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PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning, February 24, 1855
fZgTln consequence of making necessary arrange
ment* preparatory to attending the meeting in At
lanta, wo omit Editorial matter. In our next wc
hope to bo able to giro some good reports from the
Convention.
PROHIBITION DISCUSSION.
We learn from the Sumter Republican that several
persons in that section have had quite an interesting
discuss on upon the. subject of Prohibitory legislation
on the liquor traffic. They were all temperance men,
we judge, but the difference between them was re
lating to the expediency of the law, and the proprie
ty of legislating upon moral subjects. The Republi
can states that the discussion was ably conducted on
both sides, but the Prohibitionists, according to the
opiniom of the cominuni’y, had the best of the argu
ment. Thu discussion is to be resumed again.
WOLFE’S SCHIEDAM BCH!VAPPS.
The following we take from Udolpho Wolfe’* re
commendation ol his siiperfino “Aromatic Bitters
“It is proved by extensive medical experience and
testimony, to be an efficient, as well as an agree
able remedy in many eases of incipient dropsy, grav
el, gout, chronic rheumatism, flatulence, colic, con
cretions in the kindneys and bladder, dyspepsia, fever
ami ague, general debility, sluggish circulation of the
blood, deficient assimilation of food, and exhausted
vital energy.”
Why did he not add tha whole catalogue of dis
eases that tlcsli is heir to? That is customary with
‘humbugs’ in the way of medicines. He ought to have
aided, and good to make drunk conic, inflame sore
eyes, and also beneficial to small bunds, swells them
out into the “big head.” “A rose by any other name
will smell ns sweet,” and Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam
Schnapps, ii dur that cognomen, asjuniper flavored,
tastes ns the beat Holland gin. In a “horn” it does.
Wolff. ) in sheep’s clothing is a good illustration of
the gin disguised, so a* to pull w 00l over the eyes of
these Temperance folks.
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FERNANDO WOOD.
It is a source of gr< at pleasure to the admirers of
virtue and morality to read of the exertions now be
ing made by the Mayor of New York to reform that
great city. Would that all cities could tint! such a
man to set them in order, for they are but dens o(
vice a id immorality I—Sem.pools of wickedness and
prost'tution. Could a disclosure l e made of the
rankling co rujitions of mortality in them, it would be
sufficient to tinge the check of Hell’s Arch Fiend
with a blush. We extract the following from the
Home .Journal relating to Fernando Wood, the pre
sent M yor of New York :
“His Honor the Mayor. —The topie of the hour is
Fernando Wood! Notwithstanding the hostility he
was greeted with on being named for the mayoralty,
lie was really the moat fortunate of men in succeed
ing to office at a time when the spirit of our citizens
was aroused—never po thoroughly—to the pn suing
need of reform. Every hone of the body politic seem
ed to ho dislocated—every thing was going wrong—
corruption was rampant ; the treasury was plunder
ed; the people, quietly for the most part, were pay
ing enormous taxes to carry on a government do
sigmdto promote their comfort and ensure their
safety, and were nearly as quietly beholding their
fund devoted to scandalous uses, wide of its real pur
pose ns are the poles apart, living anil prospering in
spite of the government rather than under its auspi
ces, hearing it upon their shoulders—as the poor trav
eler did the man of the mountain—instead of leaning
upon its arm. But details of such grievances only
provoke the narrator, for they are interminable, and
appear more and more aggravating ns one thinks uo
on them. Wo pray, for humanity's sake, tlrnt we
hav ■ seen the worst of them. At any rate, it will
be no fault of Fernando Wood’s if we have not. In
consequence oftiie real flesh-nnd-blood style in which
he has undertaken to grapple with the difficulties of
hi* office, he is, at this moment, the most popular
Mayor we remember to hn\ o had! Anew vigor has
be<*n imparted to the whole police department; an
unprecedented quietness and sobriety have been add
ed to the leisure of the Sabbath ; the street contrac
tors have been awakened from a Rip-Van-Winkle
sleep—that is, an oblivion to their public obligations
—gambling dens and other schools of profligacy bro
ken up, etc., etc. And in return for all this, the
Mayor declare* that he will be dismissed at the next
canvass; and thus the o’d stigma that republics ire
ungrateful will lie stamped anew upon our peoplo!
