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JCOLUMBUS, GEORGIA. j
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 7. 1855
BY TELEGRAPH,
Expressly for the Times and Sentinel.
LATEIt FROM EUROPE.
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ARRIVAL 0F THfc:
STEAMSHIP BALTIC.
New York, Aprii 6.—10, p. m.
The steamship Bailie has arrived with Liverpool
dates to the 24th,
Cotton has advanced one-sixteenth to one eighth and.
Sales oi the week 88,000 bales.
Money easier; Consol# 92 3 4.
The first of the Four Points, placing the Daou'fian
principalities under a joint protectorate of the tour pow
ers, has been unanimously adopted by the Vienna
Confeience.
Diet and Dress.
This ought to be an inviting heading, for it is a com
mon saying that “victuals and clothes” are all the
richest m in can get out of his fortune ; it is certain that
the great and leauingidea with most non and some wo
men is “what shall we eat and wherewithal! shall we be
clothed.”
Americans are great feeders but, they know but little
about eating. Wo bolt our Tood. We account for
this peculiarity upon the ground that it is never cooked.
Burnt food is not relished by the palate. We take it
like we kiss old and ugly female relations. It
is a disagreeable job ; and the sooner it is over the
better.
We have stumbled lately upon some curious facts
about the origin of dishes. He was ahold man who first
invented roast pig——his name has not been preserved—
but what shall we say of him who first swallowed an
oyster? It happened in this wise: “A man walking
one day upon the beach of the many tongued sea, picked
up one of these savory bivalves just as it was in the act
of gaping. Observing the extreme smoothness ot the
interior shells, he insinuated his finger between them
that he might fee! their shining surface, when suddenly
they closed upon the exploring digit with a sensation
less pleasurable than he anticipated. The prompt with
drawal of his finger was scarcely a more natural move
ment than its transfer to his mouth. It is not very
clear why people when they hurt their fingers put them
to their mouths; but it is certain that they do ; and in
this case the result was most fortunate. The owner of
the finger tasted oyster juee for the first time. The
savor was delicious—he had made a great discovery 5
so he picked up the oyster, forced open the shells, ban
queted upon their contents, and soon brought oyster
eating into fashion. And unlike most fashions, it has
never gone, and is never likely to go out.” Long ago
our ancestors ate their oysters and then drank their
beer. In England, no one now thinks of eating them
without beer. Americaus wash them down with
brandy and water as they do most other things. Port
is said to turn them to st>ne and 1,0 one but an
man can relish them with cold water. We take it,
therefore, that on tide water the Temperance ticket
will not poll many votes. Bottled ale, by the way, is a
modern invention. D. an Now. 11 was out fishing,
with a bottle of freshly-d"awn beer at his side, when
intelligence reached him of the peril his life w..s in under
Qieen Mary. He fled, after flinging away liis rod and
frstroar- w “"'iB.JBi ” ‘irajrirerv;-. r
again safely resort to the same spot, he looked for his
bottle, which, on being disturbed, drove out the cork,
like a bullet front a gun, and contained so creamy a
fluid, that the Dean, noting the fact and tejoicing tilt-re
in, took care to be well provided with the same thence
forward.
The eostl'u st banquet ever eaten was that of Anthony
and Cleopatra, in which the sooty beauty swallowed
dissolved jewels. The strangest banquet was prepared,
by the Castellan de Coucv. The jealous old Knight
growu suspicious of his wife’s virtu.-, served up to her
a dish composed of her lover's heart. An Arab chief
once had a horse marvellous for his beauty and sped.
Ihe King sent a nobleman to purchase him at any
price. Arrived al the tent, he delayed to make known
his errand until morning, but that night the steed was
killed to feed the guest. “It was the last animal I had
and my gu<st had a right to it.’’
Os dress we have only room to say that while our
women are in danger of dislocation of the spine from
long skirts, the meu are
The slaves ot buttons and tight breeches. ■
Speaking of buttons, we may add that by acts of Par
liament, pass.d in the reigns of William HI, Anne, and
George I, it is illegal Lr tailors to make, or men to
wear, clothes with any other buttons appended thereto
except buttons of brass. This law is m force for the
btn.fit of the Bermigham button makers. It is a ques
tion for lawyers to decide whether it is of force in
Georgia.
Sir Harry Smith, at the Cape of Good Hope, pro
claimed that he would receive no Kaffir chief at his
levees who did not wear tad coats. The result was
that his quarters were crowded by warriors of Sooth
Africa wan their naked bodies thrust into swallow
tail, and coats, and their naked limbs dangling down be
neath the produce of the European slop shops. This
was something better thau the Guinea negroes who
consider themselves in fuli costume when they have
stuck a feather iu their wool and tied a pair of spurs to
liair heels.
