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: .< Syt-H ', ' M„i a ’« -l;t HUtljO; > ktlig
P;■ i iiiu >j>- • m t .* Survey; ** *i"coj*a*M4at
1 *^ ir 15 ju ; »-r xi ported a -übstiliue for tin- bill reg
nlni:u£ tae >->j-t'MuUion oi of CongrcM,
*n% tag tt:» - * - -r o taMduf t'U*# per year, witu
inti fu :l»Inc i-.rcrf liy
. .. ironi their annual c*nnjM.'U&utioii —pro\ tffed that
umptcuvCy shall be elected
An Aianodmem wo* rna ie. upproprmiin,' totv
• f . tor lb., site. etc., ol a cottri bou»o. in Baltimore.
After the fifteenth of November net. U.t
Military *uperinU-Dd«K}- of fhc v ah.te h-uuhafp
vi hr ycaa 33, aaya Ji. Ime pro
*t2td *<*• ;:.-tai Os Hi. Ball, of
Ohio.
Mr*Toon, on, ofS’.J.. ioldreraed the Sr uttie at
*ome longth in relVren< e to t..e t onnt i iion of Coi
1- ft.ijonf hud Commodore sStockfi/n will* the opera-
Co i *«rniasome leav«ar* »i«dx>,UJthe e«>ar*e
yj ki,i remarks mail;taming that Fremont ww not
•L.C »:.w •« or or California, as Ml bo. :i claimed by
m. i • ...M, bal that this honor Uh to Com.
Slucfctou.-* , .
Mr. Jones, of Tcnu *ai«l that ..e did cot d*-*£‘ to
in reference to Jim *nojer ? ou winc.i tneb* ua*
ti»r f *>m NVw Jersc bad c-*mai* nU-d, but in rtfor
u, a wholly d,tf.-rei.r matter. In April I lost, he
i ad iifiiii ebsed a letter to lot. * ni.dijtutiuL-. la wi*w ..
~e p . .taod lilt.;- :f, etu.i tut ahiereut baffle* eUou«o
.it eeiOCW'd lor (Ji: jYf’StdHjCT, tj
Jf * m>w proper- J t*ri?d«*7a that pledge,
a i pos-i-eded lo the different candidate.
]J belonged to neither of the throe political p r.ies,
and did L‘jt even oxpci tta belong tp cither o* them;
44,1*1 iu the language >4 W*9b*t«-r, i. v.ou.d adt,
\V «er« shall 1 go/ H fta.u took -p the Demo
cratti* platform, and ©jutaffned itapignk** reparatcly.
Wiule be Lad do great regard for pat?**™* in geue
» ni, believing that tu« y were but<unn:ngly devised
sef«ea>*» t*> oatf’h rdfM and ghil the t>enpfe, he was
wuhn ' to endoise the whole of tie- Dcmoemttc
./.aiforin, UiaAlouioe *i*x.tiir*e not '.icepLil. The
A neuoi.fi party had pretermitled the qneatmu ol
Mia v* ry but Lu’di-i ooi oelmve taut laey were sound
ol( Vx f.\Kmmtu Sntoi ..siia question, lie should go
i 0 ‘ liridauidii, taUiiiViiig that the safety of tiuscouu
‘-A /miwrttUvdy '-«Ued
• • ii*; iKiiiLiu.i in the pr* >»cat. state ol
P'litifai ;*.bu*s ii*; said ludiotigu he w *u» not a
r.- ' *rr of til** A’neriCan party, ii * sh(>iildyct sup
p ..rt Mr i ldr the i' esldf ncy.
j» r . I; . ; f toie*>piea ot lue viMicacrs uu Wlacii Col.
y Vi ar eoiiuw iu an ofneprof thegpvermneut,
r s , iu ,1 ~ tak-i. •p ‘ -: M.r of CVtfoiuia, wore
r. ’ue.i I.a*iaiiowco.«lo liiat ibo aaUa* vs tliC dis
b.. . ,i. uU may be hoeu; a-*o, inquiring waclhcr
cd iw,*w llw-rc wittily Jmpewoii die iu lU
if. <mt». hn.ir Oliii.lUiSO««r« > Uhr*> lS UiK him v- HU
at. ill I'fliui-.
.'.li. K*> • in iuo a speech uu the Wi»,ngK of ICi i as,
Ti<n*iJtainu.ig toiu tuu repeal• -f t Uie Missouri Couiurb
..v .rt UiU cft! -“ o? ttie p*ocea; «ju;itctuea4
tfnf,’*g>e-ttl Ui* boii iiy, wliich threuicos the per*
p* my ol tfer lej-üble;
1 tits ."euate then adjoinued
lltll’SE.
Oil Soot»ou of Air. Kmg a resolution v. ~s adopted
reuu.ia.g toe l # o*r.q#u*t»r Oehcral to make npecial
a:,: mi. ilaiit euduiry no to the* abstracted or dc
taiacd aoui the mailstriuflitMtted froui VVa.-Idngtoa,
bo-.kiiand public docuaieiMs transmitted by wom
Ii - iJouscihcn proceeded t»» act on Ihe
-* .1 ii naif aiawidineuts to the Indian Apprupria
;sj r l' ,iulkntfr, of Vir^inb 1 . asked and obtained the
ua colteent of ihe Ilouse report From the
> ii.iii tee on Military Aftaiis, n bill lor the better
oi, tmiuuouuftheariiiy uu \ for other purposes,
. on hi* inotibu, was'read twice and rcterred
V » me r.-.nut-. !*'<■« of the Whole Oh the State of the
1 .’nnui, ftiid unb red to bo printed.
ILc Oi of the bill making appropria
tion* tor iho coast survey, lighthouse CidaollSbiiK'nt
die ; Was rtraui^d.
Air lioWi’, ■ 'ii-L* dan arncuduieid, namely : to ca*
ab.*. . i r it«. «c»it tu'iOiiiply witlj the Contract uuido
by linn witn the owners ot the Merchant's lixebungc
;Jr tn*- purchase of *idd buddnig uud grounds, in
pui iUttii. eol the act of I?th oi February;
i ii,. ,UUU hy. i'uMuficc |>urpoße«.
>i. 3«ia. Uiivi, Hint HuTiib, of Marylwid, warmly
Oj>t>o».<l lh» nui«ii<lMi*-ut,«u the
aal Wu.i not a on lithe mouey, whic u it waapropoaca
;my fur if, nwd were not s.'iusri »d tlmt s6t),Oo<» on
h j**uid go for postal acoommodatiOiiß in the city
M»- i'i jiuwie mm 1 Sic-wart advocated the amond
i.rgu.i.g that tin- money should l>U voted Ul
oaiiy o n tie cuiit.net Winch Im-i been made by the
I- . Jeut. Tot-former member stud the Exchange
bul.du.g was tlie most magnificent in the world, ex
,, |,u, gtlieeapUol o', llio I niti'dStales), (Lugghier.)
ti, . Hum ur. Tappnu nnd Himmoi.H, of the
Jnon mi r (..'.umuiltw, advocated (he propriety id
, .I,olm ’ tlu-1 'intrant; anil during liiC debate, in ,
v. i :i .Use. gentlemen indulged, reference was
umiu to the eonHietlng opinions of tlie people of
fill tlhlofeoll Ul« subject.
Ai' Campbell, of Ohio, said tllo Ciemuiitee of
\\ unit Mi mis have under eimaidunition the
v, , bill upon lb • suljert, nnd lienee they Inui
, 0 . ~o amendment oonui cted therewith to tne
pvndiUK bill. . .. ..
F mully tuu question tvus taken, and Mr. Bowies
un.endsuenl ~uarejwt. il
r,, liouse took a rein ■» until si yen o’clock, for
tb purnosu ot general, bale, and at u late hour
adjourned.
IN SENATE Aug. 11.
>l, . i ,1, .übmitled 11 resolution, which was
1111 .ten 1 fifing on me President for infonnittion as
tl , . a iiieiuoues ha»c beeti taken by this govern
men; mi.quid to the propositions adopted at the
( •. ~nlie Allied Pmv.rsrecently hold at Paris,
II- the abolition of privateering aud the doc
-I:me '..mi "tree oh p» make tree goods. ’
■Hr. Mason said it was somewhat remarkable that
tie t-o pourts should have presented theeepropo
. as » new question when it was well known
i ILO United Mates bad contended for their
,; . u n evei situ e t!i« foundation of tins govern-
Pearce reported ajoint resolution transferring
fio.att.e Male to me Iniciior Department ll» duty
ol d. Uibutiug to public libraries and colleges the
dnemo. 111 s for ibid ptnp e Also, uuthori
‘ , lv ,ug of such dtle utneiils to Hoard: of
1 ride and tihumbeia of Coiumoiee throughout the
.Mr. PefuCt) also reported the House lull tor the
■wu.-Ui.se ot J»r. Katie's works 011 tho exploration
Vr bmii l ! u*. nom Ibe committee on the torrito
,l,7 n inn ted b.u K the House bill tore organixo the
I'l 11 itory Ol Kansas with a wiittcii report, which
• ik. die ground thattlm Semite lull now before tho
Ill'll - IS 1 lit best plan for the pari bool 101 l ol Kansas
•mat tie) Senate could dot tee . and recommends that
li,„ bill be laid ou tho table, as a test vote on its le
r Mi ColUiintr i'i ad a niiuoriiy- report iu favor of
tin 01m. tmellt of the tloUao bill.
'Mie but m then laid upon the table—yeas 35,
>l, Bigler called up his resoiaUnn o' inquiry com
nuie Col. Freuionts aocottuts, which was sub
mitted on Saturday last.
,\1; Weller hoped Ilia! the Paoitic Kailroad bill
would In* tak.-u up for ootaideiatiWj to-day.
Ml Uutitor urged the importance of considering
the appropriation bills tirat.
*'li St*"; i«; isu'i L* ahvfiyr \ oled for #uoh reaolu
tii'iis nl inquiry, aud sliould vut-e let this, die ti nth
oimid do no harm l" any body.
All Ume was;:!adthe lesoluUou had been intro
duced. I' "as rather tame work to make speeches
tor u candidate against whom no chargsk. couhl be
man and the Only thing that lie lift hcald l>e
■ urged against Frenmut was that tic once ate
a J lu , lno reply to that WHS that the people
1 i.teuiied l ■ give him snareUttug lietter to eat.-
i nsv would o,nK“ a Huvk down fur him in the lull.
1 i - \1 as and navs being called 011 the motion to
tak. -Mi l.i b i< rsi.so.utK.ti, i»r. Adams said that
- «u»-eii' .-I"P~- loss for U-o public utter
cst ‘.d not to di.-. . 5 ,1.0 merits of the various Pro
*Kit».ual cr. : .mdut«-», uud he voted no.
\1 1 \V u Jou «*oui tuat he regarded nil propitious
of ups character. win 'her made by one political par
ti ll aaeiher, as mall business. The accounts of
p lemo ii 'or mono' plae.-il iii his hands by the go
V, '.s en' :.8d been settled. A report bad been
_ I v j . ,1., -,\ iniiii si-y. covering hundreds of
C alm.' in.d« r V arious laesof Congress, for nnaet
,l of public money. In this vepor were
. o' ..V ,j„ uau.es of Worth, G-iines. Hartley,
~1 , ~ , 1 , noblest aud best men of the repute
1 t ■ c'rie oi't’s nan , was not there Tl.** reeo
„'„i', attempt to b ... '• rem. i.t's reputation
’ .. o.itii 1: appeared to b. a blow Iroin Hu
*!. . nsthisnval given thiv-.igb Ins spoke- nan eu
tut* r. hm .' would do no harm.
M, , ,md tin t Mr. U.xbauaii was m «t,y
a '' 'S.bIJ "W hi set.,'.. 0.1 tins tleor. He I, ,d
l"M * .Oos. ltedtu .Ms utatter. This, . h-arges
Firm *nr iu ivg:Hr«i to flnautaHi nmUnra,
reu ns.vehr miml it <lb** to
hkn luuWht v *!;cukt be tivrn otlit iulnourot^.
iiih vi v iuitl b** ilouc. H<* hHii uo oJ>
{K*i;R»ut«’ 8 rc«H>]u’ion from Ui»- manrfsHint
W •..« replied that Mr. Fremont s friends
W, . sbuudnntly able to take care of bis reputa
tion. .... , , r
ja, Trumbull sain Ui.a if mere was u. mag. ml
- mv. hau .ngofttCeohPte.tt tmghtbewelllosenc
ad’ n* P;ss-deu;ial caudUates alike, and he (We
ciu "'Vbv'th* Prtaidp.il bu request id to causeto
h-''.'o.titimi.icatad to t Senate ut the sa.uoimte
. . r iuMtanataxi 11 regard lo.jui ihn iiausaotiuns
, mi -m aeui -aheerof tiie governwent.
- , ; t'he\‘orrrsp*as of Mr Bn
»'*v' , m.a» lemoiiai hi" . Ur poaitkiyM Muiie.
