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doesn’t write. I feel so puzzled every
time I think about the hurry in which
he left us. Sometimes I get to thinking
about it when I am sitting alone over
my work, and then I fail to count my
stitches correctly, or forget to number
them at all. Yesterday I had to take
out half a yard, f do believe, of that dif
ficult double-stitch work, which you
learned me how to do Ellen, and l de
clare! I got so impatient and troubled
that I came near throwing it all away.
Mr. Alston and I lived here so long a
lone and undisturbed that anything like
confusion now quite upsets me. I get
so flurried I don’t know what to do with !
myself. I never would have believed I j
could have enjoyed a trip to the Springs,
so much as l should have done, had you
and Mr. Alston been well, but I liked
Mrs. Bates and her daughter Fanny so
much. The Doctor, too, was a very
kind, good hearted man. I wonder if
we shall ever, meet with them again ! It
isn’t much likely that I ever shal’, unless
Fanny shall take it into her head to vis
it us, as I hope she mav ; one of these
days.” __ _ /
The Parisian Ladies in Winter.
The Paris correspondent of the Courier
ties Etats-Unis, in his letter of February 1,
writes ns follows :
The rigor of the season brings out new
proofs of the valor of the Parisian ladies and
the robust energy which enables them to
brave and support the most violent temper
ature. These ladies so frail in nppernnee
do not allow themselves to be conquered eith
er by the cold or the fatigues of winter. You
will see them pass ten nights in succession
at balls without missing a contra dance, and
enter as lightly into the last waltz at 4
o’clock in the morning, as they began the
first at 10 in the evening. You will meet
them at ten degrees of cold, if they have
any occasion to go out on foot, tripping with
a light step over the ice and meeting the se
verity of the atmosphere with a gracious and
smiling face. This is the so called weak
sex.
When the men wrap themselves up in thick
paletots, and plunge their faces into large
comforters, (cache-nez) fortifying their feet
with a double covering of leather and indin
rubber, the women envelope themselves only j
as much as they can without marring the I
elegance of their figures, or injuring their ;
fine proportions. The most cruel tortures J
would not make them adopt a shoe or boot \
which would increase the size of their feet. !
As to the face, it remains always completely ‘
uncovered, thanks to the little hat they wear j
under the head, and they will scarcely from j
time to time venture to rub their noses with i
their fur cuffs to prevent freezing them.
A philosopher of the school of good sense. ;
inquired lately why the Paris ladies did not
bring up again an old fashion and wear
masks to preserve them from the cold. He j
was told that in the first place the Paris la
dies were never cold, and then they had too ■
much benevolence to hide their charming j
faces. ]
Later from California.
The great feature of the news since the j
sailing of the last steamer is the failure of!
the several Banking Houses When the
news first came of the failure of Page & Ba- j
con of St. Louis, a run commenced at once :
on Page, Bacon, & Cos., which was kept up
all that day, and over £.40,900 was with-|
drawn from the bank. The ne.Tt day the ;
ruu ceased, and matters apparently were
moving on as usual, till the morning the
22J, when their bank was not opened .at
usual hour, and shortly after handbills j
were sent all over town, announcing that !
they must suspend. It seems that quite nj
deep run had been going on all day, till their j
specie was reduced to less than SIOO,OOO. i
and they feared to keep open any longer.— ‘■
Owing to the fact that it was a holiday, but;
little business was done that day; yet it |
seems that over $200,000 was drawn out du- j
ring the diy from Adams & Co's. That ev- |
*sning the steamer arrived with news that i
Page, Bacon & Co's, drafts had all been paid j
it was then supposed that the excitement i
and trouble was over. j
stthe next morning Ad tun & Cos , an -1
Bounced they too must susp ml, and shortly
softer WidLa, Fargo Cos., followed suit.— ,
Tw© ®uiaStl Affairs cal Savings Banks did
the Siitoe, *ad then cau>e a general run ou |
all that remained open. The greatest run j
was epun Drsxel S ither & Church B Da- !
vidso* and Lseats, Turner Sr Cos . Tall uni & i
Wilde SajiAerc & Cregba.n, suffered lit- .
tie frost .tbe paasie, aud paid o.T their depos
itors. Palmer, Cook k Cos., were not affec
ted by tbe imju iat ihbe least, but paid every
Claim ae peveseniei. Tkk house, which has
been most ffereely imsuied during the past
y*r for pwtizaa purposes, sod ever. 7 means
both fair sund ut£ir, (taken .o impa ir its j
credit, wkea the Kour f trial canto it was ;
found stronger titan aay hou.ua iu the ity, i
and able ta lend a helping hand to its neij.’h- |
bor.
