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€l)t Rome Courier
ROME <; a..
Tueeiajr Horning, Ksrrh 27, ISJ5.'
Tbe deficiency of editorial matter, 5a the
prevent No. i« attributable to the absence of the
•ditort during the pftft week.
A communicgtiaa signed '‘An OW Whig** it
•a file for publientlon, bat ennnot' appear he*
fore next weak na we with to tank* a few eon*
menu i-.Tien it la tbe meantime we moat
claim tbe prerogative of knowing tbe antkosfo
real name, which we hast will be oommuuirated
tout previous to our next issue.
Panorama of the Life of Christ.
Tb* arrival of thlt painting has been delayed
oa account of unexpected circumstance* on the
Retired, hut it will he exhibited to-night at
Odd FcU-'ir'* JMl. The press speaks highly
of it. at a work of att, and the Clergy of the
different Christian denominations as a work de
ferring the patronage of all. Wo hope that
our Roman citizens will do jostle* to it by turn-
ingoat •* en masse.** ‘./’v :
Wc cheerfully invite attention to ft© adver
tisement of .Messrs Benry Jfc Harkins. It Is sel
dom Ch.n $o complete nod such an attract! veaz-
eertment oflhy Goods is hronght to this muk>t,
Mr Rnr.jsv hasevioeed much tastoin bltselce-
tians. We r.ire assured that aU artlc
•od at their b*us.' sh»R be furnished at *be low-
oet possible price. Those ondtt£ whose eye this
notice Mis would do well re, give Messrs Bsrrt
* Harkins aenll, eitho- of whom will be found
courteous *»d obUre.ng.
Rail Road Seeding.
^Te bid the j!ienure last Thursday, of being
■present in Daltcsi aft meet;::gufth* Stockhold
ers and friends of the Dalton and Gadsden and
Daitcn »nd JcckronrilltBaRraod. The atten-
daace, though not large, wa* highly respecta
ble. and numbered os many as could bo n
ally expected coder the olinnmstansuo The
meeting ws« opened by the worthy and veiy
energetic Tr«i t<>r!. Dr. Bailey, by appropriate
remarks, in the coarse of which be called the
attention of the meeting to the Mope and Pro
file of the eoBtem pi.xted rood, which
«4 to tbe wall, extendingncarly round the Court
room, which, he said, was ample evidence that
their excellent Engineer, It Jagono LaHaudy,
was master of bis profession. Tha Maps and
Profile of the road are executed la a style of
oompleteness, neatness, and apparent accuracy
which we hare never seen surpassed
Some portions of the report were read. The
entire roet of the road from Dalton to Gadsden
is estimated to be two millions two hundred
distance eigh ty-six miles,
the arerag >r mile about twenty-five
_ cost from tha
over five hundred thon-
35 miles, and average
thousand five
dollars. Miking the aggregate length of both
111 miles, with an average cost per mile of
about twcntv-twr, thousand four hundred dollars.
Tbe chief difficulties in this route are two
tannele, one through Chattoogata Mountain,
which with the approach is estimated to cost over
fTWOOO; the other through Taylor* Ridge to
cost about 36O0O6L From the extracts read w©
infer that the report is able, full and explicit,
abounding in facts in relation to the agricultu
ral resources of the country along the lino, and
developing interesting|>nd highly important
tratbs pertaining to the rich mines of iron and
extensive beds of coal discovered, as well as
Indications of minerals of greater value. Even
if the road should not be built, the enterprising
seen who engaged in the project, will have the
consciousness of haring benefited the commu
nities through which the surrey was made and
the State at large, several times the amount of
the expense incurred. We understand the re-
pori is to he printed and every enterprising man
who foels an interest in developing the resour
ces cf Cherokee Georgia will he eager to «re£
hold of ?t. *
Speeches w<re made by Cot Swift Esq. the
Hca. Mayor* Mr. Wellborn, CoL Thomas, Dr.
Hamilton of Chattooga, and others. AMw.^1.
the immense cost of the road is a great stam-
bUng block in the way, yet the prevailing
opinion seemed to be that Dalton ought and
would commence the great work, hoping that
capitalist., from abroad would see tbe impor
tance of, and anticipate tbe raloa of stock in
this link of the great North Eastern and Sonth
Western direct line.
[For the. Courier.]
tm« and ht
, It is now a fixed fact that the Machine Shop
and Foundry {3 to be put in operation. Thanks
to the enu rpriring citizens, who not only put
the ball in motion, hot kept it rolling, until the
•MfrrtrtRfir Jwaow mmkt way. The ptoek is
all tubicilhad, and On bafld&g-eomarittoo, in
Whose hands the Company hare placed tbe en
tire mu tter, are of that stamp who fliver play
or succumb. W<* understand that tbe birildfngs
are to be large and commodious, thus giving
demonstrative erldenoa that tbe establishment
is not of tbe “pimpni* outer.- Mr. Nonx,
Who takes charge of the establishment; is one
of the best Mach insists in tbe Norik, and has
already under contract several smarter —
for the Copper mines. This is but the entering
wedge for our city in the way of manufacturing
There Li no better location for a manufacturing
town in tbe State-we hare the best of Iron—
exhaust lees beds of superior coal in oar very
midst—wo have the Wot wheat growing section
around ns in the South—and our ncbla Coosa
Valley lands are saeand to none for tbe prodne-
tiamafaaftan we have plenty qf capital, and
an we want is that aome of our enterprising
men go to work, and our city win soon become
as wct^oufSr Its business** our sarroundiag
country is for its fertility.
Go or, then, fcllow-eitIsons, and Improve your
beautifui city, and prove the aid adage true,
that
‘"Tie practical people by regular knocks,
Who fill up theirpo'dtots with brightest of rocks
From the golden fountain Cf ammmon."
Axqtmmb Slats Bow at PmtWic^-On
Baturdny last. tbo Hon. Lynn Bojd, Sp.'akvr of
the If.,’.m- of Representatives, accompanied *>7
b<s family, and a colored female servant, stop.'
ped at the St. Charles Hotel, in Pittsburg, aud
while they were at breakfast they were surroun
ded by a large number of negroes, Who endea-
Tosed to take the servant woman off by force,'
fcut were prevented by tha interference of a
number <-f gentlemen. Soon after Mr. Boyd
and Li* family started to go down to the steam
boat for Louisville, and wens followed by an
excited crowd. At the boat the mob was met
by the captain with a revolver,, who threatened
to shoot down tbe firtt one that came on board.
This had at good effect,*nnd Mr. Boyd, add fam
ily and their eerrant effected their escape.—
Pittsburg is becoming fomous'forjthese disgrace
ful exhibitions.
BaxkJIobdeuv.—The Branch of the Bankof
tbe State of Georgia, at Washington, was robbed
on. th« morning of the 21st, of $15,225, in bills
payable at the Branch. A reward of $1,000 is
offered for tbe detection of the thief and the r«-
cevery of the money.— Chronicle & Seminal.
The following extract is from the Sautter*
Statesman. Wo regret that we have not room
for the entire article. Bead and ponder and
see If itisnoteven so.
