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About The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1860)
roij wm s, FRIDAY, mBVARY If, H*66 Democratic State Convention- To nominate delegate* to the Na tional Democratic Convention at Charieston, will assemble at Mill* edgeville on the mkcond Wkdndsday or March next. By* order [of lb© Executive Committee. ’ Jk... Wfeat h (onrlailoo ! o XU* Federal Union *V* : “It bu boon tbo opinion of maay, from tbu flm, tbat nßrly nil tba opposition to the regular Dom>crati Convention,held accenting to lUo lung established ~-*#•. of the party, at tba oftpitol .u DtekmW fest, original**! with the friends of Mr. Iverson. The delegation appoio ted I rani tfeluiu boa. tv attend the March Convention. would room to atfanftbnn rack aa opinion. 1U wo see tfranty-Mt delegates, with Mr. Iverson at hand, seat from the tingle county of Musnoge* ” Ourextemporary ratohe* at straws. The paaition to the regular Democrat!© ConranUou, hold according to rha established ufWg ol ,i,c party, at tba capital Hi December laat,” originat ed with such paper# a# tba Cftstltntk*alit an<( Federal JTnlon, influential democratic journals tbat Uac ol ways opposed Judge IV Cawatitutiooaluit baa rcmiinad firm, ifiW'uderal Union ha* changed it* color*. Tbe twaniy-iftx * delegate# from Mufccgoe need not frighten *ur worthy T4y will only mi tin rate of the county in prai*ertton ttho usual bu#ri< •f representation. They have no object n view In attending the Convention than haring the people represented and harmony restored to tin party, ti ey feel that it hat been ruth* mtly de sttuyed. _ _ The Augatta <! Marou Railroad We are gratified to tee* by a telegraphic dU* patch, whieh wa paMith this uiomtnflr. that bia enterprise ha* been endorsed by tbo ettfren# of Attguta. The vote, though roall ImUeaU;* that it it popular in that quarfor t o an almost unpre cedented decree. The road, when eomfftotd. wUI gita to the produce, which fade ita way tt> this market, two ouUatlf to tb© Atfer tfe, stud will place ua in ilircct eowuiuuicatton with the cities of Au guata and Charter ton, both of which have ever hecu excellent fotton market*. The rlrftlrt which will thus he induced between them and Savan nah. will whet ap the testae*# energy of the let* tar, and we aball hare a goad time of It generally We bid God speed to tin* Augotil and Mftffriq Railroad ! ttyrr hub* Oimr#.- The stwfonts oft be Mouth Carolina University, myn the Georgia f Macon) Telegraph, at Columbia, have ordered suite of grey kcreej *. the cloth to be manufactured at the Mills f Meor. Gibbs k Cos. The young man of the Palmetto State arc hard to Vftl, If they do raiee a row occasionally with their profoaaor#. Student* of Athens, Penffeld and Midway, imi tate the Carolinian 1 * * We hare fnetortes in Co lumbus when* kermy.i am nunufin*tured, club together, order your cloth from thence, and onu advantage will result to your pocket* ; you will have more changeto spend la night suppers end ftwer duns for hire of Liv<ry Stable hot-sos. (cauuupueTßU.). l<nt. Jowph Lane. Mfettre /ARM* . -It i a matter of congrattila- Uou with the country that so pure autofosiuun as (Jett. Josar-M Lan*, >f uragon, is to prominent as a stillable nominee of the Hemoorat iv petty at CUarteston. Verily, Ue ii tho ouiy man in our judgment, who oun win the fight wgaiunt tho Kw publicauN. True to his country, treoly .shedding his blood in its defutme, gallantly defending the right* of all (UKdiona, ho is the nuu for tbo crisis and will carry tba banner triumphantly. Wo will taka him without a platform, so high is our con fidence in hfs integrity, his manhood, his honesty, his loyalty to tbo Constitution. (Jive us the “Oh* Mil#,” and Utocountry is safe. The poo. pie want him* ALABAMA. For the Times. The firm nr racy A/<i/ s. EUtfori a/ (Ue Time > .- I taka the lih orty of enclosing a ewpy of resolution* puhiistteii 1 the New HampshlroUsiette, aud passed at tho Democratic Convautin for tbo 4th Heimtorjal (Ustriot raoeuUy held at Concord, Aow Hamp shire. They were ttmMimtwrtjt adapted. Pub lish them If you can conveniently spare the space it, your coiutuus. All honor to tho noble • Democracy us the old Granite tit ate. In these days of abolitionism and distrust vs Northern sentiment, it la refreshing tofladafoun tain of pure, undoiifed, eunstiuUmual duiuocrocy walling up iu 0+ far oil mountains of New Kng land. Spntbcrn detnoorats may indeed point t-. It a* evidence of the soundness us the grew part) that has instilled into oil portions of the uwiiioder •ay. a true regard for the guarantees of the o..rv etituCon, as woll am spirit ofjustier l to e**h sectiun. If wo oould only be nulled hero al Uom* ■*# the oppiMMtion press was uut eternally varp tog on the faults ol the denioorwey and as con stantly ignoring Its virtues. If an em.rt was not always mads to hnfld up a JittU party capital ow of the rniliop af Refm u uWtivos who aUnd up manfully for their right* m the Natioual CuungM. If the vote for McClernand for Rp*’b- ■ . b ffacUeii by the rally Tfur Bmltb us North Carolina li the spirit of-uufou amottK <ruc Southern uitu at Woshbigt4vn could he oenuiated here, wouigh* well look fiTtbr urganliatb’U or u party urlneh. adopting the New Hampshire reeolutioiis as Us plattunu. aud with the Constitution in iu houd. would inarch onward to rietorr, preserving for evar, unimpaired, the glorious Vuion, trnnstult- Uri to us by th* lathed of the republic, and baU lowwl by eo many grand as*M-iations. It is idle --worse than idle, for the Mouth to continue its divisions. We must meet (ha great, the only question of the day, ttat footed, and face to foce. It is slavery or antt-sUvery ; disguise It us wo may.it moot* us at every turn, and ouroulysni* relianoe murt he in the demoerßoy, tho old im rihbed democracy—tho victors of every battle field where the constitution was at issue. We mast remember always tbat “p wer in tbs Mouth merely affects the petnma*e of a pdtiioal party, but power in the bands of the North kfleet* tho happiness atd weiLuns of ovary individual at the Bouth. Tho North contend for the Iriut ph ol a party—the South for all It bold* dearest.’ Should not this tiurt bo engraved on the mind of every Southern man as the irrepressible conflict begin... and dissolving old party divisions unite only on that organization which promises a hope for *oo, 4 °** f The South is in the hands of the Dvmoera. oy, the only true mQD die North are found in the ranks of that party as witness the New Hump shire resolutions, the tpeeeho* of such mou M Lane of Oregon. Dicktn 6ti n u'Cunor of New York, aud the other galiaui leader* who, with the (lag of the Union aud the CoastUavwn thrown to the broete, stand fast to the land taarks us the Democracy. Lot the faith, then, go as a null to the Charleston Convention, and adopt these reso lutions a their platfcm, end the CousiiiuUou as the watohword, leaving to the great Democracy of tho Union, the task of sueoeMfuHy working out tho vevod problem of ur dUßeulue#. AM Kit I v l i Heeoleni, Thut the Odnstitutlon of the United Btutes is a oeaptsl betwoon indepeudeut sovereign Sums, peesesidtig equal rights aud pegars, and secure* so each, aud the whole, equal privilege* and pro tuition. Jtesofecd, That no State, nor any nuuil r Htatea eombiued, is entitied to, or can claim rights, powers, uud pri\ under the Uonsutntiun, whicl are not pressed and eatmolhc cUiuu and hr all the Status. J • Htoiled. That, neither the Federal Government nor any of ifebranches, ha* the constitutional power to injure, nullify, or destroy, hut it u lU duty do recognise aud prefect, the iukUtalfoa of i the several States ol the Union, aud the right ~f persons and of property of their respective c= i. ! geos, of whateror description such rights may he ■iiiiijt - ■ -JLJ.LULIMX or fe ggttmver form they may exist, within the julfWßWrin of the UnioO. /fo*ofoed, That the domain and the organised TetritoriM of the Union, having bwd acquired by their coimnon Vifood and treasure,are the com mon property f the peofdo of nil tba Htates, who have an aqua! right w eiuigrata to and settle in them, with much property and effeota as are re nognited as such in tho respective Plate* from which they go, including peoaSrty in slave labor ; and to hold the imM VheTe, fre** from hindrance or moleeta ion While tho Tnrriuoial condition vx ista ; aud that, if the right to such property is disturbed or attempted to be wrested Irons them. It is the duty of the Congrats of tha Untied RUN.