Georgia Historic Newspapers

    R. 35LLX3 & GO., Proprietors.
Volume XV.
TEXAS LAND & STOCK
FOR SALE.
- kV x FOR HALE a tract of Laud situated
, in Hnn Puricin Ununiy, w'ittuu few
t nulei* of Oil* coast. ritiit unini about rum
thousand nvo hundred *• re*. wll liui
t>ered with mntq red oak, Ac ami bav
ins near it* toMM * never laione lake of
dear, f'c*h w •u*r.
To parties desirno* of emigrating to Texa* idtherlbi
fernim* or sloe* rawiii* parpo>* - land offers In
ducement* iftcT l> any location 111 (lie Hiatr.
AL*l>,
On** tract c main ins about ‘i sot term, situated < n
tin* Man* t-rttek. in Hefusio eouwty, within rtv mi|n*
of saltwater. and about the su.nu diouire thou tin
town f Ht. M rrV Hie terminus ol thii pi “pored
Ark ui ax and tan I||n R “triad.
Title* to hot li the above uadi perfect.
A Ht-> kof r'atilt* will tie sold with vithcr of the
above tracts, if desired
For Larina and particular*, address the imdcnnjjned,
P II HVRNE.
41 Magazine at.. New Orleans, La.
December 31—w3ui.
Every Planter Wants One.
R. G. WILLIAM’S
Southern Cotton Packer
gTVVTX 19 naf •pcrftiion tbroiurliont
HHBliGeacyta, ▲lab utft and tvm. Patouied as
t • i-w’ This 4t!i.‘w rsuuot ue exyelted
in cheapec** duiabiii'y. Or Every per
foriu Ins piece ol Una “crew i* iron* Fim* haiob., or
two bauds and ot.'* aiukt can pa k a bale 4 ditto 11
weighing from 500 10 ?tki ■•naad* im ‘* utv minutes
The acre w can be attained to the tin t|ou*e wth
great convenience .>r bu.lt separately Warranted to
last 10 pears, St ale an** county ruff*’- .or wUe by
me and my lawful airents ludtvidn right* and
screw* for sale by lit<e lowborn 1 have sola County
Kiglu* The Heruw tron ran <e purchased at various
fouadrie* for *7O Persona desiring uttorni ulon will
addr- xit and. WILLIAMS, or T L. WiLLIAM**,
Uaunatiali hue.Ua.
HER CERTIFICATES
Stewart County, Ga . Jsn. Ist, IM§O.
Tin*is to certify that I have pack and my emit* crop
of Colton on U O Wi ham*’ sFmiloru Lotion
Packer, uu 1 1 not well pleased.
i.tiURCKiiJL ALLEN.
Wf bst> r County, Ort Is:h. *59.
Mr R G. William*. Uear Sir. —i am now us ng
your d.-u titer 11 OoltM Packer, and desire Bo better
tuachtu* tor Packing Cotton Yours, - c.
J W. HELL.
Houston Cou ty, Ga Sept. 3<>th, 1A39.
Th>s it to cerMly that I am MW uiug R (• Wii
liai|’ Cotton Packer, and consider it far superior to
Muss ■ ’a Ir in Screw, or any other ■admiM that I
kave s*-en for packing o low. J N #*FF
Fabrwary •, tuft#—
bit Wild V MrtUMRY A (0.,
mromu c whoi.bsai.e dem.kr* in
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC
3D R Y-C3- OODS.
Fancy ( foods, &c. &c.
Nos 4 1 H*rcl>-kt a 40 Park Place
[Will remove In July next to ibeVAs-ur Piao- Uu-idmg
Broadway Now York,
Our Stock will be . ojnplete by the first I übruary and
unuer Hie supervll*Mi of our
nit. net ki:i:ry,
recently SREPIIERD L McPßEEßV,Charleston,S.
C.l will <nuipriae tfvery description of tJoods in our
line tdapted 10 Southern and S-.uih -veMern Trade.
Merchants vpitinit New Turk ar* n spe<*tftiUy invi
ted to give us a calL Jan. art -w ‘y.
HOWES, lIYATT& CO.
Jobbing dk Commlsalon Merchants In
limits, Shoes A Leather,
No. 12 A 14 COLLIDE PLAOC,
Corner Murray Street, New York.
ROBERT KOMtttff,
(Formerly of Warm Springs, (la.) Traveling
Agent for the above Rrtn. would rcs[>e<'tfully *O
- patronagu. jaiil4—w.'tui*
STRAW GrO< )DS.
Itah, i agK Hoiiiml* !
FLOWERS, HUCHEB,&C. j
FOR tfPitiNtt, l&tW.
lieorge W. & Jrliiul Read,
90 Warren A. 140 Chambers Street,
NEW YORK,
IMPORTERS,
Manufacturers & Wholesale Dealers,
Arc now receiving troni th*-ir agent in Europe, and
their own fcetory, a iingnifi em a*‘TinuMit of the
above goods to which they cab the parti ttlar atten
tion of Aral flare buyer*.
Catalogues, containing full description of gooda,
with pn< -• attached, cent l>> mail on application
New York. January, jtntg—wd*
SANFORD’
LIVER INVIGORATOR
NKVKK DEBILITATES.
TT 18 COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY from • ums and
1 baa heroine tnestabliebed fuel,a standard medicine 1
approved by all that . have used it. aud is r*
sorted to with conii m deuce ta ail dt*ea** for i
which it is recommend- ■** ed
It liaa cured thousands witltinthe foot two years ;
who had given up hope -of relict as numerous J
unsolicited certificate* ™in my pwwwiup show, j
The dose must he adap- <s& ted to the temperament
of the individual taking M it and used in such quail
titles as io act gently on us the bowel*.
i.ct the dictate* of your an judgment guide you in
as* of the LITER W- ** VIGORJt I OR. and u
will cure Ltrtr Com- UIUOVtI At
tach, DYSPEPSIA, wrn Ckrmitr I) to rrh ma,
M l MME R CO M- hLAIXTS. D rSKJfTK
RY. DROP'S Y, HOUR hIOMAL'JL Huh#*aJ \
COtTirE.YBM. CW- jjP ts, CHOLERA Lkoit
ru M •*:>*. CHOLERA mm I.WA.\ TVM FLA TV-
L EJYCK. JA UX MCE, ErmaU H KAKM.SXH
>;.v and may l*e used successfully ns anfVih*-
mrp, Eamtly Mmhrtmt. — It will cure KICK
HE ADA CHE, (a* * thousands ran testily ).
Isitl; aiMlo, V ■ two ur ikrrt I'm
g/KWHjuU art I ales a at commencement ofthe
att tek
All mho mm it ers ™ fietng their tealimouy
in ita favor am
MIX WATER IN THE MOUTH WITH THE IN
YIUORATOR. AND 8 WALLOW BOTH TOC.KIII
EK PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
Ciiatliartic Pills,
COMPOUNDED FROM
Pure Vegetable K* tracts, amt put up
Ist tilail Case* Air Tight, aud wifi
keep lii nn y Climate.
Thu FAMILY CA -TMABTir Pn.i. i a gen
tle nut active Cathartic U which the pioprietor has
used in his practice more . than twenty years.
The constantly Increasing Jp demand from those who
have long used the PILI-8 . and llw sal is fas non whn h
aileipressinregardtoiheir n use,has induced me to put
them in the reach of all
Tlie prolrasion well kunv yij that different chathancs
action different portion* of. the bowels
the FAMILY <A%TH ART I C PILL
haa.wtth doe reference to r tin* well established fhet
been compounded from a M variety oflbe purest vege
table eiiracts, which act alike on every part ol the
alimentary canal, and are hj good and safe hi all cas*
as where a ( hatharte is M needed, such a* Da
a*so km t vt* of th e ” riTOMACII. Hi.kkim
hkm. PAIN* ia THI Q HAUK AND LOIN 8.
COHriVENEHrt. PAIN *in Hr.Nr* ovaa
the WlloLE BODY from sudden rohl. winch
frequently, if neglected TJ end in a long course of Fe
ver. LOBB OF AI’PU H HTE, a Caatrian Bkw
• stiov or lNt.n ova* th* Boor, Rrm.ua
■ gsa HEADACHE or p witMirr la Tea Hksd,
all INFLAMMATORY M IM*r.su. WORM*, n*
Cnildbin or Aort.Ts, T Kttr.i mstism. a tirea.