Unlike these oddities, the modesty of our women
seems to begin at the toes. A lady who affected tbe
bloom, r costume, once rebuked by another whose dress
was too short at the other end, answered that she
thought modesty would not suffer, if her friend pulled
up her own drees a little, or cut a piece off the bottom
to tasten on the top. Long skirts answer very weii in
England where most of the women have ugly feet, and
the slop of the street# give the few who have not an
excuse to hold up their gowns, but in the United States
where neither the form of the foot nor the state of the
weather justify either custom, it 1s shocking that our
wom n should sweep the side waiks with the skirts of
their dresses.
Macon Mutual Loan Association. —Four thousand
four hundred dollars were loaued by this. Asso
ciation, at its regular meeting on Monday evening last
8t 47, 44, 44 1 2. 45 1-4, and 40 per cent premium.
This would indicate that the tirms aie getting easier,
the rate of premium paid being from 10 to 2v) per cent
1 ss thau was given two or three months since— Geo.
Citizen.
x New Hampshire Judgeship, —lion. Andrew S. Wood
’*• bun nominated tor cni.i justice <ft be superior court
‘'‘ New Harppah re, to take tlie place ol Judge Gilchr.st
r .govd. > ... ’
Soule on Spansh Politicians.
In the Osteiid Conf.r.nee papers, our late vesatile !
Miuister sketches with a bold pencil some of the lead- j
| ing men of Spain. We give a few specimens : . 1
Pezoela, late Captain General of Cuba.—The Mar- ,
1 quis de la Pezuela is a man of some ability ; a grac.ful |
j poet, I am told, but possessed of none of those qualifica !
turns which constitute a strong mind.
He has that sort of pertinacity which in Spain is con
6ideitd as constituting the climax of civil virtue ; and
! entertains most violent pr.judicies against the Yankees,
j More of a poet than a soldier, he yet gained some dis
j Auction while Captain General of Porto Rico by his
to the policy of compression and tyrany
pursued of late jears by the Spanish Government to
watds the colonies.
Calderon de la Barca, late Minister of State. He
j has learned nothing by the lessons of the past, aud )
1 seems stricken with incurable blindness in reference to I
the future. Ilia accession to the cabinet was an aeei- j
: dent; his exit fioin it will not be considered a calamity j
even by himself, lie is honest, and means well ;he is
able and might do much good ; but he has no nerve,
and his timidity destroys entirely his usefulness. lie
were doomed, even if bis colleagues could be saved.
General Narvaez, Duke of Valencia. —But the
man who is likely to play the most prominent part in
the corning drama (this was written Dec. 23d, 1853)
; is doubtless tbe Duke of Valencia, General Narvaez,
fresh from the school of the great impostor, (Louis
Napoleon,) who smarts under the repeated manifesta
tions of distrust and dislike, of which the Court of late
; has perhaps been too little spairing, and who may at
any moment launch himself out of his retirement at
Loja, and give Madrid a second edition of the 2d. Dec.;
who cau put on any mask circumstances may require
him to wear, and whose contempt for principles or
morality would minister such facilities for the promo
tion of the most extravagant undertakings. Os all the
Spaniards who surround the throne, l e is beyond doubt
the most feared and detested by the Queen, who holds
indubitable proof of his treachery to her, and who knows
that, once in his dependence, she would soon become
but a passive instrument of mischief and a slave. He,
therefore, has no hope of being reinstated in his former
position, unless he succeed in upheaving some political
storm that may bo alarm the Queen as to induce her
to drown her antipathic# in her fears. General Nar
vatz hoasts that with the sea and land forces Spain has
in the Island of Cuba, she could whip us whenever she
chose to do so,
Pacheco, Minister of State, successor to Calderon.
Don I. Francisco Pacheco is a gentleman of great
legal and literary attainments, theugh, perhaps,
little of a statesman, but a Spaniard throughout, and,
besides, of a weak and irresolute temper, fearing to
commit his responsibility, and, therefore, incapable of
approaching a certain great question with that boldness
of purpose which alone could commend it to public
favor.
The Favorites at Court (Dec. 23d., 1853) are per
sons of no power, talent, or energy. Their foresight
and discretion reaches not even the immediate exigen
cies and dangers of thtir position. They live in per
feet quitude and peace, in the full conviction that every
thing is still and safe out of doors as long as, inßide of
them, there is no other disturbance but that at tirms
brought forth by the sudden and temporary prevalence
of a caprice substituted for a caprice. Confu.-ion, dis
order and anarchy prevail in every branch of the Gov
eminent. How long this may last none can tell; per
haps not beyond tbe running hour ; for this is the eoun
! try of the unexp cted.of the anomalous, of the illogical.
mil) mi
I Columbus Local Items.
