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MORNING NEWS. * BY JOHN IK. COOP£B. w T. THOMPSON, EDITOR TERMS: DAILY PAPER $4 00 | TRI-WEEKLY AH New Advertisements appear in both papers. $2 00 iug army to fivo thousand men; to which Gen eral Washington replied, that he should have no objection to the insertion of such an article, provided it was so amended as to read that no enemy should invade the country with more than three thousand men ! Nothing more was heard of that “originnl proposition.” Th« Hemains of Columbus.—It has be come fashionable, say the papers, to make plea sure excursions in tho steamers to Havana. If it is eo now, it will soon be so to a much greater extent, and as some of our readers may make the trip one of these fine Spring mornings, it may be interesting to them to have such “hallowed ground" as the depository of tho ashes of the great Discoverer more definately pointed out. For tho information of such wo publish the following from a letter which ap peared in the Newurk Daily Advertiser, sever al years ago. Havana, August 1838. Columbus diod at Valladolid on the 20th May, 1506,—with his last breath commending his spirit to God who gave it, and his remains yvere interred in the Convent of San b rancisco, whence they were subsequently transported. to the Carthusian Convent at Sevillo. Having desired, however, beforo his death, that his bo dy should be carried to San Domingo—the isl and in which he had suffered so much, and then, the principal trophy of his heroic voya ges,—his remains in 1536 were removed from Seville, and together with tho body of his son Diego —were convoyed in a government yossol and doposited in tho Cathedral of the city of Sun Domingo. Even there tho ashes of the great navigator were not allowed to remain in peace. ’Tis said « Ten cities fought for Homer being dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread. And so, in some measure, was it with Co lumbus. Ho who was permitted to close long and inestimable life of usefulness, in po verty und unmerited^disgmee, was considered so worthy of honor when ninety years had rolled over his senseless ashes, that the government of Spain would not even consent to leave his remains in the place ho had himself selected ; for, on the transfer of Hispaniola to Franco in 1795, they were ordered to be disinterred and conveyed to Cuba. This was done with great S and ceremony, for tho particulars of I must refor you to the second volume of Irving’s Columbus, where you will fihd a de scription as interesting as you can desire. The Cathedral at Havuna is the honored place of deposit for what now remains of the mortal part of the great Colon. A rocoptacle in the wall, on the right of the main Altar, contains the ashes; and the spot is designated by a small plain tablet surmounted by a bust, exe cuted by a foreign artist in 1822, by the order and under the direction of the then bishop of Havana;—a venerable man, whose long life wos'dovbted to acts of benovolonco, humonity. and liberal feeling. Tho tablet contains this iuscription; “ 1 O Restosy Ymsgen del grande Colon I Mil ilglos durod guard* dos en la Urns Y en la retnctnbr&naa do nuestru nacion, 2. Fu It Habana MDCCCXXH. Which may be translated thus :— “Remains and image of Columbus !—a thou- sond ages will ye be preserved in this urn and in the pemembrailcejof ourjnatlon” an example of the grandiloquence of tho Spaniard, affording a striking contrast to the simple name of “Kos ciusko,” on the monumcnterected to the memo ry of that distinguished Pole at West Point, or the eloquent inscription of “Mary, the mother of Washington," on the yet-torbe-ereeted mon ument of tnat renowned matron. The Padres of the Cathedral seem to prize the precious relics now entrusted to them, for they systematically conduct a stranger to the spot as one of peculiar interest, and so it must be to every one who reflects for a moment up on the groat events that the indomitable perse verance—the unshaken energy—and the inven tive genius of Columbus called forth.—“Requi eicatin pace. The letter hero examines a rumor put forth in 1834 in this country, that the remains were some few years previous removed to the pub lic burial ground; and refutes it, as we think, conclusively.' The oldest residents of the city had no sort of recollection or knowledge of Bitch a removal, and Mr. N. P. Trist, then U. 8. Oon- |P B ul there, who enjoyed peculiar facilities for as certaining the truth on the subject, utterly dis credited the rumor. We recur again to the letter: There i# another inscription in honor of the bold navigator, on a monument erected near th» 4 iPlazade Armas”—upon which front the Intendant’s Palace and Government House. It is at one corner of the square, protected from the street by an iron railing, enclosing a court of some extent, ornamented with flowers and ornamental trees, and in tho rear is a monu mental building, erected about 1827, shaped like