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Grand Indian Council.
THE CAMANCHES AND CREEKS.
The Fort Smith Herald of the 22ci ult., has the
following account of a grand Indian council :
I arrived at the grand council ground on the 19ih
of June, with a party of fourteen Shawnces. VVe
journeyed above the waters ol Little river, and found
the council shed near the bank of the north fork of
Canadian river, in the middle of a small grove,
where was a cold spring. The Indians had their
respective camps in various directions around, at a
distance of three or lour miles. The Camanches
encamped seven miles off, suspecting an attack
from the Creeks—perhaps fearing more that their
slaves, of whom they had many, would be stolen
from them. These slaves are mostly Spanish, but, I
regret to say, some Americans.
I stopped at the Cherokee camp near which the
ShawDees encamped, and went with them to the
ground, some two miles, in the morning. Ten or
twelve tribes were represented ; of these ty far the
greater portion were Camam hes and Creeks, about
five hundred of each, only small delegations of other
tribe 9 being present. In fact, the matters to be ne
gotiated were principally between these two tribes.
The Creeks made a formidable show ; all their
warriors are very large, with fine countenances and
dignified carriage. They are plainly dressed, and
sit awaiting the arrival of the Camanches with
stoical patieuce. The Cherokee delegation was
tolerably large; apart of hem are half breeds,
which lessened their interest to one seeking Indian
novelties. The Kee-chies are here ; a needy set,
with w inder strained eyes.
The Camanches are coming in a large line over
the ptairie, marching in pomp and savage pagean
try—rien, (they are all warriors,) women,children,
mules and dogs, waving plumes and flashing orna.
ments.
The Camanches dismounted, and their horses
were immediately tnkenmehargo by i he boys, some
not more than two or three years of age, some few
richly dressed in their way, some entirely naked,
who got on the horses and sat on them, or rode
them around until the return of the party.
As soon as the Shawnees appealed on the ground
they recognized some horses taken from them a
year or two ago by the Camanches, and immediate,
ly took possession ot them. The Camanches com
plained in council, and the Creeps disapproved of
this summary mode, to which ihe Shawnces replied
they did not care for the Creeks, Camanches, or
anybody else, but were going to have their horses.
These Indians employed several days in making
eternal peace, in shaking hands, passing round the
belt of wampum beads and tobacco—the emblems
of treaty—and smoking the long, flat-stemmed pipe
of peace. The lrlsl day of the council, presents
were given by the Creeks to the Camanches, which
were delivered to the chiefs for division.
As the grand council was breaking up, a Seneca
chief said : “We have made friends and brothers ;
we have shaken hands the whole length of the arm ;
we have spoken from the heart, and as we have
thus spoken, let us remain brothers forever.” “Yes,”
replied the Camanche chief, “if any of you are (rav
elling in our country, and his hor.e gives out, lie
can walk on home without being molested.”
Lord Kllcsmere a Plllibuster.
This distinguished nobleman has been preaching
some very decidedly Fiilibustcrian doctrine to the
good people of Boston. Hear the peroration of his
speech at iheßosion School celebration :
“The history, the language, the intellectual feats, of my
country shall survive bevond the Atlantic. As 1 look round
this room, lam reminded of some lines which one of our
minor poets has put into the mouth ol,a young husband ad
dressing his bride, yet in the bloom of her charms, when,
not shrinking from the future, he telis her—
‘And when wnh envy time transported
Shall think to rob us of our joys,
You’ll in your girls again be courted,
And I’ll go wooing in my boys.’
“Yes, gentlemen, I’ll go wooing in my boys, and the
bride will be fame and empire, and the dower will be the
waste reclaimed from savage beasts or man more savage,
and the issue will be freedom and civilization, freedom
tempered bv a willing sunmission to legally constituted au
thority, and civilization founded on the great test book of
true civilization, the revealed word of God to man.”
Lord Ellesmege ‘S a man of great distinction in
science and literal lire. It is quite remarkable that
so many prominent literary men should be all in -
dining to the Filibuster or Expansion doctrine.—
There is Edward Ev retl,who, in his letter relative
to the intervention of England and Fram e in Cu
ban affairs, admitting in ils broadest sense the po
tency and the inevitableness of the manifest destiny,
and the right of the Un led Suites to extend its ter
ritory by acquisitions. Next, Caleb Cushing comes
out Ihe most decided of all the filibusters. Here
are three strong men all st.nding on the broad
ground of the necessity of widening uui limit* and
gathering other people and countries under the
great banner of Freedom and Republicanism. Lord
Ellesmere advises the Baton Boys to set to work
and tedeein and reclaim lands from savage beasts.
That means Cuba, —and we hope his Lordship
will, from his large resources, lend ilie Junta a help
ing hand.
The Recent South Carolina Duel.
We published a telegraphic dispatch some days
since, announcing a fatal duel at Charleston, the
papers of which city have been silent as to the na
ture of the difficulty. The Washing-toil Star of
Saturday, however, gives the.loilowiug particulars:
“Mr. Legare was engaged” to a young lady in
Columbia. Her friends inquired of Donovant u hut
was the character of L. ? This coming to his ears,
he inquired of D. what lie had answered ; and found
that he had spoken favorably of him. But not
satisfied with a verbal statement, he demanded it
in writing, which was refused. Legate challenged
on this refusal. The distance was twelve paces.
Legare fired at the word “one,”and missed: l)ono
vant fired at the word “two,” and killed his antag
onist. The survivor was wholly unskilled in the
use of the pistol, having never before had anything
to do with a duel. Legare, on the contiary, was
notoriously a crack shot, having, a few days before
the affair came off, (in prac ising,) placed lorty
eight out of filly bulls in a card at the word. He
became very nervous on starting for the ground,
and remarked that he felt a presentiment iliat he
would fall, notwithstanding his skill with the ps
tol. He was formerly in the Navy as a Midship
man, from which he was dismissed, it is said, for
running a sword through a marine.”
Tlie Embassy to England
The New York Evening Post denounces the ap
pointment of Air. Daniel E. Sickles to be secretary
ot the American Legation in London, as having
created some surprise, and that journal speaks of
Sickles as notoriously profligate, and says his per
sonal character is such that “the appointment is a
serious disgrace to the administration that makes
it.”
But let us listen to the opinion expressed by one
ot the leading whig newspapers respecting the qual
ifications and tharactqj of this same Daniel E. Sick
les. The Philadelphia Inquirer i- the favorite jour
nal of the whig party throughout Pennsylvania
somewhat bigoted in its sentiments on political
matters, and never very willing to bestow the meed
of just praise upon any one opposed to its dogmas.
That journal speaks thus of the Secretary of Le
gation and of the Alinister to the English Court.
This commemlaiin is clear, brief and to the point.
Every one will recoguize the eu'ogium upon .Mr.
