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Citnts mtfo Sexiixvid. COLUMBUS,'GEORGIA. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, Z 855. C757".~T~ ~■ ■ Dr. Achiili and his Lecture. The announcement of a Lecture by thia very cele brated Roman, in this city, last Thursday night, caused some stir both among the Catholic and Protestant popu lation. The excitement subsided, however, very rapidiy and faihd even to bring together a large audience to hear what he had to say about Rome. W e felt a vety great curiosity to see a man who had been imprisoned in the Inquision ; abused by the Catholic hier.it chy in both hemispheres; and was thought worthy of the pen of Dr. Newman. We found him a swarthy old gentlem .nos, say, fifty five years ;of comely person ; pl< asing countenance and inanneis; but with nothing about him to indicate that he was “chief of men.” Ilia pronunciation of English is very imp. rfeet; he has to think in Italian and tran.-li'te into English. This, together with hs brogue, makes it necessary for him to speak very slowly and empli .tieally and robs his or atory of all charm. With all these draw hacks, his lec ture was listened to with interest and | leasure by quite a respectable audience, and we were gratified to find that the most chill liable temper characterized his discourse from beginning t> end. We do not rein< rn ber that the first harsh epithet fell from his lips during his leeture. In this r. sped, his lecture ivas in fine con- trast will, the spirit and temper of some cowardly ras cal who several times during the discourse creeped up to the Hall and threw stones upon the floor. Such* rudei ess is a disgaee to the American name. But to continue. Mr. Achiili seemed to us to be >ne of those poor exiles who have for centuries dream, and of the ind< pen- j denee and unity of Italy, lie sees the seven hills of j Rome, sails upon the yellow Tib r, climbs the Cap’ll-1, j looks upon the Forum, and o*her glorious mementos of imp. rial Rome, and finds it impmsible to believe that the Romans arc no more. It is h pardonab’e d< luMon, but one that time will cure. D graded by long ages of tyranny, the spirit and virtue of the old Romans have lied toother lauds and t hit Iter must the Roman R -pub lican follow if lie would live a life and achieve glories worthy of his illustiious ancestry. Impartial tiavek-rs represent the body of the Roman people as the slaves of the most degrading superstitions as well as of the most infamous vie. s. Such a rabblo can never aspire to the honors and sacrifices of citizenship. Mr. Achilh flatters himself that the Republ cans of Italy are Christians. Sine of them may be, but we are persuad ed that the body of them are infidels who acknowledge no higher law than their reasons. It is hardly nee ssa ry to say that rational liberty never can flourish on such a soil. Mr. Achiili proposes, however, to the scriptures, which he has trantl.ited into Italian, among his countrymen It is true, he says, that this is prohibit ed in the Roman States, but it is allowed in Pied mount, which lies upon their borders and from thence can and will find their way to his countrymen. The duty of Americans to aid him in this work is the burthen of his lecture. In urging this duty upon his audience, he in dulges in no abuse of the church of R one—at least, he did not in the lecture we had the pleasure of hearing. He seemed to take it for granted that popery was a great evil and that his audience knew that the only way to extirpate it was to circulate the holy scriptures. Ilia single purpose was to persuade lrs audience that it was their duty as American R publicans and Chris tians to aid him in his mission. C dumbus was an Italian ;so was Americus. Botta, the historian of the American Revolution, was also an Italian. These men gave Italy a claim to American sympathies. But his strong point was that a R-publican ( res affairs, publica public) was necessarily a public character and must, therefore, take an interest in the affaits of the whole world, beginning at R >me. The argument did not strike us as a very strong one, but when the hat went round, the contributions were pretty general, and we hope he went away in good spirits, as well pleased with the liberality of his audiem-c as they were with his gentleness and enthusi asm. We are afiaid he will find “.Jordan a hard load to travel” The capacity of a people tor self govern ment is not the acquisition of our generation. It is the slow growth of ages and when once lost by a race is never acquired ng tin, so far as the written records of the human fam ly discloses. One r. flection more and we close. Mr, Achiili is a striking instance of the bad policy of persecution. lie was, for many years, a respectable priest of the chur< h of R tine. By some means or other lie became dissatis fi and with his chureh n lotions. Forthwith lie was thrown into the dungeons of the I. qnisition by his temporal Prince and deposed from his priestly office.