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«■ mm •ntou ant t m ton an* the library.; >11 nyUig is Iho're.'t! tire ,»f II, >n j! Bfenton to th<9.C•>nim^tte' , of Tfie mm tile - An American at Sebastopol. The jbatc Sr. Merle. Tho editor nf the jEzpresS: Afcsmiver has • ty * s v.itli sincere regret th$t we, (Loudon msm iurni he editor of- the Hzpress-Messenger has • Itisvvitlis: iWied the N._ York Cmmtiereial Adver-! Daily NeivsA announce the death of Hr. . Merle, the'fi. “ offici lor the awwcd purpose «>f augmenting the dignity and swelling the emoluments of this" "dfsiinguTshei! iuaf,l ‘ *AlT'’th<rtWf-1if having our sincere convictions in reference to this matter impugned, v'e'nufst ?»v tfiHt j'ttic Library Association oi thoCiic oi New ioik. for tit$ little e^r vice I. vvas fortunate --tup; are unpopular. they a ant service to uerlorm. in London. He was also for a long while camp in great-numbers, but have uo import- *i? e . London correspondent of the Journal ties now, as ever before, vvq think this whole.. thing wrong from beginning io end. Upon , what ground will we pwcqqd to justify this : measnro, which $r;G0t) to tho present salary of Gen. Sc< rf, and by a retro-active j operation of the law will add still 530,000, j besides the annual Increase? Has Oen. j Scott’s long service •■{ liis country .really i impoverished him ? Then if this unhappy I state of thing is not justly chargeable to a ! criminal improvidence, vote him relief, and ! let the Goverr.incnt, at uuy charge, viedr- j cate her generosity. Hut it is said that j such a splendid military career as Scott's j calls for higher honors ilutn he has yet re- , ceived. When we say that the very highest j we had in our bestowal have lo'ijg ago been | lavished upon him, why, then, our insatiable I and vainglorious Washington Cirv, Feb. 4, 1855. “ Gentlemen : I have duly received your more kind letter, feud the beautifa’i silver ptlcl^- oha- salver which accompanied it; *- fbree^of the allies eommand every j W" ^ 5 ' oecn aiiaeneu to « icnf.monml oi the good will ot toe Moreau- va!] ^- and hi „ f(>1 . perhaps tifteetl inIles aiwi f t ! *•.«*■»> *fv? % Sebastopol. At present, rations are issued « ^ ." vZ- d ° f ^ "V ° ne ?! to 125,000 men, and it is believed that full! b \ e ^ f ? w * nca ‘ n world w.w could ■po.Lk ana write the French and English They still remain in Debais. For more than a (quarter of a con- . j he has-been attached to Galigaani, and was the Paris enough .to, render it. ... lie most numerous and eminently _ respectable andicnoo which did me die bon- secured a glimpse at Sebastopol—the migh- ■ to listen to my discourse: secondly, ih ■ ‘.V- tue great, unconquered. It was too late 1 ,,i -..-■ o —>i? massive t-iece-^ of plate wliich - --i mo to proceed farther, as I had to look von have sunt me, ami in tho workmanship oat f.^r my Christmas dinner. Turning back, 'of which the tnsio and skill of the .udist i 1 1 ,r ‘ asc<1 the quarters of Field Marshal, Lord have vied with the munificence of the don-! Maglan, eommander-m-chief of the forces, u;v>'; and, thirdly, in the most generous j aTl °m fashioned house, (the late residence forms in which vou have referred te mv I of a Russian farmer) surrounded with barns public labors f.r‘our country, as well as To ! and , sheds. . The. English ensigu and his t . 1 l.'ipnviniVi « nrirtiift flntr {li-.fifiJ in frrvnf n go far enough. Were men fearful that Gen. Washington would g down to the grave, unhonored, if lie died without the emp ty title of Lieutenant ^ General ? Who, that revorod that great man. ever look- | ed to what men could do for his fume, as the measure, New Orleans nothing ? Did that grandest among victories need titles to give it eclat? Would Liet. General appended to his name have added otic hair’s breadtli to the stature *>f Andrew Jackson ? And Jet us ask the most exacting friend of General Scott, does be, now that a new and gilded round has been added to the ladder of fame for our hero to mount upon, regard him with cither increased love or honor? The very question, all - , . . . 100,000 meu in lighting trim, are upon the ’ . ' * ' if 11C ,, r< iT , ‘ Tie insured, gentlemen, and please to ,, M)lind r j languages equally well. He bad great con- ir.oke it known to the a«so.»iation,thatI feel ° ‘ [ versational powers, an extraordinary rnern- utvself tiireo- times -compensated, and over- lag Lreneli, Li'.glish, an*l lurkish camps i ory, and a sound political judgment. His paid every time, for (he iittle that I did: : ,^“‘ e ^ lmes at^ a distance | mind was a perfect museum of. anecdote, J " T and he was ever the best authority on the subject of the “ latest news” of the hour. His appearance in Galu/nanvs little conver sation-chamber was always the signal for a rush from the reading-room adjoining.— There, surrounded by numerous friends of various nations, who put down their news papers to listen to the result of his morning’s reading his fine Ciceronian countenance might lie seen suffused with good humor while for a few moments he playfully par ried the eager questions addressed to him in various accents and languages. When si lence was obtained lie'was wont in silvery , tones and fluent- speech to give a suceinct, I made another ex- j and invariably accurate, account of the most arrived by- the morn- _ . „ „. different parts of tbe world, what Dr. Franklin I *°pol ond the trench operations. The day | and to add his own opinion of the bearing resemblance to that was a VC1 5 on i ° - indeed contrary to all | of the new facts upon tho political situation, illustrious man—when lie worked at his j :u 3’ expectations, the weather has been very i n e was as good a listener aa a talker, al early calling hi London, :tn unumic—the! ple^uut viearly every day since T arrived. - ~ term which his comrades applied to de^ig- j ltJ Colonel Ko her is on and two other offi ciate him as a water-drinker. * I also drank \ cers t ”° third division, I walked uown to i water, and nothing stronger, iu the early Green hill battery and trenches, from - 1 the outer line of tents. »V e soon came with- guns. Orily a the small service I was able to render your association. • In making these acknowledgments, I take leave 4 ’ say (hat there was an appro- priatenesw in ihe selection of the pnrtienlnr .:ele for the testimonial, beyond what lordship’s private flag floated in front, and a regiment of servants, ostlers, «3ce., &e., In habited tents around the premises. The staff officers live with the commander. The French head quarters are about a mile dis tant toward the sea. iin!j;t'.i.