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THE STANDARD. CASSVIIjLE, GEO. THURSDAY MORNING:- APRIL 26, 1865. will cheerfully publish the com munication of “ Cass,” if he will furnish us with his real name. We have violated our rule in regard to this matter once or twice, but prefer not to do it again. Supreme Court. This body adjourned on Tuesday last, j after a laborious session of eight days. The j argument wrs closed on Saturday afternoon, j A large number of cases was disposed of. So ( far as we were able to get them, we g' ve in this week s paper a minute of the points de- j tided; we shall give the remainder next . week. Democratic Meeting. Don’t forget that the Demoeratic party of j JCass ccunty will hold a meeting in the j Court House, in this place, on next Tuesday (Sale-day) for the purpose of consulting to- j gether and determining on the nest plan for j bringing out candidates for the Legislature. ! Let every Democrat in the county deter- | mine to be present. Claiming his Own. A few weeks ago we published a pretty piece of Poetry, under the title of Give me the Old,” suggested by the saying of Al- | photiso of Castile. .. Old wine to drink, old j wood to burn, old books to read, and old ‘ friends to converse with ” The authorship ; of the poem has remained a secret until the present time. Mr It. II Massinger of New I York, in a letter to the Home Journal, nc- j knowledges that he wrote the verses, and mentions that they were originally publish- i ed in the New York American. Mr. M j Hays: *. It is a rather sad commentary on the last verse to know that the < Walter j good,’ .the soulful Fred’ and the * learned • Will’ are in their graves!” Annual Sessions. A number of Grand Juries have lately j reported in favor of a return to Annual See j sions of our State Legislature. In some ; respects, such a change is desirable, but we agree with one of our exchanges that *• it i would be absurd to return to them until j tome alteration is made in the mode of pro- j mulgatiDg the laws after they are enacted. ’ j The acts of the last Legislature and the journals have not yet reached this county. ! By the way, ihere must be gross negligence on the part of somebody. We were informed the other day, by a gentleman, in every way reliable, that the acts for this Congressional I district had been lying at the MiUpdgeville ! depot three months, ready for shipment Such carelessness is altogether inexcusable, | and his Excellency ought to have it looked into and properly punish.d. Judge Lumpkin. . The Washington Sentinel says that ; notwithstanding the reports to the contrary, it is now stated, and the Sentinel believes with truth, that Mr. Lumpkin of Georgia, has positively accepted the appointment as one of the three Judges of the U S Court of Claims. It is thought that the Court may be organized this week.” We clip the above from one of our Georgia exchanges. There can be no truth in the j report. Judge Lumpkin was in our town the whole of last week, and we learned from most unquestionable authority that he had ; declined the appointment. We are confident that the Sentinel is mistaken. ■ I Editorial Convention. The newspaper press of Georgia seems to be pretty thoroughly waked up to the inipor tance of holding a Convention to devise some means to stop the indiscriminate credit sys tem which has obtained to such a ruinous extent throughout the State. Two papers have lately teen discontinued—the Inde pendent Press at Eatonton and the Home Gazette at Augusta. One of them number ed its subscribers by thousands, hut, unfor tunately, like those of too many Georgia papers, a large majority were non paying, &nd*the proprietors are compelled to discon tinue their paper and pocket the losses—we very much fear they will never pocket any thing else. About a year ago, shortly after we became j connected with this papier, we proposed a Convention ol the editors of Cherokee Geor- ! gia, to settle on uniform prices for advertis ing and job work, and devise some means to get rid of the indiscriminate credit system for subscriptions, which acts ns a dead weight to every newspaper office in this sec tion, to our r.ertum knowledge. There are eight papers north of Atlauta—of this num ber thret were in favor of the Convention aed Jive opposed to it. W'c gave up in degp pair. Several efforts have been made in Georgia to get up a general Convention i f Editors The first editor of the Home Ga zette, the lamented Major Whyte, tried, three or four years ago, to induce a meet ing—the time and place were appointed nnd about half a dozen papers in the State talk ed & good deal about it, but the whole thing was a failure. We are decidedly iu favor of the movement proposed by our friends of th z Atlanta Intelligencer, but have no hope that anything can bo done. Like his next door neighbor, the Examirutr, .. our faith in the cohesive qualities ot many members of tbe Georgia Press is too small to allow us to hope &> great deal from such a combina tion aa is proposed in the suggestion of a Printer’s League.” Still we are for a Con vention, and will go into one