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[From the Constitutionalist A Republic.! The Next Governor. An article in the last Federal Union, recom mending Col. Henry G. Lamar to the Demo crats oi'Georgia, as their next candidate for Governor, prompts us to say a few words oil the general subject. We have, from time to time, in the last few weeks, received communications, some of them written for publication, in reference to the next Gubernatorial election. We have, however, declined opening our columns for the discussion of the question; thinking it premature, and de sirous of allowing as much time to elapse as possible, in order that past acerbities and un friendly sentiments among Democrats, divided on the Compiomise question, might die away and be obliterated forever. Time is the great physician in all strifes like this, when no prac tical questions place men in antagonism, and when a thousand practical questions, and the political sympathies and convictions of a life time, counsel them to harmonious action. In these results wo are not disappointed, so far as we have been enabled to ascertain the drift of sentiment among the Democrats. We are already apprised of many cases where Dem ocrats who were estranged from each other, no longer back than last summer, in reference to the electoral ticket difficulty, are now coming together cordially, as Democrats, in support of the general principles of the party, and of Gen. Pierce’s administration. Differences of opinion as to the right of State secession, are not incompatible with co-opera- \ tion and union on well recognized and admitted principles of Democratic policy. Our country has prospered under it. Under it, and by rea son of it, in groat part, have been achieved our greatness and power as a nation. Yet, in that vast aggregate of Democrats, which lias made up democratic sentiment, and established Dem ocratic legislation over the country, tiiere are all shades of speculative opinion as to the nature and structure of our complex system of Govern ment. Such is the constitution of the human i mind that, in politics, as in religion, absolute concordance in large masses, united for com mon objects, cannot be expected. No two leaves in the forest are precisely alike. So in the world of intellect; no two minds receive impressions and prevent phases identically simi lar. It is a wise law of our nature, ll is a lead ing cause of all progress and improvement. Nothing but the infirmities of human temper and the pride of opinion exist now, to keep Dem ocrats anart in Georgia, who have been divided: and these causes are gradually declining, ft is now getting to be time—perhaps, we should say the time has now arrived—when the Demo crats of Georgia must take steps to consolidate their strength, and make their parly here worthy of its principles and past history, and worthy of the sympathies and alliance of the Democratic parties as they exist in our sister States of tiie Union. A State Convention of delegates will be a fitting commencement of the work; on which occasion the nomination for Governor can be made, and the measures initiated lor bis cordial support and triumphant election. Os the suggestion of the name ol Col. Henr y G. Larrar, we have, at present, nothing to say, but that he is an intelligent and amiable geullo man, a zealous democrat, and one who, if nom inated, will receive from us a very cordial and earnest support. We take occasion, also, now to state, that the name of Gen. Hugh A Har alson has been urged in one of the com munications received by us in terms of warm admiration. This gentleman, also, whose tal ents and high character we fully appreciate, would, in the like event, receive our very cheer ful support. In another the name ot Judge Henry R. Jack son is suggested, and the considerations urged in behalf of this suggestion, struck us with great ! force, and coincided with views previously eu- j tertained, and fully expressed by us in letters ! and conversation. We believe the nomination ; of this patriotic young Democrat, who now wears the judicial ermine as gracefully as he 1 did the soldier’s sword when our country called j for volunteers for service against. Mexico, would j be a well bestowed tribute to merit, and at the ! same time a pledge of mutual amity and confi donee and restored good feeling between Un ion and Southern Rights Democrats. The pa triotic course pursued by Judge Jackson and j Judge Johnson last summer, which did i much towards bringing the two wings of! the party together, first suggested to us the name of the former, in connection with this nomination. We have named Judge Johnson in this connection, as an act of strict his torical justice, and to say that to him, equally with Judge Jackson, is praise to be accorded in this matter. We have not mentioned bis name to bring it into view for the nomination, not that we consider hint in any respect less entitled to it, but because we desire, in placing j the name of a Union Democrat first before our ! renders, to afford an earnest of the feelings ‘ ‘■ with which we have advocated the re union of I the Democracy and the spirit in which wo think every Southern Rights Democrat should meet the Union Democrats in Convention. Wo should not omit the names of the Ttou. Robert M. Charlton, and of the Hon. Thos M. Forman, in connection with the patriotic efforts made last summer to bring the dissever ed wings of nnr party, .lodge Lumpkin, Col. R. Flournoy, Judge Warner, Col. Chastain and the lion. Charles Murphy, will be kindly re membered in this matter. \A e could extend this list much further, but the names of those most conspicuous in the good work will readily occur to the mind of the reader. Both those that tendered and those that accepted the Olive branch under which Southern Rights and Union Democrats marched together to victory last November, should be remembered with equal kindness by every well wisher of the party. Wo would be unfoignedly gratified to add to this list the name of his Excellency, Governor Cobb: but we regret to say we have not the evi dence that he gave his influence and good wish es to the Democratic ticket which cast the vote of Georgia for Gen. Pierce. His sympathies, if not his secret exertions, were strongly suspect ed to be in favor of the Tugato ticket. The ®Hbrts and the votes ol most of bis personal and political friends whom it was generally presum ed be could influence, were openly given to that ticket. M e should be very happy to be mistaken in these, impressions, as to the course of Gov. Cobh in tin's matter. If we have judged him wrong ly, or misconstrued bis course and bis motives, we shall be most happy to make the amende, for we utterly disclaim personal hostility or un kind feeling towards that gentleman. It gave us no pleasure to see him in past days pursue a course by which lie jeoparded that influence and popularity that his talents legitimately en titled him to, and which he once unquestionably and deservedly possessed in the Democratic party of