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R. £SLXiIS & CO,, Proprietors.
Volume XV.
TEXAS LAND & STOCK
FOR SALE:
i,- \ ■*'-*• j*ALK ri! v lit Land pi mated
p *” Fit l nn’i Crtmity. within a fe<
*'( tltj* r.mttruing about four
If i> ***••*> ftvwTnnwt—d svi-m. hnii tint -
•** here I with Hiu|(iiwi oak, feu nu bav
imriieur iia ventre a never iniiiutc lake of
clear, fruit VC i;.*r.
Tn paittee !• Jirou* ot'ennftretiiigto Tfiu eitir*r tr
furuiuii< •*/ i-.cfc iswih ; jiurp.•&*. tain land oiftrs ih-
UucemenU un*4i+i***d in any iouitiou lit the .State.
ALSO,
One tract c ntaininc about 4.6W0 acres, situ* tad on
Hi* 3<i* Cicelt, in Kaiujiiu county, within livrvuule*
ol*. • tli,Water, Mini L-.mii life stipe diaiauce from tin
town f St. M ry%. Hie tcmlimlr nr the proposed
Ark n a- amt Sun Du-tro B-ilrnad.
Tins* tobnrt, ;•* b-*vv trm ts pencet,
A Stork of I uto wifi l>e olii wiiii either of tin:
above UaiU. it’ liptiu-d-
For li-riHf and part fee Uf*. address the unde i signed.
P I! BYRNE.
41 Magtzine at., New Oifeaor, La.
Usaeiubar 3i —w3in.
Every Planter Wants tine.
K. G. WILLIAM’S
Southern OotUiu Packer
SVVVV I l * now m ruccessiu! qw ration Hnoinihout
and TVxtia Patented •
■-> 33 r*s i ‘.'i’ iiua Sc rvv eauuot caoiied
in co'-Mpiinaa duiubife.y, or .unv.-mvine- Bvtjry pet
forming j>i*.re ot tbw -• rewlsfron. Foil* bauds, or
two fmn ’.sand or.’- uinc c.v. )>a k a hale of cmfeu
weighing (refit 6HI in 700 •oinidf in tw. nv mnam
Tlwuemu <au In* ai:a<n*d to lit* tu llouae with
great i oaviLimio o ?t tntiit separately. Warranted. I©
laal Id >*4;, Buie *ii'*ruui p y ri.lit# /or sale liy
me, And uty lawful a vain. nitlivlirfiVal rithla amt
•cretv* f*r it'.i-hy those snvtimn t hav e sold (Ton it tv
Biflti.-* The Screw iron can i* pnneJia-ed -it vannim
lou mli ivs lor iiu iferuon* desiring iiiluroi -liuii will
arid re * U t; WiI.LIaM . or T L. WiLLJAMs.
lianuahatibee, Ua.
SEE CEtTFfPIC ATER.
So wart County, f.'ii . Jan. Ist, I ROT.
This is tor'rtny that ihi vs pack- it inv entire crop
•f Colton on K. t*. Wi law,*’ Southern Cotton
Packer, an a 1 ui well pleased.
aU HOHILL ALLEN,
WcbMi Ort 15ih, Rs*.
Mr. R U. Williams, Dear Sir-—I am now nsihg
your Hnutherti Colton Packer. and deans no better
machine tor Pa* king Cotton. Yours, *c.
J W. BELL.
Houston County, (la Sept. 30th. Ifi3o
This i in eamjyihct I am now uamg U U. Wii
li?i > s’ Colton Pa> krr. and ler it fur cit|>erior to
Mur* a Iron Screw, nr any oitiar mfti hinw that I
hare* on tor t*ui h ,-ig otl'Ui. J N.GuFF.
Fehru.try 6, la g—win
hit WOOL MfCKEEBY & ((>.,
IMPORTERS k. W|KLfis ALC DEALERS IN
FoUßtatr & D iaEsno
XD PI LT-O OOD3,
JPsmcy O-oods, &c. <fcc.
No* It Barclay-it A Ift Park Place
[Wi I remove in July next to Place Uu'ldiug
Broadway New York,
Our Stock will be complete by the first Tebruary and
upeer rh*t wtper* l.l u i•#'our
nn. ?ic< uEERir,
reremiy sHEPUEKD A McClti:EUY,Chrietou.S.
C.) will < oiQ(ii*e every dem riptmn of Good* in our
line Mltptel ;o **o.tf hrn urtri SuU>bwenera Trade.
Merchants vi*ltiug New York are respectfully invi
ted to give ua a ran. Jan. *l6—tv'y.
HOWF.S. HYATT Y CO
Jobbing Si CoinmUklon 31eri;ltnutu lu
Bools, Shoes & Leather,
Xo. 12 A 14 COLLEGE PLACE,
Corner Murray Street, New, York.
ras tar bqnmi9<,
(Formerly’ of Warm SpangM, tFa.) Traveliog
A coiit fur (be ahuva liriu, would respectfully no
licitymi. janl4—w3m*
B iltlf I . K'S a It AM M Alt
o y inn
ENGLISH LANGUAGE,
W!iv)efe BEING anitujnovetuttttt orMmro'i
ftphiioßMpfi. ( u. ; ,n.tr. anil the only
Wrn **• wh ** l * * vor 9* are piir*rt'ln |
■Wlhv with ro ison nud nnumou i
ton- •* p l '*m ** ■ <Gpfe mij he obtained hv em In*- ‘
ing lh* cetut iustaibjia to Ciiathn and Johnnon Co
ittnitni*,(*x j. l barker.
Pebmnry hh IflflO—tfSitt.
American Onano!
ciunbjtipt UitMinann giyes it high re
X jnite a? a f wtifk'...indiH? rlaswui u’fully equal
t< the Paruvtau. A targe supply • a jn- tort at an enrly
day by UFNUY A (J<>.
Onlurubtt*, riwt
SA KiFCSB’
LXV.ea I iVIGQEATOE
N&V£R DEBILITATES.
I T Irt CO.MFOLNiGIU RNTIRBLY from <-uma,ajid
A In* become iru eslablisbed fan, a standard mediciue
approved tty all tint . litve lined it, and la re
•ric4 in wiili coui- deuce m all di*ca* lor
which it i* recommend- ** Vd.
It fia* cure ditto iiM.it 1 t ** wiihinttie last two year*
win- had jnveu uiHiepe - . of tel it-f aa numerous
un#ol>-ite,l certffl’ aic* ™ in my jfMtssessioil hliow.
Tin; J .-o ui i*s be (Mlap- 00 u.l i Un‘ leutpMnumMtl
of lb*- in.livuliill taking ttaiiduscj tusut.liqunu
urtesamn an pnntly on SB <he bflUffutf .
le>t l.l dictate* of'vuur 4* judgment guide you in
inwofihij Llk'Ek /,V FIOUHATOH. and if
will *ure Lfrer Com- £ plaints, B/Lf&VH At
tnk*. l> tSEEI'SJA. Ml Ckrontc JJtarrhua,
s(’ M M /.’ Ft U 0 M ■ PEA I.YTS. D YSEJfTK
nr, OHO PS Y. SO cm STOMACH. H-h,twal
cosrtrt: vr.ss. c>. ■ if *. quolera vhm
raJki-r‘,u- CHOLERA m I.YFA.Yt'UMFI.ATC
LE.YCE JAVJS DICE. Piauil* HEA KE.YSS-
Es, and may be wed *mxe>4i*fuU> a* am/rJtn
ar. Film tit, M&Hniu M It will cure 4/CA’
HE A IMA Vlt E (a* ™ thousand* can testily)!*’
irciily wiMlii, if ■* two or thr $t Jm
1/to.m/ulj are taken at commencementoil he
attar
All irMo u.ie u are “ their testimony
In iW favor Oat
MIX WATER IN TUT! MOPTH WITH TUB IN
VIUwH iTftR ANl)r< WA I. LOW BtTU TOGETH
ER. FRir* ON K DOLLAR PER BOTTLE
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
FAWILV
Chathartie Fills,
COMPOUNDED FROM
Pine Vegrtablr Kttracln, and put up
tit CaH. Air Tight, and win
keep in any Climate.
Tin- FAMIJA QK -tuahtic Pu,l ie a gen
tle uit ■ tiv** Cafhauii \i which the proprietor baa
u fled ii li praatine more . itran twenty yearn.