* to enact all law* which may be naoes-ory mr He security and protection, provided the Jndi , eiery aud of thn hoited Ftau (ball not poiM*4a adequate power Id protect the *tn* for went of mich legislation. Heeohed. That wc approve of the principle* of the opinion pronounced by Ue fiupreino Court of the 1.-nited State* in the case of Dred Scott, nod regarded them a* the true key to a sound inter proUMion of the Cincinnati pisiform, which, with dial interpretation. w approve ami i>utain. tteeolveU, That wc wrademu and demtinaa with hoarur, we rrceui invosiou of tle sovereignly of tha rotate of Virginia by the late John Brown and his fellow conspirator*, uot nnly <m account ol the Uwasouahla end wurdartHis act, but also an ac count of its fondcucy u> disturb and dissolve the fraternal relation* heretofore so happily a*feting among the several htotes, and to prepare the way for a di'SolutpHj of tha Union. /itey/red, ‘i hat wo regard the crime* of lb* •aid John Brown and bis a- oompli'***, s the legi litnate fruits of the, pr.*eiit hitter and unjusltfi able aeottunal warfare waged by the liepuldioan party againthe people of the Mouth mi aecounl <4 the lusittHtion f slavery, for which thal party sbouM he Jo Id responsible before; (jod and the country. Uetuleed, That we appro re the policy both foreign and domestic, of the Administration of .Jaw--* tttichnitnn, I'reeidcut of the Uotted States, hoosusu wo tHfiiovc it to he <>und in principle and jMttiotlf in intent; and that we will give (be Crcsidont our cordial and unqualified support. Afey A correspondent of the New \ urk Herald Writing from t'olurnlnis, (ia. says: The last ibrev months have enabled me to see much of the true positing of, the colored race, so far a* regard* tbo core taken of (ban by their owners, and (heir own individual comforts; and, iu spite of my pifldonecivad opinions of, ilever/, I am compelled so come le the conclusion tbat they are a truly happy re no, sod that owners, both in the North and In Karo pc. have barn most falsely represented. Tbore arc hundreds of slaves tti this eily (( iduiobu-.iiii,> who would not accept qf their freed.wit wore it ofiared them; and the graatvst inwiltyou cu offer them is to speak ivgnin*Mlii ownuri’ The (onailiMlAßttl Inlon t'srty. The Chronicle and faiitinel of Taenday mor oiMg. under cuke* to giro us tha form and propor tions of thi* prodigy. He makes quite tteomely thing of it; bftt it must be understood tbat he is tclliug us what it eMould he, and not what it it or miU be. If the reality should not conform to the iden!, It will not be the first lime that th© fond hope of puruiiir wan disappointed hi the ungainly form and hiuovus features us thoir oilspring. Af lor a half column of twaddle, m whieh tempest* and dsrknoss, serpMUs aad hrakra, “<lanee in the atare-H of metaphorical confu*lon,” out cofotu- ) purury says i 1 Hut what shall • the basis of the new party ‘( | In tile ftret t*Ume it wum t.e truly a Union party, J s'nndmg On middle ground between the extremists | of ehch section, relinking the fanaticism of the ( North and the uUraism of the Mouth, its groat aitn mn*t he to preserve tlte union of these Ktetes intare and that oan only bo done effectually by its becoming in feet a* well as in name a b'ow<i lutumtfl party. Not simply by unmeaning doelftr ittfons of fealty to tho Oondilution, because ail parties say that, but something more. Tho bond of’’'Untun *u*f include an .uno’iuivooal pledge to luttlut'iin and enforce the spermit/ the so- ! gltlv* slave fnwoF ('owgrcW, and au unrantfi'iimml repeal of all State lan * which prac. ioaily nullify the 09t of Ongre**,or binder its onforemiienL.-"- Iu addition the party must eowuiH itself plainly to thodoeiefon ol UiM Supreme Judicial ttibuusl ■d'the land, which dm-feres that tho only right es 1 fuugrcss over the question of slavery tn the Ter ritories is the riykt coupled with the doty of ex tending to the owner adequate protection for bis pef*p*ry, whenever the saipe becomes necessary. It must *et it* face determinedly against the o finnetfintinnat heresy which clothes the creature, (the Terr He rial Legislature) with more power than the creator (Congress) Itself jos*e#ae*. and under the specious plea of popular sovereignty, surrenders the constitutional right of the citizen i to tho arbitrament of those who are not sover eigns. This doctrine of popular sovereignty is only another name for frmwoil, and lt advocates, wherever found, are I’raesoilers at heart, and ouly dhtorted by jffer, from so docUriug ibain selves. Here then, are two principles, declaratory of twu rights, to theruoognition and enforuemout of which the Houth is undoubtedly outitled—tbo rendition of fugitive slaves and enjoyment of the common Territory. But how far, render, do you suppose the Chronicle and Sentinel Is willing to go iu the matter <1 their enforcement, or what would it do or advise so be done iu the event of their denial ? Absolutely nothing. For ia the lost paragraph of the same article, U announce* the ftntriotie purpose ol opposing “that ultraism at the Month which declares for disunion in the event a Republican is elected.” In a few words, t hen, our eottn poreii i- in favor of the forma tion ota “tVuisli tun anal Union parly.” A party which seek* to preserve the Union upon the pria- i cipiti* of the Conrftitutiou. If, hOWcvor, that par j ty or any other iu power, will not enforce the guarantee* “f tha t'onstituttun, ha is willing to drop •‘Uonstitutlonarl/’ ns surplusage, and support the * l ttfou party.” We say this because our oo- Unupomry knows, < wU a* he know* his own existence, thut when the riovornment falls into : the hand* of ot v'ltemles, the fogttlrc slave law ’ yriil Le a flood letter, and tho rights of hc Siuth- ’ ore people iu the Territories, uimmshUic. We havo the eft.cn msctih*/ plothutn, now give n* your fighting platform Rsuawxavme Movnorvr iVution*. of which the following is a copy, are now in cureutatian in , **<#• Ftmijlvsnls. for preecotaifew so tho legislature <*f that citato t , ‘‘To the ilotiornhle the Senate and of Hep rescntalives of the €<HuwmtvsslPt,<if INmtisyl 1 vnnia. In tteueral Asnunbly tmrt i “V or petitioner* humbly .cpre MMit that tho nipbt yrowtb of* the tree negre* popuhtriou by iiu ! n M-at. m. within a brief period. Is not ouly a ooT-fo io yowrpetitioner*, by inoreaaiittr teumnd* on nur poor Bind, hut owinu to their great uuio leuoe A dissipation, they hew tilled our prisons, thn*. tn.-resstng our luxe* In an m<rmou extent. Tho recent rant at lisr|Msr's Furry will result iu stringaut laws by the .'hmUiarn Hates, fur the ox pnlstou of fro® negroes from their hunts; so we must ahortly have thousands mure of those nu* fortunate creatures thrown upon us, umny of thwii in the itecliueef life, or Utlierwiiui incHpari t Hied for labor. Tbvsviganey ©alt* upon your hotiorahla body to adopt some measure to pre vent an iuereuvi us our already burdened comJi tjo. If your hoiKUHhie hod y bus not th* power to prevent their t nugrirtfou to this Mtote, we Would prefer a slave code.” KttnofßAv Tunis.—“lon” writes: The Quoon't .-pen h in Farliameni in relation to the fn Juab affair is not at* conoUiatary as has been repfooetdad. That a collision was prevented by the forbearance of tbs British naval officer is er tain, and it is equally certain that be offlerr wetdd have brer, justified by Ids tlovermnont hi resorting so force. Further, it appears tbat the British ©sms trout ion of the Bret article of tho treaty of IB 10 wit) be adhered so. the adjust nr at of the dlHpqtq is, therefore, far off. In the luatiocorrqsp ofidonee that has occurred be tw*eu the two Oovormneuts on the imbjeet. the British tioVvrnmcut has certainly assuintnl a very i deetd'd tone, which * evidently osmimeil lit the *i cch prepared for the t^uoen. I The lirilish and French ti..vet nmenta are pre | poring for a great war against China, ts it be j pmsociittHl. our trailc in that uuartor will hade* i droywl, and mir aiorehants will, no doubt, beex | phoad so great ineouvenfence and loos. Whether j the medial icii of our Miff fetor, which may be of. ! sered ai the request of the ftiiitfsv Government, | sceording so our laic treaty, will affect a pvwe, !i* 4obtfL The si lias will accept no term* <>l eonetUation short es that already demanded and i rejected. The Hrhinh ami French Government* are draw | lug their ties of amity more closely than over, aud are • w about so consummate thoir peaceful policy in relation so each other by reciprocal!v tree and beneficial commercial interrouree. Inti mat ions of a significant ualare have lately bccu | give* that foet will, ere long, take Into hand the subject of Mexican affaire - - ‘ a -e am .. . - llov M abtis J. tHA wroaa, received almos f the entire vote of tho Alabama delegation fnr ; speaker of tha House. He ho* been in the tluure live r six years, during which time be has con ducted himself with much credit t himself, aud gained the foudert encomium of his constituents. \t ithout being a man of the first order of talents! Mr. Craw lord keeps well posted sud being a man ! of on ardent temperament, be pitcher into the opposite faction* with u hearty good will and battle* fur right with ail his power.