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AU eommunicatlonj IntendM " , HcbooU or
end. or Intereaw ''X'lZ Tidvrtitme.i.
laairlduall, will b charged a a"
"T wr wJ no f lay makes Jack a duU
"."Christmas comes but once a year,"
and ss our handt wanted a holiday, we can
furnish our reader. thU week with a half
heel only. When a hnngry young gentle
man' complained about the scantiness of the
snpper placed before him, he was consoled
with the remark that he would have the less
to eat And so of our paper this week if
the reader is disposed to 'grumble nt llio
"curtailed dimensions" he has the fact to
tonsole him that there is less to read a fact
which, in tegard to some pnpers, must nU
ways be a reliof to the discriminating reader.
We presume, however, no apology is neces
sary, as we have never in the period of over
six years which the paper has been pub
lished missed a number, and never varied an
hour In the time of going to press, and but
once before had occasion to send out "a half
lour which every body knows is better
than no bread at all. Hoping and believing
our readers will agree with us that oiir pres.
enten-smnlled issue, like the old lady's coffee,
Is "very good what there is of it, and plenty
of it such as it is," we take our leave of them
for the present year, with the trust that its
closing hour will find them surrounded by
substantial blessings, and that, like oursolf,
thoy aro prepared to enter upon the duties of
the new one, to battle cheerfully and man
fully with its trials, vicissitudes and tempta
tions, and with consciences void of offence
toward God and their fellow-man.
Meetinq of Stockholders. The annual
meeting of the Stockholders East Tennessee
and Georgia Railroad Company, occurs on
Monday the 1st day of January. It is desir
ed there should be a full attendance of the
Stockholders. Stockholders nttonding the
meeting will of course be passed over the
road free.
J5FSovorul communications are unavoida
bly crowded out this week, among them that
of "An Old Stockholder," which did not
reach us until Thursday morning nftor the
matter for our"half sheet" hnd been made up.
Parksvillb. This is the name of a post
eflice recently established in Polk county.
Jas. Parks, Esq., is the post-master.
Disappointment. The Iilakely Choral
Company, advertised last week to be here In
a fow days, have declined the visit and gone
"down South." Those young gen'hjmcn
who believe music to "be the food of love,"
will be dreadfully disappointed, although
they will savo thoir dimes.
Bank or Chattanooga. We learn from
the Gazette that this institution has declared
a dividend of 6 per rent, for the six months
preceding the 18th instant.
(3y On Wednesday night last, according
to appointment, M. P. Jarnagin, Esq., deliv
ered an address, at the Presbyterian Church
in this place, on the subject of a Prohibitory
Liquor Law. We were debarred the plea
sure of being present by oflice business, but
have heard the effort spoken of as a very
able one, abounding in facts and arguments
in regard to the evils of intemperance suf
ficient to arrest the attention of the most
careless.
cr- Moridian Sun Lodge, No. 60, Free
and Accepted Masons, celebrated the 37th,
the anniversary of St John the Evangelist.
There was a rery good turn out of members,
and the addicss at the Church, by the Rev,
Jno. L. Gay, is said to have been of more
than ordinary ability and interest.
fjf It is said that Governor Roedor, of
Kausas,'ill refuse to give a certificate of
election to tho Delegate just chosen from
tho Territory of Kansas in Congress, because
of the illegality of the votes. Two thirds
of the votes polled aro said to have been im
ported from Missouri expressly for the occa
sion. Wo hope tho report is not true.
tW According to information said to have
been dorived from the delegates of the West,
ro Territories to Congress, thcro will soon
be eight or ton applications from said Terri
tories for admission as sovereign States Into
the Union. In aldltion to theso, we are like
ly to have an iinmediato application of tho
same sort from the Sandwich Islands.
l3?"Southorn Military Academy Lottery,
Class II. was drawn nt Montgomery on the
90th insti The following are the principal
drawn numbers; 4000, $7300; 356, 5000;
1060, $3000; 057, 6719, each $1000. The
capital prize was drawn at Montgomery and
Mobile.
-f7 Rumor says Rufus Choate has joined
the Know Nothings. Also, that Mr. Fillmore
being called on to address a Know Nothing
assembly, came forward and made 'the sigus,"
and then retired amid thundering applause.
Heads 0r Wo learn from the Macon
Telegraph, that the Know Nothing Board of
Aldurmor. reeontly elected in that place, hns
taken otT the heads of all tho foreign born
uifice-holdura in the employ of tlio oily.
Boston, December 33.
Tho Newspaper Exchange building were
burned yesterday. The o likes of several
weekly papers were consumed.
t'fTCol. Parks, post-master at Parks
ville, Polk county, will act as agent for the
"Post" in that neighborhood, and will take a
pleasure in forwarding the names of fiew
subscribers, &c.
, p W neglected Inst week to notice the
receipt of some very largo turnips from oar
friend, Col. Barb, of this county. One of
thorn measured over 33 iuclies in circulator
enco. HT MoJ. Joseph Robinson, of this coun
try, offers a valuable farm for sale. See ad.
vorliseinent.
. IjflT The word "impossible" is the mother
tonga f little u'e.
