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ATHENS POST.
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All comauuitcationrf ntendrd to promote the private
end orhrtereste of Corporatism, Hocietlee,- Hchuohj or
ladtihtuaM, will be oharged a advertisement.
ATIIENmBIAV, MAY 4, 18 SO.
fff The CireoltCeurt will meet at Cleve
land, tfradley county, next Monday the 7th.
"No intervening providence," we shall apend
a few days io the "emporium of a place,"
add hope those la arrears to this office will
vail themselves of the . occasion to
settle. Bradley used to be famous fur pay
jog up, but having for the lust year been
afllicted with two paper of its own, may
have degenerated some, as such institutions
generally set a very, loose example in mutters
ef pecuniary character we mean of course
n the debit aide. w
Response of 'Trie Candidates. In to-
day's paper will be found the letters of Gov.
Johnson and Col. Gentry in reply to the in
terrogatorics propounded to them by the
Temperance Committee on the Liquor ques
turn. The responses will at once strike the
reader aa characteristic Gentry favors some
thing like a quart-law; while his Excellency
if he "understands the interrogatories," (that
is, if the Court understand herself, and she
thinka she do,) he ia "opposed to the Maine
Law." Col. Gentry very properly suggests
to the Committee that the questions could
have been more appropriately addressed A
candidates for the Legislature, as the Gov
ernor of Tennessee is not clothed vU the
veto power, and is transcending t duties
of his office when seeking to inrence and
direct the deliberations of the ,enerul As
sembly. " The Temperance Ommittee Indi
cate that they will take no .urthcr action in
the mutter, so It may be put down that the
labor of the Convents which assembled
at Nashville in Feb';, in regard to any thing
practical, will result in something very like a
fuzlo. We hope, however, at least an act
repeoling the present tippling law may pass
the next Legislature. That would be a step
forward a point gained. We have contend
4 all along for the adoption of a resolution
submitting the question to the people whe
ther they will have a prohibitory law the
enly mode by which a full and fair expres
sion can be obtained. But our Temperance
friends say nay, and insist upon' prohibition
first and submission afterward; They ought
to know best; bat it must be admitted that
tbe prospect at presont for making much pro
gress in the direction desired, is not very flat
Wring. . "
MusiCA&FUHDAssocraTiow. A portion of
the citizens of Athens, met Rt the Presbyte
rian Church, on Monday evening lust, for the
purpose of forming a Musical Fund Asso
ciation. The Association was temporarily
organized by the npppolntinent of a Presi
dent and Seoretnricsrand after the object for
which they hud. been called together was
stated, tbe audienee were favored with some
excellent performance by the Brass Band
wider the lead of Professor Knabo a gen
tleman well known for his skill and profi
fciency in the Science of Music, both ns a
teacher and performer.
The chiof object of this Association, as we
understand it, is to cultivate and promote a
taste Tor Music, both voc.il and' instrumental,
and to create a fund for the pnrchnse of in
stromouts, music, die. The ohjocts are cer
tainly most praiseworthy, and we trust the
Association will meet with the interest and
eneeuragement it deserves.
There will be another meeting, at Forest
Hill Academy, on the evening of Monday,
the Kith instant, for the purpose of electing
officers for tho year, and to adopt rulea and
regulations for the government of the Asso.
eintion, A4I who feci an intorestin the mat
tor should be present if possible.
On Again, We learn from
the Knox-
villa Registor, that . C. Romsey,- who
had
teen declared a candidate for Congress in
the Second District, has been ruled off the
track, and David II. Curomings put on tho
Iattcr's Immense strength and popularity hav-
ing been palpably demonstrated by the re
sult of the recent election for Maor Uunernl
Eastern Division Teuncssce Militia. The
Democracy have mado a bad swap, as Ram
sey is decidedly the most able man, and is
well posted in the politics of the country.
Davy, however, is a good, clever sort of fol
low, who believes that ignornnce is bliss and
that 'lis folly to be wise, and will bear a de
feat with characteristic fortitude. We trust
ho will have a pleasant titno of it with his
Know Nothing competitors.
Hard Times. A good many people are
complaining of hard timet, and for aught wo
know there may be some ground for their
complaints. But really if they would all go
to work and there is a groat demand for
laborers at this tiuio and spend leas of their
time on the street corners, and more in ac
tive, productive employment, tho hard timet
would soon grow easy with them. The fact
is, times will nover be any thing also but
hard and- light with the Indolent and ImprovU
dent.
Gas. The Knoxville paper state that, in
few days, the Gas- Works will be complet
d,nd the energlc of the city will then bo
devoted to the erection of Water Work up
on the plan of the Fairmount establishment
To accomplish this it will be necessary to
Vim the Ilolstou a work th Knoxvillians
ean perform readily as any people we
know oL
. Mackerzik'i Theatrical Corf. Thi
Company have boon performing here for sev
eral nichts to-large ami delighted audiences.
We had the pleasure ef witnessing some of
thoir entertainments, and ean tcal-ry to their
general excellence. Thi it the most talented
and genteel travelling Company that has
ever visited or town, and w commend them
to the patronage of the citizen of Loudon
and Knoxville, for which polut they left on
Thursday.
