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road, sufficient of our stock can be sold at par to build and equip it. A great and increasing interest is now felt by the citizens of Charleston, Savannah and A u gnsta, and also by the southern connecting rail road Companies, and by the people living upon the line, in the projected road from Knoxville to Danville, Kentucky. The construction of this places our road upon another most impor tant thoroughfare, to-wit: from Kentucky and the Ohio to the south Atlantic seaboard, and the interior of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina. The initiatory steps have been taken for the formation of a Company, and a survey it to be forthwith commenced. The length of this road will not exceed 120 miles, and it is probable the cost will fall within $2,000,000. It Is tho't that the public and private subscriptions of the towns and counties along the line will go far toward raising this sum, and that the deficit will be made up by Augusta, Charleston and Savannah, and the Georgia and South Carolina railroads the immense accession of trade that must follow upon the opening of so important a road being the great inducement. Although our Company is not at present able to lend much tangible aid to this road, we should at least give as much comfort as possible to its enter prising projectors. That this road will have advantages enabling it to defy compction w ith any other road from Cincinnati, the Ohio river and Kentucky, to the Southern Seaboard, is clearly shown by the following tables of dis tances from Cincinnati to Charleston and Savan nah, via Knoxville and via McMinnville, the only routes for accomplishing that ol iject now dividing public attention. The distances given in the tables are taken from Mitchell's Map and other reliable sources. Via Knoxville. Ken o 5' o : 5" c CD c p o -T3 3 B " " P 2 ST m n Ca c a 5 3 B O Kr C a- ft cp o r-j-1 CO w p : n I P-I8 g-S : P : o-- I . o ! o : : : 3 a 'D A - c : r s t : : : tsi X I J ot o t." OC cn: p p : cr : 5: : 2 ! Si V -i -i li ic-1 o . . r:t eri c a i w : - , - W O f O co - cr c (oct ; t oo oo o . ' o-i O 5 IT O Sr ' n -. fc i; ei o 3 S.2-0-' S a o c rs o 5 0 B n a. Ml. O - I! H o P 'J, o E c oo dc U. w m o Oo ca i ti o Office-5 TL r n 3 s? o a J?8 3 3 3 c- h 3 3 a & O ffi o COO p..0-? Showing in favor of the Knoxville route a earing of distance of 93 miles, and 81 miles less of new road to provide for, to say nothing of the saving of the 106 feet jer mile grades between Tullahoma and Chattanooga. Tx. r-...- v v-o, New Orleans is by way of Atlanta, Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama; thence by steam boat to Mobile and New Orleans. The link be tween Knoxville and Danville, 120 miles, is the only portion of the line unprovided for from Cincinnati to the New York and New Orleans mail route. Before the McMuinville route from Cincinnati to New Orleans can be made availa ble, 638 miles of road must be built, exclusive ef the Covington and Danville road, and about fte same number of miles of new road are re quired to perfect the route via Louisville and Nashville. As soon as the East Tennessee and Virginia road and the northern connections are completed, Knoxville wiil be upon the mail route to New York and New Orleans, the dis tance being upwards of 100 miles shorter than fcy any other route. The Knoxville and Dan Tjlle road is important in another view, being Upon a short line from Louisville and Lexing ton to Richmond and Norfolk as the line via MaysviHe and Big Sandy, and the Virginia cen tral roads, but with this great advantage, that to open railroad communication from Lexing ton to Richmond, Virginia, means for the con struction of 120 miles only are required, every other link in the chain being either in operation r in rapid progress. The East Tennessee and Virginia road is progressing rapidly at its upper end, the design of that Company apparently being to form their first connection with the Virginia road. It, therefore, becomes of the titmost consequence to as to make every effort to complete our road to Knoxville at the earliest possible moment, ia order to induce the officers of the upper road to modify their plans, and commence work at Knoxville. We have 28 miles of comparatively J"htwprk40 reach the an nth era . terminus of mat road. Ine Virginians have l4i miles of rery heavy work to reach the Tennessee line. Certainly with so great odds in our favor, we should beat onr Virginia friends in the race foe the trade of upper East Tennessee, and the transportation of rails and materials to be used in the construction of the East Tennessee and Virginia road. To win in this honorab!e race is not for our advantage alone, but the roads of Georgia, and the cities of Augusta, Charleston and Savannah, are deeply interested in our uccess. If we fail to improve the advantages we possess, and