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aonick & J?nitiutl.
TIIIKTT-rOCBTU COMiRITS'-Sn»«>'»”•
IN SENATE April:.
> >lwtoo rom the Ommiiteuon Foreign E*da
,, , t4 l O ?•.* tbatn*> tyr-1
V t . i »B iii?c'< h-Brv in order to put An end to
. V- . I>e-or; ivk / ’iliac tl« payment of
\\ r < ‘ •>n w . made the ®pe
wf -t'll'jr W Mond»v p«l.
y r (, - . I <?.-1 . to ft memorial
. r the - Jf-#tvled Leg.fbHor«t
..j • .!?>• • ; vft - -rfr* IfttV
Xi ■ S; -rf,rd Which of them ?
* Tor • *■•••'>> fVn**t • m > -1-
ft n-c’. it I t«*4
s I d*«*:re to know of mv bonor-iM*-
n Mil higan whetie-r tkt tni*ir#n*l which
nWmorial which pnnwrt* t<j com**
’ l«tr:*or»4J L / iltr/*o( K»n**«. orgaa
j’•- «m hr* *g Cougr* f.a lam l**d to inf*.:
• n will •tv dvicriHe* it.or whetb
- f-<» .1 ? t*- Pn*v -i*>r.ai LegMsiow
cm - . i; ’h* -ti- r.fKnr.- h!
M « i Jr !in»*r.-r the Hanttm, if hr say*
W. . i kn v Hi.odoc* not *«v that, I have-*
ut ! rn-’v»*r ♦«» m#:kr jUinttotor.j
Mr ;* wjrd. Well, let it go —I hw eno flomt
tic: * to make
U ... to Mr C'*m Very wdl done, Gen
t: —I •• • knew you to do bettor. (Uajrfater.j
( - :r\ i vt;< 1 that too r: naoriitl lie printed.
15 • r aad Mr liavard opposed the uu»-
31 r S *ward demanded the y*'4Ut and oav*.
< - id h»- t ,o v/M it would tv- inter* flag to
j:i O /inxaid bf roiiMiKitiinHihots wliai this
t./V. L*>*i-c • ar« r-o»i *: hove to mj
T b-r •.* Luct It 1 war tb*-n token up.
A‘ Our > v lctbo MU was p*-'p«»ne<l until to
rn* t .*• Agnate rrwßU ii th* Kansu- qu**-
I. Oerer in d Uiht Ipooifioo hi tka SrrrtM© ft
{V rr iv* i'i tbr Sift to Oi Mawout i.
vua not p•" t ..Srn to deetr>o * purtintpilwc in
. t b«v. ir*t boetifci||«d in *t m h work o fum,**
• *r t a >■!'“). 1. <>i uu
,t v ; \< ■ 4 u»wo/untiol ►flow'd toindicoto tko
j If r :*0 in*lK«: p capi<d rmtof ffett KunMfti
. . :ics »i to cant ol tli»* |»» nditi^
-.l*: 1134 “ or»d n»ii*ro>d ; and in » rontro
ii'i' no di|K**it:«'»i to «-n u-tge. lint it be
-M •" fv t • <t-o.*ftd h»ar*<*nJ»trtueul4 froitt grave
if i r ,mi i«;r< d lri#* con■*• itttl'O'ihi aajicct of
:* . . . qn at wu, oonte' diiig tbat the power of
fj • t u./.-ko ah needlul roieft and regniatioiw
• / 3 l tr* 1 1 T*frritory and olber prelect* of
: . U <- i h 3. bad reference to tb#*publ»<ioii»4pji
‘luacotto UlO dou rmfic hffmkn t r in*titnt»or.s
:ir G* vor *poke o d d quarter past three o ckx*k.
r%*> K ,i without foaclitdinif. hr way to a motion
? r *; 1 o'lr.m <* ’ whu h p. «?r«iipd
notsr.
Mr Mao* v. mnm'in.ou- eonfteiif. the
. .1... . ai.oii’ol liaoi, •••„■ ther with the Lvunorial
< on ?r.i • j * * which Wk* st-fer
t< ■ t;<>: r < .iioirta-con U-mfi •:»-». Hk* motion to
r*.*»i tho* arj.i copies wa* rofom-d to t.V com
His <whmm-« on cl.-otion..
u „ a r! nvini: tint t'i<“ cost .-Iftiii.ftd
hy j: JU I'.'i’KO, frooi tliu %h I>'u4tr:*;t of llliihiix,
. ant A. • I'.’il the bating inr-rnbar, S. K.
.... from th. l ifi fViiigiv-.- T'uml Diatricf of the
• nr.,', ii *ir.‘y *.doc?-''l over the content aid, li.
J i, d 1 **<■. of the wibjert was
} ... Jf r throf v. »it into 1 oimnittoe of tl.o
' id j. v-k 10 rh< !>, Mftiry nppropriafiou
Ki tr rib utL Caroliiui, Miok*-on the itib
< . •! afT.iirs, rv.ing that tin* jp*cnt insne in
fi. 1. c'ltjlcf meat be tm* N»*bra^ka
qm •, il« rondemneil the one-farm prtneiple aft
' . M i*i. I icHyip-.ke in fnvor of the eppropri
.. .;! ( , ) IfWiiiL' no and grading the
: . ( .M.mi 1I*»«v«- n; Norfolk. tl.«-.
. 3, Ci* b» ipg au-louito ftVilt, it j>o»Kible, the
41 I *? v.Uf made lroir ; the Standing
eoium tu . , ’a' propria-elv referred
X iioe . tucii «djoanic.d.
I ’ SI • ATJE April 8.
•I. i'« hr ce i e ported tbo bill to remit or refuDd the
dm •uf.' •*• fa ten and merchandize destroyed
bvlW ’ .
M S«vrm\l .il*l it VU« 1 -aim: bill whichpaaaed
Si-i: .tc )i»>* •• ‘*-*ll*ll, I"* iu.led in the House for
nqmt ot time it Wita then panne*l.
Manner introduced u bill .supplementary to
the ito inn.i the liabilities of ship owners.
>li . M iin :.i .iUh i*d a bill making further
pi n , 1 th© NattaiitoUpn of Virginia land
M’ . Gt ver rwruiaed his jemarks from yesterday
on i e.|r. loi Kuutsan ufi.iirs. Hi-expressed tin
vj.ii i;-f !»nd it not been foi the emigrant aid
•. . =*. K . i- would have beenu free. State, an
p ..„ ;..v( owners mo much longer to emigrate
t», ik i , oi i. Xmtl who have no cumber-
Hotoe tsopen locauy tviUi them . butstiinulutcdaH
t i.ui i.ve.t b» the attempt ot the North to shape
tin-d-«*i tuHi i\ uitoi v, they would, in nil ju<>-
bubi’.u' o: I tain iui rp • mt’«« eiidency there
Hr ‘|noted from the personal liberty
(>i:i . out ..>’>'■ »<1 the pio\ .-ion* of tlit- same nr.fu
,i.mMv wsi» toe law* of the Kansu* Legislature,
iipauial whirl* u much had been said by Senators
*l, the other side.
’ \| Sr ward obt&Un
Hoc/, iiud tuu S' uiffu adjourned
HOUSE.
i ha deficiency appropriatum tall was rasumod.—-
di £•»!!icoUtfi replied to h." colleague, 31r. Smith,
: * ifi: .r '!:(•' hi otiug so the new American
plat I« hi iu the Philadglphia Convection
;,li He.. t: m Mildrer* ed the committee lit opposi
tion to the exieu ‘iou of slavery.
\l, Waldron -poke iu condemnation of the repeal
of the Missouri Oomprijo.
,d |j.i, r dt.-i titiscd tho question of out relations
wit IZ- .J.ind— ihe enlistment and Centra! American
qu* i - iu the former,liesa*d. Otettt Britain had
fi* -,*»*! our neutrality laws, and (u the latter given
ucv struct ion to the ‘Clay tou-Uul war treaty not sum
talned by the tacts. . *
lm> llouao then adjourned
m SENATE * April ic
Thw Senate pissed several bills from the Court
of Cuaois, making appropriations tor on tain claims.
«• Oouut Loud bill was debated and postponed
until Monday next
i uo ciucfct'i-u «>f printing the memorial ol the *elf
. Ivi. s 4 L fii., Uluru (presented by Mr. Cass
tno other day) wn« resumed.
.d:. Butlei oppoft d tin motion on the gumiulthat
the inviuorml was Kiiogant in ita language, and
lti* punting would be in violation of one oi the rules
ot the b' .. <*. He had nooljfCtiou io having Kan*
hiis coma into the luoii as a free State or a slave
brute, but wanted »t «o emuc iu honestly' through
tl*« Mute, aui not climb over lbo wall or get un-
Ut yii Muion thong! : tha rial on ht not to
l'.’ C l. Vv U 1•• vi'. ed. LtU L would now inOTo that it
Mi. Sew, : I deaued *0 apeak on the question,
it beij.|, • w 1 o'clock, the subject:wus postponed,
and tin *»pe* t.:l order v-us icsutned
31 id ‘poke ou the Kansas question at
CO mdeiubte length, after which the S««nnte ad*
jourued,
iioisi:.
fixe Dvficienoy apnfopriafhm bill was taken up
no . the dci .ite ou the «luvery question was re
tu.u^L
31 Shortci oofttrnded that by her
< .4,- j.-t rel'»liv« lo the fugitive slave law liaß placed
herself • .f S M" the pale <»f the Constitution, and
~i tn.it •» L. represented here The South, he
«■ ; ' ; i K’< 11 victimized every time she has com
i i . Hsied w• i ( ! >t North, and he hoped therefore
at: • uo butl ei attempt ot that kind would be made.
y < ;‘.ibam.-i hw* every’ Southern State in
u. ued, -. >M the Uov - rnment fail to protect them
«u ; .dr oouHtifutioiml rights*, to take the reinedv in*
to Ih ' own tici’d- I'li' v will stand on the («eor
iia .'.at form, if the |»•niocratie party and the turn
\n >:ei.; t state rights principles shall triumph in
(le IV e- K i’td electuti, the Cinon will be saved:
■, i t . H’ . k Hepubl cab# prevail, the historv of
vu i ,k .‘ . \ w*ii have hi i u written. The only
w nr to pn ■ ft vet! c Union i<* for the true comerva
live en • r »ht* North, now repre»«‘nt*Ht by the
lean N ti'-nal Pctnoer ■< .. to unite with the South
; r. ■ w e l u wnr i*tl the fanatic* who would
t c ,u ti.'V. n the pillars «*f eur republic.
Various member* <b t*ated the Semiti« s amend*
r. • m.i ting neatly fdO.OtHt tor engraving
the mn * Muldrawo'y* m oompan-.ing the npoits
vt t : o i evplo'...riona and HUrvev** to determine the
fua .tic ra*.;:o»ei ropjt*. riuMjuc>*f ion of extravagtinc©
wi- uis(Mu-eit in this coniM <*t»on. One gent lot nan
.< .»,( \ ; .t! i!u ' M r » d engraving of this work
kvouM ? a • a\M >»r • 1 dollars, w Idle others thought
th..* . , . . oftavs would ,»the rftVot of pre
judicing the ruction ot iht* road.
An uifibi : 1 :i edoi t wa-made to eondue the ap
oropriati* •• " ttuu proper Smite, excluding the illus
> - ni’eet only* to adoruboukj* ot tia%el uud na
futni history.
i .e i:ui..uhu it as rvuA ied and tb« House ad
tourned.
IV SENATE ....April I^.
Tiic ute »vßan ed theccmsitdera’ion of tiie mo
th tc pi::.? :h" neeuv'rialof the Free State Legis
lature .e Xm-sas
Mr M.iSou uppt'fiK‘d the proposition, saying that
;he uiemei . il ea.miated from men who are in reb* 1-
Uvei against the In 'i s of the tenitorr.
Mi Sew.t:- 5 re*rn’ ded it oomparatiraly an uuim
penUiUt quor’ien whcth«-r the memorial be printed
or n 't, - • ad ..ircadv seen it in a journal cir
cunuunr f 1 * eopiv** Ti-ert five, it would lu* rend
bv tho w orld r.r nuy r thougb it would be proper.
?h >u !\ t o pri: tii m*» matter of courtesy
Mr But lv r ated hL former object ion* to the
motion
jlr tiatn’i:-. ?a*d ’ ■ d« shvd o have the memorial
printed for iiie own tpfonnotion Ml that acting On ,
the : u"*r.. *i « f the a *n ot Kansas nudei their
M'.atr C‘ c. be eo»»M h* • nnder»*tnmlii. r 'y
It wj - his«*ptu»on that the want par.uh l
„ ov ,* Ve tonud !•' ti e treatment which Sena
tors . *b. -1 .won thi* petition, by laying it
.roll. * ’• or reb vi i r wan liie eomluct ot Lord
Ntrtfi in . chh w «•• ,* lae i•«•*<! .*n* of rlu- N«*rth
n®. .r.i'kibims Iwfore ti>e llritu’i l‘ar
.
