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Columbus finquirtr.
I COKSTTraiOK: CHOI.
COLUMBUS. OA.:
Tuesday Morning. April 14, 1867.
Salutatory.
The labors and responnibilitie* of tht* undersign*
ad, m Editor of the Columbus Enquirer, com
mence with tbia number. We ask in advance the
kind c nalderation of oar friends and patrons, being
well a ware that none, but thoae, who have been in
itiated into the mysteries of the Press, can fully
realise the shoals and quicksands, the whirlpools
and concealed rocks which often cause editorial
shipwreck. The dangers and trials which are pa
tent, are seen and acknowledged by the passengers
—the Pilot as he sits sleepless by bis wheel, even
with a bright night over his brad and a pulseless
•>c«aft under his feet, alone,.beholds in the little
cloud not larger than your hand the furious hurri
cane and the thunder’s crash.
Although, like millions, we may write many
things “which the world will gly let die,”
it shall hr our earnest, but perhaps feeble desire, to
write nothing which “dying, we would willingly
blot.” Ws shall be. an humble but a diligent and
conacicntious enquirer after that rarest and most
brilliant of gems—Truth, and whether covered
with slimy ooze and girt with rotten sea-weed, or
hid in the dark deep mine, we shall endeavor to
strip away its rubbish and reveal its beauty and
worth to the world.
This, the "ffunny South,” Is the lead of our birth
end the home of our affections, and whilst we ren
der to her the tribute of a loyal and a loving heart
we wish like Old Mortality to chieel deeper and
deeper on the tal lot of our memory that we are an
American Citixen. That the Aoutb and North, the
East and West worship nt the same holy altar-—
■me the earn* allegiance to the Constitution and
the Union—speak and write the language of Clay
and Gaston, of Calhoun and Webster, and partici
pate in the same glorious recollections of the past,
and look forward with equal hopes to the future.—
Thus at the lime we add only a mite to the social,
political, iiitdJectusI and industrial treasury of a
section, we are cheered by the reflection that it
swells the coffer* of one loved country.
The political aspect of the Enquirer will remain
unchanged. The Constitution aa explained by
the aagea and patriots of the Revolution and illus
trated in later times by the burning eloquence of a
Clay, the profound logic of a Webster, and the
pure practice of a Fillmore, will be our guide. It
is useless to say to those acquainted with our past
history, that wo have no confidence in the present
administration, so we shall patiently await the real-
fxatlon of the blessing contained in the sentiment
—he who hoprth little, thatl never be disappointed.
To our brethren of the Press wo offer our warm
est wishes for their continue d happiness and pros
perity. G. A. MILLER.
The Weather.
The cold und the frosty nights wo have had for
the few lest days we are sfrsid has nipped in the
bud aft prospects of fruit. Vegetation has been
greatly injured and the corn, cotton and wheal has
Buffered much. Ho passes away the hopes of tho
husbandman.
•• Th» Daily Hu*."—After n short eclipse, this
bright orb of our city, penetrated our sum Him on
yesterday with increased beams. May no dark
spots ever be seen on its disc, and may tho shadows
of Ua proprietors never grow lees.
Georgia ('Itixon.
The first und second number* of this beautiful
Daily, just started at Macon, have boon received.
We think the Citir.ru is on the right track, com
mercially and politically and we h«po i\s pntrona
will not sutler it to perish for want of substantial
"aid und comfort.” Wo sincerely (not merely
coiupliiueutaiy) wish it success.
Kansas I'.inlgnttits.
Capl. Clayton, of Ala., passed through this city
tut Tut atJay, with a company of forty-fivs nion for
Kansas. All sound atid well ami Houthrrn to the
core. We wish ihmn success in their noble enter
prise.— Times *V Sentinel.
•Mr. J. II. Martin, late Editor of this paper, left
for Kansan on yueturtlay. Ho has our best wishes
lor his stic<*t"*s in his distant home and know hu
will do all in his power to protect Houthern rights
ond Southern honor.
Important Verdict to Itullroad Companies.
We learn that at tho April Term of tho Superior
CouS of Taylor county, now in session, a ense of
public iutorest has been tried involving the liability
of Railroads for damages, in negligently killing a
passenger. In December, 1856, Uriah Paulk, a
worthy cititcu of Alabama was killed by a collision
Ixffwsen two passenger trains upon the Houth
Western Railroad, near Flint river, In Taylor
county. An action for damages under the Art of
|8fi0, was brought against the Company by the le
gal representatives of Mr. Paulk, and the trial at
common law came off this week and resulted in a
verdict for the Plaintiff of $5*0,000 damages. We
learn the Defendant has taken an appeal to a spe
cial jury. C. J. Williams, Htubbs A Hill, Wal
lace Si (trice, for Plaintiff; Poe A. Greer, for De
fendant.
Hallroad Freights.
In a former iiumbcr of cur paper we made some
remarks on the difference in the freight charges of
the Havannah and Charleston routes to this place
and points adjacent. In justice to all parties, wo
now give place to an article from the Havannah
Republican, that put* us in possession of facts we
were not beforo acquainted with, and presents a
different aspect to tho matter referred to. Wo
tbrefore call the rcador’s attention thereto. It was
our intent merely to awaken the attention of the
different Companies to the fact in hopes that mat
ters would soon be righted, and we are glad to
learn there is every prospect of a conaummatiou so
devoutly wiuhed for by freight-payors in this sec
tion. We feel confident, from a personal acquaint
ance of the gentlemen themselves, that nothing
will be IcA undone that, in justice ean be done by
the President and managers of our Mubcoqk* Hoad
to benefit tho public in this and other matters con
nected with the future prosperity of the Rosd, or
.be business of the city of Columbus.
Hun. II. W. Hilliard's Letter.
The recent exodus of the Hon. Mr. Hilliard from
the Whig party, and an Elector of the Fillmore
Ticket in Alabama, to the Buchanan Administra
tion, has surprised not only his friends, bat his
political enemies. The transition from a Whig
and American Elector, to a real live and kicking
Democrat, has been no les« eudden than unexpect
ed. He is none of your crawling politicians, who
worm their way so slowly that their motions are
scarce perceptible to the keenest eye, but with one
kangaroo leap, the old coon-ring* fade from hia
caudal extremities, and forthwith he is a different
animal in form, color and in species.
We do not charge that Mr. Hilliard has bean
jved by that "Vaulting ambition" which is apt to
overleap itself in younger men, still less are we
willing U> believe that the holy utterances which
lately and eloquently from his lips savored
leas of the miracles than the "loaves and fishes”—
less of the good of Israel than the wedges of gold
and Babylonish garments, still we believe the rea
sons be has given for his change are weak and pu
erile and totally unworthy of hia reputed abilities
and the pureness of his heart and life. W# think
Mr. Hilliard’s past reputation both as an individ
ual and a statesmen, at home and abroad, would
have been better secured by a simple, manly, avow
al of hia adh*Hiion to the Buchanan Administration,
than by ■ labored attempt to exhibit his consisten
cy, and to bolster up the fortunes of a man, who
did all he could to blast the fair fame of Henry
Clay, who lived and died for the Whig party, and
to which he devoted his time, bis health sod his
splendid talents. But say* Mr. Hilliard
"There is not in Mr. Buchanan's fnanguraf Ad
dress, a single Mutiment, which it in conflict with
rny votes and speeches, during my entire term of
service in Congress.”
If this is true, somebody has been deceived. Mr.
