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Picture of the Senate Worthies.
A Washington Correspondent of the New
York Mirror is sad because the great lights of
the Senate have gone out and nothing hut farth
ing candles are left. Over the absence of Clay,
Calhoun, Webster, Grundy, l'orsyth, Southard,
Buchanan, &c., he mourns like Rachel, and will
receive no comfort.
He then draws a picture of some ot the chief
members, from which, without farther parley,
we compile the following :
The frosty head of John Davis is still visible ;
but except in the dignity which gray hairs give
to such a place, he adds but little to the useful
ness or interest of the body.
Near him sits Mangum—now almost broken
down with high living. He has been a long
time in Congress and is a brilliant debater; but
has always been wanting in industry and re-
search.
General Cass- is almost the only one ot the
men of national reputation who seems to hold j
his own, in good condition.
Old Judge Butler, of South Carolina, secures !
the respect of every one, for his learning, as a
gentleman of the old school, and the sparkling
raciness of his occasional speeches.
Near him sits Hunter, of Virginia, who has
much influence, rarely making long speeches,
and always speaking to the point. With a great
deal of Virginia and South Carolina abstraction
ism, he possesses a clear head in examining busi
ness matters, is always punctual in fulfilling his
engagements ; and, if he cannot agree with you,
gives you at least the satisfaction of a decided
answer in the negative.
His colleague, Mason, is a bitter Statesrights
man, of very contracted views, and expresses
himself occasionally, with fluency ; but he is des
titute of any business habits, and really has very
little influence.
Bright, of Indiana, is a man of of fair abilities; ■
but a mere party politician of the most ultra kind, I
and has no influence, except such as seven or
eight years’ experience gives him in his own
party.
Borland, of Arkansas, is small potatoes in eve
ry respect, and would be a fit companion for j
Weller, of California, who must have succeeded
in realizing his present position by sheer impu
dence, of which lie has a plentiful stock coupled
with the grossest vulgarity of manner and
speech.
Dr.Gwinn, of California, is a pleasant spoken
gentleman. Those who have had business with
him say that lie will listeij very attentively to all
you have to say, and the next day be as igno
rant of the subject as if he had never heard of it.
Fish, of New York, is a thorough business
man, a good writer, and very faithful in attend
ing to Committee business; but is generally re
garded as being destitute of all qualifications as
a speaker, so that he cannot pilot a bill through,
although he may understand it better than
any one else.
Seward is admitted, with all his demagogueism,
to be a man of talent, but his voice is not adap
ted for any large room, and hence what he says,
though generally logical and concise, is not lis
tened to with much attention.
Bell, of Tennessee, always commands respect, j
and is worthy of the station. Jones, his col- j
league, is more made up of words than ideas.
Dawson, of Georgia, makes a very respec
table figure, as does also Badger, of North
Carolina.
Brooks and Adams, of Mississippi, Clemens,
of Alabama, the two Dodges (father and son,)
Brodhead and Cooper, of Pennsylvania, are all
third rate men. The first looks like a bo}’, and
speaks as if he were in a debating society.
Pearce and Pratt of Maryland are both finished
gentlemen and scholars.
Douglas and Shields, of Illinois, always ap
pear well in debate, and are generally well in
formed on the business before their Committees,
especially the latter—nothing one sees of the
former would lead you to pick him out as a can
didate for the Presidency, except his disposition
to ride every hobby that may catch voters.
Captain Stockton .should have remained
in the navy. He shows his self-conceit in every
thing he does, and is laughed at a little.
Truman Smith, of Connecticut, is well inform
ed, but very heavy in debate and rather testy.
His colleague, Toucey, once Attorney General,
is a better lawyer than statesman.
Soule, always eloquent and brilliant, has rath
er lost influence by the erratic nullification
course he pursued on the compromise questions ;
but he must always rank among the first.
Mr. Morton, of Florida, is a tall, good-looking
man, always sensible; but not particularly dis
tinguished.
John P. Hale is brimfull of humor, and has,
on the whole, made a good figure, considering
the fact that he had to fight almost alone.
Chase is a good speaker—a good lawyer, but
has little influence, owing to his free-soil ten
dencies.
Sumner is of the transcendental literary school,
and will disappoint all his friends in Massachu
setts, for he has few qualifications for the Senate.