27" The true Democracy of Georgia have
nuounced In ono of their meetings, that
when a man sympathlsea with th Know
Seining he is oo lunger a Democrat.
RAILROAD LOCATED.
By reference to the subjoined resolutions
it w ill be seen that the Directory of the Ten
nessee, Western and Ohi!ttoa Rail Road,
which met at Medisonrille on Saturday fust,
permanently located said road, mukingAthens
the point or interaction with tire East Ten
nessee and Georgia Rail Road. It will also be
seen that the Stock subscribed by the citi
zen of McMiun county conditioned that the
roud should intersect the East Tennessee and
Georgia Rail Road, at or near Athens baa
been aceepted by the Directory, and a call
made of fifty cents on the Share, to be paid
in by the first day of July next We are alao
advised that by a resolution adopted by the
Board, the President of the Company was di
rected to commence negotiations with Mr.
Gourdin, President of the Charleston and
Blue Ridge Rail Road Company, for the pur
poae of immediately putting the building of
the road under contract, it being understood
that the Charleston and Bl ue Ridge Rail Road
Company have manifested a willingness to
undertake the construction of the road upon
conditions very favorable to our Company
Hence the prospect of seeing another great
thoroughfare opened up to the Southern sea
board begins to brighten, and the probabilities
are that such sn arrangement will be made
as will secure the completion of the same at
no very distant day.
The following are the'resolution referred
to :
Resolved, That the report of a survey made
under m direction of Gen.' B. Lilhgoe. Chief
Engineer of the Blue Ridge Rail Road, by
Walter Izard, Esq., from a point on the East
Tennessee and Georgia Kail Hoad near Gen
Reagan's, to a point near Houston's on the
.astern bank of the 1 ennessee Kiver, tocon
nnct at that point with the Knnxville and
Charleston Rail Road, (or Blue Ridre Rail
Road) presents a very favorable route for the
Tennessee, Western andCharieston RuilRoud,
from a point one quarter of a mile Sonth of
Slndisonville, to the said terminus on the Ten
nessee River, and the Directory being sutisfi
cd that the line of said survey is the best that
can bo adopted, the aaid lino from said point
near Madiaonville to said terminus on said
river, is hereby ratified and adopted, subject
to whatever minute alterations in said line
may be deemed expedient on a final location,
except that said road shnll not be located so
as to leave the public square in Madisonville
a greater distance than one fourth of a mile,
Resolved, further, That said survey be
tween the town of Madisonville and Gen.
Reagan's, on the East Tennessee andGeorma
Rail Road, shows conclusively to the satisfac
tion of the Directors that said portion of aaid
survey is exceedingry expensive, and out of
the direction senght to be reached br said
road; and the Directory being further satisfied
from the reconnoisnnces and actual survey ofa
portion of.orso much of theroute,by said Engi
neers, as was deemed material, that the route
from said point, near Madisonville, to a point
on the East Tennessee andGeorgia Rail Road,
at or near Athens, is entirely practical, and
all things considered, the nearest snd most
practical route for aaid road. Said route, from
Madisonville to Athens, to intersect said East
remiessee and Georgia Rail Rond, at Athens,
at some point South of the Athens Depot,
on said East Tennessee andGeorgia Rail Road,
is hereby adopted by the Directory, and the
road is accordingly so located, to be run by
the Engineer upon the most practicable
grounds, between wild two points.
Resohed, further, That the Stock subscrib
ed in said Rail Rond, and presented by the
citizens of McMiun county, conditioned that
said Tennessee,Weatern and Charleston Rail
Road shall interact tie East. Tennessee and
Georgia Rail Road at r near Alhens.ishere
by accepted, in accordince with the second
resolution, ns good, vnld and binding Stock
in said Tennessee, Western and Charleston
Rail Road Company.
Resvhed, further, Tint a call of fifty cents
on the share of said stuck U hereby made, to
be paid in on or beforethe first day of July,
1855.
In making the above location, the right of
said Company is reserved to extend said road,
still further in the direction of Chattanooga,
in accordance with the provisions of the char
ter, should the same be deemed expedient by
said Compnnv,and also to the North Carolina
line on the Eastern ens' of said rond.-
Croakers. The weather has been? for
the last few weeks, unisually waim and dry
for Spring, and the croakers hare already
commenced predicting short corps, famine,
tarvntinn, and ali srrts of sufferings and
evils. For our part, though vegetation is
suffering to some extent for want of ruin, we
cannot perceive any ground for apprehension
or complaint The apple, peach and eherry
trees are laden with voumr fruit, and thn
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still a good deal of corn in this country, and
plenty of bacon. If it should'nt rain for tho
next six months the sufferings the croakers'
predict would not come to- pass. True, mo
ney is a little scarce, but as our people are
not in debt (to anybody but the printer, per
haps,) why they can feel but little inconve
nience from the temporary shortness of the
circulating medium. . As to suffering, there
is nobody roally in that condition in thiscoun
try, except the newspaper men, and they are
used to it, and can console themselves ruth
tho happy reflection that although their lot
in this world ia a hard ono in ninny respects,
their reward in the next will bo great Of
course, we have no allusion In this connec
tion to those unconscionable reprobates of the
"city press." May the Lord have morcy on
them, and bring them out of their present
obliquities and darkness, into the marvellous
light of truth and rectitude!