Z' - , 100.1 Id Kt. date, and U rcatoVid atlus
, ' . , .. ~,„i , ...king l." r. turn, it
_\l Oouif A-i# tlioa.’i'ui Ck to in
ei x ‘, n; ‘ K . , amici' :':ai w«» *i<-: '«.• muab con-
Hi* W !, lUiiiii. aeWiid u-geti the proptic
■ , . .. : ;,ji t,. amendment as a .iUuuc: propi*-
* :l i . sneudum.: was effeu-i -.s biit
ii « if the u \xc»« '*i':
. \V ,n k u.ovcdf to take uy tin P.vc;ue
y.r \Vr : Uilil or b.-. ‘ yio-tU -i 10 tho river
' .t a ~:h* v>'.. i.f iii at bill
x \\ ,-■ > re*j uvi UkU Lo w.duM «io hfr.
c to say tliat there u..s not m th^
-it, vl • • \Vi‘ io liehnif, utx v y oftiio i*ct*
\\ -v ‘
r rcil i’i Tae lu-tioa ©t* the iioti- »•
2
\ l i ) entry v.!-.eeher the
• C CmupU-f '&■. -'•/ ', ~i
c v i uKuu». 101 u $ ib-!. roouemsj nit 1 Ja
-1
xt ii,v *.*. i xres uU the third 3!on
Jay ot December
jlr Ciiuit -vU of OL. , r‘-oiucct. ar-; ut.ou
- _ .c- —.u» umittoe, iraw
* l4 »* u iMtiou t» ■ in: •:« >fe ol
c,". ..viii of raw matrtw.. j/.'uD'r-tipu of the aran
• a- • eiadvc ;o ic
V. : ' r Kr tiV.i” BH'i to ;u*s previous ku*-
• ' V v-tv^V.m li;at frubircC
, " t be ton or the previous the
,w f Vti ujuk.ug for ilt* support ot
L,, T' paw***?
"0.. - ' >i- Canpb*.’! 4 Ohio tboH- .-i-
C .g, ... appropnattou tall, as i-etarjKw
. au aairnduiant out
. jtcriE'.n airerduient - c : • army ope
.guo..- iu Kansas.
\) C'ampb**4i, t«* avoid constitutional scruples,
. , « pied from Mr. Pennington and oflferedan amend*
. t m<>;iifying somewhat the language of the Sher
m. pKiviso, but propesing to effect a mmilar ob
-2d Cobb, Os a qaetdicn of . order «hat
the S nare’s an eiiWwit wrstO strike not »hc pWb
\ wo. and that could not bapxernd<-d.
Tnc Sp ;iker'leddtd ;• gainsthiu. and tbed« c;-um
was m-' ined.
The a;i < ndmtr.t of M was then agreed
to—-yeas lOl.nnva 84.
The fc-nAtt*’* ninetHimenf. a* thu* amended, was
then concurred tn. . .
The lit»««» passed the light house appropruition
anil ot:;- r b■. r, and then took, a receas till 7 o'clock
for general debate.
1# SIiXATE —* Aug. IV.
jlr. Hunter asited that the question be now taken
f-n the legislative, judicial and executive appropri
y. . 1 rum boil etid be could not voU for it, be
caus* the Senate had stricken out the* clause provi
ding no part of Ae money to be appropriated shall
be expeuded for prosecuting or detuiuing penjons
charged with tr'*a*on or ]>olit»cai offraoes in Kan.-^as.
Mr. Baj ord said he thought that was a good rea
son for voting for the bill.
Mr. Hah. said he should vote against ail supplies
lor tut- (»-:vernm» i:t as long a> they were coupled
with an appropriation to pay' the members of the
usurping Kansas Legislature.
T.V b. . u ;o* th* n paused by y**as 30, nays I*2
'1 he Pacific Bailrood bill was taken up. Mr. Hun
ter moved to lay it ou the table, a» a test vote,
which was agreed to.
y - —M»*iwre. Bayard, Bell, of N. H.. Benjamin,
iii- ~* . Bright, Broadhead, Brown. liutler, Clay,
ilouglas, Fefsendcn, Fitzpatrick, Hale, Houston,
Hunter, Ivcrßon, Mallory, Mason. Pearce, Kcid,Sli
d«*iS, Thompson of Ky., Thompson of N. J., Toombs
and Yuiee— 2s.
Nnyr—Mer *rs. Adams, Alh u, Bell of Tenn., Big
i r,C-j.-*. Collarner, Dodge, Durkee, Foot, Foster,
li.yer, Harlan James, Jones of lowa, Jones of
'i fm.. Pratt, Sebastian, Seward, Smart, Trumbull,
Wudtr, Weller and Wright—23.
'j ,;c bill providing for the eiaminution and pay
i , j* f/ f wfrtain claims of citizens of Georgia and
A .’barn;, for los«ea sustained by depredation? of
(meek Indian*. was pa.- *ed—yens 21, na.vs 20.
The Senate pn~ o<i the money appropriation bill
and then adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr Waibridge, from the commitU;e on public
i/.r: i- r reported a bill for the construction of a rail
r«.;i*l ana telegraph line from the western boundary
~f MisaourL in lowa, north of 38 and south of the
;; of north latitude to some point on the Pacific
occ*u.
The bill is substantially the same as that pre
pare; by the select committee on the subject.
A struggle ensued between the friends and the
foes of the incaeure on points of order.
The motion of Mr. Orr to postpone the consjdera
f ion of the bill until the 2d Monday of December
next, v rtslost by the casting vote of the Speaker.
On motion of Mr. Davis, of M»l., the House took
and paased a joint resolution extending the tune
t&r «ixty days) to the creditors of Texas to present
tijeir claims, there being about four hundred thou*
Hand dollars yet unpaid.
A . rs jiiicuijg some fifty private bill* the House
adjourned.
IXSE-VATE Aug. 13.
A WifeHsage was received from the President iu an
swer to the resolution calling for information rela
hv to th*; protocol of the Peace Conference on the
subject of privateering.
Mr. Joue.*, of lowa, offered the following resolu
tion :
Rt*ulrC‘l, 'l'hat iu the proceedings before the
>/ nntf* iu the matter of the memorial of Washing
ton Alien Uaitlett, late a Eieutenant of the Navy
of the United States, complaining of the action had
under ibe act of Congress, entitled “an act to pro
mote the efficiency of the Navy, approved Feb
• n;iry :J7th, 1855,’’ nothing appears which im
p«.n‘ ics hi= promptness and efficiency as an oili
er of the Navy, or impugns his character as a gen
tleman.
Air. Jones, of lowa, in offering his resolution
said lie did not offer it for consideration to-day,
but rema.ke.l that in the New York Herald of
the 11th instant lie had seen an ediloriul article
which was based upon tin- report of tho Nava!
Committee, reflecting upon Mr. Bartlett, und he
desired to call up.,n the gentleman (Mr. Hell, of
T. '111.,) wL" had made that, report, to say wheth
er any such inference could legitimately be drawn
from it.
,Mr. H'-ll rose to explain, but objection being made
„| ti.;. lime he will avail himself of tho first oppor
tunity to do so.
TI.. .Senate, tttier an executive session, proceed
ed t<» con-ider the bill regulating tho compensation
of members of Congress, which was passed.
Adjourned.
HOL'SK.
The House passed the bill extending the patent to
I in- Adams printing press, by lb majority.
T,. House theiqtookjup the Senate's amendment
tn the legislative, executive aud judicial appropiin
tion bill.
The committee of Ways and Means recommend
<- i i eoaeurronce in tin: 'amendment ot tlie Senate
In strike out tliat no money appropriated by the bill
shall be expended until tlie persons in Kansas, in
ile ted for treason and other offences, shall he dis
charged.
At, Pennington offered an amendment: Provid
ed, Tliat no part of tlie money appropriated by the
act. for the territory of Kansas shall be drawn from
tie-treasury or paid out ot any other appropriation
mad.- bv Congress until every person charged with
!r. ns.>o'against tlie United States, or tlie offences
! mulled upon any participation of such persons in
Iho formation of the Constitution known us the To
peka Convention, or any measure preparatory tl.ere
oi.or tn pursuance thereof, or in the body claiming
I > I"- the Legislature of said territory convened at.
Top.-kit, or anv measure preparatory thereto, or iu
imn-n.iu.l- thereof, or any violation or disregard
whatever of any enactment of the alleged lmgisla
liv.- a is-11. Illy of said territory recently assembled a
Shawnee Alissiou, shull be released from eoufiuo
ii, .1 mid discharged from further prosecution tbere
hut nothing contained in the proviso shall be
so construed as to prevent the indictment, arrest,
prosecution, or punishment upon detention 111 or by
anv Court of the United States iu said territory of
U„’v person who shall l.ave violated any provision
ol any act of Congress in the commission of any of
fence against person or property, in said territory.
Mr. Pennington said lie, for one, would never
vote to sustain those indictments for treason; ami
to uphold the enactments of the bogus Legislature.
Mr Li Seller opp's-cd the amendmentment saying
he should like to know whether Mr. Pennington and
his friends were afraid of the Courts '!
Air. Pennington said lie was atruid ot the Courts
of Kansas.
All 1., teher, in reply tn a question from Mr. Ben
in 'loii. •••: id In- believed persons there had solemly
aw.Trn to subvert the Government; nnd that was
* Ah Campbell, of Ohio, said lie was satisfied that
110 man will be prosecuted or punished tor treason
now in prison or under arrest in Kansas.
Air Kiinkel said in- should like to know how tl.c
gentleman became the recipient of this lutormation,
denied to other members.
Mr. Pennington’s nuiendment was agreed to—
avef? OK 7'J.
‘ Mi Grow argued that the appropriation could be
limited without rendering the House obnoxious to
the charge of being revolutionary.
Mr. Da vis, of Maryland, agreed that the prosecu
tions in Kansas ought uot to proceed, if Judge Le
ci.mpte was property reported iu the newspapers
Tho House had not reached 11 point where such a
volutionary remedy as that proposed would bejus
t triable. And it is not proper for another reason.—
li was childish in the extreme, when it does not nr
r.-st any of the modes by which the Government car
ries on its business.
Mr Kunkle, in the course of his remarks said he
had a ri'd.t to know as well ns Mr. Campbell, whence
was denved the knowlebge that the prosecutions are
K Mr.’cmnpbeltof Ohio, repeated his remarks, and
said lie would not violate the confidence which had
bc« n reposed in him. , .
Mr. Stautou observed that there was nothing re
volutionary iu bis movements, and lie was willing
to adhere to the proviso, disregarding all conse
qUMr. Orrsnid while he had no official information,
i„. :.... Ino doubt tliat the supposition ot Mr. Camp
bell was correct He thought differently from Air.
1 , i.-lier and that the President was tlie right one
ie* enter a miiic prottque in those cases m Kan
sai. lie did not beliovo the parties went far
enough t» commit treason. .
Mr Galloway said that they were reduced to tlie
• id niternuiive of attaching the proviso.
Mi 11. Alarshal rejoiced that President Pierce had
made the confidential communication through the
Premier of the House.
Mr. Campbell said that the gentlemen had 110 au
il. ritv for using that language
'4: , GiddiuiTs and others addressed the eoinmit-
U \\y commiltee here rose, having acted on all the
Senate’s niuendinents whieh will be finally voted
ou to-morrow. Adjourned.
IN SENATE -.-. Aug-14.
Mr. Pearce introduced n joint resolution, wuicn
im«-«'J,nvvn , ti»K the portrait of John llainpken,
l.i■ - mod bv John MuGregory.the Soorctary ot the
Hoard of T.od« of England, aud directing tliat the
-.■uni- Ik- properly framed uuJ placed iu the Execu
tive mansion. , .
Tie-protest of the Senate of lowa wav umje the
special order lor tomorrow. .
1 m- bid for continuing tlie improvement ot tlie
Des Aloines Kapids, iu the Mississippi Kiver, was
iv. ousi4. ivd, with the Pres'dent's objections there
in and tlie questions being taken, it was not pass
ed. two-third.- not having voted in tavor thereof
Tbe vote was as follows
Yds—M. ssis- Bayard, Bell of New Hampshire,
Be!! ofT. imes-ee, Beinauiiu. Bigler, Cass, Clayton,
C itamer Crittenden. Dodge,Douglas. Durk. e, Fes
s,.,-don Fish, Foot. Foster. Gever. Hale, Harlan,
Si .k„„ s ot lowa. Jones of Tennessee. Pratt,
Pm s. ward, Stuart, Thotnsou of New Jersey,
l', Tmimi:. Wade. Weller, Wilson Wright-*}.
N vs—Mes*n? Adams, Higgs. Bright, BrodUead.
Brown, Haller, Clav, Evens. Fiupatrick Houston,
Hunter, Iv.-rson, Mallory, Mason, Ueid, 'loonies
V lm-'mge was received from the President of the
lYii,g tcil os vetoing the bill for the improvement
Tiieei v d and miscellaneous appropriation bill was
' k \ long debate ensued ou agreeing to tbe proviso
. f the House providing that after the fifteenth ot
November, the erection of public buildings, excep
:. host for military purposos. shall not be under
• riuteinicxu’c'of army officenj. They refused
iu‘v. Ith
,.a • oi tlv* action on the oill, the Senate au
jounicii.
HOUSE.
A c ommunication received irom tjie f^t;
. u r Gnieial in reply t:> a resolution saymg tha:
- >eci:il insti'uctiona have been issued to the proper
;.ad no clVoits will be spared to discover aud
nu Uii the mrson® who unlawfully abetraet or de
tam*:ri)m :he mail hooks or documents sent hence
bv members ot Congiei^s.
■■r.pnuise tkeji proceeded to act ou the amend
ment to the legislative, .judicial, aud Executive ap
.vt'->- ' or. bill, as rotated from tbe Comimttee of
UwSvT.it.-:!-e state of the I'niou.
Ti.- House v.ied to retain the appropr-armu - -
jlS3,is.a> ier books fur tjw use of members,
„ . u,eS> na‘.e had stricken out. a;al added a pro
-. . that .me un-rnb. rwho is unwilling to receive
~1. uiay so inform the clerk, who shall report
l san:-.-to till House at tbe next sessiou.
