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LOUDON!
TUESDAY
FEB. 28, IS54.
JCay Tlie new Bonn! of Directors of the
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad met in
Athens, on Friday the 24th, for the purpose of
electing a President and Secretary and Treas
urer (or the current year. As was expected
and desired by the friends of the Road gener
ally, Maj. C. Wallace, the former President,
Mas re-eleited; anI Maj. R. C. Jackson, was
re elected Secretary and Treasuer. The in
creasing amount of business upon the Road
required the appointment of a superintendent,
and Maj. Jackson received the apppointment.
and was authorised to employ a Clerk to assist (
him in the duties belonging to his otlice as
Secretary. Th meeting, w understand,
was characterised by the utmost unanimity of
sentiment.
The fondest anticipations ever indulged '
regard to this road, are already beginning to
be realised. Freights are offering itli unpre
cedented 5c ivity, limited only y Hie capacity
of the Road, to transport. We are pleased to
6tate in this connection, that Mr. Palmer, Su
perintendent of Motive Power, has be n direct
ed to proceed North, for the purpose of purchas
ing an additional number of Locomotives, and
Maj. Jackson is now negotiating the purchase
of 200 more Freight Cars. So it will be seen
the company are not pursuing a penny-wise-Iound
foolish policy. 1 hey are determined to
meet the wants of the public; and from Maj.
Wallace's Card in our advertising columns, it
will be seen that they will not subject their
friends to pay one cent more for freights, than
thy would have to pay on any rival route. .
COL. TAYLOR NOMINATED.
The Editor of the Jonesborough Railroad
Journal, writing from Greeneville, under date
of 1 7th inst., gives the result nf the Whig con
vention at that place as follows. We are truly
glad that the difficulties in that district have
been adjusted. Col Watkins acted with great
magnanimity in withdrawing his name, which
cannot fail to strengthen his aspirations in the
future. We must state our conviction, howev
er, that Col. Taylor was the choice of a huge
majority of the Whigs, both in the District,
and throughout the State. We have known
Lira long was raised in the same county he
was and know him to be worthy of the united
and zealous support of every Whig in the Dis
trict. Oa yesterday the Whig Convention to nomi
nate a candidate for Congress met at this place,
About otic hundred delegates, as I am inform
ed, from various counties in the district, were
present, either in person or by proxy, Col. Geo.
W. Telkokii of Washington presided. After
some deliberation N. G. Taylor of carter re
ceived the nomination. Gen. A. A. Kile of
Hawkins, appeared in the convention, and de
clared l;i3 attention to support the nomination.
A letter was exhibited from Col. Watkins in
which he states that he will submit to the will
of tlit" whigs of the district. This is regarded
by the ivhi;3 as a declination on his part, and a
pledge to support the nomii.ee, so that if this
is correct, she whi.'S have at length settled their
difficulties, and they have but one candidate in
the field.
tT Hon. James C. Jones has our thanks j
for a copy ot his speech upon the Nebraska :
Bill, delivered in the Senate of the United States
on the Cth inst. Also for a copy of Judge
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would afford us great pleasure to lav Mr. Jones
Kiwpch nrfnr rnr readers? nut ran not jit nres- i
cut. It is a:i able vindication of the rights of
the South, and will not fail to attract attention,
and exert a wide influence.
FRAUDS IN FLOUR!
A correspondent of the Chattanooga Adver
tiscr, writing from Charleston, S. C, complains
that Flour iu sacks from Tennessee falls short
in weight. A hit of 175 bags lost 202 lbs.,
and also contained sac'" of Corn Meal! If
this be so, it is disgraceful. It is impossible
r such contemptible tricks to escape detection,
and the most effectual way we know to sr.on
them, is to publish the names of such brands, treaty, for the payment of fifteen millions for
j the relict of Santa Anna, and five millions for
ArcrsTA Constitutionalist & RKrrci.tr. relief of Garay & Co., llargous & Co., Ben-
itr i i.'i. .i .1 i ...,,- jaiain & Co., and SIki i Cn., ami others.
tV arj indebted to the gentlemanly Proprietor , . ' . : . . .
. ... ,. . Coll s patent monopoly extension, designed to
of this excellent paper, for his IVi-W eekly m a5(J tl)e manufilttlire ,f revolvers in
exchange for our paper. Its Editor, James London for the use of the British army, ap
(Jardner, Esq.. is one of the most powerful pears to have stuck in the House, notwithstan
Dcmocratic writers in Georgia; but the feature din-rlhe lobby influence of the Cabinet organ,
, , , , and in spite ot the power which a project sup
that makes it most valuable to us, is the cor- j,used to be worth five millions might be expet
rcctness of its Market quotations, and dispatch ied to wield among the pliable members. Next
with which it issues the latest news. We ob- came in Jelfersoii Davis, Gadsden, Santa Anna,
tain the most ot our latest news through its a"d a!1 c';eerued in thuir -'rand scheme, for
. r , twenty mibions,at a wipe of t lie pen.
columns, and through the columns of the Nuw lhis u a rMpec.,tt,tf j,,- and makes a
Charleston Courier and .Mercury; both ot wtncn ;
lias our thanks for their Tri-Weekly issues.