Purifier of the Blood, . uidmanvd tw use slowhid,
flesh is heir, too numerous W to meiitiouia this adver
tisement. DOPE Ito :< ‘
Price 30 Cents.
THE LIVSR IWHSOEATOR n4 FiSH.T CA
THAETIC P11.1.M are retailed by Druggists generally
and sold whoiesale and retail by the Trade in all the
l* r,et "S.' l, T. W- lANKOHD, m. D.,
Manufacturer and Proprietor,
nel7 wsm Broadway. New York
SIOO IIEWAKD.
STRAYED OR STOLEN from the tin
gBV dersigned. on the night of the 17th ultimo.
heavy bodied black horse Mule Ho*, Ik
/T. /v_years old. 15 hands high, nose and b> ilk
a roan mare colt, nearly two year* old well
grown to her age and ultra fine Ifetolen. I trill give
the above reward for the mule and colt.w ith evidence
to convict, delivered at my house, or securely kept so
that I can get them in pcsseMiou If strayed, I will
give 990 mr any Information that will lead to the re
covery of mute and colt, of §l9 tor either. ! purchas
ed the mule of Mr. Kelly, a Totumumsi, who said
he got him of some man in Talbot county. Ha.
Address me at Oow.kev. Barb ur county, Alabama.
Anv information thauafullv received
rt>. IP-W4U JOHN’ M DRCIY
‘/ I ** <•’ i. * <
POLIMUIh, FKitUi AKI 21, 1 SOU.
Hr Mid.ehnLrllvr
We publish to-day a letter from Dr. MoOeheo
in which ii shown, in no very favorable light, the
origin of the Legislative December Convention.
If, after the extended discussion which this sub
ject has received, there rem tins one individual
who is not -mttailed with the conduct of the Ex
i*utlvv’ Commlfiaeand of thoso who have justified
• heir course, we emunu nd the pluin and honestly
•loclnn i of thi-* ldtier to his eohaideration.
ff hi.< prejudices do not yield under such an ap
plication, i( must he because he is irrevocably
“joined to his idols.” Unt we are glad to perceive
that the friends of the December movement arc
everywhere retiring from a position which a few
of tho presses enlisted In lis behalf, at first as
sumed. With equal pleasure wc witness that >ur
cotctuporaries, who have advocated its inviola
bility, have so far, modified their views as to ex
press a willingness that the voice of the entire
Democracy of the State, should bo uttered at I
Milled jeville iu March. We hail these uianifesta
lions as a sign of returning good feeling between
Ihe members of tho Dem-n-ratie party, and we
trust that a complete restoration of hurmuuy will
be ex, mplitied in the action of the coming Con
vention.
The (uuncctlent Ucmocracj.
The Democratic State Convention hasjnnt ad
journed after ouo of the most numerously ain-iid
ed and harruouious Conventions which ever unit
in that State.
Thouiua li. Seymour was unanimously nomi
nated tor Governor.
James E. ISuglish, of New Haven, for Lieuton- 1
aut Governor.
Xarhaniul B. Stevens, of Norfolk, for Secretary ,
of State.
Col. Thomas 1L C. Kiugbury, of Franklin, for
Treasurer.
Horace Taylor, of Vernon, for Comptroller
denoul.
Thr C.invention also appointed delegates to
the Charleston Convention, and adjourned with
high hopes >f triumphant success lor their Slate
ticket, aud of the suc<**ms of the National canvass
in November.
Virginia I); motmtte Mate tun tendon
RungOYT*. Feb. 18.--The convention was
noisy mid turbulent, und nothing h yet been
effected. The resolution deeming it inexpedient
to declare their preference for :t Presidential can
didate was still pending. The convention took a
recess until lour o'clock.
Mobile Bay and llurlxtr Rill.
Montooukry, Ala. Feb. IS.—Thu great Mo
bile Bay aud Harbor improvement bill passed tho
Semite to-day. The same bill passed the House
on the 13th lost., by a vote of aye* forty-five and
nays thirty four. The bill assure* a minimum
depth of fifteen feet frotu the bar to the wharf.
The lion. Pei y Walker, who ha* ben very !
xealiHiN and indefatigable in his efforts to have
this bill passed into a law, is now receiving ihe
cordial congratulations of friends.
Apiiirnmcnt of ‘be Alabama Legislature
Wc learn from the Montgomery A>h edeer that
both branches of the General Assembly have adop
ted a resolution to adjourn title tlie, on Monday,
27th inst., at 12 M. As they assembled on the
14th November last, the session will have lasted,
exclusive of the rece*.% twelve weeks. The Leg
itdainro of Alabama is nn able body und bus
done much for the honor and weal of ihu Mate.
Publications.
The January number* of tbe Westminster Re
view has been received. Tbe following are the
1. Government Contract*.
2. The Kuulitiea of Pari*.
3. Clayton.
4th. The Kociul Organism.
sth. Sieilty as it was aud is.
Clh. Christian Revival*.
7th. Italy ; the design of Louis Napoleon.
Sib. Cotemporane<iUß Literature.
Published by Leonard, Scott A Cos., No. 54,
Gold Street, N. Y.
Son-lliter,otir>f Ib Home
At a recent mealing in Howe, (la. resolutions
were (>a: s< >l requesting and rveoinmetiding the
merchants and mechanics of that city to patrou-
J iie Southern merchants, Rout hum manufactories
[ and Direct Importation* to Southern Ports,to the
j exclusion of all others, and plunging support to
those merchants only who should comply with
thin request. A- we have indicated on a former
occasion, this is a rational, and the only praeti
! cable method of stiinuia'ing direct trade with
foreign countries and thereby securing our coin*
j incrcia! independence of the north. The people
must take the initiative iu the matter —murt re
solve not to hay anything of northern manufac
ture or of northern importation. It should be
done t-o, as in this case, at the proper time—
when the lucre hunt* are preparing tor anew
si:pp‘y. It. would le manifestly unjust to them to
wait until they had brought out u new stock,
and then place their good* under the ban.
The Democratic Prksiijkxtial Platform.
—The committee appointed by the Senatorial
caucus, to whom all the resolutions now before
the Senate are to be referred, and who are au
thorised, if they deem it expedient, to report back
resolutions, or a platform to meet conflicting in
terests in regard to the question of slavery iu
Territories, is composed of the following gentle
men:—Messrs. Green, Chairman, (iwiu, Chestnut,
Iligler, and Filch. The committee will probably
bring forward a proposition, which will be sub*
ui.ttcd to the neat ’caucus on Friday. The con
struction of this committee is inimical to the in
terests of Jut [>ougla*.
Dkmockatr Stats. Contention— State Con
ventions of the Democracy hava, thus far, been
appointed to be held according to tbo following
table:
Time. State. /‘hire.
February 15 Connecticut Hartford.
February ls Virginia Richmond.
Fob.-uary 22 fwa l>e Moines.
February 22 Michigan...— Dair*.it.
February 2Y Panoaylvaaia....... Reading.
Mnrih 5 Louisiana -Baton Rouge.
March 8 North Carolina Raleigh.
March 12 Georgia Milledgavillc.
March 28 New Jersey Trenton.
April 2 .... ..Arkansas Little Rock.
April .* Missouri Jefferson City.
N*w .Timor.—Governor Brown has appointed
Kwi, iiuwson A. Walker of Spring place, Judge
of the Cherokee Viren it t< fill the v scat icy occa
sioned by Uio resignation of the Hon L- W. Crook.
Judge Crook made an acceptable and efficient
officer, and retires from he bench with the satis
faction of having gained the good opinion of the
people of the circuit, lion. Dawson A. Walker
is every way qualified toill tbs rospousibld po
sition, with dignity and ability, and we regard
the appointment a* ono of the best that could
have ieen made.-- Cartereritfe Fxpreee.
Rev J. K. Idcnon.