Ti* constantly tin f*Nni?'L'jP deuiAJidlroin those who
liaVe long Hard The PtlXw ‘and the satisfaction which
alle*i*t*-s* inrearduMliHir H use,baa induced tueto put
them in the reach of all
The protetwton well know different chathxrir*
aeUm different portion* of the bowel*
The FAMILY 4>A--fr I H ART! C PI L L
ha,with dtte retereure established fart
If-encompounded from aMjvxnety ofiii* pun-at vejrc
tahtc extracts, which Oct ** alike on ewery part of th*
aluueptary canal, am] are kj food and a at. m all caa
h where a chathartie ia w needed. auch. a* Dx
amoE of th e £ *TOM ACIi, Ht.rrrt
*>s. pains ik ihi Quick ami loin h,
CS riVRVKs H. Pain turn Sohcmbu* over
the WH U.K BODY. front auddetieoM, which
frequently, if cud in a loqg count* of Fe
ver. OF APPE l. TITB, a <.'uekimkm Rks
aa-noit ok Poi,n ovEa-J-THF Birtof, RrTL>a
NEII, HEAD VL'illi orflwtlOtlT |K ffi| ilitait,
all INFLAMMATORY w liar.*a£a. WORMS, ir
Chii.naEK >r AnubT*, P RHJtWlaTinti. a <ir*K
Purifier of the Rlond ck Hidmany.tiear*f..which
fleah ifheir.lna numeroii* i„ manttouln this adver
tiaeinent. DUSE Ito A ,
Price 30 Cent*.
THE LIVF.R IXVIOOHATORand FAMILY OA
TH ART!-’ I'lLLs are retailcil by Drugit irenerally
and anid wholaaaM and ramiU hfthn Trade in AH the
large town*. _
%. T. W. IHYPORn, M. D.,
Munotacttircr aad Prf>riekr,
nnel7- wsm •* ttrondwHy, New York
sioo iu:wAii.
BTKAYFD (R STOLEN Iron* the un
designed, n tbi- night of th* ‘i7tb ultimo.
heavy bodied black hurae Mule Id or 12
old,li handa hiah. rw-ee urui b*-lIV
Htil . in roan mare roll, • •any twoyearaold wwil
grown to her tg-- ami < itra fine. Ifaudi-n, I will five
the above regard fur the rnulo and coll,with . videncn
to rnhv.ck delivered at my Jiou*e. er eeiUrely kept to
th-tt I can get them in p >er|nn If atrayt-d, I will
give 4*l u>r any Information thht Wilt lad to the re
covery irTtauleand chit, oFSlOf.tr either. I puf'-haa*
ed the in>rt of Mr. JC-liy, u Totutccomal. who aaid
he got lm <f ium naq ip T ali.olcouitly. Ca,
Addroaa me at Oiwikee. Rarb <ur county, Alabama,
Anv information tbaaklulir reaelved.
Fab U-wk, JOHX M PUCHY.
I wnm ti k\ i. m mm u, ant
The Wsrth ('nnventlon.— A SagsfwtfSn
The Dtntowacy of Georgia havo affpolotoU
(lolfegafteit ty the Convtinti'm ioon to aiisomblo in
ifsllcdguvUla That botly hr 111 he large uul fm
pt*ing, anil will reflect the will of too whole party,
‘the friCTtits of the December Convention, will be
present, who wITI doubtless insist upon the en
itofsent exit offts proceedings, as right and proper,
according to established tmgo. Tts opposer*,
too, will bo equally 2cAlous in cuiuieuiuing its
( action. The issnt then, when rattle, will prove
disastrous to the haruumy and strength of the
psrty. U qan be avoided without compromising
the position of either wing of the party. The ap
pointment, say. of twenty additional delegates, to
those already selected by the December Con
vention, waking two for each district nn.l lour
(or the Jitate at large, with no instructions as to
the individual fur whom their vote should beoast ‘
;( Charleston, but simply to vote, if possible hs
a unit, will, in our judgment.'reconcile present
differences of opinion and pour oil upon the
I troubled waters. Or if Mr. Cobb should be ro
c. tumeudvd, Afr. Stephen* siiouid be, aUo, by the
Stale Democracy. This would siiti-l v the friends
of both these gentium m. Tt doe* not malm
j the number of delegates larger than that pro
posed by other t>tiles, and will rid the Dctuo
! er.iey of nn unpleosaut ddhttulty. These views
j are in accordance with the tenor of the resolutions
j adopted by tho masses gs the party in their prt
j tuury assetuhlies. Wo ruspoclfully recoawuud
them to tho Htate Convention soou to assemble in i
Millodgeville.
Opp sltlun South Missouri.
The Opposition State Convention of Mis
souri has passed asoriee of resolutions denouncing
tho Democracy for it* heresies on slavery. It
nomfffaWd Hon. E lwurd Hates for tho Presidency.
Ttm.tthoyg ia frqtu tho Augusta CkroutcU and
Senh'ntt. lias it ootuo to this, that the dotnocra
ey mat he denounced for its attachuiont to the
South an l loyalty to hor iustitutious. and that
too, by a parly iu a Suuther* State ? J* it not
time for tho opposition South to shako niP party
trammels, when preju Deo, and the daslre for of
floe iu p.ili:ical tricks tors inflict a wound upon
our integrity ? £Li wuuder the LouLiuua Aiueri
cana, extending their visum .above the horizon of
present passion and party triumph, resolved to
support the nominee of the Charleston Conven
tion, -for the ako of th* South and the South on
ly. The denunciation of tho deafneracy )>y the
opposition of Missouri, on account of their ‘‘her
aie* on slavery,*’ is a recommendation of its tuitf
aiou to envy true-hearted patriot*.
The Prrolienten Texas kfrafrs.
M ashing ro.N, March d.—lt :* auiiouueed iu
well infer mud circle* that the President disapproves
of the act of Governor Houston, of Texas, in cul- 1
ling out the Texan voluuteers. Tho President j
has urilcrod a large fedora’ force to tho frontier. |
No unconditional order has been issued for our
troops to cross into Mexico, hut permission to do j
so 1* shortly expected by virtue of pending ne-I
g •tiaiiou*.
AN ADDRESS
DKMYXUKD TO TilK TISEMIKF. LYCKIM.
BY K. 1.0118 M. STEIN.
La lia ami Gentlemen ; A* you arouwnre that
the English language is not uiy vernacular, you
will appreciate th.: embarrassments under which
I labor iu conveying iffy thoughts to your mind*.
It is itr.ponitinie for mu to address you through
the medium of the imagination, or to plcaso your
e.r. Mjr ulmost hope''ls to make myself under
stood.
Happiness to enjoy, is of nil mankind the de
i sire, but that desire can only be realized, in it*
limited im-aniug, wuen we learn to understand
and to cmpiy with tins laws <1 Nature. igno
r.iin c of tnblaw beiv.m* * the source of uqtifu*iou
in State*. Even siat.*men In ullages and coun
tries haw exhibited it* ignorance to a deplor
aulo degree.
.*Jy po # iti >u before you as a stranger,and tlie perils
us then* times, will excuse me, (or deviating *o
far from tho subject of witc h I am to speak. *9
to say, that if our statesman could comprehend
this law of ituiuru, there would be no propositiou
made to emancipate the negro race, which, by
this law of nature, is incapable of tho use of if**:
dlm.
To consummate such nn act, as tbo emancjpa- j
tfrui of an inferior ra< dike the negro, wotild be n ‘
violation of the law of nature, productive of the
degeneracy of the first order of human beings, it
would be a crime against the majestic law of
God.
That is a great mistake—tbe common remark
of u certain people : that the inferiority of the uu
gro is only a matter of color It i* absurd to
make the difference between tho races, consist in
cub-r! Certainly, a* Goethe *ay*. “There is
something behind the color—something demo
niacal.”
Aud that “something” to which wc are ullud- {
ing, is manifested iu thu entire orguui/.ution, uud
consequently, by the intellectual fa •nlliev of the
negro, and it wo cannot saftsfwtorily draw nn
inference of thu negro inferiority froiu the mere .
mructuro ol hig brain, it in nevertiiolers a well
esfalili-hed suet that hr !* inferior anil deficient
in (ntelloct, nn-Jth*refore inoßpalWe of seff gdx
grrunent. llut this, en paeeant, and .simplv av an
iUuetration of a nngic ease in whi;h the iuw oi
uature uuiit bo tiro irmdo of nations.
The subject iu hand, requiron utu to ahotv more
apocifically, that ip order to enable ua to tmjoy
hap|iineaa, io much as can he reulined by tuuu
on taia earth, we have not only to harri to oom’
prebend hot. >• observe the law >f uatur?.
The fimt dictate of nature is to preserve and U>
lUHtain our lift.
Our life is suatuinod by food, not only for the
soul, mind and iuleUuct, but food for the body
also.
