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THE LANCASTER LEDGER. |4t R. S. BAILEY, ~ "2 EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR- [J TELEGRAPHIC. u? _ unfo Telegraphic Summary. nej FOREIGN NEWS. ?gai Arrival of the U. S Mail Steamship. tl?c BALTIC. !!!!?' atet] TVia? l.oa tw?? ----- ' - ^ uiu uotu uu iiii|><ji i.tuk cii.'inge in trail the Eastern question. D. The largest portion of the allied fleets Nev have been ardercd to remain in the Bos- uigl phorus. ditic No further operations have taken place seqi on the l>anubc. of 01 Omcr Pacha had hanged two Greek date ap'es. 11 Kalefat was garrisoned by 30,000 troops and Gen. Aurep, who commanded the Rus- a tin sian forces at Citale, had been disgraced to tl and seat to Caucasus. Mus The British steamer Haidee,with some how Turks on board, went ashore near Scbas- T topol and was seized by the Russians.' forb Russia is still endeavoring to impress tion on tho soldiers the holy character of the On war, and tells them that they are on the ertn war to rescue Christ's Sepulchre from the |0wi infidels j The Patriarch of Moscow had deliver- dop ed at exciting address to the Gth Corps of hut tho Russian army, on their leaving for the hav Danube. hie. From Asia wo learn that the Russians T had again been repulsed before Sheftakil, moi with the loss of 2,000 men. pea The Prince of Servia had arrived at Vi- ensi enna. His object is supposed to be the Ii negociation for the temporary occupation side ofServia bv the Austrian troops. T The British barquo Bona Dba, Capt. to tl Koe, which cleared atSa\annah on tne stan 28th December last for Liverpool, with and Cotton, lumber and Oak Staves, lias been and nicked UO off the coast of Iro.lan ' vvnter M' fogged .the cruw were twelve days with- cee<! out food or water, and ten, including Capt. the Koe. died of starvation. The remaining hav seven were landed at Swansea, and at the I last accounts were doing well. d?>n Troops are embarking at all the En- off' glish ports. J\ The British contingent land force has beei been increased to 20,000 men. gnu Lord Ragland having refused the coin- h:?v mand, other wise than of tho Queen's guard of a regimeut of Cavalry were to have em- / barked from Southampton on the 22nd 0f I ultn and six other regiments of cavalry Vcrj were holding themselves in readiness. jn ( Engineers, Sappers and Miners, Flving {.j^ Artiller", an.I Baf" , * ? readiness for embarcation at various 0 ? -? ... ?ic service were to 3ecf be raised to a thousand men. AJl the Artillery men were to be armed ( with the Minnie Rifle. The Niagara was to have embarked xcr< troops at Liverpool on the 22J, and the seni Cambria at Kingstown, Ireland, on the .Wo[ 25th ult. ,teY The war is becoming popular and re- . . cruits aro abundant especially from Ire- ,a. land. ' *,ul The first detachment of tho Baltic fleet j Bad already arrived at Spithead. , In ./n ' '? u uou?) ui v^omruons on llie lUttl "j"j ult., Mr. Delsraeli, asked the Government 1 ? if Louis Napoleon's letter to the Czar was ^ authentic, to which Lord John Russol res ? * ponded that it was, and that the British m?' Government held themselves responsible . ' for its sentiments. In Paris there* was a rumor that the ^ Czar's response to the letter of Louis Na- ^ poleon had been received, and that it was of an unfavorable character. , ' Eighty thous ?nd of the flower of the J, J French army were ready to embark si- ' multaneously with the British troops. The llaris Moniteur contains an ofli <sial notice of the annexation of New Cala. . . t, awa donia to franco. ^ ^ Austria is making great preparations . V for war?indied her conduct excites buspiciou as to her fidelity to the alied powCapt. lug, aham, having declined a ban- cum quit at Genoa, 3000 Genoese seranaded him on the water. The St Louis sailed ^erf on the flth ult. JJ.?? In consequence of the occurrences of bread Riots at havenna and other places the free import of Breadstuff's into the .Papal states, is extended until the 1st of I "/T* l e i -r> i i Great fermentation exists in Poland, j M and consequently Russia has suspended j the withdrawal of her troops. ' on tl It is rumored that five American ships 1 would shortly anchor in the Btosphorus. * X ( Great disturbances are reported in south ' Albania?Sixty Turks are said to hare man been killed aud the garrison besieged. I( At Carlscrona in the South of Sweeden ,.-j active naval preparations are being made. The Berlin correspondent is authorized ()f to contradict the report that, a further offer j(e had been made on the part of the Gorman Powers, to mediate ou the Eastern question. cily A terrific storm occurred at Liverpool ^ ( on the 17th ult. causiug; much damage. yer(j We have not, however, received the de- t|JC tails. v w Ti Louis Napoleon's letter to the Cxar lias been printed and read at all the Barracks a s|)( lb France, and distributed throughout all -| the communes, as well as every corner of v.' Faria. hour fitters from St. Petersburg state that -]j military praparations were being made cn I an immense scale, and that great exaspa- jj" 'n ration was produced at the Palace by the * f1 receipt of Louis Napoleon's letter. .