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Volume XIV.
tOUIItIN ItMII. KhhKl (Id 15. IHStI.
The practical ksu< of ibe Raj
It cannot, be denied by any olanurv or ofthe times
that uu “irreconcilable conflict” exist between the
Northern ami Southern Stntes in this Tuion, tli.it 1
must inevitably result iu the independence or
euhjugation of the Utter. This is no idle dream.
We witness upon Hie floor fcf t’ongn ** the hostility !
Ixdwern the tw-. sections, asbitter aslhat ’between
the suXori and the Gaul. Every breeze (but |
poiimw from lira North hears upon its will# the
*u ewssoi that party. which has tn*cril*ctupon if s ’
banner “no more slave Wishes.” Yet, we are a 1
Union R\ingpeoplu, anil.prqeluiui that we enjoy t
e*|ujU right* and w ill main turn them ! The onl y I
luesrion is when shall we make the Issue? When *
skull wc know that the Republican*’ are [n ear
ucml? When will we foul lira curd* Uiat hind us,
bam oou-Uke, in the fold* of the serpent* ’ WUup ‘
shall we rise from our lethargy ami break ihe
chain* that fasten ir*, “Hautt and -font V’
These ar qYtterinrrs trpon which thq .South is
dd it.e rating, while the Republican army gains
strength, is supplied with food and is receiving
new recruit* from day to day. To those who
worship a union, which the gn<">t* of our fathers
would not lore werr they living spirits, idolise
it for the very name's sake.
We haven practical illustration of this fact (
every day in Cougar**. And whether we un
called tire-an ter*, ttnitnr*. rpfcflta .r wtmt not, we 1
have the .-atDfai'tion of kflowing, that the moat i
alyeci l iaoui.sts sge a large party rising into
power North, and subsisting alone upon the anti *
slavery aliment. This party acknowledge* n<> l |
IcglanC* to tbe frqjßshtuti■ iti, but advocate a higher *
law--they are l)u£ sutisfitKi with mere opposition ’
to since territory, but rather opposition to .sillV
ery in the State*, and show a strong determine
tom and will to extinguish it, as remorseless as
that <d tile old Roman. “I**UiuUi r*t t’tfrfhsrg,,.*
There arc r-outberu men who believe iu the !
honesty of their heart*, that few men would vote ’
in Cob gross against the admission ’f anew Sfafe,
s/e/y upoii the ground that it* constitution. re- ‘
cognizing (so (buss the Constitution and the United I
States) slavery. Ami yet. it has beeu announced 1
time and again hy Congressmen.
The •piestion, however, has now a*nnied n
that all can uudei*taml it Jt is nekiTowU
edped by ail that tb© acquisition of t’uba is al
most a political necessity—requiring no m<mc 1
demoutration to prove if, than an axiom in ‘
Mathematics. And, yet, notwithstanding hs t
great importune* lo all sections, benefiting the I
North to such an extent asm excite the jcnlnusv
of Southern men and inducing some Southern !
journals to oppose the purchase it* had policy for I
the South, we find the Kvpuld leans nr rayed {
against the lull for its purchase, to a man : de
monstrating the foregone conclusion that Unha is ’
but. a “side-issue” and that the all-absorbing I
question i* upon that “heitt, which the progress
of events are pressing upon ns.”
Upon the motion to take up the bill for the pur !
chase of Cuba, on the Pth inst., In the Senate, a *
Senator from Wiscm*in m reported to huve *uid :
“I desire that the honorable Senator from
Louisiana should understand that when we come j
to lira making up .of the pleadings for that grout ,
issue, wo shall expect to take part in ita ibriau
tioii ; and that it will uol be fur us oil this side ot j
the Chamber always to wait for those leading up j
on Lira other side, to choose their own battle i
ground: to decide when aud where they will j
strike the blow j that on this side of tins Chamber i
the organization, which is now ranged umter the
the mime of the Republican party 07 this i'uuiuir, i
is no more opposition party : no mere Whig party |
or Federal party, to oppose everything and pro
posy nothing. They will find that the Republi- j
cau party of to-day is a living organizatteti—the ;
innrg—inrl Itrni i
they will find, in the formation of the Lome fur j
infill, and in the trial of that issue, there are j
blows to take as well a blows to give.
That battle will not I** fought upon any mere -
aide issue or impriratteableitePe like tint present j
attempt to acquire Cuba; but upon that all-mborli- j
ing issue which the furogmss of events Is preaaing j
upon us. and which must be mot: which you
cannot avoid ifyou would, which, forouc. 1 would |
never seek ► avoid if I aoiild.’
Again he said :
••We will join that issue, however, upon the;
living issue of the present the actual, practical js j
Hiram our daj ftrttl general tew. which is. uutil it
i.w settled, to override ail other issues in this cuuu j
try; and which tends to the solution of the two j
great question* on the American continent, wor- j
thy of the considoritjon of American <tu.*;siucn; :
cue is the dilution <f the Anglo-America* quo*- j
tion, Hie other the solntion of the Africo Amvju-aa
uaestiou. Tn the sedation of these great questions j
the men of our own race, fVom the temperate zones !
of the old World, mingling with us and being j
AmericaulziMt, will hold, in the end, exclusive pm j
se*lon of the temperate Zone* of the Nw ; while
the ikutmA'lMk of the man of the tropir* id the j
Old W orld now among os. will liml their homes |
iu Um tropics pf the New ; and, sir, they will not ,
go there a* slavey, hut as tree men. t<> live among j
frccuisn. iid where c.dorls no degrndtiiion. They i
will go. under our instruHientidlity, not U> over
turn the tiMvernraent’ to which they cm ig rale, ln*f ,
to aid in dovtlupiug the must productive regious
of the whole earth. This question is presiug ,
uponnmow. Y*ui eanm.t posHj.one itloUg.il ,
you would. ltU > n *be progress of etenls, and
it must come on.”
Thi-speech i* only one of the few announcing
the programme of the Republican*, ft i not from ,
Seward. Ho has said long since that he would
live to fee the “dawn of flu* day that would wol- j
coiue the last foot print* of slavery Upon the earth.”
Time will test the truth of his prophecy. In the I
meantime. l*t the great “i'UActu ai. nsr*” be j
understood & the South -let her hunhand her re- ;
source*- -culuvate a lraterual spirit among her j
children -counsel harmony pf action — cherish a j
love for independence, so that when the oppressor |
comes, aruieil with the sceptre ami ebdlicd with
the panoply of power, we will la- alle lojdmit the
hue! of freemen upon his prostrate week.
Marts of Trade.
A Word fr <Jar S-mtkeru HcuhottrU Ptfin.
We are toprawad from observations that our
mrrcuntH* comumrnity in the interior town* and
country are not ns uuiclt with the iro j
po nance of <rur Southern ©ommereiol interest f* i
our /hunter* are. We ace the hatter .sending and 1
haring their product* via: Cotton, Tobacco* Mae,
Sugar. Coro. ftni Ao..sold and *hi|*ped at our
Southern IMm4 commercial nitins via; Nor- j
folk, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, fc>W Orleans,
Galveston do, Not ao uuiversallydo the Southern j
i#S*r'r ahem their disposition to iiu
prove and build up our Southern trade. .Self in
terest many of them *ay induces Uto go t. New i
York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore to pur j
chase our goods. We think investigation and |
farte will not prove this position correct. The j
cost of traositiou of there good* U there northern
cities are a* grout, taking the average place* of ;
importation and production, as to bring them f< j
any of our Southern cities on the sea board — j
while.the expense* of the m*roaUU> Houses in i
New York, especially are three fold more than in
any of our Southern commercial cities. There i?
no city in the world, that in the matter of extrav
agaut store expenses, equal thin commercial em
porium of the North, and while our Foutbcrii 1
wholesale merchants, with credits equal to any in ]
the world, can buy as cheap in the Foreign ,
markets and of the manufacturer or commission
merchant or importer, as any Northern jobbing
merchant# or importers, ami as they assure us
with Hot only a disposition, hut a determination
to sell as cheap and known to sell on as good
terms, we cannot see, with a full supply of stocks
and general variety of goods, thut there can he
any self ad vantages to our interior merchants to
go North—especially in thedpring reason to buy
their goods, as they can visit with impunity and
olii; O nhtmbit.s Ucchln
, without fear of Health all, and any of our South-
I • rn ‘ the Spring, and we think should do
■ ®°* NR oar Southern seaboard cities have sufler
j ed frou the epidtmiic of yellow fever the last sum
I nicr and fall, and their prosperity t he, ini there
jhy let it not he anything more than a check,
, but with the eutflciiauce of your trade say to them
i go on and prosper.
