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times with his own hand, and brought j
me a pretty yellow Canary bird in a tine j
wire cage. lie showed tne beautiful j
drawings from his port folio. In short, :
we were excellent friends.
My grandfather said nothing more,
for several days about my governess.—
But one day cousin Fred, asked me if I
could read. This question, my grand
father chanced to over hear, and it re
vived his recollection upon the subject.—
He again went over with grandmother
the expediency of sending me away to
school. But the latter still shook her
head, and declared that it would never
do n> think of such a thing. After that
they both took tostudving the advertise
ments in the newspapers. At length j
cousin Fred, who entered with great in- j
terest into the subject, lit upon the fol- !
lowirg.
“ A young lady desires to obtain a j
situation in a private family, as gover- j
ness. She is competent to teach tlie j
higher English branches, together with i
French, and Made. For further partic
ulars address E. C. No. 9. Public
Square.
*• E. o.,’* repeated Fred, as if to himself:
“ the initials are pretty, and it s a young
la !v, it appears. Grandfather Alston I
advise that she be written to immediate ‘
H”
My grandmther mused. “ There is j
nothing said about recommendations,” !
lie said. “ They Sve very requisite. Os
Cei iitieatas of character, and of ability j
will be demanded. We cannot trust. I
Claude in tne hands.of any raw, sting- j
gling governess, who may apply. We ;
must know who is who.”
Fied laughed. “If she is youngs and
pretty, I will write certificate's; for her by
the.bushel, if you demand them grand- j
father,” he said. “• Its deuced lonesome !
here at Oakland, and as fexpect to stay j
some three months,, I should like some j
companionship besides little cuus, and j
her cat, and dog, and pigeons, and if!
none of you will write to this beautiful j
Miss E. C. and invite For to the house, j
EH be siiot if Edirtf’t take (lie duty upon j
loysclf, and engage her on tnv own res- !
ponsibiiitv. If Ciande won’t recite to
her, I will,” and Fred threw back his
hair wijh a determined air, which it was
amusing to witness.
[to he continued.]
Minute of Points,
Derided by the Supreme Court of Geor
gia ut Columbus, January Term, 1855.
Wbite vs. AYallen from Harris.
1. The court has the right to control the
introduction of evidence, so as to compel the i
party to make out a necessary Tins
case before he to anotli
er*W#rtH*jftj#ibys€^Trereon.
Mobley & Hill, for Pill Ramsey &. King,
for Deft,
Osborn vs. The Ordinary, kc —from Har
ris.
1. A court of Equity will never take ju
risdiction where therb is au adequate and
ample remedy at b.w
Wellborn & Clark, for riff. Ingram &
Ramsey, for Deft.
Roseherry vs. Roaeberry—from Sc wart.
1. AT here there is an application for Tem
porary Alimony, and (lie husband denies the
marriage in fact or in law, the court should
order a preliminary-investigation, to in
quire into the fact of marriage, or the il le
gality of the marriage, before ordering Ali
mony.
B. S. Worriil k Johnson, for PUT. Tucker
for Deft.
Shockley vs. Davis—from Mark n. ;
1. Under the Act of 1833, requiring At-
Inch meat Bond to be in an amount at least
double the amout of debt,” a Bond fur more
than double is good and valid.
Oliver, for Piss. Pryor, for Deft.
Shockley vs Davis—from Marion.
1. Equity will specifically euforce a con
tract to transfer personal assets for tho in
demuity of sureties, in a proper case made
Hall & Oliver, for riff. Pryor tor Deft,
Johnson (Ordinary) vs. Abbott-from Mus
cogee.
1. The Act of the General Assembly ot
1353 4. requiring ttie Ordinary of Musco
gee county to pay in full the accounts of the
Teachers of poor children for the years 1852
is-constitutional and valid.
2 The accounts thus ordered to be paid
are to be audited in the same manner as pres
cribed in the General Ac! of 1852.
Ingram & Crawford, for PUT. W. Williams
for D jft. ;
Kellogg & Cos. vs Buckler & Short—from
Muscogee.
1 . Where a levy is ordered to he dismiss
ed by the court and this order is entered on
the ft fa. the Sheriff cannot sell Tin ier this
levy, and an affidavit of illegality lies for
this reason.
2 A Sheriff cannot be ruled for failing
to make the money on a fi Ja out of his conn*
B 1 from the court of
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THOMAS A. BURKE, 5
j CASSVIIkI.K. o e:o.
F BID AyIFoE NING,
FEBRUARY 9. 1855.
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Apologetic.