AA e do not believe it. The unequivocal beneficence
of Mr. Wood's rule will create, nt .he end of tits term,
ku< h an enthusiasm in his favor as will make him a
terror to evil-doers, the favorite of nine-tenths of the
community, and Mayor as long as he chooses to he
—firaruM he persists in the carter he hat ht-ot/n f”
THE CALICO MARKET.
A Miss Pelli t contemplates the importation of five
thousand res|iectahle marriageable girls from New
England into C alifnmia. They are to he recommend
ed by the Sons of Temperance, and t<> bo consigned
to the various Divisions of the Sons of Temperance
in that region, who are to receive them and provide
for their wat t* —husbands included, wTsuppose.- I
A plan of this kind wa* attempted in the early period
of California's history, by Mrs. Farnham; I ut from
oome cause or other it failed, and has not since leen J
revived. If Miss Pellet can carry it out effectually, I
she will deserve the thanks of the whole hachelor
community. There art thousands upon th usands I
of girl*, respectable, well-educated and honest, work
ing from daylight until dark aiming the deafening
machinery of cotton-mills, and earning but small wa- j
ges, who, we ah.mld suppose, w ould gladly go to
California, if safe conduct and reception, and parti
eu’arijr husband*, w ere guaranteed them on their ar
rival, and who an- w o i calculated for helpmate s to
farmers, tanners ami mechanic*, and vitisei* general-
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(Steufttitat.
For Ih* Bunnrr.
THE MORAL FLOOD.
[Delfvta! In ths Chop.) of Mercer Untrerelty, July, IM4 ]
The present condition of the surface of our Earth,
gives evidence of some great natural convulsion.
And thus the Science of Geology lends its aid to sa
cred history in testimony of this event. Ihe story
of the deluge has been so often told that it has almost
- eased to excite within us those feelings of awe and
wonder which it is calculated to inspire. But this
fact can never lower the rank which the great event
must ever hold in the history of our Globe.
But another flood has swept over our Earth : anil
here again sacred history and science coincide.—
Mental philosophy plainly teaches that the human
>iind is not what it once was. That its glory has
been obscured and points to some great convulsion
as the cause. From an investigation of the nature of
the mind itself, we would conclude that man was
originally created faultless. As we see the mind now,
it is far from perfection. Our knowledge of truth,
and justice, and of the relations we hold to our fel
low-men has been obscured. The power of the in
tellect itself has been weakened. And conscience is
no longer the unfailing index of right. Still with all
his intellectual and moral blemishes, man is yet great.
But all his present advancement, his civilization, his
learning, and his virtue, serve to show how great h<
might have been. They givo us some feint idea of
what would have been the glory of the human mind,
had It continued in its original power and purity.—
When it had a perfect knowledge of moral law.—
When in reference to God and a future state, there
was no doubt, and no trembling. When the Spirits
of inen held converso with the Spirits of another
worl<l--and men met and communed with God fact
to face.
Oh, that in that elder, that golden age, had lived a
Milton nr a Hoin-r, who, with the inspired pen of
Genius, could have made immortal record of some of
the gnat “first principles” of knowledge. How easy
won dit then be to silence the modern infidel; and
all the great mooted questions in political and religi
ous oconoiny would be forever settled. Could but a
r ow of these truths be exhumed from the daed, oh!
what a change, what reformation it w ould work. It
would unite Catholic and Evangelist in one bond of
Christian fellowship. It would turn the monarchy
and the despotism into a Rcpubh'c. It would melt
the iron shaekels of idolatry and superstition. And
infidelity driven from its stronghold, would bow its
head in acknowledgment of error, and would be seen
crowding together with all the Nations of the earth,
bringing gills to the Altar of the one only living and
true God.
But when man fell into transgression, then were
broken up the fountains of the groat a- ep of the mor
al flood. Its waters gradually overflowed every d-.
