Locomotive, Volume 43, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1858 — Page 2

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1858. Uysaturdaylsthe day of publication of the Locomotive when H will alwaysbereadyfor subscribers. In nocasewll) weletsoopyofthepaper go from tbeofflce before publica Monday. ; LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PRESS BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. TE would call Hie attention of Rail road Men, Fresidentaof ' Colleges and Academies, tile Mediwll rotussicin, and II others, to our assortment of NEW" AN D JJKAUTIFUI, TYPE! eust received from the bet Fonnrtrlos in the United Mutes, J mbraidni; all tho Medical Signs Accents. Fractions., Krenek Letters, Algebraical Signs, ind all the modern facilities for doing work in the boat stylo. All our Type and Machinery is now, and in good order, includinir two of Adams' Iinprovod, STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which eiinhtas usto do Our -vork iu RMMperiorstvlo.oii asshpr tini, mid ns pooil tonus a my olhttr rtltlco. ' Wt liitve on hand a miperior urticl of Hoolt and Col or fit 1'upcrK. and the nest of Inks, ami as wif are practical workmen, we guaranty nil work entrusted 10 us to he done in Ihff neatoat mauner, with promptness iiimI uecuracy. , Our Job Department is well supplied with all kind of New and Kashiunublc Typo, and we are prupareir to do ' yVTi Xdixcisi of O"o"fc Woilxi on the shortost notice ami nt tho lowest living- ratos; and II L A N K S Or KVKKY DDSCUIPTION! n Cap, Letter, Folio Foal, Flat Cop, French, or Colored Papers, and Cards or Card Boards. For the rharacttfr of our work we confidently refer to any Book or Job bearing o-ur imprint. Our prices aro rog-nlatcd :it the lowest cash standard, o as to ( regular ami nnifornu and oqnnl to all; and contracts for work will be adhered l", without res'rl to oxtrn rhiirgns. . TppOrders from a listnncc promptly attended t', and aceurarj eiiarantied. - ' . TOiHceon Meridian stroeLiminodiatel) opposite the Post OiUce. ' " . . ' KLUKK V H4HKKEKS. PAY ALL WsTlHJES. . " , Mr. Thomas 1''. Holdrhok will call on all against wlunii we hnve accounts for printing and advertising, for payment. . Let all prepare to niocthiin. All having unseUlednecnniitsairainst us ure requested to make tbem out at ouco, so tUatthey will be roady for settlement when called on. We want to pay every cent we owe and we want nil that owe us to do the same. . ;' tt;W The proprietors of the Locomotive arc the oldest firm of Printers in Central Indiana. Since we commenced business together there lias been many changes there is no proprietor now in the business in this city, that was engaged iu it in 1850.. At that time the Messrs. Chapman had charge of the Sentinel, and John D. Defrecs of the Journal. ; ; , '; ..,.-,; (5T We see by the New York papers, that the paintings and property of the Cosmopolitan Art Association is attached by the publishers of Emerson's and Putnam's Magazine, in the Supreme Court of New York. The case will be taken up in the regular course, but without a compromise the paintings cannot bo distributed until it is decided. The drawing had been set for the 25th of March. ; ' . 6aT We have received the 8th Annual Report of the Trustees of the Wisconsin Institute for the Edutation of the Blind, of which W. II. Churchman, formerly of this city, is Superintendent. .A new build.' ing is being erected, that will be creditable to the State. Twenty pupils have been in attendance during the last year, and the Institute appears from the report to be in a prosperous condition. Cold. Another cold snap, on Wednesday and Thursday, brought out all the blankets and furs, carefully laid aside, as was thought, for the season. On . Wedneseay the mercury stood at zero on Thursday two degrees below the same that it was on the 25th of November. This cold weather was a glorious thing for the ice men, but we are afraid it will not be so good for the growing crop of AVheat. 1" We are requested by the school Trustees to say to all who have not settled their subscriptions, that they will be at Mr. Beatty's office on Monday, from 9 till 12, and from 2 till 4. AVe hope all will come up promptly, as the Trustees must know what they have to rely upon. ...' A moments reflection will show to all who are interested in the Free Schools, that it is not in thepowesof the Trustees to cary out the wishes of the people, unless the amount promised is procured. ; The labor performed by the Trustees is of no trifling character under the new system. They should certainly be relieved of pecuniary responsibility. V (.' ; , ; lW The School Trustees opened the schools on last Tuesday, on the same plan they