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Tuesday Horning, April ». 18»
In conformity to the wishes of sovend persons
who ere deeirens of knowing the teoits of the
American petty, we again publish Choir princt-
pice and earnestly commend them to the cut
did consideration of the public. In onr opinion
they are snch as wiUstond an experimental teat
They constitute a platform opon which every
true American can stand, no matter what his
political predilections may heretofore, hare
been. There principles have already met with
each general acceptability as to loavo ao doubt
In regard to their adoption by a rest majority
of there who are Americans by birth. Most of
the administration papers, as was tohare been
expected, bitterly oppose them, not so much for
their vainly imputed anti-republicanism
they would have ns believe, as for a well groun
ded fear that the party which espouses Arneri
oanism will soon (if not already) be highly in
the ascendancy. We would say to onr readers
that the Know Nothing cause is rapidly gain
ing in Georgia. Wo venture the opinion that
there cannotbe less than taro hundred organise*
Cons he the State, and the actual number may
far exceed that amount for aught we know.—
With a moderate ratio of increase this number
may reasonably bo expeeted to be doubled be*
Xbn the Sail campaign which would be aa aver
age of nearly four organisations to each county
'Their vote and influence lathe coming elections
wres3dbo,hy no means inconsiderable. The
the! cannot be disgeisod, tad ear opponent* are
bound to admit H, that there never wasa time
wbea toe popular voice eras more clamorous
against the corruption of oM party loaders, of
demagogues who struggle to beep up party or
ganisations for tbo almost exclusive purpose of
'promoting their own ambitious aims. We trust
the time is past when people are to be ruled and
directed in their political views by the dictates
and desires of oltee seekers. It is an ago of
psogrees, and people are beginning to read and
to think far themselves, on all questions of fed.
real and State policy. They bare taken the work
Into their own bands of reversing the motto of
aspirants. Poaisslvre tost, onr country next, 1
and they will surely accomplish too task.
Tbo ay is raised la some quarters that Know
Nothingism is “whiggery in disguise," and in
tors oonnexion we taka occasion to observe that
certain restless spirits have endeavored to tor-
nieb evidence of the toct from an editorial in
tbo Courier of the 29th alt. The article in ques
tion would require a warped and distorted eon*
straotion to convey eueh au idea, and a refuta
tion of the charge weald be a work ef snpererro*
gallon. We do not believe toe question la ask
ed of a man **has he been a or has be been
» d—rrwf," aa a criterion by which to judge
of Ids admissibility to the Native American Or
ganisation It is made up of men who aro wil
ling to reaoanee old party tl**, and whomsoever
it shall nominate as candidates for office, wheth
er Union Republican, Whig, or Democrat, we
shall rapport them v to too beet of onr ability.
Bann Tores.—When money is scarce as it
now fa people wish to make " a few dollars" go
n fang ways, and one of toe most eflbtnal means
of aeeoaqtSshing this is by purchasing of those
who wish to wD. So* those who wish toiseU,
and aro willing to sell cheap, so as to sell quick
are sure to advertise. Their motto Is that, "a
trndb penny is better than a doll shilling,”
and they an sure to reaBse that “ many a little
makes a mickle.”
We would call attention to Mr. Norton’s ad-
vartfaement to bo found in another column; he
has a tom assortment of goods and purchasers
will da well to give him a calL
Godbt’s Last’s Boos.—The March No
of this excellent Monthly fa received, contain
ing Its usoal amount of interesting matter. Wo
hardly see how Ladies who wonld be informed
of the latest fashions of dress, and who wonld
leant toe sew styles of needle-work, can do
without this, their own Book.
The North Banna Review.—The Feb
ruary No. of this quarterly is at hand. Onr re
peated commendations of this and the other
English Quarterlies and Blackwood, published
by L. Scott A Co. 49 Fulton Street, New York,
reader it unnecessary to say more at present.—
They aro good, att good. If you wonld know
English Politics, and Literature, subscribe by
nil means. Price Blackwood and one Review
$S ; toe four Reviews and blaekwood $10.
fS^S. P. Ivans Esq. of the Athens (Tenn.)
Post offers one half of his offiee for sale. The
s of too offiee is rated at $3,500 per an-
We speak advisedly when we ray that
the Postis one of the best journals for its size
in too conn try. It Is edited with ability and
contains a greater variety of reading matter
than any paper which visits onr Sanctum. Its
present circulation is 1200. We have no doubt
bars fa a good chance for aa investment
fl&Tlt Is stated in the newspapers that the
famous fossil skeleton of the reuglodon, found
In Alabama some fourteen years ago by a Ger
man named Kocb, exhibited in New York, and
afterwards sold to a Dr. McDowell at St. Louis,
was lately taken for debt and in process of re
moval fell to pieces and many of the bones were
broken, when the wonderful monster was found
to be of genuine plaster of Paris formation and
of entirely German origin, being connected
with the primeval epochs only by the raw ma
terial. ^
fiST’fbe English expedition to Japan, it
appears, was a failure. It is raid that none of
' toe liberties granted or toe eourtesies shown to
tbo American officers, were extended to tbo
English. Even the admiral was noi permitted
to see any part of the country, a high fanes
being raised » both rides of the path by which
he was conducted from the wharf to the bouse
of the Governor of Nngaski.—The officers,
though they made every effort, could not obtain
the smallest specimens of Japanese art or man
ufacture.
/JSPTbe reader will observe by the news of
the fast Steamer that there' is no indication of
. toe adoption of pacific measures by the bellig
erent parties in toe East. It was supposed by
many when the death of the Czar wae first an
nounced, that an early cessation of hostilities
; would be toe result. Rather than Indulge in
such anticipations, we may reasonably expect
a more vigorous prosecution of the war by Al
exander the yonng Emperor. Having ascend
ed the throne at a time above all others most
calculated to inspire him with ambitions mo
tives, when toe coarse he decides upon, will ci
ther signalise bintae one of the most illustrious
potentates of the world, on toe one hand, or
sigmatize his name and bis empire with infa
my and disgrace on the other, be will of course
• make no concessions incompatible with bis pre
decessor's wish or the nation’s honor.
Below will be brand the remarks of too New
Orleans Picaynne on the election held in that
city on the 25th ult. The Know Nothings
elected their candidates by large majorities
wto one exception. It is interesting to notice
how calmly yet effectually Sam does his work.
The Election.
The election yesterday was carried on, and
carried through, in the best spirit, and in
manner that made it palpable (Vom the start
that it was the fixed determination of toe pee*
pie of New Orleans to take matters into their
own hands, and to sottle for themselves, aa being
the parties most deeply intereated in the result,
the important issue of too day.
It was plain to all who visited the polls da
ring too progress of the balloting, that this
election was going forward upon a principle.