- arttnent of human society. It prevailed over the
camp, themarket place, the temple, the Senate house,
and even the domestic hearth. The virtues of tin
human heart, on? after another, perished beneath
its waves.
Amoral night settled upon the earth, hiding frnn
man the knowledge of his origin, his destiny, and his
God. Philosophy struggled against this flood of ig
nornnec in vain. In vain did reason grasp and com
bine the great phenomena of nature. In vain did ge
nius itself struggle up to the surface of this moral
Flood, and climbing to the topmost pinnacle of theory
and speculator li lit its beacon for the guidance of
mankind. It did but serve to make the darkness more
perceptible; nndthe moral flood rose above and swept
all away. Philosophy never can solve thegreat proh
lem of virtue and of God. Plato tried it to the full
extent of human ability. He saw the intellectual
and moral night which had vertaken mankind: and
with all the acuteness of his great genius he sought
after the truth; dut he did not find it. A strong
swimmer he struggled manfully against the rushing
tide, but he found no firm rock on which to rest
his weary limbs, and with all his great learning and
his stoic honesty, he died as he had lived, a heathen.
Socrates and Solon and Cicero were great and good
men, but they too found their graves in that moral
flood where all must perish who trust to human rea
son for escape.
llut that Hood still advanced. In spite of all the
efforts if the great and good, to save themselves and
others it rose higher and higher. It seemed as if
nothing couid resist its onward progress. Moral pol
lution threatened the utter extermination ofour race.
The thick black clouds of paganism and infidelity shut
out from apostate man the genial presence of his God.
The dreadful power of superstition blighted and crush
ed th# better feelings of the hearts of mon; and lending
its aid to a cruel idolatry made their altars run over
with the blood of human victims. The heartless inoh
daily gloated on the cruel exhibitions of the amphi
theatre. Corruption even entered the sacred pale of
the domestic circle and drove away natural affection. j
Tito revelation of God to his chosen people digenera- j
ted into a worthless tradition. AA’ith pitying eye |
heaven continually looked down upon scenes of theft,!
of fraud, of rapine, and of murder. The law sand
relations which held society together were dissolved; !
and it seemed impossible for it to exist longer. And :
tbua this flood of human corruption extended itsell |
throughout society. It rose above the highest B>tM
which philosophy erected for safety. A'irtue had
boon driven by it from one place of refuge toanother, j
until weeping she Red to theinermost shrine of God's
only true temple, and then she stood gazing forth |
upon the one universal sea of corruption wnich raged j
around, ready when that last sacred spot should be
defiled, towing her flight forever to the confines ofi
Heaven. But then she saw a bright star riae in the j
eastern sky; and lo! beneath it, in calm security, ,
i rode the ark of the Christian Refigion! She unfold-;
;ed her brilliant pinions and flew away towards it,’
| and with a cry ol joy, alighting upon it site joined I
I h cr voice in the loud hozannah! which proclaimed
| the dawn of the Christian era. That Ark was freight-1
jed with the moral hopes of the Earth—it contained
a 1 of good this world ever has or ever will know.
i Noah had been 120 years in preparii g its great pro
j b'trpe, tbe physical Ark. So bad the Almighty been
many centuries in rearing up ami shaping forth its
magnificent proportions, and in the deep councils of
Alia foreknowledge and in the fixed purposes of Ids
• t eternal love be had gathered into it his elect front the
I four quarters of the Earth. From that time, that
THE TEMPERANCE BANNER.
flood began to subside, and it lias since continued to
i subside. It has not yet quite gone, but it will disap
pear. Thu dry ground of the Millennial shores will
at length appear; and that Ark shall rest upon them;
and forth from it shall come a race of men in whose
hearts the love of God shall reign supreme; and who,
in perfect peace, shall walk amidst the glories of tin
ne-i heaven and the now earth wherein dwelled
righteousness.
For the B*iiner.
Lord Byron.
