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Pour Days Later from Europe
New York, May I.—The steamer
Pacific arrived here this morning, bring
ing Liverpool dates to Wednesday, April
20th', four- daj’S later.
Cotton is regarded firmer, with a slight
advance; sales during the last three days
of 21,000 bales.
Political and War Newt
No fighting has taken place on the
Ilanube worthy of note, and affairs in I
that direction remain about as before.
A dispatch from Copenhagen states,
that an English frigate had arr.ved there
With several .Russian prizes, and a num
ber of prisoners.
Sir Charles Napier had captured sev
eral vessels loaded with contraband
goods.
A permanent camp of ten thousand
men had beeu decided upon at Toulon.
The combined fleets were seen off
Odessa in the northeast corner of the
B ark Sea, April 1.
The inhabitants of Odessa, a Russian
city, were greatly alarmed at the sight
ofihe combined fleet of the enemy, and
fled the citj*.
Omer Pasha has been instructed not
to undertake any important operations
liQ'il the arrival cf the auxiliaries.—
These instructions were given by Lord
Redcliffe, not a military man, and will
tend to prevent Omer Pasha taking ad
vantage of circumstances, and making an
attack, which many times would be the
best defence. He will not be allowed to
prevent the progress of the Russians by
pushing his forces through the weak cen
ter of the enemy’s line, and marching up
on Bucharest.
Toe Biitiah troops were landed at Var
na on the 24th, and the vessels bearing
them were said to have proceeded to
blockade Sebastopol.
An army of 20,000 Russians is sta
tioned about Odessa; the city is otherwise
well fortified, and well prepared for tie-’
fence.
The Russian troops, it is stated, are
slid crossing the river Danube in great
numbers, and are occupying a position in
Dobrodcha, a peninsula formed by the
Danube on the north and west, and by
the Black Sea on the east, and north of
a line from Kustendje, on the Black Sea,
to Cberneuode on the Danube, South
of the line now occupied by the Russians,
on the lakes and morasses of Karasee,
the Trajan Wail, refuted for defence on
the points of passage, the fortress of Kus
tendje, and the allied fleets on their flank
in the Black Sea.
It is believed that Omer Pasha is con
cenl'&ling the bulk of his forces in front
of the position taken by the Russians.
It is believed to'be the intention of the
Russians to push forward the
Danube beyond the position before men
tioned, ia the direction in which they ex
pect the French and English army, and
to fortify all the positions which may
obstruct the advance of the allied army.
The Turks effected the passage of the
Danube in grand style on the 27th ult
at Sitnnitza, most of the inhabitants ol
which fled to Bucharest. The place
where the Turks crossed is west of the
petition occupied by the Russians.
Another battle had been gained by the
Circassians over the Russians, in which
the latter were repulsed with terrible
slaughter.
The Cxir had ordered all the pilots,
and men capable of bearing arms, to re
move from the islands to the main land
of Finland; also, to remove or burn all
the ships and boats. The same system
of defence has been adopted all along the
.shore of the Black Sea.
No pitched battle had occurred on the
Danube up to the 9th of April; but mueh
cannonading had been going on from
.March 30 to April 7.
Grand Duke Constantin* had assumed
the command of the Russiat. fleet.
Lord Raglan ieft Pans for Marseilles
on Tuesday.
Sulina, the mouth of the Danube, was
still blocked up.
Varna, on the Black Sea. garrisoned
with only a force of six thousand men,
has asked reinforcements irom the fleet.
It is believed that the garrison will be re
inforced by the English and French
troops which have arrived at GaUipoiis,
who will be ordered there.
The contest at Matchen was of a very
three Egyptian battalions remained dead
on the field.
The Czar highly complimented Prince
Gortschakofffor having effected the pas
sage of the Danube.
GREECE.
The Greek insurrection was nearly
quelled. .
The Greeks were defeated at Ointro,
with a loss of five hundred. The utmost
division prevails among the leaders, who
have begun the cry of treason.
The expulsion of the Greeks from
Constantinople continued; but the Roman
Catholic Greek subjects of the Porte
were allowed to remain.
AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.
Austria and Prussia still remained neu
tral. The Emperor of Austria, in his ne
gotiations with Prussia, persists on hav>
mg full liberty of action against Russia,
should circumstances render it necessary.
The Kmg of Prussia refuses to assent to
a treaty, unless Austria will not make any
movement without first consulting and
obtaining his assent.
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
EnglaoJ and France continue to make
immense warlike preparations.
The Queen ot England had issued a
proclamation for a day of general humili
ation, fasting, and prayer, that the armies
of Great Britain and France may be bless
ed io the war against Russia.
It ij stated that a treaty of alliance,
offensive and defensive, had been positive
ly exchanged between England and
France, and that copies of the treaty are
circulating ia Paris.
