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About The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18?? | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1854)
Week Literfronw Europe. THE WAR Advice* front the Bailie to April 12th thai three American ships were • -itiewhere in the Baltic with stores for •e Russians, and an English steamei ■•v* despatched for them. Admiral Napier had left Kioge Bay ’ r the Island of Gothland, it being re • -rt. and that some Russian porta were o , h and a Russian squadron off Faroe. •ere w.t hut little ice in the Gulf of nlrnid. The whole allied fleet was in the Black a near Varna. All the marines of the et were to be landed to protect tbtit j . iare. ; Admiral Dundas had signalized his • -uisets to lake front, and destroy every* • .mg belonging to, Russia. Ilia fleet -.3 in communication w’.tti the Turkish . nd force. rrtrwi .Teh arrived at ‘DmAm 'l ou the wth Gortschakoflf retains ’ imnnnd of the army, subject tu the or !c of Faskiewitch. ‘•ntheoOrh of March an important !ly was made on Kalntat, and a san* tinary encounter of (our hours occur* i.d. The Russian were routed with ii-eat loss and pursued u considerable tl**ncp. The British V. nr steamer Cyclops ar rived at Malta on the 7th, bringing im • ortaat news. The Tuike in the Dor. I* udscha, alter the Russians crossed the il inube. purposely left a free passage lor - item to Hirsova, and then attacked them ■ o the rear. After a hard fight, one half of the Rus sian were cut to pieces, and the other i.stf re-crosstd the Danube. The I urks ‘.-*d evacuated Chernavoda, which was -*Zvd by ills Russians. It was also sta d (no date) that 30,000 Russians had ros>ed at G-datz without opposition.— \U the accounts are very confused. Two English vessels on the Danube, i.ted with grain, had been fired into by ne Russians, and one sunk. Three thousand French troops at rived t Uonstantinoj.de on the 3d. ‘I he declaration of war by France and ! igland caused immense r.j doing at ‘•instantinC|de. It was repotted that the French Colo* el, Drew, belonging to Outer Pasha’s i a if. had been killed iu a recotiuoi- nurse a. S. Pcter*hurgh was illuminated and 7c Dtutt i sung on the receipt of the news •l the passage of the Danube. GREECE. The Greek insurrection makes no pro re*?. The insurgents have beeu repul* ed in several places. An Austrian note ■ ; remonstrance has been forwarded to UheiiF, holding the Greek Governmiut o6ponsible for all mischief arising from .he insurrection. ENGLAND. 11 Great Britain everything was dull, •riiicipally on account of the Easter hoii t*t g, which has greatly checked business. ‘-;iii.me:jt was not in session. SPAIN. 1* is stated that Mr. Soule had rec iv ! instructions to demand reparation for • v,e Black Warrior affair, and that on the <• h instant the Spanish Government Hide the needful apology, with pecunia , / recompense, besides blaming the Cap on General for the course he had per med hi* officers to pursue in the mat s fraKck. The Djke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan ■ud siaff, arrived at Paris on tbe 11th i .t. Napoleon had a grand review of .’A,OOO of his troops on the occasion.— i he Duke carried the autograph letter of Victoria to Napoleon. A farewell dinner was given to M r . Smford at Paris on the 10:h inst. GERMANV. Austria appears to act more in unison i ith the Western Powers. Prussia leans •.ore to Russia, though tempoiizing with Loth parties. Tne protocol, guaranteeing the integri • ot tle Ottoman Empire, was signed at Vienna by the four Powers, including Vuscia, but simultaneously there with bussia introduced into her treaty of rr.u _ial alliance with Austria a condition and .imitation, which would render the trea •/ a dcid letter, and which Austria co> .-••quently refused to accept. All the military arrangements arising ■ •it of the proposed treaty have been re •rre I to a com mission presided over by prince of Piussia. Hanover, and all iia minor German States, excepting Ba v.ria, .side with the Western Powers, • and will support Austria in forcing Prus a to declate her.:>eif , shou!J the subject ■ me b/fore the Federal diet. The Independence B de announces •. Mttiveiy that a treaty of permanent alli :ice, offensive and dc. Tensive, had just • en >igne<l by France and England, itule •. n-lent of treaties, for the present war. FKOM RIO DE JANEIRO. Dates from Kio de Janeiro to March l iih had been received at Liverpool.—! iie Russian frigate recently lying there l-ul been offered for sale. The Brazil i .i steamer Impeiador had foundered. INDIA AND CHINA. The overland mail fiom Lidia has been; i reived, with dates ftotn Bomliay to the; I uti ultitn v . It is reported that Dost I ihommed has offered an Affghan alli ■ >ce against Russia and Persia. An in . urection has broken nut at Bassorift. We have Shanghai dates to the 17th • f February, and Ilon’g Kong to the A war steamer had arrived at S'l&.ijrhiM from Naguskaion the lOih, and i-iiurned on the 11th, bringing intelli .Hnce that tire Emperor had consented t< ■"g tiate, and had sent his Ministers to e.t with the Russian Admiral, They I id also uv*ted the Russian Admiral to * nanqnct. The Japanese Embassadors •. iriounce that Japan will open her ports, f (if re pure time. Trie American squadron had not arri £•* ut Naguiki whoa the Knswtan s'eim • i’ Itdr, Lit*. stoj* chip Supply ';:><! arrived at u m*uojj oa tile 3,1 us February from ! *te Irtuf)jcn!s ha*.i evacuated on tin* *r h Hiitrdnt:e of Loo-CJh 10, the grand iOa*, and Hie 1 nperiahs's have occu ed it. l'he cuson house has been re-estab -hed at Shanghai. Nothing new from Wing poo. All wa* , l:et at A noy. N > political news from t. anton. Trade was g'iirg on cs usv.jl f.Atdiai.gA; 4-. lUi 1 ., on inu*ai 230 rupee*. A discovery of gold in Ceylon is re ported near Colombo. lusurrectiouary fighting was going on in Persian ter ritories. TIJMRMIAN. C 1 7T. •” -.