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The Crcat Wreck-Sufferings or Hfc'Res-
coed on Board the Brig Marine.
Mr*. Marvin and Mr*. Kittridge. two of the
passengers of the steamer Central America,, give
the following account of the five days spent by
them on board the brig .Marine; K* |L>
BRIO MARINE—SOCIAL LIFE UPON IIE^L
When we got to the brig Marine the -water
was washing and dashing ofc?r her guards, and
ws were banded right into the water. Thirty
women and twenty six children were stowed
into the little cabin by setting them down on
the floor a* closely us they could sit. The only
seat* in the cabin were two or three trunks and
atf many stools. There were only seven berth
In the brig. Shortly after getting on board, tea
was passed round among us. VS£e had not eat
en anything since Friday morning; so it was
the best tea .l ever tasted. There were only
five cups for us all to drink out of. Some bard
crackers were passed round. The cabin was
about eight feet square, the captain's and mate’s
rooms together, making up nearly as much
more room, were given us. The captain and
crew appropriated all their spare clothing to
our use. The berths were mostly occupied by
children. Mrs. A Ellis, ofAVateifdrd, Wash
ington county, Ohio, was very sick, and had
four children under her charge. Wo managed
to get them all into one berth, and ever after
ward that berth was known as the “bird’s nest/’
The rest of us eat around on the floor on any
thing we could find, or upon nothing. I sal
down right by the cabin door, through which
(be water was rushing iu all night. 1 s«t all
night up to my waist in water. The storm was
very high, the sea broke over us, and the ship
Was tossed to and fro like a feather in a gale.—
t shall never (orget that night; l had to hold on
to the door with all my strength when the ves
sel lurched. Thus I sat all night, everything
on of about me being perfectly wet. Mrs. Mar-,
tin sat in a cup-board, with a pair of gentle
men’s white pants on and a gentleman’s coat
0Q» looking just like a man.
Mrs. Marvin—O, don’t put that in.
Mrs. Kittridge—All the ladie* who got on
board at first put on gentlemen’* clothes.
Mrs. Marvin—I put on men’s clothes to help
them work, because I thought if I bad them on
they would let me work and think 1 was a boy
Mrs. Kittridge—Mrs. Howle.y had on a pair
of gentlemen s white drawers and socks, and
a blanket having a hole cut in it, through which
•he put her head; wearing it a la Mexicana, that
constituted her dress for three day9. Mrs. Bad
ger got the Captain’s undershir t, his boots and
socks; this, with a large blanket wonnd round
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Religious Notice. •— -
We are requested to give notice that there will he
a Communion Meeting held in the Presbyterian
Chorcii inJhis place, commencing on .Friday
before the 3d Sabbaih in October, inst., at which
time two or more Ministers are expected to be pre
sent and asstetin the meeting, ( . '» ’
We have received official returns from Ran
dolph Co.* wjdrh show the following remit:
Brown 631, Hill 563-CVawf.ml 671, Elam
49^—T. LI Guerv, T. Coleman and B. G.
Christie (democrats) elected to the Legislature.
We hope to give full returns next week.
Cotton Receipts.
We omitted last week to give the number of,
hales of cotton received at this place for storage.
We now give the receipts from the 24th wit. to
date, which is 184 bales. One reason, we pre
sume, for the small receipts, is on account of
the fine weather for picking. Our planters will
soon commence to haul in their cotton, and w
not pretend to give a description of the
dinner. All present were satisfied-.that the la
dies of Dougherty are equaPtb every. occasion
where, duty or patriotism calls for Jheir aid.:
Mr. Toombs went to Thomasyille Friday
night, spoke in Thomasville, on Saturday, and
returned through: Albany .onSunday morning.
New Vork THarketSf
" New York v Oct. 5—Cotton is very dull.
Flour is active and advanced 15 cents.. Wheat
buoyant; White worth $1,27 to $130. Mixed
Corn, 70 cts. Turpentine and Rosin firm. Freights
on cotton to Liverpool 7 32
Runaway Negroes Landed —On Sunday last
the ship California, Capt. Atfen, bound from Mis
sissippi to Liverpool, hailed a pilot boat of this port
IasI Monday, we' SeReke©Very Voter in the coun
ty deposited his vote, that was able.to get to the polls.
JtvWill be seen from tlte,fojlf»v»ng'official statement. r . .. r
fiiat the result ie.hfghligratityin«4othe Democracy, land pnt on board of her two negro men, slaves,
e»peci»'iy when it Uwcollected that Stir npponents.| who had been slowed away secretly on .board, with
worked every device in their power to gain theJelec-v* view to gel to Liverpool.
lion. Wo liave gained on one former Governor’s mubmoes and state ns fol-
, 4 . . • - [lows. One named Davy M Clean, a carpenter,
election, 26 votes. ; *
The men 1
»ws. , One
[ belonging to Robert Cotvi
mmwiiwiu—^
A Second Shriek from tho SUllmaa Mem-
. morla lists.
