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XoaXi llittSS&tfi”* CASSTOLE. GEORGIA: Thursday, May 6, 1852. Fine Vegetables, Ac. We are under many obligations to onr friends, Col. Akin and Doctor Wokd, for supplies of nice vegetables furnished us duriog the past week. We are de cidedly in clover. In addition to tbe above, our esteem ed friend, Christopher Dodd, learning, perhaps that provisions was scarce at our houu, sent us a very large fish— weighing five or six pounds. May be always have luck. This sort of material aid is encoura ging and decidedly advantageous. rnion Democratic State Con vention. Milledgeville, April 23. At a Convention of tbe Union De mocracy of Georgia, aasembled this day in the Representative Ball, on motion of Judge Lumpkin of Floyd, Bon. John W. Anderson of Chatham was appointed President, and on motion of Lewis Tum- hn.^Lol. Lindsay Johnson of the county of Cass, was appoihred^YTce President Southern Quarterly Review. We are indebted to the enterprising publishers of this valuable periodical for the April number, which has been on our table for some time. It is unques tiooably the best work that has ever been __ I attempted in this eountry, and should MeW lypc. receive a, liberal patronage from the We promised our renders some time since! * ° that if they would bestir themselves and give j Southern public. Under the edPonal us two hundred new subscribers, we would j conduct of Mr. SIMMS, the work cannot THE LABOEST CIRCULATION IK CHERO KEE GEORGIA. The Standard has an extensive circu lation, and is a good advertising medium for Business Men to become known in Cherokee Georgia. Terms moderate. buy new type for our paper. Many of our kind patrons have come np nobly to this call, und have sent us some two, some three and several have sent as many as ten subscri bers; until we felt so sure that the number would be raised that we ordered the type, and next week we shall not only give our readers new type, but at least one-third more reading matter than usual. We arc not disposed to brag, but will say that for numbers as well as qualitiy of sub scribers, we arc not afraid to compare notes with any country paper in Georgia. Dr. C. B. Lombard, of Athens, Ga. will remain in our town a day or two, for the purpose of preparing mouths of persons who desire plate work done. He has some specimens of his new style of block work, to be seen at Latimer’s—which cannot be ex celled. Give him a call. Telegraphic dispatch from W. a ton, May 3d, says Mr. Clay is dying. JUST- At Sheriff's sale on Tuesday last—a negro boy, 15 years old, sold for $804—one 13 years old $701. Tall prices for hard times! fail to be valuable to subscribers, and we doubt not it will rapidly gain favor with a discriminating public. Among the articles in this number, we enumer ate the following: 1. American Agriculture; 2. Cali fornia Gold ; 3. Enfranchisement of wo man ; 4. A uthority in Matters of Opin ion ; 5. Tbe Battle of Contreras; 6. Halm’s Son of the Wilderness ; 7. The Phonetic Bible ; 8. Domestic Histories of tbe South; 9. Critical Notices &c. &c. Published by Messrs. Walker & Rich ards, Charleston, S. C. Terms, $5 year. Our thnnks are hereby tendered to our friends T. M. Compton, Calhoun ; and Kr>. Beezly, Woodvillc, for clubs of ten sub scribers from each. Also to R. Y. Wiu- iamso.v, California, for a similar favor.— These tilings encourage us. May Day at Cartersville. We learn that our friends in Cartersville and vicinity had quite a pleasant May party on Monday last—and regret that we did not receive the invitation so kindly sent us. A friend has promised us an account of the af fair for our next issue. Bank of St. Mary’s. After this day we shall decline taking the larger bills of this Bank in payment for sub seriptions. Bills under the denomination of $5 will still be received at this office in pay ment of subscriptions. We do not advise others to take them, however, and do not wish to be so under stood. S. M. Hewlett, Temperance Lectu rer, will be at the following appointments : Jacksonville, Ala., 19th of May. Gadsden, 20th, >< Turkey town & Centre, 11 & 7 1-2 o'clock, 21st. Cedar Bluff, 11 o'clock, 22d. Cave Springs, Geo., Sunday night, 23d. Cedar Town, 11, Monday, Yanwcrt at night, 24th. Powder Springs, Tuesday 11 o’clock, 25tl». Union Convention. The following resolutions were adopted at the recent convention in Milledgeville: 1. Resolved, That the Constitutional Un ion party will not give its support to any candidate for the office of President or Vice President of the United States, unless the Convention nominating such candidate shall declare its acquiescence in the measures of Congress known as the Compromise meas ures, and its determination to consider the measures ns a final adjustment of the mat ters embraced by them. 2. Resolved, That this Convention at this time will take no action in relation to the approaching Presidential election. 