Several arrests were made at Paris,
April 30lh.
RUSSIA.
At St. Peterburgh the Government
paper was at twelve per cent, discount.
I’he Russians are constructing forts i
which command the entrance of the south
•loinoat mouth of the Danube.
SARDINIA. I
The Sardinian Government has forbid i
any privateer under the Russian flag ;
being armed and provisioned or harbored <
with tbeir forces to Sardinian ports. j
DENMARK. I- (
The Miaisteriai crisis is over, and the I
Cabinet still remains.
SPAttf.
Lord Howden has addressed a note to
the Spanish Government, requiring her
to close her ports against Russian priva
teers, if Russia should issue letters of
marque.
Three days Later.
The British royal mail steamship Africa
arrived at New York on the sth inst. with
Liverpool dates to the 23d ult.
The war news from the Baltic, the
I Black Sea, and along the Danube, is with
out interest.
The French squadron of 27 vessels,
under Admiral Duschesne, has left Brest
for the Baltic.
The Greek government have received
an Anglo-French note of a threatening
character. Greek ships with ammuni
tion, have been captured off Negropont.
A treaty of close alliance has been rati-
Ified between France and England.
A treaty of alliance, offensive and de
fensive, has been signed between Aus
tria and Prussia.
The resolution expelling the Greeks
from Constantinople, is rigidly enforced.
The Greek insurrection has assumed
the shape of a Guerrilla warfare, harass
ing though not formidable.
‘Lord Stanhope has published a s’rong
manifesto against the Greek Government,
favoring the insurrection. The massacre
of the Greeks by the Turks is reported
doubtful.
Accounts are still vague respecting the
violation of Servian territory by Austria.
The campaign ia Asia was expected
to open about the middle of April.
Mr. Soule is reported to he still urging
a speedy settlement of the Black Warri
or case.
A Spanish decree has been published,
requiring the registry of all slaves in Cu
ba, at the instance of Great Britain.
Barcelona and Saragosa, in Spain, are
in a state of anarchy.
The Journal of St. Petersburg has pub
lished a reply declaring war.
Nesselrode’s circular favors the Greek
insurrection.
The ice on the Gulf of Finland has be
come much brokeu.
The latest dispatches from London are
to Saturday, 3 P. M, in which there is
nothing new except a rumor from Paris
and Vienna of anew Prussian media
tion. The Cotton sales, at the date men
tioned, were estimated at 5000 bales,the
market closing tamely, but prices un
changed and steady.
Dispatches from Paris are to Friday,
aud bring Omer Pacha’s confirmation of
previous accounts that the Turks were
thtice successful against a superior force
at the passage of the Danube, but m obe
dience to orders they retreated ia the line
for Karascat.
St. Perterburgh papers contain a mani
festo in reply to the French and English
declaration of war, throwing the responsi
bility of the course they have been pleased
to adopt upou those powers
Nothing later from Copenhagen, except
that Sweden has positively entered into a
secret treaty with Russia, by which an ab
solute enactment exists forbidding more
than four ships at once to cuter a harbor.
The same requirement has been extended
to Norway.
Parsun Brownlow. —We see Parson
Browillow is not yet satisfied with making
what he calls temperance addresses, which
appear to be a seatteration and splattera
tioa of a little of almost every thing, high
ly spiced with nonsense. lie delivered
one of these medleys at Columbus last
Saturday night.
Col Joitv Forsyth, it is said has recei
ved the appointment of Consul at the port
of Havana. Mr Forsyth s a worthy
man. competent to discharge the duties of
that office with ability, and his appointment
will be a source of great gratification to
the people of Georgia.
The steamer City of Clnsgow has now
beeu out seventy days, having sailed about
the first of March from Liverpool for New
York. No tidings has been had of her
from the time of her sailing, and it is great
ly apprehended that she has been lost at
sea. She had on board upwards of three
hundred passengers, besides the officers
and crew.
Wild Cat and the Mexican* Authori
ties. — The Western Texan of the 231 ult.
learns that Wild Cat, the notorious Semi-
TTCkH-hiefj had declared in extenuation of
the recent depredations committed by
himself and his marauding band, on our
Western frontier, that his forays upon our
settlements were “made with the sanction
of the Governor of Coahuila, who shares
the spoils with the Indians. ”
Superstition or tiie Turks.— English
cotton shirts, on which the concise con
tents of the Koran are roughly printed in
blue, are now selling in the Turkish camp.
They arc eagerly bought up at tenfold
their value, as the Turkish soldiers attach
to those talismanic extracts the gift of
making the wearer invulnerable in battle.
