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to mj, en-
resnh of the
teeaka back of
racy in Virginia liars
in mm i
recant information, we
coumgss the belief font
upoBM ancient fame of the Democracy of
the OM Dominion. If Wise is elected, of
which now there seems to be no doubt,
Knovr-Nothingism is dead m the South.
The numbers of the order in Virginia have
been egregiously overstated for the purpose
of political effect. An unfortunate letter,
misdirected by one of the first class Sala
manders who ruled one of the State Lodges,
gives the number of regular enrollments to
be about43,000.
This will not begin to do the en
listments come in faster than ever before.
There is a great stir at present among the
recruits, but unhappily their motions are
not exactly after the sort best calculated to
give pleasure to the undergroanders. They
are met in scores and by hundreds rushing
out for sun light and air, swearing anntfiar
great oath that the thing \font do, and that
“ Sam" is a hard master. The forcible en
try into a school of unprotected and unre
sisting women and girls by a Know Nothing
committee from the Massachusetts Legisla
ture has filled the minds of reflecting men
with amazement at the real moral savagery
of a State vaunting itself to be a model
among'commonwealths ancient and modern.
Decent people have been utterly shocked—
filled with ineffable disgust, that men—white
men—grown men—should have suffered suoh
disgraces to have blurred the fair name of
their ancestry.
Timid and provident people in their fore
cast see a time coming for American society,
if this ism shall rule the day, that will cause
the flames of Smithfield “ to pale their inef
fectual fires," and turn every sham religion
ist into a butcher. It was an unlucky blow
that the Boston abolition “ natives ” dealt
their Virginia brethren. These back closet
inquisitors should have thought of the ap
proaching elections in Virginia and then they
might have conceded something of decent
respect for the sensibilities of ordinary white
people, before they committed their party
to such an infamy. But it was a kind prov
idence, so far as the effect of this Boston
outrage will influence the public mind for
good. Men in Virginia—men everywhere
throughout this broad land, now se<$ plainly
enough, that when men arc banded together
by religious bigotries that neither justice,
mercy or a sense of decency restrain them
from the excesses of devils.
It is a sad thing, that at this late day,
aud in this land, that these old and homely
thruths must need be repeated even when
we are hopefhl that they are reiterated
with killing effect. But we arc thankful
that out of such unmitigated horrors as
marked and will forever mark the late elec
tion war in Cincinnati, and from that late
shameless disregard for womanly virtue,
and female weakness as now holds tlie name
of Massachusetts people up to the scorn of
Christendom, we say it is some comfort that
the better part of our people will, from these
teachings of Know-Nothing magnanimity
and Republicanism, learn a timely lesson.
For as far as lights now before us teach
anything we must choose between Demoo
racy and civil war.
[From the New York Herald, April 8.]
The School Question in Massachusetts
- -No Objection on Account or Color.—
There appears to be some prospect of pas
sage, by the new American party of the
Massachusetts Legislature, of a law provid
ing for the admission into the common
schools of children*of the African race, on
a footing of eouality with the descendants
of the original Puritans. This may do for
Massachusetts, perhaps; but it strikes us
that it is a poor expedient of aid and com
fort to the new American party in Virginia.
If the Know Nothings of the North choose
to admit white, black and yellow children
upon the common level of equality into
their public schools, the Know Nothings of
the South must secede from them, or be dis
banded. No party in the South can co-ope
rate with any party in the North which at
tempts to enforce, socially or politically,
thiH ultra-abolition doctrine of amalgama
tion. Of late we have been puzzled to
guess, and should like to know, what are
the national principles of this new Ameri
can party in Massachusetts? They hold
the Legislature with scarcely an opposing
voice against them in either house. What
is the meaning of this new bill, consulting
it in reference to the campaign of 185C?—
Is it a sectional or a national movement?
measure of peace or agitation? conserva
tive or abolition? We should like to know.
[From the Buffalo RepubJip.J
Mnaikle Bppick.
A crowd wn* a poring into a Musicle Hall,
And 1 Cohered. A ernense crowd was there
A listenin to n feller as was a playin on a innsiulc
Cnpbord, which gave forth ducick sounds ;
1 lingered. It was Strakorsc. He went in on
Tropiclc fruits generally, not to mention lemons.
Then come the Absolute and her sister, and sung,
'• Verdrni Cariuo,” or the Canine Viddor—a female
Png os laid lost her husband, and then a in-
Tcrtuission, which was the best performance to
liook nt the wimmen in. Tbo drosses of
The Absolute was a surprisin site, in
Consequence of their dresses not cummin up long
Enough on the shoulders. Oil Bull with
Better close on than he ever had before, came
Out and plndc. His hair was combed good,
And his muaick was oncored. (That’s For “ Do
It again,”) aud he done it. Then the short-waisted
Dresses on top sung agin—and then a large collar
With Straykorse inside of it,a-taeked the cuphorde
And tried to break the stopples off the bottom
Of it with his fut—and then Old Bull
Cum out and done the Kanal of Veniss—with
out the drivers, which was the end of the pe-
Formance, and the awjince retired wanting
To get their dollars back again.—
Ah American Brig Find into by a Span
ish Cruiser*—Information has been recei
ved from the American Consul at Matanzas
that a Spanish man-of-war fired several
shuts at the American brig P. R. Hickbern
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ktMMw-
• letter oddrewed by a
female relative who
entertain exalted notions of the
of a certain Grand Lottery Scheme,
which she desired to invest. The sub
ject- is presented in a novel and forcible
light and we commend it to the considera
tion of those over confident in the favors of
Fortune.
Atlanta, 15th March, 1855.
My Dear Cousin: In my absence you sent
me $4 to buy a lottery ticket Yonr
money was invested as requested, the num
bers of the 1 tickets I sent you—by looking
to these tickets or numbers you will see
that in the numbers drawn thatthe number
2 and the number 48 each drew the one-
fourth of $4, and after deducting fifteen per
cent, from the $2 drawn I received $1,70
which amount is in my hands subject to
your order. Your luck was beetterthan I ex
pected.