— Atlantm Lo | reamin'*. COLIMBU. BATIiRDAY, FKKHI AUI IS, IMHi Drmorratlr Hraatortal ( aucu*. If w* are reliably iuforumd bjf letter writers from Washington City, tha dcmocratio BenaAore have held a eau< u with a view so promote the ends and baruiny of the party. Mr. I>uogla was pre#tit and took part in tha ir.**•©*! ings.— j The great qaeaiion at Irene was tba basis of agree tnml upon which all democrat* eoald *umd with* at sacrificing thalr ©onslxtcifey and the in terest of any section of the Union. Tb* nacessi ty of uniting *ll the element* of th* Democratic party in the ontct <d Iffff# whs freely discussed, and Ike danger of being divided wlyle a common •memy trimnpbeii over us, was on Incentive so honorable concessions. Tbo extent of the deeis* 100 of the Aepreme Cfmrt upon tbo Died Boott cose was the bone of contention. Tho friends of Mr. Dongias ora willing so abiiie by the deewnun. and bo are the most extreme men ut th South.— Mr. Douglas contending that biapeoulisr dootrina of “noH'intorvcntlon M is established by the Copit aud th lion. Ksverdy Johnson, tho counsoi of bred Scott Worn the Supremo Court, sustaining lh corifctaesr of bis judgumnt. The Southern democrat* arguing that tbo doctrine of protection to ail •*p**uitM ol property in the territories by Congress is covered In tb decision. The bu*isof agreement was to leave the question to tbo Ouurt a* tha Supreme Arbitrator The enucu* could not come to an opiuiou as to th© wisest ©barso so purmiM, and referred it all so tho charleston Cun motion for settletnanL Tbo Constitutional paint decided by the Court that it threw Us bruiut mgfe over all ifie territo rias, and guaranteed protection so slave property, should wot ha yielded, but the idea of present tog It as au ultimatum of th© union of the Hoti(bern Djinocroey with the Northern, is one of doubtful <‘X|*Hlioncy. There arc democrat- at the North, lika (Jen. IrOOa, #lro would b supported with out a platform. There ure others, like Judge Dougins, who wouM be a great drag so the South urn deinurrnoy. Wa're not dispo*od so he obrliimtu in oar demand*, further then n strict regard to duty will lend us. Bhofild the country puds into the hand* of the Itepublu-aus, the torch of rerolu tiou will he lighted. Let tbo calamity be avoid ed, If possible. If tho worst happen, our armor is ready for th© battle. DtMfftTCHXS I lluM Ol K MINIMTKK ToClttXA. - Volummou* and xpatches have beau received at the Department of Kiate from Mr. Ward, our Minis ter to China, dated off Shanghai.-, on board tb© United .State* steamer (iermantown. Jle bad visitoii a minil>er of th* towns alongthu const, aud had boon received by the people with ©very at tention da© his position. There wa* considcraLie excitement among the people, especially among commercial classes, growing out us acontempla sod attack by the Knglish and French fbrees, and of which most exaggerated storios were rlrecla fod. H was confidently hoped by the Aiuarlnaus and other residents that some arrangament or ad justmeiit, by the interposition of other Powers, would be effected, and avert tho disastrous eon sequence* which will iiievitably follow In cute the design* of the Knglish and French (lovurnnomts nre curried out. The Chinese authorities were carrying out tho provisions of the tronty, nnd nil ehiiuiM prommfod under its provisions hud i*e. n paid. Hr. fipurgeoß on slavery Wo call attention so a lulfor from tho Kay. Mr. Hpurge-.U of Knglund, addressed so some New Kngland Amatics upon the quustion us slavery.— His suriiions oro In the book stores of tho South, where they hem found a ready sale heretofore. We five a few extract* lor our tfoutlmru rcador*, to-wit: “I do from my inmost soul detest slavery, any- * wtmro and everywhere; and although l oo’mmune ut the 1...i d’s table with men of ail creeds, yet with a slaveholder I haw no fellowship of any soft or kind. I would as soon think of receiving a murderer into uiy church, or info any sort o( friendship, a* a man * fouler.” [By the way, wc know of no “man-stealers” in this country, e.\ espt those who belong to tbo old Brown clique. | “I shall not spare your nation in the Atture.”-- *'f shall remember that my voice odious beyond the Atlantic,” Ac. (Wonder if that caused thu earthquake (hat was recently felt in tho vie nity of Charleston and Augusta?j “John Brown is immortal in tha memories of the good in Kug laud, and in my heart he lives.” This is not all. Liston how ftm Minister of Christ, “preaching peace on oartb and good will to men,” alludes to tho appearance of a Southern man with delicate sensibilities in his neighbor hood, to-wit: “It is far more probable that any slaveholder who should show liimsoll in uur neighborhood would got a mark which he would carry to his grave, if it did not carry him there !*’ Mr Spurgeon a Krai Abulltlonfei. Let the Crete of the South unit* really poet JJr. S/>nryun around. To the Kdifor us tha Christian Watchman and Reflector: 1 have always considered it tube my duty to deal with those aius which I porocivcd to l.e must rampant among my Wo uiissth* mark when wa preach of absent individuals. It ; is vary t*y so talk about tho brutuiity of |ht j unodu*attjd when addruasiug my ford and my : Isuiy, bull prefer so tell these gentry thoir own eina and nut flatter them by comparing them with others. This rule has brought uu> at divore times intouo little trouble, which I have ehovr fully endured, and have rejufoed thoraaiu. Du I now anew outcry is raised in your land, and l am vhargod, not with being too severe with hr. I tbar J onu than, but with letting him off too com | ly. Having uu sluvehiddars in England, I shouhl 1 have been beating the air if f had preuclu and 1 against slavery to in* people, for this is the very , last crime they are likely to commit. It i* so, more prob.fldc that any slaveholder who should . show himself iu our neighborhood would get a •calk which he would carry to bis grave.if it did j not carry Aim there. Ido from u;y iuaiost $• nl detest slavery any where and everywhere, and although I commune : at thu,Lord 1 * tobie with men of all creeds, vtt with n Hlavoholder 1 have no fellowship of auy | son or any kind. Whenever one has called on 1 uic, 1 have considered it my duty tn express my j dctastMum of his wickedness, and would us soon think of receiving a murdeverjinto my church. .. r any urt ut triendship. as a manstcaisr. Never theloss as I have preached at Loudou.and not in New York, 1 have very seldom made nnv allu sion to American slavery in my *enuous. This accounts for the rumor that l have left out auti-slavery from my Auieruau edition of sermoua This is not true in any measure, for, as fares my memory serve* tne, I cannot remem ber that tbo subject was handled at all in unv of my printed sermon* beyond a pa-ring allusion, and 1 have never altered a siugle sentence m ti sermou which ha* been sent out to mv Amor* Ichu publisher* beyond tbo mere correction which involved words and not sctoit. However, ti nny think uic capable of double dealing, T doubt not they judge of nu> by themselves, and from such person.- esteem is not desirable. I have this much to say to all who respect mo iu America; 1 did not went to he blaming you con.-tantlv While there are sins enough 1n my own country, but I shall not spare your nation iu future. I shall remember that my ripea echoes beyond the Atlantic, and tho crying sin of a loan stealing I ample shall not go nn rebuked. 