There were evidently heart, soul, determina
tion in it; and one could see that any attempt
to resist or impede, to stay or to defoat the
clearly demonstrated will and wish of too great
body of tho voters, would bo mot with the
sternest and most practical rebuke.
Thus, we are happy in having it in our pow.
er to my, there were no such scenes of riotous
disorder as we, unfortunately, have sometimes
been compelled to witness and to deplore. Tho
people went steadily up to too work before them
and accomplished it.
From the returns riven below, it will bo teen
how fully and completely they accomplished it,
Tbo ticket—the whole tieket—with tho exce
tion of one candidate—tho tieket published
this journal, as headed with the name of Geo.
Y. Bright for recorder of the First District, hue
been handsomely elected, and the city has tons
made choke of a Council opon which it is con
tent to n)y wtth the fullest confidence for sneh
reforms in the administration of onr municipal
government for the coming year as shall ap
pear to bo needed, and, therefore, to ho imper
atively demanded by the people of Now Orleans.
Wo cordially congratulate them npon the re
sult of tbeir devoted and patriotic labors, and
trait that the end will demonstato the wisdom,
and vindicate the policy of tbeir choice!
The prevalence of incorrect notions npon t^°
subject of medicine, is a great cause ef misery.
Medical practice should not bo governed by
principles cautiously deduced from the contri
butions of experience and close observations.
How important, then, that no medicine should
be taken by Invalids unless it emanates from the
heads of men of talent, Judgment, and the stric
test probity. Hoofiend’s German Bitters, pre
pared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia, is s
preparation emanating from one of the most
eelobrated practitioners of modern times, and
one of the greatest medical writers Germany
ever produced. This article is now in ablo
hands, as^evidence that the article is prepared
carefully and sktifolly,iti8 producing the effect
the original inventor intended. It is used by
many of the leading practitioners of Philadel
phia in eases of debility of the digestive organs,
and biliary apparatus, and the diseases arising
therefrom. We therefore recommend this med
icine to suffering invalids. See advertisement.
The Rev. J. R. Graves, of tbo Tennessee Bap
tist, was not murdered in Missouri recently, as
Onr Principle*.
Fnt. Wa shall advocate a repeal of tho laws
of natmlisation, or if that cannot be accom
plished then suoh a modification of those laws,
as will prevent future migrants from becoming
citizens, short of a residence of twenty-one
Tears after taking the oath of allegiance to the
United States, and of abjuration of all other
powers, potentates, and princes.
Second. We shall advocate toe passage of a
stringent law by Congress to‘.prevent the em-
migration hither of foreigners, who are either
paupere or criminal*, and to send .back to the
countries from which they come, all eueh for
eigners of these classes os may, in violation of,,
sneh law, hereafter reach onr ports; and to 1
require the President of toe United States to
demand of any government, which may send
hither sneh classes of its subjects, immediate
and ample satisfaction for eueh outrage, and a
proper indemnity against the repetition thereof.
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointment|ofanyforeisn-bom citizen to any office
of trost,honor or emolument under the Feder
al or State government; or toe employment or
enlistment of sack persons in toe army or Z**vy
in time of war; maintaining as we do the opin
ion, that the native-born citizens of toe United
States have the right to govern the land of their
birth; and that all immigrants from abroad
should be content with the enjoyment of life,
liberty and property under onr institutions,
without seeking to participate in the enaction,
administration, or execution of their laws.
Fourth. Wo shall advocate and urge the adop
tion of sneh an amended form of un oath to sup-
sort the Constitution of the-United States, and to
>o administered to all persons elected or ap
pointed to any office of trost, honor, or emolu
ment, under the Federal State governments,
as will effectually exclnde from sneh offices all
persons, who shall not directly and explicitly
recognize toe obligations and binding force of
the Constitution of the United States, as para
mount to all obligations of adhesion or allegi
ance to any foreign prince, power, potentate, or
authority whatever, under any and all circum
stances.
Fifth. We shall maintain too doctrine that
no one of the States of this Union has the right
to admit to the enjoyment of free suffrage any
person of foreign birth, who has not been first.
made a citizen of tho United States, according
to the “uniform rule” of naturalization prescri
bed by Congress, nnder the provisions of the
Constitution.
Sixth. We shall oppose cow and hereafter,
any “union of Church and State,” no matter
what class of religionists shall seek to bring
abont sneh a union.
Seventh. We shall vigorously maintain toe
vested rights of all persons, of native or foreign
birth, and shall at ail times oppose toe slightest
interference with sneh vested rights.
Eighth. We shall oppose and protest against
all abridgements of Religious liberty, holding it
as a cardinal maxim, that Religious faith is a
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government ur oth
er human power, can rigfafnUy exercise any
supervision or control, at any time, in any
place, or in any form.
Ninth. We oppose all “highorlnw” doctrines,
by whicb)the Constitution is to be set at nought,
violated, or disregarded, whether by politicians,
by religionists, or by the adherents or followers
of either, or by any other class of persons.
Tenth. We shall maintain and defend toe
Constitution as it stands, toe Union as it exist,
and the rights of toe States, without diminution
as gnaraated thereby; apposing at all times, and
to toe extent of our ability and influence, all
who may assail them, or either of them.
Eleventh. We shall oppose’no man, and sus-
tainno man on the ground of his opposition to,
or bis support of Democratic measures, on Whig
measures: but we shall oppose those who oppose
onr doctrines, and sustain those who sustain onr
doctrines.
Twelfth. And lastly, we shall nse onr utmost
exertions to build an u American party” whoso
maxim shall be:
Americans shall rale their country !
(Correspondence of the Daily Morning News.]
Murder and Suicide.
Sr. Mart's, Ga., 22d March, 1855.
Odr town bad scarcely recovered from toe ex
citement caused by the late disastrous fire, be
fore It is again thrown Into intense excitement
Yesterday a negro girl who bad gone into the
woods for thfi purpose of procuring fuel, came
back and reported having seen what she called
drunken men, lying in the woods. A number
of oar citizens proceeded immediately to the
place designated, and iotoeir horror discovered
the body of a man and a little boy, tbeir throats
cat, and toe neck of toe latter broken. The
bodies were immediately recognized to be those
of T. 8. Stiff and bis son, a child abont six
years of age. It appears that Mr. Stiff was
a man of very intemperate babite, and that for
the last week be bad been partially insane.
He left this town some ton days finco to go,
as be said, into too country, instead of which,
be wont into the woods for the purpose of de
stroying his little son and himself. There can
be no doubt that toe act was premeditated, as a
razor, knwon to belong to him, was found lying
opened by bis side. This circumstance, togeth
er with the sequestrated spot where the body
was found, left no doubt ti to the fact that the
deed was premeditated and deliberate.
A Coroner’s jury was summoned, whose ver
dict was in accordance with toe above facts.
Mr. Stiff was a carpenter by trade, formerly
from Baltimore, Md., abont 50 years of age.
