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[From the Gcotqisl Jefiersonisn 1 Letter from Hon. Jeff. Davis. Pacific Railroad— Hit Speeches, delivered at Philadelphia and New York. Fayettvi llk, Ga., Oct. 14, 1853. Major Cline : Dear Sih— During the political canvass which has just closed, it became my duty, at the request of my political friends, to oppose in po litical debate the Hon. Robert, Toombs. Mr. Toombs, in his speech, denounced Jefferson Davis as a disunionist sitting in the councils of the nation, and also made a great noise about Mr. Davis’ late speech in Philadelphia, and made him and the cabinet of President Pierce responsible for the idea of building the Paific Railroad with money taken from the Treas ury of the United States —thereby abandoning all their previous notions and public pledges ol opposition to schemes of internal improvement, organized by the General Government. The above mentioned part of Mr. Toomb’s speech, in my opinion, did more to set his hear ers against the Democratic party, than all the rest that he said. 1 defended Mr. Davis and the cabinet, and roundly denied the charges above named. Put they were made and affirmed in so serious and positive a manner, that l know anything 1 might say would be overbalanced, in the minds of many, by the unqualified char ges of ono upon whom Georgia has bestowed her senatorial robes. Relieving the charges named to be an un kind and uncalled for attack upon the Execu tive officers of our country, 1 thought it to bo more than my duty to address Mr. Davis and inform him, in substance, of what I have here written. Also stating to him that I would glad ly seize upon any honorable means to place him and the cabinet in their proper position before the people of Georgia. I hoped for an answer before the close of the canvass, but it came on Thursday before the election, too late to correct the errors that brought it into existence. I have read the fol lowing letter to several wise and experienced Democrats, and they advise its publication.— And now, as the din of political warfare has subsided—as the batttlo has been fought and most gloriously won—as the banner of De mocracy has again proudly and triumphantly passed through a heated contest without any tradings in the dust, but with victory inscribed upon her lolds—without any other desire than to do what is right and to show the people of Georgia what the enemies of Democracy will • do “to save themselves l send you this with the lettor of Mr. Davis, subject to your discre tion, as to whether it shall be given to the public or mot. Yery respectfully, yours, V. A. GASKILL. Before proceeding to notice the political ques tions to which von call my attention, I will dis pose of the personal accusation which you in form me, Mr. Toombs has made against me.— you say he denounced you as a Disunionist sit ting in the councils of the nation.” During the controversy ot 1850, in relation to the rights of the South, and the duties of the General Gov ernment, in the Territories acquired from Mex ico, my attention was called, in debate, to the tact that, in certain newspapers I had been char ged with a desire to dissolve the Union. Be lieving it to be the work of base men who coir cealed themselves behind the instruments they employed, I then said before the Senate, if any gentleman make the charge I will answer him in monosyllables. It was well understood that answer would not be less harsh than, it is false. Such is my answer now. In that long and exciting controversy, my ons were freely expressed. They are bbiDi on the volumes of Congressional debates spread ‘ l efer to disprove all allegations made and them ‘ fealty io our constitutional Union, ao-ainst my v ( 18 p!>) when engaged in a can- Subsequente, TPb whilst I declared the opinion vass in Missies a sovereign and equal member nt a State, a?> ’ a right to withdraw from tho o, \Jnion, hav o spoke of it as thelast rem -ation, I ah ; one to which, under ex - ‘i.al resort , “ssissippi should not ap taffcesy.V sition of those with ’ is fne’ jW. by the resolutions a is mated the State which ■‘effiof Hat familiar n made sonfd T am not •artizan eonitAifA*. e ot . accusation, betrsnib °r nv \ *• comes. Asa men&bv V °t\\e conve^ 0 mal intercourse, Mr. k vo bee. tunity to know that i TUovigb Vba am sure that a com- c by Mr. loombs s ’ vti\esvwp tise vfbicb A most ardent lan- ( a>b - v ce^ foVtv a V)N. V etSv le to which he ii IX ?Co the measuros M °\ baA a n&V ‘ 0 f 1850, had and consti laUy dis - S v ' a H boibb c^ V > moral i *r leo , vft ‘ Str^ U ?: does eo vlte *** srk* VX* *. ‘©atVbda \.Vve ‘ V a de , \ v eftVS ft*. hks, ‘ * -ft* ’ *sr*-•-ns4"“ ‘ - W\. Govo.'