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(Tittus mtir Smtiwl. COLUMBUS, _ WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, The American Portrait Gallery. We resume the task of bringing before our readers a sketch of another of the worthies whose life and likeness adorns the pagts of the work which heads this article. James Ferguson Dowdell was born in Jasper coun ty, Georgia, on the 20th November, A. D. 1818, He was prepared fopcollegoat a classical school in LaGrange, by the late Lemuel Robertron, Esq. In June, 1840, he graduated at Randolph Macon college, Virginia, with the second honor. He returned to LaGrange and studied law in the office of Hon. Hugh A. Haralson. — He practiced his profession for a few years in Green ville, Ga., and if he had continued it, would have reached the highest honors of the profession. Relieved by the munificence of fortune from the necessity of a struggle for bread, he consulted his ease and tastes and retired to his farm in Chambers county, Alabama, where lie doubtless expected to pass his life in the agreeable pursuits of agriculture. By the arntnity of his manners, j the modesty of his ptfeteusions, the purity of his life i and the solidity of his judgment he, unexpectedly and i without seeking it, acquired great popularity among his j neighbors, and in 1849 was solicited by his party ; friends to canvass the county for a seat in the State i Legislature. Bread in the Republican faith, he neither sought nor declined office, but did not feel at liberty to refuse so fluttering a request. He made the race and though defeated by the well drilled party majority against which he contended, he established his reputa tion as an able debater and successful stump speaker, and, in consequence, waß again selected in 1851 to run the second time for the Legislature. He was again de feated, but by a largely decreased majority. The sturdy Republicanism, solid 6ene and high moral prin ciple of the young aspirant told upon the masses. He polled a heavy vote, greatly exceeding the strength of his party. In 1852 he was chosen ns the Democratic Elector for the 7th Congressional District. He achieved a de cided victory, and had the pleasure of casting his vote in the electoral college for Franklin Pieroe and William R. King. The yeoman service of Mr. Dowdell now received an appropriate reward. At the next election he was chosen as the candidate of the party to represent the 7tli Congressional District in the Congress of the United States. The experiment was a hazardous one. The “bloody seventh” had never before been represented by a sober man. Mr. Dowdell was not only a member of a temperance society, but of the Methodist Church He refused to compromit his character by resorting to the usual arts of the electioneerer. He stood upon his principles, aud, though opposed by a popular and talent ed “Union Democrat,” who was hail fellow with every body, lie achieved a splendid victory. His majority was 3115 votes out of 11561 polled. He took his seat in the last Cougress the ardent friend and supported of the administration. He did not often thrust himself before his fellow members in debate, but if work was to be done, the young Ala bamian was always on hand ; if political corruption was to be rebuked, his vote could always be relied on. In no single instance did he flinch from his duty. French Spoliation bills, Collins’ Steamer bills, Colt Patent Ex tension bills, Railroad bills—every form of bil 1 which proposed to favor a class at the expense of the people had in him a stern, uncompromising and certain oppo nent. The insinuations of interests, the presumption of monopo’eys nor the blandishments of beauty were able to swerve him from his duty. Old Nat Macon could not have been truer to the constitution than tho young Alabamian. “Faithful among the faithless, faithful only he.” Wo doubt if he regrets a solitary word he uttered or a single vote he gave during the whole of the 33d Congress. But we must bring this hasty sketch to a close. Mr. Dowdell is conspicuous for the quickness of his perceptions and the solidity of his judgment. In manner, he is the least pretentious of men. Ilis princi ples are capable of any test. In all the relations of life, he is a model citizen. By honoring such a man, the people honor themselves. By hocus pocus the last Legislature gave the seventh district to the opposition by more than a thousand majority. It can hardly be expected that any man can overcome so formidable a majority. We hope, however, that his fellow citizens will not allow a politician, who is so capable of repre senting them as Mr. Dowdell, to remain at home, in the present perilous crisis in public affairs. Know Nothing Nominations in Virginia* The candidate selected for Lieutenant Governor #f A irginia, is J. M. 11. Beale, a renegade Democrat.