About Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1855)
$t)c Home Soulier Tuesday Horning, Febrnaiy ?d, I&VS. We nrc ruder renewed obligations to Hon. C. Dawson for interesting public docu- f— " ' r — ■ — Interest in the office of the acme A Host* Journal” is This excellent Literary Jour- Hst of 4,50ft For per* SI. Smythc Esq. the torendPraprtetor. ft for February bes been th Interesting reeding, the Cosmogoiiten . AUU the 28th inst to snhscribe. For three dollars n year and also a ticket 'OoL T. C. Howard of Crawford cono- ra become associate Editor and Proprietor ! office of the Atlanta futvllijtncrr. Col. award is e reedy writer, end. will do "much to enhance the worth of that well conducted jour- mL . • •eyre on the -cqabHlon of Cuba'. W« regret that 'P*re -» <mr eolnmns this not suc h ns to instil us in the ailmis- t such at to jot Itia truly consort-stive speech »* e^rteaso. Seward’s Election. * For a long time previous to tne olection of Seward to the United States Senate, the cry was heralded throughout the country, by the presses opposed to the American Party, that if Seward wore elected, it would be by virtue of the Know Nothing vote. A brief investigation of theta, will be sufficient to demonstrate the foalley of such a statement The New York Hoose of Representatives consists of 128 mem* hers. When the election of Seward occurred -only 104 of these were present; the remaining 24, most of them, were ?o(\ Democrats and Bo gus Know Nothings, who had pledged tbem- * selves to vote against Seward, and at- the same time had pledged themselves to vote in hi* hi- vor if a second ballot were necessary. Like cowards, they absented themselves from their post, and the notorious Abolitionist is again in office for the six years to come. The vute in the House stood as follows: eaeious i such as destiny.' J In the ciplc. States __ in area. ■allaying the fiUibustering spirit of la technically styled “ manifest arises Mr. Boyce, as a general prin- the doctrine that the United ly sufficient territory, it being, [Uivalent to ten times the whole of * and Ireland or three ‘ranee Great Britain Ireland, Rartagal Belgium H 1- - nearly equal to the whole •pinion the United States tewed of a greater population y new have (nearly thirty to the past ratio of Id a century to come amount to mQfiont He lays it down as a has population enough, Seward Dickinson Seymour Scattering ll’Aiy. 50 0 0 Q 40 IT. -V. 7 S 4 ' . 4 IS Dem. 3 (soft) SO 13 (hard) IS 9 (toft) 13 2 S 27 104 maxim that r. natio: when it is able to protect Itself from external force, a maximum to which our country has already attained. Oar naval power being superior to that of Spain ws have no reason to fear that our com merce will W interrupted by the people of Ca- he. W e hare strong positions at Tortuga* and Key West, which by virtue of their fortifica tions are impregnable, and we can therefore - command the ontleta to the Gulf of Mexico. The acquisition of Cuba could not be effected except by expending large amounts to increase our naval fore*, thro bringing an enormous tax upon o«ar country, and when the acquisition should be effected ft would serve to weaken our nation in a military.point of view, rather than strengthen it- A compact nation Is more Im pregnable than any other, ** an exemplification e f which fact, Russia might be cited as an in-, stance. We are now in the position of .Russia, Iratgire us colonics, and we are only rendered the more vulnerable .(hereby; Yhe United States might be bcuefitied commercially by the acquisition of Cuba, but such an advantage Is more than coantcracted, by many evils that would necessarily ensue. ■ ’a As a means of promoting the interest of the South it would be quite, if not entirely, ineffi cient. —People would not resort to Cuba for the purpose of purchasing land. The island is already so thickly settled as to render such an idea paradoxical. Tts area In square miles is equal to that of Tennessee, with a population doable tbit of the « me Ste'e As apolitical community, Cuba could not of much benefit to the Sooth. Her people are ignorant of the machinery, and the workings of Republican Governments. They hare always lived trader a despotism. They are totally incapable of self-government. It is not likely (hey would fall under the dom ination of American influence. The density •f the population of Cuba, is such as to debar fenafentiaa to a great extent. Again Cuba •mold set be reliable as a slave community. Its population is eotaposed of Mexicans Creoles and free Negroes. The Creoles and free Xe- groe* are nponabont an eqq»l footing. Of the L-uter class, there am in the island 200,000, an > which forbodes the most fearful conse- to the Institutionof Slavery. It may long before, In imitation of the free Ne- of St. Domingo they will rise, and revo- the whole island. This Is the more to be feared inasmuch as in Cuba they are enrolled in the army and instructed in military tactics. The slave population are mostly of African nativity; uncivilized, unbnmanizcd and un- ebristianixed. They could not be relied upon, like our ilaresfiarfidelity. They have the lejal right once * year to hunt a purchaser,—to buy themselves either in whole, or in part, thus to become free for a portion of the year. Every toother before her ebild is born has the right, on paying $25 to bare her offspring declared free. The importation of a majority of the l| si tv I* in the iriand, has occurred sinee the treaty of 1317 between England and Spain, abolishing the slave trade- "If Cuba were di rectly annexed from Spain, without an inter mediate state of separate independence in which *nasr fundamental law could be passed” the abolitionists would bare an opportunity of can sing immense trouble. The white population of Cuba amounts to about COO,000 wfaoeennot be relied upon to pro tect the interests of slavery. The emigration from tbe North would neutralize that from the Fouth, and the perpetuity of slavery therefore would depend mostly upbn the Creoles, an in ferior rsee of people amongst whom there 8 s already a strong tendency to emancipation. The phiksopby of African slavery consists in the superiority of the white race: where this superiority is wanting (as It is in this Instance} there is no basis lor tbe institution to rcstnpon. With the foregoing considerations in view, it *- oal4 he donbtfol whether Cuba would.be reli able ea the