We consider, first, the most important pars, of
food for the mind, and (hra in its extensive sense,
is Ifihor, Labor and km nan life arc almost iden
tieal. Labor becomes the substance of huuisti
life itself. Labor is one of tho essentia) attri
butes of uur human nature
Bui how can labor be consistent, with hapfd*
ness, when we read in the Bible : “Cursed is the
ground for thy sake; in sorrow shall thou eat of
it all the days of thy life; in the sweat of thy
face sbalt thoucat bread till thou return unto the
ground.”
Is not that a terrible curse on labor ? But in
that very Bonk of Books, we read also of the
blessings which shall rest on our labor, when we
observe the laws of Hod, which are specifically
manifested by the laws of nature.
It depeuds, therefore, on ourselves, whether
labor for the hand or brain) shall lea eurne or a
blessing to us, rendering ourselves either happy
or miserable. Labor, therefore, shall be a bless
lug, and one of the sources indisficnsible of hap
• pines* when it 1* performed, not merely for tho i
purpose to sustain our physical existence; but in
accordance with the higher faculties given toman,
and in conformity with bis higher aspirations.
Proper labor is productive to cull out and to
develop*oar moral And intellectual faculties, in
one word, to elevate onr human nature, nnd ac
cording to the eontroling harmony in nature, It ;
influences also favorably, tliestate of health.
By troubling sou with an example taken from
daily life, I will be more enabled to make my- ,
•elf understood.
A man orders of a cabinet maker, a costly
table. Now, the intentions of this manufacturer,
is “to make money hy all means.’’ Hence ho se
lects very interior materials, oontrnry to tho bar
gain. This very hrst “tap, before bis conscience
has become altogether cnlloun, is productive of
that effect which is called a “sting of conscience.’
he lias violated tho physical law which requires
good materials lor the construction of a costly
article, and the, inoral law of honesty, which re
•piires him to 6omply faithfully with bis bargain.
Ino he commences wrong; he, of necessity. Con
tinues wrung. Hi*labor cannot please him. bis
mind experiences the pang of dissatlfAction, bis
restlessnes. increases before he finishes lim work,
lie Fishes to have his unpicasaut johsoon finished;
he, goaded by bis love of money, hurries t hrough
it. siu>tng up late and rising early and eating
rapid meals, and whan at last his work Is lone,
he derives no real pleasure from U, and wbhes it
gone out of hHr shop and oat of his sight. All that;
and the indirect effects of his uneasy mind (the
mildest termj on the stomach, brings on a disease,
weU-lwuwa t>7 a, nm us ItjwU, iir-
TliK UNI 0 N OP THK STATES, AND TO K SUV K H KHiXT V 11 P THE STATES.
Imps, tumicthing wor*o than that. Labor is a
i source of misery to him himl to others. Hut how
diflVvvut, if a tiHin pertorins hi.* work cor really, iu
■ accord.tnco with Lis iu ral and intellectual facul
ties and physical law. With pride and pleasure
ho views his well accomplished work, lie bene
fits liitnself and is a bc.iXdactur to other*. La
bor is u aotiraoaf happiaea* to dim and toother*..
Tills miup.oillusUauou applies, in its phileo~
phy, to ail labor, in all the p>f*siuus ul liio and
ad the reliUi.'US of uuui. I< is a universal prin
l ijle. applying to t^oJ euelicr, the Physician, the
j Mcrcuiint, the n't aster, tho slave and to all men.
j Shall we not say “fiWased labor! The scourge
• of tho wicked, hud ths reward ofthe righteous.
Whwt l iiava said on labor, holds good to a
certain extent of food proper, or food iu it* gen
-1 oral morn ing.
sVe take food to sustain physical lifo, and it
must boos such a nature as will sustain und pro
mote he iil i, of tho body and mind. As uiy tituo
due* not allow tik to dwell iu demit ou the*© impor
tant topics, 1 eonlina :uy sell ouly, to these itupor
! taut p unts.
l*t. Tin relation qf proper food to the briiin, •
‘2d. Hoicfar the on ilitjf of the food, and (he
mwaus UtrltnjinjcHrinyand the manner and mode of
yrajtarii if it, uaH 6c productive either if promo
tmy or couuteracUny animal prupeneitiee, or are
*i c ti. >■ meant if contributing to elevate our hu
man nature,
i c eilcds of tho food on tho bruin iu general.
The ill bears the samerelatiou to the molecule*
(strings) yi U‘ brain, us tho musical performer
doc* io the s ring* (keys) of his iuatrumeut.
If a luu.-ii an vuelu* to exhibit his diviuu art,
he svieets (he best instrument ho can procure,
which enables him to doligLl ovety heutor with j
the uaiuiny of sweet sound*.
But should the instrument ho out of order, he j
tune* it to bis purpose, and as tho.liarmouies ol ]
thougiit. are the result. us a huriuonioal correspon \
deiiee Leiween the ul and braiu, the molecules j
of lh brain have to ho provided with the best, ]
purest, and most refined element* of nutrition, in i
order that they become thus attutud to that
musical action which tho soul performs through
them.
W hon speaking of quality of food I utu alluding
in partienlar to animal food.
It i* a question. I sny, whether uninml food is
altogether adapted to our human nature iu it* ‘
higher aspirations. While the arguments drawn
Irutu out organisation arc applicable so flir as they
have reference only to animal nature. Certain it
is, that in consequence of not understanding the
right mooning tf the word* of Bt. Mark : “ What
soever thing from without enter* a man cannot
defile him,” Christiiiu* ure disposed to devour
all ilh; animals which, iu the range of creation,
thev can lay hands on.
Peoploseem to suppose, beasts arc created only \
for tho sake of the stomach, while the above quot- i
e(l passage ha* a totally Uillcrent meaning.
To exp ain the misapplied passage is not a
very diPi'-wlt tusk, but 1 must necessarily, con- !
line myself, to say, il literal moaning i.> not ln-
Ufiidtul for the direction and advico in making tho
proper choice of our food.
W c are to idiiovr tho dictates of nature, as no
uneetyoya health in it* absolute meaning, hut
j only comparatively. Consequently, wo have to
make such a choice in food, which is adaptud to
tiic individual state of health, and with tho high
j er a* pi rut run* <d man.
Wise authorities have restrained the salcof(poi-
I stnious; liquoi *: (would to Heaven, that they would
! res'min tho sale of imdly made and baked bread
i and other adulterated article of food.) The phy
i i . inn's duly is to givo sanatory directions in the
choice of our food.
We need no more instances to show that human
reason must bo exercised iu w hat we eat uud
drink.
While the Brahmin of India religiously abstains
; from every kind of annual food, and also in Per
sia, Very little aniuml food is eaten, the rest of j
mankind, particular.y the most civilized portions I
ol it. are manifesting carnivorous propensities al
most to uii unlimited degree; particularly re- j
in likable is the prevailing penchant for pork I
meat. It seems to me, that the great iiih** of
Gbristalne are not satisfied with baring a symbol
us CbriHiiauiiy, but they must have a typeot food |
altogether opposite to the diet of the Jew*.
lii one of tiie first obis* Hofei*, in Whieh I have 1
been fortunate to stop sometime ago, 1 read a bill I
ol tare lor breakfast, a* follows :
1. Fork Chops; 2. limn; 3. Figs feet: 4. Break- j
fast Raron ; 6. fHUsagei; fi. Omelnotu with hum ; j
7. halt F**rk ; 8. Fig* Liver; 9. Ball sausuges, !
and ID. Cold hum.
There are here ten inn dev ofprepared hogs meal.
1 will only make one remark on one of these
articles, namely : the Piye feet. At tho Hotel tic
Dura in Paris (a ho pita! on a the hugest scale.)
The attending Physicians have, by experiments
atul observation*, established the fact, that the
exclusive use of pig* feet by tho prisoners,
have been productive to lliem of the Tape worm.
Aud oousidcr now the absurdity of the fashion
aide custom to honor pigs feet with champagne
To all this, what I have said already, you will
retort, what do 1 care for all that t “I like it, and
that’s Hie end of it, nnd you hate the antipathy. ”
But we have to consider, that the proper food for
hum tu nature, is a mutter of higher importance,
to depend only of it* Hoiceliou by “ l like it/’
The quality of lit* food of which we make use,
tim manner by which it is procured and prepared,
will cither promote or counteract animal propen
sities, or even contribute to elevate huuiuu na
ture. Wo read a remarkable passage in tbe old
Testament in relation of the quality and the man
ner of preparing tbe food: “ I hon shall not
seeiiie the kid iu hi* mother’* milk.”