allow the upper road to be built from the Virginia end, this way, the trade of all upper East Tennessee, of which Augusta, Charleston and Savannah, are the legitimate markets, will be diverted to Lynchburg, Rich mond and Norfolk, and its transit lost to the southern line of roads. The struggle between the northern and southern cites is ultimately to cbe a close and a severe one let us then improve all the advantages we have got and strain every nerve to get first possessien. In conducting the various operations entrus ted to my charge I have received most valuable aid from my assistants, Messrs. R. C. Morris and Charles Storrow Williams, and I take great pleasure in thus puplicly expressing my grateful appreciation of their industry, efficiency and skilL Mr. . Morris has recently left the employment of this Company, to accept an mrAiAmmX xjpon the East Tenneise a4 Virginia road. In losing Mr. Morris I have lost a valuable assistant and the Company a zealous friend of the road. I also take great pleasure in bearing testimony to the satisfactory manner in which the Messrs. McCIachey, sub assislant Engineers, have performed all their duties. - Respectfully submitted, M. B. PPJCIIARD, Chief Engineer. Engineer's Office, E. T. & G. R. R. Loudon, 1st January, 1853. JOHN V. O'MRI EX Editor. LOUDON: SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1553. V. B. PALMER, tbe American Newopaper Agent, !i the only authorised Agent for this paper in the ci ties of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, and is iuly empowered to lake advertisements and subscrip tions at the rates, a required by us. His receipts will be regarded ns piyments. is offices are Bos tox, ScollayV Building: New-York, Tribune Build ing; Philadelphia, NY.corner Third A Chesnutsts. SSy There seems to be a necessity for more system and farther improvements at our Wharf. The inclined plain from the Railroad Depot to the River is a good arrangement ; but without proper regulations it will be a source of some confusion, as it will draw so many Boats to that point, that it will be inconvenient to take on or discharge Freights. We would respectfully sug gest to our town authorities, the propriety of establishing a Landing for Flat Boats higher up, where they might land, with the priviledge of dropping down so soon as they are ready to make shipments on the Railroad.- The Rail road Wharf is free to all Steamers and Flat Boats having freights to the Road, and there should be regulations to prevent empty Boats, and Boats with freights not desiring shipment, from monopolising space intended for Boats that have freights for the Road. The trees and brush should be cut away from the River bank all the way from the Ferry to the Depot. The Whigs of Giles county, held a meet ing at Pulaski, ou the 21st ult:, at which del egates were appointed to the Whig State Con vention to nominate a candidate for Governor. Among the resolutions adopted, was one instruc ting the Delegates from that county to vote for Thomas A. R. Nelson, of Jonesborough, as their first choice for Governor. A large number of the people of Middle Tennessee, of both parties, seem willing to have an East Tennessean for Governor. There are several gentlemen in our end of the State that we would like to see Gov ernor but these men can serve us better at home in pushing forward the magnificent enter prises that can alone give us political power, and importance as a commercial and manufac turing people. The evil days of "indignation meetings' are past, we hope forever. It is folly, it is disreputable, it is mean, to be whining for political favors, and to be contending for appro priations, with an everlasting whine. Let ns look fur assistance and promotion, where alone we have a right to expect either in our own energies. Let us build Railroads, improve ag riculture, erect manufactories, and build up schools. SThe E. T. & G. Railroad has reduced the freight on several articles during the past week, and made other arrangements to accommodate shippers. Freights on Flour has been reduced from 30c to 25c to Dalton. Oats, from 35c to 25c to Dalton. Bacon is shipped by the Car load in bvll; with one free passenger to each shipmeut the Road not being responsible for any loss resulting from this manner of freight ing. This Road has spared no pains to accom inodate the public, and has already proved a great blessing to East Tennessee. Hence, it is now doing very nearly the entire business be tween the country above and the South. Rut few Flat Boats pass by, while the Steamer Lou d,n, comes in nearly every trip with full cargoes of freight for the Road. This is encouraging, and when we take into consideration the fact that the cost, to the present Company, of con stnicting this Road has been remarkably light, we will at once see that it will soon become a source of profit to the Stockholders. We subjoin the following statement of Pro duce, JLc, received at the Loudon Depot, for the week ending March 5th, as shown by the Books of the Agent : Bacon, : 954 000 pounds. Flour, 10 000 Lard, 6 300 Wheat,. 