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he an.! Maroon will make them give up the last red cent they own it would be good enough for them.’’ “ Don’t! Mr. Alston, pray, don’t get into such a passion whenever von talk about those people,” said my grand moth et, nervously. u I dare say they are no better than they should be, but you can go on so when vop get excited ! I don’t think it’s right to let our feelings run a way with us so. Bad, unreasonable peo ple are found every where.” *‘ But one of these jackdaws—these apes—these fools and knaves, presumed to address Ellen Churchill and was the means of {jetting her turned out of doors. He ought to be hung tor that, and the other it seems was the cause of her first fainting fit. at tlve Springs. If I had the fellow here, I'd teach him who is who. The uglv, audacious scamp!” Mv grandmother said nothing more. She, saw that the flame of my grand father’s ire was burning high, and words would be like fuel. So she picked up her work and stitched away in silence. The old gentleman waited aw hile, and finding that his wife was not disposed to rep!v. continued in a mild tone: “ lion. Charles Churchill of Arlington, is a wealthy, and powerful man. I’ve heard of him always and have respected his moral integrity and worth, but I shall never forgive him for turning his child —his only child,.out of the house because she woti id n’t consent to marrv a scamp who had nothing but his monev bags to recommend him. It the girl hadn’t found occupation and an asylum here, what would have became of her ? Tm sure I don’t know. And how she pot here, is a mystery. Who did write those recommendations? They were signed by some of the first men in the country. They must have been forg ed.” ’ \. Mv grand mother’ shook her bead in credulously. “Ellen never forged them,” she said, “ they were given by those who purport ed to give them. You may rest assur ed of that, Mr. Alston, Ellen was ton honorable and conscientious to go such length?.” “ Well, \ believe it!” said the old gentleman, “ but 1 must find out where, and how she did get them wearing as she did an assumed name— or I shall never die satisfied’’-’. Here the conversation closed. I will hasten on and Jay before the reader cous in Fred’s second letter, for the arrival of these epistles were the only occurences of note at Oakland, for weeks together. The second was dated at Locust Hill, and is transcribed verbatim from the flourished, and somewhat blotted manu script : - Cousin Claude : . _ Truth is indeed sometimes found to be stranger than fiction. We are now at the Doctor’s residence: we all came came up together—the old people in the carriage, while I accompanied Miss Fanny on horse back. Ma roon heard, jifst before we started, of some new piece of evidence and set off in quest of it, so we left him behind. lie is sleepless and vigilant— ever on the alert, and is sifting this iniquitous business to the bottom. We will bring every thing out sis clear as daylight, altho’ the Carlyles i have eagiged counsel—able counsel, and evi dently mean to show fight. The Doctor and I are aiding him, as best we can, and Rnshton I hope will soon be at home I have written to him at Havana. Newt Wei born brought me a letter dated at that port, and I sat down instantly to iuform him of what had happened and what is going on. He will hasten home—get his fortune and then I see nothing to prevent his claiming a bride, everrat the hands of the proud old cap italist,. Churchill. lie wilf be nearly as rich as the girl he lores when he gets what rightfully be longs to him, and Ellen, poor child! will be made happy, too. I thought that I loved that girl, but I find that you were right Claude, and I was mistaken. I did not love her as lam ca- , pable of loving. Just now, I would g've more for one of Funny B ites’ curls than for her whole body. Sour grapes! I think I hear you cry in 1 derision, but you may mock on. Truth is truth and it must be spoken at all times. But I began the scrawl by declaring that this same truth, is often found to be stranger than fiction. You I will admit this when I tel! you that Fanny Bate* j is Frank Rnshton’s sitter. You will re me mb it, j Mary spoke of a little girl who was adopted by i some rich relative after Mrs. Rush ton’s death, j Fanny Bates is the child. Doctor and Mrs. ‘ Bates, being childless, took her as their own— j was baptised with their name, and by many j persons is really supposed to be their legitimate i offspring. But she is not, and this little nega- j tive fact has thrown a great deal of light on to i my mind since the discovery was made. I know ; now why she was one day so much attracted j and affected by that little Hindu song, which El j len and Is ang together in the public parlor at j the Springs. Her emotion then excited my won- 1 der. She could not remember where she hid ! heard it, but she remarked, I remember, in rc- ; ply to some of grandmother’s queries that it came j to her from away—away she did not know where, j She was right: it came to her from the haunts ! of her childhood—from the play-pl aces of her in -! fancy. Thuso who sang, it there, hid both learn- ‘ ed it from hcr,brother’s lips. I know now why Ellen Churchill ami I both ! paused so often, arrested by