have been conducted. They were to meet the parents and guardians of the children during the present week, in the different' wards, to receive the amount subscribed, and contrib" Vtcd. .' ... .; ; ... .'; I-.;-The interesting fact of how much Lager beer a man can drink without getting drunk, is discussed extensively in the New' York 'papers. The evidence produced on a trial will be found in another column. This would be a proper topic for some of our city editors to expatiate on. - ' iW The only way to make a good road is to keep it dry, and the way to keejp it dry is to ditch deep along its sides, so that the water will run off and out of the road. . So says the writer of a very sensible article on roads, in the New York Tribune. For all kinds of printing come to the Locomotive office. Our beautiful copper-faced type, and steam presses, gives us advantages for doing good work possessed by no office in the State. Prices to suit the times. '!"'-:' Hogs. The Price Current gives the following as tha amount of hogs packed in Cincinnati during the pant three years: '. . , Total for present season,. .'. .435,637 Total packed last season, , . 344,51 2 Total number packed in 1855-6,. ; .405,396 6aT We saw this week tinea of the new Treasury Notes, of $1,000 each.' , About. $2,500,000 of these notes have been Issued, under authority of a law passed by the present Congress.- t To-morrow, the 14th of February, is Valentine day. The Bookstores are filled with a variety of ugly looking pictures, thait go by the name of ATaIentines, but which are unworthy the name. . . There b nothing so appropriate as a handsome verse, containing a suitable sentiment, for a valentine. , nW The American Hotel, near the Union Depot, has changed hands, E. B. Holloway becoming proprietor, and Dr. Barbour, late of the Palmer House, manager. : W AVe see a report in some of our exchanges that T. A. Goodwin, ot the American, has made an assignment. AVe are informed there is no truth in the report tT A false alarm of fire was started in the AVestcrn part of the City, on AVedncsday evening.

City Debt. As the Journal persistently misrep-

resents our statement of the city debt when the pressent council came into office, we publish this morning the official report of the City Clerk, made to the coun. cil in April, 1857. It is an official paper, and like all

reports of City or State officers, is presumed to be cor- oniy mo tu pan oi a man, a.iu BUu.a .cij u.uuu uirect It is part of the city records, and as such will , turbed about something ; perhaps he is afraid that some be referred to in all time to come as the condition of . of these notices may, by aecident, be so worded, as to

the city finances at that time. All the JoumaTs newspaper statements, made and arranged for an object, will be forgotten, while this report stands on the record uncorrected bv official action. There is no que tionof veracity between us and the Jburnai in this matter-it is between Frederick Stein, late City Clerk, and the Journal: Mr. Stein's name is signed to that report, and unless he grossly misrepresented the condition of the city finances, as charged by the Journal his report is correct' Of the correctness of that re! port we have nothing to say-we published the report as we found it, presuming it to be correct.- '..ThU re, port, which we publish below, can be found in the Journal and Sentinel of Mot la, and recorded on the .nn,;i nmr.p.r.'rlM.mnf iRS7.na.re 323. ... I O ' l -DAnnual Report of the Citx Clekk for the , i . .'; ; , yeah ending april 1, 1857. ,:i 1' ' general fund receipts. vi - ' Amount in Treasury. . . Tax duplicate for 1856.' Delinquent Tax. . . . . . Licenses . v . . .'. , Markets Fines Bills receivable. .,'..,., Incidental receipts. .... ..: .-..$1,872 43 i .....: 27,238 64 ............ 2,640 48 7Q7 on ' 547 90 ,(156 40 : ' 4 i9fi07 ik Amount of Orders issued above the funds "-"" 8 002 86 ..in the Treasury to date... ...... $40 699 71 ' . $11 QQg 25 : it'fi77 9; ' ' aati i? ' ... , EXPEXDITUHUS. City indebtedness, (April 1, 1856). Street Improvements... Contingent expenses. .'. , . . Town Clock; . . . ...i ... . IyUinber. ....................... Rent Bridges ......... . . . . . . i . , . . . . . . Printing ........ jf . ... , ; ,.; , Pumps and Wells. . ............... Fire Department ............... , . Removing Nuisances. . . . .'.' ...... Stationary. .'. .... . . . i ... . Cisterns.. ; . i : 433 78 583 50 ! 746 36 . 285.57 . 1 206 10 7,165 37 . 206 16 " 226 36 1,089 81 381 78 liLtrket Houses. . . ........ i ... ; Gas 4...... ..: .. 1,255 21 Officers' Salaries, ........... ..... . 5,196 98 Watchmen's Salaries v ; 4,273 02 Election Expenses, ., .:. i. ..... , ....v. 123 50 Fuel.'