- He was the solitary Democratic Representative in Con gress, from the South, who voted to abolish the slave trade in the District of Columbia. In commenting upon this vote, the Richmond Enquirer says : “The abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia was justly regarded by the people of the South as an outrageous encroachment on the Constitu- : tion and the rights ot the South’ They saw that it i was the entering wedge to the abolition of slavery it- ‘ self in the District, and other localities over which the jurisdiction of the Federal Government prevailed.— They protested against the measure, aud opposed its j passage with every resource of argument, persuasion and menace. They threatened to resist it by disunion ; ! but, despite the energetic and angry opposition of the 5 South, the measure was carried, with the aid of three ‘ Southern traitors whom tons a solitary Demo - . crat — the Know Nothing nominee for Lieutenant j Governor <” The South Carolina Fair. The Charleston Courhr announces that the fifth annual Fair of the South Carolina Institute will be held in that city commencing on the 11th instant. The exhibition will oc cupy the new and spacious hail recently erected, and ample space will be afforded for the display of all articles, and abundant motive power provided for the practical opera tion of machinery, Arc. The Fire in Florence. —W© are very glad to learn from Messrs. A. it G. Hill, of Florence, Ga., that the loss sustained by tnem at the late fire has been over estimated by our attentive correspondent. They lost about five thousand dollars worth of goods and saved SI6OO worth. The Mobile and Girard Railroad. —On the 3J inst. a electing of the Directors was held at the Depot in Girard. We learn that Maj. Howard formally ac cepted the Presidency of the company. The recent cash subscriptions have, it is said, reached nearly two hundred thousand dollars. We prisume the work upon this end of the line will be immediately resumed I *ud pushed to Union Springs without delay. The Coweta Democracy. The Democracy of Coweta county met in Convention, on the IGtb ult., and nominated Maj. Uriah B. Wil kinson as the candidate of the party for State Senator and Glenn O. Wynn and James G. Stewart, Esqrs., for Representatives. They also resolved to meet in Con vention at Newnan on the 2d Tuesday in June, to nominate a candidate for Congress in the 4th District: and also to hqld a County Convention on the first Tuesday in May to select candidates to attend tlie.Gub ernatorial Convention at such time as may be agreed on by the party. The following resolutions were adopted unanimously an 1 we oommend them to the consideration of those o! our readers who are tbiokiDg of sinking their Democ racy in an Ism : Ist. Resolved, That the Democracy of Coweta county will cherish, with unabating confidence, the doctrines ot the great National Democratic party, as they have olten been declared and expounded by its Conventions, and as they have been illustrated by the public acts ol Thomas Jeffer son, Andrew Jackson, and other distinguished statesmen who have stood forth lrom time to time as the exponents ot the Democratic faith. 2d. Resolved, That we advocate rio policy but that which grants equal and exact justice to all men.ot what ever State or persuasion, without regard to their political or religious creed. 3d. Resolved, That we regard the Constitution ot the United States as the shield of our protection and the ark ot our political safety, commending itselt to every true Ameri can heart, and fastening with all its compromises and re strictions upon the conscience ot every law-abiding citizen 4th. Resolved, That wo approve the Kansas and Ne braska Bill, becauied it is based on the well known Demo cratic doctrine that man is not only capable, but of right ought to exercise the high prerogative ot self-government. sth. Resolved, That we rely on our principles alone for the success of our cause, affiliating with none of the sects or ism# that have made their appearance upon the political arena, and are now bidding for power and place; that we expect to succeed because our principles commend them selves to the sober judgment ot every fieeman ; that as Democrats we seek power that our country may enjoy the blessings of Democratic measures. 6. Resolved, That we believe Southern institutions will be sate while the Democracy is triumphant, and that it is the duty of all the friends of the South to aid in the promo tion of a cause that is thus identified with her dearest inte ; rests, and that we cordially invite all to unite with us lor j the advancement of the public weal. The North British Review. ‘ Contents of No. 44.