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_ COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 14,
State Democratic Convention.
The Federal Union endorses our views in respect to
an early call of a State Convention, and suggests Thurs
day sth June , as a suitable day. W e yield our prefe
rence for an earlier day, and urge upon our Demo
cratic friends to select their truest and beßt men to
attend the convention. The party has reached a crisis.
The present struggle has had no parallel in a party
aspect since the days of Jackson. The great funda
mental principles of Amerioan liberty are in jeopardy
from the midnight plots of tho Know Nothings. Let
all good men aud true, then, rally around our time hon
ored flag and bear it in triumph over an insidious foe.
Theatre-—First Appearance of Mrs. Howard.
The Theatre was opened on Monday evening 12th
inst., and tho Columbus public had the pleasure of wel
coming the lovely Mrs. Charles Howard upon our
boards. The house was a full one, and we were grati
fied to see present so many of the fairer portion of
creation.
The press has not been extravagant in its estimate of
Mrs. Howard’s excellences. Her acting is pleasing
lather than great. She is better suited to raise a laugh
than to draw a tear. In genteel comedy she has very
few superiors, ‘Her perfect form and lovely face lend
un irresitiblo charm to her easy and graceful acting.
She is a most charming vocallist and renders our popu
lar melodies with captivating brilliancy. Her success
was decided on the night of her first appearance, and
we anticipate a most successful engagement.
We gladly welcome Miss Jane Dickens back to Co
lumbus. Her smile is as arch and her laugh as con
tagious as of yore.
Miss Jessey Crisp’s gentle face has lost none of its
bloom.
The inimitable Mr. Fuller is also here again, and is
as droll as ever. Mr. English is also on the boards
and is, we are glad to see, improving. In addition to
those old acquaintances, we have Mr. Charles Howard,
a gentleman of fine person and manners; and Mr, Lo
mas, who has a streak of fun in his composition, and
several other stock actors of fair promise.
With these attractions we are free to commend the
company to public patronage, and hope this engagement
will be profitable to the manager, pleasant to the actors,
and entertaining to the publio.
Conoert Hall has been enlarged, and very comforta
bly fitted up by Mr. Crisp. Visitors will find the room
quite pleasant. The performances will be continued
throughout the week.
A capital portrait, in oil colors, of Mrs. Howard, may
be'seen at the Jewelry Store of Mr. S. B. Purple.
The Day Book—Mrs. Lydia Foster.
The Columbus public are aware that the Day Book
is a most reliable news and commercial journal, published
in the city of New York. But what more nearly
concerns us, it has been a bold, and consistent advocate
of Southern Rights, and is, therefore, entitled to the
confidence and support of the Southern people.
A correspondent and agent of this excellent paper
has lately arrived in our city in the person of Mrs.
Lydia Foster, who is now stopping at the Perry House,
where she will be pleased to see such persons as desire
to become subscribers.
Mrs. Foster comes highly commended as a lady of
refinement, taste and talents. We have read her com
munications to the Day Book with much pleasure. We
hope her short stay in Columbus will be made pleasant,
and that she may bear away with her some substantial
memorial of our appreciation of her own worth and of
the efficient aid we receive from the journal she rep
resents. Mrs. Foster has private and personal claims
to our liberality, which she will make known to such as
feel interested in her enterprise.
The slavery agitation is now at the flood in the Nor
thern States. The coming elections will mainly turn
upon this issue. Many of tho leading papers in that
section of the llepublio are committed to the advocacy
of abolition. We owe it to ourselves and the Union to
proscribe all such papers, and to give our patronage to
our friends. Prominent among these is the Day Book.
We, therefore, suggest that all our citizens who pat
ronize Northern papers that have flinched before the
storm of fanaticism, transfer their names to the sub
scription list of the Day Book.
Inaugural Address of Professor McCay.
Wo are indebted to the author, we presume, for a
copy of his Inaugural Address, delived in the State
House of South Carolina on the 11th December, 1854.
The subject is The Pre eminent claims of Physical
science in a liberal Education , and is handled with
ability aud taste. The learned Professor startes out
with the assertion that “the end of a College education
beiDg to improve the mind, the fitness for this end is
the prime consideration in the selection of the studies.”
