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Columbus <&mptw.
JOHN H. MAll'flH,'... ...Miloi
Tuesday Morning, Feb. 21, 1660
Our River Trade.
The other day we copied from the A pa
lachicola Timet an article conceding thi
revival of the Chattahoochee river trade.
In this connection, we may mention thi
encouraging fact that it ia contemplated
build at this place, during the coming au
rorr and fall, two or three new eteatnboi
well adapted to our river navigation,
leaat one of there, we learn, ie to lie, lik<
■ the Hiver Bride, a email boat peculiarly
fitted for navigating tbe river at a low etag.
of the water. We are convinced that the
trade of Colombee need*, and will be
greatly promoted by, more regular and
certain communication with Apalachicola
and New Orleaae vie the Chattahot chee
river. The eatabliihraent of one reguD
ateam pocket between Apalachicola
New Orleane liae already done much to
demonstrate the importance and economy
of this trade. Let tbe communication by
riser between this city and Apalachicola La
rendered certain and constant enough to
justify it, and we ahall toon have two o
more steamships running regularly belwet
Apalachicola and New Orleans, and nn
quote cotton at $2 per halo and New Or
leans freight st $1 per barrel as the regular
freight charges between Olumbui
New Orleans. When this rale it estab
lished as a regular coinmsrcial standard,
what port in Georgia will offer facilities
superior to Columbus as either a cotton-
shipping point or a market for the purchase
of Western groceries f In direct, cheap
and reliable communication with the great
cotton mart and Wgalern produce depot oi
the country, our city could defy all efforts
to divert her trade, and could grarp, with
Driarian arms, the trad# or sections that for
many years have not bad a representative
Wagon in her atresia.
And tbe thing can be done—easily done.
We need only the right kind of steamboats
on the Chattahoochee to accnrnplirh it.
Cur beautiful river invitee navigation for
nine or ten months in the year at least, and
thero ia no more reason to conclude that, il
navigated longer in the summer and fall, it
would not pay, than there is to assert that
the railroads to Savannah and Montgomery
will not pay during that part of the year.
Wo know that they will and do pay during
the "dull aesaon"— so called chirfly because
plantera and othera are now obliged to do
most of their forwarding and trading in the
winter and spring. Dut lot the regular
and cheap cemmunication wah Naw Or-
leant ho established, and it would build up
lor itself a remunerative business and glad
den our merchants with tho impartation of
such an impetus to their trsdc as no other
improvement could afford.
The March Convention.
The "signs" indicate that there will be
eentest in tbe approaching Democratic State
Convention, between the frienda of Hon.
Howell Cobb and tbede of Hon. Alex. H.
Stephens, home counties Lava instructed
their delegates to support Stephen
others have declared an adherence to Cobb.
Stephens will derive sir advantage from tin
feet that the friends of Cobb are divided—
fomr of them resolving to go into the
Convention and maka an effort for their
favorite there, whilst others repudiate the
March Convention altogether and deter
mine to insist on the regularity and priority
of that of December, which nominated
Cobh. It is • fight in which we leel no
special internal, and we are rather surprised
that anybody should got at all excited about
it, seeing that neither Stephens nor Cobh
nde much chance to get tbe Charleston
nomination, and that the real question of
mporlance is, who is to ho the second choice
of the delegates appointed 1 The pretence
of gelling eny Georgian nominated ia "all
foi iiuncomb"—ffitended to "rope i
y gudgeons as possible.
Mr. Hickman of I'a.
Tbe telegraph advises us of a report
prevailing at Washington, that Mr. Kd>
roundson had caned Hickman, at some
piece in Kentucky, for remarks disparaging
to Virginia made by the latter at tbo §<
enade to Speaker Pennington. We bi
cot out a report of Hickman's remarks •
the occasion referred to, with a view
noticing them, before this rutfi nr reach'
us. It is worthy of remark that Hickmi
was the only rnan called up by that serci
ading parly, who said anything bitter
insulting Inwards tbe Houlb. Sherman w
gsntleraanly, dignified and conciliatory
and Mr. Pennington’s speech was quite
conservative and Union-loving. Dut Hick
with an insolence which he had
before manifested on the door of the House,
undertook to bully and taunt the South
ipecially the State of Virginia.
Douglas Democrat, hut supported
throughout. We copy what he said about
Virginia :
/ aay to you to-night, my fcllow-citizena,
l lion. Miles Taylor, a Democratic
Representative in Congreae from Louisiana,
haa writleu a loiter strongly advocating the
claim* ol Judge Douglas for the Presidency.
Ex-benntor Boule and other loading Denm-
crata in Louisiana are also strongly for
Douglas, not particularly because of any
personal attachment hr him, hut moro on
account of their hostility to Honator blid«||
and President Duclianan. Indeed there urc
InJic.ilun. „ f lh> Oppo.ltjtm
P«n> oi ijouj.t.n. InclInlriK ,bo
.ujipott of Dougl., ,m) ,0 , u „i„„ wjlh the
Boul " D.lnoci.u ■■ . kj || iD([ olf
BliiMI. Il mur „ p ro b a bla Ih.l
D'>u|la. will g.l ■ p„l Of tha „f L ou .
i.i.n. in lit. Uliarle.ton Convention , or, II
111. Slidell win, .cl.ct ,|| j,|, g „„
through lh. i|iiicjr of ■ Stile Con.onlion,
tint the ft.ulti nln, mil CiII inolho. Con.
vrnlmn ami appoint ■ Dougin d.lfg.tiou.
Wo think tint 111,. Into, will ha the courae
resorted to.
CiT Lull* Paris papers report a numhr
■If Mp.rlai.nli with llio “m» m.thoj of
• ne>lt^vhi■, ,, which wore g.nrr.lly aucc.ii*
lul mil «.li,r.cto,j. Wo hive ilrtiU;
given m account ot this di.cov.rr, but a«
•00” ol our trader, may hiv. ftvrgtitl.lt It,
VC will I'm fly rrp.ai tint a ,|ala of r.poao
anti Inaon.thlllt, t„ p ,|„ |„d uctU ,,,
placing a bright or rudtly ohj.ot a few
ihcbea directly In Iron! ol Ihe no.a and
■ailing Iho patient look at.adily at It. In
Irotn lout to ton minutoa tbo cll'rct la pro.
duecil, without ti.k ur unplaaaam aan.ation
afterwards.
L'aaTti uv Haiti,, W u it. a tit Wc Irani
Kiiili retttat that Mr. Jauaa a. Wninaaa,
Sharill ol Kuaivtl county, Ala., di.d at lit.
rvaldanca in that county on Wnlnnilay
"tel", ,l1 " a Itrial lllneia of pneumo
nia. h avail” hardly longar ago than tho
day Moro hi. d..lb, whan wa aaw him in
our city a. active and cltoarlul •• aver—
certainly |l could not have I,act, more than
a wc, k ha Ion. Hr waa a matt who onjoyrd
tl” confidence and oatoem of all who know
him, and aa a public ofllcer ha had fow
superiors.