The mesniug of ibeHc quoted paw*ages roust not
he taken lilcialiy, but allusory. Moses designed
to humanize aud to civilize this degraded people.
In Hie prohibition of tbe food iu such a man
ner prep arch are tbe mean* employed, to teach
them, by paying a just and proper regard to the
relations existing even between brutes, much
more to respeot their higher relations us men to
one another.
And if we do not like to depend only on tha* ex-
I ample of Moses, of old, let us listen to the laws
ol nature which r|K.aks with the “still small voice’’
at every moment, but very distinctly to us, al
though it must be admitted sometimes in symbols,
win h we ure not always apt or ready to compre
hend.
There is a law manifested in nature, of which
: the great inop-nty of men ure ignorant. 1 call
’ this iaw of nature, the law of Polarity. This
: word is borrowed from the magnet, which mnni
| Costs the well kuowu phenomenon; that similar
poles repel, dissimilar poles attract. But Polari
ty is not only applicable to the magnet, us the
great muss of men suppose, but it is manifested as
I well by our own nature, Imicrocusmoej as by
; the whole world, (inaerocosiuas.)
Before T proceed farther, 1 will try to illustrate
i the tn aning of Polarity, applied to a body which
is called salt. A neutral salt is composed of an
a>-id nnda htyic. Acid and base are opposites, like
t tho mag-ct exhibits, turd form a salt when they
meet ; bat when two acids alone, or two bases
meet, they will repel, and cannot form a salt.
The affinity of the acid and base is polarie
aft-at tirr; the absence of affinity between two
acids or two baes is jiulnrir rt/telfiiiy.
Tho polaric affinity existing between the oppo
site poles, of the acid and base--negative And pos
itive—(nr if I atn not mistaken in using the term
/i'il(trir) L c’ tricity, being productive when they
moot, of forming the salt.
8o we will find a similar affinity between the
organization of fruits, vegetables, farinaceous
food, as limy are more dissimilar than animal food
with our organisation.
They are polaric opposites, and will like
wine, according to the polaric affinity in the salt,
form the right kind of one, namely, the human
blodd. Consequently, vegetable diet is more
adapted to our iiuiuiin nature than annual food.
Therefore, the more our food resembles, (is sim
ilar to) our organisation, the more repugnant it
appears to our senses.
And as fruit*, vegetables, are more dissimilar
to our organization, the less they require the ar
titidal changes of its appearance and nature.
While mm meat requires absolutely more arti
ficial changes the more it resembles our organi
zation, example*; oysters and bf meat. In
order to divest raw meat of its uuiui-il appear
’ mice and nature, It ia changed artificially by
boiling and roasting; and the in ora properly it is
changud by the right kind of culinary art, it b-
I comer, more dissimilar to our human nature, and
| consequently, more appropriate a a a food for Au
| hiun beings.
Every one is at. liberty to draw his own infer
i once from the suggestions 1 hnvemude. For niy
i part, l contend, that if even Queen Victoria likes
ran; beef, nevertheless the truth of my tbaory
con not be effected by it.
Tho animal whoso organs of the orgnnir funo
! tions are the metal tithilar, as regards organiza
-1 tion and shape, to the respective organs of man,
furnishes the most favorite dish. The animal
> ailudcd to is tho swine. The respective
‘organs of that animal and of man are
polaric similar. Himilar poles repel, and
iin accordance With that polaric law, tho
i flesh of the hog ought to lie the moot tepuleiv to
I our bumau nature. Further, the law of polarity
1 stUl speaks in another ‘language. It appeals to
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MOMMY, MARCH 12, IBRO.
our heart*--to our higher human nature. Let
i uionsk you one question, ilnveyou over observed,
and have not been struck to the depth of your
heart, by t*o expression of the cyo olOueof your
geutie homes? Was not somutliing in that ex
pression like that ul a buuuwi being—maiiilysting
a soul heauiing from the eye nhumt lihu that of a
human? Is it m.t alike with your laithfhl dog,
cow, and some ether domestic animal*? l>o you
supposey(Rt could discover a similar expression
iu the cyo of a wild Cortaiuly not. The
reason is, the latter . re m>7 dwmesticated, while
the former become almost ImmaniMd by having
intimate intercourse with man. They acquire
eionethiny of (lint intellect, and muuilcst fueling*
I of an inexpresMiblo nature only peculiar to man.
Hut after all, they aro killed to be devoured.—
Do we not violate the laws of nature? Docs not
| the nature of such culfivatod, almost hur.mn’xud
I animals, eoneUtutc, a similar p -le to that one
which hiiiiian being* are exhibiting? Do not
similar pole* repel?
Does not the law teach us to avoid what is not
iu accordance with tho higher aspirations of
man? or, at least, to avoid what canimt he consider
ed productive to elevate our human nature?
According to what 1 said in regard to the use
of domestic animals tor our land, it would there
li.ro be more enusislcut, it we have to cat animal
food at any rate, to huVo it procured by means of
hunting, particularly when tlie destruction of
fioxV-us animals is at the same time ctfected.
1 will vuutnrw to go still further by giving you
one hint umre.
Uy w hom is our food (our , baker’s broad etc-,
included) prepared? Consider, that the 4lands,
washed or unwashed, (not ta mention the rwpoh,
of which 1 am not sure, of the u.*o us foot instead
of bauds in some hakeru**,)of those person* when
porfonuing their culinary (duties, may impress
involuntarily eotnething to our food, which i* ap
pointed to restore mid revive the exhausted mole*
cuius us our brain, which is neither indispensable
to the purpose, uur very de*irablo.
And although we aro not in possession of an
accurate and stihtilc test, to enable us to detect
the dijfcrenve of that vital tttmoepkirc which con
tinuallji only from the hands, but
from tho whole body, of uu old (and perhaps not
only very comely, but ill tempkreh negro) wo
man. and of a healthy, not only good looking, but
Oooji ttuULEn (which ie the point) one. Its re
spective frtbcls qn our system, cannot consistent
ly’ be made questionable.
One thing is certain, our sensibilities ought to
bo differently effected.
In coaclusison, 1 wish only tossy, if we would
consider, tltut the state of health is very much
influenced by tlie in-'imor iu which our food is
prepared, its preparation would not he entrusted
j to persons who arc destitute of tho qualifications
! necessary.
j Furthermore: Consider (ho preparation of food
i in general and cooking iu particular, not merely
j a common household practice,but as one of life's
! important concerns: lri* an art; as such is it
considered in England. {School* of cooking fur
the purpose of iuaimeting female student* have
been established there. (Similar suggestions,
years ago, I made to my friend* in America.)
If I have advßiioedauy idea*, which may be
the moan* of producing any benefit to you. it will
boa source ol gratification to me, and 1 shall
eonsidor tbo lime spent in addressing you well
employed,
The (ieorgla Home liiYurunee Company
Thi* institution, iuoorpura'ed by tbo lato tlon
erul Assembly, was organized yesferduy in thi*
city, by the election of the following gentlemen as
Directors, vi* : John McGough, D.niicl Griffin,
1 G Sir upper, J F iJlgcs, Win 11 Young, James
Bnuis, James F Bozeman, William 11 Hughes, 0
C Cody, R li (junity and L T Downing.
At A subsequent meeting of* (he Directors John
MoGough wus Hint-on President and D. F. Will
co* IV RS chnscß iSaoretury. 2.1i>6 share* of stock
have been Hifcseribeii,,L*t) per pui. oi which wus
paid in, amounting to $43,700. This company is
started upon a firm basis, and under tho efficient
management guaranteed by the appropriate se
lection of a Directory, it commends itsoll to tho
cutiro confidence of the public. Sun,
H'taronsln Kcpubilt.in (.invention.
Chicago, Feb. 29, 18fifi.
The Wisconsin Republican State Convention
met ut Madison fo-diiy. Carl Shultz, Uanz
Crocker, John P. McGregor nnd Thotua* Stod
dard! were cliohcu delegates at largo to the Chi
cago Convention. Strong resolution* wero j, aMM .