50 400 Corn, 8 960 Corn Meal, 2 850 Oats, .". 3 300 Beef, 2 000 Irish Potatoes. 3 900 Onions, 1 800 Beans, 1 000 ltWlu,rs'" 150 OUt tCTy irir'nvnii f A Eggs, 350 dozen u u u u u u u M u u u Making the rise of One Million, Forty-Five Thousand, One Hundred and Fifty Pounds as the Receipts of one week, for down freights, beside large amounts taken in at the various other Depots on the Road. Up freights are also abundaut. With the exception of a few Groceries from New Orleans and Nashville, we might say that the Dry Goods and Groceries consumed in E. Tenn. are all freighted over this Road at present that is, for the counties above. New Goods. We invite the attention of our readers to the advertisemement of Johnston, Smith & Co., who are receiving a large and beautiful stock of goods, and which they offer upon the lowest terms. Their purchases were made for ready money, and of course upon bet ter terms than they could get them on a credit This is the oldest firm in our town, and do busi ness up in the right manner. Our esteem for them as Merchants, has- increased with our ac quaintance with the men. Call at their house if you wish cheap goods. S&F' The man who steals our Wood, will see his name printed in large capitals, if he is again seen taking advantage of. our wood pile after night We will insert his business Card by the year, free of charge I Look out! i Moket. A very material change, say the Cincinnati Price-Current, of the 23d Feb., has recently taken place in the money market thro' out the country the demand for capital having increased, until it has become fully equal to the supply and in New York rates of interest have advanced within six weeks fully two per cent, and the tendency is still in favor of the lender. This change, which was not looked for, is to be attributed in some degree to the recent move ments of the Bank of England for it is a fact that that institution exercises a powerful influ ence throughout the commercial world. In N. York the resumption of heavy shipments of Coin, is apprehended, as exports of produce are falling off, and there will most likely be a demand from the other side for the precious metal, to supply the deficiency caused by the heavy de maud upon England for Australia. In the lat ter country the Notes of the Bank of England, were at the latest date at twenty-five per cent, discount t John II. Christy, Editor of the Southern Herald, in a lengthy and able editorial upon the propriety of holding an Editorial Convention for the purpose among other objects, of doing away with the practice of employing runaway ap prentices, or those who have not served regular tmprentieeshipas journeymen printers remarks that he has known many useful and distinguish ed men who began life as printers, not one of whom was a runaway apprentice; while runa ways invariably take to drink, and "go to the dogs." - . , gy We learn from the Nashville Dily Xeics, that the distinguished gentleman , who struck Billy Patterson, and of whom our readers have often heard, passed through that city a few days since. Nothing remarkable in his person al appearance, except that his left hand, sup posed to be the one with which he inflicted the unfortunate blow upon the person of Jlr. Pat terson, is enormously large. It is said that he has finally compromised the matter with the family and friends of Mr. P. We did not see him, but understand that the man who butted the Bull off the Bridge, passed through our toirn last week, en-route for Wash ington, whither he goes in search of an office. Quite a "stur ' among celebrities ! jgy- We notice the name of JonN Marshall of Williamson, frequently mentioned in out Tennessee exchanges, as a suitable candidate for Governor, on the Whig ticket. He is spo ken of as a gentleman of high legal attainment of pure and elevated character, of popular man ners, and as a sound and consistent Whig. Such a man could rally the Whig party of Tennessee. And we would not be astonished if he were the Whig candidate for Governor, next summer. B3a- John T. Broyles, of Washington county, proposes, through the Railroad Journal, to be one of any number of Farmers in East Tennes see, who will subscribe ten dollars to constitute a premium for the best aacre of com the ensu in" season. The corn and ground to be accu rately measured in the presence of men of nn doubted integrity, and the individual al making I , i 1 the most corn, to V .:iuJ tua i.oio -j-e mium. Competitors for the prize will make it known in the course of the present month, by depositing ten dollars with Messrs. Greer and Sparks, of Jo'nesborough. IBS" The genuine "Spiritual Rappers," are entertaining our good neighbors at