He is supposed to have some relatives residing
there. B. D. F.
A Felon generally appears on the end of toe
fingers and thumb.
" Sometimes on Ao end of a rope-
A British Recruiting officer In Heir York.
A New York German paper asserts that a re
cruiting office for tho British army has boon
openod in that city. "It is well known," rays
that paper, “ that the vituperation of the Ger
mans by tho British Parliament, on the occasion
of the debate about tho Foreign Legion, had
this effect, that it was thereafter impossilo for
the British government to raise a single soldier
In all Germany, as Lord Palmerston himself
hat lately confessed.
"That government now seeks suitable persons
In America, and to this end has established
principal agencies at Halifax and St Johns,
and subordinate agencies in the larger towns
of the Union, Buch an agoney, or more prop
erly speaking, suoh a recruiting office is open
ed at No. 31 Chatham, and destined especially
for *ho recruiting of Germans. If any one has
a mind to servo as a private, he gets thirty dol
lars in hand, for which, however, three or five
dollars is dodnoted for tho passage to Halifax,
and half a dollar for certain commissions. Add
to this other expenses, and some twenty dollars
will still remain. As far as are can learn, this
gratuity is paid at toe depot at Halifax or St.
Johns.
" The recruit receives his victuals, clothing
and equipment besides eight dollars a month.
He binds himself to servo three or five years as
a British soldier. If he has been an officer or
sub officer in any other servioe. he is promised
a place of the same grade iu the army/’
ranch on Fogy Ira.
Punch was flinging bis jokes at the head of
old fogy ism—the empire of wich is said to be
within the latitude of the British court—We
take out some specimens of his missiles:
A Juvenile Admiral.—"It Is with the great
est astonishment we observed that an admiral
had just been appointed of the age of 54! We
have heard for many years past that the ser
vice was going to the dogs; but we little ex
peeted that within our lifetime it wonld have
gone to worse than dogs—to puppies; and
what do yon call a British admiral, under the
age of 50, hut an arrant young puppy, that is
only fit to float paper boats in the Serpentine ?
We have come to a pretty pass, indeed, when
mere boys, who hare never known wbat the
gout is, and can venture on deck probably with
out the aid of a crutch, are given the command
of a fleet, and this, too, when we hare admirals
on the list, of the matured ages of 70, 80, and
90—steady-going, experienced men, who can
neither see, hear, talk nor walk! It is reducing
onr naval supremacy to little better than child’s
play; and we tremble for the honor of our
country when it is pnt, as thoughtlessly as if
it was a toy, into the hands of striplings, that
but a few years hack would have been thought
complete babies."
"A Slow for the Deaf ’tins.”—"A* deaf as
a poet,” is a saying which will acquire new foroe
from our reeent experience of some of our offi
cials, and indeed it may be added that "higher
the post deafer the occupant”
The Old Soldier.—Some writers too hastily
congratulate the nation that we have no colo
nels in cradles. Trae, we have no such offieers
of veritable infantry, bat if our army Colonels
are none of thim children in arms, most of
onr Generals are in their second childhood.
Our Octogenarians.—The chief command in
Ireland has been bestowed on Lord Seaton, a
veteran of eighty, who must he ve>y ambitions
of dying with "harness on his back,” or be
would never consent to be saddled with heavy
responsibilities at this late period of his exis
tence. Looking to the mode in which appoint
ments are given to the veriest veterans, we
shonld come to the conclusion that it is necess
ary for a candidate to be eighty in order to
reach toe height ef official be-eighty-tudo.
(The very gloomy nature of this joke is accoun
ted for by the melancholy circumstance out of
which it has arisen.)
Officers up to their Business.—In Gneral
Wolfe’s faTorite song soldiers are described as
men "whose bosinoss Is to die.” That may be;
bat it dees net follow that it is advisable to se
lect for generals those officers who have so far
go£on in the bnsiness of dying as to have one
foot in toe graTe.
dred slaveholders, while two-flfths of tho nholo
population ore Germans. Thore is no probabil
ity that the number of slaveholders will In
crease. Tho crisis in the eontest there between
slavery and freedom is passed. Their German
blood is the best guarantee of freedom and
prosperity, and they will soon beoome what
they ought to become, a firm barrier against the
influence of suoh men as Douglas and Ms fellow*,
who have been successful only in western Mis
souri, outside of German influence.
Destructive Fire in SandersviUe!
THE TOW 11°IV RDI2VSI!
THIRTY-FIVE BUILDINGS DESTROYED!
George Lav.
In sketching over the celebrated George Law
I am tempted to indulge in alliteration, at the
expense of toe rales of rhotorio ; but that is of
liUloeonscqusnco. I am writing off-hand ta
kings, and not elaborate essays. George Law,
then. Is the Titan of traders, tbs colossus of con
tractors—too mastodon of mon. Ho is upward
of six foot in height, and of perfect propotrions
with physical strength to match his Hereulenn
frame. This American Anok has not only the
power of a giant and tho voioe of a Stentor, but
tboeyo of an eaglo and the hoartof a lion.
Ho has vital energy enough for a villngo of
ordinaiy men; and bad ho livod in the days of
tho aneient Romans or Britons he wonld bavo
been crowned king. See how he Bends out ar
mies to level the hills and fill up too vales, and jwps
pavo our roads with iron. See now he scatter*' lug
steamboats ovor onr waters. Thore is nothing
small abont the man ; his plana are great, his
eonoeptions vast, his contracts immense, hisfor-
ttftras princely—even bis oaths are plump and
unotuons with energy. As Sampson carried
away the gates ofGasa and afterwards whipped
tho Philistinos, so wonld Law take np the gates
of Cuba, and slay the Spaniards with the jaw
bones of fillibustering nssos.
Like Tbor the thnnderer, he makes his dent
whororer ho strikes; for he hasforoo ofintoilect
as well as bodily strength - r and a generous heart
beats in bis broad chest. America owes much
of her fame and wealth to snoh men. He is now
in the prime of life; and havingaa iron temper
ament, and a vast field in whioh to display his in*
comparable) enterprise, we wish him long life,
and hope that his shadow may never be less.—
N. Y. Leader.
Underground Operations.—The abolition
ists are yet at work in onr city, removing slaves
from the State, by their underground opera
tions. On Thursday night last a valuable negro
man, named John, the property of Mr. A. In-
loes, made his escape and has not since been
heard of. We have little or no donbt, that this
fellow has made his way to land by the Rappa
hannock, York, or Pamunkey rivers,-where he
will endeavor to secure passage on some of the
8l xall wood craft and thereby effect his escape
to the North. The people in these sections of
the county shonld keep a look oat for strange
servants, and’ arrest them whenever they make
tbeir appearance.