A little reflection will show you how near
your chance in such a scheme as this ap
proaches an impossibility to draw the $12-
000, or any other good prize. For instance
if you buy a ticket in this “splendid scheme"
(I call it a “deceptive humbug”) expecting
to draw the $12,000 prize and you are the
only one who purchases aticket and the draw
ing takes place it is possible you may draw
the $12,000, and if you do the lottery office
has this to pay less 15 per cent,, which is
$10,200—and to pay that he has only $4 of
your money. The chances against your
drawing the $20,000 are asfollows, 1st, that
it is not certain that the $12,000 prize will
be drawn even if every ticket had been sold
before the drawing, because, before such
prize can be drawn, by chance, one of the
tickets must have had on it the numbers 48,
55, 44. Now, if no ticket has this combi
nation on it, it is impossible for you to draw
the $12,000 prize, even if you had had the
whole of the tickets; but if you had had the
whole of the tickets they would have cost
you over $300,000, and the money you
would get would be only $228,228; or to be
exact, in the first place you have paid for
43,680 tickets that can’t possibly draw any
thing at all, aud in this way you see you
have paid out in cash $174,720 for tickets
which draw blank certainly. This shows
you how uncertain it is for the rich and
foolish to draw the highest prize. Who can
buy all the tickets ? But suppose he who
buys all gets a ticket in this scheme which
had on it the combined numbers—48, 55,
44—then he gets all the money there was,
(less 15 per cent.,) and this 15 per cent, he
loses whether he has luck or not, and the
Lottery Office makes, by this “deceptive
humbug," $34,234. Here is a case wherein
to make sure work. The humbugged man
took all the chances and left with the honest
lottery agent the only certainty, (less 15 per
cent.,) or, in other words, $34,234. But
look at your case. You don’t take all the
chances, but only one out of 32,396. Now
if your ticket lms the combined numbers,
48, 55, 44, you got the $12,000. Now be
fore you look at tlie chances for this, allow,
first, it may be possible that there is pp
such combination on any ticket as 48, 55,
44; but suppose there was, then there being
32,396 tickets, admitting that other persons
are as easily humbugged as yourself, and
that (which is no doubt the fact) others are
more lucky than you arc; aud the facts show
that there are 32,395 persons for you to con
tend with, so that the chances are 32,395
against one. It is not worth while to fur
ther vex you to look into this glass d&rkly
or to attempt- to make it any more ridicu
lous. You can, if you will, see from this
little showing that a lottery is more uncer
tain than a lawsuit between two persons
where each are able to pay a lawyer, but
where neither’s right to recover is “ clear
and unquestionable." In such a case there
is hut one thing certain—the less 15 per
cent., or, in other words, that each have to
pay their lawyer's fees. Therefore, no man
of good judgment and some little experience
in a lottery or a lawsuit ever engages a
second time in either if he can help it.—
Now don't show this letter, my dear cousin,
for, while I don’t care about the lottery men
getting their less 15 per cent., (being a law
yer,) 1 don’t desire that men should totally
quit going to law, but if they do I bad rath
er be the seller than the buyer of lottery
tickets to make a living. Excuse me, my
dear cousin, for reading you this lecture.—
You wouldn’t mind it if you had drawn the
$12,000—but then you haven’t.
Now, luck is all, and if money is all we
go for, if we are lucky and will labor for it,
and not take any chances to lose it, but strive
to accumulate it and take care of it, we will
be sure to get as rich as we ought to be :
but if we arc not lucky and unable to work,
the lotteries will help us to feed and educate
our children less than prayers—if we wor
ship mamon, our future hope is vain and our
children may beg their broad—but if we
worebjp God and are righteous, the Scrip
ture assures us our children will never beg
their bread. Your affectionate cousin,
The Prospect of Peace In Europe-
The Berlin correspondent of the New
York Journal of Commerce writing under
date 20th March, makes the following ex
traordinary statement as to public opinion
in the capital, in reference to the prospect
of peace in Europe.
The opinion gains ground in Germany,
that thp Emperor Napoleon is the great ob
stacle to peace, quil trjat tlip achievement of
glory from the present war, like that which
his Uncle once gained for the arms of
France, is the only safety of his throne. It is
believed that Austria is now under the
special influence of France, and that the
sovereigns of hotli countries are eager for
continued wav. Men who are well inform
ed have already begun to speculate upon
tlie probabilities of an alliance between
England, Prussia and Ru^siq,, against Aus
tria and France, and improbable as this at
first thought may seem, it is not so unlikely
to be a result of the stupendous movements
which are now in progress. No one can
fortell the end of this great conflict.
The Sailor’s Last Letter.—The Barn
stable Patriot sa-
ays that about ten days since,
off the Coast of Cuba, between Capo Anto- ] Mr. David Kelley, of Centreville, found a
le in
bottle in that harbor, at low water mark,
a pappr, oij which was
1 written the following-'
nio and Matanzas, a few days sience. ! bottle in that
The particulars of this affair are thus j which contain
stated editorially by the Union •
The American brig P. Jt. Jlickbern, Ste-; “Here I am, on the wreck of the Esther
phen Ellis, jr, master, was hound fron> the | Swift. Expecting every minute to go down,
S ort of Aostou to the port of Matanzas, and j J throw the bottle into the sea, so that if
ut a few miles from the coast; she was fired | any one finds it, they will send it to Alex-
at by a Spanish man-of-war; the ball from j andcr Osborn, New Jlaven. Good bye to
which passed about half a cable length ! the world, and good bye, dear father and
astern oz tlie brig, when she showed Her : mother, and all so my dear sister."
colors. Shortly after another ball was fired ; Prom your son and brother,
from the man-of-war, which passed directly I Wsr. H. Os horn.
ahead of the brig and soon after tlie position | p. S —Good bye foreysr. J pray I may
of tlie ships being relatively changed, rootb- ;;ieet you in heaven, if not on parth.
er was fired, which fell just behind tlie , irig, The Esther Swift belonged to New Ha-
evidently thrown with the intention ot hit- i yen, and has lately been engaged in freight-
ting the American vessel. In a few mo- j ing to the West fifties,
merits after, the officer of the Spanish man- j
" *■ * «--?- j To co on the Expedition.—We hear that
a younger son of Judge Kane, of Philadel
phia, Dr. John K. Kane, who has recently
graduated with the highest honors at the
pniyersity (medical) of Pennsylvania, is to
go ont- as the surgeon on one of the ships of
the .expedition so soon to start for the Arctic
seas in search of the unfortunate expedition
of bis eider brother.—Wash. Star. •
1 bn fl*
examining her papers, allowed her to go on
her way.
Death or Ex-Senator Phelps.—ft way
with sincere regret that we received last
evening by telegraph, information of the
death of the Hon. Samuel S. Phelps,
late and for many years a Senator in con
gress from the State of Vermont- He was
an able man, a clearheaded constitutional
lawyer, a close reasoner, and of a readiness
of wit and playfulness of mind which de
lighted the social circle. He died at his res
idence in Middlebury on Sunday last, aged
about fifty five yean.—Nat. DU.
aB*A cargo of Cooties, arrived in Ha-
n»a reaaotiv from Asia.
ftSpA large specimen of the Manatee or
auow was killed near the head of the In-
Sea
ilicaey,
Crmd Jmvy
WE, the Grand Jurors, empeinelil for the 2nd
week of the April Tens of Fulton Superior Court,
commencing on Monday, 9th April, ISM, respect
fully ask leave to make the folio wing presentments:
We hare examined the books of tile Superior
and Inferior Courts, the Ordinary, the County
Treasurer, Stray Books, and the Sheriff’s Docket,
and we take great pleasure in saying, that they
arc all neatly and handsomely kept, in a hwsinaw-
like manner, stiff we hilly concur in opinion, upon
these subjects, with onr predecessors of last week.
We have examined, also, the books'of the Re
ceiver of Tax Returns, and of the Tax Collector,
ol last year. And wc arc sorry to have to say,
that there are some inadvertent inaccuracies in tba.
former of these books, which we presume originat
ed from a want of correct information.
