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THE TEXAS SUN.
EDITOR.
SATURDAY, MARCH SI, 1855.
Circulation.— The Texas Son eom-
MMiiñlkAiimlit¡ait( eight hundred,
with afairprospect of its increasing to several
An—üJ daring 1855.
It is the largest paper published on the
Brazos river.
Subscribe* who wish to make changes in
the adirsss rf their papers, will save as
good deal ef trouble by naming the Post
Office te which their pepenare then sent.
Being fully convinced from the past three
months' experience of the inefficiency of lo*
eal agents for newspapers, we have conclud-
ed to dispense with the useless form of pub-
lishing a fist of these functionaries. Here-
after, the Sun will rely solely upon its merits
for an increased circulation and patronage,
and will have no authorized agent in any of
the Northern cities.
Change in the Texas Son Company.
Wm. E. Kendall having disposed of his
interest in the Texas Snn, is no longer lia-
ble or responsible in any way for the acts of
said company. The present editor of the
Sun now owns said Kendall's interest. T.
H. & 6. W. McMahan have also disposed
of their interest in said paper. The follow'
ing persons now own the said McMahans'
interest, and constitute the Texas Sun Com-
pany.
R. H. Rawlings. J. S. Sullivan.
J. 11. Herndou. J. S. Duval!.
Wm. G. Foote.
Meeting of the People.
A meeting will be held next Saturday
at the Court House in Richmond, to appoint
delegates to represent Fort Bend county in
the Huntsville Convention. A full attend-
ance is desirable, as the meeting will be
called upon to express its preference in re-
gard to State and Federal candidates.
Important.
On and after the first day of April, 1855,
no letter will be forwarded through the mails
unless postage is paid in advance. Under
3,000 miles, 3 cents; over 3,000 miles, 10
cents. Postage on foreign mail matter as
heretofore. Our «business men had better
comply strictly with this law.
" Galveston Must Help XJa"
The Galveston News has replied to our
article under the above head, in an editorial
of enormous length. Our sedate, practical
and dignified cotemporary thus commences
" The fanciful imagination of our cotempo-
rary of the Sun, picturing trade on the wing,
and threatening to take flight for Lavaca,
had been better applied to plain facts, show-
ing what is wanted to be done, the means
required, and how the means are to be
raised." In the concluding paragraph of
its reply, we find the following language :
" These remarks are not made with any
view to decline the Sun's proposition, for,
on the contrary, we say it should meet, and
we think it will meet with a hearty response
from our citizens." Is there not some in-
consistency involved in these two extracts
from the News ? But we will not dispute
about trifles with our rcspectcd cotemporary,
and feel sorry that we placed too low an es-
timate upon the aid heretofore rendered by
our Galveston friends. They may have done
more for the Harrisburg road than we are
aware of. But as the News stickles so much
Jbr facts and figures, why did 'nt it tell us
how mueh the Galrestonions had done 1
The News wishes to know what we want
with the $20,000. We want it to complete
the Harrisburg road to Richmond city.—
$25,000 is required to bring the cars here.
The citizens of Richmond and Fort Bend
county, have subscribed already most liber-
ally to this work, and will now subscribe
the additional sum of $5,000 to complete the
road. .Will Galveston subscribe the balance,
payable in monthly instalments from now
till the first of October next? We hope
■he will; and we again ask the press in Gal-
veston to advocate this subscription. Help
us to complete the road to this city, and you
will have crops rolled upon your wharves
next fall that you have never had the handling
of heretofore. This subscription will be no
committal on your part to any general sys-
tem of internal improvements. We know as
well as you do, that Galveston cannot build
railroads. We but ask you to assist in com-
pleting one which will immediately throw
into your lap an immense trade. If you
cannot perceive how it - completion will ben-
efit your city, we do not ask one red cent
from you for this road.
The Sun's Prospecta
In order to prevent any misapprehensions
en the part of our numerous patrons, rela
tive to the change recently made in the Sun
Company, we make an expose of the matter
for the benefit of all parties.
Mr. Kendall and the Messrs. McMahan
though no longer acting members in our
company, so far as pecuniary liabilities are
concerned, are yet warm friends of the en-
terprise and will continue, as heretofore, to
uae their influence in its behalf. We indi-
vidually, bought the interest of one of the
parties, feeling confident from the past ap-
preciation of oar efforts, that the investment
of more capital as well as the putting forth
of more energy on our part, will not, in the
end, prove unprofitable. We did not come
to Richmond to remain a day or a year but
to spend a life-time, whether it prove long
or short. Up to this time we have conducted
the Sun according to our own taste; and
to those who know us personally, it is un-
necessary to say, that we will not depart
from.this course in the future. As far as we
know, we have given entire satisfaction to our
readers. It is true that three papers out of
our numerous exchanges, have found fault
with ourself and the management of the Sun.
