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Cxtnts mtfr gtnftwl* COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. ~ FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 16, 1855. Nomination for Governor—The Newton County Meeting. The most original political movement of the day is that originated recently in Newton county, to bring out a candidate for Governor of Georgia. The preamble und resolutions adopted by the Newtonians “with scarcely a descenting voice,*’ as wo find it written in the Southern Recorder , declares that “old party issues have no existence in the public mind ;” that by “the old method of ascertaining public sentiment, as to whom official honors should be committed, (State Conventions) the seeming public will is often controlled by trick and tricksters, whereby the people are cheated out of their preference;” and that “whereas it is of utmost impor tance that the people proper of the South should in the future act ag one man to maintain and defend the con stitution as it is &c.” Therefore Resolved, at we recommend each j county in the State to hold meetings for the purpose of j determining who they prefer should rule over them !*’ i Angels and Ministers of grace ! State Conventions, ! composed as they usually arc of the loading men of each county, are denounced by the Newton politicians as unworthy of pubiio confidence, because they are “often controlled by trick #nd tricksters,’’ and a per petual fountain of virtue is to be infused into body politic by means of county meetings ! Now, we will not deny that there is more or less corruption in all conventions, whether National, State or County Conventions, but it is anew thing to us that the more obscure the men who compose conventions the greater their knowledge of the will and welfare of the people, and the better prepared they are to gauge the capacity of aspirants for pubiio honors. It is true the Newton politicians make a difference between State Conventions and County Conventions by calling the smaller assemblages, “meetings,’’ but as a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, so ari onion, by any other name, would smell as strong ; and, we take it, the public are too well acquainted with county “meetings” of politicians not to know that as many “tricks and tricksters” figure in the one as in the other. But this is not ail. The Newton politicians, in their second resolution, request each county in the State that agrees with them, to give them uolico of their action, and direct the Chairman of their meeting, when “ono third of the counties of the Slate have responded favor ably, and united on some man to be run, to appoint a committe of <ne from each Congressional District to infornqthe gentleman designated, of his nomination, and request his acceptance.” Passing by the fact that other Chairmen of other meetings may be as well qualified and quite as ambitious to figure in the important role assigned to the Chair man of tlie Newton meeting, we direct attention to the departure from Republican usage in the nomination of a eandidate for the high and responsible office or Gover nor by publics meeting in only one-third of the counties in the State. Comment upon this feature of the pro ceedings, is unnecessary. But leaving out of view these patent objections to the proceedings of the Newton politicians, wa confess that at the first plush wo were disposed to sympathize with the noble and patriotic objects they have in view— the union of the South “as one man to maintain and defend the constitution as it in—tbs Union as it stands— and the rights of the States without diminution as guarantied by the constitution.” If these desirable objects could be attained, we are willing to look over many informalities. But alas for the frailty of human nature! We look in vain to the Newton politicians for any sign of that broad, Catholic, unselfish spirit which should underlie all great move ments for the promotion of the pubiio good. After the adoption of their patent medicine for the cure of all the maladies of the bsdy politic—their preamble and resolu tions “with scarcely a descenting voice,’’ “Maj. Zachary then offered the following resolution which was adopted with much enthusiasm,” we presume, without a “des centing voice Resolved, That among the many who would fill the ex ecutive chair of the State with us etui ness and honor, there is one whom we prefer, one who is most likely to reconcile party men. We believe that the name of Chaeles J. Jen kins, ot Richmond, will be responded to not only by this, but every section of the State, as the man