Mr. Editor: —I notice in a late number of the
Banner, an article eulogizing the moral character of
Lord Byron. I am inclined to think the writer,
Thus. A. Rooney, M. I)., has allowed his admiration
of the Lordly Bard to get the better of his sober
judgment; for the opinion generally prevails, that
Byron possessed a very bad moral character ; but j
l)r. Rooney would make us believe that he was a i
model of perfection—a perfect saint! The very Idea !
is absurd and preposterous, and facts shall substan
tiate the trutli of what I say. ’Tis true that Byron
wrote somethings that a Christian might read with
out becoming disgusted,—but very little. The ideas
-n the “Hebrew Melodies,” were not original with
him. He merely versified a few incidents taken from
the Bible, and because he did that we are not neces
sarily compelled to admit that he was a Christian. —
We are to “judge a tree Ly its fruits,” and if we
judge Byron by hie fruits, wo will be forced to the
conclusion, t hat lie was a huee man. He is a demon
indeed who has no redeeming traits; and ! think,
Byron had about as few- ns most of infidels. I never j
read Byron's “ Private Life ,” but from what I have ‘
heard concerning it, I am not disposed to think that
tiis walk was very godly. But I intend to prove the
absurdity of some of Dr. Rooney's assertions, by re
ferring the readers of the Banner to Byron's ow n
corr-pt productions, which includes, perhaps, tin
greater part of all lie ever w rote. In his “ Vision of
Judgment,” he treats a serious subject with levitv
and ri-li tile, and who can read that wonderfhl effu- 1
sion, and then say that the mocking, infidel writer j
was a good man? “Cain and Abel,” is another pro-;
-luction from the pen of this “lover of virtue,” tin-!!
“admirer of Christianity,” which has never been the j
means of converting many souls. Byron’s letters!
often abound with expressions which are too inde- i
cent and profane to quote. But T suppose that Thos. j
A. Rooney, M. I)., thinks they are very nice, especial-1
i v for Christians to read I The following line occurs I
: n the pious works in question, “/ icoruler hotr the i
deuce anybody could make such a irorld,” and in j
another place, this Christian Bard says, “/ abhor,
books of religion.” That sounds like tiie expression !
of close reader of the Bible,” don’t it?
What good man can read “Don Juan” and not
pronounce the writer an abandoned and shameless
wretch ? A man who would publish such a smutty i
thing shoul Ibe indicted for obscenity. The slander
ous allusion, made in “Don Juan,” to the Virgin
Mary, justly entitles Byron to the everlasting con
tempt of all Christians. He may have repented in ,
“saek-c'oth and ashes” just before he died, but who
knows whether he did or not? One thing, however,
is evident, that is, that the tenor of his life was not j
heavenward. If lie had requested in his will, that |
the last remains of his unholy works should be con- 1
sumed by fire, there would be a possibility that tie j
went to heaven; but lie did not do this—bis works j
are here to cause the damnation of thousands who i
endeavor to follow his example. I have known many }
brainless fops to ape Byron by drinking champagne I
and writing miserable and vulgar doggerel. They
succeed admirably well in imitating his rices, and 1
think, in so doing, that they act nobly. 1 would i
suggest that those young aspirants for fame, procure i
the skulls of their old grnndnddas, from which to i
drink their wine, and thus imitate their noble prede
cessor more forcibly!
Thos. A. Rooney, M. D., says that “Byron hated
the Catholic Religion.” Well; that is my opinion; l
but read his Lordship's second speech in Parliament, !
and see if lie hated the Daman Catholic Religion. ,
Very Respectfully,
HARRY AGRICOLA, .S. P. !
Sutallee, Ga., Feb. 10,1855.
Eor tlic Banner.
MAN’S ADAPTATION TO EXTERNAL CREATION.
For the better understanding of vvliat we shall say
hereafter, we will, in this article, take a slight view
of man as lie stands related to external creation. Is
man adapted to this earth? If he is, his pain, trou
ble ami unhappiness is, and has lieen, owing to his
own acts of disobedience to the laws that govern his
being. And on the other hand, if he is not adapted
to it, then his depraved and unhappy condition is
natural—and so designed by Providence. Let ns
look to this for a moment.
