Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps & Jfads. 1 An Artesian well is to be bored in Green street, Augusta, Ga. It appears that at Virgin's Bay, in Nicaragua there is not a single female. ??Mr. Everett's lecture in Richmond, Va., realized, for the Mount Vernon cause, #358. ? The average quantity of meat of all kinds, consumed in Franoe, is about onesixth of a pound per diem to each person. ? A woman's tongue has been found capable, on actual experiment, to move 1,620 times a minute ! Think of that and weep, J A friend has presented us with the autograph of the blacksmith who'riveted the publio gaze/ A Yankee doctor has recently got up j a remedy for hard times. It consists of ten hours' labor, well worked in. Commodore Connor, of the United States Navy, died at his residence in Philadelnhia on the 21st instant. * , He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembliug hypocrite of whom you should beware. A partizun paper says 'it is a mistake that the (opposite) party plays upon a harp of a thousand strings. The oryan of that party is a tyre.' A rather credulous individual, on being told that he should not believe more than half he heard, asked Which half shall I credit V A man who puts aside his religion because he is going into society, resembles a persou taking off his shoes because he is about to walk upon thorns. Punch, speaking of the cradle-gift to the Empress of the French, "would prefer to see in France another sort of cradle?the cradle of liberty!" The Spartanburg Express states that corn is selling at 55 cents in that district and will probably experience a still further decline. The entertainments given by Governor Aiken, of South Carolina, arc said to surpass, in elegance and hospitality, all others in Washington. A wag says he knows only one thing better than love, and that is to be thrown into a pond of mush and milk, with the priviledge of eating your way ashore. A distinguished literarv ladv was once o ^ ?r found in a paroxysm of tears over the sapposed tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon, bat which turned out to He an icehouse ! Why are the ladies of the present day, like the lillies of the scriptures? Because they toil not, Deither do they spin ; yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of them. A lady was asked to join the divisions of Daughters of Temperance. She replied, 'that is unnecessary, as it is my intention to join one of the Eons in the course of a few weeks.' An editor out West says??Ifwe have offended any ui3n in the short but brilliant course of oar public career, let him send us in a new hat, and say nothing more about it." ?? Mrs. Hoar, wife of lion. S. Hoar, of Concord, Massachusetts, is the only survi- j ving child of Hon. Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. How can five persons divide five eggs so that each man shall receive one, and still one remain in the dish. The last takes the dish with the egg, and can let it lie there as long as he pleases. A private of the 11th regiment of Uuz'tars, uamed John Drydtm, who received thirty-one wounds in one day at the storming of Sebastopol, is entirely recovered, and again doing duty. 'Bob, you say that you believe most diseases arc contagious. IIow long have you eutertained such notions? Ever since I sat along side of a blue-eyed girl and caught the palpitation of the heart.' The reason why man was made after everything else, was because if he had been created first, he would have annoyed the Almighty by endless suggestions of improvement. A contemporary marvels at the phenomenon of myriads of flier' getting upon the telegraph wires upon a recent occasion; but if he will observe closely, he will find it was ju?t after an arrival where the wires were oonveyjtig the price of sugar and molasses. In olden time unmarried women used to wear a scarlet petticoat during leap year. If they showed the edge of this garment to any'tuan, he was bound to marry them, but could buy himself off by presenting the lady with a new gown?a cheap alternative. The statistical returns of Providence, Khode Island, show that two patent-medicine establishments in that city render the enormous product of 1,000 barrels and 432,000 bottles of medicine, to the amount of ?700000. The Biviu-sville Factory, in Spartanburg District, with twelve huudred acres of o ' kad belonging to it, was recently sold by the Sheriff for ?19,500. In 1845 the same j property sold for more than three times that amount. A dispatch from New York dated the I lcth ic?t., says: "The schooner Falmouth, outward bound, w.t* seized in this harbor j this morning by the United States Marshal, j f a suspicion of being bound on a slave rra. j dint; expedition." The Boston Traveller says the cold-1 ues?. of the weather, and the amount of snow in the street?, .-.omewhar surprised the pas-; eengers fro.n England in the Arabia, v/ho | .- ay :b'it when they left Liverpool fiowers were in full bloom. The Arabia left on the i 1st injt. The Sheoaudoah (Va.) Tenth Legion nays that since the snow and ice have disappeared, the growing crops of grain present most promising appearance?the wheat looks thrifty and stands well upon the grouud. The State House iu Oolutubus, Ohio, will be, when completed, oue of the most i magnificent -arueturea of the kind in the j Union, and will cost one million five hun- j dred and eighty-three thousand eight bun- ! dred and eighty-six dollars. Scarcely lees i may be the cost of our new State House at: Columbia by the time it is completed. The snow i-' so deep in Peru. Kerb shire CJUuty, Mass., that the dwelling house of Mr. Cone, one and a half stories high, is so completely cove: od by a huge drift that it has been found necessary to dig a tunnel thirty-seven feet in length from the front door in order to give persons inside a chance to get out. There are within the limits of the consolidated city of Philadelphia, 28 mills, moved by water and Bteam-power, having altogether SO stones, to supply which, when fully at work, 14,000 bushels of wheat per day, or 34,000 per week, and 336,800 bushels annually, are required. The Allgemtuxe Zdtung, of February 17th, statesthat Win. Makepeace Thackeray has realized by his writings and lectures, $500,000, a sum, says this