above all others to meet the crisis. Why not Johnson, McDongalJ, or Cobb, or some other Democrat, as well as Charles J. Jenkins, gentle men of Newton ? They have been thought worthy to fill the office by the people of Georgia. Did you forget that Mr. Jenkins never received such an endorsement; that he had but recently c.en weighed in the balance of a popular election and found wanting. You profess to respect the will of the people, and claim to be their espeeial mouth piece. Now Mr. Jenkins has been endorsed by one of those corrupt conventions of politi cians, which you profess to dispise, may be, by the tricks of tricksters, but the gentlemen referred to have been sus tained by a majority of the people, each speaking for himself at the ballot box, where the voict* of the hum ble pool man is as authoritative as the trickiest cf tricksters, aud a much fairer chance is given to him to express his views than even at county “meetings.’’— Did it not occur to you that Governor Johnson, the recent choice of the people, would bo quite as likely “to reconcile parly men,” aud that his “uame would be responed to not only by this, bat every section of the State as the man above all others to meet the crisis Strange these reflections never occurred to you. It seems to as that the chances are in his favor and that not only one-third of the counties, but a majority of the people of Georgia will concur with us iu this opinion at the next general election. We fear the Newton meetiug was made up of old politicians up to the “nicks of the trade nay, of old Whig politicians who mean by “the South” and “the people”'-us and our friends. \\ e however make no charges. Will the Recorder give us the number, names, and politics of the members of this first o f the “county meetings’’ which professes to speak in the name of the people? As it is the first, we suppose it is the model of those which are to come after, and it is, therefore, importaut that each county . addressed should know how many Whigs and how many Democrats, how many politicians ar.d how many people are necessary to make up this sort of a thing. It pro perly posted, we think we might get up one of them here, but we give warning that, in our opinion, our meeting would believe that the name of William Cosby Dawson “will be responded to not only by this but evey section of the State, as the man above all others to meet the crisis.” He has the same qualification that seems to have made Mr. Jenkins so popular with the Newton politicians, to wit: he was once before b< aton | for the same office. Let the Newton project roll on by j ail means. It has the merit of originality. Besides, j only one third of the oounties are ntcessary to start ! tha tiung. That makes it easy to begin. What count i n western Georgia will respond to the Newton movey meot f South Carolina aud Massachusetts. In 1844 the Whig Party of the South received from j the Whig Party of North a Great Ball, on which each State then in the Union had a place, and a history.— It was rolled across our bridge, and, finding no one bold enough to take it across the Savanuah river was allowed to rot here. On this ball were two mottotb which, by their contrast, have fixed themselves in our miuds : they were os follows : South Carolina ; hemp for traitors ! Massachusetts ; ever faithful ! These were the opinions of the Whig party, of which the Columbus Enquirer was an influential or gan, in 1844, as to the comparative merits of|these two leading States in the confederacy. Since then, howev er, a remarkable change has taken place in the public sentiment of the Southern Whig Party, at least, in re spect to one of the above mentioned States. They may still say in secret, “S. Carolina; hemp for traitors,” but they no longer say, “Massachusetts ; ever !” We refer to this matter not for the purpose of exulta tion over a demoralized party, but to rejoice with the late members of that party over the prospect which this change indicates of the possibility of the Union of ! the South in defense of the Constitution. This train of thought has been suggested by the very appropriate remarks of the Columbus Enquirer upon the Senatorial election in New York and Massachusetts. We append a paragraph from the Enquirer. “In Massachusetts we had no expectation of a better state of things than transpired ia the election of Gen’l Wilsou. We have long considered that people as join ed to their idols, and, in so far as voluntary doing sught towards rendering more secure the rights of the Scutb, as beyond the reach of hope. The elevation of such a man as he whom they have