>■"’ r *•* our l.itmt me justly celebrated net
i only for their intelligence, refinement and beauty, but
j for their elegant and tasteful costumes. The superiori
-1 ty of our Millinery establishments contribute much to
I this end. By reference to our advertising columns,
! our fair readers wi’l see that Mrs Dtssau has received
i a full supply ofi Spring Millinery and Dress Goods,
which she will be pleased to exhibit to her customers.
| Philharmonics. —The Philharmonic Society proposes
\to give a Concert, on Thursday evening, Aprii 12th,
jat Concert Hall. The society is composed of many of
the btst amateur musicians in the city, who have been
under a course of instruction from Professor Saroni, who
has succeeded in bringing his class up to a high point
of excellence in this deliglnful science. The entertain
ment will be worth attending. We have been delight
ed with their rehcrsals.
Piano Meciianiqce Professor Saroni makes a
very fair off-r, in our advertising columns, to such per
sons as desire to procure instruments of music and in
struction in the science.
Democratic Meeting in Cass County.
On the 3d April, a poition of the Democracy of Cass
county assembled in Convention for the purpose of ap
; pointing delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention.
] The meeting was ca’led to order by calling R. A. Mil
ner to the chair and appointing T. A. Burke, Secreta
! ry. M.ssrs. C. A. Hamilton, R. A. Milner and J. A.
Crawford, were appointed delegates to the Gubernato
rial Convention to be held at Miiledgeviiie on the sth I
of June. Delegates were also appointed to aitend tbe !
Congressional Convention of the sth District. T;e i
following resolutions were adopted wish grout una- I
nimitv :
1. That we reccommend to the Democracy throughout i
the State, a full and thorough organization.
5. That we fully concur with our Democratic brethren I
in Tennessee ii the sentiments expressed in the following 1
i resolution, lately passed at their Gubernatorial Convention:
| “ Resolved, ’£hat the Democratic paity has never hesi
tated or teareu to make an open and candid declaration of
its creed and principles; that we regard ail secret political
clubs as at war with the genius and spirit of out Republican
| Institutions; that the secret oath bound political club, com
monly called‘Know Nothings,’in its attempts to abridge
the rights of conscience ana create religious tests in the
selection of men for office, is violative of the Constitution
and dangerous to the public liberty ; that it is but a weak
invention ot the enemies of the democraiic party; and that
1 we will fight this secret enemy with the same energy and
i an! jr which in times past has enabled us to defeat and
i drive from the field open and undisguised foes.”
Close of the Season—Departure of Miss Logan.
On Thursday and Friday l ist, Mr. Crisp’s company,
accompanied by Miss Logan, re appeared upon our
boards. The weather was unfavorable, and, in eonse
quence, the Hall was cot as full as usual. The diffe
rent members of the corps sustained their previous
reputations. Miss Lngsn added to her’s by her vcr\
powerful delineation of the part of Margaret Elmore ii;
Love’s Sacrifice.
Tiie company left on Saturday noon for Charleston
j After performing there for two weeks, Miss L- gar
! W:IT to Philadelphia and New Yoik to folfii
protessiouui engMgr merits, and the Savannah com pan}
“in return to that city. \V e v\i>h them one* and all th
i:rea.est hapiness and will always welcome their relun
to Columbus.
Gov. Pollock has appointed 4 boma- F- Bell, (dem ,)
Judge of ihe District eompoed of Monjoe, Carbon, Pike
*Ld Wayne counties, 10 of Judge Porter, resigned, ,
Abolition of Slavery in Cuba.
We publish, in auother column, an article on this sub
ject of fearful import to the Southern States- The
Spanish Miuister of States has avowed in the Spanish
Cortes that it is the purpose of the Spanish Gov j
ernment tos.abol.sli slavery in the Island of Cuba.—
Our Government has expressed its deiermiua ioa to re- I
gist this purpose at all hazards. We hope it will not 1
back out from this position. The safety of the South
ern States r and the prosperity of the Island are involved !
in the issue. It is usf-les to postpone it any longer.— !
Under the counsels of England and France and wc !
fear of tho Northern Fanatics, the oil fgies who rule
Spain are determined to desolate the Queen of Autilles
solely, as wo believe, to prevent her from falling into
our arms.
We have heretofore opposed the projects of the filli*
butters. We will do so no longer, and shall henceforth
give our feeble aid to that party which is ready at 1 11 ■
hazards, to seize the Island. Unless ihe blow is struck j
at once. Cuba will ba Africanized.
S nee the above was in type, we have read a version
of thespetc!) of Luzuriaga as published in the Spanish
paper in New York called La Crenica which is directly
the reverse of that copied from the Presse. While he
denounces the slave trade, he emphatically tells the
Cortes that the maintenance cf slavery is essential 10
the seem ity of Spanish dominion in the Island. This
gives an entirely new’ phase to the question. \\ e have
no room for further comments at this time. We may
recur to the subject again.
Laying it on Thick.—The courteous editor of the
Enquirer throw# at us the compliments of the mag
nificent junior of the Montgomery Journal. Come,
friend, that is not fair. You commenced this play of
soft sawder with tho Journal , and we hope you will
hold up your side of the game.
