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dcntli with him, D'Katom bring reflated an nnerring
ronrksnian. Heme one of those who accompanied
O'Coooell, he beckoned me aside to a dintnot portion
of the very large field, which had a alight covering of
anow. *' Pbi'lips, 1 nntd he, " tins seems to me tiot a
personal hut a political ntlnir. I am obnoxious to a
unrtv, and they adopt a false pretense to cut tue off
1 shall not submit to it. They hnve reckoned without
their host. I promise you. 1 am one of the beat allots
in Ireland at a mark, having, as a public man, consid
ered it n duty to prepare, for my own protection,
a-'a nst kiieh unprnvmtfd agjression as the present —
Sow, remember w hat I say to yon. I may be struck
myself, and then skill it out of the question; but if I
atn not, my antagonist mnv have cause to regret his
having forced me into tliis conflict.” The~ parties
were then very soon plnced on the ground, at, I think,
twelve paces distance, each having a case of pistols,
with directions to lire when they rhose, after a given
signal. D'Esterre rather agitated himself by making
a short speech, disclaiming all hostility to Ins Homan
Catholic countrymen, and look his ground, somewhat
theatrically crossing bis pistols upon his bosom. They
fired almost together, and instantly on the signal.
D'Esterre fell mortally wounded. There was the
greatest sclf*|>ossessiou diplayed by both. It seemed
to me a duty to narrate these oetatls in 0 Connell s
lifetime wherever l heard his courage questioned, and
justice to his memory now prompts me to record
them here.
From tha Alabama Plantrr-
pinin tnlklo PInnfcra and Olliers.
It ia as certain as it is extraordinary, that R vast
nnmbcr of persons of moderate means get along much
better in the north than in the south, notw ithstanding
the opportunity for acquiring the neccasariea and
comforts of life is immeasurably greater in tho last
than the tint. The number nf families in the south
west port ho of our cunntry, where the public lauds
afford such ample opportunity of providing subsis
tence, without an outlay of capital, merely calling for
industry, economy and common management, that ex
ist in aii cxlteiiiely bare and eomfortleis condition, is
incredible, and it would be impossible to explain or
render comprehensible bow this state of things is
brought about, or coutiuued in, unless the cuorse and
conduct of those people are clearly understood: and
this will appear the more incrediable to tlicse only
acquainted with tho north, if we take into view the
ease with which, not only the brnte creation, bnt the
rational ns also the irrational part make oat an exis
tence competed with the north. The ease with which
animals famishing food are raised, and the great va-
reity of breadatufl's that can be produced from all soils,
with the valuable substitutes that are almost spontane
ous productions ofearth, is familiar tout all and cqually
fannliar that many suffer a wanted them through a por
tion of tho year: notwithstanding the moderate labor
required for their production, they drag out an exis
tence perfectly strangers to a comfortable plenty.
On a close examination it will be plainly discover
ed that their whole life is a loud commentary on the
absence of thrift, steady industry and prodeut, well
timed economy; substituting for these essential iu se
caring human comfort, an abominable waste of oten
badly directed labor—the perfect absence of a judi
cious economy—and a profligate waste and abuse of
time.
The effect of climate will no more. fully account for
the unmeaning reluctance to steady industry, exhibit
ed by thousands, than .it will for tho absence of a dis
position to economise the comforts of life, or the pro
fligate abuse of time. This is most emphatically
proved by the practice of avoiding labor, if possible.
Ins temperature, and warm weather equally. If it
was beat that presented the lorroidable barrier to hon
orable industry, the sauntering loafer, wlio avoids la
bor in the summer, would turn up bis sleeves, with
the change of temperature, instead of adding more
covering to protect himself front the bracing cold of
winter with us so singularly favorable to labor. Cli
mate and seasons have nothing to do in the case—it
is the wretched corrupt state of bead and heart, pro
duced by as wretched and corrupt a mode of hriuging
up youth, in the course of which, the head and heart I J°“ ? c . B ~y “ f ... • , n .- ,
equally with a wortl.lv. state of body, i. unfitted for , " ' «* *' r J r .ee fort I sx^fir ea
manly and honorable labor. I and Allen wonldn t see, but I saw fangs
Hope's no f„oii|irr I'rizerl ns Trislti.
ST no, whit. TSOOTMAlt.
/«» an Old College m \fatt.
Bright wero the visions of fn;.cy wove,
Hopo bade them aye be bright;
Hut abl the frenzied dream of lovo
lias died in starless night—
No more we dteam ss once of yore,
Hope's reign is past—her vision’s o'er.
No morj! no more! yet we are dreaming
Of days when hope bade hearts to thrill
With visions, but too wildly gleaming
In strains of ” songs that haunt me still.”
Dark clouds bang o’er where once we strayed,
The grove, " the streamlet and the glade.”
Those eyes that beamed with beanty bright,
Hnve ceased for aye on at to smile ;
Tl e heart, once gay. baa lost its light;
Tho voice forgot the songs that 'guile;
The late is still, its chords are bashed—
bad echo ut the \ oung hearts crushed!
The hearts so warm that beat to ours.
Are chilly now as night winds are;
The ruses faded in those bowers
Where love ewoke the soft guitar—
The stars perpdown and view the shade,
And de w.tears weep that hopes thus fade I
Tho xephyrs, once that bore our song
To willing ear aod beating heart.
Sigh sadly «s they pass along,
Aod tell bow hope—dreams will depart.
Ob, zephyr breaths ! go sigh no more,
Hopo may not bo as 'twas of yore.
Yet. as the eters beam toft from high.
And eilence sleeps from vale to hill
Come, vision* of the days gone by!
Come, magic “ songs that haunt me still,”
Memory shall bless the dream—life fieri.
And pluck her flowers where hope lies dead."
Rnnicl O’Connell.
At the bar O'Connell was nn admirable JVfsi Print
advocate—a shrewd, entitle, successful cross exami
ner—an excellent detailer of facts—a skillful dissec
tor of evidence. His speern iu the case of the King
r. Magee ie a nolder specimen of his talents and in
trepidity. This lie published afterward as a pamph
let. Olten his juuior, I bad the means nf knowing
that, in tho management of a cate, he was both dis
ervet and dexterous. Toward the bench respectful,
independent, and at timea even stern, he was ever to
ward his colleagues sociable and kind. In Parlia
ment, which lie neceasarily entered late, his success
was only average. In the midst of hit multiplicity of
atraira, lie read ever)- novel of the day, and was a
groat reciter of poetry, borne of bis parodies and po
clical applications in debate cautht the Imranr of the
House, ai d were considered felicitous. Among these
was Ilia sneer at the smallness of Lord Stanley's per
sonal adherents after some general election :
" Thus down thy lull romantic Ashbourne, glides
Tho Derby Dilly, carry ing six insides ”
His celebrated parody on three very excellent, and
certainly very good-humored members of Parliament.
Colonels bihtliorp. Perceval, and Verner, was ex
tremely ready, and produced a roar:
"Three colonels, in three distant counties Lorn,
Lincoln. Armagh, and Sligo did adorn.
Tho first in matchless impudence surpassed,
The next in bigotry—in lioth. the last.
The force of nature could no farther go—
To beard tho third, the shaved the other two "
Two of tlieaogoutlemen looked as if thev never need
ed a razor, and the third as if he repudiated one.—
Perhaps the drawback on this was its personality -,
but personality was one of his besetting sins. It wss
hit instant and invariable resource. lie had a nick-
name for every one who presumed to thwart him—
curt, stinging, ar.d vulgar, suiting the rabble taste, and
easily retained in the rabble memory. There was not
a loro lieutenant or a secretary that did not carry
away with him a not very welcome addition. Some
of these were severe, and all ol them insulting. Bat
he was ever heedless of the pain he inflicted, if he
gained a purpose. It it distressing to relate, what it
would be both impossible snd unpardonable to omit,
that, to tlm achievement of hil object, lie unhesita
tingly sacrificed all the conventional usages of society.