He then discusses at some length the fitness of the
various classes of studies pursued in the College course
to this end, and very justly gives the highest place to
the physical sciences.
Sixth Congressional District. —“Many voters’’
have suggested James P. Simmons, Esq., of Lawrence--
ville, a9 a suitable man to succeed Junius Ililiyer as a
member of Congress from the Sixth District. This
indicates that Ex-Governor Cobb does not intend to
run for the vacancy, or that there is opposition to his
nomination.
Rev. Wm. M. Crumley. —The friends of this gentle
man were gratified with a visit from him recently. lie
has always been a favorite iu Columbus, and by his he
roic conduct during the last summer in Savannah added
greatly to his cha: aoter as a man and Christian. Though
he came among us on a begging expedition, he was
cordially welcomed, and raised about S4OO. The money
will be expended in repairing the church in Savannah,
which was damaged by the storm last summer.
Accident on the Opelika Branch Road, —Just
after the cars left Columbus on the morning of the 10th
inst., they came in contact with a two horse wagon and
team, instantly killing one of the horses and tearing
the wagon to pieces. The owner, Mr. Coleman, was
sittiug in the wagon at the time of the accident, snd
providentially escaped with very slight bruises. The
ears were not jostled.
. Southern Literary Messenger. —We are in receij t
of this admirable Southern Monthly. It is filied with
its usual variety of interesting matter. Published ia
Richmond, Ya , at only $3 a year.
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Tobacco. —An excellent article of chewing tobacco i
cu be hid at the store of P. MoLareu & Duck.
State Agricultural Fair.
We learn from the Atlanta Intelligencer of the lOtli
inst., that the Executive Committee of the Southern
Central Agricultural Society met in Augusta on the 6th
inst., and decided to hold the next State Fair at Atlanta ;
and that in future all the Fairs of the Society will be
held in that city. We regret that one Fair could not
be held in Columbus before this policy was agreed upon :
but it is our fault that this privilege was not extend
ed to us. The following suggestions from the Intelli
gencer are sound and opportune and meet with our
hearty concurrence:
First of all we think that the large amount of tolls and
receipts are so disbursed as to amount to very little. A
bronze medal or a diploma costing a tithe of what even
the trumpery cups and pitchers now distributed cost,
would be as honorable, indeed, far more honorable dis
tinction than the plate now almost uselessly thrown away
in a little piece here and there, This thing ought to be
reformed forthwith. Again, we have for years sought
and in vain, to enlist the favoring countenance and pro
tection of the State in behalf of agriculture in Georgia.
We want a geologist, or at least, one who can analyze our
soil-*, and we stand about as much chance of an appropri
ation, as things now stand, for this object as we would do
if we asked State aid to secure a chunk of the green
cheese of which we believe the moon is made. Let the
State Agricultural Society have done with tills baby house
show of egg shell cups and spend the money, or at least
$3,000 of it in keeping a first rate man here at his post
making analysis of soils —testing agricultural implements,
seed, stock, mode of cultivation and a thousand and one
new suggestions that are offering all over this great
country, and we will engage that the effects of this plan
will extort the co-operation of the State in less than no
time. We want large means to do all this—a new and
far more general organization of county societies, but, yet,
these will all come in due time if the parent society is
only effectively managed. This is a large field to occupy
and we may return to it again.
Municipal Elections in New York.
The municipal elections in the various cities and towns
In the State of New York, came off on the 6th inst.
They are important as showing the strength of the
Know Nothings in the Empire State. The following is
a brief summary of the result in the larger towns.
Auburn, —Know Nothings elected by 200 majority.
Oswego,—Know Nothings defeated by the deserter
Littlejohn, by 500 majority, though they spent, it is said,
S3OOO.
Utica, —Whig Mayor elected by 400 majority. Al
dermen divided between Whigs and Democrats.
Troy,—A Democrat aud Anti-Know Nothing elected
by 200 majority.
Rochester, —Know Nothing elected by 100 majority.
Syracuse,—Democrats and Fusionists elected by 400
majority.
Elections in other States.
Detroit, Mich., —Democrats elected by about 600 ma
jority.
