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EDITORS.
March.
BV WV. < i I.t.EN BRYANT.
The stormt March is conic at last,
With wind, and cloud, and eh.tng.ng skies;
I hear the rushing ol the blast.
That through the suowy valley flies.
Ah. passing few ace thee who speak.
Wild stormy month! hi praise ol i<iee;
Yet. th.mgh tfir w inds an* Wald and bleuk.
Tl*. art a welcome month to tuc.
For Ihon, to northern lands again
The glad and glorious sun dost bring.
And thou hast joined the gentle train
And wear’at the gentk- name ol Spring.
And in thy reig.: of blast and storm.
Smiles tuany a long, bright, sunny day.
When the changed winds are soft *rl warm,
And heaven jwts on the Uw of Slay.
Then siapr aloud the gnshing riils.
And tlie Ml springs lw frost set free,
Tliat, brightly imping dorm the hills,
Are jwst set out to meet the sea.
The year's departing beauty hides
Os wintry sU rma the sullen threat;
Hut in thy sternest frown abides
A look of kindly promise vet.
1 hou bring'*! the Imiim* of those calm skies,
And that soft time of sunny showers.
When the wide bloom, on earth iliuf ties,
Seems of a brighter world than curs.
[From Mitchel's Citizen.]
The Irish Parha.
The Lst news from Constantinople brings iis intel
ligence of the complete success of Gen Guv on— or to
give him the Mussulman distinction, Knrscbid Pacha—
hi reorganising ;he army ol Asut. lie has been ena
bled to pay up the arrears, which in itselt is a formida
ble incentive to the efficiency of the u*>ps, aud has
otherwise made himself popular since he w as promoted
!o the chief command of the Tuikiah army in Asia.
Karschid Pacha, Comwandei'in-C’hief of the Asiatic
forces, is an IrislHnan by birth. Accounts respectively
state that he is from the North and Sou'll, but his on->
ginai name of “ Quin” inclines its to believe lhat la* >
from the htiter. Some accounts, apparently in author
ity, printed during the Hungarian struggle, gave Lim
erick the honor ol the Pacha's birth and youth
*•***#
Th< scenes, the legends, the historic influences amid
which he grew up, had, it is reasonable to believe, a
serious and salutary beating on his nature and action,
for we tiud him at the early age ol fifteen following the
heroic ghosts ot Kars field and the ‘Wild Get-se’ in the
European continent, and seeking occujiation m I lie ser
vice of Austria, notwithstanding his father was a )Mt
capia li ill the English navy, and lie hiinaeil cer ai sos
that care which is invariably bestowed on the children
-of desercing oflieers in the English service.
This was in the year 1830. and our young Irislimaii
was attached to an Hungarian regiment. lie went on
steadily till he reached llie rank ol .Major, and then
Cupid breaking in ujiini llie ways of 31 us, ihe Aiajoi
followed the firmer, tell :u love wi.h ill? daughter of
Field-Marshal Laron Kplcnv, commander of the Hi:n.
garian Life Guards, captured her, and at the same time
gave up Soldiering and retileil to the cultivation of the
Kind and the domestic jors, in which occiquttious be le
maineil until the September of J-4-3.
Uu the fib ot September the Emperor of Austria re
fused his sanction to the very laws he had hiiuselt pro
posed, through his viceroy, on the yd July, and on the
mute day Jell.which crossed the Dravc, and advai ced
into Hungary, w ith a muster of li-’i, 1 -O'no n. Guyon,
who had from his cnunectiou and sy m|at by taken Miles
with the llitugariau Liberals, immediately otiered his
services as a volunteer. Leitig received, heuas ap
jiointed to the command of an i I aimed battalion t,f the
general levy, at the head of which he aided in Ihe de
feat of Jeliachich at Sukaro. In October bin von went
with the Hungarian army to the la-itha, and engaged
in the battle of Swaehat, under the wall.-, of Vienna.—
Hy the treacherous procrastination of Gen. Mog.i, Vi
enna was invested by Windi-gtatz, and tlie Hungari
ans defeated. The memorable part of that day’s ac.ion
rests on the couragv <d Guyon. During the battle, and
at the head of the right wing, he three times repulsed
the Servians of Jeliachich. 11 is horse being shot un
der him, pistol in hand, he led the charge on foot, and
after a most determined action carried the village of
Man ns wort it by storm.
That movement and its hero are well remembered. —
(i uy.in was promoted ou the held to the rank of colour!.
It was after the defeat at Sirachat that Kossuth rais
ed Gorgey to the chief command, the conduct of Moga,
and the exigency of the case leaving liitn no other
choice at the moment. The new cnnimandcr-in-chiel
had a great dislike for Guyon, because he could not in
fluence him He determined, therefore to sacrifice i
him. Aware of his iin;<ctu<>us utnfc and daring, he !
directed Guy ton to attack Tyruau, which Kossuth de
sired the occupation of. For this put pose ‘nr sent hint ,
with a vanguard of but I,s*m meii. liimscltdetaining ‘be
main body, and leaving Guyon to be surrounded by the j
whole armv of Simonich in the night-time. The god-. !
however, did not desert the hero of Manns worth, lies- !
Iteration aided hia daring, and he cut his way through, i
though at a heavy loss. At Debrcezin he was made a |
General.
Guyon early saw through the intentions of Gorgey, |
and it is recorded by Uenuingsen, i who was in the s r- j
v.ce of Kossuth in his “l'asi and Fid .ire of Hungary.” j
that “Guyon, his second in coma.and, and Nagv-San- ]
dor, the commander of his cavalry, said openly at Ids j
table, *\\e hear there is sonic one amongst us disposed i
to plav the Cie-ar: he will be in no want of a lfmlus if !
he does.’ ” This was not calculated to softeu the icel
uigs of the “Csur” to the “Brutus.”
Again, when tlie former, “disgusted with his want c,f ,
success in currying the army with him, and discouraged
by circumstances which might have disheartened abt av- |
i r mar., ’ had determini-d to give up the contest and lay
down his arms. Guyon delivered the army by curry ng
the Lranisko Pass. The army was divided into tw o
corps: Gorgey at the head of lti.wuO; Guyon lending ;
Hyjuu.
“Guyon sent in vain to point out to him how he might
destroy a hostile Corps within reach ot iiiftiuieol itench,
and afterward, when Gorgey refiised to attend to his
s-.ggestioig under numerousdiaint vantages attacked and
dispersed it, capturing a thousand mru. Guyon divined
the truth, and had liecmnc satisfied that nothing could
he hoped from Uorgey. Before hin was the Lram.-ko
Pass, occupied bv 1-v •• liter., w ho, it was up| used.
Could have defended such a position agains l**,o I*. —
Nevertheless, with his lo.OOV men, tin; only clwn.ce of
the salvation of .tie army, was in caitying these ; osi
tioas, which both tv>q>s would have been in'tifUcunt to
attack, titnnn did not hc*sita*e. The Huinjaliars ac
cordingly to their wstoni, stormed wi.h greNA gallant
ry, but were repulsed with great loss from these tel riblc
positions.
“Guyon, finding tlie case dcsjierate, led in front Iris
men again itito the Are, wh.lst he pitilessly mowed
down his own fugitives by I lie grape ol his oiliei wise
useless ertittery in the rear. In ibis manner the llranis
ko Pass wvts carried, and the enemy defeated and re
pulsed.”
On account on this the Diet passed a vote of thanks
to Guyon, and decreed ilia! flu* action should be ooin
menorated by a marble column, on which his name
should be inscribed on bioaze. When Guyon saw K<>s
suth he denounced Gorget as cither a traiior or a cow
ard, and declared to act with or near him. Kossuth,
who bad by this peril si become aware of some nt tin
treachery going on used hie mlbict.ee to quiet the rage
of Guyon, ami ajiptiintcd him to the command of (Y
----mcm, at that time invested by the Austrians, notwrh
atanding which ‘tictu Guyon,” says Pragay, attended
by only oue squadron of hussars, broke his way through
tlia whole besieging army, and made pasl bis entiat:cc
into the fuiuess.” Ou the approach of the Hungarian
army to relieve Cianoin, Guyon sailed out into the
Schutt, an island in the Danube, defeated the Austrians,
drove them behind Aranvos, and cleared the h fi bank
of the river. At i'attaoova, u iiliiu sight of Semlin and
Belgrade, Guyon “attacked, defeated, and pu; iguomiui
ousTv h> tygbt,” the recruited troops ot Jellachtch. and
flua/ly forecd him le-yund the Drave to Mitrovica iai
the Turkish frontier. At the liatte of Temeswar, Guy
on saved the hororof the da v by charging Ibe Austrians
wild UussMias with seveu thousand hussars, ami driving
them into complete disorder. After this battle the un
disciplined Hungarian anny, while ou a retreat, were*
scattered by a panic.