^ c0 a*-\ w Washington, D. C., ) September 21st, 1853. $ V. A. Gaskill , Esq,, Sir :—\ our letter ot the 20th ull., arrived here during my absence, and ill health has combined with constant occupation thus far, to delay my reply. Railroad within the limits of Territories belong ing to the United States. He, who denies this, must also deny the power to construct wagon roads, for which appropriations were made by the last Congress for the territories ofMinesota, Oregon and Washington, —and with the dis bursement of which, l am now charged. He must deny the jurisdiction which has been so long exercised over the Territories by the Gen eral Government; and finally find himself on the same platform with the sect, which arrayed the so/ereignty of the Territorial inhabitants, as a barrier to federal legislation for the pro tection of a slave holder’s property, who should migrate from a Southern State, one of the joint owners of that Territory, to become an inhabi tant ofit. Within the limits of the States, the action of the federal Government is restricted so that it could not exceed the aid which might be given to a private company, and that I have held, on other occasions, was limited to the interest in the work which the Government had as a landed proprietor. The rule on which Con gress has made grants of contiguous land, and the right of way in aid of the construction of roads. Beyond the question of power, are the questions of practicability and expediency.— The practicability will be more intelligibly dis cussed, when the surveys, directed to be made by the late Congress, have been completed.— They are now in progress, and I have not at~ tempted to foretell their results. The expediency is to be considered in con nection with all the- political, physical, and ad - ministrative questions which enter into it. The mode of execution, the last to be decided, is the first it seems to be presented for objections; and I am held responsible for a particular plan of proceeding, when I had proposed none, when, from the dependence of the plan means of exe cution upon the location of the route, I had not considered it posible to decide on the best mode of proceeding, until after the route had been lo cated. Then, and not till then can any one es timate the extent of road, how much, if any, will have to be constructed within the limits of United States Territory, the cost per mile, and the means which can be made available for the construction. Very respectfully, Your ob’t, servant, Jeff. Davis. Whites anb %mimd. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 22, 1853. J udiciary Reform. A correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist KD£g<fcls v lcfoi n in the judeiary of our State, reducing the number of the justices of the Inferior Court to one. An attempt has been made in the last several Legisla tures to effect this object, which has hitherto been fruit less. The inefficiency of the tribunal as at present or ganized is admitted on all hands, and it has indeed been singular that in the face of Ibis admission, the move ment has failed. We suggest a modification of the movement abolishing the Court altogether. Since tho establishment of the Court of Ordinary, there has really been no use for an Inferior Court. Let the next Leg islature add to the Ordinary’s duties, the office of com missioner of roads and revenue, and then abolish the Inferior Court entirely. We shall thus invest one competent and salaried officer with all the Ordinary and County business, and dispense with a common law tri bunal for which we have no use. To equalize the du ties of the Superior Court, in consideration of the accu mulation of business in that Court in consequence of the abolition of the inferior tribunal, let us have a Court of quarter sessions for the trial of all criminal causes. Wc need a separate Court for criminal causes. We need it, if for no other reasons, because under the pres ent arrangement it is almost out of the question to af ford speedy trials to the accused. The reduction in the jail fees will almost if not quite pay for a separate tribunal which should meet in each county four times during the year, for the trial of all crimnal causes. One more suggestion in this connexion. We ought, by all means, to increase the salaries of all our judicial officers. The mere honor of presiding upon ihc bench will not compensate our best lawyers for leaving a lu crative practice for the judgeship. We should put the very best talent of the country upon the bench, and we can not command it without pa) ing for it. We do not hope that if all other matters of judiciary reform are neglected by our next Legislature, this matter will not be overlooked. New Goons. —We call the attention of our lady readers to the