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Santa Anna.
Among the numberless wonderful celebrities
that our sister Republic has given birth to in
her brief but stirring history, heroes of a single
skirmish, statesmen of a small diplomacy, im
mortals whose eternity of fame has reached its
occultatiun in from nine days to a year, there
has been no one so prominent, so able or so
fortunate, as the one-legged hero of San Jacin
to—that marvel of military science, who, in
his later conflict at Cerro Gordo, stuck to and
strengthened the old maxim—
“He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day.”
There may exist much latitude of opinion
with regard to the bravery, the skill, the states
manship and the patriotism ofSanta Anna. It
may be doubted whether he loves Mexico and
it may be?doubted whetherMexicoloveshim.
Os one thing, however, there can be no doubt,
and that is that the life he has led from the
time he first embarked in a revolution against
Iturbide to this present, has been remarkably
eventful and'lull of incident.
He has seen all social positions from the low
estto the highest; all political positions from
insignificance to practical imperially ; 11
military positions, from a foot soldier to the
commandership-in-chief. He has climbed to
the topmost heights only to be knocked off and
driven out the country. He has returned and
taken up his old rank asifithad been resigned
by his own volition. He has made revolutions
and crushed revolutions. He has banished
and been banished. In his person two great
extremes of fortune have met and struggled.—
As yet it is undecided which w ill come off vic
torious ; it is uncertain whether Santa Anna
will die at home or in exile, on the throne or
on the scaffold.
We said that his life has been eventful, and
so it has. There are probably few men living
whose histories will exhibit a web of so strik
ingly contrasted colors, who have
been so high and so low as the ex President.
Starting in life with a name wholly obscure
and unknown, he has rendered it familiar in
all corners of the world. Commencing as a
royalist, he has been a republican, a fe Jeralist
and a centralist, a democrat and an aristocrat,
as the emergencies of the moment seemed to
require. In 1821 he assisted in expelling the
royalists lrom Vera Cruz, and obtained the
command of the city under Iturbide. In 1822
he was deposed, and began war against his late
superior, and succeeded in overthrowing him.
Foiled in his personal aims by the final results
of this movement, he retired, but only to fo
ment another. In 1828 he supported Guerrero
against Pedrazza, and was made commander
of the army. In 1830 he went over to the side
of Pedrazza, foughtjand conquered his former
friends, and intrigued for the Presidency. In
1833 he obtained the office ; he sought, and
was recognized as President. Thus far his
life had been successful—his objects gained—
his ends secured. The changes he made in
variably redounded to his benefit. The bat
tles he fought were always won. The party
he favored were sure of success. Ilis political
tergiversations were inexcusable, but they
were gilded by victory. His treacheries were
startling, but few cared to talk about them. He
was the favorite of the army, and the army was
sovereign. In 1835 the reform party, under the
leadership of Lacatecos. proclaimed against
him, and four provinces joined the insurrec
tion. Lacatecos was conquered, the reform
party annihilated by death or exile, and Santa
Anna became Dictator. His star was still in the
ascendant, but it soon waned. The adhesion
he gave in to the central party, and the subse
quent abrogation of thelibeial constitution of
1824, inducedthe American colonists in Texas
to proclaim their independence. Os the re
sults of that movement we need not speak.
The success which had hitherto invariably
attended the military movements of Santa An
na failed him in the efforts he made for their
subjugation. At San Jacinto he was conquered
and captured.
Out of the gloom of defeat and captivity—
marvelously preserved from a death he richly
merited—this political changeling emerged on
ly to recover the supremacy he had lost and
increase the fame he had won. The mutilation
he suffered at Vera Cruzredouned tojhis good
and has ever since remained the incontestible
and incontrovertible evidence of a patriotism
that never existed, and a bravery that was with
out being, In 1841, after a series of incidents
that would be deemed improbable in Perce
Forest, or the Romance ot the Cid, he again
reached the Presidency and ruled imperially
for four years. The revolution of Paredes hur
led him from power, and the Administration of
Herrera made him a fugitive. The American
war recalled him to rank and importance. Its
close drove him once more into exile. An
other revolution has paved the way for another
recall,and Santa Anna may to-morrow sit su
preme over the fortunes of Mexico Indeed
all the indications tend to give assurance
of his speedy recall. From Chihauhah to
Yucatan, the sun shines only on the “broken
and dishonored fragments of a Union ; on
States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on
a land rent with civil feuds” and distracted
with diverse councils. The demands of Guad
alajara lor diminished taxation and a removal
of prohibitions has been made by State after
State, city after city, regiment after regiment.
