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BT cavis & teimbhee. Darotcfo to Southern il\o,\)t$, Politics, ^oriculfurc, onir iXTiscclimtu. $2 pee ahhumV J*y*' ^ *, . V % VOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1850. NO.'W. THE CAROLINA S PART Aft BY CAVIS & TRIMMIER T- 0. P. VERNON", Associate Editor Price Two Dollars pur milium In advance, t -*2 .50 nt the ouil of the yvar. If not paid u fter the year expires $3a>0. P*ymout will bo considered in advance if mi within three months. sutMoripiioii la it u u fur lt?i than six rao&t Monuy may be remitted through postmastcri ?nr risk. Advertisements inserted at tits usual rates, r contracts made ou reasonable terms. The Spa at am circulates largely over this r adj oining d:stricts, and offersnn admirable medi to our friends to reach custopiers. Job work of all kinds promptly executed. Bi .inks. Law and Equity, continually on lui or priuiod to crder. Speech of Senator Douglas. We havo before us a copy of the mast ly speedi delivered by Senator Douglas, the Kansas question. To say that it worthy of the fatne of the distinguish Senator is to pronounce its highest prui Wo rogrot that we hive room at presc only for tlio concluding portion of it, which he had a passage with the great !e: or of the Black "Republicans." It will found to express a boldness of defiance ai denunciation of that party which will sought for in vaiu from politicians of a otlnr organisation than tlio Democrat Why cannot Soulhorn men of tlio oppos party do justieo to such men, when th itiud them hazarding tlio prizes cf ainhiii and the prospects of political promotion n gallant and true hearted defenco of c constitutional rights.?Richmond Kxai tier. Mr. Douglas said: The IVack "Kopublicnn" party was * gnnizod and founded on the fundnnien principle of perfect and entire equality rights and privileges between the negro a thj white man ? an equality secured u guarantied by a law higher than the ci tttilui.ou of the United SluUs. In yc creed, as proclaimed to tlie world, you sta ple>iged''gain-t "the admission of any nn Slave S.Vc?;" To : jhjal the Fugitive Slave law; To abolish the slave trade between t States; To prohibit slavery in the District of l Iumbia; To restore tlio prohibition on Kansas a Nebraska; and To acquire uo moto territory unl slavery shall Ire lirst prohibited. This is your creed, authoritatively p claimed, I trust there ir no evading o?" d?n; ing the issues?no lowering of the th Let each partv stand hv its principles, a ?i.? I.... ?.........i .1. %4IV> ? 4MI li.*? 0 J' UMIIIV'I UIVIII ?4 we have accepted tliein. Lot ih have fair., bold figlfl before the po >ple, nnil ill let the vcnliet be ptonouttml. Mr. S< watd?-You will have it. Mr. Bought*?I rejoice in litis a?-?nr.Hi 1 trust the Senator will be able to bring tfoops up to tlie line, and to hold tin there. 1 tin t there is to be no lowering lit) flag?no abandonment or change the issues. There are rumors afloat il you are about to strike your colors; tl you propose to surrender each one of tin issues, not because you Jo.not pr,ifj9.i to right, but because you cannot suce vd the right; that vou propose io throw ov board all tins men who di-lingnished the selves in your service in lighting the At Nebraska fight and to lake a now tm who, in consequence of n<?t being c untr ted to either side, will be enabled to clt somebody by getting voles from bath siil Rumor says'that all your veteran goner who have received scats and wouuds in I Auli Nebraska campaign are now tons ercd unfit to command, and are to bo h aside in order to take up so mo now in who lias not antagonized with the gn principles of sell government and St. equality. Rumor r.ay? that, in piir>n u of this line of policy, you dare not a!h your committees in tho ILm-e of Rep sentali'.OS to bring in bills to redeem y? pledges and carry out your principles; tl there is to be no hill passed in your fu-i House to repeal tho K ins.i^-Nebraska i ?none to abolish the slave trade bet we the States ? none to abolish slavery in l Di strict of Columbia?none to redeem a otto of your pledges, or cany out any ? of your principles upon which you seem n majority in the I louse by a fusion \v Northern Know NotliingUih. Rumor says that your committees w arranged with the view ol keeping all tin questions in the baek ground until at lite Presidential election, in order that i agitation may be reoponed with bet prospect* of success w hen power shall In been obtained ur.o3r ihe auspices of a n /nan, who has not been crippled in t ^reat battle. Would it not be a ctnii . spectacle to see ibis grcnt Anti Nebras or Black ' Republican" pnit.y?which, I ihnn eighteen months ago, proclaimed war of extermination in which no qnar was to be granted or received, and no pi >oners to be taken?skirmishing to avoir pitched battle, and got an opportunity retreat front the face of those whom th determined to hang and burn and loiti with all the refinements of cruelly whi their vengeance could devise} A to the fices and patronage of Government so tm nioro important to you than your prin pios, that you feel it your duty to sacril VAIlf ArAPt] ami lltr? inon Inilon I ifio.l ... it, in order to get power! Are yon p pared to ignore the material points in