P. S. Since the above was in type onr
section has been favored with a tremendous
shower, such as haa been rarely witnessed
even by that very respectable porsonngo, the
"oldest inhabitant."
A Model Letter. We consider the fob
lowing almost a model in its way, and would
be pleased to find it extensively copied by
our friouds:
Knoxville, April 26, 1855.
Sum. P. him:
Dear Sir I see you want money. Here
is some ten dollars for which send a re
ceipt for the "Post" for a many years aa
your conscience will let you.
I am very ruspectfully,your ob't serv't,
Sensible Dutcumar. During the late
general breaking up In financial matters at
San Francisco, when confidence between
man and man was almost entirely destroyed,
and no one knew whom he could trust,
provident Dutchman drew his money from
the banking house where deposited, took It
home and sewed it up in hi wife' petticoat,
a the place whero any una would be least
likely to look for it. Pretty sensible, for eld
Sour Krout. At last advices the treasure was
safe.
MAY-DAY IN ATHENS.
This joyous anniversary was celebrated
with -the appropriate ceremonies, by Mr.
Carre' School. The procession left the
Academy under the lead of the Brass Band.and
marched to the bower, where the delighted
subjects, arranged in beautiful order upon
the greensward, witnessed the coronation of
their Maiden Queen, Miss Cleage. The
Ma;ds of Honor were Miss Mart Deaderick
and Miss Matlock, ho, in doing appropriate
honors to royalty, did much credit to them
selves aud to the Academy, by the very elear
and distinct enunciation of beautifully com
posed addreeac-a. Tbe response of tbe May
Queeu was n less happy, and alike worthy
of the royal personage delivering it and
pleasing to those over whom she waved her
sceptre. After the conclusion of this cere
mony, A. Caldwell, Esq., was introduced
to the audience, and we were agreeably en
tertained by a speech of about fifteen minutes
doralion, full of bright thoughts, rich ima
gery, and elevated sentiments. During the
course of the exercises a few songs were
thrown upon the breeze by tbe young ladies
of the School, whose hearts seemed aa gay
and joyful as the birds of the beautiful
grove in which we were assembled, and
whose voices rang out ss merrily as those of
their forest competitors.
Abandance of refreshments were then
served ap, snd a crowd of between two and
three hundred dispersed, some absorbed in
the hilarity of the occasion, others looking
back with mingled emotions upos similar fes
tivals in other dayr, but all agreeing that
this was a pleasant scene.
Ar Old Foot. Gov. Winston, of Ala
bama, most be an old fogy of the worst or
der. He is preaching a crusade against in
ternal improvements in his own State, and
refers to the present condition of Georgia as
sn ovidence of the blighting effects of rail.
roads upon ilia prosperity of the country.
Until we heard from the Alabama Governor!
we had been impreesed with the idea that
Georgia was among the most prosperous
and flourishing States of the Union, and that
her present elevated and enviable position
was the result of those works of interna
improvement built by the public spirit
and enterprise of her people. Though
citizon of a neighboring Commonwealth, we
have witnessed with pleasure, if not pride,
the laudable example Georgia has set her
sister States of the South in this respect.
If Alabama had achieved half so-much in
such works her agricultural population would
not be embarrassed every year, as they now
are, for want of some reliable means to get
their staple to market. We hope the Ala
bamiana at the ensuing election will consign
his Excellency to the place where he proper
ly belongs on the shelf among the fossil
remains of a bygone age.
3f" A controversy is being waged be
tweun a couple of the Nuthville papers as to
which is the organ of the Know Hoiking
party in Tennessee. So far it ia rather
tight race, though the Gazette appears te be
a little ahead. Another brief article or two
from its editor on the "Naturalization Ijiws,'
will, perhaps, enable it to achieve the distin
guisbed honor so anxfously sought.
f5f Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,
has repudiated his connection with the Know
Nothings, and denounced the order. Ho as
serts that they aro opposed to the anti slave-
ro sentiment of the North, and as he is an
Abolitionist ne can have no further connec
tion with them. At the South the Know
Nothings are denounced, by a portion of the
opposition press, as favoring the Abolition
movement. We copy the following para
graph about Senator Wilson from the Bos
ton Telegraph, and commend it to the atten
tion of such as are in the habit of charging
that the American movement is a crusade
against slavery:
"Gen. Wilson gave the elosmg lecture of
the anti-slavery course, Inst evening, at the
Temple. He explained for himself the posi
tion with regard to slavery trial he had oceu
pind for twenty years, and called upon all to
oppose any party that ahould try to smother
the anti slavery sentiment, lie assumed thai
this course had been the death of two great
parties, and must be of the other party now
forming. Hu said raw party vsat perilous to
the antt-statery sentiment, ana caned upon the
anti-slavery party to kill off ths 'American
doughfaces, as they had the others.