Political Corruption.
In justification of tho position of indepen.
donee of existing political parties, we have
assumed, we have assigned the reaeon that po
litical corruption has neon engendered, and is
tolerated amongst them to a most wonderftil
ami .imagOrout extent. Tho troth of the,aUo*
gallon to n certain degree is conceded by all
men; but the continued contemplation of even
n physical deformity lessens our'feasibility to
its horrors uadi wo become tolerant of its exis
tence. The same is tree of public and private
vice; and the long fkmUiariiy with the despica
ble trickery of banded demagogue bos brought
many honest men to regard it as necessary In
itaelf, ark trivial evil inseparable from demo
cratic Institution* t and they art amazed and
iaetodufctt* when attempts are mode to portray
the magnitude of the evil. It ie nevcrd\„leM
tree that'political corruption exists in tb 4 conn-
try on tkO broadest scale—corrupt* on | n oil
parties—corrution la leading p*rtur, M corrup
tion in political measures-i-ctrr.nUon in polltl-
sal eerviceo—eorroption in U\, dispensation of
olloee ^ and corruption *u> jng almost the entire
rieae of ft sea uho art tormed politicians by
pror*mi**.Sotae erijeaeo of the truth of title
paeiticn will occur to the mlnds of our readers
» the recoHocti'jn 0 f * fow of the thousand
examples cf V.* power and suocess daily exhi
bited. Bo*, to order to sustain the charge in U
entirely, fet us ft*, what meaning should be
ottaP'dtdib ft*.Wprda,political corruption; and
te^ts definition trill bo perceived at ones its
insaparnhl* moral turpitude, and its universal
prevalence. To pervert in any sense or any
way, tho elective franchise, or the measures,
the appointments or the powers of tho govern
mentfoota puhlle to private ends, from univer
sal to private or partisan aims, whether on a
larger or smaller scale, whether seortly or open
ly, whether with a redeeming hypocrisy or with
an unblushing avowal of rascality—that is polit
ical corruption. It is an unnatural violation
of the purpose for which government ia institu
ted. It is worse than private dishonesty, inso
much as it ia a breach of the highest earthly
treat. Ilia worse titan private gambling, for if
C ta at stake not tbe gambler’s own properly,
t what has been oommitted to him in behalf
of millions of-the Using, and countless mill
ions yet unborn. It adds the meanness of tho
theft to tho lawlessness ot the robbeiy. It ie
lying. It Is perfidy; it is tho foulest, rankest,
most Heaven-daring perjury. The logical and
honest instinct of mankind has rightly named
it, and no sooner do wo comprehend its essen
tial Idea than tho hotter principles of our na
ture impel us to turn from it with loathing and
dimeuat,
ft« appUcatjaa of this. definition to the
pnBtioal history of the oountry demonstrates
the evil. Where la the public functionary, the
party, the partisan who has at all times preven
ted tho intrusion of private fooling and partisan
interest in'the management of the high trusts
intended only for the common good? Nay, in.
stood of glaring the pnbUe weal high above
every eithor conmdeiatlon, the debasing .pjrati-
eal motto: Firstly, ourselves: secondly, our
party; .lastly, our .oountry, boldly avowed, and
tite two first *t least faithfully observed.
The attempts to continue political parties
beyond the legitimate.term of their existence
has furnished this evil with the aliment which
has swelled It to snob gigantic proportions.
No sooner do tha great crises that array men
into opposing ranks pass by than tho moans
hieh have been employed $0 secure the tri-
amph of truth over honest bat misguided er
ror, are seized on by the politicians by trade
and seKUbly wielded to their own aggrandixe-
t. Their ends are impure, and the means
and appliances to which they hare recourse
' ay more fool' add corrupting until it is
penlty announced that the spoile of office arc
the only object, and the cohesive power of
public plunder the only bond of party organi-
ration.
This profound depth of degradation, this
extreme rottenness^ is not usually attained
■Uddeaiy. It Ii reached by slow and easy gra
dations. Gradually as the noble tree hearted
patriots of the land withdraw to their private
vocations, after dome peril is passed which had
eaUadthem to the rescue of tho nation, the
guidance of the party ia given up to Political
Mer* who are ever busied in oiling tbe
wheels and tho machinery of the organisation.
. s [Fojr the Courier.]
OCEOLA.
IT LB. SEALS.
The warrior stood by the foaming tide, x
And clasped his bow to his manly side;
Unmoved ho saw the foe advancing,
Their penons waved, their spears were glancing
In the pule nys of the setting son,
Which gleamed on the field tkeir&rms had won.
But the warrior sternly held his groond,
Though'the cannon poured destruction round:
Ob ! many a gallant chief lies bleeding,
Tet still the bloody strife is speeding;
Tbe Whiteman rides o’er.tbe battle field,
Tbe chiefs, though conqured, disdain to yield.
Now pouring in from hill and valley,
Around their gallant chief they rally :
And now they snatch the bow and quiver,
They look once more on hOl and river,
And tarn to gaze on the setting sun ;
Their days are o’eV, their last sand is run.
AH but the chief lie etretehed on the plain,
Their Mood is tinging the briny main :
He sprang from tha shore, unloosed a canoe,
And quickly o’er the waters it flew;
He goes to marshal another band,
He yet may redeem bis loved, lost land.
Bciwsto of tho chief when he comes again.
To sound the war whoop o’er hill and plain.
If contain Hill, Oa., March 19,1855.
Tub Ostesp Ultimatum.—Tbe National In.
tellircDcer veiy truly says: *
Wo do not remember to have ever seen any
official act so mvedy censored by the public
press as this programme presented to Govern
ment by our Ostend Conferees; Terms have
been applied to ityhich wo will not repeat,
mceb less employ ourselves; and we are really
Mtoofabodj when we read it over again, that
three gpntiemen so Intelligent and respecs
table, pnbfc ministers, having to a great extent
tbe honor nut reputation of their country in
their keeping, fth'opld have brought themselves
to adopt, and 'tecomniPnd as a rulo of action
for their Government, doctrines, principles and
motives so repugnant to every dictate of nation
al honor and moral! if. Werionbt If *he archives
of any Governmentcan furnish a state paper so
fitted to eovbr with shame tha country 01 its
production. It is wo wonder that tile Presi-
dent’s sense of justice and- propriety shrunk
from sanctioning cither its precepts or tho
course of conduct which It recommended. The
political ethics of tbs Ottend ultimatum win,
we fear, place na on S bad eminence in tbe
r of the world: and wo are not consoled in
suggestion lof the' distinguished esnforees
that tin* is a case in which "we can afford to
disregard the censures of tbe world."
Amotmbb Srcarr Sociktt.—The Pitsburg
Gazette states that there is a regularly organi
sed association of blacks iu that city, bound to
gether, by tbe most solemn oaths, and meeting
in secret, whose object is tbe abduction of col
ored servants,.traveling with their masters, who
are sospectedtobe slaves.
