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TIMES & SEISTTIIN'EL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1858
Kansas— Com niltes of Conference—the Coali
tion, its Oilgin and Aims.
The Senate Kansas bill has been rejected by the House
by a majority ot eight vote3. Crittenden’s substitute, which
he proposed pending the bill in the Santate on the 23rd of
Ma ch, and which was rejected by a vote of 24 to 34
against it, with an immaterial alteration, wa9 passed in its
stead. The Senate has refused to concur in the substitute
by a majority of nine votes. It has been sent back to the
House, and parliamentary usage prescribes, that on such a
and between the two Houses, Committers of con
f.rence be appointed—one Irom either House. Fitzpat
rick, President of the Senate, pro tern., and Orr Speaker of
the Hou-e, will certainly not compromise the interests ol
the South and the principals of the National Democracy
-in the appointment ot these Committees. The result of
their conference tnen will be, that the Committee irom the
House will recede from Crittenden’s substitute, and re
po i the original Senate oiil back to the House. Ihe
House, acting in good laith, will be bound to adopt the re
p rt of their Committee. But we have no idea, that the
Black Republicans, or, the Douglas Democrats, or Mar
shal, Winter, Davis 65 Cos., will change their votes. The
only hope,then, for its final passage is among the North
ern Democrats, some of whom are not entirely committed
to Douglas, and yet they oppose the Lecotnpt >n Constitu
tion bseauie they are alarmed at the ghost of political an
nihilation which has been made to stalk so long before
their eyes by representations ot the increasing power ol
the Black Republican influence among their constituents
at home, who may resolve, at all hazards,to uphold the
Administration and secure the triumph of a measure upon
which its exi-tence and, perhaps, that of the Union depends
‘lhe six South Americans who voted against tne hill could
have, and can.yet,turn the scales in our lavor —admit Kan
sas into the Union, and quiet agitation on this subject ;or
ever. But we have nothing to hope from them ; they are
a,,ld ‘body and breeches’ to Wise, Douglas!? Cos; and would
apply the torch to the temple of liberty before they would
assist, in a Democratic victory, even over the Black Re
puMicans. They have denounced it as a “cheat and a
swindle” from the beginning—“a humbug to secure votes,”
and when they have succeeded in defeating it, much patri
otic weeping will be set up over its loss—we will be jeered
about our Northern allies, and taunted with the loss ol
“bleeding Kansas.”
We have no patience with such treason from Southern
men. This leads us to inquire after the motive tor this
base treachery. They.it is believed, have joined a coali
tion between Wise, Douglas & Cos., and the Black Repub
licans, for defeating Lecompton. Seward, it will be re
membered, threw out the intimation, some time ago, that
opposition to Lecompton should be the only test by which
he would try his friends, and that all who would join him
for this purpose, should find themselves in abundant and
agreeable company; that Northern Democrats, who would
assi-t in this, should retain their places in future elections.
Upon this basis a coalition has been formed, c insisting
of the odds and ends ol a I parties which ha 9 planted its bat
teries with their guns in ihe direction of tile citadel ot Dem
ocracy. Douglas, Wise <fc Cos , have been induced to form
this coalition with the opponents of Lecompton, as well,
because the former, as has been stated in the House, is per
sonally unfriendly to the President, as, that he fears he will
lore his place in the Seuate in his State in their election
next fall.
Wise & Co.,have been induced to join this coalition, be
cause, it acknowledges their right to lead, and gives them
a prominence in the next race for the Presidency.
Their unholy alliance with the Black Republicans can
only be temporary. It i9 to break down the present ad
ministration in the defeat of Lecompton ; then they will
abandon their black allies in a disunion movement, that
will be made North and South, and set upfbr themselves a
new party, which shall go to work to save the Union. By
thi- means they hope to secure the States, first, in the ear
lier elections and the Piesiddncency in 1860.
Ciittenden, 81-11, Marshal, Winter Davis is Cos., have
joined this coalition, because, anything, just now is a god
s-nd to their party. The Know Nothing party is under the
surface never to nse and th-y are quite willing to throw up
their hai ds, and in anew shuffle and deal hope for better
cards. They are willing to betray the South and defeat the
Lecompton Constitution, and in the struggle that must then
come between the Black Republicans and D.-mocrats.they
stand in a position to join Wise, Douglas, Forney & Cos.,
in a great national Union party on the grounds that the
other two are sectional. They have no wing at the North,
and will readily form upon Wise or Douglas, when they
find that Seward. Weed !j Cos., will themselves claim the
lead in the next race for the Presidency We have no doubt
hut this is their ultimate aim ; but we have the utmost con
fidence in the Democracy. It is a tower of strength, and
will certainly thwart the schemes of these designing dem
agogues. The hand writing is already on the wall
and they may read their doom in the history of the deser
tion of Van Boren, and those political leaders, who stray
ed off from the Democracy into Know Noihingism We
have often been assailed by demagngism within, and Nor
them religious fanaticism from without, and as often, come
out victorious, and extoried a confession even from our
opponents that we were right.
Congressional—Tlie I ecompton Constitution
Rejected.
Washington, April 1,1858.
In’he Senate, to-day, the Army bill was passed, with
the substitution of two for four regiments, exclusive of that
for Texas. The Kansas bill, as passed by the House was
received, and Mr. Green of Missouri, moved that the
Senate disagree to Ihe amendment. The motion will be
con-idered to-morrow..
In the Hojse, Mr. Stephens of Georgia, had scarcely
moved to take up the Kansas Bill, when Mr. Giddings of
Olio, objected to the second leading. In such cases, by
the rules of the Hou-e, the question must be taken on the
rejection of the bill. This was agreed to, by a vote of 137
to 95 Mr. Quitman of Mississippi, then offered as asub
stitute, the Senate bill, wish the exception of the Pugh and
Green provisos,declaring that theyhave the right toamerd
the Constitution. This was defeated by a vote of 160 to
72. The vote was then taken on Mr. Crittenden’s amend
ment as a sub-titute, and as amended by the anti-Lecomp
ton portion of the democrats of the late conference. This
was carried by eight majority. This amendment provides
f’r the admission of Kansas, hut refers the Constitntion to
the people for their vote; if it be rejected, then a conven
tion is to be called to form anew constitution, and as soon
as the latter shall be approved,’he President is to issue a
proclamation, and Kansas be admitted without further ac
tion by Congress. The House then adjourned.
The Coalition goes bravely on.
feward, Douglas and Crittenden are now regarded as
the leading spirits of the coalition against the Lecompton
Con-titution and the new’ party for the Presidential race of
IS6O. The platform upon which they stand, is composed
ot a mass of incongruous elements, but it matter not.—
Success is the watchword and the spoils the moving im
pulse. A black Republican in Congress has indicated the
fusion in a late speech, and the Times and Tribune of N.
York,boldly advocate it. Mr. Seward we do not blame
for entering into the arrangement. Nine-tenths of the
party will be black Republican, and he will reap the fruits
of the co-al tion. Poor Douglas, however, and the lost
Cr.ttenden. are huggmg to their bo: oms a pleasant delu
sii.n, which will too so n vanish before a painful reality.
