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Newspaper Page Text. A Victim of Love. * Simon Girty, what brought you here?” said the Mayor to an inebrated individual, this morning, as he closed his trials. “A watchman, please your Honor,” replied Simon. ‘ What did he bring you fori” “Ah, sir, that is more than I know. Since j I have become a victim of ” ‘‘lntemperance 1” 4 ‘No, sir, not of intemperance, although I of- j ten drown my sorrows in the bacchanalian cup—but of love — of love sir — since I have be- j come a victim of love, I trouble myselt but little in regard to what becomes of me.” “Are you in love, Simon!” j 4 Oh ! please, sir, don’t pierce my heart with j such an inquiry ! lam a viciim—a heart-bro- i ken victim to that strongest of all passions which rakes the human heart.” “Can you not tell us your tale of sorrow, Simon?” kindly asked the Marshal, “we may have it in our power to relieve you. Here (pointing to the reporters) are a number of gentlemen of the press, and If you only excite their sympathies, they might do something for you,” “You|that have tears to shed prepare to shed them now,” responded Simon, as he learned against the table, as if he intended to tell a long as well as sorrowful tale, ‘ You see gentle men,” he proceeded, 4 that lam a fallen man. The fire of energy no longer lights my eyes, the rosy hue of health blooms not upon my cheeks, and my hair is assuming the color of old age. Gentlemen, lam the victim of love, and would be obliged to one of you for a chaw of tobacco.” He wassupplied with the weed. “Two years ago, I first met Mary Mayfield, and oh ! heavens, how it makes my heart trem ble to mention that name. S’he was matchless in beauty, a queen in action, and was most lovely to look upon. Ah ! gentlemen, need I tell you that she stole my heart ? That my whole soul was wrapped in her endearing charms and that I forgot all things, saw nothing, felt nothing, save sweet Mary Mayfield ! Driven by desperation, I threw myself at her feet, begged her to take me as her slave. Tears were in my eyes, and bowed before her queenly person, \ felt utterly powerless. Imagine, gentlemen, my compasion, my horror, my torment, when she gave me a slight push with he delicate foot, and said to me—‘Go ’ long , you dirty scrub you , aint got money enough for this child ? ’’ Simon here covered his face with his hands as it to hide his agony. Recovering in a few moments, he proceeded : “I instantly resolved to drown myself, and proceeded at once to put my resolution into operation. Having from my childhood days a dread of the external application of cold water, I resorted to the slower but more agonizing mode of drowning myself by the internal ad ministration of liquors more congenial to my sense of feeling. I have drank, drank and drank, but as yet have not succeeded. lam now out of means, and if any of you gentlemen could furnish me with the dimes to purchase a few more drams, I think I will be able to accom plish my purpose. Can't you lend a fellow a picayune ?” Parties and Fashions this Season. The Home Journal discourses upon social parties and fashions this winter, after the follow ing manner: Grand parties are less in vogue, while enter tainments of a more domestic character, partak ing of the “Come and spend the evening with us,” with some of the features of the ball, are greatly in favor both in New York and London. Such parties are called in London and Paris, “Thees dansantesf and they are recorded in the Court Journal and Morning Herald with in creasing frequency. The company assembles rather early in the evening, tea is provided, but no supper, and the affair is over by eleven o’clock. Matinees —a kind of party which we admire less than any other—are still in fashion. This exclu sion of the cheering light of day, and the substi tution of the sickly glare of gas, are in question able taste, particularly in a country where eve ry gentleman has, or is supposed to have, or at least ought to have, something to do in the day time. Dinner parties are more numerous than formerly, and the dining hour recedes further to wards the large hours of the evening. The furniture and decorations of the dinner-table are becoming truly regal in their costliness and splendor, particularly the porcelain and plate.