A family in an old fashioned covered
wagon, with a dog tied to the hind axle,
passed through Cleveland on the 16th
ult. on their way to Nebraska The man
said “he had a large family of boys, and
he was going to spread himself on a free
farm under the sanction of the Homestead
bill.”
Public Works in Pennsylvania.—
Gov. Bigler has signed the bill providing
for the sale of the main line of the public
works of Pennsylvania, consisting partly
of railroad and partly of canal, to be sold
for not less than ton millions of dollars.—
Pennsylvania owes all this, expenses in
curred in building these works.
A Greek Stampede.— The Greek Quar
ter of the city of Constantinople contained
a population of between 80 and 90,000 in
habitants, who, on account of the Greek
insurrection, were all ordered to leave the
city within ten days, and evacuate the
Turkish dominions.
Dead Body Found.— The dead body of
a negro man was found recently seven
miles from Eufaula, Ala. on the Spring
Hill road. The head and an arm were
severed from the body, and there is no
doubt but that he was murdered. The
neighbors can give no account of the
shocking occurrance No negro is missing
from the viciuity. We wonder how long
it will be before wo shall see it announced
at the North, that some inhuman owner
of a slave, has not only murdered bis pro- i
perty, but afterwards cut him up in pieces I
(ala Webster) and thrown the maimed
body out in the road to feed the hogs. i
m jamsoNiM. ;
GRIFFIN. MAY 11, 1854
Strawberries.
We were favored last week with a brim
ming fruit plate of these delicious berries,
from the garden of Hon. Judge Stark.
His kind lady will accept our acknowl
edgement of the complimeut.
Griffin Lyceum.
The following question will be discussed
before the Lyceum, on Saturday evening,
at 3 o’clock, at Concert Hall;
“Has the Government of the United
States the right to appropriate the island
of Cuba?”
Ass I
G.J. Green, C P. B Martin,
J. C. Humphrey, A. R. Moore,
J. A. Danforth, A. L. Borders,
D. N. Martin, L. R. Daniel,
W. F. Wightman. Wm. Wallace.
The public are invited to attend.
D. N. Martin, Sec’ry.
A Flue
Some time ago, we made mention of the
advantage, among others, of the State
Road, in bringing down supplies of fresh
fish from the Tennessee river. Thcv ‘now
come in abundance. We had the pleasure of
dining off of a large channel catfish last
week, coming fro’Ti that quarter, served
up by Captain Mangham at the Georgia
Hotel, and sent to him by Harrison Pet
, Tis, Esq. of Atlanta. We assure Mr.
Pettis, in the name of cur worthy host and
his boarders, that the remittance was most
acceptable. We do not know that the
fish was weighed, but think it would have
pulled down all of fifty pounds
T2ic Great Eclipse.
It will be recollected that Friday the
: 26th of this mouth will bring about the
1 great anular eclipse of the sun, when, we
|do not know how many digits are to be
j eclipsed, and you would not know what it
j meant if we were to tell. But everything
is arranged. It is settled that the eclipse
shall come off, rain or shine, and the A
merican Association for the advancement
of Science has appointed a committee of
twenty of the most distinguished Astrono •
mers of the United States to note the oc
currence, and let us know all about it after
wards. In the mean time a piece of smo
ked glass will answer very well for com
mon people to look through, and see what
they can, free of charge.
Tho Southern School Journal.
Tho May number of this periodical is
on our table. Contents:
What is good Discipline?
Requisites of a good Teacher.
The Tides.
Republics without Education.
Education by the State.
Relation of Churches to General Educa
tion.
Public Examinations.
Hints on Composition in Schools.
Spelling Exercises.
All these subjects are ably considered,
in this number.
The Southern School Journal should be
read by every citizen of Georgia who takes
an interest in the diffusion of a general
education throughout her masses.
Price $ 1 per annum: Address “South
ern School Journal,” Macon, Georgia.
Old Bullion aud the Nebraska
Bill.
Col. Benton made a powerful speech in
the House of Representatives lately, in op
position to the Nebraska bill, in which he
did not spare Mr. President Pierce for
showing an open hand in favor of it, and
using his influence for its passage—as if
the same thing had not been done by eve
ry President from the days of Washington
—as if Gen. Taylor and his Cabinet were
uot actively engaged in the passage of the
Compromise acts, which admitted Califor
nia as a State and New Mexico and Utah
as territories. The constitution directs
the President to m ike proper recommen
dations to Congress from time to time for
their action, while Bentou will not allow him
an opinion 1 It is also said that the Mis
souri Representative will oppose the Gads
den treaty, and hinder the appropriation
to carry it out when it comes before the
House. As we thiuk it will be to the in
terest of the whole Union, but particular
ticularly to the Southern States, that
these measures should be consummated,
we trust Mr. Beutou will oppose them
with all his might, as the surest way of
having them both to succeed.