— What has been the result? It is a le.ter of introduc tion for him to the ends of the earth——he is a hero and mirtyr theiicefoward and forever. If he had been mere ly deposed, the world would nevtr h ve heaid of Dr. Achiili, of Rome. First Sale of Liquors at Mew York under the Prohibitory Law. The extensive stock oflquors of Thomas Hope & Cos, took place in New York on 2Nt inat. M ideira wine, fifty years old, and imported by R. Le nox, was sold at $lB a d< z n. Madeira wine, imported by .1 F. Sheafe in lS3oand bottle )in 183*2, was sold a $lB ad zen. Lot No 5, consisting of the choicest Old Reserve of 1835, sold at $lO a d< zen. Lot No. 6, imported by R. Lenox ISO3, was sold at $3 a gallon. felicities were also sold below prime cost. Imperi l Campuzano, 1825, w.,s sol 1 at $10.25 per do*er : Ro* inands of 18*20 commanded $ 387 1-2 ; Duff’, Gordon & Go’s biand, IS3O, sold for $9 5o per d* zen ; Brown Sherry of 1839. for $8.50. Port wine of 1825 commanded $lO 50 per doz-n ; and other lots w.nt <ff at $2 75 to $3.25 per gallon Champagne was at a discount. Sevetul baskets of Hied sick were withdrawn. Mumm’s Verz.may brought $1*2.50 a basket. Claret sold for $16.50 per case: it was the Chateau Lafette: St. Juiten brought only $3.87 1 2 per cate. Daik Otard brandy of 1820 sold for $15.50 a dozen ; Jamaica rum brought $7 per dez n. Scotch whistey was sold at $6 per dozen, and Mo norgahela at prices varying from $1.50 to $1.75. Coolies for the Planting States. —A writer in the National Intelligencer , alluding to the importation ol Coehes into Cuba, argues at length iu favor ot their introduction into the Southern States. lie says their habits, and the climate and pr<>duetiona of their country, fpecislly fit the Chinese to bo hatdy and efficient tillers of the soil for Southern planters and active and intelli gent porters for New Orleans aud Charleston met ohante. State Democratic Conventit ’fl* Every Democrat in Georgia must feel gratified at the zeal character zing his fellow Deinoc rats through out the State, in reference to the appt caching fe ate Convention, and the ensuing political -.struggle. e notice that already a considerable number of counties have appointed delegates to the Convention to be hoi Jen on the sth of June, at Mdledgev die, and many calls for public meetings, for the same purpose, are an nounced in the papers. We anticipate an unusnal.y large Convention, and that it will be composed of members enthusiastic in the Democratic cause. tis emplt.fit-ally the cause of our country and nothing but our country. It is the cause which no other govern ment in the woiid—at least no leaning power in the world—wishts well to, but has the syrnpath.es of en lightened ,ai.iotsand votaries of liberty in every land. Even England, vaunted as the freest government m Europe, but governed by a corrupt ar.H imbecile aris tocracy, looks with an ev.l eye upon Democratic prin ciples, and always witnesses with regret, the triumph of the Democratic Party. It is not surprising*, there fore, that tile L mdon Times, the great organ of Brit ish opinion, in a leading editorial recently gives words of encouragement to the Enow Nolhi g party, arid heartily wishes it success in this country. ‘lbis fact should excite the watchful suspicion of every true American. Atmricans know very well how to govern Aim-rioa, without the aid, sympathy, or advice of the English, arid when E igland is least pleasid with our m de of managing our own affairs, it is pie bumptive evidence that we are governing ourselvea best. Conn. *f- Rep The Soil ol the south. The May number of this excellent journal is on our table. The following table of contents txhibits a rare f. ast for the Agriculturist and Horticulturist: Editorial —Woik for May ; Corn Culture; Culti vation of Cotton ; The Sweet Potatoe; ‘I he W heat Harvest; How much Education is neetssary for a Planter: The Terte'.l Professorship of Agriculture; The next State Fair ; Practical Husbandry; The Ta> lor Cotton Gin ; Farm Sutvejs; The N. C. Atator; Answer to Correspondents ; Fish Pond*; Draining by Wills; Gird.n Work for June; The S rawbery Bed ; The Asparagus Bed : Itish Potatoes; Apology. Communications —The Analysis of Soils; Dr. Lee's Introductory Letter ; The Culture of the Tomato. Southern Central Agricultural Socie-iy.