! AA'e are compelled to delay the publication of;
| a portion of our edition, this week, in con sc-|
| quence of the non-arrival of a lot of paper, which j
[ would have reached us in good time but tor the j
i burn in iv of the bridge. Our Kuharleeand Stiles*!
boro Subscribers must bear with us a week or |
two. AA r e are now making arrangements to j
change the publication day, back to Thursday,
I after which time their papers will reach them
i regularly every week. “
| Frank Italy’* Gazette for February is
:on our table, as pretty as ever. Notice next
weak. _
The Atlanta Intelligencer.
AY. R. Ritgoles, Esq./has sold a half inter
est in ibis paper to Maj. T. C. Howard, who
will in future assist him in the editorial depart
ment.
Southern Eclectic and Home Gazette.
Col. J\s. M. Smytut, proprietor of this cxcel
• lent weekly offers a half interest for sale. Cir
| dilation, 4500 —thirty live per cent on the in
j vestment warranted. Address him, at Augus
p:
The. State Road.
Freight trains commniCJiced running on this
aide of the river on Tuesday last, and will con- !
I
tinue regularly, we understand, making the trip !
though from the river to Chattanooga, in one
day, and vice versa. The temporary bridge, for
waggons, will probably be completed early next
week after which time there will be but little de*
lay in freghts.
Presentation of a Silver Cup.
We learn from the last Taupe-rancc Tanner,
that our old friend and fellow 1 citizen Bexj.
Braxtlv, was, on Sat inlay last, the recipi
ent of a silver. ‘Cupi,-—a present from Aquilex
Division, S. ofT. of I’thlield. Mr. Brantly
was 4t>r twt.Jy; years editor and proprietor of
the Tanner and is one of the oldest and most
thorough going temperance men in’ this state.
He is now a resident of our county, and we fee!
sure will prove’ a valuable citizen.
Valentines!
That sly dog, Cupid, requests us to say
that he has taken up his quarters, the pres
ent season, at Sam'l Levy's Cheap Cash
Store, where may be found a full assortment
of the most heart rending and soul-piercing
Valentines done up in the usual magnificent
style of such *> wnnities.” Young America
will please make a note of this fact, and
govern itself accordingly.
Hiss C. W Barber.
AYe commence, this week, the publication
of an t rlg'nal Nouvellette. of great power,
rom the pen of tjii-s talented : n l popular
writer, and we trust that no one of our rea
ders will fail to read the two opening chap
; ier, which are given, in this number. It
will lake several \.e,:ks to fini h this story—
the first of Itjc series —and we feel confident
that each forthcoming number of the papqr
will be looked for with impatience. AA'e
have seldom read a more thrilling 1 story —
certain are we that one of such superior
merit has never appeared before in a coun
try newspaper.
AVe are pleased to see that Miss Bauber
is being appreciated in Georgia, where she
has dune so much to elevate literary taste.
AVe.have to thank quite a number of our
Georgia exchanges for the handsome manner
in which they have spoken of our new vol
ume and the forthcoming stoi ies The opin
ion, of our brother Turner, of theEatonton
Prtss u carries weight” in our estimation
A number of others have given us handsome
notices. AVe are sorry that we hav'ut room
to copy them all, but we are none the less
grateful. The following, from our good
friend, Doct. Ramsay, of the Atlanta Idx
aminer, we give, because it is a well deserv
-ed, compliment tq our lair contributor. We
iiopc that Miss B. will soon collect her j
.-ketches and poems into a volume, for the
press. Such an one would contain more
genuine merit than a hundred of Fanny
Fern's *. Leaves,” which are enjoying at
this time such a wonderful popularity.
Ml-S C. XV U ARB EH CASSVILLE STANDARD.
“ AA’e have for some time intended directing
the particular attention of our readers to the
writings of this talonied lady, and are remind-j
od of our neglect by an announcement in the
CnKSvillc Standard of last week, that she isqire’
paring a scries of her popular stories for that
p per.
“ .Since “retiring from the cditorial dcpurt
■ ment of the Family A'isitor, to which she eon
i trilmted much to make it popular in literary ,
; circles, Miss 8., has devoted most of her time
1 to writing for the Masonic Journal, and has won
! a place in Masonic literature, sevcod to none
! who have ciiUiud lb it field. Indeed, so uni
i vursyl b:.s been tlie conmicmlnt.ioii v/ith wbicli;
! ber contribution's to the Journal have been re-
Lceivcd by (he Masonic press, that wc had began
j to tear that she \youid be induced to devote her
j xc'usive attc tio to that particuhir Ir auh (T- !