Georgia, Distressing— The Cassviile Standard savs On Monday night last, one of the houses ‘of •lesse Windsor, of this county, was destroyed by fire, and m itoneothis son's, who was burnt to death. The lad. some 12 or 14 years old. having res cued two of his younger brothers, rushed in amid the flames, thinking that a third brother was left but was overpowered and neverrefon ed. A merchant of this city has just executed an order fora sma l lot of sugar to go to Decatur, DeKalb county, Georgia. This town is located on the radroad six miles beyond Atlanta, being near the conveyance of the Charleston, h'avam liah and other roads, the sugar is intended for a merenant at Decatur and was purchased in this market as an experiment Should it prove evil S mr tory, . l . We may look for ~ rade <o some extent from that quarter. Small Pox Scene in Oglethorpe. It appears that the small pox is not, in Ogle thorpe, but in the vicinity. The following ex tract from a letter, dated in that place and pub lished in the Macon Messenger, contains a graphic account of a small pox scene : For several weeks the Mayor and Aldermen have employed guards near the infected dwell ings, to prevent all ingress and egress. Sup ples, in the mean time, were duly furnished the prisoners. One of them, who had been two moths rotting, as he called it, shut out from so ciety, and desperate for liberty and fresh air, broke through the cordon , and appeared in our streets a few days ago- He was a ghastly spec tacle. His friends gave a wide margin to hi perambulatioas, and"civilities were exchanged as a distance. The fugitive considered himself in noxious, and therefore claimed his area of free dom. Anothsr Small Pox culprit, encouraged by this example, sallied forth his scars more ver dant and odorous. The guard ordered him to | keep within proper limits ; hut the ratio ot ad- i vance by one party, was the retreat ot the j other, and thus the insurrection began. All Herringville was in a blaze of excitement; j all of Oglethorpe was appalled at the outrage. — j Our worthy and splendid. Col. Sorrel, dashed into the rebellious province, to maintain the su premacy of law and order : hut the chiet insur gent swore that he would go out, at very hazard, and hunt with his neighbors. On Saturday, a meeting of citizens was held at the Council Chamber, to devise some remedy j j for the novel occasion. Resolutions were adop j ted sustaining the action ol Mayor and Alder- j men, and requesting them to call on the Colon- ; el of the Regiment for a force, not exceeding | fifty men, with arms in hand, to prevent all in fected persons from leaving their premises, and others from going in. The requisted was promptly made, and as promptly answered by- Cos!. Horne, who asked for volunteers One general shout, “Set me down, set me down,” ; rang through the house, The drum boat, fire- I locks appeared, and old charges shot oft to make room for fresh ones. The sentinels forthwith took their stations—camp-fiies illuminated the vicinity of danger at night, and exposed to view tiie gallant citizen-warrior as he paced within his lines, anticipating the happy time when he could cry, “All is well.” The lepers of Jerusa lem have always been confined within a certain district of the city, and are we not entitled to equal protection from a more terrible malady ? The two cities resemble each other in former glory and present decay. Both have been de populated ; yet as the Jews still look for a res toration of their beloved city, to its more than ancient splendor, so we “behold as through a glass darkly,” a huge pile of cotton bales at Brunswick, o r some other terminus of a Railroad. At all events, what is good for Jerusalem, as a sanotary regulation, i= not less applicable to Oglethorpe. Now, Mr. Editor, you have the fads. We are cut off from the world. Heaven alone knows when we shall be received into cordial fellow ship again. You outsiders look upon us all, by- Oglethorpe, as so many lepers, dangerous of conduct, i admit the plausibility of the suspi cion, hut not its justice*. We, of the city proper have been cautious to avoid the position : and from general vaccination, and by (hod’s bless ing, we hope to he released from quaruautine in thirty days, if not sooner. From the New York Times. Runaway Marriages. The Legislature of our State every winter at tempts some tinkering of our laws respecting Marriage, hut generally succeeds in doing very little mischief. We urge no action at all on the subject; hut, whenever any change shall hereafter be made in these laws, we ask that a | provision he inserted for the discouragement j and repression of Runaway Marriages, j The popular notions on this subject, fomented i by the yellow-covered literature of the day are j exceedingly lax and mistaken. The young Miss | who elopes from the parental roof te marry j some adventurer who was probably unknown j to her last year, is often represented as a girl of i rare spirit, who does a remarkably clever and | admirable thing. ; We hold, on the contrary, that in a great majority of cases, her elopements is unwise, j giddy, ungrateful, immodest, and evinces a las i civious appetite and reckless disposition. Why should she desert and distress those who have loved, nurtured and cherished her through all her past years, to throw herself into the arms of a comparative stranger, who has done noth ing for her, and whose protestations of affection have yet to undergo the first trial ? It is even wav unworthy of pure and gentle maidenhood to do so. We can imagine but one excuse for her el opement—namely, the efforts of parents or guardians to coeree her into marrying some [ one she does not love. To avoid such a fate, ‘ she is justified in running away : for no parent j has or ever had a right to constrain a daughter . to marry against her will. But where the pa- j rents are willing to wait, the daughter should I also consent to wait, until her choice is assen- ! ted to or she attains her Jegal majority. Tucn if she chooses to marry in opposition to her pa rents’wishes, let their quit her home openlv, frankly, in broad daylight, and in such manner as shall kindly but utterly preclude any pretence that her act is clandestine or ill-considered.— No one should lie persuaded or coerced to mar ry where she does not Jove; but to wait a year or two for the assent of those who have all her life done what they could for her welfare, no daughter should esteem a hardship. There is some truth to be told about the ‘com mon run’ of masculine prowlers by night about garden walls and under bed-room windows, in quest of opportunities to pour seducing flatteries into the eat sos simple misses ; but we have not time to toll it now. Asa general rule, they are j licentious, good-for-nothing adventurers, who ’ would much rather marry a !t- i t -g than work j j for it, and who speculate on the chances of j ‘bringing the old folks round’ after a year or two. A true man would not advise, much less uge, the woman be loved to take a step which must inevitably lessen the respect felt for her, and violate the trust reposed in her by those who bad loved and cherished her all Iter days. The marriage of girls of fourteen to seventeen years is a very prevalent cause of personal and transmitted evil and suffering. Prematurely taxed with the care and nourishment of children their constitutions give way, and at thirty they are already on the downhill of life. Eighteen is the youngest age at which any one should mar ry , twenty to twentv-three in much better. Goon Nature]) B i<iij;i.ors.