slavery issue. It is highly Improbable that Spain would sell , for less than fit 50,000,000 or 200,000,000 for which oar Government would i in the purchase. , To the Island by war. would involve us in i with other nations. If Cuba should an independent form of government : foradrairaiou into the Union, tbe i might perlmji# beamiesbiyconsumsted. to throwing off the rtpaniab ybkoby the univer- aud the subsequent admis- i Island to tbe Union, would proba-- question of non-intervention There are in the Senate 32 members, of whom 9 absented themselves on the day of election. They also, were Administration Democrats and bog** Know Nothings, and had pledged them selves, if they voted stall, to vote*against Sew ard, bnt at the mime time knew that their ab sence would ensure bis election. The rote in theffenste stood at follows: IFfity. K.N. Dem. Total Seward 13 5 0 IS Dickinson 0 0 5 (hard) 5 23 Thus It will be seen that out of I2S rotes east in both nouses only 12 Know Nothings voted for Seward, and these even, do not belong to the national party of that order. With such facts before ns we may well consider the Know Nothings exculpated from tbe charge of aiding in the election of Seward. Had the absentees been present, -and acted an honorable part in carrying out their pledges, Seward would have been defeated. Tbe Temperance Convention. On Thursday next delegates from various sec tions ofthe State are to meet in Atlanta for the purpose of nominating a successor to the Hon. H. Y. Jon.\-sos for the Gubernatorial chair. . As much as we approve of the principles by which the Temperance Association are actus** ted, we sincerely hope they may not bo too hasty in bringing a candidate before the peo ple. We are not yet prepared to believe that a man can be elected Governor on the Temper ance issue alone. An attempt to consummate such an aim would be premature at this time, and perhaps detrimental' to the future inter ests of the association. Many of those who lead lives of strict sobriety, and devote their time, their talents and their money to the pro motion of this good'eanse, would hesitate to vote for legislation in its favor. It is oar impres sion thatthe temperance people of the State .could not make.jsp . favorable a demonstration in their behalf next fall, as they eonld have done two years sinceo In Venturing this opiniop, however, we do not profess to be guided by sn absolute knowledge of facts. The subject of Temperance in Georgia for the year past seems to have been comparatively in a quiescent state. There has been less talking, less writing, less public speaking upon that topie. Many Or ganizations have? died out entirely, more have dimimshedin membership, and few new ones have been instituted. Yet, the order is capa ble of polling alaige vote, and while it might suffer from defeat by isolating itself from all other parties,it undoubtedly'would ensure avicto- ry to that party with whieh it might coalesce. It would, by no means, surprise us if the Conven tion in Atlanta adjourned withoht taking final action. Unfortunately, it was convoked at too early a period. As tbe "Sons of Temperance” and “Knights of Jericho” are secret associa tions, they may, perhaps, in exemplification of the old adage, “birds of one feather flock to gether” from a coalition with the Know Noth ings ; yet, we are ignorant whether there be any mod at operand i by which such a fusion eonld be effected. The Bachelor from whoso Purt-Folio the fol lowing verses were purloined, will, we trust, excuse ns for giving them publicity. TO M A R Y. Oh how I love you, You little dove you, I dream at night, In sweet delight Of thee, Mart! Thine eyes so gleaming, With lure .light beaming My soul inspire, With (odd desire, For thee, Ai.vtir. Likeripplcts rilling, Or lute-tunes trilling. Thy voice doth cheer My Hst’ning ear, Alpne, Mary. The brooklets curling, O'er pebbles purling, So light and free, E’ci sing with glee, Thy name, Marv, Oh! let me perish, Or bid ino cherish, In tnis fond heart, A Lover's part For thee, Mart! Tito' care should eanker, Twcre then an anohor Of Hope, most rare, To think you were My own, Mart. The wild winds flying, 'Mid tree-tops sighing, Shall waft for mo,* My iovc to thee, Fond ope, Mary. And while you’re single, M.v rythmic jingle, Shall speak with praiso In tuneful lays, Of thee, Mart. French Spoilation Bill.—The history of Ah is bill is somewhat singular, it has se£ral times bedh before Congress and passed b th houses in different sessions daring the last fif ty years. In one session if passed both bouses and was vetoed by by President Polk. It in volves an express promise on the part of onr government, under the solemnity of a treaty with France, made in 1800, to onr citizens *to pay for French spoliations, made from 1773 to 1798, and which the French acknowledged to be dne. Onr government assumed the debt in consideration of being released from the trea ty obligation of 1787. This is one of the most important bills tba£ has been before the pres ent Cdtagreu;.ahd it is to be hoped that justice though long delayed, may bg meted out to an swer the just claims of our citizens. Tbe pronrises of our 'government, whether i«j,,!* to oar own citizens or foreign States, ought to be bept inviolate, so that there shall not be even thnshadow of a donbt as to their falfilment ... _. *, , ►'*- l- - f vv« • Know Nothings is Virginia.—We learn from the Richmond correspondent of the Knox ville Whig that there were in this State on the first of Jan. sixty thousand members of this or der. If the society continued to increase in ’the same ratio as heretofore there would be 75,- 000 members by the first of Feb, There are 130,000 voters in the State. Take 75,000 from 130,000 and ft leaves a foolish majority of 20,- 00,000!! Well these arestrange times in which the astute wisdom of Demagogues is turned to naught by those professing to know less than the veriest little. amount take Unbans, however, Spain might Dn. P. C. Wyjrjr, formerly of this county but how a resident of Kufaula, Ala., declines being a candidate for Congress in that District. By the highly commendable course which be bos panned since locating in Alabama, Dr. Wynn has secured the respect and esteem of the cit- • i: # is, and bis numerous friends were sanguine in their hopes of his election, if ho would be come a candidate. Candidate fob Governor.