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PEACE FINALLY ANNOUNCED.
New York, April 17—The United States Mail
steamer Baltic, Capt, Comstock, haa arrived, with
Liverpool dates to the 2d April
Cotton has advanced one eighth, and the lower
qualities have improved the most. Sales of two
da vs 24,000 bales, and there are more buyers than
sellers. Middling Orleans Gd., and Middling Up
lands fr%.
Breadstuff* buoyant, but provisions quiet.
Consols 93^£.
Peace was finally announced cn Sunday.
Peace was announced simultaneously in Paris
and London. All Paris was illuminated, and bells
pealed throughout England their pleasant chimes
at the auspicious event.
Four weeks will elapse before the full ratifica
tion and exchange. All the details of the adjust
ment are referred to Commissioners, who will meet
iu Paris.
The correspondent of the London Time* says that
the last Council of the Ministers, held at the Tuil
leries, sat from eleven o’clock on Saturday until
twelve o’clock on Sunday, the 25th March. The
Emperor Napoleon presided, and gave the last in
structions.
Count Walewski, the French Minister of For
eign Affair.*, and the President of the Peace Con
ference, has returned to his official residence to
receive Plenipotentiaries, who came at half past
twelve when the treaty was signed.
The English Parliament re-assembl*d on the
31st March. Lord Palmerston, in a reply to a
question, said that the Conference had determined
upon the conditions of the Treaty, but they were
not to be made public, until the final ratifications
are exchanged by all the governments represent
ed in the Conference. At the same time, lie ex
pressed the opinion, that the terms of ihe Treaty
would be satisfactory to England and Europe.
Arrival of the George Law*
New York, April 16.—The steamer George Law,
Capt. Herndon, from Aapinwall, with California
mails, has arrived. She brings sl, >OO,OOO in gold.
The war against Nicaragua is very popular
among the i nimbi taut 3of Costa Tiica. The num
ber of troops levied to prosecute the war against
Gcu. Walker is said to be nine thousand. At
Punta Arenas, the principal port of Costa Rica, a
' large body of troops are concentrating, as it af
fords easy access by good roads, to most portions
of the interior. It is stated that large numbers of
foreigners are tendering their services to the Gov
ernment to operate against Nicaragua.
The prisoners captured in the late battle, and
shot by the Costa Ricans, were principally Irish
und Germans.
A total defeat of the army of Gen. Walker was
confidently predicted.
It is reported that the inhabitants of Leon had
killed one hundred of Gen. Walker’s troops.
[ Leon was the capital of Nicaragua, before the late
revolution. If this report is true, it is probable a
civil war rages in the heart of Walker’s gov
ernment.]
Honduras and Salvador are arming to assist
the Costa Ricans.
The Emperor of the French. .
The Rev. Charles S. Stewart, Chaplain of the
United States Navy, has written a letter to the edi
tor of the National IntdUgencer , sustaining the
views of a former correspondent of that journal,
who referred tothe Reverend gentleman, in which he
▼indicates the character of Louis Napoleon from the
common aspersions which arc generally indulged
in about him. He states that he had frequent and
abundant opportunities of knowing the Emperor,
when he was in the Uuited States in 1837 that
the association was not that of hours only, but of
days, and on one occasion at least of days in suc
cession, and was characterized by a freedom of
conversation on a great variety of topics that
could scarce fail, under the ingenuousness and
frankness of his manner, to put him in possession
of his views, principles, and feelings upon most
points that give insight to character. He says he
never heard a sentiment from him and never wit
nessed a feeling that could detract from his honor
aud purity as a man or his dignity as a Prince; on
the contraiy, he often had occcasion to admire the
lofty thoughts and • exalted conceptions which
seemed most to occupy his mind.
The Reverend gentleman states that Louis Na
poleon enjoyed the friendly hospitality of Chan
cellor Kent, Washington Irving, and of some of
the best French society of New York, and availed
himself also of the proffered civilities of such
families as the Hamilton's, the Clintons, the Liv
ixgstons, and others of like position.
The Rev. Mr. Stewart thus concludes :
“There was, however, in New York, at the same
time and for about the same period, a Prince Bo
naparte who wa.% I have reason to think, of a very
different character. His antecedents in Europe
bad not been favorable, and his reputation here
was not good. He, too, was in exile, but not for a
political offence. He mav not have been received
id society and may have haa low associations. 1
met him, but, from this impression, formed no ac
quaintance with him. For the same reason the
intercourse between him aud his cousin was infre
quent and formal. All that has been said and
published-cf the one may be true of the other;
and, iu the search lor reminiscences of the sojourn
in New York of Louis Napoleon, on his elevation
to a throne fifteen years afterwards, it is not diffi
cult to believe that those ignorant of the presence
here at the time of two persons of the same name
and same title may have confounded the acts und
character of the one with the other. This I doubt
not is the faer, aud that, however general and firm
ly established the impression to the contrary may
be, the reproach of a disreputable life here does
not. justly attach itself to him, who is now* confess
edly the most able, the incst fortunate, and the
most remarkable sovereign in Europe.
Mr. Sterling Evans, a valuable citizen, and
about seventy-three years old, diedatThomasville,
on the 10th inst.
The Austin, Texas, State Times says that there
is an innumerable host of young grasshoppers in
that vicinity.
The Palestine American states that there are
still remaining ready for shipment some one thou
sand five hundred bales of cotton at Magnolia,
three thousand at Parker’s Bluff, and some three
thousand or four thousand above that point and
below Green’s Bluff. The Galveston Civilian
says:
We bear the remainder of last year’s crop,
yet upon and near the banks of the Trinity, vari
ously estimated at from ten to thirteen thousand
bales. One month more of unobstructed naviga
tion, with the boats now in that river would pro
bably bring out the whole.
