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of-the cowmrr 'wfifliwt in. thr orgnflfir; TmiifftT *b ;f 9 etlern'Ern : II riirhtftd
las*, ir may becoice.led {hat .-ach bus*?*-
.of the • tsetib'y m ist have been emu
pe«e t determine, in the. l ist resort,
the qualificatmns and llifeeieoian of
member# The subject w is bv iu *
tuire, one nppt-rtn.ning exohishvdy t
jurisdiction of the InJM auihoritiesri/
.tin; Territory. Whatever irrogiilnruics
may have occurjted i»-*lie
seems too late iimtlo >u*fte
I qtieiljon T
At all events it is a questi-m as to which,
neitlter now. n«r at any *»»v*inos tin* •
has the leas' possible j**g-dan:hortiy Uen
poss-.'se^l i liv ihCTPresideni of tha
Unit'd Slates 1 ' Fur's 11 present purposes
the legitimate assembly of the Territory.
^Accordingly, the Govemor.hy procla-
m it ion, convened the assembly t*'us
r eeled to meet at a place Called Pnwni-e
subjects of legislation consistent with
the ConsElution of the Untied States and
the-; revisions of this act” If, in view
«>£ tUwwiidt'* legislative assembly had
tyae power to fixate permanent
at oi f ><«rermnent'ni ;any place in its
discretion, of course h, the same i-mct-
uient it It id the less and the.included
, it |imyeJ lo fix j: t( inpor-.rilv
Nevertheless, n'.legttion that jh*- arts
of the legislative as-embly were illegal
by re .fon of thi^.re uoval of its place of
-ession was brought forward to justify
the first movement in disregard of law
within the Territory, One of the hots
of the legisl ative assembly provided for
flieelectiotuof a delegate to the present
Congress^ ml a delegate- vvas plected
tin ler that law. Rut, subsequent!/ to
City ; the t wo honses mef niid were dulj. ibis, a p >rti.in'of ‘the people' rtf the Terri-
organized in the ordinary ptfliamfents* uyy proceeded, without authority rtfiaiF,
ry form {’ each ' ent to, and received to elect another .delegate. ,
from, the governor the offici tl com n-i- | Following upon this movement was
ideations usual on such occasions ; an-' another and more important one of the
elaborate message opening the session same getfend charac^ei. Persons cou-
w.n co trim ii men ted by the governor, fessediy not constituting the body politic,
and dttf general business of legisl ition nr till ih<l inhibit nuts, but mereliy . a
«« entered hpoti hy the legislative party of the inhabitants,and without law
assembly. hpve,undertaken to summon a conveu-
But, after a few days, the assembly lion (hr the purpose of transforming the
resolved to adjourn to another place in •Territory into a State, and have framed
the Territory."-^Alaw^w is accordingly*Constitution, adopted it, and under it
passed, against the coh-*enr of the gove- elected a governor and other officers,
sine, but in due Kami otherwise, tv re- and a representative to Con.ress-
move the se tt of governm*nt temporari- In extenuation of these illegal, acts,
Iv to the ’Shawnee Manual Labor Shool,’ it is alleged that the States of California
(or Mission,) and thiihe^the assembly Michigan and others, were self organ iz-
prnceedetf. After this, receiving a ed. and as such, were admitted into the
hill for the testabl shinent dl a ferry at Union without a previous enabling act
the town of Kiekapon,' the governor of.Congress. It is true that, while, in
refused t» sign it, and. by special mes- a majority of cases, a previous aqt of
sige, assigned for reason of refusal n<»t Congress has been passed to authorize
anythigg objectionable in the bill itself, the Territory topr-sent itself as a State,
nor any pretence of the illegality or in- and that this is deemed the most regular
competency of the assembly as such, course, yet such an act has not been
l£t imiy the facbtlnt the assemb'y had held to be indispensable, and, in some
by its act transferred the seat of govern- cases, the Territory has proceeded with-
inent temporarily from Pawnee Cits to ,.ut it, and has nevertheless been ad-
Shawnee Mission. For the same reason mitt.-d in o the Union as a State. li lies
lie continued to refuse to sign other with Congress.to authorize beforehand,
bills, until, in the cour.-e of a few d 13 s, 01 to confirm afterw irds, iri tis distra
ite by • fficial me sage, connnu ilcated tfi tion. Bin in no in-tance has a State
the assembly the fact that he had rte- been admitted upon the application of
ceived notification of the termination of persons acting against authorise- duly
his functions as governor, and tb it the coiistunb d by act of Congress. In
duties of the pffice were leg illy devolved every cose it is the omple of the Terri-
on the Secretary of the Territory; thus lory, not a party among them, who have
ttf the last recognising the body as a duly the power to for at a Constitution, and
eleett d and constitut’ d legislative as- ask for admission as a Slate. No
sembly. * • principle law, no practice or precedent
It will hie perceived lhatVif any con- under,the .Constitution of the United
situtional defect attached to «he.legisla- States, no rule of rea-pn, right, or com-
live acts of the assembly, it is not pfe- n,on sense, confers any such power as
tended to cousisl in irregularity of elec- now claimed by a mere party in
lion, or want ofqualifieatiim of the mem- 1 ,®; 1'errttory. In f»ct, wbat lias been
b- rs, but only’ ip the change of its place . i* of revolutionary character. It
of session. However trivial this objec- * is. avowedly so in motive and in aim as
lion may seem to be,. it requires'to be rupee s the local law ot the Territory,
considered, becau e upon it is founded It. " ill become trearsonable insurrection
all that superstructure of acts, plainly if |t reach the length of organized resis-
against law, which now threatens, the * *nce by force to the fundamental or
peace, not only., film Territory of Kao- any other federal l.w.and to the authori
ty, hut of the Uqion- typf thvGenerai Government. „ #
Such an objection to the proceedings -In.such an evi-in, the paih of duty for
of-the. legislative assembly whs of ex-- t|t« Executive is plain. The Const iiu
con'Mgnnu< States. personally *oV rolli-c-
lively. to jfroduee .atno iZ tie-in any on-..
