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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1855.
VOL. VI. NO. 43.
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Mr. Soule’s Final Note on our Relations
with Spain.
Mr. Soule to the Spanish Minuter of Foreign
Relations. .
Legation of the United States, I
Madrid,' Jan. 28, 1855. }
j Sib—At the audience with which I was
i honored by your Excellency on the night of
| the 13th inst., I took occasion to address
i you relative to the grave and delicate char-
| acter of relations subsisting between the
| United States and Spain, and to the crisis
which they might lead to, if the difficulties
which had so seriously disturbed them were
not speedily brought to a satisfactory solu
tion. Though I had long labored under a
painful state of despondency with reference
to my ever being able to incline Spain to a
more conciliatory course that which she had
heretofore pursued, I was still willing to
hope, with the present more auspicious com-
? flexion of her government she might recede
rom her past policy, and at last do justice
to claims of which no argument would im
peach the justice or deny the moderation.
Your Excellency will see at once, with
the most emphatic assurance, that the gov
ernment of Her Catholic Majesty were more
anxious to remain on terms of friendship
with all the Powers of the earth, and with
none more than with the United States. I
could not but observe that those were noble
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Mr* Soule and tire Administration.
In less than one week we are sure that we
have seen fifty reports spread through the
prints from every section of tho country,
predicting a speedy burst up of the Cabinet,
arising from private grievances springing
up between the cabinet and ministers abroad.
but of which the United States had never
yet witnessed the practical results. That
abuses of the most aggravated nature had
been suffered io lie year after year unattend
ed, and indeed, utterly unheeded; and that
they still hang gloomily from the docket in
which thev stand recorded, both at the
Americau Legation and her Majesty's State
Department. To this your Excellency re
sponded by the pointed remark, “ That
Spain lmd dono all that could be expected
of her with a tendency to enter with tho
United States into convention, though which
should be submitted to arbitrant all causes
of difficulty now pending between them.”—
I then replied that the government of tbe
United States would doubtless have acceded
to the offer made by Spain, if it bad not em
braced other cases than those depending on
disputable facts, or on principles of a doubt
ful import; that most of those now on issue
were of a nature not to admit of tho pro
posed remedy ; that, for instance, the cap
ture of her Majesty’s armed cruisers, in
Mr. Soule lias figured largely in these re
ports, aud it lias been time and again round- j t; me 0 f peace, and within waters not of her
ly asserted that our Minister to Spain was
forced to resign his post because Mr. Marcy
had compromised him by his interference
and his instructions. The letter we give
this morning, from Mr. Soule to the Spanish
Minister of Foreign Affairs,shows plainly that
he had placed tho Spanish Government on
terms, and that his withdrawal from the
Court of Madrid was the result of a settled
purpose, in case the matters in controversy
between the two powers were not adjusted
or at least put in a train of settlement.—
Not the slightest respect has been shown
our Government in the recent attempt made
by us to come to a better understanding with
Spain, aud what little was shown to our
Minister was extorted by tho Game Cock we
had upon the ground to represent the na
tional spirit. From first to last, we have
been proud of the bearing and port of Mr.
Soule, and so far us tho dignity and force of
position has been concerned no man we
have had abroad with him lias challenged
half the notice or respect. But what are we
io do, now our Minister lias returned with
out indemnity or apology ? If he failed we
feel sure almost any other negotiator wc
could have sent would have not only failed, but
have returned home disgraced. Sonic had to
heard the whole Spanish ministry and tight,
or offer to fight, half the ambassies near the
court, to escape disgrace himself. The cap
ture of the Susan Loud and the Georgiana
out of Spanish water—theburning shame put
upon us by tho Black Warrior affair—the
search of the Manchester—tho rummage of
our mail bugs—the insult time after time
of our flag by firing into our merchantmen
Majesty’s jurisdiction, of vessels sailing un
der the llag of the Union, as had been tho
case with the Georgiana and the Susan
Loud, die search practised on board of the
Manchester, though found engaged in the
prosecution of a legitimate voyage; the fir
ing at sea into unoffending steamers; the
stopping to overhaul them of mail bags in
their transit to the ships that were to con
vey them to their destination ; the arrest of
peaceable citizens without reasonable cause;
their confinement and seclusion in dark
dungeons, and their judgment in flagrant
violation of most solemn treaty stipulations,
constituted wrongs of too grievous a nature
to have given encouragement to the slightest
hope that the United States would ever ho
induced to submit to the plain, clear and in
disputable right, growing out of them, to
the perilous issue of an arbitration; that
the United States, in their anxiety to re
move all causes of future disagreement, had
made repeated aud strenuous exertions to
induce her Majesty’s government to estab
lish, in concert with them, such relations
between tho Captain General of the Island
of Cuba and their Consul at Havana, as
would enable those officers to interpose their
authority whenever similar causes should
occur, and thus obviate the never ending
delays and the unendurable disgusts ever
attending their adjustment on a distant
court, when they had spared no efforts to
persuade tho government of her Majesty to
join them in an attempt to give efficacy to
the expectations held out in tlic second arti
cle of the treaty of 1795, by which the two
contending parties, the United States and
Spain, were to give their mutual commerce
all the interest and favor which the advan
tage and the intercourse of both nations
might require; and that your Excellency
knew by what ‘‘
Spain had sueceei
that it was time
—the murder of those proud hearts from , know what were Spain’s resolves; that I
which flowed into the Spanish soil more
good blood than now circulates in Spanish
veins—all this is j et hooked against Her
Catholic Majesty, and our humble suit for
redress scoffed at. Now wc ask our breth
ren of the press what use is there for all
this equivocal indirectness of approach to
Spain in seeking redress ? Why entertain
any argument at all about “ seizure,” in
case we cannot get “cession,” when justice,
had trusted my humble powers at persuasion
would bring to bear on tho government of
her Majesty ; that I had arrived at the pain
ful conviction that it were idle for ina to ex
pect that I could ever out-ballance the
weight of prejudice which heretofore para
lysed my movements and rendered my exer
tions abortive ; that unless within the com
ing fortnight I should receive from your
Excellency, such intimations as might war
rant the hope of a speedy change in dispo
sitions of her Majesty’s government, I
A Noble Deed.—During the night of No- The First Sentence Under the Duel-
vember 25th last, in a thick snow storm, Lisa Laws at New Orleans.—Juan Pays,
sMysAft j «* *—
Canadian schooner Conductor, Capt. Hack-! in a dael > has been sentenced to thirty days
ett, struck on the bar, outside of Long Point j imprisonment in the State prison. The
Cut, on the island side, heat over and fill- i Judge who sentenced him said:
ed immediately, some distance from the ■ “As you have been found guilty, it be-
shore, the sea. making a complete breach ; comes my duty to sentence you. The law
otfer her, driving the crew, to the rigging ; allows me to sentence you for twenty years
for safety. In the morning, at daylight ; or j esSi at my discretion. Taking into view
they were discovered, clinging to the wreck, j a p the circumstances of your case, not the
by Mrs. Margaret Becker, a trapper s. wife ! least of which is- that you are the first who
the sole inhabitant on that end of the island | bas b een convicted of the offence, and the
her husband being over on the main land, j fact that you are represented by all to he a
She immediately went down, abreast- the j man of mild and" peaceable temper, that
vessel, on the beach, and built a large fire j y oa have been, during a residence of twen--
of logs, made some hot tea, and prepared j ty years, honest and upright in all your re-
some food for them, in case they reached i lotions of life, aDd that you have never be-
the shore, and to refresh and encourage j f urc been charged with any violation of law,
their drooping spirits by showing them ; j s h a U, therefore, sentence you to thirty
succor was at hand. All that long day, i j a y S ’ imprisonment at hard labor in the
with the tempest raging around her, did , State prison.”