—The Continent in 1851 ; Fin lay on the Byzantine Empire; The Vaudois and Re- S ligion in Italy ; Curiosities of the Census ; The Oxford | Reform Bill; How to Stop Drunkenness ; Old English ! Songs Diet and Drees ; The Eclectic Telegraph. This number is one of the most instructive and en ! tertaining ir© have ever had the pleasure of reading. Leonard Scott & Cos., 54 Gold street, New York, Publishers. ‘Eerms : $3 a year ; Blackwood and any one of the four Reviews, $5. Blackwood and the four Reviews $lO ; Postage, 24 cents on Blackwood and 14 cents on each of the Reviews. i Re-appearance ot Illiss Logan at Concert Hall. After a week’s performance in Montgomery, Ala i bama, to the largest audiences ever assembled in that j city, Mr. Crisp and his very talented company, aecotn j panied by the brilliant Miss Eliza Logan, will ro-appear at Concert Hall on Thursday night, for two nights only, |on their way to Savannah. As these are the last theat j rical exhibitions of the season, we hope the audiences J will be worth of the occasion, and that the farewell will ! leave pleasing impressions upon actors and people. The ’ bill is a very attractive one. For particulars, see posters | and bills. Organization of the New Regiments. | By general orders No. 4, issued from the War I)e- I partment on the 261 h March, the various officers, recent j ly appointed, are attached to their Regiments and their ! rank assigned. The two regiments of Cavalry are re garded as a distinct arm and promotions therein will be regulated accordingly. Their head quarters are j established at .Jeffersou Barracks, Missouri, and Louis j *iHe, Kentucky, respectively. The field officers of the ! first Regiment are Col. Edwin V. Sumner, of Mass., i Lieut. Col. Joseph E. Jackson, of Va., Maj. Braxton | Bragg, of N. C. To this Regiment are attached Cap j tains Garnett, (Cos. A.) Sachet, (B) Wood, (C) McClel laud, (D) Sturgis, (G) DeSaussure, (F) Wilkins, (G) Reynolds, (H) Andeison, of Ga., (I) and Coffee, (K); First Lieutenants, Beall, (F) Steuart, (G) Mclntosh, (H) Carr, (I) Bell, (K) Perkir.s, of Ala., (A) Durnmet , of Fla., [B) Iverson, of Geo., (C) Love, (D) and Whea ton, (E) : Second Lieutenants Stanley, Stockton, Hight, Allston, Stuart, Parkinson, Crittenden, Jones and Clarke. First Lieutenant Iverson has been ordered to open a recruiting office in this city, and has already entered upon the discharge of his duties with energy and spirit. Life in New York.—On the 27th ult , between ; forty and fifty abandoned women were arrested in New ! York, and the larger portion of them committed to the Penitentiary as vagrants for periods varying from one to six months. Many f them were elegantly dressed. Their ages varied from seventeen to thirty. Some of them had been only a few weeks on the town, others from five months to two years. The sister of one of the unfortunato creatures appeared before the officers and told a most pitiable tale of destitution. They had, she said, tried every means of obtaining a living, but, like hundreds of others, had failed and had resorted to their present mode of life to keep themselves from starving. This is an unfavorable commentary upon free society. Court in Russell —The Criminal Docket was taken up on Monday, lid inst. The only ca3e of im portance is that of the State vs. Murphy. The Civil I Docket is a very heavy one and will be resumed as soon as the Criminal Docket is disposed of. Judge : Shorter is presiding and gives great satisfaction by the i suaviter of his manner and the promptitude and accuracy of his decisions. He surprised some of the Columbus bar, we learn, by his rule in eases where appearances hid been enteTed for delay. He holds that the mere appearance ofconsel in cases sued 20 days before Court does rot entitle defendents to continuances : if, however, counsel will state that they have a meritorious defense, he indulges them long enough to file their pleas and when the case is reached in order on the peremptory call of the Docket, he tries it, unless a good showing is made for continuance. We are pleased to learn that very few suits have been instituted against the Mobile and Girard Railroad. The Alabama Journal —We have had the pleasure last we kof welcoming to our city, Col. William 11. Lucas, the Junior of this old and long tried Whig paper. We take great pleasure in commending this journal to the patronage of the Whig party in this section of the State, if indeed there is such a party still in existence. Corpus.— Judge Morris, ol New York, has refused to grant a writ of h tbeus corpus in the petition ol Morrissey, Kyler and Linn, implicated in the murder of Poole. The Judge decided that the indictment tound by | the Grand Jury sup rseded the right of examination by j the magistrate. The parties were then remand*.d lo the j city prisoD. Judgment on Darien Bank Claims. Judge Hardeman, says the Fed. Union M i ir.st., held an adjourned term *>f Baldwin Superior*Court on, Friday last tho MOth ult., chiefly for the purpose of*de ciding the claims of the creditors of the Bank of Dari en carried up by appeal from the award of the Board of Commissioners. The effect of the judgment delivered by him —is to lessen the amount of tho first award mqre than one half—making the