litiwlli>uioliou. Ciim tie, soil, produc
tion. hopes of rapid advancement ai.d
the pursuit of liappitie-'s o;i the part of
the settlers th- mst-hes. with Rood wi-qes,
but with no inierft-renee from without,
woiiltl have quietly determined theques-
tii n. which it- at this time of such disturh-
Bnt nfrare iw wist rained tot urn our at
tention to the circumstances of embar
rassment as they now exist. It is the
duty of the .people of Kansas to discoun
tenance etvory act or purpose of resist
ance to* its laws.' Above alt, the emer
gency appeals to the citizens of the States
and especially of those contiguous to the
Teiritory, neither by intervention - of
non-residents in elections, nor by un
authorized military’force, to attempt to
L TEUTSSSf EUROPE.
IiRIVALOF THE STEAMER
ARABIA
Hakipax. Jau. .31,11 P M.—The
Steamer Arabia hnS arrived with Liver
pool dates of the tSp instant.
On the 16tli theA i enna cot respondent^
of the London Times telegraphs to that
paper that the Czar had unconditionally
accepted.the proposals of Austria.
This news was believed lobe authen
tic, and if so,peace would soon follow.-—
Liverpool Market.
Liverpooi, January 19.
Cotton had advanced to Jc., with
sales during the week of 5S.000 hales,
including 5,000 to'exjihrters and 9.000
The market closed with
to speculators.
encroach u|ton or Uj»e the authority of aif active demand. The quotations were
the inhabitants Of the Territory. * Fair Urleans GJilt,'Middling 5,8tl., Fair
No citizen of our country should per-- Uplands 5 7-Sd-i Middling 5£d. Stock
mit himself to forget that he is a part of 370,000 hales, including 200,090 bales
its government, ami'entitled to he heard 1 of American,
in the determination.of its measures, and CJonsoU closed at 89J to 89 3-4.
that, thetefore, the highest considera- j Tbe Mosquito Question.
lions of personal honor and patriotism 1 Washington, Jan. 31.-^It is under-
require him to maintain, l>y whatever stood that but for theinvasion of Ntcnra r
ofpoxveror influence lie may possess, the gun by Walker, a treaty before this
integrity of the laws of the republic would hpve. been consummated between
Entertaining these views, it will be Nicaragua and Great Britain, by which
my imperative duly to exert the whole the Iatt*9‘ would have surrendered to the
power ot the Federal Executive to - up- former All claim tc *n protectorate over
port public order in the Territory ; its the.Washingtion -Territory, upon terms
laws whether Federal or local, against suli.-factory to the Unitfctl States,
all attempts of organized resistance; and Rkceift of Treasure.
,0 to protect its.people^,! the establish- Nkw York j an 31 —The Steamer
tnent ol th. , r own Ht-t.lmioBS. undistu.h- George Law brought $885,000 in -pecie
ed by-encroachment from w ithout, and - ^ T . r
in the full enjoynieitt .of the rights of self niiio^LECisLATWRE.
government- assured to. them by the Columbus, <iun. 31.—Action will be
Constitution and the organic act Q f hiken in the Legislature to prevent the
Congress. recurrence of tragedies like the the re
Although serious ami-threatening -dis- cent one in Cincinnati,
tuihancesin the Territory of Kansas/ , ' Gonoressional^.
announced to me by the -governor itv * ^ ASlltNG.ToN, Jan. 3 .--The be.nate
December-last, were speedily
quieted ‘^day elected 1 l.yeUnion Editors printers,
wi hout the ejfo-ion of blood,! and in a Hndadjtmrned till “Monti y. \ . ;
* I n liar* I litlitfai n-f a* O..V <,ft..iaAjl a. sn
ati-fiiciory uwnner. there is, I regret to ^ n . ** a ‘ Mouse, Mr. CnX offered a re
say, reason to apprehend that disorders solution, that the Union '.Democrats unite
wilt continue to occur there, with in- —?<• M r - Orr, anjl tailing iu
crea-iug tendency' to violence, uutil eject on, upon Mr. Fuller, Lost. .
some decisive meosqre be taken to dis Mr- Dickinson submitted a plurality
jmse of the question itself, which consti— resolution. Laid over. •
tuia-s the iuducem<-nt or occasion of in- ^ Af!il|NGT,o.\ Aff. 113
ternai agitation and of external inter- Washington, Jan 31.—An official
ference. . lifts been received from the Swedish
This, it seems to me, can best he ac- Government, removing the import and
eojnpli.-hed hv providing that, when the export duty x>n Iron,.