™ .i p ,—. GRIFFIN. MAT 4, 1854 Griffin Ltcbum. The introductory lecture will be deliv ered on this (Thursday) evening, at the Baptist Church, by W. F. Wightman.— Subject. Death. C. P. B. Martin. President. The News. Such a flood of stirring events have pour ed in upon us this week from almost every section of the Ulobe, that we are obliged to postpone several communications and lay them over for next week. We trust our friends will bear the disappointment patiently. Wo assure them it has been right difficult, this week, to get a hearing 1 for half wc had to say ourself, The Weather'. Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday were wintry days. Frost ou Saturday and Sunday nights. Much of the forward crop of new cotton has been cut off, and fears are entertained by the planters that there is not enough sect! left to afford a stand for cultivation. No seed in the conn try to replant. It is a trying time with plant ers, and calls for all .their fortitude and energy. Mr. FillatDic. According to the card, Mr. Fillmore spent last Sabbath at Atlanta. On Mon day he left for Nashville, and will return by the same way, repass Augusta, go to Co lombia, the capital of South Carolina, and then take the Manchester and Wilming ton route on his return to the North. Soiree Idnsicale. 1 he second Soiree of the present session of the Griffin Female College, was givcu hr Prof. G. H. Briggs and his Pupils on Monday evening last. From the high qualifications of the teacher and the large and accomplished class of young ladieß un der his instruction, we anticipated a musi cal treat of no ordinary character. ‘Phis indeed, we understand, the audience re ceived. The young ladies acquitted them selves not only well but exceedingly well, mantling their teacher’s brow with honest pride and exultation. But alas for human calculation. We repaired to the hall a bout 8 o’clock, the hour of invitation. It was already crowded to overflowing.— A Jenny Lind audience met our gaze. A aaa of beautiful faces, ladies’ head-dresses, florid cheeks and pouting lips, with here and ther* a “come and kiss me” bonnet, and now and then a male biped stuck be tween, as the ladies place green things in a bouquet to set off the flowers, were all that we could sec A place to sit down was not in the whole hall—at least we did not see one, and the ladies then passing in at the rate of twenty per minute. Such love liness 1 We were dazzled, distracted, we believe a little scared. Our modesty could not face tln3 brilliant array, so we sorrow fully wended our way home agaiu. We may here remark, that the two Fe male Colleges in Griffin now have upwards of three hundred pupils, and that there are -upwards of five hundred pupils, male and female, now under tuition in this city. Griffin has been most happy in obtaining excellent Professors and Teachers for her seminaries of learning, teachers of the first abilities and qualifications, and full classes are their rewards in all the departments. Copper, Gold and Silver iu Gcor fia. Titere has not been ranch of either of these minerals developed in this State yet, but from indications which are brought forth from day to day by our enterprizing citizens, we should not be surprised to see Georgia, in ir few years, far outstrip her neighbors of Tennessee and North Caroli na in the development of these treasures. Some important discoveries have been made in Carroll county lately, near the county Site, which, if expectations are fully realized, will add largely to the wealth of that county, and rank it among the first in the State. A letter of recent date, published originally in the Newnan Banner, speaks of discoveries by Messrs Powell, Heard, Garrison, Boggcss, in en thusiastic terms, as being as rich as those near Ducktown in Tennessee. A Mining | Company has been formed iu the vicinity j of Carrollton to developc these hidden trea*- suros. The Copper and Gold mines of! Lumpkin are also highly extolled. Oncj writer says the county far exceeds any | part of the United States hitherto ex-! plored, except California, in the amount! of gold it contains; and the copper mines’ also promise much. Certain i: is, Lump kin lots arc much in demand by specula -1.01 sand right difficult to purchase from holders. Almost every man is sure he has a copper urine on his lot. There is un doubtedly much copper ore there, but the exact whereabouts it will take many years to developc. It is stated in the Knoxville papers that a rieu and extensive Silver mine has re cently been discovered upon the lands of Dr. R. 11. I lodsou, of Sevier county, Ten nessee, a few miles from the town o r Sc vierville. f uteri or Uauk of the Stutcof Geor j Bia. j ‘I he book of subscription for stock in j this Hank, to the amount of two hundred j thousand dollars, was opened at the store lof Win. It. Phillips & (Jo. in Griffin, on ; Mondiy last, and all the stock taken up iin the course of