State liabie fur about ninety.four thousand dollars. The Act of 1834 was declared to be constitutional —and that the Stale had a right to refuse to pay any further installments than she had then paid—and did actually refuse to do so. The effect of this decision is io throw out all claims founded on certificates of de posit Arc. Billholders receive the whole amount of their bills without interest, except iu those cases where an actual demand was made upon the State of Georgia, through her legislature; that demand running from the adjourn ment of the Legislature of 1849—which was n thc 23d February 1850—the Director of the Central Bank having made his report of certain claims filed in the Bank at that time. The Judgment held by the Planters Bank receives $27,000 and that held by the Bulk of the. State ot Georgia, SIO,OOO. The Bank of Milledgeville re ceives about $3,000 on its judgment on Bank Bills. The claim of James Holford, for $17,300, is paid with interest from February 23d, 1850, the adjourn ment of the legislature, to which it was reported. As will be seen, the whole amount to be paid under this decision, is less than one half of the alleged liabilities of the Bank of Darien. Kansas Election. Chicago, April ]. A despatch announces the triumph of the pro-slavery j party in Kansas by 1000 majority. North of the Kansas j river no opposition to the pro-slavery ticket was offered. • tfW’ The persons arrested a few days ago (says the Sa | vannah Republican,) near America?, and supposed Jo be ] the robbers ot the State Bank Agency, at Washington, turn | out to be the “California Safe Swindlers.” Additional by the Asia. Boston, April 1. ! The Asia has arrived at this port. In addition to her | foreign files we are in receipt by her of latest dates from i Halifax. The latter journals contain an official order pro -1 . viding rations for 500 recruits expected from the United | States. The order announces that 3,000 recruits arc to be ’ obtained. The St. Johns papers say, official handbill-, i signed by the provincial Secretary, have been issued to thi? j effect. Manifesto of Alexander. ■ From Konigberg we have a brief summary of Alexander's | manifesto/ After announcing the sudden and severe ilino ;s of tho ; Emperor Nicholas, which terminated in his death.it says: That as the deceased devoted himself incessantly to the l weltaie ot his subjects, su do we also, on ascending the I thrones of Rusia and of Poland and Finland, inseparable ; from each other,take a.solemn oaih before God to legat'd the welf rc of our empire as our only object. May Provi { deuce, which has selected us for so high a calling, be our j guide and protector, tli at vve may maintain Russia on the highest standard of power and glory, and in our person ae- I eomplish the incessant wishes aud views ot Peter, of Catii i erine, of Alexander, and of our father. May the zeal of | our subjects assist us therein. We invoke and command i the oat.n of allegiance to ns and to the heir to our throne, our son, Nicholas Alexandrovitsch. The Policy of the New Emperor. ; _ On Friday afternoon, a few hours alter the death of his j father, the Czarowiteh proclaimed his assumption of the j throne under the name of Alexander 11. Nicholaiewiteh, I and received the homage of the dignitaries of the realm.— i The whole garrison was to perlorm the same ceremony on j the 3d. On the 2o', Count Panin, the Minister of Justice, i put. seals upon the private cabinet of the late Emperor, iu | presence ot the heir. The Empress, though much affected i by the death of her husband, is said to have been better than | might have been expected after the shock .-he had re i ceived. No authentic intelligence has yet been received from Sr. j Petersburg as to the slate of public leoliug. It was rumor j ed, on Wednesday, that despatches had been received in : Paris, which described the Russian capital as in a state of | great excitement. The nobles had met secretly with a I view of addressing the Emperor on the subject of arming i the serfs. They proposed pointing out to Alexander the j ruin which would accompany such a step, and the internal j dangers that might follow. It was expected that bit. Peters j burg would be placed in a state ol seige The w\.r party had ! already begun to threaten. The Emperor was reported to J have declared his intention to follow out the policy laid j down by Nicholas at the Congress of Vienna. Prince ! Gortschakoff ’s instructions had been confirmed. General i Paskiewitch was opposed to the arming of the seifs, and ! had addressed the Emperor on the subject. So far as can be ascertained, the young Czar is very pop | ular in Russia, and the general expectation is that he will i not exercise the great authority of ins’ father, as he does not I inherit either his hauteur or his inflexibility. He will rath- J er please, it is said by those who know him, as the Empe | ror Alexander I. did, by his mildness