Rxpfitditvm Itctrcncnmcni.
j is truly busy at it* work of retrench- j
j went. li the <i overmmuit cannot le supported
I exoept ly a modification of the tariff, this body
•shows a sjdrif to curtail all expease* not actual I
, ly ami absolutely nwe.s.-ary. No one can complain
j that the Jt#mo< vatic iiicmilhts ol t'ongn-ss aredis- j
i j*o*d to increase the alrendy heavy tux ini).o*ed
by the Government. The Ifoiise of Rqrueiita- |
i tives have concurred with the fomjftittce of Mays I
’ aihl Means iu striking out the following items ;
i yjtlO.OilO for the luficagu of members aud dele- ,
; gates of the House for next year: $10,009 lor
j furniture and repairs and huge* for members ;
J In* noKrly ?ra,(10ll fur Hie O.mgreaskiiuH lllolie, .
! and Mr binding tn- same, and kt l >.it ft ov ;
| ceedings ; also iu cutting off ?100,0p0 for wages of
the workmen and adjusters at the Sun Francisco
Mint also reducing the appropriation lor work
men in. the Now York Assay Office from $44,000
: to $20,900 : and reducing the appropriation for
workmen at the New Orleans Hranch Mint to ,
. $1.1.000 : a}.*v in striking out tMMI lor the
; puri-hnae ol property ill New York, now leased for .
• ’ourt joirjw.scA'f also in miding $174,000 to sup
j pIMA, tbdicieiices in ]irinttng.
j The bill was Ikon passed by 1(* majority.
irk now lettgeiurnl*.
Wo arc under obligation to Hon.d FDowdell
for a copy of his speech to ‘'restore the spirit of
| theorgwuio law : nsfrict the ral power; ex
I *R Rtate sr.vcrcignty.*’ Also, Hon. A R Wright
for his speech on tho distribution of the public
i land*.
| CoOMi HdiT, Tnr.Arv with Tmina. The lion.
Wu. K. Red. minister t> t'hina, ha* despahdicd
I l.ieut. Henry Krbn, ns bearer of the Commercial ,
: troaty made by huu with i'hina in Novioubcr last i
witii our govern moot. Lieut. Krben arrived iu i
the Asia.
Mr. iieed was exf*c>ded to leave for {the}l nited
i .States in the early part of Lie.-muher
!• The U. S. steumvi Miuue*ota sailed from t’bi
i ua for lbstiu on the With of Novemlter.
)MtMi for rcr SlggerN.
, The Mock Republican* begin u* show whnt tJu-v i
j would do. if they hud tiie power how limy would ,
i override the ('uns*itutu*n aud h*>w Souliicrners
i would be taxed for their pseudo— philanthropy
( for thu negro.
f In the Senate a few days *icee. Mr. Thmlittlc
coHsidcred that the two great question* which in j
theprognvsmu of the age cannot be escaped, were I
| lira Anglo-American and the African American. ‘
i lie couciudisl his remark* by oftering o substitute
■ lor the Cuban bill; to the effect that fifty mil ,
| lions be appropriated t purchase in YucaUu, or
i Central er South .America, territory on winch a
i frceiiegro nation can l*e located under the guar
an lee of Ihe knifed State*.
Nkui'.hf.S Couiho Soi tm. —The Weldon Our- *
respondent of fcb* Express say* The crowds of
negroes going South are uudiiuinishe.i, and on
Saturday, a Mr. Ha vis of Richmond, disposed of
purchaser took them on South.
Tiie Fumtor Kepublican American) bn* ju*t I
closed its fifth volume. Tiie publisher represents j
his success thus fur a* being very flattering, ('has.
f*. t'rawfbrd is to become associated with the
present proprietor in it management, and will j
make bis bow to the public next week.
! Bau. to Lout* Nahiku. A complimentary ball
is to bo given in Washington on Thursday night, !
the 17th inst., to Lord and Lady Napier. Among <
the anines signed to the correspondence on the j
! subject, are those nffftenators Mason, of'Virginia,
| Seward, Crittenden and Toombs.
I LaGjiaxuk FKVtALt Coimc<;k.- Dr. Ledlietfer !
| 1 1 . is been a|>p*iiitod agent for this institution, (in
I pface of W. D Shea, resigned) to assist in raising |
! funds for the paymeut of th debt eontraeted by j
! the Georgia Conference is pun-basing the Collage, I
| by KuKeitiug eontributtons for thfnt object.
i lupf<ltT4,\T Vlf>M Tin JCAttKZ C A AI N KT.-~ Wl‘
I have rcliiilde .-soranees from Mexico tiiat I'rest- !
1 dertt Juarez is not only willing but anxious to eu ,
* ter into a treaty with ihe I’nited State* for the
1 (irntwcHon of the frontier. AM that we ‘-otrid !
gain, as a pcAple, by an expensive rind objection i
‘ able “proteeforntc” niay thus fa- honorably ob- J
! taiued by treaty, to the mutmil satisfivetion and I
advantage oT bnth govcrmnerits. and at a saving, .
* instead of an increase of onr war expenditures ,
■*n the Indian urfeshd Mexican frontier.
1 We have also reason to believe that ihe Anglo
’ French demands Were diminished to much in<-r* !
rea**nflMc proportions by n rensonahle bint that j
’ Mexico, {f reduced th the necessity of c hoosing j
j >i dictator, Uiigbt lijqK-Ml to her great sinter of the *
1 North for pi'itoeli<<ii **r Annexation. This was a J
f Vg.ptiligeney that tb alHwd admirals dared not *
I assume the res-ponsibilify of forcing, and they
i came down in their term*. Juarez -e.-nis to really
| have a fixed policy of his own, and the nerve to .
, carry it “ut. .'-’/•in-.
Rr.ce of fhiauo. Woubmgtttn February 8. |
j Mr. Clay, l : uited Stat* Minister to R*ru, in wri j
. ting to tfra SUUe Depurturaut, say* the idea that
j auy reduction iu llu |irioa at which guano is u**w
I sold in the l uild Htates. can be brought about
i by negotiation is abandoned, ail eumac* in Peru
agreeing that as the deposits are national pmper
| Ly, the governnieiit id bound *oo that they pro
duce the greatest possible amount of revenue.
( There is little prospect of improvement in bu*i
i nc-s transaction-, as the uiost important agencies
! ofthe Peruvian government are cntrusted to two ;
j houses, who bave it in their power lor the moment,
, to fix the rate *f freight, and iu Mr. Clay’s opiti
(ion, can in future axe re bra a controlling influence
j var the trade with foreign eountne*.
0
Util I roust Mel ting
; The citixens of Lafayette. Alabama, have held :
j h meeting for the purpose of constructing a
j Railroad from Opelika to Lafayette and suitable
! commit lee* appointed. The following resolutions I
* wore adopted: *
j Resolved, That a Committee of live be appoint
j ed by tlic chair to correspond wiib tho President* j
of the dilk-rent Railroad* in Georgia and Ala- <
, bttinu in reference to the proposed connection by
itailragdaf La Fayette with the Montgomery and
i West Point Railroad at Opelika,
j Remdted, That this Commit tee he instructed to |
| report at an early day—that w hen this meeting
I adjourn, it stand adjourned, subject to the Gjdl of
aid committee.
Lalrr from Mexico
Xkw Qki.ka**. Feh. 12.— The steamer Tentios-
I see lja* arrived from Vera Crux with dateH from ,
i that port to the Otb Hist,
News from tlie Capital, an noun era that Zuolaga
has abdicated in favor of lien. Miramon. The
’ latter was installed president on the 2d February, |
I and immediately re-arrested all political prison
ers liberated by Oen. Robles. He dismissed all
officer* engaged in disposing Zuolaga, and sup
pressed Hen* Robles’ newspaper.