- .After six weeks endurance of the lash which
President Buchanan applied with such merited
severity, Mr. Sillima:* muHnsillustrious com
panions have issued a rejoinder -do the Chief
Magistrate’s reply to their previous memorial
upon the subject of Kansas affairs. ;Tke com-
pUcencV of these self-constituted expounders of
politics, and morals, like the drunkenness <#Mr
Todgf.rs, is chronic. They do not seo the fin
ger of public disapprobation pointing at them—
nor hear the virdict of approval which has gree
ted the President front men of all political par
ties, for the masterly and dignified rebuke ad
ministered ton band of discontented, quorelous,.
treason mongers, who impudently assumed the
office of censors, and arraigned the President
for infidelity to those high duties which he prom
ised to perform when inaugurated as Chief Mag
istrate of this great Republic. M«#SiLLm.\N
niul hts brother Memorialists lire not satisfied
" n
otlhe 'emlpfj.- The President in
ral, places himself upon the principles
Kansas-N ebraska bill. He {bund .the t err it or
Organized in obedience to the principles of tb/ f
act, and as Congress had not declared ibe*
laws null M»d-void, his duty was to see thatij*
real inhabitants of the territory was not
fered with iri the exercise of those rights
antped to them. Thisjie has done and is doinrr
Itds no part Of his duty to send the army bim?
ing after men attained by Black Republican
formers, and such a suggestion from New En-»
land memorialists, is as foolish as it is out of
place in a paper addressed to the Chief Ma^ s%
trate of the nation.
These are the only points worthy of notice i n
this second manifesto of the Silliman commit,
tee.. It is stilfcmore barren of argument th an *
the first effort of ih$se same men to place ;h#
President in a false position before the country
with reference to Kansas affairs. The stab,
talk about “bogus laws,” and the assertion that
Mr. Buchanan did.not put in an emphaticde-
with the plain and unanswerable arguments pot■ j „j a | to the preposterous charges made acainst
. t! lh . forih ln.tbo reply of Mr.. Buck an an to•■their j j,] m> mn y suit the mental calibre of the B| ac L
r inN - vE ^ nd *** wd >
!—buth of Hansbom’, Mississippi. They managed . ; , s , )ervert j 0 „ of feels, nor sublime in its niisnr-1
jtn secret themselves on board the.' ship at Ship dity n c reasoning than the firsf.Thismiislhave !
Island, (an island north of Chandler island?, off,}j 8cn Apparent to some of th
Brown
mu...,.:..
Crawford
Elam.....J
Slaughter
Mallory
Harris .....
Cvchran
.325
244
310
....203
. ...274
187
....274
....187
month of Mississippi,) and received food and assist- i earlier effort of this U.-niH or 1
ance from some of the crew, who iri a manner aid- . f or v\-Lt* 1 e the first tv,
cd them to get’off thus secretly, by holding out ' {y./i irrc per.cons, Im
an unenviable tiotn;
Repub!
nonsense will disgust the sensible men of aj[
parties in all sections of the Union. The Pre».
i kns executed the Saws of the United States, and
- 1 le * allowed the people of Kansas to live under
gTpat inducements to them, aa to how much beRer
Stale Returns.
The following are. the m-ijoritie.* a» reported by
the Macon Telegraph, October 7, 1857.
Brown’s maj.
Chatham ...199-
Spalding. 16
Wilkinson 237
hope there will be an abundance of means to Tay'.oj* * 50
, , . .r-'- * Butts
purchase their crops at a fair price.
! ofttr.res to this rJgiuaiole t
j sense which has been vr.r
hnt-hed of trea^nn and in
tntinii—New England,
i the count"y might have ;
j break of wounded vanit
l)0r v constituted her dress, she wore the Capln
Georgia and Florida Rail Road.
We are gratified to state that the iron for the
completion of this Road to Albany, arrived in
Savannah last week, and is now coming forward
and being placed upon the track. Should the
weather continue favorable, we trust that the
cars will reach Albany by the end of next week
Persons having produce or goods to be trans
ported to or from Albany by Railroad, may re
ly upon being able to do so at or very near the
time mentioned.
Pike -,...114
Bibb 0 22
Luice 76
Twiggs 140
Fulton 200
Taliaferro 1ST
Dougherty 81
Dooly 150
l^e 35
DeKalb ;. .218
Catoosa 200
Whit field 250
Gordon 300
Cobb 450
Cass'. 215
Floyd 170
I Baker 250
[Jefferson 40
ford 4o
tF they’d be ib England. &c.
