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About The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1860)
(iiu mrih, rniiMi. MUirn i ww> Democratic State Convention. To nominate delegated to the Na tional Democratic Convention tit Charleston, will assemble at Mill edgevilloou the secokp Wnsmmt or Mach inst. Hy order of the Executive Committee. 0r Trial frwUft By the latest arrivals from tbs Rte flridk, advices have barn rewired detailing tbo pvresare* of the robber band umlar tbs fend us *b outlaw Cortlim*. He bu again emitted the boundary and i* carrying everything before him. Ibis follow appear* to be übiqnitoua. ts he meet* with a slight revorse, and ta driven aero** (he river into Mexico, he remains concealed for a few week*, and while thu* lying ]>erdn from our forces, be 1* gathering end levying fresh troop* for another foray upon oor defenceless citizens *t the Rio Grande. When the iobellU.it seems crushed out. and the depredatory hand of Cortina* dissipated and broken tip, and security to our eflizent seem* gained, all at once he appear* again before Brownsville and besejge# it, hilling anil nibbing im evert step es hie tnareb. The question i*. why it this marauder allowed snob fhll swing fbr Sacha length of time ? Where Ilea the fault that ho and hi* band us rob betti have not been crushed out long since ? One of the greatest mtatako* of opr government wa the withdrawal of the greater part of ©tir force*, from the different iorta and station* along the eastern bank of the Kio Grande, leaving the thinly settled counties bordering upon that stream In an unprotected and daftwrobo situation.— Through this unwise and impolßle act. many live* have been sacrificed. and thousand* of did lor* worth of property have been abandoned n tbi* band of the rtbe| Cortina*. Planter* and farmers innuinorabk, have been forced to leave their home*in order to save the lift) of their.selvas and families; the course of trail# on the Texas frontier ha* bfien ‘ idly interrupted, much to the lo* and detriment of the commercial Interest of Brownsville and other plains of considerable 1m porlanec. At present, there Is no security for the Bib or property of an American- Thil ttalff of thing* should eeaso in exist; and the remedy for it ta the enrolment of a regiment of Texas Rangers, under MHMW old Indian tighter, well acquainted with guerilla and border warfare And if this ta done, (and it is the only practical method) our word for it. those desperadoes will be “wiped out” in the shortest order and upon the roost approved and summary plnn. m • Senator I at Irani. Hon. Milton 8. i/Hthatn. United States Senator nicet from the St.de of California, arrived atNcw York on the 20th tH, in tbo steamer Baltic from Aepinwal!. Hi# numerous admirers and friend* in this sort ion will bo pleased to loaru that he Is in fine health, sr*Frefh wino* which now pay it duly of twenty-four cent* a bottle, when imported into Ivngtand. will henceforth, under the provision# of the new treaty, be admitted at four cents a bottle. It ta supposed that this will tend greatly to increase the consumption of claret and other light wines in iingiand, and diminish that of port and sherry wines. These latter arc bran died oottffcferahly, and tho change to lighter and purer wino# cannot hut be beneficial to the con turner?. Thk Mi aican On mm or Atlanta.—'The critic of tho “Confederacy” irntiu day* ainoe, in a notioe of Modumo Bishop's Concert went Into rupture* over tbo performance of “Largo at Fac totum'’ by the Pianist, Mr. Sanderson, the same being a *uug sung by Mr. Kudolphsou; and now the “American” man ha* been delighted ut a “quartette” wing by two ladies, Mi** Tw'ebell and Mis* Brown. Bad show for tho musical knowledge of a town that can afford musical auctions. Mu. St't'RNCoua Kriinoxa Bi>Hmsn.~~-The fter m'ans of the the famous pulpit orator of Huglaod Her. C. H. Spurgnon, flapped hack to tin? North from the .Southern store* and in many cilia* cum milled tn the dame*. Mr. Pease, of this city, immediately upon setting Rptirgcmi'e abuo*of slaveholders and slavery,in the letter ad dressed to tho abolition fanatics of tha North, •mut ail in hi* largo Look store back to the pub liahitr*. We like to one this, It. spunk* well fur the sound, healthy sentiment at the South. From the Montgomery Advertiser, we clip tho following: B. B DmU, Book-seller, committed feo the t) nines y:terdfty owning, about sixty five copies us the book” of that fauntical and vulgar pulpit pugilist “f Loudon—-C. H. Spurgeon- who ha# liroatßotcd his o erics! vocation, and (••mmeuoed odutging in afiatbema* against the institution off American slavery. This is the proper wuy to deal with n*p work* of this vile, intermeddling cockney, and we trust the example will be gener ally imitated throughout the .South. I,et the Moloch of destruction swallow up every vestige of thought or sentiment (bat ha# emanated from the poisoned pen of a rhetorical sfdurger who think? dob a Brown n “martyr,” und gave utter ane© bilhe language, “in my heart he live#.**— We iipphtUd Mr. Davis fbr the step lie ha* taken, i\n-i know that the community will not suffer him to h>* anything by it. TtfcKKi.KK Kauimad. The Stuck hoi der* of this road have elected the following board of 111. rector* :~~A. 11. Fannin, W. tl. Swan?o, W. It, j Magrud.-r. A. t‘. Ferrell, J. W IVI 1 Mj Ronald. 11. A. Howard. B. F. Fust**, J, It. llil- 1 bro. At a subsequent mooting of the Board of i)i ! rectors, the following <*tteers were elected!—A. j B. Fannin, President,’ JL P. Oriuut, Chief Kugi | neer; J B Hilbro, Secretary and Treasurer &t> I£v*.ivtu MauA/inw.—This valuable jh.-- rlodU'j,] far Mart bl# Itefbre m. It ounlain*, h©. •idea its usual r- *• r de-’ iona in.m all tho other Englch Month!- , :'• hauisome engraving*, vl*j—“l’e:o,r tb ;, saved hy hi.-* mother,” ] and the ‘-they *l the • Kcuperor Alexander J.” | Becxetamv wr Btatr.—Gov. Petto* ha# ur- i -fared an election t>- be. hold In Mississippi the2.l : April, for a Secretary of State, to (111 tho vacancy j created by liiedowth of Mr. Webb. thertiind Mall I rrangemret*. WAtN4iTW(, FeU. “7. -The House postal commiUee have authorised a bill to be repelled , for the mail service between the Atlantic aud j Pacific fftates. It dhwofsthe Pu*tmater Genr and to wdvorti#c for proprosal* to carry the cutlre > raail over laud from such point*on the Minis- i xippi or Miss ouri river, as the bidder* nay so* j tec*., aud by *uch rout* m they may designate, tu j ftan Franciee. Tin- letur mail, and all printed I matter on which letter i# prepaid, tu go through in twenty day*, and to urt from each tertuibou* suoti weekly. The ntwpapT mail i* to leave weekly end go through in thirty day*. It is proposed to supply Berner city and Mail Lake city by branch lino*, weekly from tho maiu stem, for which proposal# will also be solicited. The bid# are to be received up to the drat of May, aud then to be submitted to Congress for tteerpianoe or rejection. The contracts, if made, art to run throe year* from the Ist July next. Bids for more or less frequent service will also be received. Bids arc also to be, invited to carry the on tiro mad by the water root# from New York and New Orleans, semi-weekly and weekly. The committee behve that the bid#, when sub mitted toOongye##, will #bow thut hall a mßlion dollar# cun le annually saved iu this single item of the pudlic service, ltu uewbu|a.'r mail now goes semi-monthly *iu Panamn Swing! Bank in M<i ta, kv>cus - The total amount of deposit©# in the Having# Bank# of MHssacbuMKt# during the year Ibfty so |JB ft. , CoflmunWwd. Unmocratir Meeting. Knoxvu.i.r, U \ Feb. 25. Agreeably to a postponement from the ftrd Tuesday in tbi- month, tbo democratic p.irty of ibU county (Crawford) wet at the Court House to-day, fur Iho purpose of appetoting', dslegatr* to the Convention U bt- held In Millcdgcville <-n th I4rh proximo. On motion of Col. Gourge It. Hunlev f U. I*. Cttlvwrbouse was calmd I” the chair, and Wm. L. Williamson, was rcpirsl. and tu act as Keew tary. Tim Chairman having stated the object of the meeting, declared the meeting organ ixerl and rcu -1 dy for (be transaction of business, when, upon W'dioti of Col. Geo. R. Hunter, a committee of five wa# appointed to prepare business for the meeting. The chair appointed Col. G R Hunter, I Jacob Lowe, Lewi* F Hicks, Leroy W lin ks and Robert ILileher, who immediately rati rod to the committee room, upon tbo cull ofthu e-hairmiiu, Cel. Hunter. Baring the absence of the committee, tho Becretary wa* roijnestml to read tho paper pra pe re-1 by Kx (Jovernur Charles Meßouald, adop to<i by the late Cbb County mooting, wideb he did in a most satisfactory and forcible mnnnor.