a tone—a—look—a ! gesture—a word dropped from this fairy's lips, j I know why Ellen’s eye followed her, as a ncc- 1 die would follow a magnet and why she blushed and started whenever Fanny suddenly address- : cd her. I wonder that her striking resemblance to her brother did not reveal the secret of her 1 relationship to m>; it did, but I c uM not rc- ! member where I hid seen a face and haard a voice, ft.l3 toned and muricit like hers. Kllon knew and she must have often wondered how j Fanny Bates came to resemble Rnshton so close- i ly. But I am rambling on, I scarcely know where. My kindest regards to grandfather,— i He will, I know, glory in the downfall of the Car- j lylea ns much as does your enlightened cousin, ! FRED, j I will pass over a period of a few j wp-k, and give the reader cousin Fred’s third and last fetter: Locust /fill, March 15—. Dea* Clacdk : . - T| -i| Rnshton is came a week, ago and answ.:mLij^ ’rW^, !rß ,> nt M I supposed he as noble as ev er, and ijfrone, On whom every god hath set bis sea!.’’ His property is already in h:s possession ; Maroon left nothing undone wh.th could be done, and the evidence on Rusbtoii’s side was clear and satisfactory. He will get his inheri tance, and li s bride, and I too—l too have won one, whose smile is to light my future pathway in life—the D.KJtor’a pretty daughter—his adop ted child and it j.hton’s sister, h is promised to be mine. I cum here to play chess With her. and have my visit by asking her to play the game of life, with me. If she manages as skillfully as she does at the chess board in this latter game, I shall have little to fear from her mishaps and blunders. I told you, Claude, if you stayed at home like a good girl, you might hear of some weddings by and by; ay 1 and at tend some too. You see my w.ords were well nigh prophetical. I shall be married next spring and Frank Rnshton will I dare say, be married on the same day. So I will close this in the words of the old song. “Haste, haste to the wedding/the morning is Yours, in great spirits and glee, FRED. To make a long story short, gentle readers (for l fancy that you already are weary of these stray leaves from mv au tobiography,) 1 attended the nuptials of the two parties who have figured so large ly in this scrap of family history. I saw my governess clad in white brocade, her beautiful hair crowned with orange blossoms, and a silvery veil float ing almost to her feet. She was no longer the demure, melancholy, pale mysterious being whom I had so often looked at in the Oakland school room, ller cheek had borrowed the faint bliifch of the rose, and she moved through her father’s stately halls like one bom tc command. ‘ 1 saw Fanny Rnshton Bates, now Mrs. Armstrong, with her golden curls floal iugas usual to her waist, T>ut they too were crowned with a bridal wreath, ana her lovely cheek dimpled more sweetly than ever when she smiled upon mv handsome dashing cousin at her side. * There, too, moved Newt Welborn a mong the wedding guests, as uncouth in person and as strangle dressed as usu al, but every where welcomed and enter tained by those who felt any interest in the happy scenes transpiring around us. My with his gouty toe. and grandmother in her very best high crowned cap, were theie also, but there was a shade resting upon the face of the silvery headed old man. I could not at first surmise what had happened *o mar his enjoyment, but, in the Course of the evening, he hobbled to Ellen’s side and I heard him saying in a low, earn est confidential tone, “Ellen Church, (I beg pardon, Mrs. Rnshton, I should have said.) how did you get those recommen dationsf ’ Ihe bride’s laughter rang out sweet and clear as bird music. “ Mr. Alston,” she said, ” I pledge you my word that those letters were not forg ed out were written by the gentlemen whose names they bore. Those friends were all Odd Fellows. J went to some of them and told rnysimple, straight for ward story, soon after I left mv father’s house, and m.jst of them being personal friends as well as brethren of Rushton, ve-rv eheerfnilv recommended me to your kindness, protection, and patronage.'’ Hem 1” said myjgrandfather, “ that (explains the iiyrtery. I remember |now ! There were three links stamped j mto the paper upon which these were | written. lam satisfied and 1 wish you ! much joy.” | The bride bowed her bead. Just then ’ Mr. Maroon came up. He sat down be side Ellen’s chair, and watched his for mer lady-love for some minuets in sileuce. She stood almost directly in front of him, leaning upon Fred’s arm. Some thing like a sijh escaped him. ‘’She is beautiful, by jove!” he said, “ how beautiful Fanny Bates is looking to-night ! I ehali always love to look up on her sunny, ’ girlish face, and I am glad to see her so happy.” ‘•You have done a great deal towards contributing to the happiness of the scene, ’ said Elllen—“ We all owe \on a debt of gratitude.” j “ 1 have done nothing but my dutv, j madam,” lie said, resuming his b'and ! professional smile. “ But there is Mr. | Rushton !” | l looked up. The bridegroom stood | before u.s, and I saw at glance that Fred had not looked on him with partial eyes, lie was fine looking—on: his noble bow was stamped moral and intellectual worth, and my heart did homage to El