and his affability, and | between the uncle and the nephew there is a very great ! similarity of character in numerous ways, j The reigning empress of Russia, Maria Alexandrowna, j daughter of the deceased Grand Duke Lewis U , of Hesee | Darmstadt, and born in 1824, is said to he a woman of j strong sense.and character, of amiable qualities, and pos ! sessing much influence over her consort They have five j children—tour sons and one daughter. The present Czar owitch, and eldest son, Nicholas Alexandrowiu.il, was ! born in 18 i3. The Vienna Conference j The Congress in Vienna formally met on Thursday, the | loth of March. There were present one French, two j English, two Austrian, and two Turkish representatives. The Russian Plenipotentiary was not present. Telegraph ; it* reports say the discussion on the genera! hash of ne ; goiiaiions terminated satisfactorily. Rumors are current | that Austria and England would be content without the | demolition of Sebastopol, but that the Emperor Napoleon absolutely insists on that condition. : Vii;.vx.\, March 16—P. M /It the conferences yesterday the Pleiupolen.iaii-s ex. changed their powers, and proceedings were entered up , on. The. four bases and the interpretations given to them i by the Allies having been set forth, the representatives os Russ a accepted them verbally. One of the Pienipo en tiaries was hereupon deputed lo draw up a min too oj protocol of this, which is to be signed 10-nicnw, fSauir day,) tlie fir-t thing when the Abass-idnrs tao- r, , i;d this document will constitute the basis of negoii,.t;o.,s for peace. Parts, March IC —P* M. The mission of General Weddell has completely f, t ih ,1 Prussia refuses to accede to the treaty with tie Allies, and will not, therefore, bj admitted to participate in the o- m feivncts. The Canadiau Parliament. Quebec, March *29, 1555. Tap second reading of a hill for introducing the elective principle into the second branch of trie Le*js'u tue i\.is carried in the Assembly last night* by a vote of bU rgainst 1. Fite measure is generally regarded as a step towards the election of the Governor o! the Province, and is con sequently warmly supported by thcaun* xaMoti party. Philadelphia Politics. —Whig Meeting in Philadelphia Know Nothings in the Majority. Philadelphia,>sl arch 29. The'whig© of tins city called a meeting last night, at Spring Garden, in opposition to secret s.*eiet:e. The Know* Nothings, however, were in the nuyoritv there, and passed a aeries of jesolut on-, and defeat*.! the who!* object ol Ihe meeting. They then rejected the original resolutions, and adjourned with three cheers lor Sam. The Cincinnaii Slava Case —Intense Excitement —A Collision Between tno Authorities and Citizens Ap prehended. Cincinnati, March 30, 1855'. Great excitement exists here in regard to {lie Slavcot Mr. Dennison, of Louisville. Yesterday she was declared free by t of liiis county, and taken ot t of tjhe custody of the Marslrah I, ..si night slie tv.A; reupre si< and ami l ken before i . S. Comm is-sionci; Pendery. “This morninrf the--ease was aud the Commissi. r.er re-, -ervtdih s decision until next Tuesday, live girl in th* myabtinie reiiuuning in the of, l'. s. Marshal j Robinson. The excitement is lnU-i.sand if ihe girl is j remanded to slavery there is little doubt but a conflict will j ensue between the citizens of the Stale and he federal ! authorities. . Progress of Temperance. Trenton, March 2% 18' a. The Proitibiton f Liquor I/nr in Xeir Jersey,— The Seriate have postponed the consideration of the Prohibitory liquor biil until the next session. Chicago, March C 9, 1860. Prohibitory Liquor Lair in Wisconsin. —The Lcsgys lature of Wisconsin have passed a now prohibitory Liquor law, leaving out what the Governor objected to, by about 1 two-thirds V'-m. From California. Nkw Orleans, April 1. j The steamship Daniel Welwter, with California dates |ot the 9ih, is at hand. The Star of the West tailed for i New York on the 24th February, with $,'>06,060 in gold. S Node of the Banking Houses except Page, Eaeou.A Cos.. : are expected to resume. ; Chomoro, President of N our-gun, is dead. ‘Die in surrection formerly existing is supposed to be at ati end. Toe territorial authorities of Oregon have succeeded ! in their negotiations in extinguishing Indian titles to al lands in the Willamette valley. 011 her outward paspge- the JDaniel Webster was | brought to by a Spanish sluop'-of-war, and h id her jv pet’s i < xainincd. Death of the Hon. William 8. Archer. BAT.Tt.Moni;, March 29, 1855. The lion. Wm. S. Archer, formerly United States | Senator, died in Amelia county, Virginia, <_u Wethics ; <hiy. , of an Eminent Politician. Syraccsi-, March 29, 1855. .John Rugtr. an eminent lawyer and politician, died ! this morning of ‘congestion of the brain. Ho was about j sixty-ihree years old. Election in Kansas. i Lexington, March 23.