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i MMWngar work, and for a week now
■acre* order, north qf Mason ft ZXaoiia Km,
aa thoroughly and irradeambly oommittad
to tha eanaa of abolitionism. Knowing the
aattarial of which the new party moat of
nauaaaltj he composed, we 'have, from the
tin it first began to loom above the politi-
eal horizon,{regarded it aa an impoeaibilitj
that aooh an organization could acquire a
position of power and control in northern
politics without embodying within itself
enough of the leaven of abolitionism to
leaven the whole lump. This we expected
at the North. But it seems that not satis
fied with the ample field afforded in the Free
States for the operations of this new cohort
of sectionalism, it is also invading the arena
of Southern politics for purposes of anti-
slavery conquest. The gubernatorial con-
teat now progressing in Virginia is bring
ing out in colors too vivid for any to mis
take the true character of Know Noth-
ingiam in the Old Dominion.
The nominee of the secret order for Lieu
tenant Governor, Mv. J. M. H. Beale, is one
of the very few. men from the South, who,
while representing a Southern constituency
on the floors of Congress, voted for the
abolition of slavery by act of Congress in
the District of Columbia. But we are not
without evidence from the lips of leading
men among the Know Nothings themselves
to establish the ablition character of the
order. No less a man than John P. Hale,
ex-Senator from New Hampshire, when in
terrogated os to the object of the Know
Nothing organization, of which he is a lead
ing .member, did not hesitate to reply:—
“ We mean to ABOLITIONIZE the South,
and we intend to do it!” Hero then is the
programme of the new party with which so
many even in Georgia seem to have sudden
ly become so much enamored. How long
will Southern men adhere to and support a
party, one of the objects of which, as avow
ed by its own members at the North, is to
abolitionixe the South ?
Theatrical.—Mr. W. H. Crisp’s thoatri-
oal company, with Miss Eliza Logan as the
bright particular star have just closed a very
successful series of performances in Mont
gomery.
Hayden’s Hall.—Our amusement-loving
citizens will remember that Mr. Collins, the
celebrated Irish comedian, gives an enter
tainment to-night at Hayden’s Hall. Those
who love to indulge in a little “ mirth that
wrinkled care derides,” will not soon find a
better opportunity to gratify such an incli
nation than will be afforded to-night.
It penetrates the parlor* of Fifth Avenue, In
the moustache and cravat of Wm. Codfish, Esq.,
and settles itself with democratic oamplacency in
the boudoir of his lady. In streams far down the
Bay in yellow clouds and begrimes the shining
cross on Trinity street, smutches the white sails of
ships, and rustles grittily in the satin skirts of
Laura Matilda. Dust, dust. None on Broadway
pavement which is cleaner than under the reginue
of Genic, but plenty in dry goods stoves, warred
on by sleek-haired clerks with brushes, plenty on
the blurred window panes, plenty in the oft-washed
throats of topers. The increase of daily “smiles,”
since the dust epoch would furnish an intereating
item of statistics for a Temperance Almanac, and
show that ebriety ia closely allied to low winds
and total abttinenceof clean streets. But the poets
promise as April showers and May flowers, and we
live in hope. Even while we are writing the soft
pattering of a gentle rain and the shining of wet
umbrellas shows that unwary pedestrians hare
been deluded by the treacherous skies, which but
an hour ago were olad in smiles and in an boor
more will smile again. Though wo cannot sea
hern the grass springing up fresh and green at ev
ery step under the grateful influence of the warm
moisture, we no lees enjoy the great luxury of
sprinkling in the cleansed atmosphere, which, in
its filthy state, baa been so long a harden to the
Seven Days
LATER. FEOM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE
Detail* of Site D«eth the Cl
The Emperor Nicholas died on L
j »ng of the 2d of March, at 12 o'clock 10
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STEAM
SHIP
. Fires are still raging in Sumter co..
Serious damage has been done to fences, and
in som6 instances, houses have been destroy
ed. Two attempts have been made by in
cendiaries to fire the town of Americus.
Hon. W. T. Colquitt.—We are sincere
ly glad to hear that this distinguished son
of Georgia, who was so seriously ill a few
weeks ago as to leave but little hopes of re
covery, has so far recovered as to be able to
pay a visit to Montvale Springs, East Ten
nessee.
Patent Corn Mill.—Wo would invite
the attention of readers generally, and our
farming friends iu particular, to the adver
tisement of “Scott's Patent Little Giant
Com and Cob Mill,” a specimen of which
may be seeu at the store of Messrs. Gilbert
ft Clark, on Peach Tree Street. This new
invention has been highly recommended by
those who have tested its qualities and we
would advise persons in want of anything
of the kind to give it an examination.
Col. Tift.—This gentleman, having been
mentioned in connection with the office of
Govenor in the Thomasville Watchman, he
has writton a noto to the editor of that paper
in which he declines “the use of (his) name,
in any event, as a candidate for Governor.”
He is warmly in favor of tho re-election of
Governor Johnson.
Story of a Brave Mast.
The telegraph briefly announces this mor
ning the suicide at Jackson. Miss, of Col.
Alexander K. MeClung. Our manuscript
despatch read, “Col. MeClung, the Duellist,
but he was otherwise distinguished, in a
very eventful life in tho Southwest than for
his prowess under the bloody “Code of Hon
or,” and deserves, in death, to be remem
bered, as well for the good which he did, as
for the evil which the telegraphic record
would cause to live after him. He was a
brave man for his country iu war, os well
as a desperate one in defence of his own
perhaps too sensitive honor, in peace. He
was prompt, gallant and distinguished in
the Volunteer Service in Mexico, in 1847,
under General Taylor. He was the first to
scale the Black Fort at Monterey, and for
his intrepidity in placing the Stars and
Stripes on its captured wails, was marked
and pierced by the enemy with wounds un
der which he suffered the most agonizing
S ains for five or six months, and chafed that
0 could not be rid of them to bear his part
on the field of Buena Vista, within a few
miles of which he was invalided.
The grand carnival, which has been appointed
by some malevolent conclave in the church social
to be annually observed with due honor in our
city, ia now rapidly approaching, and already have
extensive preparations commenced, leoking for
ward to the period when confusion is to 1>« the
only law and sour-tempored housewives the gentle
deities. House-hunting is the order of the day.
All along the thoroughfares, from the earliest
hour of the morning that breakfast can be dis
patched and the baby cradled to the settling back
of the tide of weary life towards the inhabited
parts of town, bustling forms in petticoats (for to
the softer sex is entrusted the selection of our next
year’s domicil) may be seen wildly rushing about
with anxious dusty faces and jaded gait. Verily,
they seem to like it vaatly—it give* them euoh a
deal of importance and ao many privileges. They
sweep hurriedly by you at turnings, not deigning
to notice the jostling which their haste has caused
you, nor to east a look of apology upon helpless
babies or apple-women’s stands which are pros
trated in their career, wearing a grim smile at
some secret of housekeeping discovered in the
last house they emerged from, or a frown of defi
ance for every curt matron who shall dare to hesi
tate in answering all their privileged questions.—
Rents, as was predicted, are much lower this
spring, and it is to be hoped that the many ruin
ous consequences which resulted from thoir ex
orbitant highneaa last year will be avoided this.—
Houses in many parts of the city can be obtained
for nearly half what they cost last spring, and
still building is going forward quite as briskly as
ever.
