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THE VI I.\VIA WEEKLY EXAMINEE JE» ES Tk' CI Ft CUL AT IO NT OU' T JHL JEt K 3SI A. IVE I 3NT JE3 Et, XQOOO COE»IK!feS* JOHN 11. STEELE, 1 W(1; . Q CHAS. L. BARBOUR. } VOLUME 11. the weekly examiner if Publhed every Friday morning n the City of Atlanta, at ONE DOLLAR PCft ANNUM, To be paid strictly in advice. jy No subscription lak on for less than six months. RATES OF ADV JRTISUNTG-. Advertisements are insert 1 in the V. eekly Exaitntaa at tho following rates: Seventy-five cent? per square (of 10 lines brevier) for the first insertions, and 37 J cents per square for each sub sequent insertion. Advertisements continuing three months or more are charged at the following rates: 1 Square 3 mnlhs $4 00 t .< 6 “ 600 1 « 12 “ 10 00 2 « 3 « 600 2 “ 6 “ 10 00 2 « 12 “ 15 00 3 « 3 “ 800 8 <■ 6 *• 12 00 3 <> 12 « 20 00 4 <• 3 “ 10 00 4 “ 6 “ 15 00 4 •< 12 “ 25 00 4 Col’n 3 “ 15 00 x “ . 6 “ 20 00 i » 12 “ 30 00 x « 3 “ 20 00 t « 6 “ 30 00 J « 12 <• 40 00 One Sauaro, changeable, one year, sls 00 Two “ “ “ 20 00 r riir»« 4* ft ** 25 Four “ “ “ 30 00 Quarter Column “ “ j® 33 H a |p « « “ 55 00 ty Advertisements loaded and inserted un por tho head of Special Notices will be charged One Dollar per square for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion :3T Legal Advertisements published nt the usual rates. Obituary Notices exceeding ten lines will be charged as advertisements. jy Yearly Advertisers exceeding in their ad vertisements the average space agreed for, will be charged at proportional rates. jy AH Advertisements not specified ns to time will be published until forbid and charged accordingly. Legal Advertisements. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administra tors, Executors or Gurdians, are required by law to be held on tho First Tuesday in tho month, between tho hours of 10 in the forenoon and 3 In the afternoon, at the Court House in the County in which the property is situated. Notices of these sales must be given in a pub ic gazette 40 days previous to tho day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must bo given in .ike manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to tho debtors and creditors of an es tate inns' also be published 40 days. Notice that application will bo made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must bo nublished for two months. Citations for‘letters of Administration, Guar dianship &c., must bo published 30 days—for dis mission from Administration, monthly six months for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months—for establish ing lost papers, for tho full space of three months for compelling titles from Executors or Admin istrators, where bond has boon given by the de ceased, tho full space of three months. Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered, ut the following Bate? • Citations on letters of Adn listration Ac. - /•> do do dwmisHory om Adininw- Citation on dismissory from 'luaidianship, 3 00 Leave to sell Land or Ncgi es, 4 00 Notice to debtors and cr*l> >rs. ■' O Salos of personal property, t i days, 1 square 1 o Sales of land or negroes by Executors, &c. o <1 Estrays, two weeks, • ov For a man advertising Ins wife, (in advance,) o 00 Letters on business must be (post paid) to en title them to attention. THURSDAY". ERIJItCARY. ’ L lssi “ We would call attention to the Card of Messrs Tomlinson & Barnes, in another column, and recommend all who are in want of any thing in their line to give them a trial. Hotel Arrivals. Owing to an extraordinary press of busi ness we arc not able to publish to-day, the ho tel arrivals cf yesterday. To morrow’s issue, however, will contain them, in connection with those of to day. We hope the different hotels will bo prompt in sending in their arrivals be fore 4 o’clock, as we cannot attend to any coih muuieatiou after that Ijour. Corned. As our editors are absent, we have no fa cilities for catering to our editorial columns ; yet, in our rambles on the streets, wr sometimes see something of a local character worthy oi notice. Among the many amusing scenes that occur in onr busy city, we will notice one ol an entirely original character: Yesterday morning, as we were necessarily passing Wiuship'sSbop, our attention was call ed to a strange scene of commotion in a pile of shavings. Being curious to know the cause of so strange a phenomenon, we approached the theatre of action, and—to our surprise—found in the “wreck of matter,’ a man cooling off from the last night's revelry, and shivering “alone in his glory.” The poor teliow was so chilled by the "North winds breath,' that he could not answer our inquiries ; and we would not have known yet the cause of his being “out by moonlight alone” hud we not accidently dis Covered a rough board at bis head upon which some mcrcilesss wag bad inscribed these un charitable words; "immoderatepotuob stupefae ttus." Translating, ns well as we could, we mentally ejaculated "dead drunk." and left. Marriage in tub Days of Hezekiah.—Rev. Mr. Broadns, in his lecture at Petersburg the other evening, stated that in the good old days of Judah, matrimony was considered a s.nc qua non, at least, among tho ladies, and that to live an '’old maid,” was. in the eye of t.e world the gieatcst disgrace that could befall females- Au instance was on tecord in the days of Heze kiah. when seven women (rather than live un married) had proposed to one man. and. heed less of polygamy, were willing to become his wives. * L EsSf- William Blake, the inventor of Metalic Faint, died at Westfield, Mass., on the Bth Jan. j He was testing the practicability of making f powder without salpetre, when the composition 1 txplodod, eaaaing lus death. THE CHEAPEST PCLITICAL AND NEWS PAPES IN TH SOUTH—A WEEKLI FIRESIDE COWAN SN FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. f Advertising. We have been in exchange for a long while with a little Florida pine-woods paper, from which we have gathered so little of interest, that we have lately seldom opened it. Yes. terday, however, we found it spread open upon our table, and the following sensible remarks by the editor forced themselves upon our’at tention t “ A sensible man says : “My confidence in the power of advertising is such, that were I engaged in the wood trade, I would advertise the superiority of my kindling wood over that of any other. If you have an article to sell, let the people know it, and you will find a cus tomer.” In en 'orsement of the above, we can point to several in the circle of our acquaintance who , a few years ago, had nothing, and would have nothing yet, had they not consulted the advertising columns of a widely circulated journal. Advertising a a science, and bound to benefit the advertiser co long jis he patron ire i the paper that circulates most largely in the sphere of his business. It is a mistaken notion with ultra politicians that they must advertise in the paper that advocates their pe culiar political predilections. This spirit of party coherence is well enough while it fosters individual interests. But it should be remem bered that political bias is one thing, and bu siness another. [lri confidence, the extent of the Examiner circulation being greater than any other Atlanta paper, sugge-'ted the above thoughts]. Industry and Activity of Birds.