recently invested with almost the highest honors within their gift, but caunrir.s us in our previous opinions. A man who not only is identified with our enemies by all his antece dents, but who is ready to embrace every offered oa oasion to renew his vows of eternal hostility to our in terests, and place himself upon the record as our 6worn foe. From the people cf Massachusetts we expect no concessions but such aa are wrested from their avarice or their fears.” Important from Cuba. (IF TRUE!) Great Excitement at Havana—Many Persons Garroted. The U. S. Mai! steamship Isabel, Capt. Rollins, arrived off Tybee at daylight yesterday morning, and transferred her mails for this city, to the officers of the Revenue cut* ter Jackson, which vessel delivered them at the Post Office. The Isabel left Havana on Saturday, the 1 Oth inst., and brings six days later dates from that place. j The officers of the Jackson had but a few moments j conversation with the crew of the Isabel, as they trans ! ferred the mail. One of them stated that great excite i ment prevailed in Havana, and that many persons hsd ! been garroted by the authorities. Among the persons j executed was the name of an American mentioned, I who has been employed as superintendent at the Havana | Railroad Depot. 1 We give the above as our reporter received it from a direct and reliable source. Our readers will judge how much importance is to be attached to the statement. We will add, that letters from Havana, dated on the 9th inst., received by commercial houses in this city, make no men tion of anything unusual. This is, however, no evidence that matters are quiet on the Island ; for it will ho re* membered that even during the Lopez invasion, sommer. cisl correspondents made no reference to the matter. If an outbreak had taken place, of which wc have had recent | intimations, we should suppose that tome private intell - | gence of it would have been received through the mails i brought to this city by the Label. But even this might i have been prevented by the Government, j The Isabel has not been in the habit cf bringing false i and exciting news from Cuba, a circumstance which lends i some credit to the report given above. —Savannah News, I leb. Uth. Life and Beauties ot Fanny Fern. | This i9 the title of a book just issued from the press jof H. Long & Bro., 121 Nassau street, New York. I W e are indebted to J. W. Pease, of this city, for a copy. Those persons who have read “Ruth Hall” are aware that it is supposed to be an autobiography of Fanny Fern, and that the odious characters who figure in its pages to the no small discomfort of the angel Fanny, are b*r nearest relatives and earlies associates and pa trons. This feature in the book has roused a fieudish spirit, in some member of her family probably, and, it may be, in the bosom of her brother “Hyacynth’’ himself, and has resulted in the production of the book, the titie of which heads this notice. The thin vail of fiction which covers the characters introduced in “Ruth i Hall” is entirely withdrawn in this publication, and ! names and facts and dates are given in full; her ckar | acter delineated with an unfriendly hand, and illustrated I by numerous selections from her earlier writings. | We can neither recommend Fanny Fern nor her : “Life and Beauties.” Both works are defaced by an I unhealthy moral tone, though this, to many, may be a recommendation. Perhaps, those persons who have read “Ruth Hall” owe it to the old people so scandaliz ed by the “Lady Authoress” to read the “Life and Beauties of Fanny Fern.” They appear very different ly in the two works. Which publication is most worthy of credit we have no means of ascertaining. We can not admire a daughter who could expose to public con tempt the authors of her being. We despise the man who would sully the fair fame of a defenseless woman. Westminister Review. The following is the table of contents of the West minister Review for January 1 The ADglo-French Alliance; Ballads of the People; Prussia and Prussian Policy; The Prinzenraub—a Glimpse of Saxon History; Poland —Her History and Prospects; Cambridge University Reform; Austria in the Principalities; Cotemporary Literature. The fourth article did not need the initial “C.” to convince the pubiio that it is from the pen of Carlyle, whom his admirers will be gratified once more to meet. From Washington. Baltimore, Feb. 11. The House has passed a bill authorising the President | to confer the rank of Lieut. General on General Scott. ! Judge of Coweta Circuit. —Freni the Southern i Recorder of the 13th, we learn that Hon. Obadiah j Warner, late presiding Judge of the above Circuit, has | resigned his office, and that O. A. Bull, Esq., of | Troup county, has received the Executive appointment to fill the vacancy. Chattahoochee Cooxtv. —At an election recently held in this county to fill vacancies, Silas Brown was elected Sheriff, in place of William W. Bussev. resigned; and James T. MoNaughton was elected Or dinary, in place c* Samuel D. Harp, resigned. Rumors of a Duel.