Buchanan as being justly deserved, Mr. Sickles
is not so well known. To have his portrait painted
on the same canvass with Mr, Buchanan is praise
enough to satisfy the ambition of any one. The
artist would not have placed them side by side had
he supposed that the picture would in the slightest
degree he spoiled by contrast
The Mission to London.
“It is rumored that Daniel E. Sickles, Esq , has
been appointed Secretary of Legation to England.
In him our distinguished Minister, the Horn Air
Buchanan, will have a most accomplished assistant.
Mr. Sickles is an elegant scholar, a line lingnisi, a
sound lawyer, and a finished gentleman. It gives us
much pleasure to find the English in ss.un so emin
ent in its qualification, both as to Alinister and
Secretary.
“A better appointed embassy lias never within
our recollection been assigned to any foreign court
by our government. It is true Air, Buchanan does
not belong to our party, yet hisgieat qualifications
and acknowledged probity arc conceded bv ihe
whole couutiy. The nation at large is deeply in
terested in the appointment of experienced plenipo
tentiaries. They are oar courtry’s representatives
abroad. When they are of the"right mental sta
ture, and eminently fit ed for their posts, it is our
duty to say so.”— Hitila. Inquirer.
We infer from the tenor of most of the lucubra
tions of a political nature that appear in thecol
unids of the Evening Post, that its ire against Mr.
Sickies owes its origin tothe fact that he isa staunch
supporter of the constitution, the fugitive law, aid
the rights of the southern Slates, and firm in his
opposition to the wild vagaries and wicked designs
of the abolitionists. - Lou. Courier.
A man attempted to seize a favorable opportunity, a feu
days since, but his hold slipped, and he tell to the ground,
considerably injured.
(limes avfo Bmtxml.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1853.
FOR GOVERNOR:
11ERSC11EL V. JOHNSON,
OK BALDWIN’.
FOR CONGRESS:
Ist. DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD.
lid. DISTRICT A. H. I OIAJIIITT.
Hid DISTRICT DAVID J. DAILEY.
IVth. DISTRICT AV. 11. W. DENT.
Vth. DISTRICT E. AV. CHASTAIN.
The Congressional Canvass.
A. 11. Colquitt, the Democratic candidate for Con
gress in the second Congressional district, will address
his fellow-citizens at the times and places following:
Buena Vista, Wednesday 24th August 5
Oglethorpe, Thursday 25th, “
Other distinguished Democrats will be present and
participate in the discussion, among whom are Ihomas
C. Howard, Esq., and Hon. Walter T. Colquitt.
Our Foreign Relations—Protection to Ameri
can Citizens abroad
It was a matter of remark, shortly after the Inauguration
of President Pierce, that he looked firmly in the eyes
of President Fillmore when he announced that
memorable sentence in his address—‘‘lie (the Ameri
can citizen) must realize that upon every sea, and
on every soil, where our enterprise may rightfully
seek the protection of our flag, American citizenship is
an inviolable panoply for the security of American
rights. ,,
The contrast between the bold Americanism of the
Democratic President, and the feeble and timed Con
servatism of the W T hig President, caused men to regard,
what wa9 intended merely as ail honest and frank dec
laration of a principle inherent in the faith of every
Democrat, as a reproof of the conduct of the preceding
x\dministration. W T e were never the apologists of Lo
j*ez and his unfortunate but gallant comrades. The
enterprise was lawless, and their fate the necessary
result of their crimes. But after their array was bro
ken, their leader captured, their men in chains, our
hearts rebelled against the decree of the ruthless des
potism which consigned them to a felon’s grave, with
out the form of a legal trial, secured as it was too by
the faith of treaties between America and Spain, and
without one word of remonstrance from Fillmore or
his cabiuet. Where was “Old Hickory” then? If he
had then filled the Presidential chair, the eombiued
power of our army and navy would have been sunk be
neath the walls of Moro castle, or the blood of Critten
den would have been avenged. But we forbear. It is
not our intention now to comment upon the pusillanimi
ty of the past Administration but to exult in the iron
nerve of our present chief magistrate.
W T e have published heretofore the astounding intelli
gence that Spain had accepted the guarantee of Bug
land, that she shall hold the Island of Cuba against the
world, provided she will consent to the abolition of sla
very within the space of fifty years. VVe incline to the
opinion that it is true. Though it is as clear as the
110011-day, that England must eventually rely upon the
United States of America, to aid her in the struggle
with the power of Russia, which eventually awaits her,
unless she shall consent to become the vassal of the
Czar, it is unfortunately true that this proud empire
looks with jealousy upon our rising greatness, and lets
no opportunity slip of curbing our high career. x\t
any rate, we are informed by the Washington corres
pondent of the Republic, that this report is credited by
the cabinet of President Pierce, and has been referred
to Davis and Dobbin for consideration, and we are as
sured that as soon as these gentlemen have communi
cated the result of their deliberation to the President
that he will make a decision, “and that it is the inten
tion of the executive, should any emergency arise, to
maintain at all hazards the interests of his Southern
friendß. ,,
That, gentlemen, is the language of our Northern
President, whom the Conservatives of Georgia are
abusing as the enemy of the South and her institutions !
Not only has he given us the amplest assurances in his
Inaugural that the provisions of the constitution and
the laws based thereon in favor of the South shall be
rigidly enforced, but he pledges himself “to maintain
at all hazards the interests of his Southern friends.
What say the Conservative press of Georgia now in
respect to the abolition affinities of President Pierce?
M ill they not have the manliness to retract the charge
as a slander upon our worthy Chief Magistrate and join
with us in giving his Administration a cordial support ?
If the foregoing facts are true, they will array against
him the whole force of Northern sentiment and opinion,
and Abolitionism will commence an attack upon his |
Administration which for bitterness will be unparalleled 1
in the party annals of the country. Let the South then
rally around his standard to a man, and uphold their
champion, lie is fighting our battles, and we cannot
desert him without treason to our native land.
Another occurrence has taken place in the waters
ofthe-Egean worthy of mention along with the heroic
achievements of Greece in her palmiest hour. Kosta,
an aid of Kossuth, and one of the heroic band who
rushed upon the serried array of Austrian despotism in
defense of his native land and was crushed along with
his country and his country’s liberties by the iron tread
of the Czar, was ruthlessly torn from the protection of
Turkish laws and thrown bound in chains into the hold
of an Austrian ship in the port of Smyrna. An exile
from home, a wanderer upon the face of the earth, he
had sought the protection of our Hag, he had trod the
soil of our country, he had declared his intention to be
come a citizen of the United States. This was enough.