heartily, let it be when and where it may. Another Glan&e at the Middle Ages. Poetry did not alone hold a prominent po sition duriDg the Middle Ages, but the Arts and Sciences were no lesß cultivated. For painting and moulding in brass the artists of those days were then, and are yet, famous. The name of Albert Durer, the famous painter of the eleventh century, is familiar to the present generation His pictures evince a peculiar chasteness of style, and a richness of color which he seems to have ac quired from the Italian schools. The house in which he lived is still in existence in Nu remberg. Its original state is carefully preserved, and it is pointed out to the stran ger ns one of the remarkable objects of the city. The art of moulding and casting, in the days of chivalry was carried to the greatest, perfection. Peter Fizche moulded and cast the figures of the twelve apostles, in silver. These figures are yet to he seen [standing on the altar of the church of St. ! Sebaldus, in Nuremberg, and are lasting ! monuments to the skill and artistic talent of j their maker. Nuremberg’and Augsburg, several centu 1 ries afterwards, embraced within their walls the greatest amount of commercial wealth ; of artistic merit, and of mechanical skill, of all other cities of Europe. Turning our at ! tention towards Augsburg, wc there find two j merchant families, who might rightly be i termed the merchant Princes of Europe j They were known as the Fugger, and the i Velser families. The former arose from the : humble position of weavers to the highest I p aces that wealth could purchase, and their | descendants even now are ranked as Princes, j They owned whole streets in their wealthy j city ; and their trade extended to the Le | vant, and even to the Indies. They were ; the Rothschilds of their time. Many an ; emperor and prince sought loans from them. ! Charles V , Emperor of Germany, would | have been unable to have prosecuted his ex pensive wars had not the Fugger family ! opentd their coffers to him Whenever he : visited Augsburg he made the r house his i residence, and, it is said, on one occasion, when he was greatly embarrassed in his final.c ■ and was indebted to his hosts, to the sum of more than a million of florins, he was conducted into the apartment set apart Cor his use, and there saw in the fire place a pile of costly woods and rare spices, ready for kindling. His host stood to receive him, holding in one hand a receipt in full for the Emperor's debt, and a lighted taper in the other. Upon the entrance of his royal guest lie applied the lighted taper to the receipt, and then kindled the valuable woods with | the blazing paper. The Wclser family was no less wealthy j They owued whole provinces in South Amer ica. from which they derived enormous rev | enues One of the daughters was so exceed ingly beautilul that a member of the house of Hapsburg, an Arch-Duke of Austria, did not deem it beneath his dignity to wed the fair Phillipine Welser. But where now are the power and wealth of these formerly great cities ? The tide of commerce has changed its course, and at tracted by the discovery of anew continent, it rushes towards the setting sun. The traveller is filled with awe, as he wends his way through the streets of those large cities, lined with lofty and magnificent edifices, whose halls and chambers are vacant and | dreary. The gleeful lays of happy min | strels, and the tinkling bells ol mules laden ; with the riches ol the East, are no more to Ibe heard in the deserted streets. Westward the flood of civilization wends its way, anu ; the pride of the Middle Ages, Nuremburg and Augsburg, now lie in forlorn and gloomy ; darkness, feeding upon the glory of ancient | days. Our Book Table. Frank Leslie’s Ladies’ Gazette of ; Paris, London and New York Fashions for April is on our table. It conta ! ns the latest styles of Caps, Bonnets, Head Dresses, Hair Dressing, Trimmings, Cloaks, Riding Hab its, Baby's Robes, Promenade Dresses, Car * y i riage Dresses, Evening Dresses, Mourning j Dresses, Misses Costume, Boy's Costume, Furs, benutitul patterns for needlework, crochet, &c., all splendidly illustrated by nearly 100 engravings, and a beautiful col | ored plate. Also, a full sized paper pattern j for a Cloak, or other garment, in eacti num j ber. The Literary Department of this work j is under the superintendence of Mrs. Anu S. | Stephens, the author of*. Fashion and Pam 1 jme ” Anew piece of Music appears in each part, also articles on Chess, Wax Modeling and many other interesting subjects Terms £3 a year, or 25 cents a number. Publish ed by Frank Leslie. 