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<???A?? Tn?u?<.ript.] PartLMtfP0 affecting Individuals. A botWRuiai. observer in noting what xcitemraw are occasioned by our popular; elections, and the glory which seemingly bo-1 long* to tlie political sucecs.; of a candidate for o0|g! would liardlv Credit the true J tacts Iff the esse, and admit itfat the JiL>tori an in estimating the character of the jticcoes- j ful aspirant, would pay but little, regard to . the event, which nt tho tinie of itn i*cnr-; reitce, was thought of nMi tfHd iUiportnr?ce. I Xoris tlus all, for tire impartial historian, j as ho paSfe in review ?i|K>tt tlic movement?. ? of our ago, merely mentions the names of! those who wero o lev a toil to high position, while the real man of (he times, whom (Utcr generations regard as illustrious, wns'-fpeat in some vital element of character, aucTaid not occupy exalted station, tils fnroo being founded on tho native nobility of lii? qualities, his renown is imperishable." His reputation was not acquired by majorities; but his greatness was imparted bv a mighti.r h,.J . _ '. . k:. _1 unuu. tudiimuiu nv.uiigu unim auiiitic^ for they see that he was one uf the true licroeH of our race. IIo wait born great, and his pre-eminence outshines (hose who have had greatness thrust upon tlicin. \Vno,for example, ever thinks of the noble and gallant Puritan. Sir Harry Vane, *s a defeated gubernatorial candidate in the Massachusetts Colony, in 1637! Who, that reads the graphic and truthful portraiture of glorious ol.i S.unuel Adams, in llancrod's brilliant and captivating pages, remembers that the Father of the American revolution was once the defeated candidate for representative to Congress from the Suffolk Ihstrict ? And as the youthful reader pe--j ruses the lives of the signers of the Declaration of Indej?end?"nce, does lie consider that Kldrid^e Gerry lost his election to Congress at the tirst trial under the Constitution I As ^ men study the lives of Adaius and Jefferson to learn the characters of the patriots who laid deep and strong the foundations of our national greatness and prosperity, and gave ,v our country an honorable place a thong the nation*; what hilling importance is attached to the circumstances ot?the detent of each of the statesmen, whiti they were candidates tor the highest, honors iu the gift of the re-1 public) L)o not men shudder :;t the thought, hat at one time Aaron Purr Came within .two voles of being President of the United " - States. Iu looking over the catalogue of men of rare executive attainment.**, whose constructive talents'li:i\o been of .-service in aiditojr i ho mateii.il advancement <f t ho country, who thinks of enquiring how Hamilton succeedixl as a marc politician, or .inks the number of electoral votes DeWitt Clinton received' .-when ho was a sectional candidate for the "Presidency. As we look at the, long and ' eventful career of the "Old Man Eloquent" ?the last of the race of revolutionary Presidents? w ho searches among tho records of the past to learn how he run in the election i for Representatives to Congress and what States Coted for him when lie was a catidi date for re-election to the Presidency ? D.x>s! any one think that Clay, Webster and Cal-: lnmn will be eclipsed by Polk, Tyler, and ; J'ierce, in our annals, because tho last nam j ?1 were more successful, as vulgar minds' count success, than the triumvirate of Amor- i i can Statesman who never reached the high ! station they coveted. In a lofty sense, were ' not Clay. NVehster and Calhoun greater than innnv of our Presidents, and is the presence , of either of their names on the scroll ofmino 1 the result of accident of popular caprice?! In all the essential qualities of true great- i ness, do they not over-top men that were I merely lucky partisan candidates, and in j uioir peerless grandeur <io uiey not stand as \ examples to show us that "party success n?affecting individuals'is impotent when com -; pared with inborn aivl inherent personal i greatness ! Tiio diamond ij the same, wheth-1 er it sparkle in tha crown of royalty or the j cross of the pilgrim. Important Lcsal Decisica. Tun