We therefore recommend that tbe Treasurer of
the county be authorized to refund so mueh of these
illegal taxes to the payers thereof; as shall appear
to him, by the affidavit of the payer and the certif
icate ot the Tax Collector, to have been illegally
paid.
The books of the Tax Collector we find regular
ly and properly kept, nnd the long and faithfhl
services of this officer of the public trust strongly
recommend him to the confidence and support of
his fellow-citizens of the county.
Not havinghadtime to examine the standing of the
county, in regard to indebtedness, Ac., Ac., the
present week, and taking it for granted that our
predecessors were correct in these matters, we
concur with their recommendations of 10 per cent,
for pauper, 75 per cent, for county, 25 per cent,
for services of petit jurors, and 25 per cent, for
poor school purposes; this being as small an
amount as, we think, possible to accomplish the
great object of affording the facilities of education
to the poor and indigent children of oar county.
In regard to public buildings, we also concur
with onr predecessors of last week, except as to
the time for completing the Jail, which, we find, is
the 24th of December, instead of the 24th of Sep
tember, next. And we also concur with them in
tendering our grateful acknowledgements to the
City Council for their generosity in furnishing the
county with the use of the City Hall.
Having been so pressed with business during the
entire week, we have been compelled to pass over
several important matters of public interest apper
taining to the connty, and hence we cannot notice
them in these presentments. And we have been
so harried in drawing up these presentments that
they are not as complete and satisfactory as we
could have wished them to he.
Id view of the great and accumulating evils of
Intemperance and the demoralizing and ruinous
consequences of the retail system, upon the com
munity in general, and especially those portions
immediately adjacent to grog-shops, those sinks
of almost all vice and moral wrong; we feel
that we cannot recommend too strongly the adop
tion of tho most efficient and stringent measures,
by all our citizens and public functionaries, and
especially our next Legislature, to rid the State
and country entirely of this all-withering and
blighting curse, which, like the Deadly Upas, is
carrying physical and moral death, wherever it is
suffered to exist, to all the vitals of good order and
well regulated society.
As the only efficient means, in our opinion, for
the support of the grog-shop system lies in the li
censing of men to sell the fatal poison, we would,
therefore, recommend the next Legislature of our
State to repeal tbe license laws entirely. This
measure, we ore confident, would remove the evil;
hut we question, capitally, whether any thing short
ef it would do it.
We have not time, nor do wc feel disposed, now,
to enter into the argument which loudly call for
such measures. The fact of the constant ruin of
our fellow-citizens, and the liability, under the
present laws as they exist, of the ruin of our chil
dren nnd servants is sufficient, were there nothing
else to offer.
The facts which have come to the knowledge of
this Grand Jury, are sufficient to convict any un
prejudiced jnind, of the necessity of an immediate
stop’s being put to the license system. We ques
tion whether there has been any criminal case of
much note before our body, which has not owed
its origin, directly or indirectly, to the use of liq
uor as a beverage—K>r to the support of tho license
system.
We therefore recommend that this system be so
removed as to prevent the continuance of such
evils as do, aud have always existed under it.
If the Legislature possess the power to grant
license under any penalty, or for any price, more
or less, without a violation of the Constitution of
the United States, or of the State of Georgia;
then they certainly possess the opposite power, the
power not to grant license: and of course to pro
hibit the practice entirely.
We hope to live to see the time when the jnstly
great Empire State of tho South shall stand in the
foremost rank of all her sister States upon this
.great &Dd paramount question.
We respectfully recommend our Legislature to
return to annual sessions, and to shorten the time
for the continuance in session to correspond there
with.
And now, in conclusion, in taking leave of his
Honor Judge Bull, we would most respectfully
tender him oar grateful acknowledgments, for his
attention and politeness to our body, and the able
and dignified manner in which he has conduoted
the business of the present week.
Wc also tender our most sincere thanks to the
Solicitor General, L. E. Blakeley, for his kindness
aud courtesy towards our body, and the great abil
ity and untiring exertions, he has displayed in
ferreting out and putting down every species of
erime, and the violations of the laws of the State.
All of which we respectfully submit.
We request that these Presentments be publish
ed in all the city papers of Atlanta.
William Markham, Foreman.
LATER
Joseph Willis,
James (i. Kelly,
William C. Austin,
James G. McIJn,
James C. Thompson,
William H. Eidson.
Wesley G. Collier,
Aaron G. Brewer,
.Tames B. Loftin,
George W. Collier,
Ferdinand J. Werner,
•ST The
contributed
danrvili*
of Athens, Ga., have
for the relief of the flan-
John Silvey,
Edward L. Jones,
James A. Jetf,
Joel Kelsey,
James Davis,
Jacob M. Johnson,
Daniel C. Kelly,
Benjamin O. Jonas,
Elijah M. Donehpo,
William H. Harvill,
AVm. P. Okme, Secretary
Wc, the undersigned, dissent from so much of
the foregoing Presentments of tho Grand Jury as
relates to the liquor question, and request that our
names be so published.
Georok W. Collier, Weslet G. Collier.
Ordered by tho Court that tho foregoing Pre
sentments be published as requested.
Q. A- J, S, C, C, C,
The Very Latest by the America.
Boston, April 14.
The America has arrived at her wharf at
this port, and from our files of English pa
pers we glean the following items of intelli
gence :
Should the Vienna Conference be ulti
mately broken off, the importance qttach^d
to the operations in' the Grijhea ^pd their
result would become 'the rpal entpripnof
success or defeat. There is, however, one
further chance of negotiations being renew
ed, which, though a taint one, is not alto
gether impossible, viz: that the answer
from St. Petersburg may be in favor of some
counter project which may lead to furter dis
cussion. It is not, however, expected that
any proposal at this time by the Russian
Govppipfpt can be regarded as practicable
or sincere, ‘jflie Jjonaon Daily News says
according to the most recent communications
from Vienna, Lord John Russell sees so
little prospect of peace that he expected to
return to England by the 14th inst. The
opinion, also, is freely expressed that any
peaop now wonld be precarious and uncer
tain.
The official journal of St. Peforsb^g rep
resents the position of the 'Aliioa in the
Crimea as being completely shut in by ah
pnclospre of formidable entrenchments, and
aijjds that nejjr diyisjpps hjjvp joined the
army, and that grave events are gxppotpd.
Letters froip Sidney state that a Vessel,
name unknown, wps wrecked pn Ranjptop
Shoals, Five hundred Chinese and a por
tion of the crew were lost. The Captain
and eight men were the only persons saved.
They made for Cape Dennis in a boat, and
on landing were attacked by the natives,
and five were killed.
A Sea Monster—4- correspondent of the
Tampa Peninsula describes the capture of
a sea monster called the “ Devil 'Fish. J ’-~
Thu singular acquatic animal had a mouth
3f feet long, and 'wide enough to swallow a
canoe. The space between its ewes measures
4 feet 4 inches, its length of body 19 feet
and breadth Id feet and weighing three
thousand pounds. Itwas captured - oh the
n the Florida
23d nit, near Panto
ST lb A M-
April
itooEiiteieie. ~
ms
[From the Montgomery Advertiser.)