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Charleston, Pec. 33, 1854.
Our money market is becoming more tight
each day, and the banks becoming less able
to assist their customers when wanted to do
so. Many persons having notes coming due
are compelled to renew a portion of them,
thus continuing the fund of our banks lock
ed up in unavailable securities. It is very
Impressive that we will have just such a
time as we had in 1837, and the interests of
money will rate so high that it will be use
less for a business man to pay them, as lie
will be gradually destroying bis means with
out doing his business any good.
Cotton is still declining slowly,, and will
continue to do so until a reaction takca place.
All kinds of produco are tending down
ward In price, but apparently stand better
than Cotton. There is no speculative demand
for either. '
Sterling Exchange is falling down to the
shipping point, it being 108J a 103 j Bills
on New York are selling at J per cent, on
the street, and in some cases as high lib 6 a
7 aro paid by the borrower. Usury laws will
always cause this state of things, because by
their penalties many men are induced to re
fuse loaning money at tho low rate as it
will not pay them for their trouble, and they
will not ask higher rates besause it would bo
a violation of the law let it bo ever so absurd.
It appears to be the general impression
here that the price of property and rents
will go down in this city. I hope so, for they
are enormously high.
We had a boiler explosion yesterday morn
ing, by which one white man and three ne
groes were so badly scalded that they have
since died.
Our business men are doing a very large
business in all branches. Whether they are
selling for cash, I cannot say, but I thiuk
not, although prices here are very low in
comparison to those of last year.
- MERCHANT.
IC7 The Franklin Review, in noticing the
haste of certain papers to bring forward gen
tlemen for the noxt race for Governor, and
the names that havo been mentioned in con
nection with tho subject, says:
"Take tho list, nnd shake all the names to
gether, then get the best Prohibitory liquor
law candidate, and we are for him against
the held."
We feel that our friend of the Review is
heartily and sincerely what ho professes to
bo in favor of a Prohibitory Law, because
he believes such a measure would do more
than any other to check nnd suppress the
growing evil of intemperance. Now we
we would like to soe the Liquor question
presented to the people detached1 from
all others, because we believe in that shape it
would triumph, and we do not believe it will
in any other. Numbers who would vote for
it if the test is made direct Liquor or
Kb Liquor will dodge it as a sido issue.
According to our notion, the Legislature com
mitted a blunder in not passing the proposi
tion to submit to the people a blunder, bo
cause by that course they could have got rid of
the question, whether successful or not, and
precluded the contingency of its coming up
year aflor year, to affright the souls of timid
aspirants with its dreadful presence.
We learn thnt in several counties in this
end of the Stato Prohibition men will bo run
with what success it is not for us to pre
dict. In any event, it is to be hoped enough
of the right sort of men will be elected to
the next Legislature to send the matter to
the people direct, nnd nt a time when no
other elections are occurring. Let them
have it in a shape where there is no chance
for dodging, shuttering behind or covering up
under other issues. In this form we are
certain the question will show a degree of
strength which it will never manifest in any
other. We are not advised what course is
to be pursued in this county, or who are like
ly to Ve candidates; but we trust no one
will aspire to a seat in tho next Legislature
who is unwilling to submit the question to
the consideration and decision of the peo
ple. .
Kossuth on the War. On tho 30th ult.,
a meeting was held in London in commemo
ration of the Polish revolution of 1830, nnd
nt which Kossuth delivered an eloquent ad
dress. The course cf the allied governments,
in conducting tho war, is criticised without
mercy, whlio tho gallantry of their armies is
dwelt upon with spontaneous admiration and
applause. According to Kossuth, tho only
means of securing the West of Europo
against tho encroachments of Russia, is the
reconstruction of Poland, followed by tho
restoration of the other lately subjugated nnd
suppressed nationalities of the Continent.
J5? Said n purse-proud man, just getting
into his cnrrlngo, with his wife nnd daughters
flaunting in velvet nnd furs to a poor laborer
who wns shovellingcoal into his vault 'Joe,
if you had not drank rift, you might hnve
now been riding in my carriage, for nothing
else could have prevented a man of your edu
cation nnd opportunities from mnking money.'
True enough,' wns the reply 'and if you hnd
not sold rum and tempted me nnd others to
drink and become drunkards, you might have
been my driver.'
1ST" When people talk about tho heavy
expenses of tho British and French govern,
ments iu the war against Russia, it may bo
well for them to inquire who foots tho bills.
Thus far Amoricnn gold hns evidently done
it. Tho balance of tradu in favor of France
nnd England, in their commercial intercourse
with the United States, has drawn nearly all
the gold product of California, and this is
now paying for the war. It therefore becomes
a serious question how many such wars we
can oflord to carry on without minding the
expenses.
Matrimony: Hot buckwheat cakes warm
beds comfortable slippora smoking coffee,
round arms rod lips shirts exulting lu
buttons redeemed stockings boot-jacks
happiness, die. &c
Single Blessedness: Sheet Iron quilts
blue noses frosty bones ice in tho pitcher
unredeemed linen lioelless socks coffee
sweetened with icicles guttapercha biscuits
flabby steaks dull razors corns, coughs
and colics rhubarb aloes misery, die.