We have id onr midst a number of abolition
emissaries, who sre enticing slaves to leave
their homes, where they are well,fed, clothed
and attended to in sickness, to fled to too North
to have the privilege of starving, as thousands
of fugitives are now doing—not for any
they have for toe negroes, or any desire to see
them free—but for toe almighty dollar wbichl
these ignorant creatures earn, in various ways,
while nnder toe control of their masters. Slaves
in Virginia and in Richmond particularly, are
the happiest class of laborers in toe Union.—
They have no care for the morrow—no f&raiies
to provide for, no notes to pay, no responsibili
ties to meet—nothing bnt their regular duties
to perform—to eat, drink, and be merry—and
wonld neser think of leaving tbeir happy homes
but for toe serpent-tongned emissaries, who
whispered hopes in their ears that can never
be realized, and who indneo them to commit
crime to raise means to get them to the North,
where they have the glorious privilege of starv
ing in damp cellars and in the open air. Wonld
that these satanic agents could be detected,
and mado to feel the hardships their mercenary
acts are imposing on ignorant slaves, by indu
cing them to fly to the North, and all for the
almighty dollar.—Richmond Despatch.
Pile it* In.
The Mobile Regester, giving a description of
a Masked Ball which took place in that city on
the 14th instant, goes off into the following rha
psodies :
‘At length the pleasures of the dance ceased,
the sound of music was hashed. Each one’s
hope had been attained—each heart had reali
zed its wish, and each brow beamed with the
sparkles of delight—was crowned with a bloom
ing wreath of happiness. May never a flower
from that garland be withered, but bloom in
perennial brightness—may the page of memory
never be stainted with a darker spot than the
recollection of that evening’s entertainment—
Long shall we remember it as one of the gayest
and happiest throngs we ever mingled in—
where are forgot its care, and youth wore its
sunniest smile; where intellect flashed, and wit
sparkled, and beauty reigned:: while the fes
tive lamps shed their dazzling radiance over all
that was beautiful in color and graceful in mo
tion; and music breadtbed her dnicet strains
wooing the keen sense to pleasure, calming the
on softening the heart.’ *
Germans in Texas.—The German popula
tion is destined to have a powerful influence in
Texas. The New Orleans Picayune learns, by
a letter from Strassbnrg, which is published in
the National Gazette of Switzerland, that the
Socialist party in Alsace is about to emigrate
en masse to Texas, where one of their chiefr,
too well-known Victor Considsrant, has pur
chased a large quantity of land. The first de
parture of emigrants is to toko place daring the
ensuing spring.
We loam from a lecture recently delivered
in New York, by Fred Kapp, on too Coloniza
tion of Texas by the Germans, that it is only
within the past ten years that Texas has been
considered an object of interest and importance.
The first colony of Germans numbered about
ten thousand zealous Protestants, principally
of tho Lutheran confossion, and ifernnhuters,
(toe German Society of Friends.) They fled
from religions and political persecution, and
found a more qniet home in Toxas, though
even there they wore very much borrassed
by tho natives and their own countrymen, who
had previously emigrated. Tboy settled bo-
tween the Sabino and IUo Grande rivers, with
tiie Sierra Mwlro for the westorp boundary, in
a country whioh Texan policy had endeavored
to closo to European influence. There were at
that time but a fow thousand people, living in
small settlements liko those of Gonzales and
San Antonio. But whilo tho emigration of free
mon was discouragod, considerable grants of
land had been mode to emigrants from Louisia
na, Florida, and other slave States, on condition
of pormanent settlement, in order to prop up
slavery, which was fearful of losing greund.
After the Toxas Declaration of Independence
there was another large emigration. The Ger
mans aro free, social, generous, and indepen
dent in tbeir manners, and all are enemies to
slavery. Tber success iu cotton-growing threat
ens the existence of slavery, which will soon
receive the death-blow. No German hinders
the flight of a slave. They were indignant at
toe j-assago of the Nebraska bill. In north
western Texas there are only about two has-
To Care Fistula In a Horae
Messrs. Editors—Open the Fistula as soon
as the sack ef matter has collected—the sooner
the better. Take 48 mins of corrosive subli
mate, and dissolve it In 2 os. of water, whioh
is all it will hold in solution. Soak a slack twis
ted cotton string, just such as are need forcoun-
try candle wicks, 8} inches long, in the sola
tion 24 hours, letting 6} inches of one end of
the string be immersed in toe solution : then
insert 8 or 6$ inches of the saturated end in toe
orifice and pash it down with a blunt probe or
stick, letting 2 to 2} inches of the dry end hang
out Let it remain in 24 hoars, and put a fresh
one in every 24 hours, drawing away the old
one. A new string shonld be pnt in soak in the
phial of solution as soon as one is taken ont.—
Continue this until but little matter is dischar
ged and that little very thick. Grease the shoul
ders to let the matter slide oft
I have never failed with the above remedy to
accomplish all I eonld reasonably desire, and
without a scar.—Southern Cultivator.
Como, Miss., Jan 1855 MbcLenbvro.
Ex-Governor Metcalf, of Kentucky, has writ
ten a letter,giving his opinion of the new A-
mericaa organisation. He says that foreigners
should be content to share with the native-born
the blessings whieh the laws of the country
guarantee, without insisting npon toe right to
seize the reins of Government. It is toe Ox-
Governor’s opinion that all the evils with whieh
we are surrounded have been brought npon us
by toe demagogues ef the old oorrapt parties,
and by adopting the principle !that to toe vio-
tors belong the spoils. The Governor is a trae
Know-Nothing; although he denies the insinu
ation:
"The Mysteries or Tbadb.”—Onr friend
from W n told a good story toe other
day of a pack peddler, who was exposing cer
tain wares for sale at anotion net a thousand
miles from here. Mounting his stand, he com
menced :
"Shonteelmeas, here ish von very splendid
pocket hanchief— how much am I offered for it?
Five eent! fire cent! shoost a goin at five cent!
Vere ish dat shenteelman vat I see blow his nose
wit his coat sleeve toder day ? Five eent! five
eent! goin, goin, at only five eent! von very
fine silk hanchief! Goin, goin, gone ! to Mr.
Cash, “at five cent!”
A voice in the crowd;
"I don’t see how he can sell at that pries.”
“0,1 manage dat very easy—I hash von pro-
der at to Norrvot can steal more tan I can sell
at any price!”
Judge Joseph Henrt Lumpkin.—The Ath
ens Banner says ? W» learn from an anthontio
source that the Hon. Jos. H. Lumpkin has de
clined the appointment of Judge of the Court of
Claims, notwithstanding the compliment paid
by the tender of this high and responsible, of
fice, as well as the circnmataneea under which it
wi? done—the unanimous and cordial ratifica<>
tion of it by the Senate, as we hare occasion to
know; anu notwithstanding the almost univer
sal approbetiod with which this appointment
has been received by the press of all parties—
still our townsman prefan to give his servioes
to bis native State.