At this period Gorgey had long been in negotiation
with Russia; Siam alter Kossuth transferred the dicta
torship to him, and the sequel of Hungary’s min fol
lowed quicklv. General Uityon accomiiuDied kossutli
to Turkey. His character, says one of the historian.- of
the period already quoted, was that of daring inflexibili
ty. He was the first *o cross tl*e Austrian frontier
when the army marched upon Vienna; and he fought
Ids way out o’ Hungary, ret using to listen to any terms
but thn-e of the full innejs-ideuc*- raid whole constitu
tion. Guyon -Shared Bern’s haired of Russia, and ill
this spirit of antogunisin embraced the Moslem faith,
donated the turban, to take aims under the Sultan, lie
w apjMiiuted governor ol Damascus, and has laUly
boca prmuofeti, as <mr readers are aware, to the chief
command in Asia, where it is eviik-ut the Irish Pacha is
desiiued to shed lustre ou the CTcsceuL
Uirerccr.si.WL Mkx.—l confess that increasing years
bring with them an increasing respect for men who do
not succeed in life, as those words are commonly used.
Heaven has been said to be a place for those n ho have
not succeeded til; on earth ; and it is surely true that
celestial graces do not best thrive and bloom in the ho!
blaze of worldly pnosjierity. 11l success sometimes
ariacs from a superubuodanoe of qualities in themselves
F o **!—from a cwuoesee too sensitive, a taste too fasti
■l'vhjs, a self-forget Uilness too romantic, a modesty too re
liring. I will not go so fur as to say, with a Jiving poet,
tiiat ‘the world knows nothing of its greatest men, but
■".''T*,® 1 j. “? °f greaiuess, or t least of excellence,
biro ‘die and make uo aign there are uianvrs llmt
m ss tbcpulm, btit not the stake; heroes without tho
laurel, anil conquerors without the triumph. —o<or<je
$. Ifutuird,
IST. Tlie A<p V/aii/ InteUtgtn,xr contiins the follow
gt—Extract of a letter from au American lady in
> liras loa frieuJ m this city. “ Mr. Van linrea is one of
< ir nearest and kindest neighbors. The Pone sends him
egiiLrly every Batur<lav evening a beaut ithi bouquet
’ unr ‘he Vatican or Quirinal Gardens, and Sometimes
inters this courtesy to us. I like not otdv Its* act but the
yen! incut of this compliment from li is Ho lines.- to the
*J*rretdt; it (4 one of those small tilings which
MACON, GEOKGIA:
WEDNF.SDAV, MARCH 15, 1854.
JThe fifth atiuual meeting of the Mwltcal Society
of Georgia, it will be seen, by reference to the advertise
ment of the Secretary iu another column, will beheld
in this citron the 12th proximo.
St. Patrick’s Day.
The anniversary of tlie death of Ireland's Patron
Saint, which occurs on the 17th insf., will be celebrated
by the Irish residents of our city, and we are requested
to state that an Address, before the Hibernian Society,
will be delivcted ou tliat day, at 11 o clock, at Concert
Hall, by P. E. Tracy, Kxq. The citizens generally are
invited to attend ihe exercises of the occasion.
Z*T On Monday the Clh insf, there was an cleotiiHi
ti New York bv the stockholders fa lievv Board ot
Directors of the Crystal Palace, which it is proposed to
keep oja n tor an ii defiinite length of time. Os the
twentv-flve Directors elected, only six belonged to the
original B ard. Among tltc members of the new board,
we notice the n.ntesof Mayor V* es’.ervelt, \\ in Cliaun
eey, \V. Behind, Horace Greelv, and P. T. Baiuum.—
iiartium has been since elected to the Presidency ol
•he Association.
Gti Sam Houston, a Washington letter writer
slates, will soon resign his seat in the Senate, and retire
*o his farm in Texas. This is not u retirement to pri
vate life, but a temporary withdrawal from public life
to go into training for the Presidential race of 18o€.—
The General wants the consideration paid, for which he
assented to the absorption of Texas intn the Union, and
doubtless thinks his vote on the Nebraska question, will
give him strength with the North.
George E. Pugh was nominated by a caucus of
the Democratic members of the Legislature of Ohio, ou
die Hh insf., as their candidate for Uuitcd States Sena
tor, and ha.* been auhsequently electerl. Mr. Pugh was a
Compromise candidate, tlie party being divided upon
several individuals, among whom Allen and Medarv
were the most prominent. He is a young lawyer of
(Jinc'umatti, only tliii ty - hree years of age, has been At
torney Genera! of the Slate, and is represented to lie an
ultra progressive Democrat, and in favor ot the Nebras
ka Bill. He succeeds Senator Chase whose term will
soon expire. Any change in the occupant of that teat,
must be an improvement.
Seizure of the Black Warrior at Havana.
On the Ist inst., the Steamer Black Warrior was seiz
ed by the authorities at Havana, her entire cargo was
confiscated, and a tine of s2'yi:>. imposed upon tl.e
-hip. The Black Warrior was on her voyage from Mo
bile to New Voik, and xtnp| tsl at Havana, and was de
tained because she did not exhibit a manifest of one
hoitsand bales of cotton, which she had on board des
tined for New York There is a law requiring a many
i'et of such Ireight to be made, but it has no! been cn
ibreevl for many years and was considered a dead letter,
flic Americans u|mii the Island regard the conduct of
:be uii'lioriiies at Havana, as designed to anuoy and to
irritate our people; and test the forbearance and long
-ufTering of our Government, illicit excitement,
throughout the couutiy, lias been created by this occur
rencc, and on Friday last resolutions were introduced
into the House of Representatives at Washington, call
:tig upon the President for information with regard to
it. It has revived the old fillibustcro feeling, mid if our
i Spanish neighbors arc not cautious they wili give ns
the pretext, fur which we have so long watched and
waited, to appropriate their Island.
The Nebia.-k.t Bill has seriously embarrassed
ihe President and bis Cabinet, and they have exhibited
the same disposition to avoid this, as they hare every
other important issue upon principles, which has been
presented to them since their advent into power. As
it was originally introduced by Senator Douglass, thev
sustai ed it, but when Dixon of Kentucky—a Southern
Whig Senat ir, iirojKiseil to amend it, by declaring the
repeal in plain and explicit terms of the Missouri Coin
promise of 120, as an unconstitutional interference
with the rights of the South—they hesitated, faltered,
attd finally came out in opposition—their organ the
Washington I'nim, protesting against any repeal of
that old compact of Compromise, and regretting that any
movement should have been made so disturb it. Sub
seqnentiy, they have been couqielled so acquiesce iu it,
to give it ostensibly their support, but though yielding
dius far, to the public opinion iu favor of the Bill, they
have done nothing to insure its success—nothing to
rally tlie Democratic Party in its support—nothing by
which they may claim credit for it as au Administration
measure it i* snail finally pass. The position of the Ad
ministration it; on this question, since the passage of
the Bill in the Senate, not only does uot strengthen it,
but actually emboldens the opjx>sitio:i, und increases its
numbers. It is for the Bill—but recognises every
l) •uKs.Tafla right to oppose it. and yet to enjoy its con
fidence and its patronage. It sustains the Bill, but per
mits all its followers to oppose it with impunity. Such
a (usiiion must embolden the opposition und increase
us numbers. The fact is—the Administration is
in a dilemma. It has been since its commencement*
jcounciliuting factions—reconciling ibeir differences, and
| consolidating the Democratic Party upon the basis of
I the spoils; and very inopportune and unfortunate for it,
i is ti.i* iime vj.o,i jriiu-pU presented by the Nebraska
Bill. It is nut prepared tor it. Upon a question if
; principle the motley crowd w hich follows it, is not rc
i liable. Whatever course it pursues, disaster awaits it.
