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Volume XIV.
COLUMBUS, TTWDAf, FEBRCAn 8, IMO.
Mr. CnbbN Uepert-hove. ninett Kxj)ti.sr
lu answer Zo a resolution calking tor the a-tugl
aud probable rooeipt* from tiio customs, aud oth
er sources of revenue, aud usking the opiui 11 .
the Secretary of the Treasury, a.- Uj tbo lulaqvn.".
of tli receipts to meet tbo publii expenditure?,
Mr. Cobb laid before Congress, Thu'.sir - , tl. j
iutt., au able report, üboundin.; in sen-dldc rr
ooianiv ndunoiis. Tin’ let Ah oi u e ivp*” . pi t
elude* tho idea of eur oopying it its a wk w<
give thy oubaUtnoe of iff
The receipts during the firsi quarter of the pros
ent fiscal year, ending September la-', wen- TjoaV
ly twenty million two hundred :uid thirty one
thousand’ doßar*. The receipt* for the ivmaf
throe quart©re are eeUuiated u: thirty-eight mii
lions five hundred thousand doil&rti, es which sum
thirty-sovon millions arc estimated from the
customs. It is thought that the quarter ending
December lost will yield uu millions; the p, -
eat quarter, ending oo the Hh of Mai i*. lHV<n
ustliions. and ? hi© next quarter, coding no, tW fJi'th
of Juno, twelve millions. The receipts will u>J
vary from tJ© e>tiwat -* already submit I t -
Congo;**. From reliable data and a oumpirtisou
of receipt# lor preceding “mu w. tiio S rotary it
of tbr opinion. that there i* a redaction in
the prekwit ©*umaiiii of expenditure-, the re
oeipta will l>© inadequate to ini** them- Should
the bills now beiore Congress contemplating an
outlay of public money pa**, it will greatly in
eraasi Ure expenditures. Mr. CVd-b n.-onuu©;..'-
a reduction of X|retfduures, and it that ©a;.:-.,
effected, other toeaus of revenue should be pro
vided.
Also, a repeal of those law - or poftpouctnoat .and
their execution. requiring the building of Cu* ,m
Houses, purt-oflica*, unuccossarv at ib turn. —
lie thiuks the frau king privilege ahould be ui- il
ished aud leUurp'iiUgc should bo mi* I to IKo
cents. Re oxpies*® the opinion lli and th© pubHo
debt ought u h be increased by a loan—and that
the present tariff should he in di'ivd.
He recommend# to CongtYM (Ire r> da.-thni -i
the Treasury Notes, land Hein* oppn.s. and tv Go
policy of adding the nib of twenty millions io Cm
permanent debt; bo repeats his former i -oinTv;ni
dation for xtewding the eprrariou of the Tn;a
ury note act from one to two yen s.
We trust the recommendations of this able re; on
will be adopted by On - ■*.
In the Senate, the Judhdarv l oMinKli-e re: • t i
ed against the Haim- of J.ane nr . Mc-
Carty, (Republicans) as S nutor.j from I: ii ~ia.
Mr. Celia filer, of Vermont, uia-i • a in'.- city r
P rt.
Mr. lloustou, of Texas, reported a bill to uni :>
the two Judicial Districts in that State, iL->■ • ...
of which was to displace Ju .. > „.i i.
Mr. (iwia, of California, m-nc.i to n- n ‘.-r
the Agricultur.-.l College bill, wei. and w>- ca: i ,
by a vote of 27 t 26. A. r be . i
amended, the bill was po4on. i U’.ii.i yeo’rd;.y
(Monday, the ;Hh iust.) that Mr. Ciuy, of Ain.,
might express h:- view-, upon it. Ho thougtn A
a most mouscroui, iuhfuitoux aud
measure.
The Indian nj.preprfaition bill was then par od.
HODSE.
The House passed, with amendments, the .n
----atc bill relative to the New York Ind: n \
tien in Kntrsas. If seta apart ; I .r ■
twenty- acres for caeb Imtividuul Indian iiu r
moved from New York to the rescrvr.t; ,i; ;> -
ed them under the treaty of D:t t. The I; an*
are to have a year v i:iiin vliie!. ton \e tl..
lections, and pm euiptious arc to le un.i trout
the date es settlaim-ut. Tin m ouy dti . m
the sale of lands other than thos mlcon-d by t3io
Indians is to be paid int■ .* the treasury fyr their
benefit.
Tb<- Military Committee reported n,in.st thn
ealabiishment of a branch Military Am : nt
the Uermitag-o. Al-.a bill i< ) ■-n ‘’ ‘ !fi
ciancy of th.- Army and Navy by rt-tirii. disaMed
or infirm officers.
The appropriation HU-waa dio-u • and and five
thousand dollars appropriate I lor ‘*■ i-. - . in which
members sent home bvok*, waa vtneken out.
Mr. Curry, (adm) of Ala., spoke n. n Uie
present authorUcd > in ot mpor.mg tin- and
It acted like embargo or pi ~.i . •u.
gitiouito diacussion, and famished ia*;- n.n- \ \
books which nobody r .vis.
Mr. NVhols, (of Ohio, wa-t for ( .M-ludin :;
from the Cunyr-A. (};{.. oil ir mt -p- i
*s or essays, and advr-ri-d io < urr •*, it -n-.a!
abuses.
The Com in it ice rose without comb . to .any
oonolufiion on the bill, mid tb -H-i < - •i-.c-<I.
Tar Annum . kcitai
We eofded a piee* from thi- A tlantn /ut*lli<r
r.tr in yesterday's paja-rewnp], men tar yto the- 1. :
itor of tbc Auburn Hiffnal ought t j lm\ e .
btwm credited. Wend r-, huwwi r. all the on
comlmns prottouficed upon the oatraordinary
ability of Col. Samford. We k: -n him to -.e •
of thr lirt minds in the country and oner of the
most modest and best of men.
Athkmh Ban’NKT? —Andcr* -n W. Rocs<-. E?np r {
for some years th< ae<*.-impTl h<-d *■•. r oi two ,
Athens Banner, bus retired fr-na that r. -
His place in the firm is to be fiH and by Mr. Win,
M. t'hase. who is said t > b.- .11 |iaiitn t fr tio
post.
Wo trust that we will welcome Mr. Jtei.-sc u niu
nto the frateruuy, and some where in this section i
es the busto.
sp*We sc that Senator Toombs basui, !> .>
telling spevsrb lately, fb ■ r. : e i nl-!y r ; -1
at present, in tYnit and Stutm SeWc. Toombs
and Iwrsou havo few superiors, end lew tupiiile in
Congress,— -Atlanta Inlet! ••fenver,
Sknatoh I veiisov.—*We <k- that the p
generally, speak veiV favorably of Senat -r In i
suu's laie speech iu the Senate. All. ivc- - ‘
sp-ak like a true .Sout'ueraex, and we have no fcr
that the iutei v..- aof the rs >u‘h !• mglCi. ■ 1 n ;
such hands an .■**:nator Iv<.-r--.oi r. We think
bo rather uuuctated the en dit of Senator Ham
luonrl in New York, and the .amount of Norlbet n
mspilal iu vested in houiheru cuui'jm.-.vd. Dot
there are small mHors. The hj -.-ech. taken ns n ;
whole, is worthy its dinting niched author- l )
lauta ijtnaer.
A NrW FloridV Rah rwvn.—A charter l
been obtained kru railroad fr* in To -!, Won / I*i
coleta, Jr la., to f>t Auguatinc. eJiJO.uufi st<*-k h*si
been subscribed, the first instalment paid, and the
road commenced. Tb re will bo u great advan
tage to St. Augustine, a* the iucoaveuicnuo ol ac
cess presents ranny frem gobig there.
Wecopy in this Impression of the Tiuiei an edi
torial from the Eufaulu Supreme, entitled ‘davery
ea-MUtial to Hepuhiieiui iu-ututium.” hhu wo
recommend ‘ o tbc perusal of our readers. The
question is diwiHted with marked anility aud
•xbibits much r • and invesfigation.
Marhvk Bank.—At an election f*r Directors of
the Marine Barrk, on Monday lfi't, the following
geiitkmcn Were elected for the ensuing year;
Charles F Mills, Edward Padclford,
tieorge- Jlull, A C Champion,
N B Knapp, S A Hardee.
F T Willis.
Charles F. Mills, £v A ., wo* subssCinsotly re
elected President.