advertisements of Mrs. Dessau, and 1 1 also to Messrs. Brokavv, Clemons, & Cos., and J. M. 1 j Raum. Their shelves will supply the wants of the ! most fastidious. J. 11. Daniel has opened a large and ! handsome assortment of ready made clothing. . j ; The Cttors. —The Cotton Crops in this section have promised a pretty full yield up to this date. The heavy -ain of Thursday and Thursday night, however, must i. proved very destructive. Large quantities of liavt. ’ere open in the fields, and the green bolls must cotton v> ‘ ’erably. Tiie indications are now favorable suffer consn. ‘-ost which wifi cut off the crop very for an early largely. —— “t’s Merchant’s Magazine,— Ddßow’s Review, IlUi. uur table, filled as usual Both these monthlies are on qter. The former is with interesting and valuable rifc- latter in New York, published in New Orleans, and tu® nufacturer, these at $5. To the merchants and magazines are in'aluable. V NEW Democratic tarer at Washiuutom.—Dcv erly Tucker, Esq., formly of Va has commenced the publication at Washington City, of anew Democrats “L called the Sentinel. Mr. Tucker ,s an able , • era Southern man, and a sound Democr.. The Sentinel claims not to he an organ of the Ad.mrustra- Z but will cordially support it. We have not seen e paper, hut are pleased with extracts winch wo have n from its columns. jA n from its columns. >V . -Tristam Burgess, formerly, anJ, for many ;fc, V* distinguished politician of Ultsdu Island, died In to-\ fc. „c on lb. mowing of the 13th. Heasa >vC\C \ ,f Congress from that State from lb~o to t\' c \ t ______ ’ e*o Member Elect— lion. Johii L. Bird in \ ‘ 1. no Taliaferro, we regret to learn died tVt- \ prntH Governor baa issued a writ ul election \ ganaio’ .pho t. ‘ V 'V? \ last ‘ „ oon* \ w 6* e English Design upon Cuba. Wo find the following letter in a late number of the Richmond Enquirer , and give it to our readers for what it is worth. While we doubt the correctness of the report, the importance of the interest involved will demand the vigilenee of our Government, to prevent any possible design which England may have upon the Island of Cuba. It is true that the English cruisers have been withdrawn from the coast of Cuba, and sla vers are now lauded upon the Island in crowds with im punity, but it may be that England has been satisfied of the folly of attempting to prevent the slave trade upon the coasts of Cuba by the means of a few cruisers. At all events it is a matter of congratulation that the for eign relations of the Government are in the hands of an Administration that dares to take care of our inte rests. Washington, Oct. 13th, 1853. To the Editors of the Enquirer: Information has been received here that Lord Howden, the English Minister in Spain, had succeeded in making a treaty with the Spanish Government, giving to British cruis ers on the coast of Cuba the right to land troops and to search the plantations, to which it might be suspected that slaves were carried. Tho fact, that England has thus gain ed a foothold in Cuba, is of vast importance to us. The light of search will be soon followed by occupation, to a less or greater extent, as circumstance 3 and her purpose may require. It is also stated that Lord Howden was pressing another treaty upon the Spanish Government, ilehad offered to withdraw the English cruisers altogether from the coast of Cuba, and to permit as many slaves as might be, to be land ed, provided that the Government would make them cman cipados, and set them free after the period of ten years scr viee, (the present term ifive yeau,) and at the end offitty years abo'ish slavery and put the island under British pro tection. The effect of this would be to fill Cuba with a negro pop ulation, which would, by the end of the time specified, en tirely control the island. Confirmatory of the above facts, a letter has just been received here from Havana, dated Oct. Ist, from a source en titled to the most undoubted confidence, which states that Mr. Crawford, the English Consul, was procuring letters from persons of prominence there approbatory ancl recom mending the above mentioned project—no doubt, for the purpose of sending teem to England to fortify her in her demand upon Spain. It also states that the steamer had just arrived tom Spain, bringing the nomination of anew Captain General, and that the report that such a treaty was in contemplation, had gotten out and w r as producing much excitement. There can be no doubt, that, in the present state of feel ing in Spain. England, backed probably by other European Governments who are hostilo to our institutions, will be likely to succeed in her desire to get the assent of the Span ish Government to her propositions. In view ofthese