Mr Butler remarked that it those petitions were
bjrx'Ugiit f'Hward in vi dation of Favlinmt inary
rules. L’ tl >' : i dM I * duty in them
nod *hnt ■ f the motion io print tf.s Kamuis meii.c.
rial should be adopted, he should regard it its the
grv nUsSX amtempr fb*t had ever been oiStrad u* the
SxmtV '
Mr I a-,• r.d *» ro* Vitdiog paragraph <*f the
h m *>u. v t ’ : , u « A-rvdisTs e*mti tuple*
U*d ue UN Iri-'o, but r. crvly naked tee admission of
.fi. M* yMf into toe *'»u*«lt racy or an equal
Ics'tMlg with taw Stale** ffmi’h ham t- avc«lett them.
be da' < »•. t- cted- ti to admit* Kansas r.« h
ta.iv? w : i.v State cw t of the Uniou. and
q«H?U • 0 -et? y*ifi.A -su jo: Miss .ur: to prove
At I v 'vp aS ' <* tpcee'il OTvler va* c*;'\vi and Mr
Swwar* ruo-'esi ah prior or dvrs and take
up Use* L-Wi: In r o eUKiit 14;3.
M. Bs.ijr Ue lakinr •
up aiiv tt. tr tcbb?cf imui the proseo? question was i
Mi rioabeu att rtimi to iiimporiauec of
IQt«ru improvements .mt showed tUat unlcas they
Wt r» *—B iv~l . i> t! are would I *OOO ohauce
Ns : - - 1 .vs ti 'ah , He tV-t
ft ' hiGttiy to asa. ft veto -l v ou Uie
jiua
T, : ijowioQ be’’ 1 taken, the Ludion t • take
v
i- \* 3
i v. #< k : §«!» cv'i V- V. t; enroeomed. Mr Don I
k* t»v 5 . ' .t it was not a jorstUvl cii-^— •
c U* vsa Jiao.
Leal a* Oou**titu? *n ami State Govern j
turiit prtq.'«rat»rr I<t titc--;.'-.Hiuiu-v *u into the I nimi j
• .
9t
• . *e~ •
vt.nuoa wx*tb wot o dy ..weutbor;'***»’: by j
but Was rev mi ' t-vte-ke n*m its cboivc-j
Mi acKi he cu : * •. as a State !
*' Jlr. JUmmb WR.-W. K.--1V *k.k iuovedt.j,
*i, i.-Liurr’ .. .. : L.-.e u.aiu I
rii jtiw.tJ i .i«R AJup.u..::.-.. o*i Xrn.vic*'
uii*i - .'.'® P- i-v lit • ' I l '.-; v. liule lie i
«U*tt <•«» »»v; -HtK-a '.*>■ --'!*• iu« j
„• nn. i, ;ma ■ ■ - -‘i*; '
ill \ Mu i l t.w<e i- Uv rt* «- vt I{k iS«iit>te, |
Jj <?.. n«J‘. ' -A. *Aji v* O-'.d *i® : ali EUJ <.'SWtS* B l'.» j
•»V« * rttfttlWu to *rU'p<JiA. ti c lUxec, iHi SylH. d J
i 4 £■-&•* ~f.i t li’AoT Uitj tt .(■, -t.rf TTk'-
V >u-t g < :•» V■: • •:••’* - 0.. Pi :•• j :
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Mi Uavard thought that men who w in direct
fcjitKg :.i t*i th*- law*f* of ttie laud ha inota in to
be heard by petition. (
M M a 3*l »o anbiul the Of which he,. }
h.H gi ♦ uota.' . the r- ferewe.
il. ' Fruuibull and iiayard em- red a: •me [
lend ’ ’othe etaertd of Ki.aaaa mat’em. ;
Fin-* > there c‘duff clouhi*about tf;e genulc-nefts t
of the u.cioortt,, and Mr. ('aaa,who hal preeenLcd *
it, not be uggat siicd that it ghotiM be acted ou the \
Scuat •ri -conai e*red tL*' \ ote by which the memo- ;
rial wa* referred t/> the committee 00 territor : ■ -by a ;
vov of :?j aeniost X
Mr. Caft3* waa tl»on permitted to w .thtlrnw tl»e uie- ,
tnorial to r**tnrn it to Col. I>aoe, by wliom it wart j
phftLv-d. iii hk> handa f»r picocnlaUou, j
Tlie fh>TTat« th**n ndh»nrn«i. ]
HOI Ml-
The H* a**-dl*onfe»ed the reaoiuti*»n of the corn j
lii'O... on c-e» tioiirt, <k* Ini lug P. 11. X'ouke aft not ,
dulv elected from the Htli Congreiwronal difttriet of ■
nil j '
I if- rew»ioiiou Wat aAiopl'.-d; yea« Iho, uayt •». — i |
Ti tv Upas* Tike wise paaftod die rcuolntiop, declaring j :
tlmt the sitting member frrun the 9th (.’ongreaftional !
dUtriut of Illinois., Samuel S Marshall, wu* ejected I
over L. J. S Tunn y. In each cane the contestants
to b - aSowed mileage and per diem to this date. ,
Tlic Sp- cW- r laid before the Hoofte & meftftagfc
frrruthe Fnaident of the United Staten, commuka
ting copies of tire r onditional contract* for tl»e IT. S ;
C-jurt buitdingft in Haiti more, which were referred to
be committee on the Judir iary.
The House then wen* Into Committee of the
While, and resumed the consideration of the Son
ut‘ F arnendmenta to tiie Deficiency Appropriation
The air.endmenr appropriating $300,000 for the
iHwntlnuation of the Waabington acqneduct com
ini/ up for action, Mr. Phelps oppos'd it, being
u: w.ding that the Government shall complete
th< works, unlea# Washington and Georgetown
contribute their proper-hare toward bearing the ex
poc-f
Mr. Euatw inquired if the Government would not
have a right to charge them for water*
Mr. Phelp** *aid yea. but be sliould scorn to
find ue Government peddling out water. [LaugL
ter J
Mr. Oft and oHicn* considered that the Govern - {
fnent wa» committed to the work, while several gen- j
Uen»en opposed the appropriation, on the ground j
U,ftt tl»c j>*'Ople resident here ought to build their ;
own water woika.
Without r.ikiiig a vote on the question the House
adjourned.
IX SENATE.-.:-/ April 11.
Mr. M - n submitted a resolution directing the
coinmiu-*o on the Library to inquire into the expe
cbeucy of authorizing tiie S -cret*ry of State, under
Kuril renir&iiili and rcuulations a# lie may preecriU-,
to permit such perMiiiH to have access to the unpub- !
liahed paper** ol Thouias jeffenum, the property of 1
the State- deposited in ids department, as many de- |
wire the same lor the purpose* of ]K>iitical or liiatori- j
rid research, and to allow them to take copies there- i
of. Agreed to.
The * tlundar was then taken up, ami forty-eight j
private bids were passed, including one for the ■
benefit of ike Hebrew congregation of Washington, I
and a bill directing a re-examination of accounln
b- tween tiif* State of Maryland and the United !
Suite*.
The Senate then adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
The bill for the relief of John S. Pendleton wan di.M
cn“#ed in committee of the wltale and passed, when j
the House a<ljonru< <l until Monday.
VToikii Vernon —die. \V'a»!iiiiffloi>.
Tlie following comninnicntion appeared some days
aiuce in the Alexaudiia Gazette. We hope the wri
ter 4» correct.
From tho Alexandria Gazette
The ftubjed of the *ftle of Mount Verson i* one
which, aH-ongli that e-fate i« private property, im
tundiy mieiefcia tiie public. I have no authority
v. hut over to apeak for Mr. Wauhingtcm, the owner
oft! <• en'.ttf- , but I believe the name answer has
been invariably returned by him to all applications*
from private 7* r. ons , companies and association*
which he recently gave to u letter addressed fto him
by a lady of .South Carolina, that “Mount Vernon
Ih not foi HHie*.”
Mr. Taylor, our delegate to the Legislature, when
the bill was up incorporating the Mount Vernon
Association, mado the same explanation ; and in a
com f pondonce pu blinked a year ago, Mr. W. sta
ted his v ievrs and feelings fully on the subject. 11«-
has not Mount Vernon 111 the market for sale, and
does not, it is presumed,desire to be annoyed with
applications on the subject from persons who are
hi ing what sort of a speculation they might make,
ot even from those who have other and more honor
able motives. It is understood that Mr. W. did, ut
one time, co o ut U> Jet the General Government
01 the State of Virginia have it, if they asked for it
at a speculative price —a price which, though some
may consider high, is far /css than he could obtain
if fn' wished to sell the property for the purpose of
icaUztny the lor pest possible amount of money. —
1 do not, notwithstanding nil this, understand that,
if the ladies should raise the fund they propose , and
hand if over to the Stab of Virginia t and the
State of Yn p>nia should wish to make the purchase ,
to Ih held by it, and should ask the sale of it by Mr.
Washington, thi%t he would refuse. It is with the
State of Virginia that he would have to deal, and
ite request would be a very different thing from ne
got i/.iing with associations, companies or iudivid
ua is, or offering his property in the market for sale,
whieli Ue does not and will nut do. For myself, I
hope the patriotic tour of Mr. Everett may go oil. J
hope 1 hut, with his aid and with their own exertions,
the ladies will raise a fund sufficient to buy the es
tate, See. I repeat that 1 have no authority from
Mr. Washington to make these statements, and
have had no conversation with him on the subject,
but 1 have reason to believe that 1 inn not far out
of the way in the remarks lore thrown out. Mr. W.
is one of our most honored citizens, and he will do
nothing in this matter which is not dictated by a
sense of justice, and by what is due to himself,
his family and his native State.
A. Virginian.
Indian Outrages in Florida.
\\ < have dates from Key West to the 10th inst :
Further Indian depredations had near
Tampa and nt Cape Kmnnn. A party of U. S. troops
lmd been attacked and two shot dead. The settlers
on the coast were becoming more alarmed, and were
hastily abandoning their plantations. The volun
teers were organizing rapidly, and those already
mustered into service were actively engaged in
scouring the borders of the Seminole District. None
of the tribe had answered to the call of the Indian
Agent to emigrate, tin* promise of the government
bounty having as yet-bad no effect, except to make
the tribe more implacable and revengeful. From
•lieutenant W. H. Randolph, a passenger by the
Florida, we arc in possession of the following infor
mation :
On th< evening of the itlst of March, a small
party of savages suddenly appeared before the
dwelling of Dr .Urudni, situated on the light bank
of the Manatu, five miles above its mouth, and tired
a volley in the direction in which they judged, by
the voices heard, that the inmates were ; fortunate
ly no light was burning, and their balls were harm
less Dr. Braden, with what assistance was at
hand, returned their tire, and with such vigor, that
they were glad to escape, but not before they had
taken -even of his negro men prisoners, and seized
upon three mules. Tin y retreated rapidly, and the
scouting parlies sent out m search could not dis
cover them.
Dr. Hard.ui is au old and wealthy settler, and lias
a large and valuable tract of the best sugar lain! in
the State. TTis plantation is about forty miles south
west ot Tampa, uud tliut distance from any military
post. The situa ion of tiu* planters upon the Man
atu by no means sale, auu they should be protee
ted by an adequate number of troops to operate in
such emergencies as have lately occurred.
she Florida entered Charlotte’s Harbor and land
ed government stores at the depot at Point Riissas.
News had just been received of an attack upon a
portion oi’Cupt. Pratt's command, ut Cape Roman.
A fatigue pic ty wi re sent out from the camp on the
morning of the 3()th, to procure water from au
island two miles distant. They were in two boats,
ami when within a few yards of the beach, were
tired upon by a band of savages, who were secreted
in the underbrush. Corporal O'Rook and one pri
vnte fell dead, and two others were severely woun
ded. The .-hot was instantly returned, in the direc
tion of their lire, by our troops, and it is hoped with
telling effect, as traces of blood were afterwards
diseovered. The fatigue party hastened back with
their dead and wounded to the camp. Capt. Pratt
instantly sent a strong detachment in pursuit of
the enemy. They were traced to the main land,
but not an Indian was seen. From appearances
about the scene of the ambuscade, it was judged
that the baud numbered fourteen—thev having
placed that number of forked sticks in the ground
upon which to rest their lidos, to make their aim
more sun*.
The Seminoles have killed upwards of twenty of
the ti\M*p> and settlers since the breaking out of
the war. but uo warrior* is known to have been
killed.
L\n< h Law in l'ru Uhal*.—Extract from a
letter from China, dated December 8, 1855 :—“Our
peaceble suburbs were a scene of unwonted uproar
wsterday afternoon. A Canton man quarreled
with a Fah Chau man in the streets and killed him
on the spot, lie* was instantly seized by the 1110 b.
und with his hands tied behind him,taken to the top
of the hill back of the foreign hongs, and bound to a
pine tivo. The wife of the deceased coolie took a
nail and drove it into the body, shoulders, bieast,
temples, ami eyes of the writhing culprit, aided and
abetted bv a furious multitude in her bloody re
venge. The man was just alive at sundown, seve
ral hours after. 1 saw the mangled body this morn
ing. The head was a perfect mass of gore. The
conduct of the woman is loudly applauded by the
natives, who will doubtless erect a monument of
f granite to tin memory of her virtuous indignation.
Thi Mudarir.s offered to take the offender into
custody , but she resented their Interference, and in
sisted upon la*r right, from immemorial custom, to
I a\ enge tier husband's death, and boldly accused the
officials, in the presence of the crowd, of taking
bribes and letting tho guilty go free. At home, the
Uuntoultcs are the most insolent of any people in
China to foreigners, and they carry that insolence
• with them to other ports. There are two tlion
saud ot them here greatly excited by tlris bar
barous deed and threaten re venge A party of
marines has been sent for from H. B. M. ship of
war R»c< Horse, to protect foreign residents in
tin event of an outbreak between them undthe
Fuh Ohaunns.”