Although they average at a low figure for
talents—that Senate—they do not make up for it
by industry or attention to business. It is the
hardest thing in the world to get a quorum of a
Committee together; very hard to get a Senator
to give serious attention so as to understand any
matter of business, and whenj you have suc
ceeded in that, it is harder still to get him to at
tend to it.
And so forth, and so forth, all of which looks
like carping. But, really, the Senate has some
what fallen both in dignity and public esteem.
Practical Abolition. —Benjamin Walker,
Esq., of Jamaica, writing to his brother in Char
leston, S. C., uses the subjoined language. He is
an Englishman who has resided in the Island tor
many years, and after a personal investigation ot
the Abolition operations of his own Government,
says: “I hope and trust you will never be imbu
ed with anti-slavery doctrines: and if many could
witness the rui* of interest, both moral and ma
terial, the misery of families, and the desolation
of all which I now s3e aroud me, oceasioned by
the emancipation of the negroes, there would be
less agitation in your e ountry on that much vexed
question- I hope the people of the South will
“hold their own’” Emancipation means confis
cation and misery to both races. Let people
come to Jamaica and Judge lor themselves, and
witness the white race driven from thier hearth
and home by the destructive policy of the moth
er country. A Exodus of the white race has
already commenced, and I am preparing to join
in the stream, and abandon a wortnless and
ruined country/’
COLUMBUS. GA.
JANUARY 21, 1853.
Captain Ericsson 5 * Caloric Ship,
We cannot content ourselves with a mere announce
ment of the success of Captain Ericsson’s experiment in
atm-Dspheric air as an agent, in propelling ships across
the ocean. It is justly regarded as an invention equal
to tile discovery of the expansive power of steam, and of
the invention of the steam Engine. Our readers will
doubt loss be [pleased to know who Ericsson is ; and
the history of his invention. This information, we pro
pose to supply in a very few words :
Captain Ericsson is a Swede hy birth, but the United
States is his adopted country. We are proud that he
has identified his name and fame with our institutions,
and that it is to the energy, judgment, and liberality of
an ; American citizen, Mr. John B. Kitchino, of New
York, that he has been indebted for the means to car
ry out this great enterprise in a style corresponding to
its importance.
The late Professor Hawefeldt of Sweden, first suggest
ed the idea of a Caloric ship to his mind, by declaring
that “there was nothing in the theory of heat which
proves that a common spirit lamp may not be sufficient
to drive an engine of a hundred horse power.’’ Acting
upon this idea, he invent his Engine. He exhibi
ted his invention before the scientific world of London
in 1833. With the exception of Ure and Faraday, nearly
all the leading seen title men of the day united in condemn
ing the principle, on which it was based as untenable, and
tvoa Faraday, in f a public lecture acknowledged that
he did not understand why the engine acted at all.
Mr. Brunell, the constructor of the Thames Tunnel,
was sent to examine the invention by the British Gov
ernmeat, but he misconceive the motive power, it is said,
and not allow himself to be corrected by expla
nations. Notwithstanding these discouragements, Capt.
Ericsson steadily persued his experiments, and after the
labor of 25 years, of unappreciated and unproductive
toil, he has succeeded with the generous aid of Mr.
Kitching of New York, in seeing his labors crowned
with complete sdcccss, in the late trial trips of the Er
icsson, . upon the bay of N ew York.
The advantages csf the invention are : Ist., that only
one fifth the amount of fuel is needed, as is consumed
by a steam engine of the same power : 2d., there is no
danger from explosion, fire or the thousand other acci
dents which beset navigation by steam.
We learn from the Herald that Captain Ericsson will
not accompany the ship in her first trip to Europe, but
that he will remain in New York to superintend the
building of other Calorie ships for the parties interested
in the vessel already constructed.
Council Proceedings—City Officers.
We have not the priori!edge of printing the proceedings of
Council officially. Nevertheless, we take pleasure in trans
ferring to our columns such of their action as will be ol
general interest.
Mr. Wiley Williams has beera elected Alderman of the
sth Ward, in which there was no choice at the general
election.
Edgar G. Dawson, Esq., elected City Attorney.
Wm. Bosworth has been elected Clerk of the market.
Jeremiah Terry has been elected Sexton.
Dr. T. J. Brooks, do do City Physician.
E. C. Bandy, do do Bridge Keeper.
Burnett Ingram, do u.o Ilospiial Keeper.
Thoms Ragland, do do City Printer.