— A dispatch from Jeffirsm City, Mo., mentions rumors of a duel between two members of the Legisture, Mewre. Brown, of St. Loois, and Sit wart, of Buchanan, growing out cf a debate cn the 25th ult. The Hon. A. H. Colquitt, of Georgia, is detained from his seat in the House by the serious iliaesa of his father, ex-Senator Colquitt. Mr. Colquitt has been one of the most attentive representatives in the present Congress, and we deeply regret the causa that makes his absence necessary.— Washington Union. The Supreme Court commenced its sesiion in Ma con on Monday 12th inst. There were 38 oases on the Docket. All the judges were present on Tuesday. Mr. Toombs. —The W ilkes Republican published at Washington, Ga., states that the Hon. Robert Toombs having been called home some two weeks ago by the illness of a daughter, is still at his residence in that place, her improvement not being sufficient to admit of his re turn to the seat of Government. He hopes, however, to be able to resume bis seat iu the Seuate during the coming week. The Pennsylvania Senator. — Harrisburg, Feb. 9, 1855.—The Americans are holding a caucus this even ing, to agree upon a candidate for Senator in place of Cooper. The candidates are so numerous that it will probably be lata before the caucus will be able to make its selection. The River .—We were blessed, last Tuesday morning with a good rain, a thing long expected and desired.— Our river is up, we understand, some five or six feet, so that the boats may easily navigate. Since this arrival of rain we have granted to us a slight touch of spring.— The weather is mild and the air pure. — Eufaula Whig , 15f^. Arrested. —On Monday last, our worth Marshal, Mr. Dickerson, arrested a couple of men, calling them selves Lott and Jenkins, who answer the description of the brothers, Suphs, who committed a murder near Tampa, Florida. It is rumored that a large reward has been offered by the Governor of that Stato for their apprehension.— Eufaula Whig, 1 oth. Correspondence of the Times it Sentinel. Letter Rev. T. F. Scott, Bishop ot Oregon. Portland, O. TANARUS., Dec. 20,1854. Messrs. Editors:— Remembering that we are iu Lat 45 deg. 30 min. N., you would very naturally suppose we must be quite familiar with ice and snow- .at thfe date, but in this your is at fault. Twice during the present month we have had Jfrosts sufficiently .intense to make ice upon tho standing water in the streets, of about the thickness of an ordinary wiudow- glar-3. Thus far the Fail aud Winter have been as open and delightful as any we ever experienced in Middle Georgia. We had expect ed to see little else than thick clouds, fogs and rains, after the first of November; but thus for, all has been otherwise. There has not been even a9 much rain as we have been ac customed to see in the States during the same season, while we have had a large preponderance of bright skies. Accustomed as we have been to the temperature of the | South, the last summer was something new. Although i traveling most of the time, and thus what 1 e- I longs to different localities,there were not more than a dozen j days which we would call hot, while all the nights we:e delightfully cool. Wnat made thi3 appear the mo:e strange was, that but few showers of rain fell from Msv till October. Added to this was the length of the days—the sun during the long days, rising not much after 4 o’clock i in the morning, nor setting much before S in the evening.— | And then the twilights—how glorious! lingering tili .near I 10 o'clock in the evening, and re-appoaring soon alter 2 in i the rooming. | Thrice only have we .heard thunder, and that in tho | distance towards the mountains. The Indians say it never i thundered hero until tho Bostons came. i The crops of the past Reason have been abundant. In | many respects, this is unsurpassed by any portion of the ; country in agricultural advantages. Farmers cap com- I menee sowing ball wheat in September, and continue un til January. If this be not enough, they can sow- Spring i wheat during all of April and May. The grain thus sown i will ripen in a similar succession; from the middle of July ! until