lien CiiuichiH’s choice. But! could not | help from remembering at that moment, j how much he owed to that Friendship ; which is looked upon as a cardinal vir | rue in Odd Fellowship. * * * * * Here, gentle reader, I thought to have ended my Manuscript, but a benevolent personage who is looking upon the lines which I have written, declares she must know what became of.Mr. Maroon. She cannot bear the idea of such a worthy Odd Follow being so grievously disap pointed and hopes that he did not. die |of a broken heart. lam liappv to have jit in mv power to add that Mr. Maroon, ■ like a sensible middle aged gentleman, j (as h<* was) hushed up his sighs—stilled i his regrets, and followed Fred’sexatnple. He forgot in a month, to say the least, ’ that he had ever been wounded by Cu I H’s arrows, but led, not long afterwards, 1 Ito the niter Mrs. Nancy Billiugslea, a a very worthy widow lady who was slightly related to the Alston family, and made an excellent step mother to those seven flax-headed responsibilities of his, every one of’ whom grew up as respect able as their father had been be fore them. Newt YVelborn ntver wanted a home I sometimes he stayed with us at Oak land—--sometimes he became Doctor pates guest for weeks,—sometimes he ; might be found at Arlington, hut his Mme— his real home he declared was at | Rushton s. “Marv! v (navs that jat the back of he . came of ManLir she never left I assure you madam, she died at Oak land and her grave is still to be seen there. ‘lhu-: sa'isfied, the inquisitive ladv wished me a good night and left me at liberty to treat my courteous readers in the same manner. The Central Georgian.— The Editor of the above paper desires it to be ramie known that the publication thereof, which is temporarily suspended in consequence of the late disastrous fire in Sandersville, will I be resumed about the first of May next. i THE STAKDAKI). CASSVILLE, GEO. THURSDAY MORNING: APRIL 12, 1855. The Three Golden Links. We give, this week, the conclusion of Friendship, or the Mysterious Governess. the first of the Three Golden Links. We hazard nothing in saying that a more inter esting story has never been published in a Southern newspaper, and we predict for the two Links yet to follow an increasing popu larity. In a few weeks we shall commence the second one of the series : Love, or thi Adventur es of an American Student, and we desire to notify new subscribers, who wish the entire story, that it will -be well for them to send in their names now. as we shall print but a limited number Or ders for new subscriptions must enclose the money. The Etowah Bridge. While in Cartersville, on Saturday last, we took a short drive to the River. The Rail Roan Bridge is fast approaching com pletion, and the contractors expect to have it finished and ready for the Cars by the 15th of May or Ist of June. The unusual dry season has proved extremely favorable to the work. Atlanta by Gas Light, The city of Atlanta will shortly be lighted with Gas—only about four thousand dollars of the stock remaining to be taken. This, the Intelligencer thinks, ** will of course, be made up without difficulty. So we may consider the enterprize of lighting Atlanta with Gas, as among the . fixed facts.* ,r Gone Over. We are sorry to see that our old friend, the Madixon Family Visitor has joined the Know-JV'othings. With all its neutrality, we hoped that there was enough of good, old genuine Democracy in the concern t:> keep it straight. But we were mistaken. Stout Folks Wanted. A snug little fortune of £IOO,OOO can be obtained by the legal heirs, whenever they may call for it, at least so they are in formed by Daniel Stout, of Rock River. Illinois. It .appears it was left by John Stout ; of South’ Carolina, previous to the war of the Revolution, -to his brother. St. Leger Stout, and Jiis sister, Nancy Stout, then of New jersey, but subsequently of Virginia, somewhere in the neighborhood of Tygart’s Valley, where they resided for many years, and where they died. Nancy Stout, during her lifetime, married a man named Hart, and St. Leger a female named Bark low. As these parties never made a demand for the money, it is said to be now awaiting the order of their heirs, who can address Daniel Stout, Rock River, Illinois, on the subject.” We publish the above as matter of infor mation. Several of the Stout family are * in our mind's eye” nt this writing, but whether they belong to this particular branch or not is a question. By the bye, couldn't our old friend. President Stout, of Madison, make a showing ?” The Editor’s Address to his Patrons. An Editor out west thus talks to his non paying subscribers and’ patrons. Isn't it enough to melt the heart of an adamant r Let every every delinquent subscriber or advertiser of the Standard read it careful ly, and if. lie values an easy conscience, at ODce pay up : * Friends, Patrons, Sub=cribers and Advertisers : Hear us for our debts, and get ready that you may pay; trust us, we are in need, and have regard for our need, for you have been long trusted ; acknowledge your indebted ness, and dive into your pockets, that you promptly fork over. If there be any among you. one single patron, that don't owe us something, then to him we say—step aside, consider yourself n