Theodore Parker is not yet prepared to trust the former
He is now ‘ venturing ipoo an anti-slavery pair,” but he
did not prevent Brooks from whipping Sumner—Can’t for
get these grievances so soon. He must bow awhile asup
piiant at the black Republican altars and be admitted on
probation in ihe abolition Church. Mr Crittenden is flat
ter-d and cajoled by the black Republican-, that they will
make some slight modification of the naturalization laws
and he will yet be President. Already the physic is hav
ing its.fleet, and Mr. Crittenden is announced for the Pre
sideocy by someol the Northern exchanges. In therman
time, Seward is laughing in his sleeves and thinks how
“be nicks them.” Crittenden,too, losessome ol his warm
est and long tried Southern admirers, and the dist
inguished Zollicofler pans with him “with regret.’
and leaves him with his abolition allies. So much for the
fusion between black republicans, renegrade democrats and
a tew South Americans. Will the democracy trust Doug,
las, or the Americans Crittenden with their new friends?
Will the Southern people tolerate flattery and eulogies upon
these very men, who are now engaged with the Black Re
publicans in c ying Union’ and at the same time, laying
sacrilegious hand-- upon ihe Constitution—its cement and
its bond 1 We will ho; e not !
Hon. Edward fivrrett.
We see fiom tfie Savannah papers that this distinguish
ed orator and statesman arrived in that city on Tuesday
evening and was welcomed by the citizens in a becoming
manner. George A. Gordou, Ksq., made an appropriate
reception speech, to which Mg. Everett replied, as he al
ways doe l , in a happy and eloquent manner. He was to
de river his lecture on Washington, in behalf ol the Mourn
Vernon A-sociation last night. He proceeds from Savan
vannah to Augusta, where he speaks on Friday night.—
We must contess that we have a pania itv fortbetranscen
dent talents of this illustriou- pian—upon whom ihe mantle
of the great sage of Vlarsfield seems to ha>e fallen— &• and
wo Id be more than rejoiced to have him visit Columbus
du ing his visit to Georgia, il it be within the range of bis
power to do so.
Kansas Bill Still Refused.
The Senate, it will be remembered by our readers
passed the Kansas bill with the Lecompton Consti
tution. The House substituted the Montgomery—Crit
tendon amendment. ‘I he Senate disagreed to the amend
meets of the House and sent the bill back in its orignal
shape. The House now srill refuses to recede and insist
upon its substitute by the same majority. Should the Sen
ate be forced to adopt the Crittenden substitute, which will
make in the language of Mr. Burlingame, ”Kansas a
free Slate,” we shall have lost a great principle at the
South—Congress then has nothing more to do with the
Constitution and gives a fee-simple title to the Black-
Republicans in Kansas, to make any kind of a Constitution
they desire, Republican or
the slaves and confiscating the
they wish, prohibiting the executionerthe fugitlWslavyiaw
and in a word practicing any measure of fraud and coun
tenaDcing any usurpation in making the Constitution they
please and yet the Fresidenl has no discretion and it is im
perative on him to admit the Sta'e by proclamation with
all its objectionable, unconstitutional, anti-Republican fea
tures. This is the Crittenden bill. This is State-making
with a vengeance! It will place the Stale of Kansas into
anarchy and confusion, it will give room for more frauds,
it will violate every principle of representative government,
it will be a usurpation upon the righis and sovereignty of the
people and above all, iD the language of Mr. Menard,
Ameiican Representative from Tennessee, it will be bailed
as a “Black-Republican triumph over the “nigger-drivers”
of the South. _
Northern Democrats vs Southern Know-
Si utlitng,
•‘We received too late for this paper the vote
on the Kansas bill in the House. We shall pub
lish it next week. Twenty ticoof the “fifty
one” sound Northern Democrats (Mr Stephen's fa
vorites) voted with the Black Republicans.
We clip this from the Athens Watchman. Should it no
have added also and put in italics, that out ot the fourteen
Americans in Congress, six voted with the Black Repub
licans and all Southerners at that 1 Should it not also
have said, that the Democratic party had turned its back
upon the twenty two men, who deserted her faith from the
North, and the Southern Know-Nothings have dealt hon
eyed words to Crittenden and his followers irom the South
who joined the abolitionists with them ?
Can we abuse the twenty two Northern democrats and
excuse the six Ameiieans from the South?
Can we condemn the defection of the one, as an ally to
Black-Republicanism from the Democratic ranks, and
treat with silence the other, who is joined heart and hand
with them ? For the sake of honesty, we hope not!
Black-Republicanism vs State Rights.
“If any State should attempt to secede, she will be whip
ped into subjection. Should they continue refractory, the
United Slates would be compelled ultimately to hold such
refractory States as colonies. Just as Spain and other
European powers hold their slave colonies—until such
time as it might be sate to rely upon their obedience.
If a Southern State should attempt to resist, she will be
made to submit and bear herself with deffereoce and respect
thereafter to those who are morally and socially her
equals, and politically and physically her superiors and
when provoked to demonstrate it, if needs be, her masters.”
New York Courier & Enquirer Feb 20th 1853.
Southern Convention.
It will be seen by reference to another column, that
Mayor Wilkins has appointed a very able delegation from
this city to the Southern Commercial Convention in May
next at Montgomery. We trust all ol these gentlemen
will accept, and go work in real earnest, in connection
with the other members of the Convention, towards the
adoption ol some measures which will really benefit the
South. The sessions of the Convention heretofore have
resulted in litile practical good to our section: but we do
hope the approaching session, seeing the unhappy political
condition of our country, will make some valuable sugges
tions as to the future policy and interests of the South.
Phrenology.
Prof. O. S. Fowler, of New York, delivered his first
lecture at Concert Hall last night. We regretted to see
such a small attendance, which was doubtless owing to
the lact, that the Opera ha 9 such a hold upon the pleasure
loving portion ol our citizens.
Mr. Fowler stands at the head of his’ science in this
country .and has pursued, with such devotion, his investi
gations, as to command the admiration of every one inter
ested in the development ol mind and the true dignity of
man. Notwithstanding the constant assaults mr ie by the
enemies of his science, he has continued to advance until
opposition has, in a great measure, been silenced, and
mental philosophy, as portrayed in the development of the
brain, now ranks as the only true source of sell knowl
edge.
If Phrenology, as Whatley says,had done nothing more,
its nomenclature alone commends it to the respect and
gratitude of society. The abstruse reasonings of metaphy
cians, has but confused the every day world with their
science of mind, and to Phrenology alone can we look lor
that simple and lucid exposition which enables us to know
ourselves and the wants of society in its mental conditions.
We should like to give a synopsis ol the lecture last eve
ning, which was listened to with great interest by the very
small, but appreciative audience, but we deter it until our
next issue, when we hope to have more space. The public
examination, afterthe lecture, of citizens well known in
the community, is a test, to some extent at least, of the lec
turer’s practical illustration of his science.
We hope to see large audiences hereafter, as we are well
assured that more instructive occasions never present them
selves, and certainly no subjects, appeal with more inter
terest to the consciousness of every man aDd woman. The
ladies especially should attend. Mothers who wish to ac
quaint themselves with the mental and physical training of
children, will find themselves fully repaid. In fact, no one
who thinks, or feels an interest in society, can fail to be in
structed and edified. To-night another tree lecture will
be given, when we hope to see a large audience at Con
cert Hall. For times and subjects of lectures, wo refer to
our advertising colums
“Georgia True Greys.”