— Here are Fan ny Fern’s ideas in relation to a good-natured j bachelor. A pleasant picture, and for which j all the clever members of the “rusty brother j hood” should he thankful : j “He lifts all the little school-girls over the tnod-paddles, and kisses them when he lands I j them ou the other : ide. Admires iittle babies f ’ without regard to the shape of their noses, or the strength of their lungs. Squeezes himself into an infinitesimal fragment, in the corner of an omnibus, to make room for that troublesome individual, one—more J Vacates bis seat any number of times at a crowded lecture, for dis tressed looking single lades. Orders stupid cab drivers off the only dry crossing, to save a pret ty pair of feet from immersion, and don’t forget to look the other way when their owner gethers up the skirts of her dress to trip across. Is just as civil to a shop-girt as if she where a Dutchess ; pays regularly for his newspaper, lends his um brella and goes home with a wet bever ; lias a clear conscience, a good digestion, and believes the women to he all angels with their wings folded up. Here’s hoping matrimony may nev er undeceive him!” • St was going South.—There have been more speculators and larger quantities of ne- ; “■roes going south and west this season, than we j have ever known before. Almost passen ger train that lias arrived here for the past week is loaded more or less with slaves—most of ! whom are from Virginia. We suppose the in crease is caused from two reasons. First, he- : cause the average price of cotton creates a j greater demand for slaves ; and secondly, be cause speculators make a better profit in con- j sequence of the great demand. —Latirange j Reporter. trm) Sentinel columbus^gforgia” TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1853. j A General Summary and Review. j Out* readers of course will excuse us if in this issue I of our paper webring up our rear of news which has | lagged behind during the storm and rain and accidents | of the last few days. The subject of most interest now is the distribution ; of the spoils by the new administration. All that we | have learned on this head will be found in one place i under a neat caption of its own. Hope deferred ma- ! keth the heart sick ; and we crowd all the names of the j fortunate competitors for honor and office in a small j place, so that those who are interested may find them j I quick. And to save our own neighbors the trouble of . j search we will now announce that the Post Master for j | Columbus has not been selected. | The report of the small pox in Oglethorpe and else* ; i where in South-western Georgia ami in Russell county in Alabama, has produced quite a panic from Savannah to Montgomery : nor is this alarm unfounded. The pa pers report that one case has broken out in Albany, Geo., and the disease is spreading in Russell county, Ala. The Lawyers in that county have very properly notified the public that there will be uo Circuit court at Craw ford this spring, and advise their clients to remain at home. The commissioners appointed to guard the health of the community, have placed Mr. Bass’ resi dence in Russell county under quarantine, and forewarn all persons not to approach the neighborhood, or else they will be subjected to the heaviest penalties of the law. The continued prevalence of this disease in Ogle thorpe has scared all the hands but one out of the of fice of the Democrat, published in that city, and the paper comes to us “half made up.” It this loathsome disease should happen to visit our goodly city, of which we presume there is no probability, since a guard has been stationed at the bridge to prevent the approach of suspected persons, we will be fortunately relieved from the disagreeable necessity imposed upon the Democrat , as we have at least one printer who has seen the Ele phant. The prevalence of the d ; sens-.* at Oglethorpe is doing 1 our merchants serious damage. The great body of their spring goods were shipped via Savannah to Ogle -1 j thorpe, where many of them were landed several weeks 1 1 ago, but a fatal stampede has taken place among the wagoners and none of them can he persuaded for love or money to go after them. The Griffin papers emphatically deny that there is a ease of small pox in that city. The whirlwind, which did so much damage to this city on Thursday last, passed a few miles north of Chunnenuggee, and swept every thing before it. lUs breadth however was not over fifty yards. \\ e can not hear wh it has become of the monster. The weather is still unsettled. Sunday was a glo rious spring morning, an unclouded sun shed its en livening beams over the fair face of nature, and the air was as bland as a young maiden’s smile. Monday was a helpmeet for Sunday and promised the near approach of spring ; but clouds overcast the evening sky and the day closed with the falling of a flood ot waters, which continued to descend the live long night. A correspondent of the Federal Inion has suggested Henry G. Lamar, of Bibb, as the most suitable candi date of the Democratic Party, for Governor of Georgia. In making the selection we presume the party will be careful to select some citizen upon whom all the mem j bers of the party can unite and at once and forever . break down the miserable attempt to perpetuate* the Union organization. We will cordially support any nominee who recognizes the great conservative prinei* j pies of state rights and state rerftedies There are two classes of persons to whom vve have a mortal aversion. The first arc spoilsmen—men who attach themselves to : a party for the sake of the loaves and fishes, and are ready to quit it as soon as some body else’s claims are preferred to their own, and begin to make signs to the enemy. They are the Arnolds of polii ics, and are trusted only to betray. The other class are old Federalists, who, under the covering of the lamb, are ravening wolves. They deny the sovereignty of the states and are not prepared to uphold the honor of the state, when lust of power, or pelf, may drive the Federal Gov ernment into a breach of her constitutional rights. Henry R. Jackson, Hugh A. Haralson or Hen ry G. Lamar would be quite acceptable to us. \\ e want only sound men who have the nerve to meet the j I future. The Hon. Solomon Foot, Senator from Vermont, and ! President of the Brunswick Rail road, has arrived in ■ Georgia. We do not admire Yankee polities, but ! Yankee Presidents of Rail roads are well enough, pro- , ! vided they have plenty of