Massachusetts. —The Know Nothings have main
tained their ascendency. They carried 40 out of 50
towns heard from.
Maine. —The town elections have resulted in favor
of the Know Nothings as far as heard from.
New Port, Ivy.—The Know Nothings defeated.
Handsome Testimonial.
The presentation of a service of plate, says the Na
tional Intelligencer , on Tuesday evening, by the May
or, Aldermen, and Common Council of this city to
Senator Dawson, of Georgia, is said to have been a very
agreeable affair. The present consisted of a splendid
silver pitcher, two goblets, and a solid silver salver,
handsomely finished at the establishment of the Messrs.
Galt. The testimonial was made as a small token of
the gratitude felt towards the honorable Senator for his
attention to the affairs of the District of Columbia, and
as an evidence of their appreciation of his gentlemanly
and courteous bearing in all his intercourse with our
citizens. The sentiment of regret at his leaving the
councils of the nation is universal. Mr. Dawson re
ceived the company with great cordiality, and acknowl
edged the testimonial in neat and appropriate terms,
pleading that he had merely done his duty, and that he
was but the organ of the Committee of the District of
Columbia
Fancy Paintings.
The lovers of the fine arts will find a very superior
collection of paintings, by our townsman, Mr. Antrobus,
on exhibition at the Music Store of Messrs. Truax &
Vanden Burg. They will be disposed of by lottery,
and a c-hance is thus offered to secure a splendid paint
ing at very small eost. Consult the advertisement of
Messrs. Ayer & Wilkins for particulars.
The “Hebrew Children in Captivity,” is, it strikes
us, a painting of very great excellence. Others of better
taste, perhaps, award great merit to the “Boat Scene,”
while others still prefer the “lee Scene.” All are
admirable. Go round and examine for yourself.
Rain. —A heavy shower of rain, accompanied with
hail, thunder and lightening, fell iu this city on Mon
day night, 12th inst. It lasted only au hour. Next
day, the sun came out as bright as ever and there was
no trace of the 6torm except that the streets were wet.
Rev. Mr. McMahon, of the Catholio Church, preach
ed in this city on Sunday 11th inst., to a large and at
tractive audienoe. He is from Ireland and is engaged
in raising funds to complete a church in honor of St.
Patrick, at Armah, Ireland.
A Portrait.
Commend us to the Boston Post for a living likeness
of a political opponent ‘ The Know Nothing candidate
for governor in New Hampshire is thus sketched and
framed in the columns of the Post :
“Ralph Metcalf was so much opposed to secret societies
that he was an anti- Mason iu the crusade against that
veuerable and respectable institution, Freemasonry. He
is now the Know Nothing candidate for governor of New
Hampshire. We appeal to the editor of the Albany Jour
nal particularly, if there can beany lower depth of deg
radation for the politician than that which this kuow noth
ing anti-Nebraska, anti slavery, temperance candidate
has dived into. One little month ago he was a lespeot
ab!e democratic supporter of the compromises, the fugi
tive law, aud the Nebraska act, and a staunch and prac
tical opponent of Jaws against liquor and other sumptuary
Jaws.”
Falling into Line.
Gradually, but very perceptibly, the Whigs of Geor
gia are falling into the embrace of Know Xothingism.
Every whig p iper in the Bta'e [so far as we have seen)
with the excepti in of the Columbus Enquirer the Chron
icle fc Sentinel and the Journal tt Messenger, has opt li
ly t.udorstd the Know Nothings. llow long these pa*
pers will resist the current, time alone can tell. Even
Mr. Jenkins, as we are told by tho LaGringe Reporter,
looks with favor on the principles, of the Know Nothings.
The Whig party, or at least that portion of it which has
ever been ready to sell its principles for a “mess of pot
tage,” is already part and parcel of the dark lantern or
der. The Democracy of Georgia, opposed as they ever
have been to secret political conclaves, to intolerance and
proscription for religious opinions, must burnish up their
arms for the fight. Standing forth, in the sight of God
and man, on the principles they have heretofore publicly
maintained, they except the issue of their opponents, aud
invite them to the ffedd.— Fed. Union.
Painful Apprehension—Government Steamer supposed
to be blown up.