Tue House, V.v a vote of vena 07,nays90.coneur
, ", f 'liowirg am.-'r-dment to the Senate's
or-cjidmcut. which struck cut a similar proviso
V Jed That no i .rt of the money appropriated
j." - p, r the Territory of Kansas, shai. be
1- wn from the Treasurv or paid oat of any other
. ~ va-i-vo made by Cougrcss. until every person
T f‘,i Wild tlx U.-C-.1 against the C. S. .a ouer «t
--.T '"i-i,led upon anv participauon of such per
r T * ;iit ♦'..rmatiou of the constitution known
. r Tka Coclv *aJiou, or any measure prepa
vg : n pur»UfiK'e tliereot, or m the
- . .... bo the I.<-gitlaturc of said Tem
[ ... \ . V. : : Topeka, or any measure re para
• -v i{,«.-• i‘<- - ’.v.; .. p uiuiec thereof, or any vioia
:‘o: i r disregard whatv-v*.'* «.v;‘j;ny enactment of the
nidiLcd Legislative of Mid Territory re
cently aswttßru at Shawnee Mission, shall bjf re
»,. fivm coßfioeinent and discharged from furlh
laerefor, but i.. thing contained iu
tlie i>tovistshak U so construed us to prevent the
j. ! arrest. iiru, puaisninem upon
h: or bv ary Court vi'tur- States in
said Te'riu»rv of'anv who shad have vwlat->d
r v i,i. v;sh'; l.i any act of Congress mine commrs
io'r.!. .• ' odfeuve person or property in said
i _ 1;y A v ■ majivhy to the Son
u , - uu •- - » •rketvriqg tiie fippropriatioa of
xi ?nsepof -ho fv
;mv 1 vurviK';.-
lar liotu--. by v \eu u»ujv..ay, ui an
r. :. r t on. which the Senate
. u - ct . ,uu expcMdiiaretor arreaiiug. pnwe
r :. -d -i • #ng t>e:S4 i ? charged with :rvam.»n
. is, . i icui udeiuvAw. oroxviug out of the ac
t t!t, r- > Jfituic of Avsiumwj and th<* Topvka
:rvcHi
The t.*Hl ti ...m ao
tiou to s«.r‘:diy ;t St«te of for moneyse^-
i tmded in*; su, prtMk*M ot Indian howiiities, tne
mo; v *e • -..a u> Lad holders, w&s laid upon the
ta! .is The h ) uiijouineil.
SENATE August 15.
M inti- ' rT-d « V,-'' > actual
uu.ttl Ux* beneiil MrtUffc c. If;-- it of-r L 'or
railroad purposes, reserving to them the alternate
sections at 9-1 50 per acre.
Th* Senate resumed the considcrarion of the Civil
appropriation bill.
A long debate took place ou a. pri»positiou by
Mr. He ward, appropriating money for the ♦■rection
of United Stnte*s Court Irost-officefc. and
Custom Houseaf which was finally rejected.
The Senate at 1 o’cloc k a recess till 6 o'clock,
after which tlu,* bill was again resumed
The SenaLe added amendment* appropriating
$T 5fi,000 for the o*piiol estension, unff ’fSOO,(MK»
for Ibe improvement of the Washington acqueduct.
Mr. Bayard’s amendment, appropriating half a
million of dollars for the continuation of the dome of
the capital y* a* discuscyd and adopted.
Mr. Jam#*** amendment, providing for two prin
cipal and two assistant examiners to the Patent of
fice was adopted. The bill was then laid aside to
take up the House substitute for the Senate bih fix
ing the compensation of members of Congress.
Several Senators j-aid it was a direct proposition
to put two or three thousand dollars into each
pocket for post services, while others urged that
the present compel.-atiou docs not enable them
ta pay the reasonable expenses of gentlemen.—
Tl-T substitute vraa, however, adopte*!—yeas 27.
nays i 2. .
The consideration of the general appropriation
bill was then resumed.
[The foregoing is all that was received up to 1U
o'clock, when we closed our report, leaving the »Sen
ate still in session.— Reporter.]
HOUSE.
Tue House passed the Senate bili regulating the
diplomatic anu consular salaries.
The House, under a suspension of the rules, pass
ed a bill appropriating f JOO/iOO for the establish
ment of a Naval depot at Brunswick, Georgia.
Oil motion of Mr. Orr the House took up the Sen
ate bill to regulate the compensation of members of
Congress—proposing to give each an annual salary
ol £2,500, with the same mileage as is now allowed
by law; tne new arrangement to commence with
the next session of Congress.
31r. Orr offered a substitute, to pay each member
S»i,OUO for the entire Congress, deduction to be made
for absence*, except for sickness of members or in
their families.
The House refused to lay the biii on the table,
and notone fifth of the members would order the
yeas and cays thereon.
Finally, the bili, as amended on motion of 31 r.
Orr, was passed—yeas 100, nave 97.
A resolution was adopted to give the employees of
the Housetbe usual extra compensation.
On motion of 31 r. Faulkner the House took up and
passed a bill providing for the appointment of four
surgeons and eight assistant surgeons in the army of
the United States.
The House also passed the Senate bill amendatory
of the act regulating the fees, costs, and general ex
penses of the judiciary.
The House considered the bill making appro
priations for carrying the mails in ocean steamers.
The House then adjourned.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
BY THE CANADA.
Th«- city of London lias presented a sword costing
one hundred guineas io Genera! Williams.
The Queen reviewed 20,000 troops at Aldershott
cainpon the 31st ult.
The gold chronometer presented by the President
of the United States to Capt. Clarke of the ship
Bacchola, for having rescued the crew of the Ame
rican ship Mayflower, was handed over by the Ma
rine Board at" Liverpool on the 30th ult.
A Liverpool jury had given a verdict of man
slaughter against the mate and pilot of the steam
ship Excelsior, in their recent fatal collision with the
steamer Mail.
The citizens of Sheffield have given a grand
banquet to Lord Cardigan and the 4th Dragoon
Guard*.
It is reported that the refusal of the Russians to
give up Kars is explained. The English Commis
sioner whom the Russians refused to receive had no
authority to ask possession and did not do so. He
merely requested permission to examine the state of
the fortifications which he was cot permitted to do.
Respecting Russian occupation of the Isle of Ser
nents, Lora Struford de Kedcliffe has sent General
Mansfield to inquire into it.
Intelligence received at Constantinople states
that the insurrection in Arabia had been completely
subdued.
The chief of the insurgents was cantured at
the fortress of Tais and sent prisoners to Constanti
nople.
It is said that the King of Saxony will be pre
sent at the contemplated interview between the
King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria at To
eplitz.
A communication from Stockholm speaks of the
audiences which the French aud Russian Ambassa
dors had with the King, and of great stir among the
diplomatists consequent ou these audiences. Re
port says the subject of excitement was a reclama
tion made by Norway against theißussians, who, it
is alleged, are encroaching upon the Norwegian ter
ritory, and planning fortifications along the coast.
The Swedish papers, however, make no allusion to
the matter.
Marshal Pclissier has arrived at Marseilles, and
Gen. Codrington reached London on the night of
the lstinst.
The Times city article, dated Friday evening, Ist
inst., says:
“The English funds have been steady throughout
the day at yesterday’s prices, and the tendency to
un improved tone was again observable, although
the extent of business was small. Money was in
some instances obtainable in the discount market
to-day at per cent., and there was a diminished
demand at the Rank, as compared with yesterday.
In the corn market this morning, sales could not
have been pressed, except at a further decline, per
haps to the extent of 3s. per quarter. The final quo
tations of the French 3 per cents, show another de
cline of nearly 4 per. cent. Letters from Hamburg
state the renew ed demand for money continued to
increase, and that the rate of discount had ad
vanced to 6 per cent. At Paris there is great
dullness and general absence of business; mean
while anxiety prevails as to the character of the pres
ent harvest.
The Paris Moniteur states that private telegraph
ic despatches from Madrid, dated .July I'd, forward
ed by telegraph, bring the subjoined intelligence :
“All the province of Spain recognize the authority
of the Government except Saragossa. The resist
ance shown to some localities in the centre and in
the east only lasted till suflicient time had elapsed to
dissipate the misapprehensions which had given
hopes of success to the insurgents. The disarma
ment of the militia has everywhere taken place, and
the army shows itself'valiant and loyal. The go
vernment is occupied in replacing w*euk or negli
gent officials, without distinction of party. The
Queen seeks for union and activity in every branch
oi the public administration.
“The reports set ou foot of discord and disunion
in the cabinet are totally devoid of foundation.—
Madrid is perfectly tranquil. Tlie troops of Gene
rals llulce and Eohague are before Saragossa. The
majority of the inhabitants of the city are anxious
to surrender. An excited minority belonging to
the lowest dregs of society, alone attempt to resist.
The government, above all things, endeavors to
maintain public order. (Jen. Espartero is living
quietly at Madrid, and has not received any annoy
ance,’'
A letter in the Presse says “Two days ago the
Queen, obeying the suggestions of those by whom
she is surrro'unded, frankly demanded from Marshal
O'Donnell the return of her mother. The Minister
only replied by a respectful silence.’’
The Madrid correspondent of the Independence
Beige, in a letter dated July 24th, says that he is
positively informed that it is the intention of the
Government to regard Constituent Courts as de
funct, and officially to proclaim their dissolution as
soon as order shall have been re-established. The
Government will not think of convening a new Con
stituent Assombly to deliberate, upon the tuture
constitution of the country, but will impose upon it
either the constitution of 1837 or the constitution of
1845 , but which of these has not yet been deter
mined. If the constitution of 1837 be adopted, a
modification of it will be made by changing the
elective character of the Senate; if the constitution
of 1845 be preferred, an article will be added to it
securing the immunity of certain individuals, with
a provision for completely extinguishing the liberty
ot the press.
EAUTHiiUAMK IX the Mot.uceAs. —The Indian
mail brings advices of another of those dreadful
earthquakes for which Temali and the ndjoining.lo
calities in the Moluccas are proverbial. An eruption
of the active volcano on the island of Great Sangir,
in lon. 126 50 E., and lat. 3 50 X., has occurred. The
northwestern part of the island of Great Sangir is
formed by the mountain Awn, which has several
peaks, the highest being about 4,000 feet above the
sea. On the west side the mountain runs very
steep into the sea, at the height of the large village
Kandkar, however, falling away to a low promon
tory.
Between seven and eight o’clock on the evening
of the 2d March, a sudden and altogether indescrib
able crashing noise was heard, which, indicating to
the Sangirese an erupt ion of the volcano,.filled, them
w ith consternation. Simultaneously with this, the
glowing lava streamed downwards with irresistible
force in different directions, bearing with it what
ever it encountered on its destructive course, and
causing tiie sea to boil wherever they came in con
tact. The hot springs opened up and cast out a
flood of boiling water, which destroyed and carried
awn v what tjie fire had spared. The sea obedient
to an unusual impulse, lashed the rocks with tright
ful violence, dashed up the shore and heaved jitselt
with a wild haste against the land as if it strove to
overmaster the fire stream.
this frightful picture of destruction, flic horror of
which was increased by the shrieks of men and
beasts, the wild roaring of the tempest, and the
crashing of thousands of trees tom up and carried
away, was followed, about nu hour later, by peals
of thunder which shol.k the ground and deafened the
ear. A black column of stone and ashes then shot
up from the mountain to an immense height, and
fell. illumined by the glare of the lava, like a shower
of lire upon the ‘surrounding countiy below, pro
ducing a darkness that, only now and then momen
tarily broken by the flashes of lightning, was so in
tense. that people could not discern objects close at
hand and which completed their con fusion and de
spair! Large stones were hurled through the air,
crushing whatever they fell upon. Houses and
crops which had not been destroyed by fire, sunk
ana disappeared beneath the ashes and stones, ami
the hill streams, stopped by these barriers, formed
lakes, which, breaking over their banks, soon proved
a new ssuree of destruction.
This lasted some hours. About midnight the rag
ing elements sank to rest ; but on the following day
about noon, thev again resumed their work of de
struction. with re newed violence. In the meantime,
the fall of ashes continued without intermission, and
was so thick on this day that the rays of the sun
could not penetrate through it, and an appalling
darkness prevailed.
tin the other side of the kanduar. on ttie extreme
north point ot the island, the appearauoe of the de
vastation which lias been caused, is. if possible,
even more frightful than what has taken place at
Tarvna. Eor hero, where formerly there were to
be seen extensive fields bearing all kinds of crops,
and thickly planted and endless groves of cocoa
nuts we now find nothing but lava, stones, and
asiies The liquid fire seems at this point to have
flowed from the mountain with irresistible force and
in prodigious quantity.
\ number ot other districts and places have been,
some wholly destroyed, others greatly injured by
the tire. „ , A ,
The loss of life has been great. It is estimated a.
follows, in the undeniicntioued districts : —Taruna.
men, women, and children, Kandhar. men.
T'oruen, and children. 45; Taoukan, men, women,
and children, 2,639. Total. 2,800 .
The greater number met their death in the gar
dens. They fled in ail directions, but were overta
ken and swallowed up cy the fatal fire-stt earn.
Some tried to save themcelvt 2-fire -re.s. but w ere
either carried away with them o, anted by t-ie
scorching Lcat. , ~, ,
At Kolongan and Tariang the houses were fuied
! with people, who were stepped in their flight by tne
tava itreaining down on all sides, ar.d the streams
ot boiling water, and who met their death under
tile burning a#ln.. and th- tumbling houses. Many
who had reached the shores, and thought them-
beeaitu* a prey to tin tunous waves,
and many died through sheer despondency and
agony.
Foreiao Items.