inhabitants of Kansas may desire it, and -i*» l, *c House to <}ay Mr.TrippkioflJex-
shall be of sufficient numbers to ootiFti- «d a resoulotion declaring Mr. Smith
lute a State, a donventioo of delegates. ‘Virginia, Speaker, »hich was |ost bv
duly elected .by the qualified .voters, 1Q0 to .160. , _ , ; ,
shall assemble to frame ill constitution/ Th«i pluraility ,ru|e will be tried tot
and thus to prefrare .regular ami. lawful narrow, wii|t a belter prospect of sjafs t
means, for its admission into tne * Union ces? *
ns a State. . ; yi . * | Southern ^mmebci^i. Convention
I respectfully recommend ^he enact-! Richmond, Jan 31;—The Southern
tnent < f a hnr to that effect. . Con»,mfrcial Cot|v^ntion met ; ^erq. to
I recaramend,also,that'a .special ftp- day. with.2‘20 delegates in attendance,
propriatkm Ite itiade to defray any fk- Gen. Tilgltman, of Mary land, . was?
pense which may become requitite tn the ; Hccted President. .
execution of the laws or the maintenance Resolutions wete. submitted that, not-
of public order in the T* rritory of withstanding the baleful opinion' hcld ai
Ivansas . the North, the Union thus: hv? pyjeserv
FEAN KLIN PIERCE. *d
ANOTHER WARNING.
On Sunday night lasr, we K-gret to
state, that the beautiful residence and
outbaildin j of Mr. D J Lyle were des
troyed by fire and still worse, a negro
child, four years'-old, was consumed
his in the flames. Tlfetire, we presume,
was the t esultof accident. r
This is another warning to our citi
zens. Had we not so frequently ad
vised the movement, without any practi
cal result growing out of it, we sln-uidi-
li"ie that this warning would lead to the
necessary: preparation to meet the des-
tmying element. ' ’ r ‘
was ' located temporarily at Fort l«eav- rilyry ol Kansas, he. may and should
enworth,’* and yet the governor himself place at the dbjiosal of the marshal any
rein lined there less than two months, public force of the United States which
and of his own discretion transferred happens to I*, within the jurisdiction, to
the seat of government to theShawnen be Used as a portion ol the posse comil-
Miss'- xrr. where it in fact was at the time atas; and. if that do not suffice to matu-
Ihe-^lkeinblf .were oalled to meet at older, them he may call forth tin
Pawnee City. ,3f the governor had uny militia of one or more States for that
such ft right to-'ebange temporarily the “hj'-ci or employ fqr the same object any
sent of govtrament, still more had the part of tlie land or naval force ot thv
legislative assembly. Tho oltje. tion is United. S ates. So also, if the obstruc-
of exceptionable origui for the farther jinn be to the law’s of the l'« rriiory, and
revsatt that the ptiace indicated by the h^ duly pre e ned to hitn as a ca-eof
governor,without having any exclusive i':surr« cii«»ii,,he m-iy,employ lor its sup-
dlaim of preference in itself, was a pro- pr ssiou the mibla of any State, or the
posed townsito only, which'lie and oth- land or r.av«l force ol the United Statee
ers were attempting to I tcatu utilnw-fuily A'td if the Territory h- invaded by tit
upon land: within .-a military reservation, citizens tft'olher States, whether for the
and for participation in which tlloja jatrp-.se of deciding elections, or tor any
act of the commandant of the puo— other, and the local authorities find them*
n superior* lB«-er of the anny-r-lns been *' Ives unable to repel or withstand- it.
dismissed by sentence of coiirl-m -.riial. will h-- entitled to, and upon the
'NWftfe'itr'tehsftNfto ieeAVl.y tkFlegisla- J** 1 being lolly- a-sc.-rtaim d. thpy shall
live nsJerttbly inftrfcr pro'..nety c.-rt;» niy receive
prsslhc t-rntntetnl wet transferring its (jlClu f<*l Goveruim-nt. ,
sittings to flic Sli twacte M ssion. • 'll' it But it is not rhe tluty of the Potsi-h nt
could not, that must be ou account of ‘ j 1 ** United .States,to volunteer, intterv
some pr«thib;tOry or , incomp-tlihle pro- position by force to preserve the purity
vision ofthd act dFGo-‘^res?. Huf no Such j*' L 'h ctions either in a S ate or TejritQryv
provision exitrts. The organic-net;ns f' ,< do so would, he subversive, of public
already quotcil.snys “ the se.itof -Go- Ireedum. ,Aud whetlier a law be wise
viWVnem "T-^lrtefvHi^htcftietl h-m^Orartly or uiiwi.se, jintt.qjr, unjust, isjiqt a ques .
at Fort Leavenworth*.” and it then pro-' •jon tor. him toju-lge. I fit be-runstjni-
vides that certain of the public building# iknd— ibaiis, if b be the la w of t he
there, may be occupied und used ,nad- r laud—it is bis fluty. £o cause it to be ryr
the direction of the Governor, and legis- or to sustain the auffiorittes ,qf
la:ivc assembly.” There expressions «ny Su»u- orTe:-ri:ory-ii» exi'Cuiing > .it ,q»
might pcssibly he cons-ru-.*d to imply lh-«t - °!'|*9*hwn lo -pj iu-nrrecupawry- move
when in a previoatt section of the net it W' 1 '**- . ., (
was enact*! kgi-J M.va 1 Our sy>Hn affords no justification of
assembly shall meet at such-place,and ryvoaniOoary «ntA;Juivtbo constituiionul
on susli d ty ftft the G-vorrjor shall ajr- invmm or frltt-viiui tin- popple of utijuFt
p-Mnt’’ the wottl •* placb’’meana placer udmioutraijon an-f laws, by it change -of
^Uhliqagauis and .by; repeal,, at« tttnph 1 ,
and ntore prouip and vfft elivr tbuu iileg*i
til violence. . Ti;u-econsliiuiio:«al ita-aos
l»0 : Stiriqjuhrtt^ly .^uardiHl—thi-* gr«yai.