-n cries out—:hen t -might have been understood when the pitch-; ears,t,n throughout the camp, day* before j important intelligence make now honors, if the id ones will not er was fixed upon, and which is this: When : yesterday, and had a grand view of^Sebas- j jng mails from differci 1 became i was young was—my only point of j part of mv life—the first half of it; and to 1 , , measure, or any part ot the ‘ hat ^a'nencc from all vinous, spirituous »» lhe reach of the Russian . of lii* glory ? Was the day of . and fermented iluidi- I attribute tho good i s * lor ^ oeh entered one of ilie health and general vigor which I now on- j the division distant a full tmle and j j a ha:f from the battemos. •As this allusion touches a point at which j We found the enemy busily engaged in a word might be useful to other young men shelling,” and the appearance of the desirous to advance ihemselves in life, and ground beneath our feet showed that they ways lending a caudid ear to every sugges tion, and treating opinions adverse to his own with good-natured deference and re spect. Mr. Merle was greatly esteemed bv all who knew him,-and -his loss will be regretted by a large circle of friends both in France and England. Among his per- sonol friends were Lord Palmerston and General Sir De Lacy Evans, both of whom THURSDAY, FEB- 22. IPht Way the Money doe*, E. K. Collins made tx eontraet with the Government to' carry the mails between Now York and Liverpool for 319,000; after this hard bargain had brought uimii the luckless Mr. Collins the perils of bankrupt cy and stan aticu, he freighted his best ship, the Baltic, with champaign and goose liver pies for our faithful servants at the Seat of Government, and sent' his boat round to Washington for a grand frolic. The wine and goose patties were too much for mem bers and forthwith they became satisfied that Collins was a a dead broke man unless the original '-ontract was raised to S.33,000 per trip. Now it appears that cue of the wealthiest ship owners we have among us, one Vanderbilt, offers to take this same mail service for S 15,000 per trip—and the friends of anti-stealing insist that it is the duty of Congress to take the bid of Vanderbilt. To tho homespun honesty of the plain cun- try people this would seem to be a matter of course. But never was there a wider mistake. So far from this obso lete respect for the rights of mine and thine being the ruling sentiment of Congress it is grqyely argued that not only should Collins be allowed the §33,000 per trip, but that it would be a palpable violation of ctsid rights, which investiture accrued under the socond contract, to give Collins any less than tho 333.000. Wo tea.pt members of Con gress t<> steal and plunder for their people by our system of taxation, and their argu ments in defence of this conduct would bring blushes to the checks of Satan himself. Thi Colninbns Times. Our friend of the Times does uot under stand us correctly when he supposes us in favor of abolishing the Supremo Couri. We sought interviews with him when they were j go, however, the full length of our respect- lately in Paris. to have good health in old age. 1 will go on to say that, at tho time and in the South, it | was the custom in every liou.se to offer some thing to drink to all visitors—even boys; ! and Unit excuses were no defence for those i who would refuse. Pressure, impor-unity, | custom, broke down all excuses, and it be were not altogether provident of their am munition. Balls and shells of the largest size literally paved the way. In a pretty valley, (appropriately named the “ Valley of the Shadow of Death,”) through which vve had to pass, the balls (3G to 5G pounders) were fairly piled in tiers. We could not such will answer, is au insult, j came necessary to opposo wili where reason j walk without kicking against them. They frm- I wa- unavailing ; so I made a lawf'or myself j all had been fired at tho English batteries. J ’ ‘ *. that I would drink nothing until I should 1 During the entire time of our visit, the im- 1 polite Russian gunners amused themselves by sending enormous shells around us.— They came like locomotives through the air, and burst£with a tremendous concussion, Then why suffer , , _ gross to present the spectacle ot a set of j hp the dec)inc of lifc> nlight need 5t . men moving heaven and earth fora baton | and resolutely pleading that law, 1 after- that confers neither honor or influence, to ; wards escaped importunity. It was the first bestow upon one whoso fame is safe foruiil i stand, “solitarjv and alone,” that I ever . time. Those men who place General Scott’s j made ; but not the last. I was young j fortuuately quite beyond our heaas. iV e c • r. i a . f j* , A !• enough, and silly enough, at that time, to could hear them whizzing along, but never fame m.tao keeping of ins t.t.es oria.o n.s sU oso t j, at t j,j 3 decline would come upon raw them until they exploded. I was sur- wortli by his rations, are fits real detractors. ; mo :it p;,;, ty ; end so fixed that age as the prised a f tho groat noise which they made But this wo insist should not bo made a i limit.for mv law. When thirty come—1 did i in their flight. question ol' honor to a great name, simply. ! acn feel the decline, and extended the time, | -Ibe allies were playing upon the city We owe more t- consistency as a Kepubii- i eventually relaxed into temperance, and j which was just a t our feet. The buildings, nmiiilA than v hi.rbe- r o n r] ! *»avc remained at that point ever since.— many of which are elegant, gave no signs of . . P ^ ‘ ' 1 ' i V . i Thus, the first half of mv life was abstinent, ! injury; and the enemy’s fortifications are brightest name on our annals. e are far j tjj0 jsecond ] Kl if temperate, and to these con-! stronger than ever. Strange as this may more interested in the precedents and pcin- j diti.m • I attribute whatever of mental and ' raem, it is quite the fact. Every breach has ciple.s of our legislation and in these tha; ! bodily vigor 1 may now have, and whatever j been stopped with mud, which is a perfect men in high idaces develop when in dis- of business application I have ever shown. ; shield from the shot, no matter how heavy charge of their functions than we can nos- “ The laudableness of its objects, and ; they arc. The city is a large one-larger , n , , , . i vour indulgence, will excuse this episode ; j than one would suppose; the harbor very eddy be in suen ephemeral manes as par,.- , j iud t , ;0 c i ass ; c wlltor pitcher vou sot me— | pretty. In the upper corner we saw the *aris are eo ready to join, in a blind or exag- | (modelled in the fashion of that in which a ; Russian war ships. The inhabitants of gerated admiration of their particular idols, j certain ever-blooming nymph was supposed j Sebastopol have nearly all moved away.— In all things wo should be careful never to i to have handed something both sweeter and ; lhe military men^ continue to parade the exalt men above principles or to relinquish the standard of merit as the true exponent lew England Dagnerrcotyped, In 1813, white ambassador at the Russian Court, John Quincy Adams, who knew her well, thus daguerreotyped New England.