The Times correspondent writing from the Cri
mea, says: “ The war party still cherishes hopes
that the negotiations may break down. It may
suit the French to make concessions, but it ought
not to suit us. They doubtless consider that they
baTO don? enough for honor and glory and to re
venge the reverses of 1812. Moreover, they cannot
afford war as England can, and their army, however
numerous they may show it to be upon paper, is
dwindling sadly. Scurvy and fever aro playing
havoc in its ranks. The 'mortality in the French
army is positively asserted to be one hundred and
twedy 3 d.ty and genera I !}* more.*' '
Mrs. rb^rt.
From a Review of Langdalt's Memoirs of Mrs.
Fitzherbert, in- the London Athemtum.
The sxorv runs that Queen Caroline of Bruns- :
wick, on being asked if she ever violated her mar
riage vow, replied, very vehemently, “ No;” but
added, after some hesitation—“ Well, if I ever did, :
it was with Mrs. Fitzherbert’s husband.” The vol
ume before us is written to show not only who ■
that husband was, but ateo that Mrs. Fitzherbert
was really and truly his wife.
The lady thus named was born exactly a century i
ago. She was the daughter of a Hampshire gen
tleman, Walter Smythe, Esq., and was yet a child
when, on seeing Louis the Fifteenth dining in pub
lic at Versailles, she laughed aloud at the King’s
awkwardness in pulling a chicken to pieces. At
the age of nineteen, in the very spring-time of a
beauty which she retained almost to her latest
years," Marv tfmvthe married Mr. Weld, of Lnl
worth Castle. Mr. Weld died in a few months.
Three years later the young widow contracted a
second nsteriage with a S’.alfaidsbiye gentleman,
Mr. Fiizherbert. But her wedded life was subject
to sudden breaks. Mr. Fitzberbert. died, in conse
quence of bathing in an over-heated state from his
exertions in the Gordon riots. At twenty-five the
lady was again a widow, with an independent prop
erty of £2,000 a year, a charming disposition, and
considerable personal attractions. She kept her
widowhood at Richmond and might have been the
heroine of that once popular ballad (which Prince
Florizel himself might have written):—
I would crowns resign to call her mine,
Sweet lass of Richmond Hill.
The “ Lass of Richmond Hill” nearly had a
crown brought to her feet. George, the fat and
fair young prince, already wearied -with his poor
Perdita, saw the brilliant young beauty. His heart
was, as he said, seriously effected; the fair widow
divided his affections with the bottle, and he be
came an assiduous wooer, whom Mrs. Fitherbert
as assiduously endeavored to avoid. The coyness
of the nymph onlv the more inflamed the swain.
But the lady was obdurate, and remained deaf to
entreaty, till “ Keit, the surgeon. Lord Onslow,
d Southampton, r.r.d Mr. Edward Convene, ar
rived at her house in the utmost consternation, in
forming her that the life of the Prince was in im
minent danger—that he had stabbed himself, and
that only for immediate presence would save him.”
There probably never was a man so ridiculous
when playing the part of a lover as the Prince of
Wales. To have himself bled, in order that he
might look pale and interesting in the eyes of the
Cynthia of the minute, was with him an unusual
trick. On this occasion, however, it was positive
ly declared that he had stabbed himself, and the
four male emissaries of Love besought the young
widow to hasten and heal the wound. After some
decent resistance, she proceeded to Carlton House.
She went thither under the guardianship the
Duchess of Devonshire. When she reached the
palace, “she found ihe. Prince pale and covered
with blood. The sight,” we are told, “so over
powered her faculties that she was deprived almost
of all consciousness. The Prince told her that
nothing could induce him to live, unless she prom
ised to become his wife, and permitted him to put
a ring round her finger.” It is believed that the
Duchess of Devonshire supplied the ring that was
to be the solemn pledge of love, and so, for the
moment, ended the ceremony which will remind
the reader of “ Lcs Noces (le Gamache.”
Some of Mrs. Fitzherbert’s friends, to whom the
character and the manners of Prince Florizel were
well known, seem to have had small faith in
this sanguinary legend. Lord Stourton asked her
“whether she did not believe that some trick had
been practised, and that it was not really the blood
of His Royal Highness?” The lady, however, had
faith in both the lover and the legend. She be
lieved all that was told, and all she saw; and,
moreover, to maintain her faith, “she had fre
quently seen the scar.” She added, with amazing
simplicity, for a young lady who had buried two
husbands, as a piece of corroborative evidence,
“that some brandy and water was near his bedside
when she called to see him on the day he wound
ed himself.”
However satisfied the Prince may have been
with this trick, the lady speedilvjgrew frightened
and repented. A narrative was drawn up of what
had passed, the persons present signed it as wit
nesses, the young widow entered protest against
the whole proceeding, declared that she had not
been a free agent, and forthwith fled beyond sea,
to Aix-la-Chapnelle, and subsequently to Holland.
The wounded Prince “went down into the country,
to Lord Southampton’s, for change of air.”
The romance, of course, did not end here—the
plot only thickened. In Holland, the fugitive
Lady became intimate with the Princess of Grunge,
“who at that very time was the object of negoti
ation with the Royal family of England for the
heir-apparent” The Princess, all unconscious
that “her most dangerous rivul” washer very dear
friend, questioned her elosely, touching the prince
ly lover in whom she contemplated her future hus
band. What Mrs. Fitzherbert reported upon the
matter, we are not told; but she informed her
friends that “she was often placed in circumstan
ces of considerable embarrassment; but her object«
being,” as we are directed to observe, “to break
through her own engagements, she was not the
hypocrite she might have appeared afterwards, as
she would have been very happy to have furthered
this alliance.”
She remained a year on the Continent, endeav
oring, in her own phrase, to “fightoff” the perilous
honors that continued to be offered to, nay, press
ed upon her. She traversed France and Switzer
land, whither couriers, bearing ardent desnatches,
followed her with such speed, and in such num
bers, that the suspicious French Government at
last caught three of them, aud very unceremously
clapped them into prison. But what cannot lovers,
aud especially princely lovers, effect ? The strong
est proof we can name of the depth and strength
of the attachment of the English heir-apparent, is
the fact that he once wrote a' love-letter of seven
and-thirty pages, in which long letter he asserted
that George the Third would connive at the union.