We make tho following oxtract from
the correspondent of tho Richmond En
quirer at Washington, under date of the
27th ult;
“ The speech of Mr. Smith, of Virginia,
to-day, was oue of the best which has yet
been delivered in the House of Represen
tatives, during the Nebraska debate. Ho
showed that the Missouri Compromise was
unconstitutional, that, so far from being a
peace measure, it was the author of all
subsequent slavery agitation and disson.
sion. He road from the debates of the
time to show that Mr Clay was opposed
to the slavery restriction. He also read
an extract from a speech of Mr. Benton
in ’53, in which that gentlemau had pro
nounced the aot Qf 1830 to be null and
void. The exposure of this opinion, so
different from the one a day or two - ago,
pronounced by Mr. Benton, and of his
utter inconsistency, terribly excited the ire
of tho old gentleman. He said, interrupt
ingly, that he meant the act of ’2O to be
void only so far as the “nullifiersP were
concerned. Mr. Smith said that no such
word or explanation appeared in his
speech Mr. Benton thereupon became
very indignant and said that his language
was “falsified. ” Bat Mr. Smith contin
ued his readings from the speech of ’52,
and found a repetition of his opinion of the
uullity of the act of ’2O. The plea of fal
sification could not again be pleaded, and
Mr Benton quietly surrendered himself to
the mortification of defenceless exposure,
amid the merriment of the House.
This speech of Mr. Smith’s was a palpa-1
ble hit and one of the most effective which
has been delivered. It reached its mark
and object. It lias made Benton’s anti- j
Nebraska thunder perfectly harmless. It ;
was admirably delivered, with good voice j
and sufficient passion. In its progress it j
touched the veteran abolitionist, Gid-!
dings of Ohio, so sorely that he will, un
der a personal explanation, reply with all
his might to-morillw.
Mr Barry, of Mississippi, surprised
the House with a speech ranch above me
diberity. It was of the most orthodox and
sensible character. He said £hat he dis
liked the Badger amendment s and Jirould
rather not have had it, bus will vote for
the bill. He considered the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise worth having at any
sacrifics.”
Uuited States Troops for Califor
nia.
It will be recollected that the unfortu
nate steamer San Francisco had a regi
ment of U. S. troops aboard, ‘and was
bound to California, 150 of whom were
washed overboard and lost. Since the
failure of the expedition and loss of that
j vessel, the government at Washington re
cently engaged the steamer Falcon to
f carry out the troops. Companies D. G.
■ i. and K. of the 3d Artillery were etnbark
t cd at New York, but they had scarcely
t got out to sea before the Falcon sprung
. a leak, her furnaces would not draw, and
she was obliged to put into Hampton
l Roads and land her troops at Old Point
[. Comfort. They are now to be taken up
by the steamer Illinois, on her next out
ward trip to Aspiuwall. It is to be hoped
that the poor fellows may be able to get
to California without further mishaps.
Tlie Caloric Ship Erricsou.
The usual concomitants of great scion
tifio improvements seem to attend Capt
Erricson and his caloric ship. Misfortune
upon misfortune await them. She lately
made a trial trip between Jersey city, op_
posite the harbor of New York, and the
Narrows, and was very nigh being lost.—
As it is, she is sunk in eight fathoms wa
ter, on the very eve of triumphant success.
She left Jersey city, had made the trip •>
and was returning to her pier, when she
encountered a squall so heavy that she
careened over to one side, and one of her
portholes being open, let in the water so
fast, that when she righted she was found
to be settling, and in a sh >rt time sunk.—
Her crew and a few guests on board, had
barely time to leave her and get on to
oilier boats which came to their relief. Os
the working of the engine and the pros
pect for final success, the Courier and En
quirer gives an interesting and flattering
account:
“Her speed was very satisfactory at
first, making as she passed the Battery,
eight revolutions per minute; five miles be
yond, ten per minute. Her speed, howev
er, increased as she progressed, making
finally full twelve turns, and she reached
the measured distance of eighteen miles
from off Governor’s Island, in one hour
and thirty-five miuute*, being a little less
than twelve miles per hour. Going down,
the lide was favorable, but tho wind was
strong ahead on the quarter, which nearly
counteracted the favorable influence of the
tide. Returning, although the tide was
unfavorable, she made twelve miles per
hour, passing a measured distance of eight
miles in precisely forty minutes. The high
est working pressure at any one time did
not exceed ten pounds per square inch.
This pressure will be greatly increased by
a slight alteration, about being made in
some of the connecting pipes, which it is
confidently expected will give thirty or
forty pounds pressure, or even more if ne
cessary.