On Saturday the ram-OMitiuued, thong.’ j
most of the atnall dcsptitr had withdrawn (
their depositor a the day beCw*- Various I
rumors have been in circulation relative to |
the affairs of the differeat bouafts, bat we
can assure people of notbiag mare than has I
transpired Page, Bacon will rmme,
it is said, on the 28th, their rredittft* kav- ■
ing given them an extension on n large a- f
mount of their indebtedness. Weils, Fargo
& Cos., give strong promise of an early re- j
Bumptiou; and Adams & Cos., iu our paper of
this morning, tnuke a statement iu regard to
their affairs, which represent them to be able
to go on again, if sufficient leniency is showu j
by their creditors. i
The steamer George Law arrived at New
York on Saturday with California dates to
the first inst., and $318,000 in Gold, Cot. ,
Fremont is a passenger. Wells & Fargo had j
resumed payment. Adams & Cos. filed ape- j
tition of insolvency which shows a schedule of,
SIOO,OOO in their favor. Kobinsou & Cos. is
a bad failure. 1
A New Ordkh.—A secret political asso
ciation has been organised in Ohio in opposi
tion to the Know Nothings, the members of
which are called * Wild Cats.” Cincinnati
is the head quarters of the society ; and it
if said that the *< qualification of members
■hall be native born or residence of five years
in the United States, and to have adopted
the United States as their homes, freedom
from any alliance with any religious politi
cal society or organization,”
John Adams, a Nebraska democrat, has
been elected Mayor of Galena, 111. •
THE STANDARD.
!
CASSVIL.LE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING:
MARCH 29, 1855.
| DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Democracy of Cass County are
requested to meet, in Cassville, on
Tuesday next, (sale day) to nominate
’ Candidates for the Legislature and
j delegates to the State and District
Conventions to nominate Candidates
for Governor and representative to
Congress, for the fifth district.
Mch. 29—It. _
Pay your Postage.
i Remember—all unpaid letters after next
■ Sunday will be left in the office, where they
| are mailed.
No Steamer Yet.
At the time we go to press, we have no in-
I formation of the arrival of the Atlantic—the
| next steamer from Europe, which was due
j at New York on Thursday last.
; Stop the Thief!
j We desire to direct attention to Mr. Brant-
I ly's advertisement in another column. We
| sincerely hope that the scoundrel of a thief
i may be taken. If our brethren of the press
j will make an editorial item of the matter,
! with description, &c., they will confer a fa
vor on a worthy man and an old typo, who
j has been for half a century at the business
I Come brethren, pass it along.
The Weather.
Since our lust issue, the weather has been
playing all sorts of pranks. We nave previ
ously notated something about, that untime
ly frost, which we fear has done more dam
age than < doth now appear.” It has friz
several times since then—rained a little—
bloivrd a good deal and on Tuesday morning
we found the ground, house tops, &c., cover
ed with snow, giving our town—to use the
elegant and poetic language of a cotempora
ry a little further up the road—*< very much
the appearance of pictures of Lapland, we
have seen ’ We don't pretend to say it looked
like Lapland—mark that.
Col. Chastain’s Letter.
To the almost total exclusion of editorial
matter, we give place this week, to the able
letter of our representative, lion. E. W.
Cham ain, defining bis position on the sub
ject of a District Convention. It is just
what we expected from him—bold, open and j
manly, and shews him to be, what we have ;
always claimed for him, true to the princi- I
pies of the party. We have never doubted j
for a moment that he would cheerfully yield j
a ready compliance to the expressed will of j
rt majority, and his letter sets the whole
nia.’er at rest.
In ti.bj connection, we beg to draw atten
tion to the ‘‘•all for a meeting of the Democ
racy of this county, to be held in this place
on next Tuesday—April 3J. Let it be large
ly attended, and ict our opponents see that
we are determined to meet them with a bold
front—-fully and properly organized, and j
ready for tbe fight. The of this j
county and district need not fear defeat, if;
they are true to themselves. Thrice arm- .
ed is he whose cause is in the right.” But we :
have a wily and sleepless enemy, and it be- i
hooves every mnu to be found at his post with j
his armor on. and, above all, in the regular !
lines Israel lost favor in the sight of the
Almighty when she sought other gods—let j
the Democracy take warning. The country j
is swarming with false gods. Keep away
from them— be true to first principles, and
the victory is ours.
The New Regiments.
Thu Washington Union of the 20th inst.,
contains the list of appointments of Captains
and Lieutenants In the four new Regiments,
The names of the following Georgians oc
cur :
First Regiment or Cavalry. Captain
! —George T. Anderson, of Georgia ; second
; lieutenant Georgia mounted volunteers in
war with Mexico.
First Uvntenant —Alfred Iverson, jr., of
| Georgia ; second lieutenant mounted volun- ;
teers in war with Mexico.
Tenth Regiment ue Infantry—Ri
himkm, First Lieutenant —Alfred Cum
min g, <*f Georgia; second lieutenant 16th
| July, 1860, seventh infantry, active service
;cm It’diftu frontier. First commissioned,
! 18-17.
TJie two former are appointments from civ
il | jf,.—the last is a promotion of an office in
the regular service.
Most of the appointments made are of civ
; iliauts.
Savani'AH Morning News.— W. T.
