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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE.! SPITED AXD PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY WHI . B . II AIIIBI SO A . From the Alabama Planter. The Northern Kcligious Press. We gave some time ago the spirit of a few of these papers, W e are not now aware of a solitary sectarian journal in that quarter which is sound on this question— not sound, as we understand the term here at the south, but sound enough io observe the clearly expressed provisions of the fed eral constitution—that, for example, which relates to the restoration of fugitive slaves. The Journal of Commerce shows us the temper of a very influential paper in New York called the “Independent,” and con ducted by three congregational clergymen. In a long article of the 21st ul'., review ing Webs'er’s speech, it says : “The people are opposed to slave catch ing on free-soil. No enactments will be of any use. Ten thousand Pu'pits are very week pouring light upon tlie public mind. Everv religious paper (save a few whose subscribers are in the valley of vis ions. a great army of dry bones,) is stand ing for the right. Some few there ho that dare not speak for the oppressed ; but they are equally too cowardly to speak against the public sentiment of humanity which lives in the north. And Daniel Webster might as well pour oil on Niagara to calm it,as honeyed words on the true conscience and oatbursting humanity of northern free men and Christians, to quiet them.” “When such men as Henry Clay, Lew is Cast, and Daniel Webster, stand up without a blush to declare that northern citizens are bound to provide for catching and restoring fugitive slaves, they separ ate themselves from the sympathy of nine out of every ten true men in the north and and west. Docs Mr. Webster believe that lie is the exponent of Massachusetts, or of New England, in this monstrous inhu manity ? Pass enactments enough to ill! all the archives of the Senate, and your slave catcher shall not budge an inch fur ther than he now does in the North.— Every village will spurn hint. Every yeo man along the valleys will run the slave and trip the shameless hunter. Bread and shelter, protection and direction will be the slave’s portion North of Mason & Dixon’s line, with more certainty and ef fect every year that elapses, until the day of Emancipation.” If this be true (and it would not be courteous to doubt an assertion made by three respectable clergymen) then nearly the whole religious pulpit in the free stales is engaged in preaching a violation of the commands of the constitution. llow these sectaries reconcile this with the law of the apostle, of obedience to civil gov ernment, is ra her difficult to seo. Says “the Independent,” “man cannot plant parchments as deep as God plants princi ples,” and that is the plea which it and its oo v&oxk ftviv. l wtfl. f t v ! t r.pbri bft' 1 rl wr § conscience doctrine repeated—a doctrine which that wily demagogue knew would be echoed back to him i>y the pulpit of the north and its religious press. What the tenor of this ten thousand pulpit doc trine is, may be seen in the following, which the Journal of Commerce gives as the sentiments of a clergyman in his Sun day sermon at Brooklyn : “As to the sincerity of Mr. Clay’s com promise, he had no doubt. He wished he could say as much of Mr. Webster, hut he had acted like a fool. The manly ground assumed by Mr. Seward vindicating uh stract right as superior to all constitutions made by man, he could not too highly com mend. For himself, he was no politician. He had no sympathy with politicans.— Their dishonesty was universal. He be lieved that God hated them, and he rejoi ced that there was one man among the host of trucklers to expediency , who dared to stand forth (although reproved by Mr. Cass) and do right.” Another religious paper of New York, the “Evangelist,” thus speaks of Mr. Webster’s conciliatory speech : “In tne history of the country,we hardly know of a case, all things considered, in which there was a more cool, deliberate, statesman-like, dispassionate exchange of principle for the enthronement of expedi eticy, on a great moral question, than in that speech.” And again, alluding to Mr. Webster : “Good sometimes carries a man onward very far, before his radical unsoundnes; comes out; he arrives at a great comman ding position, stands upon a pinnacle for a st amn, and then falls and falls for want of light principle.” The Journal of Commeice (which, by the way, stands nobly up to the laws and against fanaticism of all sorts) says of these pitiable manifestations : “The doctiine of rebellion for conscience sake, (though we admit its correctness >in supposable cases,) strikes