We have a less satisfactory incident in the cir
cumstance that the notorious Egalite, Duke of Or
leans, was the love agent for the Prince. Between
principal and agent the lady softened. She was
“fearful of the desperation” of her royal lover;
and she finally consented to return to England and
become his wife. Immediately after her arrival
she was married to the Prince, we are told, “ac
cording to the rites of the Catholic Church in this
country,”—a statement which does not very clear
ly agree with what is stated in a subsequent sen
tence. “ Her uncle, Harry Errington, and her
brother, Jack Smythe, being witnesses to the con
tract alone with the Protestant clergyman who of
ficiated at the ceremony. No Roman Catholic
Priest officiated. A certificate of this marriage is
extant, in the hand writing of the Prince, and with
his signature and that of Mary Fitzherbert. The
witnesses names were added ; but, at the earnest
request of the parties, in a time of danger, they
were afterwards cut out by Mrs/ Fitzherbert her
self, with her own scissors, to save them from the
peril of the law.”.
Our readers know how the public and parlia
mentary attention was directed" to this illegal
marriage; how Fox directly addressed himselT
tothe Prince; how the latter boldly denied the
fact of the marriage ; and how his “dear Charles”
was made the mouth-piece of his denial, in the
face of the Hoitse of Commons. Mrs. Fiizher
bert was indignant, but her indignation was
softened by “repeated assurances” given by her
mendacious husband that Fox baa never been
authorized to make the declaration. The “wife
aud no wife” seemed to have been sorely perplex
ed, but hei; “friends” informed her that “she was
bound to accept the word of her husband.”
“The public supported her by their conduct on
this occasion; for at no period of her life were
their visits so numerous at her house as on the
day that followed'Mr. Fox’s memorable speech ;
a id, to use her own expression, the knocker was
never still during the whole day.”
To Sheridan, who had informed her that Par
liament would probably give up the matter, she
observed, “that they knew she was like a dog
with a log round its neck, and they must protect
her.” Fox she never forgave; and when ne was
in power, “and made some overtures to her in
order to recover her good-will, she refused, though
the attainment of the rank of Duchess was to be
the fruit of their reconciliation. On naming this
circumstance to me,” said Lord Stourton, “.she
observed that she did not wish to be another
Duchess of Kendal.”
The effort made by the Prince to persuade Mrs.
Fitzherbert that he was not a party to Mr. Fox’s
denial of the marrige between them, is curiously
illustrated by the following anecdote, which I have
on the authority of Mr. Brodenham, the brother
in-law of Lord Stourton: Mrs. Fitzherbert was
on a visit with the Hon. Mrs. Butler, her friend
and relative, and at whose bouse the Prince fre
quently met Mrs. Fitzherbet. The Prince called*
the morning after the denial of the marriage in
the House of Commons by Mr. Fox. He went up
to Mrs. Fitzherbert, and taking- hold both her
hands and caressing her, said, ‘Only conceive,
Maria, what Fox did yesterday. He went down to
the House and denied that you and I were not
man and wife t Did you ever hear of such a
thing?’ Mrs. Fitzherbert made no reply, b;it
changed countenance and turned pale.”
The pecuniary difficulties or the Prince produced
the first coolness between the married pair; but
the irot amantrum ” seems to have had the ordina
ry result. “We must look to the present and the
future, and not think of the past,” was the com- *
ment of the reconciled lover to his wife. i
The final cause of separation, strangely enough, £
arose out of the exercise of a good principle. Mrs. r
Fitzherbert had under her care the daughter of an s
old and absent friend, Lady Horatio Onioonr. Os 3
this child, the Prince was as fond as Mrs. Fitzher- a
bert herself; and when a relative of the little ward i
endeavored to withdraw her from the guardianship
of the last named lady, the Prince earnestly ap- t
pealed to Lord Hertford, as head of the family to v
which Miss Seymour belonged, to interfere in Mrs. 1
Fitzberbert’s favor. While thus engaged, His a
Koval Highness became intimately acquainted i
with the Marchioness of Hertford, and from that i
time the influence of Mrs. Fitzherbert declined, r
The health of the latter lady was seriously affect
ed by the severe trials to- which her rival exposed t
her.
After the death of Queen Caroline, the King an- !
nounced to Mrs. Fitzherbert his intention to marry 1
again—an announcement to which she simply re- J
plied with a “very well, sir.” The Duke of York, 1
who was always the warm friend of Mrs. Fitzher- *
bert, in alluding to the possible political conse- i
qnences of her union with the Prince, remarked : <
“ Thank God, he could never wish to raise any i
claim in contravention of the rights of his broth- <
er.” In conjunction with Queen Charlotte, the 1
Duke obtained for her £*5,000 a year, “in a mort- i
gage deed, which they procured for her, on the
Palace of Brighton.” * King George and his Con
sort treated her with marked respect, and her in- ■
flnence was so great over the former, that when j
he was not on speaking terms with the Prince, she :
obtained from him a promise to treat his son with
kindness; and the Prince “returned from Court
in the highest of spirits, unaware of the person to
whom he was indebted!” The Prince himself
showed in what degree he esteemed her judgment
by sending for her to Brighton, after their separa
tion, to consult her upon the expediency of break
ing with his old political frienas. She gave him
excellent advice—to act honestly; he, of course,
did exactly the reverse. 'At the time, too, when des
pite his affection for children, he treated his own
daughter with extraordinary harshness, the Prin
cess Charlotte flung herself on the neck of Mrs.
Fitzherbert, and implored her to beseeeli her father
to treat her with more kindness. The lady weep
;ngly performed the mission assigned her, and j
told the Prince what evil results might follow if b£
did not bestow on his daughter the marks of atfi®
tion which she so well deserved. “ That is
opinion, madam,” was his only reply.