Miramon ordered a forced loan of one million
dollars, and was preparing to march against Vera
Cruz with 5,000 men.
Zulaoga pfesido* a President in tho absence of
Miramon.
The brother of Miramon, commanding forces
at Zacatecas, has met with sever# defeats.
Bon. Degoldado is threatening the cnpitol with
3,000 reorganised troopi,
THK 1N Ul N UV THK STATES, AMI THE SUYEKEMiNTY OF THE STATES.
The capture of Macallan. Vy the Liberals is
undisturbed.
The French and English commanders succeed
*4 in-enforcing their demands :rt Vera Cruz, and
, liigli duties were restored forthwith. It i.-staled
that two-lhirds of thu revenue have heen seemed
! to England and France. Tho United States
. Consul promptly protcst il|gain*t such interfer
i once; aud .Inure/, seemed much emVmrrasscd in
I consequence of it.
KallroadlMeellng ihratur |t onntj, ha
At a railroad mooting hold at Hainhridgc l>e
’ eatur county, on the 11 th instaut, following
resolution* were adopted to-wit:
Resolved, ‘Thai we request Charles .1. Milliner
ly lbto pledge the faith of the people of Hcmmir
county for an additional sum ofs.o.oun subscrip
tion. to the stork of the Atlantic and Cull Rail
road Company, iu the event that the Hoard of
Itirecfors will uecept the {terms and condition*
proposed by a meeting of thveitiaens on the 7th
day of August. 1858.
“Resolved, That wo pledge’ ouriudves to procure
from the next Legislature, an act authorizing the
, intei ioc Court oi'Dueatur County, to make a sub
,*< riot ion us the HIUU of Siitt.ftuo’ i () tho Block of
’ -aid company, ami to levy an extra Tax on me
people of Iterator county for the payment thereof.
Resolved, That Decatur county is entitled to
two ini'inbci's iu the Directory of tho Company
, and that it is the sense of this meeting, (hat her
l ights should be recartled by the Hoard.
hoi. It roan's Itcnomluaiion.
Wo must confess our surprise at tin- assertion
of the Augu.-ta Constitutionalist cotnniTitiad on
’ by tiie Federal I’tiion. There can ho no doubt
that throughout this section of the Htato, uinetv
; nine ineu in every hundred of thu Denmoratie
: party are decidedly for llov. lirowu’s rc-noiniiui
I tion. We have not seen a particle of evidence
! going to show that-the panic feeling doe* not ex
i ist throughout the State. The only infiiieiice
that cun by auy possibility he biiug)it to bear
against him in the eonveution is that of the cities
eonfrollkd by hanks. This may he l! powerful
to defeat him in convention. Hnt it is iindania
ble that I tie wishes aud prefereiievK ot the Dcuto
<-ratte party aiul of the people of the Htuto are for
, hi* i*e nomination. And we uiay usk if <ov.
■ Hrown is not to he nominated for re election, who
I is to Ik* the Democratic candidate ? Who will
permit himself to be used to defeat tutu ? Mari
! f-tta AUuocaU.
Remount If Caucus.
j There was a meeting held of the Demoeratie
; members of Congress, on thu bth inst., at Wash
ington to take into consideration tho question of
, expenditure’
Air. i'helps, ot Missouri, offered resolutions, dc
eluriiig that the temporary neeessities of the gov
eminent should he met hv ail’ extension ot the
| law authorizing the issue and re-issue of Treasury
i notes lor the period of two years ; that the appro
i pnatioii bills ought to be ai-ted onus speedily as
possible, and that the expenditures of tin- govern
ineflt ought to he reduced to the lowest point, con
oiatent with the want* of an economical adminis
trillion of the government.
Mr. Hlielps brietly argued tho importanee of
immediate action to avert tho necessity fan extra
session.
Mr. Crawford propowi the following, as u suh
stifute for Mr. Phelps’ resolutions:
Itr*olt r<i. That it is inexpedient and unneces
sary t* disturb the tariff of 1857.
kttoli tU, That tho temporary iiocesaitie* of the
tJoxerunient should be met by the re-issue of I
Treasury note*.
Kmiilrnl, That the President bn requeoted to
convene the Cabinet, and submit to them the esti
mate*- heretofore presented, for the purpose •
ascertaining what deduction therefrom is practi
cable.
Mv. Crawford made a speech in advocacy of hi*
proposition.
Mr. Stephens thought it very proper that the
tariff question should be discussed, a- it was of
i uagiii uhl'vuiiX concern. The tariff act of 1857
becopried out on the revenue raised by U, wttff
economy. He did not regard the quß'kn of rois
’ ing the tariff nor *unything counccteil with it as a
test of democracy at least iiniil the National
Demoeratie Lou veu lion has specially provided for
the subject on iU platform of principles.
Mr. Barksdale replied that he vva* for a tariff
I for revenue, but between protection for the sake
j of protection and direct taxation, he whs for the
j latter.
AD - . Hiuith, of Va v said that any reduction “I
; the expenditures ought to coiniuei* with Mem
l,rrs of Congress, aud referred to the oempen
; satioii and mileage as fit subjects for retruneh-
I incut.
Mr. AL-Kae gave notice ofthe introdnotion of
j a lution, laying down certain fundamental
| constitutional principles, and proposing to instruct
j ibe Conunittee of Ways and Means, o* the sense
j if the e.ai'"iis, to report u bill lor levyitlg a direct
| tax.
[ Mr. Boyce said it was evident there must be
an increase of revenue or a decrease of ©xpendi
I lure*, and firarofaro thought the only security for
economy would be the presence of the guthettir of
! direct taxes.
i Mr- Flay was not present to dictate to the Dem
ocratic (MirtV. Not long ago, lie was called only
i a yearling democrat, and be was of course but
htfie more than a two year old now. Hut liewisb
‘ e*| u say tiiat that tie question of a tariff4* above
| all parties, one In which the intercAfci of the entire
j i-iiiiiitrv an* concuniwl, He fheraforo hoped it
| would be Hju*fd in necordauce wltli ibis scnti
j ment.
Mr. He ward thought U was impossible for I lie
Government to Ira curried on wit Ij a great deal
! ley* expenditure than now estimated, and that the
! oul v solution (f the difficulty was in tiie res tom
1 non, either temporarily or permanently, of lira
i tariff of iff! <.
| Other Democrat* addressed the caucus, after
! which
I Mr. CrawCufd’a first reselutkm, declaring it in
’ cxpcdewl andaiunecessary t® iHsturl* tho tariff was
rejected by 27 against 55, sofnc members uot vo
i ting.
i Mr. Crawford then withdraw bis iw-remaining
i resolutiops by unanimous convent.
.Mr. Sickles resolution was then adopted that a
i committee be appointed by this caucus, to confer
with a similar committee on the |mrt of (be ben
u(caucus to lake into consideration the propet
-1 manner practicable for reducing the expenditure*
i of tho Government.
The Wanderer.
We find the following in the correspondence of
j (),• New York Herald, from an officer on bourd a
| U. H. ship ot war. now on the coast of Africa:
. -October I Ith, the day after leaving Auibrize,
we bad a chase after a large *cboon©r off Fnake
’ Head, tinder susplriou* circumstance*. Hhe beat
; us sailing, however.”
I -We leitrn here that the captain and liion (if
tlu- Wendner, whilst out here, wore tho uniform
ot tho New York Yacht Club—aasi!redly a piece
-■1 bad taste upon the bimincrs they euuic lor.
There is im doubt but that the Wanderer got *fe
lv off with her cargo —a comment upon our fleet
sailing that we could not nab her.”
••Old dull sailing vessels are entirely useless.—
I (>t,)y the other day we feel in with a very suspi
cious schooner, niter whom we crowded all suil ly
(he wind. Wc were going knots, and yet she
i li ft us as though we were at anchor, eating us out
! (,f the wind with ohs#, sparing ua her gaff topsails
ami Hying jib.”