the day. A meeting of the Stockholders is called, to be held on the loth inst. AYo understand steps will be taken to organize the company, ob tain a site and build a banking house, and ; make all other necessary preparations for putting the bank in operation with the least possible delay. Os the officers of the bank we cannot speak, as ;ve know uot yet who will be selected. They will lie elected by the stockholders, perhaps at the ensuing meeting. From the high character of the Commissioners, who will give tone to the selection of officers, we have no doubt the direction of the bank will be put into able arid trustworthy hands, tmd the affairs of the concern mam aged w*th judgment and prudence. ‘Fite ilibte Cause. We have been favored by the Execu tive Board of the Spalding caunty Bible Society, auxiliary to the American Bible Society,., v. ith the report of Mr. Aaron Sowell, just made, who was appointed to traverse the county, to seek ami supply those who were destitute of the Holy Scriptures. By this report it appears that Mr. Sow ell visited, Families in the city 287 in the county 490 total 777 Number of families destitute of the Bi ble in the county 84, making an average destitution in the county (city excepted) of nearly one-sixth. Number of families destitute in the city IG, making an ave rage destitution in the city of one in eigh teen. Bibles and Testaments sold $76 18 “ “ donated 31 20 $lO7 88 Number of Testaments donated to the children in the city and county, as per do nation of Wm. Blanton, Esq. 113 The report closes as follows: The work I have done (ns far as I could possibly) carefully and faithfully, and I rejoice to report to you, less destitution in ynur county than any county 1 have ever supplied. No family, I believe, has been left unsuppliod with the Bible. Officers. Wm. Freeman, President, ! Rev. W. J. Keith, Tice President, I J. \V. Shackleford, Sec’ry. and Treaa'r. 1 IV. W. Woodruff, A. Gray, J. P. Mihib.’, M. Westmoreland, C. W. C. Wright, Directors. The TO. 13. Cltur Property According to a recent Washington des patch, the United States t’nowemc Court have reversed the decision of the* Circuit Court of Ohio, which recently dfe_*i ’fed a * gainst the Method.st Episcopal Church South to part of the assets of the Ciiuut nati Book Concern, held exclusively is? the Methodist Episcopal Church since the separation of that denomination in 1814, aud have remanded the cause for further proceedings in conformity with the opin ion of the Supreme Court. The good brethren of the M. E Church at the North appeared greatly to rejoice at the decision of Judge McLen, some time ago, in the division of the church pro perty, though they were very careful to hold ou to every cent with both hands, and refused to enter into any compro nise whatever, until the decision was made, and they found they could not hold on any longer. They have acted in the same way with the book concern at Cincinnati, atid we hope it may give them equal plea sure when they learn that they will be compelled to do justice to the South iu that particular also. Oue word more The Pharisee, pray ing in the temple, stated that where he had deprived any oue. he restored it four fold. We think the Northern Pharisees ought to be as good as he was; for it will be recollected, that while this statement is uot denied, his goodness is not noted as any of the purest by the Evangelist.— But we do not ask half as much as that. IVe only ask that they will allow simple interest on the value of the property for the length of time they have retained and been using it, and pay the expenses of lawyers, courts, travels, &e. which the Church South has 1 orue iu obtaining her rights. Will they do it? Will they be half as just as the Scripture Pharisee? We doubt it. The Washington Union says, the deci sion of the Supreme Court of the United States, delivered by Justice Nelson, is on the aide of the church South. It not on ly establishes the right of the church South to a proportionate share of the common funds and property, but decides that the two divisions are equally legiti ma'e. Justice McLean did not sit in the case Trade with Africa. We sec an effort is making to estab lish a line of steamers to run between New York and Liberia. This cannot be done too soon—the sooner the better. That colony is filling up and in a prosperous condition, and it will not be long before the trade of the country will bo worth our attention Now is the time to secure it, by a little attention to our colonists, who will naturally look first to the United States in preference to any other nation. It may not be general : v known that there are three colonies in Africa One* is at Sierra Leone, under British protection, but from the mihealthincss of the location it will never be of much importance. An other has been established at Cape Pal mas, by the Maryland Colonization Socie ty, and is in a healthy and flourishing con dition. The third is at Liberia, under the auspices of the American Colonization So ciety. The two latter are American, L ol ' n prosperous,. and the trade should be se cured to t’’:;, country without delay. Wc see it Etatcd in a late Savannah News, that Deas, an intelligent black man be longing to Solomon Cohen, Esq. of that city, had received, a few days since, from his friend Goldsmith Loyd, a variety of articles, the productions of the African continent. Loyd is a free man of color, was