There is some faint hope now .that we shall be
able, eventually, to prido ourselves upon a park in
the upper part of the city, of sufficient extent to
answer the great purpose of healthful ventilation.
This object, most devoutly to be wished for has
been defeated many times by the strong money in
fluence brought to bear against it, and the effort
opposed to the present project, though vigorously
withstood, has come near working its ond. Tho
Mayor’s veto of the proposition to reduce the area
of the intended park is only another instance of
his broad and correct views upon all questions
which pertain to the physical and moral welfare
of the people, and gives much encouragement to
those human advocates of health and comfort for
the masses who have been obliged to fight so stren
uously against the worshippers of the money-king.
The arguments made use of by the opponents of
the measure are certainly of a most futile charac
ter, and, in the face of common sense, such as we
really think liberal minded men would be asham
ed to pronounce.
The policy pursued for decorating onr public
grounds with shade treeB by those who have the
matter in hand seems sufficiently ridiculous to any
one who haB ever planted and watched the growth
of a forest treo. Every year thrifty saplings are
torn from their rich and genial mountain soil, and
after having their tender roots squeezed into a
ball and exposed for weeks to the dry air and hot
sun, are transported to the unwholesome gravel of
the Park, where, trimmed like beam poles, without
a single bough left except the lone topmost twig,
they linger out a sickly existence of one summer
and make place for similar unfortunates the fol
lowing Spring. Enough to make a lover of a green
and beautiful forest sad in contemplating the fate
of hia boyhood’s favorites.
Tho Collins steamship Atlantic arrived at her
dock 9 o’clock this A. M-, with seven days later
news from Europe. The most important items
may be stated as follows: The roportod death of
Czar Nicholas is confirmed. The new Emperor,
Alexander II., has ancceedec peaceably to the
Russian throne, and has issued a manifesto stating
that ho will adhere to tho policy of his father.—
There has been more fighting in the Crimea, and
a general belief was prevailing that the Grand
Duke Michael was among the wounded and had
subsequently died at Sevastopol.
The cotton market bn? been exceedingly active.
The Permanent Wharf at Pensacola
Navy Yard.—The Pensacola Oazetfe of Sat
urday last says:
“ This granite wharf is being rapidly car
ried forward towards completion, and from
present appearances we should judge that it
will be a structure of granite unsurpassed
by any similar wharf in this or any other
hemisphere. The immense blocks of gran
ite are laid in thirty feet of water, and dow
eled together with iron bolts, and then ce
mented with concrete, which becomes as
m, , , _ ~ ; solid as the stone itself. This superb sea-
The personal story of Colonel MeClung, j wall is fished four hundred feetfand the
reliefs a He D was n c a flnr° ne ’ • workmen have now turned an angle towards
ed a desperate duellist; tbe basin; with the novel assistance
not that he was by nature blood-thirsty, or
loved the practice for the poor renown it
brought him, but because when he did fight
in tins way, which was not often, he made
no compromises for the chances of life; and
exacted as well as granted, the extreme
terms of the code, as practiced in Mississip
pi fifteen or twenty years ago; when ex
travagance and desperation in every depart
ment of life, appeared for a season to ran
riot. His first meeting was in 1833 or 1834,
with a man by the name of Allen. The
weapons, pistols, to he fired at ton paces, or
while advancing nearer to each other, and
then the use of the bowie-knife. Allen fell.
The second meeting was five years after
wards, or more, with young Mennifee, at
Vicksburg, the brother of Richard H. Men
nifee. member of Congress from Kentucky
in 1838-39. The weapon, the rifle; both
parties excellent shots, bat Mennifee fell at
the second fire. There may have been other
altercations in which he was engaged, hut
they are not now remembered.
These two fatal transactions gave a noto
riety to the roan which he was far from
being proud of, and the public recollection
of which lie endeavored to efface, in his ri
per years, by political and military service,
first as the head of the Whig press in Miss.,
in tho Presidential campaign of 1840;
then as Marshal of the United States for
the Northern District of the State and af
terwards as a volunteer to Mexico, the Lieu
tenant Col. of his regiment. After t' r war
he was the political friend of General L'av-
lor, not to the exclusion of Mr. Clay, of
whose neighborhood in Kentucky Mc-
Clung was a native, but in default of his
nomination at Philadelphia. Under his
Administration he was appointed to a dip
lomatic station as Charge a’ Affairs to Bol
ivia, South America, the Capital of which,
far in the interior of the countiy, he no
doubt had too much difficulty to mid to be
impressed by its greatness or captivated by
its social or political attractions. He re*
turned to the United States after a two years
residence near the Bolivian Government, in
the year 1851, since when we had heard
little of him until the present dreadful an
nouncement of death by his own hand. His
age jnust have been about 45 years.—New
York Tfmus.
of Mr. Whipple ’s sub marine armor, all
obstacles are removed, and we hope soon to
be able to announce that building slips are
in course of construction in connexion with
the permanent wharf, so that war steamers
can he built and launched at our naval sta
tion as well as at all tho navy-yards and
stations at the North.
Election in Kansas.—A dispatch from
Lexington, Missouri, dated Marcn 23, con
tains the following statements:
Thousands of actual residents have gone
from Missouri to Kansas. Hundereds from
Cooper, Randolph, Howard and Saline, are
passing here daily. Weather mild ; river
falling fast.
The excitement in Kansas, and all along
the oounties bordering on that Territory, is
intense. It is charged that Governor Reed
er communicated to the New England Abo
litionist, a month or two ago, the precise
time when the election for members of the
Legislature was to take place, but kept the
same intelligence from tne people of Kansas
and of Western Missouri, and they are justly
indignant at the trickery. There will be
tremendous excitement at the election on
the 30th inst.
Washington, March 28.—The Union re
iterates that the Black Warrior affair is set
tled, and Quotes from tho dispatches of the
Spanish Minister, which state that the Gov
ernment is ready to satisfy the damages in
question, as soon as soon as a proper account
shall he presented, and its amount approved.
: ly observed * When shall I be paralysed?’
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be physicians could not give a precise an
swer. The Emperor then said to Dr. Carell,
taken the last sacrament—he has. taken
leave of his wife and children whom he has
blessed separately, as also his grandchildren,
in a firm voice, in full possession of his in
tellects, perfectly calm, and with a great
presence of mini. The pulse is still strong,
but mask has already been administered.
The Empress keeps up and shows resigna
tion.”