‘‘Alter remaining on the coast some time, we
1 began to think we would have nothing to do,
I when, one morning, word was brought us that the
Wanderer was loading with slaves. The Viiicea
ms, alter fifteen leys of preparation, was dis
patched to investigate the matter. We soon
learned that hc Wanderer whs between us and
tho Vincennes* having had the hardihood to ap
proach within sixty miles of our anchorage and
to anchor ufl A infinite.
, “On hung duly provided therewith, wc set sail
for Gobito May, with the view of spending a
couple of days'for the purpose of allowing ample
, ti„ M , for the Wanderer to get liar cargo of negroes
; on board, so that when we captured her there
i should be the strongest proof of her character.
But. upon our approach to the mouth of the bay,
there was no sign of even a boat there. Leaving
our ship riding safely a mile distenoe from the
land, the barge, gig and whale boat aailed with
their respective occupants, duly armed with knives
end guns ‘for protection,’ into the bay on an ex
ploring expedition. . ...
1 “After remaining a day wo stilted for Amltrm. §
On arriving there, wc found that tho W anderer
’ had never been there, but hud already sailed from
j the Congo with a cargo of slaves.”
Obituary.— Wo learn from tho Tuscaloosa
Monitor that Dr. James W. Collier, only son of
’ the late (Jov. Collier of Alabama, died at that
J place on the 26th ult. of Typhoid Fever,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1859
rOLIMKiS, WKRNKMHY. KKRHI AKI iff,
The Viath-Uestern Railroad
The Savannah Republican says that, tho gtoek
holdeiv of.this Company held a meeting in M:t
eon on the ltttli inst., (i,.t)'l shares were nq>re
sonteil. An election was held, and Hie old hoard
was unanimously ro-ehoAon, viz:
R. It. CUYLKR, President.
utKKorotm :
•Tno W Anderson, Win S Holt,
AVm A Black, T IV Furlow,
Robert A Smith.
Dross earnings for fl month* end
ing the :ilst of Jan.. 18;.'.) $319,445 75
Same period last year, L’01,778 23
I uerease gross turnings, sll7,Off? o 2
Xett earnings for fl months January
Nett earnings for ff months, .farm
ary, ISoS, 7fI,SSC 72
increase nett earnings $112,2(57 72
Six months, bales cotton,
dan. .ii iv,*o<>
Six months, hairs cotton,
January, 1858, 59,109
Increase 80,879 hale .
The Lust Rue.
Among the new newspaper candidate** for nrtb
lie favor and exchange, which we almost daily re
. e.ive, the lust one is No. 1 of ‘ The Lust Rose of
Summer,” published at Huuhanan, Botetourt Cos.,
N'irgiiiiu. It i* rvideiitlv a “volnahle paper.”—
We copy vrrhutin). the editor’s .salutatory to his
brethren of the press, and congratulate the old
Dominion on this accession to its literary strength.
For tho bene til of weak eye* nil the originnl mat
ter of the ••Rose” is in type a* big as your fin
S'T :
To otir brother cdtors 1 have takn upon my sit the
rccponsihiiity of editug the Lost fio* of Siotic, do
most earnestly request you to honor me with yunr
exchange you will red Uy
perceive by this my first cdytorial that I am a man
of unlimited talent and genus therefore you will
perceive that you may derive immense benefit by
exehangig vvih so valuable a poriotienl
y*?J..Au communicators uniat be addressed to
the Editor of the last ffu*c of Hinhmrr
•ItunE MiT.kan. The Cleveland (Ohio) Her
ftl.f says that Judge McLean's health is evidently
again giving way. On hm return to the capital
he was. fora few days, enabled to Vigorously pro
seentehis duties, hot hy last oeeotmi* he was not
able to attend t lie sitting.- ol the Supreme Court ;
and it was sni*l lie would Mon return to Cincin
nati. The Herald adds that Washington gossip
Inis selected Judge Bartley as the successor of
Mr. McLean.
FOR Till. TIM KN.
Thc.Scaoflce. Honor to whom Honor Is Rm*.
Messrs. Editors .* \V* were of u large und a(pre
ciativo audience, who witnos.sed the peiTormuucc
of the above play by the Marsh Troupe, and ware
most agreeably surprised.
1 The (dot is touching and pathetic. ‘The sccnc
r}’ und appointments admirable, und thy rendi
tion of some ofthe characters—extremely happy.
Miss LortKK possesses talent of a rare order, j
and exhibit* more proficiency than we have ever !
seen in one so young. Her ii.ov ements are easy, j
flowing, graceful : her reading. Hear, sonorous and j
musical: her perception of the character. Into to J
nature, not overdone, hut lull and rounded. In |
u.worj, we predict for her a earner more- or less |
which she may give to nn art. for which she ox- ,
hibits a remarkable adaptation.
Mias C'aiuiie, ulfiq, deserve* notice; her whole j
bearing, being correct and life like. A little stiff j
ness in the use of her hands, alone, murs the j
getit-ral propriety of her delineation.
Master Gkwuoe Maumu, ha* a genius for come !
dy : his suouess in that role, is certain ; be seems |
untaught, ami tho humorous appears to apring
spontaneously from his own brain; perhaps,
however, it would be well to cheek bis comical
propensities, in a pioea so tragic as the boa of lee.
On one occasion, we noticed with pain, that tho
less discriminating portion of tho audience vverp
carried away hy his fun at a lime, when tho piny j
was passing through one of it* most touching j
period*. We do not Maine Master George for
this, for it would be unreasonable to look for true
dramatic discretion in uuo so young. But to tho
management we commend those lilies of Hamlet
•'Let your clown* speak no more, than is *ot
down for them; this overdone, tho’ it make the
unnkillfu laugh, can not but make tho judicious
grieve: the censure (done of whom, must out
weigh a whole Theatre full of others.”
M. W. J.
<5 A T*T AIV fIK NK H AI.Htl ll* OK <V|\. The last
Spanish mull sets at rest, for the moment again,
the periodical announcement of a change in the
government.of the Island of fjuhn. The late ru
mor seem* to have originated, like till others, In
(Jen. Concha’s “prudent” quarterly letter asking
to be relieved t the precarious tenure ol hi* office,
iu the uncertainly of bpanisli politics, making
the tropical climate of Cuba, about so often, pe
cuiiariv unfavorable to his liver complaint. The
rumor in this ease seem* to have gained more
credit from the zeal with which the fre nd* of tli©
t'aptuiii General seconded his request at home.—-
“The lai difficulty with Garza at Tampico hod
been sathd'aetartly settled by hi*prompt nndener
getie action; the Island was |niet, and it wax but
right, that after aerrireH so long and so arduous,
h should be relieved.” This was going almost
too far. and it came well nigh having mii entirely
different result from what wns undoubtedly in
tended, and then our neighbors of the “ever faith
ful isle” would have hud the misfortune to have
in place of a prudent Captain (tenoral, whose ca
parity had bean proved, one of whom they knew
nothing, and win* knew nothing of them.—A’ (J
J*icayu tu.
AgßcnoTn or rttr. British Qit.kn. The Bos
ton Post toils us that a gentleman of Chelsea,
near that city, who visited Knrepe last summer,
delivered-an interesting narrative of his travels,
in a lecture to the Chelsea Library Association
lust week. In the course of his lecture he
rotated the following anecdote of Queen Vic
toria :
If is reported that her Majesty has a sweet lit
tie temper of her own, and that her omnt a)to*n,
like a prndefttman, always retires before the storm,
and locks himselfin his private cabinet until ibe
sky is clear end sunshine again illumines the clas
£ shades of St. James or Windier. After one of
U,e* liltbi ebullitions, the queen gave a “thun
faring knock” at the door of the room where
Prince Albert badrinken refuge, and upon being
asked. “Who's there responded, “The Queen !”
oifho Queen cannot enter here,” responded the
henpecked. After the lapse of half at) hour, a
ucutle (uj) wu heard upon the door. “Who's
‘there?” askoo Prince Albert. “YonY mfn,” re
sponded Victoria. “My wife is always welcome,”
was tho gallant reply.
Jlews items.
The rumored difficulty between Messrs. Rickies
and Butterworth is entirely unfounded. There
has been no interruption whatever of their friend
ly relations.