S'.natarial linxtion.
The nomination of,
George Sanders, as Consul t London, has been
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rejected oytne ftenate. lie received oniysix
votes Messrs. Rroadhead, Douglass, Rusk,
Seward, Smith and Toombs.
frg- The Bill to change the line between
Monroe and. Roane counties, was lost in the j
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House on the 2Jd. upon a motion fonts indeffi- !
nite postponement, offered by Mr. Patton and
adopted by the House. Mr Reow.v advocated
the passage of the Bill. j
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5t?" Godey's Ladj's Book for March has
en received, lie seems to kp wt,
been received. He seems to keep up with the
improvements of the day, in the fashionable
world.
The Supreme Court of Georgia is now In ses
sion at Macon. Them, are over 30 cases on the
docket.
Bung says, "Never tarry long in the compos
itors' room, nor even indulge the most distant
idea of readin? the copy on the case. Then,
the compositor will respect you. Otherwise,
the very 'devil' will look grura at your approach!' t
Dr. T. Clark, the father of Grace Greek
wood, died in Beaver county. Pa., last week.
House rents are now higher in Chicago than
X X. t.
in iew i or.
3 The "Maryi illc Advocate" comes to ns
iV wk, lench improved in appearance.
Xpolcoii'i 'Expedition to Russia. The intelli
gent Paris correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce, in one of his recent let
ters, makes the following reference to the expe
dition of the first Napoleon against Russia.
The facts are derived from the authentic narra
tive in M. Villeinair's book on the subject:
When Napoleon advanced (May 1812,) in
his expedition against Russia, the Emperor
Alexander." who was at that period without any
continental alliance, but united to his people
by all the sympathies and common interests of
religion and race, sojourned with apparent con
fidence at Wilna. Napoleon held his Euro
pean court a court thronged with Kings and
Royal princes at Dresden: all (Jormany seem
ed to adhere or submit to his enterprise. Al
exander gave' not the least sLmi of alarm or
concession. Napoleon instructed his ambassa
dor at St. Petersburg, General Lauresten, to
request au audience of the Czar at Wilna in or
der to speak of peace. O n a refusal Nopleon
deputed the Count de Xarboir.ie to Wi!na,as the
bearer of his uliiniatuni which was llin renun
ciation by Russia of all trade with England
the strict observance of the continental block
ade. Narbonne was an old and favorite ac
quaintance of Alexander: he was therefore, in
dulged and graciously received for an hour.
The Czar iit once apprised the Count that die
would tiot yield a title; he laid before him a
map of -the Russian empire, holding this language.-
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l dniml harbor any illusions; I know that
voiir. Emperor is a great genera!; but, as you
may sec. I have, forme space and tini'i all that
surface is hostile to you; there is no comer of it
to which I - will not repair no spot however
remote, which I will not defend rather than con
cluded a dishonorable peace. I do not attack,
but I shall never lay down im arms so Ion as
a foreign soldier is kept on the Russian soil.
Narbonne carried back to Napoleon, the con
viction that the Czar was not to betaken
that his plan of defence was formed and fixed.
Napoleon betrayed some surprise; he remarked
with some vehemence "Russia is under a fa
tality of ruin, her destines must be accompliah
ed." On reaching Vitebsk, on the Winn, 2S0
miles from Moscow he said cxultingly to Nor
bouue "Well, are you still persuaded of the
inflexibility of the Czar's determination?''
The Count replied,"Sire,the Czar, as you know
spread before me the ma) of his vast empire,
and showed me how far he would go rather
than yield. We are yet very f.irlrom that spot.
I believe that he meant what he said; and more
over, that he cannot do otherwise with impuni
ty considering what are the dispositions of
his Bayards and his people." The grand ancy
led by NaK!eon comprised not less than a half
a million of troops, including eighty thousand
horse, with thirteen hundred pieces of cannon;
of the whole of this stupendous armaneiit, only
eighty thousand men escaped from Russia, and
nearly half of these foreign auxiliaries.
A Wnt. A cotemporary says: "There is a
man up in our country who always pay's for his
paper in advance. He has never had a sick
day in his life never had any corns or tooth
ache his potatoes never rot the weevil never
cats liu wheat the frost never kills his corn cr
beans his babies never cry in the night, and
his wife never scolds.' Reader, have you paid
the printer in advance?