— At the present time, when she leads the threatening column of Know-Nothings and Abolitionists, tho words come home with unusual force: “ If New England loses her influence in tbe councils of the Union, it will not be owing to any diminution of her population, owing to these emigrations [to the West.] It will be from the partial, sectarian, or, as Hamilton called it, clannish spirit, which makes so many of her political leaders jealous and envious of the South. This spirit is in its nature narrow and contracted, and it always works by means like itself. Its nat ural tondeucy is to excite and provoke a spirit of the same character; ed eotemporary, when we insist upon bavin the glaring defects of the present system corrected. The Times, we are glad to see, adds its weight to our opinion, when it ad mits these defects and recommends their re moval. So far as the present encumbents of the Supreme Bench are concerned, we feel every confidence that the interests of the community arc ably sustained, and that all tbe discontent (that we feel very sure is general and is becoming more so,) which is felt towards the Court has no reference whatever to the members now composing it. But we are daily more and more satisfied that to make this tribunal a favorite of the people, reformatory measures must ho taken I that will be so radical as to change almost ! every essential feature of tho Court. of our ideas of the worth or honor of indi vidual men. When we rate men by ibis rule that is so pre-eminently rational and Republican, mere names arc as dust in ‘he balance when we come to make up the final verdict on a mail'd life and settle irrepeala- bly his place on the loll of fame. Last Pay of tile Mclugu. After meeting villi generous iavor, ;hc Panorama of Creation and Deluge in ihe AtlieiKoum will close (his evening. An ex hibition will- be given a: 3 o'clock and 7J. As its departure la so near at hand more anxiety than ever to witness it is manifest, and many who have visited it again and again are still on the aiort for the farewell entertainment. Two Crop-* i stronger than water toceifain mythical per-! streets, and the allied trenches are now so sonages who claimed a superiority ovor J near as to be able to pick them off at their common mortals in everything except their ! convenience, ’lhe Russian sharp-shooters frailties)—will bo a continual remembrance of how much 1 am indebted to the early limitation of my imbibing faculties to the use of that innocent fluid of which—since I the disappearance of Hebe, Nectar and -Ju piter—it has been tho appropriate holder, j “Very respectfully, gentlemen, your obliged, fellovv-citi.'.en. “Thomas II. Benton.” are never asleep, and you have only to stick your head over the trenches to have the Minnie bullets whistling about your ears. Many of the noble fellows engaged in the trenches have been killed. A tew evenings since, some men of the oOtii Regiment were surprised in the second row of trenches by a sortie from the Russians. About a dozen were bayoneted in their blankets. Deliberate Attempt to Mnrder a Lady 1 ^eic YorL, Jeb.. 15. lhe brig Kush, in Brottdwny. | from Cardenas, with a cargo ot molasses, Escape oti/ie perpetrator-—the a [fair wrap- I w hde at anchor ofl the Battery last night, ted mysteni " J was cut through ov the ice and sunk almost . , i immediately. Two meu were drowned, but a most deliberate attempt to murder | the rcst 0 f fh e crew iust managed to save Yt.ut.--Mr. DeLeon, o! a young lady in Broadway, was made i»v . r-oine unknown man or. Monday evening j last, which up to the present is vvraped in * mystery, although strict inquiry lias been I made into the affair by the authorities.— | About GY o’ clock on the above eveuin the rest of fhe crew just managed to save themselves in the boat. Philadelphia, Feb. 15.—No material dam age has resulted from the freshets in the Schuvkill and Lehigii rivers. The canals counteracting and it has actually produced that effect in . n ,, our country. It has combined the Western . Dru ‘ } ^ORE.-The attention of readers ,s portions of the United States, not in a league, j lnv!ted t0 Hie various advertisements of Dr. but in a concert of political views adverse j A. Alexander in this morning’s paper. Dr. to those of-New England. The fame of all i A. has one of the most extensive and varied the great legislators of antiquity is founded J assortments of drugs, chemicals, <ie., to be upon their contrivances to strengthen and j found in the State and allll0st any c mceiv- multiplv die principles of attraction in civil .. ..... , . , . society-.* Our legislators seem to delight in j able want in lw hue can 1,e supplied at his multiplying and fomenting the principles of j establishment, repulsion “ British Veterans.—Our oldest poet is Rogers, now in his 90th year. Our oldest historian is Mr. iiallaui, now in his 74th the British Museum. Mr. Leigh Hunt was ! nl0rc ’ -uuit oi tb ‘ s cb Y WIS recen tly [Correjpondercc or the AtIa&t»'D)rfy'latelMf«Bcer.J Sew York Affltlrs. New Yorx, IJpb. 16,, 1855. New York for several days past lias been enveloped in drizzle and partially submerg ed in slush. The wading is worse than usual; even for a February thaw, and until the banks of snow iu a state of liquidation shall have been deprived of all their float ing capital, no one will be able to transact any out-door business without “ putting his foot into it.” Although we are on the verge of Spring, and trade is expected at this season to show premonitory symptoms of activity, no to kens of a general waking up are as yet ap parent, However, “ the darkest hour pre cedes the dawn,” and I have strong faith that the ides of Mareh will introduce us to better tinier One thing, at least, we have to be thankful for—if sales are snip.ll and profits light, bankruptcies are few. Onr merchants have borne the drawback oi a dull winter and the strain of a tight mon ey market better than could have been an ticipated : the worst is overhand the Spring trade, though it may not be a rush, will, I have no doubt, be sound, steady and remu nerative. The Custom House returns for the last half year show that the importations have been unusually light. Men of business have realized tho inconvenience of full warehouses and inadequate cash resources, and are determined not to be caught again with immense stocks in a*season of compar ative stagnation. It is well for our mercan tile community that the check came when it did: for, had the mad race of specula tion and extravagance continued 2 or 3 years longer—as it might easily have done —the denouement would have beea almost universal bankruptcy, As it was we drew back on the edge of the precipice and now once more stand on firm ground. 'i’ho attempt to assassinate Mrs. Bishop, of this city, the particulars of which you will have learned from the daily press, has created quite a sensation among our “upper ten.” to whom, by social position, the lady belongs. There are some facts connected with the affair which are not generally known. Mrs. Bishop has been “ under fire ” before, it is said. The on dit is, that previously to her marriage to Mr. Bishoj the lad}* was engaged to a much younger gentleman, to whom she was supposed to he warmly attached. From some unex plained cause the match was broken off, and not long afterwards it was announced in the papers that Miss had become Mrs. Bishop. Report says that admirer number one considered himself jilted and was indignant. Tbe next event in the sequence was a shot through the window of the lady’s residence, at Tarrytown, intended, it is supposed, to cut short her prospects of matrimonial fe licity. Tho late attempt, however, was much more daring. Mrs. Bishop had a full view of her assailant, and declares, it is said, that he bore no resemblance to her former lover. Considering the close prox imity of the pistol to the object it is amaz ing that the ball missed its mark. Either the man’s hand was unsteady, or his inten tion was merely to Iaiui, not to murder.