Gen. Uraga, the acknowledged leader and
head of the revolution, isja strong friend of
Santa Anna’s ; and Wool, who commands
Vera Cruz, is his Jknown confidant. But be
yond all these things, his return is rendered
probable by the conviction of the Mexicans
themselves', that he is the only man whose
hand can educe order from out such a chaos,
and restore public tranquility. That he is
loved we do not pretend to say. Indeed he is
feared • but the choice of two evils will reseat
him in the Hall of the Montezumas.
Upon the whole we rejoice at it. Santa An
na is a man possessed of some positive traits
and qualities. He may be a liar, a rascal, a
gambler, an assassin—he may be whatever his
enemies proclaim him to be —and we are in
clined to think that they are not far from the
truth. But he allows no one else to rob—he
strings up all other murderers and assassins.
He rules by means that are reprehensible, for
ends that are selfish, through tools that are
dyed in rascality ; but he maintains a Govern
ment,'makes wars and treaties, quells revolts,
and gives to the nation a nationality she has
never possessed under other rulers. Our own
interests in the Tehuantepec and other ques
tions compel us to look with favor upon the re
turn of Santa Anna, however it may be achiev
e<Vhatever may be his future, ahd who dare
prophecy its course, the past has been to him
crowded with incident and fraught with adven
ture • to-day on the throne, to-morrow in ex
ile now fighting armies and now fighting
chickencocks: plunged into obscurity and
raised into prominence : the ruler of miUions
the master of hardly a dozen dependents.—
In all these numberless vicissitudes and chan
ges of fortune he has so conducted himself that
it can hardly be determined whether he is pos
sessed Boflthe real elements of greatness or
only aided and helped.onward by the force of
circumstance. — Delta
Life Like.—A certain lawyer had his por
trait taken in his favorite attitude—standing
with his hands in his pockets. His friends and
clients all went to see it, and everybody ex
claimed, “oh ! how like ! it’s the very picture
of him!” An old farmer only dissented.—
“’Taint likel” everybody exclaimed, ‘just
show us wherein ’taint like.’’ “’Taint, no
’taint,” responded the farmer ; “ don’t you see
hehas got his hands in his own pocket I ’Twould
be as like again, if he had it in somebody
else’s ”
■inimi la——
<TI)C (Linus .ant) Smimd
COLUMBUS, GEORGII
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 12, 1853.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Telegraphed Expressly for the Times & Sentinel.
Mobile, Feb. 12,4 o’clock, P. M.
The Mobile Cotton Market is dull. Sales up to 2
o’clock amounted to 1000 bales. We quote Middlings
at 8 3-4 to 9 cents. Sales for the week readied 19,-
000. Receipts for the week amount to 21,710,
New Orleans, Feb. 12.
The New Orleans Cotton Market is active, and the
demand good. Sales to 2 o’clock amounted to 4000
bah s.
Our Steam Power Press.
Wo are happy to announce to our patrons and friends
that henceforth the Times Sentinel will be printed
on a Steam Power Press. Our Engine was constructed
by Mr. E. Mersiion, a young Machinist of this city,
and is as perfect a specimen of workmanship as ever
was constructed. It is a little tiling, but does the work
of four strong hands in quicker time and much more
elegantly.
Mr. Mersiion is a native of Columbus, and has just
reached his 21st year. He has mechanical genius of a
very high order, and richly deserves the patronage of
the public. We take great pleasure in commending
him to our brethren of the press who are in need of an
engine. We would not exchange our engine for the
best negro fellow in the market. Hereafter our paper
will be better printed than heretofore, and mailed at an
earlier hour, so as to secure its arrival regularly and in
good time at distant post offices; ■provided , always,
that postmasters do their duty.
Ours is the first Steam Power Press ever erected in
Western Georgia, and we hope our enterprise will be
appreciated and rewarded by our enterprising fellow
citizens. We would not object to a large increase to
our subscription list, as it would not be a burthen to us
to publish 10,000 copies on our new and elegant press.
The Young Marooners.
Mr. D. F. Wilcox, will please except our thanks for
a copy of the above work. It is written by F. R. Goul
den, formerly of this city. We have read it from be
ginning to end with increasing interest, and do not hesi
tate to pronounce it one of the very best fictions which has
been issued from the American press this season. The
only earthly objection to the work, is that it is modeled
■pon Robinson Cruso.