A Berlin despatch reports from S'. Petersburg,
•hat the waters of the Volga are higher than they
have ever been within the memory of man. At
Sar&toiTsoo houses are under water.
It appears that cholera and typhus are conimiticg
comdaeraile ravage- among fire troops in garrison
at St. Petersburg, where, notwithstanding the im
mense sire of the barracks, the men have been
oiseeir crammed. .
k'paper war is going on at present In Knaua rela
tive to free trade and protection. The government
c - full freedom of language on the subject, be
j mg to id. asjgrmrv-'e anxious to have public opinion
| enlightened. - ~ ,
! The Elberfeldt Gazette state* tua. r r*
| twenty rears no such favorable hardest a? the p»o
--, sent has*beeu st*en in the province oi
I The Loudon Kews says : the passage
i in the Queen's speech on Central
1 tbe reports that Claren on an.-. Mr. Dallas nau
&concluded a new* treaty upon that niuoh
; perplexed bui ry°.!ly very simple question, we are
I entitled to infer Trunk ii. f&ai the KCgriiatitm* are
i cunsideretblif adroTtct’d. S*ucti, in poij# ot iact. is
I we believe, the Commencing the diicuAium
j with a sincere and hearty desire to amve at the
i c-til" rational conclusion that could _ enter the minds
i of conscientious and reallv responsible negotiators,
Cisrendcn *nd Mr. Dallas have not, it is un
dcrsieod, given themselves vouch trouble about re
ferring any of tbs pointiTh dispute ai’ber to a third
power or a board of scientific men, but h&TS tnjien
into their own hands-a settlement of the whole ques
tion ’
Aditiiitaai California News.
The U. S. Steamer Areii arrived in New York on
Wednesday night. She sailed from Aapinwall Au
gust 4th, having connect** ! with the Golden Age
which left San on the~ 21 i*t of July, and
arrived at Panama August !. •■*
The outward mails aud passengers per .Ariel were
dispatched from Panama per steamer John L. Ste
phens on the Ist instant, at 6 o’clock ♦P. M. Pas
senger-all in good health and spirits* The mails,
passengers and freight wer- transported from the
A tlauuc t • > tbe PaciflH in 3j hours.
Ail quiet and peacable on the Isthmus, and no
indicatooa of further trouble.
The Vigilance Committee continued to hold full
sway in San Francisco. Nothing of Uioment had
transpired during sh • fortnight intervening since
last advice# A controversy was between
certain par tie# and the Governor ofrJalifomia, rela
tive to an arrangement with the Vigilance Commit
tee, that they may deliver Judge Terry and cease to
exercise authority. Nothing, however, had been
accomplished.
Hopkins, who was stabbed by Terry, was conva
lescing. after having been despaired of. The fate of
the Judge was undecided. The exportation of of
fensive parties still continued. James Gallagher,
Casey's executor had been arrested, but was libe
rated on certain conditions, agreed to by the com
mittee. Several others were given the same privi
lege. .
Charles E. Raiel, one of the parties engaged in
the seizure of the State arms from the sehr. Julia,
was held to bail for piracy in $25,000.
Ned MeGowen, one of the accomplices iu the
murder of James King, having been seen at Santa
liarbera, en route for Lower California, an armed
schooner with a large force on board was forthwith
despatched for him by the committee. The regular
authorities had also sent in pursuit of him without
effect. At the latest dates his capture was conside
red certain.
Philander Brace, one of the murderers of Capt.
West, was in the Lands of the committee, and his
execution was looked for.
Numerously signed petitions and great wa*s meet
ings had called on the city and county office] s to
resign. All of them positively refused compliance
except two. The newly appointed board of super
visors declared vacant the offices of the sheriff,
coroner and assessor, and appointed others, but the
old incumbents refused to abdicate.
The committee publish ati expose of the official
corruption in the city administration.
The accounts from the mines are favorable.
The crops are every where abundant.
Numerous fatal shooting affrays are reported in
the interior of the State.
Capt. A. A. Ritchie, a prominent merchant of
San Francisco, was thrown from his carriage at Na
pa Springs, on the 9th, and instantly killed. He was
of the firm of Ritchie, Osgood A Co,
Gueat Fire is Nevada. —The Alta California
of July 21, states: We learn from Grass Valley,
Sunday 2 o’clock P. M., that a tire broke out at four
o’clock P. M. on Saturday, in the rear of Dr. Al
ban’s tire proof buildings, on Pine street, which
spread to the adjoining building, occupied as a breve
ry. The wind iavoting, it spread across to the lim
ited States Hotel and downwards and upwards with
great rapidity, taking the whole of Broad street,
Main street* and all the cross streets, consuming
all of the express offices, banking houses, and
churches, the new Court House, and County Re
corder’s office, stores, etc. The only buildings that
have escaped areas follows:—Dr. Albans’ apothe
cary* store ; Dr. Lark's do ; S. Mere’s boot and shoe
store; S. Kohlmau’s clothing store, and Potter’s
store.
Persons burned to death, so far as known : A.
J. Hager, teacher; J. Johnson, ex-Deputy Survey
or; P. Hendrickson, merchant; S. W. Fletcher,
late District Attorney; William Anderson, of the
Democrat; William Wilson,plasterer, but not fatally.
The whole of the business part of the town is en
tirely consumed, commencing at the foot of Pine
street, extending up Spring street to near the junc
tion of Broad street, crossing below Womack's
building to Washington Bridge ; thence across to
High street, down to Deer Creek, crossing to Little
I)ecr Creek below Lancaster’s dwelling, and thence
down Deer Creek to the foot of Pine street, where
it commenced—embracing from 150 to 200 acres of
ground.
The loss is variously estimated at from $2,000,000
to $3,000,000.
(ireat fires has also occurred at Maysville, Plaeer
ville and Georgetown. At the last named city the
oss is estimated at $100,00!).
Important from Nicaragua
The Daniel Webster, on her outward trip, arrived
at San Juan on the 31st July.
A British squadron consisting cf the following
war steamships, direct from England, were at an
chor in and outside the harbor .*
Orion 91 guns, Capt. Ersltinc.
linperieusc 00 “ “ Watson.
Arrogant 40 “ “ L) ston.
Tartar 21 “ “ Dunlop.
Cossack 20 “ “ Cockburn.
Archer 11 “ “ Ileathcote.
Pioneer 6 “ “ Wood.
Intrepid 0 “ “ Winds.
Victor 0 “ “ DeHousey.
The British frigate Eurydice, Capt. Tarlton,
which lias been at anchor for several months in San
J uan harbor, and the war steamship Tartar, Capt.
Dunlop, sailed on the 6th inst for Jamaica. The
British mail steamship Clyde left for Aspinwall.
The U. S. sloop of war Saratoga, Com’r E. G.
Tilton, arrived at Aspinwall on the 20th of July—
all well. %
The Aspinwall Courier of the 4th inst. lias the fol
lowing:
“There is a rumor afloat here to the effect that
two thousand Costa Ricans and their allies were in
possession of San Juan del Sur, at last accounts via
Grey town.”
The Aspinwall Courier, iu giving a list of British
war steamships lying at San Juan, remarks: “Eight
others are said to be expected soon. The object of
tiieir visit is unknown.’'
The report of Rivas being in possession of Leon,
with 61)0 followers, reinforced by some 4,000 Guate
malians, appears to be fully confirmed ; but it is
stated that cholera and starvation were creating
great havoc in their ranks. Col. Mendez had al
ready been reported very ill, when on the 25th, it
was announced in Granada that he had died.
About the 16th ult., Capt. Baldwin’s company,
about sixteen in number, had an engagement at
Ometepee, with a band of about 150 hostile Cha
morristas, whom they totally routed, killing ten or
twelve of them, without sustaining any loss, and
having ouly three men wouuded.
About the 14th ult., a duel was fought between
Capt. West and Dr. Lundy, in which the former got
severely wounded in the groin, but it was believed
he would recover.
On the 21th ult., scrip was issued to pay off men
enlisted for six months, whose term was up, and
they were discharged.
At Virgin Bay on the 2Gth ult., the day on which
the last steamer passed, on the way down to San
Juan del Norte, nothing whatever had been heard
ol the presence of Cos 4 a Ricans at San Juan del
Sur, aud the report is not credited. Indeed, the con
viction seems universal and confident that neither
tin* Costa Ricans nor Rivas and the Guatcmahans
will venture to attack Walker. The former, parti
oularly, it is believed, will never venture to enter
Nicaragua.
The wharf at Virgin Bay was being reconstruct
ed, and the work was proceeding rapidly.
Granada, Rivas, Masaya, Managua, and the other
towns of the interior are all reported healthy. There
was but very little sickness among the 1 loops, and
that only of an acclimatizing character, over which
by far tue larger portion had long si nee jjot. The Ist
Rifles and the Rangers were stationed at Masaya
and Managua.
Additional supplies of provisions arrived hence
at Granada on the 24th ultimo; and it was stated
that there was sufficient for nine months then on
hand.
The natives, even to a considerable portion of the
Chamorristas, were growing more and more satis
fied with Walker s administration, and there did not
appear to be the slightest chance of its permanency
being interrupted.
Important from Panama.
The Aspinwall Courier, of the Ith inst., furnishes
a summary of the news of the fortnight, from which
we extract as follows :
During the past fortnight, the Isthmus lias been
visited by an unusual quantity of ruin, and there
have been a considerable number of cases of illness,
but few deaths.
The U. S. Sloop-ofwar Saratoga, is still in our har
bor, and will remain for some time. A more accep
table corps of officers, and a better behaved crew,
thus far. have never visited this port. With plea
sure we have t:> say, that all on ooard are well.—
The stay of the Saratoga here, and the St. Mary's at
Panama, until all matters now pending between the
Governments of the United States anil New Gra
nada, shall be adjusted, is imperatively due to
American interests, and we hope it will be permit
ted.
In relation to the investigation respecting the
Panama massacre on the 15th of April last the Pana
ma Star says:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs at Bogota has
addressed a communication to the Governor of
this State, authorizing that functionary to notify the
Consuls on the Isthmus to furnish the General Gov
eminent with all the information in their possession
respecting the massacre at this place on the 15th of
April last.
We understand that Consul Ward, in persuance
of this order, is preparing a statement from the mass
of testimony on file in his Consulate.
It is a little singlar that the Minister for Foreign
Affairs should adopt this step at this late day ; and
we find that he is driven to it by the overwhelming
testimony going to establish the complicity ot some
of the officials of this State, furnished to him by
Judge Bowlin, U. S. Minister at Bogota, just before
he left there for this Isthmus.
We are, however, glad too see that the eyes of
the Executive have not been altogether blinded by
the shameful misrepresentations which have been
made by the Governor of this State, and we have
no doubt that, even the partial reports which have
reached Bogota of the other side of the question,
having already convinced the General Government
of the culpability of the people of Panama, and the
necessity of a full investigation of the outrages.
Judge Bowlin arrived from Bogota at Panama on
the 28th of July, in accordance with instructions
from Washington, and we presume the investigation
was soon brought to a close, as we learn that Mr.
Corwine, the U. $■ Commissioner, returns to New
York by the steamship Ariel.
On embarking at Aspinwall, he was honored by
a salute of thirteen guns from the sloop-of-war Sa
ratoga. It is stated that Mr. Corwine w;ill recom
mend to the I T . S. Government to take immediate
possession of the Isthmus route.
The Aspinwall Courier, referring to the investi
gation at Panama, remarks:
When the result of the investigations is made
known, all nations will be convinced of the ineffi
cient and corrupt nature of the Government wLieh
has had the safety of their citizens or subjects, resi
dent or in trausit'of the Isthmus of Panama, in their
nominal protection. All those nations will expect
the United States to punish the aggressors fully as
thev deserve, and so as to preclude the possibility of
another attack or ill treatment by the natives upon
foreigners. The duty belongs more particularly to
the f nited States, and she should not hesitate. We
earnestly hope, therefore, that, after due delibera
tion, she' will perform this duty most promptly end
effectively.
Disastrous Inundation* lu Louisiana.
Sctc Orleans , Auf?. 14.—A violent rain and wind
storm commenced on Saturday night and continued
on Sunday, doing immense damage. The streets of
this city have been flooded every few hours during
the last fe»» days. The wind ceased on Monday,
but the rain continues to fall with little intermission.
The waters of Lake Pontchartrain have been blown
back, submerging the farms in the vicinity and the
Jackson Ra lroad for many miles. The destruction
oj property has been immense—indeed, the loss is
incalculable. Yesterday evening r. report reached
the citv that Last Island—a summer resort had been
ecgu’fed. completely submerged, and a!! the build
thereon swept away, and 13» lives lost. The
steamboat Star, a 'small packet, had been blown
ashore 400 yards from the Hotel and wrecked, and
it was reported that *250 persons were clinging to
her. A steamboat had been despatched from this
citv to the assistance of those on the Island. It is
hoped that the rumors have been exaggerated, but
tfaet bear the impress of truth, and it is feared that
thev are too true. The Island is mostly frequented
by wealthv planters from the neighboring Parishes,
I and contained a large Hotel and numerous cottages,
which are all gone. The water rose at the rate of a
foot a minute, and it is reported that it is five feet
• ieep all over the Island. Some more rain fell in
:his city this evening.
hiisiorr: —The returns from this State render
certain the election of the entire Democratic ticket,
as follows : Governor. Trustee poll- ; Lieutenant
; Governor. Hancock Jackson Attorney General,
| Beniumin F Massey: Auditor, E. B. Ewing:
i Treasurer. W H. Buffington. The average majori
ty for the ticket will be about 7,000. The Congres
' skuini Districts have ail been heard from, and the
new delegation, it is believed, will stand five Demo-
I erat* and two Americans, not counting Akens,
; American, who is elected simpiy tofili a vacancy,
i The newly elected delegation is as follows:
I First District—Blair. Benton Democrat,
j Second 44 Anderson. American.