3. Resolved, That another Convention of the Constitutional Union party be called af ter the Democratic and Whig Conventions have made their Presidential nominations for the purpose of considering said nomina tions, and for the purpose of taking such ac tion in relation to the Presidential election as shall be deemed proper. And that said Convention be held in Milledgeville at such time as the President and Vice Presidents of this Convention, shall hereafter appoint and make public. Old Monroe Railroad.—We observe that a bill has passed the lower House of Congress for the relief of the Monroe Rail road Company. Georgia Bonds.—We learn from the New York Journal of Commerce that the Georgia six per cent bonds to be issued by Gov. Cobb of that State, at the Bank of the Republic in New York, were all taken on Thursday. The exact amount, says the Commercial Advertiser, was $525,000, re deemable in twenty years, and bearing 0 per cent, interest. The loan was taken by Ja cob Little, E. W. Clark, Dodge & Co., A. Belmont, G. B. Lamar, President of the Bank of the Republic, and C. W. Law rence. President of the Bank of the State of New York. St. Mary’s Bank. In consequence of our notice, expres sing our willingness lo take tbo bills of this Bank, quite a flood of them bus poured in on us. We sre glad of tbis, as we shall be aide to realize something out of them. The Columbus Enquirer contains the following item relative to tbe Bank : “ Mr. Winter will, so soon as he can arrange bis schedule, offer at public ven due all his real estate in Columbus, and a considerable portion of what he own6 in Montgomery, and receive the notes of the Bank in payment. This will cover fully one third or mote of the circula tion of the Bank, which is about $350,- 000. His flour mills in Columbus and Montgomery will also receive the notes in payment of flour and meal to small putchaser8. This, in connection with tbe receipts at bis Iron Works in Mont gomery, will soon reduce the circulation to a very insignificant amount and ena ble the .Bank to resume cash payment at an early day, but he is resolved to close the affairs of tbe Institutions and sur render the charter. To save trouble he will arrange with several of the Agen cies here to redeem tbe small notes of the Bank and his own. HU estate is an immense one, and with bis assurances that he will stand by the Bank, tbe pub lic cannot suffer more than a temporary inconvenience*” Small Poz—gone. Wc learn from the intendaut’s card, published in the Herald, that the Small Pox has disappeared from Athens. He says: “The measures taken at first to pre vent tbe spread of the contagion, will, however, be continued a few days long er, until all possible danger shall have passed ; but it may now be confidently stated that no case of small pox exists in this place.” o ' Adjournment of the 8. C. Conven tion.—Tbe Convention adjourned on tbe 30th ult., after the adoption of the Report and Resolution submitted by the Committee of Twenty-One through their Chairman, tbe Bon. Langdon Chcves. The Report ancLResolutions follow: The Committee of Twenty-One, to whom was referred an act to provide for the election of deputies to a Southern Congress and the call of a Convention to consider and report thereon, respect fully report— That they have considered the sub ject referred to them, and have conclu ded to recommend to the Convention the adoption of the accompanying resolution and ordinance: Resolved, By the people of Carolina, in Congress assent! * ~ the frequent violations of the tion of the United States by t! and Arthur Hood, of Gordon, was re’- quested to act as Secretary. Mr. Wm H. Hull, of Clarke, moved that a committee of seven be appointed, to prepare aud report business for the action of the Convention, which being unanimously agreed to, tbe President named the following gentlemen to com pose tbe committee, to-wit: Messrs. Holl of Clarke. Jackson of Walton, Daniel H. Bird of Cherokee, Dr. Miller of Floyd, Carlton of Campi bell, and Saffold of Morgan. Mr. Hull from the committee of seven, reported the following resolutions to-wit. Resolved, That upon tbe existing is sues before the country, we adopt and affirm the principles of the National De mocratic Convention o: 1848. Resolved, That the adoption of the Compromise measures by the last Con gress was in conformity with the princi ples affirmed in the foregoing resolution, and so regarding it we