! her Jjrofession ; hut we are gntilied to see
that she has not a! together forgothm her friends
kpf the Secular press. . r
Our friend Lawrence, of the Bonric*
suggested the colhwfion of some of
PSeticul worksjjirfcook form, which
Kt approve, apsHiope she will gratify
fiihunjk hy if* publication ut an
WjAiN. be u valuable aequiailioii
Hkllii'iicUlooks, and we prnlirl
v ■ atli, Willi
of
■ -ft* “ .Ku
Hk o’
m
| _ The Four Points. v
The four points to which Russia is said to
i have at length agreed, as the basis of ueW
negotiations, are the following :
1. The abolition of the Protectorate o(
Russia over the Dauubinn Princip.tlties, and
the privileges of these piovinces placed un
der the collective gunrantee of the contract
irtg powers.
2. ‘Wie tree nav gation of the mouth of the
Danube secured according to the piinciples
I established by the Congress of Vienna
3. The revision of the treaty of the 13th
July, 1841, *> in regard to the balance
of power in Europe.
4 The abandonment hy Russia of her
claim to exercise an official protectorate ovar
the Christian subjects of the Porte [to Wliai
ever rite they might belong,) in considera
tion of the powers giving their mutual as
sistance to obtain from the Sultan a Coufir
mati on aml observance. ,of t h e religious privi
leges of all (Jhristaiu communities.
Cur Book,.Table.
Juvenile American History; for Pri
mary Schools', by Marcius Willson, author
| of History of the United States, New York.
| I visor. &. Phinuey.
II.STORY OF THE UNITED STATES, flOlTl tilt;
earliest discoveries to the present time
AA'itli additions, containing history of the
American provinces, history of Mexico,
and the Constitution of the United States,
with exp’anafory questions Same author
and publishers.
Outlines .of History : illustrated by nu
merous geographical and historical notes
and maps : embracing part 1, ancient his
tory, part 11, modern history. Same
author and publishers.
A glance at the crowded catalogues of
some of our school book publishers would
convey the idea that wo, are the best instruc
ted people in existence; and yet this multi
plicity ot sclioo. books may be, ami we hum
bly conceive is, tlie result of some radical
defect in the minds of those who attempt to
supply the educational wants of the conn
try. It would be better for bo h teacher
and pupil, if there were fewer of these edu
cational works to select from, but as this i.-
not the case, it become# us to examine such
as come under our notice, carefully, before
we recommend them.
There are scores of school histories, in
common use. each with its admirers ami
apologists, and at the same time, its defects
Peter Parley, in the main a very good old
man, ami the author of numerous pleasant
storieS iar children, bas set a bad example
in the way of school books Ills histories
are wonderfully popular, and the minds o
hundreds of poor juveniles are every year
crammed with a mass of specious knowledge,
which leaves them in worse condition than
it found them. AA'e arc opposed to all sim
pHjieil school books, whose authors propose
to make the path to learning so smooth M.a
tlie veriest simpleton may walk in it without
trouble. Such books should be tbrust oui
of every school in the land : the true path to
learning cannot be bordered with roses, no
indeed should it be, for he who is not content
to encounter and overcome its ddlieulties,
does not deserve to enjoy the pleasures to
which it leads.
A\ e have carefully examined the books
named at the head of this article, and have
no hesitation in recommending them to the
favorable notice of teachers. Mr. Wilson is
evidently in love with his subject, and has
devoted much time to its study. His June
nile History is tlie best we have, examined
Itiswri t -n hi good, pure English, am while
it is suited to the comprehension of young
persons, still leaves something to be Studied
out. The author remarks truly that it is
.. a serious error to cultivate in the young
objectionable language, under tlie pretence
that, they have been accustomed ?to it, and
cannot understand any other.” There are
a number of well executed and neatly color
ed maps in the volume, which will be found
useful to the pupil.
The History of the United Stairs, for
schools, is divided into four parts. The
is a well written account of the various voy
ages of discovery, made by Columbus, P< nai
de Leon, Soto and others. Part second is
devoted to our Colonial history ;• part third
to the American Revolution, and part fourth
to our National history from the adoption ot
the Constitution to the beginning of .The
present administration. In the appendix we i
have very interesting histories in brief, ot j
tlie Canadas, under the French and English,
of Texas and Mexico, as well as the Consti
tution of the United States, with explanato
ry notes.
Os the last named 1 and largest work of the
three, we can say but little hero, as our no
tice is already too long. Jt strikes us as
being quite as good a compendium of An
cient and Modern history, as we have seen
In the departments of Grecian and Roman
history, tlie author has, we learn from his
preface, “ aimed to embody the results ot
the investigations of the best Modern wri
ters, especially Thirlwall and Grote in
Grecian, and Niebuhr in Roman, and in both
ancient and modern history, be has caretul
ly examined disputed points of interest, with
the hop-, of avoiding all important .attiqua
ted err u s.” The analysis at the beginning
of each chapter is a capital idea. The eigh
teen beautifully colored-maps, to be found
fit the close ol tlie volume, will prove a very
useful convenience. The hooks are ail well
l r nt ed and neatly gotten up.