Anew military company, bearing the above name par
aded our streets for the first time on Monday sth ult. It
is composed of young gentleman of our city, from four
teen to twenty years of age. Numbers of our citizens
thronged the streets, witnessing their exercises. They per
form all the evolutions usual in street drills, with the pre
cision of veteraD soldiers. Capt Burrus gave them a sa
lute of three guns from the North Common. We were
pleased to learn that Capt. Andrews peremptorily refused
numerous pressing solicitations to partake of refreshments.
Indeed, it is one of the by-laws of this company, that no
member shall drink any spirituous liquors while on par
ade, or at their armory, under penalty of expulsion.t
We are proud of the military spirit manifested in our
city. Wehavenow lour flourishing companies, armed
and equipped, well officered and disciplined. Ourmalitia
system in Georgia ie a farce; and it is upon volunteer com
panies that wo must rely for instruction in the use of arms.
Our citizens should encourage the “Georgia True Greys.”
They are of the right age to take most pride in the exerci
ses of the Having a long future before them,they
may have occasion to congratulate themselves when called
into active service, that tney have early prepared them
selves for officers and commanders.
Their uniform is economical and entirely appropriate.—
Tlteir military t ap, with its silver eagle and white braid in
front, and black plume tipped with white, waving from the
top, harmonizes well with the black epaulettes,black stripe,
dress coat and grey cloth. Success to Capt. Andrews and
his gallant company.
Officers—Julius C. Andrews, Captain; Je9se Bradford,
1-t Lieut.; T. M. Barnard, 2d Lieut.; J. Iverson 3d Lieut;
and W. E. Sanford,4ih Lieut.
Pear Blights,
A disease or an insect too small for microscopic vision,
is destroying many of our finest fruit trees South and caus
ing some alarm among the cultivators of orchards. For a
long time, this disease or destroying insect was confined to
a Northern climate, but H is now transferred to a Southern
soil and threatens great destruction. The finest near trees
wither and die in a few days. We are informed bv our
friend, R. J. Moses Esq., of this City, who has the finest
orchards in the country on Esquiline Hill, that the symp
toms ol decay are first observed at the ends of the leaves,
which soon turn black and the blossoms fade. Its pro
gression is downward towards the roots. It is beyonc
doubt contagious, and spreads rapidly. The best remedy
is to lop off the limbs ol the tree, when iis leaves are being
tinctured with blackne-s or cut the tree down immediately
and bum it, so as to destroy the insects. We give this item
for cur horticultural friends.
Death of Dr. M. A. Franklin.
Dr. M. A. Franklin, we are informed by our Macon ex
changes, departed this life in that City a few days since
I he loss of such a man, is no doubt a deep bereavement ti
nat community. He was a distinguished physician, an in
telligentand beloved citizen, and we add our testimony to
ihe eulogies of the Press—which from an intimate knowl
-d eof his character we know to he nothing more that
justice to his many virtues.
BSPVicePresident Breckenridge has left Washingtor
to take his family Southward. A ballot was taken in th
Senate on Monday for President pro. tern., ol that bod)
tnd Senator Fitzpatrick, of Ala., was elected, receiving
twenty-eight rotes of lorty one cast.
The Senate Rejected the Amendments.
Washington, April 2. — The Senate to-day refused to
concur in the House amendments to the Kansas bill, anif
returned the bill to the House by a majority of nine.
In the House the deficiency bill was discussed. Both
Houses have adjourned until Monday.
Resumption in Virginia.
Richmond, Va , April 2. —The Legislature to-day passed
a bill to compel the banks to resume specie payments on
the first of May; and also a bill to compel the independ
ent banks to redeem their notes iu specie in Richmond or
Baltimore, before April 1859.
of Navigation.
Buffalo, 1, 1858.—Two New York Cen
tral Railroad Propellers left here thfe morning for up the
Lake. They have succeeded in forcing their way through
the ice, and are out of sight. Lake navigation is now
iairly open at this port.
Steamboat Casuslty.
St. Louis, April 2.—The Steamer Sultan was destroy
ed by Fire this morning near Cirardeau, and fifty persons
‘ost their lives by this casualty. The Sultan was bound to
New Orleans.
Augusta Evening Dispatch.
Mr. Stern, connected with this spirited daily newspaper
in Augusta, paid us a visit to day. He remains in the city
only a short time and can be found at the Perry House.
The duel at West Point.
The duel that was to have taken place at West Point on
the Bth isnt., between two Alabama Editors of Marion,
Messrs Posey and Reid, did not come off as was expected.
The former alleging that the latter would not comply .with
the code of honor and have the terms of the agreement
arranged by the seconds and everything put in writing.—
The latter, that he excepted the_former’s challenge, agreed
to meet him on the Bth inst, with Rifles at 30 paces, was
piesent on the ground and him of the fact and
he refused to fight. Mr. PhtlanP®| Mr. Reids second
and Mr, John G. Jones of this city, was the friend to Mr
Posey.
“Alas, what perils do environ
The man who meddles with cold iron.”
Poems by J. A. Turner Eaqr ,
We have received from Messrs Chafin ?? Johson. Book
sellers in this City, a neat and beautifully bound book of
poems by J. A. Turner Esqr.,of Eatonton, Ga. We have
not had time to examine them yet. They are well-spoken
ot by the Press and no doubt justly merit all the encomi
ums passed upon it. Let us encourage home literature.
Religious Revivals.
In every Section of the State, ihere has been or are still
progressing religious revivals. Augusta, Atlanta, Cassville,
Dalton,LaGraoge, Columbus, Lumpkin, Athens, and other
places in the State have felt the influence of religious re
vivals. There has not been such an awakening among the
people upon this subject since the year 1839.
A Snow Storm in England —The Liverpool Mercu
ry of March sth, says that the weather in all parts of Eng
land is reported to be unusually severe. “In many parts of
Yorkshire the snow lias accumulated to a great depth—
some of the country lanes are blocked up, and the trains
have in many iastances been delayed. In the souiheast
part of the Island the fall of snow has been heavy, and
attended with accidents. The great northern Railway
was, at Grantham, entirely blocked up. The Manchester,
Sheffield and Linconshire line was covered to such a depth
that the trains were delayed lor five or six hours. In the
neighborhood of Rochester the fall continued for sixteen
hours without intermission, covering the hills to a depth of
several feet, and rendering many of the roads impassable.’
Change of Uniform for the Army.—A change ot
uniform for the rank and file of the army has been decided
upon bv the vigilant and attentive Secretary of War,
which we think,(says the N. Y. News,) will be a decided
improvement, so far as regards the comfort of the soldier,
and relieve him at least Irom the comfortless , eye destroy
ing cap now in use- The cap now worn is supplanted by
a felt hat with brim 31 inches wide and crown 6i inches
high, bound with ribbed silk for officers and double stitch
ed around the rim for men.
The trimmings for general offices are as follows—Gold
cord, with acorn shaped ends; the brim of the hat looped
up on the right side, and fastened with an eagle attached to
Ihe side ot the hat; three black ostrich feathers on the left
side; a gold embroidered wreath in front, on black velvet
ground, encircling the letters U. S-in silver, old English
characters.