1 did not kuon thal I had bteu so fully adopted a HtUcn of your republic, but finding that you allow mo to be one of yourselves, I will speak out quite severely enough, and perhaps mure sharply than will meet with your approbation. I have not been altogether silent upon the tub- Jaet, for I have spoken with burmug words when th© matter has been ou hand, but a* this h usually the platform, and not from the pulpit, there utteranceh have not reached the pres*. I must see that there ure some such ihiug< iu the sermons, if not In Kngtaud at least iu Anmr n*a.4 Meters. Sheldon A Cos., are ready to pub lish anything I may hav to *y on the matter, and I shall also avail myself of tho Watchman and He Hector. Finally, let me mid, John Brown i is immortal In the memories of the good in Kug- I land aud in my heart bo live*. lam yours most truly, (\ 11. SPI lUJKON. Cl,a*bam, Loudon, Jan. lfiffff. ArrAtax I Maxtoo—Tua TntUfr. There is reliable information from Vera Crux, that (lei neral Degtdludo has been appointed Secretary for Foreign A flairs, to serve during the nhscuoe of j Mr. Ocampo, who is exprfod to arrive here in ! the course of this week on a special mission 1 from the constitutioual government, and nrere e*|HN'ially to arrange such detail* of the Me Lone treaty os are left to the excatire authorities of both governments, including tho designation of , the place through which mvrebandfee from the Cnitod States may either pass free, or at such rat# us our owu Congress may impose; and also to Arrange the means by which th* boundary es tho Rio Grande >hall be better protectad.and persons i guilty of crime committed on either side punished. I Karra 11i* Fr..—The priest who christened j the new-born child of thetjuecn of Hpain. reserves , his fee. For the infant received sixty one names. J IfVoric/enee Journal, | (OLLMIiI *. MOKDAT, FKBKIAKV. 20 i^. Taiai.of and ifepreNcntu tuufn firext HiUatnanU America Mr. Bright, <>ue of the mlvooutes and apostivs of piirliam* ntur> reform in Koglnnd, rueeuily dw* Hvored ft speech before the people of Mancbustet in which a c-top jrieon wa* instituted bulWMro j tbo government! bunions in his own and in this i country. He estitnxfes the pupufotfon cf the two countries to lie the same, and compare* the ox pc/idiUuos under the existing administration “t ooeh. faking the cstimatn of the necretary’ of the Treasury for ihe present year so be cor rect, he finds that, white the fixpunscs of -mr go vernment amounts H’l .OffO.OffO, the support of the government of Great Dri’aui will require 93h0,460,909. The foundatioM of this liffi-renffs he plsncs in the difference us policy which bus characterised the two nations—the latter pursu ing a policy of war, oonqifost, expundi uu> and patronage, the former Booking eomuicrcial ahi ance with all natious, political alliances and entongleim-nta with none. Another point of ‘-ootraal betwoon the two governments is pre sented in tbo speech of Mr. Bright, with which, in its t all exfotit, we were not btfoM teguainfod. D consists of the fata that six vtfiili4 us the adult male population of the Ltd fed Kingdom are ex eluded from tliw elective franchise. As they are. dtequalifled by reason us tbeir j>difer4j/, It fol lows that almost tbo entire dfl>oring class Is uri representad hi tljo British Parliament. This more than any other tact, furnishes a eit to the •XtrvgHU'‘Oof the government. Labor, Q t that which represents it, is the only subjeet of feta tion. who dig the earth or pursue other systems of manual labor are the ultimate sup port of ull governments. They maintain allytU er classes. When they Ipiva a vofeein the fogia tion of the country- hi tbo {n*po* ifon of i. v bur •fens, economy observed in expend:'urns; when they are deprived of this naumd right, the ouly limit to govornmcutal exaction ie tt con* scleuru of their rnfers. Theuonlfari between ti c two systf'Ota i* still more strllpngly exlßWod 1n j their unnecessary result*. The public debt <!’ the Uoltwd •is oomparntireiy nothing. Oo* hundred year* ago tbo natiooal debt of Great Britain whs j6140,ff00,0W, It ia now £i"JO,()UU,Oi)ii. The interest upon this enormous ti. noil at will entail a, burden upoft the laix<(ing population for ago* ?o comr. Whatever efre may be the boast of monarchy, it cannot be pretended that it is a ©heap }i im >. Ikc'fcem oiff- >0 aaii Hlcumau tflair. Home of the liepu oj--,iu j >U’XihSb Afc cmfeev r itig tu create an . o -i Sc recent dUli culty between Me* r r. .moo lick man. They reiuein bur h. u y i Sumner, cau-ud by tbo u i *;, mutifed Brooks, that they woo . . ; U ion* the same play on the boards again. They wi.i utterly fail. No matter bow much good i itttsni may deplore a street ren • .-untcr. no matfor bow much they condemn a redress of grievance* by brutal force, yet thofiuit exists, that u main was oast upon thu integrity of the good “old Domin ion,” that was galling to a man of spirit and courage. Mr. Hitkuim tauffted the - uh, and particularly Virginia, for her timidity in permit ting a few men. like John Urn wo, to frighten her j out of her wit*. Hu a-c'l langaage *< f-ffctndve ! and so insulting to a man of courage that for- 1 Uaaoco to rwdstence was scarorly ft virtue. Hence : tho attack of Mr. Bdmoodson. of V'irglnia, upon j Mr. Hickman, of Fennsylvauia, for thu asper sion* cast, upon his Sfoto, whore seusUivenosf t u stain is os keen as that to a wound. We would not bo aurprised to sou tho whole aflair drama tired before the sexton for uinusemcnts i* over at thu North. Atlanta itrgNfer. This is the title of anew paper to bo published in Atlanta after tbo Ist of May. It wilt bo <fe moorutie In *nd will bo edluai by Wfl. i liaot H. P. Hall, Bq., already known in this sec tion of the Htato, ns an able and vigorous writer. Under im auspices, together with Mr. Russell, the Balubridgo Argus was conducted witli u de gree of ability and influence, oompHmentat'y so the Kdltori. The prospectus of this journal will be in print in a few days, wbeu the public will be acquainted with its purponus. All letters for the Register will be addressed to Mr. Hall nt Green ville, until tbo loth of March, after that lituc, so Atlanta. Term*. $2. Only one way tc Harmony. The advocates of the Ifeeombcr Oonvoulioq of • the Democratic party, cry “A nin -ny, harmony !“ aud they sre so greatly in favor of pence, u * a, lay down the ultimatum upon which it oan be | obtained, vi* i to ratify the action of the Decern bor Convention ! Hurely, if there is division iu theraoks on Hooouiit of tho proceeding* of that Convention, tho matter will uot be remedied by endorsing it. Tliurc are more ways t“ hariuony than one, and wo should meet the democracy of i tboHtate iu a spirit of good L oliug in starch next, without holding up tb December Convun tien us a ‘Taw head aud bloody bones” to frigh ton timid men info measures, lln.l a few uu-ru bore of the Lugislature boon willing to wiut for a j regular Convontion, there would havo boon no trouble now in the Democratic ranks. To the March Convkntiun.- -Wo trust that the dolegiifos to tb<> Democratic H mtc Cun vent ton will take a position u to the right of tbo H uth at thi* juncUmi of our affairs to olaitu tho Homi - nes of the Charleston Convention The Demoo rm y of the North we it to tu. the power to elect is at tho Jfoutb, ami with a true houtlu ru man at th head of our ticket. Wo indulge tho hope from tbs patriotism of tho Amcriewn party that they would not offer factious opjiosHb-n to it. Lot u rasolutiou bo passed In the Convention insist!'-g upon tho right of too South to the uomiuoa. We know tiial the Northern Dtinocrwey ate generous enough to grant so ju*t a dciu.iufl’. It will not be refused Tu* Kkaho • or the March Convention sr movement and an frlwos n< * _ las has not a warn. Mr. Iverson. Message or Lot Letcher Tbo Frogosiii Soutkrrn losftmtfi lUcHMuan, Va„ Feb. IX Gov. Iwdoher has aesit a ago to tbo Legis lature. giving a history of the requisittuh for Coppie, and donouneing tho dupKty of Govern ■>r Kirkwood, of town, In aiding hi* etcapo. Ho urge* prompt action on tho part of the Houth. to put itself in n position where it tan secure tho punishment of those who offend against its laws. The Joint Committee on thu houth Carolina Mission, reported the following resolutions to the legislature: Resolved, That the General Assembly of-Vir* gbihi, revoguiti ig iu our present relations with uou slaveholfliug States au imperative necetsity fur decisive measures, does not yet mistrust the capacity of the Southern Hiatus, by a wire and firm exercise of thoir reserved powers, to preu-ot thu rights and liberties of tho po.plo, and to pre serve the Federal I'nfou. h r this purpose wo earnestly desire the ooneerted aetion ot the Houth eru Males, but the General Assembly respectful ly submit to tho consideration of South Carolina, and all sister Sfefos of the H.uth, thal efflcieut co-ojMiratfou will be more safely obtained by such direct legislative action of the several States as 1 may be ueeoanry and proper, than through the agency of an assemblage which can ogervise uo legislative puwors except to debate and advise. Resolved, therelbre. That in the opinion of tho GouerAl Assembly, it is inexpedient to appoint deputies to tho oouference proponed by Houth j Carolina. Resolved, That th* Governor ofthis Cuinnion j wealth He requested to communicate the forego j ing resolntfons to tho Governor of the State of ) South Carolina, end to the Uovernor of each of : the xlavehobling States. , A Uxaot.vttoN or CRNAURa.