Hilliard must have given and made Democratic
votes and speeches in Congress os a Whig, or Mr.
Buchanan, elected as a Democrat, must hove de
livered n good Whig Inaugural Address. Either
horn of the dilemma will involve one or the other
of these new Siamese political twins into a earorr
of jesuitism, disgraceful in a Representative of a
virtuous people, and unworthy the head of the great
American Nation. Has the leopard changed Ins
spots, or the Ethiopian hi* skin 1 We will leave
ders the solution of the question. We
will leave the curious to mix this nil with that
water, and eperulate at leisure on the affinity of fito
rtd powder, of light and darkness.
But see bow candid and true he is to his o|J
friend Mr. Fillmore, and then ask yourself if there
not wisdom in the old Hpanish proverb—"ftsvs
o from ray friends, and ] will take care of my en-
eraies." Hear Mr. Hilliard—
If Mr. Fillmore had declined iho canvass, as I
had reason at one lime lu believe that he would. I
should have given Mr. Buchanans prompt and cor
dial support ; and 1 aurtuined Mr. Fillmore’s claims
vilhlhe higher satisfaction because I saw as the
canvass advanced, (hat he would strengthen Mr.
llurhauan'B position hy continuing in the field.”
Why should Mr. Fillmore have "declined the
canvass 1" What reason had Mr. Hilliard that
Mr. Fillmore would act so ungrateful and unpatri
otic. a part to his friend* and country I Did he not
administer the government satisfactorily to the
whole country arid especially to the Mouth during
hia Presidential term I Did not the leaders of the
Democratic party shed (we will not *ay crocodile)
tears when ho was defeated in the nominating Con
vention hy Gen. HcoU 1 Were not many of the
presses of that party pledged then to hi* support 1
lie retires gracefully from the prou-l position he
occupied—-he stops meekly into private life—he
journeys thronghthe Booth and hi* way is strewn
with flowers sweetened with the breath of affection
and gratitude- he visit* the grand ruin* of the old
world and hludics a,id *er* the philosophy and
practical working* <>f different forma of government
and people—he rccci'es abroad the news of hia
nomination by n largo mid respectable Conven
tion, and improved by experience and rare oppor
tunities ho accept* tho honor-—and yet with all
these "aid* and appliances to boot," Mr. Hillisrd
sees nothing but defeat, and stands rrady at e
iiicnt to give Mr. Buchanan "a prompt and cordial
support,” mid sn the canvas* advanced that "Mr.
Buchanan’s position would be vtrengthensd, by
this cordial support”!! Was ever friendship i
thin manner shewed, w.»h evor friendship hy thi
manner won ! Was there ever such a reflsctm
cast upon the intelligence and virtue of the Ameri
can people I Mr. Fillmore mi sdmi ted to he hon
est, capable, and faithful to tbo CoiHtitution, and
with these admitted qualities he is iu the estima
tion or Mr. Hilliard unpopular! Instead of a
ining this false popular current, which is bearing
down his favoritu to political death, lie opposes no
break-water, he stretches out no arm to save him
from destruction. Availability! a word whose
etymology is said to be barbarous ami whose poli
cy ia vicioua, is the watchword of aurh men as Mr.
Hilliard, and under this cant excuse till that la pure
and honoHt in the men, all that ia exalted in the
statesman, all that ia bold and noble in the patriot
must perish, that cunning and intrigue may suc
ceed and that parly, not country, may prosper. -
Verily, sooner or later, such men will receive thrir
reward. T^tey will bo suspeclsd and shunned
whilo living, and unhouored when dead. The
"slow, unmoving finger of scorn" should ho poll
ed at them, a* false to friends, to country aud
God.
Gov. Welker end Kansas.
our Tri-Weekly of Thursday last we publish
ed the letter of tho Hon. Robert J. Walker accept
ing the appointment of Governor o( Kansas from
the President. We regard this appointment as
creditable to the President end hope it may prove
in the end beneficial to the South and satisfactory
the whole Union. We sincerely desire to see
the slavery question settled, legally, politically and
morally, for eo long aa it i* agitated in or out of
Congress, end is suffered to swallow up all other
interests, the real progress of the country must be
stopped, agriculture must rirken, manufactures lan
guish and commerce die. These three elements
constitute the sinewrs of a nation's strength, and
if from the criminal neglect of our own rulers they
lisregarded, our country will soon sink into a
bopeteas decline.
Can Governor Walker with all his aaknowedged
abilities bring p»ace to that distracted Territory !—
Can he with the President’s commission in his
pocket restore the reign of order and law among a
people, a large number of whom despise the one
and defy and insult the other, and who are taught
insubordination to the Constitution of their coun
try (as defined by the last and highest tribunal)
from some of their pulpits, presses and political and
literary orator* ? We aay some of their pulpits,
presses and cratora, because we do net believe that
integrity and patriotism is confined to any one sec
tion or party. We believe there are thousands of
noble and generous spirits at tbe North now quiet
and removed from the turmoils of sectional strife,
who will in time step forward and vindicate the
laws and equality ol the fttates. One grasshopper
will make more noise than s hundred oxen grating
in a field, and we have confidence that when the
chirping of political demagogues and fanatical
preachers is stills-!, that the voice of the people
will he heard and heeded. We h< pe that voice
will Ire the echo of justire, of intelligence and en
lightened patriotism and convey a power greater
than can ever be exercised by Governors or Presi
dents.
"Princes and Kings may flourish,or may fade,
A breath can make them, as a breath ha* made.
But a hold peasantry, thoir country’s pride.
When once destroyed, can never be supplied.”
«• Pity the sorrows of the poor Old Man."
Office-seeking has become a perfect mania i
Fire i.i ApaluhlcoU. j K.ilro.U Freight,.
Our citizen, were .Urnrail by Ihe cry of fire it 4 | Several .rlicle. jiuve nppenred in differem p,,,.,
Fro® tb* Cor. of tbe London Times. Msrch IS.
Jffiee-seektng has becomes perlect mania in j The Spanish Expedition ag-aini . i o’clock *on Monday morning,^ 6th instant. The J on this subject, which arc calculated to
country. At the commencement of each Pres- The probability of hostilities with Mexico begins , ori _ inBtr j iu t he lower story of the brick build- j public judgment. Wo have taken pain* t„ a *c f; ‘.
I idential term, office-seekers iwirm tbe hotels at \ to excite a good deal of attention here. I bent- | * Columbus block, ocupied by Mr. S. M. ' tain the facts which bear upon the point Un j t . r t
I r r kffild Harrison T.vlor and ' f * ir ” complicated. On one hand the government ^ gooda , nJ Jore. Not- ! mission. ami are enabled to place before our re^-. fi
! „ V *‘ h g , ?’ Th 7 k W . ni . h ’ daT : n >• ,oth toxo war with the republic, lest its opera- , t be viforou* exertions of our citizens, what may be considered authentic information. j
Poik, and they ire now engaged, n ghl y, .hould in Home w.J grae ipreleit for ora- g, e Wlli not arrested before ihe enlirr devlruc-j The All.nl* Examntr .rated that Ireighp,.. I
administering "rut poieon to President Huchinan. h„g e lothe Uni.cd Slate., o( which power it eund, „ „r ,h„ .tore ind content, tunelbet with tbe Chirkmim vie Augu.ta and \\ cat Point, u,
We have faith, however, that the malt who for near ; in awe. Tbe di.like to riek a diap— -"I, what , U»n
j seventy ye
The l.aat Hoop Htory.