For other classifications for officers, and for the privates
there are similar trimmiNgs, varying slightly for each dis
tinctive grade or class.
The change also extends to the pantaloons and coat,but
in respect to them it is confined to the trimmings ol the
latter and the stripe of the former. Sibley’s teat is also be
substituted for the one now in use.
the graduates of the School of Medicine,
in New Orleans, on the 30th, were four gentleman from
Alabama, namely, Thos Haughev, Win P Smith, J W
Fitzpatick and John T Jenkins. The whole number of
graduates was thirty three.
The Screw Steamship Atlanta —This splendid stea
mer arrived at her wharf in New York last Wednesday
under her own stemi and perfectly sound, both in her hull
and machinery. This vessel has been ashore near Hatter
as since the 22d of February, and coming off as she has
proves herself to be a vessel of extraordinary strength She
will be re-caulked and painted throughout, and will be run
ning again in a few days,
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, March 30,1858.
You have already learned from our city papers that a
caucus of Democratic members was held at the Capitol
on Saturday Dig lit, the 20th, to devise some basis of har
monious action in reference to the Kansas question. A
committee was appoimed, consisting of twenty—one half
in favor of the Lecompton Constitution as it was transmit
ted by the President to Congress, and the other half com
posed ot those who are in favor of amending it. This
committee met last night, and had quite a lengthy session
inteichangirig views and suggesting various projects which
might be likely to unite the democratic vote. Nothing de
cisive was agreed upon, but probably at the meeting to be
held to night a plan may be submitted which will be ac
ceptable to all parties. The seceding democrats swear
that they do not care a fig w hether slavery shall or shall
not exist in Kansas—the bill may be as stringent in that re
spect as the most ultra Southern men chose to make it—
they only ask that some clause shall be inserted which
will bring the constitution before the people of Kansas for
their rejection or approval. This however is the argu
ment they have been addressing, for the past few days, to
Southern democrats, such of them especially as supported
Douglas at Cincinnati. But this is all balderdash. Have
not the people of Kansas twice been called upon, by legal
authority to examine and decide this question for them
selves. aDd are now to be forced, without any authority, but
merely to gratify the caprice of fanaticism or the prompt
ings of selfishness, to pass upon it a third time. It is feared
the consulting committee will advise to let the bill be call
ed up on Thursday by Mr. Stephens, as already agreed in
the House, and let it trust to chances. In other words, no
terms of compromise will be approved er recommeuded
by the committee—such is the general belief.
The Minnesota laud bill will in all likelihood, pass tho
Senate with three Representatives to start with. It will
encounter no serious opposition in the House, unless,in
deed, Kansas should be defeated. Then it will be met by
a spirit of retaliation. It 13 a bad rule that does not work
both ways.
A member of the committee of twenty has just informed
me that a general desire seem3 to be manifested, by all the
members, to respond to the honest and earnest solicitude
of the President, to take Kansas out of Congress, admit it
as a State and localize all questions of difficulty and dis
pute—that the committee will make a general statement
and leave it to the caucus to night to determine upon the
best course ol action on Thursday. General Quitman,
however, has declared his intention to move to Btrike out
Green’s amendment. If he does so, matters will be com
plicated and the issue will be doubtful. Our northern
riends begin to complain that we are too exacting, and
that some concession is indispensable to save them from ‘ ’
the intrigues of abolition enemies at home. There is some
show ofiustice in their complaint—but to what a deplora
ble humiliation are we subjected?
But two days remain until the bill is called up. and yet
the President announced to-day that there were yet twenty
eight members who intend to speak— if they can.
Senator Toombs has not been in his seat for a few days
past. It is said he is absent from the city.
BRUTUS
. P. S. 91 o’clock P. M.—On my way to the Post office
I learn the caucus has just adjourned. Mr- Stephens mov
■dthat the democrat, of the House vote for the Lecompton
nil as it came from the Senate, and called the previous
luestion—sustained by two majority. Then shall the main
luestion be put?-negatived by 3 majority. A discussion
prung up —considerable bad feeling—some words between
■iewar 1 of Georgia and Garnett of Virginia—the latter
nade a very foolish speech—no action and les- harmony—
djourned—Lecompton in danger—it will scarcely go
ffirougb.
From Washington.
Washington, April 6.—There is no truth in the
rumor of Cabinet resig uition. The proceedings of
Congress are unimportant.
Camels for the Army.
Washington, April 2.—The Government has
made a contract with a citizen of Texas to pur
chase §25,000 worth of camels for the use of the
army.
Congressional.
Washington, April 6.—Nothing of special inter
est transpired in Congress to-day.
Congressional and Washington News.
Washington, April 7.—ln the Senate to day,
the bill for the admission of Minnesota as a State,
was passed by a vote of forty-eight in favor of the
bill to three in opposition to it.
In the House, the deficiency bill was discussed.
In well informed circles doubts are entertained
as to the probability of the passage of the deficien
cy bill.
The Kansas bill will be taken up to-morrow.
0 1 Tuesday there occurred in the Senate an
unpleasant misunderstanding between Senators
Fitch, ot Indiana, and Douglas, of Illinois, and some
of the northern papers state that Senator Iverson
of Georgia, was one of the parties. Senator Iver
son was not engaged in it.
rcjp’Col. Benton’s health is failing fast. He is
said to be suffering from cancer of the stomach,
which may prove fatal at any moment; but he is
still at work upon his “Abridgment of the Deb s
of Congress.”
Death ofHon Thomas H. Henton.
Wvshington, April 10.—The Hon. Thomas H. Benton
died this morning at half past seven o’clock. His funeral
will take place on Monday.
Connecticut Elections.
Hartford; Conn., April 6 —The State elections
took place yesterday, and the returns received this
morning indicate the election of the Republican
candidate for Governor, by a majority of about five
thousand. The|legis!ature is largely Republican.
[The tickets for State officers were as follows :
Democratic. Republican.
Governor. John T. Pratt, Wm. A. Buckingham.
Lt. Governor Jno.C. Smith, Julius Catlin.
Secretary E. Williams, John Boyd.
Treasurer D. D. Warner, Lucius J. Hendee.
Comptroller Peleg C. Child, William ll* Buell.
In the spring of 1857 tne Democratic candidate
received thirty-one thousand one hundred and fifty
six votes, to thirty-one thousand seven hundred
and two for the Union American Repuclican candi
date.]
Hartford, April 6.— The Republican candidate
for Governor is elected by 5.000 majority. The
Legislature is also largely Republican.
Sale of the. Collins Steamships —The steamships Bal
tic, Atlantic and Adriatic, of the Collins steamship line,
were sold at public auction in New York, last week, by
order of the sheriff, Mr. J. C. Wilier, the liabilities on the
three steamers being $557,000, They were sold together,
and brought $50,000. The purchaser was Dudley B. Ful
ler, Esq.
Singular Marriage -Two couples were married in New
Baltimore one day last week, under peculiar circumstan
ces. Twin sisters married twin brothers, the parties being
23 years of age, and the wedding day of tile brides was the
anniversary ot their birth.
Practice against Theoiy. —Connecticut, as well as
New York seems to be doing a lively business in the slave
trade, on the coast of Africa. A recent letter from on
board the United Slates Steamer Pohattan at St. Helena,
states that a Connecticut bark, having on board 600 slaves
—had been captured by a British brig.