Tim slave of some ungovernable impulse which per-
milted no control, ami oftrutimes set decorum at de
fiance, he was uot always conscious of the ezeesses
he committed, orof the reprehensible extenttn which
they were carried. This was a weakness inseparably
interwoven with a nature otherwise not unkindly.—
But so it was. Oppose him in his wildcat whim, or
contradict him on the veriest trifle, and an instant
hurricane of rago arose, irrcapcctful of ail life's pro
prieties, and sweeping friend and foe indiscriminately
before it. It is very true that, in calmer momenta, re-
J ienlance often came, but it could not repair the in-
ury, nor did it prevent its repetition Ilia personal
epithets, flung about at random, and often produced
by momentary excitement, though sometimes very
happy, arc, perhaps, better unrecorded. One in
stance, however, somewhat partaking of this charac
ter, it would he an injustice to omit. In a political
trial, ha had charged upon the attorney general, San-
rin, whom be hated, some udicial unfairness, of which
hil colleague, llushe, chivalrously assumed the re
sponsibility t « If there is blame in it,” said he, “ I
alone most bear it:
'Me. me, adsunt qui fcci. in me convertite Terrain—' ’
' Finish tho sentence, Mr. Solicitor,” exclaimed O'-
Connoll; “ add
" 'Mea front omnis.' ”
But. after all O'Connell's trne theater, where be
stood alone and unapproachable, was an Irish aggre
gate meeting. There, i -deed, he slmne in all bisgiory
—a star of the first magnitude. His was tint marvel
ous admixture of mirth, pathos, drollrrv, earnestness,
and dejection, which, well compounded, form the trne
Milesian. lie could whine, end wheedle, and wink
with one eye, while he wept with other. His fun
was inrxliaustible: bnt if it ever baited, then out
came his tmw familiar stereotypes—his “own green
isle "—bis •' Irish heart "—his "tiead upon tlm block''
—Ids " hereditary bondaraeu, know- yo not "—and,
above all bis inimitable warning—'*dead or alive,
don't trust tho Kices !"—and they never failed him.
He made the mob bis friends by making himself one
of them. He studied them at their wakes and at their
fairs, and howled the humors of each in their own
nalliflnoas jargon. The Irish peasant hails as a bro
ther the adept in bis I tuguage, and O'Cciunel! lisped
its boauties m his cradle. A specimen of hit manner
at one one of these motley meetings tnay not he un-
nmusing. At the Clare elecriou, to the horror nf Veacy
Fitzgerald, tho rival candidate, aud a member of the
then administration. Daniil (with the aid of hia
priests)polled tenaut against landlord—an uttrrabora
mntion iu a country where hitherto the serfs bad been
driven to the pull to droves, * habited like Nehuchad
nezzsr when lie ran at grass”.* Voter, a lord in cm
Iny o, could nut stand it, and lie fled. Next day was
a great day li.r Daniel. Priest,curate, coadjutor, bish
op—ho who, with no franchise, had voted notwith
standing, and bo wlio, having ouc, bad voted rery of
ten—the whole available population—the pure civil-
dron of nature, as be called tnem, and some of them
in *st Iiitly, hailed their chsmpinn as he shunted from
tbo hostings, "Boys, where's Vasy Vigarald J Oelt
hone, Vasy, but it's me that's dnll without ye. Rigki,
taaroarnecn f r gAi'.t and send the boll about for him.
Hero's Clio cry for you,
" Stolen or strayed.
Lost or mislaid.
The President of the Board of Trade.”
During a Dublin election, whe-e Mr. Weat was a ran
itidine, lie resorted to his nicknames, and •• sow
We»*" and "ugly West” were lavished liberally.—
“Unit I .•inrii,"said Wear, good bumoredly, "Mr. O'
Connell takes advantage of me, for he irmrsn trig.”
"I si-urn all advantage.” exclaimed Daniel, eaatingoff
tbeonininent, and exhibiting a scalp literally without
a hair between it and heaven, " I srora all advantage;
enmpare ns now, boys; ia sow West the beauty I”
Dannl Was pro Sty sure of the apple Fun in Ireland
is not the less cflicizni wlien it happens to bo practi
cal.
Living, ns be did, iu constant turmoil, and careless,
ss he arns, to wiioa he gsve offense, O'Cumtell of
enursa had a multitude of enemies. Of this, himself
the ■ u.sc, h. had no right to nompiaio; hit lie had a hardy people from a book written by a Kassian trav
ricin to coniplnin of the caln.’iiiies they circulated.—
Most rife of these was a charge of want of courage—
The best French voltigners oo the advanced ;msts,
were always destroyed by them; and the cue[11 v*a
generals foiiuJ it more advantageous to remain under
cover of their cannon, of which the Montenegrins were
not at all fond. However, they soon became areus-
tomed to them, and supported by our rifles, they
bravely mounted the batteries.
The tactics oftlie Mouteucerins are confined to be
ing skilful marksmen. A stone, a bole, a tree, offer
them a cover from the enemy. Firing usually in a
prustrato position on the ground, they are not easily-
hit; whilst their rapid and sure shots carry destruc
tion into the closed ranks of a regular army. They
have, besides, a very practised eye for judging dis
tance, they thoroughly understand how to take adva
ntage of the ground : aod aa they usually fight retreat
ing. the French, wlio took it for a sign of fear, con
stantly fell into their auibasliea; as for themselves
they are so cautious, that the most sktlfnf mauumvres
cannot deceive them.
From the Spirit of the Times.
Anecdote of n (.sui.iana Judge.
Old Judge L s.who was for years the Circuit
Judge in that portion of Louisiana known as Alta-
k spas county, was justly celebrated for hia legal
learning, and wu greatly beloved by hia neighbors
and friends He was stern, upright aud lionett—and
the death of the good old man, which occurred some
years ago, was universally regretted throughout the
State,
Bat with all hia book lore and legal attainments,
be was perhaps the greenest man at cards in his cir
cuit. It haa been said that lie did uot know the
” Jackof Tramps " from a diamond. In the villageof
Opelousas.three individuals were sitting round a ta
ble, in oneof those doggeries, "with a billiard table
attached,” which are so common in the Creole par
iahei. playing a amallgame of three banded poker,
when a quarrel ensued, which resulted in an aggra-
vated caseol assault and battery. This did not end
the affair, for at the head of the docket stood "The
State uf Louisiana va. John Allen, for an assault and
battery w ith intent to kill, on the body ol Boos
Origg." . , _ . , .
The trial came on, and the only witness war a
third liand in the game. Johnson was askipperof
one of those crafts which transport sugar from that
lection of the country to New Orleans, and was a
self confident, go-ahead fellow, and was as undaunt
ed beforethe Judge andJury as he would havebeen
before the crew of his own little craft After being
sworn, he was directed to tell tbe court and jury
everything ho knew about tbe affair. After clearing
hia throat he commenced, stating ‘‘that him and
Griggs and John Allen were over at Boullet's gro
cery tbe second day of the election, when Allen pro
posed that they should have n small gameof poker;
all agreed to it, and they wentupttairs and eat down
to the game; did not know there was any hash
feelings between Griegs and Allen, orlwouhl'ta
played, but heard afterwards”—
Here the witness was interrupted by the Court,
who directed him to beep all hearsays to himself and
confine himself itrlctly to the facts of the case.
The witness continued—“Well, we sat down to
the table—Griggs sot there, Joi.n Allen there, and I
there, (making a diagram of the clerk's table in or
der to elucidate the position of the parties.) John
Allen dealt the cards, I went blind. Griggs went
blind, and John Allen would'nlsee him.’ 1
The Judge, who was a little deaf, wasin the habit
of making nn enrtrumoet ol hia hand for the purpose
of sharpening his rearing—and throwing hit head a
little forward and sideways, interrupted witness by
asking him. “ What was the reason John Allen did
not see Griggs I”
Tbe witness said, " I don't know,but ho wonldo’l
look at him.'•
Proceed," said the Judge.
Well, I saw him, and be saw, and jnst at that
minute—”
Stop sir,'' says the Judge, throwing himself into
a bearing attitude." did I understand you to say that
MACON, G A
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH g, 1853.
CJ'SEE FIRST AND FOURTH PAGES.
Our thanks are due to Messrs. Douglass, Mason,
Charlton, and Hale, of tbe United States Senate,
and to Messrs, l’olk, Ficklin, aud others, of the
House if Representatives, for valuable Public
Documents.