a carpenter in .Savannah, and emi grated to Africa uot very loiig ago. He is now a teacher iu one of the Methodist Mission Schools The articles are thus de scribed : ‘"A canister of African rice, such as is cultivated by the natives of that country; a canister of native coffee, and a quantity of African arrow root. The 1 ice is a very small grain, and not very well cleaned; the coffee is very large, resembling somewhat the Mocca berry; the arrowroot is a very tine article, not unlike that cultivated in this country. Besides theso staple pro ductions of new Africa, Loyd sends his old friend some specimens of the jewelry man ufactured and worn by the natives, a bracelet and a finger ring. These are quite primitive iu their material and struc ture, and indicate a not very advanced state of ornameutal art iu that country. — Such ornaments would not suit the fancy oi tlie American “fair sec,” who trace their ancestry to the tribes of Ethiopia.— rile articles came, by a late arrival at Baltimore, and were packed iu a box bv Lloyd, of African poplar, a wood of much firmer and liner fibre th in our poplar, and j of a color nearly resembling cherry.” The Hepublican also speaks of speci- 1 meus of the productions of Africa sent by the same hand;— as follows: “The cotton was of native growth, and taken from a tree between 75 and JDO feet high. Jr las a most brilliant, i‘lky appearance, far c-weeding lue lineal i American; is of a delicate fawn color; 1 feels to the touch precisely like silk; and has the same peculiar < dcr with ordinary cotton. Unfortunately it has little or no staple. Nevertheless we should think it capable, with proper machinery, of b**ing converted into doth, and if so, the fabric would be a dangerous rival to silk. I It* seed is very small, dark colored, and un like the American seed, is smooth and free of lint. The specimen of Cam wood sent, is quite a handsome one The wood is very heavy, close grained, and of a licit, red color. Cam wood, as our readers j are doubtless aware, is much used in dye ing The tree is a native of Sierra Leone. We should think the wood well adapted also for ornamental furniture unless the color be considered too brilliant.” 1 he prospective commerce of Africa can scarcely be conceived of at this early day The colonists have not yet opened a trade with the iu tenor. This they will do soon cr or later; and when they do, there will be hundreds of Useful articles brought in aud bartered for the commodities of the United States, of which coffee may con stitute a leading article TJie Kiglit ol* Search. Ihe L mdon papers announced some time ago, that her gracious majesty Queen Victoria had signified her royal pleasure, that, in the unhappy war now waging between her and her august cousin the Cztr of Russia, free ships should make fret goods, and that her navies arid cruiz er3 should not molest neutral commerce on die high seas, but suffer such vessels to pass and fepass unmolested We have the greatest confidence in Queen Victoria, that is as a clever little lady, though she is htrdly “strong minded” enough for a Queen Someone said of her grandfath er George the Third, that he was one of the of men and worst of kings—and Victoria bears a tolerably close family likeness. Wc have the utmost reliance that she meant just what she said, and if it were not for those wicked fighting men, whore she is obliged to keep about her as ’ °.r counsellors and advisers, Brother Jo na. hftu would not be much troubled with her wit matters. But while she states an lionet*- fat’L her Attorney General and privy Coau s '‘ll^ r:J uufortumitelv, have the construing oi -V 1 ’ words. And what is tin coustructioh U“-y give them? Such uu one as carries tin? “ hole assertion by the board, and leaves ncs.’t*’al nations in no better condition than if (he Queen had not opened her lips. The Ato.' v ucv Genera! says, that whilst’ G rcat Britain ’dl ll °t lest Russian goods belonging to > 1,( 3 citi zens or subjects of neutral nations üben carried in neutral vessels, other than ai.'* cles contraband of war, site cannot forego the right of a belligerent power to board and search them for contraband goods and munitions-of war! Why this covers the whole ground. .11 was the right of search for contraband goods and British subjects, chvmed by Great Britain and denied by the United States, that caused the last war between these two powers, and will cause another, unless Great Bri tain recedes from this position It is noth ing less than a claim to stop neutral mer chant vessels on the high seas, detain them, examine their papers, overhaul their cargoes, break bulk, tumble them about, in a word, to do with ship, papers and car go just what some petty British b wrding officer may is bis wisdom and self conse quence think proper. Will the govern ment of the United States concede such a claim to any nation ou the face of the earth, or all the nations combined? We trust not. Lord Clarendon, iu the House of Lords, took a similar position, and seem ed to admit that he anticipated difficulty with neutral nations from it Indeed any exception on part ofthe belligerents makes a search necessary, or how e!se can they ascertain whether goods or munitions con traband of war are on board the neutral vessel or not? It appears to us that the claim to search our ships must be wholly and unqualifiedly abandoned, or we may as well at once prepare k> repel