It it sustains the Bill, the Free Soil Faction it has so in
dii-t: iously propitiated, will be alienated from it. It it
opposes the Bill, it will loose the confidence of the lew
Southern men who pretend to have any iu it. It Aecs
as every one does, who watches the manifestations of
public opinion, tliat this question may break the Demo
cratic I’urti into fragments, and to avoid this result, it
j occupies an equivocal position upon it—gives it tt sup-
IjKiit which is worse than worthless, and refuses to
| make it a tost of party orthodoxy.
1 Tlie following extract from the Washington Uni -m,
of the :.d inst., exhibits the eagerness of the Adminis
i i rat ion to prove to the Free Soil np;>otienis of the Nc
bra.-ka Bill that it docs not design to proscribe them:
“ We have never been so fur misled, as to regard
evciy man as an aU.litionist who could not reconcile it
ti his com ictiom* of duty to support the bill. That any
•icioocnii or whig should Le coerced by bis convictions
.o withhold his approval from the measure, and thereby
find but .-elf co-operating in the opposition with aboli
tionists, has bei none f. .iiure in the controversy which
■ e have ii:iß*h teg*etteil We are aware that there are
•ieiuocrats wtihfioldiug their support, who stood side by
i-tde with us in 1-4-, m advocating the principle of noii
iuici vci.lion avow ed by our eundidaie tor ihe presiden
cy, and w ho have ever been the zealous supporters of t he
Com promise ol Isfio, which recognised and enacted that
principle. We are aware that there are other demo
crats who objected to the Compromise of In.Hi when it
was ims.-cd, but who have since faithfully acquiesced iu
iL who are nut prepared to su lain the Nebraska bill.—
iu our judgment il would be as unwise ns it would be
unjust te regard and treat such opponents of the mea
sure ns thereby abolilionizing themselves Such de
inocrats, as we understand them, recognise the princi
ple of non-inter vent ion ns sound, but they are not satis
fied tliat it should be applied to the Nebraska Territory.
\N •’ cannot agiee with them in the views which control
their decision of the question; but became ot this dif
terenee of opinion as lo the application of a principle in
which we agree, we cannot bring ourself to denounce
them us abolitionists.”
And the following, from the Concord Patriot, Gener
al I’ierce's home organ, shows the character of the sup
port which the Administration and its friends give to
the Nebraska Bill in New Hampshire. In reference to
a Free Soil Democrat, w ho sustains tlie Administration,
but opimses the Nebraska Bill, the Patriot uses (be fol
lowing conciliatory language:
“He sees that the Nebraska question, as now before
the Senate, is siip;s>rli.-d about equally, and ojqiosed
j about equally, by whigs and democrats. He knod^
1 not yet in what shape the bill may finally jis ; and lie
| knows that la* has the unquestioned right to think as
I he pleases about this question, without censure or re
j buke troin this quarter or lhat. This measure will not
be permitted to divide the members of the democratic
party, any more than the question of granting ltio acres
I ot land to actual settlers.”
j And the same paper has distinctly repudiated the Ne
braska question as an issue in the important State elec
j lion which took place in that State, on Monday last,
and industriously endeavored to relieve the President
land his Party from any connection with if.
The language of the Washington Union, and of the
; Concord Patriot, of both of these prominent otgans of
j the President and his Cabinet to the members of the
1 Democratic Party is, simply and plainly this—“oppoeo
the Nebraska Bill—disregard the declarations of the
ißaltimore Platform, and of the Inaugural—agitate the
slavery question and denounce the South from Maine to
! California—do as you please —the Administration dhes
not object—dues uot moke tbe support of the bill a test
of your fidelity to the Party or its principles ” Is this
a support of the Nebraska Bill, or rather has not the
j Administration shirked responsibility upon this ques
tion, aud left it at tbe North and at Washington City to
j its fate. .. „ .
Wc give below an analysis of the vote on the
final passage of the Nebraska Bill, in the Lnitcd btates
Senate on Sa unlay morning the 4th inst. It has some
significant features which will arrest the attention of
every one who ■crttitnizes it. The whole number of
votes against the bill was fourteen. Os this number
five were open and avowed Abolitionists, who would
head a servile insurrection in Georgia, if they had the
nerve, and occasion offered, and for who-e presence in
the Senate, one party is as much responsible as the
other. Os the remaining nine, four were Northern
Democrats, and three were Northern Whigs, who voted
against the bill because opposed to it upon principle,
and two were .Southern men—a Whig and a Democrat —
who professed themselves in favor of the principle of
the bill, but objected to its details and voted against it
from motives of policy. Tbe most iuiportuut tact
which this vote discloses, is that there was uo Northern
Whig in the Senate oi the United States, who was in
favor of tlie principle of non-intervention upon the sub
ject of slavery in the Territories. T here was not among
the Northern Whig* present, or muoug those absent, a
single man who dared to act with the South, upon this
simple question of an acknowledgement of her rights
in t'ie common territories of this Union.
This i* u i oor exhibit of the soundness of the North
ern wing of the Whig Party, upon questions in which
the South is vitally interested. These questions are of
paramount importance, with the great body of Southern
Whigs, to the success or even to tlie existence of
the National Party with which they have been con
nected. Their attachments to party were thoroughly
weakened by the events of ISAO and 1301, and regard
less of party souvenirs and ol party names, of all that
machinery of party, by which individuals are so olten
bound in a ;*>sition repugnant to their feelings aud
opinions, they will fellow out steadily and resolutely
the programme of principles which was announced by
the Union Party of 1350, and act with no party at tlie
North, recognise no individuals at the North, as their
brethren or their politic.il allies, whatever may be their
names or their professions, who are not ready to main
tain the Constitutional rights of the South. This was
their position iu the last Presidential election this was
their position in the last Gubernatorial contest mi this
State, and this will be their position in the Presidential
election of 1356. Y> hy should they* seek to palliate
or to conceal any tiling connected with the final vote
upon the passage ot the Nebraska Bid?
Our Southern Rights brethren occupy a different
position. They are partisans and must content them
selves with the comparative soundness of the National
Party with which they act. They are u part and par
cel of that muss of incongruous elements, which styles
itself the Democratic Party, und their action must be
controlled by policy. They must, instead of regarding
the interests of their section, subserve the interests ot
their party*. If Pierce apjioints Free Boilers to office,
thev must industriously whiic-wasli them and defend
the policy of the President. It upon a great and
vital issue, such as the Nebraska Bill, Democratic
Senators, Democratic Legislatures, Democratic State
Conventions and Democratic Presses, array themselves
in opposition to them, they* must still regard them as
brethren, ns allies, and as Democrats, simply to pie
serve the unity and perpetuate the power of a party.
We prefer our position of isolatiou aud independence.
FOB THE BILL.
NORTHERN DEMOCRATS.
Messrs. Brodhead, Pa., Messrs. Petit, Indiana,
“ Cass, Mick. “ Shields, Illinois,
“ Dodge, lowa. “ Stuart, Mich.
“ Douglas*, Illinois, “ Thompson, N. J.
“ Gwin, California, “ Toucey, Conn.,
“ Jones, lowa, “ Weller, Culitbrnia,
“ Norris, N. H. | “ Williams, N. 11., 14
SOfTHEIiN DEMOCRATS.
Messrs. Adams, Miss., Messrs Fitzpatrick, Ala.,
“ Atchison, Mo., “. Hunter, Ya.,
“ Bayard, Del., “ Johnson, Ark.
“ Brown, Miss., “ Mason, Va.,
“ Butler, S. C., “ Rusk, Texas,
“ Clay, Alabama, “ Sebastian, Ark.,
“ Kvaus, S. C., j “ Slidell, La.—l 4
SOCTUERN WHIQS.
Messrs. Benjamin, La. Messrs. Jones, Tenn.,
“ Budget*, N. C., “ Morton, Fla.,
“ Dawson, Geo., “ Pratt, Md.,
“ Dixon, Ky*., “ Thompson, Ky.-9.
“ Goyer, Mo.,
Total 07.
AGAINST THE BILL.
NORTHERN DEMOCRATS.
Messrs. Dodge, Wisconsin, i Messrs. James, R. 1.,
“ Hamlin, Me., | “ Walker, Wis.
NORTHERN WHiGS.
Messres. Fish of New York.
“ Foot, of Vermont.
“ Smith of Connecticut —3.
