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route for the springs. The house at Oak
land was closed, barred, and bolted. —
Nelly the eook, who remained behind,
had received particular directions roar*®”
ting the pigeons, the canary bi rJ ! s
gift) was consigned to p are * om
Morton’s sister, on the adjoining planta
tion. Lilv had been left in the back
kitchen, and was parted from almost
with fears, and ,Calida was safe in the
carriage, reposing on one of the velvet
trimmed cushions by my side. My
grandfather and grandmother sat on the
back seat —Miss Charch, Calida, and I
sat on the front—Cousin Fred dashed a
long on horse-back, while Mary, and
her husband and Tom, the errand boy,
followed us in the waggon, which con
veyed our baggage. Taking us all in all,
we were a cheerful happy party of trav
ellers. The old people seemed, amid the j
bustle, and novelty, and excitement of ;
the occasion, to have renewed their years
and I verily believe that both sat and
wondered why they had so long tarried
at Oakland, as fixed as the white statu
ary in the niches, when getting abroad
was such an easy and cheap pleasure.
[to be continued.]
Moscow Never Burned.
Senator Douglas is said to have made the
discovery, while traveling in Russia, that
the city of Moscow was never burned ! The
following statement of the matter is from
the Muscatine (Iowa) Inquirer :
Coming on the boat a few days ago, we
happened t> fall in company with Senator
Douglas, who came on board at Quincy, on
his way to Warsaw. In the course of a very
interesting account of his travels in Russia,
much 0$ which has been published by letter
writers, he stated a fact which has never
yet been published, but which startlingly
contradicts the received historical relation
of one of the most extraordinary events that
ever fell to the lot of history to record. For
this reason the Judge said he felt a delicacy
in making the assertion, that the city of
Moscow was never burned !
He said that, previous to his arrival at
Moscow, he had several disputes with his
guide as to the burning of the city, the guide
declaring that it never occurred, and seemed
to be nettled at Mr. Douglas’ persistency in
his opinion ; but on examining the fire
marks around the city, and the city itself,
he became satisfied that the guide was
correct.
The statement goes on to set forth that
the antiquity of the architectural city—
particularly of its < six hundred first class
churches,” stretching through anti-Napol
eonic ages to Pagan times, and showing the
handiwork of different nations of history—
demonstrates that the city never was burnt
down (or up.) The Inquirer adds :
The Kremlin is a space of several hundred
acres, in the heart of the city, in the shape
of a flat iron, and is enclosed by a wall
sixty feet high. Within this enclosure is
the most magnificent palace in Europe recent
ly built : but constructed over an ancient
palace, which remains, thus enclosed, whole
and perfect, with all its windows, &c.
Near the Kremlin, surrounded by a wall,
is a Chinese town, appearing to be several
hundred years old, still occupied by descen
dant! of the original settlers.
The circumstances which gave rise to the
error concerning the burning of Moscow,
were tbese :—lt is a city of 450,000 inhabi
tants, in circular form, occupying a large
space five miles across. There the winters
are six months long, and the custom was,
and still is, to lay up supplies of provisions
and wood to last six months of severe cold
weather. To prevent these gigantic supplies
from encumbering the heart of the city, and
render them as convenient as practicable to
©very locality, a row of wood houses was
constructed to circle completely rouud the
eity, and. outside of these was a row of
granaries, and in these were deposited the
whole of tlie supplies. Napoleon had en'er
el the city with his army, and was himself
occupying the palace of the Kremlin, when,
one night by order of the Russian Governor,
every wood house and every granary simul
taneously burst into a blaze.—Ail efforts
to extinguish them were vain, and Napoleon
found himself compelled to march his army
through the fire. Retiring to an eminence,
he saw the whole city enveloped in vast
sheets of flame, and clouds of smoke, nnd
apparently all on fire.—And so far as he
was concerned it might as well have been,
for though houses enough were left to supply
every soldier with a room, yet without
provisions^or fuel, and a Russian army to
cut off supplies, he an l his army could not
subsist tht re. During the fire, some houses
were probably burnt, but the city was not.
11l the Krenlin, a magazine blew up
cracking the church of Ivan more that a
hundred feet up. but setting nothing on lire.
Mr. Douglas saw the fire marks around
the city, where wood houses and granaries
for winter supplies now stand as of old ; but
there appears no mark of conflagration
within the city. On the contrary, it bears
the unmistakable evidence of age.
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ly can —Life Illustrated, JVew York.
Methodist Bishops. —Bishop James 0.
Andrew, has removed from Oxford, Oa , to
Summerfield, Ain. The address of Bishop
Pierce is also changed from Sparta, by the
establishment of anew post ofiiee nearer his
residence, call * Culvertou,” Hancock Cos.,
Ga.
The Maine Law'.bas passed the Senate of
Indiana by a majority.of 10.- It will, pass
the House also.
TH.E ‘OT^mAKD.
