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Meeting of National Democrats.
Washington, Nov. 14.—1 he meeting ot the
adamantine democrats to congratulate the haids
upon the result of the late election in New lork
took place at Copp’s Saloon to night. Charles
S. Wallach was appointed President, with lo
ViM- Piesidents, and the usual number of Sec -
retaries. . r
Cornelius W. Wendall, offered a series ot
resolutions, declaring that the nomination and
election of Pierce was in consequence of his
unmistakeable national antecedents and known
01 position to the conduct and opinions of those
who opposed Oass in 1848 j that the Balti
more platform was not a general amnesty to
such; that the at empts of the departments to
crush the national democracy in New \ ork de
serves the immediate attention and correction
of the President ; congratulating the New
Yorkers on their signal victory over free soilism,
deprecating the recent attacks on Dickinson,
&c.
The resolutions having been read, D. S. Rat
eliffe, took the stand and made an able speech
against the resolutions, charging on the movers
of the meeting hostility to the President, and a
design to 9ink ihe administration. This created
great excitement, amid which Wendall replied,
lie said he was instrumental in calling this meet
ing, and asked if the President had carried out
the p i icij 1a of the Democratic party ? Loud
cries of “yes” and “no”—much excitemein —
three c eers for Dickinson &c.
Mr. Overton, after the turmoil had subsided,
was called out, and briefly staged that the gre it
question was not opposition to the administration
hut whether freesoilism should be an element in
the democratic paitv.
The question on the resolutions was called
when Mr. Ratcliffe reminded gentlemen that
this was an attack on tne administration.—
Wendall denied if, when much excitement fol
lowed, parties almost corning to blows. Some
body moved an indefinite postponement ot the
resolution. Another wanted to offer a sub
stitute
Before the question was distinctly put, Win.
H. 1 hoinas, deputy collector of this port sprang
upon the platform and moved an adjournment,
prior to which he proposed three cheers for the
adsninistiation, which were given. Wallach the
chairman, then struck Thomas, knocking
from the p'atform, when a general melee j
lasting some time, hut ending i;i nothing serious.
Tile meeting was of course effectually too
ken up.
Kue National Democrats are now serenading
Beverly Tucker.
A to the Ladies. —Wo e -nfess, says the
Warrenton i\etcs„ we lelt a little—no not a lit
tl.* but deeply moi tided, on reading tiie follow
ing advertisement in a Virginia newspaper:
“Scotch Snuff. Avery large .took of the
above, put up expressly for the North Carolina
trade, and for sale at very low rates.”
We felt mortified, because the intimation is
here made, and we fear too truthfully, that the
practice of begriming the soft pouting, red lip3
of the ladies, which nature seems to have de
signed expressly foi the purpose of kissing, and
emittiugsooihiug and musical sounds, with nau
seous tobacco dust, is peculiarly prevalent in
Jforth Carolina. This is a subject of reproach
to the lovely tair ones of our State—a practice
in itself indecent, and unhealthy, and one which
they should be ashamed to indulge in. ‘The Irish
will hardly ever get clear of the opprobrium
cast upon them for their blunders—the Dutch
for bungling, or the ladies of North Carolina for
die indy practice of dipping snuff. But we
hope lue i.titer vviii make an effort, and in the
course of years they may succeed.
Lola Montez. —A California correspondent of
the Nashville Gazette gives an account of the
recent doings of Mrs, Patrick P. Hull, nee Marie
HeaJd, Countess of Landsfelt, alias Lola Mon
tez. She was recently arrested for assault and
battery, and heavily fined. It appeared on the
trial that she becoming enraged at her Chinese
servant seized him by his long tail of hair, tied
it to the door knob, and slapped his rice masti
cating jaws most unmercifully. She had the
poor fellow “tight,” as he could not jerk loose
unless he scalped himself. After the perpetra
tion of this feat, the quondam Countess still
further “astonished the natives” by mining a
whole day in a corduroy Bloomer costume. j
To cap the climax of her exceutsicities, Lola i
has sued for a separation from her husband, af- ;
ter but a few months, and sought the protection I
of a handsome caballero. Her assigned tea- i
•ons for this course, the correspondent says, are 1
uot fit for ears polite. Lola is a “brickno
mistake.