at the founda tion of all human laws. If admitted as a justification of rebellion, probably not one of the edifices preached in by the editors of “The Independent” would stand three days. Even their own lives might not be safe. In a world as wicked as this, no class of men owe more to the protection of human laws than evangelical Christians, and especially clergymen. They cannot afford to rest that protection on a basis so frail as conscience, which with many per sons is synonymous with judgement or opinion, or perhaps with will. “It is a singular and instructive fact, that these extra sticklers for the rights of conscience in their own case, are of all men in the world, the least indulgent to wards the conscience of others. Claim ing full liberty to over-ride the constitu tion and laws, whenever their own con science require it, they at the same time set down every man who differs from themselves, as either dishonest or con science-seared. The blindest intellect will at once see, without teaching, the force of such rea soning as this ; and the fact that it is over looked by “ten thousand pulpits” and the religious press is one of the most striking dcvelopements of the age. It shows how deeply rooted is this fanaticism at the north—how far above I lie reach of reason it is, and how little there is to be Imped from it, unless it he met with a firm deter mination of resistance. It is of such ma terials that great moral revolutions ate made, and it is not by any means extrava gant to to deflate that if these “ten thousand pulpits” be a fair exposi tion of northern religious opinion, a cru sade as blind and as fanatical as that start ed by Peter the Hermit, may presently arise atlhe north against slavery and slave holders. We are not prepared to assert that those pulpits are a true reflex of pub lic opinion, but the very fact that so many preachers of the mild precepts of the gos pel are allowed to disseminate such doc trines week after week with impunity, shows that their congregations are willing to tolerate them. It betrays also a men tal condition which may be easily convinc ed. If such opinions be endured, it will not be long before they will be embraced. The moral of this is thattbe south should he prepared to meet the emergency which Iho condition of northern sentiment above depicted seems to indicate. Party should he thrown aside as worthless when weigh ed against this great object; southern demagogues and the miserably selfish and disaffected men who control some of our presses should he checked at once, and the people meet with earnestness to de vise means, not to violate the laws’ hut to vindicate them. In f*.'j2, Hr. Cooper and Mr. T urnbull (both southern men—the former well known every where, and the latter the able author of the essays entitled the “Crisis”) declared that if the southern states can meet in convention, the rights nf the south w ill forever hereafter be se cured from aggression. No purpose of disunion or dissatisfaction with the federal constitution suggested this remark, and its truth w r e are sure will he recognised by every man who lias given intelligent and dispasionate thought to the present crisis. It is this hope which prompted the sug gession of the southern convention, l'lie object w as conservative—to keep our laws from violation, and neither to amend nor abrogate them. From the. Charleston Mercury. Interesting Ijetter from Mr. Calhoun. We are indebted to the gentleman in the State of New York, to whom the following letter was addressed, for a copy to he laic) before our readers. It is es pecially valuable, as it is probably among l ln the last’wish which its distinguished author expresses every patriot cordially concur. It is to “see our country quieted under some ar rangement that will be satisfactory to all, and safe to the South.” Statk and Natiowai. Law Fchooi., } B vn.sTON .Spa,Saratoga co., IS. V,A prill!), 'SO. y To the Editors of tnc. Union : I have spent much time within (be past two years, in Washington, where l became intimately acquainted with the late John C. Calhoun, who bad been a familiar friend of my father. He pet milted me the honor of a frequent correspondence w ith him. The following letter l received from him just before his death. It is prob ably the last letter he ever wrote. As ev erything concerning him, has, by his de mise, become doubly interesting to the public. 