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lO-MA-S RAGLAND 4 C0.,~PR0P11IET0RS. [ume XXXIII. STRICT CONSTRUCTION OP TUG CONSTITUTION —AN IIOHBST ANO ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 21,1860. OFFICE-RANDOLPH STREET NUMBER 8. fjc (Enquirer* J hnr,lia y Morning Feb. 16, I860. IS PUBLISUCD [cry Pay—Sundays Excepted. \ DOLLARS pkr annum in advance, t U payment Is delayed sit months. jssxkts conspicuously Inserted, at the gStttkln inquirer. IsHID EVERY TUESDAY MORNING. |_Two Dollars and Fifty Cairn per annum, tie inrariMy in advance, or Thiu Dollars Ipsld la adritnce. icr srin he discontinued while any arrearage . nnlessattl.e option of the Publishers; and Dollars wlll,*<i» all coses, be exacted where l, „i la not made before the expiration of the lotion year- ADVERTISEMENTS ;oa«ly Inserted at Oxs Dnuua per square, I,. Gr*t luscrtlon, and Firrr Cents for every qitent continuance. A square in Uia Enquirer space of eleven lines In small type, conUii.- s It does, OUP hundred words. lAnvEHTtsiauacre published at the usual rates rtih strict attention to the requisitions of the ir Noroad over tight linn charged at the reg- ■ ».lrcrt:»tng rates. piomunlcatlons Intended to promote the private ) or Interest of Corporations, Societies, Schools tiiluuls, will be charged as udwrt Isenients. IeTiVER 1NV1G0RAT0RI I PBXPARKD BY Dll. SANFORD, Ipounded Entirely From GUMS, IvEOF THE BEST I'CRHATIVE AND LIVLK piolClNES new before the public. »Cams remove! ! One dose often repeat- ri M or had mutter „ ed Is a sure cure for .hesystem,sol.ply- CHOLERA MOUniS, L their place a heal- <J and a preventive of E..w of Idle, tnvlgo- pj UllOLKRA. Erthestomacli.i E,,. food to digest A Only 1 bottle Is needed rpnrlfylnif the v t.. throw outi.f the sjrs- Sdfc riving t««*e and P. temtbe effects of inedl- h Jj'il.e whole mn-iC 1 case alter a long sickness p, removing the' , >f the disease—ef- Duo bottle taken for a radical cure. * JAUNDICE removes all ,*f sall-.wni-us or unnaturnl Ions ftttncks Lj color from the skis, red, and. what K, prevented by the! A; One dole taken a short .ml use of the liv- V time before eating gives gurator. I l vigor to the appetite and [ makes the f i digest One dose, often repeat- IK« . K AltRIHKA 111 Its :KS r SUMMER | BOtVEL CO.MPLAINT8 Irlng, prevents Td yield almost Hi'"'"- M illy, and •curfeejj^ absorbents. H i We‘take pleasure In recommending this mod* li'ln.' as a preventive f<>r ■ iirp»ln. k KK\ 1IIA Aiit I, CIIII.l. J FEVER, and all Fevers ic dose of two ten- of a DlLlOl'ri type. It infills will always re. H . . rates u .11, . n lalniy, |SICK HEADACHE. rly rtdlcves COLIC < J ling t<> testify t D, n di rful virtues. n giving thrlr unan imous testimony tu its fiavsi v water In the rnomh with the Invlgorator, a ACEK A IVERSON, J A. WlIlTEblDE A CO. ch 22,18.19 ■ WILL CONTINUE THE ■■ s v" FORMERLY. TUE1R OFFICE and 8ALES- y will be happy to sen all their old and n Hois and customers. They nrc prepared to 11 all Orders lor Goods, mc.ke Advances, d extend the usual fitcllitli* t» their friends and lions. JOHN W. KINO, A. M. ALLEN, THOMAS CAMAK. Polurobos, Angi-st 2\ 1 *.'.0 dwtf Notice to Shippers! to lm Shipped over t’tL, together ^ s distinctly utrkud n The lUhiitlty of tb« Company h.'»: the r.s.i, t Slid i-eVSr* when t rown off theCars at Ulrard. The liability on all lin nls s ly for .id Ivory ' eases when they a k«-. l»rd, ihat wbon ■/ r*pt. mta-r III. U. from the subjoined reeolu itcu o. the , and th# goods < i delivered untl! HOME DISTILLERY. JQVJOB WAHEANTEB the VEBV I-UEEST, IV TI1K subscriber U now manufacturing tills pure Whiskey at only per pal- told by the barrel a liberal deduction No. 14 I “vc: ad Hired, have my Whiskey The French Duty uu Cotton. Some of our exchanges are making what o consider rather extravagant calculations 3 the advantage to tho South of the re mis* on of the French duly on cotton. They argue that other manufacturing European States (tho German and others) will follow the example of Franco, nnd thus become •qua! competitors with Great Britain in the manufacture of cotton goods, whereby an increased demand and competition in prices will be created for our great staple. The French duly on cotton, we believe, is about two cents per pound, or about sixteen per cent, of its value. This is a considerable tax, ahd .of courso put the manufacturers of France at a disadvantage competition with those or Great Britain, who for a number of years hove been man- olscturing cotton free of duty. But in making our eslimato of tho great increase of the manufacturing business in France and other European Slates, consequent upon this abatement of duty, wo should bear in mind that up to a very recent period France, tho German States, and Great Brit ain were upon nonrty equal terms facilities which they respectively afforded to their cotton manufacturers. Great Brituin imposed her tax on cotton, and thus with held from her manufacturers a favor which they have lately secured. During this period of approximate equality, the conti nental European nations wero not very extensive or formidable cornpvtitors with Great Britain iu tho cotton manufacturing business, and it is extravagant to hope that they will now suddenly augment to any great extent a branch of industry simply because tho suine equulily of competition restored to them which they formerly enjoyed and then neglected to improve. It takes lime and experience to cbtmga the industrial habits and processes of nny peo ple, nnd wo have no doubt that gradually and s'nwly the remission of duties uu cotton will be an appreciable advantage to our plantar*; but wo do not believo that thn increase of continental competition wttl Greut Britain will ever enhance the price oi cotton ic. per pound iu uny one year. Attitude of tho Southern Opposition, Tho Richmond Whig maintains, that the Democracy of tho (Southern (Stales have done great damage to (Southern institutions, ultd that tho charges made against tho Opposition, on that score, are groundless. In the largest slsveholdirjg sections of Virginia, at the Islo election, tho Opposition were in the majority, while in tho freesoil parts ol tho (Slate tho Democracy were decidedly ahead. The Whig continues : “We under take to assort, thut if there be any sympa thizers with the Abolitionists iu Virginia, they are to bo tqpnd almost exclusively within the ranks of the so called Democracy. Besides, if any couitlenauco and encourage ment, any valuable ‘aid and comfort,’ has been given to tho Republicans und Aboli tionists of the North, it was done by tho Virginia Democracy in nominating lor, and olecling to the ollico of Governor, a guutlu- man who hud previously endorsed uu utgu- maul in favor uf slave emancipation, only less atrucioua and less incendiary in its tendency than the infamous book of Helper. It matters not how