Geologists tell u, that in the first state in which
j imagination can venture to consider it, tiic globe on
i which wc live, appears to have been allot, fluid mass,
I enveloped In an immense atmosphere, revolving
round the sun. In this state no beings constituted
|as those around us now, could have inhabited it By
I cooling, says a learned writer, a portion of its ntmos
: phere was condensed into water, which occupied a
: part of its surface. The result of tho first consolida-
I tion was the crystalline or primary rocks, which con
, tain no vestiges of a former order of beings.
And so on, it becoming cooler and cooler, and phvs
i al changes taking place, and different species of an
imals and vegetation flourishing ami dying away, be-,
I fore the system of things became so fixed as to fit the ‘
j world for man. Hence, wc may conclude, and justly
! too, that there were several races of animals, differ
ently constituted, that flourished and became extinct,
j before man was created. Then, when all these
j changes, and the universal convulsions of the earth,
I that erupted its mountains, ploughed out Its valleys, j
j and scattered the water.- of the ocean, ceased, man
I was created, from which time the physical circum
j stances of the Globe have undergone no perceptible
i change.
j The top of that mountain, which in olden times,
did, still overlooks the clouds. The river that did
in the beginning of man’s career ou the i arth, yet,
in the same channel, “roll - its waters to the m. in.”
’ Tim same qualities that existed in the earth thou
sands and thousands of years ago, are now to lie
’ found in the bowels of the globe. AY e see then, -iaee
■ i the introduction of man on it, the earth has been un
i changing, and the system of things has been fixed
j and permanent. Then, taking into consideration, the
j power, infinite wisdom and goodness of the Creator,
! we cannot for a moment doubt, 1-ut that he endowed
man with a definite constitution, and a-tapted it to
external creation.
Let us conclude this article by saying, Man has a
ureal many wants and desires, and there arc corres
nonding properties in nature to gratify them.
MARGENICS.
Atlanta, Feb. 17.185.5.
(Sciud of (Tf)out\(it<
A mischievous cur must be tied short.
A moment of time is a monument of mercy.
A needy man's budget is full of schemes.
A penny saved is twice earned.
Apprehension of evil i<= often worse than the evil
I itself
A jest is no argument, ami loud laughter no de
monstration.
Asa bird is known by h : s note, so is a man by his
discourse.
All complain of a want of memory, hat none of
want of judgment.
A pin a clay is a groat a year.
A poor freedom :s better than a rich slavery.
A reconciled friend is a double enemy.
A rich mouthful, a heavy groan.
A man's own manners commonly frame bis fortune.
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts bis eyes.
Appoint a time for everything, and -lo everything
in its time.
Application and industry -ire the best preservatives
of innocence.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A small leak will sink a great ship.
A small spark makes a great fire.
A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit.
Art and science have no enemies hut those who
arc ignorant
Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a -lung
hill.
As in life, so in study, it is dangerous to do more
things than one at a time.
A wise man endeavors to shine in himself; a fool,
to outshine others.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A talc out of season is as music in mourning.
A vain hope flattereth the heart of a fooi.
Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in chang
ing him.
Be always more toady to forgive than to return an
injur)’.
By good nature half the misery of human life
might be assuaged.
By reading u c enrich the mind, by conversation
we polish it.
The Seioe of Sebastopol.— The Journal des De
hats, lias a long article on the expedition to the Cri
mea. It takes rather a gloomy view of the opera
tions before Sebastopol, and. although not going the
length of assigning the final success to t e Russians,
abstains •> ost carefully from saying a word calculated
to imply that the efforts of tin a'lie I armies are to be
eventually crow ned by the capture of the town.
Six hundred and thirty’ French soldiers arrived at
Constantinople on the 21st from the Crimea with
I limbs frost bitten. The total number of iiritish sick
I and wounded at Scutari, and at the hospitals in the
vicinity, was 5,500. They were full; death alone
! furnished room for fresh arrivals. Being in want ot
i fire-wood, the allies have not even respected the old
I church at Chen sonesus, but have stripped the roof
! and cupola, and taken away all the ornaments from
i the interior.