— When, upon motion of Janie# J. Ray, the meet ing unanimously undornud the sonliinoni* of said paper. The commit ice returned and reported the Ala buna Resolutions, te-wlti By tbo Deiuot rocy of flu" State of Alabama in Convention Assembled, Resolved : Ist. That holding all issuu* and principles, upon which they have heretofore affiliated and acted with the National Bemocratir party, to be inferi ffcity and importance to the great ques tion of slavory, they content t bum selves with a general i(i-Hffirniance of tho Cincinnati platform us to such issues, and, also, endorse said platform as tu slavery, together with the following reso lutions: 2d. Resolved, further, That wc re-afflnn so much of the first resolution of the platform adop. tr-d in the Convention by the Democracy of this* State, on the Htb >f January, lsff, a* relates to the subject of slavery, to-wit: “The unqttalifted right of tbe (ample of the alavebolding States to th protection of their property in the State#, in the Territories and in the wildernesses, in which Territorial government* are as yet unorganis ed.” 34. ilooolvod further, That in order to meet and dear away all obstacle* to a, fall enjoyment of this right in tbo Territories, we re affirm the principle of the tttb resolution of tho platform odopted in Convention by the Bnn . racy of this State, on the 16th of FeIIH4B, to wit; “That it i# iho duty of the General Government, by all proper legislation, to seotire an entry Into those Torritori©# to all citisens of the t inted Status, together with their promuty of every description, and (hut tho saint! shall remain protected by the United Status, while tbo Territories aro under Us aut ority.” Uh. Resolved further, That the Constitution of the United Btutos is a compact b-tween roveroign and cu-iMiual B tales, unimd upon the basis of per foul equality of right# and privilege*. sth. Resolved further, That the Territories of the United Blalc* are common property, in which lb-- t-itntc* have equal rights, aud to which the citkcn* of every Htntc may rightfully craigrnto with their slaves and other pr-q-erty, rceegnizid ns seeb in any of the BiaUts of the t’niou, or by the Constitution of the United Stum#. dth. Rc#olvcl further, That the Congress of the Culled Htate* baa no power to abolish slavery In the Terribrtdes, or t prohibit Us introduction into any of them. 7th. Resolved further, That the Territorial Legislature* crenUai by the Legislation of Con gress, have m< power to ab.disb win very, or to prohibit the introduction of the same, or tn impair, by unfriendly legislation, tint security and full enjoyuiwiit of the Maine, within the Territo ries ; ami such Constitutional power certainly does not belong to the people of the Territories in tiny capacity, before, iu the exercise of lawful million ’ ty, they form a constitution preparatory to admis *ion ns a Slate in tho Union : ami their action, in the exercise of such lawful authority, can nut op. crate or take effect before their actual admission, a* a State, Into the Union. Kth. Resolved further, That the principles enunciated by Chief Justice Taney, In hi# opinion In the Bred Hcott ease, dotty to tho Territorial Leginlature the power to destroy or impair by any lgi slothm whatever, the right us property in slave* and maintain it to be flic dnty of the Fed eral Government, iu all depart incuts, to protwt tho light* of the owner of such property in the Territories, and the principle# #o declined aro hereby asserted to bo t he right# of South, and the , Moth shall maintain them. IHh. Resolved (briber, That wo hold all the foregoing to onutaiu Cardinal principle#— -true in 1 themselves, mid just aim proper and necessary for the safety of all that is dear to us ; and we do t hereby instruct our delegates to present them for the calm consideration and approval of that body, for whoso justice and patriotism wo unticipato i their adoption. KMh. Resolvod further, That our delegates to tlie Charleston Convention are hereby expNMly iu*trooted to iusist that the #nld Convention shall 1 adopt a platform of principle* reoognixing dis tinctly the rights of the South us asserted m tho foregoing re*ulutiu* and if tbo said National Convention should refuse to adopt in mibstanco the proposition# embraced iu the preceding reso -1 inti us, prior to nominating candidates, our dido i gate* to Muid Convention are hereby positively in structed to withdraw therefrom. Htb. ReHoUed further, That our delegate* to th<- Charleston Convention shall oust the vote of Alabama hs a unit, and the majority shall deter mine how the vote of this State shall bo given. 12th.“ Resolved further. That an Executive Cotnmitte, to consist of one from uaoh Congres sional District, to be appointed, whoso duty it shall be, in the event that onr delegation with draw from the Charleston Convention In obedience to the 10th resolution, to cull n Convention of the Democracy of Alabama to meet at an early day to esMbbr what i* best to be done. When the foregoing resolution* were adopted, Col. Hunter reported # a minority report, the foregoing resolution* to the ninth inclusive, urg ing as a reason lor the exclusion ol the other#, that the delegutu# to the convention should go untrammelled by instruction# ; that he had Imusii excluded from a seat among the delegate# on ac count nf his refusal to be Uouud by such instruc tion#. ll"ben Hatcher also made a minority report, that all resolution* should be excluded. The ma jority of the committee (all concurring but Col Huoler,) reported and recommended to the meet ing the appointment of the following named per son* a# delegate* to the Millcdgevllle Couventlou, to-wit: Gl* Cnlvcrbouse. Robert Hatcher, C M Lima#. W C Cleveland and John G Colbert. Col. j Hunter insisting that too tow democrat* being I present to a< ( t, moved an mljoummenL until tie fl*t Tuesday in March next. Motion over 1 ruled. Jucub Lowe moved, that tho report of the um j jority be adopted. Upon Col. Hunter's motion to 1 adjourn tin* Jie, tho chair decided that it wus first j iu order, aud put it before meeting; when the i meeting rcfUM.nl tu adjourn. Col. Hunter here withdrew from tbo meeting, and requested all who were with him to do likewise. The question recurring upon Mr. Lowe'* iuo turn, the report of Uteco intuit tee was unanimously - adopted. If t* proper to state that upon motion# of Col. llunUtr, u division wa# tailed lor bv him aud : taken by the Chairman. Ifpou motion of Jatue? J. Ray, Resolved, That the delegatee from this county to MilledgevUld oil the !4tli of March next, urge the claim# of she lion. ('. J. McDonald, a# n suit able |ron tor President, and (rout his high *t*tc#msn-Uke views, devotion to the South, the Constitution and it* institution#, request our dele gate* to the Charleston Convention to urge hi* | nomination to this high aud responsible station, I and iu no event tu vote for Stephen A. Douglas or j nuy other person entertaining similar view# iu re i iOMon to slavery iu the territories. I naniniou*- j ly adoptad. I Upon motion of Jame# J Uav, Resolved, That the proeeedinga of this moot ing be published iu the Macon Telegraph and Colmubu# Times. Ujkoi motion of Jacob Lowe the meeting ad journed tine (tie. 0. 1\ 6ULYKHROUBK, Cbairman. IFm. K. IfiLMAwaox, Bocretnry. Tnn Last or tmk Grand Akuv or tk Rr.vo ww#. -Of the surviviug Revolutionary sol dier# i*t the State of New York, tho youngest, i# Kfi. and there are tw> of the age < r DM, one ol 101 and one of 10i> year# iu this list of thirty -*lx Rev olutionary soldiers. It is remarkable, and we think not generally known, that out of the whole grand army us the Revolution which fought un der Washington and hi. generate, there are now ivlug throughout the whole country oulv one huudred and sixty-live. —a gßT*There were fifty #ix death# from xoerlet fever in Now York week before Ut The whole number of death# wa# 5t)7-—2WS of them undtr (an year* of age. jJHff-TU© Cincinnati Times says: “To-night Ma rie Irving, who we beUve is a niece of Washin tou Irving, and the daughter of a prominent eas tern clergyman, will make her first appeanuiee on auy boards at the National.” coutwin, HiTi Kim. maw n imm #warar-=a--—-- v■ . - ITT— - inrat to iDiiuilcrr". Georgia has not yel done her duty Cowards V:<- eneouragcmei.f end proicetlun of The old militia •lysdAto is a hoinbug, and the law# relating toil,a dead letter up> ii the statue booh. No community can be bo well protected by an efficient military organizutioD, ready at ali lime* for service, in quelling insurrection, aiding in tin enforcement of law end the preservation of tbo property off lUelriismt. Tho Volunteer* are not an Idle #et of fellows, who love display and are fond of the pageant attending parade and mo# ter*. They are faetuated by higher and nobler purposes in spending their money and defraying ail the expCNsus necessary tu the perfect equip ment of their organization, and exercising in the school of the soldier. “In time of peace, prepare for war,” is a wise maxim, the full force of which was felt in the old commonnoaltb of Vir ginia, when, without a moment'# warning, a ruth less band invaded her shore#, and the drum and fife of the volunteer *oldlery were heard from one extremit y to tho other of her immense domain.