Fnin fkNosnr Oamolima.—Tbe Wilmington
Hentid say’s:-'We ars informed that in tbe
*1 neighborhood of Warsaw over 300,000 terpen*
j^oe boxer have been burned. Tho woods in
Iionl oat of Columbos, Bladen andNew Hanover
conntfo.’fiivealsobeen on fire, and much dam.
age has oL^wy been sustained. Rain is great-
ly needed.
Ralph McTCALr, recently elected Governor
of New liamsitire, by the haow Nothings, is a
Lee Suvmiuob —In the case of the
Btote. vs. John M. Be.**ton for tb* murder of
WUliam Spence, ia August last, the Jury
rongbt in verdict of guilty, Judge Worrell
boutcnced Bertino to ho. hung on Friday tho
7th day of April next.
1, stand op sod let the gentleman see
wbat you have leaned. "What does c-h-a-i-r
*p*n?". ’
■ "I don’-tknow, marm,"
"Why, you ignorant critter.. Wbat do you
alwnyssiton?’'
"Oh, marm, don’t like to toll."
"What on airth is tbe matter with tho gftl ?
wbat is it?"
"I don't like to toll. It was Bill Cross’knee,
but he never kissed me but twice."
"Airthquakea and upple6!” exclaimed tbe
_j joboolmiatreir, aud then fainted.
From tha.Now York Herald.
lfcvr and Important Phase of the Caban
Question,
• Washington, Maroh 12, 1855.
The Xew Dodge for Cuba—*11 reiprocitv Treaty
to boJSubotituted for Aneeinrtiou—The 0" - e
(f Mr, Marco—TheJltneM .tii/ -: - (V
enr Dodge for Minieter to Spain—B>«-■hnnom
JDbwn and Many ‘on Top—flh\eee </ Seen-
twy Dobbin, Sc. «f-e.
The administration ia about to take a now
step towards Cuba, Mr. Mnroy lu ing tbo drill
major and rr.vnd originator of tlu' mnyomsnt.
The origiualodca of Uie adinini oration <>f ob*
tainiog Cuba by force of arms, at nil hazards
and nny saorlfioe, having fallen through, mid
the repre' ontative entrusted with this mutler to
Spain having indignantly thrown up hi* com
mission and com* home, it was. felt, on the part
of the administration, that something most be
^ono to retrieve its character Marcy scanned
the whole field a* it lay before him, and with
the tingle glance caw juet how lo more, a* he
believes, to "ear* the failing honors of bis
house," and at tho same time to take away the
political thunder of Boehanan A Co. Soulo
went to Spain to annex Cuba to our U&ion, hut
the thing did not succeed. Augustas Coeosar
Dodge goes with another view—milder than
that of the first Minister—something more rea
sonable to expect, and if successful it will be
all that Marcy wants—a mighty feathar in hit
a for tha contest of 1858. This now act in
annexation drama, and which Mr. Dodge
ia eat down on the bill to play—Mr. Marcy act
ing the prompter behind the soenee—ie to es
tablish a reciprocity treaty with Spain, between
the island of Cuba and the United States—a
reciprocity treaty precisely like that lately en
tered into between the United States and Can
ada, allowing free trade, In its ihllest sense,
between the Island of Cnba and the American
Union. The ease to be presented to Spain,
during the coming summer, is—"You have re-
fiuod to sell Cuba; you are opposed to her an
nexation to the United States upon any terms,
England and France supports and backs yon in
your opposition; and now the least we can ask.
and what we will have, is a reciprocity treaty
between thil island and the United States, that,
free of charge, these powers may be the mutual
producer* and consumers for each other. The
geograpical position of Cuba gives tbe Ameri
cans tha right to ask this, ana this they will
bar*. They will no longer consent that their
S redacts shall be taxed with a heavy- revenue
1 Cuba, thus virtually themselves paying to
buildup and support a navy to barrass and
threaten their own commerce within right of
their own shorts.”
This is the nsw programme, and it is to bo
urged at the same time with vigor in England,
Franc* and 8paln. It might too mnch, per
haps, tax tho credulity of onr people to ask
them to believe that this measure will be poshed
with any fore*, after the pnerile exhibition jnst
made by the administration in backing out from
their former programme. But it must be borne
in mind that Marcy iathe ruling spirit of tbe
Cabinet; and with him opposed to Sonlo A Co.
and their annexation project, they had up hill
work; in fiset, they found in Marcy an effectual
check to their wheels. If the first plan rue*
eeeded, all the honors would go to Mr. Buchan,
aa and his fillibnstaring friends, while Mr. Mar
cy would bare no other prospective alternative
but to retire to hie rural home, to-brood in si
lence over bit cabbages, forgotten and unsung
in the victorious war cry of " Cnba and annex
ation," which wonld bear bis rivals onward.
Rather than submit to this, Mr. Moray preferred
to knock tke wkole scheme of Mr. Buchanan
and Soule’s on the head, that it should not grow,
to tbe political aggrandisement of the latter
gentleman, and .disparagement of himself.
How woU the Premier succeeded ip this tho
Ostoad documents, the return of Mr. Soule and
tbe renunciation of the annexation project tells.
Mr. Marcy baring now got everything just aa
he wants it—having shattered the Cuba ques
tion as if with an earth qnake, ho casts about
him to see if, out of the fragments, he can’t
patch up something for. himself, .and straight
way hits upon the Reciprocity Treaty, which
is now the order of the day. It is his special
project, and if it succeeds none but he can
carry off any of tho honors. Henee tbe prob
ability that this programme will bo urged with
much more force and boldness than the-first,
since this has all tbe support of the Great Mo
gnl of the administration, who carries with him
the Prtsfdent at. a secondary support. Augus
tas Ctesar Dodge is picked ont to take charge
of this matter, more for his amiable than his
belligerent qualities. There will be no "kick
ing np behind" with Mr. Dodge at' there wat
with Mr. Soule. Augustas looms np more mag
nificently in name than he does in individuality,
and belongs to that good, easy sort of Christian
beings who bare the happy fhcnlty of avoiding
quarrels, by doing exactly as tboy are told.
Augustas Cesar wonld as soon think of disobey
ing the call of tho Archangel Gabriel* to judg
ment, and refusing to go when his tramp-sound
ed, as doing anything in opposition to the wish
es of IV m. L. Marcy. He is told to tell Spain
that we want a reciprocity treaty with Cuba,
and nnless it is given the Neutrality laws shall
be repealed at the next Congress, and foe "dogs
of war" let loose upon the island; and Mr.
Dodge will note down all this in his pocket mem
oranda book, and when he reaches Madrid,
and comes before the sovereign, bo'will take
ont this book and order bis interpreter to say it
all off to the ruling monarch, precisely as it was
given him at bon;*. Augustus will then have
played his part, and come home, no doubt, one
of the best automations that was ever sent to
represent us at court before. Marcy will bare
his glory whether Spain accedes or not, and
have a pretty good stake to enter against Mr.
Buchanan in the next election. This is tbe
point tbe Cuba question has at last been whit-
led down to. '
Great satisfaction is felt hero by the reception
of the report "by tho Illinois from Panama,
that the Decatur has arrived all safe atValpa-
raso.