Kuiu.
... JH* , As we announced’*few day* ego, Kin*
About noon yesterday a difficulty opeur- j j Ifts proved herself, in the recent elec-
j red itrthe vecinitv of the drinking saloon > tion, pro-slavery to the core, the snti-fllave-
t adjoining the Holland 1 House, between Mr. j *J party not having seJ-‘ J *
' Daniel Dougherty and James Martin, which 8 ‘ tat * ve ‘ details
mmmmmrnmm
RIG A. resulted in the death of Mi. Dougherty by
iftThSSSdSrAT h fr rivedafc f Hal : a stab from a knife in the hands of Martin.
Europe. He survived but a few minutes alter receiv-
Lirerpoll Market. ( ing tbe wound. Martin was at once arrest-
Liverpool, March^l.—The cotton market' ed and lodged in jail. In regard to the par
te firm. Prioes unchanged. Holders offer j tieulars of the affair we have heard several
freely. Sales of the week £2^500 teles, ; conflicting statements, but as Martin will
speculators took 11,000 and ex- . ,...
laqOOO teles. Fair Orleans 5f, | P^bably receive histnal this week, (the Su-
iddling 5 3 16, Fair Upland 54, Middling j perior Court being now in session in this
of
5d.
Breads tuffs doll and lower, except Corn.
Canal Flour 38, Ohio 42s. Corn 42s.
Money easier, consols, 92&.
Political.
The Vienna Conference is in a serious
difficulty upon the third point, thongh mod
ified by the Allies. The matter has been
referred to St. Petersburg and the Confer
ence, postponed until a reply is received;
although the fourth point may be discussed
in the meantime.
There is nothing important form the Cri
mea.
The steamer .Canada arrived out on the
25th.
The latest from London, dated Friday
night, states that Drouyn del’Huys, the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, having
been to London for consulation, left to night.
He will stay in Paris two days and then go
to Vienna, bearing the irrevocable deter
mination of the Allies upon the third point.
He was closeted with the leading English
Ministers three hoars on Friday. Subse
quently he had a lengthened audience with
the Queen.
There is no favorable indications from St.
Petersburg.
Anew Belgian Ministry had been form
ed.
Espartero had resisted a demand for a
Democratic modification of the Spanish
Ministry. Madrid was tranquil.
China.
The Insurgents in Canton were gaining
groand.
America’s Mail.
The America’s mail will be dne at New
York on Sunday.
The Northern line of Telepraph is work
ing horibly.
Further per America.
Columbia, April 4.
It is not true that the Peace Congress at
Vienna has proceeded with the fourth point,
everything hinges on the third point.
The Western powers did not demand the
demolition of Seyastopool, but the reduction
of Russian power in the Black Sea, offering
in return to evacuate the Russian territory.
The Russian plenipotentiaries had no pow
er to act on this, and remitted the matter
to St. Petersburg, and there it rests.
The condition of the allies at Sebastopol
is improving.
A formidable Russian force has assembled
at Eupatoria, which virtually besieges the
place.
Raglan’s latest despatch announces a
steady fire without any change in the as
pect of affairs. The Russians are actively
strengthening the place and have nightly
encounters with the allied troops.
Nine ships, the advance of" the British
squadron, had sailed from Deal to the Bal
tic.
Forged bills of lading have appeared in
the Liverpool market to the extent of $14,-
000 sterling, all shipped for Charleston by
James C. Nichols. The fraud was accom
plished bv inserting the word hundred after
units in the body of the bills.
It is officially announced that Napoleon
and Eugenia will pay a visit to Victoria
about the middle of April.
The Vienna papers state that Spain and
Portugal had joined the Western powers.—
Bat this wants confirmation.
From China.
Advices from Hong Kong to the 16th
February, state that insurgents were besie
ging Canton and the Tiger Fork. The sur
rounding villages had been plundered.
Steel and Iron..
The difference between common iron and
steel is in the carbon in tbe latter, bnt if iron
be heated to a white heat and plunged in
cold water, it becomes very hard. Mechan
ics take advantage of this in making axles
and collars for wheel work, for it is easily
filed and turned in a soft state, and after
wards hardened; this is most commonly
practiced in the machine shop. Molders
who make wheels, are often embarrassed by
this chemical property in iron. For as the
metal is poured into the mold of moist sand,
the evaporation of the water carries off the
heat and cools tbe iron so quick as to make
it extremely hard. This is common in such
portions of the metal as have to run the
greatest distance from the aperture of recep
tion. The only remedy for this, is to have
the sand as dry as possible, and as many
apertures as are convenient.
The harder the steel the coarser the grain,
—fine steel has the closest grain. A neat
curved line and gray texture denote good
steel; threads, cracks, bright specks denote
ted. The management of the forging may
indeed modify these indications, and steel
good for some purposes, may be bad for oth
ers. Very small articles heated in acandle,
are found to be perfectly hardened by whirl
ing them in the cold air; and thin plates of
steel, such as the needle of a compass, are
hardened by being ignited and laid upon a
plate of cold lead and quickly covered with
another.
“Case hardening" is that property ofiron
by whioh it becomes very hard on its sur
face. Articles of iron may be oase hardened
by smearing their surface with a past of the
prussiate of potash, then heating them to a
red heat, and dipping in cold water.
In making tools, the artist is directed by
the colors of the steel while heating. The
different colors direct, in tempering, to a
standard. When steel is too hard, it willnot
do for tools intended to have a very fine
p4ge, bocaqsg if will soon become notched,
ana if too soft, it will too easily bend. Pur
ple Is the color for gravers, or tools used to
work in the metals ; when the color appears
in heating, it is immediately plunged in cold
water; a very hard temper will he made, if
the steel is taken at a yellow color and dip
ped. Bine is the color for springs and in
struments for catting soft substances, such
as leather, &c.
a
The Misuehiuetts Inquisition.
The "
thp ridipu
port
amine the Catholic Girls’ School, to insti
tute an examination into the doings of the
Committee. The result confirmed every
material statement that has been published.
Among other witnesses, the Lady Superior
of the school testified'as follows:
I should judge that the Committee num
bered about twapty individuals,
' I attended them in* their’examination of
the boose.’ One of the Committee who gave
his name as Mr. Evans, tarried after the
others had left, and told me he was once a
Catholic in St. Mary’s Church, Baltimore,
and that he desired to return to the Church.
He asked me if I would give him permis
sion to risit me. raying he would like to
? ite some pleasant conversation with me.
dsclindd giving liim permission. He n dc-
ed if the Bishop would bbject to his visiting
me. I told him lip would not, though we
received bat fpw visiters. lie shook bands
with me twice, appeared very familiar. I
was mnch offended at'his conduct then, and
fed mure indignant every time I think of it.
Upon being asked if she could describe
the gentleman who desired an interview
with ner, the witness replied that she oould
not well describe him, but that she could
reoognise him if she saw him.