a portico, to some Grecian temple, in which are two pictures, painted, I believe, by Eliab Metcalf, Esq., an artist of some celebrity from H&feNnw York, who frequented Cubu every winter 1 Bar 11 ’ his health, for several years: one, represent- &vMPhig the celebration of the first Mass on the site of the present city; and the other, the meeting of tho first “Gabtldo”—(Congress or local coun cil,) The writer then describes tho building, and gives the Inscriptions; the Latin one referring to Columbus may be) translated thus : DOM. “The illustrious, august hero, Christopher Columbus, renowned for skill in nautical af fairs. having discovered a newjworld and sub jected it to the crown of Castile, died at Val ladolid bn the 29th May, 1506. His^body, delivered to the car of the Car thusians of Spain, was tranferred by his own desire to the Church of the Metropolis o' His paniola. ’Tbepee, when peace was concluded with the French Republic, his remains were re moved to the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Conception, the chief religious orders being present at the solemnities, on the 19th January, 1796. The city of Havana, not unmindful of so great ft benefactor pt^serves his precipus iislna THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1850. 83" See miscellany on first page. Military.—Last evening the steamer Meta- morn, Cupt. Barden, left our city with a large number of our citizen-soldiers. Tile Chatham Light Artillery, Cnpt. Gallie, with 6 pieces of Artillery, and numbering about fifty men,—and the Republican Blues, First Lieut. Davis, num bering about seventy, rank and file, embarked about eight o'clock, to pay a friendly visit to the city of Charleston, in compliance with the invitation extended by the volunteer asso ciations of that city. By the Charleston papers wo perceive that extensive preparations have been mode to give a grand military display, and several spendid Balls were to be given to our Volunteer troops. Wo hear many complaints of our paper being taken from the doors of our subscribers in the morning. Two instances have just been brought to our notice. One in which a white man was soen to take the News from a porch, where it had been thrown by tho carrier, and another in which a lady detected a block boy in the act of perloining the paper, and recov ered it. We are gratified at such evidences of the populority of our paper, nevertheless we would prefer that the favor in which we are held, should be demonstrated in a more legiti mate way. We consider that a paper must be very valuable when it is worth borrowing, but wo never hoped to publish a sheet that was worth stealing. We Destructive Fires.—It would seem that ] tho fire fiend is abroad in the land, and that, ns in 1845, tho present is destined to bo a yenr of conflagration. We have within tho past few days accounts of three fires—-one in Macon destroying property to the amount of $100,000; another at New Orleans, by which property to the amount of half a million of dollars has been consumed; another at Batavia, New York, des troying $50,000 worth of property; and another at Norfolk Vn., which destroyed the Avon Theatre and considerably damaged the Cum berland street Baptist Church. The loss of property by this fire is somewhere in the neigh borhood of fifteen or twenty thousand dollars, without insurance. All three of these fires are said to be the work ofincendiaries. In addition to these, accounts reach us daily of destructive fires in all sections of tho Union, reminding us of the disustrous year of 1845, when it will be remembered the great fires oc curred in New York, Quebec, Pittsburg, Wil mington N. C., destroying several millions worth of property, besides numerous fires of less extent in various pRrts of the Union and British possessions. Wo have never seen an estimate of tho value of property consumed in that year, but wo have reason to believe that it amounted to more than all that had been con sumed for the two previous years. The present season is also prolific of fatal accidentally fire. We have scarcely opened a paper during tho last week that has not con tained the account of some distressing death caused by the clothes of women and children taking fire. A single New York paper con tained six notices of accidents of this kind in that city and vicinity. POSTSCRIPT. By Last Night’s Northern Mali Important from Washington. Rumored Resignation ofMrClayton. Tho Washington Correspondent of the Balti more Sun, writing under duto of 16fh instant, suys— Every body is on the qui vive in regard to the Cabinet; and serious apprehensions exist that it may undergo some important changes. Mr. Clayton was to-day reported to have re signed ; but the President has not accepted liis .resignation, and now retains hinft against his will. . It is now pretty well ascertained, and admit ted by tlio administration presses themselves that thero is yet n6 treaty with Nicaragua. The difficulty is said to have grown out of the Nicaragua question. Mr. Clayton's nego tiation with Sir Henry Bulwer, the British Minister,in relation to that matter,were the sub ject of deliberation in the 8unday meeting of the Cabinet, which we have before mentioned. Mr. Clayton’s course was disapproved by majority of the Cabinet, at which he is said to be greatly incensed. Rumor says the Senate has rejected the nomination of Mr. Francis Sohroeder (Bon-in- law of Mr. Seaton of the Intelligencer) as Charge to Sweden. Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll, of Philadelphia is named as the successor of Mr. Hannegan, to Berlin. Boston, Feb. 15th. The jury in the case of Capt. Martin, lor des troying the ship Abby Hammond,have failed to agree. They stood 11 for acquittal and 1 for Too great precaution cannot be taken to conviction avoid liability to such disasters. Washington House, Philadelphia have deferred too long, waiting for a favorable opportunity, to speak of this cxcollent House, kept by our friend Glass. In directing the atten tion of the travelling public to the Washington House, we feel that we are conferring a greater favor on them than on tho amiable and gentle manly proprietor; and should any of our friends make a trial of the hospitalities of mine host of tho Washington, and be disappointed in his most extravagant estimate of what a first class hotel ought to be, we are perfectly willing to be held responsible for the representation we have made. ISP Fitzgerald, of the City Item, has re- christened his paper, and got a handsome new head for it. It is now called “Fitzgerald’s’ City Item” and is every way worthy the name it boars. It is emphatically Fitzgerald’s own paper J in saying which we design to pay compliment to the man. Fits ia. what the dis. criminating world calls a clover follow—he has been “down South,” and knows the dif ference between things as they exist here and as they are falsely represented. We believe he has been affected from early youth with the enlargement of the heart, and we are quite sure if his Philadelphia cotemporaries were all like himself we would hear no more about dissolving the Union, from that quarter at least I3P A woollen mill near Philadelphia was destroyed by fire on 12th instant. The upper portion of the building was full of operatives men and women, when the fire was discovered many of whom threw themselves from the windows and were seriously injured. No lives were lost. ^ CY* A correspondent On Mulberry street^he Law office of ham & Jones was co»immed, \vith a small lo 8 * of Books. The thro* last building* owned bv the estate of Thos. VV- Baxter—loss on bail, dings about $4,000. Two buildings owned and occupied by J. \\ Babcock, Carriage maker—stock insured-., loss about $3000. On the opposite side of the Avanue a vacant store recently occupied by Isaac Win8hlp ) tm l owned by the estate of Thus. W. Baxter—] ogs about $2,500. Morris dc'-Mix,” .Harness makers—insured $2000—loss of stock about $4000. T. C. Dempsey, Grocery store—loss of stock about $5000, mid nearly Covered by insurahee. Carriage Warehouse, owned and occupied by Freeman & Roberts—considerable loss of stock, but insured to nearly the full amount A building occupied by Engles as a clothing store, smail loss of stock—amount nofascer- tained. Also, as a dying establishment by J 0 l m Curtis—who sustained some loss in clothing etc. On second street, a building occupied as n >i Auction store, in which about $2,000 worth of Jewellery, owned by E.J. Johnstbn was con sumed. The large brick store on the corner of Sec ond and Cherry streets, occupied by Logan & Atkinson as a Dry Goods store—stock in sured, and nearly all saved. The second story occupied by the Sons of Temperancp, and two Lodges of Odd Fellows; who lost much of their furniture, &c. The two last buildings were owned by Mrs. Martin. The total loss on buildings and property can not be much short of $100,000, the entire insu rance upon which was not more than $35,000 of tho Charleston Mercury writing from Liverpool under date oi Jan. 26th says: Gnoat hopes and expecta tions are already cherished in England, that the present high prices, as they call them, will stimulate planters to such a degree, that next year they will have a full supply of cotton and low rates. To avoid which, two things only are necessary to be observed on your part: plant loss; and do not break your necks in getting it to mar ket. Where you planted one hundred acres last year, plant only eighty or ninety this, and you will not only get more money for what you make than for a full crop, but encounter less labor, incur less .expense, and at the same time be able to raije more corn, which makes fat hogs, horsesand cattle, and plenty of them. Wiiy work yoursulves and your negroes to death in order to gratify Manchester, and sup ply her with Cotton at six centsjpor pound,when you may live in plenty and at your ease and get 10 to 15 cents)? This 1 is no fiction. All ex perience proves it? Providence has kindly in terposed to help you out of one difficulty, aris ing from over-production; don’t get into another: or in other words, lend your adversn. ries a stick to break your own heads.” Prussia.