gentlematv. If the rest wish to kuow why we dun them this is our roason ; not that we care about cash our selves, but our patrons do Would you rather that we go to jail and you go free, than you pay your debts, nud W‘ all keep moving ? As we did agree, we have worked I'or you as we contracted, we have furnished our paper to you. ns we promised, we have waited upon 30U, but 113 you don't pay, wo dun you ! Here are a greements for job work ; contracts for sub scription; promises for long credit, and duus for deferred payment. Who is there eo mean that he don’t take a paper ? If any. ho needn't speak —we don t mean him. Who is there so crcen that 110 don't advertise ? If any, let him t lido—ho ain't the chap neither Who is there so bad that he don't pay tho printer > If any, let him shout—for he's the man we’re after. II 3 name is Legion , and lie’s been owing us for ono. two. three, four, five, six, seven, eight years—loiig e nough to make us poor, and himself richmL, our expense.. - IffetliO ..ajay o appeal to his doesn't awake him to a sense of justice, we shall have to try tho law, and see what virtue there is in writs andoonsta- ! bles.” We learn from the Atlanta Examiner that | Dr. H. A Ramsey has resigned the oditori- j al Chair of that excellent paper. He designs henceforth to devote his time and talent to the practice of his profession. Tho future editorial arrangements of tho Examiner are not yet completed, though wo are assured it will continue as it always has done to sup port Democratic men and principles. On Thursday 2,600 app.ications for boun ty land were received nt the Pension office, making 64,600 received so far. A Glance at the Middle Ages. There are moments in the lives of individuals as well as iu the existence of nations, when a total lind radical change pervades the whole system. As differs from ybuth, youth from manhood|Hpd manhood from old age, so, history informs us, nations are compel led to perform the same circuitous route before they reach their final destiny, as prescribed by the laws of Providence. Such a powerful change occurred in the exis tence of the Teutonic nations, when Peter, the hermit, first bore the cross of the Redeemer through the central parts of Europe, calling on the strong, the feeble, the gallant and the gen tle, the migbty and the weak, to take up that cross and bear it far away over the rugged mountain peaks of the Alps, the sunny plains of Italy, the stormy waves of the Mediterra nean, to the sandy shores of the Holy Land. The history of those powerful tribes, who, emanating from the central portions of Asia, had wrested the Empire of the Universe from the hands of the Romans, and established their sWay from the mouth of the Danube to the Pyr enees, was buried for centuries in darkness.— Actuated by hardly any other motives than those of aggrandizement and unceasing w.u farc, which even the soothing spirit of Chris ■ tianity was uuablc to abate, the sword was theii only code of laws, and the exploits of the camp the highest aim of their fancy. But when the fantastic monk raised the standard of religious zeal amongst them, and. invited them to leave home and country, wife and children, and eve- rything most dear to them, that they might res cue the holy sepulchre from the polluting hand of the Saracen, .their whole nature seemed to be changed ns if by magic. The spirit of Romance and chivalry was mingled with that of religious War and. adventure were no longer the consequences of brutal desires, but they were prompted by motives of mental enlightenment. It may be said with truth, that the crusades were the fostering nurses of modern poetry, and romance. The love foreverything of au enno bling character, was awakened among both the higher and lower classes. The courts and camps ofprinces were enlivened by the strains of min strels who related the deeds of heroes, or sung of the charms of valor, and of beauty its reward Who, that is the least familiar with the history of the crusades, does not remember that cele brated troubadour Blontlel, who sut in the tent of Richard, the Lion-hoar ted, when that mon arch was lying on his couch of sickness, and as he fingered the silver strings of his lute, lulled the suffering king with songs of his noble deeds and of his far distant home? In the south of France, at this time, love and : chivalry were the theme of the minstrels of Provence, a school of poets, which even at the present time is esteemed the best of French lyr ics. But it was particularly in Germany that immediately after the close of the crusades, po etry and its kindred arts flourished in great perfection. The Emperors of Hohenstanfer be stowed their particular patronage upon these noble objects. At the close of a tournament, the minstrels would appear, and sing before the .assemblage of knights and courtly dames, each endeavoring to outvie the other. Os these min strels there were three, who were most renown ed. History informs us that Walfram Von Es chenback, Walter Von Vogelweide, and Kling sohr of Hungary, held a great tournament of song on the .Wart burg, a noted castle in Thur ingin, (afterwards celebrated as the place in which Luther translated the Bible,) which re suited in the defeat of Klingsohr. The poor Hungarian was so much