.,.:... 31 75 Treasurei-'s Percentage!'. J . . .'. . ... .'. .'..'. 1,343 58 Interest oil Orders. . . . .. . . . . .' , 685 58 r. 1 ". , :.: $40,699 71 Tho Journal contends that the amount of orders outstanding is the increase of the city debt for the year ending April. 1, 1857 a fallacy, apparent to any one acquainted with reports of this kind.' .The first item under the head of expenditures is city indebtedness, SI 1,006 25 this is the exact amount reported as the debt of the city on April 1, 1856, and is the debt the Council of 1855-G left, and was no part of the expentr es of the last Council. If this amount, $11,006 25 is taken from the expenses of last year, it would leave the total expenses $29,693 46, just $3,003 89 less than the receipts, which all know is not the case. The plan pursued in the above report is the usual one, and can be found in all past reports; and the Journal is the first to find out that the amount of debt outstanding at the time of the report is only the increase during hat year. ' This settles that point. Of the high taxes this year, every taxpayer has ample evidence, of the most convincing kind, i Of the fact, asserted by us, that this council authorized the sale of City Orders at a discount of 25 per cent., even the Journal has not the hardihood to deny- these establish all the points we made, and are part of the official history of the city. AVe are perfectly willing to wait until the official report is made out for the current year, and then look to that for the state of city finances, instead of to the Journal, and we are also willing that our readers should retain a file, of our paper, and compare all we have said with what shall then appear." It is a great advantage we possess that our statements made in past years of the city finances, have invariably been corroborated by the official facts, and we shall not be afraid to meet them this year. Now mark this prediction make a minute of it, and refer to it hereafter. The total receipts of the General Fund last year way $32,697 85. According to Mr. Porter's report the revenue this year will bo $61,138 45, or nearly double. Now we say the next annual report (that will be made by the City Clerk on the 1st of April next,) will show a larger city debt than the last did, notwithstanding the revenue is nearly doubled, for the reasons we have heretofore given." , . ';,' - ..! i i -- : ' ; . IWF Mullenix, of the Journal, is greatly exercised over tho last Locomotive. It is vexing, surely, that our paper is not conducted to suit that wonderful genius but as we have never tried to suit his particular ideas, on any subject, we are hot surprised at it. It now has ni clear over on the political track, nolens volens, and in the same paragraph accuses us of defeating the democratic ticket last spring, by permitting a certain tea colored paper to be stolen from our office. Mullenix is a wonderful genius inventive imaginative but, unfortunately, he is not governed by cither truth, or fairness, and as this is so apparent all he can say or do has no effect. As the Jonrnal has alluded t ) the paper that was stolen from our office last spring t) print election tickets on', wo would merely hint, in a quiet way, that the less it says about that the more credit it will get We want but a little more light on that paper matter, and we ,will ask a few interrogatories, caring little whether they are answered or not AVe would ask if. some of the particeps criuiinis in that disgraceful affair do not claim affinity -to some of the Journal folks ? In whose office was the plan concocted? AA'ho were present? Who tried to find paper of the same kind in the stores ? Did they succeed ? AVho was induced to enter our office when we were absent and take the paper? What price was offered, and paid ? AVherc were the tickets printed V Can an v person connected with the Journal tell ? IJifr AVe learn that , the subscription for continuing the free schools, for the 3d quarter, amounted to some $3,700. The Trustees visited the different wards on AVednesday and Thursday, to receive these subscrip tions, and received about $1,400. To continue the schools under tho same organiza tion, and free to all, it is important that all who have not settled call on the Trustees, and either pay, or make such arrangements as will enable the Trustee8 to know what they can with certainly, rely upon. As our City is the' only one that has so far continued their free school operations, and as it seems entirely practical to carry them on, ought not all those who have promised to contribute, come up promptly. We owe it to ourselves to show that the reputation we have acquired for enterprise and public spirit, is a reality. Our public schools are justly the pride of the Citizens