cash, the characteristic ener gy of New England, and the wisdom of Solomon—Foot. Col. Benton has published 1 is letter on the Pacific- Rail road. It has not yet come to band. We learn however that the old gentleman is opposed to the : southern route. Since the north has acquired the pre ponderance in the electoral college, all of Gol. Benton’s views have strangely approximated to the North Pole. | He is no doubt fully satisfied that, though the northern passage may not be the shortest round the world, it is the nigh cut to the Presidency. A wicked friend sug gests that this fey tendency may be explained by his j desire to get thoroughly cooled before lie takes up bis i final abode in the warmer regions to which he will be ] transported in the future. We can’t say whether this is the true explanation. The spiritual rappers are largely on the increase. The delusion has taken hold of some very prominent politicians at Washington city. The congressmen of the United States are said to be fond of “spirits,” and of i late have been much given to “rapping"—each other— | it is not to be wondered at therefore that they should 1 1 he “spiritual rappers.” Two very distinguished South j j Carolina politicians, whose characters in these respects j ; are very well established, have both become converts to j ! the delusion. A word to Post Masters. We scarcely receive a mail that does not contain some letter complaining of the irregularity of the mails. A valued subscriber at Magdalena, Geo., writes us. that the Post master at that office says one half of the pa pers due there never come to hand, and very properly concludes by saying, “something wrong —subscribers will dropoff.” Another informs us that while he lived at Florence. Geo., he received all his papers regularly, but since he removed to Lannahaasee, Geo-, lie lias not received | “near ad his papers.” | Now, we use the greatest caution in mailing our j \ papers regularly to every subscriber, and vve are sure j | 2io fault attaches to os. We are equally sure that the | j great body of Post masters attempt to discharge their j duties faithfully and punctually, but it is evident j that there is a careless Post master some where in j South western Georgia, who neglects his duties, in i- j tates our subscribers by his negligence or mistakes, j and indicts a pecuniary loss and much troubl* upon us. j If he will inform us who lie is, we will double bis salary, if he will promise to do his duty in future, provided, the President does not turn him out of office. And he will pardon us for saying that a man who neglects the duties of an office which he voluntarily accepts, is dishonest and ought not to be trusted by his neighbors. Madame liostwick. We are pleased to learn that Madame Bostwick and iroupe arrived in our city on Saturday evening last, after a most fatiguing trip from Montgomery, and will certainly give her first and only grand concert in this city ou Monday night next at Temperance Hall. Our citizens have anticipated her arrival with much anxiety and we promise her an overflowing house. Mrs. Host wick’s Concert. This renown Canfatricc will give one of her sup concerts in this city, on Monday night, 48th inst.; at Temperance Hall. Herjsuccess in New Orleans, Mobile and Montgomery has been unprecedented. The New Orleans Picayune gives the following flattering notice of her last concert in that city : Mas. Bostwick’s Lasr Concert.—The third and last of Mrs. Bostvviuk’s concerts in this city was givenjlast evening at Armory Hall, and was much better attend ed anti by a larger and more appreciative audience than either of the previous concerts. Mrs. Bostwick made j a decidedly favorable impression here on her first ap : pearance, increased it the second evening, and succeeded |so perfectly last evening that, we believe a number of | additionr.l concerts would beh rgoly patronized. Mrs. Bostwick possesses one of the sweetest and most flute-like voices we have ever heard* Its range is more ; contracted than Jenny Lind’s, but with that range—and she never oversteps it it is equal to any vocalist’s who has j ever visited this city. She sings with taste and feeling, j and with an ease and gracefulness that adds interest to ■ the melody and enchains the entire audience. The j “Gipsy Song,” from Meyerbeer’s “Camp of Silesia,” j as sung by her last night, was exquisite. The Scotch j ballad, “’Twas within a mile of Edinboro’ Town,” was I one of the most beautifbi little things we have ever lis ! tened to, and was loud encored ; so, too, was “Home, | Sweet Home,” with which the performances closed* We commend her to our Mobile friends as a finished ’ artist and delightful vocalist. Congressional Election in Alabama. Some short time ago there was much talk in the j • Second congressional district in Alabama of a conven- | | tion to nominate a candidate for Congress. Hilliard, j ; Chilton and Moss were recommended as the most sui- j I table men for the office ; but 3j.be claim of Macon coun- j • tv, “the banner whig counly in the State,” to the | ! Congressman for the next four years, was very generally j : conceded. Os late we have noticed that a dead silence | |is observed on all hands. Even the babbling Journal j iis silent. What is the matter, gentlemen ? Are you ] j scared ? lias the sight of the honest lace and strong • I arm of your late representative curbed the freedom of j | your tongues and disconcerted your schemes ? Speak ! out, gentlemen, and let us know whether you are to have a convention ? Is Mr. Hilliard tired of staying at home and taking the chances for a Foreign appoint i ment, now that the democrats are in power ? Or is the vaulting ambition of Mr. Mess too elastic to bo longer compressed ? And more particularly, what has James Abercrombie, “the honest old farmer of Russel,” done in his congressional career to forfeit the confidence of j his party ? It is true, that ho refused to support I General Scott for the Presidency, and thus rebuked the profligacy of the whig party, which by his nomi nation, indicated a willingness to sail under any flag, provided, they could thereby retain power and share | among themselves the rich spoils of governmental pat ronage. Is this his sin ? Then are all person* who voted the Webster ticket to be proscribed ? Or will the vengence of the “trace men* of Alabama be appeas ed by the sacrifice of the “Big Captain ?” We are very happy to learn that Captain Abercrom bie has returned home in good health and spirits, aud is in good condition for another race. Now, if we are under the necessity of being represented in Congress by a Union whig, we candidly acknowledge that we would prefer an old farmer like the “Captain,” who is identified with the district and has no ulterior designs to accomplish by his congressional career, than by a mere politician, who looks to the Federal Government for office, and changes his sails with every wind that blows from the North to be sure to keep his little bark ; upon the tack of preferment. If a convention is called, however, and