They \vere tivo weeks on board before the offi
cers of the vessel discovered mein, and live Captain
took the above method of having them returned to
11111*23 maj- • their owners.
j The boys are noiy safe in our county jail, wait-
| 11 2 till there owners claim them with authority, - SlLLIMA?i memorial, hut \vhc/»
i&c Sat. Georgian. | of men persevere in a ct>uts<
| Aa Appeal lo the Ladies of (he Soulh. i Jeafelo'hJ'objecfeof™»'..
j \Ve give below an address of Mrs. McGruder,! eX p ec t to be elevated in tin
wife of the Mayor of Washington City, which 1 S( . nr n and contempt, as a w?
we find in'tbe'lfnion, to the women of.the South ] w .j in ma y fi e disposed to trea
in behalf of the helpless and destitute family of j But upon what new ch
I Cap*. Herndon* whose sad fate ha? already been Magistrate arraigned bv thes:
j made known to our readers. It is an undying [R^k Republican party?
honor to the noble Commrader of the Central I CO ward who sets ujv a man
America, that while more than fo; ’ 1 ’ 1
Moralists, | p.jggQ stntutes framed in obedience to the nop.
al was^signeU by for- j u j ar w jfi 0 f that territory, and he means to ah
nlv-eight liave famed j ow ||j 0 re;l J inhabitants of that section to coti-
’.V ap^ntring. their sig- j tm] it in ,j ie f u , uro> With the fact of slavery
of s-tupimty and nou ~ j being in or out of Kansas.be has nothing to do.
! )t. ^ or1 l\ fro'o that,'j-hat question is for the people to decide for
I themselves. They can do this in accordance
with the provisions of the organic act under
way
Rail Road Jnbilcc.
The citizens of Albany and Dougherty coun-1 vValkr
undershirt till she got to Baltimore. Miss ty, and all others interested, are requested to | Coweta
Alfc. Lockwood. Mrs. Bircli, Mr,. Thoms, and | meel Bttlie Court House in Albany, on Salur- ! £»>' e " e
others, wore n en’s clothes. As we had not , , | I homas
bonnet,, our bead, were covered with anythin®! da >’ morn,n e next ’ al 11 ° eM - '° n, " ko P re ‘ I
180
156
15t>
***!«. &c. I A,!wn >’' i WelislV-r. .'.. . ..'. . ..'
Mrs. Marvin--1 tore off a flounce of my The ladies are of course invited.* Thursday ! Washington
dre,, and made a bonnet for Mr,. Thayer. the 2 . 2l| in is s „,.„ es , e ,j as s e , lila |,|e time.—!
Mrs. Kittridge—Mrs. Easton wore the Cap- . .... .... c . .l i .• r 1 nI1< -
Uin’, old bat all the wav. Mr,. Travii entered ] 11 ' vl11 1)8 ">«’ completion ..r.Truup
Norfolk in her stocking feet; she could not get j s ® n days before the session of the j Hm*-
her shoes on or had lost them. I never bad my ' Legislature, so that parties desiring to visit
■hoes off for a week. 1 lay with them on all; Mifiedgeville will have ample time-to visit Al-
j bany, without interfering with their visit to
. 614
Upson
Richmond
Talbot
tho time.
About nine on Saturday night a man came , ..... , ...
on board the Marine and said “the steamer has ! ledgevl1 e ‘ wmi Effidgliam
•unk ; I saw it go down, and every soul on board | Foreign News* i *!l‘ catur * • * *•
* Us gone to Davy Jones’ locker.” Such a j f ho Utest acc(iunt8 frorll Liverpool are by j Glydn^75
shriek as rose from our nud*t l hope never to , , _ „ • , n ‘ | » ,L, r . xr n*
hear again. Shortly after Mr,. l!ad c er ,pr.n E j «l‘» A ng U> Saxor, lo September 23. j 5
forward to the cabin door and said. “I hear ! Cotton is quoted quiet and steady, with pn j j jf .gi JS j Htliro f ort y-two counties' Democ
ray husband’s voice.” She stood there looking ! ces unchanged. Sales for three days 14,000 j tour members over last Legislature
. for Seivard o
“ *
r Bartow,
r Seward,
favorable.
We learn from the Charlesto
that the North Eastern Rail Road connecting | I^^J' pl^js^najoviLy
Charleston with the Wilmington and Manches- Uj.Senator Hardeman
OOt some time. At length we succeeded in re
covering her from the eorl of hysterick fit into
*&|eh she had fallen. #
The air in the cabin wits very stifling. The
vessel was filled with molasses and sugar. The
hogsheads of molasses had hurst, run loose in
the hold, and made an excessively noxious smell.