Under an act called tho "Encumbered Estate
Bill,” large landed estates in Ireland over
which heavy debts are hanging, are being dis
posed of in small lots, and rapidly passing into
the hands of the peasantry. The stimulus given
by this measure to enterprise among the poorer
classes, is raid to be wonderful, and its benefi
cial resnlts are already see in the.rapid diminu
tion of panpers in the almshouser.
To Cure Felons*
J. Y. Elliot, of Boston, assures us that it is
better to steep the felon finger in a hot lye of
wood ashes, than in water alone; he cared one
on his finger without lancing, in this manner.
Tho pain ceased entirely after soaking the finger
for fifteen minntes.
We are indebted, says the Horning News, to
Mr. P* C. Pendleton, toe' editor of the Central
Georgian, for a letter, giving an aceonnt of
disastrous fire, in SandersviUe on Saturday last
It wiU be seen that tho flonrishing town is in
rains, and that many of its people are left with
out a shelter to cover their heads. The Court
nouso, the Jail, the Hotel, the Masonic and Odd
Fellow’s Hall, and the records of the Masons,
the Odd Fellows and the knights of Jericho,
have all been consumed, with a portion of the
oounty records. Tbs Post Office was kept in
the Court House, but as Mr. Pendleton makes
no mention of it, it is hopod that the letters and
books of the office havo been saved.
Bfabop Baaeom.
On February 9tb, the Rev. Mr. Milbnrn, the
blind Chaplain of the Home of Representatives,
at Washington, deiievred a lecture in toe Mul
berry Street Church, New York city, on the
“Rifle, the Axe, and the Saddle bags.” Among
many anecdotes illustrative of the early life of
NHtwa Methodist preachers, was too follow-
"In too wostera part of Yirginia was situated
a log cabin, the chinks of which were daubed
and filled with yellow mud; it hod perhaps,
half of a second story, where you could study
Astronomy without leaving your bed, and adopt
the hydropathic without tbs aid of any doctor;
the kitchen serves as a breakfast, dining, dress
ing and preaching room. A number of hens,
with their chickens, are taken in for safekeep
ing : here, amid the barking of dogs, and too
noise of children, an itinerant preacher bad to
study; and, after midnight, when all had re
tired to rest, stretched on his stomach before
the embers of the fire, whieh served for bis mid
night oil, he not only acquired sufficient knowl
edge to prosecute his calling, bnt became mas
ter of several languages. He preached in one
year, over four hundred times, traveled nearly
fire thousand miles, and at the end of that time,
his salary amounted to twelve dollars and ten
cents! That man was Henry S. Bos con., who
was since raised to the Episcopacy, bnt is now
dead.*"
New Hanpshire Ejection.—According to
the Coneord Reporter, Ralph Metcalf has been
chosen Governor of Now Hampshire, by a maj
ority of abont 1000 votes over all others. In
the State Senato, Jonas D. Sleep stands the sole
representative of the Democratic party.
Something for Tailors.—A young lady, re
cently returned from a boarding school, being
asked at the table if she wonld take some more
cabbage; replied: By no means, Madam; gas-
tronimical satiety admonishes me that I hare
arrived at the uttimate of culinary deglutination
consistent with the creed of Aesculapius.’
A paddy, writing form the west, says pork is
so plenty that every man yon mot is a hog.
‘I hate to hear people talk bohind one’s hack,’
as the robber said when the constable called
‘step thief’!’
Oh! dear, can’t breathe !’ said a sick wife.
‘Don’t try dear,’ said her husband, with affeo-
tionate solicitude.’
A clergyman, when the contribution box re
turned with little silvor in it, said he never be
fore understood the text "Alexanander, the cop
persmito, did me much eviL”
“Patrick, you fool, wbat makes you stale af
ter that rebit when your gun has no lock on ?”
"Hash ! hash I my darling, the rabit don’t
know that!”
A Bad Bachelor.—"Mr Jones, don’t you
think marriage is a means of grace?” "Cer
tainly, my doar madam; anything is a means of
grace that breaks up pride and leads to repen
tance.” Soene closes with a mop handle.
"Twins, by the powers 1” criod the horror
rtrack Irishman, as the nurse approached, bear
ing a new pledge of affection from his fruitful
helpmate. "Twins, hinno!” cried the nurse;
"faix Murdock, an’ it’s the blessed whiskey that
makes ye seo double this morning!”
Commencement Orator.—A. C Garlington,
Esq., of South Carolina, a graduate of the class
of 1842, has been selected to deliver tbo next
commoiiaemont address before the two literary
societies of Franklin College.
‘Jim, I boliovo Sam’s got no truth in him.’
‘You don’t know, nigga; dare's more truth in
dat nigga dan all de res on de plantation. ‘How
do yot make dat?’ ’Why, be never lot any
out.'
Candidate for Governor.—Tho Democracy
of Tennessee met in Convention in Nashvillo
on Tuesday last, and nominated Andrew John
son, tho present Governor for re-election. Tho
contest, we presumo, will bo between him and
tbo Hon. M. P. Gentry, who has announced him
self a candidate, and we obsorve no move on
too part of tho Whigs to make a Domination.
1 Word to Planters—Advertising mer
chants.
It is a sound Democratic dogma, and a canon
of trade, to sell where yon can get the beet pri
ces, and to bay where yon can get toe best bar
gains. Now, if a merchant is very anxions to
sell his wares, he is very certain to advertise.
We, therefore, refer onr country friends, who
are desirous of-obtaining bargains to consult onr
adveatising columns before they lay in their
Spring supplies. They will be very apt to find
there the names of those merchants who will
offer them the best bargains.
The Result In lev Hampshire.
The New Hampshire papers aceonnt in vari
ous ways for the total overthrew of toe Demo
cratic party in that State. Tne Manchester
Democratic Gazette takes comfort from toe idea
that “the Democratic organization ie still sup
ported by an army of of 27,000 trae men, while
the Whig vote dwindlea down to 4,000, and toe
Abolition vote is hardly sufficient to make a
respectable eonnt." This latter piece of inform
ation is fatal to toe arguments of the Southern
Democratic presses. They insist that toe vic
tory in Now Hampshire is altogether an Aboli*
tion triumph ; and ifthis ground be taken from
by an orthodox New Hampshire Democratic
print, the eanse of old-fashioned Democracy may
suffer, especially in Yirginia. The Concord
Statesman, (Whig,) on the other hand, thinks
that if the battle had been fonght npon the is
sue of the “Compromise of 1820” alone, deser
ters from the Democratic ranks wonld have been
counted by thousands. It says that “although
seme people will assign one circumstance as toe
cause of this thorough revolution and some an
other, yet it is an aggregation ofcanses which
hare done the work." The paper first named
consoles itself that “a considerable number of
honest Democrats will one day beoome satisfied
that they are operating with their old enemies."