sue tor four that they will coinpromit y in the Presidential election? Mr. Wade?We will whip you, then. Mr. Douglas?That remains to ho sei We to prepared to givo you a fair fig oii tho Issues you have tendered and accept. lyot tho Presidential contest bo o of prinotple alone; let tho principles invo cd bo distinctly stated and boldly m without any attempt* at concealment equivocation; lot the result bo a verdict approval or disapproval so omphalic t! it cannot be misunderstood. One vcar a L w _ _ f. you promised us a fair fight in open fleli upon the principles of the Kansas Nebras . kn act! You then unfurled your bannei mid bore it aloft in tlie hands of your owi , favorite and tried leaders, with your prin ciples emblazoned upon it! Are you nov util Prt'lV,red to lower your flag1, to throw over board all your tried men who have render ido ed service in your cnuso, aud issue a searcl i warrant in hopes of finding a new man wiio has not antngonizerl with anybody nnd whose principles are unktuiwn, for tin purpose of cheating somebody, by getting ind voles from all sorts of men? I^ct us have hi y open nnd a fair fight. jpj Mr. Douglas?1 will not pursue the sub ject further. Mr. Clayton and the Island of Rualan mm Among the letters on the Central Ame rienn question, recently published by ilit Biitish governmetit, is ono dated March 31 er" 18o(3, from Mr. Crampton to Lord Cliren ?.n dou, of which the following is an extract: is 44It will be within your Lordship's rccol lection rfial Mr. Clayton was informed by Sii s0* Henry Bttlwer, before tlio treaty of i8f>C |l1 was signed, thut Ruatau was de jure and 1,1 de facto a lhilish possession; and Mr 'd* Ciayton has, on various occasions since, ii conversation with me, staled that bo con "d | sidcrcd litialan as much a British posses | sion as Jamaica or any other British Wesi n.v India Island." fy* To this statement, as has been intiina ,le ted by tulegrapli, Mr. Clayton called tin attention of the Senate on Wednesday last on pronouncing it utterly untrue, and as i *>y seems to us, sufficiently well establishes M\r the point that it is so. The following is t nt' report of the proceedings in reference tc that matter: Mr. Clayton said that this slatemcn or" was utteily untrue in every part of it; aiu la' tlio British minister must have labored un : der a hallucination as strange as ever en n?l > tered the brain of any man to have m:ul? such a statement. Nothing like that hn< ,u* over escaped him, in conversation with Mr ,ur Crampton or any ono else. Forlunatel} "d for hint, the facts did not rest merely upor ),c the statements of Mr. Crampton and him self; hut he had a living witness to refei to. Beforo doing so, however, he wouli *1C call Iho attention of the lena'o to a lotto written to Mr. (Jrampton, and read to tlu Senate by himself on tl?o 12th of January 1854, in llio course of a speech in wliieli lie was endeavoring to piove that Kuatnt was not a dependency of Belize, and wn not exempted from tho provisions of tin treaty >4* I860. lie had Mr. Crmnploti' ro* own testiiniuiy on iho subject, which In then read to the Senate, and lie propo.-oJ t> read it again now for the purpose of con t Itadicling this statement, which was mad< "" known to him this morning for the iins n tune, and of which ho hail not the tnos remote conception. Croat Britain now rented her claim to the island of iiualan en liielv on the Assumed fact that it was a do pendency of Belize; that was the null ground upon which she pretended to hav< lMn any title to it. in the debate in the Scnab ' upon that very (piestion, Mr. Clayton hat produced a letter fioin Mr. Ciumptoii, ii ,:l' which that gentleman had said, "the dc iat , pendencies ol liiilisii Honduras are, in nn 2"c j opinion, distinctly enumerated 'the iie.aj j t;i i i'SQ.'' Mr. Crajupton liad coiistillei ln | tho ictorjs of his legation, and after doiii; cr" so, he ariived at the conclusion deliberate 111 lv, and after a full examination, that tin 111 dependencies of British Honduras were ?li? linclly enumerated in the tieuty of 1760 "C Now, that treatv described the si" ' ! islands llmt were dependencies oflteliz' ll'*- I viz: Saint (reorge's Key, ami those smai i i*|jauls cinl?rnc> d in a tiiniigle within tin | distance of three or tour miles Irom llclzc l hos.tr inland*, then, having lieen marker "u' out ami "tlislinclly enumerated1' in tin lal 1 treaty of 1780, the irrebi?lihle conelimitn eal was, that lvuainn, which wus Ht aconsidora ;uy ' hie distance from iloiize, ami was no lc0 i iminiig the dejieinlcttcies distinctly on nine ,w ! rated, was not exempted from the provis ro' mns of the troaty according to the adniis ,ur ' sion of Mr. Ctuiupton himself. ,;,t 1 Mr. Clayton proceeded to say thatwhih 0.1 lie was detained at his lodgings hy sick 1,t'^ ness in February or Match last, he wa en called upon bv the Senator fitnn Kciituckv 1,0 [Mr. Crittenden,] ami while they were en '0'I gaged in conversation upon this subject 1 Mr. Champion came in to invito Mr. Clay 'y' | ton to dine with biin. lleing too sick l< ll'' accept the invitation, lie look 'lie oppoitn i niiy to ask Mr. Crainplon if lie knew any LMC 1 tiling of llio report or charge that he [Mr |'su ; Cla) ton] had ever admitted i<? him ilia