1 Thompson, I’.eq. who has beeu its editor from
; the first has purchased the interest of his
Jste partners iu this excellent daily and will,
in future both edit and publish it.
r
Gen. A. C. Garlingten, of 8. C. t has been
1 elected Commencement Orator, to deliver
| the Address before tbo two Literary Socie
• ties of the University of Goorgia, in August,
1850.
At about one o'clock Saturday the town !
1 of SaudersviUe was visited by a most, des
tructive conflagration, which consumed the
greater part of the town, iuoluding the Court
House, Rost Office, Central Georgian prin
ting office, Masoui<\ OJd Follows, Knights
: of Jericho Lodges, together with their re
| cords.
Now is •* sugaring time” in Vermont, and
the Vermouters are lull of work and sport,
i The amount of sugar annually made in that
I State is 6,000,000 pounds, worth #650,000. j
Our Book Table.
Out of Doors at Idlewild, or the Shaping
of on the Banks of the Hudson,
by N. P. Willis. New York: Charles
Scribner.
We read these delightful letters as they
appeared in the Home Journal. They are
written in the author's happiest style, light,
dashing and brilliant, while, at the same
time, there is running through them a vein
of deep, true feeling, which shews them to
be from tbe writer’s heart—the true breath
ings of an invalid whom disease cannot rob
of ft native kindliness for his fellows, and ft
good natured perception of every day affairs
in his neighborhood. The work is handsome
ly gotten up, and docs credit to the publisher.
; The price is $1.25 in cloth binding, or .75
| in full gilt.
Life and Beauties of Fanny Fern. New
York. H Long & Brother. Cloth Bind
ing, SI.OO.
Our readers are well aware that we are
no admirer of Fanny Fern. We consider her
a coarse, vulgar and thoroughly unfeeling
woman—possessing a considerable amount
of a kind of talent, which she has prostituted
for her own selfish ends. Entertaining this
opinion of her, it will scarcely be expected
that we should become her apologist. We
have no such intention, but candor compels
us to say that we like the book before us
infinitely less tlion any one of her acknowl
edged publications It professes to shew up
the renowned authoress in a true light, and
is, we doubt not, in the main ft pretty cor
rect history of her life. But it is character
ized by so much undisguised ill-feeling, is so
full of envy and contemptible fault finding,
and betrays, throughout, such a disposition
to give only the darkest side of the picture
that even Fanny’s enemies will turn from it
with a feeling of dissatisfaction if not of dis
gust. Books conceived in tbe spirit which
evidently gave birth to this one, are never
productive of good The work is well print
ed and handsomely bound.
Harper's Magazine, New York, Harper
& Brothers.
Our thanks are due to Mess. S. O. Cour
tenay & Cos. of Charleston, for the February
and March numbers of this widely known
periodical. They are both good .. Virgin
ia Illustrated,” commenced in the December
and continued in the February number is
capital, both as to letter press and illustra
tions. Abbott’s Napoleon Bonaparte.”
which has been dragging its weary length
through the work for the past two or three
years, is at length concluded in th : s num
ber. We are glad of it, nnd 83, we douht
not, are three-fourths of Harper's readers,
i* Glances at our Moral and Social Statis
tics*’ is valuable, and the remaining articles
are good, so many as we have been able to
read. The leading paper in the March
number is an illustrated account of Lieut.
Strain’s .. Darien Exploring Expedition ”
We hav’nt yet had time to read it, but we
dare say it is worthy of Mr J. T. Headley,
whose name appears in connection with it.
We are pleased with the article on Rattle
snakes, though we should hate to have to
swear to the truth of some of the stories.—
Thackeray's * Newcorues,” is continued,
nnd is likely to be, we should think, to an
indefinite period.
Some weeks ago we re published from the
Montgomery Mail a pretty severe criticism
of the course of this Magazine towards the
South. Subsequently, friend Hooper has
had occasion to change bis mind, and we
cheerfully give place to what lie says :
<, It is proper for us to state here, that we
have been induced to change our views some
what in regard to Harper. A valued friend
assures us, that whatever inimical to South
ern institutions appeared in the work, was
A purely accidental intrusion. He pledges
his word to us that the proprietors are
themselves conservative men, entertaining
none but friendly sentiments to our people.
Our friend's opportunities of knowing these
facts leave no room for mistake, ami liis
judgment, integrity and devotion to the
South are alike unquestionable.”
The Schoolfellow: A Magazine for Boys
and Girls, Edited by Win. C Richards
and Mrs. Alice B. Neal. New York : J.
S Dickerson.
The March number of our little favorite
conies to us richly freighted as usual, with
the most charming stories and poems for the
little folks. We are really sorry to see that
our number comes in a wrapper to itself.
Won’t some of our little friends let us send
on their names for it, so that our School
fellow can have company on his voyage ?
Remember it is only one dollar a year, for
twelve numbers, each one almost worth the
price of subscription. Our Bill says it beats
all the Magazines for young folks within
the circle of his acquaintance, and lie's been
at the printing business two years and is
<< posted up.” We will cheerfully send on
the names and money, for any one or more
of our young acquaintances. Who speaks
first.’
