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“T rnmn. rei*T. '■ . i*o Democratic State Convention. To nominate delegatee to the Na tional Democratic Convention at Charleston, will assemble at Mill edgevil le on the skcond Wkpmosoav or Maecb inst. By order of the Executive Committee. now a lit The Chronicle A Sentinel, of a recent data, in Mi exhortation to over/body to b represented In tb forthcoming Constitutional Union Convert lion, says that “the Democratic party is utterly unable to defeat the Republicans except by be coming equally m odious and equally as danger oa* to the peace of the country, and tbo perpetuity of our Institutions ; in other word*, by proving themselves bettor freesuHor* than the Kepubii caw.” Oar cotemporary doea not giv# hi* reaeon for the above assertion, but tl# intelligent reader will he at no loss to supply it. He thinks that the anti slavery feeling among the Northern masse* ia eo atrong that the Democratic party, in order to succeed. will ho obliged to make ounce* violin to that aeutiinent, dangeroua to the South. Hi* remark would not bare thoahadow of truth upuo any other hyjK>tbe*l*. Then, why all this hubbub about the organisation of anew party ? If the Democracy cannot triumph without con ciliating Republican favor, where ia the hope for the success of any other party which doee not make similar concessions? If the degrading nv oeaeity really oxist* tbara ia little necessity in the South fur hut oue party, and that a disunion par. ty, to which complexion, we fear, it muat come at last. a m ■aaMrai Pruaprata lo.Aew kagiaad From our exchangee in New England, we learn the gratify in that pro* peota of many of the largest firm* are not the moat flattering, from the-withdrawal of Southern eupport from them. Living on the fat of our aubatanee, they willingly pocket with one band the dime* made from the labor of atavee, while with the other they hold up .the maater, at the moat Inhuman and cruel of being*. Thi* state of thing* has come to acriaia. Tbe Southern mer chant has been aroused and made indignant, and at a sacrifice, perhaps, has chosen other markets from which to purchase bis goods. From the Hartford (Conn.) Timm we take fol lowing attract. “We regret to learn that one of tbe largest manufacturing establishments in the Slate, loca ted In this city, owiug to tbe {ailing off iu South ern trade, and the scarcity of Government orders, ia about to suspend a large amount of work in progress, and discharge some hundreds of hands, who have been kept employed during the winter month* through the liberality of the proprie tor.” The lame journal, also, thus alludes to the late shoe-maker’s strike: “Os these fifty thousand sboaiakera in Mas sachusetts, a largo number of them have voted for that party which sends to Congress such rep resentatives of Massachusetts sentiment as Wil eou and Sumner. The speeches and action of these men have alienated the South from Massu ehußcttn; already tbe South is finding other mar kets to purchase the goods which MaasachuaeUs has so largely furnwhed. Consequently, the “bosses” Und themselves without orders and the inoa without employment—-or cite compelled to work for wages insufficient for their support.— The manufacturers of Massachusetts, who like the bogus ■’luuim/aeiurers’’ of Connecticut, care nothing lor the South only so far as “trade” is eeonsrned, find them selves suddenly deprived of even thi* selfish consolation. While wo sympa thise with tbe large ideas of operatives who have Wen compelled to labor for starvation wages, we caunot but reflect that these vwry men are re sponsible for tbe evils brought upon them. They have tbe power by their vote# which are far more effective than processions, strike*, or speeches, to place Massachusetts in a different light before the Eouth and the country, to restore trade to its legitimate channel*, to revive the once friend ly tot-itHg which existed between their own State and tbe bouth, audio put down that spirit of fa naticism which is doing ait that it can to destroy the industrial Kngiaud.” The l nlonl.m of (ialoalats WitimUaloa of Abell t ionium The Richmond Examiner exposes, with great force, the inconsistency of those in the bouth who assert to bars a regard for the right* and Insti stiustiou* of the bouth, yet at the saute time de cline alimeasures to .support them--who oppose a con sere nc among the boutheru duties yet sub mit to a daily association .with and control by abolitionists. We t beg the attentive considera tion of the remarks of the Examiner: If they wish to make their assailants (muse; to awe Block Republican enemies, or to sireugthuu Northern Conservatives, the open, public, author itative evidence of preparation for united action, are essential to effect these. And we ask those who dread disunion as the result of a conference between Southern Commissioners, armed with no other powers bnt thoao of recommendation, what attitude have they assumed toward* the whole beathern (ample? They are holding up to the gave of all men, as an otyeutuf almost *u iHireutums veneration, of inestimable worth, a Union in which the declared opponent* at their properly bear sway. They arc corn innriding their own agents and requiring their sdttaens to pay obedittuee n. laws made by free soil mj ritics.— They are forcing representatives to cuusult daily and hourly with the open, avowed agent* fe If tack Republican constituencies. They arc pla cing the legislation of the country, the rights of ]wreon* and property, under the control of assem blies in which known halers of African slavery exercise certain aud hostile authority. And they say publicly and emphatically, with these anti slavery agitator* we can be united, with these Free-soil representative* we can legislate, wnh these Block Republican agvuu we can cutisuU, hut with tbe Commissioners of Southern Male* we wiii not confer. We can legislate with lilack Republican Legislators, but we caunot commit with pro-slavery commissioners. Vl can sub mit tolawless enactment* made by Federal oppo nents of slavery, hut we cannot advise with pow erless commissioners from slave States. Wc can endure to he pillaged arid insulted by Northern people, hut wc can never go into counsel with the elaveboidiug people of the South. We deuouuce as iufamou* and traitorous the men who dare to look to disunion in the South, but we will hug to our bosom in fraternal union the people of the twelve free States who curse the Constitution,and rests! aud defeat the fugitive ulave lew. W will not hearken l<* tbe earnest, respectful appeal us Carolina, for w* dread that she may teach our oetumtseiuner* or our people not to prise a uniou With Vuuuont aud Massachusetts. Mansion Uraraw ox Wnivu Laelr m tm* Harr*.—Her* is a word just spoken by Kenator Hauler in the Senate; “Nor l# ft true that the Institution of slavery makes manual labor < the part of the whitas des picable iu the eJeveboldiog Mato*. There is no country oo earth in which honest labor, a* 1 be lieve, is inoru respected, Mid of thin I am certaiu, that over y white laborer in the slaveholdiug K*u* is wore nearly on an equality with every •ther man in tbe community than every white laborer ia the North ie on terms of equality with every other mao in the North.” th ra*Mnx>T a* run John xiju>w*n wart MoTtokMxa, Mr. Georg* .Senuott, couava) for Stevens and Haxiett, now under vnten<- 0 of death at Chariotown, Va., arrived here yemerdey, and had an interview with the Provident, m the nope of obtaining his personal mi|u.-n< •• with the Governor nod LagtaiuiUft# of Virginia to obtain their purdou. Thu President irouted Mr. Sennult kindly, aud expressed to him fits warmest sympathies, und the hope thul ii svsff juc*ncd iu hi* mission ; but. w lulu he did not dtwiinc to not directly, he did not pnoiio*u <> take Mtion. He euid it Wa a in utter for Ihe Governor and of Virginia to decide. aud be oouiJ not, interfere with the logtsiutive affairs of any £talc. Mr. •Svunott leaves her* for Richmond to morrow, having the assurance td Gov. iMt-' her that hw shall bate a hearing lietor* the ('••ejtndlce on Pur due* in behalf of lus clients, lie vdi ask for a general amnesty iu their case. U iff a trai ler u! great doubt if his request is greeted (Steven* doe* not express a hope of being *arJoned 11* is reedy and willing to meet jiis tuiit, aud it ia said that he manifest* as much coolness and indifference concerning |na end oa Brown did.