—The activity and industry of birds when they have young is most surprising. A gentleman in England, who had for somedays watched the operations of a pair of titmice while feeding their little brood, gives the following as the result of his observations: The parent birds began their labor of love at halfpast 3 o'clock in tho morning, and did not. leave off till after 8 o’clock in the evening, after being almost incessantly engaged for nearly seventeen hours. Mr, Weir counted their various, returns to the nest, and found them to be 3*75. gfcfp to 4 o’clock, ns a break fast, they were fed twelve times; between 5 and G, forty times, flying to and from a plantation more than 150 yards from their nest; between 9 and 10 o’clock they fed them forty-six times, and they continued at their work till the time specified, sometimes bringing in a single large caterpillar, and at other times two or three small ones. The Germans are the finest appre eiators of birds. It is a fact, that when the Prussian authorities, under pecuniary pressure, were lately about to cut down certain trees near Cologne, which were frequented by nigh tingales, the alarmed citizens purchased the trees in order to save the birds and keep their music. The Great Invention of the Age.—S o the Austin (Texas) correspondent of the Gal veston News, terms a “machine” which has lately been exhibited to the members of the Texas legislature. He says: ’Hie great invention of the age is Gen. Cham bres’ terra-aqueons machine; it has been pri vately submitted to committees o, both branch esof the Legislature, and I am credibly inform cd that it has been demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of al! members of both committees, that the invention is a valuable one, and likely to create an entire revolution in the means o transportation. It is represented not to have any wheels, and not to slide, and yet, by som purticular arrangement, will on a graded roade make forty miles an hour. The road will be much wider than a rail roud track, but will require no iron, and possibly cost less than a double track. It will cross rivers or bays at the rate of ten miles per hour. This i d a short description of a machine appli cable‘to both land and water. The in venter ca ims that the same principle may be aplied to mahincs intended solely for water transpor tation, and that the speed some twenty miles per hour may be obtained. The invention may seem too extravagant for credence, but us some men, who have acknowl edged mechanical skill, pronounce it a vaulable invention, 1 deem it worthy of notice. Tub Largest Known Horse.—The great Rocky Mountain Horse, being the equinal ani mal in the world, is daily attracting large crowds to his place of exhibition on Camp street, near Canal. He is 21 hands in height, and weighs 2,060 pounds. Besides his large size, he has other qualities which make him one of the most interesting curiosities now in tho city.— Hs is perfectly docile, und is pronounced by competent judges to be the most regularly formed and handsomest horse ever seen. J uhges ol horses, und naturalists particularly should pay him a visit.— Sew Orleans True Delta. In 1849, Giddings of Ohio introduced a resolution iu the House,-declaring that a plu rality rule tor lucelection oftopeaker, would “be oppressive in operation, of dangerous tendency, and ought not to be adopted and that ground was sustained by the abolition force ui the House, uud by their papers. Bui now Gid dings and ah ms luilowers are zealous admirers ol the plurality rule, and ore dciiotuiciugall who oppose it. touch is abolition honesty.”— Con. Patriot. Alleged Discovery of a New Island.— Caph CaulUlan, of the Belgian bark Inde pendence Bel s c, informs bis Government that on the 26 th of August lust he discovered a small island in Ut. 46 min. S., and long. 53 deg. 43 min. \\., off the coast ol Patagonia. Immense numbers of birds were seen flying above the sea gross which surrounded it for miles. It is very dangerous, as it is not de scribed on any chart. Ravages of IYolvbs in lowa.—The cold weather in lowa has made the wolves unusually courageous as well as ravenous. Two persons have been k lied by them iu Pottawattamie, county, one of them a young girl. She was dragged from a house by a ferocious pack, and ' devoured instantly. I A very small pattern of a man lately solicited the baud of a fice buxom girl. -Oh, no” said the fair lady, “I can't think of it for a moment. The fact is, Tom. you are a little too big to put into a cradle, and a little too ' small to put into a bed.” fey- Tho “fast men” of St. Pau), Minnesrj , ta, amuse themselves during this cold weather I with horse races on the frwec Alisiwippi. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDA Y MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1856. Ex-President Fillmore in Italy.—A cor respondent of the Philadelphia L edger, writing from Leghorn, says: The only person who was permitted to .'and in advance of all the rest, was a young Aus trian officer (some 19 or 20 years old); theoth er passengers, among whom was onr most ex cellent ex-President Fillmore and the Duke of Montpensier (son ofthelatt King of the French and a capital, handsome fellow withal) had to stay on board of an exceedingly filthy steamer; until the police were satisfied that none of the passengers brought inte port were likely to give the State dange ■ or trouble. The pass ports, by-the-by, must be handed to the captain of each steamer at the time of your taking yonr berth, and returned by him during the voyage, so as to hand-them to the police c fficer as soon as you enter the port. The police officer then comes on board and counts off the passengers like sheep, to see whether their number corres ponds to the number of passports handed to him. For the first time in my life a real fill! buster feeling came over me, and I felt as if - could throw the officer overboard, when 1 sawl the ex-President of onr Republic (May God preserve her from the fate of the Italian Repub. lies) walk past the petty officer of the absolute power of a petty State; in obedience to bis bru tal mandate. The Duke of Montpensier fol lowed with a smile, and I could not help whis pering to him in English, that he probably realized himself that "Ameiiea and England were the only two free