• 1 ‘ v. ‘ ,
Bt-moermlc caum. H. of IC-Tariff.
In the recent cau-usoftho Dcinocratic party,
held iu Washington,
Mr. Stephv-iu, of Georgia, said when ho first en
tered Congress iu 1843, the cx|*cnaoe of the govern
ment mre only $20,0110,000 per annum. The
country had goita through the cvpcunive Moxkan
w ar, liithgixiy threo tbouiandsoldiers iu the hold,
lor fifty throe uulliou.-i, and now, iu lime of peace,
the osumates wow suvonjgt-lhree million*. Many
xpmdiiurtifi were wholly unuecc>>ary, aud rc
oru; was indi*|>en*ahly needed. Ho belltvcdAor
iv v.it j u übundiincc for the national x
---pu).-ift. He was tb-.-ivibre opp-'sed to uu imreuso
<>f duiios, and said tho expewliiures should bo
brought within the present receipts.
Mr. Crawford of Georgia, eCcred a Miles of
rofuiluiioue usub-uaitv for Mr. GaruetCs which
the lei;>r accepted:—Which were adopted.
First. Thai it is inexpedient to disturb the turitV
of i 867.
2nd. That a Couunittee of five bo appointed to
report at tbo next caucus means by which tho
expenses t*f tho govorument con bo reduced.
.dr. Cr.iwibrd bclu-veU aud was advised nt tbo
Treasury Department that the simple extension
>. f the Treasury Note law tor mio or two years,
aud uuthorixittg tlie re-issue ot iho nearly twenty
utiilHu* rcilc* uiiiblc next July would bo sufficient
to relieve the treasury.
luo eoaiiniueo appointod wen: Messrs. Gar
no a of V-tL, Vallttudiglium of Diiio, (J caw fur and of
| i-.c-.)., and Marsh.dl of llhuois.
I Tho Wushington Siatmt spoai.iug of Mr. Ste
phen* remarks, very justly says:
Volume a would not avail for a more impressive
representation of the cnorunty of the public ex~
i peuditures, and of tho .urgent need of re Irene h
i meat aud reform, than is compressed in this brief
but pre.iiau a paragraph. Mali tho skill us tho
I rhetorician Mr. Stephen* exhibits bis caae iu the
vivid of euuLrajt, ami dev* lopujj it with a
. euueegtraUen of effect which compels inaiautane
; on* and unquestioning conviction.
Neat* from knnsNtt.
; Flight of lirtuco The Gold Mine*—Lotte* of
Ui<c hidiunt, Ac.
I.ttAVE.w.oaTH, Feb. 3,1859.
••0.-.-uwattomiu” Brown, who had bceu pur?ued
and surrounded at Eureka by tho Deputy Alar
shid and p-.. 50, su- -axled in making hi* eseup
ou M.a.day into N* -ko. A small detachment
of troop-*, sen:, by- Co*. Suui>u-r to uid til the cap
ture of Brovvu, returno<l on hoariug of hi* i-
St. I.uits. Fob. 3, ISSH.
Highly flattering accquuts of the Kansas gold
mine.- continue to bo received. A rich .quart*
vein hud been discovered at Ralston*)-! Fork, 12
union from Auruna, aud shot gold abounds iu ev-
The Fori defiance dates by the ranta Fc mail
etc to December 21.
Tucy -ay tii.u tb*- Navajo Indians ackuowlvlge
i >iiiu>! 200 lives, 20,500 sheep nud horses, tbo de-
Strucliun of I,UOO huts, and au immense quantity
of gras % altogether valued at upwiyda ot
090, dining tho lute war.
Mr. YosvAp a- letter to tho Santa Ife Gazette,
intimates tiiat there i* a disposition to deal too
harshly w ith those ludiun, aud says that if cer
tain t. uns are exact’ and it will turn them from tho
pursuits of industry and agriculture, by which
they now support a whole naliop of 12,000 souls
nud sustain 25'.:,000 sheep umi 60,000 horses, and
make tueiu r obbers aud plunderer*.
Sews )> the Ovirlauti Mall.
fcu. Loi rs. February 3.
The overlaud mail brings .Sau Francisco dates
of the 10th nit. The trip was made in twenty
titreo dayincluding twenty two hours’ deten
tion.
Paul C. Shore was killed in Santa Clara county,
CiddbißLi, *>n tho 6th, by Thomas Seale. There
was great excitement in ooumijumio#, *<l t**>
uni it ary had to bo calHl out to protect the pris
oner, who wa* conveyed to prison at San Jose.
Rumor? prevailed at Sou Frouc-iaco that throe
handled pi is- uors in the Fcnitentiury hod ho* n
a. uidcntally poisoned by* tlie use of some o lie mi -
eol mix’ and is the flour. There wus doubtless sutno
truth iu th© rumor, but the matter was greatly
oxaggevatod.
Tim sloop-of-wAr Vxndalla had loft for Guyn
inus to relievo the St. Mary’*.
The pr J-aU) Judge of Carson Vulley had pub
lished u card declaring his intention to perform
the Until.* of hi* office without fear nr favor from
niiy iu n ii. X eoiiUion between him and the anti-
A1 our ns w a* n-gurdud us iiMn ilftbli-.
• ‘Gonoral Kibbe waa still prosecuting the war
ngaicst tb. iuUiaxis iu the uorih with great suc
ce--. ilii* troops bud killed quiio a number, and
taken over !2,00 prisoners. #
From the Indejiendent Observer, (Eutaw Ala.)
HewMor Ivfraen’a H perch
On our first page will be found a lengthy ex
traol from the lain spoeeh of Senator 1 verson.—
Thi* ftps#’ h ba * boot* charaeteriaed ns treasonable,
.. i,,.! rlb tin- .'--utherii -■ niiment, that it
„ ill provoke a bitter return from the North. Tho
ink has whined for succor, (iepre
ca 1 • I Northern wrath so long that a bold, inunly
uiturance ol Southcxn Rights and acutinients,was
like a thunder-clap in a clear sky, to the dull
ear-: of Southern Senators who have listened to
and -ing the yron song so long. Wo are glad
Uu* spell bus been broken, and m sueb u manaer
I hut the great heart of tbc Southern people boats
r.-pomtivoly to the utterances of this noble speech.
It i* no dis-miion clap-trap, but a fearless i-nnn
r'mtion of tho moment mi >- truth which every true
Hotithevncr feels, that there is a point beyond
w-:.'*-b N'-rilicrn aggression cannot go, without a
disruption of tftiis Union. He is not for disunion
now, nor ttre we, but bo believes the time will
•-oi com*-.—and so do w r ‘, if certain eontiDgeu
which now soon port**utons, hp]>o, when
the South will be driven to this desperate- alter
native, or submit to dishonor and oppression.—
IP n r look the hideous monster in the face ns bo
main - his su'btlc upproa‘-bc, and prepare fn** de- !
fV’po*, before lieing encircled in hu slimy coili.
tunl sfupihed by his elfluvia, when we can neither
iip,v hand nor foot, and tbu* liecome uu cosy
prey tu his Intended destruction. This speech
ii.-is” the ring of tbc true metul, and as such wo
like it and oomuiend it. Its hnldneeu may stariio
tlou-o tiiuurona i*ird* who fly from tjie shadow of
the vulture. —hut this issiut the shadow, It is the
pi •■•ui tag; j who *<-es th- danger, aud wheta his
beak for the coining conflict.
The Atlantic Trltgraph tabic.
An nxcbnngc'inaUcf the following extract from
:t letter, .iust received by Mr. Cyrus NV'. Field |
trout a d'.nUoguialied English engineer, w4u> has
• i-<>une-ctcd with tho Atlantic Telegraph
-1 well rt member our conversation when we last
saw each other, and ) urn as much in earnest on
the subject now as 1 was then; fur, like yourself,
1 utn confident that the Atlantic telegraph enter
prise is destined, under I’l -vUlsnoe, tobosuecess
fttUy a*N">nipl4shed ; and 1 feel in my miifrl fK*r
tectly certaid that all tho difficulties may Wea-i
----ly and eertalnly overcome. I do not n-gtird tho
ra-k ns a light one or an easy ope, hut I know it
to he n practicable one. I congratulutc you most
iicrciy n even the partial success which atten
ded your last attempt, end the groat ciisnge in
public opinion which has resulted from it. Noth
ing can now long delay its aoromplishincnt. The
wo worlds cannot do without it.