Third a Greene, Democrat,
Fourth ‘i, Graig, Democrat.
Fifth Woodson, American.
Sixth “ PMpa. Democrat, re-eiecteu.
I Seventh 44 Caruthere. Democrat, re-eiected.
! Fiftv four counties return 34 Democrat*. 22! Ben -
toaites, 27 Americans, anu < nigs to the House
Bair. Amer.
Hon. R. Lowe. VicedPresidenTof the British
Board of Trad., bat arrived at Boston ;a tie Ca
aada
WEEKLY
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AUGUSTA, GA.
| XVKO.NESDV V VfOKMMJ AIMJ. ■!«, I >56.
NATIONAL CANDIDATES
FOK PRESIDENT
MILLARD FILLMORE,
•f Mew York.
FOB VICE-PRESIDENT,
ANDREW J. DONELSON,
Os Tennessee.
ELECTORS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
WM. 11. CRAWFORD, ofTerreU.
ISENJ. H. HILL, of Troup.
ALTERNATES FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
F. S. BARTOW, of Chatham.
Dr. H. V. M. MILLER, of Floyd.
ELECTORS FOR THE DISTRICTS.
Ist Dist.—WM. LAW. of Chatham.
2d Dist.—WM. M. BROWN, of Marion.
3d Dist.—Washington poe, of Bibb.
i 4th Dist.—K. Y. HILL, of Troup.
! stii Dist.—GEO. W. GORDON, of Whitfield,
i f»th Dist—C. PEEPLES, of Clark.
7th Dist.—E. 11. BAXTER, of Hancock.
! Bth Dist.—A. R. WRIGHT, of Jefferson.
ALTERNATES FOR THE DISTRICTS.
! Ist Dist.—A. H. HAN SELL, of Thomas.
2d Dist.—RICHARD SIMMS, of Decatur.
! 3d Diet.—E. G. CABIN ESS, of Monroe.
4th Dist— B. H. OVERBY, of Fulton.
sth Dist—J. R. PARROTT, of Cass.
6th Dist.—H. P. BELL, of Forsyth.
7th Dist.—JOSHUA HILL, of Morgan.
Bth Dist.—LAFAYETTE LAMAR, of Lincoln.
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It can be done if they will go to work and give the
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they will vote right.
Campaign Document.
We have just issued a Campaign Document —for
general circulation, designed to eulighten the people
and to expose the gross fraufls which are daily being
practiced upon them. We subjoin a table of con
ents :
Fillmore’s Speeches at Albany, &c.
“ Erie Letter.
“ Vote on Atherton's Resolutions.
“ Letter of Acceptance.
Buchanan's Fourth of July Oration.
“ Letter of Acceptance.
“ Anti-Slavery Record.
“ Federalism and Freesoilism.
“ Letter to Sanford.
“ Filihusterism.
“ Slander of llenry Clay.
Martin Van* Buren’s Letter.
Old Line Whigs of Virginia,
Col. Fouchk’s Lett< r, together with many other
articles.
Price, Three Dollars fer Hundred.
Persons wishing copies of this document, must
send in their orders immediately, or they may be
disappointed.
Mr* Stephen’?* Mr. Fillmore*
On the 18th September, 1848, the Hon. A. H.
Stephens made a speech in Griflin, a sketch of
which was reported by the Editor of the Griffin
Whig, the political friend of Mr. S., and a man of
irreproachable character for truth and veracity.
From that sketch we make the following extract :
“But it has been said by the supporters of Gen.
Cuss that Mr. Fillmore was an Abolitionist. He,
(Mr. S.) had for himself examined into the matter,
both from his votes while in Congress, and from
those personally acquainted with him ; and he would
assert, without the fear of successlul contradiction,
that Millard Fillmore teas as true a friend to the
South and to Southern institutions , as any man,
Whig or Democrat, north of Mason and Dixon s
line. 'The charge against Fillmore was only brought
up to prevent a full investigation of the opinions
and position of Gen. Cass.”
In his speech Wednesday night, the Hon. T. W.
Thomas, alluded to this report of Mr. Stephens’ re
marks, and denied unequivocally that Mr. S. ever
made any such declaration. Now, this was making
a clean breast of the thing—doing it handsomely,
for which his Democratic friends halloeed most lusti
ly. They are certainly thankful for very small favors.
Possibly they were so eager to cheer, that they did
not ask themselves, who would most likely know
what Mr. Stephens said in Griffin—Mr. Thomas,
who was in Elberton, about one hundred miles dis
tant, cr Mr. Stephens’ friend, the editor of the
Whig , who was present—made a note of the re
marks and published them in connection with a very
lucid sketch of his speech ? Who, we repeat, would
likely know best, Mr. Thomas or the editor ?
It appears, however, that tho Editor of the Whig
was not the only man who made a record of Mr.
Stephens’ endorsement of Mr. Fillmore’s sound
ness on the slavery question: On the 25th of Sep
tember, he made a speech in Cassville, a sketch of
which was furnished the Chronicle 4* Sentinel by
as reliable a man as any in Georgia. From that
sketch we make the following extract ;
“ lie (Mr. Stephens) refuted also the charge of
abolitionism against Mr. Fillmore—he knew Mr.
Fillmore to be a patriot—he was no Abolitionist,
but declared himself opposed to abolitionism in Con
gress, as well as in written declarations upon that
subject, lie is upon the people’s ticket, and will
serve the whole people—he is a Northern man with
national principles, and his genius and ability have
not been culled in question.”
The editor of the Whig and the writer of the
above extract were both the political (the latter we
know to be the personal) friends of Mr. Stephens.
They had no motive to misrepresent him ; on the
contrary, every inducement to report him correctly.
Indeed, thousands of people heard him indorse Mr
Fillmore as sound on the slavery question during
that canvass.
Democratic Economy Illnstraied.
Pierce’s Administration cost the people last
year sevenfy-onc million, tiro hundred and twenty
six thousand , eight hundred and forty seven dol
lars!
Fillmore’s administration in 1850-5 cost thepeo
ple thirty-seven million, one hundred and twenty
one thousand, three hundred and ninety-four dol
lars ! !
Difference in one year thirty-four million , one
hundred and jive thousand, four hundred and fifty
three dollars ! ! !
Reader, what think you of this illustration of
Democratic economy ? One of their greatest com
plaints against Mr. Fillmore in 1851, was the enor
mous expenditures of the Government —the reckless
extravagance and profligacy of every department.
Hence all the changes now rung upon the necessity
for economy and reform in every department.—
They came into power in 1853, and to support the
government one year, under the management of a
Democratic Congress and Democratic President —
(a reform and economical administration,) it costs
nearly twice as muc/iBS the “extravagant ’ admin
istration of Millard Fillmore! This is a fair
specimen of Democratic promises and pledges to the
people, and it is certainly a flue commentary upon
their capacity to economise.
These facts are certainly worthy of the people’s
consideration, because they directly affect the ? r
purses. It behooves, them, therefore, to determ:
whether they will continue power in the hand«
such a party—for it must not be forgotten thatth \
made the same pledges about economy in 1852 that
they make in 1856—and that Mr. Buchanan a *
the Cincinnati Convention both endorse the Piehce
administration.
The following remarks of the Baltimore A mer
are particularly pertinent:
One of the resolutions of the platform adopter! h
the Democratic Convention at Baltimore in IV:.
aud solemnly re-aflirmed by the delegates o lb i
same party in a National Convention at Cm • n
nati in 185(3, gravely announces it ns one « •
the cardinal principles of the‘American D .no '<vi i
that it is the duty of every branch oj thcFc<L ! (i
verament “to enforce and. practice the most >
economy .”
The present Secretary of the Treasury announces
that for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth
of June last, the expenditures ot the Government
amounted to the sum of seventy-o :c million , two
hundred and twenty six thousand eight hundred
and forty-six dollars !
Mr. Pierce's adm'n cost in one year 871,226,847
Mr. Fillmore's adm'n cost in one year 37,121,394
Difference for one year 834,105,453
By reference to the report of Mr. Corwin, the Sec
retary of the Treasury under Mr. Fillmore's admin
istration, we find that the expenditipes of the Go
vernment during the fiscal year 1850-51, amounted
to the sum of $ 18,075,878. Os this sum $10,904,484
was paid for expenses incurred by the administra
tion of Mr. Polk, on account of the Mexican war,
leaving a balance off 37,121,394.
The Falsehood Nailed.
At a late hour Thursday night the following des
patch was received at this office, and in our ab
sence inserted in the paper without note or com-
Washington, Aug. 14. —The Southern Americana
generally give up Fillmore for Buchanan. The
Northern Fillmoreites held a caucus to-day, and will
hold another to morrow, preparatory to withdrawing
Fillmore in favor of Fremont.”
Satisfied that it was a base falsehood, at an early
hour in the day, yesterday, we telegraphed the Hon.
N. G. Foster, to ascertain facts, and received from
him the following reply :
Washington, Aug. 15.
There is no truth in the report that Mr. h illmore s
friends in Congress have held meetings to abandon
him, but are stili ot opinion that pressing his claims
is essential to save tie Union.
N. G. Foster.
The fact that no such intelligence has reached
either the Charleston or Colombia papers, induces
the conviction on our mind, that the agent who for
warded the despatch knew it to be false when he
sent it. The matter requires to be investigated by
our telegraphic correspondent, and we invite uis at
tention to the subject
Col. Clemens’ Speech.
We conclude tiii* morning the publication of the
speech of the Hon. Jere Clemens of Alabama, the
easeful perusal of which we commend to every
man. for its thorough and complete exposure of the
Democratic Platform and Pierce s administraion.
A Rencontre at Newport.—On the morning
of the 12th inst , two gentlemen, named W ithers
and De Wilhurst, had a personal encounter at
the Ocean House, Newport, to the great consterna
tion of the ladies. The gentlemen are brothere-in
law. and the quarrel was of a private nature. Mr.
De Wilhurst was severely beaten about the head
and face. Both were held to bail.
Jo.sn O. Lawler, a soldier in the U. S. Army, is
in custody in New York in consequence of a volun
tary confession he has made, of having murdered a
girl named Mary Dana, in Ireland.
Col. 8. W Oakf.t, a leading merchant in New
Orleans for the lest 25 years (bed on the i3th met
Mr. Yanoo'y# Impotent Defence.
The pamphlet that the Hon. W. L YANcEf, of
Montgomery, published in 1848, in which lit exhib
ited with great force and truthfulness, Mr. Bu ecu an
as in aD his ffidoou? colors, ill accords with Mr.
Yancey- present position as elector for the State et
Alabama in the cause of the Democratic candidate,
that he ha* deemed it prudent to publish a very long
and very lame explanatory letter in the Montgome
ry Advertiser of Thursday. In the pamphlet of
1848, Mr. Yancey had shown how, with a serpent s
power, James Buchanan was working to injure
and degrade the South. He had referred to Mr
Buchanan's seeming Southern face in 1847, when
he advised that the line of the Missouri Compromise
should be extended to any new territory acquirrd
from Mexico, and exposed his real Northern face by
alluding to his declaration that should we acquire
Mexican territory, it was impossible that a majority
of the people of ihat region would consent to re
establish slavery, as a large proportion of them
were colored, and among them the negro was not
socially degraded. The comments of Mr. Yancey
on this treachery were pertinent nud just:
“To Mr. Buchanan, therefore, is due the credit of
first giving the go-bye to the Wilmot Proviso, as a
means of excluding slaveholders from our new ter
ritories, but at the same time of pointing out to the
North how much more effectually the great end of
the Provisoists —the keeping these territories
exclusively for Northern emigration—could be ob
tained by advocating the new doctrine, that the in
habitants of a territory, while yet in its territorial
stale, could prevent the emigration thither of slave
holders.
“Lest this should startle the South, and thus
leave him (Buchanan) between two fires—one
from the North for opposing the Wilmot Proviso,
and one from the South for throwing her rights
upon the tender mercies of the ‘colored’ popula
tion of these territories, Mr. Buchanan proposed
to both the alarmed sections to unite on the Mis
souri Compromise line—a compromise which ad
mits the power of Congress over the matter, and
derives all its stability and force from an act of
Congress.”
Previous to the publication of the pamphlet, Mr.
Yancey had written to Mr. Buchanan to learn if he
would endorse the constitutional resolutions passed
at a Democratic State Convention at Montgomery,
iu the previous February, protesting against slave
ry being restricted from the Territories, and had re
ceived his reply dated May 18, 1848, and worded
thus :
‘•c* the 26th of Augustiast, after much reflee
tion, I addressed a letter to the Democracy of
Berks county, Pennsylvania, on this important and
exciting question, in which I expressed a strong
eoiiiiou in favor of the extension of the Missouri
Compromise to any Territory, which we might ac
quire from Mexico. Iliad entertained and freely
expressed this opinion, from the time the question
was first agitated ; aud every day’s experience,
since the date of my letter, has but served to
strengthen my conviction that the Missouri Com
promise is the best, if not the only mode of finally
and satisfactorily adjusting this qexed and dange
rous question.
“Under these circumstances I cannot abandon
the position which 1 have thus deliberately and con
scientiously taken, and assume any other that can
be presented.”