We learn from the Tampa Peninsular of the 3d inst.,
that the Government steamer “Texas Ranger” has been
expected at that port for more than two weeks past, trans
porting munitions of war for Fort Myers in Florida. Her
non arrival has created much uneasiness and conjecture
that she has met with a serious accident somewhere be
tween Tampa and New Orleans. The painful aprehen
s'on intrudes itself upon the minds of some, that her in
flammable cargo of powder, &c., has ignited, and that
the shock experienced on the 27th ult., and accredited
to an earthquake was none other than the report of the
explosion of the supposed ill fated steamer. The strange
noise came from the channel entrance from the Gulf into
Tampa Bay.
Opening of the Suspension Bridge at Niagara.
Niagara, March 8, 1855.
The locomotive London, with a tender attached,crossed
the suspension bridge at half-past three o’clock this P. M.
She had on board John E. Robeling, W. O. Buchanan,
with a number of other invited guests. The engine was
driven bv William Harrison, superintendent ofthe machine
shop. There is great rejoicing on both sides of the river.
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Socialism in Texas.
The Austin State Gazette views with disfavor the
prospect of having a socialist colony in Texas under the
auspices of Victor Considerant. That paper has the fol
lowing article on the subject :
“We are always \ leased to have industrious immigrants
come among us. Plenty of work can be found by me
chanics and laborers, and there is room in all our towns
for more enterprising merchants and business men. There
is one class, however, that we are opposed to, and have
no disposition to hold out to them inducements to settle
among us. This class is of that Propagandist school
which in France and iu parts of the* United States has
and is seeking to sap the foundations of society. The so
cialist desires to destroy individual rights in property, and
if he is not a very intelligent and moral man —a rare
thing—we may have in him a neighbor who will rob and
plunder us whenever he can get the chance : for he holds
it as a primary principle in his creed, that no individual
has a right to accumulate proper for himself, and all
above wdiatis necessary to sustain him belongs to the rest
of society. Again, the socialist is an abolitionist every
where. He would not be less opposed to slavery by liv
ing in Texas than iu France or in Ohio. It is part of
his creed. Now we are told that John Allen, of Ohio,
and Mons. Victor Considerant, propose bringing out from
France to western Texas a oolony of socialists. This
move for the purpose of building up a sect opposed to our
political institutions may well be regarded with jealousy,
and the founders may rely upon it that they will not be
suffered to tamper with our institutions. The whole prin
ciple of colonization, where men of a peculiar caste in
religion or politics seek to array themselves together in
particular sections of the country, both as landholders
and tactionists, is at war with all the elements of society,
and cannot be carried on without creating bitter and un
relenting prejudices and aniinosties among our native cit
izens. We note this advent of socialism in Tex is as fore
boding us no good ; and we wish them to hive a fair
understanding before they reach our soil that as a f opti
cal sect our whole people are against them.” M
Cotton Burned —Collision on the Central Railroad.
We learn from Mr. Wells, the Superintendent of the
Muscogee Railroad, that three cars loaded with cotton, at
some point on the Central Railroad, were destroyed by
fire on Saturday night last. Jn consequence of this ac
cident, the upward train was thrown out of time, and un' 1
fortunately came in collision with the down train, doing
considerable damage to the ears—but, so far as known,
injuring no person upon either train. The delay caused
by the collision was considerable, leaving only 3£ hours’
time between Macon and this place. The trip was, how
ever, made without accident —although a speed of forty
miles an hour was requisite for a portion of the distance.
— Col. Enquirer 13 th.
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The Philadelphia Slave Abduction Case.
Philadelphia, March 7, 1855.
Police officer Johnson has returned from Harrisburg, with
a warrant from Governor Pollock to remove R. Warwick,
charged with the abduction of a female slave from New
Orleans. Mayor Conrad, however, has determined not to
permit Johnson to go to New Orleans with the prisoner,
who will be retained here until the arrival of an officer
from that city.
Fire in the Woods.
Columbia, S. C., Mar. 10.
There are tremenduous fires in the woods all around us.
Near Lexington, Houses, Mills, Fences and a vast amount
of property has been destroyed. At the last accounts, the
town of Lexington was threatened with destruction.