— Nor can wo unticipato a perfect security in the heurt of tin. Bouth, without a *eu#o of it pervades the masse#, and the fear of rebellion and outbreak deters.cvll-doers. Viewing the question, however, simply a* one of ,vn*t import to a community, ready at all time* for It# defence, every good eit icn will contribute that encouragement to the volunteer #y.tcin, that the exigencies of thorium# may require. What we want in Georgia, tan law for the encouragement and support of the volun teer soldiery. At present, exemption# are granted active members of volunteer corps from jury duty. This is all wrong. Kvery good oiU/cn should bo wil ling to serve his country a# a juror, and there is too much patriotism umong volunteers to claim it, if otherwise encouraged tu keep up their organ i/ation. The immense expense for armories, mu sic, Ac., not to say tiuio spent in disciplining re cruit* in the school ofth* soldier, is an ituui which speak# to the LrgUluturu for liberal on urage tuent and support. Alabama has dorm well. The military bill, recently passed her legislature, pro vides for at least eight tbounaitd volunteer# in the State. Its detail# aro uninteresting, except a* disclosing the manner of raising volunteer corps, the duty of officer#, tax collector#, iPe. The prin cipal feature in the bill, however, in the <*■,-• meal hf n toM of twenty Jive renin upon all male citiKeu*, bet ween eighteen and forty, # military tar. This is equivalent to paying each volunteer for hi;* service in the protection of property, and watching the safety of a community, tho sum of five dollars. This about pay# a voluniecT corps fur the rent of an armory for their guns, camp equipage, holding of mootings, Ac. All other oxpen#e# are still paid by tbo Volunteer#, and in a hoavy tax upon tho youug umn. whose military ardor is held subordinate to'his duty to himself,as ono without tho moan# of paying #o dear for tho privilege of becoming a soldier. What w want in Goorgiu is a law similar in Us provision#, to that passed by Alabama, that will be worth something to the volunteers. Tho necessity of an effective military organization throughout a Bute #o lo lantas Georgia, need# no argument from a jii - • (coble as our*. Let the question bo {agitated. It is full of import to the South. Southern I nil} amt Slrtm.lh In several of th Southern State*, the Ameri can party ha# virtually disbanded, and their in- Huouco and #1 length have been offered up # a burning sacrifice upon the altar of Southern pat Holism and Southern interests. Repelling the base insinuation <>f striking their stag for political purposes or selfish end*, but acting upon tho ever faithful *aylng, that “irmh will prevail,” they have laid down the gauntlet to all, who will dare counsel further aggression from the North, by tbo death cry of peace, peace, whila'our life blood i* Iming rapped. Louisiana and Alabama have tad off. How stands Georgia? During tbo lust cam paign, wo wore led to believe that tbo American party would appropriate tho service# of the Hon. Am'rkd Ivkr.'on to their own organization, #o faithfully did he wield the battle-axe against placemen, who would have cried Haro a for tbo panacea of all evil*. How changed today?— The opposition press in tho State are faintly echo ing the uuion sound* from mooting# held l>y worn-out politicians, who are striking for powur nud playing a desperate game for the spoil* The people laugh at the attempt (to resurrect an Union party in these day#? The object it ha* in view la too potent to de ceive the moat crodulou# and unsuspecting. In this connection we copy tribute to those leading presses of Alabama and public ineu of the opposition party, who are unwilling to follow a uuion movement bended hy >urh iuon as Crittenden and John William F. Sain ford in a recent letter say* : “I am willing to um party organizations for patriotic ends, but that in u debasing party ne cessity which requires me to turn a suspicious ear to the Southern Right* professions of snob a man a# Mr. Hooper, of the Mail, and anathematise the ottering he bring# to tbo altar of a common coun try—a man who stands with no shield but truth, and no budge of honor but u brow of defiance to her foe*, in “the imminent deadly brunch,” in do fence of the for tuu os of the South—whoso Vim* and uud narrow blade,” liko the blue scimitar of the Solduu—is uu over iaabdt Ibr tho broad sword of Richard Blautugeuot* itself, when it olonves theuuytaldiug bar ol iron. What patriotism is there in repelling tho gal lant service# of such a pros# a* the Middle Mer cury?-—of such noble Boutbe’n# as Judge Rico, Judge Chilton, Judge Dougherty, Thomas li. Watts, and Thomas .L Judge—men who dignify tho highest earthly profession#, and adorn the social rotation* with every virtue of humanity ? Who can feel anything but Horn fora cnarou browed, vulgar partyieui. which rudely jostles such a Senator as element 0. Clay, a# he rolls in the glittering car of triumph, into (lie front rank of the Southern war, and hi##c* and smile* its way upon tho path of such a Roman a. William L. Yauccy. who, through opposing ranks of timid aud misguided friends—of rampuit foes—Hunk er#, placemen, and pot hunters urge - hi# gallant command to tho outpost# of Southern honor, and peril# political oxirienca to plant the standard of Southern Rights in the van of the advancing nriny of civiurntion ? A purtyisiu which levels it* murderous shaft* at such men ns Alfred Ivor son of Georgia, uud Jauv. s 1 4 . J'ugli, of Ala bama V’ The LatcOrn. Wood ward Tho-Moutgomrry Mail of the Ist, contain# a long and Interesting notice of the death of tho late lion. Thoma.s B. Woodward, whose demi-m whs noticed ,in the Times. The article i# by the senior editor of the Mail, who wa# an intimate and confidential friend of the deceased, uud is a worthy tribute of regard for the many qualities with which lien. W. was endowed. Vary many person# in this city remember Ren Woodward well, and feel regret at the announcement or his death- The man of a huudred fights died quiet ly in hi# be ou tho 4th Ultimo, in Wild lutrtah, j Louisiana. Wo see it stated by the Atlanta American that raised note# of the denomination of two dollar*, on the Bank of Fulton, have boon detec ted in that city. The same papr announced some weeks ago that spurious five dollar bills on the same bank were in circulation. These bill* ur* said to be—all of them that have yot been detected -more or loss mutilated; generally by having one corner torn uff. It > thought thut the business is carried uu alone in Atlanta, and that none of there bill# have been circulated else where.* Con at xtrriox ui Corrox.