—-At a large meet- fag recently bold in Newton co. the following novel method of nominating a candidate for Gu- . bernstoriol bonora was recommended to secure a candidate for tbe people irrespective of old party issues: each county to meet in convention a«4 if one-third of the counties of tbe State agree «3 a man be shall be declared a candid ate. does not I Apirrioa, t ftussia, ■be so paralyzed as to j ,sucb a movement. Caricatcbe.—A few nights since, at the St. Charles Theatre, N O about a dozen oftho ‘great unkempt' had with them seamen's spy glasses, which they used instead of Opora glasses, a la bon ton. This created quite a disturbance; the elite thinking that their own gamo, when play ed Ly the “common herd,” and with a little 0 r stronger band than they bad, to be on outrageous breach of propriety, Interesting to Farmers, During the great scarcity of Stock-feed, which now so generally prevails,-it is highly desirable that every effort should be mado by the farming community, not only to economise what food is already made and housed, but they should also inako evciy endeavor to fill up the deficiency by growing crops of Early Dutton Corn. This variety of Corn is of Canadian origin, and is very extensively cultivated in the Geneseo Val ley of New York, where it is esteemed the best and most productive variety known. The ad vantage of a crop of early corn, say three or four acres, ns food for stock during the Summer months, will be appreciated lyr all intelligent fhrmers. While providing liberally for the sustenance of their stock, our (arming friends should^ not forget the wants of their families and Negroes. Bacon and corn are scarce and high, and as the deficiency of these two great staples can only be supplied by a good garden, every fhmtiy should see to it that they till the soil well and plant an abundant crop of staple garden vegetables, sneh as Cabbage, Turnips, Beets, English Peas, Beans of all kinds, Onions, Ac., Ac. Plant; also doa ble your usual quantity of Sweet Potatoes. The best variety of potatoes known is the White Hay tie Yam, recently introduced into this coun try; next to these, in desirable quality, comes the Red Mexican Yams. * Onr friend Battev, at the Drug Store, under the Choice Hotel, has kindly consented to fur nish Farmers and Gardners with anything they may desire in the way of seed at exceedingly moderate prices We are informed he has on hand the Yellow Dutton Corn by the quart or bushel, also a lim ited quantity of White Haytie and Red Mexi can Yams, together with a large assortment of Garden Seeds of every kind. The Fulton House:—As will be seen by his card in ohr advertising columns, Mr. Reeves formerly of this place has a proprietorship in the Fulton House at Atlanta. He informed us that be is sparing no pains or expense, to fit up his house iu tbe best style and make it well worthy of patronage. Wc wuh him much suc cess in his new enterprise. JEST* Mr. Breckenridge has declined the mis sion to Spain lately offered him by the Presi dent " ’ At a meeting of the friends of Temperance, held in Temperance Hall; Borne, Floyd county, Ga., on motion A. M. Lanb was called to the chair and. Wm. B. Jones, appointed secretary. • The object of the meeting being explained by the chairman; the meeting proctededjto elect Delegates to the Convention to be held in At lanta on tbe 22d inst., when the following per sons were duly elected, viz: Rev. O. H. STILLWELL. “ J. M. M. CALDWELL, “ C.A. FULWOOD, A. M. LAUB, R. S. ZCBER. N. KINEBREW. W. B. JTONES, A. M. LAUB, Secretary. Chairman. From several Valentines sent us for publica tion, we have selected the following, as one of tbe *>est. There is a plaintiveness and a simpli city about it that seem both artless, and natural. We hope tbe pleasure of welcoming other com - mauications from the pen of Trvon, to onr col umns. [For tbe Courier.] A VALENTINE TO MARY. The birds of the forest are sportive and gay, And thus they should be for ’tis Valentines day. Oh ! how they do carol and manifest love, The Robin for Robin, tho Dove for tbe Dove, The Blue Jay is singing a song for bis dear That hills as a balm on her listening ear; The Partridge discovers his fair by the hedge, And eagerly hastens to offer a pledge ; Each couple is telling a rnptuous tale, Or flitting in ecstacy over the vale. I realize now my disconsolate state, And sigh with agrief-hnrdenedheartformy mate Long, long have I tired amongst beauty and bloom, Unhlest by her presence—a subject of gloom— Nor can I predict that affection’s sweet smile Will ever in fatore my sadness beguile. Thou 1 thou art tbe Prophetess who can foretell And cause my lone bosom with rapture to swell, Then speak to me Mary, speak, speak and be mine, And I’ll'pledge the that I will ever he thine. I stand by thy dome hut thy form is not here, No kind one to greet me to-day doth appear, No Mart to wander with me through the grove And cheer me by warbling the cadence of love. The evergreens sigh as they bend the to blast As if they were mourning with me for the past. Sffeet flowers that bloomed in the deep sum mer shade, To gladden thy heart have all drooped and decayed, Thy absence has mantled thy home with despair, And burdened my spirit with sorrow and care. TRYON. Sumhebville, Ga., Fob. 14th, 1855. ron the courier. leverDeipalr This was the fovorite sabjectof that sagapion ■ Roman, whose philosophy, even at this day > surprises us on account of Us singular wisdom and almost perfect conformity to tbe moral and physical wants ofoarnature. It breathes a spir* it that teaches the necessity of a cheerful ac quiescence in all the allotments of providence. It frowns upon that habit of character which invests everything in tbe future with doubt and uncertainty. Tbe wise and mirthful Roman took tho world easy and was nev er out of humor even when exposing, with merciless severity, the different weaknesses of his fellow men. To laugh at adversity is the fault of tbe school of norace. To hear up against it with courage, and to derive from it the proper lessons, is the height of hujman «risdom-*-bat to become dis heartened is the sheerest folly, for life isjnot sub jected necessarily, to misery. It has a great deal of sunshine, bright, clear, and healthful, when it is spent as its great Author intended it, If its errors arc boyond remedy, its future al lows us time to profit from them. This can bo done; and the unfortunate man has - but to set to work, in tbe right way, in order to he happy and successful. Despondency will only striko him lower, and shroud in impenetrable gloom, the pleasing prospect that is nearly before him. Let him struggle on, and be patient, and ere long the goal will come id view. The dust and heat will bo forgotten in the happy eonacions- ness that the victory has been won. Thereti something of the morally sublime in tho eonduet of tho man who never yields to tbe sodaeoidents that sometimes seem to attend life. To too him—hope after hope, expectation after expectation blasted—overy thing contrary to Ills wishes, still contending, still pressing on, betokens, a character of tbo purest gold. How steadily and courageously does he move for ward, turning neither to tho right nor left, hot fhctng all of his difficulties with the stubborn resolution of overcoming them ! If he foils ho rises undaunted, and fights on till snceess re wards him fat bis labors. This is the wisdom that rids life of its bitterness and sheds upon its futore, inextinguishable light. This is tho real magic that exorcises despair. But the other side of tho picture, how differ ent 1 There we find a man sorrowful, despon dent, emasculated of all energy / and bewailing his bard fote. In the mire begging Hercules to assist him, wijhont an effort to help himself. There is np future for him. His imagination has pictured it full of difficulties, and pregnant with impending disasters. Poor fellow! He sinks down and dies broken hearted when faith and coarago would have carried him to tho sum mit of the hill! ' In fine, there is no good reason for tbe nnsuo- ccssful to despair. The world spreads out be fore him, and invitingly demands nothing that is impossible. It has its vexations, bat they can be avoided, or, at least, borne. If the clonds darken, and difficulty threaten, the Roman bard says : Quociren vivite forth, Fortiaque advert it opponite peetora rebut. PERCY. There was fine sleighing in Western Virginia at last accounts. At some places the snow was ten inches deep. At an election for town authorities the other day, in Waldesboro, N. C., the Know Nothing ticket was elected by a vote of ten to one. Last Wednesday night, a lad named James Sumer, fifteen years old, was frozen to death at Vincennes, Ind. Some one had given him li quor and made him drunk. Gov. Wright, of Indiana, has withdrawn from the Methodist Church, assigning that his pas tor was a “Knout Nothing." Hen Feed.—A chicken was killed by Mrs. Faunce, on Christmas morning, at Chili Fla t Calaveras county, from the crop of which a piece of gold was taken weighing $2 20. Expected Veto.—Letters from Washington state that the opinion prevails among'the Dem ocratic members of Congress that the President will veto the French Spoliation bilL aIIard Sneeze.—A young lady of Bridge town, while ip the act of sneezing, came near dislocating her neck; she was insensible for some hours, ondJiad it not been for the skill of the surgeon, who was immediately sent for, tifo would soon have been extinct. Exigratio* to Texas.—The Jeffersonian (Texas) Herald says a tide of emigration con tinues to po_u> through tbo town. Most of the emigrants are from Georgia, Alabama and Mis sissippi, and all of them have more or less slave property. r ' ' William Thompson, who has heen'eonfined to his bed by rlfeUmatism for about fourteen years, daring whiel; time he has not been able to walk one step, nor even to sit up in his bed, was married on the 17th ultimo to Miss Margaret Morris, of Smyth county, Virginia. A man named Holbrook founder arrest in New York, ebarged-with extensive swindling of news papers, in procuring tbe insertion of advertise ments all over tbe country, of a so-called “Amer ican Artists’ Union,” nosuch society.bavingex istence. SpniNGFiBLD, Feb. 8. Election of Senator in Illinois.—Tbe election of United States Senator, has resulted in the choice ef Lyman Trumbull in place of Gen. Shields. Well Stated.—The Boston Courier with great truth, remarks that “ tho U. S. export more of tbe real necessaries of life, and import more of the unnecessary articles than any oth er nation is tho world.” Rom is like death—it levels all distinctions. A member of Congress with a brick in his hat would as soon fraternise with a chimney sweep os with a foreign envoy. A certain British barrister wrote three bands —all different. He wrote one hand which he could read, and his clerk couldn’t; another which his clerk could read, and he couldn’t; and a third which neither be, his clerk, nor any body else could read* Pretty Good.—The Lehigh Valley Times tells a story of a Postmaster, who ascertained that one of his clerks was secretary of a Know Nothing Council, and accordingly discharged him, but had the singular ill fortune to select the President of the some council for his suc cessor. Appointments bv the Governor.—The Hon Obadiah Warner, presiding Judge in the Cowe ta Circuit, resigned bis office on the 9th inst., and 0. A. Ball, Esq., of Troup County, was ap pointed on tho succeeding day by Gov. John son, to-fill the vacancy.—Milledgeville Recor der. Destructive Fires. Twenty-six business houses in Grenada, were burnt on the 4th inst, involving a loss of 160,000^which $45,000 were covered by in. surance. ' ' In Troy, Miss., 3,000 bales of cotton were de stroyed by fire. An election for two commissioners was held in Milton, N. C., lost Monday. Several gentlo- men were elected, each receiving nearly the same vote; upon which the Milton Spectator, a Democratic paper, remarks that this may be considered a Know Nothing victory, for it says, it is rather singular tbnt so many citi zens should vote the same ticket when no re gular nomination had b2en publicly announ ced. Tho ladios who mobbed a liquor seller’s prem ises, and destroyed $200 worth ofthe “crathur,” at Mt. Pleasant, Hamilton county, Ohio, have all been dfociuu-ged. Tbe Cincinnati Commer cial, in noticing the investigation, says: “The ladies were most of them young, and all pretty.” No wonder they were discharged. There are lying looks as well as lying words, dissembling smiles, deceiving sighs, and even lying silence. The sileiit eye is often a more powerful con queror than the noisy tongue. Scandal, liko a kite, to fly well, depends greatly on tho lengb of tho tail it has to carry. Cruelly Punishing a Child.