Thus deliberately and conscientiously (if such a
word as the latter can be applied,) James Bu
chanan .vas opposed in 1848 to the South gaining
one inch of land iu the Territories, although in the
previous year he had appeared to approve of ex
tending the line to the Pacific. The publication of
the pamphlet, it is well known, produced the famous
Sanford letter of August 21, 1848, iu which Mr. Bu
chanan expressed surprise that Mr. Yancey should
so have construed his words as to pervert their
“plain and obvious meaning—that in his opinion
the inhabitants of a territory as such, had no politi
cal rights, (although they possessed all the private
rights of American citizens) —that they liau no pow
er whatever over the subject of slaveiy, and they
could neither interdict nor establish it, except when
assembled in Convention to form a State Constitu
tion.”
Iu this same letter he states that Congress, in his
opinion, possesses the power to legislate upon the
subject of slavery in the territories, and That this
sovereign power in Congress, “ mustfrom. its\nature,
be exclusive." This unconstitutional doctrine passes
unnoticed by Mr. Yancey, and he refers only to
that portion of the Sanford letter which is in direct
contradiction to tbe latter part.
Now, the reasons Mr. Yancey gives for being in
1856 the supporter of the man he denounced in
1848, are that he misapprehended Mr. Buchanan’s
views in supposing him to be either a squatter
sovereign or one in favor of the territories being
controlled by Congress, and that “the reflecting
reader will discover, too, that Mr. Buchanan op
posed the Wilmot proviso, and advocated the Mis
souri Compromise instead; and that the sentences
from which I deduced the idea that lie was in favor
of squatter sovereignty, were nothing but argu
ments advanced by him, not in advocacy of squat
ter sovereignty, but in support of the Missouri Com
promise. On re-ieading that pamphlet, I am dis
posed to blush for the defectiveness of my reason
ing at that day.”
It occurs to us that Mr. Yancey should rather
blush for the defectiveness of his reasoning to-day
when he can on such frivolous testimony avow that
Mr. Buchanan, the great provisoiat “for keeping
these territories exclusively for Northern emigra
tion,” is “ a friend of the South and of the Constitu
tion of the Union.” Mr. Yancey’s suspicion in
1848, that Mr. Buchanan was a Squatter Sovereign,
has been fully confirmed by the Democratic nomi
nee’s letter of acceptance, June 16, 1856, wherein he
says :
“ The recent legislation of Congress respecting
domestic slavery, derived, as it has been from the
original aud pure fountain of legitimate political
power, the will of the majority, promises ere long to
allay the dangerous excitement. This legislation is
founded upon principles as ancient as free govern
ment itself, and in accordance with them, has simply
declared that the people of a territory, like those of
a iSlate, shall declare for themselves whether slave
ry shall or shall not exist within their limits.”
This proves that he is still the insidious foe of
the South and of the Constitution. In this letter
Mr. Buchanan also utters words that have been
too lightly passed over, but which are highly charac
teristic of this crafty personage :
“In accepting the nominal ion 1 need scarcely say
that I accept, in the same spirit. l he resolutions con
stituting the platform of principles erected by the
Convention. To this platform [ intend to confine
myself, throughout the canvass, believing that 1
have no right, as the candidate of the Democratic
party by answering interrogatories, to present new
and different issues before the people .”
What inference can be drawn from this but that
he preserves silence during the canvass in order to
conceal his opposition to the platform. He accepts
the platform as a means to secure the nomination,
but he does not say he adopts it; on the contrary,
he declares he has no right “by answering inter
rogatories to present new and different issues before
the people.” As he voted for Texas being admitted
as a slave State in 1845 because lie thought it would
tend to abolitionize the border States, and finally
cause the slaves to disappear across the Rio Grande,
as he was in 1847 desirous of extending the Missour;
line to the Pacific, because he believed the inhabi
tants of the new territory would never consent to
slavery, so now he approves of the Kansas bill, well
knowing that the Squatter Sovereignty aud Alien
Suffrage features of that bill, will as effectually pre
clude the South from any participation in Kansas as
a slave territory as tbe Missouri Compromise or
Wilmot Proviso; while at the same time, the pre
cedent will be established, and these odious princi
ples will be applied to any and all territory that the
government may at any time acquire; which will
forever exclude the South and her institutions.
Mr. Fillmore’s Acceptance.
We take great pleasure in laying before our
readers the following letter of Mr. Fillmore, ac
x g the nomination of the American party of
a As on all other occasions, he stands forth
lik ».i ue patriot and honest man, and his past ad
in ation as the highest pledge he can give of his
.-mess to the constitution and laws, if he be
i entrusted with power. This is open and
niy, and so unlike the mere demagogue and
trickster, who is all things to all men—that it is in
deed refreshing. We commend it therefore to the
people, the whole people, as a document worthy to
be treasured —because, it contains the pledge of a
patriot—a man who has been tried and found faith
ful to the constitution and union in every emergen
cy. He was never yet found wanting on occasion
when duty or patriotism called.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 31,1850.
H. V.M. Miller, Esq.—
Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of vour letter of the 12th inst, informing me
that, at a Convention <»f the American party of tha
State of Georgia, held in the city of Macon on the
Bth and 9th inst., I was unanimously nominated as
their candidate for the Presidency of the United
States at the ensuing election.
Being already in the field as the candidate of the
American party of the Union, I cannot feel other
wise than flattered and honored by the accession of
Georgia to her sister States in the support of my
nomination. My political sentiments are too well
known to need any recapitulation here, and my
character and former services are the only pledges
which I can offer, that I will, if elected, use
my best endeavors so to administer the go
vernment as to restore harmony to the conflicting
sections and maintain a cordial union between the
States by giving to each and all that protection
which the Constitution has guaranteed. If my
friends believe that I have sufficient intelligence to
know their Constitutional rights, and sufficient hon
esty and moral courage to maintain them, they will
be satisfied with this, but if I lack cither, no pledge
could supply the deficiency or justify them in giving
me their support.
I accept the nomination so generously tendered
with a errateful appreciation of the honor done me
by the Convention, and beg leave to express to you
my thanks for the kind manner in which you have
been pleased to communicate the result of their de
liberations.
I remain your friend and fellow citizen,
Millard Fillmore.
Political Di»cu*Mon.
The discussion announced to take place between
Hon. Thomas W. Thomas and Judge Gibson, on
the general issues of the day, appertaining to the
Presidential campaign, came off on Wednesday
evening at the City Hall. There was a moderate
number of citizens present, who applauded each
debater as he appeared to gain a point at the ex
pense of his opponent. The discussion was carried
on with good temper. Mr. Thomas, as a convert to
Buchanan, sought to show that this aged politician
was a good friend to the South, while Judge Gib
son, as a supdorter of Mr. Fillmore, commented
with censiderable force on the many short comings
of Buchanan, and the heterogenous mixture of
freesoilism, squatter sovereignty and filibusterism
found among his supporters, and urged that the pure
and illustrious statesman, Millard Fillmore,
whose Presidential record even Mr. Thomas ap
proved, was far worthier of the support of Geor
gia. Both parties seemed well satisfied with the
efforts of their champion?
Extraordinary Freak of Nature.—Mary, a
negro woman belonging to Dr. John 11. Hundley,
near Meoreaville, Ala, gave birth on the 10th inst.
to three living infanta, two whites and one black.—
It will puzzle the medical fraternity to account for
this singular event.
New Cotton in Columbus. —Five bales of new
Cotton were received in Columbus on Monday
morning, by the Mobile and Girard Railroad, from
the plantation of "Col. John A. Strother, in Russell
county, Ala. It was consigned to Messrs. King
Sorsby. end sold by them at 11 cents It classed
Good Middling
Democratic Principles «ml Platform*.
The Charleston Mercury continues to cut and
thrust the Democracy and expose their ahamdew
disregard of their professed principles ; yet strange
to say. it continues to act with them, itself affecting
to be the greatest possible stickler tor principles!—
It says:
If we puss f rom the present Congress—in which
the Democratic party is in a minority— to the hope
of its return to power, it is ouly necessary to re
member, that for the first two years of President
Pierce’s administration-, the nartv was completely
in the ascendant, anti yet ilia nothing towards re
ducing the Tariff. It was, at that time, fresh from
victory, aud had the confidence of the whole coun
try to support it iu the fulfilment of its pledges, and
the establishment of its policy. Besides, its hands
were comparatively clear of the contamination of
plunder, and its leaders had not yet perpetrated the
acts which we have recently witnessed. Its power,
its position, and its pledges, all marked out for it a
high and honest course. But it turned aside from
this path, to rival and surpass iu extravagance and
recklessness even Black Republicanism. The divi
sions of the Democratic party in Congress but re
flect its divisions throughout the country. The De
mocracy at tbs North cling to a high Tariff; the
Democracy at the North-west to luternal Improve
ment* ; and thus the combination is complete against
the Democracy of the South, who demand low taxes
and economy. With the North and the North west
there is common cause in favor of the system which
despoils the South. The continuance of such an al
liance is fatal to her policy. It is idle, then, to look
to the Democratic party for Tariff Reform.
The Mercury is quite at fault in supposing that
tlie Democracy of the South “ demand ” anything
except a share of the spoils. The Mercury itself is
an apt illustration of the Southern Democracy. Like
them, the Mercury prates long aud loud against a
tariff, and yet supports a man for President who has
voted for every tarijJ'(t he “bill of abominations' ’ of
1828 included) ever passed while he was a member
of Congress. It talks much, too, of opposition to
internal improvements, and sustains the claims of
Buchanan, who favors the building of the Pacific
Railroad—which, according to a leading Democrat,
is the most gigantic system of fraud and robbery
ever attempted to be practised upon the govern
ment. The same is true in relation to their denuucia.
tion of squatter sovereignty, their much boasted
devotion to Southern rights and to the equality of
the South in the Territories, while at the same time
they support the Kansas bill, the leading principle of
which is squatter sovereignty, a principle which
Mr. Buchanan fully endorses as the true doctrine.
No, the Southern Democracy “ demand ” nothing—
they acquiesce in everything for the sake of the
spoils, alike regardless of their professed princi
ples aud the great interests of their section.—
No one kuows better than the Mercury, that the
Democratic party which uouuuated Buchanan hold
no principle in common, on any single questiou of
vital importance to the country. Yet, for the sake
of the spoils they continue banded together, (by the
“ cohesive properties of the public plunder,”) and
by a system of fraud and deception in their plat
forms, study to deceive and mislead the people.
It sounds beautifully to hear the Democracy pra
ting always about economy aud reform, and yet en
dorse the administration of Pierce, who has ex
pended last year the moderate sum of seventy-five
millions of dollars to support the government, back
ed a:id sustained by a Democratic Congress! Veri
ly, they are great friends of economy and reform !
Mr. Buchanan also endorses the Pierce admin
istration, and these great friends of economy and re
form support him for the Presidency.
Choate anil Buchanan —Brother Frecsoilerw.
Rufus Choate, the long-winded lawyer of Mas
sachusetts, has borne, up to tbe present time, a re
spectable reputation among politicians of the old
Whig school. As a friend of Daniel Webster,
he lmd the opporl unity of acquiring much sound in
formation which should have saved him from the
terrible fate which lias recently befallen him. He
has forsaken his friends and flod into the camp Os
the Buckananiers.
Like every thing from Mr. Choate, his letter is
excessively verbose; hence it would not avail to
publish a supplement for the purpose of wearying
our readers with Mr. Choate’s explanation for not
attending a meeting of the Whigs in Maine, and for
determining to vote for James Buchanan. Suffice
it to say, that Mr. Choate is for the ex Federalist
because lie thinks his election will make Kansas
free. If the voluble man of law should however,
be deceived, he is not averse to revolution! The
following sentences from his letter fully justify this
interpretation:
No man tears, no man hopes for slavery in
Utah, New Mexico, Washington or Minnesota. A
national party to give them to Freedom is about as
needful and about as feasible as a national party to
keep Maine for freedom. And Kansas! Let that
abused and profaned soil have calm within its bor
ders ; deliver it over to the natural laws of
peaceful and spontaneous immigration; take
off the ruffian hands; strike down the rifle and
the bowie knife; guard its strenuous infancy and
youth till it comes of age to choose for itself- —and it
will choose freedom for itself, and it will have for
ever what it chooses.
When this policy, so easy, simple and just, is tried
and fails, it will be time enough to resort to revolu
tion. It is in part because the dutv of protection to
the local settler was not performed that the Demo
cratic party lias already by the action of its great
representative Convention resolved to put out of of
fice its own administration. That lesson will not
and must not be lost on anybody. The country de
mands that Congress, before it adjourns, give that
Territory peace. If it do, time will inevitably give
it freedom.
Howthe Southern Democrats will digest these
freesoil aud revolutionary doctrines, it is not for
us to determine. We know they have a most ca
pacious stomach, and we should not be surprised to
find those men who have swallowed James Bu
chanan ready to gulph down Rufus Choate. —
The country is in fearful danger when such blind
ness and perversity can prevail in our midst.
Tlie l*ro?*idciitml Election.
The subjoined letter on the Presidential election
is from a calm, dispassionate, aud philosophical ob
server of passing events, who is not without much
experience in Presidential elections :
Washington, Aug. 11,1856.
I am sorry to inform you that the Black Republi
cans are in extaciesjust now, at what they look up
on as most favorable signs for them, namely, the
result of the late elections in Kentucky and North
Carolina. Anything which appears to be unfavora
ble to Fillmore, rejoices their hearts. Why ? Be
cause they know that if they can drive him from the
field, they can beat Buchanan. There is nothing
their hearts desire more than that the South should
concentrate upon Mr. Buchanan. That done, and
they ask who can charge them with being sectional
any more than the South is sectional ? That done,
Fillmore's strength is destroyed at the North —t hey
can curry every Northern State, and cast their can
didate into the Presidential office upon a sweeping
surge of sectional turor. Hence it is that they re
joice at every indication of Mr. Fillmore’s weakness
at the South ; and the sooner the South see that if
they do not sustain him Fremont will be elected,
the better for the South itself. Lot me tell you that
Buchanan cannot cany his own State, Pennsylvania.