In simplicity and perspecuity of style, it is fully equal
to that renowned book. There is nothing forced in the
incidents ; all the characters are natural, and the ro
mance of the story consists entirely in the incidents.
Dr. Gordon, was the father of a lovely family. The
only draw back to their happiness was that Mrs. Gor
don was in feeble health. A change to a warmer cli
mate was recommended. He accordingly determins to
move to Tampa bay, and goes in advance of his wife to
prepare a suitable residence for an invalid, accompanied
by his two sons, a daughter, and nephew. After his
arrival he prepares to go on a Marooning excursion, and
j ust as he had got all necessary preparations for such a
frolic, and the boys and girls were on board, he was
suddenly called back to his cabin. In the mean time a
shoal of devil fish rushed into the bay, and one huge
fellow seized Hold of the anchor, and before assistance
could be rendered, sped the little craft with its precious
cargo out into the gulf.
During the succeeding night the boys drove the boat
upon a deserted Island. In the mean time a storm
arose, and forced the craft from her mooring, and the
children are left for weeks in a howling wilderness,
surrounded by savages and wild beast. Their devices
are quite as ingenious as Robinson Crusos. and to us,
by far, more interesting. The amount if information
intended for children, conveyed in this little book is
very great; and we hope to see it in the hands of all our
little folks. It will be a source of instruction, and of
amusement to them ; while it inculcates self reliance,
heroism, and an humble trust in Providence,
The book can be had at D. F. Wilcox’s Book Store,
and is worth double the money.
In these days of Uncle Tomitudes, it is a great relief
to find a novel writer who looks up to the starry hea
vens with admiration and sees somewhat to admire in
the green woods —who discribes mau as he is, and is
content to leave him in the position which God has as
signed him—such a work is “The Young Marooners.”
Improved Patent Spring Candle Stick. ‘
We are indebted to Mulford & Cos., of this city, for
an improved patent candle stick. The stick is a brass
tube into which the entire candle is inserted, and as the
candle is consumed, a concealed spring forces it up to
the mouth of the tube. All running of the spurm !
is thus prevented, and the light is kept up at the same
position. It is said that one candle in this stick will last
as loug as two in the ordinary stick. It is also a very
tasty pattern, and will indeed ornament even a fashion
able parlor. Call and see them.
New Music.
Mr. J. L. Truax will please accept our thanks for a
Polka, composed by himself and dedicated to Miss Julia
Flewellen, called “Carnival de Nouvelle Orleans
and for “The Look-Out Mountain Waltz. 1 * A musi
cal friend of ours is much pleased with the composi
tions, particularly the first piece, and upon his judgment
we recommend them to the public.
Valentine’s Day.
The 14th of February is consecrated to St. Valen
tine. It is an old notion that on this day the feathered
songsters chco3e their mates, and hence, perhaps, arose
the custom of interchanging love tokens on this day
among those young persons whose hearts are touched
with the tender passion.
Testimony of an Infidel Ruled Out. —The trial of
Loring Prince, of Douglass, charged with the manslaugh
ter of John L. Howard, was suddenly terminaied at
Worcester, Mass., a few days ago, by the ruling out of
the dying declarations of the deceased, on the ground
that he was an infidel.
News of the Day.
The Bill to reorganize the navy has passed the
Senate ; and also a bill granting land to Arkansas and
Missouri for rail road purposes.
The slaver Venus, lately captured at Havana, was
sentenced to be burned. No one claimed her.
It is said that Canedo, Governor of Cuba, a short
time since had a meeting of the principal slave traders,
and urged them in future to observe greater secresy in
the disembarkation of negroes from Africa, so as to es
cape the vigilance of the English.
The steamer Fulton returned to Key West on
the 29th ult., for the purpose of conveying the Vice
President elect to Havaua.
General Lopez, commander in -chief of the Mexi
can naval forces, died in Havana on the 23d ult., in
destitute circumstances. His funeral expenses, amount
ing to S3O, were paid by the Mexican consul.
It is reported that 600 slaves were lately lauded
in Cuba westward of Havana.
Vessels from Charleston and New Orleaus are sub
ject to quarantine at Genoa.
A company lias been organized at Genoa to run
steamships from that city to New York and South
America.
The reported death of Francisco Madiai has been
contradicted by the Tuscan papers.