United States Circuit, sitting at Mo- j bile, Alabama, was engaged last week in ! the trial of su*s brought by the Unite 1 States j against Charles Lo Barron nnd Oeorgo N.j Stewart a* sureties on tho official h-iul of , OliveJ S. Beers, late postmaster at Mobile, to J gi. recocer.au alleged default of about ^Jd,tK)0.; The bond wasexecuted on the 1st .Inly, 1853 ' Riid^ecitnl that "who: as < 'liver S. Beers is | postmaster," &e. ?It appeared in evidence that Boers was ap-j pointed Postmaster in April, 1840. hy ther President, during tlie recess of the Senate, to ! hold his office until the adjournment of thei next session of the Seriate ; that the adjournment took place wn the 30th of September, 1 oen - a I?A *1 ? - * * * io oo ; uiiii iu in? mean lime. If) wit, on the; 22'1 April, 18o0, a new appointment of] Itoers ;w postmaster was made, l?y and with tlie advice and eonsei>t tlio Senate, for four jeans unless sooner removed l>y tlie 1 I 'resident. The Court (Jmlge Cavle prodding ruled . that tho Coverutent could not introduce ?*j proof any admissions of the defendants that, the bond was given under the now appoint-1 ment: and that no parol evidence tending to show that could be received. This tilling of: course brought up the question whether the I bond must be considered as applying to the ! new or old appointment. Aral tho Court1 decided that it did not apply to tho new appointment, and that consequently thesocusi-j tics were not liable for any defult occurring j after the date of tlv: bond. Whereupon rer diet was rendered for the defendants'. r. An Eagle Caught by a little Boy. Wk have been reliably informed that a J Isrge gray Kagio \v:w caught iu tins District' recently by h son of Mr. Daniel Ilirso* ' Vfho lives on Iveowec river a few miles above j ibis place. His Kagleship had |x>uiiced up-1 on a duck, expecting no doubt to obtain a good meal, but was surpri:?ed in his nttcmpti nt petit larceny by the lad. The Jvaglo nraaj of tfie gray specie, and measured livo feet! ihrec inches froin one tip of the wing to the' r-rhor, and had talon a e?io inch and a half in ! V ' /"h.? e * C'o?/-.Vr, w m Li ? ' J .Li. U?! \ SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE, j . ?~? Friday Morning, Fob. 3,1855. I ACJESTS#. E. W. CARRj X. W. or. of Wo|nut nnd Third-el. Philadelphia, ia our authorized Agent. A, M. PEDEN, Fnirview Iv. O.. Greenville TH*t WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. ' W. W. SMITH, Mmritjviile, Greenville I^intrict To Correspondent*. <L~ .*>n?rXete York.?The correspondence you speak of, would not interest ' our subscribers sufficient to warrant us in ! making the outlay for it. \Vo prefer an ex! elusive to a promiscuous correspondence, i ilf. ~t. C.-^As/ui'illc.?A model like the one which you sent us may be seen in ! Coder's Lady's Book for November last.? ! It is the opinion of builders that you can J construct a house much cheaper upon that plan than any other style of modern archiI texture. CONTINUED COLD WEATHER. i Sisck our hist we have been visited with ; all manner of weather. A heavy sleet with J considerable rain commenced falling on Satj unlay night, which continued until noon of I Sunday, when snow made its appearance, ' covering the bed of sleet to the depth of an ' inch or two. Since Sunday the sun has shone considerably, but much of the fleet and siiow yet remains. Our citizens are busily ' engaged in filling their ices houses. . - ??1 DEATH OF BISHOP CAPERS. j Tuts distinguished divine and bi?l?t?p of tho M. E. Church South, died at his re>t deuce in Anderson on Monday morning last,: of a disease of ili?