that heroic woman watch the poor suffering j —I *■>
seamen clinging to the.rigging of tho wreck. ; “Let Slip the Dogs of War.’’-^
Just at nightfall, the captain called to i Governor 'Brown, of Missiowi _
the mate, who was in the other wide of the ’ late Senate introduced a bill to repeal such
rigging, that they would perish if they had i section of the neutrality laws as restrained
to remain in the rigging another night, and . our citizens from giving “aid and comfort”
that he was going to attempt to swim ashore, to the people of Cuba, says that tho Span-
if he succeeded, the rest could foil;him ; j iards in Cuba have insulted our flag, ira-
if he drowned they could cling on the rig- prisoned our people, searched our ships,
ging and run the chances. He leaped j pillaged our mails, and yet the government
overboard and struck out. As he reached : has not yet moved. Under these circutn-
the under tow and backwater, his strength [ stances, he is for “letting slip the dogs of
failing, and chilled, benurued with cold, he ' war” in the shape of fillibusters.
would certainly have been drowned, had j — —
not the woman come to the rescue. She .Paste.that is Paste.—Dissolve an ounce
waded in through the surf" up to her neck, j °1 alum in a quart of warm, water; .when
grasping him and dragging him out safely, i e °ld, add as much flour as will make it tho
Then the balance of the crew followed him ; consistence of cream ; then strew into it as
one by one with the same result—this noble : oioch powdered rosin as will stand, on a
woman breasting the sea, and meeting and shilling, ana two or three cloves ; boil it to
dragging out each one of them as they came I a consistence, stirring all the time. It will
ashore—being, in the main, instrumental i keep for twelve months, and when dry, may
in saving the whole crew. Such noble | bc softened with water,
conduct deserves more than a passing notice, j The Suffering in the Crimea.—The nl-
She is a woman of the most humble position . {ied BoIdiera . the Crimea have been con-
in life but .showed herself, on th^ on th termination
a true heroine, and possessed of the noblest wint \i ieu theh . suffer i n g S , they hope,
qualities of heart and sod.-Biiffalo Dan- , wU1 ceasc ’ But from all accounts there will
ocracy. , on jy be a cban g e from one form of suffering
Important to Postmasters and to the | to another, for as soon as the warm weather
Public. j and the spring rains commence, the animal
We are requested to ca.l special attention decomposition from the multitudes of dead
to the law just passed by Congress, says the ; bodies of men and horses lying unburied,
>> ashmgton L nion, modifying the rates of j ,ydi spread pestilence through tbo camp,
postage, &c., particularly to those provi- I w hich will depopulate it faster than sick-
sions, requiring that all letters between j ness is now doing . A French officer of rank
places in the United States shail be prepaid j sa y S( since the first landing of the troops in
Jrom and after the 1 at of April, 1855, by j Turkey, 80,000 men and 40,000 horses have
stamps or otherwise, and thrtW’rto;; and aj- j perished. Vast numbers of both now lie in
ter the frst of January next postmasters masses, or scattered over the earth as they
must place postage stamps upon all prepaid j f e ]|_ being impossible to inter them in the
letters upon which such stamps may not j presen t =tate of the weather there, and they
havo been placed by the writers, or which presen t a spectacle that is disgustingly hor-
may not be enclosed in stamped envelopes.. J. id . There tbev w m remain to he consum-
I-' rom and after the Jirst of April-, lt'oo, j ed bv carion eaters, or to putrefy on the ra
the postage to ho charged on each single turn of m n d weather.
letter for any distance in the United States j
not exceeding 3,000 mile3 is three cents, and i Cotton Burned on the Central Rail-
over 3,000 miles ten 'cents. j road.—We learn from Sunday’s Georgian
The law does not change the existing : that two cotton trains took fire, Saturday,
rates or regulations in regard to letters to ; on the Central Railroad. The first was from
or from Canada or other foreign countries, ! Augusta and only seven miles from this
nor does it affect the franking privilege. ! city when the accident occurred. Ihe cou-
The provisions in regard to the registra- tents of one open car, about 33 bales of
tion of valuable letters will be carried into cotton, were entirely consumed. No other
effect, and special instructions i-'susd to damage was done, the flames being discov-
postmasters on the subject, as soon as the ered in time, and the car. by energetic ac-
necessary blanks can he prepared and dis- tioa, saved. The fire was from the woods,
tributed. Tbe other disaster took place about four
We beg to suggest that editors generally o’clock in the morning, at the turn-out at
throughout the United States would render the Ninety Mile Station. Tho contents of
an essentia' service to their readers by call- two cars, containing about 79 or 80 bales,
ing attention to this subject.
Painful Apprehension—Government
Steamer to be blown up.
Wo learn from the Tampa Peninsular of
the 3d inst-., that the Government steamer
“Texas Ranger” has been expected at that
port for more than two weeks past, trans
porting munitions of war for Fort Myers in
Florida. Her noo arrival has created much
uneasiness and conjecture that she has met
with a serious accident somewhere between
Tampa and New Orleans. The painful up
MONDAY, MCARH 19.
were nearly all consumed, twelve hales only
being saved. Tho fire in this case was not
discovered in time to save the ears, which
were entirely destroyed. Besides these, the
loss to the Company is nearly one hundred
bales of cotton. The origin of this fire had
not been ascertained with certainty, but it
was believed to come, as in the other case,
from the woods, which arc extensively on
fire.
