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WEDNESDAY Jan. 31.
T*»* Four Polm. and tl»c Great Powers JoH.V MtTCnELL AND THE CiSCINXaYIaXS.
_ , — . - . Scarcely u stoamor arrive* fr< m Europe, Tfle Cincinnati papers contain the proeeed-
are indebted tafiHon.-lfci B. W.H^s the Philadelphia Inquirer, that wo do • ii.ge of thd indignation meeting held Ja
Dent
imiciit
w o are ioucuisu w- , - r . ^ ... e — ye — • ,
,,#• ,),e House, for valuable public doc- a0 * he8r ^methujg to relation to the four Mondayetening week, m that city, to de-
pomty, tuid ninny persons ure anxious for notjnoe the city , Cocmcil for tendering a
an explanation.
bt?3fiTfic new schr. John Boston, jpaptain therefore, that the terois <«• guarantees al- exile. The meeting also strc
Lingo, destined f Vthe Now York' and Sav- j ******* set fo P rtb “ a d fi? atob b - v the sentiments o<
, , , . : ,. . the 1 rcnch Minister of boreign Affairs, da- Mitchell since his arrival i
It may be well tojnention, public reception to John Mitchell, the Irish
strongly coudemnr
5 uttered by ;M*.
, , , , . .. .. . - — - Foreign Affairs, da- Mitchell since his arrival in the United
ami ah trade, and owned in the former city, ted * p cVi#( Ju l v 22. 1854,” and addressed States. Tw.. or then ..f the Oonucilmen
arrived in Savannah on Saturt ay, having on , ujc French Minister at Vienna. They who voted fur the reception, appeared at the
board « locomotive for the Western and At- were more particularly specified in rhe di- meeting and expressed their regrets, saying
antic Knilroitd. plomalic notes that were excliauged on the ; thev had voted without reflection.
— ~—'— : —• _ , othof-August last, between the French and <5n the same day, some hours previous to
Some of the hire Insurance Companies ; English representatives at Vienna, and the meeting; Mr. Mitchell arrived in Ciu-
.if Boston, have resolved to take no Phila- : Connt Dc Buul, the Austrian Minister of cinnati, and was received by the Mayor,
dolphin risks, until they have n paid Fire' foreign Affairs. These notes, published in several of the Councilmer., and a number of
Department. ; the French Monitnuiv of August * 24. 1854, citizens. In the afternoon be was waited
. . • thus atinouticc the "Jour pointsupon by a number of persons, when Dr.
M arietta Advocate.—We are glad to ' The three powers are equally of opinion Warner, in a short speech, said he was
sec that this able Democratic paper, which i that rotations °f the Sublime Porte with happy to welcome him, but must express
' • ’ , ■ the Imperial Court of Russia could not be ; his disgust at some of the principles he
. ‘ ' _ LO ~ ! re-established upon solid and durable bases, had advocated. Dr. Edwards also similarly
(iience of the distinction of the office by | -1st. Unless the protectorate hitherto ex-j expressed himself. Mr. Mitch el, doubtles's
, is out again, in a new dress. We are j ercised by the Imperial Court of Russia over • tried at the catechizing he was undergoing,
ised to welcome the Advocate again to j the Principalities of Wallaeliia, Moldavia promptly' replied :
and Servia cease henceforth ; and unless the There is one trait of American character
privileges accorded by the Sultan of these which I admire—their liberty; and while I
dependent provinces of their empire beplac ■ remain in this country 1 shall take the
ed under the collective guarantee of the liberty of doing what I please,
powers, by virtue of an arrangement to be j The effect of this trait and just rebuke, it
concluded with the Sublime Porte, the dis-; is said, was electric. It was received with
New York Senator.—The Richmond I positions of, which should regulate at the a burst of laughter by the lookers-on and
Penny Post leaans from Albany, N. Y., that j same time all questions of detail. had the effect of putting an effetual stopper
'‘2nd. Unless the navigation of the Dan- j upon the speechifying. Dr. Shumard, of
ube to its month be delivered from all em- ; Arkansas, intended to make Mr. Mitchell a
burrasiment and subjected to the application i speech, which would have been all right
of the principles recognised (comacres1 by ; on the “Alabama plantation and negro”
the acts of the Congress of Vienna. queston, but the explosion of this sudden
“3rd. Unless the treaty of 13th July, ; bombshell thrown into the camp made the
1841, be revised in concert by all the high ! whole party “vamous the ranch” in duble
—*—*s u :il :— ! * 1 - Jn
has t been suspended for
of the office by
lire
pleased
our exchange table.
JSiaSri’Tho lion. Robt. Toombs, we regret
to learn, has been called home on account
of the illness of a member of his family.
enuy
there is a possibility of electing Ogden
Hoffmau to the United States Senate, in
place of Mr. Seward. The news is almost
too good to be true. ■
Sss6P“The Grand Jury of Muscogee county
present as a nuisance the practice of cer- J contracting parties with a \ lew to secure the i quick time' leaving Mr. Mitcliel alone.
tain parties in the city of Columbus issuing
change bills, called “shin plasters,” and re
commend to their fellow citizens that they
cease to receive such a circulation in pay
ment of any debt whatever.
Large Suit.—The suit of the executor
of Daniel Webster and Greer B. Duncan
vs. the city of New Orleans, for 50 thousand
dollars, for professional services in defend
ing tho suit of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines
against the city of New Orleans and some
three or four hundred other defendants, is
now being argued before Judge Lea and a
jury in ~th<v Second District court of that
city. Tho city’s property involved in the
suit of Mrs. Gaines, it is said, is not worth
over $40,000.
European eouilibrium. | the evening he partook of a complimentary
“ 4th. Unless Russia ceases to claim the j banquet at the Burnet House,
right of exercising an official protectorate | During the progress of the banquet sev-
over the objects of the Sublime Porte,_no era! bricks were thrown into the room,
matter to what religious rite they' may be- through the windows. Fortunately how-
long, and unless France, Austria, threat j ever, no one was injured. The police seized
Britain. Prussia and Russia lend their mu- ‘‘ two of the engagd in this outrage, but they
tuai co-operation to obtain from the initia- j were rescued by their comrades. Three j
tive of the Ottoman Government the formal others were arrested on the morning, and
recognition (la consecration) and observance j fined $5 and costs each, instead of being
of tiie religious privileges of the various j sent to prison.
Christian communities, and to carry into 1 , ————-
effect, for the common benefit of their co-i „ The_ Washington _eorrespondent of the
StlMinon to tb< Canp.
The Ohio State Journal announces that
‘•the American party has finallv repudiated
all newspaper organs, and the order relies
on its internal power for t he promulgation
and support of its principles.” The Jour
nal, a reliable whig and i cee-soi! organ, and
experimentally acquainted with the tenden
cy and objects of secret order in the free
States, hold? the following language:
“ We choose to be thus particular on this
subject for certain well understood local
reasons. So far, in this State and in the
tree States generally, the !know-nothings’
have co-operated and worked faithfully with
theanti-Nebraska and anti-slavery feeling of
the people. They have shown themselves
true republicans by casting their rveiglif uni
formly in favor of freedom-. If they are
warred upon and driven off on an abstrac
tion, the inquiry will be made why it is
done. And if, on investigation, it shall be
found to be for a reason less satisfactory
than a want of sympathy with the opponents
of slavery propagandism, the authors of the
mischief will be held to a rigid and fearful
accountability.”