—A man occu pying a respectable position in society, residing in Jornlcmon street, Brooklyn, was brought be fore Justice Daniel L. Smith, jrostorday, to an* swor a eomplnint made against him foffcruelly beating his-own ebild. The father, when ar rested, refused to produce the child, bat aftora short incarceration ho consented to bring it in to Court. The hack of tho child, was found to be badly bruised, and tbo father was held for examination. . Tjuef Caught.—A burglar who gives his name as William Foster, of New York, was de tected in Montgomery, a few days ago, at his “tricks,” and arrested. On the nightof his cap ture be had entered two houses by the use of nippers. He is now in jail, awaiting bis trial. “He wears the speekled-est gaiters, the ehacked estpants, tho finest vest, and the cocked<-osthat, in tbe world —and crosses his legs with more of an air than any man in the city 1 ” FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE! fSt*It is a fact, that there was a coalition between the Democrats and Whigs of tbe 29th District of New York, composed of the counties of Ontario and Livingston, to cloct a man to tho Senate of that State, pledged tq support tbo re-election of Wm. H. Seward to tho U. 8. Sonata, but whieh eoalition was defeated; by the Know Nothings Ly a majority of 2500! /SB*It is a fact, that tho Administration Freo-Soil Democrats stood ready to vote for Seward, if it became necessary to elect him. It is A fact, that E. 8. Hamlin, the editor of the Columbian, tbe abolition organ of Ohio has written from Washington os follows: _ * “ The triumph of Know Nothingitm it the triumph of oppotilion to anti-tlarery agitation It cannot sunoccd without it That organiza tion must bavo a Southern wing, composed of slaveholders. Slaveholders will not belong to any party that tolerates in tbe party anti-slavery agitation. Know Notbingisui Is now attemp ting to organise nationally on the Baltimore Platform. If it succeeds, it will tueceed on thote platform! and will make tueh a war on anti-tlaveity ditcuttion, at never before hat been waged." fSTlr is A pact, that Daniel Ullman, the Know Nothing candidate for Governor in Now York, has declared that his party bad dono their utmost to defeat Seward. IfST'Tr is A fact, that tho most prominent Abolition Newspapers in New York, such os the Albany Journal and N. Y. Tribune, are ar rayed in deadly hostility to the 80 called Order of Know Nothings, and that tho impossibility of using the Order to promote tbe political views of their Magnut Apollo, Wm. H. Seward, has given rise to a spurious Organization, which, though regarded by us as a “ small potatoo” affair, created, fora time, serious apprehonsions of a split in New York. pST'lr is a fact, that tho New York Journal of Commcrco, a paper of Democratic tenden cies has volunteered the following paragraph in defenco of the Know'Nothings of that State: “ And here wo wish to say a'word in justice to the Know Nothings of tho State,—and the rather, because' in somo other States tho Order havoshown themselves to be closely allied with the Abolitionists. In addition to the evidence have afforded, the Know Nothing candidate for Governor of this State at the last November election, was Mr. Ullman, who in 1852 was sup* ported by the Castle Garden Union Safety Com mittee for the office of Attorney General. Bat the strongest fact we have to mention is, that the only throe members of Congress elected in this State specially by the Know Nothings, are believed to be all in favor of the Nebraska Bill, or at any rate, opposed to its repeal. They are Mr. Valk of Queens county, Mr. Williams, of Monroe county and Mr. Edwards, of the Cha- tauque district. The last is stated by a paper published in his district, to he a Nebraska Whig.” is A fact, that the New York Tri. bune, in commenting upon the abovo para graph from the “'Journal of Commerce” thus denouccs it: “The claims ot the New York Know Noth ings to be A NATIONAL AND NIGGER CATCAING party, are thus cordially recognized by that organ and pillar of kidnapping and British Free trade, thd Journal of Commerce. And finally, it is a ttubbom fact, that such Abolitionists os Seward, Chase and Spmmeg, have been elected to tho Senate of the United States, long before tbe. Hnow Nothing Organi zation was heard of, aye elected, Eome of them by a fusion between the Democrats and Froe- Soilers. Ergo, the Democratic prints who are now denouncing the ‘ Know Nothings” for not preventing the election of Seward and Wilson, would do well to pull the beam out of their own eyes that they may see better how to pull the mote out of their brothers’ eyes.— Geo. Citiznn. Rnov-Xcthings In Vortb Carolina. A very intelligent correspondent of the New York express, travelling at the South, writes as follows : In Ralei h I found the.Legislature in session, and a finer body of mon I never saw, both in the^House and Senate. Kenneth Rayner is one of tbo leading men of the Senate, and fs highly popular iu both branches. I listened to a very eloquent speech from this Senator, in behalf of a btll contributing to the erection of a monu ment on Independence Square Philadelphia— a measure adopted by many ofthe States alrea dy. This bill passed the Senate at the close ofthe speech, unanimously, but fears ore en tertained of its defeat in the House. A myste rious power is on the wing here ; indeed, Ameri- canism is contagious. I find the foot-prints of* “Sam in every quarter, on the walks, and other places, and hois such an important personage, no one questions his authority to-do pretty much as he pleases. He is a favorite “at court,” for I saw him shaking hands with most every member ofthe Legislature. He is by far the most popular indivdual this side of Mt. Ver non. Let it go forth to the world, here this gentleman can be found in any one ef his strong holds. To the Clerk ofthe Weather. IMPR OMPTU.—[bv Barnet.] Pleas. Mr. Clerk, be a little more kind, Send os more rain and a little less wind; Stop your blowing awhile, and give us drizzle— If you don’t, sir, look out to see us all mizzle / More New States.