North Eastbrn R ail Road. —AVe arc j
pleased to learn that the contractors on this i
road commenced oil the Ist inst , with a large j
force of mechanics and laborers, so that wu ■
•nay soon expect to see its completion to its
furthest point —103 ini’es. The depository
; is'-now being erected on ChapcH-str.sglfr* l ”
Charleston JYcU'g, 2i/ insi,
iAv v n,v aii Cotton Market. Tim
Chattanooga /Ten ,) Gazette , of 3d inst..
says; fFivannuli is unsurpassed ns a Cotton
Market by any other city in the South, and
planters and merchants are always sure to
get the highest figure for Cotton sold in that
city
Col. Hardee’s T a otic* The U. S.
j Senate inis appropriated twenty thousand
; dollars to stereotype this book, to enable the
! secretary of War to supply the ni'litia witli j
J it. Col. 11. is a Georgian. f
Messrs. LiddCm & Sullivan Njoing
( desirous of iuveit’ng nil their means in tffiir
, B ok offer the Office of thu Madison
■Limily Vising, fr l1 * sale, uponXaeaotnuioJ a- j
P.epeal of th.e Usury Laws.
AVe notice that many newspapers of our
Stale aye-warmly favoring the repeal of the
present Usury laws. Now we have never
had ti single doubt about tlie correctness
aml sound policy of these laws; we have al
ways looked upon them as; a wield to protect
..the innocent, honest laboring classes, against
the arts, deceptions rnd oppression of the
bard hearted money holders. In other
words.is laws rest raining therich froni gr ud
injj, thq poorrV . . -v
Laws against Usury have existed in every
commercial nation since the creation of the
world. The great Jewish law giver, Moses,
ferbade the taking of unlawful it terest Up
on money. Tlie Republics of Greece and
Rome, the wise provisions of whose laws we
all admire, prohibited the taking of unjust
find unreasonable interest. It is true, for a
short time these Republican States had no
laws against Usury, but tlie popular de
mauds soon caused the enactment of wise
provisions, protecting the poor against the
exorbitant exactions of the rich
AA'e would respectfully ask, what class of
our p ople demand the repeal of the Usury ;
laws? Is it the middle and working class?
No. It is a movement gotten up alone by
the unfeeling am! avaricious wealthy men,
to enable them to take advantage of their
unfortunate neighbors during the present ;
hard times, and rob them of their homes I
and impoverish their families It is an old |
and true maxim, that the rich can protect j
themselves, nnd it is one rs the first duties j
of the Government to protect the poor. The j
repeal of the Usury laws would not only in- j
jure the unfortunate, however, but would j
ruinously affect the laboring class general- j
ly. by inducing money holders to let out !
their money on personal security, and retard ;
and stop all works of internal improvement i
Consequently, tlie demand for laborers would •
be decreased, and the wages of tlus tiumer
ons and • worthy ‘ class would be greatly;
reduced. Toe repeal of these laws would
prevent capitalists from embarking in pub
lie enterprize#; by offering more profitable
channels for increasing their wealth, and
thus not only would all but the rich suffer,
but the general wealth and prosperity of the
State would be seriously affected. Now. our
numerous Rail Roads are the c!iici'resour
ces of State prosperity. Repeal our Usury
laws, and our internal improvements, by
private ent rprise, would suddenly stop.
But we are told that England has re- :
pealed her laws against Usury. Ah i Is j
this a reason why we should do so? If in i
England the lords and monied aristocrats
should-repeal tlie last law for the protection
of tlie poor, is it a proper example tor our
Republican government to follow ? There
the wealthy are masters, and the poor are
slaves, cut here, thanks to the efforts of our.
Revolutionary fathers, the dollar is not the
controlling power. This effort- on the part
of the Sivy locks of Georgia will fail and the
people will mark the man who lends himself
io effect this unjust scheme of the money
holders. Talk about Georgia repealing the <
Usury laws!— why it was only in 1842 ,
that our Legist;.!ore passed a statute giving
greatei force and effect to these laws.