The Richmond Enquirer, commenting on
the above, says:
“The Journal here reiterates and confirms
what we have demonstrated by documentary
evidence, that ‘in tho free States generally
the know-nothings have co-operated and
worked faithfully with the anti-Nebraska and
anti-slavery feeling of the people.’ And yet
Virginians are, with the coolest assurance,
invited to enter the dark conclaves of the
secret order, and to bind themselves by se
cret oaths to a thorough affiliation with
their worst enemies in the free States!—
Could there be a more monstrous attempt
to impose on the public mind, and to in
veigle a high-minded and sagacious people
into an alliance with what threatens a vio
lation of the most blessed principles of the
constitution, and a deadly blow at soutbern
institutions? In Virginia a secret party,
with such damning associations, must fall
lifeless before public indignation.”
religionists, the generous intentions uiani-! New York Evening Post gives some import-
fested by his Majesty the Sultan, taking j ant particulars about Mr. John Y. Mason’s
care that there result therefrom no violation } ate illness. It seems he had been to an
of the dignity and indcpendece of his j imperial levee, and on his return engaged
i Crown. * in a game of whist, which engaged him un-
“ The undersigned is moreover authorized i t-ii two o’clock in tLe morning. He was
| to declare that the Government of his Maj-; struck with paralysis soon after retiring.—
j esty the Emperor of the French, while re- i d he same, correspondent aiso states that
■—— — .... ■ serving the right to make known in proper j General Dix, whose name has been mention-
Iriau ok Keener.—1 ho trial of IIenr.\ | t j me t h 0 particular conditions which it may i ? d in connection with the French mission,
Keener, for the murder of James Reese, in j re q U ; re for the conclusion of peace with j is detained at Florence by the serious illness
this city, in September last, says the Chron- ‘ Russia, and to annex to the ensemble of the i oae °f k’ 8 sons, who is laboring under a
icie <f- Sentinel of Saturday, was commenced ! guarantees above specified such modification i severe pulmonary affection.
yesterday in the Superior* Court, Judge W. hostilities may render necessary, is decid-1 ReC0GK1ti0N oF Woman’s Rights.-In
- J ... 1 . , ! ed at present not to discuss or to take into < , N “ . “ . , * ,, i7n u
IV. Holt, presiding. The forenoon and a | orin(i J r . rnt - mn nnv nf theCabinet! * h ? New York Legislature Mr Hull has
I Lieut. Maury’s Ocean Charts.—It is
stated Lieut. Maury’s system of maps or
charts for the navigation of the Atlantic by
steam will be published by the first of Feb
ruary. They are designed to prevent steam
ers navigating the Atlantic coming in col
lision, and are being prepared at the request
of the Boston underwriters.
presiding, me mreuoou unu » j C0Dfii( f emt i 0n any proposition of
portion of the afternoon session was con- — ~
sumed in cmpnnneling a jury, which was ! on its part a full and entire adhesion to the
Accomplished about 3 P. M.. after which the j principles upon which the Government of j from “
jod. Nl.ajestv the Emperor of the French has'
Of St. Petersburgh wlilch shall 'not' imply 1 “ t f° f duc / d the following bill relative to the
on its rmrt a fnllaml entire adhesion to !h« ! rl S ht * u,amed :
sec. 1. Any married woman whose hus-
drunkenness, profligacy,
or from any other cause, shall neglect or
Frlgbtfnl Balloon Ascension.
Easton, Pa., Jan. 25.—Miss Louisa Brad
ley, of Philadelphia, made a fine balloon
ascension this morning. The balloon
went up straight for a great distance, and
then went East a short distance and bursted,
forming a parachutte. She came down
fast, and landed four miles from here unin
jured. The excitement was intense until
word was received of her safety.
Chronicle of Monday evening, which says:
•• The trial of Henry Keener for the mur
der of James Iloese, turminated about 11
o’clock Saturday night. The Jury, after
being out about twenty minutes, return
ed with a verdict of* “guilty.” It is
probable, wc learn, that the case will be
taken to the Supreme Court, with it view to
obtain a new trial.”
the 8th of August which specifies the “four i b - y her hasban £’ shaI1 bav . e the r, S ht p ia her
points” in the identical language of fhe • own name, to transact buisncss and to re
trench note above given, M. de Buol recog- j ceive and Coliect ber ,>W11 carnm « s and the
nizes
land not to treat of peace witii Kussia upon i .c - - . , , e c-'c-u
other bases than the four points, and “ ac-! thc s ^PP ort and ad «eation of such children,
cepts for Austria thc engagement to treat
upon those bases only, reserving neverthe
cu mne aoo\e given, ;u. ue i>uoi recog- i - c - • ,
the engagement of France and Eng- ‘ ™ lg n T™* ehlldern ’ and !
not to treat of peace with Russia upon | a M v the 8 ““ e l or ber °''* n a «PPp» aad
free from the control and interference of her
husband, or of any person claiming the
less the right of free appreciation of the ' same -- or claiming to be released from the
c(^mlitiout« upon which the Austrian Govern-
ment itself should conic to be forced to take
part in thc war.”
„ The tYashington Evening Star says
ilint the Treasury Department received ad
vices on Thursday from the District Attor- I Furtlgu.Borii citizenn and th* miliiHr}-. .
)io\ of New York, suiting that lie had seized ' Gov. Gardner, in his address, says :
the steamship Massachusetts, on the com- ‘‘Jrecommendjj Padding by law payment i
, . - y. ■ i r, i i i ' "l Star-’ bounty to any mil,tarn company
plaint of thc Spanish C onsul, who testified hus enrolled among its membersprrsoll
that he had reason to believe the said steam- j 0 f foreign birth.” . |
er was about to violate the neutrality laws i Taking it all in all, the Governor’s ad-;
— | dress is one of the most extraordinary offic- j
! tinners we ever examined. While it is j
by conveying arms to the Cuban patriot
The Star also state- that great excitement
prevailed in Cuba about the recent action of
1 he Spanish Cortes relative, to thc sale of
die Island to the United States. One thou
sand persons, who have heretofore opposed
revolution, are now in its favor. Secret
meetings arc held, and at the last accounts
an outbreak was hourly expected.
A large force is engaged in laying
track between Loudon and Knoxville, Tenn.,
on the East Tenn. A Ga. R. R. The bridge
is nearly ready for the passage of tho ears.
A writer in the Montgomery Mail
suggests that lion. J. Abercrombie would
make a good Governor of Alabama.
Carrying the War into Africa.—It is
said that the excessive American tendency
of the times will probably cause the exclu
sion of the Greek, Latin, French, German,
English and other foreign languages from
<mr schools, and the substitution of the fro-
quoiB, Camanches, Winnebago, Cherokee,
and others of a purely domestic growth.
Church Property.—A unanimous report
has been made in the New York Legislature
in favor of the passage of the hill to vest all
church property in corporations organized
by general act establishing religious socie
ties. A similar bill has been reported in
the Pennsylvania Legislature.
BgL. Jt is leported in Washington that
an energetic move will be made in the House ,
to pass Mr. Faulkner’s bill authorizing the |
calling out of three thousand volunteers for j
tho defence of the Western frontiers. In 1
same by or through her husband.
Sec. 2. Any married woman whose hus
band shall neglect or refuse to provide for,
or who shall abandon his wife and children,
may bind cut thrir minor children and exe
cute indentures of apprenticeship in the
same manner and to the same extern as her
husband could do.