Mr. Marshall declines. The Franklin Re
view says:
"The name of our fellow-citizen, Joitx Mar
sit ALJU Esq.. having been frequently mentioned,
not only in the newspapers of the 3iate, tmt in
the private circles, and amongst the members
of the bar, in connection with a seat upou the
bench of the Supreme Court of this State; and
as we know this mention of his name tor so
hijih a position has not been of his seeking, we
are authorized to state positively, that in no
tcent even were he elected, and a certificate
oflne ,a(t ,)resunted to him could he bo in-
duced to occupy that position
From Xew-York Herald, of tho 1st.
First Grand Dicision of the Spoils at Wash-
ai'loii. U e gave some time ago a general es-
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iugton, amounting to the grand aggregate of
five hundred millions of dollars, which sums
may be divided as follows:
Uecapilxdation of the Spoils.
Iublic lands t railroads, according to
bills introduced or projected
.S350.00fl.000
I Fatent extensions'
20.000.000
20.000,'OU
MMUtO.OOO
50,000,000
5,000,000
5,000,000
Contracts and private claims
Stcumr-hin projects. Ac.
Regular appropriations
French spoliations
Miccllaneuua items and uelkicuciei.
Total $500,000,000
The first grand haul upon the surplus in the
I reasury nas tieen arrange'
in the Gadsden
very large hole in the thirty millions of becre
j tary Guthrie's surplus. It is a Cabinet project,
I and is' in keeping w'uh their magnifiien ideas
of the spoils. Fifteen millions to Santa Anna,
fiv niillions to the outsi.le claimants upon him,
and the compact for a railroad binding our gov-
ernrneut to a certjli route, which will be worth
niillions upon millions to Gen. Davis, Gen.
Gadsden, and the New-Orleans, Opelousus and
Great Western Railway Company, without buil-
ding the first mile, provided always that the
treaty is rat.tied!
ery well; if the treaty is ratified there i a
pooi e?iaiinf, niiUie a al events, upon the
B(,3. 'Xt this rate, should both houses buckle
to and follow up the qu c!twork of Da-i',Gadsden
R"J Santa Anna Congress may be able to ad-
iourii earlv in July, for every dollar of the five
hundred millions will be appropriated by that
"', including every ava.iable acre of the pub-
lie domain. Nothing like a good beginning.
A Good Locomotive Engine costs from 9,
000 to $10,500, and it would take nine men one
whole year to build one well, with all the machine-shops
to aid them in the work.
Judge Forsyih,--heltcrs have been received
at Albany, N. Y. from Judge Forsyth, the ab
squatulattr, dated at Algiers, Africa He states
mat he i seriously ill with disease from which
he tears he will not recover, and expresses
much penitence for the crimes by which he has
blackened
ioa lepuiauoii. ana would like to
come home again, if his friends think it would
Le safe.
His beautiful estate, furniture, and wines
were sold, some time since up the Hudson.
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A r reni n man. in. Ajjjion wicuicu u icm-
edy for the 2 thalce, which will aJUvi M all pain
I 4th vith,. This beats the 1 anecs
Bai'jils of Geological Survey. Three years
ago the Legislature of North Carolina made a
smalVftppropriatkin for a geological survey of
that State. The discoveries of the first year de
veloped the existence of copper and gold ore
drew to them the attention of capitalists, and
have already increased the revenues of the
State to five times the cost of the whole survey.
j In the second year, seams of the purest bitu
minous coal, some of them fifteen feet in thick
ness, extending through a region of some forty-
, lire square miles, rewarded theii investigations.
It is estimated that every thousand acres of these
seams will yield thirty millions of tons of bitu
minous coal of the best quality.
Important Judicial Decision. We observe,
says the Mobile Advertiser, that the Supreme
Court of Alabama has recently settled a con
stitutional question ot great moment, and about
which there has hitherto prevailed a serious
error. The effect of the ruling is, that every
alternate year since 1 84 (J the State has had no
constitutional Controller or Treasuer, and that
for such years it has had no bond from these
officers for the discharge of their duties; in othe
words, that these offices are annual, and
not biennial. The question arose at the
present term in the case of the Go
vernor vs. Fricrson. Suit was brought by
the State on the official bond of Frierson for
allege 1 defaha'ion amounting to sim ''0,099
or $ trt.OOft, which was averre 1 to have takes
place during the second year, of said Friersnii's
official term as Treasurer. The defence was,
that in the year in which the defalcation was
alleged, Frierson was not constitutionally Treas
urer of the State in the change from annual
to biennial sessions no chanire was made in the
tenure of the offices of the Treasurer nnd Con
troller, which the constitution fixes at one year,
and therefore his bondsmen were not obligated
for said year. The question was elaborately
argued before the Supreme Court a few weeks
since bv Messrs. Arniandand Nicholson for the
plaintiff, nnd by R. II. Smith, Esq., of this ci y,
for the defendent, and was decided, as w have
seen, in favor of the latter. The opinioo was
by Judge Goldthwaite. The Legislating have
promptly taken proper steps to amend tla Con
stitution, so as to m ke the office Lieutilil.