The salaries of the following officers have been raised by
the present Council:
Salaries for 1852. Salaries for 1853-
Clerk of Council $550 Clerk of Council.... S6OO
Treasurer 650 Treasurer 700
Marshal 650 Marshal 700
Deputy Marshal 650 Deputy Marshal.... 700
City Physician 350 City Physician 450
City Printer 150 City Printer 200
$3,000 $3,350
3,000
$350
It will thus be seen that tne salaries of officers are three
hundred and fifty dollars higher this year than they were
last; though we find the names of ten of the Council (the
Mayor included) on the ticket headed—
“ People’s Ticket—Low Taxes !
Free Trade and no Connection. ,>
Now we are in favor of paying officers well, and am right
! glad that some of them will have 50 to 100 dollars more
! jingling in their pockets at the end of this year, than they
j found there at the end of last year , but if this be the mean
ing of “Low Taxes,” Mr. Webster has sadly erred in his
j definition, and his publisher would confer a favor on the
, public by issuing an amended edition of this standard work.
“The Corner Stone.”
Our readers will find in our paper to-day the Pros
pectus of anew weekly Paper, which General James
N. Bethune proposes to publish in this city, at two dol
lars per annum in advance. We learn from the Pros
pectus that the General claims fellowship with no par
ty. He regards them all alike corrupt. He will ad
vocate no measures of policy in the administration of the
government, except such as will bring it into contempt.
He will labor for its dissolution; like Ishmael, therefore,
“ his hand (pen) will be against every man, and every
man’s hand (pen) will be against him.”
General Bethune has had some experience in the
j business in which he proposes to engage; is a vigorous
j writer ; a bold and independent thinker ; and will make,
jwe doubt not, a very readable paper. We give him a
cordial welcome to the Editorial corps; and wish him
! personally a long and happy and prosperous life.
Additional Per Arabia. —The British ministry had
| entered upon their official duties.
Napoleon returned to Paris on the 2Sth ult., but was
received with no enthusiasm. The Empire has not
yet been recognized by Austria, Russia aud Prussia.
lion. Win. 11, King and Mr. Clayton.
The newspapers have been very busy in pushing
before the puhjjo an issue of veracity between Messrs.
Kino and CtatroN- We have been surprised that
Col. Kino's friends have not long since given an ex
planation of the misunderstanding. We are now
pleased to find that the supposed inaccuracy of Col.
King's statement to Mr. Cass, is fully accounted for in
j the following letter from Judge Bragg, of Alabama,
j which was first published in the National Intelligencer.
“It is now clear that,” in the emphatic language of
the Washington Union , “the commercial privileges
which England has long enjoyed in a portion of Hon
duras, fully sot forth by us yesterday, were only alluded
to by Col. King when he wrote Mr- Clayton that the
Senate did not understand that British Honduras was
included in the treaty. Before writing that note he
had informed Mr. Clayton that if the condition which
the British government proposed was sent to the Sen
ate, it would not receive a single vote. The course of
Mr. Clayton in accepting the British condition, after
| having received that information, is utterly indefensi
ble 5 but not more so than the manner in which he has
attempted to shield himself from the just responsibilities
! he has incurred.”
*
[From the National Intelligencer.]
Washington, Jan. 10, 1553.
Gentlemen : Knowing that several Senators had had
interviews with Colonel King, since the statement made in
the Senate by General Cass on Thursday last, and the pub
lication in the Intelligencer of Col. King’s note to Mr.
: Clayton of the 4th of July, 1850, in reference to the Clay
ton and Bulwer treaty, I went to the’’ Senate this morning,
confidently expecting to hear such an explanation ol
the apparent inconsistency between the statement and the
note as would be satisfactory to all parties, and place the
whole matter in a proper light before the country.
No such explanation having been made in the Senate,
| (perhaps from a want of proper information on the sub
| ject,) and it having been my privilege, as well as my duty,
| to be very frequently with Colonel King during his present
j distressing illness, and thus to have had opportunities to
understand his views not open to others, it seems to me
, that justice to him requires that there should be no longer
j delay placing this matter in its true and proper posi
tion. The propriety of this is deemed to be the more urgent
| from the fact General Cass re-iterated, to-day, his state
i ment in the Senate. It is as follows:
“I conversed with Colonel King, and he authorized me
to say that there is an entire mistake upon this point. He
told me that alter this quasi ratification camo from Eng
land, on the 29th of June, he had an interview with Mr.