The Rome (Ga.) Courier, of the 15th lust., has
the foil >wing in refereneo to this gentleman :
Rev. J. E. llyerson, ot Augusta, we learn has
been invited by the Baptist church of this place
to fill their pulpit temporarily, and will, in all
probability, be .'ailed to do so permanently.
M. Borne, a Dutch astronomer, announces that
the fatuous comet of Charles V., which was seen
In I*4B, trill ro-appear in August next.
THE UNION OF THE STATES, AMI THE SOYEH EHINTY OF THE STATES.
From HaNhittgUin.
W.WiIINttTON, Fob. 14.
Ajf iir* in ifigtco.—Addittoual iutvlligcuce
was received at the Department of State this
morning from Mexico, dated Vera Cruz. January
2d, Advices hud been roeuived there that Miru
uiou would have uu the 2Wit, with a large force,
for the purpose of at Licking Vera Cm*. It was
reported that he had raised the neeeasary foods
to carry out the expedition, but it was thought
that reverses which his party bad encountered
with the libel-ale iu their recenl engagements
would posipoue his movements. The liberals,
however, wore fully prepared to repel his advan
ces.
Ocampo's minion to this government is otfi
chilly confirmed. No mention is made of the re
port thutibe English Minister had demanded full
payment of the English claims, and it is not
credited.
Oar treaty with M twit a. —The Soimte Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs met this morning, aud had
under consideration the Mexican treaty. After
a long conference, in which the whole subject ut
our Mexican affairs was fully discussed, it wns
postponed until the next meeting, when defini
tive action will he hud upon it. It will uudouht
ediy be reported, as a majority of the committee
are in favor of it; but unless there is a reasonable
hope of its ratification it will not bo repotted
from the committee. Tho administration does
not believe it to be good policy to have our Mexi
can affairs dragged before the Senate, and tin
b.aek republican Senators made aware of all the !
secrets connected with this matter, aud then reject
the trea y. But the prospect now is that the
treaty will receive some republican utrcugih.
The republican Honators intend having a con
ference this week on the subject of tho Mexican
treaty At least five of thuir number will be no
ecsary to its ratification, in addition to the demo
cratie vote. Apart fr- m tho effects or propriety
of the treaty, tho q new I lot as to the legal power
of the constitutional party to enter into the ar
rangement is considered of primary importance
to determine. The treaty will not be reported
1 oul tho Committee on ForeigU Relations until
the result of the conference is known. There
d‘ii- not seem any disposition to make the treaty
a strict party question.
From the Savannah Rxpre**.
Pic it nr. Ga. Feb. 16, ISflO.
Young J. Auderton, Ktg.
Alt Dkak Sim: I hasten to give you a reliable
wi.-tory of the whole controversy between tbe Be
rn “ratio Executive Committee, and the Decent-,
imr Convention, a* briefly as practicable to mukc
it intelligible. The duy after tho organization
of the M-uate, Col. DuGralfenreid of Alacoa, one
ol Uic Executive Committee, invited me to meet
him and Col. D. C. Campbell, the Chairman ol
that Committee, in tho Slate l ibrary room, tv.
consult up.*u the propriety of culling n Couven
ti ni to uppoint delegates to the Charlesion Cou
veution, Col. Campbell and myell readily con
curred in the opinion that it was impolitic to
call it during the svssiou of the Legislature. from
the fact the Legislature was limited in it* sitting”
to 15 days, and that therefore it was assembled
for three month*, and that by thu time we could
consult the absent members of the Committee, it
w. uld he impossible fbr us to publish a call for
a < onwntion, that could fairly and fully repre
sent the Democratic party, before the adjourn
ment of the Legislature. 1 further gave as area
sou, that the political cauldron was bubbling,and
■ we could not tell what the Helper hook, and the
in\asiouof Harper’s Ferry might turn up Col.
lh Graiteur’ id opposed ourconclusiou w ith a good
deal of warmth, an I went so far as to state, that
he would have the Convention called by the Leg
irdalure, (numbers of) and threatened to appear
the uexi day in ttu- papers, urging the Dcmocre
tic members of tho Legislature to meet aud ap
point utitue for the Convention to assemble. To
which threat I replied, that I would answer it in
the very next issue. Aud just at this point 1
am satisfied commenced the opposition to tin
Executive,.Committee. There was only three
member# of the Executive Committee at that time
us M iliedgeville. Dr. Burney arrived within a
tew days, und concurred entirely in opinion with
Coi.Campbell aud myself, and although there
was .a majority of the Committee in Miilcgeviiic,
wo failed to agree, and it then became necessary
to add res* thus. I*. Saffold, of Morgan, and A.
J. Lane, K*q*. of Hancock, also Dr. Burney oi
Monroe. The latter gentleman arrived soon af
ter be received bi* in vital iou to meet tbe Kxocu
tive C< uimittee. Colonels Suffold and Lam
were absent from their homes, and some ten day*
elapsed before we received their answers. Col.
DfGrntteiiruid addressed them in behalf of bt*
vie vs. Col. Cutupbell and inyseli on the propri i
uty of ours. On Saturday the lU'.bof December,
wo received Col. Satfuld’s loiter agreeing fully
with Col. Campbell, Dr. Burney and myself. Tbi*
gave u* authority to act, as we bad at last beard
fr>nu five of the Executive Committee, four u!
who were in favor of culling the Convention ii
March. I first proposed the last Wednesday in
February. Mr. Lane had not as yet been heard
from.
Du Monday morning Col. Campbell immediate
ly after breakfast, called at my room, and we pre
pared the card which wi published and appended
the signatures of Hylvanus Burney of Monroe,
and Tho*. P. Saffold ui Morgan, und wc had not
only the verbal but written xiithority of the first,
Mid the written authority of tbe latter to do so.
Without the slightest intimation from any quar
ter of such a purpose, at the hour of adjourn
went of t* e fienule for ditiuer, the Secretary read
out a call for a meeting of the members of the
Legislature, of the Democratic party, to a.-gamble
in the Representative Chamber, that night, to coll
a Convention of the party, to appoint delegates
to Charleston. A day or two l|..re this Col. de
Graffenried was in Milh-dgcville, alter we had
heard from n majority of the Committee, and 1
do not know why he failed to ign the call. A
day or two after our card appeared, we received
Mr. Lane's reply, approving of the policy that
we hud indicated, with hut one suggestion, and
that was to appoint the time for the Convention,
‘as late as practicable, the later the better.”
This, sir, is the authority upon which we prepar
ed our card. Five out of six members of the
Committee agreeing, hut one opposed to tbetime
I was the only member of the Executive Commit
t o in the legislature, and as our card was in my
p ‘**<■* :on, 1 kept it from the press one day, so It
ly to lay it before the meeting called for the
niflit of the 21*1 of November. Ho soon as the
meeting wa- organised, 1 placed the card in the
Secretary’* hands, who politely requested me to
read it. J read it aloud, and audibly, myself, and
explained the causes, fully, why we wore unable
to prepare it at an early day. It was furiously
assailed by three oj the uppoinlece, of the Decem
ber I’on vuution, upon the contradictory positions
of an usurpation of authority on the part of the
Executive Committee, and neyHtjenee in the per
Ibrmanee of their duty, i, of course, defended
the Motion of tie Committee, and was aided in
the defence by Gen. Williams, of Muscogee, and
Col. Mobley, of Harris. I do not think that
more than half ol the rrambers of the Demo
cratic party in the Legislature were present. I
Wo not remember to have seen either of your dis
tinguish'd It ‘'present at ives iu that uiueting.
Among the reasons I urged, were the shortness
of ihe time, me uefiiirncssof member* appointing
themselves, to the exdu l ion of out*iders as able,
as patriotic, and as reliable, ami who desired the
appointment, and the favorable opportunities that
would be afforded by tbe public days of January,
February and of March, when the people could
appoint ju*t such delegates as they desired. And
here I would remark, that up tu the meeting ol
the 21*t of November, I never heard but one in
dividual urge the propriety of calling the Conven
tion ouring the witting of the Legislature, in fact
before spring, and that was tbe dissenting mm
her of tbe Committee. I publicly declared in re
ply to the charge of dictation, that I did not re
gard myself as being invested with extraordinary
power; hut as the servant of the Democratic par
ty, appointed for its convenience alone. That I
had acted fairly and faithfully in the discharge of
tbe trust confided to me, without the slightest
disposition to advance, or darken the prospect* of
any particular aspirant* for the Presidency.