Our Commodore in that far off’ sea had read the declara
tion of our patriotic President in his Inaugural, before
referred to, and like a gallant son of South Carolina as
he is, he unfurled the bannered stars and with cannon fill
ed to the muz-zle with messengers of death, he straight
way bearded the minion of despotism in his den, and
demanded the release of an American citizen. He
knew he was backed by the Commander-in-chief of the
army and navy of the United States, and that though
he might be crushed, his heroic daring would illumine
one of the brightest pages in our country’s annals, and
his blood oe avenged. He was strong in his confidence
iu the man who had the courage to declare that “upon
every sea, and on every soil, where our enterprise may
rightfully seek the protection of our flag, American
citizenship is an inviolable panoply for the security of
American rights.”
We glory iu such achievements. It fires our Ameri
can blood. Proud of our country, we would have her
flag respected on evety sea and her citizens secure in
every clime. It is said of England, that her subjects
walk unharmed through the arid sands of Arabia, and
that the wild Tartars at the Antipodes tremble at the
roar of the British lion. W e would have the name of
American citizen dearer to the hearts of our citizens
aud more terrible at the ends of the earth than any
other name uj,ider heaven. With such Presents as
Pierce, and such Commodores as Ingraham, that time
will soon arrive.
County Nominations.
The Democracy of DeKalb county have nominated
John Collier for the Senate and Messrs. George R.
Smith and Greenville Henderson for the House of Rep
resentatives.
John Collier is the Union Democrat who recently
declined the nomination of the Conservative Party for
the Legislature. He £ould not be bought by an office.
In this respect he is somewhat different from some
Democratic gentlemen in our neigh* or hood. They
have in some instances sold out for an office, and in oth
ers quit their party because they could not get office.
We bid all such time servers farewell with joy, and
hope we shall not be troubled with them any more.
One such man as Collier is worth a regiment of Hes
sians.
Georgia Items.
The oth District — We are assured by the Rome
Southerner that H. Y. Johnson’s majority in this dis
trict will be at Joast 3,000.
Wilkes county. —The Democrats of this county have
nominated Col, C. L. Bolton for the Senate, and Lucius
J. Gartrell and James Harris for the House.
The Cabinet—Foreign Ministers—How many
Free Soilers are in the List ?
The attack of the leaders of the Conservative party is
directed to the Foreign appointments of President
Pierce. For a long time the telegraphic reporters
would have it that Dix was Minister to France. The
wish, no doubt, was father to the thought. Presi
dent Pierce, however, refused to gratify the malevo
lence of his revilers. Mr. Dix is still at home. This
appointment which was never made, has nevertheless
rounded the periods of many of the Conservative
orators, and was one of the great points in Mr. Toombs’
speech in this city. That gun is for the present spiked.
We have before us a list of the Foreign Missions and
the appointees-of the President. Eleven full missions
have been filled by Mr. Pierce. They are as follows:
Minister to England, James Buchanan, of Pa.
Minister to Russia, Thos. 11. Seymour, of Conn.
Minister to Spain, Pierre Soule, of La.
Minister to Prussia, Peter D. Vroom, of N. J.
Minister to Switzerland, Theodore S. Fay, of Md.
Minister to China, R'bt. -J. Walker, of Miss.
Minister to Mexico, James Gadsden, of S. C.
Minister to Central America, Solon Borland, of
Arkansas.
Minister to Brazil, Wm. Trousdale, ofTenn.
Minister to Chili, Samuel Mf.dary, of Ohio.
Minister to Peru, John R. Clay, of Ky.
No man who respects his own character, can charge
Soule, Fay, Walker, Gadsden, Borland, Trousdale,
or Clay, with want of devotion to the South. They
are Southern men, and only err, if they err at all, in 1
their too ardent zeal for Southern Institutions. Seven
then, at least, out of the eleven are above reproach.
And on the other hand, Buchanan, Seymour and Me
dary, have made themselves odious at the North by
their zeal in the advocacy of the constitutional rights of
the South, and belong to that noble school of Northern
Democrats, at the head of which stands the President
of the United States, who have waged incessaia war
upon Abolitionism for 25 years. They neither voted
nor spoke m favor of Freesoil, but were always willing to
divide our Mexican acquisitions betwen the North and
the South by running the Missouri line to the Pacific
Ocean. We defy any of our cotemporaries to bring
the first particle of testimony to show that either of
thera ever, under any circumstances, gave the slightest
countenance to Abolitionism or Freesoilism. They are
all above reproach. Ten, then, of our ministers are
above suspicion. Seven of them are Southern men 5
three are Northern men, who stood firmly by the South
and constitution amid the storm of obloquy and reproach
before which many of the proudest and best intellects of
the North bowed their heads to the idol of Nor
thern fanaticism. There is then but one left. Poor
Peter D. Vroom has raised all this storm of opposi
tion against Pierce's Administration. Well, what has
Peter done ? VVe candidly confess our ignorance on
this subject. A New York Freesoil paper said he was
a Freesoiler—the Southern papers have echoed the
chaige, and that’s the sum and substance of the matter.
No particle of proof bas ever been adduced to establish
the charge. Now, if Peter was ever a Freesoiler, we
have no doubt he has long since repudiated his error
and come back to his original faith. Are our conser
vative friends so hard hearted as not to allow poor Pe
ter room for repentance, though he seeks it with tears ?
Remember, his great namesake once denied his lord
and master under very trying circumstances, yet he
repented, held fast to the faith, and actually endured
crucifixion in confirmation ot the truth he once denied.
So it may be with our Peter. VVe have great hopes in
Peter,
The following are the Charges d’Affairs appointed by
the President :
J. J. Seibels, of Ala., Brussels.
A. Belmont, of N. Y., Hague.
11. Bkdenger, of Va., Copenhagen.
11. R. Jackson, of Ga., Vienna.
R. D. Owen, of laid., Naples.
D. L. Gregg, of S. C., Honolulu.
J. S. Green, of Mo., Bogota.
P. White, of Ohio, Quito.
Wm. 11. Bissell, 111., Buenos Ayres.
The rights of the South are surely safe in the hands of j
Seibels, Bedinger, Jackson, Gregg. andGßEEN. They
are all Southern men. Belmont, we presume, is a Jew,
and we defy our enemies to show any Jew in any part
of the w orld who is an Abolitionist. This is enough about
Mr. Belmont. Robert Dale Owen may be guil
ty of heterodoxy in religion, but he never was charg
ed with it in politics. He has always been true
to the South; and is, by the way, one of the
ablest and kindest hearted gentlemen in America.
White we know’ but little of, but we are sure
he is no Freesoiler. Bissell was Colonel of the
Indiana Regiment in Mexico, and once got into a fieree
controversy with Jeff. Davis about the respective mer
its of Northern and Southern soldiers, but he is con
ceded on all hands to have borne himself gallantly at
Ruenn Vista, and was on this account no doubt reward
ed with a chargeship hv our patriotic President, who
shows a commendable partiality for soldiers and editors.
| If he ever was a Freesoiler we do not know it
Here then are twenty appointments to the highest
offices in the gift of the President, given to sound men
in every instance but one; and yet we are to believe
that“the South is in imminent peril” because important
offices aro given to Freesoilers. The charge is absurd.