V ( \s* or l sited Living Children.—On the
till of April. 1H55. one of the rarest eases of double
formation occurred ai the St. Petersburg Foundling
Hospital—namely, two girls growing together by ;
their skulls—whieli still live, and so far appear to be
in good health. Os all eases of this kind hitherto
known (of which there are seven.) the union of two
in.;; vidua was never of that kind to bring the face
ot on. < hrW directly opposite the face of the other.
Tlrtoe twins are so united that if the middle line of
the face of om* child be prolonged from tin* nose. ,
this would strike upon the ear of the other Through j
the mobility of tl»e necks the two children really lie
in a straight line, one girl lying on the b«A-k, tin’ oth- S
er on the ■* Me. ami thus they shop. The fare of one j
child is qu.. «■ symmetrical as far as the forehead, and !
it is first ui tin* formation of the skull that want of
symmetry appears. In the face of the other the light |
ha If is much a' trtened. ami the eye of this side opens j
U-ss than the other. The two children p*>ases> a per- j
fectly independent existence from each other as re
latcs to >Tc; ng. walking, want of food, etc. The
oae bleeps quietly whilst the other takes nourishment 1
i or looks about. Common sensibility does not ap
! p« nr to exist, since in case of this kind the brain*,
and r.twv > 4-. ; -iA*h :r.dividua! are preserved distinct.
N*t so always with the blood vt.'sels Once one
child screaming aloud awoke its sister. The face of
the screamiug child became suffused ami rciklmcd
deeply, wmist the other was still asleep. IVd tii<
face o: the other began to redden and swell and it
was only after this 11.-it it opened its eyes. The
features of the two children, especially of the one
wh> <e face > not shortened, an very pleasing.
Ama'l ‘b.vmest or thi Nxw York Ligjsla
| rcßi.—The 1/egislature adjourned lost night, leav
lusr a vast amount of work unfinished. The usuu:
S
It ft without funds to pay its way. The Code was
' * *vtr» : 'light of. The House License bili foiled
j to u-.-A t: Senate : and the Senate’s Pr< .'.ibiti>r\
j i the House The New York Pohee bill
j! # s ’ SS the nea Charter for the city. The
r !£§» 01 u l -w»d Commissioners law was i
> : A .mu,,, . The Appor- I
! n! *° Almost tbe onlv j
‘ * W ft ! I! ‘ rou ? h - WMt*
1 t«»At fee aoulu .!«>• lad an ostra session, and that if 1
! < Supptv obis war** n«*i pass«-*.l. the r. > , op> :i r s j
' must u;c,** tin* Tae Sen:.*. Voted I
i; >Aa L ! a a v, t"T> itmger, but ike Democnue and
j hu_ *w-Kmailings 111 the Aoseauly w«ne deteru.’ned ■
j to force au a xtra sewsioo. ao«j for that purpose 1
I itie whwC Crt v aud evening in wrangling debates. I
jAs the Ap j imx.nieui bilk must
( the next « iccijou, ii is probable that the Governor
| w jii oouveve the Legislature again ihia uioniing I
! '<’■ > r : ■
Cotton I>tkm d. — On Tucsdav last z car '
CottOL tm-k tLe ou the Macon 6z Western Rail roan. 1
ftb ut three n :h s Ink»w tL:s city, aud wo* entirely j
eoitSuir.Ard. ] «.e cars at each eud of the bum agear i
,v *-* 1 nS .t-d by U.r cvudnctor of tbe Lrain.and thus »
I-;a a n o*l ; av. * age. Tuc total loss oi the com- j i
; ■ • , ' t•- om..ha-$2,000. Sooetliirty or j ]
-tty , v ot wore burat with the’ear
.*«• taxmrg f.-i. —G -•ffn Vnior | t
•*, .*m* j>oisou? ju.-*i elected to the!
w. *' Ifbodi Island, fiftv-onc ore new * t
t*enO*r> ’ j ;
Inrcrior Africa.
The vast tract of < -ountry which form; the south
ern portion of the Easters hemisphere if still, to a
greatfcxOoiGthe ••unknown land. ’ In Hie g©o
grapliic&i f’udies of our scho>d days, ft has hereto
fore be* n assigned but a small space, both teacher
a’.id pupil being airtp 'sed to leave it to those w hose
* stes would irieUne theak to futger amid ita burning
*ands. its dark juughw, and i»* barbar* us people.
We read of ite classic, at*i onceaacit-d river, its
’Tninens* deserts, its fi- ree tigens. its naked- savages,
and imagin“ that wc bav* learn* 1 of Africa all that
is worth knowing. Thanks to tl*c achievements
of the colonization cause, it has been discovered
that the interior of Africa contains other objects of
interest than wiki best* and unclad negroes. Unlii
rr .o*»rrt?v it wn« supf*oscd that only tko**e who dwelt
np*m the coasts knew anything of civilization, intel
ligence and the arts of life, and that the inhabitants
of the interior were ignorant, rude and
tiouft. Tl»i« improrion is • found to be wholly un
f<»un*l**d. lit** popuiatton of Central Africa prove*,
i a.? research procec'is, to be, not only more nuuie
i rous. but in every respect much superior to that on
! the c'jaat. And this superiority characterises also
| the pi.vftical feature** of the region. Tl.-e climate k
ii,ore agreeable and better adapted to agriculture
I ami trade. A® to populatiae it is eLa ted by a recent 1
visiter of that country that the city of litorin is ee
tond in size only to the great metropolis of London. ■
Th* kingdom- of Yoruba, Xuti, Gamburd House
and Borgu. through which flows the imglity and
majestic Nile, swarm with people, ami can l>oast of
their towns and cities containing tens and hundreds
of tliousand- Another populous tratri to the East,
called fyesha, bas also large cities, and is beginning
to attract attention. We have the appearance and
face of tlu country described in th** following lan
guage, by on*- wlio Bpeak- as an eye-witness :
4i Those who have visited the prairie lands of Tex
as have seen something timilar. Frequently the
eve has a sweep for mues over a country whose
rolling _ . . . or, beig
glen, hill top and mountain, and covered with a car
pet of green, can scarcely be surpassed. There are
no heavy for* sts, except the skirls of branches or
river*. And then the timber is different from any
thing you have ever seen. It is quite tall, differing
in this respect from the stunted, shrubby growth of
; the prairie. These hammock lands, high and dry,
are of the very first order. Swampy and marshy
I places are very seldom seen.' 1
And the people are. by no means barbarians.—
Mil*-* of acres are every where in a state of wonder
ful cultivation, growing corn, cotton, yams, pota
toes, peas, Ac *-. Their markets abound with an al
most endless variety of articles. “ Every morning, M
says a writer speaking of the city of Ijaye with its
inhabitants, ‘’from the six gates of Ijaye go
out streams of living beings, perhaps ten thousand
people, or more, to work their farms, and return in
the evening with the profits of their day's labor ou
their heads. For four or six miles, from three o’clock
1 until night, the roads are almost thronged withpeo-
I pie on their return home. Nearly every man, wo
man and child has a load of some kind, either to be
carried home or to the market. I would suppose
; that at least one thousand bushels of com or more
‘ are brought into town on the bead every day.” And
! here are to be found weavers, tailors, harbors, black
| smith*, shoe and saddle makers, and even ingenious
specimens of art. “ I cannot tell you,” says the
I same writer, “ a tenth of their ingenuity.” The
j most superior saddle stirrup 1 ever met with is to be
t found here. The nature of (he government, abso
|lut«- tyranny, is incompatible with uny marked ad
vance of the p< onle towards civilization. Their
dexterity is more clearly evinced, perhaps, in tru
i ding than nnythingehe. They ore a wonderful peo
ple. Africa fsa second Asia.”* The central African
we learn is gracefully clot hod from head to foot in
turban trows* rs and often satidals. “He knows
much more of the world as it is, and of its past his
tory, than you could well believe : his hands and
feet are often as small and elegantly formed ns those
of nnv white man; his nose is ; not confounded with
his projecting cheeks,' but prominent and straight:
his lips are thin, his chin is full, his facial angle good,
and if you enter into conversation with him. you
will soon find that God has endowed him with intel
lect of no mean order. All this could hardly be be
lieved by some if I should aver it, but the people
- are here* and may be Been by any one who will come
where they are.’ Truly here is a great field for the
missionary and the Christian philanthropist.— Balt.
American.
Loss of (be Fiiuard Steamer Curlew.
A few days since we had a telegraphic despatch
announcing the loss of the steamer Curlew on the
15th of March, w hen near Bermuda. The following
is nil extract from one of the passengers when the
unfortunate disaster occurred: —
We left Halifax at nine o’clock on Friday morn
ing last, uu<l had a tine run, with moderate wind
and sen, until early on Sunday morning, when the
wind and sea increased considerably, uud remained
high until Monday morning, when they moderated,
and I believe that Capt. Hunter was on deck nearly
the whole night. The weather continued fine all 31011-
day, and at night we had every prospect of being
in about 6 o'clock the next morning, as Capt. Hun
ter expected to make the light about one o’clock. I
On retiring for the night I only partially undressed,
ns 1 intended to get up when the light was made, and
remain on deck until we got in. Capt. Hunter left
the cabin about ten o’clock to go on deck, and we
retired. Early next morning I was awoke by Mrs.
Howes, who called me and said, “the steamer is on
the rocks.” I rose up and heard the vessel grating
on the rocks, and tola her to “keep quiet —it was all
right, we should soon be on shore, ns from the
splendid run we had lmd and the fineness for the
night, and the confidence I had in the captain, I was
under the impression that we had struck going iu
between the Forts. Mrs. Howes said, “But 1 tell
you she has struck on the North side reef. Get up
—we shall all be drowned.”
Just then the steamer crashed on the rocks. I I
got on deck ns quickly as possible, and heard the
chief mate say, “The engine room is full of water,”
and saw the sea breaking on the deck amidships.
1 rushed iuto the cabin and told Mrs. Howes uud Dr.
Dickey to hurry on deck, as tin* vessel was sinking
under us, and the cabin would soon fill. While I
was speaking to them 1 saw the mate rush into the
saloon to the captain’s room, and heard him shriek
out, “Captain Hunter!—the vessel has struck on
the rocks.' The captain replied, “eh, what ?” The
mate again said, “sue is sinking, she is filling, the
engine room is full water.” Hunter rushed out, ex
claiming “good God, what sort of a look out have
you kept, what have you been doing, where is she !”
and rushed on deck. I immediately followed with
Mrs. Howes and Dr. Dickey. The cabin tilled im
mediately. The captain ordered the boats out di
rectlv, but two of them were smashed in the attempt.
The third was washed from the davits, while Mrs.
Howe and Dr. Dickey were getting out of her. The
fourth was more successful, and the c ptain order
ed her to lay by us until lie called her to come along
side.
The sea was then making a clear breach over the
stem, and we were obliged to get into the main rig
ging, which we succeeded in doing ; we remained
there about an hour, and then got into the boat
and lay oIV. It appeared to me that the vessel
broke in two, about the engine room, and the stern
sunk almost immediately. After remaining some
time, and seeing 110 boats coming to us, the cap
tain called the boat alongside and sent all the peo
ple in her except two —he with the chief mate and
second engineer remaining on board the vessel.—
The* captain told us to make the shore as quick as
we could, and send assistance to him; we landed at
the Naval Tanks between ten and eleven o’clock in
the morning.
The vessel appeared to me to have a full cargo,
and there were ten head of oxen. It was about
half-past four o’clock when she struck.
Os the two bags now missing, one contained news
papers and the other North American letters, &.C.,
and two bags of despatches from the Admiral.
Philadelphia Items.
April 11.—Mention was made yesterday of a
difficulty that hud occurred in the Calvary Baptist
Church. It arose in this way : The pastor, Rev.
Mr. Baldwin, some time since expressed a decided
preference for the new version of the Bible over the
old, or King James’ translation, which gave great
offence to some of the members, and in the excited
''fate of feeling arising out of the controversy, a
large number of the old communicants were expelled
through the pastor. Quite recently they were rein
stated, and out-numbering the pastor’s party, hud
again the control of affairs. At the meeting on
Tuesday evening last, there was a general row, and
some ot the congregation escaped in their alarm out
of the windows. The trouble is not over yet, and as
has been said, will probably lead to u division in the
congregation.
The twenty third annual report of the managers
of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction
of the Blind, has just been published. The number
of pupils and other blind persons in the Institution,
on the Ist of January, 18.>5, was 133 ; of this num
ber 29 were received during the past year, IS were
discharged or left, and 3 died. I'll of the pupils are
from Pennsylvania, 7 from Maryland, I'd from New
Jersey, and 10 from other places. 26 of the entire
number contribute to their own support, and 7 are
pay pupils. The sales of articles manufactured
m the Institution during the past year, amounted to
$10,943,96, being an increase of $2,602.37 over the
previous year. The receipts during the year
amounted to $38,919.82, and the expenditures to
$10,901.33.
Mr. J. P. Arrison. an agent for the Home Mis
sionary Society of tliis city, left the city yesterday
morning, with a number of children, for whom good
and permanent homes have been secured in various
sections of the country. Nearly two bundl ed chil
dren have been placed in comfortable homes, and
with men of known integrity, where they will learn
useful trades.