Well Expressed.—The N. Y. Journal of
- . . . _ . - Commerce, of the 9th, closes an admirable
prehension intrudes itself upon the minds article on the Massachusetts persecution of
of some, that her inflammab.e cargo of J u( ]ge Loring, by saving, in reference to
powder, &c., has ignited, and that the shock • a ljolition generally i "
experic4x:<?(i on the ,h uit., and accredited j « a superior and" an inferior race arc now
to an earthquake was none other than the j working together for mutual advantage, un-
report of the explosion of the supposed ill der nl0re auspicious circumstances than are
known to the negro in any other condition
in which he is placed in any portion of the
globe.
Abolitionism would produce a war of
races, and the extinction of the one for
whose pretended advantage it is invoked,
with great injury to the other. But yet, to
accomplish so dangerous a purpose, every
honor and vengeance call upon us to act?- sho “ ld bc compelled to return home, and
, . “, , . 1 . make a report in person to tho President of
If there is not abundant cause of war now . (] ie jjl success of my mission,
this instant existing against Spain, then was j Your Excellency,'after pleading that those
were matters too momentous to be dealt
with in a day, left me, however with the
pledge that they would lie urged upon the
the whole story of our colonial wrongs a
mere figment—than was the tale of impress
ment, orders in council and insult to our
flag in the last war all stuff. Wc need not
go one inch below the surface of things to
find all the justification that a Christian
and a righteous government wants, for a
war on Spain and the conquest of Cuba.—
This is not the trouble. What shall wc do
with Cuba when we get her? “that’s the
.question.” We say, as yet, annexation like
that would lie, is an untried experiment
with our people. California did not furnish
doing with New Mex>co. But, take a State
now hundreds of years old, filled with a
consideration of Her Majesty’s government,
and that in case any change should inter
vene in its policy I would lie infoimcd of
it; and we parted. Since then, sir, fifteen
| days have elapsed, and I am yet to see the
first line of a communication from your Ex
cellency on any of the subjects embraced in
our conference. I feci hound, therefore, to
deem as granted, that ller Majesty wishes
not that her government should recede from
the position which it now occupies, and tha -
1 have only to ask your Excellency to direct
j „ . , , , a passport to he procured for me, expres-
a precedent, iu>r did New Mexico, though she j sing that I depart from Court with leave of
come very near it. And to this hour we j Her Majesty on my way back to the United
hardly know what to do, or what we are | States by France and England.
I will request your Excellency to take
Her Majesty orders that I may be informed
, . , , of the time when it will meet her Royal
population case-hardened in their foreign | pleasure to admit the last homage of
habitude? and genius, with no bounties to j PIERRE SOULE.
give to our shore, for what we might do for 1 « T « ^ rl
r, ■ v b . ‘ 'V ealth of Religious Denominations.—
the redemption of these recusant patriots— j The richest denomination, we see by the
without training without the first mnllea- ; census tables, is the Methodist, which is set
ble or plastic element of character and I down at §14,036,671. The next is the Pres-
then say what will he our condition. Then j bvterian, which is rated at 814,309,889.—
will this annexation he over ao-ain the i ibe E P‘ PU0 P al » which in number of church-
i-Vinm'inn- of ,, , f\ , ! es stands fifth, ranks third for its church
chaining oi die l.v mg and the dead togoth- ; propert y, being estimated at $11,201,970.-
er. 31r. Calhoun was right, if he ever was The fourth is the Baptist, $10,931,382; the
right, when he declared that to us Cuba was | fifth the Roman Catholic, $8,973,838 ; and
forbidden fruit. We have aright to redress tbe tbe Congregational, $7,973,902.
for the injuries that we have suffered at the The new dome of the Capitol, for which
haeds of those who have governed the Is- ! $100,000 were appropriated, will increase
land. Cuba was the power-—not Spain P resen ^ altitude of that edifice to 200
that inflicted them—her resources are am- thesr^rp'of D ra?*’ ]< ? ss ' llar L tbat of
pie enough to furnish indemnity—let us b 1 ^ burcb > New York,
take it—Lake and hold the Moro Castle too,
fated steamer. The strange noise came
from the channel entrance from tli£ Gulf
into Tamha Bay.
Another Herald Romance.
The New York Herald seems to be deal
ing of late in the lowest and most contemp
tible hoaxes, A few days since it concocted
an absurd story about the purchase of Y'u-1 - , ,, . -. , . „ -
catan for $40,000,000. Subsequently, it other valuable principle of American tree-
pretended to have knowledge of an auto- dom—whether it relate to the independence
graph letter of the Czar to the President; . of . th ? Jud g cs °f the supremacy of the Con-
btill later, of a great conspiracy to set up an stitution- ^liust be broken down and de-
independent confederacy on the Pacific. It i proved Bounds ought to be quickly set to
now professes to have intelligence and au- i l j ie iUrt ‘or progress ot this folly, and leave
thentie details of a new and prodigious fili- j l}l c remedy for slavery to the sure worker
bustering scheme, being nothing more nor f jme -
less than an enterprise cocked and primed j ^ _
for the liberation of the great South Ameri- • Nolfolk, March 12.—The steamship Illi-
can republic of Ecuador. ! nois from Aspimvall, with California dates
The leading spirit in this enterprise is j to the lGth ult., has put in here short of
ex-Senator Clemens, of Ala., to whom the j coal.
material of the army and navy is to be en- j She reports the safety of the sloop of war
trusted—having as hackers, an American Decatur which was at Valpariso on the 8th
force of twelve hundred men equipped for of February. The United States steamer
fighting purposes—himself to land the land '■ Massachusetts, sloop of war John Adams,
force, while the gallant Alvarado Hunter is and the frigate St. Lawrence, were at the
to command the navy!—Sar. Georgian.
The New York Times publishes a seeond
letter from Kossuth, addressed to a gentle
man in this country. In the course of it,
he tells the men of America to he prepared
for great events. He says the war (as con
ducted) is unpopular in France, and that
the French army in the Crimea is trembling
on the brink of a revolt. Also that, in
France, the “ consents ” betake themselves
to their heels by hundreds. Their families
are made responsible, and can get no sub-,
stitute under 6,000 fran '
same port;—all well,
Washington, March 12.—The President
has been closeted with Secretary Davis, at
the office of the war Department, for several
days, deciding upon officers for the new reg
iments.
Mr. Sollers, of Maryland, is seriously ill
of erysipelas, at Brown’s Hotel.
