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MIDNIGHT .
»T C. W . EVEREST.
’Tis Midnight all, the solemn noon of Night!
Through the clear vault of heaven, in constant
care,
The gilent Moon pursues her pathless course,
And the lone Stars, like “ wakeful sentinels,"
Do keep their vigils in the far-off sky !
Nature reposes on the lap of Night,
And Earth's glad voices now sre hushed and still,
Wave but the cricket’s solemn, distant chirp,
And tUe deep baying of the faithful dog 1
The city’s hum is ceased; no more the souud
Is heard of busy artists, at their toil,
Nor hurried step of eager, gathering crowds,
Who throng the mart, intent on paltry gain !
’Tis silent all—no sound of numan mice,
rfaye the hoarse watchman’s cry,“Past twelve
Max resteth trom his labors : all his cares
Lost in the soothing rest Oblivion gives
PorajOt are all his carking woes and toils,
While his “ tired nature” hugs the grateful couch,
Wrapped by the balmy mantle of repose !
Man resteth from his labors, only where
The feeble taper ’luraes the house of wo :
Where, bending low beside the sick one’s couch,
The anxious mother mourns her suffering child,
Or the fond wife bewails her bo om’i lord;
Or where, perchance, in secret halls of vice,
haggard gambier tempts the desperate die,
Or rushes madly on the dart of Death;
Or where, iu chambers of more shameful crime,
The shi|4 of guilty pleasure seeks his lust!
Man resietli! Sweet his peaceful, hallowed rest,
Where conscience siumbereth peacefully withiu.
Tfo&infant smiieth ’mid his dream of heaven,
Andjthe fond mother folds her happy boy
Close to love's aching breast, and keeps him there:
The maiden murmurs in her dream of Love
'1 he name long cherished in her inmost soul,
Then blushes at the memory of the name ;
While the lond lover, starting from his couch,
Calls for a moment on her treasured name,
turns him to his pleasant sleep again :
die peasant slumbers, on his humble bed,
rjfore happy than hi* lord, who restless tuns,
a < But stiil his fevered frame no rest can find :
. y,The merchant dreameth of increasing gain,—
The miser couuteth oft his hoarded gold,—
But oh ! the pillow of the man of guilt!
No peace is there—but demons haunt his bed,
Weave all his dreams, and riot in his groans :
The prisoner turns him on his lowly pallet,
And the deep clanking of his dungeon chain
Coes up for witness to the bar of heaven :
He who deceived the heart of trusting Love,
And basely ruined, where he should protect,
Starts back, all trembling, at the pa lid form,
Os the lost victim, beckoning him afar,
And shrieks and groans, and prays for Death—for
Hell:—
He* Who hath trod dishonor’s shameful path,
9- And robbed the widow and her lonely babes,
What ghastly visions g oom upon his sleep :
But fih! wheace comes that shriek of wild des
pair, . „
That yell of agouy, too dire for Earth ?
’Twas from the murderer’s couch, of scorpion*
sting,
Where Conscience points him to his victim slain,
And whispers of his fearful, written doom !
* * * * * * W *
Mau resfeth—for a moment’s fleeting space !
But the soon Morning’s dawn shall call him forth,
Again to mingle with the busy world !
But for a little while—and man shall rest
In Death’s iong slumber, in the grave’s still night:
And he shall wake no more on Earth again :
But, at the last, the mighty Angel’s trump
.Shall wake him from the midnight of the tomb,
And call him up to judgment: There, in truth,
Must he bis judged tor all his actions done j
And, if he be accounted meet for such reward,
Shall cease from all his labors and bis cares,
And enter into everlasting rest.
[From the Philadelphia Sunday Ledger. ]
Who ig the True Lady*
XX INTERBSTIXG A.XD IXSTRUOUVE STORY.
We onoe knew a “young lady” who lived
in fine style. Her parlors were elegantly fur
nished, and her dress was always of the la
test fashion. She had her piano and her
teacher, and she played Italian music charm
ingly. In all the exquisite graces of life she
was faultless. She had a rich vein of senti*
• ment, too, and could talk philosophy, or dis
cuss standard authors, at pleasure* Os course
w she reads novels—in fact, a large portion of
the day was devoted to that interesting and
instructive class of polite literature. She was
also somewhat industrious, for she would fc-
easiou&Uy work elegant embroidery. With an
abundance of curls, that floated over her neck
in beautiful profusion, a fine form, hands white
and delicate, large powers of conversation in
the usual drawing-room style, she was follow
ed by young men of taste. Yet, somehow,
she never married. The “beaux” flattered
around her like flies over a pot of honey, but
they were careful not to get caught as those
other insects are apt to do. Their attentions
H, were never so particular as to require “some
friend of the family” to demand what were
thb.ir intentions. This was no fault of the
young* lady. She was within the market as
plainly as though she had inscribed on her
torehead, ‘*A Husband Wanted; for particulars
inquire within/* But the husband never, to
our knowledge, came; and we believe that at
this day she is a disconsolate old maid.