On the Charlotte Railroad the woods for many miles are
on tire, and many Saw Mills and Dwellings burned. The
track of the Road is on fire, interrupting travel on the Cam
.den Branch Railroad. A number of Houses and many
telegraphic poies have been burned, thus interrupting com
munication with the North.
On the South Carolina road, the woods on both sides of
the track are on tire. A car load of cotton was burned
near Gadsden. It was found, yesterday, that the track
would take tire. The woods are also burning on the Green
ville road. The tremendous gale, yesterday, rendered use
less all the efforts made to stay the flames.
Banking Laws of Indiana.
Cincinnati, March 6, 1855.
The Indiana Legislature has passed the State Bank bill
and the Free Bank, bill over the Governor’s veto, and they
are now laws.
Democratic Mass Meeting in New York.
New York, March 7.
The Union mass meeting in Tammany Hall to night
was very largely attended. Senator Douglas, oflilinois,
was absent, in consequence of illness. Resolutions w T ere
adopted taking strong and open ground in favor of the ac
quisition of Cuba, and putting it forward as an article of
democratic faith. They also denounced the Know Noth
ings, and when Senator Stuart said that no good democrat
could belong to the Know Nothings, there were a number
of hisses.
Railroads in Egypt. —The railway between Alexan
dria and Cairo, a distance of 130 miles, is now complete,
with the exception of the three bridges on the two branch”
es of the Nile aud the Delta Canal. The communication
between the two towns may be kept up by the line of
railroad by crossing the river in boats, but it will not be
available for traffic and passengers until after the bridges
are completed—five or six months hence. The most im
portant bridge is the tubular one which crosses the Dami
etta branch of the Niie at Beuha, and which is well ad
vanced towards completion.
South Carolina Railroad. —The cars due yesterday after
noon at 4 o’clock, says the Constitutionalists Republic
of the 11th inst., did not arrive until half past 9. The delay
was caused by the burning of the track in two places.—
When the cars arrived within thirteen miles of Aiken, the
woods were on fire, and a portion of the road destroyed.
Alter sueceeding in passing this point, and when within’tive
miles of Aiken, they found the road again destroyed bv fire.
At one time the cars were surrounded by fire, and the pas
sengers suffered much liom the smoke. The fire in the
woods was still raging when the cars left. The amount of
damage done, we did not learn.
Georgia and Florida Boundary —We notice in ‘the
proceedings of the Supreme Cuort at Washington, in the
ease of the State of Florida vs htate of Georgia, on the j
motion of the Attorney General to inteivene on behalf of !
the United States, Chief Justice Taney delivered the opin- |
ion, granting leave to the Attorney General to adduce evi- :
(fence, either writen or otherwise, to examine witnesses, !
&c., to establish the boundary clamed by the United States.
—Charleston Mercury, 10 th inst.
Anew Colonising Scheme. —Major Jamrs McMahon
is engaged in Alabama in an attempt to form a co'ony to
s tt eon the eastern side of ihe Gu!t of Cal t< rnia, at a
point known as Ad er bay, thir y ni-les touih of the Gads* ;
den treaty boundary.
Death of an old Army Officer. —Samuel Devins Har
ris, formerly lieutenant-colonel of dragoons in the United
States army, and who served ae a volunteer captain under
Gen. Scott at the battle of Chippewa, died in Bos on on
the 22d ult.
The Catholic Vote in 1862—Letter from Gen. Scott.
The New Hampshire Patriot publishes the following
letter, written to some New Hampshire people:—
New York, March 1.
Gentlemen —l have just received, through the Hon.
Mr. Hibbard, M. C., at Washington, your joint letter
dated the 24th ult., in which you say to mo that, in some
recent political address delivered in your neighborhood,
and in your presence, the speaker declared substantially
that in the last Presidental canvass—
•‘Bishop Hughes, of New York, proposed to Gen.
Scott to sell the Catholic vote, who hesitated to reply ;
when the proposition was made to Gen. Pierce, and ac
cepted, and a Jesuit was placed at the head of the Post
Office Department.
“That Bishop Hughes’ demands were assented to by
the party to whom he first proposed, except that he de
manded a Cabinet officer, upon which you hesitated, and
the proposition was made to Gen. Pierce, and he assent
ed.”