countries in the world! Nothing, indeed, can exceed the unostenta t’ons carriage and simplicity of the American on his whole journey through Eu rope. He goes and sees everything, yet no body finds out who ho is and what elevated station he occupied till he is gone. In Paris, while at the Hotel du Louvre, the landlord nev erknew his guest until some American had inquired for ex-President Fillmore; and the same thing occurred in Marseilles, Nizza, Gen oa and Leghorn. When the people learned who he was, there was considerable empress ment to serve him, but he afforded them no op portunity. Living in the simplest manner, and exacting nothing that is not usua with the unpretending and unassuming gentlemen, he only leaves people with regret that they cannot show him some proof of their respect, or some attention corresponding with his station. Mr. Fillmore has now been in England, France, Prussia, Austria and Italy, and will have seen all Europe before he returns to the United States. He has everywhere been the unob served observer of the people and their insti tutions, and will return to the Uuited States a better judge of European governments than th: wholy body of unfledged diplomates we are in the habit of sending abroad that they may be come acquainted with court gossip and court manners, much to the detriment of their knowl edge and usefulness in foreign parts. The man ner in which Mr. Fillmore travels is the only one by which an American can really become acquainted with Europe, and learn to love and cherish his own country. The Gong.—We find the following rib tick ler in an exchange: Speaking of gongs, a trio of old ludiee, dele gates to the Womans’ Right Convention, lately stopped at the Barnett House, Cincinnati.— They had never heard a gong, and wc give Mrs. Trodwell’s own description of it: “We hadn’t been in our ’own rooms very long, till jerniny criminy, of all the noises that ever did noise—growlin, bellerin, howlin, screeching, and rumblin up in one infernal muss of a sound I We thought the day of insurrection had come sure cncugh ; all were awfully frightened. Mrs. Saffron vowed that it was Gabriel blowing his last trump, and that he was a little hoarse.— Mrs. Skinflint, she bounced into her bed, cry ing out, ‘feathers is non conductors I’ Direct ly the all-fired how’lin’ thing shut up, and then there was a sound of folks runnin’ down stairs fit to break their necks. We were all making for the door to run too when something knocked at the door. We were afraid to open, but at last Miss Saflron, bold as a Hou, advanced and peeped through a key hole. There we stood, shivering with fright —just at this minute the doors opened and what in the name of Hoggins do you think it was ?—• TYhy, nothing but ap oor, mean, good for noth ing, deceitful, yaller nigger, wanting to know if we'd come to supper. “Has the telegraphic mugnetiff exploded ?” asked Miss Skinflint.— “Ma'am,” says he again. “Then,” says I “what was that infernal howling about, you great, stupid, silly nigger?” “That noise just now? oh, nothing but the gong I reckon,” says he, and the critter went off grinning. What a gong was we couldn't tell, but from its voice wc guessed it was sonic astonishing savage beast they had tamed and let loose about the house to sheer decent people out of their senses. Ariel Murder Case.—ln reference to this matter, uow undergoing investigation in Char leston, the Charleston Standard says: “The principal facts in this case are genera lly known; though it may be well to mention, for the benefit of those who may not have seen the evidence which we published at the t'me when the case was first examined, that the ves sei, in the latter part of July last, was bound on a voyage from New York to China; that when out some seventeen days, the captain was found dead in his berth. Upon his head were wounds which seemed to have been inflicted by an axe or a hatchet; his throat was cut, anil there were two stabs as though made by a knife in the breast. The berth in which he was found lying, at about seven o'clock in the morning, was saturated with blood, the parti tion was also spattered. A hatchet was found, with clots upon it, upon both the ham mer and the blade, aud there was everywhere the indication of a moat brutal and aremerseless murder. The body was placed in a barrel of brine, and the vessel in command of the first Ulate, one of the parties now charged; was brought into the port of Charleston, where, an examination being had, the first mate, Nicno las Wheato_ Lakemau, and two boys, George Anderson and Henry Giraud, were put in jail to answer for the crime. Against Giraud. however, uo indictment has been found by the Grand Jury, and only Lakeman and Anderson of the ship's crew have been put upon their trial. ” A Centenarian.—Mrs. Catherine Ritten who will be one hundred and six years of age on the 18th inst, has just filed an affidavit be. fore Levi S. Russell, Esq., of this city, in a very important pension case now pending. The old lady, as we are assured, although enfeebled in body, retains h?r mental faculties in an eminent degree. She resides in Bryan Coanty.—Sar. Journal. In Washington, Mo., recently, a gunsmith named Harriison, was on a, trial for several burglaries, which, it was charged be had com mitted. During the trial it was disclosed that he bad violated the person of his step-daughter, a girl of 17, and by threats against her life had, induced her to keep the secret. The girl’s brother, who was present. left the Court room.! procured a pistol’ loaded it, return to the Court; room, placed the pistol to Harrisot/s head, dis-1 charged the pistol aud left him a life.ess corpse i iu the presence of the magistrates. The young I man was tried immediately; and aiecharged from cartodj. The W.ir inOregoM. Letters have been received nt the Indian Bureau in Washington, containing matters in ‘ regard to.the Indian difficulties in Oregon, which will be sou d new and interesting. We! extract the following: " Intense excitement prevades the white population of.the entire country, and in dis -1 tricts most remote the people have congregated ' in block-houses and so-ts which they have erect ' ed for their protection. Messengers are seen hurrying from settlement to settlement, alarm ' ing reports are everywhere current, and in the popular phrensy the peaceful as well as the hostile bands of Indians are menaced with ex termination. Uio demonstrations already made in Jack-on county aud in tho Umpqua valley arouse the fears of the Indians in this part of the Territory that these threats may be car ried into execution. “ However, the collection of the Indians at suitable points, and the appointment of dis creet persons to watch over them, has tended very much to quiet their apprehensions ; but should the present campaign in Washington Territory