UM Knatan was exempted from the operatim i',c of the treaty of 1850. Mr. Ciatnplun it lur : the most unqualified tcrins acknowledge* lvu { that lltt'io was inf titilli in the report ilia | Air. Ciavton ha<i ever made any such inn 'll! I mation to liiin. Uls 1 Mr. Ciitleiulen corroborated tlio slate ';a . nient of Mr Clayton, lie could not now pretend to detail the. conversation at whicl " ' lie was thus accidentally present; but uc tcr i cording to l.is recollection, tin* substance o ,s" it was as related by the Senator fioin I>ela ' " ware, and directly contrary t<> the state to mofkL ia tlifl1 I ? * * VI i IV v? v ' w *? ? V I ?l I * J ' ?y I ton. ,rc Mr. Clayton remarked that lie had iriadi lc'' | speech after speech in I lie Senate, llio ob joel of which was to prove llio direct 10 ,c!' verse of what llio letier had reprusoulet l,c'" him as admitting, lie was willing to pu *ce the roost charitable construction upon it l'' but it was an utter and total mistake. ,0" Mr. Cass thought it was very certair ,s* that tho Senator from Delaware, unless ir ?" sonio fit of insanity, could never have fifth to Mr. Crainpton what was attributed U him. ''n- Mr. Pratt inquired what evidence there ?kt was of the authority of the letier as pub wo lifihed in the newspapers, llo thought i n0 most probablo tlint there was some mi.-takt 'v* about it. ?b Mr. Clayton had no knowh-dgo as tc or the authenticity of tho letter. When bis at ?f tenlion was called to it this morning, bo wai nover moro astonished in bis li(V; and ai Sn ho found it in tho public prints, he foltlha 1 his Hist July was to prove that the statui ment, no matter by whom it was made, was false. If Mr. Champion never made i such a statement, ho could not be injured - by these remarks; but if he did make it, j v it was for him to explain it. The letter had - gone forth to the country through the news - papers of the day; and until it was denied j or disavowed, ho was bound to suppose , that it was a genuine document, but ho , siiouid bo very happy to bo assured of the } contrary, ? Subsequently Mr. Fish, at tho request 1 of Mr. Clayton, stated tha he had repeated ' conversations dining the present session with Mr. Cranipton in relation to tho sub- ! ject of Central American affairs, and Mr. i C. had told him that Mr. Clayton always . denied the British title to Ruatan. Ho | thought it doubtful whether the letter ' which tho Senator front Delaware had read j was an authentic one. ' Mr. Cass reniaiked that Drent Britain 1 i had heretofore only claimed Ruatan and | the other Bay islands on tho principle that j they had been spontaneously settled by J J ' British subjects; but it was tho usual course I j of that government, when they were driven I from one point, to fall back upon another, j and another, and another; and this might be ono of their new discoveries. As to the authority of the letter there ^ can be little doubt, for it is taken from the Blue Book, which is an official record of i diplomatic documents. Lord Palmerston's Explanation. t j t House ok Commons, April 25.?Mr. I r.f.M.fr vnt/l l.? l?..t, .1 i - . i | ?"p ??ivi iiv uic c'til iicm i'ppurilllll i v | ty of asking some explanations as to the ' > j intention of the Government of sending : troops to Canada. It had been said that ! L 1 10,000 men were to he sent to Canada 1 from the Crimea under tho command of | Gen. Ey ro. The rumor received some | . ' confirmation from the statements in the i I public press; and one evening in another : 1 place a question had been addressed to the 1 noble Lord the Minister of War, who to* j plied that it was tho intention of the Gov- j i eminent to send back to Canada a number - I of regiments equal to the number stationr cd in that colony before tho commence1 ! ment of tho war. Even supposing that to r ' be so, ho thought it required some expias I nation froin lier Majesty's Government. , They ought to know whether it was ini ; tended merely to send these regiments i I back, or whether any new organization of s ; the forces in Canada was contemplated, so i that they might ho ready for active service j , in the event o!" hostilities with America, lie j ( i-hould iiUi to know wIt ther the Govem> ; men t wasgoing to depart from the old colon i 1 i al policy of the country, and distribute our | troops throughout our free and self support- j t j ing colonies' If so, lie thought the time ; I j was pecuhaily ill cho-scn, for it would liuvn the appeal an ce of a menace to tlte United Stale*, w hose population, beit g high spiril. erl and prompt to 'o-ent any attempt at / ( coercion, would be less inclined than cvei j l? j for an amicable airangeiueul of differences. ' !> I Such a stop, moreover, would afford 1 i giomul in tho American legislative bodv 1 i | lor an iucreaso of their military establish ; incut, which, iu its turn, would be laid ; j hold of hue as au argument for augment- | , j nig our own. The measure was, thereI i ibro, most mischievous; and, whilst a-king r : for infoimotion upon it, he wished aUo to ' ask whether the GoveiliuieiiL had anv in. I . teiuioii of lauding a body of troops at Cos . . la IticH? . L-jid I'almersion.?Sir, I must first fay I I am not aware ot tbat situilaiilv of nval uui, thoiiuos to which ibo bono table gentleman ' 1 has referred?namely, ibo Wur-olHceon lite i? on * Mile, ami the newspapers on the other, i. Whatever is said It}' the War Department I 1 is tine, and as to what appears in the pub ; lie newspapers, he must judge of that aci cording to circumstances. [A laugh ] 1 ,. 