The Government is in safe hands. The South is more
largely represented than we had any right to hope she
would be ; in every department her truest men are in
the highest places. We feel safe, we feel hopeful. And
instead ol blaming President Pierce for his appoint
ments, we think he is peculiarly entitled to our thanks
and gratitude for the confidence he has reposed in our |
great Southern leaders. VVe verily believe there is j
not another Northern man in America who would have i
chosen Davis for his Secretary of VV'ar, and filled his
most important missions with Soule, Walker, Gads- j
den, Borland and Trousdale. When such men control ;
the destinies of this great country we feel secure. The j
North may have just cause of complaint against the
President, for he has passed by many of her greatest j
men and given the South the preference, but the South
has surely got moro than her share. This detail has
been tedious to us and may be so to our readers 5 but
the people ought to know the facts. We give them in
full and rely confidently upon their decision.
The Late Elections—The Democracy Triumphant.
The whig press have exulted no little over the late
elections, and have made the impression upon their
readers, that their party had gained in every State.
Fuller returns have no doubt satisfied them that they
crewed too soon—and mistook a moon beam for “the
sweet approach of morn.” They have been beaten
and badly beaten when they anticipated crowning vic
tories.
Tennessee was one of the four States which voted
for Scott ; yet in Tennessee, Andrew Johnson, the
Democratic nominee for Governor, has beaten his whig
opponent by two to three thousand votes,
Kentucky has been whig for many years, and was
supposed to be the willing victim of whig delusions ;
but even in Kentucky the Democrats have gained one
member to Congress, and the delegation now stands
five to five.
In Alabama, Winston, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, has been elected by a large majority over
the heads of his opponents. The entire delegation
to Congress is Democratic except Abercrombie, and
he was elected as an opponent of whig re-organization,
by democratic votes. The Senate is democratic by 20 J
to 13 ; and the House by 69 to 40 of all others, includ- j
ing u higs, union mm, and Southern Rights men.
Thus the American peo.de have endorsed President
Pierce and the Democracy in every State in the Union
but in Massachusetts and Vermont. Will Georgia fall
into column with these Federal States ? Hardly.
O* The first bale of new Cotton brought to Columbus
market this season was raised by A. 11. Rowell, Russel
county, Ala. Sold at auction by John Quin, Auction
eer, on 18th inst., at 11 cts. It is of the Prolific Pome
granate variety. Weight of bale 507 lbs. Stored at
the Warehouse of Ruse, Patteu & Cos., and shipped
same day by Muscogee Railroad, consigned to Wells &
Durr, Savannah.
Peaches,
We are indebted to Mr. Sladf. for a couple of peach
es which, in size, surpass any we have seen in our mar
ket this season. They are well flavored, but are not
so juicy as Moses’ best varieties. They are cultivated
by Mr. Virgin, of Vineville, and are of the Tinley spe
cies—a soft clear stone, of the Pace or Columbian kind.
The Cabinet—Foreign Ministers—How many
Free Soilers are in the List ?
Mr. Toombs, the leader of the Conservative party,
bases his opposition to the administration upon the
charge that the Presidmt has appointed free soilers to
important offices. He does not blame him for confer
ring some local offices upon these heretics, because he
admits, as every liberal minded and just man must, that
the appointment of such persons is a matter of necessi
ty in some localities at the North, from the fact that
entire communities are infected with the heresy. The
able Senator does not therefore stoop to this disingenu
ous mode of attack—he is above it—but leaves this little
patch to the exclusive occupancy of those men who
are too small to engage in heavier work. He charges
that the important offices in the gift of the President
have been conferred upon freesoilers. Here we join
issue with him, and call him to the trial, and upon the
result we are willing to stand or fall before the Ameri
can people. We desire that there shall be no dodging.
Let the truth and the whole truth be spread out before
the public. The important offices in the gift of the
President, are the cabinet appointments and the foreign
missions. Who fill these offices aud what are their
political affinities? This is the issue.
The cabinet offices are— *
1. Secretary of State. —This office was offered to
R M. T. Hunter, of Va., one of the ablest and most ul
tra of the State Rights school of Southern statesmen ;
was by him declined, and was then offered to and ac
cepted by Wm. L. Marcy, of N. Y., who wrs Secre
! tary of War during the whole of Polk’s administra
tion, had his entire confidence, conducted his high of
fice with eminent ability during a period of great emer
gency. and did as much as any other man in America
to bring the Mexican war to a happy issue. He never
was charged with free soilism •, lie never gave a vote
or made a speech in favor of the heresy in his long and
eventful public life.
2. Secretary of War. —This office is filled by Jef
ferson Davis, of Mississippi — the brave soldier, the
accomplished scholar, and the fast friend of the South.
Where he leads 110 true man need fear to follow.
3. Secretary of the Navy. —This high office is filled
by Jas. C. Dobbin, of N. Carolina. The place of his
birth is a guarantee of his soundness. No son of N.
Carolina has ever betrayed the South, and Mr. Dobbin
is one of her truest and ablest.
4. Secretary of the Treasury. —Jas. R. Guthrie, of
Ivy., bears upon his broad shoulders the burthens of
this high position. The Institutions of the South have
no truer friend than he. lie has spent his life in op
posing the schemes of the Clays, by which they hoped
to abolish slavery in Kentucky, and though a man of
eminent ability, he has all his life long been kept in a
private station because of his devotion to the South.
5. Secretary of the Interior. —This office is filled by
Robt. McClelland, of Michigan. He is a politician
of the Cass school. He supported the compromise and
endorses the Baltimore Platform, in which all free
soil heresies are condemned, and thereby gives evidence
of his recantation of them, if indeed he ever entertain
ed them.
He was appointed to his office, it is said, at the earn
est solicitation of Mr. Cass.
6. Post Master General. —Mr. J. Campbell, of Pa.,
and the political and personal friend of James Buch
anan, has charge of the mails. He has never been
charged with free soilism, we believe, and, like his illus
| trious friend, was in favor of running the Missouri
line to the Pacific ocean, and thus making a fair and
equitable division of the Mexican acquisitions between
the North and the South. This was all the South
asked, and much more than she got by the compromise.
7. Attorney General. —No truer friend of the
South lives at the North, than Caleb Cushing. He
too is a soldier and a scholar, and is politically a follow
er of John C. Calhoun.
So far then as the cabinet is concerned, the South
has all she could reasonably demand. These great Ex
ecutive offices are in the hands of her friends, six of
them are in the hands of men who have opposed abo
lition in all its forms, and one only is under the control
of a man of doubtful polities.
Now compare this list with that of Mr. Fillmore’s
cabinet :
Daniel Webster, of Mass., Secretary of State.
Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury.
Nathan K. Hall, of N. Y., Postmaster General.