— JV. )'. He t aid. Jk bill bos passed tbe Legislature us Kentucky, Appropriating SO,OOO per annum le the Kentucky fftetes Agricultural Bookt/. Interesting; to fisriMCM From the following not* from tha Commlsstor . sr of Patents, It wifi be seen that the relianoe upon tbe Government for garden seeds daring tbe pres ent year will be a poor on*: Umitkd Etatkk Patent Os-vice, ) February 2, £666. J Sir: The following extract from tbe fortheom ing Agricultural Report of tha Commissioner of Patents will explain the reason why the distri button of the various kinds of domestic seeds, which have heretofore been sent from this otteg, is dispensed with during Dio present fiscal year: ••owing to tbe reduced appropriation made by Congress for agrieuliurol purposes for the fiscal year ending June M, lhfM), tbe. offioe has been compelled U reduce its ex|*en**s it* action to a more limited sphere than heretofore In doing ibis, it was found necessary, either to decline purchasing for distribution tbe usual va rieties of gerden and fisld seeds, or to abandon thu experiment of propagating the tea and various •ther foreign plants and grape culling* for which orders had been given. Tbe expenses which bad already born incurred in (heir procurement would hardly justify the office In tbrowiug*theui aside. It ssi sceordiogly deemed advisable to apply the remainder of the funds solely to tbe procur ing of information and preparing the material for the Agricultural Report, and to tha propagation and distribution of such varieties of foreign seeds and nuttings as had been already engaged. These were of such a nature, that if they had (men di* tributed throughout the country immediately upon their receipt the probability is, that very few of them would have reached their destination in a fit state for propagation. The tea-seeds, more particularly, arrived in such a condition, that it was of the utmost importance to plant them at onoe. For this purpose, large propage ting house* were erected upon the Government grounds, north of the canal, between 4% and <Rh streets. These structures now answer well the purrmse for which they were Intended, asiasx bibttod by the fact that we have ready for dis tribution over HO,OOO well rooted tea- plants; 12,- 000 foreign and domestic grape- vines ; WOO seed less potngranale cutting*, and various foreign, medicinal, and ornamental plants. Tbesa will he rowdy for distribution during the present winter, and the ensuing spring.” Yours, very respectfully, WM. I>. BUS HOP, Commissioner. Murder of ffr. W. J. firm. The “Ocala (Fla ) Companion” has the follow ing relative to tho late borribls murder of Hr. Koiu > “On Holiday morning last, our community was thrown into a state of intense excitement by the announcement us the death of Hr. W. J. Keitt, one of the most talented citisen of Florida, aud our Honator in tbe Htate Legislature, lie had been living by himself, on his plan*alien, aboet three miles from Oaoia, and had been ia ill health for some time past. Early in the morning, one of bis servants, who bad waited on him during his illness, came Into town and stated that, as he went tnb bis master's room to build a firs, he found him lying on tbs floor dead. At first it was supposed that lie bad died suddenly from an af fect on of the heart; hut, on visiting bis house, his body was found bathed in blood and his throat cut from ear to ear. An inaueet was soon held, and it was found that be bad heeu most brutally murdered by one or mora of bis own negroes. Tbe most positive evidence was obtained against one of the negroes, and a disposition was manifested to hang him at once; but, with the view of ob taming proof against others who are *upp< sed to be implicated, be was brought to jail, with three other* eu whom suspicion rests. Tbe matter is undergoing further investigation as we go to press, and we are therefore unable to give the resalt. “Hr. Keitt was a native of South Carolina, aud a brother of the lion. L. M. Keitt, the brilliant representative of that State, who has nobly battled for the rights of the South in tbe halls of Congress. Tbs deseaeed moved to this State about six years ago, nd had so identified himself with her interests os to render bis death a public ualwinUy.’’ Mr. Reward's speech. Mr. ffeward has made the speech of a politician, not of a statesman. Clamorously called upon by the wire workers among hie followers to pronounce an oration which should call back to the ranks of tho blaek Republican party the flying host* of conservatives, aud at the same time hold fast to their allegiance the abolition fanatics, he has made the effort, and has failed. Better would it have !>oen for his own reputation, bad he clung to hia original determination and remained silent. In the endeavor tu blond antagonism aud to satisfy the “oppoaiutf and enduring forces” within bis own party, he talks of the John Brown gang at a “hand of‘exceptionable men,” who,“inspired by eu enthusiasm peculiar to themselves,” com mitted “an act of sedition and treason, aud, be eomiug the “iunoceut victims of a frensy kindled without their agency,” were in tbeir deaths “plti abte.” lie does not refer, either for approval or condemnation, to Helper's hand-book of revolu tion, or its sixty-eight (’ougressioual black re publican endorserst hut be acknowledges that tbe whole aim of that party is to oppose “slavery aud polygamy,” and he gives 11a anew version of of Helpin ‘* motto of the party, “tbe abolition of slavery and th* perpetuation of ibe Union” by fores, by trausposiug it into one of the old Revo lutionary sayings, used when “liberty” carried a very different meaning from what it uow doee in th* mouth of an aboliuoniat—“Union and Liber ty, come what may,” Ac.— if. Y. Herald. tprlng lion net*. Tbe New York correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, iu a recent letter, thus alludes to the new style of bonnets with whioh our fair ones are soon to be adorned: “What queer things tho spring bonnets are!— Have they reached Charleston yet? If not, pre pare yourself to be astonished. The “uovoity” is nothing but a revival of our great great -very great grandmother's bonnet— except that it seta a little further back on tbe head. Your memory will be quickened, perhaps, when 1 tell you that tbu bonnet is of the coal-scuttle pattern, aud that the how part, in front looms several inches above th* head, and iu shape and style ia verv much like the oauvauM top of a Jersey wagon. The wouiuti are vicing with each other in the cuoruiity of these how-lronts—as they always do, the dear creatures—in every out* of tho myriad fashionable follies which they adopt—God bless ’em ! But they little suspect the terrestrial angels—that these bonnet# make them appear perfectly hide ous, and that the curious look with which the youug men them—and which :h fair en chaiitreoaee (oddly believe lobe oue of unqualified Admiration—is exchanged for a broad grin when their CoeoiitaUng backs are turned.” tom rnlion of HlavtbeUHng Males. Gov. Harris oouimuutested to the Legislature of Tennessee, on the 2Htb ult, the resolutions of tha Kouth Carolina and Mississippi Legislatures relative to a Convention of the Slaveholdiug Buies. Tbe tone of tbe message is unfavorable tu the proposed Convention. We aved scarcely addihalthe Governor's hops of a returning sense ol justice on the part of our Northern brethren is greater than our own. The message is os fol lows: Kxsci'tivk Uai AHTwr.sr, ) February 28, iB6O, j dent I* men of the Senate and Homme qf Hepreeentativoe : I herewith transmit the resolutions adored by the Legislature* of South Carolina and Miaate sippi upon Federal relations. While 1 do not concur iu tbeir recommenda tions—not seeing the necessity or propriety of a convention of tbe slaveholding Stales us the Uuion at this time—l, nevertheless deem it prop er that 1 should com mu ideate, aud that you should respectfully eousider, the suggestions us our sister States. Relieving a* 1 do, that th* people of Tennessee are loyal to the Constitution in all Its parts, aud with each and ell of Its guaranties; ixuitessiug n jealous regard for thv rights of the States, and feeling justly apprehensive <>f encroachment* upon them, they would feel and demonstrate, when neeeaaary, their identity with any us her sister (States 10 resisting any unjust and uuoonstituLiou al warfare upon theta or their institutions. This resistance should be, tirai, by the uac of all the euiistituttunai weans in our power, to the end that the Union may be preserved as it was framed, and the blessing* of a government of equality, amter a written Constitution, perpettia ted. Hut if th* hope of thus obtaining justice ahall be disappointed, aud tbe Federal Govern tneut, in the bauds of reckless fanatics, shall at any time become an engine of power to invade tbs rights us individuals and of Mutes, to follow the -xanpU of our fathers of 1776, will lie ibe only alternative left us. While there is much iu the present attitude of partn-s. State* and public men. in the northern pottion of the confederacy, to cauee apprehen sion as to the security of our rights aud the con tin uai.ee of fraternal feeling, yet there is a proba bility, and 1 hope • strong oue, that wise, tem perate, and firm counsel* may avert the impend ing evil*. Therefore, before Widening tbe breach in the manner designated u, the resolutions here with submitted, our policy riiouUt be to exhaust every means, consistent with houur and the Con stitution, in an earnest effort to chock the tide of aggression, and restore the era of good IVcling and fyateruity throughout the whole country. Kespeelftilly, LSIIAM 0. HARRIS. Form Carolina M*p< al Collrgr. Two hundred and forty students attended this institu tion, of which Mouth Carolina furnishes J 88; North Carolina. 