— There is a mystery about the matter which bothers even the most astute of our police officers, and many d> ufot- that it will ever be i fathomed. We shall see. It is whispered that a leading dry goods done ” out of a cool hundred thousand dollars by au agent whom ho had employed to nego- tb the exigencies of the. times. T learn that the Astbr House/which report said was to be vacated in the Spring; has been re-taken by Coleman & Stone forll years from the 1st May, at ira advance on the present rent of $3,000 per annum, Mr. Astor agreeing to expend $15,000 in improvements and re pairs. The convicts recently exported to this country by authorities at Antwerp are to be returned upon their hands. So says our Mayor. . It appears from the official statements of the different charitable societies that great distress prevails among the poor of our city. Meanwhile provisions are higher than they have ever been known, although there is no reason why this should be the case. The monopolists and fores 4 allers have their agents in every agricultural district.— Beeves, sheep, hogs, poultry, butter, vegeta bles, &c., are all bought up in advance of the demand and are subsequently held by these merciless speculators at their own prices. One of these days they will be vis ited with some extra-legal measure of retri bution. *** Kissing.—A sprightly, amusing Ameri can correspondent in Paris thus describes the rage of kissing in ‘La Belle, France.” “The almost universal custom of kissing in Paris seems at first very singular to a stranger coming from a country where the proprieties of life rarely permit you to take a lady's hand—much less to salute her. Iu France, to kiss a lady with whom you are not at all intimate, on meeting her, is very common ; especia’ly is this the case if she be a married lady. Not only the members of the family, but all tbe guests, expect in variably to salute the lady of tho house on coming down in the morning. But though the modest American may, perhaps, escape the ceremony on ordinary occasions, yet on New Year’s day it is imperative. On that morning I came down to my coffee about nine o’clock. I sat down quietly, bidding j madam bon jour, as on ordinary occasions. I But I was not to get off so easily. In a few moments she was at my elbow, with ‘Mons. B., I am very angry with you.’ I express ed, of course, a regret and ignorance at uaviiig given her offence. “‘Ah,' said she, ‘you know very well the reason. It is because you did uot embrace me when you came down this morning.’ “Madame was a lady of perhaps twenty- eight, with jet black, glossy hair, large lus trous black eyes, and a clear, fair complex ion. She was very beautiful; had she been plain i should have felt less embarrassed.— She waited as though expecting me to atone for my neglect; but how could I before the whole table? I sat all this time trembling in my seat. At length Madame said: ‘Mons. B. embrasiz moi; The worst had come. I arose tremblingly, put my white, bloodless lips, all greasy with butter and wet with coffee (for iu iny embarrassment I had dropped my napkin) to those of Mad ame. Tins was my first French kiss.” near North Andover 200 feet deep, and the I arc uninjured and tho ice has broken up ! Sewell and Lawrence road has been impas sible for some davs. The Boston and Maine Congressional, Washington, Feb. 19.—The Senate have . . - . _ . , , „ , m, . : the Pacific Railroad Bill under eonsidera- Sonth Carolina l-ninA States Consul in Mi s. Eleanor Mary Josephine Bishop, wife i an d is floating off. sible for some days. The Boston and-Kline | ^ on . ; ol Nathaniel Bishop, of No. 991 Broadway, i _ At Harrisburg the Susquehanna is still j road has been badly damaged at Haverhill. | 'ppg House sustained the President’s veto i while sitting in the hack parlor, alone at ; i°e bound. j Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 14.—At the late ; of the French Spoliation Bill by a vote of i iho piano, was tired at by an unknown per- j 3[ihcavkie, Feb. 14.—A German clerk in j election held here yesterday, for town ofii- j 115 to 80. An attempt was made to add it ers. the Know-Nothings polled two thirds | as an amendment to the Diplomatic Bill.— j Egypt, has addressed a letter to Dr. Gibbes. of Columbia, S. C.. covering a proposal of an Italian, named Lattis, who is engaged iu agricultural pursuits in Egypr, to reveal to the people of the United States n discovery . . he has made bv which two or. ps of rice can | the “**10 W‘* j , , * , ... I merit and found Mrs. Bishop lving on the I be grown in a single season, and with a c ouv quit insensible. Iter husband, Mr. j groat saving in the expense of irrigation.— | Bishop, was immediately sent for, and on The method is said i < I e very simp’e, and : arriving at his residence found his wife in ho thinks it mav apply with equal advaat-1 «• fainting condition, but happily uninjured, . ,, . * * • | | the baa had nnssed tho mark.—A. T. Herald. age to other grams besides rice. 63T~Tlio Pacific Pailrofl<1 has been opened 1 [From the Scientific) American.] to Washington, on the Missouri riser, a ; “According to experiments of Carminati, distance of f»4 miles fronv fct. Louie,. The ; the essential stilt of cane juice destroys such event wn** celebrated )»y *t p^iaud excursion, ^ cold-blooded animals as toads and lizards, on die lflth inst. The St. Louis 7>. mocrai 1 Mother applied externally or given inter- is confident if wul be bunt to the Missouri - . & on, wli>• entered the room stealthily, and the Post Office here, has been arrested for u firing the weapon hastily made his os- i rifling the letters passing through his hands ape. The report of the pistol alarming ; of several hundreds of dollars. Chicago, Feb. 15.—The Legislature has adjourned. The Governor has approved the I prohibitory liquor law, and it will be voted 1 on in June next. State boundary, and from thence will mne its course Westward to tho setting sun, as the great central highway of the world. [communicated.] Atlanta, Fob flu, IS*5. Editors of the Intelligencer: Dear Sins:—It is rumored that an flirt is now being made to procure the moval of Dr. G. G. Smith from the Post . Office in this city • and I have learned that j this step is predicated upon two grounds:— ! 1st. That he is a Know-Nothing. 2d. Tim; he is part owner ; the Ailonta Republican, and assists iu iho editorial management T that paper. J n justice to Dr. Smith, per mit me to say that he has no intere.-r in the , Republican—does not own one cent iu it, : and has uot written one line for it. As to his being a member of the order of Know Nothings, I know this to bo wholly | Acid Orleans, Feb. 17.—We learn from Texas that numerous Indian depredations had occurred on the frontier. Within a fortnight eleven men had been killed and four captured. The settlors were greatly excited, and had assembled in families for protection. Parties wore scouting in all di rections. Five companies of troops were organizing at Fort Cliadbourn to proceed against the Southern Oamauches, who are . j joining the Northern tribes. New Orleans, Feb. 17.—The sales of Cotton during the week comprised 29,000 bales, not 25.000 as erroneously reported yesterday.— ! year> Our oldest critic is Mr. Wilson Cro- The market is dull to-day with sales of | k now in hia 75th year. Our oldest nov- 3.000 bales at previous rates, ihe produce j .■» . T * ■». J markets are unchanged. Freights on Cot-! ehst 18 Lad - V Morgan—but we shall conceal ton to Liverpool are quoted at 13-16 f lb. -! her ladyship’s age. Our oldest topograpb- Kac York, Feb. lG.