On last Sunday evening, we wandered with a
friend and sat down on a rock, which forms a part
of the abutment of the Rail Road bridge, that spans
the Chattahoochee. We had not been long seated
before we noticed a black Alabama belle dressed in’
the very extremity of crinoline and accompanied by
her sable beau strolling leisurely along with
thought*, no doubt, on love intent. The colored
"gemmen,” from the Cbesterficdian movements of
hi* white kid gloves, was evidently eloquent on
•nine mighty subject, lie rolled up the whites of
his eyes after the most approved faahion of a lover,
while ah', littrrally spread herself to catch the ac-
rent* of hu voice. Occasionally, she would toss
her head up and aside, like a high spirited horse,
and then her downcast mo le»tv would eoncaal half
her charms. She was certainly trying the pique
and soothe system of Hymn upon him.
We watched thi* interesting coupl" with great
attention as they neared the bridge. Presently, be
took a must uffertiun ite farewell of his mistress, and
turned his lingering looks toward the eity. She
continued her steps to the bridge, the gate of
which was locked. Here thought we, you must
atop—but not so, tho river must be crossed. 8he
arranged the folds of bar dross, quietly Htretched
herself flat upon tho trough of the bridge, inserted
her head under the g it* and pushed forws rd for the
Afahsma aide. L'ke old Loniihargcr getting to
Heaven, it wa* a light squeeza all the way, hut when
the hoops and gate met, she stuck aa last as a pig in
the crack of a fence. We have aeon some tall
kicking in our life, hut never any thing to equal the
pedal perform wee on this occasion. W.« never
dreamed before, that the human leg had such pow
er. A mule could have profited by the example and
lr**>n. AI length we heart) something crack, and
through she slipped.
While the kicking was in full blnat, we taw her
lover cast ona hasty glance at the object of his
affection, then sink hi* head and look sorrowfully
toward the eity, lighted up with th* rays of the «• <-
ting tun.
Candidate for Governor.
Tho I.aGrange Reporter of the 9th lnst.,eaya:—
Aa it ia understood that the Hon. B. II. Hill will
not consent to he a candidate, Wa would respectful
ly suggest, us the candidate of the people, the name
of Hon. Win, H. Crawford, a gentleman well cal
culated to fill ths Executive Chair with impartiali
ty ami credit to the whole Ntate. A man of large
intellectual rapacity—an unassuming and quiet
man—conservative in his principles—commanding
the respect of all parties, ws ten no leason why
Lis claims should l-e overlooked. '
W The Charleston Courier of the 9th itinianl
aaya: Notwithstanding we are at the end of th*
first week of spring, winter is aliil upon us. Ice of
iodic thickness was to »een iu various parts of
the city yesterday morning, from which ws fear
tbe fruit and rvriy vegetables in our vicinity, must
have suffered very severely. A letter now before
us, dated at Boston, on Thursday, 2d inst., reports
the ground as aliil covered with snow, and it was
then falling very fast, with the thermometer only
17 degrees above xero. aud as fierce aa east wind
as was ever fell. Another letter from Flat Rock,
N. 0., dated 3d inst., aaya the weather there also
is veiy cold, they have thick ice, and it it hared,
the peaches ar* destroyed. Everything looks more
backward and winter-like than it did in February.
The Ul.uk of Columbus.
Wa call attention to a statement of the finaucial
condition o( this Bank, its resources, liabilities, Ac.
to be sound in another column. It will ha ascii by
the figures that the institution is doiog a safe and
profitable buainegt, and that uo Bank in the Visit
(a founded on a surer basis, or more deserving of
c/ojit and auppor t.
lloop-urrary!
Ho much ha* been written again*! the u
hoop* that we cann >t resist an item or two in their
favor, for the benefit of the fair .
Item No. 1, state* thut u gentleman of Louisiana
who had been traveling for three mouths, became
uxeeedingly anxious to see hia wife, mid arriving at
home, wa* told that she was in the parlor. Thith
er he bolted, and forgetting the observance of rigid
propriety, attempted to greet hi* “gude laddie” with
a kiss. Not fancyingsuch exhibitions before com
pany, and unwilling to run from his presence, she
•imply ruse to her lect, an,! the disappointed man
found to his chagrin thut ho was unable to attain
th* «*bj*ct of his wishes by about—four and a half
No. 2, represent* on* of the steamers trora Nor
wich, Conn., approaching tho wharf in New York
city, when a lady accidently walked overboard into
the deep waters of the East river, and would havo
drowned but for the hoops in her drc*s keeping it
expanded like a balloon, und saving the lady from
a watery grave t The importance of the hoops is
made more manifest when it is known that they
buoyed her up in this perilous situation for nearly
half an hour.
Surely, if a man's indeeorousnaaa has been cor
rected, and a lady’s life preserved, hy these simple
appendages ol feminine apparel, who will not any
with us, "there’s virtue in everything”— hoops in
cluded ! And what lady will not provide herself
with these efficient life-preservers I NVe advise
all of them to look iu at the store of Messrs. Uuit,
\N auk A Co., Broad atrect, ami txnnin* some
thing nrw ami more complete (ban Anything we
have keen iu this rxpansivu line of business.
A Caution.
Yount men—and many time* middled aged
inni, too—in tbi* neighborhood nr* guilty of ma
king indecorous remarks of females, and from (lie
force of thi* habit in private circles of lln-ir own, it
grows too frequently into a sort of "second nature”
with them. Remarks of this kind exhibit the lack
of a correct appreciation of female character and fe
male virtue, and ure too indelicate, si limes, for
ear* or tonguss polite to hear or utter. A word of
caution from u* is therefor* not nut of place—for
young men never to make li^ht remark* upon the
appearance or manners of a young lady in the street
or any where else. The habit leads to something
worse, and finally, Ike the esse noted below, utny
result in ererlasting disgrace to the young man
himself. And let us add; that iu proportion as
you respect and help to elevate the character of la
dies, just in that proportion do ynu^ise yourovyii
character and standing in thi* and every other
community. D*pteri.ile the one and none can tell
how soon you will follow the "wake” of the .South
Carolina nefainrr:
At the recent C uirl of Common Pleas for Green
ville district, there was rase of slander—a foul slan
der, on a young, innocent ami beautiful school girl,
just verging in’<» wnmsnho.nl. Hfje brought her
ac ion, by her faiher. in vindication of her charac
ter, and a Greenville jury awirdrd her the sum of
four thousand dollars. We hopo this rerdirt will
•how the world the estimate put on character by a
Greenville jury. The defendant wis « mm of
property, and he th ,1 the country, with his family,
but the verdict shall overtake him. Not one dol
lar of which, however, ia the plaintiff disposed to
Much ; hut her counsels Slave not the same delica
cy of feeling or repugnance to the touch of defend
ant’s money. After the payment of counsel fees,
th* remainder can !>r appropriated to various patri
otic and charitable purpose*, without offending the
delicacy of any one. The slanderer must be pun-
Up to this present writing our neighbor of the
Enquirer does not seem to have found eut that
Hilliard is gone.—Corner .Stone.
Where is ho gone ! On a mission to France.
England, Spain I We had not heart! the news,
"up to this present writing.” We have learned
dial klr. Hilliard lately attompted to crowd a cer
tain Mr. Dowdell, but in the ruth, ho unfortunately
fell against the great Cornet Stone of Democ
racy, and the political physicians say hia case ia
hopeless, that muddy water haa settled on hia brain
which no oblivious aulidolcs will ever cure or
cleanae.