IjP** The Albany JHalriu
ver Lske," a pretty little »
the heart of that town, ha
disappear through
that
h«ti of water in
a commenced to
• those curious
suhierraneau p ut age* which stein to pane-
trato the gsith in the low country, and
connect with tho streams leading to the
Gulf.
nr In the Senate of Alabama, on Wed
nesday, tho llnus« bill disposing of the
Three Per Cent. Fund was ordered to a
third reading, by a vote of 17 to 14. It ia
believed that it will surely become a law,
hut it 'nvidieusly cuta off tho Mobile ami
Girard Hoad without a dollar.
CP* 1 ho Atlanta Locomotive saya : Hon.
Leamler W. Crook has raaigned hit ofSce
as Judge ol the Superior Courts of the
Chcrokco Circuit, end Hon. Dawaou A.
Walker, of Spring Place, Murrey county,
haa been appointed to fill the vacancy.
17* Land Wauante have i
what. The following are
quoted in the New Yuik utar
tet on the 9th ;
buying. Fi-Ulny.
160-acr*
do
n
_ 18
K3P* Altered bill# ol the Dank of Fulton
are extensively in circulation about Atlanta.
Ones are altered te twos aud lives by
cutting out and pasting on, but in such a
manner that a careful inspection will enable
any one to detect the fraud. Look out for
them.
17* The Legislature of Texas haa passed
n preemption bill over the* veto of Gov.
Houston. In the Beast* the vote was
unsuimous—in the House 69 lo 34.
IT* l)r. Kane’s panorama of hia Arct
fi|iedition, and hia famous Esquimaux dog
Ktah, were sold its New Yoik last week, tor
$385. The panorama coat $6,000.
ch#e Irutu Washington say
I'ciiulugloJi uiul McCieruand
These gentlemen wero the nnmineee,
ipectively, of the Dlack Hepublican and
rmocrqtic parties in Congreaa on the last
day of the contest for the Speakership
While we could rot rejoice at the support
f either by any political friend of
re are confirmed in the opinion that
ington wus tbe preferable man of thi
for the South. Every account of hia polit-
tecedents, Whether given by a Dlack
Hepublican or a Democrat, concurs in show'
ing that bis association with the Republic
tominal merely. Jin waa hot run
for Congress aa a Dlack Hepublican, but
N>|.|e’e Party*’ man, which party
embraced some of the most consrrvutivi
of Ihe North, Pennington being
esteemed as one of them, lie is known to
ho in favor of tho perpetuation and rigid
forcemmt of the Fugitive Slave law, and
i* seid that he bus recently declared that
has no objection to the establishment
slavery in any territory adapted to it.
hough tins chart of political principles
docs not com6 up to the rightful demands
of the Mouth, il Isys down a diatinct and
well-defined d< flection ftora tbe beaten track
of black Republicanism; it repudiates the
underground railroad as a political highway,
arid ignores indiscriminate squatter sover
eignty. In the appointment of ihs stand
ing committees of ilia House, Speaker
Pennington was of coursa hound to recog
nize the domination of tbe party that elected
him, but he hue nevertheless so cousiiiutcd
llieiii aa to givo general dissatisfaction to
the ilepublieans. The cause of this is that
ons or two moderate men on each of nearly
all Iho important committees hold tho
balance and can control their action ; tho
arbitrary and ultra supremacy of tho
llluck Republicans ia thus circuqivonted.
Another gratifying luct ia that tho Speaker
has, in hia constitution of the committees,
evidently recognized thn Southern Opposi
tion psity aa »a powor" in the House,
though hut a single one of them voted for
him. No such rrcognition of the Southern
Americans ae a parly can he found in the
constitution of the committees ol the Isst
by Mr. Speaker Urr, a Southern
Democrat.
Mr. .McC'lernaud, on the other hand, is a
Douglas squatter sovereignly man, in lavor
ol giving to tho Territorial Legislatures of
all the 'J'cnitorief a license to run out
slavery by “unfriendly action,” and he
halongs to a squad of politicians who agitate
thia question us an eleciionetiring policy.
It ia a policy mora rifo with mischief and
danger than any other system ol warfaro
on slavery yet proposed. Congressional
prohibition can no longer be effected j it is
a specter that nerd no knger affright tho
country. And if it should ever he resorted
to, the South will most assuredly resist it
even to diasoiuiion. Dut iquatier sover
eignty lives aud moves,- it is even now
doing ita work in some of the Territories;
and tho South cannot successfully fight so
insidious an aggression. Many of the
black Republicans prefer it to Congress
ional intervention, and probably fully one-
hall of them aro now ready to accept it as
thsir preferable “remedy," but are restrained
by the knowledge that such an open chango
just now would put Douglas at the head ol
their column.
We repeat, therefore, our conviction that
Pennington is a better man for tho South
than McClernaud, mul we are surprised
that Southern Democrats voted for the
lattar. Well did Pugh, Dunham, Kent,
Gurry, Cloplon, and other Southern Rights
Democrats, rcluae to volt* for him. Wo are
gratified that only one Southern Opposition
mail (bouligny of La.) supported him.
fhrft If’it will require ilm Stale of Vtiginia
in arms to lake old John Drown
teen mdn and one cow—[crios of ‘Good’] —
it will at leaat require mure than tho fifteen
feeble States ot the South to succctalully
compete with the eighteeh mighty Stales
the North. [Cheers ] I preach hut or
doctrine—il is the doctrine that I preach i
all times, and in all places, and what I aay
in Pennsylvania I am not nlraid to detlur
in the City ol Washington—[chceraj — 1 au;
that there is no power in tha combined
Stales of the South, when combined
the banner of disunion, to compete with the
freemen of the Nrrth; and 1
and lor oil, this Union must and shall he
preserved.” (Cheers.]
And again he said :
"Large parties may be divided in the
North by name, hut there ia no division in
sentiment as regards the maintenance ol ih*
Constitution and «he Union. [Crie* of
Good !' and cheers.] Nor is I here a divided
South ; for I tell you, whether parties in
that Hection are called Amuricans or Demo
crats, they all fight under tho some banner,
dure enlisted tor the maintenance ol n
iglo policy. [Cries ol 'That's so !’] So
ihe North, when the time comes, you will
find the divisions have disappeand, and
if th« ro he a single man there who shall
descend from the policy which it will then
become our duty to pursue, wa will first
hang him es a traitor, and afterward* attend
the traitors South.” [Cheers.]
If Hickman has really been caned for
such language, the DLck Republican* will
a make nil the political capital they
ol Iho affair, and it may prove, like
the caning of Sumner, a profilablo election
eering theme for them. We uwnit later
advising us of the truth or GUshood
of the doubtful dispatch received.
The "Mozart Hull” Democracy.