-tT" The worst feature in a man's face is
his nose when stuck into other people's af
fairs. Bnsybodici will please make a note.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Halifax, A'. 8., December 33. The British
and North American Royaf Mail Steam Ship
America, Capt. W. J. C. Lang, has arrived at
this port from Liverpool with advices to the
9th inst.
General Intelligence. The most important
item of news by this arrival is that Austria
has signed a treaty of alliance with -France
and England which binds her to declare war
against Russia in onu month, the latter pow
ers guaranteeing her against invasion or in
surrection. She has, also, asked the support
of the German States which are arming, but
Russian influence is at work to resist her
efforts to obtain it.
Affairs at Sebastopol are in statu quo.
Omar Pasha, with 40,000 troops, was about
embarking for the Crimea,
The Spanish Chambers have decided to
support the present Dynasty
Mr. Soule had arrived at Madrid, and re
sumed his duties.
New York, Dec. 24. The Bremen mail
steam ship Washington nrrived nt her wharf
in this city to-day from Bremen, via South
ampton, having left the latter port on the
6th inst.
The tenor of her advices has been antic
pnted by the arrival of the America at Halifax.
We glean, however, tho following items from
our files of English papers received by her.
A disposition is innnifested to distrust A us
trin, notwithstanding the treaty of alliance.
The losses of the allies during the great
gnlo are not so severe as at first reported.
Fourteen vessels, principally sailing trans
ports, were wrecked near Sebastopol. Two
French line of battle ships nnd thirteen other
vessels went ashore. Some got off, and oth
ers were burnt to prevent them falling into
the hands of the Russians. The Cossacks
fired on the crew, and the loss of life was
frightful.
I3T The Toledo Blade states that the
grand jury of the county of Hillsdale, Michi
gan, have found bills of indictment against
the conductors of the Michigan Southern
Road, for putting off passengers from ears
who refused to pay a charge for fare which
the people deem illegal and extortionate; and
for false imprisonment in conveying passe n
gers past the stations for which they were
destined.
03" The Stato of Vermont is intersected
by 400 miles of rail road, which havo proba
bly cost up to the present time $34,000,000,
or $50,000 n mile. Their construction has
doubled within the last ten years, the value
of the taxable property of the State.
f5y"The British and French Ministers
hnve presented remonstrances against the an
nexation of the Sandwich Islands. Mr. Mnrcy
has replied that if tho treaty be consummated,
the rights of England and Franco will. bo re
spected.
A fellow out west, who was recently
elected to the Indiana Legislature, from red
Creek, in Wayne county, wns so elated at his
success, thnt be caught himself by the seat of
his trowsers and tried to hold himself out at
arms-length. It is said that he would have
accomplished tho feat if he had not let go to
spit on his hands.
The Presidenct. The Journal nt Galves
ton, Texas, has an article on the Presidency,
taking strong "American" ground, nnd favor
ing tho pretensions of Mr. Fillmore. It ridi
cules the idea of running Gen. Houston, who,
by the way, we seo it stated, has just joined
the Baptist church nt Brenhmn, Texas.
A Heavt Failure. A failure in the lum
ber trade recently occurred nt Quebec, with
liabilities to the amount of $3,000,000 that
of Mr. William Price. Unlike most of the
other lumber merchants there, he used to get
out his own lumber, for which purpose ho
kept going over thirty several establishments,
one of which that at Chicoutimi, loaded 29
vessels for Liverpool, with sawed lumber, last
year. All those immense establishments are
nt a stand still. Other failures in the same
business are anticipated.
fj-The New York Herald says that ar
rangements have already been effected in the
ranks of the Know Nothings, both in New
York and Virginia, which render morally cer
tain the defeat of Sewnrd for the United
States Senate by our new Legislature, and
also the defeat of Wise, tht democratic Cabi
net candidate for Governor of Virginia.
Victories of the Allies. The London
Times in commenting on the Inst battle of
Sebastopol, pertinently enquires: "How many
more such victories can we afford to win ere
we sink overwhelmed by tho weight of our
own triumphs, vanquished by our own valor,
nnd worn out by our own success"
Baltimore, Dec. 23.
William II. Martin, indicted on tho charge
of purloining $3 nnd $2$ gold coins, nnd
sundry promises to pay, from the Baltimore
Post Office in November, was found guilty in
the United States District Court to-day, Judge
Giles presiding.
Cukinq a bad Temper. If a mnrricd lady
of n cross, unhappy disposition, will take tho
trouble to wash her face, and comb her hair,
and arrange her dress, it will be almost im
possible to indulge in anger until her hair and
dress become disarranged agnin. If a gentle
man is troubled in the same way, let him kiss
his wife three times a day, nnd put on a clean
shirt every morning, nnd our word for it, he
will bo the happiest man in tho world.
A New Plank. A Sufi, of our acquain
tance, admits th.it he would willingly adopt
the Free Soil Platform, If, to the Free Soil,
Free Speech nnd Free men, they would ndd
another plnnk, namely, that of Free Drinks!
Early Vegetables. The result of in
temperance namely, the blossoms on a to
per's nose like enrly peas, are forcod by the
system of glass oulture !