Some regard for the deceived lady, however, «
evidently clung by Prince Florizel long after he
had become King, and when no particle of ro
mance remained. On his death-bed, Maria Fitz
herbert addressed to him some touching lines, as
from a wife offering her services to a sick husband,
which l.e did not peruse without emotion, and he
is said to have attached great value to a portrait of :
her, taken when she had first attracted his variable
fancy. With this portrait around his neck he is
believed to have been entombed. Such was the
belief, the probably pleasant belief, of Mrs. Fitz
herbert herself, anti it is in some degree confirmed
by Dr. Carr, Bishop of Worcester, who, ftn being
questioned on the subject by Mr. Bodcnham, re"
plied, “Yes, it is very true what you have heard. I
remained by the body of the Xing when they
wrapped it round in the cerecloth; but Ignore that
was done, I saw a portrait suspended round his
neck—it was attached to u little silver chain.”
William the Fourth readily granted an interview,
or which Mrs. Fitzherbert applied after the death
of her late husband, the King. At this interview,
His Majesty perused all the documents submitted
to him by the lady. He “was moved to tears by
the perusal, and expressed his surprise at so much
forbearance, with such documents in her posses
sion, and under the pressure of such long and se
vere trials.” The King ottered to make her some
amends, by creating her Duchess, but “she replied
that she did not wish for any rank ; that she had
borne through life the name of Fitzherbert; that
she had nevqu disgraced it, and did not wish to
change it.” The King, thereupon, authorized her
to assume the royal livery, and to wear the widow's
weeds for his predecessor. On another occasion, he
invited her to the Pavilion, where he “handed her
out <-f her carriage, and introduced her to his
family, one after another, as one of themselves.”
It is a matter of regret that Mrs. Fitzherbert
destroyed her correspondence with the Duke of
York/ After the Duke’s death, Hir Herbert Tay
lor gave up to her her own letters. She expressed
her delight at recovering them, as “she had been
almost afraid that they would have got those pa
pers from him.” “ Not all the kings on earth
should have obtained them,” was the reply of Sir
Herbert. The extent of the correspondence may
' be judged of by the fact that Mrs. Fitzherbert “was
for two years- employed in the perusal and burning
of these letters.” So much the worse, as far as
the holocaust is concerned, 'ftMshe says, after
avowing that had she been mercenary, “she
might have obtained any price she had choose to
< ask tbr the correspondence,” she adds that “she
could have given the best private and public histo
ry of all the transactions of the country, from the
close of the American War down to the death of
the Duke (If York, either from her communications
with the Duke, or her own connections with the
opposite party, through the Prince and his
friends.”
The last years of this lady, who is destined to
hold a place both in Romance and History, were
past almost entirely at Brighton. There she died,
in March, 1837, and over her remains a monument
has been erected by Mrs. Lionel Dawson Damer,
the Miss Seymour who so innocently caused Mrs.
Fitzherbert to make way for a very different per
sonage—the Marchioness of Hertford. The monu
ment is simply raised to the memory of “Maria
Fitzherbert/’ by “one to whom she was more than
a parent.” The only allusion to her equivocal
greatness is made under a symbol. “ The Band of
the figure had l sic) the singular addition of three
rings on the fingers, thus bearing the evidence of
the affectionate lady who erected it to the triple
marriage of her departed^friend.”
The Tragedian Booth and the Bible.
A friend tells us an anecdote of Booth, the great
tragedian, which we do not recollect having seen
in print. It occurred in the palmy days of his
fame, before the sparkle of his great mind had
been dimmed by that bane of genius—strong
drink.
Booth and several friends had been invited to
dine with an old gentleman in Baltimore, of dis
tinguished kindness, urbanity and piety. The
host, though disapproving of theatres and thea
tre-going, had heard so much of Booth’s remark
able powers, that curiosity to see the man had,
in this instance, overcome all his scruples and pre
judices. After the entertainment was over,damp*
lighted, and the company re-seated, in the draw
ing room, some one requested Booth, as a particular
favor, and one, which all present would doubtless
appreciate, to read alond the Lord’s Prayer. Booth
expressed his willingness to afford them this grat
ification, and all eves were expectantly upon him.
Booth rose slowly and reverently from nis chair.
It was wonderful to watch the play of emotions
that convulsed his countenance. ' He became
deathly pule, and his eyes turned tremblingly up
ward,- were wet with tears. As \'ethe had not spo
ken. The silence could be felt. It became abso
lutely painful, until at last the spell was broken, as
if by an electric shock, as his rich-toned voice,
from white lips, syllabled forth —“Our Father, who
art in Heaven,” etc.,' with a pathos and solemnity,
that thriiled all heaters.
He finished. The silence continued. Not' a
voice was heard or a muscle moved in his wrapt
audience, until, from a remote corner of the room
a subdued sob was heard, and the old gentleman,
tiieir host, stepped forward with streaming eyes,
and tottering frame, and seized Booth by the
hand.
“ Sir,” said he, in broken accents, “you have
afforded me a pleasure for which my whole future
life will feel grateful. lam an old man, ana every
day, from my boyhood to the present time, I
thought I had repeated the Lord’s Prayer, but I
have never heard it before —never.”
“ You are right,” replied Booth; “to read that
Prayer as it should be read, lias cost me the se- ;
verest study and labor for thirty years, and I am 1
far from being yet satisfied with my rendering of <
that wonderful' production. Hardly one person in '
ten thousand comprehends how much beauty, ten
derness and grandeur can be condensed in a' space
so small, and in words so simple. That Prayer, of
itself, sufficiently illustrates the truth of the Bible, \
and stamps upon the seal of divinity.”
So great was the effect produced, (says our in
formant, who was present,) the conversation wjts
sustained but a short time longer, in subdued mo- j
nosyllables, and almost entirely ceased; and soon 1
after, at ah early hour, the company broke up, and •
retired to their several homes, with sad faces and 1
full hear to.—Chicago Tribune. 1
Neatness may be carried to excess. Mr. Slasher -
is devoted to whitewash. On taking a house in ■
the country he whitewashed the trunks of all the i
trees, affirming that it gave them a nicer appear- ;
ancc. He was next proceeding to improve the hoi- <
lyhoeks in the same style, when llvg. S. dragged j
liim away by the coat tail, declaring that she had i
borne a good deal, but she couid'nt stand that. *
From the Atlanta. IniFUgetu#?.