Sam Slick on Courting. —Auother wise saw
from Mr Slick’s last hook :
‘•Courtin’ a gall I guess, is like catchin’ a
young horse in the pasture. You put the oats in
a pan hide the haltar, and soft sawder the c; it
ter, and it comes softly and shity at first, and
puts its nose to the gi ain, and gets a taste, stands
off atid munches a little, looks around to see
that the coast is clear, anil advances cautious
again, ready for ago if you are rough. Well,
you soft sawder it all the time; so-so pet! gent
ly, pet, that's a pretty doll! and gets to kind a
like it, and comes closer, and you think you
have it, make a grab at its in due, and up head
and tail, snorts wheels short around, lets go both
hind feet at you and off like a shot. ‘That comes
ot being in a hurry. Now if you had put y- a*
hand up slowly towards its shoulder, and felt
and felt along the neck for the maine, it mi- at
perhaps, drawed away, as much a* to say it ds
off; if you please, I like your oats hut 1 •!< Ti
want you ; the chance is you would have cau.ht
it. Well, what's your f lay, now you have mis
sed it? Why, don’t give chase, for that onL
scares the ciitter, hut >ou stand still, shake th
oats in the pan and say cope, cope, cope ! ami
it stops, looks at you, and will come up again
but awful skittish, stretches its neck out ever so
far, steals a few grains and keeps at a respect
ful distance. Now what do you do then ? Why,
shake the pan and move slowly, as if you were
going to leave the pasture and make for home.
\\ hen it repents of being so distrustful comes
up, and you slip the haltar on
.“r, TI ' e *• P llt 01 a -‘a. rious (Yarn* of
Self joined* 6 *°”® ° f tbe timbrg
A Marriage iu High Life.
For the information of our lady readers, to
whom, of course, the description of a bride’s
dress is quite interesting, we copy the following
account of a marriage in high life, from a Lon
don letter of the 18th ult., to the Neic York
Courier <Sf Enquirer.
“A notable event in the week, is the marriage
at Preswich—cum Oldham, in Lancashire, ot
the Hon. Dudley Clarke Fitzgerald De Ros,
Equery in Waiting to the Queen, to the Lady
Elizabeth Grey Egerton, the eldest surviving
daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wilton.
The lady is hut twenty-one years of age, hand
some, amiable and accomplished. The wedding
was conducted in the old English style, and
people, tc the astonishing number of fifty thou
sand, assembled in the village of Old-ham, and
in the park of Heaton Hall, and roads adjacent,
on the occasion. The bells clamored aloud
vigorously, local bands sent up epithalamiums,
and village maidens showered flowers in the
pathway of the happy pair, while repeating
madrigals. The bride was saluted by some of
the leading aristocracy, and received costly
presents from full one hundred donors.
“As it may interest some of your lady readers
to know the style of a temale dress most notice
able on the occasion, l here mention it. The
bride was attired in an exceedingly beautiful
dress of i ich white poult de soie, the skirt covered
with two deep flounces of Brussels lace, headed
with ruche a lavie. Her ladyship wore a wreath
of cape jessamine entwined with orange blos
soms, and over her head fell a veil of Brussels
point. In her hand she carried a bridal boquot
of natural flowers. There were four demoisel
les d'houneur and five bridesmaids. These were
uniformly attired in white figured muslin dresses,
over white glace, with blue glace mantles, and
bonnets of crepe lisse , trimed with clusters of
blue flowers. The chaste elegance of these
i-ostumes were greatly adorned.