Either Fillmore or Fremont will carry it.
If the South shall stand up manfully for the for
mer, and show that it is determined to cast its
vote, or any considerable portion of its vote, for
him, he will get the electoral votes of Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, (of that of New York I have no
apprehension, unless the South prove recreant,) —if
not, Fremont will obtain them, not Buchanan. The
same may be said of Indiana. I know that the
game of brag is being played by both the Demo
crats and the Republicans; and a part of their game
also is to depreciate the chances of Mr. Fillmore.
The argument used at the North s, that he stands
no chance, because no Southern State will go for
him, and at the South, because no Northern State
will vote for him. This creates mutual distrust.
Now all that is wanted is mutual confidence , and a
mutual resolution to stand firm, aud each to do their
duty at all events and under all circumstances. 1
repeat that this is the only way to prevent Fremont
from being elected.
Yours, T.
Resignation of Dr. Church.
We learn from the Athens Banner, that Dr.
Church, President of Franklin College, handed in
his resignation at the late meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Institution, to take effect the first of
January next. We learn that a Committee was
appointed by the Board to wait upon the President,
and urge him to continue his connection with the
College.
Much as we respect Dr. Church, we hope he
will not be persuaded to remain. After all the
wrangling of the last few years, we think he but
consults his own quiet and the interest of the College
by retiring.
Fillmore in Illinois. —A correspondent of tbe
St. Louis Intelligencer writes as follow : “It is
strange what a formidable strength Mr. r 'more
wields in Southern Illinois. Although everything
remains quiet so fur and but little excitement pre
vails, yet the enthusiasm thus kept dormant must
burst forth and bear down all opposition. Fremont
excitement has had its day, aad its votaries have
taken a second thought; consequently it is fading
away like ten cent calico. Fremont men are daily
coming over to Fillmore, in order to beat Buchanan,
their most bitter enemy. Buchanan men have fall
en upon the same plan to beat the Republicans.
The result is, while the two parties are steadily di
minishing, Fillmore's strength is increasing with an
accelerating ratio."
The Steamer St. Johns. —The Savannah Re
publican of the 1 ith inst., States: The hull of the
steamer St. Johns, which vessel was partly destroy
ed by fire a fortnight since at Jacksonville, was last
evening towed into this port by the .11. S. M. steam
er Welaka, Capt. King. The hull and machinery
do not appear to be as much injured by the flames
as we at first apprehended. This part of the boat
was saved by the timely act of scuttling. Imme
diate steps will be taken to refit her for the Florida
line.
H. H. Perry, Esq., formerly one of the editors of
the Savannah Georgian, has become an associate
editor of the Knoxville (Term.) Standard, which
paper is amalgamated with the Knoxville True
American.
Loss of the Daniel G. Taylor.—The steam
er Daniel G. Taylor, with a valuable cargo of hemp,
tobacco, rope, bacon, &e., sunk in the Missouri
river on Saturday the 9th instant, and, with tbe
exception of a email portion of the cargo, every
thing will prove a total loss. The boat was a new
one. valued at $ 10,000, and was insured in Pittsburg
for >21,000. The loss on the boat and cargo is esti
mated at about $25,000, which is principally covered
by insurance in St. Louis.
Struck by Ligatn.no.—The schooner Julia
Ann, of Georgetown, S. C., was struck by lightning
at that place on the afternoon of the 13th inst., shiv
ering her foretopmast, and tearing her sails. A ne
gro on board, the property of Mrs Wilson, was
aiso instantly killed, while overhauling the chain,
his body was badly mutilated.
A Catholic Priest Killetl — Rev. John ®°/'"
nelly of Springport, New York, was killed at ti
depot of the Central Railroad in Rochester on the
afternoon of the 5Hh m»t.* by being eru« e y a
freight train which came upon him unawares
L»nt» Napolcoato Poltrv.
It has b«en h subject of muoh speculationon ’
which side Louis Napoleon’s octious would tend •
after ho had attuiued the ultitude of his power in
France. Many argued that he had too much intel
lect to care to associate with the hereditary mou
archs K and that having been reared in adversity,
his sympathies must to a great extent bo giveu to
the people. The question is no longer one of doubt
Lours Napoleon has avowed that the suppression
of Constitutionalism and the fall of the gallant
Cspakteko in bpaiu, have met with his approval;
he has, moreover, sent troops to the Spanish fron
tier to act against the people, ns ho did in Rome, !
in the event of victory declaring for them.
The delusion in which New York brigadiers and
parson* iudu ged, is at tui end. Louis Napoleon
stands • vealed as a despot who will use the army,
thec .iurch, and the system of espionage, to crush
liberalism, HU war against Russia, which was
thought by some men to be a war against despotism,
" 08 Oul >'/ or Personal advancement. When the war
began, Nicholas the Czar, was the leading despot
in Europe; when the war ended, Louis Napoleon
had gained that position, and, according to his own
words, “the objects for which he had entered upon
the war were accomplished.*’ The suppression of
the insurrection in Spain, is a defeat to Lord Pal
merston, who has schemed for more than a quarter
ot a century to advance Constitutionalism among
the third and fourth rate powers of Europe. His
remarks the other day about the justice and sagacity
oi Louis Napoleon being too great to allow him to
interfere in the affairs of Spain must have caused
a sardonic smile to play upon the features of the
Emperor of the Coup d'Etat.
O Donnell, the present chief Minister in Spain
is an instrument that will bo cast asi Je immediate
ly, he has performed the work allotted to him.
When he has dragooned the people into silence his
reward will be to be placed first on the half-pay li.-t
and Narvaez can then become ruler of the uuhuppy
Isabel once more or a cousin of Louis N.vroi.KON
can mount her throne. It is significant enough that
while Palmerston has been anticipating that
Louis Napoleon would aid him in puttiuga chock
ou the pandemonium of despotism into which King
Bomba has converted Naples, the Emperor of
France, is found ou the side of Kiug Bomba’s sister,
the abandoned Queen Mother of Spain, assisting
her in the attempt to revive similar enormities
among [the Spanish people.
In the meantime) Sardinia and Belgium staud in
a very precarious position. The attempts of the
former to repress the tyranny of Austria and of the
latter to preserve the liberty of its press, will be in
danger of being frustrated. Even Great Britain is
not free from menace. The session of Parliament
that has just closed has been remarkable for the en
tire absence of all manly tone in the House of Com
mons. Lord Palmerston seems to have had the
power of mesmerizing membere until they fancied
they were Louis Napoleon’s Seuators. The Brit
ish army has been handed over to the Duke of
Cambridge, a simple creature but one remove from
an imbecile, who is entirely under the control of
Prince Albert, a power greater than the throne
who is perpetually plotting against constitutional
liberty, which is a form of government above, his
comprehension. The scheming Prince, the flippant
Minister and the press are the powers which mle
England at this juncture. The two former are but
playing into the hands of the Emperor of the French,
the latter it is to be hoped is a power greater than
NAPOLEON-ism.
One cheering circumstance there i« in relation to
the struggle for despotic sway now going on in Eu
rope. Louis Napoleon, in his policy has already
exhibited glaring signs of weakness. In war France,
under his rule, has gained but a barren victory, and
in peace France has become the home of gamblers
and conspirators.
Out for Fillmore.— The National , n daily even
ing paper, conducted with ability, and published in
the France language in New Orleans, and circula
ted mostly’ among our citizens of French origin, has
come out openly and strongly for that noble, great
patriot Millard Fillmore. Tho Bulletin says :
This will increase his strength perceptibly in this
St ate. Our adopted French citizens are proverbial
ly liberal, conservative and intelligent, and are
quick to discover true merit in our public men.—
Thus every day witnesses new accessions to tho
cause of Fillmore, the Constitution and tho Union.
Louisiana is all right. She stands square upon the
platform of the Union as it was ami a s it is, and
will give her vote and influence to its greatest liv
ing defender, now before the people for their suf
frage.
Horrid Murder in North Carolina. —The
Wilmington (N. C.) Journal, states: On last Thurs
day, about one o’clock, a young lady named Ann
Melissa, daughter of Richard Taylor, of Stump
Sound District, Onslow county, was found not far
from her father's residence, having evidently been
murdered within an hour of the time when she was
found. The marks on her person indicate that she
was choked to death, marks of fingers beiug upon
her neck which was also much swollen. The de
ceased was an exceedingly amiable young lady,
and very much respected. The occurrence has
caused a deep sensation iu the neighborhood. The
excitement is very great. Miss Tay lor was about
nineteen years of age.
Suspicion attaches to a young negro fellow be
longing to Mr. Nkhemiah Taylor. There is no
positive proof, but circumstances are of such a
character, that he has been taken up und is now in
the Jail of New Hanover county for safe keeping,
to await his trial at the next term of Onslow Supe
rior Court.
Saw-Fish. —The Charleston Courier of Saturday
says :—A colored fisherman who was dropping a
line yesterday near Fort Sumter, iu our harbor, re
ceived an unexpected reply and made an unequally
unexpected haul. He hitched and captured gal
lantly a Sawfish, measuring about ten feet in length
and carrying a four feet saw.
The Mobile Tribune , of the 12th inst., says :
“Strange as the following narrative is, the reader
may accept it as literally t rue. We know the wri
ter of it:
“ Portersville, August 8, 1856.— Gentlemen of
the Tribune: —Dear Sirs: —Yesterday the men in
hauling the seine caught a monster iu the form of a
saw-fish. They tied a rope saw and brought
it into shallow water.
“ Two mules, with ten to fourteen persons, with
all their strength, could move it only a few feet at a
time. After much exertion, they got it in water a
foot deep, when began the measuring process. From
the end of the saw to the end of the tail measured
nineteen feet nine inches ; from fin to fin, across tho
back, eight feet; depth, from back to stomach, three
feet. Dr. Moore thinks its weight 3,000 pounds.—
The liver alone weighed -100 pounds, from which a
barrel of oil was obtained.
“A thousand eggs, from the size of a marble to
twelve inches in circumference, were taken from it.
It presented the appearance of a boat turned bot
tom upwards.”
The “Bleeding” Patriots. —lt appears that
the “bleeding Kansas” orators sometimes go in for
“bleeding” hotel keepers. The Genessee Democrat
states that a Republican leader named George N.
Propper, held forth in Batavia a few days since in
behalf of “bleeding Kansas and after running a
bill of sls ut the American Hotel, left for parts un
known without paying the landlord. This freedom
shrieker may be termed a “marvelous Propper
man” for the Kansas Fund party.
Yellow Fever in Mexico. —News from Vera
Cruz, to the ‘26th ult., has been received in New
York. The yellow fever was very severe in the
city. The hospitals were full and the steamer Mex
ico had loßt several firemen and otner hands.
More help for Fillmore. —The Jersey City
Courier, which watt among the first to raise the
names of Fremont and Dayton, now waves to the
breeze the gallant flag of Fillmore and Done Ison.
The Rhode Island Telegraph, ut Warren, hoists
the Fillmore flag. After referring to the sentiments
of confidence in Mr. Fillmore, on account of his
pust services, the Telegraph says:
But there is another sentiment now pervading
minds hitherto deficient in it, although imbued with
the enthusiasm which the name of such a standard
bearer was calculated to awaken, and with that ra
tional conviction of his fitness which his history so
conclusively furnishes. This sentiment is one ol be
lief that he can be elected.
St. Domingo—An extract from a private letter
from Portau Prince, dated July 15 is published in
the Mobile Register as follows :
“Advices have been received here via Jacmel.
that the Spanish Government has blockaded the port
of St. Domingo. This intelligence was brought to this
port by a few fugitives, (Dominicans,) who reached
Jacmel in an open boat.
“We are enjoying excellent health, being free
from disease of every kind.”
The Rumored Loss of the U. S. Frigate In
dependence.—ln reference to this report, the
Charleston Courier publishes the following letter
from the Secretary of the Navy :
Navy Depautment, Ang. 11, 185 b.
Sir : —ln addition to the telegraph despatched to
your address, this morning, the Department in
forms you that the cruise upon which the “Inde
pendence” left Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, in Feb
ruary last., is one necessarily taking her out of the
usual route of vessels crossing the Pacific Ocean. —
This fact should allay any apprehension as to her
safety, and none Is felt here. The next mails from
the Pacific, I trust, will announce the safe arrival
of the “Independence” either at Valparaiso or some
port on the Western coast.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. C. Dobbin.
Alfred Huger, Esq., Charleston, S. C.
Out for Fillmore. —The Templar un i Watch
man, published at Ithica, New York, and widely
circulated, has hauled down the Fremont flag, and
is doing good service for the best man—Millard Fill
more.
Another. —The Bloomville, Delaware county,
(N. Y.) Mirror has hoisted the Fillmore and Donel
son flag. Thi% is a valuable accession. The Mirror
has a wide circulation and influence.
Maryland Moving.— A grand moss meeting of
the American party of Maryland was held at Fred
erick City on the 11th inst. The procession wae
one of the largest ever seen in Frederick, there be
ing 372 car iages in the line, and it occupied over an
hour in passing a given point. The oldest inhabi
tants of that city say the meeting has never been
equalled either in enthusiasm or {numbers. The
nearest that came to it was the demonstration of
1840. But even it was far behind. Frederick is
good for 800 majority for Fillmore.