Bjinator IwBBfMI.—W© are indebted to Hon.
Alfred Ivereoo, for a copy of hi* speech of 1858,
and his recent speech delivered in the Ben etc of
the United States. January 0, —both on th©
qnfsiton of the Pacific Railroad, and which we
regard a.i a clear, forcible, independent and Stanly
virnlieatkm of the eights of the Bomb, touching
her interest aud equality in the Union. Mr. Iv
’ rsou stands, an ho bus always stood, firm, stead
fast and unyielding in hw just views on all sub
jects which concern the interests or equality of
any lection of the Union. His bold position Is
TH K l NI 0 N 0 F TII E STAT ES, A\ T II THE SIIV ER E 111 XT \ U F TII E BTAT EB.
worthy of imitation by every representative who
acknowledges himself the firm friend of the South.
Wo rogai*d Mr. Iverson as an honest piditioiun
ami state-main ope who cannot be bought by
party with a promise of political promotion, and
w® cannot but feel proud that he hails from floor
gia as bur worthy Senator. —Albany Patriot.
From the Eufaulu Express.
Miner) K&fci-eUtti to llcyuhiicun InstUMdons.
The following, which we dip from the Now
York Journal of Commerce--in relation loan nr
tide from tin- N. 0. Delta-—presents a question
whit h i., worthy of the attention of tho Southern
! people. We do not profess to be wiser tluiu otlu-r
people, but it appears to us that the “explanation
<>f principles,” which tiio Journal “f Commerce
Tcquires, cun bo easily given. Here is what it
says:—
“The Now Orleans Delta has made a discovery
which, he says, seems In have escaped tho atten
tion of overt writer in this noun try aud Europe,
viz:, that tho absence of domestic African sluvcn
in Mexico, is the real causa of its failure to main
tain a stul-lv and wholesome republican organ i/a
1 ration. In support of tbia conclusion, it affirms
j t int tlie republican sysUfui Ims never been main
tained for any length of time among a people
: who did not possess and support the institution
of domestic slavery, and cites as examples the
prosperity of ancient Greece ami Route, where
slavery existed, and the failure of all republican
movements in France and Germany where the in
stitution did not exist. It does not, however,
deign to give any explanation of the principles l.\
i which th eso con trusts are produoed, and we beg
t to bo enlightened.’’
i The Journal of ,Coraiuoree is unable, with all
{ ita logic and political lore, to explain *tlie very
I pertinent mid pregnant principle deduced from
1 historical (nets by the New Orleans Delta, that
j domestic African slavery is the bulwark of ropuh
j lii-au instiistitutiouH. The ancient examples of
I (iiiHifc-o and Route furnish iutlubitable testimony
!to the truth of the principle. While slavery was
j strongest. Liberty shone brightest, and their
| power aud itilluenco were Celt and acknowledged
jin every quarter of tho globe. The more
i modern cxumplo of Mexico languishing under the
I domination of a restless and misguided people dis
tracted by fneiiousatid civil discord, adds anoth
er to the catalogue of failure* already numerous,
and tuuong w hich France and Germany pre -cut
prumiueut and powerful arguments against the
stability of a democratic government Without the
salutary and conservative element of domestic
sluvnry. These arc fact-, and as such are no
doubt very indigestible to Nortbc.ru gastronomies
-and hence, with unmanly puerility.they reject
! t bent as illogical and false. They demand hii ex
: planalion of the principles by which these con
i r:i.- >m e produced. Now, wo may theorize and
; -.peculate until we dream out an Utopcan picture
of a perfect government, but thesobaseless fabrics
vanish into thip air upon the first practical ap
; plication ol the existing state of ailairs.
i None of us would introduce slavery into any
perfect system of government predicating our Div
vy upon tho supposition that men themselves are
perfect, any more than wo would people the Court
<>f Heaven with slarea. But the depravity of
mankind, which Constitutes the reason and origin
of nil governments, necessitates a widely differ
••nt arrangement in social and political relations
lotrm n. Social government ie intended to sup
ply tho place of M>lf government ; hence ns nun
are- more ign- i.-mt and depraved without any self
; emt . -d, but having their reason subjected to their
lawless sway of passions, the strong arm of gov-
I ernme.it nn.-heathe- tho sword of justice, mid
flashes the terrors of’ vengeance into tho breast
| <-t the transgressor. Hence a despotism is the
; only form of government adivpted to the uncivi
liled and lawless savage, and a republic would
; only pre sent a tragic scene'of civil war and in
i snrrection. Hone© the negro with every principle
j ot virtue und moral self control debused to the
, gratification of sensual appetites and desires, cun
be In Id in tho paths of obodience and rectitude
! only by that perfect absoltffisfb which vests ume
; sirictcdauthority in his ruler. Thi*if*the sound,
, logical oeuolusion, which tho nuturid dodue
i tions from the principles es governmental science,
established and supported by the writings of
; Montesquieu, would furnish. If, therefore, men
were perlect, slavery would not constitute an es
sential element in tho stability of a republican
government: but under existing circumstances,
we do assert it as entering very largely into the
I tho constituent principles of a well established and
\ teenrtdif bated republic. For tho benefit of tlie
; Journal, who*©optics are very much blunted by
j the prejudice* and interests of u fiilso philosophy
| and deluded constituency, wc propose unravel!-
| iug tno mystery that envelopes this dep-*wUsd
| principle.
The greatest foo to the pejrrnoneuey and well
being of any iiiftkitutiona i8 the fanatieism of tlie
people. This fanaticism is always most violent
iu the ignorant and deluded; and where there*
lower cla.-Suaare safficiontly numerous to control
the ballot boxes, designing deinagogucß have a
perfectly pliable material presented in their blind
ed seal and prejudices for tho accomplishment of
their nefariotiH and revolutionary schemes. The
fanaticism of tho North mid conservatism of the
.South present contrasted demonstrations of the
truth of this proposition. The most enlightened
classes of the North are generally conservative,
constitutional,law abiding citizen-.
They are not carried away into those excessive
demonstrationh of fanatical zeal, but it is the rent
le->*, unsettled seditious mania of the masses with
a morbid appetite for excitement uml insurree
tion, whose s.-utiineiils arc moulded and swayed
by a few hellish, intriguers who would promote
their own aggrandi/ciueut at the subversion of
the government, and the sacrifice of its institu
tions. This is tbc exact condition of Northern•
‘society the exact state of Northern politic-.
The institution of domestic slavery at the South
is the beautiful harmonizing element “which b-nv
el:.-, the whole lump” of society, and ount’ i- act*
those rebellious and factious influence* which arc
so dangerous to nuy form of government. Our
slave* fill up that relation to tin- body politic
which those hordes of ignorant, lawlu** Abolition
i*tn sustain at the North. Hence slavery is the
(‘..nan'vative eUuieut, the bulwark, the foundation
-tone, the 1 hsJs of republieen institutions. Tliev
have no voice in the government; they do not.
control the ballot box ; they do not establish and
give character to the institutions of the eountrv.
Should tho revolutionists of Mexico, whose in
dignation is aroused by the unequal administra
tion* of a feeble government, b© , supplanted by
th slaves, whose sphere Providence has ordained
to be inferior and submissive, the dark clouds of
faction and insurrection, which have so long
shrouded bar destiny, would tn: removed, and she
might again hail the return of her primeval Altec
glory. The sympathetic spirit of liberty which
throbs in the breast of every Southern man might
exult in anticipation of this glorious era iu a sis
ter republic hs a precursor t the more gloria,us
extension of a Southern confoderey and a Mexi
can annexation.
The absence of this institution of domestic sla
very will eventually, in case of a dissolution of
thi- Union, cause tbd subversion of the Northern
Republic. That restless spirit, which ha* hereto
fore found an escape in the exciting end xoefiounl
Contest over Koufjmrn slavery, deprived of this
food for its craving appetite, will seize upon the
morsel of its own institutions pud add another
mournful monument among the wreck of empire* |
to the fallacy of self-government. And shonbl
the Journal survive this storm of political eh
tneiits, ii will sec another example to illustrate
the reultiy of that principle, whose truth will preb
aidy bo impreH.scd by tho mighty incidents nt
tending thin fatal experiment of seil-govcrnoM nt
by n people fwhose error lay in a foolish and la
Darien! opposition to tho >t*ential, coimenatire in -
stituiion of domestic slavery.