House Broken Open. Jas. G. Stewart of this
county, says the Newnan Banner, informs us that his
house was entered, a few nights since, by one David
Irvin, just out of a four year's service in the Peniten
tiary, and a traveler, staying with Mr. S. over night,
robbed of his pocket book. Said Irvin is 25 to 30 years
of age with sandy hair, inclined to curl, growing low
on his forehead, lias blue wyes, fair skin, weighs about
180 ibs., chunky, and withal, quite a bully. After eom
mitting the robbery he made his eaoape, and Is now at
large. The publio would do well to keep a sharp look
out for the scamp.
Stringent Naturalization Law. —The late Legisla
ture of Maine passed an act greatly restricting the right
of naturaiiz-d citizens to vote. It provides that no per
son of foreign birth shall ba allowed to vote at any
election, unless he shall, at least three months before
each election, produce and show to the authorities hav
ing chaage of the preparation of the cheek lists, his
naturalization papers, and they appear to be genuine.
By these provisions, (says the S ate of Maine) if the ex
prss words of the act are literally construed according
to their direct meaning, no naturalized person what-
I ever can be permitted to vote at the coming municipal
i election, nor at any election held in this siato since the
; 17ih of March.
Mobile and Ohio Income Bonds.
As an evidence of the strong and abiding faith of
i our people in the ultimate and speedy completion of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, we miy mention the fact—
: and take much pleasure in doing so—that the subset ip
| lions to the Income Bonds of the Company have been
! very prompt, and thus far to a greater extent than was
J expected. Individuals generally wll take to the full
I amount their means will justify, and have already sub
) ... .jioi l cw. Our local moneyed institu-
I tions have come forward nobl) and their course insures
the early filling up of the amount which will be required
from Mobile. The subscriptions by them thus far are
j as follows :
j Alabama Life Insurance and Trust Cos. $25,000
; Merchants Insurance Cos. 25,000
I Mobile Insurance Cos. 20,000
j Firemen’s Insurance Cos. 10,000
Mobile Navigation and Mutual Insurance Cos. 10.000
| Marine Dock and Mutual Insurance Cos. JO,OOO
Total SIOO 000
| The City Insurance Cos., and the Fulton Insurance
| Cos., have meeting# appointed for action upon the sub
; jtct, both of which will, without doubt, put down their
| quota of $20,000 and SIO,OOO, which will nuke the
• round sum of $150,000. We have it from pretty good
| authority that the Bank of Mobile will subscribe for
! $200,000 and the Southern Bank of Alabama SIOO,OOO
At aii events, we feel assured, that these institutions,
whose conduct has ever been marked by so much liber
ality and consideration for the public weal, will and > what
is right in this important matter, It wili be safe to say,
that by the close of the corning week $500,000 will
have been subscribed within the city. Then, if our
country friends do their duty, the requisite amount will
be made up within a very few weeks to insure the com
j pletion of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to Columbus,
I Miss.— Mobile Tiibune , 31st ult.
Four Men Shot in Wytheville, Va.
Wythevjllb, April 2.
Oa Saturday night last a most shocking tragedy occur
; ie i here, by which one of the oldest and most influential
i citizens was .nsiantly killed, and three other persons and tn
j gerousiy wounded. The particulars of the bioody affitir
j a* *’ as I am able to gather them, are as follows :
Foi- some time past, a man named J. Austin Graham,
! has been paying hs attentions to the daughter if a wealthy
! o! J gentleman, n.m -d W. H. Spiller,'who is reported to
be worth about $200,000. Graham was unsuccessful in
his suit, horn the fact that the young lady loved, and was
engaged to be married to a physician named Dr. lionet.
Graham, on account of th!s state* oi things, has been vio
lent, ..tid threatened to u>tte the jils ot his rival the first i
opportunity that offered.
On Saturday night, about 10 o’clock, he entered the 1
NVythevi.ie Hotel, kept by Mr. Thomas J. B .yd, where i
Mr. Spiller was sitting, in company with Mr. C.'F. Trigg, I
teller of the Exchange bank at Abngdun, Mr. C. Cox,
an attache o. tile hotel, and Mr. Terry of this place.
Graham drew a revolver snd commenced firing at the
crowd, k ding Mr. Spider at the first fire. Mr. Cox is
‘ey badly wounued ; but will, it is th tight, recover. —
Ales rs. Teriy aud Trigg were wounded, Lut not seri
ously.
The murderer fled immediately after the conimi-uiou j
of the bloody deed, and has not since been heard of. I
Yours, F.