Kansas.
We had the pleasure on yesterday of conversing
with a Mr. Limmerick, a gentleman from Missouri!
in truth, a real “border ruffian”—who gives a
glowing account of the prospects of the South in \
Kansas. We are assured that, for some time past,
southern emigration has far exceeded that of the 1
North, and if the vote of the Territory was taken
at this time, the pro-slavery party would be largely
in the majority. ' • * <
The fate of Kansas rests now in the hands of \
the South; she has but to continue the efforts so ■
well commenced to secure this great Territory to [
her interests. We are happy also to learii, that '
among the emigrants from the South are a fair
number of slaves. This looks tike going to work £
in earnest. The number of slaves now in the Ter- 1
ritory are between two and three thousand.
The same gentleman gave ns a description of 1
the country—its mineral and agricultural wealth, 1
showing conclusively its adaptability to slave la- 1
bor, »>r rather Ike absolute necessity of *!uve la- !
bor, for the proper development of its resources,
Hemp, the most important product of the countrv, 1
like cotton, has never been cultivated to any great ;
extent bv white labor. For this reason, Kentucky
and Missouri have hitherto enjoyed almost a mon
oplv of this product—lndiana and Illinois pro
ducing but comparatively little of it. Kansas now 1
offers the greatest field for the hemp culture on
the globe. One hand, it is said, will make five
tons of hemp per annum, which, at the present
prices, is worth £BOO and this, too, may be done
without materially interfering with the other
crops. An objection often urged by Southerners
against emigrating to Kansas, is the inconvenience
arising from the want of timber on the prairies.
A resident of Kansas finds bat little difficulty on
this score. Just far enough beneath the soil so as
not to interfere with its cultivation, are to be found
an inexhaustible supply of limestone rock, excent
ly adapted to fencing, while the coal beds to be
found in every part of the country afford the best
of fuel.
From all that we have read and heard, we are
fully convinced that Kansas opens the best field
tor emigration ever known to the world—Califor
nia, with all her mineral wealth, not at all com
paring with her. The question now is, are the
people of the South to have a place m this great
In cqßuectiom«j» r h this subject, we notice that a
Free State Onsmtion was held in Boston, on the
StbaftSt,, at which Governor Robinson, of Law
rence notoriety, was present, who expressed very
decmedly the opinion that the safety of Kansas as
a Free State depends upon defeating Mr. Douglas’
Jfill for a new Constitutional Convention. As the
passage of the bill will bring to a practical test
the relative strength of the two parties, Governor
Robinson has clearly shown that he is unwilling to
risk the decision of the ballot box, the only way
in which the South wishes to extend her institu
tions, and the way in which she must succeed, if
she but exerts herself in Kansas.
Georgia Military Institute.
The last Legislature appropriated $15,000 to the
Institute at Marietta. It is based upon the sys
tem at West Point, which endeavors to properly
developc the Physique, at the same time, with the
growth of the mind. The appropriation was to be
expended under the direction of the Board of
Visitors, appointed by the Governor; and in obe
dience to nis summons, there assembled at the
Institute on Wednesday, the oth inst, the follow
ing of the Board:
Col. W. S. Rockwell, Col. John Milledge, Gen.
Geo. R. Jessup, Capt. B. F. Ross, Capt. J. I*. Scre
ven, Col. A. A. Franklin Hill, Capt. Thos. Harde-
The law required the debts and liabilities to be
paid first, which was done, amountihg to near
£7500. The balance is to be expended in enlarg
ing, after a castellated style of architecture, the
main building, so that the school will be able to
accommodate one hundred and fifty students,
with suitable rooms for lectures and recitations.
The Board were much pleased with the exercises,
drill and management, for Col. Pntmby, the Su
perintendent, and Capt. Connel, the 'Command
ant of Cadets, are both graduates of West Point.
The trip was really a pleasant one, receiving every
attention from the' officers and citizens, and the
annual examination, being on the sth of July,
promises to be a most agreeable occasion, and we
. hope to have a visit of the Cadets during their en
campment, to the Athens Commencement. The
Institute is situated upon a high commanding hill,
in itself “a high feeling,” affording one of the
I most picturesque views in Georgia, with the'Apa
lachian Mountains, seen in the far distance.
Southern Banna'.
From ike Few Orleans Crescent.
Satimlav, April 19.
J, St. Leo IX., Pope, Sr. Klphege and St. Ursmar,
. are the patrons or the day.
, The ursine garlic, dedicated to St. Leo, is the
' emblem.
In 1739, Dr. Nicholas Sannderson, a very emi
nent mathematician, died. Although he lost his
sight at the age of one year, he became one of the
* grandest students of the science of certainties the
world has ever known.
In 1775, the American war commenced with the
battle of Lexington. Seventy of the militia had
gathered there when Major 'Pitcairn, with eight
hundred grenadiers, appeared and ordered them
to disperse. The ret#!* not obeying with sufficient
promptness, the soldiery was ordered to fire, and
eight were instantly killed and many wounded.
The Americans followed them sharply up, howev
er, and decimated them by the way. llad it not
been for reinforcements sent out from Charleston,
none would have evei* returned alive.
In 1791, Dr. Richard Price, a famous mathemati
cal, moral and religious author, died.
In 1812, the President issued a proclamation of
war against England on account of the impress
ment of our seamen, empty blockade of ports with
countries with which England was at war, and the
British orders in Council.
In 1824, George Gordon Noel, Lord Byron, died.
Sunday, April 20.—St. Serf, fifth century, St.
Agnes, 1317, and St. James, 1485, arc the day’s re
membrances. The spring snowflake, dedicated to
St. Agnes, is the botanical memorial.
On tiiis day the sun enters Taurus, which the
Greeks affirmed to be the bull into which Jove
metamorphosed himself when he visited Europa,
but which has an older astronomical history as it
was used throughout the East before the Greek
zodiac existed.