—Tb* following is 1 the resolution introduced in th* Maryland I,eg j istature by the Chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations, censuring 11. Winter Davis for j his vote for Peunington i ! Retoit cd, That Henry Winter Davis, acting in j Congress a* uue of thu R*pr*sontfttivs f ihi? State, by his vote lor Win. rouningfou, th can didate of tbo Black Republican party for the ; Speakership of the House of Representative*, fc*s misrepresented the soutiment of all portious of ) this State, and has thereby forfeited the confi I donee of the iwople.” It woe adopted by a vote of 1 yeas to I in the negative. From Washington. W ahHi**otor, Feb. DL IflflO The White Route—The Cmidentn jfceee ftuM Wuthinijt/AM Society and >te (Joiietttacni t'r menH. ’’ ‘Hie W iiite 11 on ue ! What is it? Ask .\ir Bu* ban m, and he will answer that it is the borne ut drudgery, and that he looks lot ward to the lib March, lM'i, as Gu> Uy c-f hi deliverance tr* m a bouse of bondage. A.k uuy out of the bxif A asplrafife for Mr Hnohanatifi ea*t off all on a, and the-answer, if frankly given, will be— iii.i the houae of glory, the palate of Aladdin, und the fount iin o 1 honor ami poirer. Ditkeus says it looks like a London Club lonise; nmi we board a diftingurihd politician declare th utb:i. <■ veiling tlptt U U th'; rcoplo's Tarcru, ol which the I’restdcm is the tavern keeper, ut a sufety of twunt) five tbo us and a year. A coopting this interpretation, let us visit the White Hoii.-s. It It evening—the even ing of ttu I'resident'* levee or reception. We go up. We And the cariiaguwuy in front blocked, three deep, with hauaney coaches, with here sj.U there .too Biore pretentious turu-out of a foreigi Minister, but nothing to compare with the g*>r geous and prodigious esubhslmieat drawn by six horse*, three xhrexit, known on Broadway as <hu udvoniviug currhigeof a popular sewing mathi**. Wo UmJ also a long precession vs people on foot, which at th gate is cons'anlly receiving am*©* si onu from tbo ]>a**ing omnlbucsos. W# fell into lino—w enter tku houso—W find the vcaiibulc eonvartofl into a conveuiunt hat aud cloak roi io for ge’itleiuen, the fodfes being more particularly proviifed for. Delivering hat and drend nought to the man In dbxrg©, and receiving a ik-krt tberli fer, * cruse ihe leotrat hall aud enter the do or of the eiiipttt'ai cafoen. Just inside tbo thr*b< Id wc etieouutor the Frcridunt. wi.h a or two at hi* side for the introduction of ettdofevt. We are iltrodutPkl; “Happy to meet you, Mr. Rrosident.; ma ure looking remarkably rtyhi. “Thank yyu. sir, rvplfos 011 Buck; “my bfrelth is pretty Arc you lung In town?” . B:f the crowd is prnseing a pun oar reur. and we must i pans on. Wo dupua* ui soam fix fleet, euv#r*n4 iiy hoeped.skirfe* ween suddenly weflud ©orselvc in the pr*:M-nco of the hr! ,l.t an bapj-y fuse of the really charming Mtx* Lane- -one of there sfMHdmens of Aagfo Haion beauty which uorry its hack so the euitiwi, the trouiaooms aud ibe lair end qaouuly <la|pe*lst>/ the day of chivalry. ! Dr. Hlnku, the mJ littfe C'ntnmifsio eff 6f Public 1 Buildings, pondour names and Litrofiueae *t ‘ j so tbo amiable or 4 affable ofoe* of the Freride®’ j j We bow as gmcefuily a* p<i*stbfo; bttt, i bile 1 traruing an oh-er uum wejipUmigjtary fl Ure i Lady and the wreath t, w find tbat her att.ontion | \ has been Irawr iwny so the next detachawmt of ■ her visikrs, an l Uimi w r ‘* more form a part i J her r#c<db"'tton* than if wc hud never existed, j it ia ail right, w* know ; but it is a refinement of j cruelty whid ‘oak* us wish that all iheso people around u* wire iu Halifax.— Aft.- York flcntld. Henator Iffrwm's Speech Owing so fta great length of this speech wc are unable to puhlHb it in full, but b*V given soJfl : tent tfiristi froi it to enable our rttadcru so uu derstffid tbo position our disiiagnishud rtoua tot on the sunjeefs discussed. Ju-igi- Iv*-feoff bn* Imo-h severely ‘wniranil for . qioj*.ii.ntiig the *euidt>e* of a porrfew of the Nomiuto i>4ttu rm>, but wc should be plcaeed e suiuv o hi* traffucer* answer that portioa ,l hi- rh h r- grd t that matter- -Wc do not Ih*Tm*v* fhev will i*-apl it, A* uof>icjianr as ii ie to admit it, nine tenths ol fee Northern Ihnjocrncy place the enuie eon ?fraction upon tho finue as Nebraska blfl tmd the • ‘ iiHilnnktl p'liitt'/:ui ihnf Htcpfien A. DoQgia* (luos—ntimcfy, lhai u for rif oriel legislature cn at I any time pits* lews fo>i.slung slavery. This ie j ’ squ.-itfor sovereignty in its most dctcs'ablu form, . tuid is at war with tho plain teaching* us the • Constitution of tb I rwt'-d Hfeie* and the Dred j .Scptt dcclsi'Wi. The Supreme Court decided that j tbo territories wore the uoiftinoii property-of the i j HCafes, aud (hat any act piuod by territorial iegi-l itnif depriving a portion of the eitizen* f | the territory of tbdr ptofcrty, wa# unjust and tinrun ti tut ion a!. Let the sjreech be n-ad.~-Cat*i<We Standard. The Nan Juan Irian A Qurnifon. Both bfanolir.s qf M'* fe gisiatnro of Washing-, ton Territory have adopted rosolufrone of dump- , ! prcWlion at the merging of the military depart- ! merit ot Oregon Into fbut of the Paciiie, with the removal of Gen. Hatuey. They are to the fol- i | lowing, effect: Hrt'Utd, That we firmly believe Gen. Harney j ha* acted in a prudent Bird proper inunncr in * ’ placing a Military ftmfiLOt) the Inland of San Jn- j n, for tbn prof* rfion of American citi*.;ns from to reign savages aud s anion aggnauum* of fo*- | \ eigu cife tMU- - I DvßHUsMbe ifUofi i* rlcarly uur* under a j fair fe.Qstruu'tb'Ti of the trvkty | Jl. Reeanee mild island is within the military ihfparuu, in >.f Oregon, it having been, by au act peased iu IHN 4, at the first Session of the Logiula- j tivu Aeq* mbly of this Territory, md>- a part of ! tho organi#*cle..u{y of Whatoum, which ar?t wo* ! duty setimirtd to the Congress of the Lnited j Statei, us by the organic act i* required, and hits 1 ; not to this d.y been disapproved, and is stilt the I I law of <be laud; and, fi. Bceaase. at the limthe eireunistansM of | thecasu rci|uired that a military force should be j planed there. Setoic and, That tfen. Unrnoy, having rightfully I pWri b military force upon said island, would! have b< uu recreant so hi* trust had ho failed to j .support it with the power at his command, when . I it was threatened with an attack by a foreign I nation. llrtolved, Tflat having the fullest oonfldenco iu ; nur title to tbnjsitind, out* right should le milu j taiued at all luufitif*. lien Ju. lane The whole country upj>ears to Ho moving for tbo Humiliation of this pure and dfetinguisLod j Sta eiouaii ut the Charleston Convention. Our rxohangoa from every quarter of the country speak !ot hiui the man tut the times. In the whole | course ot mu political Use, we have known noth j j ing to rest*Bible thn feeling with the mas*?* m.d • the general aci cp'ntinn to all truu of his nntue, j Ri;h‘fc.i it whs the first moving* h> favor of Gen. Jackson. The rosumblaitee is sti jttngin in. re l respects than one. Like the “old hero,” tKu. Lane i* a soil’ madly uitui, of uoUfemtehed integri ty, unquestioned iiurity of prii*cm>d publio i eharaen r, serving his country in sh field and th ! council ehauiH.-r, with ability .in*! 1 rnoesa when ever called upon, hut never rrifcfUj y** *l - ready to aeeept it* roap,. .a* liliiies—dis ehargh!*: ife dwtirMrltlt hourr to bin self aud with credit to the nation. Now sbotild tfen. Lane receive rt>e r->minatlon, it is admit*-.I jr Southern canuidatvs that he would receive the whole vote of the South, be j cause . very Southern locality that h* presented j it* own ctaU-Moau as fir*!, baa presonred Gen. Lnn a* second. Ho would ai* >, it I* well known. ! receive tbo l--etor.il vote of the tw.. I’a. iSio Shafe*— it'Hiraliforttfn—oinking 12? votes. Then WC si the North, with “Old Aemti. thu Ma- . ri**ti ol rhe Mexfiwti U'ar.” a* our standard bear er, wiih full confi'fence of succcs* and triumph, would ttiku *>\\ our co ala, and whh sleeves rollel up, go to w<>rk and “never say fail,” until wo had nade sure of Jndtxima, Illinois, Ohio, Puunsyl varia. (tbefodd Kry*t* ne,” where h.s name would I bo ft hoT witliiu itself.) New Jersey. New York, i r> line II ut. Kill'd* Island, and other Northern • 6at , r - loig up for this galfeut soldier, pure nnd •>“’ n-* s-a e-man, sucti a vne as Wreihi carrv ‘ •t 1 -in '■ into ;bu heart* i-f the cubovt* of Black’ i tepubti*'anM.. - Iw m'.] mas tha Kiuafersec tteuuii-cn to <>.'k he M>tav s.iadu* that gava it biftn.