1 can only say, we utterly disclaim the res t 1 ponsibililv of what may be given to the public through those channels. With ic- ! . gard to tlio alarm which my honorable 1 tiiciid has stated to exist, founded upon these rumors, coming from that left handed ,> , ollicial soiliCO which he has referred to, I . teally cannot understand on what I'oiinda, lion any such alarm can be felt. In the , ! tiist place, lie lias slated that lie understood - 10,000 men weie g ?ing to the Noriir , American British l'roviuces. Now, that is . n gross exaggeration. [llcarthcar.] Iam i not aware, even it that number were going, . that anv man in his senses would imagine - ' that that force was intended to attempt the . | invasion ol the Uni'.c i States. I I It is well known that when the war boi J gaii, our army being upon a very low peace t ! establishment, it became necessary to icsoit 1 lo every |ros-iMe means and to every pos i sib'e nuailer for the purpose of argument nig the force of our army in tiie Ea-l, 1 ...1 i - -i i 'in*i iiinung oilier expedients was ol stripping our Nor til American Colonies of t I almost every soldier that \va* there. The i I war being fortunately over, and ilio array - disposable, it is our intention to send baek f t<> tlie N >rlli American Colonies, not 10,000 nor G.U00 men; but something approaching to 4,000, to serve as a basis oi' proper - defence of the military posts there; and not to Canada only, hut to ll-.o whole of our a widely extended North Araeiican Colonies. [Hear, hear.] My honorable friend sav* it is understood that those Provinces wt io 1 to bo thrown npon their own resources for t I all possible means of defence. I never uu , j derslood that to be the policy of the (iov eminent, and I think it would be a most in i judicious ono to be addopted. It would be i expecting too ranch from such Colonies, to 1 abandon them to their own resources. > Wo may rely, no doubt, on the loyally, the Attachment, (lift zeal, and the courage ? of the people of those provinces, but they are always employed in the avocations' I ' which belong to the land they inhabit, and ) von cannot expect of such a population that they should devote themselves to the per-' ? | inanont ditties of a military life. They - would form, without doubt, an excellent ? militia, profiting rapidly by military in-1 i I struetion, and certainly they can turn out ^ l 1 in a short space of lime, and do their duty [ willi t he honor, the zeal, and the courii : which belong to the rn<.o from which th uro descended. Tint no military in could think it possible that forces of tl kind, so organized and disciplined, woi J l>c sufllcient for tho defence, especially garrison places like Quebec, and othi unless there was a foundation of n fegu army upon which such a force can rn and snppoit itself, and serve as an exanij luthvin in point of discipline and orgi zntion. That is all that her Majesty's f>? eminent were about to do. And I tlii that for any person to raise a cry of nlai that wo were going to invade the Unit States, and that they would l>e roused resentment by ibis forts of three or f* regiments coming on tin m, is really idle speculation unworthy of serious cc sidcraiiou. [Hear, hear.] I hold what aro doing is the duty of a responsible Gr em men t to do. It is to see that these va aid? Colonies, whose loyalty and devoti to the general interests of (lie Empire it impossible too highly to praise, are r without some foundation of military sti port, upon which they may form tli defensive militia which they arc now oc< pied in forming, and which, no douht, w do honor to them, as it would he an advs Inge to us. Then my honorable friend as whether we aro going to land a force? 10,000 inore tneti I suppose?at Co?ta Ri I can nssuro him, if he has met with th report in any quarlor whatever, it has i como to my ears; and should it be rope; ed be can contradict it upon my aulhcii [Hear, hear, and laughter.) Methodist Episcopal General Coni hence.? We learn fioni Indianapolis, In that on the 0 1 inst., the address of t bishops was road to this body by Ihsli Janes. Tbo address recommends sevo changes in the Discipline, which, it thought by iullucnlinl members of t Continence, will he productive of gr< good if curiied out. It shows great pr pciity in the church during the last fo years. The publications of the chur have greatly increased?the missionary a otliei benevolent collections are much < largcd. Tbero is an increase of belwo nine bundled and one thousand travel); preachers, about the same number of Io< preachers, and between seventy and eigl thousand members. On the subject of slavery the address for red to the action of the several antu Confeicnces and suggested that the 0< ferenco could not change the rule of t discipline of the church on tho subject long as the restriction exists. The addii stated that there were s x Confereni where, in whole or in part, slavery exis I i tlii bounds of these Conferences tin was a population, while and colored, tending the minist?y linle shoit of o hundred thousand. The address staled t line doctrine in rogaid to tlio relation 1 tweeu master and slave, and sj> >k?' of t christian character of in asters and t chiistiati piiv ileges of t.iu\e>. Tho Conference was thrown into eon-, eraldo excitement by the presentation o nn iuoii.il fioiu New YoiU and one fi< llroohlyn, on tho subject of Presiding J lor.