WILLIAM T. WOFFORD,
THOMAS A BURKE, >
CASSVIELE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING,
FEBRUARY 22. 1855.
The Mails.
We have received no exchanges from Au
gusta, Charleston, Savannah or Atlanta, for
three days past —and are unable, in conse
quence, to give the usual amount of news.
Robbery.
We learn from the Atlanta papers that
our countyman, Wm. Pittard, Esq , was
robbed in that place, a few days since, of
his pocket-book, containing a considerable
amount of money, besides valuable papers.
We sincerely hope that the thief may be
brought to justice.
Doct. Edgeworth.
It will he seen, by reference to card in
another column, that this gentleman has
permanently located in our town. lie comes
highly recommended as a successful and ex
perienced practitioner of his profession, and
wc feel confident will be a valuable acquisi
tion to our town. Ilis stock of Drugs nnd
Chemicals is one of the best we have seen in
any country town.
Freights over the Etowah River.
We publish, in another column, a commu
nication from Jam.es Vaughan, Esq , to
Mnj Cooper. Superintendent of the W. &
A. R. Road. Mr. Vaughan is a citizen of
this county, nnd stands high in the estima
tion of those who know him, as a man of
responsibility, great integrity nnd moral
worth, and we think it due him nnd the pub
lic that Maj. Cooper should give an explicit
answer to liisenquiries.
The State Road.
We are sorry that our duty compels us to
say a word or two about some blatters con
nected with the late management of this
great public thoroughfare We have no dis
position to attach blame to any one connected
with the road, in Ivhnt we shall say. We
greatly prefer to believe that the evils of
which we shall complain, have resulted from
a want of judgment, but that they deserve
public censure, there can be no doubt.
It is pretty well known in Cherokee Geor
gia that, since the burning of the Etowah
bridge, Ireights have been advanced five
cents on the hundred pounds, nnd the price
of tickets, to personsjerossing the river, fifty |
cents each. This is clearly wrong. The 1
public are not responsible for the but nine of I
the bridge, nor ought they to be taxed extra
in consequence of it. It is a misfortune, but
the State, acting in the capacity of a corpo
ration, lias no right to require the public to
make it up. The Superintendent could, with
equal propriety, increase hit tariff of char
ges. if a train of cars was burned, or an
i engine destroyed. These are accidents which
are the common lot of railroad companies,
and which they must charge to jfiofit and
loss. The burn ng of the E owah bridge is
of precisely the same cnaracter.
Again— according to common law, a com
mon carrier lias no right to increase his
charges in consequence of losses on his part.
The State road is a common carrier, and the
law app ies iu this very case. The Superin
tendent has no right to demand extra pay
from the Post Office Department, in conse
quence of this accident, but he could do so
with as much propriety ns to make this re
quirement of extra pay from the traveling
j and trading public.
! There is another feature of this arrarge
! ment, about, which we desire to say a word
jor two. Ticket agents at the different de
(pots are instructed to charge fifty cents
| ad litional in all ctses where they sell tick
ets to persons crossing the river. Now, it is
well known that many persons travel with
hut little baggage —say a Carpet bag or Va
liko—and that a majority of these persons
would prefer to walk from one side of the
river to the other. What right has the Su
| perintendent to say that they shall not:
J The temporary bridge across the river is
built by the State, ami is the common prop,
erty of her citizens. It strikes us ns unjust,
that a Georgian should not be allowed
to walk across his own bridge, with his car
pet bag in his hand, without paying half a
dollar. And yet this arrangement compels
him 13 pay this extra amount, for if he refu
ses to buy a ticket from the agent, he is
compelled to pay just as much to the con
| doctor, with the additional sum of twenty
: five cents for not buying a ticket,
j We are not dictated by any spirit of fault
finding, in writing this nrticlc. Wesincere
l ly hope nud believe that these evils have
j resulted from thoughtlessness, and that they
’ will be speedily remedied. It is, however,
j our duty as public journalists to speuk of
! them, to the end that those interested may
| be made aware of the state of public feeling
; in reference to thorn.
i
Clayton vs. Gilmer.
The Chronicle Sf Sentinel of a late date
I publishes a three column article from Philip
| Clayton, Esq., entitled .* a Vindication of
! the Hon. .tin gust in S. Clayton, against j
| aspersions of George R. Gilmer as con- j
t uned in his sketches of Georgia The
! writer alleges that Gov. Gilmer Ims attack
ed the legal reputation, and defamed the
character of Judge Clayton, by charging
him with corruption in the celebrated con
troversy between Georgia and the Cherokees
The article is severe, und we have no doubt
j the author of the Sketches ii jostled’ there
; by, a result which he very much deprecates
in the preface to his late work.
A meeting of the citizens of Marietta is
called for the purpose of asking their co-op
eration in the building of a first-class ho
tel, and to ask aid from the City Council.
Kuow-Nothingism against the South.