—Thousands cf actual settlers ! have gone from Missouri to Kansas. Hundreds from Coop j or, Randolph, Howard and Saline, are pasting here daily, i \Y eat her mild; river Pilling last. The excitement in Kansas, and all along the counties i bordering that Territory,is intense. It is charged that Gov. I Reedet communicated to the New England abolitio'uiets, i a month or more ago, the precise time when the ©lection ol | members of the Legislature was to take place, but kept the same intelligence-concealed from the people of Kansas : and of we*ter 11 Missouri, and they are justly indignant at the trickery. Them will tea tremendous excitement al ; the election on the 30th inst. DEPASTURE OF TUB AFRICA —TUB SUICIDE OF Till HANK TEEI.EK. Boston, March 28. The Canard steamship Africa, Capt. Harrison, saded : ;it 10 o’clock tins morning, with 1 if * j jissengcs for Liv* ’ erpool, and 13 for Haiitiix. F!ie takes iut .>779,000 in specie. | An investigation-into the accounts of the Merchant*’ I Bank, caused by the suicide of Mr. ) {toper, its paying j • teller, discloses no deficiency hi his relation to that bank. ! lie had used, however, about .$50,000 of the Merchants’ 1 Bank mom y. which he had ma le good at the expense o! ;he Atlantic and Grocers’ Bank by certifying two checks l drawn try A. S’ Peabody, which, on the authority of bis j certificate, were caslc and, and the money drawn from these j two banks were used to make his own account good. It is ! supposed that Hooper lost money in some speculation in ; which lie engaged. The Liquor Law Vetoed in Wisconsin. Chicago, March 27, 1855. Govern#: Barstow, of Wisconsin, has vetoed the pro i hibitory Liquor law blii. Death of the Hon. Ihomas Fitzgerald. Detroit, March 27, 181-5. The lion. Thomas Fitzgerald, ‘ormeily l nted States Senator from this Stale, died at Nil s on Sunday. The Lloop-of-War Jamestown. Norfolk, March 28, 1855. Cornmotioiv Crabh, of the African squadron, has written a letter Irorn tills place staling that tiie Board o! Officers ; that lie Id tin; survey on the IT. S. sloop-of-warM onestown. have pronounced her perfectly seaworthy and fit for any cruise, tjhe will eonsequtnily js-.iil as the flag ship of the i squadron in about'eight days. Recruits for the British” Army— D epar t uro'of a Detach ment from Boston. Boston, March 28, 1855. The brig America, which sailed this mottling for Halifax, ! carried about fifty passengers, said to be the New York re- I emits for tne British army but the agent of the brig stales that they are enguged’to won; on the Halifax and Wind.-or ; Railroad. PhilaTeltiiia, March 28, 1855. of Recruits and Agents in Philadelphia. —The United States Marshal arrested fit teen men on boaid Hut mer Sanford, this morning, bound for New York. They had been enlisted here by order of the British authorities tor the foreign legion. A partial examination lias been held bet. ire Commissioner HeazUtt, ol the recruits, and tfw case adjourned to Satur day. t ii'teen were arrested, including those having charge ot the recruits Jt is said that sixty vverc.-er.t in via New \ ork, on Sunday, and the supposition is that upwards ol five hundred men have been enlisted by the agent in tins city. ] li c !igion —lt i.s a striking and significant (act, which h ‘.s been sirangely overlooked by theologians, ai:J ufterlv and by crt eh mongers, that, ti.‘rou.Ji'jjt the Bible, l there ss out one dtHmiion ot lieligiott. I; is iu these words : j ‘‘Pure rel gion and undefiled before (rod am! the Fat!)’ t. is this: io visit the fat!-r!ess and widows in ih -ir j f'filiet'O!), and to ke.’p hiniseii u “spoiled !r an tfie worid.” : James i, 2b. S5> Murder. — On th-j night of trie 2‘kl iu f., Thomas Gun* j eels killed his wife, by heating her over the head with a | lightwood-knot. He lived in this county, dour million Athens. The cause Kum, and long use oi it at iitat. Hi* wife is represented as an estimable woman, and had borne* him seven chi Id: eli —Ho at hern Banner, ‘ZUIh. I The Batik of Cornmerrr .—'1 hero was a sbulit run (.-ays the Baltimore Patriot of'l uesday) on tins bank yestoday— I about $2/M>, or less than 7 per cent, of its circulation, hV. v- ! j ms* heen pie-ented for ledeinntjon. £?ou,e depo-i toss .alio . j clos'd their accounts with the bank : but, so tar as we can I rd<r s the panic is over, and the credit ol tl e ihstftiu.ou is j fully restored. Hi . - dfij* Sivnnnnh VaUey liinrouJ.— i ne J;';•>:! r-ofthisßoad have bedn in .-essou at Hamburg. Mid i t various conferen ces with Committees Irm die City Cornell and citizens of Augusta, for the last time and y,-, and v. - re-nyt to ’earn that she subscpiiption ot on ilicpaft • ftiie city i, u < iK ,t feeireontirirod We. am pleased o liar:*,however, tltat •he Hirer-tor- have decried to build the Bond, whether any , aid is obtained troth Augo-m or u> n- f, fnai, ne-nUs tk-.