Sec. 3. Hereafter it shall bo necessary to
the validity of every indenture of appren
ticeship executed by the father, that the
Mother of such child, if she lie living with
her husband, shall, in writing, consent to
such indentures. Nor shall any appoint-
papers we ever
most agreeable to accord with what in it ap- _
pears to us to be right, it is a duty to expose j m ent of a general guardian of the person
and oppose what in it seems to us to bo ! °f a child by the father he valid, unless the
wrong mother of such child, if she be living with
Let us look briefly at the subject of the ! the husband, shall, in writing, consent to
foreign born now serving in our volunteer such appointment.
corps. It is in many respects important. . L., , E i
,|! „ • i ... • ' ‘ , . . Arrested.—A voung man by the name
to consider this matter properly, it is: r> 1 • r * A 1 1 T
i J J o Calvin Lewis, the brother ot me Lewis
necessary to remember what the Jaws are: T j a. u i
: v-i • n . , • ’ ; now m Jail, supposed to nave been oonuect-
and m doing this it is also well to bear m , -.v ’ I 1 , w .1 7 * M 3
mind, that the service of n common defence ? d wdh the accent robbery at the Railroad
is a far different thing from the individual D T J ; ' vas arrested M ednesday evening.
ui r . i:. v fe *i 1 •, , and has been lodged m mil to await his
right ot voting. Now the law provides that > • , ® J , . .
,,^ ,, , ,. • -* ,, . trial, irom what we can learn, a letter
everv able-bodied white citizen,’ not an ! » ,. , . . . 5 . ’ . , .
„ r • j 1 from his brother m jail was intercepted, in
, cxemiit, between the ages of eighteen and : , ■ , .. , . ,, J \ ,
! i- , . V 7 7/i, n 7 ■ ,7“ 1 which it was stated that the box found at
forty-five, shall be. enrolled in the militia.— ,. , , , .
>1 o -n the Railroad Depot, and which no doubt
w e none ilie statement will not shock anv- 1 , ■ , J ,, .. .
body’s nerves, nor disturb anybody’s sleep, : contai , ned ° 51 ^ oi rabb .f 8 ’ V ulst be rc ‘
but'it is a fact that some hundred andtwen- »«/''ed from the City Hall, wnere it was
tv thousand names, among them thousands ' f l!a ^ d sab t kcc F n S‘ A , ) ratcb ac J
of the foreign born, arc given by the asses- : ^rdmgly stationed to gourd u, and about 8
sots of thc cities and towns to the adjutant j Wednesday evening Lewis endeavor-
| general, as the militia of this State. Tt is ■ eJ t0 remove 3t - When he f ' J,,ud out hc
j from these that, should occasion require,
| the Governor would have to make his draft;
| to enable him to repel a foreign invasion.— ;
j We are of those, who think that, in such aj
case, the Irish citizens would make no bad J
j soldiers, especially if the foreign invaders ;
j should hvppen to bo British legions.
With such laws on the statute book,—with ;
laws not only inviting the foreign born, but :
even compelling them to do military duty, ; i”
it is so far from being a matter of* blame ! oun
that it i:> most creditable when they come
forward and volunteer their service.—Boston
Post. Jan. 22.
Can’t do without a Paper.
What, do without a paper? no.
I’ve tried it to my sorrow,
So, to subscribe for one I’ll go,
Nor wait until to-morrow.
Should lovers drown or hang themselves,
Pr other foolish caper,
1 never get to hear of it,
I do not take the paper.
Why, there’s my neighbor, Jothain Stout,
He always hears the news,
And having news to talk about
Hc never gets the blues.
While otheis yawn in ennui,
Ilis mind is light as vapor ;
The cause is plain to half an eye.
He always takes the paper.
While neighbor Stout hears all the news,
And knows each current price,
And alway's minds his P’s and Q’s.
By taking good advice.
I cannot tell the price of calves.
Or poultry, coffee, tape, or
Any kind of merchandize,
Because I take no paper.
Though I have studies which require
Much time and mental labor.
Yet I can spare a little time,
As well as Stout, my neighbor.
Though time be precious, I cun use
A longer midnight taper,
And thus take time to read the news—
Therefore I'll take a paper.
But uow which one shall I select.
So many greet my vision ;
One stubborn fact which I detect
Shall influence my decision.
The cheapest paper and tho best.
Should be the ono for me,
And when I bring it to the test,
The intelligencer is thc one I see !
THURSDAY, FEB- 1.
The Southern Cultivator.—The Febru
ary number of the- Southern Cultivator is on
our table, filled with its usual variety of in
teresting matter bn the subject of agricul
ture and horticulture. The Cultivator con
tains a very large amount of valuable read
ing matter for a very small price. Every
farmer should have a copy of it. Published
monthly by Win. S. Jones, Augusta, Ga., at
$1 per annum in advance.
Tue Succession.—The Dahlonega Signal
of Saturday says that the Augusta Consti
tutionalist doubts the propriety of the re-
nomination of Gov. -Johnson, and quotes, as
it supposes, the words of our Augusta co-
tempoTary to show the reason for the faith.
The Signal cordially endorses the opinions
it innocently attributes to the editor of tbe
Constitutionalist, and thinks it would be de
cidedly bad policy for the party to bring the
present incumbent on the track for a second
race. Now, we believe that the Constitu
tionalist has thus far expressad no opinions,
either in favor of or against the re-nomination
of Gov. Johnson, and as our Augusta co
temporary maj' feel some delicacy in father
ing the objections raised by the Intelligencer
against the re-nomiuation of the present in
cumbent, we will readily relieve him from
the responsibility, and assure our friends of
the Signal that it was the Intelligencer’s lan
guage they were quoting and endorsing in
stead of the position of the editor of the
Constitutional ist.
Destruction of the British Army.—
The awful condition of the British army in
the Crimea, and the prodigious waste of life,
chiefly through the incompetency <>f the
officers, a determination of everybody to
shift responsibilities, and the now glaring
defects of the British war system, are viv
idly shown in the following figures, which
are, beyond doubt, correct:
Of more than sixty thousand weu sent to
the East since February last, not more than
17,000 are new fit for duty; and of these
some 60 or 80 die daily, and about 200 or
150 are every day disabled by sickness,
while of those that fall sick hardly any re
cover. And out of the 43,000 dead or sick,
not 7,000 have been disabled by the direct
action of the enemy.
jgjayTt is said that Capt. Ringgold, late
in command of the North Pacific Explor
ing Expedition, is complaining bitterly
that Commodore Perry sent him home as
an invalid, because of his tempoary aber
ration of mind, resulting/rom severe illness
while in the China Seas.
It is said that Mayor Wood, of New
York, is in receipt of sundry anonymous
letters, threatening personal violence, if he
persists in carrying certain measures against
the gambling houses and places of prostitu
tion. Thirty of these latter have already
. been indicted, and some others are marked
j out. Threats of personal violence do not
deter a man like Mr. Wood from doing his
f duty.
jp.Fanny Fern Daguebkeotyfsd.—She is
toll forty, is Fanny. Sports cork Eke a
girl of seventeen. - They are auburn^—noet
ic-ally so. Haa a keen flashing eye. ' Nose
between Grecian and Roman, rather thin
and rather good looking. Cheeks with a
good deal—quite too much—coloring,- Come
of rouge. Bad taste, but no business of
ours. Lips well turned and indicative of
firmness rather than of—sugar. Chin hand
somely chiseled. Whole countenance be
tokens a woman of spirit and high nature
generally generally. Form fine. Chest a
mode!. Not surpassed. Carriage graceful
and statelv. Rather tall and emphatically
f enteel. Pretty foot. Ankle to match.—
land small. Likes to show it. Dresses in
the cut-and-daeh school. Fond of ribbons,
laces, millinery, &c., generally. Talks rap
idly. la witty and brilliant, cutting and
lashful. Proud as Lucifer. Fond of fun.
