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on ink question by these States under RepohHour f
rule; what Ohio ha* done, and whet she promise- ‘
to do again—what her Senator j Mr. W*nr] *av (
she will do. ] have shonn yon *hat the Rvpnmi-1
enn party of New York voted to do; him! on ttii- 4
evidence I demand judgment of the country, j
whether I hare not fully sustained iUe firaf t-Uarg*-
I have made agriast them. I have proved their j
utter di*h>i.'*ril of I heir *or**rir utional otiligatimo.
“and that it is their tised policy, as a party, to de
feat that clause of the Constitution which require* i
the rendition of facin'res from iabac. I do nor
ear even that all persons belonging’ to that orgaui
•ition hare actively participated in thee*- high
crima ami uosrtcjndannrt. Some person* may he
among them sod not ot them. Even to Mich as
these I would not be unjust. Ism them come out j
fromamong them, and enlist under the banner of
the ( angtitunoa. Tlis organization protests against
being tried by tfTc declarations ot individn <1 men,
by unauthorized persons, even in political union
with ;t I admit the force of the’ ami I
v and find their policy in their unired action,
w* indies ted by the great majority of the pasty act
ios: in high official positions and turdcr tiic -auction
ot oaths.
jMlvrmui. NHT WKKK.J
Paiith-l.
Letters front Washington Mate alia* the Demo
cratio members or the Senate held another confer
etice on Saturday last, which continued more than
tour hours. The object ot this conference is re
presented to hare been the confide ration of the
different resolutions now under discussion in the
Senate fn regard to davery in the Territories with
“to s ;*w of presenting some general platform which
*•“ the condk*Mti view* 0 t
ic ;s * n * to ’ i upon this suited. About ball the Sen
,l ’ * * Opposed lii adopting mn molilliaii
bate?. 1 fu •i-thei portion •tprrawrd tlmllKSelw,
urorably u> those pr.-aenied l*t <-nitor Davis
“•nar.-r H:on‘* teaoialion. a'-tii.jj legislation t.v
Gagrv-S* to ptOUiS *1 er* tu the TWrPnrtes, found
no advocates. Mr. SatiWiry moved that it w a <
inexpedient to a-kipi the reaoluii.ni*. This ino
t.un Wa>suppurtodjtiasald. by Senator. iW
inuu ami Toombs, who were opposed br Messrs
‘•win B.ight, Fitch, and Laoe. Mr. Douglas o |h I
! 7v toe adoption ot any resolution* in advance!
£ l f “®*V r, * ! u “’ Cfcnrteafoi. Convention - j
declared lor the fmcinnati platform wisbouti
cimcge, and a; jted agan.*t legislation In relation
to slave property ia Territory* precedent aBV
actoa ot the Miftrcnie Court. As to the power ol!
tue Territorial Legislature most ol the Senators!
. •““* uoth * l, <- >*oator l.reeu moved, finally ilmt 1
a enoupittee of five be appointed, to whoa, all the
reunions 4>e rfterred with power, it deemed es- !
Ih. bent, to report a Substitute for the present’ re
solutions. . :
tliyKta Holton.
Heunderstaud that home ot ilte fatuilv of Mr j
J t- Uaitl, of Butler, Ga, r.,tue Very near U- j
nig the victims of poison a dav or two since. The
circumstances, u we learn, were these: A negro
°* a * malicious diepoailion, had been in
•he hubit ot riMtuig the promise* of Mr. Cozitt
who became dissatisfied sm-h visits, and strictly
ordered the negro to keep away from hi- house.—
i I. ere upon the negro procured arsenic, quicksilver
and other jKUionoo- matter, and by the aid of a
wench it> the nest yard, pm the po.sous in the wa
ter bucket of Ihe above named gentleman. The
concoction waa too w*ek to effect their diabolical
purpose au.l it being discovered, the ingredients
were taken to phvakhina in* (}, place, who pro
nounced it poison. One repot lis that the negro
’ y wsa angry with a negro woman on the place
i>. Mi. ozatt, and desired only to pui-on her
Bat that was certainly a bad jdace to put poison to
ertoet one person only. The matter, we learn will
undergo an investigation in day or two—’Cen
t+ry.
she U aahington St- o- of Saturday savs:
A CoLttsios.— He hear that on yesterday after
noon a personal collision occurred between Messrs.
Ldmundaon, ol Virginia, and flick man, of Penn
sylvania, ol which the following are the particu
lars : *
About ak p. m., Messrs. Etimaiidsoa, Keiu and
\ ice PriMiuent Dree ken ridge, in compan v with two
other gentlemen, were leayiug the Capitol, and
w beu about halt wrav down the arenue wav of the
Capitoijgroumi they aset Mr. iKekmon, who was
apparently unaccoTH|>anted. Mr. Edmundson walk
e*l up to Mr. Hickman, and some wnrdsjoiased be
tween them in relation to a late speech of Mr.
Hickman’s (apparently that made on the occasion
of a Lite serenade), which ended iu Mr. Kdrnund
son dealing a severe Wow to Mr. Hickman upon ,
the head, knocking off his irat, a ltd following up j
th* assault by some cars with a switch, at the s-aiue !
time designating Mr. H. a* a “slanderer and a ■
coward. ’ ilr. llickniai. endeavored to close with
his antagonist, but further hostilitiea were preclud
ed by the interposition of other*, Mr. Keitt taking
Mr. Edmuodson from the ground, and Mr.
itwidge perforating a like other; tor Mr.MKkiuan.
Uuyiuc U heal hi Italtimore.
Mr. Henry V. Meigs, tljc agent oftii# Cofumbas
ftia.)t :ty .*1’.1;.-, ha receutly been iu Baltimore,
where he has purchased *o buneb of Wlwat.
the most of which has actually gone forward to
Columbus, aa.l will be utuiiulacittred at w bat arc
called the “f*ala#c These Kiouiishing MiH*
hrst -ought 1, purchase win at in the South, and
failing, were compelled to go lo Baltimore. Their
fi-.ot efforts were- mud* iu T<mi*er*ee, but tlie 1
demand -mild not let laet, owing to the gr*at aear
wity, and the loes of tl* crop* now in the ground.
We are no alarmist, or cruuker, but am infor
mation, by letter, limn alt |>wr:-> of Ten n-i?t*e. 1
Irom th orjtU, Alabama, ) irginia. Krutwckr, and
the Carolmi**-, is to tin- eifcct that the wittier has
been roir.oes to wheat trrofet. Jn whole section*,
the *4tJ aiil not |* realized. The result is, that
re. Is goii.g Up. Oats arv high, and liar is ad
vauciag. and will cuuitnua to do so, mitil iliw
reach high tignr*--, and unit) sutler tor ttie neces
•uie~ Ot lire.
It is no U5W* to brigade *be?e tacts anv lon get.
We are to have a hard tear of iu Kartiters who
have pi ovisions are booling them back, to see how
the can dug crop turns out, and many arv fioldilm
up lor the highest figure* that mar be reached.
Many U the Southern i’lovi-ion Houses are
writing ua private letters u# know what coni, Flour
and Bacon, we well as Lard emu be had lor. We
reply 10 each and ail. iu Teuneesree, Bacon is now
worth- lo cents hog round, and rising, while llanuti
g*> ready wjtb us at 1 i-j cents.
W e promise to koepour reader* posteil in regard *
to the state of the market, and also the upplv, |
but we have no expectation ot being able to give
consumers any better news.