We call public attention to ibeadverlisement of
Mr. George W. Adams, which appears in our col-
u runs of to-day. It will be seen, that on aud after
the 15th inst the South Western Rail Road Com
pany will be prepared to deliver Freight and Pas
sengers destined for Columbus, on tbe West side
of tho Fliut River, thus leaving an inferval of only
ten miles between tbo South-Western and Mus-
c 'gee Rail Roads.
The acknowledgment of thousands, that when en
gaged in ratioual and manual employment is fonod the
happiest hours of life, is so common as to become a
proverb, although the opposite class neither believe
or understand the sentiment, snd so “wonderfully
are they made” that it is without doubt, they view
what is tbe producer of virtuous happiness to thoo-
sanda, really a disgrace aud a cause ol shame, exhib
iting fairly a case of moral loans
Nor will the abseuce nf intelligence account for the
ablwirreine of labor exhibited by o»oy. Thousands
of extremely illiterate men are industrious to a pro
verb, and loudly acknowledge that iu its pursuit are
found their happiest hours.
It is worthy of observation that a reluctance to la-
bor in the white loafer, ia uot met by a state of rest—
far from it; they are generally restless, being actively
and industriously engaged in executing e» il, or in
hatching ways and means to avoid honorable indus
try ; nor do they for a moment think of following in
the wake oftlie red loafer, wrapping np in their blan
kets, and soliciting the aid uf sunshine to compose
them to rest, or tbe shade to cool tlicir limbs. _ No, no,
thev want to be actively engaged in anything but
lion'est, manly and honorable industry, often encoun
tering fatigne and weariness, to escape that produced
by virtuous exertion.
Making up tbo cases who get along badly, there is
a certain act who labor aud produce the means of a
comfortable existence, but from a strange defect, driv
ing them to an unthrifty course, reap but little where
they have sown little benefitfrom their exertions, and
seem as if thev really labored for a scanty opportuni
ty to play the tool. 'J li so at e genninc objects of com
miseration. My last paper pointed ont a specimen of
this variety of human beings, and I will now give ano
ther case, i'or another effort wu uiane to discover tbe
cause of the strange disposition to be made of a most
important product of labor in the form of that valuable
breadstuff, corn. Why do you fell your corn at a low
price, wlieu jon aav that vour security for ment for
your family ia poor I “My’friend, I have to sell com
to pay off my store account." On enquiry, bis “mer
chant" was one of the "same dignity," given in anoth
er paper, aud the burthen of hia song wu “tobacco,”
to which the reluctance he added “whiskey," with
much warmth, remarking that bit “merchant'' had
trumped up an account against him for whiskey to
the tune of thirty dollars during the year, and which
no doobt lie had trumped duwu doing tbe sstne peri
od. A singular circumstance found uuifotinly con
nected with a free use of whiskey is, that the dram
drinkers' memory rarely keeps pace with their drams,
consequently their running account, at the rod of the
year, is uniformly “too large," and this is farther pro
duced by tbeir failing to enter into an examination of
the size of their throats—the capacity of their brains,
or the depth of their pockets. 'J lie last admitted that
it took 'Thirty dollars worth of tobarco" to do bis fami
ly for chewing and spitting, ami smoking and spittiug,
and anuifing and sneezing, through the year, aud lie
knew they “didn't take more than tbeir neglibors "
An attempt was made to reason with him and con
vince the man that if he felt anxious to make such
drags on hit stomach, in the way of an unremitting
discharge of saliva, there were a number of leal poi
sonous weeds to bo picked opiu tbe woods, than that
which he employed, aud if lie wanted to make such
constant draws on his brain, which I really tliooght
was nngeoeruns from the moderate stock I tvaz com
pelled to believe he held, that a constant sneering at
little expense could be kept up. and the brain, what
ever he had, kept in constant excitement with a small
goose quill—the feather ol that bird being perfectly
apropos for tbe purpose. If be persevered in bis pre
dilection tor tho “Indian weed,” bo could readily pro
duce aaulflceiit quantity in tbe coroner of bis last year's
pig pen, a location for which the "weed” seems par
tial "any way you cau fix it," and certainly “in keep
ing^' as the saysiug is; and (n this way sixty bushels
ol coni applied to railing meat for hia families comfort,
and instead of spittiug out, or sneezing away, the val-
uo of hia thirty dollars, or burning it under Ins nose, it
would be swallowed down to the benefit of bis family,
tbeir comfort, stomachs and brains, whatever they had.
In tbe long list of ridiculously foolish habits, no two
enter more efficiently into the destroy ing of tbe means
of comfort with the laboring classes than those that
compel the sale of the poor man's bread, and it will
forever remain a subject uf astonishment, that nntural
adectiuii alone for offspring, and her wlio aids to give
them existence, canuot arrest the superlatively ridica-
luos habit of spittiug away tbeir bread or periodically
displaying tbrougb the agency of destroyer of human
reason and the full length likeness of a legitimate
claimant to a bedlam.
Careful inquiry lias been made throughout oar sec
tion of country to ascertain if any ucw disposition had
been produced by the last year's “price current,” or
the curTeot suffering for meat, and it is fully ascer
tained that but little lias been added to a wise deter
mination to “provide for them of our own household in
that way, nr HI that further suffering will be absolutely
uecesaary to bring into tbe fidd of common sense a
considerable part of our population, if that succeeds,
and which last, tho only apparent efficient remedy,
the present meainisrketpriiecurrcntseeiustosecure
with certain aid ot “doggeries” and "store accounts.”
PLAIN TRUTH.
The .lloulruegrins.
The following is so extract in relation to these
in Ireland a rare and Very detrimental arcuaatina. O'
Connell during his latter years, declined dealing, and
publicly avowed ids deterininiition. The reason given,
and given Ui the House of Commons, was, that hav
ing "blood upo . hia bands, be had registered a vow in
lo-HVen." To this there could have been no possible
objection hid be included in the registry n vow not to
ode.eh The -eal charge to which he made himself
amenable was his perseverance at once in insult and
Irrespi'iisdiflity. Ihe truth u, (IV, loiell'a want ol
courage consisted in his fightiug the duel in wiiii h the
von in I gloated- 1 he facta ol the case are few and
simple In one of his many mnh speeches lie called
thceoil-u.it..‘-I . : • >•■('. I II a "bi-ggHilv o sr i ,, at n —
A gentleman named D'Esterre affected to feel this as
a personal affront, he being oneof that very immcrous
body, and accordingly fastened a quarrel on the often,
del. It is quite true that O Council endeavored to
avoid the encounter. He did not do enough. lie v
should, hnve nimill'med D’Esterre before the tribu *
nsls id the country, niter failing to appease him by a
repeat,r.l derinratioo ti.at be meant turn no p,-
offense, and cool' ■ • •
h
DE
death.
al
lie being a total stranger to
ivil hour, he countenanced a
tan custom—the uiitortunntc
erverseness with his life, and
uate O'Connell expiated hit
L-h mental anguish to the day
<tnit ion ol n duel appears to
I personal courage ; tile refu-
f society, would have shown
on the occasion in question
total absence ot what ia vut-
ed, his frigid determination
~.S remaram".. l., ; t those who n ad the following
anecdote remember that he moat re uctantly engaged
tn oe combat that he was then the father of «Ven
children ; and that it w«. an alternative of life or
eller:
A Montenegrin is always armed, and carries about
during his nx>«t peaceful occupation, a riJJo |aganj
pistois, a yntngnn, and a cartoucli box. The Monten
egrins spend their leisure time in tiring at a target,
aud are accustomed to this exercise from their boy
ish years. Being inured to hardships and privations,
they perform without fatigue, and iu high spirits,
very Jong and forced marches; they climb tbe steep
est rocks, with great facility, and bear with the great
est patience Jiunger, thirst, and every kind of priva
tion.
Inhabiting mountains which present, ot every step,
passes, where a handful of brave meu may arrest the
progress of an army, they are not afraid u) a surprise,
particularly as they have on their frontier a constant
guard; and tbe whole ol tbeir force may bo collected
within twenty fuarhoar*, upon the threatened point.