Hates most of her relations. Treats her
father and Nat. most brutally. Has three
as pretty girls as ever wore curls. Is proud
of them, and justly. Is heartless. Is a
flirt. Lives in clover. Is worth §20,000.
Got it by pen and ink. When passing tho
street takes eight eyes out of ten. On the
whole—wonderful woman is Fanny.—Bos
ton Dispatch.
jg@“‘ A letter from Washington says :
“ It is a positive fact that a Treaty has
been made between Mr. Philo White and
Mr. Benjamin, on the one side, and the au
thorities of Ecuador, on the other, for the
use’ and enjoyment and actual, though not
nominal, acquisition of the Gallipagos Is
lands.
The Treaty was brought here by Senator
Benjamin. It is actually in the State De
partment.
The Treaty provides, 1st. That the United
States shall loan to the government of Ecu
ador the sum of three millions of dollars,
without interest.
2d. That the United States should retain
a lien on the islands as security for the loan.
3d. That the United States vessels shall
have the right to carry off the guano from
the islands, at a very moderate rate of du
ty-”
Railroad Stock Down.—The Rutland
and Burligtou Railroad was sold on Monday
at Bellows Fall, Vt., for one mill per share.
This was the first and only bid. Its capital
stock, all honestly subscribed for, was two
millions two hundred thousand dollars.—
This stock, sold by the sheriff under attach
ment, brought twenty-two dollars. This
road, which has been for years and is still
operative, furnishes a most stinking exam
ple of the rail-way fever which pervaded
New England in 1842.
mm
[Correspondence of the BtUtimon^Sun.] ^
[From the Savannah Qeorgiaa of Jan. 30th,l
The Pronctti of P«mi.
The Dembcraiic Cmeusnn *now f The numerous contradictions in the for.
-Ex-Gov. Bigler— Col. Kinney s Ezpedt . e jg n brought by the Pacific are w
tion—Freiich Spoliation Bilt Going to Pass i transparent to deceive the most unwary.—.
—Indiana Senator—The Volunteer Indian | ^j mo8 t } n tjfo same breatK we are told that
BiVL&c. .--■■ ■ the Czar is disposed to peace, yetre-erom«Q
Tomorrow there will be another adjourn- j ^ D anuRe . that Austria seconds hisnacif
ed meeting of the Congressional caucus, to | j c intentions, yet winks at the invasion •
express the views of thc Democratic mmn- j that the Western interpretation of the four
bers and Senators in regard to Know Noth-1 M ; nt d ifl ftiyiAnteH- rflt, nnt. without
was discovered lie drew a revolver and tired
several shots, happily without doing any
damage, and then fled closely pursued by
the police. When hc reached Telfair st.,
near the residence of Mr. James Gardner,
he was overtaken by officer King, lie im-
mediately turned, fired at King, and shot j
A Twelve Pound Chunk.
A returned Californian relates the fol
lowing good one:
The landlord of a hotel, built of boards,
and located near the Tekulk Diggings, was
presented by his wife with a fine twelve
pound boy, which coming to the ears of a
wag, he circulated the story that the host
had found a “twelve pound chunk.” which Haynes.at Galveston, at 2 p. m
ran like wildfire through the place, and ! day last,
caused quite an excitement. A few weeks
afterwards, a miner from another quarter,
having heard of the twelve pound chunk,
arrived at the hotel, and at once made ap
plication to the landlady for lodging. Her
husband being absent she attended to the
guest, when the following conversation took
place, which should be prefaced by the re
mark that the story had exploded several
days before his arrival, and. the landlady
had enjoyed the sell with the rest.
“ It was your husband, ma’am, wasn’t it,
who got the twelve pound chunk?”
“ He had some help, I believe,” replied
Pacific’s News In Sew York.
The New York Herald, of Friday, says:
The Pacific’s news had a favorable effect
yesterday upon the cotton market. The
sales embrace 4,000 bales, in transitu, and
some luss on the spot, the market closing at
one-quarter cent per lb. advance. There
was some Mobile middling on the market,
but held above the views of buyers. There
was no New Orleans middling on tbe mark
et. We quote middling uplands at 8|@8fc
—Florida and Mobile do at 9c., and New
Orleans and Texas at 9}c. Flour and grain
were dull, and provisions quite steady. The
news was considered by onr merchants more
favorable to peace than that previously re
ceived, and articles likely to be depressed by
the advent of peace were dull, and those
likely to be improved by it were more buoy-
A correspondent of the Savannah ant and act3ve
i Georgian writing from Washington, Jan- j Arrest—A few days since, Mr. P. Lau-
j uary 25th, says: j kins, the City Marshal, received a dispatch
i Amongst the distinguished gentlemen not j from Savannah, to look out for a young
j in Congress, who are enlivening the metrop- I man whose appearance was described, and
I lis with their presence at this time, I notice j W J 10 probably had stolen a negro woman
; the old war horse of the Democracy of Chat-1 with him. On the same day, the Marshal
! ham, the lion. Mathew Hall McAllister, j found at one of thc hotels a man with a
i who looks more young and sprightly than j mulatto man servant with him, answering
| he did ten years * ago. Mr. McAllister is , in soma respects the description. By the
j now claimed as a son of California, but I ; aid of policemen Reid and- Cook, the arrest
! take the risk that the flattering vote he re- j was promptly made, by entering their room
' ceived in the last Georgia Legislature for ; a . nd surprising the parties. On examina-
Senator, evidences the fact that Georgia is ! tion, the servant was found to be a woman,
not willing to give him up, at least the De- j and gave her name as Charlotte, and be-
mocracy of Georgia are not. 1 longing to J. H. Sandiford, of Savannah.—
—— ; The white covey gave his name as “Samuel
iSP*The Richmond Enguirer gives an ex- j Charles Chappell,” perhaps assumed. Both
tract from Dr. S. L. Bigelow, of Paris, and , were safely placed m limbo, to await the
family physicians of JudgeMason, Minister ; action of the owner and the authorities of
, t, . , t ; -ir i Georgia.—Montgomery Journal.
to I ranee, which States that Judge Masou , °
is likely to recover. I Yeto of the Governor of Florida.—
——;;—— ~ r —. -- - ~ j Gov. Broome, of Florida, has returned with
Miss Julia Dean Married.—Ine New Or- i fog ve t; 0 the bill incorporating tbe Macon
leans Picayune of Wednesday says : j & Florida Bailway Company. The Florid-
We learn from the officers of the steam- j ian & Journal of the 20th says: “We have
ship Chas Morgan, which arrived last night i grounds for knowing that the Governor was
that Miss Julia Dean was married to Dr. j desirous of giving his signature to the bill,
on Satur
ingism
seem that the caucus _ _
gress, or that perfect unanimity prevails on
that subject among Senators and members.
Unless the doings of the caucus are unani-
mons, they had better not be published, as
they would rather weaken the cause in
whose behalf it assembled than serve to
strengthen it.
Ex-Governor Bigler from Pennsylvania is
in town and appeared yesterday on the floor
of the Senate. All things considered, he
looks remarkably well.
The first part of- Col. Kinney’s expedition
to Greytown will sail from Baltimore in the
course of a few days. Public expectation
has been raised to so high a pitch in regard
to this great enterprise of the modern Jason
and his Argonauts, that further delay would
be dangerous to the prestige of success.
The French spoliation claims were fur
ther debated in five minute speeches, and
various amendments proposed and voted
down. The Senate substitute was adopted
for tbe original House bill, and is now in a
fair way of being reported to the House
without material amendments. There may
not be had a vote to-day ; but the bill will
pass.