Mr. Secretary Dobbin has, for some days
K t, been very ill, and unable to attend to any
Iness watever. Ills sickness is the effects
of a cold received early in tho month. He
was a little improved to-day; bat it is not likely
he will be able to resume his post for several
days to come. NELLS.
Spiritualism Entrapped.—A Son Francis-
eb editor, F. C. Ewer, recently prepared a fic
titious sketch, describing tbe sensations of a
dying man. He, as the best mode of overcom
ing all difficulties involved in such relations,
made his hero describe bis death from the spir
itual world. The author was recently surprised
to find that Jndge Edmonds, of N; Y., had
used his fictitious narrative as Ihe production
of a veritable spirit, and the Judge wrote to
tbs author to aoquaint him with the fact that
he bad had several spiritual interviews with
this defunct "hero," wno never had any exis
tence except in Mr. Ewer’s brain. Mr. Ewer’s
{ etter is rather an amusing proof of tbe exceed-
ng credulity of- the Jndge, and tho ludioront
absurdities in which tho professed spiritualists
involve themselvos, by taking leave of com
mon sense and ignoring tbe well established
moral and physical laws of the universe.
Mississippi* and “8am ” v
A letter from it distinguished gentleman in
Mississippi, formerly aga ff,n ^ er of Congress, in
forms ns, that there are 480 councils god 40,000
members of the American par# in Mississippi!
The whole vote of tho State is about 05,000.—
We opine that Senator Adams will be trirmpb-
antlyre- elected to the Senate. Tbe Legislature
of Mississippi will be elected next full, by which
time "Sam" will be well known throughout the
State, and the services of Senator Adams to tho
Ameriepn cause will be appreciated by the gal'
l&nt Mississippisus. We shall hail bis retnrn
to tbe Senate aajt triumph of a bold and hon
est man over tho. forces of Foreignism and Dem
agogoianf.—American Organ.
IL^.— ' ■
JgF’Cspt. Benjamin McCulloch (renowned
as tha Texan ranger,) publishes in the Nation
al In telligcnccr,. the loiter ho addressed to the
President, declining the appointment of Mojor
of Cavalry, which the Pressident'conferred on
him under the new bill aothorlsfnd an Increase
of tho army. IBs reozon for lilt declining is,
that as tbe was onlyrepersftn not in commission
in the regular army’ who was appointed to an
office under the new bill,he eonld not consent to
be placed in that position, as if lie were
tb* only person ont of tbe regubar army, who
deserved tbe appointment.
Tight TiH*s.r—We bar* never known corn to
bo so searee or so high ns at peseat. The enor
mous price of f 2 per bushel has boon paid for U,
and there ie none in market now even at that
price! Floor is also very scarce. Some of the
bakers have stopped baking on account of not.
being able to get flour. Tn a country so msll
adapted to raising corn and wheat os this is, it
is a shame that wo should be dependent on and
subject to tbe ineoptreniehcci, incident to tb*
Auctions in other mrn kotf. A vessel load of
corn, WO believe, could bo disposed of imraodi-
Htoly, were it hero OQW.^jtfA: Auguittne {Ha.)
' : -..dug. 'Uszf ~r ' .’ \
Biographical Notice of the Late Emperor
Mtholnti.
Nicholas Paulovitch, the son of Paul tho First
and Maria Kuvdorowpn, wa« tho fifteenth sov-
• reign of tho Romanoff dynasty, if tho Impe
rial historians aro to bo believed. In reality
ho was tbe eighth sovereign of tho llolstotn-
Gotorp dynasty, the Romanoff raoe Imving he-
conic extinct with Peter III. The Hulsteins
are of Gcmmn descent; their game is even
difficult »f pronunciation to Ku*si»n lips. Nieh-
olai, aware that tho Muscovite pride would feel
but little flattered to owe the sacred porson of
their sovereign to the detested raco of N«moiz t
(German*) always carefully suppressed his real
family name. Tho courtiers maintained, in
«i'l (e of all proof to tho contrary, that the blood
flowing in the Telus of tbe Csarwaa Russian to
tho h'.'t drop.—Golovine, however, informs us
that the poet Pouohkin was of a contrary opin
ion* "Hebad,"says Golovine, "a habit of Il
lustrating tho nationality of tho reigning fam
ily iu a whimsical manner. He would pour
- into a vase a glass of pare red wino in honor
of Peter I., whose Russian origin could not be
disputed. 21* should, justly speaking, have
stopped there, Rt-d turned tbe glass upside
down; but, foiihful to the principle of tho Rus
sian government, which tnnkos tbe Gotorps
pass for tho Romanoffs, he would pour ia ano
ther glass-—of water—-in honor of Catharine IL,
Princess of Anhalt This time he should, per
haps, have poured a glass of wine, but, fearing
to compromise himself, would pass on and pour
another glass of water to Maria Fevdorowna,
tho mother of Nicholas I.; then a fourth, for
the reigning Empress; and he obtained it last
a liquor so-slightly tinged with red that he
would excite * general laugh when he called
upon hia audionco to deeido as to whether it
was wine or water he was showing them, and
whether, by comparison, the reigningCzars
were really Russians or Germans.’’ This Mus
covite ploasan’ly had tbe merit oT expressing
the exact troth with Teference to thof ultra-
national pretentions of tbe Emperor Nicholas.
It is, howevor, carious to remark, by the way,
that in spite of tho strong desire’ of the sons of
the Gotorp raco to pass for Romanoffs, they do
not carry it sb far as to abandon ,'the titles that
belong to them as representatives of the older
branch of Hblateln; thus Nicholas invariably
added to the qualifications attached to the
Csarete this Heir of Norway, Duke of Scblee-
wig, of Stonnar, of Ditmoreen, and Oldensburg.
Nicholas was twenty-nino years of age when
he came to the.tbrone. Born tho year of Cath
erine’s death, (1797,) ho had been educated
under the oye of his exoellent mother, the Em
press Marie, from whom he had derived sound
religious instruction and high moral principle.
Childhood h'ad veiled from him the awful trage
dy which closed his father’s life, and the great
wars which terminated with tbe burning of tbe
Kremlin. Warned by the example of his bro
thers, his marriage had been delayed till he
attained bia majority, when he was united to
Louise Charlotte, daughter of Frederic Will
iam IIL of Prussia, a lady whose smiablo char
acter and fond affection have never been ques
tioned.—From the period of his marriage till
his acoession he had, like all members of the
royal family, devoted, himself to military stu
dies. He lived retired, and spent most of his-
timo in the barracks. It does Hot appear that
he derived much fruit from, his perseverance.
He never was a good general, and frequently
displayed such want' of skill as to expose him
to the ridicule of his officers. If we are toJ>e
lieve the works of some of his countrymen he
nearly contrived to .frustrate the success of his
own army in 1828, by his ill-judged interfer
ence and injudicious manoeuvres. '
The very day of his accession, tbe most for
midable revolt that Rnssia had known since tbo-
days of Michael Romanoff broke out in the cap
ital. It was not formidable by its strength or
tbe skill by which it was marked: a couple of
thousand officers and men of intellect composed
its entire force, and their plans were wofully de
fective. But it differed from all former insur
rections in Its principle. They had been fam
ily quarrels for power, court intrigues, outbursts
of insubordination' among the soldiery—this
was tb*£&rrt direct blowstruck for popularrights.