Th© citizen* of Troup, and all person* interfi
led in tin} construction of a Railroad direct from
LsGrang© to Columbus, are requested to ftreef in
th© fo.irt Hous4) at LaGrange, on Tuesday, tbo
first day of March next, at 2 o’clock, P. M.
Prominent gentlemen connected with other
Railroad*, are expected to be present G< address
the meeting.— La Grange Reporter.
IbtnkruQl Hill Mr Toomfi*
Senator Toomb# intend* early next week to
bring forward a bankrupt bill, and *u*tain it by
a speech. It l* similar in it* detail* to tho one
tuatitred by the Committee on the Judiciary ut the
la-t session. Although there is much pressure of
public burin©**, *ome of the prominent frit rid* of
the measure in both house*, if it i* presented
think tho bill will pa**, provided it i* advocated
with zeal, it is claimed that the Donato being op
posed to interfering with the tariff give* the bill
additional strength.
Taking into view the embarrassment* of the
Treasury, and the near approach of the termina
tion of t ongroa*, the House Committee on Mili
tary Affair# decided to-day to lay the whole sub
ject of the establishment of a national foundry
ovw till next Congress.
snow Storm In New lork
New York, Feb. Wt aye having a heavy
snow atvriA here uiay.
COL DM HUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1859
tOLiMill .8, WEDM>!)AV. FKBRIAKY H, 18..0.
.New ruunrie. UlntcnsloiiH.—Lrghlatluu.
It bn* boon tbo policy of tiio Legislature of
Uoorgiu to make now comities for tiio convenience
of tho people. They buvo uow earriod it to such
an extent that it demands the attention.
The wants of a community umy occas
sionally excuse th© formation of anew county, but
the iuan;ia for now Court Houses in Georgia at
every Justice’s court giound, i* indeed a mutter
of the gravest moment. We ask tho intelligent
reader to cast his eyes over Butt's New Map aud
behold tho blue and red spots, uo larger than the
hull of one’s thumb, onlled conutict.’ Select, tbr
instance, the new county of Gi. vkha-ock, formed,
we presume, from Washington, Jeflersou and
Warren counties. From the scale of miles on the
ump. which is accurate, wo have measured tho di
luetisioua of this county. Putting a tape striug
directly across its eapitol, situated iu the centre,
its distance to the north-west boundary is seven
miles—to the south-east boundary, two miles.—
With the tape line runniug ut right angles to this
line, through the county site us before, it is about
iu one direct jon and 7 : a in tho other. This
is tin mean distance. Wo iwk sensible people if
it is ud lolly in the extreme. Tlie counties, ad
jacent to the county of Glasscock, are of respect
able size. JetVcrsvu is twenty by twenty eight
mile., mid Washington hvenly by thirty-six.
W e call upon the peoplo in thoir sovereign ca
pacity to awaken to an interest on this subject
and instruct their Representatives to vote against
the formation of any more now eouulioH, except
iu extreme cases of necessity. The size of many
counties in Southern uml South-western Georgia
and the fust increasing population is a justifica
tion for the formation of them here, when com
pared with other sections of tho Slate, .-.ml when
tho sett]fid policy is to make them whenever a pe
tition enu lie obtained, hut we have enough for
the present nud lot it he so understood.
Tariff in t’ongram
From the accounts w© have from Washington,
wc may rest assured that the Southern Democrats
will use all their influence to effect a reform iu tho
administration of tho government. That is to say,
thoy will not submit to an niereu.se of tho tariff
for tho benefit of a few corporations, but will in
,-ivt upon limiting the income to the expenses of
the government. The Pennsylvania democrats,
of course, :u*e not well satisfied but this cannot be
helped. They must get into the lino of the .States
Rights Democracy. Wc do not intend now loon
ier into u discussion <>t this question, having ex
pressed our.view.n length in a previous issue,
but merely to *ay one vv<rd iu approbation of the
course of tbo ti tales Rights Democraoy.
M uon and IH'Uiisttlt'k Railroad. I
At a meeting of the Company at Muuou on tho
4th inet., the .Stockholders.elected tho following
Directors ;
A E Cochran of Brunswick,
B F Ross. of Aiaoou,
T U Bloom, u
L N Whittle,
Geo. Walker of Pulaski,
llouvy Bunn of Twiggs,
Ja* Houston of Brunswick.
The Board elo ted A. E. Cochran President,
and lv. C. Rowland Secretary and Treasurer.
There were Stockholder* from the counties of
Pulaski, Twigg.q Telfair und Dooly and from the
cities of Macon and Brunswick, representing
about OOU,OUO of stock.
Car MUiUtbtd 1 p
Yesterday morning when th* Montgomery pass
enger train whs within a few mile* of this city,
the car in front of the baggage car ran off und wun
smashed up. Tho passenger* were a little fright
ened and tried to make tin.-ii e*oapu through the
rear door. No other damage, however, wus done
than the wreck of one car. Neither the Louo
luoiivonor passeugur cur wa* throw n off the truck,
owing to tlie circuiiiMuiico that the care were mo
ving slowly. Ot bur wise, we might buvo chron
iclt-d u sad disaster.
Rev Ur. Wighttnnii.
We are credibly informed that the Itev.
Dr. Wightuiuu, Prcaidtui of Wofford Uullage,
Spartnuburgh, South Carolina, bus accepted the
Presidency of the “.Southern University,” Greens
boro’ Ala., und will iuaugunvto tho exercise* of
the institution in October next.
Tli6 fact, of the acceptance of one no worthy
the position which he i* cullcu to fill, and so dls
tiuguishud iu the- world of letter*, insures incur
opinion, the success of tin- institution.
Senator J verson Fitoorvcracnt.
Wc are- glad to *'•<•. r.mtiuin . t,he .Mii'-on )h*
tinker, tlmt Mr. I vermin's noble stand in favor of
Southern right* und interests are appreciated
abroad if not ut hooie.
But they are ppre-<-ialcd at home, Mr. Jfm
tnty r. ‘J hey have occn puhlhdn-d in nearly ev
ery |)eiuM-ratic paper in tli- Ntu-tc, very general- ;
iy accouijouiied wiili iqiprovinv and ci.nipliment
ary notices, and in not a lew of those of the op
posite party; umi we fire happy to soo the Mes
senger among th© number.— Wnc Groin ft*por
ter, ThumutviUe.
We agree with th© Reporter that Judge J rer
son’s s]ieei-h is appreciated at home. Tb© press
from this (2d) Congressional District are almost
unanimous in thcii endorsement of hi* Southern
sentiments, Teh out of tho eleven journals pub
lished in this District, tier© approved bis course.
Kivu out of six in the ‘ld District have endorsed
his stand in fav or ol Houthern rights, Wc have
not noticed particularly other District*. The
Havannah tftnet, Marietta papers, UasHvilJpStand
ard, L.iwrcnceville A>w, Atlanta Intelligencer,
and the Dalton Timet, have spoken out, also,
sustaining hi* yi>w. But this suffices to give the
current of public opinion.
rtf’ Senator Ivor-on’* Speech will ho found
oij the- first page oft hi* ienuo, and wo uro free to
commend ii an worthy of the strictest perusal and
closest study of every (Jeojgiim, yea, every Sou
therner, und wo dare nay every American citizen
—/Julian Timet.
Mm. hownu.’s 8pm :< u.—Wo have glanced
over n speech made by this gentleman on the 2d
In Congress on the veto power. In our opinion
it is p capital speech. Indeed wo have read none
better during this Congress. it bus tho ring of
the true metal about it.
linn. A, 11. hirplicn*.
It has been announced that this gentleman
will retire from Congress aftertbe present session
This is to be regretted. 1 ,- ot sixteen years he has
represented (1 corgi a In the Notional Councils and
never more faithfully and ably tiiun to-day. The
horizon of uis fume is not hurrowud down to Geor
gia, but comport s the -outh and the Union.
May his armour hung on the walls, bright and
burnished—ready for hie Country's service but
more especially the BoUth under whoso genial
sun he wus raised and which Is now threatened
to be eclipsed by the dark clouds of übolitiouism
and fanaticism.
Uou. .faint* I Dowdell.