The Journal des Detain says:
“ The Emperor Nicholas has not died
suddenly ; he bad been ill for twelve days
before. We have before us letters from St.
Petersburgh on the 19th ultimo which state
that the Emperor then kept his bed by order
of his first physician, M. Alandt. The Em
j 2, P. M.—The Emperor ha* calmly recelv-
* ed the communication from Dr. Mandt, that
atrophy of the longs is possible. Ke simp-
ASIA.
Spain Grants Concessions to Cuba.
Cotton Declined—Consols Advanced.
Nmv York, March 30.
The British steamship Asia, with Liver
pool dates to the 17th inst. has arrived at
Halifax. She brings seven days’ later dates
than the Ailanlic.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Since the departure of the Atlantic on
the 10th inst. the Liverpool Cotton market
has declined from 1-16 to Jd. The sales of
the week ending on the 16th comprise 67,-
000 bales, the market closing dull. The
following are the quotations:
Fair Orleans.... 5J
Middling Orleans 5 1-18@5$
Fur Uplands 5|
Middling Uplands 4jd.
Speculators took 3500 bales, and export
ers 11,050, bales, leaving 52,500 halos of
all descriptions for the trade.
The Circular of Messrs. A. Denniston &
Co. says that Cotton was dull, owing to the
large quantity offering, but the market clos
ed firm, with Middling Uplands at 4 15-16d.
The stock of Cotton in Liverpool is 635,000
bales, including 415,000 American. After
the market closed on Friday, speculators
took 4,000.
Provisions.—Breadstuff's were higher.—
Corn was quoted at 42 to 43 shillings.
London Money Market.—Consols had
advanced and closed at 93 J.
The Tsade.—From Manchester advices
are more favorable.
Political Intelligence.
The Vienna Conference was formally
opened on the 15th inst.; Prince Gortscha-
koff was present. Public opinion as regards
the prospect of peace is pretty equally bal
anced. The Austrian and Prussian circu
lars indicate peace, but Alexander’s address
to the Russian army breathes war.
The Allies had re-opened their fire on Se
bastopol.
Napoleon’s journey to the Crimea, is be
lieved to be postponed.
The English Committee of Enquiry in re
gard to the conduct of the war, was still in
session.
The political crisis in Belgium continued.
From Spain.—General Concha sent de
tails of the Cubian conspiracy to the Span
ish Cortes, recommending large concessions
to the people of Cuba—which recemmenda-
tion of the Captain-General was unanimous
ly approved.
Prussia refuses to accede to the terms of
St. Petersburgh, Winter Palace, Marth. columns, It will be observed that the sub-
14.
fins Us th* City.
By reference to a card in our advertising
scription books of the Atlanta Gas Light j
Company will be opened to-day at the Trout j
House. Ten thousand dollars of the stock j
of the company are yet to be subscribed, and
an opportunity is now offered to our citizens :
‘ When shaU I choke ? The. Emperor has i to secure the success of an enterprise calcu
lated to add greatly to the comfort and con
veniences of our rapidly growing city, and
at the same time to do it by an Investment
which, we have every reason to believe, will
pay a good profit on the money. Judging
from the success which similar enterprises
have accomplished in other cities in the
State, there is scarcely a shadow of doubt
but that the undertaking here will also prove
a safe and profitable investment
In Augusta, where the Gas fixtures have
been in operation about three years, the
stock has paid a fine profit. In that city, as
press was also ill, and confined to .her bed, j we have learned, the company declared a
and as the apartments occupied by the Em-! dividend of 15 per cent, for the first year
peror and Empress are situated one on the j after they commenced operations. The sec-
ground floor and the ether on the first floor j ond yearthe profits roseas high as 25percent,
of the palace, they had no direct commum- r ., , , .
cation, and did not see each other. The | Dnnn S the last - vear P rofito have not been
Emperor, however, must have called the I 9 ulte 118 ,ar S e > in consequence of the preva-
Empress to him, as we know from a tele- j lenco of yellow fever for a portion of the
graphic despatch, that before his death he j time. In Alacon, we learn that the gas en-
had assembled round him all the members j t 5ge has more tban rea i ize d the most
of his family present at St. Petersburgh, in Y . . . ~ x ,
order to give them his blessing. ! ardent expectations of its friends, the stock
give them bis blessing.
Our correspondents attrihue the illness of
the Emperor to a cold. Notwithstanding
the severity of the weather, he continued
his usual occupations ; he was desirous to
see everything for himself, and in the most
minute iletails; lie .visited the soldiers in
having paid about 12} per cent, on the in
vestment. In Columbus, the stock in
the Gas company has been and is now
paying, we understand, about ten per
cent. If this kind of stock has been found
their barracks ; he passed long and frequent j pay well in Macon and Columbus, we
reviews, forgetting the precautions which j may reasonably conclude that it will pay
his age required in such a climate and in ; equally as well, if not better, in Atlanta.—
such a severe season. To all the observa- j We h J therefore, and confidently believe
tion3 made-to him .by his children and by i , , ' r , , , . , J
his most devoted servants he replied that he i _ a * *“ er ® W1 " be n0 delay ^ in the prosecu-
had something else to do besides taking care , tion of this much needed improvement in
of his.health. lie had, however, attended j our city, on account of anydificulty inmak-
to it for more than a year past, and at times , fog up the remaining portion of the sub
felt uneasiness. He said that he had reach- I ecr fotion.
ed, and even exceeded, the number of years -J, ' . . , ., . ,.
which God had allowed to others of his race, | « nd .e”tand that the company will
and that his end was not far distant. He j perfect their arrangements so as to be able
had treated himself according to his own | to furnish gas for a population of from six-
ideas ; he had insisted on his physicitin put-j teen to eighteen thousand, and propose to
ting him on a regimen which would prevent ( have th eir work completed and in operation
his getting corpulent, ot which he hail aj, fl . lk , 1
singular dread. What change has taken j b * tbe 2oth of Dccember nexl ~
place since the 19th of February ? It is
A bill lias been reported in the Cali-
said he had an attack of apoplexy, or of f orn ; a Legislature to divide that State, by
paralysis of the lungs. This was a thing j , rmfin(r a npw hp M | U .. Stat e
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at that time he felt no alarm, and his lan- °* Columbia, and to embrace all that part
guage was most satisfactory. The'Empe- of the State south, and inclusive of the
ror Nicholas was, moreover, subject to at- ; counties of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Tuo-
a treaty with the allies, and will, therefore,
be excluded from the Vienna Conference.