Tho aim of Ryleiefin the north, and Pestel in
the south, was to supersede the autoerrey of the
Czars by a constitutional monarchy. They
wanted freedom for themselves and their fellow-
countrymen« and though they foresaw that the
straggle might involve tbe death of the Czar,
this they regarded as'a mere incidental conse
quence, and not the main object of <beir move
ment. They would have accepted even Con
stantine, htul he offered them constitutional
guarantees for their natural rights. An i- snr
rection on this ground was a new and startling
event for Etf&id.
On the 25th of December the oath was to he
administered to the regiments. Instead of
swearing, several abandoned tbeir barracks and
marched fo tho great square in SL Petersburg
on which the statue of Peter the Great rests,
shouting, Hurrah for Cobstantine! They might
ns well have shouted for the Pope! so for as
their purpose went—but all insurgents must
hnvo a rallying-cry. Confiding bis son to a
loyal Finnish regiment, Nicholas took the com
mand of a few treaty battalions, and advanced
against the'rebela. He tried again and again
to divert them from their purpose; but failing,
resorted at last, at nightfiill, to the final expe
dient of the grape. They were incapable of
resisting, and in an hear alter the first cannon
shot (he streets were cleared, and the rebellion
was quelled. Ryleief and several other leaders
were taken, together with Pestel, whose move
ments in the Sonth were anticipated. These
two eminent men—tbe one a stern republican
of the old Roman school, whose soul knew no
swerving from the direct line of principle, and
who thought of nothing but freeing his country;
tho other a cbivilrous young officer,“full of no
bility, eloquence and fire—were hanged, with
three others, on the borders of the Neva. Af
ter tho drop had fallen three of tbe ropes broke,
and the bodies of the condemned fell heavily
into tho grave already ddg at their feet "Cur
sed country," exclaimed'Ryleief, "where peo
ple can neither conspire nor jndge, nor hang!
Disabled by their fall, they were carried once
more ip the seaffold, and the gray dawn saw
their bodies stiffened in death. Several other
conspirators wore sent to Siberia.
An ominons beginning for a reign. It had
afforded Nicholas an opportunity for tbe display
of personal courags; other qualities were now
required of him. Like' Alexander’s, his early
reign promised, great things. He gained pop-
ulnrity by associating freely with bis subjects,
and interesting himself in their welfare. He
cut down the expenses of the Court, and thus re
lieved the tax payers. He undertook to reform
every department of tbe government, and dis
played untiring'Retivity In tbe public business.
By tho conspiracy of tho 26th December, tho
Emperor had been mode aware of *ho corrup
tion which bad reached all classes; tho bureaux
were full of fraud, theft, and every kind of Il
legality. Justice was rendered unjustly, and
law was constantly eluded. Ho resolved to he
the Justinian of his empire.
Sporanki was .directed to prepare an official
collection oMhoRasilnn laws. The~arcLives—
military, civil hnd synodal—tho ukases of the
imperial cabinet, and the judgments of the dif
ferent branches of the administration, were put
together. All these materials, formed a general
collection (Sobranie Zakonu) consisting of thir
ty-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty of
these acts were anterior to the accession of Nich
olas ; five thousand and sevontysthree were
promulgated betwoen 1825 and 1832. The Csar
it is seen alone producod more laws than sever
al deliberative assemblies. 'He himself presided
at the compilation of the acts wbieh wo have
just spoken of, and which it was of course nec
essary to make agree in all their details’.
Already forty-five quarto volumes of the Svo'd
or Russian Digest, have been published, and
regulate the derisions of- the Russian trib
unals.
During a long period Nicholas passed all his
nights and days in superintending these ardu
ous labors, and in bringing thsm to 6 satisfacto
ry result, in spito of the dumb resistance of the
bureaucrats. His frame soon showed signs of
the excessive labor he jmpofced on himself, Ills
wife constantly pleaded with him for some re
laxation from his toils. Where be could deteot
corruption he punished it severely. Thus for a
year or two ho did well.
Soon, however, ho, struck upon tho rock on
which bis brother had foundered. Insatiable
ambition, traditional thirst for conquest, hurried
him into wars. The taxes rose again.. Discon,
tont.revived' Secret societies were formed.--
Insurrections broke out in various provinces.—
Tho Poland crushed undor the iron heel of Con*
stantine, made a feeble effort to roar Us bead.—
The club of Nicholas battered it to the e<trti>.—
effectually to prevent fhture complaints, whole
provinces were depopulated.
Tbe vengeance of Nicholas was pitiless.—
Ererv one remembers the horriblo treatment to
which the insurgonts woro subjeoted. Poland
was Incorporated with Russia, and became a
provinoe'of the empire*
Tho retrogado movemont was now in full vig
or. Seeret polios—tho constant weapons of des
potism—Mrarmcd in the oitios. In his anxiety
to keep down tho people, Nicholas lost eight of
tbe villainies of tho i’nnotionnrioi* Corruption
was never more universal. Restraints wore
placed on foreign travel; and Russian subjects
were forbidden to publish anything abroad—-
Fresh lovies swollod the army to a monstrous
extent With a revenue not exceoding $100,-
000,000, one million of men were kept under
arms. How anything was left for those who
were not soldiers Is a mystery. It is almost a
wonder bow tha judges and other public func
tionaries could contrive to steal ns they did.—
Knowledge was proscribed. In the: quaint
words of a verso quoted hj a recent wri
ter: ;• ‘
lie said to tho mind,
Go into darkness!
And signed it;
Be it so.
Czar Nikolai.
But in troth be could do no less. Theroisno
compromise possible between despotism and in
telligence. Nicholas bad to ehoose botweoh
crushing ont overy spark of intelleet and free'
dom, and abondoning bis throne. He ehoose
the former. The domestic virtues whieh mark
ed the whole of his.earoer show that he was not
a bad rasa, a* Paul and the Peters were. His
Immense labors for the ratification of tho Rus
sian law prove that he desired the good of bis
country. Even his implacable and cruel ro
■entment at the delinquencies of corrupt offi
cers argues a sincere interest in the popular wel
fare.
From all that ws have said about Nicholas, it
can bo seen that one general idea regnlatedf hia
policy. Struek by tbe evils which had been
left him by hia brother Alexander, ho determ
ined to tako in all things the contrary course to
that whioh had been adopted by his predeces
sor. Alexander Inclined toward liberal ideas;
Nicholas showed himself anti-liberal to an ex-
When tbe poet Pouchkin died, mourning was
universal throughout Russia, the Emperor him
self taking part ip it. A young man, exeftod by
the glorious regrets Which this death caused,
wrote an ode in honor of tbe deceased poet, and
in whieh he held ont to himself some hopes of
becoming; at a fhture day, one of the ornaments
of Russian literature. The Czar could not look
with a favorable eye upon this audacious young
man, who eoveted glory in a country where it
belonged to the sovereign alone, and the wore
shipper of the Moses was sent to calm the ardor
of bis imagiimtion beneath the climate of To*
brisk. He came back on theend of three yean
.siekand entirely disgusted with poetic .glory.
