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TIMES & SENTINEL
COLUMBUS, liKOKGIA.
TUESDAY MORNINO, JUNE 23, 1857
Democratic Gubernatorial Convention.
The Gubernatorial^,Convention of the j/u-fiioerilio
party of the Slate of Georgia will assemble at Mil
*dgevtlle, Wednasday, June 24 ? h inst. Messrs. A. H.
Colquitt, James Gardoer, 11. 15. Lamar, J. 11. Lamp*
kn, Wm. II Sides, and H. Warner,are ihe most prom
inent candidates for the nomination.
Congressional Convesiiioi*—Second District.
We propose to hold the Democratic Congressional
Convention for tli© Second Dihlrict at Aiatficus, oo
Wednesday, 15th July, and hope all our cutemporaries
in the D.etrict will approve the suggestion.
The Georgia Telegraph on Kansas Affair*.
Again, we give no weight whatever to the opposition
expressed in some quarters to Kan*** taking a direct vote
upon the adoption of her constitution after it id framed..—
This is the usual, proper and fair course.
We clip the foregoing paragraph from the Georgi*
Telegraphy 16th lest. The democratic ptew -f Geor
gia, so far as it has been heard from, hae taken dreided
ground against the scheme of Gov. Waik r 5o a*>!i
lionize the Territory. We are \wrv sorry to find the
Telegraph loitering behind its Aleinpornri*.* in this
great crisis. We apprehend flint Ha course :s the re
sult of misapprehension a to the real point in saue be*
teen the Democratic and Governor WVJker.—
There is no objection to the proposition t<* submit the
constitution of Kansas to a direct vote of the legally
qualified voters of Kansas. Th', we presume, the
Convention may do, though it is hot the “usual course/’
is the Telegraph supposes. Two-thirds of the S ates
whiebJiave been admitted into the Union, came in on
constitutions which had never been submitted to a direct
vote of the citizens. This, however, is not the fosue
between us and Governor Walker. lie insolently in
sists that the constitution adopted by the convention
shall bo submitted, not to the legal voters, bot to tbe
artuai resident settlers in the Territory of Kjbsas at
the time the constitution is submitted for ratification ;
and to enforce sobiiitosioa to bis authority, threatens
the citizens with the rejection of their application fer
admission into the Union, unleKS his suggestions are
complied with. This is the issue, is the Telegraph
prepared to take issue upon it with its Democratic *.•
temporaries ? We hope not.
The Nebraska-Kansas act prescribes the qualifications
. of voters and of holding office t the first election, bu*
confers upon the Legislative Assembly tbe power to
prescribe the qoalificatiors of voters aod of holding ut
fice, at all subsequent elections. U. S. HiatQJev at
large, V'd. 10, page 285. Under this act the Leg* lative
Assembly prescribtd the qualifications of v-t.**u at the
election of delegates to a Convention to frame a Con
dilution. A registry of name and resideuc-e in the
Territory at a time prescribed, were deemed essential
to prevent fraud and violence at the election. That
the Legislative Assembly had full power to prescribe
these qualifications and that they were necessary to pre
serve the peace of the community, no mar* will deny
who is at ail familiar with the Legislative history of
the country and the condition of the Territory.
The fraud, violence and blonashead which have char
soierised the settlement c-f Kansas have been superen*
duct'd by the s ruggle for supremacy in different *'.#-
tions of the country. As long as this struggle coQtio-
Ufd there could be r.o peace in the Territory. Aid so
oieties at the North necessitated the organization cf
similar societies at the South, whose emigrants gene
rally went to the Territory for political purposes and
not as actual settlers, and had no intention of remaining
there longer than was necessary to carry out the
schemes of the societies under whose auspices they
emigrated. When they reached Kansas,-they regard
ed each other as personal as well as political enemies,
and-engaged forthwith in personal colliesion9 which of
ten ended in murder and arson. This state of things
was intolerable. Good order, and the peace of society,
and the prosperity of the Territory demanded that on
end should be put to this struggle. There was no way
to oonsumate this purpose but to remove the temptation
to send out political emissaries from the Aid Societies.
This was don© and effectually done by denying the
right of suffrage to all who emigrated to the Territory
after & certain date in the then pending election for
delegates to the Convention. The measure was wise
and salutary, and demanded by the ex gencies of the
Territory, and if it had been allowed to work out its
legitimate results, this bleeding wound in the body
public would have been healed.
but this did not suit the views of Governor Walker.
Convinced that the soil and climate of Kansas would
eventually make it a non-slavrhoiding State, he doubt
less desired to conciliate the Free Sod party in the Ter
ritory;, and to this end recklessly undoes all that the
Legislative Assembly had done to give peace to the
Territory. He is unwilling to abide by the decision
of the legally qualified voters of the Territory, or the
action of the Convention they had chosen, because for
sooth a party cf rebels and traitors in the Territory had
refused to recognize the constituted authorities in the
Territory, and, failing to register their names, had for
feited their right to vote for delegates to the Convene
tion. To give them a chance to repair their leches,
he incurs the hazard of reviving the struggle for su
premacy at the North aud the South, vnd subjects the
bona fide settlers in the Territory to the unhappy
broils, fueds, murders and pilforings from which they
were happily rescued by the wisdom and firmuei of
their Legislative Assembly.
Ilis course is utterly indefensible, and will be, re
pudiated by an “undivided Sooth/’ We beg our friends
of the Georgia Telegraph to review the question. We
are convinced that they are giving countenance to a
policy destructive of the best interest of the country,
and, fatal to the supremacy of the Democratic party, if
persisted in.
An Apolygy lor Riots l
Some time since the following paragraph appeared
in oar column :
*'A brave and true man should lay down his
life at the polls rather than submit to the degradation
and wrong of being denied the right of suffrage by the
tyranny and violence of a mob cf assassins and deape*
radoes. On all occasions of this sort, the lovers of
]:\w and order should arm themselves and enforce their
rights by the strong arm. It is justified by the great
law of self defence.”
We are unexpectedly called to account for this
simple paragraph by the Savannah Republican. The
editors of that paper find in it “an apology for riots”-
“a doctrine fatal to the supremacy of law and the peace
of society”—“a substitution of brute force for the
courts aud ministers of the law.” We yUld to no
man in our reverence for law. God forbid
that we should, by insdveriance, give sanction to riot
and blood shed. The article to which exception is
taken, was occasioned by our detestation of wroDg and
love of right.
It is known to ail our readers that, for several years
past, organized gangs of rowdies have been in the habit
of interfering with the rights of citizens to vote, in Bal
timore, New Orleans, Louisville, and Washington ci'y.
Armed with bludgeons, they have habitually taken pos
session ot the polls, and violently assaulted, and some
times murdered, a certain class of citizens who g had the
misfortune to incur their displeasure. And worse than
all. the officers of the law have, not unfrequently, given
couniennuce to these bands of ruffians, or cowardly
shrunk from the discharge of duty.
In commenting upon these atrocities, we panned the
paragraph which has ttirred the ire of the Savanoah
Republican .
We take this occasion to reiterate the eentinv-na
contained in that paragraph. The elective franchist
ia the highest privilege of citizenship. To secure it to
their descendants, our Revolutionary fathers waged a
seven years’ war with Great Britain, and we are not
disputed to surrender 60. dear a right to armed bands of
“Thugs”* and “Plug Uglies/’ without a struggle to
maintain it.