RAMSEY'S ANNALS OF TENNESSEE.
The Senate has passed a bill diretfing the
purchase of three hundred copies of Ramsey's
Annals of Tennessee, one copy to be scntto the
Governor of each State and Territory in the
Union, and the remainder to be deposited in
the State Library, for future use and disposition.
The bill was iutroduccd by the Senator from
Knox, Col. Nelson, and passed nearly unani
mously. We presume it will pass the House
with equal unanimity.
Dr. Ramsky will value this ac tion mainly as
an acknowledgement by the State of the great
service he had rendered it in preserving from
loss and in presenting to the people in a grace
ful shape her annals. The compliment has
been richly earned and is most worthily bestow
ed. The Annals of Tennessee Is a work of
which any State might well be proud; and we
are sure that this action of the Legislature will
induce Dr. Ramsey speedily to complete what
he has so well begun.
The work is for sale at Toocb Rutland's
book store.Union and American.
Women in Faicncy. The author of
"Sketches in Parnyiy,' gives-us this fragrant.
every female above thirteen years of age ehews.
I am wrong. They do not chew, but put to
bacco in their months, keep it there constantly,
except when eating, and instead of chewing it,
roll it about with their tonge and suck it. On
ly imagine yourself about to salute the red lips
of a magnificent little Hebe, arrayed in satin
and flaslunr in diamonds she put you back
with one delicate hand, while the fair taper finger
of the t! er, put 11 rt h fn in her mouth a brown
ish black roll of tobacco, quite two inches long,
looking like a monster grub, and depositing the
savery lozenge on the rim of your sombrero,
puts up her lace, and is ready for your salute.
1 have sometimes seen an over delicate foreign
er turn away with a shudder of loathing under
such circumstances, and get the epithet of sal
vaco (the savage) applied to him by the offend
ed beauty , fur . his sensitive squeamishnes3.
However, one soon gets used to this in Para
guay, where you are, perforce of custom, obli
ged to kiss every lady you are introduced to,
and one-half you meet are really tempting e
nough to render you reckless of the consequen
ces, and you would sip the dews of the proffer
ed lip in thi face of a tobacco battery, evm the
double distilled 'honey-dew' of old Virginia."
George M. Dallas, late Vice President of the
United States, has been nominated by the citi
zens of the Fifth Ward a candidate for Maye"
of the consolidated city of Philadelphia.
Over Tradiii'j, There are two things which
may be properly called over trading', in a young
beginner; and by both of which tradesmen arc
often overthrown,
1. Trailing beyo id their stock.
2. Giving too large credit.
A tradesmen ought to consider and measure
well the extent of his own strength; his stock
of money, and credit is properly his beginning;
for credit is a stock as well as money. He that
takes too much credit, is really in as much dan
ger as he that gives too much credit; and the
danger lies particularly in this, if the trades-
nt:i:i ovorlmv ltim-iMlf tloit 14. linve f:itpr than
he can sell, buying up.m credit," the payment
perhaps become due too soon for him: the g?ud3
not being solo, lie must answer the bills upon
the strength of his proper stock that is pay
for them out of his own cash; if that should
not hohl out, he is obliged to put off his bills
after they are due, or suffer the impertinence of
being dunned by the creditor, and perhaps by
servants and apprentices, and that with the
usual indecencies of such kind of people. This
impairs his credit, and if he conies to deal with
the same merchant, or clot her, or other trades
men again, he is treated like one that is I lit an
indifferent paymaster ;and though thev may give
him credit L8 before, yet depending that if he
bargains for six months, he will take eight or
n'me in the payment, they consider it in the
price, and use him accordingly; and this impairs
his gain, so that loss of credit is indeed loss of
money, and this weakens him both ways.
"Gate or no Gate," was the question in Ham
bnrg on Monday iu the election of Mayor and
Council. The "no gate" party carried the day,
electing their Mayor and a majority of the Coun
cil. A meeting of the heirs of the original propri
etors of the Western Reserve of Ohio, is to be
held at Hartford Ct. It is believed that they are
legally entitled to certain surplus lands iu Ohio,
which has now become very valuable.
A Good Speculation.. A New Vork letter
of Friday, says: "I was informed this morning
of a party who purchased 21,000 bbls of flour
of September last when prices were as low as
$ 50 and resold it a few days since at a profit
of $: 12i per bbl. Gain, about $o5,520 !'f
The lady who made a daslu has since bronght
ber hibband to fn'! strp!
C'lattanooija and Cleveland Eailroad.-k
bill of great local importance to Chattanooga
passed the Legislature, on Wednesday. It is
a charter to connect this city with the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, at such point
as the company or companies building the
road may select. It will be recollected that
the charter granted in 1852, defined the route
by Harrison and Georgetown to Charleston, on
the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.