What was the trouble? Step with us into
the kitchen. That fat woman, witfi a red
taes, is the servant of the house. She dots
the oookmg, the washing, the chamber work.
From early dawn until late at night, she is a
slave. Well that woman is our chatting
young lady’s mother! She never sees .her
“callers.” If by accident she should
gyip into che parlor while visitors were pre-
®he would hasten out again, with em
f burrasa.ed manner, looking as though she had
committed aa offence, wile her own child’s
1 face would bt>' suffused with blushes.
Now, takes waik with us. In that work
shop, do you see that .hard-working mechanic?
The wrinkle* are upon his face, and
the gray hairs are thinly spxiftkied over his
head. He looks anxious, and as though at his
heart-strings tugged some deep sorrow and
mortification. He is the father of our beauti
——
ful “young lady," and his hard earnings for
many years have been absorbed in the expen
sive luxuries that her admirable taste has
craved. He, too, is excluded from the society
of his own daughter.
She moves in a circle above her parents,
and, in short, is ashamed of them . They live
in the kitchen, she is in the parlor. They
drudge—-she reaps the fruit. She has no pul
sation of gratitude for all this; she despises
them, and, in fashionable gatherings, is among
the first to curl her pretty lips at “low me
chanics"—provided she can do it safely.
Is she a true lady? No—ten thousand times
No! We object not to her accomplishments—
to her taste in dress—to her manners. We look
upon and admire such, just as we do a superb
statue of Venus. As a work of art it is beau
tiful; but, nevertheless, it is insensate marble,
having no soul, being of no use in practical
life, and food for nothing but to look at.
The beauty of the mind is the true beauty;
and the affectionate daughter, who nestles
herself lovingly into the hearts of her parents
—who makes her mother companion and con
fidante —who not only works with that mother,
but takes the heaviest burden upon herself—
is the true lady. She may never have struck
a note on the piano, yet her house is melo
dious with harmony such as angels sing. *Her
exterior may be humble, but her interior life
is clothed in the ves! meats of immortal beau
ty-
There are many “young ladies" whose whole
character is on the surface. Dress, manners,
accomplishments, all are external. They are
“outsiders.” When the scorching fires of ad
versity burn beneath its surface, there is no
protecting wall upreared within. The whole
becomes but a heap of ashes, though it may
contain the outward semblance of humanity.
The true lady cultivates the higher nature.
She is religious, but not fanatical—courteous,
but not fawning. Reposing serenely upon the
arm of her Heavenly Father, and associating
with unseen angelic spirits, she meets the
storm with calmness, and accepts it as a dis
ciplinary mercy. Her sympathy ever pul
sates to the cry of suffering, and her hand is
ever open to relieve. She is beautiful at home,
beautiful at the bedside of the sick, beautiful
at the hour of her departure into the world of
spirits, beautiful through life, and transcen
dently and externally beautiful in Heaven.
This is the true lady.
(From the Chattanooga Qazetts, 1 6th inst .)
Incidents of Travel under Ground*
A few days ago three of our worthy citizens
paid a visit to the Cave, now attracting much
attention, under Lookout mountain. With
the usual amount of pine, some matches, and
bread and cheese, they worked their way along
the main passage, until they fouud an aperture
in some rock which let them down into a low
er chamber. This they traversed for hours
when hunger and fatigue admonished them
that it was time to return. But how short
sighted is man— esp dally whea several miles
wider ground\— To the consternation of the
trio, the fearful truth groped its way to their
senses that they were lost ! They were then
beyond all land-marks! No stranger had left
his mark upon the wall, and with pine fast
diminishing, fears came upon them of being
buried alive beneath the towering rocks of the
Lookout. All jokes were laid aside, and
the company with measured countenances,
gave vent to some very funny promises if they
could just get out of these difficulties. Hope
was dying within them, when a streak of good
luck befelthem, almost as welcome as a gleam
of daylight. Away in that far recess, where
no traces of men were seen, they found two
bottles, one filled with water the other with
brandy! They were old-fashioned Porter bot
tles, and the cork iu the one containing bran
dy was half rotted out. The brandy had the
taste of great age. Alter taking a “horn,” the
party moved forward in better spirits. Shortly
after, they found the skeleton of a man, which
they gathered up as a trophy and carried
along. Finally, after many vicissitudes, “wea
ry and heavy laden” they found out their
“bearings” and soon emerged into moon-light,
after having travelled teu and a half hours.
Although the party suffered much that visit,
yet it had its interest. New regions in this
subterranean cavern were discovered, and no
velties and grandeurs seen, seldom looked
upon before.