Below wc give an extract from the speech
of Mr. Smith, member of Congress from
Tennessee. The most can
not now fail to see that abolitionism has
been greatly strengthened by the new order;
indeed the organ of the party at Washing
ton (the True Jlmcrican,) in speaking of
the elections in Massachusetts, admits the
fact. To Southern men who have serious
fears of injury to our institutions from for
eign emigration, we say if you value slavery,
keep aloof from the Know-Nothing party!
If you join them, you affiliate with and swell
the ranks of the abolitionists There can be
no excuse for a Southern man joining the
Know-Nothings unless he feels that foreign
ers are doing us more injury than the
abolitionists. We know that many good
and true patriots Lave strong prejudices a
gainst foreigners and Catholics—they arc
honest n their opinions, and sincerely desire
the good of their country, but they will
wash their bauds of the present Know
Nothing party. It is a true saying that a
tree is known by its fruit—let us look at the
fruits of this new organization :
i< We nre told by the gentleman from Ma
ryland. (Mr. Sellers.) that this party knows
* no North, no South, no East no West,’ami
that < it is national enough to cover all parts
of this wide spread confederacy.’ What ev
idence has it given of such exalted and ex
tended patriotism ? Judged by the fruits it
has produced, there is nothing in it to com
mend it to the American people, and more
especially the people of the South But, on
the contrary, the results of the late elections
in the Northern States are well calculated
to cause the people of the South to pause and
reflect before entering into bonds with this
uew sect. Look to the record. They have
revolutionized Maine, and sent to the Senate
of the United States an open, avowed, un
compromising abolitionist, in the place of
Bradbury, a national democrat; and to
this House (with but one exception) they
have returned abolitionists, or—what a
mounts to about the same thing in the North
Whigs. And the old Bay State—which
stood shoulder to shoulder with the foremost
in the days that tried men's souls ; whose
sons gave their time, means and talents to
the good work ; and who, notwithstanding
her modern heresies, has ever had men in
the Congress of the United States who have
commanded the respect and admiration o!
the whole country —how fares it with her ?
In her recent election all men of enlarged
and statesmanlike views were displaced to
make room for Burlingame, Comins, Davis,
and Knapp, abolitionists of the darkest hue.
And in the other branch of Ongress. the
seat once filled and adorned by Webster.
Choate, and Everett, is now to be disgraced
by Ileury Wilt-ou— who, it is said, was a sup
porter of Henry Clay in 1844—a supporter
of Van Buren and Adams in 1848—a coali
tionist in 1850—a republican till 1854, and
afterwards a Know-Nothing. llis only in
quiry has been for the shortest rut to office.
A graphic picture, Mr. Chairman, but a true
one, and a faithful likeness of more than
one prom nent member of this new phara
saical sect. Ido not wish to do injustice to
j Mr. W i'son; and as his election is one of the j
i most important political acts of the new par
I ty, 1 beg leave to read a short speech of bis,
made in Boston on Thursday last, at an anti
slavery meeting, and also an extract from
the speech of Mr. Burlingame, a Know-
Nothing member to the next Congress, which
it. will be seen is fully endorsed by the Mas
sachusetts Senator. Mr. Burlingame said :
i. , If asked to state specifically what he!
would do, he would answer: Ist. repeal the
Nebraska bill; 21, repeal the fugitive slave
law; od, abolish slavery in the D strict of
Columbia; 4th, abolish the interstate
slave trade; he would declare that slavery
should not spread to one inch of the territory
of the Union; he would then put the govern
ment actually and perpetually on the side
of freedom, —by which he meant that n
bright-eyed boy in Massachusetts should
! have as good a chance for promotion in the
navy as a boy of one of the first families in
Virginia. He would have our foreign con
suls take side with the noble Kossuth, and
against the papal butcher Bediui. lie would
have judges who believe in a higher law,
and in an anti slavery constitution, an anti
slavery B ble, and an anti-slavery Cod!—
Having thus denationalized slavery, he
would not menace it in the States where it
exists, but would say to the States, it is
your local institution ; ling it to 3’our bosoms
i until it destroys you. But he would say.
j you must let our freedom alone. (Applause.)
! If you but touch the hem of the garment of
freedom we will trample you to the earth.
(Loud applause.) This is the only position
of repose and it rnustcoine to this. He was
encouraged ly the recent elections in the
north and he defended the • new movement,’
which lie said was horn of Puritan blood,
and was against despotism of all kinds. This
new party should be ju lged, like others, by
its fruits. It had elected a champion of free-
I dom to the United Btates Senate for four
years, to fill the place of a man who was
false to freedom nnd not true to slavery.—
For himself lie could say that so long as life j
dwelt in his bosom, so long would he fight
| for liberty and against slavery. In conclu
sion, lie expressed the hope that soon the
time might come when the sun should not
rise on a master nor set ou a slave.*
o After Mr. Burlingame had taken his |
scat, there wore loud an l emit nued calls for
. Wilson,’ in answer to which lion. Henry
Wilson spoke ns follows:
• • Mr. Chairman, La lies nnd Gentlemen :
This is not the time nor the place for mo to
utter a word. You have listened to the elo
quence of my young friend, and here to night
l endorse every sentiment he has uttered.