— Pre j mium List for 1855; Rules tor Exhibitors. Miscellaneous. —The Facts and Causes of Injury to Animals from Eiting Pe s; Peas and Sweet Potatoes for Fattening Hogs; Pea Culture for Manuring; The : Pea Crop; Ground Food for Stock ; Fruit Growing :n ’ the District of Columbia ; The Lawn ; How to Improve | Tea; Coal in Nebraska ; How to Cure a Felon ; Sweet i Apple Pudding The Climiuenugge Fair. The Annual Fair of the Chunnenugge Horticultural Society will be In Id on Tuesday, Ist May. The occa sion will prove a most pleasant and agreeable one.— : lion. C. C. Langdon, of Mobile, and Senator C C. Clay, have been selected as the oiators of the occasion and ; have promised to be present. la addition to these rare ; attractions, the citizens of Chunnenugge will add the | charm of their refined taste and elegant hospitality.—- Let all go who can. The occasion promises to be cr.e | of the most pleasant and delightful re-unions of the | season. Masonry in Georgia. Augusta, April 26, 1855. The Grand Royal Arch Chapter and the Grand Council of Royal and Select Mast rs c<mmem ed their annual sssion in this city jesterday, with a full re pre sentation in both bodies. The following are the Grand offieeis eleettd for the ensuing Masonic year : GRAND R. A CHAPTER. M. E.—Phillip T. Schley, G. 11. P. Arch. A. Gaulding, D. G. 11. P. “ Andrew J. Lane, G. K. “ Win. P. Haynes, G. S. “ Rev. C. W. Key, G. C. “ C. F Lewis, G. C 11. “ L. Dwell*, G. T. B. B. Russell, G. S. “ J. W. Meredith,G. Sentinel. GRAND COUNCIL. T. .T. u —Phillip T. Schley, G. M. *• Richard T. Turner, G. H. T. “ Joseph E. Wills, G. H. A. B. “ C. F. Lewis, G. C G. 44 B. B. Russell, G. Recorder. “ J. W. Meredith, G. Steward. Death of Mrs A 11. Colquitt —How often is it recordt and in the history of the wound* and heart that one great sorrow haidly ever comes without its mate.”— The intimate friends of that estimable and truly good man. the Hon A 11. Colquitt, for many days past have shared with him in the grievous apprehensions of a gnat !• ss that threatened him in the person of his be ! loved father. And, now, even before wo have learned ’ wl at his first trial is to be, w.* have the afflictive tidings that he has suffered the greatest loss that a mortal heart ! can be call'd on to deplore. May Heaven sustain our i friend—'or where the grave has dispoiled ones house of so much that was lovely and go >d, it is uveless to build i any hope of comfort upon earth or earth's promises.— Atlanta Intelligencer 26/ft. The next Congress —We have before us in the Herald a tabular view of the next Congress, Nebras i kaily considered. The result is as follows; whole number 234. Against, the repeal of the Nebraska ! Bill 123. Majority 12 The States yet to hold their I elections are Alabama. Georgia. Kentucky, Lousirna, Mississippi, Mar)land, North Carolina*Tennessee, Tex as and Virginia. Change in the Constitution of Juries.*—A law pa c s dby the late Assembly of New Brun&kick makes essential changes in juries. It provides that the grand | jury may elect their foreman : if the jury divide equally, the sheriff shall give the easting voie ; and if no elec tion is made in an hour, the court shall appoint a fore- ! man. The petit jury for the trial of all civil causes j shail eousist hereafter of seven persons only ; but in j criminal eases there must be twelve jurors as hereto- - fore. In civil eases, if the jury cannot agree within two honrs, any five of their number may return a verdict. In all criminal cases the jury must be unanimous. The practice of keeping a jury without meat, drink, or any other comfort, is abolished. The most remarkable thing is, that this inroad upon the constitution and ‘privileges” of jurors, should be made in the English Province of New Brunswick. U '® l A private letter- from Ceylon, mentions the death by Cholera, ofßev Daniel Poore, a venerable Missiona ry of the Arm risen Board of M ssions. The cholera, was raging with much fatility there. Additional Newa by the Africa. Dennistoun quotes cotton dull and unchanged **— Saks on Friday, the day before the Africa sailed were 10.000 bales. Stock on hand, 680,000 bales, inciting 450,080 of American growth. Canal flour commanded 41 to 425. 