Mr. Evans, of the Senate, was then in
troduced' whereupon the witness .said he
was not thp agntlpman yho requested th§
interview, and gave his name, Bttbseoneufi-
ly Mr. Hiss, of Boston; vtas introduced,
when the witness said that was the gentle
man who gave hie name US Evans.
The Transcript rays that the revelation
concerning |fr, Hiss » caused quite » sensa
tion and some laughter. Mr. ‘Hiss lost his
color, and joined m the laughter ’ without
Hying * word,"
city,) we defer any further account of the
matter for the present. Mr. Dangherty was
' one of our old. and valued citizens and his
j loss will be regretted by a large circle of
friends and acquaintances.
Some papers have given currency to
the idea that, under the new postage law,
it is necessary to pre-pay letters addressed
to the heads of Departments, other officials
at Washington, and to members of Con
gress. This is not the fact, for the new law
makes no change as to the franking privi
lege, and letters can therefore still be for
warded free of postage, as heretofore.
New Use for Chloroform.—At the Pat
ent Office at Washington, chloroform has
been tried to kill weevel in wheat. In two
or three minutes, after a few drops of chlo
roform had been administered, the insects
naturally enough began to exhibit unmis
takable symptoms of uneasiness which
proved to be the precursors of a quiet, re
spectable death.
TOpCO 1
, v . _ly grat
ifying, as well as surprising, in the singu
larly meagre vote in the various districts
for the enemies of the South.
From the appeals, so earnest and general,
in the New England Freesoil papers, and
the frequent mention of organized tends
starting from almost every part of New
England, added to the determined spirit and
profuse expenditure of money by the oppo
nents of the Nebraaka-Kansas bill, we real
ly apprehended a very different result in
the election for the Territorial Legislature.
The designs of the Northern Conspirators
were duly interpreted and anticipated by
the stern men of Missouri—and to them is
the South indebted for the rescue of Kan
sas from the clutches of the Abolitionists.
The New York Tribune, Springfield (Mass.)
Eepulific, et id omni generis, are profuse of
comments upon the illegal voting by which
their hirelings were defeated. Their antic
ipation about Gov. Reeder’s vetoing what
they characterize the high-handed outrage
of the pro-slavery men, are doomed to dis
appointment. The election will stand, or
fearful consequences will ensue to the Gov
ernor and the anti-slavery men. Even if
there was illegal voting on the part of the
Missourians, we feel that it can be justified,
under the circumstances. It was a contest
between the hirelings of the infamous New
England Aid Society, sent out not to bettor
their condition, or with real intention to
settle permanently in the Territory, hut as
mere instruments to keep the south end
open as a new city of refuge for the slaves
of the adjoining States—a contest between
them and the slaveholders of Missouri, who
would have their slave property rendered
tenfold in more peril by the proximity of a
free State in Kansas. These hardy sons of
the West would not be outwitted, and their
In the “Know Nothingand American Cru
sader” of March 24th, published at Boston, ; conduct, which deserves the gratitude of the
we have a most deliberate expression of the i ? n f e So “*’ full y ^monsteates
, ■ , \ T ,, ~ ty to meet the emergency lately presented,
policy to he pursued by the Northern fus- a J nd gives assuranc ° th at when the next
ionists. That paper, speaking for its sec- j contest—which will be at the formation of
tion, avows the policy of making use of the ! the State government, takes place, they will
Know Nothing organization for the purpose secure another certain victory.
fCO!
N*w Y«*x, April 10,1855.
Tbo pa—f of tha ProWMtety Liquor Law, ita
tatuM andtcoimdenci—,and —are thaaaU, the
probability of its eafor—«■*» !* jaitatpr—ant
:9m all-abzorbing lop* BnMwti of the staid
oonntry towns and moral ratal districts which'suc
cessful tides of tho Temperance Reform have pre
pared for an easy change into the aew state of,
things proposed by this new law, can form no con
ception of the excitement it cans— hare ^here the
appetites, capital and occupation of so many thou
sand are involved in atraffie which it urns to an-
nihilate.
liquor trade in this city than in all the State he
side, and more interest will he imperilled by the
execution of % Prohibitory Law. Consequently,
we witness here, as in a narrow arena, the fierce
struggle of avarioe with humanity, the clashing
of lust with principle which diffused over a wide
world*elsewhere will expand itself with 1ms intern
sity. The press of the city, —fleeting the opin
ions of tho various parties into which our society
is split, present some very dissimilar views. The
Tribune, on examination, finds it a better law than
it feared would be made, i. e., more stringent.—
The Time* cautiously decides it proper and whole
some, but does not commit itself so fully but that
it may take such stand hereafter as may seem best
for its interests. The Herald enters npon a gloo
my calculation of the ruin it will produce in throw
ing thousands out of employment, shotting up ho
tels and devastating society generally; while the
Mirror comes out flat-footed in opposition, and in
its issue of last evening calls especial attention to
the letter of a “Knickerbocker,” who strains him
self into a column to show that the law may not,
cannot, must not, be enforced, because the Legis
lature making it went ont on sprees themselves,
and are addicted to corrupt habits generally. Will
it be enforced in New York ? is the question. I
think so, most certainly, if Mayor Wood fills his
present station with the energy and disoretion he
has hitherto done. The only reasons against it
will be the decision of Judges inimical to it which
have done more in other. States than all other
causes to render similar laws a nullity. We shall
of accomplishing the traitorous objects of the
abolitionists, in these words: “When it
(the Know Nothing organization,) has re
formed the naturalization laws : when it has
As a matter of interest, and as exhibiting
in strong light the character and purpose of
these noble men of Missouri, we subjoin ex
tracts from documents issued before the
election. They have the ring of the true
The first is the leading article in
at
established a true and Just standard of \ metal. ^ _
American citizenship, when it has taught \ ®9 ua ^ er Sovereign, published.
Atchison, Kansas, under date the 13th
political Bomamsm its republican duties, | T\i arc h.
when it embodies the crouming sentiment that j “Within the last few days we have wel-
to Americans belongs America, then it may | corned to Kansas a great many of our
turn legitimately to the question of slavery, j old friends from Missouri. They are com-
or, what would be the natural course, resolve S * n £ * n njake permanent settlement, and
we are glad to see them in before the elec
tion, as it is very obvious that our nominal
Governor is devoting all his time to try and
itself into an Anti-Slavery organization.”
The Texas Debt.—The National Intelli
gencer contains a letter from Gen. James
Hamilton, of South Carolina, in which he
expresses his firm belief that the Legisla
ture of Texas will not assent to the recent
ng all ins time to try and
carry the ensuing election for the abolition
ists. He is (we have no doubt) delaying
the election as long as he dare for the pur
pose of getting as many of his negro thiev
ing friends from Thayer and Co., as be can
act of Congress for the settlement of her I P rior to the election, and to drill his secret
public debt.