A. 11. 11. Stuart, of Va., Secretary of Interior.
Jno. P. Kennedy, of Md., Secretary of the Navy.
Charles M. Conrad, of La., Secretary of War.
J. J. Crittenden, of Ivy., Attorney General,
j The three first are known and recognised free soil
! ers, all of whom far surpassed Mr. McClelland in
• their zeal for free soil and in their hostility to the iusti
! tutions of the South. The four last are Southern men
1 who have always contented themselves with a very
j moderate assertion of Southern Rights and a remarka
| ble facility in accepting compromises by which, in the
strong language of Mr. Webster, “the South gets
what the North loses—nothing.” Yet Mr. Fillmore’s
| administration is commended by the conservative party
j of Georgia, as a model administration eminently favora
j ble to the South, while Mr. Pierce's is eminently dan
gerous because he has appointed free soilers to office !
Are we to blame if we denounce such conduct as in
sincere and hypocritical ? And call upon Southern
freemen to rebuke the reckless profligacy of a party
which stultifies itself in a foolish attempt to gull the
people ?
In our next number, we will take up the Foreign
Missions. The exposure of conservative insincerity
will be as glaring in this field as it is in the one we have
just travelled over.
Native Americanism Revived.
Wo see in the Herald that this odious faction has
been revived. They very recently held a meeting in
Philadelphia and published an address to the world, in
which they denounced President Pierce for many
things, but first and foremost, because he has appoint
ed Foreigners to office, and concluded by saying, “ei
ther the American born or Foreign born must rule
America.”
It is hardly necessary to remark that the Democrat
ic party has steadily upheld the right of the Foreigner
to a fufl and free participation in all the rights and
I privileges of American citizenship. This was a well
j known article of the Democratic creed. It is absurd,
j therefore, for the native Americans of Philadelphia, or
| of Georgia, to denounce our Democratic President fur
I carrying out a Democratic principle by giving offices
I alike to Foreign or native born citizens. He would
| have been recreant to the faith that is in him, if he had
‘ done otherwise. Nor do we object to the vigorous
■ measures of Commodore Ingraham before Smyrna, by
which Kosta, a gallant Hungarian, but an American
I citizen, was rescued from the hangmen of the Austrian
despotism. To the native and foreigner who a're true to
j our flag and the principles upon which our liberties rest,
we extend the hand of a brother and welcome them to all
the immunities of freemen. This is the sin charged upon
Franklin Pierce. Will the Foreigner stand by un
moved when friendship to him is made a ground of
reproach to our noble hearted President ?
31 r. Toombs in Harris.
On Saturday 13th, this perambulating politician ad
dressed the people of Harris, at Hamilton. We learn
from reliable authority that his audience did not exceed
one hundred and fifty persons, all teld, and that his
speech inspired no enthusiasm. We presume he could
command larger and more enthusiastic audiences nearer
home. He was very successfully answered by Mr.
Ramsay, of Harris, the very spirited and brilliant candi
date of the Democracy for the Legislature of Georgia.
Hon. If. R. Jackson. —The Paris correspondent of
the National Intelligencer takes occasion to say :
In the meantime the unlucky Kosta affair at Smyrna
has entered upon anew phase, and promises, from pres
ent appearances, to furnish, a prompt te st of the diplo
matic ability of our new Charge to Vienna, Mr. 11. R.
Jackson.
The Savannah Georgian says: “The friends of
Judge Jackson have not the slightest fear but that he
will be found equal to the duties of his post. He has
the ability, and he has the nerve to meet any difficul
ties which he may be called upon to encounter. There
is no man in the Union into whose hands American
rights and American honor can be moro safely entrus
ted. We look with entire confidence to the future to
justify this high compliment.”
Louisiana. —The Whigs of the third district, in Con
vention at Baton Rouge, have nominated Preston Pond,
Jr., of West Feliciana, for Congress.
Fires.
There can be no doubt but that incendiaries are in
town. On Friday night, a stable on the river bank
was consumed. It was used by Pitts & Hatcher as a
fodder house. On Saturday night, an out house in
the rear of Mr. J. B. Strupper’s was consumed. On
Sunday night, another stable on the river bank was set
on fire and burnt. The object of the incendiaries, it
seems, is not to do damage so much as to call public
attention away to a particular point so that they may
carry out some hidden scheme. We are told that all
the inner prison doors were found open one day last
week. Let the city watch keep a sharp look out. —
Thero is some villainy in the wind.
(p* We regret to state that Mr. A. 11. Colquitt
has been temporarily Culled out of the district, by the
serious indisposition of Mrs. Colquitt. It is, however,
hoped that this affliction will be temporary and will
not interfere with bis appointments. In any event his
place will be filled with distinguished and able speakers,
who will do ample justice to the cause and the occasion.
Let our friends rally around our gallant champion.
His prospects are flattering. All we need to ensure his
triumphant election is harmony, concert of action, and
a determination to succeed.
3laj, A. 11. Colquitt.
We find in the Albany Patriot , the following high
but justeulogium upon the character of the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the 2d district ;
The principles of Mr. Colquitt are those embodied in
the Baltimore Platform ; they are impregnable. His per
sonal qualities are lofty and attractive. An eloquent
speaker, an accomplished man. lie is not and has never
been disgraced by that immature and immodest desire
to exhibit himself, so common to youth : but is distin
guished by modesty, gravity, and mature thought. We
are glad to say too that he possesses other merits, more
estimable even than these, and still less often to be found
in the young men of any day—a name unstained by li
centiousness, a character free from taint of suspicion, and
a life unblemished by vice. These are proud distinctions,
and nobler than can be conferred by the possession of of
fice, but will adorn and dignify any position.
Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans Mails.
The irregularity and delays in the arrival of the Wes
tern Mail is a subject of much just complaint in this com
munity. Two days in succession, yesterday and the day
before, our New Orleans, Mobile mid Montgomery ex
changes failed to reach us. Yet passengers from these
j points find no difficulty in getting through promptly. A
| considerable number arrived yesterday morning and went
North by the Savannah and Philadelphia steamship.—
Passengers come on—the mail is left behind. The ques
tion which we would like to have answered is, to whose
negligence arc these constantly recurring mail failures to
be attributed? The Republican says the Montgomery
and West Point Railroad. We “ guess ” the Opelika
and.G4unibus Stage line. We are informed that the
Stages on that line, though having seven hours in which
to run twenty-nine miles, over good roads, not unfrequent
ly fail to make the connection with the cars. At other
times (as was, we presume, the case as regards the p ss n
gers who arrived here yesterday morning) the mail hags
are probably thrown overboard to make room for travellers.
Mobile and New Orleans papers ought to reach Savannah,
and sometimes do, the former in three and the latter in
four days. The Mobile Advertiser of last Friday, and
the New Orleans Delta and Picayune of Thursday, all
arrived here the ensuing Monday morning. Since Mon
day we have had nothing—but passengers—from either
• of those points.