Clayton, who desired to know if the treaty should be sent
back to Senate for its action upon this conditional ratifica
tion. He told Mr. Clayton that if it came there for that
purpose it would not get a vote in the Senate ; and that all
this day he supposed the project of accepting this declara
tion had been abandoned, and that the treaty stood upon
its provisions. Colonel King further said he had some
general idea of a claim in England to cut logwood in Hon
duras, but lie never thought of its being set up as the foun
dation ol a pretension to establish a colony.”
The following is the note of July 4th:
Mr. King to Mr. Clayton,
July 4, 1850.
My Dear Sir : The Senate perfectly understood that
the treaty did not include British Honduras. Frankness
becomes our government; but you should be careful not to
use any expression which would seem to recognise the
right ol England to any portion of Honduras.
Faithfully, your obedient servant,
m T WM. R. KING.
To lion. John M. Clayton,
Secretary of State.
Now, this whole difficulty is susceptible of explanation
in a very few words. Col. King’s language to Mr. Cass
was based upon a supposed statement of facts, very differ
ent horn the facts as they actually exist.
Alter the negotiation and ratification of the treaty by the
Senate it was sent to England, and returned with a propo
sition that it should be considered as ratified on the part of
the British government, provided a condition should be an
nexed to it recognising title and jurisdiction in that gov
ernment over a certain portion of Honduras. Col. King
-never saw the proposed provision in writing, but under
stood it was insisted on by Lord Palmerston. He very
promptly told both Mr. Clayton and Sir Henry Bulwer
that with such a condition the treaty could not get a vote
in the Senate. Mr. Clayton afterwards informed him that
the provision had been abandoned, and he considerecd the
treaty ratified by the British government precisely as it had
been ratified by the Senate.
When Gen. Cass called on Col. King for his recollec
tions upon the subject, the latter supposed that the docu
ments furnished by the State Department showed that Lord
Palmerston’s demand had been yielded to in all its extent
instead of abandoned, as he had been told by Mr. Clayton.
Upon this supposition lie did say what Gen. Cass repre
sents him to have said in his statement.
In reference to British Honduras, Col. King was well
aware, as every schoolboy is, that Great Britain has long
had certain privileges there, and from these he did not sup
pose, nor until very recently did he imagine, that anybody
supposed, she was to be summarily ousted by the Bulwer
and Clayton Treaty.
In making this explanation, I have no desire to obtrude
myself before the public. Senator Clemens, I learn, has
been lor some time detained from his seat by indisposition,
and Alabama has no representative in the Senate. The
character of Col. King is too dear to his friends and his
State for them to stand by and see it even remotely impli
cated, without once coming to his vindication. Had it
comported with parliamentary rules, this should have been
done from my seat in the House of Representatives. As it
is, I have to ask a place for this communication in your
columns.
Veiy respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. BRAGG.
Letter from Dr. Powell.
Chunnenuggee, Ala., Jan. 14, 1853.
Col. Lomax : I have now upon my table the amal
gamated “ Weekly Times Sentinel, ’’ “They two
are no more twain, but one.” That being the case,"all
anticipate an improvement; and none would more
regret a deterioration than myself, for reasons that have
not hitherto been revealed. With the Editorial de
partment of the new sheet, I am well pleased. I feel
assured, from a knowledge of your magnanimity, my
motives will be duly appreciated when informed of mv
agency in establishing the first Democratic paper in
Western Georgia, of which you are now the honored
*head. Your immediate predecessor, in his graphic
style, gave a history of the origin and progress of the
Republican press of your city. So far as he was in
formed, he knew the successive changes, its mutations,
but had no knowledge of the original proprietors, for
they have nearly all past away. “ The workmen are
gone, but the work goes on And in the retrospec
tion of the past, it is a source of pleasure to know, that
the principles of that press have never been perverted,
but have always advocated the doctrine of the Jeffer
sonian school of politicians; and though not quite so
ultra as your illustrious predecessor, none need doubt
your orthodoxy in the Democratic creed.