12 and 14 Spruce street, New York. Frank Leslie's New’ York Journal, of Romance, General Literature, Science I aid Art, for April, containing s’xty-four pages, (large quarto, double the size of any J other Magaz ne.) of valuable reading mat ter, and illustrated by numerous beautiful , Engrlmngg, has been received. Terms £2 } a-year. Address Frank Leslie, New Yoik. T B Peterson, No. 102 Chestnut street, j Philadelphia, lias in press, and will publish : on Saturday. May sth, The Missing Bride, ! by Mrs. Emma Southworth, being the last j work written by that lady, which has been pronounced by all that have read it. to be superior to any one ever before written by this talented American authoress They nil say that it is an engrossing, thrilling and deeply interesting work ; the interest never flagging from the beginning to the end. The scenes are all founded on facts. The fertil- j ity of the Author s imagination is wonderful; i all the characters being admirably sustain- j ed; and in this, her last work, brought so ! vividly before her readers from first to last i Hie portraiture of the heroine is that of a j perfect woman, and yet a beautiful, loving j and tender creature. Complete in one largo volume, neatly bound in cloth, for oue dol lar and twenty.five cents; er in two vol umes, paper cover, for one dollar. Copies of either edition of the work will be sent to any person, to any part of the United States, free of postage, on their re mitting the price of the edition they may I wish, to the publisher, in a letter, post paid The Mining Magazine.— The March number of this useful publication is on our liable, a little behind time, but nevertheless welcome. To persons engaged in mining operations the work is invaluable It is ed ited by Win J Tenney, aided by Stephen P. Leeds and August Parti. Terms #6 tv-year. Graham's Magazine. —Tht publisher of this sterling work will receive our thanks for the January, February, March and April □umbers. For some reason it had discontin ued its visits to our Sanctum, and we are really glad to see its pleesant face again. It is one of the best periodicals in the coun try, combining all the solidity of the Eng lish Reviews, with the light literature of the ladies magazines The illustrations arc in the highest style of the art. Terms £3 a-year, or £4 with the Standard. Address A. 11. See, Philadelphia. Godey's Lady’s Book. —The May num -1 ber of this beautiful and deservedly popular work is on our table—4*loo pnges, 8 full page plates, 65 contributions, 48 engrav ings!” There’s a programme for you Godey's is the best ladies’ magazine in the world—no doubt of it. Terms £3 a-year~ with the Standard for £4. L. A. Godey, Philadelphia. Editorial Pen-and-Scissorings. The Atlanta Republican has hoisted the name of B. 11. Overby for Governor. Canu Costley, a youth of 17 years, was convicted of murder at Atlanta last week. Four vessels laden with ice were lying in the Savannah harbor a few days ago. Avery malignant type of Pneumonia is raging in Savannah. Mrs. Colquitt, wife of Hon. A. 11. Col quitt, died in Albany on the 19th inst. Dnhlonega is improving—says the Signal of the 14th. Two bears were lately captured in Sum ter county —one of them weighing 176 lbs In Macon, Monday ana Tuesday, the ther mometer in the Journal & Messenger office stood at 92! Pretty hot for April. Counterfeit £TOO bills on the Bank o Hamburg are afloat in Augusta. They are well executed and calculated to deceive. Doct. W. B Crawford has resigned the Presidency of the Cedar Town Female Col lege. A writer in the Columbus Enquirer (whig) recommends lion. Hines Holt of that city, for Governor. The late meeting of the Medical Society of Georgia in Coluinhus, was not so largely at tended as formerly. The mercury showed 96“ at 2 o'clock, in Atlanta, on the 17th, and the next day no j better So says the Intelligencer. No less than five hundred and eighty four letters are now waiting in the Charleston postoffice, because they were not pre-paid. On the 19th inst. the mercury stood at 103 degrees, at 2 1 2 o’clock, P M., in Savannah. Raylher warm, we should say. A meeting of the stockholders of the Bruns wick road will be held at Brunswick the 3d of May. Col. R. J. Morgan of LaGrange, has been recommended ns a suitable candidate for Congress from the 4th Congressional district of this State. Samuel Swan has taken charge of the Fort Gaines Academy Lottery, and estab lished the princ'pal office at Atlanta.— Samuel will do. See his advertisement. Two men were out hunting turkeys, in Madison county, last week, when one of them shot the ether through mistake. No names are given. Tbe editor of the Marietta Georgian has seen a specimen of cotton batting, manufac- i tured by Mr. John Brace, two miles from that place. J B Cubbege, Esq. has left the Savan nah Journal & Courier, and I S. Clark,late Printer of the Georgian, has taken his place. Mr. C is a nephew of Gaylord Clark, of thz i Knickerbocker. The Masonic Signet and Journal, (Mari - | etta) which was discontinued in consequence ( of the burning of the office, has re-appeared S. Lawrence is its editor. The Albany Courier, (ft Know-Nothing ! paper) says *. it is a mistake to suppose that Mr. Overby can be forced on the American party for Governor.” Dr A. V. Longstreet, of Burks County, was stabbed hy a Mr. Warner on last Thurs day. He is badiy wounded, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. Great distress is prevailing in Emanuel j | County in consequence of the scarcity of ! Water The Superior Court had to be ad journed, because no water for cooking pur } poses