Will not our friends in Columbus and Montgomery
make some inquiry into this matter? Will not the Co*
lurnbus Times inform us and the Postmastcr-G*. neral
whether the Stages running to Opelika are or are not to
blame for these irregularities ? Will the editors of the
Advertiser and of the Journal vindicate the agents of the
Montgomery and West Point Company if they be indeed
guiltless ? Savannah Georgian.
We are unable to account satisfactorily for the fre
quency of mail failures between this point and Mont
gomery. Once we were informed by a passenger that
the stages were overloaded; twice the cars rati off
the track between Montgomery and Opelika ;
and not unfrequently the stages reach Columbus
just as the signal of departure is given at the Rail-Road
depot. On the 16th inst., the mail was not turned over
ts the stages at Opelika. We fully concur with our ex
changes, in pronouncing these failures a horrible nui
sance, and hope the proper authorities will take the
matter in hand and abate it at once. It is a serious
injury to our Rail-Road, and a cause of just complaint
to passengers who pay their money upon an implied
promise that all connections will’ be punctually made.
The Crops.
Wo are pleased to learn that the cotton crop is an
unusually good one on the Chattahoochee. The late
heavy and frequent rains, however, have caused a too
rapid growth of the weed; and we understand thaj
the 801 l worm has made its appearance on some plan
tations. This crop can never be counted op as certain
before October, and notwithstanding the fair promise
now shown, there may still be a short crop.
Acknowledgments.
We are indebted to Hon. W. C. Dawson, for a copy
! of Col. Graham’s Report upon the Mexican Boundary.
Home made Ink.
We are indebted to Mr. John K. Lamar, of Musco
gee county, for a bottle of Ink of his own manufacture.
It is a good article, and we take pleasure in commending
it to the public.
HTAn Italian was arrested on the 15tli inst., in this
city, and committed to jail, charged with having robbed
the store of Mr. Kivlin a few nights before.
Health of Columbus.
The city never was healthier, and those of our citi
zens who are absent at the North, need have no fear
of returning. The weather, too, is unusuJly cool and
pleasant.
The Pacific|Rail Road.
The last Albany Patriot contains a very able arti
cle against the constitutionality of building this Road
by the Government.
South-Western Rail-Road Extension•
The Board of Directors of this road at a late meet
ing resolved to extend it to a point in Baker county,
about forty miles beyond Americas.
Terrible.
The dead lie unburied in the Cemeteries in New-
Orleans, and decompose in their coffins. Laborers can
no: he procured for this work, though they receive five
dollars per hour.
Spain, not Italy.
TANARUS! • individual arrested for robbing Mr. Kivlin’s
stor- is named Dias, and is a Spaniard, and not an
Italian, as announced heretofore in our columns.
Relief for New Orleans.
At a late meeting in Washington city, called by the
Mayor, to raise funds for the relief of the sufferers at
New Orleans,- Franklin Pierce contributed the sum
of fifty dollars.
3liscellaneous Items.
Maj. Thos. S. Bryant, editor of the Lexington (Mis
souri) Chronicle , has been appointed Marshal of Mis
souri. He is a strong anti-Benton man.
A. O. P. Nicholson is the author of the leading
articles in the Union for some time past.
Col. J. W. Forney has at length completed his ar
rangements for taking charge of the New Y r ork Nation
al Democrat.
jNoble Charities.
Matthew Morgan, of New York, has contributed
1000 dollars to relieve the sufferings of the poor at New
Orleans. Mobile has contributed 2000 for the same
purpose.
Daily American v rimes.
This is the name of anew paper just started in Balti
more, by C. G. Baylor <fc Cos. It is furnished daily
at $5 ; tri-weekly at $3; semi-weekly at $2, and
weekly at sl.
Our Foreign Relations.
The cabinet are busily engaged in considering the
foreign relations of the Government. The question of
English interference in the affairs of Cuba, has been turn
ed over to Messrs. Davis and Dobbin. A correspon
dent of the Republic says ;
When the views of- these southern members of the
Cabinet are communicated to the President and their col
leagues in Cabinet council, then the whole matter will be
discussed and a decision made. There. seem 9to me to be
an evident, a peculiar propriety in committing this delicate
subject, one so closely connected with the ‘‘ peculiar institu
tion” of the States lying South of “Mason and Dixon’s
line,” to the careful consideration of the Secretaries of War
and Navy. The President is believed to entertain an ele
vated opinion of the talents, the judgment, and patriotism
of the Hon. Jefferson Davis; and it is said, moreover, that
it is the intention of the Executive, should an emergency
arise, to maintain at all hazards the interests of his southern
friends.
Hostilities between Honduras and Guatemala. —
Advices from Central America, extending up to the
15th of July, state that hostilities have at last comment
ed between the two republics of Honduras and Guate*
mala, and that the troops of the former, commanded
by President Cabanas in person, were repulsed in their
incursion to Chiquimula, one of the frontier towns, and
suffered a complete rout. It is said Honduras has since
accepted the mediation tendered by Guatemala.
The Post Office Department have recently decided
that under the law of 1852, a subscriber residing in the
county in which a paper may be printed and published,
is entitled to receive it through the mails free of post
age from the postoffice within the de’ivery of which he
may reside, even though that office may be situated
without the limits of the county aforesaid.
Lieut. Dudley Davenport. —We learn that Lieut.
Dudley Davenport, of the U. S. Revenue Service, has
obtained leave of absence, and will accompany Judge
Jackson on his mission to Austria. Lieut. D. depart
ed yesterday for New York, where he will sail for
Europe on the 20th inst., as an attache ot the mission.
Dr. S. Henry Dickson. —We learn from a private
source that the degree of LL. D. was conferred upon
Prof. S. 11. Dickson, of this city, by the Council of the
University of the city of New York, a: a meeting held
June 29th.— Charleston Mercury.
Mr. Waldo, who has been nominated by the Whigs
as a candidate for Governor in California, was born in
Western Virginia—afterwards removed 10 Missouri—
whence, in 1549, he went by land to California.
Gen. Almonte, Mexican Minister to the United States,
and suite , passed through this city on Wednesday nigh;
last, en route for Washington city.— Savannah Repub
lican, 19 th inst.
Bird's Case. —The Supreme Couit, in session at De
catur last week, in the ease of Elijah Bird, convicted of
ihe murder of Dr. Hilburn, confirmed the judgment
of the Superior Court and refused to grant anew trial.
Brunsioick and Florida Railroad. —We learn (says
the Macon Journal cj- Messenger) by a private letter
from Brunswick, of the arrival at that port on the 11th
inst., of the brig Northman, 24 days from Boston, with
an engine and several cars for the Brunswick and
Florida Railroad Company.