The total receipts for the Washington Monument
for the last month were $2,452 86.
It is the opinion of gentlemen of the highest intelli-
gence, in Charleston, says the Constitutionalist , that
there is no necessity for the Rabun Gap Rail Road,
and that it will not be built.
The subscriptions for the Brunswick and Florida
Rail Road Company, along the line, amount to $830,-
090, and the subscriptions in New York and Boston
amount to $1,250,000. A locomotive and a quantity
of platform cars will be shipped for Brunswick in Feb
ruary, to meet the first cargo of iron from England.
Local Items.
* The sale of goods per annum in Eufaula amounts to
$450,000.
The Alabama law against the circulation of small
bills is likely to prove a dead letter,
A negro named Moses entered the house of the
Misses Cook, of Twiggs county, on the night of the 29th
ult,, and made a murderous assault upon the young la
dies and was only prevented from committing murder by
the timely interference, of another negro from an ad
joining plantation. The villain has been apprehended,
confined in jail, and now awaits his trial.
Apalachicola, up to the latest dates, had received 83,-
900 bales of cotton, it being an increase of 26,269 over
last year. Total exports 43,107 ; on hand 40,793 bales.
News from the West.
Mexican dates have been received up to January
15th. Congress has granted to Ceballos the extraordi
naary powers refused to Arista. The first use he made
of his power was to release a number of political pris
oners incarcerated by Arista.
The Governor of San Luis Potosi has been publicly
assassinated in the streets of the capital, by six armed
men ; and the rumor was current that Prieto, provision
al Governor of Tamaulipas, had been killed in Victor!*.
It is thought that nothing short of an absolute change of
government, such as is desired by the revolutionists,
who now embrace two-thirds of the population, includ
ing a majority of the army, can allay the present dis
turbances.
The revolutionists have succeeded in overthrowing
the Federal authorities in Matamoras, and the
whole State is revolutionized. This is a distinct move
ment from that which Carvajal has for some time, been
carrying on. His is regarded as a filibuster or free
booting effort. On the 22d ult., he had, after an ex
cursion into Tamaulipas, in which he had pillaged many
trains of merchandise, and carried off large stocks of
cattle, returned to the American side of the Rio Grande,
crossing at Reynosa, and taking up his position at the
village of Cruillas, near San Francisco, at the head of a
considerable force. He was holding some Mexican of
ficers as hostages against the execution of his men, in
the hands of General Avalos.
Later from Mexico.
The schooner Aquilla arrived, at New Orleans from
Vera Cruz on the 11th inst. We learn from the New
Orleans papers, that Ceballos, President of the Repulic
of Mexico, made a coup d'etat on the night of the I9th
ult., and closed the Congress after the manner of Crom
well. The Senor Marin entered the Hall with one
hundred soldiers of the National Guard and cleared the
seats at the point of the bayonet. The members after-
I wards met at the Convent of Espirtu Sancto and drew
up a manifesto and protest.
The President has ordered the Federal Troops to
cease hostilities with those of Gen. Uraga.
Two papers at the Capital urge the recall of Santa
Anna.
Advices had been received in Vera Cruz that the
city of Mexico had pronounced in favor of the plan of
Guadalajara ; and the Castle of San Juan de Uloa was
firing a salute in honor of the event when the Aquilla
was leaving the port-
O* We have been requested to insert the following
i communication, which we do with pleasure :
“The Managers of the Parochial School of Trinity
I Church desire to present their most grateful acknowl
| edgments to the honorable society of ‘E Clampsus Vi
j for their liberal and timely gift of $25 00- They
also beg leave to add their unanimous and hearty good
I wishes for the benevolent institution to whom they are
! indebted, that they may receive in return a hundred
j fold of all manner of blessings, and may fully realize
the truth of our Divine Master’s own words: ‘that it
is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
Feb, 9th, 1 853.
The Lemon Slave Case. —The committee of the
Virginia Legislature, to whom was referred the docu
ments in relation to the Lemon slave case, have repor
ted that inasmuch as the decision of Judge Paine is about
to come before the Supreme Court of New York, and
as the legislature of the latter State nas a bill before it
to repeal the law upon which the decision is founded,
they deem it unadvisable to express any opinion on the
merits of the decision at issue, bu recommend that the
Attorney General of Virginia together with such coun
sel as the Governor may direct, prosecute the appeal
taken to the New York Supreme Court.