• This was one of the most attractive wed
dings that has taken place for many years in
England, and may interest readers in the Uni
ted States, on account of the lady having been
o that country during the summer with Lord
Ellesmere’s family, where she, no doubt made
ac ojaintances.”
Tim c£ ant) Sentinel
coluai’bus, gkokgT'l
PE ID AY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25 1353
The Kunkels.
This celebrated Troupe of E'hiopian Minstrels will
give a seri.s of concerts at Temperance Hall, commenc
ing on Monday night next. They have been recently
in Savannah where the elite of the city nightly thronged
thtir xhibitions. Os course they will receive from
Columbus that patronage with which their well merited
popularity has been greeted* wherever they have been.
For their programme comprising the musical, mirthful
and mimical, see another column.
“The Rose, the Heaven horn Rose.”
We return our thanks for the magnifies nt Luxem
burg Rose, presented through Dr. Ware by his esti
mable Lady. This is a late blooming flower, and one
of the gms of the parterre. The one presented us
measured fourteen inches in circumfert nee —which is
but a fair criterion of the success and taste with which
Mrs. Ware has embellished her beautiful garden.
To Maj. Hardin also for a beautiful collection of flow
ers gathered in the open air. It would require but
a little * xertion to get up a Floral exhibition in Colum
bus even this Fall. What will we not do then next
spring, when the floral wealth of our city will contri
bute to a grand festival?
Mr, Price’s Dissolving Scenes and Gcorairms.
We were present on Wednesday evening at Mr.
Price’s exhibition, and witnessed his display of Dsssolv
ing Scenes. The paintings are gotten up in good
taste, and each scene is accompanied with appropriate
remarks by Mr. Price, who is a gentleman of talent,
possessing pleasing and courteous manners. He is a
graduate of Alabama University, and has recommenda
tions from the principal members of the Faculty of his
Alma Mattr, and one from Ilia Excellency the Gov
ernor of Alabama. We have known Mr. Price for
some years, andean bear evidence as to his high stand
ing in society. The lovers of the fine arts would do
well to attend his exhibitions.
The election of Judges ot the Supreme Court.
Uuder this caption the Federal Union takes occa
sion to speak in laudatory terms of the Judges recently
elected to the Supreme Court. We heartily endorse
its eulogies, believing them to be just and well merited.
As to the Hon. llenry L Benning, coming immediate
ly from among us, and well known to us, we need not
say how richly he desemsall that the article expresses
All of our citizens are gratified—highly gratified at his
* led ion—Whigs as well as Democrats— and we are
proud to know that as able a Bar as Columbus boasts,
no one could have been 6e! eied from among its mem
bers rn >re fui y endorsed, or more truly combining those
faculties which so eminently befit the highest judicial
functionary.
The Federal Union expr. sses itself as follows ;
“On Tuesday last, Hon Ebenezer Starnes, of Augusta,
was elected to till the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of Judge Warner ; and lion. Henry L. Be. ning, ot
Columbus, was e.ected for the full term in ttie place of
Judge Nisbet.
The very large majority by which Judge Starnes was
elect and, is a mer ted tribute to his ability and wo th, and
we but give expression to the geneial feeling, when we say,
that the office and man are botti honor and by the selection.
In relation to Judge Nisbet, the dominant party had no
pe.sonal feelings in coutribi ting to his defeat; they ie;t
that, according to the precedent which was established
when the Court was first organized by the party to which
Judge Nisbet then belonged, and stiff* belongs, viz.: taking
tvo ot the Judges from tne Whig party, and giving the
th mocrats one,there was nothing improper or unwise in
applying the same rule in the piesent i..stance ; mote pa.ti
caiarly.as there were many ui anguished gent emeu a.-.p.r
niL, to tin l pot, whose claims had not been respected to
to.igasthe Wing pirty were in the majority.