We cOMnd the above article, which we take
from the Knoxville . 11//, to our agricultural read
era. Tim com.try i? ruuuing wild, at present, with ¥
speculations of various kinds. A collapse may be
produced by a scarcity of bread and meal as well
as from other cause*. la>t planters and tanner?
took to this matter.
Studlug < ouiuillteew wf the Mmom.
We give below, the name* of the Chairmen of
the Standing Committees of the House of Repre
sentative*. with the State* from which they come.
On A/.fh.t*,—John A. Gdmer, N. C.
Jl uy and Mr‘tx —John Sherman, (►.
tlsiiM—Muon W. Tappan, N. 11.
I’oMweMi—K. L. Washburne, 111.
Public Affair* —Kli Tbayer. Mas*.
Po*t Office and Poet Ilood* —Schuyler Colfax,
Ind. k
Jh-triet of Columbia —1.. C. Catter, X. Y.
Judiciary —W. S. llolman, Ind.
He tola!i'/nary (luu.tt —George Briggs, X’. Y.
Pricale Land Claim* —C. Waahburue, Wia.
Mvumfachtres — C. K. Adams, Maes.
dyrindtwv—M. Butter tie Id, X. Y\
Indian Affdtrt —K. Ki bridge, Term.
Mil iars Affbiirm —Benjamin Stanton.
Public Ituiidiay* —William I). Bray tun, R. I.
Printing —J. A. Green! v, O.
MTltotje —J. D. Ashmore, S. C.
SMt Deportment —J. B. McKean, S. Y -
Treat my J*part meat —Dwight l.uouii*, Conn.
War Departmea/ —Wiiiwfi Stewart, !*.
N'artf Department — J. V. Wright^Tenu.
Port Offire Department —R. < oukling, X. Y.
Patent* —William MiHuawrd, Pa.
Public (V round* —J. Craig, Mo.
L npnixhrd Hnmnms —J. A. Logan, Hi.
Account* —K. E. Spinner X. Y.
lltaolnti <M>ory I\aivus —J. F. Porter Win.
In i ol id Petition* —K. E. Kell low, ■%. Y.
JlimuU and * naul* —Robert Mallow, Kv.
Mi/ilia —C. 11. Tompki*)*, and. . *
Narol i. M. Muim', Me.
Partlym Ajfairt —Thomas t’onsiu, (k.
TrniUu if* —Galosh* A. Grow, Pa.
Library —l. I . Pettit, Ind.
UMiWtIUTWX.
ruiriiien from South
„ i’hgirmeii from North j ~
Chaymen front Woof. lo
* •
iIT A Urge an<i convenient Hall, iw Third
hue Im.-ii rented amY filled up as a place of
worship by the Hebrews ol this city. The ilall
*me duly set apart, alter ihe Jewish rituals, a) a
aSna K mue, Um week.—*•. A. Lowenthall ol
fictalirig a* Pastor. * j
’ journal & IfTfs^itger.
M ACON* GKOHGIA s
Wednesday, February 22, 1860.
‘ J. KNOWLES aud S. ROSE.
toriOM tlAKkl.t
Sale* of th ir better grade* of -Colton, 9\ to li4,
and sales luosi ut those qii.iliue*—Extreme quo
* laiious, 7 lo K'A.
1 tie Saranuan p.t|K-rs aiiiiouißm that market
quite active on Mmid-ty, with considerable sales
irom to 11} —.nidditug —good middling II
—midoitiig lair 11 j to It}.
The article signed “ Heard,” we publish to
oblige a triehd.’ He anticipate lively times at
Miliedgcvule next mouth. We may have to step
t*ver to preserve the peace. It is also highly pto
butde that our services as paciticalor may be re
quired at Charleston.
OUK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To the courteous Agents ot Adams’ and Harndeti s
Express. Doth of these companies are worthy of
public conhdeiice and patronage, aud we judge,
Ir. ei Ve, I*l large meraut e, bout.
Law ECHooL
flic ueit term ol LunipXiLi Law School, *1 -will
be seen tlolli llie njirl tlsemeni iu auolher column,
wiU cumuietice on Mouuav, April znd, labo. Un
der the auspices ol such eminent Jurists, we doubt
not it wnl he liberally patrouiocd.
H'e see evety iudicatiou that the lur will
ih ueiueutfouwly at the UwrleHM Convention.—
VV e should line to go into the lur trade there
about mat time.— L.uHt*rillt Juurnai.
Our contemporary iiugui himself get kil-nupttl
m <L e*y such a trade.
DEATH OF JODGE OWEN H KENAN
Hon. Owen Li. Kenan d.ed at his residence in
Whitfield couuty on the *d7lh of Jauuaiy last, in
the aeveaiv-fillh tear of hi* age. He liad filled
the office ot Judge lust iu Ocrnulgee, aud llien in
the Cherokee Vucnit.
MR HOWARDS LECTURE
On Monday night last, in common with a highly
respectable aud appreciative auditory, we listened
with unalloyed pleasure, to the Lecture of the
i Iv*jv. C. W . Howard, at Concert Hall, before the
A oung Men’s Christian Association of this city.—
His theme was “ Christian Benevolence as illustra
ted in the early liistory of Georgia.” The accom
plished Speaker gave us a fmost grateful narrative
ol the past, and a glowing picture ol the future of
our great State, ft was altogether one of the
most finished and eloquent productions to which
we have listened, and throughout, enchained the
attention ol the'gratified audience. Our commu
nity are under obligation* to ‘the Association lor
this rich iou-llectu*! repast. We-regret that cir
| raoaauuH ,Ld not |>erniit a fuller ulteudauce. —
He hope this admirable Lecture will be repeated
by Mr. Howard city and village of our
State. .
Mr. Howard’s ntme is, at thia’timv, very gener
ally associated with the Presidency of the State
j {'Diversity. His appointment lo that diatiuguiah
ed aud responsible trust, would give, we believe,
great satiafactioc.
e are pleased to learn that the Young Men’s
Christian Association of this city have arranged
for a series of Lectures from rtiffereut gentlemen,
whim we hope will be well attended.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
i>y reference to our paper to-day, it will be seen
that old Urm- have been dissolved, aud new oue*
’ e-tobli-hed, and that these mutations among our
* buattiess men are ouly calculated to give anew im
pui* to the trade ol our chei ished city. Iu liard
waiv;, iu Furniture, iu Dry (ioviid, iu fiiocenes, in
(*aJ Dienls lor the outer, ami food and niediciue for
the inner man—including heart and head—miud
and matter —in short every thing that ministers to
necessity or Ittxurt, is found chrouicled iu the
\le.*cuytr ; that old, popular, attiactive conserva
tive -h. nr mil ; whose history i uua parallel with
tile memory tt the oldest inhabitant, and whose
cimlation extend* over an area too Va-t and rich
to 1* described by eitiier latitude or longitude,
and among the most wealthy and iiittxlligent plan
er* ami merchants am the Globe.
MR TdOMBS SPiEC'H-
To tlie exclusion ot our usual variety, we com
’ im-ttce the publication, ittis week, of the ajeec!i of
S.*u ior lomnbi. it i a belj and nianlv vindication
ot iis- cMMtitutipnal right- ot tlie -'outJi and a ju-t
ami scathing rebuke of tlie Id u k We
hav* read this speech with great .-atsataetton.