[generally; but we .never hoped or attempCe*
to please ev ery body. The Sun is not pub-
lished for the benefit ef edit* , bet for tie
people; and while we would he pleased for
the Sun to move harmoniously around the
■mailer luminaries in the Texas newspaper
firmament, we, at the same time entertain
the belief that the interposition of such bod-
ies will neither hinder the Sun in its course,
nor cause it to deviate from its prescribed
orbit. Rant, fume and rage, gentlemen, for
straws show which way the wind blows.-
To the gentlemen occupy ing editorial chaira,
(and there are many in Texas,) we tender
our compliments, and promise a continuation
of all the courtesies that gentility and good
breeding may suggest.
Virginia Politics.
The Nnow Nothings of Virginia recently
assembled in Winchester and nominated the
following ticket:
Thos. Stanhope Flournoy, of Halifax
county, for Governor; Jas. M. H. Beale,
of Mason county, for Lieutenant Governor;
and John M. Patton, of Richmond City, for
Attorney General.
Each of these gentlemen has represented
his district in Congress. Mr. Flournoy is a
Whig. The other two are Democrats.
From our knowledge of Virginia, we believe
that Wise is doomed to be beaten. He was
a Whig in 1840 and took the stump for Har-
rison, The other nominees of the Staunton
Convention were also Whigs in '40. Under
these circumstances, the nominees of the
Staunton Convention have scarcely any ad-
vantage over those nominated at Winchester.
We are sorry to see such a state of things in
the Old Dominion. Heretofore, Virginia
has been admiringly gazed upon by the poli-
tical tyro, as the polar star in the Demo-
cratic constellation. She has never given a
Whig vote. Harrison came within
than 1300 votes of carrying the State. This
was Virginia's nearest approximation to
Whiggery. But alas! the political times are
now sadly " out of joint" in the land of
Washington and Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe. Unworthy standard-bearers have
gotten possession of the Democratic flag,
and we fear that it is destined to trail in-
gloriously in the dust. Truly, at this time,
Virginia presents a most humiliating spec-
tacle to the old Democrat who sat at the
feet of Jefferson and heard him propound
truths which have since become the political
axioms of the government.
Shelton F. Leake, the opponent of Wise
in the Staunton Convention, ought to have
received this nomination. Having read law
under Jefferson, he would have been a good
exponent of the principles of the immortal
statesman. The Democratic party of Vir-
ginia ¡sunder greater obligation to Leake for
party service, than to any other living man.
Though nursed in the lap of poverty, yet
by his genius and close application, he has
rison to position and independence, and his
quiet submission to the means used to defeat
his nomination in Staunton, adds but another
leaf to the green chaplet of honors which
already encircles his brow.
School Masters Wanted.
When we left Virginia, a young gentle-
man requested us to advertise for a situation
for him. We did so, and in less than one
month we liad received seven applications
for his services—all from responsible plan-
ners, offering from $400 to $700 salary. At
this moment we could supply half a dozen
teachers with pleasant and lucrative situa-
tions, provided we were assured of their
assessing proper qualifications. This speaks
well for Western Texas, and shows that
what is published in the Sun is read by our
planters. We are glad to know that such
a demand exists. It is a striking indication
of the spirit which actuates the planting
community. They are unwilling to rely
upon the school fund, though it now amounts
to upwards of four millions of dollars—half
of which sum is in our State treasury and
the remainder in good lands which are daily
increasing in value. We would be glad to
furnish good teacher with good situation .
Periodicals.
The Southern Literary Messenger for
March is upon our table. To a man of any
pretensions to literary taste, the Messenger
is a most welcome visitor. It should be in
the hands of every scholar in our State,
being worth to him, in our opinion, five
times the subscription. See its prospectus
in our advertising columns.
The March number of Graham is receiv-
ed. It is very Wasliingtonion this month,
containnig three different engravings of
the father of his country," and Graham is
just what he professes to be—anti-sectional.
Edinburg Review for January, is received
from Leonard Scott & Co., 79 Fulton st.,
New York.
Also, the London Quarterly Review, from
the same publisher. See the advertisement
in another column of these Reviews. They
contain the cream of the most gifted minds
in old England, and are re-published in
America by Scott & Co.
We acknowledge the receipt of six sheets
of new music from Firtb, Pond & Co.,
Franklin square, N. Y. The following are
the names of the pieces: Love Song; the
Will o' the Wisp; the Black Bird Quad-
rilles ; the Shanghai Polka, aud Foster's
Melodies. These pieces are gotten up in
the most superb style, and can be had at J.