Judge Banning l • a man ol tine legal abilities, and natur
a!ly > n.lowed with a high order of talent ; a gentleman ot
fine i! a mers, possessing pliy-iea. aod.i equal to any
amount ot iabo , and an amiable demeanor that cannot tail
to make Inm p ~ul ir a a Judge.”
Executtic Appointments —The Governor has ap
pointed as Ins pi i vale Secretaries, William Sleelt ,of
B il.lwin, Bosned B. DeGraff nreid, of Muscogee, aud
Luc lus 11. B. iseoe, of W aiton. Mr. St eie is well
known to the public, having be.n one of the private
S creurtes of Gov. Cobb. Mr. DcGratfenreid is a
young lawyer of Mus.ogee, and is represented to be a
man of prom t.ent ta ents. Mr. Briscoe is a young
man, whose talents have ever be*n active and efficient
in the service of Democratic principles, and is. a m&u
of whom the party may fee! proud.— Const Repub
lit.
[editorial CORRESPONDENCE.]
Milledgeville, Nov. 21, 1853.
Nothing of interest has occurred since my last. The
Senatorial question is in statu quo, and but little is
said about it publicly. Still waters are deep, and it is
therefore, thought by many, that the seism in the party
cannot be healed this sestj n.
SENATE.
On motion of Mr. Cone, of Bullook, the House bill,
appropriating $20,000, in part payment of per diem of
members, and the bill to pay the Public Printer $6,000
in part, were taken up and read.
New Bilis.
Mr. Baily ; a bill to incorporate Fighting Town, min
ing company.
Mr, Anderson : a hill to extend the corporate limits
of the city of Savannah.
Mr. Mounger; a bill to provide for service of pro
cess in actions of ejectment, when lands lie in one
county, and the owner in another.
Mr. Crawford ; a bill relating to roads in Decatur
county.
A message was received from the House, announc
ing that P. Reynolds, of Newton county, had been elec
ted Speaker pro tern.
. ; a bill to amend the constitution, so as to
introduce viva voce voting in all elections in the Gene
ral Assembly.
Boggos ; a bill to compel! Solicitor Generals, to col
lect all cost in criminal causes settled by. tin m.
Mr. May; a bill to revive the act, incorporating the
Florence Bridge company.
Bill on 3d Reading.
The bill to give to the Governor the appointment of
Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
was postponed.
The bill to seperate the offices of Tax Collector and
Receiver in the Counties of Baker and Gwinnett, was
read the 3d time and cassed.
The bill to ie!ievo Mary Roberts, of Hall county, i
from the disabilities of a divorce, obtained by her hus
band, was read the third time and passed.
The bill to lay out anew county, out of portions of!
Franklin and Elbert counties, and to attach it to the j
6th Congressional District, was read the third time and j
passed. The new county is called “Hart,” in honor of !
Nancy Hart, of revolutionary memory. There arc ;
said to be 150U0 acres of land in this new county, which j
has just been brought into market. It formerly be i
long’ and to the Patten on family, of Baltimore.
The bill to pay the Grand and Petit Jurors, of Hab
ersham county , the sum of SI,OO per diem, out of the
county treasury, was read the third time and passed, j
The bill to attach the lands of James M. Salers, of |
Jackson, was read the third time and passed.
• Mr. Diane’s bill, to change the boundary line be- j
tween Taylor and Talbot, was referred to a committee, j
consisting of Messrs. Drane and Dixon, of Talbot.
The bll to give the election of Judges of the Sui
preme Court to the people, was referred to the Jndiela
rv Committee. j
The bill to fine uniiceneed retailers, fifty dollars, was
also referred to the same Committee.
The bill to incorporate the Penfield Steam Mill Com- j
pany, was read the third time and passed.
Mr. Ridly, moved, that 9 o’clock bo fixed for the \
meeting of the Senate, until further ordered. The |
motion was lost, and the Senate adjourned untill 10 j
o’clock to-morrow morning. L. !