It tons confesses that the party itself furnished
the means of its own demolition, and finds com
fort in the alleged foot that Know Nothingism
has accomplished the work “of annihilating toe
Abolition party.” We do not expect, therefore,
to see the argument renewed that the late rout
was an “Abolition triumph.”—National Intel:
ligeneer.
Fancy Dogs.—A reeent traveller in South
America, who a'ccompanied a number of Jumma
Indians on a tapir hunt, says that besides the
hunters, their party was composed of most of
the women and boys of the village, together with
a score or two of dogs. Of the latter he adds:
‘‘These dogs were curious to look at. A stran
ger, ignorant of the customs of the Jummas,
would have been at some lore to aceonnt for the
peculiarity of their color. Such dogs I have
never seen before. Some were of a bright scar
let, others were yellow, others bine, and some
were mottled with a variety of tints! What
could it mean ? But I knew well enough. The
dogs were dyed! Yes it is the custom among ma
ny tribes of South American Indians, to dye not
only their own bodies, bnt the hairy coat of their
dogs, with brilliant colors obtained from veget
able juices, such os the red huitic, the yellow
rocoa, and the blue of the white indigo. The
light gray, often white, hair of these animals ta-
vors the staining process; and toe effect produ
ced pleases the eye of their savage masters. On
my eye the effect was strange and fantastical I
could ntft restrain my laughter when I first scan
ned these curs in their fanciful coats. Picture
to yourself a pack of scarlet, and orange, and
purple dogs !’l
A Business Man.—A commercial gentloman
recently arrived at Niagara Falls, just before
midnight. He immediately brought a globe
lantern, crossed to Goat Islantl^ examined the
cataract, and in thirty-seven mroutes had fin
ished np the great American irotfder, and was
once more on his way to Albany.
China.—Thanked God, says Rev. W. C. Mil
ner, that, amid the confusion and anarchy in
certain parts of China, our Protestant missions-
aides are carrying on their labors withont inter
ruption, and the Spirit appears to be blessing
them in their work. Letters from Shanghai and
Hong Kong give accounts of conversations from
darkness unto light
[Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald.]
Washington, March 17,1855.
The Effect of the New Hampshire Election—
The Search for Baker, the Murderer of Poole
Sloop of War Perry to bo Despatched to the
Canaries—Will Dudley Mann Resign1-
Warlike Tone of the Organ.
There is a perfect calm in the federal city.—
“Us soldiers”*—that is to say, Pierce and Cush
ing, and tho ex-aid-de-camp of ex-Goveraor
Bigler, Cel John W. Forney—affect a great
deal of stole indifference'in regard to the result
of toe Near Hampshire elections ;< bnt at ; heart
they are chop faUefli and “sorely vexed.” Tho
next email game of toe Brigadier is to ^oppose
the election of Edt&ttnd Bnrke 'to the United
8. Senate. Should he accomplish that the Bos
ton Poet will pronounce the administration vies
torious on Pierce’s own donghill
As the administration is now reduced to wait
ing for “something to torn np,” the Poole mur-
dor ie abont to be improved, to show the ener-
K nnd activity of toe ^administration. The
g Perry ieto be despatched from Norfolk in
search of Baker, with instructions to ran a race
with toe Grspexbot, and to boat her if possible.
Gen. Pierce ie determined to head Gecrge Law
in the manifestation of true American Princi
ples. I should not be suprised if, shonld Yir
ginia (as undoubtedly she will) be carried by
the Know Nothings, Pierce were to apply for
admission into ono of their lodges.
Dudley Mann has not yet resigned. He is
so mad with toe administration that he is den
termined to wait till they ^kick him ont, which
is abont to be done soon. Pierce would like
to turn out Campbell, who begins to be a terri
ble drawback; but he has not the courage to
do so. He is too far committed to Bishop
Hughes, and toe Catholic priesthood generally,
to venture on a rapture. Campbell knows that,
and fesls as secure, ih office daring the constiia-
tion&l term of General Pierce as the latter him
self.
Dobbin has been very sick, bnt the idea of
distinguishing himself in the Baker matter, has
breathed new life into him. Yon may expect
that some yonng and efficient officer, and no
old fogy, will command the Perry on her search
for an escaped criminal, and that this new em
ployment of onr national vessels will in no small
degree reflect on the reputation and honor of
onr navy.
The tone of toe Union continues warlike in
view of the approaching elections in Virginia.
The President is detei mined to have Cnba, af
ter allowing it to slip through his fingers. His
next message will be a fearless document, from
the fact that toe miserable minority whioh he
represents is not responsible for any official act
II is a strange thing that Pierce’s courage
shonld always come after tainting.
SPHYNX.
From the Recorder.
Messrs. Editors: There can no longer be
any donbt as to the popular sentiment relative
to the next Governor ot Georgia. Charles J.
Jenkins, withont toe shadow of a donbt h toe
choice of toe great mass of toe people. Go
where yon will, or ask who yon may, (unless he
be one who is ‘joined to his idoh^') who toe
people want for oor next Governor, and to#
nniversal reply is, Mr. Jerkins.
Why, ther, wait longer? Is it necessary un*
der such demonstrations of the popular senti
ment for form’s sake, to call a Convention
simply to reiterate, in a formal manner, what
every one knows beforehand ?
No, gentlemen, this is a movement of the
Sovereign People, and they should, for once,
be allowed to speak individually and independ
ently of conventions or caucuses.
Allow mo, therefore, as one of the people ‘to
say, Hoist the Jenkins flag at once, let its am
ple folds be nnfdrled to toe genial breezes of
Spring, and my word for it the popular breath
will ware it in triumph, on the first Monday of
October next
NATIVE GEORGIAN.
A young man in Boston recently wished to
obtain a passage to California on board of the
ship Queen of the Sea, but there was no vacant
berth for him in the vessel, and to remove the
difficulty hemarriod one of the young ladies, of
whom several had engaged a passage to the land
of gold and husbands. Of coarse there was no
further reason why he should not sail in the
Queen of the Seas.
Church Property Bill.—The Church Prop
erty bill, whieh has passed one branch of the
New York Legislature, confiscates the proper
ty now held by ecclesiastics, upon their death,
to the State, and directs the State to grant it to
incorporated religious societies, who shall havs
occupied the property. During their life raid
ecclesiusties are to be recognized by the act as
bolding the property in trust for the benefit
of the congregation or society nsing the
same.
Rowland Hill’s Pulpit Illustrations.—
In one of his sermons he was speaking of the
value of the Gospel from its relative aim and
influence. “It makes," says he. "husbands bet
ter husbands, and wires better wires; parents
better parents, children better children ; mas
ters better masters and servants better servants ;
in a word, I would not give a farthing for that
man’s religion whose cat and dog were not the bet
ter for it 1' Every one eonld not hare uttered this,
but I recoived it from no less a person than Mr.