When the enemy is in great farce, they barn their
villages, devastate their fields, and alter having en-
iced him to the mountains, they >urround him and
ttack him in the most desperate manner. When
tho country is in danger, tke^Mootenegrioe forget all
personal feelings of private advantage and enmity;
they obey the orders of their * hief, and like gaiiant
republicans, they oonmider it a happiness, aud a grace
of Uod to die in battle. It ia in hucb a case that they
appear as real warriors, but beyond the limits uf their
country they are savage barbarians, who destroy
everything with lire ami swonl.
Jncir usual manner of lighting is as follows: If they
riuea,
waa blind
Griggs and then
bo saw—"
••Witness,” exclaimed the Jodee. striking the
bench with hia clenched fiat, "tio 1 bear voo went
blind ; and then yoa saw f”
"Yea sir.” replied the witness. “I saw Griggs, and
Grises saw, and jnst as that—”
"Stop, sir,"said the Judge. ‘Mr. Clerk, finetbe
witness fifty dollarsfor contempt of Court, and direct
the sherifTto take him to jail, and there to keep him
not’l he receives farther orders from the Court. Call
np the next case, Mr. Clerk ’
Captain Johnson waa domfonnded, and did not
awake the reality nf hia condition, until the Sheriff
laid hia hands on him—when he exclaimed. “ God a
mi viit v. Mr. Judge, what have I done, that 1 most go
to iailf"
The Jodge. who was purple with rage, did not
deign to reply to poor Johnson, but reiterated the or
der with increased vehemence, and the jonior mem
ber* at the bar, who had been anticipating tho Fix
that the Captain would eventually be placed in were
convulsed with laughter, which increased the rage of
the old judge to the highest pitch. The prosecuting
attorney endeavored to enlighten the Judge, and
eventaally succeeded, hat not uutil be produced &
pack of cards, and after dealing not three bands,
made the BLIND aa clears*day to the Jodge.
Thefineand imprisonment were remitted, order
waa rostered in the Court, and Captain Johnson was
allowed to proceed with hia testimony,
Receipts of Cotton.
The following statement of the weekly Receipts,
Shipments and Stock of Cotton last year, commencing
with tbe first week in March, ia particularly valuable
at this time tor reference and comparison It was
complied by Mr. W. P. TVrigbt, of New York.
Date.
We'kly
Total
Shi’ts to
Stocks
March 3,
Rec'pts
135.000
Rec’pts
1,791.000
For.P’ts
989.000
550,000
••
10,
118,000
1.909,000
1,067.000
566,000
••
17.
106,000
2.015,000
1.130,000
G03.000
«
24.
120.000
2,3 O.cOOO
1,219.000
610,000
*•
31,
118,000
2,253,000
1,317,000
612,000
April
7.
es.ooo
2.341,000
1,421.000
586,000
-
14.
90,6.0
2,431.000
1,522,000
559,000
*•
21,
85,000
2,516.000
1,616,000
542.000
**
28,
92,000
2.608,000
1,709,000
527,000
May
5,
75,000
2,683,000
1,804,000
493.000
12,
59.000
2.742.000
1,91)6,000
429,000
*•
19.
42,000
2.784,000
1,955,000
417,000
H
26,
44,000
2.828,000
2,032,000
381,000
Jane
2,
32.000
2,860.000
2,099.000
335,000
••
9.
31,000
2,891.000
2,147,000
304,000
••
16.
24,000
2,915,000
2.191,000
270,000
••
23.
21,000
2,9.16.000
2,263,000
201.000
-
30,
17,000
2,953,o00
2*291,000
189,000
July
10,000
2,963,000
2.319,000
168 000
It,
9,000
2,972,000
2,338.000
155.000
••
21.
5.000
2,977,090
2.363,000
129,000
••
28,
10,030
2,987,000
2,383,000
109,000
Aug.
A,
6.000
2,993,000
2.400.000
98.000
it.
8,000
3,001,000
2,420,000
78.000
••
18.
5.000
3,006,000
2,427,000
75,000
«
3,000
3,009,000
2,434,000
70.000
Sept.
1,
9,000
3.018,000
2,439,000
68.000
Correction.
*
3,015,000
2,444,000
72,000
TotaL
3,015,000
2,444,000
72,000
telegraphic intelligence.
Telegraphed for the Charleston, A*ociate Pres*.
Inauguration of I»resident Pierce,
Bbltimore, March 4.
Franklin Pierco, of New Hampshire, waa this
day inaugurated at Wusbington as President of
tho Uuited States, An immense avalanche of the
people poured into the city at an early hour, and
tbe gathering ou the occasion, farexceeded in num
ber that of nny former similar event. Tbe civic ami
military procession, which was very grand and im
posing. was formed at tho appointed hour and pro
ceeded to Willard’s Hotel, where the President of
tbe Uuited States aud Presidentelect were receiv
ed in line, escorted to the Capitol, where the cere,
mnny of the Inauguration took place. Tbe fol
lowing is tbo substance of the Inaugural Address
of Gen. Pierce.
The policy ol tbe administration, he said, will
not becontruled by timid forebodings of evil from
tbe expansion of our territory. It is not to be dis'
gnised that the acquisition of certain possessions
not within the jurisuictiou of the Uoiled States are
important, if uot essential, for the preservation Of
onr commercial rights, and the peace oftlie world.
Should they, however, be obtained, it will beiu no
grasping spirit, bnt in a manner consistent with
the strictest national faith.
Foreign affairs, he stated, will be marked by just
and pacific views, and be re-afHrms the Monroe
doctrine in tbe strongest terms.
Relative to official appointments, ho says, that
the Administration caDUot be expected to retain
any persou* in their official position* who are la.
boring under the influence of political hostility
and partizan prejudice to it, when it should expect
cordial co-operntiuu, having no engagements to
bestow, no resentments to remember, no personal
wishes to consult, be will bo governed in bis se
lections by no motive that dues not contemplate
tho efficient discharge of the duties to be perform
ed, and the beat interests of tbe country, requiring
in every instance integrity and capacity, to pre
vent speculation.
He considers the preservation of tbe Union as
tbe grand point, dear to every American heart.—
Blot ont one star and the whole will be dimmed.
He believes that involuntary servitude, as it ex-
ists, it recognized by the Constitution; that il
stand* like any other admitted right, aud that
States where it exists, aro entitled te efficient rem
edies to enforce all Constitutional provisions.
He approves of the Compromise measures, and
says that they are strictly Constitutional, and to be
unhesitatingly carried into effect- He hopes
however, that the question is at rest, and that no
sectional or ambitions, or fanatical excitement’
may again threaten the durability of our institu
tions.
A .tlsthrr’s Soliloquy,
’Tit mine! Bouud tome by a tie that death itself
cannot sever. That little heart shall never thrill with
pleasures, or throb with pain, without a quick response
from miue. I am tbo centre of ita little world; its
very life depends on my faithful care. It ia niy sweet
duty to deck those dimpled limbs to poise that tiny,
trembling foot: yet stay ! My duty ends uot here!
A soul looks forth from those blue eyes! An undying
spirit, that slinl) plume its wing for a ceaseless light,
guided by my erriug band.
The hot blood of anger may not poison tbe fount
whence it draws its life; or tbe hasty words escape
tav lip. in that pure presence. Way ward, passionate,
impulsive; bow shall I approach it, but with a hush
upon my spirit and a silent prayer!
Ob, careleaa sentinel! slumber uot at tby post over
its trusting innocence!
Oli, reckless "sowerof the seed,” let not "the tares"
spring up! _
Oli, unskilful helmsman ! bow shalt tbon pilot that
little bark o'er life’s teropcstnoos sea, safely tbe eter-
nal shore!
••'Tis ourt!"
A father bonds proudly over that little cradle! A
father's love! bow strong! bow true! Bntob! not so
tender as hen, whose heart that babe hath Iain be
neath!
Fit me for the holy trust, oh. Good Shepherd, or
fold it early to thy loving bosom! Fanny Fern.
ZjP Tiixbr at present thirty churches in San
Francisco This is about one tocacb thousand inhab
itants, and which, judging from other cities, is perhaps
abont a fair average. The .Methodists have four; the
Episcopalians, Presbyterians aud Baptists, two each ;
the Cougregalionalists, Roman Catholics, Swcdenbor
gians and Welsh, one each.
Lnter from Europe.