Parties are now almost daily exploding this
interesting cave, and it is destined to be a
great resort. It is about three miles from
Chattanooga, fifty yards from the Tennessee
river, and immediately on the line of the Nash
ville k Chattanooga Rail Road.
A Union Maintained by Force.
The federal press is gioating with perfectly
fiendish delight, over the prospect of an op
portunity of bringing the naval and military
power of the General Government to the pun
ishment and subjugation of Soutn Carolina.
What a shout of triumph will ring through
the federal camp-how all the hosts of Abo
lition, with their Sewards, aad Greeleys, and
Garrisons, will hold a jubilee of rejoicing—in
case South Carolina, in attempting to extricate
herself from the meshes of emancipation which
are weaving around her, shall be drenched
with blood, crushed in spirit, humbled into
the dust, and failing in men and means, be
brought unconditionally to submit to her
Northern oppressors !
We quote as follows from the most influ
ential of the New York papers ;
<• We are glad that this [Charleston] Con
vention is held, becaiise it must make an end
of the whole wearisome stupidity of disunion.
Either the Chivalry will do nothing more
than talk, and straightway collapse into
insignificance, cr else they will at empt re
belion, and straightway experience the strong
arm of the National Government. Our own
opinion is decidedly that they will stick to
gasconade and esohavy action. But in either
casa, good will result from their Convention.
“ It is time that two things were generally
understood, namely; first that South Caro
lina dees not govern the entire country ; aad
second, that this Union is something more
than a legal fiction which a breath cm make
and unmake. The latter fact, especially,
seems to need a definite demonstration, God
forbid that it should be established through
anything like riot on a scale large enough to
be called rebeliou ! Nor do we fear any such
necessity, though should, it arise, it will bring
bene At enough with it to diminish if not to coun
terbalance its evils”
But it seems that the advocates of force are
not confined to the ranks of the abolitionists
of the North. Mr. Cobb and his leading or
gan, toe Athens Banner, seems to have quite
as keen a relish for the carnage, in the wish
that bouth Carolina may be reduped to sub
mission, as any of the Federal myrmidons of
the North. Our hope, with that of the Rich
mond Enquirer, is that the General Govern
ment; in case of bouth Carolina's secession
will not rescjrt to an experiment which with
so inevitably resuit tko final-doom of the
Confederacy, as the attempt to coercs her.
The Enquirer quotes as follows from a Wash
ington letter:
♦‘No such (coercive) measures are in an
ticipation by th© Executive. Mr. Webster
signified in hi* Annapolis speech that he
should oppose any such measure. South
Carolina will bs let alone and it is even said
th«.t the few' companies of U. S. troops sta
tioned at the ierts ufili be withdrawn by order
of the Execudve, when South Carolina shall
secede”
The Enquirer then ad^s—
♦?We trust that this writer may be correct,
and that the Federal Government may have
the wisdom and prudence to refrain from
force and coercion—for it they are brought to
bear, the Union will be broken up, amidst
civil war. Far better allow South Carolina to
secede quietly, though sullenly, and thereby
endanger the good wishes of her Southern
Sisters, than, by force, thrust in the fire brand
of civil war, and shatter the confederacy !
The times are ou? of joint, and it requires the
utmost prudence and foresight, North and
South, to meet the coming storm.”
The Enquirer was once high authority with
Messrs. Cobb and Hoesy, it is now however,
far from being sufficiently federal for their
taste. — Saaannah Georgian.
(From the Savnnnak Republican.)
Translations of Extracts from Spanish Let
ters, received in this city by the Isabel.
Hayana, May 8, 1861.
My Dear Sir:—l send you again, by private
hands, another account of the state of affairs
on the sland, and I assure you they are the
truth, and nothing else. The valor of the
Great Concha lies in his boots, and not in his
heart. Papers here are compelled to publish
just such accounts as they do,or be suppressed,
and the editors run the risk of being garoted.
Will the time never come for your embarca
tion? Hourly, nay minutely/have we been
anxiously wraiting to hear the joyful tidings
of your being landed on the isle, or at least
on your way. Do not believe for a moment
the rumors that you will receive no aid here
on the island. Many Spanish officers and
soldiery independent of the Creoles, will join
the Patriots as soon as they land ; and could,
I, without endangering the lives of many of
my friends here, I would give the names of
some of the most influential and wealthy plan
ters on the isle who have pledged their lives,
fortunes, and sacred honor in the contest —
such names as would make the Royal Mcyesty
tremble . The day will come, and that too ere
long, when Cuba will be free ! But still I fear
for our friends here, for God knows if the least
suspicion is thrown out, they will suffer, and
that terribly. The officers under Concha are
m a dreadful state, and one bold leader like
Lopez now would cause the island to burst
forth like a volcano. Every vessel that ar
rives is supposed to contain a cargo of pirates,
&c.