such aggression. What course France and Russia will take on this subject, has not, as yet, we think, been intimated by c'ther of these powers. Spain aad the United States. It is stated, in late foreign advices, that the government of Spain has very frankly acknowledged the wrong done in the af fair of the Black Warrior, and promises ample reparation This is probably true; but we hope our g iveroment will not let the matter restispoo a. bare disavowal of the acts of the authorities of Cuba and a vague promise of reparati >n. Spain is much in the condition of a broker, down prodigal individual, quite ready to ac knowledge any debt, or give her word or note for any amount, because neither is of any value. Ottr government -;koul .1 insist upon ample repaid; o be made instan- Itr, without r..iy long diplomatic notes or (iJl'.rtVers about it. The subject should be treated as Gen. Jackson did the case be tween this country and France, with Lou is Bhillippe. Spain should be told she owes the money, and must pay it forth with. Japan and China The last advi cos state that the Russians have succeeded in opening the ports of Japan to their commerce; and it will also be seen, by a paragraph on our first page, that the English are closely engaged in negotiations to obtain the trade of China through the port of Shanghai. Wc took occasion the other day to note the suicidal policy of our government in not keeping up a sufficient naval force to answer the public wants. These two items of intelli gence arc strongly corroborative of our position. Had this government sent out a sufficiently imposing naval squadron un der the command of Commodore Ferry, and an able minister, with plenary powers to make commercial arrangements with these nations, it is reasonable to conclude that favorable treaties might have been made with both, of sufficient advantage to the nation to have paid for such an arma ment ten limes over. The importance of tlie trade of Japan and China to our com merce is well known, particularly to our .great southern staple cotton. A market for this article in these countries would in sure a fair price for its production, were it to run up to ten millions or more per an num; in fact the demand for it would be illimitable. All this is likely to be lost to us for the want of a competent national naval force to send abroad with able men and proper means to negotiate for them. It is said the Commissioner (as he is call ed) from this country to China has a kind of roving commission to go wherever he may think likely to find the government, and tor this purpose was d’spuj.vl,. -.*iC L ' J and” 10 WUI OU A i’ m 1 flying to Commodore Perry for a vessel ;rom his squadron, he received for answer that he (the Commodore) had none to >pare, and was thus frustrated in his inten tion In the mean time the British were sedulously at work at Shanghai making; a treaty, and are likely to carry off the prize. Ice 01* the Atlantic. From indications, the winter of the past season in the Northern Artie region must have been uncommonly mild. Usually the ice breaks away and drifts to the south ward during the months of May and June, but this year large quantities have come down early in April. Captain Mayhew, of the packet ship G. B. Lamar which arrived at New York on Saturday the 25th from London, re ports that on the 9th ult. when in lat. 46 40, lon. 49 19, fell in with large quantities of ice, which compelled him to stand 120 miles to S. E. to get clear of it. I he ship was finally completely surround ed, and for 12 hours the captain could not see any water After considerable diffi culty she got through and stood to the S. \'v. Oil the 12th ult. lost sight of the ice. The ship John Bright, from Liverpool, reports seeing sixty-three icebergs, from lat. 45 long. 46 to lat. 43 45 and long. 51. Some of these were three hundred feet high and two miles long! The ship's sails and rigging were completely covered with ice. The weather in the neighbor hood of these icebergs was very cold, and the passengers suffered severely in consequence. The steamer Sarah Sands, which arri ved at Portland on l uesday the 25th ult. from Liverpool, was on the Tuesday previ ous surrounded by ice in the middle of the Atlantic, and detained 24 hours.— One of the passengers turned the delay to the best account. Being something of on artist, he went out upon the ice at a distance from the ship, and there made a sketch of her and the surrounding scene— a tiling never before accomplished in that situation. The sketch is to lie lithograph ed. The passengers describe the passage through the ice as fearful in the extreme. As the ship came in contact with the im mense icebergs, she would tremble as ii striking against a rock. Important from California iL.v traortlinary Proceedings The San Francisco Herald of the Ist , j ult communicates intelligence so strange I and apparently improbable, that if it did ( j not contain indisputable marks ofuuthen j ticlty within itself, we should be disposed ■ to set it down as a first of April hoax |L is nothing more nor less then an effort ion i>c part of Manta Anna, to raise a j force j.f three thousand men in California, , i under tn 1 auspices of the Mexican Consul iat San Fr.-. oisco, to be sent out to ope rate a saints C alker, and act against u-ny disaffection to Sa‘> +,a Anna in Lower ifornia generally. ‘/ l, e instructions from the Mexican governn. *ut to the Consul at San Francisco are saiJ *0 read, in sub stance, as follows: o To scud down to Guaymas abcut .