Baltimore, March 3.—The British mail steam
ship Cambria, Cupt. Douglass, arrived at Halifax
at half-past ten o’clock this Thursday morning,
with 55 passengers from I/iverpco!, which port
she left ou Saturday, tho 19:h ult.
The U. S. mail steam ship Baltic, Capt. Corn-
stock, arrived at Liverpool at midnight ou the
18th ult.
The Liverpool Markets.—The sales of Cotton
during tho week comprised 40,150 bales, and tho
imports 8000. At the commencement of the week
the market opened heavy, but improved towards
tho close. Quotations, however, are from a six*
teenth to an eighth of a penny lower than they
were on the 12th ult. Tho lower qualities have
declined an eighth—Middling the most.
The Circular of Messrs. A. Dauoistoun & Co.,
uf the 18th ult.. quotes Fair Orleans C$. Middling
Orleans 5 13 1 fid; Fair Mobile 6J ; Middling Mo
bile 5] I; Fair Upland G lGd, and Middling Up
land G 11-16.1.
Breadstuff* were dull and declining. Rice was
quoted al 22a. Gd perewt.
Trade iu Manchester has slightly declined.
The London Colton Market was quiet on the
!8'h ult., with sales nn that day of 2000 hales.
The Loudott Money Market has been subjected
til increased pressure. Consols for Money were
quoted al from 90} to 99$. The Bulliou iu tbo
Bank of Btigluud has decreased £350.000.
The Havre Cutton Market bad experienced n
decline of Irura one to two francs, chiefly to Up
lands. The sales for tbo week ending tbe 15th
ult. .comprised 3,250 bales, and tho stuck, ex
clusive of that on shipboard, 32,000 bales.
Great Britain.—The Political news is unim
portant. Tbe returns of tbe Board ol Trade, show
that the business of the country has increased.—
Sixty-eight persons perished by the sinking of
the steam ship Queen Victoria on the coast of Ire
land.
France.—Lonis Napoleon has bad a private
interview with the Russian Minister. Au active
spring bnsiues* is anticipated in Paris, and large
orders have been received iu that city from
Ameica.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
UPWARDS OF TWO MILLIONS IN GOLD.
Nztv York, March 1.—The steamer Georgia
from Aspitiwall has arrived, bringing 317 passen
gers. $2,105,000 in gold on freight and $300,000
in the hands of passenger*. Her specie is con
signed principally os follows: Adams & Co.,
$490 000, American Exchange Bank $400,000,
Ilurgnyne & Plummer $300,000. Brown & Bros.
$30,000. Duncan & Sherman $208,000, Watson
Si Son $30,000, Hogs Si Co , 59,000, and 35 others
in amounts from $1000 to $60,000-
I Knilrond* from Savannah and Brunswick.
Tbe letter written by James It. Butts, Esq., to
j Dr. Screveu, upon the subject of Railroads from
! Savannah and Brunswick, has created quite a
Mutter in the former sensitive city. The letter, as
' far aa we are able to understand it, is a plain bu-
I siness like production, setting forth such facts, as
' in the opiniuu of tbo writer, prove that the union
of the two roads will be beneficial to all partiea
concerned. Mr. Butts tnay be mistaken in bis
views, but be bus certainly the right, which every
other man lias, to declare them—to put them iu
print—and, if so bo, he pleases, to give them such
form as best will promote •• tbeir exteusivo dis
semination." Iti all ibis, we cau see no outrage
perpetrated ou Savannah—no gross presumption
on the part of Mr. Batts—and no want of proper
respect lor the grave and reverend Magnates of
the seaboard. Nevertheless, it is not so cousid
ered in Savannah, and we have no doubt that it is
the general sentiment of that flourishing town,
that Mr. Butts is the most insolent of oil those inso
lent Barbarians in the Interior, who, sending to
Savannah for their oysters, never think of sending
thither for their opinious. We fiud no fault with
tho prci-sof SaVQunuii for defending their city from
censure, but we do find fault when the Republican
complacently remarks that it isuuable to discover
auything in the "history orstmdiugof Mr. Butts"
to justify the toue of his letter. The •• history"
of Mr. Butts is the history of an honest matt who
works for his livelihood, aud b ; a "standing" is
five feet ten, in hia stockings. Iu this section of
country, n man with this kind of " history and
standing,” ia generally supposed to have the right
to publish a decorous letter, cecsuriDg what he
dislikes, and upholding what he approves. Sin
gular as it may appear to the Republican, we will
venture to say that such a man may uot only pub
lisb bis views, but he may publish them in letter
form—ho may not ouly publish them iu letter
form, but he may do so with a view to their "ex
tensive dissemination''—bo may then send the
document to Savannah—yes. Republican ! to Sa
vannah—and we assure you, incredulous though
you aro, that ho will be considered neither an
Atheist nor a Blasphemer 1 History and tlandin l
Would that we could laugh on paper, to ehow
our appreciation of this gem of absurdity.
If Mr. Butts’ censure is undeserved, show it
If hi* facts are distorted, expose him. IT Lis iu
fereuces are absurd, ridicule him. But to ques-
tion bis right to upbraid Savannah, because he
has not enclosed you a copy of his pedigree—Re
publican ! Republican ! bow could you be so silly
It is just such affectation as this which bus bred
the unprofitable feud between tbe up country and
fiavanuab—a feud which of late years has buen
rapidly subsiding, aud which, we had hoped
would soou pass away aliosetiier. There is no
reason why Savannah should put on an air of su
periority over the Interior. Thocititens ofGeor-
gia are equals, Mid there is nothing iu tbo exha
lation of the marshes which developes greater
tnen than tbe breezes of the monutaius. We are
surprised aud sorry that an intelligent aud re'
spectable journal should give way to this idle and
no warrantable affectatou; aud since tbe interests
of Savauuah are so indissolubly connected with
tbe iuterests uf the Interior, it is with tho press
of Savannah the part ol prudence, as well as pro.
priety, to cultivate relations of cordial good will
with our people. They should admit that any
man in Georgia has tbe right to criticise tbo acts
of Suvanuah within the bounds of courtesy, and
if to admit a truth costs them a sacrifice, the soon
er they leant to make it. the better.
In connection with this subject we append the |
following choice bit of Culm news It is the ua
turul consequence of Mr. Fillmore's placid good 1
temper:
Hail Stopped by the Stps
IL
i**h Aialhoriliris
Feb. 20th. 1853.
The outrage of stopping the mail bags has again
commenced. 'Ihose nf the Black Wat'rinrund
Empire city have been taken pusaessinn of by the
police and examined,
pire City was broken,
cease? Must we have Bntbli steamers to curry
our letters with security and honor ?
From uu artice ii
“ The Beat Society
Mrs. 1’oTtrtiAR'
liaul ball. There was too much ol e v P ,
Too much light, and eating, and drink' '
1’utnim's Monthly
we tak 0 the follow;*^*
Ball —We went t 0
upon ,1,ness,
The Heal of that of the Ern-
When will these ontibgeH
NJBWS ITEMS.
According to the new postal arrangement between
New Orleans and Vera Cruz, we shall bo put in pos
session of California dates five days in advance of
present arrangement.
The steam fire engine at Cincinnatti pnmps out
1850 barrels of water out of a cellar in 75 minutes,
which could not be affected in the same time by less
than six of the larges band engines.
at Mrs Potipber
wlio danced violently all ihe
nncin^. and flirting,;
Good taste insist* fir
hud Mrs. Potipher given this ball ? \y
iiiduHtrioiisIy, and learned.it was bee-
not give mm last year. Is it therj -VT " ' •'
Hits thing biennially I inquired we wit , tu <
trepidation. ••Certainly,” waa th 0 r . , “ *
cietv will forget you.” Every body
save a ,ew girls
who did not dance walked up and down tb
as well us they could, squeezing by nonT 05 ^
ladies, causing them to swear m tbeir h C ‘S
tbe brusque broadcloth carried awa- ,u C>r ?.*** I
outwork** ot gauze and sns«pnn*r. The d ^ ^ i
ruriged in folid phalanx, occupied all I
aud sofas agnliint tbe wall, aud fanned It
oulil eupper time, looking at each otwftd
monds, end criticising the toilets of , *• I
'tidies, each narrowly w f .ti,j„ 1,.., j • |
I Hil*-. '.ilHl bIim llid (lilt hplmu ... . . ' *V ;
A steamship is now iu coarse of construction near j Jane, (hat she did not betray loo much
London, for tho Oriental steam navigation company,
measures 3600 tous, and lias machinery of 700 horse
power.