-The steamer Con-1 er is * Ir ‘ Britton, now in his 83d year— neetient arrived here this afternoon safely. ■ 9 ur oIdest topographer m point of publica- She had used up every pound of coal, but j v ua , 18 ^ ie historian of St. Leon;tin s, ohorr- had procured provisions from a farm house ' whose first work was a quarto, puir- at Huntington Bav. She left the steamer \ before l/ ( J0. n e refer to ...ir Ilerry j Commodore this morning, still hemmed in. i ^ ^i ,c uc * ne pvmeipal librarian oi The C. Vanderbilt, which left here this : ® r *tush Museum. Mr. Leigh Kuni was j morning with coals and provisions for the | ? P° e k Wlt * 1 a printed volume of his elusions Commodore, was also in the ice, as well as a i m vers ®» “ 1S own portrait before tt. large number of sail vessels and seven pro- j than half a century ago, and is now j t‘ !a te the purchase of some valuable real es- peliers, but as the ice was getting soft no \ in In 3 ear - ^ ur oW ® st j rate not a hundred miles from Niblo’s Car- nrehe e nded their ^ tbr ° Ugh ^ j Sr%e Mier'Se R^rfiem^K ! " lea - % c«c manmuvreing and diplomatic Boston, Feb. 17.-The railroads have suf- I o!dest , l[!°^ that Charles Kemble has J strategy the agent obtained the property for fered considerably in this region from fresh- i K 0IiC ^ “ Mr ' L P ' C^ke.-English laper. ais principal lor about two-thirds Us actual There is a break in the Essex road j * value - s,,me ti me afterwards the former was entrusted by tho latter with 3100,000 to be paid as an instalment of the purchase money. With this amount and a good many other amounts the agent “vamoosed” to Europe. As I don’t know any- good rea son why his name should lie concealed, I may as well state that Burrough, the de- The prudential rea ons. Of the truth of the story there is no doubt whatever, and the moral is, “never The Successor of Prof. Longfellow.— The friends of Harvaid College will.he re joiced to learn that James Russell Lowell, , the poet, has been elected to succeed Prof, i Longfellow in that institution, as Professor | of Modern Languages and Belies-Letters.— i There were five applicants fur ihe place, but | Mr. Lowcil was not one of them, and his nomination was made without his know!- j docent burial. ets. facts in regard to the virtues of sugar- some turning that it breeds worms, causes I . seurvev, and injures the teeth : others, that • "asmngton, Feb. 10. It is understood tiiai it destroys worms, cures seurvev, and ■ * Senator Jones, of Tennessee, will short- whitens the tooth. These fads are recon- ty introduce a preamble and resolution, sta led bv the discovery of the two kinds of ^ ia *- constitution of the U, 3. con fers upon Coiigres power to establish of the whole number of votes cast, electing ! In h:s veto the President says that the Cou- their entire ticket by majorities of from j stitution does not compel him to sign any j faulter, is the individual referred to. 300 to 400 over the united vote of the Whig ; bill which he cannot approve conscientious- merchant’s name I omit from prut and Democratic parties. j ly. The bill does not pay the claims but Poston, Feb. 10.—Gov. Gardner was ar- | only compounds them. j.f the claims are rested to-day for violating a city ordinance in having the goods store bloc* of goods. He n... i-------v i -v ---- j never deemed by any President worthy . . . . . A professor of Gymnastics, who has | recommendation. ' I whu amused hlmself h Y quirting vitriol on just died at Berne, has left several sums to j TnJ NeiTcabn,et I tlie Ia(lies ’ Presses, and was discharged the the city for public purposes, under the con- j j u rcsoect to t j, e formation of a new Cab- j otlier on the ground of insanity—has dition that his skeleton shall be exposed in j ; netj a tele«raphic dispatch from London, of! entirely recovered. Should he have a re- the Yluseum of Natural History, iu order to t g e even i n g 0 f the 7th says: j lapse, it is to be hoped that his next lunacy show the favorable e„ect oi gymnastic ex- j 'pp e rumor is that Lord Palmerston will w ;u t a k e ] os „ ruinous direction Unon ercises on the human frame. j immediately be entrusted with the duly of! direction. Upon Exciting Xcivs from Hnrann. i forming a c^abinct. It is said tfiat his lord- i , edge. We arc happy to learn that he will | i accept t!ie appointment, but before entering - upon its duties he will spend a year abroad, j in Germany and Spain, lie will leave here in May; but before going abroad lie will ; repeat, at t-iie West, the lectures on English ! Poetry he has just delivered before the Law- ! ell Institute at Bust-, it.— 'Tribune, 13ih. I Cliangc of Nail Sr.iicdule ill .Tilly. j Mr. Cuvler, in another communication ! to the Journal <t' Courier, of Saturday, al- j ludes to the change of the Mail Schedule, j I which is advertised to take place in July j | next, lie says: -i J • On that day the contracts for transporting j ! the mails in Georgia, for the term of four j | years, will begin. 1 see from the advertise- I j rnent of the Post Master-General, that an j I important change will then take place—a ; change which will be very convenient for j Savannah, Macon and Columbus, as well as | the Central Road. j Then, the New York G o’clock, P. M., ! mail will be expedited six hours. It will j arrive at Augusta at 10 o’oloek, P. M., and i leave Augusta at 12, midnight, and it will j arrive at Savannah at 7 A. M. The depar- i ture from Savannah, northwardly, will be ! about 9 P. M., giving a clear business day j between the arrival and departure of the i most important New York mail. — A . Washington, Feb. 13~" The Senate debated to day the pa»;« Railroad bill- Mr. Clayton thought that th scheme was impracticaole. Mr. Ruti was of the same opinion. Mr. Qeyer «*! Mr. Hearce, also opposed it. Mr. Seward was in favor of it. w '* The House sustained the President’s of the French Spoliation bill, by a vnt« » 113 to 86. J V of “A resolution to meet at 11 o’clock adopted. ** In committee of the whole on the DinK. matic bill, it was unsuccessfully that the French Spoliation bill be attached as an amendment to the Diplomatic bill The House then adjourned. Boston, Feb. 19—Adjutant General Ston was arrested on Saturday, at Worcester f, 8 forcing the Armory of the Jackson Guards 1 which had been ordered by the Govern*; to dishand, and would not deliver up their arms. The Adjutant General was permitted to return her without giving bail, that he might advise with the State author- ities. Bangor, Me. Feb. 19.—There was a vio. lent shock of an earthquake experienced here at five o’clock this morning. Portsmouth, N. II. Feb. 19.—The frigate Santee was lunched this ntorniug. 1 New York, Feb, 19.—The Mexican correg. ponden t of the Herald say3 that there is & treaty on foot for the sale of Yucatan to the United States. The truth of this state, ment, however is doubted. “Jordan is a Hard Road to Travu,. 11 —The following are copies of accounts p re . sented by an agent in this city for the pros- ecution of claims on the Government, to two of his clients, whose extra pay he ol> taiiied from the Navy Agent under powers of attorney ; the poor sailors being on the Pacific when the money was duly paid on their respective orders. We republish the accounts by way of cautioning the distant public how they employ agents here, with out satisfying themselves of their trust worthiness : Washington, August 2G. Lewis De Buff, In account with , attorney. By amount of extra pay claim, pros ecuted by attorney, $307 To hotel expenses [board] whilst in Washington prosecuting this claim, from 25th November, 1853, to 26th of August, 1854, 275 days, at $2 50 per day, 087 50 No charge for any other expenses, such as postage, hack hire, &e- Washington, August 8, 1354. John Taylor, In account with . attorney: By amount of extra pay claim, pros ecuted by attorney, $275 40 To hotel expenses [board] whilst in Washington prosecuting this claim from 30th April to 8th August, 18- 54,110] days, at 32 50 per day, $27G 25 No charge for any other expense, such m postage, hack hire, &c.