The Usury laws are wise and l eiieficial in j
their influence It is useless to urge that j
they deprive men of the privilege of giving
what per cent they please. The law does
no L compel the borrower to plead Usury —it
is a voluntary thing. If any man is willing
to give a higher rate of interest than what
s law, he incurs no penalty ; lie is at liber
ty to do it. But don't annul the law L
lias been tested for ages Wise and good
law-givers have always acknowledged its
correctness, and in our humble opinion; no
borrower freely advocates its repeal. If
these laws are repealed, money will be bor
rowed at enormous ra;es of interest—the
unfortunate debtor will promise any’ per
cent to prevent the sheriff from selling his
property. “We have ali seen how men will
struggle to hold possession of property
Bride and every’ other feeling of our nature 1
will induce men to give ruinous rates ot in
terest, with some faint hope of relief, or
sometimes merely to prolong the evil day.
Few men make money hy paying unlawful
interest, and many have been entirely ru
ned in their pecuniary prospects, l>y r the
uncor.soientie'us money lender. If our Usu
ry’ laws were repealed,- the rich, who hold
the money, would establish their own rate
of interest, property would depreciate in
value, and our prosperity as a State be ;
greatly retarded. The capitalist would fat
ten and grow rich upou Ihe wants and
misfortunes of the poor. Others may do as
they think best, but we shall -firmly and
honestly oppose this attempt of the unscru
pulous monied men of the State, to fatten
upon the misfortunes of their neighbors.
Prior to the borrower was forced to
file a bill in Equity, to establish Usury by
the answer of tile lender, the great expense
of which p.r ceeding prevented the pleading
of Usury in small amounts, and in that year !
an act was psssed enabling, tlie statute to be j
plead in even the smallest cases Not only
did the act of 1842 make the pleading more
simple, but parties defendants are not now
compelled to pay tlie principal debt, and
lawful interest, before they can compel the j
plaintiff to answer, as was the law before its ;
pas-age Now tlie defendant, simply files his i
plea of Usury, without paying either princi- ;
pal or interest, and if the plaintiff fails to j
answer, he has the right to establish the !
fact by bis own affidavit ns to tlie irutli ol
Ills plea. The speculators and money len
ders think that the present hard times will
lavor the repeal of these laws- hence this
sudden clamor of a portion of the press, who
we fear, are pandering to tlie nod of the al- 1
mighty dollar. 1* d-k,
urgeyjm'ffr'aavociite the repeal of the Usu- I
country, or the purse-proud aristocracy ?
It is argued by Jeremy Benthniu, mid other J
hirelings of capitalists, that money should j
be governed by the laws of commerce, the !
same ns property of every description ; that j
there should ho no law regulating its value j
any more than that of any other article of
commerce. But these reasons, which may ;
at first appear plausible, are incorrect.— |
Money is different from everything else; it ;
alone euu pay tuxes; its value is regulated .
by the Government, and no man can do with- {
out it-? whereas most other things oau be
dispensed with.
—. . i
Aicomi any of colored Thespians is in
success*ul operation in Cincinnati. They
pctlirinod llotnco and Juliet on Thursday
voinV>g-
‘For the Casscille N Laniard.
Prohibition Meeting in Cass.
Ca*;viu,k, Tuesday, Fob. G.
A large number of the citizens of Cass
cbtinty, hairing assembled in the court In u>e
j.to give ex}Te.-sH)ti to their feelings-in refer
! cnee to the prohibition of the-sale of ardent
leptff-its on motion of Doit. W. If. Felton,
1 CoJ. Z. Edwards called to tb'eelutir, and
Doct W J. lieuhnto,. requested to act as
Secret a ry.
,| On diction, Dr. Felton stated that the pb
fj.eet of tlie meeting was to apppint delegates
to the Prohibition Convention, sopi) to meet,
jin Atlanta, and to nominate a ticket for a
j Seuaior and two Representatives for the
county of Cass, in the next Legislature, lie
gave liis reasons for going into the move
ment, in a speech of great force and itlo
! quence.
I. *
i Cn motion of J. R Parrott, Esq . the f.l -
j lowing committee of ten was rppointed to
j report business tor the meeting; .. .; >
J. R Parrott, Esq , Col. W. Akin, Gen
Joiin II Rice, Rev. li. A Milner, J j. How
ard, -Esq , E L. Hamilton, Esq , A. C
j Trimble,- Esq , Rev A. W Buford, Rev J.
W.^Oi veils. Rev C. A. Crowell.
While the committee were absent. Rev. .1. I
W. Hurt is, at the .call of the meeting, ail- j
dressed it, in bis usual felicitous manner, j
j strongly urging the passage of n prohibitory i
Haw. !
j The committee having returned, reported, i
| through their Chairman, Mr. Parrott, the!
j following preamble ami resolutions:
j Whereas we-the citizens of Cass county !
j arc determined if possible to abolish the re
: tail traffic in ardent-spirits in our county.