In bis inimitable commentaries, Sir Wili am Black
stone declares that “the officers, eudeavoring to dis
perse a mob, io case of riot, or rebellious assembly,
are justifiable in killing them, both at common law,
and by the Riot Act,” 1 Geo. 105, 4 Blavkstone Com
mentaries 179. But when the officers refuse or neg
lect to do their duty, tbe people are by common ‘con
sent, in the United States, justified in doing what the
Jaw commands th© officers to do. la it a crime in the
eyes of the Savannah Republican to “resist a mob of
assassins and desperadoes TANARUS” Is it ‘‘fatal to the su
premaoy of law, and tbe peace of society” for peaceful
citizens, when officers of the law shrink from*the dis
charge of their duiit-s, to step in and raise tbe stand
ard of law and right, and enforce it with the strong
hand ? If a band of desperadoes wer© to march upon
the Savannah Republican office with torch and faggot,
would the editors cf that paper regard us as apologists
4>f riots, if happeuiug to be in Savannah, we w*-re to
call upon the lovers of law and order to arm them
selves and protect their lives and property by the strong
arm l Life is a sacred thin£, prop- rty is valuable ; bui
to a freeman, life aud property are valueless in compar
ison with the rights and privileges of citizenship, chief
among which i* ihe right of suffrage.
The Savannah Republican says that “the lovers of
j law and order, instead of aiming themselves aud eo
| forcing tboir r-ghl* r.y the stiong arm, should appeal
Ito the laity which is ample for their protection !” Yes,
; appeal to the law by ail mean?, aod when the officers
of th* law will do ibeir duty, they will cal! on the eiti
tens to arm themselves and enforce their rights by the
strong arm, and where this fails, a band of marine* or
| a corps t artillery may be called in to advantage. But
t where the 4fioei* of the law are leagued -vith the mob,
lor are overawed by them, what then ! la ihv language
if the Republican answer . “when the law has
: been fully trad and bus la led, citizens have n right lu
t.;ke their grievances into their own hands.'’
In New Orleans, in Baltimore, iu Louisviih, this
time hae come. There has never been a holly con
tested election in either of these cities, within some
few years back, that riot, bloodshed aud mprder have
not raised their horrid front to heaven. The liw has
been appealed to io vain. Often the officers if the
law have looked on with stolid indifference, or craven
fear. Wbat must be done ? We say let the lovers
of law and order arm themselves and enforce their
rights by the strong arm. Yes, arm themselves, not,
as the Republican untruly insinuates, to “go iuto the
work of bloodshed and death, and, as a consequence,
to accept the service of ‘Flog Uglies’ and all other vofo
| unteer force at their command/’ but to arrest the work
of death and preserve the supremacy of law and the
peace of society, and if this can be done by no other
means but by the death of the mob, on their own heads
ba the ©onseqaencee. *‘Soeh homicide,’’ says Black -
stone, “as is committed for the p retention of any forci
ble or atrocious crime is justifiable by the law and nature,
aod also by the law of England.” Vo!. 4, p. ISO.
I L this be treason, make the most of if. It is a start
ling foot that, the atrocities, to which allusion is male
it) this article, were born of Know Nofbiogistu. Never,
in th* history of this country, we believe, hae party
spirit risen so high as to lead u> rior and murder at the
polls, until religion and birth place were made ihe basis
of par'y organization. {Since the organize ton us the
American party, not h year pa&sts without she exltibi
j tion of scenes of violence at the polls which are only
| equalled by FrtnchmeD in their madness, or Irishmen
jio their despair. We will not charge that tbe Know
Nothing party i aiooe to blame for these terrible blows
at popular liberties • hut by introducing their hated
prinoiphs into American politics, they ate primarily
responsible for their natural results.
Riot in New York— Arirst of tlie llayor.
On the 16th Inst., the city of New York was the
scene of riot and blood ahead, growing out of a conflict
of jurisdiction between the city authorities and the “Al
hany'tmide Police and Street Commissioners.’’ Daniel
I). Conover appeared at the Hired Commissioners of
fiee, and, exhibiting tbe Governor's warrant, demanded
possession of the rooms. The office was in possession
of Mr. Masterson and about twenty police officers who
had been appointed by the Sheriff, James C. Willett,
to keep possession of the city property until the conflict
of jurisdiction was decided. Mr. Conover was refused
admission, and refusing to withdraw from the buildiDg
was forcibly ejected.
Upon the affidavit of Mr. Conover, -Jadge Hoffman,
of the Superior Couit issued a warrant for the arrest of
Fernando Wood, Mayor, James C. Willet, Sheriff,
John 11. Bennett, Cap*. City Police, and Charles Tur
ner, Deputy Street Commissioner, whose oflio© Conover
olaime, returnable on the 20th inst., fixing the bail of
the several defendants at $5,000. This was a civil
suit for tho recovery of damages. Recorder Smith, on
the application of Conover, afoo issued a warrant for
the arrest of she Mayor on a criminal process, and
Cap!. Wnliing of the Albany, or as they are called.
Metropolitan police, was ordered to serve it.
The report soon spread through the city that au
attempt would be made in the afternoon by the Metro
politan police to arrest the and that they would
endeavor to get posse-sioa of the Street Department.
Thonsaods now assemb'ed iu the Park. The Mayor's
apprehensive of a riot placed a large police force iu the
City Hall to protect the property of the city. Shortly
after Capt. Walling, of the Metropolitan police, present
ed himself at the Mayor’s office, and attempted to ar
rest him, hut failed, tbe Mayor refusing to recognize
him as a Police officer. Recorder Smith then placed
the warrant in the haads of Deputy Sheriff* McKibhen,
j by whom it was served, the Mayor consenting,
j Several unsuccessful attempts were then made by
| Recorder Smith to have Mayor Wood brought before
’ him on the charge cf res sting Capt. Walling of the
i Metropolitan polive, when he sent to the head quarters
\ of the Metropolitan police and got over 200 men, who
marched into the Park, surrounded by so immense
: throng who honUd and jeered at them, and by all sorts
! of epithets manifested their haired of the Albany Re
i gency.
Whoa the Metropolitan* reached the Hall of Records,
! th y halted aud attempted to get possession of the
| Street Commissioner’s office. They were resisted by
; the Municipals, who by the free use of clubs drove
i them from ihe premises, doing more or leas damage to
the Metropolitans. Another portion of the Metropoli
tans marched np to the City Hall followed by tbe crow.].
They attempted to enter the Hall, but were again met
by the Municipal police, when a brief but desperate
i conflict ensued. Blows fell thick and fast on the heads
of the invaders, who soon broke and run, the crowd as
-3 sting them in their flight by a good many kicks and
blvws as they passed along. Tbe fight promised at
! lime to terminate seriously, but by the timely re
treat of lha Metropolitans resulted only in some half
dozen Metropolitans being considerably injured about
the head. The injuries will probably not prove fatal
in any case. None of the City Police sustained serious
damage.
The Journal of Commerce closes its notice of this
disgraceful affair as follows: The conduct of the New
Police Commissioners in sending a force of their n eo to
arrest the Mayor’is in keeping with tbe general folly and
hardihood of their policy from the outset. They might
have known, as well its the Recorder, that, in the pres
ent excited State of popular feeling, a popular demon
stration would certainly ensue ; and 10, as the Mayor
and Common Council do not recognize the authority
of the new police, that the Municipal force would pre
vent them from arresting th* Mayor. The blame of
the unfortunate encoonter most rest on the Recorder i
and the new Commissioners, who were rash enough to |
force such an issue with the city authorities at so crili- !
cal a juncture.