* heart, in tho 6t)th year of; his ago. lie had been engaged in the minis-; try f>r fifty years, Slaving entered when he1 was in his nineteenth year. It may truly lx> j said, ua great niidgooJ man has fallen!"' DEATH OF A MINISTER'S WIFE. Tiii: majority of our citizens will regret < to learn the death of tho estimable wife of. Hev. A. M. FonsTKit, who was the pastor of the Methodist Church in Greenville two or three years since. Site died at Sumlervillo,: i S. O. in the o3d year of her nge. Wo re i member her well, having enjoyed her com pnny much while she resided in our village. She was devotedly attached to tho missionary cnn.se?yet ever mindful and watchful of the wants of the poor and distressed of horn*-, who never were known to be sent from her without first receiving assistance and comfort. To us she was a kind mother, never forgetting to drop a word of encouragouicnt?and showing by a continued life of prayer that her mis-ion was one of love and benevolence. The lasL sivtecii Years of her lifo she devoted, with her husband. to iton- j erant mission*, and well did lie pei form i her duty. She low "one to reap the re- ' wards of her lal?or, ami whilst we regret her departure, the many kind acts of lier life, lias hft beliintl her a remembrance hi the hearts of f; i"n?ls which \vill^?ot die. ?? ? THE FEMALE COLLEGE. Tiik exercises of this Institution will com*! tuence next Wednesday. Ample accommodations have been prepared for voting ladies j who may attend. We have no doubt that! a stillkiont corps of competent Professors i wili be engaged to take charge of the I>c-1 partmcnts, ami that no pains will be spared, i on the part of the Committee, to render everything necessary for the sticcesftfurcomplc ' lion of the building-', and making it a desir* j able School for young Indies. The teachers \ wiui hare already been engaged, and who! are notv residing on the WoHegc premises, j sue |>rf|i;irni 10 ai\'oniii)'j(iaie a ntiinucr 01 pupil.-. OUR JAIL. Thr worthy hlioiitt'of our District inform* u?, that just at the present, our jail is unocou pied by any prisoner. Whether it is an indication that the morals of our people areim-; proving or tl^^ie unprecedented season of! "Hard Time*"}* pttainiaway, wc are unable t to say. Ilowbeit, the condition of onr jail; reminds us *?f one we recently heard! of in the vrest. ft was ropurtod that, a* an evidence of the virtue and morality of tire j place, not immnto was to be J found wl\ liiu tlfo walls of tho county jail, i I "poii enquiring into the matter, it was Amndi that during tho night previous the entire' number, corniMing of fifteen or twenty, had j made good th'.-ir cseapei if our jail hoa*t? of a like freencan we know that k is j>f tl.e lalo.-t occurrence, and judging fivin thenum- , Ur which it recently contained it wilf not I remain xil-iit an J uuajritpicd for a groat ' v. T w CTi& miBSKi ^ Ki??m Courier. * Houbht A. Thompson, Esq., has associa | ted with hiia as Assistant Editor and proprii etor of his paper, Mr. F. W.. Stmmes, jr.* wlic [is introduced by Mr. Thompson as a "youug |<?^ni!eiUsn of Uient, UJMfitd education oiid industry." His d<but is graceful mid ?( welcome him i?to tlM^fratoroity of .Quills, with our hearty wishes for his promotion ! and success. * " ?j Ik* Toikrill* Caquittr. We are in receipt of the first wpy sei}t uof this ablv conducted and highly good looking sheet. It is edited by Messrs. Mkl ton <fc Miller, and supercedes tha'Mirccl! lany, which was formerly published at the ! same place. From its appcnrnnco and the known energy and talent of its editors, a I long and. useful life may bo confidently pre dieted for it. i The Ous rill e Standard, _ . ' Is ono of our most valued Georgia exchanges. Our friend Bukkk makes and excellent paper. It is shortly to commence its j seventh volume, and to contain an Original | Nouvellctte, l?y ono of Georgia's gifted daughters, Miss C. \V. Barbkr. We know ; il will prove interesting, and suggest the | Standard to any who may wish a paper : frotu that State. I Correspondence of tijc Enterprise. LETTER FROM COLUMBIA. Old College Chnprl burnt?Celebration of Calhoun?? liirth-day?Know Nothings ! ?-JBminett Guards, ??tn etc. Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 81, 1855. ! \Y. P. Prick, ISmtor ov mr. Enterprise. ( Ik- lust T'Vidnv innmiiirr rilnint. I ILm'. ? - v ?' - - * *{ I clock the iron tongue of the city alarm bell i was hoard far and near; mid the flames burbling from the cupola of the old College Chapel and "leaping into the aHhcr.blue" foretold the destruction of that ancient building around which cluster sweet memories? and glo: ions reminiscences of days gone l?y Within its walls Calhoun. Clay nntftrVcbster each in the noontide of his fame, have spoken?and there too, the voice^^^J'itfas ton, McDufkik ami Lkoauk, rang like trumpet tones. A mass of rubbish alone marks the spot \v!icre the Chapel stood tfhil the heart of many a Carolinian will be parrt-^ cd when he shall view tlloM " sad rcliques.