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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.