After the difficulty was over, Coroner P*rry arrested
the Mayor on the civil process and accepted his recog
nizance in the sum of SIO,OOO.
The conflict of jurisdiction came before flic Coart of
Appeals on tbe 17th, whose decision may he expected
in a few days aud will put au end to this onhappy diffi- ;
cultv. The principal point in the case is as to the pow
er of the Legislature, under the constitution, to appoint
a state police for a given district, embracing one or
more counties.
Democratic Slate Convention.
This body will assemble at Milledgeville on the 24th
inst. It is looked to by partisans as an assembly called
together to decide upon th© claims of different aspirants
tor Gubernatorial honors. This is part, but, in our
view, a Very smalt tnd insignificant part of its dutiee.-*-
New questions, of startling import, have sprung upon
the country within a few weeks past, aod the Democ
racy of (Georgia will be called upon to take position up
on thtin. Delegates to the Convention would do well
to prepare beforehand to take action opoo them. They
canuotand must not be blinked by the Convention.
lowa Judicial Election.— The official returns of
the April election for Judges ©how that five Democrat*
to two Black Repablieans art elected.
Railroad from Opelika to Oxford.
The distance) from Ojelika to Oxfoid, Ala., is only
80 miles, an'd if penetrated by Railroad, the counection
of Columbus and Montgomery with North Alabama
and Tennessee, would, in a very short tima, be complet
ed. The Selma and Tennessea River Railroad coin
pany is now engaged in grading their road from Gads
den. on the C'*osa R*vrr, to Guntersvilie on the Ten
nessee River, aud nearly the whole length of the road
on the east side of the Coosa i already graded.—
Another company is actively engaged in building a
road from Guntersville, to Winchester, Tennessee.
Oxford is situated on the line of the S<dm and Ten*
neese© River Railroad. The county lying between
Opelika and Oxford is among the mo9t fertile portions
of E*.t Alabama and is free from insurmountable ob
stacles. A writer in the Chambers Tribune says :
‘‘Let the Road run, for instance, from Opelika by
La Fayette, Louiua and then on the W-st side of the
Tallapoosa R;ver to Colhron's Gap, in the mountain,
and thence i© Oxford, along the Chockoioek Valley.
Oo this route there are no barriers or any great diffi
culty iu its construction ; ar and it is believed the sleek
would he as good an inve*;menl : h could bn made iu
eay of the Roads now iu progress of construction io the
| State; as, at Opelika, it would connect with other
’ Roads, running m almost every direction.”
We I. ave long fob the importance >f this con nee* in
i to the prosperity of Columbus, aud have only refrained
I from pressing it upon the consideration of our readers
j by the fear that the public mind was not yet prepared
| for it. 1 s construction would greatly increase the trade
j of the city by pouring iDto our lap large quantities of
cotton, grain and pork which now find a market in
other sections.
The Jlilitury Encampment.
We learn from the Savannah Republican that most
of the Savannah voiuuUer companies have declined to
accept the Governor’s invitation to he military encamp*
meat at Milledgeville. They are afraid of “the exces
sive heat of the season,” which, the Republican thinks,
would “make it very unsafe for men accustomed, a*
most of them are, tu indoor life, to venture upon a plea
sure encampment of several days.*’ Poor fellows! vve
are sorry for them. Perhaps if they would turn out
the Governor would order a lot of umbrellas and keep
constantly on hand an abundant supply of ice and wa
ter, and thus save them “from the excessive heat of the
weather.’’
The Republican adds: “While our military are
ever ready t> respond to a call of necessity, without le
gard to the weather, they are not disposed to run such
serious risks for the mere creation of a display.'**
We ate very g’ad to hour it. The citizens of Gect
| gia will sleep sounder alter this asturance. The Sa
vannah militia will respond to a c.di of necessity, with
; out regard to the weather !
We hoped that every volunteer Company in the
State would respond to the invitatiou of th© Governor;
j not “for the mere creation of a display/’ as the Repub
! kcan supposes, but for the perfection of their drill, the
i hardening of their musefos, and above ail, for the en
j oouragemeDt of a military spirit in the State. Outside
| of Savannah, wo pleased to learn, that the invita-
I tion of the Governor will be cordially accepted.
We U iirn alsu that ihe oiiizeoi of Miilodgeville have
i made ample arrangeoivols i<> ‘'furnish ratiuos and see
| the cookin'? attended to;’’ tho vompaDies are expected
i only tu biint; tents and servants.
1 “There i< no other Parfy hi the I'nioti Sell to
llouest •Men.*’
Iu a recent article, wo (jaoied the share sentence from
j the lelier of a distinguished whig leader who was forc
ed, last year, by the convictions of duly \o abandon the
Know Nothing order, ami support ihe Democratic can
didate fur the Presidency. It has nettled our respected
coiemporary of the Columbus Enquirer , who affects to
regard it as an attack upon the personal integrity of
himself and h:s ooiaborets in the order. Wo respect
fully submit that au hottest man may bo blinded by pas
sion, by prejudice, by association, by ignorance, and
thus be inveigled into a very ussnnud, unreliable, and
1 worthless prr:y. This we believe to be the condition
jof a vast number of Know Nothings, liy the verdict
j of the American people, it is repudiated as utterly worth
’ less. It lost its hold upon the affections of its own
j membeisliip by the treason of its Northern wing and
died of internal dissensions at Ptiiladrlpliia iu February,
i 1856. Asa national party, it is ueither left too honest
jor dishonest men. The abolitionists, like a suit of Sa-
I turnian boa-constrciiof, to ue ihe elegant figuie of
j of the Columbus Enquirer, swallowed its own deform
ed offspring, and there was an end on it.
Political Movement.
! A large number of the old line Whigs of Now Or
ieans have published an address to their brother Whigs
of Louisiana, urging the re-organixatbn of the old
j Whig party. The Bulletin, after noticing the respon
; sea ol several presses exclaims : ‘'Titus brightly and
auspiciously breaks the morning, after the daikness of
‘.he n'ghi.” What night ? Tile fKlnight of the Dark
| Lantern, of oourse.
Candidates ot the Whig and American Parties.
The opposition in the 2d Congressional District, Ala.,
call themselves the ‘‘Whig and American parlies,”
and are running Thomas J. Judge lor Congress as the
candidate of the “Whig and American parlies” against
•Tames K. Dowdell. “An Oid Line Whig,” indignant
| st the forced and unnatural connection of these antag
; onislic parties propounds ihe following pointed inter
rogatories to Thttnas J. Judge, which, we think, he
will Had it ditfieult to answer :
“let. Are the principles ol the Whig party and the
American party the same ?
“2J. If their principles are the same, why did you,
in connection with other gentlemen, organiie a party
known as lire American or Know Nothing party 1
I “3d. If the principles of these parties are the same,
why did you support, in 1855-’56, tbe American
party, which declared that it had risen upon the ruins
of the Whig party, “in spite of its opposition,’’ and
was “not responsible for its obnoxious and violated
; pledgee” ?