The joint resolution reported from the Committee on
Printing, to provide for the execution of the printing
and binding of the returns of the seventh census, has
been discussed and passed without amendment.
j
Site of the Pulaski Monument.— Robert E. i
Launitz, Esq., the contractor for the erection of the I
new Pulaski Monument, left Savannah on Satur
day f>r New York, having come for the purpose !
of selecting the site of the structure.
Governor Hebert, of Louisiana, is said to be conval
escent,
Mr. Stiles and the Democratic Review again.
Col. S. T. Bailey, denies in extenao, the accuracy of
the communication which we published last wee ,
reference to Mr. Stiles and the Democratic Review.
His letter will be found in the Savannah Courier of the
9th, inst. .
After doubting the alleged charge, that the Editor ot
the Review threatened toskinn Mr. Stiles book, unless
he would consent to vote for Douglass, he suggests that
“a work which has called forth the approval of the
Tory press of England, and has been thought worthy
above all other Southern books of an elaborate and com
mendatory article in that Federal Abolition Journal,
the North American Revieio ,” could hardly escape,
4 • the vataghan of this terrible old cossaek, who seems
to entertain a fixed belief, that he ha* a special call from
heaven, which he may not eschew, to make bloody and
fiery forays into the sleepy territories of old Fogydom.”
Col. Bailey, then denies the facts ot the communi
cation in the Courier as follows:
“It is error to say that the Southern Rights delegates
numbered twenty in that Convention, it should have been
twenty one. It is utterly untrue that seventeen ot that
Delegation, or anv other number at Baltimore, “ had (in the
beginning) expressed themselves favorable to Judge Doug
lass as their choice with a determination to support his
nomination.” „ ..
It is utterly untrue that the Union Democrats were alto
gether in favor of Mr. Buchanan. It is utterly untre that
“Mr. Stiles and two others, therefore held the vote in
their hands.”
The truth of the matter is thus presented by Col.
Bailey.
It is certainly true that personally a large majority, per
haps, “all but three” of our delegation preferred Judge
Douglass to any one, believing the safety of the South re
quired his nomination, and we still have no doubt that fu
ture events will amply vindicate our judgment. Yet we,
looking to the lamentable division in Georgia felt that we
were bound to so act, so far as in us lay, as to bring about
the triumph of the Democratic party in this State and as
Mr. Buchanan was very favorably known to the people ot
Georgia, as one of the ministers of the lamented Polk, and
for whom many whigs had pledged themselves to vote if
he were nominated ; as Judge Douglass was especially ob
noxions to the Union leaders, we believed Buchanan the
strongest man ; and in a meeting of our Delegation at Bal
timore, early on Monday evening before the Convention, at
which neither Mr. Stiles nor the Union Delegates were
present, we resolved unanimously to vote for the nomina
tion of Buchanan, until all hope of his nomination should
fail, and then to determine who should be our next candi
date, and the Journal of that Convention funishes ample
proof of our fidelity to that resolve. For four wearisome
days, and though thirty-four ballotings, we repeated the
name of “James Buchanan,” and yet there was no moment
in those tour days in which we did not have it our power, if
we had chosen, to vote for Douglass; “ Mr. Stiles and the
two others” to the contrary notwithstanding ; for there was
no time when we had not a clear majority of at least one.
Our Delegation being 21, deduct “Mr. Stiles and two oth
ers’* 3, leaves 18, to that add Judge Morton of the Union
Delegation, the warmest Douglass man from Georgia and
it gives to us 19, and leaves them 16, from which deduct
Col. Kennan who was dropped before the committee on
credentials, on account of his being an open and avowed
Scott man, and it leaves them 15, to which add “Mr. Stiles
and two others” and they have 18 to our 19.
Who then Mr. Editor has had the impudence to inform
you that “Mr. Stiles and two others held the vote of this
State in their hands.”