heartily respond to an adoption of the following resolu tions introduced by two of our Repre sentatives of Congress, and adopted by a decided majority of that body, including two-thirds of the Democratic members: “ Resolved, That we recognize tbe binding efficacy of tbe Compromises of the Constitution, and believe it to be the intention of the people, generally, as we hereby declare it to be ours, individual ly, to abide such compromises, and to sustain tbe laws necessary to carry them out—the provisions for tbe delivery of fugitive slaves, and the act of the last Congress for that purpose, included; and that we depreeato all further agita tion of questions growing out of that provision of the questions embraced in the acts of the last Congress kuown as the Compromise, and of questions gener ally connected with the institution of slavery, as unnecessary, useless, and dangerous.” “ Resolveu, That the series of acts passed during the first session of the 31st Congress, known as the Compro mise, are regarded as a final adjnstment and permanent settlement of the question therein embraced, and should be regard ed, maintained and executed as such.” Resolved, That we will send twenty delegates to represent Georgia in the National Democratic Convention to be h Id in Baltimore in June next—with a distinct understanding that the foregoing principles will be affitmed by that body, and that our delegates be instructed to present and urge their adoption as the only sound and reliable basis of action for tbe National Democracy. Besolved, That the delegation to said Convention have power to fill such va cancies as may occur in their body. On motion of Judge Jackson of Wal ton, the President and Vice President were authorized and requested to appoint the delegates to represent the State of Georgia in tbe Baltimore Democratic Convention provided for tbe foregoing resolution. After consultation the President an nounced the names of the following gen tlemen as having been selected by tbe presiding officers as delegates—which was unanimously adopted by the Con vention : JOHN H. LUMPKIN, of Floyd. JOHN E. WARD, of Chatham. JAMES JACKSON, of Walton. JOHN MlLLEDGE, of Richmond. LEWIS TOMLIN, of Cass. A~TT KENANi of Baldwin. THOMAS P. SAFFOLD, of Mor- From the Union. General Cats—The Fugitive- Slave Bill. Messrs Don el ton tf Armstrong : As the time for tbe meeting of the Baltimore Convention approaches, dem ocratic preference seems to be concen trating upon General Cass as the first choice of the masses of tbe party as their candidate for the presidency. Those of bis own party who are most decided a- gainst his nomination, as well as others, sometimes insinuate, and at other times boldly charge him with having dodged the vote on the fngitive-slave bill in 1850. This charge, if true, would be very serious objection to the nomination of Gen. Cass. I believe it is pretty generally conceded that man acts from some motive or other. Whether this be true or false. General Cass could have had no motive in evading the vote on tbe passage of tbe bill. His vote for tbe bill on its final passage would not have committed him more fully and com pletely to the measure than he was and is without such rote. And it is to es tablish this fact beyond cavil or doubt that I ask for tbis communication a place in the columns of the Union. On tbe 13th of March, 1850, in the Senate of the United States, the propo sition for the appointment of tbe Com mittee of Thirteen being under consid eration, General Cass said : “ My opinion is, sir, that we should take up tbe bill for tbe recapture of fu- a gitive slaves reported by the Judiciary Committee. I am disposed to suspend all our discussions, and to lay aside all other business, with a view to act upon that bill, without unnecessary delay, and to pass it in such form as would be ac ceptable to a majority of this body.— That is a point upon which the South feels most accutely, and in regard to which it has tbe most serious cause of complaint. I have beard but one in this body deny the existence of this evil, or the justice and necessity of pro viding an adequate remedy. “ Tbe act of 1793 provided that the State magistrates in - the various cities and counties of the Union should carry that law into effect. This provision has been since rendered nugatory, as these officers will not now act, and consequent ly tbe judges of the United States alone have jurisdiction over the subject. They are not enough for that purpose, and tbe law, therefore, requires an amendment. I, for one, am willing to take np the subject, and provide necessary means of carrying tbe provision of tbe constitu tion into full effect. Such