* oi mui h omer important bii'iti'ss previous to the r adjournment yesffedav, they ebet- I F Anna a ti.eir Chief L.igi; eef, who wul proceed bn Mediately with the Io ation of iiie line e < ongratiifate lie company upon the entetpiisina de- i tentiin nionsot their rhesrderit and rdrectors, and upon their selection of an Knsjiaeer of such well known energy and a biltty.— Con. k Republic, ‘J!s(. ‘ j [From the New Orleans Tree Delta 1 LATER FROH CAI-IFORWIA. . financial affairs. ly the a rivfd of the Crescent City, Captain McfJov - we have rooejved Sail Francisco papers jo the It three days inter than by the ia-t arrival via the NUan-. ’ rente. I’he financial a flairs ej the country v, intprov - The A California of the 1-t has ihe following-* Col. Walker has received a gm-.t of id tv eau<m land m Nicaragua, and will leave he:e in 7. few u a , cotonize the grant. ‘i'he Alint is answering the demand for coin ass dlv possible. About *6l*ooo a day i< turned out, and the t :>■ age jor the month amounts to 61.250,ft 0. - Messrs. A veils,, largo & Go ( , resumed payment en Fucsilav, and so far all demands have been promptly pa ,j Adams A. Cos., have filed’ a petition lor insolvency, r. ‘ their schedule of assets and liabilities show a baianc’ o the right side of about $100,1)00; assets, 81,814 2.-5; I 1 hiiities, $1,630,717. Mr. Woods has given ail his r-K-ate proper’v, estimated at $250,( CO, and this ‘To to irtaka up the total of the assets. We nnd>'rstand that the express busin ®of A lams & Cos., will io l urried on without anv intern puo-f. Ihe failure ot Robinson &Cos , is a bad one. A meet ing of his creditors was held-in San Fram i-eo Hail ye* ter •day afternoon, when Mr. Robipson condescended jo in;- v . statement, in which he intimated that he hr.d not th-’ means to pay his passage on the steamer. His deposit-.': - are mostly poor people—laborers and poor wonibn. A Committee, was.appointed to examine his books aid report at an early day. He believed that the “special deposu ■ we e safe ; but upon this point lie was not \ ;y expiioi Dr. Wright's bank is believed to bo in a better con Jit;-• thau Robinson's, and some of I-.is friends think lie will i seme in a few weeks. I)r. Wright was arrested on Tr day, upon suit of one ofltfe depositors, but gave bonds ; was subsequently released. His family was so much ;;n ----noyed by writs lrom his creditors, that it was deeqttd u,.. cessary to station a policeman at tlftv door leading to , private apartjnents cl the building. The Dunking establishments now open are these of P ; J. mer, Cook & Cos.; Lucas. Tinner A. Cos.; Talipot c Wilde; Drexel, {father & Church : Wells, Fargo yc y\ B. Davidson and Sanders &- Brenham. The long looked for rain has come at last, and the mi ner and the agriculturist will gain thousands where tl. v y have lost hundreds by the hank failures. It has rained steadily for. nearly seventy-t'.vo hours, and judging ir. : ; the accounts already ree-i-ived, we are hd to believe it hrs extended all through the State. Throughout the - section an immense quantity of diit has been thrown u • awaiting only lor water to repay the mir.r lor his toil. v gentleman, for whose opinion- we entertain profound resrf •- estimates that in Eldorado comitv alone, enough dirt* ha* been heaped up to wash out SB,COO,CKO. Major Johxt Power. W a regret to learn that this old, and <-s:i - .-b!-c> oJ-L ot Abbeville, )S. C... breathed Ins last at his residen<-i > n Tuesday, the 6th ult., ia tire bTlh year of hi3 ag , ]j,* has decemhd peacefully to the tomb that ho had En* amicipated with emotions of pleasure, afui- a life e. U: . \ fuhws.s and respeotabiin v. A venerable relict, wain :, mei-ous children, grand children and ci.:!du \ ; mourn his loss. Curious Case of Manumission i ’ Executor of R. Bledsoe, rs. J t a Force ct cl. This cose we learn was tried at. the last term c :h e Superior Court of Putman county, Judge Har.lur „ presiding. General Ifledsoo, ot Littmton, vvho diid n few years ago, nunumitted by iiis will, ,• s many f t cur readers are aware, over ol;e hundred of his mgr,as, di recting that they should he settled rij;,.n lards i-i UJu’. or lnd ana, to be held h r them by a trust-.--,and po l with cverytl.’mg neceCs ry tor tlyeir <-;>mibrt and ,-* ; ■• tor a 12 month. I'he residue of ins i~t cstaio j..,-. reet.d to be invested in land stocks, ;.i <i to be held ro Executor in trust for certain legatees named hi th.’ his hells at law. As, by ’.lie .ofistiiuticii of 1; and the laws ol !nd :tta, ;U<* intr-Kiuction of free eg) into each of these States j. j.i-oinblted, it. was in jh.-s ■ l bie to cany <-ut the ploy:.