* Later by the Atiwti* " The UT8T Mil Steamship Atlantic. c"n*' Captain West has arrived at Sandy Hook ??^L? from Liverpool, which port she left on the . . t9d ah. J?" The Atfaatio got ashore at the Hook. ^ Tarn Ltvaarooi. if a ax era.?Cotton was oneu fat aad the 16th of a peony lower, The ?. g alee during tU thraa Uaye had oompriaed u th? 1*000 bbTea. of. which thraa thoaaand hie ft * , > ee* < been taken on speculation and for m >rt, leaving 18,000 of all descriptions i >e trade. 1 : readstufls were rising. Wheat had ineed 2d per 70 lbs, and Flour 6d per of 196 lbs. Corn was unchanged. lie Atlantic arrived abreast Su>dy k at ten o'clock on Tuesday night, but I rtunatelv got shore inside the clian- I buoy, about fifty rods from the tele?h office. At three o'clock in the mor- ^ ; she got off, in coming up the Hay in got aground near the quarantine,on fiats, and was extricated from her gfti tion by the assistance of lighten, and MB lied her vharf safely. m lie accident to the Atlahtic, however, ,35 not prevent the leading features of her ^ lligence being received on Thursday m it in New York, as she was speedily Vt, rded by the news boat of the AssociI Press and the news immediately smittcd over the Sandy Hook line to II. Craig, Esq., their efficient agent in r York, and by him forwarded that WE it to us. We percicve, however, in ad- - . . m thereto, a few items, which, in conlenee of the telegraph line being out rdcr, failed to reach us at an earlier _ Esta was reported that when the French *on? English troops should arrive in Turkey Inst, jasiire will be proposed by the Sultan Tho ie Divan to give the Chrstians and nicn1 leins equal civil rights. The rumor is, ever, doubtful. lie Queen had issued a proclamation iddhig the exportation of arms, amuni- , r and marine engines, or parts thereof. ' ' an explanation in parliament, the gov- ?? nent stated that machinery will he al- ^ind ...1 l ? r_: ii xt LU \\J I'C 9CIII IU IIK'IIUIV IiaillMIS. A?1 oseph Sturgc and tne rest of the peace cept ulat ons were still at St. Petersburg, furn lmil not seen the Czar, who is said to e the erysipelas and to be very irita- O gres he English and French papers unani- usuu jsly agree that there is no hope for cnts re, and that a terrible conflict must n COj |(># t is now reported that Austria will ^en . , i .1. . ereni with the Western powers. . he II hi. Carroll Spence. U. S. minister er lie Turkish dominions, arrived atContinople on the 2d inst, in the Saranac 011 the same evening the Hungarian Italian emigrants give him a serenade lie Saranac and Levant where to pro- safel I shortly on a cruise in the IMack sea selec firman for the passage of tho Rospliorus cour ing already been granted. ^ ntelligcnce lias been received in Lonthat two Russian frigats were cruising O o w |\i| Madeira. ill the Turkish Consuls in Russia have *r* 1 1 obliged to give up the exequatur ited thein and the Turkish subjects e been placeed under tho protection Austrain agents. V\ l letter from Paris states that the reply a mil lie C/. ?r to Louis Napoleon's Ictt* r is foun r long and argumentative, but cjuched wou erins so offensive to Louis Nanohum ?,c , lisli if.' . otters from Constantinople state tliat "vmof -lew. qntl p'u t at the disposal of the Sultan. 1 End of th Gar<fuier Trial CC )n Friday last the jury brought in a 1 lict in this case, and amidst avast as1 hi age, the foreman pronounced the d "Guilty." There was feeling cxhibamong the spectators. Ir. Bradley stated that the counsel jj prepared to file a bill of exceptions, .. preferred to have judgment pronounc- "' U once. Accordingly, Dr. Gardiner Wcr if* rpnmm.l In ulfitwl nr. ??.l - ?. Sliil . 1 - "r "-w" . sentence of the law, J u.lge Crawford riru'( res,so<l him as follows: first You have been convicted bj a jury our country of the crime of false swear- T touching the expenditure of public or t\ icy, and in support of a claim against ustc United States. Perjury, in its nature slam general sense, strikes at the root of he securities which society is bound to nd to and maintain around the citi- ' The particular offence charged upon , and upon which the jury have pass- <*eui whether considered in reference to the zenplicated plot by which its objects deat 4 consummated, or to the amount of whie icy obtained from the Treasury on tho year rd of the commissioners appointed to t|)e { dc upon tho claims under the treaty an(j i Mexico of February, 1848, isonoof yye mal enormity. g L'o address such observations as must l to every inau who knows the cir- ? 