-"* Hut the disaster did not terminate, here. The east wing of Uutlcdge College adjoining the Chapel was consumed notwithstanding the untiring efforts of the gallant firemen, aided by the students to save th$ build* iug* A heavy wind blew sparks and cinders upon it and thus rendered all efforts to save it futile. The west wing of the same College was in eminent danger but thanks to the "Independent" Fire Engine Company, tv'fij env^d Twenty-four students were deprived of their rooms by the fire. The Campus on Friday evening presented a queer spectacle, ueds, books, busts, clothing, and other "equipments" essential to the scholar were scattered about in profusion. Groups of Fresh men talkingover the "wonderful" events of the fire?dignified Seniors tracing in the "minds eye" a comparison between t ho destruction of the Chapel an^l that of empires. ? saucy Sophs telling how Professor 4^' ] "wooled" thein?while here and there a disconsolate .Junior was looking carefully for his translations and fearing they had been burnt or lost! We lenrn that the students of the College have resolved to celebrate the anniversary of CaLiiot'x's birth-day?18:h of March, bj a public oration and procession. Mr. Cjias. \V. Uovr. of Laurens, delivers the nddicss on that occasion?and judging by Ids reputation as a scholar and orator we anticipate a rich intellectual treat. Shame oil the men of Carolina, when the women must build * monument to, and llierouth nnnt'celcbraet the natal day of him, who was "the noblest ..e . - ..it ?'l Its it I i . It RCCMII4 peculiarly appropriate that LhcL fli'n novH entitled "Hard Times" should have aj')K,nrcd at this season, for every one can tell by bitter experience, whether the miseiies he detail* as resulting from said "Hard Tunes" arc poetical or imb Every One you owe, is "down on" you for the cash and those owing you can't pay for "a few day*." I>on'ty<?u pity us ! The Kinmett Guards, n new volunteer Corp* alluded to ill our last, are busily drilling, pripnmtoiy to a public parade. The uniform ia quilo ueat and tasteful. It is said that there is a Lodge of Know Nothings in our Otf;yiumbering many meinl?crs.' We, of c <urse, knout nothing about it; but can only say there i* need of them here ! You way have seen recently in several of the up-country paper* that burglaries have becoino quito frequent in Columbia* Two or liiree weeks ago, scarcely a night passed w iifUj^L^n attempt being made to break into piivatt dweffirtg* and to steal. Hy the vigilance of our aeconded l>v the citi/cv^ IT tftj ict waffflrVft^gcpt, throughout the city three or tour in ^ucoij|rf*>n add several su?]^io?i character* arrested, -?s - * >'V-Tria^ ' * j j-hm' 1 ,i,ii i,; 1??-jl?? since then nothing t*ie H,nd Has been attempted. Excuse tbese hasty letters, pot "from under a bridge'1 as Willie would say?but frona a student's desk, written when long and difdare btfbve hltfr. TVhlv your, BAYABO. - I'm th? Souhns Sobrprtit. , Man loves immortality, and 1 be question > i arises to !>MS Slinjl f live for other ages Why not! Have not more improbable' things iiimneriod i Thus soliloquises the ; ambitious fftnu at the bottom of fume's lad- J dor, whose first round he has never placed ' I his literary foot upon. 1 j Memory carries mo back some years.?; j | That day** panorama is before mo. Are I '! there friends there! Some, who arp true ; 1 j while shadows gloomy and dreadful, as the ; j dark sea of death pass in reviow-'-shades ' peer round, u; Wao:n enemy would IK5 a charetable name?forma as soulcss as ; treachery itself. There are,time* when the stream* of adversity run over ua deep and cold, when the heart looks round for friend11 ship and sympathy and finds none; when ! the blighting, withering frost* haajsmitton ' the garden of the heart. Chill penury may bear us down, the world i may pass on with indifference, all common friends may grow cold, but