— Chitadelfikt’i A he Legislature us Mary laud is determinwi to vindicate their Stu'e frum the sUspid n off sympathy with Black Rupublicat ,?io OVi0 V i Thurs 1 day last, after disposing of Mr. Whiter ‘fevis, a r rPHoluiiou \Vss introduced calling for a commit ten I to inquire of the Govuruor eh thcr there was anv I truth in the story going the round* of the pr*.*, which originated with the New York H*r tld, that he had dispatched hi* Sovretarj of- tale. Mr. ; [ I’artridge, tu Washington to cotqwxtaWfo Mr. ‘ I'cnniugfou on his election. Although tho ; wn< ossurod, hu'bas coming from Mr. Hartridge ! and tHo Governor, tbat there was uo truth in the ( statement, the re* lutfen w** passed aud the j committee, appointed. A terrifflo gale of wind which, in violence nnd j destructive effect, eicurded anything of tho kind within the experience vs years swept over the At lantic scaburd yesterday. This city and th* *ur rounding ufor* were visi t*d with extreme surer iiy. tsuccuuduig Ib* almost entire calm <f Fri day, h sudden squall came upfront the southwest, about ten o'clock on that evening, which changeti to the north went About midnight, increasing al most so tho force of a tornado In the tropi*#.— The gale did not reach its height, however, until attur sunriae a* it wa* between 7 and 9 o'clock that the principal damage was done. The public Sch ol N-. 13, In Brooklyn, wa* part y prostra ted. aad afterward# took fire sud was destroyed. Great numbers of public and private edifices were unroofed, amoggother# that of the Catholic Hall Orphan Asylwm in this city. Chimney*, sign*, *ud unfinished buildings were thrown dowu. res sels In the liar'mr aud at the docks were torn from their moorings, aud many of them damaged -r sunk at tho wharves. The destruction of prop erty hv the hurricane uiu.t be extremely large, while happily, no single loss of life hns bee* re ported in this or thu neighboring citio#.—A’. 1. rimes. 11 (4. Ikm.vn Fiut.—Tho ‘an Ant vnio Herald gires tbo official account of a fight with the Camxn bei ou tnc 27tb ult, about four mile* beyond the Nueces, by the I'nitcd State# n>op#, under the command ot Sergeant Craig. The Indian* were routed, with four killed and several wounded. N'rw York Pound* —The Democratic (hard shell) Comcution, sitting at Syracuie, has cho aon tho following delegate# to the Charleston Con- i venUon : Fernando Wood, Chairman; John A. i Greuu, Gideon J. lucksr, and Joshua R. B*b* i seek CITY MATTERS. to umbuv bufu<Bt> th,.n aud Directory. W learn that Mr. M. H. Forrest, of Mootgoai cry, pM>po*<-B to publieb a busltH S# Cl uri and Directory of this cRy, in tba fernf o; a juuphand somuiy co'orcd. He haa just finished one for Montgomery, of which w find the following fa vorable notice 111 the Mriit DwHy Mercury : “Mr. Ponrc*• ban hung up in oar rtflle** busi ness chart of Montgomery, ft is well got up, and i* quite attravlivc, in ita varity ol oolerilig tasteful typographical display A# lrrg ire plu will advertise ouuniu of newspaper#, w* font remember to have seen * fly thing morn likely so attract attention than Mr. Forrest'* [dan of up a liircihory of a ci'y or town in ihu shape of a large map so hull# up in public places.” _ The Barkrt Houae injunction. Wc arc informed that an injuwcti'Mi has bca.n fifed against the coiaplultun of the MftfkctTlouse, now being erected. Upon whuL grounds, wc arc not advised, ueitior do wcknow thw par Lies bring ing tbo suit, it i# enough for our inquiry to know that a suit brought. Verily, * are a rula lliou* people to law, of the city authorities have no knowledge of their rights and p *wer*. — i'hcre is a ermritiued warfare butwuen the mher ities on the one liana and Xlitre of our eTtiAcns cm Uu other, livery ant, every rejfulatioß, overy. • ntoro uicu! ot ordibances, meet wih wstreuttouß “Ppoaitien frotn one quarter r another. .Suuh a *tafo of thing, , all gobfl cjlir-wis deplore; for it -istracts irotn the UMifulncis of a cm p- _ . Lo Wly and gives plsee to dwtrunt and Tv.oulct True, the aatiioritiec often exceed trfr powers, and th*y onyhl to be fimife 1, udl the rpiiit ©f WMtvt biico so ill* ons -rr,-ui#n> ol unrrnv regi4fes+* should nl boencourogwl so a hh* grea • xtt-n . We uUu le so this subject In w> ferui* of r to P trims interested in suits again 11 1 O.e city, btit inufcly focal! attention to so serious a > ntfor, that a remedy may bo #tigp< *td, whereby u j Council wHI uot do one thing to day And tmd * it to-mor* i row. Csubkwi a building ri one tioia, engaged | bawd# for its completion, upend ■■■ -tey.'-ot the i work, anu then turn around and iut everything ; go by thu board. Sorely the city a ifhorltfe# *x -1 oeed their power* 1 , areauwice in tbciyndoiiiiisurn -1 tioa, or thu people do not know their rights; on* or the other alter native is forced upon the minds ut ail. W • take uo pasitioh in Hu- .sqit just cuni inunoud, ah we are una- quatnted with thu facta. Mutrovec Ratlmad -SlVMeßtl. We coil'he attuotioti of the Btoekhoider* in tb* above mad so an rfotn “f latcrest in our ad vertising columns. In odditfeu to the xbovu •iivi-fend, It will be remembered tliat the directors have ju*l dociamd a dividend of eight pitr nt upon the goueral stouk. Although tb# fetter ft as a stock dividend, it represented au equal amount of bonds oilhc eompaay, taken up but ore dee. nd la, therwforu, a portion of the real uarnmga of the toad. The busine-w of the company, tbcu ; for the past year shows a mosts UMfoctory result ! I and thu operations of the preseat year promise au i equally large return. Tbo etock esnnot be ! . bought In this market for fo*s than ninety five ! cent* in the dollar, and vre ran tee no reason why j it Should 0"| be at par. I An Attempt at iacendtaHum. There was n daring attmpt shorn 2 o’clock, j i on yesterday morning tt bum the afore of Mr. ! John Jtne#, on Randolph street, designafed the ’ “PleaaAnt The rellar vr:s enured and i fifed at different point*, but it* el j*cn#M prevent j edjs sptsvdy conflagration. The smoke w# dunne ; and almost suffocating, when entered by gentle -1 men who first discovered the lire. Tbef©*et of : Hiuauoftbu whisky liarrcls wore fumed and the I liquor rap I liy escaping. Had the iucendiary ac rompli*hnJ his purpose#, thu T.- • office Would have beuo laid few iu u*he* aud, perhaps, most j of tha bluuk boon bur**44wn. A Bagnlrirrm bpi-fimm Mr Thomas More has 1 id <>u our table a piece ; of slate, taken from tbe quarry of .'Seaborn Jon#*, in Polk county, which, for itn tnionfhnc**, rise, 1 and uniforua thick ness, i* (he finest we have over seen, it moHjiurenSl inches in length, I 14 in broad tli and about one-eighth of an inch : {in thickness. It is tine muteriri for roohnw, ; and, in cities, where it b important to bare eve ry practicable precaution against fire, it ought to ! )h> in demand. Momkrl's Seku Pj XXjau.—M' cril tlm at tention of Piaufers to tho advertismqout pi ano ther column, of Mow el'* .Seed Planter and Fer Rlis**r. We should think it * great labor saving machine, and one that must vouunund itself to all farmers. It can be seen at the shop of J. Yf | i*evii], near the now matkuh | CowMExnAßf-K—-The postmaster, l>r. Jeter, , dosexviM’ tliu thank* of thu working men of this eoiumuoiiy for his new post othco regulation. It hn* long been a source of complaint among the laboring la*es that they could to>t gain adeem . to the office during the little leisure lime they e mldoait their own. By the present ragu&t'mn the office will be kept ©pea ten hour# a day, | thereby affording ample time for aLI ciaates to transact thoir p*#l otfloe busiues - Thb is. in ourofdnioß, a wise arrongetnati'. aid v>oe (but j j enritle# the Dr. to the Hmuks of ihu c uuuunity 1 1 at large. Übraage and t oiuaibus lull lUad-Sallee. The Board of Directors us the Lagrange and , | Columbus Rail Road will meet in Hamilton, Bar ri connly, on tho Ist Tuesday in March upou i hosiooes of iiups*rt*uce tu thu Road. We are informod tiiai th* prospects for bnilding the Road were never brighter than at present. The people are mrtng in the matter anil are de- ! Ustlfiuied tn have the road. Bau Wkatukr.—Saturday, tho Ith ins?., , ftHH a rainy day in Cuiurabire. It tlm 401 l coti tinuee it will put the farmer* bock • Uttic in j planting thuir crops. Tho rivet has risen a few tVt and i# in good boating order. Death of Gex. f uos. S. Wooi.ward.