S. Tail's book store in Houston.
Nicholas is Dead.
The Northern papers confirm the tele-
graphic report of the Emperor's death. We
write no eulogy on this ooeasion, for it illy
becomes an American to write approvingly
of a despot, though that despot slumber in
the silent oity of the dead. Our object now
is merely to take a glance at the status belli
of the European powers, and to consider the
chances for peace, resulting from his death.
It is a fixed fact that the people of the
United States are getting tired of this war;
that they are begiuning to realize the truth
that wan are unprofitable, if not disastrous,
to even " lookers on in Venice," and that it
would prove highly beneficial to the eotton
planter for the soldiers in the Crimea to re-
turn to their looms and spindles in merrie
old England- Will the Caar's death pro-
duce this effect ? We think not. Alexan-
der the second, the eldest son of Nicholas,
is now thirty-seven yean old and rules the
Kremlin. His younger brothers had already
fought valiantly in their father's cause, in-
spiring the drooping spirits of the soldiers
in the Crimea with new energy by their
presence. The Emperor's Ministen too,
for some time past, have been most indus-
triously engaged in preparing and concen-
trating materiel of war for a vigorous Spring
campaign. The Czar's death under such
circumstances, almost renden it imperative
upon the Son to prosecute the war.
It is a problem difficult of solution with
many men wiser than ourself, whether
America should sympathise with Russia or
the Allied Powen in this, as yet almost
equal contest. Whether Russia is right in
claiming the protection of Wallachia and
Moldavia, is doubtful; but there can be no
doubt of her being in the right so far as
France and England are concerned. Admit
the justice of this interposition on their
part, and the day is not far 'distant which
will witness their appearance on this side of
the Atlantic, in defence of Cuba, Mexico or
lome South American province. From an
examination of this subject in all its phases
we think that Russia should have our sym-
pathies, and that it would be for the good
of this country ultimately, for Russia to set-
tle with the Allies the question of their
right to interfere with the affairs of another
nation.
Suspension of Mills.—It is again cur-
rently reported here that R. & D. G. Mills,
of Galveston, have failed. We do not be-
lieve one word of it, and would be glad to
see the man who originates these reports
hung by the neck till he is dead. To show
the sincerity of our belief that there is no
truth in the report of the failure of Messrs.
Mills, we will now receive any notes endor-
sed by them, in payment of dues to the
Sun Office. We hope the fearful will fork
over to ub those detestable (?) notes on the
Northern Bank of Mississippi.
San Felipe Post-Offlce.
When we commenced publishing the Sun,
we sent fifteen copies of it to the above
post-officl. On the 1st of February, we
received a letter from the San Felipe post-
master, ordering a discontinuance of six of
the said fifteen copies. We took the six
names off of our books, as we have done,
so far, and intend to do hereafter, with every
one who returns our paper. About a fort-
night after, we were informed by Mr. Vos-
burgh that he had never authorized the post
master to return his paper, and that he still
wanted it sent to him. His name was again
put on our books. To-day, we received a
message from Mr. Stubblefield, inquiring
why the Sun was not sent to him as formerly,
as he still wished the paper. We did not
stop these papen of our own accord, but
because the post master ordered them to be
stopped, both of their names being included
in the six referred to. We knew that both
of these gentlemen were respectable, inde-
pendent planters, and both able and willing
to pay the Sun's subscription. Though ap-
pearances indicate a wrottenness in Den-
mark, yet we sincerely trust that our friend,
the San Felipe post master, has not taken
offence at anything we have published.—
Nous Verrons.
Post Offices.
P]
we hold ourselves under no obligations to
pay attention to letters on buisness not
stating the names of Post Offices, as requir-
ed under the head of "Terms." When a
man writes and says." change my paper to
post-office," without telling us what
his present post-office is, we throw his letter
under the table, without futher trouble.
When an "Advocate" comes back to us
through the post-office marked " refused,"
without stating the subscriber's post-ffice, we
throw it down and forget it. Our reason is
this: we wonld have to hire a man to do
nothing else but run over all the names in
our mail-books for the benefit of these negli-
gent individuals—which we cannot do.—
Christian Advocate.
The Sun's subscribers are respectfuly in-
formed that our large circulation compels us
to pursue a precisely similar course.
Visit to Mr. Clay by a Young Mer-
chant of Baltimore Daring his
Last Illness.