This is the name given to the minority
branch of the Democracy of New York. It
is derived simply from tneir place of meet-
ily and from the fact that tho
thor wing ia called tho Tammany Hull
Democracy. The latter aro Prttsuilrrs,ant]
constitute a large majority of thu so-called
Democracy of tho Stair. They appointed
their dslrgatss to Charleston some time ago,
by the action of a Stale Convention, and
about thrcc-luurllis of them are fur Douglas,
lbs delegation being instructed to cast the
of me State aa a unit. Recently the
Mozart Hall Democracy have bren decling
eir delegates from the several districts,
and last week thry held a Statu Convention
at Albany to appoint their four delegates
for the Sts’ls at large. Fernando W uud,
John A. Green, Gideon J. Tucker and J. H.
Babcock wero chosen. These delegates
will claim admission on the ground that
the separate district system ia the proper
mode ol selecting delegates ; hut their real
objrct in choosing them in that way ia well
understood—they aro too weak to compete
with Ihe Tammany Democracy in a joint
convention of tha two wings. The Mosul
Democracy expect their cluirne to eeate to
be sustained by the unilyd South, and will
doubtless bid high for this support. They
aro really much hat'er inclined towards the
South than tho other wing, but the misfor
tune ie that they are comparatively fow in
■umbers. If they adopted any resolutions
declaratory of political principle at their
late meeting, wo have out yet received
them ; but wa see that the President, iu his
address, took ground in favor of (hr South
which even eouie Southern Democrats will
not occupy, lie ie briefly reported aa hav
ing aaid that “tho South must have au
equal, even-handed ehsio iu the Territories
of the Union, and protection of her eleve
property there, es the North hae for money
end impiumcnts of agriculture aud mechan
ical labor. Tho Territories &;e common
property, and should he shared ill by all.
He held it to he tho duly of Congress to
protect slavery in the Territories.” No
such assertion of Southern right will bo
made by the Convention, for il would scatter
the party at the North like chaff before tho
wind; hut we copy it as a part of the
history of the inltiguee lor the management
of that hopeful body.
Very luterealfliff tram Mexico.
rved at Charier-
Tbe steamship Isabel
ten on Sunday night, bringing dates from
Vera Cruz, via Havana, to tie 4th inst. A
corespondent of the Courier gives a detail
of important and intere*ing event* in
Mexico, hut his account iaso long that we
roust only briefly refer to tlem.
There bad been • succession of victories
and advantages for tho Literal party, and
it waa again in a position l» carry on offen
sive war, with e hopeful prsepect of crush
ing out tbe usurpfiion of Mirsmon. On
the 23d of January an engagement took
place nesr tho city of Oajaca, between a
portion of tho Mirsmon forcit, which, under
the command of the Spaniard Cohos, have
bean for some months occupying that Blate,
arid tbe volunteer Liberal troops raised for
their repulsion. The engagement resulting
n a had defeat for the reactionary, forces,
Cobus eellied out the next morning with nil
i from tbe city of Oajaca for the
purpose of chastising the Liberals, when u
plt-ndid battle ensued, in which the Lib-
rale not only irsintainrd the ground thry
had gained thu day before, but routed Co-
lire force, hium-lf narrowly escaping
trifling escort—hie brother, Marce-
lino Cobos, badly wounded—and with the
of all bis artillery, trains
, which, with several hundred pris-
i, remained in the hands of the Liberals.
The loss of life on both sides was very
heavy. This reverse, it was thought,
compel Mirsmon to abandon his threi
pedition against Vera Cruz, the seat of
the Juarez or Constitutional Government.
In addition to their important victory in
Oajaca, tho Liberals have alto Istely gained
several other engagements of Ices impor
tance, but which show that tbo tide of war
again turaing in their favor.
The re-oceupeliou of Colima by the
iheral forces, under Ogazon, is confirmed.
Uy the i.xlraordinitry, from the city of
i, intelligence it also received of thu
taking of Zacatecas, by the Liberal forces
iard in Durango by Gonzales Ortega ; and
by the mail brought from Tampico, by the
English steamer, ia announced the re-occti-
ion of Ban Louis by
dcr Gaiza, tbe resell
Neler, having abandon
Liberal forces,
^^Viips, under
uebl
lialanro of tho country, including both
11ire Pacific and Gulf coasts, and thus
every port in the Republic, is quietly iu the
Hessian of tho Juarez Govurumsrit.
Tho different Liberal leaders have now
mustered a force of 25.U0U to 30,01)0 men,
arid if their armies were well appointed and
provisioned, they could successfully attack
Miramon in all his strongholds. Dut they
ere in nerd uf money, and ihuir hope uf
raising it soon ie based upon the contin
gency of the rally ratification of the
McLane-Ocampo Treaty by our Govern
ment. Jl that is ratified, it will at once
furnish the Liberal Government with the
means to move the large hod ire of troops
now at their disposal in the difisrenl Blatos
in a grand march upon Ihe Capital, aud at
the iniii) time will givo them tbe vast moral
support of future assistance from the United
Augusta aud Macon HaIJruad,
Avqvsta, Feb. 15.—Thevoic authorizing
the City Council of this city to subscribe
to the Augusta arid Macon Railread wac
taken to-day, and resulted 823 for eub*crip»
tion, and 13 against, showing a majority of
810 in favor of subscription.
Augusta Races.
Acucbta, Feb. 15.—At the races to-day
Planet won the first heat ig five minutes
forty-two and a hall seconds. Hare’s filly
was tl.cn withdrawn, and Planet galloped
around and took the purs*.
Puryear’s b. c. Congarro won the two-
mile race, purse $300. on Thursday, heating
I)'swell’s Fanny Washington. Time, 3:46,
3:44—fast.
■ . Congaree is looming up largely in the
sporting world. He best Deswell's feet and
promising colt Exchequer at Charleston,
and now he has defeated the renowned
Fanny Washington in quick time. It
would really seem doubtful whether Planet
can overhaul him.
Congaree, Exchequer, and Jonce Hooper
—oil fast and game—werj entered for the
race of yerterday.
Fouhtm Day.—The attendance of visitors
st tbe race course to-day was very fair.
The first race was Bwrepstckea for three-
year-old colt*—two mile heats. Thomas
Purycnr's b. *. Congaree, by imp. Glencoe,
dam Millwood, galloped over the course
look the purse. The second race waa mile
heats, best three in five—which was run by
John L. and Miss Kaloolah. John L.
three straight heata—Tune, 1:51], 1:41],
1:49].
To-day (Saturday) there will he a handi-
cap race for Ihe Jockey Club purse of $&00,
three mile beats; and also a race for
Jockey Club purse of $20(1, post entry,
ilea.— Const ilulionalisl, 18 lh.
Itl^r
from Europe.
PRINCE^ALBERT.
Cotton Brisk nnd Steady.
Augusta, Feb. 16.—The steamship Prince
Albert, from Liverpool Feb. 4th, haa arrived
at New York, bringing two days later advi
ces than the Bohemian.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Sales of the
week H4.0U0 ba'es, ol which speculators
look. 11,500,; and exporters 10,500. The
market closed quiet and steady.