P Now as to the assertion, “the Union Delegates being al
together for Mr. Buchanan,” I can only say that your in
formant was either not at Baltimore and knows nothing of
what took place there, or else is totally regardless of the
truth. It was well known to everybody at Baltimore that
a majority of that Delegation were all the time and “alio
together” for Gen. Cass. On Saturday morning, when all
hands despaired of Mr. Buchanan, both Delegations met to
consult as to who next was to be run. We proposed
Douglass, the Union Delegates and perhaps our “ Three ”
objected. They rernarkea that we were aware that Cass
was’their favorite,and yet we prevented them from giving him
the vote of the State, and they thought as a compromise we
should yield our favorite Douglass, and take a third man
and proposedjMarcy ; we replied that the established maxim
o Democracy is that the majority must govern, that we had
th* majority, yet were not acting for ourselves; t*t for the
majority of the Democratic party of Georgia, and we knew
that majority prefered Douglass to any New York politician,
and that they must suffer us to vote for him nevertheless,
out of regard to their feelings, after three ballotings for
Douglass, and his prospects should not brighten, we would
then take up Marcy. This was agreed to, and yet
when Judge Morton announced the vote of Georgia for
Stephen A. Douglass, Judge Jackson happened upon a
bench and proclaimed what he termed the protest of the
Union Delegates and the people of Georgia against that
vote, adding that they, and the people of Georgia wished
the nomination of Gen. Cass; this of course surprised the
Convention and called forth a counter protest from Judge
Morton, and he was the only one of that Delegation who
uttered ony dissent to Jackson, assertion.
S.T. BAILEY.
South Carolina Rail Road and the Sabbath*
At a meeting of the stockholders of the South
Carolina Rail Road, lately held in Charleston,
Messrs. Wightman, Smith and Cross, a committee
on behalf of the Melhodist Annual Conference,
presented a memorial touching the desecration of
the Lord s Day on the Road. The following reso
lutions were thereupon adopted by the Company :
Resolved , That it is expedient that one day in se
ven should be a day of rest from labor and from bu
siness pursuits. -
Resolved , That it is the sense of this meeting,
that all Sunday labor on the So* Ca. R, R. and its
branches should be discontinued, except as regards
the carrying of the public mail and other cases of
emergency, and that the Directors be requested to
effect this desirable end as tar and as soon as prac
ticable.
Dismissed from the Army.—A dispatch from
Washington says that the President has dismissed
Major Kingsbury, of the sixth Infantry, and Lieu
tenant Hawkins, of the Mounted Riflemen, for neg
lecting a settlement of their public accounts.
Col. May, U. S. A., who distinguished himself
in the Mexican war, is about to marry one of the
mostjwealthy and accomplished daughters of New
York—the scion of one of our steam kings.
Report on Commerce and Navigation.— The
annual report on commerce and navigation, shows
that fourteen hundred and forty-four vessels have
been built the past year in the United States, meas
uring three-hundred and fifty-one thousand four
hundred and ninety-four tons, and that our aggre
gate tonnage is now four million one hundred and
thirty-eight thousand tons. Maine built last year
three hundred and fifty-four vessels, measuring one
i hundred and ten thousand and forty seven tons.
Di\oece Cases.—Forty applications for divorce
are now entered on the docket of the Massaehu
setts Supreme Court—almost equal to Connecticut.
Anew establishment for the manufacture of
bonnets has been organized on an extensive scale
in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It is calculated to
turn out ten thousand straw bonnets a year. It
employs 2,000 females and 150 men ; but not more
than one-fourth of them work in the factory, they
being raid by the piece.
It appears from returns just made, that the to
tal number of destitute juveniles, including infants,
in all Ireland, was 83,000, of whom a very large
proportion permanently resided in the work
ouaea.
Spirit RappinGS.— According to the report of
the Superintendent. of the Ohio Lunatic Asylum,
there are at present confined in that institution twen
ty-six victims of thel“spirit rappings” delusion, the
number being equally divided between males and
females.
The latest intelligence from Concord is to the
effect that Medary, of Ohio, will not go into the
Cabinet.
Forty-five penalties, of S2O each, have been im
posed on the Erie Railway Company, for \ iolation
of the statute requiring the engine bell to be rung
at the crossings. The complaint was entered by
a citizen of Corning.
The Hebrews and Ijouis Napoleon. —It is stated
that Louis Napoleon has publicly recognized the
right of the Hebrews to the full and unrestricted
enjoyment of their religious opinions and ceremo
nies in France.
Extending the Area of Freedom. —ln the
Senate of Ohio a series of resolutions have been
recently introduced, from which we take the follow
ing as the most important :
Resolved , That if it be Heaven’s will, as we
think it is, to consecrate the whole continent, with
the islands of the sea adjacent thereto, to freedom,
and to place them under the protection of our flag,
true American citizens will not murmur at the de
crees of Providence, but on the contrary, with ali
other good Christians, will say, “God’s will be
done.”