Wilberforee, who heard it himself, and who re
marked that, while probably everything else ho
said that evening, was. long ago forgotten, no
one would ever forget this.
Bulwor loadsja bachelor’s life in Paris, and
many singular stories are told of his eccentrici
ties. He is at the age of fifty, the same dandy
he was in the days wb en he wrote Pelham.”
and really makes up exceedingly well. His for*
tune is very large, and ho performs many acts
of unostentations charity. He is a fatalist and
believes firmly in certain periods being hazard
ous to his destiny. One day, full of gloomy
forebodings, he was seated at his solitary break
fast table, when the’now housekeeper, who hap
pened to bear a striking resemblance to his wife
entered—"Sir,” said she, “I shall do everything
to give you satisfaction.” "Will you, madam,”
cried tho Baronet, and ringing the boll, ho ord
ered the volet to pay tbo housekeeper a year’s
wages and her passage ts the most distant place
she would consent to go. The lady happened
to have a daughter married to a New Zealand
Chief at Loorake, Bay Islands, and hither she
was dispatched at Bulwer’a oxponse.
Something for thb Anti-Know Nothings.
—The "National Era,” toe abolition paper at
Washington City, complains of its loss of sub
scribers by the Know Nothings. It says :
"We hope onr friends will not relax their ex
ertions. The Era has sustained more damage
from Know Nothingism in Pennsylvania, New-
Jersoy, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massa
chusetts, than in any other States. Will aot
the Anti-Slavery men in those States think of
this ?”
Where are the "Rnmshaclea” of Georgia, that
they do not go to the rescue of tbeir friend of
the "Era” who in his hitter hostility to the A-
merican party, is not behind the Atlanta Exami
ner or Federal Union. Surely its abolitioBism
can be no objection in the eyes of these who
agree with- it on major matters, while the differ
ence is on non-essentials !—Geo. Citisen.
Patience Smile* on Payne.
Mr. Wm. Payne, a good fellow, was a teach
er ef music, in a pleasant town in Massachusetts;
and in his school, one winter was a pretty girl
some twenty years old, named Pantienee Adams
.who having made a strong impression upon
Mr. Payne, he lost no time in declaring his at
tachment, whieh Miss A. reciprocated, and an
engagement was toe result Just as Mr. P’s
attention became public, and toe fact of an en
gagement was generally understood, the school
being still in continuance, and all the parties
on a certain evening present, Mr. Payne, with
out any thought of toe word, named aa a tone
for the commencing exercise, "Federal Street,”
in that excellent ^collection of ehnrch music,
"The Carmine Sacra.”—Every one entertained
the highest respect for Payne; and with a
hearty good on the part of all toe school the
chorus commenced:
"See gentle Patience smile on Payne,
See dying hope revive again.”
The coincidence was so striking, that the
gravity of the yonng ladies and gentlemen
eonld scarcely be restrained long enough to get
through the tone. The beautiful yonng lady
was still giore charming with her blushing
cheeks and modestly cast down eyes, while the
teacher was so exceedingly embarrassed, he
knew not what he did* Hastily turning over
the leaves of the book, his eye lit npon a well
known tune, and he called out " Dundee.” The
song began as soon as sufficient order could be
restored, and at the last line of the following
stanza rose to a climax:
"Let not despair nor fell revenge
Be on my bosom known ;
Oh, give me tears for others’ woe,
And Patience for my own.”
Patiecce was already betrothed; she was
in fact his ,* in about a year afterwards they be
came man and wifo
Then gentle Patience smiled on Payne,
And Payne had patience for his own.
It is pleasant to be able to add that they still
live; four or five little pleasant Paynes have
been added to the family, whieh is one of toe
happiest to be found in this beaulifttl world.
Blacking an Abolitionist.—Wo learn that
on last week an itinerant pedlar, by the name
of Webster, seling plates for marking clothing,
stopped in Greensboro for a few days, where
he deemed it his privilege to advance his views
upon any and all subjects, and accordingly give
his abolition sentiments public and open ex
pressions. They, didn’t "go down” so well with
the citizens of toe place, and we are told be
was informed privately to leave the village
immediately, but he set himself back upon his
courage, and refused to do it until he raw fit;
whereupon the young men of the place formed
a club to mob him; he then took his ‘‘driving
wheels” they pursued him through several
streets, and overhauled him upon the top of a
wardrobe in the dwelling of Mrs. Colt, (he haw
ing forced himself into the house.) He was
brought book into town upon a fence rail and
after undergoing a "hoot blacking” was placed
upon the cars and sent off, resembling ‘slavery’
Banner.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER
ATLANTIC.
o —■
The steamer Atlantic .has arrived at New
York, bringing one week’s later nbws from Eu
rope. 5
! LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Liverpool, March 3.—Cotton.—The sales of
the week'have been 87,000 bales, of which spec
ulators took 17,000 and exporters 12,000 bales.
Milligan qnotes Fair Orleans 5£d., Middling
5ld ; Fair Uplands 5}d., Middling 4|d. The
market closed tamely with holders pressing
sales.
Brown, Shipley & Co. any CottOfi opened ac
tive but fell off and closed tamely at barely |d.
advance.
The advices from Manchester were better.—
Flour and Corn had declined Is. Ohio 41s.—
Corn 41 to 42s. Consols 93-. The London Mar 1
ket Was quite unchanged and mbney easier.
POLITICAL.
The news of toe. death of toe Emperor of Rus^
sia is confirmed, and Alexander has ascended
toe throne and issued a proclamation endorsing
the policy of Nicholas. Ho ascended the throne
peaceably, and bis brothers and officers hard
taken oaths of allegiance.
Alexander has confirmed his fathers instruct
tions to Gortschakoff, the diplomatist at Vienna;
Nicholas, previous to his death, had recalled
Menchikoff and appointed Gortschakoff to tod
chief cotnnlaild in toe Crimea, Ostensacken sec
ond; and Ludorsin Bessarabia.
Alexander has appointed Gen. Rudiger Min*
ister of toe War. •/ f , v
The Allies have ordered their Generals to
press forward with their operations.
More'figbting had occurred in toe Crimea.—
The French had stormed the redoubts which
had been so skillfully erected by the Russians.
Several hundred were killed.
It is rumored that toe Grand Dake Michael
had died of bis wound at Sevastopol
A large force of Russians threatened Balak-
lava.
The blockade of toe Danube has been rais
ed.
Broussa has been destroyed by an earthquake
with most of its inhabitants.
A disagreement has arisen between Napoleon
and England. The former said the armies
should not act together if Hoebnek’s committee
proceeded. Lord Clarendon went to Bologne
and arranged the difficulty. Meantime toe
committee proceeded, but it was thought Farlin*
ment Would be dissolved.