a procedure would have the very best effect upon the South at this time. It would be a pledge of our sincerity, and of our de sire to do justice to that great section Jof our common country.” Here is as clear and as explicit a dec laration and committal in favor of the principles of the fugitive slave bill, if not of the details, as an affirmative vote on its passage would have been. But ftST" A private dispatch tram Columbia, tf. C., lo Charleston, announces the resigna tion of Mr. Rhett, of his seat in the Senate. What will the Girls and Bovs Sat ? Ii has been decided by an emient physican, that twenty oas for a female, and twenty- night Ibc n male, an the proper age# tor the earliest marriages. gan. WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Randolph. ARTHUR HOOD, of Gordon. MARSHAL J. WELLBORN, of Muscogee. LUTHER J. GLENN, of Henry. JOHN W. H. UNDERWOOD, of Floyd. WILLIAM H. HULL, of Clarke. GEORGE D. RICE, of Cobb. THOMAS D. HARRIS, of Troop HENRY JONES, of Liberty. C. B. WELBORNE. of Whitfield I. T. IRVIN, of Wilkes. JOHN S ROWLAND, of Cass. JAS.^jr ARMSTRONG, of Bibb On motion of Judge Jackson, the President was added to tbe delegations On motion of Mr. Thomas P. Saffold, of Morgan, tbe following were appointed a State Executive Committee, to-wit: GREEN B. JORDAN, of Baldwin. H. V. M MILLER, of Floyd. ROBERT COLLINS, of Bibb. HOPKINS HOLSEY. of Clarke. ORION STROUD, of Waltcn. Capt. Wofford, of Cass, offered the lowing resolution, which was unani- usly agreed to. Resolved, That tbe thanks of the al Government, and its upon the reserved rights of the sovereign Convention sre hereby tendered to the Slates of tbisljoioo, especially in rela- Piwiutnnt Viwi President fnr tk« lion to slavery, amply justify tbis State, so far as any duty or obligation to her confederates is involved, in dissolving al once all political connection with her^eo- States, and that she forbears the exer cise of that manifest right of self-govern ment from considerations of expediency only. An ordinance to declare the right of this State to secede from the Federal Un ion. We tbe people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby de clared and ordained. That South Caro lina, in tbe exercise of her sovereign will, as an independent State, aooeeded to the Federal Union, known as tbe Un ted States of America, and that in tbe exercise of th# same sovereign will, it is her right, without lot, Modranoe, or mo lestation from any power whatsoever, to eewde from the said Federal Union;— and diet for the rnffimenuj of the eanaos State, whin any impel bar to ahoh separation, mnnifieask she is responsible alone, eeder God. to the tribunal of public opium, amoeg tbe nations of tbe earth. * President and Vice President for the able and satisfactory manner in which they have discharged their duties, also to the Secretary for the satisfactory dis charge of his duties. On motion of Col. Milner of Cass, it was Resolved, That tbe Union papers of the State are requested to publish the proceedings of this Convention. On motion of Mr Wm. T. Price, of Floyd,the Convention adjourned sine die. JOHN W ANDERSON, Pres. LINDSAY JOHNSON, VterP: Akthcr Hood, Sec’ry. vooate, that the reeenl visit of tha Rev. Dr. Stiles, tbe Southern secretary of the A me risen Bible Society, to Montgome ry. Alabama, baa lad to tha purchase of a large boose, in that eity, to be used as a general depot for the Scriptures, to supply tbe wants of tbo people of that One gentlearan subscribed the u of $15,000* toward tbe object, and tbe remainder, amounting to other mtldpta ip. Montgomery. the compromise committee was organized, and to it was referred all the measures and propositions then before tbe Senate of a sectional character, including tbe fugitive-slave bill. General Cass was a member of that committee, and concurr ed in the report of its chairman, report ing the fugitive slave bill back to tbe Senate with a recommendation that it pass. Here was a direct and unequivo cal committal in favor of the bill, both in principle and detail. On tbe 19th day of August, 1850, tbe Senate having under consideration fugitive slave bill, General Cass said : " When this subject was before the compromise committee there was a gen eral wish, and in that I fully concurred, that the main features of the act of 1793 upon tbis subject, so far as they were applicable, should be preserved, and that such changes as experience has shown to be necessary to a fair and just enforcement of tbe provisions of the con stitution for the surrender of fugitive slaves, should tie introduced by way of amendment. That law was approved by Washington, and has now been in force for sixty