IT A party hunting in Angelina county, Tex
as, lately found two hundred IhhIics in a cave, en
tirely petrified and dressed in a style neither Euro
pean nor Indian. On the waist of one w«# found
a buckle of gold, almost three inches in diameter,
imluded in the body. The lealuros were not much
sunken, the eyes partly closed, and even trace* of
th* eyebrows could be seen plainly.— Exchange.
We think the above,a much better and innocent
April Fool than the one lately perpetrated by the
Wilmington (N. l\) Journal. Suchj.ikca will ••!»-
cerate no hearts,” unless the descendants of tho
"petrified,” meet with some legal difficulties in
proving title to that "buckle of gold n/nwts/ th ee
inches in diameterTbe feature*, eye* and es-
peeially the eyebrows, will however, make out a
rase for a lawyer, clear aa—inuJ. "Pitch in,” gen
tlemen of the Bar! and exhibit your genealogical
learning.
A* the deceased wore neither European nor In
dian, probably some sharp "limb of the law” could
perhaps find an heir to tho buckle in the interior of
Africa. If so, it would mako hia fortune at once,
and there would be no necessity to rack his brains
any more over crabbed old Coke.
>3r Iu our account of the fire on Monday after-
urnoon,(says the Atlanta AssrMcaa ot the 8th inst.)
we estimated the loss at near $70,000. Ws wrote
whilo the fin was rsgiug ; and we own to bs exci
table when our friends suffer. Ws wish never to
be otherwise. Upon reviewing the scene of disas
ter, however, we think thst the real loss will bs
louud In figure* between $40,000 and $.*>0,000.—
Bad enough at that.
The dislike to risk a dispute with wbat
> h„ with.tood tbe bright c,e. of the I the Speni.h p^er. .re wont to call the .North
I , , . | American Collossua t* sugmented by a refusal
j ladies, will be able to stand up four years against . { ^ ha9 bcei , recei ved from Eng-
j the men. The old Buck's bido we know is thick, j #n j p rincf to the application made to them
j but the hounds have fastened upon his haunches ; f ( f protection for the i-land of Cuba while an expe-
! and the blood flows freely. It is time, we think, | dj-jon went against Mexico.
| for the hunters to -blow off tbe dog*" and let the } A special env y from the Mexican government,
i wounded game seek the stream and shady covert. *® nor
i T.-.r. roar.' down hi, f.c« •• ho turn, and l~-k. | 1™.??”.". Jf-.i',
have arrived »t fJiuth-
y to Madrid, charged
. with the explanations respecting tbe recent mstra-
back on his pitiless pursuer*. But hear a Y> a*h- j oB &p Bnui h rodent* in the territory of the re-
ington correspondent of the Louisville Journal on . public. Until he has been hcarJ, and until tbe re-
this subject. Hessys: j ceipt of dispatches from the ‘Spanish Minister of
•' By thi, time, u m.ny here rcident kmrer, Mr. ; Mezietr, no- m the roe.l »nt! czpr. ml her, ra il
Buchanan, has experienced ihe severe Presidential : week, no final decision will be taken by tbr grweru-
toils. Always a regular liver, in the habit ol relir- j went. Meanwhile, preparations continue. Five
seasonable hour*, and consulting his own I | trg# vessels are getting ready to leave Cadiz with
difficult to ascertain hia precise age—lie
finds that he must alter his ways, and give audi
ence t his friends real, and pretended, and engage
in the discussion-—just now concerning office—
which occupy tiio cabinet. Yesterday it is known
that he ws* compfctcfr exhausted—sick with the
pressing business ; and of thi* conversed freely
troops, and the officers ordered on thi* service bvve
received ordeis to hold themselvc* in readiness on
prompt departure. The plan of the Spooish gov
ernment is the following : It is proposed »o fetch
Gen. Hsnti Ann* from Carthagena (Hoclb Ameri
ca) where he -t present is, and whence he will
have sent instruct! n* to his partisans in Mexico,
with intimate friends. Tne mean and impatient ' era t, * ruz j‘ he taken in his name and with
attacks upon him by iho politicians are killing hiiu. «p»D*»h aid ; hi* adherenis will bo in readiness to
Hr ia physically unequal to suc!i attentions, and (join him audio inarch upon the capital,
there will be a f*ial consequence unless the 'dogs’ ( The project has probably bad iu origin in an
■ hall be ‘called off ’ ” i licstion which is known to have !* en made lu
... . " *" 7 77 ' . i -Spain a short lime ago I y SanU Anna for a large
re- W . regret tu learn, »y. .bo Attaint Amcru | of or> bt „„
MM.Ih.t Mr. T. D. Lyne. h.d hi. ,rrn se,orely free j i« m p|„ in g. Il i, ibougbt that lire capture of Vow
tarrd by the falling of some heavy article upon it, at j (; rU x u spoken of rather loo confidently aa a thing
the fire in that city. The estimated loss is between sure to be at once effecte,d. Ban Juan d'CIIns
$40,000 end $60,000. passes for one of the strongest^ fortresses in the two
Americas, and although the French, favored by cir-
Netcr Wa> of Detecting Counterfeits 1 | cumsttness and by a fiieblo reiwtaiw. , captured
.Mr. John S. Dye of New York, ha* conic before
lh, public With . new pl.n for d.racrin, counter, j . N „ lwil ,,. t , mll
fc.t, .puriou. ,„d altered no.ee lie proen.e .. in Bn(bBlJ , lf , w , ckjJe h Spuntab ram of wa, of
Dye's I Call Street linker, and he pledges himself j Mexican purls, it is double t whether this can
to take every counterfeit, new or old, at itafull value, j j M . effective ami sustained, the more *o at the u«r-
Ihat is not thoroughly described in hia publication ( iherly gale*, u-ual .n those latitudes at tbia season,
ao early a* to be delected, and it ia to make no dif I would render it J.ffirult and da;igt*r>u* for a squsd-
ferenco whether the bill is now in existence or j ron to remain off th* Mexican coast
should come into exiateuce nionthaor a year hence, j All the tr.vjps thut are as yet known V> be under
The plan ol detection is set forth in English, Ger- j Uf ^' r * ^ or Gub* are about two tb -unand men,
min and French. The character ot all genuine I ^ r * u ffh*a from different regiments,
and spurious bills is minutely described- Seven
rules for detection are given as follows:
fire the wind was Westerly, and the fl-
swept immediately across the wharves in front, but in
less than half an hour afterwards the wind sud
denly changed and blew trom the North a stiff
brrexc, which threatened destruction
busim 8* part of the cit;
ever, a heavy shower of
miles in favor of the latter route. Repeating
a eve statement, the Exuminer took occa»„ n T
t ry that freights to Atlanta, u» well as CwJujnr
the whole should be delivered nt a« low a figure as t [ irv ”
few minute* later, how- : from Charleston. These rtatementsuf the hi. )
fell, whirh lasted an ; tner have been republished in other papers,
u«iur or ii»u,., to which fortunate cirumstance may j two conclusions seem to have been drawn, n a:u , ?
be a Ur ibuted the comparatively small destruction ' that exorbitant rate* are charged by the Mav* nr , .
of property, and the aufetv of the citv. line, and that the managers of that line hate
The b»»* sustained uy Mr. Nickerson is e.fima- ! been awake. Tbe premises are wrong—the c q
ted at >18 000. Insured in Southern Mutual of J elisions are wrong.
of Georgia. $6.000; Etna, of Hartford, $5,000 J | Railroad rate* between Atlanta and the , . ^
nn J tn Hurttord Insurance Co., $4,000 : Total in- either at Charleston and Savannah, have been
-ur.nre $14,000. same for yore, .nd are lb. ..rat ,t thi, J,,. Tta jj
I'ht- building, Nn,. I «ml S belong!"! I" tbe e«- | rate oocononn no cenu per 100 It,., from All,, „
Ule of Corno. hen. mi wen- eglued nt from 7 W either to Surann.i, „r Ch.rleelon. The nt, g
IjwtKiO, ,[„! covered be rn-urunce in BoulLem Mu- second class goods (which cl... include, drve
tu„| lo I- C Client of Sft.OOO. The store No. 2 w.« ; either from Uharle.tu
used for storage, ana »l the -iroe of the fire contain
ed cotton chiefly, nearly all of which was saved,
only TJ bale* having twen cousumt-d—cotton in
sured.