In public or in private life, iu majorities or
in minorities, at home or abroad, 1 intend to
live and die with unrelenting liostilily to
slavery on my lips I make no compromises
anywhere, at home or nbroad; I shall yield
nothing of my anti Hlnvery eentimmts to ad
vance my own personal interests, to advance
party interest, or to meet the demands of
any istate or section of our country. 1 hope
to be able to roriutain ou all occasions these
principles, to comprehend in my affections
the whole country and the people of the
whole country—and when I say the whole
country, I want everybody to understand
that I include Massachusetts and the North.
This is not the time for mo to dotain you.—
You have called on me, moat unexpectedly,
to say n word, and, having done ao, 1 will
retire, thanking you for the honor of this
occasion. ’
Our Book Table.
Martin Merivale, Ilis X Mark, by Paul
Creyton. Boston : Phillips, Sampson & \
Cos. New York :J. C. Derby.
The publication of this work in serial
uumbeis was commenced more than a year
ago, and has been continued with but partial
success. It comes to us now, a beautifully
printed and handsomely illustrated volume
of 558 pages.
We have rarely read a book with so much
g.uuine sa.isfaction. There is nn air of nat
uralness about Martin's adventures in the
great city—where he finds the reality so
iifferent from what he had pictured it iii
a dreams—that is positively delightful in j
ibis age of fancy literature. Martin is a
true hero. He meets difficulty and ill-!
fortune face to face, and braveiy overcomes ;
them. lie sees his bright visions fade away,’
one by one, but his brave heart never fal- j
ters, his courage never fails him ; he cheer-
O j
fully takes hold of whatever preseuts itself’
whereby he may obtain a bare subsistence
lor b.mself and the little blind Alice, whose
more than brother he has become, and though
his proud spirit receives many a hard blow
in his intercourse with * the magn ficent
Killing!;” the great Drove, et id omne
genus, yet he works ou, confident of final
success. His is a noble character. Seldom
nave we met with one possessing so many
fine qualities, and at the same time so true
to the life. Most of the-characters in the
book are well drawn. The rough but affec
tionate Cheesy, the honest, good hearted,
but thoroughly egotistic Uncle Joe, and his
shrewish wife, the true hearted Margaret
and her brother, the good Miss Tomes, the
odd Toplink an 1 others we might name—
That ot Mrs. Merivale is unnatural. Her
love for Loube ami her conduct towards her
are not to be reconciled with ench other. We
are glad ti believe that such characters are
purely lictitiou-t. Ve have the same objec
tion to Alice, the blind girl, who is constantly
dreaming all sorts of impossible dreams end
saying all manner of supernatural things,
and who rcco ers her sight finally, in a most
marvel ous manner. In some respects we j
like the character— her love for her poor, j
unfortonate old father, and for “ her broth
er Martin.” her gentle, uncomplaiuing man- j
ner, her simple, guileless, disposition, and
her never failing trust in Providence, are
beautifully set forth, but, it the main, the
character is unnatural, and the least satis
factory of any ou ; in the hook.
We hope to see more from Mr. Trowbridge’s
pen. He writes with a purpose, and his
books must and will do good. No one can
read Martin Merivale without having what
ever of good there may lie in his nature
stirred up—without feeling a greater dispo
sition to help along his brother-man in the 1
path through life. We are too apt to bo j
selfish—to care nought for those around us,
if our own lots are cast in pleasant places.
We forget that the world is full of misfor
tune and suffering, nnd it is our duty to seek
it out and relieve it. We forget that hun
dreds have been driven, in early life, into I
the sinks of lespair when a kind word and a :
helping hand would have placed them be- j
yond danger. Such books as the one before
us remind us of these things, and we hope
it will soon be found in every library.
The American Almanac and Repository j
of Useful Knowledge, for the year 1555. 1
Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Cos.
The twenty-sixth volume of this invalua- j
ble work is before us. Os its merits we need ;
not speak. No library is complete without,
it. The present volume contains the usual .
amount of valuable matter, unwearied 1
pains having been taken to collect full, an- !
thcntic and varied information concerning |
the complex affairs of the general and State i
governments ; and a mass of official docu
ments and private cot ros| ondence has boen |
digested, relating to the government, finan- J
ees, legslation, public institutions, internal !
improvements of the United States and of;
the several States.” The astronomical de
partment has been prepared by Prof. Bond,
of the Cambridge observatory. Prof. Lev
ering, of Harvard University, contributes
part of an admirable article, on • Atmos
pherical E ectricity.” The work may be
had for one dollar, remitted to the publish
ers.
i
Southern Quarterly Review.