Kingston! The humbug will be prevalent throughout this part of our country in a short time. Try-Weekly MEMrnis Whig. This is the title of a neat and well-filled paper recently star ted in Memphis, by S. P. Bankhead & Co. By the way, cannot some arrangement be made by which the mails will not be so long between this place and Memphis? We generally re ceive our Memphis exchanges some two or three days after we see extracts from them in the Nashville papers. Would it not be best to direct ria. Nashville? A Good Idea. A bill is pending in the In diana Legislature compelling old bachelors of thirty years of age to marry or pay an annual sum of $50 into the county treasury, to go to the first lady who shall marry after the first day of January. IQT Quite a number of the Corps Editoral passed through our town last -week. Messrs. Blackburn, of the Presbyterian Witness, and Hcrlet, of the American Statesman, called in to see us. Rolf S. Sai:niers, of the Register, and Poats, of the Rogersrille Times, infected, no doubt, with the progressive spirit of the age, rushed by under a full head of Steam. f- Sec the Card of Messrs. Wilkes & Lelltett, Wholesale Grocers, Forwarding fc Commission Merchants, Nashville, Tennessee. war mcna" telix M. KOGers, is connected wrtii this house. We guess he will secure the cus tom of a large number of his East Tennessee acquaintances. We bespeak for this house a liberal patronage. JfS5 Wm. Lenoir, just from Macon, brought news that Mr. Marcy was Pierce's Secretary of State, and Mr. Campbell, of Pa., Secretary of the Interior. We have not learned the names of the other members of the Cabinet J5 Friend Itins, of the Athens Post, has removed his office to the corner of Maine street and Black Horse Alley. Another removal and you will reach the peaceful precincts of Ground Hog's Glory, friend Sam. The Shelbyville Expositor is out in a lengthy article, which has been approvingly copied into a number of papers, in favor of Col. John H. Crozier, of Kuoxville, as a suitable person to be placed on the Whig ticket for Gov ernor. Col. Crozier would make a very good Governor. B5U See tbe Card of M'Kamt & Hcmphrets Commission Merchants, Chattanooga. 'Also, see the Card of Samuel C. Dunk, Dealer in Clothing, Charleston, S. C. And if you wish Legal advice, we refer you to the Card of N. A. Patteebon, Kingston talented and clever juirng man. Ireland, her Condition and Prosperity. The last Westminister comes to us laden with a sad lament over the condition of this unhappy coun try. It is but the condensed echo of countless groans and lamentations coming up from a once great people, now reduced to penury and want in their own country or wandering pcnnyless outcasts to the uttermost isles. Sad indeed is the picture of Ireland. We can lxk with some degree of composure upon the deso lation of Syra, the depopulation of Greece; for the great people that once inhabited the fairest shores of the Mediterranean, have long since passed away and are scarce remembered. It requires some stretch of fancy as you tread the trackless deserts of Argos aud Attica to repeo pfc them with the proud subjects of Agamem non or the Compatriots of Demosthenes and Plato. But in Ireland the case is different. Her fertile fields, though no longer green, arc not yet reduced to actual sterility. The "garden flower and useful plaijt still contend with the moss, the lichen aud the briar. Her proud people are not all gone and forgotten; they are nojs passiug away. The terrible scene is being acted before us. In our own country, every ra'Jroad, steamboat, town and village are filled wih the wretched wanderers. Go to California you find them; to Australia they arc there. How terrible must be the evil that drives us, willing j icrers. from the heme we love, ujc spirits indeed are bound forcibly, Some no and agninst their willj to ocean-beaten rocks, but most have wandered forth, voluntarily abandoning their homes. To say nothing of due natural increase, Ireland counts to-day a million and a half souls less than five years ago. How dreadful must l' such a fearful decimation in a country so small. But dreadful as it is, there is no hand l'fted to stay it; it is still going on, and with tjaily increased rapidity. Those who have not left are leaving not the old, the lame and de iripid, who, if any, might better be spared but the young, the manly, the virgorous. It is com :juiii in Ireland, to hear, the child of twelve, talking with absorbing interest of America, and promising soon to meet brothers and sisters there. In many parts whole villages are depop ulated; the mud house.", if by chance, thcy stand, are doorless, roofless andtenautlcss. I shall hardly be believed when I say that I have keen not one, but many villages numbering more than one hundred cabins each, with not a single human inhabitant. It is nevertheless true. In most however, a grey-haired