facts, you may expect speedy and very decided action on the part of our Government to defeat a scheme so dangerous to us and so attrocious, that it cannot fail to arouse a condemna tory public opinion everywhere. These designs of England have be en for some time sus pected . The proposed Tripai fife Treaty to guarantee Cuba was the first evidence of them, and more has since been iiad ; but not till now have these suspicions been confirmed beyond doubt. I know full well, that everything relating to this subject is of an inflammatory character; and nothing would induce me, witting t& you, as I do, solely from my own interest in public matters, to give you the above facts without knowing, front the very best sources of information, that they are reliable. E. B. B. Sale of the Metropolitan Hotel. —The N. Y. Herald of Saturday, says it was stated on good authority, on ’Change, that Messrs. A, T. Stewart <fc Cos., the cele brated dry goods firm, had purchased the Metropolitan Hotel for the round sum of $600,000, and that they were to pay down in cash $400,000, leaving $200,000 on time. Another Failure. —lt is now publicly announced that Robert Spear, a well known Stock Broker of Wall street, New York, lias railed und or tlio roociit dopre elation of stock, and the tightness of the money mar ket. There are various other rumors afloat regarding the solvency of cert in parlies, but they have not yet come to a focus. Beware of Counterfeits. —Wo understand, says the Augusta Constitutionalist of Saturday, that one dollar bills of the Mechanics’ Bank, and of the Bank of Au gusta, raised to five, are in circulation in the interior of this State. They are pearly executed and easily de tected by any one in the habit of handling bank bills, and we pubfisli this notice to put those who are not, on their guard. Keep a look out for the circulators of these bills. A German Colony has been, for a couple of years, settled iu Pickens district, South Carolina, on a tract of 20,000 acres of land, which it has purchased in com mon, to be divided among the several families of the community. Houses have been erected and a village laid out, named “Walhalla,” and schools and churches have been instituted. The colony is said to be now in a very flourishing condition. Closing of the Crystal Palace. —lt is advertised that tho Crystal Palace will be closed in December, and as that may mean the first of December, it is possible that little more than six weeks remain for visiting the exhibition, and the New York journals are therefore calling upon the resident citizens to visit it, as thus far, nearly all the visitors have been strangers. The stock is selling at 55, or 45 below par. Before the opening it was as high as 170. An Improved Steam boiler. —Judge W. E. Bird, of Cahaba, Alabama, has invented an improved steam boiler, for which he has taken measure to secure a patent. The boiler is composed of cylinders or tubes arranged in layers or tiers, having return flues passing through them and connected with tire-chambers. Hie flues of the lower tubes or cylinders terminate in a trunk or chest with hollow bars, through which the smoke passes to the smoke-chamber. The flues of the upper cylinder communicate directly with the smoke-chamber. Snow in Maine. —On Wednesday before last, snow fe’l in tho town of Rangely, (Me.,) to the depth of one foot. Between that place and Phillips, travel was in terrupted for several days in consequence. The trees bordering the road were so loaded with snow that they bent down and obstructed the way. A Jury Burnt in Effigy. —lndignation meetings have been held in Washington County, Md., at which the jury who recently rendered a verdict of acquittal in the Swan case have been fiercely denounced. In Brousboro the people formed in procession, headed by the effigies representing the twelve jurors, and proceed ed iL rou &k several streets, after which they halted in the square', an<J there consigned to the devouring ele ment the tweu® representatives of the jury in the Swan ease. It is reported that Simeon Draper has arranged with the Mechanics’ Bank of New York to pay ofifhis lia bilities, and will resume business. The New York Post learns that the liabilities ofM-. Draper amount to between two and three million of dollars. Prof. Paul F. Eve reports a case of the removal of a iisiil from the lungs of a child five years old, by trach eotomy. The nail was an inch and a half long, and situated in the left bronchus. Good Dividend —The Bank of the State of Georgia, has declared a dividend of five dollars per sha e from the profits of the ’ast six mouths—equal to ten per cent, per annum. Major General Winfield Seott, General in Chief of the United State*} Army, has been