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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

That supplest of the whole race of toad eaters
Isaac Toucey-who, being very narrow-nlnded 10
general and very ignorant in general, has beer
elected by Mr.. Buchanan for Attorney General
has written letter about matters and things 10
gel eral to Sunday newspaper in this city. We
present this delicate morsel Of stupidity to our
readers not because it is Of the least intrinsic i-
portance what Toucey thinks, or writes, or says,
but because be is an instrument, and it is barely
possible that other and more important people may
be blowing through him. Here it is:
"WAsHrsGros Feb. Is, 1857.
any DEAR SIR: have received your obiging let.
ter and observed your articles in The Mercury
reed not say how much have been gratted BY those
proofs Of very partial friendship, although may have
but poorly deserved what you have said OF me- sm,
il is tue OIL Of these who undertook to initiate set
teneot Of the only difficulty likely to threaten the
permAnency of the Government We agreed TO take
the Sa, cry queston out of Congress except in those
cases where Congress is expressly authorized TO inter
fre aLd to leave the subject to the people OF every
sell governing community and, as there was some
difference OF opinion as TO the power the Peopie
before ogsniztd as State, We agreed to refer that
oG. ston 10 the Supreme Court, in summary way, as
il the Kansas act and TO abide by its decision.
"Tbi. was agreed TO by gentlemen North, South,
East and West. We adopted the measure IN season
10 90 10 the people Of the country <ith II before The
Presidential election. The ruling party of the country
has adopted the arrangement, and we have elected
President upon it,
I'VE intend to carry out the measure to its COM
plete fu6lmeut and thereby remove the only danger
to the Federal Government which we have any reason
to spprehend.
II know not tina. you concur with me- but this has
been my course.
with the warmest thanks for so many proffers Of
your kindness and courtesy, am, very truly yours
5. S. SopTHwoRrH, esq LiooSEi'
I'VE" IL seems, did great things. We
agreed to take the Slavery question out of Con-
eress. We it must be confessed, have not been
very fortunate in omplishing what "we" un-
deItotk The more Toucey Il Co. take OUT the
obnoxious question, the more it seems resolutely
bent upon coming back again. The people OF Con-
nectcut have been more successful IN their az
tempts, for they have taken Mr.. Toucey out Of
Congress, and our present impression is that no
will stay out for the rest of his Life.
Bot, Mr.. Toucey says: "We intend to carry out
"the measure the Kansas bill to its complete
fulfllment;" that is, We are determined to con-
tinue with pertiDscity what was begun in perfdy,
AID to stick fast by rufian codes, aud mock cleo
tons, and sham legislatures The votes of Northern
Democrats in the House on the Kansas relief bill
indicated as much, and now we have direct de-
caration, under the sutomatOn baud OF Toucey.
Well, 20 ahead If Mr. Buchanan wants to
make Pierce of himself in bis Old age, although
we may pity him, we really do not see how his
lunscy can be prevented.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

Our readers, ard particularly the 'youpg lady y
section of them viii, We hope. peru'e and ponder
30 much Of the life aid letters Of Mr.. Alexander
Phyfe as we are enabled to lay before them today
Tie ingenious and fact young man about town, 8
chapter Of whose history We publish is, it seems,
N tie habit Of disabling little in stocks in Wall
street and good deal IL female hearts al over tie
country. Under the eUpbonious nom de plume
# VIM J. Melville be has been carrying Oh, for We
60 not know how nsny months, a sen iueutal cor
resptnderce with persons Of the more loyely sex
averaging FIVE or six letters day. Though We are
not go well advised as could be wished Of his
methods Of making tue acquaintance Of his intended
victims, We are inclined 20 belieTe that be did
not, after the example OF DR.. Thrssher
Lyons. late of this city, make tie public
journals the ayeLue of communication. Els
means Of bringing two hearts TO beat il
unison were more elegant and divers fed, a. be-
came eesler in fancy stocks AID s leader in the
peIfuned circles Of fashion. He would See youns
lady, whose face pleased him, upon the street fo-
low her 10 her home, discover her nsme b. coatiug
tie door. plate With the directory, ard address to
Ter such letter IS the one which ed 70 AZ
rest. Or he would, in the course Of Suo-
dsy drive, & pleasure excursion or bc,cess
journey, ctaIce upon che Ct II. s..,set;Te
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