“4th. If they are the same, why did the American
I party hold a Convention at Philadelphia, in February,
j 1850, aod promolge a platform, ai.d the Whig party
assemble at Baltimore iu Sepiember of the same year,
and proclaim another and different set of principles 1
•‘stb. If their principles are the same, why did the
American party denounce, io June, 1855, the Whig
party, as dead and corrupt ; and why did the Whig
j party refuse, in September, 1856, to “adopt, or refer to,
S the peculiar doctrines” of the American parly 1
“6th. If their principles are not tho same, to which
! party do yon belong ?
“7th. If they are not the same, but are different and
I oonHicting, bow ean you be the nominee and represen
| tative of these different parties and opposite opinions, at
| the same time ?”
We are sorprised to find the Alabama Journal re
; fusing to give piaea to these enquiries upon the ground
! that they “refer to matters too far back'” It seems to
! us that they relate to makers of present moment, and
i that until they are satisfactorily answered, no old iiue
Whig can consistently vote for Thomas J. Judge.
The Secretary ol’ the Treasury.
The Washington co-respondent of the New Orleans
Delta says: The Secretary of the Treasury is already
gathering the necessary materia! for his report. He
now estimates the surplus in the treasury at the close
of the present fiscal year, at twenty-two millions of dol
lars. The import, into New York for the inst eleven
months, have exceeded the corresponding period of last
year by upwards of thirty millions of dollars. Hu is j
folly satisfied that the present reduced taiitt’ will in
crease rather than diminish the revenue.
Among other lecoiumendations, the Secretary will
propose to Congress to repeal the laws governing the
coasting trade, by whieii only vessels of the United
State, can oarry freight coastwise. These laws were
adopted to prevent foreign ships, with foreign crews,
trading from one southern port to another, and theDce
north, lest it should lead to an interference with South
ern slavery. Bot as things now e.and, a Yankee
schooner is mure to be dreaded in a Southern port than
a foreign flag ; and the Secretary will recommend the
repeal of the law as the reason of it is now u dead let
ter. It moreover violate, the Constitution, fur the ex
clusion of foreign vessel, from the ouastwise trade ope
rate. as a tax upon it, for the benefit of Yankee outlaws.
It is tbe worst kind of proteotioD, of tbe few at the ex- !
pense of the many,
Railroad from Montgomery to Talladega* Alt'.
Tho Montgomery Mail re-pablishes our article fa
voring the policy of a Railroad from Opelika to Oxford,
and add. :
“The foregoing is from the Columbus [Qa ] Times.
The Columbus Sun advocates a road beginning ai
i Opelika and ending at Talladega. Our citizens, we
presume, can have, at a glance, a fair idea of the ef
| feet of either Road upon the business of Montgomery.
} We would say to them, that the sooner arrangements
i are made for a road from this place to North Alabama,
I the better it will be for the estate of Montgomery.—
Kit her, Talladega or Montevullo will do—but one or the
i other, and (hat quick! About 50 gentlemen of
; means are already pltdgtd to take $5,000 worth ot
i stock, ea,h. io a ro-.d to the former. This subscription
can be easily doubled, as we learn.”
Intension ol the South-Western Railroad.
AVe 1,-arn ‘.hat the Ra.lroad from Hjtn'.er city to
Cnthhcrt, has been placed under contract to be finished
by Ist October, 1858, ifnd that the President has au
thorhed the Engineer to contract at nrice for the coir
s>u< ti"o of ten miles more of the Railroad Wrst ol
| Outhbert on the EufauD Branch Road, to be finished
;at tire same time. The balance of the Branch Read to
| Kof iula, 13 m.les, is now being located, and will be put
under contract as soon as possible.
U. S. Senator for South Carolina.
CuLl'mbia, June 12. It instated ou reliable authori
! tv that the appointment of U. S. Senator from this
! State, to fill the place of the late Judge Butler, will be
; tendered to Gov. Hammond, though it is not certain
! that he will accept it. Should he not, and Col. Piek
i ens declines rite Russian mission, the latter will proba-
I biy lie s.-lected for the teaatorship.
Peabody’s llautbols Seedling.
! We are indebted to Charles A. Peabody, Kq , for
j a bowl of his new seedling Strawberry. They fully
sustain tbe high reputation of Mr. Peabody as a horti
i culiuiist. The siae, Savor, and beauty of the berry
I surpasses any thing us the kind we have ever seen.—
! This seedling was originated by Mr. P. at his place in
i Kassel! county, Ala. He will please accept our thanks
; tor his acceptable preseut.
Nt;w School Prksbvtekians. —The Southern dele
; gates to the General Assembly of tbe New Sohool
Pt'vebytetians'have issued a circular calling upon ail
i Presbyteries opposed to the agitation of slavery in
i Genera! Assembly to appoint delegates to a Convention
j to bo held in the city of Washington, 271 h August,
j 1857, ior the purpose of organizing a General Assembly
| in which the subject of slavery shall not bu introduced’
Buffalo Carkifu by thk Dkmooracv— An site
tion for otty officers was ht-id in Buffalo, N. Y., on the
j flth inst. which resuiied in the election of a Democratic
: Mayor, T T. Lockwood, ov-r Stevens, Black Repub
lican, by 1,098 majority, and 10 Democratic Alder
men out of 14. L'.st F-ll the opposition carried the
city by 5,072 majority.
| Rain in Abundanck.—This section of country was
hlcs-ed with a heavy full of rain on the 17th inst It
1 came just in the nick of tima. Coin and cotton will
now begin to grow, and if ihe seasons continue propi
i tions, we look forward to a heavy crop, notwithstanding
i tbe unfavorable spring.
First District, Alabama.—Thomas M. Princede
j cliots the honor of being the candidate of the Know
j Nothing party in the fust Congressional District, Aia.
• This is the second declension in the district. The
■ Koew Nothing party in that district have reached the
| happy condition when the office seeks the man, and
not the man the office, but unhappily the man out rut's
the office. Wonder Who it \v r ll take after next ?
August ns 11. McGehep.
M ESSRB. Editors.—As the Democrats arul oil line
I Whigs of Harris county will soou be called upon to Dom
inate candidates lor our next Legislature, permit one who
i has endeavored to be a faithful servant in the cause of
j our party aud principles for more than 25 years, to sug
: gest the name of him who heads this article, as every
! way worthy ihe confidence and support of the people of
i Harris. Mr. McGebec is a young man, of fine native
| int* fleet, sound judgment, and is well posted ou nil the
! important questions of the day. Asa speaker, be wauls
not for language nor for ideas.
ELLERS LIE.
i Commencements. —The Forsyth Educational Journal
of the 13th inst., contains the following :
tlune 24—Commencement Day at Masonic Female
| College, Lumpkin, (sa.
July I—Commencement Day at Baptist Female
| College, Cuthhert, Ga.
July 2—Commencement Day ut Southern Female
College, LaG range, Ga,
July S —Commencement Day at .Monroe Female
University, Forsyth, Gi.
July 15—Com me nee mi ant Day at Wesleyan Female
College, Macon, Ga.
July 22—Commencement Day at Ernory College,
I Oxford, Ga.
July 29—Commencement Day at Mercer University,
j Penfield, Ga.
August 5 —Commencement Day at Franklin College,
Athens, Ga.