••d instructing .the delegates to vote for William
11. Seward as th<. Presidential candidate.
Anticu-TTl.nu Evils. Enjoy the present,
whatever it may bo, aud lie not solieitou* for Lbo
future, for if you take your foot* from
tbe present standing, and thiust it forward
towards to in >rrovv’* event, you ate in ‘a
restless condition. It is like refuting to quench
your present (hirst by feat ing yon will want drink
the next day. If it ho well iu day, itis rouduohs
to make the present miserable by fearing ill to
inorow—when y><u ure full of tu-day’a dinner, to
tear that you shall wai.t the next day'* supper;
for it may bo you shall not, and then to what
purpose is this duy’ affliction? But if tomorrow
you shall want, your sorrow will vouie soon
enough, though you do not hasten it. Let trou
ble tarry till it* day conic*. Bui if it ebanse to
he ill to-day, do nht increase it by the cares of
to-morrow. Enjoy the blessings of to-day, If
God sends them, and the evil* bear patiently and
sweetly—for this day is only our* -wc aro dead
to the morrow, lie therefore is wine who enjoys
ns much impossible; and if only that day’s trou
ble lean* upon him, it is singular and finite. ‘Suf
Indent to tbo day i the evil thereof.’ Sufficient
hut not Intolerable. But if we look abroad, and
bring into one day’s thoughts tho evils of many,
certain and uncertain, wl)At will bo, ond what
will never be, our load will be us intolerable a*
it is uineaoonubiu.
j&ff-Tbe Siamese Twins un? still living in
Surrey County, North Carolina. At a lute re
vival the wife of Chang was baptised. Chang
and Engscetnmi to be much concerned for them
selves, and requested an interest in the prayers of
the minister.
A Good JtrtjHlatinw. —The rule in the Eng
lish Parliament is tor every bill, before it can be
voted on at tho third reading, to be submitted to
t'ie rovisiou of the twelve Kuprcino Judges of
1 aglmd, iu order that they muy decide on its
oo.imutionlUy.
A Tone unto Tnovoirr.—To an afflicted moth
er, at the grave of her deceased child it was said :
There wasoneea shepherd, whose teduer pastoral
•aro whs over his flock night and day One sheep
would neither hear his voice nor follow him : he
took op her title lamb in h*S arms—then
came after him.
,'T-rt "HoliLk, on being questioned by tho Court
as to whether be bud ever been eateueively en
gaged in the hotel business, ancwerod that he
raflier thought be hud, as be ouce “boarded a
frigate and two sloops of war.”
W iiiTKiKLU a Slav huU'KH. —The Westmin
ister Review states that Whitfield, the great revi
valist preacher, was at one time u slaveholder in
(ieorgia, being at Lis death, the owner of fifty
slaves, men, women aud children, whoso he left
in bis will to the Countcsu of Huntington.
MoNTttOMKHT ASP i’KNSACOLA JtoA 0 The
track from Montgomery southward ou this road
is laid nine miles and a half below Greenville,
aud from Pensacola, north word, twenty-six miles
and a half; leaving a gap to fill up of eighty
uiilcs, The road bed is all prepared except two
miles.— MoltU Mercury.
Horrible Alcidkvt. —A Little Girl Homed
to broth irhilc at Prayer. —A shocking cumphene
accident occurred at the residence of Mr>. Eck
leson Poplar street, night before last, by which
an only child, a litflc girl about five years old,
was fatally injured and her mother budly burn
ed. 7ho child hud just concluded its evening
prayer, preparatory to retiring for the night,
when the mother picked up a catnpheno lump,
which fell from her hand and breuking, the con
tent* were thrown all over the clothing of the
child, tihe was almost instantly enveloped in a
sheet of flume, and before it coaid ba extinguish
ed was so shockingly burned that she died soon
after. The mother in her efforts to iavo her child
from the devouring clement, was also badly
burned about the body and arms.-—LH'nsinaaft
Kntjuirer, Feb. 21.
Am rouTV* Pope.—The English papers state
that the Emperor of Austria bus sent the sum of
£6.000 to the Pope. Christiana, Ex-Queen of
Spain, has also opeoud her ptirse strings. The
King of Bavaria promises to furuish two thou
sand well armed volunteers.
Tho stockholders of a certain lucky insurance
company receive their dividends whistling “Home
Sweet Homo.'*
10LI Mills, WEDNESDAY, M ARCH T. 1800.
su-.—srrrM ■— r^r.-.sr. ~
rennsylvaula Democracy Position.
Thu Democracy of Pennsylvania in Convention
assembled, adopted tho to.lowing platform of res
olutions:
The flrat declares umdinkcu confidence iu the
fundamental principle* o. tho democratic party,
a* proclaimed at tho conventions hold in Balti
more and Cincinnati. The second deprecates tho
agitation of slavery—in or out of Congress—a*
tending to weaken the bonds of common union,
excite animosity, ami thus create
and accomplishing uo possible good. Tho third
declares thut O.ai’gress has no right or power to
legislate on tho subject of slavery in tho Territo
ries Tho fourth says tho question of tho right of
citizens to hold slaves in the Tenritories is a ju
dicial question and not a legislative one. Its de
cision is committed exclusively to tho courts.—
The fifth doclaros thut the whole power belonging
to Congress is to legislate and enact laws and ex
ecute them. It belongs to the Judiciary to Inter
pret them, and their decision is final and con
elusive, and should be cheerfully acquiesced in.
Sixth^—The doctrine of an irrepressible conflict
between North mid South it fraught with danger
to the best interests ami dearest rights of the pco
plo of the confederacy. Seventh—The union of
tho States is above and beyond all price; the duty
of ovory patriot to frowu indignantly upon any
attempt to alienate one portion ofthe Union from
tho rest. Eighth—This treason is deprecated as
an attempt of sectional parlies. Every effort of
sueh party to obtain control of the government is
to be resisted, formed, as tho governunmt was, for
tho common good ofthe whole country. All sov
ereignty rests with tho people, who hold power to
conduct the guvrmnent through their representa
tives. The government can only exist as a union
of Stute*—sovereign and independent, within their
own limits iu thoir own domestm concerns, hut
bound together as a people by tho general gov
ernment. Ninth—ln tho adoption ofthe federal
constitution, the States noted severally as free and
independent, sovereigntes, delegating a portion
of their powers to tho federal government as se
curity against dangers, domoatic or foreign; and
any interuieddliug of one or more State* with tho
domestic institutions of another, is a subversion
and a violation of the constitution, serving to 1
weaken nud destroy the Union. Tenth—The act*
of the State Legislature to defeat, tho purposes of
the fugitive slave law arc subversive to the con
stitution and of revolutionary effect. Eleventh—
Tlie domestic und foreign policy of Mr. Buebuliun
hn* been eminently pure, patriotic, conservative
and just, and we look upon tho sttcttoM crowning
hi* labors us the proudest vindication of its pro
priety and wisdom. Twelfth—W© concur in tho
views and recommendations on matters of State
policy of Governor Pack or, and in hi* prompt and
patriotic action in delivering to the authorities of
Virginia the AigitiVes from justice who participa
ted in the Harper’s Ferry outrage. Thirteenth ]
—The convictions of tho democratic party of |
Pennsylvania remain unshaken in the (Visdom !
and justice of adequate protection to coal, iron, i
woo! and the great staple* of the country. The !
views of Mr. Buchanan on the rubjoet of specific 1
duties, Were approved. Representatives in ( ‘in
gress are desired to procure Moh modifications
of the laws ns tho unwise legist a! sou of tho re
publican party in 1857 render necessary to the
prosperity of the industral interests of Ponnayl
vania. Fourteenth, endorses the nomination of
Henry 1). (foster; also, pledges the democracy of
Pennsylvania to tho nominee us tho Charleston
Convention.*
lion CbarlcN J* McDonald.
This distinguished Georgian bus been recoin
mended by the Crawford county Democracy, as
a suitable candidate for tho Presidency of the
United States. If sterling Homan virtues, un
flinching attachment fur the South, and eminent
public service are qualifications for the nominee
of the Charleston Convention, few men poaauM
them to ho high a degree as the lion. Charles
J. McDonald.
The < hirlvMion convention.
This body will oonsist of 3Gd members, as fol
lows ;
KRKB ntatkh.
Votes. Votes.
Mnino H Indiana 13
.New Hampshire b Illinois II
Vermont 6 Michigan <J
Massachusetts 13 Wisconsin 5
Hhodc Island 4 lowa I
Connecticut 6 Minnesota I
Now York 35 California I
New Jersey 7 Oregon 3
Pennsylvania 27
Ohio 23 Total 18 States, 183
SLAVE STATES.
Votes. Vote*.
Dataware 3 I Louisiana fl
Maryland 8 Texas “4
Virginia 15 J Tonnes see 12
North Carolina 10 | Kentucky 12
South Carolina 8 | Arkausus I
Georgia 10 | Missouri U
Flor du 3 | ’ —• —
Alabama ‘J | Total 16 Stilus 120
Mississippi 7 | Add 18 Free Status, 183
Whole caucus 303
Two-thirds necessary to a choice, 202
The Democratic Senatorial rial turmoil (he Wave*
ry Question.