It is not likely that there will be an elec
tion of U. S. Senator in Indiana. Both the
democrats and the fusionists are in favor of
a postponement, and both are sanguine of
success two years hence.
As regards the volunteer bill, it is re
marked that while volunteers are doubtless,
the best men to serve in an actual Indian
war, they are certainly the most likely to
provoke hostilities if they do not already
exist. General Rusk’s suggestion to ap
point Indian agents who understand the
Indian character, instead of mere politi
cians, is probably the most practical of any
lately made on the subject. X
Bulwer in Parliament.—The Liverpoo
Journal gives an interesting account of th
great debate in Parliament on the;queation oo
enlisting foreigners in the English servicef
points is accepted, yet not without important
.. , 11 1 reserve; that in fine Russia is ready to hn-
las made much pro- ; mjliate herself in the full view of a certain
and glorious victery. It is difficult to see
how, on such authority, any one can indulge
the hope that peace is at hand. It appears
indeed, from the leading editorials of Lon
don and Paris journals, as well as from a
voluminous foreign correspondence, that the
artful diplomatic snares has caught but few
in its tangled web.
The essence of the four conditions laid
down in the Vienna note, of the 8th of Au-
gust, may be stated as follows :
1. The relinquishment by the Emperor of
Russia of the exclusive protectorate of the
Principalities.
2. The establishment of the free naviga
tion of the Danube. °
3. The revision of the treaty of the 13th
July, 1841.
4. The relinquishment by Russia of her
claims to protect the Sultan's subjects who
profess the Greek faith.
Other conditions more humiliating still
have, from time to time, during the negoti.
ations, been submitted, such as the razing of
Russian fortresses in the Crimea, the reduc
tion of her fleet in the Black Sea, and an
indemnification for the expenses of the war.
At the recent conference at Vienna, howev
er, it is believed that these have not been
urged by the Western Powers. The four
points alone were insisted upon as the con
ditions of peace. Hence their precise inter
pretation, as given by the protocol of the
28th December, became important.
Of the sense and bearing of the first and
fourth there could be no question. They are
plain and explicit, requiring no interpreta
tion. As regards the second, the free nav
igation of the Danube was to be established
according to the principles of the Congress
of Vienna, as interpreted by a mixed com
mission appointed by the five Courts, the
powers and duties of which could be arrang
ed in the course of thc negotiations. As
regards the third, requiring the revision of
the treaty of 1841, which closed the Black
_ _ Sea, except against the naval forces of Rus-
Speaking of Sir Eeward Lytton Bulwer, the j b j a an d Turkey, the protocol claimed that.
Journal says :
He succeeded, for the first time,' in his
parliamentary history. This was princi
pally owing to his being re-individualized
and put in a party position, to move a party
amendment; that gives weight and signi
ficance to a man’s thoughts, and to his
words. Then the speech itself was thor
oughly good—statesmanlike and logical,
while full of point to please au assembly
the balance of Europe had been disturbed,
not only by that treaty, but also by many
former treaties. All these must be annulled.
The Black Sea must be free and the strength
of tbe naval and military establishments of
Russia therein must be definitively settled.
And such are the conditions, and such
the interpretation which we are gravely
tolu Russia has accepted in the full tide of
war and in the flush of victory. Can any
son, of Arkansas, has introduced a bill in
Congress for the formation of a new slave-
and nothing hut a stern sense of justice to
the Constitution lie had sworn to support
V New State Proposed.—Senator -John- P ie ' ent ^ d iHHI:
! The Grf.ytown Bombardment.—OurMin-
j istcr resident, Mr. Wheeler, has been landed
. ; at San Juan, from the Columbia, under a
holding territory, with a view to its speedy sa i ute 0 f fifteen guns. He has taken up
admission as a State into the Union. It j temporary abode near Greytown, until af-
will be a large domain, North and South of! fairs in the interior will permit him to reach
the Red river, beyond the limits of Louisi-! L( ;0 n i. n ^fety. lie has been employed in
~ 1 collecting testimony with reference to the
ana and Arkansas. - j claims 0 f these pe 0p i e fo r fosses by the
Silver mines are said to have been I bombardment. It is said that the English
him in one of his arms. Lewis then con- j w jth a s ]y laugh,
tinued his aigat, and was finally arrested , “ Yes, f s’pose so. Where was he dig
in DeLaigle's swamp. Two revolvers were { ging?”
case the passage > f this
stood that the command
bill, it
will be
The allies continue to scud out stoves and
stove pipe to the Crimea, and another de
tachment of navies left'England on the 2d
to build the railway from Balaklava to the
trenches.
Five Governors in Indiana.—Governor
Wright, if Indiana, expects on a visit
on him, and eight barrels had been
i discharged. This is an important arrest,
and will no doubt lead to the detection of
the gang who robbed Mr. Rogers’ store.—
Mr. Rogers is of the opinion that both pis
tols found on Lewis were stolen from his
store.—Augusta Constitutionalist of Friday.
Since the arrest, we learn that, circum
stances have been developed which will
certainly implicate him in the late robbery
at the Georgia Railroad Depot.—Ed. C'hron.
d- .Sen.
under- ! him, at Indianapolis, on the 22d of Februa
Oh. that’s a secret.”
“ Yes, I s’pose it is,” replied the miner.
“ lie thinks he’ll get another there, don’t
he?”
“I don’t know what he thinks, but I know
he won’t.”
“ I shouldn’t think it probable, although
it’s possible.”
“ So they say.”
Tho miner here paused awhile, and, at
last, after some reflection, he said :
“ I s’pose the chunk’s gone, aint it ?
“ Oh, no : it’s in the other room. ~~
j ry, Gov. Johnson, of Tennessee; Powell, of
. , ,r 1-n . , i Kentucky: Medill. of Ohio, and Matterson,
Leu. Harney, who will organize the volnn- 1 0 p Illinois
teers into battalions and not regiments.
The Weather—Shock of an Earthquake.
—The Griffin Union of Saturday say a: Tho
weather changed from rain and heavy wind,
tin Sunday’, to extreme cold, with a light
falling <>f snow on Monday morning and
Tuesday night. At about half past six
o'clock Tuesday evening tho shock of an
earthquake was very sensibly felt by many
>f our citizens, accompanied by a rumbling
, Would
I«ater from California. | you like to see it?”
New Orleans, Jan. 27.—The steamer “ Well, I should; but’taint laying around
Daniel TV ebster has arrived with dates from I loose, is it?”
California to thc 9th inst. • “ Not exactly,” replied the landlady,
The Star of the West sailed for New York i throwing open the door, “ for there it is in
on 21st witli $80,000 in gold. i the cradle.”
The Legislature had organized on the 1st j The miner bent over, when a pair of
inst. ! chubby fists were extended, and giving the
Thc Governor s Message exhibits a flatter- j jolly landlady one look, he left for parts un-
., _ *- , ...g state of affairs. * (known,
as m midsummer. Trees, fences signs, and ri' he election of U. S. Senator was fixed '
the roots of houses suffered much. f or t j ie ]Q t h ; n - ; .
The Late Storm.;—During the late storm
at Petersburg, Va., trees were uprooted,
fences blown down, and window blinds
driver, in with great fury. At Richmond it
is described as having been terrific, with
hail wind, thunder and lightning as vivid 1 i u £state of nifoirs'
discovered near Pittsfield, N. H., from which \ Consul, Mr. Green, has already presented
. _ . . . , _ .j the claims ot English, Germans, trench,
a number of rich specimens have been tak- ■ an q native residents, which amount to about
en. A considerable excitement has been \ a million and a half dollars. The Ameri-
caused thereby, and preparations are being j can Consul presents the other claims, which
made by the owners of the land to work ! aro comparatively small.
the mines. Navy Yard at Brunswick;.