Vert Right. When Horace Greeley
spoke of the Maine Law Candidate as a
"crockery god," he used one of the happiest
of terms. The whole cohtost was one for
Jug or not (Juggernaut 1 )
t-s7 We fiud the following paragraph In
some of Iho pnpors:
"Although Clarke hns boon officially de
clared Governor elect of New York, the Al.
bnny Atlas contends that Seymour is lcgul
ly elected by 843 majority.
HARD TIMES.
noil Tin LTSCHacaa nunuj
A writer in the National intelligencer puts
the subject of the preseni hard times among
commercial men in a nut-shell. The follow,
ing are his views:
"The Secretary of the Treasury estimates
the nmount of specie in the country, on tht
30th of September last, at 8241,000,000. He
says: "Of this snm there wns about 860,000,
000 in the bunks and $26,000,000 in the U.
Suites Treasury; the rest being in circulation
among the people or hoarded up.
At the period of the diceovery of gold in
California, there was in tho country about
$100,000,000, snd of this $50,000,000 was
held by banksand $50,000,000 by individuals.
Thus, in about seven years the amount in
the bank vaults has only increased 8 i 0,000,
000, while the amount iu private hands has
increased $95,000,000.
It is chiefly held where it is not wanted,
and has not materially increased where it is
vitally necessary; for the enlargement of bu
siness operations has rendered essential an
extension of bank facilities, requiring a cor
responding increase of the specie basis.
J h derangement o! credit, caused by the
diminution of bank accommodations, is the
truo key of the present hard tunes: nnd there
will be no relief until, growing out of the in
tcrruiition of business, those who have hoard.
ed the specie shall be compelled to spend it,
and it will thus hnd its way buck to the
hanks."
It is here a subject worthy of the gravest
consideration in the present emergency, that
among the parties who"Iuivo hoarded the
specie" of the land and are still hoarding it
thus taking away the basis, and per force urg.
ing a diminution of bank accommodations
are the Sub-Treasurers of the United Suites.
Thero is an abundance of specie in (he coun
try, if the estimate of the Secretary of the
Treasury, and we do not doubt it, bu correct.
The total of specie in banks nnd Treasury
depositories amounts to $86,000,000 against
$59 835,775 in 1851, nnd 854,500,000 in
1848. In the latter year there were only
$8,101,353 reported in the Treasury deposi
tories, w hilst on the 30th September, 1854,
the Secretary tells us the amount then locked
up wns $26,000,000 or nearly three times
more than the whole specie basis of nil
the banks of the city of New York, and about
eight times greater than that of nil the banks
in Virginia. Now how is it, with this abun.
dance of specie in New York and in the conn
try, the bunks are crippled in their nccomiuo
dations by the want of nn available supply ?
We hear that the brokers carry it off where?
to New York! And whyt On account, we
are told, of the demand for exportation to
meet foreign bills. But is there not another
source of demand there aiding to drain the
specie from every corner of the land 1 Is there
not another power, located at thnt financial
centre, whose very existence at the present
time is essentially antagonistic to the opera.
lions of every State bank in the Union ? The
banks of Virginia are now cramped in their
operations by the deficit of a specie basis
which they cannot hold. Tho specie is es
sential to their operations. It is also essen
lial to the transactions of (he general govern
ment nnd its officers in New York. State
notes, the currency of the people, will not
answer, nnd the consequence is, the weaker
party is disfurnished nnd has to succumb.
The importer must pay his customs, duties
nnd the broker is the agent who profits by
his necessities, nnd in whose hands are placed
the funds received from the Virginia mer
chant to be ottered for immediate' redemption
at the Virginia Bank from whence they were
issued. Mr. Guthrie locks up tho metallic
proceeds; and thus, with nn actual abundance
of specie, stato banking institutions arc em
bnrrassed, and credit as it consequence is im
paired by tho want of a due supply.
In conclusion, and in illustration of the
fact that tho policy upon which the sub-
Treasury scheme is administered can and
does vitally nffect the business of the country,
we quote the following remarks, delivered by
Mr. Dix, then Assistant Treasurer, nt New
York, in the Autumn of 1853. In his lauda
tions of the manner in which the various de
partments hnd been conducted under the
present administration, he attempted. to show
that tho sub-Treasury hns been instrumental
in arresting a revulsion "scarcely less severe
than thnt of 1837," nnd added :
"From May to September there wns a pre
valent bias to over action in almost every
business, legitimate and ill-;itiiiiitc in trade,
banking, stock jobbing and land speculation,
under tho impulse given to commercial enter
prise. The Treasury balance ran up to more
than ten millions. This rapid accumulation
of coin, nnd the enormous sum of ten millions
thus withdrawn from the reach of operators,
checked in n very salutary manner the geiicr-
ni tenaency to over action.
If the treasury balance of ten millions had
the effect here claimed for it, tq what degree
may we think it possiblo that tho balance
Inst September, of g 26,000,000, locked np in
tho federal vaults, has served to check, not in
a salutary manner," but with paralysing effect,
tho credit and financial operations of the
country 1 The Sub-Trcasury, it will bo here
recollected, was a grand experiment in the
"divorce of bank nnd State." It may be Irrele
vnnt, but ns a curious enquiry we ventnro to
ask, what may we think of the character of
the dinorce under which the agents of the
federal government could thus check the
tendencies of trade nt will, ns Mr. Dix him
self claims had been done?