The following resolutions ‘were offered in the
Kenate on the first instant, by Mr. Davis of Miss,
in place of those heretofore offered by him, and
were ordered to be printed:
1. Resolved, Teat in tho adoption of the Fed
eral Constitution, the States adopting the same
acted severally as free and independent sove
reignties, delegating a portion of their powers to
be exercised by the federul government for the
inoreased security of each against danger*, do
mestic as well as foreign, and that, any inter
termoddling by any one or more States, or by a
combination of their citixenx, with tho domoatio
institutions of the others, on any pretext, wheth
er political, moral or religion*, with the view of
their disturbance or subversion, is in violation of
the constitution, insulting to the Htutea mo inter
fered with, endangers their domestics peace and
tranquility—objects for which the constitution
was formed—and by necessary consequence,
serve* to weaken and destroy the Uuion Uaelf.
2. Resolved, That negro slavery, as it exists
in fifteen Htales of this Union, compose* an im-
Io riant portion of their doinesticjnstitutiona, In
erited from their ancestors, and existing at the
adoption es the Constitution, hy which it is re
cognized a*constituting an important .element, of
apportionment of powers among the Htatei, and
that no change of opinion or feeling on the part
of the non-slaveliolding States of the Ur ion, in
relation to this institution, can justify them or
their oitixens in open or covert attocka thereon,
with a view to ita overthrow: andail such attack;
are in manifest violation of tho mutual and sol
emn pledge to protect and defend each other,
given by the Btutos respectively on entering into
the constitutional compact winch formed the
Union, axtd.are a manifest breach of latlb and u
violation of the most solemn obligations.
3. Resolved, That the Union of these States
rests on the equality of right* and privileges
among it* member*, aud that it is especially the
duty of the Senate, which represents the States
in their sovereign capacity, to resist all attempts
hi discriminate, either in relation to person or
property, oo as in the Territories—which are the
ooiiimon possession of the United Statue— to give
advantage* to thu citizens of one State which are
not equally assured to those of every olbe State.
i. Resolved, That neither Congress nor a ter
ritorial Legislature, whether by direct legislation
or legislation of an indirect and unfriendly aha
ractar, possesses the power to uunul or impair the
-••institutional right of any citizen of the United
State* to take hi*slave property into tho com
mon territories, and there hold and enjoy the
same while the territorial condition remain*.
5. Resolved, That if experience should at
any time prove that the judicial nnd executive
authority do not possess the moans to insure ad
equate protect!jn to constitutional rights in a
Territory, aud if the Territorial government
should fail or refuso to provide tho necessary re
medies for that purpose, it will be tha duty es
Congress to supply such deficiency,
fl. He olvcd, That tho inhabitants of ( a terri
tory ofthe United .states! when they rightfully
form a constitution'to bo admitted ut a State in
to thu Union, may thru, Ibr tim first time—dike
the people,of a State when forming anew const!
tuti •n-~deoi'le for themselves whether slavery,
as a domestic institution, shnif be* maintained or
prohibited within their jurisdiction; and if Cofi
gres* admit them us a .Stale “they shall lie receiv
ed into the l uion with or without sluvory.i us
their constitution may prescribe at, tUft time ol
their admission.”
7. Resolved, That the provision of tho consti
tution for the rendition of fugitives from service
or labor, “without the adoption of which thu Uu-*
ion could not have boon formed,” and the laws of
I TDM and 1860, which were enacted to secure its
execution, und the mum features of which being
similar, bear the impress of Hourly soveufy years
of sanction by the highest judicial authority,
should lie honestly and faithfully observed ami
maintained by till who enjoy the boneflts of our
compact of Union, aud that all acts of individu
als or of State Legislatures to defeat the purpose
or nullify the requirements of that provision, and
the laws made in pursuance of it, are hostile in
character, subversive ofthe constitution, and re
volutionary in their effects.
Fatal Affray.
A suit was instituted in the fall of 1869, by
Victoria Clements against her husbami, J sines
Clements, for divorco. Depositions were taken
soon after the institution ofthe suit, whieh gave
rise to a difliulty between the defendant and Win
P. Gilbert, in which both of these gentlemen, as
well a* a brother of Mr. Gilbert, wero'sevuroly
wounded.
On Saturday last additional depositions wero
taken at Brooks’, in the county of Franklin, und
while (’apt. Vincent Witcher wus engaged in ex
amining a witness, we are informed that a brother
of Mr. James Clements drew a pistol and fired at
Cupt, Witcher tho ball passing through his
clothing, u,.d inflicting u slight flesh wound;
whereupon he returned the fire, killing his an
tagonist almost immediately. At this instant
another brother of Mr. James Clements was in
tho act of firing at Mr. Witcher, when he fired
upon him also, the ball taking effect in the head
und proving fatal. Just then Mr. Smith, n grand
son of Mr. Witcher and a brother of the plaintiff,
hearing tho firing, oauie in, and was fired upon
by Mr. James Clements and slightly wounded in
the shoulder, and, drawing u bowie-knife, instant
ly killed Clements.
Tlie three guntlumun killed were brothers, and
all young men. Cnpt. Witcher is about 7b year*
of age.— Richmond Enquirer.
Shoemaker Srlkes, Ac.
Tho Washington correspondent of tho Mobilo
| Register, thus writes :
1 All New England is roused up with tho sboc-
Imai or striko*. it i* a cause of alurin, of a ucri-,
on* panic. A curious fart lias come out during
Hie progress of these strike*. Lt. is this, that Louis
Napoleon has ordered 200,000 brogans for his
.-oldier*. from the Rhode Island Si ate prison. The
price is stated to be 34 cents a pair.
I doubt whether Napoleon cau got his soldiers
footed cheapo# iu Europe.
Joaquim Gomez, of Havana, is dead. What n
*plendid inarldc palace hj lived iu at the time.—
lie was n great importer of African slaves, and
mode enormous sum* by tho operation. Many of
j tho vessels bought by him were taken by British
cruiser*, before tho Amoricun paper* were chang
ed at the (btpo dc Velds for FortuguoNe one*.
Old Gouicz once hought. a brig named the
Wyoming. Tho British hrig-of-war Buzzard
seized her before she bud got 20 miles from 11a
vana. But when the old follow saved one oqt of
five vessels, lie coined money.
Tm: Mi upkukii or Mu. Ivkitt Hit no. —Tho
slave Lewi*, charged with aiding in thu murder
of hi* master, Dr. W. J. KciLt, near Ocala, Fla.,
ufler further examination with the inoat positive
testimony of hi* guilt being adduced, wan imme
diately muitcrieed to bo hung. Ho confcsHcd his
‘guilt, but refused to Implicate others, uud ex
pressed his sorrow for having compiittcd tho dia
bolical act. Ho was tried by twelve freeholders,
appointed for that purpose by a large meeting of
the citizens. Tho trial wu* conducted with great
ctiro, at the place wheio the murder wus com
mitted. Two other* were committed to jail.
Macon Telegraph.
Pass'rv R<m nii Two brothers, purporting to
lie from Norfolk, Virginia, and giving their names
a* Robert Blake and J. M. Blake, were arrested
and brought before a meeting of the citizens on
Monday evening last, on a charge of uot being
“sound on tho goose question,” and being too freo
nnd social with n slave, treating him to oysters,
liquor, Vo, and enquiring pariicularly whether he
could rend and writo?
After canvassing the matter, it was decided
that they be ordered to leave for a soil more con
gonial to their taste.
They are quite plausible fellows, and itinerant
jewelers.
Wo nxk the press to “pass ’em round,” with
this caution attached— 1 "Not sound on tbe gooso
question/'*- Clayton /tanner.
Wahhinuton Society.-The Washington cor
respondent oi the Now York Herald, writes:
It ia curious to an old habitue like myself to
compare the present of Washington society with
the past. 1 remember a letter of Daniel Webster
written during tho session of 1813, almost fifty
years ago, wherein he comptains of “tho utivary
ing masculinity” of our circle* here. No such
ground of complaint can he made now-a-days. On
the contrary, ‘femininity’ decidedly predominates;
at least it did at the twenty or thirty reception*
which I had thu pleasure to witness to-day.
Madame Slidell arid Mrs. Gwinti threw open
tlieir mumions on every Saturday with a sump
tuous hospitality, as gracious as it i* overflowing,
and thorn the visitors, reversing tho practice of,
Charles Lamb, are anxious to “go early nnd stay
late.”