“ * i
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
:
MILLrtKJEVUXE, Nov. 22. !
j
This morning was consumed in discussing the bill to I
pardon Elijah Bird. Mr. Thornton, of Muscogee, *
made a good speech it) favor of the bill, and Messrs, j
Irwin, of Wilkes, and Pottle, of Warren, opposed it i
with considerable ability.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MILLEDGIiVILLE, NoV. 22. j
j
AFTE it NOON S KSBION,
The day was mainly consumed in discussing the I
bill, for the pardon o’ Elijah Bird. The discussion was !
opened by Mr. Smith, of DeKalb, against the bill, in a j
lucid and impressive address, which commanded the ]
attention of the House. He was replied to, by Mr. j
MuDougald, of Muscogee, at great length, in support
of the bill. He was ingenious, at times eloquent, and
always interesting. The House adjourned after he j
closed his argument. The case will probably consume
the whole of to-morrow. Bird will, in all probability,
be pardoned,
Millkdokville, Nov. 22. j
SENATE.
Mr. Cone; a bill to incorporate the Georgia and j
Florida Steam Packet Company.
Mr. Mosely : a bill to organise anew county out of |
Monroe, Pike and Upson,
Mr. Sturgis; a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt, j
except in certain cases.
Mr. \Y illiamson •, a bill to form anew county out of
D. Kalb.
The Committee on new counties ; a bill to form a ;
now county out of Irwin and Dooly, and recommended its
passage. |
This includes the principal bills introduced and acted i
upon this morning in the House.
The Temperance Movement.
A preliminary meeting of the friends of Temperance,
i was held last night in the Methodist Church. A corn
! taittee was appointed to assist the Executive Committee
I to make arrangements for tire mass meeting to day.
, Messrs. Urantly, Lester, Campbell, Turner, of Murray,
j and others addressed the meeting last night. Turner.
! “ iS member of the Legislature, and a friend of Tem
perance. but candidiy told the meet ng, that if they had
a majority of legal voters ol Murray on their petitions,
he would introduce any bill they desired, but if they
had not. they must find someone else to do their bush
ness. This is a piece of information which 1 think
worthy of special notice, as J am inclined to think most
m Miners vv ill act on the same rule, though but few ot
them will be bold enough to confess it. Another fact
was elicited, not unworthy of note. It was stated by
| Mr * CampM), that about 25 years ago. the people of
j bePt - V c,,unl >’ had P’ ti.ioned the Legislature, to refer
j the question of license or no license in their county to
the Judges of the inferior Court, that their prayer
was granted, and from that day to this, there never
has been a retail shop in Liberty county.
1 hi* morning, the Temperance mass meeting prayed
to be heard at the bar of the Senate. After much dis
cussion Mr. Echols, of Heard, moved to lay the whole
; matter upon the table for the balance of the session
! Hl9 -aalost by aye* 34/naya 50 ; but theL
! at# refused to near them except i H the asaal way,—
More of this hereafter. The Temperance petition i
aigned by about 8,000 person.
SENATE.
MILLEDGEVILLE, NOV. *2.
Mr. Ridley’s motion to fix 9 o’clock as the time ot
meeting, was reconsidered and passed.
Mr. Morris moved to print 500 copies of President
Churche’s addresses before the Senatus Academieue.
Mr. Singleton introduced a bill to incorporate the
Savannah, Rabun Gap and Dahlonega Railroad Com
pany.
Mr. Mosely 5 a bill to organise anew county out of
portions of Fayette and Henry counties.
Mr. Stephens; 3 bill to giant new trials in certain
eases.
The resolution to appoint a sub-eosnmitte to make
a personal inspection of the State Road, was passed.
The bill of the House, to authorise the Treasurer to
make advances to members, wa3 amended so as to in
clude the officers of both Houses and the Public Prin
ter, was passed. It was immediately sent back to the
House, the amendments concurred in and passed.