The pomps brought up more molasses than wa
ter. 1 did not sleep any on Saturday night;—
I did not sleep any for a whole week. My eyes
became as it were set, and I could not close
them. # On Saturday morning Mr. Theodore
Payne came down stairs, and said we ladies ! connecting the Northern cities with the
must al! go on deck, the smell wag so bad be-! 0 f the Gulf of Mexico.
low. We had become accustomed to the air! —aooca*
and did uot want to go,up, hut did so. During Election Kcws*
the day the rigging of the ship was filled full of] We have received comparatively few returns
oor wet cjo'bes, lo dry Ibe.n Sunday morning; from other counties. Democratic Senators and
wre breakfasted on hard crackers, and the same | „ , . . . r.
good twin the .am, five cop,. Afterward,,I Rl, P reiCnt "" Ies ,n Stomas and Decatur are
oor fare was changed to gruel. At first we! olected. Rumor say* Worth sends up one In
dnmk our soup and gruel out of soup pistes, hut dependent, and one nominated candidate to
gain
er msi. legislature.
bales, chiefly to the trade. Manchester trade ! _ Tri Pl* Reeled over Bailey by five hundred votes,
, j Reported targe Democratic pains, in Greene. Obb
Breadstuffs—declining tendency, j Ciieroffce. Knownotliing gains reporlcd.in Columbia
Newton, and burke. Dawson elected Senator in
Mercury J Greene, llill elected over Linton Stephens, and A.
reduced. Bartow beats Sew-
noty votes, Bibb. Stubbs,K
Senator, Hardeman, K. N. Lockett, Democratic
ter, and the Cheraw and Darlington Rail Road j Representative,
at Florence, was completed and commenced its i . ...
.u u. k M A 1 * TU • ; ; “Albany Guards.”
through tranc on Monday last, inis is an im-
° ...... i. e . n n . i be elerton for onicers to command this
por taut r nk m the line of coast K«tl Roads,. _ „ , ,
* ,i vt ,u: -1 Company, came off on Saturday the 3d instant,
and the following gentlemen were chosen in
accordance with the laws of our State
Captain. David A. Vasox.
at length we got quite aristocratic and eat them
OOt of wooden spoons. Mr. Jones made four
wooden spoons—one for Mrs. Marvin, one for
Mrs. Easton, one for Mrs. McNeil, and one for
myself. Some times we passed these spoons
around; we would take them right out of our
cn&uths and pass them to the applicants, who
would immediately use them with gusto. The
last day we were out thecaphiinof the Marine
Milledgeville. Hill got a large vote on account
of Independent Democrats running on the K.
N. ticket.
Seward's majority over Bartow and Gauldon
in Thomas is 89 votes
Southern Bank of Georgia.
In oor last issue we called the attention of
Cams to me and borrowed mine. At night we ! this Bank and the Editor of the Rainhrulge Ax-
used tin life preservers for pillows. During tbe!gr/$to a communication which refered loan
last part of the voyage we slept on deck under a
tail. VV© liked this very much better than the
cabin.
' EI5D TBEATMEKT AT HOBFOtl.
I wish it wai in my power to express our grati
tude for the kindness with .which we were treated
by the people of Norfolk. About twenty ot us
went in there and stopped at the principal hotel —
The ladies of the place immediately sent in great
1st Lieut., Yoitel G. Rust.
2d “ • \Y.m. E Smith.
34 ** Svickr F. deGraffenrikd.
Ensign, Scott S. Fudcjr.
Orderly, Wji. C. CONNELLY.
men, himself among the number, perished in
the gcHj ml one woman or child was lost This
I noble man and gallant seaman, was at his post
| throughout that trying contest with the elements,
1 and never left it until the vessel went down and
I the waves closed over -him forever. He has
j gone. But his memory should ever be green
! in the hearts of the mothers and daughters of
{ America. Let them respond lo th*- eloquent ap
I peal of Mrs Mayor McGruder, and thus at once
honor themselves and alleviate the distress of
her whose stay and support has been so sud
denly and sadly removed.—Fed. Union.
Washington, Sept. 22, 1857.
The undersigned has read with the most pain
ful emotions of the loss of the steamer Central
America, and sincerely deplores the sad fate of
her passengers, suddenly cutoff, “tn health and
hope,’’ by one of those fearful hurricanes which
260 J ears l ,HVe made so many hearths
* 3‘H) *l** sn ^ a ' p * anc ^ 80 mHn .V hearts to mourn.