could be obtained in the county town Avery beautiful occultation of Venus was witnessed in this locality on Wednesday evening of last week. The weather wise predict that it will bring either rain or dry weather. We shouldn’t wonder. Trains on the Ceorgia Rail Road have been deinyed lately in consequence of the burning of a portion of the road about 18 miles from Augusta. The Constitutionalist reports the woods on fire in various places The editor of the West Point Beacon says the Hon. Charles Murphy of Decatur, will probably be tbe Know Nothing candidate for Coapress in the 4th district. Gnrtrell. j Glenn. Warner and Nelson are spoken of by ’ the Democracy. The Savannah people are paying for fowls £1 a-pair, for eggs. 20 ctnts a-dozen, 15 to ‘ 18 cents for beef, 12 to 14 cents for mutton, nnd 12 cents for pork. In Albany, flour is £l6 n-barrel, and corn meal £1.25 per bushel. High living, that! The Atlanta Intelligencer learns upon the best authority that there is no foundation I for the report that the Yellow Fever is in I Savannah —that it is a lie ** made out of the j whole cloth.” The Carriage Repository and Blacksmith Shop of Messers. Morrison & Bruy, of Cedar Town, were destroyed by fire, on Tuesday night, 17th inst. Loss estimated at one thousand, five hundred dollars. We hnve received the Annual Catalogue of Franklin College. The number of stu dents in attendance during the first term was 160, second term 124. No institution at the South stands higher than old Frank j lin. j The Columbus Enquirer learns that un ! mistakable indications of the presence of j Gold have recent ly been discovered on the land owned by Dr Ingcrsol), in Russell co , j near that oily. The symptoms are reported jto be highly encouraging. We under stand that tests are being applied, and if ! they Bhould result favorably, we preswme ’ shall hoar further particulars. Minutes of Points Decided by the Supreme Court of Georgia, at Cassville, April Term, 1865. L. McGuffie, vs the State, from Floyd. 1. Triers ha\i ig been appointed in impan nelling the Jury in a Murder case, when one jurymnn has been sworn to try the case, j that juryman should net as one of the triers i 2. When a juryman who tried the cause had. before the trial, formed and expressed a decided opinion against the prisoner, from , hi ving heard ihe testimony on n former trial j of the case, and that fact was unknown to j the prisoner when he accepted the juryman, j anew trial will be granted, notwithstand ing the juryman may, after the verdict, declare that lie found his verdict without bias, from the testimony. J. W H Underwood for Plaintiff in Error, Word, Solicitor General, for Defendant. W. F James, vs the Trustees of Mercer University; from Polk. A note being given for a subscription to a College, said note purporting to be given in considi ration of *4 the importance of educa tion and religion to the community ;” Held, that in a suit on the note against the maker, it is competent for him to show that he was induced to give the note, by the representa tion that the Institution was to be conducted on the 44 manual labor” system, aid that that system was abandoned without his con sent; and such facts if established, will be a good defence to the note. J. W. II Underwood & Mitchell, for Pl'ff in Error; Alexander & McDonald tor Defen dants. W. Kimsey, et. al., vs. the Lessee of Sens bough ; from Whitfield. A recovery in Ejectment may be had, on a ; Demise laid in the name of one who never authorized or sanctioned the bringing the action. J W. H. Underwood for Pl'ff in Er. ; Akin for Def t. G. 11. Couch, vs. J. Turner, ct. al ; from Fannin. A demise will not be stricken out in an action of Ejectment, or an affidavit of de fendant, on information and belief that the lessor never authorized the use of his name, and that its use is not necessary tor the pro tection of the rights of the real plaintiff. J W. H. Uuderwood for Pi ff in Error.— Ex parte. IV. L Hammond, Trustee, vs. James M. Stovall; From Franklin. Possession of personal property by a pur chaser in South Carolina for nine years, will not defeat the lien of judgment in tins State, which lien attached before the removal of the property Van Duzer represented by Akin, for Pl'ff in Er ; C'obb and Hull for Deft. E IVoods, Adm’x., vs. A. Howell; from Lumpkin. The action of trover survives against the representatives of the defendant. Martin, represented by McDonald, for Pl'ff in Er.; Akin lor def’t. J. J. Printup, vs- D. R. Mitchell; from Floyd. A bill in Equity will not lie at the in stance of a vender, to enforce a parol agree ment for the 6ale of laud, where the vender has paid the purchase money in work and labor, notwithstanding the vendue has bro’t j an action to recover for the work aud labor. | The contract, if proved, will be a good de- ! fence to the action. J. IV. II Uuderwood for I’l'ff in Er ; Al- j exander and Akin, for deft. Baker, IVilcox & Cos., vs. R. Herndon; [ from Floyd. The Act of 1851-2 declaratory of the 4th section of the Statute of Frauds, operates on : contracts made before its enactnnnt. Printup for Pl'ff in