prerogative of pupuiui' stAerc.ignty na-
;«t»Wy rospeeiotl. • ; ... - :n .lottafei
fjt is the uudoulxod. right of the p*'uce-
abl<-soi I onb-rty petqileift' the Territory
<»t Kansas to «-l«-ct their own leg slative
body, nvake th<-ir own iaws, and rtegohtte
tln-ir own social insiituti.ms, wiiliont Totv
eign or dome-tie; molestation. :1|n^r-
t*-rcnce.00 tin-one buud.-to procure the
atmlition or prohit.i.ioil qfslavv htbor in
the rcmiory.h h pro luces) misirlticvous
interference, mi tint othcr^'tor its tnaia-
rentlnoe or introduction.': One "wrung
-la-gets anotltHr. Staiemcnts entirely tin-
tomidwl,or grossly cxaggeratetl, eoncerii-
Utg events within the 'i,-'rritory,are sc«iu-
lotiily tfiffusi-d througb remote States to
lt'e«l .tite ; flame .of scctioiiHl; aniani-itt
there; and tJie.agiiatnrsthereext?rl tbvJiu-
s^lvejj;jmlebttigably in return to etn-purr
age aud -stimulate siriie witbiti the
IVrrHorv., ♦ . it » .
til Fort L'avert"orth. tioi tuxee any-
wltere in the Territory, rr oo- tite
G.Vv(ifn-*r would hteve-he?n 'the'fir-tnv
cit'in this ot-ittcr, not* rmVy in hintsel
hiving removed the .-ie.it ol Govetnnte*.
th theSh.iwHee Missiitw, bin ivt ^ain rfc
moving it i»V P.nviiee CityJ ’ U there,w»
iiiiy departure from' the letter ot the law.
tHdrefore, it waft Im ui both instai-ces.
, ; V?t > ,. R ^ ; ,
Bnt, howqgcq,q|ftiJ^tr bp, it is most
U ire.isun.ible -.to suppose that by the
terms of the org tore act Con ress.in-
ttAjttJ to do itiiplietlly vvliat it - lias not
dons expressly— that is, ti>'forbid tothe
legi -l.'.tive aWeiijbty fliet^.mer'tqchbo-g
any p|&^Tt might m.-c ft. .s the tenipor.i-
ry':seat oj*' its' deliberations. Tbit is
proyqd by t'*e sigit’ficnht I’m^tfigp ofotie
of the subseq teii.t aet*<>f Coiigrcs-on the
subject, t!> it of .M u-.-li. :> «bicli.
in tnakiijg.the npprpprut'ton inr'p.itiltc
building^ oi' thq territ ry, eoaeik-oi if tbe
same sh.t’.l not lj-; .expended outif the'
l.'gisbiture of said Territory ,-h di itave
fixed by- law. t!tc pentianyiit se tt of
Government..’,’ Congress, in tHe<o c.v-
pressions, does not profe s'tA be gratit-
tug the po wer t > fix tite permanent .-eaf
yfGovei nnient, bat recitgoTseMie power
as one', already grunted. But how ?
Undoubtedly by the coifiprehensiyc pro-
. ante act itself, whichde-
igt power of the
vision of the organic act 11
feaircs tfci 'jtUe leatsJ iMv'
The iuiHainatory agllRtion, of wliielt
the pri-wit i- i-tit a pm, lias for tweniy
years produced nothing save unniitigart-
•••Tevil, North and South. But for it
die character ot the domestic institutions
of t he ft jture New State would have
been a matter of loo little interest to tite
Washington. January 24.1 56.
POST OFFICE ROBBERY IN CO
LUMBUS.
For some past we learn that letters
containing money have been missing
from our P st Office. Within a day or
two suspicion has rested on a young man
by the name of Chisolm, who has been
arrested and brought before their Honors
McKendree and Qdinn Aft.r having
evideuce, the Ju-tioe, we le nt yiaite
re -uired the p ifty implicated to give
.imud in the sum of e-ght thousamt dol
lars to appear U fore the Circuit Court
i>f the United States to nuswer the
charge of opening-tod t «k ng therefrom
a l-tter or packet containing money,
w ithout the content of th • Tost Mast-r.