And. yet ue greatly tear its moral force will lie
much weakened ami its effect ufwin the northern
atnl feoiithcrii mind somewhat lteutnili%el, bv tin*
complicity o! the distinguished Senator, in the
Kants* -wiudle and his .inspected priwliviiies for
Ibnigta?—than whom the South !iu- uever hud a
mots uiitortiiiiaie friend.
CHI If A MISSION.
Tite Hon. J. K. Ward, CutuMwmouer to China,
wilt accept our tlianks lor a pamphlet containing |
.an iuv-testing “ Narrative of the American Em- .
baasy to Pekin—by S. W. Williams, LL. I).” It
contains many curious and interesting facts and
incideuta, which we may hereafter lay before our
readers.
HOME INDUSTRY.
We invite attention to the advertemrnt of the
Wood. Our numerous readers in South-
Heatern rieorgia, especially, will find ii to their
advantage to look in ujion their large establish
ment.
VIRGINIA POLITICS.
.Uter a very Itoiaterous and am annnioua session,
• the democratic Stale Coil veil lion of Vitw-iuia ad
journed on Saturday night, the IMb, at ten
o'clock. No preference was eaptessed for any
IKtrbcular candidate for the Presidency. A ma
jority of The delegates generally favored a -South
ern conference Mass Meeting ; and awboeqUeutlv
the kbuveutiou adopted rcsobiuous favorable to
the propostttun ol South Carolina for a confervnee.
(veneral B. Starke of Bolivar, eoininiasioner irom
the Stale ol X!ta*Uippi tu \ irginia, iiaa arrivesl.—
At his receptioo, uu his arrival, he made an elo
4U*uf speech winch wax greatly cheered.
So, alter all, our Atlanta iriends are likely to
j have an opportunity tor displaying their hospitali
ty. fiat t wutereuco is likely to be purely demo
cratic.
Augusta A Vlaeon Hwilroad.
\X e have acldrnu more lutauiuious vote
thau that polKd yesterday on the question of
** Subaoriptiof.” or “No Subscription,” says the
StHtiii'J, by the city to the Augusta A llscon
Railroad. The business men-of the city generally,
seemed to feel a deep interest in the matter, and
May or Blodget and several others used extraor
dinaiy exertions to elicit a full and general expres
sion of optniuo. The vote resulted as follows :
For subscription dia
* .IgxhiM'VttWnpUttu. 18
The number ut v*es registered last year was
1,40d.
•hr Whlsilv Mloteittg iu UadUau.
Track laying on (lie Pensacola & Georgia R. R.
has h*eu steadily progressing Eastward, says the
A7w*£cm and OS Wednesday last, Iftlh iusi., the
cars crossed the. tleiila, aud the Whistle ol the .En
gine h|ew lor tbc lirat time in Maui-ou. llmr.t ’
! Houx, (is., waw with gaa lor krst
l uwr, Tuetday otgim Hth lust.
MACCV AD IIVRSVICX RAILROAD
We are indebted to Judge Coebran, for the first
Annual Kepon fd” the officers of this road, from
wliu-ii ii apjieai s that si It) six and one-halt mile*
of the Hoad are tinder cion tract —the Northern Di
vision, from Macon nnles to a point on the
Dubliu road opposite Hawhinsvilh , and ihe South
ern Division, coiomencing at the iuterseviion with
the Atlwutic aud gulf Ka*hoad and connecting in
•2S niilt* with the Hruyswick and Honda Ra.l
iLw.l at Hardhuisl, I.’ ti*iu Itiunswick.
Tlie middle Divi-i.m, mi mile, in length, it yet to
(>e p<ri uiefi-r contract. I fie total c*t ol the
Nov*hern Division is estimated a* kf'i.i,l72 —of the
Southern ami ot the Middle
—tot.l s ’. 176,7 1 i.
\~ The capital -lock subscribed so far amounts to
*360,527. The Northeiu and Southern divisions
of the ro.ul will be pre-sed lo immediate comple
tion. The contractors are Dean \ Ralston, Ro
bert t’oilius A Cos., Stephen Collms A Cos., James
Houston, Absalom Powell and others.
Judge Cot hran the President, argues at length
that the toad will be-asuccess. He know it will
be a great convenience lo the people ot Mauou ami
those along its route. It is in the hands of ener
getic and able contractors, and we may hope soon
to be iu railroad connexion iiii Hawkinsville, at
Ira-t.
IHE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH
We have received in neat pamphlet lorui the
Addresa ot the Couiinis-iom-l* lor lai-ing the en
dowment ot this lnstuutioii. It contains a con
aoe history of tins utaguiticcni educational emer
pnt*e, aud tu appropriate appeal to the Southern
public ui its behalf. It contains the gratifying
statement that “witliia a lew weeks, sixty persons
have given over (>.*. We wish its eniiueut
proj.-clots the largest possioie success, and shall
take pleasure iu alluding again lo this subject.—
Bishop Elliot is the Commis-ianer tor Georgia.
” H e are under obligation to Senator Iver
son lor cuttings of two rare varieties of Grapes
lrom the Patent office. We shall ue our best e
jdeavors to perpetuate his name iu our Garden, and
|!iig memory iu our Cemetery, by the Cork Oak
neorii-* rroived from ki< last year.
WHAT railroads DO.
H e lmd iit tlu* Chattanooga llejUrlor, the fol
lowing an icie, which rs but auoiuer evidence ot
(lie leitftulum effected by railroads. Ouly think id
Tennessee—where com used to be sold at u bit or
‘Jo cents per bushel—drawing upon Mi.-souri lor-its
supplies. When the Gi'ifliii road connects with the
Memphis line, we may here in Macou, gel our sup
ply of w iid game from the R cky Mountains. Let
our Griffin IVieuds be up and doing :
Corn vkom Saint Lons.—One day last w eek, 4ff
Car loads of Coin arrived litre over ‘he .Nashville
arid Chattanooga Kail Road, which had been pur
chased in Saint Louis. On enquiry, vve learned
that litis Corn cost just tio cents per bushel deliv
ered at this pond, w hich is Ja cents less per bushel
thau Corn has been selling here for the last three
weeks. Thus it wiU be seen that Corn can be
brought from Saint Louis to tins place and allow it
good margin for profits, if it should keep up to h
cents.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD
Speaking ol this enterprise the Augusta f'nati
tntiounlixt , says:
We do not believe that there are twenty legal vo
ters in the city that oppose the subscription.
He tell the friends of the railroad to Macon to
be ot good cheer, aad depend upon it that Augus
ta will do her share. Already the sum of six hun
dred thousand dollars can be relied on from this
city, and we have no doubt that private subscrip
tions will continue to augment the amount.
All that is necessary now is for co-operating par
ties lo eoutiuuo to swell the subscription, and raise
the necessary sum.
When the Irst shovelfull of earth is turned over
in this enterprise, there will be no such leehug as
doubt, no such word as fail, iu the successful com
pletion of the railroad to Macon.
ONLY ONE
The Rome Courier is the ouly opposition jour
nal iu this folate that bus condemned, (so far as we
have noticed) the vote of 11. Winter Davis, a South
American in Congress, for Sherman, a Republican
for Speaker. As it cannot be justified, the opposi
tion press might consent to speak out. Ignoring
his desertion from the South and joiuing me Re
publicans, Mr. Davis has only pursued the bent of
his abolition proclivities, long since observed iu his
political life.— t ‘o'untbux Time*.