. W" Mullenix" is greatly troubled we dont mean

the one that was hung at Greeneastle but our own Mullenix" of the Journal, because we continue tc 1 publish notices for the recovery of stray cows. He appears somewnai sensiuie mat, ..e . cuusiuerett to ue bring home a near relation ot his; or it may oe tnat he is mourning over the long absence of a lost parent, J and that his bowels are yearning for a htttle of tho ' lacteal nourishment. Be this as it may, we have lis. tened to his barn-yard blatings, and confess that we ' have some sympathy left for his condition ; and if any person will furnish us with the pedigree and the ne" j cessary description, we will advertise free of charge, j and make every effort in our power to find and bnng i back the lost one ; .so that the splendid proportions ' this rare specimen may not be dwarfed for want of its rtwni protector. . : J I Dnt bah! " mully," we thmk she can be found-in ! the meantime we hope some one will take sufficient inIterest in it and furnish a substitute. ; '' Kansas in Congress. The receipt of the President's message with the Lecompton Constitution, gave rise to a good deal of excitement in Congress. Jn the Senate, after considerable debate, the whole question was referredto the Committee of Territories, of which -Mr. Dousrlaa is Chairman. . : ! --, - ' -j o - . ... . In the House the following resolution was adopted, 0ffered by Mr. Harris, of Illinois, as an amendment to 1 a resolution offered by Mr. Hughes, of Indiana. ; ' i:' Kesolved, That the message ot the 1 resident, enclosing the constitution framed at Lecompton, in the n j." -e i.' l : ,tl .... j lernwry oi Jtvausas, ny a cuiivuniiuii ui ucu-iaw: thereof, and the papers accompanying the same, be re1 ferred to a select committee of fifteen, to be appointed ' by the Speaker, and that said committee be instructed j to inquire into all the facts Connected with the foimatin of said constitution and the laws under which the ! same was originated, and into all such facts and proceeding as have transpired since the formation of said ' constitution, having relation totho question of theiiroUnion under said constitution, and whether the same is acceptable and satisfactory to a majority of the legal Voters of Kansas, and that said committee have power to send for persons and papers. " :.' This resolution was carried by a vote of 1 14 yeas to 111 nays, 9 absentees, or refusing to vote. The Indiana vote on tho resolution was, Ayes Case, Colfax, Davis, English, Foley, Kilgore, Niblack, Pcttit, and Wilson. , Noes Gregg and Hughes. This settles this troublesome question until the committees report. ; During the pendency of the question in the House a very disgraceful fight occurred between Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina, and Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, in which the former was knocked down. Other parties took part, but the only result was a few black eyes. ' The principal parties made suitable apologies to the House for violating the decorum, after the fracas. iji it., v t ui niC nuiiiiriuit tl cmiu Jtvi j iiiv miv ' THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSE QUESTION. ' Mr. Editor : There is no mystery about the slaughter-house question. The merits of it are plain, and tho wishes of the people correspond with the j merits. 1.. The slaughter-house men should carry - on .their business in proper places. This everybody is agreed to. '"..-.--' " 2. They should do it in such a careful and cleanly manner, as that it shall not annoy and injure their fellow citizens. This they are bound by the natural laws of morality and social organization, as well as by the laws of the land, to do. This they can do. : ;The experience of last year proves this. The Mansurs, who do the largest business, kept their house in such order that it annoyed nobody it was clean ana inotlensive. This demonstrates the fact that in can be done. And. if any one will refuse so to keep his house and business, let him be prosecuted and fined. Prosecute not the business, but the negligence of him who carries it on, whereby his neighbors are injured. - . Common Sense. i We copy the above common senso view of tho Slaughter House question from the Sentinel. - 'There has been a trial during the past week, of one of the proprietor's of slaughter houses, on a charge of nuisance, before the Mayor, buthe was acquitted. Un-' less the slaughter houses in the city are kept in an unexceptionable manner, so that there can be no reason-, able ground for a complaint even, they will certainly be driven from its limits an effort last year very nearly accomplished this. , . : :-.. ' -. Rap! Rap! Rap! The