6d. Ohio, 43a, ; 63 : Corn 4ls. 6d. to 425. 6d. j Th* advance British squadron for the Baltic had ■ reached Elsinore. Russian despatches from Warsaw to the Ist April say, that an army of 120,000 men was being concen trated in the Baltic provinces, and that 300 gun boats would be put afloat. The Emperor Napoleon and Eugenie were expected in London Monday, the IGth, and would return the \ following Saturday. Additional California News. New York, April 25. The Know Nothings have held a convention at Sacramento, and determined to sustain the nominee f the American party for President, and to maintain t Sic principles of the Nebraska bill. A correspondent of the Times says, the miners h ad offeied a reward of $*2,600 for the head of Wc> k3, the chief partner of the firm of Adams & Cos. Trouble in the West. St. Louis, April 25. The people of Kansas have issued a proclamation, declaring Gov. Rt-eder incompetent for tin* position of Governor, and denouncing the appointment without t'ae consent of the governed as an aibitrary exercise of power. They appointed del gates who would meet at Fort Leavenworth the 28th mat., and select a suitable person for Governor, whose name was to be forwarded to the President with the r* quest that ho be appointed in place of the acting Governor. Latest accounts from Chicago state that ‘ 5 pcs ms who had taken nart in the late riot there had been ar rested. The Irish took no part in the riot. File in Canada. Montreal, April 24. Neatly the whole town of Vienna, in Canada West, has been destroyed by fire. A Small Seagoing Craft. —The Cape of Good Hope papers mentioned the arrival at Simon’s Bay of the lugger Mistery, of 16 tons from Per.zmce, EngLnd„ in 60 days. She had proceeded thence to Table Bay p where she to< kin stores and a mail, and departed for Melbourne. When leaving Simon’s Bay, she beat out without making a tack, and ail the vessels in the bay dipped their ensigns in honor of the adventurous little bark. She sailed lor Melbourne on the 25th of January. Mr. Thackeray is about to pay a visit to the United States again. He is busily employed in finishing hist novel of the New comes, and has been preparing sune new lectures, which ha anticipates will prove popular in the United States, and bent ficial to his exchequer. Hemorrhage. —Judge Bayly, of Aceomac, while speaking at Northumberland Court house, on Monday, thu 15th, was taken with a hemorrhage of the lungs. It was a severe one, though not dangerous. Seventeen years have elapsed since the first Atlantic steamer arrived at New York. This first boat was the Sirius, 3nd her arrival was followed but a few hours afterwards by the Great Western. Revival at Edgefield, S. C.—-Under the preach ing of the Rev. Dr. Teas dale, of Washington city, a gracious revival has taken place at Edgefield S. C. in the Baptist Chureh. We learn from the Advertiser that some eighty persons have been balized, neatly seventy of whom are whites. The Rev. gentleman ooileeied SIOO9 from the congregation to aid in budding a Baptist church at Washington city. Savannah River Railroad —The Chi*f Engineer is engaged in surveying a route from Dorn’s mine to Aiken,*with a view of locating the road on that line. The refusJ of Augusta to aid the enterprise is probably the cause of this change of route. The Rev. Dr. Sprague of Albany has received a present of one of the chairs in possession of Napoleon Ist at St. Helena. It was sent him by Dr. Bertram, a resident of St. Ililena. Persecute tbe Foreigners - Protect the Negroes. Under this caption, the Ohio Siatesm.ut, of March 13, says : “The times are truly out of joint somewhere. While the most < riel, unmanly and anti -American spirit isperva ding the country, trom one end to the nth* r, towards the emigrants from loreign lands dn-re is also a spirit abro and, as little to be encouraged, striving to engender strife and animosity amongst ei* z ns of our own country, North and South. The whole spectacle is one that every true lover of his country mut regret to see Whatever s\m pathy we miy have with th? slave of the South, why should e make him of more consequence than tin white emiur nt that fle-s here from the despotic govern ment of Europe ? r lhe people of the Sou h are natives —are Protestants- —yet they appear no longer safe to .ravel through our State —fearessly, quietly.” From the Memphis Appeal, April 14. Death of Cpatain D. IF. Dill —Died in this ei y, yesurday tveuu g at 7 o’clock, Capt. D. W. Did C.ipt Dill served wilt honorable distinction in the Sem nule Campaign, in Flor da, in 1836, and als as Captain of the Augusta B u-.s, in Col. Jackson’s Georgia Regimcm of Volunteers, in Mexico, in 1846~’47. He was quiet in bis manners, and a true and chivalrous gentleman, pursu ing unobtrusively his avocation, but never forgetting the geuialit es of social li e. Asa soldier it my be said, he served his country faithfully and well—as a oitiz n he was peaceable and unoffending--ss a friend, warm hearted and Due. May the fl >wers of true uff.clion and pensive sorrow ever hallow his grave. Capt. Dili was a native of Augusta, Ga., where here sided till after hss return from Mexico, when in 1849, he removed to New Orleans, and engaged in mercantile pur suits* He left that city, and finally, two years since, located himself in Memphis, where his two broihtrs had prec> ded him, and was engaged in the same pursuits at the time ul h.s decease. Honors to tbe Russian Minister. New York, April 23. While the United States steam frigate Mississippi was at Rio the Russian minister paid her a vis t. He was re ceived ou b- Kill'd with a salute, and the Russian flag was hoisted. This eau*ed considerable excitement among the French officers in the port. Steamboat Disaster on the Ohio. CiitCiNji> m, April 23, 1855 The Steamer William Knox, from this place for S'. L-u s. ws destroyed this morning by fiie, near Flint Is.” an ,be] w Louisville. The bt was fall of passenger* for tnsas, but it is probable that no lives were lost as a steuner came alongside at the time of the conflagration >V e have no particulars. * Interesting Items from Texas. The Galveston News learns that Capt. G. Iv. Lvwr was shot on the 14 h :nst., at Corpus Christi, bv J. b Yarrington. The particulars oi this catastrophe, so (a as we have ascertained, were that Mrs. Yarrington In* -Ued her humand tor ad vorce, in which object she was a ded by Lewis. Lewis went to Yarringtun’s house t demand some papers hav ng reference to the matter, whei Yarrington, who was armed with a double -barreled gun shut bun down. Levi is reeled, and fell against the bouse lie? died soon after without speaking a vvotd. Yarriag tou was eaiTed to j ail at Galvt stt n. The same paper hrtl the toliuwitg items : “We learn that at a fandango, one night last week, ot i the hill, in Corpus Christi. a row occurred between sum* Mexicans and Americans, [team-ters and other*-] in uh cl j it 1 1 ree persons were killed, including oue setgeant belong- 1 mg to the army. Sev ral nth- rs were so senou-l> wound 1 ed that they died sub-tqu;ntly, making in 1), aecordiii. 1 to our intormation, nine persons killed in Corpus Chr.s.. ■ last week.” Riot at Parke ville Mo. A Newspaper Office Sacked—Resolutions Denouncing Free Soilism and Methodist Preachers, Gov. Eeed.r Going East, Etc. Sr. Louis, April 21 • Or Saturday last, two bundled cit.zeus ofpiatte coun ty assembled at Parksville and shacked the j office of ih - Liminary , charg'd wti free soil | pruclivitiep, destii y. <1 tne fix ures, and thr w the pres- j into t!ie Miss- uri liver. Un- editor would have been t. r i red and leathered, had he not been foitunalelv absent Resold’ions were passed declaring the Luminary a nui- j ssnee, and its editors traitors, fcc., and an intention to ; throw til in into the river if bund in the place with n ! three we- k*, and to follow them and liang them if th y ! went to Kr s.s. F.ee soil, rs were denounced, and it was f.lecided by the m eting that no Method st preacher : should preach in the county, on pain of being tat red and ; feathered tor the first offence and hanged for the second. ’ Gov. Reeder arrived lure yesttrd y on h.s way to the E .st. The Prospect iu Virginia. The extravagant and sense!, ss bravado in which Know I Nothing papers b gin to indulge, wid deceive no person j whi has sufficient dis •riminaiton to distinguish between an honest expression of unaffected con fid. nee, and the! idle vaproing of q taking apprehension. Just as every body begins to confess that Know Nothingism in this State is rapid y crumb ing to decay, its otgans promulgate incredible statements of its fabulous strength. This des perate txp diem will deceive nobody—not even the igno rant vct mes of Know Nothing imposture. From the Democracy it provokes a ample expression of