In a sortie made from Sebnst pol during the night
of the Bth, a Russian column suffered severe losses.
Gen. Caurobcrt had decorated Capt. Kcrdudo for his
| gallant conduct in the affair, and also distributed eight
’ military medals. The inner works of Sebastopol
! have been strengthened, but tho shells begin to cause
I prions damage to it. The French riflemen frequent*
! ly succeed in gutting into the faubourgs by thediffir
i ent breaches that have been made,
i Rrssu.— St. Petersbcro. Jan. 24.—1n conse
quence of th difficulty of filling up the ranks of the
army, the Einpcmr lots ordered that men shall he lia
ble to the age of 37 instead of 30, as heretofore.—
Those sons of aged or widowed parents hitherto ex
empted are also now ordered to serve, forming sepa
rate corps.
The military forces of Russia have been divided
into five independent armies, as follows: The Baltic
army, the army of the Danube, the army of West
Poland, the army in the Crimes, the Caucnssian corps
d'armee.
’
It is expected that Prince Mcnschikoff will under
take a second and decisive blow against the allies a
soon as the Grand Dukes arrive. The two Princes
have probably by this time reached Sebastopol.
The most recent letters from St. Petersburg say
that what are called the “pacific delusions” of the
Western Pow ers are laughed at there. Every voice
is still for war. The Nobility of Xischgorod have
presented an address to the Emperor, stating that if
it should bo n< ecssary to make the same sacrifices
they did in 1812 they are ready.
St. Peieksbvbo, Jan. 28.—1n order to avoid the
increase of public charges attendant upon the prose
j ration of a long tvar, an ukase orders the issue of pa
! per money, which shall be redo mable by the State
■ three years after the conclusion of peace.
Evpatoria.—The Turks at Eupatoria are in a very
’ bad state. A Captain of one of her Majesty’s ves
i seK who has lately or lived, states that tho place is
! blockaded by the Russians, and that the Turks are
j perishing from cold and hunger. Tho enemy have
| driven all the cattle into the country.
Later from Mexico. —The United States Mail
Steamship Orizaba. Titos Forbes, commander, arrived
at New Orleans on Sunday, from Vera Cruz, which
port site left on the morning of the Bth. We take
J the following items of no3 from the Daily Delta.
The revolutionary party apjrear to be daJy gaining
; ground. A provisional government is reported to
i lutve been formed at Acapulco, with Gen. Alvarez at
j the head.
The government troops had been defeated near j
j Chilpanzing >, ar.d Gen. Bahatuund > had been taken j
prisoner and shot,
Santa Anna bad sent for Gen. La Vega to take the
temporary charge of the Mexican Government, but.
he bar declined the honor.
Large reinforcements, under the command of Gen.
1 Tavara, had been sent from the city of Mexico to
i Morelia, the capital of Michoacan.
The Government papers report that 2,000 insur
gent troops have been put to flight in Zapotian.
Shocks of an earthquake we felt at Vera Cruz on
the Ist inst. In the city of Mexico on the same day
‘-Treat damage was done to the public works from the
same cause.
Dona Mcrcel Lopez de Santa Anna, the sister of
the President, had retired into the convent of the In
carnation.
The French steamer-of-war Aehron had arrived at
Vera Cruz for the purpose of conveying to their na
tive country the French prisoners who were implica
ted in the rebellion of the unfortunate Count Rousse
let de Boulbon.
Near Chilpanzingo, lately, the rebels captured Gen.
Bahamundo, a most confidential friend of His Serene
Highness, and immediately passed him through a
course of fire-arms. There was weeping and wailing
and gnashing of teeth at the palace when this news
arrived.
The Vera Cruz correspondent of the Delta furnish
es the following intelligence:
The revolutionists on the Isthmus of Tehauntepec
have declared in favor of the Ceballos Government
and the federation. The city of Tehauntepec is doobt
less in their possession ere this.
We hear mnch talk of anew revolution in Yucatan
(not the old war of castes.) The people of Sisal and
Campeche are relying confidently upon the Kinney
expedition landing at one of those points. It would
be received with open arms.