This work for January has been kindly’
sunt us ly its accommodating publisher. It
contains the following Table of Contents,
which we consider well calculated to main
tain the high character of the work :
I. The North and the South.
11. Blunders of Hallam.
111. Powers of the General Government.
IV. The llumou Family.
V. Constitution of the United States.
VI. Chemistry of Common Life.
VII. Party Leaders.
VIII. Recent Social Theories.
IX Critical Notices.
Below will be found a card from Mr.
Mortimer, which explains the cause of the
late appearance of the present number. As
1 several erroneous opinions have been circu
lated, calculated to injure the work, we
heartily give it an insertion :
to the public.
a We w ire unable to issue this number at
an earlier period, in consequence of the de
struction of our office by the lute fire in
Columbia, SC. The Books of the coucern i
are so much mutilated that we find it ini- j
possible to make out a full list of our i
subscribers’ names and places of residence. !
We therefore request tlioso of our subscri
hers that have paid in advance, to give
notice to us in Charleston, S. C., if they do
not receive the January number in duo time,
in order that we may promptly supply the j
omission. We shall no longer send the Re
view to those indebted to us. Hereafter,
subscriptions to the Southern Quarterly Re
view must be paid in advance, or the work
will uot be seut.
Subscriptions $5 per ntinum, invariably
in advance.
C. MORTIMER, Publisher,
Charleston, S. C.
January, 1865.
Gen. Gadsden The Baltimore Ameri
can says : Adispatch.it is said, has been
received at Washington, asserting that the
reoall of General Gadsden is requested by
the Mexican Government, on the ground of
his interfering in the internal dissensions of
Mexico.
For the Cassoi/le Standard.
Western & Atlantic Rail Road.
Mnj. James F. Cooper,
Sup't of the W &A. It. It. |
Dear Sir : As I proposed to convey ihe
freight of the Road across the Etowah river
for 3 3-4 cents per hundred pounds, and
having learned that you give the Contrac
tors, Messrs. Tummn & Huff, 5 cts. per
100 lbs.—it being 114 c. more than my of
fer— I take this method of asking your rea- ■
sons for giving more than the amount I bid. !
Ihe Contractors tell me that the price you
pay them is a stent! Is this true? You
are the Agent of the State, entrusted with j
the care and management of over five mil
j lious of the people's money, and it is due to
the public, if not to me, that you should au
| swer my enquiries.
Very Respectfully, yours. &c.,
JAMES VAUGHAN.
Cnrtersvillc, Ga , Feb. 22. 1<55.
Correspondence of the Cassville Standard.
Letter from New York.
NO. 8. |
One week's, later news from Europe. Cal- !
ifornia, Havana , and Central Jlmeri
ica—Nothing new from the Seat of War
Dissolution of the English MmUti y, aw.
failure of Lord Derby to establish anoth
er— ‘Cotton and Breadstvffs dull — Ter
rific rain-storm in New York—Senato
rial—Domestic Markets S;c., Sfr.
New York, Feb 15. 1855,
11 o'clock A M.
The Asia. Capt Lott, arrived at Halifax,
eu route for Boston, at six o'clock yesterday
morning. Her Liverpool dates are to the
third inst , and her news six days later than
my last letter to you. From the seat of war
there is nothing of importance.
From England the news is, politically
speaking, highly interesting. The British
Ministry is burst up,” and all the efforts of
Lord Derby and Her most Gracious Mnjes
ty, to re-establish, or establish anew minis
try. have proved a decided failure up to the
sailing of the Asia. Who will form the new
government of England, Heaven knows. I do
not; anl whoever would be bold enough to
phrophesy that the late Ministry of England
could have lasted so long, would have been
looked upon at the time, witli no small
degree of suspicion, as to the accuracy of his i
prophetic powers. Nothing could have j
kept them in so long but the war, which 1
have no doubt would have been carried
through and over loug ago if any body else
but Lord Aberdeen were at the head of .he
British Parliament, but now be is about to
return in a slow coach, as usual, to bis Na
tive Hills, where we will leave him .. alone !
in his glory.” The history of the formation
of the outgoing Ministry, and the character
j isties of the individuals composing it, are, to
say the least, very p culiar. If a prem uni
! were offered for placing each of them just in
| the position for which he was L ast qualified
!it could not have been better effected. Who
i would ever think of making Lord John Rus
l sell Foreign Secretary, and giving Lord Pal
j m -rston (the first foreign diplomatist that
! England ever produced) charge ofthe Home
I Department? All tlie world and the rest of
i mankind were lost in wonderment at its an
j nnunccmeut, and the evils which have re
| suited from it are in my opinion, fearful to
i contemplate. If Lord Palmerston had been
■ Premier (although lie is the acknowledged
j friend of old Nick of Russia), the Russ an
i war would have been long ago ended, but
! now, ns things are in such a mess, it is donlc •
I lul if lie Would accept the office, but leave
j the blunderers to get out of the scrape as
awkwardly as they got into it.