summoned under the name of “W. Scott’’ to parade at the nfiliffa train ing in New York. [correspondence of the times and sentinel.] Mobile, Oct. 15, 1853. I have received but one copy ol the “Times” in three weeks—the hiatus occurring at a time of all others, most provoking, as I was on the look-out for the Georgia returns. The result proves the truth of the old adage, that bad news travels fast, and vice versa. I am greatly rejoiced at the handsome and substantial victory you have just so gallant ly won. The uncertainty of Georgia politics has become proverbial—but certainly the State has Leldom rendered a political verdict, so iighteous in itself, and so demanded by good faith, consistency and honor, as the one just pro nounced in favor of the administration of Gen Pierce, and against tho insidious and factious attempt to rebuke it, made by the debris of the old Whig party. Could any thing be more curiously instructive of the mutability of political men and parties, than to see the men who lured the people of Georgia into submission in 1850, when there was at least some cause for indignant resistance in 1553, raising the standard of sectional revolt, when, every thing has been adjusted and settled on principles which they then declared were “fair, honorable and just.” There are, doubtless, all over the South, men who are ready to join any sectional party, at any time and on any pretext or occasion. The e are the disunionists per se. But even these men had to i hesitate at the bold impudence of the proffered leadership 1 of such men as Toombs, Jenkins and Sanford. And 1 never could see how Col. Toombs could hope, with his antecedents to rally a sectional party even lor sectional de fence. Who can ever, hereafter, trust him, with leadership in a great cause ? He fooled us with his Hamilcar and “die in the ditch” speeches once ; but it will be difficult to re peat the humbug. Ido not think I ever heard a more ab surd, inconclusive and inconsistent speech than that deliver ed by Mr. Toombs, in your Temperance Hall, on the opening of the late campaign. It was an insult to the un derstanding, and most recent memories of every man who heard it; and my reflection at the conclusion ofit was, that if this man can build up a party and carry the people of Georgia on thisbundle of crotchets which he calls a plat form, men of principle might as well hang up their fiddles and cease to struggle for the truth. But I am happy to be able to write to-day that the effort has failed, and that neither Col. Toombs’ talents and ef frontery, nor Mr Jenk ms’ deservedly popular character have suffered to bear up the crushing weight of their bad cause. The result is most happy on many accounts, It sustains the administration that has most nobly ’deserved the sup port of Georgia—and it consolidates the strength of the Democratic parly in tho State. The old Districts of Toombs and Stephens are the last strongholds left to the enemies of State Rights in Georgia. All the rest is re deemed. Even the Second District, which it began to be believed, in some quarters had become the personal domain of the late invincible representative, has declared its prefer ence for sound practical Democratic politics, to men who have neither handles to their habitual names, nor fixed principles in their creed. Talking of names, what has be come of your neighbor’s “Legion ?” It has turned out like Sir Jack’s men in buckram, not so numerous in the tally as they were out of the big end of his blowing horn. Tho yellow ievor still lingers in this atmosphore. In the city the deaths are reduced to about half a dozen a day and most of them are absentees too soon returned. But in the suburbs for miles around, wherever there is population the fever is busy. lam sorry to say that it made its appear ance at the Catholic College on Spring Hill, which had so far escaped. One of'the Priests has been carried off 1 hear that the College will be disbanded immediately—the only prudent course, for in the crowded state of College dormitories the disease would at once become a plague. We are anxiously hoping for an early lrost to purify the air we breathe. The telegraph bears to us the startl ng report to-day, that the Ottoman Porte has declared war against Russia. If true, this is the first note to stirring times and scenes. I must say I admire the Turk’s pluck—a quality he has ex hibited on several occasions, and coupled with a magna nimity that puts some ofhis Christian brother sovereigns to the blush. His protection of Kossuth and his Hungarians, under the laws of hospitality was an act of rare daring, courage and generosity. It cost him money, trouble and risk. lam inclined to think too, that the Sultan has ex hibited wisdom