>,OOO men to be enlisted into the Mexica..’ army for one year. The cost cf the transportation to be de frayed by drafts drawn by the Mexican Consul on the National Treasury at Mex ico. The force to be composed of Germans, Irish, Italians and French—the latter to be preferred Mexican citizens to be counseled to leave California, and the ships to be em ployed by the Consul for that purpose. Such are said to be the instructions to the Mexican Consul, and under which, it is further said a number of men have been enlisted at Sau Francisco, and the ship Challenge chartered to carry them to their place of destination. Gen. Wool, commanding the Division of California, it is said did all in Ids pow er to arrest the recruiting of the force or sailing of the vessel, but finding he had no c u r>\ over the fi. at by any legal proceed ings, he managed to have the vessel seiz ed, after clearing, for a, violation of the Neutrality Law of ImIS. ‘1 lie charges against the vessel were that she carried an excess of passengers,’ and ha 1 a great er number of berths between decks than the law allows. Under these charges Lieut. Marry men, of the cutter Frolic, van down* spoke the Challenge, and ordered her to an anchorage, which was promptly obeyed. . where she was seized for a violation of the revenue laws of the United States. - iwo other vessels were engaged by the Mexican consul to follow', with more men. Ti c editor of tho Herald makes (he fob . lowb’v remarks: This audacious movement of Santa An na—we camiot designate it by any terra less harsh—has been conducted before the eyes of oar authortieis and our people, at a time when the Government of the Uni ted States, with an earnest desire to main tain its treaty obligations with Mexico, is making use of the most strenuous exertions in good faith, to break up the liliibuster ing expedition in Lower California —at a time when one of our fleetest vessels of war, under an cfficieut eoiqmander, is engaged in blockading the ports where the expeditionists expect supplies, aud where one of the mail steamers has been specially chartered and placed under the command of another experienced officer to aid in crushing all such unlawful expedi tions—at a time when one of our most distinguished military officers is sent out by the President to take command of this Division, with special instructions, and with extrardinary powers, to take mea sures against any infringement of ucutrali tv laws —at a time when the District Attorney of the United States is engaged in prosecuting, and the District Court of the United States in trying a number of our citizens accused of joining au expedi tion for the invasion of Mexican territory. It is under these circumstances, and with a a full knowledge of all these facts, so hon orable to the United States and so indica tive of their strict observance of their in. ternational obligations, that the Mexican President, through his agent at this port, organizes, within ouo of the States of the confederacy, an armed band of foreign ers, with the poorly disguised purpose of acting against the Americans, and of crushing the efforts of his eouutrymeu to resist his oppression. For the sake of the French Cou.mil, M. D.lloa, who has always commanded our respect, we regret we cannot-acquit the French government of participation iu this discreditable affair. If the enlistment of, citizens of France i.i this band has not; FceeixoJ the active co-operation of tbit £oVji'...iiu.iq .t iiuo at ictisk bcuu promoted by its connivance. No effort has yet been made—of which we are aware—to dis suade these mui from enlisting, or to arrest their embarkation Nothing could he more unfortunate for the future friendly relations of the two governments than this act of indelicacy on the part of France She, in effect, permits shiploads of her citi zens to be sown like dragons’teeth on oar southern border, there to produce, in the future, a frightful harvest of contentions and difficulties with our people. In view of this bad faith on the part of Mexico, and this unseemly intermedding on the part of France, we cannot regard it us incumbent any longer on the govern ment or its agents to take any inconveni ent steps to arrest expeditions ot our citi zens designed to aid the people of Mexico to revolutionize against their leaders. President Santa Anna, with the acquies cence of the French Government, organ izes a miibustering expedition of French men against the lives and liberties of his fellow citizens, to act, if necessity shou’d arise, against the people of the’ United States. The times are of no rose-water complexion that there should be such rash trilling by the French and Mexican gov ernments, with a population whos* minds are already full of expeditions, and wars, and conquests. Oar people can scarcely now lie restrained, and it is at such a crisis that Santa Anna throws a firebrand into San Francisco—this vast magazine of gunpowder—at the same time he warns the American goverumjut he ; will hold it responsible for the explosion. The Greek ltevolntion, This movement appears to be meeting j with some success, and may finally tri- j umph. We cannot see, however, that i ranch good is to result to the nation to be ; affected by it. The people of Greece may i enjoy a little more religions liberty, or’ rather be