Hon. F. K. ZoLLtcomR. The Lonisville
Journal pays a well deserved compliment to
this gentleman in the following paragraph:
It seems to he certain '.hut the Hon. F. K.
Zollicoffiir, of Tennessee, will be nominated
by his party for reflection to Congress.
Tennessee has rarely had a representative so
able, so stonily just, and so influential.
Among all her men he ia one of the man
liest."
It is to be hoped that Gen. ZollicofTor will
not only bo nominated, but re-elrcted, as no
man who served in the last Congress more
richly deserves to be returned to the next.
Controversy". A newspaper warfare ia
going on in New York, between Archbishop
Hughes, head of the Roman Catholic Church
in this country, and Erastus Brooks of the
Express. To the present time tho Express
man has rather got his Holiness. The fol
lowing is the concluding sentence of his Inst
article:
"T-pt thn Arehblshon possess his soul in
patience: before tho end he shall hoar not
onlv of his dealings vith the living, but with
the dead, in whose decease and burial he pro-
tits."
Mr. Soule. Mr. Pierce'a ex-Minister to
Spain, who wont to Madrid for the purpose
of severing Cuba from tho Spanish Crown
and annexing it to the United States, but
didn't do it, has had a public reception ten
dered him by hia friends at New Orleans.
He seems to be ir. a bad humor with both
President Pierce and Louis Napoleon. The
following appear among the report of his
remarks mado upon the occasion:
"Of the part which it waa my lot to act
during tho time I waa absent from you, it be
hooves me not to speak, though this much I
may perhaps be permitted to say, that it will
be found to bear the test of the most severe
scrutiny.
"I come back to you with a henrt undauat
ad by the ire which the mere mention of my
name has had the privilege of provoking in
the torpid breast of the crowned cut throat
who rules over France, und with a brow on
which the most abject and reckless calumnies
have not aa yet bven able to start a blnsh.
"Excuse me for not saying more, and for
tliiM abruptly bidding you good night "
CHILHOWHi SPRINGS.
Mr. Post:, The proprietor of Chilhowie
Springa has never desired to monopolize its
health-restoring waters. Nor haa he ever
wished to exclude the eitizens of East Ten
nessee from their inestimable properties
their life-invigorating fgencies. The owner
will very gladly dispute, upon the most rea
sonable terms, of boll Springs, with one
hundred and sixty acre of land adjoining, to
any enterprising ganlitman who will make
such improvements and fixtures upon the
premise aa the increasing demand of this
and th neighboring Slates require. This
would be an euWrpria'og work, and one hav
ing the noblest eudi in view well deserving
the attention and patronage of all who feel
the afflictions of morula, and who deaire a
resort, a retirement, where health gushes pro
fusely from the mointtin. For several years
there has been little improvement made to
the buildings, and thisbecause the owner has
been too much engrotsed by other carts to
give the necessary time and mean to the
work. In order to txlend the benefits of the
medicinal propertits of the water of these
Springs, the proprietor haa thought to lay
out the ground in iota in their vicinity and
dispose of them to tkose persons who desire
t resort there, and purchasers ean erect what
buildings may suit their convenience upon
the different lots. The surveys and laying
out of thi ground will be made at onee.
Th analysis of the water of the two Springs,
with note or the progress of the surveys,
and the locality of the Springs, will be made
next week. Tie owner ef Chilhowie Springs
would prefer to dispose of them to a single
purchaser, )ut in case one eannot be found
willing toMigage in such an investment, he
will dispiae of the surveyed lots the present
spring. Z.
Athcm, May 3d, 1855.
EastTennf.sser and Virginia Railroad.
A geitlemsn at Richmond, Va., in a letter
to the w'ytheville Ttlegrnph, says :
I lean from the President of the Virginia
and Tennessee Rail Road that iron enough
has goie up to lay tlie track to Mount Airy,
and he thinks it can sow be sent forward fast
ennngMo prevent Dy further delay in the
completion of the rotd to the Tennessee line.
While on this subjett, I cannot forbear to
offer a tribute to the indomitable persever
ance, the untiring energy and eminent success
which characterize tbe efforts of President
McDaniel to further the interests of our road.
Few parsons who have had no experience in
Railroad affairs, can imagine the difficulties
with which he has had to contend, and very
fuw could have accomplished what he has
done.
So it will be seen that Virginia is using
every enorgy to complete the great work to
the Tennessee line. The passenger trains
on tli a East Tennessee and Georgia Road are
Bow running to Concord, 15 miles above the
Tensessee, and will reach Knoxville about
the 1st or middle of July. Two or three
months later they will be running to Straw
berry Plains, 15 miles above Knoxville, on
the East Tennessee and Virginia Road, and
we may safely calculate that by the expiration
of another year,the entire connection will he
made, and the great through line between the
North and the South and the South-west be
completed.
tJT"The New York Herald has changed
its position on the Lituor Question since the
adoption of the Prohibitory Law, which
which goes into effect on the 1st of July.