I and in the-Stut.e, and in order to consummate
| that great end and to drive that blighting
i curse from our happy country ; therefore i
j ilrsolce.il, That we in Convention asseni- !
! Iwo'd appoint twenty five delegates from this j
j o unty to represent us in the Gubernatorial j
j Convention to assemble in the city of’.Atlan- j
|ta on the 22d i list., and that we recommend ;
: to the support of the voters of Cass county,
to represent them in the next Legislature,
Ceorge W. Tunilin, for Senator, and Joseph j
Bogle and Misha King, fo>- Representatives, j
Col. Akin moved the adoption of the re
port, supporting his motion by-a powerful J
■ appeal in favor of lig'nl suasion. The ‘mb
j fion was adopted unanimously.
On motion of Doct Felton, the candidates j
| nominated for the legislature, who w.et.e. j
| all present, were requested to notify the
j meeting of their detenu.nat on to accept or
; deel.tie the nomination, whereupon they sev
erally replied, accepting the same.
The Chairman then adopted the following
gentlemen as delegates to Atlanta :
* Gen. John II Rice, Col. J. W. Harris,*E.
L. Hamilton. Benj. Brantlyy.John A. Erwin,
Rev G. W Tumlin. Dr. W. li. Felton,"Col.
Joel Foster. J. J Howard Rev.l. \Y Giv
ins, Dr W. J. Betih'am,'Elisha King. Dr.-M.
J Murphy. <R II Junes, D M Hood. •John
Greenwood, Alexander Todd,*llon John W.
Hooper, Rev. A. W Butord, John A Terrell.
•Wm. Bradley, H. V. V.’ ester. A*. C Trimble,
,Rev. It. A. Milner, and Col. J. It. Towers.
On motion of Doct Felton, it was lesolv
ed, that the proceedings of this meeting be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and
published iu (lie .. Cussville Standard.’’
The meetingTlien adjourned
Z. El>V ARDS, Chairman
W. J. B(:mi am. Secretary.
Correspondence of the Standard.
Letter from Uew York.
NO. G
“New Vobk, Fe>. 1, 1855.
11 o’clock-, A. M.
One week's Ir.trr ncirs from all Kuro}\e —
The Crimea — Sevastopol—-Cobden am 7
(!,e ll'.ir—JVetv Constitution in Spain i
Co ton ael ire lire a tin InJfs On t
week's n exes ft oni Caiijorn ia— jYtarty
half a million of specie to Pape, Jla.
con Sc o<>. Home •news
s-7 ‘gis/ntiee —2 riumph of ike K. JY. in
jYew York —The weather, markets, Sfc -.,
kc.
By telegraph from Halifax, yesterday, we I
had the outline of one week's later new,- :
from Europe—brought by the British an!
Worth American Royal Mail Steamer Jifri
ca, which sailed from Liverpool on the ZOth
ult. There is nothing Iroin the seat of war
worth occupying space or tune with. The
general and prevailing opinion is that, peace
• is about to re restored ntd that an armis
tice will be: effected. The Fr-tidi aud Eng j
lis.lt Ministers at Vienna bail received the J
necessary powers to < ii.ible. them to re-open
ed written instructions f.otn the Russian
Government. on 11 fit ult, in relation to
tie pending negocia-ibi.s ; and rumor j
fr m ati lieu tie sources .expires cs Tie Czar's!
readiness to accept an honorable peace j
He appears to be tired of war. Austria j
is also peaceably inclined, but is firm ‘
;n insisting on Nicholas to accept the pro- \
posed conditions, .<■ which ihe-wcl/ore of En
!/ope demands “ Now Austria does not say
; that she will insist ujiUn the Czars acbopt
i ancu of all that England and France,demand
and before she concludes an ulfettsive alliance
with the latter, she wants to have it .. sla
ted exactly” vvliat they do demand. Few,
however doubt that Austria has determined J
iu good faith to proceed to hostilities,-diould
! the reasonable demands of the allied INjwcis
| not be complied with.
Iu Sevastopol there is nothing doing ; all
lisat a stand still Omni- Pasha was at. the j
| camp of the allies, and had an interview .
with Raglan and Canvobert on the 6th ult. j
lie returned -to Varna
fniiTh 11yroncliing the al
lies. The weather is frosty, and the roads
now passable. Lord Ruslan has sent to In- i
din for the 10th Hussars. The 821 Regi
i ment of Infant ry has just embarked from]
i Liverpool, lor the Crimea, 700 strong. From \
j the Danube there is uoth'ug further, since
| the destruction of Tultselia, by the lilts* I
sians. The savage Russians, though they j
j had the best of it, suffered severely, as the j
| Turks fought desperate y. The Turkish force :
; now in Dubrudsoha is GO,OOO, mostly raw re
’ emits, however.