Treatise on Dentristy, by James J. Da
vid, Dentist. Atlanta, Ga.: Ilauleiter's
Job office
A useful little pamphlet, containing much
valuable information relative to the teeth.
The uuthor deals some pretty hard blows at
a certain class of tooth carpenters, who
with nothing to recommend them but impu
dence, circumlocute all over the country, to
the great injury of the profession and of the
public health. The typographical appear
ance of the pamphlet displays the good taste
and excellent workmanship of our friend
Hanleiter, who stands at the head of his
profession.
• Kate Aylksford.”—This is the title
of a now work, about to be issued by T. B.
Peterson, Philadelphia. n A story of the
Refugees” i and, as the prospectus states,
i a true tale of the times that tried men's
souls.” It gives a•* faithful picture of tho
manners of ’76” These opinions having
been expressed by some of the leading Edi-”
tors of the day, wo look forward, with some
interest, to the appearnnoc of the work. The
author, is Mr. Chan J. Peterson; the price
will be, in paper-, sl.; iu cloth, $1,25.
Missouri owes fiur bonds burned on her own
account #802,000, Bho has loaned her cred
it by endorsement of the bonds of railroad
companies to the amount of #8,250,000.
Tho venerable widow of President IlnrrL
■son has rucovcredhnr usual health.
Letter from Hon. E. W. Chastain.
i To THE Editors of the Standard :
Gentlemen : During the past few months
I have received numerous letters from vari
ous portions of tbe sth Congressional Dis-.
trict, soliciting an expression of my views as
to the propriety of holding a Convention for
the nomination of ft candidate for the suf
frages of the people at the coining fall elec
tions. I have adopted this mode of answer
ing these letters, not from any want of cour
tesy to the writers, but because the subject;
being one on which every voter in the Dis- j
trict enjoys an equal right to know the opin
ions of his representative, as well as to en
tertain and express his own, I have deemed I
it best to make known those opinions through j
the medium of the public press.
It cannot be denied even by the most bit
ter opponents of the cherished principles of
our common political faith, that the pros
perity of our country at home, and the bigli
| position it now occupies amongst the first
and most powerful nations of the world, im
pose increased responsibilities on tbe De
mocracy of the nation, through whose policy
and principles this national greatness has
been achieved. From thirteen States, con
taining a population of a little over three
millions, we have become a mighty nation,
dispensing all the comforts of life uud all
the blessings of equal liberty nnd equal
rights to upwards of twenty-five millions of
inhabitants. We have extended our terri
tory from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
have thrown open the countless acres of our
vast domain to the capital and industry of
the oppressed of all nations, under whose
skilful toil the wilderness disappears, the
forests are felled, and the log cabins of the
hardy and adventurous settler give way
to the cities nnd towns and villages, which
spring up as if by magic, enlarging the area j
of freedom and multiplying the blessings of!
civilization, religion and liberty.
We have, in a word, become a mighty na
tion, powerful in all the elements of moral
and political greatness, and it is due to the
truth of history, and should not therefore
be deemed offensive or invidious by those not
of our political faith, to proclaim, as I now j
do. that all this is the legitimate fruit of j
Democratic ascendancy in the administration i
of onr happy Government.
We have added Louisiana, Florida, Texas,
and California to the constellation of States,
and Minnesota, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas
and Nebraska will soon be knocking at the
doors of Congress for admission into our glo
rious confederacy. I refer to these acquisi
tions not to dwell upon the advantages which
they have conferred upon the nation at large,
but to remark that that they are tributes
which the Democratic party have laid upon
the altar of cur country, in the face of the
most uncompromising hostility from those
opposed—no doubt honestly-—to our pe
culiar party.
In this march of national progress the De
mocracy of Georgia have not been idle
spectators. We have not been laggards on
the way, nor shall we commence the back
ward movement now, when our country can
so favorably point to the many triumphs of
our measures and policy—achieved alike in
peace and war—in the cabinet and in the
field.
The increased responsibilities already al
luded to. will, I am confident, be fully met
by our Democratic brethren throughout the
State. It only remains for me to add that
my confidence is no less strong, that the gal
lant Democracy of the sth will prove them
selves worthy of their past achievements.
On one tiling they may rely—that whatever
may be the position they shall be pleased to
assign me, whether as their standard bearer
or as a orivate in the lines, they will find
me willing, prompt, unflinching, fighting
with them side by side, wherever duty calls,
in the defence and maintenance of our glo
rious principles.