rcmant of a once powerful race is occasionally seen upon the mossy thrcshhold, or in the grassy street. The iast guardians of their country, they seem to be watching her final destiny, and like the ancient people of invaded Rome, having sent their pos terity to some defensible rock, are silently await inr the last blow which a terrible fate can give. It is common to think that with the five millions ci alms lately given by the world, misery and want have banished from the Island. There may not indeed be so frequent cases of death from absolute famine, but the condition of the country is no less miserable. The immediate ne cessities of the people have been supplied, but onlv at the cost of filling innumerable work houses with inmates, on whom never shines a single rav ot hope. Go through once thickly " . S . . i i l .1- populateu streets, traverse nignways wnere me traveler was often seen, horril.de stillness now house. There at best must be continued toil for daily bread till wished-for-death release the victim." If, ere this happy moment arrive, dis ease seize upon the pauper, he is tossed into some putrid inclosurc already filled with mis erable wretches whose only prayer is also death. What retribution awaits the people at whose feet lies a nation's degradation and annihilation, we know not. Guided by History we are ac customed however, to think that as one nation metes out to another, so shall it be meted out to itself. If it be in fate that the oppressor of Ireland shall receive her just and righteous due, that people which has grown rich by the anni hilation of another, shall one day be cut off by a fearful decimation: the rich parks of England shall be levelled like the trees of Ireland, so that not one shall be left standing; her field; shall be made desolate; her gardens a vast des ert; her navy sunk to the oeeau's depths; her populous cities the retreat ot jackals ami owls; her own name a blank, utterly blotted from the list of nations, or only retained to remind the world that violence and wrong shall not go un punished. Savannah Courier. The Honduras Question. It will, no doubt be recollected by our readers, that in December last, a resolution was adopted by the Senate, calling upou the President of the United States for information in relation to the establishment of a new British Colony in North America; to which resolution an answer was returned by the President on the 3rd of January, communicating the letter of Mr. Clayton to Mr. Bulwer, of July 4th, 1850, together with a declaration of Mr. Bulwer, to the efi'ect that the British Govern ment did not understand the Treaty which was then about to be ratified to include tbo British settlement at Honduras or its dependencies; and also another note from Mr. Clayton stating that British Honduras was not embraced in the Trea ty, and that the rights of no Central American States were compromised in it, or by any part of the negotiation. ' Subsequently to the receipt of this informa tion, another resolution was adopted by the Se nate, directing its committee on Foreign Rela tions to report what measures should be taken by the Senate in regard to the above-mentioned declaration and letter; which having been duly considered by the committee, produced an ela borate report on the subject, that was laid before the Senate on Friday, by Mr. Mason. The conclusion at which the committee has arrived, as shown by the resolution with which the report concludes, fully exonerates Mr. Clay ton from the charge preferred against him by some of tbe newspapers, of having assented to a declaration invalidating the treaty. The reso lution is as follows: Pesolced, As the opinion of the committee, that the declaration on the part of the British government, and the reply thereto by the Secre tary of State, as preliminary to the exchange of the ratification of the treaty concluded at Wash ington between the governments of Great Bri tain and the United States, on the 19th of April, 1850, imports nothing more than an admission on the part of the two governments, or their functionaries, at the time of such exchange, that nothing contained in the treaty is to be consid ered as affecting the title of existing rights of Great Britain to the English settlements in Honduras bay, and consequently, in the opinion of the committee, no measures are necessary on the part of the Senate, to be taken, because of such declaration and reply. The report of the committee, however, argnee against the right of Great Britain, under the Treaty, to extend the limits of hersettlementS in Honduras. It says tha what is now the ex. tent of claim or pretension on the part of Great Britain, either in regard to the territory or do minion on the Gulf of Honduras, the commit; tee have been unable to satisfactorily ascertain. In the unsettled condition of the country, pend ing hostilities between Spain