Four Hundred and Twelve Students were enter
ed at the University of Virginia the present session—
twelve more than ever before, of whom nearly one hun
dred are professors of religion.
Mr. William Pitts, an eminent lawyer of Wheeling,
died very suddently in that place on Wednesday.
In consequence of the scarcity of small change, the
merchants of Portland, Me,, have resolved received and
pay out United States postage stamps.
It is said that magnets or bits of load-stone are
now used in countries subject to earthquakes, to in
dicato their approach. At such times the mag
net loses its power of attraction in a great degree.
Senatorial Election in Maine.— Portland , Feb, 2d.
—A vote was taken to-day in the Legislature for IT. S.
Senator. .In the Senate, on the first ballot, Fessenden,
whig, received 18; Clifford, dem 13. In the House, Fes-
Dana, dem., 70, scattering 12—no choice.
Monumental Movement.— Harrisburg , Feb, 2. —
The State Legislature has finally passed a bill making an
appropriation to aid in the erection of a Monument in In
dependence Square, commemorative of the original thir
teen States and the signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence.
Caloric Engines. —The New York Express says that
Captain Ericsson ha* received orders for about 300 of bis
caloric engines, but it is not aware that he has consented
to supply any large number at present. -
The Augusta, Ga., Banks have advanced the rate of
northern exchange and are now asking half per cent
premium for sight checks on New-YorlTand other north
ern cit ies.
Occupation of Samana by tiie French.— Official in
telligence from Mr. Rives declares the story destitute ot
foundation, and that the French government denies anv
knowledge of the supposed transaction which had taken
place in its name and by its authority. There was no
French vessel-of-war at Samana at the period when the
occupation is alleged to have happened.
Mrs. General Gaines, it is said, is about to enter
another suit to recover the largo amount of prop
erty claimed by her in Louisiana, The suit
will be based upon the will of her father, the late
Daniel Clarke.
The French Empress. — A correspondent of a
Northern paper gives the following history of the
lady who succeeds Mrs, Howard in the affections
of the present occupant of the Tuilleries:
“A worthy Scotchman, by the name of Wiliiam
Kirkpatrick, was for some time the Ametican Con
sul at Malaga, and, failing in business, was succeed
ed by George G- Barrel, as a United States Consul
at Malaga. This was, I think, under President
Monroe’s administration.
“Mr. Kirkpatrick’s eldest daughter Maria, or
‘Mariquita/ as she was familiarly called and known
by all Americans there, was a very fine, dashing,
lady, and married the Count de Teba a younger
brother of the celebrated Palafoix, who behaved
so gallantly at the siege of Saragossa, and who in
reply to a demand of surrender, declared he would
continue the defence by ‘War to the knife.’
The 1 alafoix family embraced numerous titles,
and was singularly brave and noble.
“This husband of Maria Kirkpatrick (Count de
Teba) was a gallant soldier and so cut up by wounds
as to be unable to mount his horse without aid, and
when in the saddle looked more as if he was hooked
on than seated there.
“The new Empress of the French is no doubt
the daughter of this Countess Teba, 4 Maricjuita
Kirkpatrick,’ who was the daughter of William
Kirkpatrick, late United States Consul at Malaga—
not British Consul—not Fitzpatrick— and not Irish.
“The British Consul at Malaga was William
Laird, another Old Scotch gentleman, and he was
followed by Mr. Marks, an Englishman.
‘‘lf the new Empress of France was Countess
Teba, as stated, then her mother is dead, as also is
her father, and she took the title of her mother.—
The name Montego, under which she passed in Par
is, is perhaps one of the family names or titles of
the Palafoix family. 5 ’
Dan says his sister is a membeTofthe Non-Resis
tance (Peace) Society, and she is so tender-hearted
that she can’t be even persuaded to strike a light.
‘‘Where there’s a will there’s a way,” says the
old proverb, and Shakspeare’s marriage was a cu*
rious proof of ihisj for in the days ot the great
poet it might have been said, Shakspeare is the
Will, and his wife Hath-a-way !
Taking the Veil.—At the convent of the Sis
ters of the good Shepherd, yesterday forenoon,
two young ladies were received as novices, and u
third entered the final vow of the Order. The
Archbishop prefaced the ceremony with an appro
priate lecture. Many ladies and a few gentlemen,
of various creeds, were present, and the ceremo
nies are said to have been exceedingly touching.
[S7. Lou in Republican 2(kh lilt.