and in Middle Oregon prov; unsuc cessful, it will be well-nigh impossible to save the Indians of this valley from the fury of the inhabitants. Their guilt or innocence will not be the subject of inquiry ; lhe fact that they are Indians will be deemed deserAing of death. They will be slain, not for what they have done, but for what they might do. if so disposed. *■ * * It is useless now to speculate upon the causes which have produced this state of affairs. The war is upon us, and whatever its origin, when defenceless women and children are murdered, and the property of our citizens destroyed by the ruthless savage, no one can hesitate as to the course to be pursued toward those who have assumed the attitude of ene mies. “ The bands now encamped at Fort Lane, numbering 334 persons, who immediately on the commencement of hostilities, placed them selves under the protection of the garrison, arc-' in imminent danger of meeting the fate so boldly and recklessly threatened—that of anni hilation ; and unless they are immediately re moved the scheme will undoubtedly be carried into effect. These bands comprise tho original Rogue River Indians, and a part of those treat ed with on the 18th of November, 1854, and from their general good conduct merit a better fate. “ The Umpqua Indians are but litele mnre secure ; one village having already been attack ed bj- a body of lawless banditti, who put to death men. women and children.” From the above, it will be seen that a por tion of the white population, by their lawless deeds, have contributed not a little to incite the Indians to commit outrages upon the de fenceless white population i f the e Territories. It is needless to add that the Indian agentsand government officers stationed among these tribes have done all in their power to prevent the commission of these deeds of violence, and to save the friendly Indians from the fury of the settlers. The superintendent’s letter closes with the following paragraph : “ The agents in the Indian department are almost powerless to do good. With a military command of two hundred men to protect the encampments, the friendly Indians mighs he collected and kept ou‘ of the fight; but other wise it is greatly to be feared that they will all unite in hostilities against us. Almost eve ry day brings intelligence of the desertion of bands heretofore fr cndly, and the commission of some horrible outrage on our citizens. We need a strong and well-disciplined military force in the country—first, to chastise anil bring the Indians into subjection, and after wards to aid in ridding the country of lawless vagabonds, who have provoked this state of affairs.” Good Advice.—in the Journal of Health Dr. Hall advises every person who goes into the open air from a warm apartment to keep the mouth shut while walking or riding. lie says:— "Before you leave the room bundle up well —gloves, cloak, comforter—shut your mouth before you open the street door, and keep it resolutely closed until you have walked briskly tbr some ten minutes; then, if you keep on walking, or have reached your home, you may talk as much as you please.— Not so doing, many a heart once happy and young now lies in th j church yard that might have been young and happy still. But how? If you keep your uiomh closed and walk rap idly, tho air can only reach the lungs by a cir cuit of the nose and head, and becomes warm before reaching the lungs, thus causing no de rangement; but if you converse, large drafts of cold air dash directly • upon the lungs, chilling the whole frame almost instantly. The brisk walking throws lhe blood to the surface of the body, thus keeping up a vigorous circu lation, making a co d impossible if you gel home. Neglect of these bridgs sickness and premature death to multitudes every year." Importance of Recreation.— The follow ing felicitous passage occurs in the admirable ' speech of the Hou. Edward Everett, at the Web- 1 sler Festival ut the Revere House last week. < llie orator, in referring to Mr. Webster's taste , tor manly sports, added these words:— The Americans, as a people—at least the 1 professional and mercantile ctussess—-have too ' little considered the importance oi healthful i generous recreation. They have not learned the ; reason contained iu the very word which teach, es that the worn-out man is recreated—made ‘ over.again—by the seasonable relaxation ol the I strained faculties. The old world learned this < lesson years ago, and found out (Herod 1,173.) that as the bow always bent will at last break, so the man,corever on the strain of thought and action, will at last go mad or break down.— Thrown upon a new continent—eager to do the work of twenty centuries in two—the Augio. ' American population has overworked, and is daily overworking itself. From morning to night—from January to December—brain and hands, eyes and fingers, the powers of the body and the powers oi the mind, are iu spasmodic, merciless activity. There is no lack of a few tasteless aud soulless dissipations which are cal led amusements, but noble, athletic sports manly out door exercises,are too little cultivated in town or in country. A Learned Theologian.—We find iu the Louisville Journal the following flattering tri bute to the Biblical acquirements of the editor of the Boston Post. We are surprised that he has never had “a call to preach”: Our cotemporary of the Boston Pest has not always enjoyed a high reputation as a Bible stu-! dent. We remember, that, many years since! the editor of the Dedham Patriot announced i that a wag bad imposed upon the editor of the ! Boston Post the fifth chapter of Matthew's Gos-1 pel as an original article, and that its origin was , not discovered until the foreman of the cffice l detected it in reading the proof-sheets. The i ■ Dedham Patriot said that the editor of the: I Post offered five dollars reward for the discov | ery of the author of this attempt upon the Bib- I lical reputation of the Post. We do not know whether the writer was ever detected. t@f»The Democratic State convention of; , North Carolina will be held iu Raleigh on the * il6tad»J9fAf»iL Ancient Slavery. i ■ Deßow's Review for December is a very in- I teresting number. Geo. Frederick Holmes, of I Virginia, concludes in it his admirable essay • 'entitled “ Ancient Slavery.” Here is a por- ■ tiou worth extracting : • I But it has been steadily denied by the ma- jority of modern theorists that slavery is cither just in itself, or consonant with the laws of . nature, and consequently, it would be illogical to extend it to those consideration which might, ho appropriate to natural institutions.— • We shall not repeat a discussion so often and • .-o fully undertaken elsewh -re, but shall content ourselves with citing in the note below two • testimonies from St. Paul and St. Thomas Aquinas, neither of which has, so far as we ■ are aware, been adduced before.