and the" Colonic?,' it is very manifest that, whether with or without the sanction of the British Government, the settlers there pushed their occupancy far be yond the southern limits assigned to them by treaty, and it now appears that a right is assert ed to maintain such occupancy, as it stood in 1821, when the colonies were dismembered from Spain. These are questions properly be longing to the respective Powers, "ho claim on the one hand or contest on the other that is to say, Great Britain and Guatemala. But the question ot dominion is of a different character, and it is one in the dirposiiion of which this Government can never be indifferent. Whether it shall ultimately be determined that the Eng lish settlements in the Honduras are in Mexico or Guatemala, the question remains the same as regards the United States; and as connected with this inquiry, the committee have consider ed it incumbent to express an opinion as to the character of the tenure by which these settle ments are enjoyed by British subjects. The report proceeds to say that the anoma lous character of these English Kettlemer.ts is well illustrated by the legislation of Great Britain concerning them, and alludes to certain statutes wherein it is clearly admitted that they are not within the dominion of Great Britain, it having been necessary to provide by special legislation for the punishment of crimes committed there by British subjects. The report quotes the law of third George in 1817, and says: "But this act could not be craried into effect at the Belize, because it was found that there was no island there in the dominion of his Ma jesty, nor plantation, colony, dominion; fort, or factory to which the King's commission could be directed, and of course it was found necessa rv, by an amendatory act passed in 1819, to substitute a special tribunal created thereby at Belizef for the trial of offences, the same being rendered necessary, as recited in the act, ''be cause of the great delay and difficulty of re moving offenders in Honduras for trial in Eng land, or to any of his Majesty's Islands, planta tions, colonies, forts, or factories, such crimes do oftentimes escape punishment." These statutes clearly showing that as hite as the year 1819, the Parliament of England did not claim, or recognize the English settlement at Belize as being within the dominion of Great Britian; and secondly, that England had no established authority there, even of the grade of plantation, fort or factory." The report then goes on to give the opinion of the committee as follows: "On the whole, the committee therefore report as their opinion to the Senate: That the islands of Roatan, Bonacca, Utilla, Barbant, Helena, and Morat, in and near the Bay of Honduras, constitute part of the territory of the Republic of Honduras, and therefore form a part of 'Cen tral America;' and in conseqence, that any oc cupation or colonization of these islauds by Great Britain would be a violation of the treaty of the 19th of April, 1850. "The committee, from the information before them, entertain a decided opinion that the Brit ish settlements at Belize, as defined by the trea ties with Spain, be within the territory ot the Republic of Guatemala, and so equally consti tute a part ot 'Central America, bhouiu such be the fact, whilst the committee are not pre pared to say that the engagements ot the treaty of 1850 would require that those settlements shall be abandoned and discontinued on the part of Great Britain, yet this Government would have just cause ot complaint against any extension ot the limits ot those settlements be yond those prescribed by Spain, or as further allowed by the republics where they may be found; and that in any manner to enlarge or change the character ot tnese settlements by any mode ot jurisdiction, would be in violation of said, treatv. Xu'ioiinl Litdli-jaicer. Prisoner for Sixty-one Years. A. M. Dussault, who had given some cause of offense to Cardinal Richelieu, was consigned to the dungeons ofthe Bastile on the 20th of Novem ber, 1831. After he had been immured here about 11 years, the unfortunate prisoner receiv ed intelligence that his persecutor was on the point of death. He thought this was a moment when an appeal to his heart and conscience might not be made in vain. He sat down ac cordingly, and wrote him the following impress ive letter: Bastile, 1st December, 1G42. To Cardinal JHchelicu : This is a time, my lord, when a man ceases to be cruel and unjust ; and it is when - his ap proaching dissolution forces him to descend in to the gloomy recesses of his conscience, to weep for the troubles, sorrows, and misfortunes, he has caused his fellow creatures. I say fellow creatures; for now you must be sensible of what you never would be convinced or persuaded of, that the Supreme and Excellent Creator from above, has made us all alter the same