The battle of Lexington, 1775, fought on the day
previous, was continued through this by the an
gry Continentals who, leaving their plows in
the furrow, took up their rifles and dealt death to
the retreating foe from behind every hedge and
possible place of ambush.
Jg?" “ Index,” a Washington correspondent of
the New York Tribune, says :
Aside from the commendable humanity of the act
itself, there is no little policy, just at this juncture,
in the action of the British Government in dis
patching two steamers in seach of the Pacific. It
is an acceptable recognition of the American sym
pathy and effort in behalf of Sir John Franklin. In
whatever light it may be viewed, and by whatever
motive it may have been prompted—and surely we
should allow’it the best—it is one of those triumphs
of peace which towers in sublime grandeur above
all the bloodstained victories of war.
A Very Nice Arrangement.— Bishop Andrew,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, (who
recently started on a trip to California,) writes
from Panama, to the Southern Cfo istian Advocate,
as follows, concerning the regulations of the con
ecting steamers on the Pacific side:
“ No permanent arrangements can be made with
the Southern passengers till those from New York
arrive, who are always expected to have prece
dence. I ventured to expostulate with one of the
officers on the injustice of this distinction. “ I
pav just as much as these New York passengers.”
“I know it,” said he, “but we are obliged to make
the distinction, as most of our passengers come
from New York.” On this same principle one of
these Pacific steamers would wait two or three
days for New York passengers, but would scarcely
wait twelve hours for those from New Orleans.”
Decline m Flour.
The New York Journal of Commerce, of the 16th
inst,, thus discourses under the head of “ prices
falling:”
“For the first time in many months,-we see that
common to good New York State flour i 9 quoted
by wholesale at a fraction under six dollars u bar
rel. When the channels of communication with
the interior are fully open, an avalanche of bread
stuffs and provisions will be down upon us; and
as the demand from abroad is diminished, except
at reduced prices, there is a fair chance that con
sumers will yet reap some benefit from the im
mense crops of lust yea;-. Tbe farmers, millers
and dealers, have had their chance; the consum
ers will now have theirs. Much, however, will de
pend upon the prospects cf the growing crop?,
which thus far, as far so‘we have Warned, are gen
erally favorable.”
COTTON.—The market yesterday was firm, at
full prices. The steamer’s news gave confidence to
the trade.
CHARLESTON, April 17 .-^-Cotton. —The receipts ,
of the week reach 9,808 bales, and the sales 14,379
bales. We‘quote ordinary to good ordinary 9x<2j} 1
10-; low to strict middling ; good mid- <
dling I0#@!1 ; middling &?»• V: and fair t
l\y. eents. K
Bice. —Prices have ranged from %% to £4 # 100,
as in quality, but the bulk of the sales were made 1
within the range of & 100. *
Corn. —-Some 6,000 bushels North Carolina have y
been received, 3,000 of which were sold to dealers ,
for milling purposes, at a price which, if reported, !
would give no criterion or the market. The other 1
parcel was taken at 02 cents $ bushel.
Peas. —The arrivals this week embrace 2000 s
Lushels from North Carolina in bulk, and some r
450 bushels, in bags, were received by railroad.
The former was of common quality, and changed 1
hands at 85c. The latter has been selling, bags £
included, at prices ranging from 65<§;98c. $ bush- i
el. The quality and condition of the package of c
course has a good deal to do with the price. ,
Bacon. —We notice the arrival this week of 1
some 300 packages, by the way of New Orleans, 1
nearly the whole of which has changed hands, ,
part prior to arrival. The transactions from time
to time have shown an irregular market, which, .
however, as the week drew to a close, settled
down at about for Sides, 9@9}£c. for 1
Shoulders, and from 10@15c. for Ilams, accord- j
ing to oualitv. Tennessee meat has been selling
in small lots at 10%@llc. for Sides, for
Shoulders, and from 11 to 18 for Hams.
S'ojars. —The advanced state of the season, which
has checked the demand, so far as our jobbing
houses are concerned, taken in connection with the
comparatively heavy receipts, have depressed the
market. We have no transactions to report, and
in the present state of the market, prices must be
considered nominal. The receipts of the week com
prise 474 hhds., 34 tierces, and 123 bbls., of which
the foregoing cargoes constitute a part. Some 80
hhds. Louisiana nave also come to hand, none of
which ftas been sold.
Cofee. —Several parcels Rio, received coastwise,
have been sold at prices ranging from 12($12V£c.,
and 100 bags Porto Rico brought 12We., which
were subsequently sold out in lots at 18>£c.
Molasses —The receipts of the week of Cuba de
scription comprise 592 hhds., 167 tierees, and 53
barrels. This heavy accession to the stock has de
pressed the market,'and prices have declined. A
portion of the above receipts has been sold at 30
and 29 cents ft gallon, the market closing dull at
the latter price. Some 80 bbls. New Orleans had
■ come to hand, which had not been sold when we
closed our report. The stock of this description is
comparatively light, and prices are consequently
looking up. We note sales from store of upwards
of 400 barrels, which were sold at prices ranging
from 44 to 45 cents, principally, however, at the
former price.
Freights. —The present week opened at 7-16 th
and 13-32ds. for Cotton in square bags to Liver
pool, in American bottoms; the rates, however,
subsequently declined to 11-32d5., at which the
market closed. The current rate to Havre has
been %c. There is very little Cotton offering
coastwise, and the rates are altogether nominal.
SAVANNAH, April 13.— Cotton. —Arrived since
the 10th instant, 5611 bales Upland—and 437 bales
Sea Island. The exports for the same period have
been 10,300 bales Upland and 334 do. Sea Island ;
leaving a stock on hand and on shipboard not
cleared yesterday of 44,441 bales Upland and 3,113
bales Sea Island, against 39,018 bales Upland and
2,730 bales Sea Island at the same date last year.
At tqe close of operations last evening the fol
quotations were reported, as meeting the views of
both buyers and sellers.
QUOTATIONS :
Good Ordinary
Lew Middling to Middling... .lOV^lO^
Strick Middling
Good Middling 1014(9} 11
MiddlingFair 1%
■ The sales of the week amount to 1927 bales.