The Russians are formidably fortifying
the valley of Inkerman, and have sunk two _ __ r
more ships in the harbor. bl » illness lie had felt some symptons of j p resen t State debt is to be assumed by the
“ pr0 ‘ 1 S»*, a**. ne ” s “ ,,! -“ b “ 13 -
Austria has addressed a letter to the Ger- i
tacks of gout, and at the commencement of lumne and Calaveras. A portion of the
The new sovereign of Russia was initiated j Action gave rise to a warm debate. One of
manic Federal Government informing it that ] at an early age into the affairs of the empire the speakers advocated the creation of three
the Austrian Commissioners will present a , by the Emperor, his father; he was present or four new States, in order that the Pacific
new proposition for the effectual mobilize- j at all the councils he was invested with a ;night have a greater influence in Congress,
tion of the Germau forces. The letter also I situation which gave frequent opportunities 6 , ...... 6
insists upon the necessity of being prepared j of rendering himself useful to the army and -'- mo “ on was made t0 indefinitely postpone
for all eventualities. j pleasing to tho youth of the schools. When- ? the whole matter, but at last accounts no
Prussia has issued a decree prohibiting ! ever the Emperor Nicholas quitted the capi-! vote had been taken.
a “ 0 S3$£’ of I hL’ZTiAtaSi? to E5 j Main* Li<,o„r W tom. ,o b. pn,
the Russian forces at Sebastopol. taken the utmost pains to prepare him to be- hibitory only on paper. In Alamo it has
Since the death of Nicholas the general j come his saccessor. The Grand Duke Alex- not suppressed the liquor traffic, nor pre-
Farihtr Details fajr th* Asia.
Halifax, March 30.—The Asia sailed
from Liverpool on the morning of the 17 th
and arrived at her wharf hose at O o’clock
last night. [The forwardis# ofcher nitre
was delayed by the telegraph bring out of
order.] %
The steamer Union sailed from Southamp
ton on the 14th, with 50 passengers.
the czar Alexander’s manifesto.
The following is the manifesto issued by
the Czar Alexander to the Russian army”:
“ St. Petersburg, March 5tb, 1855.
' “ Valiant warriors—faithful defenders of
tbe Chnrch, the Throne and the Country;
It has pleased Almighty God to visit us with
a most painful and grievous loss. We have
all lost our common father and benefactor.
In the midst of his unwearied care, Russia’s
prosperity and glory, and Russia’s aims,
the Emperor Nicholas Paulovitch, my most
blessed father, has departed eternal life.—
His last words were: ‘ I thank tbe glorious
loyal guard who, in 1825, saved Russia, and
le for
bills.
A\
urno dates to
quiet. Several faili
If Fru^.
Thd'Emperor’s visit to the Crimea contin
ues duhbtfuL.-
Warlike preparations are as aetive as
ever. Orders have been given to prepare
transport from Toulon 50,000 men and 8,000
horsm.
Gen. Waddol, the envoy to Prussia, had
returned to Paris. * .
The Aloniteur officially contradicts the
calumny against Gen. Forey that he was hr by the last nnnjbef of the IFilitamj Acafa?
correspondence with the enemy. Ho is, ** ——fcJk»-iu»z— •
however, recalled.
Belgium.
The Belgium Ministerial crisis continues.
AI. Thenix is charged with the formation of
a cabinet.
Spain.
The Aladrid correspondence of the London
also thank the brave army and fleet, and Times gives the details of the recent eonspir-
n. J a._ ii * x • ! onr in 1 SiKo TUa warnmnnt Kuo vnnnivon
pray God to maintain the courage and spir
it by which they have distinguished them
selves under me. So long as this spirit re
mains upheld Russia’s tranquility is secured
both within and without—and woe to her
enemies.’
“I loved my troops as my own children,
and strove as much as I could to improve
their condition. Though not entirely suc
cessful in that respect it was from no want
of will, but because I was unable to devise
anything better or do more.
“ Alay these ever memorable words remain
preserved in your hearts as proof of his sin
cere love for you, which I share to the larg
est extent, and let them be a pledge for your
devotion for me and Russia.
Signed, Alexander.”
A postscript to the manifesto presents to
the Guards the uniform worn by the deceas
ed Emperor, and directs them to retain on
their accountrements the initial of “ Nicho
las.” The manifesto concludes as follows:
“ May the sacred memory of Nicholas
survive in our ranks as a terror to our foes
and the glory of Russia.”
The Emperor Nicholas’ Last Words.
According to English accounts the Empe
ror Nicholas, when last addressing Alexan
der, advised him to make peace, even at the
loss of Russian influence in the Black Sea
—that he (Nicholas) would take the respon
sibility, as he had not believed in the possi
bility of an Anglo-French alliance, and that
Alexander’s constant effort should be to de
tach France from England, and unite Rus
sia with Austria and Prussia. Nicholas is
then said to have added—“ Perhaps liis
pride had been excessive, and God had hum
bled him therefore.”
The above is probably manufactued for
tbe English market.
The Russian accounts say that Nicholas
passed his last hours in receiving the conso
lations of religion. All except the family
having retired, he asked the Empress to re
peat the Lord’s prayer. At the words “ Thy
will be done on earth as in Heaven,” Nich
olas responded “ Always ! always !! al-
aspect of monitary and commercial affairs j ander, the heir to the crown, is very popular vented drunkenness,
have undergone a favorable change. | in Russia; ho is beloved aud esteemed by the j andf during the yeai
In the city of Port-
year ending April 1st, 18-
English accounts state that Nicholas, j people. Hewillnot exercise thegrejrt au- ^ the compla fo t8 and arreat8> exclusive of
when last addressing his son, Alexander,
advised him to make peace, even at the sa
thority of his father, nor docs
either his hauteur or hi3 inflexibility.
those for violations of the liquor law, were
r. “uurifl 1 ,,uo -• uj o, aiiv *•»-»» Ajuii'i uco to uiou in cl it l v QQO X* i • i i/\<\ * . ,
should be directed with a view to detach j spoken of, and her elevated judgement, and were 8S3> for which40l were for drunken-
France from England, and to unite Russia ! her conciliating manners are much excelled. ness * and tor selling liquor.
with Austria and Prusia. The dying .Em- j It is thought that sdie will exercise a salutary BreadstijTfs.—The New York Evehin"
bled him. | Duke a policy different from that of the Em- supply of Breadstuffs at present m this
After his death tho body of tho Emperor j peror, and particularly a more pacific one. i country. From its statement we would in-
Nicholas was exposed >n the Imperial chap- i t.v.nn.i, y,u t y f 0r that there is no surplueage over and
ways!!” He was partially insensible for
J el where it laid in grand state until the
6th, when it was buried with the usual
solemnities.
Savannah Valley Railroad.
The Directors of this Road have been in a bove home wants, and consequently none
session at Hamburg, and in various confer- ! to send abroad—so that, let what will take
.. c .* ■ r i ences with Committees from the City Coun- place in Europe, these staples will continue
Tel.gr.pl™ report, of ,!,e ****** of lc „ eidzene of Augo*.,,,,. A.gm, ! J, , P Mch pr J In „„ m „ ket ,
the Vienna Conference on the general basis j Constitutionalist, for the last three days, and .. .. . . 1
of negociations, state that they had termi-j w0 re;rret t0 learn that the subscription of u . ttie ] n g ath enng ofthe next harvest.