New Albany Trilmne' don't believe the story published by ' the Journal, , about one of its correspondent's letters, and papers being opened by the Post Masters in the South. It says -: ' : . ,., . ; , . , AVe assume this to be the fact, that a Northern man sojourning at the South, may take and read as many , Northern papers as he pleases, and not bring himself into trouble in consequence, so long as he demeans himself as he should do attend to his own business, and let the institution of Slavery alone. And we apprehend the great trouble with the Journal's Alabama subscriber is not so much that he takes that particular paper, as that he is too much inclined to take some of; the planters' negroes and run off with them, or at least ' encourage and incite them, to emigrate Northward,, against the consent of their masters. . , AVe have very little doubt' that we have more subscribers in Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana and Flori- ' day, to say nothing of Kentucky, than the Journal ' ever had, or ever will have; and yet we have to hear of the first instance of their papers being subjected to an unwarrantable surveillance by postmasters or oth- i crs. Perhaps our subscribers at the South are of a dif-.: ferent cast from the Journal's, in that they attend to , their own affairs, without interfering with the concerns of their neighbors, beyond what is prudent and agreeable. - . ... Hon. O. H. Smith's Book. We are pleased to see, that the character of this popular book is being appreciated East as well as AVest, wherever it is seen and read. Very favorable notices have appeared of the work in the Cincinnati Gazette, Enquirer, Commercial, Presbyterian of the West, Christian Advocate, the AVashington Unon, Globe, Intelligencer, and . many others, besides the Sentinel, Journal, AVitncss aud American, of this city. ;; The " Intelligencer and ' . Lancasterinn," published at Lancaster, Pa., of the 9th inst, takes the following notice of the work : - ! " This is tho title of a work just issued from the ' press and for sale at Springer & AVest.haeffers, 83 North Queen street the author is tho Hon. O. H. . Smith, formerly a U. S. Senator from Indiana. The book is decidedly one of the most interesting we have read foralong while. Being written in an easy captivating style, it at once inliststhe attention of the read- . er. ' Besides sketches of men and scenes in his own State, the author gives recollections of distinguished men, with whom he has served in the Congress of the United States, and also of some of the einminent divines, living and dead, of our Country. At present we have not the time nor room to notice it further we will perhaps copy from it the sketch of President Buchanan, which we recognize as very faithful." C3T The following is the special committee to whom the Message and Constitution of Kansas is refered, in the House : Anti-Lecompton Harris, of 111. ; Merril, of Vt; AValbridgo, Mich. ; Buffington, Mass. ; Bennett, N. Y. ; AVade, Ohio, and Adrian, N. J. Lecompton. Stephens, of Ga. ; Letcher, Va. ; Quitr ' man, Miss ; AA'inston, -N. C. ; Anderson, Mo. ; Stevenson, Ky. ; AArhite, Pa.; Russell, of N. Y. There was a change of 60 degrees between the temperature on Tuesday and AA'ednesday mornings.

. 63T AVe are in receipt of Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati railroad for 1857, from which we gather some interesting facts. The busines of this road, in common with all others, has been less during the past year than in 1856, but still it shows a large increase over 1855, in all branches. During the year the entire ballasting of the road has been completed ; a large amount spent m stone culverts ; about 25 miles of board fencing made i two bridges replaced, and one or two freight depots

built, besides keeping up the road in first class condition. The President says : By reference to the Report of the Treasurer it will be seen that the receipts on account of transportation, for the year ending Dec 3lst, 1857, were i " On Account of Passengers .$232,030 50 " " Freight, 244,370 20 .' " r " ' - ' " Mail and Express,. .. ... 15,342 39 r Total Receipts,. . . .'.". . : .V. .'.$491,743 IS The expenses of transportation for the same period 1 were, , $246,121 20 Net receipts for the year,. ............ . 