sound and reliable Gov. Letcher may now be—and wo aro not dispo sed now to question his soundness nr his reliability—the mural effect at tho North, of his nomination sad election, as wv argued to show at the time, has been any thing but advantageous to thn rights und interests of tho (South. In the Neuule, tho other day, the Ruffner pamphlet was produ ced by a Republican (Senator [Judge \\ adej as an offset to the Helper hook ; end wo guess those (Southern men in Congress, who supported Mr. Letcher with a knowledge of the (act thut he Ijnd endorsed tho Ruffner pamphlet, can make but little headway in arraigning and punching Sherman Jor hit recommendation of the book of Helper. But let this pass.” Ilaltimnre Politics. The Legislature of Maryland has taken Baltimore “in hand"—that city being most stubbornly American, and its Americans having on several occigions thrashed out the rowdyism of the other party with ila own weapons. As a means of overawing the Americans, and giving tho city over to n usurpation by the minority, similar to that which the Democracy attempted in New Orleans last year, the Legislature has passed an act virtually taking the whole | police government from tho authorities of the city and vesting it in it “Board of Police Commissioners" elected by the Legislature. The Commissioners aro to act in conjunc tion with tho Mayor, hut to have powers equal or superior to his. Under these cir cumstances, Mayor Swann has declined to meet and art with the Commissioners, tak ing tho ground that this interference with the right of the peoplo of Baltimore to regulate their own local affairs is unconsli- tott.mal, and the question will be decided by tho courts. A Jewish Prayer. • The following is the prayer offered iff the House of Representatives at Washington by the Jewish lLtbbi, M. J. Rnphall, on thn 1st inst., tho day of the election of a Speaker. It is said to have been the first instance in which u Jewish Rabbi ever oili-red a prayer in our Congress: Almighty and most merciful God. we approach Thy prestr.ee this day to thank Tlieo for thy past mercies, and humbly to beseech Time to continue nnd extend the Thy servants, tho Representatives ot theso United States in Congress assem bled. Lord, groat and manifold have been Thy bounties to this highly-favored land. Heart* (elt ami sincere are our thanks. While despotisms of Asia arc crumbling t, and the effete monarchies ol the Old World enn only sustain themselves by yielding to tlm pressuro ol the spirit ol the ago. it has been Thy gracious will that in this Western hemisphere ihcro should he established a Commonwealth alter tho mod el of that which thou, Thyself, didst bestow on iho trihos of Israel, hi their best nnd purest days. The Constitution and the institutions of the Republic prove to the world that men. created in Thy image and obedient to Tliy behests, arc not only ca> paole, fully capable, of self-government, but that they know best bow to'combine civil liberty with waun xoal for religion, nbaoluto general equality wi'h sincere respect for individual rights. In acquiring und car rying out these moat wise institutions. Thy protection. Lord, hasbcenjemgally manifest. It was Thv rig lit hand that defended the (•Minders of this Commonwealth, during tho loop and perilous mru/gh of right against might. It was Thy wisdom thitt, inspired them when they established this Congress, to be what Thy tabernacle, with the uritn and thummim — right and equity— 'wore intended to Imvo been for the tribes nl Igreal—the heart of the entire nation, where the wants, the feelings, nnd wishes of all might become known, to ho respected by all. so that union might create strength, and concord keep pace with prosperity. Lord, tho ordinary litc-time of n man hat barely elapsed since ibis Constitution came into force, and under its auspices our coun try, from bo ng leeblo and poor, lias become wealthy and piworlul, ready intake rank wnli the niighlit -i, and Thou, O Lord, wilt realize unto it Thy gracious promise unto Thy chosen people : Vthotireha adotiia leto- beh—tho Lord will distinguished ihoa lor liint which is good. Supreme Ruhr ol the Universe, many weeks linve gono by since Thy servants, our Representatives, fust met in this Con gress, but not yet have they been aide tojor* ganize their House. Tlmu who tnakest peace in Thy high Ucnvens, direct their minds this day that with one consent they may agree to chouse the man who, without leur and without favor, is to presido over this assembly. To this intent, Father most gracious, do thou endow them with Thy spirit ; the spirit of wisdom und of under ling ; the spirit of counsel and of amity; spirit ol knowledge and ot fear ol the Lord. Grant, Father, that amidst tho din ilieting interests and opinions, Thy grace may direct them so that each one of them nnd all of them may hold the even theirway—tho way of ntoderatiou and of equity ; that they may speak und act and legislate lor Thy glory nod the linppi- our country; so that, from tho North and from the South, from tlto Fuat ami from the West, one feeling ol satialae* muy attend their labors; while the i people of tho land joyfully repeat the i of Thy Psalmist : "lluw good and pleasant it is when brethren dwell to- (Jod of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, 1, Thy servant, beseech Tlieo Ideas these Representatives, even ns Thou liual directed Thy priests to bless Thy people. May tho Lord Ideas ye und preserve. May tho Lord cause hie countenance to shine upon ye and In* gracious into ye. Muy the Lotd ruian his countenance unto ye and grunt ye peace. May tliia blessing ol the one who livetli and who rciguoth forever rest upon your counsels and yourselves this dny und AM UU'j.-E LEAN NAN. t tanJlli * free of I Factory Hands Wanted. EAGLE FACTORY, CO LUMP Li, r PlU! Eatfe Mancfurturlng C« J more hands. Tii»> win ,-iv SYU per mantle Houses fuinUh^H ct!,r g f - Jan. IT,| BEDELL &. WEEMS, Agents fcr ROBINSON’S Manipulated Guano! Warranted to ba One-Half Heat Peruvian Guano! On# Half Fico Ground Bone, and the Best Phosphatlc Guano, CONTAIN H PEE CENT, of AMMONIA! di to 50 per Cf. of Bouo Phosphate of Lime. January X4.1S«0 , wlf FOGLE & SON, DENTISTS: RANDOLPH near 11UOA1 HamUton Female CoUege, HAMILTON. GUOMOIA, T 11 * Spring ScMiun of tbU Institution wllleom 10 the 17 th its j cf January IMO. Th#roars* of Instnu-th u U thorough and conpMa; #iu bracing oli tb« bra a'ha* uaually taught for » Catalogue, addmu Dse. IS, warn* J U. U)YKLACK, l*m, ———“Many a slip Twlxt the cup,and tiro lip.” Previous to the leriniimtiou of the Into protruclt-d contest in the llou*e of Repre sentatives, Mr. LongwortU of Cincinnati, the great wine maker, sent to Mr. Hhcrosn two hundred bottle* of hi* “sparkling Ca- ptoy thirty J i aw ba,” to be drunk in celebration of the election of Kbertnan to the Speakership