viii also 20 with than, and that BY the mins'ns Of
these incorgruous elements Psuerston viii be
tuned out az the Peeftes and Tories take p1sses
si6n Of the Government Such seems TO be the in
preston Of our London correspondent, bit We have
The means of knowing that Lord Pane,ton's
fyieuds entertain no fears Of such result "He
twill evidently hold Oh" so writes one Of them in
ap,iyste letter, "unti death chotes him Of"
We have heretofore had occasion to notice the
discomfort and suffering prevailing among the labor
ing classes Of London. Unusual numbers of them
are cut Of employment; some $1,000 ablebOdied
men as we hear are holding meetings and march
ipg in proce sons TO an ex:ent which the press Of
that city apparently fears to notice. There are
hundreds Of gangs, al behaving With the utmost
order bearing their tools on their shoulders, parad
Jog the West Ed daily. They generally sing the
"Scrg of the Shit" or else unite in chant, the
burthen Of which is, "Why have we no work to
do"
This is fearful copmentry on the commercial
prosperity which, We have been told, exists there,
ard portentous warning Of The great crash which
is to come, and which there is reason 20 fear viii
be :eit here even more sensiby than in Europe.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

The SENATE was occupied on Saturday princl-
pally with discussion on the bill granting State
government in Minnesota, which finally passed.
The bill establishing judicial district in the
Gsdsden purchase, creating the office OF Surveyor.
General and granting donations of land TO actual
settlers, was also passed.
The time of the HOUSE was consumed in debate
on the impeachment Of Judge Watrous The sub
ject was ultimately postponed for further consider
alton until next Saturday. The resolution from the
Committee on Elections, declaring that Mr. Whit
field was not entitled to bis seat as delegate from
Kansas was laid on the table by vote of 70 against
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

f,.i.y, aud BY showing what their hero wa', prove
how bare they are
We have no hope tia. tonight there viii be a
word spoken in behalf OF that fteedom in the estab
hshmert Of hich the life Of Washington was spent
or thu, bswiIlbe regarded, over their flowing bowls
as anything moro than a misty and convenient
myth. For our own part, however, We show our
respect for bis memory by recalling the benevolent
schemes which occupied that serene old age and
BY showing bow, in every point of character, he
was the opposite of the persoo who has been Sc
lected as bis eulogst.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

The cuyrert Of crime which has been temporarily
checked by the great event in Bond street, as
sh( wer sometimes ceases for q moment after &
heavy cap Of thunGer, is again getting under way.
Our local columns contain two garrote robber.es,
one feIocous stabbirg case, and suudry items OF
butl assault, as the Leading events of Saturday
night AID Sunday morning. We might add many
more quite as important in intention, but as they
failed in execution, they are passed over under the
technical cover If disorderly conduit.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

The Mexican war steamer Guerrero arrived on
Fii6ay at Mobile, Bringing as passengers Dr.
CoAWfId, bearer of dispatches from Minister For
syih to tie Goyenmta. al Washington, and Col
BuslsI6sd. TIE latter gentleman is the bearer OF
coy Of 81 imPOi'a,; tres5 concluded between
ouI Minister AID tie GoyernnsLt OF Mexico. Gen.
Coutifoits administration is reported as gaining
siiu 9Th JAY. Seye:A. # h. re- outonaiy les,els
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23
Ntw5lork Daily Gxibnnre
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 90, 1857.

A limited number Of advertisements are taken In
Tax WEEKLY TRIBUNE atthe rate of one dollar liue
This paper has attained circulation Of l7',ooo
copies and il unquestiousbly the best medium e1tant
for advertising the country. Advertisements should
be handed in at any time before and not later than
Tuesday Of each week.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

We have resting place at las. in the BardeI
case The Grand jury, after a thorough inyes.iga-
tin, have indicted Mis- Cunningham and Eckel as
the muIeerers; held Snodgrass to bail as w,tcess
and Internationally discharged the daughters. El-
parte examinations are nov closed, and when the
matter next comes up the parties will be arrag ued
before tribunal Hhicn will hear both sides.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