model; aud tW his intention was that men should not be distinguis!iei from one another but by their virtues. You know, my lord, that for these 1 1 years past, your fears made me suffer a thousand deaths in this Bastile, where even fellons, and the most disloyal of his majesty's subjects, would deserve pity and compassion; much more I, then, my lord, whom you make perish by inches, for having disobeycel an order of yours that would have doomed my soul to everlasting tor ments, and made me appear in the presence of Almighty God, our tremendous Judge, with hands stained with blood. Ah! were you to hear the plaints, sighs, and groans, I incessantly heave from the dungeon von have condemned me to, I am sure you would forthwith restore me to liberty. I earnestly conjure you, my lord, to do it in the name of that Eternal God, who is to judge you as well as myself; take pity on my cruel sufferings and sorrows; and if you wish to be merciful, before you die, give immediate or ders for my chains to be broken; for when once in the power of death, vou will no longer be able to do that justice I claim but from you, and you will then be persecuting me even after death, which God preserve you from doing. Vouch safe, I beseech you, to yield to the humble pray ers of a man who has always been a loyal subject to his majesty. I am, my lord, with veneration, respect, and submission, yours, &c, DUSSAULT. This letter was in all probability cot received, as the Cardinal died three days after that on which it was written, and certainly without giv ing any orders for the liberation of Dussault. The Cardinal became thus, as the hapless man so emphatically expresjed it, his persecutor "even after death;" and horrid indeed was the legacy of vengeance; for it was not till the 10th June, 1C82, as appears from an inscription on the wall ofthe room in which he was confined that Dussault recovered his liberty. He had been sixty-one years a prisoner ! Ex. Paris Correspondence of the N. Y. Express; i Paris, Jan. 27, 1853. "The Emperor takes a wife next Sunday. It id remarked, of the lady in question, that perhaps the only differehee between her and Lola Mon tCE, is that the mother ofthe former is a Scotch woman, and her father a Spaniard, while the mother of the latter was a Spaniard, and hct father was an Irishman. Montez ar.d Moutijo the names arc not unlike, and if half the sto ries that are toll ofthe latter are true, the former is infinitely the finer lady. I prefer not to be' lieve any of them, though out of such a quantity some must have foundation in truth. The pre fect of police is going to arrest any body cauht in the act of telling obscenities about her. For five days, nothing else was talked of in Paris, i but la Montijo her galanteries, her lovers, her ' escapades, her midnight and moonlight adven tures. All I can undertake to say about her character is this my servant, who has no possi-. ble motive to misrepresent, and who lived five years in Madrid with a French- family, saw her constantly while there and says that the Dow ager Moutijo and her two daughters were very intimate at the Escurial, and that they were all three as devergondfes a3 the Queen cf Spain herself. Devergonde means shameless,unblush ing. Without multiplying evidence, this ij the undoubted character of the woman. But all this will be at once forgotten, in the splendor of her position. The city of Paris is to give her a diamond necklace of the value of 000,000 francs: she is to wear Jotophine's crown she U to have ladie3 of honor, and veneurs and equerries and almoners, &c like any real Em press: she inhabits a palace already, and as the Emperor said in his speech, will pray with him for the prosperity of France. Paris is getting somewhat over its indignation, though the banl ers have lost confidence in the sound judgment of Louis Napoleon. Perhaps, said a man deep in raiLoads, he will some day take it in his head to commit suicide, aud if he makes up h;3 mind to c!o it, nothing on earth can stop him. There is no doubt that our fair sovereign is a woman of wit. The Royal party were ona day playing at blind man's bluff at Compeigne. The Emperor, who was the blind man, caught the Spaniard, and in guessing nt her name, placed a crown of flowers upon her head. ".Sire,"' caid she, "this ci o. vn is too hp hi-" She was thinking of a heavier one, and in fact, Jose phene's is heavier. Poor Napoleon Jerome! I told yon in my last, that his marriage would take place at the same time with his cousin's. So he thought a week ago but he knows i.ov that it will not take place at all; at least with the Princess Wagram. Mr. and Mrs. Wagram do not want him. To console him for this disappointment the. Emperor has made him Gei eral of Division!! His military experience has been confined to what he might obtain as a captain ia the Nation al Guard! A fortnight ago, Grand Cordon, and