The presumpiion ia that they have not yt been uncorked, but this manifestation of sympathy for Uiack Republicanism has soured all of Longworih's wino in tbe South, and in thia region hereafter we may say of it aa all the wine-drinking world was lately saying of Madeira, “no more sparkling Catawba." Them is a f.rin in Troy udm nsaJm cards for rubbing down horses, and aantall* for combing tbe hair o( negroes. Strange as it may scent, these horse cards found to be the best tilings out lor smoothing tho wool of slaves, and they are shipped to the Smith in large quantities for that purpose. Thn firm ia now filling an order for ‘JO.Ot'U to go to Now Orleans. They aro ornamented with n pictorial label, representing t«o darkies, each with n card in his or her hand, preparing for the toilet. [N. Y. New*. The only thing “strange" about it ia that the Newt ha# just found it out. A fmo comb would suit about as well for a dark ey‘a head scraper as a tooth-brush would for u floor scrub. But how is it that tho (inn in Troy can knowingly nsaivt in currying down negroes like hnracs 1 Is this the “philanthropy” they have learned from Beecher and Greeley 1 Or docs tho tnoiuy | they nuke by tho operation purchase fir them a dispensation and tiamdcr all the bin tu the slaveholder ? IjF* The Districts of Maine have oil selected their delsgutea to tho Charleston Democratic Convention. Tho last Con gressional Convention of the State wy held for the 6th District at B.ingor on the 'Jilt, and eller an earnest contest, Henry A. Wyman of (Skowhcgm, and diaries D. Jameson of Oldtown—the candidates of tho Popular (Sovereignty men—were elected delegates to the Charleston Convention by vote, respectively, of 15J8 and 110 out oi 108 votes. Northern Democracy nl the C'hnrlcstou Convention* The Charleston Mercury, the [fading Democratic paper of our sinter Stale, olh m tho following suggestions, which tiro worthy of attention to men of all parties at tho south : If tho Charleston Convention shall meet, is now clear that it will be, in its practical aspects, nothing but a southern convention. Thsro ia no Democratic party in the north ern and north-woatern Stales able to give a Mingle vole to a Democratic nominee on Democratic principles. Indeed, in princi ples, it cannot properly he said thill there ia any Democratic party nl tho north nt nil. Throughout New England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, nnd o[her northein a Htates, in creased protective duties wero openly advo cated at the luft Congressional election* ns the policy of the Democratic party. J htough- out tho whole north and northwest, the right of 'he inhabitants in our 'Territories, through their Territorial Legislatures, by unfriendly legislation to keep out, to drive out slavery from tho Territories, ia the creed of nine-tenths of the Democratic party in tho northern Htates of tho Union. 'They ul«o fuvor appropriations of money, by Con gress, to carry on measures ol internal im provement. On all tbeso great vital meas ures of policy tho southern portion of the Democratic party stand in direct antagonism In the northern portion. Their union, a* n party, baaed on principles, is dissolved. 'The northern portion ol the party, under the steudy progress of sectionalism in (lie north ern States, huvo gradually surrendered tho principles of tho Democratic parly, and lust their nationality. 'They ato now sectional —sectional on the subject of slavery in our 'Territories—sectional in tlm taxes laid and their expenditure by tho General Gov ernment. (Supposing, therefore, that they wero ubln to carry out llietr policy in tbu northern (States iu tho election ol n Presi dent of the United States, with what pro priety, consistently with duty, can southq Democrats go into convention with th* for tbe nomination of a common candid lor tho Presidency ? Gridin dt North Alabama Hall Hoi 'Tho prospect ia now for an early lion of tho above named Road Ironi to this point. On last Saturday w of contract* were let out on this €\ lino. 'Contractors aro preparing* ntcncc operations at us early a dny ble—and ero Spring arrives wo have doubt ol being aide to aimuunco that tho entiro lino from Griffin to Nownan is occu pied by Isboiors, and that tho work goes bravely on. Thn Board of Directors, sec onded by tho indefatigable labors of Col. Douglas, the Chief Engineer, ami his oner* ge'ic Corps, Imvo accomplished much in u very short time. Confidence ill tho enter- prize, the officers and nil tho appointments connected with it, nrc uuubaird, and the time is not distant, judging from the past movements of those who control its fortune, when the Griffin dc North Alaln/na Hail Road will he among tho thing* that auk, upon whose iron track will he conveyed the wealth nnd productions of empires. Bo mule it be.—A 'nr nan Han tier. Foils Day.'. Later from Europe. (,'tT I.ato intelligence (rout Richmond leaves but little reason to doubt that V ginia will reject or evade the proposition Mouth Carolina to call a Convention of the (Southern Mlulcs, notwithstanding tbe per suasive eloquence and Inbois ol Mr. Mein- ininger, tho Mouth Carolina Commissioner, It is now almost reduced to a certainty that no States except Alabama, Florida and Mississippi will lespund favorably to thv call, und tho project msy be considered us abandoned. ‘The Democratic Legislatures ot Tennessee nnd Kentucky will nut enter tain thn proposition at oil; the Democrats of the Maryland Lrgisluluro have hardly treated il whJi uoo re*peel; Louisiana will i ot second, and Texas will rrject it. The Legislatures of Georgiu and North Carolina 1'. 8.—Alabama has not yet seconded tho call. Ttiu Thukk Tkh Ckmt. Bill.—Tho bill epprupriuling (bo Throe Ter Cent. Fund, which passed tho House of Representative* of Alabama on Haturduy, was lirsl amen ded by striking out the loan of $50,000 It.u Mobile and Girard Kuilrosd, und loaning an additional $25 000 to the Ope lika and Oxford road. This amendment sreins very invidious and sertinnslly unjust. « | » * >■! nr The Mobile Register, Montgomery Confederation, and other contingent Doug- l*s papers in Alabama, are bslaboring the dominant Yancey wing of that But# for their declared purpose not to abide uncon ditionally by the action of the Charleston^ Convention. Yet, strange us it may aeem, these papers nre not willing to abide by the fiction of Hie lif (necrotic Sulc Cormuimm [.for bo|io i. lic.ulilully .ipmar.. i n i» rii.n- , . , •. _ anlonn, or the swimntinp thought — faith of A abama. Buch consistency u deserving " ‘ 1 J floating nnd kroping Ha head shift above of oil honor! w.trr, -Iron all Iho waves and billows are , r u going over one—a strikingly beautiful deft* rv -I ho ill.oh II.public. Mr. | ni|ioll o| hulJOi W0[ , hy be J„ w „ „!