— Republican simplicity is a phrase which finds no illustration at the banquets of our “merchant princes.” “Receptions” are the rage—ladies se lecting a morning, gentlemen an evening, upon which they are invariably “at home.” The custom is, in some respects, a highly convenient one, though it frequently becomes not a little ridiculous, as it involves a question not always easy of solution. The question is,—What de gree of elevation in the world of fashion justifies a lady, and what degree of consequence in the world generally warrants a gentleman, in insti tuting a weekly “Reception ?” A mistake on this delicate point not unfrequentlv detains a la dy “at home” in solitude, and deprives a gentle man of entertainment abroad, which the non reception of any guest at all, prevents his en joying “at home.” Doubt on this point, howev er, as in science, can be settled only by experi ment. With regard to dress, splendor and mag nificence are emphatically the order of the day. Diamonds sparkle in every parte of the room ; and there is far more variety, and perhaps origi nality, in costumes, than we have ever before observed. We fancy that Madame Sontag’s example may have had an influence in this heigh tened taste tor magnificence; also the unprece dented number of ladies who have visited Eu rope, within the last year or two. The kind of dancing which has beenjoeoselv styled the “affectionate,” is getting into disrepute, and the more formal and elaborate dances of the olden time are returning to favor. We trust the insipid polka and the sehottisch will not be much longer preferred in good circles. Unless we are greatly deceived, society is becoming more re fined, more easy, and more rational. The “Lorgnette” was not written in vain. There is 1 a decided inclination to earlier hours, less eating I aud drinking, more conversation, and smaller’ companies.” An English gentleman attached to the Em bassy a t Madrid, sought the hand of the Coun tless leba, and was so confident of success, that he offered to bet five to one that she would refuse Louis Napoleon ! Wiiat is a Sxob. —Thackeray, in one of his lectures, said there were not as many snobs in this country as in his, but there were some. If the reader will follow us through his definition of a snob, and then look round upon the com munity, he will begin to think that the class is “large and respectable.” Said Thackeray : “ A Snob is that man or woman who are always pretending, before the world, to be some thing better—especially richer or more fashion able —than they really are. It is one who thinks his own position in life contemptible, and is al ways yearning and striving to force himself in to one above, without the education or charac teristics which belong to it ; one who looks down upon, despises, and over-iides his infe riors, or even equals, of his own standing, and is ever ready to worship, fawn upon, and flatter a rich or titled man, not because he is a good man, a wise man, or a Christian man ; but be cause he has the luck to be rich or consequen tial.” (Tljetlxwcs mtfr Smimd ~ COLUMBUS, GEORGIA FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1853. The Incoming Administration—What we may Expect. We confess that the incoming of anew administra tion fills us with unalloyed pleasure, as it leads us to hope that the ship of State will be put on the old Re publican track ; that corruption will hide its horrid vis age from public view ; that economy will be introduced into the departments ; that the rights of the States will be respected 5 that the power, patronage and influence of the Federal Government will be curtailed ; that abo litionism will be rebuked and silenced in its senseless clamor ; that the conservative principles of State Rights Democracy will control the administration ; that the sterling republicanism of Monroe will guide our con duct with foreign nations and rebuke the insolence of despotism. If this shall be the case, then can a South ern man hold up his head and feel again his manhood. Nor are the signs unpropitious. Gen. Pierce is a Repubtocan without a spot on his escutcheon. Pie nev er gave a vote which tended to enlarge the sphere of the Federal Government, or to circumscribe the power or lessen the dignity of the States. Pie has, consistent ly and sternly, resisted all extravagant expenditures. He has exposed his own person to the bullets of the foes of his country, and will not shrink from collision with foreign nations if the honor or interests of tl?e Union demands a resort to arms. He chose Hunter, of Virginia, for his Premier, from the long array of dis tinguished men who aided in his election, and would have been proud to link their names with the glories of his administration. Cushing, of Massachusetts, and Davis, of Mississippi, will probably be members of his Cabinet—names as distinguished in the Senate as they are