^ We observe that the Hon. James Seward
Baknum in England.—All the English j the able Representative of the 1st District,
papers, from the London Times downwards, j has presented a petition signed by many cit-
are in full
phy. As a general thing they
gard Barnum as a saint, though they aro ; strongl animadverted upon the habit of
ready to admit liiafche is some pumpkins ; the Congressional Committees, in taking
as a showman. j bills to their rooms and never so much as
c ~ i 7- "*7 , j offering a report to the House. He was ev-
One of Brigham Young s wives Has de-: dently & determined that this matter should
serted him, aud announces her purpose to j not be smothered in the Committee rooms,
deliver lectures against him and his sect, i and wc hope that he will be seconded in the
commencing at Boston, her native city.— | resolve by the entire Georgia Delegation.—
She says what she does not know about i ^ de petition is a reasonable one, and at
Mormonism “isn’t worth knowing.” She j Ieast descrve g- a . res P ectful consideration.
which makes up its mind how to vote bo- ! one conversant with the cause and progress
fore debating begins, and which merely j 0 f the great struggle credit tbe tale ? Can
goes through statesmanship and logic as | an y 0 ne, who knows her antecedants and
formalities. Yet the manner was bad as ; }i er spirit, believe that Russia will thus hu-
ever. i think Sir Bulwer Lytton is the j miliate herself? The four conditions here
most ridiculous looking man, with his horse j i a i d down, are the very four points, which
nose’ and his saucer eyes, in her Majesty’s ! have been from the first in dispute. And
dominions ; and his bow wow-y voice drives j now - Russia is said to abandon her position
one into hysterics of_fidgetiness ; and his j w hen a 100,000 fresh troops press half their
1 blast on Barnuin's autobiogra- ! Kens of Georgia, praying for the establish-
a general thing they do not re-! “ ent of a Na V. Yard a . t Brunswick. In
Aliolltlon Relinked
i ... „ >ri T-- e- .1 o j • , r , , , The Rev. Samuel H. Cox, D. D., late of
\ ictor Hugo, the celebrated Trench poet Tbe the Sandwich Islands died , Brooklyn, N. Y„ in a recent speech made
and republican will, it is raid, shortly pay i t! . ie loth December. Ilia son was declar- (5n that city, at a meeting to promote the
> a nsit to tbe United States. e, l n» successor. ; cause of Missions in the Southern States,
Lmter from Havana. j ; ]as told some home truths of the meddling
l he C rescent City has arrived at New ; busy-bodies of the North, which are remark-
Lind Goldschmidt was in that city attend- i 9 rlean jL7 ntb fro . ni Havana to the 24th j ably well timed. Dr. Cox is one of the
Close Suave.—A man was seized in New to her property. She was unaceompa- : m3t ' xnc D0WS13 uptm P° r < an t- j post venerable, talented and pious divines
York city, a few nights ago, bv three ’ licd . '\V her husband, thc laws of Sweden A bill is before the New York Legisla-' m - ” ie - res m P !siT T- ” e wonder
rogues, who pushed him up an alley and ! forbidding the presence of a Jew. The ture proposing to impose n fine of $500 and
stripped him of everything but his shirt and 1 correspondent adds that Jenny had so ; three months’ imprisonment unon every
drawers, and c enf him shivering home.— changed in appearance and grown so old in person who shall, after the 1st of May, sell
One of the robbers has been arrested. 1 Iooks that her oldest and most intimate j or offer for sale the milk of deceased cows,
iioira. It is described to usas having lasted • Jenny Lind.—A letter, dated Stockholm,
several seconds. ! Swerien Dec. 15 states that Madame Jenny
looks that her oldest and
friends did not recognize her.
\\ e find the following, in the St. , statue of Benjamin Franklin is to
Louis Democrat of the 20th inst. It is ; be erected in Boston, costing $10,000.—
couched in confident terms, but what one of j Greenougb the sculptor is at the work and | topline'
its predecessors reports differed from it in I d is stated that he will lime it completed , ,.e c.-.ii
, . I by 1856. It is to be of bronze and eight
t 11 - resp ■ j feet in height. Tbe casting is from the
“ Fili.ibustebs. M « lave been credibly j manufactory of Mr. Ames. It represents
informed that Captain Ouilmeete, who sen- j Franklin in citizen’s dress, with a cuue in
“d with some distinction in the ill-fated Lo- right hand and his cocked hat under his
pez expedition, will lea-.e tins poito for ; p.f> ;(rnl> Xhe entire cost of the statue and
; exas on Monday next, in coiuinan*
number of Fillibiisters. Where ihe g.
reudesvous is, or wlint the number
force they expect to join, we liuv
learned."
for
•f i
eral
the
not
1 let's will be $18,000.
£s»" The work on the Rabun
road is to be commenced
Knoxville in less than a month. G. B.
I.ytligoe, Esq., the efficient, chief engineer
of the road, is now in Tennessee.
The North Carolina Senate
mously passed the resolution
i the neccessary subscription on the par
. that State towards thc erection of the mon-
a | ament in Independence square, Dliilndol-
thc \icinity of ; phia, to the signers of the declaration. All
the old thirteen .States have now given their
assent to this measure with the exception
of Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina.
i the “3,000” will say of him. We
give the following extracts:
“We ought to be superior to political in
fluences in all our religion—and preach the
Gospel. Instead of this, how many rever
end, pettifogging statesmen and pseudo di
vines are causing the souls of men on the
Lord’s Day to eat saw dust for bread, and
ashes for salvation, while they, faithful
watchmen, aro blowing the trumpets of
anti-Nebraska, and making zealous demon
stration about any thingbut the truth as it is
in Jesus. Some of them always hollow, and
therefore sonorous, never scriptural to any
particular extent, with no thorough theolo-
i gy, or knowledge of their vocation, find
Aca- j slavery a very easy theme for declamati n,
inst. j and quite a resource from scripture, as also
cows fed upon deleterious food, or those
subject to undue confinement in stalls or
stables. The adulteration of milk, or offer
of $50 and costs.
“Madame, your shawl is dragging in the
mud.” “YVell, you little huzzy, suppose it
is. isn’t it the fashion?”
Santa Anna Surrounded.
We have.papers and letters from
pulco and Western Mexico to the 7th
is to be accompanied by a “Miss Williams,’
who left the Mormons with her.
[Correspondence of tbe Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, Jan. 26, 1855.
A New Naval Organization Bill—The For
eign Pauper Evil—The French Spoliations,
d’c.
The committee of naval affairs of the Sen
ate have matured a very excellent bill for
the establishment of what has been called
the retired list of officers. The bill is so
framed as to Tender retirement from actual
YVould’nt shave him.—Fredrick Doug
lass delivered one of his lectures last week
in Biddeford, Maine, and the morning after
wards stepped into the barber’s shop of
Mr. Bunker, an Ethiopian with a slight Eu
ropean alley in his blood, who absolutely
refused to shave his “beloved brudder,” as
it was against the rules of the establish-} service acceptable, and in no way derogato-
ment to tidivate colored gentlemen. Fred, j ry, to an officer. The sendee is to be divid-
left in very wrathful mood. | ed into two lists—the active and the reserv
ed list. Those placed on the reserve list are
The Washington Star expresses its ; i iab fo t0 be re-called into the service, but L
approval of Senator Gwyn’s joint resolution ! the rank with which they retire. They go
for the establishment of a United States i upon the reserve list with the same pay that
mail express line from St. Louis to San I tney may receive on leave, or on furlough,
Francisco, and repudiates the idea that ?- r ln ^ hatavcr ba their situationrat the
_ ~ v L , \ time or retirement. A Board is to be con-
Congress will at present sanction any scheme , Stated, of course, for the purpose of decid-
for building a great Pacific Railroad! It: ing questions arising upon propositions for
estimates that any such project would cost [ placing an officer on the reserve list,
the government two hundred million of dol-! „^ be 8 f atcllieD t s n,ade by Senator Cooper
gestures , conceive Cassandra being dog
matic in a state of delirium tremens.