245,621 98 The total amount of interest charged to Receipts for ;the same was $89,989 00; deducting this with $11,991 42, the amount of taxes paid on Capital Stock from the Net Receipts, leaves $143,721 56, or nearly eight and three, quarters per cent on the Capital j Stock. Out of this a dividend of four per cent, was I paid in July last, leaving a balance to the credit of the surplus account of nearly $76,000, which has been ab sorbed in the payment ot the floating deot ot tne company. . . , " ' ., , . -r The expenses of operating the Road for the year were fifty per cent ot the gross earnings. In view of the decrease in business, this should be regarded as a favorable result. - ' : ' - ' ' ' . ' The following table is interesting, showing the average travel over this road, in each month, and during the year :" " ' ' ... , , r - ; .jr; jAv'eNo. Actual No. MONTHS.1; . . No.. Iperday.yPasseng' ' ' ; .. . I Days. pr. m'tli.leach m'tli. January,? February,. .... :.'..-. . March,. : . April,. . . .......... ; May ................ June,- . .. July,.....'... August, September,'.'. ......... October,. . . . November,. . . . . -;':. December,. . .. J. . . i , Average for year. I" 27f 24 "26 26! 26; 26 465 472 ' 556 501 418 . 465 383 447 517 578 12,574 11,330 14,468 13,015 10,853 12,093 10,853 11,614 13,453 15,594 9,253 8,858 27 26 26 27 25 27 870 '328 458 11,955 Total,....., 143,458 AVINE AND DIPLOMACY. "Dear Mr. Lounger, I want to ask a question and request an answer. . , -. , ; , t : "AA'hcnyou are in Rome, must you do as Rome does?. .... '- "Suppose the Hon. Hi. Phalooting, M. C.,'. were to receive from our excellent President the appointment ot Resident Minister at the Court of his Majesty the King of the Cannibal Island, would it be dishonorable, uncourteous, or improper, for him, being present at the annual banquet of that worthy monarch, to refuse to partake with him of the roast baby, which, I am told, figures as the chief dish the piece de resistance on that occctsion ? . ' : ;, ; "Or if, having a mind to display his good-will toward the members of the court to which he is accredited, he should give, say a dejeuner a la fourchette in their honor, would it be bad manners on his part were he to refrain from giving at that banquet 'one of the usual courtesies ot such entertainments throughout the Cannibal world being the favorite dish of roast child? ..'.'. "I ask these questions because I see some of the papers just now sneering at a worthy gentleman who is Resident Minister at one of the European courts, for refraining from what appears to be the fashion of that court wine-drinking, r 1 am told by those who should know that an American minister or envoy is one who represents the American people at a foreign court acting for them , and taking care of their interests. Now, so far as mere representation goes, who does this most faithfully he who, going abroad, abandons the previous habits of his life, which must be to a certain extent those of the people from among whom he has been chosen, and apes the manners and customs of a people hitherto strange to him or he who goes honoring by observing the habits and customs of his own land and life ? - "Governor AVright, the gentleman in .question, has been all his life a temperance man. During a long and successful political life he has, with a hospitality rare even in the West, kept open house to all comers but for reasons evidently sufficient for himself, has never dispensed liquors at his hospitable board. oiioum ne now put; asiue uie convictions or a nietime for the sake of escaping- the sneers of a few foreign 1 and American snobs ? He has gone to Berlin, as Franklin went to Paris, a plain American citizen and gentleman, changing in no unnecessary particular his habits, which are those of an American gentleman. European snobs may sneer at him. They have sneered at American gentlemen before. But should not every true American honor the courage of the simplehearted man who is not dazzled by the empty glitter of a foreign court? Yours,, , . i "One who knows Governor AVright." : The question of this correspondent reminds the Lounger of an incident of travel, which will serve as a pendant to the story ot Governor AVright's Temperance breakfast. In his days of wandering the Lounger had pitched his tent for a season in the same city of Berlin, and, while he yet tarried, there arrived a newly-appointed Minister to Prussia from the United States. - The new Minister, unlike Governor AVright, was not a member of the Temperance Society, and commenced his diplomatic career by haranguing the Prussian people, in his shirt-tail, from the balcony of his hotel. The Lounger is not aware that any foreign or American journal took especial notice of the circumstance, or seemed to be in any wise troubled by that most bitter disgrace of the American name. : ' . Which of the two ministers most fitly represented his country which of them were the gentleman are questions which the Lounger leaves to the discrimination of the American people. . It is a melancholy fact that the sea washes out a treat deal of American loyalty from the American. le becomes a follower, an imitator, and a snob. To dine with a lord, because he is a lord; to bow in breeches to a king, though it be only King Bomba, of Naples, sends thrills of sweet satisfaction through tho free and independent Yankee soul. ; :. -t To sneer at a man who, believing the use of liquors to be wrong, spreads his table without them, is as gentlemanly as to quarrel with him because he does not introduce a corps of model artistes after supper. Temperance with Governor AVright is evidently no whim, niif-. a nrinfinlii. nnrl in nil nnr nrpnr. rlinlnmntin liiefn- . 