Doath of Hon. Joel Crawford.
We learn from a gentleman of Columbus, who
passed through our city, yesterday, that this dis
tinguished citizen our State died at his planta
tion in Early county, a few days ago.
Major Crawford was born in this county, on the
15th of Jure, 1783 —received his education at a
classical school kept by the eccentric Dr. Bush, or
Bushnell, in Columbia county—pursusd his le al
studies in the office of the Hon. Nicholas Ware, of
this citv —removed, after his admission to the bar
to Milledgeville, where, for a few years, he was en
gaged in an extensive practice—served with dis
tinction as an aid to General Floyd throughout
the campaign of 1813 upon the frontier of Alabama
—was elected a few years afterwards to Congress
then to the Stale Senate, from the county of Han
cock, to which he had removed in 1826—in 1828,
and again in 1831 was a candidate for the office of
Governor, and in his long and useful life was em
ployed in many important public trusts, and hon
ored with many evidences of the confidence and
respect of the people of Georgia. He has depar
ted to that bourne from whence no traveller returns
full ofyears and honors, and by his death, one of
the few remaining links has been severed which con
nect us with the men whose services in the camp
and in the council illustrated the early history of
out State. —Augusta Constitutionalist 9th inst.
Death of Henry Mauney, Esq.
We regret to find in the Nashville Gazette, the
announcement of the death of Henry Maney, Esq.,
of that city, and formaly an editor of the Gazette.
He died on the sth instant., at the residence of his
lather, Hon. Thomas Maney. Mr. Maney was an
accomplished and talented gentleman, and in his
short career, had given abundant promise of future
uselulness and distinction. He represented the
city of Nashville in the late legislature of Tennes
see.
Dr. M, A. Franklin.
It is sad, sad indeed, to record the death of such
a man as the one whose name heads this notice, —
On Saturday the 5d inst., he breathed his last:
and many a heart ached, and many an eye wept
on that mournful occasion. He was throughly
identified with our city ; and in all the relations
of public and private life, his character was with
out stain and without reproach, llequiescat in
pace.—Macon Slate Press.
Death of Cov. Cumming.— A dispatch from
Burlington, lowa 1 says that T. B. Cumming, Sec
retary and acting Governor ot Nebraska Territory,
died on the 23d of March.
Judge Douglas ami the Coaiitlion.
The Aususta Constitutionalists in a well written article
about the coalition to be formed to return fudge Douglas
to the U. S.Senate from Illinois, quotas from the Chic
argo Times to show the programe. We can say just here
that Gov. Packer, whose name is mentioned as one of the
coalitionists is a s roug Lecompton Democrat. The Con
stitutionalists says :
The Times claims that in his effort to secure a
legislature which will return him to'the United
States Senate, Judge Douglas will be aided by a
host of friends, fiom other Statps, and gives us in
the following paragraph thp names of some of the
most prominent of these friends, who are to bat
tle for Ills re-election before the people of Illinois :
“Among the Democrats who will be found to
raise their \mic*-s in behalf of presumption of the
Cincindati platform, will be found Gov. Wise of
Virginia, Gov gWaike', Hon. F’ P. Stanton, ./. J.
Crittenden, Gov. Packer ofPennylvania, Col, For
ney, Hon. H. B. Payne of Ohio, Hon. S. S. Cox of
Ohio, Hon- B. M. Samuels of lowa, Hon. E. G.
Ryan and James B Cross of Wisconsin ; besides
hosts of other gallant Democrats from Pennsylva
nia, Ohio, Indiana, lowa. Wisconsin and Kentucky
Among the Republicans there will be found Wilson
of Massachusetts, Gov. Seward and Preston King
of New York, Simon Cameron and David Wil
mot of Pennsylvania, G >v. Grimes of lowa, Gov.
Bingham of Michigan, Gov. Chase and J. R. Gid
dings of Ohio, and many others.,’
These are some of the allies upon whose aid
Judge Douglas relies to secure bis return to the
Senate, They represent all the elements of oppo
sition to the Dr rnotracy, which are united in the
corrupt coalitiQn to which he has committed his
political fortunes. It is a mixture as strange and
revolting as that which seethed and boiled in the
Witches Cauldron, and to be convinced of this, it
is only necessary to glance again at some of the
material of this coaliation as given in the extract
from the Times. First there is Crittenden, a south
ern American'—for the first time in his long pub
lie life, classified and endorsed as a Democrat
Then there is Wilmot, the author of the proviso
then Packer, who defeated him for the Executive
Chair of Pennsylvania—then Forney, the editor ot
the Union durin? the Pierce administration—then
Ciitn j ron, who (Forney charged) defeated him for
the Senate py bribery—then Douglas arid Seward,
for many years thh two reprei-entative men of the
two antagonist parties of the North upon the sub
ject of slavery—then the State Rights Whig repre
sentative of the Accomac district, who is now the
letter-writing Governor ofVirginia—then Gtddens
the veteran leader of the ultra Abolitionists —then
Wilson, of Maasachusetts—and then the late Gov
ernor and Secratary of Kansas a slave State—rep
resentatives of every party and of shade of politi
cal opinion in the United States “who will be found,”
when the canvass opens in Illinois, “to raise their
voices in beha sos the preservation of the Cineinna
li platform ” !!
Such is the coalition of factions which has been
formed in opposition to the Kansas policy of the
Administration, and such the programe for the
canvass in Illinois which is announced by the
Chicago Times. In the meantime, the telegraph
announces another coalition movement in Con
gress, which may seriously disturb its calcula
tions.
From the Federal Union.
Senators Bell and Crittenden vs. the South “Amer
icans.”
It is time for the South “American” papers to
speak out their sentiments. Are they for Critten
den and Bell, or are they for Lecompton, and Ken
nedy ? Are they for the South in this Kansas
tight, or are they for her enemies! Where do you
stand gentlemen ? Do the Messenger, Enquirer,
Recorder, and their associates, sustain Beil and
Crittenden, in their votes against the admission of
Kansas or do they sustain Senator Kennedy, and
the Northern and Southern Democratic Senators,
who voted to admit Kansas under the Lecompton
Constitution? These are direct question, and we
would be pleased to see them answered with frank
ness and candor.
Senators Bell and Crittenden are, or have been
leaders of the South “Americans” in the Senate.—
They have voted against the known sentiments
and wishes of the people of the States they respec
tively represent; and one of them.direclly opposite
to the instructions of the Legislature of the State
he represents. They have voted against the whole
South and with the wnole Black Republican rep
resentation in the Senate. They deserve denunci
ation at the hands of every true Southern man,
ivhatever his politics may be. We give all honor
to Senator Kennedy of Md., for his vote and hope
to see the “American” members in the House fol
low his example. But let us hear from the “Amer
ican” press in Georgia. If they will speak out
boldly in behalf of the Senator Kennedy, we shall
be pleased. If they, however, prefer to sustain
Bell and Crittenden, let them say so, and the issue
is directly before us. The North has tendered the
issue, and Bell and Crittenden take the North
side—how let us hear from the press of the “Amer
ican” Party. “Under which King,” gentlemen, do
you fight, Bell or Kennedy ?