— Washington Slur. The Richest Sell we ever heard of.- We find an account, in the East Brooklyn Times, of a new method of “ raising tie wind," as well as the dead, in that city, which takes down anything in the diddliig line of the season, and indicates the extern, and pressure of the hard times. A female called a few days since on a lady of seats influence in Brooklyn, and told a sad and plaintive story of suffering and privation, and moreover, that her husband hadju.-t died, and that she lacked the means of a Her tale of woe so wrought New Orleans Feb 19. I ship will be obliged promptly to execute hi . ----- K- introduce a nreamhle «rd resolution si-, i Tho steamship Iilack Warrior, from Ha- * ta ?k\ The number of Cabinet Minister . - whitens the teeth, j here facts are recon- ty cSrtilutton the U ? eon- i vana, arrived here to-day, with dates to the ! ™ ll , bc educed from Id to probably 10 In | the eve of the November election, lias been e .ed by the discovery of the wo kinds of e ' Cut.gres* power to establish a ! 15th. When she left there was great ex- j tha last ministry Lord Lausdovrne and Lord | severely dealt with by privato vengeance in sugar—die d ext roggrate and the latvogijrate. 1 .,.P m r ? power io estaousn a . , , , . .. j, . ° » I John Russell lmd seats without offices.— e . , TT 6 , 1 took an alligator to the chemical labora- unifol ^ nile .^ naturalization, but issilent, “JJ seSfblished SKe\he Wand I This expedient will not be resorted to. The a lc 'Pf °“ af t! [ c la ^- «« was nearly >«-v : rcjnesiio- Mr.m*WI t» try if th, , h '122, i nHrt.tt .he pTS I C.Mn« of JLorf H-,,« ,vill co„bt! » »>' Mow from a .long ,ho. wh.le the whole, his eonvaleseeace was well timed. Holmes, late a candidate for Alderman, who killed policeman Gourleyin a fracas on the eve of the November election, lias been 1 ' ” J lV r-V, i the Dower to re<mlate emigration neter ! Is ueciareu m a s:aic of siege, and the Forts > Cabinet of Loyd Palmerston will consist ■ r°>r*W m ,! 1_ carbonic acid gas would kill l e Mooted bv thepeopletoSn- in « state of blockade. A proclamation has i primarily ox his lordship as Premier; Earl " - «iepeopie to t-on ^ made ( , rdering the enlistment of vol- ! Grey, Mar ; Clarendon, Foreign : Glad- unteers between the ages of eighteen and j ftone Chancellor of the Exchequer; Gra il. After trying gas upon it for a good part. ... - of the day, it was brought- back as lively gress, die governments of those and vigorous as ever. It was thought that, owing t > the size of the animal, the vessel it wo- put into might have contained a email portion of atmospheric air. T then gave it some pure dextrogyrate sugar from tlie plantation of P. M. Latice E^q.. being some of the same parcel which was made by first process, and rotated 100° to the right. Also a solution of it was smeared over its body. This was in the evening. The next morning the alligator was found perfectly dead. “About this time Pi of. Riddell was busily affected by the influx of foreigners posse the sole power to make laws their admission or exclusion. The President has approved and sent to the Senate the hill creating Winfield Seott, Lieutenant General of the United States. untrue, i am a member of that order—and ! engaged in looking into a new world, invis- l)r. Smith does not now and has never he- ' ible to the naked eye, through his powerful , longed to tfiti organization. Respectfully your.-, JAMES R. SMITH, cube. The most numerous among them Editor Atlanta Republican. was a species of the Euc/danis r.ertrophreys : patula. They briskly moved through an Government. It is rumored that Concha has As soon as this slight accident was known j Porto Rico fur more troops, throughout Havana, all the distinguished j ~ persous of our society were soon in attend ance, making enquiries in regard to the health of the superior chief of the govern ment in Cuba, with that affectionate solici tude that reveals the interest that that au thority' -inspires throughout the population. The “Prensa,” with avidity, caught at killed by blow from a slung shot while walking down a by-street in the Fifth Ward, on Friday night, and his trial has conse quently been postponed. Sackott, the late teller of the Market ern District. I Neseastle’s speech last night there lias ; Bank who is charged with having made a The Telegraph is under the control of the ' ' 5Cer * a decided change in his flavor, and the i §25,000 dip into its capital, has been lodged reo-n'Hiimr I fifty, capable of "bearing arms. A military , Jian b Admiralty ; Mr. Sydney Herbert will ° ° j commission has been created for the East- ; P er ] lrl P 3 resume office ; and since the Duke sent to microscope. Tho sediment taken lrom the , the chance, and came out with an article, gutters was found to ’ ■ public would probably be pleased if justice I wore done him by assigning the seat of the Colonial office to him. The British ship Boscoman left Havana j Th ® remainder of the Cabinet would be with the steamer Merlin conveying troops.; ; elected in reference to the state of parties All the British vessels are carrying the 1 i ronl Liberal Conservative and the con- Spanish fla". i servative Wings, in accordance with Lord The British Rear Admiral had reviewed [ Palmerston s avowal on Monday, of the the troops with Gen. Concha.—Savannah coalition principle being indispensable. \~ CW3 j Late this evening there were two rumors i in circulation at the West End. One is Arsenic Eaters.—A French medical jour-j that the Earl of Clarendon has been em- be alive with rotifera which, for sycophancy, exceeds anything ntd has an article on the arsenic eaters of I powered to form a Cabinet; the other is , and various other hideous looking animal- that can be imagined in the United States. E y ro Pf-, Th ty poison,^deadly in its. effects j that this task Jias been assigned to the Mar- jVew York Items. Thursday, Feb. 15.—The steamer North following verse: “1 Iiee while the first archangel siccu, lie hides bis taco behind hie wings. And ranks of auiniui: thrones around, Fair worshipping and spread the ground.” The effect upon the congregation who wit nessed tins solemn scene, may lie Imagined, but cannot be described. A general shriek interrupted the hymn nndthedyingpreacher on being borne into the vestry, was found to be dead. His expectant hearers slowly and Midiv dispersed, .-avo those who port- „r?G the melancholy place of bearing his L. .em body to the home winch he liad so <aie'y left, a living man. Dr. Beaumont was, af- uer the late Dr. Newton, tho most popular man in the Methodist ministry Buffalo, Fell. 16.—Win. Ki ;sane, tbe Bank forger, was arrested at Willismsville. Eric County, Now York, yesterday, and $6,500 found on his person. 86k Letters from Paris mention that tlio Empress Eugene is to be repudiated by Louis Napoleon, in other words a divorce will be obtained for “high political rea sons.” they gobbled down with a keen relish. At! length I handed to tho Professor a stock when taken iu large doses, is eaten in min- ! quis of Lansdowne, conjointly with Lord ute quantities by the peasants of Austria, j Palmerston. particular!v females, to increase their flesh ' — and give roundness to their limbs. The j Anecdote of Grisi.