And your letter to me is thus concluded :
“Believing the statement to be false and basely calum
nious of the fair fame of yourself and the other distin
guished gentlemen implicated thereby, we would respret
ully request of you to imform us, at your earliest conven
ience, whether the statement of Mr.——, far as relates
to you, is true.”
I hastin to say that the statement or statements I have
quoted from your letter, as above, are, in respect to my
self, absolutely false, ar.d I have no doubt they are equally
so in respect to my political friends and opponents in the
canvass alluded to.,
I remain, geuthmen, with .great respect, your obedient
servant, WINFIELD SCOTT.
Gen. Cass at home.
Detroit, March 8, 1855.
Gen. Cas3 arrived here from Washington last night,
and was received with a salute of thirty-two guns.
The Pennsylvania Senatorial Question.
Harrisburg, March 8, 1855.
A series of resolutions was offered in the State Senate
to-day to annuel the vote of adjournment of the conven
tion of both houses till October, and fix ; ng the adjourn
ment to the 20th of March. The resolutions were refer
red to the Committee on the Judiciary.
New Jersey Legislature—Report of the Bribery Com
mittee—Bank Charters Refused—The Appointments.
Trenton, March 8, 1855.
The bribery committee have reported that one thousand
dollars was offered to Mr. Decker, to influence his vote
upon the bank question, bu t refuse t j disclose names. The
report was ordered to be printed.
Four special Joank bills have been killed, lacking four
votes —Mount Holly, Camden and Cumberiind. The
two first were reconsidered. There is rather apc or show
for special charters.
The House is ready to go into joint meeting, and the
nominations are all made, but the Senate refused to go
in. The disappointment among the candidates is very
great.
Know Nothing Rejoiceings in Chicago.
Chicago, March 7, 1855.
The Know Nothing majority for Mayor in this city is
344. This morning the order formed a long procession,
and, headed by a band of German musicians, inarched
through the streets, shouting in triumph. No disturbance
of the peace took place.
Municipal Election.
Milwaukie, March 8, 1855.
At the charter election to-day, the whole democratic
ticket was elected. J. B. Cross is Mayor by about 1,400
majority.
Great Excitement among Indiana Politicians.
Cincinnati, March 8, 1855.
Considerable excitement has prevailed among politicians
at Indianapolis since the adjournment of the Legislature.
The Governor yesterday appointed several State officers,
but the Secretary of State refused to administer the oath
of office, consequently the places remain vacant.
Riot on the N. E Railroad. —We understand that on
Wednesday last a number of laborers on the Northeastern
Railroad struck for higher wages, and not satisfied with this,
compelled a large number of others to cease work also.
A warrant was issued for the arrest of the offenders, and
the Sheriff, accompanied by the President of the Road,
proceeded on Thursday to the scene of the disturbance, 18
miles from the city, for the purpose of executing it, but were
resisted by the rioters, with threats of violence if any- attempt
was made to take them. The Sheriff then returned to the
city, and summoned a posse, among whom were three oi
our military companies, but from some cause or other, after
promptly assembling, their services were not put in requisi
tion, and they were dismissed.
We are informed that the contractors, Messrs. Nye, Wil
liams & Cos., after waiting until 4 o’clock in the afternoon,
in expectation of the arrival of the Sheriff and his posse,
made terms with the rioters, by which they are to be paid
off this morning, and discharged. —Charleston Mercury, 10
Destructive Fire —A fire started in the woods, about
fifteen miles from the city, night before last, and spread
with great rapidity along the line of the Railroad, till, at
our latest information last evening, it had reached the Five
Mile Pest. Th 9 fire was exceedingly violent and destrac
tive, and has done great injury to the farms on its route. A
train, loaded with Cotton taken in at Kingsville, caught
fire yesterday from the current of burning flakes, and two
cars, containing eighty bales, were burned. The remainder
of the train came on to the Five Mile Post, when, finding
it impossible to pass without extreme risk, they returned to
the Seven Mile Post, and the engineer came to the city for
orders. During a great part of yesterday, the city was com
pletely shrouded in smoke. —Charleston Mercury , 10 th.