From England there- is nothing of im-
I portance. Cobden made a speech recently j
I at Leeds, in which lie stigmatized the at- ‘
’ tack on Sevastopol ns a colossal mistake,
j and the main principle tis the present qnes- j
lion slibuld bo, how to get out ot it.” Your j
: readers will recollect that 1 defined pretty
clearly in a late letter the pesUioti of the !
j allies before Sevastopol, and saw, and said, j
| tliere . was no hacking out of it.” It is said
’ but I very much doubt the report, that Gov
! ernment lias offered De Lacy Evans an np
pointmeut in India “to keep his mouth
shut.”
In Spain the reviwl Constitution was sub
mitted on the 13th ult The principal points
] are that the religion will be Roman Cath
olic, but toleration will be allowed the
press shall be free—confiscation ol property
; ynd death penalty are abolished Senators
| me to Jtie elected lor life on property qualifi
cations—one representat.ve lor every fifty
thousand citizens.
j The English Markets. Cotton was In
! gqmLdemand, with an advance in low and
••middling qualities. Saks of the week, 50,- i
i GOG bates. Fair Orleans, -
3-Hid. ; fair Mobile, 5 3-§U ; middling, yd.; I
: fair Upland 5 3 fed ;• ordinary, 4 1 2d. 1
1 Beef in nnid'-rate demand. prices steady.)
Pork meets ready sal-..- at -15.-. t- 15s for I
prime mess Lai-d de'el.ned Is. and demand!
; slow.
j Lire.til stuffs —Wheat lias advanced 2d. :
j .flour and India n corn are Gd. dearer on the !
j previous quotations. Western canal flour, 1
| old, at 42s to 43a,; new is a very inferior .
! quality and difficult to be sold at 40s ; Phil j
j adiilpiiia, Baltimuae, and Ohio at 445. to;
45s ; white wheat., 11s Ud. to 12s 6d, : red j
. wheat, 10s, (id to 11s. Dd.; Indian ccrti, j
! niixed, 445. to 435. 5.1 ; yellow, 435. Ud, to j
’ 445.; white, 4is Gd to 455,
I We have also a week s later nows from ‘
j California, by the arrival, at this port., of!
I the .. Star of the West,” She brought up i
wards of .tj-GOl),000 in specie, $402,000- -of!
which was to Page, Bacon he Cos The sixth
Legislature, of California, assembled at Sac
ramento on 2nd January, and organized on
j 3d, selecting Mr. Stowe.(Whig) - Speaker.-
) Flour is now selling there at sl6 50. A
I new arid rich mine of gold and copper lias
1 been recently discovered in the the territory
! acqu red under the Gad;ulen treaty. Euii-
I gratinn is lending thither, and an active pop
ulati n will soon be settled there The
,* Message’ ot the Governor, sub
j mitted, exhibits a flattering state ot affairs,
i From it we learn that the Slate debt itmouti.s
jto a million and a quarter of dollars,— a
j fiattering state ol f.t ai-cts, oi.t.unq
j that one year ago, it was over three millions
! L'lie usual number of gales, losses, fires, anil
records of crime, is brought by the “ Staroi
i the West,” but nothing that 1 consider ol
sufficient importance U* your mulcts to go
into detail about.
My advices from Washington are entirely
barren of interest Commodore Ferry s cor
respotnlenec in relation to Japan oegocia
lions were received. The discussion as to
the best means of suppressing Indian hostil
ities was resumed, Gen. Houston asserted
that in all the wars with the savages, tin
whites had been the aggressors. Senators
Dodge and Mulony denied this statement,
and Mr. Cass announced his intention ol
speaking on this subject again.
The Know Nothings of New York hnvt
aga ri been triumphant in the election ofMr
WiHiaui 11. Goodvv n to the State Senate
tie had a majority of 2 000. am! the Know-
Nothings consider this a great triumph over
bis opponent, Mr. Loomis, a Freesoil Sewar
dite
In he P!fi!ade v phia cdnnty prison yesterdav
morning otic of the prisoners died from suf
focation, and nineteen others narrowly es
caped a similar fata, in consequence of the
pipes connecting with the heaters becoming
detached, and the Cells being filled with
gas.
The health of our city is good. The
weather clear and fine : snow almost disap
peaied.