1 stances that surrounded you, to a ' on, of your conceded ability, would be iss or vain : useless, if they hare not. n your fate others should learn that \V Ian, however remote its origin, with new tever forecast laid, however stealthily wjtf, Iroitly pursued for years, and at length ^;a Jted, or with whatever success for a attended, can bo so cunningly devis- ^ i to escape de.ection. The unexamingenui.v, or the net work spread out ? ( lis trial, and the fact that it lias been '?* s?d .it tho last stage, ought not to Tf >f a beneficial effect in convincing all P*1 that if liiev will trample on laws, hu- than and divine, they shall suffer for it, wl exter rhe sentence of the oourt is thnt you r in the penitentiary for the District ,|jj8 , oluinbia imprisonment and labor for #n(j ( wriod of ten years." ? ae intelligence of the finding of the ' immediately spread throughout the and occasioned not a little surprise. :ominunity being unprepared for the ict, well remembering the history of ^,e ^ passt in this case. le public had scarcely recovered from atten surprise, before it became known that with jrt time only after his arrival at the Ijged the prisoner was seized with violent he es ulsions, which continued several >ph s, and ended in death. vp8r8 le uece aseu was thirty *)* years of of good appearaco, and highly intel- ^ ? t. His manners were courteous, and oun L from the crime with which he was m*nt fed, lis would probably hare been ?DOl,l dered a gentleman in say circle of moeh ,y. the ei e result of the post mortem exam- is an >n, it will be seen by our telegraphic hope* ktchee, shows that Dr. Gardiner pois* era| A himself with strychnine. pjow e careful or yooT! get am struck," F**?' i follow said when oe squared off at ** thw. ' ?? . ? ^ 'v' * ili LEDGER LANCASTERVILLE. S. C. !DNESDAY!MAHCH 15,1854 Correction. will be observed by reference to th< tc Sale advertised by Mr. W. J. Cure that the sale will commence on the 28tl and not 27 as appeared last week.? se papers requested to copy, will plcasi tion this. Congressional Favors. re have been particularly interested to bv the perusal of Judtre Butler's speed ho Nabraaka question, which bus bee! ly sent U9 by the lion. Senator, essrs Evans, Keitt and Orr, will also ac our thanks lor other speeches kindl; ished us. ur immediate representative to Con s, the lion. John McQueen, has with hi d attention to the wants of his constitu , furnished the Clerk of the Court will l?y of the "Congressional tllobe and Ap lix,"' for the use of the citizens. Rol ce can at all times be made to it in th k's office. Business Notices. >e the advertisement of P. M. Poer.? have examined Mr. Peer's Stock, an< y assert, \* e have never seen a bette ted, or more complete Stock in any u| itry village. rhilo the days are bright and pleasan 0 in want of Dagucreoty pe Likenesses Id do well to call on Mr. Davis, who wi lure from specimens we have seen is wel lified for the business. See his adver aent. aru told by the Sheriff, that we inadi stake in saying thnt, Toney who wa d guilty of the murder of Mr. Craig Id be executed on tho 3rd Friday of thi 3\n. uear ilit" village. * " " Municipal Election, he following gentlemen have l>een t sd to serve for the present year: itendant, A. J. BELDEN. f Dr. R.E.Wylu, Wardens, i \'\ 'V'* j. i>. Ckuokett, ^ J. W. Cooke. a\ing been obliged to put some of ou S compositors on jobs the past week, w e unable to print n larger portion of ou y. Inclination must sometimes bo sac id to profit. We intend to oeeupy ou page with it hereaAcr. he cause for the non-appearance of oik vo contributed articles the foreman beg 1 say, is owing to tiniivoulnhle circum :tt. They will appear next week. Death of John Eosborough Esq., He last Cheater Standard mentions tli iae of this respected and venerable citi Mr. Kosborough nt the time of hi h, filled the office of Clerk of the Cour h he had held continuously for fifty.fou s. He died at the age of 84. Undo ild law, Mr. Rosborough wus ajtpoiuted therefore held his office for life, do not know of but two officers in thi e, who held their situations under th< itatute viz Jus. T. Gingnnrd of Colnm and John Gurlington of I<aiirens. Carolina Timer > have received several numbers of thii paper, and will be happy to exchange it. The Times is published at Colutn Daily, Tri weekly nnd weekly, bj irs. Grcnnekor Ijimo'te &. Co., al ollowing, rates viz : $6 for the Daily )< the tri-weekljr nnd 0J for the week le editorials of this new candidate foi tronage, are ably written, and mort all, in & kind, charitable, generous spirlich renders the praise which may bt ided it, doubly merited. The editoi s II. Giles Esq. is