The Southern Citizen (Washington) says,
The Alabama papers are generally expressing
much regret at tiro intention of Mr. Dtnrdrll to
decline a renomination for Congress. We must
be allowed to share in that regret t for the South
never had so urgent need of men like Mr. Dow
doll in her service. The Mobile /(tyitter says—*
Uis present position was due to his energy and
intelligence. It was from his personal abilities in
tho campaigns, both in IB6i* and 1567, that hi
wrung those victories from th© opposition in tin
nioniu.it es anticipated triumph- und when tin
Domooratic party of Alabama was under.; dug th
severest political trial.
NPKKCH OF ll> M j ntWVFORIt, OF t. A
Mr. CRAWFORD, in reference to tbo coum
w hich the House hasHeen fit to take upon tin
bill, spooking formyst-Il ulonc, Isay I am pre
pared to take my full shard of the responsibility
I understand this bill to be very strong in it* *ep
urate parts. There is a shifting majority in'tie
House in favor of particular sections; for
that- motion of it to which my sell und some u:
friends have been particularly op|n>sud during it
consideration. I have no donut but that it i- tin
strongest feature in the whole hill, and will eon
trol more votes than any other particular clausi
in it. And, sir, if any nrrungemunt can be made
by which u vote shall bo given with reference to
thy missions to Persia, Rome, and Switzerland it
will not succeed if it be within the power id’ iliom
who arc opposed to tho ln*t clause of th© bill t
defeat it. We desire, with reference to that pin
tienlur clause, that its provisions shall come up in
a separate aud distinct bill. That tho subject i*
strong ouough to pass the House, I do not doubt.
But there are certain members who have Keen
voting against that clause for the purpose of re
cording their votes fn opposition to riuu construe
tion ot tho act of 1810, which provides for tho re
turn to Africa of th© slaves taken on board tin
shiver Echo. And if tlmt i* the only way by
which wc shall bo allowed by tlie House to < :
press our opposition lojthnt construction, wo will
kill the whole bill before w© will take it wiiktliul
clans, iu iff
There is another class of mon who oppose the
bill. Horn© of th© tariff men hero will mu, per
haps, vote for any appropriation bill at all,until tho
tariff i* raisod. that will account for
some portion of tho opposition votes. Ido not
know whether this is so or not. But no arrange
meat cau he made bv which my vote can he rccoi
ded in Inver of this bill, uulcss that clause <an bi
placed iu such a shape that lean approve of it.
And 1 desire to say now, what 1 w>>u!<i have said
yesterday, had 1 boon allowed tho opportunity,’in
rclbrcnco to that particular clause; and that i tlm:
l am willing to pay tlie bounty of twenty-live del ■
lara a head. That is th© law of the hi lid. i.nd of
©ours© I urn willing to sustain it. Tho “flie rs and
crew are entitled toil; and tbuy will bo entitled to
it wbethur wo incorporate it iu this bill or compel
them to coin© here ut some future time to claim
it. But I want this particular question toffi pend
upon its own merits, and 1 shall bo utterly oppo
sed to any bill, though it bo u bill making the en
tire appvopriatupis necessary to curry on tho Go
vcrnuiciit, if it aontuius this clause. lam oppos
ed to educating these Africans upon tho coast of.
Africa, or any w hore else. Thi* very question of
opening tho *iuvo trade is one of the highest im
porUuiec, Hud ou© which threatens to mak>- and
unmako parlies iu thi* country, ilia a question
which gr..vvs stronger and stronger every day,
and l believe the result of it w ill bo the building
up and tear iug down of party platforms; aud the
only way by w hich it can he prevented is to cons©
thnl war which hu* been made upon slavery for
year* past: and oven that is donbtful —but that is
li'only remedy.
Mr. Phelps, of Missouri. 1 would inquire of
tlm gentleman whether the S'-iJ,OOO is imt the ex
act sum stipulated tub© paid to the Colonization
Society for maintaining and educating those N'e
green?
Mr. Crawford. 1 willsuy to the gentleman, in
reply that, upon looking into thispuiticulur qms
tioii, 1 was given, by the clerk of tho (.'onimittco
of WaVHand Mean.-., a slalomont from the Secre
tary of State, which stated that tj3)),UOO vim tiio
| sum required. Now, 1 auy, the question is be
tween the gentleman from Missouri and tho Sec
retary of Mato. If tho Secretary of State has
misled tnc, he is responsible for it, and the efiair
iiiuu of iho Coiniuittooof Way* and Mean* knows
full well that 1 would not give my support to that
proposition. If the amount was $10,1)00, instead
>.f £:itl,UitU, I would have moved to reduce it to
$30,000,
Mr. Fbelps, of Missouri. A contract was made
by the I‘romdent of the United thatc*, with tlio
Colonization Society, lor t,ho maintenance of those
African#, and, if SBO,OOO i# nceosnary for that pur
pose, it will bo paid under tlio appropriation. The
contract stipulates that bo much per head shall
be paid lbr the support and maiutcnauee of those
negroes fbr twelve months after their arrival in
Africa, subject to a pm rut” deduction from the
price stipulated in the event of the death m any of
them before they arc landed in Africa.
Mr Crawford. J will nay, in n fence to that,
ihut if tho Froaident shall appropriate the !?L,
000 to the education Hhd schooling of these Afri
cans, it will bo no fault of inioo. 1 mipporied
the amendment oll'ered yesterday by the gentle
man fro in Mississippi, (hut no part of it shall he
used for that purpose. If the Fivnidunt docs that,
a a matin-of course, tin icMiit w ill bo that the
bounty of twenty-five dollar# a head, which the
officer!! and crew of the capturing vessel aro enti
tled to, cannot he paid. The President run tako
his choice between paying the African citizens,
attached to the American Navy, the bounty to
which they art’ entitled under the law, or appro
priating it to the education and support of those
negroes in Africa, lit hoy he educated, it could
be done bettoi iu this country than abroad. \
would like to have n vote in this House, which
would show how many Hepresetitelivis upon this
floor will vote for odueiiting Africans In Liberia,
whilst there are hundred* ol poor whites in their >
own (UstrielM who could not gel one dollar for such
a purpose out of Hu- Treasury. In the Huttib, at
least, we look upon white people as being as good
ns negroct, to nav the least of’ it.
I would like to’ have a test vote on that particu
lar question.
Mr. Smith of Virginia. “ ill the gentleman
allow me?
Mr! Crawford. Yes.
Mr. Smith, of Virginia. There i# not ope word
iu the hill that countenance* the idea of ede a
tiug these African*.
Mr. Crawford. Hut the gentleman fr- iu Vir \
ginia knows full well that n eotitraet haibertn en
tered Into for that purpose; and it is ho escape i
for him and those who vote for thin proposition
that they do not known it in *>., for it in mo.
Mr. Smith, of Virginia. With the pcrmL-d-.n
of tho gentleman, J will say this : The law is one
thing, the administration of it another. It the
law itsolf he unexceptionable, then no objection
can he urged to it. If the Administration exe
euto the law improperly, that is a subject for ani
madversion, and it will no doubt receive niiin.u 1
version ; hut tins is no wuy to hvatow it. Lot the
gciitlouiun read the section. It is this:
“To enable the president of the United States
to carry into effect tho act of Congress o| ;Jd
March, 1819, and any subsequent acts now in ,
force for the suppression of the slave trade, $73,- j
000: Provided, That so much of said appropria- |
lion as may he required to pay cypeu-rM already j
incurred may be used from and after the pntLuge ‘
this act.”
Mr. Crawford. I quit tho gentleman from Vir
ginia how these expenses were incurred, and
whether he is not informed as to tlie manner in
which they were incurred I
Mr. Smith, of Virginia. I answer the gentle
man ’s question distinctly, that whether the ex
penses have been incurred in one wuy or another,
is u mattero| no consequence. Tho question is;
is this section right ? is it proper for us to p- a
law placing funds in tho hiinls of the executive
for executing tho legislation of Congress for the
suppression of the slave trade?
Mr, Crawford. I ask the gen.ll •ms,n whether
existing legislation authorises the president to
outer into contracts to support schools, and to
civilize and Christianise those in gi"* In Africa,
as has been stated by tho goutlomun froth Mis
souri, | Mr. PiIKLI'H J 0
Mr. Smith, of Virginia. 1 answer the gentle
man by saying to him that tlmt may ho a malad
ministration of tho law ; hut I put it to him wheth
er rhat can ho remedied in the way now propos
ed ?