From Germany we have accounts of new
and tli ulties springing up every day, and the
condition of affairs there is as complicated as
ever.
Cotton had been dull during the week
; previous to the sailing of the Asia, ami at a
1 small decline in prices from last quotations.
; The sales of the week only amountel to 37,-
000 bales.
Breadstuff’s were also in moderate demand,
ami wheat, though not lower in price, much
favored the purchaser, and the tendency was
downward. Indian Corn declined Is. per
480 lbs.
We will now look homeward. The weath
er is awful here. Never since the time of
Good old Noah has there been such a day ns
yesterday. The floodgates of Heaven were
literally opened, and such rain we never
witnessed. Imagine yourself standing on
the corner of Bioa iway and Fulton street,
with snow knee deep in front of you, now
thoroughly liquified by the drenching rains,
and tlu. stages literally sailing along, and
you will have some idea of its reality.
The Crescent City, with one week's l iter
news from Havana, arrived yesterday.—
General Concha is making several precau
tionary preparations on the island of Cuba ;
and tho prevailing opinion there is that a
large filibustering expedition is now being
organized in the United States for that pur- i
pose. On the Gtli inst , several arrests were
j made, including some o‘‘ the most wealthy
1 and influential citizens among whom was the j
Captain General s private secretary. It is j
sail, also, that the Governors of Matanzas, j
Puerto Principe, and Trinidad have a finger
in tho pie, and orders had been issued for
their arrest The gieatest excitement pre
vails on the island, and troops have been
changed to and encamped on nil the points
| from which an invasion ni'g'it bo expected.
From California, by tho arrival of the
j Northern Light last evening, we have one
I weeks later news and half a million in gold
dust. The route across Central America is
giving the utmost satisfaction. Through tho
indefatigable exertions of J. N. Scott, Esq., j
the Company's agent, the passengers of the j
! N. L. were enabled to cross the isthmus from
ship to ship in GG hours !
In Lower California apprehensions of an
insurrection were entertained, and Senor
Melendriz, commander of the northern fron- |
tier, had issued ft proclamation ordering all
suspicious persons to leave the territory.
In the Uuitcd States Senato yesterday a
communication was roceivod from the War
Department respecting the Indian reserva
tions at Ft Leavenworth, also one from the
Scorotary ofthe Navy relative to navy yards
and docks. Both wore referred. A bill was
introduced appropriating twenty-live thou
sand dollars to the captors of the British
brigs Caledonia and Detroit, during the last
war with Great Britain. The Texas Credi
tors bill was reported from the House. On
motion of Me. Rusk the amendments were
agreed to, and a committee of conference wa*
I ordered. The consideration of the Indian
Appropriation bill was then resumed.
In the House yesterday a bill appropria
’ ting $125. for the site and erection of mill- j
: tary defenses at the termination of the Mex- j
ican Gulf Railroad, in Louisiana, was pass
ed. Fat jobs for the printers have been cut
out. Resolutions were adopted, ordering i
130,000 copies ofthe agricultural and 20,- j
000 copies of the mechanical parts of the
; Patent Office report; also 10,000 copies of
; Com. Ferry's report of the Japan expedition;
also 10.000 copies of the surveys for a rail
road to the Pacific, inc>uding those of Col
Fremont. The resolution authorizing the
; construction of seven steam sloops of war
was taken up, the question bung to close the
.debate in five minutes, which was laid on the
table and the subject dropped. The resolu- 1
tan a| pr p’ at ng one million dollars to ful
fill certain treaty stipulations with Spain,
relative to losses incurred by the inhabitants
ot Last I lorida previous to its annexation to ;
the United States, was laid on the table 104 1
; to ‘JO.
Cotton. Owing to the extreme inclemen
cy ot the weather for the past week, little
lias been done in the Cotton Market. Hol
ders during the week were unwiiling to make
any occasions to the buyers ; but on the ar
rival of the Asia's news over the wires yes
terday, they became chop fallen, and very
few sales were effected The deficiei t y this
year compared with last in the receipts, in
the sea-ports, amounts to 113,000 bales: 1
while tlie exports to foreign ports are 219,000 j
bales in excess of last year, leaving the to i
tal stock in the ports 202,000 bales less than
last season.
Provisions of all grades are unchanged. j
Yours, BENSON.
Organization of the Nebraska Terri
ritorial Legislature.
The first legislative assembly of Nebraska j
Territory convened at Omalm City on the j
iGth ultimo A correspondent of the N. Y.
Herald furnishes that paper with a graphic
description of tin/ innuguratory scenes, to- j
getlier with a list of the members and the j
message of acting governor Coming. On the j
17tli nit. both branches of the Legislature
wore permanently organized, after a desper- i
ate struggle between the delegates from the j
northern and southern sections of the Terri- i
| lory upon ‘.tie choice of officers, which in- J
solved also to Some extent the question of
the location of the capital. The Platte riv
er is the sectional line, and in the struggle
to secure a preponderance of influence to the
section north or south of this d.vision, and
from the crude and ltosely arranged method
of conducting elections, unavoid vide in a
newly settled country, double delegations
were r .turned from some of the counties,
and in fact the seals of half the members
were contested.