years, and lays down, a- mong others, four general principles, to which I am prepared to adhere : “ 1- Tbe right of the master to arrest his fugitive slave wherever he may find him. “ 2 His duty to carry him before a magistrate in the Srate where be is ar rested, that tbe claim may be adjudged by him. " 3. The duty of the magistrate to examine the claim, and to decide it, like other examining magistrates, without a jury, and then to commit him to tbe cus tody of the master. “ 4 Tbe right of the master then to remove the slave to bis residence- “ At the time this law was passed, every justice of the peace throughout the Union was required to execute tbe du ties under it. Since then, as we all know, the Supreme Court has decided that justices of the peace cannot be call ed upon to execute tbe law, and the consequence is that they have almost everywhere refused to do so. 1850, pending tbe consideration of the fngitive-slave bill, Mr. Dayton, a wbig senator from tbe fiee State of New Jer sey, proposed to amend tbe bill by an amendment which contained the follow ing proviso: • * Pr orided, That if tbe fbgitfre shall deny that he owes service to tbe claim ant under the laws of the State where he was held, and after being dnly cau tioned as to the solemnities and conse quences of an oath, shall swear to tbe same, the commissioner or judge shall forthwith summon a jury of twelve men to try the right of the claimant, who shall be sworn to try the cause according to evidence, and the commissioner or judge shall preside at the “ trial, and determine the competency of the proof This proviso, if incorporated into tbe bill, would have been as effectual a de nial of justice to tbe owners of fugitive slaves, as a direct repeal of all laws up on the snhjcet, and a refusal to pass oth ers. With this proviso in the bill, it would most probably have commanded tbe approbation and votes of the higher- law aboiiriun advocates. It required full as much moral courage in a north ern senator to vote against this proviso, securing to tbe fugitive slave a jury-trial in the State where arrested, as to vote for the bill. This amendment was’ re jected, and the bill saved. Tbe vote was—yeas 11, nays 27. Four northern democratic senators voted in tbe nega tive—Cass, Dodge of Iowa. Jones, and Sturgeon. Not a solitary whig senator from a free State voted on that side. On the same day Mr. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, a wbig with strong aboli tion tendencies, proposed to amend the bill by adding thereto following proviso: “ Provided, however. That no certifi cate of any commissioner, as herein pro vided for, shall be an answer to a writ of habeas corpus issued by any judge of any State or United States court who tnan may be authorized by law to issne the said writ in other cases; but it shall be the duty of tbe commissioner or other officer who may give any certificate in the summary manner provided for in this bill, to inform the party claimed as a fugitive of his right to saiJ writ of ha beas corpus; and in case said supposed fugitive shall demand said writ, tbe forms, proceedings, and evidence shall be according to the law of tbe place, as in other cases where said writ is issued.” This proviso, securing to the fugitive slave the right of tbe habeas corpus, if made a part of the bill, would as effec tually have destroyed the bill and de feated tbe objects designed to be attained by its passage, as would the incorpora tion of the right of trial by jury to tbe fugitive in the State where arrested.— But fortunately the amendment was re jected, and the bill a second time saved from tbe destroying hands of abolition ists, by the votes of northern democrats, without the help, or even good will, of a single free State whig senator. Cass, Dodge of Iowa, Shields, and Stnrgeon voted against tbe amendment. From the record, I have shown con clusively, to my own mind at lea^t, that Gen. Cass could have had no motive whatever to dodge or intentionally evade the vote in tbe final passage of the fugi tive slave bill. He was and is as com pletely identified with it, and as fully committed to its maintenace, as any one of those who voted for it; and, for one, I never for a moment doubted that had his vote been required to pass the bill, be would have been there and recorded it in the affirmative. His speeches and votes for and connected with tbis bill make for bitn a record which cannot be successfully assailed by his bitterest per sonal or political foe. Yours, Ac., J. Address of the Southern Whig Members of Congress. Baltimore, Apr. 28-11 a m. The “RepoMfe,” Of tbis morning, contains an address from those Whig Members of Congress