Cities should “ Mend their Ways.”—
A verdict of $3,000 was obtained against
the city of Chicago, 111., last week, from
damages sustained from a badly constructed
sidewalk. The plaintiff was a laboring
man, who fell into a hole in the walk while
returning from his work.
confederates as thoroughly as possible be
fore the fight comes off. Won’t it be a glo
rious sight to see this regiment of his Ex
cellency? Falstaff’s ragged regiment would
be beautiful compared to it. Aud it is in
timated that they will really have death
dealing revolvers and huge Bowie-knives,
every ragged rascal of them. We hope
none of the “bloody villains” will come this
way; “our folks” are not used to the smell
of gunpowder and the gleaming of knives;
it makes us feel like fainting to talk about
it; we really think the Government ought
to he called on to protect us from these
One Month Later from Utah.
Serious Collision with United States
Troops.—Advices from Great Salt Lake
City to the 7th of February have been re- | ,. We ho our tiliid friends in Missouri
ceived Ihe news of the appointment of will not b< f scarcd out of their inte ntion of
CoL Steptoe as Governor of the Territory, comi h however; perhaps we may
bloody-minded Thayer-men.
“We '
vice, Brigham Young; Secretary, vice A.
W. Babbitt, and some other changes, took
the Mormons by surprise, but it is not
thought any serious opposition will be made
to them.
On New Year’s day quite a serious colli
sion took place between the United States
soldiers and the citizens, at a drinking-shop.
persuade them not to hurt us. Provisions
are scarce in Kansas ; we would therefore
suggest to the emigrants to bring their guns
and ammunition with them, as game is very
abundant—deer, turkeys, Ac; and a Mis
sourian can always make a living with his
gun in a game country. We would also advise
that they bring plenty of well twisted hemp
Fire-arms were freely used, and seven or r0 pe, as there may be a great many
mfrhr-nftrsons werfi shot. niir. TmrtiinnxAlv- i . x , .1
eight persons were shot, but, fortunately,
none af them were killed. Two of the sol
diers were severely wounded, and for a time
it was thought they could not recover. The
Mormons ordered out the Legion, threaten
ing to destroy the whole battalion of United
States troops in the city under Col. Steptoe.
The three companies of United States troops
were quickly paraded under arms—they
strengthened their position, aud waited for
the assault of the “Legion,” which was
every moment expected. This state of quasi
warfare lasted for three days, when calmer
counsels prevailed and hostilities ceased.—
As the affair grew out of a drunken fit, an
order was issued by the civil authorities
forbidding the further sale of ardent spirits
in the oity.
The Territorial Legislatuae of Utah, at
their late session, passed an act called the
“ Gift Law,” by which the faithful are to
vest all their real and personal estate of ev
ery kind in Brigham Young ! It remains
to be seen whether Congress will tolerate
such outrageous legislation in one of the
National Territories.
On the 1st January the wall of the city
of Manti was completed to the height of 8
feet, and is 3 feet thick at the bottom, and
will form quite a barrier to Indian depreda
tions. It surrounds an area of 100 rods
square, the Temjple Block being in the cen
tre, and in addition to the dwellings, &c„
encloses the grist and savf mills.
Large Stalls ttf Cotton.
A correspondent of the Columbia Times,
writing from Mulberry Grove, Fla., says:
A few years ago I saw a cotton stalk that
covered an area of ground above twenty
feet in diameter. It matured upwards of
twelve hundred bolls, from which were
gathered 6J pounds of seed cotton, worth
then 10 cento per pound. So this single
stalk yielded 62{ worth of cotton. In ad
dition to this, the old gentleman op whose
place it grpw, declared that one cow had
wintered on it. But this I am somewhat
inclined to consider a jest, and I don’t wish
to state anything as a fact that I do not
know to be true.
The Floridians also have the biggest weed
in ail creation. There is a weed, properly
known there and in Carolina as the careless
weed, that attains in some lo^litiss a height
ef thirty feet, and a size of eighteen inches
in diameter. On Lake Griffin they grow
forty feet high.
Trees also grow to a tolerable size. A
tree was cut on the Silver Spring River, in
this oounty, a few years ago, and made in
to a boat, that measured eighteen and a
half feet across the stump. There are oth
ers still larger to be seen at the same place.
I have seen cherry trees in the hammocks
six feet in diameter. There stands in my
field a live oak stump, twelve feet high, in
to which a hollow has been burned of suffi
cient
horse-thieves about the time of our election
and it might be necssary to hang some of
them by way of example, and to prevent
the shedding of blood, as Cromwell once
said, when he ordered a company to be shot.
We are order-loving and law-abiding men,
but, until we make laws, we are higher law
men. We go in for hanging thieves of all
kinds, as high as Haman, as a gentle hint
to evil disposed men to deter them from .the
commission of crime,”
The following forms part of a handbill
manifesto, published at Boonville, Mis
souri :
“But the contest is not yet ended. De
feated in Congress—outvoted in both
branches of our Federal Legislature, repu
diated by the Executive, this desperate mo
tion of political fanatics have retired to their
strongholds, and, under the sanction of leg-
istative enchantments, have organized cor
porate associations, with enormous monied
capital, to accomplish the purposes which
an overwhelming majority of the Repre
sentatives of the nation had determened
should not he accomplished. They have
perverted the natural currentof emigration,
and for the first time in the history of the
country, from the day that Daniel Boon
took his rifle and axe. into the backwoods of
Kentucky, have attempted to convert the
fair prairies op the borders of Missouri into
a seconil Botany Bay—a reeaptaole for the
sweepings of Eastern oities, and tbe active
tools of Eastern negro stealers.”
The manifesto closes as follows.”
“Gov-Reeder may be assured that the
Legislative Assemblies of Kansas cannot be
packed with the emissaries of Abolition
Societies in Boston and New York, A
Chicago in Kansas would net lopg- escape
the doom which justice and the.Constitution
have already pronounced unpop its proto
type in Illinois., tye trqst, for the sake of
police and harmony: and for the sake of the
Union which fanaticism has so long threa
tened,"that the President of the U. States
will withdraw the Governor, who seeks the
unenviable notoriety of stirring up the dy
ing embers of a strife settled in our nation
al councils. Does any rational man sup
pose that our nsighhors m Missouri, are
‘bona of o af bone and flesh of our flesh,’
will permit the scums of ignorance and
vice, shipped by Emigrant Aid Societies,
from the over boiling caldron of Northern
fanaticism, to be located upon, their very
borders?