. . . . ..2661 H ut * rn ‘ t * gl«om and horror of that dread
188 } ful night, there is one gleam of glorious light—
140 one gallant, noble, chivalrous action that %Vi!l
40 j s tand out in bold relief, and raise for its author
monument as enduring as time, indistructible
i mind ; its base resting, in the hearts of women,
and its apex as elevated as her hopes. “Save j
the women and children” was the first order ol j
the noble Herndon: and shall American women
forget the gallant, the noble captain who, mid
gloom, and desolation, forgetful of himself,could
think of poor frail woman and helpless children?
Never ! no, never!
. 1 propose to my country women that a meet
ing be called in each city and village in the
United States, and that funds lie collected and
transmitted to Georgo W. Riggs, hanker in
Washington, to be invested for the use of the
wife and daughter of Capt. Herndon, late of
the United States Navy. Let us do something
to show our gratitude to one who in time of
trouble sacrificed himself to his duty and to wo
man.
Your country woman,
SARAH MAGRUDER.
To the Women of the United States.
the Nation, they
pration, and must
pillory of public
ning for all those
in their footsteps
rges is the Chief
Pecksniffs, of the
Like the boastful
, straw, and then
hundred eX ults over the case with ulich he vanquished
his redoubtable opponent, these New Haven
bruisers are jubilant over-the ffet that Mr. Burn
did not see fit to notice every silly asser
tion contained in their fir at epistle. 'Hie omis
sion to do this very thing is vliat the President
is most commended for, arid justly too. The
Chief Magistrate could not stoop to the position
of disputi: g on mere details. He h?:d not time
to undertake tin* difficult task of teaching a New
England professor, the difference between a
proposition and n fact, between the coinage of a
weak or wicked imaginatiopjand the plain teach
ings of every day occurreaces. When, h
ever, certain definite charges were made effect
ing the official integrity of the President, th
the answer came, and in a form as potential
truth, ns dear and convitcing as the plainest
mathematical proposition. Not one point in
the firsf memorial that rises to the dignity of ar
gument was overlooked by the President. That
fact is abundantly proven bv this second epis
tle, which is a weak and miserable attempt co
cover up their previous blunders.
This second hill of indiefrnent, however, con
tains an old count in a slightly altered form in
order to make it appear »ew and startling to
the astute and penetrating intellects of tho?e
w ho have sat at the fee* of ihcse New England
doctors of laws and morality, and caught iuspi
ration from their teaching®. And what is this
charge? Why, that Mr. Buciiaxax did uot im
mediately on assuming the reins of government.
Const!
en the first out- j w hich the Territory is now pursuing her
exhibited in die j towards the position of a sovereign State of
a small faction 11ijig great Republic. As to the suggestion of
which insults the | lhe ^ eV v England moralists, they are but th*
crude notions of,men blinded by passion and
prejudice, and not likely to be taken in opposi
tion to the wise counsels of a patriotic and pru
dent statesman, acting under the responsibility
of an oath, and looking only to the peace and
prosperity of our common country.—Daily
Pcasylvanian.
Monument to Barou Steuben/
The Germans recently held a festival at
Richmond, Virginia, to raise means to ereet a
monument to tho memory of Barou Steuben.-*
Such a token of remembrance is due to his great
services. Contributions in its aid ought not to
be limited to any class of our people. Tiv
tire Union owes him a debt which cannot ho
paid by a simple monument. Though born
the heart of Europe, under an absolute king, he
was the true and unflinching friend of libe»ty,
life to her se rvice in America,
jiid-de camp to Frederick the
a, and had attained the rank of
al in Ids army. Sacrificing bon-
his native land in 1777,
d tendered his s
iteer, claiming neither
rat fc nor compensation. Hej
at Valley Forge. We was one of the best drill
officers in the army, and,his system, afterward*
published, constituted our manual of tactics
down to the war of 1812. Ho was one of the
most self-sacrificing men that lived. Congress
made him inspector general with the rank of
major general. On the surrender ofCornwak
IU, whose first offer to capitulate w as made to
him, in order to extend civilities to toe.captured
officer?, Lke oihe:s of his rank, lie sold his fa
vorite charger to raise the necessary n>eans.—
His watch went to relieve the sink arud wound
ed of our army. Much of his pay was rlispos-
1l,e
and pledged hit
He had been ai
Great, of Pruss
lieutenant gene
ors and emoluments
lie came to America
lo Congress a? a vr
vMt'd
exp.
Mctbodist Protestant!burck—Question of
Division.