The congregation of these aspirants to leg- j
isluiive honors and their partisans, all ful
ly armed and determined to maintain their j
claims at every hazard, created an intense 1
excitement, and at one time it was feared i
that serious trouble in ght arise, to the ex- !
tent e'en ot defeating the organization ofthe
Legislature, ami of a general and bloody j
light. Happily however better counselspre ,
vailed and good order was preserved. When
the question relative to the contested seats
j should be brought up. n renewal cl the ex- I
! citement was a; prehended. But the expect-
I ed arrival ot Governor Izard, in ti e nieiia
t me, wou'd, without doubt, put a different
amt a more peaceable aspect upon these feuds
j and lead to an adjustment mutually satis-j
j factoiy. And early in the session of the j
; Legislature an attempt, was made, bv the in
j troductiou of the r, solutions which we h ive
j published, approving the principle of popu- ;
i iar sovereignty as expressed in the Kansas
! Nebraska act. to clearly define public opin
! ion upon this vital issue.— Sao. News.
“These he your Goods, 0 Israel!”
The facts that the • - Black Douglas” isgo
j ing to deliver a discourse on Slavery and the ;
’ Rights of Man ‘.n the State Capitol—the use
j of which the Assembly has granted him--on
! Friday evening next, is a very important
i event. The colored people here are highly
i elated with it. and the white Abolitionists
| say it is a great step for progress in the
; rigid, direction. The next thing that must
j be done, it is contended, is to nominate and
elect 4* Fred” to the State Legislature— in ,
order that his right and claim to a i*seat” j
there may be officially as good as that of
any honorable gentleman with a white face.
| The lecture Douglas i> going to deliver, in
i the Capitol of the Empire State, is expected
to be from the same text as that of his dis
course in Boston, last week, when, speaking
of the compromise measures of 1850, he said
that he believed u that the only way to,
make the Fugitive Slqve Law a dead letter
was to make a few dead kidnappers,” which
} sentiment was received by the audience
with shouts and continued applause He af
j ter wards partly modified this statement by
saying that •• ] erhaps it might be better to i
! put a few bullets into the legs of the kid
i nuppers, so as to seud them, limping Pistols, j
! to their homes.”
Young Africa for ever ! What is the use i
; of sending colored persons to Liberia any:
more, —when they are thus given places in
the Capitol of the State ? Albany under the j
regime of the Count de Grasse, is meta- j
morphosed into a verit- ble Tiuibuctoo. But
we do not mean to intimate that Fred Doug* (
las does uot become the Assembly Chamber, j
better far thau many white men we have}
there. Fred, at least, is sincere in what he j
says ; Fred does not perjure himself; Fred
does not solemnly pledge himself to do one j
, thing, and do another. Can the Littlejohns j
I and Demi johns say as much.—*V. I*. |
| Express.
Governor Cobb.
We have noticed with pleasure in several
of our exchanges paragraphs alluding to the
! probability of Gov. Cobb's nomination to till
I the vacancy winch will bo caused by the de*
| clination of Mr. llillyer. Wo believe wo but
echo the general sentiment in expressing our
gratification in view of the prospect of his
return to a post he onco tilled with such dis
tinguished reputation. The signs of the
times betoken a crisis iu the affairs of the
! South, when Georgia will ueed all the abili
ty and all the legislative experience posses
sed by her public men, to direct and guide,
and if need be stem with boldness aud pa
triotism the storm that threatens her exist
onoe.—Macon Telegraph.
The sum of $22,0(0 has been collooted in
Puiladslphiu for the relief of the poor,
The 6nly National Party. jfe)
The election of Hefiry Wilson, the Know.
Nothing abolitionist, and of Seward, the
Freesoil demagogue, to the high positions of
! Senators in Congress, are incidents worthy’
j the grave apprehensions ot patriotic minds
in all sections. It is certain the influence
of their positions will be used for the worst
purposes. It. is also certain that their ma
lign efforts can meet a check and counterac-
tion through but one party organization.—
There is but one national party in existence
to oppose them—that is the Democratic par
ty. It is the only national party.
The comments of the New York Day-flunk
on this subject are just and to the point.—
We invite the attention of the Southern men
to the apprehensions which the march of nV
; olitionism and religious bigotry are creating
- in patriotic minds of all sections:
• The election of Wilson, by the Know*
Nothings, and the election ofSeward, because
of them, show distinctly to the lovers of the
Union, that there is no reliance to be placet!
on any new party or new’ taction that is like
ly to arise on a side issue. The democratic’
party is the only national party in the Un
ion. Its principles are so Com] reften>*’.’
and its plafrorm so broad, that all enu Como
under the folds of'its banner. L'ke the
Christian religion, it is for all men. It
knows neither Jew nor Gentile, Greek or
Roman, but offers its benefits and protec-*
tion to all alike.