—The Cause of Apprehended Rev- olulion.—Tho King of Prussia, afier making the most abjoct concessions during the days of the revolution in Berlin, has been found false to his promises, and a constitution is presented to the people, from which the Habeas Corpus act is stricken out, the levying of taxes by the Chambers is put out of their power. The King boldly comes out and defies his people, defies the age in which he lives, and dares to propose measures which cost Charles the First his head. On the 7th nf January, the King, instead of signifying his consent to take the requisite oath to support the Constitution, sent down a mes sage, in which he proposes fifteen amendments, as follows: — To make tho Ministers responsible to the King as well as to the people. No. 8. The Constitution of the House of Peers in such a manner as to always insure him a mujority. No. 9. The second chamber to bo composed of 350 members, and placing it in his power to authorize certain districts where thero are 10,- 000 inhabitants to elect members, in otherwords, coolly, asking to be allowed the privilege of establishing the “Rot:en Borough” system, which obtained in England before the Reform Bill. No. 10. To establish a special Court for the trial of treasonable offences, &c., which means no more nor less than to establish a Star Chamber, which, perhaps, as much us any single cause, brought about the revolution in England. ‘ Nearly all of the 15 propositions were rejec ted by the committee to whom they were refer red. The discussion on them in the House w expected to take pluco on the Isi of February last, and upon the vote of die Chambers depend matters of the highest importance. If the pro positions are rejected, it is anticipated that the present ministry will resign, a new one heap- pointed, tlio Chambers disolved, and the policy of Austria and Russia adopted to the letter, and the government will bocome, as it almost is at present^perfectly despotic. Every ono sees that the fate of Germany will soon be decid ed. News or the Lost Steamer Rhode Is land.—The New York Globe learns that a fishing smack, while coming to that port on Thursday night, discovered the ill-fated steam boat Rhode Island, floating at sea . None of t he passengers were on board, so that it is supposed they were taken from the wreck by some vessel that was passing. By Last Night’s Western Mall. From Milledgeville.—We received no letter from Milledgeville last night. From the Macon Journal we cut tho following. W« learn by a gentleman from Milledgeville, that on Monday the bill extending the charter of the Central Bank for five years, and abolish ing the’office of Director, was re-considered in House, no quorum being taken until three o'clock, the Senate. present, a recessi P.M. The MilledgevillMRecorder of Tuesday be gins a long articlsYm the controversy novy waging between thelWhigs and Democrat* in the Legislative Assembly, much tir the injury of the public business and the disgrace of that body, with the following paragraph: The Representative ^Branch of the Legisla ture, it is known to our readers, is at this mo ment without a quorum, and a stop necessarily put to all legislative action in that^iranch. This ridiculous stataof things is occasioned by the absence of som®4f the Democrats and the withdrawal of theP BP C orn is selling- in the Macon Mnrkt-Rv tigs. lit 85 cents per bushel A Virginia Connection with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.—T he House of Dele gates of Virginia on Thursday passed a bill for the incorporation of a Railroad company to build a road from Clarksburg in Harrison county to Three Fork river in Taylor county, to connect with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at that point, which gave rise to much discus sion. It was opposed on the ground that it was the old "right of way” question through Virgi nia in disguise. The bill passed—ayes Ol, navs 50. From the Georgia Journal1$ Messenger, of yesterday. Destructive ftro in Maoon. About 1 o’clock yesterday morning, the house on Cotton Avenue, .owned and occupied by Wm. Taylor, as a Cabinet Ware-Room, was discovered to be on fire. The flames spread rapidly and soon enveloped the building, which with its entire contents, was consumed. Mr ono sees j U y] or » B to t a l lossl^oes not fall much short of $6,000, and we regret to add that he had no insurance. * .. From this poiAt the fire extended to the Rbeen by arraying one nationality against ano- corner store occupied by Capt. Shelton, as a remain* until the great day. The ifloaf illustrious Scnor Don Jpn»p -Jo* eeph Tres-pnlacios being Bishop, ana his Ex cellency DoO Lewis do los Casas, Governor and Captain General ” wgg the United States, a mem n article limitipg a stand- 0”- The Paris correspondent of the Litora- ry Gazette states that a professional lithographer of that city has discovered a method of repro ducing, by mechanical means, aquarelles or designs, with the greatest exactitude, and with the preservation of the color in all the fresh ness of the original. It is, in fact, stated that the copies are not easily distinguished from the originals. Melancholy Accident.