Er.; J IV H. Under- j wood for def’t. N Bass, vs. A. Stephens, et al. ; from Floyd. A plea to the Jurisdiction in a Justice's t Court, on the ground of non-residence of de- : fend tnt. must be filed on oath. Printup for Pl ff in Er. ; J. IV. 11. Uuder- i wood for def’t J Kerby, vs. E. 11. Richardson ; from . Polk. Where a party holding land, under a bond for titles, aud who has had constant posses- ! sion has been compelled to buy up an out- ! standing paramount title, the measure of damages, in an action against his vendor, is the loss which he has sustained, and not the value of the land. Chisolm nnd Akin for PI'S” in Er. ; Alex ander for def’t. The State ex. rel. &c., vs. IV. Woody, et. al.; from Fannin. The Act organizing the county of Fannin, authorized the Justices of the Inferior Court to locate the public buildings ** ns near the centre as practicable ” Held that a discretion is vested in the Justices, ns to the location with which the Superior Court cannot interfere by Mandamus or Prohibi tion, unless a case of gross wrong was shown Francis for PI ff, in Er ; J. IV. 11. Under wood, Cobb and Hull, for def’t. A lump of gold weighing 154 penny weights has been taken from the gold mine utColum bin. county, Ga. R. A. Matthews, of Georgia, has been np j pointed to a first-class clerkship, in the Pen- j sion office Salary, £1,200 per annum. The next quarterly Meeting of the Grand I Divisiou of the Sous of Tempetance, will he j held iu Augusta on Wednesday the 25th of I this month. The Democracy of the 3J District are to have a Congressional Convention, at Forsyth, o the 4th Tuesday of May next. A lot of bacon in hogsheads, has just been received at Augusta, from Madison, lowa. It was shipped first to St Louis, thence to Nashville by river, and from Nashville to Augusta, hy the Nashville nnd Chattanooga road, the State road aud the Georgia road— a total distance of about 2.200 rnileH It is believed that the bacon will pay a remune rating profit. Ex-Governor Whitmarah B. Seabrook, of £|. Qapolifla difkj at Strawberry Hill, Beau fort pistrict, the 10th iust. Democratic Meeting in Habersham A large nnd respectable portion of the Democrats of Habersham county met in the Court House in Clarksville on Wednesday, 11th inst. On motion, Mr. Jarvis Van Bu ren was called to the Chair, nnd Philip j Martin Esq., requested to net ns Secretary. ! The Chairman stated that the object of the ’ meeting was to appoint delegates to the Gu bernatorial Convention in Miledgeville, nnd for the dispatch of such other business as , might come before them. Dr George D Phillips then arose, nnd I a f ter a few prefatory remarks introduced ! the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas the time has arrived when the Democratic party of Habersham county deem it important to take steps to effect a thor ough organization of the party, and a meet ing of the people having been called for that purpose: Resolved, That we cherish an abiding confidence in the principles of the national Democatic party, fought for by Washington, taught by Jefferson nnd successfully carried out by Jackson, and that we are taught by the experience of the past to look to the par ty as the only national organization through which the rights and interes'B of the South will be maintained and protected ; and that we can have no sympathy or co-operation with any political party, or organization which will sacrifice such men ns Dodge, of lowa and Shields of Illinois, and supply their seats in the counsels of the Union, with men pledged to carry out the most odious abolition doctrines, by the repeal of the fu gitive slave law, and the rejection of new states recognising slavery in their Constitu tion. Resolved, That entertaining these views, we will adhere to the Democratic party, maintain its principles and pledge ourselves to the use of all honorable means to the e lection of its candidates. Resoloed, That in reference to our state policy, loaking to the benefits resulting to our state by construction of the W. & At lantic ll Road ; We commend the wisdom of its conception, the energy that secured its construction nnd its present able and efficient management, and without intending to com init ourselves to any general system of state aid to all R. Roads that nmy be projected, we believe that the North E.isern. South western, and South Eastern portions of the State are justly entitled to liberal aid in the construction of these great works of internal improvement. Reso/oed, That we approve of the ad ministration of Governor Johnson, and rec ommend his renomination at the approach ing Democratic convention. And that G. D. Phillips, Robert McMillan. A K. Patton. Young Davis, and Joseph B Whitehead, be and are hereby appointed delegates to the Gubernatorial convention, and in the event of their not being able to attend, they have the power of appointing their own alter nates. Reso/oed, That looking to the magni tude of the questions that are likely to be raised in the next Congress we have seen with much pride and pleasure, the manifes tation of a general desire among Democaats to return