should one loved 1 j and trusted heart cling faithfully to us, this i j ia amends for all. Should that ofte prove ! j false, then poor man ia a wreck, without the ' i lovo aud the help of his Father and bia Owl. j And so we must trust. Itut is there no doom j for the treachery of false friends?no re- i | ward for hy poor icy?no justice heart- j ilessncss? Shall all these live niniprosf?cr, I while there is a Heaven, a Judgment and a God ? We may brave ill furtuns and want ?wc may stand amid perils Jindbtisnflict? ; we may survive the disastrous battle, the j famine, and the prstiletu-Oy^Jfi who can withstand the trencliery,oPfijftHse frien?fi? i I Even the Son of i I had one friend, at! the time alluded faithful ! friend. VY e toil1 togetl^r, i and we will no]s and auf- ; (cring*. Malfs land, he may help ' needed-;^^^i^^MBS^Ej^ndh-ss 1 res > a all riKiuk^^^lwiOBfe^M Klk'i ' j although'' 1 it is not j in i the i>e/>|di%ihftiygffll^^^^^^^^ : atnhitiot) 1 every place a lOMlticjygVflgS I who keep-up a making war upq])^0^4^j|3HB||^Dy^B |>itilo>oj?hic o!.hrc H-oii^(jyw>r?*m iit^did 1 as tW g^ive, to wj v^iili a sniK.-uiiij^ii'jUH'.tJglii tjiflil she "feel*: alarmed at kuvtiop Mvhinny unconverted in?Mi j in tlio church." N<?r u it evcrjTplace that j would fitul,*ajd ugtjiibcrs following their old J habits in less than fix iijs&ilhdi^ Yet we might find a place remarkable for gtxnl niprnhs w'th much of sanctified hypnc* ! ricy in it, the member* of whoso church** < are nlw&V* ready to do battlo in the CAiue : of orthodoxy, ready to put down Catholicism : with the. strong hi in of the law, and all other ' heresies by tlio strong arm of ibo Churchy w ith a little aid from civil codcdom when the ? !.-? - I'- . 1 *- - ? na* ?>xuau*u'u uer strength. ?,ven ( ' in such n place the Christian or Campbelliie j j church-member* may l*o considered outsiders, ' and not sufficiently orthodox to be noticed ' i when the prayer-rootling* nrf passing the J rounds from church to church, the oominon ( property of ail the orthodox churches and ! praying j>e??plc. Kven in such a place we , j might Hud tonic demagogue* in politic*, some api.-it mppors, a Know Nothing hole, , and perhaps a den of land pi rutin?a large ' j supply of Hitch thirounry as Honorable*, ? i Judge*, Generals, (Joloiwls.CaptmrisJyjuires, } ' Me., also a sufficient number of new banks, i mutual loan nMoelathnw*?sliow.\ concerts, i j soirees, and one-horse traveling institutions i of every order, class and sex, from the organgrinder and monkey up to tho big n?an, and t'r< >111 tho Indian ball play to the fat gal; .all tiioso in stieli a place might Ins found, with a good deal of Jimnbuggery in general. VOX. IxuutaaUr C. //-, S, C, WhatNkwki-m-?(w Cvst. ?Tlio people vt tboJ-l?jjpn "pendifi ^ newspapers TlA/)O^,<W0, or woitM, if tbey all pair tkfh' * $7 t > - t T""*' ** r ' ' k 'U/ y v SyOfn^P* flpWjg} , ARRIVAL jf THE PACIFIC. TlIE 07. Alt ACQ^rW TI|K COJtt>J*lON?. r HOOTnJTlS^^ Tin-: pmxefpALrnES INVA^F*^ C APTt'RE or ItfVhfCHA AKT) BVl.APAflll. TttO Operations before fifebastopoi. AXOTUKK SORTIE, ^VEEPULSE OF TEX RUSSIANS. THE ALLIANCE JOINED BY SARDINIA. iW-V v. - . ' -..V .." y,% LOSS OF THE SHIP GEORGE CANNING. Improvement lu Cotton. SLIUHT DKCJLlXJi IX RRKAD8TVFF8. New York, Jan. 25. . The American mail steamer Pacific arrived here this morning with Liverjiool dates to tlm I3tli imL. mut ww!f I:iLnr tJinn former advices. Jler news is of the. greatest interest and importance. The Czar lias uneon?litiona1ly accepted the four guarantees, but bis sincerity is doubted. Hostilities continues unchanged. Sardinia has joined the Western powers. Till fcASTKItM QCKSTION*. The eastern question hns assumed an en- i tircly new and most important plinse. The ' Czar has accepted not only the four points of the guarantee, but n!so the interpretation thereof, ns explained by England, France and Austria; hot no artnistiee lias been grmitod, and consequently hostilities continue unabated. ; It is ycV doubtful whether Russia's said acceptance is unconditional, or accompanied with important explanations. Thcimmedi ate effect of the intelligence was to raise Con-' sols 2 per