The cotton market waa reported in the
early portion of the week active, but the
activity waa checked by the advance in the
rates of discount by the Bank of England.
The stork of cotton was 595,000 bales,
of which 449,000 wera American.
On Friday the 3J lost., the sales were
7,000 balea ol which 1,600 were taken by
speculators and exporter*. The market lor
the day closed firm, at the followiug quo-
Pair Mol,tie....
fair L'plauJa
Manchester
the trade was
7J£d. | Mid. Orleans 6 7 ^«t
“'id. | Mid. Mobile 0 1 MM.
...TJ.d. | Mid. Uplands CJ$d.
idvicei were variable, but
quiet and holders of goods
BUI
isary.
A iuuinia fok Win.—The Detnacracy of
Ihe several counties of Virginia are hoi ling
meetings aud selecting their delegates to
the Statu Convention, which will appoint
the Virginia delegates to Charleston. Bo
far \N ibu appears to he carrying everything
e him, Hunter h
counties us fur u<
western counties may da better for Hunter \
than those heard from, hut h« tnsy bo con-' s
idered a "dead cock iu the pit."
(7* i'rut. I.OW*. the g'eat balloonist, who
didn't cruse the Atlantic last fall in hie
monster bag of wind, is now iu Charleston,
delighting the good people of that city by
taking them up a few bundled (cot in tho
air, in a smaller balloon, so as to give them
a good "bird’s eye" view ol their city, llo
rd only 1 guegea the altitude of the ascension, and
rd from. The j Lunge down tho balloon at pleasuro to Itrru
, by means ul a rope and windlass.
Boino difference fictwien this pastime and an
aetiai voyage across a stormy otuan three
thoueaud mile* iu breadth !
(7* We are glad to me that tho people
long tho lino of the proposed railroad from
Gnlfin to Covington are tevmug that
project, and teem to ho in earnest about
budding tho road. The railroad line from
Griffin to Newimii is now under contract,
aud when il ia continued Irom Grillin to
Covington, wo will only need tho filling
up of the gap between Columbus and
LaGranga to hsvo a pretty direct and
independent new route to Augusta and
Charleston.
17“ The Washington States says that
17 The Washington correspondent of
the Augusta Constilutionaliit, referring to
tho fruits of the entorced compromise by
which ail organization ol the House was
finally effected, tiuly writes: "llow far the
Republicans proper have profited by uniting
tho anti-Demoeratie fueling cannot yet be
seen. They have promoted old-line Whigs,
Americana, und dieacxiitng Democrats, hut
as yet have elected uo straight-out Repub
lican.”
— —
17’ The Washington Constitution pub-
lithe* tho malignant speech made bv
delegates from thirteen Stales have hern ' Benstor Fitch, the other day, in which he
led ta'tha Charleston Convention,
which meets within three uioiitke from
now. Tho Presidential p
number—a majority of whom are under
instructions—are as lollowa: Douglas 109.
Lane 3, Guthrie 12, Johnson 12, Davit 16,
Cobb 10.
C7 I’he Montgomery Confederation learn*
that lion. J. A. Htallworih, one ol the Rep-
resenlativea in Congress from Alabama,
passed through its tily on Thursday uight,
en route lor Washington. Mr. Btallwotih
has not heeu iu bis seal during the present
inlurincd the South that
rom uves allowed Douglas to be uotuinatod at
this ’ Charleston, that section would less the
respect uf cuornus aud tho *)mp>thy ol tir
friends. The Constitution endorses the
doctrines oi the speech, and commends it
to general perusal with much warmth. The
speech, tt is understood, was mad* at the
suggestion ol the Preahteut.
Aiucst a Racks.—The first race aver the
Lafayette Course, on Tuesday, was won by
Purycar’s b. c. Congaree, beating Alston's
ch. f. Mlaa Kaloolah, in 1:53}, 1:61]—mil*
beat*. The second race, s«me d»y, was
won by Puryeer a cb. f. R »a Uoubtur, heal- tendered to the lete Sergeant-at-arms of tbe
mg Lalley a br. I. Emily Blount, in 1:64], House of Representatives, Mr. Gloasbrcn-
^ ^ n«, the appointment ol Treasurer ef the
1 United 8lalee, has been contradicted; and
urg# the j, now §i jj t j, Bt 0 fl erc j
17 California, as well as New York and
1IItriors, and probably Georgia aud Penn-
a)ivania, will send two delegations to
the Charleston Convention. Tho Anti-
Lecoinplon or Broderick Deruociacy of the
Btale tie about to hold au riclus.vo Con
vention lor the appeumuetU of delegates ol
their own stupe, end they claim to l>e the
*‘aiu.on pure” Democracy.
17 The report that the President h*d
C7 Tbe Philadelphia pa; a
. »**■ mm Husrvu me
Legislature tnappomt a gas metre inspector appoinun.nl to Judge Howl*., of Tcnn.,
i Secretary Casa and Senator Doug- to stand between the public and the gas W [, 0
an roctly sick on the 13ih.
Tho utter recklessness and desperation
of Miramon is evidenced by a rccont mon
etary tiansscliou: "He has at la»t suc
ceeded in getting together tome $690,000,
of which a part is raised hy a forced con
tribution, and about $450,000 by the tale
to Jscker of some Fifteen Millions of Bonds;
$9,000,000 of which, by a»me illicit dealii g
with Gabriac, the French Minister, are to
enter into the French Convention, and thus
be placed in tho ahape of a foreign debt.
A more ruinous transaction was never I
ol in a civilized country, nor aii install
greater corruption and degradation or
part ol the Minister of a first-class p
like France."
The British Charge d’Affaira has b
impatient or distrusting and ha* '
payment in lull for recant claipt
by him, threatening to withdrr
mission if they are nst paid wjtbi
days.
Juarez has issued a protest against a
Treaty with Bpain concluded by the Mirs-
rnon Government, which, it ia said, aacri-
ficra everything to Bpuin.
Mr. Ocampo haa retired from tho post of
Minister of Foreign Affairs under the
Jusrrz Government, to accept a special
mission of great importance to the United
States and Great Britain. Gen. Bantoa
Degullado succeeds him iu the Ministry;
and he is represented to be, like Ocampo, a
friend of American intervention.
Latsk ani> Dzmn roa Muumon.
Niw OttLKAXB, h rb. 16.— The schooner
Blur has arrived, with Vera Cruz date* to
the 10th lost.
Gen. Miramon bad left Mexico on the
8th iual., for Vera Cruz, with five thoueaud
Additional by the Bohemian.
Portland, Feb. II.—The Loudon Time*
lays that tire prrtpoo&l of Great Britain in-
atea'd of standing out for the Rorari'a chan
nel, and tho wholo of thegroupoof Islands
igainat Hiro channel, n third channel is
proposed which give* San Juan to England
all others iu tho United Slates. Bo
iderublo is tne concession lha> tho
United Stales government will bo naked to
givo us tiro wholo ol a certain headland
which tho 49th parallel now cuts iu two. ,
The enure of tire suppression oi tho Paris
Universe waaihepublication ola loiter Irom
he Pope to the Archbishop stating his mu-
ives lor refusing tu accept advice oi the
Emperor.