* We may add too, that the philosophical demonstration employed by Aristotle to prove slavery both natural and just, after having been strongly endorsed by Lord Bacon, lias been approved even in England by his latest biographer.— Slavery, however, is abundantly proved to be natural by tho fact of its being spontaneous and universal. Deviations from the rule may occur, but they are partial and transient, and no mere prove that slavery is not a natural in cident of society, than illegitimate children and foundling hospitals prove the relation of father ' and child to be unnatural; or woman’s rights' practices and the unlicensed intercourse of the sexes prove marriage to be an unnatural re straint. The relation of master and slave, or servant, stands on the same footin? as that of husband and wife, and of parent and child. AH admit ot violation and abuse, but do not cease to be either natural or obligatory ou that account. These three great fundamental and instinctive relations constitute the base on which the edi fice of society is erected. Nor are these re spective obligations invalidated by any impro prieties in the modes of their occasional organi zation ; aud whatever objectio :smay lie alleged against the inception of slavery, they have their counterparts in the objects which may frequently be brought with even greater pro priety against the manner in which the other relations have been commenced. * “ Who art thou that judgrs on Uher man’s servant! To his owu master ho standeth or la lath ; yea, ho shall beholden up, for God is able to make him stand. [Rom- xiv, 4. “Art thou called being a servant I care not for it but. if thou inayost bo free, use it ratlior.’’ “Bro hren, lei every man wherein ho is called, therein abide with God. [Cor. vii,2O, 24. Miss Kiiza Logan, as Adrienne. Miss Logan was greeted, on her benefit night, by the largest and most brilliant audi ence wc have ever seen assembled in this city ; on which occasion she not only sustained her former reputation, but great as it was. she even surpassed it. The character is one very difficult to mas ter, und which but few attempt, but Miss Logan has shown herself equal to the task; and this, together with her many other beautiful and powerful personations, justly entitles her to : the proud distinction she bears, oi being the greatest American actress now on the Ameri can boards. She displayed the various pas sions of the human heart with a degree of per fection nothing but great genius and skill could arrive nt Her large audiences were, at times, spell bound, as if by enchantment, and so still (a thing unheard of before) thu : you might almost have heard the falling of a snow-flake; and whenever she ceased speaking, the enthusiastic cheers and prolonged applause spoke plainly of the great eflect she was producing. In the last scene, where Adrienne falls a victim to the cruel revenge of her rival, and dies by inhaling-thcpoison,the full heart, charg ed to its utmost capacity, could bear no more, and the "big tear” which stood in very eye, spoke in an eloquence of which we are uot cap able, of the powerful and magic influence of her genius. • Os the Marseilles hymen, we can not speak in terms too cxrtavagiint—suffice it to say that the song which “woke a nation to urms,” was sung, looked and acted by her, in a manner which baffles description. Her triumph was complete. .Spectator." Augusta. Feb. 4, 1856. Fires in New York.—Mr. Alfred E.Baker the Fire Marshal of New York, has just pub lished his third Annual Report. It embraces the [K'riod between the 31st of May and the Ist of December, 18 5. During that time fourteen arrests were made for arson. The tables show that fifty-two fires were traced to acts of incear diarism. The aggregate exhibits a decrease ot sixteen fires, in comparison with the correspond ing six mouths of 1854 also a dimiiiuLvU in the loss of nearly one-half, namely, 8237,037. The Marshal has introduced an additional column, exhibiting the amounts paid by insu rance companies in the settlement of losses.-- Under this head, lor the last six months, there appears to liave been paid 8160,350, or a little over two-thirds of the alleged losses. This s attributable, iu a measure, to a part of the loss es not being fully covered by insurance, and partly to insured parties claiming a large amount of loss than was allowed by the under writers. The report contains some interesting suggestions in reference to the construction of buildings, and denounces the new and peculiar dwellings, called “ tenements.” Incendiarism had decreased, but some remarkable cases had occurred to which the Marshal makes reference A Fast Youngster.—They lay agood many charges at the doors of country pedagogues “cut West.” It is said of one of them that re c.ntly, while teaching some young idea, he found it very difficult to impre.s the letter G upon the memory of the urchin. He finally asked the juvenile hopeful, byway of illustration, “what does your father say to the horses when he wants them to turn to the right I” “Hep! get along, 2-401" exclaimed youthful prodigy, his countenance lit up with animation. The teacher lias since adopted a diffi ren manner ol illustrating his subjects. Washington, Feb. 4.—ln tire Seriate to-day •he action of the late Nava! Board was dis cussed. Among the bills introduced was one ! for the extension of tire period ot natural!za ■ tion. In the House, Gen. Cullom, of Tennessee ' was elected Clerk by 126 votes to 87. pen ding a mot ion to elect Glosbrenner. Sergeant ' at Arms, the House adjourned. Mr. Dallas has been confirmed as Minister to England. To the Editot ■■ or Tn N.Y. Daily News I • —lvan Golovin pres its bis compliments and begs leave to state that the treaty of peace ' brought by the Arabia is nut true. It can i : neither suit Russia nor the Allies. It is but j 1 the project of Austria. I. G. I I N. Y. Feb. 1,1856. h I O«r Whole Country. . ■ The following is one of the standard gems of f I patriotic sentiment, in these times of sectional ,•' and party strife; Who would sever Freedom's shrine? Who would draw the iuvidous line ? ■; Though by birth one spot b emine, Dear is all the rest. d I Dear tc me t e South’s fair land— Dear the central mountain band - Dear New England’s rocky strand— |i Dear the glorious West. By our altars pure and free; I I By our law’s deep rooted trees I By the Past’s dread memory ; ’! By our Washington ? By our common parent tongue, By our hopes—bright, bouyant, young; By the tie of country strong— We will still be one. THE WEATHER i “It appears d übtful. Putting all the crops together ' Relating to barley, wheat, and hops, Whether the crops will weather the weather, Or the weather wi.i crop the crops, Who Gen. Walker is.