• The .Secretary of the Treasury asks that power
be given him to discontinue from tiniu to time
such lighthouses as nmy baconle useless by ren
son of the mutations of commerce, and to restrict
the creation of new lighthouses to such tvs shall
be reported on favorably by the Lighthouse
j Board.
The draft* (mid .uid drafts iasiied last wfek at
Hie I'uitoii States Trensurv amounted to nearly
$5.f100.00n.
The report i* eruilitoif that (Jen. Denver will
shortly resign his office of Commisaionar of In
Jinn A ilk irs, with a view of returning to Cali for-
The Central National Rotls* Club have resolved
io withhold the puhlieatiou of their addrona to the
people until Mr. Butts shall have delivered his
speech, on the 22d. in New York.
Tho Arizona, Mexican and Central American
Association are now chartering vessels to takeout
• migrants under the direction of Uunerui llen
iiiugaiiu.
A Furls letter, from a reliable source, says it
i v ’ not probable that Preston will lm received us
Spanish Minister, hut if he should he, the ffrst in
tituaiion lie malic* for the pawhumu of Cul>a will
be deemed sufficient ground for giving him his
passports. Our (IcfYernmont, however, has no
Spanish official ud vices relating to Ihe nuhjeet.
Well informed eireUs say the reinshitement
of Mirntnon by Zulonga to the Presidency of Me.x
i> o. was made ill the instance of France and ICn
g HU lit.
I'tfotiTAxi iF Tin j:. A M'ashiiigton rorreta
poudeut of the Times (though we know uot >n
what HUtiiority) writes
“ The Hou. IVm M Churchwell. of Tennessee,
‘vent to .Mexico some weeks ago as a secret agent
ot flu United State* Hovernment, to make exam
•nation aud report a- to the true condition of par
ties there, the ability of either to sustain itsell,
and the propriety of recognizing the Junivz tlov
eminent of'that Republic. It was .supposed that
hi* report would have been received, in part at
least, hy the Tennessee mi in i last trip, but it did
not come to hand in far as 1 can learn. There is
little doubt tluit it will arrive by the next mail,
and he followed immediately by the recognition of
the Constitutional or Liberal tJoveniim ut. That
done, a treaty, flic point* of which are already ful
ly. tho’ informally agreed upon, will he concluded
forthwith hare at Washington, in time fertile ac
tion of the Cut tied Htivtcs Kenaie. before hs ad
juui mucut. .Such, ut least, is the programme ut
pr%cut, and it will be curried out unless soma
event occur* vvfflcb ofuiqot he anticipated at this
time.”
Tile New fountlr*.
The Miliedgevillu Recorder, iu s)ieuking of
Hull's new nilt)) of Goorgia, lias the following
•cry just eomment; upon the folly ofthe Lcgisln
lure in uselessly establishing so many new coun
ties.
\Ye have looii struck with the size and shape
of many of the new counties that have been uimle
in the last few years by the Legislature, as-shoWu
b.y Mr. Butts’ Map. rtf’ nil Im iglnanle angles,
land tri-angles) sha(ies. sizes and forms for eoiin
ti*s, Georgia will l>u haul to boot. Rome, to our
eye, are not much larger tlmn a ilceont potato'-
paleli, aud others ure so tortured into a shape, that
it would make one cross-eyed to look nt them
long. Now, we have no objections to new eoun
lies, when there is an absolute necessity for it, and
when said counties can pay move into the State
Treasury than thev lake out for their members to
the legislature ami for school purposes; Home of
the counties in the btatc are an outrage upon all
sense ol justice, as the lux books show that they
are a burden ptllier than a blessing. And then
the Idea of one hundred anti thirty tun Senators f
Thinking men of Georgia ponder upon that fact.
No wonder we Imve such legislation. Aud think
of tiie puce we pay for it! Folly •lays at six
dollars a day for 122 Senators amounts to the
small sum of $21,(180, independent of .clerks, mes
sengers and door keeper, which amounts from
five to ten thousand dollars more! Wo could not
help being led Lot bone reflections by looking t
some of tiie smull counties created for selfish pur
| poses by some few aspiring and would be logisla
I tors.
Mutt) A.nnii: It. Bl.oi niv An examining coin
j Uiittee. says the Suvnuunh A’eic*. composed of TV.
, L!';;;;:r SxiV rn. ttpAnwwtJiMtw l - S*
I Southern Literary M> singer, have just awarded
! the first prize, u bllMl gold no dal, to Jennie ll'<.<-#/
| bine, alius Miss Annie R. Blount, of Augusta, Ga.,
Ibr the bust prize story, to be published in a South
1 eru paper. We are rejoiced at this resiflt. We
I know Miss Blount well, and her success a-- a wri
j ter, hot li of prose and verse, is just what her dc
| cMciil taieot induced us to expect. She. is quit©
j young - probably tho youngest writer of any wp
utatioii iu the country. North or Houtli- and with
proper study and oars, slm has much to expect
ill tho future.
Mate of Trade
It is expected Mint in India goods, spinners will
accept easier rates.
j l/aeri Maeket. --Oilcans Tres Ordinaire quo
i Led ut 98 francs, at the opening of the week, but
| the market closed with a declining tendency.
The sales of flic week wore lo,<*flo bales.
Kansas News.
Lkavk.kWOßTH, Kansas, Ech. 14. The legis
bit lire of Kansas adjourned n Friday hint. Thgy
pa*cdu general atmiesty bill, granting full pu
don and iinmtiuity from proN*cutu#ti on neeonlit
ofthe recent disturbaoces iu th^T*rriU*ry.
True Bill agnlii'l SUHpert’ ilSlaver*
Savannah, Feb. if. Tbe grand jury to-day
found true bill* against ,Schwas und M.-ii-um, eon
signers, and (.’assineras, t'aptain, for titling up
the bark Angelita for the slave trade.
Signing orthe Oregon Rill
Waoiu.vutok, Fell. 14.—Tho President to day
affixed his signature to the bill admitting Oregon
as a State.
Messrs. Lane and Smith, the new Senators from
Oregon wore sworn in and took their scats in the
Semite to-day, A discussion on the Inr iff'hill ami
on the Indiana contested election ease occupied
the time oftlie Senate until the hour of adjourn
ment.
Iu llm House postal affairs were discussed. Tho
House refused to entertain the bill extending the
Treasury note law.
Know Havana. -Havana advices to the 30th
ti 11,,, Imve been received. The growth of the cane
is ii Inigo one, the quality excellent; but the work
of getting it in is more than usually behind band.
And this principally because of tho remarkably
heavy rains which at a very Into season have fal
len throughout the tropics, making the roads bad
and Impeding tha grinding. At Havana the ar
rivals bad boon so small, or the transactions there
in so tew. as scarcely to give character to the
market. The same is snid of Matnnxo*. where
there was an unusually large nutnler of buyers
on the ground. The rains, however, had been
heaviest in tho eastern part f the Island, where,
especially nti the largo plantations near Cardonas,
the work was most behind.
In Bloom. —Wo were shown, yesterday after
noon, n sprig taken from a perch tree from the
orchard of Mr. H. Winter, near the Arsenal,
which was so swollen in the bud as to develop®
its bloom. Wc may safely .v that poach trees
in Columbia arc in bloom, and we regret it very
much, for It is likely that the fruit may be lost to
us this season. —Cotombin bulletin.
Fnou Ct ha.- -By tho arrival of tho Black War
rior at Nc* Orleans, we have advices from Ha
vann to the Hd inst. The political new- princi
pally concerns lU great question of tlm day, the
purchase of the Island, the di-ciissiou of which
was vigorously renewed on the dOtli. The oecn
sion was the receipt of tho debate in the Hpauisb
Chambers, on tho 4th, and the Went report of the
CommUtuo of Foreign K elation* iu tho
hot water and cold, almost at the same moment.
The first is published iu full, to the great gratifi
cation of our Island neighbors; the latter only
in a brief analysis and accompanied with ridicule
of its positions and argument. The old charges
of lawlessness and territorial rapacity are also
again renewed with considerable bitterness against
u, and the assurance reiterated that the Island
can never be alienated from the Spanish domln
ions, moreover, that any further procedure iu the
matter of its proposed purchase, can only bo con
sidered a# a national insult.