—We learn from the Northampton (Mass.) Gazette, that Mrs. Mary Towne, wife nf Joseph E. Towne, of Con way," was burnt to death on Friday last, under the following singular circumstances. She had been baking and doing other houso work in the afternoon, and her last act was drawing the bread from a brick oven, after which she laid down to rest, and, as was her custom when alone in the house, fastened the door. She soon discovered that her clothes were on fire, and threw off the bed-clothes, when the fire burst into aflame. There was no water in the house at the time, and being frightened she could not unlock the door to get out where the water was, or to call for help. She was dis covered by some lads passing, pounding on the window and shrieking for help. Though her apparel and hair were consumed, and her body burned to a crisp, still she had her faculties so U3 to be able to detail the most important cir- cumstanc and lingered about four hours in the mot, extreme agonv, retaining her con sciousness to the la3t. Mrs. Twne’s age was 76. The venerable George W. P. Curtis, has presented to the Washington Light Infantry of Washington city an equestrian picture,painted by himself, of George Washington,surrotinded by his staff. The picture is valuable both as the production of a self taught artist of merit, and because it. is an excellent likeness of “tho belov ed chief” and is presented by ono of the few Globe states that at one Convention that formed 1 surviving officers ol‘ the last army ho com manded. Conspiracy to overthrow the Russian Government.—A conspiracy against the Em peror and Government has been discovered at St. Petersburg, in which several persons of tho Court and the Emperor’s Guard were implica ted. Twenty ono individuals have been con demned to death, but their sentences, changed by the Emperor to banishment to Siberia. The official Russian journal attributes this to tho late political movements in Western Europe, which have not beer, without effect even in that country. It is said that the late campaign in Hungary was not without influence upon the spirit of the Russian army, and that its so speedy withdraw al after the struggle, was occasioned by fear of its further “ demoralization.!’ There have been forty-four fresh sentences of death by court-martial at Arad in Hungary, but changed into various periods of imprison ment—twenty-three of them, to 16 years con finement in heavy iron*. Bussian troops are standing in Moldavia and Wallachia, and a corps of 150,000 is stationed not far from the frontier of those countries, as if it were thought there will be sortie popular movement there again in the Spring. The Paris Constitutionnel in the course of a long article concerning Russia and her supposed progress, confidently predicts that the Czar will be hereafter a sort of second Mahomet, to rule the destinies of Western Europe, not only us the head of a political power, but also of a religious one. We think, on the contrary, its whole reason ing is fallacious. We believe, that as Russia becomes more open to Western Europe, the homage of the Czar, instead of being comma nicated to the latter, will be ,:u eral ideas from the latter. , Recent developements have shown that thero does not exist even in the army, that fanatical respect for the Czar so much talked of. How little there is of it in the Court, shows the fact, that nearly every Monarch that has filled tho Russian Throne, has fallen a victim to con spiracy among the Nobles. The ignorance of the people, and tho immense police and milita ry establishmentsof that country are thesupporti of its Government, rather than any national or religious feeling. It ia the opinion of persons who have resided many years in Russia, that it will pass at once by tevolulion, at no veiy distant day, from a despotism to a republic. There will be no intermediate state of Consti- sutionul Monarchy, because there is no middle class for its support. As soon as light reaches the masses, they will rise and overpower all. There exists already a greater spirit of free dom among the population of Eastern Europe, than we are aware of. The post year showed us much to prove this. Wo all know the spirit of the Foies. All tho Slavonic people are no ted for their rude love of liberty. It has only {3P We understand that the stnre house and dwelling'ofMr. Augustus S. Jones, at Mill Huvon, Scriven county, Geo., was a few days ago, destroyed by fire. Property burnt was worth about six thousand dollars. The Cholera at Bahia, Brazil.