Captain Aber* | crombie allows his name to go before it, he wi'l commit : political suicide. We know somewhat about the 5d | congressional district, and how it has been managed for some years past. The Circuit Courts are now in ses ; sion, and we venture that some sly representative of Montgdfhery is now on the pad attending every court, j calling whig meetings, directing the appointment of delegates to the convention, prejudicing the mind* of the people against Captain Abercrombie, and the re -1 suit will be that if a convention is called and he lets his name go before it, he will hardly get a vote out of Rus sell county. Henry ll* Jackson. Since writing our article on the Gubernatorial Elec tion in Georgia, we have been asked whether Judge J ackson recognises the right of the States to resist un i constitutional legislation on the part of the Federal Gov ernment. We arc sorry we cannot answer the question by the record. We presume he does, and on that sup- I position expressed our willingness to support him for Governor. If ho denies this fundamental doctrine of the Democratic Party, an impassable gulf separates us from him : and notwithstanding our high appreciation of his character as a man, and a soldier, and ouradmira j tion of his talents, we would deeply regret to see him nominated for any office above that of a constable. We received on Wednesday last, and published in our Friday’s issue, an elaborate article from the Cnn •*•titutionalist <s* Republic on this subject. We con* 1 cur in the main with the views therein set forth. The ! Editor lays more stress, however, upon the fact rfco- j | operation in the re-organization of the Democratic Party I than we do. We look first to tiie principles of men, rather than their practice. A wily politician may co- | operate with the party, because no other avenue is open ed for the advancement of his interests; and when he i , is elevated to high office, he may use the first opportu nity to betray his country and bis party, in this era of j good feeling, we are in danger of taking men on trust. ! We hope the southern people will keep an eye to this j matter, and neither nominate nor elect any man to office j whose principles are* at all questionable. Female Physicians. We well remember our astonishment when it was ! announced some years ago in the public prints that the ! degree of M; D. had been conferred upon Miss Eliza- j betji Blackwell by one of the first Medical Colleges ’ in the United Suites, and have eagarly awaited the developments of the future in respect to her character. The step taken by her was novel and unprecedented, and indicated either an uncommon toughness or total want of character* It did not necessarily imply that she waa a \ irago or a Bloomer, for every person at all familiar with the vicissitudes and necessities of te- j male life, must long ago have felt the need of an educated j nurse, especially at that interesting period when she I perils her own existence to give life to another. Oar ; sympathies were therefore warmly enlisted in Miss | Blackwell’s favor, and we cordially wished her suc | cess* Wo have not been able to ascertain particularly what her social position is, nor what reception she has met with her in profession. We presume however that both are favorable, as we find on our table a neat little I work called Laws of Life, of which she is the author, and published by Putnam. The subjects treated of in this book are of immense j importance to wives and mothers, and the object of | this article is to bring it to their notice and urge upon ! them the propriety of reading it. Perhaps they might ! find the subjects discussed, more ably handled in stan- j dard medical works, but they would be repelled from i the perusal by the jargon of technicalities which learn ed men are 100 prone to use* The style of this little book is a purling stream of flowery sweets; and is so j j simple and perspicuous that the most unlearned can j | readily apprehend the meaning of the writer. Besides j | the accomplished authoress goes into the sick chain- j I b er * the nursery, where the little olive plants are being j j trained, and cosily sits sometimes besides the blazing j i hearth, and reveals secrets to her fair readers eonnec- | ted with themselves, their children and society, which most of them would give the world to have known af- j ter the sad effects of their ignoranoe have developed : themselves in the ruin of their own health and the ir- ! reparable injury of their children. The book is for sale at J. W, Pease’s Book store j in this city, at a very moderate price. Spireia Prnnifolia. \\ e are indebted to Mr. Charles A. Peabodv for a sprig of this beautiful flowering shrub, than which noth ing can be more superb. It is a bush of from five to ten feet in height, with a bushy top; and every limb is cowered with minute snow white flowers, as double as the most doubled rose. It blossoms early in March, and tills fact will commend it to the notice of Florists. It is a native of China and was lately introduced into Europe by Mr, Fortune, the celebrated English tra veller. Shade Trees. Every storm prostrates some of our choicest shade trees, and tho late hurricane cumbered our streets with their trunks and branches. In a sandy soil like ours, a tree which does not soud roots perpendicularly into the earth, ought never to be planted. The China and the Mulberry are of quick growth and highly ornamen tal, but their lateral roots will not sustain their wide spreading branches and bushy tops. We hope, there fore, to see them entirely superseded in our streets by the Elm and Live-Oak. The latter are of slow growth, but planted ultimately with the elm, they would add much to the beauty of our city, without detracting from the shade, and in ten years we would have permanent shade trees which nothing could uproot but a hurricane. There is some difficulty in procuring* elm trees, but the following extract from the Charleston Mercury pro vides a remedy. We hope Mr. Peabody or some other enterprising citizen will adopt the suggestions contained I in it: There is one obstacle in the way, and that is the diffi j culty ot procuring a supply oi Elms, the most beautiful j ami durable for street shades. They have now become i scarce, and are taken from the forests, in some instances | twenty miles from the city. But that is a difficulty which may easily be obviated by j nursery culture. The object of this communication is to j lay before the public a few suggestions on that subject. Tiie Elm produces and ripens the seed in the spring before the leaves put out, which are frequently destroyed by frost. There is now an abundant crop on the trees, which will be ripe in a few days, and will be drifting about the street pavements where they may be gathered by the ; bushel. To make a nursery, the ground should be well pulver j j/.ed and made rich, and the seeds sown in drills three teet I apart. With very little culture, a juarter of an acre thus : prepared and owsed, will produce