Methodist E. Church—The Revival. —The meeting
! which for some weeks past has been in progress iu this
church, is still going on. We learn that 45 members
have been added to the church, and about 50 conver
sions have taken place. The religious interest felt in
our community seems to be on the increase, as is mani
Tested by the very large attendance at the church, and
the number who nightly crowd the altar for prayer.
Rev. James E. Evans, who labored hero two weeks
since with such success, has returned to spend the week
in oar city and aid in the furtherance of the cause of
religion. Daily Sun , 1 GfA.
Melancholy Accident —We regret to state that Mr.
Simon Bettcrman, a young jeweller of our place, met
with a .-ad death, upon last Saturday night by drown
irg. Tbe deceased went down to the river in compa
ny with two of his friends, to go in bathing, and after
beiine in the water for a short time ventured beyond
hia depth, and not being able to swim, was drowned
before aid could be rendered. —Albany Patriot , June
| 11/4.
| Dougherty Superior Court. —The cases tried last
j week of most Interest were, Burney et &1. vs. Ball,
j which resulted in n verdict for the defendant, aud “the
I State-’ vs. Randall S. Jourd&u for Murder, in which a
verdict of Manslaughter was rendered. There has
, been a good deal of busiuess disposed of, aud his Honor,
1 Judge j4i)en, seems to give general satisfaction by his
courteous and impartial manner of administering the
. Saw. —Albany Patriot , 11/4.
A New Rook. —Judge Meek* of Alabama, the author
j of Red Eagle and a number of beautiful fugitive poetic
j productions, contemplates issuing this summer, two
! volumes, oue to be called the “Songs and Ballads of
the South,*’ and the other, entitled “Orations, Essays
and Sketches, Historical and Literary/’ which will em
i body some romantic chapters of Sooth-western history
never before published.—Texas Christian Advocate.
Society of Alumni. —The annual meeting of the
Society of Alumni of the University of Virginia, will
i take place on Friday, the 26;h of June, at 3 o'clock
P. M. The address by the Orator, lion. Wm. Ballard
Preston, will take place on the 25th at 11 o’clock.
2'he Gteek Slave at Auction. —Mrs. Gillespie, of
Pa., has instructed Messrs. 11. 11. Leeds & Cos., to sell
at auction in Now York, on the 23d inst., the cele
brated statue of the Greek Slave, which was awarded
to her as a prize by the Cosmopolitan Art Association
about three years ago. There will probably be a lively
competition for the prize.
Arrest. —We see it stated that at the instance of Gen.
James L. Maguire, special agent of the Post Offioe De
partment, Mr. Hughes, depu y United States Marshal
for Western Virginia, on Friday, 12th inst., arrested
Thos. K. Day. Postmaster of Green Spring Run, Hamp
shire county, Vs., charged with opening a registered let*
ter, containing an article of valne, after the“offioe had
been discontinued by tbe Department.
KeW Hampshifd V. S* Senator.
Concord, N. 11., June 13.-Clarke, the Black Republi
can candidate, lias been elected United State* Senator, in
this State, to fill the place made vacant fcy the death of
Mr. Bell.
Mr. Consul Barclay to be Reinstated. —Tbe New
York correspondent of the Charleston Courier states
that private advices fiom Washington announce that
Mr. Anthouy Barclay, who was recalled at the instance
of the late administration, has been invited to leturn to
this country and assume his former position as her
Majesty’s Consul at New Yfotk, by Gen Cass, Secre
tary of State.
Nominations in Pike County , Alabama. —Our friends
in Pike at their County Convention, on Monday ©f last
week, nominated Henry B, Thompson, for the Senate,
and Missis. Murphree, Boatright aod Ba.-kms, for th
House. Mr. Thompson, formerly resided in this coon
t) aud is a politician of the strictest school of Scat*
Rights, ns well as an intelligent pianter aud high-toned
gentleman. The for the House are also
men of sterling sense and worth, and make an ad mi
rabie ticket. A letter from a friend iu that cr-unty
assures us, that the utmost harmooy prevailed aud that
the socos* of the whole ticket is considered certain.—
Spink of the South, lfi/4.
Child without a Tongue. —A neg belonging to Dr.
Greeu of this county gave birth recently to a child, which
had no tongue. A fcin-rfl cartilaginous protuberance was
all that could bt* sr-en whore the tongue should have been
—Central Georgian, 10/4.
Small Pox in New York. —The total number of per
sons who died of small pox in New York since the Ist Janu
ary, is found to be 268. This shows a criminal neglect of
vaccination, a sure preventive.
Gen . William Walker. —The Evening Despatch of
yesterday Bays:—We have been shown a despatch from
Gen. Walker, dated Louisville, June S, 1857, to Col. Rud
ier, now iu this city’, from which wa learn that the Gene
ral w ill visit Augusta, in two or three weeks, on his reiurn
from Washington.
West Point Military Academy —The annual vx
ivuioaiioQ of the cadets of this institution commenced
ou the 2d inst. There are thirty-eight members in
the graduating class, amoug whom wt* notice the uamt-F
es E. P. Alexander, Thomas J. Berry, Amelius F.
Cone, and Robert li. Anderson, of Georgia. Our
follow-townsman, Gen. Paul J. Semmes, is one of the
Board of Visitors in attendance.
The Ladies. —Writers for the press continue to des
cant on the ladies’ hoi ps, and it is now said “that thr
first personage who wore hoops was Lady Saturn, one
of the iudire in waiting upon the Sun.” Unquestionably
Lady Saturn wears hoops; indeed, it may bo said she
‘'doesn't Heat anything else. 11
Steamer Florence. —We learn from the Apalachi
cola Advertiser, that tbe steamer Florence will run
regularly between Apalachicola and Columbus, during
the summer. The Florence is undoubtedly one of the
lightest, if not the lightest, draught lost ou our river,
aod will therefore be able to make her trips regularly
at the lowest stages of water. This tact connected with
the woii known character of the otiiceis of the boat for
urbanity of manner, politeness of demciwor, and a gene
ral disposition to render their passengers comfortable
and happy, will certainly secure th© bvat a good run of
patronage. — Daily Sun , 16/4.
Through Line —We understand that arrangements
have been made to ticket passengers through to New
York ffroni New Orleans by the New Orleans and
Mobile mail boats, and by Cox, Brainard St Co.’s Ala
bama River Line, which will run in connection with
tlie West Paint Railroad at Montgomery. Fare from
New Orleans to New York, S4B.
Congressional Nominations in Kentucky. —The Demo
crats of Kentucky have completed their congressional no
minations. We give below a list of the candidates:
First District—Hon. Henry C. Burnett;
2d do. lion. Samuel O. Peyton;
31 do. Hon. Joseph H Lewis;
4th do. Hon. A. G. Talbott;
sth do. Hon. J. H. Jewett;
6th do. Hon J. M. Elliot;
?th do. Hon. Thomas H. Holt;
Bth do. Hon. Janies B. Clay;
*.*< h do. Hon. J. t’.M ay son;
do. Hon. J.W. Stevenson.
The New York Rurdell Tragedy at the National
Tncatre —Following out ihe most prominent incidents
in this mysterious homicide, Mr. English has placed
upon the stage a play of startling interest. The char
acters—such as Dr. Burdell, Eckel, Snodgrass, Mrs.