Mr. Soule is still here, endeavoring to set
tle his accounts with the Government.
pcndance on such a rotten stick as Cuba.
one
been
, ofiered to Mr. Dicker to influence his vote
A Hnrriranc. upon the bank question, reported in the
Me learn from a friend just from Floyd affirmative, refusing at the same time to
county that a most violent and destructive ‘ disclose names. There was rather a poor
hurricane passed over the country in the f h °^ fo ^ Specia . 1 cha J ters i foDr hank bills
region of the line of Floyd and Polk coun- j bee -— e - iected ’ T _.
ties, about 2 o’clock or. the morning of Tues- : Punch’s Last.—The London Punch is to
day last. The hurricane passed in a direc- • be beld res P 0,ls »ble for the following:
tion from West to East, extending over a “We areina postion to announce that
. . .. S tner a arrangements have been made with Ins Mai-
width of about three miles, prostrating tim- esty the Emperor of the French for the ad-
ber, fences, and every thing of the kind, j mission of all those generals of the British
unroofing some houses and prostrating oth- j arm y whose faculties are not impaired by
ers. How far the hurricane extended inleugth ! a £ e > as students at the Ecolc Polytechnigue.”
our informant was unable to say. : Tide of Trade.—We are informed that a
Rain. j consignment of two hundred and fifty bales
We had in this section, yesterday, most' uutton reached our city on Monday the
delightful and refreshing spring showers — ! 12tb > fro ™. Montgomery,—at having been
llaio lifc. f.jr week. W*
needed in tins part of the State to put our established a branch of their homm in M
S lens in condition for v
work also has been retard;
-of it
put
and our
l for want
branch of their house in Mont
gomery. Verily, these Railroads are a
wonderful institution 1—Columbus Enquirer
15th inst.
Arrival oft lie Illinois at Xew York.
New York, March 12.—The steamer II-
($2,400.) At; linois arrived here at 10 o’clock this evening,
Paris, between the “garde” and the “line,” j from Aspimvall, (having stopped at Nor-
a dozen duels take place day by day. And j folk for coal) bringing San Franctsco datc-s
thus he goes ou, through three columns of j of the 17th instant, $1,160,000 in specie on
“ facts ” and “ prophecies.” j freight, aud 300 passengers.
i She sailed from Aspinwall on the 2nd,
Tennessee River.—The Chattanooga Ad- \ and passed several Spanish vessels of war
vertiser says: The warm weather has melt-1 on the coast of Cuba.
ed the snow in part up in the mountains at * "\ be Lnited States steamer Fulton arrived
., - , , i at AspanwaU on the 1st inst. and sailed the
the sources of the lennessee, and we hare , follo / ing day0R acru i se .
a foot rise here in the river, but now at a ; There is no news of striking importance
stand again. It is quite doubtful whether j from California. Business generally was
we have any tide this spring, but arc living ; rather better, but there had been hut little
in liope^ j The Legislature was still balloting for a
The River.—The Columbus Enquirer of T *w 5°th baltot was taken on
m tne and resulted as follows : Gwin
Tuesday says: We regret exceedingly to . 41 . Edwards ; Roman 15, Broderick 12;
announce that our lliver still remains too . scattering 4.
low for navigation. And although the ; The steamers Oregon from Panama, and
weather for the past few days has occasion-1 Columbia from Oregon, were due at San-
allv given some encouraging indications of i ^ ra ” c ’®?°; . „ . . ,
,* • ; The dates from Honolulu are to 27th
relaxing, still the consummation is pcs - j an Annexation resolutions had ceased
poned, and at the present writing we have | >,y order 0 f the King
to admit that there is no well defined pros-j ' The dates from Austrilia are Melbourn
pect of rain.” ! Nov. 4, and Sidney, November 11th. The
1 ——— improving
j markets were
for Breadstuff's
To Render Leather Impervious to | and domestic produce. Gpld products had
Water.—Lay it over with a mixture com- i fallen off 399,000 ounces in nine months,
posed of half a pound of bees-wax, and one I TIie bark American was to sail form
fourth of a pound of common rosin. The
mixture should he applied warm, and the
surface be previously well cleaned. Farm
ers and. others who are necessarily much
exposed, would do well to provide them
selves with this valuable article. We have
tried it and can speak confidently of its effi
cacy.—Germantown Telegraph.
Philadelphia, March 15.—The police
mode a descent last night upon a gambling
house in Chesnut street below Tenth, which
they found in full operation. Tho Bank
and apparatus was captured and 27 persons
were made prisoners, mostly Southern and j This ship was first supposed to be tLe Or-
Western merchants. j ientaL
Tahita for Pitcairn’s Island December 15,
having on board Meigs, the defaulter.
The U. S. St. Mary's, arrived f-om Hon
olulu on the 10th, all well.
Boston, March 12.—The Wm. A. Cooper,
of Savannah, for theis port, is ashore at
Scituate. She went ashore on Saturday
morning, on Sandy bottom with her head
to the sea. Captain Sears, Gore, first mate
and one seaman, were drowned in attemp
ting to reach the shore in a boat. The
remainder of he? crew were taken off in a
life-boat. The vessel still holds together,
but her main and mizzen mast are gone.—r
j [From the Staunton (Ya.) Spectator.]
) Marriage Under Difficulties.
j A few days since I was present at a mar-
I riage which had some things about it so new
| and romantic that I am tempted to give you
j a short description. For a day and night
j preceding the appointment, there had been
! an incessant fall of rain, which, added to
j the deep snow in the mountains, caused a
j rapid rise in the water. Parson B ,
i of Bath county, had been invited to per-
‘ form the ceremony. Anticipating difficulty
—and, perhaps, remembering defeat in days
of yore,—he set out from home early in the
morning, with the hope of passing the water
courses before they were too full.