- The average week ly consumption of Cotton in Grant Britain through last year was tho largest ever known living 44,120 bales per we#k. against 41,fflP in 1858, 37,071 in 1857; and 4.1,520 in 18jfl. 4 81iouhl the crop of American cotton this year reach 4,~ 400,000, as is estimated by some, the increase of tha cotton crop of this country since 1860 will lw about 1,300,000 bale* equal to the entire crop twenty-five year# ago. England will take about 50 par cant, of tha oro|; yur northern manufac turers about 17 per oout; nud nearly all the re maining 27 per cent, will be taken by other coun tries of Europe, A New York artist, by the name at Brackett, bos just completed a marble bust of the nogeo thiof and murderer, John Brown. Greeley should buy it, by all means, for u figure-head to the Tribune office. It would b* both appropriate and ornamental. Anew stamp for the use of the post office has jg been introduced In Philadelphia, which appear to have some advantage over tb eld mode. No ink ta used, but io it*’ place the stamp D provided with a number of sharp point#, which form the letters, date, A\ # and at the time the impression l# made upon the envelope* the Hiuno murk* aro termed upon tho letter inside, no that ’ll tho en velop©should l> destroyed, the tatter itself would l ilic name of tho postoGleofroiu which it was sept. jrfir'The Now York House of Assembly har decided, by alargc vote, that tho property qual ifications of a negro man a* a voter shall heal* >l - This test was a subject of dispute us for back as 1821, and Mr. Van Buren wa# often ■ ■ il ia red for bis support of free negro suffrage. It was one of tho strongest items used him in 1840. p&rK dai igcrous counterfeit of a SLU gold piece wa* discovered in New fc York city on Um 14th instant. In fact, externally, it wa* a t'and ard coin, but on being out into the cheat war mnde palpable. Tbo piece had evidently been split edgewise, l >ib parts filed quite thin, and iu place of the stcriin;’ gold a ptaae of white metab placed between the hlv - nud retniltad. A Rrkdd rrr>K. -That excellent old Whig journal, the Boston Courier, declare# thut the merchants, manufacturer* and trailers of the North will, tea grout extent, vote against the Black Republicans at tb* election „for President in November, and predicts that the defeat of that party tbi# year will bo much more complete than in 1850. _ _ Tin; UrvKxrha or Mjaaiiium.—'Tire late Legislature ot Mbsir.-ippi raised the taxes to 75 cents on each m gro, instead of i if, a# heretofore! and to 2” cunts on each SIOO offend, mtoad of IC cents- —thus nearly doubling the tux on slave#, and increasing that of fetid 25 per court. As there are about 400,000 slaves in tho Htate, it will in crease tho taxes on that property alone about $150,000, and on tha lands about $00,001) per year; that, after this year, the gross revenue will lm nb-uit s.j! t),000 more than it hat bean past year# fr ( >M tltesetwo items. DfrFKRKNrn orOrrNiott.- In the United State* Heiiatc, on the i.'ith inst., when the death of Mr. Broderick, Into Beuator from California, was formally announced, s Mr. Foster, of Connecticut, after making a brief allusion to the virtue* of thr deceased, delivered a homily against dualling a# a crime at common law, and said the question was, should tiio BeuHti: pay u tribute to the man who bad nilfully risked hi# life In'vlolatlon of the law# of God For *#•, wleiuvr respect lie might havo had for tho deceased, he could not vote for of respect. In reply, Mr Toombs, of Gourgio, ih- that Air. Broderick fall in honorable combat in detenseof his honor, and that ho could not have do * more nobly. son* or Malta Tho Prortdenee of the B-.>.’ n Journal says . -“The Sons >,f Malta have at lest exploded. Both lodges . i lids ,-ity have ‘gi.ue under,* and the Institution i* breaking up al! over the country.” fin far a# relates to the Smith, tbc above ‘ < not * fact. Tho Or-tar Is rapidly inert ~ all ovor the Foutliarn country, anti number# among Its members, the most intelligent, wealthy and iaflti eutial aflixona of tho bind. Nothing can check the advance of an order, in the South, which hr,# , for its main ohjeet tha extension of “tha area nf freedom.” Frk* Nkouoks in Kknti oar -The Kentucky House of Representative* pas?od a bill on Iri day, by a vole of 77 to 6, providing fur the re muva lof free nagroes IVom that State. The ft>U lowing aro the loading features of the mea.-ure. No slave deemed einani ioated until the jwisoi, omaneipotiug h*.l give a bound lor iW remuvot of the per*>in # onmncipaUMl from tho Stalo within ninety day#; made a felony for a fioe negro to come into the State ; prohibit# (lie marriage of free negroes and stale; free negroc# not <vtailing to lea vo tbo State may nhoose a master <>r mi ll css, upon the person dcriring U> bermne the ow nor paying one half of the appraised voltia ofsaid negro. An amendment wa#adopted making it be duty of the county conn to exammo -id negr*. in open court ajart from the pars, .i dcsii iug to be come the owner and state to him (I, •e!Ut ofrahl I act ard sec that he had .not been improperly infiu- I min dby the person whomuhe host-elected us his owner. Prom Mvitro. The scliuouar Buffutk, ('apt. Smith, arrived at this port last evening, fruin Minatitlan, Tehuun i tepee, the 12th inst. She likewise brio :* .>*,me , what later NOW* from Vera Crus, taken down to Minuritlttn by the Mexican war -M. imc, \Vvc, a* also later advices overhiud from tho interior. Os tbo whereabouts of !M irauion w,‘ have no, further luontion. It is only stated that he had Issued a proclamation ordering the .uhnu -om aud evacuation of Vera Crn “within the | aee of four days.” This wa# taken down by the Wavt on the I Jth, and leave* us to suppose that u por tion of the expedition, a# before rumored, hud already arrived in tha vicinity of Vera Crux. Iho pioeiaiiutlion, like that of last year, is probably dated ut Jatapu, or some other p-unt <,n the read, whence it found it# way into the city. In the uieuntinte tho most active preparations continue both at Alvarado nud.Yein Cru*,l<r put ting those cities in tho be.'t state ot defence.— Among other thing#, tin f,>ri at the mouth of the Contzaeoiiten# had been duniaiitlml. and the guns ammunition, Ac. all taken up to Alvarado for the double purpose of preventing their felling into the hand* of tho enemy, aud strengthening the debm.’o# of tho tatter city. The natives ail along the coast, and especially ui Minatitlan, bad been Impressed into service, and forcibly taken off to man these fortifications. In the meantime disturbances, originating in the same spirit of civil discord, had been renewed at Aeayncam, and other place, on the Isthmus, and threatened, as in tho interior of tho Republic, to break out into open war. V. 0. Picayune. Gawk Law Maryland—The act tor the pi taction (and gome in the {Rate of Maryland, went In to affact January Isth. Soetiou one provide* that it shall not be lawful to kill any partridge between the lith day of January aud the Ist day of October, under a penalty of five dollar* anil cost* for every effcuce. Section two prot idoathut one half of the fine shall go to the informer who shall boa competent wUnass, und the other hall to the i’uhlio Schools, Section three provide* that the same taw shall extend to the w <>dooek between tho Ist day of February and loth day of Juno, and to pheasants, between the Ist day of , February and 20th day of August. Section four prov ides that auy person exposing for sale or hav ing in their pessession any of the above named bird#, between the tiuio# mentioned, shall be sub ject to tho saute penalty: and the possession of the bird ahull bt prime facie evidence, th y w ere killed in Maryland. Laws to tliw same offset are being unacted in New York. A Vii.ua. k L'uii.nku.—Wednesday List three ; squares of bunding#, comprising the principal and j most valuable part of Danville, Ivy., was burned Ito Mslies. Upwards of eighty building, including | the Courthouse, Batterten Hotel, three or four churches, und the principal business houses es th • place, were consumed- The los* i# estimated at nearly $300,000. Nw Vi:nsioNoK iiik “Misti-ktok Boi-oii,''—. A little of six, with whom the word# “#kol eton” and “skeleton skirt” were syuonymou?. torms, in relating the story oftbc lost bride who hid away in the trunk and perished and was not found till many years alter. wt!h wide eyes said, “Aud on opening the trunk what do you think they f< uud there, aunty?” “Why, whnt did they my dear;” “Nothing in the world,” n>wwed the little story teller, holding up her hands in horror, “but a hoop skirt."—N. Y. IVst. He gave good advice who raid; If you are in trouble don't tell every person you nuct. Not one in one hundred will syiupathito with you.—- may speak a word f comfort, to turn away and ridicule you, but preeiou# ffw will laugh less freely, or engage in business less earin.-tlv,— Troubles in umt case# out often, aro like threat cniug clouds, which soon vanish. The manufacturers, cot ton-spin aers uud iron- i master#, in their addre*# to Louis Napoleon con- ‘ corning hi* free-trade measure, style it on econo mical and social revolution, und talk of • war aud cannon shot,” as a consequence of making a trea ty “which may or may not be ratified.” “To Rent, a home in Melviilo Avenue, located immediately alongside of a Hue plum garden. IVom which au abundant supply may be stolen during the *>eoson. Rent low, aud the greatest part taken in plums.” Dkcumxi.'