That route was satisfactory to the people of this
section. A survey and estimate were made,
and varied, and strenuous and earnest efforts
were successfully tried to obtain stock to build
the road, but without success; and there is, at
the present time, no apparent probability of ev
er being able to make the connection under the
old charter. The East Tennessee and Georgia
Company oppose it, and the citizens of coun
ties through which such road would pass, are
unable to build it. Under these circumstances,
then it is important to adopt some other plau
for securing the desirep connection. It is un
derstood that the Nashville and Ch:tttanooga
and East Tennessee and Georgia Companies
are willing and desirous to take sufficient stock,
in connection with State aid, to build, the road,
if permitted to select the shortest and most
practicable route. It is with this view that the
new charter is granted, and the probability is,
that the route chosen will terminate at Cleve
land. Our citizens must rejoice to know that
there ia now an immediate prospect of an ex
tension of our railroad improvements, The
.influence which an immediate prosecution of
tPVi fcork would have upon other roads tending
towards us, is not the least consideration iu its
favor.
The interests of our section of the Stale
have been faithfully remembered by our Legis
lature, and our immcd a e representative and
senator are deserving of the thanks of their
constituents for the fidelity with which they
have discharged their official duties. Chatta
nooga Advertiser.
New Found and. Advice3 from this island
represent the state of things existing there as
very bad, owing to a scarcity, occasioned by the
failure of the coast fisheries, and blight of the
potatoe crop.
Iu'ermarriafe of Wood lldaiions. The
Fredericksburg JS'eics says:
In the county in which we were raised, for
twenty generations back, a certain family of
wtalth and respectability have intermarried,
until there cannot be found in three of them
a
sound man or woman. One has sore eyes, an- !
other scrofula, a third is idiotic, a fourth is blind, '
a fifth bandy leg.'ed, a sixth with a head about
the size of a turnip, with not one out of the
number exerr.pt from physical or mental defects
of some kii:d. Yet this family perseveres to
intermarry with each other, with these living
monuments constantly before them.
Grcnse spots are removed at any time from
silks and velvet, by plating a red hot iron upon
the part, which entirely takes them away.
An Eccentric Preacher. Murray's ''Hand
book of South Italy" is just published, ar.d con
tains some curious stories respecting Era Rocco,
the celebrated Dominican preacher and the
rpiritual Joe Miller of Naples. On one occa
sion, it is related, he preached on the mole, a
penitential sermon, and introduced so many
illustrations of terror, that he soon brought his
hearers to their knees. While they were thus
showing every sign of contrition, he cried out,
''Now all you who sincerely repent of your sins,
hold up your hands." Every man in the vast
multitude immediately stretched out his hands.
"iioiy Arcliansei .l iciiael, exclaimed Kocco.
"thou wno wiin inme anamaitinn; sword sU.nd-
est at the rihtofthe judgment seat of God,
hew me off every hand which has been raised
hypocritically.'
In an instant every hand dropped, and Roc
co of course poured forth a fresh torrent of elo
quent invective against their sins and their
deceit. He had a great dislike to tobacco, and
when once preaching to a crowd of Spanish
sailors, he astounded them by telling them that
there were no Spanish saints in heaven. A
few, he said, had been admitted, but they smok
ed so many ci jars, that they made the holy
virgins siek; and St. Peter set his wits to work
to get them out. At length, he proclaimed
that a bull fiiiht was to be held outside the
gates of Paradise. Thereupon every Spanish
saint, without exception, ran to see the fight,
and St. Peter immediately closed the gates,
and took care never to a'lmit another Spaniard.
In the House of Representatives, on the 1.1th,
Mr. Smith, of Tennessee, offered a resolution
requesting the Committee on Private Land
Claims to inquire relative to granting bounty
lands to the officers and soldiers called out by
the governor of the State of Tennessee in 183b",
for service iu the Florida war; which lies over
for debate.
Jean A. Sutter, in whose mill race the first
discovery of gold in California was made, is a
Swiss by birth. lie was Lieutenant of the
Swiss Regiment of Charles X., and saw service
at the Revolution of 1850, when he was wound
ed. After the defeat and exile of his royal
master, he came to this country, and first set
tled in Missouri, where he became naturalized.
He then went to Oregon, across the plains,
then to the Sandwich Islands, and thence, in
1S'"9, to California, whore he established him
self at the junction of Feather nnd American
rivers, and called his place New Helvetia.
It is said that small twigs of cedar, chopped
fine and mixed with their grain, will cure a
j cough in horses; and that it has been used with
complete success.
A gentleman traveling inside a coach was
endeavoring, with considerable earnestness, to
impress some argument on a fellow passenger
who was seated in the same vehicle, and who
appeared rather dull of apprehension; at lengl.
being slightly irritated he exclaim: "Why, sir,
it's as plain as A B CP "That may bo," qui
etly replied the other; "but I am D E FP
The Ostcefro Times publishes the following
marriages: Married, on the Mb nit.; by them
selves, Ezra T. Whitehead, of Mexico, to Miss
Rhoda S. Hager, of New Haven.', The happy
Bridegroom writes to the Times the account of
the event and says "Please excuse the awk
ordness of this note but the eccentricities of
the ceremony we delight in."