journal, which would enrich half a dozen German satirists, and change them from literary vagabonds into steady citizens. The London At/ienceum exclaims:? "War with the United States ? The idea of such a war is incredible. If there be, in the catalogue of moral calamities, a 'worse than civil war,' it is such a conflict as might arise between America and England. The mail for California from Utah in January last was carried over the Sierra Nevada mountains by a Norwegian, who footed it on snow-shoes seven feet long and four inches wide, iu the form of skates, and 3hovcd himself along with a pole. The Polynesian says that the Hawaiian nation, which seventy years ago were estimated at from 200,000 to 400,000 now only counts 72,000?a decrease within this period of at least two thirds. Vast tracts of laud do not harbor a human soul j fertile kala lands, odco under cultivation, are left to the rule of grass and weeds. It is stated that there are twenty-three circus companies in tho United States, and the average expense of each daily, in the summer season, is S350?in all about ?8000. The cost of fixtures, horses, &c., is about 8750,000, and employment is given to two thousand men, and an equal number of horses. The Carolina Times says the steamer Governor Graham, one of the boats intended to ply between Charleston and Columbia, arrived at the latter place on the 21st inst., bringing merchandize to E. Hope, Simms & Friday, Witherspoon & McCants, J. Andrews A* f!n . Muller & Senn. R. Cathcart, and R. O'Neale. Ebenezer thinks that rubbing snuff is fully as bad as drinking whiskey, and that if he should ever catch his wife robbing he'd be sure to liquor (lick her!) He also says that when a drinking character loses his bottle, it puts him out of humor; but if he should find it again, he invariably recovers his spirits. Mr. John Lawrence Bazier, in the Louisville Times, offers to bet from 35,000 to $30,000 that he can do as follows : Jump five feet further on a dead level than any man in Kentucky; three feet further than any man in the United States; one foot further than any man in the world; or that he can stand flat-footed upon the earth and leap a brick wall fifteen feet high and four feet thick. The Memphis (Tenn.) Eagle, of the 5th inst., says: Yesterday ouo might have supposed to be a cloudy day, from the enormous quantities of wild "pigeons passing over in r southerly direction. Their sound as they pass is like the ? noise of many waters," and their appearance is curious and interesting as they expand and contract, or change their course at the direction of their file leader. The Massachusette House have passed by just the requisite two-thirds vote, one of the new amendments of the constitution, which originated in the Senate at this session?that which provides that any person who desires to exercise the right of suffrage in that Commonwealth, shall bo able to read and write, unless, prevented by physical ina. bility. | The telegraph hat? mentioned the cap j ture of two cauonns and a lot of rifles at j Lexington, Mo., whieh had bccu sent from I New England to the Yankee emigrants in j Lawrence. The capture turns out to be n j useless one, for the arms had no locks, the j sharp fellows in Boston having taken the j precaution to send ihe locks by another j route, and they had previously reached Law. rente. | Accounts from Texas represent the ; country in some places as suffering from the j almost impassable state of the roads. Horse ! stealing is a common passtime in Texas.? j Three persons were lately overtaken by a company in pursuit, with a number of stolen horses, shot and left dead on the road. More cattle have died this winter, from starvation, tbau during any previous year. The sugar cane has suffered by the severity of the win- j | ter. An Irish waiter at one of our city j ' restaurants was overheard the other day tell. I j ing his companion sonic terrible news from 1 I the seat of war. 'An' where did you get: ! hould of the intelligence?' said Pat No. 2. j 1 -In the penny paper.' 'Oh then devil a j I ward of it I'll belave.' An' why shouldn't i ' you belave that as well as any other ? it's a | gintleman as prents it.' 'Because,' says Pat, 'by mv faith I don't think they could : afford to spake the truth for the money !" The Savannah Evening Journal, of Thursday, publishes this startling inform ation : By the Florida boat (just in) wc have i the following painful intelligence from the Peniusula: News hod just arrived at that j poit of on attack, by the Indians, on the set. i ' tiers on the Alafia, about 30 miles cast of i Tampa. Four men. one woman, and three j children were killed and scalped, their houses i ! were burnt, and all the outrages and barber-; ities that savages could invent, were com- j mitted. A veracious correspondent of the Bus. j ton Pilot declares that the following raotioD passed the Senate of Georgia on the reading j of that portion of the message of the Govern*; ! or of Oa., which referred to the anti-slavery j resolution parsed in the Vermont Assembly: i j lieaotvfl, That his Excellency President j ' Pierce he requested to employ r. sufficient j uumber of able-honied Irishmen to proceed i to the State of Vermont, and to dip, a ditch j around the limits of the same, and to float I j < the thin?;" info the Atlantic. Pretty good ! that. j Utah is taking measures to be admit- ; ; ted into the Union. A general election was! ordered to take plucc on ldth of Febru- , ary, for the choice of delegates to h coueti- i tutional convention, which was to assemble j at fireat Salt Lake city on the 17th March, j This convention was to be authorized to form ! and adopt a constitution; to define boundaries; designate the name of the now State, ! and memorialize Congress in relation there. | to. It is expected by them that the Union, when it opens its arms to receive the State, it will be large enough to embrace the twenty wives which the liberal customs of the Salt Lake community allow to cttch of its citizens. ?? A correspondent of the Independent Press, of Abbeville, writes in reference to the use of damaged potatoes by cows: Recently I had some potatoe banks opened, and found them largely decayed. There was a considerable amount of them thrown out to the hogs. The