Vain hope. When he reached the neigh
borhood he was told that the river was
swollen beyond any possibility of crossing
with any safety. It is often hard to start a
weddiDg, but when started it is a great deal I Here our friends of Cobb must come if they
harder to stop it. The parson having se- j expect to do well, better than ivell, in.huying
cured tha company of a friend in the neigh- what thev want , from that « side of bacoa
borhood, determined to make every effort to ! , ‘ „ , „ , „. , „
accomplish his mission, and if there must j and llou of molas9es ’ tbat our friend of
■he a failure,- let it be after a fair trial. By ! the Georgian speaks of, 'up to mountains qr
a circuitous route, he and his companion j down to oceans of the same, bacon and mo-
succeeded in reaching the bank of the river, \ lasses in which above all other men in this
opposite to and only a few hundred yards habitable poi . tion of the earth, our mer-
distant from the house. A loud halloa soon ! , , , >
brought the wedding party to a parley on ; cban | s are wau ^ delectate.
the bank of the river. The whole difficulty i tt is true our friend iu Marietta does not
was before them ; the parson could not ad- : scold, and only pouts, half good-naturedly
vance a step further without swimming a j an d half not, at the farmers around Mariet-
dangerous mountain torrent, covered with i fo ,, . ,
, & , . ,. a , : ta running down here tor then- every hitch
huge sheets of floating ice. But “ where c . *
there is a will there is a way,” though there i °‘ _ jac °D and _ S a ”‘ on s y ru P> aud jet we
be neither bridge nor boat. ! think him decidedly wrong even to intimate
Marietta Georgian.
The Georgian will accept our thanks,
which we do most heartily tender, for the
valuable buff it gave in the last number of
Atlanta merchants generally, and of Atlan
ta itself most particularly. Our neighbor is
right, Atlanta is going ahead—will go ahead,
and as it is simply her manifest destiny, she
must go ahead. We respect the delightful
little village of Marietta—her nice little
Plaza upon which we always find every .
body out to saluto the locomotive as it passes ' 6ra >'- u P on h f r . r , ocent tri JP, from Aspinwall
through, and her dearjlittle duck of a moan- to Havana > w!uch ma ? add addltl0ual com '
tain is truly an exquisite little elevation of
its class- But as to groceries, excuse us.—
Farther from Cuba.
ANOTHER INSULT TO XHB AMERICAN FLAG.
Cuban Forces and Movements.
The Charleston papers contain further in
telligence by the Isabel at that city. The
Standards correspondence is particularly
full and interesting. We condense below,
such intelligence, as not having appeared
before, is important. It will be remembe
red dates are to the 10th inst.
FIRING UPON AN AMERICAN STEAMER.
Another act of madness has been perpe
trated by the Cuban authorities, with re
spect to the steamer El Dorado, Captain
plication to relations between this Govern
ment and Spain. It is stated tbat she near
ed Cape San Antonio, upon her usual sail
ing track, a gun was fired from a Spanish
man of war, lying to, within point blank
distance as she passed.
Immediate attention was given to the
summons, although made without signal or
wa^nipg—after the mauper. of. the olden
time pirates of Cuba—but it did not prevent
the transmission of an iron surpriser, which
passed a few feet over the wheel house of
the steamer as she was approaching to com
municate. The steamer was well known to
all the officers:—thero was no largo .num
ber of passengers on hoard to alarm the
quiet fishermen along shore:—and nothing
hut malice, wanton malice, could have caus
ed the assault. Affidavits of the facts have
been made by the officers of the ship, which
_ go forward to the State Department by this
It was proposed that the parson should 1 dissent or objection. Let them come, brother j steamer, and copies of the same have been
marry them acros the rolling flood. This Atkinson. Do those *'ood men not wish to ! cove - ved to the Captain-General,
proposition was acceded to Yet the parson se(J sometbi of the grcat world whil at j «f« se “ aligned for this outrage ex
act'lared that it behoved them to act law- , . ° , v ’ ’ | ccpt that the authorities seemed to he in a
fully, and insisted on his warrant he- j t le satne ’ “ 10 -' T S et tbe ’ ,r supplies from deal- j m00 d for it.
ing transmitted to his hands. Happily for ' ers that never caution their customers 1 Gen. Concha Setting up for Himself,
us in this free country, the law does not | against buying too much for fear of “break-
prescribe how this is to be accomplished; ■ j n , r their assortment.”
neither does it state at what distance the of- j °
ficiating officer shall stand. In this case : Saint Patrick’s Day.
the license was bound close round a stone • Tne natal day of Ireland’s patron Saint
of suitable size, and the whole boing wrap- ' was observed in our city with tho appropri-
There is a rumor to the effect that Gen.
Concha has it in contemplation to try his
hand at a Dictatorship, or something of tbat
sort, and though wanting confirmation in
any facts of the previous history of that Is-
. » . j land or any antecedent probabilities, is suffi-
ped with thread so as to make it tight and j honors usual on such occasions. The j to give a little spice to our advices,
compact, was thrown across the river. The ‘ j • , Volunteers under P int NeKen i The rumor, however, pretends to found
feat of throwing it was performed by the J . ’ ,' ' ’. I itself upon some betrayal of correspondence
bridegroom, while his young bride was ; their s P lendlu uniform » made a most credlt ' [ or transmission of orders between Concha
standing by him. And it was thrown with \ able appearance. The orator of the day— , an d General Mansano, who is the connnan-
a hearty good will. That man knew he was 1 Col. O. A. Lochrane, of Macon—was escort- j der-in-cliief for the eastern department of
throwing for a wife, and the only question j ed t0 Q r i sp ’ s Atlienmum bv the Volunteers j tbes0 most extensive military operations,
with him was, wife or no wife. There stood ’ '' ' " ’ ■
the
miscarry
hanging
With a powerful swing of the arm it the finest effort of the kind vve over listenod ] ever,
started, and mounting high, took its onward to, and was in many of its points marked by 1 * s no predicting what Concha may or may
“*_ d “ r y u fl _ i £ b *-_ _ I had i l ar “ ed . ion ft, betbr ,® rare ability. It abounded in historical al- j n )l fc , think himself now competent to accom-
[From the Marietta Georgian.]
The Grocery Trade in Marietta.
We have often alluded to the necessity of
more enterprise in various departments of
business connected with our city. This lo
cality is peculiarly adapted to the grocery
business. A glance at tho map will show
that Marietta is the most accessible railroad
point for Paulding, Polk, Cherokee, Forsyth
Lnmpkin and Gilmer counties. The com
pletion of the railroads to the markets of the
west, and of the seaboard and gulf, renders
it more accessible than any other city, taken
in connection with the commodities now
brought from the West.
Why then should Atlanta be suffered to
monopolize the whole grocery trade of upper
Georgia ? It is true she has more railroads
—more stir and bustle—more hotels, and
adventurous bipeds of every grade, than any
city in the state. But these do not consti
tute her the best grocery market. It is true
that the almost magic progress of Atlanta
has attracted the attention of the crowd,
and in the general rush, the enthusiasm
has depeiied into a fixed belief that Atlanta
is the only place in Upper Georgia where
prosperity'can get even a respectable foot
hold. Thus Atlanta grows on, and we watch
with satisfaction its rapid strides to opulence
and high rank among the cities of the South,
i But this progress and this rank should not
• attach to Atlanta advantages which she does
j not possess. We hazard the assertion, that,
! as a location for selling goods to all points
north of the Chattahoochee, Marietta has
great advantage over Atlanta. Glance at
the position of the counties contiguous. A
comparison of the rates of freights on arti
cles bought in Tennessee with those pur
chased below, and an estimate of the great
saving in rents and general expenses, will
vindicate the truth of this assertion.