The influences that effected a disruption of
the Methodist, Baptist, and New School Pres-
m *. „ j hyterian Churches, are at work in flie Metho
The Meet in? last * rlday-fior. Brown \J nX p rol68 t» nt chw-b, whirl.hi. for tw W t,
and Senator Toombs. ! eight years been a united body. At the late
The meeting last Friday to hear the speeches i session of the Pittsburgh Annual Conference, a
of then Judge, now Governor Bro wn, and Sen-
ator Toombs, was very large and enthusiastic.
There were many ladies present, and they seem
ed to enjoy the feast of reason a3 well as the
multitude, subsequently did the feast of good
tilings which the ladies had provided. The I
article in one.of the Savannah paper*, taken
from a New Orleans paper, elating that drafts
of the Southern Bank at Bainbridge had been
protested in that city.
The last issue of the Argus publishes these
articles, and says:
On reading the Patriot's article* inserted above,
took the p^per containing them and presented
bukcu of clothe* lo u.-eo tnat those who went it th „ c . e | 1( , r of B , tlk , wllo in („ rm „ d
there without anything came away with carper
bag* full. Some one cent in and took the meaa-
ure of *11 oor feet, and then supplied us with very
good gaiter*.—Especially are we indebted to Mrs.
Waters, the landlady of the hotel, Mr*. Sally
Tazewell. Mrs. A. F Leonard, Mrs. R. H. Stevens,
Mrs. A* Santos, Mr*. R. N. Bagner and Mrs.
* v Sharp, who were stopping at the hotel. Our own
aiatera could not have treated aa'with, more coneid
©ration {.they did everything in the world that could
ho done for a*. We shall ever remember their
kindness with .the deepest gratitude.
lilt citizen* of Norfolk held a meeting apd
raised money for ns. A committee was appointed,
who presented ua with * certain sum of morey—
th© single women with $50 and the women with
, children with $100. They also paid oor fare by
railroad.’.op to New York. We were not cnarged
* anything at the hotel in Norfolk, nor werofewe
sharged anything at the hotel in Baltimore* So
«re all arrived, in this city with a change of cloth
~ ing and $50 or $100 in our pockeia. The amount
fa small, but to those who have lost their husband*
or iU. they bad* and in their way home, it is of the
- greatest importance, for it enables them to reach
.; ..their home*. - «
. j'v Main" Eieriions.
orn. of tho Maine election (hue far
t Republican loss.of 20 members
•"re, and about,nino thousand pf
‘jority in tbaBtale. Tho Tri-
itlese, jubilant over the result,
* Wean, have not lost
apparent loss • arise*
circular from the Western Literary and Publish
ing Society, upon the subject of Slavery, was
rea3 to th‘e conference, and referred to a com
niittee of laymen and ministers, who after con
sultation, submitted a preamble and resolutions
instructing the delegates to the next General
Conference to attend a Convention which is to
he held in Cincinnati on the 2d Wednesday iu
. . . . V, . ; he held in Cincinnati on me gn Wednesday »u
speeches were boll, very good. Gov. Drown is N()Velhe ob jeel'.,f which.il is believed.
us that the paid draft*, on being returned to the
Bank were immediately cashed. IVe acknowledge
that we are a friend to the Bank as well as tn eve
ry other institution promising to advance the true
interests of South-Western Georgia, but we have
interest in it than any other individual in
the community, and not desire to occupy the posi
tion of its organ, or become responsible for it* sol
vency—notwithstanding we regard it a* sound as
any other similar institution with Us circulation in
the State, and that no one risk* anything in taking
its bills.
(£7* The steamship Star of the’West* arrived
in New York from California on the 4th in*!.,
bringing 450 passengers, and $1,250,000 in
specie. * '
The election in California resulted favorably
fortbe Democrats—-Weller (Dem.) was elected
over hi* opponent by 13,000 majority.
California voted to pay the unconstitutional
debts of the State. • r. ,
Brunswick & Fla. Rail Road.
We learn from a reliable private aoorce* that
the affairs of the Brunswick .Rail Road Com
pany,. are* being placed in good condition
for future progress. The debts of the Com-
pady bate been nearly all (laid or converted in
to stock, Vo tbal the Company will start,tinder
the newly elected Board free frojp -the embar-
a clearheaded, cool, deliberate, logical and very
pleasant speaker. When he speaks he has
something truthful to say, and when he is done
every one understands precisely wliat4ie means
Every man of common discernment, whether
friend or foe. cannot help seeing and inwardly
acknowledging that he is an honest man, and
his ability is in our opinion far above what even
the generality of his friends have claimed for
him. We think he has a practical wisdom
which will be found equal to any emergency.