the iast of August. More tnan this, the grain is little j il any injured, by standing unharvested for a week or ten ! days after it is ripe, and there is very seldom any rain to ; interfere with the harvesting. Now with such a margin for both sowing and reaping, and with a climate so genial ; and soil so productive, (yielding without manure and with | very imperfect tillage,from 20 to 40 bushels per acre,) what j is to hinder our standing at tho head of the ifet as agricuhu ; lists? All other crops usually planted here are equally | successful. You have probably noticed some “long yarns” j in the papers respecting our vegetable productions—cabba ! go?, cauliflowers, turnips, beats, due.; but 1 assure you the ! threads are not stretched. And in no part of the States | have we seen anything to surpass our apples, j It is fair to ask then, why. with all these advantages, are ! we not more prosperous? for, indeed, the times are bard and [ money is scarce. The solution of this question is not dis ; licult. But little progress had bc-en made in settling the ! country, or in bringing it into cultivation previously to lS4‘J,atid yet mare than enough was produced for tho wants of the people. But “when the mines broke out in Califor nia,” (so the phrase is) everything was thrown into confu sion. Many of the people went to the mines, and a portion of them never returned. Os those who returned, the.major part were poorer than when they -went, while a few “made their pile.” In the meantime, the price of everything had risen to an enormous figure. Those who returned from the mines disappointed, had lost their relish for farm labor, and those who returned enriched preferred to live upon their money. The result of all this was that provisions became scarce, and as the California market was well supplied from abroad, purchases could be made there cheaper than in Or egon. This process of importation of breadstuff’s, of course, caused an exportation ot money, and as the price of lumber (our only remaining resource) went down in California, we aie pretty fairiy stranded. ’ However, as necessity is tho mother of invention, so is it likewise of enterprise. During the year just closing, large crops were harvested, affording a fair surplus for exporta tion. The people are turning their attention in good earn est to developing tiie resources of the country. Our mer chants are endeavoring to introduce a direct trade with the Sandwich Island?, China, &e., and as we are nearer to Japan than any body else, we are hoping for a share of its to: thcoming commerce. It was my purpose to allude to the difficulties our people have experienced from the provisions of tho “Donation Law,” so kindly intended by Congress; but as my sheet is nearly filled, this topic must bo deferred. While fearful scourges have visited so many portions of the States, God has mercifully spared our coast. And vet lam sorrv to say. that our authorities have not even ’re commended a day of thanksgiving. Yours, truly, ’ T F S Georgia Historical Society. At the annual meeting of the Georgia Historical Socie ; tv, the following gentlemen were elected oflicersJor the j ensuing year: I President—Hon. John Mac-pherson Berrien. Ist Vice President—Hon. Charles S. Henrv. 2nd Vice President -Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliot. Corresponding Secretary—l. K. Tcfft, E?q. Recording Secretary—Wm. S. Basinger, Esq. Treasurer—A. A. Smets, Esq. librarian—Rev. Wm. Epping. j Curators—Wm. Thorne Williams, John Stoddard ! Wm. B. Hodgson, A. A. Sine!*, Solomon Cohen. Wm’ i Duncan, Joseph S. Fay. Esqr’s. ’ Anecdote of Col. Crocket —One upon a time, durincr adeSat® in the L nited Slates house of representatives, on a bill for increasing the number of hospitals, one of the west* rn members arose and observed : . r ‘ —My opinion is that the generality of man* kmd—in ginera!. are disposed to taka disadvantage of the generality of mankind in ginera]. “Sit down, sit down,” whispered the Colonel, who b t near him, “you are coming not of the hole yon went in at.” BY TELEGRAPH, Expressly for the Times and Sentinel. j LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL ° F THii STEAMSHIP ASIA. Cotton Easier—No English Ministry. New York, Feb. 13. The U. S. mail steamship Asia has arrived, with Liver pool dates to the 4th—one week later than those by the Atlantic. Cotton is easier; some Circulars quote'a decline of 1-l Cd. to id. Sales of the week 37,000 ba'ei. Fair Orleans, 54d. Middling, si. Browne & Shipley quote Cotton as closing dull, and bjyers demanding a reduction. Middling Mobile sd. Fiour is