The Catholics of St. Louis are about to erect ano-
otlier church to cost $9,000.
From official documents, it appears that on the Cl
Senior Commanders in the U. S. Navy, ten have nev
er performed sea service, and nineteen have been less
than two years at sea.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, is said to be on
the eve of going into tho Dry Goods business, and was
in New York not long since, to buy his stock.
Mrs. Howard, of Napoleonic notoriety, has been ! "talking men. Some of ihem aro literary,,,,
made rich and a Countess, by the Emperor. al ect i e p l osnp er; »ve, periisps, w r ,n--
J 1 book or two, and are a small species of Ik !
A curious incident is said to have transpired at very young ladies. Some ol Ihe blaze kiad-T' 1
tbe Washington dead letter office recently, which is
for any man who was no' of a certain rutta^ ': 1
is the cold, vulgar troth, Madam, imr lr •
the slightest degree exaggerating. E|j ®, *'» I
lletnen, twisting single gloves in a wry vvi *'
maimer, came up and bowed to the
smirked, and said it was a verv pleaunt *^ ‘
mid a handsome house, anil then clotclipj^
bauds behind them aod walked miserably,
looking as affable as possible. And the At,,-'
made a little fun ol the eldeily getitlrm eiJ . 1
themselves uatbey walked away.
Then came the younger nuu danrin* a™
class of the community who wear black ■
and waistcoats, and tburst their thumbs indT.**
hngers in their waistcoat pockets, tad traedu
Vice-1* real dent King.
The Washington Union announces on tbe au
thority uf George H. Jones, Esq., the gentleman
commissioned to notify Col. King of his election
as Vice President of the U. States, aDd who parl-
The London corresponiient ot tne iNew rorx irt- , . , . . ,, . • i ,l.» m.
bunc furnishes some interesting details respecting j e ‘l w Bb him on Monday evening last, tha rlr.
King has gained rapidly in strength, that he walks
twico daring the day to the place at which the
movement, lean give you correct and | process of boiling the cane is carried on, for the
purpose of inhaling the vapor. He manifests a
Tbe Insurrection at 91ilan.
The Loudon correspondent of the New YorkTri- 1
tbe eneulean hand amongst the .Milanese. The ed
ilors accredte thestatementaof the writer ar.d vouch
for his menus of information. He says:
Aa to tb
detailed information. The insurrection took place
agaiostlhe advice of Kossuth, whowished to have.11 | .... ....... . . . ,.
delayed until the probable rupture between Austria | hopeful spirit, which itself is au auspicious tndl
and Turkey should offtr a lair chance of success
but the Italians were so much exasperated by the
recent floggings and bangings, that tney said they
would rather perish in open battle than in Austrian
dungeons, when Mazzini saw they could no longer
be kept hack, he wrote to them that, though ho
thought the outbreak premature, yet ho would goto
them, in the worst cate, to die with them. Oil tbe
6th. proclamations were posted up on all tee corners
of the streets in Milan, with the names of Mazxini
and Kotaath. A riot took place aod blood was shed
but the movement was put down.
On the eih, at dawn, some Italians introduced
themselves into the arsenal, cut down a few Ana
trian officers, when the privates inrreudered and
cave up their arms The communications were im*
ediately interrupted. snd we have no further dis-
cation or improving health.
Mr- Jones also states the fact that the Havana
insilt iuteuded for the Empire City and Crescent
City, were intercepted by tbe police, opened, aud
examined, on a suspicion of inflammatory corres
pondence. He brings despatches to tho Govern
ment from tlie American Consul at Havana, pro
bably in relation In this matter.
The Hahile Defalcation Came.
The Mobile News of tho 2Glb inst. says that
Capt. R M. Sands, Cashier of tho Fost-office iu
that city, was brought before the U. S. District
patches up to this hour. If the Milanes have finally j Court, by habeas corpus; but Judge Gayle bolding
and -
id out only
mill :
of sit,
srlv
1 Uarrmn.
It..n, darllcf I ran.'
by retreating, lead the enemy ilito the ambush; here,
niter Having surrounded him, they attack him. usual
ly preferring Oil such oceuaiuus swords to tirearms;
because they rely on their personal strength and bra
very, in which they generally have the advaniugc
over their enemies. 'J iieir attacks are mostly made
| at night; because tbeir principal system is surprise.
I However small their force may be, they ulwsy s try
I to wear oat tbe enemy, by constantly barrassiug him.
lucceedcd, this blow will fall with great hardship on
the Austrians. There are now 52,001) Austrian sol
diers in Lombardy—13.000 of them in Milan. 20,000
in ihe fortress ot Verona,6,500 in Mantua,and tbe re
mainder Iti small garrisons dispersed all over the
country, and easily destroyed by the insurgents,
Eicht Ihuusanuout of the titty are Hungarians, and
four thousand Italians. An army of about the same
strength is dispersed throogh Tuscany, Modena.
Parma, and the Romagna, but there the proportion
iff the Hungarians ii much stronger.
A* to the proclamation posted op io the name of
; <ossuib, it i* not genuine. His name was probably
made use of by the Julians, who knew that be would
uot contradict lL
that there waa no law of the United States by
wbicli he could be tried, he wna discharged. OF
the Postmaster, it saysz -We understand that the
Postmaster, Oliver S. Beers, was yesterday before
tbe United States Commissioner, Richard B. Owen,
upon tho charge of embezzling moneys from llte
Pos'-office. The hearing or the case was postpon
ed until next Monday, two weeks, to meet the en
gagements ol the acting United State* Attorney
and the Counsel for the defendunl Brers gave, relei ence to the C
hood for his appearance at the lime iu the sum o|
$3,000.
Aiucricau aud English Diplomacy
Compared.
Wo invito public attention to tho followingitem
of news, illustrating, as it does, the readiness of
tbe English Government to protect British sub
jects against oppression, wherever and by whom
soever attempted :
“Tho British three decker. Cumberland, arrived
iu Havana on the I7tb. forthe purpose of demand
ing explanations ns to Gen. Cauedo’a conduct aud
ill-treatment, recently, of British subjects iu Cnba,
and about matters of slave trade.”
“Explanations were demanded on the morning
of the IS'.ti, and Geu. Canedo offered ample apolo
gy, and promised to behave better iu future.”
No long (otters to Madrid—no red tape aud fools
cap diplomacy here! The Cumberland, three
decker, full manned, the Uttiott Jack flying—such
is the English method of teaching Cauedo u lesson
in good manuers. And see what an apt pupil tho
Captain General makes 1 Explanations being de
manded, Cam-do offered ample apology in less
■ ban twenty fuur hours, and promised to behave
better iu future. It is uuder circumstances of
Ibis character, that the English Government a-
wakes peculiar [respect. This it is, which tnukes
the Englishman proud of bis enuutry. It is worth
while to live under such a Government. The
humblest British sailor knows that he cannot be
outraged with impunity. When lie is oppressed,
whether the oppressor be a savage with tattoos,
or a Viceroy with stars on his breast, his rulers
at home are ready to protect him. They do not
commeuce by calling for a sheet of paper. Oil"
sails the Cumberland, or some other ship with
triple rows of teeth, to demand reparation. After
the apology is extorted, the interchange of let
ters begius.