Cunningham, dec.—are represented to the life, and with
out the least prejudice to either. As the jury have
acquitted Mrs. Cunningham, ao does the play ; and as
Eckel has not b<?en tried, nothing is introduced to lead
the public mind away from tho facts that have been
already published. The exterior and interior of Dr.
Bnrdell’a house is a newly painted scene, representing
the different apartments of the characters, and the ac
tion during the day and night, witnessed by the audi
duce, is truly interesting. In the night the assassin is
seen entering from the roof, and the murder is witness
ed as it has beeo graphically described in the journals—
ascer.ce which is viewed with an almost breuthhs* at
traction. Asa drama of real life it is unsurpassed.—
Boston Herald.
j The Abduction of Slaves. —lt is a singular fact,
| that the extreme Republican papers—now eo loud!)’ in
j favor of obedience to the laws of the State Legislature
! —have recently been publishing and making merry
j over the doings of the Underground Railroad. We
I have seen in several journals of this stamp two or three
columns of rejoicing over runaway and abducted ne
groes surreptitiously stolen from owners, with foil par
ticulars of the agts, merits and prices of this floating
property —and alongside of these jocose columns, a
long editorial sermon, about obedience to law in gene
ral, and the duty in particular, of obeying the behests
I of the iast unscrupulous Legislature,
j Now, we are in favor of obeying ail the laws cf the
| land, good, bad, or indifferent, until repealed or decla
| red unconstitutional by ceropetent authority. We ean
i not, therefore, understand the attitude of these who
| preach obedience and res stance to the law in the same
j breath ; who counsel submTsion to State laws and re
j belliion to Federal laws ; who reverence the .dlhany
I Commissioners, while they float at the Supremo Court
of the Coiled Stales; who swear implicit obedience
with one band, while they run off Sou hern negroes
with the other.
The abduction of the property of our Southern neigh
bors has become a system regularly organized by North
ern fanatics, and the boastful announcement of which,
paraded in Northern papers, insult the South, and ag
gravate the ill-will, already sufficiently virulent, between
the two sections. Such papers as the Tribune and the
I Post, make much of, and ehuckis over, these thefts—
for under the laws of the Slave holding States, thefts
they are—while in the next column they implore the
disfranchised Democracy of the city to obey the behests
of the Republican Legislature—the same Legislature
which spat upon the Died Scott deoision in the face of
j the Supreme Court. ‘‘Higher Law” is an excellent
sauce for the Southern goose, but not to be basted,
under any circumstance, on the Northern gander.
The tlegraph brings us word this morning of a se
rious conflict between the State and Federal officers in
Green county, Ohio, the Sheriff under the pretence of
a habeas corpus, having rescued four persons from the
United States Marshal, charged with harboring fugitive
i slaves. In the fight whioh ensued the United States
officers were overpowered, taken prisoners, and con
veyed to Springfield for trial. What a spectacle ; State
officers trampling the Federal laws under their feet and
sending Federal officers to prison ! What a commen
tary iu the Republican text of ‘‘obedience to law.”——
N. Y. Mirror.
Stiles on Slavery.— The Journal of Commerce says
that Rev. Dr. Stiles, of New Hasea, Connecticut, U
about to publish a book on slavery, as connected with
the pulpit and with domestio missions. The author is
a native of tho South, and is said to he perfectly aa
quainted with our institutions. The Journal cf Com
mej-ce, after an examination of the manuscript, “un
hesitatingly pronounces it the most interesting and
valuable treaties on slavery we ever met with.” Dr.
Stiles acquired considerable reputation by a speech
made in the Presbyterian General Assembly a; Detroit,
in 1850,
From Waahington.
Washington, June B.—David H. Burr, Surveyor Gene
ralof Utah, ha 9 arrived at his home in this city.
Mr. Burr, states, in conversation with friends, that the
Mormon Legion is poorly equipped* and that 1,000 United
States troops would actually overawe them. Before he
left Utah, the Mormons had not heard of the intention oi
the Government to send a force thither, but they frequently
laughed at the Idea of the Government compelling
to obey the Federal laws, and cited the failure of the Gov
ernment jo put down the disturbances in Kansas as evidence
of its inefficiency. He supposes that one-third or halt of
the Mormons, who are disgusied with Brigham Y ourig’s
tyranny, would rise against him were they protected by the
United States troops. Mr. Burr does not apprehend that
the Mormons v\ ill show fight, it is the duty of every good
Mormon to obey the church as the higher law, and lienee
ihe opinion is entertained that Brigham Y'oung may jrave
the Territory w ith a large force of his deluded followers,
provided he can find some other seal for his government.
Mr. Burr says that .Sait Lake is the meanest settlement that
he ever beheld, everything having the appearance ot abject
poverty. Y'oung’a word is law, aud the oppressions of
the Mormons are cruel and without remedy from tho pres
eat rulers. There are about fifty “Gentiles” only in the
Teiritory, and they are the objects ol bitter persecution.
\VaßHlxut<*.v, June 12—G?n. Walker, Coloaek
Leek ridge and Waters, and Capt. Kayssaux, arrived
I ere at 11 o’clock from the West. They are quarter
cd at Hrown’e Hotel.
A- number of gentlemen were introduced to Gen
Walker during the day in h ; s private apartment. He
denies that hU object in coming to Washington is to
see the President, and says that his business is especial!)
in New York, for which e.ty he will leave iq a day or
two.
[Despatched to the N. Y. Herald.]
Walks** m Washington—His Future Plans—Declares
Himself Not a Citizen of the United States.
WashingroS, June 12, 1857.—Gen. Waikcr, Cols.
and Waters, and Captain Fyeeoux, arrived
here at il o’clock, from the West. They are quartered
at Brown’s Hotel.
General Walker has been quite a lion, in a private way,
since bis arrival. Many of the distinguished politicians
of the country, now in Washington, have thn nged his
room, and invitations to dine pour in upon him. His
short stay, however, prevents an acceptance. He livts
here to morrow afternoon for Philadelphia, where he will
spend one day, arriving at New York on Sunday night.
Gen. Walker’s quiet manner and soft articulation ate the
subject© of much comment with those v. ho have been for
luuate enough to the great fillibuster. But few of
those who eall are admitted to his presence, as he desires
to pa-o through the city without parade. 11 is business
here, has no connection whatever, he assures me, with
our Government, nor is it certain that he will let the Pres
ident know of his arrival. IU will remain in New York
only a lew d ys, after which circomsta: ces w ill control
his movements. lie declares himself a citizen of Nicn.
ragna, nor he again resume a citizenship in the Uni
ted States. As regards bis lu ure prospects, he speaks a3
confidently as could Napoleon 111. do of his iu France.—
He s iys lie will soon return to Nicaragua and again take
charge oi his Government. His return to the l ailed
States, he and Lis friends ih ck, was altogether a stroke ot ■
policy, if not of necessity. Gen. Walker is peneetly
dumb c*n malt*rs connected with his business, but con
verses freely ai;d laughs heartily, with his friends, on all
other topics.
Hecepticu of Gen. Walker at Ncu Y ork.
William Walker, President of Nicaragua, met with a i
brilliant irtplion at New York. He was met &t Pen
Amboy by a committee and escorted to the city. Thou
sands greeltd him at the wharf, and as the procession <
advanced up P.roadway the utmost enthusiasm was
manifested by the multitude thronging the side walks
and windows. Arrived at the Park, he was welcomed
to New York by Judg* Phil lips in an appropriate speech,
to which he rtsponded in few words as usual, indicat
ing his intention to renew the struggle in Nicaragua at
atu ure day. He is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
Washington National Monument.