There is one point more on which it is nec
essary to say a few words The enemy have
already commenced the contest, but, unfor
tunately for the success of their plans, they
have made them known too soon—at least
they have afforded us sufficient time to de
feat and thwart them. They dread concert
of action, unity of council; in a word, they
deprecate a submission to the will of the
people in the choice of candidates for their
suffrages. This is their characteristic poli
cy—indeed, it is one of their cardinal prin
ciples to concentrate power in the hands of
the few. by withdrawing it from the hands
of the many. This is effected in sundry
ways, but in the particular case in which
they recommend it to us, they would desire
to accomplish it by repudiating any direct
reference of the question to the people, nnd
stimulating the ambition of those who, to
cari’3’ out their own selfish and corrupt or
i perhaps traitorous purposes, (because indi
rectly to divide and defeat our party and
principles,) would proclaim themselves lead
ers, regardless of the wishes of those whom
they would pretend to lead. Among such, I
shall never be found Before I would con
sent to filch from my party a single vote, or
rob my principles of a single defender, I
would retire forever from public life—con-
Bcious that by so doing I would attest my
fidelity to a principle and party whose past
and present chnllengo the admiration ofev*
ery American patriot. The Democracy',
therefore, have only to bo truo to themselves
and to their principles. Let them spurn
from their preaenco the intriguer and the
time-server; let thorn spenk their opinions
and express their proferenoo through the
time-honored medium of a Convention, and
be those opinions nnd preferences in whose
favor they may, the candidate of their clioico
[shall fiud none moro true in his support
more active in li its success than
Your grateful and obedient fellow citizen,
E W. CHASTAIN.
The Eldorado Outrage --Tho special
Washington Correspondent of the New York
Times, under date 19th inst., writes as fol
lows : •* It is rumored that orders go out to
Havana for tho naval foroo there to scok re
paration for tho Eldorado -outrage. The
Steamer Princeton. with ten heavy guns, is
already there; the steamer Fulton, with five
guns; the frigate Columbia, with fifty guns;
and the sloop Falmouth, with twenty guns,
are either there-now or will be very soon
They are all under the command of Commo
dore Newton- There is an additional foroe
of fifty four guns at Norfolk ready, if want
ed, at short notice.. ’
Tefik Pasha, the son in-law of Qmer Pasha
! has died of fever at Eupatoria.
* B -- ■ -- -•
Sebastopol in Georgia.
We are greatly diverted at the . quill and
ink battles* now being waged in the newspa
per Crimea. Gov. Johnson represents Se
bastopol, beleaguered by a host of allies
whose efforts, we shrewdly suspect, will be
about as successful ns the TUrkey-Bull-Frog
alliance has been against the Russian bat
teries. The Whigs nre the Turks whose pos
sessions are menaced, and who cry out .Whig
gery is Whiggery and Dawson is its proph
et !’ Th< Know-Nothings i ptly represent
, the English, and with my lord Ragland,
} . Sum’ Jenkins, at their head, are digging
j trenches which only serves ns common graves
’ for themselves. —The * League’ represent the
j French, and, like their illustrious proto
type* they stand cold weather and cold wa
-1 ter infinitely better than their allies.
With an Overby, they will perhaps buy
over a ftw malcontents and inefficient deser
ters from the hostile armybut these were
never known to fight well, and at the first j
charge they are cither unhorsed and cry for, ;
quarter, ora shot in the back while retrea
ting from the field. . Sain’—the Invisible
Prince—is skulking about in the dark cor
ners, wheedling some, cajoling some, bully
ing others and humbugging himself with the 1
idea that secrecy is the the loadstone of pa
triotic action. The Emperor Napoleon Ste
phens. is at head quarters issuing orders :
and dictating to three secretaries at once,
leaving Canrobert Knowles to do the fight
ing There will doubtless be bloody times
before Sebastopol ere it is captured', if that I
doubtful event ever does take place. South 1
Western News.
The Mystery Solved!
It is known that the Know Nothings uso
figures to express certain ideas, instead of
letters. This new alphabet commences with
I the first letter in our common alphabet, and
; runs with odd numbers from 1 to 25,
then with even numbers from 2 to 26. Take
this key and apply it to their ideas as ex
pressed in figures, aud we will guarantee
that you have Know Nothingism stripped of
all the mystery that has been thrown around
it. For instance, take this question which
{ is frequently asked in Know Nothing papers
I —Do you know 12, 1, 25 ? Now apply the
! key, and when interpreted, the question will
stand —Do you know * Sam !’ Here is the
key :
ABCD EFGHI
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17
JKLMNOPQR
19 21 23 25 2 4 6 8 10
S T U V W X Y Z
12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
This is the animal, reader, horns and all!
President Pierce, and the New Hamp
shire Elections.
A correspondent of the Boston Post, wri
ting from Concord, March 14th, says ;
. I have been permitted to copy the fol
lowing high toned sentiment from a late
private letter of our patriotic President to a
friend in this city, which is pertinent to the
point. The letter is dated about a week ogo.