The Herald now sayi:
"We are not teetntalists upon any sort of
compulsion. The pledge of the law may be
useful to such as have appetites for liquor
stronger than their seak heads. Neverthe
less, we think Sl Paul a splendid example of
a sensible temperance man. It was this gncd
and sterling apostle who recommended Timo
thy to "take a little wine for thy stomach's
sake and thy often infirmities. And we
hold that under similar circumstances, the
same privilege may be extended temperately
even to whbkey and lager beer. Had there
been any bger beer in St. Paul's time, ho
would probably have included it in his advice
to Timothy, though we are not so sure about
the whiskey and schnapps. '
tW The Boston A tins, of Th u rsday, learn s
through private sources that at the last ac
counts the United States ship Vincennes waa
nt Hong Kong, preparing for the exploration
of Behring's Straits and the NorthwestAmer
ienn coast. The Atlas states that several of
the officers attached to this expedition have
died during the winter of diseases contracted
during the long stay of the vessel at Hong
Kong last summer. , Captain Davis, formerly
of the Porpoise, Lieut. Hunter, of the Han
cock, and Doctor Hamilton, of tho Kennedy,
have all died during the past winter. Anoth
er letter, under date of February 1st, refers
to "a terrible suspicion which had long been
held by all, and now amounts almost to a
certainty," that the Porpoise, has been totally
lost at sea, with all on board. She haa not
been seen or heard of by any vessel since she
pnrted from the Vincennes, in the gale of
the 21st of Septomber last. That gale, it
will be remembered, was very severe in the
China Sea, in which nenrly a hundred small
craft were lost, even in the sheltered harbor
of Hong Kong. The other two vessels be
longing to the expedition the Hancock und
the Kennedy have been heard from, and
aro known to be safe. That nothing has
been heard of tho Porpoise for eighteen
weeks, since tho gale referred to, justifies the
gravest apprehensions as to her fate.
Speaking of the New York Liquor Law tho
Commercial Advertiser anys:
Two powerful parlies, we are told, are in
direct antagonism, and it is difficult to say
which is the stronger. That they are an
nicely balanced constitutes the great difficulty,
for though in the city itself, the prohibition
ists are undoubtedly in the minority, they
have the support of legislation. The press
on both side appreciate the magnitude of
the contest, and we think there are indica.
lions Unit the more violent advocate of a
prohibitory law, nuail in vie of the respon
sibilities they have encountered.
Cincinnati, April 38.
Flour is dull and pricea nominal. There
ia a better demand for provisions. Mess pork
is dull at $15al5.60. Whiskey is in better
demand at 33.
New York, April 28.
Cotton ia firm, with an upward tendency.
Flour is a trifle higher. Corn is easier but
not quotubly lower. Lard is dull, with a de
clining tendency.
Montreal. A recent fire laid in ruir.s
nearly the wholo township of Vienna, in !
Lnnnda est.
fcOUTHERN VIEW OF THE CUBAN
QUESTION."
Under tbe above heading, the New York
Journal of Conimcrco publishes the follow
ing extract "from a citizen of the South of
much experience and distinction in public
life." Some of his views will not fail to ar
rest the attention of cotton, rice, and augar
planters.
"A war with Spain at this moment, would
be disastrous. We cannot take the Island if
w would; and II would not be worth taking,
if we could. We could not hold it, in the
event of a war with a great naval power, and
its acquisition would therefore prove an in
crease of our weakness, rather than an addi
tion to our strength. All the fuss made about
it Africanization is nonsense. If we have
not suffered from the abolition in St. Domin
go, Jamaica, and the Bahamas, why should we
suffer from the same state of things in Cuba?
On the contrary, 1 assert that this country
would benefit by the change. Why has Cuba
become so important! Because she raises
sugar the growth of which is nearly de
stroyed in all the islands where slavery has
been abolished. The destruction of the au
gar crops in Hayti and Jamaica, has given her
almost a monopoly of the augur trade.
Abolish slavery in Cuba, and Louisiana aud
Texas will take her place. Coffee can be
grown profitably in Florida, Louisiana and
Texas, whenever it ceases to be grown in
Cubs. We have nothing to dread from any
disposition of Cuba by Spain or the Allies
but we have everything to apprehend from a
war which, if England and France engaged
in it, would not be carried on nt the North,
but in Florida, Georgia, Louisianu and Texas;
where black troops from Jamaica and Cuba,
can operate in the sickly season, when a white
army would be helpless. They might and
wonld destroy ourcrops of cotton, sugar, and
coffee, and carry off the negroes. A servile
war would tie the result, and the North, with
her present Free Soil affinities, would look
calmly on. Great Briton und France would
gut our cotton by making free a neutral port,
or getting our trade tin ouvh the Danish Isles;
and Northern ships would carry there the
cotton, and bring thence tho European manu
factures. I know from authentic information,
lhat this would be the mdu of warfare pur
sued by Great Biitain. They could spare the
naval force, although the European war exists
and they could raise large armies of blacks
in Cuba and the other West Indies to operate
in the summer season against the South. In
the meantime they could sweep our commerce
from the sens, save that portion to which
British license would be granted. It would
cost very little to England. Heaven knows
what it would cost us. We are powerful
against Mexico. We can defend our soil
against the world; but we can never become
great by carrying on a European War and
the worst thing our country can do is, to
become the possessor of any island in the
Atlantic or Pacific."