—The House of Reprsen- tatives has passed the bill authorizing the peo ple of Oregan to form a State constitution and prepare for admission into tho Union. This bill will do accepted, and Oregon will doubtless be admitted during the next Congress. The ad mission of Minnesota cannot be delayed more than two years. Kansas, Nebraska and Wash ington territories will soon follow, and then our Union will consist of thirty-six sovereign States- Great “Freesoil” flcto.ics. (after tub wanner or the Federal Union.) Rejoice all ye Democrats of Georgia, your Brother-Lewis Cass, the Great Democratic Chief of Micbigao, has been ibttnicted by yonr brotherfreetoil Democrats of the Michigan Le gislature to procure the passage of an act pro hibiting slavery iff tbo territories, also the re peal <rf tho odious compromise measures of 1850, or resign his soat in the Senate of U. States. Again rejoice, all ye Democrats of Georgia, because your brother freetoil Democrats of Ohio have, in Convention assembled, passed tbe following resolution: “Resolved, That the people of Ohio now, as they have always done, look upon slavery as an evil, and unfavorable to the development of the spirit and practical benefits of free institutions; and that entertaining these sentiments, they will at all times feel it their dnty to’ use all pow. or dearly given by tho terms of tbe national compact to prevent its increase, to mitigate^ and finally to eradicate the evil.” Again, rejoice, with exceeding joy, all ye Democrats of Georgia, ffisenuse their brethren of Democratic Wisconsin bare just elected Charles Durkoo.to the'United States’Senate* than whom there is not a more rabid abolition- itt in the .Union. Again, rejoice Brother Democrats, that Gen. Shields, tho gallant and able 8enator from Illi nois has beeti superseded by the Freetoiler Trumbull! Once more, Rejoice with vs, your veteran or gan grinder tit Milledgeville, that when the joyful news of Seward’s re-election to tho Uni ted States Senate from New York reached Wash ington, our dtmoeratie leaders, Gen. Cass and Mr Douglask most joyfully embraced the occa sion of congratulating the N. Y. Senator on his triumph over the bloody Know Nothings I There are victories, worthy of yonr name and famo; Why monrn over a few small defeats by the Know Nothings, when your brothers at tbe North, every where, have hoisted the banner of liberty and have gloriously triumphed under its Freetoil folds! [Federal Union please copy*] PARTIES—Tbe Liquor Question. ‘It must be apparent to every one who is ob servant of the signs of the times, that the ques tion of prohibiting by law tbe sale of ardent spirits will become prominent in the next politi cal contest. We have no desire to sit in judg ment upon the will of the people, or to dictate a policy for them to pursue. We have so much confidence in the intelligence and patriotism of our fellow citizens, that we can cheerfully, con fide to their discretion any subject of pablie in terest, with tbe fall assurance that whatever'» majority may determine upon as best, will hard ly fall short of being good. With proper defer ence, then to tbe opinions of others,we would, suggest, in view of the many considerations that will necessarily interpose as barriers to a fair exposition of popular sentiment on the' liquor question in the coming elections, that it be made a distinct and outside issue, untrammeled by party or personal preferences. To do this, we ore of opinion that it is only necessary for the voter to endorse upon histicket, “Prohibition,” or ‘No Prohibition,’ in accordance with his con scientious convictions of right, and that it- ho understood as obligatory upon our Governor and representatives to regard the wishes of the majority os so expressed. We are in favor of temperance, and think such a coarse would se cure a larger vote on the side of reform, than any that has yet been suggested. Party prej udice and personal predilections, in elections, not nnfreqnently out-weigh all other considera tions, and many persons who would cheerfully give their votes their influence upon the side of temperance, could it Le entirely separated from other issues, might be induced to wield an opposite influence if other interests are in volved. We are conscious of no objection that can be urged by the friends of temperance to this phurof determining (ho popular will upon this subject, nor can the anti-temperance party justly deny the right of a majority of the peo pie (if that majority be in favor of prohibition) to an expression and. confirmation of their wishes. ‘ Our remarks are merely suggestive, and we would bei pleased to see tbe subject discussed generally. ’ Let the people make their nomina tions, irrespective of the temperance question, further than to pledge their candidates to abide by tbe decision'of tbe majority as endorsed up on tbe tickets, of ‘Prohibition,’ o^‘Xo Prohibi tion.”—American Union. Tbe New York Post announces upon “pretty high authority” that the Kinney Expedition has been projected for the purpose of establishing a convenient basis for future operations against Cuba. The new territory, it is thought, may form a convenient rendezvous for vessels to be fitted out and equipped for the invasion of any neighboring territory, wit-‘ out fear of violating any treaty stipulations or encountering any of the embarrassments which have spoiled so ma ny filibustering expeditions from the. United States within the last five years. There are living,' in the United States, 2,- 244,648 persons of foreign birth, and they are distributed as follows, viz: Eastern section, 306,249, against 2,421 ;867 native born; Mid dle section, 1,080,074 against 5,447,733; South ern section, 43,551,against 2;342,255; South western section 105,335, against 1,973,531; Northwestern and Territories, 708,860, against 5,556,520; total of foreign birth, 2,244.643, againsc 17,742,915 native born. The larges t per cent, is in the middle section, being 19,48; the smallest'in the Southern, being 1,86. The a- mount of personal propurty brought by foreign* era to the United States cannot do accurately estimated; but, taking the calculations of tbe English Commissioners of Emigration, it is set down at 321,664,489 for the last six years.— Where do these foreigneres prefer to reside ? They seek the towns and cities—for out of 961,- 719 Irish, it.has been found that 382,402 are in the large cities. The ratio being 39,76 jn favor of the cities—in the latter 36,43. Negro Stealing.—We understand that a man giving bfo namo os Vickner, but whose real name is Poole,' was arrested in this city yester day and lodged in’the calaboose, for negro steal ing. Poole had stopped at one of the hotels, registering his assumed name,'but luckily a for mer keeper of the Alabama penitentiary was stopping at tbo same house and recognized, Poole, at once, as one of his old boarders. lie had with him, when arrested, a negro man and woman and is supposed to have other stolen negroes secreted in the vicinity.