milch cows and stock cattle got to them and ate. How many, I know not. The cattle were in good keeping, and likely ate heartily of them. Nor should I hare prevented it had I been present, as I never had heard, that I recollect, of decayed potatoes injuring cattle. Soon after they had ate of the potatoes one and another were taken sick, and in less than a week seven head died. Ten in all were made sick, but three are likely to recover. Cljfforliliille (fairer edited bt SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. vr>d i/vii i c c r I Vl\(\ V ILUUj V W| THURSDAY MOBBING, MAECH 27,1856. JtjJ" Wc trust thnt our renders will excuse our short-comings in this issue. The absence of one Editor, the indisposition of the other, as well as oue of the compositors in our office, must be our apology. * MR. BOYCE'S SPEECH. We yield a large portion of our space, to the very able speech of Hon. W. W. Boyce, in relation to the contested election in Kansas. We hope none will be deterred from reading it on account of its length. It will well repay a perusal. Mr. B. has gained a proud position in CongreeB as a debater, and will yet acquire fresh laurels whenever the occasion presents itself. KANSAS MEETING AT ROCK HILL. A meeting was held at Rock Hill, on Saturday last, for the purpose of raising funds, to send emigrants to Kansa?. The day was very unfavorable ?raining, eleeting, hailing and snowing alternately?for a large concourse of persons; besides the notice had only been given a few days previous. Notwithstanding these untoward circumstances, a goodly number were in attendance, evincing a deep interest in the proposed movement The meeting was organized in the Depot, Maj. Richard A. Springs acting as Chairman. Addresses were delivered by Gen. Wallace, and Gen. Alston. They were listoncd to with marked attention. Urgent appeals were made by the speakers for liberal contributions in money, while Kansas was pointed to as & splendid field for successful enterprise to young men of talent and industry. At the conclusion of the speeches, the Rev. A. Whytk submitted a paper for subscriptions, accompanying it with a forciblo and appropriate speech. An invitation was given to all present, to come forward and subscribe, but just then the whistle of the ears, warned a larze number that , ______ u the hour had arrived 1'or thera to return homeward. We doubt not, that the Chairman, will soon be enabled to report quite a handsome sum, and that the movement in that portion of the District will prove an important auxiliary to the Yorkville Kansas Aid 8ociety. Caution. John McRea, Prepident of the Bank of Wilmington, hasicsued the following card to the public: "By the destruction cf the car of Adams' Express Company, cn the Portsmouth Raiiroad, the 10th inet., a considerable amount of blank impressions, or unsigned blank notes, of the denominations of $10 and ?5, of the Bank of Wilmington, bavebeeu scattered, some of them partially burned. The public are cautioned against taking any of such notes without signatures, or with forged signatures. Any person detected in the attempt to pass any of the above notes will b? prosecuted." The Richmond Despatch states that large numbers of these bills arc in the possession of parties in that city, and that some of them have actually been parsed into circulation. Our merchants would do well to be on their guard. Tilt Gov. Giiauam.?The steamer Gov. Graham, Capt. Young, left her landing yesterday afternoon for Charleston, with a full cargo, consisting of ;">00 bales of cotton, cousigned to W. W. Smith, C. O'Xeall, and Caldwell, Makely & Co.? Wc understand this experimental trip has answered the most sanguine expectations of its proprietors, and that the boat is now permanently engaged in the trade. Another boat, also, of a much larger burthen, will be employed, and every preparation made to carry on the business systematically. We understand the company will hold a called meeting this evening, when the agent employed to explore the river will make his report. This report, with other matters connected with the arrangements of the company, we trust we shall be able to lay boforo our readers in a few days.?Carolina Tim's. Attempt to Break Jail.?The prisoner, James MoCoiub*, under sentence of death for the murder of W. T. Cross, made an ineffectual attempt to escape from jail on Saturday night. He got from his cell into the corridor, but failed in further ef foil.? Carolinian. The Arctic. Opt. IlarMente, arrived off the Highlands on Thursday morning, arid making some inquiries, '-nd forwarding some letters to the city, kept off and proceeded to sea again. She has been cruising between Sable Island (which was thoroughly examined for recent wrecks) and the latitude of 37, along the edge of the Gulf; has not seen any rctipe ofthc Faerie, or any other wreck. The Arctic has been under canvas most of the time; htr propeller being almost useless in the very heavy weather which she bos experienced. Ca.pt. II. intends to crui'e until after the utual irae of the Lice or Equinoctial gale. She has been Jiorl of water, cud en an allowance of ic for a short time, but has .lince got s sufficiency.? A'l "vel: on board. North CarvltiiM Cold. The American Eagle, published in the County of Frauklin, North Carolina, states that thezl&ve* the I'ortib Gold mine, in that connty, n iw the property of T. i?. Taoiccs, Eiq., found a few days ago ;*Ycrsil nuggets of gold, ranking about $l,05u; :>u? piece was worth between $*00 *nd $''00?ulrnoet pure gold. Another piece w:b worth about $120?intermixed with quartz?with hev-rn: other- worth from 10 to $40. li'A correspondent of the New York Sun, wriiting of the appearance of a lady, during the carnival at Naples, say* ha counted upon her arms SHvpatcen bracelets, and upon her fingers twenty- ! three rings. It is needless to Rcld that she is old and homely. The king was the largest and dirts- | est looking m:?n in the room. fi??T' On Monday both Houses of the General j Assembly of Virginia passed, by acclamation, the j I.adien' bill for the purchase of Monnt Vernon, by | the patriotic exertions 01 the women of the United : States. The Kansas Association of Charleston, with j n little more aid, will, in few d*v? forward 'heir j second corps of emigrants^ FOREIGN NEWS. The Fenia'a mails came through yesterday.? The news which they contained is rather unsatisfactory in regard to the Peace Conference; but the intelligence which we hare of that, and the speech of the French Emperor, which we publi3h below are interesting .