Akmihu Yißoinia.—The Richmond Dispatch
states that the (JouimisHioricrs appointed by tho
Governor, under the act for arming tho State,
have returned to Richmond from a visit of a week
to Washington and Harper’s Ferry, undertaken
for the purpose of collecting information a* to
the bust description of arms. While in Wash
ington, they bud repented conferences with the
ord.mco corps of the Army and Navy, including
Capt. Craig, Maj Ramsey and Capt. Mayradier,
of the Army, Captain Dalilgren, of the Navy, all
of whom interested themselve* in the object of
the commission, and assisted the Commissioners
with their advice.
The Commissioners found a Board of Officers
con veiled by the ,Secretary of War, engaged in
testing ull kinds of small arms, ami were advisi and
by the ordnance officers of both service* to refrain
from extuiinivo purchases of breech-loading arms
until further test* bad been applied.
The Dispatch says that it is the intention of tha
Hoard for thu present to confine their purchases
to the Minnie musket and rifle, aud sabres and
pistols for cavalry. They intend potting the ar
mory in a condition for the manufacture of arms
a* *oon a* possible, and to make such purchases
of arms as are needed fur iuiuiudiate use, without
uunecessary delay.
•o**Punch him a caricature representing Louis
Napoleon taking lessons from Cobden. This ia
doubtless baa(l on the facia aut forth ia the fol
lowing paragraph :
A Furis correspondent of ihe Aiixi.urg Gazette
saya that when Mr. Cobden arrived some month*
ago from England, his luggage weighed about
thirteen tons. It wan immediately forwarded to
St. Cloud. The parcel contained pattern* of every
kind of English produce The Kmperor wont with
Mr. Oobden over the whole of these articles, coni -
paring <|utility, cost of production and price with
that of the corresponding articles of the French
in arm fact it re. ‘ At that time nobody in Faria had
an idea that Mr. Oohdun had established a depot
of English good* in the palace of Pt. Cloud, and
wan studying economical reform with the Ktnpe
rur, as he once before bad done with Sir Robert
Peel.
jMr-The nain ox of the four new mail steam
ahipii of the Irish"American line are to be Leiu
•tor, Ulster, Muaater and Connaught, in honor of
the designations of the four provinces of Ireland.
The Leinster will leave Galway for New York on
the let of dune next, and nil the other* will sail
within eix week* afterward*.
.Jfrtf-The New York l>ay Book says of Spur
geon, the sensation preacher:
“He ban a huge voice, a great deal of brass, n
smattering of hnrniug, a subdued vulgarity, bur
ly figure, a butcherly head, a bigoted soul, ulittlu
mind, and he Is an Abolitionist/’
lißuiar.ATjVß Appropriation, —The Legisla
ture of Virginia have passed the bill making an
appropriation of 9160,000 to pay the uou-oom
missioned officers and privates for their services
at Harper's Ferry.
I(0H Mills, Till USD U. .MARCH 8, fSttft.
Letter from lion. 0 B Flcklln, * Mr. Douglas.
Wpyjcld to-d;\y a portion of our Space to a
letter from the lion. Dhi.anuo U. fffCKUlf, for
nl*ny years a mombtfr of Oortgreito, afid at present
ft (leicgHt.-to Charleston Trout the fjtafe of ll\i
noig, relative tp tlifi Ifow, ,S. A. Uoeglah, as a
suitable, uviuiaoe Tor the National Democratic
OuQvoniton. Tbo ablo wrltor speaks of tho politi
cal history oTTMr., Dqugla* from an Intimate ae
quaitttaucc with him for. twenty, year*, and we
bmipcak'fcr the letter a careful’ perusal by our
readers. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ !
Without modifying qur own vjeiys in relation
to tho doctrine of proteotiun to slave property in
the territories and the right of Ccftigresato(enforce
the Constitutional guarantees of all citizens mi
grating to tho common (lorpuin, we publish the
communication with groat clioerfulueas. Due
thing is true, tho Demmiruey of lllinhis, showing
thoir faith by thoir works, have heretofore, in
Democratic Conventions, cn?t their vote, iu favor
of men loyal to the Constitutional rights of the
Bouth. In 1852, voting for,the Hoit. .1 kefersox
Davis, than whom none is more devoted to the
South, for Vice President, and in 1.860 for the
Ilou. John A. Quitman, the recognizud champion
of the (ire-eatery for tho *nmc position.
CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS, V
March Ist, IStML J
Hon. Peyton 11. Colquitt:
During the fierce struggle of 1868 between
Judge Douglas and Mr. Lincoln, I had the pleas
ure to receive a letter from you touching tho
points iuvolvod in that memorable campaign,
aud Rflkiug tuy view* us to the future oourse of
Judge Douglas. An intiumto acquaintance with
him of twenty-five years duration, und a thorough
knowledge of his political opinions uuublod me to
*ay then, that there was no more questiou of his
fidelity to all of the principles and usages of the
Democratic party, and all of the compromieet of
the constitution, than there wus of the auuual re
turn of the season*.
Horn and bred a democrat, no nominee of the
party,nor no acknowledged measure of tho party,
ha* over failed to receive his cordial .support. On
entering Congress in 1848, hi* speech in favor of
refunding the fine to Gen. Jackson, gave him a
national reputation, and at that very session, he*
in cotumou with the South, was openly and ar
dently in favor of the annexation of Texas, and
of the nomination in 1844 of (Mndidalrs for Presi
dent. aud Vico President, favorable to that meas
ure; and the result was tbo nomination of those
distinguished statesmen, Polk and Dallas, whose
administration furnishes ouc of the brightest pages
in American history. Duriifg that same *es*ion,
too, Judgu Dougin*, in common with the other
democratic members from Illinois,, voted for the
21$t rule, excluding from the House abolition
petitions.
On the introduction of thuWilmut Proviso, by
its notorious Pennsylvania mover, Judge Dougia*
was one of the first to oppose and deal out heavy
blows against it, and foul injustice is done him
by those who charge or iutiuiato that be was
ever in favor of that measure in any sense what
ever. Our Senator* were instructed by the Illi
nois Legislature to vote for tho proviso, and any
vote that he ever gave on thut side wn-a in obedi*
cnee to tho legislative instructions and contrary
to his own judgineut aud under protest at the
time.
In consonance with tho views aud wishoa of
the distinguished statesmen and patriota of the
Mouth, he introduced the clause in tbe Kansas-
Nebraska hill, repealing tbo MDsouri Compromise
line, which repeal was then acknowledged on all
hand* to be in harmony with tlie Compromise
Meapuresof 1850, and to place tho North and the
South upon a perfect equality as to person aud
property in migrating to tbe Territories of tbe
nation, uncontroled by a geographical line, which
at the time of its passage, Mr. Jefferson so bitter
ly denounced. For this act of even handed jus
tice, the abolitionists of every hue and complex
ion, thu great array of fruulom, or rather offree
dom vhrickire, poured thoir viuls of wrath upon
his devoted head, aud burnt Douglas in ufligy,
from the shores of Aroostook to the banks of Hie
Ohio.
Tho Compromise Measures of 1860, including
the Fugitive Slave act, and the Texas boundary
uot, gave great offeuco to the abolitionists, and
the doctrine of uon-iuterveution by Congress with
the question of slavery, was autagonistio to and
destructive of every prospect for the enforcement
of the Wilrnot proviso. It canqot be denied that
not only in tbe Cincinnati Convention, but also
by the letters und fpeaches of the FresideTit, ;
Vice President uud members of tbe Cabinet, was
this doctrine fully and unequivocally enunciated
in every portion ol the Union. It is now pro
posed to submit to the Charleston Convention
new tests of party fealty, and to dissolve that
body if they are not adopted, even before a can
didate is nominated.
The disintegration of the democratic party, and
even the disruption of iho Uuiou, seem to be ends
coveted by some who profess to act with us. This
chief object seems to bo to prepare the Southern
mind for a Southern Republic, and to induce the
fifteen slave States to out of the fTaion.—
How different is this udvLc from that given by
Jefferson and Mudison in 1701 * and 1700, to re
ieve the country of the alien and sedition laws,
which they held to bo unconstitutional and op
pressive. Their advice wus that tbo strong men
of the democratic party in each •State should go
iuto the Elate Legislatures ami tight the battle
against the federal party of that day, inside, and
not outside of the constitution. Their coun
sels were heeded, and sterling .Stales Rights reso
lutions were passed by the legislatures of Virgin
ia and Kentucky, and the result was the repeal ot
the odious and unconstitutional “Alien and bedi
tiun laws” of the administration of the elder
Adam*. Those resolutions are incorporated into
and made a part of the Cincinnati platform. It
docs seem to me, that their advice wax sound and
patriotic, and that it upplies at this day, as well
as it did then,to the arbitrary and uneoustitution
nl acts of Congress. Our glorious confederacy of
sovereign and independent Stutcs, cun be pre
served only by a strict adherence to all the re
quirements and compromises of tbo constitution.