-, railing f r fcUch modification of l tulo .-o as to do away with the office tc great extent. The memorials were rcce ed and ordered to be printed, after a lengl and spirited discussion. A . - 1 "V - - - - * ?? % * .AN l.lt.riivi: >1I'DICI A UY. ilutl. .N. l a'lin idge, fxiiui'ily United Slates Sena t'ruin the ate of Now Yoik, lias wiittet Ut.er to the National Intelligencer, w h'clt the following is llio concluding pa graph: 1 litul the same change in public sen incut (concerning lire election of Judge*) the State of New \ork. It :s becouii generah without iefeienco t<> party pic lection. The Judiciary every where under I electivo system has gradually stink in pul estimation, although there are high a honorable exceptions to the general reina As a whole it has vastly depreciated, first it was Ironed that the elective sy*t< would bo kept fieo from all party stri ami lirat the ;>oop|i> would Iks left to th own unbiased judgment. That lessonnl expectation lias been di- tppointed. Nominations f a Judges are rinw prct" ed by mere politician", and tosnbservc tin party pit poses. The great mass of t people have nothing to do with brinyi forward candidates, and often do not fi snlliciciit interest t<? attend a judicial el lion. In litis state of things what i* to done! it was easy to fall into tho system Jttciiis descensus but the rccocarepradi ?how t<? gel back again? thai is the qu lion. I know of no better wav than agitato the subject, ami to present to t public in.ml the enoi up.iis evils of llio ? torni through the public press. J'ul-lic >< tiim iiL i? ahead) making gigantic stri< in that direction, and in due limo will ready to return to the old and only ti systetn. Xki'tr.vls on tiikSka.?The New Yo Comier, reviewing tho Kuropean treaty peace, notes that on s<<me points tho Kn pi-ali nations have suddenly leaped a bn length beyond n*. Tltey have reached l point of abolishing not only all private ing by themselves, when neutrals, t oven when belligerents. We will not tempt to say bow much tiro progress tIm marine power of the United States, a tho manifest fact that it now has, and he after will have, the most f?>imidnh'e prii touring force id .no worlJ, 1ms to do w this change of position, it is n thii h nvevor, to bo considered. This govoi monL will probably pau>e awhile and me nre the ground somewhat before springi after those remarkable fine lonpors o spring morning. The question lies partii Urly Uetweeu us and buglaixl. The t countries do not stand on the saino lev The policy of England is to maintain immense navv; our policy to maintain small one. In warring upon onr co inerco sho stan-ls little in cecd of pri< tccrs; in warring upon hers we cannot much without privateers. go I Tiik Rkavs Roy.?t was silting l>y J ey window In tlio sccohd story of one of the an 1 largo boarding bouses At Saratoga Springs iat thinking of absent fiiunds, when I hoard ihl shouts of children frotn tho piazza beneath of Oil yes; thnt's capital! so we will! Come rs, on now? There's William llale! Couit Inr on, William, we're going to hnvc a ride on IIy the Circular Railway. Come with u*! pie Yes, if my mother is willing. 1 will run ni- and a?k her, replied William. ?v- O, oh! so you must run and ask yOui nk inn. Great baby, run along to your ma r?n Aint you ashamed? I didn't ask mj ed mother. Nor I. Nor I, added half a dozen to voices. air Re a man, William, cr'ed the first voice: an come along with us, if you don't want tc >11 j ho called a coward as long as you live we Hon't you sec we are all wailing, I leaned forward to catch a view of the lu- children, and saw William standing witli on one foot advanced, and his hand finnlv is clenched, in the midst of tho group. 11c iot was a fino subject for a painter at that mo ip- men I. His flushed brow, flashing eye tat compressed lip, and changing cheek, ali Ml* told how that woid coward was rankling fill in his breast. Will ho prove himself in in* | deed one, by yielding to thmi? thought I ks ' It was with hrenlhlcss interest I listened -of for an answer, for I feared that the cvi ca. principle in his heart would be 6trongei at : than the good. Rut no. iot I will not </o without I ask tny mothei it- ; said tho nobio boy, his voico trembling iy. with emotion, and I am no coward either 1 I promised her I would*not go fiom the house without her permission, and I .