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BY TELEGRAPH. POUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.. '* V- - ARRIVAL OF THE titWb steamship BALTIC. ADVANCE IN COTTONI 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.