*? The Peace Conference, a The Emancipation bdgc publishes a communication purporting to proceed from Paris, which says that the first four points were at once decided on Thursday; that the discussion of Saturday wag reported to be very warm, and was so, in fact, between Baron Brunow and the English Plenipotentiaries, during which Count Orlofif remained quiet, but that at last be broke bis long silence, and said as follows:? "Peace muat be restored to the civilized world. Wo are all great enough to pass over certain details. It was I who made the treaty of Adriano pie, and to me it belongs to tear it. We accept the ratification of the limits proposed for Bessarabia, and for the Asiatic provinces. "We adhere to the condition about not re-establishing the fortress of Bomarsund, and we desire that the isles of Aland shall be a menace for no one. There is no difficulty at to Nicolieff, and we give up without compensation the city of Kars to our ancient and goodly ally, the Sultan." The Emancipation goes on to say that this language caused (as well it might) a profound sensation?eo profound, that the plenipotentiaries remained silent?no doubt with joy. One of them found his utterance t efficient to say: "As we are all agreed, let us sign." The signatures were at once affixed, and the plenipotentiaries shook hands and parted. The Emancipation ur'.uckily adds, that on the following day (Monday) the Emperor's speech would contain the announcement that peace was made. [From the Liverpool Journal, March 8 ] The proceedings of the conferences, or, as it was called in Paris, "the congress," continue involved in impenetrable obscurity. Either there is nothing particular done, or what is done is kept a pro found secret. It was known on Monday that the preliminaries of peace had been signed; but Lord PAlmerston, when questioned in the evening in the House of Commons, by Mr. Disraeli, refused to tell on what day they were signed, bis answer being a vague one?"some recent day last week." Mr. Disraeli probably knew that they were Bigned on Sunday, and Lord Palmerston to avoid giving offence to the religious mind of the country, turned off the question by a jest, which, like all his lordship's jokes, elicited laughter. It was expected that the speech of the Emperor of the French would have made some allusion to this matter, but his Majesty dealt largely on generalities, and made no specific reference to the Drocecdines of theconeress. The sneech was ob viouslv greatly elaborated, and it seems that, after being printed, Louis Napoleon introduced many alterations. France, however, seems apparently satisfied ; and all Europe looks with united confidence to a general peace. The Independence dees net enter so much into detail, but it maintains its assertion of the preliminaries being signed, and also states that the Emperor's speech would contain the announcement about peace. This story is regarded in Paris as similar to that of the first taking of Sevastopol, and has already obtained the appellation of carnard a la Tartars. Despatches from Berlin speak of a similar etate of thihga. and it is suspected that a combination exists, both in Paris and Brussels, for the fabrication of news with a view to Bourse speculations. The Times' Paris correspondent writes, on the evening of March fith 411 believe that France and England have not been since the commencement more firmly united than at the present moment. Of Austria's firmness, I doubt whether so much can be said. At all events, I again hear whisperings of Count Buol not realizing all that wa3 expected of him. " Itis stated positively that no prolongation of the armistice beyond the Slet of March will be listened to, and that, in fact, every thing must be arranged in ten or twelve days from this date." The Times says there is little doubt the cause of order and justice speeds well at the Paris conferences ; but, as regards the alleged signatures of the preliminaries of peace, it was a mistake.? Nothing has happened but what everybody was aware of last week, namely, that the conferences had adopted the proceedings of that at Vienna. The Post says, the signing of the protocol agreed to at Vienna indicates that, after a week's conference, no new difficulties have arisen; and that as far as they have yet gone, the envoys understand one another, and are agreed. Of course there is a great latitude for misunderstanding, when the details which this general A aavaA + A kA rli'nniindAr] . U ncrci'invni I'luumuvo vnuc vv uc motuoovr , nuu lb is quite possible that Russia may yet take exception to 3oine of the demands made by the Western Powers, either in matter or in form; still, the signing of this document is an instalment towards the des'red end?in fact, it is good to a certain extent, but no further. With it, and the question of the neutrality of the Black Sea, the fate of Nicolaieff will be decided ; bnt as this is involved | in the third point, and the fifth was to be taken first, we may presume that it has not yet been discussed. We may shortly expect to hear that definite progress has been made in some of its particulars. The Post will not be surprised if there prove to j be little difficulty in preventing the re-fortification I of the Aland Island, and in arriving at satisfactory definition of the position of Russia in the j Baltic. The boundaries of Russia and of Turkey i in Asia Minor will probably be settled by a com! mission. Kars will naturally revert to its late ' owner. It is not to be supposed that the allies will think of yielding in the fourth condition?a point for which, in all probability, Russia will I strongly contend?namely, with the Greek Church. I as this involves the whole matter in dispute. It i wou'd be absurd solemnity to lock Russia out of j Turkey, and then to present her with the key. The Constitution?:cl br.s the following expl?naj tion : ' The two first sitting? of the Conference having been occupied. the first by the verification of powers, and the second by *he examination and settlement of the clauses o* the armistice, it was net i til! the third sitting, on Fatnrdcy, that the conferI . ' ? - i 1 ?i . | cnec icl*k up xne .rpecm; ut?j*ui? i? inwi.?, *?