There are six newspapers in the United
States edited by females. It is said that they
lash all bachelors without stint or mercy.
An Itinerant Minister. Was one day preach
ing to a 'pack of hardened sinners," when he
made use of the following original and rather
striking simile: "My hearers," said he, "I can
compare you to nothing but a parcel of knotty
hickory-butts: the gospel is the wedge and"
throwing himself in the attitude of a woods
man "by the grace of God I'm the beetle to
d r ive it into yott!" Knickerboker.
A bill is bofore the Kentucky Legislature
appropriating $5,000 per year, for five years,
to colonization to Liberia.
A ship is daily expected to arrive at Panama
from China with a cargo of Chinese laborers
for the Psnama Railroad.
For Loudon Free PrcM.
THINK OF THE SAILOR'S LOT.
BY MRS. S. BELLE FOLAHD.
At early morn a bow is thrown, x .
Across the brilliant sky, -
The sailor in his Ocean Home,
Beholds it with a sigh.
The vessel then a thing of life
That proudly stems the wave,
Is tossed at eve a helpless wreck .
Ifo mortal power could save.
Oh! ye who dwell in quiet homes,
Where warring waves are not,
iYhen low ye bow your knee in prayer
Think of the Sailor Lot.
'
When the rude blast sweeps fiercely by.
And tree tops hoarsely moan,
Thick of tho shipwrecked marinor -
"Far out at sea," alone.
Thick of the wiJowed orphaned one?, "
, That live 'twist hope and dread
Fearing to hear from them they love,
Lest they be with the dead.
Buried far down beneath the ware
To slumber there for years
The only monument for them
Is builded up with tears.
Oak Grove Cottage, London, Feb. 7th 1S5L
From New-Orleans Picayune.
THE RUMORED CRISIS IN SPAIN.
Some startling rumors about an approaching
crisis in Spain are occupying some the Northern
journals, their correspondents and telegrapic
reporters. 4Reliab!c" private accounts have
been received so they run from MaJrid, an
nouncing an impending revolution i'n Spain,
the overthrow of the present dynasty,a.chung3 if
government, and the establishment of an Em
pire under the protection of the French Empe
ror, in the person of his kinsman the Duke of
Alba. Among other authorities for this rumor,
we find the Washington (D. C.) Sentinel, which
gives extracts from private letters, detailing
the grounds and combinations for the inticipa
tcd revolution. Particular importance is as
signed to this intelligence, as presenting a new
view of the Cuban question. It is argued that
a civil conflict, involving a change in the form
of government would exclude from authority all
who have been committed so Ion' and stron-lv
against the all it-nation of Cuba, and produce a
condition of public affairs in which the sale of
the island to the United States would not only
be acceptable, but desirable. Under the prts-
eat authorities
alienation is impossib
e.
Un
er
a new dynasty, it might be first 'he resource, in
orJcr to replenish an iirpovcrisl ei treasury, and
provide mcanst for the new government to
maintain itself. Such are the speculations
I which accompany these reports.
We must premise that it is only in this coun
try that these starling announcements are made.
In foreign journals we do not find the subject
mentioned at ail. We hear of discontents, in
deed, in Spain, ns there have been any time this
last quarter of the century of the struggles of
parties, the Queen's unpopularity, and the an
ticipation of a coup d'ttat on the part of the
Government to get rid of its enemies and estab
lish itself in greater absoluteness of power.
Rut of a French party, an organized or power-
i ful opposition under French influence with a
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i id
view .T,o H'lianf;p wirn Iouis . iNprj'on. nna
eniuication witii ins policy ana his family.
we hear nothing, and, with due respect to the
sources of this intelligence, we believe nothing.
It is, we apprehend, the prominence of the Cu
ban question, and its close relations to the Uni
ted States, that give this matter so much inter
est in the eyes of Americans, nnd their anxiety
to find a way for the peaceable acquisition of
Cuba by purchase, which makes them credu
lous of Spanish gossip, and sanguine in the an
ticipation of what is very remote, if not positive
ly incredible. We have among us many poli
ticians and some statesmen, who cling to the
thought of purchasing Cuba from Spain at some
time; and who knowing the inflexible deter
mination she has avowed, over and over again,
never to sell, nnd desperate measures she has
all but proclaimed hr purpose to take for de
struction of the island rather than that it should
! pas3 into American hands, search about tr
cuances on wnicn incy may ouuu a nore ir.ai
she will nevertheless be induced or constrained
' to sell. As a member of tlie familv of nations,
Spain is of little account to us. As the poss
essor of Cuba, she is a study of deep interest,
but not always studied discreetc-ly or with any
definite knowledge of the interests; Telations
and prejudices which effect her position among
the nations of the old world, and which will di
rect her policy more certainly and absolutely
than anything which concerns her colonies,
however much cherished.