Having retired from the duties of a laborous profes
sion, I left Monticello, and located in the county of Tal
bot, in the year 182S ; soon after which, I entered the
political arena. Your city then, almost in its infancy,
was an inconsiderable frontier town, and tlie newly ac
quired territory between the Flint and Chattahoochee
Rivers but sparsely inhabited ; yet the natural advan
tages possessed by Columbus rendered it famous, and to
all discriminating minds, it was apparent that at no dis
tant day, a great and flourishing commercial town would
stand at the head of steamboat navigation. All who
feel an interest in the prosperity of your city, must now
deplore the policy pursued by lier authorities of depend
ing alone upon her natural advantages 5 while other lo
calities, less favored by a more enlightened and enter
prising course, have far outstripped her. Ilad the
counsels of her more enterprising citizens, such as How
ard, Hall, Y> are, and others, been earlier heeded,
things would have worn quite a different aspect; by
this a bright day would have dawned upon the destinies
of your city ; she would have been the great thorough
fare between the empire cities of the east and west j
that triangular route through the mountains via Atlan
ta would never have been dreamed of. But it is never
too late to do good ; like old RipJVan Winkle, your peo
ple are waking up, and when once aroused, they go
ahead. The completion of the Girard and Mobile Rail
Road, uniting at the latter city with the Mobile and
Ohio Rail Road, would yet place Columbus on the
great high way of the nation—the direct route from
Kew York via Mobile, New Orleans, and so on, to Cal
ifornia, Oregon and the Western Pacific. But my
purpose was to allude to the press, and not write an
essay upon that favorite hobby of mine, rail roads. As
before stated, having engaged in politics, the late Col.
Blackmen and myself determined to establish a Demo
cratic paper in the city of Columbia, to advocate the
principles of the party to which we belonged. For sev
eral years Cossam Emir Bartlett had edited, at the
seat of government, a spirited partisan paper. We in
duced him to leave the Capital and establish an inde
pendent political journal in Columbus, which lie con
ducted with great ability. He was an honest man, ra
ther ultra, and impracticable, too much so for a politi
cian ; like the storm Petrel, he rode the political whirl
wind. lie wielded the pen of a Junius ; he asked no
quarters of his political opponents and gave none, lie
feared no responsibility and shrunk from no danger. In
private life, Mr. Bartlett was altogether amicable, unas
suming, retiring and modest; indeed it was difficult to
realize the idea that one so mild, so pacific, could be
aroused to such deeds of daring ; or that the heart of
a lion throbbed in the bosom of one who evinced so
■much humility- I learn a great change came over the
spirit of his dream, in which he was called to his to his
accountability, and trust he has found a resting place in
cur Heavenly Father’s mansion.
Now, dr. Editor, as you have the control and man
-of what was a pet of mine in its infancy, you may
readily imagine that, even in mature age, the kindest
feelings are still cheri-’’ed ; and suffer me to hope that
your paper will be l iediurn of diffusing not only
political intell q . >.he great principles of Morali
ty, Temperance .aid >. ie.
With my best wishes ibr on health and prosperity,
I remain yours,
• 11. POWELL.
Sugar Manilla
The following interesting acc e first attempt
to make sugar in Louisiana, is f >si Report of the
United States Patent Office for
Judge Rost, in Ills add; j the Mechanical
and Agricultural Association ‘ana, gives an
interesting description of the h to make su
gar in Louisiana, whichs lie ws fro;a ho beginnings
the great crops now raised of this article hav proceeded.
He says:
How is it with the sugar-cane in Louisiana ? It was
introduced here at an early day from the West Indies,
and cultivated to a small extent at Terre aux Boeufs,
and in the neighborhood of New Orleans, Nobody at
first imagined that sugar could be made of it. The juice
was boiled into syrup, which sold at extravagant prices.
In 1796, Mr. Bore, residing a few miles above New
Orleans —formed the desperate resolve of making sugar.
He increased his cultivation, put up the necessary buil
dings and machinery, and procured a sugar maker
from the West Indies. The day appointed for the ex
periment was come, and the operation was under way.
The inhabitants of New Orleans and the coast had as
sembled there in great numbers ; but they remained
outside of the building, at a respectable distance from
the sugar maker, whom they looked upon as a sort of ma
gician.rl'he first strike came, and he said nothing;
this thewPiought fatal, but still they remained fixed to
the spot. The second strike was out; the sugar ma
ker carefully stirred the first, and then advancing to
wards the assembled crowd, told them with all the grav
ity of his craft, “Gentlemen, it grains.” “It grains,”
was repeated by all. They all rushed in to see the
wonder ; and, when convinced of the facts, scattered in
all directions greeting every body they met, with “It
grains.” And from the Belize to the Dubuque, from
the Wabash to the Yellow Stone, the great, the all
absorbing news of the Colony was, that the juice of the
cane had grained in lower Louisiana. It did grain ; it
lias continued to grain ; it grained the last season at
the rate of 215,000,000 pounds ; and if no untoward ac
tion of the government prevents it, jn ten years it will
grain to the extent of more than double the quantity.