“And now, to come to the most impor
tant and distinguishing point involved in
the practical working of this ship, —the t
conomy of suel —-the great question, how
much coal will be required to propel a
ship of her. tonnage (2200 tons) twenty
four honrs, at the rate ofe twelve to fifteen
miles per hour? was clearly solved by the
experience of this trip Not over, cer
tainly, ten or twelve tons will be needed,
requiring only 120 to 150 tons for a voy
age to Liverpool, or nearly 1000 tons less
than the Arabia or even the Atlantic
sometimes consumes, and employing only
about one-eighth of the working force of
those ships. No comment on such results
are needed. That a complete revolutiou
in steam navigation will be the conse
quence, is clearly evident.”
GENERasiry Rewarded. —A lady be
longing in New Orleans, was travelling on
the New York and Erie railroad, with her
servant and one or two children. Upon
arriving at Dunkirk, she found by some
mishap or oversight, she was destitute of
the necessary funds to enable her to reach
home. She was entirely without acquaint
ances, aud her distress was extreme; whon
the circumstance becoming known to an
engineer on the train, feeling assured that,
it was no case of imposture, ho advanced
to hor, from his own hard earning, the
required amount- A few days since he re
ceived a package by express from the
south, upon opening which he found a let
tor of thans from tho lady’s husband, con
taining the money he had loaued, and ac
companied by a beautiful and valuable
gold watch. The cireqmstauce reflects
honor upon all the parties concerned.
True; but how often, we would ask,
might this good engineer try his danger
rpus experiment over again before he
would even get his money returned, much,
less a beautiful and valuable gold watch
with it. We have no disposition to dis
courage generosity, but such is the wretch
ed meanness of a large portion of mankind,
aud womankind too, that unless your
bounty is dispensed with the greatest cau
tion and prudence, you will soon find your
self “sucked iu” by those you have beeu
most anxious to serve, How many dare
you loan even a few dollars to at the pre
sent day, unless they have property thro’
which you can force it out of them* again?
Thcro are villains enough extant under the
guise of respectable meu and women to
destroy all the benevolence in the country.
A hide bound, strait-laced - , close-fisted e
conomy becomes a matter of self-protec
tion. We might mention some cases of
our own, in which we have had sad expe
rience on this subject. Under the guise
of friendship, and borrowing money for a
few days, for a special purpose, to be re
turned without fail, we have been swindled,
out of hundreds of dollars. We sup.
pose we have not fared worse than others
who have been equally credulous. But it
is a hard case that the milk of human
kindness should be curdled and dried up
by such villainy, and it is a great pity
that a public exposure of such charac
ters could not be made from time to time
to the community.
Revolutionary Soldiers and tlieir
Widows.
There wore 231,191 soldiers engaged in
the Revolutionary War. Os this number
only 1,191 were still alive at the begin
ning of this year. Their ages now sfrerage
at least 93 years. Seventy-throe died (lu
ring the past year.
Os the widows 5,633 remain, 272 of
whom were married before the termina
tion of the war (1783) and 3,590 between
that time and the first of January, 1800.
The ages of these venerable relicts of the
Revolution may be computed, when we
state, that a child born in the year of the
| declaration of Independence would now,
I if alive, be 18 years old.
I Mr. Buchanan on the Right of
Scare li.
A banquet, or as we would say in the U
nited States, a dinner, was recently given
to the Earl of Elgin in London, at which
Mr. Buchanan, the United States minis
ter, was called out. In the course of his
remarks, at their close, he touched upon
the right of search, as follows:—“With
your indulgent patience, I shall advert to
one other topic before I take my seat.—
I cannot sutler this occasion to pass, with
out expressing my gratification with her
Majesty’s wise and liberal declaration in
favor of neutral commercial rights during
the existing war. It was worthy of the
civilization of the nineteenth century, and
worthy of the best constitutional sovereign
who has ever sat upon the proud and pow
erful throne of Great Britain. The time
will arrive when war against private pro
perty upon the ocean will be entirely pro
scribed by all civilized nations, as it has
already been upon the land, and when t'.ie
gallant commanders of the navies of the
world will deem it as great a disgrace to
rob a peaceful merchant vessel upon the
seas, as the general of an army would now
do to plunder the private house of an un
offending citizen.” [Loud cheers j
San Domingo.
We see it stated that Solouquc’s “fleet’’
was to have sailed on the first of May to
invade the Dominican territories. It will
be recollected the Dominicans are a settle
ment of Spaniards on the opposite side of
the island. Solouque’s fleet! We should
like to sec this redoubtable armament jits
officers, its men and its arrangements.—
And then we should like to know how
this nigger emperor comes by two names
Sometimes he is called Solonque, and
sometimes Faustin one 1. Which is his true
name? Invade the Dominican territories!
Invade a hen roost.