About three weeks since a cargo of Africans
was landed on tho island, to the westward of Ha
vana. Tho government officials succeeded iu cap
turing soma of them, as also the crew of the vos
sol. which was made up of Spaniards, Portuguese
and I^isb.
rOMMKI'S, TmimUAt. I Kimum twit.
-*
Karl tx, ••IlMim t.rouiul “
We copy, this uioming Iroin the New York
banning /*o*f, an article under the caption of ••
handwriting on the wall,” in which or* embodied
statements and retiootioiiM which seem not to
harmoniao so perfectly with the “rising ground”
theory of Senator Hammond, ft is not at all re
markable that. iu the matter of numerical strength
the Northern should bo far superior to the Southern
portion ofthe Confederacy. Causes, to which it |
is needless to refer, which have been in ex is tense
-inee the formation ofthe government, have ne
cessitated that rum it. Nor do we attach any iin
portiuico to the fiiet, separately considered. There
i* no good reason why tWo geographical divisions
of a people may not live in amity with each other,
iiatwithstaiiding the great disparity in the number
of their rc*|*octivo populations. A contrary ad
mission, indeed, would effectually undermine the
theory ofthe perpetuity of democratic institutions.
Hut the fuel wears a high und commanding sig
nificance when considered in connection with the
rapid and overwhelming spread of anti slavery
t-.o.iiirm,,. Uiiuughuut the stronger section. He
must Ik* wilnilly’ ana criQitnnuy Tinrfu who uoes
not ace that within the iiexcdoeude, at farthest,
the goverpnient will be under the absolute control
ot the eneuzio of the South. What ettyet this re
sult would have upon the institution of slavery is
ot course, a matter of speculation. With the
Senator from South Carolina, and those who agree
with him, the contemplation begets a delightful
mental condition of philosophical composure.
Slave labor is necessary, say they, for the produc
tion of cotton, and as this is a prime necessity to the
manufacturing aud commercial world, the great
interests of tiu-North will protect the institution
from interference within Stute limits. To give
the sembiuuce of assurance, however, to this rtm
•diinioii, it is necessary first to eon vino* the North
of the asserted iudispensubiiity of slave labor (
tail which they deny) and, Uieu, to adduce n sin
gle instance from the records of fanatieistn, which
•-an give the faintest color of truth to the potu
late, that the interest of its subjects was ever a
harrier to the execution of their fiendish purposes.
While the uueontradiuted testimony of history
peal* a vvithering condemnation of this mischiev
ous dogma, the South may reflect, perhaps with
profit upou those half mystic, half legible charac
ter* which the hand of destiny is writing upon the
wull ofthe future.
The i'aruguii) Kxpctlltloii.
Private letters by the lute arrival from the La
IMata, state that the naval expedition of the
United States against Paraguay, would he sta
tioned in the Roads of Buenos Ayres, and that
the plenipotentiary would first proceed in a single
vessel to Asuncion, to try the effect ot diploiniiev
upon President Lopez. The ruuior of nn iiflV
anee between lluauo* Ayres and the United States
against Paraguay, gained ground evyry day. The
idea of such an uiiiance was strongly reprobated
by the press of Montevideo and Brazil, which
threatened a counter league. The official journal
< f Paraguay continues to be quite indignnnt at
the demands of the United States, and threatens
to fight to the lust.
Hov. A. H. Stephens.- Wc regret to see it
announced that Mr. Stephens positively declines
it re-election to Congress, of which lie has been a
member for tbedast fonrtceen or fifteen years.—
While we have often had occasion to dissent from
hi* views, we have been long satisfied that iu
• ...Mr ~t nhilitv he is the very first mini in the
such a man, from a body in wlneti ttrsi raie mi
en fa We sorely needed, is little short of a public
calamity. Eu/anla Spirit us tki Smith.
Laggard Leg Ist at lon.
Tho Si ate Legislature has been in session near
ly sis weeks, but as y©thas accomplished nothing
of auy liiotiieut. I‘hila. Ledger.
T his i* tiie invariable eouiplaiut agauist every
legislative body now in an**io|i, from Uongress
down. Wasted time, neglected duties, verbose
speeches, and ill-earned dollars, uro char gas
which our careless legbhUors are compelled to
lace by their indignant conx'iluuut*; and they
M-ciii to do il bravely, without bmug pressed by
the point ofthe bayonet. Petty subjects, of no
eonsequeuee tb the people, personal quarrels, ah
iruse questions aud exploded theories, constitute
the staple of their btitfipu**, and when at leugtb
the light ol their wisdom is extinguished hy linih
lution, it leaves the country in darkues*, and
they, like the charred wicks, are smothered iu
their own oil.—A't-ir York’ Journal oj Coin
merer.
The Wur ijurstioii li lifrmM)
The German press, leaving the Austrian jonr
uale out of the guosliun, aru mainly in favor of
prace, but they do not wish to mow Austria abac
doiioti. Many Prussian jouruuls wish their Gov
ernment. to support Austria it’ she is attacked.—-
Tim libiuw, they say, must bn dufeuded ou tbo
I’li ami llm Miuoio.
Tin U a watte of North Germany nay* tiial Gor
jany must not allow Austrian intiuuucu to besu
perocdeJ by that of France.
The Swubiiyu Mercury on treat Germany to look
upon every attack ou Austria as upon herself,
and not to wail till I In* country is compelled, be
fore taking up arms.
/,. .Vo til says that Prussia and Germany will
remain merely spectators so long as Austria shall
have only Ibe italians against her, and by that
neutrality expect to force Franco to remain neu
tral also, and ibe more so tbut Kngland will adopt
a similar policy. As to Russia, she will take
part neither for nor against Austria.
Tiib Cuabxctrm or Ahi/oxa. In a recent
number of the Washington I'nion. there appears
some letters iu refereucu to the population and soil
of this inchoate territory, entitled to notice. Mr.
(Hero, the Congressional delegate from New Muxi
eo, say a that, wbeu be euiiVHssed the Mcsilla val
ley. two years ago.it aonlaiued from lift ecu hun
dred t4# seven teen hundred voters, and n boot eight
thousand inhabitants, while the resbwf Arizona
contained two thousand residents, Gen. I.ane, of
Oregon, says that he has traversed the region,
and found the climate mild, grazing good, ami
many rich, beautiful, fertile valleys, capable of
producing corn, wheal, rye, outs, and vegetables
sufficient to Subsist a targe population. Testimo
ny to pretty much the same effbet is given by
John Nugent and Col. John C Hays. Respect <
ing the companies formed to work the copper,
silver and gold mines, the Washington
naytf:
i ....
“Ohio has rent oOt three or four streng, well
armed, mid completely organised mining associa
tions, und roricpotiding companies ary forming
in Texas ami Now York. Os all these associations,
the one of which Ooti, llcuningscn i.<t tho actuary,
is probably on the most extensive scale. Those
who Imve no capital beyond good health mid
habits, put in their laborugainst the capital which
-applies the uiuchinery, arms, and transportation,
and thus labor shares with money, the lands and
mines which thay develop. This company alrea
dy owns laud enough te give every emigrant and
shareholder a homestead, uud to find miuiug and
mechanical employnieiit for every species of in
dustry. It will he an organized community from
the start, and with such a leader as Ben. Hen
ningsen, ought to make its mark ou the rising for
tunes of Arizona-
Montt.K A*n Onto Railroah. —Tho subscrip
tions recently asked in Mobile, for currying this
enterprise through, already upproaoh the hand
sotno sum of 9250,000, So says tha Tribune,
Tm: Amrrii axs at RrßAtTai*iT..--Mr. J. K.
Ho wen, the contractor for raising the sunken
vessels in the harbor of Bluudopol, writes iui in
(cresting letter concerning his oporidiou*. We
quoto :
Uur machinery was not eomidep-d until June.