-.honk "E- be a base coward if I wcro to te!l her r d., wicked lie. he , There was something commanding in lib op ; tone which mado tho noisy children mute r;d , It was the power of a strong soul over the i* ; weaker; and they involuntarily yielded be hiin the tiibutc of respect. I saw him in tho evening among the os- gathered multitude in the parlor. II< uir , was walking by his mother's side, a state eh |y matron clad in widow's weeds. It svai uu I Willi evident piide she looked on hei in- : graceful boy, whoso face was one of llie ti ?n nes,i lever saw, fairly radiant with nnima ng lion and intelligence. Well might slit 2;d | he proud of such a son, 0110 who could ily dare to do right, when ail were tempting | to the wrong. iaj Tiie Di'tcii Minister.?Foreign Minis ,n. : teis in Washington lead a very quiet life he I a* n general thing, and it is very rare thai so ; they are ever heard of again after tlieir :ss ! credentials have been delivered. But M J I>ul?>is, the Ambassador of bis Majesty o (lv ! the Netherlands, lias scarcely set his fool .re i upon our slioies when he has become fa ai ttious. It must shock tlie nerves of even no 1 phlegmatic a gentleman as the Dutch |lc Ambassador to lind hiiu-elf a notoriety so ,e. suddenly, without any otVort on his own j,,. pan. M. Dubois, it will be remembered. ;iV came passenger in the Arago, in company ' w;ih Mi. Buchanan, and he was eating his ;v] lir>t breakfast in Washington, at Willaid't f Hotel, when the terrible affray occurred in ?? which one of the waiters of die house was |*| killed by a member of Congress. The newly ]|C arrived Ambassador I t ?ke 1 quietly on au?] ) ;l made no attempt to interfere, for the whole jv scene was perhaps so jHtrfoctly in accordanci hy i w''h the travellers' stories he had road of life in Arneri vi that In* regarded if as ni i ordinary occurrence. He finished his cof 1'. icp, aim, ascertaining tliat the man uli( lor liml been shot was dend, walked out of llic i a I'ic.iUVt parlor, and, meeting a gentleman of whom he knew, the Minister exclaimed i;i- '"What a peoples! If they do sucli thing? at breakfast, what won't they do at din iti- neii" i in It is not at nil wonderful that the diplomat n f should bo at a loss what to do when tie di was requested hv tho Secretary of Slate t< he appear before a coroner's jury and give hi? >iic testimony, nor that lie should deem it lie nd cessary to consult with some of the senioi ik. memhers of the coips before giving an an At 6?cr.?-Vue York Times. ;in ? ~~~~~ ? fe Qiottno Rnrrtpn Ai'thokities.?Ddt(,j, ish precedents in our coutIs are considered J|c standard authorities for reference on doubtful points of law. Tho late Judge ?r. ' Daniel, of Virginia, used to toll with great ?r(>' glee how, when ft young man on the cir|ie 1 ctiit, he saved a client's life solely because n? the opposite counsel quoting frotn Rritiali ^>1 f authorities. It occurred during tho lasl oo? war, when the Kngtish squadron undei Adiuitnl Cotkburn was ascending tho P.? tomac river, burning and plundering the itn i tillages along its banks. A regro man ps was nrraiguerl for the murder of one his lo , own color; the cfleuco wis cleaily proved, |iU and the only chance for his escape was n ys "light informality in the indictment. The >u. prosecuting attorney, in reply to Mr. Danlea 'vi'* defence of his client, quoted from liii[1(J tidr nulhoii:ie?, showing clearly that the ue 1 g'ourul taken by lire latter was untenable, Wliilo ho was quoting and speaking, at j interval-?, bony! bony! bang! went tho canuk lion from the Dritish squadron. Daniel f ... oi i<>se 10 answer, and with great tact seized 10- holt] of the strong point of It is opponent'* ir's cause, turning it completely against him lie 'Gentlemen,' said ho to the justices on or- the bench, the prosecuting attorney quote* >ul on this occasion British authorities! Britat ish nr.lhoiitie*, gentlemen! Can there he of any ono in this court room, except himself, ml so dead to feelings of patriotism, as at such ie- a moment to listen to British authorities rn- when British cannon are shaking the vary ith walls of this court house to their founds ig, j lion? 1 pause for a reply, tn-1 Vp jumped one of tho justices, liighly as- excited Jit this appeal, and thus addressed ng the prosecuting nttorney: f a 'Look here, Mr. A , you had betmi? tor striko a Loo lino from this comt house, wo with your Biitish authorities, or I'll com eh . mit you? Prisoner, yon enn go! Crier, an Adjourn tho court! Ihiltih authorities b< a ! d?d?' nt- ' The prosecuting attorney was struck all ra- in a heap at these extra judicial proceeddo ; ings, and resigned his olfiee the rcry ncx! ' day. l | A correspondent of the Mobile Tribune ' relates an amusing Incident which befcl , : him at the St. Charles Hotel in New Or1 leans, whore wo may supposo the French . language is as well unJeistood as any part i of the United Stales. When he was scali ed, a bill of faro printed in French was i placed in his hands, and nllhough he had some slight knowledge of that language, i he vet felt apprehensive that he could not uiaue known his wants to tho servant*, nil : of whom happened to be Irish. However, ! i rather than go without his dinner, ho beck' ! oncd an Irish boy to his side and desired i ' him to bring some 41eoitllclts <}e mouton \ panees grilles," which phrase in plain Eng; li*h means "mutton chops covered with > | grated bread." Tho Irishman, with the . exclamation, "notheration! what d'ye inane?" retired, and after an absence ol ! half an hour brought tho guest a ^ish ol i liny jowl and snap beans. "Try again," ' , said tho guest; "bring mo somo Foi dt ' veauftiteau pore" or some "veal?liver fried with pork," to