distressed at the tri umph won bv the superior skill of the two Ger man minstrels, that, in despair, he returned to his native land, and, hanging his harp in his father’s hall, like a sick bird, he sung no more. But it was not only among the high-born that poetry and mps'c flourished—they had also de vout worshippers among the lower classes, es pecially the mechanics and nrtizans. It was but a natural consequence of the feudal institu tions, and a peculiar trait of the times that the laboring man, and the peaceful inhabitant of the country sought refuge within the walls of fortified cities, instead of dwelling iu the open country, where they would be subjected to the 1 inroad and depredations of wandering knights. There were two cities of Germany, especially, which greatly increased in population at this time, both from the foregoing causes, and from the fact that they had almost the entire monop oly of the commerce from the. north-western portions of Europe to the Levant. At that time the passage around the Cape had not been dis covered. These cities were Nurcmburg and Augsburg. A celebrated writer of this time, Aneas Sylvius, who was afterwards elevated to the papal chair, tells us that the wealth of the people of Nurcmburg was so immense, that they ate their food from dishes of gold and sil veiyand that the-wives of even the commonest citizens were decorated with costly jewels. They hot only cultivated the art of gaining riches, but they oaid attention to the higher sciences. The mechanics formed associations among them selves for the purpose of inventing verses and composing music, and it was with these me chanics that German lyric poetry found its birth. One Hans Lax, a shoemaker, was par ticularly renowned for his talents in the art of rhyming, ntid the following lines,* written by himself, of himself, commence’a poem which is at this very day on the lips of all Germans: “ An honest shoemaker was Hans Lax, And a poet, too, was he.” At this time, also, we observe the first love for the drama, arising. The religious tendency of the people gave them no choice save from sa cred subjects, and therefore they gave way to their dramatic longings in the so-called “six days of Lent,” where sacred subjects and comic scenes were mingled promiscuously together. In these plays one of tire principal comic char acters was named “ Pickled Herring,” whose 1 nature much resembled that of the facetious I Italian Punchinello. . We hope that this slight sketch will awaken ! in the minds of our readers anew interest in ! tho history of that wonderful period in the world’s existence, “The Dark Ages,” and, trusting that it will afford them some slight en-’ tertaiijment, we will hereafter present them with another glimpse into the times of old. Periodicals. TueSouthbrn School Journal, <ny,m sis th* Georgia titnt* Teachers Association.— The March •number of this work is on our table. The se lections arc made with care, and the original ’articles cvidmici boiiflijieE^b|e r tlmiught. . jjfufp as atborough kuoivledgo of the theory and practice of touching, and the educational re quirements of the State. We really wish this periodical great success. We have long known Mr. Clark, the editor, as one of the best teach ers in the South, and one of the most original thinkers in any section. Addreas Liddon A Sullivan, Madison, Geo. Terms, one dollar, per year. II a urea's Magazine.— Mess. S. 0. Courtenay A Cos., No. 3 Broad Street, Charleston, have scut us tho April number of this Magazine. Wo append tho tablo of Contents: Visits to the Catacombs of Rome; by George W. Grcuno —illustrated by twenty-eight cn gruviuga. Darien Exploring Expedition; by J. T. Head ley— illustrated by three cugravings. Homo Account of a Consulate. The Lost Son of Icbabod Armstrong. The Dog, Described and Illustrated; illustra ted by nineteen-engravings. Lady Blessington and Count D’Orsay. The Second Baby The Newcomen; by W. M. Thackeray—-with five illustrations bv Doyle. Chapter LI 1., Family Secrets. Chapter LTTL, in which Kins men fall out. Chapter LIV., has a Tragical ending. The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids. The Highwayman’s Bridal. Vampyres. ; Monthly Record of Current Events. Editor’s Table. Editor’s Easy Chair. Editor’s Drawer. Literary. Notices; Books of the month. Comicalities, Original and Selected. —Illus- trations : A Hard Case— Great Boon to the Pub lic —Spring Fashions for Ladies- —Spring Fash ions for Gentlemen. Fashions for April. , Mess. C. & Cos. are among the largest dealers in cheap publications, stationery, See. in the South—and we advise such of our readers av are in want of any new jnd/lica lions to send their orders to them. We Can assure them that thc-y will be attended to promptly and cheaply. The Georgia University Magazine. fur April has been received. It fin interest ing number, containing the annual ann ver sary addresses before the two Literary Soci eties of the College, the Phi Kappa and De mosthenian, and other matter. Blackwood’s Magazine. —We have re ceived from the American publishers. Messrs Leonard Scott & Cos., New York, the March number of this .valuable Magazine. The following is its table of contents : The Beg gar s Legacy ; Zuidee: A Romance—l’art iy. ; Vagabond Life ip Mexico ; Civilization; The Census ; A Peep at Paris ; The Story of the Campaign, written in a Tent in the Cri mea—Part IV.; The Ministerial Changes. We are iu receipt of the February Num ber of the .Worth British R/view. Its table of Contents is ns follows ; 1. The Continent in 1854. 