Havana, May 8, 1851.
“Montes de Oca, the unfortunate individual
who was the victim of the barbarous govern
ment of Spain, met his fate like a hero, and,
though young, he said he was willing to die a
martyr of his country for the independence of
Cuba.
“ Previons to his execution, the Captain
General Concha gave him nine days to de
nounce all the patriots on the Island, and
promised him his liberty and a large sum of
money—but he nobly replied that he would
sooner die a thousand deaths than denounce
his friends ; for, said he, Cuba will be free,
and after generations will sbed a tear to the
memory of one who fell in behalf of his coun
try, and our friends in the United States will
now know that Cuba has thousands who will
perish by the garote rather than live in bon
dage.”
Secession* —The following paragraph it
from the “musings” of a correspondent of
the Southern Press:
“When Franklin was before a committee of
the British House of Commons, previous to
th? commencement of the Revolution, and,
stating the condition of the public mind in
the colonies, alluded to the probability of a
separation, in case their grievances were not
speedily redressed, he was scornfully asked
wt.ieh party was to decide when the period
had arrived in which resistance or secession
would be justifiable on the part of the colo
nies. He answered with his usual brief sim
plcity; “Those that feel, can best judge.”
All the arguments or rather assertions ol
Clay, Webster. Benton, and all the other ad
vocates of passive obedcnce, and non-resis
tance,cannot invalidate this self-evident max
im. Those that feel can best judge of the
measure of infliction, and the extent of the
suffering,as well as the period when submission
is no longer compatible with self -preservation.
It is a wicked absurdity to say that those who
inflict, ,not those who suffer, are to decide on
the measure of suffering that will justify the
victim, either in resisting or retiring out of
the reach of the oppressor. All animal in
stinct, all human reason, all human fee'ing,
revolts against such a mischievous dogma of
despotism; a dogma which has long Bince been
repudiated by Locke, Sydney, Milton, Har
rington, and by every writer of the law of
nature and nations, worthy of being cited as
authority before a free people. Why there is
not a statesman or a newspaper in all Eng
land, not even a bishop, that dares to main
tain this doctrine in the face of the world.
Yet, strange to say, here, even here, in what
is called the freest country on earth, this doc
trine of passive obedience and nonresistance,
is openly proclaimed by the highest authori
ties in the highest legislative body in the land,
echoed by scores of newspapers that pretend
to be advocates of human rights.—l confess
that I am astonished at their hardihood in
thus asserting a principle which if once re
cognised, and acted upon, will assuredly re
sult in the consolidation of the government,
and the slavery of the people. These gentle
men have shouldered a.very heavy burden,
and must either sink under it, or the o onn
try will sink under them.”
An Arfecing Appbeal.—A learned coun
sellor, in the middle of an affecting appeal in
court on a slander suit, let fly the following
flight of genius;
“Slander, gentlemen, like a boar constaictor
of gigantic size and immeasurable proportions,
wraps the coil of its unwieldy bedy about its
unfortunate victim,and heedless of the shrieks
of agony that come from the inmest depths of
its victim’s soul, loud and reverberating as the
mighty tflur t der that roils iq the heavens, it
finally breaks its unlucky neck upon the iron
wheel of public opinion, forcing him to des
peration, then to madness, and finally crush
ing him in the hideous jaws of moral death.
Judge , give ui a chaw of tobacco .”
Sudden Interruption of a. Last's Toilst.
—A few days sinoe a lady in St. Louis was
engaged before her mirror in going through
her toilet exercises, when the glass suddenly
receded from r*her as the entire front wall of
the building parted corppaqy with its neigh
bors, and with a tremendous crash fell into
the street. The lady, in utter astonishment
at the suddenness of the motion, was left
standing in dishabille, though, singularly
enough, entirely uninjured. In consequence
of the recent grading of the street, the earth
beneath the wall had been partally removed,
and its sudden giving way was the cause of
the accident.
An Old Shaver. —Died, near Burlington,
Boone eounty, Kentucky,on the 22d of April,
•john Shaver, aged one hundred and sixteen
years and seven day*.
An Opinion of Mrs. Pautinnton’s. —The
following queston was lately propoundeto Mis.
Partington: ‘‘What would be the consequence
if an irresistible force should come in contact
with an immovable body?’* After taking con
siderable time and snuff, the old lady gave it
as her idea, that “when the general Govern
ment sends its soldier® tp pare&t South Caroli
na into submission to Abby s higher
law doctrines, the country will have a strik
ing illustration of the problem."