Arkansas Election. —The Wittsburg Messenger
sa)s that Judge A. B. Greenwood, the democratic can
didate for Congress in the first district, was elected
without opposition.
The Postmaster General has established a Post office
at Lake Creek in the county of Polk, Georgia, and
appointed Abner Darden, Postmaster.
The Trainer and O'Donohue duel case was called
up in Boston on the 12th, when no one appearing to
prosecute, the ease was discharged. Friendly relations
have been established between the two parties.
General Paez has taken up his residence permanently
in New York.
OO” Marysville (California) has carried off the prize
for folly. A vocalist, Ella Bruce, went thither recent
ly to sing. The tickets were put up at auction, and the
first one sold, brought the enormous price of SI7OO !
Emanuel Vitaiis Scherb, late Professor in the Uni
versity of Alabama, has been elected to the Chair of
Modern Languages and Literature, in Franklin Col
lege, University of Georgia.
The Tennessee Election —lt is unnecessary for us
; to elaborate on the partial returns. Suffice it to say that
j Johnson’s majority will be some 2500 or 3,000 votes.
We shall give the official. — Advertiser.
Our new Charges to Austria and the Netherlands.
Messrs. Jackson, of Georgia, and Belmont, of New
York, leave for their respective posts by the steamer
of the 20th. The latter will be accompanied by his
: family.
j Judge Todd, of Jefferson county, is a Scott Whig
j candidate for Congress in the Bth District.
Alabama Congressmen.
; Ist District, P. Phillips.
2nd. “ James Abercrombie,
i 3rd. “ Samson W. Harris,
i 4th. “ William R. Smith.
! sth. “ GeorgeS. Houston.
6th. “ W. R. W. Cobb.
7th. “ J. F. Dowdell.
| The above are all Democrats, except Mr. \bercrombie,
who, though formerly a Whig, opposed the election of
Scott, ran as an independent candidate, and was elected by
i Democratic votes.
[FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.]
j Mr. Editor :As the time is approaching for the choice
{ ot candidates for this county lor a Senator and two llepre
j sentatives, we would place before the people for Senator
| Col. VAN LEONARD, tor Representatives the names of
TILMON D. WEST and EARLY HURT ; they are
all men well known to the voters of this county.
MANY VOTERS.
[COMMUNICATED.]
A Burglar Arrested.
On Friday night the 12th inst., the store of Jas. Kiv
lin was entered by the back door ; which was effected
by boring several holes with an auger, and forcing from
the pannel a piece large enough to admit the hand of
the burglar, for the purpose of unlocking the door, the
key being in the lock.
Monday afternoon, a young man by the name of
Ramon Dias, a native of Old Spain, a Cigar-maker ,
recently from Savannah and Charleston, was arrested,
and most of the stolen property found in his trunk.
He was taken before a magistrate, and in default of bail
was sent to prison to await Us trial before the Superior
Court.
What a Triumph! —Never has the Democracy east
of the Mountains ac hieved so decided a victory as in the
late election. In face of the immense efforts of the Athens
Post , the influences of its 1< ng, lank editorials seem rather
to have retarded than helped the Whig cause. We feel
sorry that such is the ease, for we expected to see a grand
majority rolled up for Henry and Van Dyke in the neigh
borhood of its circulation. It must be deeply humiliating
for it to learn the result, and no doubt it will make more
commendable efforts on another trial.
Sam’l A. Smith is our Congressman elect by about
1500 majority. We never expected more than 500, and
have been agreeably disappointed.
Wm. M. Church well, of the second district, is elected
also, with 600 to 800 majority. Report also says that B.
Campbell, of the first district, has beaten both Taylor and
Watkins. This is unexpected. In the Memphis district,
a passenger stated that Stanton was defeated by 18 votes
-we know not how reliable this is; also that Andrew
Johnson had gained over a thousand in Middle and West
Tennessee. If this be true, the gain of between 2000
and 2500 in East Tennessee has elected him. This is
certainly good news and will come unexpected to many.
[Chattanooga ( Ten a.) Advertiser.
Baths. —Every family in Matagorda can have a salt
water bath on their own premises if they will it.
Under the city of Matagorda, at the depth of about 8
feet, is a stratum or vein of saline water, quite cool and
clear as rock-crystal.
The citizens this summer are just beginning to appre
ciate and appropriate its benefits; almost every house*
holder has dug a well, inserted a chain pump and erected
a small bath house in his own garden; the expenditure is
quite inconsiderable, and the advantages of a saline cold
water bath in these sultry months are incalculable. Thus
can our citizens enjoy at home all the luxuries of sea side
bathing without enduring the intolerable annoyance of
musquitoes so prevalent at the watering places on the
Gulf.— Colorado Tribune.
Appointment by the Governor. —We learn that Gov.
Cobb has appointed Hon. Jos. W. Jackson Judge of the
Eastern District of Georgia, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation -of Judge Henry li. Jackson. We un
derstand that this appointment was unsolicited by Col.
Jackson, who only accepts it for the nnexpired term, ad
hering to his resolution not to be a candidate for the
judgeship at the coming electron in October.
Washington City, Aug. 11.
* A private dispatch received to-night from Nashville,
Tennessee, states that .Johnson is elected Governor by
three thousand majority ; and it seems quite certain
Chuichwell, Gardeuhire, Smith. Campbell, Pavatt, and
Jones, all Democrats, are elected. Stanton is defeated
by seven votes. The Legislature is undoubtedly Whig.
Private dispatches from St. Louis say it is now sure
“Old Rullion” is the only Bentonite in the next Congres
sional delegation. The remaining members elect arc
four W bigs to two Democrats.
Reported Death of den. Lamar. The San An
tonio Ledger , of the 28th ult., has the following
paragraph :
“A report is in town that Gen. L unar is no more.
His name has been identified with the history of
Texas from its first settlement by the Americans
to the present time. As President of the late Re
public he was by turns the subject of inordinate
praise and indiscriminate censure.”
We trust that this report may he without foun
dation. Gen. Lamar’s residence is at Richmond,
Texas, some distance from San Antonio, and near
er to Galveston, in the papers of which city up to
the sth instant, no mention is made of his death.-
Besides, a letter has just been received from him,
by a friend in Mobile, mailed ihe 23d ult., at which
time he was at home and well. We therefore trust
that the report may be untrue. Should it prove
true, however, we can safely and sincerely say that
a nobler spirit—intellectual and moral—a mo e gal
lant soldier, a puier patriot, a more thorough gen
tleman, and a more tasteful lover of letters, has sel
dom gone to the silence of the tomb*— Mobile
Register.