Mr. Crawford. I think it can he; and it i* for
that reason 1 propose to do it. I suy to tho gm
tlcuien tmw that If ho vote# for this proportion,
and if it should ho enacted into a law, it will give
tho same construction to the act of JK|{) |.r tin
next half century, if the Government should last
•o long. If the section hud appropriated $h, 000,-
000, would tho gentleman from Virginia have vo
ted for it ?
Mr. Smith, of Virginia. I would not havQ vo
ted for it, boeonso no such sum could possibly
have been neocssary. Hut here is a subject that
ha* boon investigated by a committee of the
House. Tho amount is not large. 1 was for re
ducing it to existing liabilities ; hut I will not,
because there is an excess of some $30,000, throw
away the whole bill..
Mr. Crawford. I ask the gentleman whether,
instead of hringiug in only the captured negroes,
of the Echo, those of the Wanderer had been
brought in, and to the number of twenty thousand,
and tho President should make a contract for
schooling, educating, and Christianizing thorn in
Africa, ho would vote to give effect to that con
tract ?
Mr. Smith, of Virginia. Why, the gentleman
himself wanted to hare 946,000 put Into the hill.
i’li.it wa- to execute existing taw, th© gentleman
ays. That being his object, the gentleman coin
nil- himself to tanking similar provision for
very vessel that comes thus freighted.
Mr. Crawford. No, sir; 1 commit myself to
: . Mi. h thing. 1 commit myself to the payment
: tin- bounty and the support while here, and the
runsportution back, just a* l understand and
• oisimi© tb© law, and as ©very court in the conn
i v would construe it. While other gentlemen
uimii themselves to a construction tbut is hu
-I:nitnrian and sentimental in character, 1 stand
■n tl.c miked law itself, and obey it* requirements.
Mr. Sinftb, of Virginia. I will say this: that
. i--riiiinly should not approve the expenditure ot
my portion of the public money for the purpose
. . locating Africans in Africa or anywhere else.
Mr. Crawford. Exactly : ami that is the rea
if why 1 toted against this hill.
Mr. Smith, of Vu. But I say that that Is not
•In way of preventing it. Thi* debate will pre
vent-it.
Mr. Crawford. 1 propose to show why I agreed
~ pay 5i.).000. I have, jjir, before me the act of
I SIP. That act provides, in the first place, that
In- President of the United States shall employ
. ! c vessels of the United States fin’ tiio purpose
f capturing and bringing in such vessels ms may
l*o engaged in the slave trad© ; and in the next
place if gives tho President power to send these
vessels on onrovvn const, or on the coast of Afri
-a, to accomplish this purpose. It enact*, also,
tbut :i bounty of twenty-five dollars per head
-hull be paid to the officers and erews of the com
nii .-iom-.l vessels of of the United States for each
negre, mulatto, or person of color, that shall be
delivered to tin- marshal.
Now. t lie captors of thi* ulnvcv were entitled !<>
twenty five dollars per bead, on two conditions:
one is that they shall deliver the negroes to the
United States marshal .where they land. The
“tin r is. that they shall deliver the offending crew
.and'offending ellieers of the slaver t< tlie civil au
tiiorilios os the United States. They have done
both, performed the condition*, and, a* n eouso
qiicnee are entitled to the money.
Now, tbc question is. whether the officers aud
crow in this case, entitled to the bounty a* they
are, shall bo paid. The law i* on the ttute
bi ok, and it would boa violation of th© law to re
fuse to vote thi* SI.),IM*O to these men who are
thus entitled. Ido not mxk© tb© Jaw, but while
her© 1 will execute if.
Mr. Millaon. I ask tho gentleman from Qev
■ ia wbetiier it was not lit* purpose in submitin^
I.is amendment, to cut off n't tlmt part of the np
pvopriatioii that wns intended t pay the Coloni
zation Society uuder their contract, with the Presi
dent ?
Mr. Crawford. It was intended to cut off that
portion of it which tin* Secretary of State said was
tob, used by the Colonization Society f.-r the pur
pose named.
Mr. Million. Was that not the whole amount
agreed to be paid for the shelter ami support, u.*-
well as fur Iho schooling, of these Africans ?
Mr. Crawford. So it whs ; hut it won to be used
in Africa, whilst the law makes it the duty of
Congn .> to pay f"i (lie support and tnnintennuec
aud keeping of the nogroes after they are lunded
on our coast, and until tho President shall have
I si nt tlu-n: out of tiio country, no longer,
j Mr. Millson. 1 usk tbo gonilciunu if it was n<>t
bis purpose l<> reduce the appropriation to lb© ex
j tcni tiial was to be paid to tho Colonization J?o
ciety ?
Mr. (rawford. It wns to reduce tlie appropria
tion simply to the extent that it was to be uied
for these negre.©*, after they had passed tram our
j counity amt had been lunded in Africa.
Mr. Millson. .So 1 said ; but that was not the
expression or understanding cf many gentlemen
: w bo voted for your proposition ; and what Iwunt
i -d was to explain that.
Mr. Craw-lord. I do not know tho reason* for
; youllfim-n’* votes; but I desire to Ray, so far as
! am concerned, that there- is uot in my mind the
-hadow of a doubt with regard to the liability ol
this Government to pay for the keeping of tiles*
Africans, to support and maintain them while in
. tlm United States, and to send them back to Afri
eu and deliver them to our agent. I will vote for
that, because it ia to carry out existing law—not
, tlmt l would make it ; hut at the same time, I find
it on the statute book, und it is my duty, as a mat
ter of course, to voto for an appropriation to car
ry it ..lit, so long at? it is tiio law.
Mr. .‘-milb, ofVa. 1 desuetoknow if I uuder
At and the gentleman aright? The gentleman
will vote H.'.mm the sum necessary to meet the
existing engagements of the Executive.
Mr. Crawford. No, sir; not the existing en
gugi uit-ut-.; only so fai a* thoy follow the law.
Mr. Smith, of Vn. Yes, sir ; the existing en
! gagi-uii iii ‘ r liubilitioa of the Governmeut on ac
counl of tiii.- cargo of Africans scut back to Africn
iu lli<- Niagara, tl -i willing lo pay tbo muiouiK
tb.at that Irunsaetiou will cost, aud that transac
’ tion as I nndcrs'and it, was followed by a contract
which embraces safe keeping, provision#, shelter,
und education.
Mr. Crawford. Yes, sir.
Mr. i-miili, of Virginia. 1 understand, and the
gentleman has himself told me, that the coutraet
provide* f<r all that.
Mr. Cruwiord. Th© contract do©#, but not tb©
i law.
VJr. tMiillb, of Virginia. The contract does. —
W ell, now bow can the gentleman beparate those
perticular feutiirea under thi* appropriation?—
Docs he not, iii voting for the appropriation of
£!••,000, vote for the whole of them?
Mr. Crawford. No, sir.
I Mr Smith* of Virginia. Rut under the origi-
I mil appropriation in ’he bill, there would be S3O.
000 left to b” expended in a viuiilur way, and, I
•;opund- v another contract which may be
made hereafter for the return of other captured
j African*.
I Mr. Crawford. I repeat, emphatically. what j
! 1 said before, that on referring to tin- law 1 find
tlmt after tlio-e African* are brought here it ic
; the duty of the l’r* sident to provide; first, for I
j their “rafe-keeping.” That does not imply “ed- |
HCHtion.” in III’- next place J, find that it ia the
duty of the I'naidcnt to provide for their “sup- i
port” rhiFt hen. a* tlie next words show “and 1
their removal beyond Iho limit* of the United I
State-.” Now, I call upon the friend* of thi* !
iiii'itsiira I- show iu© tiio word “Hiipport” after f
tluvt poiai iu the law. it ia not there. He In au- ;
i thori/"l, a I have said, to provide for their safe- ]
keeping and support whilst here, aud to remove j
! tin m to Africa; and if that wore ail tbut the Pres- j
ideiit hud done, the proposition urged by tin ,
K'-ni.t*min could be properly considered by the
j House. But that is not the ease.