Know Nothing Movements. —The Know Nothings in
several States are divi<iiug iff into several clqufs aud
coteiies. In New York there are three factions : let,
Barker’s party, called Hindoos : 2d, the Allen party, call
ed Originals; 3d, the Utica organ union, called bojus or
Sew.ud Know Nothings. Iu Massachusetts, Ne e ILnnp
sh re and New Jersey there are two factions in ea:-h.—
All this is weaken ng. Unless they unite in each State,
a<T then in all the States, they will dcmolised by the J
ragged democracy.— N. Y. Herald.
Pre pay Your Letters.— The new Postage law. which j
t ok effect .*n the Ist of April, provides th .t letter post- 1
age mus-t be pre paid. The public should bear this feet
in mind, a# ieitcrsoa wbioh the postage- i ao \ paid w ll
not b forwarded.
Impor.ant froai Havana.
New York, April 4.
The steamship Black Warrior lias arrived from
Havana with dabs to the 29-h Match.
More ai rests had taken place. The Acting American
Consu', it is understood, had a strong pi ote.-t against W.e
Xeeutioii of Estrampes. It was also stare-i that Concha
had determined to refer the matter to the Spanish Mit.is
t v at Washington.
The steamship Star of the West h is arrived at this poit
from California, with a quarter of a tnilliou in gold.
“The Georgia Prohibitionist,” 'is the title of anew
Weekly Campaign paper, to be publsle and in Marietta, the
fi'st number of which wi.l be issued about the 20 h i list.,
E. J. Camp and S. A. Caider, Elitors and Publishers.
The objects and purposes of the journa', are set forth
in the Prospectus thus:
‘‘The ‘‘Prohibitionist” will be issued on a Super Royal
sheet, with new and beautiful type, and will contain r<
large amount of original and selected milter on the subject
of Temperance and other topics of general interest• Its
prominent feature will be the advocacy of the great Tem
perance movement on the basis of the Atlanta Platform,
and the cl aims ot B. 11. Overby, the nominee f>r Gov
ernor of the State Temperance Convention. We believe
that Prohibition is the only legitimate rtiriedy for the great
and growing evils of Intemperance in our Latin, and tak
ing this view of the subject, we shall endeavor, as far as
our abilities extend, to lay before the people of Georgia,
the claims of the principles of Prohibition to their adoption
and support.”
Terms During the Campaign.—One copv $1; Six
eop : es $5; Twenty-five copies S2O; Ore hundred copies
$75.
A City Bankrupt —The City of Philadelphia has ap
plied to the State Legislature for a temporary loan as an
immediated necessity. The Pennsj Ivaniun says the
amount require 1 by the City, to place her finances in even
a respectable condition, is one million and a half of dol
lars.
A Bounty Land Forger Arrested. —The Commis
sioner of Pensions Ins caused the arrest of 1L 11. Sutton,
a b >unty-land paper forger, in Alabama, lie is now con
fined in thej iii of Talladega co., awaiting iiis trial. It is
probable that there will be more than half a dozen indict
ments against him.
Corruption in Albany. —The disclosures among the
i politicians in Albany are <• stounding. Simony is there
practised on a large scale by the party in power.—
The tariff of procuring offices on the cauals is fixed at
prices varying from SSOO to $2,000 each, according to
value. Such are the charges openly made. Thuriow
Weed, what do you say ? Is not this as bad as shaving
off Monroe’s whiskers, and passing him off for “a good
enough Morgan ?”— N. Y. Herald.
i U. S. Treasury The amount remaining in the U
S. Treasury and its depositories, and subject to the draft
of the U. S. Treasurer on the 2Gth ult., was $21,455,-
523 54, of which amouut $23,300 52, was in the Cus
tom House of Savannah.
i
Interesting to Visitors to Cuba —The American
Consul at Havana, cmtiuns citizens of the United rrtabs,
before leaving for Cub, to have their American pass
ports countersigned by the Spanish Consul at the port ot
emoarkaliun, or at the nearest place where a consul re
sides.
Spring Business of Savannah. —The wharves are
no.v lined with Vessels of all c. asses, busily engaged iu
liking in and discharging the.r cargoes. Everything un
der the Bluff has a brisk and animat, and appearance.—
Drays can be seen m ivaig hi every direction, piled with
goods, the marks of wh.eh ind cate their destinations, some
; in T\ mitsate and others again tor all parts
iof ttiis cjtate and Fl rida. Rep.
In Luck.— Win 11. Griswold, Esq ,of the “Colum
i bus Enquirer,” is die only person in Georgia who dre.v a
! pr.ze in the late drawing of the ‘Vosmop >!i an Art Assn
; elation” located in Ne.v York, and at Smdusky, Uh.o.—
| He dievv *‘a Pot:a ton Copper, oval, 12 by lb.”
Sfimnnuh and New York StcamsJdji —The
steamships Leiongmg o U.e New York ami Cjavanuaii
beam Navigation Company have again rtsumed their
regular semi-wtekly trips between bavanin.h and New
T. rk—the Alabama having b en laid up for some tirin',
receiving new and more < x'ensive boikrs With such
excellent and seaworthy vessels, mak ng the rtrips in from
fifty to sixty hours, ami at such a reduced tare (S2O to
New York; they ought, and will, we think, received a
j liberal support from the traveling public.— Rep.