It was while Kossuth was in Washington,
and an exciting session of Congress, then at
its height, I determined to go down there
and see the lions of the day, but more es-
pecially to meet once again the great Henry
Clay. Well, I found upon my arrival that
Mr. Clay's bad health had caused his doc-
tor to forbid strangers from visiting him,
and then I determined to seek some influen-
tial man, and by my entreaties gain admis-
sion to the sick patriot's room. Upon more
mature deliberation I resolved, however, to
address Mr. Clay a note, which I did, solic-
iting an audience with him " for one mo-
ment only," to rest my eye upon the great
commoner. This note I gave to the office
clerk at the National Hotel, but he said that
his orders were positive, that Mr. Clay
should be kept quiet on that day.
My friend Sansbury, then an attache of
the National, however, came to my aid, and
I despatched my note on its mission. The
waiter returned with the reply that Mr.
Clay would see me the next day, at one
o'clock. Yon may think it a weakness in
me, but I assure you that when I received
that message I felt alarmed at what I had
done. That I, a boy, of " three and twen-
ty years," should have proceeded so far,
and was in reality to be, by appointment in
the presence of Mr. Clay within twenty-
four hours, can you wonder that I shrunk
from the interviews ?
Well, the next day came, and when I
handed my card to my waiter of the day
before, I was again met by the assurance
that it was nseless, for on that morning Gen.
Cass and Kossuth had desired an interview,
and had been refused. As I did not expect
to create that excitement in the good old
man's chamber that they should, I still had
mpes of my success, and waited the reply
to my card. In a few moments I was told
that " Mr. Clay would be pleased to i
me." I went te his room door, and I have
thought since that no event in my life so
completely filled my mind with that peen-
Bar sensation that men have described when
in a moment of^great import they have se
pass in their agitated mind all of the prom-
inent events of life.
In one moment more I was in the room—
alone with Henry Clay. That feeling
rushes back on me now. What had I to
say I What was the purpose of my visit!
I was confused, and while hesitating in my
approach, 1 cast my eye on him, " the no-
blest Roman of them all," seated near the
fire with his wrapper thrown around him,
and in response to my glance, be gave that
smile of welcome which, while it gave his
countenance new life, imparted to me the
assurance of my kind reception. I approach-
ed him, and when he Baid, " My son I am
glad to see you," I was relieved ofallfean
and felt as though I saw one whom I had
known long before. When I then revealed
to him the object of my visit, he said, '
am really glad to see you, sir; you are wel-
come, you are welcome." Even in those
few words his voice failed, his cough com-
menced, and when he was relieved from it
he gave to me the too striking assurance
that soon we must mourn a nation's loss.
I said to him that I had distinctly stated
in my note that I desired only a moment with
him, and would retire, but he pressed me
to remain. He spoke to me of Christopher
Hnghes, Esq., and Wm. Schley, Esq., and
other Baltimoreans, and appeared in his
conversation to be conversant at least with
the standing of many of our prominent cit
izens. He asked me then of myself, and
never, never can I efface from my memory
his appearance when I told him that at
home I had a widowed mother, whose only
earthly support I was. The good old man
the gallant Henry Clay, said : " Be kind to
our old mother, watch her declining years,
e unto her a dutiful son, and when she
sleeps in death you will feel your reward."
The conversation continued, and I fear-
ing that it might be productive of bad ef-
fect upon his almost prostrate system, more
than once arose to leave, but he pressed me
to remain. He said, " Sir, this interview
gives me pleasure, because as a stranger
you are the representative of a large class
of the American people, who acknowledge
day by day a claim I have upon them,
which I cannot to this time understand. On
my table I have now a score of letten re-
ceived this morning, a large majority of
which are from those whose names I have
never before beard. They are letten of
sympathy and medical advice, but while
feeling their kindness, yet I must trust
alone to my kind physicians here.'* I said
to him that on the return of spring we all
hoped that his health would be improved
and his system invigorated by its gentle
weather. He replied, " No, sir, I can never
go home again alive; I cannot hope for that;
but I wish once more to address the Senate."
Then his eye lit up, his face looked as I had
not seen it before, and his whole frame ap-
peared as though new life bad been given
to it.
Soon I arose to leave and asked him if
could sen e him in Baltimore. He told
me that he was attended to in Washington
in so faithful a manner, that every want was
anticipated, and every attention shown
him. He spoke of the kind attendance of
Mn. Calvert, and said that away from home
he could not be more advantageously lo-
cated. I felt a desire to serve him, and he
read my sincere wish, for previous to my
leaving he requested me to procure him
some Malaga grapes in Baltmore, of which
he was very fond. I promised him I would
and extended to him my hand at parting.
He reached forth his, and rising from his
seat, placed his left hand on my head, and
said, " My son, God bless you, be a kind
son to your old mother, good bye, take my
blessing with you, good bye.