Mr. Anderson from the committee on Internal Im
provements report* and a bill to lease the State Road to
an Incorporated Company for 20 years at $250,000 per
annum. The stock of the company cannot exceed $500,-
000. Citizens of the State have the preference, but if
they refuse or neglect to take the stock then Incorpor
ated Companies may take the stock. This or a similar
bill was alee introduced into the House. 500 copies
are ordered to be printed.
Alabama Legislature.
Judge Chilton was re-elected on Tuesday last by
combination of both Houses, to anew term on the Su
preme Bench. lie received the votes of all but one
member.
An effort to go into an election for U. S. Senators
was made but defeated. There are about a dozen can
didates. The Whigs seem to be very friendly towards
Fitzpatrick and Lyon.
The business o* the State seems to be progressing
with commendable diligence, and many bills, mostly
local, have been passed.
The Governor’s Message is a very lengthy docu
ment, which we will refer to at another time.
To the Teachers ol Alabama.
You are earnestly solicited tc attend a Convenver,-
tion of Teachers to be held at Montgomery on the 6th
of December next. The object of the Convention is to
take into consideration the practicability of a system of
General Education, and devise such means as may
seem most calculated to produce it. Several gentle
men of distinguished abili'y have been invited to ad
dress the Convention. Tliecau.se is one of such im
portance as demauds some sacrifice at the hands of
those who are aiming to improve the condition of oar
country by imparting instruction to our youth.
Done by order of the Executive Committee of the
Alabama State Teacher’s Association.
BENJ. T. SMITH,
Chairman.
Dadeviile, Ala., Nov. 8, 1853.
Ihe Very Latest—lmportant!
The following telegraphic despatch was received at
j Liverpool just before the sailing of the steamer Arabia :
j Peace more Promising—Another Note from the four
j Nations. —The Earl of Westmoreland, British Minister
j at the Austrian Court, is said to have received an a?su
| ranee from Constantinople that the representatives of the
I Four Powers had succeeded in their efforts to bring the
: Divan to pacific sentiments, consequently the orders sent
| to Omar Pacha enjoined him not to commence hostilities.
! the Ambassadors having satisfied the Divan that the Czar
i has promised to make no offensive movement whilst wait
! ing the result of the effort at Constantinople in favor of
! peace.
But what was spoken most of on change was an edito
i rial in the Jovrna! de Frankfort, which evidently pro
j ceeded from the Austrian Cabinet, and in wieh it was
i stated that Austria resumes the part of mediator, having
; fresh and positive assurances from the Cabinet of Russia
i that the .Emperor has no desire to encroach on the in
l tegrity of the Ottoman Empire, or attack in any way
j the sovereign rights of the Sultan.
Under these circumstances the Austrian Cabinet again
i unites with the other cabinets in the endeavor to prevent
; war because it now sees a reasonable prospect that medi
! ation will not be fruitless.
Tin? Paris Press too states, on the authority of a Con
; stantinople letter of the 21st Oct., that Redschid Pacha
j has consented to a fresh draught of a note by Lord Rad-
I cliffe,based on the Czar’s admission at Oimutz.
The conflicts, however, at Grurgoes. in which the
Turks were defeated, and near Kaiafat to which the- Ruse
| sians had to retreat, are confirmed. A conflict was deem
! ed inevitable in the direction of Krojaws.
Extraordinary Trotting Match.
One, Hundred Miles Performed in the Wonderful
Time of 8 Hours, 55 Minutes , and 53 Seconds.
Centrenille Course, L. 1., Nov. 12.