10; Alabama, 33; Georgia, 10j Florida, 6; Mississippi. Virginia, 8; Connec ticut, 1, Texas, 1, Kansas, 1. COllTUll. UTVBDAT. HAMCH 10.1M0 Boston Courier is comparing the present wages received by shoemakers and other draftsmen, especially printers. Tbe average weekly wages of printers, to each individual, is shouts 15, which is nearly three times as much as a large portion of tbe journey men sboemakeie receive when at work “With these comparative figures before us (says the Courier) we cannot feel surprised that boss shoemakers get rich a little faster than (he publishers of daily papers.” Scaslrt Frvku — This terrible disease is ra ging tearfully in Kteubenviile, Ohio, and vicinity. The deaths run from two U> five duily, and al ready have two hundred liulv ones nuocuuibed to iU deadly influence. The disease eeeuis to bo widespread beyond precedent this year. Our country exchanges notice mors or iess of it in their respective districts, though with less fatal results than that attending iu appearouoe in ti tea ben vill*. pßOPosnn Hkoroaxixatiox ok Utah Trhki tort.— The House Committee) on Territories haw under consideration the subject of reorganising the Territory of Utah, so that voting therein will be based upon legal votes, instead us inhabitants, which will give the Gentiles a show of fairnemt. Another projeet before the Committee is to divide up tbe Territory, so os to reduce the Mormons to a state of necessary Inferiority, territorially, and compel them either to abandon the soil which they now inhabit, or obey uatioual law. Mr. Bright and tub Frrxch Ekkkror.—Wc observe by our late English Ales, that Mr. Bright has made a groa’ reform speech at Manchester, in the course of which he spoke very highly of Louis Nspolcou. In that portion of his remarks which referred to tbe new commercial movement in France, Mr. B. said : “You find liiin propounding a document wbloh deserves U> be written in letters of gold, a new commercial policy for France, and lor the world, (Cheers.) And I, who have no regard for that which men call fame, veuture to say mat, for centuries to come, if that |oiiey be carried out by the Emperor of the French, the blessed re nowu which will attach to bit name, wiii eclipse all that sanguinary glory which encircles tbe founder of the dynasty to which he belongs.” Fiioorehs or thb Atlaxtio A Gwlr Hoad.— Colton /rom Allapuha. We are grati fied (says the Bavenaab Republican; to be in formed that this road ia now ironed for a dis tance of 140 miles, including the Bavauuab, Albany k Gulf Road, and that the work is pro gressing finely. Os the cotton received yester day, some ti fly bales were from Allapaha, the first list from station No. 12. While the track is being steadily extended, improvements are go ing on at the Ue 4 >ut that refleet credit upon the •uargetio President of the Road, and his efficient corps of assistants. Anew engine called the “Ocluckue#,” wiii soon be added to the Locomo tive list of the road. We are pleased to learn that the freight tor the iuterior is increasing as well as that receiving here from along the line. ■ #■ Later rrom Texan Still further Indian Atrocities. —The Austin Uatette contain* two columns of accounts of murders and robberies by ludians on the fron tier. One of tbe most dsriug of these inroads was made upon the neigbbornuod of Meridian, wbioh is a considerable town at least onohundred mils* within the outer tins of settlements. Tho whole frontier, exposed to the uioursiens of the Indians, is now thoroughly alarmsd, and is al most without protection. Throe companies only have been raised, and these are nearly a hundred miiel apart. We are convinced the Oeneral Government will be compelled to place Ranger* on Blowhole line. Affairs in Texas Reply or tbe PrtMlAent to (lev. Honxton’i Letter. Tim letter of Gov. Houston to tbe President has not been, but may soon l, made public, in respouae to the resolutions of both branchun of Congress, calling tor intbnoution in rela tion to the troubles aloug the ‘Texan border. It is understood, however, that Governor Houston, among other things, represents tho existence of actual war, urges immediate •woopr, and indicates ins intention to caH out volunteers in sutficmnl throe to pursue and nuiush the enemy to the fullest extent. It is known from the latest Texas dates (hat he ia vigorously prosecuting his plans to the loiter. A reply hua been sent by the I'reMdeut, who, there is no reuson to believe, is opposed to this independent course iu waging war, es pecially as our sllsira with Mexico are in u critical condition, and as orders have heeu despatched (hr the marching of large bodies of troop* to the froutier, and (lie instructions arc of such a character as to accomplish the objects contemplated without unuecossary do iuy. Gov. Houston lias been so informed by the President, also that the culling out of volunteer* for ihu purpose mentioned proper ly devolves on Congress. No uncoinUtiouul order ha* been issued by our goverumeul toe the forces to pass into tho Mexican territory. The oonatitiftioual government last summer gave permission for the landing of uavnt forces at several ports, Ibr the protection of the per sons aud uroperty of Amermnn citifinos, uud it is probuble that, in pursuance of tin* course, a provisional urrungomeul will soon he made, according to winch the Governor of Tamuuli pax will offer no obstruction to the crossing of our troops in pursuit ot those who may seek rufugu iu that neighboring territory. Texas.- The Galveatou Mewe, Fob. 28. has the following : Our exchanges all inform us that the planting of tbe country is either rapidly progressing or fiu islivd, us far as regards corn aud vegetables. Iu souio instances wu learn that corn is already up, and in another week we presume it will be up iu all the lower aud Western counties. In the West the ground has generally heeu too dry, while iu Middle niifi Eastern Texas our aceounls arc that the ground has been in remarkably kood condi tion. and ha* broken up eurlier aud deeper than usual, and the prospects are highly favorable for good crops. The Affray at (allege. During the past week, James W. ROOS6, of Georgia, cauie to his death from the ufieds us a blow 011 the bead, iuflicted by John Bell Brown low, of Knoxville. This occurred at Kmory and Henry College, both parties being students. It is with pain and reluctance 1 allude tu this melan choly affair, and but for the many notices by newspaper editors and correspondents, whioh I havesecu, I would refraiu from milking a single remark. It is legitimate in editors to notice such occurrences us items ofntwe, but wheu a case is to undergo Judicial investigation, as this it, noth ing ought to be said pro or con, touching the merits of (he case. 1 know no harm of the deceased or hi* frionds, and if ldid, I would not utter one word of com plaint, In tbe absence of auy information, I pre sume them to bo clever people—they have my sympathies in tbeir bereavement -uud 1 would rise at the hour ofuiiduigbl tu render them any kind service, s ippoaiog they would do the same for me. But justice to m/ sou requires the state ment of ouo or twu fact*. The deceusod was a very stout young man- about six feet high weighed about one hundred and sixty pounds. Ho gave th* first offense iu words, and he gave the first blow. My son, though a member of the senior class, had just passed out of his twentieth year—weighs about oas hundred and erven pound*, and is physically feeble. He was knoek and down wheu iu the passage, 011 his way to his room—hi* antagonist was on him beatiug him severely, and haviug kicked him iuouceye, that eye was Minded with I loud and sand. With the aid of a small boy pulling at him, my •on got from under him. and iu the sniuu moment, seised upon a small chestnut stick within reach, slid struck tbe one unfortunate blow. Mv son left for East Tenuessve openly, going to tbe Glade tipriuga depot to take the oars, and was so ad vised by hi* friends, beiug myaelf iu Nashville.