1 ry there is no uttie mciaeni noi even excepting the annual eloquence of our Ministers in England at the Lord Mayor's dinners, upon the common bond of language, etc., of bhakespeare and Milton, etc. which is more simply honorable,' American, and sensible, or more becoming a gentleman, than the conduct of Governor AA'right in quietly adhering to his principles, although my Lord A. might think it "extraordinarilyodd" or Monsieur le Cointe B. might shrug his shoulders at this drole of an American or the Geheimrath C. might declare that it was ausgezeichnet besonders not to find any wine to drink at an American minister's. Suppose they do think and say so. The Lounger has seen a President of the United States waiting to take his turn at a common towel upon a railroad excursion. My Lord B. would consider that, doubtless, "'ponmyword, excessively odd!" The sooner Dr. Franklin is taken as the model of an American Minister abroad, so far as simplicity of manners is concerned, the better for us all. Harper's Weekly. . Bishop Waugh, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his residence in Baltimore, on the 3d inst

Foreign News. The Bteamship Arabia, with a week's later inteligence from Europe, arrived in Ke York on the 7th. Further advices from India announce some success on the part of the English. It j stated on the authority of the passengers from Hon Knurr tltat the mediation of the Russian Admiral hZ

tweerf England and China had been declined, but that of the -American Commodore accepted. Later dis. patches, however, do not mention this, but affirm that the French Admiral had proclaimed the blockade of Canton on the part of France, and that Lord Elgir, had sent in an ultimatum, which the Celestials were allowed one day to decide upon . Mr. H rancis Lou. sada has been appointed British Consul at Boston. There had been severe gales along the British coast, and many marine disasters, but no American vessel . .t..J 1 . rrU . . T a.. in -T. 1 Was reponeu lOSU AHC Ulteiiijiv npju uuuia ..npuieon's life had created great excitement in France, anil numerous addresses of congratulation had been pre. sentcd, all of which urged the adoption of measures look, in" to the expulsion of the political refugees from Eng. land. The French Minister was said to ha ve demand, cd this of the English Government" It turned out that about one hundred and fifty persons had been wounded by the projectiles, of whom six had died. The examination of the accused had been finished am their trial was expected to take place in February, The French Legislature was opened on tho 18th ult, V... Ik. Vmnnwwtn nnVBfltl TL-V,n 1 1 1 11 1 nPTlll i nit I llluo tions of politics at length, and alluded to the close of ins address to "the criminal attempt upon ins nte, comparing the assassins with those who struck at Ca;sar and Henry IV. Several Parisian journals have been suppressed for advocating Republican principle or for remarks on the attempted assassination. At Marceilles serious failures had, taken place. Spain had resolved to take part in the contemplated expedi. tion aaainst Cochin China. The Banks of Belgium anil lYUSSia nau uiauu lunmT reuuuuuu 111 laics in discount. An unsuccessful attempt had been'madeby Italian patriots to surprise the Austrian garrison at Andona. A bitter correspondence between the Austrian and French Governments, relative to tho free navigation of the Danube, had taken place. The Chamber of Commerce of Austria had pronounced in favor of free trade and the abolition of usury laws. A compromise offered by the French Government in the matter of the Danubian Principalities is said to have been accepted by the Powers opposed to their union. The London Money market continued easy. Consols closed at 95 to 3-8. There is no improvement in the T,iMnf trip potion. AT. V. ''rihiinfi. , i. . i..i i r. .i i The AVarm Winter Its Effect upon the Egg Trade. The high juices of eggs in the AVinter season in this city heretofore sometimes retailing at 5 or 6 cents each has made it profitable to dealers to preserve them in Summer, bv puttinsr them down in lime water, whence -they are