A gentleman betting SI,OOO against $3,000 that he
would produce a horse that would trot 100 miles in S
hours, and naming a powerful bay gelding. The annals
of the turf furnish no parallel to it, as the time made is
by far the beet on record. Fanny Jenks trotted in 1841
on Bull’s Head Course in Albany, 101 miles in 9 hours
43 minuts, and 23 seconds. In June 1834 a pair of
horses belonging to Mr. Theall, trotted 100 miles, on the
Ceritreville Course within 10 hours. Tom Thumb per
formed, on the 2d of February 18.9, on Sunbury Com
men England, 100 axles in 10 hours and “t minutes in
harness. The horse was started at 20 minutes to 9 o’clock
and was driven by Geo. Spicer who wns relieved lr
James McMahon. The betting was SIOO to S4O that
the horse would not perform the feat. The truck was
not in good order, on account of the rain of the previous
night ; the day was cloudy with now and then a shower
of rain. At the end of his great feat the horse whs not
at all distressed.
The noble animal, however, has since died. He was
taken to the stable, fed and blanketed very heavily which I
is supposed to have produced his death.
Fatal Accident — Boiler Burst. —Charleston, Nov. j
*2l.—i he steamer Robert Martin, a cotton boat piving i
between here and Cheraw, burst her boilei on the way ;
up, killing and wounding ten persons. Captain White
and the Engineer escaped.
1 >"0 Menu an (){ficiuls shot hy qvUpt of Sctntti
Anna.—lt is stated in the Philadelphia Ameri
can that a letter has been received at Washing
ton, from an army officer or* the Rio Grande
announcing that, by order of Santa Anna, Luis
dela Rosa formerly Mexican Minister to the
United States, and Gen. Torne, one of Presi
dent Arista’s Ministers of War, have both been
shot recently, somewhere near the northern
boundary of Mexico. De la Rosa was Minis
ter ol Foreign Affairs immediately after the ca
pitulation ot the City ot Mexico, and was the
immediate instigator of Santa Anna’s expulsion
from the country, and wrote a letter informing
him of his disgrace, ihe other victim was also
implicated in the same transaction. Both were
shot summarily, without pretence of trial. This
is considered as an evidence of Santa Anna’s
determination to sustain himself as dictator by
the *arae means he has heretofore used.
Napoleon's last Tear.—About a year b e f ( „ Y
his death a sudden change took place in n.
daily habits of Napoleon. His better ang e }
whispered into his ear and carried solace an( i
contentment to his heart. He no longer sedud
ed himself from the world. He went among h\l
fellows as a man should mix with them, ant? as
an Emperor might. There is work goino- ori
his garden. The gardeners are very busy, es
pecially the Chinese—an industrious “race. N
poleon takes his place among them. He use?
his spade with the rest, and the and i d ren 0 f
Count Bertrand are playing about him while he
digs. Fowls trespass on the grounds,and make
free with the favorite flower beds. The Impe.
rial gardener sends for his nun, shoots the ties
passers dead, and then proceeds with his work
—superintending the raising of sod walls in this
place, the formation of reservoirs in another,—
Visions of the old time come across him while
he labors, and traces out the ground of his little
garden, plans and field-works for defensive op.
eraiions, to the edification of his officers ami at.
tendants, who group about him as he explains
his ideas. Day after day, lor a brief but happy
interval, the gardening continues. Every man
in the house has a spade in his hand, and .Napo
leon is very busy putting in seed. He breakfasts
in his garden, sends messengers to the orderly
officer for carts, shovels and shades, and when
the orderly officer looks in late in the evening he
finds the great man still busy with his innocent and
healthy occupation ; and be sure he will he in
good time the next morning, for the said officer
writes to the Governor, in his daily report of the
9th of May, 1820 : “Gen. Bonaparte * has got a
large bell, w hich he rings, and immediately upon
this sign I all the servants turn out to work in
the gardens.” In less than a year after this sen
tence was written, Napoleor/died. Where he
was first buried, and where he now lies, the
world knows. Had he maintained, during the
whole of his six years’ banishment, the dignified
and simple bearing which he assumed for a few
weeks in his little garden, Mr. Forsyth’s book
would not have been necessary, and there would
have been a sanctity in our recollections of the
last days of the still immortal Napoleon.— Lon*
don+Time*
i The Rum traffic m New lork. —The New
j York Tribune calls attention to the following
statistics of the rum traffic in that city :
“The whole number of places where alcohol
ic- liquors are soid in this city is 7,103. Unli
censed 1,222; reported disorderly 1,058; with
| grocery shops 3,789; lager-beer shops LOSS;
| exclusively wholesale 183- Os the taverns for
! travelers there are only 336. Open on Sunday
i 5,893. Drinking places where boxing matches
are allowed 11 ; resorts of thieves 126; resorts
{ of prostitutes, full 500 ; billiards 216 ; dancing.