Dated satisfactorily. . i $500,000, on the part of the city, lias not b ’" 3 mentioned as a significant fact that
Rumors were current that England and
Austria would be satisfied without tho de
molition of Sebastopol, but that the Empe-
ro Napoleon absolutely insists on that con
dition as the basis of a pcaco.
From Spain.
been confirmed. We are pleased to learn,
however, that the Directors have decided to
build the Road, whether any aid is obtained
from Augusta or not, and, that, besides the
transactions of much other important busi
ness previous to their adjournment yester-
grain-dealers from Albany and Troy aro in
New York city buying wheat. The supply
is reduced to 25,000 bushels, and is compos
ed mostly of Southern and Canadian.
a j The Turkish Victory at Eupatoria.—
The Spanish Government had received . day, they elected F. C. Arms as their Chief The Moniteur contains the official reports of
confidential dispatches from Gen. Concha Engineer who will proceed immediately j the attack by the Russians on Eupatoria,
stating that the condition of affairs m Cuba | with tne location of the line. i j?* y- m, D r v * a a.
is such as to give him good grounds fori The Constitutionalist, congratulates the i ’ lhe ^ ussxan force amounted to
much uncasine.ss—recommending that cun- j company upon the enterpiising determina- *-o,0UU men. Lhe battle lasted six hours,
cessions bo made to the people of the island, ■ turns of their President and Directors, and : aR d cost the Russians 400 killed and 2,000
and that a Cuban Deputy be admitted to a i up0 n their selection of an Engineer of such j wounded, according to some accounts, while
“‘rJ’X, l S 1 i kn0 '"° e ° erg3 ’ 0nd Samnnah ! ^reepeodenta, rt. e.lked ,„er the field,
estimate the loss of the Russians at 300 kill
ed and 700 wounded, and that of the Turks
ment not to emancipate the slaves, which
would cause the Cubans to seek annexation
to the United States. He also gives it as
his opinion that if the people of Cuba are
not speedily pacified 20,000 Government
troops will be insufficient to hold the Island
against them.
Later from California.
The steamship Daniel Webster has arriv
ed at New Orleans with California dates to
the 9th of Alarch. The Star of the West
80 killed and 200 wounded.
The Government had officially notified the | 000 in gold
By the Atlantic large orders were
sailed for Ne’wYork onthe 24thrwith S300,- j rec ® h ' ed from abroad for United States se-
two hours, and at noon said something about
a message to a dear friend not named, and
something of Alexander at the garison at
Sebastopol. A few minutes afterwards he
expired.
The body was exposed in the chapel Ar-
dente until the 16th, when it was buried
with the usual solemnities.
The Congress of Vienna.
The congress of Vienna formally met on
the 15th. Present, one French, two English,
two Austrian and two Turkish representa
tives. Tho Russian plenipotentiary was not
present.
Telegraphic reports say that the discus
sion was a general basis and that negotia
tions terminated satisfactorily. Rumors
are current that Austria and England will
be content without the demolition of Sebas
topol, but that Napleon absolutely insists on
that condition.
Venna Friday Night.—At the conference
yesterday the Plenipotentiaries exchanged
powers, and the proceedings were entered
upon. The four bases and interpretations
given them by the allies, having been set
forth, the representative of Russia accepted
verbally. One of the representatives was
thereupon deputed to draw up a minute or
protocal which is to be signed to morrow 7 ,
(Saturday) the first thing when the ambas
sadors meet. This document will constitute
the basis for tbe negotiations for peace.
Paris Friday Night.—The mission of Gen
eral Weddell has completely failed. Prus
sia refuses to accede to the treaty with the
allies, and will not therefore be permitted to
participate in the conferences.
From Sebastopol.
The allies had resumed their firing upon
the town. Letters dated March 1st explain
the discrepancy between the French and
Russian accounts of the storming of a re
doubt on the night of the 3d. The French
did storm and capture two Russian redoubts,
but finding them not tenable, blow up the
redoubts and retired with a loss of 100 kill
ed and wounded.
The following is a despatch from Mens-
j chikoff:
March 1st.—During last night we erected
a second redoubt in front of that which is
on the side of our fortification, and it was
impossible for tbe enemy to prevent us.—
Nothing of importance from Eupatoria.
acy in Cuba. The government has received
confidential communication from the Cap
tain-General Concha, who says that the con
dition of Cuba inspires him with considera
ble uneasiness. He recommends that con
cessions be made to the colonly, and that a
Cuban deputy be sent to the Spanish Cor
tes. He begs the government not to eman
cipate the slaves, .which he says would be a
fatal measure, and would cause Cuba to seek
admission into the United States. If Cubans
be not pacified by concessions, he says that
20,000 troops could not retain Cuba to Spain.
On the 8th of March the government an
nounced in the Cortes that tranquility was
restored to Cuba, and the government would
do its utmost to prevent further difficulty.—
A vote of satisfaction was unanimously
agreed to by the Chambers.
Germany.
The new Bavarian loan of six and a half
million thalers, at 4} per cent., is announc
ed.
of land adjoiii
which, when add
Oroun
wiH make twenty.fc
acres of ground to bq devoted to the J\y t
$ew Lottery' in Atlanta.—We
Gazette, published at Montgomery, Ala th *
Samuel Swan, Manager of the South/*
Military Academy Lottery, having accent!?
from the commissioners the agency 0 f a
Fort Gaines Academy Lottery, has estai*
lished the principal office in this city &
intends conducting the Lottery on the^sa *
plan as that of the Montgomery Lottery *
The first drawing will take place in AtW
on tbe 24th of May, when prizes to tfo
amount of sixty thousand dollars will h«
distributed.
curities, State bonds, and even for stocks.-
Cortes that tranquility had been restored in
Cuba.
Additional per Atlantic.
It was reported that the inten iew between
Napoleon and Lord Clarendon related to the
propositions from Austria aud Prussia to
suspend hostilities, iu order to enable the
new Czar to consider carefully what course
to pursue.
The French Republican, Dupont De Lue,
None of the suspended banks, except that j Political agitation in Europe will have tbe
| of Messrs. Page & Bacon, are expected to j effect to bring funds to a great amount, to
.resume. „ j this country for investment.
j Gen. Chamora, President of Nicaragua, ; —
i is dead. The insurrection in that State is j ^ Bounty-Land Paper Forger Arrest-
! ED.—The Commissioner of Pensions has
is dead. A French general, Forey, is charg- i lametta Valley.
ed with ireason. i Another Spanish Outrage
supposed to have ended
. From Orcgon. | caused the arrest of II. H. Sutton, aboun-
The territorial legislature of Oregon have j t ]and f j n Alabama. He is
made arrangements for the extinguishment i* 7 f. F , . r. • » m „ •,
of the Indian titles of all the lands in Wil- j now confined in the jail of Talladega co.,
Treason In the Camp at Sebastopol. _
There has been, it is alleged, treason in
the allied camp before Sebastopol, and a
French General is said to have acted so in
discreetly that he is sent home to be shot!