easier; Corn] has declined one shilling. Con sols yii. Lord Dolby has thus far been unable to lorm a New English Ministry. Second Dispatch. Columbia, Feb. 15, — 24 p. m. The whole English Ministry have resigned. Either Lord Palmerston, Russell, Lirisdowne, or Clarendon, will be Premier. Aflairs at Sebastopol remain unchanged. Supplies for j the Allied army are still arriving, and the condition of the I a. my is improved. Prussia has defeated Austria in the Germanic Diet on a ; motion of the latter for the mobilization of the Germanic i . army. Prusssia has refused to allow France to send troops j through her territories. Fiance sends eighty thousand troops to the Austrian f:ontior. Mr.’Soule is reported to be seriously ill. Later from California and Oregon. New Orleans, Feb. 11. The Prometheus has ai*riv and with California dates to the 2ith uit. The Northern Light had left San Juan on the 3 )th, for New York, with 500 passengers and $600,000 in gold. The news is important. There hadybeen no choice of U. S. Senator, after 32 balloting^. The San Francisco markets were dull and declining, Oregon dates are to the 15th. The Indians had attack ed and murdered five whites, near a place called Orlean*, Troops had gone in pursuit of them. A general war was anticipated; the Indians were numerous and weli armed. Important from Mexico—Progress, of the'Revolution — Reported Death of'Santa Anna. New Orleans, Feb. 11. The steamship ’Orizaba has arrived at New Orleans, with dates from Vera Cruz to the Bth, and from the City of Mexico to the sth last. She brings news of considera ble importance, showing the progress of the revolution, and the reported death of President Santa Anna. A provisional government has been established at Ac apulco, with Gen. Alvarez at its head, until the arrival of Gen. Cebailos. Gen. Baburdo is confident that Gen. Santa Anna has been shot by the rebels. Gen. La Vega (he who was captured by Col. May at F ;!o Alto.) will redan full power as Commander-in ‘Chief. If was reported at Matamoraa that the revolutionists of the Isthmus of Tehauntepee, had declared in favor of Al varez and Cebailos. A n-i'.v revolution is expected to break out in Yucatan. Hard Times. i j To convince any one who may perchance be skeptical I upon the subject of the hardness of the times, it is only | necessary for us t record that at a sale of a lot of negroes belonging to the estate of James Langford, uec’d, on Tuesday last at public outcry in this place, a negro boy, some eighteen years of age, sold for thirteen hundred and twenty-seven dollars, and a negro girl, some sixteen years old, sold for thirteen hundred and eighty dollars,and I another girl, eight or nine years old, sold for over one ! thousand dollars Other negroes belonging to the same j estate sold from eleven to twelve hundred dollars each.— ! Who can say after this, that the times are not hard— -1 very ?— Buena Vista Advocate. Extensive Fires. : Twenty-six business houses were burnt at Grenada, j Miss., on the 30 uit. The less is estimated at $160,000. ! The property was insured to the amount of $46,000. A i fire at Troy, Miss., consumed 3,000 bales of cotton. * Appointment by the Governor, —The Hon. Obadiah Warner, presiding Judge in the Coweta Circuit, resigned his office on the 9th iust., and O. A. Bull, Esq.,c! Trou j county, was appointed on the succeeding day by Gov. Johnson to fill the vacancy. <np an ■■ - - The Liquor Laic at the West. — Cincinnati, Feb. 6, 1855.—The first conviction under the State Liquor law took place to-day, in the Court of Common Pleas. The defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of SSO, and be ini. prisoned twenty days, dudge Parker said the law would be fully carried out. The Maine Law lias passed the Senate of Indiana, by a majority of 10. It will pass the House also. The Land Office at Huntsville , Ala. —The Advocate of the 16th says that from the 15lh of September, 1854, to the Ist inst,, (four and a half months,) 400,000 acres of laud have been entered at the Huntsville Land Office, under the graduation law, and $52,000 paid into the office for the same. The officers and clerks are still kept very bu-y, and hard at work, dispatching those wanting cheap lands from the Government. United Slates Senator for Illinois. — Springfield (Ph), Feb. 8, 1855.