'Ii* steel plated frigate Gluiro, now lying
he port oi London, lies been cleared to
make ready to go to sra with the utmost
dispatch. Her nceunutiiin is unknown.
A party hostile to the accession of .Savoy
ado a demonstration nt Clismherg and
keri tho Governor whecner it was the in-
ntion ol the King of Sardinia to cede
Savoy to France. The Governor replied
at "(lie King will not willingly do so.”
Numerous arrests have been made in
mice. The authorities have been inform
ed that i* is the intention ol Atihtria to re
tain nnd defend Venice to tho utmost.
Thursday, Feb. 2.—A largo Moorish force
on yesterday uttackud tho right wing of the
Spanish army. Tho former wero repulsed.
The Spuniunls then carried the Moorish po
sit inns. The lova on each side waa 2,000.
Tho Paris Bourse is greatly depressed
ho Emperor Napoleon's breach
Liverpool General Market.—Flour closed
dull at 23s. to 27s ; Wheat was steady, but
closed with a better tone at unchanged rales;
Corn firm; Provisions quiet; Sugar dull,
and declined 6d. to Is. lor refining purposes ;
Coffee was steady ; Rice firm ; Rosin firm,
at 4s. 5d to 4s. Od.; Spirits of Turpentine
t 36s. gj:
1 the
Hungary u
liuvo been
cd ilia
letter any* that tho
Sardinia ami Central Italy an
aer. The quotum ul n dr fui
being rimcu«M-d, it is expected t
from Central Italy will domic,
ol Victor Emmanuel, will take
* expected in
; latter officers
pie.
ties between
growing do-
dep
ibjeci
Parlia
of Ti
the
Hungo
left Vienna wi
Emperor,—the
testant association
ia!a!" , Thu limbi'
oration of all ihe
their chinch ; ono
right* and privilege!
side or the other must ytetu, or a violent
struggle will ensue.
Cmigrc-salonal.
Wasuikoto.k, Feb. 14 -Sikatk—In tbo
Senate to-day the Kansas-Wyandot to bill
was introduced but no action taken.
A bill establishing a Government Printing
Bureau, waa introduced.
Senator Brown's resolutions, relative tu
tho rights ol tho people ol the States and
Territories, was discussed, but no action
taken.
uuat.-• The special cominittro or printing
The <
ako i
>»tal Dsfic
epu
. postponed.
sported to
t stata
liia advance gu
be at the National Dridgs.
sra Crux was declared to be i
of siege.
17 Tbo \\ ashingt.m correspondent of
the New York Express says : "The election
UV. Pennington to the Speakership not
only doe* not gratify the Republican*—il
nnoye them extremely. This fact is man-
luted constantly in a variety of ways.”
Tho correspondent append, the following
personal or financial item : "Mr. Sherman,
I regret to ieanOias expanded quits a small
toriuoo in entertaining his friends, or those
who profesaed to be, during the last nine
weeks. Not being a inun of wealth, this
expenditure will weigh heavily upon his
pnJe. Mr. Banks, iu 1855, took a more
prudent course, it is staled, upon good
authority, tlut hit election to the Speaker-
■hip was effected at a cost to his friends ol
about $40,000, but without the expenditure
by himsdf of a single dollar.”
(7* Tho city of Rome, Ca., was lighted
for the fiisl i:nia with gas on the 14lh inst.
Being Bt. Valentine’s day, it was a day of
unusual cipcnditur* of gas all over the
country ; but tho ligjit then started at Roms
will probably burn steadier and more bril
liantly lor a long lime than any torch
kindled by Cupid on tho 14th February,
i860.
Augusta Races.
Mr. Hare's entry, that rau against Planet
in the three-mile race ou Wednesday, is a
b. f. by Red Ey*. Bhe is aaid to bs a last
and promising young one, aud the time
mads (5:42]) was quits creditable; hut of
course nobody expected her to be*
rwnowned Planet.
fcajr*Buhup accepted the
invitation to deliver the address at tbs
annual meeting ol the Aluruui of tbe
Wesleyan Femala College in Macon, during
Couiuieucsmsut week in July next.
oncy**biH*
«’a amendments, except the aboli
ie trunking privilege, was passed.
ick to iho Bvnaro with iho iranking t
tnt rejected by a two-third vou.
Wahuihutox, Feh. 15.—The Benats to-
iy .'’ceded from Ita aiuendmtmt to the pus-
I Dill (hung the clause abolishing the
Franking privilege.) uud pissed the Bill,
liich has already been signed by the Pres
ident.
In the House there were three ballots lor
Printer, but no election, il required three
Votes more lhaii tho highest candidate re
ceived.
Various Dill* were introduced, including
tho French Spoliations, the Tariff, the inter
diction of Polygamy in Utah, the admission
of Kansas—all ot which were reteircd to
appropriate commit ices.
Washington. Feb. 15.—The Senate to-
day pjaso.t a Bill, with only two dissenting
votes, abolishing the hanking privilege alter
the 15th ot April next.
Waduixotox, Feb. 10.—The Senate w.i*
engaged lo-dsy on District of Columbia
business. A commit so was nppnintcd to
report in regard to iho inauguration of the
siutue of Washington on the 32.1 inst. Tbe
Bcualo then adjourned until Monday.
Iu the House, several hundred bills, from
At London money was slightly more
stringent, and very active.
Consols 91} to 91} lor money and on ac
count.
Lord John Ruraeil had announced in Par
liament that the English Government could
not procure the correspondence relative to
the rumored cession oi Sdvoy to France.
Tiie British Ministry havo been defeated
on tho question of splinting a committee
to investigate the miscellaneous expendi
tures of the Government, by 28 majority.
Tho HnflKcr Cotton mills at nianchestor
have bcou burnt. The loss is 930,000.
The Paris Bourse was improving, and
Rentes closed on the 2d inst. at 67.60.
Tho London Post announces that Eng
land and Franc* aro allied on the Italian
question, and Iurttier that it has been for
mally determined that there will bo no inter-
Hungarian affairs are daily growing more
complicated and serious.
The ship Garnett from Milford, and tho
Nicholas Biddle Irom Liverpool, havo sailed
lor Bavannah.
European News by the Arabia.
Augusta, Feb. 1H.—Tne steamship Ara
bia. irom Liverpool Frb. 4th, has arrived at
New York. Her news ie generally antici
pated by (he Prince Albert’s advices to same
date.
Havre Cotton Markets-Orleane Tree Or
dinary Iu5, Das 991. Bales of the weok
6 500 bales. Block of cotton at Havre 12J,-
000 bales. The market was steady.
The bullion in tbe Dank of Fiance had
denoased 6111,5001.
Liverpool Cotton Market, Saturday, after
noon, 4IA.—.Sales ol the day 15,000 bales, ot
which 8,000 were on speculation. The
market closed advancing and buoyant.