The total of the srerare amount of Piwle of the
New York city bankf for the werk ending bee., wh
siii,Ds8,i1. On lt Oct., ISM. the Specie in the banks
oi tirgmiawa. fj,w,i.
Washington, Dec. 20.
There hnsbecn much excitement in monied
circles yesterday and to-day, growing out of
the recent statement made by the Trustees of
tho Exchange Bank of Seidell, Withers &
Co. The statement shows that the individual
members of tho firm are the largest debtors,
and that more than two. thirds of the million
of assets of Mr. Withers are w orthless. The
notes of the bank were selling on Monday nt
a discount of ten per cunt. Yesterday and
to-day they w ere sold by the brokers at a
discount of forty per cent.
tST A young gentleman, who is quite n
Indira' man, found himself the other evening,
rather unexpectedly, in company with a large
company of ladies nnd wishing to make him
self as ngreenble as possible, without know.
Ing exactly what to sny, commenced his con
versa tion in his most bewitching stvlu by say.
in,"Ah! ladies, I'm chid to see von, Ren 1 1 v.
there nre so ninny of you together here, thiit
I in afraid you must all ! Know Nothincs!"
"Oh, no, Indeed," replivd one of them rather
taruy, i siui, iwi wruvw.
Their Power The Washington Union
iu an article on the impropriety of concerting
pulpits into political rostrums, thus speaks
of the power of the clergy: "Of all profes
sions in the community physicians not ex
ceptedclergymen exercise the most power
ful influence be it for good or for evil. As a
general rule, their strictly moral lives, their
high intellectual gilts, and their rare powers
of persuasion, coupled with their culling,
which demands an untiring devotion to the
temporal and eternal welfare of their fellow,
men, inspire a confidence and beget nn affec
tion the extent of which cannot easily bo ex
aggerated." We think the Union exaggerates
the political power of our clerical friends. In
religious matters we admit they wield n con
trolling influence, but we much question
whether they will ever be able to produce any
very great effect in the political market.
Eight-tenths of onr clergymen opposed the
resolution, nnd thought we were wnrring
against God, in taking up arms against George
III. A majority of the cler, opposed tho
war of 1812 nnd the war against Mexico.
Their opposition, however, amounted to noth
ing. The people of the United States are
so justly jealous of clerical interference in
electioneering matters, that their opposition
to a matter, almost invariably lends to its tri
umphant adoption. The Union feels "alarm
ad" at the exhibitions of which we have
spoken. Wo think the alarm uncalled for.
Politically speaking, the pulpit of llie United
States is ns impotent ns the strong minded
women.
Democracy and Know-Notiiingism. The
Memphis Appeal, Democrat, "pilches" into
Senator Adams, Democrat, for introducing
his bill to amend the naturalization laws, after
the following fashion:
"Senator Stephen A. Adams, of Mississippi,
has introduced into the Senate of tho United
States a bill providing for extending the term
of the naturalization of foreigners to twenty
one years. Under the elder Adams the term
of residence qualifying a foreigner for citi
zenship was fixed nt fourteen years. During
Mr. Jefferson's administration it wns altered
to five years. Mr. Adams professes to be a
democrat, hut in ths movement ho writes
himself down a Federalist. His proposition
will not stand tho lest of public discussion.
Wearing the Beard. An exchange says,
"a great reform is going on in the matter of
wearing beards; nnd they now appear in tin
trimmed luxuriance upon tho faces of men
who stand nt the remotest possible distance
from the character of fops. In all ranks of
life, and in every grade of employment, the
rnzor is in a measure eschewed, and men lire
returning to reason. Moustaches, even, nre
now ns common ns a few years nco they were
rare. The chills of the coming winter will
bo as potent in starting beards as they will
be powerful in blasting vegetation. Razors,
colds, nnd bronchitis w ill bo laid aside to
gether, and n flowing beard supersede the use
of an indefinite list of patent medicines."
High Prices for Negroes. From the nn.
nexed extract from the last 'Danville Repub
lican,' it seems that the financial difficulties of
the day nre to a groat extent confined to the
cities nnd trading communities, while tho
farmers and planters nre enjoying the fruits
of the high prices for grain and tobacco for
several years :
"At a Commissioneis'sale.a fow days since
in this neighborhood, n negro man was sold
for $1,270, nnd n negro woman, with n child
eight months old, for $1310, the rest of them
twelve in number, for proportionate high
prices, though the above were the largest
sums paid for any two of them. At this sale,
as at most others we have heard of, farmers
uninterested in the property outbid all othors."
Times Improving East The Albany
Knick says : There was a "run" mnde on the
gingerbread man of Troy on Saturday. Up
to 2 o'clock he hnd redeemed two crullers
nnd a doughnut. In consequence of the
stamina exhibited, consols advanced an inch
and n half.
f?F"Our police intelligence this morning,
says the New York Herald of Wednesday,
contains accounts of frauds, robberies, bur
glaries, larcenies, assaults, nnd other crimes,
of various grades and degreesjjhowing n
most deplorable state of society and a la
mentnblo deficiency on the p.'krt of the police
force of tho ci'y. Something should be
done at onco to put a check to these rapidly
increasing enormities.