Prentice's Advice. A latn number of
the Louisville Journal says: "The popular
policy, we think, fur the American party to
pursue is, first, to secure its nationality; se
cond, to select none for office but men of
decided ability, and, when practicable,
of some practical experience; third, to abne
gate to a great extent the practice of placing
preachers in the Legislature or Congress;
fourth, to proclaim the principles and plat
form of the party to the world by authority;
fifth, to aviod ultnism in reference to for
eigners or to anything else; and, last, to
maintain in all its vigor, at least for the
present, the secresy of the individual mem
ber." American Railroad Ikon. The Cincin
nati Railroad Record says: We are plonscd
to learn that at iiist the policy of making our
own railroad ircn at home has been taken
hold of in earnest, and that some of our most
enterprising citzens are taking the lead in
the arrangements for the manufacture of rail
road iron upon a scale of magnitude some
what proportioned to tbe requirements of the
country. The location for the purpose is not
determined on. Some of our most eminent
geologists have for some time been examin
ing locutions.
Drought in Scriven. We learn (says the
Savannah Georgian) by a letter from a plan
ter of Scriven to one of our most estimable
citizens, that the drought in that region of the
State is most severe, and telling injuriously
upon the planting interests. In many sections
cotton has not "come up" and there was little
prospect of its doing so till the appearance of
rain. In any case, it was feared that the long
continued drought of the earth would prove
disastrous. Even the corn, which stands the
drought far better than most crops, came for
ward slowly and made poor promises.
Later from Mexico. The steamship
Orizaba, Cnpt. Forbes, arrived at New Orleans
on Wednesday morning, bringing dates from
Vorn Cruz to the 22d, and from the city of
Mexico to the 18th.
Various parts of the country are still (as
they always have been) infested !y bands of
robbers, who commit the nsuul excesses.
We find in El Sigln accounts of several
trifling engagements between the Govern
ment troops and the Revolutionists. On tho
14lh of March an encounter took place at tho
town of Celaya,in the Department of Gunna
cuiito, between the Government forces and
about a thousand insurgents, under Floruncio
Zavala with a loss of fifty killed, a great
number wounded, and two prisoners, who
were immediately shot.
A body of revolutionists, it is also said,
who were led by Diego Alvarez, suffered a
defeat at Cruz Grande, losing most of their
arms and munitions of war.
Monet Arrains. The Baltimore Patriot,
says :
The Money market continues Increasing in
ease. Our latest advices from all quarters
confirm this statement. In New York, Bos
ton, Philadelphia, Now Orleans and various
other important points, we observe that
capital ia ubundantand seeking investment nt
reduced rates. A variety of causes are now
operating which induce the agreruhlo hope
that we shall yet find financial affairs more
consonant with tho general wish. True, con
siderable exports of specis have taken place
recently, but much of these were to arijuxt
old dobts, and it is encouraging to know that
these are met proitintly. Our recent imports
have been confessedly light, compared with
other seasons. Speculative and extravagant
over-trading has been greatly reduced, busi
ness has assumed a tatur and more legitimate
basis hence a decreased demand for money.
I3f" At the sale of pew In the Fourth
avenue Presbyterian Churuli, (Dr. Parker's,)
In New York, four of tho pews brought
(1.000 each. One purchaser took five, at
prices varying from $800 to $450 each. As
no man, however pious, eould possibly want
four pew for hi ov u use, it iu to be presum
ed that h had "speculation to hi y."
IhkC'uicauo Kiot. Our Chicago ex
changes, says the Louisville Journal, bring
the gratifying intelligence that quiet has been
restored in that city. The court haa decided
against the liquor sellers and fined each of
them 23 for selling without license. There
were thirty-two of there, and they were the
instigators' of th riot The Chicago Journal
remarks l
It is but a small portion of our German
population comparatively, and those of the
weakest, fanatic, and miauided, who took a
part in the tradedv of Saturday. The bet
ter portion of the Gerinm population, while
deprecating the acts of their countrymen,
have been constant in exertion to remove the
erroneous impression which demagoue har
angues, have instilled into their minds, and
cheerfully seconded the authorities in quell
ing disturbances. Foreigners as a class have
nol been arrayed against American citizens,
but on the first summon have obeyed with
alacrity, and taken a share in the duties, as
signed them by the authorities,
Washington, April 21.
The Commissioner of Pensions has made a
decision that parole testimony will not be
taken in proof of servico in applications for
bouuty land. This decision tovers a large
class of cases, and is of great importance. It
will exclude even some who have received
even less than a quarter section of land under
former laws, and now apply fir tho remain
der. The Commissioner has also expressed
an opinion that Volunteers alleged to have
served on a hasty summons, and upon emer
gency, but do not appear to any muster roll,
are not entitled to the benefits of the new
acta.
Russia. Private letters from St. Peters
burg state confidently that the fanatical war
party has completely got the upper hand, snd
lhat Alexander II'' throne would not be
worth a week's purchase if he were to attempt
to thwart the cirrent of national feeling.