Many democratic leaders and presses hive de
notinced Houglas as worse tii.tn Seward. Mr. Mc-
Clelland was the Douglas candidate for Speaker,
I Mr. Slierman the Seward. How many democratic
pa|wrs have condemned those represents lives who
voted lor McClelland ? We pause for a reply.—
We think Mr. Petiuicgtou a far safer nun than
! Douglas or any of his proteges. We commend
the loilowing to our fastidious contemporary.—
“ Jon’ is a sound and reliable democrat :
JH.rrnt tiiax was Exfmtko.—“ 1011,” the relia
ble Washington etureupondeut ol the Baltimore
Sn.i, writes that n eireutiistanee of great interest
to the country was develojx-d during the disens
sion Toreviom to tlie ehclion of Mr. Pennington as
Speaker, viz: that Mr. Peaningtou is in favor of
! the fugitive slave law as it is. This was admitted
iby tlie llejutblK-aus, and thus ttiey have been driv
en from one ol tlieir heresies.
J Such conservative journals as the New York
\ Journal of (Joatinrrer, (Dem.) the New Y'ork A’r
• itrtM, (Opp.,j aori tlie National Intelligencer,
J speak of the success of Pennington as a veritable
‘teteat of tlie Northern seetionaiists. We have no
d<vubt the latter feel this more keenly than they
arc willing to admit, more keenly, iu fact, thau
the .democrats do their defeat. Both extremes
have certainly been defeated. Perhaps it may
shadow forth a yet more important event in No
vember next. All parties may, possibly profit by
the circumstance.
Mr. Pennington, it apjtears, wr*s elected to Con
gress under the general head of trie “ Opposition,”
jaiid not as a ” Republican.” If he had not voted
’ lor Sherman, his election would have been hailed
jby conservative* everywhere with great satisfac
tion. As it is, there is certainly some consolation
in the substantial de.feat of the Helper candidate.
MR. BRIGHT
Has retired from the Lumpkin Pal/adittm from
causes set lortlj in his valedieiory, and lias become
Proprietor of the Bainbridge Georgian. He will
make a good pajier if the people w ill sustain him,
as they doubtless w ill, lie says :
“ Bainbridge itself is the future Atlanta of South
Georgia. Three Kail Jioads are reaching to Bain
bridge as their final term tin*.. The Main Trunk,
the Alban*/ in’ South- If extern —and Tallahassee A
Koad. And these roads look to Bainbridge
a.* tlreir terminus. From Bainbridge there is splen
did water ciAmnunn alion with the Gulf of Mexico.
It is ulteady becomiug the cotton mart of South
Georgia, in short we regard it as the lest point
to locale a leading journal With these prospects,
then we seperato ourself Irom the Palladium and
become the editor and proprietor of the Southern
j Georgian.”
The Southern 4'wuli-reuce.
| Tlie Richmond Idojuirtn’ says: The Southern
jiawiJereuce will meet, with or without Virginia, on
the -Ath day of July, IMIO, at the city of Atlanta.
The Charleston nomination will then have been
(Dade, wud the conference will be able to consider
i the piotpeoi of political parties, s well as discuss
| questions of political power. V irginia, by an act
jof fatal folly, may have no voice iu that confer
ence to |wrsuitde its inoaibent,no intiuenee to con
trol its deliberat-iouri but the cotton States, acting
for themselves, and by tbemselves, will most cer
taiulv meet. To what decision they wifi come, no
cwiihly power cou tuty.
A petsou who receully called into court lor the
pur]ease of proving the correctness ol h doctor’s
bill, wtu *r.kci! by tlie lawyi'r whether “the doctor
did not make several visits alter the patient wa* J
out ot danger *” “ No,” replied the witness, “1
I consider the paiieut iu danger as long as lim doctoi
continued bis visits 1” 1
a oofftfimioifAL union party.
Under this-head we find a very sound and judi
don* article in the Aognsta Chrr>n>rh ff- Semtiucf. (
The abandonment of the Union organization of
Iga<i, was a very “grave error.” Now ill lbtio, the
country needs jest such a paity* —wiiha sound, ex
plicit, Constitutional pLtiofin, u|*o which such
uien as Dickinson, Fillmore, Everett, Bronson, and
oihei leading statesmen ot the North of both par- j
ues can staud. In forming a ba-ts for political af- j
filiation nd action, no elaborate annunciation ol
pliociples is necessary or de-irable. Hasty, pre
mature action should also be avoided. The expe
rience of the past should teach Americans a lesson
of caution. Without the accession of Union vvl.igs
and democrats, they will continue a powerless
minority- How are these to be obtained ? is u
the question. Certainly not by anticipating events
which must have a very important influence not
only upon the new organization but the eouutry it
self. We waul no more parties utlder the vague
appellation of “Opposition.” We need a Constitu
tional party composed of sound, reliable Consti
tutional men. We append below a portion ot the
article lrom the Sentinel:
“Bui what shall be the basis of the new party ?
In the first place it must be truly a Union party,
standing on middle giound between the extremists
of each section, rebuking the taualicbm ot tbe
North and the ultraism of the South. Its great
aim must be lo preserve the L'nlou of these Mato
rn tact—-aud that can ouly be done effectually by
its becoming in tact as well as in name a Couxtitu
tional pal tv. Not simp’* by unmeaning declara
tions ol leaflT to the Constitution, because all pat
ties say that, but something more. The bond o)
in:on must include an unequivocal pledge lo
maintain and enlorce the laws, especially me Iu
gilive slave la* ot Congress, and an uneonJUionu*
repeal oj all State taws which practically Uullify
the act of Congress, or hinder its enforcement. —
In uddition the party must commit iist-lt plainly to
the deeisiou ot the Supreme Judicial tribunal ot
ttie land, which declares tuat the only light oi
Congress over the question of slavery m the ler
iitones is the riyht coupled with the duty ot ex
tending to the owuer adequate protection lor his
property, whenever the same becomes necessary.
It must set its face determinedly against tue uncon
stitnttonal heresy which clothes the creature, (tlie
Territorial Legislature) with more power than the
Creator (Congress) itself possesses, and under tire
sjiecioua plea of popular sovereignty, surrenders
the constitutional right of the citizen lo the arbi
trament of those who are not sovereigns. This
i doctrine of popular sovereignty is only anoihci
name lor free.-oil, and its advocates, u-heren r j'onud
are Jreesoiler* at heart, and only deterred by Jea r
from declaring themselves.
The puny which, iu good lailli and without eva
sion, adopts the piattortu above set forth, will be
come ihe real “Constitutional Union Putty” of the
country, whatever may be its ?ui//<e. Aud to such
a party we eonfideii/ly hope the entire Opposition
of Georgia and the South may be rallied, with a
majority of the Democracy also. Such a party,
with the riyht leaders, we believe, can carry enough
votes in the Northern States to elect its candidates
for tlie Presidency and Vice-Presidency. “Prin
ciples, not men” was ouce a rallying cry—we pre
fer principles ami men, for there is frequently as
much iu men as in the principles and it is d* much
a party duty to use all honorable means for suc
cess, as to maintain good principles. For of what
avail can principles ever be, unless you so organ
ize your forces a* to secure their successful enforce
meul? Our opinion then is, that to be sncc<mtf*l,
a Southern man should be Die Presidential candi
date, with a Central {stale loan for the \ ice-Presi
dency. Let this not alarm our Union friends ai
the North—we do not demand the fiist choice, but
we think success depends on it, amirtlierefore, we
ask it as a concession from those who become our
Not hern allies.