These were his words exact, and precise-
ly as uttered, and I assure you they will
never be forgotten. I was too. full for utter-
ance. I endeavored to thank him but my
tongne was palsied, and I retired, my face
still beholding his till 1 left that room, and
even now, when memory leaps over inter-
vening matter, I feel the majesty of his last
look.
I came home and sent him the grapes.—
Philip R. Fendall acknowledged their recep-
tion, for Mr. Clay was too ill to do so, and
I have now that acknowedgement, and I
have more, for I have from James B. Clay
present, and inscribed on it are these
words: Presented to by James B
Clay, it having belonged to his father, Hen-
ry Clay, of Kentucky. That gift is the
identical portfolio used by Henry Clay in
the Senate up to the time of his death, and
bears in many places the fac simile of his
autograph. I have now that relic, and it
takes its own true position in my parlor, the
most attractive of all things, a testimonial
from the son and executor of our greatest
statesman to one not so great a souvenir, but
one who never can forget the incident which
he now relates to you. A. B.
[Baltimore Sun.
The Bounty Land Bill
This bill, which has received the signa-
ture of the President aud is now a law, con-
tains the following provisions, as condensed
by the Louisiana Courier: It gives to all
who have been engaged in military or naval
service, including regulan, volunteers, troops
of any State or territory, mustered into the
regular service, and all others paid for their
services by the United States, since 1790, a
certificate entitling them each to one hun-
dred and sixty acres of the public land, or
if they have already received a certificate
for a less quantity they shall be entitled to
a certifiicate for such quantity of land as
will make up, with what they have already
received, one hundred and sixty acres.—
This grant is not to be made to any deserter
or to one dishonorably discharged. It ex-
tends to wagoners and teamsters who have
been regularly engaged in the transporta-
tion of supplies and stores for military pur-
poses. The second section secures this cer-
tificate to the surviving widow of one enti-
tled to receive it, if she is a widow at the
time of making the application notwith-
standing an intervening marriage; also, to
those who were, at the time of the passage
of this act, minor children of one deceased
«and entitled to a certificate, and where there
is no widow claimant. A service of four-
teen days, or engagement in battle, and in
all cases reliable and recorded evidence of
service are necessary to establish a right to
a laud certificate. Indians are included in
the provision of this act, aud all former
bounty land laws are made to exteud to
them the same as to whites; also, the offi-
cers and soldien of the Revolutionary war,
their widows or minor children. The ben-
efits of the act extend to all who were en-
gaged in the battles of Plattsburg, King's
Mountain, Niokojack and Lewistown, and
to all the chaplains who served in the army
in the several wart.—Gal. Times.
aa
At the risk of being thought tedious,
again recur to this subject. Rich as it it
manuscript and print, beantiful as it has been
by fancy orations, sit on until nearly smoth-
ered by conventions; yet the laminating
reflection remains, that nothing baa been
done, and that apparently, we are ao far aa
ever from accomplishing our objects. And
why is it ? have we ceased to desire, or to
feel the want of railroads. No, as far from
this, what was at first a wish—a desire, is
now a necessity—an absolute necessity, and
felt to be so by every citizen throughout the
State. Ask the ship agent, whose consigned
vessels lay idly at our wharves. Ask the
commission merchant who is so anxiously
awaiting those consignments which the plan-
ter would so gladly make to liquidate his
indebtedness. Ask the planter, now de-
spondingly putting in another crop, while
the last lays useless on his hands, and in
many cases badly damaged; ask any one
but those plague spots of society, the three-
per-cent-a-month shylocks, (who foresee that
with the introduction of capital which would
so surely and speedily follow, their " occupa-
tion's gone,") and all, all will say Texas is
a great country—a glorious country—but
she must have railroads. If then all admit
and feel this necessity, why has nothing
been effected. Have the proper efforts been
made ? Some will say yes; we have offer-
ed large- bonuses in lands, enough surely to
induce capitalists to invest their means, if
any inducement could be offered them. We
say no, emphatically no! What we have
begged othen to do for us, and offered to
pay them too, liberally for doing, we ought
to do ourselves.