now General c f Div'sion! The otlh es ar.d honors heaped upon Jerome, father, and Jerome Napo leon, son, are really becoming onerous. - If Pim IX, should die, I should expect to see Jc-romo made Pope. Mrs. Howard goes definitely to England, oa a pension for life. Her presence here was one of the circumstances which led to the refusal of the Princess Wasa to marry Louis Napoleon. The Countess was not so nice. V Empcreitr s'amuse. I believe I have alluded to some ofthe awful doings at Compiegne, during the sojourn of the Court there. One day a bright idea struck the Emperor. lie collected a number of ladies in the grand parlor, signified to them to divest themselves of their clot'iinr, aud then made them scramble for diamonds! He spent two or three hundred francs in this way. Several la dies of hifh rank took part in these Olympian sports. This is perfectly well known in Paris, and His Majesty's supjorter3 are the first to ac knowledge bis unbounded l.oentiousuess. Said one of his eager udmirers to mj the other dav: Sa vie politique est tres belle, mais sa vie privee est infame. Here is another incident of the Compeiirno campaign. One day tbe Emperor wanted to be amused, and sent to Paris for M'lle Pacre, whose conduct, I regret to say, is not alwavs such as a stern moralist could approve. She went out by the evening train, it was at this moment that his Majesty was taken sick, and ho was unable to see her. The next morning the chamberlain of the palace was announced ia her parlor. He expressed to the fair lady the regret ofthe Emperor at not being able to pay his compliments in person, but begged her to accept, from His Majesty, the pockefbook which he held in his hand. She took it, and was much surprised to find in it bills to the amount of twenty five thousand francs. Such munificence was entirely without an example. She murmur ed her thanks, and was in a few hours back in Paris again. Hardly had she left, when a gen tleman, appointed to a diplomatic mission, knocked at the chamberlain's door. He had come to receive his outfit, and his last instruc tions. The chamberlain handed him his papers with a black pocket book. The minister open ed it, and found there the enormous sum of five hundred francs! The wretched chamberlain had confounded the two pocket books, and had given the diplomat the wages ofthe light 'olove. He sent off an aid-de-camp at once to Paris, who brought back the following epistle from M'll Page: My Dear Chamberlain, When yon give me an assurance over the Emperor's signature, that the 25,000 francs were not for me, I will refund the 24,500 to which you lay claim. Yours, ever, ti Page. The poor man did not dare to acquaint His Majesty with his carelessness, and was oblidged to make up the sum himself. This quulpro quo, one ofthe neatest extant, is to be introduced into a comedy, upon which the author is now 0 engaged. The scene and circumstance will of course be so disguised as to render discovery impossible. A lady of considerable pretensions to morali ty was among the guests invited to Compeigne; she only stayed there two days, having seen quito enough in that time ofthe past-time of crowned heads. She quit the chateau in disgust. In ' short, the court of Louis Napoleon isthe most iudecent court under the canopy of heaven. Knee Breeches and Buckles. Oh! if you could but see your humble servant in the new costume, I am sure that spite ofthe respect you naturally feel for your Paris corres--Iondent, you would be moved to laughter. Shoes, silk stockings, tight, small cloths,a waist coat with lappets, a velvet coat with a standing collar, and worse than all, a cocked hat and a sword. Such is this marvellous tout ensemble. The sight of yourself in it, suggests a fancy ball at once but when you arc delivered at the Tu ilerles you rather iucline to the idea of amateur theatricals. There is a man dressed as an Em peror, but neither looking the part nor acting it; there is a man in the habit of a Marshaf of France, but whose thick, uncouth proportions remind you of the strong man at the circus, who catches cannon balls on the nape of his neck: there are small men seeking to pass for great men: bad men striving to ljok like cood men: and women of loose character, though of high rank, putting on the semblance of virtue and morality. If by any chance there are decent people there, they are assimilated to the rest by the garments they are compelled to assume. If you never thought so before, your fancy dress convinces you now, that the whole is a play not perhaps a farce, for it is r.ot intended as a joke but a tragedy, with shades for its princi pal characters. He means what Le does m good earnest, but the audience take it. in jest The claque is vigorous and indefatagablc but the uninterested spectators sigh for a rotton ap ple, as the most energetic mode ot expressing their unbought opinion. SPECTACLES,