, • “W ••J °f June the first v essel was rais
ed to tiie surface of the water tho schooner of
war Nuellu.uf sixteen guns. Since that Lime 1
have raized the steamer Turk, war steamer tiro
/ui.i, ir>|| sfentuor Danube, eighteen guns: brig
Eneas, vateh PurLlcnnr* and cutter Strelln. -
Tbc*e Vessels arc in exeellfnt condition, and
eoiiifia rativelv sound. I sold the .-tea urar Turk
I to the Imperial government for fllt.imu sdver rou
Ides, and She will lie rUMiing iiguiii iu the course
ot lour mouths. I have also sold the steamer
Grozimi for 23,000 silver roubles, at public auc
tion.
In addition to the above, f have removed tiie
120 gm . ship t aiherine, the Imo of battle ship
httgouyil, the m gun slap Paris; another 84 gun
ship, the Chesiiiu, used formerly as a prison ship ;
the trigate Kavarna, also a frigate which was for
merly used tor u prison ship; the transport Here
/.an, und the Iff gnu schooner Lashtooha. and
over one.hulf of lira 1 20 gun ship Constantine.
I have recently had important eomaawion*
granted hy the government, having just com
pleted the contract, by which they give all ihc
ot last June; therefore, ull die vessels aud prqi
erty recovered siuee that date belong to the cm
|an\. “''joe Uow busily engaged ill v.'irion
braucheH ot the work, We have sixty carpenter*
on Iwo immense caisson . under the s u peri n ten
deuce o| an old Hotoniii t'-.ipt. Samuel F.
Holbrook. They will be completed early in the
spring, when we shall raise so in o of th>’’largest
ships, which are estimated to be worth L'tMi.uuw
silver roubles each; aud i.f the raising of them
there is no poMible qto- lion.
(toDKI'tH-dOMI.
Wahhinoton, Feb. |.. -Intbc Senate, to day
ihe purchase ol t'uba wivs debated. Mr. t'riUen
den tavoreil its ivequisiton. but Ihoiigiit the pres
ent time uupropitious.
iu the House, the Indian appropriation bill
oomoderation. The Prwsitient, in a
eommuiueatinn ll„ uw , says dmt the goy.
emnreut olHeials at Hiivauiiah have been strictly
wnjoiued to pt.>Hette the slaver trial* going on
at that port. .Special counsel has been employed,
and the .officers are inst moled to find the Wander
er's negroes, identify the parties connected with
her, and amvrlaiu any other Am-Is onuneeted with
tue affair, and to assist in executing justice upon
the otiunders.
Atltllii.iual by the tmcrica.
Nkvv
The annexe*! are additional point* of foreign
news from llalilax •
I'lmra Treiicii - hip* of the-line have been or
dered to proceed iinuiodiately to the Mcditer
uuenn.
A Congress of Foreign Power* are to assein
ble hi London to deliberate nn the Italian ques
tion.
The London Timm say* that Austria will never
con*ent to a settlement ofthe Italian question hy
an European Congress*.
Sixty war transport* have been ordered to he
ill rendine-s at Toulon on the Ist of March.
The French demand for cavalry is very ur*
g e “ l -
From the Southern Citizen.
“lid Negroes.
By this term, we mean, not the liordes in Af
rica; they iu fact are not altogether wild, being
oil slaves and slave-owners, without any excep
tion. We mean those unfortunates in the United
State* who are called “Free Negroes.” What is
to tie done with them ‘f The LegislatureofAr
negroes from tUi) Mate, wuieirnn* wune a
select committee, consisting of some of the ablest
men in that body, Imtli of whom liavereeoimtraad
ud its passage. Hituilar bills have been pro|MH-d
and considered iu other States; and it is evident
that something must be done. Those wild crea
tares are nttb'iineo, an anomaly, and indeed u
distracting and deuiorolixin g dement in slave
holding eoiiummitics.
Now why should they not go North ? (hir
Norltrarij, lireflrou love. them, invito them, and
are ready to eiubraco them in the arms of univer
sal philanthropy. Olrio wuuts abont a hundred
thousand of them to add to her present stock :
IVnnsylvairin woo* them to her fertile fields and
limy towns. New York modestly urges her pre
tension*, MS II StHfe deserving of their notice and
patronage. M.issaefitisetf* will be jealous if the
due proportion of them do not find their way to
her. If she cannot get negroes honestly, she
will steal them.
In this condition of things, the very best course
is, that each State enact a law to sell for slav es ajl
masteries* negroes found within her EortUjrs on a
certain day to be named ; appropriating at the
same time u fund for the travelling expenses of
sueli us choose to go nvvay, us far nrathe Ohio riv
er and the Northern border of Maryland. It is
to he apprehended, indeed, that ogr Northern
brethren might not gain so large-nn accession ot
useful und enterprHihig citizens h_v this nn asui.
a* they would doubtless expect aud wish ; (of nio*f
of the “free” fellows add forthwith attach’
tlieiiiMlve* to masters in their own State . and
would bo found at their proper work on the up
pointed day. But if the North do not gain, Ibo
South will. Virginia alone will add to tbewaunh
of the State at least Twenty millions of dollar*
by the reclaiming of her wild negroes. This
would be a bettor fund tliuu half a doZ< n Oyster
Fiindu ms.
There is no such thing as a Free Nmrro. While
negroes have been ind wi*h: namely the Albi
noes; but free negroes never. Negroes are born
slaves: and their rights of nr'ii mean, aright to
a good master. Their life, liberty aud pursuit of
happiness, require notfiing hut u good master.
They who deny negroes that inalienable right,
who emancipate and turn them wild, ajijiress the
negroes. Those who tame them agnin and set
them U> their proper tusks, an* the true einanei
pa tors : and this work of necessity and aerify wc
take the liberty of commcudtiig to aft Southern
legislators.
Htilf, in deference to the Spirit of the Age, (God
Ms* it!) and in compliment to our Northern
brethren, if would be well to provide for u large
migration of the masterless negroes right “into
their midst,” ns they cull it.
Several collateral advantage* would result from
thin iiieaaurc, which your naturally ucutu muni,
reader, will oot tail to comprehend.
Death ol Dr. C J. Paine.
Dr. Charles ,1. I'uiuu, un old and respected citi
/.en of Millcdgeville, died on Friday morning Inst
very suddenly, of u disease of the heart. He re
tired on Thurshay evening about as well ms usual
and died very suddenly, and apparently without
pain, a few hours before day un Friday morning.
Dr. Paine hud suffered a good deui, for some
years, from un ufl'cclion oftlie heart : and tho’ iu
feeble health, there wuh u apprehension fait by
liUfriends of so sudden and immediate u termina
tion of his life. He wii a quiet, grenl citizen,
and leaves numerous relatives, and a large circle
of friends and acquaintances, here uud tdsewhere,
to mourn his sudden demise. Dr. Paine was a
native of Yirgiuia, hut had been a resident of
Millcdgeville for a great muuy years. He was
aged about fill year.-. Fi tirrul I ‘uiuu.
LoriMAVA on thk Si.Avr Tiiai>k.—The Pil
lowing bill, relative to the purchase of slaves by
the people of Louisiana, has been introduced into
the legislature of that Htutu, and referred to the
Committee on Federal Relations:
Whereas, The Federal Hovornmeiit, has no
power to prohibit the buying of negro slaves by
the citizens of this .State; and whereas, the right
of the people of Louisiana to purchase slave pro
perty in any market, whether douiestie or for
eign. where negroes are sold, lias never lwen alien
ated from her sovereignty, or granted to the con
trol of the Federal Boverment:
Therefore be it enacted, £e. That any citizen
or aisocialioi of tfitiaoM of this State be mid they
are hereby authorized to purchase negro slaves
from Cuba, Brazil and Afrieu, and to bring the
said slaves*o purchased into this . w ’tate, and ta
hold lire same in full right and title, for their pro
per use, benefit und behoof: provided, said slaves,
so purchased and imported into this State, shall
be subject to the sum# regulations and tariff du
ties as other species of foreign property or Im
ports.
PEYTON H. COiaUITT, < PIH . ,
JAMES W. WARDEN, \
Number 8
Rkwaiih- Toomb* —Ci.’iii.—We regret that
our want or space prevent* A** from puhiishii g
“ re l of Mr. Seward and Mr. Tnomba
side hy side.
