“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