The Gadsden Treaty.
There seems to be new difficulties an
ticipated from the Gadsden treaty, as al
tered and ratified by the Senate, The
New York Herald says:
The Mexican treaty, as amended and
ratified, of course makes no provision for
the settlemsnt of claims of American citi
zens against Mexico, all that portion of it
having boen struck oat long ago. A dif
ficulty is anticipated in the event of San
ta Anna’s accepting the treaty, which, by
the way, it is certain he will, that the
House of Repe-entatives may refuse to
appropriate the ten millions. It certainly
will not be appropriated until after a full
investigation of all the circumstances con
nected with the negotiations, and the pub
lication of all the correspondence.
The Wards and tlae Excitement.
We are not in the habit of chronicling
mere local excitements of the moment,
which usually live for a few days and then
’ sink out of sight and give place to some
newer demonstration. A case that may
end in this way has recently made its ap
pearance in the city of Louisville, in Ken
tucky; but as it seems to take a wider
range than usual, and may largely affect
the popularity and standing of the lion
’ John J. Crittenden, U. S. Senator of that
State, we are induced to give it a pass
• ing notice.
It appears that a lad by the name of
Ward, belonging to a wealthy and influ
ential family in Louisville was attending
a school which was under the direction of
a northern man by the name of Butler
Young Ward had brought chestnuts to
school, and gave a portion of them to an
other boy. The bringing of such matters
to school was against Butler’s rules, and
the lad was called up to account for it.—
In the course of the investigation an al
tercation arose between the teacher and tho
lad Ward, whether ho or the other boy
had thrown the hulls of the chestnuts on
the floor, in tho course of which Butler
told Ward he had stated a falsehood.—•
The boy wont home and told his tale to
his elder brothers Matt and Robert. The
brothers folt themselves highly insulted by
this insignificant schoolboy affair, and
Matt wont off and armed himself with a
brace of pistols, and in company with Ro-f
bert, who was also armed, went to the
achoolhouse to bring Butler to account for
the insult. Ihc result was, that he first
violently abused Butler in opprobrious lan
guage, and finally shot him down in his
own school room. Butler died in a short
time afterwards. , The Wards were ar
rested, and Matt tried for murder. The
trial terminated in his acquittal. Mr Crit
tenden volunteered to defend him, as it is
said, and loft his seat in the Senate to go
to Kentucky for that purpose This hqs
very much incensed a large portion of the
community at Louisville, who think Matt
Wqpd a proper s,ul\jeot fqp the gallows.—
An indignation meeting \yqs held in the
Courthouse after the trial, and the Wards
subsequently hung iq effigy. Resolutions
were adopted at; the meeting, requesting
the honorable Senator to resign. We an
nex a short account of the meeting and
its action, as we find them, in a New Or
leans paper:
New Orleaks, May 2 —Great excite
ment in Louinvif.lt, Ky. —ln Louisville, ou
Saturday night last, six to eight thousand
persons congregated at the Court house,
and passed resolutions condemning the
verdict of the jurv on’ the Ward case, and
the conduct of Wolfe, attorney for the de
fence; also requesting Crittenden to resign
his seat in the U. S. Senate, and Wolfe
his seat in the Legislature of the State.—
Matt Ward was present, and asked leave
to make a statement, but was not permit
ted to do so. The mob then proceeded to
the residence of Robert J. Ward, and
burnt effigies of Matt and Robert J. The
front door and wood work took fire, but
was extinguished with but little damage.
We regret such an affair in any one of
the United States. But it will have a
salutary effect. It will show people that
money is not strong enough to ride over
all law and justice in this country. We
are sorry to lose Mr. Crittenden’s able
services in the councils of the country
But he has done for himself - his influence
is gone, and he may as well resign, as re
quested, and retire to private life. The
lire of indignation is spreading throughout
Kentucky. A number of meetings have
been held, in all of which Mr. Crittenden
is severely censured and requested to re
sign.
Mrs Harriet Beecher §towe and
the Darkies.
It will be recollected that some time
ago some of Mrs. Stowe’s friends fell out
with her because of her ardent affection
forthe Almighty Dollar, charging her with
doing the thing that was mean among the
aristocracy of England, in order to put
money in her purse. It appears that the
darkies at the “norf” have filed the same
complaint. Harriet ought to come down
“sous” an l take a lesson or t wo. She
would find that when you promise a dar
ky a jacket, or trousaloons, or a dime, or
any such matter, he will look for it, just
like white folks, and you have got to pay
‘up. At a late meeting of what th;y call
“The Massachusetts State Council of Col
ored Americans,” the following resolutions j
were adopted:
Resolved, That when Mrs. Stowe pro
mised the colored people of this country a
large donation of the funds collected from
her friends and ours, in Europe, for the
establishment of a school adapted to our
wants, we rejoiced in the hope of great and
lasting good to our race from that noble
enterprise.