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Exciting Scene in the Span sh Cortes on the subject
of i? uba — Important Declaration by tho Spanish
1 Ministry.
The Madrid correspondent of the Paris Tresse gives
the tollowiug account of the inter pi batons put to the
Spanish ministry in the Cories ou tire subject of General
Concha’s despatches :
j “The Cortes came to a vote to-day [March 8] of high
! importance—an importance the greater from tire fact
j til t it seems to prejudge the solution of the question lett
ito the Assembly by M. Oi’ z tga. It has affirmed in prin
! bipie the existence of two chambers by a majority of 2UI
I votes against 155.
i “but the sitting reserved for us other emotions. I an
| bounced to you, a f,w days since, the discovery of a
very serious conspiracy in the Island of Cuba. This
! burning the government received circumstantial des- !
; patches brought to it by M. Basiilltw, one of the most dts~ j
Anguished officers of the iSpmish navy, who has just te- !
turned from the Island. Now General Serrano suddenly i
interrupted the debate on the constitution by demanding ‘
of tite m if they could give some explanation as io i
the coil tents of these despatches.
I M. Luzuriaga, iu the midst of a science truly solemn
j gave a reply as categorical as the circumstances wouiu
| permit.
‘•A great conspiracy had in fact been discovered. But
ihs Cep am Genera! Concha had succeeded in nipping it
intheLud. Ail the principal actors in this drama were
i llle bauds ot the authorities. The minister was able
j h> give the assurance tSiat the security of this rich colony
, * a - danger. Large reinforcements of troops were
| about being despatched to Gen. Concha. Spain would
| bleed iroiri ali her veins soomr than support in that quar
ter either injury or dishonor.
‘*Oa the character of the conspiracy M. Luzuriaga was
not as explicit as he himself would no doubt have desired,
lie on'y ventured to insiuuUea fact which | eople here
would like to doubt—namely, that the impulse of this
conspiracy came from the United States; and he imrne
diutely asserted with energy, and in a manner which pro
duced a prof, und impression on the assembly, that all the
conspirators arrested were acknowledged partisans of the
maintenance of slavery.
‘•On this occasion the minister made a declaration
wh ch reflects the highest honor upon him, as well as up
on thecabiutt whose een.iments he expresses. He said,
that without mviding the rights of established propenv,
Without refusing to compensate tiiern by a suitalle indem
nity, the Span sn geverurnent was finally decided to put
an end to a barb irons institution which ali e vil zed
nations condemned and which M. Luzuri.gu did not fear
itail a pcs', and a shame to humanity.
‘*iiie L-partcro ministry the more merit for hav
ing taken this g initiative from the fact that negro
slavery reckons, in this hberal laud of Spain, numerous
and very warm partisans. And for Cuba itself, the de
claration is not.wiihout its per is.
“M. Olozagu constituted ii nisei f the interpr ter of the
sentiments ot the whde assemb'y, by proposing a vo:e
■>f adhesion ami thanks to the cabinet. It was the pen- ‘
tar.t. to that which wis passed ab. ut a mouth since ii.
consequence of ths explanations demanded by M. Mar a
<eguy, 6’urtts have proved once in re ii a thN
re and ci.i.ol not to retreat from this position in which tti*
a >n-'i* t.t iSpa n is so and *ep v involved.
.apart !t\,m the deb ites of the assembly, I have learn
-o Mat the man cipal author of this Cuban eonsp racy i*
iui rocked monk, who had su reeled in insinuaon
10 * et ' rte - n went, into the confidence of G.i>
0 ,ndw. Moiinu * ;n lonutoii,,, with ~
LiriT brlunuiug to , W
cerp *.”—Watknigton Vnwn.
Ter, ible Rio! in Cinncin ti.
F.glt between the List uni A i.ow-Nothings—Cannon
Fired and a Numbtr Filled.
Ade-patch from Cincinnati, dated the 2L-t ins-t. sayr:—
The icsult ot to-day’s ejection is not dele, mined, lot the
Know o uthii gs ate p. bally ahead. fccte.ul Seiiou.- lows
Have taken place dming Hie afternoon, audit].- lejorttd
ttiat one American and two* r th ee Girmaiis have Inca
silled In t.e melee tbe ballot boxes ware deslioyea.—
cUit tuutiei disturbances are appientuded.
A Lr. Brown was assaulted at me ;olis, in the Eleventh
Ward, tins at.en oon, by foreigners, and m* st veicly I e-leu
that he ded in a stn rt time. Tbe Know-nothings mined
out en masse, and tatting a cannon trom me D .tea a..d
Irish, turned it upon tliein and tired, and a tefvvuid? se.zed
mid broke up the baiu t boxes. The numtier of kilLu du
ring the melee is not known. The tuim.lt is \eiy gnat
and the exenenient is it.teu.-e. ‘i lie kiiow-nolhii gs are
marcliii g m procession thiungh the streets with earn on,
anel haveorcteted a rendezvous in the L-kvenih Maid to
i night.