— He did not leave until after the physicians pro nounced the deceased in no serious danger, and until my son was arraigned before tbe Faculty, and ordered to go to hi* studies. Ho will return to Abingdon at the proper nine, and surrender himself to the proper authorittes, and await his trial undor tbe lawa of Virginia. As he is not, and uever u, a quarrelsome young man, and in morals will compare favorably with the bettor data of young men at t'oliegee, i rrspectftilly sug gest to newspaper editors, and their correspon dent*, the great injustice if visiting upon him the Cditipal or jiersonsl sins of his father, over whom ■ has never exercised any control. G. W. BROW.NLOW, Editor us the Kuotvill# Whig. February 28, iB6O. Tib Purtty Pcritar— “Of what persuasion is Miss G ?” Demanded onoe a grave polemic. “She is so handsome that to tue She seems,” eaid I, “an £%•■ Aayft‘c. M From the N Y. Tribune, firstly on X*rtb'ttt*Urfi Politics. M ahskirlo, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1880. Having concluded my brief tour of observa tion through Indiana, Illinois, and some por tions of Wisconsin and lowa, I add a saw notes to those already transmitted. • e • * * * * I cannot be mistaken in affirming that, with a judicious nomination on on our side, we shall certainly carry every electoral vo e of the north west as against any candidate but imagine; while hi* nomination, though incomparably the slrong eet for all this region, that ran be made at Charleston, will barely render Indiana end Illi nois doubtful Stains, with the chances decidedly with us iu Illinois. Ohio, Michigan, Wiuousiti, lowa and Minnesota, are Republican anyhow, but if liougio* should not be nominated at Charleston, they will hardly be contested. Illi nois gave Freemant ff7,H7 votes; if sbe does not give 1 dll,ooo for tbe Republican candidate next November, I am contented to be branded a false prophet. Indiana gave “Fremont 04,376; sbe will not give one less than 130,000 fur our ticket this fall, and I tru*t it will be swelled to 140,- 000. Now, it is true that the population of these States has been some what increased during tbe intervening four years: but on the other hand, seven eighths of tho large voting force employed in constructing railroads through these States in !Koo, bn* since been disbanded, and much of it has gone else where; and the ebangc thus effec ted wi:l *lf strongly iu our faor. I look fora Republican aggregate next November of three hundred thousand votes in tlx: States of Miebi gun, Wisconsin, lowa and Minnesota, which gave us a little less than one hundred and eighty thousand in 1850. ii a wm —— • Reaulutions lien .A. if. Ntepbrna. LISKKTr COI.XTT. Hetn/vcd, That in tbe Hon. A. H. Stephens we recognize a true patriot acd able statesman; and the Democracy of Liberty county would bail his nomination by the Charleston Convention us a happy omen for the Bouth, and the preservation of the Union. uxcoi.M cot;NTT. Rttohtd, That whilst we do not seek to dis parage the claims of any promiuent man in Georgia, who is spoken of and recommended a* the nomineo ot the Charleston Convention for tbe Presidency, and whilst we pledge ourselves to co-operate with tbe Democracy iu auy move they may see Ht to make, yet, the conservative principles, love of Union, and that unflinching zoai in espying and defending the interests of iheHouth, which has ever marked the pathway of the lion Alexander 11. Htcpbens, merit our highest esteem and most unbounded approba tion. Rev* Mr Hpurgeon The Parie correspondent of tbe New York Her ald thus alludes to the preaebiug of this Rever end gentleman: Rev. Mr. Spurgeon has just closod an “engage ment” I was going to say here: and judging from tbe audiences and the criticisms passed up on bis style of preaebiug, 1 should say that most of thoe who went to hear him did so from mete motives of curiosity, just as they would to see aud hear any other celebrity. I heard him threo times out of the five he preached here; and judg ing of him, as “one of the wicked,” in a critical, artistic point of view, I should toy he was a man very much overrated, or else that he did not do justioe to himself or his reputation while in Paris. Perhaps not having “tbe iiang” ol the American eha|>el and the Church of the O rated re, in which be held forth, might have bad something to do with it; but I must say that 1 have heard sever ml backwoods and camp meeting preachers, who to use a somewhat vulgar and perhaps slightly irrevercut expression, could “preach the hide off of him,” sod iu point of finished eloquence, he eauiiot he cnuiparod to Chapin, or in point of power to Beecher. ll possesses a clear and musical voice, whose intuuation* are very pleas ing, aud his enunciation perfect, lie ia fluent, also, but often course, and by no means choice iu his expressions, and his geeticulaliuD ie very un graceful. I believe he is thoroughly in earnest and believes fully”all he say*,and all bo says car ries this mark of sincerity- Ocoask nally he drops some strikingly beautiful gem* uud says some very telling things. Thu brightest of the former which , I observed in the sermons which 1 heard him preach was a reference to the thorny crown of the ffaviuur, as “hedight with ruhios fresh from his <>wn veins,” and of tbe latter the follow ing, which 1 should say was really a‘good thing:’ “You say that tho read to heavuu U a narrow one. Go on, then, and doti’t fill up the pathway. Its gate is hard to enter. Don't block it up then, with your portly body and prevent some poor sinnor from coming in.” Spurgeon preached ev ery time to crowded audiences, principally, of course, composed of English and Ameriuan*, and the collections which were Lukeu up at the close of each service, iu aid of the fund of £IO,OOO which is still required to complete bis new taber nacle in London, must have been very satis factory. A Hlavehoi.dkk's Ixrurancb Comcast. —A bill has been introduced iu the Maryland Senate to incorporate the Southern Slaveholder's Incur auce Company of Maryland. It empowers the company “to insuro any person or person*, whether tbe same be residents of tbe State of Maryland or any other State, District or Territo ry of the United States, against any loss sustain* ed by bis, her ortbeir *luvt>* running away, ab sconding or escaping from his, her or their con trol, aud such insurunce shall be made at such rates and under such regulations ax may be de termined upon by the board of directors of said company ; and when a slave so insured shall run away, abscond or escape from the control of his or her owner or owners, it shall he the duty of said owner or owners, to notify tho company of such fact without delay, and said company shall be entitled to return said elave to the custody of his or her owner or owners within a reasonable time aftor such notification, or in default thereof shall pay to the owner or owners tbe value of said slave, as fixed by the policy of inaurauee; unless, meanwhile, by disease or injury, the value us such slave shall have boon decreased, and in ease of such disease or injury, the vitlae of such slave shall he ascertained by arbitrament and ap praisement.” i<j|UATTRR\SoTRRRIUNTr IN KANSAS—AnoTBRR Veto. —Ou the 2d instant, by a large majority, the Legislature of Kansas Territory passed a bill to prohibit slavery—in other words, to sot free the five hundred slaves which arc already there as a punishment to tbeir owners should they persist ia holding them, and prevouling the hringiug of others. This high handed assump tion of power by the sub-ageut of Congress, to the injury of the Soutl, and in direct violation of the decision of the Supreme Court, has been very properly rebuked by the veto of Gov. Meda rjr, in pursuance of the example recently set by Gov. (Hack in Nebraska. But the large majority by which the law was passed indicates it* final adoption iu spite of tho veto. It will then be come the duty of the Executive and of tho Logie bitive departments of the Government to afford adequate protection to those citisens of the Ter ritory whose rights are thus wantonly and law lessly assailed. And if the Government prove its unwillingness* or inability to protect Ameri can citizens in their person* and property on their own soil, where it has exclusive jurisdiction, all we have to say is, that it is not worthy of ou allegiance, and it will he timo to think seriously about establishing another to serve the cods for which th* existing oue was formed. Will *ny one with the spirit of a freeiuau in his bosom say aught to tbe Contrary?