The fire is supposed to have been the work of an
i nee nd i ary. as there had been no light or fire in the
1 store aince tbe evening of the 1th inst-
The ibarika of tbe citnrns are due to the owners
and officer* of the steamer Harriet, for her very effi
cient services rendered in supplying the engtix t
with water from the rivon—Advertiser, %th.
from Savannah to .V,, .
U >* $1 JO per 100 iba. Goods and product
carried at the frame figures between Al.anu s „
the two ports.
When the Opulika branch railroad was optnrrf,
and railroad communication was thus t>u
between Savannah and Montgomery—ont hon.
miles shorter than tbe route between Charlt-;
and Montgomery- rates were establish. • fH-u,,]
8.»vannah and Montgomery, as follow-
75 cents per 100 lbs. The Charleston
cotton at 75 cents, and dry goods nt >1 oo—\, ut
directly competing with the Savannah : i: ,.
Montgomery good* and | reduce, not with
The :
i 1638, it due* not necessarily folio
.1! an easy prey lo the Spaniards in 1657.
Isf. Examine fhc form and features of all hiimin
figiir*** on the noie If tho form* ar»- graceful and
attires distinct, examine the drapery
bes
bich in
iiubJ be sent later in the year lu fill up
the vacancies caused by deaths and r»o»pittu>n of
service in (he ranks of the army in ibt- Spanish
West Indies. It is asserted, however, that tn »iVJi-
lion to tbesn a sufficient body of Irr
pared from Cobs lo form the expr-
f r m ib< Ssvsnnsb BsyaMksa
Southern Democracy and the Administration j the one hundred miles longer carriage.
—secretary Cobb. vannah line protested against the course
It is impossible to disguise the fa< t that the new (> , r le*ton line, and the subject of the Monts
« Iminiitration has but little ot the real, heart felt rv rates was brought up at a meeting ot fll
sympathy of the Democratic paily proper at Ihe p r , m- u Atlanta, two years ago. A ro U
< South. Mr- Buchanan being now the dispenser ol u , fi u f wi tch the Superintendent of tne M .uu
| federal patronage, there may b« no open d. nwnstia- j ^ roa j was one, reported to the meeting that
’ ii >n iff hostility fro»u flic . v i,_ •»! his par- ought, in justice, to be a rate fixed by the <7
1 ty. at least until’>> cltnimsim- : t i; ne twenty -five per centum higher th«,
f i..>n ;yet. upon • m* ! ving j V; . ;il ,h line. The meeti; g opposed the l ,
j vital poiuls ol constitutional constlucimu and lb> jj (he President# ol ihv Houth Car.,;
• rvlatious of tire Htates lo the federal government, (4,. ;;a roads tefused to acquiesce in (hut r
( they arc a» w ide aeuudei as ttic polo*. This but k | |; ) tiiey declined to msku any witcralivn , |
! may t»c kept in the back ground 11 tbe operation , nppositou has continued to the prt-M
I of interest and a rigid j«a ly disci,dine, but that it ; Tbe Savannah lute,notwithstanding the opt**
j exi-ts, deep rooted and firm, no Lonesl mind can i always carried, by far, the larger j«jM
1 ‘ doubt. | Montgomery goods, and of cotton the greate
Wo c ipy an article below, from tbe Natchr-x but atill an inconsiderable quantity, Ua«
(Miss.) Fret 1 'ruder, m which the editor is bold ■ )<> Charleston.
I enough to a freak out the truth upon thi* question. * j fl |{, t . course of the season 1856, DW
i He may stand al->n« tu fei* avowals, yet * majority j Charleston line took c31 ton from Colninti
n' uust j h M party respoml at licart to every st'ntimenl i West Point, to Charleston ot 70
•Jd. Examine the lettering, the title, of the Bonk,
or the round hand-writing on the face of the note.
On all genuine bills the work is done with great
skill and fwirfcetness, and there has never been a
counterfeit but a as defective in (he lettering.
Id, Tho Imprint orongratan’ names. By observ
ing the great perfection ol the different company . uniting with th
didate in the tie
4th. The shading in the back ground ol the vig
nette, or over or around the letters forming ih<
of »ho bank—on a good bill is even and perlect
••Pall Into Line.
The Colutnlnn
trier, and other clever and courteous democratic pa
pershave ccasiomilly intimated arid urged the pro
priety of the American Puny tailing into tint, mini
on the same Gubernatorial can-
election. Now wbilfri wv b-rd
very kindly toward our democratic friends, and
would most gladly unite with them in the m-Iccikui
and election ol the next Governor of Georgia, we
greatly fear that snmeol the leaders and Journafvof
that party intend to prevent 'if in their powerto do
to, - any such desirable consummation Else why
do they make term* which they know will be indig
nantly spurned hy every true hearted American T
Tho American Press of Georgia feel kindly toward*
Mr. Buchanan, and desire that his Adminiatration
shall prove salutary to the great interests of tho
bad j Republic. We would raise no opposition lo ii, #<»
•fill how | lung ns it proves laiibiul to the pledges and declar
ations of the Inaugural; although we do not en
dorse the whole of that document. We believe that
it is the duty of the whole Sou'h to give Mr. Bueh-
7th. Examine the name oi tho State, name of the j »nan • fair and liberal trial. If his administration
bank, and name of the town where the bank is lo- , is tairne down and overwhelmed, whnt becomes of
aled If ii U. lu'tn nlicred fru.n > broken t.nnk, | lhp lS< , Jlh ., . rhp Union, Con.ululion.l men uf ihe
“■";;„ , d ' 0 i hc | North.ndSo..b, Whif-anil Democrat*—men who
ona counterfeit irrcirnlnr and ini perlect
5th. Examine well the (igurea on other parts of
the note containing tbe denomination, al»o Isilers
Examine well thenic-work nround the figures which
stand for the denomination, to see il ii is of ihe
snino characiera* Hint which forma the ornamental
work surrounding it
6th. Never take a bill that ta deficie
Hie above p. int*. ami if your imprei
when you first see it, you had better be
you becomo convinced, to change y
whether your opinion is not altered as
confused in looking into the texture of the
rnanship of the bill.
than party—generously, patri-
From ths Montgomery Matt otically. stood by Mr. Fillmore, and hi* sd"iini*tra-
Mniitffoutery and West Hahit Kallroad. ! tion, and ena’>|«-il the public to ontrid-' the secti mat
The annual meeting of the Stockholder* of tho " tor,n whi«h darkened the Southern and Northern
Company occurred yeslirdny, (7th inst.) in this i i- horizon in 1850 A more fearful storm and straggle,
at the Horn party** office. T lie following is the j if p<»»,jblr. threaten* the Constitution and the Gu
ard <
i Isinciiteii Major T, M. Cow lei
in the |>lac
deceased ;
C. T. I'oi.LAXti. President.
Joint I* Kino, R K Ci vi.ir
Ww. Taviox, Wm. Mtiit.