Breadstuff* and Provisions quiet.
Consols 94] to 94j.
The Freuch and English treaty was ex-
From the N. 6. Plcajune.
The Pacific Railread Hill.
We published yesterday morning
copy ol the Pacific Railroad bill, wfaion Das
juai been introduced into Congress under
uu-p cea irom which its passage into a
ai tbit session is confidently anticipated
is tbo same bill, wo believe, that has I
announced in our previous advices i
Washington, &» in preparation, which would
aecu'e the building of ihe railroad on ihe
route and the basis ol the Southern Pacific
road, in which this region ol country hi
taken so worm an interest. The bill is long,
but the leading features may be slated t*
br.el, leoving them for comment herealte
Jt makes grants of land to two companies,
to aid in the construciion of a railroad and
telrgrapii to tbe Pacific coast, at or near
Ban Francisco; one from the western
boundary of Texae, south ol the 34th paral
lel of north latitude, and one Irom the Mis
souri river, north of the 38th parallel, with
a branc h from the nearest practicable poiut
on aaid route to tbe waters of Columbia
nver or Puget’a Sound.
The grant lor the Southern road ia made
ly to tho president and Directors ol
’’acihc Company. It gives
Kection ol public lands on
each side ot the route on all lands this aide
ot the boundary of Texas, twenty.five see
ms per mile Irom the Western line «t Tex-
to the California boundary, and six see
ms per mile thence to the ocean.
To tbo Nuiihcrn line it grants to the com
pany already formed, six sections per nnlo
Irom the western boundary ol the States lor
fitc hundred inilcsiotho passes ol tiio Rooty
Mountains, thence twenty-five sections per
mile to the California boundary, and six
sections per mile lor the brauch to the
northwestern water-.
'i he mineral lamia of California are ex
cepted Irom the operation ol the act, and it
is provided thai the amount in quantity
fchall be made up from the nearest unappro
priated lands w line these sections shall bo
cendeinned as valueless or are olherwUe
unavailable lo tbe companies, and on ihe
passage ol the net and its acceptance by
the companies, the lands on the route indi-
be reserved Irom occupation
surveyed and opened to their
tbe Bouthe:
Once In Werms’ tanwrisi« .
"IS*’
TfMSBWs?
IBfSfraw sa-C*
sswsiBttS**
" Golden harvesu In «h!5S
On UiehlUaMeseholcML
"Stately cities, nab!.- <■!
“ Render ra ried ' ,,av#rl »" lJI
Equal sl?n* of WeaUbS.'
And the richest'gem
Democratic Idmo of Thi ^,7^
The Union Pa ltl
tioual Union men ot New- v ‘
lou.lv tiu.hiue forward the\7
:ltanged c
i lihi
save that the question
of tho annexation of Ccutrii Italy will bo
subordinate to the result ol tho universal
eutlrago ol all powers as to the propriety ol
that measure.
The French army ia to bo considerably
reduces.
An nflrny is reported 10 have taken plac**
at Ancona between the Capal Chasseurs and
urtilleiyrncti, against tbe gens d’anne*.—
Three hundred of tlio former have been
arrested, lorty ol whom were wounded.
Kossuth has suddenly disappeared Irom
London, and it ia thought he has gono to
Hungary.
is sad to lie directing more troops
to i.ertbern Italy.
Koliablo accoun
regular army has
Due division, nu
oi well diaciplii
Wa
in the Hou
the Iranking
Bpvcial Com ii
on, F
I reduced.
17.—The Senate waa
o-day.
!• tho Benato's bill abolishing
privilege was referred to a
Hire, il is thought that tho
state that the Moorish
t yet been brought out.
numucring sixty thousand,
ied troops, am a •siting the
great ouuie. Thu object ol the Moors
appears lo bo to draw ihe Spaniards into
ihe interior.
Bovera Sardinian officers have gone to
Bologna tonrganize an army.
Arrests continue to k bo uiado iu Venice
to an alarming extent.
l.atcat f'rotu Havana.
New Orleans, Feb. 17.—The steamship
Empire City arrived last evening with Ha
vana dales to tli* 12th inst.
The coolie (redo is to be alupped after
December I860.
Sugar is firm at Havana, and the exports
lor the week reach 7.5UO bbls., and thn
receipt* 11.500 bbls. Sterling Exchange ia
quoted at 13] to 11 per cent, premium. On
New York 2} to 3 per cent i remium.
Veahel Abandoned.
Philadei rut a, Feb. 16.—The bark Ger
mantown, Irom New Orleans lor New York,
wub a cargo of Coffee and Molasses, was
abandoned at sea on the lOih inst. The
Captain nnd. crew have arrived in safety.
The vessel and cargo were insured t* New
York.
Paraguayan Trerty Ratified.
Washington, Feb. 16—The treaty be
tween the United Slate* and Paraguay was
ratified by the Senate to -day.
Population of Kansas.
St. Lena, fceb. 16.—The Assessors of
Kansas report the population ol the Terri
tory at 69.950,
I Democratic Sis
rpnrn*
tween the
reaching
Virginia Democratic State C
Wakuikutun, Feb. 16—The
Stale convention assembled h
and rfleclcd a temporary organi:
indications are that a majority of the cc
ventior. is in favor of the nomination
Gov. \N iac hy the Charleston conventii
The Btste convention adjourned this e
mug, in respect to the memory of Hon.
Kush Floyd, deceased.
M.rjl.'
J-, ..
IKOTOK, Fell.
Robert Daok.
was circled President, and the Convention
udjourned until night.
:| Richmond, Peb. 17—In the Democratic
Bute Convention, late Ism night, a resolu
tion waa adopted admitting members ol the
Legislature Irom unrepresented counties to
seats in the Convention.
1 o-d;»y the proceeding* were more orderly.
A resolution was introduced stating that the
Mon. ii A. \\ ise was ihe first choice ol the
|.«.>pl«ut Virgin”, fnr lb. Pro.idency ot lh.
"* * '" l ‘ submitted I W
y ol Vir*
until they
selection.
Provision is also made for an early sur
vey. The reserved government la ma arc,
therefore, lo be open lor preemption and
purchase, aa other lauds, at twice tho mini
mum price, or 92 50. per acre. Tnerc is
the usual grunt ol the right of way lor a
width of IU) leet on each aide ol tho road,
and the right to use earth, stone, timber
See., irom iho lands ol the United Blairs,'
•ml the United Bute* undertake to extin
guish the Indian title. Tno companies are
juiredI to alienate one-hall ol these lasd*
tnm five years alter they are patented,
and the remainder within ten years, undi.*
>m ul forfeiture ol all that remain*.