What! with two millions in our treasury
—without debt, (or one now provided for)—
with the cheapest government and lightest
taxes in the Union, and nearly oncAiundred
millions of acres of valuable land, shall we,
without effort too, say we cannot do anything
We could spend two millions a year for the
next ten yean, and at the end of that time,
have more money in the treasury than we
have now, and the wealth of the State in-
creased so largely, that a light assessment
of tax would amply provide for the wants
of the government. This could easily be
done, by repealing the restrictive clause in
our Constitution; by ceasing to give away
our lands, and make them worth the pur-
chasing ; and repealing and changing all
laws that now so highly favor frauds and is-
sues of land script. But it is agreed by
many and from full experience with much
show of justice, that works undertakeii, and
controlled by States, are apt to be misman-
aged and unprofitable. That such is not
necessarily the case is fully proved by the
success that attended the fint important in-
ternal improvement by a State—the Erie
canal, a work undertaken by New York at
a time when she was far less able to build it
than Texas is now to build a thousand miles
of railroad. It was opposed by a large and
honest minority who were fearful that the
State could not finish the work—could not
negotiate the necessary loans and ¡£«ahe
did, that it wonld entail such excessive *"-
ation, that it would be unsuppoi
strong opposition was encountered
the counties on the Hudson,
portions of the State that
canal, and from still other
that they conceived they
efitted, and in order to fa<
they had to conciliate a
tion of the State, by building the
canal, which as a work, failed to pay the
interest, though very necessary to the de-
velopment of the resources of an important
country. These petty jeoulisies and the
" log rolling" legislation to which they give
rise, may, however, be controlled by con-
stitutional provisions. But railroads we
must have, and shall have, and we propose
in future numben, to review the different
plans proposed with the arguments urged in
their favor by friends, and objections by
those opposed to such plans. — Galveston
Times.
A Nautical Incident.—During our
recent war with Mexico it was found neces-
sary to call on the marines and sailors, serv-
ing in the Pacific Squadron, to serve on
shore, and a large number of salts
were accordingly placed under the com-
mand of Gen. Kearney. During one of
their " shore fights," as Jack termed it, a
body of " Greasers " were discovered firing
from a large stone barn, and it being neces-
sary to get to its rear, in order to effect an
entrance, the marine officer in command of
the salts gave the order, " By the right flank
file left, forward !" The blue jackets, in a
high state of excitement, " tried it on," but
couldn't do it; in fact, " they got all in a
heap," as a spectator describes it; when
Lieut. St—w—y, of the Navy, seeing some
of his lads in confusion, came running up
with, " What in h—1's out ?" " I can't get
yonr men to obey me," answen Mr. Marine.
Give the order," says S., " and I'll see
they do." Accordingly, "By the right
flank," &c., was yelled out, but wone and
worse was poor Jack's puzzle, when S.
sang out, " D n it, that's no way to talk
to my men. Luff, you d—d lubben, and
weather that barn!" You had better be-
lieve it was done in no time.—Spirit of the
Times.
TELEGRAPHIC.
The advices of the Crimea are of the
by the last few arrivals—nothing ef
On the 13th February,
a sortie during the nfeht, bet it
formidable; only five cf the French were
hilled.
Feí>. 14—Another night sortie, in which
the French lost thirty-five men. Weather
quite warm and Spring-like.
Feb.—The condition of the French amy
is reported to be excellent. There is also
a rumor that the north side of Sevestepol
would be invested.
Feb. 16-—Nothing has occurred ef any
importance.
Feb. 17.—Official details of the battle of
Eupatoria.
Admiral Bruat telegrape the following:
On board thb Montbbbllo, 1
Kamiescb Bay, Feb. 20. 1855. }
On the 17th the town of Eupatoria was at
tacked on the eastern side, by eighty pieces
of artillery, six regiments of cavalry, under
the command of General Korff, and twelve
regiments of infantry, consisting of about
25,000 men, under the orden of General
Osten Sacken. The combat lasted from 5}
o'clock until 10 o'clock in the morning.
The Russians were vigorously repulsed.
Their loss is estimated at five hundred killed,
and the wounded in proportion. The Turks
had 88 killed, 250 wounded, and lost 70
hones. Selim Pasha, General of the Egyp-
tian division, and Colonel Rustem Bey, were
killed. Eighteen French were killed or
wounded on shipboard. The attack has not
been renewed by the Russians. The
steamen at anchor in the roadstead contri-
buted energetically to the defence of the
town. Admirals Lyon and Bruat have sent
six steamen to Eupatoria. Bruat.
Eupatobia, Feb. 21,1855.
Since the affair of the 17th the Russians
have not made any new attempt upon Eupa-
toria. To-day columns of infantry and trains
of wagons were seen leaving the vicinity of
the town, and taking the direction of Sim-
pheropol. Many villages are still in flames
in the vicinity of Eupatoria. More guns
have been landed, and additional forces
thrown up. The town is in a good state of
defense. Lbmont Louis,
Commanding sieamer Veloce.
A letter states that the battle consisted
mainly of a heavy fire of artillery, under
cover of which the Russians made two or
three attempts to carry the town by storm.