who withdrew* from the Whig eanens meeting last week. It occupies tbrea columns and a half, and is signed by Messrs. Brooke, of Mississippi, Morton and Carell, of Florida, Moore and LandRT, of Louisi ana, Marshall, of Kentucky, Gentry and Williams, of Tennessee. Outlaw and Clingman. of North-Carolina, and Strother, of Virginia. It gives a de tailed narrative of the proceedings, and vindicates tbe course pursued by them in introducing resolutions declaring the finality of tbe Compromise measures, in tbe Congressional Caucus, aud their re tirement from tbe meeting when the in troduction of those resolutions was de clared ont of order. They deny that, in pursuing this coarse, their object was to distract tbe Wbig party, or to open afresh slavery agitation, but to put down those fanati cal Abolitionists who desire to rule tbe party, and whose only hope of distinc tion is overthrown by tbe Compromise measures; and also to induce the Whigs to assume a national ground and posi tion, upon which tbe statesmen of the party, and the party itself, could main tain harmony among the States, or pre serve the existence of the Government. Their object, further, they state, by the introduction of the resolutions, arose from the belief that, coming from so dis tinguished an assemblage, an enthusias tic response would be given by the coun try ; predicting that, a failure to declare tbe Compromise a final adjustment will result in tbe deserved defeat of the Wbig Presidential candidate, because, tbe party platform will be too narrow for patriotic people. In conclusion, the address says that, should both political parties fail to shape their future party organization on the fi nality of tbe Compromise measures, tbe people will demand snch an organiza tion as will triumph over both. Throughout the address nothing is recommended, bat the serioas consider ation of the people is invited to tbe sub jects^ discusses. Of Later from California. Baltimore, Ap. 28-9 15 t. Ttoe steamship Northern Light ei- rived at New-York tbis forenoon, froth San Juan, with dates from San Francis co to the 1st instant. _ The steamship Monumental Citt ar rived at San Juan del Snd on the 13tb instant, to take tbe steamship North A- meriCa’s passengers; recently shipwreck ed. Large quantities of provisions had been sent to them from San Francisco. News received from the Mines is of a very cheering nature, and large quanti- ties of gold oust was arriving for ship ment to the Srates. Experiments are being made in San Joaquin County to cultivate Sugar. Tbe Legislature has passed a resolu tion instructing their Senators and Rep resentatives in Congress, to ose their best efforts to procure tbe passage of a bill establishing another semi-monthly line of Mail steamers to Panama. The bill for the suppression of Gantts liog in the State has been defeated. At San Francisco, Stockton, Sacra mento and Marysville, the state of busi ness is cheering—brisk sales are befog made, and good prices paid for all kinds of goods. The price of Coffee is tend ing upward. Sugar is in active demand: Floor continued unchanged. A large number of Chinese were poor-' ing into San Francisco. o From the Columbus Enquirer. The Baptist State Convention met in tbis city on Friday morning last, at, half-past ten. Thomas Stocks, Esq., of Madison, presiding as Moderator, and Revs P. H. Mell and C M. Irwin, act ing as Clerks. The introductory ser mon was delivered by Rev Professor Hillyer, of Penficld, to a large congre gation of citizens and strangers, and preaching continued in tbe day-time through tbe remainder of the week. . Tbe number of Delegates was not so great as at first anticipated, but enough are prrsent to transact all tbe most im portant business for which the Conven tion annually assembles, and we are glad to learn that nothing but a spirit of Christian harmony governs the conduct of all, individually and collectively. On Sunday the pulpits of some of tbe other churches were supplied by the cletgy in attendance on the Convention. And wc are happy to note, as another' instance of recipjocal kindness on tbe part of members of other denominations,. that those who felt themselves able, and lived within a convenient distance of the church, manifested their courtesy and liberality, by opening their bouses for the reception of as many of tbe delegates ’ as could be comfortably entertained. The business of the Convention has been confined principally to the discus- From the Albany Patriot. T olitical Parties—Union Southern Men. We have never deprecated the exis tence of political parties. They are the incidents and the evidence of a state of freedom. Human minds are so consti tuted as to differ in conclusions drawn from the same statement of facets, and the free discussion of these differences is tbe means employed by human reason for cotrecting error, developing truth',Njind sion of questions and adoption of meas— finally, arriving at unanimity in conclir ures that more immediately concern the sion, purpose, and action. 