But says the reader—you cannot draw tho
trade, against tho current now swelling to
Atlanta.
Why not! Atlanta is not necessarily
bound, like Pharaoh’s lean kine, to swallow
up all competition. At present we have
but one or two men in the grocery business
with the necessary facilities for doing a
large business. “One swallow cannot make
a summer.” But with all respect for the
merchants of Atlanta—we may say, that
the people generally have not learned to re
gard with confidence the majority of the
business houses of that city. They feci that
, - , — — reputa
at present, is to wait and see. There tion in market of being highly reliable.—
nredictimr what Concha m.av nr imv They have not much reputation at homo for
that “ whatever goes up must come down,
but I felt some misgivings as to where the
come down might be in the case. The mo
ment of suspense was soon over. The little
missile, freighted with a document so im
portant, sped its way through the air in a
most beautiful arch, high over the wide wa
ters, and a shout of triumph announced its
fall on terra firma. To unwrap and read
was the work of a moment. The parties
were already arranged, with joined hands,
and Parson B , with uncovered head,
stood as gracefully and as lightly, too, as he
could upon a quick-sand at the edge of the
river, and with voice distinctly heard above
the roar of waters, the marriage was con
summated. Well pleased at so favorable a
termination of what a little before had been
a forlorn hope, the groups on either bank
took off their several ways. Whatever else
I may forget, I never can forget that throw.
Tke Ocean and ltsDepths.
Professor Olmstead, of New Haven, has
contributed to the last number of the New
Englander (a quarterly publication) an arti
cle entitled “A Philosophical Survey of tho , . .. . .. , , , , „ .
Ocean,” from which we extract the following 1 111 “ ie P ubilc regai dt-ill he departed tint
paragraph. The author commends highly ; aud thli demagogues administered upor
the labors of Lieut. Maury.
The waters of the ocean cover nearly :
three-fourths (or more exactly, five-sevenths) j
of the surface of the globe; of the thirty-
eight millions of miles of dry land in exist
ence, twenty-eight belong to the Northern ;
hemisphere. The mean depth of the ocean
has been variously stated, but may for tho j
present he taken at four miles; the numer- :
ous soundings now in progress will soon en- j
able us to speak with more definiteness on !
this point. Enough lias already been done
to prove that the depth is exceedingly une-
qual; that, like the surface of the earth, j
the bottom of the ocean here rises in moun
lusions most happily adduced, and referred !
j in the most touching manner io the patriot |
band who, for Ireland, had risked aud suf- j
fered so much. We thought, while listening j
to the eloquent young speaker, that if there j
was present one Irish heart that did not j
glow with pride at such honorable mention \
of Erin’s great names, and did not hope for :
her aud pray for her redemption, that it ,
must havo been cold indeed. We hope to ;
he able to lay this able address before our i
readers, or such extracts as we may be able |
to secure from Col. Lochrano’s notes.
Small Capital.
A butehsr in New York was killed the
other day in a rum-hole by a man who hap- j
pened, luckily, to be au Irishman. Bdi j
Poole—note, we suppose
a fast man, a man of blood by profession,
and by choice a regular member of the
“swell mob,” and never filled the least space
is life
upon his
carcass. After Bill’s body had been purged
of its soul the politicians set to work and
have succeded in making a show out of this
wretched creature that is a disgrace not to
this country alone, but to the century. Just
think of250,600 men turning out to the fune
ral of one who was hardly worth the hole he
filled in the ground—delegations coming
from all the surrounding cities to give coun
tenance and importance to this affair, and
stimulating by every expedient the very
worst passions of the human heart. When
tain peaks, and there sinks in deep valleys. ! a P eo P- e culler such trifles, or such base
Until recently, the deepest sounding ever i purposes either as to that, as mark this dog
made was that by Capt. Scoresby in the po- ! fight, to excite or madden them, we may ' Government. As for the papers, of course,
lar seas, which was short of a mile anil a j f«.irlv take it for granted that neither public j they are full of the loyalty which it is said
As late as 1848, the maximum sound-1 j tbe r ;„ b * s (1 f T)ro)!er ty or the nublic tbc wb °te population of the Island are ad-
a llinf f\P Honf Paoo in tLn QrviGL ! 1 ’ O I I' w J i * - • * - ■*
plish.
Resources of the Island
But wheather or not Concha has really
indulged such brilliant anticipations and
determinations, his reliance upon the troops
under his command ought to affect even the
poorest fiillibuster with nothing much better
than contempt. The number of the troops
at the operations without the city, was
swelled, by some accounts, to nearly 8000.
But they could never be counted for more
than GOOO. The whole regular force in the
Island can be reckoned at very little above
$13,0U0. Of these, 12,000 are taken up by
twenty infantry regiments; there are two
cavalry regiments which number 700 more;
four squadrons of cavalry, which offord 240
and besides these, theve are . four brigades
of mounted arte, levy, mounting six guns
each, and each gun served by twelve men.
Wliat this whole force of volunteers and
Saint Poole—was j regulars, numbering, say 13.000 men, would
be able to do iu case of any substantial de
scent upon the Island, is more than I can
say.
War Fever Dying Away.
The war fever is subsiding, and fear sits
no more upon our roof tree. Wo arc in the
mood for the commission of more aggression
upon our nearest, if not our dearest, neigh
bor ; wherefore, I presume, tho cause of the
recent assault upon the United States mail
steamer El Dorado, Gray master, on her
trip from Aspinwall to Havana.
As to the Captain General, lie has perfect
confidence in his own ability to control all
that is entrusted to his command. This is
shown, if in no other way, by his late with
drawal of the regulars for exercise at Puen-
tas Grandes, entrusting the care of the city,
in the meantime, entirely to the volunteer
regiments. It was only a few hours away
to be sure, but these few hours might have
been used to a practical purpose by men
thoroughly determined to overthrow the
half.
ing was that of Capt. Ross, in ihe South , , , ,
Atlantic, and gave 27,600 feet, or a little j P e; ’- C0 are secured by any reliable guarantee, j
over five mile?, without finding bottom.— j The Journal of Commerce heads its ac-1
But more recently, at a point of the Atlau- | Co nnt of the show “rowdyism inaugurated,” :
tic further North, Lieut. Walsh of the U. ! . .