<,; the preliminaries of pence. The Austrian I'ltij Piatuta was theu read a? a basis for those nrelim: indies. The Sr*t Four Poiuts being all 3et forth, ; th': Russian plenipotentiaries hud only to renew the adhesion already given to them by their government ; but it was necessary to take note of that acceptance in a, forma! dooument. fio that the four point.", Lord Pulruerstyn said, became i henceforth an integral and defined portion of the j preliminaries. It is not so, however, with the , fifth point, which has not been set out. and which i will be immediately discussed, each power having j beer, invited to make known the demands it will j think its duty to present for the interest of the balance of Europe." The Constitutionnel believes that neither tho i Nicolaieff question nor the restitution of Kara haB ! yet been settled, and that they were not approached till the aitting of yesterday. t The Paris correspondent of the London Globe j thus describes the -nodus operandi of diplomatists at the Conference: ' The preliminaries having been agreed on, the negotiators assemble to discuss the conditions one by one. Each of them has a copy of the said pre- j lirainaries before him, which he scores, alters, an- j notates, until the fair copy has become almost undecipherable. The results of these emendations have to be set forth in the minutes of the sitting, and the amended draughts fairly copied out. Now when it is considered that there are twelve negotiators assembled in Paris, and that the task of copying or drawing up the minutes can only be entrusted to confidential hands, it is easy to understand that the Conference, if any amount of discussion does take place, cannot get through their allotted work at a railway speed?still less keep pace with the public's 'impatiency, and dy.' The Opinione of Turin, of the 1st, in a leading article, considers it certain that the Fifth Point, now under discussion for the establishment of peace, will receive a far greater extension than was supposed a fortnight back, and that the question of the balance of Europe will be brought forward in addition to the Eastern difficulty. In that case, it contends, the Btate of Italy will most particularly engrosss the attention of the plenipotentiaries, and especially the occupation of the Roman states by foreign trooops. It says: "France has, during that occupation, constantly had to struggle not only against papal administration, but against Austrian pretensions. Ausi *. it T 1 J. It i! f . ma posBesea me i.omoarao > eneuan provinces; she has Parma, Modena and Tuscany under her dependence; let her keep possession of the Roman States but a short time longer, and she will attempt to make that possession permanent. This the representatiTes at Paris will certainly not lose sight of." On the 29th of February, at a Conference held at the Traktir-bridge, in the Crimea, between the chiefs of the staff of the allied armies and a general delegated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army, it was decided that there should be a complete suspension of hostilities. Bcbli.h, Tuesday.?On the receipt of a message from Count Orloff that preliminaries of peace had been signed, a declaration of approval was this day transmitted through the telegraph by the Czar. Prance. The French Legislative Assembly was opened on Monday, March 3. The following is the speech of the Emperor: The last time I convoked you, our minds were occupied with matters of grave importance. The allied armies were exhausting themselves at a siege where the obstinacy of the defence made success doubtful. Europe, hesitating, seemed to await the end of the struggle before pronouncing itself. To carry on the war, I asked of you a loan which you granted unanimously although it may have appeared extensive. The high price of provisions threatened to cause general distress among the laboring classes; and a perturbation in the monetary system gave rise to fears of a slackening of commercial transactions and of labor. Well, thanks to yonr support, as well as to the energy displayed in France and England?thanks, above all things, to Providence?those dangers, if they have not entirely disappeared, have, most of them at least, been averted. A great deed of arms ha3 decided a desperate nn*vomn1?rl ?T> IxiatIn ffLVAr rtf tllP PW ? ? ?'V. ? -allied armies. Since that moment the opinion of Europe has pronounced itself more openly. Ou all sides oor alliances have been extended and strengthened. The third loan was subscribed without difficulty. The country has given me a new proof of its confidence by subscribing a sarn five times the amount I demanded. It has supported with admirable resignation the sufferings inseparable from a dearnc8s of provisions?suffering alleviated, however, by private charity by the zeal of the municipal authorities, and by the ten million franca distributed in the departments. At the present moment the arrivals of foreign corn have caused a sensible fall. The fears arising from the scarcity of gold have diminished, and labor was never mere active, nor the revenue more coneiderable. The ehaiigcs of war have aroused the military spirit of the nation. At uo time were voluntaiy enlistments so frequent, or so much ardor displayed by the recruits designated by lot. To this brief statement of the situation facts of a high political signification must be added. The Queen of Great Britian, desirous of giving a proof of her confidence?of her esteem for our country?to render our relations more intimate, visited France. The enthusiastic welcome she met with must have convinced her how deep was the sentiments inspired by her presence, and that they were of a nature to strengthen the alliance of the two nations. The King of Piedmont, who, without looking behind him, embraced our cause with that brave warmth which ho had already shown on the battle field, also came to France, to consecrate the Union already oementcd by the bravery of his soldiers. These sovereigns were enabled to see a country so ncitated and disinherited of its rank in the