FREE SOILERS.
Messres. Seward, N. Y. Messres. Fessenden, Me.
“ Chase, Ohio, “ Sumner, Mass. 5.
“ Wade, Ohio.
SOCTUERN WHIGS.
Mr. Bell, Tenn.—l.
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS.
Mr. Houston, Texas—l.
Total 14
ABSENTEES.
Northern Democrats—Allen, of Rhode Island;
Bright, of Indiana; and Wright,of New Jersey, 3
Sot THERN Democrats—Mallory, of Florida 1
Northern Whigs—Clay ton, of Delaware; Cooper,
of Pennsylvania; Everett, of Massachusetts;
and Phelps, of Vermont 4
Sot THERN Whigs—Pearce, ot Md.; and Toombs,
of Georgia 2
Total absentees (31 States —62 Senators—one va
cancy from North Carolina) 10
RECAPITULATION.
FOR TltK BILL. I AGAINST IT.
Northern Democrats 14 Northern Democrats 4
Southern Democrat... .14 , Southern Democrats 1
Southern Whigs U Northern Whigs 3
Southern Whigs 1
Free Seilers 5
Total 37 Total 14
Majority tor the b’ll 23
The Way they do it.
There is more material at the North, upon which
demagogues and fanatics may operate, than there is at
the South. But notwithstanding this is true, yet it is
a matter of astonisment, to us. how our Northern breth
reu can create a crisis upon the slavery question so of
ten, and prolong its agitation so long The North now
is in a ferment of excitement upon the Nebraska qties
tion, and the excitement embraces all classes, and ex
hibits itself in all places; whilst we of the South, though
acting purely upon the defensive, on tLis question, are
as quite as u inill-poiul. The following extract from the
Washington correspondent, of the New York Tribune,
who evidently understands his business, will show one
of the ways, by which vitality aud strength and bitter
ness is given to slavery agitation at the North. It is a
question, to whom tbe greater blame should attach—
to the unscrupulous press which circulates such false
hoods or the simple folk who believe Ihetn, and trouble
themselves and make themselves unhappy about them:
Washington, March 6, 1854.
Developments may soon be expected which will es
tablish beyond doubt the fact, that the assertion ot the
principle involved in ihe Nebraska bill is but the fust
step toward the execution of one of the boldest mid most
stupendous conspiracies ever heard of. It promises
no less un achievement than the forcible seizure of Mexi
co, Central America and Cuba, during the approaching
struggle in Europe, and their conversion into slave
states. Here wc have the key to the solution of that,
most inscrutible political engima of the times, viz: the
motives of those who have been most instrumental in
springing this portentous question upon the country.—
It is said that some of the first men of the country will
be implicated, aud nearly ull tbe Isoutheru leaders.
Here is an estimate of Gen. Pierce, which we find in
a letter from Washington City to the L'ceniny Poet.
The Evening Post is a Democratic paper and u promi
nent organ of the Van Burens, the Fowlers und the
Cochranes, in New York City, to whom Geu. Pierce
has given iiisconfidence aud his offices:
Something Worse than “ Insubordination."—
“ The President impressed me better than 1 had ex- .
pected, and better than most of his pictures He has ,
whitened out to tbe true complexion of a parlor knight
—;>ule and soft looking. Though not what I should
have called elegant, his manners are easy and agreea
ble. He is more meek iu appearance than he is usual
ly represented, us might be expected of a man who
has submitted to be driven into the position of tail to
Senator Douglas’ kite.
“After a short stay we passed into the famous East
room, saw the gildings and curtaius, and the new cur- ‘
net, and then went as we catr.e, ‘on our own hook.’ The
President evidently feels the Presidency thrilling every
nerve, and coursing every vein. lie is so delighted
with it, that he is palpably falling into the delusion of
supposing hiinselt a possible successor of himself!
Could ond self conceit go further? Setting aside the
inherent impossibility ot the thing, on account of the
inevitable discoveries which his elevation has involved,
will settle his chances, as it will of ull the rest, ‘giants’
or pigmies, who touch it.
“As 1 stood looking at that man, evidently full, not
of the great trust committed to him, hut of his own
little ‘•unities and aspirations, and remembered what lie
was. aud how he came there, and what he was doing, it
did seem inexplicable to me that such a man us Mr.
Webster should submit to what he did, Kir this bauble,
and then when traitors withheld the reward of his
self-abasement, turn his face to the wall, and die bro
ken hearted. How much greater would he have been
in the President's House. Will uone of those who
come after him, learn the lesson of his fate
The Cotlou Bales in the Battle ol New
Orleans.
One of the most interesting and entertaining articles
in the February number of “ Blackwood s Magazine, is
a review of a work entitled “ Fifty \ ears in the two
Hemispheres.” Its author, M. Nolte, it would seem, is
u veritable cosmopolite, has travelled extensivelj in
both Europe and America, has lived for many years in
different parts of the Eastern and M estern lleini
spheres, has been brought into contact with many of
the prominent men of his times, has witnessed some ot
the most important events in the history of the last
half century—has been an actor in some of them him
self, and has lmd, in the course of his wandering life,
innumerable adventures. H> s book, judging from the
extracts which the reviewer gives, is as pleasant as his
spirits are unfailing, and as discursive as his life has
been chequered. He was a German, but educated in
one of the Southern cities of France, where he was
prepared for the business he bad adopted—that of a
banker. Subsequently he was connected with some of
the most distinguished banking-houses of France—and
his first visit to this country was as an employee of the
Bot belli Ids, or of Ouvrard, to draw specie from the
Mexican treasury. Afterwards, he became a citizen op
New Orleans, and may be remembered by some of our
readers as a speculator in cottons, upon a magnificent
scale, about the year 1837. Soon after his settlement
in that citv, the war with England occurred, and at the
battle of the Bth January, he was a volunteer behind
Jackson’s breastwork of cotton bales. These same
cottou bales it appears, belonged to him, and (lie fol
lowing extracts from bis work, and from the commen
tary of the Reviewer, relate to these packages of “ the
staple,” which played so important a part in preserving
New Orleans from the British, and electing Jackson
President of the United States.
The history of these cotton bales is a very interesting
episode in that of the great battle of New Orleans. It
is interesting to know to whom they belonged, and for
how many cents per pound the lint was sold. The
readers can pardon the splenetic remarks of the Re
viewer, when he remembers what unpleasant associa
tions lie must have, connected with General Jackson
and his militia:
“ When tlie position decided upon was to be taken
up, and redoubts built, the ground was found to be
swainpv and slimy, and the earth unavailable for any
sort of fortification, whereupon a French engineer sug
gested the employment ot cotton bales. The plan
adopted, Jackson would lose no time. l lt was ob
served to him,’ says unlucky Mr Nolte, lugubriously,
‘tliat lie certainly might have plenty of cotton in the
city for six or seven ceuts a pound, hut its conveyance
would cause a day’s delay, whereas a barque, already
laden with cotton, and whose departure for the Havana
hud on'y been prevented by ihe arrival of the English
squadron, lay close to the shore. It bad on board two
hundred and forty-five bales, which I myself had ship
ped just before tbe invasion, and sixty* others belong
mg to a Spaniard of New Orleans. I was ill-pleased,
when they could have had cheap cotton for six or seven
cents in the town, to see them land, from a ship all
ready to sail, my best quality, which had cost me ten
or eleven cents, and I said as much to Livingston, who
was my usual legal adviser iu New Orleans, and whom
1 fell in with at Battery No. 3 He was never at a loss
for an answer. * Well, Noite,’ said he, ‘since it is your
cotton, you will not mind the trouble of defending it.’
A reply which was the foundation of the story that,
when the owner of the cotton complained of its seiz
ure, Jackson sent hitn a musket, with the message that
upon no man was it so incumbent to defend the bales,
as upon their owner, and that he, therefore, hoped he
would uot abandon them.’