—Atlanta In- teligencer. jj&p-In the slaveholding States, thirteen free colored persons in eveiy 16,0 0 are in {ails, prisons or peditentiaries in tbe non-slavohold- ing, twenty-eight in every 16,000.—About one- third of tho paupers on tbe first of June, 1850, were foreigners, although they constitute but one-tenth of the population. Dr. Daniel Lee, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry In Franklin College, (University of Georgia,) we loarn, says the Athens Watchman, will commence his course of lectures on the sub jects pertaining to his department, on the 1st Tuesday In March. The lectures are open, to the public. Frozen to Death.—The Hamilton (Canada) Spectator of Thursday says: “We have heard that one of tho brakesmen on the morning Ex press tralh was found frozon and stiff, andstuok at his wheel. The corpse, under tho train stop-, ping at the station, fell to the ground.” TnE Administration and its Friends.—The Sentinel, one of theDemocratie.organsat Wash ington, and whose proprietor is printer to the Senate/ comments upon “the change*’ which has' taken place in the views of the Administration in regardto. Cuba and our relations with Spain. “To aho#* the process of transformation,” it makes extracts from tbe messsges of President at different .periods in tbe last year, and then proceeds to remark is follows r “The first message from which we have quo ted is bellicose, and requires promptitude of de cision on (he part of Spain. It speaks of the ‘Black Warrior’outrage; ‘many other instances of aggression upon onr commerce, and insults to tbe National flag-by the Spanish authorities in Cuba.’ It declares that the ‘seizure of the Block Warrior’ presents so clear a case of wrong that it would be reasonable to expect full in demnity therefore at toon at ihit unjustifiable and offensive conduit shall be made known to Ifer Catholic Majesty.* “The second message, from which we have quoted very mildly states that the outrage, ag gressions, insnlts inflicted upon us by Spain, are still nnatoned for. - The third'expresses the pious hope that the present government will be more favorably in clined than the preceding to comply with -our just demands. “Small by degrees and beautifully less.” It comes from bloody war down to the lamb like meekness,” Alas, for Gen. Pierce 1 No longer with tram* pet tones doth he call his followers to victory and conquest. From his war-bugle proceedeth no more the blast that exciteth to doeds of arms and high enterprise; but instead there cometh forth the meek and pity-moving voice of the Ideating lamb 1 So sayeth one of the Democratic organs at Washington 1 And this was the in exorable chieftain—impiger, iracundut, titearor- dbilit acer-—whose mission it was, according to his chosen organ, the Washington Union to subjugate the Wfaigs 1 He had “conquered a peace for the Whigs.” So said his organ. But that wasuot enough. The farther and higher duty lay before him of making them pass under the yoke'— tub jugum—m token of their une- quivocal and'absoiute submission to'his imperi al rule 1 : How wonderful the trasformation 1— Nashville Banner. LATER FR0MJEUR0PE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAHER A SI A . Tho steamer Asia has arrived, bringing one wock's later news from Europe. Liverpool Harbct. Liverpool, Fob. 3.—Cotton—Tho market was easier, and some circulars quote a decline of 1-18 to Jd. Sales of tbe week 37,000 bales. Speculators took 1300 and exporters 4500 bales. Floor dull and corn hod declined Is. Brown A Shipley quote cotton doll and that buyers demand a concession of id.—others say l-16d. Tho market on Friday, 2d'inst,"doped dnll with sales of 6,000 bales. Stock 420,000 bales, including 106,’OPO bales of American. - Milligan quotes Fair Orleans 5gd., Middling 5d. Flour 43s,, Ohio 46. White Cora 44s., ycl low 43s. f American stocks firm. Consols 91$. Political. The whole of the' English ministry had re signed, and tbe impression, prevailed at either Clarendon, Palmerston or Lansdowne would be' Premier. , ’ Affairs at Sevastopol, at the latest dates were unchanged. No fighting of moment had oc curred. Supplies were arriving for the Allies, rthose condition was improving. A new complication had arisen in the Ger manic relations. Prussialeans more strongly, to Basis. Prussia had gamed a triumph over Austria in the Germanic diet, on a motion of the-formor • to prevent the mobilization of the Germanic ar my, which was carried. * England has loaned Sardinia one million pounds sterling. „ > Tbe Prussianianny is placed on a war foot ing. Prussia refuses to permit the French army to para brough her territory. A French force of 80,000 has been rant to guard tbe Austrian frontier. Lord Derby bad not been able to form amin- ' istry, aad the peaee prospects were gloomy, Mr.Soole was reported seriously ilL - lev York Items. Thubsday, Feb. 15.—The steamer Northern Light has arrived. Tbe Flour Warehouse of Newman A'Co., on Peaee street has been destroyed by fire—Loss $60,000. Insured for $40,000. Cotton is easier, bdt not ^quotably lower.— Flour js lower—Ohio 8$ to $9 Congressional. Tbe President has vetoed the Freneh Spolia tion bill. ^ ; The Senate has passed the Indian Appropri- tion bill, and disenssed tbe Pacific Railroad bill. The House considered the Ocean moil steam er bill Charleston market, m Friday; Feb. 16., P. M.—Cotton.—Tbe de mand is more quiet to-day, but prices are un changed. Sales 600 bales at 7£ to 8J cents. FROM HAVAVA, New Orleans, Feb. 12.. The Empire City, with Havana dates of the 10tb,* has arrived with aecoonts concerning tbe Filibuster movement. Concha is fully aware oftheir operations in the United States, Kinney is at tbe bead of tbe expedition with Quitman and Henderson as prime movers. The Pam pero conveys a portion of those concerned. Seven hundred acres of land will be tbe por tion of each soldeier. m A Snake Ejected from a Man’s Stomach.