Gen. Pierce says—
i .4 I am naturally anxious about tbe re- !
suit of the election in New Hampshire. But
tell my friends that if, after a contest con- j
ducted with the ability, honor, and courage, :
; with which this has bean, we are defeated. }
! such defeat, under such circumstances, will \
! ,
1 never disturb me for a moment. If you i
could have carried the State witn the aid of
any one of the isms, by a majority of 20,000, 1
aud would have consented to do so, I should. 1
in my feelings, have sounded the depths of i
humilliation. As it is, no disappointment ;
can depress me.” ’
Ju Dover, where J. P. Hale belongs, if :
any where in New Hampshire, the Democrats j
! gained fifty nine votes. In Congress in |
1852, Hale solemly declared that, so long as j
there should flow iu his veins the blood of;
bis mother, who was the only child of an i
Irish exile named O'Btien, so long nu Irish !
emigrant should never want words of en
couragement or sympathy from him. If lie i
; had an impulse or a passion, he said it was j
j when an appeal was made to his heart for !
nil Irish exile. Now his blood appears to be j
a mere decoction of k n. pepper. —Boston
Post.
Gen. Scott, on Foreigners.
The following is extracted from a speech
delivered by General Scott at Elizabeth
town. New Jersey, immediately after the
j termination of the Mexican war. What a
commentary this furnishes upon the course
, a large majority of his political friends have
I since then adopted with reference to our for
! eign boru citizens :
j • You have been pleased, sir, to allude to
: our adopted citizens. I can say that the
i Irish, the Germans, the Swiss, the French,
j the Britons, and other adopted citizens,
j fought in the same rank, under the same
colors, side by side with native Americans,
j exhibiting like courage nnd efficiency, uni
j ing at every victory in the same enthusiastic
shouts in honor of ou> flag and country
: From Vera Cruz to the capital of Mexico there
i was a generous rivalry in heroic daring and
j brilliant achievements Let those who wit
nessed that career of valor and patriotism
| sny, if they can, what race, according to
j numbers, contributed most to the general
successs nnd glory of the campaign. In the
I many hard fought battles, there was no room
i for invidious distinction. Jill proved them- j
j selves the faithful sons of our beloved coun- ,
| try, nnd no spoctator could fail to dismiss
: any imaginary prejudice he might have en
j tertained as to the comparative merits of
j Americans by birth aud Americans by adop-
I ,ion -
Nicholas held his throne by the right of
direct doswwt from the founder of tho iinpc- i
rial house, Michael’ Romanoff, who was eleo
i tod hy the national council nnd crowned at
Moscow in April 1618. In the course of tho
two hundred nnd forty-two years that have
since elapsed, Russia has had thirteen mo
narchs of that family. The order of their
j succession was as follows; Ist Michael; 2d
| Alexis; 8d Feodor; 4tli Peter the Great;
! 6th Catharine I; 6ih Peter II; 7th Anne ; j
j Bth Elizabeth ; 9th Peter III; 10th Cathe- ;
rino II; lltli Paul; 12th Alexander ; 18th
Nicholas.
No More Expresses.—We learn from i
, the Journal, that at a recent meeting of
Railroad proprietors, (of lines between this
city and Washington ) a resolution was a- j
dopted, to stop the Express Business , after
next July The reasou alleged is that the
Expresses make too much money, while tho !
Railroad companies iloall tho work l—Mont.
i Mail..
The Methodist Book Concern.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 19th an
nounces as follows, the amicable settlement
of a long disputed question between the
Northern and Southern branches of the
Methodist Church :
The Southern Methodist Church suit a
gainst the Methodist Book Conrcern, in this
city, was on Friday last settled amicably
by the joint commissions, now in session in
our city, which is thus composed : For the
South, Rev A L P Green, W L Smith, and
C. B. Parson. For the Cincinnati branch of
the Book Concern, Rev. J. F. Wright, M.
Maily, E. Thompson nnd the agents, here,
Swormstead & Cos. The terms of adjustment,
we learn nre ns follows :
The Book Concern is to pay the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, eighty thousand
dollars in stock, and balance in cash—fiftec n
thousand down, and the remainder in install
ments ot two, three, four, five and years It j
is undei stood that the Book Cotnern pays the
i taxable costs yet due, nnd thnt they indoise
the debts and notes of the Southern preach
ers without recourse.
As to all other cost 9, each party pays its I
own. The final decree will be published be
| lore long.
How to Build up a City.
The Richmond Examiner, in an excellent I
j article on this subject, makes the following I
truthful allusion :
4 Newspapers are to a town what its ad- )
vertisements are to its merchants. They do
for a town gratuitously what advertising
does for a man of business at a high cost. —
They concentrate public attention upon its
buildings, its sights, 4 lions,’ and wonders,
its attractions of every name and class, up
permost to the public mind. They go into
every hook and corner of the surrounding
country, into every mans door, and to every
man’s fireside; they go abroad to greet dis- j
tances, into other communities, among .
strangers, exciting an interest among its con 1
ccrns, and spi ending information of its trade !
and attractions wherever they go. Tbe more
the public at large hear and read of a town
or country, the more they are tempted to see.
visit, and explore it. What would a mer
chant be if his name were unknown to the
public, and his business were as obscure ns
his name! What would a merchant’s sign
board over the street door of his store do in
attracting trade, if he did not send it with
a catalogue of his wares, in newspaper, to
ever man's door ? Who would be tempted :
to visit a town that had no newspapers, and
which they should hear only accidentally
and once in a year or a life time ?’