—William Walker was born in Nashville Tennessee, and is now about 38 years old. His father is James Walker, Esq., a citizen of Nashville, of Scot tish birth, and very much respected. His mother was a Miss Norvell, an estimable la dy from Kentucky. Walker, after quitting school in his native State, which lie did with much credit and honor, commenced the study of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated. He then went to Eu rope, entered the medical schools of Faris as a student, received a diploma there, and after some time spent in travel, returned to this country, went to Nashville, and commenced the study and the practice of the law. Walk er is thus both lawyer and physician. From Nashville lie went to New Orleans, and was for some time editor of tho Crescent. In June, 1850, he went to San Francisco, and became one of the editors of the Herald.— While in this position, an article appeared in lhe Herald animadverting upon the judiciary, to which exception was taken by Judge Par sons, of the District Court, who forthwith sum moned him before his court, and inflicted on the editor a fine of 8500. This Walker re fused to pay, and was accordingly imprisoned, but was subsequently discharged on a writ of habeas corpus, issued from the Superior Court, which action was sustained by the Legislature at its next session. The next enterprise in which Walker was engaged was the famoiis expedition to Sonora, with th disastrous re sult of wnieh our readers arc as familiar as they are with his more recent history.— U r ash. Star. Another Nut to be cracked at the Phii<- adei.phia Nationai. Council.—ln the State of Louisiana native born Catholics are admitted into the Know Nothing ranks; whereas, on the other hand, the President, of the State Council of Wisconsin has just issued a decree to the subordinate Counci s making “eligibe tootlice Protestant foreigners who are thoroughly trained and educated in American principles’ You are therefore” (he says)“at liberty to admit in y ur Councils persons of that class who are naturalized citizens of the U.- States and of known iutegr ty of character, not to be exceed in number onethird of the na tive born citizens in each Council. The ques tion, the, in this matter, to be decided upon by the reconstructive special Philadelphia National Council of the 18th Febuary, is whether the uniform law of the Order shall be the admission of native Catholics, as in Louisiana, or the ad mission of Protestant foreigners, as in Wiscon sin, or both, or neither—a very interesting pro blem. Mene Mene, Tekel Uphiir sin. Mr R. P. Trippe ! the hand writing is upon the wall, ‘Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting, thy kingdon is divided and giver to another- 1 "You have persisted in voting fur Henry A. Fuller, an Anti-Nebraska Fresoil Know-Nothing, i.i preference to William A. Richardson, a sterling Nebraska, Kansas Dem ocrat' uud On- of South Carolina, a sound South, eru politi ian. Y‘ou know very well'that Fuller owes his present position in Congress to oppos ition to the Kansas Ncbrassku bill. He ran against Wright, who was a friend to that bill and Wright was beaten on account of his ad vocacy of that measure, and Fuller was elected on account of his hostility to it. Yet youhav. been steadily voting lor this man Fuller, in op position to the bre.t mca the Democratic- party could • ring forward, North or South. Your uncying hostility to the Democratic p.rty, it seems would lead you to the very b. ink of des truction of the interests of your own section of the country, and how much urther, God only knows. ‘The hand writing, upon t_e wall is against you. ‘Your da;s ore numbered’ politi cally, aud the people of your district, will no longer tolerate your adherence to Henry A. Ful ler. Gather your laurels, during the present Congress, fur another man must take ,our place. The Poor Qua ls. —Under the dry leaves of the scrub oaks, and under the les of friendly logs iu the woods, covered over with snow, or extended stiff upon the crisp surface, is many and many a quail, who last fall whistled “Bob White” in a style to win all hearts. The win ter is too severe for the charming bird. The quails are dying in great numbers. The cold stiffens many, and hunger stills the hearts and hushes the music of the rest. The ground is covered everywhere with a deep layer ot snow, through which “Bob” cannot get at his food.— The grain stacks are plated with ice and sleet, and coldly refuse a kernel to the- dying bird.— Plumpest, tightest, prettiest, most social of our leathered game, the distress of the quails will touch all tender and manly natures. They should be fed whenever this is possible. While it is a privilege to due Bob, or.bave him at breaklust or supper, this humane attention to him will bring its reward next “season.”— Many a pairing, and many a nest-housekeeping, and rearing of junior Bob will be thereby saved and encompassed, Many a solo of sweetest whis tling will be kept for summer and autumnal enjoyment of the woods and brakes of the coin ing leaftime and harvest. Many an orchestral trotiug over dried leaves and grasses of the | thickets by Bub in company—trailing for his | food with the prett'est motion of auy creature' that goes upon two legs—pattering music as he i steps, and truting right into man’s heart while' trotiug away from him. Friends, let us come to the help of the quail j I by feeding him. and abstaining from feeding on [ him. In a time like this it is a sacrilege to eat j Bob White.— Alb. Fvc. Jour. George Law in Albany^—Albany Jan.3o.; —A large and enthusiastic me'teg of ilraj friends of Geo. Law was held here this evening. I Among the speakers were Messrs. O'Dell. Den-1 nison, Preston, C. T. Mills, of the Assembly, 1 and Chauncey Burr. A resolution declaring George Law the choice of the meeting for the American candidate for the Presidency was adopted, . . .. £ ( Execution of three Murderers, f We find in the Lafayette (Ind.) Courier of ,1 January 11, an account of the execution of the murderers, Rice Driskill, and Stocking. The Courier says: At ten minutes past 2 o’clock, this day Stocking, Rice and Driskill, were duely execut ed by the hands of the Sheriff, Thomas J. Chis soni—the first named for the murderer of Jofan Rose, and the two latter for murder of Cephas Fa renbaugh. At 12 o’clock they were asked if they were ready for dinner? Rice replied yes, I am hungry, Driskill said that ho wanted agood cold dinner, as it was the la? t: he didn’t want to die hungry. He remarked to Rice, we’ll get supper somewhere else, Abe. The dinners were dispatched with great heartiness. After dinner, each of them in turn washed and dressed him ; self for the final moment. They could not have made their toilet with more deliberttion and coolness if they had been going to a frolic. Driskill, when washing, remarked through the window, near which he was standing, to some one outside, that he wos'gettingal llhings ready. In putting on his shirt. Rice discovered tha‘ there was a button missing. Driskill told him to sew it on. Rice replied that he hadn’t time. ’ Driskill nonchalantly rejoined there was an hour yet. He complimented Rice with look ing d—d starchy. Rice, as hejfinrMied, observed well gentleman, I reckon there was never a willinger soul to die than I am. Stocking said ’ nothing, but conducted himself (as lie did throughout) with great dignity and firmness. 