Alexander used to affect to pay no particular
attention to the national language and customs,
and did not conceal bis partiality for foreigners.
Nicholas was a fanatic in behalf of tbe customs,
language and religion of Rossis.
„ On the external policy of Nicholas’ reign and
of the wars in which he engaged, it is not onr
intention in this brief sketch to speak. Tboy
belong more properly to the domain of'histo-
*y-
The firmly established reputation of the late
Csar as a handsome man imposed on ns tbe ob
ligation of giving his portrait Several writers
have undertaken the task, bnt none among them
has acquitted himself so ably os the Prince Pe
ter Kriofski, for which reason we. quote him in
reference:— ; .
"Nicholas," be writes, "has the noblest foes
I have ever seen.in my 4ifo. The natural ex
pression of hia physiognomy bad * certain se
verely which is for from putting the beholder at
ease. His smile is a smile of complaisance, and
not the result of gayety or abandon. There
is something approaebing the prodigious in this
prince’s manner of existence. He speaks with
vivacity, with simplicity and the most perfect
propriety ; ail he says is full of point and mean
ing—no idle pleasantly—not a word ont of its
place. There is nothingin the tone of his voice
or the arrangement of his phrases -that indicate
haughtiness or dissimulation and yet yon
feel that bis heart is closed."
The personal habits of tbe Emperor were
marked by the most feverish activity. ’ He
would ride, walk, superintend a sham fight, and
hold a review, all-in tho same day. He travel
ed incessantly passed over at least 1,600 leagues
every season, and wore down tho strength of all
who were attached to bis person.
The suddenness of Ite end was to be expected
either from polities! causes, as has frequently
been predicted, or from sheer physical exhaus
tion. No frame eonld long resist the unnatural
amount of exertion, both mental and bodily, to
which this extraordinary man subjected him
self. He was in his 59th year at the date of-his
death.
Tbe Claris succeeded by his eldest son Alex
ander Cesarevitcb,'Hereditary- -Grand Duke.—
He was born on tbe 29th of April, 1818, and
married in April, 1841, Maria, dangbter of the.
late Grand Duke Louis H. of Hesse, by whom
ho has four sons.
Tbe Oceax Steamers.—Some of the news-
pa per* are laboring under an error as to effect
of the Ptesident’sretoof the Ocean Mail Steam
er bill. That measure proposed to appropriate
$850,000 a year for tbe service for five years,
and repeal the proviso reserving to Congress
the right to giro six months’ notice of tbe dis-
continance of the contract It is also required
the Collins Company to add another Rteamer to
tbe line. Tbe appropriation, ns it now stands
in the Navy Appropriation bill, is $819,000 for
a single year, ending the 30th June, 1856. The
right to give notice is retained.
Fmr Ahead.—Bennett, of the Herald, says he
knows nothing of his life about issuing—don’t
want to krow-—yet says:
"But if we hdvejno time at present to give,like tbe
Hon. Tom Benton and other literary vanities of
tbe age. our life in two or three dull volumes,
price $3 each, deducting 20 per cent, for lies,
we ore preparing to publish a collection of ori
ginal ‘Poems and Sketches of Society,’ which
we wrote for our own-amusement forty years
ago, and which we may place before the critical
pnblic, to read, to abase and to criticise as much
and as often aait pleases.
"So, therefore, the amiable and wicked read
ing public may prepare to see, in these latter
days, avolnme of the ’Early Poems of'James
Gordon Bennett," written between tho ages of
eighteen and twenty-three years, before he be
came a live journalist, a critic, a reporter, a po
litician, a revolutionist <>r bugaboo among the
newspapers." ~
^SF-Since Col. Kinney,s resignation of the
command of the famous Central American Ex
pedition, it is said his intention was to take some
hundreds of armed men with him, for the pur
pose of participating with General Castillon, tbo
revolutionary cheif in Nicaragua, who is now
at war with that government. Castilton wishes
to establish a white man's government over Ni
caragua, and in Central America generally, and
he has offered great inducements to volunteers
from the United States.
The Russian Minister at ’Washington says he
believes that the reported death of the Csar to
be an unpardonable hoax, gotten np entirely for
sinister effect. He has no information what-
evf r on the suBJept, nnd-Teels confident, had so
important an event taken place he wonld have
been promptly inf rraed.
^ —I"
"Go rr, Bob Tail.”—Roeently, says the Tex
an, thore were Indian alatms about Fredericks*
burg. One German in the vicinity penned his
horses at night for safety. He was aroused in
the "dark silent hour” by the jingling of bells,
bounced np and ont a laeane calotte, discovered
Messrs Red Skin were driving offhis carallodo
in a hurry. Hants, greatlv exeited, mounted
his fleet bobtail pony, without gun, pistol or
knife—pantless, coatless, sbooless, and hatless,
and with the real portion of his Ao. playing in
graceful horizontal position, made pursuit,
shouting most lustily in bis mother’s tongue to
to tho Messrs. Red Skin to stop, or he wonld
scalp and roast every mother’s son of thorn.—
Tho Indians, who were ten or fifteen in num
ber, supposing they were pursuod by a regiment
of Toxan Ranger*, took a flight, regardless of
booty, leaving not only the horse they bad ta
ken, bnt two veiy'fine ones of their own, toge
ther with -any number of bows and arrows,
spears, knives, guns and other "fixins," which
were fonnd the next day scattered along a mile;
and from the traoks sesn-their horses must have
taken awful strides, and no doubt thought
their end and come.
Impobtamt to HoXel Keepers.—Sometime
ago, Count Laboradere, of FrOnoe, arrived in
this country, and pat up at the SL Nicholas
Hotel, along with two traveling companions,
who occupied rooms adjoining his own. They
left tbeir rooms after breakfast in the morning,
and while gone tbe Count’s dressing-ease was
found open and robbed of $6,000, for wbieh a-
mount ho brought suit against tho proprietors in
tbe Marino Court The Judgo hold that "it is
not suffioient merely to have nottoo posted in tho
rooms, that all valuables must be deposited with
tho bnr-koepor. They must give, in addition,
■peelal notico in each case to parties putting
S at tbeir houses that such is tho regulation.
e plaintiff in this easo was a’nativo of Franco,
and could not read tbe printed notice that, had
boon stuck up permanently in his room." Judg
ment for'plamtiff, 66000.—iV. 1”. Mercury.;*- yz
Law versus saw.
Sitting in his offico was a lawyer—
Standing in tbe street, * sawyer;
On the lawyer’s anxious face,
You could read a knotty case
Needing law;
Wbilo tho sawyer gaunt and grim,
^ On a rough aud knotty limb,
Ran a slw.