Now. Mi. Speaker, this act was passed in iKlk,
and I mu free to say that the South has supported
it ntul voted for it. What waa their object? They
voted for it for the reason that the ncgroc*
brobght to tlii# country were wild, uncultivated
savages, and it wn*- unsafe to turn them loose
here. Why, sir, South Carolina, in 1780, was |
the first State, by her colonial Legislature, to
puss it resolution for ihe purpose of putting u .
cheek to tlie slave trade. And what was the re >
suit of that action? South Carolina received u rc
bul<o, ut the builds of the English Government ;
and, in addition to that, circular# were sent not !
only to her Governor, but to every other one |
throughout ilie colonics, warning them against j
a similar outrage ; fur thus it wus then consider i
ed. In IblU upon the passage of this aid, the
whole Smith was ill favor of it ; but now, in 1 HAW,
prised a# *be has been for thirty year# upon the ,
subject, fcbu *!ind# to some extent divided up- I
on if knowing, as she does know, that laborers j
fr-on Europe and Asia are not adapted to theenUi- i
l ion rtf her gre ‘t staples of cotton, sugar, and rice, i
Mid that iM-dy more ‘of labor can he employed I
profitably within her limits, many patriotic oili- j
•/> !. arc openly for a rc-pnl of these laws prohib- i
IHu.r tho iuifKtrtiUlon of African laborers to such j
of the States us might desire to dnso. The repeal j
of iliest laws depeud# upon the man of ths North,
and not upon us.
A I said before. South Carolina and ptbor I
State-early moved In this matter; but to day wo j
stand in a difl- r* nt position, and our opinions i ;
slavery are different frmu what they were then. I
Then it was the custom of our private and our pub
lic men t” excuse themselves for its existence I
iimong them; hut “Abolition'* morements, from !
|a2o to tht# tlnio, hava caused investigation and
diN'-ussloV of the subject until It Is stronger in the |
South than ever before) aud although its enemies 1
have Increased, it never hud si tyiany friends as at
thin time. Nosoiithora man ooodeioiiß it as an
evil, either moral or political; and so far from
apologizing for It beta now as our Kcp retie illative*
did in IS2U, we stund here hs advocates and de
fenders. Moreover, we say to you of the North,
who advocate tho doetcine# advanced both here
and iu another place, that if it is a war between
the -datand Territories for free labor or slave
labor —tlmt “nil must be free or all must la* slaves”
you but hasten the day when, upon the plains
<>f Arizona and the territory south of us, even to
Central America, you will And the South equal to
the necessity which you have Imposed upon her,
and n perpatnatioii of slavery, which time itself
an scarcely compute. The question therefore
rest* with tho North. Let us alone and we nrc
content; if wo are driven to the i mporta'ion of
African laborers it fault, no Mil.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 4.
The Adam’* Express Company paid over tba
140,000 stole ! from then, to the ©wnara of the
muoay,
(OU im, Mil Ml AT, I BI IW 10. IK*.
DMiursmteuf of Frdernl.Kevcuue
By reviewing the history of the disbursement*
of tho Federal revenue, it will ho fouud that th©
South, while furnishing five dollars where the
North furnishes ou©, receive* a very small jwo
portion of thoexpenditur©* in comparison with the
North.
Mr. Clay, of Alabama, recently mad© an able
speoch iu Congress, abounding in statistics, prov
ing the truth of the assertion above made, which
wo regret our space will tret permit us now to copy.
It will be. soon from it. tlmt in the expenditures
for postal sorvieos, for customs, court houses mot
pay inont ofoivil officers, the South is nu unequal
sharer.
That tho North ha* received in fortifications for
her defence more than double the amount expend -
| od on the same extent of Soulberu coast; received
a light for every twenty-odd utile*, to guide and
protect her mariner* along her own coast, while
for hundred* of mile* along Southern coast, not a
warning beacon cheer* the *l ortn-rocked veel:
reoeived $lO, in cutting roods and canola, clean
ing river* and constructing harbor*, where $1 has
been given to the South; received $3 iu peneiont
where one has been paid th© South ; received in
grants of land for internal improvements #*r
! acres for one granted to (he South ; received in
I absolute bonntie* for her fishermen more than
$10,000,000, while no industrial pursuit of the
South, has enjoyed any bounty ; and, lastly, has
appropriated all of the non-slave bolding, and
five-sixths of the slave-holding territory, acquir
ed, os admitted by .Southern diplomacy, or South
ern arms.
Surely tho North cannot complain of thi* dispo
sition of th© treasures aud the territories of the
Union!
(ongressmcnS ha I ary.
All honor to thus© faithful Representative* in
l-ongtw, who opposed an iuerease >l tb tariff for
th© la*m'fit of monopolies, and who would admin
ister the government upon an economical basis. .
I'beir name is legion and they rank among thc
Klntcs Rights Demovrats.
But amidst this general cry for reform let not
Congressmen forgot that they receive the enor
mous sum of $3,000 a your for their service*.—
This is equivalent to muo daihtr* anti a half for
every working day. If only six mouths service
is performod, the pay t* nineteen dollars per duy ,
if three months about thirty-five dollar* per day.
For the present Cougres*. tho pay of each mem
ber per day wiil be the last sum mentioned. Thi*
i* pretty large, und make* CougivHsioaul honors
more enviable than iu point of view. Let the
.'Xpeudituros be redwood hero, and
’et about tho good work.
Hon. John fomyiii.
it will be #oon that this distinguished gentle
man, who has represented his country abroad with
so much honor to himself und eclat to tho uutiou,
uus rorigued hi* appointment. Geu. Uuss ap
proves hi* course iu Mexico. The tulegrupb an
nounces that ho will a—opiate turn so it witu Roger
A Fry or aud edit u democratic paper in the city
of New York, with a capital of one hundred
thousand dollar*.
News.from Suit Lake Illy,
St. Lotts, Fob. 6, iB6O.
Tho Salt Lako mail of the 16th ulff, reached St.
Joseph ou tho 31st, six day* ahead of the contract
time.
The United State# District Court had udjouru
j od.
The Legislature was still in sessiou, but uoth
-1 iug of importance had boeu done.
Major Uopening, the contractor for the Salt
Lake and Flaeerville route, arrived here last night
•ii route to # Washington. He is only seventeen
i <lays from Salt Lake, uudexpvots to reach Wash
ington within nineteen days. Ho left Utah in the
dead of winter, to test tho practicability of the
route. Ho think* that tho trip pro long will be i
•>n of more pleasure by means of crossing the
mountains iu the nleighs, and that the travel from
the Pacific will ho over thi* route.
Tehauntkpbc RotrTK.—A correspondent of the
New Orleans Picayuue, states that tbo Tebaume
pcc Company have contracted with responsible ,
parties to put the entire turn sit route in complete
order, and to have the *utne finished and ready for
travel at the end of three mouth*. The road bod {
i* to be fifty feet wide. Five lattice bridge* aie
also to bo built, at a cost of $84,000. The com
pensation for the entire contract will be $104,-
000.
fsf~£lie “poetic gv-iu*” of J Rim* Gordon Bcii
uott, contributed to the N*-w 4 urk Ledger, are
about the silliest specimens of vorrifieutiou vwr
publishod. We do not wotnlor tltat Biuuett
made uo charge tor them. B onier ui the kin- -
hups of Id* heart givas him noun for thi#. The
longeHt of th© poems i# addressed “To Mary
Ann,” whom thejovelorn pool de- 1 vibes us pos
sessed of “riuglots yellow l”
The following i* a aiweimsn vornc .
“Ob, it gave my soul a charm,
M'heu she gemly squeezed iuy arm,
As hers in mine a.*s ilomolv wound,
Kieppiug o'er tho ditiny groitud.
With rupture oft my breast would burn,
\\ lieu to ute her eyes would turn,
Soft remarking in her talk,
How loud she was of welling walk.”
Supreme Uourt or (ieorgla.
Mao.u, jANt'znr Thi im, l<S6k.
At th© proaout iosmlou, the following named
gentlemen were admitted to plend and practice
in thi* Court, viz; Jam©* 11. Colquitt, A. I).
Hammond, Stephen W. Parker, Sumuel H. Haw
kins, Duncan 11. I3urt, Juine* T. May, Philip
Cook, C. B. Hudson and Thoiua* P. Cottle,
K stirs.
Arrival of the Glasgow
Nkw York, Feb. 7.
Th© Mcamriiip Gla*gow, from Glasgow, i*oom
jUg up. Hb© brings the some date* as the Asia.
Overland Mall from California.
Sr. Louis, Feb. 7.
The overland mail frum California hu* arrived,
and date* from Han Francisco to the 14th Janu
ary, have been received.
Thu Supremo Court of California has decidod
agaiust the constitutionality of thu acts of the
legislature taxing mining claims, and prohibiting
the immigration of Chinuse laborer#.