Bice. —We have to report a dull market, with
sales, since our last review, of but 190 casks at ex
; tremes of to 4W.
* Corn. —The market is easier than at our last re-
J view. The offering stock is moderate, and the
sales making are at quotations, 63 to 75, the latter
being the extreme retail rate.
Hay. —The stock is light and the demand good.
We hear of sales at the following prices, which are
the market rates: £2 for Eastern, and £l.B7>£ for
Northern.
', Bacon. —Sales have been effected cf 10,000 lbs.,
at the following rates: Sides at 10c., Hams to
e 11c. "and Shoulders to 9c. SIK
Flour. —We quote for Superfine £7.50 to fS.'Jf;
- Extra Family £8.50 to £9.50; Double Extra £lO to
* £ll barrel.
• Mbfass&e*. —The stock on the market being
i large, the article has a downward tendency in
prices.
• Sugar. —There was a sale at auction yesterday
of 100 hhds. Muscovado, cargo of .schooner S.
N. Borden, from Cardenas; the prices paid were
at extremes of 7 to 7X C $ ft>.
Salt. —The receipts this week comprise 8,866
sacks—S2}-£ cents by the cargo, and retailing at
£1 # sack.
Freights. —Foreign freights are dull, cotton IP
IK to Liverpool ouoted at %d. Coastwise : To
New York by sailing vessels 5-16 c., to Philadel
phia and Baltimore %. By steamship to New
York 5-16 c. for square bags.'
ROME, April 17.—Cotton 8 to 9%c.; Bacon
to 9c.; Wheat £1 # bushel; Corn 85 to 87 cents $
bushel; Meal 35 to 40 cents bushel; Flour £3.50
to £4; Butter 12)£ to 15 cents $> !K; Eggs Sto 10
cents $ doz.; Chickens to 15 cents.
Bacon Markets.
ST. LOUIS, April 9.—Sales of 30 casks shoul
ders at
twenty days, at
11 do.' plain hams at
private terms ; 6 do. shoulders at £6.40 $ 100 ; 6
do. at $ lb.; 16 do. clear sides, in bad order,
at 1% cents $ ft*.
Bulk Meat. —Sales 80 casks, hog round, at
7/F, 7^ c -J 1425 pcs sides and Hams at 6%@7c.
ft>.; meat of 500 hogs delivered above at 5, 6)£ and
7 cents; small lot of shoulders and sides at 5
cents # lb.
NEW ORLEANS, April 11.—The prices for Ba
con advanced early in tne week, but with increased
receipts the rates have again given way. Up to
Thursday evening about 000 casks were sold, pri
ces closing at 9@9%c. for ribbed sides, 10@10j£
for clear, and about “Wc. Iff ft* for shoulders. Yes
terday small lots of ribbed sides were sold at
cents ft ft l . -
Week’s receipts 0436 casks—Exports 2217.
BALTIMORE, April 12.—Bacon lias been in fair
demand, with sales of 350 hhds. shoulders, viz: 35
hhds. at S>bC.; 75 do. 8)4@8%c.; 125 do. at 8%;
50 do. at 30 do. at 3>£c.; 40 do. at 8 cts.
Os sides, 300 hhds., viz: 72 hhds., part city smoked,
at 9}/£c.; 30 do. and 200 hhds., in lots,
at 9>|c. —market to-day closed firm at for
shoulders, and 9% cents for sides. Os hams, 25
casks at
1700 pcs. at 11c.; 500 do. and 15 hhds. at 11@12c.;
and 500 pcs. fancy at cents # ft*.
ATLANTA, April 15.— Bacon. —Hog round
9% cents; Sides, ribbed and clear, cents;
Ham 3 10(gllc.; Shoulders S%@9c. Heavy stock
in market.
MOBILE, April 12.— Bacon. —Since our last re
port this article advanced to 10M@llc. for clear,
and 10@10% for bone Sides. To-day, however,
the market is better supplied, and good bone
Sides are freely offered at 10c. Sellers are also of
fering to deliver next week at less prices. A sale
of 20 casks Sides was made in the early part of the
week at We quote Sides 30@10%c.
Shoulders 7%@8%c. Plain bagged Hams 10(<|llc.,
and sugar-cured do. at 11%@13c.
MACON, April 15.— Cotton. —Prices have ad
vanced since our last, and there is a good demand
at 8K to 10^.
Our river is falling, but in fair boating order.
Macon and Western Railroad. —Receipts by
this road in February, 8,310 bales—of which 7,097
were through to Savannah, and 1,213 to our Ware
houses. Receipts in March, 5,705 bales—s,43o to
Savannah, and 274 to Macon. Total receipts by
this road, this season 47,187 bales. last
year to same date, 47,077.
South Western Railroad. —Receipts in Febru
ary from Columbus, 0,927 bales. From Amencus
branch, 8, 552. Total, 18,479—0 f this amount
2,023 were destined for Macon—balance to Sa
vannah.
March.—From Columbus to Savannah, 4,736
bales and 148 to Macon. Americas branch, 8,914
i<j" Savannah, and 2)4 to Macon. Total 14,062.
Total receipts by this Roed to Ist April, 138,563
bales. Receipts last year to same date. 105,375
bales.— Messenger.
’ V=W ropriate committee*, we Im'
the public buildings, and tbe bocks and records of
the different county officers, which are required of
as by law. The Jail we find in a very uncleanly
condition, and one which we think would be pro
ductive of sickness. Tbe attention of the Inferior
Court is specially directed to this matter, and we
would, request that they hare H cleansed immedi
ately; and as the locks are old and very insecure,
we would recommend that locks of the best and
safest kind be purchased as soon as possible, and
fitted to all the doors.
The Court House is new, and neatly and sub
stantially constructed, as well as conveniently ar
ranged, reflecting great credit upon the contrac
tors, not only for their fidelity in workmanship,
and the charactei of the materials employed, but
for tbe good taste displayed everywhere in the
construction. We would request that the building
be committed to tbe keeping of some person, that
it may be protected from abuse, and that the Petit
Jury Room be comfortably provided with seats.