But ii is required that each company ahall
build 500 miles ol road and telegraph beloru
they begin to receive patents lor their lands,
and sliullonly receive patents, thereafter,
lor 50 miles ol road as completed, until the
ia completed, when they shall gel ti
tle whole dl this reserved land,
material aid by which the roads are
most assisted is, that the United
undertake, on ihu completion and
perfect equipment ol every filly miles ol tho
road up to tho Rocky Mountains, to loan
the ci mpsny in Treasury notes or bunds, ai
hvo per cent, interest, ono million ol dollars;
or overy liliy miles beyond, two millions,
ho aggregate not lo exceed thirty-five tuit
ions. '1 his sum is to be secured by a
mortgage on the unincumbered road bed,
■oiling stock, mnl all the buildings und in*,
•rial*, in favoi ot the United Biatea, which
a iu remain "until iho wholo thereof shall
jo paid iu the Dinted Blatos in mail or othi
ervtcea, according io tke provisions oft/.
We have looked curelully tluouJ
Clay, "the Union, the (;,„? .
enforcement ot the la« N ••
iel Wobater, “One Coun-n" *
linn, one dMtiu,;- .J?;"-
Jackson, "The Union rum.-
preserved.” They b»vc i„ ;
to their lellow-clt sens tlm,.
led Stale, in llm ***
A cti.is In. urm.d i„ : : .
tie.. Fetriotian, tfem.nd.
Iron. Impending d.n S er,. Mm "*/' •
views, both Northman,| South, fr . f: *
which Iho Const iiu t i, < „ n | J““ 0| " n<i
their disunion measures i,, . '
that the stability of our iniiiiut
ened, and unless a >pce( j., '' ' -
is impossible to exaggerate t. ' ^
which the Republic will iuIicr *
Uur Government was tor
of t»nce..in„ ,„d in,beni.n« 'J M
of .omen'ii ,„j -
»nd i, *
policy, wni
istic institution,
lot
r thu
tho policy of cm I,
things be regulated t,\ :
I nlw
tha act to find what pr
Ibis head, und find ii
Ilia Drilled States sin
at all times, in the ui
graphs lor its service.
Government may fix
years alter cumpleiio
port Government troops, freight
thu 5th section, that
ol the roads and tele
the
tern
nd that l<
roads shall tram
all kind
The road
iiitiiled
tie companies arc required to make the
ctary ol tbe interior minute ainu
i ol inctr condition, and the aflair
1 the
road during its progre
plutton,and are made subject to lines i
p< nulties tor dduys and neglects in making
the road or lelegruph.
ills required that litre hundred miles ot
each road ahuil bo completed wiituu a,]
year*, a* * condition ot the land grams.
( waive >enm Irom the passage ot the ac
and us acceptance, is given to each coni
pany lor the completion ol its roau and tele-
graph. A lailure iu ibis works a forfeiture
ol ilie whole of ihe line and grants lor the
uncompleted part; and Congreve reverve*
the right ot granting them to other puriie*.
amt putting ihu whole roud under iho con
trol ollauch new panics on term* which it
ujr deem just and proper.
lb® companies may adopt any
line
Either
road, now under constructs...
he points where the land appropriation* bo-
° ” Company is
a junction
gin—and die Southern I*
expressly uuihurtzed
with any road in Tex
The land grants in die act aro not to lake
eficct until dio Siam of Caldorms, and eve
ry othor State in which any pan ol these
roads is situated, has signified her assent,
in the proper h»rm, to diu construction ol
die same within her limits, as provided lor
in the act.
Milton S. Latham, (he Newly Elect
ed California Senator.
The Overland Mail, which arrived on
Monday from California, informs us that
tlie Legislature ol that Slate, alter an ex
citing contest, had elected Milton 8. La-
M lu fill the vacancy in the United Stairs
Senate, occasioned by the death ol D. C.
Broderick. Thia result is a ra< her singular
termination ui the struggle, as lew believed
two months ago that Latham would make
any effort tor tho vacant seat, but that lie
would lend his energies to die ta«k ol suc
ceeding Senator Gwin, whose plnco is to be
filled by the next Legist a mi re. This opinion
was (j,veil strongdi by die lact that l.a'h.un
had just been elected Guvernor ol tbe Stale ;
aud it was not supposed be would desert that
place before he had time lo act tie liiinseli
cmnluriahly in it. Hia ambition has long
been fit/d upon fl\e Senate, however; sod
we suppose he saw the prise within hie
grasp, and was too wise to lose opportunity
ting i
I .a i ham, in politics, ia a warm sup
porter ol Buchanan's Administration. II*
will be, perhaps,die youngest man in the
Senate, lor hr cannot have many mors than
die Constitutional requisite of 30 years. In
person lie is slight, and in appearance ex
tremely yeuthlul. Intellectually, he cannoi
ds considered as laying claims to grcainrs*
—but he is ca. rednigly ready, aim bus till
happy faculty ol always making thc.hest use
ol what he knows. With a graceful ami
pleasing manner he combines a silver y voice
hile his speeches never possess any
amount ol sterling inurit,
great depth,
hey never tail to delight his
dd to bis own popularity,
nd political career in Calitorni
]trom any taint ol jobbery
i udi*
His pen
nlcsi
any right t
try At! .Ira.
16 Stephen*
Departure of the Asia.
York, Feb. IG.—Tha stoamship
'• ^falsruay tor Liverpool with nearly
Mammoth Hotel Opened.
Hotel was opened lo^ubhc* acclm-
Havre >l*iket.
k, Feb. 16.—Dales Irom !!■'
‘•ry have been received. I
ket closed stiff, and sties
ached 521'“ ‘
.s.d
ot
nd alto disc I u
>H ol m arly the same t
but it was replete 1
id patriotic sentimenta
non,
dcrable length,
evening session ia still engaged
ionp, Feb. 18.—The cinvendon “•
d tuibU'leni, aud nothing yet
The
tolu
lock.
declare their preteren
canuiSaie, was still pending,
u took a recess until four
The
i thou
day directs
and James
tempt utivre
Connecticut Delegates for Douglas,
j \Vashinutun, Feb. 16.-Eleven out ol the
i t ^ l ' lve appointed to the Charleston
. at tonal Democratic convention, from Con-
necucur, are in’favor of the nomination of
Hou. S. A. Douglas, lor the Presidency.
Arrival of the Overland Mall.
i*?i T 'm'lY 1 *’ l'» ~The Overland mail
1 ° m.* u ® r r'vcd yesterday,
i 1 he anti-J,*comp!on Democratic conven-
did not elect delegates to the Charles-
| ion convention. J be indications are that
an attempt will bs made by the Lecompton
con van lion to send Douglas
tne Charleston convention.