Gen. Pierce’s Cabinet. —The Washington corres
pondent of the Baltimore Sun says:
Enough is known of the Cabinet arrangements to
show that Gen. P ieree lias been disappointed in obtain
ing the services of some of those on whom he most re
lied to give strength and consistency to his counsels 5
and that there is little probability of the formation of such
a Cabinet as will either harmonize among themselves or
give satisfaction to all the different interests of the Dem
ocratic party.
Meanwhile, difficulties are to be thrown in the way
of the new administration by its own friends, in relation
to foreign affairs, which it will hardly have strength to
overcome. If the tone of the democracy in Congress
and in the press be responded te by the administration,
complication with foreign powers cannot be avoided.
There is nothing to be feared as to the result, even of
a war with England, Spain and France, but the question
is whether we had not better “bide our time ?”
Small Pox.
The citizens of Fort Valley state, in a card published
in the Telegraph, that there is no case of small pox in
seven miles of that village, and assure the public that
the authorities of Macon county have taken special care
to prevent the sprea 0 the disease.
ongress.
The House lias ordered ‘“Ft bound copies of the
Census Report to be publit
Senator Gwin’s Pacific R i bill has been dis
cussed in Senate. Messrs. B in, Miller, Cass,
Davis, of Mass., Seward and 1 declared in fa
vor of the project, though som 1 are of opinion
that the bill is not in all respet ; ,t desirable mea
sure which could be devised. a tier, of S. C. is
opposed to the general mer
O’ A dispatch to the Ch, mvier says that
Vice President King left for iE ; 15th inst.
The Beacon oj Cuba , so lately commenced in
New Orleans, has gone the way of numberless new
newspapers. The last number announces its demise,
but Mr. Thrasher states that causes beyond his control
•“render this (the suspension) necessary to the interest
and true progress of the yause of Cuban emancipation.”
Congressional Proceedings. — Washington, Jan. 14,
—To-day John M. Clayton appeared, and took his seat
after being sworn.
P. L. J. May, Esq., has purchased the office of the
South W est Georgian published at Oglethorpe and mer
ged it into the Southern Democrat.
Louis Napoleon’s Marriage, Ilis Mistresses, &<;,
A letter dated Paris, Dec, 13. to the New
York Express, says:
You of course are aware, that it Lguis Na
peleon marries, it is with solely political objects.
He wants a wife that she may be a mother. The
marriage of an emperor can be nothing but a
State affair. It is natural, therefore, that the re
tainers of the court, here, the aids-de-camp, the
whole household, in fact, should allow themselves
to talk and jest very freely upon the subject,
and to speak of the Princess Wasa in a tone
anything but respectful. I have heard ol sun
dry epigrams at her expense, which are positive
ly brutal. Information ot this has reached the
lady concerned. But this is not all. A French
doctor has been sent to Vienna charged with the
very delicate mission of discovering whether she
would breed. Os course he was to keep per
fectly dark upon the nature of his errand. He
penetrated into the intimacy of the lady, scanned
her proportions, measured her length and
breadth with his eyes, made up his mind, and
finally reported against her. He gave in a ver
dict of “Tendency to consumption, and general
weakness in the chest and lungs.” This also
came to the ears of Lady Caroline, and her in
dignation and offended delicacy were very warm
ly expressed.
Thus tar there is no doubt of the veracity of
the story. All thishas positively occurred. The
conclusion of the matter is said to be a refusal
to proceed on the part of Louis Napoleon, and
a rupture on the part of the Princess, also. Add
to this, that she has been of late rather frighten
ed at the accounts of the licentiousness of her
bridegroom—she herself is very straight laced
—of the immorality of his court, and the gene
ral laxity of morals that pervades the French
capital. The match is said to be certainly bro
ken off, and our Benedict is thought to be look
ing towards the sister of the King of Naples.—
He hankers after King Bomba for a brother-in
law. In the meantime he is paying desperate
court to a little Spanish Countess, who, with the
usual Castillian type of feature and complexion,
possesses very blue eyes and fair hair. The
French go crazy over such combinations, and
Louis Napoleon is French by his mother’s side.