Hogs. The Louisville Journm of Tlnirs.
day says : "The receipts aro very light, nnd
wo hear of no snlvs. The market is quiet."
The receipts at Madison exhibit an increase
of 20,000 head. The Cincinnati Gazette of
Friday says:
Tho general feeling is, that should the
packing in tho West fall short, tho business
will pay at present prices, but if on the con
trary, the number should be as great as that
footed up last year, the result would he of an
opposite character. With reference to the
supplies nothing definite or satisfactory has
been ascertained. At some points a falling
oil' will undoubtedly be shown, but others
will increase, and while we nro not prepared
to say there will ben full and increased busi.
ness In the aggregate, wc may remark that
the indications point in this direction rather
than to n falling off in numbers.
Turning the Ague to Account The
riellefountainn (Ohio) Republican says Iho
lloosiers on tho Wnbnsh turn their ,:agy
shakes" to some account. They climb into
the top of a "shell bark" just ns tho chill
conn s on, nnd by the limo tho "personal
earthquake" leaves them, there is not a hicko
ry nut left on the tree.
Naturalization Patkiis. Judge Denn,
of the Supreme Court of the Stntt of New
York, has foibidden the clerk to take" proofs
and grant naturalization papers. He directs
applicants to apply to the court, nnd to-day,
alter hearing proofs in several cases, rejected
applicants, lie has given his written opinion,
holding the admission of aliens to the rights
of citizenship as a judicial act, requiring ex
animation by the court.
A poor mechanic, residing m Cincinnati,
named Win. 1 Walker, having received in
telligence of the death of an uncle in Haiti
more, by whom he wns left property worth
$9,000, came to Baltimore, nnd to obtain tho
cash, sold his claim for $8,000, returned to
Cincinnati, went to visiting the fashionable
saloons, and soon lost $6,000 at cards and
billiards. 'Dallimort paper.
Exactly. Place a beggar on horsebnck
nnd hf will ride right straight to the devil.
Hon. David L Yulee has been elecled
to the U. S. Sunalo from Florida, in place of
the Hon. Jackson Morton whoso term ex
pires on the 4th of March next.
E4T The wy to make a tall man "short"
is to ask him to loan joa a hood red dollars.
Know Nothisgs in Congress A corres
pondent of the Philadelphia North American,
writes as follows from Washington, of the
first demonstration about Know-Nothingism
in Congress:
. The Know-Nothings have entered Con
gress in an imposing manner. Mr. pollers, of
Maryland, led the cortege this morning, with
bills nnd resolutions looking to the establish,
ment of their principles in legislation and
official appointments. Thev gave rise to an
important and suggestive debate.snd a strng
gle began which lasted through the day nnd
ended ns a drawn battle. The subject is still
pending. Already, though no member of the
present Congress was elected as a Know
Nothing, the party seems to have a majority
in the House. A popular feeling exists
against the appointment of Soule, Belmont
and Owen, which, I think, will compel their
recall. There was not one member who
spoke to-day, except Wittc, of Pennsylvania,
who did not refer to them as improper repre
sentatives of the country abroad.
This new question will derange nil party
calculations, and will submerge many existing
issues. The acutest of the democratic politi
cians admit that it will have its run until af
ter 1856, hut after the Presidential election or
that year they predict an immediate disrup
tion of tho organization. This is a very en
couraging view of tho case for the Know.
Nothings, w ho would probably compromise
with all opponents on tho success now
promised them.
There Was ono point in tho day's debate
which was very striking. Several members
opposed the resolutions with much vehe
mence, but none of tin m called the Know
Nothings hard names. None of them nbused
the new parly ns a gang of eut-thro:.ts, assas
sins of the constitution, and so on. No one,
in short, indulged in that nhusivo slang
against native Americanism and its principles,
which formed the staple of the denunciations
of the Washington Union, previous to the
late elections. Power compels respect, and
strength is a wonderful corrective of insolence.
Relief of the Poor in New York. The
Donrd of Common Council of New York hnve
adopted a resolution authorizing the Comp
troller to pay the sum of $10,000 to the "As
sociation for Meliorating the Condition of the
Poor." Last year the society paid out over
$30,000 to'the poor, but this year the sub
scriptions to the fund of the Society havu
fallen off considerably. The Herald says po
local or private society will accomplish much
towards relieving tho distress which mus
fall upon New York between this and the
first of May next. Tho number of poor peo.
pie who will starve, if alms be not afforded
them, will far exceed anything that has been
seen heretofore. -
As evidence of the extraordinary de
preciation in the value of real property in N.