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
Augusta, ©eargia.
g| SUNDAY MORNING MAY 18-
Georgia Watering Places.*
The season is at hand for persons of means
and leisure to make their plans for the sum
mer, and the late warm weather is a forcible
reminder of the delights of shady groves and
babbling brooks, and the bracing air and heal
ing waters of the fashionable summer resorts
of our own State. We have in our columns,
advertisements of several attractive places, most
of which we have visited, and shall, from
time to time, take pleasure in referring to.
We commend, specially, the Indian Springs
in Butts county, as affording, probably, the
best medicinal waters in the Southern States.
We are disposed to put them in the very first
rank of efficiency for various diseases of the
vital functions. We had oceasion, last sum
mer, to test and to give testimony to their
virtues. We cannot speak as highly of the
comfort and elegance of the Hotels there, and
the manner in which they were kept, as we
can of the salubrity of the air and the waters.
Considerable improvements, however, have
been made since last summer.
The Rowland Springs, it will be perceived,
hav&gone into the hands of Lanier 8c Usher.
Mr. Lanier is the same gentleman who super
intended at Cotoosa Springs last summer with
so much satisfaction to the crowds that visited
that watering place. He there won hosts of
friends, many of whom will bear him in mind,
and make it a point to visit him at his new
location. We have no doubt he will make
Rowland Springs, for which nature has done
ao much, a place combining comfort, luxu
ry, and refined enjoyment.
The Madison Springs have a long established
reputation, and have been, for many years, the
most fashionable resort in Georgia. They are
now in the very competent hands of Messrs.
Musgrove & Watkins, and we are sure their
reputation will be more than sustained. Os
these the Charleston Courier thus speaks :
“ The Madison Springs are distant 26 miles
from Athens, and 45 from Clarkesville, both
places of great resort during the summer
months —and connected with the Springs by
Regular Stage and Hack Lines. The Hotel
is a large and handsome edifice, capable of
accommodating 200 or more inmates. Os the
medicinal virtues of the waters, (which are
strong chalybeate, and very beneficial in some
cases,) we can speak from personal experi
ence, as well as the concurring testimony of
many others who participated with us, in the
enjoyment of the various resources of exercise,
health and recreation, which the establishment
and neighborhood afford.”
The Chalybeate Springs of Merriwether
county, have been known to the travelling
public but a very few seasons, but we hear
that the Hotel there last summer, was kept
in a style calculated to bring them into popu.
lar favor.
We have no space, now, to extend our no
tice of Georgia watering places. They are
each succeeding season establishing addition
al claims to Southern patronage.
Naw Post Offices.— The Post Master Gen
eral has established the following new Pest
Offices in this State :
Sugar Hill, Hall county.. J. A. Thomas, P. M.
Indian Creek, Jackson C0...1t. J. Park, P. M,
Fancy Bluff, Glyrm Co.. .F. D. Scarlett, P. M.
Ocklockney, Thomas Co., Win. McLeod, P. M.
Gun Pond, Baker Co., W. B. Crawford, P. M.
Everett's Spring, Floyd Co., T. Everett, P. M.
Leo, Habersham Co C. Ferguson, P. M.
Culbreath’s in Columbia, and Parks’Bridge
in Green county, have been discontinued.
Selma Rail-Road.— We learn from the Re
porter that nearly the whole line of the Ala
bama and Tennessee River Rail-Road, from
the Coosa river to Gadsden, has been placed
under contract. Mr. Foot, the Engineer,
has just returned from the upper end of the
line, and makes this gratifying report. The
Messrs. Riddle, our readers will recollect,
contracted some months ago for the grading
from Selma to Montevallo. Hands are now
at work on the road te within six miles of
Montevallo. The work, says the Reporter,
goes bravely on, and by the time the Legisla
ture meets at its next session, the iron horse
will come clattering and snorting into Selma
from a point which nearly, if not quite, reach
es the mineral region.
Mr. Filmore Plagiarizing.— The New
Orleans Delta says:—We regret to have to
dash the proud exultation of Mr. Fillmore’s
friends over his recent display of vigor in his
Proclamation. His application of the term
“plunderer” to the gallant spirits who sought
to overthrow the Spanish despotism, is not an
original idea. He got it from the Common
wealth, the Abol.tion journal in Boston. But
Mr. Fillmore omitted a denunciation of the
gravest part of the turpitude of the Cuban,
movement, —he failed to refer to the horrible*
purpose, crimen inexpiaible, of seeking to ex
tend the territory and power of the South.
But this sentiment, if not ia the words*
was quite perceptible in the spirit of Mr. Fill
more’s manifesto. Here is the original, in
the Commonwealth*
“There are always scoundrels enough to
undertake any villainy that promises them
plunder, and these it has long been the cue
of the South to employ in every way that
promises the extension of slave territory,.
No one is ass enough to believe that these
Cuban expeditions have“ any o/her object, and
it is therefore satisfactory to know that the
combined fleets of the United States, En dand
France and Spain will unite to mete out to
these picaroons a terrible retribution."