The fact*, a* above stated, no one know* bet
ter than tbe Henior Editor of the Federal Union,
* • * * who Is so inexor
able in his opposition to the March <''invention,
that he refuse* to publish in hie sheet—calls for
meetings in the counties to appoint delegates.--
What a calamity to us. Oh, tny countrymen !—-
So violent has been the opposition to the Execu
tive Committee, that when the Committee of 21
wa* preparing business for tbe Bth of December
Convention, the Wellington of Bullock, proposed
to hurl the Executive Committee /rum power,
and to appoint anew on*.
Let Priam bleed if yet thou thirst for more
Bleed all his Hons, and Hlien float with gore.
Whoever contradicts tbe statements of this let
ter, is ignorant of the facts, or wilfully lies; Do
you hear ! I have abstained from any contro
versy with any of the assailants of tbe action of
the Committee, but I challenge any sort of refu
tation or dental of the facts, and you may so use
them as you may think proper.
I In very great haste,
I aw sincerely ronr friend,
S. J. McGKHEE.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, IStiO.
(OLtMRTM, HEDMCNHAV, FEBRUARY 2*J. I*o.
I— ■.rjggrjr: —
The llouac coamtttm
The tknquirr of yesterday administers a re
buke to some of our Dcutocratie eoleiuporuries
for the injustice they have committed against
Mr. Speaker I'cniiingtou in publishing a “decep
tive statement” in which the impi-esaion is sought
to be made that, in the distribution of members
upon tbe several commit tecs, he ‘has discrimina
ted with unusual rig dity against bis democratic
opponents. It also, congratulates us for not pub
lishing that statement. We are unwilliug to
wear any honors to which we are not justly en
titled, and, therefore, Bay that this omission on
our part, was not because we possessed any supe
rior knowledge of the “customs of legislative
bodies,” but because we feh no interest in the
matter. We were satisfied, after the oloction of
Mr. Pennington in the manucr in which it oc
curred, that the organisation throughout would
be ofa “dark complexion,” and it matters not
w hether the Black Republican majority on any
committee bo four or one, it does nut roll- ve it
from this tinge. If thore is upon any committee
a “raaj irity belonging to parties antagonistic to
die Black Republicans,” (of which there is capi
tal doubt) wo should certainly feel very grateful
but in establishing this fact wc shall require
proof that this majority is oomposed of such
Americans and Democrats as did not help to
elect Mr. Pennington. These nou-dcseript, half
and half politicians can’t be couutod. He that is
not for us is against us, is a good rule borrowed
from high authority. In some quarters, it would
•oetu, the e-fttverue of tho proposition is take as
true “Moderate and conservative men acting
with the Black Republican party” is a definition
which chokes itself. The expression is about as
Consistent as a “sober drunkard” or an “honest
thief.” The color of a mau's hair, or the cut of
his beard does uot make him the member of u par
ty, nor auy thing else, that wo can ooucoive, but
his acts. We do not care, then, how Mr. Speaker
Pennington has constituted his committees.—
Their recommendations cannot ho udopted with
out a vote and in all sectional questions—the
niyyer and the tariff, we exia’Ct to find all true
Southern tuon, shoulder to shoulder.
Adjournment of the Virginia Convention
Richmond, Yu., Feb. 20.
Tbe Deiuocrutio State Convention adjourned
n Saturday night, the IMb, at ten o'clock. No
preferwucu was expressed for any particular can
didate for tho Presidency. A majority of the
delegates generally fa v ored a Southern confer
ence Mass Mooting; und subsequently thu con
vention adopted resolutions favorable to the
propusitiou of South Carolina for a conference.—
General Peter B. Starke of Bolivar, commissioner
from the Stale of Mississippi to Virginia, has ar
rived. At his reception, ou his arrival, he made
an eloquent speech, which was greatly cheered.
Fall Torn la .Senator.
Milton S. Latham, the newly oiocted Senator
from California, is Bald by the New York New* to
have been “born to good luck.” But his good
luck has been thu result of his tukiug thu tide
‘at the flood,” und making the most of circum
stances. Jle started for California in a voyage
around the Cape iu IK4V, with but iu his
pocket. A mutiny occurred on board, which he
was instrumental in quelliug by iutrepid coolness
und address. This insured him a favorable re
ception at San Francisco. Arrived there he at
tended a political muss meeting und useended the
platform to speak. This was distasteful to the
oiauugers, und they inoited the mob to put, him
him down. Ho expressed his determination to
speak or die in the attempt. Hi* pluck and elo
quence so won upon the miners that they imme
diately nominated and elected him Register of
theeity. His career since has been one of unpre
’ cede tiled success.
,jK?fr“A public meeting was held in the city of
Now York on he 17th, express tig ‘the sympathy
which is felt in that city for the people of Central
Italy, in their present endeavors to secure for
themselves an inpependeut national government.
More Madness in Massachusetts. —The
Committee on Federal Relations in the Massa
chusetts Legislature hud a public hearing In-1
week, upou the petitions of the law “to prevent
slave hunting in Massachusetts.” Petitions of
this character have been received froiu fifty towns
signed by seven thousand people. One of the
Speakers before tbe committee op nly urged tbe
duty of the State to resist the fugitive slave law,
as in conflict with the higher law of tiod.
Sci'Piikssiom of TU Cooi.rc Trade.—We
team from the Havana paper*, that the Captain-
General issued a decree on tbe lUtb innt., in con
fortuity with royal orders, suspending the intro
duction of Coolies into the Island of Cuba. Thu
prohibition is not absolute until alter the expire
ion of the present year, all existing engagements
heiug allowed that time for their connummu
Lion.
Loudon Times i* impatient with the
persistant negro. It observes, iu a recent article,
that “floods of pathetic eloquence and long years
of Parliamentary struggling taught the English
people to imagine that the world was made lor
Sambo.” The Times ha* arrived at the follow
ing conclusion:
“The negro is a lar.y animal without any fore
sight, and therefore requiring to be led ami com
pelled—he is decidedly inferior, very little raised
above a mere animal.” He is “void of self reli
ance and is tbe creature of sircutnstance— scarce
ly fitted to take careof himself—has uo care for
to-morrow —ha# no desire for property strong
‘■nough to induce him to labor—lives from band
to mouth. In Jamaica emancipation ha* thrown
enormous tracts of land out ol cultivation, and
on these the negro squats, getting ull that he
wants with very little labor, and sinking in the
most resolute fashion back to the savago slate.”
Tbe < ommlHslonrr tu Virginia ben. Peter B
Htarhe
By resolution of the Missis*ippi Legislature,
the Governor of the State has been authorized to
appoint a Commissioner to proceed to Virginia,
and in the name of Mississippi, communicate to
her, through her organized authorities, the sym
pathy of Mississippi with Virginia, in tbe recent
invasion of her soil by the armed agents of tbe
Black Republican party—to assure her of the
readiness of Mississippi to aid her in case of fu
ture invasion—and to solicit her co-operation in
the measures now pending for a Conference of
Houlhern {States, in June next, at Atlanta, (Jeor
fia.
To perform the delicate and responsible duties
of this mission, the Governor has appointed Gen.
I’eter B. filarke, for Bolivar.
It is needless to say to those who have read our
records of tbe proceedings of the Legislature,
whose deliberations have jqst been brought to a
close, and tbe warm testimonial* which have ap
peared in theso columns, of the able and patriotic
manner in which Gen, Hturke has discharged tbe
obligations which have rested upon him ns u
member of that body, that bis appointment, in
our humble opinion, was one eminently “fit to be
made.”
Gen. fitarke, though yet in tbe strength of a
vigorous and matured manhood, has long been in
the public service, and a leading and influential
citixen of the State. For a series of years, he
ba* boen au active member of the Legislature,
and has made bis mark upon the journal* of thit
body, as a useful, public-spirited aud enlightened
law-maker.