„„„ Briggs’ Congressional District (a part of j Hie answer which a deaf and dumb ELRCTtON or Cl.Kill* Sc ('KltUMANr-AT-AkM.'l Mr. Forney’# election us Clerk of the House wus effected by the votes of nil present who hid voted for Speaker Bennington, together with those of Horaco F. Clark and Riggs, and wi»h tha exception of Mr. Davis, ol Maryland. Mr. Hoffman also received the voles nf the Republicans, and about half the Amer ican vote, and wu* thus elected Bergennt-at- Arms. Seven Americans, namely : Messrs. Maynard, Moore of Kentucky, (Quarles, Stokes, Nelson, and Smith nf North Caro- linn, voted lor Mr. Underwood. Mr. Gloss* brenner, in addition to tho Democratic votes, received those of Messrs. Bouligny, Bris tow, Hurdeman, Hill, and Lencli ol North Carolina, nnd Vuticu, who belong to tbu southern opposition. BOHEMIAN. Atjoubta. Feb. 14.—Ttie steamship Bohe mian has arrived at Borland, bringing dales of tho 2d ult. from Liverpool. Liverpool Cotton Aladcet.—Sales of three day’s J0,0(10 bales, of which speculators and exporters took 7,(WO. Fair und Middling quuliiics wero slightly dearer, but tho mar ket closed quiet, owing to an advance ol Bunk rates lor money to lour per cent. Thursday, Feb. 2.—Stiles of two days 15,COO, bales, of which 2,500 boles wero ta ken by speculators and exporter*. The market closed quiet, but with a tendency to advancing priceq,caused by news persteam- nlilp Irom the United States. Consols declined to 94£. Tho Taria paper Univerte has been sup* pressed by tho French government. Virginia ami tho South. Richmond, Va., Feb. 13.—Gov. Letcher nt a message to the Legislature to-day, giving « history of the requisition for Cop- pie, and denouncing the duplicity of Gov. ood, of Iowa, ill aiding his escaped.— He urges pr.mtpt notion on tho part ol tho South to put itself in n position where it can sccurn punishment to llioso who offend against its laws. South Carolina Mission, R!uii.munp, Va., Fob. 13.—The joint Com- mil too on the South Carolinin Mission, re ported to thc^Malaiuro to-day resolutions to tho effect ijj^Virginiu does not yet disirua tho capacity^^Bthe South to protect «G rights and U ct v\® 8 . but doom it inexpedient in g^ t .«ul Convention, and think that more efficient co-operation can bo ob tained by direct legislation. They conse quently regard it ns inexpedient to appoint ga'rs to tho conlcrcnco na proposed ; thn Governor ia requested to coiitmu- niente this decision to tiio Governors of the cveral States. Hickman ami Edmondson. Nkw You, Fob. 11.—Tho Tribune's •Vasliington correspondent says, Hint niter lie n>:j'• umii.enl ol Congress on (he lOlli, Mr. Eifmondson endeavored to strike Mr. kiunn while roiiirniriK from tho Capitol, igninn prevented the blow,when F.dmon. w itli bis left hand knocked nil Hickman's Mr. Breckinridge camo up and took F.dtnondson away. 'The alleged provocation tho attack, was Hickman's statement iu Ins ipenult that seventeen men and a cow (Tightened the State uf Virginia. (’ongi'CKsloual. tviTON, Feb. 13.*—Tli0 death of tltc Hun. David C. Broderick, Senator from California, who was killed by Jndgo Terry a duel, wus announced. Eulogies were (ironouneed, and tho Scnuto adjourned for the dny. In the Houho, a second ballot was had for Printer ; on iho last ballot Dclreos received ; (.loss N'J, nnd Scattering 4. Tbe death of Senator Broderick was announced, und tho House udjourned tor tho day. Daspcrnto ami Suicidal lteveii“c. IIawksvillk, (Ky.) Fob. 7.—II. A. David- Tho bomb exploded, blowing iho More lopioci-s, and wounding Hon. Win. Sterritt, C. I). Duncan, J. J. C. Duncan, Jos. Kouding, ucd Win. Birrctt, aomo oi ibeiit mortally. Davidson, tbu incendiary, rtally wounded. It is supposed that itio object ot tho attempt was to kill Siorritt Jor Inn course in regard to tho late “Lown w!y'"_ Tho Hunk bill puNsc-d the Senate, lie House bill to incorporate tlm Bank luliamu ut Mobile lias passed tho Sen- > oniendmcnis, by n vote ol 25 , which tbu House tins concur- novel feature oi the bill is the nd (Attachment, which requires all take stock in tho Bank within twelve Huhscribe for un equal iu ilia South :tml North Iubuinn Railroad Company. The capita! atoek in fixed nt two million live hundred thousand dollnrn, hut the Bank can go into operation when five hundred thousand do!, lars of Iona fide subscriptions are rncoived mid twenty-live per cent, paid in aploie. II, however, the whole amount of the capital atock ia not subscribed within twelve months, (ben the capital,block is lo bo re duced to sixteen hundred und nix'v (Iiouh- and dollar.-, and iho balance ol ttio nf«,vk call bo taken without subscription lor Railruud mock. Sulisi rilmrs to tho Uailtoail stock, however, will hava the preference tor Bank s.oik, it I hoy signify tlicir Intention, or make application neloro tno year expires. The firm ainundniuit of tho Senate pro- viih n Hint tbu annual bonus or tax lo the State from tlm Bank on tho Block suhscibed, (h(J cent son eaih 8I0U) shall out bo delayed beyond liye year?, whereas the bill as il pass ed tbu House exempted the Bunk from pay ing a bonus until the Railroad wuscomplut* • Guntcrsville, or until it declurod a div- From the Southwestern Ilaptlft. Mr. Bpurf'eon on AbullDortfrfa*. * An old philosopher once said that an or. diunry inan blown into importance by inju dicious friends,Vas like a very small aiat- placed upon a very high pedestal— the liiqhcr it was elevated tho more painfully prominent would its diminutivencfs appear. Mr..Spurgeon has boon cajoled and llatiercd so much by the press, (and we acknowledge wo have been too guilty in this respect.) nnd by his friends, that he really begins to think that he is the wonder of the ago.- ■ It will be seen from u letter, which we extract from the Christian VV’arL-lnnan A. Reflector, Boston, that be is going to do terriblo things pretty soon ! Liston how the conceited and stilted sensation preacher talks (o us:—“Ido hum my inmost soul detest slaverv onywhero and everywhere, fl'rom nnllgnanl's Mcuengrr.l Danger of Another Deluge—The North ern Hemisphere to lie Mthmorf^cd, and u New World from the Smith. Wc have had occasion to peruse n remar- kablu work just published, entitled "Cour• nutt rl Revolutions dc V Atmosphere et de la Mer," by Lieut. Julian, a distinguished snd although 1 commune at the Lmd'a bio with men ol all creeds, yet with a slave holder I lntva no fellowship of any sort ■ kind.—1 would ns soon think of receiv* g a murderer into mv church, or into any sort ot friendship, as a munstealer.” [By pi’R.