council of Europe, now prosperous, peaceful and respected, waging war not with the momentary delirium of passion, but with the calmness, justice and energy of duty. They beheld France, while sending 200,000 men beyond the sens at the same time convoke all the best of peace at Paris, as if she wished to say to Europe, "The present war is only an episode for me; my ideas and my strength are in part always directed towarde the arts of peace; let us neglect nothing to understand each other, and not compel me to throw all the resource? and all the energy of a great nation into the lists of battle." That appeal seems to have been heard; and winter, by suspending hostilities, favored the intervention by diplomacy. Austria resolved upon taking a decisive step,' which brought into the deliberation all the influence of a sovereign of a vast empire. Sweden entered into closer connections with England snd France, by a treaty which guaranteed the integrity of her territory. Finally, counsel or entreaties were sent to St. Petersburg from all the cabinets. The Emperor of Russia, who had inherited a situation he had not made, appear? guided by a sincere desire to put an end to the cause which hud occasioned this sanguinary conflict. He resolutely accepted the proposition transmitted by Austria. The honor or' his urn;?, once satisricd, ii was also acquiring an honor by complying with the distinctly expressed wishes of Europe. To-day the plenipotentiaries of the belligerent and allied powers are assembled tit Paris, to qcoi 1c upon the conditions of peace. The spirit of moderation arid e?-tity which animates them must make us hope for a favoiable result. Nevertheless, let us await the end of the Conferences with dignity, and let us be equally prepared, if it Phoulct t>e necessary, eirner again 10 araw me sword, or extend a hand to those who have loyally fought. Whatever may happen, let us occupy ourselves with all the menus proper to increase the power and wealth of France; let U3 draw ntil! closer, if possible, the alliance formed by a participation of glory and of sacrifice, the reciprocal advantages which will be brought into still stronger relief by peace. Let us finally, at this solemn moment for the diatinies of the world, place our trust in God, that he may guide our efforts in the sense moat conformable to the interests of humanity and of civilization. Qijg*' The Washington correspondent of the ! Philadelphia United States Gazette writes that the impression there is that Mr. Fillmore will decline his nomination for the Presidency, in view of his limited repponse given to it. Corrcupondence of the Charleston Standard. Washington, March 19, 1856. The debate in the Senate yesterday drew to- j gether an immense crowd of spectators, and the j ladies' galleries were filled with the beauty and i the chivalry of the land. The Naval Retiring J Board was the subject of comment, and Gen. Houston, whose forte is declamative and philippic, skinned the "immortal fifteen" most scientifically. His speech abounded with anecdote and rich incident, which amused, interested and delighted the I auditory?but the members of the Board, if any were present, could say as the frogs in the fable did to the boye?"it's fun for you, but death to us." It was mentioned by Gen. H. as a reliable fact?given on the authority of Commodore Skinner, that four members of the Board were in caucus some weeks before the Board were convened, and there "dotted" thirty-Jive officers on the Captain's list. The Board, it seems, only carried out the previous determination of the individuals members formed for their personal advancement. This is a new chapter in the history of this Efficiency Board. To-day Judge Douglas veplies to his colleague, Senator Trumbull, and I hazard nothing in saying that the little giant will administer a castigation to free-soil Know-Nothingism, which will be felt throughout the Union. The report from the Territorial Committee is from the pen of Judge Douglas, and as it is admitted to be the ablest document which has emadated from the Legislative Department of the Government, so will it tell with powerful effect upon the Cincinnati Convention. The chance of Judge Douglas for the Democratic nomination is fast rising above all others in spite of the able and patriotic message of the present excellent Chief iuagiBtrate. A rumor is afloat that an effort will be made to expel from the House of Representatives, the new Door Keeper, Captain Darling, of New York. In justice to truth and to a faithful officer, I take pleasure in assuring my readers that the report is without foundation, and originated with a disappointed applicant for an appointment under Capt. Darling. Had the Door Keeper complied with his demand for the place, not for himself but for another, then Capt. Darling would have been a darling of an officer. The Captain laughs at such attacks. TKn ^loanoaian nn tka TTnnona nlnAliAn iUD UlOVUQOiVU UU VUv liUlMAO VIVVIiVU case closes to-day at one o'clock, and I now predict a decided defeat of the Committee in their proposition to send for persons and papers. It is barely possible that a commission may be sent to Kansas to take testimony. I learn that the Committee on Elections have extended to the gentleman contesting the seat of Mr. Allen, of Illinois, the time for taking testimony in his behalf, and this, too, in direct violation of the present existing law upon the subject. ThiB was a new dodge, and designed to test the power of the Committee and the Ilouse in taking testimony in cases of contested elections. The action of the Committee has been called for by resolution. From the Lexington Express Extra, March 9. Arm* for Kmub Arretted. The good steamer Arabia arrived at our wharf abont sunrise this morning. Immediately on landing, a committee was despatched up town to inform our citizens that a person from Massachusetts was on board, having in his possession one hundred Sbarpe's rifles and two cannon, destined for service in Kansas, and sent forward by the Massachusetts Aid Society. This information brought together many of our most respectable and reliable citizens, when a conference was had by them with Mr. "Start," with a view of inducing him to leave the "dangerous" weapons with our citizens