‘he Spanish lady is a glorious horsewoman,
and was in at the death of the wild boar, a month
ago, at Fontainebleau. She is to make one of
the party at Cunpieque this week. But she has
already signified to his majesty that he cannot
have her without marrying her. Ten millions
even would not do. lam afraid the rebrobate
will have to do without the Senora.
Whether Mrs. Howard is influential in pre
venting the Emperor’s marriage, I cannot say.
I only know that she remarked yesterday that
the Princess Wasa at’least, would not be his wife.
It is not long since the American papers exiled
Mrs. H., and later still an English correspondent
narrated that she had been conveyed across the
frontier and that all the French representatives
in foreign countries had been instructed to de
liver her no passports for France. And yet she
was living then, as she is still now, in her simple
yet comfortable house, in the llue de Cirque.—
She is probably the only woman to whom Louis
Napoleon was ever attached, and he is so still.
They both bestow constant attention upon the
education of their children, and she spends a
large portion of her money in acts of benevo
lence. She is as well known in the Hotel Dieu
as ever the Little Blue Cloak 5 was and I under
stand that Louis Nspoleon’s largesses to the
poor are made at her persuasion. Her argu
ment to him is that it will render him popular,
but her own motive is that it will do a great deal
of good. No one doubts that his purpose* in
giving alms, is interested, but after all, it heals
the sick and relieves tiie poor quite as much as
if dictated by the purest self-forgetfulness.
I wrote some six months since of certain pa
pers, in the possession of Jerome Bonaparte,
proving incontestably, the illegitimacy of Louis
Napoleon, and his Dutch paternity. You know
alredy what the corroborative and contingent
evidence is, that Hortense had a lover before she
was married, and by him a sou, the present
Count de Dorn v ; that she had the famous Dutch
admiral for a lover, after she was married, and
that Louis Bonaparte and she lived apart for a
long period. Add to this the well known Nelh
landish phj’siognomy. The papers in question,
constituting the direct evidence, T understand to
consist in letters from Hortense herselt, in which
repeated allusions are made to her ‘‘surrepti
tious” son. Jerome is playing his cards well,
and will make the Emperor dance to any tune
jhe likes. It seems positive that he threatened
him the other day, and he was imprudent
enough to boast of having made him turn pale.
I am astonished to find how many people have
learned of the existence of the Queen’s letters.
Every one knew the doubts thrown upon the
birth of his Majesty, but few were aware upon
what evidences, if any, they rested.
From the Charleston Standard Jan. 18.
A Movement for Florida.
i A meeting of a number of the business men of
Charleston, was held yesterday morning, at the hall
of the Charleston Insurance & Trust Com pan v, for
the purpose of considering a matter relating to our
tiade with East Florida.
W. M. Lawton, Esq., was called to the chair, and
N. M. Porter, Esq., acted as Sectetary.
Mr. Lawton, in opening the meeting, and explain
ing the importance of the object before it, stated
many interesting facts connected with our Florida
trade, and showing the value, to us, of the proposed
plank road from Jacksonville to Alligator. lie
then introduced to the meeting M. Whit. Fmith,
Esq., of Columbia county, Fla. Mr. Smith is one
‘ of the enterprising, go ahead spirits of that section,
j He bore his hand there in the war, and since then,
has considered it his adopted State for life. We
have frequently before heard ot him upon the stump
and there is no doubt if the fact that he is to oc
cupy a Diromioent p< eitiou in all that concerns the
interest of a large portion ot Middle and of East
Florida. In his remaks before ihemeeting, he fully
and more than substantiated all that we have here
tofore said about the growing importance of the
Florida trade. His statistics show that the slock of
the proposed plank real must be profitable in itself
aid would turn towards Cearleston a Dry Goods
and Grocery trade, which now goes to New-\ork,
of ovet $200,000, and 15t020 thousuid bags of Cot
ton, besides other products. It would iurmsh to
our steamboat line more than double the freight
which it can receive from the wnole of the St. Jot n’s
and also double the list if passengers.
Mr. O. J. Chafee, who is a large stockholder in
the Hamburg and Edgefield Plank Road, stated
that he had a little experience in that sort cf stock,