Supreme Court. —We have frequently been asked of
late whetiier Judge Starnes, w’hoseterm expires next winter,
will be a candidate for re-election.
We have for sometime known that it was not his inten
tion to be a candidate ; but as the information was at the
time confidential we did not feel at liberty to make it pub
lic. We are now, however, authorized to say that Judge
Starnes does not desire a re-election, and will not be a can
didate. After his term expires he will resume his practice
at the bar.
His career, as a judge, has been honorable and distin •
guished, and he will retire with a judicial reputation second
to no man in the State who has occupied a seat on the
bench.— Con. if Rep. 10/A. .
Life in New York. —A correspondent writes :
“A grand thieves’ ball was given at the hall, corner of
Henry and Ooliver streets, on Thursday evening. The
principal parties on the fl *or, together with the manager
and committee, men, the police say, were composed of
protessiona! gamblers, pickpockets, and abandoned women,
with a fair sprinkling of jail birds of the most case-harden
ed description. The police entered the hall just as the
first quadrille was commencing, and took nine of the par
ties prisoners. The others scattered sans ceremonie. The
next morning the persons arrested were all sent up to the
penitentiary as vagrants.”
COMMERCIAL.
COTTON STATEMENTS.
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| M iSi 4 ’j 43 561 61005 61G09 2129 48427 50556 11005
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Columbus, March 13.
COTTON—The demaud continues good and the prices
of tur'last report are fuliy maintamed. We continue to
quote 6 a 8 cents.
New Orleans, March 9.
COTTON—There has been a limited demand for
Cotton to-day, at previous rates, and the sales have com
prised 2500 bales. The sales during the week have
reached 28,000 halts. The receipts at this port are 40 •.
000 bales less than they were at th same time ast year.
The stock of Cotton on hand, including that on shipboard,
amounts to 110,000 bales, of which only 40,000 bales are
on sale.
For the Times & Sentinel.
THE MODEL HUSBAND.
[BY MRS. C. A. L.
O,Mr. Blane, where have you been?
My heart is nearly breaking—
To come to bed at four o’clock,
When you should just be waking.
Come, hush my dear, aud you shall hear,
Why I so long have tarried,—
The first night I have spent from home
Since dearest we were married.
Yes, Mr. Blane, some good excuse
I know you will be making;
To smooth the matter o’er with me,
Some pains you will be taking.
Stop, love, a moment, let me tell
The reason why I tarried,
I met a friend I knew before
My pie and mo were married.
You’ve made a blunder, Mr. Blane,
To night, that is quite shocking,
For out the pocket of your coat,
There hangs a snow-white stocking.
Deuce take the thing, how came it there?
My friend has sure been joking;
1 wish that he would not on me
Such funny things be poking.
He thought a laugh he’d get on me,
The merry, wicked fellow,
He’s full of just such pranks when’er
The wine cup makes him mellow.
Ah! Mr. Blane, you think that yap
Sand in my eyes are throwing,
But when you left I saw the way
Sweet Mr. Blane was going.
I saw you stop at Ida Bell’s;
Perchance, ’twas there you tarried,
Was she the friend you knew before
Your pie and you were married ?
Well, if I did a moment stop,
Must 1 with her be flouted:
I merely called , and Mrs. Blane,
My word must not be doubted.
By zounds! such chat, I’ll tell you now,
Has far enough been carried;
I’ve heard enough to make me curse
The day that 1 was married.
To quit a habit long indulged,
No jealous wife can make me,
I’ll spend an evening with my friends,
When’er such notion takes me.
I’ve acted verdant, Mr. Blane,
Your pardon don’t refuse me,
I’ve been a wife but six short months,
I hope that will excuse me.
I’ll con the lesson which is learned,
By many a married woman,
That roving husbands now-a-days,
Are things that’s most uncommon.
My sweet, when you that theory learn,
To practice have it carried,
And then my smiles will always bless
The angel I marriied.
Washington Irving has nearly completed a life of Gen.
Washington, upon which he has been long engaged.
Open American Organization. —The Know Noth
ing paper in Bosion has come out in favor of an open or
g inizution of its party, and declares its belief that for the
safety and perpetuation of the American party such a
course is an actual necessity.