I houses of prostitutes, &t\, 162 ; dog fights al
j lowed in 6 ; rat killing allowed in 4 ; cock fight
j ing allowed in 7.’’
! North Carolina. —George P. Lankford who
was convicted at Lincoln Court, last spring, of
i killing his wife, and who took an appeal to the
i Supreme Court, which tiibunaj affiimed the
judgment, has been sentenced to he hung on the
25th inst. Jhe murder was committed in Cleve
land county, and the prisoner moved his trial to
Lincoln.
Xirginia. — Ihe first premium for ploughman
at the iate Agricultural Fair at Richmond was
awarded to Mr. Richard Sampson’s negro man
‘‘Randolph,” who managed his tour mules with
out lines. The premium was SSO.
(sT* 1 he Knickerbocker relates the following
characteristic anecdote of Tom Marshall:
“W hen Pilcher was haranguing about''his
father having been a poor man,’’“his father was
a cooper,” and more ol that sort of thing, Mar
shall said he would admit the gentleman’s father
uas a poor man ; perhaps he had been a coop
er, but if he was, (pointing to Pilcher), lie had
put a mighty poor head to one of his whiskey
barrels!”
he New 1 osk Tribune teims the Pacific
Railroad company, which was organized in N.
York a few days since, by the election of a Boaid
ot Directors from all parts of the country, the
“Moonshine Railroad/ of which “Mr. Robert J.
W alker is to be the great snow-plough.” 1 lie
Company, the Tribune thinks, “is intended to
be a self acting machine. It goes upon the
plan upon which interminable arches aie con
structed. Given a place to stand upon, the
w’ork can be carried on indefinitely, without ex
ternal supports or an ultimate landing place.”
OCT Washington letter-writers assert that the
friendly reception given to Com. Perry’s squad
ron by the citizens of Jeddo, was in consequence
of instructions sent by tfie British Government
to its ( onsul at Shanghai, to communicate with
the authorities ot Japan, and apprise them of the
coining and objects oi the Americans. 1? is un
derstood that the contents of the dispatches from
Com. Perry will not be divulged for some time,
unless through the direction of Congress.
lO” Rev. J. M. Peck, who is said to be ex
cellent authority in all that pertains to curious
events and singular facts in the social, or relig
ious history of the west, in a late letter in the
W estern Watchman, gives the following account
ol the origin of a slang phrase so current in the
political language of the day :
In the night we passed the month of‘‘Salt
River,” up which so many politicians have been
“rowed,” many of whom are never heard from
again. The “people’s English” has been en
riched by not a few expressive figures of speech
from characters and incidents m the Mississippi
\ alley. In the oMen times when transportation
on the Ohio and VV estern rivers was conducted
up stream on keel-boats, there was an impetuous
current at the mouth of Salt River hard to stem.
Among the boatmen, and rough fisted back
woodsmen on the adjacent land, in their blus
terings and fights, ‘‘i’ll row you up Salt River,
and “he got rowed # up Salt River, ’ became com
mon phrases on unlucky defeats in peisonai al
tercations. *
It was about the commencement of Jackson’s
administration the phrase began to be used figu
ratively to express.political defeat. The identi
cal “Salt River’* from which this metaphor origi
nated enters tho Ohio about twenty five miles
below Louisville.