—The Boston Satur- of Newman & Co., practice of eating arsenic also lias the effect ] day Gazette relates that a lady passing by destroyed by fire— i of rendering them more enduring, anu fa- the rooms occupied by Grist and Mario, at | cilitates respiration in mounting steep as- Iower. | cents. Arsenic is often administered to j horses in Vienna, by the grooms and eoach- n CottgiesBionai. men of the Austrian capital. They mix a The President has vetoed the French Spo- j liberal pinch of the powder with oats, or in the city prison. He had been rusticating for some time in the interior of Long Island where he was “spotted” by two of our sharp eyed police officers. The “ fancy ” of our city are falling into aristocratic practices. Morrissey, the pu gilist who has a peculiar aptitude for getting into hot.water, was to have had a duel with one Jim Hughes, a “ sporting man,” at Hoboken, last Monday. The difficulty arose out of the refusal of Hughes to give up $100, which Morissey claims as forfeit money from Tom Ilyer, in consequence of the latter backing out of a match which had beeu arranged to come off between tho two of mature sugar cane, just field i liation bill. bruisers. The Irishman was on the ground, the Revere House, heard them rehearsing ! pistol in hand, when the “ time ” was eali- the gems of the opera, and very naturally | e d, but tiie more prudent Hughes was non stood as quietly as possible to enjoy the tu>- J esL u ■ the whole> a mis f ort unc to purchased notes. As tho tones became , • . ‘ ^ ,, . , , more mellifluous, it is possible that her ear j s ff c,e ty neither of the parties was shot. attach to the bridle a fragment of arsenic ! inclined to the keyhole, for Grisi suddenly | i-he frequency ot prize fights m this State tho k ning. Young Riddell, a smart, boy about yea. % of age, suggested to his father, the i Professor, to try o bring them to life by the Parke Godwin.—The Galena (111.) Jeffer- j sonian of 30th December, says : “ The iee- i tore last evening, by Parke Godwin, was I attended by a large, intelligent, and appre ciative audience,” Then follows a hatf-eol- umri report of' what Mr. Godwin said, clos ing with the remark, that the lecture was “ one of those rich, mental treats which Mr. Godwin only can furnish.” The joke of the matter is, that by a failure of the cars to connect, Mr. Godwin didn’t get within 100 miles of Galena, and so did not lecture there at all! Apropos, while Mr. Godwin was delivering a lecture in some town in Ohio, he took up a glass of water to drink, and while holding it over his manuscript the bottom of his tumbler dropped off and let all of the water upon it. The lecturer look ed dismayed, and the audience began to tit ter omniously. Instantly recovering his wits, he said: “Whatever fault may be found with my lecture, it eau’t at any rate be called a dry one!” This happy turn ex tricated him from ihe dilemma. Atmospheric Telegraph.—The Washing ton Sentinel speaks of witnessing the ope ration of the atmospheric telegraph, now on exhibition in the room of tiie Senate's committee on pensions. It is the invention of Mr. I. S. Richardson. The model is twenty-five feet in length. The Sentinel j thus describes what is claimed for the ma- j chine: ' “ That it will, and does trasport letters, packages, etc., at a speed of over nine hun dred and fifty miles an hour, and with a certainty and safety heretofore unknown : that this great speed is attained with a curved or a straight fine, at pleasure ; and although the calibre of the cylinder through which the plunger and load is propelled (by the presure of tiie air) may be of different dimensions, yet the air has not the facilities to pass; that the plunger goes forward with out calculable friction, and its touch on the inside of the sylinder is not sufficiently great to create heat; that the engine, tender and fuel are stationary, and the power used in common locomotives, to draw themselves and their appurtenances, is saved to carry twenty ton of freight, and the actual cost of transportation is not more than one-fifth of any other method, and more than twenty times as fast.” upon the lady that she proceeded to visit her immediately, to satisfy herseif there sat no imposture. On entering the apartment she beheld the coffin, and was satisfied all was right, and not wishing to harrow the feelings of the bereaved woman, s”e left he: a considerable sum of money, and immedi ately departed. After passing two or three blocks from the dwelling, thinking all the way of the strange complexions to which, vve are liable, she missed her pocket ham) derehief and returned to see if she hail tut dropped it iu the house. The stairs were ascended hastily and the room entered with out much ceremony, when what did she Its hold—the woman’s husband setting up ia the coffin counting over the money ! PROCEEDINGS OP COI NC 1,. Council Chamber, Atlanta, j February 9th, 1855. j Council met—present his lion. Au»on Nelson, Mayor, Aldermen Thompson, Giea, Farrar, Barnes, Kile, Powell. The minutes of last meeting were rend and coufirmed. The resignation of A. J. Walraven, N'gfu Watch, was received. Resolved, L’iiat tiie Council appwpriate the sum of five thousand dollars for the pur pose of pm chasing additional grounds and improving the same ; to be expended umkt the direction of the Executive Committee of the Southern Central Agraeultuml Associa tion, on condition that the said Association shall locate their annual fairs in this city permanency. And that a former resolution appropriating three thousand dollars he and the same is hereby repealed. Resolved, That the Mayor be instructed to purchase a lot suitable for the locating ol a magazine upon. W. J. Cobb was elected Night Watch te fill a vacancy. On motion, Council was adjourned. II. C. Holcombe. CHt. _ On the 11th inat.. at tue rosiduuce of Col. Pi* of Gwinnett co., by Rev. Mr. Patterson, Dr. J M. IIoivf.ll, of Forsyth, to Miss II. B. Pin;, oi' Gwinnett. Died in Thomnsville Geo. on the ldth iast, tho 24th year of his age, Mr. F. H. Whitley Craborciuml Kv- COMMERCIAL. Later From Havana. New York, Feb. 17.—The Steamer Ca- from Ha- The ex pected descent of the Fillibusters had not ! the mouth, are generally due to arsenic, j an£ l obliged her nolens miens to assist at this i emigrant runners, but it seems to be a dead j which, as is well known, increases saliva- j most admirable chamber concert. same means bo had brought others to life here I tion * L is also given to cattle intended for —;—~—"—, killed with chloroform. He tried, but could i vana _ w ith dates to the l^th insf The pi' fattening, but it is said to increase tb>- r j JVk- J... . .••>. Id.— Lhe Sun has at last not bring them to life. They were dead.— | L ed deg ‘ ccnt of the FilTi h n«t«re had not ' wei K ht * though it adds to their size. The j issued, in bo • torn., the wealth and bu.g- Among them was a nondescript animaculm takoa n u ce 5ut theauth.rdL™^ 1 511 effects of this P l)i ' 9on do not tami&st ruphv of rich men m New York. It makes resembling a tape worm. It did not die in-1 theW rL and ! themselves till the practice of using it is a volume of eighty-four pages, containing f >- w*; sis a S«r;s,;s.x v as dead u 1 111 a c >v B0l;onds cveiy joint. sailed, a highly distinguished lawyer named The British . stopped, and then emaciation follows, which j the names of over a thousand persons who ' nrA AoHmalo/l fn lin tvAnf Vi n ivi(«nvdf< <. f Cl AA no nourishing food can prevent. are estimated to be worth upwards of §100, r ... — - . j c . tv. r> n fni. .