The night after the battle the Russians
bivouacked on the field without tents or
fires. The weather was intensely cold.
The next day they commenced retiring on
Simpheropol.
Tefik Pasha, the son-in-law of Omar
Pasha, has died of fever at Eupatoria.
Tke Vicna Caaíeieiec.
Lord John Russell arrived at Berlin, and
immediately had an audience of the King
and Baron Manteuffel. Russia seems at
length to be making attempts to come to an
understanding with the Western Powen.
General Wedell, the minister at Paris, has
gone to Berlin to explain the
at issue, and Lord John Russell's mis-
ed to conclude the desired ar-
1,708 Bales Cotton Bcbnt.—Several
dispatches have been received in this city,
by telegraph, announcing the destruction of
a large quantity of Cotton, stored at Mag-
nolia, on the Triuity, on the 20th inst. These
despatches say that about one thousand five
hundred bales burned in Haygood's shed,
two hundred in Dumas.' About a thousand
bales left in the store at Haygood's, six
hundred at Dumas'.
C. & E. Vincent lost three hundred and
forty-seven bales; Van Alstyne one hundred
and two bales; Miller, McKillan ic Co. one
hundred and twenty-eight bales; Iglehart
two hundred and seven bales; Scott fifteen
bales; A. Joost sixty bales; W. C. Gillian
fourteen bales; W. A. H. Haygood fifteen
bales; John Mosely twenty-eight bales;
balance for planters' accounts.
The last despatches fix the amonnt of loss
as stated at the head of this notice.
So far as known only about 84,500 was
insured on all this cotton. Of this amount
$1,800 was in the Union Company of this
eitv—Civilian.
il editorial article in the Corres-
Vienna says that the draft of a
treaty is prepared, securing the in-
tegrity of Turkey, preventing the future en-
croachments of individual powers, and guar-
anteeing the rights of Christians. This
document will be considered at the confer-
ence. All the Plenipotentiaries, with the
exception of Lord John Russell, have ar-
rived at Vienna. The Conference meets on
the 5th of March, and hopes of peace are
strongly entertained. Notwithstanding the
Russian profession of peace, accounts state
that warlike preparations were never more
active in Russia.
Great Britiu.
The Earl of Carlisle is appointed Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland; otherwise the minis-
try remains as announced per Pacific. In
Parliament the proceedings were unimpor-
tant. The chief business was the debate of
Lord Goodrich's motion to increase the
chances of military promotion from the ranks.
The motion was negatived.
In the House of Lords, a debate occurred
on the subject of acknowledging the loyalty
of Canada and other colonies. No action
was come to.
Mr. Roebuck's committee proceéds vigor-
ously. They have reported that the objects
of the inquiry will be best attained by mak-
ing the committee a secret one.
On the 1st of March, Mr. Roebeck ap-
peared at the bar of the House of Lords with
a message from the House of Commons,
citing the Duke of Newcastle to give evi-
dence before the committee.
Wednesday, the 21st, has been appointed
as a national fast for the 6necess of the
war.
Meetings deprecating the conduct of the
war are on the increase throughout the
country.
Everything is again quiet in Liverpool
and London.
Letten are making their appearance in
the English papers complaining of the non-
return of goods sent to the New York Ex-
hibition.
The ship John Hannerman, from St.
Johns, N. B. was ashore at Holyhead, a
total wreck. Crew saved.
The order prohibiting the export ot wheat
from Poland into Russia, came iuto effect on
the 21st.
The German papera mention the cap-
ture by the Russians of Schouaibkaran,
Schamyl's strongest forests.
Sitfei Death f the Enpenr «f lauta.
London, Friday March 2.
This evening, in the House of Lords, the
Earl of Clarendon rose and said:
" I think it my duty to communicate to
your Lonhips the contents of a telegraphic
dispatch which I received half an hour since,
from her Majesty's Minister at the Hague—
that the Emperor Nicholas died this morn-
ing, at 1 o'clock, of pulmonic apoplexy, after
an attach of jedeeata. I have abo receiv-
ed a dispatch from her Majesty's Minister
at Berlin, stating the Emperor of Bes-
sie died at 1$ o'clock this morning. An
beer before this dispatch arrived I received
accounts from Lord John Rnssell, at Berlin,
stating that the Emperor wes en the point
of death, end had already taken leave ef his
family. Ahhoegh this event oeeened ae
short a time qgo ea between 12 end 1 o'clock
this morning, there can be no doubt, ender
ireumstences, of its authenticity."