Now the saw-horse seemed to me
Like a doubles X in foe ;
And tbe saw,
■ Whiche ver way’twaa thrust • • 1 j
Must be followed by tbe duet,
- Like the taw.
And the log upon the track,
Like a client on the rack,
Played its part—
As the tempered teeth of steel
Modo a wound that would not heal,
' - Through the heart.
Aid each -ovorod stick that fell, .. iw> ,_
In ite foiling seemed to tell,
■All too plain, '
Of the many severed ties
That in lawsuits will arise,
Bringing pain.
Then methougbt the sturdy paw
That was using axe and saw
On the wood,
Held a yielding mine of wealth, -
With its honest foil and health,
% Doing good.
If tha chips that strewed tho groond,
By some stricken widow found,
In her need,
Should by light and warmth impart,
- Blessings to her aged heart,
■Happy deed.
This conclusion, then, I draw :
That no exercise of jaw— -
Twisting India-rubbor law,
Is as good
As the exertieo of paw
On the handle of a saw,
Sawing wood.
[From the N. O. Picayune.]
Down on the Know Nothings.
■Never, since King. Belsbazsar, in the midst
of hia enjoyment of the spoilt of prostrated foes,
was luxnreting in his marble palace; and sRw
"Mene, Menu, Tekel, .TJpbarsin,” inscribed up
on Its walls, intimating to him in letters of fire
that ho had been weighed in the Balance and
Opinions of the Press. ;•>
Speaking of the acceptance of Mr. .Overby
the Sumter Republican says : . -
"It would have inured much to the Temper
ance cause if its friends eonld have taken the
field under tho prestige of such a man as Mr.
Jenkins. Ills great moral force and character,
combined with his acknowledged abilities*
would have furnished to the cause a tower o
strength which could bo found iu no other man
in tho State. But we may bo regarded as of
ficious in throwing ont these suggestions. We
do not wish to be considered as committed to
tho support of thU temperance movement under
any circumstances."
At present, says tho Georgia Citizen, we hare
not time to say more than to declare our con
viction that the Atlanta Temperance Conven
tion wasnotan exponent of the wishes or views
of tho Tomperance men of Georgia. From the
official proceedings, we learn that, nominally,
29 counties were represented in that body, less
than one third of the whole counties of the
State* ’ { J . 5 i ! /
A writer in the Cedar Town Union, who signs
himself Temperance, thus deplores the action
of tho Atlanta Convention :
“I regret very much, thnt tho temperance
men of' this place, and various other places,
who woro opposed to nominating a candidate
for Governor, to ran on the temperance ques
tion, did not send delegates to that Convention,
and therefore,have a voice in the matter. As
it is, the majority, and a largo majority, too,
have to submit to a movemont which, in their
opinion, will do the cause, of temperance much
harm. If the whole State had been represent
ed in the Convention, I am sure that no candi
date Would have been nominated." c ,_.
Siinitar sentiments are expressed by a wri
ter in the Albany Courier. Indeed, the extra-
ordinary course of the Atlanta meeting, so far
as wo have noticed, has not met with tbe ap
probation *ofa single press in the State of any
party, if we except the Temperance Banner.
- - [Sonthern Recorder.
• Married, on tho 22d insb, by tbe RerJA. Y*
Loekridge, the Rev. DAVID F. SMITH; e»
Whitfield county, Ga., to.Miss LOUISA. R.
EVANS, youngest daughter of Dr. Evans, of
Summerville, Ga. ; .1/ ? .
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found wonting,’Mud tiiat tee kingdom was about; ces full with an upward tendency,
to depart from him, has there been a greater !
political fright than tbat with which- the old
parties have been agitated by the formation of a
new party* whose motto is "a plague on both
your houses,*^—we “Know Nothing" of either,
and don’t eare to. How to fight this new and
growing party, seems to tax tbo ingenuity and
invention of the shrewdest leaders and "organs
of the'old ones. They find it consisting of men
of all sorts of opinions in some matters, bnt who
are'united on its main grand principles ; and
when they are in the m idzt ofa straggle, to prove
that the party in question is heterodox on this
point, at the North, they are met with the re
sponse—that so has been eveiy other party
that ever oxtated in the republic; and then
when, tuning round, they find that tbe tame
new party ia at foult in the Sonth, they^dtacover
that in this it is no worse off than . eveiy other
that has preceded it And how, in their agony,
they exclaim, can wefight such a party ?
A short time ago, a portion of tbe press rang
with tbe efy that the hew American party was
an Abolition party/and the bng-a-boo story
was raised that it was bat’ G&rrisonism, Theo
dora Parkcrism and Wendell Phillipsism in dis
guise. Seward the areh-abolitioniat, said these
terrified organs, has been elected by know-noth
ing votes, and Know-Nothingismis Abolition
ism, "and nothing else." • ?
But now that we find Lloyd Garrison," lector-.
Ing in thO' Broadway Tabernacle against the
Know Nothing, andabosing Houston/of Texas,
oh ttie bear suspicion of having anything’ to do
with then*;.now thatwe see Thnrlow Weed in
the Albany’Evening Journal,and Horace Gree
ley in the New York Tribune, blackguarding
them as’"Hindoos ;" now that we discover Wm.
H. Seward, who is In the field as the -Abolition
candidate tee the next Presidency, making set
speeches against them in the United States
Senate, we find that tone changed, and the new
pitclris on quite another key.
Now it is religion. Do the Know Nothings
mean to prescribe men for their religions belief?
-is the cry. The first'cry of Abolitionism is giv
en np, for the” Abolitionists are all dead against
the new party, and as there is nothing in party
polities, like “a good cry,” the now cry Is, the
Know Nothings are down npon the Catholics !
And this "ory” will have its day, and, like the
other, will in due time fade into the [faintest
murmur, and eventually die ont in utter extinc
tion.
As we understand theuobject of the American
party, is to divest the issue they present of all
these outside considerations, and to present the
naked questions,' whether Americans cannot
govern America—whether the ballot has not
become vitiated by a too lax construction of
the taws of naturalization, and their practical
application—whether the conseqnenee of this
has not been that the real wish and understand
ing, in the heart of this people, with regard to
that whieh makes for their peace, their prosper
ity, and tbeir welfare, has bad its conscientious
and deliberate "utterance impeded by[the*facility
with which onr taws, as they have been inter
preted and administered, have been wrested to
party purposes.
A reform that strikes so deep, so radically as
this, that goes down to the very basis of old a-
buses, grown almost venerable by the practice
of all parties alike, and boldly avows its object
to be to topple them all over, Hke a dangerous
ruin that threatens eveiy passerby, very natur
ally excites the oppngnaney of those whose in
terest it is to keep the old tottering struetnre
standing os long as it can cover their otherwise
defenceless heads, and-to perpetuate the abases
by which they alone ran keep breath in their
bodies. And thus we need not be at all sur
prised to find demagogues exclaiming that "Tbe
Know Nothings are Abolitionists in disguise!”
while the Northern Abolitionists are denounc
ing the samo Know Nothings as "iHndoos."