—Among rnpound wmd th® way wo know of no “mansifnlorsi tuts country, except thoro who belong the old Brown clique.] “I shall not spare your nation in tho future 1” [“Angela and ministers ol grace defend ua!"] “I shall remember that my voice echoes beyond tlyi Atlantic,” &c. [Wonder if tbnt caused the earthquake that was recently lolt in the vicinity of Charleston nnd Augusta f] “John Drown ia immortal in tho memorits of tho good in England, and iu my heart he lives f" ut it becomes us, upen this matter, «• a few thing* in a plain way and a aorb tone. And, first, this onslaught upon Southern Christians by tho London pastor unprovoked. Tho letter was doubtless written at tho .special solicitation ol North agitators .to keep up that unhallowed excitement that has now brought our un- happy government to the very verge ol hour for Mr. Spnr- goon when ho penned that loiter. The animus of the letter cannot but arrest the attention of the reader. Tnko n single sentence : “It is for more probtihlo that uny slaveholder who should show himsoll in neighborhood would gut a mark which wt nld carry tu hie grave, ii it did not ry him there!" Is this tho spirit of a it minister ol Christ l Conmet this with his allusion to “John Brown," nnd what [does it memi ? Nothing short of this: That the duty ol nnti-nlnvery men tu nrm [the m bu Ives, invade tho South, nnd desolate fields with carnugn and blood ! Wc Iccl not tbe slightest hesitancy in snying, that il .Mr. Spurgeon knew all tho facts connect ed with the Harper's Ferry loray, when ho wroto this letter, ho is n murderer at heart, whit better than John Brown.— And we go further and say, ii the editors of the Watchman A. Reflector had any agency procuring from Mr. 8. such n letter, they u no better than he, and they all dcsurvO [tho Inte of Brown. ■ But what is our duty in this ense f— Why, it is just this : We had just received a box ol Mr. Spurgeon’s Sermons to sell, but have sent them hark to the publishers, Messrs. Sheldon A, Co.. New York, with nil possi ble dispatch. WILL NOT EVERY BOOK STORE AND COLPORTEUR. IN THE SOU 1 11 DO THE SAME. SO SOON AS 'THEY READ THIS LETTER? Can unv Southern man ever purchase nnothir volume ol n man's sermon* who denounces him ns no better than a murderer, who vir tually counsels the torch of (ho inemdiury and the knile of the assassin dh the appro priate arguments for tho extermination ol African slnvnry ? A man who longs to gloat hi in-el I upon Southern blood should never bo enriched by Southern money. In deed, a bonfire made of Ilia books would not express too strongly tho honest iodiguutiun ol un insulted South. Alt'. I*«*nii 1 itp;ton nnd Mr. Clay, As Mr. Pennington, of New Jersey, has been elected to thoSpeukershliioftlie House ol Representatives, the lolluwitm lettoi front Lexington, Ky., to the Cincinnati Commer cial will bo interesting to many tenders: Lexington,Fob. I, i860. Perhaps it would interest some of your readers to know why tho election oi Mr. Pennington, of New Jersey, ua Speaker gave such satisfaction is Lexington. 1 think ii wn.H either in 1815 or 184(i that Henry Clny heenmo embarrassed to such an extent that he baa to mortgage Ashland. In the meantime a movement hud been started ill New Orleans, by aomo ol M r. Clay’s Iriemls, that they would puy Ilin debts und relieve him Irom bin embarrnssmeniH. and Mr. A. II. Trotter, the agent ol the Northern Bank in New Orleans, wus sunt East to cottier with Mr. Clay's friends. The consequence was thnt about lilty thousand dollain were eiiliacribed, nnd the Hon. Win. Pennington wus sent to Kentucky with the money, und came to Lexington without scarcely any person knowing him. Hu walked into the Nortleri) Bank, asked lor Mr. Scott tho Cash erof tho Bank, and upon being shown that gentleman, asked it tImre was not sev eral t tot ch ol Mr. Clay's that wore due in a lew days, and was answered that there Wi.s. Mr. 8cotl was requested to givo the whole amount of Mr. Clay’s Indebtedness, which was done and a draft un one ol the New York Bunks wna handed him, and Mr. Pennington left the Bunk with all Mr. Clay's notes paid. In u lew days Mr. Clay came to town to arrange lor a renewal of llie notes if possible, and was shown in tho side room of tlm bank. Alter sitting a lew jolt if there could ld The s Bank alw Nrw York city) ate vory furious at that i person gentleman’s steady vote against Bbi-rman. question, They held a meeting on the Ctl» inst. and | "What denounced him aa “(ccreunt to the highest obligations known among honorable men," because ho would m»t vote for their sectional ExTlItOl'iauUQ Vxhlvil'8 -—8orae of (he candidate. Ho finally voted for Penning- German joarnala announce seriously (list with his pencil, in reply lo the : trampled c /ns his idea for forgiveness!" i odor which flowers yield when la it a National Hank t We perceive that in the House of Rep resentatives on the Gth inst., Mr. Etheridge of Tenn. gave notice of a bill “to eslaUiah and regulate a uniform paper curnncy throughout tbe United State*." There is, or probably will be, a sufficiency of L'uited Slates paper money out, m tbe shape ol Treat ury notes, to form the basis for such a currency, but ws do not know whether th* bill content; late* this. (7* In Us* than an hour after Mr. Gloss- brsnncr was defeated a* Serges nt-at-anns of the Hoaee, tbe President tendered him th* pises of Treeeurer of the Unit ed States, vice Samuel Casey, <lec<n»eJ. ton, but they do not consider (hi* atonement. Paciaqr uf tii* Tuurb Tku Cur. Bill nr tuc Hol'BR.—The bill for tbe donation and losn of the Three Ter Cent. Fund to the various railroads, and ultimately to the Central Railroad, pa»*ed tho House of Representatives of Alabama by an over- whelming majority—55 yeas to 28 nays— at a late hour Saturday evening. Stock in the Macon Road.— We under stand that the sum of fifty thousand dollars was subscribed yesterday, by private citi zens, to tbe atock in the Augusta and Macon Railroad enterprise. We think it likely there will be a liberal subscription from citizen*, end wo feel satisfied th* people will direct the City Council lo sub scribe live hundred thousand dollars. [Augusta Const., 11/A. t3T At fcpringflcld, 111., corn is eelling, delivered et the ears, for twenty cent* per bushel, end wheat for on* duller. company of English capitalists have made an application to thn King ol Naples, for a concession for the extinction ol Vest:- vies. 'The princsl seal of the fire of that volcano is situated several thousand feet below the level of the sea. By cutting ■ canal which would carry the waters into the cr*ter, the firo would be completely ex tinguished, and the operation, which would cost only 2,000,000f., would restore to cul tivation of land ten times that value. He Peotestkd.