The matter is now in the hands «»f the
law. where we are disposed to let it r—
.tnaht, without any interference on our
part. «»'
•Several individuals, strangers in onr
cotutitiily, have bet-n taken tip within t»*
few ‘tabs past am suspicion ot being &m
P'-rtetl in the various larcenies' commit
ted on our fellow-citizens. Tbesci Tor
want of sufficient pr<a»f, have been dis
charged. Others. have i quit the ciTy
whi a rte. suspected, httd-are noWclo-iely
watched by the officer sent oh that busi
ness by our Mayor. It is some where
w ritten that the ways of the transgres
sors is hard, and we think we may -afely
promise th<- villains wiiopick the bock-
cts'and plunder the.private dwelhngsof
iwr teittzvnft, the!' there will be btif few
soft places’ iii tlteite* ti-ack. "They are
w’titclied nWd WiD he foiind.i- Enquirer
JanJMlh. Tf-
SecoND Childrood—An old lady iu
Morristown, N. J-, nearly niuety years
-of age. has Imd a growth of fine black
hair on her head for a year past. She
is alsu cutting new teeth, arid her sight
liHseomft lo iter for the second time: ° •
1 uiv '•■ l V k* r *■ft'tn.i' T .
Hueadful Occident,—The .Romu
Couuty (Indiana: ) Ledger states th.it
three interesting joung ladiop pn g'oiijy
tu bed, at a Mr. Ilunt’s^near ^sortli
S-tlein, Hendrick couuty, "a few evening
since, took a vessefof live charcoal int<
their bed-room, and on the next men liing
were nil fiuind.dea.d, „j ,t
Gopher S., Bader and three children
were frozen to death, on the 8th instant,
while attempting-to -walk -from their
riitme'oh the’prairie* to Cambridge, Ili-
noTs. to procure food.
% V-*4Uii x-—t-—1 :■■■ - - ■ iO
Fire in the MillelgevillSHotel*.
A letter in ite ('onstitnlioiialist. &s\ ted
Milledgevilfc Hotel, 2oth!-instant sttys ;
' This- splerideil htthd catfie near being:
dest.oyed by fire 16-day^ : Tt origthatedt
lie. ween'the ceiling owing to 6tie of the
flues: 'ft had made head-way before
discovery, and betnd ' very difficult- of
•uess, would nut have be--n subdued
New York Market.
'i’HURSDAT, Jap, 31.—Cotton is firm,
sales of 3.060 bales at 958 for Middling
Orleans, and 9’38c. for Upland,
Upland 10 1-I6c. Ftater firm—South
ern, $S-9L , Wheat lower, Red. $197,
Corn firm. ’
CttALESTON Market.
Tii uusday. J an. 3 l.-r-CoT i oN,-r-Sales
for the cek, 9,P00 bales at |’Sto T^c,
decline.! Stoc k on fiand, exclqsivg. ol i
what is oq i Hiipitoard 1 ,^31 ’111!I) .against
19,750 (tales at snme ttme last year-,.
'1 heloWer grades or'Ricft is l’8 J
l'4c. lower. ., , "
, Ja v. 2d —The IToyse adopted a sc-
ries bfrasolulions io tjie'effect that any
a nation of the Slavery question Hjjjn.
«i-eand unjust towards all sections ol
t he country', and that the re|H til of the
Missouri Compromise was hr example.ot
u-ejess agitation, consequently iht\t the
Cuinp|oiinsti shouid be restored. Adopt
cl by mtijoiTtes from 1 to. 15.
; * ' 8ECOJtU PISI’ATCH. , n ' ,
Jan. 26.-^In the HdusqjolCRepre-eri<
LHHer 1 to-day Mr; Dunn^’dr, lmlnna,
ottered the tollovying resolutions;
. 1st. -Tiiat tip man s -oulcl be elected
Speaker ivj|o will husitnte to resfore the
MRsoim’CJpibr^tnt^..
’»2<1. Tliat .tfte t !J^^qn < \!^pmjp>roinise'
should b.; reVenncied as the mo>t .effect
ive qicppft of restoring -harmony! and
is u,nvyisb anil pn, ust (0 ^very section, ot
the country, out tliat until the Contpro-
inise.is restored, jt is the sqlenin,duiyjof
ity, TipMjitas to pc-rsjsj in their efforts to ttjar
but for'the a(>pi>rtitne aid of.\fr.' Dodge
of New York, wiio is stopping herte, anid th e y s | !a me titan
whet .came forward with his hew -‘sue-; . '
lion andforce ‘pumps,”-and -ooh ftuc- -The lion. Jos-ph
ceedecfi iii throwing the wati-r where “it ' Governor of Louisiana,
ought to go,"” which soou hronght .the sideucu in that 8tate on the2Ut|; Janua-
fii e to ' - [ rv, —-s—f -
endL (
Tl|e firet resnlttfion vyas. rej'ecled by ;
vote iof 103 lWi. Tftje*' seeqnd.,, »a;
ndctpted by a vote of lol’to lop. The
lltlrd was rejected by a vote of 103 to
i 00 -. .. „ k . a s T *•. i, : •
Mr. Fuller, of^errnsy^v^qla,. qflf. ryd;
a resolution tliat -tlie agimtioit of the ^n-
vtefy question was unjust io one pot tipn
oyrfte American people, and . injuriousjio
every section. Adopted 103 to 1Q0,
. Me. ^lyaclitnn of,, Vermont offered a
tes-dution tliat tho-re.peal of the Mis-ouri
Cqtnproinis’e vyas in example of useless
and*factious agitation of the question of
slavery and tinjtist to the Atnerfcan peo
i»je.' At|o|.lt'-d f>y j0> t.o 93.. ’ ’
W.’ lin'd in the: WKSthington Uniun atr
UceiHini-'ot tlie suicide of a dog'. It suem
tluit-a fin-- dog, nidteh attached -1-» hi-
thaster. was <meight in the hcltof stealing
a'ph-ceof meat. From that moment hn
-teemed very dejected and, a day oV two
afterwards^ /aid 'ltliU'elf "do-vij 1 U|ion a
tailro.cd track and let the ears run ovet
him. This should serve its a rebuke or
the editors oftlie Union. Having been
detect-'d in'an attempt ro nib The' U: S.