—The Chattanooga A livortiter say# tho lion George W. Rowle# bus declined the appointment of Treasurer, tendered him by Frrs idout Buchan ou. | 10LI MUlh, MONDAY, MABCH. 5, 1800. Pubttv Printer In (ongrm Otamolloiis. Ex-Goveynor Fwsi>, a Blank Republican from Ohio, has been elected printer of the lion c us Representative# in Congress, Strange to >ay, that in every election before the House, the start ling fact ta revealed to the country, that there arc enemies in our own camp. In the election of Speaker, tho Ropubtleafti attribute tlieir succo#* to tho desertion of a Southern member from his own section, which wa# not anticipated. For ! this c-jt, llknut VY&nnfi Davis of Maryland, r j South American, ha# boon reproved by the j ulatufO of hi* own Stale. Now, the Republican* succeed again through the vote of another South American, viz : Mr. Anderson ol Kentucky. This presents a bad for tiie Bouth American# j hi tbc border ritatos. We can extend the hand of j charily to a niun from tho North, who fidta a J prcyfto the public opinion of hi- i qile. but there j i * no excuse or the shadow „( excuratar a Sunth cru gOnttamau tu vote fur a Republican. Let it : be understood, that while Bell, Crittenden, Kth- 1 cridgv, Davis, Gilmer and Anderson, all South ; Americans, have opposed the pidioy of the Soulii , in rofbronco to the protection of her ir-stiturions, j the truth of history will couijwl the l?itt>rcsl op- ! portent of the Democratic party to ay, that out J one of its members from the South] ever proved i untrue to Ins section in the moment of trial. JUSt’Tho Charleston Mercury say* 1 that the | Carolina ric- crop ta a very targe one The whole present southern crop hn* rarely Ikscij ex- ! ced’ and either in quantity or quality. But this | •loo* n l imply that rioo will be- cheap, for i throughout nil the Last, from India to the Pacific ! the crop ta a failure. The deficiency in the sup- ! ply ta calculated to be one-third. ■ teKT cr.-*- “- - - jJMT’Thaddou:! Hyatt, wbo/uj arrest ha# been , ordered by tho Senate for hi* failure to appear before the Harper's Kerry Invasion Committee, I ha# left Washington for New York, designing to : test the power of the Senate to force him to ap pear end testify, by demand in a writ of habeas corpus before a State tribunal when the order of the Senate shall be served. Tin; St.in. i .n ruzitv.--Hon. H. U. Jackson i we regret to Jearn, Imm dc-dinod the Preridcncy ■ of the State University, tendered him a few months since by the ‘fra#tecs, fhi# important i office, in onr State economy, seoiu; really to go 1 bogging. m ('ouamnnicatcd. lrßorr.i(|c;vicrring. tn qutiuian Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the Item"’ il i<’ party of tßiitmon county, wa# held at vdeorge town, on Saturday, the 2<ih f Fobrretry. Mr. Benj. L Onok, wn *>n root!mi calle<i to the Chair, at;d ih. object of ;lu o.ccting feiing briefly explained, on mori .nos T. L. Guerry, a Au<iuit t<HJ of five, eonsisiing_of T. L Gucrry.J. Itafeau, ‘ John K. Rioc! Wm. B. Gay, W. Simpson j Moore, ws appointed by tho Chair, tu prepare j mattei tar Uie action of the meeting. The Commfttoe having returned, übuiitted tb following report, to wit : Tho Executive Committee es the Democratic jrfirty of the State. Raxing calh l a Convention to n mble at the Capitol on H<l Wednesday in March next, to send State Delegates to the Charit*r ton Convention, and recognizing, a* we do not only the autb rity, but the duty of raid < tec to call a Convention lor the purpose above specified, be it therefore, Hcotired. That the Demqpracy of (Quitman county, appoint the fullowhig named gcnUetncn to repreacut them in the approaching Convention, Wm. E. <ay, ‘ -tmncl P.Hnian, Ifenj. L. Cook, j f>. Morita, Abram Pyle, .1 uhn R. Pitman and L- j vj Mcroer, with power to fill, any vacancy that ! may tenr. i It wuaon motion waived,IrJhat 1 r Jhat the proceeding be published in the Democratic paper# of the 2d j Cimgswienai Dial red, and the meeting adjourn- j cd. Bt&T. L. COOK, Pres't. I). Motnua, Soe'ry. A Titcrn Wht.L Stayed.— The following cn§i bio remark i. made by the London Times iu a re cent roll written article nj>o the morbid oxag goration ot ‘* Lord Ijrouglmw n<l Mu- Veteran? of the old Anti-slavery So.jety “ Their uiiuda, says* the Times, are still soared by thote horrible stories- which wore burnt in upon them iu their youth, when Kugland wah not only a slave owning, but evw. ;t slnvo-trading State. Tlo ir remorse in so great that the giutst of ji black man h always bUorc them. They are be ncvolent andexoif<>at jvcoj i, • buiß,-bW.hxowi happened to have bra..;a, rad a white In, were iu danger oi r.. • -j: ■ wt much tear that a real anti slavery ■ would bind up toe bla: k mans leg before ho would draw I ha white man out of the water. State of MottAt.il s tbk CosrtxwtTor Ev- A correspondent of the Rr Chester Ameri can. writing from Germany, says there is as much intern pern nee on the continent of Europe as in the United Suites,, the difference being only in the constitute-ii of the people, and in the fact that the liquor iu .ouera.l use atupifles iustend of madden:. the victim, lie says: ••The fart is, that drinking to excess is the •■••minonest thing in the world here, and the state ■t public sentiment with regard to it is deplor ‘bla. lleer drinking and wine drinking ore uni versa!, and drinking to excess, in privatu and i with friend*, w very common indeed. There are ! multitude? of all elates who habitually stupify themselves with drink. In all ulassef, however, | it is only u ji *od joke when a mini drinks himself I under tho table. The moral sen ho does not seem ‘ tbeondemo the offense, but rather to applaud it, and that, ■ >. in elrolcs where one would think a ‘ better state of ftoiiny must exist. The Frr>Moicy. C*tuHdaf9* i evict red, Vine from Waikutyton. I'ke S‘mu*e. A Waahingt.au correspondent of the Montgom ery .IdWhocs, writes the following interesting ! letter Ar ■ >n Washington, which cannot fail to strike | the mind . ■; every observer of the times, as n moat trntliful it vcy of the whole Fresidential qttes liou. Wo think better, however, of Mr, Stephens than the writer, lie says: There is no doubt that availability will bo the ‘ first consideration the Charles ton Convention will j b*'k to in alio selection of a candidate. In con vursHtioß with a distinguished and experioneed ! puli t. van, yesterday. I heard sumo practical *ug- , geetione which may be of Interest to you, coming j as they do. from a gentleman wh o sagacity you would not question, did 1 feel fit liberty to'men- • tion. He stated upon viewing the political con dition of the country at the present time, and the personal characteristics of tho several gentlemen mentioned in connection with the nomination, he concludes that ou the score of •H'tiiabHity, iho choice lie.- botweeu Hubert M. T. Hunter. o(* Vir ginia, Juo Lane, of Oregon, and Vice-President it reck on ridge. Either conld carry tho united South nod enough of the Northern State* to elect. No onooisc bo can think of (with the barn possi bility of Ale*. 11. Stephens, i ran beat the Repub licans out right. Douglas cannot carry the cot ton States, which he must secure in Order to elect. Guthrie i personally unpopular at tho North, w here his course during the time he was Secre tary of the Treasury, made him many very bitter person*! enemies. Wise, though a great man, has no balance, his eccentricity of action and speech, render him a constant objuei ol’ ridioule. Davis,. A G. Drown and Slidell, arc regarded as ultra ut ihe North. There seems to be a popular flea that they are secessionist* pen*, and there is n>‘ taking it out of the people. Dickinson is a good a lured old fogy, a politician and wirepuller all his life time, with no particular forco of char acter, and not a clear enough idea of Southoru in stitutions to suit the South, for instance, last fall I iu a speech, ho charged the iiboluiouDu with be ing responsible for the continuance of the “dark ‘ cloud of slavery which overshadows the land."— I It was kindly meant, but very bungingly c.\- ! pro ed. Houston has killed himself by his Know Nothing diversion, lie could not oarry the for eign vote. Cobb is generally regarded* a- a mere politician, and Is not popular. Seymour, of New York, and John-on, of Tonucssee, arc t<*o little known, and Ruohanan ami Pierce are t<. well known, to become available candidates. 