1 send you this copy for publica tion if you think best. It is a specimen of the kind and simple familiarity of his intercourse with the young men of his ac quaintance, not one of whom but who would have died to serve him. His de parture has left a painful, heart rending vacancy in my affection. Most respectfully yours, A. J. B. Washington, Feb. 8, ISSO. My Dear B ; —Yours of the 19th inst., was duly received. lam happy to learn that you are so delighted with the plan of the Institution and the peculiar advanta ges it affords for rapid improvement, not. only in the acquisition of legal knowledge, but in a familiarity with the practice and the impoitance of extempore speaking. I regard this latter as one of the most es sential features of the institution. Could 1 have enjoyed, in my preparatory course ; as you do, the opportunity of “drilling every day” in this great art, and the trial and argument of causes, “under constant and competent instruction,” 1 have no doubt I should have been, in all the prac tical reduisites of success, ten years in ad vance of what l was when 1 entered the profession. 1 well remember when con nected with the Law School at Litchfield Connecticut, the need we all felt of some advantages in speaking. These constant exercises in which you arc required to en gage, before so la ge a number of your fellow students, if lor nothing else than the self-confidence which they must gradu ally inspire, will, in the end, prove exceed ing valuable. L shall never forget the painful, the indescribable embarrassment under which I labored in the delivery of my “maiden speech” before a court—an embarrassment which it required years of practice to overcome. Improve then, my dear B , the rare privileges which the institution affords you. Be systematical and punctual in the performance of all your duties; and remember than the pro fession you have chosen imposes, as a condition precedent to success, the neces sity for constant and arduous labor. In it there is no disguising one's capacities or demerits. The physician’s art is conceal ed ; and by flippant technicalities, and the air of professional wisdom,he may produce the belief that he is what he is not. The clergyman has time, a choice of subjects, and a world of other men's thoughts to aid him in his preparations for the pulpit. But the lawyer, whether iti the office or before a court and jury, can assume nothing whi' li he does not possess. His legal opinions are soon to he tested by the se verest ordeal, and his pretensions as an advocate must be real, or they will avail him nothing. And 1 would also have you remember, that you will he beset with con stant temptations to swerve from the stan dard of high moral integrity. The very obligations of the lawyer to defend his cli ent, right or wrong, tend to familiarize liitn with error, and to blunt his natural ab iiorance of depravity ; and by obligations, I mean such as would lead him to seek the great ends of justice. Beyond this, even though it should result in your own aggrandizement, 1 would not have you put forth a single exertion. In the defence of one whom you believe to be guilty pro ceed no further than is necessary to elicit the truth by an even balance of testimony. I am aware it will often he difficult in this respect, to draw a precise line between the the duties you will owe to your client and and those due to yourself and community. But a cultivated and refined moral sense the basis of all that is grand atid beauti ful in human character, and which 1 trust, above all things else, you will seek to in corporate into your own—will generally he a safe and accurate guide. But I must close. This may he mv last communication to you. 1 feel myself sinking under the wasting power of dis ease. My end is probably near—perhaps very near. Before 1 reach it, I have hut one serious wish to gratify; it is to see my country quieted under some arrang ment —alas! 1 know not what—that will he satisfactory to a.l and safe to the South. The advertisement you sent me stales a catalogue of your school will he sent to any, by request directed to your presi dent, J. W.Fowler, Esq. Please have one sent to my address for it friend. Most affectionately, yours, J.C. CALHOUN. Correspondence of tlic Charleston Courier. Washington, April 2G. I learn with pleasure, that the compro mise committee and the Senate have a greed upon the terms of their report, and directed their Chairman, Mr. Clay, to present their views to the Senate and the country. The last meeting of the Committee was on Thursday. It was then decided that, in one hill, should be united 1'.'.:.-. •' ' ’ r •, * the 1 exan proposition. The terms of the Fugitive Slave hill were agreed upon.