— Mieeieaippian. At a fashionable party in Washington City, a few evenings since, a gentleman was engaged” in a lively flirtation with a hai.dsouie young lady, when, happening to take out his handkerchief, to hi* intense dismay, there dropped out of it a round ivory token, known among gamblers as a “red check,” which rolled forth on the carpet and bulged directly under the brilliant gas light, iu full view of the eonpA^^ MktHopiht. —The minutes of tho Methodist church statistics which are annually reported with great precision, show that oil the division of that church In America‘have 11,468 travelling preachers ami 1,880,760 communicants; in Europe 323. travelling preachers aud 772,622 oommuni cants; iu ail 14,883 travelling preachers and 2,348 100 lay member. Its educational institutions comprise over 138 colleges and academies; it has 33,000 looolpreachers, making with its itinerants, a ministerial force nearly 30,000 men. Terrtblr (onfiagratlon In Bridgetown New York, March 7. By on arrival from Barbadoes, we learn, that a terrible conflagration occurred in tbe city of Bridgetown, by which a targe portion of the city was destroyed. The loss is estimated at two mil lion five hundred thousand dollars. is the capital town of the Island of Barbadoes, aud had a population in 18(4 of nineteen thou sand three hundred and sixty-two.] a Yellow Fkykr ay Havaba.—Tha Havana correspondent of the Now Orleans Crescent, under date of February 23, says : . 1 am sorry to report thus earlv cases of yel low fever in the city, but there bus been three cases in one house—that of l>r. Tinker, on Usva na-streel. The first, Miss Blodgett, of Now York died; th*other two, Miss T'tikerand a servant girl from New York, recovered. March 0. John Letcher, flovernor of Virginia, made a requisition on Governor Heiuson, of Ohio, for the arrest of Owen Brown and Francis Merriam, but tbs Governor of Ohio, declined issuiug the warrants. (OLCMKIH, MONDAY, MARCH. 12, tUK). Tbe Democratic Convcuion A Huggvatton The State Convention ot the Democratic party assembles day after to-morrow to appoint dele gates to the National Convention at Charleston. From the various county meetings, throughout tbe State, it is evident that tb Convention will be respectable in numbers, reflecting tbe will of the people. It will be looked to with consider able interest, as upon its deliberations depend, iu a great mousurc, the harmony and good feeling in tbe party, for many years to count. Meeting in a spirit of brotherly feeling, each delegate having at boart the interest, success aud glory of the domoerslic party more than tbe advancement of any individual, the desirable end can lie accom plished. We Lave, heretofore, suggested what me believed, to be a proper basis for the recon ciliation of all differences of opinion iu our ranks and the restoration of peace and union. It i* the appointment of twenty additional delegates to those already selected by the December Conven tion, with no instructions as to the man fur whom they should cast their ballots, but free and un trammelled in tbeir aetiou, except so far as to vote as a unit, if possible, upon all questions before the NaLio :>el Convention. This course, we think, is suggested by a wise policy. It cannot fail to give satisfaction both to the friends and opponents of the December Convention. It is a basis upon whioh tbe whole difficulty can bj settled without any compromise from either wing of the party.— Suppose a different course adopted. That the friends of the December Convention insist upon its endorsement by tbe coining Convention. Tbe wound is at onoo opened. Tbe gauutlet is thrown down for discussion by the movers of the Decem ber Convention ; the au‘Lurity of tbe executive Committee is brought iu question, the doctrine of precedent is urged, aid bad feeling prevail.— Should tbe Convention recommend tho Hon. llowiu. Cosh os tbe choice of the party for tl.e I'residency, the friends of Mr. Btkkmbxs through out thfi State will noi be satisfied, nor toe friends of Mr. Cobb should Mr. Btephen* be alone recommended Ali can foresee tbe ate of things that will ensue from tho pillion into which the party has bcuu thrown by tbe Decem ber Convention, if tbe reios of prudence and poiiey are not held in firm and reliable bands.— Should twenty additional delegates be appointed, it will be an endorsement of tbe December Con vention to tbe extent f their appointment; dearly showing that tbe Democracy of Georgia have no ill-will against these gentlemen, though informally appointed and by a convention not authorized to act. To inaist upon a further en dorsement of the proceedings of the December Convention would be destructive to that harmony so es-ential to success. Without dictating to tbs body to assemble day after to morrow, upon who** t iadom and judg ment w* confidently look for a soiutioa of all our woes, we respectfully urge the views above stated for adoption. Should they he ignored, snould the Convention endorse fully tbe December Con vention, should the Hon. Howell Cobb be recoin mended for tbe Presidency and Mr. Stephens nut alluded to, then, upon tha heads of the friends of the December Convention will rest the blame fur tbe divisions in the party, by tleir continued ob stinacy and will. But look for a better* state ts things and believe a wise oourse will lie pursued, and the Democratio party of Georgia he. ss her tofore, a tower of strength, rising in beauty and glory shove the darn cloud of Americanism which uow roils about it. Lamentable Ignorance The Hnvnnnab Republican needs to be informed that lion. Charles J. McDonald has served the State of Georgia, fur two consecutive terms, in the capacity of Governor, and for nearly one term, as Judge of the Supreme Court. The Re publican says, “we have yet to bo informed of bis eminent public services.” ‘A hat singular hiding places ignorance will select! W conjure the Expreet and the .Vrwi, for the credit of the pro fession, to keep our cotemporary Mater posted.— * What, if ia the phrenty of know notbiugism, he should someday assert that neither Jackson nor Poik were ever President! Really he way do some harm—look to him I News from Bastatngton. Wasu isotun, March 5. Oer Relation* with Mexico. —lt was decided on Saturday by the government todospatch Monster Mcl.ane immediately in the steamer Brooklyn to Vera Crus. It is now deemed advisable U await the arrival of the lndiauola, now over due at New Orleans, she having left Vera Crus ultimo, and was due at New Orleans on the 3d, bringing fifteen day* later news from .Mexico.— Her new* may reach here this evening or to-mor row, which will undoubtedly show tbe whereabouts or movement* of Mirauion. In cu*e be hasaban doned bis expedition against Vera Cruz, there may he tio necessity of Mr. McLone's proceeding thither. It all depends, however, upon the Intel ligeuce by this arrival. The Secretary of the Navy, in the meautime, has ordered the com mander of the Brooklyn to hold himself in readi ness to sail at any moment. The Senate Printing Invettiyaiion.—TUa Sen ate Printing Investigating Committee were in session this morning, and are arranging the testi mony and their report. Mr. Wendell has been requested to appear before them sgn'n to-morrow. The committee desire Am her expl uiation in re gard to some of his statements iu reference to the use of inuuey for tb* use of elect.uu purposes.— Wendell does not state that the President ur Feo~ retarie* requested him to send money into election distric s. He implied this fruui conversations which be hod with them. The new J tome of the Capitol.- -An official re port shuw* that tho old Capitol building is Buffi eieutly Strong to bear, without auy damage what ever, the new irou dome, whioh will weigh thir ty seven hundred tons, more than half of wbieh is erected. The Seuate had instituted an inquiry, fearing that the walls wight not bear so much pressure. Tho cost of the dome, ns now estima ted, amounts to SOOI,OOO, including the bronze mammoth statue us the Genius of Liberty, with which it is to be surmounted. The tala of Public Landt.—Th* House Com mittee on public lands, at their meeting this mor ning, authorised their chairman to report a bill in favor of preventing the sale us public lands, except to actual settlers, fur ten years after their survey. Also to report ageinst the bill reported tost session appropriating public laud* for the endowment of agricultural colleges fur the various States aud Territories. Naval Court Martial. —OnpUuu Armstrong, who was sent out to join the African squadron last summer, in command of tbe San Jacinto, has been ordered hum* for trial for disobedience of orders. Thrkr Chkrks von Charlrhtor!—The Rom* (Oa.) Conriar says: We have a letter from on* of our merchants now iu New York. He writes that he “ stopped in Charleston aud bought some goods. F>tuud fine stooks, and thought them low euough.