In the Heese ef Cnmmnes, Lord Palmer-
made e similer statement
It was sermised that the Emperor died by
the hand of the assassin, but the canse es-
aigned above wea generally credited. The
effect of this startling announcement in po-
litical and asonetery matten has not been
developed, and it is impossible to say what
it way produce. It created greet excite-
The news by the Pacific is quite interest-
ing. The Palmenton ministry, within ten
days from its formation, had folien to pieces,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer tho Home
Secretary, and the Chief Lord of the Ad-
miralty having resigned. The ostensible
cause of their resignation wes the qpeeess of
Mr. Roebuck's motion for e committee to in-
quire into the mismanagement ef the war.
It was well understood that, besides the
cause specified, there were points of private
disagreement which rendered it impossible
for the members of the Cabinet to act to-
gether. Mr. Roebuck and his supportera
have secured their committee, and ramcr
says they will not rest satisfied without the
impeachment of " certain parties"—mean-
ing Lord Raglan, and one or more of the ex-
ministers. Palmenton has found great
trouble in romodeling his Cabinet, and even
yet the reconstruction is not complete. Lord
John. Russell has consented to stop a gap,
by taking the Colonial Secretaryship, and
in the meantime he completes his mission to
Vienna. A well informed source says, the
Earl of Elgin will be introduced into the
new Cabinet, and a place found for him at
the Board of Control—although the publish-
ed accounts assign another person to that
ice. The Earl of Carlisle is to be Viceroy
of Ireland, with the very Irish proviso," pro-
vided the present Viceroy would like to re-
sign!" The new Chancellor of the Exche-
quer is 8ir G. Lewis, an untried men. There
are many who believe that further and more
important modifications must immediately
be made.
It is noticeable that in the Parliamentary
explanations the memben of the Govern-
ment express hopes—confident hopes—that
the pending negotiations will lead to an
honorable peace. Nevertheless, none of
the nations relax in their war activity.
The Emperor of the French seems deter-
mined to proceed to the Crimea, to see in
person what is going on; and no doubt
would if he could, time his visit so as to be
present at the foil of Sevastopol. England
and Austria have advised him to stay at
home. His absence, it is said, would not,
in any case exceed thirty days.
Russia has declared war on Sardinia. It
is stated, but not on the faith of obscure cor-
respondence, that Tuscany has joined the
Western Alliance. Naples has not.
There is nothing whatever new from the
Danube.
Lord Raglan is said to have resigned to
avoid recall. The earl of Lucan and some
other officen have been invited to resign.
Joseph Hume is dead, much respected
and regretted.
Very inclement weather had caused suf-
fering among the poor in England, and riots
had occurred at Liverpool and London. A
change for the better was apparent within
the past few days.
The Ministerial crisis in England has ter-
minated in the resignation of Mr. Gladstone
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sydney Her-
bert, Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, end Sir James Graham, First
Lord of the Admiralty, in the re-construc-
tion of the Cabinet, and the return of Lord
John Russell to office.
The immediate cause of the disruption
was the determination of the House of Com-
mons to force to an issue Mr. Roebuck's mo-
tion, " that a committe be appointed to in-
quire into the state of the array before Se-
vastopol." The ministen above named,
thought that"by-gonesshould be by-gones,"
and as the country did not" agree in this
opinion they "felt it their duty" to resign.
After a week of suspense, amused as usu-
al, by all sorts of rumon, the public received
through the London papers of Monday, the
29th, the following as the list of the new
Ministry, so for as^it had been arranged to
the previous day:
First Lord of the Treasury—Lord Pal-
menton.
Lord High Chancellor—Lord Cranworth.
Chancellor of the Exchequer—Sir C. G.
Lewis.
Lord President of the Council—Earl G ran-
ville.
Lord Privy Seal—Duke of Argyle.
Home Secretary—Sir George Grey.
Foreign Secretary—Earl of Clarendon.
Colonial Secretary—Lord John Russell.
Secretary of War—Lord Panmurr.
Frst Lord of the Admiralty—Sir Charles
Wood.
Commissioner of Works, etc.
Post Master Gen eral—Rt. Hon. Viscount
Canning.
UTOne of the wont double puns we have
ever heard, was perpetrated by a clergy-
man. He had just united in marriage a
pair whose Christian names were respective-
ly Benjamin and Ann.
u How did they appear during the cere-
mony," inquired a friend.
"They appeared both annie-mated and
bennie-fitted," was the ready reply.
ty A windy orator in New York Legis-
lature, after a legthy effort stopped for a
drink of water.
"I rise," said Bloss, "to a point of or-
der."
Everybody started, in wonder what the
point of order was.
" What is it 1" said the speaker.
" I think, sir," said Bloso, - it is out of
order for a wind mill to go by water."
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