The idea of a pending revolution in Spain is,
to our minds, a delusion, springing out of an ig
norance of the Spanish character, and of the
state of opinion in Spain. If Cuba is only to
be acquired when a revolution has succeeded in
expelling the Burbon race of monarchs, and
placing a dependant of Napoleou III. upon the
throne, the idea of purchase may be abandoned
as a remote contingency no nearer consum
mation than it was when tho offer was made,
and spumed again, on the approach made, to
an overture for the purchase.
And if ever a Spanish revolution should
make the hold which Spain has upon Cuba less
rijrij if ever civil commotions at home should
compel her to relax that stern military domina
tion bv which alone she keeps the mastery over
the inhabitants, a short period Plight suffice to
show how little she would have-to Sell. It is
more than probable that the Islanders would
think themselves entitled to hold and govern,
or convey the Island, as natural owners aud
sovereigns, and with fair play against foreign
influences, they are not unlikely to be able to
maintain that position. Whenever Spain is
willing to sell,in consequence of civil troubles in
the Peninsula, Cuba may assert successfully her
right to be independent, nnd the United States
Leid not negotiate to buy the exploded title
of Spain.
Against the idea of an early change of dy
nasty in Spain, we may oppose the fact that
Spain is the oldest and proudest monarchy, and
the nation is, to this day, the most loyal, of any
in Europe. Their various civil wars, within
the memory of this age, have been marked by
a fanaticism of devotion to the principle of
monarchy, which could not be found in any oth
er part of the continent. The nation makes its
boast that in the long line of it3 history there
is not an example of a king murdered, or a
king deposed by his subjects. The tumultu
ous joy which the people, only three years ago,
exhibited on the occasion of the barbarous exe
cution of a would-be regicide the burning of
his body, and casting of his ashes to the winds
is a proof of the fanatical bent of their minds;
and while that exists, no matter what may be
their political grievances, they are not likely to
favor a rebellion which has for its object a
change of dynasty particularly in favor of an
other which is to be under French influence.
It requires no deep investigation of Spanish
his tory, or of the bent of the Spanish mind, to
dissipate the idea that a French influence could
be established in Spain; particularly one estab
lished under a Napoleon dynasty or protector
ship. The intense hatred of the Spaniards to
domination of the French is written in bloody
i urn in -- - iii j i i li i " rmi
annals, and their repugnance ta Frencn allian
ces has been shown emphatically on some re'
cent occasi ons. The at a ef Louis Philippe i
, married to the Queen's sister This was one of
the strokes of policy of that crafty monarch, to
secure to a throne his own descendats. Span
ish feeling revolted from the intrigue, and eve n
now, to hen the chances of succession in that
line have been so much lessened, the French
prince is an object of jealousy almost of ha
tred and cannot, safely, reside at the Spanish
court.
The only universal Spanish policy Celebrated
everywhere where the Spanish flag waves, i
the 2d of May, tanious for the instruction in Ma
drid in 1808, with the cry of "'Down with the
French," and the most popular martyrs enshrin-'
ed in the Spanishyheart are Daoiz and Velarde,
who raised the ery and perished in the struggle.
There is no feeling more deeply rooted in ther
Spanish heart than hatred to the French and
especially to the race of Napoleon.
We are told of the material of which this'
revolutionary par ty is composed. It is said to
consist of the "Liberals and Republicans."
What and ho many the "Liberals" of Spaiu
are is a subject mrely for conjecture. Asa
definite party name it is scarcely known. It 4
was assumed indeed by Queen Christina, when
she contended with Don Carlos and placed ber
daughter on the throne. After her succsss sew
distinctions were introduced, liberalism, or eon-'
stitutionalism, as a substantial clement diJ
out, and in 18 j2, when Espartero, Ex-Regent,
attempted to rally it in the Cortes, he found just
twenty six adherents no more. There is no
definitely Orgn'nized Constitutional party iir
in Spun, and what Republicans there are may
be explained by au anecdote related to us by a"
friend who was not long since in Cadiz, whero
is the reputed headquaters of Spanish Repub
licanism. A Spanish gentlemen pointed out,
as the 'etding Republican, cn being asked how
numerous were his party, replied, iu all sinceri
ty, that it consis.ed of himself and two others.
And this illustrates the extent of the Republic
an aid to this imperial scheme.
With these materials we think the chance for
any such change of dynasty as these rumors
anticpate very small indeed, so small as to
amount to utter improbability. The policy of
this country, in regard to Ctbi, need not wait
for any such contingencies if it protest to act
at all, the atrocious and destructive influences
which are threatened by the policy of the pow
ers that still rule iu Cuba.
From Rogersville Times.