B. H. Dim, W. B. 8. Gim
The condition of the (-oiupany'a slf
parous and improving The Mock ought t
) tho Be
ioi» greatly, aud a
per rent, lias been decln
than three per cent has been c
Fund of the Corporation.
The subjoined condensed statement of the
ne*s of the ft Mini, for the year just ended, in
pnrlMon with the preceding, i* very gratifying
ion in IfthO Almost victorious in the late Preaden-
t *1 conflict, the dark legions of 'antticistn have
been emboldened to protract the contest, with re
newed vigor and b> prs of success. The late elec
tions in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, demon-
stmts that their tiopca are hy no meant baseless.
Under such circumstances, every consideration of
hould prompt the const it u-
on loving men of the conn•
mnn in a faithlul ndrninis-
patriotism n
> uphold M
1 j tration of Hie («<
I But whilst we
a thrs
the i
n all carneat-
s endorse or
pan>
itrary
nd alt
respo
the
e, Mr
The total number
of passengera transported thin
Increase
Thi* increase of business is m tho
ropof cotton. By that cause ahm,
th« last year, the transporta
19,000 bales, as ia shown I
Txaxsroj
To Montgomery, 1*
the exhibit bell
• n5,.r.t8 I iiounccd—is quite
TT"*7 I II our dcmoeroi
l'.r,! diri«i«o» «!,a dur,
ouipony J «nd unite with th<
w •’ partially tbe athrii
tain therofi
official dut
lalgamate with “iron ribbed do*
(as Mr. Jenkins express, it) with
l “IsiHili'ta* to its pledges,” as
ared, and 1 afflicted, with he dry-
worse,” as Mr Stephens pro
as low a* 66 cents. Then the Savannah 1,-.
-t«-d lo Chaalralun al 70 and at 66 cents., t • r
toract the opcrklion of iho uppt>r line. .Ni i .
ibsn five thousand hales have, thiough tin- ~
been diverted by way of Augusta, even nt the j
of 70 and 65 cents. Tbe Charleston line
ed the same operation of carrying cotton limn
that he otters. Tb« ground IS open.'y taken, it will
t>e jwrcetvcd, that Mr. Buchanan, in the orgamxa-
tion of bis Csbincl, ha* “j-roscribed the true De-
r to. I 1.1 , r • mot-racy of the Houth, and lostalled tbe mere caul-
T " m " 1 ' I fi"*- I in| wonta of Unumum" m iu ,L.d. Th. .rli.l.
j ukes Mr. Cobb as tl* |mrlicular irxl, and avers ihst
be -is no representative of tbe southern Dem >ers-
cy.” Nothing can be truer luan this. 1 he only , fumbu* to Charli
bonds ol union between Mi. Cobb und the Demo- j 11*55-6; ton limited extent. This led to a i
cranr party proper iti the Hou'h, and especially in ! poudence, in which, in June, I860, the inter
Georgia, are, first, a name, which they bold tn coin- j t j, e Hsvnnnah line were well looked to.
moo; secondly, hu pouter among the people, whxb In June, 1656, the Macon & Western,
they are ulraid to defy. Tbia much Cali, however, Western and Muscogee Ronds advertised lo
Ik- *aid in bis lebxlf i Though he may not represent |h-iween Atlanta and Columbus, via .Macon,
the southern De»octacy, hi* views are in entire hsr- | MIIIe advertised by tlie Im* via West |‘
mony with ihe Dt-moi'rsUc executive head that has j distance between Atlanta and Columt
called bun lo its md. He represents Mr. Buchan- j Macon, is sixty-four miles greater than the
an and a majority of the best citizens of thu Houth , t>,.t W p n Atlanta und Columbus, via West IV,
—but not of the Democratic party, except to a very j |'hi* proceeding of lire three Companies w>
utly met by complaint that the rate f- •
lit11tu to Columbus, via Macon, (the distar
ing sixty-four miles the longer,) ought to l>.
ths*" the rate via West Point. The ausw-r :
complaint was this: When the upper hnr
■hall, in accordance with the Atlanta R>-p rt
from Charleston to Montgomery at ‘25 j,-
higher than the line from Havannah to M .n-
the rate between Atlanta and f'olnn
"hi* i higher than hy tho line 1
limr.ed extent. The name of hu real constituents
is "legion,” and be can L.d defiance to tbu eutire
p ick of disorganizers and union-dissolvers thut may
come howling at his heels.
But we have already kept the reader too long
from ;be text of our rt marks, wi.icb will be found
in the Inflowing significaut paragraphs taken Irom
the |Mp*'r alluded to :
”lt im kuowu by our readers that we look very
deculMi in ui>|K,»itiun in Ik. .pnuiminent j .hall bo abnn.luoi-d
ol Howell Cobb to a Cabinet post non, We gave 1
our reasons at the time that induced ns to this . , ...
course, and need no- here repeal titeni. It is suffi- | M-wleaton line declined to yield
cient to any dial the mere fact (bat lie has been ap 1 During this season, the Charleston line
pointed, and ihereby mail*- a j»art of a DcmiKratic | in New York, greatly reduced rate* to
ad minis! tanou, does uni change our opinion iff hint, and Columbus. Tbe Savannah line con
We Mill lira: liu uppi.uumem wu.ild be mjicllve , , h . |, u |, o( ,|„ ,,. ro New V„
£±£7 m ii: i ... b, i,,
the mere c.nting words of "Unionism,” and wc • h 'l* on lhe ”* v » nn »h line. I be three *1
think so aliil. We s*i<J that we could never recog- j not been sufficient to take all the wester
mxe In u» as a representative ot the Southern De- and the Charleston line received Colum!'
racy, and we ray so now. We said Hut the j to b* transported ftom Chorlesten to Colu:
| Augusta and West Point, at very near
I rale* as from Savannah to Columbus. $ :
i side ruble parcel* of good* have gone fri
Monti
Hie Fresideni might call around hiiu a
mounted to nothing; but that the political complex
ion and antecedents ot those be selected a* ttis ad
vi>crs would indicate the policy ol his adminis;
referenci* to the irire State Rights Demorrn- f ^ ^lurabu* al Havannah rates. 1 tu*
f the South, nn.) ilmt on this account Ire* j uni and increased opposition wa* quickly
Cabin*! appointments would be deeply significant ■ the managers ot tho Savannah line—*
and important. We said than that Mr Buchanan's ! | ore the Examiner made its statement*
tawntlM, to t» •OCCOMIUI. >w beLOinpuMd j Fur , , u „„ th ^ n , g oiietion» l.a.e I
of a luptesaulali.e Cauiuci . euu nev, a nec inr [ , , .. n i i
bav. been a„i».nca<l, we are ' ,>••*».' <•!»•-» «•. »n«- Ba<tau»,l
at Mid tossy we conekhr il a very unrepresentative i *'> come to a fair underetamlmg oi
Cnbmvt. We look, in min for tbe true reprc-mis- | r ites, lo avoid unjust jompetitiou, ami
lives of S.-uthern senniiM-ni and Soutkofn polii-v in ) l etween the roads. These negotiatin'
the Cabinet ; but in their place* we find, principal- I
the
enuine Democracy
ii s mere boy in 1H50, when the great
[ok place on the "Compromise meas-
[»■ err* deeply impressed with it* impor
radically imbued with th* scntiinent*
t actuated the rnrenmi n«ff»ic spirMawbo favored
• still pending, auJ are likely t
uli ,
I iinnly rcsiMtaure tu aelfisli submission. I'rohably !