Santa Anna has granted an amnesty to all exiled
individuals, from which Ceballos, Serna and O’Caro
po are exempted.
All Tehauntepec is under arms. The Prefect of
the same place was killed by the inhabitants, and soon
the final stroke must take place.
Arrival of Gf.n. La Vega at Matamoras. —The
Matamoras correspondent of the N. 0. Picayune, un
der date of the 31st ult., says: On Saturday, the 27th
inst., our quiet town was thrown into considerable
excitement by the sudden and unexpected arrival of
Gen. La Vega, of Resaca de la Palma notoriety, with,
orders for Gen. Well to proceed without delay to the
city of Mexico.
Gen. La Vega was only seven days in making the
trip from Mexico here, having come by the way of
Vera Cruz and the mouth of the Rio Grande. Gen.
Woll turned ovt.r his command at once to Get). La.
Vega, and accompanied by a large number of his offi
c rs, proceeded early the next morning to the mouth
of the river, to embark on board the Santa Anna for
Vera Cruz. He parted with his officers on the beach,
not even taking with him the members of his person
al staff. There is a great deal of conjecture as to the
cause of this very sudden move, but it is believed
that it arises from the threatening aspect of the revo
lution in the Southern States. Gen. Woll is the best
officer in Mexico b yond all comparison, a staunch
friend of Santa Anna’s, and thete is no doubt but
that the latter has called him to his side for some
most important object.
Gen. La Vega is also considered a good officer, and
will be well received along the frontier as the succes
sor of Gen. AVoll. He is very popular, and it is tho’t
that quiet will reign in these parts during hie admin
istration, but should it be otherwise, I do not believe
that he will show the energy and decision of his pre
leoessor. But tl nous tetrons.”
From Ccba.- The U. S. Mail Steamship Isabel, ar
rived at Charleston a few days since, bringing dates
from Havana and Key West to the 10th inst. It
would appear that there had been great excitement
at Havana, in consequence not only of rumors of in
tended invasion, but of the report of plots to assassi
nate the Captain General at the Opera. Several ar
rests from thirty to forty had been made (it is said)
of influential persons, but having perhaps no better
foundation than tiie fears of the authorities. If there
is a conspiracy to overthrow the government of the
Island, the plotters have managed very unskilfully,
to permit the details of their enterprise to transpire
before the scheme had been matured, for it is evident
that events are not yet ripe for such a movement. —
Without external aid, there seems but little proba
bility of success in any scheme to subvert the estab
lished authority. If the supposed conspirators have
been induced to take the initiative, under promises
of assistance from the United States, they have been
made the victims of a delusion, for which they may
have to pay the penalty of their lives. The condition
of affairs i:i Cuba, however, indicates great unquiet
ness both in the people and government. There are
signs of approaching trouble that render uncertain
the security of person and property.
From Havana. —The Black Warrior has arrived
at New Orleans (rom Now York, with advices from
Havana to the 15th inst.
There wa- great excitement throughout the Island.
Tho new Militia System had been established.
The whole Island had been declared in a state of
siege, and the forts in a state of blockade.
A proclamation had been issued ordering the cn
ii-tinent of all volunteers between 18 and 50, capa
ble of bearing arms.
A Military Commission had been entered for tbe
Eastern District.
The telegraph was under the control of govern
ment.
It was rumored that Concha bad sent to Porto
Rico for more troops.
The British ship-jf-war Boscawen had left Havana.
The British steamer Merlin was engager! in con
veying troops.
All the British vessels carried the Spanish flag.
Ihe British Rear Admiral reviewed tbe troops
with Concha.
Lead Mine in Tennessee. —Wc are informed, Rays
the Dahon Times, that in the vicinity of Riceville,
Tcun., there is a very rich lead mine in process of
working, where they are finding lead in great abun
dance. It is thought by the best mineralogists that
it contains 25 percent of silver. Wc learn that the
mine belongs, principally, to gentlemen living in Cass
county, Georgia. We hope that they may find both
j lead and silver in great abundance, and wc have no
i doubt b it that they will from what we have learned
j of tbe proep.cte.
February