— For some time back, says the Peterborg (Va.) Express, a gentleman named Harrison Tyler on a visit, made to a friend in the neighborhood of Reedy Creek, near Cox’s road, felt at certain hours' a choking or suffocating symptom, as if sometbing was being forced up his throat This was .attended with pain and restlessness; indeed, be seemed as if going off suddenly into a consumption, and puzzled both the friendly and the medical faculty to know what ailed him. When this suffocating sensation'eame on, Mr. Wado-ftlt always as if he had an uneasy load on his stomach, which, as he fancied, if remo ved, would cure him; so he resolved to try the merits of an almighty powerful emetic on his constitution, in order to bring forth whatever was bad in him! The remedy he made use of was very near giving him a quietus in more ways than one. for it nearly turned the snake-laden gentleman inside out completely. After very violent spas-- modio workings and retchings, a small milky- colored snake leaped from his throat, and seem ed most thunder-struck at finding itself in broad daylight, and suddenly transferred so unceremoniously into a cold temperature. ■ Tho snake was Almost transparent, had red dish eyes of great brilliancy, and was five and. a quarter inches long. It made sundry efforts to turn a few lofty somcraots, protruded its sting, and, as if in agony of grief an ejectment by such a method (which can only find.its equal in Ireland between landlord and tenant) from snug quarters, the small snake died. We assisted at tts interment into a bottle of alehohol, (exouse the bull) and noted the whole affair down as something very, uncommon. Mr. Wade, during.Iast summer, while out in the fields, used frequontijr to slake his shirt at rivulets and creeks, and may then, have swal lowed the snake when it was of very small di. mansions. He ceriainly felt considerably re*- lieved after having got rid of tho creature, which he prefers keeping in a bottle much bet ter than ia himself. To make hens lay perpetually, hit them on the head with a big club. Other means have been recomtnehded, but this is the only one we have found effectual. „ ^B**Tho Cincinnati papers annonce tbe mar riage of Miss Lucy Long to Mr. Heindrinch Tyrne. “Oh, tako your Tyme, Miss Lucy.” Wide-Spread Revolution In Hexlco. New Orleans, Feb. 1L The Oriziba has arrived with dates-from Vera Cruz to the 8th inst, sSid from the city of Mex ico to the5tb. - ' , ■ A provisional government had been establish ed at Acapulea with Alverez at the. bead/ until the arrival of Caballos. Gen. Bnburde is confident that Santa* Anna has been shot by tho rebels. Gen. LaVega is relied upon as Commander of Matamoras. ' * A Tbe revolutionists on tbe Isthmus of Tehu antepec have declared in furor of Alvarez and CapaMos. ’ ’ . . . A new revolution was expected in Yucatan. Kinney’s expedition from the United States was favorably expected in Central America- Looking Like a Swindle. Wfe observe that many of our Southern and Western exchanges publish a flaming prospec tus' ofthe “Tenth Grand Gift Distribution of tbo Art Union Society;” which promises five hun dred thousand Gifts, valu^S at three hundred thousand dollars, to those who buy its chances, which,“forthe more general diffusion of the works of Artists” have been placed at $1.— Among the articles to be distributed arc enu merated splendid houses and lots, a superb dwelling, a country seat on the banks of tho Hudson, costly paintings, sta dary, articles of Jewelry, Ac. Ladies forming clubs, are prom* ised sets of bourdoir furniture, and Postmasters acting as agents are to be rewarded with gold watches. Applications for certificates are to be directed to Alfred Jordain, Southern Agent of tbe Art Union, No. 238 Montgomery street, Baltimore. Tbe whole affair is Undoubtedly a swindle, designed to get money from those ver dant enough to believe in its promise. Mont gomery street is an extreme Southern section,of Baltimore, but partly bnilt up, and we doubt if any such number as 238 can be found U£on it. —Baltimore American. Bloody 'Business.—The Marshall (Texas') Republican has the particulars of a bloody and fatal affray which occnred at a drinking house at Sugar H ; ll, In Panola county, on the even ing ofthe 24th ult. The affray was commenced by, A quarrel between a man named Grain and one John Glass, latter shooting an old man nam ed Yeary dead, 'for interfering:Jwbile Yeary’s son ~was stooping over bis father he was stabbed in the bock by Simeon Gloss, John’s bother; young Yeary "then rose and rushed upon the murderer of his father, wrenched the pistol from his grasp, pursued him through tho house into the yard, and. killed httn with a bowieknife.— While this was taking place, Simeon Glass was shot dead by several of the crowd whom he bad attacked with his knife. One a man named Haywood, used a double-barreled gun, and pro bably fired the fatal shot. It %vas thought that young Yeary eonld not recover from his wound Impossibility.—Breakfast on board steam- boatjwithout a sausage. Cotton Markets. $ The markets we quote are generally dull and are apparently tending to adecline. Tho latest news from the East is not favorable for an ad vance. % - : ji aJlfc.jpB Rome, Feb. 19—Cotton from 5£ to 7^'cents Atlanta, Feb. 17— « « 5* “ 7* “ Charleston, Feb, 16. “ “ 6 “ 8} “ Savannah, “ “ “6 “9 “ Augusta, Feb. lh—Market dull with small sales. : .i.s&ijjr ' — ill tiOME PRICES CURRENT Corrected Weekly by J. L. LOG4.Y Apples— Molasses— 37c-40e Dried, bu.. . . $2 24/Nails—per Jb. &3-7ie Green, Bacon— Hams pr lb. 15c-15 Hog round, 10c-12£ Bagging— Hemp, lb, Gunny, . . , ISci Bale Rope— 12$-15c Beef— .... 4J- 5c 1 *250—300?Nail Rod— . 6^c—7o Oil—Linseed . $1 35 OSNABCUGS— Hc-12c Train,.... Pork—per lb. 6-6 J Potatoes— Sweet, . . . 75c-00o Irish country “ northern/ Beeswax— . 20o-25cJPow*dkk—Gun 35c—10c BlueEfose— 20c; Blasting, . . .25-35o Butter— )Rice—per lb. 6|c-7o country, . . 15-20c(Salt—pr sack 275 Candles—* ; c per bu. 120 Tallow, . . 20c-3 c^Shot—pr lb. . H-12io Adamantine, 35c-40e^SoLE Leather— Sperm, . . . 50cS Country, lb. 25o-28o Coffee—Rio, 12}-14c) Northern,, . -2So Java, .... lOj-lSc'STEEi.— Copperas—. 5cc Blistered, lb. 10c-l 5c Corn—pr bu. S0c-110\ GormaD, . . 15c-18o Cotton Yarn—* 90c) Spring,. . . _]0o Eggs—prd'.z. 10-15c> Cast, . . ..33c-23o Feathers—lb. 40c)Sugar— Ftouu—pr B>. 4r-5e( Crushed, . , 12J Glass—8x10, N. Orleans, 7c-10c Indigo—pr lb, $11 -ICO^Syuup— Iron—Sweed, 6ic-7c) N. 0. pr gal. 40c -50o Georgia, . . >Tallow—lb. 12|o Lard— .... 12i-15c>TEA—per lb, 75c-$I Mackerel—bl$17-$18?WHEAT— Madder—lb. . 20c-25c( per bushel, $125-140 Meal—per bu. 110-120;Wool—lb, 25c