Resolved, That her late refusal to make
that contribution in aid of our elevation,
has filled us with unfeigned regret and mor
tification, and compelled us to believe that
she has been acted upon by other inftucn
ces than the dictates of her own good
heart.
* Comment is unnecessarv.
Mr. Meagher.
Mr. Meagher, the Irish patriot, while
in Savannah, partook of a dinner given by
a few geutlcmm in a private way. In
the course of some remarks, after dinner,
he made the following, which we think
most excellent advice to the American
public. We copy from the Savannah Re
publican :
“The speaker advanced another idea
which deserves to be noticed. In this
impending struggle beyond the Atlantic,
he hoped America would act the part of
spectator. Let her, from her proud su
premacy, look down upon the contest be
tween the crowned gladiators of Europe
Much blood would be shed and many
hopes blasted; yet from the wreck and
ruin of the conflict, he trusted anew fu
ture would arise, a future full of consola
tion to the iguorant and oppressed—that
after the storm anew rainbow of peace
and good will to mankind would be placed
in the heavens—tln\t from the deluge and
out of the bosom of the great deep, a
white dove- would arise, bearing Use olive
branch to line good and patriotic of all
lands—that out of the chaos and confu
sion, anew creation would spring, fail of
the light and life of liberty.”
Then will be the time forthe United
States to do something for oppressed Eu
rope.
Our Adairs with Spain.
These matters assume a darker and
deeper hue at every step of investigation,
atid if they continue to progress towards
the same end they appear to be now so
rapidly tending, there will be no necessity
for {filibustering to take Cuba. There
will be a ‘ fair fight,” and any one so dis
posed can take a hand in it under authori
'j of law In another part of to-day's
piper will be found a notice of the step of
Mr. Slidoli, of Louisiana, in Senate, ask
ing that the President, during the recess
of Congress, may set aside oi suspend the
laws against filibusters, or, in plain woi'Js,
authorize the invasion of Cuba, if he thinks
public exigency requires it. This move,
it is said by the knowing ones at Wash
ington, is made at tho suggestion and by
the advice of tho President, who antici
pates that such authority may be necessa
ry to prevent the calling together of an
extra session of Congress.
Confirmatory of the President’s views,
the last arrival from Europe just reverses
the previous intelligence from Spain. The
correspondent of the London l imes, wri
ting from Madrid, says,—“The Black
W arrior caso, instead of having boon so
speedily and satisfactorily settled by Spain,
I has assumed a threatening aspect. Mr.
j Soule has demanded the immediate and
unconditional recall of Pazuela, the Cap
tain General of Cuba, and the appointment
of one to adjust ou the spot such difficul
ties as may arise in futuro. He also de
mands a large indemnity.” This is what
we previously learnt in the United States,
as far as the action of our government was
concerned, and this we have uo doubt is
the case Will Spain comply with these
.demands? We think not; and if sho does
not, the seizure of Cuba will be short work.
The Captain General of that island, it is
said, oarrios the deoree of the Queen ol
Spain in his pocket, to emancipate ami
turn loose tho slaves at pleasure. Such a
barbarous stop may doom many of the
white inhabitants of the island to destruc
tiou, mon, women and children—anothei
San Domingo massapre may be the conse
qnence—the citizens qf the United States
may deplore it, but they will not be ac
countable for it; and it will not end as th<
San Domiugq affair did, but in the uttei
destruction of the negro race on the island,
Our affairs with Spain look ominous. .
.Savuuuali Courier unit Eveiliu.,
Journal.
These two papers have been amalgama
ted by their late proprietors. Mr. Chap
man will be the editor, With H. H. Perry
as his Assistant. Air. Cubbedge will at
tend to the business department of the
concern. The paper will be independent
in politics, with a favorable opinion of the
administration of Mr. Pierce.
The Cotton Market.
This article is now selling in Griffin,
what little is selling, at from 6 1-2 to 8
cents. A strictly prime article will bring
the latter price
The last advices from Liverpool report
the sales of the week at 40,003 bales,
6,000 on speculation, 2,000 for export. —
The demand is reported to be fair, ami
holders firm.
The general tone of the Manchester bu
siness is cheerful, and all the Preston mills
have resumed operations.
Editor Jeffersonian:
You will please publish the following
extract from a letter written by a scienti
fic gentleman of undoubted ability and
moral standing, and with whom I have
the pleasure of a long and iu.imatc ac
quaintance.
Lfxixuton’, Ky. Apr. 29, 1354.
Prof. L. J ..McCormick, Griffin, Ga.