not unknown in [jew field, having been the projector, ditor for several years, of the Newberentinel. Port officei and Port Masters. ? read a good article the other day, on oties and responsibilities of Post MasA Poet Msster by law is required to d to his office personally himself, or the sssistance of a deputy, who is obto take sn oath of faithfulness, before n act le office though of P. M. has of lato become of so little profit, that it is difficulty competent persons can be I to accept it The General Governit appears, to us, acts singularly ?h in this mstter. Never mind how tha wants of s community may demand ttablishraent of a Post office, no sooner answer given to the request, but all i are abandoned, the Post Maater Genannot errant iL **it wonti ?? ? when poaUf* wu reduced to the it rat*, we thought it vu intended u tomcDodation to the people.. It ia not ted that the iucone eriatng frotn yds* tage will pay the current expenses for transporting the mails; it never did, but when postage was reduced , of course the governmcnt made an additional annual appropriation. But is it an accomodation to pny less postage, and have fewer otiices T would it not be better to have more offices, and pay a little more postage money ! But may we not have both, the reduced postage and an inereas of Post offices also ? Could not the Govern uent increase the appropriation ? This though is not all to complain of.? It seems that in various sections of the country, old mail routes and Post offices are abolished on the same plea?"wont pay." It is an inconvenience not easily got over for one to be de| rived of all mail facilities when he has hithsrto had a Post offico at his door. While on this subject, we beg leave to say to some of our subscribers, that it is but rarely that we make mistakes in sending their papers. We say rarely, because we are all apt to make mistakes sometimes, although we are not conscious ot ever failing 8 to direct and send the papers to the Post of* fice. But a week ago, a subscriber and 1 friend seemed much hurt because we did I " not send his paper. We did send it! It was 8 weekly placed in n package with some twenty-five more, and as wc always count the number of papers and compare with our ; mail book, wc could not be mistaken. There is one consolation ?there is no busto iness of life without some annoyances, and a this npplies to the Judge on the bench, as well as the poor editor in his Sanctum. It '.s hardly necessary, but so we may not )' be misunderstood, wo beg to assure our friend Magi)I that we mean uo censure to apply to him. Our 1'. M. here has always endeavored not only to please us alone, but 8 the public at large. '* The following extract is from n letter rc* ceived by the editor, from a member in Congress : 8 "I have but little to write you in the way of news that you cannot see in the papers. The great Pacific Hail Itond scheme is yet in the hands of committees, hilt the impression is, sonic hill n il I puss before we adj journ, unless the friends of conflicting routes i mnv disagree and defeat all. It is considered I r hero that Gadsden's treaty will greatly pro- I p mote the claims of a Southern mute. An iniquitous bill, in my judgment, passed the house yesterday, the Homestead, a copy ; 1 of which I send you with this. It not only j i. gives land to our own citizens, male and fe- j l? male, but. as you will see, to tio dirty conI \ icts, if they apply, from Europe. The Nebraska bill has passed the Senate after antne excitement with abolitionists, but reailly it has been so modified nnd butchered up before it passed the Senate, that I am B not sure how much of advantage to our honor or rights we may gain by it, although I confess thu repeal of the Missouri cotnpro' misc of 18JO, has much that is luring to s the mind of every true southern man. Still "'<? the hill as well rs I did before ho last amendments wers made to it burridR'S TABLE. The Souther* Bus.?This is the new title of the old (kealo (Fla) Mirror. la-wis C. Gains Esq., the former editor, has sold out his interest in the paper to his late partner. The Sun will be under the editorial control r of John G. Bowman Esq., formerly of Columhia, who is now Principal of the Ocala Female Seminary. Thf. Souther* Cultivator?This is r decidedly the cheapest production of its kind we know of, we say cheap because it con uuns auen a quantity ot agricultural koowlu edge, for so small a sum, viz $1.00. The a March number is Hilled to ovoflowing, and j " the print is moat beautiful. W. S. Jones, Augusta. The Farmer and Planter.?VVecannot e in truth place this periodical in the same scale with the Cultivator. It is cheap too * for the money, only $1.00 per year; stiil it 1 does not contain as much as its cotemporury r neither is it so well printed. The