—Lymann Trumbull has just been elected United States Senator for Illinois, in place of Gen. Shields. Mr. Trumbull was elected on the 10th ballot. Whole number of votes 99 Necessary to a choice 50 Lyman Trumbull had Joel A. Mattesou 4- A. Williams \ Mr. Trumbull is an anti-Nebraska democrat. He re sides at Belleville, and is the representative elect from the Eight Congressional district. The result is quite unex pected. Homicide. —A fray, last night, between *a free negro and a slave, resulted in the latter's being killed. We can not learn the particulars. Since the foregoing was written, we have been inform ed that the free boy s name is John, bis victim’s Harry i —owned by Mr. Shelby. The weapon used was an axe. j [Mont. Mail, VHh. Dr. Bethune, Jack Falstaff and Cauis Cassiu-s. The Rev. Dr. Bethune is an excellent angler and a pop ular preacher ; but he is not at home in his Shakespeare. Lecturing the other evening} somewhere “down East.” he is reported to have remarked that, “although Fa!staff had said many foolish things, he had made some wise obser vations ; among the latter he would cite— “ Let me have men about me that are fat 1” Chatham Artillery. —At an election for Commissioned “fficers of- the Chatham A r;ukry Corps, he:cl at Armory Hoi. Hod. John E. Ward was elected Captain, by ac c vUir it son, nrd J. 8. Claghurn, First L : eatenant; John’ L--m.tr Second Lcutenant, and Wi.jbn Hcne. Ensign. <t> A young widow was asked why she wo* going to get married so soon after the death of her first bus band. ‘ Ob, la, said she, ‘ I do it to prevent fretting myself e death on acount of dear Tem.” Sic Vita—Snch is Lite* At the East end of this aisle—church ol St. Mary Overy London —stands a monument, a portion of whose insciip tion consists < 1 the first of the following beautiful potm, which is thought, and with some probability, to be the pro duction of Quarles.— Annals of St. Mary Overy, by W. Taylor r p. 98. Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade. Or like the gourd which Jonah had ; Even so is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done ! The rose withers; the bossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, ‘l’he gourd consumes, the man he dies. Like to the grass that’s newly -sprung. Or like the tale that’s just begun, Or like the bird that’s here to day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan ; E’en such is man, who lives by breath ; Is here, is there; in life, in death ! The grass decays, the tale doth end, i The bird is flown, the dews a^eend, Tiie hour is short, the span not long, Tne swans’ near death! man’s life is done ! Like to a bubble on a brook, Or —in a mirror—like a look, Or like a shuttle in the hand, Or like a writing on the sand, Or like a thought; or like a dream. Or like the gliding, of a stream ; E’en such is rnan, whose life is breath, Is here, is there ; in life, in death ! r I he bubble’s hurst; the look’s forgot, The shuttle’s flung ; the wiking’s blot; ’i he thought is pass’d ; the dream is gone ; The water glides—man’s life is done ! To an Infant in her Mothers Arms. Timely blossom, infant fair, Fondling of a happy peer : Every morn and every night Their soheitious delight; Sleeping, waking, still at ease. Pleasing, without skiil to please ; Little gossip, blithe and halg, Tattling many a broken tale. Singing many a tuneless song, Lavish of a heedless tongue ; Simple maiden, void of art, Babbling out the very heart ; Yet abandoned to thy will, Y et imagining no ill, Yet too innocent to blush ; Like the linnet in the bush, To the mother-linnet’s noto Moduling her little throat, Chirping foith thy pretty joys. Wanton in the change of toys ; Like the linnet green in May, Flitting to each bloomy spray ; Wearied then add glad of rest. Like the linnet in the nest. This thy present happy lot, This in time will be forgot ; Other pleasures, other earee, Ever busy time prepares: And thou shah in thy daughter see This picture ; once resembled thee. Speech of General Cass repudiating Instructions.— Slavery in the Territories- Washington, Feb. 5. Mr. Stuart. (Jem.) of Mich., presented a joint resolu tion from the Legislature of Michigan, instructing their Senators and representatives to use their best exertions to procure the passage of the act prohibiting the introduction or existence of slavery in any of u.e Territories, especial ly in Kansas and Nebraska, and to introduce without delay a b’ll for the latter purpose ; aid also to procure the immediate repeal of the act of 1850. Mr. Cass, (dem.) of M'ch., spoke substantially as fol lows :—When, some years ago. the Legislature of Mich igan instructed her delegation to Congress to vote for tlio Wihnot proviso, I said I should resign when called up in to act. Tiie Legislature repealed those instructions. Con sequently I did not resign. The democratic party him lost the ascendency in Michigan, and these