TIE Albany Atlas very ch.rsctersticaly speak,
of Mr.. Greeley's evasion Of tee prccess to appear
"and testify" before the Investigating Committee
This is contrary to the truth. Mr.. Greeley left for
the West about the middle of January, TO FL ill
lecturing appointments made, many Of then.
months before He had not the slightest aea that
the Committee could have occasion for him a. Q
witness; ard whea the summons came he W" -
far away. and communications, both by rail and
telegraph, were so broken up that he could not b
informed Of the fact in season TO reach Wasemgssa
before the Committee reported. He has evsAed Ne
process
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

Mr. Greeley not having yet reached home, or
bad aIy opportunity to reply to the statements Of
Mr.. John Shyker before the investigating Com
mittee at Washington, we hasten to lsy before our
readers the above account Of the transaction in
question. published by him in Journal Of Iowa
City. II will be seen that this account varies in no
essential point from that We gave on Friday
though it states some particulars Of which We were
not aware
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23
THE LATEST NEWS.
RECEIVED By
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
THE HONDURAS RAILWAY.

Special Dispatch 70 The n. Y. Tiibune
WASHINGTON, Feb 81, 1857.
learn from private dispatch sent here BY Ia
A.s, that the British capitalists who have takenuP
this enterprise, ard bought out the America.
holders of the grant are about to set the work g.
srgetically on foot. 1t will positively DO con-
menced in April.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

Committee, and Mr. Buchanan must look &C. indi.
v:duis for the voice Of the party in this city.
1t is doubtful whssher the decision will be -.
uitted to, q. Least without q struggle. Too
machinery Of the party has been TOO successfully
used by Inscriptions seamPs TO get the power snd
spoils of Office to be yielded withost resistance
And should they temporarily scqaiescS it 10 nst
impossible that they may muster sufficient ihaGsrr
a. the election for Sschems 10 April to brisg thiey
back to the coed oa regular Deu'ccutc
practices of shoulder hitting and boxstct6ng,
However, the Sacheus have the thanks Of al oooi
citizens for this attempt q, reform, and it will Mt
be their fault if il is not successfully achieved.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

dsnsels, Who occasionally manage to grow up
10 the provinces, mark her ss his own and make
Der such. within q yeJ few days, through the
Medium Of the Pest Office. We have no data from
which to gather the tale Of his successes or defeats
bu. We infer from what we have before Us that he
is corqueriDg ard TO conquer in quarters where
better thir gs should be expected-among The well
bred and vel. educated, among professors daugh-
ter. and attendants upon Institute lectures, among
these who Tread the papers and Gull choice eX-
tracts frcm them. We infer too, that he possesses
taste in seectiong his game and address, in soeuing
hesrts already soft.
What We print delicately suggests much more
than it reveals, and forcbly brings 10 mind the
wtll-klown lines Of Goldsmith about the fate of
lovely woman when she stoops to folly, &c. No
ole can doubt what this young proaigate's inten-
tioIs were in most, if not al, his I,,ons. Money,
the point in which the history Of the Duke of MARI
borough and Ct Dr. Thrasher Lyons coincide, was
not bis object. He meant to rain those whom he
found approschsble-that is the plain English Of
tie matter. No man could carry on so extensive
q correspondence with pure intentions. 1t may
all have been joke to him and to his partner
whose name is as yet upknown-but to the families
into which they insinuated themselves, it would
have been, and perhaps may Jet be, no joke before
the expiration of the year.
We do not print The details Of this case merely as
piece of news. We do not wish our readers to
glance over it, pick out the scandal, and then let
the matter drop. II IL, so to say, representative
case; il carries moral in its arms. II Is more to
the point than the case Of the departed Lyons, for
the subject is homebred, and is but fair type Of
TOO many Of the dar cling men whe are marshalet BY
the Great Brown into the doors Of Fifth avenue
palaces. Nor are the ladies who were silly enough
10 return bis advances exceptional. How many
are there tho would, like Miss B. tel their fathers
of such letter as she received, instead of answer
ing it, Supply answers to demand, the world over.
Young nen will give up seduciDg young women
when yourg women are less ready to be seduced,
ard not before. The millennium will not be nearer
until the philosophy Of social life shat be better TN
derstood and more virtuOusly put in pracuce. We
trust, however, that this exposure may teach more
than one young man salutary lesson and lead
more than one young woman to decline all inter-
course with gentlemen who do not come under the
frank Of relative or friend. "The eccentricities
of the Post Office" have for once served good turn.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

h,d been arrested. scd tho rebellion WA thought to
be at an end.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23
WIGs!-HATR-DY DYE !!-WIGs !!!-BATCHELoR' S