in striking the blow and bringing his quar rel with the Czar to the issue of the sword. The steady and fixed policy of Russian encroachment on Turkish soil existed—the fight, for his throne, his subjects and iis terri tory, sooner or later, had to be made —he never would have a juster cause, better allies, or find his people more warlik in ardor, courage and fanaticism. And now, Turk as he is he has my best wishes and hopes for his triumph over that collossal tyranny of the North which bids fair to make Europe “Cossack,” if the people do not make it “Republi can.” If the Sultan’s allies, England and Fiance will stand up to him in the fight, he can at least drive the Czar’s troops —the Russian beaiv=—out of the Provinces of the Da nube, and back to their snows. I have some fears about his allies—they have evidently been weak in the knees ever since they patted the Turk on the back. But then they must check the ambitious move of Russia in the direction of the Dardanelles and the Black Sea, The safety of all the rest of Europe is involved in the question. j\ Fanny Fern’s Opinion of Sunday. —Sunday should be the best day of all the seven—not ushered in with ascetic form, or lengthened face, or stiff and rigid manners. Sweetly upon the still Sabbath air should float the matin hymn of happy childhood; blending with early song of birds and wafted upward, with flowers’ incense, to him whose very name is love. Jt should be no day for puzzling the half developed brain of childhood with gloomy creed to shake the sim ple faith that prompts the innocent lips to say, “Our Father.” It should be no day to sit up right on stiff-backed chairs, till the golden sun should set. No ; the birds should not be more welcome to warble, the flowers to drink in the air and sun light, or the trees to toss their lithe limbs, free and feterless. “I’m so sorry that to morry is Sunday ! From whence does this sad lament issue? From under your roof, oh mis taken but well-meaning Christian parents; from the Bps of your child, whom you compel to lis ten to two or three unintelligible sermons, sand wiched between. Sunday-schools, and finished off at nightfall by tedoius repetitions of creeds and catechisms, till sleep releases your weary victim ! No wonder your child shudders when the minister tells him that “Heaven is one eter nal Sabbath.’’ Oh, mistaken parent! relax the overstrained bow —prevent the fearful rebound and make the Sabbath what God desighed it not a weariness, but the “best” and happiest day of all the seven,—Musical Times. Health of Montgomery. Alabama Journal, 21st inst., says, we f el it om- dutv to state that the lever of a mafignat t’ ne, pronor iced by ,) h , ol the physicians yellow fever, stiff Ungers rnong n$ -,1 there have been . weral new fatal cas p. T 1 : s wb ; ch has b min portions of the city for the last tV’ months, and con Bering the increa.i of popu!a* ; on anil strangers from below, has not added, to any alarm”)** ex tent, to the usual bills of morality for the \i*on, and to tf’s date, has not in tho body of the city develop 1 th ’ appearances of epidemic. What may occur, as wc We often said, we know not; we can only speak for u, , pro ent. II the physicians are not nvstaken in tho many ca s1 > poited by some of them for the last sv weeks as 0 f tiff type, it is a mild fbi.ll of tiffs disea. —yielding reafflv t > prompt treatment; perhaps not more than one in ten firm’ i ing fatal. One physician with 22 fully mark; 1 ca-’e 3 i n j only one. Some fortnight since we visited, in company with th,> physicians, a house in the infect'd district, near the wlnrl containing five cat-—Mish laborers—all down will same tyne of fever in its most aggravated form, with the vomit, reflow skn, hemorrhage of the gums and t eth, Ac, ol these five,all u mvered except one win refund to take medicine. Tiffs does not show a diseam won 3 than the yelllow fever.” There were no interments yesterday, and we trust tint owing to the latent of the reason, we shall be spared ■>’ epidemic, or any further progre sos the and i a >. h, na ‘ v however, be the part ol prudence for gentlemen at then, seats in the country to defer v nil lrost remo\ ng m to tll 4 town residences. The Design of England ta Africanize Cuba is cortai The Facts. Washington, Oct. 11. Information has been received here, that i the month of June last, Lord Howden, the Brit ish Minister in Spain, succeeded in negotiating a treaty with the Spanish Government, giviii” the right to England to land men from hercruiz ers on the coast of Cuba, and to search the plan tations to which it might be suspected that slaves might be carried. This is important to us. England has thus acquired a foothold in Cuba The right to land troops, and