Mr. Hell and Kansas. *
Bell and Houston stood “solitary and alone,”
among Southern Senators, in opposition to the
Kansas-Nebraska act. By that act of bad faith to
the sentiment of their constituents, they have both
been repudiated and eschewed by them and other
and more faithful men returned to occupy their
seats. Bell justifies himself on the ground that not
five hundred of his constituents understand fairly
the principle involved in the measure—on whose
account he fell—the first victim of their indigna
tion. A fine compliment tiffs to the intelligence
of those who created him a Senator! And a most
egotistical presumption, too, of his own superior
sagacity, cernprehension and wisdom! The gen
tleman wouid do well to emigrate from a State
whose population are so hopelessly sunk in igno
rance and imbecility, that after more than three
years experience and reflection, they are yet una
ble to comprehend the merits of a measure which
they had supposed nearly affects their dearest po
! litica! rights. Tlia Black Repub'icans of the Nor
thern States, according to Mr. Bell’s understanding
of the Kansas act, do understand the merits and
tendencies of that celebrated and often discuss
ed measure. Their position is identical with that
of Mr. Bel!, in that they both concurred in combat
ting and resisting its passage. They both agree
that it was a species of bad faith to abrogate the
Missouri Compromise. The Black Republicans
therefore, do understand the Kansas act, though
Mr. Bell’s benighted constituents do not. Would
it not therefore be well and wise for this Senator,
whose wisdom and virtue are so very superior to
that of his constituents, to migrate to Connecticut,
Massachusetts, or some other Black Republican
region, where his talents can be appreciated and
his virtues applauded! The people of Tennessee
evidently do not appreciate him as (he thinks) he
deserves to be at the present time. Why will he
persist in stubbornly maintaining and obstinately
keeping his seat in the Senate, when the Legisla
ture has delicately hinted to him that his room
would be more acceptable than his company? Why
will he strangely persist in misrepresenting a con
stituency so hopelessly ignorant ’and unapprecia
tive?
Mr. Bell voluntarily promised to resign his seat
in the Senate, when he should become satisfied
that a majority of his constituents differ with him
on that quasi ion. But he won’t be satisfied. Elec
tion after election has taken place, when the Kan
sas question has been made the issue, and the peo
ple have sustained the legislation of Congress and
yet Mr. Bell affects to believe that there was no
such issue before the people, and then, if there
was, it was decided against him because the peo
ple do not understand the question! There is no
escaping the edicts of such a judge as this. He
lays down his premises for himself, and then takes
his own assertions as proof, be it ever so contrary
to the common sense of mankind. He listens not
to the potent voice of public opinion, though it
conies to his ears in thunder tones which would
wake the dead. None hear so badly as those who
will not hear, and none are half so deaf as those
whose interest it is not to hear.
Mr Be 11 h.-is committed the crowning act of bad
faith, by directly and wilfully disobeying the in
structions of h s Legislature touching the Lecomp
ton Constitution.
In this instance, too, he has the company of but
one Southern Senator—Mr. Crittenden of Ken
tucky. High as lias been the talents of these two
gentlemen, for intellect and political tactics, we
venture to predict that they have gone a little be
yond their tether iri this case. They have piled
the Pelion of insult upon the Ossa of injury, and
commended it to their heretofore generous South
ern constituency. They have placed the last fea
ther of contempt upon the camel’s back of patience.
The patience of their neighbors and constituents
has suffered too much to brook this last item of
outrage without rebuke. They should seek,as we
have before hinted, some Black Republ.can asy-
Iu in, where they can he better appreciated and
understood than m Tennessee and Kentucky.—
They should “leave their country for their coun
try’s (and their own) good,” lest they may fall into
disuse, and instead of meeting, as they once did,
“honor, respect, and troops of friends,” they will
be met by a cold welcome, a freezing smile, and an
icy touch of the hand, and most iuhospitablehos
pitality.—Memphis Appeal.
From the Savannah Republican (American.)
The Prospects of Kansas.
As important as it is to the peace of the country,
it is impossible to say, with any degree .of certain
ty, what will be the result of the movement now
before Congress for the admission of Kansas into
the Union. We have never trusted in parties to
pass the bill and put an end to the disgraceful agi
tation, but we have all along cherished the hope
that the Administration was stiorig enough, com
bined with a united Sonth, to carry the measure
successfully through. Notwithstanding the symp
toms riiat present themselves, we trust that such
may yet be the case, though we confess that oppo
sition to the bill has come from quarters which We
least suspected of unfriendly intentions. The few
American members from the South who have al
lowed themselves to be governed in their estimate
of the peace of the country and the best means for
preserving it, by a long cherishd hostility to the
Democratic party —a feeling that is well'founded
in itself but illegitimate when it blinds men to the
force ol trul- we think have been guiltv of a grave
and dangerous error. Nothing could be more pain
ful to us than the spectacle, which we have re-
cently witnessed, of the great Kentucky Senator
reconciling himself, under a false system of reason
ing, to a po-ition friendly to a class of tnen who
have for years kept the country in trouble by their
wicked and fanatical conspiracies against its laws
and the integrity of the Union itself.’ It is a strange
and painful spectacle, and we desire to say that let
him who may occupy such a position he can re
ceive no sympathy, no apology, at our hands.
There are some features in the Kansas consti
tution that we have as little fancy for as Mr. Crit
tenden possibly can have, and we are quite
as far as himself from approving the injustice
and fraud of either party in the Kansas elections ;
yet these points have their own peculiar arbiters;
they belong not to us, nor should they be allowed
to deter Congress from getting rid of a question that
has already done so much harm, and must contin
ue to irritate and embroil the two great divisions of
the country so long as it shall remain a bone of con
tettiion in Congress and with the party press in ev
ery section of the country. We love the Union
better than we do Kansas, and more than we
hate the Democratic party, and we desire to rid it
of the foul, festering sore that has so long preyed
upon its peace and quiet. We believe the speedy
admission of Kansas is the only remedy for the
grievance, and as a patriotic press we are willing
to stand shoulder to shoulder with any man or
party whose efforts are honestly directed to such a
consummation. Nor shall we be deterred in that
course by the opposition of party friends, or the
character ofthe company in which we may tempo
rarily find ourself. A press that will not adhere
to truth and he cause of the country under all cir
cumstances, is underserving of the confidence and
support of honest men of all parties.
From the Georgia Telegraph.
Black Republican Programme.
The New York Post favors the world in the sub
jfihed, with a programme of what Biack Repub
licanism designs doing for the country, and partic
ularly for the South. “Set a beggar on horseback,”
said the proverb, “and he will ride to the devil.”—
The triumph ofthe free soilers in the Kansas con
troversy, wherein they have not even condescend
ed to fight their own battles under the laws of the
country, but have actually over-ridden them all
and come off victorious, has elated them all and
come off victorious, has elated them beyond meas
ure, and they have taken to gassing. But what
ever they may or not be able to accomplish, it is
certain the Post gives us below what they intend
to do. They mean, if they can, to institute a pure-
ly sectional government, framed and administered
to despoil and oppress the Southern minority. A
long and defensive war is before us, whether in or
out of the Union. The recent victory of this fac
tion, it may be truthfulls said, is due to Southern
hands! They have struck the fatal blow. The
labors of Wise, Crittenden and Bell, have resulted
in what the legions of Greeley and Seward never
c uidhave accomplished without timely aid from
the South.