York, we learn that n house which was a
short time ago erected on Fifth avenue, in
the neighborhood of Thirteenth-street at an
expense of fifty-two thousand dollars, has
been sold for thirty-three thousand dollars;
and another on Madison avenue, one door
from the corner of Thirty-first street, which
was built at a cost of twenty-one thousand,
five hundred dollars, sold for only fourteen
thousand five hundred.
ff A Yankee has invented a machine for
putting babies to sleep. It is supplied with
fresh milk, pnragoric, Godfrey's Cordial nnd
sugar, which it dispenses according to the
necessities of the case. Mothers have only
to chuck Thomas nnd Mary into the machine,
where they will bo cared for four hours. To
thoso w ho nro fond of "lightening the cares
of life," going-to evening shindies, (lirting.nnd
such like, the invention will indeed bo a "bles
sing to mothers."
Mr. J. II. Howe, who has been sev
eral months "prospecting" in Kansas, gives
his impressions ns follows in a letter to the
Connenut (Ct.) Reporter, written on bonrd
a steamer in tho Missouri river, Nov. 19, while
on his way home:
"I think the whole country is eminently
adapted to slave labor. Wealthy slavehold
ers, with plenty of 'help,' can possess them
selves of those lands in large tracts,and make
money in subduing nnd cultivating them.
Tiiis they will do, nnd despite all efforts yet
making, or means yet ndoptcxl, by the free
States to prevent it, Kansas will be a slave
Stale."
17 A Wnshjngton correspondent of tho
Philadelphia Ledger says: The attempt to
repeal the Nebraska bill can only be made
for the purpose of agitation. Though some
members may have voted ngainst the Nebras
ka bill, they will not bu disposed to disturb it
now that it has become the law of the land;
w hile those who voted for it, will not stultify
themselves by cashiering their own judgment.
Besides, of what usu would the vote of the
House be, w hen the Senate passed tho bill by
n more than two-third majorily, nnd when
the President is determined now, nnd ns long
as he remains tho Chief Magistrate of the
country, to put his ve'o on nny repeal of tho
law.
JjgT" Domeslic extravagance and foreign
Indebtedness, says the New York Mirror, arc
tho radical cau-cs of tho financial troubles
which distress the country. There is a whole
sermon in those few words.
J3f According to n statement in the New
York Times, Jenny I.ind gave 95 concerts in
the United States, which yielded tha slim of
$712,191, of which she receivad 1 '5,575 net
nnd B.irnum $535,4S6 gross.
ffTho Washington Star states that Mr.
Davis has resigned his appointment ns aClerti
in the General bind Office, and has been re
ceived in the Virginia Annual Conference of
I he Methodist Epi-copal Church South. Mr.
Davis hns been appointed to the charge of
Trinity Church, iliclinionrl.
f Robert Schuyler, Iho defaulter, hns
bought "a placo" on the Rhine, w hero he now
resides, nnd hns sent for his family to join
him. His confidential clerk camo a pnssen
ger to Now York last week in the Baltic, on
his employer's business.
Colt's Revcvers. The English papers
stato that the number of the repeating pistols,
or revolvers, manufactured by Mr. Cultduring
the last two vears, amounts to two hundred
thousand. The Viceroy of Egypt has lately
ordered five thousand of them for the equip,
mcnt of his cavalry; and the British Board of
Ordnance despatched, somo time ago, ten
thousand to the llaltic fleet.
rlt is stated thnt a Company is shortly
to be formed in New York city for the manu
facture of paper from snw-dunt and shavings.
Experiments hnve been gone into, snd some
uf thi) most beautiful paper Hindu frnn these
materials. It is estimated that saw-dttst can
bo purchased for $5 Per ton, and that the
urn.,. lliroiitrli which it will rn In th nrn.
dilution of DaDor wiil briiip tho nrica of the
latter down at least SO per cent.
Or all Tns Devils avoid th Blue.
Remember this is a coinicjil world.much given
to eairnlation therefore, If you would thrive
and have "tallow covered kidnevs," yon must
tickle tho community nnd cut melancholy. .
Nobody wants to listen to distress if he can
possibly avoid it. In a word, misery is a"dom
bore" and wont be tolerated. A tnmedian
can extract his hundred dollars a night, from,
almost any community a beggar is doin"
a duccd good business if he raises two loaves
of bread.
For children to complain Is all very well,
Mr. Ferguson, but for s man of good sensu
to go about like a dog with a scorbutic crani
um is a ridiculous waste of good grunting,
that might better bo kept for thechotic. Even
the character of Cicero is lessened by the
complaints he suffered to escape him ; and
who can read the sad things written by the
hanihhed Ovid, without despising the man
whose misfortunes debnsed, whereas they
should have exalted his mind. Men who
have experienced evils w hich nre really of a
trivial nature, ahould be in haste to forget
them. These things nre important to them
selves; but why should they suppose them
Hiitlicifiitlv interesting to engage the atten
tion of others?
Agnin we say, if you havo trouble, just
keep it to yourself; a jolly fellow can raise n
half eagle at any time, n dismal individual
could not effect a loan of one and ninepvnee
if his soul depended on it. . Be cheerful there
fore, for your own interest. Or. to condense
the whole sermon into one line, " laugh snd
grow fat." Everybody docs it, who has any
expectation of rising in the world.
A TrRiiiric Spectacl at Sebastopoi.