This sounds startling, but is, nevertheless,
vouched for as true. The correspondent of
the Daily News in the' Crimea makes the
following allusion to the traitorous proceed
ings :—“ The last four days,” he says, “have
produced so distressing a rumor that, for
obvious reasons, I can only hint at the cir
cumstances of the subject. It is whispered
that an officer, high in command in the
French army, has been accused of treason
able correspondence with the enemy, that
he has been proved to have furnished the
Russians with the exact plans of the seige
works in progress, thereby enabling them
to destroy these works by mines ; that Gen
eral Canrobert has caused the said officer to
be arrested and tried by court-martial.—
While I mention the rumor, I must say that
nothing appears to be more improbable than
its authenticity. As yet, not a single
French officer has volunteered to give infor
mation on the subject, and that subject, you
mils': be aware, is too delicate for inquiry.
We least of all should throw a doubt on the
loyalty, or sport with the reputation of any
of our allies. If so distressing an occur
rence has taken place, it will show in Gen
eral Canrobert’s despatches; but for the -
present I dismiss the subjet, while recording
my utter disbelief of the truth of tho al-
ledged facts.”
Other correspondents, however, disclose,
without reserve, the name of the officer,
who, it is said, has so far “ fallen from his
high estateand General Forey is charged
with being the renegade who has broken
through the laws of honor aud compatriot-
ism.
The Paris correspondent of the Times
states that General Forey has been recalled;
and the following extract from a letter writ
ten by a gentleman of this town, with whom
we are acquainted, gives “ the reason why,”
if his information may be fully relied upon.
How Much tills Country Owes.
It is a favorite boast of Americans, that
their government is almost the only one in
the civilized world, which is not deeply
plunged in debt. So far as this boast re
lates to the United States, in its federal ca
pacity, it is well-founded. But so far as it
relates to tbe one and thirty Common
wealths, of which tbe nation is composed,
it is an absolute absurdity, since the major
ity of these are deeply, if not inextricably,
iri debt. Wo hear this bit of braggadocio
so frequently, that it is worth while to de
vote a lew moments to showing its folly.
In England, France, Austria and all oth
er consolidated nations, there is but ono ex
chequer to meet ever} 7 want of government.
There is consequently, but one national
debt. AVhcn we say that Great Britain
owes nearly eight hundred millions of
pounds, or four thousand millions of dollars,
the whole story is told. But if we should as
sert that the entire debt of the U. States
was less than sixty millions, we should be
apt to mislead the reader. For the federal
government, which is what is teachmieally
meant by the term United States, having
only circumscribed powers, is not, and nev
er can be, made liable for the principal
share of the expenses of maintaining order
and dispensing law among the people at
large, most of this burden falling on the
separate members of the confederacy. To
The Weather.—After a couple of
of winter weather tbe people begin very
sonably to think it about time to see some,
thing more in the shape of Spring. y es
terday the weather assumed a considered
milder appearance, however, and we hj
strong hopes that the days of frosts an4
chilling northwesters are abont at an end
Fruits have been generally killed, and it j,
doubtful whether peaches enough in this vi
cinity have escaped to furnish a taste around
among the population.
“Ten Years Among the Mail Baos.V
Under this title, Mr. Holbroox, the Special
Postoffice Agent, proposes to publish a vol
ume of his adventures among,the mail rub
bers, which will detail many curious frauds
and incidents, and is designed for the u«
and information of all connected with the
mail service. It will be, no doubt, just a ,
much more interesting than a romance at
truth is stranger than fiction.
awaiting his trial. It is probable that there
will be more than half a dozen indictments
It is understood that the Vienna Confer-: The steumshipDauiei Webster wasbrought j against him.
ence will be of short duration. to, on her outward passage, by a Spanish - ° -—coming-tint—
Lord John Russell and the French Pleni- j sloop-of-war, and her papers examined. | A late number of the Winchester Virginian
potentiary were in their interpretations of | Tbe Recrnits of the British Army,
the third guaranteed point, which requires
the conversion of the port of Sevastopol,
and that a reply be demanded of Russia in
fifteen days.
The Prussian Envoy was excluded from
tho Conference.
Spain was sending troops to Cuba. The
army at Havana is to be increased to thirty
thousand men.
On the announcement of the Czar’s death
in Liverpool, cotton advanced }d„ but re- j
New York, April 1. ; contains a card signed by 11 gentlemen an-
The steamship Asia has arrived at Boston, i nouncing their withdrawal from the Know
The Halifax Journal contains an official or- j Nothing organization. Many others in the
der providing rations for 500 recruits ex-; vicinity are expected soon to f 0 H 0W their
says that 3 - 000 recruits are to be obtained j bad odor in the 0 l d Dominion
A St. Johns paper says that the official
handbills are signed by the Provincial Sec
retary.
The Nuliviile Penitentiary Burnt.
. . . . . The Nashville Whig, of Friday, gives the
ceded subsequently as the prospects of peace ! following particulars, relative to the destruc-
lessened.
A sporting gentleman id New York offers
to bet a large amount that during the com
ing summer he will drive from the Astor
House to Union Square in a light wagon
drawn by rats. He calculates that he can
accomplish the task with one hundred rats
in harness.
James D. Taylor, the editor of the Cin
cinnati Times, has been nominated for May
or bj tbe Know-Nothings of that oily.
tSF'A lady at Columbus Ohio, recently
inquired of the rappers bow many children
she had.
“ Four,” rapped the spirit.
The husband, startled at the accuracy of
the reply, stepped up and inquired, “ How
many have I?”
“ Two!” answered the rapping medium.
The husband and wife looked at each oth
er for a moment, and then retired, non-be
lievers. There had Been a mistake made
somswhere.
The Death of the Czar Foretold.—A
letter that appeared in the London Times
over the signature of Dr. Granville, a phy
sician of sqme eminence had attracted notice.
Dr. Granville had once been Lord Palmer
ston’ smedical attendant, and in 1849 resi
ded, in a professional capacity, at St. Peters
burg, where he had medical instructions to
the Imperial Court. In the month of July.
1853, he addressed a confidental letter to
Lord Palmerston, which he (Granville)
now reproduces in lhe Times. In that let
ter he stated that, having formed a careful
prognosis of the state of health of the Empe
ror Nicholas, lie had come to the conclusion
that he would die suddenly in the 59th year
of his age. At an interview with Lord Pal
merston, Feb. 23.1854. Palmerston asked
Doctor G. if he still adhered to the opinion
and prediction. Granville replied that be
fore July, 1855, when the Emperor would
bs fifty-nine years of age, the event antici
pated would happen. Let but a few rever
ses overtake him, and his death “like that
of all his brothers, will be sudden.” It lias
proved so. Alma, Inkerman, Bnlaklva,
(says the Dr.) shook the mighty brain.—
Eupatoria completed the stroke, and antici
pated the prognosis by only a few weeks.