The rich nobles, who in their hearts long for
peace, and will be the greatest sufferers by
the war, are compelled to swell the popular
cry. They offer large contributions, in the
hope of averting a sweeping ad valorem
property tax amounting to confiscation.
Kansas Gov.Reeder. Advices received
nt St. Louis, state the people of Kansas have
issued a proclamation declaring Gov. Recder
incompetent for the position of Governor;
that his appointment was without the consent
of the Governed, nnd that he waa arbitrary in
the exereiso of power. Delegates were to
meet at Leavenworth on the 28th, to select a
suitable person for Governor, whose name
would be forwarded to the President for ap.
poiniment.
From California. The Know Nothings
held a convention at Sacramento, and deter
mined to support the nominee of the Ameri
can Party for President and maintain the
principles of the Nebraska bill.
A correspondent of the Times bays that
the miners have offered a reward of two
thousand dollars for the head of Wood, the
chief partner of Adams & Co.
A New Invention, A Mr. Campbell, of
Columbus, Ohio, has recently invented and
patented a method of effecting an union be
tween iron and glass, by which he expects to
bring about a most valuable revolution in the
uses of the fragile article. He thinks that
by lining boxes, journals nnd other metalic
supports, where friction is an impediment,
with glass, combined in his specified manner,
he can much reduce the friction ns well as
the wear of the parts. The National Intelli
gencer, in speaking of the invention, says:
"The tests to which the specimen we hnve
seen has been subjected, at once convinced
us that glass thus embeded in iron could
sustain extraordinary pressure nnd the movt
powerful blows; but a doubt arose in relation
to the inequality in the construction and ex
pansion of the two materials, by sudden
changes in their temperature. Iron.however,
expands and contracts by heat far more than
glass, and the cust iron box being expnnded
to its utmost when the glass congeals, all its
after tendenoy by thia means must necessari
ly be to embrace tho glass within it; and this
glass being in the form of an arch, with its
bases nnd apex both embraced by tho iron, it
can yield to no power that ia not capable of
literally crushing it to powder."
The Clarksville (Texas) Messenger of the
6th inst. says :
The spring' floods appear to have com
menced in earnest, and present appearances
indicate a general nnd protracted rain. Ow
ing to the long drought vegetation is not ns
forward now us it usually is the first of
March. We hear of some farmers having to
replant their corn, the first seed having rotted
without coming tip. Cotton planters hnve
not commenced putting in thoir crops yet
though they ' have been ready for some
time.
The intended stoppage of breweries and
distilleries in New York has served to ad
vance the price of milk twenty five cents.
There can he no question, however, but that
the milk will be twenty Jive per cent better
therefore; and as to the price, the poor
when they stop drinking beer and whiskey
will be able to pay any price that may be de
manded. C7 The Washington Union disclaims
being the organ of the administration. The
Union's extreme course on theCuba question,
has rendered this, course necessary. The
real friends of the administration must, feul
greatly relieved by this disclaimer.
l-if The Cholera continues its rnvagos In
the capital of Russia, as many as two hun
dred deutlis occurring in a day.
Not Over Polite. Old Squiro R wns
elected Judge of the Inferior Court of some
county in Georgia. When he got homo his
delighted wife exclaimed "Now, my dear,
you are a Judge, what am I!" The same
durned old fool you always waa," was tho
laETThe editor of tho Rutland Heroldi
just married to a Boston girl, say that a
pair of sweet lips, a pink waist ribbon, a
swelling breast nnd a pressure or two of del
jcuto hands, will do as much to unhinge a
man aa three fevers, two mensela, a large
size whooping cough, a pair of lockjaws, sev
eral hydrophobias, nnd the doctor's bill.
Yankee enterprise is already taking advan
tage ol Commodore Perry's treaty with the
Japanese. Mossrs. Reed & Dougherty have
opened a ship chandlery and general commis
sion houso nt Hukodadi, Japan.
The New Council of Gainsville, Alabnmn,
have" put the liquor license hp to 82,000,
and no quantity to be told les than twenty
gallons.
It Is said several of the leading members
of the New York bar have given an opinion
that the prohibitory law of that State 1 unconstitutional.
(CT A writer in the New York Mirror U
showing the difference between taking Ha.
vana on paper, and taking it rt et armis..
The memories of the filibusters are refreshed
with an accoout of the attack upon the p'ace
by the English in 1792, and its disastrous
results:
"The English fleet consisted of 19 ships of
the line and 18 frigates, with various smaller
vessels of war, ana some 200 transports, un
der commund of Pocock, aud 10,000 soldiers
under Gen. Mom-ton.
"The cannonade (we re told) continued
seven days; the siege had lasted twenty day,
with little hope of taking the lloro. At thi
time the English received reinforcement of
4000 fresh troops. Now, inspired with new
hopes, the attack waa renewed; their exertiuns
redoubled, and at last with success. On the
22d day of this memorable seige the furl was
captured. The city held out a few days and
then surrendered, to prevent unnecessary
sacrifice of life.