* * * * * * *
“ The cotton bales used for the redoubts, and a quan
tity of blankets that bad been taken from Mr. Nolte’s
warehouse during his absence from the city, gave rise
to discussions which brought out the least favorable
side of Jackson’s character. Immediately after the
embarkation of the English, a commission was appoint
ed to settle all claims. Air. Nolte’s was for 750 blankets,
and 245 bales of cotton. The former he was allowed
for at the price of the day on which the English landed
—namely, eleven dollars a pair, but when the order was
submitted to Jackson for his signature and ratification,
he said that as the blankets bad been taken (almost for
cibly) by the Tennessee riflemen, they should be paid
for in Tennessee notes —then worth 10 per cent less
lhan New Orleans paper money. Mr. Nolte was tain to
submit to this shabby trick, worthy of a Connecticut
pedlar. As regarded his cotton, ha had much more
trouble. lie produced the invoice, proving that he had
bought it, two years previously, at 10 ceuts a pound,
from u well-known wealthy cotton grower, lie claimed
that price, with the addition of two years’ interest.
During the whole of that time, it had never been lower
than 10 to 11 cents a pound ; and a few days before tlie
landing of the English, he had bought some at 123-j
cents. But when the British troops were on shore, and
close at land, there was a panic ; markets fell, the timid
realized at any price, and a smull parcel of cotton of
the same quality was sold at 7 cents. A\ hen Mr. Nolte’s
claim was submitted to Jackson, he allowed it, and said
the cotton must be paid for at the price it would have
fetched upon the day tlie American troops marched out
of the town. No notice being taken of Air. Nolte s
written protest against such manifest injustice, he went
to Jackson, then in ail the intoxication of his triumph,
and of tlie exaggerated homage paid him hy his coun
trymen, and very well disposed to exert the arbitrary
power given him by the military law he still quite un
necessarily maintained —a stretch of authority for which
it will be remembered that he was afterwards fined by
the civil tribunals. In reply to Air. Nolie’s representa
tion and remonstrance —
“ ‘ Aren’t you very lucky,’ lie asked, ‘to have saved
tlie rest of your cotton through my defence of the
city ?’
“ ‘ Certainly, general,’ answered I, ‘ as lucky as every
other man in tlie place, but with this difference, that it
costs them nothing, and that I have to bear all the
loss.’
“ ‘ Loss!’ cried the general, getting rather angry —
‘ loss! Vou have saved everything!’
•• I saw it was no use arguing with such an obstinate
man, aud remarked to him that I only wanted compeu
sa.ion for my cotton, nothing more, and that the best
compensation would be to give me back the same quan
tity and quality that had been taken from me; that I
would appoint one merchant, lie another; they would
agree as to quality, buy the cotton, deliver it to me, and
he should pay for it.
“ * No, uo, sir!’ replied Jackson ; ‘ I like straightfor
ward business, and that is too complicated. You must
take 6 cents for your cottou. I have nothing mere to
say,’
“ I w anted to make the whole thing clear to him, but
he cut me short: ‘Come, sir. come! Take a glass of
whiskey and water; you must be damned dry after all
your arguing.’
“All I could do was to say: ‘Well, general, I did
not expect such injustice at your hands! Good morn
ing, sir!’ And I went away. Three days afterwards
news came of the conclusion of peace, and the conse
quence was an immediate rise of cotton to 16 ceuts, at
which price I bought several parcels. The committee
of claims were embarrassed; they felt that it was now
impossible to fob me off with 6 cents. At last I was
asked if I would now be content with payment of my
invoice; and I agreed to be so, since I must else have
complained to Congress, and the afl'air might have
dragged on for years.”
J-37” The Baltimore Patriot , states that the amount of
guano which will be imported into that city during the
present year, will probably reach 60,000 tons at a cost
of three millions of dollars. The price of the article is
now over fifty dollars a ton, and it is with difficulty pro
cured at any price, and as long as the Peruvian Govern
ment preserves for itself, a monopoly for its procure
metit und sale, the supply will not equal the demand, aud
its high price will be maintained.
On Alonday last, the State Democratic Conven
tion of Pennsylvania, renominated William Bigler for
Governor on the first ballot, and J. S. Black for Judge
of the Supreme Court by acclamation. The Convention
took no action upon the Nebraska question. An effort
was made to introduce resolutions ugaiust the Bill, but
it was defeated.
Detroit, General Cass’residence, which has been
heretofore a very decided Democratic city, lias recently
elected a Whig Mayor and other Whig municipal officers,
by a majority of more than one thousand votes. In the
cities of Troy, Rochester, Syracuse and Auburn, Ncw-
York, the Whigs have succeeded in late municipal elec
tions.
U3F” The jury of inquest in the case of Dr. Gardner
at Washington City, have found upon the testimony of
physicians, that his death was occasioned by taking
strychnine. A resolution has passed the House of Rep
resentatives instructing the Judiciary Committee to in
quire into, and report upon the propriety of instituting
suits against the agents and attorneys of the deceased
jy Fx-Prestdent Fillmore and Ex-Post Alaster Gen
eral, N. K. Hall, we notice were in Columbus, Ohio, on
2d inst., where they were publicly received by the
Legislature then in session. Subsequently, Mr. Fill
more visited Cincinnatti, where he rniaiued several
days, and where he was joined by another member o
his late Cabinet, J. P. Kennedy, of Maryland.
Counties in Georgia. —Georgia has now one hun
dred and twelve counties, which are divided into thir
teen Judicial Circuits. In 1851 the number of counties
was I*7—two were formed at the session ot the Legis
lature in that yeur, and thirteen at the two sessions ol
i 1853 and 1854.
| The Statue of Thomas Jefferson was cast on the
: 25th nit., at. the ro\ *1 foundary at Munich It is tbir
i teen feet high, aud has taken ten tons of metul. 11ns
;is one ol tbe four statues which will surround the
equestrian one of Washington, erected at Richmond,
. Va., and which is twenty-two feet in height. The
j model of the statue of Jefferson is by the American
sculptor, Thos. Crawford.
Sale of Montpklier.— W. H. Alacfarland, of Vir
ginia, has purchased “Alontpelier,” the former residence
iof James Madison, the lout tb President of the United
1 .States.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE BE MAIL STEAMSHIP ALPS-
New York, March 7.
The British Mail screw steam ship Alp*, which took
the place of the Niagara, lias arrived at Boston from
Liverpool, which port she left on the lsth ult.
The U. S. Mail steam ship Atlantic, arrived at Liver
pool, on the 16th ult., from New York.
The Liverpool Markets.—The Cotton Market wa 8
active, and the sales during the week ending the 17th
ult., comprised 70,000 bales, of which speculators took
21,000, and exporters 3,500, leaving 45,500 bales of all
descriptions to the trade.
The market was firm, and middling qualities had ad
vanced 1-1 Gd.
The London Prodi ce Market.—The Circular of
Messrs. Baring A Bros quotes the Colonial and For
eign produce market dull. Brcadstuils were dull in
Loudon, and Cotton was iirm.
Havre Cotton Market.—The sales of Cotton at
Havre during the week were 3,900 bales. On the ITth
ult., the market was inanimate. The stock on hand
comprised 71,000 bales.
European Intelligence.
There has been no important change in the Eastern
question.
The largest portion of the allied fleets have been cr
dered to remain iu the Bosphorus.
No further operations have taken place on the Danube.
Omar Pacha had hanged two Greek spies.
Kalefat was garrisoned by 30,000 troops.
Gen. Aurep, who commanded the Russian forces at
Citale, had beeu disgraced and sent to Caucasus.
The Br. steamer Haider, with some Turks on board,
weut ashore near Sebastopol, nud was seized by the
Russians.
Russia is still endeavoring to impress on the soldiers
the holy character of the war, and tells them that they
arc on the way to rescue Christ’s Sepulchre from the
infidels.
The Patriarch of Moscow had delivered an exciting
address to the 6th Corps of-the Russian Army, ou their
leaving for the Danube.
From Asia we learn that the Russians had again been
repulsed before Sheflakil, with the loss of 2,000 men.
The Prince ofServia had arrived at Vienna. Dis ob
ject is supposed to be the negotiation for the temporary
occupation ofServia by the Austrian troops.
The Br. barque Bona Dea, Capt. Koe, which cleared
at Savannah on the 28th of December last for Liverpool,
with Cotton, Lumber and Oak Staves, has been picked
up off the coast of Ireland, water logged. The crew
were twelve days without food or water, and ten, iuclu*
ding Capt. Koe, died of starvation. The remaining sev
en were landed at Swansea, and at the lust accounts
were doing well.
Troops are embarking at all the English ports.
The British contingent land force has been increased
to 20,000 men.