in one season twenty | thousand plants from two to three feet high, for they will i come up as thick as wheat, aud grow thriftily nearly as I close as they can stand together. I speak now trom expe | rience, for I planted a nursery last spring in a village more j than a hundred miles from Charleston, and have now | many thousands of young trees, now ready to transplant, ; to be cultivated and reared into trees. When one year old the scions should be taken up and j planted in a field six feet apart every way, and plowed as | corn. The first year after transplanting they will not ma | terially interfere with the growth of vegetables on the j same ground. j An acre planted six feet apart will contain 1,445 trees, j The first year after transplanting they will be from 8 to 10 feet high ; the second year many will he large enough to plant in the streets : the third year nearly if not all will be ready for sale. A tree thus grown by cultivation will be worth as much as three or four taken in a wild state from the forests. The cultivation by the plow cuts oft'the lateral roots, by which means the tree is made to produce a boll of thickly matted fibrous roots, <fcean be taken up 6c replanted without manuring it, as is usually when a tree is taken from the forest. If such trees could at all times be procured in the vicinity of Charleston, it would greatly accelerate the now growing taste lor shade trees, and our city would be an annual customer for thousands for many years to come, at 50 cents, a rich harvest to the grower ; at 25 cents a better crop than any thing now planted. Steamer Gaston This Steamer broke her piston on the 16th inst., when off St. John's bar. It was blowing a gale at the time, and the anchor was cast outside the bar during the night. Next morning tho U. S. Steamer T. Corwin came to her relief and tow ed her into St. John’s harbor. The Gaston was with in 100 yards of the breaKers when the relief vessel reached her. The Steamer Jasper will take the place j of the Gaston. The State Register. This Union whig paper published in Montgomery, Ala., has been discontinued for want of patronage. It is ominous of the fate of the defunct Union whig party which Sandford, Holbey, et id omnegenus, are at j tempting to re-jnvenato in Georgia. The Register save : We and o not deny that it the publication of the paper had been either profitable to ourselves, or called for hv the state of parties in Alabama, we would have kept it going. But it has never been to us a source of profit; and we conceive that our politics don't suit parties existing in Alabama at the present time. It is not our purpose here to discuss the why and wherefore of our nearly isolated political position. Suffice it that there has been a “seat teration” in some quarter, and that tiie Union banner, which we upheld even to the “last extremity,” no longer waves over a victorious, or even a strong and united party, in the South. A Passenger Depot at Last. —We are much rejoic ed to learn, Bays the Atlanta Intelligencer, that the officers of the respective Railroads terminating here, have finally come to an agreement, and commenced ar i tangements for the erection of a joint passenger depot n tins city. The building is to be three hundred feet in length by eighty feet in width, affording sufficient room to accommodate, at the same time, four different passenger trains, one for each road, with the necessa ry offices for eacli company. The work, we un derstand, is to be commenced immediately. Messrs. Editors : The Small Pox exists in Columbus, Ga., and the adjacent county. Would it not be wise for our City Council to secure the vieeination of all our citizens—-white and black—as a matter of Prevention .’ Montgomery Journal March S3 th. This report is entirely unfounded. There is not and has not been a ease of Small Pox in this city or ; county for years past. We hope the Journal will con j tradict the report upon the authority of the Editors of | this paper. The disease is prevalent in particular !o- I ealilies in Russell county, A!a. Will the Editors in- I form tiie public who “Prevention” is ? we would like to mark him. Mrs. Bostwick’s Farewell Concert. The perfect success of Mrs. Bostwick at her last i | concert at Odd Fellows’ Hall, when she removed j ; every lingering doubt that rosy have previously res i ted on tho mind of any one present, with regard to i her real scientific acquirements and the excellence l of her remarkable natural gifts, is a gurantee that j the entertainment at the Mechanics’ Institute this ! evening, will be attended by one of the most dis i criminating and brilliant audiences ever assembled !in a concert room in this city. Without the pres tige of a European reputation, and with no stronger claim upon the public notice than the approbation sue had received in New York, and during her re cent Western tour, this gifted American lady was, i on her arrival in New Orleans, as utter a stranger to its musical circles, as if it had been her original ; debut in professional life. Her performances, hotv j ever, at her first and second concerts, stamped her as an arlist of extraordinary merit ; but it was only subsequently that our musical pubiie cordially con firmed the previous verdict of criticism, and with one exception, she now stands in public estimation as second to no singer who has ever appeared in our ity: The piece she is to perform this evening are well adapted for the full display of the purity, rich ! ness, compass and flexibility ofher exquisite voice. ! : The programme will be found in an other column.- I N. O, Com. Bulletin. Western & Atlantic Rail Road- We are indebted to Mr. E. B. Walker for the fol lowing statement of the business of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, during the month of February compared with the same month last year Exchange j Paper. INCOME FOR FEBRUARY, 1833. Up Freight from Georgia Railroad 7,132 58 Down “ to “ “ 16 018 Rfi Up “ from M. Sc W. R. R .1 794 ill Down “ to * “ 7 716 71 Local Freight gyg gj Passage Sales ’.]]0’,214 95 Mail service 1,166 66 ■948,781 68 INCOME FOR FEBRUARY, 1852. From Fretghts 62 Passengers 7751 40 Mail service i_ooo 00 928,382 02 Total Increase over February, 1852 $20,339 66 E. B. WALKER, Bookkeeper. 1 One Hundred Miles per Hocr.—“A Maine Yan kee” announces, through the National Intelligencer the invention of a form of road and improved locomotive which, he says, will safely transport the mails and passengers at the late of one hundred miles per hour. Gov. Foote, of Mississippi, ha* issued his proclamation for the election of five members of Congress from the State at large. Homicide. Ciiar.vick L. Newberry was shot by Lewis Jar mcian on Saturday night. The ball took effect in the left breast and produced instant death. Mr. Jarnigan lias surrendered himself to the authorities. Th” diffi culty originated in too free a use ofliquor- Deaths 011 the Rail Road. We learn that two Irishmen—-names not ascertain ed—were killed on Friday evening last by tiie falling in an of embankment on tiie South Western Branch Road below Butler. They were hands engaged on the Road. Distinguished Arrivals. —W r e notice among the ar rivals at our hotels last evening, the names of Mr. Glid don, of “Egyptian Mummy” celebrity, and Mr. Thack eray, the well known novelist aud lecturer. Os tiie latter, we learn, and are pleased to announce, that lie will deliver a course of four lectures before tho “Young Men’s Literary Association,” of this city. The sub :eota of his discourses and their order will be as follows : Ist. “Swift;” 2nd. “Congreve and Addison;” 3d. “Steele and the Times of Queen Anne:” 4 th. “Prior, Gay and Pope.’’