— Mr. Cass, as 1 learn, suggested them, and they are so favorable and well guarded as to remove all objections of the Northern people. They were framed w ith a view to meet some of those objections. The propositions are, to amend the act of 1793 so as to make it the duty of the Fed eral Courts, in each State, to appoint com missioners to enforce the act. The own er of a fugitive slave or his agent, is to go j before a magistrate in Court, in his coun i ty, and describe the person of the fugitive, | and state the lact of his elopement, where upon he is to take a certificate of the facts j which he is to present to one of the com • misioners above named, in the Slate where ; the fugitive is found. The Commissioner I is to arrest the slave and return him to | tlie owner,or his agent, the latter giving a I bond, without other than his security, to | try the said slave upon his return home, by a jury of the vicinage. 'J he prry is to decide upon the identity of the fugi tive with the person alleged to have elop ed. These guards are to prevent the pos sibility of anything like kidnapping. I he other measure agreed upon regards the slave trade in this District. Jt propos ed simply to extend over this District the law of Maryland, as it existed four years ago, and will effectually suppress the slave marts in this District. Mr. Ci. ay returned on Friday, into the country, in order the write the report ex plaining and reccommending these mea sures. He is at the mansion of Mr. Georgc Calvert, in Maryland, and will probably conclude his labor to day. ihe weather has become very delight ful, and Congress is in a better humor than heretofore. Noonedoub's that the great question is now to he settled. At the I reasury, during the week end ing yesterday, the sum of 8639.000 in U. S. blocks, was transferred to foreigners. The week before it was 8370,000 ° For eigners are'selling out French funds at a great loss, and purchasing ours at lat"e , 1 O O advance. !CT Seventy-five cents a gal!” exclaim ed Mrs. Partington, on looking at a price current. “Why bless me, what is the world coming to, when the gals are only valued at seventy-five cents!” The old lady pulled off her spectacles,threw down the paper and went into a brown study on the want of a proper appreciation of the value of the female gender. A year of pleasure passes like a floating breeze ; hut a moment of misfortune seems an age of pain. What is the universe but a band flung in space, pointing always with extended tin i get unto God l MACON , G A . "Saturday "afternoon,’ may Z Jj’Tlie Editors of die Savannah Georgian will please accept our thanks fur a slip containing the Foreign news. Jj’lt will be seen by the advertisement in an other column that Mr. Grasniss of this city, has had a negro stolen from him. The liberal re ward offered should secure her speedy arrest. Holder's Magazine. —The May number of this neat and cheap Monthly, has been received. It fully equal in interest to any of the previous numbers. Published monthly by \V. 11. Lleitz, .Y. Y., at ijjil per annum, in advance. We are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Benjamin F. Griffin, of this city, for a copy of l)r. Means' admirable Address before the Sons of Temperance last October, revised and corrected. The pamphlet may be bad of Mr. Griffin at 10 cents per copy, or per hun dred. jj- Rev 7\Vu if Ellison, L>. D , lias been appointed to deliver the Eulogy on -'lf- Cal hoi;n, at such time as he may designate, in this city. ffT* We learn that Col. Tnos. C. Howard will deliver the Commencement Address of the Wesleyan Female College in July next. [PP Private Greek, of the Floyd Riflemen, won the Gold Medal shot for by the Company on the Ist of May. O’VVe learn by Telegraph that Mr. G. J Bulloch, late Cashier of the Central Railroad Bunk, has been arrested in England,and will be brought to Savannah without delay. Savannah Volunteer Guards. —This hand some corps paid our city a visit last Tuesday af ternoon, and were received at the Depot by the Floyd Rifles and Macon Volunteers. On May day tlie three companies celebrated the Anni versary of the Floyd Riflemen by public parade and participation in a sumptuous dinner at the Floyd House. Refreshments were served up at the Washington Hall on Thursday in fine style, and a Soiree given in honor ofthe Guards at the Floyd House on Thursday evening, which was numerously attended by the Ladies of Macon.