The steam frigate "Wabash is still on the sectional
dock at the navy yard, aud the workmen are busily
engaged ; n coppering ln r. and preparing her for the
propeller to be attached to her shat:. She will pro
bably be prepared to leave dock i i about ten
days or two weeks.— Cor. Unit Anier.
Xow York Items.
The Independent announces the failure of Buuce
Brothers, book publishers of this city. Cause., their
connection with another house. May resume soon.
David White of3ladison. Indiana, a large dealer
in provisions, failed for $’.200,000; will perslmps,
pay 50 cents ou the dollar. The Peunsvlvania fail
ures are as follows; Still *.V Brother, Pluenixville,
(caused by establishing a mill without sufficient
capital Johnson, Brother Co., Alleghany City
have made an assignment: Isaac Prayei’s. Wheel
ing has also made an assignment. Another failure
in the bt>ok trade, is mentioned—that of Putnam &
Bro , Boston. The editor says they will probably
go into insolvency.
One of the political events of the day is tl.e re
vival of the tamous Empire Club, under the aus
pices of the celebrated Capt. Renders, tor the pur
pose of carrying ou the campaign of ’SO, ou the
“Polk and Dallas” plan. The Club is understood
to go for Buchauau.
The North River from Hudson to Albauv is now
free from ice, and navigation unobstructed.
Ivruis \MEVT Foil DEBT IN ENGLAND. —A re
turn has been laid before the British Parliament of
persons confined for debt or contempt of court in the
prisons of England and Wales. It is along and sad
list, occupying some 10 pages. The “contempt”
consists generally in not having means to come be
fore the Insolvent Debtor's Court. A man
70 has been incarcerated in Chester county jail
nearlv five years for the paltry debt of jl 11 Is. fid.
and l? lls Bd. costs : and two others, aged 77 and
75. art* Immured in the same jail for debts of .tZ'-27
and JCBO At Lancaster Castle two persons have
been detained for six and seven rears. One debtor
aged *O. is confined in Mcnmoutli jail for a debt of
iZ p!u> jC l f H> (N»sts, and has been starving on the
•‘county allowance” for two years, though it is be
lieved the detaining creditors have already been
paid What is really due from the proceeds of lik es
tate. A prisoner in York Castle, committed at the
suit of the Attorney General for contempt, refused
to put in an appearance, and “had apparently no de
sire to leave the jail.” This person is 70 years of
age. and has been deprived of his liberty for seven
years and a half. 111 France, septuagenarians are
exempted from arrest for debt.
I An Ikish Skkmon.—Mrs. Mnlvuny ye must die,
| although ye' re so hale and hearty, ye must die, that
j ye must. Ami you, Mr. Uaffertv. "must die too. a!-
• though ve are >o lame and so lank that ve scarce
! make a s .adow when the sun shines, ve must die,
j that ye must. And you. Mr. Imiishkifien, ye must
j «iie too. that ye must. And you, too. Teague M*-
| Giuuis. .'or all you are so rosv-eheeked. and are for
| iv« r making love to the girls at Donnybrook Fair.
y< must die, yes. ye must all die. I must die, too.
j although I am the paster of the parish, and have the
J care of al! yer sow;-. I must die. too : and when 1
| >h.iH be coming up befon Goodces-. and dness
lis after saying to me—“ Father Mulrico Laiferty.
| how is your parish on f« r drunkenness V I shall
j say, “Oeh, mighty clan*, yer honor.’” And then
j o«hxluos< will say. “Father Mulrico L&fferty, h> w
I :s yer parish off for thriving. and such like deadly
sins’" **Och. mighty clane your honor."' So yu
| see it’s a g***} character I s£tdl be giving Goodness
! ov yez ail; but when Goodness shall say to me,
Father Mulrico LanVrtr how have they paid you
’heir Faster dues —what shall J say to that, ye
blackguards ?
, Repeals thf Main* Liqior Law.—The
.ower House of the Maine Legislature, some days
ago. passed a new temperance bill. concurring with
..it- ale by a vote of 78 to 68, after seemingly
' . examination of the subject. .
i.,c u.i «?.s mupdurol by Mr. Barms, and was \
strongly opposed by n„- e-Wooatr* the prohibit.,-
ry principle, wLichit repudiates.
, Diamosiis Si ,lev Miss Heron, the aetresa. I
bail diamonds eaiueU at *t,aO.. stolen from her at ,
tie »t t_na: e» Hotel. Netv Orleans, on t,( othinst i
Two servants. white men. are in iaii, charged witii '
the theft. * * J
The business of breeding rats is said to be car
ried on in New York—kid groves are made out of ‘
Uieii sidus.
WEEKLY
Cbronide & Sentinel
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MOILMNG APRIL 16, 1556.
TERMS.
In future, the Terms of the WEEKLY'
CHRONICLE 6c SENTINEL
will be TWO DOLLARS, if paid strictly in
a.franee —if noi paid in advance,
THREE DOLLARS
per year.
Seward ou Ivanna*.
T hr labored speech of Mr. Siwakd, in the United
States Senate, last W ednesday, on the affairs of
Kansas, is tmteh bepraised in Northern papers.—
We can see nothin" very remarkable in the produc
tion. It gives a strong Northern and grossly pai
tial account ot the event* which have occurred in
the Territory since the passing of the Kansas-Xe
bnufta bil! in 1851. Ever}- fact that bears against
the North is carefully suppressed or glossed over;
every incident in which Southern men have played
a part is distorted or magnified. Mr. Seward bears
particularly hard on President Pierce, calling his
messages exhibitions of ambitious imbecility, and
comparing him to George the Third. This portion
of the speech is suggestive of the humiliation which
the President has brought upon the country; the
chief magistrate is deliberately charged, in the Sen
ate chamber of Congress, with tyranny and imbecil
| tv, and the Senators listen to the accusation with
I the utmost gravity, as though it were a tiling familiar
to them ail. And yet there are men so blinded by
’ party spirit that they would nominate Mr. Pierce
| for re-election.
The argument by which Mr. Seward attempts to
; “how that Kansas should at once be admitted as a
| free State is poor indeed. It is based solely on his
| assumption, that every act committed by Southern
'■ men has been abetted by fraud and force, and that
! every deed of Northern men is characterized by
I purity and patriotism. He udmiis they have not
1 the constitutional number, but the Constitution is of
] small account, in his estimation, compared to the
l triumphs of Freesoilisui. liis comparison of the
! New York Tribune with the Roman Tribunes in the
I days of the Gracchi, is as far-fetched as it is ridicu
! lous. Mr. S::ward’s appeal to Congress, to re
| member “that all men are born equal, and have
i certain inalienable rights ; and that among these
j rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'’
i can be of no effect unless he bids Congress, at the
j same time, forget that those words were written ami
endorsed by patriotic Southern men, who, until the
i day of their deuth, consistently supported the insti
j tutions of the South, In those times men did not
strain the application of sentences ; and no one
ever thought of asserting that these words referred
to the negro race. Washington and his noble com
patriots had won their liberties, and prized them too
dearly to think of trifling with them thus rnvdly.
The style in which Mr. Seward winds up his
lengthy address is borrowed from the hifiluted
school. “We are not to become reckless of the bb
i ligations of Eternal Justice amt faithless to the in
i terests of Universal Freedom.” Seward is the
! mouthpiece of Eternal J ustice; but meekly exclaims
“do not think ol' Sewardis.m, but of Eternal Jus
tice, and act as I tell you. ’ Poor Eternal Jus
tice ! Crimes, we know, of the most inhuman na
ture have been committed in the name of liberty ;
but never did we think that Eternal Justice would
be smuggled under the cloak of hypocrisy. The in
terests of Universal Freedom are, it seems, the in
terests of fanaticism. Let but these heartless Maw
I worms succeed, and our dependent classes, who are
now well fed. clothed and housed, would be univer
sally free—to starve.
Journalism here and Elsewhere*
An article in the March number of Blackwood's
Edinburgh Magazine, reviewing the recent bio
graphies of Horace Greeley and James Gordon
Bennett, enters into a disquisition on the merits of
newspapers in Great Britain and America. The
writer, it would appear, was never in this country
and has never seen an American newspaper that
was published outside of New York; but still he
deems himself fully qualified to discuss the question.
In Great Britain, we arc told, journalism is becom
ing more and more a profession sought by learned
men, and that the strict observance of the anony
mous enables the writers to speak with the force of
oracles; in this country, we are politely informed,
the press is left, in a great measure, to those who
can get nothing better to do, and the editor is “ a
right well known entity of flesh and blood, us cow
hide and rattan applications have too often most
strikingly demonstrated.” The same paragraph
which contains the above, also states that the char
acter of the two nations is illustrated by these pecu
liarities, and then contradicts itself, by adding that
if our people were less busy, they would view witli
consternation that press which is a professed mirror
of itself. Another discrepancy of the writer is
shown iu describing in one place American newspa
per proprietors and editors as men driven to their
last resource, and then, farther on, descanting on the
skill, enterprise and capital it takes to establish a
cheap newspaper.
The man who would coolly sit down to write a
review on American Journalism, with his whole
store of knowledge on the subject derived from the
lives of Messrs. Bennett and Ghee i.ey, andmuyhap
a stray copy or two of their papers, must be so
cgregriously vain that he might safely be left to his
own conceit. The few papers published in Great
Britain and the very limited circulation of the vast
majority of them, scarcely entitle them to a compa
rison with ours. There nearly every journal appeals
to the prejudices and exclusiveness of a class; here
the great body of writers look only to the intelli
gence of the many. Can any one acquainted witli the
press of both countries, point to an American city
where the daily press holds so inviduous a position
as in London, where the Times scorns to notice its
cotemporaries, and where the greater number of the
citizens speak with a sneer of any one who reads
aught but the Times ? Away from London, daily
papers are almost unknown, and those that there
are, have a very precarious existence, and their
influence is small indeed. For scurrility and unmiti
gated abuse of every existing institution, a portion
of the weekly press of Loudon is unrivaled in the
world.
That tin* anonymous is a shield for the political
charlatan and turncoat, the London Times is uliving
proof, where the same writers in the same week
have lauded statesmen to the skies, and vowed that
they were unfit for the meanest office. An American
Editor could not do this, without having the unerring
finger of scorn pointed at the person of the truckling
writer. The American press can boast of having
among its members, statesmen, poets, philosophers
and scholars, outnumbering and outshining all who
have connection with the newspapers of Europe.
In one thing we agree with the foolish writer iu
Blackttood, though not in the sense he uses the
words ; we are journalists, because we can get noth
ing better to do, for we honestly believe there is no
avocation more ennobling and more useful than
editing an American newspaper.
Culling an .\incm-iui
City Flection.
We subjoin the result of the Election (which
passed off very quietly) yesterday, for Mayor and
twelve members of Council. The Mayor and nine
Couucilmen are the nominees of the American par
ty. In the Second Ward, tin* Antics elected two
members, and there is a tie between Dye (Am.) and
Slater, for the third member :
FOR MAYOR.
First Ward—G. W. Evans 175
2d “ “ '.'S
3d * “ “ HI
Ith “ “ 189—570
MEMIIERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
FIRST WARD.
F. Blodget 157
A. V. Laßoche 100
W If.Tutt 101
SECOND WARD.
J. M. T)ve 93 j J. C. Snead 98
B. F. Chew 93 E. J. Walker 112
W. 11. Maharrey 91 j George Slater 93
THIRD WARD.
R F. Conley 113 j L. D. Ford. . 27
J. I) Butt.. . 110 T. W. Fleming 32
lh 11. May 105 D. B. Plumb 3b
FOURTH WARD.
| W. H. Goodrich IS4 } L. P. Dugas 58
! W. 11. Stark 1% ! W C. DeW. Reed.. 58
R F. Hull 191 I G. R. Dodge 5b
Georgia Railroad Company.
At a meeting of the Directors, on Tuesday, a
dividend of four dollars per share was declared.
We have been permitted to moke the following
condensed statement of the business of the Compa
ny, for the past year, which exhibits its affairs in a
most prosperous and satisfactory condition, equally
| gratifying to the stockholders and the public:
receipts.
' Gross earning* of the Road 61.0(59.312 00
of Bank . 74,7»132
Dividends received ou stocks owned by
I the Company 33.660 50
I (iro** Income for twelve .uonth* 1.177.763 62
EXPENDITURES.
j Road Expenses and payments ou
! account of Road 53
i Bank Expenses, viz: Salaries at
Bank in Augusta and Agency
in Atlanta. Agents Commis
j sious,*c 27.553 15
737,780 66
! Interest paid ou funded debt of _
| the Company 41,875 21 ...
Net profit for the year 398,107 93 ;
j Add balance at credit of profit and !• *> 108,675 27 \
20 i
| Deduct dividend thb day declared. i*ki.24U 00 .
surplus - 6340,.A3 20 j
| The surplus exceeds eight dollars per same on the j
* stock of the Company, which will enable the public j
j to appreciate its value without any comment from !
j us. Xu higher praise could be bestowed on the j
j management of the Company than this exhibit at- ,
| fords.