Again, we .hear a great hue an^ cry raised
against the new American party, on the ground
that its supporters work in seeret! Another
transparent piece of humbug, this 1 For what
party that ever was known in this, or any oth
er oountry, did not initiate its workings in se
cret? They will not be accused, we presume,
of voting in secret, of coming up to the' polls,
and exercising the right of suffrage, under cloud
of night And when-they have chosen their
men, they do not torn out to be -the sort of
folk that are afraid of declaring their princi
ples, and of boldly assuming the responsihili-*
ty of carrying them out, practically and effectu
ally. 1 V-
Secret societies! What are all the caucuses,
the committees, the preliminary ward meetings
for nomination, tbe Tammany Halls,'tho Broad
way Houses Albany- Regencies, and all the
other stereotyped cutting and drying arrange
ments for the regnlation of party action, at onr
elections, bat secret associations ?
All the opposition to the American party tiiat
is based upon this ground is cant and hypocri
sy, and such the common sense of the people is
daily discovering it to be. It cannot longer
deceive, and the fact that it is kept np so for
beyond the exposure’of its absurdity is a proof -,
that it is the'last weapon ia the quiver of tho
adversary. We do not believe that either it or
its auxiliary arguments will mueh longer avail.
Dish country
" northern, 300
’owder—Gun 35c-40c
Blasting, . . 25-35c
ice—per lb. 6}c-7c
>alt—pr sack 275
per bu. 128
[Shot—pr lb. . ll-12$e
iSole Leather—
Country, lb. 25c-28c
Northern, . -28c
Blistered, ft. 10c-15c
German, . . 15c-I8c
Spring,. . . -10c
Cast, .... 33c—25o
Sugar—
Crushed, . . 12§
N. Orleans, 7e-10c
Struf— * -
. 0. pr gal. 40c-50c
—Ib. 124c
.—per lb, 75c-$I '
EAT
per bushel, $148-150
Wool—lb, 25c
ENTERPRISE.
We observe that friend Sloan is extending hia
business into distant part of the country. We
lately observed his fomiEar name and column
of advertisement in the Pittsburg Saturday Vis
itor. They have for some time been flourish
ing as large as lifo in the newspapers of Ohio.
Thus he is poshing bis business with energy to
the east and sonth, reversing the order of busi
ness, the tide of which usually rolls to the west
ward. Wherever the medicines are sold, they
are liked, and the demand for them continues
to increase. When & good article is thus sold,
we have no regrets that it brings in to the pro
prietor a rich harvest— Western Citizen, Chi
cago, IIL
See Sloan’s advertisement in another col
Know Nothings In Gaoaou.—We find tho
following correspondent in the Washington Or
gan :
. Augusta, Ga.—In the language of Shake
speare, we can exclaim: "Now, by SL Paul, tho
work goes bravely on.’’ We have now some
one hundred and thirty-five councils in our
State, and all true Americans, withqut regard
to party predilections, are flocking to our stan
dard. The old political intrigues are trembling
already, and are diligently inquiring as to what
the Know Nothings will do in the gubernatori
al election, and have the temerity to advise as
to whac they think would be the most advisable
course for our party to pursuo. - Our reply to
all such ie that wo think wo aro competent to
maoag;o ourown affairs, koep our own councils,
and that the next Governor of Georgia win W
of tho family of "Sam."
Milledoeville, Ga.—Tho American prin
ciples as laid down In the "Organ," aro exten
ding all over this Stato, and by tho next Octo
ber election it wilt tell’a tale that will make
tho old fogies quake in their shoes. Tho poo-
plo are waking up, and! aro determined to
rule their own country without tho. aid of for
eigners.
—Emily Grant, in a stato of want, *
'! Found her purse rcmarknbly scant,
"Livo in this land,” sho cried, "I can’t,
And so to Australia I’ll lovant.,,
Then her frionds culled hur Emy Grant!
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE NEW
FOSTAGE LAW.
THE PUBLIC WILL PLEASE TAKE
^rNOTICE.-tS3J.
IsL That from and after, April 1st. 1855, the
rate ofpoatage on a letter weighing half an ounce
or under, to be conveyed between places in the
United States, not exceeding 3000 miles is three
cents; and-for quy distune*'exceeding 3000
miles, ten cents. . . -
2. That from and after April IsL 1855, pro*
payment, either by stomps stamped envelopes,
or money, is compulsory. *
3d. That from and after Jan. 1st, 1856, no
letters between plaees in the United States, will
be allowed to pass through the mails, unless en
closed in stamped envelopes, or having postage
stamps upon them.
4th. That the existing rates and regulations
in regard to letters to or from Canada and all
other foreign countries remain unchanged.
5th. That postage stamps and stamp «<T en
velopes of the denomination of ten cents will
be prepared and issuied speedily.
6th. That as absolute pre-payment is hence
forth required on allletters between places in the
United States, great care should be used, as well
in pre-paying the proper amount on icttcrsjabove
the weight of half an ounce, as on a single let
ter.
7tb. That the New Postage Law makes a.
strict observance of tho above regulations nec
essary, and that without tho least color of an
exception. ‘
THOMAS J. PERRY, P. M.
- Poet Office, Rome, Ga. March 27th 1855.
Holloway’s Ointment* and Pills.—Won
derful Remedies for tho Cure of Scalds and
Barns.—Emilia Anderson, of Newport, Rhode
Island, was accidentally severely scalded by
some boiling water falling over her. The whole
of the right side and leg in particular was in a
most shocking state, something in the hurry of
tho moment was applied which caused the flesh
to peeloff almost to tho bone, and rendered her
unable tb move, sho was carried to bed, medie
val assistance called in, and hor recovery despair
cd of; it so happened, that a friend who paid a
visit that day, had just been cured of a dreadful
ly bad leg by Holloway’s OintmenL and Pills,
and sho recommended the same, the Pills and
Ointment was accordingly bought and used, by
continuing them for two weeks, sho was perfect
ly well, and has written most gratefully to Pro
fessor Holloway, for the cure affected.
ROME, GA., Feb. 1355.
Tho Stock Holders in tho Geo. k Ala. R. R
Company will take notico that at a meeting of
the Board of Directors, this day held the follow
ing Resolution was passed:
That in consideration of the pressure in the
monoy market, the calling in of an assessment
upon the subscribed stock, and the employment
of an Engineer to survey tho Road, be for the
present postponed. C. 11. SMITH,
Fob 6 , 7, Sec’y Ga <fc Ala R R.
DENTAL SURGERY.
DR. H. E. DODSON OFFERS HIS SER-
viccs to tho citizens of Romo and vicinity. He
is prepared to do all kinds of Block, Plato and
Continuous Gum Work, as well as tho more
common kinds of his profession. Rooms at the
Etowah House. Ladies will be accommodated
in tbo Parlor. •
-•/ REFERENCES:
Prof C A HARRIS Md DD S Baltimore
Professor P A OSTIN Md D D S Baltimore
Professor A A BLANDY Md D D S Baltimore
Doctor E J ROACH Mu* D. D. Atlanta.
Romo, March 27 1855 tf. .
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