taken as the price ad vances in cold weather and packed in oats to be sold as fresh eggs, just from the country. Frequently such eggs are sent in from the country in the Fall, with or ders to the commission merchant to hold on until the price reaches a certain figure. This has been done the present AVinter to a large extent, and has proved a bad speculation. AVe were told on Saturday, by one who knows, of two houses in AVashington street that held over 800 barrels of lime-prcscrved eggs, which the owners expected when they put them up, would realize at least 25 or 30 cents a dozen. AVhetherthey will be ludged from this fact: on the last day ot Jan uary, 1858, eggs as fresh and good as ever were produced by the old " Blue Hen's Chickens," were sold in New xork, by the single barrel, at 16 cents a dozen, A barrel of eggs, packed in oats, contains from 60 to 80 dozen. At the present price they are not expen sive loou. J. i. lrwune. . ,. AVill Lager Bier Intoxicate ? In the Kings county Circuit Court, George Staats and others, proprietors of a laser bier brewery and garden in AVilfi:iTnhii,Yr wpw nlnppH An triril nnnn tho pl-irirnrn nf spi ling intoxicating liquors on a Sunday, in violation of the 21st section ot the Metropolitan Ponce law. Ihe question to be decided by this trial is whether lager bier is an intoxicating drink. If it is not it does not come within the provisions of the law. The penalty for each violation is $50. On the part of the people several witnesses were brought forward to prove that lager bier was exhueratmg as well as intoxicating in its effects, while on the part of the defence a large number of witnesses proved, from personal experience, than any quantity could be drank without producing intoxication. The latter were principally Germans, one of whom testified that he had on one occasion drank fifteen pint glasses before breakfast in order to give him an appetite. Another, Mr. Philip Kock, testified that once, upon a bet, he drank a keg of lager -bier, containing seven and a half gallons, or thirty quarts, within two hours, and felt no intoxicating effects afterwards.. He frequently drank sixty, seventy eighty and ninety pint glasses in a day did it as a usual thing when he was " flush." Others testified to drinking from twenty to fifty glasses in a day. Ono witness testified to seeing a man drink 160 pint glasses in a sitting of three or four hours and walked straight 1 Dr. James R. Chilton, chemist, testified to analyzing lager bier, and found it to contain 3 to 4 per cent of alcohol, and did not think it would intoxicate unless drank in extraordinary quantities. He had analyzed cider and found it to contain 9 per cent alcohol ; claret 13 per cent ; brandy 50 per cent ; Madeira wine 20 per cent; and sherry wine 18 per cent Riches of Delhi. A soldier writes from Delhi that probably every member of the Guards will be worth 1,000 when he reaches England. -An equal division of the spoils is to be made, and they exceed in richness anything heretofore dreamed of. "' ' IJS Green peas and new potatoes Rre said to be abundant in the vicinity of New Orleans. On some plantations the orange trees are putting forth their uiuuins, aiiu in otneis am jieiiuug uuuiiumice u fruit 1 '' "."''-. ., . CORRESPOIDEITS TRAIN. For tho Locomotive. '" ,"';;?; A BACCHANAL SONG. . , ', " BY -MARY LYNN. , Fill high the cup, let joy go round, .'--,, -- The rosy hours with mirth be crowned, For we drink to night, rr u, ... u - - - ucauij' ui ig in,, ,' And to love the fond enslaver ; j i And as each glass - - AA7e gaily pass, , . ; AAV11 think of our heart's enchanter. But list ! oh list ! as the bubbles break, On the sparkling wine cup's brim, Hear the sounds that come, as to and fro The red drops puqile the rim ; There's a smothered sob a widow's moan , A demon's laugh-and an orphan's groan, . A muttered curse, and a murmured prayer, Mingle their tones in the wine cup there, Yet fill the cup, fill higher yet, These sounds in mirth we'll quick forget, . .; Yor our heart's to-night, AArith joy arc light, . And hope around us is gleaming, Away with sorrow, Nor shadows borrow, . To darken our life's sweet dreaming. But see, oh ! see, as the bubbles dash, On the sparkling wine cup's brim, , ' v nai is nurroreu mere, as 10 and iro ; The red drops purple the rim ; There are blasted hopes eyes dim with tears, There are broken hearts cheeks pale with fears, There are ruined souls, whose fearful stare, Are mirrored all in the wine cup there. . Fill now the cup with the purple wine, And drink us the bubbles flash and shine ? 'And drink to love, AAho from above, To bl?ss our race was given ? Nay, it is not well, AArith the bowl of hell, To drink to things of Heaven.