"The loss sustained by the English army
and navy was horrible. The English histori
an, aware how dearly this victory was obtain,
ed, prudently omitted to record the number
killed aud wounded. Cotemporury writers
(not English) say ' this fort cost England
over one thousand men.' "
After reading this account, an American
may make some estimate bow many ships
and how many soldiers, (fillibusUir,) undis.
ciplined men, it would require to capture the
Moro Castle.
VST In the course of s lecture recently
delivered in London, Mr. Thackeray took oc
casion to allude to the United Slates a
country, he said, "where kindness, courtesy
and good nature were in nothing more con
spicuous (though you meet them constantly)
than in the gallant attention every v hers
shown to women. Dandy and clown alike
yield place to a woman .n omnibus or railway
car. Sir Roger dc Coterly would have loved
this trueevidenct of tbe gentleman. It would
have so pleased Steel;, that he would hare
taken the gentle dandy or clown to the
nearest tavern and troted him to a bottle
possibly to six bottle." 1 don't mean," ad
ded Thackeray, "to ml down the lost five
bottles to the score of Dick Steele's good
works. They would be very decidedly works
of supererogation." ,
Look out for counterfeits on the
Union Bank of Tennessee, 10' altered from
IV on the right end a figure representing
Fame, a medallion head of Jackson on the
left. The genuine have in the centre a female
feeding an eagle from a goblet. 100's altered
from 5's an eagle on eaeh end. The genuino
have a full length figure of Justice on each
end. 20's well executed; payable at Chatta
nooga; letter . 3' and I's poorly executed. '
Numerous counterfeits on the Bunk of
Tennessee and the Planters' Bank are also
said to be in circulation.
i-tf The legitimate mercantile business of
New York, though conducted on a pretty
contracted scale as compared with former
times, is gradually recovering from the pros-
trntinf wiVf-ta nf thn Inta mnnt tiirv I'Mium? hut
the leading "fancies" of Wall street are dull
and without any important change, and so
are a good many of the chaps who deal in
them. Nevertheless, there is plenty of capi.
.. . l .. T... I-- u... .-II n
Uil in ilie tjiy seening viiipiuiuieub uii i-.m,
at 9 and 7 per cent., and the oest quality of
lhat commercial paper can be negotiated at 6
and 7.
f"A friend writing to the Savannah Re
publican, from Lauren Crunty, under date
of. April 21, says:
"The farmers In this section are beginning.
to complain very seriously of the drought
V heat und rye, which are in the act of head
ing, have already received irreparable injury.
and will not -produce fifty per cent, of the
usual crop, unless we get rain very soon.
Great difficulty is experienced in obtaining a
"stand" of corn nnd cotton, nnd that which ia
up, must die from thirst, without it is visited
early by refreshing showers.
"r or three daya past we have experienced
the heat of mid-summer. Yesterday, I am
informed, the thermometer stood at 96 de
grees, and the day before at 98. It is said to
have reached 100 at one place in the county
yesterday, and I observed it myself standing
at 93 in the shade at half past 6 in the aflei
noon." 7The NewYork Mirror says, there will
be twice as much liquor sold, and drank, too,
in thnt city during the next six months, as
ever before in the same space of time. "Men
are but children of a larger growth," and
when told that they shan't have a thing, begin
to cry for it.
The New Orleans Crescent says: "At
this moment, we have no doubt, there are five
millions of Louisiana produce that should
have, and would hnve ponred itself upon our
levee many weeks had the ordinary channels
of communication been open to tho keel of
the steamboat. That the amounts which have
been held back owing to the impossibility of
nnvigaling the Yazoo and its tributaries, and
other watercourses in Mississippi, and the
general lowness of rivers in Arkansas, reach
a far higher figure, there is scarcely any room
to question. Fifteen millions of dollars would
hardly suffice to cover tho w hole.
Distress in Jamaica. The Kingston (Ja
maica) Journal of the 11th inst., speaks ai
follow of the great distress prevailing io
that Island :
"The inhabitant of Jamaica are steepfl
in poverty a large portion pinched by wants
are steeped in misery ; thousands are crying;
for assistance of food; and in several districts
distant from market places, hundreds have to
subsist upon the young bamboos, and to dig
up and clutch any wild root or other sponta
neous production, to support life. This may
nppcnr an exaggerated, but nevertheless, it
is a true picture.
Astounding Report. Tho Prairie Ne'
is responsible for the report that the Amori
can party in Mississippi are going to elf'
Gcn.John A Quitman Governor of that State
at the next election. It Gen. Q. hts joined
the "Americans" it is time for everybody el
to ''cave in."
ESTThe groat defaulter, Scuyler, is living
at his eaae in a small town on tho Rhine call
ed 3ruges, in the possession of half milli"
money belonging to widows nnd orphan
who are ruined completely by this ennrmou
swindle. Weshall aee,if"the end of H"
man is peace."
tar The Richmond Dispatch of Saturday
say :
"On Thursday afternoon Inst, between the
hour of 3 and 4 o'clock, very destructi
fire' occurred in Henrico county, along
Hue of tho Richmond and Fredoricksburj.
Rail Rond, by which about two thou"
cords of wood were destroyed, and a '"''C0
amount of fencing burned.
-T" The Maine Uw in Illinois Is to be
voted on by tbe people tho 1st Monday
June.