What that tui.sk of it—ACki.mb for “Xa j
I t ion ai. Dfmocrats" to chew. —The Quincy (11L) j
Republican, a well known Free Soil sheet, in an edi
■ toriai in its issue of the 21st nit., regarding the re- j
| cent " Democratic ant;-Know Xothing city Conven
tion.” and position of parties in St. l»uis, holds lue
foßowinir language. We respectfully comrned it to j
the attention of those nailing themselves “National
Democrats.'' here and elsewhere ; The Republican
says :
“While the balloting* for candidates were coiug i
on. Dr. A. T Ct»w introduceda resolrtiou pledging i
-the Convention do: to support any man Craht !
who would not avow his uncompromising opposition |
to Republicanism.’' The resolution was tabled with
onlv two dissenting v . ice*, hrom this it oe-eins that I
t\\e Democratic ferrufn-born citizens c-f St. Lem* |
arc net opposed to the Republic arts, la ;*ct, tuey |
arc readb to join untk tic Repnclicam tn tear next j
elation ' The Rcpnblicana is tiie only pony with i
which foreign-born citizens can consistently unite, ,
for hoik of thetn jc opvocej to tie alewtioH of tla- .
ftrjt.
Lord Palmerston.
No m&n Las been so intimately < onneeted with 1
the foreign (policy of England during the lust quar- !
ter of a century as Lord Palmerston. Oa the con
tizn nt of Europe for the greater portion of that time
his name ha:, been always mentioued in tht same
brvatk with Albion, find it has soemed difficult, nay
almost impossible, lor the popitiiuua of tho*< coun
tries lo separate the nation from the man. Abuse
unmitigated ha? been heaped upon him uy every
foreign people on the civilized globe, and yet in hi* j
own country he has succeeded in retaining an
amount of popularity that hardly one statesman, in
a thousand could hope to enjoy. A a impression is
generally entertained by many of his countrymen, |
that he is the Tory ideal of a British and
they point triumphantly to the anger of foreign gov
ernments as a proof of his superior talents. Even
his opponents in England, when they censure him,
candidly admit that lie is a man of genius and of
extraordinary ability.
It may hot be unprofitable t<» glance at the ante
cedents of one who has held so prominent a place
in the world’s history. Fifty years ago, a very
handsome, aristocratic looking young man took his
seat in the House of Commons. He was by birth
an Englishman, though of Irish parentage. A few
years passed away, and Lord Pat.msrston had
gained more reputation as a witty, clever man in
social life, than notoriety as a politician. He was
connected with the Tory party, and occupied subor
dinate offices under them. In those days, when
George Canning was electrifying tpe British Par
liament with the magic of his genius, and while
every sagacious mind saw in him the greatest
statesman since the time of Wii.liam Pitt, it was
well knowm that he had no more ardent admirer
than Lord Palmerston. Canning had seen the
dullard, Castlereagh raised above him by the ob
tuseness of senseless oligarchs, and had witnessed,
with shame, England supporting that iniquity called
the Iloly Alliance. To disengage his country from
thraldom, and to frustrate Bourbouisin and priest
craft on the continent, became the object of his life.
When faction became impotent for a time, Can
ning rose to power, and goon he elaborated his
policy to the world. To carry Catholic emancipa
tion in England and there destroy the bigot’s pow
er ; to establish freedom of conscience and liberal
ism on the continent, whs also his desire. France,
under Charles the Tenth, was fast sinking into the
darkness from which she had emerged during the
revolution and the empire: processions of priests
daily passed throng!, tnc streets of Paris, and peo
ple were made to kneel us they went by: French
troops were on the frontiers of Spain, ready to fight
lor the despot and the priest. Canning frustrated
these designs on the continent, but succumbed be
fore the fierce coalition in headed by Peel
and Wellington, who as-* uk d him in his hour of
mortal sickness.
Some three years nft rt r the death of Canning, the
revolution of i 330 gave the deathblow to Bourbon
ism and priestcraft in France, and checked their in
fluence in neighboring countries. Had Canning
have still lived, he would have inaugurated a new
policy; but Lord Palmerston, Ins disciple, con
nected himself with the Whigs as their Foreign Se
cretary, and pursued Canning’ ; policy, when the
motive for so acting no longer existed. He patron
ized Spain and Portugal, because Canning had pro
tected them in their hour of need; he embroiled him
self year after year with liberal France, because
Canning had opposed himself to bigoted France ,
he had to yield to the absorption of Poland by the
Northern powers, because his dissentious with
France had placed England without an ally ; he
pursued tenaciously a plan for introducing u model
of the British Constitution into countries w here it
was least likely to take root ; he finally became so
obnoxious to France, that Louis Philippe protest
ed against his being reappointed Foreign Secretary,
and he bad to journey to Paris and make court to
the King before he once more took his seat in the
Cabinet. How Louis Philippe triumphed fora
day over Palmerston, is known by the Spanish
Royal marriages which were celebrated shortly af
ter the interview between the King and the Min
ister.
In Spain, Palmerston's minister, Bulwek, was
peremptorily expelled the country ; in Portugal,
his constitutionalism was but another name for con
fusion ; in Greece, his protectorate and his threa
tened bombardment, were equally absurd; in
Northern Europe, every year Russia extended her
influence or her territory. After the accession to
power of Louis Napoleon, v/c find Palmerston
reversing the policy of his whole previous career*
He showed indecent haste iu complimenting the ad
venturer on the success of his murderous coup
d’etat; he lose even in Parliament and declared his
approval of the measure ; he has, since his accession
to the premiership last year, displayed, on all occa
sions, the same readiness to play into the hands of
Lou is Napoleon.
If the question were asked, in what has Lord
Palmerston succeeded, the answer must be, in hav
ing retained office longer than any other man, and iu
having estranged his country from ull her ancient
allies, llad Palmerston have possessed genius, he
would have had its faithful attendant, prescience,
and not have acted thus blindly. His long connec
tion with the Whigs has never destroyed his
Toryism; lie is totally opposed to parliamentary re
form, as he believes the British Constitution is al
ready perfect; he is the enemy to Republics, ns his
conduct to this country has amply testified, and he
is in spite of an easy manner, the proudest remnant
of aristocracy in existence. The career of this man
has been fraught with great mischief to the world.
British Annexation.
The official proclamation of the annexation of
Oude, states that by ‘“a treaty concluded in the
year 1801, the Hon. East India Company engaged
to protect the Sovereign of Oude aguiust every
foreign or domestic enemy, while the Sovereign of
Oude, upon his part, bound himself to establish such
a system of administration, to be carried into effect ,
by his own officers, as should be conducive to the
prosperity of his subjects, and calculated to secure
the lives and properties of the inhabitants.” This
treaty, it observes, has been strictly adhered toby
the East India Company, but totally disregarded
by the King of Oude, who, in spite of constant
warnings and menaces, has continued to oppress his
people and allow his soldiers to plunder their vil
lages. The British Government can no longer tole
rate these evils and abuses, end consequently the
King is deposed, and “the government of the terri
tory of Oude is henceforth vested exclusively and
forever in the Hon. East, Indin Company.”
Oude is described as the fairest province of Ben
gal, with a territory the size of Scotland, aud a
third more populous ; producing a revenue of near
ly five million d< liars. The Resident, General
Outkam, having ura.iged matters in Calcutta with
the Governor General of ludia, left for Lucknow
on the 2">th January, to carry out the plan set forth
in the above proclamation. A force of 12,000 men
had been established at Cannpore, and with two
brigades of these troops, Gtu. Outkam entered
Lucknow, determined either t*» overcome malcon
tents or to put down d*.urban:vs. Gen Outram’s
first interview with tk. KL.g of Oude took place on
the 4th of February, when he was urged to sign his
abdication; bnt he positively refused, saying he
would appeal to England or even go in person to
London. The proclamation deposing the King and
annexing his territory, was then issued. All the
chief officers of State were ordered to attend at the
residence of Gen. Out ram, which mandate was
obeyed. The Revenue Minister was desired to
render the amount of revenue received, and guards
were placed over Lis office and the Custom House.
A circular was sent in the King s name to ull tax
collectors, directing them to pay all monies to the
Resident's officers. In this quiet and busmesalike
manner lias the fair Kingdom of Oude been annex
ed by Great Britain.
With what consistency can England protest
against the aggressive spirit of Russia, or rail at
! the filibustering proclivities of Gen. Walker and
' other American citizens, while she continues the
greatest annexationist of which the world has any
record.
Rip Van Winkle.
It is customary to speak of North Carolina a.* the
Kip Van Winkle State, but we doubt whether any
State in the Union has exhibited as much individual
enterprise and liberality as the people of North Car
* olinain the construction of the North Carolina
r , Railroad. The Company was chartered January 27,
1849, with a capital ofss,ooo,ooo —the State agree
ing to subscribe $2,0(H),009 when $1,000,000 of the
7 capital stock should be subscribed for, and one-half
2 tLe amount paid into the hands of the Treasurer of
a the Company. The million was subscribed in 1850,
wholly by individuals, without the aid of corpora-
tions, the largest subscription thus made to any pub
* lie improvement in the Southern country.—Kick
> motid Dispatch.
We copy the above, simply to correct an error of
our cotemporary of the Dispatch , which is contained
t in thejost sentence. He is greatly at fault in sup
posing that the individual subscriptions in North
, Carolina of a million of dollars, were the largest er
’ er made in the Southern country. Os the one thou
sand miles of Railroad in operation in Georgia—
. which cost over sixteen millions of dollars, one hun
dred and thirty-eight (the Western «8c Atlantic
Road) was built by the State —and every inch of the
) balance by individual subscriptions.
The Lecture.
[ “Young America” was the very attractive sub
’ jeet chosen by Rev. W. H. Millbcrn for his lec
ture last evening, at Masonic Hail. Unlike most
children. Young America had given himself his
name, and the choice was a g«**d one. The hope,
the braver}', the inventive genius of the country, all
spoke through Young America, who was the deadly
foe of hereditary aristocracy and Old Fogvism.—
| Young America had a chivalrous spirit, that would
| j not bear an insult offered to his country to pass un
I punished, nor be content to live upon the memories
I of the past. He might have follies, and he might
be subject to occasional violence ; but he was emi- J
j neatly healthy and vigorous. The conservative |
! power in the country would always prevent Young
; America from moving too fast: and in a land where
boyhood so rapidly passed into manhood, it was i
i cheering to witness something that was really {
young. The literature of Young America was the
, press, which served him for Legislature. Cabinet, j
I and Mr. Pierce into the bargain, and combatted in j
hie name the obsolete, and heralded the deeds of
men of progress. The future greatness of our coun- j
■ try. and the victories to be won by Young America, j
were typified by some adventurous spirit scaling
j pome grand mountain until his daring footsteps led ,
, him above the clouds that now veil the earth. This j
brilliant lecture was received by the crowded au- j
| dienee with the warm***t plaudits.
Mysterious Deaih.—The body of a man named 1
Joseph S. Riddle, a Carpenter, who disappeared j
, from the city twelve days ago, was found yesterday |
j tied by a rope to a tree overhanging the river, about j
; seven miles below Augusta. The body had evi- j
j dently been in the river many days, and was in a j
j very decomposed state. The last time Riddle was I
seen alive, was on Frio- night week, when he was
I met on Jackson street, going towards the river, in !
! company with a man who has since quitted the city.
I Suspicions are entertained that Riddle met with
i foul play. An inquest will be held on his body to
-1 day to investigate the matter
A Candid Confe*«ion.
The New York Tribune, in au editorial on the
slave trade, says: “ The fact is, that in spite of laws
of Congress and. treaties with all nations, in spite of
the virtuous indiguation of Presidents’ Messages,
and the boiling over of Judges before Grand Juries,
the slave trade is c arried on by American citizens
to a much great or extent than ever it was before.—
It is admitted, we believe, that where one hundred
thousand negroes were kidnapped iu a year in Af
rica when Clarkson and Wilberforce thought their
work was over, four hundred thousand are now, or
were very recently. Possibly the recent change in
the policy of Brazil may have somewhat altered the
figures of tills estimate; but we shall be far within
the mark in settiug the number down at double
what it was at the abolition. Os this most lucrative
trade American mcrehauts have the credit of enjoy
ing their share, and the names of men and firms are
mentioned on the sly in New Y ork, in Boston, in
Philadelphia, as among those who turn an honest
penny in this way.*’
The gist of the remaining remarks of the Tribune
is, that while slavery is unchecked the slave trade
must continue. A far more logical conclusion might
be drawn from the facts. Men have passed laws
that are avowedly worse than a dead letter, and
they are now urged by the exposer of this evil to in
troduce other laws, that if earned, would have pre
cisely the same result. While there is a demand
there will be a supply, was written by a wiser person
than the editor of the Tribune. The result of the
prohibition of the slave trade has verified the old
English adage concerning the impossibility of ma
king the people better by act of Parliament. Sen
timentality and maudlin philanthropy have been
alike thrown away.
Those firms in New Y’ork, Boston and Pkiladel
! phia, who Lave been “ turning an honest penny” in
i kidnapping negroes on the coast of Guinea, show
! the practical effects of a quarter of a centurv of
rhapsodizing and Billingsgate on the part of the
Garrison-Greeleyitesohool. It is only in Northern
cities that men who send forth slavers are to be met
with. Was there ever a finer illustration of the
maxim of charity beginning at home. While busy
in heaping abuse on the South, these self-styled phi
losophers never, until now, saw the leper tha* was
i standing at their own door.
They should open their eyes still further, and dive
| into the poverty and misery attendant on free so
: defy. The revelation made the other day in New
l York tenement houses was enough to startle them,
j There the much vaunted condition of the free la-
I borer was exhibited in all is tenors,
j The sty of a Southern pig was never so foul
I as these abodes of the Northern poor. Bestiality,
I ignorance an 1 disease, are all rife in these places.
| Away from these gloomy lanes, turn to the broad
ways of Northern cities, and prostitution, extrava
gance, and desperate madness, still meet the gaze.