It is not to be supposed, therefore, that his ap
pointment as Commissioner to the venerated
Commonwealth of Virginia, whosfl counsels and
sympathy are so much desired by her younger
sisters in this dreadful hour of thetr common sal
feriogs and trials, is a reootnpense for partisan
service. It looks far beyond such a oonsidera-
lion. It look* to his thorough apprehension of
the dangers by which his Slate is threatened—
his sense of her wrongs—his knowledge of her
right*—his ardent Southern impulses—his thor
ough imluntification with the groat movement
which has for its object tho preservation of her
sovereignty—and hi* capacity properly to repre
sent the views and feelings of Mississippi, to tho
State to which his mission loads him.— Mi>••(}> ~
plan.
Remarks of Mr. Filch.
We make tho following extract front tho speech
of Mr. Fitch of Indiana, ii. tho feonuie of the
United States ou Mr. Browu's resolutions for the
protection of slave property in the territories.—
They strike us as beifig tolerably sound-
I now turu, sir, to the resolutions immediately
before us—the resolutions of the Sonutor from
Mississippi, [Mr. Brown.] They aflirm, in part,
at least, the sentiments heretofore elaborated by
‘he Senator from Georgia. They are, first, that
the citizens of the southern States have a con
stitutional right to go into the Territories with
their property, recognised as such by the Consti
tution ot tho United States, and there possess
aud enjoy that property. This is the assertion of
a right in my estimation undoubted—one 1 hard
ly doom eveu respectably debatable—yet it is a
right the entire Republican party deny; a right
but half admitted by oi rtaiu Democrats; undone
which, while thus but half admitting, such dem
ocrats would create the means of practically de
nying, It is a right, we are told—and iit such
terms and manner that wo cannot question the
sincerity of the declaration—by every Southern
Senator and Koprcsunlutivo, that their section
will never yield.
We are told by some of them, aud I think by
the Senator from Georgia uuioiig the number,
that the recognition by their .*• ctiou of the Seun -
tor from Uiiuois with his proaunt territorial views
as their oaudidatu for the Presidency, would be
tantamount to a surrender of that right; lienee
their opposition to the nomination of that Sena
tor. Well, sir, northern Democrat* thinking
with me are likewise opposed to his nomination,
because we deem his territorial views suoliotialiv
unjust and unconstitutional. Yet those views
are not adverse to any constitutional right of our
seotion. They can only bo made operative against
tho south. He cannot be uoiuiiiutod without
southern votes. If the South chooses to nomi
nate him, northern Democrats cannot take any
*ectiotutl exception to him, and may well permit
him to carry out his views to whatever extern he
may; for while wo will nut surrendt r uny consti
tutional right of their own scotiuti, wo will not
oppose the surrender by it of any such right in
the South, especially when its surrender is to be
to the detriment of its own citizens and our ben
efit. If citizens of the South are .disposed to
maintain their constitutional rights, there are
t lose in the North wl o will aid them to tbe cx
tint of their ability, and for the reason that, uu
ff r the Constitution, we would expect similar
aid from tho South if our rights were threatened
aid such aid necessary. Much was tho mutual
agreement of our fathers; such the bond. But if
they voluntarily surrender their rights, we of
the North will accept the surrender us uncondi
tional—never to be recalled; and use the power
i: bestows upon us as u gift never to be reclaim
ed. An army may be defeated in battle; but if
in its retreat, it preserve its discipline and retain
its munitions of war, it commands the respect ev
on of i:h uueniies, the sympathy und aid of its
friends, because of its readiness and ability to
renew the struggle, aud perhaps to succossfolly
prosecute it; but it that army yield without bat
tle; ami especially if it invite au<i receive us its
commander one who, though under tho gurb of
friendship, has previously proclaimed his inten
tion to deprive its members ofa portion of thoir
rights, und their liberties, it become* and sorgauix
od, surrenders its means of defense without any
equivalent, without any consideration, has not the
respect of its enemies, and forfeits tlm sympathy
and aid of its friends. A people may be compel
led to temporary submission, but compulsory sub
mission is always associated in the estimation of
the world with the idea of the will upou the part
of those thus compelled to submit to throw off
the yoke upon the first occasion: and with an
outside sympathy which is promptly manifested
in the form of material aid, when the trill be
come** manifested by acts. But if that same peo
ple put the yoke upon their own necks, invite tho
tyrant umong them, he will not regard their
rights, and the world will not deem them enti
tled to or worthy of the rights and liberties they
have thus tamely given uwuy; they can expect
no aid, they will obtiiiu none, in any spasmodic
effort tbe\ may subsequently make for the recov
ery of those rights.
If the South nominate the Hcnator alluded to,
[Mr. Dot oi. as,] wi h his present views, the eu
t re North wi I “e uitbouct airexpiession of will
l ignefrf upon tbei part that bi view.- shall In
come the future settled policy of the Government;
the united North will act upon that policy, carry
it out to the full, and noaid must be expected by
the sSouth from any portion of the North iu uny
effort they may thereafter make to prevent the
progress of that policy to the end. When by
ruch act it establishes his policy, the South, and
the Senator from Illinois, (Mr. Dot;ai.Att,] will
have done more to accomplish the favorite and
avowed scheme of the Republican party than any
effort of that party could have—the scheme of
surrounding th<* southern hiates with free ter
ritory, and starving out their institution; for un
der that policy, organize a Territory where you
may, whether it b* in Dakota of the North, or
Arizona of tho S- ith, the bold,adventurous, non
slaveholder froutii ritoco of tbe West, whose move
abb - lindude no luxuries, whose necessaries are
re .dily supplied by toe axe and the rifle, will go
into the Territory, possess themselves of the Lo
iiaturo, and exclude 8 .thern property, while
the owners ot that property arc packing up thuir
household goods and preparing their chattels for
rem <vai.
The New Steamship R K. tuylrr.
Trial Trip—Diearrutoji mi nt of her Maohiuee
uml euheryiient Itonniuy Aehore.
The new screw steamship K. It. Cuvier, owned
by H. 11. Cromwell A Cos., and intended for the
Savannah route, left this citv yesterday morning,
with a select party of Invited gue*ts and member*
of tbe pies*, lor a trial trip down the bay. When
of the Southwest, the wind blew fresh from the
northeast, with a heavy sea, when suddenly some
of tho mactiiuury broke, disabling her engines,
when she subsequently went ashore, lietween
Handy Hook ami the Southwest fipit. Hhe whs
afterwards floated ofl, and the last that was seen
of her, at twenty minutes past four iu the after
noon, she was in tow of the large steam tug* Un
derwriter and iiuntrcßS, between tbe Spit and the
Hook. The snow storm which prevailed last
night, no doubt prevented her from reaching this
city. Hhe probably anchored somewhere between
the Hook and the Highlands, and will probably
be towed to this city this morning. The Cuyler
wa* built with a view <>f obtaining great speed,
and probably tbe mishap may have been ocea
si tied by a little too muob steam.— N. Y. Herald.
Krunswlrk Bar.
A correspondent of the Savannah Express
writing from Bruuswiok, says:
Mr. Carl Kpping, the enterprising and ener
getic timber and lumber merchant, of our oity,
has found it to his interest tu freight his larger
vessels in this port.
Yesterday the ship Oregon, of New Castle,
Captain Blythe, went to sea, from her mooring*
in our harbor, with six hundred and fifty thou
sand feet of limber—the largest cargo, 1 believe,
ever carried from tbe coast of Georgia. The
Oregon is a fine ship, af nine hundred and forty
seven tons burthen, and went across the Bruns
wick bar with her own sail, under the pilotage of
Mr- fiuuiuel A. Brockinton, drawing twenty-one
eet,
(’apt. Blythe had previously sounded, with
great care the channel, from bis anchorage,
which was within a stone’s throw of the intended
terminus of the Railroad projected from Bruns
wick to tha interior —to the deep blue sea beyond
the bar, and stated that he could, at high spring
tide, carry a draft of twenty four feet over the
bur, and have six feet Iwueath him to play upon
the swell. He has kindly left a certificate, that
ibis is the best harbor, and deepest water south
of Norfolk.
present the utaiu stay of Speaker Pen
nington is the young page who stands upon his
right, a vouth of fine appearance and something
near eighteen years of age. This page was first
uppointad to office by Speaker Boyd, and has
ever since continued to discharge the duties of
“Page to the Speaker,” among which (snow reck
oned the duty of prompting th* Speaker in tbe
discharge of his official business. He stands near
the Speaker, and directs him in an under tone
bow to put every motion and how to decide points
nf order as they arise. “Tbaddeui” is known to
all tbe politicians of tbe country as the most re
markable parliamentarian of his age living. With
the construction of the rules of order he is per
fectly familiar, and every precedent he has at
bis finger's ends.
imi MKI M, Till KARA!, FEBRUARY fit, IBRO.