— On Friday the Guards returned to Savannah, doubtless highly gratified with their enthusiastic reception hv our Volunteer Companies and citi zens generally. We hope the example of this ancient corps may bn followed by the other Vol unteer Companies ofSavannah; as an interchange of courtesies between the citizens of Savannah and Macon must lead to beneficial consequences to each, by causing a unity of action in promo ting the prosperity of both. Below will he found a list of the Officers and Privates of the Guards who visited our city : OFFICERS. C. P. RICIIA RDSONE, Captain. Til OS. J BULLOCH, Ist Lieut. JOHN C. IIUNTER, 2d “ A. C. DAVENPORT. Ensign. C. \V VV. liltlbiN, Ist Sergeant. WM F. HOLLAND, 2d “ JAMES SULLIVAN, 3d “ WM. J. BEE, 41li “ O. H. I.UFFBURROVV,Sth “ THOS. J. NAYLOR, Ist Corporal. G. B. WELCH, 2d J B. RIPLEY, 3d “ J. B. JACKSON, 4th J. If. PRESTON, Lance Corporal. PRIVATES. P. W. Alexander, J.D. Cuhbetlge, P. N. Box, R. Holland, J. L. Bilbo, E. Kent, J. 1,. Blount, G. W. Lavender, V. Brunner, Henry Law, Geo. Batty, T. B. Maxwell, Win. Boardley, J. S. McDonald, John T. Baker, John M. Millcn, \V . Bailey, J. P. Neilnnd, J S. Carutliers, J. L. Oliver, R. W. Cubbedge, Andrew Oliver, M. Carey, Dupre Postell, Francis Clark, J. VV. Pindar, S. M. Colding, Francis Pons, 11. M. Davenport, S. F. Ripley, G. J. Fulton, J.T. Rowland, L.S. Hart, Win. Taylor, Alexander Campbell, F. E. Timmons. HONORARY MKMBERS. David Bell, A.J. C. Shaw. Convention of Editors. —A convention of Editors vvnssitting in Baltimore on the 15th ult. One of the prominent things desired to be ac complished was to adopt some uniform system of advertising, so that publishers might be protect ed. Also to take some action in regard lo the system of cheap postage throughout the Union. The chief object of the Conv< ntion was to con fer together and adopt such measures as wouid result in mutual good. A Question. —The protectionists, in their pe titions for high duties on iron, make it a great point that Croat Britain has been pouring in so many additional thousands of tons of iron, that the manfacturers find it almost impossible to get along at all. But as this additional iron is all regularly consumed, does not this fact prove that the low prices ol iron, so much complained of, lias conferred great benefits upon a vast class of mechanics, and upon the people generally ? Pennsylvanian. The Cost of Intemperance. —ln the State of New York there are 7000 grog shops. The money expended in them annually amounts to .$25,000,000. In 1849, 4G,000 intemperate per sons were arrested for crime- Nine-tenths of the crime committed is traceable to this vice. In Great Britain there is spent for bread £130,- 000,000; for liquors, £250,000,000—“one-half penny worth of bread to this intolerable deal of sack ! ’ $30,000,000 wheat are annually dis tilled. In England there ate 110,000 gtog ritopa SOMETHING PARADOXICAL. A Just and Generous Thought.— An ar ticle in tbs Washington Republic points to ’lie universal sorrow at tlie death of Mr. Calhoun, ns an indication of the loyalty and devotion to the Union cherished by the people of both the North and the Softth. “Whatever tendencies,” says the Republic, “have been ascribed to tlie public conduct of Mr. Calhoun, his memory is another bond of union.” Men remember him now only as one united with them in holy and indissoluble bonds. There is much truth and much elevated and patriotic and noble feeling in the Republic’s article.—A*. Y. Com. Adv. There is a contradiction so palpable in the ideas conveyed by the above extract, that it is wonderful bow it ever could have been uttered in a respectable journal or credited by its readers. “ Whatever tendencies have been ascribed to the public conduct of Mr. Calhoun, his memory is another bond of union " To our mind, this extract from tlie Republic embodies, short as it is, the quintessence of unfairness, and makes one more party fling at the man, who never, until now, was unable te defend himself against his enemies. “ Whatever tendencies” is the cant phrase by which every detractor of the illustri ous name alluded to, lias been in the habit of disparaging his noble efforts in behalf of a pure administration of this Government and the rights of the States of this Union. If Mr. Calhoun’s theory of our peculiar political organization be as heterodox as many wiseacres and expediency politicians would make us believe—and the measures he has proposed, resulting from this theory are as ruinous in their tendency, how then does all this consist with his universal good fame, and the profound sorrow felt throughout this land for his loss ? No, like all other great good men, maligned, misunderstood and misre presented when living and striving, Mr. Cal houn, now dead and out of envy's way, is to be elevated to his proper niche. His memory is not, as the Republic contends, another “boud of union,” inasmuch as his fame is too glorious to be appropriated by us of tlie South alone, and is not to bp. parted icith by a division of territory, which would divide also the honors of her sons and henceforth make them exclusively ours. It is no such intense admiration for the fame of Mr. Calhoun, that makes this new “bond of union”—(for few mortals have ever inspired such an homage.) We doubt very much, if to any extent, even tne name of Washington acts as a “bond of union” in this wise. I’or if it did, his living example and