Farmer r and Planter though, ia published in our own ' State, and ahould be patronised ; a liberal patronage would enable the proprietora to 8 make it equal to any periodical of its kind 8 in America. Seaborn and Gilmas, Pendleton S. C. PfTNAMa Monthly.?This is at all times ^ a welcome visitor. March, though a stormy } month, presents no dark cloud on its bright, handsome pages. The typography is beau* r tiful, and the reading matter above medioct rit/; New York Dngiiereotypcd, treats of private residences in this number, and is illus. trated by several very handsome steel engravings. There are several other very interesting articles in this number viz: "The Great Cemetary, Notes from My Knapsack" dte. Three Dollars per year; Ledger and Putnains$4. G. P. I'utsam Sl Co., New York. TlIK S'hther* ArjRlCfLTfRisT.?The March number of this valuable agricultural monthly bas been received. It is beautiful, ly printed, and does not lack ia the most essential feature?a variety of well written articles on agrisultnro and kindred subjects. Price $1.00 per year. R. M. Stocks, I aureus S. C. The Ladies Wreath ard Parlor Ah. nual.?The March number of this magazine is not wanting in interest. The price being only fl.OO per year, it doea not contain a large nmot.nt of reading, but the article* are well written, and weald do no diecredit to come of ita more notable cotemporariea. Bdidici Reed dr. Con New York. Tin New Yo*e ICobtblt.?The March number is an improvement on the February i This magatine is bound to succeed, for it < fills the rasa em left bjr othere,of a graver ( kind. It aboaade with hamorous articles, < and withall mock that is deeply entertain. < fat f. We wfll W |to H to aoy ? one disposed to subscribe for it. Price it 3 .00. We will furnish it to subscribers of c the Ledger at $2.00 d C. Reaci.es, b New York. t Westminster Review.?Contents of % January number. I 1 Constitutional Reform 2 Propertius anil his cotemporarics 3 English Religion; Its Origin and Pros- ' ent Types. * 4 Science at Sen, dte., ( ALSO i North British Review.?Contents of j February number. t 1 The Text of Shnkspenr , 2 Kxegeticul Study at the English Uni- , veraitice ; Honson on St. Paul. 3 National Music, t 4 University Representation, I 5 Hcroditus i 6 Struggles and Tendencies of German i Protestantism. t 7 Arago; hits Life nnd Discoveries, , 8 Hotauical Geography, t i? The War in the East, aud its political \ Contingencies. t Leonard Scott &. Co., 1 New York. t Black woods Magazine.?Contents of February number. 1 Abyssinian Aberrations 2 The Quiet Heart, Part in 3 X. tional Gallery j 4 A Glance at Turkish History , 5 Macauly's Speeches f> Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres ^ 7 A sporting Settler in Ceylon 8 Gray's I-ettcrs. Leonard Scott &. Co., New York. < Arthurs Magazine.?The March num- ] ber contains that popular story, "The Angel i of the Household," by T. S. Arthur, and a va- i riety of useful reading, only 82.00 pet year. I Arthurs Magazine nnd Iwdger 3.50. i 'I. S. Arthur &. Co., < Philadelphia. i strriiern Medical and Surgical Jour. ' nal.?The March number received. It 1 seetrs to contain the usual variety of articles ' on medical subjects, and ns such should be ' in the hands of every physician. Published ' monthly at f3.00 per annum. J as. McCAFFERTY. Augusta (?a. ' i Grahams Magazine.?The March number has been received. it appears to be well ( filled with much sound, sensible rending, , nnd not inferior to any of its predecessors. The life of Washington which ixcontinurd , in the March number, gives an additional attraction to it, besides its usual merits. To subseriliers to the Ix'dger, we will furnish Grahams Magazine for $2.0U, they 1 paying thv postage. Philadelphia. I*a Has Blue.?A very handsome periodical, ladies, and we congratulate you on the beautiful appearance the first number presents. "Iji Has Blue," (which we nre fold translated into englixh signifies "the i.i......?!. .l .-.i - - niuvmuK, ) i? mo mil' 01 iiiis very neat monthly, which it edited by a corps of young ladies of Johnson Female University located at Andrraon C. II. S. C. an J published at $1.00 per annum. The articles in the first number are well written, and reflect much credit on the tenehera skill, and j oung ladies proficiency. Send $1.00 to "1-a Baa Blue" Anderson S. C. and procure a copy. We will apeak about this periodical again, in the mean time, (although the Anderson CJasette forgets, besides the Camden Journal, Spartan & c. that the Iwincaster ledger exists) we will be pleased to exrhange. NEBRASKA. | The manufacturers of the Northern AntiSlavery sentiment have been holding great meetings, and delivering ntiring speeches, on the proposed admission of Nebraska as a teritory of the United States. On the 4th of