— Sar. News. Cicero Mehaff y, formerly a mail carrier on tile route from Atlanta to Carrollton, was arraigned for embezzle ment, and pleading guilty, waß sentenced to ten years in the Penitentiary. Small Pox In Albany. We learn from the Albany Patriot that but one case of Smell Pox lias occurred in that place, and that the most stringent measures have been adopted to pro vent the disease from spreading. The Mormons.—Schism lias already begun to work among the Mormons. A party calling itself the New Church, has sprung up and separated from the original Mormon Society. The New Church has appointed seven rulers, answering to the branches of tile golden candlestick, and the authority descends from one to the other, so that it can never cease while one is left. Col. Henry G. Lamar is recommended by a writer in the Milledgeville Federal Union, as tiie Democratic candidate for Governor. The Blue Ridge Rul Road.—The city council of Charleston has subscribed 500,000 dollars to the Blue Ridge Railroad to secure its charter. Trowbridge, formerly a telegraph eletk at Louisville, has been sentenced to three years’ confinement in the penitentiary for forgery. John A. Campbell, of Mobile lias been appointed -Judge of tiie Supreme Court of the United States. William E. Gouge, the well known and able writer on banks and paper money, lias been appointed a clerk in the Treasury Department.— Phil. Ledger. The Gouge family have been in the Treasury De partment for a long time.— Sac. Journal. The following additional nominations wore sent to the Senate on Wednesday by tiie President: Theodore S. Fay, Minister to Switzerland. John Randolph Clay, Minister to Peru. Gen. Joseph Lane, Governor of Oregon. Dr. Samuel D. Heap, U. S. Consul at Tunis. Adair, Collector at Astoria. It is currently believed that Nathaniel Hawthorne, the novelist, will be Consul to Liverpool ; that Auguste Belmont will be Charge to Naples or Sardinia ; and that Governor Seymour, of Connecticut, will bo Minister to Mexico. A Mormon paper published at Liverpool, professes to 1 circulate 23,000 copies. It is said that 95 ships were announced to sail from L'-ndon, this month, for Australia. A young lady, with §IO,OOO, advertises in the New ; York Tribune for a “Presbyterian or Dutch Reformed I Husband.” j Yearly sales of Clysters in New York amount to : five millions of dollars; two thirds come from Virginia. A prohibitory Liquor f <aw went into operation in Vermont on the Bth inst. Subscription books were openad on the Ist inst., at Memphis, for tiie Arkansas Central Rail Road between that city and Little Rock. j There are in Cincinnati, 59 ‘'spiritual eirelcs*’ regu j larly organized, and 310 mediums. The Hungarians in lowa. —A letter from the Hungarians of New Buda, contradicts the report of their intended removal to Texas- Ujhazy, alone, having sold his land to a German Emigrant Society leaves in the Spring, with his family, for San An tonio, in the neighborhood of which piaee he has purchased some hundreds of acres of land. The Hungarians have elected Joseph Majthenyi, former ly member and secretary of the Upper House of Hungary, their chairman, in place of Ujhazy. Pacific Railroad. | Col. Benton has published his letter to thepeo | pie of Missouri on tho subject of a National High ; way from the Mississippi river to the Pacific, [t advocates the Central route, for which Col. Fremont has long expressed a preference, and which has “re mained unoticed for three years, while the Southern (Memphis) rouse has monopolized attention and acquired an engrossing prominence.” Col. Beuton is in favor of reserving a tract a mile wide for all sons of roads, rail and macadamised and a plain old English road and two tnaigins one hundred feet wide for independent and rival tele graph lines. He thinks the U. State should build the road and the fixtures, and let out the use ot it foi terms of 7 and 10 years. He says all the railways lrom the to the Atlantic must converge in St. Louis and go thence to San Francisco. Oongressiona I. On Monday the President laid the Senate a communication from the Postmaster Genera! in relation to the contract for carrying the mails from Vera Cruz to San Francisco. The Senate considered the resolution of Mr. Clay ton, calling upon the President of the United States for copies of certain papers relating to the Clayton and Bulwer treaty. Mr. Mason replied to the declaration of Mr. Clay ton, that the Belize is in Mexico, in the State of Yucatan, and insisting that Ihe British settlements are in Central America. He further said that British j aggressions on this Continent had gone far enough, j Mr. Clayton replied, saying that Honduras itself j does not claim the Belize ; and further defended j his course in making tho Clayton Bulwer treaty. ! Opinions of the Press. 7he Soil of the Smith —This excellent journal for March, t-ornes to us ladea with rich fruits from, ; the garden ot agricultural knowledge and practice, j It is an admirable, and we think, necessary 7 imple - i merit for our farmers to have on the plantation.— Brice only Sl,oO.—La rensville Herald. The Soil of the Se.u'h. —This a publication we cannot to# strongly recommend. It has now- reach ed its third volume, and is decidedlythe most useful, delightful and attractive journal devoted to Agricul ture, Horticulture, and the general planting interes ts, published in the South. We have no hesitation ! in saying that ‘‘every Southern man who cultivates ; a plantation, works a farm or garden, or prunes a tree or a flower, will find the Soil oftfhe South an ! nvaluable companion:— Democratic Advocate. 1 The Soil of th- South. — This truly valuable agricul tural paper, published in Columbus Geo., has lately increased in size from UJ 32 pages, lnu* giving its subscribers a greater amount of info-mati m, at the same rates as belorc it is edited by Messrs. Cuambers & Peabody, and the valuable informa tion it contains in all departments ot agricultuie,, renders it well worthy the faithful and continued patronage of every southern farmer.