— Some things were a little up, but on trying Baltimore and Philadelphia have since ordered from Charleston.” Such news as that is truly encouraging. This is but the beginning of the end. Let tbe South stand firm, and the North tremble. After trade with our Southern markets is built up, and importing houses aud agencies for foreign manufactured goods are established, the merchants who make tbe profits will invest their surplus capital in manufactories in th* Southern States, aud our Northern enemies left to reap the whirlwind, tta we hope an*i be lieve. Clots row Univorus.—For the information of our South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and other Southern friends, we beg leave to adrartise tb* public that the Rock Island Manufacturing Company of Mecklenberg. whose office i* in Charlotte—Messrs. Your g A Wrist on— (bat they are manufacturing a very superior article of gooi for uniforms, and can supply all demand!! in that line. Several of the companies organized in North Caroline recently have been uniformed with these goods, and they present a very nest appearance. The cloth is substantial, as well finished and ap propriate os any goods ws have sueu manufaetur #*- abroad for that purpose. The Dragoons, dressed in a fell suit of blue oloth, presented s very neat appearance ou Sat urday last, aud we wo Bid be glad to see the mili tary of the South entirely uniformed in cloth of domestic manufacture.— Charlotte Bulletin. JMTA dying West India planter, groaning to his favorite negro servant, sighed out: ‘Ah, Sambo, I am going along, long journey.’ ‘Never mind, uiassa,’ said Sambo, consoling him, ‘him all ds way down hill, aud you soon reach de eud.’ A Flowing Period—Tbe Deluge. Tbe Atlanta Press Gang—New York merchants who do a Southern trad* are compelled to enter Ute “litis,” The Wheat trap Accounts of the condition of the growing wheat crop continue contradictory. Tbe reality cer tainly will not prove os bad as the reports of a month ago led us to fear: Tie Jonesboro’ (Teun.) Express of the 24th uit, sa>s: “Wc have endeavored to ascertain tha proe pects of the wheat crop in this county, and the conclusion arrived at is, that it will probably fall short of being a first rate yield, but not to so great un extent, we hope, as some imagine.” The Hopkinsville, Press, says: “During our recent travels through Todd and Christian counties, arid along the railroad beyond Clarksville, we noticed that the wheat crop is not so promising; uiuuy crop* are entirely gone, oth ers we noticed about half the wheat killed. We have not *et-u a single crop bat looked like it would produce half the general yield. Tbe weath er has i.oeu very changeable ; often cold as the shady side of an iceberg, then warm as “genial spring.” Thi* has caused tbe wbeut to die. Wo may look cut for bard times in tbe bread mar ket.” The Hartrville, Term., Plaindealer, says: “The wheat op ia this section has been al most wholly destroyed by tho heavy freezes of the post winter. Many farmers have sown again, and tbeir wheat is now coining up with a fair promise.” The Chattanooga Advertiser, says : “We have conversed with several farmers and all unite in saying that the ear'y sown w. eat ha* been totally and effectually killed out, and which will he plowed Up and replanted with spring grains. Late sown wheat is looking well promises well.” Tbe Greenville, Teon., Demucrs*. says: “In our recent Ir p to Ro ..villa, we must have passed near 100 Hold a wheat, aud without exception, w . d0,.0t thiu/, we passed a field but what now proun es to make a fair crop. Three years ago woado the best crop ever made in tho country, and tbe present prospect so far as wc have seen, is about the mine as that was, at this season of the year. Gen. Lowry was with us during our trip to Rogers viile; we were both wry Particular in ouf ofcser rations, so that we might able to give something that would be reliable. We in us any, that our opinion is thai upper ICnst Tennessee need have no tears of a failure of the wheat crop this year. We have no doubt, but Some few fields in cer tain localities may make a partial failure, but that will amount to nothing much, as there is an un usual heavy crop out ibis year.” The shoemaker* at Dover Tbe shoe business of Dover, New Hampshire, , constitutes one of the largest branches of its trade, and is carried on to a greater extent than in auy oiherctty of the ritete. There are in the city tome fifteen or eighteen large or first class manufactories, which iu prosperous times afford employment to from fifteen to eighty worktneu each, besides a considerable number of similar establishments, where arc employed less than a dozen hands each. Ail these, with one or two exceptions, have grown up within tbe post five years. The business is confined principally to the manufacture of kip aud thick brogaus, and the work is done almost exclusively by men —tbe uppers being sewed hv machinery previous to loafing the factory,and tbe bottoms afterwards put on by baud. This is also ‘rue of the Sown* Haverhill, Farmington, Rochester, Newhur.v port, Natick, Milton, haugu*, and *tber shoeiuakiug localities in the neighborhood— unlike that of Lynn, where ladies’ shoes are principally made being of a heavy character. Hence there are few or no females in these places so directly in terested in the strikes oslu be compelled to re sort to public meetings, and boldiy proclaim jto tbe brotherhood their fraternal ahiauce —• ! Another point es difference between the tnanufac i turers of the shove named towns and Lynn is, ! that in tbe former the work ie generally sent to ! them oo commission from Boston, and, to *ome : extent, from jobbers in the West; whereas, iu J Lynn nearly all tbe stock is bought and sold by the manufacturers themselves, and by them made up and disposed of tn what market they please Tbe number ol regular journymen shoemakeis in Dover is estimated to be lour hundred. They are mainly young and intelligent Americans, and seem to thoroughly understand the merits ‘of the “rebellion,” as oue of them pleasantly I called it, and tho character of the shoe Luaines* generally. Th* majority of them are single men dependent on their daily earning* tor subsist ence, though occasionally one will be found, who has been frugal and fortunate enough to take a wife and buy him a home. Tbe number of shoea manufactured in Dover, or rather prepared to he inode up and distribu ted to tbe wurkruun in the city and vicinity, is ■qjd to be ous hundred thousand pair a mouth, twelve hundred thousand pair annually, the wage* ,PBr Whioh tho employers have divided among them in monthly payments, amounting to from thirty-five to forty thousand dollars. Os course these figure* refer only to the season when business is thrifty. The present crisis haj brought everything tun stand still, and left both boss and joarnsy man no other resource than to quietly keep tbeir baud* in their trowscr* pack ets. and, like Micawber, wait for “something to turn up.’’—N. Y. Herald. New Virginia Gin.—We understand that Mr Lorenzo Sibcrt, of the village of Mount Solon, in Augusta county, ha* laiely invented u new gun, which be valla the “ Union Paeifi < ator,” the capabilities of which he describes us follows : “ It has six parallel chambers, which will discharge six hundred per minute consecu tively for twelve hour*, or one hundred ounce ball* per minute. The plan i* free from a combination si complex machinery, cheap of manufacture, and can be easily transported.” There are three plans for discharging ihe gun—each specific in itself—one of which he debenture an account of its novelty : “ Alter the inngazma has been charged, the guu, wheu put in motion, will discharge 00c hundred or five hundred bails consecutively, giving the soldier* the opportunity to shelter himself behind any convenient wall or tree that may be near by. The inventor intends bringing this gun to tbe Virginia Mechanic*’ Institute, to have it thorotisrhly tested by the Committee on inven tions, and we know they will take pleaMttrr in passing upon it* merits, and iu recommending it a* they think it deserves.— Ktekmoud JJu yatch. Remark abli Shooting —The St Louis Bul letin, of February 24, says : “Mr Frederii k Whitehead of this eity, who is engaged in Storm's shooting gallery on Fourth street bids fair toec!ipe the world renowned hero ami patriot, William Tell. The other eveiling, while in ihu gallery, pe saw him shoot an apple from the heed ufanothergentleunn, who stood at the distance us paces. What makes this feat a remarkable one is tbe fact that it was performed with a pistol and ball, and not with an air gun, which is usually employed in shooting galleries. The same gentleman stood off ton paces and held a seven snot diamond card in his bad. Mr. W hitehead, with a pistol aud ball, shot five spots out of the card.” Tub Nboro Not a Man at thk North Tbaee remarks from The Kxpreas, are worthy of pwruaal: “The I’ost is glorifying Mr. Seward's speech. The argument is. that a man is a man North, but not South, if a negro inau. Church street, Mercer street, the Hook, the Five Points, all under the Kdi tor’* own eyes, belie this. An ,* nt >i halt’ of a man in New York City ‘ lie dou t vote, lie don't serve on juries. He don't ‘ train.” He don't work in the workshops, lie don’t drive the licensed carl. He don't study in a white school. He don’t “run the engine.” He don't tend behind the counter He don’t print among the printers in The Post's print ing office. Living, he don't worship Ikid in The Post’s church . and, dead, he is dumped into Potter's Field, or sold to the Doctors in Fourth Avenue, Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, for a skeleton ; or, if uot thus sold, kicked otf into the “ Black Grave Yard.’ on ten of a dozen black bodies there before him. We, “doughfaces” as we are—“pro-slavery,” “sold to the SSouth,” Acc from the very bot tom of our hearts, pity the poor, miserable, New York social slave “nigger.”