The impression for the first five minutes
of his oratory is awful: you see members
dusting their faces with their handkerchiefs,
screwing their persons to their benches, and
keeping their eyes off the door that looks so
tempting an escape li-om the tremendous
baronet. But genius asserts itself; and
one forgets the tremendous baronet in the
man whose very grotesqueness but proves
his grand originality; and, forgetting the
manner in the matter—when it is good, as
on Tuesday—the house cheers. Sir Edward
sat down, on that night, with a parliamen
tary success; having achieved that, he is
celebrated for his pertinacity, which lie has
been twenty years striving for; and, as I
watched him passing along thc lobby to din
ner, amid unreserved congratulations, I
came to the conclusion that was the hap
piest moment of a career, which, though
leafy with laurels, has perhaps been a very
melancholy life.
Tlie Removal.
in a former issue of onr paper, we came
cut openly for the removal of the State
House to the growing and flourishing city
of Atlanta. We then thought, and still
think, it would be to the interest of the
State to have the Capitol permanently lo
cated at Atlanta. We know that it is urg
ed, it would be acting in bad faith towards
the citizens of Milledgeville; that they
have invested their capital in property there
under the pledge of the State that no effort
would be made to remove the State House
to any other point. Now, we earnestly con
tend, that no administration, party or clique
had the right to make any such agreement;
and that if the people shall now be of the
opinion, that it would be best that a removal
should be made they have the undoubted
right to do so. We do not wish the citizens
of Milledgeville injured in their property,
nor do we desire to build up the interests
of any other place—we go to protect the in
terests of the whole people. If a removal
should take place, no doubt some arrange
ment would be made to save the citizens of
Milledgeville harmless.
Atlanta possesses many advantages over
Milledgeville or Macon, and tbe people of
Cherokee will go unanimously for the re
moval to that place. We have no inclina
tion at this early period to discuss at length
the reasons which prompt us to favor the
removal to Atlanta. We have sufficient
reason to support us in our choice, and we
will give them at the proper time. We feel
confident that the people of Upper Georgia
are wide awake upon the question.—Bepub-
lican Union.
number under unequal conditions in the
Crimea—when a whole empire is rising,
with one mind, to repel the insolent invad
ers. No, tlie Allies, sorely pressed on evej
rv side, have caught at a straw. Russia is
amusing them with her old game of dip
lomacy, at the same time she pours her le
gions over the Danube.
The Vienna letters and dispatches, the
sources of all our intelligence on tho sub
ject, represent the conference as the most
amiable and agreeable kind. No doubt,
no doubt. It is the nature of diplomacy to
be gentle and mild. The Czar bad two im
portant objects in view, besides that of ap
pearing in the right,—to retain a hold upon
the sympathies of Germany, and to gain
time for his own, when retarding the mili
tary movements of the Allies. It is well
known that the expedition to the Crimea
took Russia by surprise. The defence,
though thus far successful, has not been
conducted on that grand scale which distin
guishes Russian enterprise. Her army was
in the north or thc interior, and must tra
verse vast stepes before reaching the point
of attack. Besides, she is concentrating
other forces, for what purpose none but her
self can tell, on the frontiers of Poland and
her eastern confines. All this requires time,
to secure which nothing is better adapted
than these agreeable conferences. Let the
Allies be assured that Russia is no less their
master in the cabinet than in the field, and
that a battle may be won by the arts of dip
lornacy as well as by force of arms.
Congressional.
Washington, Monday, Jan. 29.—The Sen
ate to-day discussed the Military bill.
The House passed a bill authorizing Ore
gon to form a State Constitution for admis
sion into the Union.
New Expedition lo Cuba.
The steamer Massachusetts has been ar
rested by the U. S. Marshall at New York,
on suspicion of being fitted out for a filli-
bustering expedition to the Island of Cuba.
It appears that she cleared with an unsus
picious manifest for New Orleans via Mo
bile. It is said, however, that she had on
board a cargo of common muskets and other
ammunitions of war, which do not appear
on the manifest; that she shipped 20,000
gallons of Croton water more than she or
dinarily used ; that she had several tents,
wagons, sets of harness, and about 50 sad
dles ; that, in tine, she was fitted out and
armed with hostile intentions against the
Island of Cuba, and that she had shipped
two sets of engineers, who had successively
deserted her on ascertaining the nature of
her cargo and her intended voyage. An
other steamer, fitted out in like manner, and
intended for a similar purpose, had also ar
rested tlie attention of the Government.
The Maine Law in Maine.—A New York
paper says:
“ We were informed, a few days since, by
a distinguished and unprejudiced citizen of
Maine—an advocate of a Temperance law,—
that the existing statute had become a dead
letter; and that liquor is retailed therewith
impunity, for want of moral courage on the
part of the citizens to make complaints.
New York Politics.—Albany, Jan. 26—
The democratic- “hard shell” committee, at
their meeting last night, resolved to stand
by their principles. They consider the re
cent election as no test, but clearly estab
lishing the fact of a want of confidence in
the administration. The committee strongly
endorse Daniel S. Dickinson.
COMMERCIAL.
lars before it was completed.
The Star is considered semi-official author
ity.
of the number of persons of foreign birth
who fill our poor-houses and prisons in the
several States surprised many who had not
j adverted to the facts. But it is perfectly
true, ns Senator Weller remark J, that the
Gap
Honor a RLE.—A gentleman who was fin
er five years ago extensively engaged
. r, startling
intelligence that Santa Anna is hemmed in
at Brazos, in a mountain pass, cut off front
all communiciion with his capital. The
division under Zuloago was likewise sur
rounded by Alvarez and his adherents. If
we may rely upon tbe Buhl in Official, the
destruction of tbe one-legged chief and all
iiis troops is near at band:
mg
clear prostitution of their office—blind lead
ers of the blind!”