1 The sheriff then proceeded to adjust the fa ’ tai ropes. Rice requested that a stool which had been placed for his accommodation on the ' scaffold might be removed, and on’his request not being immediately complied with, he re moved it himself. He then knelt down, inclin ed his head foiward, remarking that he had ' seen men hung, by which we understood he regarded that as the proper position. Driskill on observing it, said, Abe. u.e you going to kneel ? Rice answered yes. He then turned to Stocking and said. Stock ing which way is the easiest to die; kneel or stand? I want to die the easiest way. Stock ing replied that he should stand unless he thought there was a danger of the rope break ing. The Sheriff assured him there was no danger. He therefore stood up, but Driskill i kneeled. The caps were then drawn over the j faces, und at twenty-two and a half minutes as i ter two o'clock the bolt was withdrawn and • the culprits launched into eternity. Case of James Parsons, Jr. •' An act has recently p >ssed the Legislature of Virginia, for the relief and protection of James Parsons, Jr. The facts of his case are briefly as follows: He. followed into Pennsylvania a slave, the property of his uncle, and having overtaken liim. the slave was forcibly rescued by a mob, and Parsons himself maltreated; und after being brought before a Justice of Peace, was ordered to jail, unless he could find bail to appear before the Quarter Session on the fourth Monday in January, ult. Parsons, after some difficulty, found two gentlemen to become his security, iu the penal suni of 82,000. It is now argued, tbat if Parsons stands his trial, such is the venal character of a Pennsylvanian court and witnesses, that he will bo convicted ol' “kidnapping," and sent to the Penitentiary. This act, therefore, authorizes tli Governor of Virginia to pay and discharge all costs, charg es. fines or penalties which Parsons, or his se curities may have incurred in the premises; and makes it his duty to test the validity of the law of Pennsylvania, und the proceedings in court, against James Parsons, Jr., and his securi ties. Mr. Parsons has gone to Pennsylvania to stand a trial, and the Governor of Virginia has appointed John Randolph Tucker, Esq., his Counsel, on behalf of Virginia. The correspondent of the Savannah Georgian, from Millidgcville, thus notices a brilliant Entertainment at th: Executive Man sion on last Tuesday evening: Milledgeville, Jun. 30, 1856. There was a brilliant assemblage at the Ex ecutive Mansion last evening on the occasion of a bridal party givea to a son of the Gov ernor, who Inis just assumed tho full comple ment of his humanity by marriage. Sonic three hundred invitations were issued, but owing to the inclemency of the weather not quite hail attended. Those present however, formed a select gathering, in part, of the beauty and fash ion, wit and wisdom assembled at the State Capital. It was indeed a gay and festive scene in which poor mortals cheated the old rea]X:r of dues, and the winged hours flew past likesec- , ond*and unnoted. There was a smile on every , face, joy in every eye, tlere was presented un array of fbrnule loveliness that would move an anchorite; there was soft voluptuous music , that moved the heart to sweet emotions, or set the worshippers of Terpsichore to min ling iu the mazes of the dance ; there was a sumptuous 1 supper table covered wi h all delicacies uny ep icure could wish, and lastly there wus the pre siding genius of the bouse whose magic influ ence, like the sun light upon the landscape, throws a charm over all it reaches, the Govern or’s amiable and talented lady. Mrs. Johnson, rs you know posseses more intellect than whole armies of Woman’s Rights agitators. To a wonderful imagination aud a i. ell stored mind, she unites a fine command of brilliant language, thus combining all the re quisites for a brilliant conversationalist. This is the charm which brings to her side where ever she may go a group of rapt listeners, who hang upon every word. Such is the churm of intellect when exhibited iu the female form.— Like De Stael, tdl gentlemen prefer her com pany to the most fascinating of belles. <««*>— - | The Missouri river is frozen over to the depth < of three and a half feet at St. Louis. The Mir- | ror of that city says: “On the Illinois side, but some considerable ; distance from the shore, were pitched several i canvass tents, at the entrance of which were . placed boys, hallooing out, ‘hot coffee,’ 'hot j whiskey punches,’ .Torn and Jerry,’ ‘whiskey , slings,’ &c. Some of the ‘ ancy,’ too, and spor- ] ting characters had their faro and roulette ta bles iu full blast. At the end of the ice road | at the other side is placed a large board with i the inscription, in monster letters, ‘Mississippi t avenue.’ This was the great centre of attrac tion, as in this immediate locality everything ( was to be found to stimulate and heat the in ner man.’ Thousands of skaters might be seen gliding in'every direction over the ice surface, t Bovs and girlsj young ladies and their loving « . swains, old men and their better halves, negroes ’| of all variety of shade, from the pure Africa jet to the light brown, swelled the immense t ' gathering, and comp etely covered therivor op- fi | [>osite the city. Sets were formed on the ice r and dancing kept up until a late hour at night.” e —s«• r r - u ggU The municipal election in Middletown, c Connecticut, on Mouday last, nsulted in the „ complete success of the democracy, who elected 'j their Mayor, eight of the nine Council-men, g and three of the four Aidermen. The election v was hotly contested, and the vote one of the r largest ever polled in the city. For Mayor, r the vote stood —Edwin F. Johnson, Democrat, r 234: Benjamin Douglass,opposition, 218. Mr. a Donglass has been Mayor of the city for sever- „ al years past, aud was, it is stated by local \|, press, the strongest candidate tbat could have l r been presented ou the anti-Democratic side— • & combining every shade of the opposition. I n WM. KA / PROPRIETOR NUMBER 27. I [Prom the Augusta Constitictionalist.'] Destructive Fire. f About twelve o’clock on Sundhy fiIJM, a fire commenced its ravages, in this city, oil tho East side of Chew’s Alley, and continued its ' desolating course for about three hours, j’he weather was very cold, which dotcred many persons from emerging from their residences; and the quantity of burning cinders and flakes i of fire, wnieh filled the air, and were borne off by the wind, caused num bun eif chireps to re- L main about their own neighborhoods, io pre vent the occurrence of other fires. Roofs of honses, as well as combustible materials, Were ignited in the first ward, several hundred yards below the principal scene of conflagration, but ' were, fortunately, noticed aud arrested. 