The one is the speech of a partizan -the other
<d nj'aln.d thg one is the effort of „ political
M / (/actor the other ot* S.atesinun; the first is
he work ot a man fighting for spoil* ,he other
that ..f a Hmnttor laboring fhrfho good ofthe Ho
pabhe. The first appeals to the tears, to the cw
anhee aud. the pocket nerve, of the people, theoth
er invokes their chivalry, their manhood and their
generosity. The one smells of (he lamp, the oth
er is fresh from the rich mine of impulsive gen
ius.
The Senator from New York is verbose, pedan
tic, subservient ami insincere, ‘fhe Senator from
t.eorgin is fervid, terse, logical, independent and
U (.dissembling. Hhnunriek Hr raid.
a* * i
- Timely and Judiefou* Pardon
We Intended at the time, says the Montgomery
< “tifoderution, to uotiee the purdun grunted by
tlov. Moore, to the four sloven of Mr. Harrison,
ot Lowndes, indicted for an assault with intent
!” ki !>- hutiid guilty hy the jury. The pardon
itself, ns well as the prompt nianner in which it
was bestowed, was in strict accordance with hu
manity and mercy, and at tho same time with a
Bound and discreet policy, which should govern in
“’'Y.lkbAsMVithvhWp.'y^jKW'-lMVlirttar ui me
-laves in qm-dii.t>, was engaged in * severe per
soiui.l eon filet rightly or wrongly we. shall not
stop to enquire with (wo or three others, when
lie called upon these negroes, und ordered them to
-trike iu hb defence. They dlteyerf AT* orders, and
in doing to commit ted e, very severe battery.
I’l.e point to which we desire, todraw attention i*
this: tluit il would be extremely impolitic. *o say
Hie least of it, to allow the slave to judge for him -
-It whether an order from liis master was a legal
“lie or iUit, Let thu slave understand that he in
lo obey his master iw las greatest benefactor,
ft ‘cn.l and protector, and if auy evil is to result
let it be V isited ui>*.ii the master, aud not ihe slave,
“e think it would have been a dangerous prece
dent to have established the reverse In this cane,
j and are glad that the Governor did not keep tho
uug-rqe* long iu suspense about, it.
As to tho merits of the conflict between the
other parties, we know nothing. Whoever is in
Die wrong lei them bo punished; bul let the slave
ever bo aide to shield himself behind the order of
his master.
A Haiti Writing on the Wall.
It may he profitable for fife candidates for the
I‘residency, to direct their attention for a moment
ton few statistical calculations. Our government,
they arc aware, is u representative government,
iu which the numerical majority has the substan
tial control of the pittmirage and power. But
tiiat nuiM.-ricHl majority is not, as it might be in
-••me ol the other nations, stationary as to (dace.
It is constantly shilling its centre of preponder
ance, a> the population of the country grows or
concentrate* more rapidly in one plkce than in
not her: and consequently the representation in
Congress is just as constantly changing its as
pec Is.
Iu the lirsl Cong res. of 178", for instance the
Southern Slates had ”( out of (15 members, or
within five ns many members us all the New Eng
land and ail tb© Middle States together; and in
tli- Congress ••( I Stiff they were but eleven short
“f au equality with all the other ritutes—the di
vfsion being 71) for the North uud 59 lor the
South. At the first of these epochs there was no
Western State to sh( represented ; at the set-end
there were only two Western States, Tennessee
and Kentucky, entitled to meml>ers : but twenty
years later, in 1828. there were eight Western
States iu the Union with a representation of 44
men*hers. The division then stood—for the North
I'• I. und for the South W : showing an iiuiaase
for the North “f 44 votes. Again, After the*ta-
I. ing of the Ins: census, or in 1853, the repreficu-
Citive division was as follows; New England 29 .
Middle Staten <‘>ff : Southern States 61, und Wes
tern States 81—or, us between the free aud slave
holding States, 144 to 96. The mujority of the
free States has grown to 54 members. Hut allow
ing tiiat Lie same relative increase Iras beeu iuaiu
t.iined in ilia different parts of the country since
I*.id. and that tho same u(q><>rliouiueut ratio will
testa* Yi.'.'teiSrr.’iffls {traupsr, JM&
7ft fr<oii fin* South : or, in other words, the trr-e ,
Suites will posse** more than double the number *
••f representatives from tiie slave Slates.
Not rip-.v agreeable exhibit this, we should
think, for a Lecompton r Southern Democrat to
contemplate! Ten years ago there was but one
trccxoil member of the Senato; live years ago
rlu-rc were live; and now there arc twenty-eight;
while there are only seven Northern Senators
” Democratic,” of whom two at least ant a slender
• onsohitioii (•• the South, (.'onfhloriffg these facts,
wc are not surprised that the Democrats have for
some lime past refused to follow Mark Tploy’s
fidviiH- to la) “j"U> or, that they manifest such
an eagerness to bring Cuba, Central America,
Mexico and everything else into the Union, which
may po -ildv extend the area, and thereby en
large the representation of slavery.—A’. AWu
iey Font.
Cotton Rbckikts at Mkmpiiih. —The Mem
phis Avalanche gives the following flattering
account of the cotton receipts at that port.—
So much for the railroads striking out in every
direction :
From the most reliable snare** rtf information,
we learn that the aggregate receipts ot cotton ut
this port, during the present season, numbers
257.1)1") bales up to the present time. At the eor
n-spmiding period last year (he number of bales
received was 80,000. The increase in (he amount
of ive■eipts ‘is dowbkiess beyoud the expectation
wien oftiiosuwho have been most sanuguiue as
U> lire eoiuuierciai*prosperity of Memphis.
Klavekv in Akiiica. —A new influence is
already under operalion—to erystalize und make
lienuaiiout chat tel slavery in the rapidly eiviliz
ing nations of Yorpba, Ntiffer, and others. We
mean the introduction of cotton culture, with all
the improvements by which its cultivation in
America has been mink aoprofitable.
Tire chiefs and rich natives of Yvruhn and
Adaumwn.arc now about to learn that their
of which singhi persons sometime* hold tho.isands
ran he made profitable to Cottou and sugar mil
lure. Human nature laiug alike, we must expo’l
t lie same effects in result iu Africa as have already
resulted iu the United Blatee. As tho slave be
come* in<>r profitable, be will be grasped with
greater tenacity.
('UltlOl'S CoIHMTIKNCK, IK NOTHIN*) MoRK.—
Among the providential escapes from the North
Carolina, recently destroyed by fire, was that of
Dr. McCabe, of the Ascension Church, Baltimore,
who had made all his arrangeiueuts to return
home in the ill-fated vessel, hut by an accident
only, took the Ueorgfa:
“Thu revered gentleman, on Saturday night,
offered up iu church a prayer of thanksgiving for
the escape, uud tohl the congregation that while
asleep in the snlUon of the he alarmed bis
fellow passengers by crying loudly in Iris sleep,
“fire. fire, fire.” which caused considerable ex
citement. for a while, hut being nothing but a
dream, the fears of the passengers were soon
quieted. •
11, H. Irisnticr Cm MT.— But little was done
in this Court yesterday. The Wanderer's ease
was brought forward and submitted tethe Brand
Jury, but they had not concluded the investiga
tion up to the hour of adjournment.
The Brand Jury found aoothwv true bill against
Samuel M. Burnett for sending false writings to
the Pension Office.
The (rial of Koiibeu K. Ransom, fora similar
offence was commauced and will be concluded
to-day. .Vuiqiiu<</< /frpuk/oow, Saturday.
you marry,” said a Roman consul to
Iris son, “let it be a woman who has judgment
and industry enough to get a meat of victuals ;
tantc enough to dress neatly; pride enough to
wash before breakfast; and sense enough to bold
her tongue.
IPir-The Mayor of Cincinnati has had a census
of the drinking saloons taken, showing a total
of sixteen hundred and eighty eight. It is a mar
vel that poverty aud crime there abound?
JT-rWe mderstand that the commission to
eodifv the Laws, upon a conference, deemed it
essential to the perftirmauca of tUpir duty that a
Secretary or Clerk should be allowed them, and
the Bovornor concurring iu the suggestion, has
appointed, subject to tho ratification of the Gen
eral Assembly. Col. B. B. Deßroileiireid, us this
oUy.-~#W/u4 Uu!<>n,