2. Finley oh the- Byzantine Em pire. 8. The Vandois and Religion in Italy, 4. Curiosities of the Census. 5. The Oxford Reform Bill> 0 How to stop Drunkenness. 7. Old English Songs. 8. Diet and Dress 9. The Electric Telegraph Terms for Blackwood, s‘3 a-year—-with any one Review five dollars—with the four Reviews, ten dollars Postage on Blackwood and the four Reviews. 80 cents a year. Garden Work for May. “He that would have, vegetables in the gar den gvow, Must freely use the spade and hoc, And if the dew and showers f ill not, Must freely use the watering pot.” This is nbfiiit all that we can saj T of gar dening for May —work, work, and water, water There are some Seeds that may be put in: egg plants, peppers, tomatoes, snap and pole beans, and cucumbers for pick ting tray yet be planted. Late cabbage seed may now be planted for f>'U heading, l’inch out the flower buds from the Irish potaroes as fast ns they appear. Thin out all the root crops; earth up the celery ; watch for the miller that makes the green worm on the cabbage; just at sundown be will be flitting from leaf to leaf, fa deposit his eggs. Use n little salt among tbc cabbage plants. Just before a shower, sow some good ashes, or gypsum, broad cast, oil over the growing plants of the garden Stir the surface soil often, but be careful not to cut the roofs of growing plants. Now is the time to use the soap pulls on the cabbages, squashes, melons. &c. Apply it just at sundown.— Soil of thc South. The Flower Yard and Garden. This year hns but one April. Now plant and tend the annuals ; as sooii ns the flow ering shrubs have budded, if you would increase the size and beauty of the bloom, give the soil around the roots copious water ings of liquid manures, and then shade or mulch around them Cuttings of most, of the hardy shrubbery may yet be planted, taking care to shade with rock or brick. No hamlet so poor in this sunny clime, that should be denuded of flowers Thousands of beautiful wildings may be bad for the dig-, ging. and a few dimes’ expended in the gay, bright annuals, will clothe in freshness and beauty, grounds that else might have seemed a waste. Plant the little annuals quite shallow, nnd give them copious waterings until thpy vegetate. Train up the running roses nnd all trailing plants, to trellis work, before the blooms open. The Chinese (Vista ria will now bo showing its beautiful grnpe like bunches of flowers; this grows freely from cuttingSs but to make it a climber, it must, be layered or taken from the suckers; bend the lower hraneheiE to the earth, cut- ! ting them about half in two. nnd cover the ! cut with soil; roots will soon strike out which will nourish a blooming plant next season. Most of the rare blboming plauts ■ may be propagated in this way. Begin now ; to shade the out door camolias from intense \ heat. A cheap and beautiful arbor may be made with the Cyprus vine; did it never bloom it would be worth the culture, but ) when its scarlet flowers nre seen so profusely i scattered among its green, crape like leaves, t reaching out its slender arms to twine a- j round the most delicate support, it is sur- j passingly bountiful. Soil of the. South. j Sebastobol Cannot be Taken. The Netv Vork correspondent rs the Charleston. Courier .makes the following re port of a recent conversation with Mr Marsh, our late highly intelligent Minister nt Con stantinople. on the subject of tlid War and prospects in Crimea : .Mr. Marsh, maintained, very decided'y. j the opinion that the allies cun neither eon ; quer the Crimea, nor take Sebastopol. So LAukafl ntl mC’ esl i s ° ot tlio liitegCzar formed an element ainn strength, the power of Russia for-de fence may have been diminished by bis death ; but an accession of now elements may be brought to the national power, by the en thusiasm with which his memory may he cherished and his policy sustained. Will not the whole nation respond to the emphat ic prayer of Ahxandcr II , that . in his per son might be exemplified the incessant wish es and views ot Peter, of the Catharine, of Alexander, and his father? lourth District. —A Washington Cor respondent ol the IVes/ Point Beacon sug gests the name of Doot H A. Ramsay, lato ot the Atlanta. Examiner, for Congress in this district in place of Mr Dont, who de clines a re election. —ver Lwtei* from Europe! ARRIVAL 0F TIIK STEAM Bn BALTIC; The French government has chartered the steamer City of Baltimore for six months, to transport troops to the Crimea. The Czar’s address to the diplomatic bo dies is mild, but to the nrimjt Warlike. The latest dispatches report that the Vien na Conference was progressing favorably The second point hud been settled Ob tiearly so. There were strong hopes of peace. The question, however, rests on the third point. Count Nesselrode will go to Vienna when j the negotations become critical—a strong i evidence that the present Czar aided liis fath er in all War like plans. I Itiiuiors are current that anew basis is ; suggested, including, the