“ Some ministers of the Gospel known to
us, have on their death beds mourned in
agony, when they saw their time gone, and
no blessing realized, or the result of that
great hoax of the devil, Abolition, in which
1 they were criminally betrayed, and self-al-
wa‘r recently ^ried ^mSuST^ "the 1 b»s?nis^n St*id"' s Tho i“ d ®f l^opliecies that the lowed to be led captive at'his will. More
, . . iWJiiMiiHU Hin ...non 101 auout Oiou,- supremo power in Mexico will pass into penances and attritions are getting mature
charge of aiding m the escape ot a fugitive ; > J. His Creditors unanimously agreed to the bands of Alvarez within four months, for observation and for record. It is time
slave, has been found guilty’, sentenced to coin pound with him for fifty cents on a dol- Thc liberating General has published an ! for the wise to retreat while they may, and
one month’s imprisonment and fined one [ au > which they realized. He afterwards address to his army, in which after declar. i be at better business. Sonic wise observers
thousand dollars. This, we believe, is the I Cab * lin . na ’ aad got into a profitable . mg that Santa Anna had lost Texas, Cal- rbave thought and said, that abolitionism
r , „f tiip enforcement -md execu- ‘ and ” lat V B‘ at £ uae ba ® J^ dt , cd iforma and New Mexico, lie was now con- ! has done more to unchristianize the pulpits
firat im ante ui tlie enforcement and! exccu- to Ins creditor $60,000 of the $75,000 he | eluding a treaty for rhe sale of Lower cS- * a " d the churches of New England, tfian in
tion of thc clause against the aiding and • owed them. He will, no doubt, soon pay 1 - ~ - - - -
abetting in escape of slaves, under tbe fu
gitive slave law of 1850.
owed tHom. lie will, no doubt, soon pay ifornia and other places.'comprising nearly I the same time was ever effected by Socin-
tbe . kl5,000_ now duo them, and then be “oil half of Mexico, as he recently sold the Me-i ianism itself. If this be true, let ministers,
right again. Albany Beg. silla Valley. ! especially some of them, tremble.”
merry, f.- g Juan Paster in a duel. > the landing of the cargo of convicts shipped
The prison-.’. about 40 years ot age, and for New York by the authorities of Genoa,
has a family, Ihv Couner says: Other States will take the same course for
“This is tne first time in the annals of
Louisiana that a conviction for duelling has
taken place, although the statutes make the
slaying of a man in a duel murder or coeval
with the constitution of the State. It is
true, this duel was fought under the most
atrocious circumstances, and in a most mur
derous manner. Nevertheless, we liail this
verdict as an important legal precedent, aud
as an evidence ol a healthy state of public
opinion.”
The duel, it appears, was fought with
knives : the parties were equal in physical
power, and when one objected to tLe knife
of the other, thc latter offered and actually
did exchange knives, and with the weapon
of his antagonist slew him.
The ladies of St. Louis are making prep
arations to give “a calico ball” for the poor
of that city on the New York plan.
the correction of tho evil in future
The able and learned speeches of Messrs.
Bayiy, Disney and Phillips, in support of
the French spoliation bill, have left nothing
to be said on that side of the question, ana
will eovince the public that the measure is
just and proper. Ion.
Evils of Sal.f.ratus.—Dr. Alcott, a dis
tinguished physician of Boston, attributes
to the free use of salaraetus in cooking many
of the diseases to which children and adults
are subject. To the use of this deleterious
substance Dr. A. attributes the death of one
hundred thousand persons out of the three
hundred thousaud under ten years of age
who annually die. in the United States. If
such an alarming result as this can be sub
stantiated, salarietus may be regarded as
worse than either intemperance or war in
its effects upon the human race.
Homicide.
On Sunday night, during the excitement
attendant upon the alarm of fire, we are
sorry to announce that a desperate affrav oc
curred in this city. A young man by the
name of Goss, a bricklayer by trade, receiv
ed a pistol ball in tlie pit of the stomach,
and no reasonable hope can be entertained
of his recovery. Owing to thc numberless
reports in circulation, it is impossible for
us to furnish any reliable statement of the
particulars connected with this unfortunate
affair. It is known that tho shot was fired by
W. A. B. Goddard, of this city: but, up to
the time our paper goes to press, the attend
ant circumstances have not transpired.—
Goss was comparatively a stranger in Macon
—having resided hero only a few weeks.—
The police have not yet succeeded in arrest
ing Mr. Goddard.—Macon Telegraph.
Know IVotUlngs in New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire Know Nothings
have held their State Convention, and bro
ught their candidates into the field—abeau-
tilul picture their associated names present.
For Governor, Rev. J. Moor, universa,
list Preacher ; for Railroad Commissioner,
F. n. Clifford ; for Congress, Elder Pike,
Methodist, Masou W. Tappan, and A. II.
Cragin. Tappan is a notorious Free Soiler.
A dispatch dated “Concord, Jan, 18,”
states that “tho Know[Nothinga have made
a mistake in nominating Moor for Gover
nor, as hc is ineligible, having resided only
five years in the State, whereas seven years’
residence is required. It has caused con
siderable merriment.”—Macon, Telegraph.
Atlanta, February 1.
Cotton.—6J cents.
Exchange, on New York is sellingat J percent
premium. Ou Charleston and Savannah J per
cent.
Bacon.—Wo quote hog round 10 to 10}. Hams
12to 12} cents. Sides Ribs 9} 10 cts. Sides clear
10 to 11. Shouldevs 9 a 9} cents.
Laud by the bbl. 10(5)12 cts. leaf.
Iron, Swedes 0} to 6}c; English 5 to 5} cents:
Nails have advanced to 6 a 0} cts.
Corn is selling at 90 to $100.
Cors Meal, 90 to $1,10 cents.
Pork, Hog round, 0}@7 cents.
Beef, By the quarter, 6 5} cents.
Sweet Potatoes, 60 to 75 per bushel.
Irish Potatoes, 75 to 100 per bushel.
Salt, Liverpool sacks plenty, $2,35,@$,250
Liquors.—French Brandy, $2,50 to $3,00 per
gallon: Domestic 50 to 75c. Peach do. 60 a 75
cents. AVhiskcy 45 a 50 cents. Gin 50 to 6D.
Bum 45 to 60 cents.
Wheat.—Good will bring to $1,40 per bushel
readily.
Flour.—City Mill from $4} to 5 per hundred.
Butter, Country, 15 to 20 cts. Goshen. 35 cts.
per pound. Tenn. Butter, 15 a IS by the Keg.
Fair N. 0. Sugar, by hhd. 5}.
Prime “ “ “ 6}.
Choice “ “ “
Syrup, N O. by bbl. 30 to 33 cts
Extra Whiskey “ 45 **
Star Candles per box 23 ’’
No. 1 Rio Coffee by sack 12} to 13} “ “
Gunny Bagging 16 to IS cts.
Rope 12 to 13 eonts.
Chickens, 15 to 20 cents.
Eggs, 15 to 20 oents.
Fodder, 75 to 100 per hundred.
Peas, $1.00 to $1.10
Feathers.—40 to 45.
Candles.—Sperm 37 o 45c. Tallow 20 22ets
Charleston, Jan, SO, 2 P. M.
Cotton.—Tho demand to-day is good, and
prices full and bouyant. Sales 1,000 bales at G
to SJ cents.
NEW YORK. Jan, 29.—COTTON and Bread-
stuffs are firm.
Savannah, January 30.
Cotton.—Yestorday’s mail brought the Pacifies
accounts, showing a slight advance in the Liver
pool market. These accounts had a favorable et-
feot on oar market, which opened with a good in
quiry, and 2052 bales ohanged hands. Holders
obtainod full prices, and on thc better grade?, an
advance of } of a cent wns obtained. 62 nt
136 at 63, 135 at 7, 82 at 7}, 126 at 7}, 33 at 7 5-1 n.
220 at 78, 293 at 7}, 224 at 75. 253 at 73, 267 at
7i, 62 at 8, 91 at S}, 51 at 8|, and 12 at 9} cents.
Augusta, Jan. 30.
COTTON.—The demand has been good to-dai.
and prices are firm at tho advance noted yesterday
, gal.
lb.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
SAVANNAII, Jan, 27. Cleared, steamship,
Knoxville, Ludlow New York ; ship New Eng-
laud, Prattoav, co ; Bremen bark Rebooea, Eos-
selcnhw, Bremen ; brig Lanzarck, Harrison, 5iat-
anzas ; schr Ably Ellen, , Belfast, Me. ship
Consul, Mortimer, Liverpool.