‘‘-While no objections are entertained to
bona fide emigrants, for whatever opinions
they may entertain, it can surely be no mat
ter of surprise to the reflecting that no fav
or will be shown to the Hessian mercena
ries of fanaticism, who are sent here with
the avowed purpose of making war upon
the domestic institution^ of fv peightering
Sttltd inefilnfirino rvmol an/l mill Ln
+T,os3 inEiitUviong must and will be
capacity to afimR fifteen ov twdniy | preserved. If Kansas is to be the battle
persons. ; The negroes often 1 tesort to it for \ ground upon which the destiny of Missouri
shelter from fhe rain. I know of another ,s to he settled, Arkansas and Texas will
live oak which has a hollow burned entirely 1 n °t be slow to perceive that the blow is soon
through it, into which a wagon may bo eas- j thorn, and ultimately every South-
ily driven. I have known two persons to ! ern ant l Southwestern State in the Union is
ride through it abreast and have plenty of fo he affected by the result. Let Gov. Reed-
elbow room. ; er and his confederates take heed of these
considerations. A foo) nmy l[gh| the torch
of oiyil w(ir, in wfiich tliq Temple of Liber-
Lzter from California.
rc^t, but a wise man will
Nrw Orleans, April 13. j ty pi ay bp destroy 1
Tho sty. £ ./heus arrived here to- j not covet that info
day, with ; , isco dates to the 24th is to be
ult. Busine-s n I \ cry dull, with sales at ! of our
reduced price*. ■ glorious Union/ 1
The recent rains had made some improve- j T j Iog Tr4w; qf the w E s7.-The Cin-
525, * t mines ’ apd the S™™ 8 ° r °P S : cinnati Pi-ice <£££ publishes a fullItatl
P Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co. had resumed | ft*® P ftck «? r in th «
business, and Messrs. Page, Bacon & Co. j ^est this year, which shows a felling off
would resume on the 29th. j “ w . lth ^
The failures of Mr. Wright and Messrs. ! £ three hundred and forty-nine thousand
Adams & Co. are bad ones The personal “ 1 * e “ u “ b f ^P° u ^ flflld fo
effects of L. C. Woods have been for sale. hundred and th«uraud.-=-
Ex banker Robinson has been qn^tpd per cent less tfcan last
for fraud ,..r r": ■ year, and two and a half per cent fieovior
: No arrivals are reported. j lhan that of the P revioua
Capt. Cropper, of the steamship Cortez, Theatrical.—Mr. W. H. Crisp’s theatri-
by formal conventions
that purpose. YVj, en
Ho
of thai
le
fairly convoked
we have seen, or thought we had, that man"
ageitfeiit and Indelicate forwardness had
pressed certain men before the party W hom
wo beUeved to b® objectionable to a majorj
__ V1 ....,, , fy i we.too, like oar friend of the Advocau
Probably more espifal is invested in the ^ expressed onmlves at times,^
some degree of impatience at the unfaim esa
of party machinery and so forth. But our
sober second thought always brought U3
round to the old platform and our settled
conviction is, that any party, even one that
deserves to live, mast have more vitality
than a cat or any number of cats, tha t
can survive the plethora of big men, 0 y
which every third family in the State i s
morally oertain it contains a fair specimen
and is jnst as sore that their favorite geniu 9
is unfairly suppressed and the country
shamefully tricked out of his valuable ser
vices. We do not mean to be surprised in-
to the indiscretion or the inconsistency
either of calling names in this notice of our
respected cotemporary’s article. All the
gentlemen who are spoken of, or spoken f,y,-
or who are doing their own speaking, ar ^
“all honorable men”—good men, and true
and this is all that nan be got out of u s e d;!
tonally till after the Convention. When
the nomination is made, we have no fears
but what we will then say of the lucky
“ choice of the party" enough to delight and
surprise his proud relatives and friends.—
But, in the mean time, let us, who in these
matters are simply representative men and
who have, we insist upon it, a right to speak
only vicariously, take care lest in advance
we do what we cannot undo. IVe respect
fully submit to the Advocate, if such articles
as its last upon the subject of a nomination
for the 4th District is not highly invidious
and well calculated to bring into disparage
ment the choice of the approaching conven
tion, unless, indeed, that choice should fall
upon a certain individual. Of this we feel!
sure, and in reference to this very article
we heard a conspicuous member of the par
ty remak, that the Advocate was clearly
against a convention. We do not think so,
however, and will do our confrere the justice
to ray that we believe he is decidedly in fa
vor of a nomination by convention—provid
ed his Javorite shall be the choice of the con
vention. This looks very conclusive. In
commenting upon the equivocal character
of tlie delegates to conventions, or rather-
the doubtful mode of their selection the.
Advocate says:
“ In tho case before us, we assicme, with
out fear of contradiction, that if .Jud^e
Warner will accept, he is the first choice for
Congress of a large majority of the Demo
crats of the District. In a convention truly
and fairly representing their will, he would!
be the nominee on the first ballot; but hts
will not, we are satisfied, manoeuvre in any
form or manner for a nomination. What,
shadow of a chance wonld he haves then,
before a convention, a majority of whose
delegates were under direct or implied
pledges to vote for another man? His
friends would not, in such a oase, permit h}*
name to go before them. If they should,
they would be doing him great injustice.”
This is indeed a pregnant pai-agraph. It
assumes very much and in its comprehen
siveness takes a world of important things
for granted. For instance, the first choice
for Congress—large majority—a convention
truly and fairly representing their will-
nominee on first ballot—will not manoeuvre
—what shadow of chance then !—and so on
throughout, and we venture to say that this
little extract means as much and hints as
much as men usually find in the same sur
face of printer’s ink anywhere. So far as
our objection to editorial interference for
particular candidates is concerned, we are
sure that our ground is tenable. We Vould
not be so silly as to insist that personally
our friend of the Advocate should smother
all solicitude when the fortunes of a friend
were in issue merely because he happened
to be an editor. Not at all. Let our co
temporary put into vigorous play the last of
his generous efforts for the behoof of his
friend only so the factitious advantage of
newspaper influence is not to kick the beam
in favor of his selections. This is what wc
olfleot to as injudicious, and, we hope it is
no offence to say, unfair. If the influence
of the paper is not something distinct from
the mere personality of the editor, why then
be so careful to lay the press under contri
bution ? We regret the necessity which we
felt was laid upon ns of having to revert to
this sulgeot. But the discussion of the su
perior claims of a partiouiar individual to
Congressional honors in the party papers of
the 4th District, by way of forestalling the
action of the convention, we felt sure was
doing harm. It has already done harm and
will result in unmixed evil. It may sound
demagogueical to say it, and yet we will
say it, that if any one man in the District
is so decidedly the ohoice of a majority at
the party and so justly the favorite, as ihe-
Advocate asserts with such dauntless confi
dence, why, then, we say, that in, oar opin
ion the people will have their way and the
convention will he forced to declare the
choice of the majority the choice of the
party. Who will take us up on this for any
innocent amount? Will the Advocate?—
Our opinion is that delegates should meet
ill the counties, and that every captain’s
district should be represented for the pur
pose of selecting the representation to the
district convention. If a county has its
choice, let it say so, and instruct its delega
tion. to,go for that man the first ballot or any
number of'ballots. Let the party maintain,
w&h, inflexible persistence, that all who gc,
info convention are bound by its action,and.
all who. do not go in are outsiders, and in,
the most emphatic raanher let us insist that
all independent candidates and all defeated
candidates standing mute and in the sulks
are no better than malcontents, who are
cumberers of the ground-
Thia is our position, and we expect to
maintain ft until onr ideas of the use and
%buw of party organization are radically
changed. But if it is the will of the De-
rnooraoy of the 4th District to make a scrub
race of it, and to invite all sorts of entries,
and any number of them, we submit;
Much feeling also prevails at the late attempt to
smuggle through the Assembly an amendment to
an act relative to city railroads, by which authority
would be confexred to build one in Broadway.—
The manner in which many members gave the bill
their support is exciting wonder, and charges that
gold from the lobbies created sadden opinions are
freely made against some of the worthiest mem
bers from the city. Broadway is the finest street
on this continent, and the popular feeling is deci
dedly against ploughing it up with railways. I
do not think any monied elique who should suc
ceed in paying the way of such a bill through the
Legislature could even lay rails in Broadway.—
We should have Erie riots on a large scale.