Lord Ragland having refused the command, other
wise than the Queen’s guards, a regiment of cavalry
were to have embarked from Southampton on the 22d
ult., and six other regiments of cavalry were holding
themselves in readiness.
Engineers, Sappers and Miners, Flying Artillery, and
Field Batteries, were all in readiness for embarkation at
various stations.
All the regiments in the Service were to be raised to
a thousand men.
All the Artillery men were to be armed with the Min.
nie Rifle.
The Niagara was to have embarked troops at Liver
pool on the 22d, and the Cambria at Kingstown, Ire
land, on the 25th ult.
The war is becoming popular and recruits are abuud
ant, especially from Ireland.
The tirst detachment of the Baltic fleet had already
arrived at Spithead.
In the House of Commons on the 16th ult., Mr. D’ls
raeli asked the Government if Louis Napoleon’s letter
to the Czar was authentic, to which Lord John Russell
responded that it was, and that the British Government
held themselves resposible for its sentiments.
In Paris there was a rumor that the Czar’s response
to the letter of Louis Njipoleon had been received, and
that it was of an uufarorble character.
Eighty thousand of the flower of the French army
were ready to embark simultaneously with the British
troops.
The Paris Moniteur contains an official notice of the
annexation of New Caledonia to France.
Austria is making great, preparations for war—indeed,
her conduct excites suspicion as to her fidelity to the
allied powers.
The Very Latest.
The Alps has brough 29 passengers.
Captain Ingraham having declined a banque at Ge
noa, 3,000 Genoese serenaded him on the water. The
St. Louis sailed on the 7tli ult.
In consequence of the occurrence of Bread Riots at
Ravenna and other places, the free import of Bread
stufl's into the Papal States, is extended until the lirst
of May.
Great fermentation exists in Poland, and consequent
ly Russia has suspended the withdrawal oi her troops.
It is rumored that live American ships would shortly
anchor in the Bosphorus.
Great disturbances are reported iu South Albania.— j
Sixty Turks are said to have beeu killed and the garri- j
son besieged.
At Cariscrona in the South of Sweden, active naval
preparations are being made.
Tae Berlin Correspondent is authorized to contradict
the report that a further offer bad beeu made on the
part of the German Powers, to meditate ou the Eastern
question. •
A terrific storm occurred at Liverpool on the 17th ult.,
causing much damage. We have not, however, receiv
ed the details.
Louis Na]K)leon’s letter to the Czar has been printed
and lead at all the Barracks in France, and distributed
throughout all the Communes, as yvell as every corner
of Paris.
Letters from St. Petersburg state that military pre
parations were being made on an immense scale, and
that great exasperation was produced at the Palace bv
the receipt of Louis Napoleon’s letter.
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE U. S. MAIL ATLANTIC.
The U. S. Mail steam ship Atlantic, Captain West,
has arrived at Sandy Hook from Liverpool, which port
she left on the 22d ult.
The Atlantic got ashore at the Hook.
The Asia arrived at. Liverpool on the 20th ult.
The Liverpool Market.—Cotton was flat and a six
teenth of a penny lower. The sales during the three
days had comprised 19,000 bales, of which 3,000 had
been taken ou speculation and for export, leaving 16,000
of all descriptions to the trade.
Breadstuff's were rising. Wheat had advanced 2d
per 70 lbs, and Flour 6d per bbl. of 196 lbs. Corn was
unchanged.
European Intelligence.
No casualties had oceured to Americau shipping dur
ing the terrific gale at Liverpool on the 17th ult., report
ed by the Alps.
The Czar’s response to Louis Napoleon arrived at Pa
ris from St. Petersburg on the lsth ult., and in it
Nicholas does not aecepMhe proposals presented, for
entering into arrangements, and the Maui tear says that
its tenor leaves no chance font pacific solution of the
existing difficulties.
Ships are rapidly being fitted out at all the ports for
the Baltic fleet.
French troops arc embarking from Africa for Turkey.
There is nothing new from the Danube.
Omar Pacha is strengthening Kalefat.
The camp at Shumla has been broken up.
The fortification* at Constantinople are progressing.
The health of the army and fleet is excellent.
6,000 men iu 24 ships left on the 7th ult., under the
escort of 11 English war steamers.
An inqiortant debate occurred in the English Parlia.
raent on the question of the supplies for the Army and
Navy, and on Turkish Affairs.
The Queen has issued a proclamation forbidding the
exportation of arms and ammunition.
A dreadful explosion had occurred at the Colliery cf
Incheall near Wigan, Lancashire, by which one hundred
men lost their lives.
The King of Naples is forming an Italian League.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA-
Nkw-York, .March 11.
The sfeant ship North Star has arrived ui New York
from Sun Juan, bringing advices to the 16th uli., but
no specie.
The markets in San Francisco coutinue dull.
The Mexicans are placing their coast iu a state of de
fence against Fillibusters.
The ship San Francisco was wrecked outside of Sau
Francisco on the Bth ult., and totally lost. The cargo,
which was valued at $400,000, had been partly saved.
The Fillibusters, at the latest advices, were quarrel
ing among themselves, and a portion had left Walker.
EATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP ASI A.
New York, March 11.
The British mail steamship Asia. Capt. Edward G
Lott, with Liverpool dates to the 25th ult., arrived at
Halifax on Wednesday night last.
Liverpool Market. —The Asia reports the Jt:- i t
the week ending on the day of her sailing to have been
40,000 bales, of which speculators took G,OOO aud expor
ters 3,000 bales The market closed with prices rang
ing iu favor of buyers.
The stock remaining on hand is 500,000 bales, oi
which 300,000 are American.
Trices of breadstuff's favor the purchaser. ,
Money is easy. Consols unchanged and steady.
Ou the 22d the Havre cotton market was quiet. The
sales of the week had been 5,000 bales.
The Eastern Question.
England and Fi ance are soon to issue a joint manifes
to, which will be equivalent to a declaration of war.
No naval or miliiary engagement is reported by this
arrival. France continues actively engaged in her for
midable warlike preparations. Austria is becoming
much more favorable to the allied powers. Political
events of the highest importance are being developed.
A significant announcement has been made in Paris,
through the columns of the Moniteur newspaper, to the
effect that if the flags of France and Austria arc united
in the east, France will not permit any attempts ut
separation beyond tlie Alps. This is regarded as a
threat to raise Hungary and Italy if Austria sides with
Russia.
It is further stated, through the snme channel, that
France cannot suffer the integrity of the Ottoman Em
pire to be broken by the aggressive acts of Greece; and
further, that France discountenances all attempts at revo
lution anywhere. These announcements are viewed by
the people as official.
Austria continues to send troops to her Southeastern
frontier, and says she does so merely to prevent distur
bances spreading to Servia, Montenegro and Bosnia.
The altitude of Prussia remains uuchangedand unex
plained.
It is reported that a joint-manifesto lias been agreed
upon by France and England, having all the force of a
formal declaration of war, which will be issued in a few
days. It is further rumored that England has sent a
final announcement to the Czar naming a definite time
in which he must evacuate the Principalities.
England has formally notified Prussia of her inten
tion to send a fleet to the Baltic. Prince George, of
Cambridge, will command the cavalry under Lord Rad
ian.
Accounts from the Danube state that the opposing
forces are preparing for a great battle.
Nothing new from Asia.
The Shah of Persia has finally announced that he will
remain neutral.
The Greek Insurrection.
The Greek insurrection has become formidable in
Ephesus. The insurgents have taken the town of Aala,
besides the Turks in the citadel. Three thousand in
surgents are within ten miles of Tanya. The Albanian
detachment of the Greek regular troops has gone over
to the insurgents. Alined bands of Albanians go from
village so village arousing the people and distributing
arms gratuitously, and circulating inflammatory pla
cards, Ac. The Greek government remains apathetic
and powerless.
At Salonica on the sth, an insurrection broke out, in
which, however, tbe Turks attacked and defeated the
insurgents.
Disturbances continue in Asia Minor. At Kularat
and other places blood is being constantly shed. In
Greece itself, great excitement continues to prevail.—
Disturbances also continue in the lonian Isles.
Miscellaneous Intelligence.
Lord Palmerston announced in the English House of
Commons, that Smith O’Brien has been pardoned, and
the exile is soon expected home.
Mr. Buchanan, our Minister at the Court of St. James
was at the last levee of the Queen.