S. schooner Taney, sounded without reach- i an ‘ ' - s ‘
ing bottom, to the depth of 34,200 feet, or i “ The mortal remains of ‘ Bill Poole,’ a j
nearly GJ miles. Within a short time Capt. j victim to the late brutal affray at Stanwix j
Denham’ communicated to the Royal So- ; Hall, were interred yesterday in Greenwood i
ciety a report of having reached the j Cemetery, and the event was made the oc-
bottoin of the Atlantic, in a passage | casion of a tremendous public deraonstra-
from Rio Janeiro to the Cape of Go- d | tion, that could hardly have been viewed by-
Hope, at the astonishing depth of 7,- ! good citizens with other emotions than those
700 fathoms, or 8J miles; a depth so pro- i of mortification, pain and apprehension.—
found that the plummet occupied its descent From his late residence in Christopher street
from the reel nearly 9J hours. From these
results it appears that the depths of the
ocean exceed the heights of the mountains,
since the loftiest summits of the Uimmalay a
are little more than 28,000 feet, or 5J miles.
Notwithstanding these enormous depths,
tiiere are large tracts of the ocean compar
atively shallow: and in the immediate vi
cinity of places where no bottom could be
f'-und. These facts indicate that the bed of
the sea is diversified like the surface of the
earth. The Gulf of Mexico is thought not
to exceed on an average one mile ; and the
Greenland seas are of such moderate depth,
that whales, when harpooned, often run to
the bottom, as is indicated by their appear
ance when they rise again to the surface.—
Whales are even supposed to seek a part of
their food at the bottom of the sea.
The Late Duel.—The duel alluded to
in yesterday’s paper was fought between
Mr. Gerard and Mr. John De Buys. The
case was brought before Recorder Ramos
yesterday, by Captain Baldwin of the Se
cond District Police, who made affidavit
against Messrs. De Buys and Gerard as
principals, and four other gentlemen as se
conds, for having been engaged in a duel
with small swords, at the Mataire Ridge,
within their jurisdiction of the First Dis
trict Court, on Monday evening. The duel
originated in a difficulty between De Buys
and Gerard, which took place some time
since, and grew out of the fact, it is said,
that Gerard had acted as second in a duel
against De Buys some time since. The
meeting took place beneath the oaks atsftla-
taire Ridge, and the combat was witnessed
by some fifty persons. Small swords were
the weapons, and the conditions were that
the parties should fight till one or the oth
er fell. Gerard at first stood upon his guard,
hut being stirred up by some taunt from his
antagonist, he made the attack, and the re
sult was that he plunged his sword eight
times into the body of De Buys receiving
hut a slight scratch in return, De Buys now
lies at the point of death.—New Orleans
Paper.
Boots & Shoes.—Wo notice tbat our old
friends, F. M. Eddieman & Bro., have re
moved their establishment across Whitehall
Street, to the old stand of Sternherger &
Frankford, and are now opening the largest
and choicest selection of Boots and Shoes
ever brought to onr city. Those wishing
anything in their line of business will find
at Messrs. Eddieman & Bro.’s articles of
excellent quality, at low prices, and the pro
prietors always courteous, gentlemanly and
attentive.
to Broadway, and thence to the Battery,
presented one moving mass of humanity;
window* and balconies were crowded, as
were many liouse-tops. Without danger of
exaggeration, it may he said that a iarger
concourse of ci iizeris has rarely assembled,
in honor of any individual, however eminent
for intellectual or moral acquirements, or
distinguished for public services.
“ To our mind, the spectacle was darkly
portentious, not only foreshadowing the sub
version of Sabbath institutions, but evils it
would be unwise to predict. It formed one
of the series of rapidly occurring circum
stances serving to indicate the existence of
deep feelings of sectarian animosity among
large classes. The street preaehing excite-
rnent, the Gavazzi riots, the attacks on civic
and religious processions, anil existing re-
ligio-politico organizations, are manifesta
tions of the same character.”
Young America.—Two elopements come
off here last week, says the Montgomery
Journal,—slight indication of the increasing
briskness of the times. Both of the gentle
men belonged to this city. One of the la
dies was a Texian. and tho other resided at
Union Springs, Macon county. West point
was formely the Gretna Green of this section.
Georgetown, in Stewart county, Georgia,
oposite Eufanla, seems more recently to
have beeome fashionable. Both of the gen
tlemen were enterprising—one took his bride
out of the stage, about twenty miles below
this point, and in less time than it could be
written, was off with his ponies at a 2:40
stroke, for the t'other side “of Ohattahoo-
chie.” In liis passage he met his friend,
on his returne from the same shrine of Hy
men, to which he was destined.
Fire ! Fire !!—We understand that great
damage was sustained by numbers of citi
zens in various parts of the country on Fri
day last, by fires in the old fields and adja
cent woodlands. An immense amount of
fencing was destroyed, and the growing
timber seriously injured. We are surprised
that fire should be so carelessly used on
plantations as almost every one is in the
daily habit of doing. The wonder is, that
so little damage has grown out of it.
The dwelling house on the plantation of
Henry Hull, jr., Esq., was consumed by fire
last week, we learn, together with all the
furniture, &c,, of SykeB, the overseer.
We understand that in Madison and Jack-
son counties the destruction of propertywas
much greater than here—fodder stacksi corn
crops, and out buildings, and in some in
stances, dwelling houses having bom Utterly
consumed by the devouring element.—Athens
Watchman.
dieted to, and the general determination of
every citizen, good, bad and indifferent, to
take up arms against the ruthless invaders
who are expected to come over from the
main-land. Even in Villa Clara, the very
hot-bed of rebellion—or, at least, the city
where discontent has been most frequently
and violently manifested—it has been as
serted that all the men capable of doing mil
itary service are manifesting their willing
ness to try it by forming themselves into
companies of infantry and cavalry.
Peace Offering to tire Y ankees.
The Captain General gave a dinner to
several American gentlemen on the 6th
instant. Guests—Senator Fish, of New
York; Mr. Pruyn, of same State; Com.
Eagle, and Col. Win, H. Robertson, the act
ing Consul of the United States. This is to
be considered in the light of a peace offering
to the Yankees.
VOW OF THE CREOLE GIRLS.