Now, further, to show how •ongenial minds
will run in the same train, we find in 3 pr o .
clamation issued by fiis Rxceilency Don Jose
d? 1® Concha, -he following allusion, strongly
similar to that of President Fillmore.
“It has come to the knowledge of the Gov
ernment, that preparations are being made for
a new incursion of the pirates, similar to than
wuioa took pi&ee at Cardenas last year Thev
propose, without doubt, how as at that time
to sack the defenceless towns and disturb
the,order that reins in this beautiful part of the
Spanish ‘ *'••*•'*
Sli«ur Wright, Jose Concha, Millard Fill
more— 4 worthy triumvirate!
[COMMUNICATED.]
Theatre"Concort Hall.
Ou Friday evening the fine prize Tragedy
of “ Mohammed," and the petite Comedy of
“LolaMontes," were presented.
The Tragedy was originally written for Mr.
Forrest, and the author has thrown into the
character of the “ Arabian Prophet,” an en
ergy, a determination, a purpose, to which to
render entire justice in the representation,
calls for great ability and prudence —the form
er, in order to display a proper conception of
the subject—the latter, to avoid extravagance
in the action of it. We have never seen any
former representation ot this Tragedy, but we
think Mr. Neafie, as “ Mohammed,” combined
the two qualifications named, and rendered
the most prominent parts with fidelity and
effect. Like the majority of good Tragedians,
he has his mannerisms, which, however, do
not appear so prominent as to interfere with
the main points of the character. Among
these we tvould notice, in the combat scenes,
his two frequent habit of imparting to his
t;word arm, and his sword, a violent and pro
tracted motion. It detracts from the scene.
Miss Richardson, as “ Cadijah,” had not
much to do, but the little was well done.
Her distinct articulation, and well turned
reading, prove her to be of eminence in her
profession, and this is sustained by her tragic
powers.
The rest of the company sustained their
parts passably well.
The Tragedy requires a large stage, more
accordant scenery and properties, and a larger
company than our Theatre affords, in order
to be thoroughly appreciated; but, as it was,
the audience manifested much satisfaction,
calling Mr. Neafie twice before the curtain to
receive their plaudits.
The American petite Comedy of “ Lola
Montes," was well played, and kept the au
dience in a good humor.
( Telegraphed for the Baltimore American.}
Farther by the Steamer Cambria
Halifax, May 13th—10 P. M.
The royal mail steamer Cambria arrived at
her dock this morning at 7p. m. She brings
30 passengers, 20 of whom are for Boston and
10 for Halifax, and £SOO sterling as freight.
She passed the Africa off Holyhead on Satur
day evening, the 3d, at 74 p. m.
England. —The all absoibing topic in Eng
land is the Great Exhibition, which was open
ed by her majesty in person, on the Ist of
May. About 30,000 persons were assembled,
but no disturbance or accident had occurred.
©n the 2d, the Russell ministry sustained a
defeat in the House of Common* on a motion
by Mr. Hume to confine the operation of the
Property Tax to one year. The Jewish Dis
abilities Bill has passed to its second reading.
The emigration from England and Ireland
continues unabated.
France. —Ail danger of a ministerial crisis
in Paris is over, and the old story is current
that Louis Napoleon is making great effort*
to prolong his term of office.
PoB.xuGAL.-The insurrectionary movements
of the Duke of Saldana are at an end, and the
country is tranquil.
Turkey.— Austria and Russia have de
manded of the Sultan the detention of Kos
suth and his fellow patriots for two years
longer. The Sultan is inclined to refuse and
and throw himself on the protection of Eng
land and France.
There is nothing new from Germany. The
Indian mail has not yet arrived.
Markets-
Cotton. —There has not been much fluc
tuation in Cotton since the Arctic sailed. The
total decline for the week is i a |d. The
sales so the week are 20.250 bales. The mar
ket closed tamely. Trade in Manchester con
tinues dull.
Bkeadstufes.— Flour and Indian Corn are
without change, and the demand dull.—
Wheat has declined 2d. per 70 lbs. during the
week.
Provisions. —The market for provisions has
generally been dull. New Western Pork
commands full prices. Bacon is held firmly
at previous rates. Lard has advanced six
pence per cwt. Tallow is dull and lower.
Money Market.— English Stocks have been
fluctuating. Consols closed for account at
961 a 96J, for money 96|; U. S. Securities are
unaltered; Canada 6’s 107 a 1074. Money is
in rather beter demand.
Freights are better, and more passengers
offering. Last week’s rates are fully main
tained.