freedom of the Black Sea, opening of the Danube, and the erection of Turkish forts in Asia. ■ Turkey is determined to maintain undi in nished sovereignty of the Dardanelles, and protests against the Christians of the Empire being placed under Foreign protection. She also desired that Prussia shall participate in the Conterence. Gen. Oaten Sacken, telegraphs on the night of the lOih the Russians erected hew j redoubts three hundred yards from Kirne- ! less Bastion. The health of the Allies was satisfactory. J The English position was well fortified. j The Russians had received reinforcements, j The Allied Council of War had resolved ! to commence active operations Anew English b.ttery hnd caused the Russian steamers to leave their moorings. Ouiar Piischa's force is thirty five thou sand and increasing. From Havana. Norfolk, April 6. The stearner ’ Fulton has arrived. She brings no'tidings of the Albany. Es tamps was executed on the 30th ult.— Consul Robinson demanded a regular trial under treaty stipulations, hut sentence was passed by the Court Martial. Estamps confessed his design was to se cure tho independence of the Island. He exhibited a desire to address the au dience but his voice was drowned by drums and trumpets. He died shouting ..Liberty forever !--death to Kings !’’ The sloop Portsmouth arrived and landed her mails, and left immediately, under seal ed orders -probable destination Havana. j Is Know Notfcingim Legal? It has been decided by the ablest jurists | in the country, that a Know Nothing lodge i or council is an unlawful a rganization. and the members of it subject to indictment for conspiracy. Judge Porter, of Pennsy'.vania, otice a member of the Cabinet in a late charge to a grand jury in reference toil, used this ’ language : - If any number of men combine to form themselvee into on association, by agree ments, vows, or oaths, to control the opin ions and votes of any portion of our citizens - in the exercise of their suffrages so that they | shall vote, not according to their owe con J sciences, but as a majority ol such associa ! tiou shall determine, it is a conspiracy, and j punishable as such by indictment, j • And you will remember that it is the a ! greement to do the act flint constitutes the | criminality, even if the net itself be not done, j It may be well here to observe that, if any j person or persons shall have unthinkingly, j unadvisedly, or without being aware of the criminal character of such an act. joined such association, or taken upon himself any such vow i obligat'ons. or oaths, they are not landing upon him in law, and ought not to be in morals, lie will enact the part of a good citizen by eschewing nil such fellowship or association, and abandoning the illegal enterprise.” To be Hung.— Brownlow says that Gov. Jones, of Tennessee, at mass meeting at Lou ; don. in the fall of 1852, in hearing of one i or two thousand persons, delivered a speech • in which lie said in substance : . I am no prophet, nor am I the son of r. i prophet, but if Frank Pierce is elected Pres -1 ident of these United States, and does not i involve us in a needless foreign war, in two years from the date of his inauguration, I will return again to this growing town of London, and the democracy may bang me on one of the tall trees which now overspread this audience!” Politics in Tennessee.— The Democrat jic Convention of Tennessee lately met at j Nashville. Andrew Johnson the present in i cumbent was renominated for the office of j Governor. Resolutions were passed denounc j ing the Know Nothings | Mr. Gentry, whig who refused to support j J Gen. Scott,.has been in the field for some | i time ns a canidate for the same office—by j virtue of n self nomination. He will prob- j ably be supported by the whig and Know- i J JVothings. Another Steamship Brought to by Ja Spanish Ckiiser.— Capt Lucas, of the , steamship Daniel Webster, arrived at New | Orleans from San Juan reports that on the | outward passage, when three days out and whilo passing Cape San Antonio, was brought to by a shotted gun from a Spanish sloop-of war mounting 24 guns, and papers demand ed and overhauled under protest of the Cap tain of tho Webster The only reason as signed by the Spaniard for the course he pursued was that they served all steamships j that passed the island tho same way. After j exalting her papers the Daniel Webster was 1 allowed f*. go on her course. —We Icj^ni from extras ft- ~.n the Scniphisi |¥|Rl*}s on: Sunday morning last. 25th i.-st.. was visited by one of the largest and most disastrous fires that has occurred in that city foi* sev- j oral years, reducing almost the entire blocli hetwern Monroe street nnd the alley north of it to ashes, ar and involving a loss of proper ty amounting probably to over SIOO OUO.— It appears that tho Appeal newspaper office, two livery stables, and several stores were destroyed, also that 43 horses were consum ed. The Hon. E. W. Chastain, the excellent Representative of the Fifth District, has been j appointed by the President one of the Board j of Visitors at West Point, to assemble the ‘ Ist of June. Mtm 3trais. ► t’ - ~**?” . The excess of females over males i n .