It cannot long survive the destruction of Ftate
Rights and Statu sovereignty, and we require all
the foruo of the democratic purty liruily united, to
hold in check the encroachments of tlio national
legislature upon the reserved rights of the States
and people.
Divided, we fall uu easy prey to the great abo
lition republican army, who, like the federalists of
old, claim thut Congress is omnipotent, and there
fore, has sovereign power to abolish slavery in
the Territories, and every foot of soilowued by
the government. Is it wise in us, with a foe in
full panoply iu the Held, marshalling his force*
for battle, planting his batteries and burnishing
his bayouets, to stop cavil about uou-essential ar
tiules of faith, that were proposed and rejected as
party tests, more than ten year* ago, and may be
settled t43ii years hence, without damage to the
democratic party ?
The battle in 1861 was fought in tbo Qalf
States by the Democracy, upon the doctrine that
thu constitution of the United Stales established
slavery in the Territories won by the common
blood and treasure of the nation, and the result
wus a total route of the Democracy by a combina
tion of the elements of opposition as a Union I
party. Tbewur wo.u veterans of Southern rights, I
and the most gifted aud trusted sons of the <
PEYTONH. COLQUITT. 1
JAMES W. WAS-REN, 1 (Editor*.
Number 11
MAEth.iwbohaUfua opeH sccossieh, even iw h ro
muto contingency, v?ry wljero d UW f.
Even the gallant, talented and deservedly popu
lar son of Mississippi, Scnhtor Davis, whs beaten
by Gen. Foote for Governor. Bocrctary Thotup
*on was overwhelmingly defeated for Congress by
anew, and till then, unknown man, nnd her
gifted son, Senator Drown, was the only represen
tative went by Mississippi to Congress, to tejl that
••here bad been a .Southern rights party in tho
field in tho luto contest. Tho legislaluro of Ala
bama placed Col. Clemen* Ip the Senate over her
■Most gifted gnd talented sous,
At tbo Cincinnati Convention in 1856, the lion.
Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, pre
sented to tbo committee on resolutions, a resolu
tion announcing the doctrine that tbo constitu
tion carried slavery Into tho territories, which
ufter discussion, was rejected. Some of tho
members of tho eomniiftoe from tho South, though
holding tfiut dootrino took the ground
that, as they had been beaten upon it at home, it
was not proper or generous to force It
upon tho Froa States, and instead, the Com
mittee embodied in the platform tho doctrine of
the Kansas-Nebraska bill of “non-interference
by Congress with slavery in State and Territory
.r in the District of Columbia, as embodying tho
only true solution of the slavery question.”
The platform presented by the committee on
resolutions wus adopted with singular unanimity
by tho Convention, ami uieurporntlng a* it docs,
the KcstAMcky itiHipVirgmia romdutHraa <of 1798
aud ’99 as ons of UssoumUist ami best plank#is,
it does seem to uu*,- brood enough and sound
euough ou the question off State rights, to hold
‘ uvory true democrat from tho-&l. Lawrence to the
Rio Grande, and from the Atlantic to tho Pa
cific.
Tho admission of slave States and the rigid en
forcement of the fugitive stave law, are the two
question* vital to the South, ami also vital to th
North because: if we live together under the cov
• • nants made by our fathers, it must be on terras
of perfect equality, between the States and the
people of the State*, and good faith must be scru
pulously observed between the several States and
the pimple thereof. On these two living and vital
quostiuns, is (hero any man iu this broad laud,
who would have the ulightcst doubt about the
Boundnens of Judgu Dougin*? Does any one sup
pose for a uiomeut, that the unconstitutional uud
despicable personal liberty law of Massachusetts,
und her other kindred abolition sister States,
would stand a moment in the way of tho faithful
execution of tho fugitivo slave law, cost what it
might ofthe blood or treasure of the nation, If he
were President ? Or that another State like Mis
souri, would stuud piteously at tbo door of Con
gress, asking for admission, and be rejected be
came her coastitution tolerated slavery, without
his using all tho iufiueuco and uppliance* of his
position, to usher her into the sisterhoodof Mutes?
Deeply impressed, us tho North-West is, with the
•belief that Judge Douglas is the man for the hour,
and thut be is certain to hu elected, if nominated
with thu approbation of the South, yet her De
mocracy would not press him upon tho Conven
tion, if they did not know, beyond all question
ami all cavil, thut be is sound upon all the great
issues which have divided the Democratic party
I fmm its opponents, from the foundation of the
government to the prcscut day. Under his ad
ministration no forays would bo made with im
punity, by Abolitionists into slave States for iu-
Hiirrertionary nnd treasonable purposes, and no
foreign Territory desiring to come to us, would
ho rojucted, because of its tolerutiou of slavery.—
Tbe evidence* of the popularity of Judge Doug
las in the North-West aro overwhelming, and it
cannot be disguised that the toiling million are
for him, and that his nomination would work like
a ebarm upon tbe masses, lii* friends would go
into the campaign with a confidence of success,
and they would contest every inch of ground in
every North-Western State and would carry tbe
most of them. Tho Republican* would rogard
his nomination as tbo “bund writing upon tbe
wall,” Their presses for tbo last eighteen months
I have teemed with abuse of him, and have been
freighted with arguments 7 to prove that ho is tbe
weakest man wo could run. Their object i* mani
fest. Bold, ardent, talented and self reliant,
Judge Dougia* commenced the campaign of 1858
in opposition to Mr. Lincol, nwith no *ympathy
from a democratic administration; his friends
e\ery where removed from office, and bis personal
enemies placed iu their steud ; nnd with this tire
iu front and fire in thu reur, he routed the hosts
of abolitionism aud black republicanism in the
most terrific Statu canvass that ha* ever been
made since tbe existence of the government.—
Jefferson und Jackson, mud Folk aud Fierce, and
Buchanan, have each, iu turn, been traduced and
villifiud by their opponent*, but it hits been re
served for tbe Abolition nr Black Republican par
ly to exhaust upon Judge Douglas the vocabulary
of billiugsgate, in lerm* more gross and offensive
than wus over before applied to any prominent
member of the Democratic party. They of course
know who they dread most. In 1852, tbe De
mocracy of Illinois cast their vote in convention
lor that favorite sou of the South, Col. Davis, of
Miss., for Vice-Frosident, and that too, when bo
was fresh from the canvass for Governor in oppo
sition to the compromise measures of 1850, which
were popular iu nil the North-Western States. In
1866 the vote of Illinois was east in the Cincin
nati! Convention for that noble champion of
Southern rights, the lamented Quitman, for Vice-
President, and it may be regarded us a fixed fact
that In the Charleston Convention, the Illinois
delegated will bo lor “harmony, compromise and
eoneudsion, everything for measures aud nothing
for men/’ in order that we may have candidates
for President and Vice-President, acceptable to
the North and South, who ir. November next, will
crush upon the wheel that party, whose first and
last principle i* undying hatred aud opposition
to Southern institutions and Southern rights. All
men who desire to see the Constitution preserved
h* it is, and the Union continued ’under the Con
stitution as our fathers made it, should be willing
to make sacrifices of personal preference, in order
to defeat a party whoso acknowledged leader
proclaims that there is an irrepressible conflict
between the free and slave States, and whose
disciples, Hinton Helper and the late Os awata
mie Brown, and bis confederates in crime, propose
(o abolish slavery iu the States by fraud or force,
a* occasion might require. That African slavery
will exist in the Southern Stales so long as the
people of each Statu deslro it, I regard oh a fixed
laut,and all outside interference, whether direct
or indirect, by individual* or political organiza
tions, tends to impair the stability and integrity
of the Uuiou, and must be met and crushed out
by theme who desire its perpetuity, or else in time
it will subvert the government itself.
Yours, very respectfully.
ORLANDO B. riCKLIN.
Drath or Maioh E. 11. Pitxurkalo. —Tills
officer of the United States army, who died inCali
fornlaoti the 9th ult., was a native of Pennsyl
vania, served in the Soruiiiofe war, and under Gen.
Soott, Wool and Worth In tbMexican war. Ho
wasone of the first officer* of tbeiuTwMng army who
.‘topped on shore at Vera Crux, lie was iu every
battle on General Seott's line, from the surrender
of Vera Cro* to the fall of the city of Meieo. In
all these, whether in the line or on the stuff, he
served with distinction. For conspicuous gailau
try at the storming of Chapultupee, he received
lux commission ns brevet major in the army. For
several years past he ha* been serving in New
Mexico and Californio.
Fostimos.—‘Tom Thumb to his brule—“Loro
BO little, love me long.”