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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,”