quiet con tempt. We li ive taken measure of our resources, and we find them nd> quate to the emergency. We have never been deceived tit our ealeu ations. VVe have never ex aggerated our strength. We know *e shall triumph; and we await- the day of election wi.h the composure and dignity of perfect confidence. From persona! observation, we can attest the energy and enthus asm of the invincible i democracy of the Tenth Legion. Our correspondence, which is not the fictitous fabrication of our own apprehension, but the spontaneous and r.liable expression of popular sentiment, exhibits the feeling and the purpose of the Democracy throughout the State. Never was the Democratic party in Virginia, irN spired with such zeal or animated by such stern devotion to duty. There is neither lukewarmness, imr fear, nor treachery in our ranks. We are intent on victory, and so help us God, we will triumph. —Richmond Enquirer. 24 th. Awful Casualty. On Wednesday night last, at the plantation of Mr. Benjamiu Motley, in the Ninth Divtrict ct tin's coun y, a negro house caught fire and four negro childien perished in the il lines. Ali efforts to rescue them proved unavail ing. No one saw the children even in the house at the time, it appears that the elder negroes w.t e engagtd at the crib in shed.ug corn, and had ieft a fire burning in the house. Tins is a dreadful ccd j nt, and is a painful warning to those who do not watch out dully this uselul but destruc tive element.— Enquirer, 2 Sth. Niws from Washington. Washington, April 24, 1855. The Union of this morning says that Judge Lumpkin has i.ot yet transmuted a tormal aeet-p atice ol his com mission m tlie Court ol Clain s. It is thought, that Judge Lumpkin will soon resign his seat in the Supreme Court ot G*rgia. The Court ot Claim* will not organ ze until bis act eptauoe or resign;*lion shall be tender and. The State Depaatroent, in rep’y to the Russian Minis ter, has deuidtd that American vessels sold to ahem, and then r. purchased by American cit zens, cannot receive registers as vessels of the United Stasis. Philip Richard Feiidall, Eq , has been elected the President f the Washington J hkb owii Association, Vice i riiOtiias Ritchie, deceased. The association w ill celt brate the anniversary of the landing ai Jaineatow'u on the ,3th I proximo. Cuban Legion—Preparing for War. Tiie New Yuik papers announce the opening in that city and Albany ul turee ncruitiig ofti es to enroll the names of tm>se dtsircus ot participating in a war with -p.nn, should the existing ddhcmius lead to that result It is to be called the Worth Legion. A inong the officers we notice Burnham, and liall, and Farnsworth, . f Mexi can war no.oriety ; also, Scrgean. Eetl who betiaved so g.dlantly in the war. and tlie brave Lu u*. Farnum, of the Fust Pennsylvania Yotunucrs. It appeals that the idea ot the L gioti originated during the Black Warrior difti i eulty, but the Governor oi New York declined to grant “mtormal eon.in ssn.ns ” A mass meeting ws to be held | in New York Tuesday afternoon. Qiiat deaiitjl at Chingo. Chicago, April 24, 1855. I The city is now quiet. The pj. hurry and eanrmn have ! been withdrawn. No rn >re trouble .s apprehended. Arrest of Rioters. A despatch from Chicago states th it fifty five . f the : persons concerned in the late riots in that city were ar r sted on Aiouday the 23 1 inst. The despatch states that all the Irish eit zens of the place k.pt out of the affray. From California. New York, April 24. The steamer George Law* has arrived, bringing ad vices Ironi California to the Ist intt , and three-quarters j of a in liinu in gold. ioe 1 “iiama Railroad w'as in line order, aud the health ! of t> e isihinus g sod. In C ihfornia trade was dull. Page, Bacon & Cos., res* | umed payment on the 29 h ? none others. From Massachusetts—l he Nunnery Difficulty in the Legislature Forthcoming Know Nothing Manifesto. Eoston, Apiil 23 1355. Mr. Joseph Hiss, member from Boston, resigned his seat in the House of Represent itives to-day, on account of the difficulties glowing out ot the nuuntry investigation Ilis letter of resignation was referred to a committee. The Know Nothing* of this State are about to publish an explanation of ihe objects and aims of their organize lions. It is said to be a document of nm h ability, and his been fully endorsed by the orders of the present do minant party. t Distressing Railroad Casualties—One Man Killed and Iwo Others Wounded. Rochester, N. Y., April 23,1855. Ao the locomotive whs backing down ihe treek in Cun andftigaa village this afternoon, ir rao over and instantly idled J. L. Hal!, Esq,,a lawyer—severing his head from iis body. Judge Ph Ips and anoth r person, standing on he ttack, were also seriously injured, the formtr so se verely that bis life is despaired ot. Ihß Liquor Riots at Chicago. Chi:ag , A j ril 23, IS'5. No serious disturbance occurred yesterday tr th s morning. me artillery and military have b<en posted in front of the Court House smev Saturday afternoon. Yesterday at 4 P. ,\i. an n imn.