—A few days since, tho cushier of e bank in Cleveland sent a note over to Canada for collection. Tbe maker of tbe note was whet might he called “for thou” e rather “tough cuts." In due time tha note came hack, with n notary’s protest attacbeJ, staling in legal from that he, the ■aid noti fy, had “duly presented the noto to the maker thereof, and demanded payment, to which he, the maker of the not# replied : •Go to h—IT—against all of tvhich acts I do protest*' etc. N<» wonder. It ie announced as a cheering sign of the progress of civilization among the Indians, that tha Cherokee natives have a debt and | ere unsblo to pay the intcreat upon it. ond amendment requires the h to hoop one dollar in specie lor <1 "liars oi hill* in circulation, tbu Iioiiso bill lixed the rates atone I is brlievod by i s warm friend* that this B-iuk project will almost insure the complo- ii u Railroad cunnei n-tri between North and .South /vlubamu, tin retry developing our ri« . ioi.trial region and udding hundreds of millions to tlm aggregate wealth ol tho M ite. M'lnlgomety too is to be a great rc- cipient ol the benefits of this Koilroad, und to bonone witlitu a lew yeurs a grcul dtH- trihiiting point. At such a result rionu will inure heartily njoint tlinn oumclves. J\lriitfflnnen/ Advertiser. Uni* 1 u to leu u i he with China. The ttrw treaty with China was to become operative on and after tho 24th of Novem ber lust. Mr. Ward, ill announcing this fuel, also states that two now ports—8wn- low, in the province of Fultkiu, and Fat- wan, ir. the island of Formosa—.would af ford an entry to American trade on the first day of January, 18G0. Tha other ports now open for cur commerce are Canton, Amoy, Fuhcliau, Nirtgpo, nnd Shanghai.— These are to be added to as the necessities ot trade sh ill demand, or as the treaties with other Towers shall givo an equal right. Tho privilege of residence at or journeys to mid from nny of these place* is guaran tied U» American merchants and their fami lies, aa well o* transient traders. The trea ty of VYetrgliis—thnt of 1844—-is under stood to bo yet iu force, rolativo to the tariff of duties on articles of export or import, unless future treaties with other Tower* sir hi I reduce the rates, it being expressly understood that our citizens shall never bo called up mi for a higher duty then ia paid by the most favored nation. Poirioxot h Taktuiimjeh.—An exchange warns its rrsderauotto eat partridges at this season of the year, us the birds ont laurel leaf and poison themselves out of spite to revenge their being cooked. That i* undoubtedly so. Wo heg our friend*, who may have received any fat specimens of these dangerous birds, to send them directly to us. We huve arrangements by which wr can prevent the public at large ;r m being injured by tbeui.—J’rovidence Journal. A letter waa r*td recently in Court at Charlestown, .Virginia, from Tresident Bach* nnin, in which,lie expressed the opinion tint the Commonwealth bad oclcd in bad fuith toward# the prisoner Stevena, in re moving bts case lo (lie Federal Court, and tiiun receding from thnt determination, and bo though', the indictments sbpuld be quashed. •Iliccr in tho French navy. Tho greater |»nrt of tho book ia devoted 4o a general description ol Lieut. Maury’s aplcndid tho ory ot currents and wtnda, by which lie explains the recurrence ol storms nnd other lefeoralogicnl phenomena ; but what has chief]y attracted our attention is a new theory on the inevitable .periodical return ol a cataclysm similar to that known under tho name of the Universal Deluge, a subject which the author treats with singular lucidity, and oi winch wo will here endeavor to give an outline : The author starts from certain facts, one ot winch arc generally known, via : 1. 'That tho isothermal lines (lines where the eaute degree ol wartntn is observed on ir globe) ol tbo highest temperature nre ■equally distributed between the northern and southern hemispheres, tho apace they occupy in ttm burner being about double ol that which they occupy south.of tha cqua- or, that the southern nentisphero is consid rubly colder, especially towards t lie pole than tho northern one. 2. That the accu mulation, ot ice.nt the Antarctic pole ia much mors considerable tha« nt the northern. 3 'That tint earth performs the shortest portion ol us revolution, viz : that nearest to tbe per ihelion, much more rapidly than tlm other, and at that period ot tbe year which com prises the autumn nnd winter «.i tho north ern hemisphere. Hence il follows that tho winter of tho latter is shorter (by about eight duys) than thnt of the southern hem isphere ; und it ia during tine long winter, when the earth ia lurihest from tho sun, thnt tho solar rays must luso in strength what they gnin in duration. To this cause ol diminution ol tumperaturo must be added the loss ol caloric by radiation, nnd it will then bo easy to perceive tho reason of tho difference ot temperature between tho two lieimsphures. ()lutervuiion*, however, has shown Unit tho quaintly ol caloric lost at the south polo in the course ot a year is equal tc the surplus nbsorhed nt tho north pole Now let us, with tlm author, mentally rep resent to ourselves the earth ut tho moment creation, when its whole surlaco covered with water, und its ccntro ol grav ity coincided with its geometrical centro. that moment ita revolution around il commenced, and ull those causes which liavo led to tho inequality of temper- uro between tho two hemispheres begun operate. Iu tho course oi a lew centuries tho the South polo became in conaequoncB heavier titan that accumulated tit tho North pole, and tho centro of gravity was dieplac ed Bouthwutd8 ; muthcmuticinns, in fact state the distance between tho latter and tho geometrical centro to bo about 1,700 metres. Under tho circumstances, what could tho • d tlm globe do but How south ward, leaving all tltc continent wo arc n lantiliar with uncovered? Hero M. Julian observes thnt ull tltc regions ol the southern hemisphere bear unmistakable marks ol submersion ; that America, Africa und lit diti, und in points, all turned towards tho South polo, that the islands ol tho southern regions have tho appearanco of the summit* ini»umain ranges, and thut Lieut. Maury’s soundings show thut the coasts on thut bide nil descend abruptly into the sen. Ho lurtli- r states tho curious lact Hint iu going irom the North to the (South pole at every paral lel the ratio ot tho extent ol land tu that ol diminishes regularly and progress ively. ., , Let ua now tuko into consideration tho nhciiomeiiuu culled the I’recossion ol tho Equinoxes, in virtue ol which the lirat ol Aries recedes upon fho ecliptic about lilty seconds in a year. This gradually causcH a mplcto chaitga in the seasons; nnd eon ting Irom any given time, there must clap least 21,000 years bclore tho Bausons c return at precisely tbe sumo periods of tho yenr. It has been ascertained that up tho your 1248 oi tho Christian era, a your in winch tho first day ot winter precisely coincided with tho earth’s passage through its purihelion, tlm temperature ot the south urn hemisphere had been in constant course ol diminution. It i* moreover clear that alter tIio lapse ol ten thousand tiro hundred years the seasons ou our globe must be exactly reversed. Hence, about 10,500 years boiore llio your 1218, or 11,000 years lieloro present time, it was tho north polo, and its opposite one, which wus in ita maximum ol rdrigcruiion; our present continents were submerged, according to the M tradition of ttio Deluge, and there continent* unknown to us iu tho southern hemisphere. And again, by the snnie trotionneal and uutural laws, 10 500 years •in, a new ono W11 r, which will ugum submerge the north hemisphere, und ulluw a new world ti emerge Irom the occult iu iho uuuthcrt Oorre*port<lenc** of the Charleston Courier. Washington, Fob. G.