A Logitnl'NinttsliTp
Our coteuipnrary of the teal let, in an
effort to establish the doctrine of what he in
pleased to term “popular sovereignty,” or the
right of a territorial legislature to abolish slavery
w ithout lot or hinderance by Congress, introduces
tho following remarkable passage :
“Congress may, perhaps, repeal tho broad grant
of power if they abuse it, for the rights ofa Ter
ritory are not fixed and unalterable until they
red under a flag of a separate State.”
Upon seeing the above, wo thought that our
cotemporary must have made a mistake, aud in
serted this sentence in the tennuj article. Cer
tainly it has no more business in his argument
than it has in the “sermon on tho Mount.” Com
ing in, however, as it dims, at the dote of the
article, wo are led to think that our eotomporary,
beginning wrong, because convinced of his error
in the course of his reasoning, and in a fortunate
moment discovered tho only mode of extrication
from the mire in which he was floundering. If
Congress tuny repeal the grant of power to the
people of a Territory, “*/ they abuse it,” and has
the right which is, of course implied, to judge of
tho abiiee, certainly the whole question of terri
torial powers is surrendered to the unlimited dis
cretion of Congress.
t iicnp consolation
The Federal Union is very complacent at the
fact that only live county meetings havo express
|ly condemned the December Convention. AH the
bulnncc, it says, either endorse or express no dis
approbation of the Convention. Encouraging,
indeed! The meeting in this county passed no
resolutions condemnatory of the action of the De
cember Convention, ami hence, our cotemporary,
we suppose, infers that the Democracy Os Musco
gee approves that action. Well, wo arc very will
ing for it to enjoy its good humor until the second
Wednesday in March, when sighing will take tho
place of laughter. But, wc forgot. Our eotem
porary has a wonderful facility to bo pleased nl
whatever happens. It first espoused, and then
deserted the course of the Committee. Without
being in the least inconsistent, it may return to
its first love. The calling of a few magical words
will accomplish tbd metamorphosis. No, wo do
the Federal Union great injustice. It will ap
plaud whatever the March Convention tuay do.
. -
A Worth) Gin.
We understand that the handsome piece of
brass ordiiuttcu which reported itself so loudly
yesterday, was purchased by Mr. W. G. Clem
ons, of this city with tho intention of presenting
it tl the “Columbus Guards.” Mr. Clemons is a
Lieutenant in that corps, and has taken a very
proper method of testifying his appreciation of
its worth and services. It is a truly handsome
present, worthy alike of the giver and the recipi
ent.
fiSSr- While in Washington, recently, Cassius
M. Clay was the Senator Seward, and
whs warmly greeted by the company there assem
bled. The Washington correspondent of tho N.
Y. Courier says, Mr. Clay admires and applauds
the courageous independence of Henry Winter
Davis in casting his vote seas to organize tbe
House, and says he will yet livo to sue bis State
endorse his conduct.
/•Jfir A dangerous counterfoil SIU gold piece has
appeared in New York. Tho genuine coin is
split to two, filled with base uivtal, and remill
ed.
undertakers of Now York are accus
ed of ruaut reeling the handsome coffins of thoir
customers in the Bay Cemetery, pulling the
bodies into pine boxes and reselling tho more
valuuble ware
- iiW -
r. Edwin Booth, Ibu tragodii.u, had a
great benefit at New Orleans, Jau. 2IL, und was
crowned with a beautiful wreath. It was report
ed that he will stum lead Miss Devlin, an actress,
ol considerable note, to the hymenial altar.
_JS#T k The New Orleans Crescent estimates the
crop of cotton already received at all ports or de
pots at 3,fi18,M)4 hales, anil says that the grand
total of the season will he 4,41)0,UUU.
Ocean Stkammiii- Contract.—The Pacific
Mail Steam Company is stated to ha ve purchased
Vanderbilt's steamers for <650,000, of which
$260,000 is payable iu cash, and 400,000 in stock
of that company, uot transferable for two years;
Vauderbilt engaging to run a tri-monthly line ou
the Atlantic side, and receiving thirty {>er cent,
of the gross receipts of passage money; to trans
port freight at rates to be agreed upon with the
Panama Railroad Company.
Tbe Baltin, Atlantic, Adriatic, and Vundurkilt
are to run between New York, Havre and South
ampton.
News from Washington.
W ahiiinuton, Feb. 17. 18(10.
The Abolition of the Franking Privilege.
The vote to-day on the motion to table the
KeDato’s bill toaboiish ihe Franking privilege does
not afford a fair indication of tbe sense of the
House on the subject, as some of the members
wbo recorded their names in tbe negative would
hay* voted directly against the bill had *tlie ques
tion on its passage been presented. Although
Mr. Collax, the Chairman, and a majority of the
Posiollicu committee ure understood tu belli favor
of abolishing tbe Franking Privilege, they arc
said to .bo against interfering with Ihe present
law in regard t* the circulation of newspapers.—
‘lhe House, by thirty-one majority, refused to
give the bill that direction, and referred it to a
special committee, which was moved by a gentle
man who has publicly expressed his opposition to
the propoHcd measure.
The Conteet for //< printer.
The republican* feared to uoiuu to time again
tq-dgy on printer, their own candidate being too
weak to meet the candidate of the democracy ar
r.iyud against him. The whole subject iu the
House is postponed until Monday. The warmest
supporter* of bofreen acknowledge that he cannot
b'j elected. A ballot to-day would have elected
Glosshrenner. Had Mit'dieil been the republican
caucus nominee, he would have been handsomely
cl eg ted before this, s* many of the South Ameri
cans, and some of the anti-Lecoiupton democrats,
would have supported him | Defree*,) who not
only suffers by the charge of being urixed up p
cuniarily with Weed, Wendell A Cos., but he is 1
so entAuglud politically with Howard’s programme
by being on Weed's Astor House slate. Many of
tbe republicans are at xioii* for another caucus,
and can elect a good man, who is a practical
printer, if ha is not mixed up with Weed, Wendell
and Mfttteson,
7'he Population of Konene.
In order to show that Kansas Ims the requisite
population under the law of Congress to entitle
her to admission as a State into the Union, Judge
Amy has sent for certified copies of the registry
and oensus taken last year, and for uopie* of the
various election returns of la*t year. They have
uot been forwarded by tbe Secretary of the Ter
ritory to tbe Htuto Department here. From cer
tified copies of the returns which Judge Amy has
obtained from the Clerk* of some of the counties
in Kansas, he concurs with Judge Pettit and nth
ers in the opinion that there are over one him
dred thousand inhabitants within the boundarie
prescribed for Kansas In the Wyandot constitu
tion. In Allen county, wbieb is on the New York
Indian reserve, there are over 2,000 persons, and
in Lynn county, which includes the Miami re
serve, there are over 1,1100 registered voter*
These ure two of the extreme sou'hern counties,
and owing to th* (rouble* growing out of tb
claims of tbe Indians to tbe land, Judge Amy
says their settlwment has bean retarded.
The Mexican Treaty.
A republican Senatorial caucus was held last
night for the purpose of conferring together in re
gard to tbe course to be pursued by them in the
ratification of tbo Mexican treaty. There is a
general feeling among them against the treaty,
anti they will not vote for It in its present shape. If
the democrats a ill allow it to beuinendcd so as to
meet the views of u portion of the republican Sen
ators it is very probable that enough may go for
it to secure its ratification. They came to no
determination, mid will wail until the (nutty comes
before thru* iu Executive session bofuro they de
tormine what course they will pursue in reference
to it. Many of them lire oppo. -id to tuaking a
party mat in oflt, lest it may miiiiaie against them
in the coining campaign.