'J’he ■ wind was from the West, and uccmaoually blowing strong, which rendered tho fife in a great measure unmnnagenhte. But the gallant I'renen of the city, when tLs ftiry of the flames seemed to mock their offer ~,, their energies, and battled with . .-aging element ' "u-.'l? ? vas subduPd - T! 'iremon had no child s play on Sunday nigh! I deserve great praise for their devoted Ber'.' ._3.' • le re or *Kmated in tn te aaanted house in the alley, and it ispresuan., was the work of an incendiary. Below, we give a report of the principal houses and stores destroyed by the fire. ON BROAD STREE. lhe woden store and brief house in the rear owned by the estate cf Zach. Turpin—insured. Occupied by J. Renkle, in the upper tenement as a grocery and provision store—loss uncertain insured on goods for 81,000. J. B. Hauzo, in the tenement below, as a Boot and Shoo shop—loss very trifling. The next house on Broad street, on the West corner of Chew's Alley, was owned by Mr. Miller, (formerly B. F. Chew's). Occupied as a Barber’s shop iu front. The house on the east corner of Chew's alley, owned by Mr. Antonio I’izzini. of Richmond. Va. No insurance. Occupied by A. P. Wert, as a grocery store. Insured on goods for SI - 000. The wooden house below, owned by Mr. B. McKennon. Insured for 81500 Mrs. Bruce occupied the store irih millinery and fancy store. She was ii sured for SI -000. Wooden house next below, owned hy the es tate ot Jacob Abrahams—no iusuranee.— r ' Occupied by Diischel <(• Platt, us n liar-room. The three story brick house, bwn'-d by Mrs. Kinchlcy. Insured for 83.500. Oecnp'cd by It. Ald wort h. us a grocery and us a dwellin'; I’urniture an entire loss, insured ou groceries 81,000. ON EI.LIS STREET.' ' “• Wooden house, owned by B. F: tthew, in sored for SHOO. Loss about SI,OOO. Occu pied by Mrs. E. J. Brown, Divs Maker, as a residince. lhe loss pl,this Ind we could not ascertain House on West corner of Glow’s alloy owned by Mr. Miller, was occupied by Charles Gross, as a residence. His loss in furniture amlicloth ingwui about 8150. House owned by Mr. Pifeini, t>» cast'side of Chew's alley, wns uninsured mul unoccupied. House owned by B. McKennon, insured for 8500. Occupied by Mrs. Hadley,.a wiuo lady. Her loss we did «iot learn. ’ House owned mid occnpi.d by Mrs. Utus.u widow lady. No insurance. u IN THIS ALLEY. . Two or three families who resided iu the al ley wc could uot. uscerlaui the luiiiies of. One was a Basket Maker—another 'was a widow lady and her daughter and another was Mrs. Cahill, a widow lady. A coiortM man. by the name of Bill Hale, a huckster in the market, and another by the name ol Edmund Fox, a painter, and auxin 1 one or two colored families, resided in the alley.— All the houses on the west side of lhe nll6y, be longed to a Mr. Mi ler, and we understood were insured. lhe losses by the Insurance Officers, so far us we could learn were : Augusta Insurance and Banking Co., “bout 81,000 Hartford and Home Companies, 5,000 to 6,000 Southern Mutual, 6,000 to 7,000 If any other offices sustained a loss by the fire, we did not hear of it. About twenty five honses, large und small, were destroyed, and although not costly build ings, several wire r.eat und eoinfurluble resi dences. Only two were built with brick ; the balance were of wood. The Pr.EYAL Exposition few days since, we called the attention of our read ers to the advertisement of M. Gauditi, 104 Royal street, announcing that he had just ar rived from Paris with the magnificent, piano exhibited at the Paris Exhibition, as a speci men of the most beautiful work from tho celo brated establishment of Mesrs, Pleyel & Co. This morning we took the opportunity of pay ing a visit to M. Gaudin’s store and examining the piano. So beautiful an urticilo we feci perfectly safe in saying has never before been seen in this country. To attempt a descrip tion of it, which should give a correct idea of its tasteful elegance and richness, within tho limits of our space would be vain. The frame of the body of the instrument is of rich Bengal rosewood, in itself of exquisite beauty, but so delicately wrought as to have this set off with inconceivable advantage. The centre of each piece of this is panneled with solid ebony; and throughout every part of the instrument, these two solid portions of the frame arc inlaid with flowering vine scrolls in woods of natural tints —here deep green, there russet, here rich yel low, there delicate brown, here faintly radish, there pale green, &c., after the manner of mother-of-pearl work. Here leaves spread out with varied hue as the light falls on them, there flowers with perfectly natural beauty o! color ing, blossom uud bud, and there gentle, insinua ting tendrils creep aud twine. The, instrument is further adorned throughout with very rich gilt mouldings, a pair of gilt chimeres support ing the key-table. The chandelier attachments, while they are of chaste elegance, arc better managed than they are generally found. In addition to its external beauty the instru ment is of unexceptionable tone, and in short in every way worthy of the distinction confer red upon it. Lovers of the beautiful khonld not miss the opportunity of seeing it. The Buffalo Express publishes a communica tion from a corespondent at Niagara Fails’ de scribing the pre.-wnt lienutiea of the;.Falls. The following is an ext act: “The spray, drifting over t lie adjacent shores, has transformed the commonest objects in o shapes ofsu<-h fairy like beauty as iH.,cls.-where only conceived of in dreams. All .things ure envloped in gleaming ice. The rook 4 that shoot up from the far depths of the precipice are hood ed and wrapped up in vast breadth of ice, like monks doing homage to lhe genius of peace. The trees are bowed to the earth with their snowy vestments, like a worshiping choir of white robe nuns. Every where but in the im mediate channel of the swol.au uud surging river the Ice King reigns supreme. Under his magic touch Nature is viiibly idealized. Stai- ' ictjte groves, and towers of crystal, and forests jittering with brilants and j earls, seem no longsr a figment of genius, but a Is'aning reality. If you would witness this dazzling scene, come by all means soon. The vuh will lot be regretted. jii-jpoi v, qwa on Joa tLula lies