use our vernacular, or , else some "langues de vcau, sauce a V IlalI lien" which translated means "beef-tongues \ with Italian sauce." Tho Irishman brought him some pork and brans! So much for . having French bills of fare and Irish watI ter3?for being fashionable ! r j One of tho commonest topics of conver sation in Washington is the refusal of Mr, Dubois, the Minister from Holland, to give , evidence in tho examination of Mr. Herbert, for killing Keating, at Wiliard's IIo, tel. Mr. Dubois arrived the evening bo; : foro the affray at Washington, and while k eating his first breakfast in the capital city j of the United States, was witness to the j occurrence referred to. He was requested urgently by many gentlemen to come and > : give testimony at tliecxninination,but after I COnSllltinrr Willi Mr *5r>rtirrn?! tl>n , o a?--l ? "? * >vuv.. Minister, lie decidedly refused to do so. In , consequence public sentiment 1ms been di, reeled strongly against him. His adviser, Mr. Saitige*, is in an even worse situation. . , Foolishly taking offence nt the maintenance P i of a rule of fifVy years' standing, that Sena. tors should receive calls from Foreign Min. | isters first, rather than vice versa, he had j i become utterly excluded from the society I , of Senators, nnd is decidedly in had odor , at the Capitol. Another singular freak of his, was appearing at the residence of Sena tor Bayard, and si'ting down in the drnw ing-room, coolly smoking n segsr. A repro: ' hat ion of this glaring breach of good breedt i ing he characlerir.es as an American whim. The Courricr tht Etatx Unit indnlgos in : some very severe comments upon his conf duct Transplanting Evergreens.-? A correspondent of the Boston Trantcript speaks , i4" lite very green" people who are seen at , this season transplanting evcigteent, nnd , Volunteers the following infortnalioti: , -oirango as il may seem to most people, about ilio 4lii of July is the proper time to ; transplant evergreens, but it cnn bo done , ( nnv time in June or July. 1 have trans, planted hundreds as late as the fire', of All! gust with perfect success. At any other . | season of tho year it is very difficult to | in .the them lire, and it is accounted for by , the fact the sap does not tun at tho same >' time as deciduous tries. Most people im< ' agine they require a great deal of water, , a.: 1 i ft on kill thorn by hydropathy. The roots of tiie evergreen in its natuial state , ! are sheltered fioin tho rain and sun by | their fo.iage, which makes an umbrella | over theiu, and they will flourish, we all know, on locks where no other tioe will live. The earth should have a good soak* . j ing at the time of transplanting, but do not water the tieo again, unless the weather . should be very hot and dry for ten or , twelve days; then a good drenching is all , | that they require." Cor.s Cons worthless rcit Fk>:d.-\Ve have been several times caller! to account for staling that nil inventions for giinJing cobs were valueless to the world, because nothing was accomplished of any value by ( tho grinding; because the cob of the Indian 1 corn contained scarcely as much nutriment i as the wood of several species of forest trees, I In fact it would be decidedly boiler to giind tho stalks of the coin, or stalk* of wheat, c its barley, or any of the common grns-cs. 'In this opinion we are corroborated by the t 1 analysis of 1 >r. Charles T. Jackson, showII ing only 4 1-2 percent, of nutritive matter, ; consisting of gum, starch and dextrine. This shows that cobs are worth moro for i fuel than for food of animals. Ti:z Okowino Citor.?Wo have Advices . fioin all parts of ilie Western Slates, ini; eluding Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Illii j noi?, Indiana, Oliio, Michigan, Iowa and | Wisconsin, from which we learn that, with > tho exception of Tennessee, where it hns been fi ^zen out, the growing wheat looks (exceedingly promising and healthy. The breadth of land sown with wheat last fall was greatly in *reased over former rears; and the indications now aio that ahonld . tho present month prove favorablo the > , wheat crops of 185G will be tho largest by 25 per cent, ever gathered in tho Union, The fate of tho wheat crop cannot bo de ci led upon with any certainty until after , ilie middle of June.?1'Cincinnati Prices ' Current. PeruirACTiON.?Nino years ago a man | died of dropsy and was buried in Middlesex, Vt., and it being desirable 10 remove | the corpso to Pomfret recently, the body was disinterred, and found to have l??conic perfect stone, as hard as marble, nnd not in | the least altered from tbeapjrearaace of the man nt his death. Tho corpse weighed . nve n insured and nity pounds. \N hnt is , more remarkable the hotly of a girl buried bv his si.le was wholly consumed, only a , few of tb.o priucipal bwoes remaining. Punch **v* a policeman on night duty I sends the follow ing observation: "It aeeins to mo that with inany young men the t moet appros'od method oi winding up the night is reding it home." Edward Everett's pration on the charae* ter of Washington is the noblest monument ret reared to the memory ef the Fa- r ther of his Country. Its crowing excelleuce is in so indenlifying Washington with the Union, that no American