Mr. Alice, the Sate Secretary < f the Monument A- j
soeiation, iu now engaged iu a public exposure of its
transactions. No one is better qualified lor the task, for
to literary ability he adds facts ol which he has document’
ary possession. He shows conclusively that the Know
Nothing board perver.t-d the organization, whoso ;.flairs
they have beet) administering, to partisan and sectarian
purp.se* ; and that they have grossly neglected the in
terests of the Society. He says, in the course of his
expose : “The funds were received by no one in partic
ular ; the rule established by the he aid was that contri
butions should be sent to the treasurer, and that the sec
retary should be informed thereof by another letter .vTit
ten to that officer by the contributor, and this was the
only check on the Treasurer’s accounts. The corres
pondence was v. rapt)id up in bundles and stowed .away
in pigeon, holes, damp and thick with dust. The blank
books, shut up in cupboards, were green and slimy with ‘
mildew. The monument was in apposite condition ; the |
mortar crumbling from between the foundation 6tones, j
and the internal structure of the base exposed to the del- I
eieriouH intrusion of wind and rain. The memorial •
blocks were piled one upon the other io two shandies, j
which afforded no protection from the weather, and !td- j
ders. etc., were lying unsheltered ou the ground. The
Treasury w h considered in a collapsed state, depending
altogether on the contributions of the visitors at the Pa
tent Office and Monument giound, and an occasional
off'ripg from some eccrntric patriot.”
“Such a maladministration of affairs was calculated
to r-ii.e the monument to tin* ground, and not raise tbe
cap-stone io the clouds ! —Wash Uethn, 12/4.
The Presbyterian General Assemblies.
The seceding Southern members of the New General
Presbyterian Church have issued an addr. s* to the con
servative portion of that body, iovitiug them to untie in
the formation of n New School assembly, to tie held in
Washington, on the 27th of August next, lu the new
organization the subject of slavery is to be excluded ut
terly, except iu judicial cases. The address teeords a
solemn protest against tlie growiog spirit of Abolitionism
j in the Northern Churches, regrets that such heresies
i should find place, and takes a long farewell of the pres
ent organization of the New School branch. The name
of Dr. Roas lit ads iiie list of signatures.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
(Oid School; closed its annual session at Lexington, Ky.,
on the Ist of June. It is slated that great harmony
prevailed on ai! subjects under discussion. The mission
ary element was prominineut. Til.- seminaries of learn
ing and the boards of the Church are aii prospering and
moving forward in the accomplishment of this great
work. It now has a Presbytery or two iu India, one or
two in China, one in Western Africa, one in California,
and one among the Chuctaw Indians. The Assembly
declined to send delgates to any New Fugiand Associa
tions, on recount of their disposition to meddle with the
subject of slavery.— XXash Union.
Exciting Meeting at Dr. Cheever's Church.
New York, June s. — At Dr. Cheever’s church, last night,
a very exciting meeting was held. The report of the com
mittee, appointed to propore amendments to the standing
rules of the church, wav, after a debate, adopted. The
election of officers for the ensuing year liipn look place,
and the meeting had not adjourned at midnight. The repot
fully sustained Dr. Clteever. The Cheever list of officers
was chosen by u large majority.
Sickness in Tuakegee.
We havp. not heretotore thought it necessary to say any
thing about the sickness which has prevailed to some extent !
during the present year, but as the matter is getting into the j
papers in the neighboring towns, and as it appears to tie :
somewhat misunderstood, we fee! disposed to s*v a word ;
to set it rigid. There has been considerable sickness dur- J
mg the present Spring, and we believe there is some yet, ‘
but whether any present eases are likeiv to terminate fatal- j
ly wv do not know. Altogether, v.e understand there
have been 39 deaths within tho corporate limits of the
town, including several old chronic cases of disease, and
excluding several near the place, but outside the corpora
tion. Os these deaths wo understand that live were pu
pils of the Methodist College, which institution has been
closed and the girls sent some We do not know wheth
er there has been any sickness in the Baptist College, but
the.re is none there now; there has been no deaths there,
but one pupil of that College has died, and it is going on
regularly as usual.
We learn from the physicians that there have been be
tween 500 and 1,000 cases of measles, and from diarrhoea
succeeding measles,and including all other cases of dis
ease, there have been, as we have already stated, 39 deaths
in Tuekegee, which contains a population of nearly 2,500. j
These are the facts in the case, as wo have learned them. j
We draw no inferences, but leave everybody to judge lor
himself who is interested in the health of the place. “True, !
39 deaths thus larin a season is a good deal of mortality •
for our town, but it is because we are usually so healthy
that sickness is almost unknown amongst us.
Every week hereafter wo shall publish a list of the
deaths that occur in town, until health is entirely restored,
that petsons abroad may know the facts, and not bo led
astray by idle rumors.— Tuslcegee Republican, 18.
Death's Doings.
Two of our citizens died on the 3d inst. viz; John J.
Berry and Thos. Lafayette Wynn. The one agod and
careworn, had been long afflicted and looked forward to
death as a kind friend to relteve him of his sufferings; the
other a young man, just entered on the vestibule of life,
with a largo estate at his command, and numerous friends’
gathered to an early tomb, bv tho fell destroyer consump
tion. the last of a large family.
On the sth-Col. Irby Hudson also died, at the residence
of Mr. Ingram Bass, in this county. He was taken with
a hemorrage of tho lungs on the Ist inst., and a severe
spell of cardiac asthma, (both resulting from organio dis
ease of the heart) which speedily terminated his existeooe.
Central Georgian, 10(4.
Macon Volunteers.
Ar a meeting of the Macon Volunteers at the> Corn
party Room, on the O.h inst., the following, among other
resolutions, were proposed sud unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That ihe thanka of this corps art hereby
tendered to the officers and employees of the South.
Western. Muscogee, Columbus arid Opelika, and
gomery dc West Point R idroads, for th * liberal teru,
upon which, aud the elegant style in which, ibey traa/.
jMW ted uh to and from Montgomery < n our late virli i u
that city.
Resulted, That we recollect with pica.-ure the spiriitd
coir.plimen; paid to this corps at th: Oglethorpe House
by His Honor, the Mayor of Columbus, and assure h„ a
and tlit people of that.citv, that the many expressions 0 f
kindness and good will that *>ur intercourse with them
called forth shall not be fosgotteu.
Resolved , That in the Columbus Guards, City Light
Guards, and United R'lP-p, we reccrgh’>z u soldiers who do
honor to the State, and gentlemen wh in vve ate proud
to claim as Ge< rg;an ; *ve shell I be undue to cnrselvrs
wer© we uol profoundly grateful for that gallant soinitt!)
courtesy which premp r-d them to withstand the Jury of
the elements to do us hoiw ; and sfo.ll cherish as air.on
tho most pleashag recollecti- iof th. past, tfo.t who>.
s.-mled hospitality which rendered our short stay iu ibeir
city so and agreeable.
Pemifiylvaniu.