I there were inkers who, while loudest in their words j A
’ol resistance, wore only plavvng for party vpo.la.
action, and pern
The Examiner ignorant of the facts **<•••'
tailed, concluded thut it was a regular raib->
eration, to carry cotton from Columbus i.i t
ton at C5 cent* a hundred, and dry gooJ>
Charleston to Columbus at $1.20 per huinl.
. Hiat the lice from Charleston to &
ot afford to carry at the rates now rxn
and these rstn will be abiimloned. The Hat*
Listin ' ! * ntc tol>tUlUN ,4> fsnj the great hulk <' *
►quality o
ic-tenthaof tbe Colombo
n -twithslaudil g the opposition above r* *
The Havannah l.u« also carries its lair short
. .15,5
From Montgomery to Columbus, Hie
same points 1865
Total bales transportod, 1856- 57....
1AV
The Company is relaying Hie road with T rail,
at tho rale of about twenty-miles per year.
^ At the cli.se of Ihe Report of Hie Presidant, Col.
C. T. Pollard. Hre following appropriate tribute is
paid to tbe late Msj T M Cowles •
aly dut V devolve*
you officially the
enlarged and 1
lain intcrrai* s
i-eral views, and feeling* ; one who
it-fine his poaiiion upon ihe impor-
id question* which will come before
asily rndor*i
the Htaio flights parly |
ariily aiqirosn ut the ap- I
oodt.
id clisumo
how us where you stand, g* ,
isures of .State reform, and the
r prepared to give an explicit
sion. In the meantime, iti*
Hie American party will aha
oldest ami i
on the Board, of
death of ona of <
bera, Major TU
i a* a member of the ftoar lol Directoi
day ol the organization ot the Company
1835 up lo the day of hi* death , and in all thai long I
legi*
we w ill be
d enlight-
rdiy prob-
s served them. We in
rnm the i generally, to i
lb, yu., | „ U |, , hc
period of service, he was one of Hie few w ho never
! faltered in hia confidence in the completion of the
| Road, and hi* name nnd hi* mean* were alway*
ready to sustain the character and the credit • f trie
rasE’ wi’hout the unwavering con
I Abner McGelu-e and Major Cowles, an
j Win. Taylor, vnow the only remaining
are endorsing
•d ‘fall in line*
r. \ Mss.
about 3 o’clock. »
7th, a fire broke
White Hall, near
of buildings, rvitn
—On veaterilay afternoon,
*ya the Atlanta Examiner, of the
out at the ‘-Johna«n House” on
Hunter street. A Urge number
encea and stores, have boon des-
j Road would have been abandoned in If
‘ In 'hi* long *orviee with Major Cowles, hi* a*
| aooiatea in the Board have ever found hint an able
! adviser in council, ami in hia intercourse with them,
a liberal and courteous gentleman ; and they deeply
regret and depluMgh| 1 * . wgagac
T 1). Lines.
• W. J.ck, all
lew and large
ahich they have
unanimously
dem i
i his death
The following resolutions we
adopted by tbe Btockhoiders in con
! Resolved, That Hie Siockholdci
[fully concur with the President a
I * the tribute they have paid in th«
character and services of the late Maj 'thum.ii> M.
Cowles, who, for inure than twenty year.*, bar ably
and faithfully aerved the Company aa one of ire
troyod. Among the sufferer* a
Cutting. While & Co.. Peter Ly
C. B. Strong, C. P. Cssstn <V (Jo
merchants, and some of them w
slocks of good*. Insurance, we In
•mount only of $11,000 was effected
The loss of projierty haa twen *wrl I
present we can place no estimate upon it.
Several persons were seriously injured, and much
nlium ri and undisturlx-d pr. speritv ot \
rest m 1850 and I »*>lr->»»Wr4 Georgia. We are not of the i.l '
r n ii I rerognixe } those lo whom it would be ggraCftble t
| II »w .-Il Cobb, or Henry S Foote. >»r Hnaa Hooston I IlMtiroad lints at war, contending in a fit rcr c* 1
! n* 'rue rejireseniattves of the Southern Dcnt'usracy. j tit ion, aud carrying st ruinous rates t>» the-
if ill i, I* Ire, .an to ll>t- lii.nracrary, ranko !h, l( „„ h , ,, , ,, u
Vv r Imvp no iw-iirn to re-open ihe agitation l
50. or to revive difference* that eaisre.I in the rale * f>)f lhf I»uhlic.
M-ratV •< <bu lira- Buf du thm l>l, TO l,lu K .1 tie llrtlbh Parltam!!
•late Rtghifr party of i860 conamu rd the tree } ,
ocraltr party, and we will resent al all nme* ' ' Mlowmg is the k£ueun a sperrf.
barge that we ate netuated by "aelfish and he I Bie British Parliament, which wa»deli\ere2
motive* in opposing the nppointmtnt of a ! Chancellor,
who left tfw Dionoeratieparly, uuiied wubthe 1 Mv Lord* and Gentlemen:
ml'U.-Wb. iiiiJ ... g.i u, another 1 W. *rr ruir.m»n.!r.l b, hr. M.jp.lv t- '
.' if p,"y. »"H -bu lh ,„ j ,.,1,',..!
flhetrue Dent-K-recy oftheHonih f • ... 7. ‘ , . . il u
«• traitors and disunion!*'* - v,,ur ■HendwMy tn Pariiament, it re Her
"The mere fact i»>at Howell Cobb was or- »B**ntii>n immediately to dissolve tbe pres*
jeered over another Southern man of sounder prin- [ liament iu order fo ascertain in the m"-v
ilents amount* to mulling. I tioiial manner the sense of her people in 11
jibe proclivities of ihe 1‘res- J „u of pnblic affairs.
bly omin- | Gentlemen uf the House of Common* :
We ure commanded by Her Msjeatv 1
ji>u for the liberal provisions which y»u t.«»'
) the goorls.
Directors,
distress prevails with lam lies who _
boil.tmgs that have been consumed. We trust that
our citizens will be prompt in extending relief to
the unfortunate.
him and of their high apprec
ihe President »* hereby directed to confer on
Cowles Hie freedom of the Road, during her t
A Skxsibi.* Fatuir.—The Sunday .!//<«
Kax.*as Emiokavt*.—The company of Kansas
emigrants headed by Capt. Joshua II. Danforth, of
Opelika on the 8th inst. There
were 78 persons in the company, among whom
were several handsome ladies, one clergvm-n. and
quite a number or' negroes. All were in high hopes
1 ood spirits. Free passage was granted
"Th* Wild Hcht.”—There are one hundred
and twelve applicants at Washington, for the twelve
or fourteen land office ap| ointments in Kansas ’
We thought this a little strange, but our thoughts
were "fluslreted" considerably by reading the de
claration of the editor of the Macon Telegraph—
very good authority in such matters, that every lh-
ntotrai in Georgia if a candidate in the nomination
for Governor. Numerically, this would make a
strong ticket, if all were to take the field, but polit
ically it would be a splendid mixture of blue spirits
and whilo— union and fire-eating, free trade and
tariff men—all together making one of the weakest
act of nags that ever yet shinned it over the politi
cal race course!