terrible in the field—and who will as sternly oppose the advances of Federalism, of Abolitionism, of corrup tion in the Government, as did the gallant Mississippi regiment stem the tide of battle at Buena Vista. The only cloud of doubt which blackens this fair hor izon, is the Flagg of freesoilism which hangs upon the horizon of New York. And even if this one undistin guished and influential freesoiler shall, under a mistaken policy, be allowed a seat in the Cabinet, we may still congratulate the country upon our happy deliverance from the rule ©f Scott, under whom, in all human probability, a majority of the heads of Departments would have been freesoilers and some of them down right abolitionists. The 4th of March will put an end to these specula tions, and turn our rejoicings into weeping or confirm our most sanguine expectations. Till then, let us rest in hope. Washington Rumors; The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says, that the selection of Caleb Cushing, as Secretary of State, gives general satisfaction. Mr. Flagg, he says, has informed his friends that he has been offered the Treasury Department, and has consulted them upon the expediency of accepting it. YVe publish, in another column, an extract from the Savannah Courier , in which the nomination of Mr. Flagg is highly approved, and he is said to be free from the taint of Abolitionism. The Sun’s correspondent is of a very different opinion. He says: “This selec tion is resisted, and the nomination, if made, will proba bly be rejected by the Senate. Neither the State Rights or Hunker Democrats of the Senate will advise and consent to this nomination. “Mr, Flagg was a free-soiler upon principle and con viction, whereas Mr. Dix was a free-soiler from policy, Mr. Flagg led his party, while Mr. Dix followed it, Mr, Flagg is honest in his course, though Mr. Dix might be willing to compromise his principles and abandon his free-soilism. If Mr, Dix was strongly objected to, on account o{ his free-soilism, it is not like ly that it will be considered a recommendation of Mr. Flagg. It is admitted that Mr. Flagg is a man of in tegrity and some abilities, though an old fogy sexa genarian.” Telegraph to the Pacific, Mr. Henry O’Reilly proposes to erect a line of tele graph from St. Louis to San Francisco, without any compensation from the government either in land or money. His plan is for the government to establish a chain of stockades from St. Louis to the Pacific, twenty miles apart, and protected by United States dragoons. The soldiers will convey the mail, and protect emigrant trains. A line of telegraph is to be constructed on this route by Mr. O'Reilly, without any compensation from the government, either in land or money. This project can be completed in a twelvemonth. Cabinet Rumors Again. The very latest Cabinet reports assume the following shape : Secretary of State, Caleb Cushing; Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis; Post-Office. R. McClelland ; Interior, James Guthrie, —which are regarded nearly certain. The Treasury lies between Messrs. Marcy, Flagg and Dix ; the Navy between Com, Stockton and James C. Dobbin ; and the Attorney Generalship be tween Judges Campbell and Black. W. B, Wynn not Dead. The Florida Sentinel , by mistake, published the death of the Senator from Calhoun before his time had come. We are very much gratified to see him in our city, this week, quite as well as usual, though a little saddened by the melancholy news from Tallahassee. Our friends in Florida will be pleased, also, to learn that they may still command the servioes of a distin guished citizen in the office he has adorned. The Escape of Mrs. White. We learn through Dr. Green, the Superintendent, that Mrs. White, formerly of this city, has made her escape from the Asylum by means of a rope-ladder, which she manufactured secretly. She is still derang ed and is as desperate as ever. The community may look out for her arrival. Thirty Negroes for Sale. Our readers will notice in our advertising col umns, that Messrs. Howard, Sons & Cos. will sell, on the first day of March , in front of C. S. Harrison & Co.’s Auction Rooms, in this city, thirty likely negroes, some for cash and some on time. A more favorable time to purchase this kind of property will hardly again occur this season. Destructive Fire in Charleston. Charleston, Feb. 20, P. M. A fire broke out at 3 o’clock this morning at the Northeast corner of King and Mary streets, by which Cook’s Grocery Store, Ilafkenschield’s Bar-room, in the same building, and Hummel’s Apothecary store, were