The American Government does just tho con
trary. Mouths ago our mail ships wore denied
access to Havana, and a dozen or more outrages
hnvo been committed on our citizens. Since that
lime a few British merchants liavo suffered some
imaginary grievance. Already the Cumberland,
three decker, lias vindicated tbeir rights. But
Millard Fillmore, good Matured soul! is still quiet
ly waiting fur tbe Madrid mail. Such a contrast ia
humiliating enough. Wo give an extract from
the New Orleans Crescent, a decided Whig paper:
This is rather a mortilying contrast. Wo have
had ten times more than Great Britaiu to complain
of. Wo are a party bound in treaty with Great
Britain to put down the slave trade, and, driven
to face the point of duty by the decisive and not
very welcome acliun of Mr. Wise (Minister then)
wo once made some show of forcing Brazil to
forego the nefarious traffic. Bot that we (onr au
thorities, wo mean) did with every show of mo
desty, timidity and irresolution. Great Britain
faces her portion of tbe dnties of the treaty boldly
and manfully. She does uot mince mutters, ami
she makes Captain Geueral Canedo speak out in
apology for bis deeds. Again, wo have had tbe
Georgians and Susnti Loud cases; we have had
our tradin'! vessels impertinently searched and
annoyed and an United States mail steamer has
been warned off from Havana because she had on
'■the iudi/iduiil Smith,” whom the Captain Gen
eral suspected of having said sonoelhiug disre
spectful! Some of these matters our Govern-
ment has qu’elly passed over, and about others,
we believe, it is still negotiating in tbe most ele
gant of diplomatic notes—heaven only knows with
what view or to what purpose!
In making these remarks wo do not pretend to
say that any and every pretext should be resorted
to for the use of armed power. We would simply
say: That the American flag should cover the
Americuti citizen tho wide world over, as the
British flag uow covers the British subject: That
repeated wrongs and injustice to American citi
zens at tha hands of foreign authorities should be
examined into iu suinetbitig less than tbe period
of a human life.
In the present order of things the pettiest power
may trample upon the rights uf American citizens,
with a positive certninly that, in the very extreme,
the whole matter cau only result in notes ami ex
planations. In reference to the treatment of Mr.
Brace and other Americana by Austria, a matter
fur which Great Britain would have had a stern
reckoning, we do not believe we even obtained
tlie dull und senseless but dignified satisfaction of
au explanatory correspondence. Not long since
an intelligent American gentleman, resident in
Central America, told us that there to be secure
himself from wrong und insult, an American hail
to tor-wear his uatjonrtlity aud represent himself
as an Englishman. This, certainly, is tint very
flultei log to tbe pride of "the greatest nation iu al!
creation.”
There ia one thing in the action of Great Britain
which is noticeable and needs no comment. It
is a plain recognition or rather declaration of the
responsibility of the iipanish authorities in Cuba
for their acts towards foreign nations, without any
of Madrid Negotiating al
the cannon's mouth, there was, doubtless, no prosy
.uutroversy upon the etiquette ol the mutter.
thus narrated by the correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun: “Last Septeinper, a gentleman of oue of the
Western States purchased a farm still farther out in
the ‘Eden of America.’ He was going in person to
survey liis new possession, but, instead of carrying a
sum of $2,500 about him, preferred consigning it to
the mails. On arriving at the town which was tbe
terminus of his jonrney, he inquired at the post office
for tlie letter which contained the treasure, bat, ow
ing to a failure of the mail on that particnlar day, or
some other cause, he did not receive it. The alleged
loss was communicated to tlie Department of this city,
and prompt measures were adopted to ferret ont the
cause. To-day, however, the letterenclosingfive hun
dred dollars, in good money, was received as a ‘dead
letter.’ Tho owner was immediately apprised of tbe
discovery, and will soon again be in possession of tbo
funds.
Miss Kathleen Fitzwiliiam, the best ballad singer
in England, visits tbe Uuited States in the autumn.—
She accompanies tho Jnlieii troupe.
Tbe railroad laborers at the “Big Tunnel,” near
West Union on tbe Northwestern Virginia Railroad,
have lately had a very serious riot, in which several
of them were killed.
The Drommond Light has been adapted by Mr.
Frank, Optician, to lighting np tabieax scenes in the
atres, and is now used for that purpose at tbe Bowery
theatre. New York.
The Manchester (Eng.) Examiner mentions having
seen a specimen of cotton grown in Triuidal by a plan
ter who emigrated from the United States, and who
thinks that island is peculiarly adapted for the cotton
cnlture.
By the steamers United States and Georgia, at N.
York, later dates have been received from California
and Australia. The Georgia has 82,000,000 in gold
dust on freight.
Advices from Buenos Ayres to the Snd ultimo, state
that Urqaesa had been overthrown, aud the Revolu
tion was triumphant.
The Infant Drammer has been presented with a sil
ver snufl' box, lined with gold, by tbe Mobile Artillery.
We presume that for some years to come, the box
will be the receptacle of more sogar-plums than snuff.
Gen. Sam Houston amuses his leisure hours in the
Senate with whistling, a few soft pine sticks being
daily laid upon his desk for conversion into shavings.
It must be very gratifying to the Senate to behold one
uf their body conducting himself with so much dignity.
When a girl, Md’Ue. Moutijo, the new Empress of
France, with her sister, the Duchess of Alba, were
pupils in a highly respectable establishment at Bris
tol England.
The Senate of Delaware lias passed a bill granting
to Reman Catholic societies all the corporate rights
and privileges of other religions societies ofthat State.
The Hon George Briggs was arrested at Washing
ton on Saturday night for tbe late assult on Postmas
ter Hubbard, on complaint of a private citizen, and
held to bail in the som of $2,000
The Postmaster General of Canada, with the con
sent of the United States, has determined to appoint
moil conductors to attend tbe English mail from the
sea-board to the upper province.
The ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Washington paid Gen. Pierce a visit on Monday aud
were highly gratified with tlie kind and dignified de
portment of the President elect.
A difficulty has occured at Whampoa, between the
American and British Vice Consuls, relative to runa
way seamen. The matter resulted in the institution
of a suit by Mr. Hunt, the American Vice Consul,
against Mr. Bird, British Vice Consul, for defamation
of character—damages laid at 810,000.
Hon. Jefferson Davis passed through Charleston on
Wednesday, on his way to Washington. It is gener.
ally understood that he will be a member of the Cabi
net of Gen. Pierce, to whom he bears considerable re-
semblauce in appearance, manners mid temperament.
The Democratic Convention of Connecticut has
nominated Governor Seymour for re-election.
the extreme elegauce.aud are reputld
ratio,” aud who care for nothing ii-,.' I
who affect
‘‘so aristocratic," aud who care for nothing
ticular. but wish they had not been born i
man, in which case they might have escsnnle I
These geulleraeu staud wiib hat hi hind ' ; I
coats aud trowsers most unexceptionable. T il
are the “ so geutlemanly'' persons, of whoa ' I
hears a great deal, but which seems totaraa- ' I
thing but cleanliness. Vivian Grey and P e \. l
are the models of their ambition, and tbsv . I
ceed ia being Peudeutiisea. They enjoy the^*
pntuiion of bring “ very clever,” aud-verya',
euted fellows," "6mart chaps,” etc., bat rdi”!
from proving what is so ungenerously C uo«j-
They are often meu of a certain cultivation. Tu
have traveled, many of them, spending a y
two in Paris, and a month or two iu there* '
Europe. Consequently, they endure societs r
borne with a smile and shrug, and a grncefal
percilliousness, which is very engagiog.
prefer to hover about tbe ladies whodid notcoc.
uut Ibis season, but are u little used to the u
with whom they are upon the most friendly tt...
and who criticise together very freely all ther:*.
events in the great world of fashion.
Thesejelegatil Pendeutiis s we saw nlMrt.Pc
phar's. but not without a sadness which ctnhui
ly be explained. They had been boys ouce.i
of them, fresh ami fruuk hearted, and full oft
noble ambition. They had read and ponded
the histories of great men; hew they resol
aud struggled, aud achieved. In the pare pa.
tniilure ut geuius they had loved and facto-;
noble women, and each yonugheart wai ism)
truth and the service ol beauty. Thou bci.-;
instincts clung to whatever was lovely, indu
jected the specious suare. however gracefuln
elegant. They sailed new kuichts upon litiU
aud endless crusade against hypocrisy asd tW
devil, aud they were lost in the luxury of Const
uor longer seek the difficult shores beymni. J
present smile was worth a future laurel, ft
case of tbe moineul was worth immortal tm-
quility. They renounced the stem worihipi
tho unknown Gen, aud acknowledged tbe do is
of Athens. But the seal uf tbeir shame is that
own snnle at tbeir early dreams. Youths, vies
younger days wero fervid with the resolution
strike and win, are content to eat aud driskui
sleep well; to go to the opera and to tbe btlit
to be known as “gentlemanly,” aud“aristocntic.'
and “elegant;” aud to cherish luxurious and esj
ervatiug indolence. The end of such men iaeri
dent enough from the beginning. They (read
ed nut by a “great match, ’ an become and q
pondage to a rich woman; or they dwindlst!
into old roues, meu of the world iu std evstt
and nut with elegant affectation, blsze; aids!
they begun Arthur Pendenuises, so they end i
tlie Major. But, believe it, that old fossil hot
is wrung some timeB by a mortal pang,siitn
members those squandered opportunitiesudlh
lust lile.