for safe-keeping. This he assented to, and delivered the "goods" up, subject to the requisition of Gov. Shannon, or his successor in office. The proceedings were orderly, and ?1though the determination to arrest the arms was decided, no one talked of violence. The arms were boxed up and marked "Carpenter's Tools." The discovery that they were on board was made at or below Glasgow, from a letter, of which the following is a copy, dropped by Mr. S. in the cabin, and picked up by a boy and handed to Capt. Shaw, by whom it was read aloud in the Social Hall. The passengers and officers were highly incensed at the disclosures, but no indignity was offered to the miserable disorganizes We are indebted to Wm. F. Donaldson, of Kansas?a good and true man?for a copy of the letter for which wo tender our tbankB. The letter is as follows: Missouri River, above St. Louie. Friday Morning, March 7, 1856. Weather exceedingly cold and disagreeable, but fair on the steamboat Arabia, making about foui miles an hour against the stream?writing in the cabin?about 70 passengers, some of them "Bor der Ruffians." My party consists of fonr, inclu ding self. The devils do not suspect they are "en tertaining angels unaware," and talk and sweat freely against the Emigrant Aid Society. Mj goods are so disguised that they will not be like lv to excite anv suspicion. I shall probably land at Kansas city or at Leavenworth city, near the Fort, to-morrow night, and then be within thirty miles of Lawrence. ] urn perfectly well and confident, with plenty o? money in my pocket. Can't learn anything from Kansa?. The Mississippi above the Missouri ir still closed with smooth, solid ice, and it is a very favorable circumstance that the Missouri has suddenly and unaccountably opened, as the river is in excellent order, and although we are on the first boat up, others are on the way behind us, and Kansas is in direct communication, by water, with the free States, while the wenther is too cold for the border devils to leave home on a marauding expedition. 1 say again, the sudden breaking up of the Missouri is exceedingly favorable to the free State cause. I suppose the free State Legislature assembled at Topeka this week, Tuesday, but what they did we may not know until Monday.? It is rather probable that they adjourned until summer, but they may have continued in session, and determined to "fight it out, faith," and perhaps that will be the best in the end. It is somewhat probable that I may go back to St. Louis soon, for another load of good3. I will write again as soon as I have information to communicate, and get where I can trust the Dog Postmaster. Yours, affectionately. START. The 'Carpenters' Tools" are now safely stored ! in this city. Great credit justly attaches to Captain 3haw and hi?: under officers, for the just and manly i our-e ptu?uod *>; them in this affair. Three choer? wore given the boat as she pushed off. The Interesting Condition of the Euprtn Kagenle. An occasional correspondent of the London Glebe writes from Paris, dating Wednesday, 6th instant:?From this day the Empress will not leave her fjuit of apartments. All the requisite arrangements are made, and the medical men at their posts. Paris is expecting at au^ moment to hear the salute of cannon. They have just priuted two programmes of the ceremonies to be observed, one for the birth, and the other for the baptism of any Imperial Prince or Princess. Tie rite of baptism will be performed on tbe day after the birth, in the imperial chapel, by the Grand Almoner of the Court, in presence of the curate of St. Germain I'Auxerrois, the parish of the Tuilerie6; of the 'archbishops of the Metropolitan Chapter, of the grand dignitaries of the empire. Should it be a prince, the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor will bring to him the grand cordon of the Order and the Military medal; the Grand Marshal of the Palace will take him in his arms and carry bim back to his apartments. It is seriously in contemplation to give bim the title of * King of Algeria." It appears it is certain that the Pope will be the god-father of the infant Prince (or Princes?) of the Emperor. His Holiness will probably be represented by an extraordinary envoy, unless becomes himself to Paris. The god-mother of the Imperial infant will be the Queen of Sweden. Her Majesty is cousin of the Emperor, she being the daughter of Prince Eugene, Duke of Leucbtenberg, whose sister was the Emperor's mother; and both are consequently grandchildren of the Empress Josephine. It was rumored for the tenth time on the 6th inst. that the Empress had actually been delivered, but while the report was circulating at the Bourse and elsewhere, her Majesty was driving with the Emperor in the Champs Elysees, where they were seen at three o'clock. The Paris .Voniteur of the 15th inst. contains the official announcement of the appointment of tho widow of Admiral Bruat to the post of "Gouvernante des enfans de France." It is, perhaps, necessary to explain that by this expression it is intended to refer to the prospective progeny of the^ Emperor Napoleon III. and the Empress Eugenie. President Polk's Monument st Nashville, Tenn. j On a beautiful lot in the vicinity of the Capitol stands the residence of the late President Polk.? His widow still resides here. In front of the house, j looking toward the city, you may see the modest monument, built of the native limestone, bearing the following inscriptions:? On the entablature? JAMES KNOX POLK, T? nth President of the United States; born Nov. 2, 1795, died June 15, 1849. On 1st side of the monument. The mortal remains , of JAMES KNOX POLK are resting in the vault beneath. He was born in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, and emigrated, with bis father, Samuel Polk, to Tennessee, in 1806. The beauty of virtue was illustrated in his life. The excellence of Christianity was exemplified in his death. On the 2d side? His life was devoted to the public service. He was elevated successively to the first places in the State and Federal Governments ; a member of the General Assembly; A member of Congress and Chairman of the most important Congressional Committees; Speaker of the House of Representatives; Governor of Tennessee, and