more under the control of royal ‘ ty and the priesthood at home, and less| subject to tlie Sultan and Mufti abroad,! but this is about all the amendment that we can see likely to grow out of the Greek ■ insurrection it is entirely a war of refi-! gions fanaticism. Let who will succeed, Otho will still be king, royalty’ and the es- • tablished church will still control the pen - j pie. If the Greeks triumph Otho will become the creature of the Czar, and the I priesthood the creatures of the king, and ihe shackles will be ri vetted ns fast, upon this ancient and once glorious republic, by 1 their foreign and imbecile king at home as ever they were by the Grand .Sultan at Constantinople. “The kings play the fool: the people pay the penalty.” Tiie Gadsden Treaty. ,r iiis treaty, it is said, lias been recon sidered by the Senate, and confirmed, with alterations. The Washington Star states, that it is believed that the treaty, as confirmed, offers ten millions of dollars for the abrogation of the 11th article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the relin quishment of Mexico’s claim to the Mesil la Valley, and a right of way across the Mexican territory comprising an area of about 13,000 square miles. These are, in fact, all the points of immediate nation al concern involved in the questions con sidered by the agents of the two govern ments in the original negotiations for this treaty. Bather Lard rim. A’ the Commercial Convention recently held <u ‘Charleston, Bennett, of the New York iTeraM, had a reporter, who, as in duty bound, a.*' l not fail to take occasion to lampoon the president. Tlow could he do otherwise, seeing that the President had refused his master the mission to France? This was all v'eli enough; we can sec the why and wherefore of it; it is in this way lie makes his bread ..”d retains his birth as reporter. But how an inde pendent editor of the State of Georgia ciu fall in and play second fiddle to this Charles ton reporter, as does the editor of the Savannah Republican, is totally beyond our comprehension. We do not suppose hr. has been denied a foreign mission, and if he does no printing now “by authority,” he ought to console himself with the con solation that he has had his turn, and must bide his time in hope of another. Oar editor appears to be’ quite put out” because Mr. Pierce makes so indifferent a President, and says it was the fruitful theme of chat at the Convention and all the way home. This is qufte alarming, j arid the people must be especially careful i how they choose a President next time.— | We wonder how Mr Pierce stands in this: gentleman's scale by the side of Gen. liar- ; risen or Gen. Taylor as a diplomat aud j •statesman? Art comparison, eli? , Ti.r; BT.ack IV.vr.atoß Affair.—W> learn that the course pursued by Comm >•• dore Newton, of the United States frigate Columbia, in not saluting the Spanish flag and the authorities of Havanna, has received the entire approbation of oar government. It appears that Commodore Newton wat, not aware of the Black War rior difficulty until his vessel came to an chor in the harbor of Havanna, but when informed by Consul Robertson that an official paper containing a scurrilous art icle against the i resident of the United States had been issued, he very properly announ ced ids determination not to exchange the usual salutes with the Spanish authorities On waiting upon President Bierce and the Secretary of the Navy, he was cordially received, and highly complimented for the promptness with wh'eh he acted upon that occasion Tiif. Javan Squadron —Commodore Perry’s fleet, consisting of the war steam ers Mississippi, Powhatan and Snsquehan 1 ua; the frigate Macedonian; the sloops of war Plymouth, Yandalia and Sarato ga; and the steamships Supply, Lexington and Southampton, arrived at Loo Choo i some time in January from Hong Kong.] all well. It will he recollected the Commodore] purchased on his first visit to Loo Choo, j a tract of land for a naval depot, and for! such other uses as the American Govern ment might desire to put it to Upon this tract, lying upon Nappa Roads, it Heems a fort has been erected by the A mcricans. Perry left an officer and twelve men in charge of this fort, and sailed again on the 17th Os January for Jcddo Loo Choo is about half way between Hong Kong and Japan, and Perry prob- j ably reached his destination about the j 2.5 th of January. Accounted For. — 1 lie New Haven Register, says, this unseasonable weather can be only accounted for, on the suppo sition that the persons in search of Sir John Franklin ’ have gone through the North-west passage, aud goglected to shut the door after them. l- I <.! .ir- .! Xafk * WIH-.