resolutions are the action of anew party. lam now instructed to vote to deprive American citizens, in the Territories, of. the power to regulate the relations between master and ser vant. and for the repeal of the fugitive act, which was passed to give effect to a solemn guarantee of the constitution. I shall neither obey these instructions nor resign rny scat. If a political party whenever, and by whatever computation, it attains power, can compel its op ponents holding legislative trusts to violate their eon sciences and consistency, or resign their positions, it would radically affect the organization of the Senate, and be in compatible with its office as the representative branch of the sovereignty of the States. Tiie Senate would lo.se every oharacU ristio of permanence, as power was trans ferred from one party to another. This would operate against the democratic party, for their opponents do r.ot recognize the right to instinct. Tiie intolerant proscrip tion, which is advocatid by the new party, would exclude from political confidence the firsi General who fell at the head of ah organized American army at Quebec, because born across the Atlantic, and the last surviving signer of. the Declaration of Independence, because a Catholic The adoption of either measure recommended by the Le gislature of Michigan would be the signal for the break, ing up of this government, and the dissolution ol this an federacy. There are many honest men who scout all idea of danger, and are prepared to sacrifice the structure of freedom to an overpowering impulse. I shall remain iii the position I now occupy until the end of my term, un less the democracy of Michigan shall n quire me to act against my convictions of duty. What 1 tear above a.i things is that the people may be struck with a judicial blindness with which nations are punished for natfeasl offences, and thus add to the melancholy list of people who have not wisdom enough to appreciate the value ol tree institutions, nor virtue and firmness enough to mao)- tain them. Mr. Cass then said he should neither fc!w’ r instructions nor resign, arid proceeded to state reasons. Mr. Stuart (dem.) of Mich., said, “Sufficient unto;s* day is the- c-vi] thereof.” - When the proper time c< 1 I shall be prepared touch Until then, 1 think it oont’ s * sary to trouble the .Senate with any unnecessary rcir.at** upon the subject. The Bounty Land Bill. j This important bill, now be sere trie House, pasted ie -1 Senate c-n Wednesday 7 th. As there are many per*’ 1 ® i interested in this law, and asking for copies, we print •* i pro botw publico : i AN ACT in addition to certain acts granting bioi ) land to certain officers and soldiers who have betßj | engaged in the service of tht United Slates. Be it enacted by the Senate and House cj Ri’V rt \ | sentatices of the United States of America in | gress assembled. That each cf the surviving cutiir-? - stoned and ‘it on-com mi -sioned office, tausici-'cs, i* r: | privates, whether of regulars, volunteers, rangers or ‘ j iiiia,who were regularly musteied into the srrvice of ■■■•* 1 United States, and every officer, commissioned ar.d * ; commissioned, seamen, ordinary seamen, marine, t ‘• j and landsman in the navy, in any of the was .n j thiscontry has been engaged since r 790. and eachei j,*- j survivors of the militia, or volunteers, or Slate troop any State or Territory, called into military service, i regularly mustered therein, and whose servtcts j ' lV '. ! • paid by the United States subsequent to the iS'h c: ’ | June, 1812, shall be entitled to receive a cert.ff--.te I warrant from the Department of the Interior &r i ! acres of land ; and where any of those who bae>o x | mustered into service and paid, shall have received | tificate or warrant he shall be entitled to receive a KK f:‘ cate or waaram for such quantify o: land as 1 in tha whole, with what he may have heretofore 160 acres to each such person having served at a Provided , The person so having bven in ***’• ‘,, e not receive said land warrant ;f it snail £R?‘ ai yE ( , r muster roils of his regiment or corp” th tue rf . r :„ was dishonorably discharged from strvioe :‘. u . <s• ded. fur rher, That no officer, or Ron-con ro - , Cer, or private, of the m.iiu.i or volume*!-- *_ c "j • called out for the service ot any State, end the authorities of such State to be ph<ctd in t.ie - . • of the United States, shall be tntitlid to the - tiiis act i j * C- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, ik'q 1 • 1 r j the death of any person wb>. if living, jyf 1 U ■*- to a •erufieat* r.-or -nt ns ■■