equitable appreciation of our relative duties and responsibilities would not prove so ineffectual in restraining those excesses which have already strained to their utmost pitch of tension, every “ bond of uuion” that has held ns together. We rather think the effect produced by the sudden and irreparable loss of such a mind as Mr. Calhoun’s is referable to a different cause than the pride of the people in the exalted char acter of one ofthe great of the land. It results from that extorted and irrepressible veneration, which inheres to human nature, however warped and perverted, for what is pure and exalted and thoroughly principled. It is in pari, owing to that sad and chastened fueling which the erring cannot help from coming over their hearts, when the warning voice is no longer heard, and when tnetr own consciences are following up ilie just reproofs of the monitor. How often and how long have nearly all the prominent Northern politic'ans waged fierce and vindictive war a gainst the doctrines and the policy advanced by thegiea' Carolinian. In how many countless instances have they been driven to the misera ble shift of denouncing him as a conspirator u gainst the integrity of the Union, and by that means discredit tlie author of an argument they could not answer. Where among the late race of statesmen can he found that man who had as many deep and full responses, coming from the inmost heart, to what he advised and warned and denounced as had Mr. Calhoun, and yet where is the man who has been so wantonly opposed and balked in his efforts to do the State service. Take him as he was described by many—an abstractionist—a visionary and an ambitious agitator, and what do we see to admire ? Could a whole people weep over tlie ashes of such a one ? The secret ofthe generous grief over his bier is this, that after all that the tongue of im patient mediocrity has uttered, or a self-con demning empiricism labored to effect, against him—a truly great man has been removed front us, whose pure mind unfailingly perceived and littered the truth, and which saw always a high er aim in doihg good than the applause of the brief hour, or in securing the equivocal position of a popular favorite. Plank Road to North Carolina. —A sub. scription lias been opened, under the act of the last session of our Leginlature, for the capital sock of a company to make a graded, McAdam. jzed, or plank road from Lafayette, in Walker county, passing through Dalton and Spring Place, to intersect the turnpike road, now making by North Carolina, at the State line; and we are assured that some of our most wealthy and enterprising citizens are now ready to take stock.—So says the Dalton Times. Not Bad. —The Sandusky City (Ohio,) Mir ror is responsible for the following : A hard case of a subscriber, to whom the publishers of the Mirror had sent the weekly paper on credit, was at last dropped from the list—all ordinary measures of collection having failed. Our agent was encountered the other day by the delinquent's wife, who wrathfully insisted that “she knew what was the news.pa per law—that Mr. M ills was bound to send the paper until all arrearages were paid !” A Venerable Pair. —A French paper men. tions an aged couple in Denmark, who on the 25t|i of March celebrated the G6th anniversary of their marriago. This solemnity, at which 47 descendants of the couple assisted, is called in Denmark, the diamond marriage. The 25th anniversary is called the silver marriage, and the 55th the golden tlicGGlh. which few attain the diamond. The next day both died, find wcio enclosed in the same tomb Tile husband was 92 and the wife 93. Fgreign News. —The Strainer Cambria ar rived at Halifax on Monday afternoon, bring, ing Liverpool dates to the 13th of April, seven days later. Cotton had advanced one eighth of a penny since the sailing of the America. Fair Orleans is quoted at 7sd. Mobile 6J Uplands 6§d. The week's sales amount to 12,000 bales. Flour was steady, nf previous prices. Coffee was dull, and prices were lower. The accounts from the Manufacturing Dig tricts exhibit very little improvement. The pri' ces of manufactured goods do not keep p ace with the enhanced cost of the raw material and several factories design resuming short time. The Havre Cotton Market rs steady, and quo. talions are ufre I ranged. The bullion in the Bank of England had slightly decreased. The rate of discount was 2-i per cent. Rumors were prevalent that the British Min istry, owing to* tire want of success for their measures in Parliament, would be compelled to resign. The Parliament is endeavoring to ettr tail the public expenditure. Ireland is still com plaining of her oppressors. The season has been remarkably pleasant, and the crops