consumed. Cook’s building was also insured. Mr. Cook was insured S4OOO on his groceries in the Agency of the Protection Insurance Company', and S2OOO on the building in the South Carolina Insurance Com pany. The bar-room was insured for SSOO in the South Carolina Mutual Insurance Company. John Tolle’s building, occupied by Mr. Hummel, was insured for $1,500 in the South Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, Mr. Hummel’s stock was insured. Mr. Cook's dwelling was insured in the South Carolina of fice for SIOOO, the full amount necessary for repairs. The front of the building on the northeast corner of King and Morris streets, owned and occupied by Levi Moses, is much charred. The building is insured in the Georgia Mutual Insurance Company'. Mr. F. A. Bonneau, clerk of the Board of Fire Mas ters, and Mr. T. 11. Whitney, Fire Master, was injured, but not seriously. Letter from Oxford, Ga. Emory College—lts Progress and Prosperity—Judge Ijongstreet y <Jc. Messrs. Editors : Do you never grow weary with the noise and confusion of “the pent city where men do congregate,” and long—if not with Cowper, for “a lodge in some vast wilderness”—yet for a quiet sojourn in some sequestered village, where you may enjoy both the rus in urbe and the urbs in rure ? Does frolic Fancy, while she essays in her sportive gambols to cheer the flagging spirits of the men of “the scissors and the quill,” never decoy you from your sanctum, and conduct you to some such blissful retreat, where tranquility reigns undisttrbed—the presiding genius of the sylvan scene ? And when the printer’s call for u more copy ” awakens you from the fond reverie, are you tempted to abjure the wanton maid and “all her vagrant train”— to deny that there is such an Elysium on earth—affirm ing, with a sigh, that not in all the land of your idola try —not in all the broad and sunny South—can such a delightful spot be found ? If so, visit but once our quiet town of Oxford, reposing in undisturbed calm amid her forest groves, and tarry long enough among her classic shades to imbibe the sweet and sacred in fluences of the place ; and your correspondent pledges that you will confess and deny not ; but confess that in our own Empire State exists a village fully realizing the poet’s idea—nay, outrivalling in attraction even Gold smith’s fancied Auburn. But “the village of shade,” unlike that of “the plain,” has found as yet no inspired bard to publish its praises to an admiring world. We indulge, however, the hope that its beauties will not long remain unsung, How we would rejoice to be hon ored with a visit from the accomplished Editress of the Literary Department of the Times ts- Sentinel! Gifted as she is, with a refined aud discriminating taste, and readily susceptible of impressions from the beautiful in both the physical and moral world, she could not, on such an occasion, fail “to strike her harp.” We should hear “entranced,” and our Oxford be “married to im mortal verse-’’ In the notable phrase of the Masonic Brotherhood, your correspondent exclaims, ex animo— “so mote it be !” Oxford is, as you are doubtless aware, the seat of Emory College. This institution, founded in 1837, owed not its origin to the millionary bequest of an in fidel Girard, nor to the liberal donation of a pious Mer cer. Its projectors, recognizing the necessity of its ex istence, remembered the injunction of the Wise Man of Old, and did not “despise the day of small beginnings.” They commenced operations not only without an en dowment for the support of but even with out the necessary buildings for the use of the students. But the enterprise was consecrated to God, and it lived —lived through years of dark disasters—and lived to bless the people who cherished and jwpported it, in sup plying the country with cultivated minds—the children of the coming generation with able teachers—the State with worthy Legislators —the church with exemplary Ministers, and the Missionary field with ardent and de voted laborers. The Colleg* is now in full and success ful experiment, and with no fear of future failure to shackle its energies and retard its progress, bids fair soon to rival the proudest institutions of the land. The first President of Emory College was the Rev. Ignatius A. Few—a man of vast erudition, but of child-like do cility and sweetness of temper. The great statesman, John C. Calhoun, was wont to say of him, that in va riety and profundity of learning, he had, in his day, no equal south of the Potomac. But, notwithstanding his wonderful acquirements, he was a poor financier, and fortunately for the College on this account, his adminis tration was one of short duration. After his resigna tion, Doctor Few removed to Athens, Ga., where he deceased a few years since. At his request his re mains were interred in the Oxford burial-ground. The Masonic Fraternity of the State of Georgia have erected a beautiful marble monument to his memory, which, tastefully enclosed and suitably inscribed, constitutes an imposing, and, at the same time, a chaste and appropri ate ornament to the College ground. His successor to the Presidency of the College was the Rev. Augustus B. Longstreet, LL. D.