-~We are deeply pained relearn this miming, by fetfer , Iron Mr. ,1. D. Snothor. that our old and valued - l-’iund, Gen. Th..?. t*. Woodward, died, a for a • long aud painful illness, ot hie residence, m Wma ; Farisit, Louisiana, at five o’clock ou thu morning | of the Ith mat. Tim# has passed away the spirit of one ..f n j lure # n>i'!cut'll —one who w both a soldier ! ■ ‘1 * patriot. He was bom in Klbvrt county, j i Georgia, about the year lYini.fott the grehforpart \ot hi# life was #}wnt in Afeb:iua. His on'y sur- ! | viving child is Col. Thomas Womlwaifl ot Louie* j fen a. In our next Weekly, in accordance with tho j * w i*b of our old friend’s family nml friend?, wo i ! publish au obituary notice. —Memfyuwtry | Ytw.l Ab.rutlonri. I'm la dr Lem a, Feb. Iff. i The bark Garmantuwn, firein New Orleans to | New York, with u cargo of Coffee and Al da#*©*, I na# abandomri at *ua on the 10th inst. The Cap tain and crew bare arrived in safety. Thu vessel : | aud cargo were inaured in New York. Uteri from Havana NewOblxxs, Feb. 17. The • tua iu ship Empire City arrived last eve ning with Havana dates so the f?th hist. The Coolie trade is so be stopped after Decent ber iB6O. Sugar Is firm at Havana, aud the export# for the week reach 7,500 barrel*, and the receipts to ll.AOfl burrcls. Sterling Exchange is quoted at \t\ to 14 per cant, premium. On New York 2V$ to it per cent, premium. - ft - - M< Mean rroubles, Nvw Orlvaxs. Fob. 15 —The Schooner Star ho# arrived, with Vera Crus dates so the Dtth iust. Gen. Miramon had left Mexico on the rib inst., for \ era Cru#, with five thousand men. His ad vance guard was reported to be at the National Bridge. Vera Crux was declared to be in a state of •lege. £*rThe Furls Fashions say. the shape of bonuetf is decided- The front is long, round, adva cin* over the forehead, and Tory much thrown back at the ears The curtain i# very narrow. In general they are very much trimmed —indeed, overcharged wjth trimming!. lonsrt ariose l. W Asmsarox, Feb. IH, iB6O. HOU£K. ‘ TflF. FBF.Stm;.XT a AXNCAJ, Was then #ad. On motion “f Mr. Sherman, it was referred so tho CowimltUio of the Wjfoie ou the State Os &* Uitfon and ordered to b j rinted. * Tliu question of printing the usual extra num ber copies wn referred to the Committee on Prihiiiig. a rkw nfct*AitrMr.Rr cf tub oovkrsmfSt. Air. Hugbak detn,/if Md., oftketL but failed to obtaiu leave to infrorttfcc n bill to establish an nd itiomil Lwontivo D|mrtinenfe t:* bu called the AgriofilturaiTfepartiueiit. ; CoXTXBTKD Mr. fifovenxon, ihui of by., prveentc*! the munorial of Janios ?f. Crfeoma, ooUfcatiug the .■jyat of Mr. Apderron q fcy. f Mr. Mug .iw preacptM the memorial of w m G Harrison, eon fooling the scat of Mr. Davis df .Maryland. n.tio -riafe were refened so the Commit tee on bfeetious. XqXICFS UF PXLLS. Among tb* noti< c* of intention to introduce bills ore the following ; By Air. Elevens. du f Washington Territory, f r the d#!emn>l Fugci's Sound and tbb entrance t i Cotbrnbift river. By Mr. Uin>'baui, r-.p. of Ohio! for ;dl fegtoifttiuii IU Nuw .Mexicwicgriuing oreutab ; lishtug hlavsry. * By Mr. Foi.t m, rep. of N’ Y.. for the #*l!feu*eot, of toe claim# of thu officers ot tb© Revolutionary army and granting pnunga so the eoidics* of the ww 0f'.1812. By Mr. Dtcro, dcirt. of How AfoxVo, to previde a- temporary govrnuint for Ana -na, and to create thu oflUro of Purveyor t>eu*r il. By Mr. Grow, rep. of i’n,, so penult ibe credi tor* of iu government to #u in the Courts of the Cniri-d .^tatv*. Bv Mr. Uetmfek, rp. of Ohio, bn radar* the cm up. Marion of'uu ■in her* of Corvgiexa to eight .foliar* pur day, and ruuuce arid regulate th* mileage. By Mr. Ueynolds, A L dam. of N TANARUS., for the tin, riVciu >m at the navigation of Hudson rivet al and near Albany. /liso, for the oruetion of a Offloe, Custom i fifeuji! aud Court building af Albany. FOXBttOU OP Till, PDOtIO I.ASDS. Mr. John Cochrane, depuof N Y , presented g notiti-.a of Beuj.irola Frico and a thourand oth er* for tbufreviimn ofbU# firiUttc laudato actual rettfor*. This t* but the bug'nmog of a flood *of petition* of a similar charu’-tcr. ’ ? toqillhueiAL HTftTfSTICS. Mr. C(a:bvaiio ai*o presented a petition of the Chamber of Commerce ul New Y- rk for the tnbu fetiori“rif the amm al #! and thl capital urnploy d iii, au( the a*inuif>urniiigH of thu eomruercu of thu I'mfod riia.ua, to he iuoinded hi thu ceuaua of 1868. rm: üßVjcwta i.aw. Mr. Cochrane also gave tniGee of his intcutlou i jto introduce a bill so sitajdify aud arrungu Hi© j j Hie revenue few#. Adjourned. j WAagaftoro.n, Feb. ll.—The .senate was not in to- -**• In the House, thu franking aincndacnl to the postal biii waa Thuru was nu action 1 taken upon th* bilt. * WASHtwcrroN, Feb. Iff. f In the House, there were two boflot f>r Pi int er. The last ballot Defr* e# reeeivd ninety, and j Gbswbrinuur eiguiy-nuiv. There were lour sent turing. The 4eat!i of Senior Broderfok wax uuistuetd and tha House adjourned, WgaaifwTow, Fl- 14, ! rir:!ATa—ln the Sunui* so day the Kansas- j ’ Wyanuotte bill was introduced, but no action l taken. | A bill ©Xtobiiaiiing a Government Priuliug j Bure u, wq foirodutcd, j Senator Browp'a reanlutiou, rulAtive so the j rights of tbu people o< thu Stoic* and Territories, I , wa* discus##d, but no action was token. H-csk—Tbu spuuiul committee on printing j abacus, were authorized to make tbuir.report. ITho P.istal Dcficiuiu > y bifk wiili the Beuafe'* except tha aUAitfoo of thu frank- j ing privney*, was pussed. It goes bock to the ! ’ Senate with thu franking amendment rejo’ tcd by ! a two-third ve. Wasuimoxom, Feb. l.i - Pho Sulfate te*4. y passed abiii with only two diasenting vot4M>, abtt- j rifling th* franking privilege offor th# ibtb of ; j Apxd next. W.v*HiKrox, Feh. 19.—Mr. Thomas of Mary I land wo* conilrioed by thu S#uato to-day as Com- , intssfeqcr of Patents. j The Sen at# t* ; dy dircutwl that SaOborn i Brown, Jr., and Jmno* Rvdptiih be arrested for | a contempt offered ty lho StiiAio'# f otniuitfec. Inttbe Iloete there were three ballot* fer Prin- I . ter, but no> election. It required three votes more j than the highest candidate ri-eoived. Various bi!l were intiodurcd imHudlng the f French-hpoHatioim, Ihu Tfirift, the ifirerdictinri es i Polygumy tn l tab. the a-lmi.*ion of Kansas—ail J of which were referred so appropriate commit | tee*. The Senatu wa# L-ngagcd t*-fey no £it?ct of { | Columbia burinuac. A comtnittce we* np}K>toio.l to report in regard so th* ipauguratiou of the! statue of Washington °o the l?2d inst Thu Sen- i ■ afo then adjouruud unlit Monday. In tbu several huudrutl bills, from ail ! thu ri'ate.H, wer# mtrodut'ud. M AHIUSOTOR, Feb. ili.—The treaty b< twvua j the United State# and Paraguay wan ratified by , th* Senate so day. Th!rO-Muh teagre##—Flail Stwhlod Wasmj.vutom, Fb. 11.—The ricuate wao not | i in #e&a'ion to-day. | OF RKPRESKNTATIVES. i •Mr. Garnett a*kod and Was excused from #crv- j . ing as ft member of the C-inotiifou for the District ! I of Columbia. Mr. John Cochrane pre nfod ti ropy of the | resolutions parsed by the New York Chamber of | | Commerce in favor of malt commuideatwni wiih : Mexico; which wore referred so the Committee i un Commerce. j Mr. SheVunm. from tho ComtnFftee of Wxy# auti Mttutii, reported back the posb 6 qffi< u np>pro> {'nation bill, rwomincn-lmg that the Itoure agree j to the linn, aucoort. third and fourth amvuduiunt* j°f ll ‘* Seril* ftnd dfeugree to thu fifth and >ixrh. On motion of Mr. Sherman, the House rexolv j ed itsett info a Committee of the Whole *n the | statu of the Ctiiou Grew in tho chair,) and ! proceeded so the consideration of the amendment* j of thu Senate. When the Committee reached the fifth amend • niont, providing that the printing of Pw&-office blanks sued bu given out by contract to tfco few | est bidder. Mr. fchernxn said every member “f the Com ’ mifttv of Wnye and Mean* wa* in fkvor of the J principle oi thu auicndniviit in a sepaeafo UR, but ! epposud to us iuuorpurotiou in a bißftia i king appropriation# to carry out an existing ia*. | A practice hiul been growing up for a few years ; past of incorporating new iegisiarion in Appro- J prlatioo Bills, and to tni* the t'< mmirtcc are de j tcrniiuml to pul an end. lie repeated tbu prepo- J kition .