“We expect to have a clear Republican majority
in the House of Representatives ofthe next Con
gress, (the 36th,) a Republican President and
Vice-President and Cabinet in 1861, elected by the
votes ol every free State, and a clear majority in
the Senate, at least in the 38th Congress, (1863)
which will make the working portion of the gov
ernment a unit. Suppose an act of Congress
should pass, calling a national convention, “to re
vise and amend the Constitution of the United
States !”
“With half the determination and none of the
rascality employed by this administration to carry
the Lecompton outrage, the co-operation of a ma
jority of the State Legislatures might be secured,
to appoint delegates to the convention, and the
convention might proceed to “amend” the consti
tution by abolishing the slave representation and
the surrender of fugitive slaves, altering the appor
tionment tp correspond, and remodelling the Su
preme Court, so as to vacate the bench at once, and
require new judges to be appointed, and then sim
ply order tlie next succeeding election to be heii
under the schedule the returns to be made and
elections certified by the President of the Conven
tion.
“On the 4th of March, 1865, the government
would be peaceably inaugurated on the new basis,
ready for harmonious and resistless action in all
its branches—legislative, executive and judicial.—
And any minority of States would find themselves
without remedy or deliverance. They wouid be
within the boundaries and occupying the territory
ofthe United States, and subject to all the laws
thereof, as at present. Other nations would at
once recognize the authority of the Government,
and its right to the exercise of its own laws with
in its own bounds; as heretofore. And no power
on earth could review or alter the result.”
“Under Which King!”
It is a remarkable circumstance (but still none
the less true,) that the leading Know Nothing prints
of Georgia have given aid and comfort to the ene
my by sustaining that infamous traitor, John J.
Crittenden, of Kentucky, in his late desertion of
his native South. The Macon Journal if Messen
ger, the Columbus Enquirer, and the Milledge
viile Recorder, and other K. N. prints, have pub
lished Crittenden’s speech in extenso —some of
them with complimentary notices about its being
the ablest effort in Congress during the present
sesion. We have noticed, however, that these
same journals take particular pains not to publish
any speeches in favor of the Lecompton Constitu
tion, Under these circumstances the inference fol
lows that the above papers sustain such traitors
us Beil and Crittenden in the Senate, and Winter
Davis, Humphrey Marehall, etals, in the House.
Come gentlemen of the “Southern American” press
are you for or against the Sonth on this Kansas
sensation? If you are not with us, surely you are
against us. Speak out. —Macon State Press.
Southern Treachery.
The New York Herald says, the divisions and
speeches on the Kansas question in Congress show
that the traitors the South are chit fly fiom the bor
der States—Maryland, Kentucky, North Corolina,
Tennessee and Virginia. Men from these States
have deserted the South in its time of need, and
their action show that there is a vein of treachery
to the institutions of the South running ail through
these States, like a fissure in a solid rock.Tbesouthr
is no longer a solid roc|t,arid suffers more from this
undermining of enemies in its own camp than from
ail the assaults of its open and avowed enemies.—
That’s true.
He Did Right. —Gov. Brown received the other
day from the Governor of Maine, a very inflamma
tory set of abolition resolutions, denouncing the
Lecompton Constitution, the President, <fc., of
which the following are part.
“Resolved, That the recent message of the Pres
ident, of the United States is a falsification ofthe
history of Kansas, a libel upon the free people
of that territory and a deep disgrace to the Amer
ican name, and to the office once filled by Wash
ington.”
“Resolved, That if that constitution (the Le
compton) shall finally be p aced upon Kansas
against the solemn remonstrance of its people, then
in the opinion of this legislature, they will be justi
fied in resisting it at ail hazards, and to the last ex
tremity; and in so righteous a struggle the peo
ple of Maine are ready to aid them, both by system
and action.
Ttiese resolutions with a number of othersof like
character passed by the Legislature of Maine were
sent to Gov. Brown, with ihe request that he lay
them before the Legislature of Georgia. Deter
mined to trouble the Legislature with no such
communication, he returned the resolutions to the
Governor of Maine without comment —Federal
Union.
Prayer Meetings in England. —A gentleman
who takes a deep interest in the religious awaken
ing of the times, which is spreading like a flame,
and with electric ceierityj throughout the land,
called upon us yesterday and stated that a similar
movement is on foot in England. Even before it
commenced, a number of barristers and other
gifted laymen, went into the by-ways and alleys
of the great metropolis, assembled the poor and
even hundreds of persons of both sexes and ot
doubtful reputation, taught them the sublime truths
and consolations of the Gospel, and induced them
to unite in meetings for general and fervent prayer.
Their ministrations were attended with such suc
cess that both St, Paul’s Cathedral and West min
ister Abbey were opened tor services, and also for
sermons that are especially intended for the even
ing attendance ofthe industrial as well as the idle
and vagrant classes, while the getherings at Exeter
Hall are thronged by thousands many of whom
confess their previous neglect of religion and the
Scriptures. Thus it will be seen that a similar
enthusiasm has been kindledin the Old World, and
there is every probability that it will take deep root,
and be widtly and beneficially diffused among the
people of more titan one Europeon nation.—Phila
delphia Inquirer.
SEpC News items from the Albany Patriot, of
April Ist :
The Business of Albany. —The business of Alba
ny is rapidly improving. Our merchants have
adopted the cash system, and are selling goods at
very small profits, which is having the effect ofcon-
Cenetrating a large trade.
The River Business. —We learn that arrange
ments are being made for the consoiodation of the
boating interests of the Flint and Chattahoochee
Rivers, for the next season’s business. Should
freighting be done upon the river at fair prices,
and with such regularity that it could be relied
upon, there would doubtless be a considerable
trade between Albany and Apalachiola. It seems
that New Orleans and West India goods could be
carried, through the river and railroad, even to
Macon, cheaper than they could be obtained in
any other way.
From the Charleston Cornier, April 7.
Visit to the Hon. Edward Everett, in 1856.
In the summer or fall of 1856, tve were at Bos.
ton, in the midst of the excitement ofthe Presiden
tial election; witnessed the grand torch ligt 1 p ro _
cession which lu.iled the return ot bully Burlin
game from his western tour, and heard Ins brag
gart speech out of Brook’s ear-shot; saw the mag.
iiifieent procession and pageant, attending the inau.
guration ofFranklin’s statue, 011 the siteof'his old
school house or play ground, and feasted on the
Ciceronian tones and rich thoughts of’ the accom
plished Winthrop, who delivered the .inaugural
oration; and also partook ofthe various sights arid
enjoyments, which the modern At liens and its en
virons abundantly afford the transient visitor.-
Shortly afterour arrival, we made a morning call
on Mr. Everett, whose acquaintance we had the
good fortune to make, and whose surpassing ora
tory we had enjoyed, during the great Pilgrim cer
ebration at Plymouth, in 1853. The gifted oratur
and distinguished patriot received us with a cordial
welcome, and delighted us With social and general
converse, embracing a wide and interesting range
ot topics, lor a winged hour.
While at his noble mansion, in Summer street,
we embraced the opportunity to no‘e the pictorial
and other adornments of his parlors, and his libra
ry, all on the second floor of the building. p er .
ceiving our evident interest in his paintings and
statuary, Mr E. took a kindly pleasure in exhibi
ting and explaining them to us.