We are pleased to learn, tbatO«horne
A. Lochrane, Esq., has been elected Profes
sor of Medical Jurisprudence in tbe Botan-
ico-Medical College of this city. In this we
think the College has made a happy choice.
tion by fire on the previous day of the Pen
itentiary near that city;
“Between 3 and 4 o’clock, A. M., yester
day, the Penitentiary near this city, was
found to be on fire. When discovered the
flames had made some progress, and it was
impossible to suppress them, so rapid was
their progress. All of the work shops in
the yard, and the left wing of the main
| building were burned, together with the
I stock of materials, tools, and manufactured
! articles on hand.
i “So 6oon as the fire was discovered, the
j doors of the cells were opened, and the con-
' victs turned into the yard; one of them,
however, after going out of his own, went
into another cell and was smothered to death.
IIo was from Memphis, and named Conner.
The centre and right wing of the building
were not hurt; in the left wing which was
burnt, were the dining room and a number
of cells. The fire originated in the no: :h-
erp end of the eastern L, but how it origi
nated is a matter of conjecture altogether;
no one when we called there yesterdav, pre
tended to be able to account for it. The is
olated position of the institution, and tbe
scarcity of water made it a superhuman
work to stop the flames after they had got a
fair start; the firemen were willing enough
and made all the efforts of which they were
capable, in vain, to be of service. The loss
is estimated at $80,900 or $100,000.”
Chicago, April 1.
A despatch received at Chicago from
Western Missouri, states that the pro-slave
ry ticket in North Kansas Territory was
carried by 1,000 majority. There was no
opposition to the pro-slavery ticket in Mr.
Atchinson’s district.
Kansas Election.
Returns from the recent election in Kan-
sas have been received at Independence,
Mr. Lorchrane having received a Medical i Missouri, which show that the pro-slayery
education, and being a lawyer by profession, | ticket had succeeded in eight counties, each
there can belittle doubt that his Lectures | giving majorities from 200 to 600. It is
will bo very interesting. Mr. Lochrane lias j probable that no anti-slavery member has
accepted.the appointment, to commence with been elected,
the opening course of Lectures next term of
the Institution, in November next.— Macon
TdUgragh.
“ Ion,” the intelligent Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, un
der date of March 30th, says:
The letter of Mr. Gallar, from Paris, of'
the 7th inst., throws much light upon the j
movements, and policy of Louis Napoleon.!
In the first place, he is certainly going to :
the Crimea, notwithstanding the death of;
tho Czar, and the peace conferences at Vi- :
enna, and the remonstrances of Austria, ■
which power dreads the consequences of
any accident that might, at this time, open .
the flood-gates of democratic 7 revolution in \
France. But he goes, also, for the purpose '
of establishing a basis of operations vastly
more extensive than has been hitherto con- j
tern plated. j
He will tal - ’ho v tr upon his own shoul- j
ders, and • mself its hero or its j
victim. Gi. • Wi i have little to do in a ‘
military capacity with the future operations, j
nor will she have any control of their polit- ]
ical consequences, but will, no doubt, fur-1
nish funds and means of transportation to i
whatever extent they may be required.— j
Napoleon has perfect cofidence in his desti-:
ny, and says that had he listened to advice, I
he would not have undertaken the coup :
d’etat of 2d Dec. nor the popular loan, yet j
in both of these enterprises his success sur-1
prised the world. He, therefore, obeys only i
his destiny, and there can be no doubt that j
success in the war will bo speedily followed
by another matrimonial nlliance, and the !
crossing of the British channel.
Judge Loring.—On tho 23d of March tho
students of the Dane Law School, Cam-!
bridge, passed resolutions favorable to Judge !
Loring, and characterizing the spirit which ;
The following despatches are published I P™ a correct idea of the real indebtedness
in the Paris papers: j of the nation, therefore, we must include
March 2d.--xlt Balaklava the sickness is j the debts of the several states,
decreasing, and the weather is clear and j . Now, the total indebtedness of the va-
frosty. Three miles of railway are in ope- j r ^ ous commonwealths is about two hundred
ration j and twenty-one millions of dollars, divided
March 3d.—The . Russians are fortifying j among 27 states, four being so fortunate as
in a formidable manner the valley of Inker-« t0 mve nothing, viz., Hampshire, \ er-
mann. They are also erecting mortar bat- i m °nt-» Delaware and Honda. Of these L/,
teries at Kamara, and threaten Balaklava. I the debts of seven are under a millnm each.
They have sunk two more ships in the har-1 Maryland, Texas, Illinois. Ohio, \ lrgima,
bor of Sebastopol. ! ®»ew lork and Pennsylvania are the states
March 7th.—The French dispatch giving ! deeply in debt. I he largest absolute
information ofthe death of Nicholas, has debt is that of our own state, which is over
just arrived. Yesterday we threw rockets fi ,r *y millions the smallest is that of New
upon Kamtesch and set the town on fire, j which is but seventy-one'thousand.
Two Russian officers have deserted to the j heaviest debt in proportion to the
English. The siege works aro proceeding i population, is the debt Maryland, which
with the greatest activity.
March 8tli.—Nothing important has tran
spired.
Burat.
Menschikoff has gone to Moscow, and the
two Grand Dukes are on their way to St.
Petersburg, from the Crimea. It is, conse
quently, not true that the Grand Duke Mich
ael was killed.
Gen. Osten Sacken is now the commander
of Sebastopol and Luders at Odessa.
Count Searnoisky is organizing at Scbum-
la a second regiment of Turkish Cossacks,
in whica Poles will also be enrolled.
Austria and Prussia.
The Austrian government has notified
France and England that the mission of
Austrian Archduke Williams to St. Peters
burg is an act of sympathy merely.
Austria has addressed a circular to the
exceeds fifteen millions, in a population of
582,000, bond and free. The debt of Vir
ginia, though bu little greater numerically
than that of New York,—the one being
twenty-six millions and the other twenty-
four—is more than twiee as heavy relative
ly, the population being less than half,
while the general resources of the State are
greatly inferior. The entire debt of the na
tion, estimating the federal debt as well as
that of the States, exceeds two hundred and
seventy-five millions of dollars.
But this still fails to give an accurate
idea of the total indebtedness of our coun
try. In Europe, if we except England, most
public works are constructed by the govern
ment, so that the national debt includes the
cost of the principal railroads, canal and
turnpikes. But in the United States, the
exception of the Pennsylvania State Works
and those of a few other Commonwealths,
Germanic General governments informing j a jj sncb improvements are owned by private
them that an Austrian Commissioner will; corporations. Now the aggregate cost of
present a new proposition towardS'the effee- > [ be p -incioal of these works is computed to
tual mobi.ization ofthe Germanic con tin-, be (me j| lolls .i-<nd millions of dollars, of which
gents, lhe circular also insists upon the i s j s bund rerl millions are invested in rail-
necessity of being prepared for all event-, road s. Consequently, if we would arrive at
ualities. . _ ,. j the true indebtedness of the United States.