Additional News by the Cambria-
Liverpool, May 2d. —The market, accord
ing „to an extract from Marrott & Brothers
Circular, was dull throughout the week espe
cially for Cotton, and prices declining. The
advices brought by the Baltic on Tuesday,
having shaken the confidence of holders, Cot
ton declined. The week's sales were 28,000
bales. American descriptions dull at a de
cline of ito |d. per lb. Fair qualities had
receded £d., and the trade were purchasing
with great caution.
England.— There was an Anti-Papal meet
ing at Liverpool, at which a very important
document had been read, addressed by Earl
Clarendon, Lord Lieut, of Ireland, to Earl
Shrewsbury, in which the former expressed
his dissatisfaction at the conduct of the ultra
Montare party in Ireland, Re intends that
all means shall he employed to mitigate the
evils that the country has suffered from the
actions of the ultra party.
A line of screw propellers is about beina
established between Liverpool and
Ireland. Ihe emig v ation from -Inland has
reached such a pitch -a to frighten land hold
ers. Soma of the counties are fast depopu
lating, ana landlords are beginning to fear
that there will be a scarcity of hands to till
the ground,
I> range. —The political news from Paris is
not very important. The ministry are in daily
fears of a break up, and rumors are afloat
tnst Leon raucher has resigned. The Gov
ernment has withdrawn its demend for the ar
rears of pay due Bonaparte as General of the
Trench army. \ arious parties are watching
Louis Napoleon with suspicion, and it is said
he is intriguing for a dissolution of the As
sembly to, further his schemes. The funds
were still declining.
Spain.— The Spanish Government has re
fused to interfere in the affairs of Portugal.
Portwgal.— Accounts state that th« gar
rison of Oporto rose W th? 2*th 0 f April! m
consequence or the arrest of a number of their
oitcers. 1 hey declared for Marshal Saldana.
Alter a contest ai nearly two hours, the Gen
eral attempted to embark on an English shin
but was recalled by the insurgents. Th© ini
habitants of Oporto declared sos insurrec
tion.
Fmperor of Austria is to
have an interview at Bamberg on the Iflth of
May with Czar of Russia. The relations be
tween the Austrian a-d French Governments
are said to. b? intimate. Letters from Berlin
state that Hesselrode had addressed a note in
the name of the Emperor of Russia to the
Austrian Ministry, couched in stronger terms
than any of his previous notes. %
Latest,— A note addressed to the Purser
of the Cambria, contains the following t ie
graphic despatch from France .—Paris Bourse,
May 2d—Yhe 5 per cents, were quoted at 90
f. 85c.; 30 at 56 f. 20c.
Austria. —-Vienna, April 27 th.—The King
of Greece is expected soon to arrive at Viena.
Lon©on, May 3d.—This morning Hume’s
amendment to the Income tax bill, that it be
discontinued after one year, instead of three,
was carried by 244 to 230 in the House of
Commons.
The receipts of the World's Fair yesterday
amounted to £SOO, the admission being £l.
The number of season tiekets sold, amounted
to 246,249, all of which have been sold at the
Crystal Palace.
There is no other political news of moment.
Delegates to the Democratic or State
Hights Convention.
Baldwin —O II P Bonner, Isaac Newell,
Baker—Dr. Dickinson, John Colley,
Butts—E McDaniel, Edward Varner,
Chatham—Thos. Purse, JohnW. Anderson,
Geo P Harrison,
Cobb—Garnett Gray, G Roberts, Dr. G. Ten
nant, S Maloney,
Chattooga—Col Charles Heard, John Ellis,
Esq.
Cass —Maj. Sam’l Smith, Capt. Chas A Ham
ton, Col. S. Fouche,
Decatur—Chas J Munuerlyn, Wm. McElvin,
Dekalb —A E Johnson, J L Evans, J B Wil
son, J Millegan,
Forsyth—George Kellogg, Charles Dupree.
Gwinnett —K T Terrell, E A Mills, H Allen, ®
J M Young,
Jasper—C H Grier, J W Wyatt, Wiley Phil
lips, C W McMichael,
Jones—J L Holland, Jos Day, Gen. D N
Smith, Leroy Singleton,
Jackson—M Strickland, JB E Overby, Esqs,
Lee—J H Qilmore, B G Smith,
Murray—Harrison Rogers, J Thomas, T €on
nally,
Morgan—Thos S Bonner, J C Paulette, G R
Jessup,
Murray—Harrison Rogers, Col John Thomas,
Thomas Conally, Esq.
Muscogee—Maj John H. Howard, Martin J
Crawford, James Cook, John Forsy th, V
and Tilman D West, Egqs. \ /
Oglethorpe—WH Wooten, F \Meniwethdr,
M M Davenport, Wm Jewfll,
Pike —Wm Cline, H Green, Ezekiel Brown,
Thos D King,
Putnam —A A Beil, N. Stanford, M K ** °
J A Turner, p 3^
Richmond—Jas M Smythe, Turner Clanton*
Jno Schley, Jas Gardner, jr.