1 mean no reflection upon the two lasi gentlemen, but modern Presidents cannot find offices for more than one-third of the applicants, and the remain ing two-thirds with their friends and endorsers j regard themselves us injured and insulted, and hate the “wronger” forever afterwards. Thus is a review of tho pr. ininent mon named for the Democratic nomination, we find none against whom some fatal objeotion cannot be raised except tour, vis:—Hunter. Lane, Drcckeo ridgs and Stephens. With regard to tho latter, ho would doubtless boa strong man, but he has noot ol tbs personal, popularity ol ib others. • There S# him to cull forth thcon thu.-iaem of the u,a*c.. Ho i“ iu the public tfti mntb-n a *mart man but hardnr a man whoso personal btlfb|etorfetlcs ore greatly to be admiral For thin riMKoti hi* chance# of carrying tbo Northern fSfetwi.necessary to clccor him, are. at ; least,doubtful. Senatoi Hunter is ono of th-; mo#t intellcctuai of ocr atofesmen. Fur many years tho direction of the finances of the notion ; has been in bta hands, and to hi* cool, cfenr bend 1 is due much of our present materia! ,pro|>erity. | ills character ta a* par# and stance.*# ax t hat us | John C. COihd'tro, Through a long public c- ] ; ,tyer no man has over pointed oat u blot upon hi* escQtcheoii,Wnffbta private life i* characterized! by all that ImoutUol symmetry which ta ap- j patent in bta public record. He is regard od a# a I I great man, a far-veeing man aud a -afe man. At j the same time he in full of the spirit of progress 1 und fevorablo to tho dev t lopment of our great- | no*#. J 1 ta mannei* are those of a. well bread and ( accbmpfisbad gentleman—a Jeffersonian Bo; ■. i General Jo Lane is a soldier nu •.veil states- | man. llis nomination would create u perfect tu- j > ror- There are so many grand trait# about hn- . i character thafthe people would flock tohta stah j darii os the youth of Franoodid to that us Nnpo- } ’ Icon—out ol pure love and admiration. Ilia < , gallant career in Mexico earned for him the oub { l iquet of “'be Marion of the Mexican War.” A* Governor us Oregon, he gave evidences iff a high administrative ahillity. and did everything j to develope the resource# of our North Pacific i posse*#ions. Asa (Senator h ho* taken u promi , aent position—-hta speeches rpeak for him lit j has ail the nerve and onorgyVbtah are requisite j for a Chief Magistrate at this ertata, probably no j public man of tho day excepting Jefferson Davis ’ who ta only bta equal ha* more ol the (Jacksonian element in hta composition. lie resemble# Old Hickory in more way than one. Old Jo Lune j posrasee# another advantage. Ho ta a SfuntbruD— j a North Carolinian by birth and oducarion, and | #uhs<M]uently Indianiun, and now an Oregonian !by adoption. He is therefore popular in both I section#. Hi# old State Indiana, the very one wo are most anxious to carry, hu# always worshipped ! him. There it no rubbing it out; Jo Lane has ; Htrength. He would poll 20,000, more vote# in.ln ; dtana than Douglas, and the divided Democracy of Illinois would unite nn him whioh they would I not do on Douglas. He taa Democrat oftbc Da ! vis school, and advocates protection in toe ftrri j tortata. Speech of Mr. Too rail- Mr. Brown’s resolution was'taken up, and Mr. Toombs, (and m.,) of Oa , spoke. It bad been a* i serlmJ that he had no right to call in question tho | acts of sovereign States. A* tho representative of a sovereign State, he that had the right, and j dial thta was the peculiarly appropriate place to ! call in question the acts of the confederate Sruu* i If redress could not be obtained hero, tho State* I would be thrown upou their own lie : had not arraigned the domestic institutions r internal affair* of any State. He had only ar j reigned tbum for infidelity to the eopmitati -n, which they werj bound by every confideratiou of good faith to tarry out. He hud chargetl certain State* with being unfaithful to their compact, ami of having made a supremo law of the land of no effect. None of them denied these charges ex ccpt tho Henator from lowa, and he would show that he was wrong. The excuse given wa# that ! the Fugitive Slave law was no Jw. Theremu*t l*o an arbiter somewhere in the case of this con ! diet. If the cannot* is the only arbiter, the soon - l er We know it the better. The Senator from i Wtaoonshi had defended the action of hta State. Now, Wisconsin hud not only set aside a decree of the United State* Court, but had nullified a j provi#ion of the Constitution Itself. The provi l **on of’ tho Constitution in regard te tho rendition of fugitive# from labor plain, beyond cavil. There 1 wa# m* analogy between the action of Uu &u ----: j reroe Court of Wuwonain and ibat of Georgia, j quoted by the Senator from Georgia. He had arraigned that State, uot on the ground that she ! had oo right to decide upou the CunstitutiunaUty j of a United States law, hut on the ground thut I phe had violated the |>laiuc(it piuvtaion* of the j conetitutimi. Mr Toombs supported his argu ment* by copious citation# from legal authorities. 1 Iu the course of his remark* he .-rid it wa* use | less to siti£ pii'.uis to the ITninu while they trocn , pled the Union undtr foot. Bad men in all ngo ! nmi cried “L .-rd! Lur-i! The constitutionality j oftUg act of 17Si/i had been affirmed by every | State Court before which it had come : and ihc j aot of 1850 did not differ therefrom. He re view j u<l at length and explained th< h>*u of th’ Gear j gia Courts. The Courts *ff Wi#’ onsis bad assert ed rim supremacy us the State Court* over the fed. irl Court*. Th* decision*, referred to by the •Senator from Wisconsin simply asserted that the j Federal Court* had not supremacy over State i C’ourta, Nine judge* of the Supreme Court raid ‘this wa* anew doctrine in American jurispru j (fence. The action of the Wiiiconsin Courts ntuod |in naked daforaiity, without a poralfel. in reply j to Mr. Hale be said tho ordinance 17*7 passed bo ; sere thta government was formed, and, therefore, ! rested upon no Constitutional authority. The ■pinion* of the early father* were nitarepranint ed. From the Detroit Free Pro**, Feb. 2.;. ; An \gtury to Acafet fugitive slaves to return to l lirlr Masterv | DEPOT or THE Ul KKLvXP RAILUOAp !*i UXTHOfT. Mr. C. J. Brown, an enterprising Soul homer j who has been sojourning for some weeks m Cana da on a special mission, has opened an office in Desuoyers’ block with the charitable view of ren dering mu tor in.! nsaistanve to the colored race in a listing those who are so di#p scd, lo return to tbeir master* at the South He nays thai he has made such investigation* io Canada, especially Ht Chatham and other places where Africans most congregate, to satisfy him that large numbers of them are Mittens and ready u> return to then master* at the South if they only hud the means, and he pre poses to furnish them with Daasporta tbiu tickets and to send them in company with 4n agent, looking to their owners fur remunera tion lor his benevolence. lie i- evidently u man of nerve aud determination, sod is possessed of the means to carry out hi* pro'eot. Tho following is his circular addressed to the colored population • The undersigned, having made arraug. me-,' 1 at the South to furnish means to tho ms of the colored population who arc desirous of returning, | has taken an office at No. 2 Doenoyerri block, *n j trances on JcttWson avenue and Bute* street, j where he can bo found from 10 a. nj. to 6p. m. j Arrangement* entered inn* with parti.** will bo - tfuarann and beyond question as to tho strict fulfil : ment of all obligations. Parties desirous >.f re- I turning oun communicate with the undersigned, I cither personally or by letter. C. J. BROWN, Agent. There arc number.'; of tho poor creatures who j are starving to death io oousCquenco of their ina bility to support themselves, and wo have no ! doubt thnt the new enterprise will have a sueccs*- | ful run of business. We have always made the welfare of the race an object of our special *<,li ciiude, nud now advise every one of them to go diructly to Mr. Brown and get their return .tick ets. It is very obvious that they will have to give up white wives and such little luxuries, yet the fact remains thut while they have not a second shirt to their backs here, they will not need any at all when they *vt home to the warm climate.- 1 We predict that the through return route will ©u | tirely eclipse the underground zailroad. I A Lot isiasa Plavtch Badlv Soi.u.