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
Pursuant to a previous call a convention of
delegates assembled at Greeneville, on Thurs
day the 16th of February, 1851, for the pur
pose of nominating a candidate for Congress in
the First District, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of the Hon. I'rookins Campbell.
The convention was organized by the elec
tion of Col. Geo. W. Telford, of Washington
county as President, and A. J. Fletcher aud L.
L. Poats Secretaries.
On motion of C. W. Nelson, Esq., the coun
ties composing the district were called, when
the following delegates appeared with proper
credentials.
Johnson II. C. Smith, G. Nave, J. Har
den. Carter John Cojd, A. Williams, C. W. Nel
son. Washington O. W. Telford, J. Vf. Deader
ick and Thos. A. R. Nelson, the two latter by
proxy, and Col. Scr.i. Jsckson.
Greene W. L. French, W. D. Neilson, Dr.
J. W. Sisk, Jacob Bible, T. Phillips, R. Rader,
Dr. T. S. Henderson, W. Miller. D. Dickson,
M. D. Strong, T. S. Smith, Thos. Johnson, E.
Click, L. Starnes, E. Rum bo. D. G. Vance, H.
Baker, B. F. Earnest, J. A. Roberts, P. Cannon,
G. V. Peters, A Baker, A. . Howard.
Hawkins Col. John A. McKinney; L. L
Poat3 as proxy for A. A. McAmis, and J. R.
Saunders. E. J. Aston; H. Davis, Jas. K.
Neill, Robt. Simpson. D. Alexander, W. M.
Piper, and Sterling Cocke were represented by
A. W. Howard, proxy.
Cocke A. J. Fletcher, A. EcGinty Thos. E.
Flinn, Wm. E. Allen, and W. R. Smith.
Sevier It. H. Hodsden, J. T. Shields.
On motion the chair appointed a committee
of one from each county represented to decide
upon a basis of voting in convention. The
committee having retired for a short lime, re
turned and reported the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted.
licsuhed, That as a basis of voting in thii
convention each one hundred whig voters bo
entitled to one vote, and that the delegation
from each county vote in that ratio, throwing off
fractions; and if the d legates fiom any county
differ, the majority shall cast the vote of said
county.
The convention being organized and a basij
of voting adopted, a letter was presented to the
convention by Dr. Ilodsden from Mr. Watkins
withdrawing Lis name from the convention
and expressing an intention to support th5
nominee of the convention. Af er some dis
cussion as to the import and meaning of said
leiter, C. W. Ne's.in, Esq., introduced the fol
lowing resolution, which was adepfed:
Hesolced; That it is the sense t f this conven
tion from the letter from Col. Watii:is :th
the explanation of Dr. Ilodsden, that be da
clines a nomination at the bauds oft his conven
tion, and withdraws from the contest for the sea,b
in Congress made vacant by the death of the.
Hon. Brookins Campbell.
Col. McKinney then withdrew the name of
A. A. Kyle, and in an animated speech warn
ly pledged that gentleman and his friends to,
support the nominee of the convention, where-,
upon, Lewis L. Poats nominated N. G. Tailor
of Carter county, and the nomination was con-.
Li med without a dissenting voice.
On motion of Dr. Henderson. C. W. Nelson
Lewis L. Poats nnd A. J. Fletcher were np-
pointed a committee o ait upon Col. Taylor
and inform him of his nomination.
The papers of East Tennessee were requcs-.
ted to publish these procedings, and the con
vention adjourned.
G. W. TE LFORD, TYeaV.
A. J. r LETCHER,
Lewis L. Poats,
Secretaries.
CixcixsATf, Feb. 21 Tfie Ilog Tiadeofthe.
West. The Price Currrent publishes a state
ment of the hogs packed in Ohio Kentucky
and Tennessee, this season, embracing all the
principal point3. The total number is 1,265,-.
555, against 975,798 last year being an in
crease in the number of 282,757, and the weight
5 per cent. It is supposed that Indiana when
reported, will not vary much from last year.
Nothing Definite.
GAIN Wheat has declined to $1:231:30
rr) bushel. The unfavorable advices from Eu
rope with reference to Corn, tends to check
operations, and buyers are now holding off,
while Distillers do not offer over 4.'J45c
Oats are quiet at 5:5c. Rye firm and tcarce at
870. Beans are dull at 80c(3$l:16 with am
ple supplies. Barley 5053. Cincinati Price
Current.
A butcher, who stood like a lamb to be rob
bed near Bristol, had eight shillings returned by
the highwayman, for his good behavior.
Last year there were conveyed between tha
U. States and Europe, by the British and Ameri
can mail steamers, 4,600,000 letters, and 1,
380,000 news-papers.
Sentenced to the Chain Gang. It is stated
that the American sailors who have been in
prison so long at Havana, on the charge of be
M2 entraaed in the slave trade, have been scn-
j tenccd to the chain gang for four ycors.