January, Mr. Douglas, Senator from Illinois, reported, from theCommittec onTerritorica, a bill providing for the Government of Nebraska. This bill contained among its sections, two, which have served as texts for nil the subsequent discussions of the measure. One was to the effect, that when said territory is to be admitted into the Union as a State or States, this shall he with or without slavery, as the Constitution of tho Territory as that timo shall prescribe, ' and tho other provides that tho same laws, 1 with regard to the rendition of fugitive slaves 1 as prevail in the States, shall be extended to Nebraska. Theae provisions have caused a perfect tempest of political excitement to break forth in the Northern 1 States. Innumerable rostrums have been stamped by indignant feet. The services of J Mr. Cotton, the American Geographer, have ' been enlisted to portray tho magnificent dimensions of Nebraska upon a great inap, now apread before the eyee of excited crowds in the Tabernacle. The sacred rest of the Sabbath hs0 been broken and the ' pulpit has been desecrated, again, by politi- ' eal discussions. Not to apeak of the editors, 1 who are all agog with a new subject to * write about, the Rev. Messrs. Kirk and ' Parker have mad* Simdnw b?.-i."? ? 1 ? J ? bout Nebraska, and the philoprogenitive Dr. 1 Beeeher, with hia whole family are praying ' and apeeehifying and propheaying about ' Nebraska to the four winda. Even ear aleepy friend of the Cincinnati Journal 6l ' Meaaanger, haa waked up and frightena all eon tig neua stalls bv braying persistently.? ? The exeitement must be prodigious! What is the matter) A question of the highest importance is to be decided. Regs? V- ??- J * " " 1 m,w H> mv pnunoN ior > |nti territory composing an area of one hundred " and thirty-six thousand sqoars miles or ^ mors-f If we may believe the snthosiaats * who have described it, an Amsrieao Para- " diss, bounded by mejeetie mountains, and watered through all its luxuriant silent by ^ iWaetvP Euphrates, is now to be disposed m tf. Jhfl fhntrsl, lower/ land of Amadou, it i to receive a new civilization, and peep it oyly through her long tresses at the con- tl luot of a new race, as they plant starry d tanners over nil her prairies, and fling them n o the winds of every peak. In sweet be- f< vilderincnt she drops her garland of wild g trairie blooms, as they approach to put up>n her brows the erown of the American Confederacy. Now the question is, shall Nebraska be a Southern or a Northern State? , Shall this charming Naiad bo the patroness )f agriculture or of manufactures ? And it s assumed that if Mr. Douglas' bill passos, md the wilful beauty, whom it concerns, has ler way, her sympathies will turn towards he South. She must be put under conitrnint before she will receive the North is an accepted suitor. Upon this last probability, wo are unable o give an opinion. The rest, we have no lesitation in saying, is the merest fancy ikctch. Nebraska, such as the abolition ipeaker, in Punueil Hall and the Tabernacle ind the Senate, have described it, has no J >xistence. There is 110 such Nebraska this i tide of the moon. In making this assertion I ve rely upon the Gazetteer of the Mr. Col- ' on, mentioned above. It is an admirable ] >ook of reference, and ought to betrustwor- , hyon lho present subject, if on no other, i rhnt "Garden of the Ixml," as it has been ' iomcwh.it irreverently characterised, is shorn , >f its flowery loveliness when wo survey it | hrough Mr. Colton's telescope. We see, 1 lure enough, are the outliness that have 1 >een traced?grand mountains in the far West the watershed of mighty rivers that ( it retell up from the Gulf of Mexico and the i Pacific to unite their murmurs here. All i ?lse belies the sketch. Along the East, J prairies spread out and undulate, swell up>n swell, for huadrcds of m'.les. And the ( centre, where, according to Mr. Ilale in the V. Y Tabernacle, the Chinese are to found 1 ? new Middle Kingdom, is worse?accordng to the Gazetteer. It is nn "unprofitable, irreclaimable wilderness, with scarcely tn oasis to relieve the monotony of its irearim-ss; it is the great American Desert, n crossing which the wa)faror has more to Ircad than the mariner that dares the deep, not only on account of the inhospitable rharacterof the country, but also from the hostilities of the native surnges besetting his path and seeking his destruction. Thousutds have perished under the rifle and tomahawk and nt every step the grave of 1 mine unfortunate gives warning of dnngers to be avoided, or tells of the sufferings enlured by the hardy men, whose tracks are i the tide-marks of empire flowing to its Wes- 1 tern destination." And as to the Nebraska River, how could Mr. Summer quote Milton's "Southwant through Eden went a river