A ITIonatcr Exhibition.
In contrast with Bnrnum's last season Menage
rie. Ilia Hippodrome of Franconi, lately brought
from France, and now in preparation for opening
in New York, will be like a mountain to a mole-hill.
The ground comprised In the building will be two
acres. Cost or tbe building is $40,000; the ground
cut for tho year is $30,000; a single eburiot, now
in process of manulacture, and which wili, doubt
less, be tbe most splendid car of modern limes,
will cost no less than $20,000; other chariots, and
the w ardrobe and trappings all of which will be on
a scale ol* unsurpassed elegance, will involve an
expenditure of $30,000; and the value nf the hor
ses may be put down at $32,000, all of them, one
hundred in number, fine Arabiaus, some of them
worth $2,000 each. Add to this the cost of ost
riches, dromedaries, deer, &c., with their traits,
portation to this country, as well as the expense of
bringiug across the Atlantic a largo number of the
horses, aud tho troupe of performers, and thotctal
outlay can uot fail much short ol $200,000. The
salaries of near one hundred pet formers, with tho
printing, etc., will require full $1,000 for daily ex
penses. It will open at tbe same time with the j iY u it” to American, to a little
Crystal Palace.
Tlie Colony or flay Islands#
Tbe Luudon Illustrated New, of January:.:!
contains an engraving representing the “ Pioc!r|
mat ion of the Colony of Bay Islands, M in Ctc:i
America. Tbe proclamation waa issued ooial
I7lh of July last, and tho publication of «od.a-j
'.ration of ibe event at this i;i ? t* t» .:e t ... I
attributed to the Mttrnii'.n drawn toIkMIH
in England by the proceedings which haveU»sl
piece iu tde U. S. Senate. Tbe New# WMfl
that tbe proclamation 4 *ls regarded by certiiu^l
ties in the United States hs an infraction of :w
treaty of Washington of July 4, 1850;”
noies the decliiation of Mr. Cass, that *‘fcewoi«|
not have voted for that treaty if be had eappo«t|
it recryni/ed the t*Imii:»- i |
Honduras. 1 ’ But the News quotes as decisive:
England's claims, Sir H. L. Bulwer’s italic-
on the exchange of the ratifications, tbit ,, ,r l
Majesty does not undeistand the engagement I
that convention to apply to her Majesty’*
ments at Honduras, or to its dependencies.
We trust ibis piece of Bulwer and
play will intiel ira merited fate. Some of f-
^Senators use an “if** iu opeukiug of the repo:
establishment of this colony. 1’here is no !
U'iw for the ••if.’* The colony has beesf
claimed. Mr. Wodehouse has been commim^J
as the first Lieutenant Governor, and thep-
govermnen t fully arranged. So letnotSeu-
say, if England has eslabiished this uew i
it is uu infraction of the treaty. They j
cognise the fact, and either act like mea c!V"
wills, or cease talking like cowardly boys.
Now let us quote a paragraph from a letle* j
the News, M BQoWiog winch country,
Ihe United States, has the moat interest is Un*|
lauds constituting the new coluny :
"The trade of these islands consists in* 3 l
ing the New Orleans market with fruhfl' *° r ^ .
purpose large plantations have been
plantains, yams, pine apples, and ban# 2 j
Many schooutvs are employed in ibis traffic; - I
run from the ^Mississippi to the Belito I
goes of flour and salt pork ; thence, io r j
beating out to Roatau, where they quickly*>l
with fruit,and return with a flowing sheets
go ahead city*. The opening of the raih va / fl ~i
New Orleans to New York will no doubl^ c, fl
the demand for the produce of these
Now. was it not a good move fur E°e‘ a “J
grasp sovereign control of this '■ource aj ^1
with one of the leading cities of ihe l-^ \ I
When the railway from New Orleans *j|
York is opened, ibeu wo of the Empire 1 . 5 |
expected to contribute totbe value of
stolen property. A fine prospect for ®ur f jU
fruiueaters, that John Bull has ieized u P^_ a
fiuo plantations of Roalan und the neigbb^-? I
lands, aud is now in a capacity to sell uS r ' ]
his own prices.
We hope Lieut. Governor Wodeh«u fiff ^ ‘., ’,j
a specimen of the fruits ns a present to
ton, and an additional “basket” for Mr.
use. That Senator may then invite ’ : e • , ,
President, the retiring Senator from
shire, and such other Senators as prefer
Definition of Dogmatism.—‘Robert, my dear,*
said Jenny, with the deferential air of a scholar,
‘Robert, what did Mr. Carraway mean wheu he
said he hated dog—dog—dogmatism V
Topps was puzzled.
‘Robert, roy dear.* Jenny urged, 'what in the
world is dogmatism ?’
Now it was the weakness of Topps never to
confess ignorance of any thing to his wife. *A man
should n**ver do it.’
Topps had been known in a convivial season to
declare, ‘It uiskes ’em conceited.* Whereupon
Topps prepared himself, as whs his wout, to make
a solemn satisfying answer.
Taking off his hat, and smoothing the wrinkles
on his brow, Topps said :
•Humph ! what ia dogmatism 1 Tt is this, of
course—dogmatism is puppyism come to iu full
growth !*
Topps was about right.
Advice to Counsel.-—There is a well known
custom prevailing in ouv Criminal Courts of assign
ing counsel to such prisoners as hnve no one to
defend them. On oue occasion, tlie court finding
a man accused of Iheft, and without counsel, said
to a luwyer, who was present, “Mr. ■ ■ -, please
to withdraw with the prisoner, confer with him
and then givehitn such counsel as may be best for
his inletest.” The lawyer ami his client then
withdrew, and iu fifteen m twenty minutes the
lawyer returned into the court *•Where is the
prisoner?** aoked ihe court. “He is gone, your
honor,” said the Iegnf •limb.’ “Your honor told
me to give him the bust advice for hi* interest, and
as he suid he was guilty, I thought the best coun
sel 1 could offer hma was to “cut aud ruu,” which
he took at once.”
fruiting- >H|
Can the American people keep 1 •
[A.
A.votheu Lick at Sxobdom.—h, *. I
World thus hits off tlie immodest cxb* •“ I
fashionable ‘brides ana bridegrooms- . j
is laid on bouid of oue of our splendid J
packets: I
“Eiridal Chambers.” , I
‘It is night on doard ihe Hiehiuer’Ore? • ^ J
ly the beautiful boat slip* on—so ' ,
stilly that it is a bore to know wbnt to
snpper is over, but is too early forslefp- ^ re
bins are sumptuous, but once seen,
ly to sit still. The iiandwiineclerk, wi.*
ful office hung round wilh pictures of . -•
haa drowned bis stained glas* window.
is no more ‘fight or die’ to be the br»t 1 ,
The idea of twenty two miles an boar'
a man ! * What have you got for‘the -i
tniii7 No pine bench to whittle. d° ‘ . L
Hey I—What!—the knowing one* drm ‘ -
ihe upper saloon! Up stairs,
—very carelessly indeed I see --
- atiheapperendoflW
i keeping die rang® 0 , r
••Look sharp-
rble table
how she bluehe
HOW.- - . yip
I wondef ^
er lt’o your “* “* a * ces
loon—hut all eyes
handle of state-room .03!
goes a pretty girl to the ms
lamp !* ‘Eli
White ribbons and ora
ami a bran new travelling dn
looking at he
im» in unlocking the door! In
door closes—hut of course nobody ge • r
the embroidered canopy over
no! A uudge all rouud. Half
•ion. . b* r j
‘Here he comea !* *Ju* 1 up ,r t ° g . f »
shop!’ ‘Looks clean, don't b® •
the briita
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