—Lute ad vices from Bahia, received via New Orleans, state, the Cholera was mnking^terrible ravages among tho inhabitants. It was of a typhoid character, and attacked all persons, whatever might be their age and sex, indiscriminately. The Bishop had ordorod public prayers to he offered up, to stay the scourge, and the Board nf Health, on the 12th December, published u long address, giving sanitary directions to tlio pcoplo. Tailor shop, which was also consumed, together with his entire stock of Goods, Clothing, &,c. No insurance—loss not ascertained. The fire immediately extended to the east, along the north side of the Avenue and com municated to the following buildings, which were consumed, viz: Book Store, owned by T. C. Dempsey, worth $1,500. Insured, and occupied by J. J. and S.-P. Richards as a Book Store. Stock worth about $5,000, nearly all loss—insurance only $1,000. Drug Store, owned and occupied by W. G. Little, Loss $8,000—no insurance. Clothing Store, occupied by Horace Fitch & Co.—loss not ascertained. Store, occupied by W. H. Bray &Co., Hard ware Merchants, and M. D. Barnes, Jeweller. Loss about $2,500, partly insured. This build ing was owned by T. A. Brewer, and insured for $1,500. Mr Barnes’ loss trifling. Houso, owned by Oldershnw, and occupied by Jackson Burnes as Book Store and Bindery —portion of the stock saved. Loss about $1,- 500 overinsurance. Store, owned by Olderehaw, and occupied by Mrs. Sullivan as a Fruitery. Loss total, sny $600—no insurance. Vacant Store, owned by Mr. Oldershaw, who was.partly insured, but estimates his loss on the threo. buildings at about $3,000 over his policy. The Masonic Hall, owned by Macon Lodge No. 5, and Constantine Chapter No. 4,—the lower story of which was occupied by J. H. & VV. S. Ellis, Druggists. The Lodge und Chap ter saved their Jewels and Records and some of their furniture. Also, the records and Jewels of the Grand Lodge. Insurance on the build ing and furniture $3,000, loss about $1,500. The Messrs. Ellis wore not insured, and lost about half their stock, say $1,500. J. A & 8. S. Virgin, Jewellers, and dealers in Piuno Fortes, Music, &c. Stock mostly saved in a damaged condition—loss not ascer tained. Tlios. F. Newton, Tailor, loss of stock, &c., amount not ascertained. Dr. C, B. Nottingham occupied a portion of the samo building, and sustained n slight loss in Books. Goo. Jones, Crockery Merchant, corner of Cotton Avenue and Mulberry street, goods in sured, and principally saved—loss on them about $1,500 tlier, that Austria has been able to keep down those under her pway. Having put down the Hungarians, we see she has now difficulty with those Sclavonic people with whose assistance she did it. The Servians of Southern Hungary, are at present in a state of great excitement, because they do not get the liberties provided them by the ngents of Austria, during thd-Jiun- garian struggle. The “Austrian Correspondent” mention* trouble, refusal to pay taxes, and such like, m Dalmatia. Municipal Insurance.—A novel project is before the authorities of the city of Lafayette. It is in the form of a memorial and bill asking the Legislature to authorize a system of ii ,sul ' ance on the buildings in Layfayetie by the^au thorities of the city, the capital to be provided by a special tax. It is proposed that, a of an amount to be regulated by law, sha be levied on all the buildings in the .ci'I as an insurance tax, in consideration of wjic the city ia to pay for all losses by “ re " The proceeds are to accumulate until 1 9 amount for risks that are saved shall reac to thirty thousand dollars. If we tinders tan the bill rightly, the proceeds of the tax ueyor. this amount are to be expended in the erection and ntaintenance of free water works, reserving the $30,000 -fund tor the payment of losse’- Any excess of loss beyond the $30,000 is 0 be made up by a special additional tax-on pro perty holders. The investment and.custody 9 the fund is to be confided to commission*-’ 1 ^' who, as well as the treasurer, and the rae . of the city council, are made liable for a mis meanor, and punishable with fine and lmpruo tnent, for advising or voting for any approp" tion of the money to any other purpose w ever than what is named in tho act. Some eeritlemen of intelligence and mliue ^ have given their approvalto this plan, ® n the first blush there is something P ,aus,l)1 J the idea of extending so far the popular ay of mutual insurance. But mutual insurant: voluntary principle. Men enter into or a from such associations at their own pleustire, the exercise of their right to manage . property in their own way. Butwedou much the right or expediency of \ every man to insure at the rotes, a.na up valuation fixed by law, in the public n>» ' ‘ ^ shop. It is carrying public interference private affairs much further than , consistent with just views of municipal A