I Until the North can remove these monstrous evils,
let it not dare to attempt to reduce our happy slaves
to the miserable condition of its poor.
The Clinch Rifle*.
The members of the Clinch Rifles appeared yes
terday in fine array, ns they marched through our
leading streets, on their way to the La Fayette
Race Course, where they enjoyed their annual Target
tiring. The weather was all that could be desired,
and the spo t proved right good. The prizes com
peted for by the regular members, at a distance of
80 yards—three shots each—were as follows :
Ist. Prize.—Silver Goblet—won by Private W
J. Ansley—best shot—average distance 2 1-1-16
inches.
2d. Prize.—Pair Silver Butter Knives—won by
Serg't.J. B. Moore—second best shot—average
distance 1 8-16 inches.
3d. Prize.— Fast Watch — au heir loom *>( the
Company—won by Private Cases —worst average
shot—average distance 10 13-16 inches.
Prizes shot for by the Honorary members—two
shots each:
Ist. Prize—Splendid Silver Goblet, lined with
gold—won by Dr. B. Simmons—best shot—for Mrs.
Dr. Walton—average distance 3 10-16 inches.
2d. Prize —Cake Basket—won by T. N. Philpot
—eeconn best shot—average distance 3 1-1-16 inches
Afterwards, the regular members fired two shots
each, for a handsome Silver Goblet, presented by
the members of the Washington Light In fantry ,
of Charleston, who are Honorary Members of the
Clinch Rifles , which was won by Private B. F.
Hitt, average distance, 2 15-16 inches.
After the sports of the day w ere over, the Compa
ny, and a number of invited guests, partook of a
splendid dinner, aud conviviality and good fellow
ship prevailed throughout the evening. The cele
bration will be long remembered with pleasure.
French Exiles.— The Paris Momteur (Napo
leon’s organ) states that the Emperor has had a re
port drawn up of the number aud condition of the
political exiles in Algeria, or in foreign countries.—
I u December, 1851,11,201 persons were transport
ed or banished. The pardons granted by the Em
peror have reduced that number to 1,058. The birth
of the King of Algiers is made the occasion to offer
to these persons permission to re-enter France, pro
vided they will take the oath of allegiance to the
existing dynasty. What an acknowledgment of
guilt is conveyed in this statement. Eleven thou
sand two hundred and one persons were dragged
from their homes and families after the coup d'etat
has secured the empire to Louis Napoleon. With
out trial of any kind, or any specific charge being
made against them, they were placed on boar.-l ship,
and carried to Cayenne or Algeria. The number
lms been reduced, by pardons, and in all probability
still more by death, to one thousand and fifty-eight,
and these victims to the fell ambition of the Empe
ror arc now invited to return aud recognize his
mercy.
The plea first raised by Louis Napoleon for the
coup d'etat was the statement, that there was a con
spiracy formed by the Republican party to drive
him from the Presidential chair; but the banished
generals proved this to be a falsehood, and Louis
Napoleon and his agents censed to make the asser
tion. The modern reign of terror caused the sacri
fice of some two thousand lives and (lie banishment
of eleven thousand two hundred and one innocent
persons. The exiles who have survived the tortures
of mind and body to which they have been doomed
are now graciously pardoned by the Imperial vil
lain. Compensation for the wrongs they have en
dured io not spoken of ; but forgiveness for having
been true citizens to the French Republic is award
ed to them. Was ever mercy thus libeled!
The Augusta Free School, in the Female De
partment, under the care and management of Miss
Parsons, will, in consequence of its increase in
numbers, be supplied with an additional teacher, one
educated in the said institution. It is with pleasure,
that under the management of such a lady, we have
already witnessed the benefits %f this old institu
tion, and do hope hereafter to see many of the
daughters of this city well prepared to pursue that
honorable vocation.
The Shrievalty of New Orleans. —The Su
preme Court of New Orleans decided on Monday,
♦l:2 long disputed question between John M. Bell
and Joseph Hufty, the claimennts to the office of
Sheriff of that city, by declaring that Mr. Bell has
been the duly elected Sheriff since the 21st ot Feb
ruary last, the day on which the State Legislature
resolved, by a majority of its members, that Joseph
Hufty had been illegally elected on the sth No
vember Inst year.
Skvet-f Loss by Fire.— The Thomasville Enter
prise of the Bth inst. says :—We learn that, on Tues
day night, Ist inst., the Store house of A. 11. Wilson,
at Station, in this county, was entirely consumed by
fire. Loss of property said to be about SB,OOO,
though insured to the amount of SO,OOO. Nothing
could be ascertained as to the cause of the occur
rence.
Departure or Capt. G. W. Ransone. —The
Dalton Expositor of the 10th iust. says : —Capt.
Ransone, of Gordon County, left Calhoun at 1
o’clock this evening (10th inst.) en route for Kansas
in company with fifty-three other Georgia boys, and
arrived at this place at 2 o’clock, where they will
remain until the 3 o’clock train in the morning—
when they will bid farewell to Georgia. We hope
that our citizens will treat them in a manner cha
racteristic of Georgians, and that our Kansas
friends be pleased with the sumc.
Loss of the .Schooner Louisiana by Fire.—
This fine schooner left Savannah a few days since,
bound for New York, but, when off Cape Hatterae,
a fire broke out, and spread with £reat rapidity.
Unceasing exertions were made to save the
schooner, but she was totally destroyed. The mate
and crew had barely time to get into the boat, leav
ing chronometer, clothing, etc., aud without a parti®
cle of food or water. After being in the boat two
days, they got ashore at Cape Hatteras, and were
taken to New York by an Oeracoke trader. The
Louisiana was owned in New York.
Small-Pox in Talbotton.— The Columbus En
quirer learns there has been one marked case of
Smali-Pox iu lalbottou, Ga.j resulting in the death
of the patient—who had contracted the disease du
ring a business visit to one of the Northern cities.—
Thejmrse who attended the gentleman through hie
sickness, has, we learn, been removed from the vil
lage, and communication with the house where the
deceased lived, has been cut off, aud the people
generally have been vaccinated ; so that the disease
will not spread to any extent in that place.
Zeeman the Filibuster.— lt will be remember
ed that several months ago in Lower California,
General Blancarte seized several vessels, fitted
out by Napoleon Zerman, a Coroican, to aid Al
varez in the overthrow of Santa Anna. Blancarte
1 also imprisoned 120 Americans who were in the
! fleet. Some he put in irons and some he threaten
j ed to shoot as filibusters. Finally they were sent to
j San Bias and to Guadalajara, where they still re
| main, but well treated and provided for, except
j Zerman, Capt. Denison, Capt. Andrews, of the
whaler Rebecca Adams, and Mr. Arrington, who
were at liberty to proceed to Mexico to obtain a re
‘ dress of their grievances. Napoleon Zerman bad
j his papers taken from him, but still he has made it
J evident that he was duly commissioned by an agent
in San Francisco of Alvarez to fit out a fleet. But
I Alvarez denies having given any such powers to his
agent. Capt Andrew? was chartered by Zerman.
! Capt. Denison loaned $70,000 to the agent of Alva
j rez, and was only a passenger in the expedition.—
, The affair still remains unsettled.
For Liberia. —The Baltimore American says:
The next expedition for Liberia sent out by the
1 American Colonizatioh Society, will sail from Balti
I more about the loth of May, and from Savannah.
Georgia, about the Ist of June. The vessel will
take out two ready made houses of Bumetized
wood, large and commodious, for the occupancy of
emigrants during their first six months in Liberia.
John W Argyle, an oM and greatly respected
citizen of Tallahassee, Fla., died at bis residence in
that city, on the 30th ult.
It is reported ihat the small-pox exists at Tal
botton. and that a death or two have been occasion
ed by it.
Value of Dcinocrmic Pin (form*. £
The Washington Union, the organ of President
Piekc*, and the acknowledged organ of the Demo
cracy, is edited by A. O. I’. Nicholson* formerly"of
Temussev. who w;.s an active and promiueut mem
ber of the National Democratic Convention that'
nominated Pierce, and concocted the Democratic
Platform of l v _. The I n ion k. therefore, good
authority, in any mutter pertaining either to the
convention or the platform. No candid, intelligent
man ever doubted, that the Democratic Platform of
1852. was framed with the express view of avoid
ing any approval or disapproval of the compro
mise measures of 1850: yet few. if any, supposed
that one of the fromen, {the editor of the Wash
ton Union,) would boldly declare that such was the
object of the builders. In an editorial in the Union,
Mr. Xu h > lsoH says:
“If the Baltimore Platform had expressly ap
proved or disapproved of me Compromise, the
nominee wou.d u*ve met with certain defeat. ’
Tins is waking u clean breast of the matter. It
is a bold avowal, that tue platform was so framed as
to cater and bat for the freesoil support of the North
and the support of the disunionists of the South, and
tue friends of the Compromise everywhere. What
an acknowledgment! and wlmt u commentary up
on the sincerity of a party, which claims to be the na
tional party, par excellence, aud the only true friends
of the Constitution and the people. After such an
avowal of the character and objects of the Demo
cratic platform of 1 852, which the Democrats of the
South told the people wus idl that the South could
desire, what must be thought of the cool impudence
of the leaders and organs of that party, who are now
prating so loudly about platforms; and who affect
such a holy horror of the American platform.
We hope the reader will not forget the admission
of the Union, as it will enable him to properly
appreciate the value and true character of Demo
cratic plat forms generally, and of that of 1852 in par
ticular.
“Millard Fillmore proved himself true to the
Constitution, and is entitled to the confidence of
the South."— Fredericksburg ( Va.) Recorder.
The Fredericksburg (Va.) Recorder , which thus
speaks of Mit.lard Fillmore, is a leading organ
of the Virginia Democracy, and earnestly and zeal
ously opposes the election of Mr. Fillmore to the
Presidency. It is an honest, inanlv, and patriotic
declaration—a held mid truthful admission—and we
commend it to the attention of those organs and
leaders at the South, who are seeking to make the
impression on the public mind, that Mr. Fillmore
is not euiitled to the confidence of the South. If
there he a latent sense of shame iu their composi
tion, every lover of truth would suppose that their
cheeks would be suffused with its blush, whenever
they even insinuate tlmt Mr. Fillmore is unworthy
of the confidence of Southern men on any question
involving their constitutional rights, and especially
upon the slavery question.
“Millard Fillmore proved himself true to the
Constitution, and is entitled to the confidence of the
South.” Thus spoke a leading Democratic journal
of Virginia, a few days since. Let the people of the
South treasure the sentiment, and confront the dem
agogues with it who traduce him before the South
ern people. It is a worthy and just tribute from a
political opponent, to a man who stood up boldly iu
defeuee of the Constitution and the rights of the
South. Let the South not forget such a man.
Desperate Affruy.
A most exciting and desperate affray occurred
Friday afternoon in Broad street, which was well
nigh terminating fatally. As we have ascertained
the facts from an eye witness, E. P. Hawes and
Augustus Cartledge, were promenading the
street—the. former, revolver in hand, defying the
authorities to arrest their boisterous and riotous
conduct. Officer Ford made the attempt, but
they treated him with the utmost indifference.—
In a few moments, however, Marshall Christian
arrived at the scene, and dismounting advanced to
ward llaw ls, when JI. presented his pistol and
threatened to shoot if he approached nearer. CaßT
i.f.dge immediately rushed upon and struck Chris
tian. when Christi an, in a well directed blow with
bis stick, felled him to the earth, almost lifeless. He
then advanced upon Hawes, who again pre
sented his pistol and threatened to fire. Christian,
nothing daunted, advanced and drew his own pistol,
when Hawes fired—followed instantly by a fire
from Christian —neither ball taking effect. The
ball from lls pistol perforated the side of Chris
tian’s coat, near the hip— Christian then rushed
upon him, and with his pistol, knocked him down,
wrested his revolver from him, and arrested him,
when both the worthies were gathered up and hur
ried off to jail.
Tin* Child of France.
Folks on the other side of the Atlantic are quite
childish about the “Child of France,” as Eugenie’s
baby is absurdly called. Fish-women and ambas
sadors, milliners and noblemen, apple-women and
priests, countesses and conscripts, are all pouring in
to the Tuileries to see the little shaver. The Impe
rial papa is delivering speeches to every stray dep
utation, :\A we are informed by the Loudon
Time', he modestly continues “the title of ‘ Infant of
France,’ as the son of the whole country, the elect
of the whole nation, the first citizen of the State,
and the representative of the interests of all.” Was
ever modesty more strangely illustrated ? Was ever
fatuity more fully developed ? The elect of the
whole nation, instead of., private lit tie affair between
Louis Napoleon and Eugenie! The first citizen
of the State, disguised as a young suckling, too
Aveak to play with a rattle ! The representative of
the interests of all, and yet nothing better than a
small pap-eater! What a strange world this juve
nile has been ushered into ; how full of hollow lies—
of miserable shams and lickspittle knavery ! Louis
Napoleon boasts of having received the Pope’s
blessing on his son one hour after his birth, by elec
tricity. Marvellous improvement on nature!—
Electricity was wont to purify the atmosphere; it
now bears Popish blessings on a murderer’s off
spring.