Treasury-' upcitr false pretenses why don't
'they like the jk>or dogpthrb'w thelnselres
ill front r uf a'Tu-liing locomotive-J - Have
dog'.-^-Rienlice
Walker, Ex*
'died . at his. re-i
fnifpra ‘IBiitcIjiiniii.
LAW, ORDER, AN
TH* cO!tsT#TWT!OIft.
ATHENS, CxA.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 7 1866
ATTENTION.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. nan. Pope and Moore, i n fayT*^'
Very IHtle of Ute legitimate business I original bill; by Judge Cone i„ ^ tll<!
. - , . t Tt_,i. -st'ion to the original, and tn . "PP 0 -
f^artlem^ij’s substitute, and by
hips, of Morgan, against the h;n Bl1 -
,„d ,h, .hole
1 his is generally conc eded to ha»« t
the best speech made dnrin<r a **
sion. Mr. Billups is a fluent° ^
digmfie-1 and forcible orator, a g r ! Cefu1 '
polished education, and practical1"
Feeling, a profound interest in th e ^w'
and standing almost alone in his —■
oflegi-laiion has h)ft< n perfected. Both
: brunch'es, however- e xhibit con-iderable
imlustry in preparing matter for final
action. Too much time, it strikes u».
is w asted in useless debate. There are
too many speakers in all our legi-l;i(Tve
astenthlies.
..Among.the important mattPFs-before
our Legislature since the recess, we
lrf v Mlv • vV/COO| Wo j • # ~ ^ "t HIS Jjh|.
know of nothing in which the hV
him.) hi, fell power, » ”4^*1
fOntll^tflAn ntn J ■w.ww IV IV _
! ought to take a greater interest than the
We e xpect to visit the Coarls of this ' establishment of a common school edu-
circuit, and shnie of those of adjoining i ca tion. A very general 'disposition to
circuits, at the spring riding—when We ’ d G something appears manifest among
hope that each and ev. ry one indebted t h e members, but the trouble seems to
to us wili square up,, and. that all our be to determine ought Ur be done,
friends will make an effort to extend the. We sincere!? hope that the present Le-
circulation of our paper. We have gislature will not adjourn without at Ipast
labored in the cause to the best of our making ,-uch a beginning in this great
ability, and sli t'll continue to do so— work at will be creditable to tlie “Em-
fcefiug assured that un intelligent com- pire State of the South,”
inunity will apiyTciate and properly re- Another matte r of general interest,
ward our labprStl recently acted on, was the attempt to
lion of Set.ators and the ao‘dTene?Tt
bdl was very ably advocated by tbeS*
''•men named. Jt howev/i. • 8e# ’
sickly state 1 ’ at present, -
evidently think/ ’ ,tS frieD( lt
“THE TYRANNY OF PaIPTY*
puhluhcd nt Euftula, Ala ., gmj ^
time,
The Inferior Court of this County
is now- in session al Watkinsville—
Jud^e Jackson presiding. . ~
„„ ... aatoriiy, says the Chronicle A
COLD. •' repeal the usury Uws, which signally ; SentinelAdministers falls pftfly in Co
Another snow on Saturday night- fai,ed in the Sen “ e ' This altem P l of , ,he lowing severe but j u j, «
weather moderately cold ou Sunday— ‘he .scheming Shy locks of the country buke, for voting to | ay on the table (lie
and Monday morning vo/d a* ktout /’* to fi,ch ^ strugliog laltor the fruits j solution of Mr. Walker of A\a ,
with a prospect of remaining so for some ,o1 hones| . toil we ' trust nevc - r tosee »e-; member of the American party , dedar-
newed again—or if renewed,.may the ln S Mr -, “Py. ce , of South Cnrolim
masses of the people have the good for-1 Speaker of tbe House. Mr. Boyce it '
tune to bq v represented hy men mindful j member of, the Democratic barty j a
of their interests and toady again to! fellowship, a mftn superior^^in^
frustrate the insidious attempt to make ^ r ' p P«‘Ct, -ta Mr. 1 Richardson; but he
“the rich richer and the poor poorer.” I would not answer—he wa? not the nmn 1
An act (or the purpose of making j necofjit'e party caucus, and thefioHar.*
the Militnry In utut- at Marietta a State' men would.sooner sacrifice tbe
institution, lias he. n debated, consider- interests of ti e country that) disobey
the dictal^ bf llre caucuj. Ant/ j et
these men and 1 their *orjpta, hare (he
cool effrontery to ftsserl thaUS*
can party are to blame for theti\', wtta
organize the house. But to the ankle
of the Spirit of the South. Here ittsr
Tiie’ ' TYrannt of Partt.—Tha
country lias lately.had a fine iiliutrttim
of the ty ranny of party and the iron mb'
of ^aucus: On the 3d in-t., Mr. Percj
| Wal'.cr.the Representative in Congrot
another victim. ;
The body of James fllerritt was finypd
frftaen nearfbis place on Saturday last.