« Sam” is overhauling our Police and squinting
his eyes up each geneological tree of the whole
posse. The Chief of the Police, Geo. W. Matsell,
having returned himself to the Board of Aider-
men as a native, blledging that he had no family
record, but that his mother had informed him he
was born in America, some affidavits were taken
which impeach his veracity. The testimony is
built up somewhat on the style of Jack’s house.—
Geo. W. Matsell returned himself an American;
Elizabeth Kerwan knew Geo. W. Matsell who re
turned himself an American; Ann Cudliff knew
Elizabeth Kerwan who knew Geo. W. Matsell who
returned himself an American; Stephen Branch
knew Ann Cudliff who knew Elizabeth Kerwan
who knew Geo. W. Matsell who returned himself
an American; and as the aforesaid Elizabeth Ker
wan, whose veracity is so indefinitely backed,
knew he was not an American, or, at least, did not
know be was, poor Matsell will have to go under
as an outside barbarian. What a mischance it is
to see the first daylight anywhere out of. Uncle
Sam’s domains.
The extension of the Battery goes on slowly
and when completed will give ns a fine breathing
place, a thing to be especially coveted now that
Mayor Wood has vetoed the Bill for the big Park
up town. The idea of appropriating several hun
dred acres"to tho free use of the toiling poor is too
liberal and noble for this dollar and centage, and
of course the money king shows poverty to the
wall in the struggle for more room, and dooms it
to narrow streets and Parks whioh are miserably
disproportionate to expanding greatness of the
city.
We supposed the Poole mania was over, hut last
Sunday witnessed his apotheoris and saw him
mounted on the topmost pinnacle of virtuous re
nown. A Rev. Mr. Hood opened exercises with
prayer before a congregation of some two hun
dred persons at the Apollo Roome and Capt J. M.
Turner delivered an oration npon the life and char
acter of the defunct, concluding with these words;
“ Poole died as he had lived, faithful to his God,
his country and his friends!’’ If the minutes of
this meeting should be exhumed a thousand years
hence by some delving anti-quary, what better
testimonial oould some new light chureh in search
of a saint for new calendar desire ?
The sudden death of Walter R. Jones, has
thrown a gloom over our commercial circles. He
was one of the oldest and most respected of our
business men, and his simplicity of manners and
integrity of character had endeared him to the
whole city. Funeral services were performed yes
terday at Trinity Church, and hia remains leave
this morning for interment at Cold Spring. The
flags upon the Morckants Exchange, Custom
House and of the slapping in the Harbor were at
half-mast during yesterday, and minute guns were
fired from a ship of war in respect to his memory.
I notice an increase tn the number of arrivals
from the country, and business, although dull, has
improved during tbe past week.
Last Sunday—Easter Sunday—was a most beau
tiful day and observed with becoming exercises in
the Catholic and Episcopalian Churches,
Horace Grcely sails for Europe to-morrow, will
be present at the opening of the Worlds Fair at
Paris and spend some, months on the continent.
We may expect seme rich letters from his pen.***
Col. Kentucky KuewNeth.
Col. tfofin Rowan af Kentucky, having
been called upon from several quarters to
become the democratic candidate for Gover
nor of that State, declined the honor for
reasons given in a letter to the Louiavifte
Times from which we make the following
extract. Where ia, the Know Nothing in
all this brood land who can read it, and not
have hla cheeks burn with very shame?—
He says:
reason that my vHfo is a Catholic. I
that a respectable whig paper (the Com
monwealth) estimates the number of Know
Nothings in Kentucky at fifty thoqsand;
and as I have been informed by good au
thority that no man who has a. Cathode
wife can be a member of that sojaty, ft is.
fair to presume that thqv would not Vofofor
a man so circumstanced. If'this he. true,
fifty thousand oltizens of Kentucky Would
say to me, “What though you are a native
of Kentucky, and yonr ancestors were
among the pioneers of this flair land; what
though your grapdfothers, Lytle and Row
an, lost the earnings of their lives—the first
by’the torch of the Indian, the last by the
moneys of the Continental Congress-^wha*
though they did toil on, figh&Rg the Ind|ian
and feeling the fofogt, vwter all these
difficulties adulate. 3, pprtiop of their fami
lies, aud that portion not unknown or un
distinguished in the histories of Ohio, Ken-
Paper from Bamboo Cane.—A specimen
pf paper manufactured from foa common
cane, the temhoO pf the Mississfphi river,'
has been exhibited St. Lohjs, ana is high
ly approved,
cal company, with Miss Elfta Logan, are
performing t« crowded houses in Charleston.
The standard, speaking of the performan
ces, says they are much tetter than any
others they have had in Charleston during
the present season.
The hut
The New York Coiirii ' ~
tucky and the nation, and what though you i P erh “P 8 > if " e ar0 beat « n > tbe T
, ... .. . maybe qualified fo discharge the high duties ! 8 P°. rt m »y be 8omo solace W fosmg. We
, ^ ampus importality which | of office you aspire to; we fifty thousand i 8 * a ^® 8,
purchased filonp te thp destruction j people of Kentucky, living happily around
liberties, and the downfall pf our our "hearthstones, won forus, by the daring
of such men as you sprung from, are deter
mined that you, shall not be Governor of
Kentucky, Mr. Rowan, because your wife,
exercising the privilege guarntfi&t by the.
Constitution of the Urnta^ States, ana the.
constitution of evgy State, in the. oonfed-
eracy, fo wowUp God as she pleases, is a
Pafholio. It matters not to us that thq an
cestors of that wife were of those who lan
ded with Lord Baltimore, and established
the good old colony of Maryland, (fo this
hour the hopra at refinement ajfo hospitali
ty.) the first to invite, the roUgfoutet of
phnstendhm to come and worship god ao-
cordin^ to the dictate* of their ow» oonsei-
IQu^. irosh crater tea recently opened
at Mount-Vesuvius, from which an eraption
is looked for, en amount of the threatenion
aspect of the mountain.
ier <v Enquire r says:
The elections, in Connecticut ar.d Rhode
Island complete the entire list of members
for Congress in the free States* In the last
Congress these States sent ninety Adminis
tration members and fifty-one opposition.
In the next Congress the entire number ol
Administration members elected from the
free States is—we believe we do not err in
the computation—twenty-three; the entire
numher of opposition members ia one hun
dred and sixteen. Of the Administration
members, one comes from Maine, 5 from
New York, 1 from New Jersey, five
Pennsylvania, two from Indiana, five froi’ 1
Illinois, one from Iowa; one from Wisconsin,
and two from California, It would he very
difficult to classify the opposion with mfer-
ence to particular party distinctions. M»nJ
wtee elected as Whies, many as Free sou-
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