Peace Unpopular in England. —Mr. Layard,
M. P., <»n being re instated Lord Rector of the Uni
versity of Aberdeen, (Scotland) on the 20th ult.,
spoke of the probability of the treaty of peace be
ing signed in a few days, and said, “ I have no con
fidence that the present peace will be upon the whole
a satisfactory one, and there is scarcely a man to be
found from Land’s End to John-a Groat’s but would
like another year of war, (great cheering) aud for
these reasons—first, the political aspect of the ques
tion does not warrant us to expect a lasting peace;
and, second, because there is a general impression
that, now we are fully prepared for it, another year's
war would show the world that there is that in En
glishmen which would conquer every difficulty. If
we.have peace now matters will be left in pretty
much the same state as that in which we found them.
True, we have protected Turkey against Russian
aggression in the Black Sen ; but so fur as the great
questions of civil and religious liberty are concern
ed, they remain pretty much the same as they were
before the war began, aud therefore, 1 think, the
per.ee will be premature.”
The New Ste \ mship Adriatic. —The Adriatic,
which was launched in New York on the 6th inst.,
is the largest ocean steamship which has yet been
built iu America. Iler length is 351 feet, breadth
50 feet, depth 33 feet 2 inches; tonnage 5,900 tons.
She is nearly ten feet longer than the Niagara, and
twenty feet longer than the Vanderbilt; and al
though exceeded in length by the Canard steamship
Persia, her great beam gives her greater capacity
to the extent of a hundred tons or more. Aud yet
her model is believed to be highly favorable to
speed—buoyancy being as essential in this respect
as extreme sharpness. The Adriatic could not well
have been made stronger. Her floor is composed
of live and white oak timbers, while her frame is
braced diagonally with a profusion of iron braces.—
She will be divided into eight water-tight compart
ments, constructed of solid oak planks, three inches
thick, placed diagonally against each other, with
layers of pitch and felt between them, making a
total thickness of six. inches of planking, the whole
bolted and shored in the most substantia! manner.— !
She will be driven by two oscillating engines, from
the Novelty Works. The cylinders will be one hun
dred inches in diameter and twelve feet stroke.—
Oscillating engines were selected, with a view to
economy of space and power. .She will be brig
rigged, and will spread sufficient canvass to answer
all practical purposes. Like the other Collins steam
era, she is without a bowsprit.
Mr. George Steers, who has modelled and su
perintended the building of the Adriatic, was also
the architect of the famous yacht America, and
great steam frigate Niagara.
It is understood that, the Adriatic will be under
command of Captain James West, of the Atlantic,
and that she will probably be ready for sea in about
two months.
Porirnil Fainting.
It is so seldom that an Artist of real merit visits
our city, we are always gratified, when au opportu
nity is afforded us, of commending such to the fa
vorable consideration of the public, particularly that
portion who have any taste for the Fine Arts. That
Mr. Wightm an is an Artist of that class, we think
wo hazzard nothing in asserting; aud, therefore,
•ako pleasure in inviting our citizens to call at his
Studio, fir „ door below the Augusta Bank, aud
examine specimens of his skill. These furnish the
best evidence of his proficiency in the art, and speak
his praise uiubli more successfully than any lan
guage we can employ.
Recruits for General Walker Arrested.—
As the steamship Orizaba, Capt. Tinklepaugh, was
about to h ave New York on Tuesday for San Juan,
Mr. Joachimsses, the U. 8. Assistant District Attor
ney, arrived with an order to urrest nine men wbo
were charged with setting on foot a military ex
pedition, for the purpose of joining Gen. Walker’s
army again*! Costa Rica, with whom the United
States are at peace.’’ Mr. Joachims*en alone suc
ceeded in getting on board before the plank was
withdrawn. The lines were then cast off and the
vessel hauled into the stream. The shouting at this
moment was terrific. Iu the meantime, word had
been sent to th>* commander of the revenue cutter
not to permit the departure of the steamship until
the Marshal was satisfied. The Orizaba lay-to when
in the stream, and the Marshal went out to her in a
boat, and he arrested! C. C. Hick?, J. C. Hfmmich,
and Jno. Kingsley. The others were not to be
found. These three were taken before Commission
er Stilwell, and by him committed for examina
tion. The bail of Hick? was fixed at $2,500, and of
the other two at $1,500 each. The witnesses were
also committed. The Orizoba was permitted to
proceed. It is said that the recruit ing party to whom
the accused belonged, were from Baltimore. Their
alleged leader was among those who escaped. The
Orizaba had some 500 passengers. Os these over
300 are unquestionably bound for General Wal
ker’s army. Mr. Dillingham. Secretary of Colo
nel French, was among the passengers.
judge Holt*? Health. —Our intelligence from
Appling, is up to 2 o’clock, P, M., Tuesday, Bth in
stant, when the Hon. W. W. llolt was still slowly
convalescing.
Peace SooierioN.
Thk various Peace Societies in Europe have come 1
to the conclusion that nil wars are sinful autl unne- i
ccssary, and that arbitration wight briug interna
tional disputes to a satisfactory termination. Mr.
Cobdkn and Mr. Bright, the celebrated free tra
dcLa, are prominent members of these associations,
and are in the habit of advocating their peculiar
doctrines with considerable plausibility. 1 War is
very costly, very uncertain as to its results, and
very disastrous to human life ; ortiitration is nearly
always called into requisition after battles have
been
chief m done f The late war in the East
the S! erice «>f more than half a million lives, and
an enormous amount of property; and yet no one
has gained an inch of territory. Does not this prove
the folly of war? Such is the burden of their
song.
There arc many truisms uttered by these well
meaning persona, but they entirely omit an investi
gation into the causes of war. Cupidity, pride, ty
ranny and oppression are probably the source of all
battles, ami while these prevail, wars will continue.
As well might societies be formed for the suppres
sion of all crime, as for this one. Whenever a per
son felt a desire to injure another, he might call in
an arbitrator, if his passions were under his control,
which unfortunately with the individual as with the
nation, is not the case. The opponents of the Peace
Societies rush to the other extreme, and vow that
war is a natural element in nature and man. We do
not believe this; we can recognize a perfect harmo
ny in the works of nature, and think that the laws of
man would be for better if they were framed more
after the simplicity of nature.
If the Peace Societies would appoint committees
to investigate into the operation of certain lawsaud
when found very pernicious to morality take steps
to have them repealed, they might do some practi
cal good and lead the way to more peaceful times.
At present the most frightful war is the war of class
es ; the most terrible battle is the battle of life ; and
men, to escape from their terrors, will rush into open
warfare. When justice prevails, there will be no
wars, for peace is the hand-maiden of justice. These
Peace Society men commit an error when they sup
pose peace to be a first principle ; peace is only the
attendant of justice ; aud to expect her to form a
union with injustice is to strive after the impossible.
Nicaragua Army. —Capfc. Moncosos, who dis
tinguished himself in the Mexican war, has joined
his fortunes to those of Gen. Walk Kit. On Wed
nesday evening a public dinner was given to him in
New* Orleans, when Col. Christy presided. In the
course of the evening a handsome sword was pre
sented to Capt. Moncosos. General Hoknsry, the
second in command of the Nicaraguan army, was
one of the guests, and was loudly cheered. Previous
to the adjournment, it was unanimously resolved,
that the gentlemen present should organize a Nica
raguan committee, whose duty it would be to call a
mass meeting in the city expressive of the sense of
the citizens, and for the purpose of collecting sub
scriptions for the benefit of the Nicaraguan troops.
The morning after the banquet, Gen. Hornsby
aud Capt, Moncosos left New Orleans by the steam
er Charles Morgan, with ISO recruits for General
Walker’s army.
Body of the Murderer ok Stevens Found.—
The Memphis Whtgoi 31at ult., says : There is now
no longer any doubt of the fate of Jones, the mur
derer of Capt. Stevens, clerk of the Ohio Belle.—
His body has been found ut the head of the bar be
below Hickman, lashed to the chair in precisely the
same manner that he was tied in the steamboat. —
Although we do not for a moment doubt that Jones
richly merited his fate, still, we must utter the con
viction that lie should have been dealt w’ith accor
ding to the law, and not have been the victim of a
mob-like vengeance, which in effect constituted the
affair a double murder. We do not envy the feel
ings of those who participated in his murder; for,
had the law had its course, their vengeance would
have been grutified at. its hand, without the neces
sity of thoir imbruing theirs with the blood of a fel
low’ creeture.
Disgusting Profanity in New York. —At the
Broadway Theatre, New York, the Keller troop of
posture are nightly representing the Descent from
the Cross. The Express speaks in the following
indignant strain of this shameful outrage :
The desecration and mockery of the God of Hea
ven continues at the Broadway Theatre ’ The
agonies of Jesus on the cross form the nightly diver
sion of the third tier there! The lascivious scenes
of pagan mythology, by the new pestilence of Mod
el Artistes, continue to alternate with the persona
tion of the Elevation of the Cross, the Lust dying
(Jasp of Jesus, aud the bloody and horrible Descent
from the Cross, as rehearsed "by them on Saturday
afternoon. The blasphemy, as we have already de
scribed it in its disgusting details, is pieced out
nightly for the pastime of prostitutes in their inter
mittent traffic, and the gratification of the morbid
aud inhuman tastes of an infidel, unthinking elnm
morous rabble.
Mc.rt*. tv among the French in the Crimea.
—O -j »’.*c authority of a French officer, whose state
ment bad b- en confirmed indirectly by many per
sons who hud opportunities of ascertaining the
same statistics Mr. Stafford, M. P., says that
the French had lost between July, 1854, and July,
1855—slain in battle, left dead on the field, 12,000 ;
died afterwards of wounds received in battle, 7,000 ;
sent home with loss of limb or broken in constitu
tion, 25,000 ; died of disease, chiefly diarrhea, chole
ra, and dysentery, 00,000 ;—total loss about 105,000
exclusive of all who had been killed or died
during the last seven mouths. “ But,” added his iu.
formant, “we do not put, this is the new spapers;
we only report a loss of 20,000.
Another Shooting Affair in New-Ohi.eans.
—A wild excitement was raised in Canal-street,
New-Orleans on the Bth inst., by the discharge of
fire-arms among a large crowd of people. It ap
pears that ns Mr. D. L. Croweey, the local reporter
of the Delta, was crossing the streethe was attacked
by a man named Michael Nolan, with a heavy
cane and knocked down. Chow ley drew a re
volver and fired several times without effect-, Nolan
in the meantime using his cane upon him vigorous
ly. Thomas Nolan, a brother of the other Nolan,
who was along, drew a revolver, apparently for the
purnose of keeping off the crowd. Officer Laffe
randerie, who happened to be near, seized T. No
lan and while doing so received a ball in his thigh,
passing entirely through it and coming out behind.
He is seriously wounded. The cause of the attack
on Crowley by Nolan, is said to be an article
that appeared in the Delta some time since attack
ing him in his capacity of provision contractor to
the United States Marino Hospital. Both the at
tacked and attackers are Irish.
Extensive Conflagration in New Orleans.—
A fire broke out in Mr. Small’s cotton pickery be
low the Lower Cotton Press, New Orleans, on the
9th inst., and for a time raged with uncontrollable
violence. The flames crossed the street and de
stroyed eight of ten small houses, occupied by poor
people. A fine grocery, kept by Mr. Wessel, at
the corner of Casa valco and Louisa streets, with a
stock worth $7,000, was also destroyed. Mr. Small's
loss is upwards of $5,000. The total amount of
property consumed is valued at $25,000.
Explosion of the Das Works at Montreal.—
On Sunday morning, the 6th inst., Montreal was
startled from its slumbers by a terrific explosion.
The purifying house at the gas works had been
blown up, and three men seriously burned. It ap
pears that one of the chains at the corner of the
purifier had by some means become broken, and
the pressure of the gas within forced the cover out
of the water joint, thus suffering the gas to escape
into the building. The night foreman and two other
hands went into the purifying house to ascertain
where the leak was, it is presumed with a naked
lamp, instead of the “Davy,” when a terrible explo
sion followed ; the building was torn to pieces, a
column of fire shot up to the sky, then came a hail
of timbers, rafters and bricks, and all was over. A
more complete destruction never was witnessed ;
from the foundation upward not one brick remain
ed upon another, and the roofing and beams were
shattered to atoms, but not one particle of the ma
chinery injured.
The Abbey Langdon Ashore. —The vessel
ashore on Cape Roinuin, we learn from the Charles
ton Mercury, is tho Abbey Langdon, from Havre.
Capt. Hall, of the steamer Charleston, returned to
that city on Sunday afternoon, and procured a pow
erful steam-pump and other appliances, with which
he hopes to save the ship. He reported that the
Abby Langdon remained tight until Sunday night,
when she commenced leaking badly, and had five
feet of water in her hold by Sunday morning. She
was iu ballast. The strong north-east gale of Sun
day would, it was feared, prove fatal to her.
Quick Trip from Havana.— The steamship
Quaker City arrived in Mobile on the 9th inst., hav
ing made the run from her anchorage in Havana to
her anchorage at Dog River bar, iu the unprecedent
cd quick time of forty-four hours, and landed her
passengers within forty-eight hours from Havana to
Mobi’e.
Coramelore Paulding, with the U. States Home
Squa' r*.',, of the Potomac, Saratoga,
Cyan-; ;.i,d Pnit.-n, were at Matanzas on the 6th, ex
pecting to leave that port the same evening.
The Boscawen, the flag ship of Admiral Fan
shnw, left Havana on the oth for a cruise. The line
of battle ship Powerful was the only vessel of the
British West India Squadron in the port. The.