It may be said that we are ultra as to the plat
form—that we ask too aanch. H e think not, and
we think this the tnopt opportune time we ever
saw to insist upon a full anil final settlement. Is
there one conscientious, houe-r, rejecting man in
the North who will say we are not. justly entitled
lo an absolute enforcement of the Fugitive Slave
law? That we are not justly entitled, under tiie
decision ot our own highest Court, to protection
for our property ol ail kinds ? If so, let him speak
and give fils reasons. We claim to be conserva
tive, Union-loving, law-abiding—that has been al
ways the character of this paper, and therefore we
hope our language may be heeded by our Northern
friends.
Jt may be asked then, what ultraism and what
fanaticism do we propose to fight—from what save
the country ? We auswer that we oppose, and we
wish the Uuioo party to oppose, on the one baud
that fanaticism at the North which refuses enforce
ment of the law, and declares no more slave
States shall be admitted, aud on the other, that
ultraism at the South which declares for disunion
in the eveut a Republican is elected. We oppose
both of those, and we would save the country from
th*- infatuated rule or ruin policy of those wtio
preach such doctrines.
The* Augusta and Maron Knllruitd.
We are gratified to see, by a telegraphic dis
patch says tin* Columbus lime*, which we publish
this morning, that this enterprise has been endors
ed by tlie citizens ol Augusta. The vote, though
small indicates that it i* popular in that quarter to
an almost unprecedented degree. The road, when
completed, will give to the produce, which finds
it.s wav to this market, two outlets to the Atlautic,
ami will pi tee us iu direct communication with the
cities of Augusta ami Ciiatl-'ston, both of which
have ever been excellent cotton maikets, Tite
rivalry which will thus be induced between them
and Savannah, will whet up iho business energy of
the latter, and we shall have a good time of it gen.
orally. We bid God s]eed to the Augusta ami
Macon Railroad I
Ms. Crvstxctuu. —This much beloved ami able
divine, pastor of ;he Presbyterian Church in this
place, Bay? the Lagrange lie/enter iu connection
with Dr. Stii.ks have been appointed Evangelists
for the Georgia Synod. Xlr. C. lias started on his
first or trial trip; and if hi? health will permit he
will accept the appointment and enter fully into
the work. If not he will return home to remain
as the pastor of the church. Should his health
permit him to enter into the work to which he is
appointed, the church here will be without a pas
ter.
A better appointment we do not beijeve could
have been unde. He is truly an able matt —a de
vout Christian ami truly teloved by all who know
him. We trust lie may have many soul? tor his
hire.
The Uiieat Crop.
Iu view of the probability that the growing
wheat crop will be a short one, a correspondent
of tlie Grenada (Miss.) Rural Gentleman, suggest*
a remedy in tlie planting of May wheat, w hich he
twvs is equally us good and yields ns much. Our
friends would do well to consider this suggestion.
E\TKrtSIVK fstCTHERN E.NTKKtMII**. TljO Ri istol
(Tenn.) News states that responsible drovers of
Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky, have set on foot
a project for establishing at that place uu exten
sive pork packing establishment, on the joint stock
principle. It wid require a capital of *:!Ot,(K)0 to
begirt with.
Wm. E. Bt rtos, tfip gomedi.tti, reoeuMy deceas
ed, leave? a I trge fortune. The value <f hi? P l-0 ’
party in II idson street is es’imited at f 30,000. —
He has a very fine private library, ftielndiag the
best collection of Rbakspearewn literature in Amer
ca, and a valuable picture gallery. Hi* estate at
Glen Cove is worth $140,000. The theatre in
Chambers street, now rented for the Federal Court
at £lti,ooo per annum, is held at %'i li>,<X>o.
iir The Washington correspondent of the Au
gusta Poult Hut tonal int, referring to the fruits ot
the enforced coippromise by which an organization
of tlie House was finoUj’ effected, truly writes:
” How far the Republicans proper have profited bv
uniting the anti Democratic feeling cannot vet be
seen. They have promoted old-line Whigs, Ameri
cans, and diafcwnting Democrats, but as yet have
elected 110 straight out Republican.”
tJPThe authorities of Franklin’ College, at
Athena, have purchased a irtut Qf /and at the up
per eud of the town, near two miles the Col
lege buildings, on which to erect the
buildings, gymnasium, Ac., for the preparatory
Bcituol which ia to aupersede the f rtlhiiWS nod
■Sophomore classes in College.
A GOOD LltfES FROM A GOOD MaH
There is so much of true Christian sentiment and
feeling—Stu ll aglow ol geuial ami tervent chriaiinn
chanty, in the following letter, that we must be
permitted to give it a putce among the gems of our
Repository and Monthly. Could the Christian
Woild but imbibe the spirit of this distinguished
Jurist; there would speedily be “'peace on earth
and good will to men.” ft is a tact, as honorable
to the people ot Georgia us to the eminent writer,
titat since the first oigamzaiion ol the Supreme
foul t, he tia> luiirtimcU, ty universal w ish, its hon
ored head. Long may ills valuable hie be spared
to Oburch and State !
Atm kns, February 14th, 1860.
Key. J. Knowles, .
Macon, G.
My Ikar Sir: —l am indebted to some kind
friend —probably Dr. A. Mean* —lor the brat num
ber of the Educational Repository and Family
Monthly—the oigau ot the Educational 1 institute of
the Methodist Episcopal (J Lurch, South. I claim
the privilege ol bccom'iig a subscriber to the
periodical by lorwarding my annual subscription.
Although a Presbyterian by Church relation, it
has beeu my happy lot to enjoy throughout uiy
chiistiau life—now numbering more than thirty
years, the fruits of the Saviour’s Sacerdotal Prayer,
ottered the same night in which he was betrayed,
that all his tollowers migiit be one, that the world
might believe that the Father had sent him. 1 love
out ol a iervenl hear t, all who love thu Lord Jesus
Chi Ist, and who are laboring for the coming'of his
blessed Kingdom. \\ hcii lam with the Methodist
1 am a Methodist —and when with other denomi
nations 1 am one ot them, so tar us 1 am permitted
W) be.
My heart swelled with pride—laudable I hope—
while 1 wus conducted iluough youi Hook Concern,
at Nashville. Your peopie have contributed urn
mficeutly to the cause of Education within the last
quarter of a century. This is another movement iu
the right direction. 1 bid you God speed in the
praiseworthy enterprise.
Your it lend and brother,
JOS. HENRY LUMPKIN.
■ altueaee of u ltttilroad.
In the report of John T. Milner, of tire survey
ot the Central (Ala.) Railroad, is the following ac
count ot the influence ol the Georgia Stale Road
on the country, through which it passes:
in 18:;7, 1 was engaged ou the Georgia Stale
Road just then commenced, i there became ac
quainted with the people along that road—their
iiabils and their means. Beyond their actual wants
for food, they raised nothing at all. ‘ihe men
moped around and shot at u mark. The women
seemed to do but little, whilst their children, poor-
Iv eared for, sauntered about from place to place,
as it their highest thoughts were bent on catching
rabbit*, opossums, or some such small game.—
What wits <lre use to work, when it would cost
them *2 per bushel to get their wheat to market,
and then only get one? In 1857, 1 went back
again, and what a change ! The rivers were the
saiue —the Keunesaw Mountain had nut changed
the “ Crooked Spoon” still rolled along—the
men and women that once I knew were there—
the boys had grown to men, and the girls to wo
men ; but their mien was changed. The old men
stood erect, as with conscious pride they looked
upon the waving fields of grain. Tne matrons
busied themselves about their dairies and their
looms ; whilst the sturdy boys were grappling with
the plow. What had brought this change about ?