large," with reference to it! An insignificant broad stream beset vi ith islands of cotton wniid willow* and shrubs, nnd ao ahallow that i nn can walk all over it?w hat imaginable connection naa inis witn -uie nvers oi v*ou that are fall ot watar !" The bother about Nebraska, aa a " central kingdom," a " flow. cry land," (aa Mr. Halo describes it, or a* "occupying central apace* on this hemisphere. which, in their general relations, tnay well compare with that early Asiatic home," us Mr. Sumner more cautiously any*, is susceptible of a very simple explanation. It is not caay to catch fish with a naked hook.? Nebraska must be baited before the most silly gudgeon will bile at it. The statement in the Gazetteer may not do fully justice to this territory. We are inclined to think that it does not, as it overpasses the alluvial lands to be found there. Uut nothing like the luxuriance of language and figure in w hich the pet political theme is now dressed, ever lias been foui d in the monotonous and savago reality. The for mer is the creation of a political insanity, if \ not of something worse. The statesman j who represents this wilderness as sn unrivalled paradise, would not find it hurt! to as- i sort that palm trees and (lowing springs , cover the Desert of Sahara. i The Nebraska agitation is most manifestly ' a political stratagem, and its advocates are | proceeding on the well know n principle that every thing is fair In war. Abolitionists and discontented office seekers hnve taken this subject as a convenient masked battery, from behind which they can discharge missiles at the present government and estab.i.shed institutions of the country. The bill i of Mr. Douglas-does not propose to make 1 Nebraska a slave territory, as the Northern j demagogues and clergy have in so many in- . stances unblushingly asserted. It simply ' asserts, in behalf of the people of the tcrri- ' lories, the sacred privilege of self-govern- J inent Disavowing all sectional favoritism, j it concedes to the people the unquestionable i right to adopt for themselves such domestic < institutions as their own conscience and J luugnieui, mcir circumstances and the character of their country may require. It pro- ( puses thnl ilio Cwugfrris of these United < Sutra shall cease to b?, wliut it hu so long 1 been, an anti-slavery propaganda. The hill calls, indeed, for the repeal of , tho Missouri Compromise, but of this ths I North has no right to compain. How did the North regard this compact, now so sa- J red in her estimation, when the South prol?osed in strict accordance with iU spirit, ss I i measure of peace reconciliation, to extend ' t over sll territories Westward of the Mis- | lissippi. It did not verbally include the ter- ^ itories subsequently wrested from Mexico, 1 >ut iU moral obligations did extend to ail ha Tranamsaippian region. How the North ' laa regarded these obligations a single ' dance at the map will ahow. The whole e Vific Coaat with iU world ronowng^ har- ii tor of ILa Francisco and iU spiended miu- 1 ral endawmeoU, and ita vaat commercial ^ irospecta, is in her hands and will remain m naar her control forever. Down to (lie mile! of 3*2 deg. 30 sen. the Booth Km not n inch of the noil. The Mieeoorl Corn pro- t( line haa ceased to be n nocred compact. It ^ B This in the rati mate of Cotton's Ouat * m nod Potoam'e Hand Book. All nti tea ere Wdncfltln. Mr. Hole magniften ! i dimensions to m en* ?f 480^00 mile*. ns i a dead letter. And wo cannot but declare i.it to be a sad. if it is not "a new thing oner the sun," when those who have indigently trampled its provisions under their jet, now proclaim them as the political ;o?pnl of 1854.?Southern Baptist. 'o the Correspondents of Henry Clay. The subscriber being now engaged in an nlnrgement and completion of his Life and Nines of Ifcnry Clay, finds on examination f Mr. Clay's papers and eorrepondencc as tshland, that his Private Correspondence it . if material importance for n complete exhibition of his character and history, and of hnso portions of the history of tne times vLh which ho was connected. As Mr. .'lay was not in the habit to taking copies >f his own letters, they are now scattered >vcr the country in the hnnds of his numer>us correspondents, and have doubtless been preserved. No matter how private or evsn ontidcntial the correspondence may have jeen, if sot of a nature to render its posthn. nous publication improper, it is a very effective mode of illustrating character, and is iftcn important in history. The subscriber therefore respectfully and earnestly requests > ill correspondents of Mr. Clay, w hether in the earlier or latter periods of his life, in public or in private stations, who may be in < possession of original letters from Mr. Clay ?n any subject whatever not sacred to privacy after death, that they will be pleased, if not inconsistent with their fee ings, to forward such letters to the pnldishcr of the work, A. S. Barnes Si Co., 51 John street. 