It is reported that the Rothschilds and the Bank o 1
France have advanced two hundred million Frances to
the French Government.
Forty arrests were made in Paris in consequence of the
intended celebration of the anniversary of the rise of tbe
Republic.
An alliance offensive and defensive between France
and Switzerland, is believed, has been formally conclu
ded.
Mr. Daniel’s letter so the Richmond Examiner excites
much comment at Turin.
[Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.]
Washington, March 3.
The conviction, sentence and suicide of Dr. George
A. Gardiner, all occurring so suddenly and unexpected
ly to-day, produced in the city a deep sensation. This
! was the termination of the second trial of Dr. Gardiner
lon the indictment of perjury. The trial continued sixty -
| five days, and was ably and perse veri ugly managed, both
on tbe part of the prosecution and the defence. The
judge (Dunlop) Las been thought to be, at least, unpre
judiced, as regards the defence, and gave to it the wi
dest scope, it was the general opinion, so far as any
had been expressed, that the jury would’aguin disagree,
and that the Government, wearied out, would dismiss
the prosecution.
Dr. Gardiner retained the singular imperturbility and
equanimity and gentle deportment, that has so much
marked him, during the history of this case, to the end.
An incident occurred, however, during the trial, which
tended to prejudice his case. A deed or missing title,
under which he claimed, and which was alleged to be
forged, disappeared, in an unaccountable manner, from
among the papers before the Court, and was last seen
in the hands of Dr. Gardiner, according to the testimo
ny adduced in relation to its loss. Dr. Gardiner’s ap
pearance this morning, at the opening of tbe Court, was
tranquil as usual.
The Jury had been out from one o’clock yesterday till
ten Ibis morning. When they rendered tbe verdict of
“ guilty,” bis countenance and manner were much
changed, and he appeared deeply agitated, notwith
standing the assurances of bis counsel that a bill of ex
ception to the testimony against him would be sustain
ed by the Circuit Court. After the sentence to ten
! years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary—to take effect
from tbe date of the adjournment of the Circuit Court
| —hud been pronounced, he was taken into custody.—
In an hour or two afterward lie was found to be in con
vulsions or spasms. Medical aid was brought to him,
but it was too late. He soon expired, having as appear
ed from the smptoms, taken strychnine. An inquest
was held upon the body this evening, the results of
which will be published to-morrow.
His brother, T. Carlos Gardiner, was under indict
ment also for forgery, and his bail this evening surren
dered him. Another indictment for forgery was pernl
ing against Dr. George A. Gardiner, and was to be tried
at the next term of tlie Criminal Court. The govern
ment had enjoined a large portion of Dr. Gardiner’s
funds all that they could find, to wit: $140,000 in the
Troy Life and Trust Company, and about a hundred
thousand dollars iu that city. The suits for the recove
ry tis these funds are still pending. When I)r. Gardi
ner went to Europe in July, 1852, he took with him only
ten thousand dollars, and left for his brother, then in
Mexico, ten thousand more. It is not known certainly
that he had other funds than those which the govern
ment has put under injunction. But it is generally sup
posed that Jie received and held, under a contract with
Slears, as his agent, one half of the amount of Mear’s
award, which was over a hundred thousand dollars.
Gardiner’s own award amounted to s4Xß,uno But
one-fourth of this had been assigned to Mr. Corcoran,
for Mr. Corwin, who had bought a fourth interest in
the claim while it was before the Board of Commission
ers, and Mr. Corwin had, upon his acceptance of the
post of Secretary of the Treasury, sold out his interest
to Mr. George Law. It is not known that L'r. Gardiner
Caid more than about $72,000 to his counsel, and lie
ad recovered $27,000 lor the fourth of an interest in
the claim that had been paid in bis trip to Mexico in
pursuit of testimony required by the Board. It is not
Known that he paid more than ten or fifteen thousand
dollars on account of debts said to be due bv litm in
Mexico. There were probably about $306,000 remain
ing in his possession, of which tbe Government Lave
laid their band* upon about $220,000.
Dr. Gardiner came to this city from Tampico, where
he had been employed as an assistant surgeon in the
hospitnl of our army, during tlie Mexican war, and alter
his alleged expulsion from his silver mines. He had
won the confidence of the medical corps and of the com
manding officers at that i>ost, who gave him the strong
est letters of recommendation to persons here, official
and private. He was recommended for an appointment
of assistant surgeon. Ilia deportment before the Board
of Commissioners was such as to convince them ofliis
veracity and integrity. His voluntary return from Eu
rope to meet tlie cbaiges against him, and the general
tenor of his conduct, seemed to imply his innocence, and,
though it might be the opinion that his claim was ex
aggerated, the fact that it was an absolute invention
was not assented to, even after the report of the first
commissioner which the Government sent to Mexico
for the purpose of visit tig his mines.
The tenuiuutiou of the matter is not without a usetui
moral.
Passage of the Nebraska Bill. —ln reference to
the final passage of ihe Nebraska Bill by tbe Senate,
the National Intelligence! - says:
Considering the exhausting length of the sitting, the
lateness of tlie hour at which the vote was taken, that
the strength of the bill had been tested on tbe question
of its engrossment, and the sense of almost all the
members expressed oa that vote or iu their speeches,
the Senate remained very full to the last. Several
members were known to be absent from indisposition ;
among them Messrs. Everett, Toombs and Bright. The
firstaianted gentleman remained till half-past 3 o'clock,
when ill health compelled him to retire. Had he been
o resent he would, we are authorised to say, have voted
against the bill; the two last named, it was stated on
the floor, would have voted for it, as would Mr. Pearce,
of Maryland, we are requested to say, hud he been pre
sent.
tSF The Peruvian government has docliued to
throw tbe trade in guano open to competition.
Letter of Emperor Nia,.um i; jo ts, *
Iu the Loudon Times wc find a-. ansi •’ i t .
ter addressed by Louis Napoleon to th Oa ■
be seen by the telegraphic advices tv th • \
day’s paper, that the BritHh Govcrnmen. fahv
i’. The letter is us follows :
Palace of the Tn..,
—The difference which bat
Majesty and the Ottoman Pa-;>- n,,>
grave aspect that I think u ngh - :
recily to your Majesty tbe par .m-h ,
ken m Shis question, and the nu-ui,
themselves to nie in older to avoid foe
menace the tranquility of Europe.
The note which your Majesty has just
government, and to that of Qu-Jen Victoria'em!’V’ -
to prove that it was the system of Dle-gu’,* ,i ‘
from the commencement bv the two n i-ritim “ i>teu
which alone involved tlie question in
the contrary, according to my view the T‘
have continued a cabinet question if the occn.m
the two Principalities liad not suddenly ti m I ‘ n ”
trom the region of discussion to tlffif &rt ‘v”* 11
t lieless, although your Majesty's uu-sl > , e; ‘
MeoiMliua us in like act, ih.o p v ii, oiu-Su
desire fur conciliation. ** u tXir eite
Alter 1 had consulted with Enp-Luiri \ •
Prussia, I ]imposed to your r ' lu j
to gixe satisfaction to ali. Your Viestv , ’ L ‘^, aid
'* ‘“ d , l'o-mr. Kw, Z'S&’L'']
news, when vour mimsic-r so- „ s good
lies, destroy ed all the couciliamry efiecis so p’ai Jo""’
prevented us Iron, insist mg at Constant T
pure and simple adoption. The l’orte, for L £',.!!
siigges.ed some inofl.l.catmns in ,h e note, to uhielmt
reptcscuiamea of the lour Powers u; Vienna m l he
disposed to agree. They were not, howeu i ain
In your Majesty. It was then that the Porie
ed m its dignity, its independence threatened •’
compelled to raise an army to oppose that of w.m-\!' K
jesiy, preferred to dec-hue war rather than ml
state of uncertainty and humility The IV - T “
claimed oiu support; the cause ot’the J’or ,
to us to be a juV one, and the Ft,.rli-.fi
squadrons were therefore ordered to the Bosnia™ 1
Our attitude in reference to Turkey U -‘,L nT'r
protector, but it was passive. W e d'i-J nm rnlm t fa
to war We unceasingly aildres.M-il n, it, : ‘ Cuc -H ' r
Sultan tbe advice ol peace and moderati*ti*?' 3 ° f
that this was the best mode of coniine- m I ' crtU;uifcd
ment, und the Four Powers consnli i” • UU u ,^ reL ’
mined to your Majesty-some other pro^JStTVi
Majesty, on your part, exhibited Aie US s winch
arises lrom the consciousness ol stremrth
yourself with repulsing from the left Uokol the lH?