to his seat, our able and distin euished representative, lion. Howell Cobb, who for many years, represented our Dis trict with honor to himself and his constitu ency, and we hereby declare he is our first choice for that position, and believe a dis trict Convention, to nominate a candidate wholly unnecessary; but if one is held we appoint George D. Phillips and Philip Mar tin, to said convention. Resoloed, That in parting with our late able and faithful represntative Judge Hillyer, who declines a re election, we take ! this occasion to express our high npprecia ! tion of his public services, and the fidelity with which he has discharged his public du | ties. Resotsed, That the foregoing resolutions be signed by the Chairman and Secretary and be published in the Southern Banner at j Athens. j Dr. Phillips supported the resolutions by a few forcible remarks, and then moved that | the resolutions be voted upon, one by one. i which was done and resulted iu the uuani- I mous adoption, by the meeting, of the pre j amble and resolutions. The meeting was then addressed by Dr. Phillips and Hon Junius Ilillyer, both gon- I tlemen being listened to with great atten i tion. J. VAN BUREN, Chairman. PHILIP MARTIN. Secretary Speaking out in Meeting. Tne corruption and profligacy of the pres ent know nothing legislature of Pennsylva nia. says the Union, is becoming apparent to every man in the State; but still we did not think the editors of that pure new party were so willing to acknowledge it. Yet such is the fact, as evinced by the following, clip ped from the Harrisburg Item, oue of 44 Sam's” organs: 44 The fact is, legislation has fallen into bad hands. A set of political scoundrels took advantage of the lute revolution in po litical sentiment, and, where they did not honestly suceeed. fraud was resorted to iu order to accomplish the objects. The legis lation of this session, its glaring absurdities and villainy, to make use of the m blest tern § w 11 be ©(eci atcd hy every honest man in this commonwealth. The honor ot the State is bartered and sold by a secret con- | clave, as if they had no masters, nor in any way responsible to public opinion Banks are chartered amid boisterous merriment, i j an{l foreign railroad capitalists are the . li [ <ns* who are worshiped at the shrine of ’ Mammon. When will iMoses descend from j the mount and cast down the golden calf ?’’ The know-nothing majority in the legis- i j lature may well exclaim, ** Save me from ! my friends.” The American Theatre in New Orleans wus burned ou Thursday night last, nud oue mau killed. New Orleans, April 23.—Ten thousand | bales of Cotton wore sold to-day, at prices ranging from 8 to 9 1 2 cents. Charleston. April 23 —One thousand bales of Cotton sold to day, from 8 3 4 to 9 8-4 cents. The N Y. hotels intend to raico the price of board to three dollars a day, in conse queuoe of the prohibitory liquor law. A United States messenger, en route for St . Petersburg, is said to have passed through Berlin on the 28 ult. Unheralded Heroism. We are indebted to a Lady for the follow ing communication, the leading facts of which had been known to us previously, and we have no doubt that the very appropriate suggestions of the writer ns to the fitting tes timonial, will be readily approved hy those who have the power to carry it into effect: On the of March, 1856, while the Freight Engine Joseph Johnson was return ing with a train of sxteeU cars laden with cotton the attention of the Engineer, Wil lington, was arrested by an object in the distance which appeared to be a signal. He succeeded in stopping within a cur's distance oi the spot, when he wns informed that the culvert (seventy-six nrlcs.) wag destroyed j hy the fires which had been rngilig in the woods for some days. The sigual had been giv en by a young girl named Rebecca Barnes, residing with her parents in the vicinity She hud made great exertions to arrest the i r giess of the flames. e prevent, the burning of the culvert; but finding her efforts inef fectual, with iminent danger to herself, a waited the approach of the engine, in order to appraise the Engineer of his peril, which she effected by the waving of her bonnet Upon examination, it was ascertained that ; the culvert was so much injured, that an at J tempt so cross would have percipltated the train, and before assistance could have been I procured all would have been consumed. i It was a heroic act, the intrepidity ot j which was only exceeded hy its mag nanimity; and its greatmss was enhnne- j ed by the fact that the girl's simplicity of I mind, and the obscurity of her position, di ‘ vest her of the slightest suspicion that she was actuated by motives of ambition or re ward. It was an act heroism, more worthy J of record than many of the deeds which are i emblazoned upon the pages of our histoiy, ! as deserving the admiration of ti e patriot , and the emulation of the philanthropist.