Green Peas, one of the most delightful luxuries of the
early spring, have made their appearance at Tampa, FTa.
Married,
In Clayton, Ala., on the morning of the 4th inst., by the
Rev. G. It. Talley, Air. R. T. Ransom of Eufaula, and
Miss Mary A. Henly of Columbus Ga.
At Waveland, Va., on the Ist instant, by the Rev. C.
H. Shield. Col. Wm, B. Gaulden, of Liberty county, Ga.,
and Miss Laura G., only daughter of lion. Bedford
Brown, for many years a distinguished member of the
United States Senate, from North Carolina.
OBITUARY.
In Griffin, Geo., on the 2d inst., at the residence of her
mother, Laura Bethune, daughter of Mrs. Janette Bethune,
in the 14th year of her age.
In Glennville, Barbour county, Ala., on Sunday, the
26th ultimo, after a short illness, Dr. James T. Bay, for
many years a resident of Washington (a., leaving a dis
consolate wife and two sons to lament their irreparable loss.
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
[Public No. 49.]
AN ACT to provide for the payment of such creditors of
the Idle republic of Texas as are compiehended in the
act of Congress of September nine, eighteen hundred and
fifty. \
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of Me United States of America in Congress as
sembled, That in lieu of the sum of five millions of dol
lars, the State of Texas in five per cent, stock of
the United Stages, by the act entitled “An act proposing to
the State of Tfc;as the establishment of her northern and
western bounderjes, the relinquishment by the said State of
ail terijfory claimed by her exterior to said boundaries, and
of all jfer clairqS'upon the United States, and to establish a
territmial lor New’ Mexico,” passed Septem
ber Mnth,ifghteen\hundred and fifty, the issuing of which
stoc* the first proviso, to the fifth propo
sitioV'ffontained in the first section of said act, the Secreta
ry of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and di
rected to pay to the dwdi tors ol the fate republic of Texas,
who hold such bonds, or <>ther evidences of debt for which
the revenues of that republic were pledged, as were reported
to be within the provisions of the said act qf Sep'ember 9th
eighteen hundred and fifty, by the report of the late Secre
tary of the Treasury, to the President of the United States,
and approved by him on tire thirteenth fay of September,
eighteen hundred and fiity4pne, or wiiifch came within the
provisions of said act, according to the qpmion upon the Tex
as compact of the present Attorney General of the United
States, addressed to the Secretary ot’ the Treasury, under
date of September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fit
ty-three, the sum of seven rnilljouf seven hundred and fifty
tliousa id dollars, to be apportioned among the said holders
prorata: Provided, That the idlest on th 1 debt embraced
in this act, shall be determined tifr the existing laws of the
State of Texas.
Sec. 2. And be \it further Jeweled, That in all cases
, where the State ot Texas ma/hafe paid any portion of the
| debt de?c;ibed in this act, th;y said: Secretary shall refund
j to the proper officer of said JState the amount actually so
I paid by the State upon the presentation at the Treasury Be
; part men t of the evidence est said debt, on which the said
j State may have made suoh payment; Provided, The said
j sum shall not exceed tjjfc proportioji which would have
I been allowed to the creditor or creditors, i! such payment
■ on said evidences had not beet\ made by the State
j of Texas; and sum thaiunay he refunded to
the state oi Texas by the provisions section is less
I than the proportioni/vhich would have been allowed under
| this act to the hciifrs of such evidence-ssef debt, had such
I payment not them such hold® - ? shall he entitled
\ to receive the difference between said sum and tiie propor
tion they woulTmaVe received under this ect if no payment
had been and where Jany original crititicates
or other evidences of debt have !t en stolendeied to the
State of Tcjms, and new certificates issued therefor by said
Slate of Texas, such new certificates snail be teceived as
evidences <Jt the original amount of the ciaim.
Src 3 .JAnd be it further enacted, That no payment
shall be made under this act to any hoiderypf raid securi
ties, or evidences ot debt, unless the said bolder shall first
executar’to the United States a receipt for the said payment,
in w hich said holder shall forever itlease all claim against
the United Slates for or on account of the said securities o
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