—Tho 1 Chief of Police has just received from a wealthy plarter, living near Miudon. io tins State, riving i information of his having lieen swindled out of | nearly in cash, by uu eloguut sharper who j sold him false chocks to that amount. Ths circumstance* were those: The planter j stopped at Montgomery, Ala., t>ovoral wetles ago, , {,ein •*> his way home from the North. Whttst j th©ro he becamuacquainted with a xuau who put* ed himself off as a merchant of this city, and Mik ed eo glibly about cotton, Bagrova, and trcncral buMti*:.*-. as to insiuuato himself entirely in his eanfidtuMML Finding that the plauter had a largo quantity of gold and other cash with him, the protended merchant gave him some friendly ad vice about the danger of traveling with large same of wnev. He said he had discovered the danger to his cost, having been rubbed several times ou #tetnbo.it*; in consequence of which he had adopted it us a rule never to travel with more . than oaui.cy em.ugb to pay traveling ex jienscs.— Drawing iorth a pocket-book, and displaying ft lot of cheeks, drafts, etc., he said that he, too, had occasion to remove a considerable quant it v of money South, but had adopted the sale course by investing it in checks on the Now Orleans* hank*', the payment of which check, if stolen, could bo Btopped. lie had over |lo,oo in checks. The upshot of the business was that the mer chant, baviag occasion to stop in Montgomarv some time on business, was willing to sell *„mc.of the checks to a gentleman in a hurry to leave, and doubtful of the propriety of carrying so ia..ch cash with him. The uamspccting pluntot was willing enough to make the trail *fer. The oblig ing merchant gave him two chc ks cn the Luoia- I iana Sute Bank, one Ibr $2850 <l9 and the othtr j | for $2090 50, both filled to the order of J. !> Aus tin, wulorced by J. B. Austin, and signe*l by Reed, ! ! Rice A Cos. | ! Reaching this city, the planter presented his chocks at the bank, and found they wore worth- | *ll the names being fictitious. He went on \ homo, without tolling any one, h<’W badly he hud j oeon sold, but not relishing bis lose, he concluded I at laat tu write to tho Chief of Police, who now ! h.’w the letter* and the false checks, with small , prospect of over catching tho bogus merchant. With an ordinary niuxsledondlug :?2 pounder i weighing 8909 weight, it requires ten pounds of , powder to hit at three thousand yards distance. An Armstrong 32-pounder, weighing 2100 weight only takes five pound? of powder to send its ball 1 nearly ten thousand yards. !, The Houston, Texas, Teltyraph *y*: 1 Since Texas ha* been in the Union, it has had ; six Senators in the United State? Congress, and ! of those iix, five have been natives 0 f South Car ouaa Coagrvssloßai. WAsmsnro.s Feb. 21. In the House to-day the Pension and West Point appropriation .bill# were passed. Kx-L>-utenant Goyertiur %’ord, ‘*f Ohio, was elected Printer by one majority. In the Senate, Mr. Clay, from the committee on commerce, reported adversely to tbc of a cu*totu house and marine hospital at Apalach icola. Mr. Davis presented the resolution# of the Ley friuture of New Mexico in favor of the organiza tion of Arizona into a Territory. Mr. Toombs replied tu th# speech made by Mr. DoottttJ* The navy increased pay bill wa- ttrirar. up, and the Senate adj<,nrn#'). t¥Asifi *iOTo,Feb. 27.—The House to-day paa #cd tho I’en-'rion and West Point appropriation *nfe. Kx-Limit. Gov. Ford has been elected Printer* by one majority. In tfre Senate, Mr, f'lay, from the committee on , Comtnorce reported ad vor rely u to the erection of a ruotoui House and Murine liu.-pitai at Apala chieoia. Mr. Davis prooeiited resolution* from the Leg it* hi tur of New Mexico in favor pf the organtaa tlott of Arizona Territory. Mr. Toombs replied to Seuiftr Doolittle. The Navy Increase bill was taken up, whn the Senate adjourned. ‘wASJWNato*, Feb. 28. In the Senate, m-day, ametnoriai vm presented from the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, praying for tha immediate completion of the CunUnu House in that city. A memorial was also presented *froi tbc set tlors on the Ilounr.Hu grunt in Louisiana, praying against the adoption of any legta.atiou abrega ling their titles. The Mexican treaty was dtacuoaed in executive session. In the House, the propi -iticm to reduce mileage oiio-baii was undei consideration, bat final action on the subject was postponed. Wasbutoto*, Fob. 2&. J Senate. —The lion. Win. 11. Howard of New York, .q-okc upon the arimtariou of Kansas into the In ton. Hoi hx—The House amended their journal* au nulling the eleoti'in off Ford as printer. (.Wa may wild that our dtapatch, on this ; • in?, is more oonciou thou precise.—Rspokxnk.) WASfltNteftMi, March 2. In the Senate to-day twenty-two private biflii p.SHCd. Tn tbo Uouko Fofd wa# elected printer by two majority. Several private bills were reported on. A bdl was pacred, allowing; it, shore ol news paper# t - print ur uticjc printed eiipi, aii&uaiictng to tbeir subscriber* the time of the expiration of ; übscriptiura. liotb House*- .mvc a<H ’"rned untb Monday. California Political and Mining tfews St. Lous, Feb. Jit. The overland mail from California has arrived with dotes from San Front, taco to the 4th inst. Gen. Denver, it ta stuted, haa eomuieni’od the canvass against Mr. Gwinfor United Suite# Sen ator. The N*w-Al&)atk'Q qulckrilvor mine# have been opened, and tone of ore aro ou the way to the assay office in San Francisco. [lt is probable this dispatch refers tu the action of the United Slates Attorney General, at f; • bud submitted to him the legal point# Involved in the iniunotkro restraiemg on thoue and it is likely he gave his decision adverse to the injunc tion.} Dtslructlfe Fire nl iwuvllte hy. Pmsutiw, I‘a.. Fob. ‘2a.—Dispatches state that a destructive fire occurred at Danville, Ky., ou Wednesday last.. Klghty buildings wore dc- HtTxyed.inciuding three churches, the court house, aod other public buildings. Washington, Feb. 25.- Ifrivate Lave been received itere from South Carolina vhich state that the brother of Hon. L. M. Kcitt lias been recently murdered by hta slaves in Flo* ida. 5i Mt<vT(;owßv, Ala., Feb. 27. The Legislature f Manama adj'-urncd to-day. The Governor ba** failed to approve tho Convention bill. Waswugtox, March S. The Union A Status putltahc- a letter fro® John L. Bouiigny (an Opposition South Amcri i itn Repnesentativo from Loutaiatisi lo prominent Louisianians, In reply fio one from them in rcia uon to tho nominee at Mr. Ilouligiiy advocates the election of Senator Doughs--, ns the iuo.-; reliable friend of the South in tho North. Democratic .Meeting. JfojtT tlAixaa, Feb. 25th, Dsfin. i At a meeting of the Democratic parly, held day, Dr. Wu. J, Johafion was called u the Chair, and F. f. Cullens appointed Secretary. Thaobject of the meeting was explained to be the nomination of delegates to the March Conven tion. Th following gentlemen were unani mously selected of delegates : Needham McLendon, Peter Lee, N. M. Killl l*r*w, L. R. Hosier, Charles F. Demis, F. T. Tch nilic, Daniel M. Bruner, J. W. Christian. D r. S. P. Burnett, It. J. F. Grist. Dr. J. Johnson, Jo seph 11. Pitmau, F. T. Cullens. Mr. 8. A. McLendon offered the fbHowiog reso lution* which were uMßnimondy adopted: R<*ohtd, That it WwuSd be the most consum muto folly L> have two different delegate* at Charleston. It would be ridiculous. The two would be a* a side show to a circus, where oil the laugh and none of the uiafn work was to be done. Men, not preferring to differ at home in their principles, appearing abroad In hostile array t; one another. It wauld be child’s play.— The mimic actors in the scene, would brandish their little swords, more for the merriment of strangers from ether Rtntcs, than for he good of the National Democracy. WeAbm-f>ro trust for the dignity, if for nothing else, of the Georgia Democracy, such a farce U forestalled, and that tho Convention at Milledgeville. e n the 14th of next month exert all Its pavers for perfect bar uiMiy, adopting whatever, in its wisdom, it may deem meet was done in December, and to act ing as will l>est bring about unanimity of fw-ing between the members of the December and March Convention.'