The eleventh contains a large majoiity of Germans, and
it having been charged that parties weio prevented iroin
voting American tickets atthc polls in that waid,a large
party ot Americans took posses.-toti ot the ballot-boxes and
destroyed ttie tickets. Several weie vvoumh din ttie strug
gle which ensued, but no one was kt.led, JLk. mown beirg
yet alive,and ltkeiy to recover, although tadly iijuttd
The eleveuth waro is supposed to liave given a niajoiny of
six or seven hundred tor the “ Si.ynicht ” ticket, bm the vote
cannot now be counted.
April 3. Ihe election is still undecided. Fraud has
been detected in the 12th ward, which gave Fatren, deni ,
5tX) majority. It is proposed to thiow out the cniite vote,
j Ttiis done, Taylor, the American candidate, will have
about lul) majo.ity. Bur if this ward is cuui.it and, fatren
will have 400 to 500rnajoiny. The lith waid ballot box,
wnich was deployed, io supposed would hao given Far
reit 500 to tdd majoiity. Had the entire vote ot the ci*v
been counted, the whole democratic ticket would have
been ended by 50U to 1 TOO majority.
i here was no more rioting last night. It is supposed 10
or 12 were killed or menu iy wounded altogether. Fi- tols
weie discharged indiscriminately, and the on.y wonder is
that the destruction of life was not greater, it was, alto
gether; the most disgraceful election day ever experienced
in Cincinnati.
More Fighting in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, April 4.
More fighting took place last night between the Arner..
icans and Gei mans, but it was not general. The Gir
j mans are mostly mined and barricaded in their houses,
j The crowd re-assembled early to-day. The mill ary are
i under arms and the Germans have agreed to give up their
cannon before noon.
- .eg—Cs—
Tho Great Match Against Time—Lexington the Cham
pion cf the World—Seven Minutes Nineteen and
Three-Quarter Seconds.
“Sevastapol est prise” was an announcement not more
startling or thrilling than is the message which h is,t re this,
spread throughout tiie Union that L*xington has made his
lour miles in seven minutes nineteen and Ihrte quarter
seconds. Seven twenty-six beat the Kvtld so m.ch thgtf
there was very naturally many “shrewd doubts’’ as to tlitl
capacity of any piece of horse flesh to throw that achieve
ment in the shade. The temerity of Mr. ‘J eußroei kin
backing, by $lO OCO, the p opo ilion that Lexington cou’d
accomplish this Herculean lark, was fnely commented
upon, and the opinion that the attempt would tail was al
most general, until it w'as staggered by the manifestations
of unwavering confidence by Mr. T. and the tr ends of
Lexington. For many days past, the triend- of 7:26 weie
much more numerous than tho-e of the gallant i t-xmg on,
but at the same time th*re was so much hesitatn n that the
amount of money staked was not extraordinarily la'ge,
and so much did opinions vaiy that it was almost impossi
ble to dec ; de the iavoiite, time o the hoise.
A more beautilul day cm ldV-ot fiave been .'elected for
the giand trial than yesierday. The sky was blight, the at
mosphere dry and refreshing, the track i:i splendid rder,
and everything stini and to portend success to Lxiugton.
‘I lie attendance was voy large, them nunlv five hi nditd
to three thousand persons being < n the gr und,) and wo
were (deased to see the ladies stand traced by the presence
ol a large number of gav and beautiful women. For an
hour previous to the start, the hesitation wnich had pievail
’ ed in town was apparent and but little betting was done.—
I Old tuiiineii weie inclined (rather) to the belief that the
j horse would wm, and some cxpie-.-ed them elves in the
| mo t prr irive manner, but as a gtteial thing, opinions
• came lotto -o T-ehl, that but l.ttle sprit wa- given lo“ont
! eiders.” The owner of Lexington ofieud ivvi-i.ty five to a
hundred llvat he would make it hi 7.24. bm die long odds
a-ked, dampened the encouragement which a proposition
otauy oh erdeseiiptimi from him would have given. Lt x
yingtou ai ‘pea red in fine ci.nd.l on, and Ins lusty gait and
oetiutiful appearance as he was ma ched up aid down in
bom. oi the stand elicited general admiiation.
Ol die lace it.-e f, t ieie was not inmli to ray. Arrow
and Joe Blackburn were selected as alternate cutnpu(.noi>t
du voyage, and they came upon the track with the great
contestant, but they attiacted little attention, Lexington
being the o! served o! all ob.-ei vers. The qu stion as t>• the
! running start, winch had caused consid< lable diseu.-sion,
| was decided fiorn the judge’s stand ly the announcement
; that Lexington wmuld Ire allowed to come to die Si meat
i any rate ot .-peed his owner might deem pr icr, and ti.idier
i that in acemd nice v ith the terms of the match, i> L* x ng
| lon ntade the four mile- in preci e!y 7:26, all L tsst. od ofl’.