-1, VSlii till, Dreadful Lniof Life ami Pi j perty. Another large fire, involving a fright lul loss of lif a, and destroying property to the amount of $20,000! occurred in Broadway lajt evening. It commenced about S o’clock, in the clothing and furn ishing store of VV. T. Jenning& Cos., No. 231 Broadway, a few doors abov* the Astor House. So rapidly did tbtr fire spread that, although the alarm tvaa promptly responded to by the Fire De partment, the flames rose hi-h above the roof before any streams could he brought to play, casting a brilliant glare over the Park and lower part of the city, fvxno thousands of persons gathered in t >e vicin ity; the horse and engine companies ar rived in quick succession, and soon the neighborhood became crowded. Despite the exerdons of the firemen, the slimes spread to the adjoining building, No. 233, the lower part of which was occupied by W. A B itchelder’s hair dye an;! wig establishment. The roof of building No. 229 was also caught firp. It was while ihe firemen wpre stain ing every elfint to prevent the flames from spreading to the a j tiding buildings, that an accident occurred, attended with a loss of life an i limb more dup<trons than any we have had to reeont sioc<* 184.5. In obedience to .in order to light up the hose of the Engine Company No. 21, >1 number of firemen en cred the cellar jof building No. 231, and while there, u I partilimi-wuil gave way, carrying with !it a p >rtion of the first stosy flooring, on j which was a heavy safe, and burying j several men beneath the ruins. A | wild cry of ho r >r arose from those out i side, as they saw the dreadful fate of j their comrades, and instantly every effort ! was made to rescue them from the rains. | The scene now became most harrowing j and exciting. I The firemen were districted between t-ffi r s to rescue their coirnft U*s and sub* ’ due the flames; while to the crowd he | yood, the calamity appeared’ even grea'- • r from the cmjftis; m uuJ u icertaintv which surioinded it. At length the fiie was subJoed, and 1 undivided exertions were given to re moving the rums. By one o’clock, a total of ten or .1 dozen • persons were taken from the cellar, four 1 whom were dead, and several so’bmJ'.y ; injured as to he removed to the hospital. In 1 ushing in to save then comrades, sev . | era-1 others were ii jured. From the re turn given we take the following figures: Dead -l, missing 2, f itiUv injured 2, barf ily injured 15, s igluly i'joreJ II -total i 33. The fhmes aim spread to building N O , i 23.>• ine roof and the upper storv were • considerably damaged; an I the interior of the building was also flooded with wa ter. It was occupied by > r eade & Bro. j D<uc rcotypists, and others. Josi as we are going to press at 2 1-2 A. M-, a strong bony of firemen are bn ’ sily at work in removing the ruins. \ , son of Coroner O’Denneli, aged 21, and attached to No. 40 Eigmp, has been spoken to in the rui s. He is bur ed_un ; dor the rubbish ;u a depth of 15 feet. He says that six u.enaie lying near him jdeari! fie is as comfortable as the or j cuinstances would admit, but there ia fire j very near him, and the rescuing pr.riv j are ohli.e 1 to turn a stream of water to j wards him, from time to time. iS e >v i’nr.K, April 20. The total number of ho.l ics taken from the ruins of the tire on Broad ,vay op to this evening is loin teen. Several others are yet miss ingr, and many ol the i j ued cannot pos sibly survive. T| e ruins are still being removed, and the search for other bodies is progressing. Masonic. Tiic Grand R A Chapter of Georgia courncnced it? annual session*, in Angmta, on Wednesday lire 26th and adjourned on Thursday afternoon the 21th ult. M I> VVnt T Gould ; G II P presiding. The nt tendeuee, we understand, was very fail, and the proceedings very harmonious The G if P having declined a re-election, t’ue folio wing officers were chosen, for the ensuing vear: M K Philip T Schley, G II P. M E A A Gaulding, 1) G (1 P. A J Lane, G K. Win P Ifains, G S. Rev. C F> Rev. G 0. C P Lewis, G C 11. Lemuel Pwelle, G Trcas. U B Russel, G See. J W Meredith, G Tyler. j Tin: lies>l an Forces.--! lie Russian j army in array against Turkov and her nl ’ lies is estimated at. not less than 330,00.) J men. About a month ago their position j was as follows: 42,000 were encamped a~ , round Kalafat under command of Prince ; Puwskiewiteh; 45,000 near the Pruth un der Gen. Luders: 15,000 at Bucharest in j Wallachia under Prince Govtehukoff; 60,- ! 000 bet ween the Pruth and the Dniester 1 under Gen. Ostensaekcn; 30,000 in \ol ■ liynia under Gen. Stiiuelinkoff; 45,000 cn ] camped round the Crimea; 480,000 in the I Caucasus under Prince \\ orotizoff. 3 lie ’ number of can?.on is estimated at not less I than 500. Ihe Czar is said to hare de cided to remain entirely on the defensive, J believing that it is his policy to protract , the war to its utmost limits Business of tie State R>ad—We lentil from Muj. Cooper, the Superinten dent of the W. & A. Railroad, says the Romo Southerner, that the receipts for the month of Minch amount to seventy two thousand dolla’S, against the corres ponding t cceipts for March, 1353, of tif’y- Uvo thousand dollars. Add to this the probable decrease in expense <*l $5, C00, and we have a gain ol .2 ),000. Ine de struction of a portion ot the Rome and Nashville Rnlrords by the tieshet in Match, entirely suspending their business for two or three weeks, induces the opin ion that the business ot the Road, during the last month, must he veiy heavy. The Cholera. —Many feats arc ex pressed that the Asiatic (. holcra will pre vail in many portious of the United States the ensuing summer. The signs betoken it Ships arriving with emigrants are al ready more or less affected by it. Ihe ship Tonawauta, recently arrived at I ml adelphia from Liverpool, lost abjtu fifty passengers during the voyage, of a disease resembling cholera; and the Blanche, at St. Johns from Liverpool, lost thirty-five bv the same disease. *1 be western waters are also affected, not only at the South, but also on the Missouri and l pp er *Ji s * uss’ppi and their tributaries.