— ; Surely the mind that could suggest such an 1 expedient, and the heart that could be prompted by such a noble impulse might, by ; judicious training and proper culture, attain i an enviable position among the most intelli gent and virtuous of her sex. There could not- be a more appropriate me j morial of the gratitude of those whom she has benefitted, than by placing her in an in j stitution where she would enjoy the advan tages of a thorough education ; where her ■ heart would be improved and her intellect , cultivated, and where she would be taught that in dispensing happiness, and doing good i to others, is woman's holiest duty, and her highest privilege. It would be a reward in- j finitely transcending a pecuniary remuuei a ■ tion, and which would reflect as much lion- ‘ or upon the donor, as it would prove of in calculable benefit.to the recipient— Ch. Mercury Havana—Extraordinary Decree. The N 0 Picayune learns, froin gen tlemen just arrived from Havana, intelli gent, reliable citizens, *. that a decree issued j at Madrid—that is by tbe Queen of Spam and ber Government— lias reached Cuba and been published there, in which it is or- 1 i dered that in the event of a filibuster expe- I j dition binding, or attempting to land in Cu- J i ba, all Americans residing in the island, the ; i U S Coikuls included, are to be immediate- j ■ ly and without distinction, placed under ar rest ! 44 So morstrous a proceeding as this, our renders will doubtless, as we ourselves did. doubt that even Spanish presumption wonld enter on We have the information, howev- j er, so circumstantially that we think they’ cannot refuse to credit it, when we lay be fore them the particulars. 4iThe gentlemen whom wthave referred to as our informants, during their visit to Ha- i vana naturally. paid frequent visits to our Acting Consul, Col Robertson In the first instance, he cheerfully assured them that 1 there was no danger whatever lor them, if j they conducted themselves with ordinary discretion while on the island. On their go j ing to visit him, however, on the morning of the 10th inst , they found him considerable dispirited, and on mentioning that they con templated leaving in the Philadelphia, he said lie was very glad of it, and wished that every American would do so, as they were no longer safe on the island, nnd. ns his re.a son. he translated the decree to them, in the j terms above given, informing them that he } had just had it officially sent to him.’’ | The Democracy Moving. The Democrats of Baldwin county will j meet at the Court House on Tuesday the Ist of May, to appoint delegates to the Demo i crntic State Convention The Democrats of ■Jasper will meet nt Manticello on Wed lies i day of Court week. The Democrats of Mon- : I roe will meet at Forsyth, ar. the first lues ■lay iu May all for the same purpose. ; The masses are moving from the wire grass 1 counties of the sea board to the granite re- i | gions of Cherokee. Never before has there j been greater unanimity of sentiment or a ore enthusiasm manifested. The next Democratic State Convention will be the Convention of the people. Savannah Geor gian. Russian Losses. —During 1854, the Rus-I sians estimate the losses of their grand army ( (that of the South.) at 111,182 of which 29.- 204 were killed 55 304 wounded,6 240 dese rted. about 16.156 died of disease The lossot j the A lies. (Turks. English and French.) in killed and wounded,has been,probably about equal, while they have lost tnqj* disease a much larger number. These £gures show how dreadful is the war now dmding and desolating Europe. Fair at Charleston.— lVe are glad to see hy the Charleston papers, that the Fair of the South Carolina Institute, at present i going on in that city, is a very decided sue [cess The number of persons attending it is said to be very great, aud the ai tides ou ex hibition present a full collection of the use i ful and beautiful. The Palmetto State doe* not do thiugs by halves. j No prospect of Peace. —The latest Lon don News says that according to the most re cent couimmu mentions Iroui \ mnua, Lord John Russell is undersood to sec little or no ! prospect of peace at present, aud axpeo s to return to England by the 14th of April— I The opinion is tretiy expressed, that any peace made now would bo precarious and un certain. Health of Charleston. — There were ! 21 deaths in Charleston last week. Know Nothing Withdrawal in Vir. ginia. Me learn, says the Washington Union from private letters, as well as from the country papers that secession from know flothingiem in Virginia lias become a per . Rot epidefnic. A correspondent at Mar titisbtifg, Under date of the 15th writes aa follows: .. • - .. I have only time to say that reliable in formation from Harper's Ferry informs me that fifty men drew ofit of the lodge on | ftst Thursday n ght. They had suspended the regular meetings in order to prevent with drawals ; but a few of the reliable know nothings determined to have a little private | special meeting that night and not let any of the disaffected know anything of it, but a few of the disaffected, not being .know nothings naturally,’ got wind of it, nD( j went Up to the extent ot fifty and drew out Sixty more will do likewise when another meeting takes place.” George Washington, wrote