A good newspaper gives more importance
to a town than all other agencies combined.
What passion is more universal than the pas
sion for reading newspapers and learning tl.e
news ? What disposition is more general
and uncontrollable, than the disposition to
visit places that we hear of and road in eve
ry newspaper that comes to our door ?
Compliment* from the President to
Col. Benton A letter from Washington
says :
j 4 Perhaps a reconstruction of the Cabinet
i may be necessary. Os that, however, there
| is nothing absolutely known, hut the ap-
I poiutments of late clearly pointed to anew
j and bettor state of things at hand. When
j Col. Benton, was being tried in the furnace
j of affliction, the President called on him and
tendered to him a home and the bospitali
! ties of the White House. Th'S was too much ;
: for the stern old Roman, who could defy !
! a world in arms against him, but melted to 1
j tears at such considerations and kindness 1
j from the President. He declined, with sui
| table expressions of gratitude, accepting, i
; however, the proffered use ot library and
! manuscripts.
A San Francisco editor, F. C. Ewer, rc
i cuntlv prepared a fictitious sketch deserib
i ing the sensation of a dying man. Fie, as
| the best mode of overcoming all difficulties
I involved in such relations, made his hero
[describe bis death from the spiritual world.
| The author was recently surprised to find
| that Judge Edmonds, of N Y., had used his
j fictitious narrative as the production of a
veritable spirit and the Judge wrote to the i
author to acquaint him with the fact that he
had several spiritual interviews with this
defunct hero,” who never had any exis- i
fence except in Mr. Ewer’s brain. Mr Ew- j
er’s letter is rather an amusing proof of
the exceeding credulity of the Judge, nnd
the ludicrous absurdities ill which the pro- j
fessed spiritualists involve themselves, by
taking leave of common sense, and ignoring j
the well established moral and physical law
of the universe,
Terrell Professorship. —We learn j
from the Athens Banner that Dr. Lee, the i
recently elected Professor of Agriculture in !
tlie University of Georgia, lias formally en
tered upon the discharge of his duties
The Introductory Lecturo was delivered
on the 6th inst., at tho Presbyterian Church
in that place, in the presence of a large and j
intelligent assembly. It is said to have
been a most interesting production.
The regular lectures will bo delivered
twice iu each week—on Tuesdays and Thurs- 1
days. j
William and Mary College- -Tho South- j
ern Literary Messenger mentions among the
Alumni of William and Mary College, the
following distinguished names : Theodriek 1
Bland, Peyton Randolph, Carter Braxton, [
George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, Jno Puye, ;
Edmund Randolph, James Monroe, John
Marshall, James Barbour, Philip P. Bar- !
hour, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Chapman
Johnson, John Randopli, of Roanoke, Speu
cer Roane, Littleton W. Tazewell, Win. C. |
Rives, J. J Crittenden, W. S. Archer, John j
Nelson and Winfield Scott.
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The sale of Daniel Webster’s estate at j
Marshfield has been poetpoued until the2Bth
inst., in consequence of the late snow at the
East.
Father Mathew writes frtim Modem, Jan
uary 22, that hie paralyzed limbo are much i
improved by the genial climate.
Morse’s telegraph is tho one which is to be
usid in the Crimea, to couueot with the pre
sent European, line.
Baby show.— Barnum advortises another
* grand national baby show,” to take place
at his mueewn, in New York in June.
Report says that Hon. Abbot Lawrence, of
Bostons is going to erect a oollego at Law- ;
renoe city, Kansas, in tho spring.
Joseph Hurno, the great English Radioal
Reformer, is dead. Ho was born at Montrose 1
Scotland-! iu 1777.’ ‘ .. . j
Col. Benton has been nominated f or
Presidency by a meeting in St. Louis. ‘
Putnam's Magazine, it is stated I
been sold for $12,000. ‘ as
Anew Sunday liquor law went into on
ration at Louisville on Sunday Inst ° 6
Rev. F. T Gray, who died in Boston j a>l
week hnd his life insured for $40,000
! Navigation hns opened on the Wabash and
j Erie Canal.
j Thomas B. Collins, Esq., died at Spnrtnu
j burg on the 12th inst.
j Wikoffs Courtship is said to have already
’ reached a sale of 15.000 copies.
Wm. Tufts, an old merchant of New (j r
leans, died on theßth inst.
Ship building is said to be becoming q u j tc
active at East Boston.
Fanny Smith Bullitt, wife ot A C Ilulliu
of the New Orleans Picayune, died on tl,e
11th inst.
A report has been marie in the Boston
Legislature against any change in the i Buiy
1 1 ws
Dr. T. J. Eltlins, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., had
152 bales of cotton, and 5,000 bushels ol corn
destroyed by fire last week
A convention of Presidents and Fujtrin
tendents of the Rail Roads of the U States
met at Pittsburg on Tuesday.