P&ESIDEST OF THE United Statis. On the 3rd side there is no inscription?on the 4th is the following: By his public policy he defined, established, and extended the Boundaries of his country. He planted the laws of the American Union on the shores of the Pacific. His influence and his counsels tended to organize the National Treasury on me principles or tno Constitution, and to apply the rule of Freedom to Navigation, Trade and Industry. Foreign Minister* In Washington. A very clever correspondent of the Louisville Courier, writing from Washington, says of the foreign ministers:? Yonder, with four dapple, bob-tailed greys, is the turn-out of Mr. Almonte, the Mexican Minister. He drives at a faster gate and lives at a biger rate than any of the foreign ministers. Soon we see a dashing brace of bays; with a light uncovered wagon. In front, holding the reins, is evidently the proprietor of the establishment, while behind him sits the footman. That is Mr. Crampton, the British Minister, abont whose recall we have heard so much through the newspapers. He lives in the adjoining city of Georgetown, in no particular style, drives his own team, and subserves the interests of Her Majesty (Victoria Biginia) in a manner worthy of the crowning diplomat, which he is, and nothing more. To continue about foreign ministers, I find that they are belo v par very considerably. Not that they have nv. grace and manners and reputation and talents and all that sort of thing; bat they lack the cash, and hat is indispensable to currency in Washington society. M. De Sartiges, the French Minister, has actually been banished from this city by Hie force of fashionable will. And why? It chanced that in his odd, fanciful way. he recently called at a party given at Senator Bayard's (of Delaware) residence, and entered the parlor smoking a cigar.? He was remonstrated with concerning the impropriety, and responded that it was but an American prejudice against his conduct. The Senator gave him notice to quit, and public sentiment uniting against him, be has since absented himself from the city, save when he has had business with the 3tate department. Baron Stoeckle, the Russian Minister, likewise lives in New York. The members of the other foreign powers are but inferior nfibannoffAa Aliioflw /liflflncrniokfikln K? 1 ? I^ViaVWHQVU vtj VUCU IUU(C coats, long hair, long beards and long faces.? They hurry about with ungainly strides, and unchristian gestures, speaking in fereign tongues, and evidently, though among us, not of us. ANDREW JACKSON donelson. Parson Brownlow says it is arranged to print the name of the nominee for Vice President in the ibove style in order to make him run well. Hear him: " It has been u* ?ratood, as arranged, that Major Donelson woulu je put on the ticket with AnIrew Jackson in big letters, and 'Donelson' invisible, and then the old line democrats would think that old Hickory has come to life again." Iu a Plain Black Snlt. Amid the blazes of stars, garters, ribbons, epmlettes, and cockades, that thronged the diplonatic corner of the Hohse of Lords at the openng of Parliament was one gentleman in a plain >lack suit?the American minister Mr. Buchanan. His presence in this unadorned costume created luite a sensation and provoked severe commentsics from some of the flunkey presses of London. Punch takes off these embroidery adorera quite landsomely, remarking that although some folks night have thought that Mr. Buchanan appeared ike a crow amid a gathering of splendid fowls, -bthers were disposed to compare bim "to a wellIressed gentlemen who had chanced to look in at i masquerade." Tin 'Weddings. The editor of the New York Weekly Observer has been to a "tin wedding." If our readers will be quiet, in three minutes they shall know what a "tin wedding" is. Now, a golden wedding is the commemoration of the fiftieth return of a couple's marriage?these are scarce. The "Silver Bridal" is the friendly celebration of the twentyfifth return of the happy day. These are less sellora. A "tin wedding" is a novelty, but it should not be, for whoever reach the fifth anniversary of heir marriage ar at liberty to celebrate it. The Courier says on this occasion: " The bride and groom were presented, by relat'ves and friends in turn, with various articles of tin ware, such as are eminently useful in household economy, making together a complete set of culinary apparatus which would do honor even to a king's kitchen. " These separate ceremonies were concluded by i more formal presentation of an 'ornamental ser vice of tin,' prepared after the most approved form and fashion of silver, during which an adlress was delivered and a response given, both performances being marked with as much solemnity as the occasion could impart. At the supper, 'he table was covered with plate? and dishes only ' if tin ; bam sandwiches were laid ont against & tin background ; homely cake was served in baskets of tin; cider wna dipped from a tin pail, with a tin ladle, into tin cups: and familiar odes were performed on trumpets of tin! In fact, there could not have been more tin in any other place, except in a tinman'? warehouse or in the mi es of England. ? We were never before so thoroughly convinced of the numerous useful appliances to which it may be put, and of the highly respectable appearance which it presents when handsomely scoured; and we shall henceforth regard it, especiallv when J am:- W.JJ-? - - ?ggw??u mm ? - xiu TTcuuing, aa one of the precious metals." What the Abolitionists Want. Aletterfrom a Kansas Abolitionist, which appears in the New York Tribune, makes known their wants in the following terms: We want men and arms, not money?we want men and arms. Send U3 one thousand men well armed, with half cavalry, and a few good pieces of artillery with men to work them, and a thousand Sharp'8 rifles, and we will do the rest. No, we want yot a little more provisions for the men you send, for the condition of our people the past year has been but little favorable to agricultural pursuits; besides, the country is too new for much progress in that important branch of business.? If you will send us the men, the arms and the provisions I ask, and will make no appropriation for the army of the United States for the next year,