—It is vain to deny thnt there are serious objections to the Mc- Trcnty. Some ot the Southern mem bers sny that thoy object to it because the Junrez Goverment has no foothold in Mrx- cxccpt at tho port of Vera Crtyi, and docs not command tho Stoto of Vera Cruz. Tho Juarez Government has, out of Vera Crbz, no force on tho route to the capital, except two hundred men nt the National Bridge. But thia ia an ohcction only to the expediency nnd practical effect of the Treaty, und not in its principle. Hut they object to tho principle, on the ground that it purports to involve us in a war against the religion of Mexico,-and ngninat other established institutions of that country which aro sanc tioned by titnn and prejudice, nnd havo become interwoven with all their nncinl and domestic interests, just as slavery is in tho Southern States. In a word, the question returns upon t the s lor longer time. Mr. Scott looked nt Mr. Clay to sue il lie was not jesting, and limitng that lie was nut, told him that a gentleman Irom New Jersey bad called yesterday and pn>d all of bis indebtedness. Mr. Clsy started when Air. .Scott spoke, looked seci.nds, burst into tears, and left tho hank overwhelmed. No man ever hud such friends. .Such, sir, is a brief nnrrutuc, a incident in tbu life of the Speaker elect, und here, sir, where Mr. Cluy lived, his per sonal friends are rejoiced that ho has boo honored with tho .Speakership. Stewart County Against the World I At sale of tho negroes belonging to the estate ol Abner Ward, deccaseu, by ilia ad ministrator, on Tuesday, 5th hist., at tlm court house in this place, the following negroes wore sold at the annex.-d prices: Frank, a boy |H yeais old 92,0ir>.00 Harriet, 18 years old nnd child,.... 1,220.00 Gjeen, a boy 18 years old Little Harriet 10 ycurs old Terry, 40 years old (not sound).•.. Shim 18 years old, Ciawlord, 10 years old, Henry, 18 years old Julian, 40, nnd child Moses, 32 year* old (ruptured).... Anderson, 13 years old IL.ek, 10 years old Tarn lice, a gtrl 5 years old, Ilooriotta, 10 yoars old Josephine, 1) years old Daniel, TJ yt-ar* uld, 1,1)00.00 1.870.00 1.500.00 1.080 00 1.505.00 1.600.00 i .610.00 1,030 00 455 00 1,100 00 “00 03 A Mimstku Offeiiixo Hiusri.k ah a Sac hiko:*.—It is said that a certain minister of Ibis city, who is radical on the slavery ques- tion, actually wrote a letter to Gov. Wise, soon after tbe conviction of John Brown, begging the privilege of taking Brown’s place on the gallows. Ho set forth thut Brown wus a hero, and his life should bo spared fur futuro Liav# deeds. If that could be done, ho (the minuter) waa ready to sac rifice hiuisrll, and would gladly die thv ip- nominous death. It ia further stated that the mtuisler waa not very well pluasad with the answer of Guv. Wise, which waa to the effect that it was nut ol his power to save tho lifo of John Brown, hut if the minister waa very anxious to be hanged, an.I would come lo Virginia, the Governor would try to have him accommodated.— Umcinnuti Times, 4/A. Univemity ok Viruima.—-There aro 62'J students at (hit institution. Thu following is a correct claasiflcalion by .States : Virginia 320, South Carolina 22, Mississippi 23, Delaware 4, Georgia 15, Tex*# Df, Wash ington 10, Missouri 2, New York 2, Teiiu- ■ylvania 2, Maryland 20, North Carolina 21, Louisiana 15, Alabama 38, Florida 4, Teiinaiac* 7, Kentucky 5, Ohio 2, Arkan sea 4. A Nkw Motive Tower Disoovehkd.- letter from Tori* miy# that a new motive power lies been discovered, which, upon ex periment, Its* boon found to be entirely sue cussful, and has created a great sensation The discovery has been made by a young wotkinnn named Jacob, a turner in copp.r, ami wus the result of an accident. While seeking to increase the power of hia turning lathe, a new means of power was suddenly revealed to him, whereby he bus been aide ulouc, without assistance, lo construct machine which increase* two hundred fold the labor of ono mun, and may be iucioasnl to t/i unlimited extent. Tho inventor, who has hitherto worked at Escurbotia, has been of courso sent fur to Taria, and baa already nearly completed a machine applicable lo every species ol industry. Il success should uttinil the experiment—for which il is understood ono of the great industrial capitalists furnishes tho money—tho discov ery will put on end to t.11 steam power and every other expensive action, and the result is waited for with the greatest anxiety the manufacturing world. Already havo tho proprietors of the spinning work* of 8haffituusen been induced to come to T in order lo bear the first news uf the ccss or failure of the trial. Melancholy A coldest.—We regret reedingly to learn that thn eldest daughtfl of Mr. H. H. Nunn, of this place, camo her death in a very dreadful manner, Wednesday last, in the town of Cuthbert. We learn (bat she was riding horseback and thn horse taking fright threw her, from which she died in a fow hour*. 8h* 17 or 18 years of age, and an estimable young lady. We deeply sympathize with j the afflicted family in this their sad calam ily,—Sumter lit pub, **| The New York Time* Iiom adopted the theory of Mr. Douglas touching Squat ter .Sovereignty, and if that candeniaii bo nominated at Charleston, the Times will doubtless figure in tlm corning contest a sound nttd efficient organ ot tha Demo cratic party.— Triiune. If Mr. Dougins’ Democracy ia as pure some peoplo suppose, it ia strange tlmt strong an anti-flnvrry paper as the 'Tiints can support him.—I)uy Hook. Meet in# of tin* stockholder* of the Huuthweslern ltuliroad^ At tho annual election for Tresident nnd five Dirt tor* of the Southwestern Rnllrond Company, for tl ing gentlemen ’ tlm number ol s Tresident—R. II. Cuyl Directors—John W. Anderson, William A. Black, William 8. Holt, T. M. Furlo and II. A. Smith. A dividend of 4 per cent, was declorcd for tho last six tnontha. Thn Constitutionalist learns from a gen- tlemait in Warren county, that Mr. Augus tus Brinkley, the former sheriff, killed hia Stap-father, Edward Baker, at hia residence near by. or at D»ohl* Wells, on Thursday last. 