can lore the i one and hnte the other. An eye and cm witness tells as that as the audience were , assembling in Plymouth Church, Brook* , lyn, to hear tyr. Everett, a wealthy mer* chant of this city v??s scwnteJ by a friend , hs he cams in: "What! you here to nigbtf 4'01i, yes," said he; "I belong to the Abo, lition party in Church and State; but, 1're come to hear the oilier tide, The other tide! Washington on one side, i and money-bags on the other. The Union i on one aide, and money-bags on the other! ' i And this man?an American by birth, as "1 Arnold wa?, and a traitor at heart, as Ar* I nold was?this man?a nntivo of the State t that gave Adams and Hancock and War* I ren, and Bunker Hill and Lexington and ' Coucord, to the causo of American independence?this man sat and heard that i oration which thrilled the liearte of thou* sands, moving litem as the oaks of the Held i are swnveJ bv the ruahir.fF wind, till old men, and gray baired divines, and benutifui women, rose up and sent cbeer on cheer through the vaulted roofs, and the walls trembled in the thunders of applause, "Washington! the Union! Forever!" and 1 while the hearts of the people swelled and heaved with emotions of patriotic ardor, this craven-hearted dry-goods tnan sat with sealed and shriveled lips, doubtless saying 1 to himself the while, "/am on the other side/"?Harper for June. A travelling gentleman, looking for the house of an acquaintance in Dublin, inquir' ed of a native-horned Irishman: "Who lives in that house over the wayl" I "Johnny O'Brien, to be sure," replied Patrick, "but ho don't live there now, for , he is dead, bo is." "Ah! how long has he beeu dead!" "And, your honor, if be had lived tilt next Monday, he would have been dead a fortnight." Our travelling friend pursued his walk nnd his inquiries, and seeing a very large funeral procession, he asked another aalire whose funeral that was. "Be g.irrab, sir," said Pat, with a most iunoceut look, "it's myself that cannot say for sarluin. but I'm after thiQkin' it's the man's in the coffin That is very well for Patrick, but the other is a teal John Bull. An English barber in the season of the epidemic, remarked to one of his customers that there was "cholera in the A air." "Then I hope you are careful about the brushes you use." "Oh," said tho barber, "I don't mean the 'air of the 'ed, but Aair of the Aatmospbere." li> # Tat axd his Pig.?A rollicking Hibernian of the light division in the Peninsula was once trudging leisurely along the road with a pig in a string behind him, when, as bad luck would have it, ho was overtaken by General Craufurd- The salutation, as may be supposed, war not the most cordial. 'Where did you steal that pig, you plundering rascll.* What pier, ciniral ei* I claimed tlio culprit, turning round ; to him with an air of the moat iunoceut ' surprise.* 'Why, that pig vou have got be: hind you, you villain.' 'Well, then, I row ; and protest giniral,' rejoined Faddy, no11 thing abashed, and turning round to hie ; foili footed compauion, as if he had never seen him before, 'it is scandalous to think i what a wicked woild we live in, and bow ready folks arc to take away nn honest boy's character. Some blackguard, wanting to got me in trouble, has tied that baste to my cartoucb box!'?Afetnoirt of General*. , I "In our country court," writes an eastern friend, "one of our smart young lawyers wns well come up with other day. A witness, in a case of assault, was asked by i the junior counsel "IIow far was you, sir, i from the parlies when the alleged assault took placet" '"Four feet five inches and a half,' was the answer promptly given, " Ahf? fiercely demanded the lawyer, 4iow cntno you to be so vory exact as to all this!' " 'Because," said tho witness very coolly, 'I expected that some confounded fool would likely as not ask me, and eo I went and measured it.' " I The editor of tho Utica Herald says that 1 he once knew a wild widow who cut out her own daughter in the good graces of her lover and married him herself? To obtain revenge for this mean unmotberly trick, tho daughter ??t Irer cap for tb? vou;: r man's rich faller (of whom lift the only heir,) and actually married hire, and had children, to the infinite annoyance i of the other parties. Thie occurred in ! Onamlago county. An artist ir. Nc-.v Orleans is about *51; ting up a panorama of a lawsuit. The first I scene opens with the year 1, and tbo last closes with doomsday. The bost illustration of law we ever saw f was oji a tavern sign: A woll dressed man ' | on a spiiitod horse, was underwritten "goJ ing to law." Ob the obverse?a tatterde* million, seedy all over, on an animal, as bony >is a carrion?inscrilred "returning from The oldest paintings in the world are the I seven frescoes that were recently discovered in the Via Graieoxa in Rome. They were | immediately transported to the Vatican, j where they were visited durinp holy we-akby large numbers of |>ersons. it is supposed that these | aintinga are due to a Greek pencil, for each of the persons represented j lias his name written beside him in thf characters of that language. "Yon look as though yon were beside i yourself,*1 as the wag said to a fop who ' happened to be s.nnding neat a donkey, Hop sloped.