At about halt-pa t three o’clock, ev. ry 111 gbe ng nai y
Lexington stripped, and having I een Untied . t Hie qi am"r
! gate, came up at full speed tor the race, clo:ely fol-
I lowed by Joe Blackburn. ‘I he start which was a beant lul
: one, and the telling stride with which Lexington Id <fT
| caused a general thrill among the spectators.'’ Joe Black
burn traded at a distance ol fom fit yto one hundred ia ds
throughout the first mile, which was done in 1:47*. This
time was con.-idered tot> tart by many ot the l.'iei ds oi the
horse, apd they feared he w ould not hold out at such a pace,
but h disappointed both friend and foe.
Arrow was let loose upon him in ihe second nile.ard
so beautifully did he move that he lapped h m on the I ack
stretch, but ieil ofl almost immediait ly, (intentionally v. e
suppose,) and trailed home the second mile (1:521) when
ms place was taken by Joe Blackburn. The trait at which
Lexingp n was now moving, and tbe ease wnh which be
appeared to gather himself, made it almost certain that he
W’culd win; and .'four, five, and six to one were ofieied
on him. Joe Blackburn was led a Jong distance through
out the third mile, which was done in I:SU, and Ar.ow
again throughout the fourth, tiie conqueror coming borne
in T:4a?, winning the match in seven minutes nineteen and
thne quarter seconds, and tor turns it the proud title of
Champion of the Worid. Lexington’s la.-t mile was done
with ease, and although (as we undcr-tand) t.e ran the lasr
q lat ter ol it with one of his plates loose, we believe ne could
have made the heat in 7:15. As it is, it is one of tiie ev nts
of ih- age, and although Lexington had, among his advan
tages, that of the iasiest track m the United States in the
best condit on it could be placed in, we are of the opinion
that h.s time will not root] be beaten.— A’. O. True ‘Fella’
Gaorge Law and th. 9 Presidency.
‘Tini’’ of the Cha leston Courier writes from N. York:
George Law i a in a fair way to be a candidate for li e
next i iesidt-my. He hasei.h-ted m his rerv.ee Geo:go
banders, Dan L Sickles, and a kw others ol that ~k-1
1 his was what bretight both these political woithies home
at about the same tune Law, 1 understand is lecuv.nc
“lU f/ 011 allusions to Ins polities! opinioi.s and
puoiic spirit horn all parts or ine countiy. He w mai ur
way ot going over the political course a year next fail.”
We should not be a bit surprised; fur w-e have ibr some
time past been tti in king that toy Gyascutut had got loose
in the nation and the woild,and thot in the genera! boul
cersement ot morals and politics,common tense had for
a mile bidden the taith ‘laieweli* and left helm dit the
devil to pay and no pitch hoi.” ‘J here is a teiew loose
somewhere, depend upon it. The wo. Id las got e ir ad-
ghosts waj k Uie eai lh to confou u theria e on< c f
men; accounts of intrudes performed i r the must ’ tT ; a t
■and ridiculous object? are gravely listened to by intelligent
rtMih lUMt tn d-e face ot the diean.er who nar
rates them, moral isms ar ■ uprooting the foundations of
guvornnun- and society; the ballot box who.-e herdom is
me tori ess °t Republicanism i, being controlled by .olni
cal juntas and joqutti otial conclaves, ntyingh, m 4. al t
darkness and thence shaping the policy Ltd Wulacf ur
t.ig tne agents otadministration; mediocrity is 1 sing Huo
to the surface, and succeed adventure as a money!
maker, tsto supplant the winded) and statesmanship oi ’ho
a ' id fmiesUlat &ke.' s mLirhot
iAi l 00i€ ■ to me Vce Preside,
cy tv ou.d have ren an admirable and fi.ti*g Tan ’ i u >ho
column of absurdny, uaii-ni.,,. c haos aid fully ,owl e
mma lu
Gr e at Military Expedition to the Plains.— lt is an
i -unced .a the St. i.u.B K. pubic.,, di.t orders have
JtU Washingon for ,| le early match of
;u<; th. usand troupe, under G u. li.,rnv, to the Wo: tern
‘ZiIT ”( he Indiana
|*’ ‘ ul P' ,st > b.-< 11 engaged in deprtdationa
r. • . e ln P' l! )’ a!, d 1 murdti ol Ainericm citizens,
t o? 0 ‘bat 1,2U0ul di • irirfips are to b?stationed
‘ al Fo,t Ketruy, u; at Kurt U by,
•
je.tr a teppiy of prov.#jwg,