odil-
lon Barrot at the head.]
M. Gebonde submitted, in bis own
name, a proposition ofaccusation against
the minister, conceived in these terms :
Whereas, the minister, by bis refusal
to present a project of law for electoral
reform, lias occasioned troubles, I pro
pose to put in accusation the president
of the council and his colleagues.
The President raised the sitting with-
it) need that it
and were obliged to subsist on bread
anij water, or potatoes and salt.
In Ireland, the average price of com
mon labor is from ten to* twelve cents
per day. In France, the common wa
ges of a hirecT laborer arc thirty seven • g Cl | iac k
Beats all creation.”
Good bottom?”
He’s all bottom. Why I drove him
far one day that it took two days to
Jghteen dollars and seventy-five cents j Salt and water applied to the wicks of
for a woman, annually ; the taxes on j oil lamps or candles adds 10 per cent,
which are equal to one-fiflth of the nett j to the brilliancy of‘their light
O' A substitute for quicksilver, in the extraction — _ , _ , ^
ot silver from lead, and other ores, has been discov-! husband, therefore, who refuses to cank
ered.
STGen. Quitman is tpokep of as Vice President
on the Democratic ticket, if a Northern man be se
lected for President.
Gen. Taylor is Mississirn.—A Taylor Con
vention was held at Jackson, Miss., on the 22d Feb.,
at which Jndgo Gcios presided. Col. A. K. Mc-
Clyng and Gen. Wu. R. Milks, were 'nominated
for Electors ot the State at large, and District Con
ventions suggested for the nomination of District
Electors v; '
Aid akd Comfort.—At a Locofoco State Con
vention in Arkansas a lew days since, Col. Bex.
Taylor, a leading member of that party, use
of the following language:
“ Sometimes I have felt a little jealoasr, in look
ing over the army roll, to see so many Whigs up
holding the stars and stripes, because I am compell
ed to admit that they ont-onmber tbe Democrats.”
Gkb. Tatlor ei Musocxl—Tbe Whigsof Mis
souri are to bold a State convention on the 1st
Monday in April for the purpose of bringing oat
General Taylor for the Presidency, and nominating
a Taylor electoral ticket for Abe State.
03" The Boston Post states that Gen. Piexck
has resigned his commission in the army, and re
turned to the practice of his profession.
rupt himself, swindle bis creditors, and
run the risk of going to Sing Sing, in
order to supply his wife with such sums
of money as she may from day to day
require, shall be adjodged-guiltyof high
treason, and shall suffer death 'accord
ingly.
$5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
no married man shall ever contradict
bis wHe, upon pain of death.
$6. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
young clergymen, bishops, and band-
some physicians, of alt ages, shall be at
all hours, entitled to enter and depart
from any dwelling house, without ques
tion or obstruction from the master there
of; and that for the husband-to doubt,
at anytime, bis wife's need of either
product. In some parts of India, where
the laborers want but a little rice and
salt, the common wages are as. low as
five cents per day.
Value of a Dollar.—If y« wonl.l 'earn
Abraham.—The life of the Bedouin,
his appearance and habits are precise
ly the same as those of the patriarchs of
old. Abraham hitnself, the first of the
patriarchs, was a Bedouin, and four
thousand years have
• Soon altervvarcls, however, a regiment , ll0 ' u |„ niu ,.,| Z,,l,e npnrobalion
or mlnmry, nccompamed by a of thc i„ rOTMon Tliursfiav. fhebouSO
magistrate, wearing tESTtn-color Sash, ; „,|j, )Urn0 ,|.
arrived on; ihc spot, afli!- drew up m Iu lh J R eveniog/lbe greatest alarm and
front of tlie hotel. The osiinUninninns | ^ liiu £ £ Paris . Tho
to disperse being read, tlie persons , 5lrmions o(the dnv bad not, bow-
forming the procession submitted with-1 e ] u ,. od manv | ara e„mble results,
out any resistance, and marched away, j gaver f al , nunicipa i ™ arda wero-injure.l
taking the route towards the eastern , , )y A ^ ub “ t5 J| r ,|, al corps
faubourgs. ^ j was billed and two soldiers wounded.
The multitude around thc church of| g C y Cra | gunsmiths’ and armourers* shops
the Madeleine now became most forint- j vvcre reported to have been attacked,
dabloin numbers, though marifeMuig I
symptoms ol disorder or violence.
Thc regiment which had arrived were J The facts are these: the people of
drawn up hi line along the railing of the j France have virtually no voice in thc
church. Soon after several squadrons : election of parliamentary represent**
of the municipal cavalry arrived and j rives. The electors were few; and tho
the populace t— *
t made the slight-
the valueof a dollar, go and labor two cst alteration in the character or habii
days in the burning sun as a hod carrier. ■ ofihis extraordinary ’people. Read of
This is an excellent idea, and if many j the patriarchs, in the Bible, and tt is
ol our young gentlemen had to earn j t hc best description you can have of
ibeir dollars in that way, bow much less j pastoral life in the East at the present
dissipation and crime would we witness j day.
every day. lion* Jlo. M. bcoo »omio.wd by
ladle?, if they, like soro carn ,h u i r die Wbig» ortho eighth <kmrK»ion»l district of
icbusetts to fill the vacancy in Congress
ses of our large cities, had to c
piece how much less finery , a
see about them, and bow much more l ““»»
l to take place on the 3d of April.
truthful notion* would they have of the j oj-tlreen Peas were served up in Savannah
duties of fife and. their obligations to the, early the nth of this month—so says
rest of the world. * publican.
desired to disperse.! mode of election is the reverse of popu
lar. This system ought to be changed
and the public desire a change. Gov
ernment refused to make any alteration.
The French people saw that we met
and talked-—dined and talked. They
wished to meet and talk; but tlie police
draw, nils, OOV.O.O., - , foibade the gnuifiendon. An article in
feetuaj, several charges with drawn ; the penal code was -brought tobear upon
swords were made, lire flat of the sword the privilege; and although M. Guizot
only bein', used. hod formerly denounced Ins uiterprela-
By these means the multitude wasat lion, he now adopted it.
length dispersed, without any loss ofi Denied lire right to_ assemble, they
life or injury that we could hear ofi. At dined togellrer, anil after dinner made
qne o'clock the main thoroughfares were j speeches. Tlie King s health was never
This order being disregarded, tlie
charge was sounded, and the .dragoons
rushed on the people. A first effort
was made to disperse the crowd by the
mere force of the horses, without the
use of arms, and the dragoons did not
draw. This, .however, proving c
„> tpn cents a-i niaasacauscusiomiuie — one.u uwa.iui; uiiuu un«wu 6 u.w— - r - ; w . ^
SlffaS fine^^oSd wS Ujr tli death of the Hon. J. Q. Ajamil The j^y. During the remainder of the .j drunk; and ■ the ^vereiga may have
pat- been piqued. Certainly means were to
day, the principal .streets were p»t- •/ r- ; r . r •.
k „ roUedbv the cavalry , of the municipal! ken to prevent these banquets, but m
guard, the infantry of the line keeping. the provincesahey were, nevertheless,
>1 dear the foot wav j. | numerous. On the assembling of what