Mil Dear Friend, — 1, again think, th.it
it is time that 1 was. seeing after your wel
fare, and will, accordingly, seize this op
portunity to drop you a line.
Yours, of the 3d ult. cam; duly to hand;
and let me here tender you my thanks for
the pleasure of its perusal.
1 am glad to hear that you are throwing
trouble into the “Pole-Cat line,” and l do
sincerely hope that you will, ere lon-*, be
able to neutralize their poison as fast as
they can generate it
We doubtless have been humbugged,
yankeeised, galvanised and foolised Iciig
enough by yankcedom; yes, indeed, we
have long needed such men as you are, in
[ the South, to neutralise their poisonous
I fumes and gasses, with which they hu'vjf
so long striven to contaminate our atmos
phere-many, yea, many strong and pro
mising southern minds has been a p'lyzic
tecl with their poisonous fumes an t gasses.
I know you have m uiy tilings to dis
courage'you; ami I also know that there
are but few men who have nerve enough
to stem the current of public sentiment.
But be not disheartened.
Harvey, when he discovered the eimr
latiou of the bloo.l, mot with opposition of
the strongest kind, and so has nearly eve
ry man who has made an important dis
covery.
Yes, all great minds, that have scared
above the crowd, have thus had to con
tend with the ig i >rnnej an 1 prej i liees of
the vox populi Therefore, push ahead,
amid the “battle’s din” unfaltering, and
yon will yet see the day when the McCor
mick system will be the first iu our colle
ges and schools, throughout the Souihera
states. * # * * * * *
Mr Filiraore’s Recaption at Atlanta
Tiie Augusta Chronicle gives the follow
ing account of Mr. Fillmore’s reception at
Atlanta:
At Atlanta, there was a novel and most
striking reception. A large number of
Locomotives were ready, with their steam
up, and a3 the Engineer of the Augusta
train gave the signal, they all opened their
valves at once, and whistled out such a
welcome as no mortal man ever heard be
fore. The depot presented a crowded
mass of people, a larger portion of whom
were of the gentler sex, and the shotrtW
with which they received their honored
guest, were long and deafening. Making
way, with some difficulty, through the
crowd, Mr. Fillmore and his party were
conducted to a very handsomely fitted up
platform, where James M. Calhoun,. Esqt
received the cx-Prcsidcnt and Mr. Ken
nedy, in a very neat and appropriate ad
dress, to which each of them made a very
happy reply, interrupted by loud and re •
peated applause.
After the cerenibuy, Mr. Fillmore and
Mr. Kennedy were conducted to tho At
lanta Hotel, where they were to receive
the visits of the citizens, and where a ball
was to be given last evening. Mr. Fill
more had intended to go on to Xashrille,
yesterday;but was persuaded to remain
over one day. The Augusta Commit'ce
were obliged to leave the platform and
take the ears immediately, to return home
that night: but it is understood that,-at
the Hotel, Mr Fillmore was received by
an array of some fifty very handsome
young ladies, uniformly dressed in white,
each with a beautiful boquet. To-day, he
is probably on the State Road to Chatta
nooga, and he seems to have been exceed
ingly gratified with what he has seen in
Georgia, and the cordiality of his recep
tion by her citizens.
From Washington.
May, 1. —In the U. S. Senate, Mr.
Slidell ouerci a resolution directing an
enquiry into the expediency of authorising
the President, during the recess of Con
gress, to suspend the acts preventing ex
peditious leaving tho United States for
foreign countries. He made a speech up
on tho premeditated Africanization of Cu
ba, and said that ho was satisfied that
such a purpose was premeditated by Eng-,
land and Spain, and that it was our duty
to prevent pillage, massacro and barbar*
ism. The resolution was referred to tho
committee ou foreign relations.
In the House the committee on foreign
affairs reported a resolution calling on tho
President for the correspondence concern
ing Cuba and the right of neutrals. Tho
balance of the sessiou was spout in discuss
ing territorial business.
May 2 —The Indian appropriation bill
was discussed in tho Senate, and tho ter
ritorial bill in the House. The Nebraska
bill is announced for next week.
May 3.—The President’s Message, an
nouncing that he had vetoed the bill ap
propriating public lands to the relief of tho
indigent insane, was read to-dav, and dc
bated in the Senate.
I lie ratified treaty with Mexico, will
be despatched tq that government on Sat
urday next, by Senqr Atocha.
lion. Truman Smith, H, S. Senator
from Connecticut, has resigned his seat,
to take effect from and after the 24th of
May. Mr. Smith, it is said, has become
heavily interested in the copper mines on
lake Superior, The Legislature of Con
necticut is largely Whig and Freesoil, but
cah hardly elect, as Mr Smith’s successor,
a more rabid Whig or ultra Freesoifer
than himself. 4