*ught to b- .dopted by au indupumfem , few. Thu Committer want n,w hi pat hh end m T the practice to which be had alluded. Therefore, i they rutiomuiund that thu House disagree to this Senate aiiMMiduicrit Mr. Phelps said that Mr. Sherman had correct ly stated the opinion of thu Committee, ‘from ftbu-h he differed in this: he war willing tn con our in tbu aißoiidiuuut under protest. The Senate j habit of introducing general leg . istation in Apprapriutiou Bills, while this inde j ndent fegistutiou had been ruled out of order in the House. But this was a measure of reform, ] and would save Severn,v per tot.turn, i Mr Boeuek said timw-e had her seven wise ***• hut tkis Umiae had its nine wfeo men on the t '-ami it feu of Ways and Means, aud iuto thoir hands all thmm things go. ThduSewafo had seen proper to put Hxnen linent# so this Wll; and if the House wish to despatch the public busint*#. Hit proper Kara was to vote on thus* amendment*. If they should be agreed to, lot the bill tbu* pa**, without incurring the necessity of rending it back to the Senate, for further action. Mr. Sherman rn -du an explanation. The Com niittee of Way# and Muap* bad hr#L.fer been charged, au.l oy himre.f, with roouupoiuing the hustu**#. But the Committee did not want to do tui*. They wanted to cut of ail ezHefieeus mat . tens, and cunfiue them set re* to their legitimate husines*. lie said Shut the Committee on the I -st Office and Post Road* was the proper ou© u* cuns.dur tho suiiiect of th* franking priuk-go. Mr. Boroek resuir.iHl, advocating the abolition or the trunking pnvii. g*. which Was for the bun*, fit of special few win Ul the member of Cou fc'ivss might indicate. By t ue abolition of it, many abuses would l*u corrected, beside? tUecut tiugoff of a heavy taxation on the Post Office Department. Mr. Steven* hoHuvud *if agreed that tho givinp ou*. of the Post Office blank* by eoutr.* woold be just. He had learned tbat, of the SWOfl ex pended for blank*, all but. $.51)00 was fat—a term well known so printer*, lie his reasons for opposing the abolition of the fruuking privi- t iuge. Mr. Garnett advocated economy in public cx- ] peuditure#. Ho spoke of the franking privilege ] x# mi#erbi© mftlune to he u#ed in thi# Cftpitol ii for *b“ nott Pr sidential u|wtu>o,and t<* bu work ed at the expense o he country. The p* op#* do ~ i wli Cdsigr#Pe#B to servo them m*-cbool tni.iiei- Tni'y trust to the love of truth, and she im ghty engtite of u free press, for the cuvula ti *p of #to'’ A ‘ made her.', aud the dftwetninm ion r| ; “Hffeal knowledge conneutad wrih the Gov ern incut. Mr Visilandighaui regarded the aunoonoeinont ,q .Mr. Sherioau a* ius|k> riant. Iff trusted trie . guntli'iuan w.jiiltl tt'frierc t” Ms veeutetrinq aud at a l t av-ho ‘Mr. VaHandiglkaui) w-mld suwain the Ciiintnrli-c in it. lie c ueui ril in trie Hen at ’#* aiiiundiren; flget uu<tor dfecussi n. For ten yiiUp tic bid pi oil* thu fraui mg privilege a #ub ject f much study and reffoctiun. On tbt# bi# mind wu tuadu up aimolutuiy and distiu .•fly, lie Agpeed in wiiat hd been raid by Mr. MUl#<-n. Il* dim-rod freon Mr. Harriett. Instead of attack ing thu frank ing pri* duge, guUtleliiwn should go to tin n*"L <*i tb* abuse by preventing the puLH •ntign ol is>ok. , ... Mr. Kci'taujdio i, #ayiug tbat the a edition of tbu fraokaug privilege was n©t n new queation. It h.-J Wecu!un !er eonsidiraiinu for years; and to a fop* !h'rjr .position now would not bu hasty 1c ghdouon. T.*a C‘ -.mnittce rose without coming to eon cluai'O pn trio BUI. And trie Hv>ui*u adjouroud. Ylrgfnlft l>< rr.tMruttr stole Cenvrntfon 811 nw• no V.. F'eb. Yirginmlfeu ojWHm- ConvfpU‘*r> out to-dey. There war great xc tt riant between the >Vi*e and Hunter purtke, renebing to personal col i sion. Gcw: Uoiiait Dank* was elected Prcei d*; i- #ud the Convention adjourned until night. Rtt HUoxn. Vtt, Kub. 17. In the D/To***ratte Cunw-ntiou. late Inst night are utt n was odopteL aduiitting mem her.- of thu L jiifetare from unrepresented coun ts*.. t* .-.at iu the Convention. To ay tho prof -dinga wore more orderly.— A resohrtiwo we# inrifria##l staii. g th.t the Hon ifrfiry A. VVia# was trie first choice of ; le poopfe of Virginia for the Rirsidci.cy of tbit U. H .irix. A lubst.Mtto was submittn i stating tbat the rm"cric. priy ©rVijjginia will rapport the nonitiiew of the Charfe-eton Convcution. and ai. U feci .liming any i igri* to friairuet trio and. legate* ms to whom • bey wtU ftupin. rt at Charleston. Another re--dutioo of neatly trie amne idea was inr oueeti, but (last rupfetu with Sound notion al o<>d patriotic (•■ utiuieuti*. The reti'jlu* on-#>um auicudiucnts were discuss ed at consider.ibfrr Ko.gth. The evening mwkmi n fe u ill engaged iu Ue di#- cusxuni. , Ruiimoxi*. Fe. 13.—Tho convention wa# noisy sod turbulent* aud nothing has yet been offer o* l. Th’ resolution du*. uring it inexpedient so deeforu thorr preforuoK-wfor a Ifrcsidantial can- I didate wa- •dill pending. The convention took a ; re-uaes until four <>Wk. llxtuftA Augnata Railroad. A <;i ta, Foriruary l. r th. The vote in re-4lay. authorising the Criy CfiSßio-ii to sui'rcribe to tho Macon k Au gust a Rail mu.l was while the opposition was “i*fr VU. Majority in fftvor of sbiripttoii 810. Duif. A UKM'HI A. Feb. Ift. Stephen*’ Mauim-'th Hotel wo# op*nnd (or pub lic acootnmudxifou to day. j W ASimcre.M, } tft. —stvpbeo* umi Haxlott were yviti rday -tufoio ud so i>u hung on the lftth 1 es March. i*avsunall F<d.. l.i Th*sieainrtiip Florida, j ftoin New lock. irrtvkß ut this port to* day. tuothcr K pr.-vo'Httvr tanrfl. W AWH**, Feb. tl j It wn* r parted here to day thut H. A. Kd ; ui>oi ta- i, us Virginia, rerraly ehastifed John i ILckiuAO of P oinralvtuiiw. with cane, in laen tuiiky. - “*iy, !’ rhU cvo.cH*fon against Vir ginia during hfe sptf cb at Pennington m sere nade lira ill ol It. 6 Pat inn Srw Youx, Feb. 11. WiUiaiw E. Ruii .u, the great Comurediau, died here yustcidiiy. aicf from Pike # Prak >'T. L | W, Fab. 11. W hav. r ■'•oi.vud date# from Pike’s Peak to the ff l in't. There an outbreak at Denver Ciry, between the-iumperanf private claim? ami IHo citis ns. >vrlwi? r-suits were apprehended, j Tbo Jumper* Raving threw Icnr<f to burn the town tn retalfeti n I* rrhulr cxpufei.Hi. From Texas. Nfw UrLKAXft, Feh Tl. The Kt *.Miobip Arixuiua, from Indiamda and Bras't* iago, ha* arrive!. She bruigK iutuiiigcnoefrntn Brownsville to the I.‘‘th iueto A i-dwrL-r, dr spa * chad by Col. Ford, to MaJ. , IL ;nU-duan, report# that ihe American stt-auver Ron hero, whv fire 1 tote 3ft utile* above Itrowns i ‘ iH by M- xicans, bearing a Muxicun flag. Sev j er**l chut wcru tirod and ratoe paaaud through the j atciuuvr. Jjuhsuqa ntiy the Mexicans firwl on i Ford’* company of Rangers. fr.m trie Mexi i can side of tho nver and daugurousty wounding | one of hia men. ‘ Col. Ford returned (heir flru and crossed ever ! it * trio M* xtcou territory in pursuit, j C*pi. Sttmumen* dragoon# have been re-in -1 forced, and now nu ruber two hundred men: Thu (kcoplr of Mo'umara# continue, a? formerly to sympathize with Gorlinas and hia band of ! m.VAU>ir#. War is considered inevitable. omKjraiic mooting# have been held in many .u tko• iqtonwr Mi#ntiu of r .-istts appoint dchgwtesfo the rttate Coovewtion. Thu Galrea t >n News i*ys: As far a.-, cbera meeting* have spoken, they re pudtfttu iiu doetrinu that a Territory may, by “unfriendly toghiiatteß/’ impair tbo rights of sfev* h-d,for*, and demand of die Gcrnrat Gov *rnnicnt trio ptt'teeGcn ot slave pr petty in the Torritorie*. rains Meeting* h*ve been hold in Merriwetter; Wnllnn, Morgan, Appling, Seriven and < ■imn'.ja uouutioe aud dulugafes appointed to the March Convention. Morgan and VYaltua r> ■.•*,mended the Hon How m Ctttß: and Appling nnd Seriven, the Hon A. H. St* ph £a* for trie Pre.-dduouy . Ifrntb of Hon P. Rash Flojd WxsniMOToß. Feb. Iff Hon. K. Rush Floyd, brother ot ike .Secretary of'V.r, ai,r| ,i r.'.,|vul f WytUt vlllc, Vi, ,1,.d ■o lilflil, here, Ue night nf ilUchk of ihi- Uiut. Tlrs'.nl.i I), oiorrarlc htiur toivollni. .n[Kch. 16.—Tin* lietnocrnlic Sfate Oomrenrio* —.uiohiott Lor, to-rUj, nod ,llectd n tt>|.omr, t*r .nirution. Iho inilkatfat, that A 1u..j..ri1,’ of the coovcotiiiii II ill f„ or tbn u.niinitliou of lior. W ue b, th, Chnrlou conventkNi. Thu State convention edjourned this evening, iu rtsp. ct u> tho memory of Hon. p. Rush Floyd, deceased. Connertlrut lit legale* tor Duuglaa. VVashingtor, Feb. 16. Ciuven oat of the twelve delegate* appointed t-> tbo Charleston National Dumocratie conven tion, from Connecticut, are in favor of the nomi nati.*a of Hop. 8. A. Dopolas, for the Pre klancy. Arrival of the tmrlund Mail St. Lot*s, Feb. Iff —Tho Overfeud mail of the 23rd uit, arrived yesterday. Th anti-Lucompton Ifemocratle convention did not eiuot delegates to the Charleston conven tion. Tri indications are that an attemp will l*o made by the I ccumpt- n Democrats conven tion to send Douglas delegatee to the Charleston convention. Gov. Latham, the C. S. Senator elect, also favors the nomination of Douglas. Population of Kansas St. Lons, Feb. 16.—The Assessors of Kansas report the population of the Territory ai69,060. Inauguration of the Mattie of Ra-hlngton. Wa.u,*Tu, Feb. 18 -A joint Counhiiie, of Cm, An., ha. inviteii Uen Bn„tt, ib Ele.ouih R-rmontaf Ne York And li.o Fir.l VnvlniA R-giaiAAj, u, participate in the inAiiijiirAl cere o/ r.bruAry” Sl * tu * ® f w *aio|A, on thA 320