Mr. Toombs, though suffering from fatigue
and loss of sleep, made a powerful nnd splendid
speech. The questions bf the canvass embra
cing the difficulties between the North aftd
South, were reviewed in a masterly manner, add
summed up in an irresistable conclusion, that
the Democratic Party North »nd South are de
fenders of the Constitution, including.the rights
of the States and the rights lof the South, and
that they are the only party that has the" util
and the power to maintain our tights in the
Union; sod that consequently the South should
Ire united in support ofYbe principles and pbll&y
of the Democratic Party.
Mr. Toombs was able, eloquent, powerful
and conclusive in his arguments.
After the speaking the whole company went
to the new Depot Warehouse, ahd partook of
an excellent dinner prepared for the occasion,
binder the personal superintendence of the ladies.
Besides a great variety oj[ meats, fowls, breads,
there , were many cakes, which in Bize, ap
pearance and taste, would have dame dredit to
is the establishment of :»n anti-slavery Methodist
Protestant Church. The-jesolution gave ristfto
ilauts we
old soldic
under the Constitution res * ( R‘d a* ‘he ti
perly and impartially on-i * us U ° an,r -V n;
march the United States army into the Territn r, k v
rv of Kjinsaa^overtlirow the territorial govern-
meut estatili^ed by act of Congress, drive out i’ u< k
the officers appointed under lhe provisions of
that act, and thus by mere force trample upon
all those rights guaranteed to the people of Kan
sas. This is what the Prewdent is faulted for
hy the Black Republican presses in this after
birth which they have paraded before the world
I! its disgusting filthiness. The? people of
Kansas acting in oliedience to the organic law
of that Territory,had formed a government and
were living under it when .Mr Buchanan
inaugurated. His <!
was to see the laws j
forced. This he has done, to the letter. A dif
ferent course, such as that demanded hv the’
New England memorialists, would have been
destructive of ull government in the Territory.
How would tho.<«e men, who are arraigning the
President for not inlerferino in the domestic af
fairs of Kansas have relished an armed inter
ference directed wholly against the Black Re
publican settlers? Had a portion of the army
been used for the purpose of driving them from
their farms, nod depriving them of (heir rights,
claimed under the law organizing the Territory,
what a howl of indignation will have been sent
up from that portion of the New England polit
ical clergymen, who are still out of the peniten
tiary. Yet if tho doctrine contended for by
these “memorialists” be sound, the President
raft at any time disregard an act of Congress,
and use the whole military power placed in his
hands to crush the will of the people ns express-
hhorrojic
surmounted with fl*g* fepresealiifc tltf> .*4, ? 'r*l
Sq“l«r«vyratM, A6eit.f iy t. ^
- s uniHiB i'» i t'.’ipffSS-
animated debate, but was finally amended e d through the ballot box. T'liia is the old Fed-
eral doctrine, which lifts the Chief Magistrate
above the Constitution, the solemn acts of Con
gress, and confers upon him p »wers as despotic
and tyrannical as those exercised by the Czar
of Russia, or the Emperor of China. Mr.
Buchanan acted in strict accordance with thy
Constitution and Act of Congress organizing
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska,and the
effects of hi* wise and prudent course can he
the fact, that peace and order now pre
vails in all .parts of that once disturbed section
of the Union.
•But, again,.these rev^r.end intermeddlers ar-
aign the President^or'hot ‘‘expelling all inva
ders from the Territory.?’ The charge of neg
lect of duty larks originality in conception, hut
it will serve for want of something more new,
arid’startling. Those who made it; however,
should.point but some just, fair, and constitu
tional mode of effecting this desired reform t©
an extent satisfactory to them. One party
would have demanded that every person who
emigrated from Missouri should be expelled,
while the other would hnve clamored for the
so as to provide that the delegate? going to (Id
Cincinnati Convention shall not thereby be pre
vented from attending the General Conference
next May, in Lynchburg, and shall not have
power to organize a new chureh. The resolu
tion, thus amended, was adopted without oppo
sition, though a number did not vote at all.
The debate disclosed some curious sentiments
on the part of one of the Virginia speakers.—
According lo the report before us, which ap
pears in the Baltimore Methodist Protestant,
Rev. Joseph Cures, of Fairview,- Virginia, who
spoke at length against tho resolution, delivered
himself as follows:
He declared ho was nnti slavery. Was a
Virginian. But was no mor© a “raving, one idea,
ran ring, fanatical abolitionist, than he was a
slave driver in Lousiana.” He could preach in
Virginia. Had preachod anti-slavery sermons
ir* Virginia. Was not afraid to do so in Rich
mond. Ho ably defended the charges and mis-
epresentaUons against the South. He desired
the freedom of slaves of Virginia, but prayed to
be delivered from the remedy that was worse
than the disease.