I understood that Senator Seward ha* not ex
pressed his opinion for or ugalnst the treaty.—
Alcssr. Fessenden, Hale aud Sumner are under
stood to heopposed to it. Some of the republican
Senators are anxious to know who the real claim
ants are to whom tho two millions of-doliurs arc
to he paid.
No decision was reached ou the subject of the
treaty, but the principal friends of it foci sanguine
that it will be ratified, while those who have the
best means of learning tho views of republican
Senators think it will not berntifiod.
Nenirnrr of Slot fit* and Hazlctt.
The Court Room at Cbaric town, Yn., was
crowded Monday morning, to hear the sun cnee
of the law passed upon llm ott aud Stevens.—
Some time was occupied by counsel in present
ing bills of except! n iu the case of ils/.lelt and
it was 12 o’clock before Stevens was brought in
to the Court Jlouho. The prisoners wore brought
into Court by the Sheritl, Jailor, ami a guard
of twenty men, of the Jefferson Guards. Both
prisoners wore au unconcerned air, aud soemed
unterrified at tho awful position in which they
have plaeed themselves.
The Clerk having asked the prisoners if they
had anything to say why sentence should not
ho parsed upon them, bo;h responded that they
had.
tevens then said:
“May ir please the Court. J have a few words
to say. Buticof tho testimony given against
me wit* untrue. Ouo of the witnesses stated
that 1 said, ‘Lei us kill the of a and
burn the town.’ To those who know me it. i*
useless to make u denial of this charge; but 1 de
ny here before God and man, ever lutving made
such a proposition. I wish tosav that lam en
tirely satisfied with the conduct us tuy counsel
Mr. Semtott. 1 think he did ail in his power in
my behalf. 1 desire also to return my thanks
to tho officers who have bud charge of me, for
their universal kind treatment, and to uiy phy
sician for the servtcea rendero-l me whilst suffer
ing from my wounds. When I think of tuy bro
thers .*-lalightered and sisters outraged, my con
science dus not reprove juo for uiy action J
shall moot my fate manfully.
[This reference is ttnder&aiod to be the treat
ment <>t his Northern brethren und sisters du
ring tbe Kansas broils.]
llnzlett then spoke us follows:
“I have a few word* to say. 1 am innocent
of tho charge on which l have been convicted.—
1 dotty ever having committed murder, or ever
hiiviug contemplated murder; or ever having as
sociated with any one with such intentions.-
Sumo of tho witnesses have sworn to things which
I deny, and which were posit.voly false. For
instance, in reference to my beard; 1 have never
in uiy life, until my imprisonment in jail, allow
od my heard to go more than three weeks with
out shaving, and all testimony, therefore, ns to
the length of my heard (s false. Again, Mr.
Dopeland testified that I wus sitting on a stool
when ho entered the cell at Carlisle; ibis l deuy.
I was sitting on a blanket, hack against the wnll,
and another man was <> the stool. Copeland al
hu stud there were only two men in the cell; that
is false, us there wore four other white men in
the cell with mo. and wo comprised all thu white
prisoners in the jail. Other* of the witnesses
made false statements, but 1 forgive them ull, I
have been treated kindly siuco my confinement
much better than 1 expected, and! must say 1
think Imtter of Virginia, i wish also to return
my thanks to the counsel who have so ably de
fended uto; they have done more in my boh all
than northern men could have possibly done. 1
repeat, 1 am innocent of murder, but am prepared
to meet my fate.”
Tito prisoners having concluded, Judge Kinney
then proceeded to read thu following sentence,
during which he was much idfucted, and at times
could with difficulty give utierauuc to the sen
tenet*:
Aaron I). Stevens, you have been indicted and
tried by a Jury of the country, and after being
defended with zeal and ability by the counsel of
your owu choice, from your own sectiun of our
common country, you have been found guilty of
advising und conspiring with slaves to rebel and
inuke insurrection: and for conspiring with John
Brown and others to rebel and make insurrec
tion.
And you, Albert llu/.U-tt, bare also been indic
ted by a jury of tbe coun'ry, and found guilty of
murder in the first degree, in wilfully, deliber
ately, feloniously and of malice aforethought,
killing and murdering George W. Turner, Foun
tain Becbnui, and others, and you have also been
defended by Counsel of ibis county, assigned to
you at your request by the Court, with an ability
seldom equalled, and with a /.cal and attention
to every point in your case, whether ol’law or
fact, that could riot have been surpassed bad
they been defending a citizen of their own cun
ty-
You have been prosecuted with great ability
by the counsel representing the Gotumnnwealth,
and with an interest the magnitude of the charg
es required, yet in a manner tbe most tostidious
could uot except to.
The painful duty is devolved upon me to an
uouncc thus publicly the penalty the law affixes
to the crimes whereof you are found guilty.
Wbou 1 look on your comparative youth, your
genteel appcuruiicu, ami ooiieider the mental ag
onies you must have suffered during these pro
tracted trials, I cmnnot help pitying yooj mid
could wish, if the honor and dignity of Virginia,
the security of her citizens and their property
w *uid authorize it, that the law imposed a less
penalty than death.
The crimes in whiuh you partis.puled, and
whieh were so tragical in tueir incipient stops, if
carried to the extent contemplated by you an I
yonr accomplices and tw-otn-tales, f"r horror
and fraternal‘perfidy, would have had no “purul
lel in modem civilization since the u ismuiN of
t. Bartholomew's eve.
But i will uot at tempt to barrow your feelings,
by a rehearsal of the scene* at Harper's ■'errv in
Octolier last; this is now apart ol the history of
our common country, and will, l hope, for years
to come, constitute its darkest page.
I prefer divert ing y our iliiontiou to your awful
situation. For 1 declare tu you that l believe
you ought not to indulge m any hopes of pardon
or commutation of your punishment, or of the
suspension of its execution, (uuies* there is some
error in the proceedings ol the Court, or in its
opinions, and there is none, 1 think,) and to urge
you to devote the few days remaining to you in
preparing to in et that Judge before whom you
and 1, your jurors and counsel, and all must ap
pear to render au account of the deeds done iu
the body.
You who have benn raised in the Christian
world,,must have learned that there is a gracious
Redeemer,,,who invites allevcn the greatest crim
inals, to believe in Him, to repent of their crimes,
and partake of tbe blessings of His aunitug blood.
If you can realize your awful position,and rail on
ministers of our holy religion,they will eheeriuliy,
galdly wait on you: they will instruct you in the
way that leads to life everlasting. They will pray
with you uud for you; they will accompany you
to the ‘dge of the grave, and commend you to the
groat Captain <>f our salvation, in whom, if you
confide and ou Hint rely, by His “rod and staff”
He will conduct you safely though tko “dark val
ley of the shadow of death.”
Ha then proceeded to sun tone# each of them to
bo hung publicly on FiMay, the 16th day of
March next, between the hour# of 10 o’clock A. M‘
and 2 I’ M
imiiicliutely after passing sentence, the Court
remanded the prisoners to jail, and the crowd
drawn together to witnesiCthe proceedings quietly
dispersed.
Texas lit Mol lit lull*.
The following resolutions have been introduced
into the Texas Legislature by the Committee on
Federal Relations to whom were referred the
resolutions from the Legislature of Bouth Caro
lina :
Ist. Hetolved, That the State of Texas de
clares, that “whenever one section of the IJniou
presume* upon its strength tor the oppression of
the other, then will our Constitution be a mock
ery, and it would matter not how soon the Union
wan severed into a thousand atoms, aud scatt-red
to the four wind* ”
2nd. Raeolved, “If the principles” of confeder
ation upon which tin: American Union “was con
summated, are disregarded;” there will be for
Texas, neither honor, nor interest in the Union;
if the mighty, in the lace ol written luw, can
place with impunity an >ron yoke upon the neck
of the weak, Texas will be at no losk how to act
or where to go, before the blow aimed at her vitals
is inflicted. “In a spirit of good faith,” Texan
PEYTONH. COLHDITT,
JAMES W. WAREEN, i E <Mo™
Number 9
“entered the Federal fold. By that spirit she will
continue to be influenced until it is attempted to
make her the victim of Federal wrong. As she
will violate no Federal right, so will she submit
to no violation of her rights by Federal author
ity.”
di/. li •tolled, That the Legislature of Texas
assures South Carolina and all her sister States,
that “she w ill not submit to the degradation”
threatened by the Black Republican party, for
soonor than subject herself to “iguomy, ensuing
from sectional dictation, she would prefer restora
tion to thut independence which she once enjoyed.