Scriven—J II Burnes, J L Singleton, W J
Manor,
Stewart—Lemuel Cade, Dr. Catching, Wm
Dismukes, B K Harrison.
Twiggs—Dr. Wimberly, Dr. Nash, W \V
Wiggins,
Wilkinson—A E Cochran, B O'Bannon, Rabt
Rozar,
■ - 'WW.V\>y,\vs ■
The Season.— The weather is w ?rm
and dry. Rain is much needed ; bit? the
crops, though somewhat late, bid fair to he
abundant. Wheat, of which there are fine
prospects for a heavy crop, is now out gen
erally, with foil head. Although late frosts
caused some peaches to fall off in some loca
tions, yet there will be an abundance. In this,
section of country there is cause of thankful
ness for the prospect ahead of an abundance
ot the fruits of the earth, and some to spare.
These “ creature-comforts’* are more attrac
tive in our view, than th e promise* of fortunes
in gold in the California mines. Chattanooga,
'Gazette, inst.
Sxm-Enbrgt.—Self-energy is the life
of a man. To think by other men v „ thoughts
is no true living; to believe by men’s be
lief is no true living faith. Tfte mind must,
by its own independent exertions, seek, and,*
so far as its native powers wid enable it, ar
rive at the modes and causes of the truth of
these propositions it receives as truths, or sub
stantially, it will think and believe nothing
Neither will the propositions exist for it; nor
for them. They will be nonentities, and it;
will only dream of understanding them.
i t Enormous Outlay vor Avvaßtetnm.
Townsend, tha Sarsaparilla man, fsavs th«
Great West,) says that his “bocks” exhibit ant
outlay for advertising in the course of five
% iOUB Pape ' 8 of * th6 U * States,
°!r^n o u’- H. esa y B S, ?Or six months, he cut
off all his advertisements, to see if his medi
cines would not £<*, on their own merits, just
as well as by advertising. H e lost $30,000 by
it; sales dwindled down to nothing, for his
competitors, seeing him drop off, went on, ad
vertised heavily, and got the start of him.
Ax Unpublished VjmJr~op~BuaNs*— A
bcotch the Glasgow Citizen, says, that
Yn^H B ] UrnS V? in Edinburgh, he was intro
duced by a friend, to the studio of a w.li
known painter, whom he found smeared on a
representation of Jacob's Dream. After min
utely examining the work, he wrote the fol
yerse on the back of a little sketch.,
wmch is still preserved in the painter's fam-
D 111 & ie y e s *>me advice,
1 ou 11 take it no uncivil:
You sh.uldna paint an angel mair,
But try and paint the d 1.
To paint an angel’s kittle, work.
v 3;. auid ? j ,ck there’s less danger ;
You a easy draw a weel-kent face
But no sae vreel a stranger.
||Ship Buildino in Maine.—-At 'Damari
lZVLZnt sht s l ips - ri ww ‘ ?oT."d
£ r i , Aw ! J ; ,1 “ b ' P»t forward
inis season. At \Vaidoboro\ f OUr shins be
sides some smaller craft , *? p * De
menccd, but it is probab’ T already « 0 “-
be sn hrwV s 7 prooal ie business will not
oe so brisk as last year, Bath is lamely en
weli oa Warr “*
liX Boston.—Delegates
iu session auSitaU* 6 U “ ted Stltes ,re now
Chuu^”"n e
saYa th«V~ T ?o.y BStem Christi * fl Advocate
n ” , m the Annual Conferences-
Er Zn^ a nt dl V he bondsof the Methodist
EMcopa. Church contained 590,869 mem
ln - °» there aia reported 688,565,
an lncreuse ot or abou; 17 per
iUARRIJED, ~~
fu this city on Wednesday evening the 14th inst
.L f ß . e .l W ‘ Conner, Mr. Jac« [i. Low-
RET, ot Athens Ga. to Miss Lawka H. Stoy of
this place,
DIED,
At hi* residence in Burke county, ou the Jltk
Hist., Benjaman T. Ellison, aged 41 years. He
was a gentleman whose character amongst his ac
quaintance as an honorable and generous man,
cannot be contradicted. His death is by a large
circle of friends lamented. He has left a widow
and several small children to mourn their loss.
in Columbus, ou the 14th inst., aged 4 month*,
George William, infant son of Geo. W. ana
Ann M. Winter.
BLACK SILK WARP CASHMJERJEiT*
SNOWDEN A SHUAR
receired > from New York, Black
Silk Warp CASHMERETT, a beautiful
article for Gentlemen's Summer wear.
—Also—
. Lupin s sup. Black DRaF DE ETE, and a va
riety of other articles for Gentlemen's Summer
wear, to which they respeotfuijy invite the atten
tion of the public. df&c mav t