übe, as in Asia, the attacks of the Turks • and Vi ‘
the moderation worthy of the chief of a great erauire
vour Majesty declared that you would act ou ili <fo
fenstve. uc ”
Up to that period, then, we were, I may say inter
ested spectators, of the dispute, wheu the affair of
Sinope, compelled us to take a more decisive part -
France and England had not thought it necessary to
send troops to the assistance of Tinker. Their flat/
therefore, was not engaged iu the conflicts which took
place upon land. But at sea it was very different
There were at the entrance to the Bosphorus 3,w0 gnus
the existence of which proclaimed loudly enough to
Turkey that the two leading Maritime Powers would
not allow her to be attacked by sea. The affair at Si
nope was for us as painful as it was unexpected - for
it matters little to us whether or not the Turks wished
to convey munitions of war to the Russian Territory
In tact, Russian ships attacked Turkish vessels iu the
waters of Turkey, while those vessels were ridiug qui
etly at anchor in a Turkish port. The Turkish ves'e s
were destroyed, iu spite ol the assurance that there was
no wish to commence an aggressive war, and in spite
of the vicinity of our squadrons. It teas no huger our
policy which rtoneea a chtci, U was o ndli-.ry ho- r.
The sound of the cannon shot at Sinope reverberated
pan.hilly in the heal .sot ail those who in England and
in France respect national diguiiy There was a geu
erui participation in the sentiment that wherevei our
ea non cun teach our allies ought to be respected. Oat
of this ftel.ng aiose the order giv en to our squadn.: -
entei tbe Liaci. Sea, and ,o prevent by lorn, .t
ry the recurrence ot a sinuiiu event
Ibeueeuii se the collective notification -
Cabinet oi St. Petersburg, announcing tii
vented the Turks from making an aggressive u .
on the coasts ot Russia, we would also ; roit
Turks ujmn their own territory. As to the kits* u : t
in prohibiting its navigation of the Black Sea. v,
it upon a diflereut condition because i ve.s
during the war to preserve a guarantee eqt;-
force to the occupation of the Turkish term
thus facilitate the conclusion ot pii.ee by La
power of making a desirable excluo g<-.
Such. Site, is the restih, aud a statement of the :1
It is clear that, having arrived at this point, :I.i
either bring about a definite understanding or afiecuki
rupture.
Vour Majesty has given so many proofs of your
licit-ode for the tranquility of Europe, and bv vein i <:
iieer.t infiuercf lias so powerfully arrested tie spar
disci der, that i cannoi doubt a- io the con re-.- - ju
take in the alternative which pu-sents ii- ;■
choice. Should your Majesty be desm ns
of a pacific conclusion, what would be m< i
than to declare that an armistice shall now be s v
that things shall resume their diplomatic com
all hostilities shall cease, and that the belligerent ~ ,
shall return from the places to which motives ol war
hare led them!
Thus the Russian troops would abandon the Princi
palities, and our squadrons the kiack Sea. Y'our Ma
jesty, preferring to treat directly with Turkey, might
appoint an Ambassador, who could negotiate with a
Plenipotentiary of tbe Sultan a convention which
might be submitted to the conference of the Four Pow
ers. Let vour Majesty adopt this plan, upon which the
Queen of England and myself are perlectiy agreed, ami
tranquility will be re established and the world satisfied.
There is nothing in the plan which is unworthy of your
Majesty—nothing which can wound your honor; but
il, from a motive difficult to understand, your Majesty
should refuse this projiosal, then France, as well as
England, will be compelled to leave .o the fate of
arms and tbe chances of war that which might now be
decided by reason and justice.
Let not your Majesty think that the least animosity
can enter my heart, i feel no other si-ntimeuis than
those expressed by your Majesty yourself in your let
ter ol the 17th January, 1853, in which you write.—
“Our relations ought to be sincerely amicable, based
as they are upon the same intentions—the mainten
ance of order, the love of peace, respect for treaties, and
reci|-ro< al good feeling.” This programme is worthy
of the sovereign who traced it, and I do not hesitate
to declare that I remain iltilhful to it.
NAPOLEON.
Clay County.
The election for officers in this new county, came of
on Monday, the 27th February, at the village of Eon
Gaines —that befog the most suitable place tor bolding
the poll.
A lew days previous to this event, a goodly portion
of the citizens of the county (of both political parties
met aud made a nomination of such men as they deem
ed proper to till the various offices to w hich they were
subsequently elected. This was considered as the
“ Compromise Ticket,” and as there was but compara
tively slight opposition from gentlemen of either party,
the turn-out ou the day of election was small—ouly - “
or so—but it is estimated by those who are best ac
quainted with the matter, that when all tbe freemen
are at the polls, at least 500 votes will be registered.
Below we give the result of the late election, with
the vote of each caudidate, as furnished us by a friend:
For Justices Inferior Court.
James L. Sweet, (Dem,) 168
S. R. Weaver, ("big; 170
A. Marshall, 166
Jon. H. Calloway, (Dem.) 168
D. M. Bruuer, (Whig) 172
For Sheriff.
George R. Holloway, (Whig,elect) l’A
John A. Greene, (Ind. Dem.) 2-1
tor C.erk Superior anil Inferior Court.
W. Sutton, jr., (Dem. elect,) ‘-'S
G. W. Brown, (Ind. Whig; SO
Q. L. C. Franklin,(Dem. ) !■••• 6d
Ordinary.
John H. Jones, ( Whig) 155
County Treasurer.
O. W. Wakefield, (Whig) 126
Tax, Collector.
Peter Lee. (Dem. elect l'- ;
W. U. Standiey, (Dem. A
Ntceioer Tax lie. urns.
John 11. Gilbert, (Whig) 16
Coroner.
Churchill Patrick. (Whig, elect) 1-
A. ildbcrry, (Ind. Whig *
Surveyor. i
Bennett Thornton, (\\ h g) I
We must be pardoned for expressing our beliti
in the election of these gentlemen, tbe people of
new county have placed themselves uuder the adn.
tration of honest and upright officers; and we have
the shadow of a doubt but, in their official cap;-
they will aim to be governed by the same great;
pies of equity and justice that characterised the pm
aud private career of him whose name their evo-.
bears. —Lolumints Euquirer.
C hange oi’ Time.
On Sunday lust, the mail train upon the V> ■ -V j
R. commenced tunning on anew time sch: - ,
morning iruin now leaves here at s o'ti-.-cit, lr.-y -d 1 I
a hei! oiuic. Ihe up rraiu arrives ut : * • ■
s.eau oi thus bringing an extra mad ‘
earnei than before. \\ e ure not a-.tvn ia>U> ‘
lie the permanent schedule on ihe Nashville o
though it will as soon as practicable be timue
resjAiud with the arrivals aud departures on foe - •
Road.
We learn from our Post-master that tbe Sot’ •’
mail witl be kept ojd-n till 7, A. M.—a great j
ence to those who keep late hours. Considering j
bulk of mail matter, this arrangement indicate- 1 -
Mr. Phillips intends to discharge the dittie-’ ol ,s
flee to the satisfaction of all, even though it subjee - |
to extra effort in making time with ins various - .
heavy mails. n „•-Pua- I
The Bauner says: “We learn that ou ami a fu ,- i
day next, March sth, the passenger train , S
Nashville at 8 o’clock. A. M., in.-wtad of 5 > ,j _ I
present, and will arrive at Chattanooga i , sr . 1
Reluming, will leave Chattanooga at 1 F-* J
rive at Nashville at 10 P. M. —GtatUnooga Ird^te,
inst.
Interesting Relic.—Tbe Patent Office ‘\‘ a nd L gt j n £ I
possibly, be soon enriched with another glau d- 1
relic of Gen. Washington. The revolfo: . |
-trds belonging to tbe estate oi Centra I 0 f ]
which had been in the custody ot the to l j
Alexandria, have been resigned bv that bo a , and I
in (Ton’s surviving executor- Mr. G. “• 1 h ~ 0 f tii* I
will, most probably, be consigned to the ,if ,/„/<’> I
Natioual Institution for sate keeping.
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