Th© Missouri Legislature ha* under advertise
ment a bill for tb© expulsion of free negroes from
that State within a year, or the alternative of
their choosing master# and remaining as slaves.
Petition* arc circulating requesting the Legisia
ture to prohibit the introduction of any more
slave* into tho State. There i* also a strong
©maneipntion movement st work, and the ©onflic- ]
ting parties seem to be struggling for tb© supre
macy; though there is little probability of a
change in tb© social relation* of tfir Mack and !
whit© population for *ome tlm© to come.
Tmk Tri'b Am hvmist* ok tkr Aon.—Alohy
mist* were th© indefatigable gold explorers and
hunter* of th# middle nge*. The philosopher's
stone was searched after by the groat, the rich
and th© poor. D was never discovered. The
present nge was loft to unravel the mystery, and
otir own country the land to h© signalized by tbo
discovery. By sending ton, five, or two and a
half dollars, to Wood, Eddy A Cos. oi Wilming
ton, Delaware, or Augusta, Ga„ you realize the
sublime aspiration* of the searchers after gold of
the middle ages. Your small investment will op#n
to you tbo obanee of realising the whole or the
JjAvt of the magnificent sum es fifty thousand
PEYTON H. COLaUITI, I VAitnrm
-JAMES W. WARREN, S *auorß
Number 7
tiencral News
Tho steainHhip Fulton, with accounts from the
United .State* to tho Btli of January , reached Ha
vre on the 21*1.
Tho growing confidence in the continuation of
peace bad caused u partial revival iu the Paris
Hourao.
The death of the King of Naples had been re
ported, but it was discredited.
Tho Au.trion loan of six million* sterling had
been luiuottoued.
Tbc latest correspondence from tbc continent
statu* til at confidence in th© continuance of peace
is losing ground.
Warlike preparations arc con tinned iu France.
It ia reported that an offensive and defensive
alliance lias been concluded between Fruuce and
Sardinia.
It i said thut Great Britain ha* resolved to pro
tect her interests iu Mexico.
The Su is* National Council has voted five huu
dred thousand pounds sterling to immediately
convert all the public gun* into the percussion
principle.
Austrian troop* arc pouring into Lombardy, but
no outbreaks are announced.
Many ateamer* for transport* are preparing for
.ua, iu Frauuu.
Latest from Hay tl.
Boston, Fob. 7.
Intelligen*© from Bayti to tlie 10th January
Itn* heeii received. The revolution has extended
to nil purta of the empire, und Soffoqi’K hot. been
defeated on land and at sea. At (4t. Marks there
hud been severe lighting with considerable loss of
life. The imperial fleet had taken refuge at Port
au Prince, but it was thought BoLoqun’B retreat
hud been cut off. Hi* coffee had all been seized
and sold at auction.
* ongrtvdonal
Wahpotox, Feb. 7.
In the .Senate to-day, the agricultural college
bill was pulsed ; and District of Columbia ufluir*
were discussed.
Iu the House, the He unto resolutions were pass
ed refund hi g to the .Slate* ui Georgia and Ten
nessee the amounts expended iu the Indian war*.
W.vnhinotox, Fob. 6.
The Sen ato to-day passed the joint resolutiow
to regulate the tobacco trade with lreign coun
tries. A discussion -.tsullcd mi the resolution to
equalise the revenue expenditures , and there was
some discussion on the consular diplotaaliv
bill.
In the 11'.us© there was a debate on the legisla
tive, executive and judicial bill.
Uf'ignuiioji at liou. JuJan f.UiSjih
VV AMUNoIyN, tab. 7.
Mr. tohsy in has resigned ms un*#p>n iu Alcx
i ICO. It is understood that Ueu. < as* kilo a**ur
ed huu thul tins Adumii.-nation expresses lull
! xutirduction at his course m Mexico.
A New NaUouai Utuiocraik taper.
M ashimutos, l ob. 7.
It is stated that Merer*, l onnui and Fkvor
are about to take charge of u ..utunat Heumrat
-1 it* journal in New York, wnli a eupilol ui oue
tiumiiaU Uiousaiiu uoilurs.
Lost ami nUibUu Mimom ih.
V. lI.jJINC.ION, hob. 7.
’ The hark Kjukct, from New lurk lot oaiaunuh,
gut astiovo at frying Pu otiuai* ou Oaiumay.
! The ve.-.-el ltnu cargo arc loudly ioal. iue crew
’ were saved.
The schooner Uecrgu Ha::is, from Baltimore
lor < barlcslou, was put in here dismasted and
leaking.
Mute Auil-sluer| lonit-ultol.
Auam, February 1.
| The Slate Aiui-bluvery Convention i# now iu
session belt-. The following resolutions huvo
Oven adopUxi :
HtmuUcd, That iu ud vocal mg a dissolution of
; the tun >u, ile abolitionists arc juatil.ed by every
precept of the goapvl, every pnuctple oi morality
{ uud over claim ut humanity.
JteevhieU, that the Luiou is a covenant with
’ deatu, mni ought to Ia- annulled—an agreement
wild ueii wfileu a just God cannot permit t* stand
—and that it is the paramount duty l all to back
It* imiueuiuie oviUUloW.
ike resolutions men go on to quote the lan
guage ol WTliiuiu 11. . s e ward re. pec ling an Irre
pressible eoUlflel between Jr to and slave Mules
and louud ou mat u resolution declaring thutauy
party i* uuwoi'iiij ol conlidence, no matter what
it proltfAsioiis may be, if it refuses to attack the
m. 1(11(1 iiou of a slavery itself.
trrhal ut the quahrrUty
Nkw Oki.k.ivn. ( via. M. V.) Feb. 8.
The hL-uuiuip Quaker City arrived here on
Sunday, with t'aiiloruiu date* to the Utah Janu
ary.
The sieuinsbip (Sonora lake# takes one mil
lion the bundled thousand dollars cm. the Fan
ama route.
The Frcuchhttvc tuken possession of tiiliertou
guano island.
Laic't News from Mexico.
Ni.w Uiu.kX.Mi, | via N. V.,) Feb. 8.
Hates from Mexico have been received up to
the 28th of Jan.
Hell. Miiatnou reached the Capital of Mexico
on the 20th of Jnuuary. and immediately dia
pluccd Geut.al Kuhlv*. lie placed (4 Mi. Pale#
at the bead of the army, and reinstated Zulo
aga.
It is reported that Miruinou iuiunds marching
in Vera Crux with a strung force.
Liitest | rum Havana.
N*w Oltleaks {via N\ Y.) Fob. 8.
The Pluck Warrior has arrived from Havana,
with dates to the oil inst.
A French steamer had landed four hundred and
ten Coolies.
The proceedings iu Congress were creating gioat
excitement iu Havana.
Exchange was declining.
Coiigrrastgoal.
Washington, Feb. 4.
The House Select Committee to investigate ths
alleged abuses in connection with the rNnvy De
partment bare cxuiuincd eighty or ninety wit
nesses, at the rate of ten it day, and ex|i'ot to
complete their labor# towards the end of next
week.
The House Committee on Military Aiiairs havo
reformed Ihe Oregon and Washington War debt
claims to the Auditor of the Treasury, to com
pute them on the name basis ilia* the government
paid for supplies lbr the regulars during the In
dian hostilities iu I*.is and 183 G, uud to report the
amounts to tho next Congress. The expenses on
the part of Oregon have heel# stated at uhout four
millions and a naif, or sll 21 fßr each day’s miiis
tary service rendered by Oregon. The gros
uiuoiint of claims, a# reported by the same Com \
mission, is nearly a million and u half.
Philip T. Colby has been appointed C. 8. Mar
akal tor Kansas.
Wilson Me<landless has been nominated by the
President for the vacant Judgeship iu Pennsyl
vania. and Judge Snimnd W. Black, of Nebraska,
for Governor of tlmt Territory.
The president s recommendation to establish
military post* iu Sonora and Chihuahua was this
morning acted on by the House Committee on
Military Affairs, who decided against it.
United Status CmT7!t* Couht.—This bod if
met yesterday, says the Navautinb Ifeire of the
Bth lost, at the United States Court room. Ida
Hon. Judge Nlcol, presiding. The (Irand Jury
found a true bill in the following case:
The United States vs. Henry 0 Spinks, indicted
fbr taking a draft nut of the mail whilst (u the
Poet office employment.