cent., but afterwards the market fell off. Prussia has claimed to take a share in the negotiations, but declines for the present to increase her ariuy. Qronr Pacha has gone to the Crimea apd the Russians have recrossed the Danube, invaded the Dobrudscha and retaken the cities of Tullscim and Baladagfr The seige of Sebaatopol was unchanged up to the 2nd although there linve been repeated minors of its capture. Tlio reported invasion of tho Dobnidscha is perhjqw doubtful. ^ l he Imet George Canning wn? lost in the Elbe and it was supposed 100 lives .were lost. SECOND DESPATCH. Tlio reported loss of the liner, George Cantfing, from New-Yorjc for Hamburg, is eon^injcJ. nnd it is suppo-scd that nil on board, khminolOOp,lingers, perished. The pahaggugo from the wreck, BaT l>euiv washed ashore near llelingohitul, &Bfch is aUethat is really known of her. ^fl^Des^WOch from llrnilow, January Oth, ^^kifTlic Hnssinns have crossed llie l>.wiul>e B?S?v:n!,-,! (lie Dobrudscha; and have takKf&ifczrlm and Daladagh. &nlik Pacha NflBftp.^uftfJlia as long as possible. f^^Efijir^ad answered the demand of Ant-1 5"; RSwlJ.u), rcorganh&tion of the ^Prussian ' to do aoiijpresenj. siogo'^l' Sehjistopf >!, the Hfeflr^hd^pa'tl'lr.publishecl by the Krit-j * K?n<?<^>hhn.ces only, that which i received via St. Peters- ' ' K^feh fr;un Mensehikotf, dated Jan-1 &.. toys nothing new bad occurred. 'jHHp1 Uwsiafr continued to annoy the allies wBgiitalics, in one of those they had French prisoners. The weather i ^Hvrhiliies we?e about constructing a rail-1 ^flrthon) llahiklava to the camp. The ftre j t" th^jOhfcy^ilwiued, but very feeble, and ' causes soflrrrW^Ay damaged The sickness in the allies' eaV^w.as on the increase. The llussnui garrison were contructiug a bridge of boafr to connect the city of Sevan topm with ijy? forts on ibc north ?ido of the !: arbor. lto)>orU were in circulation nt Paris, on the tho I 9i4?, that Sevastopol, hud fallen, but the report did tj^t gain general belief. Omar Pacha embarked on the first for Balukluva, having, takenr steps to Wing a force of 60,000 men and sixty gun* into the Crimea. Ten thousand Turks iiad already landed at Eupatoriu. Prince Menschikoflf is reported to have called in all hi* douched corps. General Ottensacken was watching tho movements of tho Turks at Eupatoria, the garrison at which placo was being augment* ed- , y The fifth or aixth of January was looked upon as the time when the assault of Sevas* tojiol would take place, Odessa letters of tho 24th mention that ou someday* there had bean a dearth of sup*, plies at Sevastopol. Another tem|>e?t had occurred on the Black Sea, causing some disaster*. Three ships of the British fleet suffered sonic da?nORKAT BRITIJUC Various minor# nro afloat in regard to, changes in too t'abinet, but thejr were ri?4 regarded tl* reliable. . On the 12th the Liverpool and* Anieri.-nn Chamber ufOtmnnerco presented an address to Lord Klgin, complimenting lilnt for tlio part he had token in negotiating the reciprocity t n-nty. Lorti IS. made a speech on the occasion. ^ The pmffipil mediation of the United I States In thifM-Wient dilflcultiea excited intldi I era attention than might have been expected. The London Time* treirta tho qttcstk n with great eandor and fhirtieM; and uibmHs tliat the United fttntvn tnfat allow that rfuch an offer of mediation vf\f\y be dncihwd in anV speei-il'cmc and no d?rc?pect be implied, ft * "*> f * * ' ' , I ^|^tottpeic)r reviewed 1?*^^<ie}Huent of . j|he Imperial Gtumi on the 0th, previous to J heir embarkation for ti??-Uri?nea. e -A miiiQf wn* in orculatton tlmt the Emperor of Itwshin hnd 5ettt an autograph letter I l^fiolsmperor uf Franco, tnnking propositi for peace. 1 eeriM^x.T I A terrible inundation from tho Kibe, occurred on tho 2d. Tho dmiiagQ at Ham- ? burg wan estimated at about 40j000,j000 mark*. In Hanover much damage vtk$ done and many live* lost. [ The French army of occupation Hi tlie Ro- * man fttatca, fc* riot to txy^dtieod below 35,00a men., - . V >?.:*;.? .t - Letters from Vienria nay the convention between Austria and Franco for seeming the tranquility of Italy luu not been signed, nor will it be until the treaty of Decrtnber aV??tl -~?.n : -M1- - * ?