were promising. The Pope is positively returning to Rome. large French fleet and the A nifeficaiV squadron are at Naples. Letters from flome slate that a triumphal arch has been erected in honor of the Pope. An interchange of friendly correspondence had taken place between tlie British and Austri an Cabinets. Austria says she will not be the first to disturb the peace of Europe regarding the attitude of Prussia on the German question. The Greek question is still unsettled, and se rious apprehensions are entertained of a rupture between Russia and Great Britain regarding Greek affairs. The Emperor has assured King Otho of assistance, provided England continues tlie blockade, which she is determined to do. The news lias unsettled all the Northern mar kets. A Word to the Wise.— A very common, we hope it may he found a very fatal misconcep tion, is abroad, regarding tlie ability of Spain to hold possession of the Island of Cuda, or the facility with which its sovereignly may be wrest ed from her. We deem it our duty, nay we deem it a sacred obligation, to disabuse the minds of inexperienc ed persons who may he disposed, at some future •lay, to embark in exploits that may peradven. ture involve them in personal collisions with the military power of that nation. Spain iscon tcmptible, it is true, in a military point of view, when compared with France or England; but in the Island Cuba she is sufficiently potent to crush any petty or ill-advised attempt at inva sion set on foot by her discontented colonists, who, in furnishing the material of war, or the auxiliary force needful to secure success, will, we fear, be found sadly deficient. With a force less than five thousand reliable men, we should regard a descent on Cuba one of tlie wildest, most insane and Quixotic undertakings of the age, and one from which great suffering, if not death, must accrue to those engaged, while the inexorable and grinding tyranny now practised on the miserable inhabitants, would he increas ed an hundred fold. Romance in Real Life. —The Cincinnati Gazette vouches for the tliruthfulncss of the fol lowing narration. About four years since, a poor, miserable, intemperate woman wandered about the streets of Cincinnati, accompauied by a delicate bright little daughter of about six years of age. They caiicd together at the house of a lady then living on Broadway, and asked charity. It was freely dispensed, and the lady being pleased with the lovely appearance of the child, insisted upon taking it into her keeping, which was granted. She then went away, and was not heard of until about one year afterwards, when the lady who had charge of the little girl, to whom she had now become strongly attached was sent for to an obscure part of the city. She there found the woman in a filthy and dying condition, with just strength enough to tell her that the child had an uncle, its father’s brother, living some-where down the river, hut whore, she knew not; also that there was no dishonor attached to its birth. And the woman died From that time until about one week since, the foster-mother of the little girl has made every effort to ascertain the truth of the dying mother’s statement, when she suc ceeded, and on Monday last the uncle of the Jit tle girl came up from Louisville and took the little Miss away. That little unfortunate is now the sole heir of an income of fourteen hundred dollars per annum, bequeathed to her by her own fuller. Extraordinary Crime in France. —A rich proprietor, and a maire for several years passion ately loved a young girl. The families wore like the parents in “Romeo and Juliet,” at war; and they could not agree. But after several years of pressing solicitations, he obtainod the hand of his mistress They were married a grand party celebrated the wedding and the re conciliation. The happy couple retired. At six in the morning a pistol shot was heard. The liua hand was found dead in an anti-chamber; the young wife asleep. A letter explained the sui cide. It was evidently written before the mar riage. He said in it that lie had reached the highest point of human felicity, and could not descend. He could not hear to bo less loved,or to love less. “I die from excess of happiness.’ Paste that is Paste. —Dissolve an ounce of alum in a quart of warm water ; when cold add as much flour ns will snake it the consistence of cream; then strew in it as much powdered rosin as will stand on a shilling, and two or three cloves ; boil it to a consistency, stirring it all the time. It will keep for twelve months,md when dry may be softened with water. Last of the Season. —Why is the Missouri Senator Eke a petulant husband sueing his “bet tor half” fora divorce ? Because ho is Dcnt-oa dissolving the union.