In his fine parlor were admirable portraits ofthe
first four Presidents of the Republic, Washmat n,
John Adams, Jefferson, and Madison ; of Daniel
Webster, in his youth, yet in ail his grandeur of
forehead and intellect; of the late C. Brooks, Mr.
E.’s father-in-iaw, and of Mrs. Everett ; ex pli-tte
paintings of the exterior and interior ot the Villa
Carreggi, near Florence, which Mr. E. occupied,
with his family, as a residence, during his soj .urn
in Italy, which he graphically described in his
celebrated Dorchester Address—and also life own
bust, by Powers. In the same apartment were ix
cellent engravings of the Duke of Wellington <nd
Sir Robert Peel, presented Mr. E. while Ambas
sador to England, by those distinguished person
ages. The illustrious Duke accompanied bis gift
of the counterfeit presentment of himself wish an
autographic note, carefully deposited and preserv
ed by Mr. E., under the glass cover of the engra
ving iu the following words ;
“London, Aug.. 9th, 1845.
“My Dear Sir: I have the honor of sending you
an excellent impression of the painting, made of
myself, by tho late Sir Thomas Lawrence. This
is supposed to be the best of all that have been
published. I have signed my name upon it.
Ever, my dear sir, Fours most faithfuliv,
W ELLINGTON.
Hon. Edward Everett.
Among the treasures of the small parlor were
an original painting of Coleridge, from the pallet
of Washington Aliston, by which Mr. E. informed
us he set great store, remarking that it was a great
painting of a great man, by a great artist; a copy
of Guercino’s much admired “Sybil,” in the Tri
bune at Florence; Petrarch’s Laura, from the
graceful pencil of J. S. Osgood ; “Birds,” by Audu
bon, an original oil painting of that great oruiihol
ogist; portraits of his daughter (Mrs. Henry A
Wise, wife of a nephew of Gov. Wise, of Virginia,
resident in Washington, D. C.,) and of his young
est son. He there showed us also a precious relic,
in a lock of hair of Napoleon 1., given to Mr. E.
by the Prince of Canino, the great Napoleon’s
nephew.
The library into which a door opens, from the
large parlor, is a spacious and elegant apartment,
elongated in form and oval at the farther end, most
beautifully and commodiously arranged, decorated
and furnished, and stored writti valuable books, in
rich and duiable binding—we doubt whether a
more elegant and commodious private librarv ex
ists in our couutry! ltis in this literary sanctum
and intellectual mine, that ,the illustrious states
man and orator gathers and assimilates those ma
terials which, blended with his own original mu
sings, produce those nobie, philosophical and ornate
addresses, which instruct the public mind and
charm the general ear, and place their author on a
level with the most famous orators of ancient and
modern times. In this sanctuary of mind and lit
erature, and store-house of varied knowledge, the
arts areas highly honored as in the other apart
ments, and one may enjoy the companionship of
both living and departed greatness. There are to
be seen portraits of Grotius, Edmund Burke,
Washington, Samuel Rogers, Lord Aberdeen, Dan
iel Webster, and Lord Brougham, with tiie busts
of Henry Clay, Chief Justice Marshall, Peter C.
Brooks, John Quincy Adams, Shakespeare, Sir
Waiter Scott, the Rev. Dr. Channing, Homer, An
tinous, W. H. Prescott, and the Prince of Wales
(son ot Albert and Victoria) in the chaiacter and
costume of a sailor boy. In addition, are four
bronzed casis ot warriors ofthe fifteenth and six
teenth centuries, and an Italian deer hound, by
Greenough, from life.
As the gifted proprietor of this literary and artis
tic treasury will soon revisit our city, to instruct
and delight us with his delineation and illustrations
of the character of Washington and to open our
hearts and purses to melting charity, as well as to
do homage to the shade of “The Father of our
Country,” we have revived the foiegoing remin
iscences for the gratification of our readers.
As, perhaps, not altogether out of place, we close
this stray leaf l-om the chapter of memory, with
the following play of mingled compliment and wit,
between Mr. Everett and one of his most eminent,
but now deceased cotempc raries, the learned and
illustrious Judge Story, premising, however, that,
although it is an old story, we are not sure that our
version of it is altogether accurate, either as re
spects place or words.
At some festive occasion, connected with Com
mencement at old Harvard, Judge Story having
been called on for a sentiment, after appropriaie
introductory remarks, gave
‘ The Hon Edward Everett. —Fame follows merit
where Everett (ever it) goes.”
The uproarious and deafening applause called
forth by thisyeM d'esprit having subsided, Mr. Ev
erett rose, repaid with usury the compliments and
and laudation he had received, and gave, in re
turn.
“ The Hon. Joseph Story. —No eminence, in vir
tue, learning, or jurisprudence, can rise higher than
one Story.”
Southern California.
The San Diego Herald furnishes the following
particulars of a disaster to the expedition of Lieut.
Ives:
By the arrival in the town of Mr. Joseph Swy
caffer from Fort Yuma, we have Inter intelligence
from that locality and from the exploring party of
Lieut. Ives up the Colorado. We gather the fol
lowing particulars from the express rider:
It appears that the expedition, which ascended
about 150 miles in the steamer Jessup, and were
obliged to return for provisions, started again and
gained a point as higli up as fifty miles below the
crossing of the Colorado to Suit Lake City, where
finding a party of Indians armed with carbines,
&c., who assumed a warlike attitude toward the
new comers, the commanding officer deemed it
prudent to return without lauding, as it appeared
hazardous to ascend further with the force then oil
the steamer.
They therefore returned, passing the iron stea
mer still sunk on the sand bar. They had descen
ded to within about thirty miles of Fort Yuma,
when the Jessup struck upon a sunken rock, cut
ting a whole in iter bottom just beneath the en
gine, and wet.t down where site now lies. These
are all the particulars we have haul able to gather
from Mr. Swycaffer, and although they may not
be correct in every particular, we believe them in
the main, to be sufficient on which to found an
opinion that the great exploring expedition up the
Colorado is burst up for the present, unless Con
gress shall make an appropriation at the present
session, sufficient to fit ou’ twoorthree light draft
steamers, adapted to th s hazardous service, with a
sufficient number of men, arms, and provisions for
a trip of such magnitude.
Major Wise, 3d artillery; Dr J F Hammond of
the medical staff; Lieut Churchill, 3d artillery;—
Lieut Hill 3d with company D 3d artille
ry, and a detachment of Ist dragoons, were at Sun
Diego on the 20th Feb.
The School Epidemic. — Ttie Newberry Conser
vatisi says:
Young America. —We were surprised to learn
on Saturday that the urchins ofour Male Academy
had rebelled against the authority of their precep
tor, and caused the school to suspend, Verily
they seem ambitious to be regarded in the light of
students, notwithstanding they’ are as yet very
young schollars. We dare say they had heard ot
the difficulties in otherand higher places of lean ing
and were desious of creating a sensation. Os the
pat I iculars of this juvenile rebellin we have not
heard, therefore cannot comment up> n it.
How long will the nursery escape ? Shall we
not soon hear ofa strike ngainstthe maternal bieast
unless it be sweetened to suit the ot the infant suc
ker—Charleston Courier.