Prussia has issued a circular to the dip-1 we must add the amount of this description
lomatic consular agents stating that there . n c securities to the amount of the state and
is reason to believe that the negotiations i federal ones. Twelve hundred millions of
The Editor of the Free State has been v „ — - r —
ducked in the river bv a man In conse-1 would remove him as unsanctioned by jus-
quenoe of » speech nude by bin. • thse or wise policy.
now in progress will terminate in peace.
Prussia, bv decree, prohibits the exporta- j
tion of artiefes contraband of war.
Great Britain.
The committee of inquiry as to the state
of the army before Sebastopol has. been ten
days in session, and still continues. Earl
Lucan, Col. Kinlock, commissarat officer,
and J. McDonald, administrator of the
London Times fund, have been examined,
and the evidence confirmed the worst reports
of mismanagement.
The patriotic fund exceeds one million
sterling.
The ship Great Republic has arrived at
London, and there is no dock large enough
to admit her,
The steamer Great Britain sailed from
Cork on the 13th with 1,750 men for the
Crimea.
An encampment is preparing for the for
eign legion near Folkstone.
Since the death of Nicholas the general
aspect of monetary and commercial affairs
has undergone a favorable change, and
hopes of a cessation of hostilities were more
gsusrftL Odd is inoraftNBji ftod discount is
dollars are, therefore, about what we owe—
a verv respectable sum, it must he acknowl
edged, especially for a nation but 80 years
old.
To give an entirely just idea of the sub
ject, however, we must remind the reader
that a chief part of this debt is attributable
to the fact that we are in a new country,
three-fourths of those millions having been
spent in developing our resources.
Considering the vast mineral and agricul
tural wealth of America, considering, also,
the indomitable energy of our people, con
sidering tho favorable position we occupy
for conducting the commerce of the world,
this debt, enormous as it seems, is compara
tively little, or would be, if we were always
as prudent and thrifty as we aro enterpris
ing.
JJ@“ A writer in the Christian Examintr
describes Barnum’s Iran is tan as “a vulgar
copy of the vulgar palace of the most vul
gar prince who ever sat on the English
throne; a monstrous humbug in wood an!
stone: bristling on the outside with pre
tence, and within as splendid ns a—steam
boat !”
Prussian Blue.—We have been shorn
(says the Marietta Georgian) a box of
mineral similar in all respects to Prus-
sian Blue, so much used in Paints, Dves,
&c. It was made from a deposite fuund
near the Iron Works of Mark A. Cooper,
and sent by him to Wm. Root, to bo tested.
Mr. R. thinks it will subserve all the pur
poses of, the Prussian Blue. We write this
article with ink made by him from a piece
of it. What is there, in the mineral world,
that may not he obtained in old Georgia!
Mr. Overby
Will address the citizens at the City Hall
on Tuesday the 10 inst., at 11 o’clock, on the
subject of Prohibitory Legislation for the
suppression of the liquor trafic. Ladies
and gentlemen are invited to attend.
The Concert Lut Night.
We do not know when we have been more
pleasantly entertained than we were Tuej.
day night in witnessing the characteristic
drolleries and capital singing of Collins, the
celebrated Irish Comedian. Collins is evi-
dently a genius in his profession. Whether
“ starring it” on the boards of the most
fashionable metropolitan theatre, supported
in his parts by the best 3tock actors the city
affords, or simply “giving concerts” in the
little interior towns, single handed and
alone, he is the same keen witted, but hu
morous, genial and big hearted Irishman.
The acting of such men as Collins will al-
ways tend to elevate, but never degrade the
stage. For whether he represents the court
ly blunders of the rollicking, high headed
Irish Embassador, or tho broader comicali
ties of Teddy the Tiler, he never descends
into vulgarities. His handling of the Iriah
character is artistic to a degree, and he
possesses the talent to ensure success as a
trus delineator of the national characteristics
of his countrymen, without having to de
scend to the commoner field of carricature
and burlesque.
4®” Tbe persbns arrested a few days ago,
says the Savannah Republican, near Amer
icas, and supposed to be the robbers of the
State Bank Agency, at Washington, turn
out to bo two “ Calafornia Safe Swindlers.”
Southern Medical a Surgical Journal
—The April No. cf this valuable and wen
conducted Medical periodical is promptly
on our table, freighted with its usual varie
ty of original and well selected matter.-
This is a work that should be on the shelf
of every physician in the South.
A City Bankrupt.—The city of Phils-
delphia has applied to the State Legislature
for a temporary loan, as an immediate ne
cessity. Tho Pennsylvanian says the amount
required by the city, to place her finances
in even a respectable condition, is one mil
lion and a half of dollars.
Rail Road Iron.—Tbe ship Somerset 1
which arrived below Savannah on Thurs
day, lias on board, 4.319 bars Railroad Iron,
for the East Tennessee and Georgia Rail
road.
Woman’s Rights in Illinois.—The fol
lowing resolution was adopted by the House
of Representatives of the Illinuis Legisla
ture :
Resolved, That a fine of $500 be hereafter
imposed on any lady who shall lecture in
public in any part of the State, without first
putting on gentleman’s apparel.
B®“A Mr. Bartlett, from Massachusetts,
owns 3,000 acres of timber and wood l» n ^
in Virginia, between the York and Jam® 5
rivers. He has sold singlo trees for more
than the land cost him per acre. The tim
ber lands of Virginia on tide-water will soon
become exceedingly valuable to their p K '
prietors.
Twelve hundred hales of cotton were con
sumed by fire at Brownsville’s Landing,
Summerville. Ten., on the night of the --M
alt.
Scene in an apothecary shop after the
passage of the Maine liquor law.—Two nice
y. ung men enter. “ Come, Jim, what will
you take?” “Well, I guess I’ll take a
prussic acid smash ” Clerk to second gent
—“ Wliat’s yours ?” “ I’ll take a burning
fliyid oocktaiL”
Pre-pat your Postage!—Every body
should remember that, according t<> tbe l» w
which went into operation on the 1st in 5 '--
no letters can be sent through the post ofa*
except such as are paid in advance,
sons writing letters on their own business
should always enclose a post office 6tamp in
the letter to ensure an answer.
Irho Editor of
The Central Georgian.
the above paper desires it to be made known
that the publication thereof, which is tem
porarily suspended in consequence of the
late disastrous fire in Sandersville, will l*
resumed about the first of May next.
A splendid silver tea set has been p 1 ^
cured by order of the. City Council, and M
to be “Presented to Mayor Abner P. H '
insori, by the City of Augusta, for eminent
services during the Epidemic of 1854,.
cording to the inscription upon eaok we
tbftWM pifloss u£ Ihft Mk