Sad Accident. —ln Pike County, Ala., on the
Ist inst, Oliver and William Dorn, sons of Mr.
Abner Dorn, were out .hooting when thegu
William was accidently discharged
brother Oliver almost instantly
three years old.
Gen WHEAT passed through Augusta yesterday
on his way to Washington with despatches from
General Gadsden. We UDdersttmd Gen Wreat
hat. rewgnod his oommission i» the Menaan army.
Abnuduuinz Buchnunu,
The following letter, written by an intelligent
wholesale merchant of Louisville, Ky., now in New
York, indicates rPry conclusively the currdlit of
things at the North, and especially in New York
It should be recollected, I ha! the writer test home a
Buchanan man, but a few # weeks s journ at the
North has convinced him, that the only chance to give
peace and quiet to the country and to save the Union,
is so vote for Fillmore. H>, fhereforo, like a true |
patriot, abandons Buchanan und declares for Fill
more. I his is the true spirit, and there are thou
sands of stjeh menlnroughouttlkohation, whot rising
superior to party dictation, will bid the demagogues
and political trick store defiance, and like true pa.
triots declare for the Constitution and laws, now
and forever, one and inseparable :
To the Editor* of the Louisville'Journal *
New Y’oßk, August 9. 1856.
Gentlemen: —The deep Interest flint is felt in the
approaching Presidential election induces me to
give you the result of my observations since my ar
rival here, which wus * about five Wet«fcyi ainoe. * On
leaving my home in Kentucky, I was strongly ttn
pressed with the belief that, it was my sup
port Buchanan for tho Presidency, akthd man moat
likely to succeed against FiemonL I yet- belie* e,
if tin* election lmd taken place five or kit works
ago, that Buchanan would nave boon elected? jSyjCt
my arrival here T hare kfiri thdmost Convincing and
orenrhelmin" reasons for changing'my oprmon. I.
have had daily acres* to nevtspupor* puldisbed in
ali the States, beside! holding daily iutvicourse with
persons from almost cvcVy quarter of tiio-coffntry,
und ldo say without fear successful contradiction
that tinny is a most powerful reaction going on
amongst lW- people, and a reaction that is cvrliiin to
carry Mr. Fillmore into tho Presidential oh air over
all opponents.
I laving become convinced of tifi* I hin* doiar*
mined to e/is* my rotr for Mdlard Fillmom and
Andrnr J. Dr nelson as the men, and I believe* the
\ only non pt those now before the people, who can
save the country In this great, emergency Bu
, chaimn and Freuio&t are regarded,here by ah Union
loving and conservative men, as sectional candi
dates, and nothing else—the one of the Xurth mid
the other of tho South. It 19 believed that the suc
cess of either would only tend to ii.oi esse the. ill*
feeling already existing between the t wo.section*,
and the only way to restore peace and •quiet to the
country is to lay them both ou the Huff. and eleflt
Fillmore, a man in whmnboth North ami South have
implicit eoufideace. This feeling is spreading i .pi.i •
ly with all classes. 1 heard a geullt-mtur remark u
tew days since that the day that biought the news
of the elec ion of Fremont, as President,to the city
of Now Yoik, would Uv« day in watch the property
of the city would decrease lit value one
millions of dollars; a gentleman standing by re
marked that the election of Jjuct.auhn Would hnv«*
the same effect. 1 merely state this to show the for!
ing existing here. You may ?>ut down the tUuU'Cf
A etc York ascertainfor Fillmore.
The efforts of Martin Van Buren to oau*y the
Freesoil Democracy to Ritehaiuiii is said to boa
dead failure. they will go for £\ « \nout. There
union of Syracuse, between thjp Sofa rtnd I lards,
attracts little or no nttoi lion-hole It is g t ner.vlly
understood that it will oateno effect upon
es. Uc.der all these circumstauoes is it not thoduty
of all coußoryativo man. men who lota their
country, to rally around the standard of i i'imore
and Donelson nml elect them? a.id would it n**t bo
good policy for the Smith to withdraw Buchanan
from the contest ? He certainly sfancle no earthly
chance of Ik ing elected.
hboQwiion at Gr tmviUc.
Wk are truly gratified to learn from the so Itowijg
account of a discussion hotween M< *srß Hill ami*
Gautrell, that our old friend the Hen. E. Y. Hill
has not been run entirely out of the State, by tho
blunter and rant of his opponent i a ropu't wtdob wo
seriously feared from l!io Democratic acoouhts w.>
lmd heal'd of the rcafrtlcas inuroh of Mr. Dartre i.L,
who every whero invited and challenged for a feo
man, without success. We presume friend Hill,
when he had collected himself, discovered tbfti all
hit* bluster and rant wore mere soudif, and ihefs-*
fore determined once again to meet him •
Discussion at Orailrillc. —Ou’ Tuesday la r, re
cording to appoint;noni, Mr. Gortrell juldivuiod lh<J
citizens of Gmntville, wfidfaja* was uict by .Ju.<!£u
Hill. Whoa the parties arrived on lh. ground, tin ’
Fillmore men challenged lull and equal JiscmJskui.
As there were two American
lenged the production of another Buchuit&napeakpr.
There were other Democratic speakers presi-nt. bat
from Suine cause or other, as we are lulorfcneu,
would not accept the challenge, and (Jid not. appeal'■.
Oiy mi n urged discupuio.i and renewed the Qhal
l<?nge—but Mr. On it roll appearing to be
dislntisfied with the course things wtgo taking, c mi
plained that, the other Filllnore speaker, who was,
present with Judge Hill, wus Attempting to fli«J .to
terms at his own meeting. The Fillmore men .hen
proposed a Committee of conference* to be mutual'
selected to arrange the debate nt Grnntviiie, anti
also at West Point today; Mr. G. dt-cliuad it by
Buying that “sufficient to the day is the «vd there
of,” and.again eon. plaining that .attempts ware
made by our men todictatn at his meeting.
Seeing that the Bnohniian men »»«i ?v»rrqSleUly
whipped out and exposed in tlinir hotnba tic gßpm
of brag they have been recently attempting p« ibo*
fourth District , tho Fillmore men then enmumoed
that they were ready to hear u proposition for u sin
glc-handed discussion bolweoti tho two
tor Elector. The proposition was then submitted,
that Mr. Gartrell alionld lead off one hour, Judpe
Hill to follow one mid three fourths of tm hour, and
Mr. G. to conclude in three-quarters more. Tbn
Fillmore men deniurred to this propcskion as unfair
which it certainly was, as Mr. 0. had the conclusion
at New nan; hut like bravo nfon, who w ere in the
performance of their duty, and stiangtiienod l>y tho.
truth and justiu'.ss of their cause, they accept* d the
proposition, and under these unfavorable and em
barrassing terms, they determined to let the woild
see that tUeir principles Were right.
The debate then took place, and iiotwlthslaiuiiug'
tlie unfair tenns, tin* Fiilmojv Electpr unmasked
the giuring and hideous deibrpiilieH of Mr.
on’s political record, anffahovnid up the reccnl bra
vado and braggadocio which hes been indulged by
Democracy in its trap colors He showed out the*’
national views of Mr. Fillmore in aceen able and
forcible colors by logical arguineut end the produc
tion of facta of history, and every FUJmorc muu-vras
strengthened in the gloyious cause m which wo aro
engaged.
ilia opponent attempted liy loud harangue ami
empty assertions to harry off the palm. He claim
ed it, but it was a very faint claim, and
entitled to it. You have seen an eippty oJiqia cnnjb
up und storm, and blow, and bluster, *ari<l threaten
great ruin, but pass without producing nns bBUo
You have* seen auothur fill suusou Come o\ «r lliO
country, the rain falling gently und eru.tieunuoly, re
freshing uiul invigorating every thing. This - y the*
difference between the spreclies ot Judge H. and
Mr. G.; the one modes 1 and urgnmeqlulive, the Oth
er noisy and blustering.
We an* gratified nt tl.rj result of this Grantville
meeting. Wo know that much bluster and paraffin’
will be attempted to bo made about it by the Irion(U
of Buchanan. But the result of Shows' Ipat.
all of the Democratic sneakers present there tbub
could get oil’hacked down and retired from the
challenged contest.. And tho Buphuimu Elector
who could not get out of the box and had lo face the
mucic, came up to the fight with hwid noine, but Ufft
discomfitted.
Well done, Judge Hill , Ibe day Is won, and wo
expect to hear of many d -averts made by Ihy
Grantvilie meeting t t the good cause of Fillhiore
and Donelson.— LaGrai/pe tfepovLei
Democrats of Ohio Abandoning Buchanan.
—The Democratic State Central oomruitt>3 of Ohio
recently met at Columbus, and it will been sq.cn
from the following extract from tlie State Journal,
that it was indirectly determined to abandon /ill
struggle for the Presidency :
The meeting was n gloomy one. The Dougksitns
charged the BuchaneniteM with ungenerous and un
fair treatment at the Cincinnati Cbnventiou, pud all
the blame of£l he pi Oa*.ut deplorabis eonditiou of the
Locofoco pariy was laid ni their door. An unwrit
ten resolutioa was adopted, abantioing the field, aa
far as- thp Presidency is couceiHod, but urging
upon the several districts to concentrate all tboir
forces upon the election of tneinbers of Cogpt<- j. .
Tin* Wellesvillo Patriot, a neutral paper,* has- tLo
following. It is another evidence of the advance
of Fillmore stock in Ohio :
“It is not our province to dabble, editorially, in
politics, but were w j to omit saying that the Fill
more stock in on the riao in this murkvt, we should
be guilty of wnliholdii g a truth which We believe
our position justifies us in making kaowu ” Fill
more a chance is best in Ohio.
Tho above is significant of what will be the »e:uit
in Ohio in November next .
Mr. Fillmore in Boston.— The Maoon Journal
4* Messenger says: As another evidence, to what
we aro daily receiving from the North, of the pros
pects of Mr. Fillmore in the Presidential oonteet, we
copy the following extract from a letter wi itten by
one of our citizens, dated at Boston, on the 4th inst.
Wo will only say that tho writer ia a Conservative #
Democrat, nnd has heretofore shown that he regard
ed the welfare of liis country’ in times of trial, more
than an adherence to a mere party name. From
all that we learn from that quarter, Mr. Buchanan
has but a very slender showing in the contest, and
that it lies entirely between Mr. Fillmore audVre
mont. The writer says:
Political matters nfe Uppermost fn the minds end
eonvevßation of the people here Uni il within fL few
days, the Fremont ere have supposed that they have
everything their own why —So far, at least, ns this
Stale was noncellied. A counter current Has com
inenced in favor of Fillmore, which is accumula
ting depth and power with n rapidity tLii* alarms
them. “Fillmore Club*” are forming ail over tho
State; und tomorrow t!u*:e i« to bo a large
gathering of his friends at Faneuil Uni!, to adopt
measures for the prosecution of the -cainpaigu. -
There will be hot work her.*, for tho pansion* of all
arc up, and inflamed to a degree bordering on des
peration.
Americans in the C'KiMKA.r-TLe Baltimore
Clipper fuiyH: A young medical gentleman of thit>
city, Dr. A. J. Johnson, who has boon in the Kuh
nian service, writing to his relatives in this
from Simphcropo), sf-i ten that Dr». Hanks and
Weems, both Americans, find hi the same servioe,
were about leaving for home. The letter also states
that Dr. Ilart, of Memphis, Turn., j*od rcoeuUy died
in that region.
Two or the Editor* o* the London Times
A New York Journal states :
“We learn through private letters by tha Asia,
that Hon. Robert Lowe, Vice-President of the Brit
ish Board of Trade, and formerly ono of Vtoe ablest
of the contributors to the Loudon Times, and Mr.
John Delane, connected with the same influential
journal, are goon to visit this country—perhaps im
mediately after the prorogation of Parliament.
Letters direct from Messrs. George Peabody & Co M
confirm the statement heretofore niuda that theft
senior partner will be in New York in September/’
The Port Physician of Charleston says it qan to
proved that the Queraotino regulations have been
carried out in strict conformity *to law, and tbftt
caSes of yellow fever have originated in that city.
Fraud. —Dr. Eads, the Superintendent of the
public Schools of the. State of lowa, i? a defaulter
to the amount of $200,000. He lost the money spec
ulating.
Wood Gas.— The city of Toledo, Ohio, and the
village of Millville, N J have both provided lot
lichthing those places withjp* made from .woodL-
The latter has it burning, it is suld, to toe satisfac
tion of the residents.
The Shady Side.-Martha Stone, Vi'Jo £ -
Rev Stephen Hubbell. and well known as toe an
tr of -Shady Side,- died at the ** JJ.
husband, in North Stonington, Ct., on the morning
of the Bth inst, _
k, nrrK IIV Lightsiko- —The schooner Julia Ann,
fGeonretown, 8. C, 'was struck by lightning at
’ ta *,, 0 „ the afternoon of the 13th lust., shiv-
Irin/hcr forctopmaet and tearing her sails. A ne
gro on board, the property of Mrs. Wilson, was
histanly killed, while overhauling the chain; ho waa
badly mutilated.
Canine Statistics— Uia calculated that there
were 9,000 dogs in New York city when the annual
slaughter commouoodon tbe2stb JuDe, and thet at
the present rate of cauinicide 6,000 of them will
have filled martyr s grave> by the 10th of Septum,
her. *
The Captain Qineral or Cuba.—Cspt. Gen
ConcbtPhas received the title of Marquie of Havana
and Visoountof Cuba, In sonsideration of his set
vista as Captain General during his two terms,