-t- crowd collected in Hark street, between V\ ashing ton a lid South Water, but hortly afterwards di-perstd. l he total numb< r < f arr. s‘s made ; re fifty.five. The Irish it iv- coveted thcinseives with glory by keep-, ng nut of .the affray. More trouble is apprcln tided at tl.e tx-m nation of the prisoners. Tlie German who was .-hot by the policeman received a ball t! rough his b,< k, but is t 1 iiv.ng. A special military foit-c, con.- stmg of 500 oil zt ns, with the Suite arms, has been organ z *- 1 . i *£■ Nine o’Clock, r. The city is quiet. The military is still station. <t in tr nt of the court h use, and considerable excitement .xisis yet. Very little is r< qu red to dr w out mi mum sc crowd. Eight or ten fires have oecuiitd in dft-iei-t parts of ihe city since Saturday. ‘J he license t-u-ts ;re progressing, and a multitude of bellgennt luni.-ts are afloat, but they will pri bably atm unt to nothing. A Providential Escape frem Death. BAi.rn.ORE, A|nl23, 1825. The eleven oVlock"train from this city met w itli a scri ous accident to-day. While crossing Gunpowd. r Cutk a part of the bridge gave way, and the engine, baggage and express cars ran it.to the river. lhe p;-ss*ngcr ears would have followed suit, but the coupling bn aking saved them. The eng net r was b; dly injun 1. and the fin man slightly, tome twenty yards of the trat k was torn awy. Much fright existed among the pass, ngers, but none nf them were injured. The trains coming this way were detained in consequence of the accident. Four Beys Killed by Lightning. Albany, April 23, 1853. At Arcadia, Madison county, Missouri, on the 17. h instant, during a s< vere storm, the Arcadia High School was sti uck by lightning, and lour boys, } upi s, who were in the bui ding, burned to death. Oue ot tlie boys was the sou oi F. L. Ridgtley, L>q., ol St. Louis. The of Case Anison, the Torpedo Kan. Ciacinnaiti, April 23, 1855. The Distiict Court to-day granted a writ ol iror in the case of Arrison, tho torpedo man, and suspended sentence. The Soule Meeting. Several hundred of tlie ftiends of Mr. Soule met last evening at tile City Hotel, lor the purpose ot taking n ©as uies to give him a suitaoie w.Jeoine, ai-U ol eA,r<e.n.g their approbation oi his iuui;t as iVniji-n-i lo Spam. ‘J ho rneeuiig was called toordei at M o'clock hy Mr. Clark,and organized by trie appom.niei.t ot Mr. san tel Locke- as Biesideut, Messrs. Glenn,Seward, lioopei, Major Ltau* regaid, and several others as Vice f itsioeui , nd Air. Charles Cuvtlur as fcecieiaiy’ A coii.iiui.ei, ton.-k-ui g ol twenty one mcmbei-, was selceled hy the i_ hail, ior the purpose oi waiting upon Air Soule lo inquire m what manner and at What lm o he would r. Ce Ve u.c demonsiiu t.on oi we Ict.me irom hi-leiloyv citizens. Anoihci tom cominittee wasi.pppoiiiied lor the puipose ol dialing -es oiut ous ex juessjve ol lhe -eutiniciils ol lhe mectii-g, w na-h alter an lute.val ot a ;ew minutes-, were ieau a> and si.bimt ted by the Cliaiimau, chaielo bienvenu, D. q ‘1 he meet ing then adjourned, and loaned a procession lo terenade IVlr. CoGe. Un ainviug at the les.deuceol Dr JVitrcicr, on Canal Street, Mr. &<mie was cal-ed 0.. lby ti e emiiusi astic cheers ot Ins menus, and hi- thai-ks in a warm and eloquent speech. ‘1 i.e band ttun stiuek ep a lively air aud me numerous ciowu di.-pg;:eU. During the whole oi pioceee.ii g-, the gn atest good feel ing and.enthusiasm pievaihd.— iV. (J. C inter. We find in trie Deiiu .vjr Soule’sspeech ou tlie occasion, it is brief and pithy enough: ‘T thank you, allow citizens, tor this flattering demon stration ol yout kii.u leeling- towaid me. ii gh.ddei so y soul to be llius cheered hoint uy n.euus who .oig.t m t and who know so well how tovah-e tliehumUest ueVodou even when liaugui wnh dt.-appouilment, oi renueied ab. i tive by that mocneiy ol pmoence so olteu im.-iahe.