'Tlm circumstances, related which provoked the deed, were tbe bad treat- ment by Mr. Baker of his wife, who waa Mr. Brinkley’■ mother. into a war of i ir against the white r But, it is thought, ou tho other hand, thnt it concerns us, especially, to do something for the pacification ol Mexico, nnd that the only way to do it is by supporting tho Liberal party. Tho real argument in favor ot the treaty is not that, but it ts this, to wit : 'That it will lorce upon our Govern ment the neeeusity ol intervention—armed intervention—nnd military occupation of tho chief posts and places in Mexico. It we would do this, England and France would assent to it nnd lorhuar front intervention on their own account. The pacification of Mcxicu might follow from this course. Washington, Feb. 7,1860. Tho Tresident hnn vetoed another inter nal imprwomeai bill, to wit: the bill for tho removal of obstructions to tho inouth the Mississippi river. He givns the same objections which he urged in his St. Clair veto, to wit: that the work ia not accessary lor military purposes, and thnt it can be batter executed lor commercial pur poses under tho direction oi the State. With tho tiKsent •>( Congress, the State can past) a law for collecting tonnnge duties for this improvement. It may bo levied upon all vesnels. Thu President mentions that tho sum of six hundred nnd ninety thou sand dollnrs heretofore expended upon the work, had boon productive ol no benefit. It may be that the .State authorities would apply the money more skillfully. Tho public have anxiously expected tho curly pnasaga of the I’oslofftcu Appropria tion Bill, lor the payment of aomo ton mil lions ol indebtedness to contraetors nnd others. The House passed the hill yester day, und il waa supposed the Senate would pass it to-Jay. But the Senate Committeo on Finnnce brought in n string ol amend- men is, several ol which will delay the bill, and one ot which may put it back lor a mouth. It will be remembered that at tho close ol the lust session tliero was a contro versy between tho two Houses upon the •ing the rales of poBtage. Thu House rejected iho proposition in every form in which it waa presented. 'Tho'Scmito attached it to tho Postpffice Appropriation Bdl and the House rejected the bill itsoll, and passed the original Tost • office Appropriation Bill. This went to the Senate half an hour belore the termination td the sen'-ion. Air. Toombs and Mr. Mason objected to thu second reading of the bill, ami, of course, it lull deud. Now, alter the elapse ol eleven months, tho bill comes ognin bclore the Senatu Irom the House, and tho (Senate renews the struggle. But they only propose to abolish the Iranlung privilege, arid not lo incroaso thn rnto ol poBtagu. Thu House, il Mr. Grow car: carry a majority with him, will reject tho It in a question of etiquette. in ati irregular way, and revolted dictation. Tho hanking privilege ought to bo abolished, it would save two millions to thu Tostofiiee Department, but Washington, Feb. 8, I860. Mr. Speaker Tenuingtoii dues not lind hia place a bed ol roses, llo says that had ho known the troubles dial awaited him ho would not Ituvo wanted lo bo 8poaker. By tho way, I noticed n.at in a paragraph tn the Courier, taken Irom another paper, thu Speaker ie conluiihdod with another Mr. Tnnniugton. who wus Chairman of the Cominiiieo ol Foreign A' lttrs in the Thirty- Fourth Congress. Air. William Pennington was never in (Jungles.* bclore. He wih never regarded as nu anti-slavery nun. fie was amt is regarded ns nil Old Line Clay and Wobster Whig. He has got into strange company Ilia independent posi tion made Inin Rpesker, just us was tho case with Air. Hunter iu Van Uurcn's administration. Mr. Hunter was a Whig. After much dissension among various factious, J. Q. Adams led off lor Mr Hunter as .Speaker, und he wu* elected, though his politics did not, nt the time, suit uny ol the lending parties in the House. But Air. Hunter waa ehoson by Southern us well as Northern voleo, where..* Mr Teiniiiigiun’s vote woh sectional; no Southern man but Mr. Davis, ol Alarylund, voted for him. The stale ol politics now existing is eli te rely different from anything 'hut we imvo hitherto experienced. We divide upon ob structions, un heretofore, but also divide by geographical suctions. 'This will not, how ever, long bo tbu cose, as u vnsl change ia going ou in tho non-aluvetiolding Slates in ueir political relation*. Their mnssuH aro moved by slight influence*. At all events, and ul all times, they urn ll*ictlisting m politics. They have never had uny fixed political status. The Southern Convention. This project, submitted by tlio South Carolina Legislature, primarily to tho Slate ol Virginia und gem rally to ull the .Southern States, ia likely lo prove a failure. T iu* fur some two or three .Slaton, at farthest, have ocquiesced in llio movement. Tho Virginia committee, to whom it was rot. r- red, discouraged tho idea in their report ou llio ground thut the convention would only prove a mcro talking body, and adjourn without doing anything ol a practical nature worthy of the great political comiliuniticH which il would represent. ’Texas, and wo believe Maryland, huve refused to take any part iu the project. Another difficulty in the way is the impossibility ut omaining an expression of tho wini.u* ol many ol tho Southern Status. Tnoro aro u number whose Legislatures have adjourned, and wu apprehend no Governor, without knowing ttio views oi the people, would venture on so responsible a step ns the appointment of a delegation to represent their unascertained sentiments- At all events, wo leel pretty sure that our own ftrict-comhruciion Gov. eruor will uol be guilty ol such an usurpu* tion. Under this state of facts, we tako it for granted iline the Southern Convention must necessarily prove a failure. Without una nimity, it were ubclcaito undertake it. And, to be candid, wu cui.uot say that we should regret such abortion. YVo are opposed gen erally lo mere talking, gassing bodies. Like nobody, and, from the lack ot responsibility, generally disgraco themselves and those whom thoy assume to ruprescut. There is one contingency, however, in which we should bo pleased to see a South ern Colivontton—one in which the people pi,ull be directly and largely represented.— Shopld th# D< mocrntic party, which has the South complwely in its hands ut this time, attempt to secure it* success in the Presi dential election by ignoring her rights and honor, and riding rough-sltod over princi ples which slid lias maintained aa essential to her rqdalhy and safety, than wo nr* fora Suiuliern Convention, to repudiate their actmu and repel tl.o wrong. YVe ahull do all we can to get up such a convention, by exhorting true men ol every name to coma to the rescue, nnd then by supporting their action with all thu means at our com mand.—.Sue. Rep- Tha Gonerai Tost Office Department has instructed a Virginia postmaster that h# should n»l condemn and burn all tbe num ber* of an abolition newspaper, but only ruch numlera aa contain incendiary matter