< States is 600,000. ‘ “ t,; Hiin. SnmuelS. Phelps, U. S. Sunatorf- Vermont, is dead. A young man from Massachusetts w. 1s on n rail at Greensboro. Ga., on the ]7t> for being an abolitionist. Mrs. Cass, wife of Hon. Lewis Cas s j Minister resident at Rome, died in that on the 3d of March. The Asheville (North Carolina) New. nounces that Mr Clingman is a enud/ for re election to Congress, i It is Stated thav the Hon. David J j>.; j will be a candidate for re-election io(,. gress from the Third District, j The clerk or the first Auditor's ogi e j | reported that the name of the Secielaij War has beeh discovered to be ri.rged notes amounting from £ 10.(10 to S2O,CtO Land Warrants nre said to be worth f r ,.„ $l6O to $165 in New York, fractions in [ portion. It is thought the new is.-uts tend to lower the prieci Griffin MuNieibAL Election.—i ‘ learn from Griffin, that the municipal b , lion in that place on Monday. rcMi'm-Jim ] success of tin entire Tetnpei nnen ticket. We lenrn tlmt the Hon’ John Kerr, * ■j was Hie.whig candidate for Gove:nor eft|, * I State in 1852. is opposed to the Km>w V ! ings —.‘islndite A. C. .Yews Twelve hundred bales of cotton were c,. utned ly fire at Brownsville's Lmdi,, J Summerville, Ten., on the night ol the 24 ult. The Mississippiiin says that $ 10.CC0 l tt . ’ ■ been raised in Lexington. Missouri to settlers from slave-holding states to pi Kansas. There is said to bp in Illinois at least tr t ty per cent, more acres in wheat at t LprJjl ent‘ time than in any previous year. ]l winter has been exceedingly favorable. V A man named Jordan recently deseriel wife and five small children in Buffalo J police are endeavoring to g :t the .-others. of Jordan.” Col. Kinney.— This somewhat fun. gentleman has, it is said. Sold his fine r.,i *5 at C- p, r ’ l Christi Texas, to a French o piuiy for j 1( S,CCO cash down $1(0 (C( A movement has been started in Miu,] * to procure a steam fire engine for that r A strong Sort is mak tig to raise a m;Se amount by private subscript on. The Wisconsin L> g'slaiujre h? pas?C mild and mitigated Maine Law .uh.pri infirmities of human tiaune. it eSttr from seizure eight gallons ot beer, meUt of wine, and oue barrel of c der A salute of artillery was fifed •i: .vlin day evening in Mtiwaukie : in b.-n'-rM Governor's veto of the Prohibitory. LW, tli se who stand up for .. f**e t: ttle< im quor. ” Several lots of wh* at t f,r sh-j aft M i ! been sold at Athens. Teiii . dia t g tlat . week, at £2.00 per bushel Sh< uhi tlr; • ing crop prove elu ri biscuits w,l i y i ttiyin go out ot fashion Juctice Gilchrist, of New\fcsq>! resigned his seat on the 1h neh < !:•• ■'r 1. u’t.. preparatory to leaving torAtfi-.H. rjr where he is to sit upon the bir.t-h’ it Court ot Claims. Remember, that under the t;<w i tsmi : which went into operation n tl e lirinst:: no Utter will he fotvrartltd unless-p'<] > • • Dropped letters” not handed cut uu y prepaid. There were sold before the Citirt ilia*-. Savannah, on Tui-sd; y. ten slums of ) Bank of Savannah at £l(6 per trine, forty-seven shales Central’ Ilii;!; $lO4. Death of kins Twiccs. — The NVw v : leans Picayune of the27ih ultimo acncßt.’ the death of Mrs. Tclitha Twiggs, wife Major General Twiggs, of the'Uhftrd Sta'- army. [ The City Council of Augusta have] if ! ted Mayor Robertson with a hands’ me s: tea-set, ns a testimonial of bis faithfuli charge of duty during the prevakccwct late epidemic. Mrs. Elizabeth MeNiel widow ot. the Gen. John McNud. and sister of ti e F dent of the I’niied State*, died inC'Hc New Hampshire, on Wednesday the 2mli 1 . in the 68th year of her age. The Memphis Appeal, since the (bstr tion of the iffice by fire, lias lon [nntrd the dice of the Engle and Enquirer editors announce that it will come out in enlarged form as soou as the material m* obtained. l Deaths or Chiff Justices. —Chief F j tice Jas. Booth, of Delaware, a man hie ’esteemed for his talents and virtues, Jiri l ; New Castle, m tho 2sth ult. Judge i rus 11. Reed, late Chief Justice id Uiali ■ ritory, died at Bath, N Y., on the 27th. Death or Ex-Senators.— Three rent-’ rich have very recently died, who, at <!>£'” ent have been members of the l i!6 States Senate vix.. Mr. Phelps of Verm®** Mr. Fitzgerald of Mitchignn, and Mr. “ liam S. Archer. Virginia. Thos. F Meagher This eloqtten 1 ‘ rishman. whose lectures in St Andrew s ll s thrilled so many of us awhile since, has be unnniinouidy elected Lieut Colonel ot >’ 68th New York Regiment, by the officer* f the same. Thos F. Meagher declines the honor j"’ tendered him in his election to ti e Lan |lt ; ant Colonelcy of the GBtli Regiment. N ‘ i i\ M , on the ground that he is not a citi** 8 • MivM. is engaged ii> tln study.of the jj and debHlies m-rrininpli’ 1 ’ military association. The venerable Gen Cass hns recently * ten a letter against the Know Nothing ‘ gunizntion, ami exhorting his Demo ri,t friends not to abandon their principles ||C organization, * for new combinations and a strange and startling creed.” .1 Third Di-rnitT correspondent of the Macon Telegraph f“r gestn the name of L. Q C. Lamar, L’-q • suitable representative of the Third B in the next Congress Mr Lamar, s- 1 ) 8 writer, is a modest, unassuming, accou'l’ ed gentltmau, and a true Democrat; b* Bl as an orator he has few if any superiors. ““ possesses talent of the first order.