— Spirit of the South. The Disposition of Foreign Missions, Ac. Washington, March 14. Mr. Belmont, tiie Austrian Consul of New York is a candidate for tiie Chargcship at Naples, and is baekea up by many of the leading men throughout tho Union, but tiie indications arc that the office is destined for Gov, Seymour, of Connecticut. Gen. Shields has been a candidate for the office of Minister to Spain, which iic desired on account of his health, but it is understood that Senator Soule will re ceive the appointment. Gen. Shields will probably get some other foreign appointment. Mr. Marshall, of California, lias a good chance of being appointed Commissioner to China. Ex-Secretary Buchanan for England, and Hon. John A. Dix, for France, are still spoken of. Thomas N. Carr, formerly Consul at Tangier, is a candidate for that consulate. To-day, in reply to a gentleman who asked him how he liked the air of Washington, Gen. Pierce said, “I don’t know, for 1 have not had the opportunity of get ting a breath of fresh air. Have not even time to shave which was evident by looking at the President’s face. At the Cabinet eounoils held on Saturday evening aud to-day, the Mosquito affair was anxiously discoursed. I cannot furnish you with the details, but 1 have reason to belive there will be no wank of pluck. Gen. Pierce lias declared that his administration will, at all events, be an effective one. The government received a tel egraphic message on Saturday- from New Orleans in reference to this affair. M. J. Jeremiah Colburn itas been appointed Assistant Ap praiser at Boston. It is rumored that Gideon G. M e-scott will have the Post Office at Philadelphia. \V. 11. Farrar, of Boston, has a good prospect ot lo ng appointed Vttorney General of Oregon. The withdrawal of Carttc*r leaves but three competitors for the offieo of Commissioner of Patents, viz.: 11. Bur dan, of Chicago, Deßcw, of New Orleans, and C. L. Woodbury, of Boston. The first named of the three has the best chance. From Illinois there is but one applicant for each office, the Delegation having agreed upon a list whicli was de posited in the several departments having the disposa ble offiee. Mr. Marcy has loid the Clerks in the State Depart ment that none will be removed who faithfully discharge their duties —at which Democrats complain. South-Carolina Appointments. Washington, March 17. The President will send inis the U. S. Senate, this, Thursday morning, the following nominations, for con firmation, relative to South-Carolina, viz. : The Hon. W, F. Colcock, for Collector of the port of Charleston, and Thomas Evans, for United States District Attorney. Zeb. Davis, Esq., has resigned the offiee of Timber Agent for North Alabama ; and Nathaniel Davis, Esq., who was the bearer of tile Electoral Vote of Alabama to Washington has been appointed by President Fillmore, as bis successor. So says a letter writer to the Tus cumbia Enquirer. Appointments Confirmed. Baltimore, March 18. Thomas Evans, Esq., has been confirmed by tho U. S. Senate as IT. S. District Attorney for Charleston : and J. D. B. Deßow, Esq., editor of Deßow’s Reriew, as Superintendent of the Census, vice Kennedy. Mr. Deßow entered upon his duties on Friday. Vppointments Confirmed. Charleston, March JS. J. C. Toulman, Postmaster at Mobile. Gen. Lane, Governor of Oregon. Thomas Campbell, of Illinois, George W. Thomson, of Virginia, and Alpheus Welch, of Michigan, Commis sioners to settle land titles in California, with numbers of California officers, and ail Boston officers. The following nominations will be sent to the Senate to-morrow: Robert B. Campbell, ofTexas, Commissioner of Mexi can Boundary. Mr. Baldwin, Collector of Key West. Ferdinand Morino, Marshal of Florida. George S. Hawkins, Collector of Apalachicola. Jack Hays, Surveyor General of California, Washington, Match 17. 3 he Senate has confirmed the appointment of Loren P. M aldo, as Commissioner of Pensions. COMMUNICATIONS. FOR THE TIMES &. SENTINEL. Liquor Traffic. Messrs. Editors Allow me the use of your columns to make a few remarks on the movements now being made for the “restriction of tliG liquor traffic” The i friends of this movement greatly desire two things. Ist. To be understood and not misrepresented either Gnorant ly or of design. 2d. That those opposed, in ail fairness, meet the issues made ; and do not seek to foreo issuer whic-li the convention at Atlanta did not make, nor could have been induced to make. Tlio convention did not direct that the Legislature bo petitioned “to pass a law authorizing a majority of tile people of any county to determine whether spirits shall bo retailed in that oounty, with this advantage infavor of the restriction, if the ma jority of the county should lie opposed to the li cense, then there can be none granted in the county, but if tile majority of the county should be m favor of the license, then a majority of any district may prohibit it in that district.” As there are seve ral errors in the quotation above, which I find, are be ing entertained in various places, allow me to correct them. The difference is not noticed between license and rctad, which the convention observed. It is the retail and not the question of license at all, that is submitted to the county vote. The convention prays that the xcholc trail, c be restricted by a license, that no one be allow ed to sell in any quantity without license; such licens oniy to be granted upon evidence that a majority of the legal voters in the district, where it is to be sold de- Sire It sold in that district. Thus the question of license or no license is with the district-that is, sale or no sole of It at all, m that district. As the sale in anv wav w governed by license, so the extent of the license to whole sale down to a quart, or to retail by the half pint, will be governed by the county vote_if the coun ty votes for retail, then all the licenses granted in that ! Co , un '>’ ‘ V,U f? lve Ilulhori ty to sell by retail, as well as wholesale. If the county votes no retail, then the li censes granted m that county will gi ve authority only | to sell by what is now known as the wholesale ‘traffic which comes down to a quart. The county then shall determine whether liquor shall be sold by retail or not within its bounds ; the district shall determine whether it be sold at all or not in its bounds-all license granted by districts to be oontroled by the county'vote for or tionailT’ ‘ 1 ! ‘ OPe 1 ” nderstood ) an ' J the conven ed ST ° f Z r ki " 3 ° PPOaen,S sre ver .v"niueh concern the St”’ 0 , not aSU f ° r “ pr ° hibit ory law throughout hit we did” T? 8 lhC HghtS ° f 3,1 a!ike ’ Gn of i u mme ‘° make the iBSUe ‘he elec hon of the members to the Legislature. It always looks suspicious when an enemy seeks to direct your ~"h H d >OU to fight. oLont i ‘° ‘ ake °“ r ° Wn Portions, and our opponents must excuse us if wo refuse their voluntary councils. \\ e have taken our ground and mean to maintain it, no feint of the enemy shall divert us, wo Jo not intend to stack arms till the victory is complete fontfil ft! lSbel ' eVC<i the “‘ iMle foble looking” bantling Os the convention, will be found harder “to be killed than ,f we had taken the advice alluded to, and Un is the reason why it is given. It is found very dif fioult I presume to hit the “little creature” with the ar tillery of the demagogue, ‘ f lhc rights of the dear pee