Listen for a while and soon you will hear the iron
horse coming storming along, lie stops at a sta
tion for fuel and water—a man gets oft the train,
lie is a Charleston maD, or p<*rhap3 the agent of
the Montgomery Mills. The cars go on, and he
goes to the house. He meets the farmer—they
have met before, fits business is to buy his grain.
Strange, but true, that the demand for wheat
should be so great as to induce the merchaut to
buy at the farmer’s door ! He offers £1 50 per
bushel, cash, lor his crop ami furnish the sack*
to pat it in. “ That won’t do. Savannah was
here yesterday, and Columbus the day before,
and they offered more.” Here is the key to this
change. This solves the mystery. The greijt
State Road—the iron horse—the dollar and a half
per bushel, cash, tells the tale. This is literally
true, as any one can ascertain by enquiring of the
men that know.
State l air, 1880.
The Atlanta American, of Tuesday, 14th, says :
The President, Secretary and Executive Commit
tee ol the Georgia State Agricultural Society met
at the Atlanta Hotel to day, and fixed on the time
and place of meeting of the next Fair, and ar
ranged the list of Premiums, which will be pub
lished before long. Tne following named gentle
men are the officers for the current year, viz: Pre
sident, 1). \Y. Lewis ; Ist Vice President, Gov.
Joseph E. Brown ; 2d Vice President, James
Gardner ; and Messrs. T- P. James, J. 11. New
ton, J. A. Hayden, T. J. Smith, M. J). Cody, M. G.
Rolierts, T. M. Turner, R. Peters aud Y. ij. How
ard, Executive (Committee. James Oamack, Secre
tary. The next fair will bo held in Atlanta, com
mencing on Tuesday, the 2;id Jay of October.—
Wu are very much gratified to learn that live ag
gregate value of the Premiums to be offered has
Keen increased about twenty-five per cent.
(HI v<-rli y vflii orjita,
A correejiciident of the August* t’omUitutJmat
\ lat recommends Rev. C. W. Howard u President
i of the b Diversity of Georgia, iu pl<*te of Ron. If.
I!. Jackson, declined. Mr. Howard is a gentleman
ol high attainments, and would be a suitable man
iu all other reflects, for the responsible position.
So says the Columbus Sun , and so say many
other papers including our own.
53TT he Augusta Sentinel very well says :
Our Democratic friends are rejoicing that the Ma
ryland House of Delegates censured Winter Davis
for his vote —we rejoice too, but is it t)Qt signifi
cant that while there was only one vote for sus
taining him, entry Aweriran vote was against him ?
What say our friends, was not that one a good
brother Jlentocrai of yours ? No dodging.
A IVlsatery.
At a complimentary dinner recently given to
the Hou. If. A. Wise, oi Virginia, the ex-Governor
made a speed) in the course of which, alluding to
the Harper's Kerry treason, he delivered himself
of the following mysterious sentence :
“ 1 have no* said all I have to say on that sub
ject, and l shall guard myself particularly through
life not to say all I could say upon it ; rubies
would not, win me to tell all the facts of the raid
of John lb-own. I will no*, tell to the world either
all the facts in my possession, or all my opinions
on the subject of that tragedy. I have told the
woild enough for the justification of my actiou in
the case, and there is much yet untold which I will
never disclose, for the reason that I would con
serve the peace between the North and the South,
and tell nothing vhjch would unnecessarily agitate
and distract either section. 1 ’
Tom Cor “'is ami Toombs. —The Washington
correspondent ol the New York llerahl says of
Toombs and Corwin :
The theory appears to be w ith Corwin, but the
acts and the facts are with Toombs. But mark the
difterwuee between these two men. The face of
Toombs is only expressive of the wrath of Achilles ;
tlm face of Corwin is as mobile and expressive of
the varied touches of gravity, satire, drv caustic
roguery i;n<J rolioking fun as the face of Burton iu
his inimitable chaiir-d.ey of Toodles. Corwin ina
magnificent comedian. Touutb# (teste altogether
in high tragedy. Nothing iu arguujeut uuo a*.r,uus
to Corwin that it will admit of a joke ; nothing sug
gested, however amusing, will soften the terrible
wrath of Toombs.
Jlelancliol y.
Our city says the Sumter AV tea wa9 shocked last
Friday evening by the announcement of the death
of Muss Mkiioka Nlsn, eldest daughter of Hawkins
H. Nunn, Ksqr n R. It. Agent at this place.
Miss Niwn, was on a vi-it to the city of Cuth-
Jjcrf. In an afternoon’s ride with some friends
she wa# if'i; from her horse, and so injured
that she expired witbd/ J four hours. She
never spoke idler the accident. ft-ss wa * a
lovely young lady, in the bloom of youth, of gveijt
vivacity and cheerfulness. Her death falls with
crushing weight upon her patents, relatives and
friends. .
Some interesting chap is engaged in making the
idupticul razor used by Juo. Browu while iu Kan
sas. Re makes about thirty a day, and sella them
to the good pwopfa qf New Haven.
roll tag JOPRSAI ASD HE33ENGEH.
Messrs. Rot* and Knoicltt —
Will yon inert this rejoinder to “ Bibb's” arti
cle in the daily Telegraph of the 14th inst., in
your paper, in order 1 may have justice in the pre
mises ? Mr. Ohsby refused to insert it, as you see
it is addressed to hitu. He cau very willingly in
sert anything Mr. Douglas or Bibb writes iu bis
defence. To say the least of it, Mr. Clisby shows
a mighty leaning for Mr. Douglas. Every thing
that occurs iu the politics of the country in bis fa
vor, you cau find in the let eyraph. Rut now I
wish to defend myself as an Auti-Douglas edinocfat,
after being called upon by “ Bibb” to retract what
I wrote in my article published in the Daily Tele
graph of 14th inst. Mr. Clisbv now objects, and
says it is too long, Ac. Avery good point for
difference of opinion, as far as courtesy is con
cerned. 1 here promise you I will not take any
further notice of Bibb. HEARD.
For Telegraph.
| * Auii-Oonglas.
| Mr. Clisbv : — fn writing tiie article signed
“ Heard,” published iu the Daily Telegraph ol the
14lh inst., 1 did not think then that i would be
compelled to trespass upon your coluinus again
to defend myself from a Douglas enthusiast, hail
ing from a Southern State. 1 know not who
“ Bibb” is, that seems to be so bold iu insulting j
the good sense and loyal patriotism of the people
of the South, iu attemptinga defence ot Mr. Doug- ,
las. He calls upon me to retract my charges
against Mr. Douglas lor voting and speaking lor
me Wduiot Proviso. 1 will never sir retract any
i thing 1 may write or speak agaiusl Mr. Douglas, so
long as 1 have a hand to write or a longue to
! speak. 1 will now, as briedy as 1 can, give you
! tne best authority 1 nave for saying that lie, Doug
las, is a Wilmot Proviso man.