It is supposed that he-Was froZenSatur-
day n : ^ht was.'a^ week ago, during the
snow-storm. We team that the upfor-t
tun tie young, man left town, intoxicat
ed, late that evening. Thus perished
another victim of ardent spirits.
An inquest was held on Sunday last,
and we understand the
jury was in acC'
fact-*.
ed sind re-considered, tend finally placed
in tlie hands of a special committee.—
They have not. as vet, reported. When
they do so, we trust it will be not only
against adopting this concern as a State
insulation, but declining to appropriate
one dime for its benefit. What.do the
peop’e of Georg a want with a military
institute"? ' Those who are able to send
their boys to such concerns * re able to
sustain them. W e would just as soon j of the Mobile c'tstrin, offered a rt^cktin
ttrinlrof inak’iBgtm hppropriatlon from herminwitng^,rit«- proti-tu-ted snuggle for
. * m A C *-% . . ,1 T. . . M . T . X m L l . . . d 1. .. ^ ... _ d . * « ft
the Sp'-akefauil
intment of
trom.ony
and of ll«e' (ters
should‘occupy tite platform of (we be- fi»r Speaker be made Some sacrifice tf
lietejej! Mr.'' Li# ^rijr prcju.«IIc<r« »»ite of
„ „ .. .. ... izing the House under sound consertft
Vote IW no appropriations lor military ‘ t j v A 1 fl ueitns . W iik ooi o-.ra.tt
oo»danra^lmediSol or olheaooliegts,
““diBg of -lho ^KitJl aJteaitable fund had beea : ftet; apart' r> ern union tba» httodoarrely lfrderai
••rdince with tbe above ^ or comnjon schjol purposes. Tuolong would have been promptly a.ecepfed,iwti
{ :’t".- T ' . that Loutltsrn men of all parties-, wool!
already Jt*»our legislation been confined |mve gla ,,^ aV;|i|u(i them selvo4 cl the
to-.ct»lleges—it is high time that <ron-j opportunity of making such a nrttto^
. irr .. ? . r WKw
man schools should be looked after r • Iloyce Sp aker. tt-T, ‘strange To *»J|
little. Not that we obje V |: to liberal ap. f , ' , r , ' e ^ l !. , «bm wn 3 vqied dotrn by amf
THE WIL'D MEN. -
Have been ou exhibition .in our town
for two day* Qui e a number of our
citizens have visited them, and a'I.ex
press themselves satisfied that they are
what they.’ are represented to be,,pnd
worthy the.qt'ention of the. public.. ; All
those who have not seen these dot# - ■ v.- ul ^
sp< citiretts of hurnaniiy would' d'o tvell propriation b e| i^ot^ i pui
to a.vajl themseives of the opportunity ‘W lhespur.ee from whic^^H ajjpro-
while, they can. They will be on exhi-
»Htdn to-day and to-night at (ltd Town
Halil’ 1 ii - a . <n j-h
..only ofsixfMi/''vntel^iid sidehymi
propnattons to colleges—but we are. »p-. wi(|l a,. ick among
posed to them receiving-sO- ttnicb tfid. those u He hldpi'd to. it^ftngYe ifi wn»
and the common school nnne irt ^h ^ A u »ira u J.
its'ilc-jere^^ hq ni^mber was at fiberiy 4
vote for any Body else —as if any mu
had a right to merge Lisjjepoital respon
sibility to hijicp:istUjienj§ ^n<li|tec»fl"7r
ami cmifitle his conscience to Ik,
irtg of a caucus •'-.! : W!tt are at^w* |
seethe vote: and Harp who the two
that 1 Hus make'te.ucus and party P™"
niomit to tite ^ood of tlie lountry.-
VVltoever they are. they ought to *'
h -Id up, ip .tjjc. public indignation,«
mere |U»VrifthWro it worthy of the tru>tro||
posed in them. '^Mr. ; Ridianlson is. 55
priatiuns must come, are collected froth
aft the people \ tend' cmiseqtiehtjynppro j
ptiuions fronij|thte,,Treitqury shqqjil,
like the dews of heaven, dcpceml upon
all »dike-«the rich and the’poor, the
ie.irnedartd tlie.'uhlearrited. ;! ’
' We knpw
times to denounce • such;, views as: the
above as “a^rifto.’' 5 “levelling,” &c.
But whfefi we* honestlyentertain thcrii
adhteredtto hint, but we'loathe and'^
, . USURY.
The disc .ssion in the State, Senate
on the bill to abolish the - present usnry
■faws, was an interesting one." (jpr S. n-
.atorj, as usual, ‘‘ made his mark,” as
will-be seen by the loilow.ng, which W»? t
copy from ifthOncorrespon.lence. of tthel
Augusta Constitutionalist^ -
, . p Mr..Peeples, of .Cjarke. replieil tq|
Mr JDafinj-y He saidjfJte hasis .of the
*’ gentleman’s position, was wrqng„ .be
muse it was not true. Money was not
inrnpeftr} it |s the creature of the Gb- , _ I I _ ^ (j . w
verm.,,-,..-property:^ 1 Wt^irfnjffif-
as m fixed. It is, ito legal fender 1 to, T _ .mad? •CfttdstJfeL*fctut 'it. we-know not, bul ..... ^
- as lr,nh twhferb-doaifiicilhlfikroi«WT
The pedp’e bad .not IteenibeanLi aod
i«er« uot hTfam^TI*^ (tad •» corj^.,,^ ^
spoken.but wasjnot the-rett^tHu^of! ‘The attempt^^to divide our gW.id bid SSiSS’Sii'JSlcvoie,i.ntl'orw P V?