Ecclesiastical Turnpikes. —“ Aye, John,” —said a
country preacher to one of his flock, whom he had
missed fora good many Sundays from the Free
Church —“aye, John, so I’m told you’ve begun to
think that we are not in the right road and that
you are going back to the Establishment 1”
“WVel, sir,” was the reply. “I anna deny that I
ha’e been ganging that gate ; and I canna just say
that I’ve ony serious thought o’ turning back in the
meantime. But dinna think, minister, that I ha'e
ony fault to find wi’ your road—it’s a braw
road, doubtless, and a safe road—but, eh, Sir, the
tolls are awful dear !”— Courant •
Premium Cottons. —The Augusta Constitution
alist of the 17th inst. says:
The committee who have in charge the arrange
ments for the next Annual Fair, have been at work,
and have all their contracts made for the necessary
buildings, &c. The Lafayette Course has been
selected, and a more appropriate spot of ground
cannot be found in the State. The best of premi
ums offeted by the Society, will induce competition,
anti we look for a large attendance. In addition to
the premiums offered by the committee, it will be
seen by this morning’s paper, that our spirited
Warehousemen have made up four different pre
miums for cotton, viz..:
For five best bales of Upland, a silver eup. $>lCO
44 44 second best 75
44 14 third 50
44 44 best 3 bales Jethro Cotton 50
These are liberal offers, and the small planter
has as good a showing as the large.
dhner Forever, World without End. —We have
been shown a letter written to a friend of this town
from the county of Gilmer, which said, “that Chas
tain and Johnson wouid carry the county by one
thousand votes or more.” This intelligence, we
have no doubt, is correct as advance calculations can
make it, for the reason, we had an interview with
an old sensible and intelligent friend of ours who
stated he was immediately from Giitner, after a
week’s transaction of business, and he was confi
dent that Johnson would carry the county by fifteen
hundred votes. Aud further, that there was no
settled opposition to Judge Johnson, and his embar
rassment arose fioin the multitude of Democratic
candidates. We put the fifth district for Johnson
at five thousand votes. Every leading Whig in the
Cherokee country, saymg J udge Trippe, is out for
Judge Johnson. Dr. Miller, Judge Wright, Col,
Mil liter, and Col. Underwood, all able champions
ol “equal rights and free suffrage.” —Griffin Jef
fersonian.
Rum Drops. —The New York Times comments
in severe but just terms rtf censure upon anew
form of eonfectioenry calculated to cheat the young
and unsuspecting into acquiring a taste for intoxi
cating liquors. The disguised emissary of the fiend
is a.sugar preparation of alcohol in the shape f
drops of lozenges, and which might be more ap
propriately named “Rum Pills.” They are manu
factured by confectioners not as pepper-mint and oth
er essential oil drops are prepared by combination,
but the brandy, rum, or gin is enclosed in the
sweet globules. In this firm the diops are sold at
the most respectable saloons. Ladies and young
girl*-, who would shrink from the touch of the in
toxicating euj) as they would from pollution, do not
hesitate to swallow in this form the disguised and
sugar coated poison, which is made doubly danger
ous by the form in which it is presented to the
palate.
‘The Alabama Legislature. —We give a complete
table of the members elected to the next Legisla
ture. It is a little uncertain whether Mr. Ashley,
whig, or Mr. Jones, democrat, is elected from the
district composed of Conecuh, Covington and Col
fee, though most of our exchanges say that the
former is. If so the Senate will stand 20 Demo
crats to 13 Whigs.
In the House cf Representatives there are 69
Democrats, to 40 of all others, including, besides
Whigs Union Men and Southern Rights Men, most
of whom will act with the Democracy.
The Democratic majority on joint ballot will not
be less than 23—which insures the election of two
true and faithful Democrais to the United States
Senate.
Apalachicola. —At the municipal election in Apa
lachicola, on the 4*h inst., S. Benezet, Esq., was
elected Mayor by 86 votes, against 68 polled for
his opponent, J. L. Wyman, Esq.
F. Arnon, Esq., was elected Harbormaster by 82
to 59 votes, his opponent being Mr. William Harri
son.
Mail Robbery./—We learn that the mail be
tween Atlanta, Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama,
lias been robbed of several packages of letters in
tended for this city, New Orleans and Montgomery.
The hags apnear to have been opened on several
occasions about or since the Ist of July. From
$20,000 to $50,000 have been thus abstracted.
“Doctor,” said a waggish parishioner of
good old Parson F— to him one day, 4 *i think that
1 musi have a pew nearer the desk than where I
now sit.”
“Why,” says the Parson, “can’t you hear well
where you are 1”
“Oh,yes,” was the reply, “but that ain’t it. The
fact is, there are so many people between me and
the pulpit, that by the time what you say gets back
to where I am, it is as flat as dish-water /”
An old Dutch lady at a religious meeting, became very
much concerned for her soul, and went about sighing and
sobbing, and would not be comforted. Upon being asked
by the minister what the matter was, she replied, “that she
couldn’t pray in English, and she was afraid the Lord
couldn’t understand Dutch.”
Captain Ingraham. —The Buffalo Commercial Adver
tiser says :
“Captain Ingraham, whose spirited conduct at Smyrna
has excited such a general feeling of satisfaction through
out the country, holds the rank of commander in the navy.
We find, on reference to the Navy Register, that he isa
South Carolinian—that he entered the service as a mid
shipman in 1812, and was made a commander in 1841.
The St. Louis, the vessel of which he is now in command,
is a sloop-of-war of the largest class, mounting twenty
guns. She was built at the Washington yard in 18*28,
and was fitted out for her present cruise at Norfolk in
1851. She is a staunch, fine ship, capable of giving a
good account of herself, in case the Austrians pro\oke
a collision with her. We have no knowledge of the
fessional accomplishments of Ingraham. He has only been
some twelve years at sea, out of his forty-one of service;
hut he is evidently a gallant and determined man, and
knows how to fight his ship as well a to sail her.
Solar Eclipse in 1854.—0n Friday, the 26th of
May next, there will be an eclipse of the sun, which
will be more or less visible in all parts of the United
States and Canada, and in a portion of both will be
annular. Its commencement in the city of Wash
ington will he at 4h. 20m. in the afternoon, its
greatest obscuration at sh. 18m., and-its end at 6h.
27m. As the apparent diameter of the moon will be
a little less than the sun, the eclipse cannot be total
any where.
Truth Spoken by Accident.— Colonel ,
writes “R. J.,” was appointed by General Harri
son minister to Russia. The colonel spoke
abominable French, with a worse Kentucky ac
cent. Believing French to be his forte, he
would answer in that language, with all the air
of a diplomat, every question asked him in Eng
lish. One day, at a grand levee at the winter
palace, one of the empress’s ladies-in-waiting
asked him in English how long he had been in
Europe? He replied in English: “I was an ass
in Paris, part an ass in London, almost an ass
in Germany, and lam two asses here !’’ “And
you will be an ass wherever you go,” said the
maid of honor in French. The words year and
ass, in French, are pronounced almost the
same. The above l heard from a Russian who
was present, and who assured me that it was
“founded.”