*< A democratic government is the best in
j the world, and if the people every win re wish
! to be protected in their rights, their relig
ion, their property, their pursuits and their
piinciples, tiny should unite in the support
of such a government. In it, and it atone,
they will find protection and safety Iron*
setionalism. jr.jud.ee, bigony and tyranny.
Let us be wise iu time, and cling to that
which lias been our ark of safety under all
circumstances and in all trials.
The Whig party of the North has been al
most totally swallowed up and absorbed by
the Free soil and Abolition parties. What
little was left of it has been more recently
swallowed up almost as completely by the
Know-Nothings.
! The latter seem in a fair way now, like
Aaron's rod, to swallow up ail the otbeis,
: .mil to become a conglomerate mass of anti
! slavery fanaticism, religious intolerance,
j and narrow-in tit! and nativeism! A 1 the 0 -
j servative element of Northern Whiggery, if
: there be any left, must merge into tbe Dvui
j ocratic party.
What sympathy, then, can Southern men
I have with any other orgauization than the
Democratic party ? There is no other na
j tional party Nor can the South, or the
i Whigs of the South, create one. But twoal
; ternaiives are open to South rn men —a
Sal In rn sectional party, or ihe National
Democratic Party.
Organization.
So far as wo have been able to aster aio
( the sentiment of oi.r political friends. it is
’ unanimous in fflvur of preserving t! e'orgnn
j ization of the Dcmociutic l’ rty upon tLe
i principles which have so often curried the
I country successfully through dangers of
; great magnitude in the past, and earned f.r
; that Party a distinction no other lias attain
ed in the history of this Government. Thote
is to-day a more pressing necessity for ibo
triumph ol those principles, than ever hefuro.
Attacked as they ate, on He one hand, by
an old, sleepless and indomitable enemy,
and on tlie other by a lurking, coward.y,
foe, w! ose tactics know nothing outside o f
the IVumil room, ti e nece sity for vigilun e
i and organization. on the )ni l ol the Liicu
erntic party, is in the highest degree esseu
-1 t : al.
| To meet this attack from the joint forces
of the opponents of the Democratic party our
friends must go earnestly u> work; and the
I tirst great duty is. to see that our own ranks
| are thoroughly ami harmoniously ui itcnl.—
With a united column the Democracy of
Georgia ivill prove invincible Organ sta
tion, therefore, above ail other tlnn.s, is
uemautled for the fuluse weal of our 1 or
| ty.
Believing that a fall aad fair express 1 ™
1 of the wishes and feel ngs ®! the Deioccrat
ic party of tills State, upon the sulject of a
non);untion for Governor, will be most con
| ducive to tLe end in view, viz organization,
we shall earnestly favor a Convention of
1 the Party, at such time as may he hereafter
J suggested, and agrted uj tn. V c wish t—
have the scutiment of the Party lu' lj .v aim
freely expressed. We believe thar iL'c will
of the party is hist ascertained ly a Con *
vention of its regularly appointed npmtn
tatives, and when ascertained, we have the
utmost confidence that every I emccrnt who
desires the success of his principles, and the
welfare of liis Party, will stand by it, a tub
with all his ability maintain and defend it.
We regard the success of the Democratic p ar- •
ty us paramount to the interest of any tne
man, and whoever may be deemed by the
representatives of the Party in Convention
assembled, ns most suitable lor tlie position
of a leader in the coming Gubernatorial con
test, will receive our most cordial support —-
Federal Union.
Washington, Feb 17.
The President his approved of the bill con-*
firing the Lieutenant Genera ley on Gen. 1
! Scott.
The veto of the spoliation bill will proba
l bly be sent in to-day.
Fremont's claim comes up before the Su-*
[ premeCourt on Monday.
The President sent in to day his veto of
• the French Spobation Bill, it is very long. •
j We understand that a report is id” circula-
I tion, that M. P. Stovall, Commission Mer
| chant, of Augusta, has increased his rate of
! oharges We rre authorised to say that this
’ report is totally false and unfounded. Mr
; Stovall has transacted an immense amount
of business for Planters in this section of
country, for a number of years past, and al
ways, we have understood, with the most
; perfect satisfaction; and as an act of justice
to him. we take pleasure in contradicting the
above mentioned report. —Jacksonville Ala
bama Republican.
Fire. —On Saturday night, about 61-2
o’clock, a fire broke out on the premises of
Henry G. Ross, Esq., aud the dwelling aud
out. houses were completely consumed. Ow
ing to active exertions of the firemen, the
flumes did no farther damage. —Maccn
Telegraph.
Fifty five mules sold at Richmond theotb-.<
or day, averaging over $l5O each.