Cotton was about one-eightl; of a cent
dearer yesterday The market closed quite
tin:), though sales w ere ‘limited, as dealt rs
were waiting priva e lette s due by the Afri
ea. We now quote in,dd!irg up'auds at Go :
do Florida at ‘J l -8c a I J 14e : Mobile do
at 1)1 2c. There being no New O leans mid
4ling on the market, it was nominal at a
iiout 93 4.“. Common grades ot Flour were
front Cl 4c. to 12 l-2e. ].er barrel higher,
while choice and extra were steady at pro
’ Vidus rates. Wheat was quiet. The news
! was of no benefit to Corn, which sold at 9Ge
( for Southern white and yellow, and 94c. for
common do. : while Jersey was at 95e.
tended downward, while Oats were firm.
BENSON,
Advice to Planters.
Tire Augusta Constitutionalist alluding
jto the approaching agricultural Season.
| gives the following advice to planters in re
gard to the choice of crops :
. It is to be hoped tiha cotton planters will
not be betrayed by the present low prices ot
cotton and their want of money, to commit
1 the folly of planting a larger crop than usn
, al, in order to make up the required sunt by
| increased quantity, increase of production
j but aggravates the evils under which the
! planters suffer ; for too many strain-nil their
j energies to make ‘'otton, to the neglect com
paratively, of supplies o! provisions and ot li
er articles which every plantation needs,
and of which a surplus can always find a
ready market. This is especially true now.
for while cotton is unusually low, almost.
every other article usually made on a cot
ton plantation is unusual'y high, and like
jly to remain so. Corn especially bears a
very high price, with no prospect of an a
biuemeut. The hbine conpiiptum cannot di
minish. while (lie demand for export is all
the time increasing. Corn is now a regu.- i
lar article of shipment to Europe, where itJ
is yearly coming more into use. Thiseotin-S
try will also continue to have a large murkfl
,et-;iikbr<td fat ■ail-flu^'!■ of, aujfl
every other transportable article offnodT* ,^B
-i Let not prospects of an ear y \ eaoe
oeive the planter into the belief that j
of Cotton will necessarily, iu that
greatly rise, prices ol provisions greatly
I'lm’ the war should terminate to
would be a long time before a
change could be effected in the
regulating prices.
.. T’o d.m nish tlie produetion of r
raise an mei eased quantity of
would, at al’ events, be a sate policy^*
Over -It it),(it it) barrels of ale were
from England last- year ! ||®
France produces annual ly 9,(Hjfln iq r.
gallons of wine. * *'sF
The best capital for a young
it a I young wil'o. M’'-'jk R■ ’ q
Wo learn that Bishop Capers Jjg
res.deuce in Anderson ViiingoJHj J -
jMvmday moruiag last. --v!
<omrnl if'ruts.
Congressienal.
Washington, Feb. 1.
! In the Senate Mr. Seward presented a pe
tition from New York praying for the aboli
tion of slavery in the District of Columbia
without loss to owners.
The Amy B 1 was ta! en up The amend
ment of Mr. Shie ds providing for two regi
| ments of cavalry and five hundred Rangers,
j to serve five years. Was adopted.
( In the House Mr Richardsons substitute’
to the Subterranean Telegraph Bill, grant
[ inglthe right of way was adopted.
’ The bill donating lands to Utah fur schools
was passed.
j 1
Mr Houston gave notice that lie would
j call up the Tariff bill next Wednesday.
N ashuvoton, Feb 5.
| A The Senate has passed the Bounty Land
bill, and has taken up the French spoliation
bill.
The House, has passed; thsf bill for the re
lief of the Georgia lLu'roal and Batik.ng
Coinpatiy. The consideration of the Tariff
Bili inis been postponed to the 13;h inst.
From the Washington LTRcn.
Letter of Mr. Hiilyer.
The friends (f Mr. HiDyeF.wTl read the j
letter below with regret ItV li.-is proifed
himself a faithful nr.u efficient leprisenta
tive of the interests and sentmtems iH|
icsolutum to decline a re election
therefore, be received by them, as well
sound national men evet where, with
His letter is as follows:
W ashington, Jan 2d, 1855
To the pe< jle of the 6/d ‘Jongm s. iona.’ 1
District of Georgia: I
It is proper that 1 should make known to I
you at this early day that i decline a re u-A
lection to the next ‘Congress fl
1 desire to retire in in congressional lifj|
and to resuo e the practice ot my piqduß
sion. M
With the consciousness of having
ed n.y duty to the best of li y ability,
you and my immediate constituents.
the country generally. J shall retire to
pleasant home not only without one
but with unmixed sat.sfaciion ; ami
should live a thou.-.ind ye ns
collection of kindness ami ei nfidei.ee
foriuly extended to n e i• ii el an u to mfl|
Rticai as] ir.itions, as we!, a- yj n
al and Si cia 1 [ edition, wHi he tin “&4\
tion that will i ..ss In m n y mind.
JL'MUf IHLEM
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