The statue of Franklin, which is now being
modelled by Greeaougk for parties in Boston,
is nearly completed.
The Governor of Massachusetts has desig
nated the sth of April as a day of fasting
and prayer in that State.
The Ohio Farmer says the wheat croj
looks well throughout all parts of that
State.
Mr. Mason, U. S. Minister at Par a. w K
learn by the Pacific., was recovering l,jg
health rapidly.
John Bradford, E-q . an old hardware
merchant of Boston, died suddenly on mon
day.
The New Orleans Picayune of the 10th inst
acknowledges the receipt of a basket of sprim*
cucumbert.
On Monday, the steamer Tropic left Pitts
burg for St. Joseph s, Mo., with a number ol
Kansas emigrants.
Mr. 11. J. Price was killed at Gallatin.
.Miss , on the 28th ult., by three brothers of
! the name of Norton.
Gen. Wm. Trousdale, of Tennessee, is put
up by the Summer Flag for the office of Pres
ident of the United States.
Arrison the condemned ulema! machine ’
man, at Cincinnati!, has been detected in i
scheme to effect his escape.
George W. Williams, E;-q., declined being
the ennidate for the temperance party t r
governor of Kentucky.
Captain Henry Terry, for thirty years
i commissioner of the revenue in Halifax
,■ county, Ya , died ou Sunday last,
|
The Connecticut river is now said to lie
entirely tree from ice. aud na*igrtti> n is
again coinmetic ng.
General E. C. Carrington, au officer of the
: war of 1812, ded suddenly at Fiucastle.
■ Virgiua, ou the 7tli inst.
i Gov. Stevens, of Washington Territory,
lias lately made several important treaties
■ with the Indians.
i Strawberry juleps are among the luxuries
i they were indulging in at New-Oilcans lasi
week
j The University of Edinburg is hoping t<
; induce Professor Aga.-s z to accept its vacant,
chair of natural history.
Liteahy Item.- The sale of Putnam*
Magazme was nut an absolute trawler
Putman still retains an interest in it.
Judge Douglas and Mr. flulsemann. the
i Austrian minis,er, arrived at Richmond.
Va., on Thursday last.
The minister of finance of the new K ng ol
i the Sandwich Islands, irtlie lion E H A
- leu, formerly member of Congress Id out the
j Penobscot District, in Maine
The Emperor of Japan intends to have the
whole of his dominions intersected by tele
graphic lines. Our operators should study
; Japanese
A rail road has IkSTO projected iu Liberia.
Ito connect the Junk settlement with the
Montserrade river, a dist.-iue- of only ti ur
miles.
Parson Brownlow intimates it as his belie!
that two thirds of the Methodist clergy be
long to the Know Nothing organization -
the parson is of course a member.
Juan Page, recently corvicted of man
slaughter at New Orleans for having killed
a man iu a duei, has been sentenced to thir
ty days’ imprisonment iu the Slate prison
Advices from Port au Prince to the 17th
ult., state that the yellow fever was raging
there, and all the vessels in port, had lost
more or less of their crew's.
The Rhode Island Legislature appropria
ted SIO,OOO lor the insane ; £4,0.00 to the
Normal School; $15,000 additional to pub
lie schools ; aud $25,000 to the State pri
son-
The latest new society spoken of iu Cali
fornia is the Pay Nothing. It ts said to he
alarmingly prosperous. The pass-word is
44 Lend uie a dollar,” —the response is
Broke.”
Brownlow's Whig, of tho 17th inst., uo
tices the arrival in Knoxville of the distin
guished patriot, John Mitchell He is ac
eompauied in his visit to Knoxville by his
turaily, consisting of a wife aud five children,
announces his intention, to purchase a tarm
in the vicinity of that ci'yaud to settle upon
it permanently.
CONSTANTLY INCREASING.-The num
ber of persona, physicians, merchants, and oth
ers who add their testimony to the good effects
’ produced by Stablers’s Anodyne Cherry Expec
torant and Diarrhau Cordial, is in
crease. The names which can be adducul aiu .
! those of persona well know and of nudouhle.r
standing iu the community, for piobity uni ve
racity. Such being the case, no one cau for a
moment, refuse to use or administer these rea'-
ly excellent medicines. A great number of the
best physicians in the United States have testi
fied that, they are “ more reliable thuu any oth
er proprietary medicines with which we [they]
are acquainted, in the diseases for which they
are presseribed.” If you hove a Cough, or any
disease of the throat or lungs, make trial of the
Expectorant, und mark the result. The Cordi
al may be taken with,good effects in all diseases
of the bowels See descriptive pamphlets, to
be had gratis of t-hte agents. Price for each, on
ly 60 cents* otmx bottleß for $2 60.
BOUNTY, LAND DECLARATIONS - Just
printed and for sale ut the Standard office.
Bounty Land Declarations, suited to tbo lata
act of Congwers. Price ffWrW quire. : “'■ -