I Ist. llis position iu the tweuty-niuth Congress
1 make the following quotation from the 2nd vol
ume of Benton's Thirty Years Review, p. 095 :
. “ Mr. Wilmot, member of Congress from Pen nay 1-
’ vania, moved the proviso, that no part of the Ter
ritoiy to be acquired should be opeued to tlie in
I troducuoa of slavery. It was a proposition uot
necessary for the purpose of excluding slavery, as
the only territory to be acquired was that of New
Mexico and California, where slavery was already
prohibited by Mexicali laws and constitution ; where
it could uot be carried until those laws should be
repealed, and a law lor slavery passed.” Now
what did his voting against this amendment
amount to ? Simply nothing. Self-respect would
compel him to vote against it because the law ot
New Mexico bad accomplished all that he could
have desired. This is the Wilmot Proviso—that
he, “ Judge Douglas slaved, as a giant would a
pigamy.” For this, “ Bibb” should sing long-uie
tre tuues, sacred to his political memory.
1 will now view |)iu) in the 3uth Congress, 1848,
in the Senate, pending tb# Oregon Territory go
vernment bill. I quote from 2nd vol. Benton’s
Review, p. 711 : “ On motion of Mr. llale, in the
Senate, the bill (whjfii came up from the House
without any provision ou the. subject of slavery)
was amended so as to exteud the principle of the
anti-slaverv clause of the Ordinance of ’B7 to the
bill.” Now- Mr. Douglas voted for this Ordinance
amendment. Will “ Bibb” tell the people the dif
ference between the practical effect of the Wilmot
Provio and the Ordinance of’B7. He will as a
card'd man have to admit that they both exclude
slavery from tl;p 7V?F) t W r < v i and that is what I
charge upon Mr. Douglas. And if “ Ribb” will
think for oue moment, he will see that his non
protection doctrine amounts to the same, lie
knows it is a very easy matter for the abolition so
cieties of the North to send out a hundred or two
squatters, and iu their territorial capacity prohibit
the institution of the South forever from going
there. This Ordinance amendment excludes sla
very from Oregou a Territory containing 196,295
square nules, nearly four tiiuet; Rje of Geor
gia. Pending the Oregon bill, Mr. Calhoun spoke
the following “ He denounced any Southern man
who would not take the same course. Gentlemen
were greatly mistaken if they supposed the Pre
sidential question iu the South would over-ride this
more important one. The separation of the North
and g.qqlb its complete. The South has now a
most sole mu obligation sq perfqrm —to herself—to
the constitution—to the Union. Sim is bound to
come to a decision ; not to permit this to go on
any further, but to show that dearly as she prizes
the Union, there are questions which she regards
as of greater importance than the Union.” It
seems that Mr. Calhoun had different views fioiu
Mr. “ Bibb.” Why did not “ Bibb” correct the
Democrat;# and Opposition presses, with a few e.
eeptions, of the South last wqqter, whjtj tliev de:
uounced Douglas? Why is it that iia was de
nounced as a traitor to the democratic party and
the South, by the leading men ami the press of
the Democratic party ? Why is it that he was re
lieved of Ihe chairmanship on the Territorial com
mittee in the Senate ? Why is it his I-ecomptou
associates, Messrs. Hickman, Roberson, Haskin
Forney, Adrian and Alien, are now active men in
the ran};? ?
Will “ Ribb” expluiu hear it is tipi; b# can pali
ate for “Judge Douglas’s” non-protection doc
trine and bis opposition to the admission of Kan
sas ? Does “ Bibb” intend to say that he endor’
ses Mr. Douglas by his paliation for him ? Why
not come out like a man and endorse him or re
pudiate him ? lam candidly of the opinion he
will not do it, under his own signature. Will
“ Bibb” inform me how he has gotten his inforina’
tien that he j “ Douglas” sent a commissioner to
Kansas to get the true state a f the feeding of the
| people—ami who he sent * He seems bj; bringing
j in the tariff question to intimate that it is equally
I of as much importance as the slavery question.—
As for my part I regard the slavery question para
mount to all others. I will say on the tariff ques
tion, that the protective system has been the fa
vorite system for raising revenues for the support
of the Government. It has been sustained at va
rious piiods of the uovernmept by Messrs. Cal
houn, Webster, Clay, Benton, Cass, as well as Mr.
Buchanan. When such great names as these
stand upon the record* of our country, we should
look well to their policy, before we advocate a
change.
I am aware the Tariff question has passed
through many changes, as inanv as there are con
flicting interests iu the government—for instance,
Mr. Clay’s American system, direet tax system and
the protective system, all have had their day. The
direct tax system s.ecjps tp be the system most ap
proved at the South. Will ,f Ribb” inform the
public where Mr. Douglas stands on the tariff ques
tion. 1 know very well he, “ Bibb,” alluded to
the tariff question only to give himself grontid to
evade his Douglas enthusiasm. 1 have nothing to
say in defence of R. J. Walker, but would like to
know in what message did Mr. Buchanan instruct
Mr. Walker to speak as he did on the subject of
slavery in Kansas ? This charge lias been made
btfprg bjjt never sustained.
*‘ Bibb” says Douglas >j|| ftp nominated at
Charleston. Will he inform me where he gets bis
informatiou from ? He says J will have to sup
port him, “ or go out Into the cold, and shiver iu
a wan and hopeless minority.” That Is very easy
said 11 Bibb,” but to the proof? What have some
of the leading men of the South said, and the De
mocratic State Convention V In Georgia, Messrs.
Iverson, Gartrell, Spear, and Win. 11. Stiles have
said they will not snpport him. Are they not true
and good men as Georgia can boast? And with
ihetq'thg jank and file of the Democracy of the
State, combined Hie fjppqajuon party. It is
, the aamu wav in j’loifda. They I , ’ ,u
! lu the State Convention ; and also the same feel
ing pervades the democracy of Rou
lisiana, Soutb Carolina, and in fact the whole South,
and all Western alave States. HEARD.
Macon, G., Feb. 18th, 1840.
Cong teas—Tß nr ad Ay,
In the Senate a re*olotbm was introduced by
Mr. Mason, from tire select committee charged with
the investigation hlto the facts and circumstances
attending the invp.Mon and capture of the armory
of the United States at Harper’s Ferry, directing
the Sergeant-at-Arro* to bung L.-tore the said cum -
inittee F. B. Sanborn, John Btowu, jr., aud James
Redpatb, who, having been duly summoned, had
as vet failed to appear. Tne r'-soliuion was adopted
without debate : Yqis 40, nuyo 4.
Ou motion ui Mr. Hunter itu- Poet Office appro
priation bill, as returned to tne Senate from the
ilmi-e of Representatives, was then taken up. It
appeal ing that li e House had coucuiied in ail the
aim r.duientsot the Senate save that abolishing the
j i ranking pi it liege, Mr. lluuternioved that Die Sen
! ale recede Irom tne said amendment. The motion
was ear;ie*i : I eat 42, nays 11. Ttie bill, as ;>er
feeud, having urns been passed by botli Houses of
Cotigre:?* now awaiis only the signature of the
President 10 become a law.
On motion ol Mr. tisiu the Seuate then pro
echoed to laae up the bib providing lor the aooii
tiou ot tiie franking privilege, which, having been
debated in Coounitcee ot tne Whole on a variety
ot amendment*, was reported to the Senate and
j pa.-sed, yeas 51, nays 2.
Tile bill, a> passed by the Senate, declares the
total abolition ol the Ir.nking privilege except iu
liie case ot those upon whom u has been conferred
by name and by a i-jo-cihl act of congress in the
nature ol a complimentary vole. It is further pro
vided that tue bul stiaii go into yffect on the loth
of April next.