WIGS ALI have Improvements peculiar to their house
Tn. al The world for their graceful beauty
ard dursbity-fne charm. Tue largest aud best
stock tho world Twelve private rooms for applying his
famous DYE, Sold at BArCHELoRs No. 2}5 Br )sdway.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

WASHINGTON, FEB. y, Ioo1-P.m'
I wN told tonight, on reliable authority, that n
Q correspondence between the Attorney General q
Charles Morgan, the former stated thai If thde
were any recruits for Walker on board the Tennes'
zee On her rtxt trip, the authorities in New.York
had instructions 10 seize the vessel.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

srrTr beautiful Pictorial Paper contains full aud reliable in
about SEWING mACHhES and answers all questions
ts csr be ssked on the subject all who read this paper will
Learn bow to purchase SEWING MAcnIsE with which 900
wear clear profit can be made and will be protected from
beps imposed upon by Of the bumbus machines now be
fore the public. NJ SINGER Co.'S GAZETTE VIII be sent
Uaus 70 all who spply by letter otherwise. .
ID M SINGER Co No S23 Broadway, New York.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

To TEA DEALERS AND GROCERs.-We invite
attention TO stock Of OoLoSGs ENGLISH BREAKFAsT
Yousc HYsoS TEAS, Including choice chops
from srTiv which yet selling modese prices
III cash usual time for approved paper .r -
CASSIDY a CO., No. l55 FrOnt-st.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

PrANOS AND MELODEONS.-PRICES GREATLY
Owing npsted improvements in store No
Broadway sock Of aud MELoDEoNs will
be cold at gIest Reduction om usual prices Psuos aud heio'
Ssons 10 rent HORACE WATERS, Agt
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

CERTAIN CURE FOR CHAPPED HANDS, FACE
I.-BkermAS CLARK 4 Co.'S COMPOUND CAMPnoR Ice,
With GiYeene will prove convenient agreeable ana CERTAIN
,.medrE To PREvrhT CHAPPGD HASDs.-H O. d CO.'S BAL.
sMc o. YcrRINE LOTION will be found very ecacous and
. most delicious toile' article Prepared only oH ,.
' Nos 1856 2T3 5lI ana 756 Broadway.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

II. IL h.-IH i've HIIHUtts uIlCI IN uPPIICuViVH VI
RADwAv's READY RELIEF, the severe psroNysns OF
main will cease and the system afflicted with Rheumatism,
keure any painful aHc0ns will be restored TO
ssss ard comfort RAbw.Y's READY RELIEF always stops
Al mos torung pains and aches and frees the system from
nj infrnities and disease. $500 . So
r. r. Office No. ioa Futons n. sold by DR.. Fisher
corner OF Blocker and Chstophersts and No T 9hav
Norton's No 4s8 8thav Dr. Guon, Of Bowey and
Broom. st.; w b. Zib.r No a South Sdst Philadelphia
Nrs Have No IT'S Fulton-st., Brooklyn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
AHAPPY NEW YEAR.

Z, To our readers, male and female, bright and dull,
pretty and ugly, we send greeting. happy new
year, and many more returns of the same! In the
exuberance Of his spirits the other day, good fell
low a. certain dinner-tablel remarked to his host
!" May you never be duy older" Suggestive as
the observation was Of apoplexy, or OF dagger
points, or of bullet-hoes, it was yet meant well and
was 30 received. In the same clumsy vein OF good
huu,or, we say to our dear readers-(who does moi
love his readers T-May You never have another
dolnr--to bother you !-may You never kave another
wifs-to tease you! May you never find another
husband-to fret you May you never have an
other hog -killing-,o grease you! May You never
have another paper (except the Ad0ertiser)-to ve'
your optics May you never have another flower
Ito grieve you BY its early fading May you never
have another hope-.o be crushed in its fullest
blooming
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
DECISIVE RATTLEs.