It is said that ex-president Fillmore is about to
marry a Udy of Montreal. The Portland Adterti
ser thinks thia a pretty business for a Know Noth
ing. “American* must rule America,” and here
we have the great chief of the dark lantern* sub
mitting to foreign riile and actually laying plan*
to increase the immigration l
Mxmesota-—The grain crop of Minnesota for
the presentNyear is estimated a« follow*; Wheat*
1,8000 000 bushels ;.corn, 1.600,000; lists, 1,100,-
000; potatoes. 800,000 bushels “An aggregate,”
lags representing U*e sever*! heretofore made. ua dependent on the* neighboring
good conduct among soldier?.
1 treason was muniiV.-ted hy
i soldier hy the name of Arnold to
s n.mie. 'i hat soldier nnd ids degeen*
■e ever known by that of the glorious
r “Steuben” After the unr, Wash-
ingtoti mid Hamilton secured him an annuity of
82 500 from the general government. New
Jersey gave him a farm. Virginia voted him
fifteen thousand acres of land, which was loca
ted in Kentucky. New York gave him sixteen
thousand acres, situated north of the city of
Utica, in the town of Uemscii, upon which he
of his death, in 1795. Some
came and settled with him
lands, for whom he made provision in
his will which manifested the generosity and
joodness of hi* heart. The residue of loses-
ate he willed to Benjamin Walker and William
North, who had been his aids. The latter sub
sequently attained eminence in New York, and
became successively Slate and United States
senator, and afterwards adjutant genet at of opr
army. General North’s interest, under Steu-
ben’s will, passed to Walker, and the rights of
liis representatives have recently been acted
upon in the Pension Office. In framing the
provisions of his will, the old Baron followed
the dictates of his own feelings rather than the
precedents emanating from other minds. Be
required his faithful servants to bury him upon
his estate, but with a caution and secrecy that
should preclude the possibility of others finding
his remains. This injunction was observed by
those of his household who loved, and venerated
him; and, to this day, the resting-place of his
remains is unknown to the public, unless certain
i»\ judicial proceedings in New York con
tain material error.
Such was Frederic William Augustas, Brtron
Von Steuben He was a patriot and true friend
of American liberty, who sacrificed fortune and
honor in Prussia to serve the infant cause of
liberty in a distant land. * He was brave a man
as lived, and as gentle as brave. His heart was
warm, true, and faithful, without a selfish streak
in it. AH America should join in erecting his
monument, and fathers should recount on the
family hearthstone his noble virtues and nrS
pure add Unselfish acts, and urge their imitation.
When,they have done so, we hope they will ask
their sons if the know-nothing creed should an-
ply .tfrfetjeh a niaivdnci to LaFayette, Koaclu?*
ko, and the hundreds of others from foreig®
tuyds who have done honor to themselves if i
serving liberty jin oar country. > I-
The Panic Affecting the Puicb of To-
BACCo.j—The Richmond Extxminer observe*
that the tobacco trade of Virginia has centered
in New York, owing to the present banking
system, and brings facts and figures to show
that this interest is already feeling with a ven-
expulsinn of all * those men who were s6nt out
under the Hospices of the MassachqsetU Emi- .... t _
grant Aid Society*, for the' avovved .purpose ofjgeanee the. pressure now. raging in the "ref*
bending the legislation of the Territory in a par- j commercial emporium or the Country. ~ Tobac*
ticular direction. By no possible fheaus could co of the quality which ten days ago sold
the President have carried out this proposition Richmond for fifteen, seventeen and twenty d«4* ,
of his modest arra»*gnera , without violating the lafa, sold on Thursday for ten, twelve and four*,
plain©#!.requirements of law and policy. -If be teen dollars,'and th© market falling. -
had used jiis high office, and the. trtfops of th©* . r——mu ■ . . — : .
United States to remove from the Territory such A Yellow Bear-—Thr. Iowa State GaxettJ
persons as 'we object of*political- suspicion, that ffflotfr Bear has been * in lhe region^ .
act would’have been subject fori thousand mis- Lake Superior* supposed to be* cross of the Pr_'
interpretations, each one of which would have arid black hear, and .a* large as two of the
received theendorsementof the Very’men‘who 1 black species. One)of the'cubs of fbi* be»jw t .
whichf Br ® «M>» finding fault with Mr. fiticiusAri for taken by the Indians,A*dI by thfm ’CUttfi (o ty •
not overleaping the territorial, laws and aiding Mj, where hie Juvenile bearahipwas regardn)
them in.tl
upon the foal .inhabitants a great curiosity. ' . ' > * , * .'v.J