. Latham, the U. 8. Senator elect, si-
manatt,mo! Douglas.
elegit*
i«flr The postoifica Plains of Dure, in
Death ofllon
Washington. Ft
Hoyd, a brother ol the Secretary o! War i , ta.-Tbo great Mo
and a resident ot Wyiheville, Va. died sud i VI. H * rbor improvement bill passed
denly here last uight,ol disease ottho heart. 1 iJISSil’JfJ*,, l Ue • #n,# fciU ^ the
| nouse on tbe lJth met., bv a vote ol aves
Mobile Hay iiid Harbor Hill
. I., by a .
lortv-bve, and nays thirty-lour. The till
•‘*“ r V .* m ‘ ni '" um depth “I fifleeu feet
irom tho bar to the whart.
from 1 Seventh tfrgiuisnt* o7 New’Wk^and* !ha I vJv'tull!!, “'her, who has bee
tha I’ik.'. l’eik ration up ihi. lima ii | to puticipu. in I L5- in Ml effot
NtfTON, teb. 17.—A joint
£7 The amount ot gold sent
• J*ik*’« Peak region t
estimated at $500,000,
ol I lh * c0 ' d '‘* 1 “WW.iwiwi"”
this bill passed
law, i.
oderick i
t for Lai
1 ofiei
i oil bo Pacific Coast” at I
disposal. 1.iithain, thou
Broderick’s ability to perl"
id, mused to sign the agrt
• be world wnhtMii tamily,
'UtluctM-e, tic has shot up
d.ilul rapidity. A very 1
was a young lawyer o‘
tice in San Francisco.
epoch, lie waa elected to the small office ol
C.iy Attorney. During his term, some
vciy important litigation, concerning the
city s (iglu iu real estate in her limits,
known aa ihe "Peter Smith suits,” was
comm*need. Ilia appearance in these suits,
perhaps, first brought him permanently into
notice. Alienvards, he devoted hlinoelf to
hi* practice, and removing to Sacramento,
rapidly amassed a preily fortune, which hs
increased by invariably successful real ea-
ta'.s speculations. At present, he i* very
wealthy. Turning his attention lo politics,
he obtained the nomination lor Congress,
and was, ol course, elected. No sooner had
bis term expired, than an accidental vacan
cy occurred in ihe office ol Collector at Ban
Francisco, which President Pierce bestowed
upon Mr. Latham. Hardly had he been re-
lieved ol that, when he was nominated lor
Governor ot thn Slate, in which post be waa
inaugurated last month only to retire from
It to step into the United States Senate.—
*»«• f "*»’■ Letter to be born lucky than
“' L '~ rajaed and educated in
rich.” Lathtfm wi
Alabama ; but we L
that State.—AT. 0. Crescent.
W* The Petersburg Intelligencer says .
“As tbe mail train waa noarmg the city a
few days since, and advancing with light
ning speed, a negro man, whose name no
one has yet found out, was struck by the
cow-catcher and thrown a distance of one
hundred and eighty yards." The negro I
was uninjured—only a little stunned. J dency.
illi (he nghia
State. Bui lor i
federacy which
freedom in ibe
formed. When
trampled upon,
iveretgn «-a; acity u
nadn
i that de
disregard* law, b »th d,
with a ahnriaigh'ediit’-» n
iho fatal breukers alu.ij,
have waged n war again-:
of the South, that ia Iiubii.i
intent to the basts o.i w
compact was fintiud. Bo t
that there is a nece* rv
tween States that differ ar
or to the system oi dmiies'i
satisfied by llio experience
tho member* of this conn
member* of tlie human In;
dependent upon und auziiirf
that each State baa a rigl i
employ its own system, .»>u
unitv will cement (hi I
spirit of the convenunt ii p;
Already the direlul inti n
holy war is felt in the diani
institutions that once were
binding tho distant puns id
disorganizing our Nairn;;
alienating our uta'e»men : i
lidunceot our pconlo in cur
ing tho plans and di»a; i ■
of the patriotic citizen* ul
pre-enting the unaeemiy
world, ol a Nation divided;
All qursiione relating t<
individual Sintos to the coi
may be saiely left to be «<
thorixed expositors ot
itseli. As good rilixeiis w
as good men wo shsll I[vp
cutrmit our
Htruted legal lrit>unul
decision!
d pr
ord a
the expo
cry i
re binding r
hcnauio ol an American
Willi thcae aimple prmcip.'«
and In
all upo
Constiiu i
their coun
would re
hands ol currupt nnd dangeioui
navo it from lalling into tho
any sectional party whoee lencjT.
principle ia Hostile to the object aui
the Constitution, we call up >n »
the Union lor the naKe ot tin* I
who would Hoe ill the Prcbiden .
incorruptible patriot, n man »•. -
supported by eoui.d.judicu'i.k, a
laithlul citizens in the Norm sea '
tbe East and West, to rally w
the Hag ul our country, rlie *p-r
ington and Jackson, Weh»ter
cherish and defend ihe Union.»' ■
it with augmented glories to future (t
Ihe coiuuiitli rs.
The Committees of the House !>•
sentaiives, as appointed t>> 'If '
Bennington, were reported in t
, i* the Coir
vens, Washburn,
Spaulding. 5 ; Dei
Miiison and Craw t
tion, Mr. Winter D«
rd, .1
dignity .
Foreign Atldirs, which is c« n.r 1
lows: Republicans, Corw i
Burl.ngarne, and Humphrey.3; I
Barksdale, Boyce, Uisr.cti ai ■
Northern Opposition. K. Joy
S juiiirrn Mr. Hi>
On the Judiciary Coimn-t' l(
Hickman (Chairman) and K
ijemimpton Democrat. " ; 1-
lugc, Purler and Kubmaim. L
Hunstoa and Tayloi. I
ern Opposition, Nelson, ot !' •
These three Cummiunt v
over alt ihe oth rs. Dut ol •» r
•Stiiaie. and ot Ways and .Mew-s •
House.
Mr. Bpeaker Pennington li*> ***•' '
it tiiuet Republicans, Grow Cl.-
Perry, Gooch, Waldron, Case an-i •'
6; Democrats, Smith, ol Virginia. 1
ol Missouri, and Vallanduigbi.ni, xl (
he Commuiee on Elecuons, wtu'*
seat* to be comcaled, as is now tt- 1 '
is looked to wiin muca interest 1
iniiieo, it appears to us, bas ocen »' r -
wuh commendable liberality by 'y _
nington—it consisting ol Southern I •
tionists, Giliuer (('bairiuan) *»d Uzt'
Republicans, Campbell, Daw*-*. “
ami McKoighi, 4 ; Democrats,
meon and Gartrell, 3.
TheSouuicrn Opposition form* '
cn lor three Commuiee*. m
Elections; Melljrtr, ul Kentucky,of 1 ‘
and Canals; and Ilattuo, ot Ten net'
penditures in the Navy Depareng r
Cb nl
Lecompton Democrats
the Judiciary
,f Mr. Hteaman. w...y
Briggs, ol New York, American, t*
man ol tbe Committee on Indian AIH*
Mr. Orr, ihe Democratic Speaker o*
last House ol Representatives, arr«“gy*
comiuitteee on tne principle ol six
rats to ibree Republicans.
[ Stsktitle
A New Duiulas Fame-—A
has just wade Ms appearance in N»*
leans, under the usine of tbe 8t* ,e ‘
It plscts ibe nsnts
nd thrown a disunce of one phrn A. Douglas at tbe head of its *«![[■
eighty yards." i h* negro columns, as its cardidale for th* ^