Serious difficulties had arisen at Tyre, Swito
xeriand.
The Belgium crisis continues. The Xing of
Denmark is sick.
LATER.
Arrival of the Steamer
ASIA.
The steamer Asia has arrived at Halifax*
bringing one week’s later news from Europe.
Llrerool Market.
Liverpool, March 17.—Cotton.—the man
ket has declined 118 to Ad. Sales of toe week
87,090 bales. The market closed doll mid un
changed. Fair Orleans 5£<L, Middling 5 110
to id.; Middling Upland 4£<L Breads tuffs are
higher. Consols 93).
PoIKleaL
The Vienna Conference was formerly opened
on the 15th inst Gortschakoff was not present.
Hopes and fears relative to peace are equally
balanced.
The Austrian and Prussian circulars indicate
peace, bnt Alexander’s address to toe army
breathes war.
The Allies had reopened their fires or Sevas
topol
Napoleon’s jonraey to the Crimea is supposed
to be postponed. .
Concha sent toe details of toe conspiracy
against Cuba to toe Spanish Cortes, recommen *
ding large concessions to toe Cabans, which
were unanimously approved.
SECOND DESPATCH.
The Roebuck committe of inquiry is stiH sit*
ting.
The Belgian ministerial erisis continues.
The Cotton market closed dulL Speculators
took 3,500 and exporters 11,000 bales. Fair Up
lands 5§ d. Corn 42 to 43s.
The advices from Manchester
S-
r
very much.”
[Penfield'
Singular Cash of Somnambulism.—^This
morning, at half-past three o'clock, a young
man boarding in the house corner of Athens and
E streets, rose in his sleep and jumped out of
a third story window. He fell into a narrow
passage way, striking with great violence on
the frozen ground. A young man who was
sleeping with him was aroused by the noise,
and gavo the alarm. The somnambulist was
taken up and Dr. York was called. He was
insensible for some time, and when he came
too, complained of being very eold, but knew
nothing of his fall ’until informed of it He
said he had been dreaming during the night,
but did not remember getting up, and of dream
ing about rising from his bed. On examina
tion the doctor could not discover any bones
broken, but be is most seriously bruised and
jarred. He was never known to get up in his
sleep before.—Boston Travsllsr, March 20.
Richmond, March 20.
Terrible Explosion in Coal Pits at Ches
terfield, Ya.—A terrible explosion occurred
at tho Midlothian coal pits, Chesterfield, last
evening. Sixteen persons were taken out liv
ing, and eight dead, and all will probahly die.
It iB supposed there were fifty in the pit at the
time. The . Explosion waa by a caused blast
From toe Mobile Herald.
ARRIVAL OF THE BLACK WARRIOR.
8tHl Later from Havana.
AMERICAN CONSUL IMPRISONED.
New Orleans, March 20,P. H.—The steam-*
■hip Black Warrior arrived here this evening
with dates from Havana to the 17th inst.
It is not believed in Havana that the sen
tence of Pinto of death will probably be com*
mnted by Concha.
Imprisonment ef a U. S, Consul.
Mr. Thompson, toe United States Consul at
Sagua. had been arrested and brought to Ha
vana for refusing to remove toe American coat
of arms from his door plate.
From Australia.
Despatches received here state that the Lon
don Herald of the 1st inst, publishes despatch^
es from Ceylon, Australia, to the 1st of Febru
ary, announcing that the people of Australia
had declared their independence, and also sta
ting that several sanguinary engagements had
been fonght with toe government troops, and
that Melbourne was in a state of selge.
Polities and Religion.
We have no donbt that a rigorous landlord,
having shariced it ail the week; screwing and
griping among his tenants, wonld be better
pleased on Sonday, to doze through an able
Gospel sermon on divine mysteries than to bs
kept awake by a practical sermon that might
treat of toe duties of a Christian landlord. A
broker,‘who has gambled on a magnificent scale
all the week, does not go to cbnrch to-have
practical swindling analyzed and measured by
the "New Testament” spirit Catechisms is
what he wants—doctrine to his taste. A mer
chant, whose last bale of smuggled goods was
safely stored on Sunday nighl and his brother
merchant, who, on that same day swore a false
invoice through the custom houses—they go to
church to hear sermon on faith, cm Angels, on
the resnrrection. They have nothing invested
in those subjects; they expect the minister to
be bold and orthodox. But if he wants respec-^
table merchants to pay ample pew rents, let him*"
not vulgarize the pulpit by introduciug commer
cial subjects.
A rich Christian brother owns largely in a
distillery, and is clamorous about letting down
the pulpit to the vulgarity of temperance ser
mons. Another man buys tax titles, and moves
about all the week to seo who can be slipped
out of a neglected lot. A mechanic who plies
craft with the unscrupulous appliance of every
means that will win, he, too, wants, “doctrine”
on the Sabbath, not these secular questions.—
Men wish two departments in life—the secular
and the religious. Between them a high wall
and opaqne is to be built. They wish to do
just what they please for six long days. Then
stepping on the otoor side of the wall they
wish toe minister to assuage their fears, to com
fort their conscience, and furnish them a clear
ticket and insurance for heaven. By sneh a
shrewd management, our modern financiers are
determined to shew that a Christian can serve
two masters, both God and Mammon, at toe
same time. [Henry TTard Beecher.
Result of Hasty Legislation.—The naval
appropriation bill, as passed by Congress, is
said to contain the grossest errors. Tho Wash
ington correspondent of the Philadelphia A.
merican says:
“Li addition to the $3,000,000 appropriated
by a special aot of the last session of Congress
for toe construction of six war steamers, 3,000-
000, are now appropriated for continuing the
work upon them, making the estimated cs3t of
the whole over $6,000,000, or mow than SL
OW,000, for each vessel Further, three sec
tions making provision for the marine corps are.
repeated, word for word; and a clause, inten
ded to relieve too contractors for tho floating
docks at Pensaoola and San Francisco of a ri
gid and oppressive construction of their con
tract on the part of the Secretary of the Navy,
proves to havo boen inserted in terms exactly
the oposite of what were designed by the mover.
Funeral of Miss Grey, an adopted daugh
ter of Mrs. Anna Cora Ritohio.—A very large,
funeral procession moved from toe Monumen
tal Church at Riohmond, on Wednesc&y after
noon, in whieh was oonveyed toe remains of
Miss Margaret Julia Groy, an adopted daugh
ter of Mrs. Anna Cora Ritchie. Tho chief lady
mourner was dressed in white trimmed with
black, and the chief gentleman mourner was
attired with white vest and gloves. The coffin
was covered with white satin, and the hearse
festooned with white and black. The monrnere
are of the Swedonborgen persuasion, and the
funeral decorations were suoh as are used by
thataeoh