I am intimate with a Creole gentleman,
who has made a vow never to permit a hair
to be taken from his face, until JDuba shall
be conquered by the fillibusters, or at any
rate shall have become free, and at great
{ ersonal inconvenience he keeps his vow.—
am on terms of intimacy with several very
beautiful Creole gilrs of great wealth, who
declare they will never marry any man, but
an “ American fillibuster.” Let it not be
supposed from this statement, that I possess
“ fillibuster principles"—for although 1
should gladly hail the advent of freedom in
Cuba, yet I confess I have no fondness for
fillibusterism.
course of trade.
It is an indication of the course of trade
that while exchange on London is from ten
and a half to eleven per cent premium, it is
sold upon New York at from one to one and
a half per cent discount, which shows the
force of present commercial restrictions up
on trade with this country, which while,
they sell to us, compel them to buy in Eu
rope.
Business shows no improvement that I
can disern. Every thing seems yet to he at
a stand still. There is an excess of specie
in the banks, and some of them have even
offered to loan at six per cent. Every thing
is ready for a change for better or for worse,
and a h'.vath will he sufficient to produce it.
Sales f Rice, 8th inst., 71 tierces and
100 sac;,.-; (old,) from Antwerp, by the Oce
anic, at 11 rials per arrobe; 9th, 54 tierces,
26 do., and 74 half do., by the Abot Devere-
vx, from Charleston, at 13f, 13|, and 13 J
rials per arrobe.
The Niagara Suspension Bridge.—The
Buffalo Express gives the following statistics
of the railroad suspension bridge at Niaga
ra. Length of span from centre to centre
of towers, 822 feet; hoight of towers above
the rock on the American side, 88 feet; do.
on the Canada side, 78 feet; do. floor of
railway, 60 feet; number of cables, 4; di
ameter of each cable, 10 inches; number of
No. 9 wires in each cable, 3,659; aggregate
strength of cables. 12,400 tons; weight of
superstructure 750 tons; do. superstructure
and maximum loads, 1,250 tons; maximum
'weight of cable and stay trill support 7,300
tons; heieht of track above the water; 284
feet; height of railroad above wagon track,
60 feet.
far-seeing and bold-daring enterprise, we
are sorry to admit, otherwise instead of one
or two, we Would have a half dozen first
class wholesale grocery houses. Has Atlan
ta more than that.
We are aware that somo will compare our
entbusiani on this subject to that of Sancho
Panza and the wind mills. So be it. We are
willing that it should he recorded of us that
onehas been found to raise an earnest thought
feeble voice against the crazy tide that now
sets for the Railroad city. In doing this
we are actuated by no jealous rivalry for our
sister city. Many of her best men, ' with a
wise discernment, have advertised liberally
with the up country press. We accord to
them a fair fight and open field in the race
for business. Many of them arc our personal
friends. At the same time, as a citizen of
Marietta—indentified with her interests, and
doing battle for her progress, we would sue
her reap the full advantage of her position.
This, a blind idea of the growth of Atlanta,
seems to defer her from achieving. If men
have capital to invest in business, they rush
to Atlanta—pay high rents, and engage in a
competition ioo often rush and ruinous. And
in the general rush it cannot be denied that
the old patrons of Marietta, if they want a
r.ide of bacon or a gallon of molasses, aro
willing to haul it twenty or thirty miles to
gratify this raging Atlanta fever."
So be it. Atlanta has a fine position for
business, and is fast becoming a staunch
business city. It is drawing trade from ev
ery direction, and must become a good com
mercial point. Butwc do insist for the trade
north of the Chattahoochee to ho forced to
Atlanta simply because wo have no men
here to control it, is suicidal to tho interest
of the whole section.
Who will come from Atlanta, Macon, Sa
vannah, Augusta, Nashville or any other
point, and open’grocery houses in Marietta '?
Reception of Anthony Burns in Boston.
Anthony Burns arrived in Boston the 7th
instant, and had public reception in the
evening, at Tremont Temple, at which
about one thousand persons were present.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Neal.— *
Burns was then introduced by Rev. Grimes,
a colored clergyman of that city, who made
a statement in regard to the efforts made to
accomplish his liberty.
Burns then addressed the audience in
substantially the same terms that he did in
New York. He was followed by Rev. E.-
N. Kirk, who denounced slavery with much
emphasis. The Doxology was snng, and
many persons advanced to the platform and
shook hands with Burns.
The reception seemed to quite of a reli
gious cast, and no prominent abolition
ists took part in the services. A fee of 25
cents was charged foradmission.
Europe Threatened with a General
War.—A few weeks more, says a cotempo
rary, and unless neace is made at Vienna
with a promptitude that nobody in Europe
now seems to expect, we shall witness the
opening, on that continent, of a war, in
comparison with those events in the Crimea
campaign, will sink into that insignificance
which, m a war between three of the great
est nations on the face of the earth, it al
ways ought to have worn. The hitherto in
dependent operations in the Black Sea, and
in tho Baltic, will then he connected by a
line of battle extending across the whole
breadth of the Continent which separates
those two colossal inland lakes: and armies
whose magnitude is adequate to almost
boundless extent of the Sarmatian plain,
will contend for its dominion. Then, and
then only, can the war be said to have be
come truly a European one.
Georgia and Florida Bourdary.—We
notice in the proceedings of the Supreme
Court at Washington, in the case of the
State of Florida, vs. the State of Georgia,
on the motion of the Attorney General to
intervene on behalf of the United States,
Chief Justice Taney delivered the opinion,
granting leave to the Attorney General to
adduce evidence, either written or otherwise,
to examine witnesses. &c., to establish the
boundary claimed by the United States.
Wednesday, several motions were filed by
counsel, and argued by Governor Westcott,
for the complainant, and Senator Badger fer
the respondent.
2!l Heartfelt Sentiment Inopportunely’
Expressed.—A large and brilliant party
was given in fashionable circles a few weeks
since, not a hundred miles from our metrop
olis, and the festivities. Yvere kept up to so
late an hour, that the fair hostess became
completely wearied out. Some fifteen min
utes after the lady supposed the last of her
guests had left, sne walked into the supper
room, where the gas had been turned down,
and gave vent to her wearied spirit by ejac
ulating, “ Thank God, they are all stuffed
and gone.”
“ Not quite all,” squeaked out a voice.—
“ I have returned to find an ear-ring which
1 supposed was dropped while at the supper
table 1” The hostess' chagrin can be better
imagined than described when,'on turning
round; she discovered one of her nearest
fashionable neighbors \—Boston Post.
Detroit, March 8.—General Cass arrived
herefrom Washington last night and was
received with a salute of thirty-two guns.