Tbe books of the Clerks of the Superior and In
ferior Courts, as well as the books of the Ordinary,
we founifneatly, and as far as we coiuld determine,
accurately kept.
We would advise the Treasurer to have a little
more system in his method of keeping his accounts,
so as to be enabled, at all times, to tel! the finan
cial condition of the county, without any labor.
From the best information which we could get,
there is a little upwards of forty dollars in the
Treasury. Our county tax for the last year amount
ed to something more than twenty-six hundred
(12,800) dollars, but only a little more than six
hundred (J 600) dollars in money was paid into the
Treasury. The Tax Collector, in his settlement
with the Treasurer, turned over about twenty hun
dred (|2,i>oo) dollars worth of orders and acccnnts
upon the county, for cash. These orders and ac
counts he gathered up, either by buying them on
his own account, or by receiving them in payment
for tax. In either case, we think he has acted de
cidedly wrong, and deserves to be censured. The
county is considerably embarrassed in her finances,
and up to this time, for the want of authority to
levy an extra tax, she has been unable to liquidate
a large amount of the demands against her treas
ury. As a consequence, these demands are depre
ciated in value. For a county officer, a holder of
public money, to buy up these demands, and tom
them over to the Treasury for money, is taking ad
vantage of other citizens, and is, in our < -Miration,
decidedly censurable. Any other cit : zen who holds
these orders or accounts is compelled to wait,
may be for a year or two, before they can be
off. If the Collector received these demardsJ|H
payment of tax, he certain’y acted contrary to# ™
duty. For a good many of the demands
turned over to the Treasurer had never been&ktb
| dited, and even those which had been, were
reeled to the Treasurer for payment, and not to the «
Collector. The County Treasurer, in cur estima
tion, is censurable for receiving these orders and
accounts from the Collector. It is a violation of
' his duty, to pay out any money, unless the account
comes to him, bearing evidence of having been au
dited and passed upon by the Inferior Cou-t, nor
do we think that be can consistently receive any
thing from the Collector, in their settlement) but
money. The receiving of orders or accounts from
I the Collector, which are not audited, is eouivalent
, to taking them up by the payment of money from
- any other citizen. If this should he permitted,
great room would be left fcr fraud. We would re
* commend to tbe Treasurer, for the future, to pay
r no account which has not been passed upon by the
Inferior Court, and to receive nothing from the
* Collector but money.
* We found that the Clerk of the Inferior Coart
lias been in the habit of receiving money for Li
, censes to retail spirituous liquors, and of appropri
-3 ating it to his own use, in payment cf demand*
which he held against tbe county.
\ We do not find upon the Treasurer's book any
account of money received for licenses !* exhibit
1 Circus Shows, Ac. It jg made the duty of the Clerk
1 of the Inferior Court to collect these license fees,
and pay them over to the Treasurer. Whether any
has been collected or not, we are not informed.
There were several exhibitions of tbis character in
our county during the last winter, and they should
have paid for the privilege.
The Clerk's books and the Treasurer’s do not
correspond, especially in regard to the money re
ceived for Licenses to retail ardent spirits, or the
names of persons licensed for that business. In
granting licenses hereafter, as the law is plain, we
recommend that it be strictly complied with. The
practice of receiving and appropriating this money
gives the Clerk an advantage over other citizens,
and should be stopped.
We would recommend the Tax Receiver to visit
the several districts in the county, as he is required
by law, and be very careful in recording the names
of all children between the ages cf eight and six
teen, of all tax payers; and also orphans and chil
dren oT widows paying tax.
We further recommend the Inferior Court occa
sionally to inspect the books of the Treasurer, to
see that his accounts arc properly kept. s!?
We also recommend that the law be §i)gp _t
for the compensation of Jurors in this co,i e
view cf the condition of the finances of ri-p
--we believe that a suspension of that
befer ft r th ; nor and the county.
We recommend that a book be pricumßHP
kept, in which reports of stray stock be recorded.
We recommend the Ordinary to levy fifteen (15)
per cent, upon the State tax, to raise a fund for the
education of the poor.
As we are required, the tickets and election re
turns have been examined, and we find nothing
wrong.
We would call the attention cf the proper au
thorities to the following bridges and roads, to wit:
Tbe bridge across Little River, and May’s lower
! bridge, across the Ogechee River; the Logue’s
bridge road, as it U called, in the Ponds District;
the Washington road, in the 156th District; the
roads generally in the 154th District; and the
bridge across the branch, on the road leading from
John Buckhalter’s, by Joseph Ellison’s residence;
and recommend that they be re-built, repaired or
put in good condition, as soon as practicable. A
great many roads in the county are too narrow,
and we would suggest that they be widened wher
ever it can conveniently be done.
In taking leave of his Honor, Judge Thomas, we
would avail ourselves of'this occasion to express
our thanks for his courtesy to our body. We would
also tender to the Solicitor General, T. M. Daniel,
our thanks for his urbanity and prompt attention
to us during the week.
MADISON D. GODY, Foreman.
John S. Johnson, William K. Heath,
John M. McCord, Ezra McCrary
Uriah Langford, David L. Byrd,
Jasper McCrary, Hugh Armstrong,
Nicholas Roche, William G. Walden,
William M. Kelly, David W. Lowe,
Drewry W. Rogers,' Lorenzo D. Rogers,
Henry McKinney, Abner Chapman,
Larkin Witcher, Robert R. Heck,
Mathew H. Hubert.
We request that the above Presentments he pub
lished in the Chronicle A Sentinel and Constitu
tionalist, cf Avgusta.
M. D. CODY, Foreman.
On motion of the Solicitor General, T. M. Daniel,
it is ordered that the General Presentments of the
Grahd Jury be published as recommended: and
that notice be given to the Inferior Court < f such
matters as are therein referred tolls consideration.
A true copy from the minutes of Court, tb’s 15th
April, 1858.
apis GEORGE W. DICKSON, Clerk.