Jnvtjg ihe rtso'u iocs adopted by.the late I>- nr •- aifo
Sinte ton volition of iVnnsyfvai.i * are the foil.-wing :
Resolved, That ihe prornp* lid decisive action o! thu
President of the Uuind fta’es in defence of the elective
franchise in the city x>f Washington at :lc recent charter
t lection : n t hat citv meris ar.d reefives the t a notion of
uil onfor l. viug and sow ;lb.<!*i:g citizviis#
Resolved. That ihe principle contained in the reef t
decision of the Supreme Court of the United StMes, m
the-cake of Drtd Scott vs. John F. A. Sand ford, in r -
gard to the political rights of the negro rice, rmefo the
hearty acquiescence of the judgment of the Democrat c
citizen* of Pennsylvania, ai>! ‘* us much commended to
ihe whole people of the i niled Staten by the. force cf
iru hand patriotism as it is equally binding on all by the
highest sanctions of law.
Destructive Fire-
Boston, June ff.—Last midnight a fire broke out in
Chelesea, consuming nineteen houses, mostly occupied by
private families. Tha buildings were valued at $3,200
eich, and were nearly all owned by George W. Gerii.-th,
Esq.
Injunction Against the Saio of the Fubiic Wc:lts of
Pennsylvania.
Harkkbcro, June B.—ln ihe Supreme Court an injunc
tion has been presented by the oana! oommissionejs against
the sale of ihe main line of public works. It was oidered
that tbe complaint- have leave to move on Friday next tor
a preliminary injunction according to the prayer of the
bill.
Kew;Hampshire Politics.
Concord, it. H., June 9. —Tbe Democratic Legislature
caucus has nominated John S. Wells for United States
Senator. The Repnbiicans nominate on Thursday night.
The Legi.-lature has appointed Friday for the election of
Senator.
Asa P. Cate, of Northtield, will probably teceive the
Democratic nomination ior Governor by the State Con
vention which meets here to morrow.
Tho Minnesota Constituticaal Convention.
Chicago, June6.—The last dates from Minnesota re
ceived here, states that thirty-five democrats and eleven
republicans were elected to the C. ‘istitu ioaal Convention.
Movements ci’ Gen. WalkSE
Nr.w York. June lU.—General Walker aud suite have
armed in this city. 180 public demonstration has been
made in hia honor.
Walker in Washington.
Washington, June 12.—Gen. William Walker and
tuite have arrived. There was no demonstration.
New Hampshire Senator.
Clarke, Republican, has been elected by the Legislature
of New Hampshire, U. S. Senator to fill the vacancy cre
ated by the death of Senator Bell.
Terrible Storm at Louisville.
Lollsvili.e, June 15. A terrible rain storm, with
thunder, lightning and wind, occurred on Saturday eve
liiug. Trees were prostrated anu many houses unroofed
tor a large circuit of miles ar..und.
Arrival of Sir George Gore.
Sr. Loins Jutie 15.—Sir George Gore and suite ar.
rived here yesterday, after an absence of three years on
a hunting expedition iu the country about the head wa
ters of the Missouri.
Another Ohio Slave Case—Two Runaways Arrested.
Cincinnati, June 15 This morning, a warrant was
issued by the Commissioner, for the attest of two iugi
live slaves, a man and woman.
Four U. S Marshals were detail-d to make Ihe arrest.
Finding tlte fugitives they attempted arrest them, when
the man made a desp.iafe resistance, dangerously wound
ing one ot the deputy .'if irsfcnls. named J. C. Elliott, by
stubbing him wish a long sword.
After the negro had wounded Elliott, anothef of the
deputies shot him four times in the abdomen with a re
vniver.
■ Alter the negro man ws < wounded, both of the fugi
tives were taken into custody.
Deputy Mi rshal Ei.loit’s wound is cociidered danger
ous, while it is thought that those ol ihentgro wdi prove
mortal.
Arrival of the George Law.
j New York, June 12. —Trio Steamship George Law
[ tuts arrived with late news from California -and Central
; America.
The steamer brings $2,000,000 in treasure,
j There was a great excitement in California about the
! massacre of Col. Crabbe and his parly in Sonora,
j It is reported that New Granada will not aceeda to tha
j demands of (lie United States.
! There is nothing new from Nicaragua.
1 The revolution in Peru has been suppressed, Rnd the iu
! surgent fleet has surrendered to the government.
i The Case of the United States and State Authorities
of Ohio.
Cincinnati, June 11.— The case of the State against the
United States authorities was resumed this morning. A
number of depositions were read of a rebutting character,
mainly substantiating the testimony of Liliott previously
given, to the effect that no excess was committed by the
Marshal's posse.
Some oi the affidavits went to show that the first attempt
at firing came from the Sheriff's party. Attorney General
W >.icott, on behalf of the State and Sheriff asked lor au
adjournment in order to take other depositions.
This was objected to, and a compromise made to the
effect that rebutting testimony might be introduced at a fu
ture day. Senator Pugh then commenced his argument iu
behalf of the Marshal and others,
i He closed this afiernoou, and was lo(lowed by Mr. Ma~
I son for the defense. Ihe case will probably again be ad
| journed over in a day or two. No decision lias been nude
i for some time.
A Frmu'e Caplice ,Rescued. —Mrs. Margarett Ann
Marble, one of the captives taken at Spirit Lake by tho
Indians, has arrived at St. Paul, in charge of Mr. Flao
drias, agent for the Sioux of tho Mississippi. She was
ransomed by two .Lac quiparls Indians, named Grey Foo
and Roaring Cloud. Efforts were made to recover other
captives. The excitement created by tho arrival of .Mrs.
Marble at St. Paul, and the tact of her destitute situation,
resulted in the raising of a subscription of several hundred
dollars lor her relief. A correspondent of the St. Paul’s
Journal, speaking of Mrs. M’s experience says.-
On the route the captives were subjected to the severest
hardships and torture, being compelled to carry heavy
packs of shot and to perform tho most degrading service
by day,and submit to the most brutal outrages by night.
For the first few days ol their captivity they* resisted their
tormentors, but were beaten with clubs and threatened to
lie shot, until they at last submitted with the hope soon to
be rescued.
Mrs. Thatcher, who was in feeble health, unable to eary
the burdens imposed upon her, and when endeavoring to
ero*9 the Big Sioux river, upon some trees which the In
dians cut down on both sides to form a bridge, she being
very weak,lost her balance and fell into tho river. Site
dropped her burden and -ucceeded in swimming almost to
the shore, when an Indian deliberately aimed h'S riffe at
her and shot her through the head, killing her instantly .—•
1 he body was left to float down the current which was red
dened with her warm life blood. This tragic scene was
bailed by the Indian womeu (who seemed jealous of the
prere-nee Ol the w hite captives) with wild shouts ol exulta.
lion.
Death of Robert Burns, Son of the Poet, —The latest
English papers announce the deaih of Robert Burns, tha
eldest son oi the famous Poet. He died at Dumfries, Scot
land, at the advanced age o 1 77, attended by his brothers
William and James, who hold high‘rank in the military
service of the East India Company. The deceased was
said to have inherited a portion of his father’s poetical gen
ius, and to have written some very charming lyrical pieces;
but he wrote very little, Rnd led a I tie of easy retirement
for many years, in the enjoyment of a good income arising
from a pension paid to him by the British Government for
previous public services.
The Hod. M m, C. Rives has been incited to deliver
the annual address before the Missouri State Agricul
tural Society, in Bt. Louis, in September.