of public seniuni nt, but the desire of ; - - •••• ’ft r > -, , - i »/ d cnlt t d°b ■ •nV'e „^„.inli!e pofr
capitalist. Theste T?M3f* M ,he ™'"' ry ™ M ^'SS
moral fungus ou the community!eating- Senate—there being only some dozen :tion-lromtwHich.i.o ingenuity . ^
ont jts Bubsfanjpe. atiti-g^injius ptnlcr vo,e> >tt hivur ol tin-proposition. :.lutn. Weaieglad ® ^invildeset^*
.haKteqtttK^aq^lWtitqa^tq - Tne Athens B ink chatter I, a< passe,! /oloTof 'c’cttgnsi, i.y<^
prohibit,-,-qpecqlatorf! pi, money . i M a ‘® nc ? WJ3LEW™
shdtlld.uot express them. Old Fttgyism
may for a time sebk protection against 1 . ,
^ 3 ■. F , - V , i idsethe servility of these collar m
tlutegtAfF
ing^uch.cxpletives in Ote; teeth of him- diMtplin. afitpy'yjftjfhlffi
who. has the honesty and- ind- pendence luy^b^ivtlje,^
but this is a nirili
«35S,EXT..rIlleS-oVZ; ^' r , mu: tm
ustny laws might be., cqrrecu but th- •' amendments attached, by Judge Conk Rt-bardsons most conriam
.unlbrtunnte roan who bus become in- ' hfefore the'recess. We understand that Asftoon ft-s we can procure gj.
' ^ " ' -*" 1 * ‘ - ^ - sball poblisl^tlie npmeft ot P e 6 ..iy
volved a„d emba - rn-jsed should nm be.; tfs provisions'fti'e'^ini^r to iho^f the immcdii^
placed-in |h« grasp ot money changers,> 0 . ; re 1 1 eg ^enl lenten (out o -. lri kno« ^
«.t ;jr^t»o.„ 1 hoir n(n „pr. B « k , cartel? of Sav^ipah and Augus- preseiitative a ft are. proud to Wi
1 -nnd.tti nt ta ntJ not one of them) who go ,n
g 4 ... gagged and hand-cuffed, afraw
wht-n they come to redeem their proper^
ty. If the,.: value ol! property could be
fixed and the property made a legal —»y»»'— • ° ■ . ,- .
tender in thtj, payments of -deb^Rherq - '‘ •'MERITED COMPLIMENT. «‘i accord.ngjoyhe d.ctajcso‘J
would be some equity-in he passage of ' Threte of Ufe.ablest'attirWul mem- SSErf\
a law placing money and prop-rty on an . — . ^ , ; • • .: ‘he caucus 1 uik. tuamo,
■JLgfi.’fiL '1 - Tlinim V'lie (• e '» -C l | ,o .Slalc Swale ,rc from ibre. Urati.! ' ...II
idea chimerical. yv \t ^ r-l( j;®o*Ugfc<*ud counties. We refer to ,'T ———7———rj ;* 1 ■ ; ,.^5.
Bfr. A- ™
-imj Messrs. Cone,-BiLLcta and Pkepls, of Valuable -Recipt.^-M^ jf.!
m,<! | Greene, ‘Morgan aqd Clarke—and a}‘
gttod,Atneric:nis,.to->. ^Te have'
of-Meadville.'Pu.,' 8i ff 5 .
he iii'J
special message. ( ,
We publish this week the special g<n>d Americans, to-*. We have pub- ^'n mrtil pouhiceT «>Vereii over
message of the Presideut: in reference halted several complimentary notices of young iiysun lea, soheped with ^ ^
to Kansas affairs, which will no doubt Jud «e Cone and Mr. Peeples, and are ter, ami iHid.pyeriilurhs
he read with inteiest. Some of-the pleased to copy the following iu refer- as hot- ns <•-tin b
borne, (i» ,f
If blisters D *-
President’s friends at the South ;-e«m ence to a re-eeut sppeefi in the Senate they "ill i‘ ot
former tnuitismian .Ii-m.1 AlUrati . . , ’.iL. ...i.n'millitf' 1 *
re ady to go into ecstncies. simply tie
e.iuse be has discharged a.plain duty—,
and only un pa/ur, at that. The South
nn-ftVection, has had no sufficient rea
son fO fall out with his srry/ays, tup his
doings have Ireen very unsattsfac tory.—
•‘.Faith W lhoqt works is deqd.”
by our former townsman, Joel Abt.iut
Bdlupa, E q. If is copied front the Ati-
gqsu Constitutionalist. The subject-
matter under discussion was the •* Geor
gia Military Institute.' 1
** Speucha were made by Messrs.
Baxtetf, Screven, Long. Peeples, Bqcha-
b«l,ntmlt bw»t*>sb bad iisn
is j/ui^on, and that otie-pbi 1 ' 11 ^
erally sutfieient to effect a cur
A bi(l has pissed
Alabama making it
sell or tuan t\ mio° r
pistol,