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This suljcct has recently been bronght forwurd by several presses of the State, and justly, too. The public good requires that all matters pertaining to the Government, which are published should be sown brond cast wht rover a press exir ts in theSt.it? and not confined to a few, through a false economy. The people at large pay out of a countingent fund for auch publications ?and they have never been the losers Wy tho liberal system. If it is necessary to par- 1 ade the Aid de Camps of a new made Gov- 1 urnor in one place, it ia necessary to offer a rewnrd or Proclamation to arrest * fugitive it certainly requires'to *ba. putdi <hed farther than in t ie vicinity of his crime or 'i escape--if it is nceeasnry to show Clu-rlcaton and Columbia'*how lh? State w ga," ibd its interests ono attended to, anti the I w the laws, which the M giatraters are all provided witb arts ?: word out, it is certain thai a district paper should. I have the same advantages that others luivo. 1 lie objection to the accounts yearly nrmer.ted Wy the Picas for labor peformed | if it dose not i iimo from narrow minded and deinugogui'icul sources, certainly originated \ with the accounts yearly presented by the fl Press for labor performed, if it doea not come from narrow minded and demagogucle.al sou reus, certainly originated with the ; thoughtless Legislator whose only object ] was to reach Columbia, "as a member'' nnd go b.ick its such. No one hus vet raised his voice before the intelligence of"either House ] snd proclsintud his opinions adverse to the 1 liberal polcy; perhaps, in romtnilt 'c,or in electioneering corner* such may be done? hut if we could find the indvidual member who would thus retrench, we would show some dark spot where his public actiou bus not sustained his private policy. I NVo are satisfied the |>eopls cannot be too ?i: -I.*. ? in(iv*ii niugiiivnra?lin y have a right to all information which their Represents'ive can give?and their best one in iho preaa. Wo cordially endorse our friends of the Ijuircnaville llcrald and LuicAstir ledger, siui trust through even the warm polUieal (iinttnU, that popular election which moat soon be the ordor of the day, may engender our State may never so far forget her digni- I Ly na te make the political opinions of the I'reas subservient to party spoils.? YarkiiUe Miscellany. Indians from JUbrask*. ft A iiumber of Indian chiefs from Nebraska | hnvo arived at Washington, in charge ef I Major Gate wood. They are said to be tall ;ood looking Indian*, of light complexion, I ind respectably dressed, according t> the rod man's idea, some woaring red, soma blue ind others colored blankets, heavy earboha, 1 fioad drosses,'neck laces of the claws of t he 1 grizzly bear, and auch like adornments^? 1 I'heir visit to Washington is at the instance >f the government to aee about the sale of 1 .heir landa to the United Stales, which, when 1 ihe tribes were first visited in Nebraska by 1 the Commissioner last summer, they were 1 verse to doing. Among the Indians west ?f Missouri and Iowa are to bo found some sducatud men, and others who ara able by he cultivatien of the soil to subsist them- * elves. Among them, too, are some profos- 5 tors of religion. But the mass of the In* 1 iiau tri be. i\< iuuvisiii mid iniemprraie, shich suggests the idea of coloniiiog them inder some one government, and teaching Item the arts of peace. The names of the ewly arrived "representatives" are oa fob owe: Otto Chiefs.?Buffalo Chief; Ksecs-poo; Big Soldier. Medicine House. Interpreter l<ewis Barnard. Missouri Chief*.-?Missouri; Ak-ke-tah ; White Water. Interpreter, Lewie Barn* ? II11. Omaha Chiefs.?Ixigan Foutanella ; Jos? Lnflesh; Village Maker. Standing llawa; iittle Chief; Wo-wo-keega; Yellow Smoke, nterpreter, l^wia Sonieee. r The "distinguished visiters" had a formal nterview on 'Thursday leal with the Com* tiiaaioner of Indian Attains in the' presence f a number of ladies and gentlemen. Seeral of the Chiefs responded, through an iterprster, to an address of the Commie, inner, eaiweeeiag their satisfaction at safely WM-hipg Washington, their desire to settle t Hair business to the satisfaction of all handa nd promising to adhere to the dreaa of the bites. The HUr any St 'Medicine House" alee spoke, attributing i the President the floe elate of the toojf ledtbey had traveled to Waahlngtoa, eekk la power must be lilts that of the Bop rem n \ < eing This last mentianei chief made is wy amnelng and totelligeot speech. % the Big clp|dier, an Olio, a!so ?|dta | y*L' "? 1 I W* I ,1