French brig of war La Perouse was also in tbe
harbor.
The health of Havana was still good. The stock
of sugars on hand is reported at 215,000 boxes—
prices inclining down. Molasses, last sales at
4 3 reals.
Homicide.—The Georgia Citizen has 'the follow
ing :—On the evening of the 29th ult., Wm. Briley
shot and killed his own brother-in-law, Wm. Ste
vens, in the neighborhood of Bald Hall, Chattahoo
chee county. There was an old grudge between
them that led to the fatal catastrophe. Briley i«
bound over, in the penal sum of SI,OOO, to answer,
which shows that he was deemed justifiable in the
commission of the act. The deceased was pur
suing him with a loaded gun, at the time.
It is stated in a letter from Count de Chambord
(Henri the filth) that he has adopted the orphan child
of M. Chapot, recently deceased in his service.—
One of the natural sisters of the Count, a child of
the Duchess de Berry and of Prince Luchesi, is go
ing to expouse the Count Giulio Zilcri of Parma.—
The trousseau for the marriage has been made in
Paris.
Poetic Labor.—Samlrl Rogers wm engaged
on The Pleasures of Memory for nine years ; on
Human Life for nearly the same space of time ; and
Italy was not completed in less than sixteen years.
Thomas Moore was frequently occupied three
weeks in writing a song.
Seven Persons Drowned in the Mississippi.
The Rock Islander of the 28th ult., learns from a
gentleman just from Lyons, lowa, that on the pre
vious Monday, a man with a two horse wagon, m
which, besides himself, here were two women and
four children, who attemi tod to cross theriveronthe
ice above Lyons, but the wagon broke through, and
all seven persons were drowned.
Statesmanship.
Thfke is an impression in the minds of many
that the race of great statesmen, in this and other
countries, hus become extinct, and that one of the
tendencies of the age is to brine- the world to a dull
eve). Equality, it is supposed, may be more fuilv
secured by this result. The stump speech or tho
pu 1C platform, bus fur more attraction than the
proeeedmgß of Cua-reas or Parliament. At Uto
'.'" a ’ attacks are made on existing instill)
tiOBS; at the latter «-et„„„ ,r ,
, . Y,i near of little but gross pci
sonal or party strife Hlll i , , , 1
„ ; > Bce recklessly casting
aside all thought of the . •
.. . . * . Bt *l«uu tiu*t collided to
hem, m order to gain a share of,he spoite of offie ,
Instead of being the assemhl,,! . 00ua .
try, they appear to strive to become the represents
tiveß of olHlie'most pitiful infirmities of human tm
ture. However careless some may be about thiji
matter, it behooves us to look to the dangers result
ing from it, and to give a warning to thoso who trifle
with their dearest rights
Anarchy, civil broil anti disunion, are popular
cries in different sections of the huid, ants tueir orL
gin can be traced to the ill-advised acts of ru n of
party spirit, who only ape statesmen Tho mi*ob : ef
that has accrued to the country from the present
administration of dwarfish minds is almost iheoioß*
lable. lo choose for the office of llm.t wag a irate
the most commonplace person in the laud, is a folly
that should never be repeated. It is net too muck
to say that more slights and indignities have been
offered to America during the last three years, than
iu the previous half century. Menaces have fallen
from the lips of Louis Napoleon and Lord Claren
don •. the international laws have been violated
with impunity ; the prosy diepatohes of Mi Marcy
have been east aside by the British Government a%
though they were waste paper; Spanish ships-of-war
have fired into our merchant ships, and ouroitizv.os
have been treated in Cuba and t lsewln re, with
contumely aud insult. All theke indignities bttvo
fallen upon us through the want of statesmanship
The evil must be remedied in the future T > ai
rive at a true conception of the great want from
which we suffer, we must recognize the importance
of .Statesmanship. It demands the very {ugliest or
der of intellect, combined with the noblest
ism. A profound knowledge of the re- uiviwents of
the age : and a resolution to develops* the reeonr* ea
of the country, must be added to a sublime faith ia
the proud destinies of our race. No menu truckling
to the servile hour ; no miserable expediency to hide
a coining evil from the gaz ; no bold dexterity in
shifting w ith the daily tide would be witnessed .t
statesmanship prevailed. The honor of the country
would be in safe keeping, and wretched fanatics,
pUce-monfcers, and tricksters, would have to give
their donth-howl.
Wli en vve consider how dependent nil rank- and
conditions of Ufo are upon statesmanship. vve
resolve to Imvc none but men of the. purest heart
and grandest intellect as our law aiakere. To them
more tbau to all others are confided our rights mid
liberties, the power to gain esteem from surround.!,
nations, and the perpetuity of our glorious Virion.
It will not avail us in the hour of peril to fall biudc
upon the memories of the great men who lmve pass
ed away; we must have the living greiitness al
ways among us or we are lost. As laws re net upon
tlic community, so is it true that to statesmen i»
confided the power to mould future circiunatAnc. -
into good or ill. No untried man should he dragged
from his native obscurity again; no 1 Inst .r.-na
dwarf should harliqttinade himself before the South
to-day and the'North to-morrow, and thus win our
favor; but sterling worth and patriotic s< r\i . ,
should be rewarded.
Onto Haheas Corpus Acjv—The Legislate eof
Ohio has passed a habeas corpus act, which provide*
thut where parties make affidavit stating their lie
lief that an officer having a person in custody wiV \ e
fusoto obey the writ of habeas corpus, the same * will
be directed to the sheriff or core nor, command inp,
him to bring the parties before the Court for exrm
iuation. This law ns described by an oppos ion
journal, “does not assume to pass upon the con Mi
tutionality of any law of Congress, but simply }■>.
vide* for the efficient execution of tho great .writ
of liberty which it especially protects.” The v u
cinnati Enquirer, however, denounces it r • i
“rank nullification measure,” and thfts eharnco »
izes it:
“Ifwe understand its provisions correctly, u
gives to abolitionists the right of replevying !u
tives fioin service by a procas- from tin 8 f.i
Courts, whieh brings them, as well us the mat V,
before it. The sheriff is empowered to fake tl <•
slaves from the marshal’* jnriadict ion by force, i; he
resists. This law i* a dear invasion upmi the save
reign right of the Vnited State*, and will b< 1. >.i
ed os such by the General Government. Its only
effect and tendency will be to brii g,o!iio in nulliii
catiou collision with the authorities at Washing >n
It is a dishonest effort to evade, upon tho part «>t the
State, its solemn compact upon entering the f T i i
to deliver up to their owners fugitives from * •> -
vice.”
German Emigration to Kansas. — The South
has been assured by Democratic papal's nud 0n.!.-i i
that the foreigners at the North are the true friends
of slavery, and that this wns particularly (Uecaso ill
the State of Illinois, among Mr. Douglas’ con* u -
ents. How far their declarations arc sustained by
the following exhortation to abolitjonize Kansas by
German colonies, we leave the reader to determine
It is taken from the Slants Zoitung, u Gorman pa
per published in Illinois :
“The plan of the Turner-Bund, to found v Gci
man colony in the West, aj.pears to meet with favor,
and if we, mistake not, a committee hna afr-cadv
been Unpointed to locate the colony. We do not
learn that any particular Stutc or Territory has yet
been decided upon. Why should not, jti tat rhi*
juncture, the territory of Kansas be selected ! Will
not the Germans, ana especially the robust and n-»...»
dom-loving youngynen who compose the Turner, i,
contribute their mite to secure the triumph of free
dom ill Kansas? Or do some still eutertain 11. :
idea, that in this country one must apmutrfd himself
with a Chinese wall, to prevent the intrusion of
other nationalities ? W» can tea reefy bolievt fli’ut
Germans of principle could fee happy in a colony
observing a cloister-like seclusion from the World
Such a life they should leave to religious sects, like
the Shakers, the Millerites, and Others. But free
dom and her defenders must seek the light of <1 y,
must strive and struggle, and cannot live in elu
sion. On the fruitful prairies of Kansu* liberty - to
be established, and it will l»e an honor to tie- Oci -
mans if they can say: “We, too, have done .et
duty.” _ “
Approaching Marriage o> the Trim ess Roy
ai. of England.— lt is now generally believed that.
Prince Frederick of Prussia and tho Prince *
Royal of England will be murried this ycut Tii®
Evening Post says of these royal peisouag*
“Prince Frederick William Nicholas Charles
Prussia was born on the l*t of October, IH3I, and in,
consequently in his 25th your. 110 holds the com'
missions of Major, a In and Colonel propr»
toire of other regiments in the ] > rns»ian service. H o
is the eldest sou and heir of Frederick William,
Prince of Prussia, brother of the King, nud heir to
the throne. Consequently, if the projected marriage
shall take place, it may be anticipated that the time
is not far distant when the throne of Prussia will be
occupied by a Princess of England.
The young lady whose baud is about to be mm!<>
the pledge of renewed amity will; Prussia, hor Royal
Highness Victoria Adelaide Maria Louisa, Prince s
Royal of England, was born at Buckingham P.->Uiee
on tho iilsf Movember, 1840, and was haptun-d Mi
the ICtli of February following/’
Tribute to Printers.—The Chaplain of the
N. H. Penitentiary, in reviewing the events of hi*
life since his connection with that institution, pays
the following compliment to journeymen print* i *
I have the happiness to number among rny friend*
many printers, but though it may set-in to imply
either a lack of ability on the part of the miniai.-j,
or the want of the qualities that are necessary in nr
der to appreciate good preaching on the other part,
yet I will reveal the fact that. I have never sin - • ■ <i
(-dwell with thut class. For the nine long warn,
and with all the inducements offered, not one of list
trade has connected himself with my congregation
—and I do not think a inn a could be found, of all
who ever tenanted our prison, who comd «el up u
column of type. 1 lenv<* the reader to jmik
own comments, only remarking, that this cannot be
accidental, nor can’the explanation be that tin- <.m
ploymcnt keeps them ignorant, of prevailing v < * =
and immoralities, nor yet that young printers ere
removed from the large masses where corrup
tions engender and spread. In all these retux-.t *
this class an; much exposed. It is eviderp. v/a
think, that the employment has an elevating ten
dency, and is favorable to intellectual and moral
improvement.
Mr. Buchanan and tiii.
Bill.—The extracts of the letter from the Hon Ja ;
Buchanan, referred to in our telegraphic despatch
from Washington, was written in on the
28th December lost, and addressed to .Somloi Sli
dell of Louisiana. It was not intended lor publiea
tiou, but as Mr. B.’s position on this important quo*
tion has been differently stated, Mr. Slidell baa
thought it necessary to lay it before the country,
tin ough the columns of tho L nion. The extract is as
follows, and shows that Mr. Buchanan is a decided
friend of the Kasas-Nebraska measure :
“ The question has been settled by Congress, end
this settlement should be inflexibly maintained The
Missouri Compromise is gone, ana gone forever. But
no assault should be made upon those democrats
who maintained it, provided they are now will
ing in good faith to maintain tbe settlement us it
exists. Such an understanding is wise and just in
itself.
“ It is well known Low I labored iu company with
Southern men to have tbis line extended to the Pa
cific ocean. But it has departed. The time for It
has passed away, and 1 verily believe that the best
—nay, the only—mode now left of putting down the
fanatical and reck less, spirit of abolition nt the North
is to adhere to the existing settlement without the
slightest thought or appearance of wavering, and
without regarding any storm which may be iai»ed
against it.’ 7 _
The Kansas Free fcfrATE LegislaU're —A
Kansas letter in the Louis Republican, dated the
25th ult., says:
The Legislature of Topeka was a miserable and
ludicrous abortion, ar.d its members are hiding
themselves from judical processes like frightened
ostriches. Some have tied to lowa, some to Mi
ri ? uud the rest are hiding their heads in the busue#,
in the vain hope of security. The Grand Jury of
the Circuit Court, under the instruction of Judge La
oompte, have indicted not, only the members but all
the judges of election; and it is the intention oi in*
honor, at his term in Douglas, which bego ne"
week, to have bills found against Governor Hobm
eon, Lieut. Governor Roberts, and all lie
officers. _
The Mcruer at Kewberr, Ala.—The Mont
gomery Met! in relating the particulars Os the «nur
der of Mr. Boeder, while usleep m bis dwelling,
(particulars of which we have already published,!
says: Wo learn,privately,the young Borden was
arrested at Lauderdale Springs, while playing a
game of billiards, or something of the sort Ths
chief circumstance against bitn, w tie a-eg*
thatehc gun wadding, found in the decease s icoua
was apiece ofnewspaper wbicbflta a torn place in a
]■■■;— v Hiacnvered in the soli s 1
Kansas Meet'* 0 »r Montgomery.—Tliisrueet
in., on Saturday last, *« “om the Mail, was
enthusiastic. Col. J. R Poavell presided The
meeting was addressed by Messrs. BrroiUi, Clan
TOV> Wheaton, Martin (of Georgiuj und ox-chief
justice Chilton. Resolutions complimentary to
Major Bcfobd and his gallant compatriots were
adopted. _
Kansas Emigrants in Mobile.— Mejor jE?r
Buford, and his 260 Kansu* emigrants arrived In
Mobile on the Oth inst. Some of them hud banners '
and many of them had a riband on the breast with
this motto: “ Alabamian* for Kansas — Bibles in
stead of rifles.''
Dr. Franklin used to say tha i rich widows were
the only piece of seooud’hand goods that sol i at
prime tost.