Sorrowing for tho mistake which she committed
in sacrificing her independence upon tbe altar of
her patriotism, she would,” if there were none
others to act with her, “unfurl aguiu the banner
of tho Lone Star, and re-enter upon a nutionul
career, where, if no glory awnited her, she would
at least be free from subjection by might, to wrong
and to Hhatue.”
4th. Iteenlmi, That wo pledgo oursolvos to any
one or more of tbe States, to co-operate with them
should it become necessary, to resist Federal
wrong, and claim that it is not only our right,
but imperative duty, at all times to aid any mem
ber of this confederacy, in protection of property,
in preserving tho lives of women and children,
and resisting fnnataeism end treason.
And that the (iovernnr is hereby requested to
transmit a copy of the above preamble and reso
lutions to the Governor of South Carolina, and to
the Executives of the various Btutos of the Union,
ami to our Representatives and Senators in Con
gress.
M S. MUNSON,
One of the Committee.
A specimen of an African Raler.
Peculiarities of the King of Dahomey.
A correspondent of the Boston Post, writing
from Babagry, West Africa, under date of Sep
tember 27, gives the following characteristics of
an influential gentleman of Africa;
“Dahomey is governed probably by the most
tyrannical monarch in the whole world. His
word is law, and whoever thwarts him loses his
bead without the least ceremony; but I must say
it is by far the best governed country i have seen
iu Africa. He is King of tbe most powerful and
warlike people of this continent, and is continu
ally engaged iu hostilities against tbe smaller and
weaker tribes, to obtain prisoners, many of whom
are told as slaves, und large numbers are ottered
.w sacritW upon the death of any favorite of his
mujeaty. While I was at Whydah he offered up
.UJU victims at the funeral ceremonies of one of
bis chiefs. At the deuth of KingGuz,o, who died
lust November, 80U captives were killed, besides
of his favorite wives. Since then, the num
ber of victims killed by this blood thirsty wretch
I’T his father is 2,400. Previous to my going to
Whydah, ihe King had sent his messenger* with
bis vane, commanding all people, both black and
white, who were trading in this country, to ap
pear at Dahouicy, to attend tho grutid euttoin in
honor of the late King’s father. As 1 was not in
W bydah itl thu Unto, the message was sent to rao,
saying thut ho bud been successful in his expe
ditions, aud bad taken three thousand prisoners,
whose blood would be used to wash the graves of
hi* ancestors.
\\ henever tho King’s name is mentioned, all
within hearing fall down and kiss the earth and
cover themselves with dust. They would not de
liver the message to me until I stood up and took
off uty hat. You have to take the cane in your
hand during the delivery of the message, when
you are supposed to be iu direct communication
with the King, the messenger* all tbe time are
prostrate ou thegrnuud. Three men are always
seat, oiie to watch the others and see tho message
is given as received. This is always the case
when any message is sent to tbe next world, to
see that the way is uot lost.
Tho present King's title, is Rcerneo Reernee,
which means the lion, at whoso name both man
ami ficus’ flee. About three montliß ago, the
tetish told the King that the people ofa certain
village were the means of the lute King's death.—
He consequently attacked them und killed every
soul-—six hundred in number—not sparing one.
So mueb for this wholesale butcher.
Virginia Mani fai tohiks. —We learn from
the Richmond Despatch that the late raid of old
John Brown bus so tar opened the eyes of the
people of Virginia, as that the following factories
will soon he in operation : For making oil doth
—shoes and boots—hats, caps, Ac , —ready made
clothing—straw bouuets—sewing machines—
buckets, tubs, clothes, pins, <fc., —willow-wure
furniture—brass coatings—iron castings—steam
lire engines—umbrellas and parasol*—stoves and
grate* —mid other article* less costly, but equally
a* necessary to the general comfort.
Southern Orders.—Many of our manufactu
rers are receiving large orders from tbe fir nth for
such articles a* wore heretofore purchased from
the North, thus showing that slaveholders arc at
last awakening to the importance of sustaining
their friends in preference to their enemies. Apart
from the fact that engines, mills, spikes, and all
machinery can be made here, on as good terms as
at the North. Our iron founders are taking ex
traordinary pains to get up their manufactories in
■u peri or style, sons to make it to the interest of
all sections to support them. Many of the en
gines now at work on the sugar plantations in
Louisiana, were made in Richmond, and are said
to surpass those from the Nov, England factories
in their immediate vicinity. But machinery is
not the only kind of work Richmond manufactu
rers ore getting up for the Huuth. Some of our
saddle aud harness makers are filling large orders
for Tennessee, Alabama and Mi"sissippi; and
our shoemakers are furnishing hregans for the
fl'-ld hands ou the plantations. —Hiehmond Dee
patch.
Affairs on the Mexican Coast. —The At
lantic arrived at New York a few days ago, and
brought the following:
It in rumored that undue quantities of gtin-
I'wder and fire-arms continue tube shipped to
Mexico hy Americans on cvcrj steamer leaving,
and that an unusual number of passengers ac
company such freight. Evidently considerable
support is given to the Liberal party in Mexico
by unorganized parties of volunteers straggling
down from Oalifornia.
Ths slo,ol*o Chai.i.knok Accepts#.— The
challenge uttered by Maj. Bacon that bis tlnoe
year old Alliion, Jonoe Hooper, can beat auy
three year old in the United -States, four mile
boats, for SIO,OOO, one-fourth forfeit, over the
Haw th in Course, near Ciuiiden, South Carolina,
next full, (says the M**i‘gutuery Mail) bus been
accaptod by Messrs. T. 4 T. W. Doawell, for their
Korenueoolt Exchequer.
‘St. Ossawatomik Brown/— The John Brown
affair is creating a great excitement in Hayti,
and in much comment®! on by the journals. Le
Progress cornea to us in mourning for the late
“hero” of Harper’s Kerry. On the 20th of Jttuu
ary amass was chanted in commemoration “ofthe
frightful martyrdom of the abolitionist .John
brown, hy the infamous ruffians of the southern
portion of the American Union.” The papers
give the full details of (ho execution of JJrowu,
mid devote several columns to editorial comments
which are far from complimentary to the “le
judge Parker” and the jury at Charlestown.—
brown is pronounced a “saint.”
A Stone won St. llki-ea.— G. W. Kimball,
the United States Consul at St. tieieua, has ob
tained one of the original stones from the tomb
<d Napoleon 1, as a contribution to the National
Monument at VI ashing ton. It was put on board
the United Stales steamer Mystic, which left St.
Helena Jan. 4th, for the coast of Airies, and
would probably bo transferred to the United
States store ship Relief, bound home. Louis
Napoleon, the present P.mjieror of France, gave
bis consent to (ho removal of tlio stone to Wash
ington. its removal was witnesaud by several
French aad American officers, in company with
Mr. Kimball.
GOVKRNMIIMT VIffANCSH —7’Ae Fot OJflr* Pny
msnfs, Waahington Feb. 17,/*. J#.— It is estima
ted at the ‘treasury that the amount of lunds
available at this date is $12,000,000. two and a
half millions of which * N ■'* Treasury m-tes.
Next week live millions will be transferred to the
PoslmiiHtur General, to which sum will be added
two millions thirty day* hence. The department
has in hand some three millions from postage for
the last two quarters. Only fifty contractors hare
thrown up their contracts, and the number of aa
signed claims at (ho department does not now
exceed one thousand. —Speciul Diepntck lo the
/iulttmure Sun.
At the buuquet given to the throe Legislatures
at Cincinnati, Kev. Mr. Hoyt mode the opening
prayer, in which ruverenco for his audience seem
ed to struggle with revorence for the Almighty,
aud he used such language as this: “0, God,
thou God of Heaven, hear these earthly gods in
these their prayers, for the sake of Thy Loyal
Bon,”