—the politician and the lawyer, the scholar and the Divine—a man of versatile genius, simple manners and eccentric habits. An encyclope dist in learning, he was an admirable critic in every department of study. Accurate in his knowledge and felicitous in its communication to his pupils, he was an excellent teacher. Under his able supervision, the in stitution rose rapidly in public favor. Attracted by his fame, students flocked to the College from nearly, if not all the Southern States, to listen to his teachings and learn lessons of wisdom from the counsels that flowed from his lips. Disciplined in mind and heart—trained in intellect and morals by his wonderful skill and un der his fostering care, annually went forth from the halls of Emory, young men who were to become at once ornaments and blessings to society. These are and will continue to be his “epistles of commendation,” and as “bright and burning lights in church and State,” will speak his praises and green his memory long after his venerable form shall have passed away from earth and mingled with the dust of the valley! Ilis honored name is one which his pupils “will not willing ly let die.” In the summer of 1848, Judge Longstreet, in obedience to what he deemed an imperious necessity, resigned the office of President, and the Trustees im mediately proceeded to supply the vacancy by the election of the Rev. Geo. F. Pierce, D. D., to that important trust. This was, without doubt, a judicious selection. Insinuating in manners, and yet dignified in deport ment, accomplished in person and yet more richly en dowed in intellect, Dr. Pierce is one of the few gifted beings, of whose genius fame is an inalienable birth right, and of whose every enterprise success is the un failing guerdon. Captivating without effort, and great without exertion, the students love and obey, the coun try honors and admires, and the church almost idolizes this talented gentleman and eloquent divine, Under his popular administration, Emory College has gone ou from prospering to prosper until it has attained its pres ent position. At the opening of the present term, one hundred aitd thirty students crowded the College prop er, the Preparatory Department numbers thirty or forty more, and we are told “the cry is, still they come.” With the village of Oxford and the prosperity of Emory College are inseparably associated the name and fame of yet another distinguished worthy of Georgia— a great and good man, the honor of whose acquaintance and friendship we have had the highly esteemed privi lege of enjoying for many years, We allude to the Professor of Physical Science, the Rev. Alexander Means, A. M., M. D. Facile in manner, eloquent in speech and kind in action, this accomplished gentleman and Minister of God wins and retains the love and ad miration of all, who are so happy as to come within the sphere of his influence. An enthusiastic devotee at the shrine of Religion and Science, the altar whereon were laid the earliest offerings of his genius; and with- al, modest and unassuming as he is gifted and good, Dr. Means has uniformly declined to ocoupy other posts of honor than those which he has so long and ably filled. A nomination of Representative of this District in the American Congress, has, if we are not mistaken, been more than once tendered him, and the Trustees of Emory College have repeatedly solicited his accep tance of the Presidency of the Institution, of which he has been an abiding pillar of support and a constant ornament from its earliest infancy to the present hour. Prompted by motives of duty and impelled by the force of circumstances, the gifted Professor, endowed with every quality of mind and heart to adorn either station, has resisted the importunities of devoted friends, and continued with untiring zeal to investigate the arena of science and unfold the strains of unrivalled eloquence, “the laws which lead from Nature up to Nature’s God.” There are other residents