. la this view, it if not wise or ju*t t< denounce or *q\irn the December Convention, lor it won called In accordance with a time hon ored usage of the party; and though the call of the Executive Committee would seem to be more authoritative, eertahriy the importance of a uni ted party from Georgia at Charleston, will so con trol tho tones of tho December and March Con ventions, as that there will bo n ciuiftiet. Let men bo nothing and principles all, and a common couotrt of action for the triumph of their princi ple*, and all will be wall. We applaud the posi tion Judge Denning has taken on this subject, and commend bhn to the March Convention for reappointment as one of the delegate# for the State at large. Wo hold that the second Con gressional District, whs not represented in the December Convention. Jinoht, That wc protest against the position” i ftb ‘.-o National Democrats, who have fought to graft upon the Cincinnati platform, heresies, not °®ly inconsistent with the form and spirit of onr j Republican Institutions, but dangerous to civil j liberty itself, in that they adopt a eatoh pi.rase, j “ popular sovereignty,” to divert the gpinds and ! affection? of the American people from the true 1 J theory and practice of the government, there be ; >tf no sovereignty than that, which is Constitu j Carnal, capable of perpetuating the peace, the good 1 | order, and the dignity of this great Republic.— i Whilst we fully acknowledge that “all ruling u- ; | thority of right flows” from the “ will” of tbe pee- i I pie, wc caunot subscribe to “ popular sovereign- ’ ty” against Comm tioiai. Sovbiu:iostv—the unly true and legitimate “will of the peopl#,” and • the only guard again?? the disgusting and disor i dcriy scrambles, by the freo-aoiler# for the Terri torias. Jieivlred, That lira delogatet from this county be authorised to appoint their Alternate* to the March Convention. WM. S. JOHNSON,.Pro?’t, F-1. Cvu.i, Sec’ry. •s Sarsaparilla feu dy, in tvliu h we hnvo In rie most ctfcejnol ultoruti.c Fit is u i tefeentintid extract tii, -* combined with other The (ttedbi%-Ater ititcrative power us York, Urta r* “ * >r discuss fuuy. Fd I* ire. It is believed . J ‘ yis anted by those who t ‘ ' r ’ Wm coin plaints, mid that one uav - tl, ‘ir cuie must prove 500 beb f> kjita large elites of <-tir MancbOeVuii. How completely tm* Uroadftwffil wfvanciitffVL'll bv pct- . i'rovtaiuns addle, ‘ Cousota ffl’ sto j. The ItuSjan quesoip unaltered. * Gladstone'# Budget it Actively oppoted; it ta reported that the Conservative* bare rceoived to ufipo it. j Mp.nu refuses negotiatiou# until Tangier is cap. jturad. t(fncrat INpwh In the House of Commons Chinese affair> were debated, while in the House of Lord# the Italian question won dtaowraed. A strongsintiment wa.i expresfiod against tbo annexation of Save} to France. It wa reported that the French Government hart bought iffo “Journal do# Debate” newspaper, to use it as r. fro trade organ. ■\u-irift's objection#to the proposals of the r.agitan Government fur settling the Italian ques tion, it wan raid, Lad reached Paris. Spaio was preparing to attack Tangier*. N petit an affairs were threatening. Lord lilgin wu* preparing to visit China again on a niiwtion cf pc fee.. Latent via tjuf-uttuKn, — English fend a opened tady at firm prices, bateubscquenUy declined owing to the unfm - rabie report from the Paris Bourse. Latvit Liverpool via Feb. 16—The outgon market was quiet, with sales of 0,000 bales • n Friday's rates. The Wreck of the Hungarian. Halifax, March 3. An c fli-ialjetter from Mr. Tounsend. tbc gov ernnuH ‘ agent at the wreck of tho Hungarian, 3*y s that it has been n certained beyond a doubt, that there were no survivors from the wreck oi tbc Hungarian. Only three bodies have been found: one, that of a woman, another, supposed to have been a fireman, and the body of a child. A considerable quantity of goods aro still drift ing ushore at ribeibone Harbor The ship’s ar ticles have been found, and show that the crew numbered eeventy-fivc. No pareengcr lief has been found. Tbs rumored finding of the cleur anoe papers, is untrue. Tbc only passengers yet known, are Mr. Bolton House, of Sackville, and Dr. Babbett, of Now York, ra whose box wm found fetter* from bis wife, and others. Parti cular care will be taken es any bodies found, aud they will be hurlfti In separate graves that their r datives aud friends may t|oovi| them. The mails have been looked into and will be rout to Halifax. FRr.arn Exports axd Impobts.—lm compar ing expert- aad import, of the precious metal* iu Franco l**i year we find about $0t),O0U,0OO of gold imported have remained in the country, and there- was an excess of France’s exports of silver amounting to SOO,OOO over the imports, and in the last three years thta drain of silver from Francs has been no loss than $110,000,000. l.ii ter, from .Mexico. Nxw Orphans, Feb. 27.—The schooner Suf folk, with MiufttiUan dates lo the 12th inst., has arrived. By this arrival wo learn that Juarez has rent a war steamer, who dismantled the fort at Coariaeoaleoft, and tank the guns to Vera Uru*. The steamer returned on tho 11th. Gen. Mammon ha* issued a proclamation order ing nil foreigner;? to evacuate Vera Cruz in four days. The correspondent of tho New Orleans P-m. yunt saysXhat flic Liberal officers at Tehaunte pee have driven several American merchants out of the country. The United States Mari; er, ol'.m *, prevent all Americana from being driven from Tehuantepec. Affair of Honor. Mostui'Mbbv, Feb. 29. Th - affair of honor between Alpbcua Baker, of Barbonr. and J. J. Selbies, of this city, was sat tafavUirily adjusted by a Board of Honor to-day. Thojna £ i H. Vfatln and Henry C. Semple, constitute ih Board. Colton It ii rut. Now Obuuvh, Feb. 28,18fi0. A portion of the Union Cotton Press, and one thousand bales of cut ton, were burnt this morn ing. The lasa was about fifty thousand dollars. Tobin and Tomlinsoa's Rangers have been dta bauded Cortina; lw- p- ssaoion of the Wes, Bank of the Rio Grand*;, and is committing sundry depredation:* upon the Texans. Stone man's cavalry and Ford s rangers are guarding border to the uttn'>.* cx tout of their ability. Peanaylvanla Bricgutra to fhnrlrttion Rkam.mi, I*a., Mareh 1. Tho Democratic State convention of Pennsylva ■ uia have uootinated, as delegates at largo, to tho Charles fen eonveurion, John L. DftWPon, Wm. Muntgornery, and Joseph L. Baker. They are nil Bigl-.-r men. • Thk Wheat Chop —-Tho winter wheat in II linotais reported damaged in some {daces; but on tbo whole, throughout the central and south* rn portioas of tlio Htate, It look# well. Tlie quanti ty, sown, howi ver. i- much smaller than during any prov fen h year for five years past. In Cen •rl Hlinota n.*t more than a fifth is sown: while in Southern Illinois she quuutity will not be over half an average crop- The small quantity sown in Control Illinois i* undoubtedly to be attributed to its partial failure for two years, and the great er sureess attending tho cultivation of Spring wheat bust soaaon. II i COMMERCIAL &ECRD. Mobile, March 2. ISrtO. COTIOX—BaIe* of Cotton to-lay, 8,500 bales. Mi-1 ullage at UP* cents. The market was active. Sale* of the week 29.500 bales. Receipts 15,500, against 15,820 bales. Receipts ahead of last year 111.*95 bales. Stock on hand 224,570 bales. Cotton to Liverpool 9 Nbw Orleans, March 2. Sales of (-’ Won to-day 18,500 bales, at irregu lar bul easier prices. Middlings 10%®11 cent*-. Sales us the week 50,300 bales, and receipts 76,- 000 against 47,000 bales. The exerts are 74,000 bales, and the total export* 1,320,000 bales. The increased receipts roach 374,000, and at all ports 049,000 bale*. The stock on band is 566,000, against 570.000 bales. Freights on cotton to Liverpool **J. Sterling Exchange % decline, at. 1 iooted at 7% (ci, S x { per cent, premium : for bills with bills of lading attached 7(s7\* pre miniu. Exchange on New York, light, % per ccut. discount. Coffee firm, prime Rio 11V* (>y 13 nt.<: sales of the week 12,000 sacks. The stock is 41,000. The imports of the week are 1000 sacks. Flour is advancing, and super lino is quoted at $6 50(g,56 60. N*w York. March 2. The cotton market was buoyant to-day, and Middling I’pland* readily brought 11 all cents. Flour was hrm sales 11,500 barrels; and Southern brands ranged from $j 65 to $5 bO. Wheat closed linn. Corn firm. Charleston, March 2. Sales of cotton to-day 1,500 bales at unchanged prices. NRW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATIONS. Inferior I Middling 10*,<ail TV* | Howl Mid U?,(5,J2 U.iod Orilin>..8 I V.*‘ I Midd'g hir.U)4tollf. Loiv MtJ.ni l . ) f.ir U nett Orleans cotton statement. Saturday Morning Feb. 25, 1860. Bt-ck on hand Sept. I, 1860 2b,072 Received since 1,793,367 “ yesterday, 3,822-1,787,189 „ 1,813,011 Exported since Sept. 1.1859 1,245,348 ” yesterday 11,679—1,257,027 Stock on hand and on shipboard .556,154