—JNVte l'orl JVems. Tax Atbicas Suva Trade.—According ts correspondents of the African coast, the slave trade is flourishing extensively, notwithstanding the presence of a large force of United States und British vessels of war. It is said the vessels now engaged on the African coast in this traffic uiay be numbered by do saws, and that the larger part of them areJowned)by Auiericaus, and have regular custom house clearances. The captains us these vessels claim to be engaged in the paint oil bus iness. Light draught steamers, it is believed, would assist the government effort to break up the traffic. A School kiss “Who gave that kiss?” the teacher cried ; “‘Twas Harry Hall,” John Jonas replied. “Come hero to me,” old Switohem eried, And solemnly be shook his head; “What evil geuius prompted you So rude a thing in school to do ?” Said Harry: “1 can hardly aay Just bow it happened. Any way, To do a sum she whispered me ; And round my face her curls, you see— That is her cheek —and I—and I Just kissed her, but I don't know why.” Richmond, March s.—Gov. Letcher ou Satur day sent tv the Legislature h communication from Mr. Strike, the Mississippi Commissioner urging a speedy action in favor of a Southern Conference fvi self-preservation Cungrenstunal. Washington, March 7. Senate. —Certain Indian appropriation# were passed to day. Special orders were postponed. Housh.—There was a general debate in eom mittee of tbe whole on tbe state of the Union. A large portion of both Houses of Congress visited Mount Y'ernon to-day, by invitation of the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Association, to witness their taking formal possession of the home and remains of George W ashington. WasHiNGTen, March 8. Id the Rena's to-day Mr. Grimes, of lowa, gave notice of bis intention to introduce a bill to retra ced* the District of Columbia to Maryland, and remove the capita! elsewhere. Mr. Brown's territorial resolutions were de bated. Iu tbe House, bills were reported from sever al committees. One bill waste provide for tbe establishment of a national printing office; ano ther providing for military appropriations; and one to establish a route for tbe entire mail trauspurtation ( between the Atlantic and Pacific. Ah tho hills were referred tu the committee of the whole on th* state of the Union. Other por tions of proceedings unimportant. Washington, March 0. In the House, committees were appointed on the Pacific Railroad bill, and to examine into the charges against the Executive, of influencing Legislative action, Ac. rrh. House then adjourn ed till Monday. The .Senate listened to a long argument made by Tbaddeus Hyatt, fit-tending himself, and show ing why he did not testify before the Harper’s Fery Committee. Pending a motion, made by Senator .Vlasou, to send hint to jail, the Senate adjourned. from Washington Dttpaickct from (As African Squadron. —The Navy Department ie in receipt of despatches from tbe African squadron. The squadron was never more efficient than at present, aud arc prosecuting their labor* in a commendable and satisfaetory manner. The new instructions communicated by the Seeratary some time ago, are beiug carried out to the letter. The ships of light draught sent out last summer, proved to be very efficient in usvigatiag the rivers and bays where vessels es heavier draught have been unable heretofore to navigate. The traffic in slaves is still pursued to eu alarming extent, and is not confined to any particular nation. The English squadron appear lobe doing good service towards the suppression of this inhumaue traffic. The Jnjtanen (Jvmtniteiontrt. —The Roanoke, now at Pensacola, has been ordered by the Secre tary of the Navy to proceed at once to Aspiuwall in time to take the Japanese Commissioners and bring them to the United btales. Tbe Commissioner of the Land Office has cer tified to the .Secretary of the interior an ag gregate es over 318.000 acres for th* benefit us tiie Minnesota aud Pacific Railroad under the act of Congress. This is the first instalment fur that object. Speaker Pennington has appointed Hon.Mcsarc English of Indiana, Stanton, of Ohio, and Gar treli, of Georgia. Regents of tbe hmitbaonian Institution on the part of the ilouss of Repre sentatives. The House Committee on Military Affairs have hail the subject of tbe Pociflo Railroad un der consideration, but have come to no conclu sion. A* a preliminary they have instructed tbe Chairman, Mr. Curtis, to ask for the printing of tbe several bill* referred to that committee, in cluding that matured and agreed upon by the ffelect Committee last session, providing for a central route. Tbe idea is entertained of uniting this with a central route. The plan of aid i* iu the form of postal and transportation advances by tbe United Slates government and by private mean*, and is uow tbe generally conceded plan of construction. The Mexican Trmty. —Senor Mats, the ac credited Mexicau Minister of Juarez to this go vernment, who, it is said, has resigned, ha* not been satisfied with the terms of the Mexican trea ty, although be has never openly opposed its ratification while a representative here. Hie re signation is probably owing to his views on that subject. Tha Overland Mail Service. —The Senate P. 0. Committee met this morning, but did not fully ugree upon all the provisions of tbe bill before them for the overland and isthmus service to the Pacific, aud postponed the subject till their next meeting. Tkr Mew York Public Store* Contract. —The Secretary of the Treasury has received a yrujKi sit ion from ruspousibie parlies in New York to perform the labor iu the public stores for thirty pel cent Ices than is paid to tbe present contrac tors. Mather A Cos., and other parties have of fered to do it for $25,000 Iqps. The goverment may derive sme benefit, after all, by tbe peti tions presented by Mr. Barr and other* asking the Secretary to revoke the present eon tract.— N. Y. Harold. Arrival ur ike Dc vw Nnw Orleans, Marsh 7. Tbe steamship Defiote from Havana, has ar rived with dates toth* 3d. Business was dull.— Stock of sugar on baud was 115,000 against 160,- 000. Freights improving. Steriiug Exchange Exchange on New York per cent, premium. Virginia and the Southern (osft-reore Richmond, March 0. Tho preposition from South Carolina for a meeting of the floutbern States fur a Conference has been repudiated iu tbe Virginia House ot Duiegates by a majority of two te one. Another >hlpwrefk and tirrai Lou es lire. New Yoke, March 0. The ship I.una, from Havre, has been wrecked uear Cherbourg. There were on* hundred per sons ou board—eighty eight passengers and twenty-two crew. All lost but two. Nhip Slews. Nw Orleans, Marsh 7. The bark Fleet Eagle, from Messina, Sicily, bos arrived. She spoke the bark Charles William, of Boston, which reported that her Captain was lost overboard in tbe gale of February 16ib. The latter vassal was in distress, and bound to St. Thomas. Arrest or Coi'KTBHr biters. — Fifty-two members of a gaug of counterfeiters were caught on Wednesday last near Lexington, Missouri, in the act ot altering and raising bank bills. The entire party was arrested aud committed for trial. Democratic ton vent lon. Baton Rouge, La. March 5. The Louisiana Democratic convention met to day, and a resolution was offered to sustain the Hon. Jefferson Davis’ territorial resolutions at Charleston; and the resolution directs the dele gates to withdraw, in case the principles of those resolutions are not adopted. Ef#- A debating club in Worcester lately dis cussed the important question, “whether rooster's knowledge of day-break is the result of observa tion or iustinet.’’ Captain Savage, of tbe Navy, died in Wash ington oa the 14th, after a short illness. He en tered the service in 1812. A benevolent old gentleman used to give away wood by the cord, as he said, to have it recorded above. The Dearer Argus record# the marriage of Jobu Coburn, only three feet high. No woader he wanted to be spliced. The Southern dreys, anew military company, has been formed in Shenandoah county, Va. making tba fifth since last spring. The New York journals contain a call for a public meeting to express sympathy for the peo ple of Italy in their struggles and hopes for free dom. During 1859, 975 buildings for dwellings and stores were erected in Hoston, of the value of near ly ten million dollars. The Seventh Regiment complaius that the “princely quarters” promised them by John I'oehraue, turned out to be counterfeit quarters. They have caughtTthe sea serpent at the Ber mudas. or a strange fish 1 feet 7 inches in length and answering in general appearance to the tra. uitional stories of the sea-serpent. ;ffi#“Why was Adam’s wive called Eve? Be* cause when she appeared man’s day of happiness was drawing to a close. Taking Neutral Ground—AdmiringZoyara. South of Mason A Dixon's Lina a negro's word is as good as his bond. Quakers are-not men of few words. Only think of their iAom-and ihttt. MRS, WINSLOW. AN experienced nurse and female physician. has a Soothing Syrup for children teething, which greatly laeilitaiee the process of teething by softening the gums, reducing all mflanunatioa—will allay all pain, and is sure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it. mo tilers, will gfve rest to yourselves, and relief and health to your infoate Perfectly safis in all cases, tee ad vex tiseineai is nsoiXar colssMM Aug. U, IttUwtfH'JV LATER FROM EUROPE. the Newt by tbe Africa. Linarooi CortuK Tb Broker's Circular reports the sales of Cotton for the week euding 18th Feb., to be &1.000 bales, of which speculators took 3,500 and exporters 6,000 bale*. Tbe market closed quiet aud steady. The sales on Friday were 7,000 bales, of which speculators and exporters took 1,000 bales and th* market closed steady. The annexed are tbe authorized quotations: Fair Orleans : : t : 7*i<L Mid. “ t t t t 6 7 „d. Fair Mobiles ( : : 7*d. Mid “ i t : 611 Iftd Fair Uplands : : i |T 1-I6d. Mid. “st:: *ad. Some circulars report a decline of Si during the week on inferior qualities. Th* stock of cotton was 613,U00 hales, of which 488,800 were American. Liverpool Oaneral Market*. —The circulars generally from Pioduce bouses report Flour t'ull aud difficult to sell. Wheat quiet. Corn dull and quotations barclj maintained. Pork firm. Bacon firm and iu good request. Sugar steady. Coffee quiet. Rico dull. Rosin steady at 4s. 6d., and Spirits Turpeutine firm aud slight ly advancing and quoted at 30s. fid (tj|37*. Tea firm. London Money Market.—'Tha money market was slightly easier, and Bullion in the Bank of England bad increased £128,000 Consols were reported at 04 s * f3>004 for account and 94% (<9 04** for money. Staff, of Trade.— Trade in the manufacturing districts was favorable, prices were steady, al though the trade was quiet. Havre Cotton Market.— Orleans Tret Ordinal s 106 francs and Ba* 100 franc*. The market clo sed dull. Tbe sales of tbe week were 8,000 hales and the stock on hand is 127,000 bales. General News. It is stated in the official circles that France will not annex Savoy without the general consent of tbe groat powers of Europe. The attention of all classes in England seems to be concentrating on tbe principles and policy of the Budget offered in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer. Meetings in relation to it are being held in almost every part of England—some in favor of tbe Budget aud some in opposition to it. Tbe conservative hostility to it is increasing, and also in opposi tion to tbe reeeutly concluded commercial treaty with Franco. The army estimates show an increase of near ly two millions pounds sterling. The Pans Bourse closed firm at 67.70. The intelligence from tbe sceuc of hostile ope rations between Spain and Morocco continues in about tbe condition that former reports left it.— Tbe Moors are quite anxious for peace,aud Spain will doubtless grant it alter a few more victories and satisfactory stipulations. AOVA SCOTIA Af. New Yob*, March th. The steamship Nora Scotian has arrived at St. Johns with three days later intelligence from Liverpool. LivmpoolCotto* Markkt. Sales of ootton for three days 22,000. Cotton was slow of sale but prices were unchanged. Breads! ufls firm. Wheat advancing. Pro visions quiet. Consols V 4%. _ _ Mr lice. Advices have been received from Yora Crus with date* to the Lttb ult, Nothing was knowu as to the whereabouts of Miraaiiu. It was be lieved be had left the city of Mexico, and was somewhere en real* lo,Vera Crus, lie had issued a proclamation ordering the sut'iniesion and evac uation of Vera Crux. Active preparations con tinued, both at Alvarado and Vera Crux, for put ting those cities in the best state of defence.— Much anxiety was insnifcstad in regard to the fate of the treaty. The intelligence which had been received by the Jaurea Government from reliable sou roes at Washington, stated that the prospect of the ratification of the treaty was fluttering. It appears that the salvation of the Liberal party depends in a great measure upon its ratifica tion. COLUMBUS TIMES CITY MATTERS. Rsvival. —There is at this time a very extra ordinary religious interest at the Factory Mis sion (Methodist) in this city. The services have been eontiuued nightly for several weeks, with increasing interest at and success*. Up to this time more than 100 persons have professed Con version and conueeud , themselves with the Church. The Uoion Daily Prayer Meetings are also un usually interesting. The attendance is good,and the praying Christians are much encouraged and hopeful. We rejoice at this visitation, and most devout ly wish its spread, until the city is pervaded. Italian Opera. Our musical readers will be pleased te learn that tbe “Italian Opera,” anew feature in tbu amusements of Columbus will be shortly pro duced upon our boards. By a latter from Manager Crisp, through the hands of his business agent, Mr H G D'Anliu, we are informed that tbe “Farodi Troupe, * now per forming in Charleston with distinguished success, will give us two performance* during the present mouth. The well known liberality of our people to wards musical entertainments does not admit of a doubt that they will meet with a generous sup port. Our fair friend* will take notice and look to their “Lorgnette,” “Opera Cloaks,'* Ac., and the young gentlemen to their white kids, “reserved seats” and other necessaries. Tbbatrb —We are pleased to learn, from a letter received from Mr. W. M. Fleming, who ia nowin Macon with his star company, and Miss Maggie Mitchell as th* Star, that he will be in this eity on or about tbe 19th, with Miss Mitchell accompanying him. Bhe is said to be a charm ing actress, always well up in her parts, and act ing with that spirit, grace and ease, which is sure to gain)tke confidence, respect aud patronage oflovers of the drama. Mr. Fleming ia welt known in this city as a gentleman and an ac complished actor. We beapeak for him such a reception and patronage as will amply remuner ate biu for bis visit to our city. Death of a Carrier. William Conner, a youth of 16 years, died in this oity on Friday night, after a short ill ness. For several mouths be had been connect ed with this office ss an apprentice and a Car rier of the Times; and was an amiable, faithful, and industrious boy. We sincerely eondols with his mother and other relative# in this afflicting dispensation. Alarm of Fire About 12 o’clock on Satarday an alarm of tire attracted a large crowd of our *eituens to tbe vioinity of the Carter Factory. In tbe fourth story of that building a pile of ( loose cotton be come ignited from some unknown cause, but tbe timely exertions of tbs operatives arrested and extinguished it, not, however, until our active firemen bad marshalled their force* and display ed their enginery for battle. Habrurh's Exprbss Compart—Military. — Hamden's Express Company, through CaplHiLL has kindly proposed to convey packages from the North to Military Companies in this eity free of all expense. So generous an offer meets with a heartfelt appreciation from our Volunteers. In their behalf we return thanka hall lag days ar Havanas* M earner*. Huntsville, Thursday March 8 BA. M. Augusta, Saturday “ ]0 10 ** Florida, Tuesday “ J3 12 “ Montgomery, Thursday • 15 1 P. M. Alabama. Saturday H 17 j R. R. Cuyler, do \j j Huntsville, Thursday •* 22 A “ Auguata, Saturday “ 24 9 A. M Florida, Tuesday M 27 12 M. Montgomery, Thursday “ 29 1 P. M Alabama, Saturday “ 31 2 u R. R. Cuyler, do “ 31 2 #• Huntsville, Thursday April 5 4 * Augusta, Saturday “7 9AM Florida, Tuesday “ 10 H Montgomery, ‘Thursday •• 1J 1 p. M Alabama, Saturday * 14 2 * R, R. Cuyler, do, l4 3