of our wood-land village, who are not unknown to fame, and whose characters and lives are well worthy of a sketch from a more graphic pen than that of your correspondent. The citi zens generally are noted for their piety and intelligence, and are eminently sociable and hospitable. There are in all some 45 or 50 families—not dwelling together in a crowded space of a few acres, but scattered over an area extending from three-quarters of a mile in one direction to half a mile in the other. The streets are broad and adorned with shade trees of native growth. Each lot has its grove of forest trees, and when Spring, “veiled in a shower of shadowing roses, on our plains descends,” or ardent summer crowns the world with glory and beauty, no lovelier village can be found than our own rural Oxford. SIGMA. Col.CincinnnatusTrousdale, nephew we believe of Gov. Trousdale,"bf Tennessee, died at Helena, Arkansas,’ on the 3d inst., after a long and painful illness, aged thirty two years. lie was a native of Tennessee, but had re sided in Arkansas eleven years, where he had won high position as a lawyer and at an exemplary citizen. He served with distinction in the Mexican war and was honorably mentioned in the official reports of tke battle of Buena Vista. Carolina Liberality. —The Charleston Mercury an nounces that the City Council have liberally contributed the sum of SIO,OOO, towards the building of a Hall of Exhibition for the South Carolina Institute, and also an additional sum of fifteen thousand dollars, as a loan for the same purpose. This, together with the sum of $lO ,000 previously granted by the State, is deemed am ply sufficient to carry out the contemplated design. National Prize Poem. —R. W. Latham, Esq., the Well known banker of Washington city, publishes a card in the Washington Union of Saturday last, in whioh he offer* a prize of SSOO for the best national poem, ode or epic, to be determined by a committee of gentlemen, comprising the President of the United State*, members of the Senate, House of Representatives, press and clergy, of Washington city. o*The Supreme Court of Georgia was opened in this city on Monday morning, and adjourned over to Tues day, by Judge Nisbet, on account of the non-arrival of J*dges Lumpkin and Warner. On Tuesday morn ing all the judges were in attendance, and proceeded with the business of the term. There are thirty-two cases on docket, and the Court will be in session pro bably for two weeks. —Journal Messenger. Mr. Randall, of Athens county, Ohio, has recovered a verdict in the Superior court at Cincinnati, of $1,500 damages against the New Orleans Telegraph Company, for personal injuries caused by his being thrown out of his carriage, the horses having taken fright at the tele graph wires, which had fallen across the road. Two monks of the Order of St. Benoit—MM. Ulrick Christine de Strauz and Beda Conner-—have left their convent of Notre Dame d’Einsiedten, at Paris, to go to New York. They are called to the State of Indiana, to establish a convent in the same style as that in Switz erland. Gov. Reid, of North Carolina, has appointed Hon. Jas. C. Dobbin, U. S. Senator, in place of Mr. Mangum, whose term expires on the 4th of March. The Legis lature failed to make a choice at the recent session.— The validity of the appointment will, it is said, be con tested. The Louisiana Conference of the M. E. Church South, at its recent session, reported a membership of 4,872 whites, and 4,790 colored. Its missionary contributions amount to upwards of sll,ooo—which is considerably over $2 for every member within its bounds. Col. Jack Hays, of “Texas Ranger” notoriety, now sheriff of San Francisco, is a passenger on the steamship Ohio, now due at New Yoak. He is en route for Tex as, the old scene of his daring exploits, via Wash ington. ’.The Raleighy,(N. G.) Standard , of Wednesday,states “on the very best authority, that Gov. Reid has made no appointment of a Senator tosuceeel Mr. Mangum.” Census of Stewart County.