• t 000. Some of these names, however, do Citza. was arrested. J he British steamer j Election Riots in Canada.—rhe English not bel to the c i t ,._ Mr . Fillmore, of m CuBi Expeditiom.—A letter I ^.'?!r:.^SS!!Sr9W. , 5L?S I *. WatUworlh nt‘ OeDe.ee, end X*. sk i r? f T ain ‘" 1 r- ,hi f i el “ tio r n -tHir «. Jiiean-, dated the Ah met., in the of the line Boscawen, sloop of war ratal, j seem from the following dispatch, that there lhe miniber 0 f outsiders. The raluatmns I stri ston Courier, says: j and brig L’Espierie. j was a bloody affray at the polls in Quebec arc of courcMJ far from bein accunno> 1)Ut j r Ti r preV at - Ha uT. that thc GuV ,‘ : on 5® 9th met ’ : v . ... sufficiently so to subserve the purposes for ernor ef Puerto Principe had been arrested ; “ Ihere was considerable rioting, at the | which the J pub ; icat i on wa8 ma de. as a party to the conspiracy against Concha, j municipal election yesterday, in the St. Pe- but it was considered doubtful. j ter and Chaplain wards. Maxhain, a de-1 A few days ago the sword of General A decree had boon issued limiting travel-! feat ed candidate, has entered a protest 1 Jackson, used at New Orleans Within the past tliree weeks upwards of five thousand tbr.eo hundred and fifty- bales of cotton, valued at more than a quar ter of a million of dollars, bp.ve been <,o- stroyed by fire at the South. New Orlean Charici “ A portion of tho Cuban expedition, I am given to understand, has left several ports at the South, and the remainder will soon follow. Ic is said to be 3,500 strong. L >ok out for sharp work, ft is hinted that the Kinney expedition is part of the same affair.” passed letter. The frauds practiced by these scoun- | drels upon foreigners, and also upon Amer icans from the interior, bound to Califor nia, are monstrous and of daily occurrence. It is to be Imped our energetic Mayor will give the harpies a taste of his quality ere long. The bill for the suppression of Intemper ance will come up for its final reading in the assembly on the 21st inst. It is much more stringent than the original Maine Law, and recognizes thc right of searching private dwellings for liquor, if such dwellings are connected with a store or office of any kind. This is thought by moderate meu to be an j arbitrary stretch of power. Thc whole bill Lard.—The Cincinnati Price Current has some interesting statistics on the lard pro duce of this country. The number of bogs killed the last season and packed for com merce is three millions. The average amount of lard, per hog, is 32 pounds. Tho total amount of lard in commerce is estimated at ninety-six millions of pounds. Of this Atlanta, i'cliruarv 2!. Cotton.—5@7, extremes. Exchange, uo Now York is sellffigut per) MIi: premium. On Charleston and Savannah 1 cent. Bacon.—We quote hog round 9-V w Wi 12to 124 cents. Sides Ribs 9 94 ets. Sides d* 94 to 10. Shoulders 74 a 8 cents. L.vnD by the bbl. lfl@104 ets. leaf. Iron, Swedes 5J to tiie; English a to 51 tt* 11 ’ Nails have advanced to ti a 6i ets. Corn is selliug at 90 to $100. Corn Meal, 90 to $1.10 coots. Pork, Ilog round. Ii-i(g)7 cents. Beef, Ry the quarter, 0 54 cents. Sweet Potatof.s, B0 to 75 per bushel, laisn Potatoes, $2 to 24 per bushel. ^ ^ Salt, Liverpool sacks plenty. $190.@>,« _ Liquors.—French Brandy, $2,50 to $o,0i) pfc gallon: Domestic 50 to 75c. Peach do. 60 a 0 cents. Whiskey 45 a 50 cents. Giu 50 w 61 Rum 45 to 60 cents. . , Wheat.—Good will bring to $1,60 per tot- readily. , Flour.—Searcc at $5 to 5J per hundred. Butter, Country, 15 to 20 ets. Goshen, w 1 ' per pound. Tenn. Butter, 10 a 15 by the keg' Fair N. O. Sugar, by hhd. ®[- Prime “ “ “ Choice “ “ “ , ,‘ Syrup, N O. by bbl. 32 to 3o ets. gal. Extra Whiskey “ ~ “ ’ Star Candles per box ks ‘ (( No. 1 Rio Coffee by sack 11} to 12J Gunny Bagging 16 to 17 ets. Rove 12 to 13 cents. Chickens, 15 to 20 cents. Eggs, 12 to 15 cents. Foupeb, 75 to 100 per hundred. Peas. $1,40 to $l.to Feathers.—-to to 45. Candles.—Speriu 37 o tor. Tallow AUGUSTA. Feyv. COTTON.—Our last review of Wedrjsnay th» market in an unsettled state at_ the tod _ withdrew their ottering stocks. On S- tur aetivn demand sprung up. and there was a , r feeling manifested by both buyers HR " j M i which continued up to tho close ol busine- • evening. (Tuesday.) ami sellers, during v i two days, have beeu able to realise ro eent advance ou last week's prices, i ‘ 8 ' ^ are fair, and tho offering stock moderate. ^ j a ” , ‘ 7~ i from Good Middling upwards nro s ' ttl )'j ulU <iad U old maid of thrc.ld-ncedle street, demand. The market closes with ugoou is very generally used as a substitute f butter. Lard oil is made more extensively at Cincinnati than at any other point in the Union. Thirty thousand barrels of it are annually sent from that city. Tiie demand for lard over the world is on the increaso, and prices will probably be sustained. Mo- Roston, Feb. 17.—400 laborers on the New York Central Road struck yesterday _. for wages due them. Many of them are J lasses were selling at 3:{ to 4 rials, per keg. The Mississippi river, at Memphis, is as the lioqiis of families and without means of j Tobacco was firm_ aud_ rather higher. Ex lew aa it ever waa known to be. ‘ subsistence. heretofore 0 Efleenda ^ in P^ce of a year, : against the election on ^account of threats j thrOugh’chattanooga, Tennessee, en route | wH l probably be modified in the Senate, -riln-f-i, , „ , i of violence. Several citizens vrere cruelly : f or tb ^ National archives at Washington.—'! , Ihe British wav steamer Medea, had ar- beaten with bludgeons. Iho military were j was broken in two pieces. 1 his is the letting season of New York ; but at present there does not seem to be much of a rush for stores or dwellings.— Tenants fight shy, in thc hope that land lords will eventually square their demand* rived at Havana. Sugars were quiet and prices easier. ohougeon New York 1 to l}e. called out to restore order and quiet, but j they did not act. Hearn, a man who was! Hffi- Gov, Wright, of Indiana, has with- j convicted of taking part in. the. Gavazzi i drawn from the Methodist Church, assigu- | riots, and who was fined £25 for doing so, J ing, as a reason, that his pastor was a 1 has been sleeted from tbe Chaplain .ward. 1 Know-Nothing. being at a loss for ia pincushion, used an onion. On the following morning she found I that all Tier needles hail tears in their eyes. | Dr. Daniel Lee, Professor of Agricultural I Chemistry in Franklin College, (University <>ty Georgia,) vve learn, says tho Athens Watchman, will commence his course of lec tures on the subjects pertaining (o his de partment, on the 1st Tuesday in March.— The lecture* are open to the public. at tho following quotations : Or,linary. .rh;| Low to Strict Middling, -srB— Good Middling, g Middling Fmr, si(|si Fair ’ SAVANNAH. Fob,» COTTON—The market yesterday IU TW with salos of 2425 hales at previous fj following are tbe particulars ot u> e * !U p 54 jt 20 at. 7 3-16, 83 at 7}, 194 at Ti. < • ! - !l w »t 7 9-16, lgl at 7|. 151 at < U-K). **9 a*'* JJ{1< Ji, 590 »t 0, 80 a, 84; l« “ d 121 “