'vchurch^sand members of that particular In our political partisanship it should ^Henoiniiiatfom- and^ the detaiivvwill be onr purpose to unite the people of I published in the Baptist Journal, or in-* ‘ --j.l _ L i it <• a pamphlet form, for general circulation throughout the State. As a matter of public interest, however, we give a state ment of the financial condition of the Mercer University, together with the amount now on hand for Educational purposes. Wc are indebted to the Clerk, of the Convention for this statement: University Fond, to be used in tbe Liter ary Department. $ 81,000 Amount of funds to be nsed in Theological .Department 41,000 Baltimore, April 28-9 p m. In tbe United States Senate, a bill was under discussion, creating a Board of Commissioners on Claims growing out of the conquest of California ; and was postponed for future consideration. The Non-Intervention resolutions were then taken up, and Senator Cooper, of Pennsylvania, consumed the remainder of the session, without concluding, in opposition to the doctrines promulgated by Kossuth. In the House of Representatives, tbe Homestead bill was under consideration. Twenty five Clerks of tbe Bureau in Washington, received a notification of dismissal to-day, on account of tbe ap propriations. It is again rumored that Postmaster General Hail is about to resign, and take the Mission to Russia. Francis Granger is named as his successor. Tbe Baltimore Wbig primary elec tions last night, resulted in favor of Fill more, by an overwhelming majority. The Southern Wbig Members of Con gress will issne a Manifesto to-day, in favor of tbe Compromise as a finality. It is severe on Seward and Scott, and opposes Southern co-operation with the National Convention. C5T Hon. Benjamin F. Hallett, who is the chairman of the Democratic Na- 1T ., 1ITr . — The mas-! rional Committee, has addressed a letter ter, seeking his slave" found his remedy ; f° th « Hon. Geo W. Thompson, of Va. a good one at the time, but now very in effectual ; and this delect is one that im periously requires a remedy. And this remedy I am willing to provide, fairly and honestly, and to make other provis ions as may be proper and necessary.— But I desite for myself that the original aet shall remain upon the statute-book, and that the changes shown to be neces sary should be made by way of amend- Tbis speech is short, »d I hare cop ied h entire. Bnt, short as it is, to the Sooth it is the speech of its antbor’s life.' We learn from the Southern Ad- It places General Cass right in the esti mation of ell southern men. of whatever party, who are not blinded by prejndioe; and may be pointed to by bis friends and supporter* in tbe South aa unmiatokea- bfe evidence of Gen. Cass’s patriotic de votion to (be constitutional righto of all parts of the. Union—even of tbe South ia the enjoyment of her peculiar institu tion. Can the most aeafous southern- righto men ask of him more on tbiacab- about tbe like sum, was subscribed by jset ? If be does, be shall have tbe ov* defect- Qt. tbe ram* 19* of Aagunh in relation to the charge made in the late speeeb of the Hon. Mr. Rantonl, in the House of Representatives, that all tbe national democrats of Massachusetts were nearly as much free toilers as him self (Mr. Rantoul.) Tbis Mr. Hallett denies, and adduces some of the past coarse of that party in Massachusetts, and tbe resolutions adopted at ito various conventions, to substantiate bis asset lion- He advises the party, if it would succeed in tbe coming presidential contest, to re cognize the binding efficacy of the Com promise. Mr. Clay’s Health.—The Washing ton Telegraph of Friday rays: Mr. Clay ia feeble, and subject to fre quent changes, generally produced by the varying weather. He passes most of his hours in the day in sitting up, or promenading bis dumber. It is only occasionally that be ia obliged to keep bis bed in. daytime. When (bo weather continues favorable foe any length of bis time, hie, improvement ia ahnaji very Georgia, and tbe whole Union if possi ble. in action upon correct principles of Government—such as will secure the rights of all its members and parts. We believe that political parties in Georgia have arrived at a singular una nimity of conclusion drawn from past discussions, as to tbe duties of Georgi ans and other Southern men, and