■ iu tin- llorsk or REPKKSkXTa’rives three votes
{ were taken lor u Prl.iUM to tbe House without uu
election. 1 lie last vote stood ; For J. D. Detreea,
; of indiitii.i, 91 ; Adam J. G.oakOrenner, of Pennsyl
v aula, V-', aud ooc scattering. Necessary toa choice
’ .’t. it was agreed to vole again io day at one o’-
I , lock.
I'.ae several Stales lieitig called for bills alld re*o
muons, a targe number oi bills were introduced.—
Amongst Uiose of gtiieral interest we may refer to
oi.e lor tne aumi-Mun ul the Mate ol Kansas; one
ior me setuemenl ol Revolutionary claims; oue to
grant peiismn-i to officers and soldiers of the war
oi 1812; one to punish polygamy ; slid one to make
i giant oi .and to the Alexandrian, Loudoun, and
•Jatupsnirc Ku iroad.— intelligencer.
From W,muiu^toa.
Vi asHikoioA, FebiUary lo.— ihe President hav
ing apptoved of the PoS Oilioe bill, it is therefore
uu* a law. As amended previous to its passage it
ippiopriaies $4,002,U9fi ior supplying the deticency
m the ie * rimes and defraying the expenses of the
Department lor the year ending in June next,
*.•,'Kto, an J a fui ther c-um ol jf2,400,t.k>0 inpay
ment of the s:thuits of the officers and clerks,
transportation of malls, wrapping-putper, bug*,
.-damps, etc. intetral at the Tgle p< 0 per cept.
per annum, to commence sixty days after the ex
piration of the quarter in which tiie service was
tendered, but i.i uo case prior to the Ist of May,
1859, to tiie present date, shall be paid ou ail sum*
found due the contractors for carrying the mails—
the interest to be paid only to the contractor?
themselves iu tull of all damages by reason of the
failure or delay in their payment. No interest is
to be allowed on payments tor the last quatler, end
ing with December lost. A sum lor mis purpose
is also apprpjjiiateiJ.
The select Committee appointed by the Speaker
to inquire ioto and report on the printing and
binding reforms ahput iq be inaugurated, is com
posed of Messrs. Grow, Quarles, Burnett, Walton,
Florence, Heard and Gurley.
fir. Pennington and ttr. Clay.
As Mr. Pennington, of New Jersey, has been
elected to the Speakership of the House of Rep
resentatives, the following letter from Lexington,
Ky,, to the Cineiunati Commercial will be interest
ing to many readers :
Lexington’, Feb. 1, 1880.
Perhaps it wouid interest some of yoqr r“adet|
to know why the election of Mr. Pcnoingtou, of
New Jersey, as Speaker gave such satblaction iu
Lexington. 1 think it was either iu 1845 or 1846
that Henry Clay became embarrassed to such an
extent thut he had to mortgage Asnland. In the
meantime a movement had beeu started in New
Orleans by some of Mr. Clay’s friends, that they
would pay his debts and relieve him troin his em
barrassment, and Mr. A. 11. Trotter, the agent of
tiie Northern Bank in New Orleans, was sent East
to confer wLb ifr. (.-Jay's friends. The consequent
was that about fifty thousand’ dollars were sub
scribed, and the lion. Wm. Pennington wa# sent
to Kentucky with the money, and came to Lexing
ton without scarcely any person knowing him.—
He walked into the Northern Batik, asked for Mr.
Scott, the Cashier of the Bank, and upon being
shown that gentleman, asked if there were not
-evcral notes of Mr. day’s that were due in a few
days, and was answered that there was. Mr. Scott
i was requested to give the whole amount of Mr.
Clay’s ibdebteyncxA, wae dene and a Jr&K
on one of the New Fork Ranks aw handed lnui,
and Mr. Pennington left the bonk wjth ajl jfr,
Clay’s notes paid.
iu a tew days Mr. Chtr came to arrange for a
renewal of the notes if possible, and was shown in
the side room of the bank. After sitting a few
minutes he asked Mr. Scott if there could be any
arrangement to run the notes for a longer time.—
Mr. Scott looked at Mr. Clay to see it he was not
jesting, and tjtiding that he was not. told him that
a geuileiat;n jVqm *ew .jepsey had;,kUet|
aud paid all of his indebtpdpess. Mr. Clay startel
when Mr. Hcint spoke, looked at him a few sep
onds, bum into tears, and left the bank over
whelmed. No man ever had such friends, Jsueli
sir, is a brief narrative, an incident in the life of
the Speaker elect; aud here, sir, where Mr. Clay
lived, liis personal friends are rejoiced that he lias
been Honored with the Speakership.
A Hocsk Rkmluy for Scarlet Fever. —Parents
should be very careful aboat their children when
this devouring piague seizes ijicci, and eypry goo 2
mother should be pippared for it with the following
simple remedies:
Ist. When a child is taken with the fever gjre if
a dose of caster-oil, If the body shows a flush color
have a pot ol saffron tea made and give it to the
child to drink. This will drive the eruption out.
2d. Have warm baths for their feet, keep it warm,
and the room under a proper temperature.
3d. When the eruption is out, grease the whole
body with bacon fat, and keep the body open.
Then call for a doctor if the throat should get soie.
[Better uegii; hy calling in fhp doctor.
£ A
. .’LL’-
Bk Carnoi'n now yoc tiivE Ueriieic*tk3.—Til#
Athens Banner calls to mind the certificate of Lion.
Thos. Hardeman about Briggs of New York beiDg
” tnu- ax steel,” and the next thing we hear of
Briggs he votes for Pennington ? This shows the
necessity of caution iu under writing politicians.
‘“White man mighty onsartain.”— Telegraph.
How many Southern democrats actually voted
for McQJgrnafidj the pet of
objectionable in every respect, than Pennington ?
Small Box arDiWsos. —We learn that consid
erable excitement exists amongst the citijens of
Dawson, in consequence of the existence of a caru
of Small Pox iu that plate. A Mr. Weston, who
has been running on tbe Centaral Railroad between
Macon and Savannah, arrived at Dawson last Sun
day with a fever npon-him. On Tuesday night the
Small Pox develojied itself and was so pronounced
by his physician. We learn that tbe citizens are
leuving the place.
The stringent measures adopted by our author
ities, w ijl effectually prevent the introduction of tbs
disease into our midst.— Cittfifier'l flyoHer lltjt. ‘
Dkath op TRos, S, Woodwork.—We arp
deeply naim and to learn, this rooming, by letter from
Mr. J. 1). Strother, tiiat our old and valued friend.
Geu. Thos. S. Woodward, died, after a long and
painful illness, at his residence, in Winn* Parish,
Louisiana, at five o’clock on the morning of tbe
4th inst. -
Thus has passed away, the spirit of one of na
ture’s noblemen—one who was both a soldier and
a jatrk>t. He was born in F.lbert county, Georgia,
about the year liPC, but the greater part of his life
was ji f Alabama. ijis only surviving ohhd
is Col. Thos. Woodward, of “Louisiana.
In our next Weekly, in accordance with the wjsh
of our ohl friend's family and friends, we shall pub
lish an obituary notice. Montgomery Mail.
Front Washington.
Washixgtos, Feb. ‘JO. —The proceedings of the
Senate to-day were unimportant. The Death of
Hou. Mr. Goode, of Va., was anouneed, with ap
propriate eulogies, after which they adjourned.
Iu the House, Mr. Loveiov, of 111., endeavored,
but failed to introduce a resolution of enquiry into
the expulsion cf abolitionists from tbe joutneiu
States.
Tne fortification bill was introduced and refered
It involves an expenditure of near six -hundred
thousand dollars.