* on of the will ; ii re', tim 1.) I Uie tuaounr: sum c{ the ra gives ; and necording-y. t ! •• j Executor. Col. ‘Nathan Bass, ot this city, filed a Bill, j see king the direction and instruction of a Court of Cl ! ceiy, as to the dispositioit to he made t#i’ them. At ‘ | 1 ;te trial the Court, alter refusing the nppiioatiou of tiie j Colonization Society,’ nlo and. sired to be im de a party a. the suit, with a view es taking ihe staves to Africa, at - ! an application (or lii*> appointineni of s Guardian ad iin a; f-r them, ditfetid that, carrying < ut the intention of tl * testater ci pres —as near as p-ossiule, toe: Executor sis. a c-arry the m grows to si-me State < r Tot ritory west of J Ohio river, and as near as -possible to Indiana or Jlii iu *is, and tip re so tie them as the wiii directs. Tfto io wi-1 go to,the Pupteme Court. The heir?, i at law who are in this ease the nieces and nephews o , deceased and the l its -lunrv legatees unde r the v, i . \ 1 carry it up upon the priiie'palpoint invoiv< and in tin - j ion, they elaiming that “ ill in leiation to tiie n;: : 1 i s : on of the negro: s cannot be executed, and teat J ; Itlie negroes] fail to them as the heirs at law; and “ Executor will carry it up, he c-outendirg (the Court . mating a ditteie-nt opinion,) that if this j rovisi. r, 1 I . .. Will fails, and the negroes go to the nieces ami m ph.-w. of his testator, il.ey must go to them as residuary i>g atees autl not as heiro al law. —Journal tj- Mess. Death* of Dapovt \de l"Eure.} —Jacques Chase, s I- i pout (de i’Eure) was born at N- nbourg, on flu- 27th of February 1767, On the 27'.b February, IS-fS, liej irri dec!, as a member of the Provisional government. < v r . solemn festival .11 the Place dc hi Hostile. W hen 1 had concluded an thquent address, „rago exeioim i the Assembly —“It is eighty y,. aj a of a pur; ni.-d pat; - ‘ | liie which speaks to you P In these few words id. a rapliy was complete. Our own <•<-uutiynicn will r-.m'i. * member his cordial sympathy with Americans. On ii:; ■ day following the festival to which 1 have minded, he re ceivccl-'Jit the Hotel d>- Yil.c, Mr. Rush, the United s Minister at Paris, and said, as be* shook hands with 1. : “Le, people Francois serve la train dn people Am oa/Vi” —T'fie Frencli wt.plc shake hands with tin- A;*., can pi-opU. !he last years of the venor.-.i - ex-! ■ s of the Council were- passed in ictir- merit at id ;., ;, riii‘s, where bis advice w; s never wit!.-held from Id:- - ieai fritojs, rr his charity (run the poor, and uku. the last moment, lie retained both his talent a e ing narrator, and his silica re aUachm. t.t to repi : 11 ideas. His funeral, yesterday, occasioned en irrui. eoheuurse. Tiie first ecTena.nies wc-re pe: form and in little church of Rouge pet riel which was so sma’l , the majority liad to ktuei ou; side, ben oath heaver.< • I arch- When the funej?d procession, after t-.v. ]- walk—for ail j*rtfelled foilovvii-g on f-o'—had 1-,. Ncubonrg, its ‘cl.or.-h, also, though .i cot.side-r.-JJ-- was (* und t< u smail, and the i•• -c- square a‘• ut < ; .1 v.;s crowded witli bat'd heads and knceiii.-g a.ro.s .Lnoiig the former cedh-ngues and political friends, i ti - venerable l-’upe lit, “ 110 were present, were lnaice-l < •- vatgnae-f Mafic, Senai t, Cam -f, Garnie-r-Pages (.< < ‘ c-liaux, Yaulabeil -. liay in, Jules S:n:ou. Arc , v. ho wn . unable to be present, had sent letters <s e-xcu* *. Ti e s>n ot’ Dupont ]i v FEti; ]is 1n- v rvir-g in the- an y Ci’ Sevaste ia*!. Wliafc vef J. ure !*• ’ o Vu.y v a £■> - mer cannot be in >re preci. us thru tl. • Luor “'■ * 1 ? inherits, <is a soil of theqm r<> of peace. >i c- oe I'ei, ands virtue-, whom Franve- * u 1 s ’ 77,e Poetry “j ray sic —Do.- s few rrj . soe'ifffed in pur minds with wry feces. ard 1 -s s.v tiud from the days of childb<-o< . another word 1 nausea nud di. c gu-t. Its uiu-r > s \\ve ti e u-.i-t pm: . f s ckiits',and pa n w** not so li id so bear ; > *S. j-. \ - mg p.-it'Mns we weft*coin pellet! toV .iiliaw for is- r.. 0! i *!•/Ay/*i's pn jfaraiioi sle raid mio ; '-r hh. His Cl- ;: \ is like honey ou tin- tongue, arnl,heam g b .lie. m the stotpr.ch. His Pd's 1d ry them—tie y are fe .y. morsels so she taste. aiyl 2rl <l?* sugar shed cv.-r i!.* but rtfeir energy, although wrapped up, is ih<r . . strikes with telling feme ft the very f< ui dation oi 1 - et sc. — Cincinnati Citizen. ’ t'r >te the phsrl ■sten Me-caiy Cuba and ta - Admiaistratit n. The on fid’ from its high position in regard to Spain,hocaa-o it Ind no power to maintain it. Alh - ideal of the I'libv.i State- caenot order or control, bj a direct e'verei-i- of auUtn.ri’y, either the internal or < stern;. |Kii:cy of f'"e fJi-ve iitncnt. Fot what Ja- pt;o.s >: J%must haw toe approval of ( ■mer-ss. If m-t siipp<<rl i by C'ongre-s. where tin* war and money pow r * .\ist, his nctiOTi, howev -r politic ayd cin-rgetic, enu-’ ■> ’"liiing -- ‘Phe Idedde-it can si--p improper Kgi-lcti n f.y Id v-. • . but he can, by i,:.- own power, enforce oofitsvo teo ‘This is limited Jo rcctimuiendaUons.baclc and by moral t< ;u , which the dignity ot ins position, and the cotiti fence ta his integrity and statesmanship, may end to his reconm ‘ and 1)008. I’his is true of our iuur.ia! aflaiis, and it isci; ;. ly true of our foreign affairs Pre-ident Fierce had suunritted to Congress his v.jwa