we believe that nothing bnt a selfish dema gogical spirit on tbe part of leading men, will prevent the future united action of our State. There are a plenty who will seek to keep up divisions and heartburn ings, but the people must correct this by trusting more to tbeir own judgment than to tbe declarations of interested politicians. In what important political principles or measures do the people of Georgia now disagree ? Union men and Soutb- ernJSigfets, Whigs and Democrat*; have acquiesced in tbe decision of Georgia— have declared that slavery agitation shall cease ; they agree in opposition to a pro tective tariff a national bank, internal improvements by tbe General Govern ment, or tbe assumption of State debts; they are in favor of the tariff of 1846, the independent treasury system, an eco nomical administration of tbe Govern ment, a strict construction of the consti tution, non intervention in tbe affairs of other nations where onr own rights are not iovolved, union with that national party whose Northern wing is most fav orable to onr principles, and indeed, in all essential particulars, the people of Georgia agree. From the Baltimore American. Raleigh, N. C. April 27. The Whig State Convention adjourn- ed sine die to day. John Kerr, of Cas well connty, was nominated for Govern or. The following resolutions were a- dopted: 1st. Declares strongly in favor of Fillmore for President. 2d. Declares for Graham for Vice President. - 3d. Pledges their support to the nom inee of tbe Whig National Convention, if unequivocally in favor of the Compro mise. 4tb. Opposes the doctrine of interven tion. 5th. Disapproves of tbs Public Lands being given for tbe benefit of tbe new States. 6th. Declares tbeir attachment to the Constitution and the Union, and tbit they will resist all efforts to enfeeble them. Other reaolntions upon State matter* were also passed. Permanent Fond', $122,000-> In addition to the above, there is a separate fund, under tbe control of the Georgia Bap tist Convention, for the edn- cation of indigent yonng min isters, amounting to $30,000° Tbe total of funds talonging lo the denomination, connect ed with tbeir educational in terest in Georgia, amounts lo about $175,0C0 -1 It will be seen that the institution and the eause of Education are in a flourish- - ing condition with our Baptist brethren,. and the statement above exhibits tbeir untiring energy in tbe collection of' means to carry on undertakings of tbis sort, as well as a careful watchfulness over those means, to prevent squander ing or unnecessary loss. The Convention will probably adjourn ■ to-day, and its next meeting will be held > at Atlanta, iu May. 1853. CaT A singular case of swindling oc- - eurred in Reading, N. C., s few days since. A young man was passing the door of Valentine Riffert, when tbe wife of Riffert came ont and invited him into the bouse,,stating that her husband wish ed to see him. After some hesitation be did so, when the lady locked the door, and very unceremoniously seated herself on his lap. Not relishing such > demonstrations of affection be pushed her from him, when she let herself fall on the floor, and made an alarm. Riffert, in company with another man, then rush ed from a biding place, brandished a dirk knife, and succeeded in obtaining-. $100 from the yoong man, as a balm- for the wounded innocence of the wife f! Riffert was subsequently arrested, and tbe money recovered. " Pug-nosed and Hook-nosed Regi ments or Russian Soldiers.—Among tbe fancies of tbe Emperor Nicholas, ate these two regiments, stationed at St. Pe tersburg. Every man and officer of tbe first named baa a png-nose, bine eyes, and sandy hair and whiskers. The book nosee have each a nose like a hawk, with eyes, hair and beard black as a rsveu’b wing- The men,, too, all match in height, and, with tbeir spleadid uniforms^, make a showy appearance. Truth is considerable cracked up es a virtue, and yet we know nothing that would Eooner make a nuisance of a man. Speak tbe truth of every body you meet, end where would your bed be 'l In tbe mud gutter about half tbe time. In onr opinion, there is only one thing more dangerous than speaking the truth, and that is playing with loeo fooo matches ia a powder magazine. We tried it once, between man and wife, and wore a head ache for onr pains, six weeks afterwards. [Exchange Paper. Tbe first step io love is to play with, a cousin. There b a “ freedom from starch” in tbe intercourse of relationship* that ripens as natatallj as tad-poks into- bullfrogs - , A Yankee, according to the poet Saxe- is a driving man ; he sees aqueducts io. ‘ “ing springs, buildings ia stone, andt Ua.*h ia every thing;