the right to search will soon be followed by occupation, to a less or greater extent, as circumstances may niako necessary for her purpose. It is also true, that Lord Howden had been ‘4 urging upon the Spanish Government another project. He had offered that the English cruize ers should be entirely withdrawn, and that anv number of slaves might be brought to Cuba provided that tho Government would make them emancipadors and set them free at the end of ten years, (the present term is but five years,) ? and then agree to abolish slavery in the island, at the end of fifty years, and put it under Brit ish protection. At the last accounts Spain had not yet assented to these propositions. But there can be no doubt that tln-y will be urged upon her in such a manner, assisted probably by otL er powers who are inimical to us and our inslti i lutions, that she will be obliged to yield. The effect of this plan would be, to fill Cli | ba with a negro population, which, at the e| of fifty years would be free, and would get <■ tire possession of the Island without hardl'l i struggle with the largely outnumbered whiwk Although this information is undoubted, let by the very last arrival from Cuba, on Oetoijer Ist., but a few days ago, a letter was written from Havana by a gentleman of high charaatcv to a friend in this country, which has just lice/. ’ received, and entirely confirms the above state ments. This letter of October Ist., states that, the M British Consul at Havana, Mr. Crawford, was procuring from prominent persons there, letters recommending and approbatory of the plan of Lord Howden, no doubt, for the purpose of sending them to England, to fortify her in her propositions to the Spanish Government. It al so states that the English cruizers had all left the Island, and that many slaves were landing. The steamer from Spain had just arrived bring ing the news of the appointment of anew Cap tain General ol Cuba, and the report was out, that a treaty ol the above mentioned nature lnu already been made, and it was creating mucl excitement. The above facts show conclusively what has long been suspected, an European determina tion to prevent us from getting Cuba, if Spain could not, as is certain she cannot, retain it for any length of time. The first evidence of this hostility of the Governments of Europe, heath ed by England, was seen in the proposed Trip,* J artite treaty to guarantee Cuba to Spam, ancf | its consummation is found, in the facts as now known. Nothing oi foreign action cun bo so important and touch us so deeply as this, and we may soon expect most decided action on the part of our Government. The interests of the South particularly are in jeopardy, and the pub lic opinion of the whole country, and indeed ol all Christendom, cannot fail to help to defeat so atrocious a scheme. j> E. A Remarkable Man.—Reward of Probity.~ , Andrew Johnson, who has jusfbeen elected Governor of Tennessee, (over the most popular whig in the State, Major Henry, whose oratori cal gifts are hardly second to those of any other gentleman in the Union,) is an extraordinary man. Indeed, theie is more it] his history to encurage probity, industry, energy and ambition in the youth ot America of all degrees, (says the Washington Star,) than in that of any other public man we know of. At two years of a<v Mr. Johnson was (we learn from those in whoW knowledge of bis early history we place every confidence) an inmate of the alms house of Wake County, North Carolina, where be re mained until Ins eighth year, when he was prent.ced to a tailor in Raleigh. His master if l.e failed to have taught him even the rudiments ot an English education, at least trained him up 10 love the truth, work hard, and he straight foi ward in his dealings with every one. When h,s apprenticeship was up, Mr. Johnson married a woman after his own heart, who knew enough nom hooks to be able to aid him in mastering the aitg ot reading and writing. On marrying just after lie became of age, ho emigrated to Eastern Tennessee, trudging bare oo ei , it is said, witn his faithful helpmate by his side, and his pack at his back. Assiduous labor at the tailoring, at the end of ten years, placed him in comfortable circumstances for his position in that region ; and by that time, by j. dint ot hard stuuy during his leisure moments, I he had come to be actuallya man of considers- i ble general information. Being a good talker j on the stump, he was sent consecutivelv for a .: term or two to both branches of the Legislature- j From thence he was transferred t 0 the House j of Representatives of the United States, where j he sei \ed six yea rs. Asa member of Congress I he has been distinguished for the integrity of all - to - T