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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. Support your Country Paper. We occasionally receive letters in which the writers express an intention to <• stop” their county or village paper, and take one of our publications instead. We always re gret to receive such intimations. We think a man ought to support his own paper first , and then if he can afford to take a paper pub lished at a distance, let him do so, nnd wc shall be happy to Supply him with Life 11- lustrated. The country press in our opinion, is the most important in its effect on the en liglitemncnt of the nation. It conveys, in three thousand rills, the intelligence of the 1 age, from the various sources of intelligence, ; to nearly every home in the country. The ‘ country press-ought to receive a cordial sup- , port. Every place should try to have its ; paper of such a character that the people ! could be justly proud of it. To this end, let I them pay promptly, advertise liberally, re- j commend warmly, and in every way gland by their e tilor, as long as they consetentious 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.