the following letter some time after the constitution was made, and addressed it to the <* General Committee of the United Baptist Churches i# i Virginia ! Gentlemen—lft could Have eftffertained | the slightest apprel e a on that the cor.stitu ! tion framed by the convention where I had the honor to preside might possibly endanger the religious rights of any ecclesiastical so ciety. certainly I icoutd never have placed my signature to it; and if I could not con ceive that the general government might ever be so administered as to render the lib erty of conscience secure, I beg you will be persuaded that no one would he more zealous than inyse f to establish iffeetual | harriers against the horrors of spiritual ty. ■ runny, and every speo’es of religious persecu j tion. For you doubtless remember I have j often expressed my sentiraent3 that any man j conducting himself as a good citizen, and be ing accountable to God aione for his good re i ligious opinions, ought to be protected in , worshipping the Deity according to the dic ; tales of his own conscience. We have already mentioned the arrest of Dr Peck, and now peiceivethat his partner, Lorenzo D Tayas. M Esteban. D Estrada, ot Philadelphia, and .Mr Manuel Vaises, of New York, have also been arrested, and are now imprisoned in Havana. Mr. Robert C. Clark, of Philadelphia, was ordered to leave the Island, which he found it impossible to do and ere this he has shared theii unfortu nate fate. Mesei s Clark and Estrada ‘ire well known iu Philadelphia, having formerly been en gaged extensively in the importing and (-til er business Mr Clark went out some Ctc months ago for the purpose of attending to some mercantile affairs which required his personal attendance Charleston Courier , 19th inst. A Bold Figure. —Theodore Parker told a crowd of sympathizers at New York Tab j ernacle. the other day that : | 44 In Massachusetts in Ohio, anu in maty \ of the States, the Know Nothing clinched the wide spread anti slavery feeling into a s.n ----! gle fist sml smote it into the face of Mr. Pierce's administration w,tli ihe most horrid ; effect. (Loud cheers ) That is the third good thing they have accomplished.” Lettct Writing. —Several good sugget j tions have been made in relation to the new postage law. Now that letters not prepaid ; will not be forwarded, they who write to others on their own business, requiring nu answer, sliou and enclose a stamp. Sianp your business address on every envelope, and it by accident a letter gets into the post-of fice unp4Hi. it can be immediately returned to the writer. New Use for Chlcrform. — At the Pat ent Office at Washington, cli'orotorm inis | been tried to kill weevel in wh< at In two j or three minutes, after a few dn ps of chlo roform had been tidiruß steied. the insects naturally enough heg..n to exhibit unmis takable symptOMisot tineas ness wlueh jrited> to be the precursors of a quiet, respectable death. Jtdge Luring.— ln the Mnssabhusettr House c>f Representaiives, on Saturday, an add res to the Governor, to remove Judge Lo* I ring, was carr.tai by a vote of 2U7 to 111- It now goes to the Senate. So the work of i removing a learned and Lonesf judge lor o bedience to the laws is done. Mr T. S. Flournoy, the candidate of the Know Nothings for Governor ot Virginia, nt a Railroad Couvectiou in It'd;, asserted, iff substance that no country can br prosper \ uits tviih a s/ovt population. \ erily, the j Southern Know Nothings are fast following,’ in the foot-steps of their Northern aH-'f*- Growth of Milwackic This city i only twenty years old, and contains a pop ulation of 40,000 Its manufactures last i year amounted £4 600.000. The in-port* were £ll 00< ,000— the exports £7.700,000 Pork packed £3lB 000. A great city, iu a great country. A Windfall.—Sergeant Peter Clark of j ihe U. S. Marine Corps, and late Orderly ; Sergeant ofthc Marine Guard at Pensacol*. i has become heir to an estate in Ireland worth ’ six thousand pounds per annum lie Las’ been in the U S. Arniy for IS years. Slave Bill Defeated —The hill to protect persons anested under the fugitive Slave Law, aud to secure than the rights of trial by jury, habtas corpus. &c. was de feated in the New York House cf Represen tatives. Ayes 58, nays Sit. Not long for this WorlP.—- Among the lodgers at a station house iu Boston the oth er night was au Englishman. 20 years of age. giving his name as Randolph Ledyard He stands 6 feet 10 inches high, and say* he thinks lie is not long for this world. The Right of Suffrage.— The N Vork House of Assembly has adopted a resolution proposing to amend the •institution so as to extend the right of suffrage io colon and cit izens, without tbe p open y qualification. Canadian Wheat —The Toronto Glob®*- of the 18th, says it is *stimated that one hun dred thousand bushels ofahet urestond'*’ that city lor the U. States market. llui>> it along. Very true. —Mrs Swisshelm saj' B: it The secret you dare not tell your mot or is a dangerous secret ; one that will likely to bring you to sorrow. The Pope has conferred the degree 0 D. upon the Rev. J. M- l-orbs> * York.