— The census of Stewart county for 1852 is as follows: Total number of whites, 9gig Slaves, 8081 Free persons of color, 7 Lunatics, 3 Deaf and dumb, 3 Gen. Blake has returned to Washington from Florid a It is understood that he anticipates no serious difficulties, with the Indians. The new Code of Alabama requires every planter to have his initials, and the initials of his county, upon every bale of cotton he sends from his gin. A curiosity, in the shape of natural “gas works,” has been discovered in Holmes county, Ohio. Mr. Micou, of Louisiana, has been nominated to the vacant Judgeship on tire Supreme Bench by Mr. Fill more. General Pierce's Movements. —General Pierce is staying in Philadelphia, and will no* reach Washington before Monday, 21st. England. —Viscount Melbourne is dead. The venerable Bishop Soule left Nashville on the 9th inst. for California. [From the Charleston Courier-] , Washington, Feb. 16. We have rumors of General Pierce’s Cabinet arrangements, every day, and they are very con tradictory. The truth may be that nothing is yet definitely settled. Mr. Flagg and all other freesoilers are abandoned, and the New-Yorkers here offer to bet that General Marcy will re present New-York in the Cabinet. Others again believe that Mr. Hunter is to change his deter mination, and accept the Department of State. In this case, it is said that Mr. Cushing will take the post of* Attorney General. Mr. Campbell, of Penn., Mr- McLelland, of Michigan, Mr. Dobbin, of North-Carolina, and Mr. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, are all talked of as promi nent candidates for places in the Cabinet. The nomination of Mr. Micou, of Louisiana, for the vacant seat on the bench of the Supreme Court will be laid on theftable. Mr. Campbell, of Mobile, a Democratic State Rights man, is recommended by the Democratic representatives of nearly all the Southern States in Congress, to Gen. Pierce, for the vacancy. Although Mr. Dennis has been also recommended for the sta tion, it is thought that Mr. Campbell will be the nominee of Gen. Pierce. The Northern Senators say that they will not vote for him, and to avoid the difficulty would prefer to confirm Mr. Bad ger. General Pierce is to be here on Monday. He sent for General Shields to meet him in New York, and the General is there accordingly.- This is supposed to show that the Cabinet is not yet settled. Washington, Feb. 17. The Pacific Rail-Road bill reported by Gen eral Rusk, finds so much favor in the Senate, that it will probably pass that body to-morrow. The bill is defective in detail and will be found impracticable. Still, so strong is the feeling in favor of some measures for the establishment of a road, through our own Pa cific, and so many the difficulties of maturing a better plan than Gen. Rusk’s, that the Senate will take it as it is. The House, acting under the same influences, may also pass the bill. Capitalists will be found, in the present plentiful condition of the money market, to subscribe for the stock, the Company availing themselves of the loan of twenty millions from the govern ment, and of a liberal donation of public lands on the line of the road. The bill would have passed the Senate to day, had not its own friends occupied too much time in its support. Still the road will not be immediately com menced under this bill. It will require a year or more for the President to obtain a survey and location of the road in conformity with the act. The Cabinet—A, C, Flagg. If tiie latest Cabinet conjecture be well found ed, New York States still to be represented in the Executive Councils. Mr. A. C. Flagg would honor any Cabinet He has long been known as a safe and skilful financier, an honest, plain republican. We believe he is a native of North tahlUhTd \ ’ !n P i attsbur g’ h e first es tablished himself as an editor. With an ex tended acquaintance among the people his im fluence grew. He was returned to the Assem bly. We believe it was then he became ac quainted with the lamented Silas Wright with whom lmwaß on terms of intimacy to the day of his death. Mr. Flagg, as Comptroller, had the management of the finances of New York during a long and critical period. After leaving Albany he was chosen cashier of the Hudson Kiver Railroad, but some jealousy arising, he resigned his post. He has been living the last three years quite retired. We believe the finan ces ot our country can safely be trusted to his honesty and ability. He has been tried in re sponsible positions, is not involved in the far turns of New York, is a plain repVblicm, Tot ashamed to confess that he was once a poor wood-chopper. We hope the day is not diitanl when such hard-working, unpretending men true servants of the people, shall be placed in responsible positions at Washington. We might not then be reminded from time to time of ivhai that Mr.Flagg V Frfeso!ler° r °This webXeve :^sii^r onal and otVer“o7thf ,^ £oe *-T h ® Richmond En werJt/ u 6? Suffer,n S from want of food, and Zr ° PrOCUIe vvork - Three others, who ran off at the same time, were also anx l.° returii > but were prevented by the abo litionists, who forcibly detained their children.”