The Russian batteries having it now alt their,
own way, hammered unremittingly upon us
with the greatest vivacity. They had sent
forth from their ramparts loud shoots of de
fiance or of victory when the explosion ol tho
Fietich and EnglUh magazines acquainted
them of cur misfortune; but it was now our.
turn to crow, for about half past three thure
suddenly shot upwards from tho works, or
rnllier the Redan on our front, n white livid
flame, which ascended high into tho air, and
while we nil paused to gaze on the spectacle,
a nonnd which made tho very earth tremble
beneath us, followed by a most awful report,'
told us that tho Redan had ceased to exist
for in the next minute its garrisons of hun
dreds, blown to atoms, dismembered, and
mutilated by the a.tion of thei xplosion, were
discovered hundreds of yards abovo the pa
rent earth. So fearful and terrifying n spejv
tacle I never have, nor do I hope ever again
to w itness. In the midst of a dense volume
of smoke nnd sparks, which resembled a wa-ter-spout
ascending to the clouds, were visl.
Lie to the naked eye, nnns, legs, trunks nnd
heads of thejtussian warriors, mingled with
cannons, wheels, and every ohjuct of military
warfare, nnd I may say, with every living
thing it contained. The. explosion in the
French nnd English batteries were like flashes
in the pan of a musket compared w ith this. ;
1 i
0rWhen you sue a young lady disposed
toshufllu all the housework upon her mother's
shoulders for the purpose of sitting down
and "having a talk," or going into the neigh
bor's, just make up your mind thnt she irn't
much of an establishment.
ggf There is no time spent more stupidly
than that which some luxurious people pass
in a morning between sleeping and waking,
after Nature hns been fully gratified. Ha
who is awake, may be doing somewhat: hb
who is asleep is receiving the refreshment
necessary to fit him for action; but the hours
spent in dozing nnd not slumbering.can hard
ly be called existence.
Utah. We understand, says the Wash
ington Union, that the President has nominal
ted to the Senate Brevet Lieut. Col. Edward
J. Steptoc, of the United States Army, to bo
Govornor of Utah, in the place of Govornor
Young, who wns appointed by President Fillmore.
t-fir"An Indian hnd gone to Albany one
oold winter's day, nnd got very drunk. On
his way home, he became completely over
come, lay down, and was frozen to death.
His tribe wus nt that time much disposed to
imitate tho habits of white men, nnd accord
ingly held an inquest over the dead body.
After a long powwow, they finally ngreed to
thu verdict, that the deceased came to his
death "by mixing too much water in his whis
key, which had frozen in him and killed him."
"Not so Soon." Upon the monument
erected to the memory of Charles G. Ather
ton, late Venator from New Hampshire, are
these words "I expected this, but not so
soon." How expressive of the prevailing
weak ness of humanity. Thus do we nl! de
ceive Ourselves. We all expect to die, hut
"nut so soon 1"
jyy" A farmer told his man, who wns
thoroughly Irish, to run into the pasture and
catch nn ox.
"1 mean Iho off one; I will manage the oth
er myself," lie said.
Pat ran to do ns he was bidden, but sud
denly paused vtith the exclamation
"llu is a reasonable man, any how. Bednd
and how urn I to know which is the or
phan. I if Samivlo, peware of tho viinmins as
ro.ids no newspapers. Your father married n
worn hi thnt read none, nnd you're the sad
konsequiMice. You're ns hignornnt as a
Vise. Hignornnt people says it's throwing
money away to tako papers, and fooliu' away
time to read 'cm.
What'ill Take the Scent out or Youa
Clothes. Sitting on the piazza of the Cat
aract House, wns n young foppish looking
gentleman, his garments very highly scented
with n mingled odor of cologne and musk.
A solciiiu-laeed odd looking innn,nfter passing
tho dandy several times, with looks of aver
sion which drew general notice, suddenly
stopped, nnd iu a conficntinl tone said,
".Stranger, I know w ha I'll take that scent out
of your clothes; you"
"What! do you mean, sirt" said the ex
quisite, "tired with indignation," starting from
his chair.
"O get nind, now swear, pitch round.fight
just becauso a man wants to do you a
kindness! coolly replied the stranger. "But, I
tell you, I do know what'll takeout that smell
phew 1 Yoii just bury your clothes bury
'em a day or two. Uncle Josh got ufoul of a
ehiink mid fn at this instant there went up
from the crowd a simultaneous roar of mer
riment; and the. dandy Very sensibly "cleared
thu coop," and vanished up stairs.
If you would be pungent, bo brief, for it
Is with words as with sunbeams, the more
they nro condensed, the deeper they burn.
Heavt Damages for Seduction. A ver
dict of ten thousand dollars was rendered in
our Circuit Court, on Saturday, ngainst s res
ident of our county for the seduction of a
girl 13 years of nge. Thu suit wus brought,
by the Mm. Springfield 111) Register.
The following toast was fciven at Staunton,
during the Session of tho Convention, "Tht
Democracy of Virginia Like the Mother of
the Gracchi, whun asked for her jewels, ah
points to her Whigif , , '
The Empire City Bank of New York
said to huve failed.
To remove dirt from linen Jsrk a dandy
out of his shirt.