gentleman of great wrath in New York, but j th *‘ Montgomery A West Point Railroad, for which
who baa never cared to mingle much in laahionable * r ® requested to return the thanks of the corn-
society, recently settled $15,00(1 a year on a (laugh- P Mnt - The route of (he company will be v s At-
ter who had married to hi* satisfaction. In speaking l*nta, Ga.. Chattanooga and Memphis, Tennessee,
on the subject to a friend the other day, he remark- ^ rr duction of fare has been secured over all the
ed he was willing to do the same by hia other daugh- Railroads. Henry I). Clayton accompanied
that they married * *
and belter
But bis selection
idem, and such procliviue
ous lor the Houth. Whatever damnge may b
to Hie party of the South by these appointments,
can h<* justly attributed lo ihe Southern Democratic
Pr.
the South
They mIK/led themselves before ihe Cabi- j *’ r 'he exigencies of the public
npjtaunied, and refused to speak The ] period that will elapse ta-fore the new
o .....M '•'•! know iho wii.hfi.ur demand* of which Her Majestv will direct imrned
“* lh, T “"‘r "> „!!td, ,l,.ll h.r, taun ubta
•>m*oev«r might he appointed.— .
I. ...... . attention to these matter*.
i, .« .... •—> word* '
We speak plai..... .. . w W ,u» - rir .
In the South, and especially in Mississippi, there ia ,
but one party, dswervirtg the nanre The Dem or. I
raey i* triumphant nnd will rule the day, and t
must talk among ouraelvea a* to the iieatcourse
preserve our ascendancy and protect ihe South
» R' v *
pectahlc, upright and industrious yo
did not rare how poor they were, if thev t
of this description, aud their characters w
investigation.
He
r?” On Wednesday evening, there occurred a
very singular circumstance, and most narrow escape >
from .... wrauon. Col. Sewmoo M'B.Im, of
Araericua, was walking down one of the streets :
when he met a person, be supposed lo be a negro, j
Not a word was spokeu, but tbe individual without i
any nutire whatever, just aa thry passed, put a pis
tol to Col. M’s head and fired. The Col. was pros
trated and stunned by tbe concussion, for some '
ten minutes. When he recovered the assassin was '
gone and be found he had received no serious in- | Momma Etajqcxxcg.—A corre*pond» J»i
jun. The ba'l from the pistol, had, however, pass- | Boston Gmrier gives the following extrac
•d through hi* cap, and through a sheet of psper ' sermon recently delivered by a Professor
t u[>u jtio lying folded in it. Upon th s paper were tbe insrks ; vaid University, and asks if students are *»
emigranta to Opciika, where he look leave of them, j powder. Tha hole through the rap, shows , exposed lo such Unguag<
wish them all good luck and complet* tuccess ^ ' L "~
Is and Gentlemen :
re commanded by Her Majesty
the satisfaction which she ferls at your tii
aide to reduce materially during the prc*<
the burthens of her people.
Her Majesty cuinmands ut to assure y
is her fervent prayer that the several com
ot the l nited Kingdom, upon whom wi
lire exercise of thc«e high functions »h
constitution belong to them, rnwy he gui i
wise Providence to tlie selection of repn 1
whose wisdom and irntri-ilism Itay **'l I ;
ty in her constant endcavora lo mainmu
or and dignity of her crown, and to pc
welfare and happiness of her people-
! — Times + Sentinel.
Death or ax Army Orficbr—Intelligence haa
been received at the War Department of the death
the 13th instant, at 8an Antonio, Texas, of
first lieutenant in the first in-
iy The news in relation to Nicaragua copied
from the Wilmington (N. C. Journal) in our laat
Triweekly has been acknowledged to be a hoax.
Mar In Liberia.
We hiv* teen letters from several of the mission- , Edward D. Stack!'
tries employed by the Methodist Episcopal Church j fantry.
in Liberia, Aon which Wi Irani that a furious war *
is raging in the vicinity of Cape Palmas, between ! UsroaTrxAT* Apfaib—Death or a Nxuao.—•
the colonists and natives. Thirty-seven American rv * ,, ing of tbe 7th inst., a serious affair oc-
housea and much property have been destroyed, ! fUrre ‘* l h* plantation of Col. (sham Dorsey, *ev-
and twenty-eight lives have been lost All mis- fn ,n, l p * " *6 of l h'« pl* c -- For aa act ol' negli-
•ionary and business matters were st a stand. j J* ocp » meriting a moderate reproof, the overseer, a
A detachment of one hundred and fifty men had ^ r * " f ‘ght. attempted to fartan and chasuse one
left Monrovia for Cape Palmas, on b«»ard a schoon- ttegro men. 1 be negro unwilling to submit
er. with Ex-President Roberts and Vice President j threatened punishment, attempted to make
Kates, to aid the colonists. We understand that j P * C *P*'- The overseer being armed with adoub-
the settlement immediately at Cape Palmas has ! * e barreled gun, deliberately shot him down and
not been destroyed, and it is hoped it will be able ^ Ie ‘^ m ,* “bon time. W right has fled to “parts
to resist the attacks of the natives. We du n..t un- un known, leaving behind him a wife nnd several
derstand yet. the immediate cause of tha war.— children in a disconsolate, and almost Jest,
Phil. Bulletin, 6th.
the hail to have been a very large one. The cs- j “Viewing this subject ...
cape seems almost miraculous.—Americas Sews, point of Christian exegeticsl antly* •» * r ‘ 1 *
March 31. _ tilisting the polyaynthelical eeloblasU of
,-a. . neous ascerticism, we urreeive at onev the
ITT At a church in Southwark, there w.s a im l m duHlitv of this enu.y; wh.le from th.'-
O wraumg. A fir, ,l,c cccmonr. .ml .hiiu lh, , of i I Kradulou. .,ulh,.i., '
Ih. ce'l'fie.l., K. h>p- j lrrls .^,. XenucraUc bierarah, u> lira lc*..<
ts ihe 30ih ? ’— contrntancously impressed with the precis*
istslir quality thereof.”
minister w
j pened to si
•Thirtieth
making c
exclaimed the indignant motlK..
j deed, il is only the eleventh The minister
i alb'ding to the day of the month.
j Firi :x Mos
j condition.—Southern {Ala.) Era.
Milhaqb or MiutiXRS Tho late Congress.
which paid itself so liberally, made no changes in
the outrageous mileage swindle. The bills of the
member# *b.<w a great discref ancy. Mr. Bowie,of
Maryland, for instance, received at the late session
$16.60 and Mr. Herbert, of California, $5,682,40.
The bills of the Territorial members were as fol
lows: Anderson, of Washington, -$5,890 ; Bern-
heisel, of Utah. $2.557; Chsprasn, of Nebraska.
$2,024 ; Gallegos. New Mexico, $2 212: Lvie. iff
O- >‘5,9pn • *’ t . f MuiUksota, $1,875 ; Whit
field, Kansas, $2,116.
The Constitution
Juoducior on the Georgia R *'
village of Monroe, in Walton county,
all destroyed hy fire on Tuesday night.
Court House and a few small buildiog-
QT The Havannah Republican of the * J|
ays: The Rev. John Barry, formerly s rr» 1
ugusta, but for seme vesrs past so 1 ^
niest in this city, haa been confirmed by B ’
i n, Pope Pius IX, as a Catholic B «h«t ■
nd, but has been in this country for m* u f