* lor wisdom. * Ut the part which it was my lot to act during the time I waaahsent trum you, it behoove.- me not to speak .though ibis much 1 may, peihaps, be- petmi.ted 10 say, in t .it will be !ou..d lo bear lnctesloi die uiu-isevere -crulmy. “i Come back to you wiMi a tua i undaunted by the ire which tue mere mention ol niy naiiio baa had lhe privilege ot provoking iu Hit- loipiu b<ca.~l ol Uieciowued cutthuiat wiio rule- ovt-r France uud Wiin a blow on which lhe most ai jecl and tei kle&s cainn.i.iea nave hot as yet bttn abie to suit a biu-ii. *’h.x u eme ior not say ing more, and lor thus abruptly bidding you good night.’’ Spanish Opinion on Gen. Quitman and the late Lxcite. ment in t üba. i The Diirio de. la.Marina, of the 3d infant ha* the following oil filibustering gtne aily, and Gtneral Quintan m paiticular: 1 lie foundation of the unmea ured amb lion by which Quitman is animated, ana winch mooted hin n, at e. nt the dishonorable po.-t o 1 filibu leiing chief, is to be lound in his iiiiitd tor unlimited comiriai and. ‘['heroic pi ytdly Houston in Texas has seduced him, though ih.-.t was ac ted on a larger teale, and with ulieri* r view.-, hence tic great prepaiations he rtqunes lor Ins uudeitakn g, arid li nee the absolute snboidmatn n he imposes, ruspjimg io present hope, so that her< auer he may maintain undivided his own paianiount n fluent e; hence, in line, tins note nous selection of tor. ign adventurer* as the chiets o* hi- ga> g— men submissive to his will—* hose appetite* he can m the meantime, sahsiy witn a piooigal hand. ‘1 hi.- is what Quitman hopes to achieve, ail. r having abandoned the cuuntiy he dieams ot conquering to the cupidity of his mercenaries, wh >se adhesion tie thinks to secure without a-p lad ps that would nustiate his ulteruor plans As to ihe Other lHstuuients ihat are made to seive as a ladd. r lor lit* a-eent, they would be fiuug aside as lemorseless.y as ihe Mexican lenegade Zaiava. w&saDandoLra l>y Houston ai.d his companions. But this • ame power esn neve r feeure the f.uition of its cherished h >pes. Quitman will not renounce forever his nationality, nor would he be satisfied, like the s< Jdit rot Texas, with the ordjnaty hon. r* . f federal Gover; mei.t alter a brief huiiesq ie of gr* aler destinies. ‘J o attain he position ol Senat r . r o’ Governor, which this new fiLbus j.ertng chief has, (eihap?, within his leach, deceives not a labor so novel and unlomn.ate ‘lhe ucoipetise ih?.t Quitman asks is no ies than the Presidential seat at Y\ ashmgton, to be ootained under conditiot s that will i sure the mumuh ol Southern nterests over tho e ol the Republic, and fully carry out the policy ot the NYba k t iaw\ Ana and ihi-compact a'us ii.it admi-sahle, ihcn, ><y a more novel and bolder step, ihe fomiation ol anew Southern Con federation were to belaid, breaking up what* ever were opposed to it. Freshet iu the t onneet cut River. Hartford, April 22. The Connecticut riv* r, up to this morning, h; and lisen twenty.one and a hail feet, fl lodiug nil ihe lower pan of tlie city, when tlie rise sopped. During tlie day the water In.s fallen nb ut two nefos. Go] Sara Coil’s dyke, gini” four roles in lengih, sur rounding his slujj* ndou- manuiaetory, in what is known a* South; Meadow, in ihe village, has provd worthy of the mind that conceived and executed it. For tin* Hist t ine within the nn m ry of the old. st inliabitaut has this meadow been protected from the mum! flood. A milt; of Pigeons. — Ihe Terre Haute A mercm, sayp th o tbe country thereabouts is liter al'y swaincng with ivi and pigeons. Un ihe evening of tin- 9h, ;h..ut 5 o’clock, a flock nearly a m le in length l y at.out G* lett d* ep, passed directly over the city, making a i one i ud. ble to a great distance. France, and ihe United States —S. rne oner! the numerous family who se* k to st; blsh a r-putat* n for telling stories mvv and strange, ev n at the op* cm- if tru.h, lias started the sfi.ry that the French Mini-t r at Washington hes n tifl -d Mr. Marcy that if ‘he Urifid States made war upon Spain. France vvi nld st her European neighbor. Now, the simple set that Frai ce is involved rn a war, from which she do* snot know wins she will emerge, was enough its* If t<> rendsr the story n -e—but. in addit nn, vve have the assurance ol tie Courier dee Etats Unis that noth ng is turiher fi*m’h intention of France thin to mix herself up in afa r* of the n*w world, where governments undertake legitimate iQterp. 1866,