* \ on fc in <im vuciitnu numuce octween the powers named. The conduct of Prussia and the Germ** States was still equivocal. Tl!r. VKUY lAflKT?fcY TKLKGItAflt Paris, 10 o'clock, P. M., Saturday. A courier h.vl just arrived from Bucharest, and confirms tho account that the war Mi tin- l>;i:iu!?e liiul recommenced. TheRnasinns in fore? had crossed the river nbovo Tularin, defeated the Turk* and took th? town. When tbmhitriiigence left, they weri marching on to w^hin?- The Austrian* do nut interfere. These rcjHjrts eal^jjt^me constematioir. LATER FROM cl^TOBNIA. AUIIIVAL OF GEORGE LAW. ~ ? .? .... More Good?Storm at San Francisco?Depression in the 3fininy Int(rest?Scarcity of Rain?Sacranunto to be Capital of State.?Safety of the Falcon. K?w York, January 25i. The steamer George Law arrived, her* about O.t o'clock this morning, with the California mails of tho 1st instant, and $r,25l,000 in gold. The news by this nrrivul is unimportant^? There had been no rain until tho day theft earner sailed, when a tremendous storm pro-railed. Tlie Panama Railroad wilt probably beformally opened onthelO'.h Kebuarv. Tlie storm on the let inst., did nihch daiuago at San Francisco. It was nioro severe than nuy storm expeiienced silicr 1862. ThcVlepre-rion of tfm mining hrteierts for want of rain was iu*verely felt. The interior miners were doing no l?nsine>*. The Supreme Court of California declares Saorrtmenio to bo the Capital of the State. The State Legislature was to meet on the 7th in>t. The on!v question of imi?oriAiH'e ^ was the election of a'successor to Mr. Gwi'n in the U. S. Senate. Mr. (?win and Broder: *k were the principal candidates. The dry season had s?nou*||* affected the mercantile community, and prices bad given way a Irtthh The sujpply of gold from the interior was limited, and tho drain was severely felt. . . The raiiis of the 1st inst., hod given fresh hop**, and it was thought business would revive. A large quantity of earth was prepared for rnin in the dry diggins. rtnd the indications were favorable to Ore miners commencing active operntidn*, thus influencing business throughout the State. 8AFJtTV Of TUtS STRAMKR FAUCON. v Tue George Law brings tho pleasing in- Myjl teHigence that the steamer Falcon Is safe.? She left Aspinwall on the afternoon of tho 16th for New York, via Havana, without . passengers* to be laid up. Th? steamer Ml Dorado will take J^er place. Eccogaition of Woman's Bights In thtj Not* York Legislature Mr. IlaU ha* introduced the following bill relative to tlis right* of married women : Kr.c. 1. Any married woman whoso husband, either from drunkemiev^'ptofiigacy, or from any other cause, shall neglect or refuse to provide for her support and education of her children : and any married woman who J .--1 i? .....J w uwvrn-u uy MPT nuj-u..nd, ?]irN havo the right in her own name, to transact but- * iness and to roceiv? and collect hejfown earnings and the onrniri^s of heir own minor children, and apply the same for her own support and the support ?i?d' education of witch children, ?W itrSi tua Oiiiiwu'i ?iud jiiterfereuce of her hunhand, or of any person claiming tho same, or claiming to be released from the same hy or through her busbar d. -5 8kc. 2. Any man ted woman, whoso m huahnnd ninth neglect or refund to provide or who shall abandon his wile and chfTTOen, may bind Vno their minor * at im<l criviiln ? 1 ...... .f, ..j.;"ViUlfC*ll>|) in u?fr Mine tmniner nnl to the *am? extent as hor bnxbnnd could di>. / *y ? Sue,3 Hereafter it bo iKvessArjr to thevnliJity of every indenture of upfiroiitieeehlpexecuted bytho father, flint' the'mother dlt fbh child, if nfie b? living with het lwtsband, nil, in writing1, con*>nt to awih indentures. >Cor nhnl) Any np}>ointment of a general u uArdiun of the |?eriH>t? of a child by the father Inj vulid, ui?lo?* lit* mother .Of auch chihl ii'.dnj Imj with the husband, ^ J ahull, in n^j|p cobnut to such r.j?p?intl'Anv-C^lt, A young ..IMj, no (Hxty-* ?ay*, wboao rtnroe wt^a?y3fthvg addr<?e-. ed by a Mr. Qako nested Him on eondK tionthnt l?o would change hi* name, hogging that ho nwmld Wver e^went to bo dw - < ' *