An English paper thus enumerates the decisive
battles Of earth:
The most decisive battles recorded IN history
are those, at Marathon, Of the Athenians and Per-
SANS; al Issus, of Alexander and Darius; at Can
na, OF the Carthaginans and Romans; at Phursaa,
between Pompey and Caesar; at Chalons, between
the French and the Huns; at Hastings, between
the Normans and English; at Bannoekburn and
Flodden, Of the Scots and English; at Cressy,
Poictiers, and Agiucourt, of the French and Eng
lish; at Ascalon, of Baazet and Tamerlane; at
Pavia, Of the French and Germans at Blenheim,
the French and Allies; at Fontenoy, of the French
and English at Luthen and Riesbach Of The Prus-
SLAMS and French at Marcngo, Of the French and
Austrians and at Austerlz, Jena, FriedIand,
Leipsic, and Waterloo, Of the French and Allied
Nations"
Johnny Bull di>likes to think of two other bat
ties quite as decisive, if not so great as any here
mentioned; we mean the battle Of Yorktown be-
tween Washington and CORVALLIS, and the battle
of New Orleans between Jackson and Packenham
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07

DEFENDING THE SouTn The New Orleans
Bulletin suggests the following method of de-
Tending the South: "The best way of defend
ing the rights of the South," the Bulletin says,
is to make vigorous and extended assault up
on old fields and dilapidated fences. The ene-
my is sure to enter at every gap, and lilo con-
cealed in every brier patch and acre of weeds
he may discover. To rout him, horse, foot and
dragoons it is necessary to set the plough and
the spade going anu then to overwhem him with
mountains of manure. Nothing like manure
for the rights of the South, and the expulsion
of its enemies They can't stand it a: all. The
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, are nothing
in comparison with it. They may be attacked
in front and rear, and terribly shattered; but
muck from the swamps and doep plowing, with
q plenty of it, will prove invulncrable. Cotton
bales are but gossamer in potency, placed be-
side heaps of muck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07

A DREADFUL TypHooN-Loss Of thousand
Lires.-The North China Herald, Of September
10, which came to hand by the last steamer,
contains the following account of terrible ty-
phoon and its appalling consequences:
The Captain of large junk from Bangkok
has communicated the following note OIL the
disasters occasoncd by typhoon encountered
on the 18th of August on approaching the Chu-
san Islands from south: awe formed one Of q.
fleet of % junks bound to various points from
Shanghai to Tientsing. On the twelfth day of
the moon the wind blew furiously from the
Northwest, and suddenly chopped around from
the south seventeen vessels soon foundered,
and the remaining five were dismasted. We
lost also both our double rudders. About one
thousand men pcrished in that storm. In con-
sequence of assistance literally afforded by
steamer, we were saved from drowning and
starving
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07

From the January No Of the Southern Light.
TO MY FATHER.
I'm thinking on the time, Father,
When guileless little child,
listened to the pleasant tones
Of thy voice so calm and mild;
And as Lheed the pratLling ones
Who all my hours divide,
They seem like those who with ME then
Close nestled at thy side.
And then seem to dream, Father,
That on thy sacred head
Are resting almost four-score years,
And my youthful ones are fled.
That thy locks have whitcr grown, Father,
And mine have sadly changed
Since round our quiet ire-side,
A cheerful group we ranged.
But when the dream is DER, Father,
And I feel its all too true,
And that old friends are distant fur
While all a-near are new,.
I dash away the brimming tears
Which swell my aching eyes,
And sigh for that unchanging home
Where are-no broken ties! E. W. r.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
Notice..

THE UNDERSIGNED being about to retire
from the Dry Good Business, will dispose Of his
stock of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods-one of the
largest in the city-at New York cost, for cash.
His friends and the public are respectfully informed
that the lowest possible price will be asked and from
which there will be no deviation. Country and
City Merchants, and Dry Goods Dealers in general,
are invited to call aud examine the Goods.
THOMAS BRENNAN,
Successor of Cosgrove q Brennan.
Augusta, Nov. 25th, 1855, 81 46
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07

A RICH CouNTY.-Dougherty county, Geor-
gia, claims to be the richest in The aorh; we
presume, however, outside Of those embracing
large cities. The valuation is as follows Slaves
S2,230,9l2; land $l,7Sl, 1857; money at inter-
est, $G50,567; city property, $98O,OOO; NOR
chandize Ssl25,0 1000 other property 100000;
total, SIS, S2S,3G0. If the property was equally
divided OUT, each voter in the County would bo
a considerable farmer, with nine slaves valued at
five thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars
worth of land to work them on.